Fatal Strike: Mercenary Road of Gunfire Ranger-Chapter 976 - 910: Landing

Under Du Shang's guidance, the assault boats avoided NATO Peacekeeping Force surveillance under the cover of night, then slipped into a tributary, entering a secret waterway winding through the hills.

The surroundings were incredibly silent, and Mountain Eagle and his team navigated using night vision goggles, with the electric motor making barely any noise, making it hard for anyone to notice the three boats slowly moving forward in the middle of the stream unless they got really close and looked carefully.

They set out at ten o'clock at night and reached their designated location around 5 a.m.

A remote riverbank located in northeastern Kosovo, surrounded by hills covered in shrubs.

When the assault boat reached the riverbank, Du Shang was the first to jump off the boat, stepping on the riverbank's broken ice and entering a shrubbery area beside the river...

A few minutes later, Du Shang returned to the riverbank, caught the rope Teodore threw over, tied it to a tree, then connected it with a pulley system, and tied the other end to another big tree, using a stick to pull the rope, swiftly leveraging the pulley system's power to haul the heavy assault boat onto the riverbank.

After similarly hauling the other two assault boats ashore, Mountain Eagle stopped Du Shang from hiding the assault boats, took out a few prepared camouflage nets to cover the black hulls and engines of the assault boats, but left the boxes inside open.

Seeing Du Shang's puzzled expression, Mountain Eagle didn't explain further but followed him into the shrubbery.

Inside the shrubbery, there was a hidden cabin built using surrounding shrubs. As Mountain Eagle approached the cabin, he noticed some trees around with disguised surveillance cameras.

Sang Jia noticed Mountain Eagle's vigilant gaze and praised him, saying, "Those are the sensory monitors we installed. Whenever any living organism passes by, they record its image.

We got these from an animal research center, where scientists used them to film animals. We modified them a bit to use as surveillance for this camp.

By regularly reviewing the footage, we can figure out if anyone's been here."

Mountain Eagle was already using Crow to inspect the surrounding terrain...

The waterway where they docked was a remote tributary, with the camp located in a much more deserted no-man's land.

From an aerial view, the nearest populated area was about 5 kilometers away, separated by a hill with miscellaneous trees.

Anyone unfamiliar with the terrain would struggle to find this place, let alone not getting lost amidst the hills.

Under these circumstances, Du Shang and his team remained strict and disciplined, which Mountain Eagle greatly appreciated.

Inside the cabin, Mountain Eagle gave a thumbs up to Du Shang and Sang Jia, smiling as he commented, "This location choice is really good..."

Sang Jia, intrigued, responded, "Do you know where we are?"

Mountain Eagle smiled while shaking his GPS, then surveyed the cabin's interior, saying, "It's almost dawn; these old folks need some rest."

Saying this, Mountain Eagle glanced at a large table in the cabin's center made of assembled logs, and the items displayed on it, as he walked over and flipped open a map dotted with markings, he smiled and said, "I need you to point out the Kosovo Liberation Organization locations for me..."

Sang Jia, always treated as the commander, put down her gear and moved beside Mountain Eagle, pointing at a position on the map, saying, "We're here...

There's a Mujia people's village 5 kilometers to the south, the only place within a 20-kilometer area capable of providing supplies.

To approach the 'Farm' of the Kosovo Liberation Organization, we'd need to head south through 5 kilometers of mountainous terrain, then, after resting at the village, use vehicles along the nearby road, heading east for roughly 30 kilometers...

Along the way, there are a dozen checkpoints, set up by both the Kosovo Liberation Organization personnel and the local authorities.

If you're sure your target is heading to the 'Farm'..."

Saying this, Sang Jia tapped near a skull-marked spot, speaking gravely, "This should be the path you must take...

However, there's a problem; executing an ambush here isn't hard, escaping successfully afterwards is the challenge.

Once the firefight starts, the Kosovo Liberation Organization members from the 'Farm' can arrive within 15 minutes, and their firepower is intense..."

Mountain Eagle noted the 'Farm's' location, immediately instructing Crow to begin scouting in that direction...

As Mountain Eagle's orders went out, 8 Crows dispersed in the air, scouting the ground situation while gathering radio signals...

While waiting, Mountain Eagle took out his phone, snapped a photo of the map full of annotations, then touched his chin and said, "The Kosovo Liberation Organization has lots of manpower and strong firepower, but their territory is large, too.

These guys can't keep everyone concentrated in one place, especially in core areas like the 'Farm'...

Where are their main headquarters? Where is their logistics center? Through what channels do they primarily supplement their resources?

Weapons certainly aren't scarce in Kosovo, and food and medicine shouldn't be hard to get, but even if they rely entirely on external sources for supplies, they still need a storage place."

"Here..."

