Chapter 620 All Present

National Capital Territory, Presidential Palace.

Outside the huge lawn, groups of students are walking towards the tourist entrance of the Presidential Palace under the leadership of their teachers. As a rare weekly open day, today is no exception to attract teachers and students from the school. Patriotism education.

Although the open areas are mainly public office areas, business areas, and some rooms that are not commonly used on weekdays, people who have made reservations are still waiting for a year.

At the entrance where tourists visit, two black-painted HCPs from the Secret Service are like two giant guards, standing quietly behind the security gate. At this moment, they are in a low-power operating state, and only the main monitor on their heads is continuously operating. Observe the surroundings to see if there are any abnormal units.

Some Secret Service agents are guarding, patrolling, and guiding visitors on the right path. The lightweight exoskeletons they wear have a special appearance design that almost blends in with their all-black uniforms. , making these Secret Service agents look less conspicuous and oppressive than military and police personnel.

Some students are even excited to find them or HCPs to take photos with. As long as it does not affect the performance of official duties, these agents generally do not refuse these requests.

After all, this is the federal capital, the safest place in the federation. They can't imagine what problems could happen here.

Until a rapid beep sounded in their ears, followed by a nervous order from the commander of the Presidential Palace’s special service force:

"Attention everyone, the President has issued martial law, and the tour of the Presidential Palace has been suspended! Team 1-6 began to clear the site! Operation 'Mockingbird' began, and everyone entered combat mode. Team 7-12 quickly went to the equipment warehouse for combat replacement. Pretend! This is not a drill. Repeat”

At the beginning of every year, the Secret Service will set a new round of operation code names. These operations or tasks with fixed code names are generally not simple tasks.

The code name 'Mockingbird' means that the Presidential Palace will encounter a huge threat. The President will be escorted to the bunker. At the same time, the Presidential Palace will also activate all defense facilities, and all Secret Service agents will also enter combat status and authorize Shoot all suspicious persons who enter the cordoned area.

Although there were still many doubts in their minds, as agents of the Secret Service, they immediately began to execute the order.

The security gate was closed, and the teachers and students who were unable to enter the Presidential Palace complained loudly, but the two HCPs officially activated behind the gate made them step back unconsciously.

After the teachers saw the martial law order issued on their respective terminals, they first confirmed whether it was true or false, and then they did not dare to neglect it anymore and took the students away quickly.

Tourists who had already entered the presidential palace to visit were quickly taken out by Secret Service agents and ordered to leave the warning area within 200 meters of the border of the presidential palace.

Teams of agents quickly changed their outfits, installed additional bulletproof plates on their exoskeletons, and took out various military-standard weapons and explosives from the arsenal. They quickly arrived at the preset positions raised from the ground throughout the presidential palace. superior.

Near the position, fortress-like heavy particle turrets are rising under the huge lawn. The sound of metal friction is particularly harsh in the silent air. The front end of the accelerating track flashes with a chilling cold light, as if the god of death is unfolding. eyes, mercilessly watching everything in the outside world.

Coupled with the composite armored walls raised around it, a temporary defense line was formed that completely surrounded the presidential palace. When the Atlas Group was on the Parade 4, it showed this kind of defense combination full of 'retro' style. , and after withstanding the test, the Presidential Palace also quickly improved its defense measures.

"All heavy particle turrets have been raised, and the anti-aircraft high-energy lasers and charged particle cannons have also been activated!"

"The deflection field generators everywhere are operating stably and the automatic protection mode has been turned on!"

"All the agents on duty at the Presidential Palace are in place, and the support force has set off from the Secret Service headquarters and is expected to arrive in 10 minutes!"

A piece of information came to the Presidential Palace security commander. When he saw on the small virtual sandbox that all the defense facilities of the Presidential Palace turned green, and the 'VIP logo' representing the president also arrived in the underground fortress, he quietly relaxed. tone.

At least the president will not be killed in the presidential office by opposition armed forces like a certain president in history——

"What?! Have you confirmed that the 2nd and 3rd Capital Guard Regiments have rebelled?"

In the underground fortress, Brandon, who had just contacted Major General Henry, the commander of martial law, heard bad news as soon as he came up.

