Outside Uno City, the secret hideout of the Bashi branch of the International Equality Alliance
"Comrade Daken...is confirmed to have died." While other comrades were helping Will bandage his leg wound, Vladislav informed him that the other comrade had failed to escape.
Will had already expected such an ending, but he couldn't face it. On the way back, he kept carefully guarding that little hope, waiting for Daken to return, waiting for him to pat his shoulder, and just sighed, "It's so dangerous."
'.
Unfortunately, reality is cruel.
Daken alone led away the scavenger's patrol team, and it was already very rare to help him successfully reunite with the corresponding comrades. If he thought about escaping, the hope was as slim as if he had no chance at all.
"Cheer up." Vladislav witnessed the sacrifices of dozens of comrades during this period, and his heart was tempered enough. After comforting Will who was crying, he took the time to mobilize others to leave overnight.
, ready to go to the next stop.
"How is it?" Verak was helping others pack their things when he saw Vladislav coming out of the simple house and asked.
"After comforting me, what else can I do..." Vladislav sighed and looked around with complicated eyes, "The next step is up to you."
"Comrade Daken will not die in vain." Verak said.
"Do you really don't need me to stay and help you? I'm worried-" Vladislav was afraid that something would happen to Verak again.
Verak put down what he was doing and took out his cigarette case to smoke, but found that it was already empty.
"Huh?" Vladislav took the initiative and handed one over.
"Thank you." Verak took the cigarette and held it in his mouth, "No, these people are enough. Even if you come, you can only watch. This head will easily attract people's attention."
"...Then I wish you success in advance." Vladislav helped Verak light the cigarette.
Verak took a deep breath and exhaled. He seemed quite energetic even in the middle of the night: "Hurry up and organize everyone to set off. Don't deliberately expose your whereabouts on the way. Just develop as before. I will take people into the city later.
Settle down and wait for Maxim to show up."
"Well, take care." Vladislav left quickly and urged his comrades to pack their things and set off.
"Come all over." Verak waved to the twenty or so comrades he had carefully selected, and told them to come and gather in front of him.
These comrades either have decent marksmanship or have strong psychological quality. Let these people set up a net to assassinate Maxim. It is still somewhat lacking in firepower, but this is the limit of what the sub-station can provide.
"Comrade Verak." The comrades gathered around, with some reverence in their eyes.
"Tonight, everyone should go to the positions assigned to you earlier." Other comrades around him were hurriedly evacuating with large and small bags. Verak said seriously to the circle of people, "Maxim may be there tonight.
Chase them out, it could be tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, every minute and every moment. I have assigned two people to each assassination point. You guys take turns to rest, and you must ensure that at least one person is watching the movements outside at all times."
"yes!"
"yes!"
"The most important point is that we will be scattered on three roads. It is impossible for Maxim to go back and forth on all three roads. In other words, only a small part of us will be able to wait for Maxim in the end.
Verak's expression was extremely serious, "I will go to the road that Maxim is most likely to pass by, but there is no guarantee that I will meet him. You must be prepared to fight alone!"
"yes!"
"yes!"
"Comrade Verak, I have a question for you." A comrade who looked as young as the others raised his hand.
"explain."
"What will be the consequences if...we fail?"
This question touched everyone's heart, and everyone's eyes seemed to become more solemn.
"Don't keep thinking about what will happen if you fail, think about the better." Verak patted their shoulders one by one, smiling to relieve their pressure, "Come on, tell me one last time, how to evacuate after the assassination?"
"After firing the gun, regardless of whether the opponent is dead or not, you must immediately discard the weapon and withdraw from the assassination point, and go to the nearest safe area to change clothes..."
Everyone spoke in unison and memorized the evacuation arrangements by heart.
"Okay!" Verak had nothing more to say, "Let's go!"
——
Morning of September 11th
Uno City, Luxury Hotel, Maxim's Room
"Sir, we have found out the latest movements of the rebels. They are now on the north side of Beikuien Mountain, and they are almost certainly heading towards Fulin City at the foot of the mountain." A subordinate reported to Vladislav and others.
