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    Nws twb yog lub Kaum Ib Hlis 1942. Nws pib daus. Britain lub colonial rog tsiv mus rau Central Asia. Tab sis cov Nazis pom tau tias qeeb qeeb lawv qhov kev tawm tsam ntawm Moscow. Txawm tias muaj daus los, cov ntxhais Komsomol tseem sib ntaus tsuas yog khaus khaus thiab hauv bikinis, thiab txawm tias cov tub tho kev nthuav tawm lawv lub pob taws liab qab, liab los ntawm qhov txias.
  KEV PAB CUAM STALIN-12
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  Nws twb yog lub Kaum Ib Hlis 1942. Nws pib daus. Britain lub colonial rog tsiv mus rau Central Asia. Tab sis cov Nazis pom tau tias qeeb qeeb lawv qhov kev tawm tsam ntawm Moscow. Txawm tias muaj daus los, cov ntxhais Komsomol tseem sib ntaus tsuas yog khaus khaus thiab hauv bikinis, thiab txawm tias cov tub tho kev nthuav tawm lawv lub pob taws liab qab, liab los ntawm qhov txias.
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  Nws twb yog lub Kaum Ib Hlis 1942. Kev sib ntaus sib tua qeeb me ntsis. Nws tau txias dua thiab daus pib poob. Nws tau dhau los ua txaus ntshai rau kev sib ntaus, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog rau kev sib koom ua ke.
  Thiab qhov kev tawm tsam tseem ceeb ntawm Axis lub zog tau pauv mus rau Central Asia, qhov chaw huab cua sov txawm tias lub sijhawm no. Zoo, tau kawg, koj tuaj yeem siv koj cov koog tsev kawm ntawv qib siab zoo heev.
  Cov ntxhais Komsomol tau ua me me, koom nrog kev sib tw. Qhov no yog lawv tactic. Thiab nws muaj qee qhov cuam tshuam.
  Natasha kuj tau koom nrog hauv kev sib ntaus sib tua. Ntawm no yog ib pab yaj ntawm lawv tsuas yog ib tug bikini tawm tsam German pab tub rog.
  Cov ntxhais pov grenades nrog lawv cov ntiv taw liab qab. Thiab lawv rushed khiav tawm, flashing lawv liab qab heels, liab qab los ntawm Frost.
  Natasha txawm hu nkauj zoo siab los txhawb cov kev zoo nkauj uas tau tu siab vim tsis muaj kev vam meej ntawm kev ua tsov ua rog;
  Thaum koom nrog Komsomol, lawv tau cog lus,
  Kom hwm tus chij dawb huv Soviet ...
  Cov tswv cuab Komsomol yuav nyob rau lub sijhawm sau qoob,
  Vim Leej Txiv yog peb niam!
  
  Lub Wehrmacht hordes tawm tsam peb,
  Ib lub teb chaws loj, ci ntsa iab ...
  Thiab cov Krauts sib xyaw cov porridge nrog ntshav,
  Summoning Dab Ntxwg Nyoog los ua kev sib koom tes nrog cov horns!
  
  Tab sis cov ntxhais xav tawm tsam cov yeeb ncuab,
  Thiab nrog lawv ib tug radiant cherub ...
  Peb tsis txaj muag los ntawm cov nplaim taws,
  Cia peb kov yeej lub qab ntuj khwb loj!
  
  Peb yog knights, txawm peb tseem hluas,
  Nkauj hmoob zoo nkauj...
  Thiab lub suab me me yog qhov tseeb,
  Cia peb ua kev zoo siab rau cosmic kev vam meej!
  
  Rau lub yeeb koob ntawm communism, txawj ntse Lenin,
  Nws muab lub foob dawb huv rau peb...
  Hmoov tsis zoo, ntau tiam neeg yuav dhau mus,
  Thaum peb tsim lub ntiaj teb no ntawm communism!
  
  Stalin muab qhov kev txiav txim rau peb mus tua horde,
  Kom kov yeej cov fascists hauv kev sib ntaus sib tua hnyav ...
  Kuv nqa rab phom tshuab nrog rau kuv lub hnab ev ntawv,
  Kuv kawm hauv lub tsev kawm ntawv tsuas yog tsib xyoos xwb!
  
  Tam sim no cov ntxhais liab qab hauv qhov txias,
  Luag thiab luag ntxhi, kev txaus siab khiav ...
  Tom, muab kuv ib tug rose, kev zoo nkauj,
  Cia kom muaj kev nplij siab hauv lub qab ntuj khwb!
  
  Peb tab tom sib ntaus sib tua nyob ze Moscow,
  Vim li cas cov ntxhais zoo nkauj xav tau khau boots?
  Thiab lub ntuj xiav li ntawd...
  Ib tug fucking fascist tau ncaws tawm nws txhais taw!
  
  Peb yog cov ntxhais nrog kev zoo nkauj zoo nkauj,
  Peb muaj hluav taws, npau suav airy...
  Kev hlub tuaj yeem coj txawv txawv qee zaum
  Thaum koj nrog ib tug txiv neej zoo li mus ib txhis!
  
  Kuv hnia zoo nkauj, kuv tawm tsam,
  Ntxoov Ntxoov Yias - Tsov tau tawg...
  Koj txhais ko taw txias,
  Ua kom cov nplaim taws sov, txawm tias tsuas yog ib pliag!
  
  Thiab cov Krauts tau txais nws nyuaj heev,
  Los ntawm cov ntxhais uas muaj hluav taws xob scythe ...
  Cia peb tig los ntseeg communism rau mais,
  Nrog koj tus poj niam liab qab ko taw!
  
  Kuv tawm tsam ua siab loj, kuv tsis tseg kuv lub neej,
  Nws ua tej txujci no...
  Thiab tsis muaj kev txaj muag nws yeej tus yeeb ncuab,
  Thov kom lub caij nplooj ntoos hlav yeej los!
  
  Dab tsi Fuhrer tsis nco qab nrog peb,
  Kuv xav tau av, cov qhev yooj yim...
  Tab sis Fritz miscalculated, koj paub tsis tshua muaj,
  Xav txog Russians tsuas yog brutes!
  
  Hauv kev teb, grenades ya nyob rau hauv ib qho arc,
  Dab tsi ib tug ntxhais cuam nrog nws txhais taw liab qab ...
  Thiab lub tshuab rab phom tua tau raug heev,
  Koj yog tus Fuhrer yam tsis muaj, npog nws!
  
  Peb yog cov ntxhais Komsomol txias,
  Peb yuav tuav Moscow, koj paub tseeb tias ...
  Thiab peb yuav hla txoj kab yam tsis muaj kev npaj,
  Wb txawm tsim lub vaj kaj siab lug!
  
  Yuav muaj qhov zoo nyob hauv lub tebchaws dawb huv Soviet,
  Radiant communism yuav tshwm sim...
  Thiab Hitler yuav tau txais kev pauj nrog ib tug bayonet,
  Cia peb rhuav tshem fascism phem!
  
  Peb yog cov ntxhais uas muaj lub siab hlub,
  Koj tsis tuaj yeem pom peb txias dua, nrov dua ...
  Thaum peb tsis tau taw, tab sis khau ntaub tseem tos,
  Tom qab tag nrho, nws tseem tsis tau nees nkaum!
  
  Xws li cov hluas, thiab nws yog qab zib,
  Peb yuav pom thiab pom cov pa taws hauv nws ...
  Chocolate tos peb sai sai,
  Thiab tsuas yog ib qho khoom plig vwm los ntawm Vajtswv!
  
  Hlub Tswv Yexus, pe hawm Vajtswv,
  Thaum Nws los sai sai nrog khoom plig ...
  Rau Easter yuav muaj Easter ncuav mog qab zib thiab qe,
  Txhua tus uas sawv hauv qhov tuag rov los - yeeb koob thiab koob meej!
  
  Yog li cov ntxhais, so koj lub kua muag,
  Nej yuav tsum tsis txhob tu siab...
  Ntseeg kuv, cov te loj heev yuav dhau mus,
  Thiab ntseeg kuv, peb yuav noj qab nyob zoo!
  
  Thaum Berlin muaj cov ntxhais hauv qab peb,
  Peb yuav taug kev barefoot hla txoj kev ...
  Tam sim no peb yog vaj ntxwv thiab txiav txim rau cov fascists,
  Thiab nyob rau hauv lub teb flax yuav ripen nrog kub!
  Qhov no yog li cas cov ntxhais zoo nkauj hu nkauj txias thiab zoo nkauj, lawv ob lub mis thiab ncej puab NW nyuam qhuav npog hauv huab cua txias nrog nqaim strips.
  Zoo, cov ntxhais tsis tso tseg thiab tsis tso tseg. Cov no tsuas yog sau ntawv zoo nkauj xwb.
  Thiab cov zoo nkauj zoo li no tawm ntawm lawv ob txhais ceg qab thiab ntxim nyiam.
  Warriors yog trivally charming. Thiab tsuas yog super class beauties.
  Kev sib ntaus sib tua hnyav yog tam sim no nyob rau sab qab teb. Cov tub rog Coalition tau xyaum nyob ib puag ncig Ashgabat. Thiab kev sib ntaus sib tua hnyav tau ua rau lub nroog no.
  Ob leeg Turkmen pioneer tub thiab Russians sib ntaus ntawm no.
  Akmal thiab Oleg - thawj zaug nrog cov plaub hau dub thiab tsaus ntuj los ntawm cov tawv nqaij tawv, qhov thib ob nrog cov plaub hau daj, thiab txawm tias tom qab ntawd yuav luag dub li qhov tsis zoo. Ob tug tub hluas tau taw liab qab, hnav ris tsho luv, thiab cov hlua liab khi nyob ib ncig ntawm lawv lub caj dab.
  Lawv sib ntaus nrog kev npau taws thiab siab tawv heev. Lawv qhia lawv cov menyuam yaus ua yeeb yam thiab hu nkauj tib lub sijhawm;
  Kuv yog ib tug tub pioneer,
  Kuv hlub Russia, Dawb Huv Motherland ...
  Peb tau ua piv txwv rau peb Leej Txiv,
  Kindling passion, txawm unearthly!
  
  Nrog ib tug grenade, kuv yuav maj furiously ntawm lub tank,
  Tsis txhob ntshai ntawm cov kwj ntawm rab phom phom ...
  Tus Fuhrer yuav tau txais nickel los ntawm kuv -
  Cia muaj kev ua haujlwm sai sai!
  
  Kuv yog Soviet pioneer rau cov neeg,
  Tus neeg txawj ntse Stalin tus kheej tau muab qhov kev txiav txim rau peb ...
  Thiab Hitler tsuas yog ib tug freak,
  Cia peb cov hlab ntsha ua los ntawm cov hlau!
  
  Kuv ntseeg tias peb yuav kov yeej cov fascists,
  Ntau precisely, qhov no yog qhov tseeb, Kuv paub qhov no kom paub meej ...
  Saum peb muaj ib tug Khelunpee ntawm Yexus,
  Yuav qhia koj txoj hauv kev kom ua tiav saum ntuj ceeb tsheej sai!
  
  Rau lub yeeb koob ntawm peb lub Motherland dawb huv,
  Cov ntxhais liab qab yuav sib ntaus ...
  Thiab koj paub tias tus pioneer warrior yog txias,
  Thiab cov txiv neej lub suab yog qhov tseeb!
  
  Peb yuav ncav cuag qhov siab cosmic,
  Yog tias tsis muaj kev qaug zog thiab qaug zog ...
  Rau peb, Stalin nws tus kheej zoo li zoo li Vajtswv,
  Thiab Lenin yog radiant tsis muaj yuam kev!
  
  Kuv yog ib tug tho kev, ntseeg kuv, Kuv yuav tuaj rau Berlin,
  Cov ntxhais thiab kuv yuav muaj kev sib tw khiav ...
  Thiab tus Fuhrer yuav ci hauv ntuj txiag teb tsaus,
  Zoo li lub burger tau qaug cawv los ntawm npias!
  
  Peb yuav qhuas Rus 'hauv Orthodoxy,
  Txawm hais tias qee zaum cov pov thawj, alas, tsis ncaj ncees ...
  Tab sis sib ntaus rau nws thiab tsis txhob ntshai,
  Koj yog ib tug tub pioneer siab tawv, ntseeg kuv!
  
  Kuv nyob ze Moscow, tsuas yog menyuam yaus,
  thaum ntawd kuv tsuas muaj kaum xyoo xwb...
  Tab sis nws kuj tau qhia Krauts ib qho kev ua yeeb yam,
  Nws rub tus yeeb ncuab lub qhov ntswg nruj!
  
  Thiab Stalingrad zoo li npau suav phem rau cov Germans,
  Graves loj hlob muaj rau Nazis ...
  Peb ntaus lub Wehrmacht,
  Cherubs hnav tis hlau!
  
  Tab sis tus hluas nkauj thiab kuv tau taw liab qab,
  Thiab lawv tau sib tw los ntawm cov snowdrifts nrog pob taws liab qab ...
  Tom qab ntawd boiled nrog boiling dej,
  Nyob rau hauv lub tswv yim ntawm communism lawv muab!
  
  Kuv tua ntawm Krauts nrog rab phom yooj yim,
  Thiab, ntseeg kuv, nws ntaus nws raug heev ...
  Tom qab tag nrho, rau kuv Suvorov yog zoo tagnrho,
  Thiab Hitler yuav sai sai no nyob rau hauv lub tawb muaj zog!
  Kuv yuav tsim txom nws thiab tua nws,
  Thiab koj yuav puv mus ib txhis, me nyuam!
  Qhov no yog li cas cov tho kev hu nkauj nrog lub siab zoo thiab kev qhia. Thiab lawv zaj nkauj tau kov lub siab thiab ua rau nws tshee hnyo! Qhov no yog ib yam dab tsi tiag tiag uas tsis tuaj yeem muab piv nrog.
  Thiab cov me nyuam tua los ntawm rab phom tshuab. Dub, liab, thiab daj taub hau flash los ntawm, cov tub thiab cov ntxhais sib ntaus sib tua heroically. Thiab nws zoo nkaus li txias heev.
  Lub koom haum txuas ntxiv mus ntxiv, tab sis stumbles raws li qhov yooj yim zoo kawg thiab zoo kawg nkaus tenacity ntawm pioneer heroes.
  Cov menyuam yaus ntawm no nqa cov plhaub rau cov phom loj, thiab siv rau cov phom tshuab. Thiab lawv tus kheej hluav taws. Lawv pob taws liab qab, me ntsis grey nrog hmoov av, tsuas yog flicker. Cov txiv neej no yeej yog yam peb xav tau.
  Cov tub rog hluas sib ntaus sib tua nrog kev ua phem loj.
  Oleg pov ib tug grenade ntawm Arab nyob rau hauv cov tub rog British thiab hu nkauj:
  Koj pom, cov kab yog tsim los ntawm cov phau ntawv,
  Heroes tawm los ua tus phab ej ...
  Stalin xa cov pioneers mus pov tseg -
  Peb yuav qhib tus account yeej!
  Peb yuav qhib tus account yeej!
  Akmal nodded thiab, pov ib tug grenade nrog nws liab qab, me nyuam ko taw, qw:
  - Los ntawm lub npe ntawm cov tswv yim tsis txawj tuag ntawm communism,
  Peb pom lub neej yav tom ntej ntawm peb lub teb chaws...
  Thiab tus chij liab, kaj fatherland,
  Peb yuav muab siab npuab tus kheej ib txwm!
  Yog li ntawd, ob tug tub hluas sib ntaus nrog cov txiaj ntsig zoo thiab kev zoo siab, ib yam li lwm cov menyuam yaus.
  Nyob rau tib lub sijhawm, Komsomol cov tswvcuab sib ntaus sib tua, qhia lawv cov aerobatics zoo heev thiab tsis muaj zog.
  Lawv yog ob leeg siab tawv thiab txawj ntse. Thiab cov tub rog yog qhov txias heev thiab tshwj xeeb. Dab tsi tuaj yeem sib piv nrog cov nyiam ntawm lawv? Yog tias ib yam dab tsi tiag tiag sib npaug rau cov neeg zoo li lawv?
  Cov ntxhais mow nqes zuj zus ntawm cov neeg tawm tsam thiab hu nkauj;
  Kuv yog ib tug tswv cuab Komsomol, kuv zaj nkauj suab,
  kuv zoo siab tias kuv yug los rau lub 10 hli ntuj...
  Cua daj cua dub khiav thaum lub caij nplooj ntoos hlav,
  Peb yuav tsis ua neej nyob rau Leej Ntuj Plig Ntshiab!
  
  Thaum cov Nazis tsiv mus rau Rus ',
  Lub menacing trumpet sounded ...
  Thiab koj tus ntxhais, ua siab tawv, tsis txhob ua neeg phem,
  Kev tuag hauv kev sib ntaus sib tua yog qhov tsis muaj tseeb!
  
  Thiab tam sim no kuv sib ntaus sib tua nrog cov yeeb ncuab,
  Kuv tua raug los ntawm rab phom tshuab ...
  Thaum lub caij ntuj no, ib tug ntxhais hnav ris tsho, khau khiab,
  Nws yog ib tug noog ntawm daring ya!
  
  Tsis yog, peb yuav tsis tso siab rau cov fascists, paub qhov ntawd
  Rau peb, koj yog tib tug, Niam Russia ...
  Cia peb tsim lub vaj kaj siab zoo nyob hauv ntiaj teb,
  Tus Tswv, tus Mexiyas tus Vajtswv uas siab tshaj plaws, yuav los!
  
  Thiab Lenin yuav nrog peb mus ib txhis,
  Peb forge ib tug yuav muaj zog tshaj cov tub rog steel ...
  Cov tswv cuab Komsomol nyob rau hauv lawv cov hluas,
  Thiab peb txiv yog phooj ywg ntse Stalin!
  
  Thiab kuv nyiam taw liab qab hauv cov daus,
  Khiav, koj pob taws flashing hauv snowdrifts ...
  Kuv yuav txiav tus fascist lub taub hau,
  Kev rau txim tos Hitler freaks!
  
  Cia peb kov yeej qhov kev phem fascism no,
  Thiab tsis ntev koj yuav nyob ze Berlin ...
  Yog li ntawd kev ua pauj phem tsis tuaj,
  Thaum tus Fuhrer dag, nrog tus taw ntawm tus neeg dag!
  
  Hlub Tswv Yexus los ntawm kev koom nrog Komsomol,
  Cov ntxhais, cov tub - lawv tau cog lus ua ke ...
  Fascism yuav swb tag nrho
  Thiab peb yuav pom communism nyob deb!
  
  Thaum peb tuaj rau Berlin hu nkauj,
  Thiab peb yuav tsa chij liab hla lub nroog...
  Peb yuav ua siab tuab hu nkauj txog Tswv Yexus,
  Leej twg yuav nrog peb hnub no!
  
  Thiab Lenin, Stalin - koj nyob hauv peb lub siab,
  Peb taug kev hauv kev tsim cov ntxhais Komsomol ...
  Peb yuav rov txhawb txoj kev ntseeg no hauv kev npau suav,
  Thiab nws yuav yog Eden tshiab rau tib neeg!
  Zoo nkauj heev thiab nrog kev xav ntawm kev zoo nkauj lawv coj nws thiab hu nkauj. Thiab nws txias heev.
  Zoo, cov ntxhais Komsomol - koj tsuas yog superwomen. Koj chav kawm siab tshaj. Thiab tshwj xeeb tshaj yog tias lawv pov grenades nrog lawv txhais taw liab qab thiab tsoo Nazi tsheb.
  Tab sis nyob rau tib lub sij hawm, muaj fighters ntawm German sab.
  Ntawm no Gerda tab tom ua haujlwm nrog nws cov neeg ua haujlwm ntawm Panther tank, tua cov phom loj ntawm cov yeeb ncuab. Thiab peb caug plaub raug tua.
  Gerda ntaus nws ob txhais taw liab qab thiab squeals:
  - Koob meej rau Fatherland - yeeb koob,
  Panther pas nrig rau pem hauv ntej ...
  Kev faib nrog tus chij liab -
  Ua tsaug rau cov neeg Lavxias!
  Thiab tus tub rog yuav coj thiab co nws abs nrog nws cov chocolate tuav.
  Charlotte kuj raug rho tawm haujlwm, tsoo cov phom loj Soviet thiab hais tias:
  - Tsaus ntuj, poob dej,
  Stalin lub degenerate
  Soak nws, soak nws,
  Socialist thiab democrat!
  
  Cia peb rhuav lub ntiaj teb sib nrug
  Tus vampire rabid nrog peb ...
  Nws yuav writhe nyob rau hauv ntuj txiag teb tsaus
  Thiab dai tawm ntawm tus bitch!
  Tom qab ntawd Christina raug rho tawm haujlwm ntawm Panther lub chim. Lub plhaub kuj ya tawm nrog lub zog loj thiab ntaus lub Soviet mortar, tua cov tub qhe.
  Cov ntxhais tam sim ntawd dhia rau ntawm lub tank thiab qw. Qhov no zoo kawg nkaus.
  Thiab ces Magda yog tus kawg tua. Nws coj nws thiab tsoo los ntawm Soviet bunkers, tua cov infantrymen thiab squeaked:
  Qhov tseem ceeb tshaj plaws, cov ntxhais, tsis yog kom loj hlob hauv koj lub siab,
  Txawm hais tias koj ua, ces tos ntsoov!
  Qhov no yog li cas qhov kev zoo nkauj zoo nkauj tau muab nws tam sim ntawd. Thiab nws chirped, qhia nws cov hniav.
  Zoo, pab neeg tau sib sau ua ke ntawm no - kev sib ntaus sib tua, ib tus yuav hais.
  Zoo, cov ntxhais yog qhov txias tshaj plaws.
  Tiamsis lawv tsim txom cov tho kev. Lawv coj tus tub thiab pib yaj nws ciaj sia nyob rau hauv acid. Nws yeej ua phem heev. Xws li yog qhov tsis xav txog thiab ua rau tuag taus.
  Zoo, cov poj niam ntawm no yeej txias heev. Cov ntxhais no yog cov txaj muag dawb huv thiab yuav npau taws heev uas lawv yuav tsis tso tseg.
  Thiab dissolving ib tug me nyuam tub nrog kua qaub yog xws li peev kev phem.
  Thiab yog li ntawd lawv tau pib hlawv tus pioneer nrog hluav taws, thiab txawm muab nws cov plaub hau rau hluav taws. Cov no yog bitches.
  Thiab nyob rau hauv lwm qhov chaw, German executioners interrogated ib tug neeg raug ntes Komsomol. Tus ntxhais zoo nkauj, stripped rau nws panties. Lawv khi kuv txhais tes hauv qab kuv thiab coj kuv txhais taw liab qab hla cov daus. Thiab tub ceev xwm taug kev tom qab nws thiab nplawm nws nrog nplawm.
  Tus ntxhais tau tso tseg nws txoj kev zoo nkauj, tsis muaj hneev taw ntawm qhov zoo nkauj, chiseled, feminine ko taw.
  Thiab nws zoo nkaus li txias thiab txias. Qhov no yeej yog ib tug ntxhais. Thiab nws ob txhais taw liab qab nyob rau hauv cov daus tig liab zoo li ko taw ntawm geese, thiab nws zoo nkauj heev.
  Thiab tus hluas nkauj liab qab, nyob rau hauv lub tshuab ntawm nplawm, khav theeb ncaj nws lub cev thiab tawm hauv siab, hu nkauj;
  Leej Txiv tau muab peb txoj kev ywj pheej,
  Dej hiav txwv tsis muaj kev hlub...
  Cia haiv neeg sib sau ua ke
  Tom qab tag nrho, lawv tsis muaj lwm txoj kev ...
  Tom qab tag nrho, lawv tsis muaj lwm txoj kev ...
  
  Rus 'yog lub teeb hluav taws xob thoob ntiaj teb rau tag nrho lub ntiaj teb,
  Motherland: Kev hlub zoo heev...
  Txawm cov menyuam yaus luag hauv kev zoo siab,
  Txawm tias tej zaum cov ntshav ntws zoo li ib tug kwj,
  Tsawg kawg yog qee zaum ntshav ntws!
  
  Muaj fascism, dashed tawm nrog ib tug bayonet,
  Peb ua siab tawv yeej yeej lub Wehrmacht ...
  Lub ntiaj teb txawm ua ntsiag to,
  Lub kwj ntawm lub steel horde yog crushed,
  Cov dej ntws ntawm cov hlau horde tau raug tsoo!
  
  Tab sis dua cov thunderstorms ci ntsa iab,
  Lub tornado yog rushing, ib tug phem cua daj cua dub ...
  Qhov chaw ces cov me nyuam los kua muag,
  Dej hiav txwv quaj, dej hiav txwv quaj,
  Thiab dej hiav txwv boils zoo li lub roob hluav taws!
  
  Peb qhib lub ntiaj teb rau cov teb chaws,
  Txoj kev mus saum ntuj ceeb tsheej mus ib txhis...
  Deeds ntawm heroism yog hu ua,
  Stalin yog lub hnub qub nyob mus ib txhis ...
  Stalin yog lub hnub qub nyob mus ib txhis!
  
  Yuav muaj kev thaj yeeb mus ib txhis, ntseeg ib leeg,
  Communism dawb huv yuav sib sau ua ke!
  Thiab Cherubs nce siab saum peb,
  Lawv tsoo fascism mus ib txhis,
  Ua kom puas fascism mus ib txhis!
  
  Thiab nyob rau hauv Russia lub banner ntawm communism,
  Yuav nyob saum ntiaj teb mus ib txhis...
  Lub horde ntawm capitalism yuav tsis tuaj,
  Lub teb chaws yog pleev xim liab,
  Lub teb chaws yog xim liab!
  Tus ntxhais Komsomol hu nkauj nrog kev zoo siab thiab kev siv zog. Thiab nws zoo nkaus li zoo heev thiab txias. Qhov no yog tus tub rog tiag tiag uas koj xav tau.
  Thiab tau kawg lawv tseem tsim txom nws. Lawv coj kuv mus rau lub tsev pheeb suab thiab khi kuv rau ib tug ncej.
  Thiab lawv pib siv cov luam yeeb teeb rau nws lub hauv siab liab qab.
  Tus ntxhais moaned mob, tab sis tsis hais dab tsi. Nws tiv taus hluav taws kub.
  Ces lawv txawm pib muab lawv cov luam yeeb tso rau ntawm lawv ob txhais taw liab qab. Thiab koj xaiv cov ntsiab lus rhiab tshaj plaws ntawm ko taw. Cov ntxhais moaned mob, thiab nws qhuav, tawg daim di ncauj ntxhi:
  - Kuv yuav tsis hais! Kuv yuav tsis hais! Kuv yuav tsis hais!
  Yog, nws yog ib qho kev zoo nkauj unbreakable. Thiab ntau thiab ntau zog tshiab tau mus rau hauv kev sib ntaus sib tua. Qhov xwm txheej pheej loj tuaj. Qhov xwm txheej no tau ceeb heev thiab hem.
  Natasha hais hauv npau taws:
  - Cia tus neeg siab tawv Fuhrer tuag!
  Zoya pom zoo:
  - Tsis muaj chaw rau zaj nag hauv ntiaj teb!
  Qhov no yog li cas cov ntxhais ua. Thiab lawv tau ua heev aggressively thiab ntawm ib tug colossal scale.
  Thiab yog tias lawv pib, tsis muaj leej twg yuav txwv lawv.
  Tus tub pioneer Gulliver nug cov ntxhais:
  - Nws puas yuav sib ntaus?
  Lawv teb nyob rau hauv unison:
  Peb yuav tsum, peb yuav tsum, peb yuav tsum ntseeg tej txuj ci tseem ceeb,
  Tsis yog kuv yuav los tsis,
  Yuav! Yuav! Yuav!
  Thiab cov ntxhais coj nws thiab co lawv liab qab, chiseled ob txhais ceg. Thiab lawv qhov muag tau ua phem heev.
  Tus tub pioneer Gulliver ces clenched nws lub nrig thiab pib hu nkauj;
  Sib ntaus sib tua kom txog rau thaum kawg,
  Raws li tus radiant Stalin txib peb ...
  Cia peb ua kom peb lub siab sib koom siab,
  Cia peb cov leeg muaj zog dua cov hlau!
  
  Lub heroic destiny ntawm fatherland,
  Sib ntaus sib tua rau kuv niam dawb huv...
  Peb muaj ntau yam tseem ceeb los ua,
  Tom qab tag nrho, Russians yeej ib txwm paub yuav ua li cas sib ntaus!
  
  Txawm tias tsuas yog ib tug tub pioneer,
  Tab sis kuv yuav ua tsaug rau kuv Fatherland ...
  Thiab kuv yuav yog tus hluas, paub tus qauv,
  Kuv ntseeg hais tias nyob rau hauv Russia nyob rau hauv communism!
  
  Peb yuav tsim, ntseeg kuv, lub ntiaj teb muaj koob meej,
  Qhov twg, ntseeg kuv, yuav tsis muaj kev txom nyem ...
  Peb ua kev lom zem nyob rau ntawd dawb,
  Thiab tib neeg nyob zoo siab mus ib txhis!
  
  Ces tus npau suav yuav ua tiav nws cov lus cog tseg,
  Rau lub yeeb koob ntawm radiant tiam ...
  Stalin nws tus kheej yog hlawv li lub hnub qub ci,
  Thiab peb tus kws qhia ntawv proletarian Lenin!
  
  Thiab peb ntseeg Vajtswv ib yam nkaus, ntseeg peb,
  Thov Tswv Yexus yam tsis muaj kev xav thib ob...
  Cia tus tsiaj nyaum nyob hauv qab ntuj txiag teb tsaus
  Peb yuav tau txais tos nrog cov duab zoo los ntawm cov cim!
  
  Cia peb los cuag Tswv Yexus nyob rau hauv lub tog chij,
  Peb yuav tsim socialism thiab communism...
  Kuv ntseeg qhov kaj, kuv yuav coj kev cia siab,
  Yog li ntawd txhua leej txhua tus los ua ib tug loj hero!
  
  ALLIANCE NTAWM CIA MOSADA THIAB RUSSIA MAFIA
  CEEB TOOM
  Kev nqhis dej rau kev sib koom ua ke thawb cov tub ceev xwm txawj ntse, ntau yam kev lom zem, thiab cov tswv cuab ntawm cov koom haum ua txhaum cai. Thiab Lavxias teb sab mafia tau nthuav tawm nws cov tentacles thiab tsim cov ceg yuav luag thoob plaws ntiaj teb. Thiab muaj kev tawm tsam hnyav rau kev faib tawm ntawm cov spheres ntawm lub hwj chim.
  
  PROLOGUE
    
    
  Revenge yog ib hom kev ncaj ncees qus.
    
  - SIR FRANCES BACON
    
    
    
  SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA
  Lub Plaub Hlis 2016
    
    
  "Cov poj niam thiab cov txiv neej," tus neeg saib xyuas dav hlau tau hais dhau lub dav hlau qhov chaw nyob pej xeem, "cia kuv yog thawj tus txais tos koj mus rau Patrick S. McLanahan International Tshav Dav Hlau hauv Sacramento, qhov chaw nws yog yim teev 5 teev tsaus ntuj hauv zos." Nws txuas ntxiv nrog cov lus ceeb toom ib txwm hais txog qhov seem uas tau zaum nrog txoj siv sia txuas ntxiv thiab ua kom lub qhov muag tawm ntawm cov khoom xoob hauv cov khoom siv saum taub hau thaum lub dav hlau tsheb tavxij mus rau lub rooj vag xaiv.
    
  Ib tug ntawm thawj cov neeg caij tsheb, hnav khaub ncaws ua lag luam thiab lub tsho dawb Oxford tsis muaj khi, ntsia ntawm nws cov ntawv xov xwm hauv kev xav tsis thoob. "Lawv hu ua Sacramento International tom qab General Patrick McLanahan?" - nws nug nws tus phooj ywg zaum ntawm nws. Nws hais lus nrog cov lus European me ntsis, ua rau nws nyuaj rau qhia seb lub tebchaws twg nws yog los ntawm lwm tus neeg caij tsheb uas nyob ib puag ncig lawv. Nws siab, taub hau, tab sis nrog ib tug tsaus nti, zoo-groomed tshis, thiab ruggedly zoo nraug, zoo li ib tug tsis ntev los no kev ncaws pob ncaws pob.
    
  Tus poj niam ntsia nws hauv surprise. "Koj tsis paub qhov ntawd?" - nws nug. Nws muaj tib lub suab-yeej nyob sab Europe, tab sis lwm tus neeg caij tsheb hauv pob ntseg tau nyuaj rau kev txheeb xyuas nws. Zoo li nws tus khub, nws siab, zoo nkauj, tab sis tsis tau ntxim hlub, nrog cov plaub hau daj ntev ntev pinned, tus kis las ncaws pob thiab siab cheekbones. Nws hnav khaub ncaws ua lag luam, tsim kom pom kev tsis ua lag luam, rau kev mus ncig. Lawv twv yuav raug hu zoo li ob peb lub zog.
    
  "Tsis muaj. Koj twb tau teem ib lub rooj, tsis txhob hnov qab. Tsis tas li ntawd, lub tshav dav hlau code ntawm daim pib tseem nyeem 'SMF' thaum nws yog Sacramento Metropolitan Field.
    
  "Zoo, qhov no yog Sacramento-McLanahan Field tam sim no," tus poj niam hais. "Zoo haum yog tias koj nug kuv. Kuv xav tias nws yog ib qho kev hwm zoo. Patrick McLanahan yog tus hero tiag tiag. " Cov neeg caij tsheb hla ntawm txoj kev los ntawm ob niam txiv, txawm hais tias ua piv txwv tsis txhob eavesdrop, nodded hauv kev pom zoo.
    
