Chapter Seventy-Nine
Bob was also troubled.
He knew that in order to count on the Oracle to create more value, the CIA would have to provide the Oracle with the help it needed.
The "oracle" is jealous of China's counter-espionage agencies, and he has acted very carefully, so far he has not attracted any attention from the counter-espionage agencies, but Bob is very clear that even the "oracle" will sometimes miss. He doesn't care if the "oracle" will miss, he only cares about whether he can get the most benefit from the "oracle".
"We have to enter China, even at the risk of causing foreign 'diplomacy' disputes."
"Don't worry about foreign disputes." M's smile was meaningful. "China and the United States are eternal enemies, and there will be foreign 'diplomacy' disputes at any time, and there is no danger of substantive 'sex' at any time. The White House and Congress restrain us, because they want to reduce the pressure on themselves, not that they can't handle it, believe me, as long as we don't press the button to launch nuclear weapons, nothing in this world is irreversible. I didn't give you enough authority before, and now I'm going to correct this practice, and you can do anything that will help you with this plan, just notify me beforehand. ”
"Will you cover me? Mr? There was no emotion in Bob's mechanical voice.
M paused, then turned to look at Bob.
"Emotionally, I would, but I don't know if I have the ability. You look down on politics, but you have to serve politics, and the worst thing about politics is that you don't know when you're going to hit the reef, so I can't promise you anything. If you fail, you're going to be unlucky, but if you succeed no one will know, Bob, you don't have to do it, you have a choice until now, and if you have to think about the back before you do anything, then I want you to reconsider your decision. ”
"But you didn't give Robert a choice." Bob looked at M. "If he's still presiding over this project, we don't have to worry about the current situation at all."
"The truth is, he has a choice, and he chooses you." M also looked at Bob. "The White House valued Robert so much that he could have been blamed for what was happening in Washington, but he opted out. On the one hand, Susan's affair made him very uncomfortable; On the other hand, he feels that you will be more qualified for the position. Now you want to kick Jack, it proves Rowe's point, you're more bold, Bob, show your boldness now and get everybody 'excited'. ”
After a pause, M raised his hands in disappointment.
"Bob, let go of my dogs, they're all about to be strangled by you."
"I'm sorry."
Bob hurriedly opened the leash in his hand, and the two Dobermans rushed happily into the field.
"Livestock are always very happy because they're more of a conditional 'shot' that doesn't require much thought." M watched the frolic of the two dogs. "If we also had more conditional reflexes, it wouldn't be so painful. Tell me, Bob, what would you do if you were a dog and you got bitten? There is no need to think, only conditional counter-shooting. ”
"Bite back?" Bob smiled.
"As a human being or as an animal, we must not lose our deterrent power among our kind." M also smiled. "Luo left because of this, he was bitten and couldn't fight back, and the enemy would no longer be afraid of him. Believe me, deterrence is more effective than after-the-fact blows, so I hope you don't make such mistakes again, and not again. ”
Bob understood what M meant.
Being repeatedly humiliated by the Chinese made M feel the pressure as well. In the past, people thought that the Chinese were gentle and that they would be easy to compromise if they took care of their feelings, but now it seems that they are becoming tougher, and although it is not so obvious in most things, it is at least a change, a change that is obvious and noteworthy. You have to make adjustments to your opponent's changes, or you will suffer because you can't keep up with your opponent's pace. So far, the Americans have led the pace of the struggle between the two countries, and everything the CIA has done is to maintain this advantage.
Hopefully Kurt they're ready. Bob's gaze was horizontal, even though Taiwan was not in that direction.
Taiwan is not a suitable place for planning secret activities, due to the special traditional relationship between the two sides of the strait, Taiwan, like Hong Kong, has always been considered the place where Chinese send the most spies, it is no exaggeration to say that these two places are not secrets to Beijing at all, but Taiwan's environment is very close to the interior of the mainland, and the successful penetration of SOGs depends largely on their adaptation to the surrounding environment. So far, this is just a normal Taiwan-US partnership, and no one knows what they're going to do next except for Kurt, Martin, and Lee.
Kort went to Taiwan in the name of training Taiwan's special operations forces, but he never had contact with the real Taiwanese army, but brought his people to the city of Tainan. They found a construction engineering company three times the price of the city and built a number of improvised houses on a piece of military land according to the drawings they provided.
The construction and engineering company called Daji was happy with the price, so they would not have any problem with the houses that were built, although their chief engineer was very interested in the drawings provided by these foreigners. Based on his experience and qualifications, he can't say what these buildings are used for, but they are definitely different from the standards that are popular in Taiwan, not only are they very different in style, but even the materials are brought in from outside the port, but he is relieved to learn that this is a Hollywood location for a masterpiece of the century.
Americans are willing to pay for everything, especially in an industry like film, which has high investment and high returns. For the engineer, the sooner he finishes these jobs, the longer the vacation time, so he works overtime with the workers desperately in the hope of finishing these jobs that do not require creativity as soon as possible, and this is the first time he is satisfied with "overkill". The only thing that made him feel unhappy was that it was isolated from the outside world, and the supervisors were some layman political personnel, who were always blowing 'hair' for the construction of things.
Sometimes in the evenings he would drive back to Tainan City, pass the time in a bar, and talk to his colleagues about the ridiculous things that wealthy Americans had done in the wastelands of the suburbs. Of course, he didn't know that the conversation between them was listened to by many people.