's whereabouts.
Maxim quickly came to the map to check, and exclaimed: "North Kuien Mountain is quite far away from here. It seems that the assassination attempt at the hotel failed. They were worried that their location would be exposed, so they fled without stopping that night."
The subordinate was puzzled: "Why are you sure they left the night before yesterday? What if they had already passed by?"
"It's been there a long time ago, why are the traces revealed now?" Maxim glanced at his subordinates, "Obviously, the gangster disguised as a chef knows their location. They are afraid that the chef will be caught by us and the whole body will be exposed, so they can only
Left as quickly as possible."
"But... the chef refused to surrender and was shot dead by us on the spot..."
"That Verak in the rebellious gang is not that stupid. He will definitely be on guard against the fact that this is false news that we deliberately spread. He is afraid that we are deliberately pretending not to know what is going on in order to stabilize them and annihilate them in one fell swoop." Maxim
He looked confident that he had seen through everything, "Looking at their movements this time in such a hurry, it seems that they really did not set a new trap in Fulin City. This time it is our turn to go there first and wait to eat them up."
"You don't..." The subordinate remembered that Maxim had maintained a leisurely pace a few days ago, and seemed to be in no rush to get rid of the rebels.
"There's no point in waiting. Finish it as soon as possible and go back to Winterfort." Maxim went to change clothes, "Get ready to leave."
"yes!"
——
Luxury hotel on the road to the train station
Verak and a comrade were hiding on the rooftop of a small high-rise building by the road, each holding a gun and staring at the intersection.
Vladislav and the others left the night before yesterday, and it has been almost two days since then. Even if Maxim has not learned of the movement yet, he should soon. He may appear at the intersection at any time and arrive via here.
At the train station, take the bus to continue chasing their large army.
"Are you sleepy?" Verak asked softly about the situation of another comrade without moving his eyes.
"Not sleepy."
"Go and rest." Verak easily heard that this was not what the other party meant.
"You should go and rest. You were the one keeping vigil yesterday." The comrade had just woken up a few hours ago, but he was still inevitably sleepy.
This is the rooftop, where the sun is scorching during the day and mosquitoes bite you at night. If you can’t eat well or sleep well, your mental state will naturally not be much better.
The most excruciating thing is that they need to keep their eyes on the intersection and pay attention to the movement at all times.
If Maxim takes this road, it will only take tens of seconds for him to pass by. Once they miss it, it will be equivalent to ruining everyone's efforts.
Exhausted physically and mentally, comrades who have not received special training can hardly stand it.
"Your shooting skills are much better than mine, so let me rest. In the end, I didn't hit a single shot, so what's the use?" Verak said, "Maxim is most likely to set off this afternoon. You can rest peacefully.
, I’ll call you again at noon.”
"But you..."
"I'm not sleepy, don't worry." Verak has experienced too many hardships that test his psychological and physical limits. Now these are nothing to him, he can persevere.
"I'll go with you." The young comrade felt sorry.
"This is an order." Verak's tone was stern.
The shocked young comrade had no choice but to lie down in the shade.
With sharp eyes, Verak looked back and forth alone to observe the situation on the street below.
"Bang bang bang!!"
After this continued for more than ten minutes, a sudden burst of gunfire in the distance made him tremble.
Another comrade who had just fallen asleep suddenly sat up, alertly discerning the direction of the gunfire, and said nervously: "Comrade Verak!"
Verak slowly got up: "Maxim took another path..."
"this……"
"Withdraw." Verak discarded his weapon and led the young comrade to climb downstairs.
"Should we go over to support?" The young comrade was unwilling to do anything.
"It's too late." Verak didn't want Maxim to take this path.
This is the fastest way from the hotel where Maxim lives to the train station. Not only is he personally in charge, he also has the largest number of people stationed here.
As long as Maxim takes this route, they have the greatest confidence that the assassination will be successful. Under other circumstances, they can stabilize other comrades and cover their evacuation.
But now, he can't do anything.
Even if he rushed over, the assassination would have been over long ago.
