Chapter 1148: Aerial Assault (Part 2)
"FUCK YOU Elephant!"
Joe Ga quickly assessed the general situation outside and didn't delay on the first floor...
"Team One, come with me upstairs. Team Two, hold the lobby of the annex and be ready to support us in our exit at any moment..."
With that, Joe Ga tapped Rhino on the back and shouted, "Let's go upstairs..."
Rhino was a bit unaccustomed to the technical approach chosen by the boss. He paused for a moment, then took the lead to rush out and charge into the fire escape...
The terrorists on the annex rooftop had already been blown up by the drone. Their primary target was the main hotel building, so Joe Ga and his team had a smooth journey upstairs...
As Rhino first burst onto the rooftop, Dorian, who followed closely to the fifth-floor terrace, looked at a terrorist whose torso was blown to ruins, and cursed softly...
"Shit, why is this guy still staring at me after he's dead?"
Joe Ga ignored Dorian's babbling, stepped over to the side closer to the main building to take a look, and then realized that not only could they zipline into the main building, but they could also use the height difference between the two fifth floors to easily descend from the main building rooftop to the annex rooftop.
The main force of ISIS must be in the main building. If they could retreat here and withdraw via the annex, it would certainly be safer and more efficient.
Having gotten a clear understanding of the two buildings' layout, Joe Ga walked along the top of the annex for a comprehensive survey...
ISIS, ambushed, was directing their external forces towards the hotel, while those National Guard members didn't even bother to act against the retreating terrorists, not even pretending to play along...
Seeing from afar that ISIS safely passed through a roadblock of National Guard armored vehicles, Joe Ga smacked his lips, turned around, and took a grappling hook launcher from Ronnie's hand, handed it to Menon from Team One, and said, "Team One, stay here and establish a defensive position. Arrange for someone to bring the drones and missiles upstairs.
We must hold the annex securely until we can retreat here, while also covering Team Two on the first floor.
Hold those terrorists for me, can you do that?"
Menon nodded decisively and said, "Yes sir!"
Joe Ga reached out and squeezed Menon's arm firmly, smiled, and said, "Don't be too tense, you guys are performing beyond my expectations, so I'm leaving the retreat route in your watchful eyes...
Teach those bastards a lesson..."
As Joe Ga was speaking, Dorian fired the grappling hook...
The metal arrowhead was propelled by high-pressure gas to fly over thirty meters, accurately hitting the upper edge of the fourth-floor fire escape window of the main building.
After the arrowhead embedded into the wall, the metal expansion pipe locked it firmly within the wall!
Dorian turned and rushed to the rooftop air vent with the launcher, secured the rope, then looped the multifunctional strap from his backpack under his crotch, and then picked up a safety buckle to clip onto the finger-thick beige rope to test it a bit...
"I'm going first..."
Joe Ga quickly sorted out his gear and nodded, "Elephant first, King Kong, get ready..."
Without hesitation, Dorian hugged the safety belt below the buckle, sprinted a few steps forward, and then slid off the rooftop...
The height difference gave Dorian enough momentum, and as he approached the window, he continuously fired his M4, then forcefully kicked the glass of the window with both of his feet brought together...
The reinforced glass shattered into fragments, and in the instant half of his body entered the fire escape, Dorian released the buckle on the safety belt. He then rolled once in the stairwell, hoisted his gun, and pressed himself into the corner, setting up watch on the stairs up and down.
"King Kong, go, go, go..."
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Inside the main hotel building...
The entire hotel was in a loop shape, with a massive atrium in the center for lighting, and the hotel's loop-shaped corridors were filled with plants.
Now these plants and the flower pots below them were pushed into the corridors to serve as cover, as 6 Iron Wall mercenaries from GIGN and 8 Kurdish female soldiers held the corridors.
They wore bulletproof vests converted from bulletproof backpacks and carried MP5s and UMP45 submachine guns.
Knowing that Boss Joe and his team had arrived, these experienced bodyguards chose not to engage directly but strategically retreated while fighting, finally reaching the eighth floor, putting distance between themselves and the enemy while leaving themselves redundancy space for retreat.
The few GIGN operatives showed remarkable skills, with the MP5s even proving formidable in their hands...
Utilizing the height difference and the open view and altitude advantage provided by the atrium, they had blocked off the other side's fire escape, making it impossible for the terrorists to show themselves.
Unfortunately, the advantage didn't last long. The terrorists intensified their assault and even started using the hotel's internal guests as human shields to charge upwards.
The situation quickly became precarious...
Princess Amina, with a few visibly frightened young girls, hid in a room...
Noticing one girl with a large gash gaping open on her forehead, Princess Amina found a medical box in the room, pressed gauze to the girl's wound, and then securely wrapped her head with a bandage...
"Don't worry, we'll be fine!"
"Bang bang bang bang..."
"Bang bang bang bang..."
As Princess Amina was speaking, intense gunfire erupted outside...
Soon, a middle-aged GIGN member charged into the room and said, "Ma'am, the terrorists have taken many hostages to block our shooting paths, and we need to retreat upwards to buy more time..."
Princess Amina, upon hearing this, exclaimed in surprise, "Why would they do such a thing?"
The middle-aged GIGN member chuckled bitterly and said, "I can't comprehend the terrorists' thinking, but they seem to be in a big rush!
Ma'am, the boss is nearby, and we need to buy some time..."
With that, the middle-aged GIGN raised the MP5 in his hand and said, "We're low on ammo and can't hold out hard.
God willing, the boss and the team arrive quickly. I don't want to face these terrorists on the top floor where there's no room to maneuver..."
Upon hearing this, Princess Amina decisively nodded. Just as she was about to turn around and have the girls follow, her radio crackled to life...
"This is Hu Lang, we're in the west side fourth-floor fire escape, Princess Squad, report your position..."
Upon hearing this, the middle-aged GIGN's expression brightened, and he pressed the radio, saying, "We're on the east side of the eighth floor. The terrorists have taken many hotel guests as human shields, and we might not hold out much longer..."
"If you can't use guns, use flashbang grenades to blow them back. Hold on for a few more minutes, we're coming..."