In his luxurious office on the 65th floor of the Grumman Building, the black-haired young man, the second son of Alfred Grumman, the ruler of the Grumman family, left his large desk and found a chair at the conference table in the center to sit down again. At his behest, the butler Frey Sr. took the aged ice wine and a few delicate glasses and placed them on the conference table.

At that time, the sound of fierce artillery enveloped the whole city, and the explosion was far and near. As I listened, a dull, oppressive roar of machinery approached. Suddenly, everything in the office was shaking, the wall pendants were falling, and the wine glasses on the conference table were clanging.

"It's finally here." The black-haired youth muttered, facing the door, his waist straight, his hands clasped together on the table.

After a while, there was the sound of heavy footsteps in the stairwell, followed by a loud command - Norman was spoken.

Finally, the door to the office was kicked open. The intruder obviously didn't expect anyone inside, and the moment he saw Ruov and Old Frey, he froze for a moment, and then subconsciously raised the rifle in his hand.

The two men sitting and standing at the conference table were obviously much calmer than the soldiers at the door, except for a slight twitch of their brows, they were motionless, like two mannequins placed in the window.

Faced with two men dressed as civilians and without any attack, the Norman soldier at the door stopped his finger on the trigger, and he shouted to his companions while keeping his aiming. Moments later, several Norman soldiers rushed in, and after some searching, they turned their guns on the two men at the conference table.

"I want to see your commander." Ruauf first spoke in Ulster, and seeing that the Norman soldiers did not respond, he spoke Norman again in a jerky pronunciation.

At this time, the leading soldier responded, he asked the two to stay still, and then quickly left.

About five minutes later, there was a sound of footsteps outside the door. I saw a Norman officer with a beard walking in with a steady and vigorous gait. He wore a dark gray wide-brimmed military hat and a double-breasted coat with lapels and a red-backed gold collar crest at the neckline, which represented his status as a general in the Norman army.

Compared with the soldiers around him, this Norman general was neither tall nor strong enough, but his eyes had the sharpness of eagle eyes, his wide forehead and high nose, and his thick lips were also handsome.

Seeing a Norman general coming, Ruauf quickly stood up and respectfully waited for the other party to come to him.

After standing still, the Norman general looked at Ruauf with his head held high, and then he said in pure Ulster: "Long time no see, Monsieur Ruauf-Grumman!" ”

Ruov was surprised to hear his name called, and when he looked at it, he stared and opened his mouth.

"Oh my God, it's you! Ze, you're not dead! ”

"No, Ze is dead." The Norman general said unhurriedly, "I am the Norman Baron of Sabre, Noo Scala. Please address me, Your Excellency Baron alla, Scala. ”

Ruauf gasped, then looked at the Norman soldiers who had landed at Grumman Mansion from the battleship. They were as strong and vigorous as they had been rumored, and they all had resolute and indifferent expressions on their faces. They wore shiny semicircular helmets, neat field uniforms, carried hard-leather combat bags, held rifles in their hands, and wore grenades around their waists, looking lean and capable.

"You're here to occupy Grumman Tower?"

The Norman general said proudly, "What else? Visiting and shopping? ”

"Using the Grumman Building as a springboard, directly invading the central city of Aocheng, and echoing the attacking forces outside the city, this kind of combat strategy, ordinary people dare not dream of it!" Ruov expressed his analytical speculation.

"What about you? Mr. Ruoff-Grumman, you are standing here at this moment, are you waiting for me? "Norman will say.

"I was indeed waiting for you. Of course, I didn't know it would be you, and I didn't think it would be you, but I knew that there must be a great person here. ”

"You, plan to join the Norman Empire?" This question of the Norman general was a straightforward inquiry, and there was no enthusiasm at all.

"I think it can be put in another way, such as cooperation, active cooperation." Ruauf argued.

The Norman general snorted, "Alright! You are indeed a man of mind and courage. While others fear war because they are afraid of being hurt, you see war as an opportunity to change their circumstances and dare to give it a go when the opportunity comes. That's good, that's good! ”

"What about you? Didn't you have the same idea as me to go to the Norman Empire in a way that ordinary people couldn't imagine? Ruauf said.

The Norman general stared into Ruauf's eyes for a few seconds, and then suddenly waved the scepter in his hand, like a lesson to a disobedient dog, and slammed him in the face, knocking him to the ground.

The steward old Frey hurriedly guarded Ruauf, but the Norman general did not seem to have the intention of continuing to attack him, but stood there in his original posture, looking at Ruauf condescendingly.

At this moment, the left side of Ruov's face immediately became red and swollen, and he looked at the other party in embarrassment, and slowly stood up under the gaze of the Norman soldiers.