"Yes, Your Excellency."

Major General Henry said in a low tone:

"We have completely lost contact with the 2nd and 3rd Regiments. Surveillance satellites over the capital also discovered that these two troops left the station with all their heavy equipment. The 2nd Regiment is on the march. Judging from the route, it is preparing to go to the Capitol while the 3rd Regiment is An urban combat formation was deployed, and their target should be the Ministry of Defense building."

"The Department of Defense building, Secretary Miller is in danger."

Brandon's brows furrowed. He didn't know if he was worried about the safety of Defense Secretary Miller or something else.

The Ministry of National Defense building located in the Federal Capital Territory does not have much protection force.

Outside the Ministry of National Defense building, the armed police in the neighborhood are responsible for protecting it. In fact, the police in this neighborhood are mainly responsible for the stability of the outside area.

Police officers will investigate and question ordinary vehicles entering the Ministry of Defense building at important intersections, which is the first line of defense under normal circumstances.

However, even though the equipment and firepower of these armed police are far higher than those of ordinary local police, they are still far behind the regular army. At least the police force will be equipped with a few multi-legged chariots at most, not HCP.

As for the interior of the Ministry of Defense building, although there are more security personnel, the security force composed of these federal police, Secret Service agents and defense contractors can only be regarded as a "light infantry" unit at most. In Amber's words, the firepower is not even as strong as the escort force of the Atlas Foreign Office.

So Brandon knew very well that if there were no other troops rushing over to support, the Ministry of Defense building would definitely not be able to be defended.

"Major General Henry, how many troops do you have that you can control?" Brandon asked.

"The Security Command has a battalion of troops, but only infantry fighting vehicles and no other heavy equipment. Then we have also contacted the 1st Security Regiment, and they can be dispatched at any time."

Brandon: "Let the 1st Security Regiment go directly to the Ministry of Defense building for support. We must not let the rebels capture it!"

"Ministry of Defense building? What about you? The guard force of the Presidential Palace is also limited." Major General Henry asked with some surprise. He did not expect the president to ask him to protect the Ministry of Defense first.

"There are still some defense facilities on the Presidential Palace side, and there will be other "armed forces" to support it soon, so there is no need to worry for the time being, but the Ministry of Defense is different. Facing a regiment of troops, their defense forces can't do anything to resist."

Brandon said, and at the same time looked at a troop approaching the Presidential Palace on the holographic sand table.

Major General Henry on the other side of the communication, although he didn't know what unit the "armed force" the president gave you, he had to admit that what Brandon said was indeed correct. Compared with the Presidential Palace, the situation in the Ministry of Defense building is indeed more dangerous.

But the problem is that the current threats are not all from within the Capital Special Administrative Region.

"Mr. President," Major General Henry continued, "There is a situation that I must inform you of. The Second and Third Garrison Heavy Combined Brigades have left their bases and are rapidly approaching the Capital Special District. They have cut off contact with the martial law headquarters, and the vanguard has also deployed an attack formation."

"Have the Second and Third Garrison Brigades also been controlled?"

This sudden news made Brandon realize that the situation was more complicated than he had imagined, but even so he still insisted on his decision.

"The order remains unchanged. It will take some time for these two brigades to enter the city, but the Ministry of Defense will be attacked soon. Send someone to support them first!"

"Yes, sir!"

After the communication with the garrison headquarters ended, Brandon looked up at a senior officer in the bunker and asked, "Who is the commander of the First Garrison Brigade?"

"It's Colonel Cullen."

The senior officer who answered had just listened to the conversation between Brandon and Major General Henry, so he guessed what Brandon wanted to ask, so he continued to add:

"When he was nominated to be promoted to the commander of the Capital Garrison Brigade, he had a lot of unpleasantness with the congressmen because of some political issues, and even the First "He was opposed by congressmen when he was promoted for the first time. Among all the promotions of senior officers in that batch, only his promotion was rejected."

Brandon's eyes lit up: "It sounds like this Colonel Cullen and the congressmen don't get along well?"

