Chapter 968: Internal and external troubles (please vote for the big chapter)
Chapter 969: Internal and external troubles (please vote for the big chapter)
"It's an aviation battle group of three aerial behemoths,"
The muscular officer stood in front of Covey, explaining quickly while switching to the next photo.
This photo has a farther perspective than the previous photo, and you can clearly see the mechas, drones, and dragoon fighters surrounding the huge war machine.
"In addition to these, there is also a large aviation fighter battle group including reconnaissance fighters, supersonic fighters, large bombers, etc."
The strong officer switched the photo to the next one, and could vaguely see densely packed aircraft above the three huge aerial behemoths, almost covering the entire sky.
“I’m so willing to give it up,”
The middle-aged officer standing next to Covey looked cold, "They may not be willing to pull out so many war machines to deal with angel-level beasts."
"Currently, these fighter planes are rapidly approaching the gate of Nancheng and can reach outside the safe area in up to an hour."
The muscular officer holding the photo looked at Covey, "If these war machines unite to attack the city, the South City Gate may not be able to withstand their attack, and the anti-aircraft guns may not be able to stop those bombers from entering the city to bomb."
"Which direction are these aviation battle groups coming from?"
Covey looked at the muscular officer.
"These fighters should have departed from different military bases in the Ivis space system thousands of kilometers away. The supply point should be in the southwest, Thain City,"
The officer projected a map on the projection, then stepped forward, pointed to a city southwest of Yilan City and said slowly,
"Sain City is a small city with only over one million people. It is next to Twilight City and about three hundred kilometers away from us. It is completely controlled by the Ivis Space System Group.
"According to the intelligence we have obtained before, Ives has built airports and warehouses inside and outside the city, which can allow fighter planes to land to replenish supplies, and can also be used as a temporary base to attack cities within the radiation range."
"Have they been preparing to target us for a long time?"
an officer in the crowd asked hoarsely.
"no,"
The muscular officer shook his head and used an electronic pen to draw a circle with Thain City as the center. "This arrangement should be for Chenxi City. Chenxi City is also within the radiation range of the 'military base' in Thain City,"
He turned around and looked at everyone,
"In fact, Ives Space Systems Group had the idea to build a temporary military base near our Yilan City. We are closer to Chenxi City and the threat is greater.
"They even had an agreement with the previous city government, but the previous city government failed to be re-elected and Mayor Lynn took office, so this matter was shelved."
"If that military base is built,"
An officer in the crowd said slowly, "Then we have to surrender now."
"Did they receive the message sent to the Central Military Army?"
Covey turned his head and looked at a thin officer standing on the other side.
"The Central Army said that the mercenary group exercises of the Ivis Space System were applied to and approved by the Federal Central Committee. As long as they do not break through the safe area, the mercenary group's actions are legal and they have no way to control them."
The thin officer sighed, "They said they can only send as many people as possible back."
"It only takes a few minutes for these aviation battle groups to go from outside the safe area to outside the city gate. Such a large-scale battle group, even the alien beasts in the sky have to go around,"
The stocky officer showing the photo sighed, "By the time the Central Army receives the news that the mercenary group has breached the safe area, I don't know how many of us will be dead."
"Why is this safe area so close to each other? The plane flew in after just one swipe. What's the difference between this area being marked out and not being marked out?"
An officer in the crowd couldn't help but complain.
"When this safety zone was designated, our aviation and weapons levels were not as advanced as they are now,"
The middle-aged officer standing in front of the map said slowly, "Nothing has happened in hundreds of years, and the Federation is gradually becoming integrated, so this rule has not changed."
"Is the exercise with the 1st Wilderness Army Brigade over?"
Covey looked at the middle-aged officer beside him.
"Not long after the exercise ended, they were still preparing outside the city."
The middle-aged officer replied slowly. He hesitated and asked in a low voice, "Do I need to let them continue the drill?"
"Bring these kids back,"
Covey looked at the map on the wall and said calmly, "If the opponent is just the Army, we can still cover them. Once the aviation battle group arrives, they will become a living target. Death is not a fight."
"yes!"
The middle-aged officer nodded.
"Pass my order to block the south gate and close the barbican city,"
Covey spoke slowly, "All air defense systems are activated and we are ready to repel incoming enemies at any time."
