Chapter 59 Chapter 57 Traveling at Night

Jack?Ren opened his eyes and saw the bright sunlight entering the room.His watch showed it was eight o'clock in the morning. How did it happen?why no one Not even the alarm clock can wake you up.Casey told him that Andrea said Van Damme was going to keep you asleep until this hour.I think I need a good night's sleep too.The doctor said.When she got up at seven o'clock, she had slept for more than ten hours.Dave asked me to take a day off.she added. Ryan jumped up and rushed into the bathroom.When he came out, Kathy, in home clothes, handed him the briefing.The president stood in the middle of the room, reading the briefing.Reason told him that if anything important happened, he would be woken up.The briefing told him that, while not everything was going well, everything was fairly stable.Ten minutes later, he was dressed, greeted the children, kissed his wife, and walked out of the room.

The swordsman came out.Andre said into the radio.Go to the situation room?she asked the president. Um.whose idea Mr. President, it is the arrangement of the chief of staff.He's right, sir. The President watched her press the elevator button to the basement.I think I won. State security stayed up at night for him because that was their job. Well, how's the situation over there? Comedy Task Force is now one hundred and thirty miles away from the Indian Navy.Can you believe they're still patrolling the sea behind us?Admiral Jackson reports to the President. They want to step on two boats.class.Goodley asserted.

Go on. Operation Custer is nearly complete, the 366th Wing is stationed in Saudi Arabia, only one aircraft is forced to fly to the UK due to malfunction; the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment is leaving the equipment storage for the rendezvous point; so far So far so good.Although Iran sent fighter jets to wait for opportunities on the border, we and Saudi Arabia also sent containment forces; apart from the confrontation between the two sides, nothing else happened.said the Chief of Operations. Will the opponent retreat?Ryan asked. Won't.Edward.Foley replied that they would not be retreating at this time.

The meeting point is located on the sea fifty miles southeast of the Arabian Peninsula at Cape Resohha.The cruisers Normandy and Yorktown, the destroyer Jones, and the frigates Coppice, Doyle, and Nicholas lined up in file to allow the approach of Pratt and Supply, for These warships came at full speed from Alexandria to refuel.The helicopters took the captains to a meeting on board the Anzio to discuss the mission of the operation.The destination of their trip was Dhahran, so they had to sail west into the Strait of Hormuz.After about six hours, we will arrive at ten o'clock in the evening local time.The strait, twenty miles wide and dotted with small islands, is one of the busiest waterway passages in the world, even in today's growing crisis.Supertankers are frequent visitors in this area, and the displacement of just one supertanker exceeds the displacement of all warships in the new formation.There are many large container ships flying the flags of ten countries in this sea area, and there is even a multi-storey sheep transport ship, which looks like a parking lot in a big city, carrying live sheep from Australia.There are radars on the strait to monitor the passing ships, so it is very difficult for the TF | 6.1 formation to pass through the strait without being detected.But they can do something about it.Therefore, when they passed the narrowest part, they stuck to the south bank and shuttled through the gaps of the small islands belonging to Oman, hoping to weaken the radar echo; then they turned to the south of Abu Musa Island and passed through dense oil platforms. Use the platform to avoid the radar search, and then go straight to Dhahran through small countries such as Qatar and Bahrain.The most important warships in the U.S. Navy formation were unarmed and kept in box formation. The Anzio was in front, two thousand yards ahead; the Normandy and Yorktown were two thousand yards to the right, and the Jones was trailing behind. back.In addition, there are two midway supply ships escorted by the Obernen and all frigates, forming the second cover fleet.The helicopters fly over the formation, one is to patrol, and the other is to turn on the radar responder to simulate a larger radar target.All the captains agreed to this plan. This is the first time in the history of the U.S. Navy fleet that it has sailed rashly in a dangerous area without the close support of an aircraft ship.The fuel tank of the warship was full of fuel, and the formation was formed as scheduled, with the bow facing northwest and advancing at a speed of 26 knots.At 6:00 pm local time, four F｜16 fighter jets roared over the fleet, first to give these Aegis-class warships a chance to test how the fire control system can deal with moving targets, and second to verify the identification of friend or foe in night missions password.

