Chapter 87: Assault on the Commercial Building
It was not difficult for Yang Ming to break through the loose defense line built by the rebels. He only needed a stealth boat to break through it.
The difficulty of tonight's siege lies in the building base of the new federal agent team.
The location of Luliang’s stronghold was carefully chosen.
There are low buildings in front, behind, and on both sides of the building. From the commanding point of the building, they can observe the slightest movement in most of the city while drinking coffee and using a few primitive telescopes.
They will also certainly conduct monitoring work around the clock and without blind spots.
[Based on the results of the preliminary investigation by the law]:
Most of the floors of this commercial building are empty. There are hotels, supermarkets, large shopping malls, food streets and other complex structures inside, but they are all closed now.
Hundreds of special forces were stationed on the lower floors, carrying all kinds of individual weapons and guarding the escape routes and entrances and exits.
The parking lots at the top and middle of the shopping mall were filled with their vehicles and escape airships...
Tight defenses, elite federal soldiers, and various high-tech equipment have made this place an impenetrable fortress.
As long as there is any abnormality, Luliang and his team can evacuate from here in the shortest time possible, break up into small groups and hide in various places.
However, even the tightest defense will have loopholes.
At the bottom level of the building's underground parking lot, the twisting ventilation ducts are just wide enough for one person to crawl through, and this is exactly the blind spot set up by the other party.
This so-called blind spot was actually also covered by the searchlight set up by Lulian.
However, deceiving searchlight instruments has become Yang Ming's professional field.
Yang Ming is now like a gecko, relying on the "webbed feet" made of special materials covering his palms and toes to move silently in this pipe.
He kept placing miniature discs with red indicator lights - remote-controlled bombs - at various nodes in the pipeline.
Yang Ming glanced at his watch.
It is now 4:15 in the morning on Yilando.
In half an hour, the 3rd and 4th battalions of the 4th Guards Regiment will board landing craft and assault boats, cooperate with dozens of miniature unmanned gunboats, and raid the building from high altitude.
They would use their firepower advantage to suppress all entrances and exits of the building and kill any humanoid lifeforms that tried to escape.
In order to help them complete the blockade successfully, Yang Ming had to complete the very complicated preparations on his own.
Installing remote-controlled bombs in the pipes is just the 'appetizer' of this job.
Yang Ming gradually approached a somewhat low garage area.
The area was quite empty, with only two armored hovercrafts parked in the corner. Inside the vehicles were a team of ten people, responsible for guarding the two thigh-thick communication lines that were wrapped in layers.
No matter how advanced the equipment is, it still needs the support of infrastructure.
These two lines are directly plugged into the planet's communication backbone, occupying an unknown amount of resources without having to pay the operators.
Yang Ming waited in the ventilation duct for a while, and a light green check mark appeared on his watch.
Can take action.
He took out a 'ring box' from the side pocket of his backpack, opened the lid, and released a nimble mechanical bug that was only a few millimeters long.
With an extremely slight buzzing sound, the mechanical insect flew out of the ventilation fence, slowly circled in the air, and carefully approached the two armored hovercrafts.
Yang Ming held his breath and stared at the simple picture that appeared on the watch screen.
If this little thing is exposed, his position will naturally be exposed as well. Given the opponent's vigilance, his battle plan will fail.
Yang Ming listened attentively.
In the armored vehicle ahead with the air filtration system running, three men in new federal uniforms were dozing off.
In the driver's seat and the co-pilot's seat, two agents were talking about the troubles on the planet Ilando.
They had not expected that the usually weak royal family of the Luofeng Empire would suddenly take such swift and decisive actions of revenge. These two guys still had some conscience and did not laugh too loudly when they prayed for their colleagues working on the Luofeng First Star.
Mechanical bugs approach the communication line.
The two agents found nothing unusual.
Although they would look out the window from time to time and stare closely at the dashboard in front of them, their continuous conversation attracted most of each other's attention.
Three meters, flying over the roof, two meters, one meter.
Without any noise, the mechanical insect stuck to the communication pipe, folded its thin wings, and then slowly moved to the side, entering the dead corner formed by the wall and the pipe.
A slender metal thorn appeared at the tail of the mechanical insect and slowly pierced into the pipe.
Yang Ming breathed a sigh of relief.
Well done.
It was indeed a piece of 'hard' equipment that cost him tens of thousands of New Federation coins. ——Although it was Lu who insisted on buying it, and Yang Ming still thought it was a bit too expensive.
