At 12:00 Washington time, it was lunch time in the Pentagon, and the restaurants on each floor were bustling with people.

Although the Pentagon buffet-style lunch style is not new, it has caused criticism from the American people and is dissatisfied. The news media have also disclosed this matter, especially the number of expensive dishes that are suitable for the tastes of various ethnic groups has been fiercely criticized, accusing the Ministry of Defense of wasting taxpayers' hard-earned money.

But the Pentagon has never given a positive response, and it is still unmoved by itself, and even the variety is increasing. The American people can only stare at the eyes and scold, but there is no way for the Pentagon.

The Pentagon is no better than the political axe represented by the democratically elected US president, nor is it better than the elected House of Representatives and Senate. They rely on their real efforts to earn honors and status. This kind of adding a few more dishes cannot shake their position in the military.

In a small restaurant on the third floor, several major generals and lieutenant generals were randomly selecting their favorite foods, chatting with each other, and making jokes from time to time.

A colonel pushed open the door of the restaurant and walked in. He looked around and quickly walked to a lieutenant general holding a tray and whispered to him.

After hearing his brief explanation, the lieutenant general trembled his hands, and the steel tray in his hand fell to the ground, making a "clang clang" sound. Several generals in the restaurant looked at Lieutenant General Nicholas, the air force chief of staff, who had a disobedient expression.

The colonel standing beside Nicholas bent down and picked up the tray on the ground, handed it to the waiter who was jogging over, then waved her to leave.

"Gentlemen, lunch is over now. Please come to the meeting room K No. 1 for a meeting. Now, please gentlemen."

After Lieutenant General Nicholas finished speaking, he walked towards the restaurant gate and communicated with the colonel who was following him.

Several generals sitting at the dining table put down their knives and forks, placed the dining table on the chair, and left the dining table in an orderly manner and walked towards the restaurant gate. They saw Lieutenant General Nicholas's misconduct just now, knowing that something unexpected happened to the Air Force, and it was an important event.

The No. 1 conference room K is not far from the restaurant. In less than five minutes, the generals were already sitting in their own seats.

The staff officers sent a piece of information to the Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Nikolai. He looked down for two minutes before he said to the generals sitting on both sides of the conference table: "Gentlemen, just half an hour ago, over the South China Sea, two F22s at the Air Force stationed at Yokosuka Sea and Air Base were shot down by missiles. It was not the Chinese or other hostile forces that shot down them, but the missiles they fired themselves.

I was as surprised as all the generals. Such an erratic incident happened to our American Air Force, and it also happened to two epoch-making fighter jets. I doubt whether God was dozing off and that our two excellent drivers had lost his protection. Please ask Colonel Bill to introduce this tragic incident to the gentlemen in detail.

Colonel Bill, sitting behind the conference table, walked to the small podium and began to introduce the fall of the two f22s. While explaining, he drew schematic diagrams on the electronic board behind him, so that the generals below could understand his introduction more intuitively. He gave nearly ten minutes of explanation before saluting below and walking down the podium.

After Colonel Bill finished his explanation, Lieutenant General Nicholas said in a heavy mood: "We should pay tribute to Major Johnson and Captain Williams, who have dedicated their lives to Militaria."

Lieutenant General Nicholas stood up first, and several generals and the staff and secretaries in charge of recording and archiving in the conference room of the Air Force Secret Service also stood up, took off their military caps and held them flat in their hands, lowered their heads and observed silently at the two warriors who had dedicated themselves to Miligan. Thirty seconds later, Nicholas raised his head and pressed down with his hands.

"Sit, gentlemen."

After the generals sat down, Lieutenant General Nicholas did not sit down, but pressed his hands on the conference table like a hundred meters starting, bent down and looked at all the participants who were staring at him.

"Gentlemen, the Bureau of Investigation will focus on the cause of this tragedy. We will not comment on the cause of this tragedy. Now we need to come up with a plan to make a decision on the fate of the F22 stealth fighter."

Major General Albert stood up and said excitedly:

"Lt. General Nicholas, gentlemen, I feel incredible about the tragedy that happened on the f22 fighter today. It seems that it is a coincidence. If an f22 encounters this situation, we can also explain it with the probability of probability. However, at the same time, in the same event, two f22s encountered the same thing, it is impossible not to let people think deeply. Is this artificial? Or is it caused by the f22's defects in the various systems? If this problem is not clear, any of our decisions may be wrong."

Major General Albert paused for a moment, looked at Nicholas and several generals who were watching him concentrate on his speech, and did not interrupt his intention, but continued to speak according to his own ideas.

"In recent years, F22 has had many serious technical accidents, but we can all analyze at the first time where the problem may occur, or what causes the accident. But in this incident, if Colonel Bill described, who can tell the problem may occur?"

The people in the conference room were silent, and no one tried to answer his questions.

Major General Albert is the deputy chief of staff responsible for aerospace and information warfare, planning and demand, so his words are very important and meaningful.