  "Kuv tsis xav tias peb paub ib nrab ntawm tus txiv neej no tau ua dab tsi hauv nws txoj haujlwm - nws yuav raug cais tawm tsawg kawg tsib caug xyoo tom ntej," tus txiv neej hais.
    
  "Zoo, qhov peb paub ntau tshaj li qhov txaus rau nws lub npe los teev hauv tshav dav hlau hauv nroog nws yug hauv," tus poj niam hais. "Nws tsim nyog nws tus kheej monument ntawm Arlington National Cemetery." Ntau nods ntawm kev pom zoo los ntawm cov nyob ib puag ncig ob niam txiv.
    
  Lub tribute rau Patrick McLanahan nyob rau hauv lub davhlau ya nyob twg lub tsev txuas ntxiv tom qab lawv tawm ntawm lub dav hlau. Nyob rau hauv nruab nrab ntawm lub ntsiab davhlau ya nyob twg sawv ib tug kaum-taw tooj dag pej thuam Patrick ntawm ib tug rau-taw pedestal, tuav ib tug high-tech davhlau kaus mom hlau nyob rau hauv ib tes thiab ib tug PDA nyob rau hauv lwm yam. Tus ntiv taw ntawm tus pej thuam txoj cai khau glistened li passers-by rubbed nws rau hmoov zoo. Cov phab ntsa tau npog nrog cov duab ntawm Patrick, piav qhia txog cov xwm txheej thoob plaws hauv nws txoj haujlwm ua tub rog thiab kev lag luam. Ntawm cov vaj huam sib luag, cov menyuam yaus pleev xim rau EB-52 Megafortress thiab EB-1C Vampire bombers nrog cov lus "BOMBS AWAY, GENERAL!" thiab ua tsaug rau koj los pab txhawb nqa peb, PATRIC!
    
  Thaum tos ntawm lub hnab nqa khoom carousel rau lawv lub nra, tus txiv neej no taub hau rau ntawm daim ntawv xov xwm hluav taws xob. "Muaj kev tshaj tawm rau qhov kev ncig xyuas no ntawm McLanahan tsev neeg bar thiab tsev thiab nws cov columbarium," nws sau tseg. "Kuv xav pom qhov no ua ntej peb mus."
    
  "Peb tsis muaj sijhawm," tus poj niam taw qhia. "Lub davhlau tsuas yog los ntawm New York mus rau Sacramento tau lig thiab peb yuav tsum nyob hauv San Francisco thaum 10 sawv ntxov, lub ntxa tsis qhib txog cuaj, thiab lub bar tsis qhib txog kaum ib."
    
  "Tsov," tus txiv neej hais. "Tej zaum peb yuav mus ntxov thiab saib seb puas muaj leej twg tuaj yeem qhib rau peb." Tus poj niam shrugged nws lub xub pwg nyom evasively thiab nodded.
    
  Tsis ntev lawv tau sau lawv lub nra thiab mus rau lub tsheb xauj tsev ntawm ib sab ntawm lub nra carousels. Ntawm txoj kev, tus txiv neej mus rau hauv lub khw muag khoom plig thiab ob peb feeb tom qab ntawd tawm nrog lub hnab loj loj. "Koj tau dab tsi?" tus poj niam nug nws.
    
  "Cov qauv dav hlau," tus txiv neej teb. "Ib qho yog los ntawm EB-52 Megafortress, ib qho General McLanahan siv thaum nws thawj zaug tawm tsam Russia, thiab lwm qhov yog los ntawm EB-1C Vampire, ib qho ntawm cov foob pob uas nws siv tawm tsam Lavxias Thawj Tswj Hwm lub bunker tom qab Holocaust hauv AMERICA." Kev tawm tsam loj ntawm subatomic cruise missiles ntawm Asmeskas huab cua tiv thaiv hauv paus, intercontinental ballistic missiles thiab ntev-ntev bombers tau paub thoob plaws ntiaj teb raws li American Holocaust, thaum lub sij hawm uas ntau tshaj kaum tsib txhiab Americans tuag. Patrick McLanahan coj kev tawm tsam tawm tsam Lavxias teb sab mobile ICBM qhov chaw teeb tsa thiab thaum kawg tawm tsam Lavxias Thawj Tswj Hwm Anatoly Gryzlov cov lus txib hauv av, tua Gryzlov thiab xaus qhov kev tsis sib haum xeeb.
    
  "Kuv xav tias koj twb muaj cov qauv ntawm tag nrho McLanahan qhov kev sim dav hlau," tus poj niam hais.
    
  "Kuv xav tau," tus txiv neej hais tias, luag zoo li ib tug me nyuam tub thaum sawv ntxov Christmas, "tab sis tsis loj heev!" Qhov loj tshaj ntawm kuv cov qauv yog 148 nplai, tab sis cov tub phem no yog 124 nplai! Ob npaug ntau npaum li kuv lwm tus!"
    
  Tus poj niam tuav nws lub taub hau hauv kev thuam kev tsis ntseeg. "Zoo, koj yuav tsum nqa lawv," yog txhua yam nws hais, thiab lawv sawv hauv kab rau lub tsheb xauj tsheb mus rau lawv lub tsev so hauv plawv nroog Sacramento.
    
  Tag kis sawv ntxov lawv ob leeg sawv ntxov. Lawv tau hnav khaub ncaws, noj tshais hauv chav tsev noj mov, rov qab mus rau lawv chav tsev los ntim lawv cov khoom, kos tawm, thiab tawm hauv tsev so hauv lawv lub tsheb xauj tsev thaum 7 teev tsaus ntuj. Txoj kev hauv plawv nroog California lub nroog tau nyob ntsiag to thaum sawv ntxov hnub so, tsuas yog ob peb tus neeg taug kev thiab mus yuav khoom.
    
  Cov khub niam txiv thawj qhov chaw nres tsheb yog Mclanahan's, ib qho chaw me me thiab tsev noj mov uas tau nrov nrog cov tub ceev xwm txij li nws tau qhib thaum lub sijhawm xyoo pua nees nkaum. Ib tug txheeb ze yuav khoom los ntawm Patrick McLanahan cov viv ncaus, tib leeg neeg hauv tsev neeg uas tseem muaj sia nyob uas tsis yog Patrick tus tub, Bradley, thiab muab lub tsev sab saud mus rau hauv ib lub tsev cia puav pheej Patrick McLanahan me me. Tseem muaj ib lub bar thiab lub tsev noj mov nyob rau hauv pem teb, tab sis tus tswv muaj ntau pua daim duab thiab cov ntawv xov xwm clippings piav txog cov xwm txheej hauv lub neej ntawm Patrick McLanahan, nrog rau lub neej ntawm cov neeg ua haujlwm hauv Tebchaws Meskas thaum lub caij txias. Tsov rog. "Ka lawm," tus poj niam sau tseg. "Tsis qhib txog kaum ib tag kis sawv ntxov, Peb yuav tsum nyob hauv San Francisco los ntawm kaum."
    
  "Kuv paub, kuv paub,"hais tias nws tus khub. "Cia peb sim nws hauv columbarium."
    
  Kev nkag mus rau qhov chaw kho tshiab tshiab ntawm Sacramento's Old City Cemetery muaj ib qho kev nkag mus nrog "KEV" kos npe rau saum toj no, tab sis nkawm niam txiv pom lub qhov rooj qhib thiab ib tug txiv neej laus so hauv lub rooj ntawm lub tshuab X-ray. Tus txiv neej luag nyav thiab nodded thaum nkawm niam txiv tuaj txog. "Zoo thaum sawv ntxov, cov txiv neej," nws hais lus zoo siab rau lawv. "Thov txim, tab sis peb yuav tsis qhib rau lwm teev lossis li ntawd."
    
  Cov European tsis tau sim zais nws qhov kev poob siab. "Peb yuav tsum nyob hauv San Francisco ntawm kev lag luam tseem ceeb los ntawm kaum, thiab yuav tsis muaj txoj hauv kev rau peb rov qab los. Kuv xav pom tus general crypt ua phem heev. "
    
  Tus neeg zov me nyuam tau taub hau, ib qho kev khuv xim uas tshwm sim hauv nws lub qhov muag, ces nug tias, "Koj nyob qhov twg, tus tswv?"
    
  "Kuv tuaj ntawm Vilnius, Lithuania, tus tswv," tus txiv neej hais. "Kuv txiv yog ib tug tub rog nyob rau hauv Lithuanian Air Force nyob rau hauv General Palsikas thaum kuv lub teb chaws tshaj tawm nws kev ywj pheej los ntawm lub Soviet Union, thiab nws tau pom thawj-tes cov xwm txheej thaum cov Russians invaded teb. Nws tau hais ntau zaj dab neeg txog kev sib ntaus sib tua zoo kawg uas tau tawm tsam los ntawm Patrick McLanahan, Bradley Elliott thiab cov txiv neej siab tawv ntawm cov neeg ua haujlwm zais cia code-named "Madcap Wizard" sawv cev ntawm kuv lub tebchaws. Nws tham txog Patrick ntau zaus uas kuv xav tias peb muaj feem cuam tshuam. " Tus neeg saib xyuas luag nyav ntawm qhov no. "Thiab tam sim no kuv nyob ntawm no, sawv ntawm nws lub ntxa, sim hais lus zoo rau peb tsev neeg tiag tiag, thiab kuv ua tsis tau." Nws lub ntsej muag poob siab. "Zoo, muaj hnub zoo, tus tswv," thiab nws tig tawm mus.
    
  "Tos," tus neeg saib xyuas hais. Tus Lithuanian tig, nws lub ntsej muag ci ntsa iab. "Kuv yog ib tug docent ntawm no ntawm lub memorial." Nws xav ib pliag, ces hais tias, "Kuv tuaj yeem coj koj mus saib lub crypt. Tsuas yog ib qho zais cia kom peb tsis txhob raug dej nyab ntawm cov neeg xav mus sab hauv, tsis muaj duab tawm ntawm kev hwm - "
    
  "Nws yuav zoo heev, tus tswv!" - exclaimed Lithuanian. "Huab Tais, koj puas hnov qhov ntawd?" Tus poj niam zoo li zoo siab rau nws tus khub. "Tsuas ib pliag, tsis kov, tsis muaj duab. Koj ua kuv lub hnub, tus tswv!" Tus neeg saib xyuas cia nkawm niam txiv nyob hauv thiab kaw lub rooj vag tom qab lawv.
    
  "Kuv yuav tsum saib hauv koj lub hnab," tus neeg saib xyuas hais. Tus Lithuanian nqa nrog nws lub hnab loj nrog cov qauv dav hlau. "Peb lub tshuab X-ray raug kaw thiab nws yuav siv sij hawm ntev los ua kom sov-"
    
  "Yog lawm, tau kawg," tus txiv neej hais. Nws khaws ib lub thawv loj. Qauv: EB-52 Megafortress. Kuv twb muaj ib tug lawm-"
    
  "Ib ob peb, koj txhais tau tias," tus poj niam cuam tshuam nrog luag nyav.
    
  "Muaj, ob peb, tab sis tsis yog ib qho ntawm qhov loj me no!" Nws poob lub thawv rau hauv nws lub hnab thiab khaws lub thawv thib ob. "Vampire EB-1. Kuv tsis tuaj yeem tos kom muab lawv ua ke. "
    
  Tus neeg saib xyuas luag nyav thiab nodded. "Ntawm no, cov txiv neej," nws hais. Nws tam sim ntawd pib nws txoj kev nco txog kev ncig xyuas: "Lub Nroog Cemetery tau tsim nyob rau xyoo 1849, thaum pib ntawm California Gold Rush, thiab yog qhov chaw so zaum kawg ntawm ntau dua nees nkaum tsib txhiab tus ntsuj plig," nws pib. "Lub McLanahans yog ib feem ntawm cov kwj dej loj ntawm cov neeg yos hav zoov thiab cov neeg taug txuj kev nyuaj los ntawm Ireland. Tab sis lawv pom lawv lub nroog me me ntawm qhov chaw nkaum loj hlob sai thiab ua qus, yog li ntawd lawv tau tso tseg kev yos hav zoov kub thiab nyiaj thiab tig mus rau tub ceev xwm los pab tswj kev cai lij choj. Ntau tshaj tsib puas McLanahans yog Sacramento City tub ceev xwm, suav nrog cuaj tus thawj coj tub ceev xwm.
    
  "Lub toj ntxas no, npog ntau tshaj li ib daim av, muaj cov seem ntawm xya tiam neeg ntawm McLanahans, suav nrog plaub tus tswv nroog, ob tus npis sov Roman Catholic, ib tus tswv xeev, peb lub tebchaws United States Congressmen, ntau tus thawj coj thiab ntau pua tus txiv neej thiab poj niam uas ua hauj lwm rau peb lub teb chaws mus txog rau thaum Civil War.. Patrick niam thiab txiv yog tus kawg tau faus rau ntawm no vim qhov chaw nws thiaj li khiav tawm, thiab tom qab ntawd tsev neeg thiab General Patrick McLanahan Memorial Foundation tau tsim ib lub tsev rau cov thawj coj thiab cov tswv cuab ntawm nws tsev neeg. "
    
  Lawv tuaj rau hauv ib chav nrog ob kab ntawm marble phab ntsa. Nyob rau ntawm phab ntsa rau sab laug yog crypts kaum yim inches square, ib co ntawm uas twb decorated nrog cov cim; Nyob rau ntawm phab ntsa rau sab xis yog ib tug loj mural etched nyob rau hauv marble nrog ib tug American chij, ob peb loj American dav hlau bombers ya mus rau tus saib los ntawm cov kev taw qhia ntawm ib tug central bald dav dav dawb hau, thiab cov lus ntawm John Gillespie Magee Jr.'s sonnet "Flying Siab" sau hauv qab cov dav hlau. "Koj yuav pom tias txhua phab ntsa yog kaum yim taw siab, kaum yim ntiv tes tuab, thiab cov phab ntsa yog kaum yim taw sib nrug," tus neeg hais lus tau hais tias, " kaum yim yog tus naj npawb ntawm xyoo uas tus thawj coj ua haujlwm hauv Tub Rog Tub Rog."
    
  Tus neeg saib xyuas taw tes rau ntawm phab ntsa rau sab laug, flanked los ntawm tus chij Asmeskas thiab nyob ib sab ntawm nws lwm tus chij xiav nrog peb lub hnub qub nyiaj. "Qhov no yog qhov chaw so zaum kawg ntawm General McLanahan," nws hais. Cov neeg tuaj saib nrog lub qhov muag dav thiab txaus ntshai. Nyob rau hauv nruab nrab ntawm lub sab saum toj ntawm lub marble phab ntsa yog ib tug yooj yim xiav hlau plaque nyob rau hauv ib tug silver thav duab nrog peb nyiaj hnub qub rau nws. Nws tus poj niam Wendy's crypt yog ib sab ntawm nws lub ntxa ntawm sab xis, tab sis nws lub qhov cub tsis muaj dab tsi vim nws cov tshauv tau tawg mus rau hauv hiav txwv. Los ntawm kev txiav txim ntawm Thawj Tswj Hwm Kenneth Phoenix, thawj xyoo tom qab kev teem caij dav dav, columbarium ib zaug tau saib xyuas 24 teev hauv ib hnub los ntawm cov tub rog - tus thawj tswj hwm xav tau qhov chaw tshwj xeeb rau tus thawj coj ntawm Arlington National Cemetery hauv Washington, tab sis tsev neeg tsis ua. xav tau. Thaum kev sib cais ntawm McLanahan Columbarium los ntawm lub toj ntxas tau ua tiav, cov neeg saib xyuas raug tshem tawm. Nyob rau lub sijhawm tshwj xeeb xws li Patrick lub hnub yug, hnub tseem ceeb ntawm qee qhov ntawm nws qhov kev sib ntaus sib tua, lossis lub sijhawm xws li Veterans Day, peb muaj cov neeg tuaj yeem pab dawb ntawm no los qhuas General thiab Asmeskas.
    
  "Rau sab laug ntawm General yog lub crypt ntawm Patrick tus tij laug, Paul, uas yog Sacramento Tub Ceev Xwm Tub Ceev Xwm, raug mob ntawm txoj haujlwm, thiab tom qab ntawd rov qab los ntawm Sky Masters Inc. nrog cov ceg tawv thiab cov cuab yeej siv siab, thiab tom qab ntawd tau los ua ib tus tswv cuab ntawm cov neeg ua haujlwm zais cia tiv thaiv kev ua phem hu ua 'Hmo ntuj Stalkers,'" tus neeg saib xyuas txuas ntxiv. "Nws raug tua thaum lub sijhawm ua haujlwm zais cia rau tsoomfwv daim ntawv cog lus hauv Libya; ntau qhov tseeb ntawm txoj haujlwm ntawd tseem raug cais tawm. Lwm cov crypts nyob rau hauv kab saum toj kawg nkaus yog tshwj tseg rau General ob tug viv ncaus thiab rau ntau tus phooj ywg ze ntawm General thiab nws cov pab cuam-de-camp, suav nrog Major General David Luger, uas nyuam qhuav so haujlwm los ntawm kev ua haujlwm, thiab Brigadier General Hal Briggs, uas yog tua nyob rau hauv kev txiav txim, qhov twg plaque nrog ib tug silver hnub qub. Qhov chaw ncaj qha hauv qab Patrick thiab Wendy lub tsev yog tshwj tseg rau Patrick tus tub, Bradley, uas tam sim no kawm aerospace engineering ntawm Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. "
    
  Tus pab xib fwb tig thiab taw tes rau ntawm phab ntsa marble. "Tus thawj coj muaj tsev neeg loj heev, yog li phab ntsa no tau tsim kom haum rau lwm tus neeg hauv tsev neeg, cov phooj ywg ntawm tus thawj coj lossis cov phooj ywg uas xav muab faus ntawm no," nws hais ntxiv. "Muaj crypts ntawm no ib yam nkaus, tab sis txog thaum thawj phab ntsa tau sau rau hauv, qhov zoo nkauj carved limestone diorama npog lub ntsej muag. Lub diorama yuav raug rhuav tshem thiab txav mus thaum ..." Tsuas yog tom qab ntawd tus neeg saib xyuas pom tias tus Lithuanian tau tso nws lub hnab rau ntawm lub rooj zaum ntawm cov phab ntsa marble thiab rub tawm lub thawv ntawm cov qauv dav hlau. "Koj ua dab tsi nyob ntawd, tus tswv? Nco ntsoov, tsis muaj duab. "
    
  "Peb tsis nyob ntawm no mus thaij duab, kuv tus phooj ywg," tus poj niam tom qab tus neeg saib xyuas hais. Ib ntus thib ob tom qab, ib daim ntaub qhwv tau nias rau tus neeg saib xyuas lub qhov ncauj thiab qhov ntswg. Nws tawm tsam kom tso nws tus kheej, tab sis tus poj niam muaj zog xav tsis thoob. Tus neeg saib xyuas tau pa taws thaum nws nqus tau cov ntsws ntawm cov tshuaj lom neeg uas muaj ntxhiab tsw zoo li npauj npaim. Tom qab ob peb feeb, nws xav tias zoo li lub columbarium tau tig, thiab nws lub zeem muag pom qhov muag plooj, hloov ntawm cov xim mus rau xim dub thiab dawb, thiab tom qab ntawd pib tawg ntawm cov xim. Peb caug vib nas this tom qab, tus txiv neej ob txhais ceg muab tawm thiab nws ntog rau hauv av.
    
  Nws nyob twj ywm ntev txaus kom pom cov Lithuanian noj dab tsi zoo li cov cuab yeej hlau tawm ntawm lub thawv dav hlau qauv!
    
  "Qhov no ua haujlwm zoo," tus txiv neej hais hauv Lavxias. "Qhov no ua haujlwm zoo heev."
    
  Tus poj niam hais tias, "Kuv kiv taub hau me ntsis," tus poj niam hais lus Lavxias. Nws siv cov ntaub ntub dej los so tawm cov kab mob uas tseem tshuav ntawm nws tus ntiv tes. "Kuv kiv taub hau me ntsis ntawm kuv tus kheej los ntawm dimethyltryptamine."
    
  Nyob rau hauv ib lub vib nas this, tus txiv neej sib sau ua ke ob lub crowbars thiab ib tug wrench zoo li cov cuab yeej los ntawm cov khoom nyob rau hauv lub thawv. Thaum nws tab tom sau nws cov cuab yeej, tus poj niam tawm ntawm lub columbarium thiab rov qab los ib pliag tom qab, dov tawm ib lub pob zeb zoo nkauj loj. Tus txiv neej tau nce mus rau cov noob qoob loo, tus poj niam tau muab ib lub crowbar rau nws thiab nws pib chipping tam sim ntawd ntawm lub pob zeb marble engraved npog lub crypt ntawm Lt. Gen. Patrick Shane McLanahan.
    
  "Lub koob yees duab kev ruaj ntseg tab tom taug kev," tus poj niam hais. "Lub koob yees duab kev ruaj ntseg nyob txhua qhov chaw."
    
  "Nws tsis muaj teeb meem," tus txiv neej hais. Tom qab rhuav tshem ob peb daim ntawm pob zeb nyias, thaum kawg nws muaj peev xwm tshem tawm cov pob zeb engraved los ntawm lub crypt, nthuav tawm lub vaj huam sib luag steel nrog ob lub bolts loj heev uas ruaj ntseg rau marble. Siv ib tug wrench, nws pib unscrew lub bolts. "Qhia rau pawg neeg pw tsaug zog tias peb yuav taug kev sai sai." Tus poj niam hu los ntawm lub xov tooj txawb hluav taws xob.
    
  Nws tsis siv sijhawm ntev los qhib lub crypt. Nyob rau hauv lawv pom ib tug yooj yim cylindrical txhuas urn, nrog rau ob peb tsab ntawv kaw nyob rau hauv ntshiab, airtight ntim thiab ntau yam khoom plig. Tus txiv neej khaws ib tug ntawm lawv. "Ib foom!" nws swore. "Kuv tsis paub tus neeg phem tau txais lub Cuab Yeej Hla nrog Nyiaj Hnub Qub!" Lub hnub qub txhais tau tias tau txais Air Force Cross, Air Force qhov khoom plig siab tshaj plaws uas tsis yog Medal of Honour, tsib zaug. "Ib tug ntawm lawv yuav tsum yog rau kev tua neeg ntawm Thawj Tswj Hwm Gryzlov. Kuv xav tias lawv tsis muab khoom plig ntawm kev hwm rau cov neeg ua phem. "
    
  "Cia peb tawm ntawm no," tus poj niam hais. "Lub network tau ceeb toom."
    
  Ob peb lub sijhawm nws tag nrho. Cov ntsiab lus ntawm lub crypt raug thauj mus rau hauv lub hnab yuav khoom, thiab ob tug neeg Lavxias tau tawm hauv lub toj ntxas, taug kev nrawm rov qab mus rau lawv lub tsheb xauj, tab sis tsis khiav, thiaj li tsis nyiam mloog. Lawv tau tsav ob peb lub blocks, mus rau hauv ib cheeb tsam uas twb tau sau tseg tias tsis muaj kev ruaj ntseg lossis cov koob yees duab tsheb nyob ze, thiab hloov mus rau lwm lub tsheb uas tau tsav los ntawm tus tub hluas. Siv lawv lub sijhawm thiab zam tsis muaj teeb pom kev lossis nres cov paib, lawv tau tsav tsheb tawm ntawm lub nroog hla Tower Choj mus rau West Sacramento. Lawv hloov tsheb peb zaug ntxiv nyob rau ntau qhov chaw ntawm lub nroog ua ntej yuav nyob rau hauv ib qho chaw nres tsheb gravel deserted nrog txiv hmab txiv ntoo sawv sab hnub poob ntawm Davis, California, qhov uas tsis zoo li yuav muaj kev ruaj ntseg koob yees duab. Tus txiv neej mus cuag lub tsheb loj tsaus nti nrog daim ntawv tso cai diplomatic. Lub qhov rais poob; tus txiv neej nqa tej pob khoom ntawm lub qhov rais thiab rov qab mus rau nws lub tsheb. Lub tsheb dub tau tsav los ntawm txoj kev tsheb mus txog thaum nws mus txog qhov kev tawm uas coj lawv mus rau Interstate 80, mus rau sab hnub poob mus rau San Francisco.
    
  "Koj yog ib tug neeg ruam tag, Colonel,"hais tias tus txiv neej laus nyob rau hauv lub rooj zaum pem hauv ntej. Nws muaj cov plaub hau dawb ntev ua tib zoo ua kom zoo nkauj hauv nthwv dej, lub caj dab tuab, nws hnav ib lub tsho kim kim thiab looj tsom iav dub, thiab nws hais tsis tau tig mus hais rau cov neeg nyob tom qab. "Koj yog ib tug neeg ruam tag, Ilyanov," hais tias ib tug txiv neej hu ua Boris Chirkov. Chirkov yog tus sawv cev rau tus thawj tswj hwm ntawm Lavxias teb sab consulate nyob rau hauv San Francisco, kev tswj hwm txhua yam kev lag luam ntawm Lavxias Ministry of Foreign Affairs, US State Department thiab cov lag luam nyob rau sab hnub poob Tebchaws Meskas. "Koj pheej pheej hmoo ntau dhau."
    
  "Kuv ua raws li Thawj Tswj Hwm Gryzlov nws tus kheej, Koj Tus Thawj Kav Tebchaws," tus txiv neej hauv lub rooj zaum tom qab, Bruno Ilyanov hais. Ilyanov yog ib tug tub rog nyob rau hauv Lavxias teb sab Cua Dag Zog Yuam thiab, officially, ib tug deputy huab cua attaché muab rau Lavxias teb sab Embassy nyob rau hauv Washington. Zaum ntawm nws yog ib tug poj niam nrog dav hlau-dub cov plaub hau, siab cheekbones thiab ib tug kis las tsim, tsaus muag qhov muag zais tom qab looj tsom iav dub. "Tab sis kuv zoo siab ua raws li cov lus txib no. Cov neeg Amelikas no, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog cov nyob hauv nws lub zos, kho McLanahan zoo li ib tug vajtswv. Qhov no yog kev thuam rau txhua tus neeg Lavxias. Tus txiv neej uas txhob txwm tua Thawj Tswj Hwm Gryzlov txiv thiab foob pob peb lub peev tsis tsim nyog qhuas. "
    
  "Koj yog - lossis zoo dua hais tias, koj tau ua ntej koj kov cov hnab no - tus neeg sawv cev tub rog ntawm Lavxias Federation, Ilyanov," Chirkov hais. "Thiab koj," nws tig mus rau tus poj niam, "yog ib tug neeg saib xyuas kev ruaj ntseg siab nrog cov cai ntawm kev nom kev tswv, Korchkova. Koj ob leeg yuav plam koj daim ntawv pov thawj diplomatic thiab raug yuam kom tawm hauv lub tebchaws no mus tas li, thiab koj yuav raug txwv tsis pub nkag mus rau tag nrho North Atlantic Treaty Organization thiab NATO lub tebchaws. Tsawg tshaj li rau lub hlis hauv Tebchaws Meskas, hauv koj thawj qhov tseem ceeb ntawm Kremlin tshaj tawm txawv teb chaws, thiab tam sim no koj tsis muaj dab tsi ntau tshaj li tus tub sab thiab kev ua phem. Koj txoj hauj lwm puas txhais tau me ntsis rau koj?
    
  "Tus Thawj Kav Tebchaws tau lees paub kuv tias kuv lub neej yav tom ntej yuav muaj kev nyab xeeb," Ilyanov hais. "Txawm tias kuv raug ntes, txhua tus neeg Asmeskas tuaj yeem ua tau yog tshem tawm kuv, uas kuv yuav zoo siab pom, tsuas yog tawm hauv lub tebchaws tsis ncaj ncees thiab tsis txaus ntseeg."
    
  Ilyanov yog ib tug neeg ruam, Chirkov xav - Gennady Gryzlov tau muab cov neeg pov tseg xws li siv napkins, thiab tau ua qhov no rau ntau xyoo lawm. Tab sis qhov xwm txheej geopolitical thoob ntiaj teb yog qhov hnyav dua li Ilyanov qhov kev ua tsis muaj hlwb. Qhov no tuaj yeem rhuav tshem kev sib raug zoo ntawm Asmeskas-Lavxias teb sab, Chirkov xav, txawm hais tias, qhov tseeb, cov kev sib raug zoo no twb phem heev. Nws paub tias Gennady Gryzlov txiv, Anatoly Gryzlov, tau muab cov lus txib uas ua rau ntau txhiab tus neeg Amelikas tuag thiab ntau pua tus neeg nyob hauv tebchaws Russia, thiab nws tsis muaj kev ntseeg tias nws tus tub muaj peev xwm ua tau zoo li no. Txawm hais tias Chirkov yog plaub tus neeg laus tshaj plaws ntawm Lavxias tus sawv cev rau Tebchaws Meskas, Gryzlov tsev neeg muaj nyiaj ntau dua thiab muaj kev cuam tshuam ntau dua li nws tus kheej. Txawm Gryzlov muaj nyob rau hauv lub siab, uas tsis yog qhov ntxa robbing, Chirkov tej zaum yuav tsis muaj peev xwm txwv nws. Tab sis nws yuav tsum tau sim ua kom nws tawm tsam qee yam.
    
  Chirkov ib nrab tig ib ncig ntawm nws lub rooj. "Dab tsi ntxiv yog Thawj Tswj Hwm Gryzlov thiab Ilyanov npaj?" nws nug. "Kev desecration thiab looting ntawm ib tug crypt yog phem txaus."
    
  "Thaum lub crypt no muaj cov seem ntawm cov neeg lim hiam tshaj plaws ntawm Niam Russia txij li lub sijhawm Adolf Hitler, Kuv zoo siab koom nrog qhov no," Ilyanov hais. "McLanahan yog ib tug neeg phem uas tua tus thawj tswj hwm ntawm kuv lub tebchaws. Nws tsis tsim nyog tau txais kev qhuas zoo li ntawd. "
    
  "Qhov kev tawm tsam no tau tshwm sim ntev dhau los, thiab nws yog thaum tsov rog."
    
  Ilyanov tau hais tias "Kev tsov rog pib los ntawm McLanahan, tus tswv, yog qhov tsis raug cai thiab tsis raug cai," Ilyanov tau hais. Chirkov zaum motionless, suppressing xav kom co nws lub taub hau. Yav dhau los Tus Thawj Kav Tebchaws Lavxias Anatoly Gryzlov tau ua pauj qhov kev tawm tsam coj los ntawm Patrick McLanahan los ntawm kev tua nthwv dej ntawm supersonic nuclear-tipped cruise missiles thiab ze li kev rhuav tshem Asmeskas tag nrho hauv av-based nuclear deterrent-nrog rau ntau txhiab tus neeg Amelikas-hauv qhov uas hu ua "American holocaust." "McLanahan qhov kev tawm tsam uas tsis yog nuclear tom ntej ntawm Russia siv qhov kawg ntawm Asmeskas cov neeg tawg rog ntev-ntev yog cov lus teb uas ua rau ob lub tebchaws uas yuav luag sib npaug ntawm cov riam phom nuclear. Qhov kawg nres, coj los ntawm Patrick MacLanahan nws tus kheej, tau hais tawm tsam Gryzlov cov lus txib hauv av. tshaj tawm hauv Ryazan, lub hom phiaj tawm tsam uas tua tus thawj tswj hwm Lavxias.
    
  Leej twg yog lub luag haujlwm rau kev pib ua tsov rog uas ua rau Asmeskas Holocaust thiab kev tawm tsam ntawm Ryazan, McLanahan lossis Gryzlov yog debatable thiab tej zaum tsis muaj ntsiab lus, tab sis Gryzlov yeej tsis yog neeg dawb huv. Ib tug qub tub rog nyob rau hauv kev hais kom ua ntawm Russia lub dav-ntev bomber quab yuam, nws teb rau ib tug yuav luag me me nres ntawm Lavxias teb sab chaw tiv thaiv huab cua los ntawm kev tua nuclear warheads thiab tua ntau txhiab tus neeg Amelikas nyob rau hauv ib tug surprise nres. Tej no tsis yog tej yam uas tus neeg siab zoo. Thaum McLanahan ntes tau Lavxias teb sab huab cua hauv Siberia thiab siv nws los tawm tsam ntawm Lavxias teb sab mobile ballistic missile qhov chaw, Gryzlov tau hais kom lwm lub foob pob hluav taws xob tua hluav taws ... tab sis lub sijhawm no tsom mus rau nws lub hauv paus huab cua Lavxias! Nws txoj kev xav nrog kev tua McLanahan coj mus rau ntau pua tus neeg Lavxias hauv Yakutsk, tab sis McLanahan tau khiav tawm thiab tua Gryzlov teev tom qab los ntawm tshuab Gryzlov lub thaub qab thiab supposedly zais lus txib.
    
  "Muab lub urn thiab lwm yam khoom rau kuv, Colonel," Chirkov hais. "Kuv yuav xa rov qab rau lawv thaum lub sijhawm tsim nyog thiab piav qhia tias koj tau ua raws li kev xav muaj zog thiab raug xa rov qab mus rau Moscow rau kev tawm tswv yim tu siab lossis lwm yam uas yuav cia siab tias yuav tau txais kev khuv leej rau koj."
    
  "Txhua yam kev hwm, tus tswv, kuv yuav tsis," Ilyanov hais hauv lub suab tsis muaj xim.
    