As he spoke, the surrounding officers immediately gathered together to form a team and stood neatly beside him.
Then Covey turned around and looked at the tense officers beside him, "Don't be nervous, we have never fought a war, and the other side cannot have rich experience in war with humans. Everything will be done according to previous exercises.
The more nervous and anxious you are, the more likely it is that something will happen."
"yes!"
All the officers straightened their bodies and answered immediately.
Then Covey looked down at the middle-aged officer standing at the front of the queue, "Send all intelligence and information to White Jasmine Palace. All war orders should be issued by the mayor."
"yes!"
The middle-aged officer nodded.
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The breeze under the sun was blowing the rippling sea of white jasmine flowers. Sitting by the bed, He Ao glanced at the flower scene outside the window, lowered his head, and looked at the content on the tablet in his hand.
This is a summary report compiled by Eve after collecting all the intelligence on the prisoner gang sent by the city defense army.
There are many missing parts in the report, because almost all Prisoner Gang strongholds have physically destroyed the hard drive data that stored various key information. When the city defense army invaded, the place was basically in a mess.
Much of the information can only be reconstructed by interrogating people who are still alive.
However, these living Prisoner Gang gang members also have obvious mental problems. The higher their status, the more serious the mental problem. The only C-level Prisoner Gang members who appeared in the battle against the city defense army are almost all
Even if a madman is captured alive, no information can be obtained through torture.
So all the information is extremely fragmented.
He Ao could only ask the city defense army to take photos and samples of each stronghold, not to give up any details, and to send all the data over.
It was not until recently, just after the press conference, that the data was completely sent, and then it was handed over to Eve for processing.
Eve remodeled all the pictures and data, then restored and calculated the possible life scenes in these strongholds, and finally combined all the intelligence and testimonies obtained from the city defense army to compile this report.
Although the Prisoners Gang destroyed a large amount of evidence and clues, one thing that is very clear through Eve's calculations is that there must be high-ranking extraordinary beings living in various strongholds of the Prisoners Gang.
Although these high-ranking extraordinary people may have been staying in some hidden secret rooms and rarely communicated with ordinary gang members, the traces left by their lives cannot be erased.
Judging from Eve's analysis, most of the important strongholds have at least one C-level or close to C-level transcendent. There are very few large strongholds similar to those in low-rise neighborhoods, and there are even suspected B-level transcendents.
Of course, there are still very few B-levels. According to Eve's calculations, excluding the skinny men in the low-rise block, there should be no more than three B-levels in the entire Prisoner Gang, including the mysterious leader.
But such strength is terrifying enough.
Generally speaking, a relatively strong C-class, with a little bit of brains, can already become the leader of the underground world in a very large city.
For example, Victor, the leader of the Money Rat Gang in Dawn City, and Hexi, the leader of the scavengers in Wetland City, are only C-level.
And in small cities, C-level can become the emperor who can make all the changes.
Powerful supernatural beings who can dominate in other cities are everywhere in this small prisoner gang.
In addition, there were a large number of powerful ordnance seized from the Prisoner Gang stronghold that had not yet been taken away.
This gang doesn't even look like a gang, but more like an organized, extraordinary special forces unit with a fixed base.
He Ao scrolled through the content on the tablet, thoughtfully.
This kind of special forces, this kind of configuration, is just to control a southern neighborhood?
And according to Eve's analysis, these extraordinary beings present in various strongholds almost immediately chose to evacuate when faced with attacks by the city defense forces.
Many evacuations occurred even before the official attack by the city defense forces.
They destroyed all the information, destroyed almost all clues, and drove most of the people who knew about their existence crazy, just to hide from the city defense army combat teams whose weapons and equipment were even far less powerful than them?
Or are they trying to hide their existence?
He Ao continued to flip through the report in his hand.
After taking complete control of the southern neighborhood, Covey also arranged for people to conduct large-scale searches in the southern neighborhood, but there was still no information about those powerful extraordinary beings.
Where are these people hiding?
He Ao put his hand on the desk and clicked on the projection.
A map of the southern part of Ninvis District appeared in his field of vision.
He put his hand on the map and whispered, "Eve, help me mark the divisions of each block and the locations of the prisoner gang strongholds in the southern block."