"No matter what the cause of this accident, the f22 stealth fighter jets in the South China Sea area are no longer suitable for staying there, so I suggest that I transfer back to the f22 fighter squadron deployed in Yokosuka immediately and temporarily stop their flight and training. Wait until the cause of the accident is clear before resuming flight. This is responsible for our excellent pilots. I don't want Major Johnson's tragedy to happen again."

Major General David, deputy chief of staff in charge of strategic planning and projects, took over Albert's words and said: "But now there is a realistic problem. The situation in the South China Sea is becoming increasingly tense. F22 is a strategic force that deters Hua [fuck] team. Now the transfer of the F22 fighter jet deployed in Yokosuka will have a significant impact on the situation in the South China Sea and will have the greatest impact on our Miligan's interests in Asia. Did the Ministry of Defense and the Joint Chiefs of Staff agree to do this? I suggest that after the situation in the South China Sea is basically stable and the accident verification has reached a general conclusion or direction, then consider the grounding of F22."

Major General Ben Jason, Director of Transportation, said:

"There are many strange things about this incident. For example, why did Johnson launch a missile? He did not give him this authorization when he received the mission. Williams also launched the missile while Johnson launched the missile. Is this just a coincidence? I think there must be a force here that is unknown to us, which is swaying their actions, and even the direction of the missiles."

Benjason's words ignited the conference room, and there was a "buzzing" sound.

"Hua [fuck] the new pulse weapon?"

"Computer Virus Attack?"

Lieutenant General Nicholas walked to the small podium, and supported his hands on the podium to present his starting posture with his signature surname.

"Gentlemen, the Joint Chiefs of Staff will begin at 1 o'clock, and we will make our suggestions to the Secretary of Naval Operations Admiral Gary Loheide. So time is tight and we will no longer discuss the reasons for this.

Gentlemen, let's vote now, and the gentlemen who agree to transfer F22 from Yokosuka's sea and air base immediately and suspend F22 flight and training should stand up."

Except Major General David, the other six generals who attended the meeting stood up.

"Major General David, I will also report your opinions to General Gary. Let us hand over the final decision to the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Thank you, generals."

After saying that, Nicholas walked off the podium and walked out of the conference room first.

Just as the US Navy General Staff held an extraordinary meeting, the meeting room of the National People's Army, thousands of miles away, was brightly lit and crowded. It was impossible to tell that it was already past 1 a.m.

Now there are less than nine hours left before the ultimatum of the Chinese government to the South Philippines. The Marines of the South China Sea Fleet have entered the departure position and are ready to land on target islands and reefs at any time. The officers and soldiers in the South China Sea Exercise Command also stayed asleep all night, waiting anxiously for the final decision of the Central Army and the Commission.

In a small lounge of the Military Commission, the Chief of the China No. 1, the Deputy Chairman of the Military Commission, Diao Heping, and the Chief of Staff General Liang Jianguo sat around a round coffee table, drinking Yunnan Puer tea while chatting about some interesting things that have happened in the country recently.

"Lao Liang, how long will it take to modify the battle plan to seize the island?" Vice Chairman Diao said to General Liang, who was squirting clouds and mist while holding a cigarette in his mouth.

"The Operations Department and the General Staff are grabbing the time. This revision is just a few minor changes in the original plan. The military and committee meeting just now has also determined the principle of combat. Therefore, it is relatively simple to modify and should be sent here soon."

General Liang is full of confidence in the battle to seize the island later this day. Yesterday he received information from Minister Geng Mingyue of the Ministry of State Security. The information showed that Chen Yuxing had personally gone to the South China Sea and gave an answer to the results of the battle situation in the South China Sea.

President Liang is very concerned about the assassination in the South Philippines. The murdered and injured Filipinos are all radicals who actively participate in the [fucking] activities. He suspects that this shocking case may also be done by Chen Yuxing. Otherwise, no organization or even country could do this.

Therefore, Minister Liang did not take the improvement of the combat plan completely. It was not that he did not pay attention to the formulation of the combat plan, but that the plan was formulated very comprehensively.

Because some military and committee members did not know the true trump card of China, they put forward some opinions at the military and committee meeting just now. In order to be unable to tell the truth, General Secretary Liang had to order the General Secretary to make modifications as required by the military and committee meeting, but he himself did not participate in the revision of the plan. Instead, he came to this small lounge and chatted leisurely, waiting for the revision of the plan to be completed, and issued execution orders to the troops.

"Old Liang, can you not smoke here? We are not much younger than you. Is it good to take care of our health?"

Chief No. 1 reached out to incite in front of him, saying that he had been harmed by second-hand smoke.

There was a strong suction exhaust outlet above Liang Jianguo's head. Because General Liang was sitting here smoking, the secretary deliberately opened the exhaust to the maximum, and the smoke drifted upwards, and it was impossible for him to spread to the side of Chief No. 1, more than four or five meters away from General Liang.

"My leader, Lao Liang relies on this to refresh himself. I was already very depressed at the military committee meeting just now. Two of you are magnanimous and let me wake up. You can suffer a little grievance."

