Power armor. Andy was standing by the windows of the military headquarters at this time and watched the clash take place there, it was the first time he had seen the Brotherhood of Steel, and not all of them were wearing power armor, most of them were wearing a kind of silver hooded jumpsuit.

Those wearing power armor stood in front of them with heavy weapons and fired at the arriving NcR soldiers, the bullets clanged on the power armor, but this level of concentrated fire was not enough to shatter the power armor armor, let alone damage the operators inside, but the heavy laser machine gun they held was like harvesting wheat to cause great damage.

"Twitter-twink-" A high-speed swirling hybrid laser beam swept across the NcR's bunker from left to right, shredding the sandbags along with the soldiers along the way.

These Brotherhood of Steel knights in power armor stand tall against bullets and provide cover for their companions behind them, while themselves continue to kill.

In the face of this absolute pressure from the equipment, the NcR soldiers wearing steel plate armor and holding m16 military rifles can only keep retreating, because those brave soldiers have been fired into a sieve by the red high-temperature laser and then reduced to ashes.

Mayor Dodge looked at the battle at the gate of Hoover Dam seriously, and suddenly turned around and said a word.

"They're about to retreat." Andy looked at Mayor Dodge strangely.

"How?" Mayor Dodge pointed his finger behind the Power Armor soldiers who were standing at the front, the people who had been hiding behind their backs and shooting had begun to retreat in an orderly manner, and it would be hard to spot if you didn't look closely, because everyone's attention was drawn to the most conspicuous metal statues.

"It's been like that every time, except for the first few times when they launched a massive all-out attack, and then every time they attacked, they stopped at a superficial level, which should have been their fatigue tactic, cutting us off from the outside as much as possible and continuing to attack and want to make ourselves collapse out of pressure." Not far away, Major Fleming was shouting as his soldiers dragged an ancient anti-aircraft gun from the Hoover Dam.

"Hurry, hurry! Those steel bastards are going to run away again, and this time they don't want to think about it, and give me a damn shot to flatten the muzzle and crash the fuck! With the efforts of the soldiers, the rusty cannon slowly turned its direction, and as soon as the muzzle of the cannon was pointed at the gate of Hoover Dam City, Major Fleming ordered the scattered soldiers in the vicinity to retreat, and when the shells were loaded, Major Fleming waved his arm sharply.

"Fire!" A soldier tugs on a rope.

"Boom ————!!!!" At the same time, the cannonballs narrowly swept through the metal walls and towers near the gate that had been blown open by the Brotherhood of Steel, and flew from that breach to the perimeter of the south gate of the Hoover Dam City, and then exploded a cloud of dust that rose into the air, and the shock wave blew up many NcR soldiers who had fallen down in the distance, and near the hit.... Half an hour later, Major Fleming and his soldiers gathered around the crater to clean up the battlefield.

Two twisted and distorted clumps of metal were dragged out of the crater left by the explosion, and Mayor Dodge was stopped from looking closer at the gurgling Geiger counter.

The soldiers cheered, this time the Brotherhood of Steel didn't succeed in their plan, and the two knights in power armor were killed by cannonballs before they could leave.

A fragment of power armor was discovered, with an unusual pattern painted on it.

Generally speaking, the symbol of the Brotherhood of Steel is a sword with the tip facing upwards wrapped in a ring, the shape of this sword is similar to a knight's sword, there is a pair of wing-shaped sword grids above the hilt, and there are some gears distributed around the sword body, if you use the internal personnel structure of the Iron Brotherhood that Pierre told Andy before, the knightly sword itself means the knights, paladins and elders in the Iron Brotherhood, and the wing-shaped sword grid may be the scribes, as for those gears, they clearly imply pre-war technology, This pattern is commonly found on various equipment of Brotherhood of Steel members.

But the pattern on this piece of armor doesn't have those complex compositions, it's just a ring. ................. It was the day after the attack, and in the Hoover Dam City Council, the important people in the Hoover Dam were called together, and as a reaction to the second attack by the Brotherhood of Steel after many days, Mayor Dodge convened this countermeasures, he called all the city councilors, and this long-lost appearance was also a refutation of those market rumors.

After Mayor Dodge's speech as City Council Chair had made a series of remarks, he directed the crowd to look at the shard of armor in the center of the table, which was the same loot collected from the battlefield after the victorious return fire.

Major Fleming made his guess by pointing to the piece of armor that was placed in the center of the table.

