burst in on the guard-house under cover of the mercenaries' guns. Coetzee relieves one of the Congolese officers of the keys to the cells located beneath the room and along with a Scottish mercenary (McTaggart) Coetzee storms the basement, and after a short firefight they free Limbani. With their mission complete, Faulkner's group leaves the barracks for the airport in captured ANC trucks. After being told over the radio that Faulkner had been successful, Chandos' team attacks the main building while Fynn's team take over the control tower. With the airport under the control of the mercenaries they await the arrival of Faulkner's group, but the perimeter guards start to come under attack from Ndofa's Simbas. As they hold off the Simbas and await Faulkner, Fynn uses the control tower's radio to talk the waiting transport plane down onto the runway. The plane lands just as the Simbas break through the perimeter at the opposite end of the runway and start shooting at the plane. At this time Faulkner's group arrives, but the plane's pilot under instructions from Mad Malloy refuses to wait for the mercenaries and promptly takes off. Leaving the mercenaries stranded, Faulkner organises a fighting withdrawal, taking with them all the fuel, spare arms and ammunition they can pile on the trucks and jeeps. The mercenaries ambush the following Simbas and are still in good order, only a few men getting killed. As they make their way south, heading for Limbani's tribal homeland, they approach an old rickety wooden bridge. Only the first few vehicles make it across, as the bridge collapses under the weight of a fuel tanker, leaving the last jeep stranded on the northern river bank. In that jeep is Limbani, Coetzee, McTaggart and medical orderly Whity. As Faulkner's party reach the village of Limbani's people and find a sort of sanctuary there, Coetzee's party is ambushed by the Simbas. Whity is killed. McTaggart is missing; it is later revealed that he had suicidally charged the Simbas with a grenade in each hand after deliberately drawing them away from Coetzee and Limbani, and Coetzee was also killed while trying to save Limbani. RSM Young, sent by Faulkner, arrives just in time to save Limbani and bring him to the village. Ndofa contacts Faulkner over the telephone in the local police station, which the mercenaries have taken over and are using as their headquarters. With