Chapter 2190: Battle of Two Cities! (Fifty-Four)

Who is the mastermind behind the scenes?

This question has always been hovering in Batman's mind, and when the time has exceeded half an hour, the alert program that Batman set for himself has finally started.

Once a mastermind does not reveal his feet in Batman's half-hour reasoning, it means that he must be very difficult to deal with, and it also means that Batman must go all out.

He and the Joker really understand each other. Batman thought that the Joker might also realize that someone has calculated all of them and used all of them as guns to achieve his own goals.

So what is the purpose of the mastermind behind the scenes?

Who will benefit from this war?

To explore this issue, we have to carefully analyze the war that is happening in the new city now.

But the war broke out too suddenly, and Batman did not have much information in his hands. He had to go deep into the front line to investigate. Fortunately, Batman also participated in the war and had sufficient weapons and equipment. It was not a problem to shuttle between the bases of warlords of all sizes.

He first came to several larger bases in Queens, followed the edge of their base to the front line, and witnessed a small war of about 200 people.

This is a squadron of more than 70 people attacking a street with twice as many defenders as them. A group of people skillfully throw weapons into the street, cross-fire cover and take turns to attack, frontal attack, flank sneak attack, frontal feint attack, flank burst fire.

Batman was surprised by this, because he thought he would see a battle of Crouching Dragon and Phoenix. Even now, the armies of most countries are fighting bad battles, and the tactics and strategies are still at the level of the early stage of World War II.

The attackers first carry out a round of bombing, rush forward with guns, and cover the rear firepower. The defenders hide in the trenches. When charging, a group of people shoot, and a group of people shoot. When it is almost done, there will be another wave of counter-charge.

Even in some continents with excellent matching mechanisms, those who can complete the above process are already elite troops among elite troops.

But what is presented to Batman now is a street battle with relatively sophisticated tactical ideas. Although the reaction is still a little slow at times, it can be seen that the command of the attackers is quite professional, the tactical thinking is also very clear, and they know how to cleverly use flank firepower to suppress.

The command of the defenders was no less impressive. They had a very accurate grasp of the timing of burst shooting and throwing explosives, and could even counter-suppress the charging troops in street fighting, which was relatively difficult.

And although it can be seen that the quality of the soldiers was uneven, each two-person team had a very skilled tactical action. With the old leading the new, the overall quality was quite a bit like that of veterans.

Batman found something wrong when he looked at it. Are these citizens of New York and Gotham? I'm afraid that all the retired instructors of the Marine Corps were invited here?

This is not a tactical quality that ordinary people can show. If the people of New York and Gotham all have this tactical level, what crime would Batman fight? Millions of elite veterans trampled from the East Coast to the West Coast, and if all of America became Gotham, there would be no Gotham.

Batman felt that he might be too lucky. He met a gathering area of ​​retired soldiers as soon as he came out. Although it was not a loss to witness the wonderful battle process, he was here to investigate war intelligence this time, so he had to be more practical.

So he changed his base again, and saw another wonderful battle for position, followed by the escort and raid of material vehicles, the protection and assassination of important figures, and the attack and defense of important strongholds. It can be said that every scene is wonderful.

After wandering around the entire Queens, Batman realized a problem-the people who are fighting are not ordinary people.

Even though the people in New York and Gotham are full of martial virtues and conduct actual combat exercises every three days on average, they have not received formal military training. They are just ordinary people.

Whether or not they have undergone long-term formal military training is an important criterion for judging soldiers and ordinary people. Don't underestimate the cumbersome rules and heavy training in the army. The more professional and formal, the farther the level of combat effectiveness is from ordinary people.

There is a record of ten people capturing thousands of people when soldiers fight against soldiers. When soldiers fight against ordinary people, the 1:1000 loss ratio is not exaggerated at all.

It's not that ordinary people don't have courage and quality, but the battlefield is another world after all. Without strong military literacy, ordinary people can't even last a minute in positional warfare.

But the people Batman saw fighting back and forth were obviously the foundation of elite troops. They not only received professional military training, but they might even be professional soldiers.

Going deeper into the front line, Batman found more suspicious signs. Many houses here looked like they were blown up, but if you look closely, all the important items inside were gone.

And they were not looted after the house was destroyed, but they were taken away before the house was blown up and burned, and they were taken away in an orderly manner, not robbed.

Only the owner of the house can do this. If the owner of the house is gone, who are the people who are defending their homes outside?

After Batman's preliminary investigation, he found that the most densely populated streets in Queens were all like this. Obviously, someone notified them in advance to evacuate in an orderly manner. The war broke out after most people evacuated.

Batman sneaked into several surrounding bases, memorized the appearance of each soldier, and did mental calculations, and found that the population did not match at all.