Seeing this old man who was almost seventy years old and asking them pitifully, both leaders laughed "haha".

"Lao Liang, you are really disrespectful to me. No wonder the rules about quitting smoking are difficult to implement. It's all you guys who are boycotting it. It's strange that it can continue to implement it."

"Chief, you are trying to commit crimes."

The three of them laughed at the same time.

The two leaders also wanted to tease General Liang, and Li Zhuo, the secretary of Chief No. 1, pushed the door and walked in.

"The three leaders and the General Staff sent the emergency military information report in the South China Sea, please sign for General Secretary Liang."

The two leaders looked at General Liang, and Liang Jianguo nodded to Li Zhuo.

After a moment, a colonel officer was taken into the lounge by Li Zhuo.

The colonel officer saluted the three leaders present.

"Hello, chiefs."

Then he walked to General Manager Liang and handed Liang Jianguo a tightly closed document bag.

"Please sign for the Chief."

Liang Jianguo signed his name on the receipt and submitted it to the colonel. The colonel saluted the three leaders and turned around and left the lounge.

Liang Jianguo opened the file bag and took out the information first and looked at it. It was not that he disrespected the commander No. 1 and 2, because this was a procedure of the military intelligence system. If he didn't know about the major military intelligence events, the leaders of the military and commission got the information first, it would be his negligence.

The military information report only has two pages of A4 paper, and in order to take care of the dizzy documents of Elder Liang, the number three characters used, and there are no more than four hundred words on one page. General Liang Jianguo read it back and forth twice. The more he read it, the more excited he became, and his eyes narrowed into a slit.

The two leaders sat opposite General Liang and observed his emotional changes. Although they saw General Liang's excited expression, they sat firmly on Diaoyutai and showed their style as a general. After seeing it, General Liang Jianguo smiled and closed the folder and handed it to Li Zhuo, who was not far from the three of them.

"Two leaders, good news! Haha, you should check the information first."

After saying that, he laughed and took out a cigarette from the cigarette box on the coffee table and lit it, leaning on the back of the sofa. He thought about his next action plan seriously, and was also waiting for the two leaders to read the information before discussing the subsequent military arrangements.

And the South China Sea combat plan that had not been revised has to be revised again because of this information.

Li Zhuo came to Chief No. 1 and handed the folder to Chief No. 1.

Chief No. 1 opened the folder and looked at the two pages of information carefully, and handed it to Vice Chairman Diao, who was sitting not far away next to him. He did not smile like President Liang, but instead drank Puer tea with a serious expression on his face.

Vice Chairman Diao read the document and looked at General Liang, who was thinking with confusion.

The different expressions of the three people only paused for a moment, and the number one leader spoke first.

"Xiao Diao, this information involves a major confidential incident and person related to national security. Because the General Staff and the National Security Department are still proofreading and are directly responsible to me, they did not say hello to the relevant comrades of the Military Commission, and because this matter is particularly serious, it is not suitable to inform all members.

The more people know about this, the more dangerous the risk of leaking the secret, the higher the risk. We have to be careful. This is not a question of trust, but rather that if this confidential incident is leaked, it may cause significant losses to the country.

Xiao Diao, as the candidate for the next Chairman of the Military Commission, it is time for you to understand this confidential incident.

Now I authorize General Liang Jianguo to inform Vice Chairman Diao about the relevant situation."

Chief No. 1 said to Vice Chairman Diao Heping very seriously and solemnly.

Vice Chairman Diao Heping straightened his body and looked at General Liang Jianguo with inquiring eyes.

Liang Jianguo looked at Li Zhuo next to Chief No. 1 and the staff officers serving in the lounge, and signaled them to go out.

"Xiao Li, guard outside the door and don't let anyone in."

Li Zhuo agreed and took the lieutenant colonel staff members out of the lounge with several majors in the lounge.

Liang Jianguo cleared his throat, took a sip of Pu'er, and said to Vice Chairman Diao Heping:

"Let's start with this information. Two American f22 stealth fighters were shot down by their own missiles in the South China Sea area at the same time. According to my analysis, this was not an accident. It was artificial."

Diao Heping looked surprised, obviously shocked by General Liang's conclusion. He did not think that the Chief of Staff, who was almost seventy years old, would be slanderous and blindly draw conclusions about a major event. As for his daring to draw such a conclusion, it means that he has sufficient basis. Deputy Chairman Diao Heping was very much looking forward to what gave General Liang the confidence to draw such a conclusion.

"Because he has this ability and can be able to do it without anyone knowing it. Vice Chairman Diao should have an impression of Fengjing's 'Starry Pharmaceutical'."

"Lao Liang was joking. If such an excellent company appeared in China, I wouldn't have stayed in this position if I didn't know."

"Deputy Chairman Diao, Xi Yan, is so serious. The efficacy of the 'probiotics' produced by 'Starry Sky Pharmaceutical' is significant. Can the current earth technology reach such a height?"

Diao Heping was shocked this time. The vice president of the country, who has always been known for his calmness, also changed his face. He stood up from the sofa.
Chapter completed!