Triss Henrion had never expected to be able to reach such a long-endurance strategic reconnaissance aircraft as the RC135, but this time he came for the EP3E and P3C at the Misawa base.

It's just that although she has never read "Di Fan" in her life, she also understands that the method is taken from the top, and she only has to get it; Taking the law from the middle is inevitably the truth of the next.

If you don't open your mouth at first, it will be difficult to pull later.

But now that she had achieved the desired result in just two sentences, she couldn't help but feel that it was a little too simplistic.

So I was ready to try if I could kick my nose in the face:

"The Misawa base is too far away from the target sea area, and if there are only two EP3Es, it can only cover about 5-6 hours of reconnaissance per day, which will definitely not meet the requirements."

"I know that the survey ship Pasefend should be finished by now, can you ......?"

Before the words fell, William Cohen's originally calm expression suddenly became sharp, and he directly interrupted Henryon's words:

"There's a special arrangement for the Pasefender over there, and it's impossible to transfer it to you casually."

"If the regulations are strictly followed, it is impossible for me to transfer the intelligence unit of the Misawa base to you so simply, it is entirely based on the past relationship between us......

Cohen is now an old fritter in the workplace.

As a civilian official from a think tank, it is impossible for him to be proficient in military, intelligence, finance, and other defense system-related business, so it is inevitable to rely on knowledgeable people to do things.

These people themselves will also have relevant interests, and without touching on the fundamental contradictions, Cohen will generally adopt a blind attitude to cooperate.

This was the most important factor in his ability to gain full control of the department in a very short period of time without any foundation before taking office.

But sometimes, even if it's an alliance, it's impossible to let the other side gain an inch.

Seeing that the defense minister's attitude suddenly became tougher, Henrion also knew that there was not much room for change in this matter.

In fact, as the head of the Defense Intelligence Agency, if she just wants a few reconnaissance planes to cooperate, she can go through the normal administrative process to apply, and there is no need to risk going through a personal relationship with Cohen.

However, this matter is more complicated to talk about -

A few months ago, a submarine of the Maritime Self-Defense Force lost an unmanned underwater vehicle that belonged to the U.S. Navy in an accident.

Originally, UUV is a thing in normal use, the loss rate is quite not low, and if it is lost in the vast ocean, it will be lost, anyway, it is all underwater, and if you really want to find it, it is a needle in a haystack in the physical sense, and it is meaningless.

It's just that this time the situation is more special.

It's almost lost right under someone's nose.

Furthermore, the decoy pattern which I started to open before throwing it sails in a straight line at high speed in the shallow water at a very deep depth.

The matter of lending the UUV to Haizi is a private operation, and the original intention is that the intelligence department hopes to cooperate with the Japanese side and get rid of the dependence on the White House and Congress to a certain extent.

It turned out to be a slip of the tongue.

Of course, if this is the only thing that happens, it doesn't matter, it's a big deal to make an account at the end of the year, saying that you lost it and it's over.

Anyway, I haven't done this kind of thing in the past.

But before the end of the year, news came that the GPS system might be interfered with......

Since this kind of thing is already known on her side, the CIA and other peer departments must also know about it sooner or later.

If at this juncture, it is said that your department has lost a UUV, you will inevitably be caught and suppressed.

Therefore, she had to take the initiative of the investigation in her hands no matter what.

No other department should be allowed to intervene.

The efficiency of the normal process is too low, and it is definitely better to directly deal with Cohen privately.

As for the conclusion, it doesn't matter.

After a year or two, wait until the limelight of this matter has passed, and then just come up with any arguments such as being affected by the harsh climate environment or changes in the geomagnetic field.

So, thinking that the main purpose of the trip had been achieved anyway, she did not continue to entangle, but changed her words:

"By the way, Secretary Cohen, I remember you just said that there is a Chinese delegation coming to visit next week?"

Since it was a transaction, she always had to pay something while getting something from the other party.

"That's right, it's very high, and it's going to be more than a week."

Cohen nodded a little helplessly:

"But there shouldn't be anything that touches on practical significance, after all, there was a-for-tat confrontation the year before last, this time...... It's nothing more than talking to each other about friendship and mutual trust......"