  Chirkov kaw nws ob lub qhov muag thiab co nws lub taub hau. Ilyanov yog ib tug tsis muaj hlwb henchman ntawm Gennady Gryzlov thiab tej zaum yuav tuag es tsis muab cov khoom nws nyiag. "Tus Thawj Kav Tebchaws yuav ua li cas rau lawv, Colonel?" - nws nug nkees.
    
  Ilyanov hais tias, "Nws hais tias nws xav muab lub qhov cub tso rau ntawm nws lub rooj thiab siv nws li lub tshuab ntxhua khaub ncaws," thiab tej zaum tus pin McLanahan cov khoom plig rau nws tus hnav khaub ncaws thaum twg nws peeed. Nws tsim nyog tsis muaj dab tsi tsawg dua li nws qhov chaw zoo. "
    
  Chirkov hais tias, "Koj coj zoo li menyuam yaus, Colonel," Chirkov hais. "Kuv thov kom koj rov xav txog koj qhov kev ua."
    
  "Thawj Thawj Tswj Hwm Gryzlov raug yuam kom teb rau McLanahan qhov kev ua phem lossis ntsib kev tawm tsam tshiab thiab kev tua neeg tshiab," Ilyanov tau hais. "McLanahan cov kev ua no tej zaum yuav los yog tsis tau tso cai, tab sis lawv yeej tau tso cai los ntawm Thawj Tswj Hwm Thomas Thorne thiab nws cov thawj coj. Qhov no tsuas yog ib qho piv txwv me me ntawm Thawj Tswj Hwm Gryzlov npaj siab yuav ua kom rov qab tau lub meej mom thiab kev zoo ntawm cov neeg Lavxias. "
    
  "Koj npaj ua dab tsi ntxiv, Colonel?" Chirkov rov hais dua. "Kuv paub tseeb tias koj, koj tau ua tiav txaus lawm."
    
  Ilyanov tau hais tias "Qhov kev sib tw thawj tswj hwm tiv thaiv kev nco txog General Patrick McLanahan nyuam qhuav pib, Koj Tus Thawj Kav Tebchaws," Ilyanov tau hais. "Nws npaj siab yuav rhuav tshem txhua lub tsev haujlwm uas McLanahan tau muaj dab tsi ua nrog. Hloov chaw ua kev zoo siab thiab nco txog lub neej ntawm Patrick McLanahan, Amelikas yuav foom tsis zoo rau nws lub npe. "
    
  Chirkov lub xov tooj ntawm tes encrypted beeped thiab nws teb nws yam tsis tau hais dab tsi, ces xaus lub sijhawm hu tom qab. Nws tau hais tias "Tsoomfwv Lub Tsev Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Kev Tshawb Fawb tau ceeb toom rau US Secretary of State txog kev nyiag khoom hauv Sacramento," nws hais hauv lub suab tsis zoo. "Koj cov tub rog yuav raug ntes nyob rau ib teev. Thaum kawg lawv yuav tham. " Nws ib nrab tig ib ncig ntawm nws lub rooj zaum dua. "Koj paub tias yog Asmeskas FBI tau txais tsab ntawv ceeb toom los ntawm tsoomfwv tus kws txiav txim plaub ntug, lawv tuaj yeem nkag mus rau koj qhov chaw nyob hauv Washington, thiab vim tias koj cov haujlwm tsis yog kev ua haujlwm, koj tuaj yeem raug ntes thiab raug foob. Kev tiv thaiv Diplomatic tsis siv. "
    
  Ilyanov hais tias "Kuv paub, Koj Tus Thawj Kav Tebchaws," "Kuv yeej tsis xav tias cov neeg Amelikas yuav tuaj yeem hnov mob sai sai, tab sis kuv tau npaj rau nws yog tias kuv pom. Kuv twb npaj ib lub dav hlau ntiag tug coj kuv los ntawm Woodland, California mus rau Mexicali thiab los ntawm lub tsev ntawm Mexico City, Havana, Morocco thiab Damascus. Diplomatic kev ruaj ntseg rog muaj los pab nrog kev lis kev cai hauv zos. " Nws muab daim npav ua lag luam rau tus consul. "Ntawm no yog qhov chaw nyob ntawm tshav dav hlau; nws nyob ze rau txoj kev loj. Tso peb tawm thiab koj tuaj yeem txuas ntxiv mus rau lub consulate hauv San Francisco thiab peb yuav nyob ntawm peb txoj kev. Koj tuaj yeem tsis lees paub qhov kev koom tes hauv qhov teeb meem no. "
    
  "Koj tau npaj dab tsi ntxiv hauv qhov kev khiav tawm ntawm koj li, Colonel?" - Chirkov nug tom qab nws muab daim npav rau tus tsav tsheb, uas nkag mus rau qhov chaw nyob hauv lub tsheb GPS navigator. "Kuv xav tias qhov no hnyav dua li kev nyiag khoom."
    
  Ilyanov tau hais tias "Kuv yuav tsis ua rau koj muaj kev cuam tshuam txog kev nom kev tswv lossis kev ua haujlwm los ntawm kev koom nrog koj hauv kev ua haujlwm ntxiv ntawm tus thawj tswj hwm, Koj Tus Thawj Kav Tebchaws," Ilyanov tau hais. "Tab sis koj yuav nkag siab nws thaum koj hnov txog qhov xwm txheej, tus tswv ... Kuv lav nws." Nws rub lub pob zeb txhuas los ntawm nws lub hnab ntim khoom loj, khiav nws ntiv tes hla peb lub hnub qub nyiaj ntawm sab thiab US Space Defense Force daim thaiv ntawm lub hau. "Dab tsi tso dag," nws yws. "Russia tau muaj lub zog tiv thaiv qhov chaw tiag tiag rau yuav luag ib xyoo caum, thaum lub tsev tseem tsis tau siv tshwj tsis yog hauv McLanahan lub hlwb twisted. Vim li cas peb thiaj ntshai tus txiv neej no? Nws tsis muaj dab tsi ntau tshaj li ib txoj hauj lwm ntawm cov lus tseeb, ob leeg nyob thiab tuag. " Nws khaws lub urn uas nyob twj ywm, thiab ib tug puzzled qhia tshwm rau ntawm nws lub ntsej muag. "Koj paub, Kuv yeej tsis tau pom tib neeg qhov seem ua ntej ..."
    
  Chirkov hais tias "Thov tsis txhob rhuav tshem cov seem ntawm tus txiv neej no," "Cia lawv ib leeg. Thiab rov txiav txim siab tso lawv nrog kuv. Kuv tuaj yeem sau qee zaj dab neeg uas koj yuav tsis koom nrog, thiab Thawj Tswj Hwm txoj kev npau taws yuav raug coj los rau kuv thiab tsis yog ntawm koj. Cov tub sab Lavxias teb sab thiab hooligans tau ua lawv txoj haujlwm, tab sis thaum lawv sim muag lawv ntawm khw dub, peb tau ntes lawv thiab tuav lawv nyob rau hauv raug ntes ntawm lub consulate. Kev thov txim ncaj ncees, rov qab los ntawm cov khoom qub, cog lus tias yuav foob cov neeg ua haujlwm, thiab qhov kev thov them nyiaj los kho qhov kev puas tsuaj thiab rov qab kho cov columbarium yuav tsum txaus kom txaus siab rau cov neeg Asmeskas. "
    
  "Kuv tsis xav koom nrog koj ntxiv lawm, Koj Tus Thawj Kav Tebchaws," Ilyanov rov hais dua, "thiab kuv tsis muaj lub siab xav rov qab cov khoom no lossis rov qab kho lub monument rau tus neeg phem no nws tus kheej. Cia siab tias, kev pov tseg tsis raug ntawm cov khoom no yuav ua rau McLanahan tus ntsuj plig mus rau lub qab ntuj khwb mus ib txhis. "
    
  Qhov no, Chirkov xav, yog qhov nws ntshai.
    
  Ilyanov tsa lub urn dua. "Qhov no yooj yim dua li kuv xav," nws yws yws, ces unscrew lub hau. "Cia li saib seb tus poj General Patrick Shane McLanahan zoo li cas tom qab nws da dej zaum kawg hauv lub sauna ntawm qhov kub ntawm ib txhiab degrees Celsius."
    
  Chirkov tsis tig mus saib, tab sis ntsia ncaj nraim rau pem hauv ntej thiab sim zais nws qhov kev qias neeg. Tab sis tsis ntev, tom qab ob peb lub sijhawm nyob ntsiag to, nws tsis meej pem thiab tig los saib nws lub xub pwg ...
    
  ... pom lub ntsej muag ntawm ib tug tub rog Lavxias teb sab tub rog tub rog, dawb li cov ntaub pua rooj ntawm lub rooj noj mov consulate, nws lub qhov ncauj qhib zoo li nws tab tom sim hais ib yam dab tsi. "Ilyanov...?" Colonel ntsia, nws ob lub qhov muag puag ncig thiab loj li saucers, thiab tam sim no Chirkov pom Korchkov lub ntsej muag nrog tib lub ntsej muag xav tsis thoob - heev, txawv heev rau xws li cov tub ceev xwm kev ruaj ntseg thiab neeg tua neeg. "Qhov no yog dab tsi?"
    
  Ilyanov stunned mus rau hauv silence, nws lub qhov ncauj tseem qhib. Tuav nws lub taub hau nyob rau hauv tag nrho bewilderment, nws maj mam tilted lub qhib lub thawv rau Chirkov ...
    
  ... thiab tom qab ntawd tus Ambassador Lavxias pom tau hais tias lub thawv ntawv pov npav tau tag nrho.
    
    
  Ib
    
    
  Mus rau ntawm ntug pob tsuas thiab dhia tawm. Ua koj tis ntawm txoj kev nqes.
    
  - RAY BRADBURY
    
    
    
  MCLANAHAN INDUSTRIAL AIRPORT, BATTLE MOUNTAIN, NEVADA
  Ob peb hnub tom qab
    
    
  "Boomer, tus txiv neej no puas tsaug zog?" tus kws phais davhlau saib xyuas cov neeg coob lub cev cov ntaub ntawv kis tau tus mob radioed. "Nws lub plawv dhia tsis tau hloov me ntsis txij li thaum peb muab nws tso rau ntawm lub monitor. Puas yog nws fucking tuag? Tshawb xyuas nws, ok?"
    
  "Tau taub," teb Hunter "Boomer" Noble, tus kws tsav dav hlau hauv kev hais kom dav hlau. Nws sawv ntawm nws lub rooj zaum, nce rov qab ntawm ob lub rooj zaum uas nyob ib sab hauv lub cockpit, taug kev los ntawm airlock nruab nrab ntawm lub cockpit thiab lub cockpit thiab nkag mus rau hauv cov neeg caij tsheb me me, tsim rau plaub tus neeg. Tsis zoo li cov txiv kab ntxwv ntau lub siab hnav khaub ncaws hnav los ntawm lub davhlau ob tus neeg caij tsheb, Noble lub siab, lanky, kis las lub cev tau hnav hauv daim ntawv haum hu ua EEAS, lossis Electronic Elastomeric Sports Suit, uas ua haujlwm zoo ib yam li ib txwm siv lub cev. . nplua, tshwj tsis yog nws siv hluav taws xob tswj cov fibers los ua kom tawv nqaij es tsis txhob siv cov pa oxygen, ua rau nws yooj yim dua rau nws txav mus nyob ib puag ncig lub alarm dua li lwm tus.
    
  Noble, nws tus thawj coj ntawm lub luag haujlwm thiab tus kws tsav dav hlau, tau so haujlwm US Marine Corps tus kws tsav dav hlau Lt. Col. Jessica "Gonzo" Faulkner, thiab ob tus neeg caij tsheb tau caij nkoj ntawm Midnight S-19 spaceplane, thib ob ntawm peb versions ntawm American ib-theem orbital dav hlau. uas tau hloov pauv qhov chaw mus ncig thaum thawj zaug, S-9 Black Stallion, nkag mus rau kev pabcuam hauv xyoo 2008. Tsuas yog peb S-19s tau tsim, hauv kev pom zoo ntawm kev sim loj XS-29 Duab Ntxoo spaceplanes. Tag nrho cov qauv ntawm lub dav hlau tuaj yeem tawm mus thiab tsaws ntawm txoj kev khiav ua rau cov dav hlau ua lag luam, tab sis txhua tus tau mob siab rau peb-hybrid xyaw uas tuaj yeem hloov pauv los ntawm huab cua-powered supersonic turbofan xyaw rau hypersonic ramjet xyaw rau cov foob pob ua ntxaij ntshiab muaj peev xwm tso lub tsheb mus rau qis- Lub ntiaj teb orbit.
    
  Boomer tau taug kev mus rau thawj tus neeg caij tsheb thiab saib nws kom zoo ua ntej hais lus. Los ntawm lub visor ntawm nws lub kaus mom hlau qhov chaw, nws pom tau tias tus neeg caij tsheb lub qhov muag raug kaw thiab nws txhais tes tau muab khi rau hauv nws ceg tawv. Ob tus neeg caij tsheb tau hnav cov txiv kab ntxwv Advanced Crew Escape Suits, lossis ACES, uas yog cov khoom hnyav uas tsim los kom muaj sia nyob ntawm kev poob siab hauv cov neeg caij tsheb lossis txawm nyob hauv qhov chaw sab nraud.
    
  Yog lawm, Boomer xav tias, qhov no yog lub dib txias - nws thawj lub dav hlau mus rau hauv qhov chaw, thiab nws tau pw tsaug zog los yog nyob rau ntawm lub verge ntawm nws, zoo li nws nyob rau lub dav hlau dav hlau npaj mus so rau Hawaii. Nws tus khub, ntawm qhov tod tes, zoo li ib txwm muaj rau thawj tus neeg caij tsheb - nws lub hauv pliaj yog ci ntsa iab nrog hws, nws txhais tes tau clenched, nws ua pa nrawm, thiab nws ob lub qhov muag dhia mus rau Boomer, tom qab ntawd tawm ntawm lub qhov rais, tom qab ntawd mus rau nws tus khub. Boomer muab nws tus ntiv tes xoo thiab tau txais ib qho rov qab los, tab sis tus txiv neej tseem zoo li ntshai heev.
    
  Boomer tig rov qab rau thawj tus neeg caij tsheb. "Sir?" - nws nug dua lub intercom.
    
  "Yog, Dr. Noble?" Thawj tus txiv neej teb hauv lub suab qis, so, yuav luag tsaug zog.
    
  "Tsuas kuaj xyuas koj, tus tswv. Cov ntaub ntawv ya davhlau hais tias koj so. Koj puas paub tseeb tias qhov no yog koj thawj zaug hauv orbit?
    
  "Kuv tuaj yeem hnov lawv hais. Thiab kuv tsis xav tias kuv tuaj yeem hnov qab kuv thawj zaug, Dr. Noble. "
    
  "Thov hu kuv Boomer, tus tswv."
    
  "Ua tsaug, kuv yuav ua li ntawd." Tus txiv neej ntsia nws tus khub, frowning ntawm tus txiv neej txoj kev ntshai. "Puas yog kev tswj hwm hauv av txawm txhawj xeeb txog kuv tus khub cov cim tseem ceeb?"
    
  Boomer tau hais tias "Nws ib txwm ua rau tus txiv neej rog.
    
  "Dab tsi"?"
    
  Boomer piav qhia tias "Paddy yog ib tus neeg tsav dav hlau tshiab tshiab," Boomer piav qhia. "Lub npe hu ua Don Puddy, tus txiv neej NASA uas tau siv los muab cov neeg caij nkoj caij nkoj sib tw xov xwm zoo uas lawv tau raug lees txais rau hauv qhov kev cob qhia neeg caij nkoj. Kev ntxhov siab yog qhov ntuj tsim txawm tias cov qub tub rog thiab cov neeg ncaws pob ncaws pob - yog tias kuv yuav hais li ntawd, tus tswv, nws txaus ntshai me ntsis kom pom ib tus neeg so zoo li koj zoo li. "
    
  "Kuv yuav ua qhov kev qhuas, Boomer," tus txiv neej hais. "Nyob ntev npaum li cas kom txog thaum tawm mus?"
    
  "Lub qhov rais loj yuav qhib li ntawm peb caug feeb," Boomer teb. "Peb yuav ua kom tiav qhov kev kuaj ua ntej kev thauj mus los, thiab tom qab ntawd kuv yuav hais kom koj mus rau lub davhlau ya davhlau thiab nqa koj lub rooj rau kev tawm mus. Colonel Faulkner yuav zaum ntawm lub rooj dhia ntawm peb. Peb yuav hais kom koj rov qab mus rau koj lub rooj zaum ntawm no ua ntej peb mus rau hypersonic, tab sis thaum peb mus txog lub voj voog, koj tuaj yeem rov qab mus rau koj lub rooj yog tias koj xav tau. "
    
  "Kuv zoo siab nyob ntawm no, Boomer."
    
  "Kuv xav kom koj tau txais txiaj ntsig tag nrho ntawm qhov koj tab tom yuav ntsib, thiab lub cockpit yog qhov zoo tshaj plaws los ua qhov ntawd, tus tswv," Boomer tau hais. "Tab sis g-force yog qhov siab heev thaum peb mus hypersonic, thiab lub rooj dhia dhia tsis tau thauj khoom rau lub dav hlau hypersonic. Tab sis thaum koj unbuckle koj tus kheej rov qab rau hauv lub cockpit, tus tswv, nws yuav yog ib lub sij hawm koj yuav tsis hnov qab. "
    
  "Peb nyob ntawm oxygen rau lub sijhawm ntev heev, Boomer," tus neeg caij tsheb nug. "Tsawg ob peb teev. Peb puas yuav tsum nyob ntawm qhov chaw nres tsheb yam tsis muaj oxygen?
    
  "Tsis yog, tus tswv," Boomer teb. "Lub chaw nres tsheb ntawm huab cua siab me ntsis qis dua lub hiav txwv theem siab ntawm lub ntiaj teb los yog lub siab nyob rau hauv lub spaceplane cabin-koj yuav xav tias zoo li koj nyob rau ntawm yim txhiab ko taw, zoo ib yam li lub siab nyob rau hauv lub dav hlau cabin. Kev nqus pa dawb huv yuav pab tshem tawm cov pa tsis zoo ntawm koj lub cev kom cov npuas roj tsis nkag mus rau hauv koj cov hlab ntsha, cov leeg, hlwb lossis pob qij txha. "
    
  "Curves"? Yuav ua li cas scuba thiab tob hiav txwv divers tau txais nws?
    
  "Zoo heev, tus tswv," said Boomer. "Thaum peb mus txog qhov chaw nres tsheb, koj tuaj yeem tshem qhov no tawm. Rau peb cov neeg uas mus taug kev hauv qhov chaw, peb rov qab ua pa ua ntej ob peb teev vim tias lub siab tseem qis dua hauv spacesuits. Qee lub sij hawm peb txawm pw hauv lub kaw dav hlau kaw nrog cov pa ntshiab kom paub tseeb tias peb tau txais cov khoom zoo ntawm nitrogen. "
    
  Takeoff tau tshwm sim peb caug feeb tom qab, thiab tsis ntev lawv tau ya mus rau sab qaum teb sab hnub poob Idaho. "Speed ib, tus tswv," Boomer teb dhau lub intercom. "Qhov no puas yog koj thawj zaug ya supersonic?"
    
  "Yog," tus neeg caij tsheb hais. "Kuv tsis xav tias muaj dab tsi txawv txav."
    
  "Yuav ua li cas txog lub viav vias thib ob?"
    
  "Puas yog peb tsuas yog ob npaug ntawm lub suab nrov? sai npaum li cas?"
    
  "Yog lawm, tus tswv," Boomer hais tias, kev zoo siab tshwm sim hauv nws lub suab. "Kuv nyiam nerf cov tsov txaij thaum pib ntawm txhua lub hom phiaj-Kuv tsis xav paub txog ntawm mach kaum lossis kaum tsib uas tej zaum yuav muaj teeb meem."
    
  "'Leopards'?"
    
  "Kuv lub npe menyuam yaus rau turbofan-scramjet-laser pulse detonation hybrid xyaw," Boomer piav qhia.
    
  "Koj invention, kuv xav tias?"
    
  Boomer tau hais tias "Kuv yog tus thawj coj engineer ntawm pab pawg loj heev ntawm Air Force engineers thiab cov kws tshawb fawb," Boomer tau hais. "Kuv cog lus rau Vajtswv, peb zoo li cov menyuam yaus hauv lub khw muag khoom qab zib, txawm tias thaum lub shit ntaus tus kiv cua-peb kho tus tsov txaij loj heev tawg zoo li peb tau pov lub foob pob hluav taws rau hauv cov ntxhais chav dej hauv tsev kawm ntawv theem siab. Tab sis yog, kuv pab neeg tsim 'leopards'. Ib lub cav, peb txoj haujlwm sib txawv. Koj yuav pom".
    
  Boomer txo qis lub dav hlau thaum ib tag hmo mus rau nruab nrab-supersonic ceev thiab tsis ntev tig mus rau sab qab teb dhau Nevada, thiab Jessica Faulkner rov qab los pab tus neeg caij tsheb mus rau hauv lub luag haujlwm tus thawj coj lub rooj zaum ntawm sab xis ntawm lub tsev, buckle thiab ntsaws nws lub plab qaum rau hauv qhov hluav taws xob, thiab tom qab ntawd nws tau nthuav tawm lub rooj me me ntawm ob lub rooj zaum hauv lub cabin thiab ruaj ntseg. "Koj puas hnov kuv, tus tswv?" - nug Faulkner.
    
  "Lub suab nrov thiab meej, Jessica," tus neeg caij tsheb teb.
    
  "Yog li, qhov no yog 'theem thawj' ntawm peb-theem orbital insertion, tus tswv," Boomer piav qhia dhau lub intercom. "Peb nyob ntawm peb caug-tsib txhiab taw, hauv troposphere. Yim caum feem pua ntawm lub ntiaj teb huab cua nyob hauv qab peb, ua kom yooj yim rau kev nrawm dua thaum nws los txog rau lub sijhawm nkag mus rau orbit. Tab sis peb lub tanker muaj cov pa cua-powered turbofan xyaw thiab yog heev overloaded nrog tag nrho peb cov roj thiab oxidizer, yog li peb yuav tsum nyob twj ywm tsis zoo nkauj. Peb yuav ntsib hauv li kaum tsib feeb. "
    
  Raws li tau cog lus tseg, kev hloov kho lub dav hlau Boeing 767 nrog cov lus SKY MASTERS AEROSPACE INC ntawm ob sab tuaj rau hauv kev pom thiab Boomer maneuvered lub dav hlau ib tag hmo tom qab tus Tsov tus tw thiab tig qhov hloov mus qhib lub qhov rooj hlais saum taub hau. "Masters Xya-Six, Ib tag hmo Zero-One, kev sib cuag ua ntej, npaj txhij, thov foob pob ua ntej," Boomer tshaj tawm ntawm qhov kev tawm tsam ntau zaus.
    
  "Kev nkag siab, Ib tag hmo, Xya-Six tau ruaj khov ua ntej kev sib cuag, peb npaj txhij rau "pob zeb", peb tab tom txav mus rau txoj haujlwm sib cuag, Xya-Six tau npaj txhij," tus poj niam lub suab hauv computer teb.
    
  "Nws yog qhov zoo tshaj plaws - ob lub dav hlau ya hla peb puas mais hauv ib teev, tsuas yog ob peb ko taw sib nrug," hais rau tus neeg caij tsheb hauv lub rooj tsav xwm tub txib lub rooj.
    
  "Xav paub dab tsi yog qhov tseem ceeb tshaj, tus tswv?" - Boomer nug. "Lub tanker no yog unmanned."
    
  "Dab tsi?"
    
  "Sky Masters muab ntau yam kev cog lus rau cov tub rog thoob ntiaj teb, thiab feem ntau ntawm lawv lub dav hlau, tsheb thiab nkoj tsis muaj neeg tsav tsheb lossis xaiv tau neeg ua haujlwm," Boomer piav qhia. "Muaj ib tus neeg tsav tsheb thiab tus neeg ua haujlwm boom nyob rau hauv chav ntawm Battle Mountain saib peb ntawm satellite video thiab audio feeds, tab sis txawm lawv tsis ua dab tsi tshwj tsis yog lawv yuav tsum - cov khoos phis tawj ua txhua yam haujlwm thiab tib neeg tsuas yog saib. Lub tanker nws tus kheej yog tswj los ntawm tsis muaj leej twg tab sis lub khoos phis tawj - lawv pub cov phiaj xwm dav hlau mus rau hauv lub computer, thiab nws ua tiav nws los ntawm kev pib tsheb tavxij mus rau qhov kawg nres yam tsis muaj tib neeg pilots, zoo li lub ntiaj teb Hawk neeg soj xyuas dav hlau. Lub phiaj xwm dav hlau tuaj yeem hloov pauv yog tias tsim nyog, thiab nws muaj ntau lub tshuab tsis muaj kev nyab xeeb thaum muaj ntau yam tsis ua haujlwm, tab sis lub khoos phis tawj tswj hwm qhov khoom no txhua txoj hauv kev los ntawm lub tsheb tavxij mus rau lub cav kaw hauv tsev. "
    
  "Amazing," hais tias tus neeg caij tsheb. "Npas tias koj txoj hauj lwm yuav muaj ib hnub yuav hloov mus rau lub computer, Dr. Noble?"
    
  "Hav, Kuv yuav pab lawv tsim cov khoom no, tus tswv," Boomer hais. "Qhov tseeb, cov neeg Lavxias tau xa Soyuz cov nkoj thauj khoom thiab tsis muaj kev nce qib mus rau Chaw Nres Nkoj Thoob Ntiaj Teb tau ntau xyoo, thiab lawv txawm muaj qhov hloov pauv ntawm Buran qhov chaw shuttle uas ya mus rau tag nrho qhov chaw ua haujlwm tsis muaj neeg siv. Kuv xav tias kuv xav kom muaj cov neeg caij dav hlau yog tias kuv tau ya mus rau hauv orbit ntawm Lavxias teb sab spacecraft, tab sis nyob rau hauv ob peb xyoos lub tshuab yuav ua tau heev uas cov neeg caij tsheb tej zaum yuav tsis pom. "
    
  Thaum tus neeg caij tsheb saib hauv kev txaus siab, lub dav hlau ya mus rau hauv qab tus Tsov tus tw ntawm lub tanker, thiab lub boom ntev, tswj los ntawm cov tis me me, nqis los ntawm hauv qab tus Tsov tus tw mus rau lub dav hlau. Coj los ntawm lub teeb ntsuab ntsuab thiab cov kab daj pleev xim rau hauv qab lub tanker lub plab, Boomer tau txav mus rau hauv qab tus Tsov tus tw kom txog thaum lub teeb ntsuab tawm mus thiab ob lub teeb liab tuaj.
    
  "Koj paub li cas thaum koj nyob hauv txoj haujlwm raug, Boomer?" nug tus neeg caij tsheb.
    
  "Muaj ib qho 'tus qauv' ntawm hauv qab ntawm lub tanker thiab lub thav duab ntawm lub qhov rooj uas koj yuav kawm paub txog," Boomer teb. "Nws tsis yog kev tshawb fawb heev, tab sis nws ua haujlwm txhua zaus. Koj yuav hnov nws thiab paub. yog tias koj nyob ze dhau los lossis nyob deb heev. "txawm hmo ntuj".
    
  "Koj puas ua qhov no hmo ntuj?"
    
  "Tau kawg," Boomer hais qhov tseeb. "Qee lub luag haujlwm xav tau kev ua haujlwm hmo ntuj, thiab tau kawg, qhov twg peb mus, nws ib txwm hmo ntuj." Thaum nws hais lus, Boomer txiav tawm ib feem me me ntawm lub zog thiab tag nrho cov kev txav mus tom ntej tau nres. "Ib tag hmo Zero One, ruaj khov nyob rau hauv txoj haujlwm sib cuag, npaj rau kev sib cuag," nws hais xov tooj cua.
    
  "Kev nkag siab, xoom ib," teb lub computer nrog poj niam lub suab. Lub taub hau txuas ntxiv los ntawm qhov kawg ntawm tus xub thiab ib pliag tom qab lawv hnov thiab hnov mob me ntsis CLICK! Thaum lub tanker lub nozzle zawv zawg mus rau hauv txoj kev swb thiab nyob rau hauv lub tank rau refueling. "Qhia kev sib cuag," hais lub suab hauv computer.
    
  "Kev tiv tauj tau lees paub," Boomer tau hais. Nyob rau hauv lub intercom, nws hais tias, "Txhua yam kuv ua tam sim no yog saib cov cim tig thiab nyob ntawm kab nruab nrab ntawm lub tanker."
    
  "Yog hais tias lub tanker yog tag nrho computerized, puas yuav tsis tau txais lub dav hlau yuav tsum tau rendezvous siv lub computer?" - nug tus neeg caij tsheb.
    
  "Nws yog qhov ua tau-Kuv tsuas yog nyiam tsav qhov no rau kuv tus kheej," Boomer hais.
    
  "Kev txaus siab rau VIPs ntawm lub nkoj, txoj cai?"
    
  "Tom qab qhov koj pom hnub no, tus tswv," Boomer hais tias, "Kuv thiab kuv qhov kev txawj ya me me yuav yog qhov zoo tshaj plaws uas koj pom ntawm lub davhlau no."
    
  "Koj hais tias ' foob pob', tsis yog 'roj' " - hais tias tus neeg nrog caij. "Peb tsis noj roj?"
    
  "Peb thawj zaug siv cov kua oxidizer tshwj xeeb hu ua BOHM, los yog boron hydrogen metaoxide, 'pob zeb' - qhov tseem ceeb purified hydrogen peroxide," Boomer hais tias. Tsawg kawg nrog cov thev naus laus zis tam sim no, supercool kua oxygen los ntawm lub dav hlau tanker 'pob zeb' tsis zoo li cov pa oxygen cryogenic, tab sis nws yooj yim dua los tuav thiab pheej yig dua. kom txuag tau qhov hnyav; peb siv dav hlau kawg kom peb muaj qhov siab tshaj plaws kom ua tiav txoj haujlwm. "
    
  Kev thauj khoom tuab oxidizer siv sijhawm li kaum tsib feeb, thiab ob peb feeb ntxiv yuav tsum tau tshem tawm cov khoom noj ntawm tag nrho cov kab ntawm Bohm oxidizer ua ntej hloov mus rau JP-8 jet roj pub. Raws li lub dav hlau roj pib ntws mus rau Midnight Spaceplane, Boomer tau hnov ntxhiab tsw. Nws tau hais tias "Ntseeg nws lossis tsis ntseeg, tus tswv, qhov no yog qhov txaus ntshai tshaj plaws ntawm lub davhlau," nws hais.
    
  "Dab tsi tshwm sim? Koj puas thauj Boma?" - nug tus neeg caij tsheb.
    
  "Tsis yog - hloov ntawm BOHM mus rau dav hlau roj hauv lub tanker refueling system," Boomer tau lees paub. "Lawv yaug lub boom thiab cov kav dej nrog helium kom tshem tawm tag nrho cov 'pob zeb' ua ntej cov roj dav hlau nkag mus. Boron additives nyob rau hauv lub oxidizer pab tsim kom muaj ib tug ntau dua kev impulse tshaj cov pa roj dav hlau tub rog, tab sis sib tov BOM thiab dav hlau roj, txawm nyob rau hauv me me, yog ib txwm txaus ntshai. Feem ntau, lub laser yuav tsum tau ignite ob qhov sib tov, tab sis txhua qhov chaw tshav kub, lub txim taws, lossis txawm tias kev vibration ntawm qee zaus tuaj yeem ua rau lawv. Cov kev sim peb tau ua ntawm Sky Masters thiab Air Force cov chaw sim ua rau qee qhov kev tawg, tab sis peb tau kawm ntau yam. "
    
  "Puas yog koj tau txais koj lub npe menyuam yaus 'Boomer'?"
    
  "Yog lawm, sir. Kev zoo tag nrho yuav tsum tau ua yuam kev. Kuv tau noj ib tuj ntawm lawv. "
    
  "Yog li cas koj tswj qhov no hauv cav?"
    
  "Laser igniters ua haujlwm hauv pulses, nyob qhov twg los ntawm ob peb microseconds mus rau ob peb nanoseconds, tswj detonation," Boomer piav qhia. "Cov khoom ua haujlwm, ntseeg kuv, thiab nws muaj zog, tab sis qhov kev xav tshwj xeeb tsuas yog siv sijhawm ib pliag xwb, yog li peb tuaj yeem tswj tau lub hwj chim ... ... feem ntau ntawm lub sijhawm".
    
  Lawv tuaj yeem hnov tus neeg caij tsheb thib ob hauv lub rooj zaum nraub qaum, tab sis tus neeg caij tsheb hauv pem hauv ntej tsuas yog luag ntxhi. "Kuv vam tias," nws hais tias, "Kuv yuav tsis hnov dab tsi yog tias muaj ib yam dab tsi tsis ncaj ncees lawm, Dr. Noble?"
    
  Boomer hais tias, "Tus Tswv, qhov kev tawg tsis tau tswj hwm ntawm tsov txaij muaj zog heev," Boomer hais tias, "koj yuav tsis hnov dab tsi ... txawm nyob hauv koj lub neej tom ntej." Tus neeg caij tsheb tsis hais dab tsi, tab sis tsuas yog coj lub siab loj, tshee "SILP."
    
