Chapter 257 Ambitious Young Man Franklin

After the communication ended, Amber suddenly realized that she seemed to have set a big flag.

However, since the words have been said, it is too late to say anything at this time. It is better to let the troops prepare fully to deal with the brutal urban street fighting.

Thinking of the two street fightings experienced on Robert IV, Amber felt that she could not fight normally on Rubion V this time. She must find a way to reduce the intensity of the battle and reduce the casualties of the troops in the process of attacking the city.

This is why Amber sent a special operations team of the teaching team to infiltrate the urban area of ​​​​Ptolemy two days ago.

In fact, other troops of the coalition have also tried to infiltrate small groups of troops and disguise reconnaissance methods before, trying to understand the situation of the imperial remnants in the urban area of ​​​​Ptolemy.

However, due to personnel quality, combat planning and arrangements, no results were achieved.

Instead, many scouts were killed, and the imperial remnants in the city were alert.

At present, Atlas' special operations team, which successfully infiltrated the urban area of ​​​​Ptolemy through the underground sewage treatment network, has also arrived at the end of this "sewer journey", Check Point_6.

The underground sewage treatment network inspection map in their hands did not show any errors. At least there was a large manhole cover above their heads.

When everyone relied on willpower and oral stimulants with built-in water bags in their exoskeletons to patiently wait until 2 a.m. in this sewer, Baninger decided to take the next step.

Since this large inspection manhole cover is usually used for drainage or for spider-type inspection robots to pass through, there is no staircase for human use.

So the "leader" could only use a multi-function launcher to hit a penetrating expansion bolt on the side of the manhole cover, and then slowly hang himself up with a carbon fiber rope.

This will fix the bolt, and it can be used if the team goes out from here later.

When the other teammates looked at this leader, he was like a corpse fished out of the water, and was hung on the side of the manhole cover.

He pulled out a fiber optic probe from his arm armor and carefully extended it half a centimeter from the drainage hole of the manhole cover.

The picture taken by the fiber optic probe was immediately displayed on the tactical mask of this leader.

The fiber optic probe in the ‘fisheye’ mode can provide almost 360° omnidirectional vision at this angle.

The front-line soldier carefully looked at the picture in the tactical visor. Outside the manhole cover was a small alley between buildings. At this time, it was late at night and no one else was found in this small alley.

After confirming this, the front-line soldier pushed the fiber optic probe out again, this time extending it a full five centimeters.

Then, the front section of the fiber optic probe opened like the ribs of an umbrella, and a set of extremely thin metal wires formed a set of ‘antenna arrays’.

The front-line soldier controlled this small antenna array to turn around flexibly. The electromagnetic wave signals nearby were quickly captured and quickly analyzed through the ‘electromagnetic spectrum analysis module’ built into the combat exoskeleton.

One by one, red marks symbolizing ‘suspicious signals’ appeared in the picture, but they quickly disappeared one by one as the analysis module operated.

In the end, only a red mark was left at the entrance of the alley.

The front-line soldier zoomed in on the captured picture and finally confirmed that it was a surveillance camera facing the alley.

"Lieutenant, there is an alley outside the exit, and it is a dead end inside. There are residential buildings on both sides. No suspicious targets have been found for the time being. The surveillance camera at the entrance of the alley may capture us, but it can be interfered with. Please instruct the next action."

The vanguard quickly reported the situation in a low voice on the communication channel, and Baninger did not hesitate for too long.

"Interfere with the camera, and we will go out from here."

"Yes, Lieutenant."

After receiving Baninger's order, the vanguard immediately began to interfere with the camera.

This wireless surveillance camera installed in the city hall is just a civilian product.

The biggest advantage is the high self-sustaining power relying on solar power supply and the flexibility of wireless deployment.

But the disadvantages are also obvious. Wireless transmission equipment is more susceptible to interference than wired transmission equipment.

Although Ptolemy City Hall also considered the situation of being interfered by criminals, it deliberately chose the anti-interference type, which can basically resist conventional interference.

But this thing is still civilian after all. When facing military professional interference equipment, the anti-interference ability is almost the same as nothing.

After a few seconds, the vanguard completed the interference.

Then he opened the manhole cover and climbed out, and quickly stuck to the shadow of the building wall on the right.

The low-visibility matte-painted exoskeleton has a certain concealment effect at night, and now it is hidden in the shadow of the building, the effect is even better.

At this moment, even if someone passed by the alley and turned his head to take a look, he would not find that a fully armed soldier was aiming at him with a gun in the depths of the alley.

