Turner has a headache, and Rickel suffers.

On the morning of the second day after the incident, CIA Operations Deputy Director Ricker took the Gulfstream 5G550, the world's only transpacific flight capable of flying a maximum range of more than 12,000 kilometers, from Washington to Tokyo to personally supervise the investigation.

Like Turner, Rickel does not believe that the authorities are innocent.

Even if the authorities were not involved in the matter, they were negligent in their security and provided convenience for spies from other countries. Perhaps the Intelligence Headquarters had already received the news that someone was trying to steal the F-35B's engine, but it did not strengthen its precautions, which eventually led to bad consequences.

Not to mention anything else, Ichiro Amano, the chief engineer of Kawasaki Heavy Industries' Aviation Affairs Department, was not killed, which is very abnormal.

Although the spy is not a murderer with a license, but his whereabouts are exposed, and there may be flaws, there is no reason to leave eyewitnesses.

If Rickel had done it, he would have killed people.

The biggest flaw is still in the security work of the factory. Even if Kawasaki Okami is the chairman of the consortium, according to the safety and security rules, he should notify Loma in time and arrange for the factory security personnel, rather than sending an engineer to accompany Kawasaki Okami to wander around the factory.

It can be said that there are loopholes in almost every link.

While every vulnerability isn't a big problem, it all put together it's a big problem.

No matter how good the spies of the Military Intelligence Directorate are, it is impossible for them to know all the loopholes. It can only be said that either the spies of the Military Intelligence Bureau were bold enough to sneak into the factory and steal the engine without full certainty; Either Kawasaki Heavy Industries has an internal ghost, and someone leaks the news. The former's likely surname is negligible, and no spy would risk it. This proves that Kawasaki Oka is very likely to be a spy officer of the Military Intelligence Agency.

The possible surname of Kawasaki Okasin is very slim, so he can only steal the beams and change the pillars.

Because Kawasaki Okamo Sheng has many relatives and friends who often show up, the long-term impersonation may not have a large surname, and only may have been replaced recently.

Before arriving in Tokyo, Rickel asked the person in charge of the Tokyo branch to conduct a comprehensive investigation of Kawasaki Okamotsu, especially his recent whereabouts.

The problem is that this does not rule out the suspicion that this authority is secretly doing things.

In recent years, the United States has made three requests to the United States to purchase the F-22A fighter and its production license, but the United States has rejected the request on the grounds that Congress has enacted legislation to prohibit the export of the fighter. In doing so, the United States is pretly protecting cutting-edge military technology, but in fact it is trying to force allies like Ben to switch to purchasing F-35s to ensure the successful completion of the F-35 program, so as to capture the global fighter market.

The effect was so remarkable that Ben had no choice but to buy the F-35 and paid a large amount of money for development.

Without the development funds provided by the company, even if the F-35A and F-35C could be put into production, the F-35B developed for the Marine Corps and the British Royal Navy would have been aborted.

The problem is that at the beginning, he did not plan to buy the F-35B, but took a fancy to the F-35A.

In this way, the development funds invested in this project will not be used for the F-35B.

When Ben proposed to replace the F-35A with the F-35B and promised to bear part of the development cost of the F-35B, the CIA conducted an in-depth investigation. At that time, it was concluded that with the mainland's first aircraft carrier in service, at least three more aircraft carriers would be built, and the Maritime Self-Defense Force had to repair the ship plan to turn the planned DD21 through-deck anti-submarine destroyer into a light aircraft carrier, and only the F-35B could be deployed to such an aircraft carrier.

Since the F-35B had not been in contact with before, the authorities offered to let the F-35B come to the F-35B for air shows.

This seems reasonable. Tens of billions of dollars of huge orders, even the United States, which has deep pockets, has to be weighed again, not to mention the tight cost of the past few years.

That's where the problem lies!

In fact, by this time, the authorities had provided $20 million to Loma in the form of a nominal surname, and had not paid for the F-35B.

After this trouble, I am afraid that the national congress will not approve the F-35B procurement plan at all.

After the loss of the F-135 engine, the mainland's J-20 will soon be able to form combat effectiveness, and it is said that Ben will bear the brunt of the purchase, and it will inevitably include the purchase of the F-22A in the procurement list again. Because there were no more secrets to speak of, the US Congress had no choice but to back down and sell a simplified version of the F-22A to the Zoben.

The electronic technology of this book is not bad, and it is able to develop a fire control radar similar to that of the AGP-77 on its own.

For the F-22A, which retains the engine, retains the complete starting layout, and retains stealth capabilities, it is also much better than the F-35, which is a lot smaller.

What I wanted was definitely the F-22A, not the F-35B.

This is the motive for this deliberate leak of secrets!

Speculation aside, Rickel does not believe that the authorities have the guts.

Not to mention ordinary officials, even Prime Minister Naoto Kanno, as long as he dares to do this and annoy the United States, he will definitely have to get out of the Prime Minister's Office.

For politicians, political life is certainly above national interests.

Besides, if we offend the United States, our national interests will inevitably suffer even greater losses.

At most, they did not raise the alert level in time after receiving reliable information, but turned a blind eye and allowed the situation to deteriorate.

Even so, this authority is unforgivable!

Before boarding the plane, Turner repeatedly told him that if he found out that the authorities were involved in the matter, he would report it immediately, and the president would certainly take decisive measures to teach this disobedient little brother a lesson.

Turner's words were tantamount to telling Rickel that it was impossible to recover the engine.

