Zhou Lin

It is not difficult to reach a "cooperation" agreement with the remnants of the resistance, because they are different from organizations such as the Killer Alliance and the Shenwuhui that are still in normal operation.

Today's resistance army is, to put it nicely, a defeated army; to put it worse, it is a bereaved dog.

On the day of the "Fire of the Iron Curtain", the Cossack Rangers and the Iron-Blooded Alliance directly lost more than 95% of their frontal combat power, and their leadership was almost completely wiped out.

In the following week, under the instigation of the "tea party", FCPS in various places took the opportunity to launch a clearing operation against these two organizations whose command systems were paralyzed. The target of the clearing was their secret strongholds hidden throughout Eurasia.

Some people may wonder, since the Federation has known the location of these strongholds for a long time, why has it not touched them before?

In fact, this is also one of the common sense in intelligence warfare - only use intelligence at the most critical moments.

Simply put: for a known target, if you know its existence but do not touch it, you can monitor it or even use it until a moment when you have to take action against it, or a time when you can Take action when you get the most benefit.

And if you take action against the target as soon as you get the information, it is likely to cause some problems. The most common situation is that there are undercover agents of the other party in your organization, and your rash actions will be "... "Critical moment", so just as you were about to take action, the undercover agent passed the information back and ran away; then, you led the troops to rush over and missed, or failed to kill all the opponents, and the remaining people of the opponent were Just out of your surveillance, all the efforts of the intelligence agent you sent before were in vain, and the other party guessed the identity of your intelligence agent through this incident, tortured him, and squeezed out a lot of information about him. Your intelligence eventually killed your intelligence officer.

Therefore, in intelligence warfare, "knowing without taking action" is a very common operation; especially in the game between organizations, the most test is those deep and long-term lurkers... Sometimes, in order to protect certain people, An important undercover agent, he would not hesitate to deliberately sacrifice hundreds or even thousands of lives on the frontal battlefield. This is called "sacrificing the small for the big", "the real is the real", using the immediate sacrifice in exchange for a greater victory. .

Of course, these things... generally will not be known to the soldiers below, let alone the public. In many cases, even the information will not be left behind; only a very small number of decision-makers and parties involved will know these things buried in the cruelty of war. The deeper darkness beneath the surface... Most of them also chose to carry these secrets into the coffin.

Back to business.

The time for FCPS to carry out the campaign was undoubtedly the "best time". When the resistance organizations fell into chaos due to the annihilation of the entire army on the frontal battlefield, FCPS took down all its known strongholds within a week, and through removing those From the electronic data, paper materials, and oral intelligence collected in the strongholds (there will always be people who are tortured to extract confessions, but the recruiters may not know much)... they discovered many new strongholds that were not known before.

In this way, the Federation followed the example and cut the melons and vegetables. Except for East Asia, the resistance organizations in the entire Eurasian continent were almost wiped out.

In addition, due to Longjing's plan, all the additional damage caused by the "Iron Curtain Flame" to the people was passed on to the resistance organizations, which turned the resistance forces that originally had considerable support from the masses into street rats; in the past, the resistance When the army is in trouble, they can temporarily disband their troops and disperse and hide among the people. But now... when the common people hear that you are a rebel, it is polite to report you, and they may just beat you to death.

To sum up, the Cossack Rangers and the remnants of the Iron-Blooded Alliance in Narvik can be said to be the last bits of incense for these two organizations. Hannah, the temporary commander, is indeed their final leader.

At present, the Federation's joint naval and land combat forces have arrived at the city. They... are naturally here to extinguish this last flame.

In this isolated and helpless situation, what options do the rebels have? The person with the reverse cross used the word "cooperation" today, which is already giving him face. If it weren't for the dignity of both parties, what could he do if he said "cooperate" with you?

In fact, the "Plan B" arranged by Zi Lin for Che Wuchen was to recruit, that is, "In case Commander Hannah does not agree to cooperate, you will kill her too, and then let Prato take over in the name of the deputy commander of the Iron-Blooded Alliance." Command authority.”

Fortunately, after Hannah thought about it for a while, she still agreed to cooperate and temporarily preserved her life as the commander; of course, she also knew in her heart that from this moment on... she would be regarded as a puppet at best.

But as the saying goes, if you keep the green hills, don't worry about running out of firewood... At the moment, we should first consider how to survive and survive the immediate crisis. The organization's power ownership and revival are matters later.

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Things progressed as planned. After a brief exchange and handover, three of the five-person team of the Anti-Cross—Prato, Karl, and Sophie—quickly took over the command system of this secret base.

Prato naturally used the identity of "Pavel Zaitsev". After all... At this stage, it is obviously unwise to reveal his true identity to the soldiers.

Although Karl and Sophie are "reduced generals" from the Federation, because they are only deputy wardens of the Nine Prisons, they are not officers of the Federal Army or FCPS who have direct conflicts with the resistance, and the people below them are not very big. of resistance.