After complaining a little, he quickly realized that the other party would not talk to him about this topic for no reason:

"Or do you have any news about this delegation?"

The reason why Henrion said this was just to foreshadow, and immediately denied it:

"Not really."

"However, there are some news related to Huaxia, but because of the lack of cross-information corroboration, a systematic report has not yet been formed."

Hearing this, Cohen's eyes couldn't help but light up.

For a veteran intelligence chief like Henrion, in order to ensure that it does not stick to the pan, the formal content written into the intelligence document and formed into a written record (such as the one she just brought with her) is first pursued to prepare without error, but correspondingly often has a poor timeliness, or is simply nonsense.

On the contrary, the content of this kind of verbal information, although it may not be true, is very useful in many cases.

So he hurriedly put on a posture of letting the other party continue to speak.

"The Su-27 produced by Huaxia itself, they are called J-11 fighters, and it is very likely that they have already begun to be delivered to the troops in batches."

Cohen was a little stunned at first, and then couldn't help but show a satisfied expression.

For him, the difference in strength between the two militaries will not change at all because of a mere advanced fighter jet.

But this kind of news can be a reason to apply for more defense budget next year -

Now that even Huaxia has begun to equip domestic third-generation fighters in batches, then we, as a dignified superpower, would it not be possible to use the same third-generation fighters?

Therefore, it is definitely necessary to quickly increase the money and get out the two fourth-generation fighters as soon as possible.

The defense minister, his job is to spend money, money, and money.

"So, what about the quantity, how many are there?"

Cohen doesn't care about the military-technical aspects, but he needs a figure of about the same to scare the senators.

"Our informants have been squatting near Shengjing Beiling Airport for several months, and a total of 16 have been found so far."

This made the defense minister feel a little disappointed.

Even if others don't understand military affairs, at least they know mathematics.

16 aircraft, that is, one percent of the total number of third-generation aircraft of the US military.

It seems that it is difficult to render a particularly big threat......

Henrion naturally knew what the other party was thinking at this moment, so after a short pause, he continued:

"So far, there are not many of them, but we have received information that the Huaxia will soon have the ability to fully localize this aircraft, instead of buying parts from the Russians for assembly."

"At that point, they're going to have no limit on how fast they can produce planes, and we can't even estimate the numbers......"

Obviously, she didn't really realize any crisis, but simply handed over a message to the defense minister.

Across the desk, Cohen was already thinking about how to make a fuss about this kind of information, and he used to come from a think tank and had a lot of resources in this area, so it was not difficult to operate.

However, the lip service still symbolically continues to "care" about the specific content of the intelligence:

"It's easy to say the rest of the parts, but I think it's impossible for the Huaxia to produce their own engines in a short period of time, so just pay attention to the number of engines they buy from the Russians, and you can roughly calculate it, right?"

"Right now."

Henrion felt that revealing the news should be considered an equivalent exchange, but Cohen had no intention of ending the conversation, and she could not just say goodbye and leave, so she had to continue:

"But it's hard to say in the future, and a lot of recent information suggests that they may also complete the localization of the power system within a few years."

"In a few years?"

The Minister of Defense's expression was a little shocked, and he quickly thought of what he thought was the only possibility that could make sense:

"The Russians are so poor that they even sell this technology?"

Although Cohen is not tech-savvy, at least he has common sense.

Huaxia has almost no experience in turbofan engines, and it is impossible to solve the power problem in such a short period of several years on its own.

So it can only be that the Russians transferred the technology along with the aircraft.

"We don't have very reliable information about this yet."

Henrion shook his head slightly:

"On the Russian side, in July, a new head of the Federal Security Council was replaced, and he also served as the secretary of the Federal Security Council and the first deputy head of the General Office.

"However, judging from public information, Huaxia has signed several large orders with a Moscow company specializing in the import and export of high-tech products in the past two years, including hundreds of engines used in civil aircraft, as well as related technology transfer."

"If this is the case, then it seems that they are trading military aircraft engines in a non-public form...... It is also reasonable. ”

(End of chapter)