  Kev hloov mus rau JP-8 tau nrawm dua, thiab tsis ntev Colonel Faulkner tau pab lub rooj zaum pem hauv ntej tus neeg caij tsheb mus rau hauv lub rooj zaum tom qab ntawm tus neeg caij tsheb uas tseem ceeb heev. Tsis ntev txhua leej txhua tus tau zaum thiab pab pawg tau npaj rau kev hloov pauv tom ntej. Boomer tau hais tias, "Peb lub nkoj tau tawm mus," thiab raws li tau npaj tseg, nws tau tso peb tawm ntawm sab hnub poob Arizona. Peb mam li tig mus rau sab hnub tuaj thiab pib nrawm. Qee lub suab nrov peb tsim tuaj yeem ncav cuag hauv av thiab tau hnov hauv qab no, tab sis peb sim ua nws hauv thaj chaw loj uas tsis muaj neeg nyob tau li sai tau kom tsis txhob ua rau cov neeg nyob ze. Peb saib xyuas cov khoos phis tawj onboard thaum lawv sau tag nrho cov ntawv txheeb xyuas thiab peb nyob ntawm peb txoj kev. "
    
  "Nws yuav siv sijhawm ntev npaum li cas?" - nug thawj tus neeg caij tsheb.
    
  "Tsis ntev, tus tswv," Boomer teb. "Raws li peb tau hais hauv av, koj yuav tsum tau cuam tshuam nrog cov g-forces zoo li cuaj feeb, tab sis qhov ntawd tsuas yog me ntsis ntau dua li qhov koj xav tau yog tias koj tau tawm ntawm lub dav hlau ceev ceev, khi rau hauv. ib tug dragster, los yog caij ib tug txias roller coaster. Koj cov khaub ncaws thiab kev tsim ntawm koj lub rooj zaum yuav pab koj kom nco qab - qhov tseeb, koj tuaj yeem "blush" me ntsis vim tias lub rooj zaum tsim los tso cai rau cov ntshav ntws mus rau hauv koj lub hlwb es tsis yog rub tawm vim g-forces, thiab siab dua, cov ntshav yuav nyob. "
    
  "Peb yuav tsum nyob hauv lub ntiaj teb ntev npaum li cas ua ntej peb tuaj yeem caum lub chaw nres tsheb?" nug tus neeg caij tsheb. "Kuv tau hnov tias qee zaum nws yuav siv sijhawm ob peb hnub los tsim kev sib txuas."
    
  "Tsis yog hnub no, tus tswv," Boomer hais. "Qhov kev zoo nkauj ntawm lub dav hlau dav hlau yog tias peb tsis tau khi rau lub tso pa tawm nyob rau hauv ib qho chaw tshwj xeeb hauv ntiaj teb. Peb tuaj yeem tsim peb tus kheej lub qhov rais tso tawm los ntawm kev hloov kho tsis yog lub sijhawm tso tawm xwb, tab sis kuj hloov lub kaum sab xis thiab txoj hauj lwm txheeb ze rau peb lub hom phiaj lub dav hlau. Yog tias peb xav tau, peb tuaj yeem ya hla lub teb chaws hauv ob peb teev xwb, rov ua dua tshiab, thiab ua haujlwm ncaj qha mus rau qhov chaw. Tab sis txij li thaum peb tau npaj lub davhlau ntev dhau los, peb tuaj yeem txo lub sijhawm davhlau, refuel thiab ya mus, thiab txuag roj, tsuas yog los ntawm kev npaj thaum yuav tawm, thaum twg thiab qhov twg yuav refuel, thiab nyob rau hauv qhov chaw thiab mus rau hauv orbit. kom raug. Thaum lub sij hawm peb ua tiav peb lub orbital launching thiab nkag mus rau peb lub orbit, peb yuav tsum nyob ib sab ntawm lub Armstrong chaw nres tsheb, yog li tsis muaj yuav tsum tau mus caum nws los yog siv ib tug cais Hohmann hloov orbit. Npaj txhij txhua, peb tab tom pib peb lub sijhawm. "
    
  Cov neeg caij tsheb NW nyuam qhuav hnov nws, tab sis S-19 Ib tag hmo ua rau lub ntsej muag tig mus rau sab hnub tuaj, thiab tsis ntev lawv hnov lub siab tsis tu ncua ntawm lawv lub hauv siab. Raws li tau qhia, lawv zaum nrog lawv txhais tes thiab ob txhais ceg so ntawm lub rooj zaum, tsis txhob hla lawv cov ntiv tes lossis ko taw. Thawj tus neeg caij tsheb ntsia ntawm nws tus khub thiab pom tias nws lub hauv siab nyob rau hauv ib feem ntawm lub siab tawv tau nce thiab poob ntawm qhov ceeb toom. "Sim so kom txaus, Charlie," nws hais. "Control koj ua pa. Sim kom txaus siab rau lub caij. "
    
  "Nws nyob li cas, tus tswv?" - Gonzo nug dhau ntawm intercom.
    
  "Kev ua pa nrawm me ntsis, kuv xav." Ob peb lub sijhawm tom qab ntawd, thaum lub overload tsis tu ncua, nws pom tias nws tus khub ua pa tau zoo dua qub. "Nws zoo dua," nws hais.
    
  Boomer tau hais tias "Qhov ntawd yog vim lub hauv paus tsev qhia nws tsis nco qab," Boomer tau hais. "Tsis txhob txhawj - lawv tab tom saib ze rau nws. Peb yuav tsum tau saib xyuas nws thaum nws sawv, tab sis yog tias nws tau txhaj tshuaj tiv thaiv kab mob raws li qhia, nws yuav tsum zoo. Kuv tsis xav kom nws tshuab chunks rau hauv nws lub kaus mom hlau oxygen. "
    
  "Kuv tuaj yeem ua yam tsis muaj cov ntsiab lus kawg, Boomer," tus neeg caij tsheb tsis txaus ntseeg luag ntxhi wryly.
    
  "Thov txim, tus tswv, tab sis qhov no yog qhov peb yuav tsum tau npaj rau," Boomer hais. Nws xav tsis thoob tias tus neeg caij tsheb zoo li tsis muaj qhov ua tsis taus pa vim yog lub zog g, uas tam sim no tau tshaj ob Gs thiab tsis tu ncua thaum nws nrawm dua - nws lub suab nrov zoo li nws tau rov qab los hauv ntiaj teb. "Kev Sib Tw Roob tuaj yeem kho nws cov pa oxygen kom nws tsaug zog kom txog thaum cov kws kho mob tuaj txog."
    
  "Kuv lub hauv paus hauv tsev yuav tsis nyiam qhov no," tus neeg caij tsheb taw qhia.
    
  "Nws yog rau nws tus kheej zoo, ntseeg kuv, tus tswv," Boomer hais. "Yog li ntawd yog nws, peb tab tom mus txog peb tsib caug txhiab ko taw thiab Leopards pib hloov los ntawm turbofan xyaw rau supersonic ramjet cav, lossis scramjets. Peb hu qhov no 'splash' vim hais tias lub surge nyob rau hauv txhua lub cav txav mus rau pem hauv ntej thiab vents supersonic huab cua nyob ib ncig ntawm lub turbine kiv cua mus rau hauv ducts qhov twg huab cua yog compressed thiab tov nrog dav hlau roj thiab ces ignited. Vim tias lub cav scramjet tsis muaj qhov sib hloov zoo li lub cav turbofan, qhov siab tshaj plaws uas peb tuaj yeem ua tiav yog li kaum tsib npaug ntawm lub suab nrawm, lossis txog kaum txhiab mais hauv ib teev. Lub dav hlau cav yuav pib ua haujlwm sai sai. Peb inert cov roj nyob rau hauv cov roj tso tsheb hlau luam nrog helium los tiv thaiv cov roj uas tsis siv los nkag rau hauv cov roj tso tsheb hlau luam. Ua ntej ntawm GS. "
    
  Lub sijhawm no, Boomer tau hnov ib co grunts thiab sib sib zog nqus sighs hla lub intercom raws li lub sijhawm tom qab lub cav tau nkag mus rau hauv hom scramjet tag nrho thiab Midnight Spaceplane tau ceev ceev. "Tsib viav vias tom qab... Rau lub viav vias," Boomer tshaj tawm. "Txhua yam zoo li zoo. Koj nyob li cas nyob ntawd, tus tswv?"
    
  "Okay... Okay, Boomer," tus neeg caij tsheb teb, tab sis tam sim no nws tau pom tseeb tias nws tau tawm tsam cov khoom siv ntau dhau, nyem nws lub plab thiab cov leeg nqaij thiab kos rau hauv huab cua ntau rau hauv nws lub hauv siab, uas yuav tsum ua kom cov ntshav ntws mus rau hauv lub siab. qis dua ntawm nws lub cev thiab pab tuav nws hauv siab thiab lub hlwb, pab kom nws nco qab. Tus neeg caij tsheb ntsia nws tus khub. Nws lub rooj zaum tau reclined txog plaub caug-tsib degrees, uas tau pab khaws nws cov ntshav hauv nws lub taub hau txij li thaum nws tsis tuaj yeem ua G-crunches thaum tsis nco qab. "Ntau npaum li cas ... ntev npaum li cas?"
    
  "Kuv ntxub ua txhaum rau koj, tus tswv, tab sis peb tseem tsis tau mus rau qhov kev lom zem tseem," Boomer hais. "Scramjet cov cav yuav muab peb qhov siab tshaj plaws thiab qhov siab tshaj plaws thaum tseem siv cov pa oxygen los hlawv roj. Peb xav khaws peb cov BOHM oxidizer kom ntev li ntev tau. Tab sis ntawm txog rau caum mais-peb puas thiab rau caum txhiab ko taw-cov huab cua dhau los ua nyias dhau los ua cov tshuab scramjets, thiab peb hloov mus rau hom foob pob hluav taws ntshiab. Koj mam li hnov ... ces me ntsis thawb. Nws yuav tsis kav ntev, tab sis nws yuav ... pom. Npaj txhij, tus tswv. Lwm cuaj caum vib nas this. " Tsis ntev tom qab ntawd, Boomer tau tshaj tawm tias, "Leopard dhia dej ... dhia ua tiav, scramjets qhia txog kev kaw tag nrho thiab kev nyab xeeb. Npaj hloov mus rau foob pob hluav taws, neeg coob... Txhawb nqa kuv nrog turbo twj tso kua mis kub thiab siab nyeem ntawv, Gonzo... nce zog, tam sim ntawd... zoo ignition, foob pob ua ntxaij accelerating rau rau caum-tsib feem pua, roj ntsuab, throttles nce ... " Tus neeg caij tsheb xav tias nws tau npaj txhij rau qhov no, tab sis ua tsis taus pa tawm ntawm nws lub ntsws nrog lub ntse "BAARK"! lub sijhawm ntawd... "Zoo pib pib, ntsuas turbo twj tso kua mis siab, txhua qhov ntsuas tau zoo, npaj rau 100% lub zog, cia peb mus ... npaj ... npaj ... tam sim no."
    
  Nws zoo li lub tsheb sib tsoo. Tus neeg caij tsheb xav tias nws lub cev raug thawb rov qab rau hauv lub rooj zaum - hmoov zoo, lub rooj zaum hauv computer tau cia siab tias qhov no los ntawm ib txhij tig rov qab, kho lub cushioning thiab ua kom nws lub cev hnyav ntawm lub zog tam sim ntawd. Ib tag hmo hneev zoo li taw tes ncaj nraim, tab sis qhov kev xav no tsuas yog ob peb lub sijhawm xwb, thiab tsis ntev nws tsis muaj kev xav txog kev nce lossis nqis, sab laug lossis sab xis, pem hauv ntej lossis rov qab. Rau ib pliag nws xav tias nws yuav tsis nco qab zoo li nws tus phooj ywg, tsis paub txog tag nrho cov kev coj txawv txawv no, cov neeg txawv teb chaws tuaj ncig nws lub cev.
    
  Boomer tshaj tawm tias "Ib-rau... ib-xya... ib-yim," Boomer tshaj tawm. Tus neeg caij tsheb tsis paub meej tias nws txhais li cas. "Peb dhau plaub-zero... tsib-zero... rau-zero..."
    
  "Peb ... ua ... txhua yam zoo, Boomer?" - nug tus neeg caij tsheb, tawm tsam kom txo qis qhov tsaus ntuj hauv nws lub qhov muag, uas qhia txog qhov pib ntawm kev tsis nco qab. Nws ua txuj ua ib tug neeg tsim lub cev, ua rau txhua tus leeg hauv nws lub cev, vam tias yuav tau txais cov ntshav txaus rau nws lub taub hau kom tsis txhob poob.
    
  "Peb nyob hauv ... thaj chaw ntsuab, tus tswv," Boomer teb. Thawj zaug nyob rau hauv tag nrho lub davhlau damn no, tus neeg caij tsheb xav tias, nws tuaj yeem ntes cov lus qhia ntawm lub siab lossis kev nyuaj siab hauv Hunter Noble lub suab. Nws lub suab tseem raug ntsuas, tseem luv luv thiab tseem raug cai, tab sis muaj ib qho kev ceeb toom ntawm kev txhawj xeeb hauv nws uas txhais tau tias, txawm tias cov neeg ncig tebchaws tshiab, qhov phem tshaj tseem tsis tau los.
    
  Damn, tus neeg caij tsheb xav, yog tias Hunter Noble-tej zaum Amelikas feem ntau mus ncig ua si hauv lub hnub qub, nrog rau ntau lub luag haujlwm thiab ntau txhiab lub voj voog nyob rau hauv nws txoj siv-yuav muaj teeb meem, kuv yuav muaj sijhawm li cas? Kuv nkees heev, nws xav tias, sim tua lub damn overload. Kuv yuav zoo yog tias kuv tsuas yog so thiab cia cov ntshav ntws tawm ntawm kuv lub hlwb, txoj cai? Nws yuav tsis ua mob rau kuv. Lub siab pib ua rau kuv xeev siab me ntsis, thiab vim Vajtswv kuv tsis xav hnia rau hauv kuv lub kaus mom hlau. Kuv tsuas yog so kom txaus, so kom txaus ...
    
  Tom qab ntawd, ib pliag tom qab, rau nws qhov kev xav tsis thoob, lub siab tau nres, zoo li yog qhov tig ntsia hlau rau hauv tus lwm yam uas tau nias rau ntawm nws lub cev tag nrho tsuas yog ploj mus tom qab ob peb feeb. Tom qab ntawd nws hnov cov lus nug uas xav tsis thoob, tsis tau xav txog: "Koj puas nyob ntawd nyob rau tag kis no zoo kawg li, tus tswv?"
    
  Tus neeg caij tsheb tau tswj hwm los teb luv luv thiab ua tsis tau zoo: "Puas yog tag kis, Dr. Noble?"
    
  "Tam sim no sawv ntxov, tus tswv," Boomer hais. "Peb muaj tag kis tshiab ntawm qhov chaw nres tsheb txhua cuaj caum feeb."
    
  "Peb ua li cas? Peb nyob zoo? Peb ua nws?"
    
  Boomer tau hais tias "Xaiv koj cov ntsiab lus, tus tswv," Boomer hais. Tus neeg caij tsheb ntsia rov qab thiab pom tus txiv neej txhais tes ntab li ntawm rau ntiv tes saum nws lub cev tseem tsis nco qab, zoo li nws tsaug zog, ntab saum nws nraub qaum hauv dej hiav txwv.
    
  "Peb puas yog ... peb tsis hnyav tam sim no?"
    
  "Technically, lub acceleration ntawm lub ntiajteb txawj nqus mus rau lub ntiaj teb yog sib npaug zos rau peb pem hauv ntej ceev, yog li ntawd peb yeej poob, tab sis peb yeej tsis ntaus hauv av. Peb mob siab rau lub ntiaj teb, tab sis lub ntiaj teb tseem hloov mus rau sab ua ntej peb ntaus nws, yog li qhov kawg tshwm sim zoo li tsis hnyav, "Boomer hais.
    
  "Yuav hais li cas?"
    
  Boomer luag ntxhi. "Thov txim," nws hais. "Kuv nyiam hais li ntawd rau Paddy. Yog lawm, peb tsis hnyav. "
    
  "ua tsaug".
    
  "Tam sim no peb tab tom ya ntawm Mach nees nkaum tsib thiab nce siab ntawm ib puas thiab nees nkaum yim mais mus rau peb qhov siab kawg ntawm ob puas thiab kaum mais," Boomer hais ntxiv. "Kev hloov kho tus nqi yog nominal. Thaum peb nres txav ntawm lub orbital ceev, peb yuav tsum nyob rau hauv kaum mais ntawm Armstrong ntawm qhov tsim nyog ceev, qhov siab thiab azimuth. Qhov no zoo nkaus li txias heev, txias heev. Txais tos rau qhov chaw sab nrauv. Koj yog tus kws lij choj Asmeskas tus kws tshawb fawb. "
    
  Ob peb lub sijhawm tom qab ntawd, Jessica Faulkner rov qab los rau hauv chav tsev neeg nrog caij, nws ob lub qhov muag tseem ntxim nyiam tom qab lub visor kaw ntawm nws lub kaus mom hlau. Tus neeg caij tsheb tau pom ntau tus neeg caij nkoj ntab hauv xoom lub ntiajteb txawj nqus hauv TV thiab hauv cov yeeb yaj kiab, tab sis nws zoo li nws tau pom nws tus kheej thawj zaug - nws yooj yim, tsis muaj tseeb. Nws pom tias nws qhov kev taw qhia yog maj mam thiab txhob txwm tshaj tawm, zoo li txhua yam uas nws kov lossis tab tom yuav kov tsis yooj yim. Nws tsis zoo li yuav lob ib yam dab tsi, tab sis nws siv ob peb tus ntiv tes los kov lub bulkheads, qab nthab, los yog lawj rau maneuver.
    
  Faulkner thawj zaug kuaj xyuas Spellman tus mob los ntawm kev tshuaj xyuas lub vaj huam sib luag hluav taws xob me me nyob rau pem hauv ntej ntawm nws cov khaub ncaws, uas qhia txog cov xwm txheej hauv cov khaub ncaws thiab cov neeg hnav cov cim tseem ceeb. "Nws zoo li zoo thiab nws lub tsho muaj kev nyab xeeb," nws hais. "Txawm tias nws gyros tsis tawm thaum nws sawv, kuv xav tias nws yuav zoo." Nws taug kev mus rau thawj tus neeg caij tsheb thiab muab lub ntsej muag luag ntxhi rau nws. "Zoo siab txais tos rau lub orbit, tus tswv. Koj xav li cas?"
    
  "Nws nyuaj heev thaum lub foob pob hluav taws pib-Kuv xav tias kuv yuav dhau mus," nws teb nrog luag nyav. "Tab sis tam sim no kuv nyob zoo."
    
  "Zoo. Cia peb unstrap koj, thiab tom qab ntawd koj tuaj yeem koom nrog Boomer hauv lub cockpit rau txoj hauv kev. Tej zaum nws tseem yuav cia koj nres nws. "
    
  Dock lub dav hlau? Mus rau qhov chaw nres tsheb? kuv? Kuv ya tsis tau! Kuv nyuam qhuav tsav tsheb yuav luag yim xyoo!"
    
  Faulkner yuav unbuckle tus neeg caij tsheb los ntawm lawv lub rooj, siv Velcro kom cov hlua khi ntawm dangling nyob rau hauv pem hauv ntej ntawm lawv. "Koj puas ua si video games, tus tswv?" - nws nug.
    
  "Qee zaum. Nrog kuv tus tub ".
    
  "Nws tsuas yog kev ua yeeb yaj kiab xwb-kev tswj hwm yuav luag zoo ib yam rau cov tswj hwm kev ua si uas tau nyob ib puag ncig xyoo," nws hais. "Qhov tseeb, tus txiv leej tub uas tsim lawv, John Masters, tej zaum ua nws ntawm lub hom phiaj - nws tau xav txog kev ua yeeb yaj kiab. Tsis tas li ntawd, Boomer yog tus kws qhia zoo.
    
  "Yog li cov lus zais rau kev ua haujlwm hauv xoom lub ntiajteb txawj nqus yog kom nco ntsoov tias txawm hais tias koj tsis muaj qhov cuam tshuam ntawm lub ntiajteb txawj nqus, koj tseem muaj qhov hnyav thiab nrawm, thiab lawv yuav tsum tau ua tib zoo tiv thaiv kom zoo, txwv tsis pub koj yuav raug thawb tawm. phab ntsa, "Faulkner hais. "Nco ntsoov tias qhov no tsis yog qhov kev xav ntawm qhov hnyav uas koj tau ntsib thaum ntab hauv dej hiav txwv, qhov chaw koj tuaj yeem txav los ntawm oars - ntawm no ib qho kev taw qhia txav tuaj yeem cuam tshuam los ntawm kev tawm tsam qhov nrawm ntawm qhov hnyav nrog qhov sib txawv thiab sib npaug.
    
  "Thaum peb nyob ntawm qhov chaw nres tsheb, peb siv cov khau Velcro thiab thaj ua rau thaj ntawm peb cov khaub ncaws kom peb tus kheej muaj kev nyab xeeb, tab sis peb tsis muaj cov ntawd, yog li koj yuav tsum kawm txoj kev nyuaj," nws hais ntxiv. "Lub teeb heev, maj mam txav. Kuv nyiam tsuas xav txog kev txav mus ua ntej. Yog tias koj tsis nco qab xav txog kev txav mus los ua ntej nws ua, koj yuav ntaus lub qab nthab thaum koj cov leeg nqaij tseem ceeb koom nrog. Yog tias koj tsuas xav txog kev sawv ntsug, koj yuav siv cov leeg me me ntxiv. Koj yuav tsum kov yeej koj qhov hnyav kom pib txav mus, tab sis nco ntsoov tias lub ntiajteb txawj nqus yuav tsis pab koj hloov txoj kev. Sim nws".
    
  Tus neeg caij tsheb ua raws li nws hais. Es tsis txhob siv nws ob txhais ceg thiab caj npab thawb nws tus kheej tawm ntawm lub rooj zaum, nws tsuas xav txog sawv ntsug los ntawm kev maj mam kov ob peb tus ntiv tes ntawm ib txhais tes rau ntawm txoj kab tsheb ciav hlau lossis lub rooj zaum ntawm lub rooj zaum ... thiab ua rau nws xav tsis thoob, nws pib maj mam nqa. nws tus kheej tawm ntawm lub rooj. "Hav! Nws ua haujlwm!" - nws exclaimed.
    
  "Zoo heev, tus tswv," Faulkner hais. "Koj puas nyob zoo? Thawj zaug hauv xoom lub ntiajteb txawj nqus ua rau lub plab ntawm ntau tus. "
    
  "Kuv nyob zoo, Jessica."
    
  "Lub cev sib npaug hauv koj lub pob ntseg yuav sai sai no tsis muaj qhov 'nce' lossis 'down' thiab yuav pib xa cov cim rau koj lub hlwb uas tsis sib haum rau qhov koj pom lossis hnov," Faulkner piav qhia. Cov neeg caij tsheb tau qhia luv luv txog txhua yam no hauv tsev, tab sis lawv tsis tau txais lwm qhov kev cob qhia astronaut, xws li simulating zero-gravity operation underwater. "Nws yuav mob me ntsis thaum koj mus txog qhov chaw nres tsheb. Kev xeev siab me ntsis yog qhov qub. Tau los ntawm nws. "
    
  "Kuv nyob zoo, Jessica," tus neeg caij tsheb rov hais dua. Nws ob lub qhov muag dav, zoo li me nyuam yaus thaum sawv ntxov Christmas. "Au kuv tus Vajtswv, qhov no yog qhov kev xav tsis txaus ntseeg - thiab tib lub sijhawm coj txawv txawv tsis txaus ntseeg."
    
  "Koj ua tau zoo, tus tswv. Tam sim no dab tsi kuv yuav ua yog nqis ib sab thiab cia koj maneuver ntawm lub davhlau ya nyob twg. Kuv tuaj yeem sim coj koj mus rau hauv koj lub rooj zaum, tab sis yog tias kuv tsis zoo tag nrho thiab siv qhov tsim nyog thiab kev coj ntawm lub zog, kuv yuav pov koj tawm ntawm kev tswj, yog li nws yog qhov zoo tshaj yog tias koj tuaj yeem ua tau. Ntxiv dua thiab, tsuas yog xav txog kev txav mus los. Tsis txhob maj."
    
  Nws cov lus qhia ua haujlwm. Tus neeg caij tsheb tau so nws lub cev thiab tig mus rau lub ntsej muag txuas rau lub cockpit rau cov neeg nrog caij, thiab, yuav luag kov tsis muaj dab tsi, nws pib ya mus rau lub hatch, thiab Boomer saib nws qhov kev nce qib qeeb dhau ntawm nws lub xub pwg sab xis, txaus siab luag ntxhi pom los ntawm nws visor oxygen kaus mom hlau. Nyob rau hauv ib lub qhov muag, tus neeg nrog caij ntab ncaj nraim mus rau lub cockpit hatch.
    
  Boomer hais tias, "Koj yog ib tug neeg ntawm nws, tus tswv," Boomer hais. "Tam sim no Gonzo yuav txiav koj txoj hlua khi ntawm tus neeg caij tsheb thiab muab nws rau kuv, thiab kuv yuav txuas nws mus rau lub qhov (socket) ntawm tus thawj tub txib lub rooj zaum. Koj yuav tsum ua tib zoo tuav lub hatch thaum peb rov txuas koj. Ntxiv dua thiab, tsis txhob ncaws lossis thawb ib yam dab tsi - maj mam kov. " Tus neeg caij tsheb tau hnov thiab hnov qhov me me ntawm cov cua txias hauv nws lub siab ib nrab txiav tawm, thiab lub hose txuas sai sai tau tshwm sim. Boomer ncav cuag thoob plaws lub tsev thiab ntsaws rau hauv. "Koj puas hnov kuv zoo, tus tswv? Koj puas xav tias cua txias zoo li cas?"
    
  "Muaj thiab yog dua."
    
  "Zoo. Qhov nyuaj tshaj plaws mus rau hauv yog lub rooj zaum vim nws yog qhov nruj heev. Cov txheej txheem yog maj mam, ua tib zoo khoov ntawm lub duav thiab rub koj lub duav mus rau koj lub hauv siab, zoo li yog tias koj tab tom ua lub plab stretch. Gonzo thiab kuv yuav muab koj pov rau hauv nruab nrab console rau koj lub rooj. Tsis txhob sim pab peb. Okay, mus tom ntej." Tus neeg caij tsheb tau ua raws nraim li nws tau hais, khoov me ntsis, thiab tsuas yog qee qhov kev npaj txhij txog pob thiab tig nws hla lub console dav dav hauv lub rooj zaum, thiab Faulkner fastened nws lub hauv caug thiab lub xub pwg straps qab nws.
    
  "Koj puas paub tseeb tias peb tsis sib tsoo rau hauv txoj hauv kev ntawm NASA kev cob qhia tus neeg caij nkoj hauv Houston, tus tswv?" - Boomer nug, nws luag ntxhi pom los ntawm lub visor ntawm nws lub kaus mom hlau oxygen. "Kuv paub cov tub rog qub tub rog uas tau kub hnyiab, tawm hws thiab chim siab ua qhov koj nyuam qhuav ua. Zoo heev. Nov yog koj qhov nqi zog rau txhua txoj haujlwm no. " Thiab nws taw tes sab nraum lub cabin...
    
  ... thiab thawj zaug tus neeg caij tsheb pom nws: lub ntiaj teb lub ntiaj teb nthuav tawm nyob rau hauv pem hauv ntej ntawm nws. Txawm tias los ntawm lub qhov rais dav dav dav dav, nws tseem zoo heev rau saib. "Qhov no ... qhov no zoo kawg... zoo nkauj... Au kuv tus Vajtswv," nws ua pa. "Kuv tau pom tag nrho cov duab ntawm lub ntiaj teb coj los ntawm qhov chaw, tab sis lawv tsuas yog tsis piv rau qhov kuv tau pom kuv tus kheej. Nws zoo heev!"
    
  "Ua tsaug rau tag nrho cov hoops koj yuav tsum tau dhia mus rau ntawm no, tus tswv?" - Gonzo nug.
    
  "Kuv yuav ua nws ib puas zaug kom tau txais lub sijhawm," tus neeg caij tsheb hais. "Qhov no yog qhov tsis txaus ntseeg! Damn, Kuv tabtom khiav tawm ntawm adjectives!"
    
  "Tom qab ntawd nws yog lub sijhawm rov qab mus ua haujlwm," Boomer hais tias, "vim tias nws tau ua haujlwm me ntsis nyob ntawm no. Ua tib zoo saib."
    
  Cov neeg caij tsheb ntsia ... thiab pom lawv qhov chaw nyob hauv kev xav tsis thoob. Nws yog yuav luag peb caug xyoo, tsim tau siv ntau xyoo 1970s thev naus laus zis, thiab txawm tias qhov muag tsis tau kawm nws tau pib pom cov cim ntawm hnub nyoog, txawm tias me me tab sis zoo ib yam hloov kho, tab sis nws tseem zoo li stunning.
    
  "Lub Armstrong Chaw Nres Nkoj, muaj npe tom qab Neil Armstrong lig, tau kawg, thawj tus txiv neej taug kev ntawm lub hli, tab sis txhua tus neeg uas paub dab tsi txog nws hu nws lub Silver Tower," Boomer tau hais. "Nws tau pib ua ib qhov kev pab cuam ib nrab zais cia Air Force los ua ke thiab txhim kho raws li qhov project Skylab chaw nres tsheb thiab Thawj Tswj Hwm Ronald Reagan's Space Station Freedom Project. Liberty nws thiaj li los ua Asmeskas pab rau International Space Station, thiab Skylab raug tso tseg thiab tso cai rov qab los thiab hlawv hauv ntiaj teb huab cua, tab sis cov tub rog-nyiaj pab chaw nres tsheb qhov kev pab cuam txuas ntxiv nyob rau hauv cov txheeb ze zais cia - zais cia li koj tuaj yeem khaws cov dab zoo sib xws. peb billions nyiaj uas orbits lub ntiaj teb. Nws yog qhov tseem ceeb plaub Skylabs txuas ua ke thiab txuas nrog lub hauv paus truss, nrog cov hnub ci loj dua thiab txhim kho cov khoom siv docking, sensors thiab maneuvering systems tsim rau kev siv tub rog es tsis yog kev tshawb fawb tshawb fawb. "
    
  "Nws zoo li tsis yooj yim - me ntsis spindly, zoo li cov qauv no tuaj yeem poob ntawm ib pliag."
    
  "Nws muaj zog npaum li nws yuav tsum nyob ntawm no thaum lub caij nplooj zeeg dawb," Boomer tau hais. "Nws yeej tsis muaj zog npaum li lub tsev loj ntawm lub ntiaj teb no, tab sis tom qab ntawd dua, nws tsis tas yuav muaj. Txhua lub modules tau nruab nrog lub tshuab hluav taws xob me me uas txuas txhua qhov chaw ua ke vim tias qhov chaw nres tsheb tig ntawm nws axis kom cov kav hlau txais xov taw qhia ntawm lub ntiaj teb. "
    
  "Puas yog cov nyiaj txheej yuav tsum tau tiv thaiv cov av lasers?" nug tus neeg caij tsheb. "Nws puas tau raug ntaus los ntawm laser? Kuv hnov tias Russia tau ntaus nws nrog lasers txhua lub sijhawm lawv tau txais. "
    
  "Nws raug ntaus txhua lub sijhawm, thiab tsis yog los ntawm Russia," Boomer tau hais. "Txog tam sim no nws zoo li tsis tau ua rau muaj kev puas tsuaj; Cov neeg Lavxias hais tias lawv tsuas yog siv lasers los saib xyuas lub chaw nres tsheb lub voj voog. Nws hloov tawm tias cov khoom siv nyiaj, sputter-deposited aluminized polyimide, yog ib qho zoo tiv thaiv micrometeorites, hnub ci cua thiab cosmic hais, nrog rau lasers, thiab yog ib qho zoo insulator. Tab sis qhov zoo tshaj plaws rau kuv yog tuaj yeem pom qhov chaw nres tsheb hauv ntiaj teb thaum lub hnub tsoo nws ncaj qha - nws yog qhov ci ntsa iab tshaj plaws nyob rau saum ntuj uas tsis yog lub hnub thiab lub hli, thiab qee zaum tuaj yeem pom thaum nruab hnub, thiab tuaj yeem cam khwb cia. tsaus ntuj nti."
    
  "Vim li cas koj hu nws 'chaw nres tsheb' es tsis yog 'chaw nres tsheb'? nug tus neeg caij tsheb.
    
  Boomer shrugged ntawm lub rooj zaum siv. "Kuv tsis paub - ib tug neeg pib hais li ntawd thaum ntxov lub hlis ntawm Skylab, thiab nws tau daig," nws hais. "Kuv paub tias peb feem ntau xav txog nws ntau dua li kev sau ntawm cov qauv lossis txawm tias qhov chaw ua haujlwm - nws zoo li qhov tseem ceeb lossis nyiam qhov chaw. Zoo li kuv hais tau tias, 'Kuv yuav mus rau Tahoe.' 'Kuv mus rau qhov chaw nres tsheb' lossis 'Kuv yuav mus rau Armstrong' tsuas yog suab ... yog. "
    
  Thaum lawv mus txog ntawm qhov chaw nres tsheb, tus neeg caij tsheb tau taw rau ntawm qhov chaw nres tsheb. "Dab tsi yog cov khoom puag ncig ntawm txhua lub modules?" nws nug.
    
