Fatal Strike: Mercenary Road of Gunfire Ranger
Chapter 266 - 265: Utter Chaos

Chapter 266: Chapter 265: Utter Chaos

Due to the power of the USP45, the four dead people inside the pickup truck didn’t look too gruesome...

Mountain Eagle was turning over the corpses, he found two prepaid phones, and then he took out his own phone to take pictures of the faces of the four corpses and the tattoos on their bodies, before turning to Tessa and saying, "You think Daria was joking with you before?

She’s an orphan, trained in spying and combat from a young age, now serving a Russian intelligence company."

Tessa frowned and said, "I always thought she was something like a mercenary. If she serves a Russian intelligence company, why would she follow you?"

Mountain Eagle spread his hands and said, "I can’t explain my situation in a moment, you just need to know that Daria can be trusted at this stage.

I’ll explain the details to you later, I promise I won’t lie to you."

While speaking, Mountain Eagle took the arm of a gunman in the back seat to show Tessa, and said, "Look at this tattoo, each of the four people has the same tattoo in the same place on their arms."

The tattoo was a hand holding a sword...

After seeing it, Tessa with a frown said, "These few aren’t Thais, I’ve seen this tattoo pattern in the Joint Investigation Team’s document room, it’s the mark of the Asabaev Organization.

’Asabaev’ means ’swordsman’ in the Philippine language, it’s the symbol of their active personnel."

Upon hearing this, Mountain Eagle nodded and said, "Then they definitely aren’t from the Asabaev Organization!"

Tessa was stunned for a moment and asked, "Why?"

Mountain Eagle pulled back the arm of another gunman in the back seat, pointing to the tattoos on the forearms of two people, and said, "The colors of these two tattoos are very new, and there is slight swelling on the skin around the tattoos.

They’re freshly done!"

Speaking, Mountain Eagle checked the arms of the driver and the co-pilot gunman, and then nodded saying, "They should have been tattooed a few days ago.

I suspect they are posing as people from the Asabaev Organization..."

Tessa was stunned for a moment, frowning and asking, "Why? Is it necessary?

The Asabaev Organization has already claimed responsibility for the deaths of 18 CIA officers, why would these people still want to impersonate them?"

"Impersonating people from the Asabaev Organization to kill can hide many things.

For example, these people were targeting CIA and MI6 agents, or they wanted to completely enrage Taigore and then exert some kind of pressure on the Asabaev Organization through the Thai Police.

I’m not sure of the specifics, I can’t even be sure if my judgment is correct, I just feel that the whole thing smells fishy from start to finish."

Mountain Eagle felt that from the beginning, there were various inconsistencies with the situation, but he couldn’t put his finger on what exactly was wrong.

However, since it has been confirmed that these people are in cahoots with those who attacked the restaurant, Mountain Eagle doesn’t dwell on it anymore.

Seeing the Pattaya local police approaching from behind, he said to Tessa, "Leave this to the local police to handle, make sure they preserve the bodies.

We’re going to find Taigore!"

...

The office of the Joint Investigation Team is located in a small town in the northern suburbs of Pattaya...

Taigore requisitioned a small building on the outskirts of the town near the highway, to use it as the Joint Investigation Team’s office.

The office was set up here because there is a strong anti-UK and US sentiment within Thailand, and Taigore didn’t want his identity as the head of the Joint Investigation team exposed to the media.

Secondly, by working here, he could quickly commute between Pattaya and Bangkok, so it wouldn’t delay his work.

Third is its proximity to Utapao International Airport.

There are two international airports in the Bangkok metropolitan area, the largest being Suvarnabhumi Airport in the eastern part of Bangkok, another is Utapao Airport to the south of Bangkok and north of Pattaya.

Utapao Airport serves both military and civilian flights, setting up the office just 15 kilometers from the airport allows it to avoid public scrutiny of the Joint Investigation Team, while also facilitating the UK and US to mobilize resources.

Ever since that security advisor named Kate arrived in Pattaya, the work of the investigation team has been rapidly progressing, and more manpower and material resources have been sent to Pattaya.

Taigore doesn’t like the arrogant Kate, but he has to admit that Kate has a lot of influence.

Police marine radar, facial recognition systems, advanced GPS marine tracking systems, sharing police information from Southeast Asia, and the arrival of many technical personnel...

All these things brought smuggling activities around Thailand’s surrounding waters to a silent standstill in a short time, and also gave the Thai Police more insight into the terrorist activities in Southeast Asia.

These were all provided for free use by Kate to the Joint Investigation Team!

Originally, the collaboration was quite enjoyable...

Firstly, Taigore himself also felt that Thailand should not exclude itself from international security affairs.

At the same time, the misconduct of CIA and MI6 in Kamui gave Taigore an upper hand, not only obtaining the leading power in the Joint Investigation Team.

He also, with the reminder from Mountain Eagle, used this incident to broker political compromises from the UK and US for the Thai coup.

These achievements would leave a glorious mark in Taigore’s records!

Everything was originally moving in a good direction...

But as a CIA team was killed, the arrogant Kate began to cause trouble incessantly.

