Fatal Strike: Mercenary Road of Gunfire Ranger
Chapter 314 - 309 Action

Chapter 314: Chapter 309 Action

Mountain Eagle was coordinating with Red Beret through Chaisong, when Sam came knocking again.

Just like he said, these Seals had no choice!

Once it was confirmed that the Round Table Knights had appeared and begun to carry out the rescue plan, their only path forward to deliver a satisfactory answer was to follow suit.

Now with internal and external communications cut off, the terrorists inside the building knew that someone was coming to rescue them, but didn’t know what these people looked like.

So Sam and his team decided that the people from Alpha Team would impersonate the Round Table Knights, breaking through obstacles to rush in.

As long as they could make contact with the hostages, they could work out a way to coordinate from the inside and the outside, to complete the mission while ensuring the safety of the hostages as far as possible.

Such an operation was extremely risky due to too many uncertain factors, so it required full cooperation from the Thai military police represented by Mountain Eagle to possibly achieve the mission.

"The people from Alpha Team can modify a truck, which will be loaded with sugar. When the time comes to storm in, igniting the sugar will create a large amount of smoke.

As long as the wind direction is calculated correctly, the smoke will put pressure on the people inside the building, distracting them from verifying Alpha Team’s identities.

If they want to break out, they’ll need hostages as shields, and that will give Alpha Team the chance to stealthily attack from behind."

Sam looked at Mountain Eagle who nodded slightly in agreement and continued to push his point: "When the time comes, I’ll lead Charlie Team under the cover of the smoke, launching an assault from the north side of the building.

However, we need time, so someone else will need to divert the terrorists’ attention from the front."

Mountain Eagle pointed to his own nose and said with a smile, "We’ll be the ones diverting the terrorists’ attention..."

Saying this, Mountain Eagle pointed to the building’s main entrance, and continued, "We need to follow after Alpha Team rushes into the building, put pressure on the people inside, and pretend to engage in battle outside, creating the impression of a major offensive by the Round Table Knights.

Your plan sounds easy, but to carry it out smoothly and ensure seamless coordination is difficult.

Especially since we have to be wary of an actual attack by the Round Table Knights...

Let me tell you some bad news: a truck loaded with sugar caught fire on a remote coast in Pattaya; the blaze wasn’t disastrous, but has labeled the remaining sugar as extremely dangerous.

All the military police in Pattaya are out on the streets, they’ve found several suspicious trucks, but only one loaded with sugar and explosives.

Do you understand what this means?"

Sam nodded with a bitter smile...

What Mountain Eagle described meant that the Round Table Knights easily embroiled the Pattaya military police in deep trouble.

’Suspicious vehicle’ was a vague concept, and they had already demonstrated their capacity for attack, now they didn’t even need to actually launch an attack; just hiring someone to drive a sealed truck in circles around crowded places would occupy most of the Pattaya military police manpower resources.

It wasn’t possible to leave many hands at the scene of the small building, and should the Round Table Knights launch an attack while they were on a mission, the consequences would be disastrous.

Sam looked at Mountain Eagle’s serious face, and said somewhat helplessly, "Unless you have a better way, waiting will only make the outcome worse."

Mountain Eagle looked at Sam and said in a deep voice, "Buddy, telling me this is useless, I’m willing to help, but there’s one thing I want to make clear...

If you take over the attack, does that mean you will be responsible for all the consequences that arise?"

Sam looked into Mountain Eagle’s eyes and nodded heavily, "If you cooperate with us as requested, then all consequences shall be borne by the American side."

Mountain Eagle laughed after hearing this, "Your words are pointless, you have to let your superior, that is Ms. Kate, repeat the same thing to our superior, which is Director Taigore Paison.

Because from our perspective, starving those terrorists is the cost-minimizing, gain-maximizing approach.

Now that you want to take huge risks and escalate the situation, you have to give a promise.

Any problems arising from this operation, you have to be responsible."

As he said this, Mountain Eagle looked at Sam whose expression had become slightly stiff, and said earnestly, "You can’t ask for help while asking others to bear the risk."

Sam really had no other choice at this point, he had gained Mountain Eagle’s support, thus gaining the upper hand in his confrontation with Kate, securing the right to make decisions on the execution plan, and to a certain extent protecting these Seal soldiers.

But likewise, to get Mountain Eagle’s cooperation, he had to show enough sincerity, convincing Kate to make a commitment.

In a foreign country, all losses and responsibilities should be borne by the American side, which many would see as a matter of course, but reality was quite the opposite.

Now Mountain Eagle using the special situation to seize the opportunity, pushed the American side’s head down, forced them to swallow a bitter pill, maintaining the face of the Thai police, and also gaining significant operational leeway for himself.

I will cooperate with you to complete the mission, but any issues that arise after the mission’s completion, I will intervene in accordance with local laws, and the resulting losses will have to be paid for by the American side.

In the end, it doesn’t matter whether or not they are willing to admit their mistakes and compensate...

What’s important is that Mountain Eagle was prepared to do something against the American side’s wishes, with leverage in hand, even a minor mistake by Mountain Eagle could be forgiven.

