It is not difficult to reach a "cooperation" agreement with the remnants of the rebels, as they are different from organizations such as the Killer Alliance and the Jimmukai, which are still functioning.

Today's rebel army, to put it mildly, is called a defeated soldier, and to put it badly, it is a lost dog.

On the day of the "Iron Curtain", the Cossack Rangers and the Predator Alliance directly lost more than 95% of their frontal combat strength, and their leadership was almost completely wiped out.

The following week, behind the scenes of the "Tea Banquet", the FCPS took the opportunity to launch a purge of the two groups whose chain of command had been paralyzed, targeting their secret strongholds hidden throughout Eurasia.

Some people may wonder why the Federation has not touched them before, since the Federation has known the location of these strongholds for a long time.

In fact, this is also one of the common sense of intelligence warfare - only use intelligence at the most critical moments.

To put it simply: you know that a known target exists, but if you don't touch it, you can monitor it and even use it until a moment when you have to take action against it, or when it is in your best interest.

And if you take action against the target as soon as you get the information, it is likely to cause some problems, the most common situation is - there are also undercover agents of the other party in your organization, and your rash action is a "critical moment" for the other party, so you are just about to act, and the undercover agent transmits the information back and then runs away; Then, you lead the men and horses to rush over, pounce into the air, or fail to catch the other party, and the rest of the other party is out of your surveillance, all the efforts of the intelligence agent you sent before are in vain, and the other party guessed the identity of your intelligence agent after this incident, tortured him, squeezed out a lot of information about your side, and finally slaughtered your intelligence agent.

Therefore, in intelligence warfare, "knowing but not acting" is a very common operation; In particular, the game between organizations and organizations is the most testing of those deep, long-term latent personnel...... Sometimes, in order to protect a few important undercover agents, it is a matter of not hesitating to deliberately give away hundreds or thousands of lives on the frontal battlefield, which is called "sacrificing the small for the big", "making the real of the false", and exchanging the sacrifice in front of you for a greater victory.

Of course, these things ...... Generally, the soldiers below will not know, let alone the people, and many times even the information will not be left; Only a very small number of decision-makers and parties will be aware of the deeper darkness that lies beneath the brutal façade of war...... Most of them also chose to carry these secrets into the coffin.

Straight to the point.

The timing of the FCPS purge was undoubtedly the "best time", and when the rebel groups were in chaos due to the total annihilation of the frontal battlefield, the FCPS eliminated all of its known strongholds within a week, and used electronic data, paper materials, and verbal information collected from those strongholds...... They also discovered a number of new strongholds that they had not known about before.

In this way, the Federation followed the vines, cut melons and vegetables, and the resistance organizations in the entire Eurasian continent were almost wiped out, except for East Asia.

In addition, due to Longjing's strategy, all the additional damage caused by the "Iron Curtain Flame" to the people was dumped on the rebel organization, which made the rebels, who originally had a considerable amount of mass support, directly become street rats; In the past, when the rebels were in trouble, they could temporarily disband their men and horses and disperse to hide among the people, but now, ...... As soon as the common people heard that it was a rebel, it was polite to report you, and it was possible to beat you to death directly.

To sum up, these Cossack Rangers and the remnants of the Predator Alliance in Narvik today can be said to be the last bit of incense for these two organizations, and Hannah, the temporary commander, is indeed their last leader.

At present, the Federation's combined naval and land combat forces are in the city, and they are ...... Naturally, they came to extinguish this last bit of fire.

In this isolated and lifeless situation, where do the rebels have any choice? The anti-cross people use the word "cooperation" today, which is already considered to be a face-saving thing, but if it is not for the sake of taking into account the decency of both sides, what can you do when you are "co-opted"?

In fact, the "Plan B" arranged by Zilin for Che Wuchen is to co-opt, that is, "if Commander Hannah does not agree to cooperate, you will kill her too, and then let Prato take over the command in the name of the deputy commander of the Iron Alliance." ”

Fortunately, after a little consideration, Hannah agreed to cooperate, and saved his life as a commander; Of course, she also knew in her heart that from this moment on, ...... I'm a puppet at best.

However, as the saying goes, stay in the green mountains, and you are not afraid of running out of firewood...... At this moment, it is better to think about how to survive and withstand the current crisis, and then say that the power and revival of the organization will be a matter for the future.

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Things went as planned, and after a brief exchange and handover, three of the Reverse Cross's five-member team—Prato, Carl, and Sophie—quickly took over the command of the secret base.

Prato naturally uses the identity of "Pavel Zaitsev", after all...... At this stage, it would be unwise to reveal his true identity to the soldiers.

Although Carl and Sophie are "demoted generals" from the Federation, because they are only the deputy wardens of the Nine Prisons, and they are not officers like the Federation Army or the FCPS who have a direct conflict with the rebels, the people below do not have much resistance.

