The heart of the earth, the center of New Hanover State, is a natural prairie with lush water and grass and rich products. No matter who looks at it, it is the pearl of New Hanover State and a generous gift from nature. But in fact,
No one has ever developed the full potential of this land, until a team under a big capitalist discovered the treasure hidden underground - oil. A railway was built here, and then a huge coal mine was built.
Tar factories rose from the ground, and the land was gradually invaded by civilization.
The number one figure in developing the Heart of the Earth region is named Leviticus Cornish.
As one of the most direct beneficiaries of the development of the western United States, although his business empire does not cover the entire United States, in places such as Ambarino, New Hanover, West Elizabeth, New Austin, and Lemoyne, if he can say that he is
Second, no one dares or has the ability to compete with him for first place.
Coal mines, oil, salt and iron, railways...as long as it is an industry that can bring huge profits, there is no industry that he does not get involved in.
Although Mr. Cornwall is getting older now, which according to the old Eastern saying is the age when he will soon know his destiny, he still maintains a spirit of pioneering, exploration and adventure that is stronger than that of young people, so his career is still on the rise.
Expect.
However, after all, he is now older and has a higher position, so although he still likes to do it himself, he will also leave some business to others.
In the heart of the earth, on the main road leading to the Cornwall Coal Tar Factory, a mighty motorcade is moving slowly.
Calling it a convoy is actually a bit reluctant, because there are only three carriages in total, but judging from the more than 20 armed gunmen accompanying it, this convoy is enough to be called impregnable, not to mention the two carriages at the beginning and the end.
The carriage is also equipped with a Maxim heavy machine gun that is ready at any time, as well as the thick bulletproof armor on the middle carriage.
At first glance, these are protective measures that cost a lot of money. They not only illustrate the high risks on the surface, but also reveal the high returns hidden. Experienced desperadoes can see it at a glance. If they can succeed, 90% of the time
The probability of 5 will no longer have to worry about the rest of your life.
However, the gunmen in their twenties equipped with new weapons, two Maxim heavy machine guns, and the tortoise shell-like carriage, this combination is not easy to mess with, even if it is a big gang that commits crimes across state lines.
In such a formation, one has to carefully consider the gains and losses. Regardless of the consequences of overturning, the manpower and ammunition required to capture this convoy are daunting. What's more, no one knows what's inside that armored carriage.
If there is something, if after a long time of effort and a lot of money, the robbed car does not have the corresponding value, then the transaction will be a huge loss.
And now, Brandi, who stopped his horse and stood on the top of a mountain not far away, looked at the information provided by Ben Rosen in his hand, and then looked at the convoy that was armed to the teeth with his binoculars. Now he only feels regret, very regret.
In fact, when Brandy knew that it was Cornwall's team, he was mentally prepared, but he thought that he could handle it as he was proficient in using the Eye of Death, but who knew that Cornwall could actually afford this wave of money?
Such a large team could capture a town in the west in less than a morning.
"Son of a bitch Cornwall, did you transport gold bars from the Federal Reserve Bank? Or did you smuggle precious diamonds from South Africa?" Brandy was both cursing and guessing, "Or are you, you bastard?
Just sitting in that car?"
No matter which possibility it is, one thing remains unchanged, that is, Brandy alone will never be able to win this team.
Now, the best strategy is to go ahead with the Thirty-Six Strategies. However, Brandi is pretending to be big with Ben Rosen. If he really gets nothing, his "Billy the Kid" first business on the road
But it's about to become a squib.
It's tasteless to eat, and it's a pity to throw it away. Brandi finally tasted the taste of tasteless food today.
At this time, inside the turtle-shell carriage, there was a completely different situation from the ambushes lurking and the preparedness with live ammunition outside the carriage.
This carriage looks like a turtle shell on the outside, but it is like a palace on the inside. Scarlet velvet is the lining of the carriage and seats. On the rosewood table is a precious blue and white porcelain tea set from the East, and what is poured out of the teapot is
Civet cat poop coffee from far away Indonesia.
