Chapter 182: Demolition Plan

Lin Chen had just finished confirming the plan to attack the "Shadow Group" with Commander Zhang and Li Wei

when he received a message from Xia Nuan: several survivors in the safe zone reported

that they had recently seen Iron Hand Group people patrolling the perimeter, with unfixed routes,

as if they were guarding against something. "Although the Iron Hand Group agreed to a truce, they must still be wary of us. We must figure out their strongholds and patrol routes to avoid problems with subsequent cooperation," Lin Chen said to Li Wei.

The two decided to split into two routes. Li Wei went to prepare weapons and supplies for attacking the "Shadow Group,"

while Lin Chen took two squad members to map the Iron Hand Group's strongholds and patrol routes.

Before setting off in the off-road vehicle, Xia Nuan specially packed two packs of compressed biscuits and a bottle of hot water for Lin Chen: "Pay attention to safety, don't fight hard if you encounter danger,

contact me at any time." Lin Chen nodded, took the items, and set off quickly.

According to the intelligence collected earlier, the Iron Hand Group currently has three main strongholds,

located in the abandoned factory in West City, the warehouse in South City, and the gas station in North City. Lin Chen first came to the abandoned factory in West City,

parked the vehicle far away, and observed through binoculars—there was barbed wire around the factory,

with two guards at the entrance changing shifts every hour, and patrol personnel in groups of three,

patrolling clockwise along the perimeter of the factory, one lap every 20 minutes.

"Write it down:

guard shift change time is one hour, patrol group is three people, route is clockwise,

cycle is 20 minutes," Lin Chen said to the members beside him, while marking the location and time on the map.

Next, they went to the Chengnan warehouse. The defenses here were tighter, with four guards at the entrance,

surveillance cameras installed, and patrol personnel in groups of five, carrying machine guns, with a "Z" shaped route, one lap every 15 minutes.

"This should be the place where the Iron Hand Group stores important supplies,

the defense is so tight," one member whispered. Lin Chen nodded,

marking the surveillance locations and patrol blind spots in detail on the map: "These blind spots can be used as communication channels in the future to avoid misunderstandings." Finally,

they came to the North City gas station. There were relatively few guards here, only two, and patrol personnel in groups of two, with a straight round-trip route, one lap every 30 minutes.

After drawing the route maps for the three strongholds, Lin Chen discovered a pattern: the Iron Hand Group's patrol times all avoided two to four o'clock in the morning,

and the number of guards at the strongholds would also be reduced by half during this time period. "They might be wanting to conserve energy,

after all, they were just attacked recently," Lin Chen analyzed, marking this "weak time period" on the map.

On the way back to headquarters, the two members saw Lin Chen constantly perfecting the map,

with details marked very precisely, and couldn't help but praise: "Team Leader Lin, this map you drew is too detailed,

even the weapon models of the patrol personnel are marked. In the future, when cooperating with the Iron Hand Group,

we will never have to worry about conflicts again." Lin Chen smiled: "Details are very important, especially in such a sensitive period, where even a small misunderstanding can trigger a major conflict."

Returning to headquarters, Lin Chen handed the drawn map to Commander Zhang and Li Wei.

Commander Zhang looked at the map and nodded with satisfaction: "Too precise! With this map,

we can better coordinate actions with the Iron Hand Group and avoid friendly fire. When attacking the 'Shadow Group' tomorrow, we can also let the Iron Hand Group start from their patrol routes to form a pincer attack."

Li Wei also echoed: "That's right, I will contact the Iron Hand Group leader now

and discuss the pincer attack plan with him." In the evening, headquarters held a simple mobilization meeting to prepare for tomorrow's action. Everyone sat around together, eating compressed biscuits and canned food, but the atmosphere was very enthusiastic. Someone started it, asking Lin Chen to sing a song to liven up the atmosphere.

Lin Chen was stunned for a moment, then smiled and stood up, cleared his throat, and sang a tune he had occasionally heard before: "Love the blade and horse, the blade and horse love, the blade and horse galloping outside the frontier..." The singing wasn't professional, but it was powerful. Everyone clapped lightly to the rhythm, and the atmosphere became even more enthusiastic. After singing, Li Wei shouted: "Good! Tomorrow we will be just like in the song, galloping on the battlefield and eliminating the 'Shadow Group'!" Everyone responded one after another, their eyes firm.

After the mobilization meeting ended, Lin Chen returned to the temporary dormitory and sent a message to Xia Nuan, telling her that the map drawing was completed and that if the action went smoothly tomorrow, he would be back soon. Xia Nuan replied "Pay attention to safety, waiting for you to return," and also attached a photo of Tuan Tuan sleeping. Lin Chen looked at the photo, feeling warm in his heart, and became even more determined to successfully complete the mission tomorrow. ===== CHAPTER 183 =====