They found Muhammad.Allahad is an ordinary person.He has been in the United States for fifteen years. It is said that his wife has passed away and he has no children.He was running a thriving store on a high street in Washington, and he was there at the time.Even though the closed sign was put up on the door, they still thought he must be sitting in the store to settle accounts. An operator from Loomis' team steps up to knock on the door.Allahad came to open the door, and there was a short conversation between the two sides, accompanied by gestures they had long expected, as if to say: Sorry, according to the order of the president, all stores must be closed, of course, but I did not. There is no way, you can't do anything!Yes, but it's an order Hey!who knows.What do you say?Finally, the operator walked in.Ten minutes later he came out, walked around the corner, and reported the situation on the car radio.

It was a rug shop.The operator reported to Loomis on the encrypted radio channel, if we want to search there, we must wait a little longer.The phone has been bugged, but so far no calls have been made or made. The other half of her men are still searching Alahad's home, where they found a photograph of a woman and a child.The kid was supposed to be his son, about fourteen years old in what looked like a uniform.While thinking about it, the operator took a photo of it with a Polaroid camera.After the search was over, Loomis and Selig went into an apartment building opposite. They learned from management that there was a vacant apartment facing Allahad's store, so they had no trouble getting the key, and Go to the room to install a surveillance system, and send two operators to monitor the back door.

O'Day noticed that besides Raman, there was another black operator who had not yet passed the review.His wife is a Muslim and is trying to convince her husband to become a Muslim, but the operator has spoken to colleagues about it, and it is documented in his file that this man is married like many other Secret Service operators , is in an unstable state.At this moment, the phone rang. I'm Inspector O'Day. Pat?I'm Xi Xi. What is the situation with Raman?He worked with her on three cases, all involving Russian spies.She is the kind of person who will break the casserole and ask the bottom line once she sees through the secret.

Remember the message on his answering machine?The one who made the wrong call? how? Our rug dealer was calling a dead man whose wife was allergic to wool.Loomis reports. click. Keep going, Xi Xi.She reported the contents of her notebook and the information obtained from a search of the rug dealer's home. I'm afraid I can't go wrong this time, Pat.Their technique is so brilliant, it's exactly the same as in the book.Since everything is so normal, no one notices at all.But why call a public phone?Unless he suspects someone might be eavesdropping.Why would you make the wrong call to a dead person?Why did this wrong call happen to be at the home of an operator of the Presidential Guard?

Well, Raman is not here now. Don't let him come back.Loomis suggested.They have not yet fully grasped the evidence and are still in the search stage.If they arrest Allahad, he will definitely get a lawyer and what evidence do they have?He made a phone call.He didn't even have to defend himself against the phone call, so long as he remained silent.The lawyer will say that this is probably a misunderstanding.Allahad might even have prepared a plausible explanation that of course pockets first and asks them for evidence, and the FBI can't come up with anything. That would give away our purpose, wouldn't it?

Better be careful, Pat. I'm going to report this to Dan.When are you going to search that store? tonight. Most of the officers and soldiers of the Black Horse Cavalry Regiment were exhausted.Although they are all in good health and have received combat training in desert areas, they have been tossing around on the plane for two-thirds of the day, no matter how strong their bodies are, they can't bear it. The first is the gun operation.The Saudi Arabian military has built a large-scale shooting range for its own use, with automatic steel targets ranging from 300 meters to 5,000 meters; the gunners use live ammunition instead of training ammunition to calibrate the target.As soon as the chariot is unloaded from the trailer, the driver starts it immediately to check whether all parts are operating normally. Check the radio communication equipment to ensure that the communication is normal; then confirm the very important on-board information system, and other more routine Check items and more.M-A World War II vehicles deployed in Saudi Arabia have not yet been equipped with the latest improvement of this model series: pawl-loading shell racks.There is a large steel frame on the chariot for personal items, especially water.Chariots can be seen everywhere on the field.Each Bradley combat vehicle even fired a towed anti-tank missile, and then drove to the ammunition supply area to reload the depleted ammunition.

