Star County, Ocean City.

More than a century ago...... To be precise, 118 years ago, the city was destroyed in a major catastrophe; However, time quickly brushed away these scars, and less than fifteen years later, it regained its former prosperity and once again became a pearl on the east coast of Star County.

However, in today's war-torn and troubled times, it is inevitable that this city, which relies on gambling and tourism as its main source of income, will ...... It's down again.

The magnates who had spent a lot of money here had now taken refuge in Crystal County, and they didn't dare to come out even a step.

And the middle class that used to come here all year round for holidays is long gone—the more affluent are busy exchanging their possessions for "hard currency" such as jewelry or gold bars, and fleeing with their families to what they consider "safe" territories; On the other hand, there are people who are less politically sensitive or do not have so much property, and there is basically no such thing as leaving their families for a vacation in times of war.

In short, when the source of tourists was almost cut off, there was a massive depression in all the entertainment and service industries in the city, such as hotels, scenic spots, casinos, bars, etc., followed by a wave of closures and layoffs...... Most of those who lost their jobs had no choice but to leave the city.

Here, unconsciously, it has become a "deserted city".

The only residents are concentrated in the southwestern suburbs, far from the center of the city.

Luxury hotels, large casinos, luxury shops, marinas with yachts...... What used to be a drunken place is now occupied by homeless people, drunkards, thugs, and robbers.

The valuable things in the city, from luxury cars and furniture to wine glasses and vases, were either destroyed or moved away and sold, and those that remained there were not moved, and they were all occupied by the guys who occupied the mountains and were kings.

The federal police have long since lost control of the area, and in fact, it would be nice if they were able to manage the suburbs so that the surrounding people would not be harassed by the mobs in the city.

For the police officers who are still in Ocean City, what they are most looking forward to now is for the rebels to come and take over the city, so that they can feel less pressure.

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2219, October 31, late at night.

On the long stretch of sand on the east coast of Absecon Island, three figures in diving suits emerged from the sea and quietly landed.

As you can see from the figure, it is two men and one woman.

After the man led by "Haah...... took off his diving mask, he took a breath of air with the smell of seawater, and at the same time, he used his outstanding vision to see through the darkness, quickly confirmed the surrounding situation, and then raised his left wrist and said to a watch-like communication device, "Second team, this is the 'vanguard', we have landed, and no abnormalities have been found for the time being, OVER." ”

As he said this, the man who landed with him also took off his diving mask, and the woman ...... Although she was also wearing a diving suit, she did not wear a diving mask, nor did she carry oxygen equipment, and even her neat short hair was dry after she came ashore, and it did not get wet at all.

"This is the second team, the micro drone shows that there are lifeforms in the building complex in front of you, please confirm and clear it, OVER." Seconds later, all three heard the response from a communicator hidden in their ears.

"Understood, execute it immediately, and contact you later." As the man replied, he had already removed the oxygen cylinder from his back and threw it back into the sea.

The other two did the same in silence, and then the three of them took advantage of the darkness to approach a building just across the street from the beach.

Their movements are very swift and quiet, and of course this is as it should be...... Because these three are Ross, the captain of the EAS elite combat unit "Yingshou", and the vice captains Brother Slow and Ge Ning; It is undoubtedly overkill to let them handle such an investigation task.

However, if you consider the "lineup" of today's operation, there is actually nothing inappropriate.

At this moment, in a submarine a few kilometers away from the coastline, the "second squad" preparing to land is not only the "tassel" team members transferred from EAS, but also the combat elites in the FCPS, the strong men of the Federal Army's capable combat units, and high-level combatants from the EF and Overseer organizations.

All of them are capable, mutants, or transformers......

There are three people who serve as the commander and combat strength guarantee of this team: the first is Gusa Westham, who is known as the "first fierce general of the Federation Army"; the second, is EF "factory director", Alex Burgess; The third is the number one combatant of the Overseer organization, the "King of Agents" - N.

The above-mentioned masters are almost all the hole cards of the Federation except for the regular army and the guard officers, and of course, tonight's mission does have the value of making them fall out of the nest.

According to "Dragon Well", this was an operation that "could end the war overnight"; As long as they can take advantage of the opportunity of the "meeting" of the Reverse Cross to wipe out all the leaders of the resistance group, they can turn the Federation into a victory.

What is the ...... It seems to make some sense, but most of those who are really smart don't believe it.

Although history can sometimes change because of the actions or life and death of one or two people, or even one or two small people, the current federation may not be preserved in this way.

But, after all, these people came.

Some of them are loyal to the Federation, while others are just going with the flow and have no choice......

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At the same time, Harry M. W. Kelly Memorial Bridge.

Dozens of black luxury cars were driving east on the bridge deck at this time.

This convoy is made up of the strongest group of capable people in the "Iron Alliance" and the "Cossack Rangers"; And sitting in the middle car are the current leaders of the two rebel groups.