  "Lifeboats," Boomer teb. "Ib qho yooj yim aluminium spheres uas tuaj yeem raug kaw thiab muab pov tseg hla ntawm qhov chaw nres tsheb thaum muaj xwm txheej. Txhua lub rooj zaum muaj tsib tus neeg thiab muaj huab cua thiab dej txaus kom kav ntev li ib lub lim tiam. Lawv tsis tuaj yeem rov nkag mus rau hauv huab cua, tab sis lawv tau tsim kom haum rau hauv lub nkoj thauj khoom ntawm txhua lub dav hlau, lossis lawv tuaj yeem raug cab mus rau Chaw Nres Tsheb Thoob Ntiaj Teb thiab muab rau cov neeg muaj sia nyob. Txhua module muaj ib qho; Lub Galaxy module, uas yog kev sib xyaw ua ke ntawm lub qhov dej, chav ua si, chav lom zem thiab chaw kho mob, muaj ob lub nkoj cawm siav. "
    
  Nws taw tes rau qhov qis tshaj hauv nruab nrab, me dua li lwm tus thiab txuas rau "hauv qab" ntawm lub hauv paus qis, taw rau lub ntiaj teb. "Yog li qhov no yog qhov tsim ntawm Tus Lwm Thawj Coj Page, huh?"
    
  "Ntawm no peb mus, tus tswv: XSL-5 'Skybolt',   - hais tias Boomer. "Lub tshuab hluav taws xob dawb nrog lub klystron, lossis hluav taws xob amplifier, siv los ntawm lub tshuab hluav taws xob magnetohydrodynamic."
    
  "Dab tsi"?"
    
  "Lub zog rau qhov chaw nres tsheb yog tsim los ntawm cov hnub ci vaj huam sib luag lossis cov roj hluav taws xob hydrogen," Boomer piav qhia, "tsis muaj lub zog uas tsim tau txaus rau lub tshuab laser ntau lub megawatt. Lub tshuab hluav taws xob nuclear hauv ntiaj teb siv cua sov los ntawm cov tshuaj tiv thaiv fission los tsim cov pa kom tig lub tshuab hluav taws xob turbine, uas yog tsis yooj yim sua rau ntawm qhov chaw nres tsheb vim hais tias lub turbine yuav ua zoo li lub gyroscope thiab cuam tshuam lub chaw nres tsheb cov kev tswj hwm - txawm tias lub flywheels ntawm peb cov tsheb kauj vab ua. qhov no. MHD zoo ib yam li lub tshuab hluav taws xob turbine-style, tab sis es tsis txhob siv cov hlau nplaum sib nqus tsim cov khoom siv hluav taws xob, MHD siv cov plasma spinning hauv cov hlau nplaum. Lub zog tsim los ntawm MHD lub tshuab hluav taws xob yog qhov loj, thiab lub tshuab hluav taws xob MHD tsis muaj qhov txav lossis tig qhov chaw uas tuaj yeem cuam tshuam rau lub chaw nres tsheb lub voj voog. "
    
  "Tab sis qhov ntes yog ...?"
    
  "Tsim plasma yuav tsum tau ua kom sov cov ion-tsim tshuaj mus rau qhov kub thiab txias, ntau dua li chav," Boomer hais. "Hauv qhov chaw tsuas muaj ib txoj hauv kev los tsim cov cua sov no, thiab qhov ntawd yog nrog lub tshuab hluav taws xob me me. Lawm, ntau tus neeg tau ceev faj txog txhua yam nuclear, thiab qhov ntawd mus ob npaug yog tias nws ya saum taub hau. "
    
  "Tab sis nuclear reactors tau orbiting lub ntiaj teb tau ntau xyoo lawm, puas yog?"
    
  "Lub tshuab hluav taws xob MHD yog thawj American nuclear reactor nyob rau hauv qhov chaw nees nkaum xyoo, thiab nws muaj zog ntau dua li lwm yam ntawm no," Boomer teb. "Tab sis SOVIET tau tsim ze li peb lub kaum os satellites uas siv lub tshuab hluav taws xob me me los tsim hluav taws xob siv cov thermocouples kom txog rau thaum USSR poob nyiaj. Lawv yeej tsis tau qw txog lawv lub tshuab hluav taws xob nuclear, tab sis thaum Asmeskas tau tsim ib lub tshuab hluav taws xob MHD tom qab USSR tso tseg lawv txoj haujlwm, lawv mus berserk. Feem ntau. Thiab lawv tseem tab tom qw txawm tias peb tsis tau tua lub Skybolt hauv cov hnub nyoog. "
    
  Tus neeg caij tsheb tau kawm Skybolt module ib ntus, tom qab ntawd hais tias: "Ann Page tsim tag nrho cov khoom no."
    
  "Yog lawm, tus tswv," said Boomer. "Nws tsuas yog ib tug hluas upstart engineer thiab physicist thaum nws tsim cov phiaj xwm rau Skybolt. Tsis muaj leej twg coj nws tiag. Tab sis Thawj Tswj Hwm Reagan xav tsim lub hnub qub Wars foob pob hluav taws tiv thaiv, thiab nws tau siv nyiaj ntau, thiab Washington tab tom nrhiav kev tshaj tawm kom lawv thiaj li siv tau tag nrho cov nyiaj ntawd ua ntej nws mus rau lwm qhov kev pab cuam. Nplooj ntawv cov phiaj xwm poob mus rau sab tes xis ntawm lub sijhawm; nws tau txais cov nyiaj thiab lawv tau tsim lub Skybolt thiab nruab rau ntawm Armstrong hauv lub sijhawm sau tseg. Skybolt yog Dr. Page tus menyuam. Nws txawm hais rau nws ua ib feem ntawm kev cob qhia astronaut kom nws tuaj yeem mus rau ntawm lub shuttle los saib xyuas lub installation. Lawv hais tias nws poob peb caug phaus ntawm 'tus thawj coj sib kis' kom tau txais kev xaiv rau kev cob qhia astronaut, thiab nws yeej tsis muab nws rov qab. Thaum nws tus menyuam hais thawj lo lus, nws ua rau lub ntiaj teb xav tsis thoob. "
    
  "Thiab qhov ntawd yog yuav luag peb caug xyoo dhau los. Amazing."
    
  "Nws tseem yog cov cuab yeej zoo tshaj plaws, tab sis yog tias peb muaj qhov txhais tau tias peb tuaj yeem txhim kho nws cov txiaj ntsig thiab qhov tseeb ntau."
    
  "Tab sis peb tuaj yeem rov qhib Skybolt tam sim no, ua tsis tau?" - nug tus neeg caij tsheb. "Txhim kho nws, hloov kho tshiab, yog, tab sis sau nws nrog roj thiab tso nws tam sim no lossis hauv lub sijhawm luv luv?"
    
  Boomer tig thiab saib nws tus neeg caij tsheb ib pliag nrog qee qhov xav tsis thoob. "Koj mob siab rau tag nrho cov no, puas yog koj, tus tswv?" - nws thaum kawg nug.
    
  "Kuv twv koj ua, Dr. Noble," tus neeg caij tsheb teb. "Kuv twv koj ua."
    
  Ob peb feeb tom qab, lawv tsiv mus nyob rau hauv ob peb puas yards ntawm Armstrong chaw nres tsheb. Boomer pom tias tus neeg caij tsheb lub qhov muag tau loj dua thiab loj dua thaum lawv los ze zog. "Nws zoo li koj nyob hauv lub nkoj me me mus txog ntawm lub dav hlau thauj khoom, puas yog?"
    
  "Qhov ntawd yog qhov nws zoo li, Boomer."
    
  Boomer tau tshem tawm cov khoom siv wireless uas ua tau zoo ib yam li tus paub console game maub los thiab muab tso rau pem hauv ntej ntawm tus neeg caij tsheb. "Npaj ua ntau tshaj li tus neeg caij tsheb, tus tswv?" - nws nug.
    
  "Koj puas hnyav? Koj xav kom kuv coj qhov no mus rau qhov chaw nres tsheb?
    
  "Peb tuaj yeem khiav nws tau, thiab khoos phis tawj yog qhov zoo ntawm qhov ntawd, tab sis qhov kev lom zem yog dab tsi?" Nws txav tus maub los rau pem hauv ntej ntawm tus neeg caij tsheb. "Kuv muaj kev xav tias koj yuav ua tiav."
    
  Nws nkag mus rau hauv cov lus txib rau hauv lub keyboard ntawm lub console nruab nrab thiab ib lub hom phiaj tau tshwm sim ntawm lub qhov rais pem hauv ntej ntawm tus neeg caij tsheb. "Kev tswj kom raug txav lub dav hlau mus rau pem hauv ntej, rov qab thiab sab mus rau sab-peb tsis yob zoo li lub dav hlau, peb tsuas yog txav mus rau sab," Boomer hais ntxiv. "Cov kev tswj sab laug yog qhov txawv me ntsis: los ntawm kev tig lub pob qhov rooj, lub dav hlau tig ncig nws qhov chaw, yog li koj tuaj yeem taw tes rau lub qhov ntswg ntawm qhov sib txawv ntawm lub dav hlau; thiab koj tuaj yeem kho txoj haujlwm ntsug ntawm lub dav hlau los ntawm rub tus kov kom pib vertically nce lossis thawb kom txav mus los. Manipulating cov tswj activates lub thrusters - me me foob pob ua ntxaij cav nyob rau hauv lub spaceplane. Peb feem ntau ua tib zoo saib xyuas seb puas muaj roj ntau npaum li cas cov tshuab docking noj - lwm qhov laj thawj yog vim li cas lub hwj chim uas nyiam peb siv lub computer rau docking, vim nws zoo li yuav zoo dua thiab pheej yig dua ntawm docking tshaj peb cov neeg tuag, - tab sis rau qhov no lub davhlau peb thauj ntau cov roj ntxiv rau hauv qhov chaw nres tsheb kom ntxiv cov tso tsheb hlau luam ua ntej tawm mus, thiab txhua yam nyob rau hauv kev txiav txim.
    
  "Yog li, tus tswv, koj txoj haujlwm yog los tswj cov kev tswj hwm los tuav lub hom phiaj reticle koj pom ua ntej koj tsom mus rau lub hom phiaj docking ntawm qhov chaw nres tsheb, uas yog qhov loj 'zero' koj pom ntawm docking module. Thaum koj los ze zog, tus thawj coj lub teeb yuav ci ntsa iab thiab koj yuav pom ntau cov ntsiab lus ntawm yuav ua li cas. Cov lus ceeb toom tseem ceeb ntawm no: Nco ntsoov tias qhov chaw nres tsheb tig raws nws txoj kab ntev ib zaug txhua cuaj caum feeb, yog li cov kav hlau txais xov thiab qhov rais yeej ib txwm taw rau lub ntiaj teb thaum nws orbits, tab sis tsuav koj ua raws li tus thawj coj cov cim nws yuav them rau qhov no. Nco ntsoov tias koj tsis tsuas yog yuav tsum tau tsom hmuv ntawm lub hom phiaj, tab sis kuj ua kom lub dav hlau mus raws li cov kev taw qhia ntawm cov teeb pom kev, thiab tseem tswj tau qhov nrawm nrawm kom tsis txhob ram qhov chaw nres tsheb thiab cuam tshuam ib tag hmo, uas yuav yog qhov phem. rau txhua tus neeg koom nrog. "
    
  "Kuv yuav sim tsis ua li ntawd," tus neeg caij tsheb hais tias qaug zog.
    
  "Ua tsaug, sir. Raws li Jessica tau qhia koj thaum tsiv hauv xoom lub ntiajteb txawj nqus, kev txav txav tsis zoo, tab sis kev txav me me thiab kev hloov kho tau zoo. Peb tau pom tias kev xav txog kev txav mus los feem ntau yog txaus los qhib qhov ntsuas, qhov tseeb cov lus teb hauv cov leeg me. Koj zoo li muaj kev nkag siab zoo ntawm lub tswv yim no thaum koj zaum hauv koj lub rooj zaum tag kis no, yog li kuv muaj txhua yam kev ntseeg siab tias koj yuav tuaj yeem ua tau zoo ib yam thaum coj peb lub dav hlau mus rau docking. " Tus neeg caij tsheb teb nrog kev hnov ntxhiab nqhis heev.
    
  "Koj tus thawj coj cov cim qhia rau koj tias koj mus txog ntawm kaum ob ntiv ib ob, koj yog peb caug yards hauv qab no, kaum yards mus rau sab xis, deb ntawm ib puas thiab peb caug-peb yards, thiab mus rau kaum rau kaum rau sab laug mus rau theem tawm, "Boomer txuas ntxiv. "Raws li peb tau nyob rau hauv tsib caug yards, peb yuav maj mam txo peb qhov ceev ceev, yog li ntawd ntawm tsib yards peb yuav tsawg dua peb nti ib ob. Koj yuav tsum yaw tsawg tshaj li ib degree, raws nraim ntawm chav kawm thiab qhov siab, thiab ntawm tus nqi tsawg tshaj li ib nti ib ob mus ntaus tus nyuj-qhov muag, los yog peb yuav rho tawm mus kom ze thiab sim dua. "
    
  "Koj puas xav ceeb toom lub chaw nres tsheb, Boomer?" - Faulkner nug hla lub intercom. Tam sim no nws tau zaum ntawm lub rooj dhia ntawm Boomer thiab tus neeg caij tsheb.
    
  "Kuv xav tias peb yuav zoo, Gonzo," Boomer teb.
    
  Boomer tuaj yeem pom tus neeg caij nkoj nqos ntshai, txawm tias los ntawm nws lub tsho thiab lub kaus mom hlau. "Tej zaum peb zoo dua tsis ..." nws hais.
    
  "Kuv xav tias koj tuaj yeem ua tau, tus tswv," Boomer rov hais dua. "Koj muaj kov."
    
  Boomer pom tias tus neeg caij tsheb tau ncaj nraim thiab tuav lub tswj vaj huam sib luag txawm nruj dua li ua ntej thiab muab nws txhais tes rau ntawm nws sab caj npab. "Tos, tus tswv,"nws hais. "Tos. Cia li tos. Ua pa sib sib zog nqus, ces exhale maj mam. Tiag tiag. Ua pa tob tob, tus tswv. Boomer tos kom txog thaum nws hnov tus neeg caij tsheb ua pa tob, ces cia nws tawm. "Zoo heev. Tus yuam sij rau qhov maneuver no yog visualization. Pom qhov mus kom ze ua ntej koj txawm kov cov tswj. Xav txog seb cov kev tswj yuav ua li cas thaum koj kov lawv thiab qhib lawv. Koj puas tuaj yeem xav tias txhua qhov kev tswj hwm thiab kev tawm tswv yim yuav ua li cas? , yog tias koj ua tsis tau, tsis txhob qhib nws. Ntev ua ntej koj ua ib kauj ruam, nco ntsoov tias yam koj tab tom xav txog yog qhov koj xav ua tiag tiag. Qhia qhov no hauv koj lub siab ua ntej koj ntaus ib qho kev hloov. Tsis txhob xav tsis thoob los ntawm qhov tshwm sim thaum koj tig lub hloov pauv. Cia siab tias txhua yam uas tshwm sim thaum koj nias qhov hloov yog raws nraim li koj xav; thiab yog tias nws tsis ua, txiav txim siab tam sim ntawd vim li cas nws tsis tshwm sim li qhov koj xav tau thiab kho nws. Tab sis tsis txhob overreact. Txhua qhov kev tawm tsam thiab kev tawm tsam yuav tsum muaj kev xav, ntsuas thiab txhob txwm ua. Koj yuav tsum paub tias vim li cas koj tsiv lub cav, tsis yog nyob qhov twg thiab ntau npaum li cas. Cia peb ua nws, tus tswv."
    
  Tus neeg caij tsheb teb ... los ntawm kev ua tsis muaj dab tsi kiag li, uas Boomer xav tias yog qhov zoo tshaj plaws uas yuav ua tau. Ib tag hmo twb tau mus txog qhov chaw nyob ze-zoo meej, thiab tus neeg caij tsheb tau paub zoo tias cov cuab yeej uas tau tso cai rau nws mus txog qhov deb no zoo li deb dhau ntawm nws tus kheej lub peev xwm meager, yog li nws tau ntse txiav txim siab cia lub tshuab ua haujlwm tsis siv neeg ua tiav nws qhov kev hloov pauv, kawm lwm yam uas xav tau ua - yog tias muaj dab tsi - thiab ua kom tiav yog tias nws ua tau.
    
  Lub Armstrong Chaw Nres Nkoj tau los ze dua thiab ze rau lub Ib Hlis Ntuj spaceplane, sau cov me me, nqaim cua nrog nws cov khoom loj thiab rhuav tshem tag nrho lwm cov ntaub ntawv pom ... tshwj tsis yog qhov tseem ceeb, uas yog lub khoos phis tawj tsim cov duab ntawm ntau txoj haujlwm. tso saib raws li nyob rau hauv pem hauv ntej ntawm lub aircraft commander, thiab nyob rau hauv pem hauv ntej ntawm tus neeg nrog caij. Qhov tseeb qhov chaw nrog cov chaw nres tsheb ntawm qhov chaw nres tsheb yog qhov pom tseeb - nws yuav tsum muaj qee qhov kev xav txog qhov uas tswj kom kov thiab kho kom kho qhov txav ntawm lub dav hlau.
    
  "Kuv tsis tuaj yeem pib qhov kev txav mus los ntawm lub dav hlau," yws tus neeg caij tsheb, kev poob siab tau hnov hauv nws lub suab. "Kuv tseem nias qhov hloov, tab sis tsis muaj dab tsi tshwm sim."
    
  "Qhov kev txhim kho koj tau thov nyob ntawd - koj tsuas yog yuav tsum cia nws tshwm sim," Boomer hais. Nws lub suab pib suab tsis tshua muaj kev sib ntaus sib tua thiab ntau dua li tus kws tshaj lij lossis cov lus qhia ntawm sab ntsuj plig. "Nyob zoo, lub teeb, maj mam, du inputs. Nco ntsoov, tsuas yog ib qho maj mam thawb ntawm koj tus ntiv tes xoo ntawm lub vernier tswj tau tsim ntau pua phaus ntawm lub foob pob hluav taws uas hloov lub orbit ntawm lub dav hlau hnyav ntau pua txhiab phaus, txav ntawm nees nkaum tsib npaug ntawm lub suab nrawm, ntau pua mais saum toj no. Lub ntiaj teb. Ua kom pom cov lus tsa suab ntawm lub dav hlau thiab pom cov kev kho uas yuav tsum tau ua los kho txoj kev ya davhlau, tom qab ntawd siv cov kev tswj hwm tsim nyog. Reacting tsis xav yog phem. Coj lus txib."
    
  Tus neeg caij tsheb tshem nws ob txhais tes ntawm cov tswj, cia tus maub los ntab rau pem hauv ntej ntawm nws ntawm txoj hlua khi, kaw nws ob lub qhov muag thiab ua pa tob tob. Thaum nws qhib lawv, nws pom tias tag nrho cov ntaub ntawv uas nws tau nkag tau tiag tiag pib nkag mus. "Yuav ua li cas txog qhov no?" - nws yws. "Kuv tsis yog ib tug neeg ruam tag."
    
  "Koj ua tau zoo, tus tswv," Boomer hais. "Nco ntsoov tias tsis muaj huab cua lossis txoj kev ntog los tsim kev sib txhuam, thiab lub ntiajteb txawj nqus yuav siv sij hawm ntau lub kaum os kom muaj txiaj ntsig, yog li txhua qhov kev hloov kho koj yuav tsum raug tshem tawm. Cov ntaub ntawv ntawm no qhia ntau npaum li cas kho koj tau thov thiab nyob rau hauv cov kev taw qhia, uas yog, npaum li cas koj yuav tsum tau tshem tawm. Kuj tseem nco ntsoov tias nws siv sijhawm ntev npaum li cas los siv koj cov tswv yim, yog li qhov no yuav muab koj lub tswv yim meej txog thaum twg yuav siv lawv. "
    
  Tam sim no tus neeg caij tsheb yeej nyob hauv cheeb tsam. Nrog tus maub los hauv nws lub puab tsaig, taw qhia tib yam li lub dav hlau nws tus kheej, nws tsis tuaj yeem kov cov tes nrog nws lub ntsis ntiv tes. Thaum lawv mus txog ntawm tus nyuj lub qhov muag, qhov kev nrawm nrawm tau txo qis me ntsis, yog li thaum lub sij hawm tus ntoo khaub lig tsoo tus nyuj lub qhov muag, qhov nrawm nrawm yuav luag xoom ib ob.
    
  "Kev sib cuag," Boomer tshaj tawm. Tus neeg caij tsheb lub xub pwg pom tau so thiab nws tso tus maub los ntawm nws txhais tes. "Cov latches muaj kev ruaj ntseg. Lub spaceplane yog moored. Nrog koj zoo siab."
    
  "Tsis txhob ua qhov no rau kuv ntxiv, koj puas xav, Dr. Noble?" tus neeg caij tsheb nug, saib thiab noj ob peb lub pa pa ntawm huab cua, ces tso tus tswj tuav tes zoo li nws yog riam phom xov tooj cua. "Txhua yam kuv tuaj yeem xav txog yog qhov kev puas tsuaj thiab peb txhua tus tau daig hauv lub ntiaj teb li cas."
    
  Boomer khaws lwm tus maub los, zoo ib yam rau thawj. "Kuv muaj koj nraub qaum, tus tswv,"nws hais nrog luag nyav. "Tab sis koj tau ua haujlwm zoo - Kuv tsis tau kov dab tsi. Kuv tsis tau qhia koj qhov no, tab sis feem ntau peb xav tau kev nrawm nrawm ntawm tsawg kawg taw tes peb taw ib pliag kom tau txais cov txheej txheem docking rau latch-lawv latch rau koj ntawm qhov qeeb qeeb. "
    
  "Qhov no yuav tsis yooj yim rau kuv ntxhov siab me ntsis, Boomer."
    
  "Zoo li kuv hais, tus tswv, koj muaj peev xwm," Boomer hais. "Gonzo tab tom npaj kom peb npaj hloov mus rau qhov chaw nres tsheb. Nws yuav kom koj tus khub npaj ua ntej, thiab ob peb tus neeg ua haujlwm ntawm lub chaw nres tsheb yuav txav nws ua ntej, thiab tom qab ntawd peb mam li tawm mus. Peb feem ntau kaw lub airlock ntawm lub davhlau ya nyob twg thaum peb tab tom teeb tsa lub qhov hloov pauv, yog tias muaj qhov xau lossis puas tsuaj, tab sis txhua tus neeg nyob hauv lub foob, yog li txawm tias muaj xwm txheej lossis ua haujlwm tsis zoo, peb yuav zoo. "
    
  Boomer thiab tus neeg caij tsheb tig thiab saib thaum Faulkner rub tawm daim ntawv txheeb xyuas, txuas rau lub taub hau nrog Velcro, thiab tau mus ua haujlwm. "Lub dav hlau ib tag hmo muaj lub nkoj me me, loj dua S-9 Dub Stallion tab sis tsis ze li qhov loj npaum li qhov chaw nres tsheb, tab sis nws yeej tsis tau npaj siab los nres lossis nqa cov khoom thauj lossis cov neeg caij tsheb - tsis yog qhov kev ua qauv qhia xwb. ," Boomer piav qhia. "Peb tom qab hloov nws mus ua haujlwm. Muaj ib lub airlock nyob rau hauv pem hauv ntej ntawm cov neeg nrog caij module uas tso cai rau peb mus dock nrog Armstrong los yog lub International Space Station thiab thauj cov neeg ua hauj lwm los yog cargo rov qab mus rau sab nraud yam tsis tau mus rau sab nrauv. "
    
  "Mus rau hauv qhov chaw?" - rov ua tus neeg nrog caij. Nws taw tes rau lub qhov rais cabin. "Koj txhais tau tias koj yuav tsum mus rau qhov chaw nres tsheb?"
    
  "Nws yog tib txoj kev mus rau qhov chaw nres tsheb ntawm S-9 Black Stallion thiab thaum ntxov S-19 Ib tag hmo," Boomer tau hais. "Sky Masters tsim lub airlock nruab nrab ntawm lub cockpit thiab cargo bay nrog ib tug pressurized tunnel system, ua kom nws yooj yim dua los ntawm lub dav hlau mus rau qhov chaw nres tsheb. Lub S-9 yog me me dhau rau airlock, yog li kev hloov pauv txhais tau hais tias kev taug kev hauv qhov chaw. Nws yog qhov luv luv thiab qab zib spacewalk. Nws nyob ze, tab sis yeej zoo siab. "
    
  Gonzo tau tshaj tawm tias "Lub qhov rooj thauj khoom thauj khoom tau qhib," Gonzo tau tshaj tawm. Lawv tuaj yeem hnov ib lub suab nrov nyob ntawm lub nkoj ntawm lub dav hlau. "Lub qhov rooj qhib kiag li."
    
  "Zoo li koj lub qhov rooj thauj khoom tau qhib tag nrho, Boomer," ib lub suab hais dhau ntawm intercom. "Zoo siab txais tos rau Armstrong."
    
  "Ua tsaug, tus tswv," Boomer teb. Hais rau tus neeg caij tsheb, nws tau hais tias: "Qhov no yog Trevor Sheil, tus thawj coj chaw nres tsheb. Tag nrho cov neeg ua haujlwm ntawm Armstrong chaw nres tsheb tam sim no yog cov neeg ua haujlwm cog lus, txawm hais tias yuav luag txhua tus yog cov tub rog qub, nrog rau qhov chaw ua haujlwm dav dav, thiab ib nrab tau ua haujlwm ntawm chaw nres tsheb yav dhau los. Peb qhib lub qhov rooj cargo kom tso cua sov ntau dhau ntawm lub dav hlau. " Nyob rau hauv lub intercom nws hais tias, "Zoo zoo mus kom ze, tsis koj xav, tus tswv?"
    
  "Tsis txhob ua rau koj tus kheej cramp los ntawm patting koj tus kheej rau sab nraum qab, Boomer," Shale xov tooj cua.
    
  "Nws tsis yog kuv lossis Gonzo: nws yog peb cov neeg caij tsheb."
    
  Kev ncua ntev, tsis txaus ntseeg ua raws; Sheil ces teb nrog ib tug ntoo "Muaj koj."
    
  "Nws zoo li tsis zoo siab," tus neeg caij tsheb tau sau tseg.
    
  "Trevor tsis nyiam lub tswv yim ntawm koj docking ntawm Ib tag hmo, tus tswv," Boomer tau lees paub. "Tus thawj coj chaw nres tsheb, so haujlwm Tub Rog Tub Rog General Kai Rydon, pom zoo lub tswv yim; lawv muab nws tso rau kuv."
    
  "Kuv xav tias nws yuav yog lub tswv yim phem tsis kam lees koj tus tswv chaw nres tsheb, Boomer."
    
  "Tus Tswv, kuv xav tias kuv paub thiab nkag siab tias vim li cas koj ua txhua yam no," Boomer tau hais thaum nws saib qhov kev nce qib ntawm kev txuas qhov hloov pauv mus rau lub dav hlau. "Koj nyob ntawm no los ua ib qho tseem ceeb, thiab kuv yog txhua yam rau nws. Nws yog ib qho kev pheej hmoo loj, tab sis kuv xav tias nws yog ib qho kev pheej hmoo tsim nyog noj. Yog koj txaus siab ua li no, kuv kam ua txhua yam hauv kuv lub hwj chim kom moisten koj ob lub qhov muag thiab moisten lub qhov muag ntawm tag nrho lub ntiaj teb no. Yog tias kuv tuaj yeem hais, tus tswv, kuv tsuas yog xav kom koj muaj lub siab tawv qhia rau lub ntiaj teb tias koj tau ua dab tsi ntawm qhov kev mus ncig no thiab qhov koj pom, ntau dua thiab ntau dua, nyob rau txhua qhov chaw, thoob plaws ntiaj teb. Koj cov lus yuav thawb lub ntiaj teb kom txaus siab rau qhov chaw mus ncig ntau dua li qhov kuv ua tau. " Tus neeg caij tsheb tau xav txog nws ib pliag, tom qab ntawd taub hau.
    
  Gonzo tau tshaj tawm tias "Qhov kev sib kis tau txuas nrog thiab ruaj ntseg," Gonzo tau tshaj tawm. "Kev kaw lub airlock."
    
  "Yog li Gonzo nyob ib leeg hauv airlock, cais tawm ntawm lub cockpit thiab cov neeg nrog caij?" nug tus neeg caij tsheb. "Vim li cas koj ua nws?"
    
  "Yog li ntawd peb tsis txhob cia siab rau tag nrho lub dav hlau nyob rau hauv rooj plaub uas lub qhov tsis ua haujlwm lossis tsis raug kaw zoo," Boomer teb.
    
  "Tab sis tom qab ntawd Gonzo ...?"
    
  Boomer tau hais tias "Nws nyob rau hauv ib feem ntawm lub siab thiab tej zaum yuav muaj sia nyob ntawm qhov poob siab," tab sis nws thiab Mr. Spellman yuav tsum tau taug kev mus rau qhov chaw nres tsheb, uas nws tau ua ntau zaus hauv kev cob qhia, tab sis tau kawg. , Mr. Spellman yuav tsum tau nyiaj dhau ntawm nws tus kheej. Nws yog qhov txaus ntshai, tab sis nws tau ua nws ua ntej. Mr. Spellman tej zaum yuav muaj sia nyob tsuas yog zoo - nws yog ib tug phooj ywg noj qab nyob zoo ... "
    
  "Au kuv tus Vajtswv," hais tias tus neeg caij tsheb. "Nws yog qhov tsis txaus ntseeg ntau npaum li cas tuaj yeem ua yuam kev."
    
  "Peb tab tom ua haujlwm rau nws thiab tsis tu ncua kev txhim kho thiab kev cob qhia thiab kev cob qhia thiab kev cob qhia thiab tom qab ntawd cob qhia qee qhov ntxiv," Boomer tau hais. "Tab sis koj tsuas yog yuav tsum lees txais qhov tseeb tias peb tab tom ua si txaus ntshai."
    
  Sheil tau hais tias "Txhua yam yog npaj los qhib qhov chaw nres tsheb," Sheil hais.
    
  "Kuv nkag siab koj. Armstrong, "Ib tag hmo yog npaj tau qhib los ntawm qhov chaw nres tsheb," Boomer tau hais. Qhov kev sib txuas ntawm lawv, qhov siab hauv qhov pom pom xoom..Thiab thaum lub sijhawm ntawd, lub siab hauv qhov av pib maj mam nce. Nws siv sijhawm li kaum feeb rau lub qhov av kom siab siab. ntawm kev poob siab, qhia txog kev xau, tab sis nws tseem nyob ruaj khov.
    
  Sheil tau tshaj tawm tias "Lub siab yog nyob rau, Boomer," Sheil qhia.
    
  "Kuv pom zoo," Boomer hais. "Puas yog txhua tus npaj txhij mus rau qhov qhab nia?"
    
  "Kuv nyob zoo, Boomer," Gonzo teb. "Tus neeg nrog caij thib ob thiab."
    
  "Nco ntsoov qhib nws, Gonzo."
    
  Lawv hnov qhov siab me ntsis hauv lawv lub pob ntseg vim tias qhov siab dua nyob rau hauv lub dav hlau dav hlau sib npaug ntawm qhov qis me ntsis ntawm qhov chaw nres tsheb, tab sis nws tsis mob thiab tsuas yog nyob ib pliag xwb. Ib pliag tom qab ntawd: "Lub qhov rooj qhib qhib, tus neeg nrog caij thib ob tab tom taug kev."
    
  "Muaj nws, Gonzo," Boomer hais. Nws pib unbuckle nws tus kheej ntawm nws lub rooj. Nws hais rau nws cov neeg nrog caij hais tias, "Kuv yuav unbuckle koj lub rooj zaum ua ntej, tus tswv," thiab tom qab ntawd kuv yuav mus rau hauv lub airlock thaum koj unbuckle koj txoj siv sia, thiab kuv yuav coj koj tawm thiab nce. Tus neeg caij tsheb nodned tab sis tsis hais dab tsi; Boomer pom qhov kev qhia nyob deb ntawm thawj tus neeg caij tsheb lub ntsej muag thiab xav tsis thoob tias nws tab tom xav txog qhov nyuaj heev. Qhov nyuaj tshaj plaws tau ua tiav - txhua yam nws tam sim no yuav tsum tau ua yog txav mus ncig ntawm qhov chaw nres tsheb loj, saib ib puag ncig thiab ua qhov chaw ncig mus txog thaum nws yog lub sijhawm rov qab los tsev.
    
  Tab sis tom qab Boomer unfastened lub rooj zaum ntawm nws lub hauv caug thiab lub xub pwg nyom thiab tab tom yuav sawv ntawm nws lub rooj zaum, ib tug neeg caij tsheb tuav nws caj npab. "Kuv xav ua qhov no, Boomer," nws hais.
    
  "Kuv yuav ua li cas, tus tswv?"
    
  Tus neeg caij tsheb ntsia Boomer, tom qab ntawd tig nws lub taub hau mus rau sab xis ntawm lub cabin. "Muaj. Nyob ntawd."
    
  Tus neeg caij tsheb tuaj yeem pom Boomer lub qhov muag ci ntsa iab los ntawm nws lub kaus mom hlau nrog kev tsis ntseeg, txawm tias lub tswb, tab sis tsis ntev lub luag nyav txaus siab tshwm rau ntawm nws lub ntsej muag. "Koj puas paub tseeb tias koj xav ua qhov no, tus tswv?" - nws nug incredulously.
    
