The hour hand crossed 12 o'clock in the evening and headed straight for 12:15, but there was still no patrol motorboat on the dock to hand over the motorboat, and Captain Thomas, who was patrolling the A section of the Tennessee River, finally couldn't sit still, and his intuition told him that something must be going on.

As part of the Manhattan Project's defense system, the Tennessee River was fully integrated into the U.S.-controlled area, and Captain Thomas was responsible for the more than 80-kilometer-long, winding section of the river from Concord to Knoxville. His men were required to patrol 24 hours a day, for which four motorboats were deployed, half in Concord and half in Knoxville, with two shifts alternating patrols each day, each in one patrol wave.

The first shift is scheduled for 12 a.m., but it is usually required to arrive 15 minutes early to communicate patrols and fill out records; The second handover is scheduled for 12 noon, and the process is as usual. On the whole, such a patrol force and system requires a full company to maintain, and in the overall defense system of Oak Ridge, there are a total of three similar patrol teams, each guarding each section of the river. At the same time, there is a surplus reserve on the shore to facilitate reinforcement in case of emergency.

Judging from the practice of the past two years, the shift handover is very punctual, and it will hardly deviate by 5 minutes, and the most remarkable one is 15 minutes late, because there is a little problem with the wall clock on the motorboat, but even so, the next class of officers and soldiers waiting for the handover on the dock can also see the motorboat coming in the distance, and it is the first time that there is not even a little movement after 12 o'clock like today.

"Call them on the radio and ask what's going on!"

“a2！ a2！ Hear it, please answer! Hear it, please answer! The operator screamed for 2 minutes, but there was still no response, and the entire A2 airboat seemed to have evaporated from the world.

Seeing that the hour hand had been drawn to 12:15, the anxious Captain Thomas waved his hand: "Don't wait, the second flight will set off on the A4 motorboat, pay attention to the search, contact at any time, and see what happened?" If they dare to make a mistake, come and lock them up for a week! ”

"Yes, sir!"

Harold, who was in charge of the second patrol, frowned and asked, "Sir, do you need to report immediately?" ”

"Wait a minute, it's late at night, so don't disturb the good dreams above." Thomas thought for a moment, "Stay in touch and report back as soon as you have a situation." ”

Thomas was destined not to find the 027 motorboat and the people on it, because they had already turned into cold corpses, lying in the bottom compartment of the Stone Town and sinking to the bottom, and even the steamboat looted by the North German army was now docking in another place to transport personnel and equipment, and at the same time, someone was dismantling the two Browning heavy machine guns installed on it, and in another 15 minutes, the motorboat would also sink in the Tennessee River.

While Thomas was impatiently ordering his troops to set off on a reserve motorboat to search, Skolbzny was deploying a second step of action to have commandos disguised as U.S. troops take down the checkpoint on Highway 162.

The presence of our officers and soldiers in the middle of the night made the American patrols on duty a little suspicious, but when the other party explained in fluent English that they were officers and soldiers on duty in the river and were now here to ask for help, the sentry did not suspect him, and turned around to guide the other party to find his own officers, while explaining to his companions to continue to perform their duties.

As soon as he turned around, the sergeant major, who had been laughing a moment ago, suddenly became fierce, and a choke was caught in his neck, and before he could make any noise or struggle, the sharp dagger had cut through his throat, and the sentry fell straight down like a dull burden.

The companions who remained in place spoke at about the same time: the commando nonchalantly muttered behind the sentry, "Why are you here?" ”

Hearing this question, the sentry subconsciously turned his head to see what was going on, and then felt a sharp pain in his throat: "Fooled!" It was the last thought that crossed his mind, but it was completely useless.

Five minutes later, most of the officers and men at the checkpoint were removed by the commandos in their sleep, and only two of them touched their weapons, but before they could give the alarm signal, they lost consciousness.

Stripping off their clothes and taking away their weapons, the commandos skillfully dressed themselves up, and they also found the spare clothes of this group of officers and soldiers, so the whole team turned into an American army, only Lisa looked a little strange in a beautiful ** suit, but she couldn't care too much, and fastened a steel helmet tightly and prepared to get through the chaos.

The cold screeching phone rang, and everyone was startled, not knowing what to do, Skorzny frowned, and thought for a few seconds before motioning for Wolf to pick up the receiver.

"I said, man, why did you answer the phone so late, you probably fell asleep again, right?"

"Uh, hell I was about to pee when I walked to the door and was called by you"

"Didn't pee into your crotch, did you?"

"No," Wolf replied angrily.

"Is there anything else?"

"Everything works."

"Well, good luck!"

"Click", the other party hung up the phone, Wolf only felt the cold sweat on his back came out, if the other party listened carefully, he would definitely be able to hear a trace of trembling and pitch change in the voice, but probably the one who checked the sentry was also routine, this insignificant difference did not arouse his alarm, or he was also anxious to finish the call and ask the next checkpoint, so he hung up the phone carelessly.

Skoltsny nodded approvingly at Wolff: Obviously, this is an inquiry call from the US military who came to check the post, and if he does not answer it, it will arouse great suspicion, and I don't know if Wolf's answer just now can be concealed.

"Sir, everything has been loaded into the car, shall we go?"

Looking at the corpses all over the ground, Skoltner was a little worried: what to do with these? Although solving the outpost will soon be exposed, and burying it or not will not change the consequences, it is a little bit to be able to delay a little.

Just as he was thinking about it, he heard the sound of a car in the distance, and he immediately decided: "The whole team checks, searches carefully, no matter what, we must stop this car!" If there are not many people, catch them alive as much as possible."

Only one car came, and the driver handed out his ID and relevant special passes through the window, but he was surprised to find that the officers and men on duty had suddenly changed to people he did not know, and the other party was still beckoning him to come down.

"What's going on? What about the original people? ”

"Who?"

"Sentinels on duty, I know everyone here, but I don't know you!"

Wolf said expressionlessly: "The guard has been changed, and the original troops have been arranged to other posts." ”

The other party muttered, "This is too sudden, isn't it?" Why don't I know any news? ”

"Who do you think you are?"

The other shrugged nonchalantly: "Okay, even so, you should let us pass, right?" ”

Someone gave Wolf a color, and the latter understood, motioning for his companion to carefully "search" the truck while letting the driver and escort down.

"I suspect there's something wrong with you," Wolf flicked through the pass and snapped out a sentence that almost didn't him off.

"But, sir, this is a genuine special pass issued by the garrison command, you know, we are going to send food and milk to the headquarters, you can see that our car is at dawn, and the commanders will curse people if they can't drink milk."

"I know, I know, there's no problem with the car, there's no problem with the pass, but there's a problem with the people," Wolf said, pointing to the pass, "don't you think it doesn't look like you in the photo?" ”

"You!" The other party was furious, although the photo was taken 2 years ago, there was a slight change, but this change is completely normal, and the sentry is completely messing around when he says this.

"Listen, you can't afford to delay breakfast and supplies."

"I can't afford to let the spies in."

"Okay then, give me the phone, I'll call the logistics department."

"You don't have the right to use the phone, Otto, take him down for interrogation, interrogate him separately, and see if there is any problem."

In less than 10 minutes, the three people told them all kinds of things like pouring beans into a bamboo tube, and even told them the location of the checkpoint in front of them and the relevant personnel in order to prove their innocence.

"I don't think you're a big problem, but I'll have to wait a while, I'll have to go and ask the sir." After Wolf finished speaking, several people nodded as if they were amnesty.

Little did they know that there were only a few minutes left until their death

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