Chapter 64, Planning
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"The above requires us to deal a heavy blow to DuPont by the 30th of this month, preferably to cause the death of important executives of DuPont, such as Henry? DuPont, or is it Lamotte? DuPont. What are the requirements of the Operations Department for this? Bond said to Robson, who was in charge of the Operations Department.
"We need all kinds of information from DuPont, including the portraits of the personnel, their habits, their addresses, the vigilance of their residences, as well as the layout and layout of the DuPont plant and the location and layout of the powder magazine, the traffic terrain in the vicinity, and the state of their safety and security work. The more information of this kind, the better. But in the process of obtaining this information, DuPont must not be alerted. "Although with Blackwater's current strength, even if it goes directly to DuPont, it is not completely impossible. But that would be too bad, and it would be easy to leave some evidence against them, far less subtle than by means such as explosions. DuPont is a gunpowder factory, and a gunpowder factory has an explosion, isn't that a normal thing? However, DuPont itself is well aware of this, and they have also used this method to hit many competitors. They themselves must be very vigilant against such methods.
"The DuPont plant is pretty easy to get your hands on." "DuPont is a sweatshop, and workers are not very mobile," Bond said. It was easy to get a layout of the DuPont plant from a worker who had worked at DuPont. In addition, we sent people dressed up as a circus to perform a hot air balloon show in Wilmington, which gave us an opportunity to look down on the whole of Wilmington and draw a more detailed picture of the DuPont factory, the powder magazine, and the home of the DuPont family in comparison with the descriptions of the original DuPont workers. In addition, our guys bought off the city department and got detailed drawings of the city of Wilmington's sewer system. Hope this helps you. ā
Bond said as he motioned to stop and lay out the drawings.
"This man is Henry? DuPont, nicknamed 'General', is now the top executive of DuPont, who had been in the military, and after taking the helm of DuPont, he adopted a militarized approach to DuPont. This man was very bossy and decisive, and is now at the heart of DuPont's leadership. Bond explained, pointing to a piece of paper with a portrait of a person.
"Is the image like?" Robson asked.
"The similarity rate is at least 90 percent or more." Bond's assistant replied.
Robson took the portrait and looked at it carefully, as if he wanted to imprint it into his brain. "Very well, go on." Robson said.
"This is Lamoth? Dupont's portrait, which was not easy to obtain, because the man was hardly seen in public. This person is Henry? DuPont's nephew is the central figure in the technical side of the entire DuPont...... However, since the portrait is based on the descriptions of a few workers who have seen him, and he does not appear in front of them very often, I cannot guarantee the similarity of this portrait. Bond said.
"I'll see." Robson looked at it for a moment, then said, "Please continue." ā
"This is the exterior layout of the Dupont family's home," Bond pointed to the drawing, holding out his finger, "This building is a residence, and almost the entire Dupont family lives here." If you're going to kill them all in one piece, it might be a good idea to burn the whole building or blow it up with a lot of gunpowder. Here are the pools and fountains, and here is the dwelling of the night watchmen. The Dupont family has a lot of security guards, and it is said that there are security guards with fierce dogs patrolling the entire estate 24 hours a day. This is the storage room...... There's also a cellar here...... Here's the kitchen, there's a sewer outlet......"
"Is there a layout of the interior of the residential building?" Robson asked.
"This one doesn't. The only thing known is that there are about seventy rooms in this building. Bond replied.
"Very well, go on."
"This is a factory and a powder magazine. The powder magazine is here, right on the banks of the Brandy River. The three walls of the powder magazine facing the six places are very strong, and it is said that they may be two to three meters thick, and the side next to the river is very thin, and it is said that a worker accidentally hit it with the corner of a wooden box while carrying gunpowder, and a hole was knocked out. It has been said that the wall was actually a thin layer of barbed wire stucco. It is said that this was designed so that in the event of an explosion in the powder magazine, most of the power of the explosion would be leaked out of the thin wall, thereby reducing damage to the factory. In addition, the roof of the powder magazine is also very light, just two thin sheets of iron with a layer of asbestos sandwiched in the middle. They also serve the same purpose...... This separate area is heavily guarded, but legend has it that explosions are often heard, so we suspect that this is where their actual room is located. The location is also close to the river......"
"This is a sewer map for the city of Wilmington, and a more detailed part of the map that involves the DuPont factory and estate is here. Hope it helps. Bond concluded.
"Thank you," Robson said, standing up and sincerely to Bond, "you guys have done a great job, and it's far more than we expected." ā
"It's our job," Bond said, "Now that our mission is complete, it's up to you." Then he nodded to Robson, and limped out of the Operations Office with his hands in his hands - the plan of action was now discussed, which was not something he should know.
"Okay, now let's talk about what to do with this job." Watching as everyone in the Ministry of Internal Affairs left the office, Robson said to those around him.
"It's not hard to blow up their powder magazine." Bob said, pointing at the map, "We'll go into the water from here at night, dive here, touch it, or kill the sentries with crossbow arrows, and then break through that thin wall, and we'll be ...... easily."