  "Boomer, Kuv tab tom ua qee yam tsis txaus ntseeg hnub no," tus neeg caij tsheb hais tias, "tab sis kuv paub tias kuv yuav npau taws rau kuv tus kheej yog tias kuv rov qab los rau hauv ntiaj teb tau muab nws tso tseg." Peb twb muaj oxygen txaus lawm, puas yog? Tsis muaj kev phom sij ntawm kev tau txais 'kinks', puas muaj?
    
  "Tus Tswv, qhov xwm txheej ntawm kev mob kev ntxhov siab tuaj yeem yog qhov txaus ntshai tshaj plaws ntawm kev taug kev hauv qhov chaw," Boomer tau hais tias, lub hlwb khiav los ntawm daim ntawv tshuaj xyuas hauv nws lub taub hau kom pom dab tsi yuav txwv tsis pub nws. "Tab sis los teb koj cov lus nug: yog, peb tau ua pa dawb huv ua ntej plaub teev tam sim no, yog li peb yuav tsum ua kom zoo." Nws nyem, qhib lub nkoj-rau-chaw nres tsheb intercom. "General Raydon? Nws xav ua. Tam sim no. Los ntawm lub cockpit thiab los ntawm qhov chaw nres tsheb airlock, tsis yog los ntawm lub qhov. "
    
  "Tau npaj, Boomer," lwm lub suab teb.
    
  "Qhov no yog tus txiv neej thib ob ntawm qhov chaw nres tsheb uas zoo li ntxhov siab los ntawm kev hais lus rau koj, Boomer," tus neeg caij tsheb tau sau dua nrog luag nyav.
    
  Boomer tau hais tias "Txoj kev ntseeg nws lossis tsis ntseeg, tus tswv, peb tau tham txog nws thiab," Boomer hais. "Peb yeej xav kom koj muaj kev paub dhau los. Tias yog vim li cas peb muab koj tso rau hauv tag nrho ACES cov neeg ua haujlwm siab tshaj tawm qhov kev tawm tsam tsis yog ib feem ntawm qhov siab dua - nws yog tsim los rau kev taug kev luv luv lossis kev ua ub ua no. Koj puas paub tseeb tias koj cov neeg hauv tsev yuav nyiam yam koj yuav ua?
    
  "Lawv yuav tsis nyiam nws kiag li, Boomer," tus neeg caij tsheb hais tias, "tab sis lawv nyob ntawd, thiab kuv nyob ntawm no. Wb ua li ntawd." Raws li kev cog lus pom zoo, ib pliag tom qab lub tshuab hluav taws xob tau tshwm sim los ntawm lub dab teg ntawm sab nraud ntawm lub docking module, nqa lub rooj zaum zoo li cov cuab yeej thiab ob lub cables hauv lub tshuab claw.
    
  Boomer flicked ob peb lub keyboards, tom qab ntawd xyuas nws cov neeg caij tsheb cov khoom siv thiab ntsuas ntsuas ua ntej patting nws ntawm lub xub pwg nyom thiab nodding confidently hauv kev pom zoo. "Kuv nyiam cov duab ntawm koj lub jib, tus tswv," nws hais. "Mus". Boomer ntaus qhov kawg hloov pauv, thiab nrog ob peb lub suab nrov, hnyav nias thiab lub suab nrov nrov ntawm lub cav, lub canopies ntawm ob sab ntawm ib tag hmo S-19 lub dav hlau dav hlau dav hlau qhib dav.
    
  Ua ntej tus neeg caij tsheb tseem tuaj yeem paub nws, Boomer tau sawv ntawm nws lub rooj zaum, tsis muaj lub dav hlau tag nrho nrog tsuas yog ib lub pluaj nyias tuav nws rau txhua yam, zoo li qee qhov hauv ntiaj teb Peter Pan hauv nws qhov chaw hnav khaub ncaws hnav thiab lub kaus mom oxygen. Nws tuav ib qho ntawm cov cables ntawm nws caj npab tswj chaw taws teeb thiab txuas rau nws lub tsho. "Kuv rov qab los ntawm kuv txhais taw," nws hais. "Npaj nqes mus." Tus neeg hlau caj npab txo qis Boomer mus rau tib theem li sab nraud ntawm lub tsev nyob ntawm tus neeg caij tsheb. "Kuv yuav txiav koj ntawm lub nkoj, txuas koj rau kuv thiab rau lub nqa, thiab txuas koj rau txoj hlua khi, tus tswv," Boomer hais. Hauv ib lub qhov muag nws tau ua tiav. "Txhua yam yog npaj txhij. Koj hnov li cas?
    
  "Lub suab nrov thiab meej, Boomer," tus neeg caij tsheb teb.
    
  "Zoo". Boomer tau pab tus neeg caij tsheb tawm ntawm nws lub rooj, uas yooj yim dua li nkag mus rau hauv vim tias tam sim no qhib tag nrho. "Peb tsis tuaj yeem nyob sab nraud ntev vim tias peb tsis muaj kev tiv thaiv zoo los ntawm micrometeorites, cosmic hluav taws xob, qhov kub thiab txias thiab txhua yam uas tuaj nrog qhov chaw, tab sis nws yuav yog kev lom zem caij thaum nws kav ntev. Cov hlab ntsha yog qhov tseeb, Armstrong. Npaj txhij sawv." Tus neeg hlau txhais tes pib maj mam nqa lawv thiab txav mus deb ntawm lub dav hlau dav hlau, thiab tom qab ntawd tus neeg caij tsheb pom nws tus kheej ntab tawm hauv qhov chaw saum toj ntawm docking module ...
    
  ... thiab nyob rau hauv ob peb lub sij hawm tag nrho cov qauv ntawm Armstrong qhov chaw nres tsheb nteg tawm ua ntej lawv, gleaming nyob rau hauv lub reflected lub hnub. Lawv tuaj yeem pom tag nrho qhov ntev ntawm cov qauv, pom cov chav kuaj loj, nyob, cov khoom siv kho tshuab thiab chaw cia khoom ob qho tib si saum toj thiab hauv qab ua liaj ua teb, thiab qhov tsis muaj qhov kawg ntawm cov hnub ci vaj huam sib luag ntawm ob qho kawg ntawm cov liaj teb uas zoo li ncab mus ib txhis - nws tuaj yeem pom. cov neeg saib ntawm lawv los ntawm qhov rais loj saib ntawm qee qhov modules. "Auj... kuv tus Vajtswv," tus neeg caij tsheb npau taws heev. "Qhov no zoo kawg nkaus!"
    
  "Qhov ntawd yog qhov tseeb, tab sis nws tsis yog qhov tseeb," Boomer hais. Nws rub tus neeg caij tsheb lub dav hlau los ntawm qab thiab rub nws kom nws tig...
    
  ... thiab cov neeg caij tsheb pom lub ntiaj teb hauv qab lawv thawj zaug. Lawv txhua tus tuaj yeem hnov nws haj yam xav tsis thoob. "Zoo Vajtswv!" - nws exclaimed. "Qhov no yog qhov tsis txaus ntseeg! Nws zoo heev! Kuv tuaj yeem pom yuav luag tag nrho sab av loj ntawm South America nyob ntawd! Kuv tus Vajtswv! Nws zoo nkaus li txawv kiag li ntawm lub qhov rais cockpit - tam sim no kuv tuaj yeem hnov qhov siab. "
    
  "Kuv xav tias nws nyiam nws, General Raydon," Boomer hais. Nws tso cai rau tus neeg caij tsheb los qhuas lub ntiaj teb rau ib feeb ntev dua, ntab saum huab cua; ces hais tias: "Peb tsis kam nyob ntawm no ntxiv lawm, tus tswv. Coj peb mus rau qhov no, Armstrong. " Nrog tus neeg caij tsheb tseem tab tom ntsib lub ntiaj teb, tus neeg hlau caj npab pib thim rov qab mus rau qhov chaw nres tsheb, rub ob tug txiv neej nrog nws. Boomer nqa tus neeg caij tsheb mus rau hauv txoj hauj lwm ncaj nraim ua ntej mus txog lub qhov rooj loj. Nws ua luam dej mus rau lub qhov cub, xauv thiab qhib nws, ua luam dej ntawm qhov qhib, khi nws tus kheej mus rau sab hauv ntawm lub airlock, txuas lwm pluaj rau tus neeg caij tsheb thiab ua tib zoo coj nws mus rau hauv qhov chaw nres tsheb airlock chamber. Boomer disconnect lawv ob leeg los ntawm txoj hlab ntaws, cia lawv tawm, ces kaw thiab battened down lub hatch. Nws txuas nws tus kheej thiab tus neeg caij tsheb mus rau txoj hlab ntaws hauv lub airlock, tos kom lub siab sib npaug, tab sis tus neeg caij tsheb tau poob siab thiab tsis tau hais ib lo lus, txawm tias tom qab lub qhov rooj hauv airlock qhib. Cov kws tshaj lij tau pab tus neeg caij tsheb tshem tawm nws lub tsho, thiab Boomer tau taw qhia rau kev tawm ntawm lub dav hlau.
    
  Sai li tus neeg caij tsheb tawm ntawm lub airlock, Kai Raydon, tus neeg ncaws pob, tus txiv neej kis las nrog cov plaub hau plaub hau, chiseled nta thiab lub ntsej muag xiav lub ntsej muag, sawv ntawm kev mloog, tsa lub microphone ntawm lub mloog pob ntseg rau nws daim di ncauj thiab hais lus: " Cuam tshuam rau Chaw Nres Tsheb Armstrong, qhov no yog tus thawj coj, rau kev ceeb toom ntawm txhua tus neeg ua haujlwm, Thawj Tswj Hwm ntawm Tebchaws Meskas, Kenneth Phoenix, nyob rau ntawm qhov chaw nres tsheb. " Reydon, tus thawj coj chaw nres tsheb Trevor Sheil, Jessica Faulkner thiab ob peb lwm qhov chaw nres tsheb. Cov neeg ua haujlwm sawv ntawm qhov zoo tshaj plaws uas lawv ua tau, lawv cov ntiv taw sib tw. qab ceg so li frills thiab vam meej thiab ces "Long Live the Chief" sounded over the station's public address system.
    
    
  OB
    
    
  Kev ntshai tuag yuav tsum ntshai tshaj qhov tuag nws tus kheej.
    
  - PUBLIUS SYRUS
    
    
    
  ARMSTRONG SPACE STATION
    
    
  Thawj Tswj Hwm Kenneth Phoenix tau hais tias "Ib yam li koj, cov poj niam thiab cov txiv neej," said Kenneth Phoenix thaum lub suab paj nruag xaus. "Kuv yuav hnia lub lawj yog tias kuv paub tias nws nyob qhov twg." Cov neeg ua haujlwm hauv chaw nres tsheb tau luag, qhuas, thiab zoo siab rau ob peb lub sijhawm ntev.
    
  "Kuv yog Kai Rhydon, tus thawj coj ntawm chaw nres tsheb, Mr. Thawj Tswj Hwm," Kai qhia nws tus kheej, ntab mus rau Phoenix thiab tuav nws tes. "Zoo siab txais tos rau Armstrong Space Station thiab ua kev zoo siab rau kev ua siab loj los ua thawj lub taub hau ntawm lub xeev los ya hauv ntiaj teb orbit, thiab tam sim no thawj zaug zaum lub taub hau ntawm lub xeev taug kev hauv qhov chaw. Koj zoo li cas, tus tswv?"
    
  Phoenix tau hais tias "Kuv xav tsis thoob kiag li, General Raydon. "Kuv pom thiab ua raws li kuv tsuas yog npau suav xwb, ua tsaug rau koj thiab koj cov neeg. Ua tsaug rau koj muab lub sijhawm zoo kawg no rau kuv. "
    
  Kai hais tias "Peb tau muab sijhawm rau koj, zoo li txhua tus thawj tswj hwm txij li Kevin Martindale, tab sis koj tau xaiv coj nws," Kai hais. "Muaj ntau tus neeg hais tias qhov no yog txhua yam kev ua nom ua tswv, tab sis kev ua siab loj uas koj tau pom niaj hnub no qhia kuv tias qhov no ntau dua li kev nom kev tswv." Nws tig mus rau cov uas nyob ze nws. "Cia kuv qhia Tus Thawj Saib Xyuas Chaw Nres Tsheb Trevor Sheil, Tus Thawj Coj ntawm Kev Ua Haujlwm Valerie Lucas thiab, tau kawg, koj paub Jessica Faulkner, peb Tus Thawj Coj ntawm Kev Ua Haujlwm Dav Hlau." Thawj Tswj Hwm tuav lawv tes, tab sis tib lub sij hawm pom tias qhov no tsis yooj yim los ua hauv xoom lub ntiajteb txawj nqus - ib qho yooj yim piav tes piav taw hem kom pov nws ntawm lub qab nthab.
    
  Thawj Tswj Hwm tau hais tias "Dr. Noble thiab Colonel Faulkner tau ua haujlwm zoo heev uas tau txais kuv ntawm no, General Raydon," "Kev taug kev zoo siab. Dr. Noble nyob qhov twg?
    
  Raydon tau hais tias "Nws muaj qee lub luag haujlwm npaj ua rau koj rov qab los, tus tswv, thiab nws kuj tau saib xyuas lub refueling thiab tu lub dav hlau," Raydon tau hais. "Boomer yog tus thawj coj ntawm kev tsim kho aerospace ntawm Sky Masters Aerospace, uas yog tus thawj coj ua haujlwm rau Armstrong chaw nres tsheb, thiab tej zaum nws kuj tau ua haujlwm rau lawv thiab. Nws kuj yog tus thawj tsav dav hlau ntawm lub tuam txhab lub dav hlau dav hlau thiab muaj rau tus neeg ua haujlwm hauv nws txoj haujlwm kev cob qhia. Nws yog ib tug tub tsis khoom. "
    
  Jessica hais tias, "Puas paub nws, Thawj Tswj Hwm, tej zaum nws yuav txiav txim siab pw tsaug zog," Jessica cuam tshuam nrog luag nyav. "Nws nyiam nthuav tawm nws tus kheej ua qhov chaw txias txias, tab sis nws tau siv sijhawm ib lub lis piam npaj lub davhlau thiab sim lub dav hlau rau kev mus ntsib no."
    
  "Zoo, nws txoj haujlwm tau them," tus thawj tswj hwm tau hais. "Ua tsaug rau koj txhua tus rau kev mus txawv tebchaws zoo kawg nkaus."
    
  "Peb muaj li ib teev ua ntej koj tshaj tawm, yog li peb muaj sijhawm rau kev ncig xyuas thiab qee qhov kev ua kom rov qab yog tias koj xav tau."
    
  Phoenix tau hais tias "Kev ncig xyuas yuav zoo heev, General Raydon," said Phoenix. "Tab sis ua ntej kuv xav mus saib ntawm Tus Neeg Saib Xyuas Spellman, kuv tus kws pabcuam zais cia."
    
  "Thov?" - Reidon nug.
    
  "Muaj nws," Sheil hais, tsa lub microphone wireless rau nws daim di ncauj. Ib pliag tom qab ntawd: "Tus Neeg Saib Xyuas Spellman tau hnov txog qhov mob, tus tswv," Sheil teb. "Hmoov tsis zoo, nws tsis ua haujlwm tsis zoo Gs zoo heev. Lub cev, nws yog tus tswv cuab uas tsim nyog tshaj plaws ntawm koj pab neeg tuaj yeem tuaj yeem nrog koj ntawm lub luag haujlwm no, Thawj Tswj Hwm, tab sis tsis muaj kev sib raug zoo ntawm kev muaj peev xwm kis las thiab koj lub peev xwm ua haujlwm nrog qhov txawv txav thiab kev xav ntawm kinesthetic ntawm koj lub cev. Peb yuav tau sab laj nrog pab pawg tshuaj aerospace kom paub txog txoj hauv kev zoo tshaj plaws kom rov qab los rau lub ntiaj teb. Kuv tsis ntseeg tias peb tau coj tus neeg tsis nco qab los ntawm kev rov nkag ua ntej. "
    
  Phoenix tau hais tias "Nws yog lub cim tseeb ntawm kev ua siab loj hauv txoj haujlwm no," Phoenix tau hais. "Kev ua haujlwm pub dawb rau qhov no yog qhov zoo tshaj qhov hu ua lub luag haujlwm, thiab qhov ntawd hais ntau heev rau Kev Pabcuam zais cia. Cia kuv mus ntsib nws ua ntej thiab tom qab ntawd mus ncig yog tias muaj sijhawm. "
    
  Rhydon coj peb los ntawm qhov txuas txuas mus rau thawj qhov module. Raydon tau hais tias "Kuv paub tseeb tias Boomer thiab Jessica tau piav qhia qhov zero-gravity mus rau koj kom meej, tus tswv," Raydon tau hais. "Koj yuav pom qee tus neeg ua haujlwm tau paub ntau dua ya ncig ntawm cov pods loj dua li Superman, tab sis kuv tau pom tias rau cov neeg pib tshiab nws yog qhov zoo tshaj plaws los siv ib lossis ob tus ntiv tes txav mus los ntawm kev siv tes tuav thiab ob txhais taw so, thiab ua tib zoo thiab ua tib zoo. maj ".
    
  Phoenix tau hais tias "Kuv paub tseeb tias kuv yuav muaj qee qhov nqaij ntshiv tshwm sim thaum kuv mus txog tsev," Phoenix hais.
    
  Lawv tau tshwm sim los ntawm qhov txuas txuas mus rau hauv qhov tshwm sim los ua ib lub voj voog ntawm cov txee, nrog rau txoj kev ncig hauv nruab nrab. "Qhov no yog cov ntaub ntawv khaws cia thiab ua haujlwm," Reidon piav qhia. "Ua raws kuv". Nws ntab maj mam nce mus rau qhov chaw nruab nrab, so nws txhais tes ntawm cov npoo ntawm cov txee, raws li Thawj Tswj Hwm thiab lwm tus ua raws. Thawj Tswj Hwm tsis ntev tau pom ib lub kaum ob kab ntawm cov txee uas tau teem tseg thoob plaws hauv lub module xws li pineapple slices nyob rau hauv ib lub thawv, nrog rau cov txiv neej loj qhov sib txawv ntawm lawv. "Cov khoom siv tau raug coj los ntawm airlocks nyob rau sab saum toj thiab hauv qab kawg, sau lossis ua tiav raws li xav tau, thiab khaws cia ntawm no. Lub tsev kho mob yog nyob rau hauv lub module saum toj no peb. "
    
  "Kuv tab tom pib kiv taub hau me ntsis los ntawm txhua qhov kev xa mus rau 'nce' thiab 'saum toj no," tus thawj tswj hwm tau lees paub. "Kuv tsis muaj kev nkag siab ntawm ib qho."
    
  "  'Up' thiab 'down' xa mus rau cov kev taw qhia koj xav mus, "Faulkner hais. "Koj tuaj yeem muaj ob tus neeg ua haujlwm ib sab ntawm ib sab, tab sis ib qho yuav taw qhia ib txoj kev thiab lwm qhov, yog li txhua tus txheeb ze. Peb siv txhua qhov chaw ntawm cov qauv ua haujlwm, yog li koj yuav pom cov neeg caij nkoj ' dai' ntawm qab nthab thaum lwm tus ua haujlwm ntawm 'hauv pem teb', txawm hais tias 'qab nthab' thiab 'hauv pem teb' yog, ntawm chav kawm, cov ntsiab lus txheeb ze. "
    
  "Koj tsis pab kuv kiv taub hau, Gonzo."
    
  "Qhia rau peb paub yog tias koj kiv taub hau pib tshwm sim ntawm lub cev, tus tswv," Jessica hais. "Hmoov tsis zoo, nws yog ib yam uas yuav siv sij hawm los siv thiab koj yuav tsis nyob ntawm no ntev li ntawd. Raws li peb tau hais, nws tsis yog qhov txawv txav uas yuav pib muaj qee qhov xeev siab sai tom qab tsiv hauv xoom lub ntiajteb txawj nqus. "
    
  "Kuv nyob zoo, Jessica," tus thawj tswj hwm hais tias, tab sis lub sijhawm no nws xav tias nws yuav kav ntev npaum li cas.
    
  Ntawm txoj kev mus rau Galaxy, ib qho kev sib xyaw ua ke, kev cob qhia module, chaw ua haujlwm, chaw kho mob thiab kev lom zem module, Thawj Tswj Hwm tau nres ob peb zaug los tuav tes nrog cov neeg ua haujlwm hauv chaw nres tsheb, thiab nres thiab pib dua zoo heev txhim kho nws cov kev txawj ua haujlwm. Txawm hais tias Raydon tshaj tawm tias Thawj Tswj Hwm nyob hauv lub nkoj, feem ntau ntawm cov kws tshaj lij uas nws tau ntsib zoo li xav tsis thoob pom nws. "Vim li cas qee tus txiv neej thiab poj niam nyob hauv qhov chaw nres tsheb zoo li xav tsis thoob thaum pom kuv, General?" Phoenix thaum kawg nug.
    
  "Vim tias kuv tau txiav txim siab tsis qhia cov neeg coob mus txog thaum kuv ua li ntawd thaum koj hla lub airlock, tus tswv," Raydon teb. "Tsuas yog kuv tus kheej, Trevor, Lub Chaw Pabcuam Tiv Thaiv, ob peb tus neeg ua haujlwm ntawm Sky Masters Aerospace, thiab cov neeg caij dav hlau ib tag hmo thiab cov neeg ua haujlwm hauv av paub. Kuv xav tias kev nyab xeeb yog qhov tseem ceeb tshaj plaws rau qhov xwm txheej no thiab nws yooj yim heev rau cov neeg ua haujlwm hauv chaw nres tsheb hu rau Lub Ntiaj Teb. Kuv cia siab tias cov xov xwm rau tsev neeg thiab cov phooj ywg yuav nce sai sai, tab sis thaum lub sij hawm lo lus tawm koj yuav nyob hauv TV thoob plaws ntiaj teb. "
    
  Trevor Sheil tau hais tias "Thiab lub sijhawm ntawm koj cov lus tau raug xaiv yog li ntawd thaum koj mus saum huab cua, koj tsis nyob hauv thaj tsam ntawm ib qho kev paub Lavxias lossis Suav riam phom tiv thaiv satellite rau ntau lub orbit," Trevor Sheil tau hais.
    
  Thawj Tswj Hwm lub qhov muag tau nthuav dav hauv kev xav tsis thoob - qhov kev tshwm sim no yeej ua rau nws nyiam. "Anti-satellite riam phom?" nws nug, xav tsis thoob.
    
  Raydon tau hais tias "Peb paub tsawg kawg ib nrab ntawm kaum ob qhov chaw nyob rau sab hnub poob thiab sab hnub tuaj ntawm Russia thiab peb qhov chaw hauv Suav teb, tus tswv," Raydon tau hais. "Lub chaw nres tsheb no muaj riam phom tiv thaiv tus kheej - tshuaj lasers thiab cov foob pob hluav taws luv luv - tab sis Kingfisher's anti-missile thiab anti-satellite systems hauv lub ntiaj teb orbit tseem tsis tau ua tiav, yog li lub dav hlau tsis muaj kev tiv thaiv thiab peb tsis xav kom muaj kev pheej hmoo. "
    
  "Vim li cas lawv tsis qhia kuv txog qhov no!" - qw tus thawj tswj hwm.
    
  Raydon tau hais tias "Nws yog kuv qhov kev sib tw, tus tswv," Raydon hais. "Qhov tseeb, hauv kuv lub tswv yim, qhov kev hem thawj los ntawm riam phom tiv thaiv satellite yog nyob deb ntawm cov npe ntawm kev phom sij rau lub neej uas koj ntsib hauv lub luag haujlwm no-Kuv tsis xav muab rau koj xav txog ntxiv." Thawj Tswj Hwm sim hais ib yam dab tsi, tab sis nws lub qhov ncauj tsuas qhib ntsiag to. "Thaum lub sijhawm koj tawm mus, koj tsuas yog nyob hauv thaj tsam ntawm ib yam khoom," Raydon hais ntxiv, "thiab Boomer npaj lub dav hlau txoj kev taug kev mus deb kom tsis txhob muaj lwm yam. Koj yuav tau txais kev tiv thaiv los ntawm riam phom tiv thaiv satellite raws li peb tuaj yeem tiv thaiv koj. "
    
  "Koj txhais tau tias koj tau npaj qhov kev mus ncig no raws li qhov kev xav tias qee tsoomfwv txawv tebchaws yuav sim tua lub dav hlau lossis chaw nres tsheb hauv chaw thaum kuv nyob hauv nkoj?" Qhov ntsiag to ntawm Trevor thiab Raydon thiab cov kab lus ntawm lawv lub ntsej muag pom Phoenix rau hauv nws cov lus teb. Thawj Tswj Hwm tsis tuaj yeem ua dab tsi ntau dua li co nws lub taub hau rau ob peb lub sijhawm, ntsia ntawm qhov chaw ntawm lub taub hau, tab sis tom qab ntawd nws ntsia Raydon nrog kev luag nyav. "Puas muaj lwm yam kev hem thawj uas kuv tsis tau qhia txog, General Raydon?" nws nug.
    
  "Yog lawm, tus tswv, daim ntawv teev npe ntev dua kuv txhais caj npab," Raydon hais bluntly. "Tab sis kuv tau ceeb toom tias Thawj Tswj Hwm ntawm Tebchaws Meskas xav mus xyuas Armstrong chaw nres tsheb, thiab kuv raug txib kom nqa tawm, thiab peb ua tiav. Yog tias kuv tau xaj kom sim ua kom koj tsis txhob tuaj ntawm no, kuv xav tias kuv tuaj yeem muab cov npe ntev heev ntawm kev hem thawj tiag tiag rau koj tsev neeg, koj cov thawj coj thiab cov tswvcuab ntawm Congress, uas yuav ua rau kev tshem tawm txoj haujlwm no ib yam. " Nws taw tes rau qhov kawg ntawm qhov txuas txuas. "Txoj kev no, Mr. Thawj Tswj Hwm."
    
  Tsis zoo li cov ntaub ntawv khaws cia thiab ua haujlwm module thiab lub dav hlau dav hlau me me thiab cov neeg caij tsheb module, Galaxy module yog lub teeb, sov thiab airy. Nyob rau ntawm phab ntsa ntawm lub module muaj ntau yam pub-style rooj thiab nightstands nrog ubiquitous footrests, ntau lub computer saib thiab laptops, ce tsheb kauj vab, thiab txawm lub dart board. Tab sis feem ntau ntawm cov chaw nres tsheb cov neeg ua haujlwm tau huddled nyob ib ncig ntawm peb-los- tsib-taw panoramic qhov rais, snapping duab thiab taw rau lub ntiaj teb. Lub khoos phis tawj loj saib pom tias lub ntiaj teb qhov chaw nres tsheb tau hla dhau qhov twg, thiab lwm lub vijtsam pom cov npe uas tau teem lub rooj zaum qhov rais los ua yeeb yaj kiab hauv lawv lub nroog lossis lwm qhov chaw hauv ntiaj teb.
    
  "Cov kws tshawb fawb tau kawm ntau yam uas yuav tsum tau khoov rov qab mus rau ntawm no - thiab lawv cov kev lom zem tseem ceeb yog saib tawm ntawm qhov rais?" - tus thawj tswj hwm tau sau tseg.
    
  Raydon tau hais tias "Qhov ntawd, thiab xa email thiab video tham nrog cov txiv neej hauv tsev," Raydon tau hais. "Peb tuav ntau qhov kev sib tham video nrog cov tsev kawm ntawv, tsev kawm qib siab, kev kawm, Scouts, ROTs thiab Civil Air Patrol units, nrog rau cov xov xwm, tsev neeg thiab cov phooj ywg."
    
  "Qhov no yuav tsum yog cov cuab yeej nrhiav neeg ua haujlwm zoo heev."
    
  "Yog lawm, nws yog, ob qho tib si rau tub rog thiab kom cov menyuam kawm ntawv science thiab engineering," Reidon pom zoo.
    
  "Yog li qee txoj hauv kev, kuv tuaj ntawm no yuav yog lub tswv yim tsis zoo," tus thawj tswj hwm tau hais. "Yog tias cov menyuam kawm paub tias ib tus neeg noj qab haus huv tuaj yeem ya mus rau qhov chaw nres tsheb - tias lawv tsis tas yuav kawm txog kev tshawb fawb qib siab los ua nws - tej zaum cov menyuam yaus no yuav dhau los ua neeg ncig tebchaws."
    
  Sheil tau hais tias "Tsis muaj dab tsi tsis ncaj ncees lawm nrog kev ncig xyuas chaw, Mr. Thawj Tswj Hwm," Sheil tau hais. "Tab sis peb cia siab tias cov menyuam yaus yuav xav tsim kho thiab siv txoj hauv kev tshiab thiab siab dua mus rau hauv qhov chaw thiab tej zaum ya mus rau lub hli lossis cov ntiaj chaw ntawm peb lub hnub ci. Peb tsis paub dab tsi yuav ua rau cov hluas xav txog. "
    
  "Tsis txhob txhawj, Thawj Tswj Hwm," Raydon hais. "Kuv xav tias koj qhov chaw nyob ntawm no yuav muaj kev cuam tshuam loj heev rau tib neeg thoob ntiaj teb rau lub sijhawm ntev."
    
  "Muaj tseeb; cov me nyuam yuav hais tias, 'Yog hais tias tus qub fart ua tau nws, kuv ua tau,' eh, General? tus thawj tswj hwm tsis muaj kev cuam tshuam.
    
  Valerie Lucas tau hais tias "Txawm nws yuav siv li cas, Thawj Tswj Hwm,". "Txawm li cas los xij nws yuav siv."
    
  Thawj Tswj Hwm xav tsis thoob thaum pom Tus Neeg Saib Xyuas Charles Spellman nyob rau hauv ib lub hnab coj txawv txawv zoo li lub hnab pw tsaug zog, velcroed vertically rau lub bulkhead - nws zoo li qee yam kab loj lossis marsupial dai ntawm tsob ntoo. "Mr. Thawj Tswj Hwm, zoo siab txais tos,"hais tias ib tug poj niam tsaus nti-dub-dub-dub-dub-qhov muag teev nyob rau hauv ib tug dawb jumpsuit, txawj ua luam dej rau nws thiab nthuav nws txhais tes. "Kuv yog Dr. Miriam Roth, tus thawj coj kho mob. Zoo siab txais tos rau Armstrong Space Station. "
    
  Thawj Tswj Hwm tuav nws tes, zoo siab tias nws lub cev tswj tau tsis tu ncua kev txhim kho hauv xoom lub ntiajteb txawj nqus. Phoenix tau hais tias "Nws zoo heev tau ntsib koj, Tus Kws Kho Mob," Phoenix hais. Hais rau tus neeg saib xyuas Secret Service nws nug tias, "Koj nyob li cas, Charlie?"
    
  "Mr. Thawj Tswj Hwm, Kuv thov txim rau qhov no," Spellman hais tias, nws lub suab sib sib zog nqus tsis zais qhov tob ntawm nws qhov kev ntxhov siab. Nws lub ntsej muag tau o heev, zoo li nws tau nyob hauv kev sib ntaus sib tua, thiab qhov tsis hnov tsw ntawm ntuav nyob ze yog qhov tsis muaj tseeb. "Kuv tsis tau muaj kev mob hnyav hauv kuv lub neej, mob hnyav hauv huab cua lossis hauv tsheb - Kuv tsis tau muaj qhov ntswg rau ntau xyoo. Tab sis thaum lub siab ntawd tsoo kuv, kuv kiv taub hau, thiab ua ntej kuv paub nws, lub teeb tawm mus. Nws yuav tsis tshwm sim dua, tus tswv."
    
  "Tsis txhob txhawj txog nws, Charlie-Kuv tau hais tias thaum nws los txog rau kev mob hnyav, muaj cov uas muaj thiab cov uas yuav," tus thawj tswj hwm tau hais. Tig mus rau Roth, nws nug tias, "Cov lus nug yog, nws puas tuaj yeem rov qab mus rau lub ntiaj teb yam tsis tau txais lwm ntu?"
    
  Miriam hais tias "Kuv xav tias nws yuav pom zoo, Mr. Thawj Tswj Hwm," Miriam hais. "Nws yeej noj qab nyob zoo, yooj yim piv rau txhua tus ntawm qhov chaw nres tsheb no. Kuv tau muab nws txhaj tshuaj me me ntawm Phenergan, ib qho kev kho mob ntev siv rau xeev siab, thiab kuv xav pom nws ua li cas. Nyob li ntawm kaum tsib feeb los yog li ntawd, kuv yuav cia nws tawm ntawm nws lub cocoon thiab sim txav mus los ntawm qhov chaw nres tsheb. " Nws muab Spellman teasing frown. "Kuv ntseeg tias Tus Neeg Sawv Cev Spellman tsis tau noj cov tshuaj uas kuv tau sau ua ntej yuav tawm mus raws li kev pom zoo."
    
  "Kuv tsis nyiam phom," Spellman hais tias hoarsely. "Ib qho ntxiv, kuv tsis tuaj yeem noj tshuaj thaum ua haujlwm, thiab kuv yeej tsis mob."
    
  Miriam hais tias "Koj tsis tau nyob hauv qhov chaw ua ntej, Tus Neeg Saib Xyuas Spellman," Miriam hais.
    
  "Kuv npaj mus tam sim no, Doc. Kev xeev siab dhau lawm. Kuv npaj rov qab los ua kuv txoj haujlwm, Thawj Tswj Hwm. "
    
  "Koj ua tau zoo dua li tus kws kho mob hais, Charlie," tus thawj tswj hwm tau hais. "Peb muaj lub davhlau rov qab los hauv ob peb teev xwb, thiab kuv xav kom koj cog lus rau qhov no ib puas feem pua." Spellman saib kev poob siab heev, tab sis nws nodded tsis hais dab tsi.
    
