The order was quickly and precisely communicated and executed.
Three pickup trucks turned off their engines about two kilometers from the target area, and the team members silently disembarked and deployed in standard tactical formation.
Group A, led by Sergeant Ivanov, formed a wedge-shaped formation, utilizing the cover of the dry riverbed and undulating dunes, and began to infiltrate from the left flank.
The team members, wearing PVS-31 binocular night vision goggles, maintained strict noise and light discipline, communicating with each other through skilled hand signals.
Their movements were swift and steady; even while moving over the gravel-strewn Gobi, their footsteps were nearly inaudible. Only when their combat boots occasionally stepped on particularly loose stones did a very faint 'crunch' sound, which was immediately swallowed by the howling night wind.
