Saint Paul's City.

The next day, at eight o'clock in the evening, Xin Xiaodong led an army of 40,000 men and launched an attack on the southern part of the city, and the two sides engaged in fierce fighting.

...

About two and a half hours later, on a high mountain in the eastern part of Saint Paul's City, Lao Hei led a team of more than two hundred people, quietly emerging from the dense forest on the mountain.

The commander-in-chief of this operation was Jin Maohui, who led a "joint army" of six to seven thousand people.

Jin Maohui also separated a reconnaissance team composed entirely of elites, led by Lao Hei. Hou Guoyu, Da Xiong, Tang Yao, Yao Doudou, Wang Zheng and other fierce generals were all in the team.

These people moved quickly through the jungle, quietly arriving near a huge drainage outlet.

The drainage outlet was about seven or eight meters in diameter. Although it was very wide, it was welded shut with four or five layers of iron bars as thick as two fingers, leaving only dense air holes for drainage.

Lao Hei squatted in front of the drainage outlet and said in a low voice to Wang Zheng, "This is it. We checked here before."

Wang Zheng observed the iron bars on the drainage outlet, pondered for a while, and then said, "It's so tightly guarded, blasting is definitely not an option. Any movement will be discovered immediately. Let's send a drone in to check the situation first, and see if there are any sentries or anything like that."

"Okay." Lao Hei nodded, then turned his head and waved, "Drone team, go!"

A dozen members of the special operations team immediately stepped forward, half-squatting on the ground, deftly opened the tactical packs on their backs, took out miniature drones the size of fingers, connected them to the screens, and sent these drones through the narrow gaps in the iron bars.

"Hey, when you control the drones, stick... stick to the top of the pipe." Da Xiong instructed them, "There may be cameras inside. Turn off... turn off the drone's spotlights and switch to night vision mode to avoid being discovered."

The team members immediately followed suit, and a dozen drones quietly sneaked into the drainage pipe.

Before finalizing this plan, the "joint army" think tank formed by Su Tianyu had put forward many suggestions, including one to parachute in, but it was immediately rejected by Su Tianyu.

Su Tianyu felt that Saint Paul's City itself had an air defense system, and a rash parachute landing would definitely turn them into targets. Moreover, Saint Paul's City was built on mountains, with complex terrain, and the enemy was good at street fighting, with troops scattered everywhere, making every step difficult. Even if the paratroopers landed successfully, they would not be able to assemble in a short period of time, and naturally they would not gain any advantage.

In addition, some people proposed an assassination plan, which was also rejected by Su Tianyu. In a war of this level, a simple decapitation operation would be difficult to achieve.

In the end, it was decided to adopt the suggestion made by Yu Mingyuan, which was improved by Su Tianyu, and finally formed this operation.

The plan was to rely on the complex terrain of Saint Paul's City and the intricate underground drainage pipes.

Because Saint Paul's City was built on mountains and is located in the southern region, it often suffers from extreme rainy weather during the wet season. Therefore, the underground drainage pipes here are very complex and dense, in order to reduce the threat of natural disasters to the city.

Most importantly, this drawback could not be completely eliminated by Gustav, who could only try his best to control it. Because he could not blow up all the drainage pipes, otherwise it would take ten or eight years to rebuild them after the war, because these things have been accumulated over time.

During the process of improving this plan, there were also different opinions within the group. Some people suggested using a thousand people as a large team to enter from multiple drainage pipe openings, in order to reduce the risk of being discovered.

This proposal was also rejected by Su Tianyu. If they were to execute it according to their ideas, the actual effect would definitely be similar to a parachute landing. Dividing the troops into many places would be dragged down by the enemy's street fighting, making it difficult to form a force of impact.

It was still necessary to gather the strength of the entire assault team and concentrate their efforts on one point to achieve a miraculous effect.

After five or six minutes, the drones had penetrated deep into the pipeline. Lao Hei sat in front of the green screen, observing the situation inside with Wang Zheng and the others.

There was some stagnant water in the pipeline, but it was not deep and did not affect traffic. Moreover, as Da Xiong said, some cameras were installed in the pipeline, but not too many.

"Wait!" Lao Hei had sharp eyes and saw some figures appearing on the screen, immediately calling a halt to the drones.

"They really set up sentries..." Wang Zheng and the others frowned, observing the figures.

"Let the drones come back." Worried about being discovered, Lao Hei withdrew all the drones, then took out his cell phone and called Jin Maohui.

"Hello?" Jin Maohui asked on the phone, "How is the situation on your side?"

"The other side is well prepared." Lao Hei looked solemn, "Thick guardrails are installed outside the pipeline, and sentries and surveillance are placed inside. We are now guarding outside the pipeline, afraid to enter rashly."

"It's about what I expected." Jin Maohui wasn't too surprised. "Since they thought of this, they will definitely arrange guards inside. Let the infiltration team remove the outer guardrails first, and then send out the technical team to slowly solve the camera problem. As for the back..."

The two began to arrange the next plan.

...

At the same time, in Saint Paul's City, in Wu Boxin's villa.

The basement was full of An-affiliated action team members. After the last operation, they were secretly sent to Lao Wu's place, and the person connecting them in the middle was Wu Taiyong.

This trick of hiding in plain sight allowed Gustav to search the entire city without finding them.

The gunfire outside was incessant, and Qiu Ge was pacing anxiously in the basement.

Qiu Ge had already agreed with An Qiqi that they would also participate in this operation.

Once the gunfire started, they would respond to the main force from the inside, and they would have to find a way to figure out the location of several command centers in the city.

However, Lao Wu was now also under control, with a large number of people watching around. They couldn't get out, and they couldn't force their way out, because once guns were fired, everyone would be exposed.

Seeing Qiu Ge's anxious pacing, Xiao Yu next to him couldn't help but grin, "Brother Qiu, this matter is not easy to handle. We have few people, and we have to find a way to get out. After we get out, we have to find a spot... this is not something a human can do, unless an accident happens."

As soon as he finished speaking, a team member responsible for monitoring suddenly shouted, "Brother Qiu, there's a situation!"

Cameras were installed at several entrances of the villa to facilitate them to understand the situation outside in time.

Qiu Ge and Xiao Yu hurriedly gathered around, looking at the row of monitoring screens in front of them.

In the picture, two cars stopped at the entrance of the villa.

Dong Ke opened the door and got out of the car, pinching his crotch, walking with eunuch-like steps, constantly flicking his hair, and sucking on the big blister on his mouth as he walked towards the villa.

Seeing this big brother, Xiao Yu exclaimed, "Damn, the accident really happened."