Chapter XXXIV: Arrest

Mixed in with a group of soldiers, with the face towel around his neck pulled up to cover his face, Andy rushed forward with the military rifle that comes standard with NcR, Mayor Dodge wanted Andy to participate in this capture as a hidden reserve, although judging by the superficial intelligence, the Crimson Caravan's corporate armament has no reason to fight against the regular army of Hoover Dam, but the problem is that this fact is not only known to Mayor Dodge, I believe that McClofty has no reason not to know, so since she knows, she must be prepared.

This preparation that cannot be known for the time being is something that Andy should pay attention to.

While the team gathered unexpectedly and headed towards the Crimson Caravan Company building, McClav was sitting in his office on the top floor, figuring out his next steps.

The bomb didn't explode inside Fort Maxson without any success, and whatever it was, it seems to have been.

The changes that followed exceeded her expectations.

In her original plan, blowing up Fort Maxson would be her merit, and once she took advantage of the situation to successfully take power in the city council, with the resources of the Crimson Caravan, she would have the power to counter Mayor Dodge's interference in the military and political affairs of Hoover Dam to a certain extent, and if this step was completed, some people in the army and the police who had already made a secret agreement with her would also come out to assist her.

Of course, these people are cunning vultures, and they will not admit that they have any relationship or made any deal with McLoufty until they see the results with their own eyes, and if McLoufty is successful, they are potential partners, and if the middle way collapses, then they will turn their heads and instantly become passers-by they don't know.

Next.... It won't be long before Mayor Dodger, Major Fleming, and Sheriff Ralph, the three old giants of Hoover Dam City, will be replaced by their new stars, no matter what means are used.

She will be the new ruler of Hoover Dam, the new mayor.

Pity.....

Alice McClofdy glanced down at the letter on her desk, which was actually a threatening letter written by the leader of the Circle of Steel, in which he claimed that the reckless and stupid act of the Crimson Caravan had ignited their anger due to the sudden and unconstrained sabotage of Fort Maxson, and that the Ring of Steel believed that the explosion of the Crimson Caravan's hidden bomb in the supply box had led to the discovery of their identity as the most important spy hidden in Fort Maxson. It also led to the fact that now Fort Maxson officially broke with them.

In view of the friendly and cooperative relationship between the two sides, the Circle of Steel said that it would "temporarily refrain from refraining" for the sake of the actual failure of the sabotage, but that the Crimson Caravan would be required to provide a batch of supplies and ammunition free of charge within the specified time as compensation, and if McClofty failed to execute on time, they would send someone to expose the cooperation between the two in the city of Hoover Dam, and if McClofty refused this "request", then the Circle of Steel would send assassins to assassinate her.

"Bang!"

Her fist slammed into the table, and the letter in her hand was crumpled into a ball.

If the bomb exploded in Fort Maxson, the threat of the Ring of Steel would be a joke, and she would mobilize all her resources to crush the ants living in the wilderness as soon as possible, and the exposure and assassination would of course disappear, and no one would suspect that the Crimson Caravan had colluded with the Brotherhood of Steel.

Now, there is no evidence to prove that Fort Maxson was indeed blown up by her, and she originally planned to let some people go to the ruins of Fort Maxson with cameras to shoot and leave evidence for publicity, but now she can only rely on some people who have been bought to spread rumors dryly, which is not the expected effect of building momentum at all.

Alice McClofty threw the letter in her hand to the ground, repeatedly telling herself to calm down, folding her hands in a tower shape and resting her chin on it, thinking that things were not the worst, and there was still a possibility of turning around.

Even if there is no evidence, but other than her, the people of Hoover Dam City don't know where Fort Maxson is, and after the big deal, find a similar place to take a few photos and come back and insist that this is Fort Maxson, as long as there are more bottle caps smashed down and work diligently, the position of Speaker will be hers after all, this step is over, and the rest is simple.

The eyes shrouded in her white blonde hair shone with a cold glow, it was time to wipe out those Brotherhood of Steel clowns completely, just wait for her to become the Speaker of the Hoover Dam City Council next week, she would not hesitate to hemorrhage, purchase a large number of weapons and equipment, armor and ammunition from outside partners, and mobilize all the forces she could mobilize, except for the army and corporate forces, those who hang out in Hoover Dam City all day long: bounty hunters, treasure hunters, mercenaries, and even some armed gangs wandering around the periphery of Hoover Dam City, Aren't these people desperate all day long just for a few bottle caps? Well, they can get what they want, just to be part of an unprecedented encirclement.

