Captain Shepard was a good man, and he could not change the route and let the Osiris detour to the city of Winnipeg in northern North America to send off several New Muscovy Principality (TPM) soldiers on the ship. But he agreed to "lend" them an armored vehicle, and when the Osiris sailed to central North America, these TPM soldiers could find their own way to find the organization.
No one's armored vehicles were blown by strong winds, especially an organization like Osiris with no backing. Captain Demetri of TPM was very grateful for Captain Shepard's generosity, and he volunteered to be the guide of the Osiris.
"Captain Dmitri, are you saying that before we enter Pennsylvania, we'd better send someone to conduct a reconnaissance?"
In the war conference room, Demetri was advising Captain Shepard to send someone to conduct a reconnaissance before entering the next area.
Sergeant Anton asked: "Is this necessary? We can just fly higher."
Dmitri shook his head: "It's possible, but the risk is very high. HER's management method for the North American occupation area is that as long as nothing that threatens them appears in the rear, they will not take care of it. They will encircle and suppress guerrillas of any size, Osiris It is impossible for them to leave such a large spaceship unattended. However, the defense of each region in North America is the responsibility of the local defenders themselves. If we can get some intelligence, we can avoid many unnecessary conflicts."
Shepard scratched his beard and said, "Well... your point makes sense, but I'm afraid it will waste too much time on the investigation."
Dmitri patted his chest: "Don't worry, I've been doing intelligence work in North America for a while, so I won't waste too much time."
Shepard nodded: "Okay, let's try it first. Where are you going to get information?"
"There is a town called Akita Town at the junction of the two states. We can go there first and have a look. It is very close to our current location."
The idea was finalized, and the Osiris headed to the town of Akita on the border of New Jersey and Pennsylvania. In order to avoid alerting the enemy, the Osiris was hidden in the nearby mountains and allowed Demetrius to drive to gather information.
Edward had nothing to do and was wandering around. When he saw Dmitri trying to leave alone on a motorcycle, he thought he was trying to escape, so he rolled up his sleeves and was about to beat Dmitri. Anton ran over and stopped him: "Eh, eh? What do you want to do?"
"The people from New Muscovy must have stolen something on the ship if they wanted to escape!"
"Oh, he went out to get information!"
"Inquiring about information?" Edward became interested as soon as he heard this, and shouted: "Let him go alone? Let me follow him!"
"Why are you following me? Do you know how to gather intelligence?"
"I can supervise him!"
Dmitri heard Edward's yelling and thought that being an outsider alone would not guarantee the safety of others on the ship. She waved to Edward, agreeing to let him follow her.
Edward chuckled, glanced at Anton, and then jumped onto the back seat of the motorcycle in a sprint. His movements were too big and he almost blew out the rear tire.
Edward and Dmitri didn't have a good relationship, so naturally they didn't talk along the way. Edward was focused on the scenery on the roadside. HER's invasion of North America was disastrous, but it was impossible to turn the entire continent into a wasteland in less than a year. The original roads are basically still usable, and scrapped vehicles can be seen everywhere on the roadside. This scene may seem strange to outsiders, but locals will only feel sad when they see it. So Edward no longer paid attention to both sides of the road, closed his eyes and waited for the "arrival".
"Edward! Edward! Did you see that?!"
Ten minutes later, Dmitri suddenly shouted. Edward opened his eyes and found that he was already on the vast plain road. He didn't have to work hard to see a convoy appearing in the south, galloping on the grassy plains.
Edward originally thought this was HER's convoy or some guerrillas, but when he took a closer look, he found that the convoy was all black Hummers.
"TPM guys, are these people?!"
Dmitry did not dare to drive on the conspicuous road anymore, so he turned the car around and hid in the nearby weeds. He asked Edward in astonishment: "How come you know this too?"
"How could you not know? Only Mr. Lucas can afford to equip a fleet of black Hummers."
"You called that Mr. Arms Dealer?"
"Many guerrillas have private deals with Mr. Lucas, and without him many of them would not have the bullets to destroy the enemy."
"But this Lucas, the most profitable business is working as a horse boy for HER!"
Edward pushed Dmitri: "You are so stupid! Although Mr. Lucas is not a good person, he is also a good thief! In this troubled world, we need people like him!"
"Are you stupid? By doing business with your guerrillas, he can have money to build a fleet of Humvees everywhere? Our TPM has been investigating him for a long time. Lucas is a villain and a shameless businessman!"
The two couldn't argue, but saw the convoy heading east. Dmitri slapped his thigh: "No! That's the direction of Akita Town!"
Dmitri picked up the motorcycle and was about to leave, but Edward held him back: "What's the rush? If you're afraid of them, it's not too late to go after they leave, right?"
"Do you think it will be good for an arms dealer to patronize a gambling town? I'm worried. If you don't want to come, just wait for me!"
"Hey, I'm not going."
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Dmitry and Edward followed behind the black Hummer convoy and found that the convoy was indeed going to Akita Town. So he increased the accelerator and went around into a forest, using the woods to hide himself so that he could reach Akita Town as soon as possible.
When he arrived at Akita Town, he found that a convoy of black Hummers had surrounded every intersection in the town. Fortunately, both he and Edward were very skilled, and it didn't take much effort to get into the town. Within two steps, they found two groups of people gathering at the entrance of the town.
One group of people were obviously townspeople, with fearful faces and worried eyes. They placed a large box on the doorstep; the other group of people were passengers in a black Hummer convoy. Each of them was loaded with guns and ammunition, and they were sending each other a man in a suit and leather shoes. The man in sunglasses approached the townspeople.
A fat man in a wrinkled suit, with a humble look on his face, offered to shake hands with the man in sunglasses. But the man in sunglasses ignored him. He just glanced at the fat man and asked rudely: "Mayor, why is there only one box?"
The mayor sweatdropped on his forehead and said respectfully: "Now that the war is going on, all the good things in the town have been taken away by HER, and there is only so much that can be collected."
The man in sunglasses walked to the box, opened it, took out a vase and asked, "Is this valuable?"
The mayor said submissively: "The blue and white porcelain of the Ming Dynasty is hundreds of years old, but it is worth hundreds of thousands less! The soldiers of HER before did not know the goods..."
He thought the man in sunglasses would be satisfied, but he didn't expect the man in sunglasses to smash the vase violently the next second and pointed at the mayor's nose: "You mean I have to help you find a buyer!? Mine is very Clearly, I only want money and gold, silver, and jewelry!”
The man in sunglasses kicked the box, and the townspeople hiding behind seemed distressed. It seemed that there were all their treasures inside.
Edward, who was hiding and peeking at this scene, asked in confusion: "This...Mr. Lucas will let his men blackmail the village?"
Dmitri looked at him like I had already done that.
The man in sunglasses glanced around the townspeople and saw that they were all in rags, so he probably didn't have anything good in them. He ordered the mercenaries to carry the box away, and then suddenly pulled a girl out from the crowd. The girl's family naturally refused, but they were stopped by the mayor. He said something to the townspeople, but no one dared to move. Everyone clenched their fists in anger but did not dare to say anything.
The man in sunglasses threw the crying girl into the car and turned to the townspeople: "Listen up, I will come back next month and you won't be able to bring out two boxes of tributes, just like today, you have to trade people!"
"asshole!!"
Edward wanted to rush out to rescue the girl, but was held down by Demetrius. He said, "Don't be excited. If you rush out now and can't save anyone, you will get caught in it. You contact the Osiris and ask them to intercept the convoy to save people!" "
As soon as Edward heard that he was right, he contacted the Osiris.
