Chapter 15: Death in the Summer Palace
When Lin Tao and Lin Zhumin began to clear the cave, Yu Songyuan vigilantly observed the entire mountain col.
Suddenly, two people dragged their guns and rushed out of another cave in a panic, and Yu Songsong shot them twice at the entrance of the cave. At this moment, on the hill not far away, there was a bang, and a gunshot rang out. The bullet hit the stone next to Yu Songyuan, splashing a bright spark.
Yu Songyuan turned over and hid on the back of the stone, and a cold sweat broke out on his spine.
But Liu Guodong's gun did not go off, it was more than four o'clock at night, and the light was very dim. Liu Guodong's position is average, and he has already discovered the general location of the other party from the sound of the opponent's gunfire and muzzle flame. But the height is lower than the other side, and he is at a disadvantage. At the same time, the opponent was very professional, quickly shifted positions after shooting, and he did not have a chance to shoot.
"Attention Gordon, this is the Spetsnaz group, we must get out as soon as possible!" Yu Songyuan reminded.
Liu Guodong didn't answer, the other party stretched out his head to aim, he was trying to aim at the other party accurately.
Lin Tao lifted a corpse in the cave and threw it out of the cave at once. There was a bang, and the other party's gunfire rang out. Bang, bang, Liu Guodong's gunfire also rang out, and after the shooting, he quickly changed his position.
"Throw out another corpse!" Yu Songyuan ordered.
Lin Zhumin threw out another corpse, and the gunfire on the distant hill did not go off, but Liu Guodong's gunfire rang out, and he fired two shots in a row, "Retreat quickly!" Liu Guodong said quickly.
It turned out that at the same time that Lin Zhumin threw out the corpse, the other party on the mountain stretched out his head a little bit, observed it and wanted to retract it. But Liu Guodong seized the opportunity and shot the other party's head. The people on the hill no longer dared to stick out their heads.
Yu Songyuan threw a smoke pipe into the col, and the smoke quickly covered the col. Several people quickly dived from under the smoke screen to the east side of the ridge, and quickly left the battlefield. By the time we reached the bottom of the canyon, it was already past six o'clock. The army unit had cleared the scene of the caravan attack and was following Sandra's orders to receive the brothers' squad down the mountain.
During the day, a regiment of the Army went up the mountain to conduct a detailed search of the target area, but found nothing but a group of rebel clan forces killed by the brothers' squad in the cave. While the brother squad retreated, the experienced Spetsnaz squad had already quickly shifted positions.
The army used Chinese 212 jeeps to send them back to Peshawar. On the way, Liu Guodong said with palpitations, "They are very professional, and they didn't have enough time before dawn, so they gave up the attack." If they attack, we could suffer a big loss. ”
Returning to the news agency, the caterpillar and Sandra were overjoyed to see them return safely. Yu Songyuan reported the attack on the tribal forces, "In the small town of Landkut, there is a problem!" He looked at the sand table and emphasized.
This was the first direct contact between the brothers and Spatesnaz after entering West Asia.
Liu Guodong planted a small blue flag on the hill where Spetsnaz was hidden, and said to Shandra, "At least one group, more than 20 people, has appeared on this hill at night. ”
"Can we have the Army set up a post on the top of the hill, like they did?" Sandra looked at Sha and cross-examined.
Yu Songyuan shook his head, "No, the mountain is more than two thousand meters high, and the small col on the top of the mountain can only accommodate one class." We don't have a lot of Mi-8 and Mi-24P like them, it's too difficult to resupply. Besides, they have more than 20 people in a group, and the army of one squad is not their opponent at all. ”
"Gordon has killed their snipers, and has already scared and educated them severely, and the sleeper group of Spatesnaz Detachment 154 will definitely be more restrained in the short term. The first confrontation, just a little emotional understanding, let's put it down first. Eat bite by bite, and when the 'lightning' is solved, we will concentrate on dealing with them. The caterpillar made a decision.
After breakfast, everyone was preparing to make up for sleep collectively, and Lin Zhumin asked, "Aunt Bug, the elder is one of our people, right?" ”
Both the caterpillar and Sandra laughed, and the caterpillar said, "Exactly." I deliberately didn't tell you, let you feel it for yourself, it's easy to get into the role. Torham is the closest ISI forward base to the border, stockpiling equipment, food and drinking water. We will use this base at a critical time. ”
The interview came to an end, and through intensive interviews, the brother team already had a certain understanding of the battlefield environment. During their interviews, Delhi and Ishal. Shandra's eavesdropping efforts have also made great progress.
For nearly ten days, Derry and Sandra closely monitored every move in the summer palace.
This set of eavesdropping equipment was developed by the Germans in the mid-70s on the basis of the "Scorpion" type miniature radio tapper. From the 50s to the 80s, the "Scorpion" bugging device was the mainstream equipment of the intelligence agencies of various countries, and was installed in the important institutions of many national governments.
This set of equipment developed by the Germans is half smaller than the "Scorpion" miniature radio bug, about half the size of a matchbox, and it can clearly eavesdrop on all kinds of subtle sounds around it, convert it into radio waves, and transmit it with ultra-short waves through an amplification circuit. Within a radius of 11 kilometers in diameter, radio waves are recorded with an ultra-shortwave receiver and restored to sound through a decoding device.
