Fatal Strike: Paladins Mercenary Road

Chapter 911 Coming ashore
Guided by Dushan, the assault boat evaded the surveillance of NATO peacekeeping forces under the cover of darkness, then entered a tributary, and then a hidden waterway winding through the hills.

The surroundings were very quiet. Mountain Eagle and his crew used night vision goggles to navigate the boats at night. The electric motors were very quiet, so unless you got close and looked carefully, it would be difficult for most people to notice that the three boats were slowly moving forward in the middle of the river.

They set off at 10 p.m. and didn't arrive at the designated location until around 5 a.m.

A desolate riverbank in northeastern Kosovo, surrounded by hills covered with shrubs.

When the speedboat reached the riverbank, Duchamp was the first to jump off, stepping onto the broken ice and entering a thicket of bushes on the riverbank...

A few minutes later, Duchamp returned to the riverbank, took the rope that Theodore had thrown to him, tied it to a tree, then attached a pulley system, and tied the other end to another large tree. Using a stick to pull the rope, he quickly pulled the heavy assault boat onto the riverbank with the help of the pulley system.

After pulling the other two assault boats ashore in the same manner, Mountain Eagle stopped Duchamp from hiding them. He took out several camouflage nets he had prepared in advance and used them to cover the black hulls and engines of the assault boats, leaving the boxes inside the boats open.

Seeing Duchamp's somewhat puzzled expression, Mountain Eagle didn't offer any further explanation but followed him into the thicket.

There was a secluded cabin built using the surrounding bushes in the woods. When the eagle approached the cabin, it discovered that some externally decorated surveillance cameras were attached to some of the trees around it.

Sang Jia noticed the mountain eagle's eyes. She admired the eagle's vigilance and then said, "Those are the sensors we installed. As long as a creature passes by the vicinity of the monitoring area, they can record the creature's image."

We got these from an animal research center where scientists used them to film animals. We modified them to become surveillance equipment for this camp.

By periodically reviewing the footage, we can determine whether anyone has been here.

The mountain eagle had already used the crows to survey the surrounding terrain...

The river they stopped on was a remote tributary, and the campsite was located in a desolate, uninhabited area.

From the air, the nearest populated area is nearly 5 kilometers away, separated by a hill covered with miscellaneous trees.

For someone unfamiliar with the terrain, finding this place is out of the question; they'd be lucky not to get lost in the hills.

Even under these circumstances, Duchamp and his team remained meticulous, a practice that Mountain Eagle greatly admired.

After entering the cabin, Mountain Eagle gave Dushan and Sangjia a thumbs-up and said with a smile, "This is a very good location..."

Upon hearing this, Sang Jia asked curiously, "Do you know where this is?"

Mountain Eagle chuckled, took out the GPS and waved it around, then looked around at the furnishings inside the cabin and said, "It's almost dawn, these old men need to rest."

As he spoke, Mountain Eagle glanced at a large table made of logs in the center of the cabin, along with the items on it. He walked over, unfolded a map covered in markings, and said with a smile, "I need you to mark out the locations of the Kosovo Liberation Organization's strongholds..."

Sang Jia, who had always been groomed to be a commander, put down her equipment, walked to Mountain Eagle's side, pointed to a location on the map, and said, "We're here..."

There is a Muslim village 5 kilometers to the south, which is the only place in the surrounding 20-kilometer radius where we can get supplies.

To get close to the Kosovo Liberation Organization's 'farm', we need to cross 5 kilometers of mountains to the south, then rest in the village, and then drive about 30 kilometers east along the road near the village...

There will be more than a dozen checkpoints along the way, manned not only by members of the Kosovo Liberation Organization but also by members of the Kosovo authorities.

If you're sure the target you're looking for will go to the 'farm'..."

As she spoke, Sang Jia tapped near a spot marked with a skull and said in a deep voice, "This should be the only way through..."

However, there is a problem: it is not difficult to carry out an ambush here, but how to get away after succeeding?

Once a firefight breaks out, Kosovo Liberation Organization members in the 'farm' can arrive within 15 minutes; their firepower is formidable…”

The eagle noted the location of the 'farm' and immediately urged the crows to begin scouting along that direction...

As the mountain eagle gave the order, the eight crows in the sky began to disperse, scouting the ground situation and collecting radio signals from the ground...

While waiting, Mountain Eagle took out his phone and took a picture of the map with various markings, then stroked his chin and said, "The Kosovo Liberation Organization has a lot of manpower and firepower, but their territory is also very large."

It's impossible for this group to gather everyone in one place, especially in a core area like the 'farm'...

Where are their main bases located? Where is their logistics center? What are their main channels for replenishing supplies?
Weapons are certainly not uncommon in Kosovo, and food and medicine are probably not difficult to obtain either, but even if they rely entirely on imports, they still need a place to store them.