  Lawv taug kev los ntawm lwm qhov sib txuas, lub sijhawm no ntev dua, thiab nkag mus rau qhov thib peb module uas muaj lub khoos phis tawj consoles thiab cov lus txhais dav dav saib. Raydon tau hais tias "Qhov no yog cov lus txib, Mr. Thawj Tswj Hwm, lub hauv paus nruab nrab ntawm qhov chaw nres tsheb," Raydon tau hais. Nws ntab mus rau ib kab loj ntawm consoles manned los ntawm rau tus kws tshaj lij. Cov kws kho mob hovered nyob rau hauv pem hauv ntej ntawm lawv consoles nyob rau hauv ib tug sawv txoj hauj lwm, lawv ob txhais ceg ruaj ntseg nyob rau hauv qhov chaw los ntawm txhais ceg; Cov ntawv txheeb xyuas, cov ntawv sau cia thiab cov ntim dej haus nrog cov straws tawm tawm tau ruaj ntseg velcroed nyob ze. "Qhov no yog qhov chaw sensor fusion. Los ntawm no, peb sau cov ntaub ntawv sensor los ntawm ntau txhiab tus pej xeem thiab tub rog radars, satellites, nkoj, dav hlau thiab tsheb hauv av thiab muab tso rau hauv cov duab zoo thiab kev tawm tsam ntawm kev hem thawj tub rog thoob ntiaj teb. Armstrong chaw nres tsheb muaj nws tus kheej radar, kho qhov muag thiab infrared sensors uas peb tuaj yeem siv coj cov hom phiaj ob qho tib si hauv qhov chaw thiab hauv ntiaj teb, tab sis peb feem ntau txuas mus rau lwm lub sensors thoob ntiaj teb los tsim cov duab loj. "
    
  Nws ntab los ntawm cov qauv mus rau plaub lub me me tsis muaj neeg siv consoles tom qab ob pawg ntawm peb lub consoles thiab cov ntxaij vab tshaus hauv computer, kuj tsis muaj neeg siv. "Qhov no yog qhov chaw ua haujlwm tactical uas peb siv riam phom hauv chaw," Raydon txuas ntxiv. Nws muab nws txhais tes rau ntawm tus kws kho mob lub xub pwg nyom thiab tus txiv neej tig thiab luag ntxhi rau ntawm Thawj Tswj Hwm. "Mr. Thawj Tswj Hwm, Kuv xav qhia koj rau Henry Lathrop, peb tus tub ceev xwm Aerospace riam phom." Ob tug txiv neej tuav tes, nrog Lathrop luag nyav ntawm pob ntseg mus rau pob ntseg. Lathrop nyob rau hauv nws thirties lig, luv luv, nyias nyias, hnav tsom iav tuab thiab ntaus pob tw taub hau. "Henry, piav qhia koj ua dab tsi ntawm no."
    
  Lathrop lub qhov ncauj qhib, zoo li nws tsis xav tias yuav hais ib yam dab tsi rau Thawj Tswj Hwm - uas nws tsis tau - tab sis ib yam li Raydon tab tom yuav txhawj xeeb, tus kws tshaj lij hluas rub nws tus kheej ua ke: "Y-yog, tus tswv. Zoo siab txais tos rau qhov chaw nres tsheb, Mr. Kuv yog aerospace riam phom tub ceev xwm. Kuv tswj lub chaw nres tsheb riam phom, tsim los ua haujlwm hauv qhov chaw thiab hauv ntiaj teb huab cua. Peb muaj qee yam riam phom kinetic muaj, tab sis Skybolt laser tsis ua haujlwm los ntawm Thawj Tswj Hwm, yog li kuv tsuas yog riam phom yog lub kauj, lossis chlorine-oxygen-iodine laser."
    
  "Koj tuaj yeem ua dab tsi txog nws?" - nug tus thawj tswj hwm.
    
  Lathrop nqos, kev ntshai tshwm sim hauv nws lub qhov muag tam sim no uas nws yuav tsum tau teb cov lus nug ncaj qha los ntawm Thawj Tswj Hwm Tebchaws Meskas. Tab sis nws nyob hauv nws lub caij thiab rov qab los sai dua li ua ntej: "Peb tuaj yeem tiv thaiv qhov chaw khib nyiab tawm mus txog tsib caug mais," Lathrop tau hais. "Peb kuj siv nws los rhuav tshem cov khib nyiab loj dua - qhov me me ntawm cov khib nyiab, qhov tsis txaus ntshai nws ua rau lwm lub dav hlau."
    
  "Thiab koj tuaj yeem siv lub laser los tiv thaiv qhov chaw nres tsheb los ntawm lwm lub nkoj?"
    
  "Yog lawm, tus tswv," Lathrop hais. "Peb muaj radar thiab infrared sensors uas tuaj yeem pom lub dav hlau nkag los lossis cov khib nyiab los ntawm li tsib puas mais deb, thiab peb tuaj yeem txuas mus rau lwm qhov chaw tub rog lossis pej xeem chaw." Nws taw tes rau lub computer saib. "Lub kaw lus tam sim no ua haujlwm hauv hom tsis siv neeg, uas txhais tau hais tias COIL yuav cia li tawm yog tias cov sensors pom qhov kev hem thawj uas ua tau raws li qee qhov kev txwv. Peb tau teem nws rau phau ntawv thaum koj tuaj txog. "
    
  "Ua tsaug rau qhov no, Mr. Lathrop," tus thawj tswj hwm tau hais. "Yog li lub laser tuaj yeem tiv thaiv qhov chaw nres tsheb thiab rhuav tshem qhov chaw khib nyiab, tab sis yog tag nrho? Puas yog koj ib zaug tsis muaj peev xwm tua lub hom phiaj ntawm lub ntiaj teb?
    
  "Yog lawm, tus tswv, peb tau ua nws," Lathrop hais. "Lub Skybolt laser muaj zog txaus los rhuav tshem lub teeb lub hom phiaj xws li tsheb thiab dav hlau, thiab cuam tshuam lossis puas lub hom phiaj hnyav dua xws li nkoj. Kingfisher cov kev cob qhia riam phom tau khaws cia cov nqi coj ua uas tuaj yeem koom nrog cov nkoj loj lossis cov foob pob hluav taws, nrog rau cov cuaj luaj qhia meej uas tuaj yeem rov qab mus rau lub ntiaj teb huab cua los tawm tsam lub hom phiaj ntawm thaj av lossis hauv hiav txwv. "
    
  "Peb puas tseem muaj cov chaw nres tsheb Kingfisher? Kuv paub Thawj Tswj Hwm Gardner tsis pom zoo rau lawv - nws siv lawv ntau dua los ua kev sib tham nrog cov neeg Lavxias thiab Suav. "
    
  Lathrop tau hais tias "Thawj Tswj Hwm Gardner tau tso cai rau xya lub chaw nres tsheb rov qab mus rau lub ntiaj teb huab cua thiab hlawv," Lathrop tau hais. "Lub kaum peb lub chaw nres tsheb ntxiv tau rov qab los thiab tau muab khaws cia ntawm qhov chaw nres tsheb ua liaj ua teb. Kaum lub chaw nres tsheb tseem nyob hauv lub voj voog, tab sis tsis ua haujlwm. Spaceplanes ib ntus retrieve lawv, roj lawv, tswj lawv, thiab muab lawv rov qab rau hauv lub orbit yog li peb tuaj yeem kawm txog lawv qhov kev ua tau zoo mus ntev thiab tsim kev hloov pauv, tab sis tam sim no lawv tsis ua haujlwm. "
    
  "Puas yog lub kauj laser txawv ntawm VP Page's laser?" - Phoenix nug.
    
  "Muaj, tus tswv, nws yog. Peb raug txwv tsis pub siv riam phom nrog ntau tshaj li rau caum mais, thiab Skybolt, lub tshuab hluav taws xob dawb, tuaj yeem ntaus lub hom phiaj hauv ntiaj teb huab cua thiab nto ntawm qhov deb li ntawm tsib puas mais, yog li tam sim no nws tsis muaj zog. "
    
  "Tsis qhib?"
    
  "Tsis ua haujlwm, tab sis tuaj yeem qhib tau yog tias tsim nyog," Raydon tau hais.
    
  "Hauv lub sijhawm luv luv?" tus thawj tswj hwm nug.
    
  "Henry?" - Kai nug.
    
  Lathrop tau hais tias "Peb yuav xav tau qee qhov kev txawj ntse los ntawm Sky Masters lossis lwm tus neeg cog lus," Lathrop tau hais tias, "thiab ob peb hnub kom tau txais MHD reactor nce thiab khiav."
    
  "Thiab qhov kev txiav txim yog los ntawm koj, tus tswv," Raydon ntxiv. "Qhov kev tsis sib haum xeeb Skybolt yuav luag ua rau peb tag nrho peb qhov chaw ua tub rog."
    
  Phoenix hais tias "Kuv nco qab zoo heev," "Kuv cog lus tias yuav kho qhov no. Thov mus ntxiv, Mr. Lathrop."
    
  "Lub kauj siv cov tshuaj sib tov los tsim lub teeb laser, uas tom qab ntawd nthuav dav thiab tsom mus," Lathrop txuas ntxiv. "Peb siv cov optics sib txawv dua li Skybolt dawb electron laser tsom thiab ncaj qha rau lub teeb laser, tab sis cov txheej txheem zoo sib xws. Peb siv radar thiab infrared sensors lossi soj ntsuam ib ncig ntawm lub chaw nres tsheb rau cov khoom uas yuav ua rau muaj kev hem thawj - peb tuaj yeem ntes thiab koom nrog cov khoom siv pob golf. Qhov ntau npaum li cas ntawm cov kauj yog peb puas mais, tab sis peb tau hloov lub teeb tsa laser los ntawm kev tshem tawm qee qhov kev cuam tshuam uas ua rau lub zog laser nce, yog li peb nyob ntawm qhov kev txwv. "
    
  "Koj puas tuaj yeem qhia kuv tias cov sensors ua haujlwm li cas?" - nug tus thawj tswj hwm. "Tej zaum simulated nres ntawm lub hom phiaj ntawm lub ntiaj teb?"
    
  Lathrop saib tsis txaus ntseeg dua thiab nws tig mus rau Raydon, uas tau taub hau. Nws tau hais tias "Qhia rau Thawj Tswj Hwm seb nws ua li cas, Henry," nws hais.
    
  "Yog lawm, tus tswv," Lathrop hais tias, kev zoo siab sai sai tshwm rau ntawm nws lub ntsej muag. Nws cov ntiv tes ya hla cov keyboard ntawm lub console. "Txij lub sijhawm peb ua kev tawm dag zog los tawm tsam ntau lub hom phiaj uas tau saib xyuas tas li thiab ua ntej." Lub khoos phis tawj loj tshaj plaws tau los ua lub neej. Nws pom ib thaj tsam loj ntawm lub ntiaj teb nrog txoj hauv kev thiab txoj hauj lwm ntawm qhov chaw nres tsheb mus rau North Ncej los ntawm sab hnub tuaj Siberia. Muaj ib lub voj voog ncig ntau lub ntsiab lus hauv Russia.
    
  "Lub voj voog no yog dab tsi, Mr. Lathrop?" - nug tus thawj tswj hwm.
    
  "Peb hu lawv Delta Bravos, lossis duck blinds," Lathrop teb. "Qhov chaw paub txog riam phom tiv thaiv satellite. Cov voj voog yog qhov kwv yees ntau ntawm cov riam phom nyob ntawd. "
    
  "Peb tab tom nyob ze rau qhov no, puas yog?"
    
  Lathrop tau hais tias "Peb ya hla ntau ntawm lawv hauv ib hnub, nyob hauv Russia, Tuam Tshoj thiab ntau lub tebchaws uas nyob ib puag ncig lawv," Lathrop tau hais. "Qhov no yog, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog, lub tshav dav hlau Yelizovo, lub hauv paus ntawm MiG-31D fighters, uas, raws li peb paub, yog txawm peem rau nrog anti-satellite riam phom uas lawv muaj peev xwm tua los ntawm huab cua. Lawv tsis tu ncua taug kev los ntawm qhov ntawd thiab txawm xyaum ntaus rog. "
    
  "Lawv ua?" - tus thawj tswj hwm nug incredulously. "Yuav ua li cas koj thiaj paub tias qhov no yog kev tawm tsam tiag tiag lossis tsis?"
    
  Kai piav qhia tias "Peb tab tom tshawb xyuas lub foob pob hluav taws," Kai piav qhia. "Peb pom cov foob pob hluav taws thiab peb muaj tsawg dua ob feeb los tua riam phom tiv thaiv lossis ntaus nws nrog lasers. Peb soj ntsuam lawv thiab txheeb xyuas cov teeb liab uas lawv kis tau, thiab peb tuaj yeem kawm lawv nrog radar thiab optoelectronics kom paub seb lawv puas npaj ua ib yam dab tsi. Lawv yuav luag ib txwm taug qab peb nrog radar ntev, tab sis qee zaus lawv yuav ntaus peb nrog lub hom phiaj taug qab thiab missile radar. "
    
  "Vim li cas?"
    
  "Sim ua kom peb ntshai, sim ua kom peb ntaus lawv nrog Skybolt lossis riam phom hauv ntiaj teb kom lawv tuaj yeem ua pov thawj tias peb phem npaum li cas," Trevor tau hais. "Qhov no yog tag nrho Cold War miv-thiab-nas tsis muaj tseeb. Peb feem ntau tsis quav ntsej nws. "
    
  "Txawm li cas los xij, nws ua rau peb ntawm peb cov ntiv taw," Valerie ntxiv. "Kev txib, lub hom phiaj kev sib ntaus sib tua no, tsim Golf Xya, yuav nyob hauv thaj tsam hauv peb feeb."
    
  Raydon tau hais tias "Npaj rau kev simulated kev koom tes nrog Skybolt," Raydon tau hais. "Kev saib xyuas ntawm chaw nres tsheb, simulated lub hom phiaj kev sib koom ua ke hauv peb feeb. Kev ua haujlwm ntawm cov neeg ua haujlwm. Txhua tus neeg ua haujlwm mus rau qhov chaw nres tsheb sib ntaus sib tua thiab tshaj tawm. Ceev txhua qhov chaw nres tsheb thiab lub kaus mom. Cov neeg ua haujlwm, tsis yog. ntawm lub luag haujlwm, ceeb toom rau qhov chaw tswj kev puas tsuaj, tsis haum thiab pib ua pa ua ntej.
    
  "Qhov no txhais li cas, General?" - nug tus thawj tswj hwm.
    
  Kai hais tias "Cov neeg ua haujlwm tsis ua haujlwm muaj lub luag haujlwm tswj kev puas tsuaj," Kai hais. "Ntawm no, qhov ntawd tuaj yeem txhais tau tias taug kev mus rau qhov chaw mus khaws cov khoom lossis ... cov neeg ua haujlwm poob hauv qhov chaw. Ua pa dawb huv ua ntej ntev li ntev tau tso cai rau lawv ua ACES nplua thiab ua lawv txoj haujlwm cawm, txawm tias nws txhais tau tias mus rau hauv qhov chaw sab nraud. Tej zaum lawv yuav tau ua ntau yam kev kho thiab kho dua tshiab hauv qhov chaw sab nrauv. Rau tib lub laj thawj, peb kuj undock tej spaceships peb muaj nyob rau ntawm qhov chaw nres tsheb siv lawv li lifeboats thaum muaj teeb meem - peb yuav siv lub lifeboat spheres thiab tos cawm los ntawm spaceplane los yog coj mus muag thauj. Thawj Tswj Hwm tau nqos nyuaj ntawm cov kev xav tsaus ntuj no.
    
  "Kev txib, qhov no yog Kev Ua Haujlwm, thov kev tso cai los simulate kev sib tw ntawm MHD," Valerie Lucas tau hais los ntawm nws qhov chaw ntawm lub taub hau, saib qhov cuam tshuam simulated.
    
  "Kev tso cai tau txais, simulate lub community launch ntawm MHD, ua txhua yam kev npaj los ntaus lub hom phiaj hauv av simulated." Thawj Tswj Hwm tau sau tseg tias nws zoo li rov hais dua lub rooj ua si: txhua tus tau hais lawv qhov chaw, tab sis tsis muaj leej twg tau txav los yog ua dab tsi.
    
  "Kuv nkag siab koj. Engineering department, qhov no yog lub chaw ua haujlwm, simulate MHD tso tawm, tshaj tawm kev ua kom thiab qib zog ntawm tsib caug feem pua. "
    
  "Kev khiav hauj lwm, Engineering, tau txais koj, simulated MHD spin-up," qhia Engineer Officer Alice Hamilton. Ob peb lub sijhawm tom qab: "Kev Ua Haujlwm, Engineering, MHD simulated nquag, qib zog ntawm kaum ob feem pua thiab nce."
    
  "Kev txib yog kev ua haujlwm, MHD yog simulated online."
    
  "Cov lus txib tau txais. Sib ntaus, peb lub hom phiaj xwm txheej yog dab tsi?"
    
  Lathrop tau hais tias "Lub simulated Golf Xya lub hom phiaj yog qhov tsis siv radar ntawm ROSA kab nyob rau sab hnub poob Greenland," Lathrop tau hais. "Cov ntaub ntawv nyoos los ntawm cov sensors yuav los ntawm SBR. Npaj rau qhov chaw sensor thib ob kom tshwm sim. " Nws tus ntiv tes ya hla lub keyboard dua. "Lub simulated thib ob sensor qhov chaw yuav yog USA-234, lub radar duab satellite uas yuav hla Golf Xya lub qab ntug hauv rau caum vib nas this thiab yuav nyob rau hauv lub hom phiaj rau peb taw tes ob feeb."
    
  "Qhov no txhais li cas, General?" Thawj Tswj Hwm Phoenix nug.
    
  Kai piav qhia tias "Peb tuaj yeem tua Skybolt tau raug nrog peb tus kheej cov sensors," Kai piav qhia. "SBR, los yog spaceborne radar, yog peb lub ntsiab sensor. Lub chaw nres tsheb tau nruab nrog ob lub X-band hluavtaws aperture radars kom tau txais cov duab ntawm lub ntiaj teb. Peb tuaj yeem luam theej duab thaj chaw loj ntawm lub ntiaj teb nyob rau hauv 'stripmap' hom lossis siv 'spotlight' hom los tsom rau lub hom phiaj thiab tau txais cov duab meej thiab ntsuas mus rau ob peb nti ntawm kev daws teeb meem.
    
  "Tab sis vim tias peb tab tom tua los ntawm qhov kev ncua deb, npog ntau pua mais hauv ib feeb, peb tuaj yeem txuas mus rau lwm lub sensors uas tshwm sim hauv cheeb tsam tib lub sijhawm kom raug ntau dua," Kai hais ntxiv. "USA-234 yog US Air Force radar duab satellite uas siv cov duab radar thiab xa mus rau National Reconnaissance Office hauv Washington. Peb muaj hmoo txaus los ua tus neeg siv duab, yog li peb tuaj yeem thov kom lub satellite tsom mus rau lub hom phiaj tshwj xeeb. Peb tuaj yeem sib txuas cov duab satellite nrog peb tus kheej kom tau txais qhov pom tseeb dua ntawm lub hom phiaj. "
    
  Lathrop tau nkag mus rau ob peb cov lus txib ntxiv thiab ib daim duab ntawm lub hom phiaj simulated tau tshwm sim nyob rau ntawm qhov loj saib mus rau sab laug ntawm lub ntsiab saib, chaw nres tsheb radar chaw taws teeb nrog lub radome loj nyob hauv nruab nrab, ntau lub tshuab kev sib txuas lus taw qhia nyob rau hauv cov lus qhia sib txawv, thiab ntau qhov ntev, cov tsev qis nyob ib puag ncig lub radome. "Qhov no yog qhov zoo li hauv daim duab tsis ntev los no los ntawm saum toj," nws hais. Tsis ntev tom qab ntawd, daim duab ploj mus thiab tau hloov los ntawm lwm daim duab, qhov no qhia ib qho chaw nyob ib puag ncig los ntawm H-shaped duab plaub tawm tsam feem ntau cov keeb kwm dub. "Qhov no yog daim duab radar los ntawm kev tshawb nrhiav satellite. Cov keeb kwm yav dhau yog xim dub vim tias cov daus tsis cuam tshuam txog lub zog radar zoo heev, tab sis cov tsev tau pom meej meej. "
    
  "Kev khiav hauj lwm, engineering, MHD ntawm simulated tsib caug feem pua," Alice qhia.
    
  Valerie hais tias "Yuav nkag siab, engineer," said Valerie. "Kev sib ntaus sib tua, qhov no yog kev ua haujlwm, peb nyob ntawm tsib caug feem pua, simulating qhib contours ntawm Skybolt, riam phom ntawm kev npaj, npaj rau kev sib ntaus sib tua."
    
  " Tau txais nws, Kev Ua Haujlwm, Kuv tabtom simulating qhov qhib ntawm Skybolt qhov kev ua kom muaj zog, riam phom ntawm qhov npaj tau."
    
  Ob peb lub sijhawm ntxiv, daim duab tau hloov dua tshiab thiab zoo li zoo ib yam li daim duab uas lawv tau pom, nrog cov huab random ntab hla daim duab. Lathrop siv lub trackball los ua qhov nruab nrab ntawm daim duab ntawm qhov screen. "Thiab qhov no yog ua tsaug rau qhov chaw nres tsheb telescopic electro-optical sensors ntxiv rau cov duab radar," nws hais. "Kev ua haujlwm, qhov no yog kev sib ntaus sib tua, kev txheeb xyuas qhov zoo ntawm lub hom phiaj Golf Xya, taug qab tsim, peb raug kaw thiab npaj txhij."
    
  "Muaj koj, tus tub," Valerie hais. "Kev txib, kev ua haujlwm, peb tsom mus rau. Lub xeev ntawm MHD?
    
  "MHD ntawm ib puas feem pua hauv kaum vib nas this."
    
  "Muaj nws," Valerie lees paub. "Kuv thov kev tso cai los simulate kev hloov ntawm Skybolt mus rau hauv txoj haujlwm sib ntaus sib tua thiab nkag mus rau hauv kev sib ntaus sib tua."
    
  Raydon tau hais tias "Qhov no yog Command," Raydon hais. "Koj tuaj yeem hloov Skybolt tswj mus rau hom kev sib ntaus sib tua thiab simulate ntaus lub hom phiaj. Chaw nres tsheb saib xyuas, qhov no yog tus thawj coj, peb tab tom sim sim ntaus lub hom phiaj hauv av nrog kev pab los ntawm "Skybolt."
    
  "Kev nkag siab, hais kom ua, Lub Tsev Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Kev Ua Haujlwm tau lees paub tias peb raug tso cai simulate ntaus lub hom phiaj. Kev sib ntaus sib tua, kev ua haujlwm, "Skybolt" raug tso cai simulate nkag mus rau hauv kev sib ntaus sib tua, riam phom simulates raug rho tawm haujlwm."
    
  "Kev nkag siab, cov neeg ua haujlwm, cov riam phom imitation tau raug tso tawm." Lathrop nias ib tus yuam sij ntawm nws cov keyboard, tom qab ntawd ntsia. "Qhov ntawd yog nws, Mr. Thawj Tswj Hwm," nws hais. "Lub kaw lus yuav tos lub sijhawm zoo tshaj plaws los tua hluav taws, thiab tom qab ntawd txuas ntxiv tua kom txog thaum nws pom tias lub hom phiaj raug rhuav tshem, lossis txog thaum peb poob qis dua lub hom phiaj. Qhov tseeb, ntxiv rau lub laser tseem ceeb, ob lub lasers tau koom nrog: thawj qhov ntsuas huab cua thiab ua rau kev hloov pauv ntawm daim iav kom kho cov huab cua uas tuaj yeem ua rau lub teeb pom kev zoo ntawm lub laser; thiab qhov thib ob taug qab lub hom phiaj raws li qhov chaw nres tsheb ya dhau los, thiab pab kom pom tseeb thiab raug coj mus rau lub ntsiab nqaj. "
    
  "Ua tsaug, Henry," Kai hais. Lathrop saib zoo siab heev thaum nws rov qab los rau nws lub console tom qab tshee tshee ntawm Thawj Tswj Hwm tes. "Raws li koj tuaj yeem pom, Thawj Tswj Hwm, tsuas yog ib lub chaw ua haujlwm pab pawg neeg ua haujlwm tau ua haujlwm vim tias peb lub rooj cob qhia riam phom Kingfisher tsis tau rov qab los. Tab sis yog tias qhov ntawd yog qhov teeb meem, cov neeg ua haujlwm fusion sensor ntes, txheeb xyuas thiab faib cov kev hem thawj uas lawv pom, thiab cov kev hem thawj no tau tshwm sim rau ntawm plaub lub saib uas kuv siv; Valerie, kuv tus thawj coj ntawm kev sib ntaus sib tua; ib tug aerospace tactical riam phom tub ceev xwm thiab ib tug hauv av riam phom tub ceev xwm. Tom qab ntawd peb tuaj yeem teb nrog peb tus kheej cov riam phom nyob hauv qhov chaw lossis ncaj qha rau hauv av, hiav txwv lossis huab cua. "
    
  "Dab tsi yog qhov kev cob qhia Kingfisher riam phom no?" tus thawj tswj hwm nug. "Kuv nco qab Thawj Tswj Hwm Gardner tsis nyiam lawv."
    
  Cai hais tias "Lub Kingfisher riam phom yog ib lub dav hlau dav hlau uas peb hu ua 'chaw nres tsheb' hauv lub ntiaj teb qis qis," Cai hais. "Lub chaw nres tsheb tau tswj hwm los ntawm no thiab tseem tuaj yeem tswj tau los ntawm US Space Command lub hauv paus hauv ntiaj teb. Cov chaw nres tsheb tau nruab nrog lawv tus kheej sensors, lub cev muaj zog thiab kev tswj hwm, thiab tuaj yeem ua haujlwm rau chaw nres tsheb nrog lub chaw nres tsheb rau refueling thiab rearming. Txhua lub chaw nres tsheb tau nruab nrog peb lub foob pob hluav taws los tiv thaiv cov foob pob hluav taws thiab peb cov riam phom tua phom hauv av. "
    
  "Kuv nco qab Gardner yeej ntxub tej yam no," tus thawj tswj hwm tau sau tseg. "Thaum qhov kev tawm tsam ntawd ploj mus thiab rhuav tshem lub Hoobkas, kuv xav tias nws yuav tua ib tug neeg."
    
  Kai hais tias "Zoo, Thawj Tswj Hwm Gardner tsis tau tso tseg txoj haujlwm, nws tsuas yog npau taws xwb," Kai hais. "Lub hnub qub Kingfisher tag nrho muaj peb caug-rau ntawm Trinity garages nyob rau hauv orbit, yog li ntawd nyob rau hauv lub sij hawm, txhua qhov chaw ntawm lub ntiaj teb no muaj tsawg kawg yog peb garages overhead, zoo ib yam li GPS navigation system. Nws yog txhua yam tswj tau ntawm no lossis los ntawm US Strategic Command lub hauv paus. "
    
  "General Rhydon, qhov no yog ib feem ntawm Lub Chaw Tiv Thaiv Chaw Tiv Thaiv uas kuv tsis tau nkag siab: vim li cas nws txhua tus tig mus ncig lub ntiaj teb?" Thawj Tswj Hwm Phoenix nug. "Qhov no zoo ib yam li cov chaw hais kom ua uas twb muaj nyob rau hauv lub ntiaj teb, thiab qhov tseeb nws zoo nkaus li zoo ib yam rau lub dav hlau onboard radar ceeb toom thiab tswj system. Vim li cas thiaj muab tib yam rau hauv qhov chaw?
    
  "Vim tias peb muaj kev nyab xeeb dua ntawm no hauv qhov chaw, uas ua rau nws yog qhov chaw zoo tshaj plaws rau txhua qhov chaw hais kom ua, tus tswv," Raydon teb.
    
  "Txawm tias muaj cov npe ntawm kev phom sij ntev npaum li koj txhais tes, raws li koj muab tso rau, General?"
    
  Raydon tau hais tias "Yog lawm, tus tswv, txawm tias tag nrho cov kev phom sij ntawm qhov chaw mus ncig," Raydon tau hais. "Ib tug yeeb ncuab tsis tshua muaj qhov muag tsis pom hauv Tebchaws Meskas nrog lub chaw hais lus orbital. Tus yeeb ncuab tuaj yeem rhuav tshem lub hauv paus, nkoj, lossis dav hlau nrog AWACS radar thiab peb yuav poob qhov ntsuas ntawd, tab sis peb tuaj yeem tau txais cov ntaub ntawv sensor los ntawm txhua qhov chaw lossis siv peb tus kheej sensors thiab ua kom nrawm nrawm. Tsis tas li ntawd, txij li thaum peb orbit lub ntiaj teb, peb tsis tshua muaj peev xwm ua tiav kev tawm tsam. Peb lub orbit paub, tau kawg, uas ua rau nws yooj yim mus nrhiav, taug qab thiab lub hom phiaj, tab sis, tsawg kawg nyob rau hauv lub sij hawm luv luv, kev tawm tsam qhov chaw nres tsheb no nyuaj ntau dua li kev tawm tsam hauv av, nkoj lossis chaw ua haujlwm huab cua. Cov neeg phem paub tias peb nyob qhov twg thiab peb yuav nyob qhov twg, tab sis tib lub sijhawm peb paub tseeb thaum lawv paub ASAT lub hauv paus yuav dhau los ua kev hem thawj yog tias muaj kev tawm tsam. Peb niaj hnub saib xyuas cov chaw nto moo no. Peb kuj tseem tab tom kuaj xyuas cov chaw nres tsheb tsis paub thiab npaj los teb rau lawv. "
    
  Trevor Sheil tau hais tias "Kuv xav tias hauv kev nkag siab dav dua, tus tswv," Trevor Sheil tau hais tias, "kev ua haujlwm ntawm chaw nres tsheb thiab ua rau nws ua haujlwm ua tub rog ua haujlwm, tsis yog ib qho kev sau los ntawm cov sensors lossis lub chaw soj nstuam, yog qhov tseem ceeb rau yav tom ntej ntawm Asmeskas muaj nyob hauv qhov chaw. "
    
  "Ua li cas, Mr. Sheil?"
    
  Trevor piav qhia tias "Kuv zoo li nws mus rau sab hnub poob nthuav dav ntawm Tebchaws Meskas, tus tswv," Trevor piav qhia. "Thaum xub thawj, pawg me me ntawm cov neeg tshawb nrhiav tau tawm mus thiab nrhiav pom cov tiaj, Rocky Roob, suab puam thiab Dej hiav txwv Pacific. Ob peb cov neeg nyob hauv ventured tom qab lawv, nyiam los ntawm kev cog lus ntawm thaj av thiab cov peev txheej. Tab sis nws tsis yog txog thaum Asmeskas Tub Rog raug xa mus thiab tsim cov chaw pw hav zoov, cov chaw tawm, thiab cov forts uas nyob sib haum xeeb thiab thaum kawg cov zos thiab cov nroog tuaj yeem tsim tau thiab lub teb chaws txoj kev nthuav dav tau pib.
    
  Sheil hais ntxiv tias "Zoo, Armstrong chaw nres tsheb tsis yog qhov chaw tshaj tawm hauv lub ntiaj teb orbit xwb, tab sis kev teeb tsa tub rog tiag tiag," Sheil hais ntxiv. "Peb muaj ntau dua li cov khoos phis tawj thiab consoles - peb muaj kaum ob tus txiv neej thiab poj niam hauv lub nkoj uas saib xyuas thiab tuaj yeem tswj hwm kev ua tub rog thoob ntiaj teb. Kuv xav tias qhov no yuav txhawb kom cov neeg taug txuj kev nyuaj ntau dua, cov kws tshawb fawb thiab cov neeg tshawb nrhiav kom nkag mus rau hauv qhov chaw, ib yam li qhov muaj nyob ntawm US Army fort yog qhov kev nplij siab zoo rau cov neeg nyob hauv. "
    
  "Qhov chaw loj dua li Midwest, Mr. Sheil."
    
  Trevor tau hais tias "Rau peb nyob rau nees nkaum xyoo pua, yog lawm, tus tswv," Trevor hais. "Tab sis rau tus neeg tshawb nrhiav xyoo pua yim caum uas xub pom Great Plains lossis Rocky Toj siab, kuv twv nws zoo li nws tau sawv ntawm ntug ntug ntawm ntug hiav txwv."
    
  Thawj Tswj Hwm xav ib pliag, ces luag nyav thiab noned. "Tom qab ntawd kuv xav tias nws yog lub sijhawm coj nws mus rau qib tom ntej," nws hais. "Kuv xav tham nrog kuv tus poj niam thiab Tus Lwm Thawj Coj Page, thiab tom qab ntawd npaj kuv cov lus."
    
  "Yog lawm, tus tswv," said Raydon. "Peb yuav muab koj tso rau hauv tus thawj coj lub rooj zaum." Thawj Tswj Hwm tau ua tib zoo txav mus rau Raydon lub console thiab khi nws ob txhais taw mus rau hauv qhov sib tov hauv qab, sawv ntawm lub console tab sis zoo li nws tau ntab saum nws nraub qaum hauv dej hiav txwv. Tus saib loj nyob rau hauv pem hauv ntej ntawm nws tau los ua lub neej thiab nws pom lub teeb dawb me me hauv qab lub lens me nyob rau sab saum toj ntawm lub monitor thiab nws paub tias nws nyob online.
    