Sitting in the carriage are two young ladies. Although both of them are wearing hunting clothes with novel styles, exquisite workmanship and expensive raw materials, it is difficult for non-experts to tell the difference in status between the two through their appearance. One of them
The lady poured coffee for herself and the other lady with a calm look and skillful technique. She pushed a cup of warm coffee in front of the other lady, put down the teapot, and the smile on her lips was full of a child's fun: "How are you?
, Amandine? It feels good to enjoy other people's services, doesn't it? "
"It's indeed very good, Miss Lily," the young woman named Amandine spoke with a slightly awkward accent. If someone knowledgeable could hear it, they would be able to tell that it was an unchangeable French flavor. She revealed her professional expression.
The standard smile of a senior service staff, but this smile contains more human touch, "But I think it is better for me to do this kind of thing in the future. You are always good at everything, but you are always not professional enough, even if you are
This is also true for her own job - to be a high-status and respected lady."
The woman named Lily laughed loudly, without the reserve that a rich lady should have. From this, it can be seen that what Amandine said was true.
Lily smiled and held her stomach, as if the sarcasm from Amandine just now really made her laugh. She breathed slowly, subdued her laughter, and said: "Amandine, you can always make me happy,
This is what I like about you."
"I feel extremely honored to be favored by you, Miss Lily." Amandine nodded slightly and said.
Lily picked up the coffee on the table, her slender legs resting casually and relaxedly on the seat opposite her. She opened the half-closed velvet curtains. Outside the car, the natural scenery of the Heart of the Earth made people feel relaxed and happy.
"The scenery here is really nice and the air is good," Lily said as she closed her eyes, feeling the gentle wind outside the window and the sweet smell of the grass, "It's much better than New York."
She put down her coffee, but there was a hint of loneliness in her eyes: "It's just still the same boring thing."
"It's always good to have a little change, Miss Lily." Amandine said.
"Don't they say that bandits are rampant outside of Civilization State? I've never seen anyone hijacking a convoy?" Lily asked with some confusion, while poking her head out, as if to see if she could find any gangsters with evil intentions.
Amandine did not respond, just smiled and said nothing. She knew very well that with the current armed strength of the convoy, it could even sweep away the gangs that were dominating the towns and even counties, unless there were really people who were not afraid of death, and also had
It was only because of blindness that he came to rob this convoy.
To be honest, all industries in Cornwall have a long history of being robbed in the business world. This is the same as its business status in the west, midwest and south of the country. There are really not many big capitalists in the entire United States.
Old Cornwall himself was puzzled by this fact when he encountered it. He was not the only big capitalist developing the wilderness, so why was he always the one who got hurt in the end?
However, these robberies almost always occur when the defense force is insufficient or the guards are careless. The Cornish Group is a behemoth for any criminal gang, and at most they only dare to attack when it is somewhat lax.
Tear off a small piece of flesh from its huge body. As for breaking the muscles and bones? These grass bandits can't do it.
"Really, it's a shame I brought my beloved guns here, but ended up burying them in the most wild place." Lily scratched her head in frustration.
Lily has two favorite guns. One is from the American Colt Company. It is a modified revolver made by a master. Not only is it as terrifying as the LeMat revolver, it has 9 rounds of revolver bullets and 1 shot.
It uses the latest metal fixed-loading ammunition, and can switch between single-action and double-action modes. It can be said to be a master of revolvers. If there is any shortcoming of this revolver, it should be that it is suitable for a woman.
Said that it was too heavy, but Lily liked the heavy feel; the other one came from the German Mauser Arsenal, which was the latest Mauser 98 bolt-action rifle. It was advanced, reliable and perfect, but Lily was just naive.
I just like the style of the gun, nothing else matters.
Unlike those ordinary rich girls who, in Lily's words, only waste food and air in a dignified manner, Lily is very interested in firearms.
The story of the gold hunter, she has a longing for the virgin land in the West that has not yet been fully developed. This is why she begged her father, Mr. Leviticus Cornish, to let her go as soon as she got the chance.
Going to the West to gain experience was also the reason why she was heading to the Cornish Coal Tar Factory with her personal maid Amandine, escorted by many gunmen.
Just as Lily was stunned, suddenly, a violent explosion swept through the convoy, and the precious blue and white porcelain tea set on the rosewood table shattered instantly.
