The train driver in the courtyard

Chapter 679 Zhao Laoshuan's real mission, the little black bird attacks

Yangcheng.

With an envelope in my arms, I took a bus to the border crossing, and then after more than an hour of traveling, I entered the Yangcheng Railway Station.
Two hours later it was placed on the desk of Section Chief Chen of the Materials Department.

Section Chief Chen took the envelope and put it into the file bag, sealed it with a seal, stamped it with a red stamp indicating internal mail from the Yangcheng Railway Bureau, and handed it to an officer.

"Which is the fastest train to Jichun now?"

干事抬起手腕看了看时间：“7/8次列车，转101/102次。不过7/8次马上就要发车了。”

Section Chief Chen said: "Notify the dispatch center to delay the train for ten minutes, and deliver this email to the train immediately."

The officer straightened his chest and said, "Yes."

With the file bag tucked in his arms, he rushed to the train at 10:05.

"It's expedited mail. It must be delivered to Jichun as quickly as possible."

"understand!"

The conductor of Train No. 3121 was wondering about the train delay. After seeing the email, he immediately understood.

This is internal expedited mail.

He took the file bag and strode into the car.

The train started and the file bag spent the journey in the conductor's room.

After arriving in Beijing, the file bag was immediately sent to Train No. 101 (Mass Number).

"Urgent email, Yoshiharu!"

"understand!"

The file bag was put on the train again, and this time it took three days and three nights to reach its destination.

"Driver Li, this is the urgent mail you've been waiting for. Please sign for it."

early morning.

Li Aiguo received the mail from Captain Chen of Train No. 451.

Director Bai, who accompanied Li Aiguo, exclaimed: "Your Ministry of Railways is indeed the big brother. It only took less than a week to get from Yangcheng to Jichun. Last year, I mailed a piece of clothing to my wife, but it took more than a month on the road."

The three team leaders were more interested in emails.

"Driver Li, is this the secret weapon to deal with Zhao Laoshuan? Can I take a look?"

Zhao Laoshuan can be said to be the most powerful opponent that Jichun Meteorological Bureau has encountered since its establishment.

The Meteorological Bureau initially used criticism weapons such as "starving the eagle" and ideological work, but they were of no use.

Considering that the weapon of criticism cannot replace the criticism of weapons, the Meteorological Bureau had no choice but to send three team leaders.
It is hoped that through the three team leaders’ criticism of their weapons, Zhao Laoshuan will understand that resistance is meaningless.

however.

Zhao Laoshuan withstood the "test".

This made the third team leader, who had always believed that weapon criticism could solve all problems, particularly unhappy.

"Team Leader Three, stop messing around. Can you take this thing out now? Hurry back to the weather station."

When Director Bai saw Team Leader 3 reaching out to take the file bag, he quickly stopped her and walked quickly towards the jeep.

When Li Aiguo returned to the weather station in a jeep, Director Ma had already brought Zhao Laoshuan out of the detention room.

This was the first time Li Aiguo saw Zhao Laoshuan after more than 20 days.

Zhao Laoshuan looked almost the same as he had been more than 20 days ago, still wearing the cleaner's uniform. His complexion was good and slightly rosy, but his hair was a little messy.

He bit his lip and held his head high.

When Director Ma escorted him out, he smiled at Li Aiguo, which looked like a provocation. Anyone who saw him would know that this was a difficult guy to deal with.

The interrogation was not delayed for a moment and he was sent directly to the interrogation room.

The interrogation was led by Director Ma, Li Aiguo and the third team leader, a total of three people.

Zhao Laoshuan's importance has now skyrocketed, and he even ranks among the top few people caught in the country.

Li Aiguo was also fortunate enough to monitor what is known as a high-end interrogation room.

The wall of the interrogation room was a single-sided glass. Behind the glass was a film camera. On the table in the interrogation room was a set of recording equipment.

The reason why I use the word "device" instead of calling it a tape recorder directly is because this thing is about the same size as a movie projector.

After pressing the button, the disc above starts to rotate with the film.

Li Aiguo sat at the table and looked across at him meaningfully.

