Chapter 348 - Reverse Tracking (03)
Shuttling through this almost thousand-year-old complex makes them feel like they have returned to ancient times, as if they can hear the sound of the golden iron horse during the battle, and there are still faintly visible traces of sword collision on the walls, which was also once a battlefield of killing.
At the main entrance of a building, he was stopped by a heavy fist, and those people who looked like staff told him very politely that it was not open to the public and asked him to leave.
Heavy punch can see that these guys are definitely not staff, how can the staff in this kind of place bring guns, although these guys are well hidden, but they can't hide from his eyes, but he is not good at breaking in, but asked about some building history, said that he wanted to know more about the past of this building, that person replied very politely, and even said that it is not far from ten, it seems that these guys still know a lot in this place, there are two possibilities, one is that he has been here for a long time, The other is that he deliberately made preparations in this regard in order to pretend to be like, and it is more likely that the first one is inferred with heavy punches.
After taking a few more photos, he reluctantly left, and while walking back, he reported the discovery here to the ghost, "It has been confirmed, the approximate range is part of the building on the west side of this fortress, it is not easy to get in, the walls here are too tall, although it is not a problem to climb up, but the possibility of being found is very high, it is unlikely during the day, so you can only wait until night." ”
"Then wait, if he comes out inside, he can only take these two paths, and we will just keep an eye on it." The ghost said.
The two of them chose a suitable place to each hold a way out, monitored the situation inside, ate to replenish their strength, and then waited for darkness.
"The number of guards found so far has exceeded ten, and judging from the distribution, it is likely that there are other people nearby." Heavy Punch said as he ate his food, and the approximate range of the target had been roughly figured, but further observation was needed to confirm the number of enemies and the specific distribution.
"That's for sure, according to Carol's style of acting, there will be people in a large area around here, and it is estimated that at least two streets will be under his control, although there is no one in sight, there is still a great possibility that he is here." The ghost said in the headphones.
"This is the ancient city, the traffic is not as convenient as outside, the buildings are crowded, it is easy for us to hide and approach, but once there is a firefight, it is easy to be reworked by his people, even if everything goes well, there is a great possibility that he will escape." In this range, the role of satellites is still quite limited, the buildings here are tall, and the blocking effect is obvious, so it is difficult to observe the situation below from the air.
"What is Carol doing here? This city should not matter to them as an organization, there are no mineral resources and no national leaders to control, and it is of little value for them to establish bases and garrisons here. "The ghost has a hard time understanding Carol's behavior.
"Who knows, he's never going to do anything meaningless, besides, there's a lot more we don't know, how can you be sure that there aren't any people or things he's interested in? How can you be sure that there is no base for them here? After all, we don't know enough about this organization, although we have fought with them with great fanfare for so long, and we have achieved a phased victory, but in essence, we have not really unearthed the true identity of this organization, we don't know, how many stations they have outside, and we don't know where their headquarters are, so maybe there is a hidden base here that we don't know about. "Heavy Punch never dwells on the reason why the enemy is here, after all, they have too little information to refer to now, so there is no point in blindly guessing, it is better to ignore these for the time being, the capture of Carol is the primary purpose, and other problems will be solved after the goal is achieved.
"The medics are rushing this way, and they're not sure if they'll be there before we do, so don't count on them." The ghost said, "Carol is really capable, choosing such an inconspicuous place, maybe there is no power in the ~ intelligence ~ bureau here, and it is not eye-catching, this may be the main reason why he stays here." ”
"There is this possibility, but I always feel that he will not stay in this place simply for this one reason, or there is something else here that we don't know, in short, first confirm whether he is here, and then find a way to catch a live, everything else is easy to do, and catching him is the most important thing." Punched and ate the last piece of combat rations, "While it's still early, seize the time to rest." ”
"You go to sleep first, I'll just settle it." The ghost said.
"Okay, call me in an hour." Although the two people are not in the same position, they can complete the monitoring work in two different directions in this way, saving manpower to do other things or rest.
"Camera number two moves ten degrees to the left." The ghost said in the headphones.
The punch readjusted a bit until he was satisfied.
In fact, they are not much tired, they have rested well these days, and they have not consumed too much physical strength today, the reason why they are resting now is to make full use of the existing time, after all, it is not suitable for diving in this case, they can only wait until the evening, but they also know that more things are likely to happen later, it is better to recover their physical strength to the maximum extent now, and maintain their peak state, so as to have more physical strength in the later actions.
During this period, they noticed that there were vehicles driving inside, this is the urban area, and it is normal for vehicles to enter and exit, but there are few motor vehicles in this area, and the car has never come out after entering, which has aroused their suspicions, what is this car for, is someone coming back, or is there a guest visiting? Since there was no way to determine what was going on inside, there was no way to tell who was sitting in the car, and they just made detailed records of it.
After it was completely dark, the two people moved, after confirming the safe route, they began to advance inside, this is the only way to observe the internal situation, because the situation on the periphery has not been thoroughly figured out, so their advance speed is not fast, only after determining the distribution of the enemy, they can move forward with confidence, it took nearly two hours to really enter the control range of the fortress, after climbing up from the periphery of the wall, they hide in the dark to observe the situation below, and can see a few cars parked belowThe stone building on the opposite side is divided into several floors, only a few can see the lights, but not the inside, and each floor is guarded by guards.
