Chapter 573: "3 Bodies"
Chapter 573: The Three-Body Problem (2)
Qin Feng exited the "virtual dream", took off his helmet and returned to reality.
Looking out the window, at the military airport outside the special affairs department, a new large fighter plane with a cool appearance was also taking off into the sky.
The camera followed Qin Feng's line of sight and quickly moved up, soon following the fighter plane to high altitude and entering the rear cabin.
Inside the cabin were Shi Qiang, Liu Peiqiang and Zhao Hailun, who had also exited the "virtual dream".
They talked briefly about the ETO mobile base, and then the topic quickly shifted to Liu Peiqiang.
"This operation is not only involving our family, but also personnel from other countries, so be careful when you go up, I am still waiting to come back to attend your wedding."
Shi Qiang looked at Liu Peiqiang and reminded him earnestly.
"Don't worry, I know."
A happy smile appeared on Liu Peiqiang's face.
"I know more about this than you do."
He thought of Han Duoduo, who was about to become his wife, and the camera switched to that side.
At this time, Han Duoduo was still busy decorating her and Liu Peiqiang's new home in Shanghai, and her father Han Ziang was of course by her side.
At the same time, Zhao Hailun's sister, Zhao Xiumei, was naturally entrusted to her for care and is currently studying at a school in Shanghai.
At this point in the plot of "The Three-Body Problem 1", the overall atmosphere is still relaxed, even a little warm.
When the camera focused on Han Duoduo, Zhao Xiumei and others, even the light became much softer.
In addition, a clip was specially inserted in the middle where Tang Ren finds Ma Chenggong (played by Xu Zheng) who has been released from prison and returns the 30,000 yuan to him, which adds some humor to the movie.
However, the relaxed and happy atmosphere soon ended, and Shi Qiang, Liu Peiqiang and Zhao Hailun arrived at their destination.
【Panama】.
[United Nations Defense Operations Command Center].
The huge temporary combat center has brought together many military elites from all over the world.
"You have a lot of acquaintances."
Shi Qiang, who was sitting in his seat, watched Liu Peiqiang, who had just greeted a black officer, sit down, and teased him with a smile. At the same time, he picked up a cigar from the conference table, lit it and took a puff.
It’s really good stuff if it’s made locally.
Shi Qiang nodded, and happily blew the cigarette slowly to the other side, which caused Colonel Stanton of the US Marine Corps who was attending the meeting to cast a contemptuous look at him.
Most of the participants in the meeting were foreign soldiers, and they all wore military uniforms.
Perhaps for the first time in human history, the world's armed forces faced a common enemy.
"We have dealt with them before when we were on a mission in Africa. They are all elites. We have also met each other in some military competitions before."
Liu Peiqiang also started puffing out smoke like Shi Qiang.
At this time, General Chang Weisi (played by Lin Yongjian), the Chinese representative who served as the commander-in-chief of the operation, was reiterating the importance of the action.
“Comrades, everyone attending this meeting must have a basic understanding of the current situation.
The existence of the ETO organization has become a global threat. Japan, South Korea, the United States, Africa, and European countries have all suffered heavy losses because of them.
And according to intelligence, there may be even more dangerous people behind them.
There is currently news proving that these guys have established a core base and command center called "Judgment Day". The core base was converted from a 60,000-ton oil tanker and is always wandering on the sea.
At the same time, there should be a lot of important information stored on the ship, which was given to them by the "people" behind the ETO organization, as well as important information they researched themselves.
Our next combat goal is very clear, which is to destroy the ETO organization on the Judgment Day and seize their important information to resolve the crisis facing the world today!"
"We have currently implemented information silencing and misleading around the Judgment Day, but have not yet alarmed it. Currently, the giant ship is still sailing in the Atlantic Ocean with a legal identity.
And not long ago it has applied to the Panama Canal Authority and will pass through the canal to the Pacific Ocean in four days. This will be a great opportunity for us to take action! "
The military representative from the United States stood up and spoke first.
Now, around this current incident, senior military operations centers in countries around the world have been mobilized to develop plans around this action and provide technical support to the delegates.
