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Because the stock exchange closed at 3:30 p.m., most of the employees had already left by the time of the attack, and even a few were stranded on the island.

When Liu Wei and Zhou Fen arrived, two FOS fighters were trying to gain access to the stock exchange's central database.

As Zhou Fen said, don't get your hopes up.

In the central database of the New York Stock Exchange, hundreds of millions of customer data are stored, and their value is completely impossible to measure in monetary terms. To avoid intrusions, the exchange's central database not only has the world's most advanced firewall, but also several hard-encrypted checkpoints.

What's more, Liu Wei and the others are not clear about the specific situation of the central database.

Li Tingxuan is not omnipotent, and it is impossible to provide all the information they want.

Because there was nothing else to do, Liu Wei stayed to see how much valuable information he could get from the New York Stock Exchange.

At this time, negotiations between the Greyback Jackal and Cologne were underway.

In line with the principle of delaying time, as soon as the negotiations began, the gray-backed jackal insisted on the original conditions, demanding that the US troops immediately withdraw from the overseas occupied areas, that the countries that wanted to be victimized by the war apologize and pay reparations, that they no longer unilaterally support Israel, and that they openly admit the war crimes they had committed.

These conditions are obviously not accepted by Cologne.

Although it is the president's plenipotentiary, Cologne does not have the right to decide on major issues. According to Norris's orders, Cologne only promised to gradually withdraw its troops from Afghanistan and end military operations in the Middle East, and the rest was not considered. In order to stabilize the other side, Cologne put forward a new condition, that is, the United States Federal Political Axe could provide transport planes to send the attackers to any country.

If Cologne doesn't bring it up, the gray-backed jackal will take the opportunity to bring it up.

It is almost impossible to get the United States to make full concessions. Both sides are buying time through negotiations to avoid further deterioration of the situation. Whether the negotiations can achieve results or not depends on both sides, and it is impossible to meet unrealistic demands. It would be wise to take advantage of this opportunity to gain some benefits.

Now that Cologne has brought it up, the gray-backed jackal will not be polite.

"We can accept the offer, but it has to be piloted by our people."

"You have pilots?"

"Mr. Cologne, you're underestimating us, aren't you?" "We need ten large transport planes with a range of more than 12,000 kilometers, and we need to fill these transport planes with fuel and remove all tracking and detection equipment on them. If you can't, our guys will do these things after they take over the plane. In addition to this, it is necessary to guarantee that the transport aircraft will not be attacked. ”

"After you get the transport planes, how do you make sure that you don't have to do more damage with these transport planes?"

"If we're going to do more damage, we don't need these transport planes at all."

Cologne swallowed and said, "I can accept your request, but you must say something, release the detained CIA agents, as well as the women and children on the island." ”

"We'll release the women and children at a ten-to-one ratio, but that agent can't be handed over to you."

"Why?"

"Because you broke the agreement, we didn't execute him on the spot, which is already a great mercy."

"But you ......"

"Mr. Cologne, it's nothing good. If you keep your word, you'll naturally keep him here after we leave Manhattan. The Grayback Jackal smiled and said, "When the time comes, you can get the information you want from him." As for the rest, you'll have to be a little patient. ”

Cologne gritted his teeth and said, "When do you need a transport plane?" ”

"Twenty-four hours later."

"Why not now?"

"Mr. Cologne, you're asking too much." "Twenty-four hours later, the first transport plane must arrive at LaGuardia Airport, and then evacuate the patrol boats deployed in the East River and the speedboats in the Long Island Strait, and don't forget to remove the attack nuclear submarine that has been lurking at the bottom of the sea." We'll send the first people in motorboats to take over LaGuardia airport. While we retreated, the U.S. troops could not take any military action and had to stay in the camp. To make sure you've made good on your promises, I'm going to take control of a Global Hawk drone equipped with reconnaissance equipment and listen to the military's communications channels. ”

Cologne's eyes widened, and he looked at the gray-backed jackal in disbelief.

"After the evacuation begins, the rest of the transport planes will arrive at LaGuardia airport at half-hour intervals, and we will evacuate all personnel in batches." The grayback jackal didn't care what Cologne thought. "You see, Mr. Cologne, I didn't think about leaving alive before I landed on this island, so we'll leave a group of people behind and stay in this building. If you break the peace talks, we will have no choice. See what I mean? ”

Cologne was stunned for a moment, then nodded.

