CHAPTER 380: CHAPTER 364: FIERCE BATTLE 2

Eddie and Camel, the two old men, were engaging in a firefight with the enemies on East Slope when the enemies in front almost simultaneously intensified their offensive...

On the jungle margins flanking the lagging Pickup, two M240 machine guns teamed up with automatic rifles to suppress the snipers atop the southern peak.

The one controlling the machine gun was clearly a master, with trailing light bullets guiding the trajectories, rapidly focusing their companions’ fire onto a small area, forcing Pigeon and God Stick to move positions.

Measles, the machine gunner, who had been ordered not to fire, curled up behind a flower bed barricade. The heavy wooden flower bed provided ample protection, but anyone in such an environment would grow restless...

"God Stick, take out their machine gunners, take out their..."

Actually, without Measles having to shout, Pigeon and God Stick, who had moved, had already locked onto the position of the machine gunners...

The frontal battle can sometimes be complex, but other times it’s quite simple...

When you can accurately hit or suppress your enemy, it means you’re also within their line of fire.

The fact that Sunset Mountain had fewer men was a weakness, but this also reduced the efficiency of the enemy’s attacks, as was the case now...

The two machine guns, leading the others, carried out a wild suppression on the area where Pigeon and God Stick had been, while meanwhile, enemies near the school bus and those by the Pickup formed a crossfire, using their numbers and firepower to block off a large area.

But when Pigeon and God Stick contracted inward, the fairly accurate firepower of the enemy ended up being essentially wasted.

"Bang"

"Bang"

After two gunshots, the opposing machine gun fire ceased...

Pigeon and God Stick, like they had been stung by needles, moved positions again, followed by several gun grenades bombarding their approximate location.

Imprecise shots, not very powerful, but truly terrifying!

Pigeon’s nerves were tougher. After moving positions, he quickly located the origin of the gun grenades, locked onto the target and pulled the trigger, hitting the target’s abdomen.

But God Stick lost his usual standards, shooting rashly and hitting the front of the Pickup, then attracting several gun grenade shots.

God Stick moved quickly, but alas, the enemy’s inaccurate shots met his precise reception...

A gun grenade hit the edge of the mountaintop, and the blast along with flying debris hit God Stick in the thigh, causing him to collapse in pain.

Pigeon glanced at the injured God Stick. Although the guy’s lively cries indicated his situation wasn’t dire, Pigeon still called out loudly through the radio: "Broadcast, check on God Stick, then come to the south to assist, we need to suppress the enemy’s fire..."

Broadcast and Yuliy were blocking the advancement route of the mercenaries at the back of the school bus on the West Side of the mountain. Their pressure wasn’t too great but it was very critical because controlling the mercenary’s position would enable Mountain Eagle to achieve his tactical objectives.

Yuliy glanced at Broadcast hesitatingly, she looked disdainfully down below and said," Hurry up and go, I thought all of Boss Eagle’s friends were experts, but instead, psh..."

Hearing this, Broadcast turned and crouched low to God Stick’s side, inspected the injury on his thigh, pulled out the embedded pebbles with bare hands, then took out haemostatic spray and gauze, busying himself while disdainfully saying, "God Stick, you’re such an embarrassment..."

God Stick hissed in pain and said, "You try it, the enemy’s firepower is too fierce; I’ve never seen such crazy guys even in the Golden Triangle."

After glancing at Pigeon apprehensively, once Broadcast finished bandaging him up, God Stick gritted his teeth and crawled again behind a cover...

At this moment, Pigeon had hit someone wielding a rocket launcher, the bullet hit his shoulder, causing the rocket to deviate...

A rocket exploded on the hillside near the school bus, causing a large spill of rocks to fall, raising the screams of the hostages inside the bus by a couple of octaves.

Yuliy watched a gunman who had just entered the rear of the school bus, set up a machine gun on the window and started firing in her direction...

She retracted behind cover under the threat of the bullets, then quickly switched to a different angle, locked onto the position of the machine gunner, but didn’t dare to shoot recklessly, for fear of harming the hostages inside the school bus.

It seemed like the enemy had the firepower advantage, whereas Sunset Mountain had the terrain advantage, resulting in a fierce exchange.

But in reality, aside from a few gunners causing some casualties, and the mercenaries’ bombardment achieving some suppressive effect, neither side gained much of a foothold because neither had achieved their tactical objectives.

The smoke bombs and gas bombs released by Big Doberman, along with the old men’s superb shooting skills, effectively delayed East Slope’s assault...

The hostages taken by the enemy limited Sunset Mountain’s firepower.

Both sides were waiting for the balance to be broken...

The mercenaries waiting for East Slope to make progress, Sunset Mountain waiting for Boss Eagle to achieve a decisive victory and do so before those mercenaries made even crazier moves.

...

With Crow and Balang assisting, Mountain Eagle’s ability to perceive local battlefield situations was absolutely world-class.

He led Butcher and Daria swiftly flanking the mercenaries set up by the enemy’s wing, stopping just over 40 meters away from the school bus...

There were 6 people under the school bus, including the driver, and three more mercenaries on top.

To get clear information on the personnel, Mountain Eagle simply let Crow land on the big nose of the school bus, to peer through the windshield to check inside.