Their task for this meeting was to discuss action plans, finally determine one to three most feasible ones, and then carry out the tasks.
"Please note that all plans must ensure the safety and capture of the information on the Judgment Day."
General Chang Weisi emphasized.
At this time, the Japanese military representative stood up and projected a drawing onto the big screen on the scene.
"We have found out that the ETO's 'Judgment Day' is a modified version of the 'White Eagle Maru' large oil tanker originally built by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in Japan.
This is the construction drawing of the 'White Eagle Maru', but after so many years, the ETO organization has also made a lot of modifications to it, and complex structures have been added to the upper and inner parts of the hull, so we know even less about its structure. "
"At present, we don't even know the exact location of the computer center of the Judgment Day, nor do we know which server on the ship the information is stored on, and how many backups there are."
"Then we must fully occupy the Judgment Day, but we must be quick to prevent the enemy from deleting the information."
"It's easy to say, but with current technology, the enemy has many ways to completely destroy the server hard drive and other storage devices. This can be done within 10 seconds."
"In fact, it is easy to quickly destroy the enemy. We in the United States have many powerful weapons."
"But those weapons cannot guarantee that they will not cause serious damage to other facilities inside the Judgment Day, especially computer equipment!"
"Are you questioning us?"
The combat command center was caught in a heated discussion. The Japanese officers suggested that they could use the reconnaissance personnel lurking inside the "Judgment Day" to control or transfer the storage equipment before taking action.
However, the NATO military intelligence agency responsible for monitoring and reconnaissance of the "Day of Judgment" stated that there are currently no suitable reconnaissance personnel lurking within it.
"Then what's left for us is just bullshit!"
At this time, Dashi smiled and teased Liu Peiqiang beside him. He did not lower his voice, so he was immediately given the cold shoulder by many people.
At this time, Colonel Stanton from the United States made a suggestion:
"China's ball lightning weapon. I remember that thing can accurately destroy specific targets."
Liu Peiqiang had a great say in the use of spherical weapons, so he raised his hand and denied it:
"No, the attack of ball lightning is full of randomness and singularity. Unless we can launch hundreds of ball lightning at a time, it will be difficult to guarantee the elimination of all personnel on the ship at the same time."
"What about the neutron bomb?" said a Russian officer.
Colonel Stanton denied it, saying, "That won't work either. Neutron radiation cannot kill instantly. The enemy will have enough time to destroy the intelligence information."
"Another option is nerve gas, but since the space inside the ship is huge and complex, the release and spread of the gas will take time," said a NATO officer. Then, the group proposed concussion bombs, infrasonic weapons, and underwater diving, but they were all rejected one by one.
Seeing that the discussion went on endlessly, Shi Qiang knocked on the table impatiently, which immediately aroused the dissatisfaction of the US military representative Stanton.
However, facing the other party's questioning, Dashi did not tolerate him and immediately retorted.
"That's enough, Dashi!" Chang Weisi slapped the table and said, "Don't go off topic. You can tell us your own plan."
"I don't think there's any need to waste time." Colonel Stanton lit his cigar contemptuously.
"Why, you look down on the police?"
Shi Qiang sneered and looked at him with contempt.
“When it comes to sinking a ship, you soldiers are good enough; but when it comes to taking things out of it intact, you are worse than a thief.
For this kind of thing, you have to use evil tactics, absolutely evil tactics!"
"Tell me about your evil tricks, otherwise don't speak anymore!" Chang Weisi pointed at Dashi and said.
Shi Qiang did not hide anything and started to demonstrate on the spot using the pens, ashtrays, cigars and other items on the table.
“This is the canal.”
"This is the 'Day of Judgment'."
"We put two pillars on both sides of the canal."
He placed the two cigars on either side of the canal.
"Many thin filaments are stretched parallel to each other between the pillars. These filaments are made of the nanomaterial called 'flying blades' developed by Dr. Zhao and his team.
Then just wait for the Judgment Day to pass!"
After Shi Qiang finished speaking, he stood there looking at the people at the scene, took out another cigar, lit it, put it in his mouth, and waited patiently.
