Clearing And Collecting

Hill seemed to be speaking to the air, and Daisy nodded indifferently. Such reactions from both of them indirectly confirmed the rumours of their discord.

Several friends from S.H.I.E.L.D. were very worried, while Hydra members secretly cheered.

Regardless of their thoughts, the Iliad entered the Antarctic waters and began to break through the ice. All the combat personnel weren't joking about their own lives; they organised their equipment, donned cold weather gear, and the battle was about to begin.

"The enemy hasn't detected us yet," Black Widow reported first.

"I haven't seen anything unusual here either," Hawkeye followed.

Daisy ordered them to continue monitoring, while she herself infiltrated the Nazi base's surveillance system with her team.

The enemy's computers were just like those of outside world. When she was scouting earlier, she left a backdoor, and a few hackers from the tech department started generating normal images.

Being far away from war and enjoying more than sixty years of peaceful life, although the soldiers aging had been greatly slowed down with the help of the Hammer of Skadi, they were no longer the elite Nazis of the past.

Their reaction was very sluggish. The special ops team conducted a surprise assault on a landing craft. Their stealth equipment was destroyed by Black Widow, exposing the guards. When they saw the imposing men from S.H.I.E.L.D., they didn't realise the enemy had arrived.

Regardless of what thoughts Crossbones had, he still charged in first during combat. His speed and reaction time were faster than ordinary people's. The guards at the Nazi base had barely lifted their guns before he shot them in vital areas.

Setting aside his Hydra identity, Crossbones truly shone on the battlefield, moving freely, observing all directions, and not only bearing the greatest pressure but also commanding his team's actions.

Precise marksmanship, adept at close combat, clear tactical thinking – even when faced with enemy encirclement, he could make the most correct choices.

According to Nick Fury's theory, Daisy thought this guy didn't seem like a spy; he was more like a warrior. With his individual combat capabilities, the guards were eliminated, and the special ops team began entering the Nazi base.

A large number of elite agents swarmed in. Seeing Crossbones taking down enemies one by one without mercy, the Hydra members didn't care about the rules of "friend or foe" anymore, raising their guns against the Nazis.

Casualties were inevitable, but S.H.I.E.L.D. had the advantage, whether they were prepared or not, and the outcome was certain.

"Eliminate all armed personnel, concentrate on the surrendering ones," Daisy ordered from the bridge. She didn't personally engage in combat, choosing to command from the rear.

It wasn't that she was afraid of death, but it was too cold outside! As a commander, she definitely couldn't dress like a ball; that would look terrible. So, she had to follow the spirit of "style over comfort" that Egghead upheld. She just put on a thermal suit over her combat uniform – it looked cool and stylish, but in reality, she was freezing.

This made Ward, who had been thinking about using his handsome looks and saving the damsel in distress, quite speechless. He couldn't find an opportunity at all! He could only follow his foster father, John Garrett, onto the battlefield and vent his frustration on the Nazi heads.

Among the three assault teams, Crossbone's team progressed the fastest. Anything in his hands could become a weapon, and though his movements weren't fast, when he faced enemies, he was like playing the piano – he aimed and shot according to distance.

John Garrett, an old-school agent from the same era as Nick Fury, was starting to decline physically.

With a somewhat out-of-date pompadour hairstyle, his voice still resonated. Combat had become ingrained in his marrow, an instinct. He commanded his team based on his rich experience, and with Ward, who dared to fight and charge alongside him, they suppressed a large group of Nazis.

Compared to them, Coulson's team was a bit lacking. Daisy didn't know what he said, but Melinda May, who had already transitioned to a civilian role, acted with him. The two of them, along with over a hundred elite agents, were blocked at a stairwell by Nazis.

The situation was somewhat tense.

Seeing that they were falling behind, Agent May didn't care about her non-combatant status anymore. She jumped into the enemy crowd as if she wanted to commit suicide, fighting chaotically. With Eight-Diagram Fist, she finally managed to lead her team into the Nazi base.

"Gate 1 and Gate 2 have been taken," Crossbone's information was the first to reach the command center.

"The underground escape passage has been secured." After waiting for a minute, John Garrett's information also came back.

Daisy hadn't received Coulson's report for a long time, so she urgently dispatched Black Widow and Hawkeye to support. Three minutes later, the message finally came: "The tarmac has been secured."

The enemy's escape routes were blocked. Daisy ordered the teams to converge and seize the power room to prevent the Nazis from self-destructing the base. At the same time, she led the main force into a formal assault.

Upgraded to Level 7 agent, the style of the combat suit hasn't changed much, but the material was of a much higher quality.

The combat suit was made of a blend of Kevlar and some titanium alloy, explosion-proof, impact-resistant, fire-insulating. In Daisy's eyes, her outfit is basically like a Chūnin vest...

The Adamantium Alloy battle suit was still in the blueprint stage. This "work uniform" could only be said to have average functionality, but it's stronger than the disposable minion uniforms from before. Without hesitation, she put it on.

The rain of bullets and gunfire in front of her felt like a game to her. She could track the trajectory of most bullets, and if someone aimed at her, she would immediately sense it.

Daisy, who had charged out of the bridge, shouted, "Follow me!" and took the lead, purely because she was cold and wanted to run into the Nazi base to warm up.

The agents didn't know her true thoughts. Seeing their commander so determined, a surge of courage erupted within them. Whether they were Hydra or S.H.I.E.L.D., they were all racing forward, exerting all their strength to charge in.

After entering the base, a group of people surpassed the valiant Commander Miss. According to their designated areas, they began to clear the enemies. During the battle, Daisy also fired two shots, not coming here in vain.

Compared to her sluggishness, Hill was putting in more effort. The female deputy officer remained extremely skilled, leading the fighters directly under her on the mothership into the clearing action with precise marksmanship.

The battle lasted for two hours, and the exchange of gunfire inside the building gradually subsided.

Daisy began to receive reports from various units.

Without separating from Hydra, the current S.H.I.E.L.D. could be called the golden generation. Outstanding agents abound, and many who appeared to be ordinary agents in disposable attire actually possessed extremely high combat skills. Throwing them into a fight would make them look like street-level bosses. Leading such a group of people, Daisy found the battle quite easy.

The clearing operation went very smoothly. S.H.I.E.L.D. deployed a thousand elite agents against three thousand Nazis. Although they seemed outnumbered, in reality, it was like breaking dry branches and decaying wood. The Nazis were highly unalert and unprepared. Many of them didn't even have weapons at hand when they were killed.