"The higher authorities require us to deal a heavy blow to DuPont before the 30th of this month. It is best to cause the death of an important high-level DuPont company, such as Henry DuPont, or La Motte DuPont. What request?" Bond said to Robson, who was in charge of Operations.

"We need all kinds of information from DuPont, including the portraits of the personnel, their activity habits, their residences, the security situation of their residences, the layout of the DuPont factory and the location and layout of the gunpowder depot, the nearby traffic terrain, and the status of their security work. The more information of this kind, the better. But in the process of obtaining this information, DuPont must not be alerted.” Although with Blackwater’s current strength, it is not impossible to go directly to DuPont. But it would be too bad to influence them like that, and it would be easy to leave some evidence against them, which is far less secretive than methods like making explosions. DuPont is a gunpowder factory. Isn't it normal for a gunpowder factory to have an explosion accident? However, DuPont themselves are very aware of this, and they have also used this method to attack many competitors. They must be very careful about such means.

"The layout of the DuPont factory is very easy to obtain." Bond said, "DuPont is also a sweatshop, and the mobility of workers is not small. We can easily get the layout of the DuPont factory from workers who have worked at DuPont. In addition, we sent people dressed as a circus to perform a hot air balloon show in Wilmington. Taking this opportunity, we overlooked the entire Wilmington, and compared the descriptions of the original DuPont workers, for the DuPont factory, gunpowder depot, and the residence of the Dupont family to draw a more detailed picture. In addition, our people also bought people from the municipal department to obtain detailed drawings of the sewer system in Wilmington. I hope these can be helpful to you.”

As Bond said, he motioned to stop and put out the various drawings.

"This man is Henry DuPont, nicknamed 'General'. He is now the top executive of DuPont. He used to stay in the army. After taking charge of DuPont, he adopted a militarized management method for DuPont. This man is very bossy and decisive. , is now DuPont's leadership core." Bond explained, pointing to a piece of paper with a sketched portrait.

"Is the picture a portrait?" Robson asked.

"The similarity rate is at least 90 percent." Bond's assistant replied.

Robson took the portrait and looked at it carefully as if he wanted to imprint it in his brain. "Fine, go on," Robson said.

"This is a portrait of La Motte Dupont. It's not easy to get this portrait, because this person hardly appears in public. This person is Henry Dupont's nephew, and he is the core figure of the entire Dupont technology... But, because this portrait is only completed based on the descriptions of a few workers who have seen him, and he did not appear in front of these workers many times, I cannot guarantee the similarity rate of this portrait." Bond explains.

"Let me take a look." Robson looked at it carefully for a while, and then said, "Please continue."

"This is the external layout of the DuPont family's house," Bond pointed out on the map, "This building is a residence, and almost the entire DuPont family lives here. If you plan to take them Kill it all, it might be a good idea to burn the whole building down with a fire or blow it up with a lot of gunpowder. Here's the pool and fountain, and here's the night watchman's quarters. Duponts keep thugs for security Quite a few, it is said that the entire manor is patrolled by security guards leading dogs 24 hours a day. This is the storage room... There is also a cellar here... This is the kitchen, and there is a sewer outlet here..."

"Is there a layout for the interior of the building?" Robson asked.

"No. The only thing I know is that there are about seventy rooms in this building." Bond replied.

"Very good, continue."

"This is the factory and powder storehouse. The powder storehouse is here, just beside the Brandywine River. The three walls facing the land of this powder storehouse are very strong. It is said that they may be two to three meters thick. One side is very thin. It is said that a worker accidentally hit it with the corner of a wooden box when carrying gunpowder, and a hole was knocked out. It is said that the wall is a thin layer of barbed wire. It is just the plaster of the skeleton. It is said that this design is so that once the powder depot explodes, most of the power of the explosion can be released from this thin wall, thereby reducing damage to the factory. In addition, the ceiling of the powder depot is also very thin, It's just two thin sheets of iron with a layer of asbestos sandwiched between them. They also serve the same purpose... This separate area is well protected, but it is said that there are often explosions here, so we suspect that this is where their laboratory is located. This location is also close to the river..."

"This is the sewer map of Wilmington. The more detailed parts of the map involving the DuPont factory and estate are here. I hope it will be helpful to you." Bond finally said.

"Thank you," Robson stood up and said sincerely to Bond, "You have done a great job. This has far exceeded our expectations."

"This is our job," Bond also stood up, "Now our mission has been completed, and the rest is up to you." Then he nodded to Robson and limped with He stopped and walked out of the Operations office - the operation plan was going to be discussed here, and that's not what he should know.

"Okay, now let's discuss how to do this job." Watching the people in the Ministry of Internal Affairs leave the office, Robson said to the people around him.

"If it's just to blow up their gunpowder magazine, it's not difficult." Bob said, pointing at the map, "We'll go into the water from here at night, dive here, and then touch them, or kill those sentries with crossbow bolts. Then break through that thin wall, and you can easily..."

