Zhou Lin

In the evening, under the sea of ​​ice.

Yevgeny was sitting in his room, looking at the I-PEN screen in his hand in a daze.

It is said to be a "room", but it is actually a small space of a few square meters. The conditions are similar to those of a single room in a prison; of course, in a submarine, having such a single room is already very good.

"Is it the fifty-fourth elephant..." Yevgeni was still mumbling something while looking at the screen in front of him.

After he deciphered the message before, he immediately knew that the dozen words came from "Tui Bei Tu", but he couldn't remember the more specific situation. Now he checked the information and confirmed that it was Tui Bei Tu. The "fifty-fourth image".

"The first half of the sentence, 'Lei Lei Luoluo, a game of chess'... if it refers to the rise and fall of our federation over the past hundred years, then the implication is that... the strength of the federation is about to be exhausted, and the country has reached the 'endgame'. "Yevgeni muttered to himself and touched his chin with his index finger, a small gesture he often made when he was deep in thought. "And the second half of the sentence means that our federal government has long been changed beyond recognition and is now filthy. The officials are in charge and whitewash the peace, so the people can only "peace their breath and live in peace, laughing and crying"..."

Although the position of the Tea Banquet is to maintain the rule of the Federation, the members of the Tea Banquet are not unclear about the issues of the Federation.

But being clear doesn't mean they have the ability to solve it, and being able to solve it doesn't mean it can really solve it.

Zhu Yuanzhang once thought that he could eliminate corruption, and he had the ability and determination to do so. He even used the anti-corruption strategy that ordinary people often talk about - "Kill every one you catch" , and the method is very cruel.

But did he succeed?

When a system with low self-restraint or non-existence is tied to the people who formulate and operate this system for too long, one or more upper-class classes will be formed. They enjoy the priority distribution of social resources within the inherent system and maintain a balance and stability. Any changes that harm the interests of any member of these classes are extremely difficult to achieve.

In the past hundred years, the Tea Banquet has not tried to change the federation, but it has been difficult and the process has been slow; sometimes they finally implemented a correct policy, and those in power who had harmed their interests immediately opened another one in another place. New mouth...

Furthermore, the tea party also spent a lot of energy to deal with the external threat from the resistance organization. Over time, they became numb and lost... Just to maintain the existence of the "Federation", they have gone all out , the matter of "internal supervision and correction" has basically been forgotten in today's era.

"The Fifty-Fourth Elephant Ode says...there is no distinction between cows, rats and cattle and sheep. Even if the fur is removed and the flying cat is removed, the true dragon will emerge from the world. The water of the Nine-Meandering Yellow River will not turn yellow..." Yevgeny's thoughts are still there. Continuing, "It means that the real thing disappears but the name remains, and it also means that if we stay together for a long time, we will break up... This means that although those resistance organizations seem to be finished now, they are still dead and not stiff... Maybe they will not die, It will also be reborn and reorganized through the failure of the 'Iron Curtain Flame'... and become a force capable of dismantling the Federation."

The more Yevgeny thought about it, the more chilling he found this piece of information, because this riddle-like suggestion was more of a "prophecy" than a threat.

If it is truly a prophecy, there can be two interpretations: one is that it foreshadows the failure of their "paint shoveling operation"; the other is that it foreshadows the failure of the entire federation... which will take this battle as a starting point. "

Yevgeny did not know the full picture of the reverse cross layout. In fact, he had not even seen the tip of the iceberg, but a strong uneasiness had already planted itself in his heart. Being cautious, he quickly made a decision - —Call for reinforcements.

Regardless of whether it is necessary to call for this batch of reinforcements, or whether they can be used if called for, in short, call them first; anyway, the war in Eastern Europe has been calmed down now, and the federal force is quite sufficient, so call some to be prepared.

Thinking of this, Yevgeny used the communicator he carried with him, which was only used by the members of the "Tea Party", to directly contact the organization, and through the connections at the top, he transferred a group of "special forces" from Crystal County come over.

Yevgeni handled this matter privately and did not report it to the person in charge of the operation, Little Bowman. He did not even tell him about deciphering the message; because even if the good-for-nothing knew this, he would not be able to help. Therefore, when Yevgeni reported back to Bowman, he simply followed the other party's previous judgment and said, "The messages received are indeed just useless noise."

