Fatal Strike: Paladins Mercenary Road

Chapter 887 Early Morning Raid
The mountain eagle sensed the anxiety in Kobe's tone...

He understood the guy's situation; the refugee group had been watching him ever since the Death Angels rescued those dangerous prisoners off the coast of Alaska.

While everyone else's attention was drawn to the events created by the Angel of Death, the refugee group's gaze pierced through part of the fog and touched the Angel of Death's tail.

The problem now is that although Kobe has a lot of leads and resources at his disposal, the leads always get interrupted halfway through, and there is just too much interference from higher-ups.

This makes it hard not to have suspicions...

The most direct consequence was that Kobe didn't know who he could trust, but large-scale investigation and search were precisely the tasks that needed the most manpower.

Mountain Eagle could probably guess what Kobe wanted him to do there...

It's simply a matter of getting Senator William Hurt to help him coordinate resources and relationships, relieving some of the pressure on him, and also allowing him to complete some tasks that the authorities can't directly handle.

Strictly speaking, given the dirty bomb crisis, Kobe should have had discretionary power, even unlimited authority to use force. However, the reality was that the dirty bomb crisis could not be exposed to the public, and even within the United States, it was a closely guarded secret.

If Kobe crosses the line, it will attract the media and even investigative departments, and if not handled properly, it could lead to the leakage of secrets...

If the outside world finds out that two dirty bombs have been smuggled into the United States by terrorists, the consequences would be far too serious!

Even without the Angel of Death detonating it, given how hated America is, someone else will surely jump out and create problems in the name of the Angel of Death.

The ensuing social unrest and financial crisis were unacceptable to anyone.

It's perfectly normal for Kobe to be a little anxious at this point...

Mountain Eagle nodded and accepted Kobe's invitation, allowing Blood Fox and his team to leave Romania on a Department of Homeland Security plane, which would save them a lot of trouble...

After hanging up with Kobe, Mountain Eagle said to Blood Fox, "Should we contact Galahad? That old man's a decent guy..."

Blood Fox nodded slightly and said, "I'll call him. Now that we've confirmed that there are skilled men sent by the Angel of Death lurking in the 'Bayonet Gang's' territory, we need more manpower."

As he spoke, Blood Fox looked at the smiling Mountain Eagle, hesitated for a moment, and said, "That Kobe Andrews' henchman will also be involved in the operation, right?"

Mountain Eagle spread his hands and said matter-of-factly, "Of course, our targets include Death Angel's henchmen. Capturing them will help us find Death Angel's trail, and the refugee group will never miss that opportunity."

From the intelligence we currently have, the Angels of Death have connections to the 'Gypsy Crime Group,' the 'Ndrangheta,' the 'White Whale,' and the 'Sinaloa Group.' I don't have time to specifically target the first two right now, but I have a strong interest in the latter two, and I wouldn't mind paying them a visit under the guise of the Department of Homeland Security."

Blood Fox sighed softly; Mountain Eagle's way of thinking was completely different from his...

The KGB's mindset is to solve problems, or even worse, to eliminate those who create them, simplifying complex matters as much as possible. However, the Mountain Eagles have been taking advantage of the chaos since they arrived in Romania.

Moreover, the conventional methods of "fishing in troubled waters" simply cannot summarize the current operations of the Mountain Eagle...

He is deliberately complicating matters, drawing more unrelated forces and organizations into this deadly game, and using the dirty bomb issue to put all opponents at a disadvantage.

In this way, he can leverage his clear mind and advantageous position to mobilize greater forces. He not only wants to help Kobe solve the "Angel of Death" problem, but also wants to use the Department of Homeland Security to solve his own problems.

Blood Fox hesitated for a moment. He didn't insist on imparting his experience and ideas to Mountain Eagle anymore, but nodded and said, "As long as you know it..."

That 'white whale' is not easy to deal with, and the Sinaloa Group is even more difficult to handle. Don't let a small gain lead to a big loss.

From the moment you accept the refugee group's invitation, the Angel of Death becomes your most important target.

The mountain eagle nodded slightly and said, "And Iberia..."

Do you remember what happened in Thailand?
I suspect that it was Ibilisi who leaked our intelligence to 'Black Fox' back then, otherwise how could 'Black Fox' know so much about us...

I suspect that guy has been hostile towards me ever since the day you recommended me to manage the Fjällräven pension fund.

Although I haven't met these two brothers yet, they've wanted me dead for a long time...

The roles have reversed!

Just as Mountain Eagle finished speaking and was about to tell Camel to find some clothes for the red-haired woman, he paused slightly as the intelligent tactical system sent him an alert…

From the drone's perspective, a convoy of five vehicles appeared on the roadside outside the abandoned farm. A dozen gunmen got out of the vehicles and quickly entered the abandoned farm area, using the withered bushes as cover to slowly approach the cabin.

It was already 5 a.m., and the sky in the distance was beginning to lighten...

The revelry on the other side of the river subsided as dawn broke, and the messy RV campsite also quieted down.

