Chapter 27 Chapter 25 Flowering

The cold climate off China's coast made it easy for satellites to pick up a flurry of activity at the two naval bases.In fact, the Chinese navy is the naval service of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, but because this title is extremely disrespectful to tradition, Western navies ignore its correct name out of habit.The images captured by the satellites were transmitted to the National Military Command Center at the Pentagon, where they were passed on to intelligence experts by watch officers. Is China holding military exercises? Not as far as we know.The picture shows a dozen warships abreast, all mobilized, but not as usual at the pier; a closer look reveals six tugboats cruising around the harbor.The intelligence expert in charge of this monitoring was from the army, and he called a naval officer over.

The ship is about to set sail.This is of course obvious. Wouldn't it just be an engineering inspection or something? In that case, they don't need a tug.When is the next pass?asked the navy commander, referring to the satellite passing over the two naval bases.He checked the time on the picture, it was thirty minutes ago. Fifty minutes later. By then, three to four warships should be sailing out of the waters outside the two bases.In this way, their intentions can be judged.Judging from the current situation, it is very likely that they will hold a major exercise.He pauses, is there a political cheering scene?

The senior duty watch officer shook his head, there was nothing. Well it's a fleet exercise and someone might want to check their readiness.They will get more information from the news released by the Beijing press, but that will be thirty minutes later, they can't see it now, so they still have to predict. The Commander was a man of great faith, which made his position very sensitive.Though he had been a brilliant doctor and was still a virologist, he lived in a country where political security was judged by devotion to Shia Islam.He always prayed on time, and planned his laboratory work accordingly, and even asked his own staff to do the same; When he gets in the way, he modifies it, as if the rules were made of rubber.And at the same time, he said to himself, no, he never violated Muhammad's holy Koran or the will of Allah.What should he do?He is helping the world to return to the arms of Allah.

The subjects of the experiment were all criminals who had been sentenced for at least one crime.Even minor thieves have violated the holy Koran four times, and perhaps they have committed other crimes, and they are all damning crimes.They are notified every day when it is time to pray and even though they are kneeling, bowing and saying prayers, you can still tell from the TV monitors that they are not really praying to Allah, just pretending .This act is tantamount to apostasy which is a capital offense in their country even though only one of them was convicted for apostasy. The man was a member of the Datong sect, an almost extinct minority sect.The Datong sect developed late, and came up with something new and wrong, which reduced them to the status of heretics; for denying the authentic religion, they were punished by the government.Therefore, it is perfect for this man to be the first person to prove whether the experiment is successful or not.

It is worth noting that the inmates were so debilitated that the symptoms of the cold did not at first provoke any special reaction.Wearing protective clothing as usual, the medical soldiers walked into the cell to take a blood sample, carefully marked the number on the test tube with the number on the bed, and then retreated. In the laboratory, the first thing to be put under the microscope was the blood sample of patient number three.Antibody tests are prone to false positives, but this experiment is too important to risk that kind of error.Therefore, first place the prepared slides under the electron microscope, search for the area at a magnification of 20,000 times, and then use precise mechanical gears to fine-tune the microscopic effect to the best state, while the slides are up, down, left, and right move until

ah.said the commander.He adjusted the target to the center of the visible range, increased the magnification to 112,000 times here, and projected it on the black and white screen of the computer.He knew a lot about shepherding, and he felt that a shepherd's staff was an apt description.In the center is the ribonucleic acid filament, the lower part is slender and curved, and the upper part is the protein circle.These are the keys to the vibrancy of the virus, everyone thinks so.Although the exact function of the internal organization of the virus is not yet known, this has satisfied the commander, who is an expert in biological warfare.Moody!he shouted.