"If you want me to say, this is a proof that the Brotherhood of Steel has reached the end of their crossbows, and they don't even have enough paint, so they can only paint a circle, haha!" Everyone has their own opinions, and most of the people's discussion at this time is not focused on this piece of armor, what everyone wants to know is what to do next, Sheriff Ralph and several influential citizen councilors propose that if it can be confirmed that the Brotherhood of Steel is now weaker than before, then can it be possible to take the initiative to break the deadlock?

They stressed that the citizens were now once again in a state of panic, and that while the soldiers were celebrating the unprecedented victory, the illusions of peace in the hearts of the civilians had been shattered by the battle.

Previously, many people speculated that the Brotherhood of Steel had not launched an offensive for so long, and that they might have given up on continuing to besiege Hoover Dam, but now it seems that this is not the case, and they are more disappointed at the moment than the hope of a counterattack victory.

Surprisingly, Major Fleming outright rejected the proposal.

"Those Brotherhood of Steel lunatics like nothing more than to hide in bunkers, not to mention we don't know where they're hiding, and even if they do? There's no way we're going to get them out of the rat hole. Some of the councillors looked at Pierre.

Pierre sat there motionless, seemingly unoblivious to it.

"Don't bother, if Major Fleming can't do it, we can do it with the Crimson Caravan." Alice McClofdy said this in a tone of discussion about what to eat at noon today, which caused the city councillors present to look at her, and for a moment she became a member of the crowd.

She ruffled her hair with her jeweled ring-wearing hand.

"I'll just say it bluntly, how about we make a bet? I don't need the support of the army, just the power of our Crimson Caravan, and I can let those Brotherhoods of Steel rest forever. However, in exchange, the Speaker of the City Council asked me to be the president. ”

"In a week's time, the Brotherhood of Steel will be destroyed, and you see, I will be the one to put an end to this farce." As soon as these words came out, people immediately had different opinions.

Mayor Dodge looked indifferently at McClofty who stood up and left after saying his words and ignored Mayor Dodge's response.

If she can really live up to what she says and the long-standing threat of the Brotherhood of Steel is lifted, then people will no longer be afraid to leave the Hoover Dam and head outside.

The meeting ended hastily, and Mayor Dodge had originally wanted to use the victory to boost the confidence of the citizens, but not only did he not achieve his goal, but also helped McClofty build a momentum, and in a few hours, rumors would reach the ears of everyone in Hoover Dam City, fueled by some members of the Crimson Caravan, and people would think that Mayor Dodge had agreed to the matter.

Coming out of the City Council building, Mayor Dodge had an ugly face, and the knife sticking out from inside was always the deadliest.

Theoretically, according to the NcR law, the term of office of the mayor of Dodge is also limited, and the next re-election is not long after, if the city council loses control and McClofty gets the prestige of defeating the Brotherhood of Steel, then maybe the mayor of Dodge will really get an embarrassing result of losing the election, and what will he do when the time comes?

Watching her replace herself as mayor, or unleashing military force to intervene? No matter what he chooses at that time, he will be the one who loses, and Alice McClofdy will win.

Therefore, this must be prevented. Just as Mayor Dodge was walking on the top of the dam under the protection of several soldiers, among the people passing by and waving at Mayor Dodge, a woman looked at him with a dark gaze, and after a moment suddenly pushed away the people around her and raised a gun in her hand.

"Long live the caveman! Die, Joseph Dodge! Major Fleming's eyes widened and his face turned white as he shouted and sprinted towards the Dodger mayor with all his might.

"Protect the Mayor!!" Mayor Dodge had just turned his head at the Assassin's shout, looking at the muzzle of the gun aimed at him with a confused expression.

At this critical moment, Andy raised the rhinoceros, which was more accurate at a long distance, and used V mode to shoot the gun in the assassin's hand, the laser pistol was instantly knocked away, and the assassin's hand was also injured, she snorted and covered her injured right hand and hid in the frightened crowd around her.

A brave NcR soldier lunged at the Dodge Mayor, slamming the fat Dodge Mayor to the ground, and the Dodge Mayor, of course, let out a scream on his face, but then the scream was instantly drowned out, as the second, third, and even fourth soldiers behind him crushed him like a stack of arhats.

These loyal soldiers had only one thought in their hearts, to protect the Dodge Mayor even if they used their bodies to block bullets.

Of course, the opinion of the mayor of Dodge himself at this time does not matter. Major Fleming saw that the Dodge Mayor was no longer in danger, and immediately called several soldiers to rush in the direction of the assassin's escape to catch the assassin, Andy put down his gun and turned around to see the man, and quickly asked the soldiers to get off the Dodge mayor.