"What if there are dogs?" Someone asked.
"Cold salad! Then shoot that wall directly with our incendiary grenades. That wall is so thin that it can't hold us off incendiary bombs. And then the incendiary bomb flew into the powder magazine......"
The so-called incendiary bomb refers to a special bullet that the company specially equipped with the precision shooting version of 1857 and the real yĆ n "giant cannon" with only one piece. In the tail of the bullet there was an opening with something like white phosphorus that was closed. Once the bullets are shot, the things are ignited, and then they ignite the targets they hit.
"Then the powder magazine exploded with a thud, because the wall was the thinnest, and all the blasts were coming towards us...... You idiot! ā
"We can dive right now." The man wasn't quite convinced.
"Actually, there is no need to be so troublesome, the river is just a little wider, just on the other side of the river, we set up the 'giant cannon' and shoot an incendiary bomb at the target, and it can be easily done."
The so-called "giant cannon" is actually a real product made by Scrooge based on the concept of large-caliber sniper rifles in later generations. It had a caliber of 16 mm and adopted smokeless gunpowder as a projectile. The initial height of the bullet fired was more than 800 meters per second. Originally, it was required to be able to effectively attack targets the size of a soldier at a distance of a kilometer, but in fact, this gun did not achieve such accuracy, and it could only attack targets the size of a war horse or carriage at a distance of kilometers with relative accuracy. However, when it is used to shoot at a giant target such as a powder magazine, there is absolutely no problem with accuracy at all.
"The sound of the 'giant cannon' is so loud, you are not ......"
"The powder magazines have exploded, and the sound of the 'giant cannon' is nothing. And it's already thunderstorm season, so let's find a time for thunder to do it, and even if people hear it, they will attribute the explosion of the powder magazine to a lightning strike. ā
"Let's not mention the powder magazine. It's so easy to deal with, but that's not all it asks of us! Robson reminded, "Don't forget, we have other goals!" Even these goals are more important than powder magazines. ā
So everyone was silent, lowered their heads, and looked through the information of the target person.
"I think it's better to target Henry." Bob spoke, "Look, less than 5oo meters from the powder magazine, here's a hill, and you can clearly see the powder magazine from this location. After we get rid of the powder magazine, Henry will be on the scene - maybe even Lamoth? DuPont will also be there. We ambushed a few people on this hill, 5oo meters away, with a precision shooting version of 1857, a salvo from a few guns, and we could send them to hell in no time. ā
"Doesn't that expose that the explosion was not a natural disaster at all, but a murder?"
"Even if the police know it's murder, will they be able to track us down? Who would doubt us? Can the Delaware police still run to Ohio to spread the wilderness? Bob retorted. At this time, there was no FBI in the United States, and the police and the like were subordinate to the state government. There is no way for the police of one state to go to another state to investigate a case, because doing so would violate the "sovereignty" of that state. So, in those days, let's say a person who committed a crime in New York State, just ran to the neighboring state of Massachusetts, well, basically didn't have to worry about the police coming to arrest him.
"That's true, but the purpose of the company is to deter those who dare to touch our technical secrets, if they don't have anything to do with us completely, aren't we doing it for nothing?" Robson said. "Therefore, we must not only let people know that we did this, but also make it impossible for anyone to get real evidence. How can this be done? ā
"It's not hard." Carter spoke suddenly, he was one of the first employees to follow Scrooge to do some darker things, and he was also one of the first employees when Blackwater was on display. It's just that he doesn't have any special skills, and his status in the company is not too high.
"Tell me what you think?" Robson said.
"I've dealt with a lot of gangsters before, and some gangsters often use two methods when they need to fight someone to make a statement. One is to threaten first to teach so-and-so a lesson, and then take action against him, as long as there is no effective evidence left, there will be no problem. The second way is to kill that person first, and then put out a whole bunch of nonsense about why this person is dead, and most of these irrelevant rumors will contain the real reason - he offended such and such a gangster. Thoughtful people can naturally see things from these rumors. But no one is going to have any evidence or anything like that. Carter replied, "I think the second method is very good, it will not alarm the opponent before the action, and there will naturally be a period of rumors flying after the action, and the real reasons will be mixed in with it, and those who are interested will naturally see it." ā
"That's a good idea! I think it's doable! Bob shouted first.
"It's not up to us to decide whether it's okay or not, we have to nod our heads from above. But now we need to refine the plan and leave it to the top for them to decide. Finally, I would like to emphasize that today's content is top secret, no one is allowed to make any records except for the plan, and after the meeting, everyone, including me, will be searched to prevent anyone from taking the relevant records of the plan out. This is the system, and I am sure you can understand it. In addition, I would like to remind everyone that there is no rule that will not harm the family here. Our families are under the control of the company. If someone leaks the plan, all of us will be the object of suspicion, and we and our families will all be in danger. So, if anyone does this, don't blame me for being black! Robson finally said with some viciousness.