Chapter 66: Trending Sparks
As soon as Song Yanzhou left home, he rushed to the commander's office as quickly as possible, knocked on the door and went in.
Qin Qingfeng stood inside with a serious expression. Song Yanzhou stood beside Qin Qingfeng, waiting for the commander to speak.
Seeing that both of them had arrived, Commander Xie spoke:
"This matter is quite urgent. Our comrades in the communications team intercepted a telegram from a spy. After deciphering it, we found that they had stolen the design drawings of a new fighter jet from the military region's research institute."
New fighter jet!
Qin Qingfeng and Song Yanzhou immediately understood the seriousness of this incident. Qin Qingfeng was furious and said directly:
"Commander, give the order. I will take people to catch the damn spy immediately! Let Song Yanzhou lead the troops to get the blueprint back."
Song Yanzhou was thinking about another aspect: "Where did the spies come from in the army?"
Since the spy had stolen the things and left the army, there was no way he could come back. If he did, he would die.
There will be vacancies in the troops, and the missing people are the spies.
Commander Xie said: "Through the comrades' investigation this afternoon, it was someone from the art troupe, and he has disappeared now."
"According to the intercepted information, they will send the blueprints away tomorrow night, so you must stop them and catch the other spies at the same time."
He handed over a map.
"This is where the telegraph signal was sent. You will pick a few people from the army to carry out this mission with you. To avoid other spies in the army, you will act secretly tonight."
"The situation is urgent. You only have one day. The worst-case scenario is that you have to take back the fighter blueprints from our military region's research institute. Got it?!"
"receive!!"
The two men received the order and left the commander's office, and immediately started thinking about selecting people. Time was too tight, so the people they chose had to be reliable and capable.
Commander Xie watched them leave, then picked up the phone and called the research institute. There was no response from the institute, so they might not be aware that the blueprints had been stolen.
When did the institute's vigilance become so relaxed?
Moreover, it was the first time he knew that the research institute in the military region under his management was actually researching new fighter jets?
That group of guys, are they even on guard against him?
The call was connected, and an impatient voice came from the other end:
"Commander Xie, you're annoying all the time. The research institute hasn't made any new breakthroughs in weapons, and you've almost made me call you."
"You are interrupting my research. This is unacceptable."
Commander Xie said angrily, "Still hiding it, the blueprints have been stolen, and you still want to hide it?!"
"You are researching new fighter jets, which is a good thing. Although our military region has no pilots or test pilots, your research is also for the prosperity of the country. I will not stop you. Besides, I can't manage the research institute. I can only manage my soldiers."
"I called you today to ask you to check carefully to see if there are any other important drawings in the institute that have been stolen or compromised."
"Don't worry about the blueprints. I've already sent someone to intercept them. They will definitely complete the task. If they can't, I'll give them to you and you can do whatever you want with them!"
"But you have to speed up your research on fighter jets. If something goes wrong, the blueprints of the new fighter jets will be taken away by foreign countries. Don't let them develop it first, or we will suffer the loss."
"If we don't have any pilots or test pilots, why don't we apply for a secondment from the higher-ups?"
Commander Xie spoke, but all he got in response was a long silence. Then the person on the other end was suddenly shocked, and the sound of flipping pages came from the microphone.
He Jianqi flipped through the project records of the institute, looked at them carefully for a while and said, "Commander Xie, are you confused after sleeping? Where did our institute research any fighter jets?"
"A new fighter jet??! What kind of plane are you talking about? You're dreaming. Put your pillow down lower when you sleep at night. What are you talking about? I don't understand what you are saying. If there was someone in my institute who could research fighter jets, I would have picked him out long ago and let him specialize in this area."
Commander Xie was also confused: "Really?"
He Jianqi: "Really not! The research institute really didn't research fighter jets!"
He Jianqi was extremely anxious when he heard that the research institute's drawings had been stolen. But now that he found out that it was Commander Xie who made a mistake, he relaxed a little. He was just a little curious about what had happened to the stolen drawings.