Take a step back...... Even if someone resists Carl, no one will resist Sophie.

As the saying goes, if you are not afraid of not knowing the goods, you are afraid of comparing the goods, as soon as these three take over, you can see how amateurish Hannah, the "temporary" commander, is; Although Hannah has always been in the management position, her ability and position are evident from the fact that she has not even been able to go head-on in previous battles...... Compared with Prato, a deputy commander who has held real power in the Iron and Blood Alliance for a long time, it is undoubtedly a world of difference.

Carl and Sophie, two regular military officers from a professional background, are also not fuel-efficient lamps; You must know that they have not encountered a few situations where they need to fight in the whole year of working in the Nine Prisons, and the rest of the time, they are nothing more than doing middle-level management work...... From the work and life of so many jailers in the Nine Prisons, to the emergencies caused by the prisoners...... From the posters in the cleaners' lockers, to the smart monitoring of what maintenance staff smoke...... They have to take care of all the big and small affairs in the nine prisons; Compared to the Nine Prisons, which were close to a city in size, that little thing in this base was easy for them.

Especially Karlgo, his ability to teleport in a metal environment is also very easy to use in this underground base, and a lot of work ...... He doesn't need to be told or handed over to others to do, he himself can be "everywhere" and "do whatever he wants".

And Che Wuchen, as the person in charge of leading the team this time, after negotiating cooperation, in addition to contacting the reverse cross side, he has not been assigned to do more specific tasks for the time being.

He and K, who seemed to be idle, were still free to sit in the lounge and drink coffee while the other three were busy.

"Speaking of which...... It seems like the first time we've been alone in a room like this. In the silence, it was Che Wuchen who spoke to K first.

"Yes." K's answer can be said to be a treasure of words.

In order to drink coffee, K has already taken off his ski mask at this time; He was a pale-skinned, Caucasian, thin, ordinary-looking man who couldn't tell that he was the man with the nickname "Gunslinger".

"You don't seem to be very talkative?" Che Wuchen said again.

"Get used to it." K answered.

"It's a good habit." Che Wuchen shrugged, "If you say too much, you will lose." ”

"Then why are you still talking to me?" K's words are few, but they always hit the nail on the head.

"Heh......" Che Wuchen smiled, "Isn't it just to let you say more mistakes and leak some rumors that I don't know yet?" ”

"Is it necessary?" K added, "I think you've guessed something. ”

"You mean...... Are you here to spy on 'us'? Che Wuchen continued to probe.

"I didn't say anything." K didn't take this stubble, calmly took a sip of coffee, and threw such a sentence back.

"Yes, yes, I didn't say it, I guessed it." Che Wuchen did not force the other party, and then said, "There are five people on this trip, although Zilin said that I led the way, but I guess...... He must have given you some sort of confidential directive that the rest of us don't know about, and the ability to ignore me entirely at some point.

"Considering that four of the five of us have worked for the Federation, the answer is clear—this mission, in addition to its ostensible purpose, is to test our loyalty.

"It just so happens that this is a head-on confrontation with the federal army, Zilin must have put you in charge of covert surveillance, once you find out that any of the four of us have made a move that is suspected of colluding with the enemy, you can make your own decision."

He finished the sentence in a calm tone, then lifted the paper cup with a steady hand and took another sip of coffee.

On the other hand, after listening to this inference, K's mood did not change, and once again pointed out the most obvious blind spot in the other party's entire paragraph: "Is it necessary for a person who has a 'book of hearts' to engage in these?" ”

"Isn't he doing less of this kind of thing?" Che Wuchen asked rhetorically, "Doesn't he just like to 'play'?" ”

"Hmm......" K groaned, thinking for a moment, "I can tell you unequivocally that I have never received such an order. He paused, "But ...... I'm guessing too, you should have received it; What you just said to me was actually to put the instructions you received on me in the form of 'suspicion'...... Not only can you invisibly clear your suspicions, but you can also test whether Zilin has left other insurance besides you. ”

"I'm really enjoying talking to you more and more." Che Wuchen was exposed by the other party, but he still looked quite happy.

"Are you going to ask...... Why doesn't Zilin even believe me? Two seconds later, K continued, "Because in your opinion, I, Kai Jiu, and Drifter are all members of the Reverse Cross who entered the Reverse Cross before your 'jury', and with the Book of Hearts, Zilin doesn't need to give you that kind of order at all." ”

When Che Wuchen heard this, he also borrowed the slope to get off the donkey: "Since the words are here, can you ......?"

"No comment." K interrupted him without hesitation, and also ended the "small talk".

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The words are divided into two ends, and then look at the side of the federal army.

At this time, 50 meters below the water of Orford Fjord, a submarine team was slowly moving forward.

