hotmtlnovel Chapter 272 - 271: Breakthrough
Chapter 272 - 271: Breakthrough
Chapter 272: Chapter 271: BreakthroughThe sudden appearance of the Black Hawk helicopter, although not causing significant casualties to the Pirates, had greatly boosted the morale of the crew and passengers.
Eddie, like a catfish among the fishes, constantly stirred up trouble among the Pirates’ speedboats, keeping them too busy to attend to anything else.
Meanwhile, Mountain Eagle and his team arrived at the cruise ship’s helipad with the helicopter...
Due to the lack of guidance on the ground and the cruise ship slightly swaying, the Black Hawk pilot dared not descend too low, hovering about 5 meters above the ground was already the limit of this pilot’s bravery. No matter how Mountain Eagle cursed, he refused to descend any further.
Seeing someone from inside the cruise ship’s cockpit rushing out, holding a pistol and suppressing the crew outside who dared not raise their heads, Mountain Eagle cursed under his breath and yelled at the machine gunner Measles: "Measles, suppress the cockpit area.
Stay on the helicopter and let that bastard provide air cover for Eddie at sea."
Upon receiving the order, Measles decisively opened fire, with the trailing light bullets marking a clear trajectory landing a hundred meters above the cockpit.
Then, as the trajectory adjusted, a few guys who had just rushed out of the cockpit were knocked down, and the rest embarrassingly retreated back into the cockpit.
Seeing that Measles’ suppressing fire was effective, Mountain Eagle turned back and dashed to the helicopter cabin, kicked down a bundle of ropes, then hoisted up his tactical pack, slung the M2 shotgun behind him, and then hung the UMP45 on his chest with a single-point sling...
Watching his team, including Killing Bee, nearly ready, Mountain Eagle grabbed the rope before Big Mouth could, shouting loudly, "I’ll go down first, Daria covers..."
"Killing Bee, you and Big Mouth Broadcast cover from both sides, let’s secure the cockpit first..."
After saying this, Mountain Eagle jumped out of the cabin, gripping the rope with one hand and swiftly sliding down, decisively letting go about two meters above the ground...
"Bang"
Landing on his feet, Mountain Eagle’s knees slightly bent, then he naturally rolled forward...
The flexible exoskeleton absorbed most of the impact, and with Mountain Eagle’s roll, the last bit of force turned into forward momentum, allowing him to quickly get up after rolling and dash to the edge of the helipad.
Since the Pirates had not breached the first layer and the cockpit Pirates had been suppressed back, the top deck was relatively calm...
Mountain Eagle calmly waited for a minute and a half, until the last to descend, Daria, tapped on his shoulder from behind, he then nodded at Killing Bee next to him and said, "You take the right side, we take the left, go..."
Killing Bee, like a locomotive, led Big Mouth and Broadcast down from the helipad, moving to the right side along the pool, and asked over the radio, "What are the rules of engagement?"
The swiftly advancing Mountain Eagle said in a cold tone, "Eliminate all Pirates, protect yourselves, we don’t need prisoners, only the lucky ones who survive deserve to wait for trial!"
As Killing Bee saw a few crew members with batons waving at her from afar, she slowed her pace and said over the radio, "What I mean is, if..."
"There are no ifs, there are Pirates mixed among the tourists and crew, any action from anyone that you feel is dangerous...
Don’t hesitate, take the initiative!"
Hearing this, Killing Bee, feeling relieved, fired a shot into the sky, then shouted at the baton-holding crew, "Saban..."
Oh, wrong...
"Put down your weapons and place your hands where I can see them..."
An old Chinese man in a white captain’s uniform, while waving his hand, loudly commanded his subordinates to follow Killing Bee’s instructions...
Watching the Black Hawk taking off again in the distance, the captain stepped forward and shouted at Killing Bee, "I am the captain of the Diamond Queen; it was I who sent the distress signal, how long will it take for the reinforcements to arrive?"
As the captain shouted, a bullet grazed his body and hit the cockpit door not far behind him, scaring back a guy who was trying to shoot with a pistol.
The captain was also startled. He looked towards the direction from where the bullet came, then they discovered Mountain Eagle and Daria had already moved behind them...
Mountain Eagle, trained from a young age, had developed a unique set of battlefield footsteps, instinctively seeking the opponent’s blind and weak sides, shadows, and obstacles on the battlefield, moving through the intense battlefield like a ghost.
This would always cause those on the same level as him to notice him a step late.
Just like now, the sudden appearance of Mountain Eagle and Daria startled the crew, with one even suffering from an epileptic seizure due to the shock, sitting on the ground and convulsing.
Watching the crew not daring to make any move, Mountain Eagle shouted to Daria, "Check him...
Big Mouth on guard, Killing Bee, and Broadcast,
In this, Mountain Eagle was absolutely robotic!
For the crew facing a flank attack, they were just like sitting ducks.
Moreover, these people certainly weren’t wearing bullet-proof vests, and since they used highly effective hollow-point bullets, there was no need to deliberately aim for the head, allowing Mountain Eagle to shoot faster.
Maybe 8 seconds, maybe 10, soon there were no more standing individuals in the cockpit.
Mountain Eagle patted Daria on the shoulder, quickly moved towards the door while squeezing the radio, and said, "Killing Bee, Big Mouth, go in and check, Broadcast, bring the captain over..."
Daria waited until Killing Bee and Big Mouth stormed into the cabin to finish off anyone still breathing before she stopped covering and stood up to follow Mountain Eagle.
When they reached the door, they just met up with the arriving captain.
Mountain Eagle had already been informed through Crow that pirates had broken through security on the second floor; however, they hadn’t harmed the hostages yet but were trying to encircle and eliminate the few remaining security personnel at other exits.
He knew he couldn’t delay on his end, otherwise, once the pirates controlled enough hostages and established contact with the outside world, things might spiral out of his control.
Seeing the captain slow down at the door with a terrified face, Mountain Eagle while calling the helicopter to put some pressure on the first-floor pirates to slow their advance, also grabbed the captain and said, "Sir, we have no time now, do you know what happens if the pirates take hostages?"
The captain entered the smoke-filled cockpit, looked at several crew members he had worked with daily, their heads blown open, brains scattered, swallowed hard, and then nodded, "I understand..."
Then the captain took a deep breath and yelled to two middle-aged men of short stature, "Song Tian, restart the cruise ship’s automatic identification system, implant, open all surveillance systems..."
Song Tian, with a crew cut, worked quickly at the console, and with a trembling voice and a blurred accent, said, "Captain, Wilson has tampered with the cruise data, set a course, and locked the console..."
Mountain Eagle, unfamiliar with the seriousness of the issue, dragged the grim-looking captain below a row of screens on the right side of the cockpit, pointed to a staircase engaged in a fierce battle, and asked, "What’s this place?"
The captain, knowing his ship like the back of his hand, glanced at the surveillance number and said, "This is the northeastern staircase...
I’ve emergency locked the internal elevators of the cruise and had people block some staircase exits to stop those pirates from advancing upstairs."
Mountain Eagle, seeing a group of pirates had made it to the second floor and were quickly advancing towards the southeastern staircase behind the security, decisively ran out, shouting, "Warn those security guards to watch their backs, make sure they identify friend from foe...
Listen for my command, be ready to shut off the cruise’s interior lights.
Killing Bee, you guys take the southwestern stairs down, Daria, come with me..."