Chapter 41 Fighter Plane Companion

While the Secretary of State for Defense was presenting Nelson's glorious history, the commander of the 22nd Regiment of the British Special Air Service Regiment arrived. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

The British Special Air Service Regiment is the most elite special forces force in the United Kingdom and the world's first regular special operations force. The pioneers of most modern special tactics, the model of all modern special forces, are known for their ability to accurately and efficiently complete tasks in a short time. It is currently the highest mission completion rate of all special forces. It is a world-famous veteran special forces with strong combat effectiveness.

The Special Air Service Regiment has about 900 members, with an average age of about 26. The headquarters and training base are based in Hereford, 130 miles west of London, near Brecon Beacons Hill. As required by the mission, today's Special Air Service Regiment is part of the British Army, under the command of the British Army's Home Command, and consists of three regiments with a command company, six combat companies, and an Counter-Riot Commando (CRW). The 22nd Special Air Service Regiment (22ndSAS) is a full-fledged regular force, while the other two (21st and 23rdsas) are part of the Local Self-Defense Forces.

The British Prime Minister looked at the commander of the 22nd Regiment, Gomand, and asked in a deep voice: "Are you sure about rescuing the hostages of Flight C993?" ”

"As soon as the plane lands, I'll be sure I'll catch Nelson." ”

The Prime Minister nodded, pleased with the answer.

At this time, Howard, the director of the Secret Intelligence Bureau, rushed to the conference room.

The British Secret Intelligence Service, formerly known as the "Sixth Division of Military Intelligence" (MI6), was mainly responsible for collecting political, economic and military intelligence from outside the United Kingdom, and engaged in espionage intelligence and foreign counter-espionage activities. The Secret Intelligence Service was also known as the "Government Telecommunications Bureau" or the "Office of the Permanent Secretary for the Foreign Office". Its work focuses on preventing terrorism, the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, political instability, criminal activity and drug trafficking, which are considered to be directly related to UK national security. The Western intelligence community regarded the Secret Intelligence Service as the predecessor of British intelligence.

The famous James Bond was a member of the Secret Intelligence Service. Of course, the film and television Bond is a fictional character, created by British writer Ian Fleming. However, it is said that the prototype of 007 is a British spy during World War II.

The Secret Intelligence Service is highly capable and known for its secrecy, along with the CIA, the former Soviet National Security Council (KGB) and the Israeli Mossad, and is known as the "world's four largest intelligence organizations". Some even say that the British MI6 (MI6) was the mastermind of Princess Diana's car accident.

Howard, the director of the Secret Intelligence Service, heard Gormande's words, he sat down in his seat and said, "I don't think it's a good thing to rescue the hijacked C993. ”

Senior officials such as the Prime Minister and the Minister of Defence looked at him and waited for him to explain his reasons.

Nelson was cunning and fierce, and he didn't think about how to escape if the plane was hijacked. The Boeing 777-300ER can be fueled with 181,280 liters of fuel and has a range of 14,600 km. It is 8,132 kilometers from China Capital International Airport to Heathrow International Airport. Although theoretically the plane will have a lot of fuel to fly to other countries, this is not possible. According to international aviation practice, the general aircraft will only add 10% more fuel according to the number of kilometers. That is, the plane can only fly more than 800 kilometers. In that case, why did he wait until he was over our country before sending the hijacking signal, instead of notifying us in the skies over other countries and giving us time to solve the problem? ”

The Chancellor of the Exchequer speculated: "Maybe he just hijacked the plane." ”

"No way, I've contacted the air traffic control authorities of other countries and found that they had difficulty communicating with flight C993 a few hours ago. According to the analysis, he should have hijacked the plane long ago. ”

"Then why did he have to fly to our country to contact? Does he want to threaten us with not enough jet fuel? Forcing consent to the release of Witt? ”

"On a fuel basis, if we agree, he can only land on the territory of our country. According to his character, he would never want to be caught by us, and if he just wanted to release Witt, he would have chosen to land the plane in another country at the end. So, I don't think it's as simple as just wanting to release Witt. ”

The prime minister stared at Howard and asked, "What do you think he has planned?" ”

Howard glanced around the room and said, "I'm worried he's going to fly a plane to blow up Buckingham Palace or here." ”

"What?"

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The crowd shouted in amazement, they couldn't believe Nelson wanted to make a British 911. But when you think about Nelson's character, it doesn't seem too strange that he did such a thing.

The Prime Minister's own official residence or the Queen's official residence will be bombed, and he will sweat all over his head. "And what about your proposal?" he asked. ”

"I propose to launch a missile and take the plane down."

"No way, I would never give the order for a missile to be blown up to my own people. Is there any other way? "The prime minister will not just guess and order a missile launch to knock down a civilian flight. Otherwise, not to mention international public opinion. Just domestic public opinion can't stand it, and it will definitely take the blame and resign and end his political life.