The eagle instructed the crow to lower its altitude and conduct reconnaissance...

He wasn't sure if these people were after him, but when he saw the direction the gunmen were heading, he frowned and looked at the redhead...

Seeing the woman with her head down and looking weak, Mountain Eagle couldn't immediately figure out what was wrong with him, but that didn't stop him from figuring out how to deal with the situation...

“Someone’s coming…” Mountain Eagle picked up his VSS and said as he walked out, “Five vehicles, 19 people, with automatic weapons.”

Blood Fox was injured, so he stayed behind to watch over the woman.

"The deer is on the roof. Eddie, the camel, let's go out and meet these guys..."

Upon hearing this, Camel frowned, tore off the thermal cloth covering the red-haired woman, pressed her to the ground, and carefully examined her. After confirming that she had no electronic devices, he picked up the carry-on suitcase he had brought back, drew his pistol, held the slide, and used the pistol as a hammer to smash the somewhat conspicuous electronic lock...

With a sharp "smack," the electronic lock's panel was smashed off, revealing a miniature circuit board...

Camel took a closer look, shook his head at the mountain eagle, and said, "There's a locator on the lock of the box. The other party must have located us when we opened the box."

As he spoke, Camel forcefully shoved the gun muzzle into the red-haired woman's shoulder wound, causing her to let out a painful scream...

"Who is coming?"

The red-haired woman had already said so much; she certainly wouldn't risk trouble by concealing her identity as a savior. She gripped the slide of her camel pistol tightly with her undamaged left hand, crying out in anguish, "The Stairway to Light! The assassins from the Stairway to Light are coming..."

The information about you in the box was collected by the 'Stairway of Light'..."

No sooner had the red-haired woman finished speaking than a large-caliber bullet pierced the window of the stone house and struck the fireplace in the center of the living room, startling Eddie, who was organizing his equipment.

He instinctively dropped to the ground, then, listening to the gunshots that came slightly later than the bullets, he shouted, "TAC-50, at least 900 meters away! The enemy has a sniper..."

As Eddie shouted, another bullet entered the stone house from another angle...

This large-caliber armor-piercing incendiary round not only penetrated a stone wall on the side, but its core also exploded upon impact with the building, generating a flash of high temperature resembling welding...

"Shit, 700 meters to the southeast, armor-piercing incendiary round, Teflon composite material core, this thing is used to attack armored vehicles."

Note that the other party may not necessarily be there to rescue someone...

The elk's cry instantly put everyone on edge. Rescue and silencing are two different things, and the responses they need to take are also different.

The deer moved somewhat awkwardly, lying on the ground as it put on its bulletproof vest and, clutching its SVD sniper rifle, shuffled along the ground towards the back of the house...

"The angle inside isn't good. I'll go to the back door to find a good spot and throw out a smoke grenade. You guys deal with the enemies nearby, and I'll figure out how to take out the two snipers..."

The enemy is a master; you must remain calm!

By this time, Mountain Eagle had already located the two snipers through the crows. They were stationed on the road, firing into the farm from their car, and had not entered the farm area with the others.

In this situation, the best course of action is to throw a smoke grenade and then retreat from behind the stone house, avoiding the sniper's line of fire...

However, doing so would expose them to enemy assault teams.

As the deer moved swiftly close to the ground, the mountain eagles risked throwing smoke grenades out of several windows, creating the illusion that they were about to retreat through the back door, while simultaneously obscuring the enemy's view.

Taking advantage of the rising smoke, Camel and Eddie rushed out of the gate, leaped onto the ground, and quickly crawled to the bottom of the one-meter-high wall outside the house.

The cunning camel, halfway through its journey, managed to snag a tattered cloth covered in mud...

After reaching the bottom of the low wall, he slowly rose up with the muzzle of his gun against the rag. Once he was sure that the enemy's line of sight could not penetrate the smoke to lock onto his position, he straightened up, buried his head under the rag, and locked onto the enemy who was now within a range of about 300 meters through the scope.

Eddie couldn't find anything to cover his body and the muzzle of the gun, but the old man had his own methods.

He lay prone at the base of the wall, forcefully pried open several stones with a knife, and in the process of pulling and moving them, he actually created a firing hole himself.

Mountain Eagle watched as Blood Fox knocked out the red-haired woman and tied her up. He then quickly went out the back door with his AK-105 and VSS guns, and used a wooden stick to climb onto the roof.

The roof tiles were mostly rotten, but the rafters could still serve some purpose...

Under the cover of smoke, Mountain Eagle climbed to the ridge of the roof, his gun barrel pressed against the bottom of the chimney, aiming at the approaching enemy.

As a gentle breeze swept across the plains, the smoke from the smoke grenades quickly dissipated...

As the attacking enemy began to split up, one group of 12 men slowly approached from the front, while the other 7 men used the weeds and bushes in the farm as cover to flank the enemy...

Mountain Eagle flexed his fingers and whispered, "Fire..."

"Da da, da da..."

"Clap clap clap..."

(End of this chapter)