Fatal Strike: Paladins Mercenary Road

Chapter 276: Encirclement and Stranding

Amid a series of explosions and white lights, the mountain eagle leaped out like a cheetah...

He sprinted a few steps, then climbed over a fence with one hand, and the moment he landed, he pulled a grenade from his chest and rolled out...

The grenade rolled on the ground for more than ten meters and exploded next to a water bar, silencing two pirates who were hiding in front of the water bar.

The other four pirates had not yet recovered from the damage caused by the stun grenades, but Mountain Eagle had already reached their side, broke through the smoke rising from the grenade explosion, and pulled the trigger at them at close range.

"Bang bang bang bang..."

The high rate of fire of the Benelli M2 was brought to its full potential in the hands of Shanying. The four confused pirates had no time to react and were shot into a hornet's nest.

After succeeding, Shanying turned around and inserted the M2 into the side pocket of his backpack, then picked up the UMP45 and quickly moved forward along the edge of the swimming pool...

The entire front section of the central atrium was caught in an unprecedented bombing...

Dalia's six grenades and a dozen grenades thrown from the second floor caused heavy losses to the pirates.

Eddie killed two manic pirates who were guarding the hostages the moment he launched the attack, and then showed the calmness and decisiveness that only an old gun can show...

He stood up and rushed to the area with the widest shooting range, continuously killing the confused pirates with precise shooting.

When he saw Shanying, who had also succeeded, approaching with his gun raised, Eddie nodded slightly and pulled away from Shanying by about 5 meters. The two formed a crossfire and started to attack forward along the passage in front of the restaurant, stepping on the explosive drumbeats...

At this time, Dalia also completed the task. She caught up with the mountain eagle in big strides, and then always kept a position about 5 meters to his right...

Looking from upstairs, the three men were like an out-of-control second hand, sometimes moving clockwise, sometimes counterclockwise, but they were always able to maintain continuous firepower and clear out the pirates.

As for the killer bees on the second floor, their firepower reached its peak after the machine gunner Measles took position.

Together with the people from four security companies, eight people opened fire at multiple angles at the same time, leaving the pirates below with no place to hide.

The darkness gave Mountain Eagles a huge advantage; stun grenades and hand grenades destroyed the pirates' will to resist.

Therefore, the remaining pirates who were less affected by the stun grenades did not even make a decent counterattack. Driven by the bullets fired from all directions, they followed the "plan" of Shanying and his team and rolled into an open restaurant in the northeast corner...

"Go, go, go, Dahlia, go check on the hostages, and the killer bees will seal off the northeast corner..."

After Shanying gave the order, Daria decisively switched positions with Eddie, and then sprinted forward.

After arriving at the restaurant where the hostages were gathered, Dalia first fired a shot at the ceiling, then shouted loudly: "Lie down and don't move. If anyone is injured, raise your hands..."

Shanying didn't dare to leave the circular passage in front of the restaurant because there were four "blind gunmen" on the second floor.

While walking, he finished shooting at several pirates in the center who were obviously still alive. After using the Golden Cicada to confirm that there were no more living people in the center, Shanying said while holding the radio: "Cease fire, cease fire...

Captain, turn on the lights..."

A few seconds later, the lights inside the cruise ship flashed, and then lights suddenly lit up around the patio.

The pirates who had taken shelter in the restaurant in the northeast corner and had not yet recovered from the impact of the stun grenade felt their eyes go white again, and then they heard a few "ding-dong-dong" sounds...

"Grenade, lie down..."

A few pirates who had become experienced in the explosion did not care that they could not see anything. They rushed towards the interior of the restaurant, trying to avoid the deadly explosion.

Following several explosions, a large amount of gray-black smoke poured out of the restaurant in the northeast corner.

Shanying watched a guy fly over and use his head to test the hardness of the restaurant's bar, then his neck twisted into a strange shape. He quickly approached the restaurant with a gun and quickly finished shooting the lucky guy inside.

Then, under the watchful eyes of several people on the second floor, Shanying rushed to the corridor adjacent to the restaurant and shop on the east side and knocked down several guys who were staggering and trying to escape.

Two pirates with obvious leg injuries rushed to the east side of the ship. Hearing the life-threatening footsteps behind them, they looked at each other and roared, then turned over and jumped down from a height of nearly 20 meters.

The Eagle chased to the side of the ship and looked over, only to see two splashes of water being swept into the bottom of the ship...

After praising the courage and swimming ability of these pirates, Shanying turned back to the few pirates who had been knocked down alive and tied their hands behind their backs.

Seeing the two guys bleeding profusely from leg injuries, Shanying also put tourniquets on them.

The dead are just achievements, these few are the real merits, and they are also the pieces of the puzzle to solve these strange things.

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While Shanying and his team were busy on the lower level, in a luxurious suite on the 4th floor of the cruise ship, a man from the island country wearing a white crew uniform, less than meters tall, and with a very ordinary appearance, bowed slightly to a slightly fat, round-faced Chinese man...

Then, at the moment when the round-faced Chinese man was distracted, a dagger suddenly appeared in the hand of the island man, and he took a step forward and stabbed it into the round-faced man's chest.