The Confederacy named the military operation to eradicate the remnants of the rebels in Narvik as Operation Shovel Paint, and the commander of the operation was in the command room of one of the submarines, his name was Matthew Bowman, and the rank of colonel was tentative.

Why do you say "temporarily"? Because if nothing else, Bowman will be able to become a general after this operation.

Bowman was originally a "third-generation soldier", his grandfather was a high-ranking member of the federal army, and his father was the same, so he was only 28 years old this year and had been promoted to the position of colonel, which is unimaginable for a soldier from the grassroots.

This operation, to put it bluntly, is to let him "gild" again and brush up on his combat exploits, so that he can logically be mentioned as a major general; After all, it is the rank of "general", and it can only be promoted with some actual military merits.

And Bowman himself...... But he was still dissatisfied with this mission, and on the way here, he kept complaining, "It's really annoying that my dad sent me to this ghost place in the Arctic Circle, didn't you just clean up a few remnants of the defeated army, and specially let me suffer from the cold" and something like that.

Obviously, this is the second ancestor with a low eye...... However, there is a difference between the second ancestor's high hand and the common man's high hand, the difference is that the latter will most likely recognize the reality more quickly after being frustrated, while the former may be blinded for a long time due to environmental problems.

Bowman is still in the dark, because no one will accuse him of doing something wrong, and the pot is carried by others, but the honor and appreciation belong to him, so he has always considered himself a military wizard over the years, and he has risen to prominence at a young age...... Letting him do this kind of "unilateral slaughter clean-up work" is simply a knife for killing chickens.

Where does he know his father's good intentions, the so-called knowing son Mo Ruo's father, old Bowman and old Bowman all know very well what kind of material their family's Matthew BOY is, and it would be good to give him a simple task without messing up; Just in case, they also specially invited a senior staff officer of the Federal Army, Colonel Yevgni, to assist little Bowman, and they were more at ease with this veteran staff officer who had been in battle for a long time.

Of course, the Bowman family didn't know that Yevgeny also had an identity that was not known to outsiders, that is, the "white silver needle" in the "tea party".

"Sir, the reconnaissance boat ahead has received a piece of information from an unknown source, and it has been sent three times, but it looks like it is just illogical binary code, what should I do?" Just as the submarine was about half an hour away from port, a soldier reported the situation to Bowman.

"What? Receiving a bit of interference signal to bother me? You've said it's illogical, so you shouldn't have seen it. Bowman's answer is not surprising, the more intellectually unintelligent people are, the more they refuse and aversion to thinking.

"Huh...... Virtuous nephew, don't be impatient. Although Yevgeny is full of gray hair, his body is still very strong, and he is full of energy when he speaks, "This is already near the Arctic Circle, and we are underwater, and the probability of receiving that kind of information by chance is relatively low, so ...... I'll go see what's going on, and I'll report back to you when there's a result. ”

Yevgeni is also very good at coaxing children, he has a little friendship with little Bowman's father and grandfather, and he knows this kid quite well, knowing that this kid is just a little stupid and not unreasonable.

"Hmm...... Okay. Bowman at least had more respect for Yevgny, so he didn't speak as arrogantly as he did with the soldiers, "Uncle Lao, you." ”

Even in the military, in the mission...... The two of them were still called uncles and nephews, and did not call their names and ranks according to general military regulations; This phenomenon is also quite common in the federal army in this era, because after so many years of corruption, those people in the upper echelons of the federation have more or less friendships or even direct relatives, and it is impossible for the people below to accuse them.

To make a long story short, after the "order", Yevgeny quickly followed the soldier to the navigation room; Little Bowman was confused, but Yevgni was not confused, and he could guess that there must be an article in this code.

Two minutes later, he walked up to the console and asked the observer to put the code directly on the floating virtual touchscreen, and immediately began to work on it.

At first he thought it was some kind of standard binary code that could be deciphered by some kind of law, but after looking at it for a while, he realized that it was not binary at all! Although it looks similar, if you look closely, you will find that there are actually some capital letters "O" mixed in between those "0" and "1", and after a few minutes of research, it finally ...... Evgeny discovered the mystery.

The method of "deciphering" this thing does not actually rely on mathematical logic, but on "graphical logic"; To put it simply, it is to take the "O" mixed in as the boundary, divide the content sent into an "80*80" square area, and then look at it from a distance, you can see that the "word" is coming.

"Hmph...... I'm here for old age. When Yevgeny deciphered those words, he immediately secretly thought in his heart, "Except for me, there is probably no second person in the whole army of this operation who can decipher this information in a short time...... And the only one who will 'play' with the 'tea banquet guests' is the 'reverse cross'. ”

While he was thinking, the information that he cracked was also arranged into Chinese characters one by one on the virtual touch screen, a total of sixteen characters - [Lei Lei Luo, a game of chess, pecking Gou An, laughing and crying]