Chapter Seventy-Five: The Spark
"Jimmy, Seth. Something may have happened to Patriarch Weidman, so let's gather our men to rescue them right now. I'll explain the specific situation to you in detail on the way. Mike said
"I'm going too!" Eva said categorically
"It's too dangerous, you might as well recuperate for a while. Jimmy persuaded
"It's more dangerous to leave me alone!" Eva threatened
"Take her," Mike said to Jimmy
The scene shifts to the gate of the lavish castle filled with the fragrance of tulips
"I've been here twice, can you please tell you about it again. I have something important to tell you!" said a man in a suit standing in the doorway, anxiously
"Didn't I tell you, my lord is not seeing you now. Not only will I not see you today, but I won't see you tomorrow, and you will come back in half a year! Don't waste your efforts, go back quickly!" replied the tall guard in police uniform at the door
The man in the suit immediately took out his mobile phone and dialed the phone, saying, "Now the family is really going to mess up! I can't even see the boss! What do you care, Xianghuang?!"
The Elephant Emperor Orlando replied on the other end of the phone: "He told me that he was going to retreat for half a year. Nobody was seen. So, don't say it's you, now even me and the Shark Emperor can't see him in person..."
The man in the suit continued to say excitedly: "I've heard, my lord only sees that old hat Cormier now. Moreover, there are rumors that the boss wants to support that kid to take over his position! You are the second-in-command of our golden family! If you don't care about this matter, our family's fine traditions will be completely messed up!"
The Elephant Emperor was silent for two seconds and said, "You come back first." Let's take the long view..."
The screen pans to Mike's side
The group arrived at the door of the secret base hidden in the mountains that Weidmann mentioned. After Mike fired five flares into the sky, the weed-covered gate slowly opened.
"Are you Mike?" asked a young man in a green camouflage uniform as he walked out of the door
"Well, I'm Mike. It was Patriarch Weidmann who called me here. Mike replied
The man scanned Mike's iris with an instrument and said, "Welcome, Patriarch Mike." I'm the person in charge of this secret base, my name is Bell, you can call me Becky. ”
"Patriarch?" Mike questioned
"Well, Patriarch Weidmann told me before he left that if he didn't hear back by 12 o'clock, a new patriarch named Mike would take his place. And our next task is to assist you in our best efforts. Come, Patriarch Mike. Let me start by giving you a tour of our arsenal. Bell said
As soon as Mike entered the gate, he saw his sister Anna and Seth's brother greet him at the same time. Mike, who didn't dare to delay too much time, simply exchanged a few words with his sister, and then continued to follow Bell to the arsenal with a group of people.
The picture that followed made Mike and his gang unable to believe their eyes. Unexpectedly, Weidmann's family background is so rich, and there are all kinds of armed fighters, landing tanks, and rocket artillery in this base! It can simply be called a whole reinforced regiment armed to the teeth! But what puzzled Mike was that among the more than 1,000 people, except for a few management, the others were all child soldiers under the age of 20.
"Patriarch Mack, you must not underestimate us young warriors. They are all the bravest and most capable children that Patriarch Weidmann has selected from orphanages everywhere over the years. Don't look at their age, but they are all veterans who have undergone nearly ten years of closed and rigorous training! And the only mission of all our 'Doomsday Corps' soldiers in this life is to save the Wing Clan from fire and water when it is in danger! Okay, that's my introduction. The command here is then left to you. Patriarch Mack, your first order was—" Bell asked
Mike, who had never commanded so many people, was a little confused at the moment. In order to hide his confusion, he hurriedly asked, "Did Patriarch Weidman leave any instructions before leaving?"
At this time, Eva, who saw the huge arsenal, pulled Mike very excitedly and shouted, "With these equipment, we may be able to fight back to the palace in Shata City!"
"It can't be. First of all, we are only responsible for the survival of the Wing Clan, unless there is an order from the Patriarch. Second, we have enough troops to capture a city. It would be too impractical to attack a country. By the way, Patriarch Weidmann had previously instructed that if this place was exposed, we would move from the underground cave to the hold of a ship disguised as a freighter outside, and then sail out to the high seas to continue the battle. Bell said
"People can walk underground, but what about these 'big guys'?" asked Jimmy
"We, the Doomsday Corps, have been a mobile unit since the day we were founded. So all the equipment has a fast-moving scheme. The 'big guys' will be carried out of the sky by bigger planes, you don't have to worry. Bell explained confidently
The so-called soldiers and horses have not moved, and the grain and grass go first. Mike, who knew the importance of supplies, saw so many people and so many guns at the moment, and was not so proud of this lineup, but worried about how to maintain them.
"Are the costs of maintaining this equipment regularly provided by Patriarch Weidman?" asked Michael, with a careful edge
"Actually, all of this equipment was recently purchased from the black market. It seems that the Weidman patriarch embezzled the funds of the Wing Clan without permission. Belle replied
Mike could see that most of the weapons that Weidmann had improvised were for landing. Presumably he wanted to use them to overthrow Tyrese's rule on the Wing Island. But it's clear that this is a long-term immature plan B, and a poor plan C that came up with a bad plan C. If such a large army is trapped here for a long time without a stable source of funds and supplies, it will be dragged down by its huge expenses sooner or later without waiting for it to fight. And at this moment, let them attack the main island of the Wing Clan, the other party has already been on guard, not to mention, the damage caused by the landing battle alone can't tell whether it is saving the Wing Clan or destroying the Wing Clan. Even if you are lucky enough to occupy the island, how can you tell the difference between Tyrese's spies buried in the Wing Clan? In the end, it is likely to evolve into a crushing victory over the old Ben, taking a ruined island, and then being beaten by the Empire under the cooperation of the traitors... The current situation is that staying where you are is definitely going to die! But where can you go to survive? This is really a dilemma. The only thing that comforted Mike now was that Weidmann had given him the final choice, rather than directly giving the 'Doomsday Corps' an attack order in advance. Otherwise, Mike alone would not be able to stop these beasts who have been besieged by iron cages for ten years......