All the hostages were sitting huddled, a machine gunner was in the front section of the bus, sweeping fire towards the mountaintop; the driver and another mercenary pointing guns at the hostages, ensuring they didn’t dare make any rash moves.

The six individuals under the vehicle split into two groups, with the first three relying on the big nose of the school bus, occasionally rushing out to shoot bursts of gunfire towards the direction atop Sunset Mountain where Yuliy was located.

The other three coordinated with the distant pickup team, creating a crossfire on the southern peak position, turning the southwest corner of the mountaintop into a fire-free zone.

In fact, if these people concentrated part of their forces to launch a strong assault on the café garden position at this time, it would have been very difficult for the Sunset Mountain side.

But unfortunately, they felt that their own lives were more valuable than those of the Rohingya mercenaries...

So they still persisted in the initial tactics, using their superior firepower to delay, hoping that the Rohingya mercenaries would charge up the summit, and then they would deliver the final blow...

Mountain Eagle confirmed the situation around the school bus, stopped in his tracks, turned around, and said to Butcher and Daria, "There’s a mercenary blocking the way ahead, I’ll sneak up and take him out.

Be careful to follow later on. Once Balang and the others release Smoke Bombs and gas bombs to attract the attention of other mercenaries in the jungle, we will launch the attack...

Butcher is responsible for the three mercenaries at the front of the school bus, Daria is responsible for the three at the back, and I’ll deal with the mercenaries on the bus.

Any questions?"

Butcher, donning night vision goggles, nodded slightly and said, "I’m good. It would be best to have Killing Bee and Big Mouth come down to meet us during the attack..."

Daria had cooperated with Mountain Eagle many times, and she knew Mountain Eagle had taken the most difficult part.

Moreover, top soldiers from the Russia training system have a very clear concept: concern at the key moment is the most useless emotion...

Instead of worrying about the safety of comrades or hostages, it’s better to do one’s own part well, and executing tactics smoothly is the best approach.

Soldiers under the Russia system, in fact, would place hostages in a considerably low priority, hence the trope of Russian rescue operations.

Daria, trained as an excellent spy agent, quickly sorted out the situation and said, "I will deploy Smoke Bombs towards the back of the school bus to obscure the enemy’s vision.

Boss, the hostages are troublesome, you can’t really identify them, they need someone specifically to guard them."

Mountain Eagle listened, shook his head, and said, "As long as we don’t let the hostages off the bus, we won’t have those problems."

As he spoke, Mountain Eagle pinched the radio and said, "Killing Bee, Marta, get ready..."

After speaking, Mountain Eagle patted Butcher’s shoulder, and then slowly moved towards the roadside embankment.

A mercenary was squatting between two large trees with his gun pointing westward, guarding against a flank attack by Mountain Eagle and his team.

Unfortunately for him, Mountain Eagle and his team were better equipped and more skilled, so much so that the mercenary didn’t notice Mountain Eagle approach...

As Butcher was responsible for the front of the bus, which was the near end, he did not need to move far and he saw all of Mountain Eagle’s actions...

Completely different from his aggressive Moscow tactics, in the jungle, he was like a civet cat, never lifting his feet too high off the ground, and stepping precisely on the soft earth, avoiding any twigs that might make a crackling sound...

When Mountain Eagle got within about two meters of the mercenary, Butcher witnessed a very thrilling scene...

Mountain Eagle in the dark was like a hunting chameleon, his movements became extremely slow, just like a chameleon inching towards its prey, using the cover of darkness to get close to the mercenary from the side and rear.

What gave Butcher the chills was that all along the opponent had not the slightest reaction...

Only someone who has really been through it can understand how terrifying Mountain Eagle’s actions were...

It was like you’re walking down the road and seeing someone come towards you with a monster following right behind them, no matter how you warn them, they just can’t seem to notice.

Of course, Mountain Eagle wasn’t that frightening, but in Butcher’s eyes, the effect was similar.

Because only those who have truly experienced combat know how extremely difficult it is to quietly approach an alert person in the jungle without being detected unless ambushed in advance.

Mountain Eagle not only did it, but the entire process was as if he had merged with the surrounding environment, catching the opponent entirely off guard from the side and rear.

His right hand’s knife suddenly accelerated when it was about a half a foot from the back of the mercenary’s head, stabbing smoothly along the lower edge of the helmet as if slicing through tofu...

After the deed, Mountain Eagle, as if he had done something trivial, pulled out his knife, wiped it on the opponent’s body, and then turned to move towards the edge of the embankment.

"Get ready..."

Listening to the voice coming from the radio, Butcher took a deep breath, and while moving quickly toward the direction of the embankment, he said, "Butcher in position..."

"Daria in position..."

Killing Bee and Big Mouth were each driving a pickup truck; she glanced at Marta waving her hand from the top of the mountain with a computer and nodded slightly, saying, "Killing Bee in position..."

Mountain Eagle placed his AK-105 and M2 shotgun on the ground, drew his CZ75, and then stretched his neck...

"Balang..."

With Mountain Eagle’s call, a series of barking erupted from the western side of the jungle, followed by a series of Smoke Bombs and gas bombs triggered within...

As the smoke rose and the gas spread, the attention of the mercenaries in the pickup positions and the western jungle was diverted instantly...

"Move..."