Commander Xie looked at the deciphered contents in his hand and said, "Then what about the spy's communication that I intercepted and deciphered, saying that the blueprints of the new fighter jets were stolen from the military region? It can't be another military region, right? They are tens of thousands of miles away."
They both fell into silence. After a long while, He Jianqi said:
"Otherwise, let me ask again. It could be someone in the institute who is doing research privately and has not registered any records with me. In that case, it is just an idea and he is not sure about carrying it out systematically, so he did not apply to me for project establishment."
Commander Xie thought this might be the case, and said, "Ask around, and let the comrades at the institute be on high alert."
He Jianqi was naturally concerned about this matter. This was a big deal, related to the country's development and prosperity, and could not be underestimated:
"Okay, I'll go now, hang up."
With that, He Jianqi hung up, then went to the laboratory to call everyone together for an emergency meeting.
The researchers who were called were a little unhappy. They were fully engaged in their work, with dark circles under their eyes, and they didn't pay any attention to their physical health.
"You can do research, but don't ruin your health." He Jianqi couldn't help but say.
"Hurry up and tell me the truth, don't say these empty and useless words. If my health is broken, it can help the research go further and make the country stronger, then I'll break it. I'm just an old man anyway, and I don't want to be immortal."
"Yes, yes, Dean He, please tell us what's going on. Don't say these useless things."
"Yeah, yeah, I'm in a hurry."
He Jianqi was also helpless and said:
"It's like this. The army intercepted information from spies saying that the blueprints of a new fighter jet were stolen from our research institute. Who secretly got the blueprints of the fighter jet? Hurry up and tell us about your progress so that we can study it together and make this new fighter jet as soon as possible."
When everyone heard this, they became excited, and then looked at each other, but no one stood up.
Then someone got anxious and said, "Oh, you are still hiding your research. I don't want the fame. How about I help you? Whoever researched the blueprints of the new fighter jet, please come forward. You can contribute to the country and make it stronger. How can you hide it?"
"That's right, hurry up, take the initiative, we are all strong together, let's perfect the new fighter and build it as soon as possible."
"Who is it? Hurry up! I'm so anxious."
He Jianqi was also anxious, but all the researchers in the institute had arrived here, except for a few who had not yet arrived.
They do have younger students under them, but those students haven't even fully understood the research they are doing. How could they possibly focus on making fighter jets and develop a new type of fighter jet?
"Don't hide it, we are all from the same research institute. It's a good thing that they have developed a new fighter jet."
"It doesn't matter if it's an unsystematic idea. Let's study and improve it together."
He Jianqi said a few words, and the others nodded. Then everyone looked at each other, and no one stood up.
Some people began to wonder: "Could this be a mistake? I really haven't seen anyone researching information on fighter jets."
"Can the news from the troops be wrong?"
"That's not necessarily true. There are a lot of rough guys in the army."
He Jianqi asked: "Is there really no one among you doing research in this area?"
Everyone shook their heads:
"I'm not free anyway."
"My work is still in progress. I don't know anything about fighter jets."
“I don’t understand either.”
"Who knows? I don't even have time to read the materials. I'm busy with my research. You can't accomplish anything if you're half-hearted."
Seeing them like this, He Jianqi was sure that they had probably made a mistake, so he adjourned the meeting.
But after the meeting, some people were still discussing fighter jets. It’s curious.
It can be said that it was a mistake and it was not from their research institute, but where did the new fighter jet drawings come from that were leaked?
Someone was talking, and suddenly remembered, and said to He Jianqi:
"Could it be that Mr. Xu's was stolen?"
“It’s really possible!”
"Dean, please inform Mr. Xu immediately. I'm afraid the information our research institute gave him last time has also been stolen."
"Let Elder Xu come to the research institute. It's too dangerous outside. The enemy is everywhere."
After hearing what they said, He Jianqi also felt that it must be the blueprints of the new fighter plane that were stolen from Mr. Xu. He nodded and strode towards the office:
"Okay, I'll contact Mr. Xu right away."
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