At this point, Yevgeny has made up his mind. When necessary, he will take over the command of this operation himself. Even if this offends Little Bowman, it doesn't matter. Anyway, Old Bowman and Old Bowman will definitely understand him afterwards. of.

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The sky is getting dark, and the moment of "landing" is coming.

In this "Operation Paint Shovel", the federation dispatched a total of nine submarines. In addition to the "command ship" where Colonel Matthew Bowman and Yevgeny were located, there were eight frigates, each of which was fully loaded with fifty The remaining people, that is to say, this submarine team has a total strength of about one battalion.

According to the original plan (the plan was formulated by Bowman Jr.), the submarine team will launch operations at nightfall. At that time, all the ships in the team will emerge from the sea together, leaving only four soldiers on each ship on duty, and everyone else will be dressed for combat. The equipment was brought ashore and a large-scale manhunt was launched in the town of Narvik; once the soldiers found suspicious persons, they would immediately arrest them and kill them if they resisted.

Perhaps in the eyes of Little Bowman, this plan is very impressive and resolute, but in the eyes of Yevgeny... this plan is simply stupid.

Among them, there are three most obvious and significant errors:

First, it was Bowman Jr. who personally chose the submarine as the vehicle for this operation, but he completely gave up the submarine's underwater concealment and weapon advantages from the very beginning of the operation - if you want to fight a high-profile landing battle, Why not come over by warship or simply airdrop?

Second, concentrate all the troops in one place from the beginning of the operation and make a high-profile appearance - this approach can be left alone for now. If it catches up with the period when the resistance forces are still strong and the intelligence system is still functioning, you can As soon as these nine submarines surface, 80% of them will be instantly exploded by a round of bombardment that has been waiting for a long time.

Third, leave less than 10% of your troops on duty during the operation - if you prepare for the worst, the enemy only needs to send an elite assault team of less than twenty people to take advantage of your large army in the city. During the search, all nine of your submarines were snatched and driven away.

In short, little Bowman's plan... it would make him cry if he talked about it too much, and Yevgeny couldn't criticize him too harshly, because that might make the second-generation ancestor angry.

There was no other way, so Yevgeny could only pretend to be "making suggestions" and make some insinuations, and finally convinced Bowman - leaving three ships dormant in the sea, and the remaining six ships were divided into two teams, A and B, one mile apart. They landed at two different coastal locations within 1km, and then the two groups of soldiers moved forward to surround the city. At the same time, about ten people were left on each ship to garrison, just in case.

Just like that...at seven o'clock in the evening, the "paint shoveling operation" officially began.

In the night, six federal submarines appeared in the Litvika area and Wasavika Bay north of Narvik.

This quiet town is not like a big city with bright lights and busy traffic all night long. When the iron monsters in the water float up, there are no pedestrians or vehicles on the nearby streets, and the weak street lights cannot shine on the sea. abnormality.

At 7:02, Team B, the three submarines in Wasawika Bay on the east side, completed the docking operation earlier; when the first submarine opened the top hatch, dozens of fully armed soldiers were already there. Queues lined up under the hatches, ready to land and launch an assault on the city.

unexpectedly……

boom--

The first person to poke his head out of the submarine triggered such a gunshot.

Before the probe, he was still alive, but after the probe, he became a corpse with his head shot off.

A second later, the warm body slid down the ladder back to the independent cabin under the submarine hatch. His blood stained the ground red, and his helmet was obviously useless under the extremely penetrating sniper bullets... ...The soldiers lined up behind him suddenly became panicked and angry, and curse words kept coming one after another.

"Damn! There are snipers! Quick! Use the periscope!" A captain quickly issued an order through the communicator in an attempt to deal with this situation.

boom--

Five seconds later, the raised periscope was also shot open.

Bang-bang-bang-bang-

Immediately afterwards, four more identical gunshots pierced the night sky. It seemed that the other two submarines had received similar treatment.

This group of commandos who were ready to go soon discovered that they had already fallen into an extremely embarrassing situation before they even landed...

