Chapter 33 Slow Burning Fuse
Tick tock, tick tock...
Water dripped into the bucket, which was already nearly one-third full.
This pipe is connected to the water tower on the roof, which is an emergency facility of the institute. The water flowing down now is definitely good water, and it's even quite clean.
Raphael glanced at the bucket, which must have been brought by someone to store water.
The staff here should have followed instructions and left in an orderly manner two days ago. Maybe it was done by some brave scavenger.
In just two days, the security situation in the vicinity became extremely bad.
There was plenty of water. In the hiding place she had set up, the things that were least lacking were food and water.
Tons of military rations were a torture for Raphael. It was okay to eat it once or twice occasionally, but eating it every day was very frustrating.
Things have evolved to this point, and she doesn't believe it at all without some inside story.
Frankfurt is in the south of Germany, while Leipzig is in the northern east. Since refugees can cross many major cities and reach the banks of the Main River, there is no reason to say that Leipzig is not facing the same situation.
The fact is that the authorities ordered all staff of the institute, including the American team, to take all the information to Karl Marx University in Leipzig.
In order to accommodate the entire team and corresponding materials, two buildings were specially arranged on the campus.
The supercomputer built with pseudo-neuron chips also completed the transfer, as if they had long expected such a day to come.
This means that in the eyes of the authorities, Saxony, where Leipzig is located, is quite safe and there is no threat from refugees or hidden military forces.
The only organized units left near the institute were the KSK's special reconnaissance company and American armed personnel operating under the name of "USEC".
The situation in the urban area is not very good, and violent incidents are happening one after another.
Basically, these are conflicts between refugees and local citizens. The number of vicious cases such as robbery, theft, rape, and even shooting is increasing.
However, the Frankfurt municipal government is still working hard and constantly mobilizing resources to try to restore order.
Compared with the New York and New York municipal governments who fled as soon as the incident happened, the performance of these Germans was truly outstanding.
There was some kind of peculiar commotion going on here, and people who had not yet had time to leave were running here and there in a hurry.
Several high-end SUVs were stuffed with all sorts of household junk, and it was disturbing how they seemed to be built for this purpose.
For some reason, the authorities did not receive assistance from the IDF.
The reports on television news and online news seemed to prove that the situation was not at its worst. The incidents ultimately started with an exchange of fire and ended with the heroic suppression of armed police.
Everything is under control; that is the message the TV show conveys.
For ordinary people who stayed, the security situation during the day was still acceptable, but the sound of gunfire outside the window at night would often ruin a good night's sleep.
So they left in various ways - driving on the highway, taking a plane, and even some special intercity buses.
The escape begins.
Frankfurt authorities, as usual, sent out notices to try to calm residents, but from what was happening outside, it seemed no one was listening.
Before the institute began to evacuate, Raphael and Xiao Si "Green Hui" went to the city together.
The city is in chaos, the cafe is closed, but it is open to welcome customers, depending on how the visitor looks at it.
The jewelry store was smashed to pieces, with red and blue warning lights flashing back and forth. By the time the police arrived, the store had been completely emptied.
She remembered that the people she had seen should be the bastards mentioned on TV who started robbing cafes and jewelry stores during the turbulent times.
Raphael leaned against the edge of the bridge and peeked at everything outside the institute.
The clattering sound came from the pulley of a supermarket cart, which was being pushed slowly forward by a scavenger.
Raphael slowly raised his gun and waited patiently for the guy who "accidentally" entered the restricted area to leave.
The institute was simply closed down and not declared abandoned.
The order she received was to stay there and eliminate all dangerous personnel, and the replacement reinforcements would arrive within 72 hours.
There are only 16 hours left until the agreed time, and there is still no sign of reinforcements.
The KSK reconnaissance company has limited manpower, and most of their personnel are in urban areas, assisting the police in maintaining law and order.
"...He hasn't left yet." Raphael thought.
Sometimes people just don't care about their lives. For example, in the East Building that Lingyin was in charge of, there were 17 bodies lying on the flat ground in front of the main entrance.
From the Arab refugees with headscarves wrapped around their heads to the locals in down jackets, all were knocked down as soon as they appeared, highlighting the concept of "fleeting".
——Why is the noise source under the covered bridge still there?
This was the message sent by Fei Niao, who stayed in the monitoring room and was in charge of monitoring the area surrounding the research institute.
——The angle is not good.
Raphael said perfunctorily.
However, her index finger had been removed from the trigger guard, and with only a slight push, the firing pin ignited the primer.
The deep night sky outside Frankfurt is full of twinkling stars.
There was a flash of gunfire, startling a burst of birdsong.
This was the fourth person Raphael killed tonight. Unfortunately, the institute was deserted and only deathly silence remained.
This makes it difficult to fire the gun cleanly and stealthily.
——I started moving to a new location.
Raphael put away his gun and turned to blend into the darkness of the building.
At this time, there were less than 13 hours left before the mission boundary, and there was still no so-called "reinforcements".
Suddenly, there was a "bang" sound, accompanied by the sound of glass shattering. Raphael immediately stopped, squatted down and hid behind the debris in the corridor.
——Hello, there are intruders. Can you find their exact location?
After a while, Asuka finally replied.
——No, that area is a blind spot.
Normally, there are almost no dead corners in the research institute.
The monitoring system in the station has long been unable to function properly. The gunfights that broke out during the transfer and shortly afterwards caused the lines or hidden probes in many places to malfunction.
Raphael blinked and remained silent.
Crunch... snap.
There was the sound of soles of shoes crushing on broken glass, and new footsteps, right in front of us, in the room numbered 212.