Two high-powered spotlights shone on Zhao Laoshuan's face, as if to leave him alone. The three of them remained silent.

After a long time, Zhao Laoshuan remained silent as usual, with his eyes closed as if he was asleep.

Director Ma then spoke slowly: "Zhao Laoshuan, we all know where you are from and what you are doing here.

Now I will give you one last chance. As long as you can cooperate with us, we can give you a lighter sentence."

Zhao Laoshuan still had his eyes closed, as if he didn't hear anything.

Seeing this, Director Ma turned his head and looked at Li Aiguo: "I leave it to you."

The interrogation room fell silent.

Li Aiguo stood up, took out a cigarette, smoked one and walked over to hand it to Zhao Laoshuan who was sitting on a chair.

He lit a cigarette, took a puff, and then said leisurely: "Zhao Laoshuan, this is the first time I talk to you, please give me some face."

Since Zhao Laoshuan was arrested, Li Aiguo has never interrogated him personally.

Now seeing that it was a different person, Zhao Laoshuan took two puffs of his cigarette and opened his eyes.

He looked at Li Aiguo with a calm gaze, and a word came out of his cracked lips.

"I know nothing and I can't say anything. I said on the first day that you can throw whatever you want at me and I'll take it. If you want to shoot me, you can take me out now."

"hey-hey"

Li Aiguo was not angry. He took out a firework, lit it, blew a puff of smoke and said, "It's okay. We are friends, good friends. Since you don't want to tell me, I can tell you.

You may not know yet, but a big event happened abroad recently.

The IBM Corporation, which made large computers, was tricked into producing a large number of inferior computers and lost millions of dollars.

Upon hearing this, panic appeared in Zhao Laoshuan's eyes for the first time.

But he quickly calmed down and closed his eyes again.

"Young man, I've played this trick on you before. Isn't it just publishing fake news in fake newspapers?"

"Oh, look at you. Why don't you believe that I'm a good person? This time, it really isn't fake news."

As he spoke, Li Aiguo returned to the table, opened the file bag, took out the photo and handed it over.

"have a look."

The corners of Zhao Laoshuan's eyes twitched twice, as if he was suppressing his emotions, but he finally opened his eyes.

When he first saw the photo, he looked a little confused. Why was the second-generation rich kid in the photo so annoying? And what was the meaning of this guy standing in front of the TV? !

When he saw the program and time on TV, Zhao Laoshuan's face turned pale, and his eyes became more and more staring as time passed.

Li Aiguo smiled and moved a chair to sit opposite him, saying slowly: "Zhao Laoshuan, let me tell you a story. Wang An Computer Company used the magnetic core storage technology of the mainland to produce a new type of electronic tube computer, which seized the market share of International Business Machines Corporation."

As Li Aiguo spoke, Zhao Laoshuan's forehead broke out in cold sweat and his breathing became rapid.

Li Aiguo took a puff of his cigarette and continued, "If I'm not mistaken, you are the rat who helped the International Business Machines Corporation smuggle technology out of the mainland."

"These things have nothing to do with me, so don't waste your energy." Zhao Laoshuan suddenly closed his eyes, leaned back in the chair, and entered the "turtle state" again.

Director Ma sighed in his heart when he saw this scene. Li Aiguo had already explained the causes and consequences of Zhao Laoshuan's actions. If it were anyone else, they would have no choice but to surrender.

This Zhao Laoshuan really is determined to die.

If a person is not afraid of death, what else is he afraid of?

Director Ma immediately had the idea of ​​ending the interrogation and was about to stand up to signal the third team leader to turn off the recording equipment.

Li Aiguo spoke again.

He looked at Zhao Laoshuan with pity and said, "Although we have different positions, I admire you very much.

As an excellent professional rat, you were able to hide for so long and have the will to die, which many people cannot do. "

Zhao Laoshuan remained silent.

Li Aiguo went on to say: “It’s a pity that you can’t return to Langley now.

Even if we let you go, your superiors will not let you off easily in order to avoid exposure."

Zhao Laoshuan's eyelids twitched twice.

