Chapter 1147 Unexpected Development
"You're right, this is indeed a good idea." The bed legs spinning in Mason's hand flew out, drew a beautiful arc in the air, and landed on the row of cell door levers in the corner.
"Is this the first step you took to escape from prison?" Jack said that it was eye-opening. After so many years, the old man has not lost any of his skills. He is indeed an innate prison escaping body.
The old-fashioned lever device that controls the opening and closing of the cell door in Alcatraz Island is a row of levers standing in the corner at the end of the cell. Each lever corresponds to a cell door, and it can be opened by pulling it down.
The bed legs tied with cloth ropes landed accurately on the first lever. Mason shook his wrist and the lever fell, but what opened was the cell door next to it.
"Forgive me, after all, it has been more than 20 years."
The old man shrugged and retracted the bed leg, swinging it out again, this time successfully opening the cell door in front of them.
"I'll get us some weapons, and you take the hostages into the bathroom and hide in the sewers." Before Jack finished speaking, his figure disappeared at the end of the corridor.
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"We still have two missiles, one is already on standby on the launcher, ready to be launched at any time, General."
In the temporary command post, a square-jawed captain reported loudly.
General Hammer, whose face was gloomy and uncertain, seemed not to hear it, and then the captain repeated it loudly.
"I heard you, Captain." Hammer, who was obviously upset, did not pursue the captain's slightly offensive tone.
"It's time to give the order, general." Another burly black captain said without any respect in his tone.
"I'm the one who decides the strategy!" Hammer acted as if he was not a strategizing general, but a gambler who lost everything at the gambling table.
After much hesitation, he gave the order, "Major Buster, take the missile and four hostages, including the FBI and the British guy, to the helicopter together. I will stay and bear all the consequences."
"General!" The adjutant who was shocked by these words looked at his superior in disbelief, "We still have a chance, there are still 6 hours before the ultimatum."
"No, we have no chance." Hammer looked dejected, "They saw through our bluff, the blackmail plan went bankrupt, and the mission is over."
"Is it over?" The black captain's big eyes widened, "What about our money?"
"There is no more money, the mission is over." Hammer looked at the black captain, "The important thing now is to save your lives. Major Buster will be responsible for handling my property, and the money will be divided equally among everyone."
"Don't try to fool us so easily, General." The square-chinned captain's eyes turned evil.
"How much money do you have? We were only willing to follow you because of the more than 10 million dollars, and now you just want to send us away with just tens of thousands of dollars?"
"Watch your attitude, soldier, you are talking to a general now!" Major Buster warned loudly.
"Soldier?" The black captain sneered and refused to give in. "I am no longer a soldier. From the moment we took ordinary citizens as hostages, we became mercenaries, and mercenaries only want money."
He walked up to General Hammer with a sinister look on his face. His burly figure was extremely intimidating. "We gave up everything and were ready to be wanted, just for money, and now."
He said word for word, "Now, I want my damn money!"
I don’t know if the square-jawed captain, who is white, had discussed it with the black captain before, but now they actually sang red and white faces together.
"We still have a chance, don't we? General, order the launch of a missile and let the Pentagon see our determination. They will succumb." "I will not order the massacre of thousands of innocent civilians. Do you think I am crazy?" ? Or are you crazy? ”
Hammer's whole body was shaking with anger, and his voice could not help but tremble slightly, "I repeat it again, the mission is over!
Major Buster, inform the people at the lighthouse to dismantle the missile launchers. The rest of the people, carry the missiles and hostages onto the helicopter and prepare to evacuate! ”
In addition to the two people who stayed at the lighthouse and a soldier guarding the door, there were a total of 6 people in the headquarters. At this time, they were clearly standing on both sides, including General Hammer, and there were exactly 3 people on each side.
The atmosphere suddenly became tense, and everyone's hands involuntarily touched their weapons.
At this moment, a burst of fierce gunfire suddenly erupted outside the window. Almost everyone subconsciously looked in the direction of the lighthouse not far away. They happened to see someone letting out a long miserable howl and falling from the top of the lighthouse.
"What happened?" Everyone in the headquarters was shocked.
The lighthouse was less than a hundred meters away from the guardroom that was used as the headquarters. Through the window, one could clearly see a group of people appearing in the lighthouse isolated on the top of the cliff, and quickly took up a defensive position facing this side.
"Blackbird Two! Blackbird Two! Report the situation!" Major Buster desperately rushed to the radio and shouted loudly.
Almost at the same time, the sound of the alarm sounded, still coming from the motion sensor in the bathroom, but everyone in the command center could no longer care about it.
"Go check the cells, those hostages!" Hammer was the first to react. The confrontation was interrupted by this unexpected situation, and the soldiers who temporarily put aside their arguments rushed out of the door.
However, the moment the door opened, a body fell limply into the door.
"Sergeant Crisp!" The black captain who was leading the way was shocked. He didn't know when someone had sneaked here.
He squatted down to check whether the sergeant was dead or alive. Unexpectedly, just as he turned him over, he heard a crisp click sound that made his hair stand on end.
An M67 "Little Lemon" with the safety pin pulled out rolled from the sergeant's armpit and rolled along the dirty floor towards the stunned General Hammer.
"General! Be careful!" Major Buster, who was still calling from the radio, was blinded. He threw down the receiver, jumped away from Hammer, who was still in a daze, and threw himself on the grenade.
"Bang!" Major Buster's body was forcibly lifted nearly half a meter from the floor by the shock wave. Amidst the smoke and dust, a mouthful of blood mist mixed with fragments of internal organs spurted out.
"Tom (Buster)!" Hammer got up from the ground and rushed towards his adjutant.
The ceramic insert on Major Buster's chest was completely shattered, exuding an unpleasant smell of burnt protein. His whole body was like a torn bag that had been pierced, and blood quickly soaked his upper body.
"I am honored to serve with you, General." With these last words, the loyal adjutant breathed his last.
"Ah!" Amidst Hammer's heart-rending howl, the square-faced captain and the black captain looked at each other and hurried out of the guardroom that smelled pungent of gunpowder smoke.
(End of chapter)