Chapter 966 Danny: This song is not auspicious
Not long after, a call came to Reacher's mobile phone. The person on the other end of the phone not only confidently expressed that he could arrive before 3 o'clock, but also provided additional intelligence.
The so-called R\u0026D institution in front of him, which was full of armed security and heavily guarded, was actually the data center of "New Era Technology", which was dozens of times larger than the computer room in the basement of the headquarters.
Jack suddenly realized that it was no wonder that the hard drives they had collected before only had a bunch of business documents, and there was no information related to R\u0026D. It turned out that all the research data was stored here.
Lavoie's bodyguards promised that they would solve the power distribution equipment and cut off the power of the entire facility. As for the solution, they did not tell him, only saying that they would know when the time came.
The two parties agreed on the time of action and ended the call. Everyone looked at the satellite photos again and felt troubled.
This kind of data center will be equipped with a large number of UPS power supplies and emergency generators. Power outages can solve external lighting, but it only takes a few minutes for the emergency generators to start, and the emergency lights inside the building will automatically turn on.
Don't think about using night vision goggles to bully people in the dark, but this time there are enough stun grenades, and if they are cleaned up step by step, the probability of casualties can be minimized.
But in the case of hostages, the longer the time is delayed, the greater the chance of the hostages being in danger, which becomes a dilemma.
If we advance too fast, unnecessary casualties may occur on our side, and if we advance too slowly, Reacher will be in danger. After all, he is just a big muscleman, not an invulnerable superman.
Jack frowned and thought while using O'Donnell's switchblade to open the heel of Reacher's military boots and insert the locator and the wire for unlocking.
"Clay and I can advance at the fastest speed, but the gate is too far away from the internal buildings. If we want to cross such a long open area, we will be treated as live targets."
Danny looked at the satellite photos, picked up the telescope to look at the factory buildings in the distance, and finally his sight fell on the direction of the gate in the south, "So we just need to find a way to get you into the largest factory building in the middle as quickly as possible?"
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Just after 2 a.m., an AS332 "Super Puma" helicopter slowly landed on the tarmac. As the engine was turned off, the huge blades slowly stopped rotating.
Two security guards came up to greet the pilot, seemingly very familiar with him, and took him to rest. It was obvious that this plane was to pick up Lanston for a transaction.
Meanwhile, on the other side, Nigley was still trying to persuade him one last time.
"Are you really sure you want to go in alone? Think about what happened to Franz, Sanchez and Orozco, handcuffs, torture, beatings, even if Lanston doesn't kill you right away, he will do everything he can to torture you."
"I have my best soldiers to cover me, don't I?" Reacher looked at the remaining three special investigators with burning eyes, and finally cast his eyes on Jack.
"Take care of them for me."
"Take care of yourself first." Jack patted his shoulder unhappily and secretly gave him a healing BUFF.
There is still more than half an hour before the operation begins. With Reacher's physique, he should be able to withstand it, right? ——
It was not meaningless for the big guy to insist on going into the dragon's den and the tiger's lair alone. With his appearance, the electrified iron gate slowly opened, and five or six gunmen surrounded him nervously.
The number of armed guards patrolling the periphery suddenly decreased by nearly one-third, especially in the direction of the gate, almost no one was paying attention to the outside. Taking this opportunity, several figures flashed in the darkness and hid in the grass on the side of the road.
"I saw Lanston." Negley's gritted teeth came from the channel.
"Don't be stupid, Negley, there are at least 6 guns pointing at Reacher now." She could see Jack and Jack could see it too. As a rolling door slowly rose, an old face that Jack felt familiar appeared in the telescope.
He didn't feel it when he saw the profile photo before, but now that he saw the real person, some memories of Jack's previous life could not help but stir.
The T1000 in the second film of "Terminator" can be regarded as one of his childhood shadows. The liquid metal robot that could not be killed no matter how hard it was hit is now an old and frail appearance, which still makes him feel goose bumps.
Watching a group of people take Reacher into the factory building as if facing a great enemy, even if they could not see or hear any movement outside, everyone still felt that every second was like a year.
As the saying goes, invisible brain supplement is the most deadly. Seeing time passing by little by little, even Jack, who always believes in the protagonist's halo, became a little restless.
"Received the signal, the laser irradiation has been turned on." Jubal's voice came from the channel. Jack secretly breathed a sigh of relief and looked at his watch. It was exactly 2:55 at this time.
One minute passed, and another minute passed. When the time came to 2:57, a low engine sound was faintly heard in the air. Jack picked up the telescope and looked at the gray sky.
In the night sky where a few stars could barely be seen, a red navigation light flashed by. It was the anti-collision light at the bottom of the tail of a twin-engine propeller plane.