Li Aiguo said, "I believe that in a few months, when the whole thing has calmed down, your superiors will definitely report to Langley and claim that you have betrayed them. Then they will put all the blame on you."

Zhao Laoshuan opened his eyes and his hands began to tremble.

Li Aiguo said: "Your name will be nailed to the pillar of shame by Langley, your family will not receive any pension, and the people you protected will spit on you forever!"

"Decades later, when Langley declassifies your files, your relatives, friends, grandchildren and grandchildren will all know that the person they once trusted the most turned out to be a despicable traitor."

"You can only lie quietly on the ground and watch all this happen, unable to stop it!"

Even though it was not convenient to drink at this moment, Li Aiguo insisted on drinking a full glass.

If you want to destroy a person, it is far from enough to rely solely on physical torture. The best way is to break the thoughts he has always held on to and destroy his will.

"Bang!"

Zhao Laoshuan wanted to stand up suddenly, but he forgot that his feet were shackled to the chair, so he lifted the chair up with him and almost fell to the ground.

"Stop it, stop it!"

Li Aiguo took a puff of his cigarette and continued, "Now I'm giving you a chance to rewrite your future life. Remember, you only have one chance!"

Zhao Laoshuan struggled, gritted his teeth, and finally opened his mouth.

"My real name is Titus Hindson, I am Japanese-American, my parents immigrated to the US decades ago.

I have lived there since I was born, and I have long considered myself an American. Then the war broke out at Pearl Harbor. People like me were excluded. "Having not spoken for a long time, Zhao Laoshuan's voice was a little hoarse, but his pronunciation was very clear.

Director Ma couldn't help but marvel at the sight while taking notes.

This Titus Hindson is indeed a big shot.

After the war broke out, Titus Hindson felt that the American side was unsafe. He did not escape like others, but did the opposite and joined Langley's recruitment.

Because he looked like an Oriental and was fluent in Japanese and Chinese, he was soon transferred to the Far East Reclamation Company in Saipan.

The so-called Far East Reclamation Company is actually an American training institution that specializes in training elites.

After nearly three years of training, Titus Hindson was sent to carry out several missions here and on the Japanese side, and achieved considerable results.

After the Japanese surrendered, Titus Hindson was promoted for his outstanding achievements and successfully joined the Intelligence Analysis Department of Langley Headquarters, where he was specifically responsible for analyzing and screening news from the East.

After the enemy retreated, the Americans turned their attention to the East and launched Operation DITEK to help the enemy.

According to Titus Hindson's position and rank, he was not required to participate in this operation.

But in order to train those Dieters, Titus Hindson was sent to the Japanese Welfare Training Institute as an instructor.

After the training, Titus Hindson could have returned to the Langley headquarters, but he flew here with Team Wen and Team Shen.

Within less than a year after they landed, all the members of “Team Wen” and “Team Shen” were captured.

Titus Hindson did not accompany the team members because he had an important mission.

Relying on his life experience here, he successfully hid himself.

"Important task? What important task!" Director Ma couldn't help it any longer and asked with a slightly excited voice.

Titus Hindson raised his head but did not answer. Instead, he looked up at Li Aiguo.

Li Aiguo thought for a moment and said solemnly: "As long as the information you provide is of great value, we can provide some funds for your family."

After the war, descendants like Titus Hindson's family considered themselves Americans, but were not accepted by Americans and their living conditions were worrying.

"My main mission here is to provide Blackbird with reconnaissance coordinates and investigate important bases here. Of course, this is what is stated in the mission briefing. My friend in the Intelligence Analysis Department privately revealed that Blackbird's real target is the base where you grow mushrooms."

"After coming here, I have directed the Blackbirds to conduct reconnaissance on the situation in the Northeast several times, but I have never received any telegrams indicating that the mission was completed. This is enough to show that their purpose is not an ordinary goal."

After everything was said and done, Titus Hindson seemed to have let go of all his burdens.

He no longer held on, and slumped down in the chair, the sound seeming to float out of his mouth.

After the words were spoken, silence fell in the interrogation room.

Director Ma and the three team leaders were shocked by the news.

