After the transport plane refueled in the air over the Atlantic Ocean near the African continent, everyone else returned to their seats, and Zhang Xiaogang called Aldrich and Schultz to the flight attendants' lounge in front of them, and explained the situation in general, especially what needed attention.

"According to the information just received, seven scientists are being held on the island of Rio Grande, west of Rio de Janeiro, under the interrogation of an intelligence officer named Santos, who reports directly to Romario, the director of national intelligence. We all know that Romario is a close confidant of the President of Brazil. ”

"Is there a result of the interrogation?" Aldrich asked.

"At the moment, it seems that no one has spoken. Santos was also on the island of Rio Grande, and Romario asked about the situation by phone every four hours. It's just that there is reason to believe that the seven scientific researchers are under a lot of pressure, and the mental defense line may collapse at any time. ”

"What's the course of action?"

"We landed twelve nautical miles from Rio Grande and reached our destination by submersible, which is expected to arrive around 6 a.m. local time."

"In that case, you have to act during the day." Aldrich sighed. Brazil is a country in the southern hemisphere, and the days are now shorter and the nights are longer.

"There are hundreds of thousands of inhabitants on the island of Grande, and the hostages are being held in ghettos and unable to move during the day."

"This ......"

"There is a hotel controlled by our intelligence services, and the intelligence officers will pick us up on the beach and take us to the hotel."

"And wait until it's dark before you act?"

Zhang Xiaogang nodded, indicating that this is what he meant.

"Seven scientific researchers have been detained for three days, and they may confess at any time, and if they wait for more than ten hours, I am afraid that they will ......" Schultz obviously disagreed with Zhang Xiaogang's deployment.

"Yes, there is a real possibility of the unexpected." Zhang Xiaogang glanced at Schultz and said, "So I also prepared a backup plan." Santos would isolate the seven researchers and interrogate them individually. According to the time of spending half an hour on each researcher, another half hour resting, and reporting to Romario, it would take four hours to complete a round. I've arranged for spies to manipulate the confidential telephone line of Brazil's National Intelligence Agency, and even if Santos pried open the scientists' mouths, he wouldn't report to Romario over the phone. Unsurprisingly, Romario would be haunted by something more important during the day and would not come over to ask Santos about the situation. ”

"Won't Santos report to Romario?" Aldrich asked.

"It's possible, but I don't think it's likely."

"For what?"

"Because I'm also an intelligence officer, I know Santos better than you do." Zhang Xiaogang smiled and said, "Even if Santos gets some news from scientific researchers, it doesn't make much sense, at least he thinks so." Don't forget, the seven scientists only knew that the American company was collecting an amphibian biotoxin, not the purpose of the toxin, and Santos didn't think so. ”

"You mean ......"

"If I were Santos, I would definitely continue to interrogate the scientists, trying to dig up more valuable information before reporting to Romario."

"That is, he will stay on the island of Grande and wait for Romario to come to him?"

Zhang Xiaogang nodded and said, "If Romario is a competent intelligence chief, he will definitely go to Grande Island in person, instead of letting Santos make a trip." In addition, there is good reason to believe that Santos will not share the information obtained from the interrogation with anyone else. ”

"For what?"

"Romario must have said hello, and Santos won't let the other intelligence agents take credit for him."

Aldrich nodded, not asking any more.

"Now, two scenarios can happen. The first is that the scientific researchers did not confess, and the second is that Santos already knows what he should not know. "Zhang Xiaogang pulled out a long real-life map drawn by a reconnaissance satellite." After dark, a team of our men went to the rescue of the scientists. After circling the houses where the researchers were being held on the map, Zhang Xiaogang said: "If Santos is also here, things will be easy to do, and it will be a big deal to kill people." If Santos hadn't been here and had gone to a nearby temporary residence to report to Romario, we'd have to be prepared for a second hand. ”

"What preparation?" Schultz asked.

"The Doomsday Force is responsible for rescuing the hostages, and I will arrange for personnel to keep an eye on Santos' temporary residence." Zhang Xiaogang glanced at the two Doomsday Warriors and said, "What should I do, I can only improvise." Remember, the purpose of this operation is not to rescue the scientists, but to stop the spread of information. ”

Both of them nodded, indicating that they understood what Zhang Xiaogang meant.

Over the past two years, in an effort to stop the spread of information, the Planetary Defense Council has authorized the Security Affairs Liaison Office to plan and execute hundreds of assassinations against those in the know. While most of the operations are carried out by the intelligence agencies of the member states, special forces such as the Navy SEALs and the Ninth Frontier Brigade are inevitably involved. As far as Zhang Xiaogang knows, both Aldrich and Schultz have participated in similar operations.