"Stand up, he can't breathe like this, you're going to crush him to death!" By the time the last soldier stood up from the Dodge Mayor, the poor fat man's face was flushed, and his eyes were rolling and fainting.

.............. The third assassination of Mayor Dodge this year has become the hottest news story at Hoover Dam right now.

It is said that he is still lying in the hospital, and his life and death are unknown. In the heart of Dusty's desires, people who drink and have fun are discussing it.

"You know what? That assassin, I heard it was a caveman! A drunken man with a flushed face raised his bottle as if it were a microphone and stood in the crowd.

"Many of those present heard that the assassin shouted "Long live the caveman", and some people saw that the woman who tried to assassinate the Dodge mayor was white-haired, those ungrateful freaks! How dare they do such a thing! There was boos in the tavern.

Someone angrily stood up and made a loud proposal.

"Why don't we pick up our guns and raid those bastards' lair and kill them all!" These guys shouldn't exist in the Hoover Dam, they should have been driven away in the first place, and Mayor Dodge was too soft-hearted! The proposal was immediately supported, and from that point on, the cavemen had to block the entrance, as angry citizens opened fire into the hallways at random moments.

In the dam crest area, Major Fleming urgently convened a meeting at the military headquarters, this time attended by Dodger's close confidants and close people, and Andy was also included.

When everyone had arrived, Major Fleming told the soldiers to close the door, and then began to speak with a solemn face.

"Since Mayor Dodge is now unable to continue to preside over the work, I will replace him on a temporary basis."

"I'll start with the things that everyone is most concerned about, thanks to Mr. Andy's timely intervention, the assassin's assassination this time did not succeed, but we didn't catch the assassin in the end, she disappeared after hiding in the center." As he spoke, he looked at Sheriff Ralph solemnly.

"Ralph, you go down now, you can't let that stupid deputy sheriff do your job again, do you understand? I'm serious, you immediately lead the team, take the police down and turn the whole central area upside down, make sure to find that damn assassin! She is to be brought to justice and executed after the trial! If you tell me you can't do it, then cool off and I'll let my soldiers do it!" Sergeant Ralph looked a little unpleasant, but this was a special situation, and he knew that it was not time to fight Major Fleming, so he only nodded silently.

Major Fleming then turned to Candace again.

"What is the current situation with Mayor Dodge?" Candace bit her lip, she didn't really like the tension, but as the head of the Hoover Dam chapter of the Followers of the Apocalypse, she had to sit here and withstand the pressure.

"I spoke to Dr. Yuri, Mayor Dodge's physical condition is now stable, he did not suffer any external injuries during the assassination, and now he is in a coma because.... It was because the soldiers who were desperate to protect him crushed him to the bottom, which really almost cost him his life. Major Fleming coughed and motioned for the Candace branch leader to finish the order.

He looked up at Sheriff Ralph again.

"Ralph, this is the way it is, we used to turn a blind eye to those cavemen, but now we can't continue, if you don't find the assassin in the central area, then she must be hiding in the caveman's territory, even then, you have to go inside and search, I know they will resist to the death, I also know that your police are not enough firepower, it doesn't matter, if they dare to resist, then we will go up!" This time we're going to wipe out those stupid cavemen! Sheriff Ralph was silent for a moment, only to reply that he understood.

But a voice suddenly interrupted everyone's train of thought.

"Let me say, Fleming, are you being led by the nose like this?" Major Fleming looked over and it was Pierre who spoke.

"Just because the assassin shouted slogans, and because someone saw that she was gray-haired, you were going to do it to the albinist immediately? What if this is what the Assassins want you to do? Don't forget, the hydroelectric generators at the Hoover Dam are still in the baseline zone, and the newly built hydroponic farm is in the slag pit below the baseline zone. Major Fleming looked at the emotional Pierre and after a moment made a defiant.

"Oh? Seems you have a high opinion, Minister Pierre, and tell me where that assassin would have come from, if she had not been a caveman? The first two assassins, everyone thought they were assassins sent by the Brotherhood of Steel, but now it seems that they are not likely, if you want me to say, it was those cavemen who made the ghost in the first place! Pierre shook his head in annoyance.

"On the contrary, Fleming, what if it was the opposite? Why are you stupid all the time so unenlightened? This sentence directly provoked Major Fleming.

"Pierre! I haven't said you yet! You think you're smart? Of course you're smart, because you, a spy of the Brotherhood of Steel, are now running straight in front of me and blatant nonsense! Pierre stood up and slapped the table hard, then walked out of the room in anger.