Fatal Strike: Paladins Mercenary Road

Chapter 236 It’s a bit difficult

What are the steps to rescue hostages?

The first step is to find where the hostages are being held!

This is actually the most important and the most difficult step...

However, the Blood Fox helped Mountain Eagle skip this step!
'Jaws' has been around for so many years and has some skills. Even though her brother betrayed her and took control of the killer network she established, not everyone in that network is happy to see a brainless idiot in power.

The imprisoned 'Great White Shark' found a channel to communicate with the outside world, but after many attempts she realized that only the identity of 'descendant of the Arctic fox' left by her grandfather could really help her.

The two old men, who had only met her once when she was very young, pushed the problem onto Shanying out of their former comradeship...

In fact, Mountain Eagle had already accepted Blood Fox's expectations of him, so it was natural for him to take over the hostage rescue mission.

Originally, Shanying imagined that since the hostages had been located, it shouldn't be too difficult to complete the rescue mission.

But when they drove the van to the outskirts of the manor where the 'Great White Shark' was located, Shanying found that things were not that simple.

The location of the manor is actually outside the scope of Moscow, located on a bend of the Volga River...

The van stopped at a camping site a few kilometers upstream from the manor. The most ferocious-looking butchers and pirates waved the rubles provided by the boss and used carrots and sticks to drive away several young men and women who were camping.

The pigeons then set up a roadblock on the path leading to the campsite, temporarily isolating the campsite from the outside world.

The two girls demonstrated their hands-on ability. They used simple ropes and tarpaulins, used one side of the van as a windbreak, and used two freshly cut branches to prop up a large canopy that was large enough for everyone to rest.

When everything was ready and it was getting dark, Shanying took out his cell phone and sent a text message, then asked Yulia and Daria to light a campfire and take out the marinated beef and side dishes.

While everyone was busy, the mountain eagle quietly released the crow, then sat on a fishing stool, seemingly admiring the sunset, but in fact, without anyone noticing, he had completed a detailed reconnaissance of the target manor.

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The manor is located in a bend of the Volga River. The entire manor is surrounded by water on three sides, and in front of it is several hectares of unobstructed grassland.

The edge of the meadow was the estate's boundary, which was now marked by an electrified wire fence and beyond which lay a vast expanse of coniferous forest.

The road leading to the outside world of the manor is only a two-way two-lane road, but a camera has been installed at the intersection where you turn from the main road to this road.

Looking down from the air, the road leading to the manor is 4 kilometers long, which means that if you want to avoid the surveillance inside the manor and approach the manor, you can only enter from the water or through the dense jungle.

Even if you pass through the dense jungle and cut through the barbed wire, it is still a big problem to cross the uncovered lawn.

Access from the water is equally difficult, as dense reeds and cattails along the coast form a natural barrier on the river bank.

The manor only cleared a clean waterway for ships to pass through the manor.

And this waterway has also been included in the surveillance!

Shanying wondered whether the people who built this manor had the idea of using the terrain to establish external defenses from the very beginning?

But the reality is that the natural environment around the manor, combined with electronic and human surveillance, can make it impossible for anyone trying to attack here to escape.

Even if you can avoid the outer surveillance and reach the edge of the manor, it is very difficult to break through hundreds of meters of unobstructed grassland under the internal defense of the manor.

In fact, as long as the firepower inside the manor is sufficient, and the people inside use the cover of the manor buildings and the advantage of being high above, any living creature that wants to rush in will have to pay a huge price.

The crows have detected the activities of people inside the manor. Nearly 30 people can be seen so far. It is not clear how many people cannot be seen inside the manor building, but it must not be too few.

Thinking that if he rushed in, it would be like stirring up a hornet's nest, Shanying pinched his nose with a headache...

The difficulty of this job was beyond Shanying's imagination!

While the mountain eagle was lost in thought, a small boat slowly approached the campsite from upstream in the sunset.

Seeing the people on the boat sending a signal with a strong flashlight, Shanying took off his tactical glasses, took out the flashlight, covered it with his left hand and shook it in front of him a few times, and then the boat slowly approached the simple dock of the camp.

Shanying waved his hand to signal the butchers who were starting to pick up their weapons not to be nervous, and at the same time said to Yulia who was in charge of the barbecue with a smile: "Don't stop, we have guests..."

After saying that, Shanying walked to the shore and watched a skinny old man with gray hair and wearing waterproof overalls get off the boat. He secured the boat to the dock with ropes with some difficulty, and then walked to the shore along the simple wooden dock.

Seeing that the old man had sallow skin and a haggard face, and that he walked a little unsteadily, Shanying judged that the old man was not in good health.

It is a tradition for the Chinese people to respect the elderly. After Shanying found that the other party was not feeling well, he stepped forward, held the old man's elbow, and helped him walk under the sky.