He already knew that the terrorists had a nuclear warhead on the top floor of the Empire State Building, and the Grayback Jackal's words meant that if the U.S. military attacked while they retreated, they would detonate the nuclear warhead.

"If it's okay, I'll send someone to send you back."

"When are you going to leave Manhattan?"

"Are you talking about me?" The Grayback Jackal smiled and said, "As long as our personnel reach their destination safely, we will leave Manhattan." When the time comes, you can hunt it down, but I believe you don't have much hope. Mr. Cologne, you must understand that I will always be in touch with the retreating personnel, and if the transport plane is tracked and attacked in the middle of the flight, even if it is only locked by your radar, it will drive us to a dead end. When the time comes, it's not just us, it's the millions of civilians on this island who will be ruined. ”

Cologne sighed secretly, the other party was too well prepared, and there were no flaws at all.

"Mr. Cologne, do you have any other requests?"

"When are you going to release the women and children?"

"They're going to be with our guys to LaGuardia Airport and we're going to be housed in the airport's terminal building, and you're going to take over the airport after all of our people are gone, aren't you?"

Cologne nodded, and then said, "So, the other requests made before ......"

"Mr. Cologne, you are willing to come here and negotiate with me face to face, even if nothing comes of it, we are the biggest winners, aren't you?"

Cologne was stunned for a moment, and then quickly understood.

"Although you have cut off the television and radio channels, it will not be long before this news will be made public, and the whole world knows that the US Federal Political Axe, which has always declared that it will never compromise with terrorist organizations, sent the presidential plenipotentiary to negotiate with us face-to-face."

"You can't do that!"

"Why? Is it just to save the face of the United States? "The grayback jackal didn't give Cologne much of a voice." You have to understand that these things will come to light sooner or later, so if I am your words, I will tell the president and let him prepare as soon as possible to deal with the doubts of the media and the public, instead of digging out his mind to deal with us. You've lost, and you've lost very completely. All you can get is my handout! ”

After hearing this, Cologne turned blue with anger, but he was speechless.

"Time is pressing, so you might as well hurry back."

"One last thing." Cologne stood up, "As you prepare to evacuate, hopefully don't make the situation worse, or the agreement they reached will be invalid." ”

"It's your business, not ours."

Cologne was stunned for a moment, as if he didn't understand.

"As long as you don't stir up trouble, we won't do anything to break the agreement. So I suggest that you better tell Your Excellency the President to restrain those disobedient soldiers and not let them do stupid things and break the agreement we have reached. You have to understand that since we have the courage to come here and create such an earth-shattering event, we are ready to come and go, and there will be no hesitation at the critical moment. ”

Cologne let out a long breath, nodded, and said nothing more.

The Greyback Jackal didn't ramble with him anymore and asked the two FOS fighters to send him to East River Park.

Until the end of the negotiations, Cologne did not know that it was not the terrorist who appeared on the video call who was facing him, but another guy.

An hour later, Cologne returned to Brigadier General Copperfield's front-line command center. Because Admiral Robert had already rushed to Jersey City to deploy the Army combat units that had reached the front line, Cologne did not ramble with Copperfield and asked Brigadier General to prepare a helicopter for him.

The gray-backed jackal is right, it is the US military that really gets in the way.

Although the negotiations were not successful, Cologne received the most important promise, that is, the terrorists promised to evacuate Manhattan harmlessly.

If the crisis can be resolved at the lowest cost, Cologne will be the number one contributor.

To do this, he must immediately meet with the president and get the president to intervene and stop the military from acting recklessly.

Washington, Norris is waiting for news from Cologne, only before he has several other tricky things to deal with.

The biggest trouble is the criticism of the media.

After the news was made public, the news media in the United States were in an uproar. Although the major mainstream media have highly praised the president's calm handling, almost all the media believe that Norris has done something wrong, resulting in the threat to the lives and property of tens of millions of Americans.

Along with the media denunciation, there was a full-scale Republican attack.

In the afternoon, Republican congressmen challenged the federal government, demanding that the president come forward and explain why, despite learning that terrorists possess weapons of mass destruction, residents around Manhattan are still forbidden to leave dangerous areas, and even send troops to block roads.

It is conceivable that the next step will be for the Republican Party to move in Congress to demand that the president lift the ban.

The situation is spiraling out of control, and Norris is helpless.

(To be continued)