What Taigore couldn’t understand was that Kate didn’t seem particularly concerned about the assassin Tom, nor did she have much to say about the Asabaev Organization. Instead, she was extremely focused on Yue Shan, the Thai Police officer.

It was as if she was certain that Yue Shan had something to do with Tom!

But to move against Mountain Eagle at this time was to provoke the powerful Pasok family!

Not to mention personally, Taigore wouldn’t allow Kate to do this, even politically, allowing the United States to target Mountain Eagle was an incredibly foolish choice.

Because the law and reason were on the Pasok family’s side, if they compromised due to the pressure from the United States, to some extent they would lose their relative independence.

If you gave in to the Americans, would you also give in to the English? What about the Russians...

Taigore was clear on this, so he was very tough with Kate!

But what he didn’t expect was that one day he himself would become the target...

In his mind, the terrorists who had taken hostages in his office were coming for him.

Right now, a somewhat infuriated Taigore was completely ignoring the assailants’ attack in the restaurant area, contradicting his conviction.

Because if they were really coming for him, the action in the restaurant would be completely redundant.

An angry Taigore stood guard outside the office. When military reinforcements arrived, he disregarded the United States advisor Kate’s attempts to stop him and ordered a full assault.

Under the cover of two companies of soldiers, 40 troops from the 191st battalion launched a fierce attack on the office building.

By the time Mountain Eagle and Tessa arrived, the fighting inside the building had become intense.

Members of the 191st battalion were continually being carried out of the courtyard below the building, large amounts of smoke and tear gas spewed out, severely impeding the soldiers’ movements, leading to significant casualties.

Tessa, brandishing her credentials, pushed through the military blockade to Taigore’s side where, with bloodshot eyes, he refused the 191st battalion Commander Supa’s request to postpone the attack, demanding that they eliminate all the terrorists.

Mountain Eagle, seeing the wounded around him and the situation surrounding the building, gestured to Tessa to steady Supa with her credentials, then stealthily pulled Taigore aside and whispered, "Samantha is not hurt, Suka and Jelate are protecting her."

Taigore paused, then embraced Mountain Eagle forcefully, and stared at the office surrounded by thick smoke and tear gas, saying in a deep voice, "Mountain, I have to respond to the actions of these Asabaev Organization terrorists, or the same thing will keep happening!"

Mountain Eagle, looking at Taigore’s red eyes, spoke gravely, "How can you be sure they’re with the Asabaev Organization?"

Taigore took a deep breath and said, "The terrorists inside made demands with hostages, asking all our Marine Guard to open the sea lanes and let their people leave Thailand..."

Mountain Eagle was stunned and said incredulously, "Are these people idiots? Using British and American hostages to force Thailand to relinquish sea defense controls?

Such outrageous demands, how could they be accepted?

Aren’t they just seeking death?"

Taigore paused, then shook his head, "I don’t know!

Now it’s clear there’s a problem with the control over Sabaya by the British and Americans.

When I handed Sabaya over to the Philippines, those bastards assured me that they had reached an agreement with Sabaya, and the Asabaev Organization would soon be disbanded.

And now the Asabaev Organization has set their sights on Thailand; I must stop them and make them pay dearly!"

Mountain Eagle nodded slightly after listening...

Taigore’s decision was undoubtedly right from his perspective, but his approach put tremendous pressure on the 191st battalion.

The enemies had hostages, and both the 191st and the military reinforcements were implicitly deprived of their right to use heavy weaponry.

Regardless of how much you dislike those British and American Intelligence agents, you have to ensure their safety during the operation, even if just formally, which can greatly hinder the attackers.

The tall courtyard walls and the concrete building, as well as its complex interior structure, objectively increased the difficulty of the 191st battalion’s assault.

Now that the enemy had deployed Smoke Bombs and tear gas in the courtyard, the soldiers of the 191st had to charge through the main gate of the yard, across an empty area about twenty meters long without cover and filled with choking smoke and tear gas.

Even Mountain Eagle would be at a loss in this situation...

Just as Mountain Eagle deployed Crow to conduct a comprehensive reconnaissance of the surroundings of the building, three people appeared on the rooftop terrace...

Three young Europeans and Americans, holding their heads, crying and shouting as they kneeled on the edge of the terrace. Before they could speak, they were shot dead by a gunman hiding in the room.

As the three Europeans and Americans burst into blood and died on the railing, three more people with their hands tied behind their backs sobbed and screamed at the edge of the terrace, kneeling beside the bodies and shouting...

"Don’t shoot, don’t shoot, stop the attack, stop the attack..."

Just as the scene momentarily quieted down, the United States Embassy security advisor Kate, holding credentials and a laptop, broke through the blockade established by the 191st battalion escorted by Bodyguards, and rushed to Taigore’s side...

"Stop your foolish actions, the people inside are not from the Asabaev Organization..."

Taigore was thoroughly annoyed with Kate’s arrogance, he glowered at the ’useless’ 191st battalion soldiers and said in a deep voice, "You’re all suspended..."

After speaking, Taigore coldly looked at Kate, "Don’t make excuses, your ’Poison Pill Plan’ has failed, starting now the Asabaev Organization will become an arch-enemy of the Thai Police!

As the planners of this operation, I assure you, you will not have an easy time either!"