On the peninsula at the eastern end of the Orfurtfjord, there is a place called Narvik.

This is the northernmost ice-free port in Northern Europe and the world.

Although it is a small city with a population of less than 20,000, it has briefly been the focus of human history.

In April 1940, the criminal Third Reich staged a "battle of trapped beasts" here, relying on a temporary force of 6,000 young soldiers, they resisted for six weeks under the attack of 20,000 elite Allied troops, and successfully carried the enemy retreat.

On the last day of the retreat, HMS Glory, the British Royal Navy's aircraft carrier and its two frigates, sank forever in the ice outside the harbor.

Maybe the British lost their "glory" long before that, or maybe they didn't have that kind of thing in the first place, but anyway...... This is undoubtedly a war full of symbolism and irony.

Since then, many more years have passed, until the twenty-third century, and in the same April, under the seemingly calm façade of Narvik, a drama similar to that of that year was played...... It's already brewing.

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Whew——

The bar's electronic doors opened, and the cold north wind poured in, causing several guests sitting closer to the door to frown.

A few seconds later, four men and one woman, a group of five, walked briskly into the bar, and then the door closed automatically.

The man at the head was an Asian, tall in his early eights, with a strong body and a handsome appearance; She was followed by a beautiful woman of mixed Eurasian descent, how beautiful is it? Even if her clothes are as thick as a zongzi, you can't help but look at them twice.

The three who followed them were not so eye-catching: a tall white man with blond hair and blue eyes and small round glasses; a lanky man wrapped in a ski suit, wearing a ski mask and gloves, barely showing any skin; and a middle-aged white uncle in his forties, who looks ordinary.

Although the five men did not speak to anyone or make eye contact when they entered, they were already the center of attention in the few steps they took to the bar.

This situation obviously has nothing to do with Che Wuchen, who is the leader, he is a low-key person, and no one here knows him.

It has nothing to do with Sophie, and although she is stared at everywhere she goes, the people around her basically don't know her at the moment.

Similarly, Carl, who was in third place, and K, who was in fourth place, were not recognized.

Issue...... It's still Prato, who is walking last.

Of course, the people around him did not know that his real name was Mahaus Prato, they only knew his other identity - Vladimirovich will never fall deputy commander of the Predator Alliance, Pavel Zaitsev.

"I want to see the person in charge." Che Wuchen, who came to the bar, didn't mean to sit down and have a drink at all, he stopped there, and said this to the bartender straight to the point.

At this moment, both sides knew in their hearts: all the bartenders and guests in this bar were remnants of the rebel group. Therefore, they do not have to go around in circles to speak.

"Brother......" When the bartender spoke to Che Wuchen, he first glanced at Prato's face, and then said, "I don't know ......" He hesitated a little and changed his words, "At least I don't know all of you, so you might as well report the number first." ”

"Reverse cross, Che Wuchen." Che Wuchen replied to him very briefly.

The guests in the bar were silent at this point, and if it weren't for the music of the old-fashioned jukebox in the corner, the atmosphere would have become quite solemn.

"Wait a minute...... the bartender stared at Che Wuchen's face with wary eyes, and at the same time picked up the phone on the bar, broadcast a few buttons, waited a few seconds, and then chatted with a voice.

After hanging up, the bartender opened the baffle on the side of the bar and walked out, saying, "Follow me." ”

He walked straight to the jukebox, and pressed a set of song selection buttons in a certain order without a coin; When he finished pressing, the machine opened up and down like a "big mouth", revealing a staircase that led diagonally to the ground.

"Please......" It seems that the bartender himself is not going to go down.

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Until Che Wuchen and the five of them walked down the tunnel and the entrance closed, the music of the jukebox did not stop; It can be seen that such a large machine, only a small part of the parts that really provide the playback function, no matter how much the other parts are moved, it will not affect the parts that play the song, if it is not for the appearance of antiquity, the volume of this thing may be reduced to the size of a bottle of mineral water.