The only thing that bears a resemblance to the plot depicted in the movie is that the bar is indeed a place that the agents frequent. To know something from a person, it's best to drink while he's feeling relaxed. Agents don't need to do anything there, just bring their ears and a pen, of course, today's highly developed technology, agents have many means to collect and retain this information, so if you don't want to *** your own secret, it's best to keep your mouth shut in a bar.
When this information is accumulated in the local intelligence station enough to attract attention, it is reported to a higher department. The problem is that military and political intelligence about Taiwan is available every day, and there is more information that seems more valuable to analyze, so no one cares about these bits and pieces of information about civil engineering and construction. The flow of intelligence work is that if there is no other channel to explain and corroborate the purpose and value of a piece of information, then it will be shelved as secondary intelligence, such as the American clay model construction project. If an intelligence analyst with special operations experience takes over this information, he will immediately think that it is likely that this is a secret unit simulating an operating environment, and he can roughly determine the location of the operation by going to the scene and analyzing it.
But the intelligence analysts at this intelligence station had no such experience, so this lonely piece of intelligence was hidden in a huge amount of information on the hard drive of the computer, and it didn't even occur to classify it. This is also the paradox of intelligence work, people always want everything to be handled in order, but a lot of valuable information is often just a casual sentence of someone. Despite the advancement of modern science and technology, the work of intelligence analysis ultimately depends on the experience and judgment of experts.
If someone comes here to take a look, they will find that many units have been erected on the construction site, and the internal structure of the units is exactly the same as the office and residential buildings that are popular in most cities in China. All units have movable and simple roofs above them, so that when planes and satellites fly over, it is impossible to see what is hidden underneath.
In addition to Kurt, Martin, and Lee, the SOG team arrived one after another as the project progressed. This time, the SOG will be different from the past, and the senior fighters will only serve as instructors, and the "volunteers" will be trained into a qualified special operations team in the fastest possible time. Most of the "volunteers" are from Japan, and a small number from South Korea, the result of cooperation between the intelligence agencies of the three countries, and one of the obvious characteristics of these people is that all of them can speak Chinese, and most of them can even speak some local dialects, and their mission goal is to be able to infiltrate China quietly as ordinary people.
And the task of Kurt and the others is to train them to be qualified fighters.
The C.I.A. called the program "Valkyrie." The content and assumptions of this plan are similar to those of the Valkyrie in Norse mythology, or rather, the CIA hopes that the plan will serve as a Valkyrie – stockpiling warriors for the Doomsday War.
Kurt himself didn't like the name, so he never mentioned the name of the project, preferring it only to appear in the archives and again disgusted by the unrealistic 'profuse' ramblings of the people in the office. Training forty fighters has nothing to do with mythical pussies, and he's not going to collect their souls with damn kisses.
This is probably the most audacious action Americans have taken in nearly a century.
"So what do we do?" Lee, who was buried in the map, suddenly raised his head. "I mean, our presence in a Chinese city will definitely attract the attention of others, but once there is an action, these people cannot do without our command. Or do you think you can let these people do it themselves? ”
"We only show up when we're in action. Submarines and planes can get us in, and the seals have proven it. If they can do it, then we can do it too. Kurt looked at Lee. We have to do it. What do you do at SAS? ”
"Because it was so difficult and unnecessary, SAS never considered operating in China." Lee shrugged his shoulders. "The set of rules that we're used to doesn't work in China, which is why we need Taiwanese help. I've talked to my former partners and they think there's only one solution, which is to get in and out quickly, and it's very risky. ”
"Fast in and fast out?" Koedo. "Do you have any plans now?"
"There is no clue yet, the tests are still ongoing, the air defense system of the Chinese may not be advanced, but it is very effective, and it is the same in the water, although there is a small team of seals to help, but the progress is still very slow." Lee tapped the chart in front of him with a pencil. "Don't be too surprised if you ask us to swim over."
The Japanese will take care of it all. However, for the time being, Kurt did not tell Li what exactly he would do at that time, so he asked Li and those Taiwanese intelligence officials to meditate on how to break through the coastal defenses of the Chinese, and if these Taiwanese had spies on the opposite side, they could just 'confuse' their sight.
Kurt didn't tell anyone else what the specific goal was, but he had already memorized two faces, one male and one 'female'.
Of course, there are other people in the information, but so far, Kurt is most impressed by the pair of eyes hidden in the ski mask when he met in Ukraine. The man threatens himself and then takes Cole's body in front of him and then escapes unharmed in front of him, which is a shame for Kurt and why he has to endure this place. Can you imagine a Chinese playing with a "fine" and sharp beauty *** person?
And that 'woman' is the reason for the emergence of the "Valkyrie" plan. The CIA's intelligence shows that this 'female' led ministry has become the greatest threat to US intelligence work, and so far, she has been related to a series of failures suffered by the CIA, and if it cannot restrain her role, the CIA will have to resort to the most helpless move, that is, to use force to eliminate her. He had tried once, but at that time the need to eliminate this 'woman' was not as urgent as it is now, and if he had taken the Japanese seriously at that time, there would have been no more such annoying task now.
Still, it's work. The man named Ro'Gate was Kurt's target.