Mercenary I am the king

Chapter 848 I'll Beat You to Death, I'll Blow You Up

The three members of the "Wild Wolf" squad demonstrated exceptional combat skills.

Despite Antonov and Nura's best efforts to stop them from rescuing Simon, it was to no avail.

The shield bearers in front were positioned and angled perfectly, blocking the firing angles of Antonov and Nura upstairs. All the bullets fired by the two men were blocked by the shields, and the two team members behind them and Simon, who was being dragged, were unharmed.

On the contrary, Antonov and Nura were taking a huge risk with each attack, because as soon as they fired, the muzzle flash in the dark would easily reveal their position, and if they did not move to a new position quickly, a grenade would soon fly in accurately through the window.

"Suka! I can't hit that guy!"

Antonov had taken cover behind the wall in the corridor. He had just retreated from the window of the room when a violent explosion soon erupted inside.

boom--

Thick smoke mixed with dust billowed out of the doorway, filling the corridor with smoke.

Even though there was a wall between them, Antonov was still shaken.

If I had just run a little slower, I probably would have already been hit by a grenade.

He started swearing.

But there was nothing we could do.

"I couldn't hit him either; the shield bearer blocked all the bullets."

The situation on Nura's side isn't much better.

One of the two men was using an AK74U, and the other was using an AKM assault rifle.

They are all 7.62 caliber intermediate-power plains steel ammunition.

It is completely ineffective against heavy bulletproof shields.

Once Simon is rescued from the factory area and enters a safe zone, the people hiding inside the refinery will likely face even fiercer attacks.

As long as Simon is left behind, everyone will be safe.

The enemies hiding outside the factory area are no pushovers.

The people who could take down the CIA's "Watchmen" squad and the elite A squad of the "Satan" Legion were definitely not ordinary people.

Moreover, judging from their equipment, Anton and Nura only had light weapons, while the enemy had everything from grenade launchers to machine guns, clearly indicating that they came prepared.

In an effort to recapture Simon, the "Wild Wolves" team members, who had been lying in ambush around the oil refinery, unleashed a barrage of fire, using grenade launchers, machine guns, and assault rifles to spray bullets at the abandoned building where Antonov and his men were hiding.

As soon as you spot any muzzle flashes coming from behind a window, immediately fire a grenade at that location.

Antonov and Nura were pinned down by the intense firepower and could only watch helplessly as the trio dragged Simon slowly toward the gate.

"Boss, what are you doing?!"

Antonov suddenly thought of Song Heping.

He has been missing for a while now.

At this moment, Song Heping's head appeared at the broken fire escape opening on one side of the building's rooftop.

He finally found the exit leading to the rooftop.

Since the building had been abandoned for a long time, the iron ladder leading to the rooftop was rusted and broken. Fortunately, this small problem was no problem for Song Heping, who had studied armed climbing.

"I'm on the roof."

I crouched low and jogged all the way to the west side of the building, where I peeked out to see what was happening downstairs.

The three-person team was almost at the gate.

Just as Song Heping pulled his head back, he heard bullets whizzing overhead.

It seems the other side had already arranged for people to watch the rooftop, and the machine gunner probably spotted someone peeking out from the roof, so he immediately fired a burst of bullets in that direction.

Song Heping removed all the grenades from his body and lined them up in front of him.

There are a total of 4.

All of them were Russian-made RGO defensive grenades.

RGO is an abbreviation of "Ruchnaya Granata Oboronitel'naya", which means "defensive grenade".

This thing was designed to be thrown while defending from behind cover. The projectile consists of four hemispheres—an outer and an inner upper and lower hemisphere. The addition of the inner hemisphere is precisely to increase the number of fragments.

All four hemispheres had serrations to help split more evenly. The explosion produced approximately 700 fragments, each weighing an average of 0.46 grams, which flew at speeds up to 1200 meters per second.