Yes, I see it.Moody nodded slowly as he walked across the room.The Ebola virus in Mainia was present in the blood of the apostate; he was also doing an antibody test just now and watching the color change of this tiny sample.The result of this antibody test is true. This confirms that it is capable of airborne transmission. That's right.Moody's face didn't change, he wasn't surprised at all. Let's wait another day, no, two more days to see what happens in the second phase.We'll find out in due time.Now, he needs to write a report. The announcement from Beijing caught the U.S. embassy by surprise.China says the Chinese navy will conduct a major military exercise in the Taiwan Strait, with live surface-to-air and surface-to-ground missile launches, but no date has been set (weather conditions, sources say).The government of the People's Republic of China then issued an air and sea warning statement to allow airlines and shipping lines to adjust their routes accordingly.In addition, the statement did not mention other information, which made the ambassador in the embassy in Beijing somewhat uneasy.He immediately consulted with his military attache and the CIA station chief, but found nothing of value except that the statement made no mention of the ROC government on Taiwan at all.On the one hand, it's good news that Beijing has made no complaints about the continued political independence of a rebel province; on the other hand, it's bad news because the statement didn't say it was a routine exercise, nor did it say it wasn't planning to nuisance to others.So much for the statement, without explanation; the message was sent to the Pentagon's national military command center, the State Department and CIA headquarters in Wrangley.

Dayelan had to search his memory for the face with that name, but what he remembered still couldn't match the name; indeed, because he was a little boy from Qom then, and the message now came from a Adults almost half a world away.Raman Oh, yes, Aref.Raman, what a bright boy he had been.His father, a former Mercedes-Benz dealer who sold cars to powerful people in Tehran, was not a firm believer in religion.His son, however, was different, and Rahman didn't even bat an eye when he heard the news of his parents' deaths.His parents were killed unexpectedly at the hands of the Shah's army, because they had gone the wrong way and at the wrong time, just in time for a civilian disturbance in which they had no part.He prayed with his teachers for his parents; death at the hands of someone they trusted was the lesson of the incident, but the lesson had little effect on Raman.Because his sister's close association with an American military officer had disgraced her family and him, she was eventually convicted of adultery by a Sharia court and disappeared during the revolution, leaving the boy alone.They could use him in many ways, but Tayelan personally chose to give him the task of forming a new family by the two older men and then leaving the country with the Laman family fortune, first to Europe and then immediately Transfer to the United States.In the United States, they just lived a peaceful life, and Da Yelan even thought they were dead.The boy who had been chosen for his mission because of his proficiency in English from an early age had now completed his studies and entered government service, carrying out his duties with the talents he had shown in the early days of the revolution, when he had worked in a family Two senior Iranian air force officers were killed drinking whiskey in a hotel bar.

From then on, as long as he was asked to do something, he would do it.For Dayelan, it is very gratifying to have chosen this boy correctly, because from the brief message now, he knows that the mission is almost complete. The word assassin comes from hashshash, which is the Arabic word for cannabis anesthetic (hashish), which originated from the fact that members of Muslim assassination teams would use this anesthetic as a tool to give themselves the illusion of heaven before they set out to carry out assassination missions.In fact, in Tayelan's view, they are all pagans. Taking drugs is an abominable behavior.Although their beliefs are not firm, they are very capable of terrorist tasks; Da Yelan has always wanted to plant a loyal believer as a spy in the enemy since she was a child.It was a long-term mission, and therefore one that tested loyalty.The failure of the assassination squad is that they are heretics, against the orthodox religion, although they can absorb some extremists into their sect, they can't attract the general public, so they are serving a person and not for Allah , so they need drugs to give themselves courage, just like pagans drink.Even if it's a flawed idea, it's still a brilliant one.Da Yelan just made it more perfect, so now he silences a person and expects something unknown.Even better, however, at the end of a never-used and unknown message channel, a mysterious being awaits his instructions.This information channel is composed entirely of people who went abroad fifteen years ago, in short, it is much better than his arrangement in Iraq.

So it was only a matter of timing before Raman could complete his mission.After all these years, he is still using his mind, which is neither bewildered by drugs nor trained by the great Satan himself.The news was so shocking that I forgot to even laugh. Then the phone rang.It's the confidential phone.Hello? I have good news, said the commander, from the monkey farm. You know what, Arnie, you're right.Ryan said in the corridor leading to the west wing, it's good to go out for a walk. The chief of staff noticed his jumping steps, but he wasn't overly excited by it.Air Force One returned the president in time for a quiet dinner with his family; Wren had no other plans for the evening.

