The three members of the Emergency Response Squad quickly reached a consensus and decided to enter the castle.
Number 3 was right. Zhang Heng's decision to give up mobility and switch to a defensive battle was effectively giving up his greatest advantage. For them as his opponents, this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and there was no reason not to seize it. However, the three of them also knew that he must have had his own reasons for making such a decision.
Therefore, before entering the castle, the three of them made extensive preparations. In particular, they took note of the smoke drifting through the castle and equipped themselves with thermal detectors suited to such an environment. At the same time, they remained alert for any traps or mechanisms that might be lurking inside.
However, they had clearly overthought the latter point. Zhang Heng had given up guerrilla tactics not only because Butterfield had only two bullets left, but more importantly for a very simple reason: he wanted to end the battle as quickly as possible.
Fighting inside the castle was indeed more dangerous than moving through open ground and launching ambushes, but it eliminated the need to search for the enemy and saved even more time. It was well suited to Zhang Heng, who was eager to return to the station.
After making their preparations, Shen Tang Morgan's thirty men cautiously slipped into the castle.
They split into five groups of six, with roughly three meters separating each group. This prevented them from being wiped out in one go by a sudden bomb trap while also allowing them to support one another quickly if anything unexpected happened.
Aside from the thermal detector carried by Number 2 of the Emergency Response Squad, the other two Federal Police teams were each