The current commander-in-chief of the Predator-Blood Alliance is named Boris Sidor Morozov. He was originally only a lieutenant colonel in the Resistance Army, but he happened to be absent from the scene of the "Iron Curtain" on the day of the incident, so he survived; Later, during the period when the Federation was vigorously purging the rebels, he remained in hiding in North Africa, under the protection of the "Berber Spirit", and did not even dare to contact the old ministry.

But with the "Last Dinner of the Federation" directed by Reverse Cross, Boris realized that his opportunity had come, and he suddenly returned to Double Eagle County, and began to clean up the old ministry, expand his power, and win over the people in the name of "the current Supreme Commander of the Iron and Blood Alliance......

He knew very well that their "former deputy commander" Zaitsev, or "former federal agent" Mahaus Prato, could not compete with him politically; Even if Prato has now turned back and come forward to accuse the federal ...... But the fact that he was an undercover agent for the Federation for many years will not change.

Compared with Boris, a general who was born at the grassroots level of the Iron and Blood Alliance and climbed up step by step, Prato wants to be the leader of the Iron and Blood Alliance, which is not right and his words are not good.

As a result, Boris successfully became the commander-in-chief of the Predator Alliance, and Prato ...... Even the position is no longer recognized, and he has become a marginal person who can only be taken in by the anti-cross.

On the other side, let's talk about the leader of the Cossack rangers.

This is no stranger to us, the same Aunt Hannah Medvedeva, who served as the "temporary commander" of the Cossack rangers in the Battle of Narvik.

Now, she has successfully ascended to the position and become the official commander of the organization.

Since the Cossack Rangers had already acted as early as the "Nine Prisons Incident", they were the first organizations to stand up against the Federation in the early days of the war, and they were also one of the most severely injured organizations in the "Iron Curtain", so their support among the people was also very high.

Since June, the Rangers have been expanding rapidly from the Blue Shield County, and by now, they have a large amount of territory in the central and western parts of Eurasia, and they are not only strong in military power, but also have many supporters, and can be said to be the strongest resistance group on paper. Compared to the scale of the year when you could only be a little brother to other organizations...... The current Ranger is still superior to the Iron Alliance in terms of strength.

And Hannah, the commander-in-chief of the Rangers, is ...... today Naturally, they also have their own ideas and ambitions.

She and Boris, although they are both obedient to the Reverse Cross on the surface, have long felt in their hearts that the kind of organization that relies on a few elites cannot ride on our heads forever.

At the moment, the Federation is a thing of the past, and every organization is playing its own small agenda; Both Hannah and Boris understood that the meeting to which they were invited by the Reverse Cross would most likely turn into a negotiation on how the various powers would divide the world.

Therefore, they invariably got in touch with each other secretly before the meeting; After some haggling, the two hit it off and became allies.

In their eyes, this alliance between the Iron and Blood Alliance and the Cossack Rangers was a feat that established the general trend of the world.

First, the combat power of the two organizations can be combined to ensure their safety when they attend this "meeting".

Second, at the negotiation table, the two can also help each other and strive for more benefits for each other.

Third, if in the future it is necessary to rely on force to resolve issues that cannot be resolved at the negotiating table, the two organizations can also advance and retreat together. At that time, the Rangers will go west to Europe and North Africa to the south, and the Iron and Blood Alliance will swing to East Asia and the Americas...... Isn't it beautiful that the two sides divide the world in two?

Of course, whether and how these steps can be implemented depends on how the meeting goes, but one thing is certain - they will no longer let the reverse cross be the "emperor" on their heads.

The two of them are not afraid of being found out that they have formed an alliance, and they are even happy to let others know about it, because it is also a way to exert pressure.

So, they met in Baltimore yesterday, went directly overland, and drove to Ocean City.

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On the other hand, the same on this night.

Over the Atlantic Ocean, an aircraft with optical camouflage and anti-detection systems turned on is approaching Ocean City in "stealth mode".

The current commander of the "Berber Soul", Uwi Tunma, was on board.

Uwituma is not the commander's full name, his full name ...... If you want to read it out completely, it will take nearly twenty seconds; Even he himself felt powerless to complain about this way of naming that he didn't know how many generations of his ancestors had passed down, but thinking that it had been passed down for many generations, it seemed a pity to break it in his own place, so he endured it like this...... But in fact, he always used the simplified name "Uwi Tunma" (that is, the first few syllables of his full name), and no one but himself could recite his full name.

It's a bit of a stretch, let's get down to business......

Uwituma was also the leader of the resistance who came to power after the "Iron Curtain", and his predecessor, Commander Ghasiri, only disappeared at the time of the Iron Curtain and did not die, but due to the unpopularity of Gasiri, Uwi Tunma easily took the throne during his disappearance.