The nine submarines on this expedition are all mass-produced conventional combat weapons of the Federation. This kind of submarine has only two entrances and exits. One is on the roof, and you need to climb up to get out, and only one person can get out at a time; the other is on the top of the cabin. Directly in front of the submarine, it needs to be parked in a waterless environment (generally speaking, it is a special submarine hatchway in a military base) to open it. It is impossible to open it now (the submarine will sink if it is forced to open it in the sea).

The current situation is that if the soldiers go out from the exit above, it is basically equivalent to "queuing up to be shot"; of course... everyone knows that if the people of three submarines rush out together, the opponent will inevitably be fired due to the speed of the firearms. Restrictions are too late to kill everyone. Besides, the opponent will always need to change bullets...

However, firearms in this era are very advanced. Who knows what model the other party’s gun is? What rate of fire? What's the ammunition capacity? Besides...who wants to be the first few people to exchange their lives for bullets?

Taking a step back, even if a few soldiers did successfully rush out and reach the shore, would they be able to find and kill the enemy snipers? If so, how long will it take? How many people will die during this period?

At this moment, the soldiers felt more and more that it was stupid to drive a submarine to perform this mission... it would not be the case to drive a warship or parachute.

The reconnaissance systems of most mass-produced submarines of the Federal Army are not good at land detection. Although these submarines can also launch short-range missiles to attack land, there are only two ways to lock on targets: one is to rely on radar, and the other is to The first is to rely on soldiers to launch electronic beacons to locate them.

However, the situation at hand is that the soldiers are blocked by an unknown number of snipers in these large iron cans. None of them can get out, and the radar cannot accurately locate people; the periscope does have a chance to find the enemy in the dark night. , because the periscopes of this era can provide night vision, distance vision, and even heat sensing... But the problem is that the periscopes are now also blown out.

So is there really nothing they can do? Of course there is.

After reporting the situation to the command ship, Yevgeni immediately thought of a solution - close the hatch and dive back into the sea. The soldiers put on diving suits, left the ship underwater, then dispersed and swam to land.

There is no other way to do this. More than a hundred people cannot be beaten to death by a few snipers just because they are in a submarine, right?

But what they don't know yet is... there are actually no "several snipers" on the shore, they just thought there were several.

There is only one person who can suppress the Federation's B team, and that is K; he alone and a gun are enough to do this.

To make a long story short, a few minutes later, after receiving the instructions, all three submarines of Team B closed their hatches and dived back into the sea; the soldiers had to go back and take off some equipment (they had to wear diving equipment, and other weapons had to be streamlined) , to change into the suit for diving landing.

Leaving the ship in the water is different from leaving the ship on the water. In the former, only a limited number of people can go out at a time, because you have to wait for the last group of people to swim out, close the hatch, and then remove the water from the cabin below the hatch. Leave it empty so that the next group of people can come in and prepare.

This setback will undoubtedly waste a lot of time, which means... Team B's landing time will inevitably be quite out of touch with Team A's.

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At the same time, the three submarines of Team A on the west side had successfully completed their surfacing and landing operations.

It took about 130 soldiers more than eight minutes to reach the shore. They were not stopped by any means, and they did not see a single pedestrian, a passing vehicle, or a shop with a light on.

It was as if the town in front of them had already become a ghost town...

In the pitch-black night and the biting cold, even a group of well-armed men could not help but feel the slightest hint of fear in their hearts when facing the quiet and strange land ahead.

However, the mission is the mission. There are so many people with guns and night vision goggles, so there is no reason to be afraid of anything.

"They are just a group of defeated rebel soldiers. I guess they don't even have any decent heavy weapons. This is more of an execution than a battle." This is little Bowman standing on the tarmac of a military base before traveling. The exact words he said in his speech to the soldiers.

This happened today, and they certainly haven't forgotten it yet.

Strictly speaking, Little Bowman's words were correct. Without the support of the Counter Cross, Nakville's resistance army would indeed be vulnerable, but... the situation is no longer the same now.

After Che Wuchen and others took over the command of the rebel base and before Little Bowman and his troops arrived, one hundred members of the "Killer Alliance" entered the city by land.

At dusk, the residents on the northwest side of this town have been evacuated; a hundred professional killers have ambushed this dark town and laid out a large number of deadly traps, just waiting for the target to take the bait...