You did very well.Van Damme said it was great on TV, and the NBC show for your wife was good too. She didn't like it, she thought they didn't take her favorite passage.Ren said softly. It could have been worse.They didn't ask her about abortion, Van Damme thought.To prevent that from happening, he made a deal with the NBC guaranteeing that at least TomDowner treated him like a senator, and even treated him as a cabinet member on the plane yesterday, including a rare recording program on the plane.Next week, Downer will also become the first TV anchor to interview the president face-to-face in an upstairs lounge Talks recklessly.But now, the chief of staff has allowed the president to bask in the glorious sunset, which is pretty good weather for the Midwest.The chief of staff's real mission, besides taking Lane out of Washington and giving him a taste of what it's like to be a real president, is to make him look like one; The agents of the Secret Service are as happy as the president, because their good mood always comes from the president, and they return the smile and nod of the president with their own greetings: Good morning, Mr. President!On the way Ryan walked to the Oval Office, four operators repeated this sentence one after another. Good morning, Ben.Ryan said cheerfully, walked to his desk, and sat down in the comfortable swivel chair.Tell me what's going on in the world again. We may be in trouble, the Chinese Navy is setting sail.said the acting national security adviser.The Secret Service just gave him a code name, it's called Crazy. Then what?asked Wren, a little annoyed at the spoiled morning. Looks like it's a major fleet exercise and they say there will be live missile fire.So far, there has been no response from Taipei. They're not holding an election or anything, are they?Ryan asked. Goodrey shook his head.No, the election is next year.The Republic of China has been working tirelessly to join the United Nations, and is secretly lobbying many countries that maybe their application for membership in the United Nations will be granted, but there is nothing noteworthy about that either.Taipei has been careful not to offend mainland China, and their business relationship is stable.In short, we cannot find a reasonable explanation for this exercise. What forces do we have in that area? We have a submarine in the Taiwan Strait watching a Chinese nuclear-powered attack submarine. What about aircraft carriers? The closest is also in the Indian Ocean.The Stennis has returned to Pearl Harbor to repair the main engine, and the Valor is with it, and they will be there for a while.There are no aircraft carriers available.The trickster reminded the president of what he had said to him only a few months earlier. Did their army do anything?the president asked next. Same, no new intel.We are operating at a higher level than usual, as the Russians say, but for a while longer. Ryan leaned back in his chair and stared at a cup of decaf coffee, which he'd discovered on speaking tours, actually made his stomach feel better; he'd talked to Kathy about it, and she Just laughed and said: I told you already!Well, Ben, guess what. I've talked to the State Department and some of the people who are in charge of China in the CIA.Gudre replied that the actions of their troops may be a political move, I mean domestic, by raising their combat readiness to let Beijing know that they can still be dispatched, and they should not be taken lightly.Other than that, it's just speculation, and that's not what I'm talking about here, boss, remember? And not knowing is not knowing, right?It was a rhetorical question, one of Lane's favorite aphorisms. You taught me over the river, Mr. President.Gudre agreed, but without the smile the president expected.You also taught me not to like things that I can't explain.The national intelligence officer paused, they knew we'd know, they knew we'd be interested, and they knew you were new to the job and didn't want to make trouble.So, why guess?Gudre also asked back. right.The president said calmly, Andrea?Price, as usual, pretended not to hear this in the room. What's the matter, sir? Is there any smoke here?Ryan said without embarrassment at all. Mr. President, I don't I don't care if you know it or not, I need to smoke. Price nodded and walked into the secretary's room. She understood the meaning of this as much as anyone else.Switching from regular coffee to decaf and now smoking; it's somewhat surprising, and more so than Benjamin.The briefing given by Dr. Goodley revealed more. A minute later, the president saw Price holding up the slim cigarette; reluctantly, she brought along a box of matches and an ashtray. Ren took a breath and fell into deep thought.He still does not want to use the word war in the conflict with Japan, nor does he use China's silence even in his own thinking.This is all plausible, but there is no evidence to substantiate the credibility of the national special intelligence assessment.So Ryan picked up the phone.Get me Chief Murray. Good morning, Mr. President. Good morning, Dan.I need something.What was the name of the visiting Japanese police inspector? Jisaburo Tanaka.Murray replied immediately. Is he okay?Ren continued to