Faced with Mountain Eagle’s demands that were not overbearing but highly embarrassing to the American side, Sam said with a wry smile, "I’ll report back to my superiors after I return..."

Sam looked at the apartment building before him, taking a deep breath as he said, "We don’t have much time; we need to explain the mission details as clearly as possible and break them down completely.

Buddy, I know you guys have a lot of grievances against us, but you also want those terrorists dead, right?

We have to bring our utmost professionalism and fully commit to this cooperation, otherwise people will die."

Mountain Eagle nodded seriously and replied, "You’re right. Leave the politicians’ work to the politicians, and the professional work to us.

So, what’s the concrete plan?"

...

Around eight in the evening, the sun had completely set...

About a kilometer away from the small apartment building, a beat-up van and a minibus with its door removed were ready to go...

The captain of Seal Team A watched the Bomber carefully arrange the devices inside the van and gave a thumbs-up. Clutching the communicator, he said solemnly, "Alpha Team in position..."

At the same time, Sam led Charlie Team, using the cover of the town’s residential houses, and entered a building next to the small apartment’s courtyard wall...

Hearing Team A’s call, Sam checked the directional explosives Charlie 7 from the EOD had placed on the wall. He inspected Charlie 7’s backpack again to make sure the bombs were safe, then grabbed the radio and said, "Charlie Team in position..."

Mountain Eagle, standing in a two-story residential building about 500 meters west of the small apartment building, heard the updates from Seal Team A and Charlie Team. He picked up a carbon pen and ticked a box on a whiteboard marked with grids...

Then he looked at Major Chaisong, who was somewhat excited, and said to a police officer responsible for translation, "Phase one ’Red Shrimp’ complete, inform the Red Beret that all soldiers are ready for phase two ’Grouper’..."

The police officer, who had no experience in special operations, translated Mountain Eagle’s words verbatim to Chaisong. Seeing Chaisong excitedly grab the radio to make the call, he curiously eyed the whiteboard that was full of seafood names, asking, "Sir, what do these really mean?"

Mountain Eagle glanced at the restless Balang yanked to the side of the door, then said to the police officer with a smile, "If you don’t understand, those who might be intercepting our channel won’t understand either."

Seeing Chaisong give him a thumbs-up, Mountain Eagle clutched his communicator and said, "Pigeon, send a message to the people inside the apartment..."

Pigeon, lying prone on the rooftop and fiddling with a Barrett borrowed from the Seals, chambered a specially-made bullet and aimed at the second-floor window of the small apartment, then pulled the trigger...

"Bang"

The bullet, with a terrifying whistling, flew over 500 meters and shot into the interior of the apartment building.

The bullet shattered the glass and hit the opposite wall...

The special bullet deformed and shattered upon impact with the hard surface, and mysteriously, a cloud of white paper fragments fell along with the broken bullet.

The terrorists inside the apartment rushed to pick up the fragments filled with writing, but they could never piece together a complete message.

Finally, a tall and strong terrorist revved up his gun loudly and shouted, "Everyone get ready..."

Mountain Eagle, through Crow’s eyes, saw some movements inside the apartment. He squeezed his communicator and said, "Fish Nest in position, waiting for Shark to enter..."

Less than a minute after Mountain Eagle spoke, the van, positioned a kilometer away, exploded in a huge blaze...

The fire generated massive clouds of smoke that quickly enveloped the surroundings.

As the smoke billowed, the van revved up and aggressively charged towards the apartment building, followed by a minibus with its doors removed, carrying soldiers wearing gas masks, who rushed forward with the van.

At the same time, the east side of the apartment erupted with fierce gunfire...

The terrorists inside the building were quickly alarmed...

The terrorist on lookout watched in amazement as a flaming van that was spewing smoke barreled their way, and he excitedly shouted, "Here they come, here they come..."

The terrorist leader inside the building rushed to the bedside, turned around excitedly, and gestured, "Get those hostages up; each take one. We’ll look for a chance to break out..."

Despite incoming gunfire, the van charged up to the roadblock in front of the apartment set by the Red Beret, with the massive smoke quickly spreading around...

The Alpha Team leader jumped off the minibus, rushing towards the courtyard gate of the apartment while squeezing his communicator, yelling, "Grouper completed, entering Mantis Shrimp phase..."

Upon hearing this, Charlie Team’s Sam squeezed his communicator and said, "Fish Nest, it’s your turn..."

Mountain Eagle responded, pulled the bolt of his gun, rubbed Balang’s restless head, and said to Butcher and others, "We’re going in...

Use the trailing light bullets in the first magazine to direct Red Beret’s fire to avoid friendly fire."

Butcher nodded vigorously. As he left, he patted Balang’s head and then gestured to the ten ready Red Berets to put on night vision goggles, before beckoning, "Follow me..."

As they entered, whether out of superstition or some other reason, each of them touched Balang as they passed by...

Annoyed by the touches, Balang barked and tried to break free to follow...

This warrior-like demeanor made the Red Berets like him even more. The last Red Beret risked a bite to pat Balang’s head, then kissed his own fist that had touched good luck, and with a gun in hand, charged out...