A line of small words appeared on the watch
[Has been connected to the other party's independent network. It will take about fifteen minutes to break through the other party's firewall. ]
【Can monitor the other party's external information. 】
[The coordinates of an undiscovered agent on Ilando have appeared. The coordinate map has been updated and the data has been synchronously sent to the command post of the Ilando Guards.]
【Boss, the first step has been completed. 】
Yang Ming's figure moved again, using the terrain to make a circle, and then quietly crawled away in the ventilation duct.
For the next half hour, Yang Ming was extremely busy.
He also wanted to "put on sunglasses and not love anyone", and directly swept away the federal soldiers and agents here.
But that kind of plot is destined to appear only in movies.
The enemy will not be so foolish as to wait for you to rush up and chop them down one by one. As long as there is something wrong with the wind, this bunch of rabbits will run away without a trace.
Yang Ming patiently completed the preparations one by one.
He placed smoke mines in the unmanned space on the middle floor of the shopping mall, and dropped several 'Ice Fruit' bombs using a micro drone in an area close to the enemy's patrol line.
Time passes by every second.
Gradually approaching the point where the plan will officially begin.
In space, the Feinan appeared for more than ten seconds and easily destroyed the communication satellite in front with its secondary guns.
Two minutes later, the 600-meter transport ship accelerated and passed by the abandoned synchronous satellite. The transport ship directly pressed into the atmosphere of the Fifth Administrative Planet and headed for the city occupied by the rebels.
From this moment on, the other party may be able to see through this surprise attack at any time.
In the middle of a commercial building, near an elevator.
At Lu's reminder, Yang Ming put on his headphones;
The sounds of conversation on the top floor of the building, in the new federal agent's 'office area', and near the main operating table, entered Yang Ming's ears.
"Boss, there's something wrong with our communications. The delay has suddenly increased. It's possible that the other party has used cyber warfare."
"Check to see if there is a malfunction."
Lulian's voice was filled with fatigue, followed by the sound of him sipping coffee.
"Boss, the Luofeng royal family has put great pressure on the military. Gudun Maha is frightened. Several generals in the military have asked us whether the Sherman Empire will directly intervene in the riots here."
"How do I know what Sherman Empire would think?"
Lulian cursed impatiently:
"Reply to them that everything is under our control. Tell them not to worry. All fleets of the Sherman Empire are under our surveillance. They will not appear directly above this administrative planet out of thin air."
"yes!"
Lulian muttered, "What a bunch of cowards and losers."
The sound of slurping coffee appeared again.
Lu suddenly reminded.
"Boss, we have breached their firewall and can make them blind at any time. And I found something very interesting."
"What?"
"All of their vehicles have unmanned backdoors, and half of them are connected to the same network," Lu's voice became more excited, "I can control them and start them directly now."
Yang Ming thought for a moment and said, "Prepare a batch of hovercrafts in the middle and top parking lots, and use them to plug into the entrances and exits later."
"That's a good idea," Lu praised, "I just thought of having them fall from a height while driving."
Yang Ming: …
The watch displays a red character prompt.
Countdown three minutes.
Yang Ming jumped out from the shadows and swaggered towards the sightseeing elevator. Several nearby cameras shifted to the left and right at the same time, perfectly avoiding Yang Ming's figure.
The top floor monitoring station.
The alarm system based on dynamic graphic recognition did not detect any intrusion and remained silent like a machine.
The sightseeing elevator goes up steadily.
Yang Ming faced the still sleeping city, and an auxiliary shooting crosshair appeared on his goggles.
In the northwest night sky, a 600-meter-class transport ship has appeared. Even with its protective shield at the lowest level, it is still somewhat conspicuous.
There was a little commotion on the top floor. Lulian put down his coffee and hurried to the floor-to-ceiling window, looking at the large transport ship in the sky.
The transport ship's stern compartment is open.
Small airships swarmed out, assault boats led the way to seize air supremacy, and four landing ships slowly detached from the ship.
The side cabins of the transport ships were opened synchronously, and the gunboat formation quickly assembled while advancing; the roars of several captains and deputy captains shook the communication channel.
Luliang's face turned pale and he turned around to give the evacuation order.
The sightseeing elevator is about to reach the top floor.
Yang Ming glanced at the time, listened to the chaotic noise coming from the headphones, and counted silently in his heart:
Three, two, one.