The only thing they can do now is to follow the plan and evacuate.
——
two minutes ago
Another ambush intersection
"Do you think Maxim will leave today?"
"I don't know. What's the use of guessing here? Don't we still have to keep an eye on it all the time?"
"Aren't Kashlev and the others also watching? We have three points and six people here. It won't be a problem if we take a short rest, right?"
"No! Maxim's arrival will happen in the blink of an eye. If we delay the mission, can you bear the responsibility?"
The two comrades hid together in an inconspicuous alley, using the cover of a trash can to stare ahead as usual.
"Okay, okay, I'll just say that." Sokolov shrugged, looking up at the apartments on both sides of the road, "Where are Kashlev and the others hiding? I haven't found them yet."
Polyakov, who was holding the gun seriously, had no time to worry about it: "If it were so easy to be seen, wouldn't it be over? Stop talking nonsense and concentrate on keeping an eye on him."
"Hmm." Sokolov yawned.
The reason why he kept talking was to dispel his sleepiness.
Starting yesterday, he and Polyakov changed shifts every four hours. It was okay at first, but in the end, because they didn't get enough rest at all, neither of them could make up for much energy through such rest.
"If that's not possible, you can go back to sleep for a while. I'll call you if necessary." Polyakov glanced at Sokolov, whose eyes were blurred and said.
"It's okay, I'll just casually-" Sokolov suddenly widened his eyes and shouted, "Come on, come on!"
"What?!" Polyakov turned around and saw the vast convoy of scavengers ahead.
"Which car is Maxim in?" Sokolov's sleepiness cleared away instantly, and the hand holding the gun was sweating.
"You can't see clearly yet!" Polyakov's heart was beating hard. He held the gun steadily and looked for Maxim's figure in the convoy. "Remember what Comrade Verak said, I didn't see it."
Maxim must not shoot! If Kashlev and others who are ambushing elsewhere shoot, it means that they have confirmed Maxim's location, and we can just follow them and fight!"
"I know, I know, it's coming!" Sokolov dodged behind the trash can.
A few seconds later, the leading car drove past the alley.
"Keep an eye on it! Don't miss it!" Polyakov's eyes and muzzle quickly moved back and forth as a car passed by.
"I know!" Sokolov breathed rapidly.
"Bang, bang, bang!" Before the two men could fire, the people ambush in other places concentrated their attacks on a car behind them.
"Kashlev and the others are moving! Maxim's car is behind!" Polyakov quickly determined Maxim's location with the help of attacks from Kashlev and other comrades.
It seemed that the scavengers had not expected to encounter an ambush here, but they had strong defensive experience and did not panic after being ambushed. Half of the people in front of Maxim accelerated and continued to open the road, and the other half stopped on both sides and got off the car to fight back.
Cover, and Maxim's car drove forward steadily and quickly!
If he continues like this, he will be able to leave this street in less than ten seconds!
"Bang bang bang!"
Comrades from the other two places were still chasing Maxim's car.
"I saw Maxim, he's not dead!" Sokolov had sharp eyes. When Maxim's car was about to reach the alley, he saw Maxim huddled and hiding in the back seat of the car.
"We have to stop the car first!" Polyakov's idea is very simple, that is, Maxim's car cannot be allowed to leave this street. As long as he is here, he will definitely die!
"How to avoid it?! Comrade Verak told us to withdraw immediately after firing!" Sokolov said at a very fast speed.
"If we let Maxim go now, we will never have such a good opportunity again! You go first!" Polyakov rushed out of the alley, blocked the intersection, and headed towards the oncoming Maxim.
Several shots were fired from the car.
"Bang bang bang!"
A bullet accurately penetrated the windshield and hit the driver.
But before Polyakov could smile, the out-of-control car knocked him out!
"Polyakov!!" Seeing Polyakov's expression change, he flew out and hit the ground hard, he didn't know whether he was alive or dead. Sokolov no longer had any intention of evacuating. His scalp was numb, and he subconsciously rushed out as well.
He entered the alley and fired wildly at Maxim's car, which had crashed into the door of an apartment on one side!