Almost as soon as he finished speaking, the map in his eyes began to divide various areas according to color. Each area displayed its name, and red dots appeared in his field of vision.
He Ao's eyes passed over these red dots, and then fell on a small area on the easternmost side of the area.
Most of the entire southern area of Ninvis is a chaotic southern neighborhood. There is only a small green area in the east.
That is the Nancheng City Defense Force Command Center and some of the surrounding neighborhoods.
Although this area is also in the south of Ninvis District, no gang dares to cause trouble in this area.
Therefore, the area near the City Defense Force Command Center is the most stable place in the entire southern block, and the largest crowd gathering spot in the southern block, the Low Building Block, is also very close to the City Defense Force Command Center.
This is one of the reasons why Covey and the city defense troops arrived so quickly last night.
And just when He Ao was looking at the map, the projection on his desktop shook.
A piece of information sent from the Nancheng Command Center caught his eye.
As the photos containing densely packed war machines unfolded, He Ao's eyes narrowed slightly.
However, he did not reply immediately. Instead, he lowered his head and looked at the map on the desktop again.
Above the strongholds marked in red, Eve also marked the distribution of suspected powerful extraordinary beings.
Almost as you go eastward, the extraordinary beings deployed by the Prisoners' Gang become stronger.
Including the skinny man killed by He Ao, they were also placed at the east gate of the low-rise block closest to the Nancheng Command Center.
Is it defense or... offense?
What if the Prisoners Gang takes control of the southern neighborhood, and the purpose is not to benefit the southern neighborhood at all, but just to give themselves a visible foothold?
He raised his hand, looked away from the southern block, and zoomed in on the entire area near the southern city command center.
"Eve, it shows that the area near the Nancheng command center has a relatively large cargo throughput and can store a large amount of equipment."
The large freight throughput can cover up the round trip of equipment transportation. The area is large enough, enough equipment can be stored, and enough people can be hidden.
"Retrieving for you..."
Eve's gentle voice came from the desktop, "It's being shown to you."
Special signs appeared on the map in Heao's field of vision.
There are not many areas near the Nancheng command center that can store a large amount of equipment, only three.
The first one is a large three-dimensional warehouse. The owner is a bar owner in the Saint-Elan District. His bar mainly helps gang members in the southern neighborhood sell stolen goods. The things obtained by the gang members will be stored in this warehouse first, and then
Transfer out.
Therefore, there are often trucks coming and going in his warehouse, but after the prisoner gang became the dominant family, his business became much deserted.
The second one is a chemical factory, which belongs to a small chemical company. This small chemical company is private on the surface, but it is actually controlled by Copes Mining through multiple layers of nesting. The entire factory is almost fully automated and employs many workers.
There are few, and there are often large trucks coming in and out.
The third one is a large machinery factory affiliated to the Ives Space System. This factory employs a large number of employees, has its own warehouse, and often has large trucks coming in and out.
Among the three areas, the warehouse is the closest to the Nancheng command center, the machinery factory is the farthest, and the chemical factory is in between.
Looking at these three areas, He Ao's eyes were slightly lowered.
The warehouse is close, but too close. It is already within the coverage of the command center's ground artillery. Moreover, the Nancheng command center has set up a large number of defensive measures on the warehouse side. If you want to launch an attack from here, the breakthrough time will be too long.
The machinery factory is too close to the southern block, and is not even as close as some areas in the southern block to the command center. The location advantage is not strong, and there are many people and distractions, and confidentiality is not good.
The answer seems obvious.
However, the information in these areas was retrieved by Eve from the Internet and is not complete. It still needs to be verified.
He Ao picked up the old-fashioned telephone receiver on the table and said, "Let Director Tucker come here."
Opposite the receiver is the mayor's secretariat, and the staff at the secretariat will help him contact Tucker.
After getting a "OK" response from the staff on the other side, He Ao put down the receiver and called up the information sent by the Nancheng Command Center again.
Is only Nancheng facing threats?
Almost as his thoughts flashed through his mind, his bracelet vibrated.
It was a private phone call, and the source of the call was Scott, the City Defense Minister and North City Commander.
He Ao raised his hand and answered the phone.
"Mayor Lynn,"
Scott's face was a little solemn, "We found traces of the Copes Mining Mercenary Group approaching in the wilderness to the north."