"Begin the detonation."
Law: "Repeat, start detonating."
boom!
The building suddenly began to shake continuously. The elevator stopped running the moment it reached the top floor, and the elevator door opened automatically!
Thick smoke appeared in the middle of the shopping mall and shrill sirens were heard everywhere.
Yang Ming picked up the laser rifle and fired forward. A federal soldier who had just turned his head had a charred bloody hole on his forehead and his body immediately fell limp.
Yang Ming rushed forward quickly, held onto the soldier's body, then changed to a kneeling position with the gun in hand. Using the soldier's body as cover, he swept the muzzle of the gun towards the corridor ahead.
The laser rifle fired a series of light bullets!
Before they died, several soldiers failed to send any accurate information to the soldiers behind them, and the alarms caused by their deaths were completely drowned out by the sirens throughout the building.
At the entrance and exit of the first floor lobby, 'Ice Fruit' bombs were detonated one after another, and large areas were blocked by solid ice.
In the middle and top parking lots, more than a dozen hovercrafts were started simultaneously, ramming vertically towards the entrances and exits of elevators, stairs, and fire passages, with more vehicles following suit.
On the top floor, Yang Ming encountered a team of elite soldiers head-on.
At the end of this corridor that is more than ten meters long is the hall where the new federal agents gather.
Yang Ming leaned against the wall at the corner, his expression calm to the point of being almost indifferent. The positions of the dozen or so soldiers appeared in his mind. He slung his rifle over his back, took out a large-caliber laser pistol, and activated the protective shield in his left hand.
He threw out two shock bombs with his left hand.
At the moment the concussion bomb exploded, Yang Ming ducked and charged forward.
Buzz——
The protective shield was successfully activated, and more than a dozen light bullets collided and created a series of ripples.
Yang Ming bowed his body and rushed forward.
Seeing that the laser gun could not break through the protective shield, the opponent immediately used throwing weapons, and several concussion bombs were about to fly out of his hands.
Yang Ming suddenly accelerated!
He rushed forward despite the enemy's firepower, and before the enemy threw out the concussion bomb, he rushed past the pair of sculptures where the two frontmost soldiers were hiding, fired a burst of shots at the soldier on the right with his pistol, slammed the soldier on the left against the wall with his body, and hit the soldier's neck with his elbow!
The crisp sound of bones cracking.
Yang Ming charged forward with a shield, engaging in close combat with the rest of the federal soldiers in the narrow terrain.
The protective shield hit the protective shield hard, and two soldiers were knocked away.
A gun barrel from the side tried to pass through the shield and shoot Yang Ming at close range, but just as the gun barrel was about to bypass the energy shield, a bloody hole appeared on the forehead of the soldier holding the gun, and his body was used as a human shield by Yang Ming.
The whole encounter lasted no more than a dozen seconds.
In the narrow corridor, twelve bodies were lying or collapsed.
Yang Ming rushed out of the corridor, stepping on the blood, and the messy hall was right in front of him.
A federal soldier suddenly jumped out from the side !
After enduring for a long time, he pointed the pistol at Yang Ming's temple and pulled the trigger without hesitation.
But the soldier's movements were always a beat slow.
Yang Ming quickly grabbed the soldier's wrist with his left hand and twisted it outward. He pressed the pistol in his right hand on top of the soldier's head and pulled the trigger several times in a row!
The soldier stared with his eyes wide open, and his figure slowly slid away.
Turning his head, through the thick glass, Yang Ming saw the messy hall and Lu Liyan, a senior agent of the New Federation, who was hurriedly putting on protective armor.
White smoke rose from the coffee cup next to Lulian.
The senior agent noticed Yang Ming and was looking at the man who appeared like a ghost in disbelief.
Yang Ming picked up the laser rifle without any hesitation.
Standard standing posture.
Triple aim.
Recoil-free burst fire mode.
The trigger was pulled continuously, and a series of purple light bullets sprayed out from the muzzle of the rifle. It was just ordinary office glass, and holes were burned in it instantly!
Before Lulian could activate the protective shield in his hand, two light bullets disappeared on his forehead, and two light bullets passed through the back of his head without any hindrance.
Yang Ming rushed to the glass and smashed the entire piece of glass with one punch.
More than a dozen concussion grenades were thrown into the area where the agents gathered with a whistling sound, like large bullets!
Luliang's death was just the beginning of this battle.