The mushroom growing plan was top secret in the country. Even trustworthy people like Director Ma and Team Leader Three had never heard of it.

How did the Americans know?
No, the key is what is this black bird? How come it has come here several times and has not been discovered by our people?
Li Aiguo was also stunned.

He remembered that the world-renowned stealth fighter, the Blackbird, did not appear until the 1960s, so it should still be in the development stage now, right?
Showing any abnormal emotion in front of the target being interrogated means that the situation is out of control.

After Li Aiguo realized his surprise, he quickly turned his head and adjusted his facial expression.

Fortunately, Titus Hindson's psychological defenses had completely collapsed at this time, and he didn't notice this side at all.

Li Aiguo took a puff of his cigarette and asked calmly, "Let's talk about this black bird. I've never heard of this thing. You didn't make it up, did you?"

"Comrade, I have decided to cooperate. You don't need to play these tricks anymore." Titus Hindson sat up straight and said slowly, "Blackbird is the internal code name of the A-12 attack aircraft, a stealth reconnaissance aircraft jointly developed by McDonnell Douglas and General Dynamics.

Two test models have just been developed. During flight tests, the military was not satisfied with the performance of the A-12 and decided to develop a new version of the high-altitude, high-speed reconnaissance aircraft.

Because the A-12 was a semi-finished product, it was hidden and never released to the public.

The two A-12s were just right for this mushroom investigation, so they were deployed to the ship on the high seas.

This is the right number.

Li Aiguo clenched his fists tightly.

During this period, the Americans were preparing to develop a new aircraft that could fly at more than three times the speed of sound. They eventually selected the last option from 12 designs: the A-12 aircraft, also known as the "Little Blackbird."

Later, the Americans further upgraded the A-12 aircraft based on its technical solution and developed the SR-71 high-altitude, high-speed reconnaissance aircraft. The SR-71 is a real blackbird.

Although the A-12 is a semi-finished high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft, its stealth performance is not inferior to that of the Blackbird.

It was eliminated only because of its high manufacturing cost and its inability to exceed Mach 2.5.

"It's a stealth fighter, no wonder we didn't notice it!"

Li Aiguo also became excited at this time.

He fished another cigarette from his pocket, put it between Titus Hindson's lips, and lit it with a match.

"Old Xin, if I'm not mistaken, you should have grasped the timetable and route map of Blackbird's reconnaissance, right?"

Titus Hindson, who was smoking, felt a sudden chill all over his body. He certainly knew what Li Aiguo meant.

If it were in the past, he would have shut his mouth without hesitation.

but
Since they have abandoned me, why should I keep secrets for them? Titus Hindson nodded with difficulty, complaining in his heart.

I got you! Li Aiguo stood up suddenly and turned to look at the third team leader.

The third team leader checked the recording equipment and then nodded heavily at Li Aiguo.

Li Aiguo slowly squatted down in front of Titus Hindson: "Old Hindson, we are good friends. When will Blackbird come next time?"

"What day is it?" Titus Hindson asked.

"September 19th."

"Well, that's the day after tomorrow."

Li Aiguo asked: "Are you sure?"

"I set the schedule and route. If Wilson hasn't reported my disappearance yet, a Blackbird will take off from a warship on the high seas at nine o'clock the day after tomorrow. It will arrive here at two o'clock in the morning and take ultra-low-altitude photos of the target I marked."

"Ultra-low altitude?" Li Aiguo was surprised.

Titus Hindson smiled bitterly: "This time the target is Factory 123. Langley suspects that you may be making mushrooms inside Factory 123."

Factory 1, 2, or 3? Li Aiguo was not familiar with the military factories here, so he turned around and looked at Director Ma.

Director Ma was a little surprised that Titus Hindson actually knew about the existence of Factory 123. He walked over and whispered to Li Aiguo about the origins of Factory 123.

In 1950, the war broke out in the north. According to the instructions from the superiors on establishing and consolidating the strategic rear, preventing sudden enemy attacks, and expanding and preserving production capacity, the Shenyang May 1st Arsenal was divided into four parts according to profession and moved to the North Manchuria region (in Heijiang Province).