She leaned out slightly and saw two guys with fat faces coming out. They were wearing dirty camouflage uniforms and dragging someone's cold body with a rope.
Judging from the marks left at the door, it was obvious that the guy who was dragged was dead.
They are definitely not law enforcement officers. Just look at the weapons in their hands and the camouflage uniforms of different colors.
Whether it is the KSK, the GSG-9 of the police force, or ordinary SWAT special police, they will not wear camouflage uniforms bought in shopping malls.
Maybe it's food? It's possible. As long as you don't eat human brains, you won't get sick.
Chapter 34 Raphael, Save My Life
The screams of pain from the dying man almost drowned out the sound of the gunfire.
The floor was slippery with blood. Raphael took two steps at a time and crossed the pool of blood. He opened the door and threw in a flash bomb.
With a bang, a flash of ultra-high lumen light appeared, and she immediately rushed into the door and opened fire at the refugees who were covering their ears and eyes and couldn't find their way.
The first two people who broke in were just omens, and the corpses they dragged away were indeed food.
Because after she killed the two people, she saw obvious cut marks when examining the bodies, and found a knife matching the cut marks on one of them.
In the distance, a grenade exploded with a bang, causing the entire floor to shake.
"The devils are finally here!" Someone was shouting.
In short, Raphael raised his gun and fired continuously at the chaotic and crazy crowd. The first few thugs fell to the ground, and the rest stopped abruptly at the corner of the stairs.
"Lingyin, how bad is the situation over there?" She walked around the corpse while pressing the PTT button on the radio, "Fei Niao, Lu Hui, report your respective situations."
"Heading to the central monitoring room, Green Brilliant reporting."
"The central monitoring room is safe, Asuka."
"Meow, I think I've encountered those people here..." Lingyin said, and threw two grenades in the direction where the direct automatic fire was the most fierce.
After the aftermath of the explosion died down, she pulled out half of the XM250 machine gun and fired wildly at that direction.
"I'm going to retreat. Their firepower is too strong and they have too many people."
As they were talking, Lingyin heard the sound of the grenade safety pin coming off the ring. So, this guy held the PTT and ran while saying:
"It's over, Raphael, please save my life!"
"Don't worry, I'll collect your body later." Raphael heard the guy's powerful shout and knew that she was not in any danger.
While the F1 grenade was still drawing an arc in the air, Lingyin had already disappeared and retreated to a safe position.
Only a fool would not run. The human body has a lot of bionic materials, and it would not look good if it was blown up.
Moreover, shrapnel may affect the joints and some systems of the body. Only a brainless idiot would stand and take it.
In order to respond to the Russians' enthusiastic hospitality, she deliberately replaced the MK3 offensive grenade with the M67 fragmentation grenade, which is more powerful than the F1 grenade.
She put her four fingers together, put her palms on her chin, and said playfully in Russian:
"The big one flew out, my dear friend."
A few curses mixed with "Suka", "bitch" and "bastard" were heard by her through the dense sound of gunfire.
Lingyin took out the M320 grenade launcher hanging on the side of the backpack and fired a blue smoke bomb in return with a bang.
The smoke produced by this type of grenade is different from that produced by normal hand-thrown grenades. When it explodes, it creates a large cloud of chemical smoke.
If you are caught off guard, you might choke to death.
However, she felt that this thing would only make it difficult for the Russians to breathe and would not have much impact on them.
This was indeed the case. When Lingyin looked back from behind the corner, she saw a grenade flying out of the thick fog, leaving a long trail of blue smoke in the air.
Run away, run away, these people are really not to be messed with.
Lingyin continued to send messages to Raphael saying "Save my life" and ran towards the direction where Asuka and the others were.
……
Christopher Hammerson, military/intelligence writer for the US News Agency
According to well-informed military and intelligence sources in Washington, "an unprecedented humanitarian crisis" pierced the dark night sky over southern Germany today.
This is the worst disaster since the East Asia-Pacific crisis 30 years ago, or even in the past 50 years."
The person pointed out that the crisis was caused by the "Northern Lights" incident, but it was someone else who added fuel to the flames.
This massive influx of refugees caused a brief commotion in the Pentagon, as the generals worried that it would affect the deployment of U.S. troops in West Germany.
They also believe that it is the commitment of Germany and France to promote "military integration" that has led to the hollowing out of their military power, making it impossible for the authorities to withdraw sufficient forces to the incident area to control the situation.
To this end, they suggested that NATO take over and implement emergency rescue for the Frankfurt area.
"...Someone tried to alert the allies through other channels, but they did not seem to take appropriate measures."
So far, no confirmation has been received from the German Federal Republic's official news agency, Deutsche Presse-Agentur. However, Germans rarely report such incidents publicly.
A U.S. crisis response official spoke of the dangers of the incident, noting that a wrong response could have resulted in greater casualties, but he was reluctant to speculate on the number of civilian casualties.
"They were lucky," he explained, "because the Frankfurt authorities did not take tough lockdown measures, but only mobilized sufficient police forces to try to maintain law and order in the city."
However, in terms of the affected area, excessive deployment of police forces outside the urban area will lead to a rapid deterioration in the public security situation in rural areas.
“Once the mob realizes that it’s easier to strike in the countryside,” the official said, “vicious crimes will spread at an unimaginable speed in areas with little supervision.”
Another anonymous intelligence official said there were many strange things about this incident. He said:
"In terms of geography, the first areas to be hit by refugees should be the northern states, but this crisis happened in Frankfurt, which is in the south-central part of the country.
How do these skinny "Northern Lights" refugees manage to pass through so many cities quietly? Or, what reasons do they have to ignore the many prosperous cities along the way?
This is something our allies should think about carefully, find out the cause, and then prevent future troubles.”
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