Asking the pirate to get a chair for him to sit down, Shanying looked at the dim eyes and tired expression of the old man who came to meet him. He pushed away the prepared drinks on the small table, poured a glass of juice for the old man and handed it to him...

"I'm Mountain Eagle. Blood Fox asked me to send you a message when I'm nearby. He said you can provide us with the information we need."

The old man's eyes lingered on the vodka bottle, then he smiled bitterly and took a sip of the juice with his shaking hands. Then he looked at Shanying and said in a hoarse voice, "Are you the apprentice that Xuehu mentioned?

You're great, you're the first one to see that I can't drink!

I’m Alex, and I used to be the steward of Volga Manor…”

Shanying saw Yulia looking at him curiously while she was grilling meat. He did not explain his behavior...

These old Russians are all rough, but Shanying has seen similar situations to Alex in the country...

The hair is thin, the frame is big but the person is very thin...

Today, people have no worries about food and drink, but they look malnourished and may fall down when the wind blows when they walk. There is a high probability that they are suffering from long-term illness.

Coupled with the sallow complexion and dim eyes, this is typical jaundice, most likely liver disease, and the situation is probably not very good.

How can such a person drink?
However, Shanying was not familiar with the old man, so there was no need to show special concern. He chose to sit next to Alex and said, "How do you know Blood Fox?"

Alex took the roast beef that Yulia handed him. He picked up the fork, put a piece of it in his mouth, chewed it hard for a few times, and then swallowed it with difficulty...

"I am the steward of Volga Manor. Sofia's grandfather often brought Blood Fox and other people to the manor for gatherings...

Two years ago I was diagnosed with advanced liver cancer, so I resigned from my position as housekeeper and applied for a cottage on the estate to wait for death.

A month ago, Sofia's younger brother Mario came to the manor. He brought a lot of gunmen, drove away all the old people in the manor, and forcefully announced that he would take over the place.

I had no ability to resist and I wouldn't live long if I left here, so I begged him to let me die in the manor.

Until I found out that Sovia was imprisoned in the underground cell of the manor...

No one cared about me, a dying old man, so I found an opportunity to contact Sophia and contacted several people according to her request.

But those people were either indifferent or had reservations.

Finally I thought of Blood Fox!
The old master once made a solemn blood oath with Blood Fox and the others in the manor. I think Blood Fox will definitely not sit idly by and watch the old master's most promising granddaughter get into trouble..."

Alex looked at the mountain eagle with a smile on his face and said, "I've waited for a long time and even felt there was no hope, but you finally came!"

Shanying looked at the old man in front of him with some emotion...

This old man demonstrates a sense of responsibility that transcends life and death!
He was about to die, but he still insisted on making a final effort for the granddaughter of the old owner of the Volga Manor.

Many people say that there is nothing important in life except death, but in fact, for those who are hovering between life and death, there are other more meaningful things besides death!
Something that can prove that they existed and leave a mark in people's hearts.

Shanying, who had completed the preliminary reconnaissance, was not completely sure about the rescue operation, but he would not tell this to old man Alex...

Seeing the hopeful look in the old man's eyes, Shanying nodded and said, "You are right, I am here!
I need detailed information about Volga Manor, and then I can consider how to rescue Great White Shark from the dungeon."

After hearing this, the old man Alex took out a hand-drawn drawing from the inner pocket of his waterproof work pants and handed it to Shanying. Then he carefully cut the beef in front of him into smaller pieces and put them into his mouth piece by piece.

While Alex was eating, the Eagle flicked open the blueprint...

On the A2-sized white paper, the floor plan of the manor was drawn in detail, the locations of the various buildings in the manor, and the locations of the motion sensors arranged by the other party around the lawn were clearly marked.

At the same time, the patrol route of the manor guards was marked with dotted lines on the drawing, and the number of guards in each group and the time of shift change were also written on it.

Shanying recalled the results of his reconnaissance and found that the location of the buildings was marked exactly, and the patrol route of the guards was consistent with what he saw.

In more detail, Alex also marked the locations of several firing points on the top of the main building.

Shanying couldn't tell for a moment whether this old man was a housekeeper or a scout...

Looking at the water route and jungle route marked on the blueprint, Shanying patiently waited for Alex to finish eating the beef...

Watching Alex wipe off the last bit of grease on the plate with a piece of bread, then stuffing it into his mouth, chewing with a satisfied sigh, Shanying realized something...

He pointed to the grass around the main building of the manor and said, "It's not a cloudy day tonight, and visibility won't be too bad even at night.

Even if the manor guards didn't have night vision equipment, crossing the grass would be very risky!
Do you have any suggestions? "

Alex took a sip of juice, swallowed the bread in his mouth, and then pointed to the small house next to the dock with a slightly red face and said, "I can take you closer to the dock by boat, and you only need to swim a short distance to use this small house to go ashore.

This place is only 40 meters away from the main building. When the time comes, I will make some noise and you will have a chance to rush in..."

(End of this chapter)