"Safe."

"Received, others start to move, pay attention to concealment!"

As Baninger lowered his voice and gave an order, the members of the special operations team climbed up one by one with the help of the carbon fiber rope left by the vanguard.

After climbing out of the well, they also quickly hid in the shadow of the building.

Under the cold moonlight, this seemingly empty alley actually hid more than a dozen armed personnel wearing combat exoskeletons.

When the last member of the rear guard climbed out of the well and put the cover back on.

Several members took out the compressed cans filled with "deodorant", opened them and threw them on the ground.

A fresh smell accompanied by a faint smoke instantly filled the alley, and then it did not last long before it dissipated in the air.

The strong sewer smell on the special operations team that came out of the smoke was also reduced by 80% after being baptized by the "deodorant".

Although there is still some smell when you smell it up close, at least it is not strong enough to cause "disturbance" among the citizens or alert the remnants of the empire.

Just when the special operations team completed the "deodorization" and planned to leave the alley and infiltrate to a relatively safe location under the cover of night.

The vanguard who had already touched the alley found that the microphone captured a sound of footsteps, and the tactical mask immediately showed a "wave-shaped" indicator in the corresponding direction.

"Someone is coming, retreat to the shadows."

The vanguard said calmly in the communication channel, raising the lowered muzzle to point at the alley entrance, and retreating cautiously to the rear.

Although the combat exoskeleton on his body was heavy and had additional armor plates, the footsteps of this thing were not heavy.

With the cooperation of the exquisite electromagnetic joints and the magnetic suspension shock absorber on the soles of the feet (which was previously closed underwater), coupled with the special training of the teaching team on weekdays.

The vanguard wearing the "Crazy Crocodile A1 ver.Human" exoskeleton controlled the retreating footsteps to less than 20 decibels - which is not much different from the sound of ordinary people walking slowly in shoes.

After hearing his words, the other people in the alley stopped their steps and quickly hid in the shadow of the building.

Then he also aimed the electromagnetic rifle in his hand at the alley entrance.

Soon, several young people in various styles of clothing rushed into the alley, and after walking a distance inside, they bent down and supported their knees and began to breathe heavily.

"It may be a civilian, don't open fire for now."

Banninger's voice sounded in the communication channel, and the members of the special operations team also stood by with their guns slightly pointed down.

"Fortunately, we ran fast, otherwise we would have been discovered by the Imperial patrol!"

"Yeah, I was almost scared to death just now. By the way, did Frank and the others run in another direction?"

"Yes, I saw them running in another direction. We will meet them at the designated location later."

While everyone was talking, a young man sat down on the ground. He naturally began to breathe heavily after the intense exercise, and then he smelled the strange smell in the air.

"Eh? Do you smell anything?"

"It seems a bit smelly?"

"The smell of the sewer, right? Isn't there such a big manhole cover over there? It's really a surprise~"

A boy who was disdainful of his companion's fuss retreated to the wall and planned to lean against the wall to rest for a while.

Little did he know that a fully armed soldier was standing behind him at this moment.

Just as he was about to hit the person behind him, a pair of big hands stretched out from the darkness covered his mouth and put a dagger on his neck.

Before the other young people could even react to what happened, they saw several "water ghost"-like guys suddenly rushing out of the shadows.

Then before the first syllable of their screams came out, they covered their mouths and pressed them against the wall.

"If you don't want to die, don't move or make a sound."

The voice without any emotion sounded in the ears of these young people.

The young people who had never seen such a scene were already scared silly. After hearing this, they nodded like chickens pecking at rice.

After the special operations team placed a temporary surveillance probe at the entrance of the alley, they dragged these young people back to the depths of the alley.

The front-line soldier looked at the young man who had gradually calmed down in front of him, and spoke in a voice that had been changed through the loudspeaker of the tactical mask.

"I will slowly loosen my hand. If you dare to scream, the dagger on your neck will pierce you without hesitation. Do you understand?"

The young man nodded in agreement, and the front-line soldier slowly loosened his hand covering his mouth after looking at him for a few seconds.

When his nose was free to breathe air again, the young man finally found that the "strange smell" they had just smelled seemed to be emitted from the armed men in front of him.

Before he could think about it, the evil-looking armed man in front of him spoke again.

"Name?"

"Franklin Abraham."

"Occupation?"

"Graduate of Rubion University, intern in the Senate of the Galaxy Autonomous Government."