You can also use a decoding typewriter to print out the eavesdropped content directly and form a file. This is the most cutting-edge eavesdropping equipment in the 80s, Mao Yankai is the CEO of a large company, this kind of high-end equipment that is difficult to find in the international market, and even the Germans haven't even given it a name, so he got it for you.
The sound signals were all recorded, valuable voices, mainly the conversations of Major Kamilf, Madam Garcia, or with the servants. It's more about the trivial life of Major Kamilf and Ms. Garcia. There were two high-level meetings of the Urban Mujahideen to study the need to increase supplies and conduct urban guerrilla warfare in the urban area of Kabul.
Taylor and Gates, on the other hand, have both visited the summer palace, and only the voices of greetings and polite conversations are all diplomatic words. There is no "out-of-line" language on both sides, not at all. It's a bit confusing, could it be that they just came in and exchanged pleasantries, and then left?
Everything seemed to be flawless, and Yu Songyuan listened to the recording over and over again, confused. Could it be that the MLH team has mistaken information? Could it be that Major Kamilv resold arms just to obtain a source of funding? Could it be that Mao Yankai, the No. 1 person in the MLH group, has a preconceived idea and is not right?
"Boss, is this the biggest stain?" Liu Guodong said. The caterpillar was extremely embarrassed and even shocked. According to the intelligence held by the MLH team, Major Kamilf was not a controversial figure, but a "Trojan horse" placed by polar bears in Peshawar, which is the only result of a comprehensive analysis of intelligence.
If this information is wrong, it is not a trivial matter, and it shows that the MLH team has been deliberately misled in intelligence gathering and intelligence analysis. In other words, it shows that the MLH team has been exposed that others are deliberately providing false information to lead them into the wrong way.
Intelligence warfare is a unique and profound science, and the brother squad is not an intelligence officer, let alone an intelligence agent. Although they also have basic intelligence training in training camps, they are military and more adept at battlefield assault. "Could it be that our bugging devices have been exposed? Or, we ourselves have been exposed? Lin Zhumin asked worriedly.
Sandra affirmed, "No." Peshawar is the capital of spies, and elites from all over the world compete here. The summer palace is so eye-catching, we will never put a bug in it. Even if the bugging is discovered, they will not be able to suspect us. ”
"Chamber of Secrets!" "There's only one possibility," the caterpillar said, "they have secret rooms and only talk about sensitive issues in secret rooms." ”
The caterpillar's words reminded Yu Songyuan, and he suddenly became enlightened, "Aunt Worm's judgment is reasonable. Only this explanation can be justified. Guodong's words are also right, as the headquarters of the city's mujahideen, Major Kamilf is a sensitive person and a focal point, and he does not show his feet at all, which just shows that they are on guard. ”
"Dog's day, in the end, the KGB, it's really powerful, and it doesn't leak." Lin Tao sighed.
While the brothers and the MLH team were looking for the whereabouts of the "Lightning", the bloody killing in Peshawar at night did not stop for a day. When night comes, in the mansion of the news agency, you can hear bursts of explosions and sporadic gunfire from around the new town. Within a few days, seven or eight more mujahideen training camps were washed out in blood, with heavy casualties.
"Can we have another standby, an important training camp, waiting for them to take the bait?" Lin Tao offered advice.
The caterpillar rejects Lin Tao's suggestion, "There are hundreds of training camps in Peshawar, and we can't choose where to go. ”
Shandra was slightly embarrassed and said, "Please bear with me for a few more days, give us some time, the ISI is keeping a close watch on the summer palace." "She is the ISI deputy commander in Peshawar and has a large number of agents under her command. Under the direct leadership of General Moore, she took control of an intelligence organization of her own. The ISI commander in Peshawar, Lieutenant Colonel Taylor, was helpless against her.
By this time, she had taken the news agency as her command center, and Derry was her deputy and messenger, sending out instructions from time to time. In the early eighties, computers and mobile phones were not widely available, let alone mobile satellite navigation devices, and communication between intelligence officers and agents was mainly by messengers.
It is an open secret that the embassies in Islamabad and the consulates in Peshawar are the intelligence posts of various countries. These overt intelligence officials of various countries are protected by diplomatic immunity, and even if they are exposed, they are at best expelled from the country.
And the polar bear, which has an embassy only in Islamabad, does not have a consulate in Peshawar. The KGB's intelligence station in Peshawar, a secret agency under "non-governmental protection," would be serious if it was exposed, and intelligence officers or agents would be arrested. Because in times of war, spies are not protected by the Geneva Conventions, and if exposed, they can be killed.
Sandra had no other clues, she set up several surveillance points around the summer palace, trying to find the trail of the KGB and look for the whereabouts of the "Lightning" from them. But under strict surveillance and tracking, apart from the people who live in the summer palace, the most people who come and go are the members of the urban jihadist who wear tattered clothes like beggars. Surveillance teams sent a large number of personnel to follow them, but no valuable clues were found.
Many ISI agents have become numb to this kind of tracking.
But this day was a bit of an accident, and Sandra's walkie-talkie suddenly rang. One agent reported accidentally exposing himself while following a suspicious individual. Due to the stakes, the agent requested an urgent meeting with the deputy commander. It's a bit unusual, Sandra is the deputy commander, and ordinary agents can't call her directly without important circumstances.
And directly making an urgent request for an emergency meeting must be a major situation.