The carriages at the head and rear directly withstood all the power of the explosion. The only two heavy firepower units in the convoy were instantly destroyed into a pile of irreparable broken metal. Although the bulletproof carriages the two ladies were riding in were not seriously damaged, the carriage pulled by them was not seriously damaged.
The horses were also killed in the explosion, and the convoy came to a complete standstill. The entire convoy lost its previous strict order. For a while, people fell on their backs and their horses fell on their backs, and mourning filled the field.
Brandy, who was still hesitating and stagnant at the top of the mountain, was almost frightened by the sudden explosion and fell off his horse. He tried to stabilize his body and comfort the frightened giant horse under his crotch, but just like before, he still had no intention of leaving.
After the explosion, there was dense and chaotic gunfire. Brandi could not have imagined that he could actually witness such a level of gun battle in a land where there was no war. The hail of bullets and bullets was not even enough to describe the scene at this time.
Along with the sound of gunshots, thirty or forty gangsters wearing sacks or cloth bags appeared on their heads. Others did not know who they were, but Brandi had only seen that kind of clothing in one gang in his memory.
"The O'Drisco Gang?" Brandi was both shocked and puzzled. "After their plan to rob the train was forfeited by Dutch, they actually had a new plan so quickly? And the information was so accurate. Not only did they know the convoy
The number of guards, even taking into account the fact that Cornwall’s convoy carries heavy firepower? Colm’s intelligence source is much more reliable than Dutch’s.”
While Brandi was dazed, the battle at the foot of the mountain had entered a fierce stage. Although the O'Drisco gang was surprised and attacked fiercely, the professionalism of the gunmen hired by Cornwall was indeed high enough. After a brief panic, they immediately launched an orderly attack.
They organized a counterattack with the help of bulletproof carriages that were complete except for the horses. For a time, they were evenly matched with the O'Drisco gang, which had twice their number.
Brandy held up his binoculars and watched the gun battle on the mountain with great interest. Soon, he noticed that there was a sharpshooter in the carriage of the bulletproof carriage. Although he did not take many shots, he had a very accurate grasp of the battle situation.
Every shot fired is on target, and every shot can give one's side a chance to win.
However, although the Cornwall side has the most advanced equipment, high-quality combatants and a sharpshooter with a high strategic vision, after all, Colm has planned this attack for a long time, and the O'Drisco gang
The preparations were indeed sufficient. It seemed that in order to win this vote, they had the consciousness to go all out. After the white-hot stalemate lasted for ten minutes, Cornish's side gradually began to collapse.
In the end, the O'Drisco gang replaced more than 20 guards in the Cornish convoy at the cost of more than 30 people, and won the final victory in the shootout.
More than a dozen Austrian gang members rushed up on horseback and surrounded the bulletproof carriage. In the team, a man with a black bag on his head dismounted and left the team. He took off the hood on his head, revealing a weathered face but still containing
A fierce and cunning face.
The man shouted loudly: "Okay, dear Miss Lily Cornwall, give up your resistance, your bastards have all seen Satan. As for you, my advice is to follow us obediently, we are
If you have professional ethics, unless your dear father doesn't abide by our rules of the game, we will never break up with you under normal circumstances. Therefore, for the sake of your personal safety, I think it is best for you to get out of the carriage and surrender."
"Colm O'Driscoe!" Brandi on the mountain saw that face from a distance and was filled with shock. "He actually took action himself! Yes, even Dutch would have taken such a big action himself.
But he is so cunning that he would take a desperate risk and go head-to-head with the convoy that Cornwall protects at all levels? This is unreasonable."
Brandi then thought about it: "Could it be that the things in the car are really so important that he was really moved by it?"
Not long after, the door of the carriage opened, and two women with good faces but not gorgeous clothes stepped out of the car. Although their bodies were wrapped in clothes that were no different from those of men, they revealed a youthful atmosphere and a sense of the Wild West.
Their rare and exquisite appearance earned them a surprisingly unanimous ovation from the members of the O'Drisco Gang. Don't think they are rude, because this may be the common way for men to make a living in the West to praise women's appearance and figure.
"Dear Miss Lily Cornwall, my surname is O'Driscoe. I have admired your name for a long time. I heard that the lady came here all the way from New York, so I came here to invite the lady to sit in the humble house so that the lady can go deep into the house.