The plane gently shook its wings and nimbly disappeared into the clouds, but Jack was not paying attention to the plane, but to the three paragliders that were slowly opening in the direction of the plane's wake.
"Nigley, do it!" Following Jack's order, Black Sister, who had been unable to hold back, immediately pulled the trigger.
After several gunshots like opening champagne, Nigley reported, "The guards in the north have been cleared, and the landing field has been opened."
"It's our turn, guys! Alice, give us some music." Danny roared excitedly and pushed the accelerator hard.
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What's the fastest way to quickly break through a door that weighs several tons and is made up of railings the thickness of an average person's arm?
Danny's idea was to find a classic American long-head semi-trailer with sufficient tonnage and sufficient power to directly crash into it.
The command vehicle of the wanted criminal team was modified by Matman Company using a Freightliner MT-55 truck chassis, so it is not incompetent for this task.
The problem is that the equipment on the car is much more expensive than the car itself, so although the lights are turned on and the speakers on the car start playing music at the maximum volume, they are just acting as a cheering atmosphere group from a distance.
What Danny found was a Peterbilt 389 semi-trailer tractor with a classic dog nose, and a large container at the back.
The image of this American-style truck has long been deeply rooted in people's hearts. It was the prototype of Optimus Prime in the first few movies of the "Transformers" series.
When an "Optimus Prime" with full power and blinding headlights is rushing towards you, the reaction of normal people is to run first.
The four armed guards who were waiting strictly at the gate were frightened and ran away. The next moment, the "Optimus Prime" crashed into them.
With an astonishing loud noise, as the front of the "Optimus Prime" car deformed, the door weighing several tons also flew high into the sky, and then fell heavily to the ground, causing a stream of sparks.
However, this door still faithfully completed its mission, and even a heavy-duty tractor would not be able to bear such a violent impact.
A burst of white steam erupted from the disfigured front of the car, and then it completely lost power. The inertia caused the entire car and the carriage behind it to rush forward for dozens of meters before stopping helplessly.
"Farke!"
"What's going on?"
"Go to hell you bastard!"
A guard directly pulled the trigger and fired a shot at the truck cab. The bullets splashed sparks on the body of the truck.
"Stop, you idiot." A guard who seemed to be the leader was worried that there were dangerous goods in the car, so he stopped the guy's meaningless venting behavior and raised his finger to point at another person.
"Mark, go outside and take a look. What's going on with that car over there?" He pointed to the command car parked on the roadside in the distance, where "Fortunate Son" was playing loudly.
"Some people are born to wave flags.
Oh, the flag has red stars, white stripes and a blue bar
When the band played "Hail, Sir"
Oh, they turned their cannons on you, Lord!
That's not me, that's not me
I'm not the son of a senator
"
"Damn, why did Alice choose this song? It's so unlucky!" Danny, a former soldier who had not participated in the Vietnam War, complained as he carefully leaned forward from the back of the truck cab.
His eyes were fixed on his watch, and his right hand rested on a switch.
"Bang!" A small explosion sounded, the entire facility area fell into darkness, and the emergency lights turned on instantly.
Along with a buzzing sound, the internal emergency power supply was restored, and a certain degree of lighting was restored in the factory. However, the emergency generator was not enough to restore the external lighting of the factory, making it appear extremely dark in comparison.
"Action!" Hearing Jack's order on the team channel, Danny pulled the switch hard, and with a burst of pneumatic sound, the back door of the carriage slowly opened upwards.
Before the several armed security guards surrounding the scrapped "Optimus Prime" could react, a muscle car with a completely black body and only a strange scarlet light emitting from the hood flew out of the car like an ejection.
The Pontiac Firebird landed lightly on the ground, and the thousand-horsepower V8 engine that Jack spent a lot of money to modify made an unprecedented roar.
Amidst the harsh sound of tire grinding, the Firebird drifted directly on the spot. Jack controlled the steering wheel with his left hand, and the Noveske N4 in his right hand was placed directly on the car window and left arm to fire in fully automatic mode.
Clay, who was sitting in the passenger seat, was also holding a Noveske N4. When he pulled the trigger, the corner of his mouth curled up harder than the muzzle of the gun.
After personally experiencing this kind of appearance that can only be seen in Hollywood blockbusters, Clay feels that leaving Team B is not an unacceptable choice.
It is a little regrettable that under the firebird's dragon-like roaring engine sound and the harsh tire grinding sound, the Noveske N4 equipped with a muffler can barely hear the gunfire.
With the faint flash of gunfire, several armed security guards surrounding the big truck screamed and fell to the ground.
The only thing that was not affected by this bizarre sound and light show was probably the rhythmic gunfire of the Barrett M82A1 coming from the distance.