This large area should have at least 150,000 permanent residents. Now, the total number of people in the more than 70 bases is less than 30,000. This number does not match at all?

Batman went to the Traffic Management Bureau to check the driver's license information, and took the residents' driver's license photos to the bases to check one by one.

There are indeed many soldiers who are local residents, accounting for about half of the number. Among the 30,000 people, 15,000 are local residents, which means that there are 15,000 people who don't know where they came from. Who are these people?

Batman went through the Gotham Police Department and the New York Archives Administration. He went through the permanent population survey reports and used the Batcomputer to check the identity information one by one. After checking over and over again for a whole night, Batman finally found some clues.

The clue appeared in a man named Tucci. Of course, this is not his real name. His real name is Blake Tansandbis, an international fugitive wanted by the FBI. His nationality is German and he has committed six murders in the United States.

And he also has a famous code name - Hydra Killer. Or it can be said that this is not his code name, but his profession. The FBI database shows that this guy belongs to the terrorist organization Hydra. For many years, he has shot celebrities around the world for Hydra, causing panic.

Batman didn't know what Hydra was before, but he conducted a simple investigation and roughly figured out the origin of Hydra and their nature on another earth.

What Batman found was the record of this man named Black who recently entered the United States under the alias of Tus.

Of course, it is not new for fugitives to change their identities and make a comeback. What is new is that this guy is not holding a fake identity, he has a real new identity.

It is not that he killed a man named Tucci and disguised himself as him, nor was it a forged passport. The photo on his passport is his own information and is completely true. At least Batman can't find any flaws.

In other words, the US Immigration Bureau may also have Hydra, which made a brand new passport for him.

Obviously, this man was not an exception. After discovering this strange thing, Batman began to use the computer to compare faces.

Two hours later, the shocking result appeared. Among the bases he visited, half of the middle-level commanders in the bases were terrorists who were wanted internationally and belonged to the terrorist organization Hydra.

Looking at the origin of Hydra, Batman understood that the source of the brand-new German equipment that appeared in the pictures taken by street cameras was also explained.

This is a group of NAZI remnants.

Then Batman began to wonder, who are the other group of people who fought with this group of people? It can't be that the Soviet Union came back to life and wanted to beat up the mustache again?

Batman didn't have time to think about these messes after checking. His face began to become more and more solemn, because he found that the group of Germans who fought back and forth were the Court of Owls.

That's right, this is actually a war between Hydra and the Court of Owls. Although many militant civilians participated in it, it was essentially a war between Hydra, which had been wandering around for half a century, and wanted to turn Gotham into its permanent base, while the Owls were unwilling to give up their homes.

Batman was simply shocked.

In addition to providing a venue, the mastermind behind the scenes brought their own manpower, dry food and equipment, and devoted themselves to the noble cause of fighting crime with a high enthusiasm that made Batman look sideways.

Don't worry about whether they are also criminals, just say whether the efficiency of fighting crime is high or not?

How many superheroes can beat the kill achieved by a main gun of a main battle tank?

At the same time, his mood became a little subtle.

Some people say that there is no just war in this world, and Batman agrees with this, but the only time this theory doesn't make sense is when it's a dog-eat-dog situation.

If you let them fight, it seems that Batman is useless. He came all the way here, interrogated Robin with great vigor, and captured the Joker to force clues, but in the end he did nothing, which somewhat lost his identity as a superhero.

But if you don't let them fight, Batman always feels like he is at a disadvantage.

He has not forgotten that when Gotham flew into the sky, a huge maze of skulls was lifted. Batman is not stupid. Who is the Court of Owls targeting after building such a large maze for such a long time?

The terrorist organization called Hydra is obviously guilty of numerous crimes, and the Court of Owls is just for power and profit. These Germans are real NAZI swastika flags, and their bloodline may be purer than the mustache.

If these two sides fight together, isn't it a contribution to world peace for every extra second?

Then doesn't it mean that if I delay for one more second, I am maintaining world peace with much higher efficiency than before?

Batman had to think carefully about how to get both sides to reach a ceasefire.

Considering the dangers of the warring parties, at least 8,000 main plans had to be prepared, and then 5 sub-plans for each main plan, and then 26 feasible response plans were prepared in the branch lines under the sub-plans.

No, it's not the right time yet, Batman thought. Maintaining world peace is important, but Dick's French homework is also an important factor in maintaining family harmony and stability. He has to check it carefully.

Just as Batman walked upstairs and came to the lobby of Wayne Manor, he suddenly saw that the portal he set up under the sky island lit up.

It was Darkseid's army that rushed out.

Just as they rushed out, they fell down.

Now I have to go to Tim's reading club, Batman thought.