"here……"

Before Sang Jia could even speak, the big-nosed Dushang walked over, pointed heavily at a spot on the map, and said, "Their main logistical supplies are stored here..."

This place was originally an arms factory of Yugoslavia, built inside a mountain and connected to the outside world by a railway. As he spoke, Dushant drew a short distance eastward along the railway markings on the map, stopping at a point, and said, "This place is a small town called 'Chezi,' which was originally the residence of the families of workers from the arms factory and several nearby supporting factories. Now it is the base of the main force of the Kosovo Liberation Organization."

The arsenal is still operating, and members of the Kosovo Liberation Organization use the railway to transport rifle ammunition, RPGs, mortar shells, and other items produced in the factory to Pristina.

They would hand these items over to the Kosovo army in exchange for other supplies and weapons, which could also be considered a form of 'tax payment'.

Mountain Eagle listened and nodded with some emotion. In his mind, it was quite incredible that a gang or warlord-like organization controlled a railway and an arsenal.

Judging from the statements of Sanja and Dushan, the Kosovo Liberation Organization has essentially taken control of northeastern Kosovo.

Kosovo is not a large country in terms of overall area. It stretches only 150 kilometers from the northernmost point to the southernmost point, and its total area is about 10,000 square kilometers.

It's incredible that a single gang or warlord organization could control nearly a fifth of the area, right under the noses of NATO peacekeeping forces.

When Mountain Eagle saw the clearly marked local map, he realized that he might have underestimated the Kosovo Liberation Organization. They only had more than 4000 people, but many Albanians lived in the area they controlled. The originally small number of Serbs had been squeezed into a few cities in the north.

In this situation, once discovered, they are not safe anywhere they go!
While pondering, Mountain Eagle kept his eyes glued to the map. After a few minutes, he had a rough idea...

"Can the people in this Muslim village be trusted?"

The Bolivian people were actually created by Tito to sow discord among the Serbs...

In order to suppress the Serbs, the dominant ethnic group in Yugoslavia at the time, this notorious iron-fisted leader forcibly separated the Muslim Serbs who practiced Islam and formed them into the Muslim ethnic group.

Historically, the relationship between the Bosniaks and Serbs in Yugoslavia was not particularly good, so it's understandable that the Eagles had some concerns.

Sangjia listened and nodded, saying, "Most of the people in the village have suffered persecution from the Kosovo Liberation Organization and Albanians. They were originally scattered in various places, but after the situation in Kosovo broke out, their land was taken away by Albanians, and they finally had to come to this desolate place to start over."

They had their own militia, and the weapons, agricultural tools, seeds, and other supplies they used were provided by the Northern Brigade.

We have cooperated many times in the past, and they have always been willing to help in combating the Kosovo Liberation Organization.

The Serbs in northern Kosovo have been disappearing, and their population has declined from 10% of Kosovo's total population to only 6%.

To resist the invasion of the Albanians, many Serbs and Muslims in the northern region united and formed similar villages for self-defense.

However, the reality is not good. Except for a few northern cities that have managed to maintain their population structure due to their proximity to Serbia, the Serbian population in other areas is almost extinct.

After listening, Mountain Eagle stroked his chin and nodded. Just as he was about to say something, his phone received an email...

I opened the email and saw several photos and high-resolution satellite images, along with a brief intelligence report...

The email was sent to him by Kobe from the refugee group; the big, white, chubby man in the photo was 'White Whale,' a high-ranking middleman in the underworld.

This guy has arrived in Kosovo and checked into a luxury hotel in the capital, Pristina.

The intelligence briefing indicated that 'Beluga' would meet with Kosovo authorities tonight, and then travel to Kosovo Liberation Organization territory tomorrow to meet with their leaders.

Mountain Eagle didn't know where Kobe got his intelligence, but the US's control over NATO was undeniable, and the EU was keeping a close eye on Kosovo...

Given the Department of Homeland Security's authority, there shouldn't be any mistakes, and he believed Kobe wouldn't make a blunder at such a crucial moment.

Mountain Eagle shared the intelligence with Blood Fox and Sangjia, then stared at the map for a while before pointing to a location upstream of the river and saying, "We'll set off at noon. Dushan will accompany us to the Mu tribe village to borrow a car..."

Bloodfox and Theodore led the others to this location, a valley where we'd set up a trap beforehand. Once we succeeded, we'd retreat from here.

"If the Kosovo Liberation Organization keeps chasing us, then we'll annihilate them right here."

Mountain Eagle's matter-of-fact tone surprised Sang Jia. She said incredulously, "Annihilate?"

Mountain Eagle nodded heavily, his eyes grim, and said, "That's right, annihilate them!"

Sang Jia looked at Mountain Eagle as if he were a fool and said, "There are only a dozen or so of us..."

Mountain Eagle laughed and said, "Sometimes having more people isn't necessarily an advantage!"

(End of this chapter)