What do you think of experiencing the western style?" Colm looked polite and did not look like a kidnapping criminal.
"O'Drisco? I've heard of this name." Lily didn't look scared. Instead, she looked directly into Colm's eyes. "You are quite famous in New Hanover and Ambarino. You are well-known in the Federation."
According to the reward order, your head is worth $10,000."
"It's a real honor for me, Colm O'Driscoe, to be remembered by Miss Lily." Colm made a standard bow, but because of his clothes and appearance, it looked very funny, "Well,
Please, please and your female companion, please step aside and come with us."
Lily smiled contemptuously and said, "Do you really think that my father only arranged this few people to escort me?"
"Originally I really didn't think so, but a recent incident has convinced me that at least on your side, your dear father has not arranged any more back-up tactics," Colm said, his fists clenching involuntarily.
Quietly, he tightened his grip and said, "An old friend of mine, which can also be said to be an old rival, raided my camp, stole one of my plans, and yesterday attacked your father's private train transporting bonds and property.
Now, I think Mr. Cornwall must have gone crazy and started using all the power at his disposal to search for my old friend. As for you, your father did send a strong team to escort you, but...
That's all, my plan this time is perfect."
"Damn..." Lily cursed secretly in her heart. Although she didn't want to admit it, she knew that every word of Colm was the truth, and the facts were irrefutable, but she had no choice but to prevent herself from suffering in the future.
The life of a prostitute is too difficult, so she can only continue to pretend that she still has a trump card and continue to deal with the man in front of her.
"You are right, Mr. O'Drisco, my father really has no time to take care of me now," she forced herself to look confident, "but are you so sure that I didn't leave any backup for myself?
"
This sentence, although very simple, was very effective because it really deepened Colm's doubts.
Yes, this time his plan to kidnap the eldest lady of the Cornish family was indeed more complete than the previous plan that Dutch had abducted, and he did come closest to success. However, he did ignore one thing, and that was this
A Cornish lady who is not yet a minor but is already very clever and knowledgeable may keep a life-saving trump card for herself.
However, how likely is this for this young girl who has not yet started to take over the business in Cornwall?
Colm's thinking actually lasted only a moment, or in other words, he barely thought about it, because he made a decision immediately.
He blew a sharp whistle and mounted his horse. The two horses that had been prepared came after the whistle.
"Well, Miss Cornwall, I think there is no point in continuing this nonsense, so why don't we set off now?" Colm's smile revealed a somewhat dark temperament.
Lily and her personal maid Amandine exchanged glances with each other and couldn't help but sigh. The master and servant knew clearly that they lost this confrontation.
Just as the two ladies sat down on their horses, gunshots suddenly rang out from the top of the hill not far away.
"Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!"
Seven gunshots rang out, seven bullets shot through the air, seven heads were penetrated, and seven fast horses fled in panic.
"what's the situation!"
The team of the O'Drisco gang immediately became chaotic. Colm's eyes immediately locked on the location where the gunfire sounded. He was about to instruct the remaining brothers to continue the attack when the gunfire rang out again and a bullet flew past his scalp.
, penetrated the head of an Austrian gang member behind him, and almost instantly, his back was soaked with cold sweat.
"This marksmanship..." Colm thought in confusion, "Impossible, this is impossible..."
The gunshot rang out again, and another head was lifted into the air.
"Damn it!" Although Colm was very reluctant, he immediately made the most appropriate choice at the moment, "Retreat! Retreat! Damn it, I'll retreat!"
The few remaining Austrian gang members immediately fled on horseback like bereaved dogs.
Colm ran out more than ten meters in embarrassment, stopped his horse, looked back, looked at the two ladies behind him who were still out of the situation, and said viciously: "As expected of Miss Cornwall, she is really good at it, but I believe we will do it again."
We met."
The gunshot rang out again, Colm flinched, and the bullet grazed his scalp again.
Colm felt that his whole head was so hot that he could light up a cigarette. He shouted angrily: "Your grandfather's Van der Linde, can't you just leave? Why don't you wait for me!"
After saying that, he rode away without looking back and soon disappeared on the horizon. This chapter has been completed!