"Here's my reminder to you: first, you must be called 'you' when speaking to the Imperial Sword Baron, and second, my past, my present, and even my future are not your turn to question."

Ruov gritted his teeth, bowed his head and said, "I understand, honorable Baron Sabre, if I have just offended you, I solemnly apologize to you here, and sincerely ask for your forgiveness." ”

The Norman general snorted again, looked left and right, and said, "Now, Mr. Ruauf-Rugman, take your knowledge of this edifice as your first gift to the Norman Empire!" As long as you cooperate sincerely, I can guarantee that you will get the reward you deserve. ”

"Yes, Your Excellency the Baron Sabre." With that, Ruov motioned to his old butler to take out a folded drawing from his personal pocket, respectfully presented it to the Norman general in front of him, and told him: "This is the design drawing of the Grumman Building. ”

The Norman general did not reach out to take it, but said in a commanding tone: "Spread out!" ”

Ruov did not hesitate, directly spread the drawings on the conference table, and took the initiative to introduce: "As you know, this building has a total of 69 floors above the ground and 5 floors below the ground, the main building is made of steel concrete, and the podium is made of steel and stone. We were originally designed and constructed according to super military standards, the main building and podium walls can withstand the bombardment of 21PIR caliber artillery, as long as it is properly reinforced, it can be used as a small fortress, but objectively speaking, it has a more fatal weakness, if it is attacked by battleship-level large-caliber artillery, or by continuous bombardment by medium-caliber artillery, it is possible to collapse. ”

The Norman general, along with the lieutenant beside him, focused their eyes on the drawings on the table. As Ruauf spoke, they did not say a word, and from time to time they leaned over to examine a certain number or groups of numbers on the drawing.

Ruov rubbed his red and swollen cheeks and continued: "More than half a month ago, we received an order to evacuate the people in the building, and the evacuation was completed in the early stage, but most of the machinery and equipment to keep the building running were retained, otherwise, we would have to come up from the bottom floor......"

Before he finished speaking, the flames flickered outside the glass curtain wall, and the cannon roared, and at first glance, the Norman battleship on the roof of the building was shooting.

The Norman general, Lord Noo Scala, Baron of Sabre, walked briskly to his desk and peered through the floor-to-ceiling window to see what was going on. After a while, he turned around and spoke in Norman, and several Norman soldiers quickly walked out of the office.

Ruauf and his old butler did not dare to move, they stood at the conference table, quietly watching the old acquaintance who had changed his identity.

The sword-wielding Baron didn't linger too long in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows, he quickly returned to the conference table, his deputy taking out the battle map from the document bag he was carrying, and spreading it out next to the blueprints of the building.

"The sewers of Aocheng are extensive, and it can be called an underground world, and if I were the commander of the federal army, I would definitely deploy it here." The Norman general was apparently speaking to Ruauf and not to his adjutant.

Ruov hesitated for a moment and responded: "I'm sorry, I don't have a military position, and I didn't participate in the deployment of the city's defense, so ...... I'm sorry, but I can't provide any news about the Federal Army's defense. ”

The Norman general glanced up at him, then turned his attention back to the battle map and the drawings of the building. After a while, there was a tooth-aching creak on the walls of the building, and the surrounding glass curtain walls suddenly burst in several places, and the cold wind swept in through the breach, Ruov's face changed greatly, and he turned his eyes to the Norman general for help, but saw that the other party calmly pressed the scepter on the drawing, and it seemed that everything was expected and under his control.

Through the other party's reaction, Ruov suddenly figured it out. Because the structure of the building was not known, the Norman battleship did not put all its weight on the roof, but used the floating power to offset most of its gravity, but if it wanted to stay here for a long time, it had to find a way to keep the consumption of the power system down.

The building continued to make eerie noises, followed by several bursts of glass walls. Without the screen, the air flow outside was blowing indiscriminately, mixed with the strong smell of gunsmoke, and all kinds of gunfire and explosions were unhindered into the ears. Next, several Norman officers came in through the door in turn, reported the situation to the Norman general, and took orders from him.

When the strange sound of the stairs stopped, the Norman general said in Ulster, "You know? This Wessex battleship has a total combat weight of more than 35000TA. I had been worried that it would crush the Grumman Tower, but now it seems that the Grumman Group has built a flawless super building for itself. ”

Ruauf was not an architect or an expert in the field, so he could only cautiously compliment: "If it weren't for your ingenuity, this building would have been destroyed in battle, and there would not have been this unique battle." ”

The Norman general said, "If we can survive this battle, you can say this again!" ”