A few days later, Chengdu.

Bond sat in his hotel room, frowning at the latest message.

"According to the intelligence in the rear, the relevant departments have just reached an agreement with Huaxia to exchange a group of scientific research personnel stranded in our country with the EC-130H and the crew members that were forced to land before."

"Among them, there is an expert named Chen Yunyong, who is in the direction of aero engines, but in a recent review, technical documentation about lift fans was found in his room."

"We have reason to suspect that he is involved in the new project of Chengdu Aircraft and will most likely play an important role in the project."

Hearing his words, Sean subconsciously scratched his head.

Isn't that a far-fetched judgment? After all, the number of scientific researchers they exchanged this time was quite large, and Chen Yunyong was not very prominent. ”

"According to the data, he has not been engaged in scientific research for nearly five years, he has been teaching at Princeton, and he has been exposed to very basic technology and information."

Bond glared at him with hatred, and scolded:

"Far-fetched? What does it mean to be far-fetched? ”

"Do you have to wait until they send people to the research institute and get the evidence, so that it is not far-fetched?"

"Intelligence work is like this, make reasonable deductions based on all possible clues, and if all the clues seem far-fetched to you, then what are we doing? Go straight back to Texas to herd cattle! ”

Well, listen to you. So what do we need to do? ”

Sean spread his hands helplessly, his expression a little subtle.

He always felt that his partner was a little too nervous, and it was obviously something that had nothing to do with it, but he was forced to get involved.

"We can't get him into the project team, at least not yet."

Bond said categorically.

"How? If an agreement has been reached, then there will be no obstacle to their return to the country, and you won't want to blow up the plane."

"Idiot, is this what you came up with?"

Bond gritted his teeth hard, he couldn't understand how his partner could be so stupid.

Blew up the plane?

Are you kidding!

Not to mention how difficult it is in practice, more importantly, the "release of people" this time is based on the "agreement".

As long as those experts do not land safely, the other party will regard it as a breach of the contract.

At that time, not to mention the safety of your own crew members, it may even lead to more violent conflicts in serious cases.

No one wants to see such an outcome.

He sighed, and under the pressure of the anger that had risen in his old height, he patiently explained:

"We have to get them back home safely."

"But we can't let them get into Chengdu."

"We have a lot of ways to produce such results."

"Extreme, car accidents, accidents, illnesses."

"Softer, scandals, black material, rumors"

"Use your brains, if a senior scholar is revealed to have had an inappropriate private life while abroad, and has close contacts with hostile departments, will he have to endure stricter scrutiny if he wants to enter the core project again?"

"Makes sense!"

Sean nodded approvingly.

"So we're going to do it?"

I'm just giving you an example, and how to do it needs to be further discussed."

"Anyway, let's get the rumors out of the way."

"Also, how is the investigation of the special task force going?"

Hearing Bond's question, Sean hurriedly took out a stack of papers from the briefcase beside him and handed them to him.

"At present, some ranges have been delineated according to the trajectory of movement, and after investigation, there are about 360 people whose movement trajectory has overlapped."

"These people were divided into a total of 29 groups, and after excluding the 19 groups that were obviously inconsistent, there were probably 10 groups, which could be related to that special task force."

"The total number of people is 112."

Are you kidding me? 112 people, do you think it's easy to extract people who are really related to the special task force? ”

"It's not easy."

Sean sighed, then continued:

"But that's the limit of what we can do."

"Their actions are very covert, and the secrecy measures are very good, and it is basically impossible to go further."

"All we can do now is take this list and wait for further clues to emerge."

"As soon as there are new leads, we can continue to narrow down and even confirm the final list of people."

"As long as you have a list of personnel, the follow-up will be much simpler."

Hearing this, Bond nodded slightly.

Well, although his partner sometimes behaves unreliable, he is not a waste after all.

This way of working is extremely organized and in line with the logic of intelligence work.

At least, his more than ten years of work experience have not been in vain.

After thinking for a moment, he spoke:

"Keep following up, and be sure to keep me informed if there are any new developments."

"In addition, focus on flights between Chengdu and Shenyang, especially special planes!"

"If it's possible for military planes to see it, so much the better!"

"Understood!"

Sean nodded solemnly, and then turned to leave with the information

On the other side, Chen Yunyong has already connected with the 601 Institute, and the contact person is Lei Gang.

So you know the basic situation, we really need manpower on our side, and the lift fan project has not made progress for a long time, so we must have a strong leader to lead the team."

"How difficult is it?"

Hearing Lei Gang's words, Chen Yunyong asked.

"The kind of level that starts at zero."

"Nor is the theory unprepared?"

"Nope."

"Has the total pressure ratio problem been solved?"

"Nope."

"Understood, I'll be there as soon as possible, so get ready."

After that, Chen Yunyong hung up the phone directly.

Liu Huixia, his wife on the side, took his hand with a little concern and asked with concern:

"How?"

Chen Yunyong shook his head and did not answer immediately.

In fact, in order to ensure maximum security, there is hardly any specific information about the real project in the conversation between the two.

But even if it was just a few words, Lei Gang also conveyed the key status quo.

No models, no underlying theories, no data. In this way, how easy is it to come up with a two-stage counter-rotating lift fan?

After thinking for a moment, he replied:

"It's not as simple as we thought."

At this time, both of them have received notices about "recent evacuation", so there is no information barrier.

"Domestic research in this area basically starts from zero, even if I am added, it is just a few decimal places added to this 'zero'."

"Without that breakthrough '1', everything is empty talk."

Hearing this, Liu Huixia also frowned.

"Is it impossible to achieve a breakthrough in the short term?"

