Fatal Strike: Paladins Mercenary Road

Chapter 955 Preparation for Attack
Near a farm close to the border, northwest of Nuevo Laredo...

Mountain Eagle drove a Cadillac Escalade with the lights off, using the night vision effect of his tactical goggles to quietly reach a pasture about 700 meters away from the farm.

Nourished by the boundary river, the farm is covered with waist-high wild grass, but there are no cattle or sheep to be seen on the farm, only various wild animals roaming in the pasture.

As the mountain eagle approached, a green laser beam shone from a nearby hill, illuminating the Cadillac's cabin, while a faint IR light appeared in the grass not far away.

Robin, draped in a ghillie suit, emerged from the bushes and stood like a scarecrow at the edge, waving in his direction with a slightly eerie, mechanical gesture...

Mountain Eagle turned the steering wheel, pulled the Cadillac to the side of the road, and then looked at Peggy in the passenger seat, saying, "You drive yourselves out of here. Go north along this road for five kilometers and you'll reach the border river. The DEA and border patrol people you contacted are there."

Notify your hired men to evacuate from here and establish a position three kilometers north, ready to provide support at any time..."

Upon hearing this, Peggy exclaimed in surprise, "You don't need our help?"

Mountain Eagle glanced at his phone, then shook his head and said, "The people you hired are no match for the people on the farm."

Leave this to me; a very strong team will be here soon.

"Don't worry, I will definitely rescue those kidnapped people and get them to the border river. You just stay there to help them enter America."

Peggy rolled down the car window and glanced at Robin, who was clearly prepared...

Although she couldn't see Robin's face clearly, the ghillie suit he wore and the professionalism he exuded at all times made Peggy realize that the Eagle had already made arrangements while he was at the hotel.

Peggy was not one to hesitate. Faced with Mountain Eagle's order, she nodded decisively and said, "Then I'll wait for you near the border river. I've already spoken with the DEA and the border patrol. If you encounter any problems here, be sure to head towards the border. I can find a way to get them to cover you."

Mountain Eagle nodded slightly. Although he knew very well that Kobe Andrews and his Department of Homeland Security personnel had taken over command of the Border Patrol, he still did not refuse Peggy's offer. Instead, he said seriously, "Don't trust the Border Patrol too much. If Los Zetas can smuggle enriched uranium through this route, it means that not everyone on the Border Patrol is a law-abiding citizen."

When you get there, first be careful yourself, then keep an eye on them. If anything seems amiss, don't say anything. We'll discuss everything after I'm done here.

Peggy paused for a moment, then said, "Huh? Shouldn't I notify you if a problem is discovered?"

Mountain Eagle glanced at the text message on his phone and said with a smile, "Trust me, when you get near the border, you'll find your phone won't work."

Department of Homeland Security personnel have arrived at the border, and I have informed them of your situation.

They won't make things difficult for you. If you have the time and energy, observe the border patrol team and make a record of any suspicious people.

Leave the rest to us!

After finishing his sentence, Mountain Eagle stopped wasting words with Peggy. He forcefully pushed open the car door and waved to Angie in the back seat, signaling her to take over the driver's seat...

Only after watching the Cadillac slowly drive away did he walk up to Robin...

After looking Robin, who resembled a scarecrow, Mountain Eagle chuckled and patted him on the arm. Then, he glanced back at a small hill a hundred meters away, waved in that direction, and pressed the radio, saying, "Galahad, can your back hold up?"

Galahad on the other end of the radio was clearly in the zone. He said in a deep, emotionless voice, "I definitely can't do the assault mission, but I can still provide you with long-range cover using sniper rifles."

Mountain Eagle, I just observed that the people on the farm are divided into two groups... One group is responsible for guarding the barn where the hostages are being held. This group is rather disorganized and has obvious characteristics of drug traffickers.

The other group were all skilled; they guarded a small wooden cabin in the northwest corner of the farm, where a tributary connected to the border river ran, and several smuggling speedboats were moored on the dock behind the cabin.

If your target is them, then we have too few people. If we can't overwhelm and trap them in one fell swoop, they may escape by land or water at any time.

What are you planning to do?

Mountain Eagle also saw it very clearly: the barn where the hostages were being held was quite far from the location of the professional gunmen. If one side was attacked, the other side would easily be alerted, and then the other side would have several options to respond.

All of the attacker's tactics or choices are aimed at reducing the opponent's 'choices' and forcing them to follow the direction set by the attacker.

When both sides are evenly matched, or when the attacker is outnumbered, then all so-called 'strategies' and 'tactics' related to the attack serve this purpose.

Galahad, a veteran from SBS, understands this very well, so he needs to know what cards the Eagles hold in order to decide his own position...

After thinking for a few seconds, the mountain eagle chose a relatively safe approach...

He pulled Robin into the waist-high grass, and then, while moving towards the barn where the hostages were being held, he whispered over the radio, "Kobe and the others from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security will be there in 30 minutes..."

They will arrive in two Black Hawk helicopters, accompanied by two Department of Homeland Security field agents.

We have the advantage in firepower. What we need to do is take down the enemies around the barn first to prevent the hostages inside from being drawn into the battle.

I need a clear line of attack…

Robin, who had been silent all along, suddenly spoke up after listening: "The fastest way is for us to attack from both sides..."

I observed that there were at least eight people outside the barn, and there should be others inside.

Taking care of the eight people outside isn't difficult; the challenge lies in killing them before they can react once inside the barn.

As he spoke, Robin turned his face, which was covered in paint, to the mountain eagle. After hesitating for a moment, he said seriously, "Or we could have one person draw attention outside while the other quietly sneaks into the barn."

Mountain Eagle glanced at Robin, thought for a moment, and then decisively rejected his idea...

"No, when Kobe and the others show up, things will definitely get chaotic inside the farm..."

If I were one of those drug dealers, my first thought would be to resist or escape. Whichever they choose, they have to get out of the barn.

As he spoke, Mountain Eagle looked at Robin, who seemed to be suppressing his emotions, and said curiously, "Buddy, no matter what we're going to do, we need to make sure we're safe first."

Robin had clearly been observing the area for a while. He pulled the mountain eagle through a patch of waist-high grass, then made a shushing gesture before slowing his pace and gliding almost flat on the ground to the edge of the grass.

The eagle could see that Robin had led it astray, but when Robin parted the grass to reveal what lay beneath, the eagle frowned deeply…

(End of this chapter)