Heavy fists pointed in one direction to signal the ghost to follow him, and the two of them quickly advanced under the cover of darkness, and it didn't take long to go up the plank road on the periphery, the wide plank road can accommodate the passage of cars and horses, and even some imitations of catapults that were repaired in the later period can be seen, and the fierceness of the city defense battle can be vaguely seen.
Not long after the two of them pushed forward along the plank road, they found that a guard was walking towards this side, and the two immediately hid in the basket and stared at the guards from far and near.
These guards were holding long guns, night vision devices were on top of their heads, they did not put them down, flashlights and ammunition bags were hung on their waists, short guns were inserted in the fast gun holsters on their legs, and they were wearing combat uniforms similar to mountaineering suits, and their strong muscles held the clothes high, and it could be seen that these guys were very strong and obviously professionally trained.
The patrol speed is not fast, no one speaks, they are all holding guns and staring at the area they are responsible for, and the degree of professionalism is quite high.
It took a few minutes for these people to disappear around the corner not far away, and they breathed a sigh of relief, listened carefully to the movement, and then carefully left the hiding place and continued to move forward.
After walking along the side of the plank road for more than ten minutes, I finally arrived at the side entrance of the inner courtyard of the fortress, there was no one nearby, and at a glance, as expected, this entrance had not been opened for a long time, and it was completely sealed.
The two had to go around the perimeter backwards, they knew very well that there were very few doors on the lowest level of this kind of fortress, only the main entrance and exit gates and the back doors, and they were all very heavy, the side doors were usually entered and exited by slaves, most of them were closed, and they could only be opened from the upper floor, so if they wanted to enter, they had to climb up from the outer wall and climb through the windows of the upper floor to enter the interior.
Although this fortress is made of boulders, the gaps between the boulders are very small, and the windows on the second floor are at least five meters or more, the outer walls are bare, and it is not easy to climb up.
After entering the interior, they found that the vast majority of the place seemed to be empty, because there was a thick layer of dust on the ground, and there were some messy footprints on it, it was obvious that the place had not been cleaned for a long time, and judging from the shape and pattern of those footprints, it should be the same as the shoes worn by the patrolmen they had just seen, that is, those sentries would come here to move, and they also found some cigarette butts that had just been extinguished on the ground not far away, It seems to be a place for those people to relax and smoke.
The two of them walked out cautiously on those footprints, they didn't want to leave their footprints here to alert others.
Outside, it was a very large stone platform, flanked by a parapet more than half a man high, and flanked by small houses where soldiers rested.
After a closer look, they found that in one of the rooms there were two people sleeping on the floor covered with blankets, and the guns were placed beside them.
With a wave of his hand, the two of them carefully walked around that position and pushed to the other side of the platform, when they observed just now, they already knew that the area opposite the platform was lighted, and most of the enemies must be operating in that range, and they planned to touch the situation over there.
This old stone building was huge and eerie, and it was a little faster to move around, and it was easy to make footsteps, so they had to push as lightly as possible.
In fact, according to the logic of the ghost, it is to quickly grab a live mouth and ask to know if Carol is here, but the heavy punch does not want to startle the snake because of this, and it is better not to act rashly before the situation is clear, once there is a conflict, it will definitely arouse Carol's vigilance, even if the hands are clean, they will be found because of the guard's failure to report the situation in time, rather than taking the risk of taking a confession, it is better to fight steadily.
After crossing the platform to the other side, they found that the number of guards here has increased significantly, whether it is a fixed post or a mobile post, there are a lot more than the previous side, so far, the number of internal guards they have found has exceeded 20 people, in order to avoid these guards, they have to return to the outside of the fortress several times, crawling horizontally along the outer wall, and now their position is at least ten meters high from the ground, although this height is nothing to them, but once they fall, even if they fall down, even if they fall badly, There will also be a lot of noise, and once it is discovered by the enemy, it will definitely be difficult to get out.
It didn't take long for them to find that it was much easier to climb from the outside than inside, and sometimes they simply stopped going inside, and moved freely on the outer wall, and could observe the situation of the inner rooms one by one, so they went from the second floor to the third floor, and from the third floor to the fourth floor, and finally found that the people moving inside began to change, and there were some figures that were obviously not guards, and there should be four or five people in a rough calculation, but they were distributed in different rooms, some of them were one inside, and some of them were gathered together, even in this kind of place, These people also speak in very low voices, and only occasionally say a few words, as if they are waiting for news.
To the disappointment of Heavy Punch and Ghost, they didn't find Carol among the men.
The two of them went into an empty room on the fifth floor to rest, and it really didn't feel good to hang outside all the time, and their hands and feet began to get a little sore, so they were ready to recover and continue to explore the situation here, after all, the space here was too big, and it was indeed not possible to check it in a moment and a half.
"I didn't find it, is it already gone?" The ghost whispered.
"Don't jump to conclusions." "Some of them have already taken pictures and sent them back to verify their identities, there is a high probability that these people are members of the 'Clock Tower', if our judgment is correct, then Carol is probably really here, but we haven't found it yet." ”
"I hope you're right, or we'll be in vain." The ghost was always a little uneasy, "I'll go to the back in a while, be careful." ”
"There's enemy guards all over here, so you have to be careful." Heavy punch said.
"Don't worry, I know it." After saying that, the ghost came out of the window again......
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