The air in the war room seemed to freeze, and everyone watched Shi Qiang's demonstration, motionless as if petrified.
The buzzing sounds of the computers around seemed to become cautious. After an unknown amount of time, someone timidly broke the silence:
"What is this 'flying blade'?"
Zhao Hailun, who was brought to the scene by Shi Qiang, began to introduce the performance of the nano flying blade, emphasizing that the material had been used in space operations (see "Gravity") and had extremely strong toughness and durability.
After hearing this introduction, everyone knew that Shi Qiang's plan was indeed very feasible, and they surrounded Zhao Hailun and began to ask for more information about the nano flying blades. At the same time, they humbled themselves and began to formulate a detailed action plan with Shi Qiang as the leader.
"Are there enough nano blades?"
"How wide is the Panama Canal? How tall is that ship?"
"The narrowest part of the Panama Canal is 150 meters. The Judgment Day is 31 meters high and has a draft of about 8 meters."
"One hundred and fifty meters..."
Zhao Hailun looked at the river map on the screen, pondered for a moment, and said with some embarrassment:
"At present, the flying blades we have on hand are only about 600 meters long. With this width, I'm afraid we can only pull up three or four flying blades."
"So short? Can't you quickly transfer some from China, or produce new ones?"
"That's all we have. The production of nano-flying blades can only rely on laboratory molecular construction technology. Currently, there is no possibility of large-scale mass production."
"Then what should we do? There are too few lines. For an oil tanker over 30 meters high, there are likely to be many fish that slip through the net, no matter how sparsely spaced they are."
"Perhaps we could try somewhere narrower, like one of the canal's three locks.
There, the length of the Flying Blade thread only needs to be about 32 meters, and the spacing between the threads can be even smaller."
"No, the situation at the lock is complicated. Not only is the speed of passage slow, but the ship must be at its most alert at this time. It is very likely to be discovered during the cutting process."
There was another silence in the war room, and the participants looked at Shi Qiang again, who had remained silent.
Since he was the one who proposed this plan, he must have thought about this problem in advance.
“Why do these lines have to be placed side by side?”
Shi Qiang exhaled a puff of smoke and said with a smile:
"Have you never seen a spider web?
All you need to do is pull two lines across the river, and then use the nano-flying blades to weave a net in the middle of the river where the tanker is most likely to pass by. This way you can cover the largest area with the least amount of material."
There was another long silence, and everyone finally understood how evil Shi Qiang's so-called evil path was.
"What if the device storing information is also cut?" someone asked another question.
"It's not a big deal if it's cut," said a computer expert. "The filaments are extremely sharp, so the cuts must be very neat. In this state, no matter what storage method is used, most of the information inside can be recovered."
"Okay, does anyone have any different ideas?"
Chang Weisi looked around the venue and saw that no one was talking. "Then this plan is finalized."
The discussion on the course of action ended there.
Four days later, the Panama Canal Gaillard Passage.
Shi Qiang and others who had arrived here in advance were sitting in a pavilion on the hillside next to the river. They were wearing loose floral shirts and looked like ordinary tourists.
However, the eyes of these tourists are always on the canal below.
There, two slender steel pillars were placed on both sides of the canal. The nano "flying blade" net that had been woven long ago was firmly tied to it because of a small amount of flaky "flying blade" material as a gasket, waiting for the arrival of prey.
The code name of the operation is "Capture", which is a natural association because the cutting surface made of nanowires is a big "net".
"Why do we have to choose daytime? Isn't it more hidden at night?"
Zhao Hailun looked at the trap that he had set up and couldn't help but ask Shi Qiang beside him.
Dashi exhaled a puff of smoke and explained calmly:
"Because at night everyone on the boat is lying down to sleep, they might slip through the gaps in the mesh. Even if they are squatting during the day, the density of the net is enough."
There were a few sporadic dry laughs around, and Zhao Hailun clearly sensed the bloody smell in those laughters.
"You are such a devil." She couldn't help but complain to Shi Qiang.
Shi Qiang glanced at the young female scientist, exhaled a puff of smoke, and watched it become fainter and fainter in the wind.
No excuses.
(End of this chapter)