ask. Of course, as great as the people who work here.What do you want to know from him? I guess they must have talked a lot with that Yamata guy. You can also easily guess a black bear going mad in the woods, Mr. President.The acting FBI director said with a sneer. I want to know the content of his conversations with China, especially who he has contacted with. That's easy, I'll contact him right away.Shall I call you back? No, inform the class.Gudre is ready, he will cooperate with the people in the hall downstairs."Ban is now in my old office," Wren said. Yes, sir, I'll do it right away.It's almost midnight in Tokyo now. Thanks, Dan.goodbye.Ryan put the phone back. Is there anything else?What about Iraq?the president asked next. Just like yesterday, a large number of people were executed.The information that the Russians have provided us with that we all agree is highly probable, but there has been no overt action yet, and that is the subject I intend to address today, and Well then, go for it. Alright, what kind of training is this going on?Tony.asked Brittanon. Robert.Jackson doesn't particularly enjoy working on planes, but that's what the new position, chief of operations of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (J|III), does.Since last week he had grown to like the Secretary of Defense a little.Britannon was a strong-willed man, and an engineer who knew his weaknesses and was quick to find out what was wrong. Our fast attack submarine USS Pasadena has been conducting a routine surveillance mission in the Channel, and we have currently suspended her mission to monitor the Chinese nuclear-powered attack submarine and diverted it to the northwest.In the next step, we will send two or three other ships to this area for surveillance work.In addition, we have also opened up a channel to contact Taipei, and they will try their best to cooperate if they provide us with information, because they always do.Normally, we would send an aircraft carrier closer to Taiwan, but this time, we didn't have any aircraft carriers close to the area, because China is not posing a political threat to Taiwan, and if we did that, people might feel that they were overreacting.We have sent electronic reconnaissance aircraft into the area from Andersen Air Force Base in Guam, but operations have been hampered because there are no bases nearby. So we're basically gathering intelligence rather than taking actual action?asked the Minister of Defense. Gathering intelligence is a real thing, sir, but yes. Brittanon smiled.I know.What about satellites?What information can we get from satellites? We may receive a load of useless nonsense, exhausting all Chinese-speaking people in Fort Meade, and the result will still be unclear about China's intentions, but the combat part is still useful, because we can learn from them combat capability.If I know Admiral Mancuso, the commander of the Pacific Submarine Fleet, I can ask him to send one or two submarines to follow and see if the Chinese submarines can detect them, but don't make it public.If we don't like this exercise, we can also use this method. What's the meaning? I mean, if you really want to scare a naval officer, you have to let him know that there is a submarine near him Mr. And then disappeared.It's a mind game, and it's not easy to crack; our guys are pretty good at it.Bart.Mancuso knew how to use his subs and we would not have won the Japanese without him.Jackson said. Is he really that good?For the new defense secretary, Mancuso is just a name. It doesn't get any better than him, he's the kind of guy you can listen to.And Pacific Fleet Commander-in-Chief Dave.So is Sidon. Admiral DiMarco told me Sir, may I share my opinion? J｜Three questions. Jackson, that's how it should be here. Bruno.There was a reason why DiMarco was the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations. Britannon understood immediately what he meant.Oh, you can say it, but please don't do anything to discredit the Navy, okay?Robert nodded.Remember, Admiral Jackson. Sir, I'm not good at politics, but you must know something about the building.In the Pentagon there are two factions of official power and bureaucracy.Admiral DiMarco has spent most of his life here, while Mancuso and Sidon are powerful factions who try their best to stay away from this building and practice it outside. you too.Britannon said. I guess I just like salty air, Mr. Minister.It's up to you to decide whether you like me, but I really wish you'd listen to Sidon and Mancuso. What's the matter with you, Robert?The Minister of Defense suddenly asked with concern.He knew Robert was a good follower. Jackson shrugged.Arthritis, hereditary; can get worse, sir.It doesn't affect my golf though, and the Admiral doesn't fly much. You don't care about getting promoted, do you?Britannon wanted to add another star to Jackson. Mr. Minister, I am the son of a missionary in Mississippi.I've been a fighter jet for twenty years in Annapolis and am alive to tell you these words.Too many of his friends were gone, a fact Robert would never forget.I can retire anytime I want and find a good job.To be honest, I don't want to participate in anything anymore, but the United States really treats me