Chapter 78 - Before the Raid!
Jon’s plan could only attempt to get two people to leave. The remaining three people still needed to attract the firepower.
However, if two of the robbers managed to leave with the gold, it would be considered a victory for the robbers.
Therefore, Jon still needed to discuss with the four people in a while to see who would leave with him.
As for the remaining three, they could only sacrifice themselves for the team’s victory.
Time slowly passed.
During this period, both the police and the robbers were waiting.
The police were waiting for the ambush plan to be completed before launching a raid.
As for Jon, he was waiting for the smelting furnace to finish smelting all the gold.
The audience in the official live broadcast room felt a sense of calm before the storm.
Although there were fewer comments spamming at this time, the hype did not cold down.
The audience was looking forward to the first face-to-face confrontation between the police and the robbers.
On the internet and on the forums, posts about the drill also appeared one after another.
“Shocking! During the Pennsylvania drill, the robbers killed the negotiator in an instant.”
“Ridiculous! They killed the police officers without any restraint during the drill. Aren’t the robbers afraid that they won’t be able to escape in the end?”
“During the drill, the commander actually made such a decision. The drill will end, or he will be punished!”
The posts on the internet were all very eye-catching.
These contents. The commander also roughly read through them. A portion of them were talking about his decision to launch a raid.
With so many people in the United States watching this drill, any decision he made would attract public opinion.
However, the order to launch a raid had to be given.
After all, Jon held hostages who could threaten him, but he did not have any bargaining chips in his hands.
If they were kept playing by Jon in the palm, then the police would definitely lose this drill.
“Do you feel a lot of pressure?”
Just as the commander was frowning, the commissioner came behind him and patted his shoulder.
The commissioner was the referee for this drill. Naturally, he was also at the scene, but he did not show his face.
“Of course it’s big. The entire United States is watching this drill.”
The commander smiled bitterly.
Just the official live stream alone had 30 million people watching it. Many people who did not watch the live broadcast were also paying attention to this matter.
If he made a mistake, he would immediately become a trending topic.
Even many foreign media outlets were paying attention to this matter.
“You’re right. If we don’t dare to verify whether the decision was wrong during the drill, then what should we do during actual combat?”
“As long as you treat this drill seriously, then this drill will have meaning. The police department isn’t afraid of losing face. As long as we ensure that the mistakes that occurred during the drill will not be repeated during actual combat, then it will be worth it.”, the commissioner said with a smile. He felt very gratified by the words of the commander.
“Yes, sir.”
The commander saluted the commissioner.
Commissioner’s meaning was obvious. He wanted him to do it without any worries.
At this moment in the temporary command room.
On the control panel’s display screen, a few scenes in the bank disappeared, and snowflakes flashed once again.
The technician did not dare to delay and hurriedly reported, “Sir, the surveillance footage in the bank have disappeared again.”
When the commander heard this, he quickly came over to check.
Sure enough, all nine images disappeared.
“Try again to see if you can connect.”, the commander quickly said.
“I can’t connect. It should be cut off from the bank’s surveillance room.”
The technician tried a few times but could not retrieve the surveillance signal.
This had happened once before, but the robber did not act rashly, so the commander temporarily determined that there might be other reasons for the lack of signal.
But this time, it happened again.
If it were a problem like the network, it could not have happened twice in a few short hours.
Therefore, it was almost certain that the break in the surveillance signal was the work of the robbers.
Jon had completely cut off the surveillance signal, so the police could not see the situation in the bank.
This probably meant that they were about to take action.
As for what action, it was unknown.
Then, the commander said to the SWAT team leader, “How’s the raid plan going?”
The SWAT team leader looked up and said, “It’s done, but we need a certain amount of time to deploy.”
“We can launch the raid in ten minutes.”
The commander nodded and thought for a moment. Then, he said to a few technicians, “Check the phone number in the bank.”
There were fixed phones in the bank, and this number could be found on the internet.
Soon, the technician found the bank’s phone number.
The commander stared at it for a moment, then used his cell phone to dial the number.
In the bank, Will Smith and Brown Williams had already brought out the melted gold.
Because they had successfully melted 100 kilograms of gold, Jon had Leon Evans on the second floor cut off the bank’s surveillance.
This scene could not be seen by the police outside the bank.
At this moment, Jon was picking up a few tubes filled with gold to check.
At this moment, the bank’s phone rang.
“Phone? It should be a customer of the bank.”, Will Smith looked at the phone and said.
“No.”
Jon shook his head. “It’s not a customer of the bank. It should be the commander of the police.”
Not long after he asked Leon Evans to cut off the surveillance, the phone rang. It meant that the commander had come to inquire about the situation.
Will Smith asked, “Do you want to answer it?”
“Of course, why not?”
Jon smiled. He came to the phone and picked it up.
“I’m the commander of this drill…”
The phone was picked up, and the commander introduced himself directly.
However, before he could finish his sentence, he was interrupted by Jon. “I know who you are. Tell me, why are you calling?”
The commander paused for a moment and said, “I’m just telling you that 14 dinners have been prepared. How can I send them to you?”
As for whether the dinner was ready or not, he did not know.
The reason he called was to stall for time.
After all, the SWAT team leader needed some time to deploy the raid, and the surveillance cameras in the bank had been cut off.
He was worried that Jon would do something, so he called.
He tried to stall for time to prepare for the next raid.
Hearing the commander’s words, Jon narrowed his eyes and felt that something was not right.
However, he did not show his doubt. His tone was the same as before. “Just send someone to send it over. By the way, have you arranged the helicopter?”
Hearing that, the commander felt a headache. “Arranging the helicopter is beyond my ability. I can’t do anything about it. You can change your request. As long as it’s within my ability, I can try my best to satisfy you.”