"What if there are dogs?" someone asked.

"Salmon! Then shoot the wall directly with our incendiary bombs. The wall is so thin, it must not be able to stop our incendiary bombs. Then the incendiary bombs fly into the powder magazine..."

The so-called incendiary bomb refers to a special bullet specially equipped by the company for the precision shooting version 1857 and the experimental "cannon" with only one. There's an opening at the end of the bullet that contains something like white phosphorous that's enclosed. These things ignite once the bullet is fired, and they ignite whatever they hit.

"Then the powder magazine exploded with a bang, because that wall was the thinnest, and all the explosions came towards us...you idiot!"

"We can dive into the water immediately." The man was still not convinced.

"Don't need to be so troublesome at all. The river is only a little wider. It's just on the other side of the river. We set up the 'big cannon' and fire an incendiary bomb at the target. It can be done easily."

The so-called "big cannon" is an experimental product made by Scrooge based on the concept of large-caliber sniper rifles of later generations. It has a caliber of 16 mm and uses smokeless powder as the propellant. The initial velocity of the fired bullet is as high as more than 800 meters per second. The original requirement for it was to be able to effectively attack a target as large as a soldier at a distance of a kilometer, but in fact, this gun did not achieve such accuracy, and it could only attack a horse or carriage relatively accurately at a distance of a kilometer. size target. However, there is absolutely no problem with the accuracy of shooting huge targets like gunpowder magazines.

"The sound of the 'Giant Cannon' is so loud, aren't you..."

"The gunpowder magazine exploded, the sound of the 'big cannon' is nothing. Besides, it's already the season of thunderstorms. Let's find a time to do it when there is thunder. Even if people hear it, they will return to the explosion of the gunpowder magazine. struck by lightning."

"Forget about the Gunpowder Depot. It's too easy to deal with, but the above requires more than that from us!" Robson reminded, "Don't forget, we have other targets! Even these targets are more important than the Gunpowder Depot. more important."

So everyone fell silent, lowered their heads, and looked at the profile of the target person.

"I think the target should be Henry." Bob said, "Look, there is a small hill less than 500 meters away from the gunpowder magazine. From this position, we can see the gunpowder magazine. After killing the gunpowder magazine, Henry will come to the scene—maybe even La Motte Dupont will be there. We will ambush a few people on this small hill, at a distance of 500 meters, with precise shooting The 1857 version, a salvo of several guns can send them to hell in an instant."

"Doesn't this expose that the explosion was not a natural disaster at all, but a murder?"

"Even if the police know it's murder, can they track us down? Who would doubt us? Delaware police, how can they go to Ohio to play wild?" Bob retorted. There is no FBI in the United States in this era, and things like the police belong to the state government. There is no way for the police in one state to go to another state to investigate a case because doing so would violate the "sovereignty" of that state. Therefore, in that era, for example, if a person commits a crime in New York State, he only needed to go to the neighboring state of Massachusetts, well, basically he doesn’t have to worry about being arrested by the police.

"It's true to say that, but the purpose of the company is to deter those who dare to touch our technical secrets. If they can't get anything to do with us, aren't we doing it for nothing?" Robson said. "So, we have to let people who are interested know that we did this, but also make it impossible for anyone to get real evidence. How can we do this?"

"It's not difficult," Carter said suddenly. He was the first old employee who followed Scrooge to do some dark things. When Blackwater developed, he was also one of the earliest employees. It's just because he doesn't have any special skills, and his status in the company is not too high.

"Tell me what you think?" Robson said.

"I have dealt with many gangsters before. When some gangsters need to attack someone to gain power, they often use two methods. One is to threaten to teach XX a lesson, and then deal with him, as long as there is nothing effective left If there is no evidence, there will be no problem. The second method is to kill the person first, and then release a lot of messy rumors about why the person is finished. These mostly irrelevant rumors will contain real reason—he offended such and such a gangster. People with a heart can naturally see things from these rumors. But no one has any evidence or other crap. " Carter replied, "I think the second way is very good, the opponent will not be alarmed before the action, and there will naturally be a period of rumors flying in the sky after the action, and the real reason will be mixed with it, and those who are interested will naturally see it."

"This method is not bad! I think it is feasible!" Bob shouted first.

"It's not up to us to decide whether it's okay or not. We need to nod from above. But now we need to improve this plan first, and then hand it over to the top for them to make a decision. Finally, I want to emphasize that today's content is all Top secret, except for the plan, no one is allowed to make any records. After the meeting, everyone, including me, will be searched to prevent anyone from taking out the relevant records of the plan. This is the system, I believe everyone I understand. In addition, I would like to remind everyone that there is no rule that our family members can be harmed. Our family members are under the control of the company. If someone leaks the plan, all of us will be suspected The target, we, and our family members will be in danger. So, if anyone follows this, don’t blame me for being black!" Robson finally said rather viciously.