Chapter 1768: Action Plan

They felt that if they wanted to meet the Lord, their methods were all feasible.

These agents shuddered.

Someone gave up, sat in a chair, spread their hands and said, "We have no Method at all to sneak into these military bases; the first step cannot be completed."

"Not to mention the subsequent action, stealing the Bicycle out."

"Such an important item must still be locked in a warehouse deep within the base; how we get in is a problem in itself."

"Let alone the Ottoman Army inside the base, which is as numerous as ants, and the warehouse guards."

"Even if we got in, how would we steal the Bicycle out?"

"This thing is not exactly small, either; ride it out?"

"We would be riddled with holes by the Ottoman Army."

The group fell silent for a moment; there were so many difficulties placed before them, yet not a single solution.

"We should tell headquarters to let them abandon this unrealistic idea. If we were to sacrifice ourselves for this matter, it would expose our arrangements in the Ottoman Empire, which would make our subsequent actions even more passive."

After discussing for a while, the group decided to abandon the operation to steal the Bicycle, as the danger index was too high.

If they were not careful, there was a risk of total annihilation.

However, they still needed to report back to Tsarist Russia, so in the absence of a Method to steal the Bicycle, they chose to steal another item.

The design blueprints of the Bicycle.

If an ordinary agent made this choice, it would absolutely be suicide.

Things like design blueprints, especially those gifted by Longyan, possessed very high protection clearance within the Ottoman Empire.

Stealing the design blueprints was no less difficult than stealing the Bicycle.

It could easily make these agents famous subjects for medical research.

However, it was not that these agents did not know such a situation would occur, but rather that they determined the design blueprints were at least easier to transport than the Bicycle once obtained.

Of course, that was not all; there were other reasons that led them to make this choice.

Their daily identities were all Ottoman workers; although the Ottoman Empire was an Empire and a country with autocratic monarchy, it was influenced by Longyan.

The Ottoman Empire also came up with so-called employment.

Therefore, there were also hired workers in the Factory, though the wages given were frighteningly low.

But that was not important; what was important was that, as workers, they could come into contact with anything produced inside the Factory.

Including the parts of the Bicycle.

Because the factories built under the guidance of Longyan only produced parts and did not directly produce finished Bicycles.

They had also thought about stealing these parts back to assemble them, but after thinking about it, there was simply no way.

A Bicycle had hundreds of parts, each looking very unique, and they did not know how to assemble them.

Moreover, these parts were checked by specialized personnel, and not a single mistake was allowed.

However, because they were producing parts, they needed the most basic design blueprints to ensure that the produced parts would not deviate.

Therefore, basic Bicycle design blueprints were stored in the Factory, and these were their targets.

There were four Tsarist Russia agents executing the mission.

One of them was an Ottoman wealthy merchant; he participated in this matter purely because it was exciting enough, wanting to add a little fun to his boring, decadent daily life.

The other three were all Ottoman workers.

The reason they opposed the Ottoman Empire and participated in this death-defying operation had only one purpose: money.

When evening came.

The four-person Bicycle-stealing group began their action.

The wealthy merchant was not a worker and could only provide support outside the Factory, but as a rich man, he deeply understood how useful money was.

To ensure the success of tonight's operation, he bribed the guards inside the Factory and obtained the keys to give to the workers.

The three workers were the main personnel for this operation; they would directly decide whether the future would be spent in prison or living a carefree life outside.

The three were also old employees in the Factory, and they were extremely familiar with the environment inside.

They found the place where the Bicycle design blueprints were stored with ease.

However, there were guards here, though they had already been bribed by the wealthy merchant.

The three looked at the guards, and the guards acted as if they did not see them, leaving a gap for them to enter quite reasonably.

After a thorough search, they successfully found what they believed to be the design blueprints.

The Bicycle Sketch.

With the Bicycle drawn on it, after confirming it was correct, they carefully put it away and left swaggeringly while the guards were in a state of near-blindness.

The three quickly left the Factory and headed to the designated location to rendezvous.

At the rendezvous point, the wealthy merchant's Horse Carriage had long been waiting there.

For them, this operation plan was simply so smooth it could not be described in words.

That such an important Bicycle design blueprint was stolen by them so easily was simply a miracle.

The four people who got into the Horse Carriage looked at this Bicycle design blueprint.

They were thinking about a critical question.

Now that the design blueprints were in hand, and this thing was real, how should they hand this item over next?

Although this thing was a piece of paper, they had no way to pass it out through normal channels.

They usually communicated information through very complex codes during meetings to prevent information leakage.

They had never met their superiors.

Handing such design blueprints directly to their superiors was also a good choice.

But, a small accident occurred.

Just as they were about to begin their operation, they learned that their superiors had gone missing and there was currently no Method to contact them.

Yet, keeping such a dangerous item in the hands of the four of them was dangerous every single minute; if the Ottoman people discovered it, imprisonment for the four of them would be the least of their worries.

They might very well die inside.

Furthermore, this set of blueprints involved their exorbitant reward, and in order to obtain this reward, the blueprints had to be delivered into the hands of the Tsarist Russia people.

Ottoman and Tsarist Russia had been at odds for a long time, and the two countries had completely severed all contact.

Only a few people were still engaged in the dangerous profession of smuggling.

But this item could not be handed over to those smugglers.

After deep thought and meditation, the wealthy merchant once again made use of his specialty.

Having money.

Although Ottoman had completely severed relations with Tsarist Russia, other countries had not.

They could completely send these blueprints out through another country.

And accomplishing such a thing was as easy as turning over one's hand for him.

His business also existed in other countries, for example, Portugal.

Therefore, the Bicycle-stealing quartet decided to entrust the glorious task of delivering the Bicycle blueprints to Tsarist Russia to the wealthy merchant.

The wealthy merchant gladly accepted; this was much more interesting than bragging in a tavern.