To get back to the point, the tunnel under the bar is very narrow, and in order to isolate the detection of electronic instruments, the surrounding walls are naturally covered with special insulation materials, and wireless devices such as mobile phones and I-PEN are all disconnected here.

They walked along the passage for a few minutes until they came to a door where a soldier standing guard (although he was not in uniform, he could tell from the way he stood and the gun in his hand that he was a soldier) had opened the door for them.

Passing through the door was a slightly larger space, with equipment and three soldiers already on standby, indicating that this was supposed to be the place where people entering and leaving the room were screened.

The three soldiers, two men and one woman, searched their bodies separately after they passed the detection of the instrument, in case these guys were carrying plastic pistols made by 3D printers or something.

In short, after many checks, fifteen minutes later, they finally met the person in charge of the place in a "reception room" - the temporary commander of the "Cossack Rangers", Hanna Medvedeva; and the commander of the "Berber Spirit" (Gasiri is just the first name or abbreviation, there are many people in Africa whose names are extremely long, as long as more than 40 letters are also common, and the content of their names mainly depends on the interests of their parents, so the characters with such names will not be fully named in the future).

The reason why Hannah's title is preceded by the word "temporary" is because the original leadership of the Cossack Rangers was almost completely wiped out in the "Iron Curtain" incident, and Hannah, as the only member of the leadership who was not in the war zone, became the commander according to the principle of filling vacancies step by step.

While these rebel groups are a rabble in federal propaganda, in reality, some have strict internal rules and regulations; According to the internal rules of the Cossack Rangers, all commanders who accepted command under the irregular process were required to add the word "temporary" to their posts until the next vote or resolution in the statute "legalized" their positions or a new commander was elected.

And the other commander Gasiri is indeed a genuine commander, but unfortunately he is basically a bare-bones commander now...... Since the main force was completely wiped out in the theater of operations two months ago, Gasiri has not contacted his old remnants in North Africa, and there is no way to go back, so he can only temporarily send people under the fence in this stronghold jointly operated by the Cossack Rangers and the remnants of the Predator Alliance.

"What a rarity, Pavel." Hannah is in her fifties this year, and she used to be a typical Eastern European and American when she was young, but now she looks like a tough aunt who can pick up and beat the whole boy, "You, the deputy commander of the Predator Alliance, have been missing for so long, and as soon as you show up, you suddenly came to me with a group of old federal departments, what are you trying to do?" ”

She spoke very straight, and as soon as she opened her mouth, she made it clear to the other party - "I have just checked your identity", and used this to take the initiative in the conversation.

"We're here to help you." Prato didn't reply, and it was Che Wuchen who responded.

"Detective, we're talking to Deputy Commander Zaitsev." Commander Gasiri rushed at this time, "You are a defector inspector of the FCPS, you don't have a position to speak here, do you?" ”

"Heh......" The next second, Prato laughed, and said with a smile, "There is such a person in the world...... It's just that when others are talking about major events in the world, I happen to stand aside, and I feel that I have become a big man. ”

Hearing this, Gasiri also chuckled: "Yes, people have to be self-aware." ”

Unexpectedly, Prato immediately looked at him and said mockingly, "I'm talking about you, Gasiri." ”

In the next breath, Gasiri's expression turned from joy to anger, and he squeezed a sentence out of his teeth: "What do you mean by that?" Mr. Zaitsev. ”

"Don't be angry." At this moment, Sophie's sweet soft voice suddenly sounded, and her face turned to Gasiri's side.

Ghasili's gaze quickly fell on Sophie's face as well.

"Commander Gasiri, we're talking about something very important." After making eye contact, Sophie looked at the other party, smiled and said in a gentle tone, "Can you please look at my face and die quickly?" ”

"Good! Good! Receiving this request, Gasiri nodded excitedly, and then with lightning speed he pulled out the matching gun from his waist and fired it at his temple.