To take a step back...even if some people are against Karl, no one will be against Sophie.

As the saying goes, don't be afraid of not knowing the goods, just be afraid of comparing goods. When these three people take over, you can see how amateur Hannah, the "temporary" commander is; although Hannah has always been in the management, she was in the previous position. During the battle, he was not even able to go to the frontal battlefield, which is evident from his ability and position... Compared with the deputy commander like Prato, who has held real power for a long time in the Iron-Blooded Alliance, it is undoubtedly a world of difference.

Karl and Sophie, two regular officers with professional backgrounds, are not very economical. You know, they only encountered a few situations that required fighting in the nine prisons throughout the year. The rest of the time, they It's nothing more than doing the work of middle management... From the work and life of so many jailors in the Ninth Prison, to emergencies caused by prisoners... From the posters posted in the cleaners' lockers to what the maintenance staff of the intelligent monitoring smoke. ...They have to take care of all the big and small affairs in the Nine Prisons; compared to the Nine Prisons, which is close to a city in size, the things in this base are very easy for them.

Especially Brother Carl, his ability to teleport in a metal environment is very easy to use in this underground base. Many tasks... he doesn't need to be told or left to others to do, he can do it himself. "Be everywhere", "do whatever you want".

As for Che Wuchen, as the person responsible for leading the team this time, after the cooperation was negotiated, apart from contacting the reverse cross, he has not yet been assigned to do any more specific tasks.

He and K, who looked equally idle like himself, had time to sit in the lounge and drink coffee while the other three were busy.

"Speaking of which... it seems like this is the first time that we are alone in a room like this." In the silence, it was Che Wuchen who spoke to K first.

"Yes." K's answer can be said to be precious to words.

In order to drink coffee, K had already taken off his ski mask; he was a pale-skinned Caucasian, very thin, and ordinary-looking. It was impossible to tell that he was a man with the nickname "Gun Gu". .

"You don't seem to talk much?" Che Wuchen asked again.

"I'm used to it," K responded.

"This is a good habit." Che Wuchen shrugged, "If you talk too much, you will make mistakes."

"Then why are you still chatting with me?" K's words were few, but they always hit the mark.

"Ha..." Che Wuchen smiled, "Isn't it just to make you say more things that are wrong and leak some rumors that I don't know yet?"

"Is it necessary?" K asked again, "I think you should have guessed something."

"Are you saying...that you are here to monitor 'us'?" Che Wuchen continued to test.

"I didn't say anything." K didn't answer the question, calmly took a sip of coffee and said this back.

"That's right, you didn't say that, it was my guess." Che Wuchen did not force the other party, and continued, "There are five people on this trip. Although Zi Lin said that I was the leader, I guess... he must have given it to you. Some sort of secret directive unknown to the rest of us, and the ability to completely ignore me at certain times.

"Considering that four of the five of us have served the Federation, the answer is obvious - in addition to the apparent purpose of this mission, another purpose is to test our loyalty.

"It just so happens that this is a head-on confrontation with the federal army. Zi Lin must let you be responsible for secret surveillance. Once you find out that any one of the four of us has made a move that seems to be colluding with the enemy, you can make your own decision and kill it first. "

He finished speaking in a calm tone, then lifted the paper cup with a steady hand and took another sip of coffee.

On the other side, after hearing this inference, K's mood did not change, and he once again pointed out the most obvious blind spot in the other party's entire paragraph: "Does a person who possesses the 'Book of Heart' need to do this?"

"Hasn't he done this kind of thing often?" Che Wuchen asked, "Don't he just like to 'play'?"

"Hmm..." K pondered, and then thought for a moment, "I can tell you clearly that I have not received such an order." He paused, "But... I also guessed that you should have received it; you What you just said to me is actually to put the instructions you received on me in the form of 'suspiciousness'. In this way... you can not only eliminate your suspicions invisibly, but also test, except for you, Did Zilin keep any other insurance?"

"I really enjoy chatting with you more and more." Che Wuchen looked quite happy when the other party revealed his intentions.

"Are you going to ask...why Zilin doesn't even believe me?" Two seconds later, K added, "Because in your opinion, Kaijiu, Drifter, I, and I are all better than you on the jury. The members of Tuan' entered the reverse cross earlier, plus the book of Youxin is there, there is no need for Zilin to give you that kind of order."

When Che Wuchen heard this, he also took advantage of the slope to get off the donkey: "Now that we have said this, can you..."

"No comment." K interrupted him without hesitation and ended the "small talk."

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The words are divided into two parts, let’s look at the federal army.

At this time, 50 meters underwater in Offutt Sound, a submarine team was moving slowly forward.

The Federation named this military operation to Narvik to eradicate the remnants of the rebels "Operation Paint Shovel." The commander of the operation was in the command room of one of the submarines. His name was Matthew Bowman. The military rank is colonel for the time being.