Factories 1, 2 and 3 were built in the Nianzishan area, specifically for the manufacture of artillery shells.

"Why do you think Factory 123 is our mushroom base?" After Li Aiguo figured out the origin of Factory 123, he looked at Titus Hindson curiously and asked.

Titus Hindson knew everything at this point: "Through the previous high-altitude reconnaissance, Langley noticed that military trucks and heavy equipment were often seen around Plants 1, 2 and 3. It was only because the photos taken by the high-altitude reconnaissance were too blurry that we conducted a low-altitude surprise reconnaissance this time."

Li Aiguo originally seemed to ask, isn’t the little black bird afraid of being shot down by anti-aircraft fire?
Before I even said it, I felt like I had done something stupid.

Because the Little Blackbird adopts an aerodynamic configuration and its outer shell is coated with a special coating, its stealth performance is comparable to that of the later U2.

At present, domestic radars are unable to detect it.

But this is a good opportunity
Li Aiguo asked Director Ma to continue questioning Titus Hindson, asking for specific details about the flight the day after tomorrow, while he himself dialed the confidential phone and connected with [Farmer].

[Farmer] is planning Pei Xingjian's grain cart operation.

He learned that Li Aiguo had made a major breakthrough, especially after he learned that a little black bird would come to visit our house the day after tomorrow night.

At that time, I put down all my work, called a meeting, and prepared to welcome the upcoming little black bird.

At 2:10 in the afternoon, Li Aiguo received a call from [Farmer] himself.

"Comrade Driver, after research, we have decided to keep this uninvited guest here. We have already deployed ten anti-aircraft artillery near the 123rd Factory and also dispatched an RPG company.

However, considering that the existence of Factories 1, 2 and 3 has been known to Langley, they may have hidden other rats, so neither the 5th Artillery Company responsible for anti-aircraft artillery nor the 3rd RPG Company is clear about the specific target this time.

You are only one day's journey away from Factory 1, 2 and 3. I think the task of shooting the little black bird should be left to you.

Do you have the confidence to complete it? "

Li Aiguo held the phone and shouted loudly: "I guarantee that the mission will be completed!"

The drums of war are beating and shaking the sky.
The warriors are in high spirits in their armor.

Point the sword at the enemy and show your sharpness.
Go into battle with passion and courage.

At this moment, he felt the blood boiling in his body.

******
At five o'clock in the afternoon, Li Aiguo returned to Photon Film and told Li Suhua that he would be on a business trip for two days and there was no need to leave dinner for him in the evening.

"Why do we have to go somewhere else for training out of the blue? Your railway leaders are really making things difficult for us." Li Suhua complained.

"You, stop nagging and quickly make some pancakes for our brother to eat on the road."

Zhou Zhigang was aware of Li Aiguo's identity and showed particular support.

Seeing Li Suhua enter the kitchen, he shouted again: "Remember to put two more eggs in."

Eight o'clock in the evening.

A convoy consisting of a jeep and a GAZ truck quietly left Jichun and drove along the rugged road towards the Nianzishan area.

On the back seat of the jeep, Li Aiguo was carefully flipping through the topographic map of the Nianzishan area.

The terrain in the Nianzishan area is high in the west and low in the east, with great undulations.

The district is wide from north to south and narrow from east to west, with a slight bulge in the center, forming an irregular diamond shape. The mountains are covered with dense trees. No wonder the Americans think we are developing a big mushroom-growing business here.

The third team leader seemed to be hesitant to speak all the way, but after leaving Jichun, she finally couldn't help it.

He touched Li Aiguo's shoulder and asked, "Comrade driver, are we really starting to grow mushrooms?"

"What do you think?" Li Aiguo gave a vague answer and took out the pancake and took a bite.

You know what, this pancake is really delicious and crispy.

The third team leader also broke off a piece of cake and ate it while whispering, "Comrade driver, where do you think we hid the mushroom factory?"

At this time, Director Ma, who was sitting in the passenger seat, could no longer bear it.

"Team leader three, please pay attention to discipline."

(End of this chapter)