well, and I should reciprocate.And my reward, sir, is to speak the truth to the best of my ability, and to point out its significance. So you are not bureaucratic either.Britannon had no idea where Jackson's hierarchy was, he talked like a shrewd engineer, even smiled. I'd rather play the piano in a brothel, sir.It was a more honest job than here. We'll get along, Robert.Let's make a plan and focus on China. In fact, I'm about to suggest that, and Working with Sidon, I think he also listens to you. Accustomed to setbacks, UN investigative teams are a little overwhelmed when things are going well.Various personnel from different agencies provided a large number of documents, photos, and video tapes, and almost all of them took the investigators to operate the equipment in person, pointed out important problems in the operation, and often demonstrated the simplest disassembly method.However, the chemical weapons factory and the pesticide factory are very similar in nature. produce chemical compounds called precursors.In addition, any country with oil resources and petrochemical industries can also produce various special products, and most of them are harmful to human body. But this game has its rules, one of which is that honest people should not make weapons that are banned and Iraq has become honest in the world family overnight. These rules have been made very clear in the meetings of the UN Security Council.The Iraqi ambassador was at the round table, diagramming the facilities they had opened to the investigative team and regretting that they had not been able to tell the truth before.As for the other diplomats here, many of them have told too many lies and don't even know what the truth is.So, now, too, although they see the truth, they cannot see the lie behind it. Since our country has fully complied with all United Nations resolutions, I respectfully request that the food embargo be lifted as soon as possible based on the needs of our people.The Iraqi ambassador finally said.The other diplomats noted with satisfaction that even his tone was appropriate now. The Chairman gave permission to the Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to make a statement.The Chinese ambassador said he is the current president of the Security Council. No country in this world has more reason to hate Iraq than we do.The chemical weapons factories inspected today produced weapons of mass destruction that were used against our people.However, we believe that we should give high credit to the rebirth of our neighbors, whose former rulers have long caused the Iraqi people to suffer.That ruler is now dead, and the new government has shown its willingness to return to the family of nations.In view of this, the Islamic Republic of Iran will support the immediate suspension of the food embargo against Iraq.And, we're reaching out to Iraq with an emergency delivery of food to the Iraqi people.Iran proposes that the suspension of the embargo be conditional on Iraq's continued good faith; to this end, we submit Draft No. 3659 Scott.Adler was ordered to fly to New York to attend the meeting on behalf of the United States.The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations is an experienced diplomat. If it weren't for the fact that New York is very close to Washington, it is very convenient to travel, and he would be able to represent the United States.The situation was bad, Adler thought, and the Secretary of State couldn't do anything about it.The smartest diplomacy is often to do what your opponent asks; when you demand that someone should do something or refuse what he wants, and he unconditionally complies with your request, you cannot Don't refuse his request again, will you? The development of the situation put Adler in a completely passive situation.It's like playing poker, there are three aces on the board, and you only have to wait to be swallowed by your opponent's straight flush.Having full intelligence won't help much, the only thing holding this back is the gaudy productivity of the UN; however, that hardly matters when diplomats are in high spirits .Adler should have asked for a delay in the vote to ensure Iraq's long-term compliance with U.N. demands, but Iran settled the matter by submitting a temporary and conditional proposal detailing the suspension of the embargo.They also made it clear that they were going to ship food to Iraq no matter what. In fact, they had already started trucking food under the theory that doing something illegal would be acceptable if it was done openly.The Secretary of State looked over to his ambassador friend who had been friends for many years and saw a very ironic scene.The British ambassador was looking down at a piece of paper scribbled with a pencil, the Russian ambassador was looking at a document; no one was really listening, nor did they need to.Within two hours, the Iranian proposal will pass.Well, it could have been worse, at least he got a chance to ask the Chinese ambassador about their naval exercises in person.He knew what answer he was going to get, but he didn't know if it was true or not.I'm the Secretary of State of the most powerful country in the world, Adler thought, but I'm just an audience member today.