All this went on very quietly.The Black Horse Cavalry Regiment often trains soldiers, so they have no sense of the routine tasks of soldiers and have long been used to it.They reminded themselves that this was not their desert even though deserts all looked alike.The Saudis have their own way of hospitality. They provide the US military with sufficient food and non-alcoholic beverages, while senior US military officers drink local specialty bitter coffee while looking at the map to discuss military operations. Marion.Diggs was a short man who had served in the Armored Cavalry all his life.When he skillfully manipulated sixty tons of steel with his fingertips, and shot another car at a distance of two miles, the pleasure in his heart spontaneously arose.Now he has become a high-ranking commander, commanding an army equivalent to a division, but one-third of its forces are deployed two hundred miles to the north, while the other third is still on board, and it may suffer tonight. an ordeal. What kind of force are we fighting against?How is their readiness?asked the general. Satellite photos have been received.Senior U.S. intelligence officers from King Khalid Military City Base are giving a mission briefing.For the short thirty minutes, Diggs stood and listened. The storm track reported minimal radio traffic.Remember, the position they were in was fairly exposed, the colonel intelligence officer said. I have sent a company to cover them. A Saudi military officer said that they will arrive at the designated location tomorrow morning. What about Operation Bison?asked Diggs.In Diggs' view, Kuwait's deployment is not bad, at least not at the forefront.Covering troops were provided in the border area, and three heavily armed brigades were deployed to deal with the assault into the depths.He knew Magruder, in fact, he knew the commanders of all three ground cavalry battalions.If the United Islamic Republic attacks first, regardless of the disparity in strength, they will deal a heavy blow to the enemy. What about the enemy's intentions?He asks the next question. Not sure, sir.There are also related issues that we don't understand.Washington asked us to be ready for battle, but did not say why. what is going on? It could be tonight or tomorrow morning.That's all I know, sir.The intelligence officer replied, oh, we have some reporters here, they just arrived a few hours ago, they have checked into a hotel in Riyadh. Very good. without knowing what they're doing But their goal is clear, isn't it?A senior Saudi commander says our Shiite neighbor already has a vast desert.He took a picture of the map, here is our economic center. General?another voice asked.Diggs turned to the left. Colonel Ettington? The center is political, not military.We need to remember this.The colonel from the Carolinas pointed out that if they aimed to seize the coastal oil fields, we would have a lot of strategic alerts. They're outnumbered, Nick, so that gives them full strategic flexibility.In these photos I see many oil supply companies.said the US general. They stopped at the Kuwaiti border last time because they ran out of oil.The Saudi Commander reminds everyone. The Saudi Arabian Army is actually the kingdom's national militia consisting of five heavily armed brigades, almost all of which are equipped by the United States.Three of the brigades were deployed in the south of Kuwait, and one of the brigades was deployed in Res al-Hafji, which was attacked by the invasion last time. Because it is near the sea, no one thought there would be an attack from the sea. Ettington said nothing on this point.Diggs is his boss, and the Saudi Army appears to be serious about territorial claims, as is most other countries.He and Diggs share a view that the 10th Armored Cavalry Regiment is a theater reserve for Kuwait, and the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment is a theater reserve for Saudi Arabia.This situation may change after militia units re-equip in Dhahran.But for now, everything is deployed unchanged. A big problem that remains is the proper command relationship.Diggs was a star and Ettington knew he was the best of the best but only a brigadier.If CENTCOM were here, he would have the rank and status to make stronger recommendations to the Saudis.Apparently Colonel Magruder of the Bison Armored Cavalry had done something similar, but Diggs' position was a little trickier. Well, we still have a few days anyway.Diggs turned back and sent out some more scouting troops.If there is any movement in those six divisions in Iran, I want to know what is going on. We'll send out Marauder planes at sunset.The intelligence officer promised. Ettington stepped outside and lit a cigar.He didn't need to go outside at all, and after he had just taken a few puffs, he realized that all the Saudi officers smoked. Nick?Diggs came over and asked. It would be nice to have some beer. That's just wasted heat.said the general. Four to one advantage, and they still have the initiative.It's going to be fun, Diggs.He took another drag.Their deployment is annoying.He said, by the way, what kind of action is this? Bison move forward.Nick, how about a nickname for your brigade? What do you think of wolves?Everything happened so fast. Presumably the other party must have learned from the last war that we cannot give us time to deploy our