Chapter 947 Funeral? battlefield!
Jack did not stay in the hall for long. Although he wore a hood and avoided the surveillance position as much as possible, and even wore special thick-soled shoes, he did not want to be too conspicuous.
They had no intention of sabotaging the surveillance. On the contrary, they deliberately exposed their bodies to the surveillance. Although everyone had disguised themselves to a certain extent, this was just a way of deceiving others.
The purpose of this seemingly reckless raid was not only to obtain internal information about "New Era Technology", but also to deliberately expose the special investigators to the other party.
How to conceal one's identity to the mastermind behind the scenes naturally relies on Reacher's unusual figure, so everyone else is a supporting role at the moment, and the only protagonist is that even if he wears a hood, he can A big guy whose identity can be guessed at a glance.
Once again, he used beanbag bombs to clear out the two hurried security guards. Jack left the office building of "New Era Technology" and began to run wildly. The SUV they dropped was also one of the clues. The evacuation vehicle was parked on both sides. kilometers away.
Although this Hyundai SUV was rented by Dixon under a false identity, if someone checked carefully, with a little effort, they would find that the investigation company pointed to by this false identity is the one she currently works for. Home.
In view of the investigative materials they previously found in the car of the professional killer Trevor Salopian, Jack and Reacher believed that this should not be difficult for the mastermind behind the scenes.
The SUV that picked up the application was Nigli's black Range Rover. Jack got into the cab and started to look at the time. At the 11th minute, O'Donnell hurried over with a big bag. At the 15th minute, Negli and Dixon also panted and jumped into the trunk carrying two large bags of hard drives.
"Where's the big guy?" Jack glanced at the rearview mirror and didn't see Reacher.
"I don't know, but he told us not to wait for him before." Dixon smiled happily after taking off her hood, as if she had not just gone to rob a defense company, but grabbed her favorite item during the Christmas Black Friday rush. a long-lasting item.
"We should go." O'Donnell urged.
Jack looked sideways at the three of them, "Are you sure."
"I don't want to leave either, but he said seriously before setting off that it was an order, and I will not disobey the colonel's order. , we have to leave if he says so." Nigli looked serious, and the others nodded.
Are these retired soldiers so rigid? Although arrangements have been made, even if it takes more than 15 minutes, the NYPD will not be able to take action.
Hearing the sirens in the distance, Jack subconsciously released the handbrake. Just a few seconds after he stepped on the accelerator, the Range Rover had just jumped out less than 20 meters when a figure like a giant bear crashed through the parking lot fence and rushed forward. Get on the road.
Jack, who was always paying attention to the rearview mirror, applied the brakes, and the Land Rover pulled out two long ruts and stopped.
Rachel opened the passenger door and came to the door. Pulling off the ski mask, you could see that the hair on his forehead was soaked with sweat. "I can't believe you actually planned to leave me behind."
Jack subconsciously opened his mouth, then looked back at the three special investigators who were snickering, and shook his head speechlessly, "A bunch of big-skinned people."
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On a hill not far from Brooklyn's industrial area, there is a cemetery that stretches 478 acres and has a history of nearly 200 years - Greenwood Cemetery.
It was already early in the morning, and everyone put on formal clothes with mainly black tones and stood solemnly. In front of them was a coffin covered with stars and stripes.
On a shelf next to the statue of the Virgin is a large photo of Calvin Franz in military uniform standing in front of the Stars and Stripes, with several wreaths of flowers next to it.
Franz’s wife Angela held a red rose and stared at her husband’s coffin with mournful eyes. Their somewhat ignorant son Mikey stood beside her with an uneasy expression and his little hands tightly grasping Wearing the hem of her mother's black trench coat.
Six soldiers in Army uniforms lined up on both sides of the coffin, and a priest began to recite, "Here we lay Calvin Franz to rest, ashes to ashes, soil to earth, Let the deceased be at peace and the living be freed, eh.”
There were also believers among the relatives attending the funeral. After the priest finished reciting, they all made the sign of the cross on their chests.
The priest stepped aside, and a commander walked to the front of the coffin and solemnly performed a military salute. At the same time, the special investigators headed by Reacher straightened their bodies and raised their right hands. salute.
The Army soldiers on both sides of the coffin leaned over at the same time, picked up the Stars and Stripes on the coffin and pulled it straight.
"Fire team, stand at attention!"
"Stand by." "Ready!"
“Raise the gun!”
As the commands were given, seven Army soldiers not far away pointed their M1 carbines into the sky.
“Fire!” With the command, the blank ammunition was fired, and the crisp sound of gunshots resounded over the cemetery, startling a group of crows.
“Get ready!”
"Raise the gun!"
The command sounded again, and the whole process had to be cycled 21 times.
Jack was not a soldier and did not need to raise his hands to salute. When he was bowing his head in silence, he felt uneasy in his heart. He subconsciously looked up to the end of the road not far away.
There was a Saber parked there, and inside it were Jiejie and Hannah, who had been secretly accompanying Franz and her son these past few days.
The door of Saboban's car was suddenly opened, and Hannah and Jiejie jumped out of the car with Noveske N4 assault rifles in hand, pointing to the other side of the cemetery.
Jack's eyelids twitched, and his eyes followed the direction of the muzzles of the two of them to a corner of the cemetery, where a bush was swaying in the absence of wind.
“Get down!”
Jack pushed Reacher hard, and the big man only swayed slightly, and he had already used reverse assistance to knock down the mother and son on the other side. .
Almost at the same time, a bullet roared out, shattering the glass frame of the portrait of Calvin Franz.
At the same time, the Noveske N4 in the hands of Jiejie and Hannah also fired, and they fired continuously, not seeking hits, just to attract the firepower of the attackers.
Gunshots rang out all of a sudden. Although the Noveske N4 belonged to the same family of AR guns as the assault rifle used by the attacker, the gunfire when the subsonic bullets it used was slightly dull, so Jack could clearly tell the difference.
Although the number of the other party could not be seen clearly for the time being, it was obvious that there were more than two attackers, because Jiejie and Hannah were quickly suppressed behind the front of the car and unable to raise their heads, and the intensive gunfire destroyed the funeral. The scene instantly turned into a battlefield.
But thanks to the timely response of the two of them, they forced the other party to fire only one shot and then had to turn the gun to counterattack. There were no casualties on the funeral side.
About thirty or forty people came to mourn Franz’s relatives and friends. In addition to special investigators like Reacher, several of them were also retired soldiers.
In addition, there were more than a dozen honor guard soldiers who came to hold the funeral, but none of them carried weapons. The M1 carbines used in the ceremony were all loaded with blank ammunition.
But the advantage of having soldiers at the scene was that the crowd could be evacuated in a timely and orderly manner. Jack protected Franz's wife and children and hid behind an old tree that was as thick as three people's arms. Soon, a soldier and a relative were there risking their lives. rushed to respond.
“Get them out of here.” Jack yelled and handed his pistol to the soldier. He pulled out the FK7.5 from his waist and took off the special folding gun from his belt. Butt.
The special accessories of his spare gun have not been used for a long time. The last time he used this folding gun stock shaped like a spoon was to deal with those inhuman "ogres".
(End of this chapter)