On the night of the Battle of Narvik, Gasiri was killed, or ...... "suicide", by Sophie Claremont, the former deputy warden of the Ninth Prison, who had turned to the Cross...... Later, this matter naturally reached the ears of Uwi Tunma (Hannah deliberately put the news out).

It stands to reason that Uwi Tunma should be grateful to the Reverse Cross for helping him get rid of this trouble, but for the sake of his own political interests, he finally put on a posture of righteous indignation that he did not even believe in his cronies...... A stern rebuke of the reverse cross was publicly issued.

After that, he issued a series of public relations words, which roughly meant: "Ghasiri is our leader, and I only temporarily took charge of the organization in his absence, and I still recognize his position in my heart; You rebel against the Cross and dare to kill the commander of our Berber soul at will, I will definitely settle this account with you! However, before the collapse of the Federation, we are both resistance organizations, and we still have to focus on the overall situation, and we should not fight among ourselves, so when we divide the interests in the future, I will settle accounts with you again, and don't forget that you owe us against the Cross at that time. ”

In short, Uwituma felt that this meeting was the time when he asked the Cross to "ask for an account", and it was not a loss to use the death of a "former commander" who he himself had planned to kill to blackmail the Cross.

However, he is not a fool, and knows that things are not so easy, after all, he is not the only Berber soul in the rebel group, and they are not the strongest...... Therefore, this time he was also ready to tear his face and brought all the strongest capable people in the organization on the plane as his bodyguards.

In addition, Uwi Tunma himself is also a strong ability person with good strength, and he is quite confident that he can gain something from this trip.

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Evening, eleven o'clock, Ocean City Beach Plaza Hotel, rooftop.

Ziqi leaned against the guardrail on the edge of the rooftop, looking out at the night sky and the sea.

Behind him, a well-dressed middle-aged man with an extraordinary bearing was standing with his hands in his hands, saying something.

The man didn't say it for long, and after a while, he finished speaking.

After hearing this, Ziqi turned around, leaned his back against the railing, and said, "So...... Mr. Xiahou means that ......Yashan' is willing to bow down to us, right? ”

The man he called "Mr. Xiahou" was called Xiahou Yan.

"Yes." Xiahou Yan replied quickly, obviously thinking it through.

"Hmm......" Ziqi nodded, "The leader of the 'Yashan' came alone without any guards or weapons, and said this to me personally...... This sincerity is indeed convincing. ”

"So...... Can I think that you have accepted my surrender to Yashan, Lord Zilin? Xiahou Yan then asked.

"I ...... There's just one problem. Ziqi continued.

"Excuse me." Xiahou Yandao.

"Why are you still standing?" Ziqi asked.

Xiahou Yan didn't know how to answer.

But he soon understood what the sentence meant.

"No need."

In the next second, Xiahou Yan was about to kneel, but Ziqi's words stopped in front of him.

"It's late, it's useless." After a breath, Ziqi picked up this sentence again.

When Xiahou Yan heard this, he didn't kneel.

Not only did he stop kneeling, but even the expression on his face changed...... Became cold and ruthless.

"Aside from not kneeling, do I have any feet exposed?" Xiahouyan asked.

"Nope." Ziqi replied, "By the way...... Neither do your subordinates who are lying in ambush around you. ”

Ziqi's second half of the sentence was intended to tell the other party that my sentence "come alone without any guards and weapons" just now was just to cooperate with your performance and be polite to you.

"Just because I didn't kneel, you saw through me?" Xiahou Yan said again.

Ziqi smiled: "People's body language is much more honest than what comes out of their mouths. ”

Xiahou Yan also nodded: "I understand when you said 'it's late' just now, but what does the word 'also' mean when you said 'it's useless'?" Could it be ...... Even if I did surrender, you weren't going to accept it, were you? ”

"You...... It's all about asking useless questions. Ziqi said, shrugging his shoulders and spreading his hands, "Whether you really surrender or fake surrender, what to do with you...... It's not up to me. He paused, then added, "Actually, long before I came here, everything was already predestined. ”

"Oh?" Xiahou Yan thought that he had heard something from his words, and sneered, "Huh...... In this way, in the reverse cross, your son is not the number one person, right? ”

"Well, it's not." Ziqi replied, "However, in this matter of you, my brother has already made up his mind......

When the word "brother" came out of Ziqi's mouth, Xiahou Yan's expression changed, and he immediately realized the true meaning of Ziqi's last sentence, but he didn't interrupt the other party.

And Ziqi also continued: "From the beginning, there was no negotiation, and the thing of 'carving up the world' has always only existed in the fantasies of you people.

"The reality is...... You, and all the rebel leaders who came to tomorrow morning's 'meeting,' are going to die......

"In the new era, there is no place for you.

"However, in the history books of the Sixth Reich, your name will be known.

"Because after tonight, you will all live in 'another form'......"