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Chapter 628: The Northern forces Arrival:
Lieutenant Chen caught on immediately to the deception. "Team Two, concentrate fire on the door frame! Team Three, prepare fragmentation grenades for counterattack!" she shouted, creating the impression of multiple teams with specialized weapons.The psychological warfare appeared to be working….the hostile fire slackened slightly as if the attackers were reconsidering their assault plan based on this new intelligence about a larger defensive force than they'd anticipated.But the respite was brief. The female voice from earlier called out new orders from somewhere in the corridor: "Sustained suppression on the door! Keep their heads down! Breach team, prepare to push through on my mark!"The hostile fire intensified again, becoming a sustained roar of automatic weapons that forced General Carl Gerald and Lieutenant Chen to take cover behind equipment and furniture that was being progressively destroyed by the incoming rounds.General Carl Gerald's mind was racing through tactical op
Chapter 627: The way of the Champions:
The voice was female, professionally modulated, carrying authority and intelligence.Not The Architect herself…General Carl Gerald would have recognized her voice from their earlier phone conversation. But someone senior in her organization, someone with command responsibilities and tactical decision-making authority."We're offering you a deal!" the voice continued. "You have something we want…your sister Sara. We're prepared to let everyone else in that room walk away unharmed if you simply surrender Sara to us.”“You have sixty seconds to consider this offer before we breach that door and take her by force!" She immediately stated her demands.General Carl Gerald felt rage building in his chest at the casual way this woman was proposing to trade civilian lives like commodities, as if Sara was an object rather than a person, as if turning her over to people who would torture or kill her was a reasonable transaction.But he controlled his emotional response and focused on the tacti
Chapter 626: The western way of escape:
Six minutes minimum, possibly longer if the perimeter defense was strong. General Carl Gerald felt the weight of that timeline settle over the tactical situation like a death sentence."Understood," General Carl Gerald acknowledged. "Keep me updated on their progress. We'll hold this position as long as we can." General Carl Gerald immediately radioed back.He ended the transmission and turned to Lieutenant Chen, who had been listening to the radio traffic while maintaining her defensive watch on the door."Lieutenant, we need to assume we're looking at closer to ten minutes before reinforcements can reach us," General Carl Gerald said quietly. "And we need to assume The Architect is going to commit everything she has left to breaching this room and getting to Sara, my little sister.”“Which means the next ten minutes are going to be the most critical of this entire operation."Lieutenant Chen's expression showed she understood the gravity of what he was saying."Sir, with our limit
Chapter 625: The way to the fortress:
General Carl Gerald immediately looked at him before saying."That's the spirit," General Carl Gerald said, feeling pride in this officer's courage despite the terrible circumstances. He moved to where officer Walsh's rifle had been propped against the wall and checked its status…the magazine was empty, confirming that she'd expended all her ammunition during the earlier fighting. But her sidearm was still holstered, and when General Carl Gerald checked it, he found a full magazine plus one round in the chamber. Fifteen rounds that could make the difference between survival and death."Here," General Carl Gerald said, drawing Walsh's pistol and placing it in her uninjured left hand. "Safety is off, round is chambered, you're ready to fire. Only use it if hostiles breach this room.”“Until then, conserve ammunition and let Lieutenant Chen and I handle any fighting that needs to happen." General Carl Gerald immediately instructed.Officer Walsh nodded her understanding, her fingers
Chapter 624: Eight Minutes of Hell:
The medical secure room that had seemed spacious and well-equipped moments ago now felt claustrophobic and insufficient as General Carl Gerald conducted a rapid tactical assessment of their defensive position and available resources. The room was approximately five meters by four meters, with reinforced walls designed to protect valuable medical equipment from theft or damage but not specifically engineered to withstand sustained military assault. The single door was heavy steel with multiple locking points, which would slow but not permanently prevent a determined breach attempt. There were no windows, which meant no additional entry points for attackers but also no escape routes if the door was compromised.Their defensive force consisted of five people in varying states of combat effectiveness: General Carl Gerald himself, fully functional and armed with both his service weapon and the pistol he'd captured from Marcus Chen.Lieutenant Chen, combat-effective but down to perhaps t
Chapter 623: The way of the eastern wave:
"Headquarters reporting, we never came under assault!”“The diversionary attack we anticipated never materialized! This facility is secure with zero casualties!"Debra Zachs's voice carried both relief and confusion as she reported that headquarters had been completely untouched by The Architect's assault.Which meant the entire intelligence assessment about a diversionary attack on headquarters had been wrong.The Architect had never planned to attack headquarters at all. She'd fed them false intelligence knowing they would allocate defensive resources based on that false information.And the resources that had been wasted defending headquarters against an attack that never came could have reinforced the hospital.General Carl Gerald felt the tactical manipulation settle over him like a heavy blanket. The Architect had outplayed him. Had fed him intelligence that was partly true and partly false, knowing he would deploy his forces based on that mixed intelligence, creating exactly t
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