Mountain Eagle and Taigore were in a position covered by an armored vehicle, so they would not become a target for Barrett’s attack.
Just as everyone was frantically seeking cover, Mountain Eagle pressed down on Taigore to hold back Balang, while urging Crow to start searching, and at the same time, he broke off the rearview mirror from a nearby truck, crouched at the front of the armored vehicle, and carefully extended the rearview mirror to look in the direction from which the bullets probably came.
"Barrett’s muzzle velocity is over eight hundred meters per second, and the speed of sound is over three hundred meters per second.
The interval between the bullet and the gunshot is nearly two seconds, the opponent is at least a kilometer away from us..."
Saying this, Mountain Eagle saw through the reflection of the rearview mirror a tower-like building on the West Side of a small building, and said, "Found it, west side, looks like a factory..."
Hearing this, Taigore, crouching next to him, picked up the radio and gritted his teeth, saying, "Supa, the sugar factory on the west side, take people over and blockade the factory."
As Taigore spoke, Crow had already reached the sugar factory...
Just as Mountain Eagle felt that he might be able to pinpoint the sniper’s location, a minor explosion occurred in one of the warehouses of the sugar plant.
Then, somehow, the warehouse started burning ferociously, emitting huge plumes of black smoke.
A fire in the sugar warehouse couldn’t possibly be controlled given Thailand’s current management and firefighting capabilities.
As the fire erupted, there was commotion inside the sugar plant, and workers began to scatter in all directions.
Under such circumstances, Crow was of very little use...
Mountain Eagle, confirming that the sniper could not possibly continue firing in that environment, patted Taigore, who was somewhat scared, on the back and said, "The sniper must have run away, from now on you need to find a hidden place to stay..."
Taigore subconsciously nodded, then frowned and asked, "Why did the sniper shoot at the small building?"
Mountain Eagle thought for a few seconds, shook his head, and said, "If it’s someone from Round Table Knight, then I guess they were sending a signal.
We have cut off the signals around the small building, for anything Round Table Knight wants, they need cooperation from the terrorists inside to succeed."
As he spoke, Mountain Eagle noticed some Pattaya local police dressed in uniforms running towards them, babbling something to Taigore, after which Taigore, looking upset, nodded...
Mountain Eagle didn’t need to guess; the police force in Pattaya was definitely insufficient.
Watching Taigore kick the tire of the armored vehicle forcefully, Mountain Eagle asked, "What happened?"
Taigore, with a grim expression, said heavily, "A fire broke out in the sugar plant, the fire is uncontrollable, we need to evacuate the residents near the sugar plant.
The police force over there is insufficient, so they need to pull some personnel from my side."
Hearing this, Mountain Eagle responded, a bit grave, "You need to be mentally prepared, this is definitely just the beginning!"
Taigore nodded heavily, about to speak, when Kate, accompanied by an assistant and Seal Sam, rushed to their location, yelling, "What happened?"
Ignoring the tense Kate, Taigore said to Mountain Eagle, "I need to contact my father for support while also coordinating the operations of the local Pattaya police."
Mountain Eagle stopped Kate with his hand, saying to Taigore, "You go ahead, and while you’re at it, tell Red Beret to retreat the defensive line by 500 meters and maybe get some more armored vehicles over here."
Saying this, Mountain Eagle glanced at the anxious Kate and said, "I’ll handle things here..."
Kate watched as Taigore left from the opposite side, then returned to the command vehicle under the escort of a few tactical officers...
She stared into Mountain Eagle’s eyes and said solemnly, "What exactly happened? Why would someone shoot at the small building?"
Mountain Eagle has nothing to hide on this topic, and with a grave expression, he said, "According to the intel we received, yesterday a group of mercenaries entered Pattaya intending to rescue the terrorists trapped there.
I don’t know what in the building is so crucial to the terrorists, I think you should be aware..."
Saying this, Mountain Eagle glanced at Seal Sam beside him, then chuckling, added, "Since you think you can solve this issue on your own, why not take care of those mercenaries as well?
From Pattaya’s military involvement in human trafficking to the maritime massacre in Kamui, you’ve always treated Thailand as a battlefield.
No apologies, no compensations, not even a hint of remorse!
When we try to rescue the hostages inside the building, you come barging in, adding to the chaos.
In fact, you don’t really want to save people, you just want to retrieve those crucial items, making sure they don’t fall into the terrorists’ hands.
I suggest you stop wasting time, instead of risking these Seals, just blow up the building, that way everything inside will be destroyed."
Mountain Eagle, seeing the skeptical look in Sam’s eyes, raised his eyebrows at the grim-faced Kate and said, "In my impression, Seal Six Team exists for hard missions, but if someone has withheld crucial information, people are bound to die!
Who will be responsible for these soldiers’ deaths?"
Kate, with a cold face, looked at the blustering Mountain Eagle and said sternly, "That is our concern, you just need to cooperate."
In terms of seeing through pretense, Mountain Eagle is definitely top-notch.
Facing the assertive Kate, he spread his hands and said, "No problem, from now on, the cordon will move back 500 meters, leaving space for you.
No matter how important it is, it’s important to you; as the Thai Police, we are responsible for our own people."