These shrapnel fragments were small, like serrated needles, but heavy enough to be lethal. The four grenades actually belonged to Khalid.

Behind the wardrobe of this former Yemeni army officer was a hidden compartment containing enough weapons, equipment, and ammunition to equip a squad.

In previous conversations, Khalid frankly admitted to Song that he was a supporter of the Houthi rebels in the north.

In this civil war in Yemen, the Houthi rebels will launch an attack from the north, marching south along the Red Sea highway in Hodeidah, with the ultimate goal of capturing the strategic port of Aden.

In Khalid's words, he had had enough of the current government's weakness and incompetence, as well as its groveling to Western countries.

The Houthi rebels are the most valiant and skilled of the many armed factions in Yemen. Compared to other miscellaneous armed groups, they possess the strongest fighting power, fighting will, and the most unyielding stance.

Khalid remained in Aden, his actual mission being to send daily updates on the situation to the Houthi rebels and provide information on the government forces' deployment within the port, so that the Houthis could take the city with minimal losses when they launched their attack a few days later.

The weapons he kept at home were intended for the reconnaissance team that would first infiltrate the port of Aden, but they have now come in handy.

"Anton, find me a spot to be a lookout. I'm throwing a bomb at the three-man team, you keep an eye on the blast point."

"bomb?"

“That’s right, you hide and find a secluded observation point to be my eyes.”

"no problem!"

Antonov only then came to his senses.

Song Heping went to the rooftop to cripple the three-person team with a grenade.

Because the three-man team included a shield bearer, ordinary assault rifle fire was no longer effective against any of them.

But grenades are different.

This thing has fragmentation damage, and it can be thrown from a high vantage point over a long distance; a shield simply cannot protect three people.

That's a brilliant move!
After picking up the RGO grenade and feeling its weight, Song Heping put the gun aside, picked up one of the grenades, pulled the safety, took a few steps back, and suddenly took a running start—the rooftop was big enough that Song Heping threw the grenade about three or four meters before reaching the roof railing.

The RGO grenade instantly transformed into a small black dot in the night sky, spinning as it flew towards the factory gate.

"No events are happening... damn it..."

Song Heping had a bad feeling about this grenade.

His highest record when he was in the army was 84 meters.

We're on the roof now, about ten meters above the ground.

It should be able to throw about 100 meters.

Given the five-second delay in the explosion of the RG0 grenade, it should explode before it hits the ground.

But this is the effect he wants.

boom--

An explosion was heard from the direction of the gate in the distance.

Judging from the sound, it was an air explosion; the grenade hadn't completely hit the ground, just as I had estimated.

Song Heping returned to his original spot, retrieved another RGO grenade, took another run-up, and threw the second grenade just like he had done during his military training.

boom--

When the second grenade exploded, Antonov's joyful shout came through the headset.

"Hit! Perfect! It exploded right above them, and two of them fell down!"

Taking advantage of the momentum, Song Heping went back, picked up another grenade, and threw it in the same manner.

Each grenade landed with remarkable precision.

Antonov, who was on the observation post on the third floor, clenched his fists, even more nervous than Song Heping.

Of the three grenades, the first one landed slightly to the left, while the other two exploded overhead.

Caught off guard, the three-person team could defend against the bullets fired from inside the building and block Antonov and Nura's firing angles, but they couldn't withstand Song Heping's sudden and unexpected attack.

The RGO grenade exploded about three or four meters above their heads, and hundreds of fragments rained down, penetrating the necks, shoulders, and any other unprotected areas of the Wild Wolves team members, instantly turning them into a swarm of bees.

The most unfortunate one was Simon, who was lying on the ground. He was already injured, and this time his injury was compounded, causing him to howl in pain.

"Fuck your mother, Song, you damn bastard! Come out here if you dare! You stinking piece of dog shit, you yellow-skinned monkey! All you do is hide in the shadows and ambush! Ah, it hurts so much..."

(End of this chapter)