The Minister of Defense and other senior officials actually agreed to blow up the plane, but none of them had the right to give the order. Of course, even if they are qualified, they will never give such an order, that is to be responsible.

The prime minister looked at the crowd and asked, "What else do you have to do to solve it?" ”

The Chancellor of the Exchequer looked at Armand and asked, "Can't the Secret Service send people to the air rescue?" ”

Gormand shook his head and said, "No, we don't have this kind of training, and we don't have a special aircraft. ”

"And what about getting the Americans to help?"

"The Americans also do not have the ability to rescue from the air." Gormand dismissed the Chancellor of the Exchequer to rescue him in the air.

"We can send planes and force flight C993 to change course," the defense minister said. ”

The prime minister immediately agreed to this suggestion, ordering: "Send fighter jets immediately." ”

The Secretary of State for Defense called, contacted his men, and told the fighter jet to take off immediately.

Howard said: "I think we should still blow up flight C993 and never let it fly over London." ”

The prime minister did not speak and sat down.

"Howard is just guessing why we didn't release Witt," the foreign secretary said. In exchange for the safety of the hostages? ”

The prime minister didn't have any mental pressure to release Witt, at most he would catch it after he released it, and it didn't take much effort.

"I don't agree with the release of Witt, who is the leader of the IRA, a hard-line radical and has a high prestige in the IRA, and once he is released, he can reintegrate and arm the IRA when he returns, then the ceasefire agreement and the hard-won peace that have been made before will be gone," the Secretary of State said. It is extremely detrimental to national security. ”

Howard agreed with the Secretary of State for Defense, saying, "Witt has a unique charisma, and releasing him is tantamount to unleashing a more powerful demon." ”

The Prime Minister looked at the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The Chancellor of the Exchequer agreed to release Witt.

Gomande said, "Release Witt, as long as my people are in charge of escorting." Once Nelson doesn't release the plane, we can catch him again. ”

The Prime Minister nodded and said, "Contact Flight C993 and tell Nelson that I agreed to his request." ”

The Secretary of State for Defense contacted Nelson and said, "Nelson, we agree to your request to release Witt immediately." ”

"I want a small plane with a full tank of fuel, on the tarmac of the airport, and there are no soldiers on the runway, otherwise I will also crash the plane."

"Okay, I can promise you all of that."

"Give Witt a plane and let him leave first."

At the Royal Air Force Base in Northholt, London, two of the latest Typhoon fighter jets are loaded with ammunition and soar into the sky. The Typhoon fighter is a multi-purpose fourth-generation semi-fighter with twin engine, delta wing, canard layout and high maneuverability designed by the European Fighter Company (cooperation between Britain, Germany, Italy and Spain). It was only installed in 2003 and is arguably the most advanced fighter in the UK.

As soon as the two planes took off, they rushed to the airspace where flight C993 was located at the fastest speed.

The Boeing 777 has a maximum cruise speed of only Mach 0.89, while the Typhoon fighter can reach Mach 2.

On the plane, Nelson took Cameron to the cockpit and waited for negotiations.

Cameron knew Nelson's request for Witt's release and didn't care. He thinks it's a great deal to release one person in exchange for the survival of so many people. He still had the leisure to remind Nelson not to forget to kill Liao Fei.

Nelson did not forget, but had to wait for him to negotiate with the British government first. As long as he talks about something, he will kill Liao Fei.

Two Typhoon fighters whizzed past the cockpit of the airliner, and then a fighter and the airliner flew side by side. The fighter pilot gestured to Nelson to follow him. Nelson didn't recognize the gesture, but Turner did, and he passed on the fighter pilot's meaning to Nelson, who told him to ignore the pilot.

The fighter pilot gestured a few times, and seeing that the other party did not respond in the slightest, he contacted the passenger plane and said: "This is the British Royal Air Force, please change the route to 015 immediately, and follow me to the Royal Air Force Base in Mildenhall." ”

Turner continued to ignore the pilot, as if he hadn't heard.

"This is the RAF, flight C993, please change the route to 015 immediately and follow me to the Royal Air Force base in Mildenhall."

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"This is the Royal Air Force, please ...... right away"

Turner still ignored him, and as long as Nelson didn't speak, he ignored it anyway.

The fighter flight captain choked on the air, pulled the control stick directly, flew on top of the Boeing 777 flight, began to reduce the altitude, tried to press down the flight, and flew according to the route he wanted.

Turner stared at the fighter a little nervously, but had no intention of moving the joystick.

The captain of the fighter plane was only a dozen meters away from the technology, pulled the control stick, and took off again. The pilot of the passenger plane did not dodge, and the flight captain did not want to collide with the passenger plane and destroy the plane and kill people.

The captain of the fighter and the wingman flew on both sides, and the captain reported the C993's refusal to change the route, and asked the upper leadership to decide.

The AIM-120 medium-range air-to-air missiles and AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles hanging under the wings of the Typhoon fighter are not for fun, and at the first command, the fighter will launch a missile that will blow the Boeing 777 into a large fireball.