Chapter 65, Thunderstorm

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The plan was quickly made and sent to Carroll and Rockefeller. After carefully studying the plan, Carroll said to Rockefeller, "John, is there something wrong with this plan? ”

"What's wrong?" Rockefeller asked.

"We have a record of shooting and assassinating senior executives of the other company, and will people follow suit, thus putting us at risk. You know, someone else can buy the MacDonald 1857 precision fire rifle from the market. Carroll said.

"What you say is not unreasonable." Rockefeller said, "But, Carroll, do you really think that without us making this start, people wouldn't have used such a trick?" Or will it not use such a trick against us? ”

Carroll also knew that Rockefeller was telling the truth. The MacDonald 1857 Precision Shot version appeared on the market, and its advertising point was to shoot accurately from a distance. Although the advertisement only mentions that you can use it to kill brown bears, bison, cougars, and Indians from very long distances, it does not mention that it can be used to kill people (under American law at the time, Indians did not acquire human status). But how many people who really bought this gun didn't intend to use it against people? That being the case, even without Blackwater's proposed operation, it would be a matter of time before the McDonald 1857 precision firing version would be used for assassination. Maybe I should blame Scrooge, shouldn't I have come up with such a murderous thing?

But Carroll also knew that Scrooge had his intentions in launching such a gun. Scrooge is not an otaku who has a special hobby for fear of tech trees, otherwise, the Maxim machine gun, or even a little more radical, the original version of the AK47 might have come out. For Scrooge, technological progress is used to make profits, or to suppress opponents, in the final analysis, to get more profits. Without the premise of making more profits, no truly rational capitalist will be interested in the so-called technological progress. When the regular version of MacDonald 1857 is already invincible in the world and can continue to bring more money to Scrooge, it is stupid to come up with something better to replace it, isn't this suppressing himself? As for the precision-shooting version of the MacDonald 1857, at first Scrooge Guò deliberately raised the price very high (anyone who knows the production of firearms can see at a glance that the real cost of this thing is not much higher than that of the regular version of the 1857, excluding accessories such as optical sights). On the other hand, the preservation of this gun is an invisible deterrent to other gunsmiths - don't try to compete with me in terms of technology, even if you make something close to the MacDonald 1857 regular rifle, I can quickly simplify the MacDonald 1857 Precision Shooting Edition (remove the optical scope) and make the progress you have spent a lot of money worthless.

"But how can we prepare ourselves for such assassinations in the future?" Carroll said.

"Carol, you don't have the current Scrooge The first criterion for us to find bodyguards is to be big enough. For what? One of the reasons is that if these people are surrounded, the gunman will never find the target? There's always a way, Carol. Even if we don't, people will do it, so it's better for us to do it ourselves. ”

"Okay then." Once again, Carol was convinced, "Then approve the execution of this plan." Well, this project doesn't have a name yet, what do you call it? ”

Rockefeller held his chin with his right hand, thought for a moment, and said, "Since the plan is to carry out this plan in a thunderstorm, it should be called the 'Great Thunderstorm Plan'." Oh, by the way, we'd better go to Dupont and order a batch of gunpowder now. ”

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Bob and a few of the gunmen crept up to the hill, which they had been to twice before, and each of them had already chosen their own shooting position. Now the sky is full of dark clouds, and you can already hear the faint sound of thunder. It is actually a dangerous thing to come to the highest hill in the vicinity in a thunderstorm, and it is not impossible to be struck by lightning if you are unlucky, not to mention that they are now doing something that deserves to be "thundered and struck".

However, a weather station on the top of the mountain mitigates this danger, and a huge lightning rod is erected on the weather station, which makes the heart of Lei Gong or Zeus (Jupiter) or something who are determined to uphold justice powerless.

There was an old man guarding the weather station, but now, the old man was taking a nap, and because something had been added to his drinking water, he was sleeping so heavily that even the rumbling thunder could not wake him up from his sweet dreams.

Now that the rain had not yet fallen, Bob took advantage of this time to squat down in the position he had already chosen, took out a green raincoat from a bag, and put it on his body. In this way, when viewed from a distance, he almost blends in with the surrounding greenery.

