Chapter 828 - 773: Forceful Assault
Mountain Eagle, in the middle of his sprint, decisively killed two gunmen entangled by the Magengxi Wolves, the immense destructive power of the solitary bullet caused their heads to explode like smashed watermelons...
Without stopping, Mountain Eagle, amidst the white light and explosion of the offensive hand grenade, fired six consecutive shots at the heavy door of the small building.
Then, alongside Chakdi, he jumped into the corridor of the small building, evading the shooting range from the second floor, while the two Magengxi Wolves, having received orders as soon as Mountain Eagle landed, dashed outside to block the returning gunmen.
From the Spearhead Missile bombardment to charging into the corridor, it only took three or four seconds altogether...
Pressing against the side of the big door, Mountain Eagle struck the wall forcefully, discovering the small building was of concrete frame structure.
He frowned slightly, and as Golden Cicada activated, he grabbed a handful of solitary bullets from the ammunition bag with his left hand, swiftly loading them while calling Balang to lie down at the corner near the backyard on the right side of the small building...
Balang teamed up with Mountain Eagle to throw two jump mines, taking down four gunmen on the spot, yet the dense steel balls fired at close range didn't completely finish off this group of extraordinarily resilient gunmen...
The two surviving gunmen shouted painfully while trying to locate Balang, but their night vision goggles were damaged, and they couldn't find Balang's position; instead, fired randomly in the direction of the courtyard wall, relying on memory.
For now, Balang was safe, but the feedback Golden Cicada gave to Mountain Eagle was very bad...
Earlier, through Crow's reconnaissance, Mountain Eagle confirmed that there were only over thirty people near the small building, with a dozen patrolling the periphery in shifts...
However, once the battle began, the cellar in the backyard was opened, and a team of 12 fully equipped soldiers charged out. They split into two groups as soon as they appeared, aiming to flank Mountain Eagle from two directions...
The nimble movements of these guys made Mountain Eagle realize he had indeed fallen into their trap.
Indeed, one cannot be too confident!
"Spring Knife, fire..."
A Spring Knife 600, which had been hovering in the air, swooped down at Mountain Eagle's command, exploding in the middle of the team of 6 advancing on the left side of the small building...
"Boom"
The Spring Knife 600 had great power; although the armor-piercing warhead wasn't exactly suited for the current situation, it was still enough...
At the instant the drone crashed near the soldiers, the massive explosion blasted a small hole in the corner of the small building, throwing everyone around into the air.
The legs of two guys closest were instantly torn from their bodies, their mutilated forms smashing onto their companions.
The guys on the other side were also affected. The team of 6, lining up against the wall, preparing to charge, were startled by the explosion from behind; the rear team member was hit in the buttocks by a shard, letting out a painful scream as he fell to the ground...
The leader of the group reacted swiftly, instantly gesturing, before leading the charge toward the corner himself, and the four behind him simultaneously spread out, pulling distance to aim their gun barrels at the space on the right side of the small building, particularly targeting the protruding boiler room.
But no matter what these guys thought, the main force on this side wasn't human at all...
Balang, as they spread out, slithered towards them on the ground...
"Thud thud" After two muffled sounds, two jump mines shot into the sky...
Affected by the limited field of the night vision goggles, these men didn't see Balang slithering on the ground; the leader clearly saw the jumping mines through the dim night vision, and screamed in terror...
"Get down..."
"Boom boom"
Two clusters of steel balls exploded at a height of about 1.2 meters, instantly sweeping through the surrounding space like a whirlwind slash in a video game...
"Ugh..."
A few soldiers simultaneously emitted pained groans, then fell motionless...
The unluckiest one, bending down to lie prone, was sprayed with a cluster of steel balls on his face; the dense steel balls pierced through his night vision goggles and tore up half of his face, revealing a ghastly skull.
Covering his face, the unlucky guy smashed into the ground, seeing his half face on the snow, stunned for a few seconds before the tremendous pain struck, causing him to emit a violent scream.
Though described as lengthy, all this took less than a minute...
Meanwhile, the two Magengxi Wolves charging out of the courtyard encountered a dozen gunmen returning...
The gunmen riding snowmobiles clearly received instructions from the rear; they no longer underestimated the two wolves, the gunmen on the rear seats placed their automatic rifles on the shoulders of the drivers, pulling the trigger towards the sprinting Magengxi Wolves...
Six tongues of fire sprayed out, but both sides were moving, making the bullet accuracy rather poor; only one shot from the side hit a running Magengxi Wolf...
Yet, before the gunman could shout, the shot Magengxi Wolf startlingly adjusted its body balance and continued charging forwards.
At the moment the two sides were about to collide head-on, the six jump mines on the two Magengxi Wolves' bodies popped out one by one, propelled forwards by inertia, laying out a jump mine net...
And as the two Magengxi Wolves were about to meet on foot, they swiftly veered left and right...
As the two sides brushed past, a Magengxi Wolf's side was repeatedly hit, the bullet's impact making it emit painful whimpers as it stumbled sideways.