Two seconds later, the six guards stationed at the door rushed in due to the gunshots, and when they saw the corpse of Gasiri and the brains of the place, they naturally raised their guns and aimed at the five people who had come to visit.

"We're not done yet, can we get them out?" Facing the muzzle of the gun, Che Wuchen calmly looked directly at Aunt Hannah and said.

But Hannah was still shocked, and she didn't know what to do with this strange scene for a while.

"Gentlemen!" At this time, it was Sophie again, and her voice attracted the attention of the guards, "And the lady......" She also deliberately threw a wink at the only female guard, "...... Can I ask you to go out first as if nothing happened? ”

They agreed, and when they went out, they closed the door.

"Are you here to kill us all?" After another moment, Hannah seemed to have calmed down, and she adjusted her breathing to ask the question as little as her voice trembled.

"I said, we're here to help you." Che Wuchen Road.

"Killing Commander Gasiri is also 'helping us'?" Hannah had already realized that Gasiri had died of a miracle, so she tentatively asked.

And Che Wuchen replied unhurriedly: "Gasiri is just an insignificant little person...... He had only become commander by assassinating his former boss, so he was not popular within the Berber Soul.

"When the war broke out in Eastern Europe, he was anxious to reach out from North Africa, in fact, to plunder the fruits of victory, because he thought that the whole of Africa would be in his pocket sooner or later, and the territory on the other side of the Mediterranean Sea would be a little more.

"Unexpectedly, in the end, I ended up stealing chickens and rice......

"After the Iron Curtain, the Berber Soul remnants in North Africa quickly installed a new commander because of the unknown whereabouts of Gasiri, and no one tried to find the 'former commander' of Gasiri, which is why he has been with you for so long.

"To sum up, it would be a trouble to keep a guy like this who has lost his real power and whose ability and ambition are not proportional.

"We've helped you solve this problem, aren't we helping you?"

Since the original network of contact between the various resistance groups was broken after the bombing, Hannah could not verify Cha Wuchen's words for the time being; But she basically believed...... Because it is true that Gasiri does hardly do anything useful on weekdays, and he has to be served like a grandfather, and even though he is only a guest here, the bureaucratic style is still obvious.

"Let's assume that what you say about Gasiri is true......" Hannah thought for a moment, then added, "but I still have a hard time believing you. She paused, "Except for the gentleman over there who doesn't even show his face, and Deputy Commander Zaitsev, the other three of you...... One was a former FCPS inspector, and two were deputy wardens of Prison Nine...... are all high-ranking personnel within the federal system; You are now saying that you belong to the 'Reverse Cross', but who can be sure what your true position is? ”

"It's not three, it's four." At this time, Prato spoke, "I am also a high-ranking member of the Federation......

Then, as Hannah stares in amazement, Prato reveals his real name and tells the truth that he has been undercover in the Predator League for years.

"You ...... you" Hannah has been in the rebel group for many years, her husband, children, and all members of the group, and they have all died in the past ten years; And what Hannah hates most in her life are those undercover agents who have infiltrated the rebel group.

"Whoever I used to serve or what I was for, my only thought now is revenge on the Federation...... Nothing else. Prato ended with these words and lit himself a cigarette.

"Huh...... What about the things you've done before? Just because you're backlashing again, it's a write-off? Hannah asked with a sneer.

"Someday, someone like you will come and kill me, to avenge your comrades who were killed by spies, uh-" Prato puffed on his cigarette, "or...... I was lucky enough to die at the hands of the Federation before then. He dusted off his cigarette ash, "But this kind of thing...... Not the point we're going to talk about today. ”

"So what's the point?" Hannah asked, still in a hostile tone.

"The point is ......," Che Wuchen resumed the conversation, "At this moment, there is a federal joint operation force of land and sea that is already approaching Narvik, although the specific location of your stronghold has not yet been revealed, in such a sparsely populated place, it is only a matter of time before you are found; And the only solution that will save you from being wiped out at the moment is ......," he shrugged, "...... Cooperate with us 'Reverse Cross'. ”