"Indeed." The senior officer nodded, "and his promotion nomination was also recommended by the Minister of the Army, and the Minister of the Army was promoted by the Minister of Defense."

"So he is considered one of our 'own people'?"

"Yes, in this situation, he is indeed one of our 'own people'."

Hearing the officer's answer, Brandon no longer hesitated and directly asked the communication personnel in the bunker to connect to the headquarters of the First Garrison Brigade.

Soon, a middle-aged officer who was fully armed with a combat exoskeleton appeared on the holographic projection platform.

"Mr. President! The First Garrison Brigade of the Capital has assembled and is waiting for orders!"

Colonel Cullen stood up and saluted with a 'snap', and a sense of solemnity almost came over him.

Brandon looked at the middle-aged soldier and said slowly: "Colonel Karen, it's time for the Federation to test you."

"Understood, sir! We have been waiting for this order"

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At the same time, the Secret Service agents who were waiting outside the presidential palace, and some armed police who received the order to come to support, also found that an unidentified armed team was approaching.

"The drone discovered an unknown armed team-231 armed personnel, 12 light multi-legged tanks, 6 medium multi-legged tanks, and 3 HCPs! It has passed the intersection of Constitution Street and Liberty Avenue!"

"Keep monitoring! Everyone prepare for battle!"

Although the defense commander of the presidential palace immediately issued the order to "prepare for battle", he was still muttering in his heart.

Because this team did not show any intention to attack, and the drone that just discovered them was just an ordinary one equipped by the peripheral armed police, and it was not shot down in this case, indicating that the other party did not intend to attack them.

Thinking of this, the defense commander couldn't help but think that before entering the bunker, President Brandon had told him that there would be armed units coming to support.

"Could it be this team?"

The defense commander was just thinking when he heard the nearby adjutant say: "Report! Received the laser identification code of the unknown team unit, etc., the identification passed?! The combat assistance system marked it as a friendly unit!"

"Is this really a friendly unit?"

The defense commander was stunned for a moment, and then the communication channel in the team also received an access request.

After carefully asking the correspondent to set up a temporary communication line and having the electronic warfare technicians ready to carry out electronic warfare attacks at any time, the defense commander connected the communication, and a cold voice came from the other side.

"This is the 'Enterprise Federation' security team, now entrusted to assist in the defense of the Presidential Palace. Please guide us to the defensive position."

Defense commanders have heard of the name 'Enterprise Confederation'. It is rumored that after the disintegration of the 'military-industrial complex', some enterprises formed a 'mutual aid group' to tide over the crisis. But now it seems that this The 'corporate conglomerate' seems to have something to do with the president?

However, the defense commander no longer cares about this. Having this extra group of armed forces at the moment is tantamount to giving him timely help.

Therefore, after repeatedly confirming that the opponent's laser identification code was correct, the defense commander temporarily incorporated them into the tactical network and accepted unified command.

The latter also had no ink marks, and quickly adjusted his marching direction and rushed towards the designated peripheral defense zone of the Presidential Palace.

Just when the defense commander was delighted with the increase in the presidential palace's security capabilities, the combat assistance system suddenly issued an alarm.

"Warning! A strong electric field reaction has been detected! It is determined to be a heavy particle cannon shot!"

"boom!"

The next second, a blue-white beam of light flashed across the street without warning and hit the rear of the armed team that had just arrived.

Amidst the violent explosions, the defense commander only saw the icons representing a dozen armed personnel and three light multi-legged tanks marked with a red cross in the list of support units that had just been organized.

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack! The attack is coming from the direction of Xianzheng Street, and multiple HCPs are approaching quickly!"

The adjutant responsible for monitoring the battlefield situation yelled, and then the drone surveillance screen in front of him turned into a blurry screen. It was obvious that the real enemy appeared this time.

The sudden attack obviously stunned the security team of the 'Enterprise Federation'. The originally neat and fast marching team was dispersed by one shot, but the three HCP pilots in the team reacted. He immediately slid to the back of the team and activated the deflection field without hesitation.

The next second, a series of attacks swept over, arousing a frenzy of silver snakes, and the entire street was plunged into a violent flash of light.

It also means that the hot war between the two sides of the coup has officially begun.