Among the ten Doomsday Soldiers, except for the substitute Desert Island Ryuzhijian, the other nine Special Forces have participated in covert operations related to the Planetary Defense Council in the past two years, but not every time they know what they are doing. For example, Chu Tianjiang's secret mission in Somalia in early July was related to the Planetary Defense Council, and he did not know about it, believing that it was a hostage rescue operation.

"There's nothing else, just go and rest."

"After completing the mission, how do you retreat?" Aldrich asks the last question.

"The transport plane will return to Ascension Island, and at the beginning of the mission, there will be a large seaplane on standby twelve nautical miles from Grand Island. The intelligence officers will prepare two speedboats for us, and the Doomsday Force and the scientific personnel will take the speedboats to the open sea, and the personnel who will assist the operation will leave Brazil through other channels. After returning to Ascension Island, we board a transport flight back to Diego Garcia. ”

"What if you encounter a Brazilian Navy ship or a coast guard patrol vessel?" This time it was Schultz who asked the question.

Zhang Xiaogang smiled and said, "These days, the large warships of the Brazilian Navy will stay in the port. Of course, this is not my credit, thanks to American intelligence agencies such as the CIA. None of the large ships of the Brazilian Navy could leave the port because of a malfunction in the electronics. It was only a small boat, and it could not catch up with the speedboat we were on. For the sake of safety, I have arranged for intelligence officers to plan a drug trafficking operation at sea, which will not only divert all the ships of the Brazilian Coast Guard, but also divert the patrol aircraft used for drug detection. ”

The two didn't ask any more questions, Zhang Xiaogang had already considered all aspects, and there was nothing to worry about.

After the two left for a while, Zhang Xiaogang asked a flight attendant to call Chu Tianjiang over.

"How's it going with Halevy?" Zhang Xiaogang took out a cigarette. Obviously, smoking is prohibited on transport planes, it's just that he doesn't care about these bans.

Chu Tianjiang didn't answer this question, he didn't feel the need to answer.

"Although as the saying goes, hearing is false, seeing is believing, but what we see may not be the truth." Zhang Xiaogang handed the cigarette he lit to Chu Tianjiang. "Believe it or not, Halevi is also a victim. More importantly, you have to look ahead. He's your partner, and you two share the same weal and woe. ”

"Lao Zhang, I don't want you to say anything." Chu Tianjiang took two puffs of his cigarette.

"Really? I'm just talking about things. If you don't believe me, I can't help it. Zhang Xiaogang smiled and said, "After the action starts, you have to have a few more eyes." I've set up a separate communication channel for you. If you need to, you have to do something alone. ”

"What do you mean?"

"There are some things I can't do, but I can't ask anyone else to help me."

"This ......" Chu Tianjiang frowned.

"If you don't want to sleep, go talk to Halevy. You are not a yellow flower girl, and he is not your wishful husband, there is no need to avoid him all the time. ”

"You mouth never spit out bad things."

"Whatever you want to say about me, I won't care anyway."

"Nothing else, I'll go."

"Mark my words and talk to Halevy."

Chu Tianjiang nodded, indicating that he understood what Zhang Xiaogang meant. If he needed to act alone, Chu Tianjiang would have to deal with Halevi first.

Returning to his seat, Chu Tianjiang found that Halevi was looking at a yellowed black-and-white photograph.

"Is this your family photo?"

Halevi was startled for a moment, only to realize that Chu Tianjiang was talking to him. Shaking his head, he handed the photo to Chu Tianjiang. "This is a picture of my grandfather."

After taking a closer look, Chu Tianjiang found that in addition to a few Jews in the photo, there were also several Orientals.

"Eighty years ago, my grandfather left Germany with his family and came to Shanghai after more than a year of wandering, when he was only seven years old."

"This little boy?" In the photo, there is only one little boy.

Halevi nodded and said, "He has lived in Shanghai for three years. Before the fall of Shanghai, he followed his family to Hong Kong and Singapore, and eventually to Australia. After the end of World War II, he returned to Israel and became a Wehrmacht soldier. ”

"This photo was taken in Shanghai?"

"I took it before I left Shanghai. The Chinese above helped my grandfather during his most difficult time, including buying them tickets to Hong Kong. Halevi smiled reluctantly and said, "When I was young, my grandfather used to say that if it weren't for these kind Chinese, he would have died long ago." After retiring from the Wehrmacht, he returned to Shanghai to visit his old family, but the people who helped him at that time have all passed away. ”

Chu Tianjiang also sighed and didn't say anything more.

"Perhaps, you won't believe it, but he has been repaying China for more than 20 years in his last 20 years." "When we were very young, he taught us to remember that if Jews have friends in this world, they are Chinese," he said. ”

"Listen to you, your grandfather is famous?"

Halevi smiled reluctantly and said, "He is one of the founders of the company ELLA and served as the company's head of marketing after retiring from the company. ”

Chu Tianjiang was secretly surprised, Halevy's grandfather was indeed very famous.