"There is no possibility, this is not something that can be solved with a 'breakthrough'."

"What they need is a lot of experiments, a lot of data accumulation, and a lot of good, experienced engineers."

"The last one is impossible to solve in the short term anyway, and the first two are not so easy to solve."

"Time is precious, you know, the F-35 project is nearing completion, and once the F-35 comes out ahead of the J-20, the advantage we have won so hard will be wiped out again."

"It's not a technical issue, it's a strategic one."

"All the efforts on the plane, in essence, are for the benefit of the sea."

"It can be said that we are bound to fight."

Looking at Chen Yunyong's bitter expression, Liu Huixia's hand involuntarily clenched a little.

"But we don't have much to do. No matter how difficult it is, we have to wait until we get back. ”

She whispered comfortingly.

"It's too late to go back."

"So you mean you want to get the data from here for the bipolar rotation fan?"

Liu Huixia is not an ordinary woman, in fact, in the field of spacecraft design, her strength is not much weaker than Chen Yunyong.

So, in a very short time, she had already guessed her husband's thoughts.

She even immediately grasped the crux of the matter.

With data, most of these problems can be solved.

But where do you get this data?

Before she could think about it, Chen Yunyong replied:

"I have a contact person who works within Loma."

"He has access to confidential data, and I can try to get him to bring it out, as long as it's on the plane."

"It's too dangerous."

Liu Huixia immediately interrupted Chen Yunyong's words and continued:

"Yun Yong, you are not sober now, and the decisions you made are also not sober."

"This strategy simply cannot be implemented, and even if it does, it will cause unnecessary sacrifices."

"It's not something we should do, and it's impossible for the organization to agree to it."

"But there's no way around it!"

Chen Yunyong's tone became stern.

yes, didn't he know that this was an extremely dangerous act?

Not to mention bringing out the data, even a piece of paper brought out from NASA will be subject to strict scrutiny.

A long time ago, a partner he was familiar with was almost killed because of such a thing.

If it weren't for the rescue by his superiors, he wouldn't have been able to get out of federal prison at all.

But, isn't the danger done?

It makes sense to take a risk when the expected gain is greater than the expected loss.

"It's not a no-brainer, it's a stupid way!"

Liu Huixia held Chen Yunyong's hand tightly, as if she was afraid that as soon as she let go, he would make some irrational moves.

"You should believe in your fellow citizens and believe in your organization."

"In any case, everyone has everyone's responsibility, and crossing the line is not to help, but to add to the chaos!"

Hearing Liu Huixia's words, Chen Yunyong was stunned.

It suddenly occurred to him that he might have overthought himself.

I always subconsciously feel that I am the savior who will save everything.

But in fact, on the road of scientific research, everyone is important, and no one can save everything by themselves.

Thinking of this, Chen Yunyong suddenly brightened.

"I see."

"It's me who is too pessimistic."

"I really don't need to worry about this matter, what I want to bring back is just me."

Hearing this, Liu Huixia finally breathed a sigh of relief.

But then, Chen Yunyong continued:

"However, I still have to do a few more things."

Liu Huixia's heart that she had just put down immediately came up again, she looked at Chen Yunyong with tears and laughter, and said:

"You can just finish it all at once, I'll do it like this."

Chen Yunyong's eyes gradually lit up.

"People!"

"I'm going to turn some people back!"

Soon after, Chen Yunyong sat down in front of the phone.

At his hand was an A4 piece of paper full of names, on which he recorded one name after another, whether familiar or unfamiliar.

The list was provided by the intelligence services, and it was all experts in the field of aviation, most of whom already had some prestige in the industry.

In addition to this, they have another common feature:

Not employed in the critical U.S. aerospace sector.

This characteristic gives them a natural advantage, that is, they will not be restricted from returning to China like Chen Yunyong.

The reason why they stay here is just for better treatment and better development space.

That is, it is a personal choice.

As long as it is a personal choice, there is room for change.

Thinking of this, Chen Yunyong took a deep breath.

It was the first time he had done anything like this, so he was inevitably a little nervous.

After a few moments, he picked up the receiver and dialed the first number.

"Hello? Lao Zhang, I'm Chen Yunyong. ”

"It's nothing, I'll call you, I care."

"What, are you still at Bombardier lately? Are you still there? Harm, what's there to do in that place, you said that you are not in the Canadian headquarters, a small research institute, can still put you? ”

"Gao Zhi? I don't have any high branches, but if I want to say that there is a chance. ”

"Do you want to come back to the fighter?"

"How can it be NASA, am I like the kind of person who works as a pimp for NASA? 601! ”

"I don't know how the treatment is, but anyway, they are very rich now, you won't know about J Twenty-two, right?"

"You don't care if you want you or not, anyway, you're not on the list, whether you have dates or not."

"Censorship? There must be a problem with the review, but you're basically fine, or I wouldn't be able to call you."

"Okay, okay, you press this number, I'll wait for your news!"

Hanging up the phone, Chen Yunyong and Liu Huixia glanced at each other happily.

Then, he picked up the earpiece again.

"Hey, Lao Liu, I, Yun Yong."

"Oh, don't talk about those who don't have it, I have a chance, 601, do you want to go?"

"Don't talk about anything to make money, firstly, you have earned enough, and secondly, it is impossible for the 601 Institute to treat you badly, they are now the rich people."

"Besides, I'll ask you a question."

"Do you want to help others build small planes for the rich for the rest of your life, or do you want to go back and build a fighter with your name on it that can take the F-22 down?"

"Lao Liu, you think about it."

"I can promise you this time."

"You don't have to be a coward to stay here, but when you go back, you can definitely be a hero!"

(End of chapter)