Before Sang Jia could respond, the big-nosed Du Shang took the initiative to walk over, pointed heavily at a spot on the map, and said, "Their main logistical supplies are stored here...

This used to be a South Alliance arms factory, built inside the belly of a mountain, with a railway connected to the outside."

As he spoke, Du Shang's finger traced a short distance eastward along the railway on the map, stopping at a point, and said, "This place is a small town called 'Chezi', originally the residence of workers' families from the arms factory and several nearby supporting factories. Now it's the base for the main forces of the Kosovo Liberation Organization.

The arms factory is still operational, and the Kosovo Liberation Organization uses the railway to transport rifles, RPGs, mortar shells, and the like produced by the factory to Pristina.

They hand these over to the Kosovo Army in exchange for other supplies and arms, which also accounts for 'paying taxes.'"

Listening to this, Mountain Eagle nodded with some emotion. In his mind, it was quite unbelievable for a gang warlord organization to control a railway and an arms factory.

From Sang Jia and Du Shang's expression, it seemed the Kosovo Liberation Organization had basically taken control of northeastern Kosovo.

Kosovo is not very large, stretching only about 150 kilometers from north to south, with a total area of about ten thousand square kilometers.

A single gang warlord organization controlling nearly one-fifth of the area right under the nose of the NATO Peacekeeping Force is simply astounding.

Seeing the clearly marked local map at this moment, Mountain Eagle realized he might have underestimated the Kosovo Liberation Organization; they only have over 4,000 people, yet many Albanians live within their controlled territory, and the relatively few Serbs have been squeezed into a few northern cities.

Under such circumstances, if discovered, there's nowhere safe for them to go!

While Mountain Eagle pondered, his eyes remained fixed on the map. After a few minutes, he had a rough idea...

"Can the people in this Mujia village be trusted?"

The Mujia are actually the group that Tito created to divide the Serbs back then...

This notorious strongman, to weaken the dominant Serbian nationality in the South Alliance, forcibly split the Serbs who practiced the YSL Sect into a separate group called the Mujia.

Judging from the history of the South Alliance, the relationship between the Mujia and Serbs wasn't particularly good, hence Mountain Eagle's inevitable doubts. 𝘧𝓇ℯ𝑒𝓌𝑒𝑏𝓃𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭.𝒸ℴ𝓂

Listening to this, Sang Jia nodded and said, "Most of the people in the village have suffered persecution from the Kosovo Liberation Organization and Albanians. They were originally scattered, but after issues arose in Kosovo, their lands were seized by Albanians, forcing them into this remote area to start anew.

They have their own militia force, equipped with arms, and various farming tools and seeds provided by the Northern Brigade.

We've worked together many times in the past; as long as it's against the Kosovo Liberation Organization, they're willing to help.

Currently, the Serb population in northern Kosovo has been steadily declining, dropping from 10% of the total Kosovo population down to just 6% now.

For resisting the Albanian occupation, many Serb and Mujia people in the north have united, forming similar village alliances for self-protection.

However, the reality is grim. Apart from a few northern cities retaining their population structure due to proximity to Serbia, Serbs have nearly disappeared elsewhere."

After hearing this, Mountain Eagle nodded while stroking his chin. Just as he was about to speak, he received an email on his phone...

Opening the email, he found several photos and high-definition satellite images, accompanied by a brief intelligence report...

The email was sent by Kobe from the Refugee Group, and the chubby man in the photos was the Underworld's senior Middleman 'White Whale'.

This guy has already arrived in Kosovo and checked into a luxury hotel in the capital, Pristina.

The intelligence brief indicated that 'White Whale' will meet with the Kosovo authorities tonight, and tomorrow he will head to the Kosovo Liberation Organization's territory to meet their leader.

Mountain Eagle wasn't clear about where Kobe got his intel from, but the United States' control over NATO is evident, and the European Union is keeping a tight watch on Kosovo...

Given the Department of Homeland Security's authority, it shouldn't be incorrect, and he trusts Kobe won't blunder at such a crucial moment.

Mountain Eagle shared the intelligence with Blood Fox and Sang Jia, then, after contemplating the map for a while, pointed to a position upstream of the river and said, "We'll set off at noon; Du Shang will accompany us to the Mujia village to borrow a vehicle...

Blood Fox and Teodore will lead the others to this location, here in a valley. We will prepare a trap here in advance; once we succeed, we'll retreat through here.

If the Kosovo Liberation Organization pursues us relentlessly, we'll annihilate them here."

Mountain Eagle's matter-of-fact tone surprised Sang Jia a bit, and she said incredulously, "Annihilate?"

Mountain Eagle nodded heavily, with a dark look in his eyes, and said, "Correct, annihilate!"

Sang Jia looked at Mountain Eagle as if he were mad and said, "We have only a dozen people..."

Mountain Eagle smiled and said, "Sometimes, many people are not necessarily an advantage!"