Just as the gunmen vigorously patted the riders to accelerate, they found a string of white lights exploding in front of them...
"Boom boom boom boom..."
The twelve jump mines exploded one after another with the two wolves!
Even though the group was spread out, this blast took out half of them...
A torrent of fine steel balls swept through the surroundings like a scythe. Instantly, the people on the four snowmobiles toppled to the ground. Their bullet-proof vests and thick warm clothing absorbed part of the steel balls' deadly force, sparing two of them on the four snowmobiles from death...
The remaining two were shielded by their comrades and not hit, but as they desperately tried to maneuver the snowmobiles, they still flipped over...
The Magengxi wolf that had been hit by a bullet sprang up amidst the explosion, baring its blood-stained fangs, howling as it charged towards a gunman who was trying to push away the snowmobile and bit his wrist.
In fright, the surviving gunman flailed his arm to shake it off, only to hear a horrifying whimpering close by...
When he turned to look, another Magengxi wolf opened its big mouth and clamped down on his throat...
"Fuck..."
The 'Lucky Shooter' only managed to curse once before the Magengxi wolf wrenched his throat open with a violent twist...
"Bang bang bang"
A flurry of pistol shots rang out. The two Magengxi wolves let out pained whimpers and darted into the blowing snow, then howled chillingly from out of sight...
The bullet-proof vests that Mountain Eagle provided these 'Wolf Warriors' had excellent bulletproof capabilities, but the bullet impact still inflicted significant damage on them.
The final volley from another surviving driver's pistol hit the side and hind leg of the throat-biting Magengxi wolf, making it lame in one leg...
However, the two Magengxi wolves did not back down from the pain. They howled, circling in the snow, stalling these reinforcements...
At this moment, the situation of attack and defense reversed, and the enemy's carefully laid trap became their own downfall.
But Mountain Eagle didn't have much time...
The 'Sled', struggling to hold off those patrolling soldiers, was forced to withdraw into a sparse coniferous forest. Just when he shot down a gunman trudging through the snow, he heard the roar of snowmobiles in the distance...
From the eastern side of Saint Mary's Town, a dozen gunmen burst out of two native houses. They pushed snowmobiles out of the warehouse and charged toward the direction of the ongoing battle...
Meanwhile, a team of twelve men rushed out of the hangar near the runway. They rode their snowmobiles across the town, not caring whether the surface of the tributary was frozen solid, directly dashing onto the ice toward the small building...
"Boss, they have more men, I can't hold them off..."
Mountain Eagle heard the 'Sled's call, and he calculated his firepower...
There were still three Spring Knife 600s available in the sky, and Sled had 8 Spearhead Missiles left...
Golden Cicada's close-range reconnaissance allowed Mountain Eagle to discern the personnel inside the small building. He took a deep breath and said, "'Sled', don't force it, lead them around in circles, then prepare to cover our retreat from the perimeter..."
After saying this, Mountain Eagle glanced at Chakdi, who was standing against the wall on the other side of the door, pale-faced, and asked, "Can you hold on?"
Chakdi clutched his abdomen, nodded, and said, "The bullet hit the bullet-proof vest, just a hard knock, I'm fine!"
Mountain Eagle nodded, pointed to the other side of the small building, and said, "You go clear out the people around the small building, blow up their generator, and then guard the exit of the basement in the backyard..."
Chakdi's eyes widened as he heard this, and he said, "Boss..."
Mountain Eagle waved him off and said, "Trust me, there aren't many people inside the small building, I can handle them!
We walked into a trap, and this is all on me. Right now, we can't retreat, only move forward!
You can't keep up with me..."
Seeing Chakdi's reluctance, Mountain Eagle spoke in a low, commanding voice, "Obey orders!"
Chakdi gave a long look at the boss who was preparing to clear the building alone, then nodded firmly, backed along the wall a few meters, crouched to avoid the window, then flipped down the corridor to the side of the small building...
After watching Chakdi leave, Mountain Eagle seemed to conjure a large thermo-baric bomb into his hand...
Then he reached out and knocked on the small building's main door...
"Bang bang bang bang bang bang..."
"Bang bang bang..."
At the moment the knocking sounded, a fierce gunfire erupted inside the small building...
The rain of bullets pelted the log door, which had already been riddled with holes by Mountain Eagle, shredding it even further.
Amidst the hail of bullets, Mountain Eagle felt a long-missed thrill. He grinned silently as he pulled the pin off the thermo-baric bomb, then took out the satellite phone and dialed Commander Chuck's number...
Hearing a faint phone ring from upstairs, Mountain Eagle spoke as soon as the call connected, "Hey, Chuck, looks like you've been waiting for me. I'm right below you, and I'm coming up to find you..."
Right after speaking, Mountain Eagle, upon hearing the brief lull in gunfire on the first floor, released the grenade pin, waited two seconds, then tossed the grenade inside...
"Boom..."