Seeing the round-faced man fall to the ground with unwillingness in his eyes, the Japanese man turned around and walked to the sofa...

Seeing the woman on the sofa covering the mouths of the two children to prevent them from screaming and looking at him with pleading eyes, the island man grinned, suddenly reached out to hold the woman's face, and cut her throat with a knife...

He moved sideways to avoid the gushing blood, and seeing two children who were only about three years old looking at him dully, the man from the island country picked up the two children and covered their mouths and noses with his hands...

Half a minute later, the two struggling children stopped moving.

The man threw the child to the ground, admired his masterpiece again, and then walked out of the luxury suite with a brisk pace. When he passed by the outer room, he saw four bodyguards in suits sitting on the ground looking at him, but unable to take any action. The man showed a happy smile on his face and cut the throats of several people one by one.

When the island man walked to the door, he put on a cheap plastic mask, then backed out of the room with an extremely respectful posture and closed the door.

Then he bent and turned right, avoiding the surveillance camera above his head and quickly left the scene.

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Shanying didn't know what happened up there. After taking control of the situation on the first floor, he took the initiative to contact the captain...

"The pirates on the first floor have been dealt with. We need all crew members to mobilize. Some will be responsible for gathering the bodies and weapons to the bow, and some will cooperate with the security personnel to check the internal conditions of the cruise ship."

Shanying looked at several armed and safe wounded soldiers who appeared on the second floor. He held the radio and said, "We need a doctor here. Call the doctor over..."

The captain was very cooperative. He decisively used the radio to inform all the crew and staff to gather on the first floor. Then the man hesitated for a moment and said, "Officer, thank you for saving us, but we are facing a problem now..."

When Shanying heard this, he pinched his nose with a headache and said, "What happened again?"

The captain said bitterly: "The first mate locked the cruise ship's autopilot system and destroyed the console and rudder. Now we are heading to Phuket at a speed of 20 knots...

We just fixed the navigation system, and the technicians are working on the steering system and trying to switch back to manual driving mode."

Shanying didn't know much about sailing. He frowned and said, "What's the problem?"

The captain said helplessly: "The navigation system that has just been repaired shows that we will soon pass through a reef area. If we don't have time to repair the rudder, then we will..."

Several scenes from the famous movie Titanic flashed through Shanying's mind. He looked up at the magnificent cruise ship's skylight and said in disbelief, "Are we going to sink?"

Shanying said loudly: "Stop the engine, stop the engine, and drop the anchor..."

The captain said bitterly: "I have arranged for someone to go there, and you will feel the vibration soon, but...

Officer, we need Thailand to arrange enough ships to come to rescue, otherwise..."

After hearing this, Shanying rubbed his face vigorously, then took out his satellite phone and called Tessa...

"Shan, how are you guys, are you okay?"

Hearing that Tessa was concerned about him first, Shanying felt a little better...

He walked to one side of the ship, strode towards the bow deck, and said helplessly: “I’m fine, the pirates have been killed.

However, the ship's traitor destroyed the driving system, and I have no idea what happened. I only know that we will enter a reef area."

Tessa was stunned for a moment and exclaimed, "Oh my God, there are more than 4,000 passengers and staff on the ship..."

Shanying sighed and said, “So you have to ask your cousin to hurry up. I don’t know much about sailing, and I don’t know what will happen if the cruise ship hits the reef.

I think if help had come sooner, the outcome would have been better.”

Just as Shanying was speaking, the sound of the anchor chain rubbing came from the front of the cruise ship...

"Kakakaka..."

The violent friction sound lasted for nearly a minute, and then Shanying felt the huge hull vibrate. Then he clearly felt the hull tilt slightly, and then the direction deviated.

This phenomenon made Shanying feel slightly relieved. Just as he was about to continue talking, he suddenly felt a clear vibration under his feet, and then the hull began to shake noticeably...

The slightest movement of this giant sea creature is enough to make people feel creepy.

The intensive shaking and muffled sounds in just a few dozen seconds made the mountain eagle's heartbeat speed up a lot.

Tessa on the other end of the phone also heard the noise, and she screamed in horror: "Shan, what happened, what happened?"

Shanying rushed to the bow and looked down, then said uncertainly: "We seem to have stopped..."

As soon as Shanying finished speaking, he heard the captain say on the radio: "Officer, the lower watertight compartment is flooded and we are stranded.

The cruise ship's engine is shutting down, and our backup power won't last long. I'll shut down the air conditioning system to save power soon. We need help to arrive as soon as possible..."

Hearing that it was just stranded, Mountain Eagle breathed a sigh of relief...

He said to Tessa on the phone, "Arrange a rescue ship. The Diamond Queen is stranded."

As he spoke, Mountain Eagle frowned and looked at the sea in the distance. He adjusted his perspective to that of a crow and found that four large speedboats were rapidly approaching the cruise ship...

"Tessa, where are your cousins?"

Tessa on the other end of the phone paused and said, "Timon is still 30 nautical miles away from you..."

Upon hearing this, Shanying quickly ran towards the cabin, shouting, "Tessa, tell your cousin to hurry up, it seems like there are more pirates coming..."

Shanying held the radio and shouted, "Everyone, bring your weapons to the starboard side. There are more pirates coming..."

(End of this chapter)