Capítulo 706: Chapter 316: Boiling the Eagle, Assault_2
Allen Zhang also chose to trust him, allowing Boketu to pilot the Black Hawk Helicopter to land on a high plateau, using a headset to remotely contact the frontline operatives.
The Beggar Gang Disciples and the Drug Enforcement Administration investigators also parked their vehicles in a dense forest hundreds of meters away, electing to approach on foot. They split into four groups, one of which ran to a high ground position, assembled and set up sniper rifles, ready to stand by and shoot any fleeing criminals.
Another team also took out unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) equipment, using UAVs carrying jammers to approach the warehouse area.
Another team of DEA investigators took out laptops to begin hacking into the drug trafficking group’s surveillance equipment and cut off their power supply.
The demolitions team also assembled RPGs.
Pilots flying the A-10 were circling at hundreds of meters in the sky, then zooming past above the drug traffickers’ heads.
The drug trafficking group’s members heard the noise, looked up at the Warthog that flew over, and couldn’t see clearly what model of plane it was in the night, completely unresponsive to it.
After all, it wasn’t any of their concern; no one would know this was their secret location!
The One-eyed Dragon shot a video with the drug trafficking group members and chose to send it directly to the team in Mexico, who edited the footage and sent it to the officials in Tijuana.
Tijuana quickly received the video but did not have any reaction either.
At this moment, the drug trafficking group still didn’t realize they were completely surrounded and felt a bit puzzled, “What’s going on? No reaction at all? Aren’t they planning to negotiate with us?”
“Those people are probably still thinking about how to find our hideout, but they have no idea where we are. They could search their whole lives and never find it,” the One-eyed Dragon scoffed. “Once they fully realize the situation, they’ll naturally consider agreeing to our terms.”
Just as he was about to have the hostages taken to the detention chamber, it suddenly went dark; there was a power outage.
“What’s happening!? Why did the lights go off?” The drug traffickers stayed in the dark, a bit panicked.
“Stay calm! It must be a generator malfunction, send someone to fix it quickly.”
The One-eyed Dragon shouted loudly, comforting everyone, and became more alert, immediately emphasizing: “Send a few more people over there, just in case; this is very likely not a natural failure.”
“Could it be those Bai Ge people’s doing? Their reputation in underground channels doesn’t seem to be very good,” someone inquired.
“They only have four people, how could they dare to make a move on us,” the One-eyed Dragon expressed disbelief.
Taking out a flashlight to illuminate the indoor environment, he grabbed two hostages and pushed them to a member of the drug trafficking group, “Go, hide the money in the underground tunnel, and stuff these two in as well. Their importance is much greater than this paper currency; we can earn money back, but if we lose the hostages, we’ll lose even more money! If there’s an emergency, transfer them immediately!”
“Understood.” The drug trafficking group member immediately grabbed the hostages, turned, and opened the back door of the warehouse, which turned out to have hollow secret chambers where several men stuffed the cash and got busy. ᴛʜɪs ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ ɪs ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ ʙʏ novel⁂fire.net
Others also went out the door to call on the drug traffickers patrolling outside, forming groups of three heading to the factory’s generator room.
Beggar Gang Disciples, using night vision goggles and sniper scopes, saw those emerging drug trafficking group members and immediately reported the information to the General Sect Leader and Chief Lei Luo.
“Some people have come out, a total of six individuals. They seem very cautious and appear to have undergone professional military training. It’s not a good opportunity to strike.”
“Then don’t attack for now,” Allen Zhang ordered: “Wait until they let down their guard to make a decision. First, confirm the hostages’ location, and depending on the situation, launch a surprise attack on them.”
The Beggar Gang Disciples and investigators used heat-imaging equipment to start tallying the number of people. “One two three four…five six seven eight…”
They quickly confirmed the number of drug trafficking group members that appeared outside, reporting: “So far, we’ve seen 26 individuals, and the two hostages have not been located.”
“They’re very cautious and careful,” Allen Zhang also felt it was tricky, like a turtle shell.
Chief Lei Luo was deep in thought, considering the safety of the hostages and realizing they couldn’t act rashly even with heavy firepower.
The General Sect Leader soon thought of a plan and took the radio to ask: “Which team encountered those Bai Ge human traffickers before? Were their vehicles and communication equipment all destroyed?”
“Their car was blown up,” the Beggar Gang Disciple replied. “But we found a phone and several thousand US dollars on one person.”
“Is the phone still usable? Check their contacts and see if there’s any useful information,” Allen Zhang said.
The Beggar Gang Disciple quickly took out the phone with a shattered screen, but only found some group sports videos and contact information for call girls inside, promptly expressing disappointment, “Reporting to the boss, this appears to be an irrelevant little pimp’s phone, it’s just prostitutes no main contacts or important clues.”
“Then we can only wait for them to show a vulnerability,” Allen Zhang contemplated for a while before deciding to have the Beggar Gang Disciples and investigators stand down.
Soon, under surveillance, the careful drug trafficking group members found the power supply facility. After some tampering, the warehouse power was restored and the lights came back on.