Why do you say "temporarily"? Because if nothing else happens, Bowman will be able to become a general after this operation.

Bowman is originally a "third generation soldier". His grandfather is a senior official in the federal army, and so is his father. Therefore, at the age of 28, he has already been promoted to the position of colonel. This is for a soldier with a grassroots background. It's hard to imagine.

This operation, to put it bluntly, is to let him "gild" and gain military exploits, so that he can be promoted to the rank of major general; after all, it is the rank of "general", and he still needs some actual military exploits to be promoted.

But Bowman himself... was still dissatisfied with this mission. He kept complaining on the way here, "It's really annoying for my dad to send me to this ghost place in the Arctic Circle. Why don't I clean up a few things?" You are a defeated soldier, and you specifically asked me to suffer the cold?" and so on.

Obviously, this is a second-generation ancestor who has high vision but low hand... However, there is a difference between a second-generation ancestor who has high vision and low hand and a commoner who has high vision and low hand. The difference is that the latter will probably recognize the reality quickly after being frustrated, while the former may be affected by the environment. The question was kept a little longer.

Bowman is still in the dark, because no one will blame him if he does something wrong, and others will bear the blame, but the honor and praise belong to him. Therefore, over the years, he has always thought that he is a military wizard. He has already risen to prominence at a young age... Letting him do this kind of "clean-up work of unilateral massacre" is simply killing a chicken with a sledgehammer.

How did he know that his father had good intentions? As the saying goes, there is no better son than a father. Both Old Bowman and Old Bowman knew what kind of material their Matthew Boy was, so it would be nice to give him a simple task without screwing up; in order to Just in case, they specially invited Colonel Yevgeni, a senior staff officer of the Federal Army, to assist Little Bowman this time. With this experienced veteran staff officer in charge, they felt more at ease.

Of course, the Bowman family did not know that Yevgeny also had another identity unknown to outsiders, that is, the "Silver Needle" in the "Tea Party".

"Sir, the forward reconnaissance boat has received a message from an unknown source. It has been sent three times, but the content seems to be just binary code without logic. How should I deal with it?" The submarine was still half an hour away from the port. While traveling around, a soldier reported the situation to Bowman.

"What? Are you bothering me even if you receive some interference signal? You already said it's illogical, just pretend you didn't see it." Bowman's answer is not surprising. The less intelligent the person, the more he refuses. and an aversion to thinking.

"Ah...nephew, please be patient." Although Yevgeni has a head full of white hair, his body is still strong and his words are full of energy. "This is already near the Arctic Circle. We are here again." Being underwater, the probability of accidentally receiving that kind of information is still relatively low, so... I'll go see what's going on and report back to you when I have the results."

Yevgeny is also very good at coaxing children. He has some friendship with little Bauman's father and grandfather, and he also knows this kid well. He knows that this kid is just a little stupid and not unreasonable.

"Well... okay." Bowman at least respects Yevgeny, so he doesn't speak as arrogantly as he does to the soldiers, "Uncle, I'm here to help you."

Even in the military and on missions...the two of them still addressed each other as uncle and nephew, and did not call each other by name or rank according to general military regulations. This phenomenon was also quite common in the federal army in this era, because after so many years of corruption , those at the top of the federation have more or less friendships or even direct relatives, and it is impossible for the people below to criticize them. If anyone seriously says to the superior officer, "You are not doing this right," then he can retire tomorrow. Still can't get a letter of introduction as a way out.

To make a long story short, after "getting the order", Yevgeni quickly followed the soldier to the navigation room. Little Bowman was confused, but Yevgeni was not confused. He was wily and scheming and guessed that there must be something in the code.

Two minutes later, he came to the console and asked the detectives to put the code directly on the floating virtual touch screen, and then began research.

At first he thought it was some kind of standard binary code that could be deciphered through some rules, but after looking at it for a while he discovered a situation - this was not a binary code at all! Although they look similar, if you look closely, you will find that among those "0" and "1", there are actually some capital letters "O" mixed in. After studying for a few minutes, finally... Yevgeni discovered the secret location.

The "deciphering" method of this thing actually does not rely on mathematical logic, but uses "graphical logic"; simply put, it is to use the "O" mixed in as a boundary to divide the content sent one by one. "80*80" square area, and then zoom out to see the "word".

"Huh... this is for me, I guess." When Yevgeny deciphered those words, he immediately thought to himself, "Except for me, I am afraid that there is no one in the entire army in this operation. The two of them were able to decipher this information in a short period of time... and the only one who would 'play' with the 'guests of the tea party' like this is the 'Reverse Cross'."

As he was thinking about it, the information that he had deciphered was arranged into Chinese characters one by one on the virtual touch screen, with a total of sixteen characters - [Lei Lei Luo Luo, a game of chess, rest peacefully, laugh and cry at the same time 】