Chapter 61: Bloody Battle
The downside of the Hummingbird Kit is that if a companion does not have an identification device, the sonar detection cannot differentiate friend from foe. When reinforcements engage with the enemy, Mountain Eagle can’t clearly see who is who...
Left with no choice, Mountain Eagle moved along the wall to the side of the eastern breach, quickly peeking out...
Gru and his four men, along with five soldiers in the 191 Special Forces Combat Uniforms, were battling a gang of gunmen blocking the alley entrance.
The newcomers clearly outperformed the gang gunmen in training. Although they were in a disadvantaged position, their reasonable distribution of firepower and reliable shooting skills allowed them to keep making strong advances...
However, their luck ran out when they reached the entrance of the alley.
Several Incendiary Bottles were thrown from the side into the alley entrance, sending up black smoke from the burning gasoline and debris.
The dense smoke obscured the vision of both sides, but the location of the alley entrance was fixed, while the gunmen outside could move around.
As soon as a 191 soldier emerged from the smokescreen, he was shot down, then desperately pulled back into the alley by his teammates...
Mountain Eagle crouched at the breach and began shooting downward...
"Tessa, watch the stairwell, radio them, tell them to wait for us to come out..."
Tessa picked up the radio and yelled a few words, then shouted to Mountain Eagle: "There are too many people outside, we can’t break through. Gru said they’ll come in to back us up..."