Trouble directly with the Continental Military Intelligence Bureau?

If there is no evidence and no evidence, if it really wants to make a fuss, not only will the United States lose face and the CIA will not be able to step down, but the Military Intelligence Bureau will also take the opportunity to bite back, so that the CIA will not be able to eat and walk around.

Everyone is engaged in intelligence work, and if they look up and don't look down, they will really tear their faces, and no one will be able to take the main road.

Speaking of which, the Military Intelligence Directorate must be barefoot and not afraid to wear shoes, and if it makes a big deal out of it, the CIA must have suffered far more losses than the Military Intelligence Directorate.

Rickel knows this very well.

The incident with the "Washington" in Hong Kong almost made the CIA unable to take the main road, and the Military Intelligence Bureau not only did not lose money, but made a lot of money.

With Rickel's knowledge of the Military Intelligence Bureau, by the time he arrives in Tokyo, the engine may have reached the mainland.

Send someone to snatch it back?

The mainland covers an area of nearly 10 million square kilometers, and there are millions of square kilometers of no-man's land, and there are countless secret bases of the Military Intelligence Bureau, not to mention the CIA, even if you add all the other intelligence agencies such as the NSA and use all the military satellites, it is impossible to find that engine.

Retaking the engine is unlikely, but Turner must give the president an account.

Turner specifically told Rickel to understand this. At this time, it is more important to properly deal with the aftermath than to continue to investigate.

Even if they want to retaliate against the Military Intelligence Bureau, it will not be now, but after the incident has subsided.

It's not too late for a gentleman to take revenge for ten years, what's the hurry?

There are still many opportunities to deal with each other in the future, and who will be planted in whose hands, it is still impossible to say!

How to deal with the aftermath, Turner also hinted at Rickel.

Put the blame on the authorities and let the president deal with the prime minister. To put it bluntly, take advantage of this incident to push Yue Ben to the front, let Yu Ben charge into battle, and have a fight with the mainland.

Enough trouble, the United States will come forward to clean up the mess, and finally everyone will get together and disperse.

What's the trouble?

Rickel knows it very well.

The mainland's aircraft carrier is flexing its muscles in the South China Sea, consolidating the dozens of islands and reefs it has just grabbed, and by the way, exerting pressure on several countries that are still not convinced, such as the Philippines, Malaysia, Brunei, and Indonesia, to get out of the way so as not to hurt their peace.

In this round, the mainland seized the opportunity and can be said to be domineering.

As the saying goes, good flowers don't bloom often, and good times don't always exist.

After completing a six-month combat patrol, the aircraft carrier had to return to Qingdao for its first comprehensive overhaul after its service, and the maintenance work would have to last for at least half a year.

There are many contradictions between Ben and the mainland, such as the division of exclusive economic zones in the East China Sea, disputes over oil and gas fields, and those islands.

Each one is a powder keg, and if you can't say a few words, you have to use a knife and a gun.

With the help of this matter, taking advantage of the fact that the mainland navy has no aircraft carriers available, let Yue Ben be the vanguard and toss around on the East China Sea issue, which will definitely be able to create some sparks.

Of course, whether Ben has the courage or not is one thing.

In any case, the mainland has an aircraft carrier, or a medium-sized aircraft carrier carrying dozens of fixed-wing fighters, and the DD21 is still on the drawing board!

Without the support of the United States, no matter how much pressure is exerted, it is very likely that Ben will not be able to rise to strength.

It's just that such a fuss will definitely be good for the United States.

If he becomes the second Vietnam, and the mainland seizes the opportunity to teach him a hard lesson, with his national strength, he will definitely not swallow his anger like Vietnam.

The first thing he did was to build a powerful fleet that could compete with the mainland navy.

Only those with aircraft carriers, and those with fixed-wing fighters, have this strength.

To this end, Ben either built large or medium-sized aircraft carriers equipped with catapults, following the example of the United States and France, or built medium- or small-sized aircraft carriers with leaping decks, following the example of Britain.

The former is not easy, not only requires a huge amount of money, but also has technical difficulties, and lacks experience.

Not to mention anything else, in today's world, only the United States has the ability to produce catapults, and the United States has already planned to equip the "Ford" class aircraft carriers under construction with electromagnetic catapults and gradually phase out steam catapults that have been in use for decades. As long as the US Congress refuses to let go, it will not be able to buy catapults. Even if the U.S. Congress clears it, it is not necessarily willing to purchase obsolete equipment at a high price.

Objectively speaking, Ben will definitely build one or two small aircraft carriers first, and then build medium-sized aircraft carriers.

Only after thoroughly understanding the technology, mastering the design and construction methods of aircraft carriers, and accumulating experience in use will a large aircraft carrier with powerful attack capability be built.

It will be at least twenty years before we get to this point.

Prior to this, Ben had to procure the right fighter jets for aircraft carriers with leaping decks, and the only option was the F-35B.

To intensify the contradiction between Yuben and the mainland, this deal can still be done, and Loma Company can even take the opportunity to increase the price and make Yueben pay for the loss.

Rickel knows full well that even if he doesn't come forward, someone else will come forward to make it happen.

The key is not to see whether the United States has the courage to support it, but whether the United States can make a commitment to support it.

Arriving in Tokyo, Ricker went straight to the Prime Minister's Office to meet with Naoto Kanno.

The identities of the two are completely unequal, which proves that the authorities are indeed weak-minded, otherwise the prime minister would not have received the deputy director of the CIA, who was several levels lower.

(To be continued)