After two hours of comprehensive plan inspection, and after confirming for the last time that there were no problems in all aspects, half of the cadres of the Pingding Association who had not yet left officially set off to their respective mission areas to stand by.
Keating was getting older, and he began to feel unable to support the frontline work too much, so he and Boyne, who was not in good health, stayed at the main station for the time being to coordinate the overall situation. When the operation started and the comrades occupied Lezein, they went to the government
building.
Verak, Morais, and the people from the First Battalion of the Equality Operations Department went around the government building and waited for the people who cooperated with the independent mixed division to launch the operation after eight o'clock.
There has been no action yet, and hundreds of comrades from the First Brigade of the Operation Department are wearing simple clothes and scattered in different places.
In a hotel, Morais gave instructions to the team leaders: "When we return to our respective positions later, we must remind everyone to check their weapons, and be sure to tie a red scarf on their arms after the operation begins to facilitate independence."
Identified by the brothers of the mixer."
"yes."
"yes."
"yes."
"The government building is currently being assigned manpower by an independent mixed division to be responsible for the defense work. It can be said that our people are all inside and outside, and the operation is expected to go smoothly, but even so, we must not take it lightly," Morais said.
Sitting down in the room, "Everything else is prepared according to the original plan. Finally, let's make an appointment with each other."
The squad leader showed off his watch and checked the time and score exactly.
"Go." Morais watched the squad leaders leave.
"There's less than an hour left." Verak, who was sitting next to Morais, looked at his watch and said.
"How are you feeling?" Morais asked with interest.
"Whatever your mood is, I will be in that mood." Verak believes that everyone is in the same mood now.
"Haha..." Morais chuckled a few times, "It's almost here, but I feel like I haven't woken up yet."
Verak took out his cigarette case, first pulled out a cigarette and handed it to Morais, then took one and lit it himself: "Just think of it as a dream, stay relaxed."
"I've heard before that some people can control everything in their dreams when they sleep. It would be great if we were really in a dream and could do whatever we wanted." Morais took a deep breath from the cigarette and slowly exhaled the smoke, "But dreams always
The moment you wake up, it’s better to be realistic.”
"Dongdongdong." While the two were chatting, there was a knock on the door.
"Enter."
"Minister, Comrade Verak." A young comrade walked into the room with a man in military uniform, "Commander Brian of the Independent Mixed Division Cavalry Regiment is here."
"You're here." Seeing Lieutenant Colonel Brian, who was in charge of the government building area from the independent mixed division, coming over specially, Morais and Verak stood up to greet him.
Lieutenant Colonel Bryan shook hands with Morais and Verak: "Yes, let's see how your preparations are."
"Sit down." Morais invited Brian to sit down. "Everyone on our side is already in place. We're just waiting for eight o'clock."
"Have you made arrangements for tying the red scarf on your arms?"
"Of course, how could you forget such an important thing?" Morais said.
"That's alright, we'll have to wait until eight o'clock here." Lieutenant Colonel Brian nodded slightly, "When the time comes, our people will enter the government building on the pretext that unidentified dangerous elements have infiltrated it.
Control everyone. After we arrest everyone, you can just go in."
This arrangement means that the people in the Equality Operations Department do not have to do anything but wait to take over the government building.
Morais had no objection to this arrangement.
If the people from the independent mixed division and the Equality Association's combat department all rushed into the government building, the situation would probably be a bit chaotic.
It will be more convenient to leave it completely to the independent mixer, eliminating the need for coordination between both parties.
"At eight o'clock...Francois is having a morning meeting, right?" Verak asked.
"Well, most of Francois's men will be there at eight o'clock, so we can catch them all to prevent them from causing any trouble outside." Lieutenant Colonel Brian nodded. They chose eight o'clock for the operation because they had considered it.
to this point.
"What about Comrade Joseph?"
"General Joseph will also participate in the morning meeting. This is not only to prevent Francois from suspecting anything, but also so that he can direct the work as soon as possible after we take control of the government building." Lieutenant Colonel Brian said, "By the way.
, where are President Boyin and the others?"