The Ring of Steel will be drowned alive, and there will be no corpse to die, and there will be no proof of death.

"You greedy and stupid wretches will be crushed by me.... Dregs. ”

The sharp nails unconsciously pierced into the palm, and blood flowed from it, but Alice was unaware.

"Bang-"

The office door was pushed open and slammed straight into the wall, and she jerked her head up to see it as a sweaty gentleman's hat.

"Oh no, Miss McClofdie, no!"

He stammered with a pale face, and he didn't make it clear what was going on for a long time, and his mouth was just turning over and over again, "Oh no!" "Oh no!" The angry McClofty stepped forward and slapped him to the ground.

"Explain it to me!"

Her feet in red high heels stepped directly on the head of the gentleman's hat and trampled it a few times as if she was angry, and the gentleman's hat with sharp heels stabbed crawled and crawled, but the pain finally made him straighten his tongue.

"Joseph Dodge turned his face!"

Alice McClofdy froze in place, and after a moment, she couldn't help but raise her head and take a deep breath as she felt her whole face twitch.

Blessings are incomparable, disasters are not one-way, this is really true, she should have thought of it a long time ago, even if everyone is saying that Joseph Dodge is a moderate, but this does not mean that he will not do some unscrupulous things to those who compete for power with him, while the army is still completely in his hands, he simply gave himself a direct and ruthless move?

Lowering her head, McClofty, whose expression had recovered, looked at the gentleman's hat sitting on the ground with the words "what to do" written all over her face, and she said a word in a calm tone.

"Go according to plan."

The gentleman's hat stiffened, then took off the gentleman's hat on his head and bit it in his mouth.

"Hmm... Really? But..."

In response to him was a key thrown in his face.

He looked twice, gritted his teeth, got up and ran out the door.

Alice McClofdy stood by the window with her arms crossed, with this height, she could easily see that there was indeed a group of soldiers in yellow uniforms at the top of the dam not far away, who were rushing towards the Crimson Caravan Company building with a clear goal, if anyone said that these soldiers were here to communicate peacefully, it would be ridiculous, what they were going to do next was self-explanatory.

Turning away from the window, she walked over to a safe in the office, opened it and took out a notebook and a remote control device, which was the same transmitter that Andy had retrieved from Dog City.

After flipping through a few pages of the notebook, she found some garbage and paper and threw them into the trash can, poured in some lighter fluid, and lit it, and the flames immediately burned in the trash can.

This thing was originally a small backhand that she was going to use to deal with the Ring of Steel, and both sides knew each other that the Ring of Steel could use the ledger to accuse the Hoover Dam of her Crimson caravan colluding with foreign enemies, so why couldn't she use the ledger to accuse Fort Maxson of the Ring of Steel colluding with foreign enemies.... However, this thing is useless now, rather than waiting for this ledger to be violently searched by those Qiu Ba and then used as evidence of his own crimes, it is better to burn it clean now.

As soon as the finger loosened, the ledger fell into flames, and in a moment it was reduced to ashes.

..........................

Andy looked at the building in front of him, a white concrete building left over from the war, beautiful and sturdy, and the buildings on the top of the dam were all owned by powerful groups, and the red caravan was one of the best.

It's not the first time he's been here, but it's the first time he's been here.

The security guards of the Crimson Caravan gathered from all around to stop in front of the soldiers, although they did not look away, but looking at the soldiers, most of the people's faces were still involuntarily full of surprise and wavering.

"What are you doing here?"

They didn't even have time to prepare their equipment, and some of them were sweating profusely while wearing armor while hastily pressing bullets, and no one expected that the army would suddenly attack at this time, and they blocked the door in the blink of an eye without warning.

Major Fleming looked at the crimson caravan guards with contempt.

"According to the order of the mayor of Dodge, the Crimson Caravan Company will be seized with immediate effect, and the manager Alice McClofdy will be arrested for treason, and the obstructors will be regarded as accomplices, you.... Don't want to go to Black Canyon Prison, do you? ”

As soon as these words came out, a security guard immediately let go of his hands, and the weapon fell to the ground with a snap.

A large number of citizens who watched the excitement stood not far away and watched curiously, and people talked about each other, and they didn't know what was going on.

Major Fleming looked at the security guards who were holding on and did not retreat, and he raised his pistol and fired a shot into the air.

