William didn't care if he would be hated for bringing danger and death to the command center. He had already publicly announced that those who didn't want to contribute should take a leave. Those who stayed shouldn't blame others if they died.
After the initial panic, many people calmed down quickly. However, about half of them saw Commander Blommley standing in front of the large screen in the command center with his hands behind his back.
Everyone knew that their boss wouldn't object to them leaving if they wanted to. After the first middle-aged woman left, in just two minutes, there were only seven or eight people left in the command center.
After another five minutes, people and cars rushed out of the command center and the underground parking lot. William shook his head as he watched from the window.
Blommley, who was standing beside him, said sternly, "Looks like I have to emphasize the sense of honor in the future. Half of them ran away before the battle even started."
"Forget it. You know that it's a good thing to let these civilian staff and women who have never held a gun leave. This way, we won't have to assign people to protect them when the battle starts. Also, regardless of whether there are still Bakavi's men here, we have to let them know."
"With so many people running away, I don't believe that Bakavi's men won't capture a few to understand the situation. Also, you better count how many of them are capable of fighting."
Blommley obviously understood this logic. Otherwise, you would think that he didn't care about discipline. "Don't worry. There are four combat teams downstairs, a total of 48 people. In addition, there are 32 people from the 22nd Air Combat Team who rushed here in two batches. Using the terrain and armored vehicles, it won't be a problem to defend this place.
Also, I just reported the situation here. In half an hour, 12 combat squadrons carrying 96 SAS will rush here. "
After that, Blommley whispered in William's ear, "Before we find Bnehamin, we still have a reason to delay. However, now that he's right in front of us, the higher-ups don't dare to delay any longer. They don't even care if the helicopters will be shot down.
Didn't you see that Banning, who looked like he wanted to eat someone, has calmed down? "
William smiled and turned his head to look at Banning. He had a serious look on his face as he stood quietly beside William to check the weapons. After checking the weapons, he even put on the bulletproof shirt, suit, and windbreaker that William had brought.
"Go and do your stuff, Blumley. Don't let them attack us. You won't be able to get any credit and you'll be the scapegoat." William waved for Kuinen to come over. "I should be able to order you around."
"Of course, sir."
She had just used the phone in the headquarters to verify with the new head of the Military Intelligence Bureau, Garris Mallory, that William was indeed a supervisor in the Military Intelligence Bureau.
He also hinted to Jacquinen that William was not only out of Gallis' control, but even his superior, the Minister of State Security, Catherine, could not control him.
So when Jacquinne heard that William had a task for her, she immediately stood up straight and almost raised her hand to salute.
"Very good." William was very satisfied with Jacquinen's attitude. "From now on, your task is to watch over John Lancaster. Other than me, anyone who gets close to him is a suspect.
Once someone rescues John Lancaster, you can kill him first, or if he tries to escape or do anything dangerous, kill him as well.
In short, I'd rather have a dead John Lancaster than let him have any chance of escaping. Do you understand? "
"Yes, sir."
Jacquinen nodded immediately and let out a sigh of relief. Using John Lancaster as bait was obvious, but William did not risk her life, which made her very grateful.
However, Jacquinen also wanted to see who would jump out, so she was smart enough not to hide the tied-up John in the other rooms of the headquarters.
Instead, she handcuffed John's hands to the long table in the corner of the headquarters and hid herself to see who would appear.
Seeing Jacquinen's actions, William smiled and said to Sunday, "Are the spider robots in place?"
Another reason he chased them away was to make it easier for the spider robots to move.
"Yes, sir. The entire anti-terrorism command center and surrounding buildings have been deployed with no less than 500 spider robots. There are also 12 Black Vanguard aircraft carriers in the sky taking turns to watch any moving person or object within a two-kilometer radius."
"Very good. After such a long time, you should have collected all the information on Barkavi's men."
"Other than the nearly 100 people in the nest, there are 137 terrorists in London that I have recorded. Every one of them is being watched by two spider robots. If you want, I can wipe out all the enemies on the streets in ten seconds."
"No, if people know that I can wipe out all the enemies in one go, many people will not be able to sleep in the future. If they can't sleep, as the main cause, I won't be able to sleep well either."
After thinking for a while, William continued, "Inform Black Phantom, who is lying in ambush in Barkavi's nest. His mission is to hunt down the terrorists who escaped from the abandoned building. You will be in charge of guiding him to find the target."
"Understood, sir. Sending out the order."
After dealing with this, William took the data cable from a staff member, sat in front of a computer with a satellite phone, and pretended to operate it.
William didn't need Sunday's help. He quickly found the coordinates of the satellite phone that had received the message.
He displayed the coordinates on the big screen in the command center. "Where is this?"
"Broad Street in the city center. It's about a fifteen-minute drive from here," Blomley, who was very familiar with London, answered immediately. "But it's an unbuilt frame building."
William, who already knew this, could not help but give Blomley a thumbs up in his mind. This guy was indeed a commander. He did his job well.
He stood up, walked to the command desk, and ordered the remaining staff, "Immediately send someone to check the electricity consumption of this building over the past period of time. If the electricity consumption is higher than normal, then there must be a big problem with this building."
Everyone had seen William checking something on the computer with the satellite phone. Now that he was using the electricity consumption to confirm it, it was indeed very convincing.
"Understood." Blomley immediately ordered his men to check it out.
The Americans, who were eager for revenge, only took three minutes to report, "The electricity consumption of this abandoned building in the past few months is three times that of normal construction. There must be an electricity tiger inside, most likely the server that controls London's power grid."
"Send someone to check it out. If the information is correct, we will attack as soon as the battle starts. We must restore the shop in London as soon as possible," Blomley said to a man in a military uniform.
"Understood."
"Wait," Banning stopped the soldier who picked up the phone and pointed at the abandoned building on the screen. He said to William and Blomley, "I suggest we attack this place immediately and kill them while attracting the attention of all the terrorists on the street."
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