Morais stubbed out his finished cigarette in the ashtray: "He is not in good health. He will stay at the main station for now. He will come back when we officially take control of the government building."
"Well." Lieutenant Colonel Bryan sat in the room for a while, smoked a cigarette and drank half a glass of water. Seeing that the time was only half an hour before eight o'clock, he didn't stay any longer, "... almost there.
It's eight o'clock, I'll go there first, please pay attention to your safety."
Morais and Verak sent Brian to the door: "You too, be sure to pay attention to safety. We will see you in half an hour."
After seeing Brian off, Morais and Verak turned and looked out the window.
The sky got bright unconsciously.
This prosperous city is gradually waking up.
Shops are open and people are coming and going, just like usual.
"Let's get ready and wait to set off." Morais checked the pistol.
Verak saw with his own eyes today that Morais checked the pistol no less than ten times: "Are you nervous?"
"What's there to be nervous about?" Morais inspected it carefully.
"How many times have you checked your pistol today?" Verak couldn't help laughing, "And the government building is diagonally opposite, no more than four hundred meters away. In addition, we have to wait for the independent mixed division to take action first.
No matter what, I still have to sit for another half hour."
"I'm not nervous, mainly because I can't sit still." Morais defended.
"Okay, just stay peacefully." Verak came to the window and stuck his head out to look at the government buildings diagonally opposite.
Many places in that building complex have been renovated.
This is because the Equality Association attacked it once more than half a year ago and caused considerable damage to it.
"Wait, Francois." Verac said silently in his heart against the breeze.
…
Time flies so fast, and the minute hand of the clock in the hotel is about to complete one rotation.
Morais really couldn't sit still this time, and he and Verak started to help each other tie the red scarves: "It's fifty-seven points, they will take action soon, we should get closer."
"When the Bressy flag in front of the government building is lowered and replaced with the flag of our Equality Association, it means they have completed the control and we can go in, right?" Verak estimated the time, and it is indeed almost there.
"That's right." Morais went out and was stunned in front of the corridor.
Without his reminder, dozens of comrades who stayed in the hotel like him and Verak had already tied up their red scarves and lined up waiting to set off.
"Good boys..." Morais grinned, "Let's go!"
——
government building, conference hall
Francois was having a regular morning meeting with a group of ministers.
"Mr. President, our troops have arrived at the border to try to mediate the conflict between the Kingdom of Sder and the Empire of Castelia. At the very least, we will ensure that the war will not spread to our territory. However, both parties are jealous.
, it seems that it is not that easy to solve.” The Minister of Defense reported to Francois.
"Well...the two sides have been grudges for a long time. This time the old and new grudges will be settled together. It's definitely not something they can just pull apart." Francois replied a little listlessly.
He had another nightmare yesterday.
The scene in the dream was similar to the previous ones. The Equality Association quietly launched a large-scale attack and arrested him.
"Mr. President? Mr. President?"
"Huh? What's wrong?" Francois looked at the Foreign Minister.
"You...didn't you hear what I just said?"
"What did you say? I didn't hear you clearly. Say it again." Francois was just distracted and didn't even notice anyone talking to him.
The Foreign Minister pushed up his glasses and said: "There is a stalemate on Bash's side. The coalition forces are temporarily unable to effectively counter Bash's unrestricted submarine tactics. The losses have been rising rapidly in the past few days. Do you think our next step should be..."
"Let's look at Welland first. They are under much greater pressure than us, and they should step up their efforts to find solutions now." Francois planned to end the meeting early to meet with Bash's ambassador.
He secretly formed an alliance with Bash and waited for Bash to push Sder and Castella to fight on the border of Bresci. Then he naturally transferred his navy back, leaving Willan and Bash free to fight.
.
Now that the time has come, if the fleet is not transferred back, I am afraid that these elite forces will suffer heavy losses for no reason along with Willan.
"Ding-dong, Ding-dong, Ding-dong..."
At this time, the bell in the conference room rang.
It's eight o'clock sharp.
"You continue to report." Francois raised his chin, and while listening to the ministers' speech, his eyes unconsciously glanced at Joseph, who was sitting upright.