Bob opened the case and pulled out a ready-to-mix MacDonald 1857 precision firing rifle - not the one King Sardinia had given him, of course, and he was reluctant to do so. Because it was meant to shoot in the rain, the gun had some rain protection. The scope was fitted with an extra-large cover to prevent rain from hitting the mirror directly.

At this time, the rain finally began to fall as a large drop of rain fell to the ground. Bob looked in the direction of the target through the scope, his vision slightly blurred by the rain, but he could still see where the target might be.

"As long as the rain doesn't get too big, it's not a big problem." Bob thought.

The rumbling thunder began to sound, and the rain began to get heavier. Bob wiped the rain from his face, turned to look at his companions, and nodded to them.

"Just wait for the 'giant cannon' to say." Bob thought.

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"Seryosha, are you ready?" Siegfeld asked.

"That's it!" Seryosha replied as he put a cushion on his shoulder, and then put the huge butt of the "giant cannon" on his shoulder.

Seryosha was a Russian émigré who was now a specialist shooter for Blackwater's "Jugnon" guns. This kind of thing, which is so powerful and has a terrifying recoil, can only be used by a big guy like Seryosha who is nearly two meters tall and weighs nearly 25o pounds.

"Wait for the next lightning flash and shoot immediately." Ziegfeld said.

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A snow-white lightning flashed, Seryosha pulled the bolt, and an orange-red flame erupted from the muzzle of the 16 mm calibre, and the gun slammed backwards, but it was blocked by Seryosha's thick shoulders.

The high-fired bullets easily pierced the thin wall towards the river. Then, from the powder magazine, there was no sound at first, so that Seryosha loaded the "cannon" with an incendiary bomb and prepared to do it again.

At that moment, a tremor spread across the river, and almost at the same time, the entire powder magazine exploded. The thin wall facing Seryosha was blown to pieces almost instantly, and the flames of the sky poured out, crossing the entire river like a fiery dragon.

"Get down!" Siegfeld shouted.

The two men dropped what they were holding and covered their heads with their hands. After a while, some small pebbles that had been shattered in the explosion began to crackle and fall beside them. A small stone still hit Siegfeld's finger holding his head, and it hurt badly.

When the stone rain had passed, the two men looked up and saw that a raging fire was burning in the direction of the powder magazine. The thin wall of the powder magazine against the river was long gone, and the roof had been torn down. Even the other three walls, which are said to be three meters thick, have one side completely collapsed, and the remaining two walls have also partially collapsed. It can be seen that the explosion is powerful.

"Alright, we're done, let's retreat." Ziegfeld said. The two men put away their weapons, turned and quickly left the scene.

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Compared to Seryosha and Siegfeld, Bob was closer to the powder magazine, so they felt a greater shock. When the powder magazine exploded, Bob was almost jolted to his feet by the shock coming from the ground. When pebbles fell on Seryosha's heads, the child's fist-sized boulders crackled and landed next to Bob. Fortunately, they had been prepared, and they had already put on the hard hats used by the workers. So even though someone's arm or something hurts a lot, there's nothing wrong with their head.

"It's spectacular!" Bob sighed. "I'm afraid you won't see such fireworks a few times in your life."

"Alright, get ready, keep an eye out!"

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The DuPont family's estate is very close to their factory, almost two or three hundred meters. Of course, the distance to the powder magazine is a little farther. So the shock of the explosion of the powder magazine was even more shocking to the people of the DuPont family. The whole building trembled in the explosion, and all the glass upstairs shattered into pieces in the loud explosion of the powder magazine.

"What's wrong? What's going on? The woman and the children asked in a panic.

"This must be the powder magazine that exploded after being struck by lightning during a thunderstorm!" The men explained in a panic. Most of them lived through the powder magazine explosion more than a decade ago, in which the DuPont family's factory was blown up by a third and nearly half of the workers were killed. Several family members also died. It was only after that explosion that DuPont moved the powder magazine farther away from the plant and designed a safe building model with three thick walls, one with thin slabs.

How useful are these designs, and how far can they reduce losses? In fact, all people's hearts are bottomless.

"What are you doing here? Go back to your post right away! Karn, you take a few people and come with me to the scene! After the initial shock, Henry, nicknamed "The General", reacted first.