troops. That's right.Well, I'm off to see my subordinates. Go with my helicopter.Diggs told him I was going to be here a while. Yes, sir.Ettington turned, saluted, and walked away.After a while, he turned around again.Diggs? What's up? We may not be as well-trained as Hamm and his troops, but we will succeed.Did you hear that?He saluted again, threw away his cigar, and walked towards Black Hawk. Warships are the least noisy means of transportation. Usually there is only the high-frequency buzzing sound of the ship's hull piercing the sea water when it is moving, and the sound does not travel far.Those on board could feel the vibrations of the main engines, or hear the muffled sound of the pulleys sucking in air, but these carried no more than a hundred yards on the water at night.There was only the splash of water and the long, foamy tail of the ship's stern.The navigation lights are turned off, which has violated the rules for avoiding collisions at sea in the narrow sea area.The sailors on the watchtower watched ahead with binoculars and searchlights.The fleet was turning, entering the narrowest part of the strait. In each of the combat operations centers, people are talking quietly around the various displays and charts so that no one else can hear them.Some people think of surface-to-surface missiles set up on positions fifteen thousand yards away, each with a ton of explosives placed behind its homing warhead. Target from the left, new heading two|eight|five.Anzio's deck watch officer's report. There are more than forty targets on the main trace, the so-called echoes found by the radar.Each target is marked with a vector indicating the target's course and speed, while there are approximately equal numbers of targets entering and leaving the channel. Well, we've been successful so far.The weapons watchman told Captain Gamble that they might have fallen asleep. Maybe it's a trap, Charlie.brown. Now only the navigation radar is working.The Iranian-United Islamic Republic Army must have electronic interception equipment over there.Some radar targets unexplained; fishing boats?smuggling?Private yacht?The outcome is unknown.Perhaps the enemy hadn't sent their ships so far into the center of the strait, because the Arabs were as territorial as anyone else, Gamble suspected. All ships are in combat position.All combat systems are running at full capacity, but only in a state of readiness.If there is a target trying to attack, they will first see who it is.If someone had a target-guided radar on them, the ship would raise its readiness level and turn on the Spy One radar scan, looking for radar-guided beams that might be aimed at the ship.But this is tricky because the missiles have their own targeting systems and the straits are so crowded that launching a missile could hit the wrong target. Course changed to course four | four, target coming from left.said the helmsman. It was a surface target, within the waters of the United Islamic Republic, at a distance of seven miles, passing by the stern of the ship.Gamble leaned forward, and a computer command showed the target's course for the previous twenty minutes.She had been sailing at rudder effect, five knots; now at ten knots, turning to follow the camouflage fleet.This information was transmitted to the captain of the Obernen and commander of the camouflage formation.The distance between the two warships was sixteen thousand yards and was getting closer. Things are getting more and more interesting.The helicopter of the cruiser Normandy followed closely, keeping a low altitude flight.The pilot saw the unidentified ship speed up, causing white and green spray.Sudden increase in horsepower means It was a gunboat.The pilot reported over the datalink that it was on full throttle.Target is ramping up.Gamble smiled wryly.He had to choose. If he didn't act, maybe nothing happened, but he might also give the gunboat a chance to fire on the Obernen and her formation.But if there is a reaction, there is a danger of alarming the enemy. The target was a missile boat, and I found two launchers. It's heading straight for the Obernen, sir.Weapon value update officer report. Radio talk.I hear radio communications on the UHF band.Orientation ○｜one｜five. Attack.Gamble immediately gave the order. shooting.The weapon value change officer gave orders to the helicopter through the communication channel. receive.Enter the attack. The combat situation center, this is the watchtower.I found a flash of fire on the port side, like a missile launch, no, it was two.Megaphone preaching. Turn on radar scanning. Two more launches, sir. Damn it, Gamble thought.The helicopter has only two anti-ship missiles, and the enemy ship has already launched two missiles.He could only watch this happen.The camouflage formation is being adjusted as the missiles are aimed at it. Two missiles heading towards the Obernen target have been destroyed.The pilot added that the missile boat had been destroyed.Moments later, the upper deck observation deck confirmed the message.I repeat, there are two missiles heading for the Obernen. Goals are big.The weapon value change official said. The navigation radar display indicated that the Aubernen had changed course to port.That means removing the protective cover and preparing to use the point defense missile system located on the stern of the ship, but