He felt that sometimes he couldn't see through Joseph as a person.
This man's words and deeds were very straightforward, and he didn't seem like someone who would hide things in his heart and like to do one thing in front of others and behind his back. But the more he acted like this, the more uneasy Francois felt.
This uneasiness reached its peak after the command of the Guard Corps was temporarily handed over to Joseph.
Francois thought about it for a moment, and it seemed that it was only after Joseph took over the power that he began to have nightmares one after another.
Maybe it's time for me to rearrange the situation and do some checks and balances on Joseph.
Just as Francois was thinking this, the door of the conference hall was suddenly pushed open, and then a group of soldiers headed by Lieutenant Colonel Bryan of the independent mixed division walked in.
"This is..." Francois looked puzzled, and the ministers also looked at each other.
A little lieutenant colonel dared to break into the conference hall with a group of armed soldiers without knocking on the door. What happened?
"According to intelligence, there are some dangerous elements in the government building. In order to ensure the safety of you and the ministers, we need to escort everyone to a safe place." Brian said.
"Dangerous person?" Francois' scalp was numb.
"What's going on?" Joseph stood up and looked directly at Brian.
Brian saluted Joseph: "General, time is running out. We need to relocate the president and ministers to a safe area as soon as possible."
"Okay, we must ensure the safety of Mr. President and ministers!" Joseph directly agreed to Brian's request without asking any questions, and then looked at Francois, "Mr. President, hurry up."
"Let's go, let's go." As soon as he heard the words "dangerous element", Francois had a strong premonition that the Equality Society was coming again. In the past few days, he had been dreaming about the Equality Society. Now he knew that the Equality Society was coming.
After Hui sneaked into the government building, he was so frightened that he almost couldn't stand up. "Everyone, let's go!"
Without François' explanation, the ministers ran to the soldiers in panic and sought shelter.
"Bryan, we must ensure everyone's safety." Joseph finally walked over and said, "Mr. President, I will mobilize troops to check for hidden dangers."
"Yes." Brian had a meaningful smile on his face.
"Catch these people quickly!" Francois said.
"Yes, Brian, let's take everyone away."
"yes!"
Joseph, who was calm and composed, stood at the door of the conference hall and watched quietly as Brian led the soldiers to lead Francois and others to a higher level. The surrounding area was also taken over by soldiers, and he strode outside alone.
.
——
intersection in front of government building
An old man in ragged clothes and as thin as a skeleton was huddled on the side of the road, thanking pedestrians who occasionally dropped a coin in front of him.
"Ah..." He leaned against the street lamppost, covering his withered belly with one hand, and counting a few coins in his other hand.
The total of these coins is less than two copper grams. In a city with high prices like Lezein, it is not easy to get even a decent breakfast.
But this is pretty good for a desperate beggar.
Even a small piece of black bread is enough to sustain his life.
He slowly looked at the majestic government building in front of him. Everyone inside was rich and powerful. As long as someone gave him a little money, he could get out of the predicament and try to live his life again.
It's just that he has been begging like this for so many days, and no one who came out from there or went in from the outside looked at him.
"It would be great if there were people from the Equality Association there..." He murmured.
The powerful would not notice him, but the Equality Association would be different. During this period, he heard that many beggars had been properly resettled with the secret help of the Equality Association.
Maybe one day in the future it will be my turn.
"Wha, what?!" The old man suddenly sat up, rubbed his eyes, and looked at the flag-raising platform in front of the government building in disbelief.
There, several soldiers lowered Bressi's flag, replaced it with a flag with a scale pattern, and raised it into the air.
Scale diagram...
Isn’t that the symbol of the Equality Society?!
"How is it possible..." The old man was stunned. He guessed that he must have fainted from hunger to have such a ridiculous hallucination.
The scene that followed confirmed his suspicion.
A few seconds after the flag of the Equality Association was fluttered in front of the government building, countless people with red scarves on their arms came from all directions. They had the same goal, and they all rushed towards the government building.
"Haha..." The old man giggled and his eyes began to blur, "It's time to eat."