The gunshots scared the security guards into a thrill, and finally someone took the lead in throwing down their weapons and leaving their posts, after the first to take the lead, the security guards chose to fly separately when the disaster came, they either turned around and fled for fear of being innocent, or silently carried their weapons to get out of the way, did not choose to flee but were unwilling to continue to block the entry of the army, and cautiously maintained neutrality.

Just as Major Fleming was about to push the door open with his soldiers, a large crowd suddenly swarmed out of the house.

They were uniformly dressed in battle armor, with the mark of a crimson caravan on the surface of the armor, and all the good guns in their hands, in addition to light machine guns, submachine guns, and automatic rifles, there were many bells and whistles of energy weapons, compared to a semi-automatic military rifle, a small number of .45 caliber pistols and 9mm submachine guns NcR soldiers were actually dwarfed, you must know that they are the regular army.

The bearded escort at the head wore a bulletproof helmet as thick as bricks, and he held a combat shotgun in his hand, and stood unceremoniously at the front to meet Major Fleming.

Major Fleming glanced at the other man's equipment, his eyelids twitching slightly.

"What do you want to do? Rebel? ”

A young man with dark eyes in a suit slowly walked out of the guard, holding a grenade launcher in his hand.

"I should ask you, Fleming, which one of you is this?"

Major Fleming took out an official document from his shirt with the seals of the Hoover Dam City Government, City Council, the Military Department, and Mayor Dodge himself, and he took the paper and shook it twice in front of his eyes before taking it back.

"Alice McClofty colluded with foreign enemies to assassinate Mayor Dodge, a serious violation of NcR laws and regulations, we will immediately arrest her, you can rest assured, we will then put her on trial in accordance with the law and in accordance with the process, all of this will happen in the presence of the entire Hoover Dam people, given what she did, she deserves it."

The dark circles were silent for a moment, but the body did not move.

"This kind of thing should be done by the police, right? Why did Joseph Dodge let your army come? You say that you must abide by laws and regulations and act according to the process, but is your behavior of directly blocking the gate of the company with live ammunition to arrest people according to the process? Our Crimson Caravan is willing to accept any investigation, but.... We can't accept political persecution, Joseph Dodge knows exactly what he's thinking, how? Is he afraid that his power will slip out of his hands after next week? Then he should come here in person if he has the courage, and I will definitely ask him to teach the guy in my hand. ”

As he spoke, he pointed the grenade launcher in his hand at the soldiers in front of him, and the response was an instant raise of countless black hole muzzles, which made him involuntarily take half a step back.

Major Fleming smiled, but a bruise popped out of his forehead.

"Are you deaf or stupid? I said, Alice McClofdy colluded with foreign enemies, you understand who the foreign enemy is, right? Ralph can't afford to do anything at this level, and who knows if there's still a Brotherhood of Steel in your company building? One last thing I said, get the hell out of here, I didn't say we're going to be alone. You, and you, must all be disarmed today, and we have reason to suspect that you have become an armed group that has betrayed the interests of the country. ”

"This is an ultimatum, all of you, immediately put down your weapons with your heads in your hands and squat!"

His dark-eyed hands began to tremble involuntarily, but the bearded man who led the heavily armed red caravan guards in front of the company's gate remained firm, and he took off his sunglasses, revealing a face flushed with anger and nervousness.

"What if I say no?"

Andy, mingling with the soldiers, let out a silent sigh.

Just behind the crimson caravan guards, several sturdy figures slid silently down the rope from several blind spots in their field of vision behind them.

Major Fleming stared into the bearded eyes, and after confirming that the gang really wasn't going to back down, he uttered the code.

"And what else is there to say?"

The bearded man grinned, and was about to pull the trigger of the combat shotgun in his hand, when a Boi hunting knife suddenly flew from behind and pierced his throat, looking at the bearded man who was holding his throat and slowly falling to the ground, the guards around him turned around in horror, but they were greeted by....

The soldiers opened fire, and a large number of 5.56 caliber bullets were fired in front of them, and the people in the front were reduced to sieves in the blink of an eye.

The gunfire rang out, and the rangers killed their assigned targets in the blink of an eye like shadows, and the guards with explosives weapons and high-lethal weapons were killed before they even had time to fire, and the guards who were caught in the front and back fell to the ground in a few moments, and the grenade launcher in the hands of the black eye was picked up by Andy, and the headless body had fallen in a pool of blood, and his head was blown up by Andy at the moment of the conflict.

The battle was not at all equal from the start.