it also provides a large radar target for missiles flying towards it.The destroyer did not fire on its covering fleet for fear of directing missile strikes towards the supply ships it was escorting.Is it decisive?Still thinking about it?Gamble didn't know.Either way, it's a gutsy decision. The stern of the ship was ablaze.Report from the observation deck on the upper deck, wow, hit one!Another hit!There was five seconds of silence. The Obernen returned to formation.We're fine.A voice reported. So far, fine.thought Gamble. Three Marauder planes took off to monitor the three armies stationed southwest of Baghdad.They were flying at twice the speed of the chariot, and at a distance of thirty miles from the original target, the airborne looking down on the heat source camera discovered the launch of the armored vehicle Allah Allah in action.Messages that reached the path of the storm were immediately sent to King Khalid's Military City, and from there to the world. If only there were a few more days.class.Gudrey said to himself. How are you getting ready?Ren asked the chief of operations. The 10th Armored Cavalry Regiment was ready to attack, the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment was at least a day away, and the other brigade hadn't even gotten its equipment yet.Jackson replied. How much time is left?the president asked. Twelve hours at least, maybe eighteen hours, it had to depend on where they were going to attack. Ren nodded.Arnie, does Carly know? have no idea. let her know.I'm going to give a speech. Arahad must be bored with no customers coming, Loomis thought.He left early, walked to the parking lot, and drove home.It was not difficult to follow him on such an empty street.A few minutes later, he parked his car and walked into the apartment complex where he lived.Loomis and Selig walked out of their rented apartment across the street and then around the back of the store.There were two locks on the door, and it took them ten minutes to unlock it, which made them a little annoyed.The next step is to disassemble the alarm system, which is very easy. This old-fashioned alarm system can be opened only by inserting a horizontal key and a simple password.Inside they found several other photos, one of which may have been of his son.They first checked the address book, and one of them was named J.Shi Loan's phone number is 536｜4040, but no address is written. What do you think?Loomis said. I think it was added recently, and there is a dot on the first four of the phone number, and I think it tells him which number to change, Xixi. This guy is a master, Donnie. You are right, and Aref.Raman was with him. But how to prove all this? Their camouflage might have been seen through, maybe not.Gamble racked his brains to assess the situation.Maybe the missile boat was allowed to fire after asking for instructions, or maybe the young captain decided to attack on his own, but this is unlikely, because the dictatorship will not give the army commander a lot of authority.The current score is one to zero, with the U.S. Navy leading the United Islamic Republic Navy by one point.The two naval formations continued, heading southwest into the widening bay.The speed was maintained at twenty-six knots, and he was still surrounded by merchant ships.Conversations between the ships filled the telegraph network, wondering what was going on north of Abu Musa. The Oman patrol boat also came out at this time and was talking to someone, probably asking the United Islamic Republic about what had just happened.Gamble believes that such chaos is beneficial to the United States.It was pitch black outside, making it difficult to make out the ship. When is it daylight at sea? Five hours later, sir.It's worth asking the helmsman to answer. That time would only cover a distance of one hundred and fifty miles at most.We move on.If they can, let them come.It would be a miracle if he could drive all the way to Bahrain without being spotted. They put all the information on Inspector O'Day's desk.Evidence consists of three pages of records and a few Polaroid photographs.What seemed to be the most important piece of evidence was a page with a photocopy of the phone call, Selig's notes.This is the only legal evidence they have. The evidence is not very strong.Pat said. Hey Pat, you were the one who said to hurry up.They were all guilty, Loomis reminded him.I haven't been able to prove their guilt to a jury yet, but that's enough for a massive investigation, if we have enough time.But I guess we don't have much time, do we. Yes.Come on, he said, standing up, we have to see the chief. Murray is really busy.While the FBI is not responsible for the actual investigation of all Ebola cases, it does a lot of field work.In addition to the old cases, there are also new cases of attacks on the footprints under investigation.Now came this case again, the third extremely important case in less than ten days.The inspector waved to the secretary and went straight into the chief's office without knocking. Luckily I didn't go to the bathroom.Murray said. I guess you don't have time either.me too.Pat told him there might be a spy in the Secret Service, Dan. oh? Yep, what the hell.I'll let Loomis and Selig explain it to you. Is it credible?If I tell Andrea.Price, you won't be shot, will you?asked the chief. I don't think so.