  "Thaum kawg koj nres saib ib ncig thiab txiav txim siab hu peb, huh, Thawj Tswj Hwm?" - Tus Lwm Thawj Coj Anne Page nug, nws lub ntsej muag pom nyob rau hauv lub qhov rais built-in ntawm lub monitor. Nws yog nyob rau hauv nws sixties, nyias thiab nquag, nrog cov plaub hau ntev uas tau unashamedly tso cai nyob rau hauv ib txwm grey, khi rau hauv ib lub pob ntawm nws dab tshos. Txog thaum tsis ntev los no, nrog rau tag nrho cov kev txiav nyiaj hauv Teb Chaws Asmeskas, Anne tau ua ntau txoj haujlwm hauv Tsev Dawb nrog rau nws tus thawj tswj hwm lub luag haujlwm: tus thawj coj ntawm cov neeg ua haujlwm, tus tuav ntaub ntawv xov xwm, tus kws pab tswv yim kev nyab xeeb hauv tebchaws thiab tus kws tshaj lij txoj cai; Thaum kawg nws tau muab feem ntau ntawm cov luag haujlwm ntxiv no rau lwm tus, tab sis txuas ntxiv ua haujlwm raws li Ken Phoenix tus kws tshaj lij nom tswv ze tshaj plaws thiab tus neeg ntseeg siab, nrog rau Tsev Dawb Tus Thawj Coj ntawm Cov Neeg Ua Haujlwm. "Kuv pib txhawj xeeb me ntsis."
    
  "Ann, qhov no yog qhov kev paub zoo kawg nkaus," Ken Phoenix hais. "Nws yog txhua yam kuv xav thiab ntau ntxiv."
    
  Anne tau hais tias "Cia nws paub tias kuv muaj ib lub Tsev Hais Plaub Siab Ncaj Ncees uas nyob ntawm tes 24/7 los tswj kev cog lus ntawm chaw ua haujlwm hauv rooj plaub ntawm ntau txhiab yam uas tuaj yeem ua tsis ncaj ncees lawm," Anne hais. "Kuv yuav hais ntxiv rau qhov no ntev tom qab koj rov qab los."
    
  "Kev txiav txim siab zoo heev," tus thawj tswj hwm tau hais. "Tab sis kuv nyob zoo, lub davhlau tau zoo kawg thiab yog tias kuv yuav poob mus rau hauv lub meteorite thaum kuv rov qab los, tsawg kawg kuv paub tias lub tebchaws yuav nyob hauv tes zoo."
    
  "Ua tsaug, sir."
    
  "Nws zoo kawg nkaus, Anne," tus thawj tswj hwm hais ntxiv. "Dr. Noble, cia kuv dock lub dav hlau."
    
  Tus Lwm Thawj Coj blinked hauv surprise. "Koj puas tau? Muaj hmoo. Kuv yeej tsis tau ua qhov no, thiab kuv tau ya dav hlau qhov chaw ob peb zaug! Nws ua li cas?"
    
  "Zoo li txhua yam hauv qhov chaw: tsuas yog xav txog qee yam thiab nws yuav tshwm sim. Nws nyuaj rau ntseeg tias peb tau ya ntawm tsib mais ib ob, tab sis peb tab tom tham txog kev txav lub dav hlau tsuas yog ob peb ntiv tes ib pliag xwb. Kuv yeej tsis muaj kev nkag siab qhov siab lossis ceev kom txog thaum peb mus rau sab nraud thiab kuv pom lub ntiaj teb hauv qab ...
    
  "Dab tsi?" - Kuv nug Ann exclaimed, nws ob lub qhov muag bulging nyob rau hauv poob siab. "Koj ua dab tsi?"
    
  "Ann, koj yog tus thawj coj qhia kuv txog qhov koj tau mus rau qhov chaw nres tsheb los ntawm thawj lub dav hlau dav hlau," tus thawj tswj hwm tau hais. "Tus kws kho mob Noble hais rau kuv dua thaum peb tsaws, thiab kuv txiav txim siab mus rau nws. Nws tsuas kav ob peb feeb xwb. "
    
  Tus Lwm Thawj Coj lub qhov ncauj tau qhib rau qhov xav tsis thoob, thiab nws yuav tsum tau ua kom lub cev txav ntawm nws qhov tsis txaus ntseeg. "Kuv ... Kuv tsis ntseeg nws," nws thaum kawg hais. "Koj puas yuav qhia qhov no rau cov xovxwm? Lawv yuav tig ... ntau dua li lawv twb yuav tig. "
    
  "Tej zaum cov tshuaj tiv thaiv zoo ib yam thaum tus thawj tswj hwm zaum tau coj nws thawj zaug kev caij nkoj hauv hiav txwv, lossis nws thawj zaug caij tsheb hauv lub tsheb, lossis tsheb, lossis lub dav hlau," tus thawj tswj hwm tau hais. "Peb tau ya hauv qhov chaw tau ntau xyoo lawm-vim li cas nws nyuaj rau xav txog Thawj Tswj Hwm Tebchaws Meskas taug kev hauv qhov chaw lossis mus taug kev hauv qhov chaw?"
    
  Tus Lwm Thawj Coj Paige ib ntus rov qab los rau nws lub xeev nyob ze-catatonic ntawm kev tsis ntseeg tiav, tab sis tuav nws lub taub hau hauv kev tawm haujlwm. "Zoo, kuv zoo siab tias koj nyob zoo, tus tswv," Anne hais. "Kuv zoo siab tias koj txaus siab rau qhov kev mus ncig, thiab kev pom, thiab" - nws nqos dua hauv kev tsis ntseeg ua ntej txuas ntxiv - "... txoj kev taug kev, tus tswv, vim kuv xav tias peb nyob rau hauv qhov cua daj cua dub tiag tiag thaum koj tau txais rov qab." " Thawj Tswj Hwm tau qhib siab txhawb Anne kom hais nws lub siab ob qho tib si rau pej xeem thiab ntiag tug, thiab nws siv txhua lub sijhawm los ua qhov ntawd. "Tus miv twb tau tshwm sim lawm - cov neeg los ntawm qhov chaw nres tsheb yuav tsum tau hu mus tsev los qhia rau lwm tus tias koj tuaj txog, thiab cov lus xaiv tau kis zoo li hluav taws kub hnyiab. Kuv paub tseeb tias tus presser yuav zoo kawg nkaus. " Zoo li txhua tus neeg tsav dav hlau, Anne tau xa mus rau Armstrong chaw nres tsheb ua "chaw nres tsheb." "Kuv vam tias koj npaj txhij rau qhov no."
    
  "Kuv, Anne," said Thawj Tswj Hwm.
    
  "Koj xav li cas?"
    
  "Zoo heev".
    
  "Ib leeg kiv taub hau?"
    
  "Tsuas me ntsis," tus thawj tswj hwm lees paub. "Thaum kuv tseem yog menyuam yaus, kuv muaj mob me me ntawm anoblephobia - kev ntshai ntawm kev saib - thiab qhov no yog hais txog qhov nws zoo li, tab sis nws ploj mus sai sai."
    
  "Ntsuab? Ntshai?"
    
  "Tsis yog," tus thawj tswj hwm hais. Anne ntsia xav tsis thoob thiab nodded admiringly. "Kuv xav zoo li kuv cov sinuses yog clogged, tab sis yog tag nrho. Kuv xav tias nws yog vim cov kua dej tsis ntws zoo li lawv ib txwm xav. " Anne nodded - nws thiab Phoenix tus poj niam, kws kho mob, tau tham kom meej txog qee qhov kev mob ntawm lub cev uas nws yuav ntsib txawm tias nyob rau lub sijhawm luv luv ntawm qhov chaw nres tsheb. Nws zam kev tham txog qee qhov teeb meem ntawm kev puas siab puas ntsws uas qee tus neeg caij nkoj tau ntsib. "Nws ntxhov siab, tab sis tsis phem. Kuv xav tias kuv tus kheej zoo. Kuv tsis tuaj yeem hais tib yam txog Charlie Spellman. "
    
  "Koj tus tub ceev xwm Kev Pabcuam uas tuaj yeem pab dawb nrog koj mus saum toj? Nws nyob qhov twg?"
    
  "Infirmary."
    
  "Auj, Vajtswv," Anne yws yws, tuav nws lub taub hau. "Tos, xovxwm yuav pom tias koj nyob ntawd yam tsis muaj koj cov ntsiab lus."
    
  "Nws zoo dua. Kuv xav tias nws yuav zoo rau lub davhlau rov qab. Tsis tas li ntawd, kuv tsis xav tias ib tus neeg tua neeg yuav nkag los ntawm no. "
    
  "Qhov tseeb txaus," Anne hais. "Zoo hmoo nrog lub rooj sib tham xov xwm. Peb yuav saib."
    
  Thawj Tswj Hwm tau ua khub nrog nws tus poj niam Alexa. "Auj kuv tus Vajtswv, zoo tau pom koj, Ken," nws hais. Alexa Phoenix tseem yau dua nws tus txiv kaum xyoo, tus kws kho mob menyuam yaus uas tau tso nws txoj haujlwm ntiag tug, thaum Thawj Tswj Hwm Joseph Gardner tau xaiv nws tus txiv ua nws tus khub khiav. Nws lub ntsej muag txiv ntseej, cov plaub hau tsaus nti thiab qhov muag tsaus ua rau nws zoo li Southern Europe, tab sis nws yog South Florida surfer hla thiab dhau. "Kuv tau txais xov tooj los ntawm Sky Masters Aerospace thiab hais tias koj tau tuaj txog ntawm qhov chaw nres tsheb. Koj nyob li cas? Koj xav li cas?"
    
  "Okay, zib mu," tus thawj tswj hwm teb. "Muaj me ntsis, tab sis tsis muaj teeb meem loj."
    
  "Kuv pom me ntsis o ntawm koj lub ntsej muag - koj tab tom pib tau lub hnub lub ntsej muag," Alexa hais, framing nws lub ntsej muag nrog nws txhais tes hauv lub voj voog.
    
  "Puas yog qhov no twb pom lawm?" - nug tus thawj tswj hwm.
    
  Nws tus poj niam hais tias, "Kuv yog kidding. "Koj saib zoo nkauj. Txawm li cas los xij, nws yog lub cim ntawm kev hwm. Koj puas yuav zoo tom qab nyem?
    
  "Kuv zoo siab," tus thawj tswj hwm hais. "Xav kom kuv muaj hmoo".
    
  "Kuv tau thov kom koj muaj hmoo txhua teev ntawm txhua hnub txij li thaum kuv pom zoo rau qhov kev mus ncig me me no ntawm koj li," Alexa hais nrog ib qho kev cuam tshuam ntawm nws lub suab. "Tab sis kuv xav tias koj yuav ua tau zoo. Tshem tawm."
    
  "Yes, ma'am. Pom koj hauv Andrews. Hlub koj".
    
  "Kuv yuav nyob ntawd. Hlub koj". Thiab qhov kev sib txuas tau cuam tshuam.
    
  Kwv yees li kaum tsib feeb tom qab, raws li Kai Raydon, Jessica Faulkner, thiab Trevor Sheil sawv ntawm nws sab, lub ntiaj teb raug kho rau qhov zoo tshaj plaws uas lawv tau pom: daim duab ntawm Thawj Tswj Hwm Tebchaws Meskas hauv qhov chaw. "Zoo thaum sawv ntxov, kuv cov phooj ywg Asmeskas, cov poj niam thiab cov txiv neej uas saib qhov kev tshaj tawm thoob ntiaj teb no. Kuv tab tom tshaj tawm lub rooj sib tham xov xwm no los ntawm Armstrong chaw nres tsheb, orbiting ob puas mais saum lub ntiaj teb. "
    
  Lub qhov rais me me ntawm qhov saib pom tau pom lub Tsev Dawb Xovxwm Chav... Ntau tus neeg sau xov xwm tau dhia mus rau lawv ko taw hauv kev xav tsis thoob, tso tseg lawv cov ntawv teev cia thiab cov koob yees duab; ob peb tug poj niam thiab txawm ob peb tug txiv neej ua rau ntshai heev, tuav lawv lub taub hau ntawm kev tsis ntseeg los yog tom cov knuckles lawv tau muab tso rau hauv lawv lub qhov ncauj los muffle lawv qw. Thaum kawg, ib tus neeg ua haujlwm tau hais lus rau cov neeg sau xov xwm thiab tau hais kom lawv rov qab mus rau lawv lub rooj zaum kom tus thawj tswj hwm mus txuas ntxiv.
    
  "Kuv tau ya ntawm no tsuas yog ob peb feeb dhau los nyob rau hauv Midnight Spaceplane, lub dav hlau me dua li Lub Chaw Shuttle tab sis muaj peev xwm tshem tawm thiab tsaws zoo li lub dav hlau, thiab tom qab ntawd tso nws tus kheej mus rau hauv orbit thiab docking nrog Armstrong lossis International Space Station." ", tus thawj tswj hwm txuas ntxiv. "Tsis tas yuav hais, nws tau taug kev zoo heev. Nws tau hais tias lub ntiaj teb ntiaj teb tsis muaj dab tsi ntau tshaj li qhov chaw dav hlau nws tus kheej, nrog rau tag nrho cov peev txheej uas nws ib txwm muaj thiab yuav muaj, uas Vajtswv tau thauj khoom rau ntawm lub nkoj, thiab kev pom ntawm peb lub ntiaj teb los ntawm qhov chaw tawm tsam cov backdrop ntawm billions. hnub qub yog tiag tiag ua rau koj paub tias tseem ceeb npaum li cas peb txoj kev cog lus los tiv thaiv peb lub spaceship hu ua lub ntiaj teb tiag tiag.
    
  Thawj Tswj Hwm tau hais tias "Kuv ua tsaug rau cov neeg ua haujlwm hauv Armstrong thiab cov neeg ntawm Sky Masters Aerospace rau kev ua kom kuv txoj kev mus los ua tiav, nyab xeeb thiab txaus ntshai," Thawj Tswj Hwm tau hais. "Nrog kuv yog tus thawj coj chaw nres tsheb, so haujlwm Air Force General thiab chaw qub tub rog Kai Reidon; chaw nres tsheb tus thawj coj thiab shuttle lub hom phiaj qub tub rog Trevor Sheil; thiab tus thawj coj ntawm kev ua haujlwm davhlau thiab tus kws tsav dav hlau nyob hauv lub dav hlau, so haujlwm Marine Colonel Jessica Faulkner. Tus kws tsav dav hlau dav hlau, Dr. Hunter Noble, tab tom npaj tsis khoom rau peb rov qab los, tab sis kuv ua tsaug rau nws uas tau muab kuv qhov kev pom tshwj xeeb thiab zoo kawg nkaus, nrog rau ntau lub sijhawm los ntsib cov teeb meem ntawm kev ya thiab ua haujlwm hauv qhov chaw. Tsis muaj leej twg nyob hauv lub ntiaj teb no koj yuav pom ib pab pawg neeg tshaj lij thiab mob siab rau cov txiv neej thiab poj niam dua li cov neeg ua haujlwm no. Nws tau yuav luag peb caug xyoo txij li qhov chaw nres tsheb no pib ua haujlwm, tab sis txawm hais tias nws tab tom pib saib nws lub hnub nyoog thiab xav tau kev hloov kho tshiab, nws tseem nyob hauv lub voj voog, tseem ua haujlwm, tseem ua rau peb lub teb chaws tiv thaiv thiab tseem mob siab rau nws cov neeg coob.
    
  "Kuv yuav tsum lees paub tias kuv cov neeg ua haujlwm thiab kuv tau txhob txwm dag ntxias lub Tsev Dawb Xov Xwm nyob rau ob peb hnub dhau los: Kuv tau xav tuav lub rooj sib tham xov xwm, tab sis kuv tsis tau hais tias nws yuav nyob qhov twg," tus thawj tswj hwm hais nrog me ntsis. luag ntxhi. "Kuv paub tias muaj lus xaiv tias kuv yuav mus nyiag mus rau Guam kom ntsib nrog cov neeg nyob hauv thiab cov tub rog thiab tshuaj xyuas cov kev kho dua tshiab uas tau ua nyob rau hauv Andersen Air Force Base tom qab muaj kev tawm tsam los ntawm Tuam Tshoj Tuam Tshoj xyoo tas los. Tab sis kuv muaj sijhawm los ua txoj kev taug kev zoo no, thiab hauv kev sab laj nrog kuv tus poj niam Alexa thiab kuv cov menyuam, nrog rau Tus Lwm Thawj Coj Paige, uas, raws li koj paub, yog ib tus neeg muaj kev paub dhau los ntawm nws tus kheej, kuv cov neeg ua haujlwm thiab Txwj Laug , cov thawj coj hauv pawg tswj hwm thiab kuv cov kws kho mob, kuv txiav txim siab ua qhov kev pheej hmoo thiab ua nws. Kuv tab tom rov qab mus rau Washington hauv ob peb teev nyob rau ib tag hmo. Kuv ua tsaug rau cov uas kuv tau sab laj rau lawv cov lus qhia thiab kev thov Vajtswv thiab khaws kuv txoj kev mus ncig tsis pub leej twg paub.
    
  "Lub hom phiaj ntawm qhov kev mus ncig no yog qhov yooj yim: Kuv xav kom Asmeskas rov qab mus rau qhov chaw," tus thawj tswj hwm hais ntxiv. "Peb txoj haujlwm ntawm Chaw Nres Tsheb Thoob Ntiaj Teb thiab Armstrong tau ua tau zoo tshaj xyoo dhau los, tab sis kuv xav nthuav dav rau nws. Mr. Sheil piv cov chaw nyob hauv qhov chaw mus rau forts ua nyob rau hauv Teb Chaws Asmeskas ciam teb los pab cov neeg tsiv teb tsaws chaw mus rau sab hnub poob, thiab kuv xav tias qhov kev sib piv zoo heev. Amelikas lub neej yav tom ntej nyob hauv qhov chaw, ib yam li kev nthuav dav tub rog sab hnub poob thoob plaws North America yog tus yuam sij rau Asmeskas lub neej yav tom ntej hauv xyoo pua kaum yim, thiab kuv xav kom yav tom ntej pib tam sim no. Kuv nyob ntawm no, tham nrog koj los ntawm qhov chaw, los ua pov thawj tias ib tug neeg zoo tib yam uas muaj lub siab tawv me ntsis thiab lub siab, thiab lub duav zoo nkauj thiab cov caj ces zoo, tuaj yeem mus rau hauv qhov chaw.
    
  "Armstrong Chaw Nres Tsheb yog qhov chaw tub rog thiab nws yuav tsum tau hloov pauv, tab sis kuv xav kom peb rov qab mus rau qhov chaw kom ntau dua li cov tub rog xwb-Kuv xav kom peb rov qab los suav nrog kev tshawb fawb thiab kev lag luam ntau ntxiv," - Thawj Tswj Hwm Phoenix txuas ntxiv. "Kuv tau hais qhia luv luv thiab tshuaj xyuas cov phiaj xwm rau cov tshuab zoo kawg thiab kev lag luam ua haujlwm tsis tu ncua hauv lub ntiaj teb orbit thiab dhau mus, thiab kuv yaum kom Congress thiab tsoomfwv txhawb nqa thiab pab kev lag luam ntiag tug siv thiab ua kom cov kev tsim kho tshiab zoo kawg no.
    
  "Piv txwv li, raws li koj tuaj yeem paub, qhov chaw khib nyiab yog qhov teeb meem loj rau satellites, spacecraft thiab astronauts - txawm tias ib qho me me mus ncig ntawm ntau tshaj kaum xya txhiab mais hauv ib teev tuaj yeem ua rau lub dav hlau poob qis lossis tua tus neeg nyob hauv lub hnub qub. Kuv tau pom cov phiaj xwm patented los ntawm cov tuam txhab Asmeskas mus rau hauv cov khib nyiab thiab siv cov neeg hlau los khaws cov khib nyiab loj uas ua rau muaj kev puas tsuaj. Kuv twb tau pom cov phiaj xwm rau qhov chaw khib nyiab rov ua dua: siv los yog ua tsis tiav satellites thiab jettisoned boosters tuaj yeem rov qab tau, tsis siv roj tshem tawm, lub hnub ci vaj huam sib luag thiab cov khoom siv hluav taws xob rov qab thiab kho, thiab cov roj teeb rov qab thiab rov siv dua. Lawv txawm tham txog kev muaj chaw nyob hauv lub ntiaj teb uas tuaj yeem kho lub dav hlau thiab xa rov qab mus rau kev pabcuam - tsis tas yuav nkim sijhawm, lub zog, kev ua haujlwm thiab nyiaj txiag los nqa lub satellite rov qab los rau lub ntiaj teb thaum muaj cov neeg coob nyob rau ntawm qhov chaw nres tsheb npaj ua. ua. ua haujlwm.
    
  "Cov no tsuas yog ob qho ntawm ntau qhov haujlwm uas kuv tau pom, thiab kuv yuav tsum qhia rau koj: tom qab cov lus qhia luv luv, thiab tshwj xeeb tshaj yog tom qab kuv tuaj ntawm no thiab ua qhov chaw mus ncig, Kuv xav tias kuv tab tom sawv ntawm txoj kab pib ntawm kev taug kev zoo mus rau sab hnub poob, tuav lub reins Tsoom fwv nyob rau hauv kuv txhais tes, thiab kuv tsev neeg, cov phooj ywg thiab cov neeg zej zog nyob ib sab ntawm kuv, npaj pib lub neej tshiab thiab tos ntsoov rau yav tom ntej. Kuv paub tias yuav muaj kev phom sij, kev ua tsis tiav, kev poob siab, kev poob, kev raug mob thiab kev tuag. Nws yuav raug nqi ntau, ob qho tib si ntiag tug thiab pej xeem, thiab kuv yuav tshem tawm, ncua, lossis txiav ntau lwm cov kev pab cuam los ua kom muaj peev txheej rau cov tshuab uas kuv xav tias yuav coj peb mus rau xyoo pua nees nkaum thib ob. Tab sis tom qab los ntawm no, pom dab tsi ua tiav, thiab kawm dab tsi tuaj yeem ua tiav, kuv paub tias nws yog qhov tseem ceeb - tsis yog, tseem ceeb - uas peb pib tam sim ntawd.
    
  "Yog li kuv lub davhlau rov qab mus rau Washington tawm hauv ob peb teev. Kuv xav mus xyuas nrog Tus Neeg Saib Xyuas Tshwj Xeeb Spellman, saib seb nws ua li cas, noj su nrog cov neeg ua haujlwm siab nyob hauv lub chaw no, tshawb xyuas thaj chaw ntxiv kom kuv tuaj yeem ua haujlwm ntawm kuv cov txheej txheem xoom-gravity freefall, thiab rov qab mus rau lub ntiaj teb, tab sis kuv yuav zoo siab los teb ob peb nqe lus nug los ntawm Lub Tsev Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Kev Ruaj Ntseg Hauv Tsev Dawb Lub Tsev Xov Xwm Sib Tham hauv Washington. " Nws ntsia ntawm lub monitor nyob rau hauv pem hauv ntej ntawm nws, ntawm lub puab tsaig slack, lub stunning qhia ntawm cov neeg sau xov xwm, thiab nws yuav tsum suppress lub luag. "Jeffrey Connors los ntawm ABC, vim li cas koj tsis pib nrog peb?" Tus neeg sau xov xwm sawv tsis tu ncua rau nws ko taw. Nws tau saib los ntawm nws cov ntawv thiab pom tau tias nws tsis tau sau ib yam dab tsi ntxiv dua li cov lus nug uas nws xav tias nws yuav nug txog Guam. "Jeff?"
    
  "Uh... Mister... Thawj Tswj Hwm... koj nyob li cas lawm?" Tus neeg sau xov xwm thaum kawg tau yws tias, "Ib yam ... muaj kev cuam tshuam los ntawm kev tso tawm thiab xoom lub ntiajteb txawj nqus?"
    
  "Kuv tau nug cov lus nug no txog ib puas zaug hauv ob peb teev dhau los," tus thawj tswj hwm teb. "Txhua lub sijhawm tam sim no kuv xav tias kiv taub hau me ntsis, zoo li kuv nyob hauv ib lub tsev siab, saib lub qhov rais thiab mam li hnov zoo li kuv poob, tab sis nws ploj mus sai. Kuv xav tias kuv tus kheej zoo. Kuv xav tias lwm tus neeg tshiab kom poob qis-xoom lub ntiajteb txawj nqus-tsis ua li ntawd. Kuv qhov chaw pabcuam zais cia, Tus Neeg Saib Xyuas Tshwj Xeeb Spellman, nyob hauv tsev kho mob. "
    
  "Excuse me, sir?" - Connors nug. Cov kev xav tsis thoob thiab tsis meej pem ntawm lwm tus neeg sau xov xwm tam sim ntawd ploj mus thaum lawv hnov cov ntshav tshiab hauv dej. "Puas muaj tus neeg saib xyuas Secret Service nyob ntawd nrog koj?"
    
  "Yog," tus thawj tswj hwm tau lees paub. "Tau kawg nws yog qhov tsim nyog, thiab lub ntiaj teb lub voj voog tsis txawv. Tus Neeg Sawv Cev Tshwj Xeeb Charles Spellman tau tuaj yeem nrog kuv mus ncig no. Qhov no yog deb, deb tshaj qhov hu ua lub luag haujlwm. "
    
  "Tab sis nws tsis zoo?"
    
  "Yog kuv ua tau, Thawj Tswj Hwm?" Kai Rhydon cuam tshuam. Thawj Tswj Hwm tau taub hau thiab taw tes rau lub koob yees duab. "Kuv tau so haujlwm Brigadier General Kai Rydon, yav dhau los ntawm US Space Defense Force, thiab tam sim no yog ib tus neeg ua haujlwm ntawm Sky Masters Aerospace thiab Chaw Haujlwm Tus Thawj Coj. Cov kev ntxhov siab ntawm kev ya davhlau cuam tshuam rau tib neeg sib txawv. Qee tus neeg, zoo li Thawj Tswj Hwm, tuaj yeem tuav g-forces thiab hnyav hnyav heev; lwm tus - tsis muaj. Tus Neeg Sawv Cev Tshwj Xeeb Spellman yog nyob rau hauv lub cev zoo, nrog rau txhua tus neeg uas tau mus ncig ua ntej Armstrong, tab sis nws lub cev tau ua rau ib ntus ua rau lub zog thiab cov kev xav uas nws tau ntsib. Raws li tus thawj tswj hwm tau hais, nws rov zoo heev. "
    
  "Nws puas tuaj yeem daws qhov kev ntxhov siab ntawm kev rov qab los rau lub ntiaj teb?" nug lwm tus neeg sau xov xwm.
    
  Kai hais tias "Kuv yuav tsum xa mus rau peb tus thawj coj kho mob, Dr. Miriam Roth," tab sis Tus Neeg Saib Xyuas Tshwj Xeeb Spellman zoo rau kuv. Kuv xav tias nws yuav zoo thaum nws rov qab los tom qab so thiab noj tshuaj rau nws tus mob. "
    
  "Nws puas yuav muab tshuaj?" - rov hais dua lwm tus neeg sau xov xwm. "Yuav ua li cas nws yuav ua nws txoj haujlwm yog tias nws raug tshuaj?"
    
  Kai hais tias "Qhov no yog cov tshuaj siv los ntawm yuav luag txhua tus neeg ua haujlwm hauv chaw nres tsheb uas muaj cov tsos mob ntawm qhov chaw mob," Kai hais. Nws yog qhov tseeb tias nws tsis xis nyob yog lub hom phiaj ntawm tag nrho cov hluav taws kub ceev no, cov lus nug tsis txaus ntseeg. "Cov tib neeg noj Phenergan tuaj yeem ua txhua yam ntawm lawv cov haujlwm ib txwm muaj rau lub sijhawm luv luv."
    
  Tam sim no cov neeg sau xov xwm tau nrawm nrawm rau ntawm lawv cov ntsiav tshuaj lossis nrawm nrawm ib yam dab tsi hauv lawv phau ntawv sau. Thawj Tswj Hwm Phoenix tuaj yeem pom qhov kub ntxhov ntawm Kai lub ntsej muag thiab tau cuam tshuam sai. "Ua tsaug, General Raydon. Yuav ua li cas txog Margaret Hastings los ntawm NBC? - nug tus thawj tswj hwm.
    
  Tus thawj coj uas paub zoo thiab ntev ntev tus neeg sau xov xwm White House tau nce mus rau nws ko taw, nws ob lub qhov muag nqaim kom ntau lab tus neeg saib TV hauv Asmeskas tau lees paub tias nws yog tus neeg sau xov xwm qub tub rog npaj los tso nws cov claws rau hauv nws. "Mr. Thawj Tswj Hwm, kuv yuav tsum hais tias, Kuv tseem nyob rau hauv lub xeev ntawm kev poob siab kiag li," nws hais nyob rau hauv qhov txawv ntawm Boston accent nws yeej tsis poob txawm ntau xyoo nyob rau hauv New York thiab Washington. "Kuv tsuas tsis tuaj yeem nkag siab txog qib tshwj xeeb ntawm kev pheej hmoo rau lub tebchaws uas koj tau ua los ntawm kev mus rau qhov chaw nres tsheb. Kuv tsuas yog poob, Kuv tsis muaj lus. "
    
  "Niam Hastings, lub neej los nrog kev pheej hmoo," tus thawj tswj hwm tau hais. "Raws li kuv tau hais rau Tus Lwm Thawj Coj, Kuv paub tseeb tias ntau tus neeg xav tias tus thawj tswj hwm zaum yuav tsum tsis txhob coj nws thawj zaug mus ncig ntawm lub nkoj, lub tsheb loj, tsheb lossis dav hlau - tias nws tsuas yog txaus ntshai heev thiab cov thev naus laus zis tshiab heev. Nws tsis tsim nyog qhov kev pheej hmoo. Tab sis tam sim no tag nrho cov no tau dhau los ua niaj hnub. Theodore Roosevelt yog thawj tus thawj tswj hwm ya hauv lub dav hlau, tsawg dua kaum xyoo tom qab Kitty Hawk. Cov neeg Asmeskas tau ya hauv qhov chaw tau yuav luag rau caum xyoo. "
    
  "Tab sis qhov no txawv kiag li, Mr. Thawj Tswj Hwm!" - Hastings exclaimed. "Space yog infinitely txaus ntshai tshaj ya lub dav hlau ...!"
    
  "Koj tuaj yeem hais tau tias tam sim no, Npeeg Hastings, hauv kaum xyoo thib ob ntawm nees nkaum xyoo pua, thaum lub dav hlau tau nyob ib puag ncig ntau dua ib puas xyoo," tus thawj tswj hwm cuam tshuam. "Tab sis thaum pib ntawm lub xyoo pua nees nkaum, kuv paub tseeb tias ntau tus pom tau hais tias kev ya yog qhov txaus ntshai tshaj li caij tsheb lossis caij nees, thiab yeej txaus ntshai heev rau kev pheej hmoo rau Thawj Tswj Hwm lub neej thaum nws tuaj yeem yooj yim tau nce lub nkoj. carriage los yog tsheb ciav hlau. Tab sis kuv paub tias qhov chaw mus ncig tau nce mus txog qhov uas peb yuav tsum tau siv los pab peb lub teb chaws thiab tib neeg kev loj hlob, thiab txoj kev uas kuv tau xaiv ua qhov no yog los ntawm kev mus rau txoj kev no. "
    
  "Tab sis qhov ntawd tsis yog koj txoj haujlwm, Mr. Thawj Tswj Hwm," Hastings hais indignantly, zoo li nws tab tom qhia me nyuam tub. "Koj txoj haujlwm yog los ua tus thawj coj ntawm Tebchaws Meskas thiab ua tus thawj coj ntawm lub ntiaj teb dawb. Qhov chaw ntawm txoj haujlwm tseem ceeb no yog nyob hauv Washington, DC, tus tswv, tsis yog nyob rau sab nraud! "
    
  "Niam Hastings, Kuv tau saib koj hauv TV tau ntau xyoo," tus thawj tswj hwm teb. "Kuv tau pom koj cov ntawv ceeb toom los ntawm kev kub ntxhov, kev puas tsuaj hauv nroog kev sib ntaus sib tua, los ntawm kev ua txhaum kev ua txhaum ntshav, los ntawm thaj chaw muaj kev puas tsuaj uas cov neeg ua phem khiav tawm ntawm txoj kev, hem koj thiab koj pab neeg. Puas yog koj hais tias kev tshaj tawm los ntawm lub qhov muag ntawm nag xob nag cua yog qhov tsim nyog rau koj txoj haujlwm? Koj tawm mus rau hauv ib puas thiab nees nkaum mais ib teev cua lossis hnav lub tsho khuam thiab lub kaus mom hlau thiab tawm mus rau hauv nruab nrab ntawm kev sib ntaus sib tua rau ib qho laj thawj, thiab kuv xav tias yog vim li cas thiaj hla cov lus uas koj xav hla. rau koj cov neeg tuaj saib.
    
  "Zoo, kuv ua tib yam uas tuaj ntawm no," Phoenix hais ntxiv. "Kuv ntseeg tias Amelikas lub neej yav tom ntej yog nyob rau hauv qhov chaw, thiab kuv xav hais tias los ntawm kev lees txais cov lus caw tuaj ntawm no thiab ua nws. Kuv xav paub seb nws zoo li cas los hnav lub tsho dav hlau, ya hauv qhov chaw, hnov cov g-forces, pom lub ntiaj teb los ntawm ob puas mais mus rau sab nraud, saib qhov zoo nkauj no ... "
    
  Kev poob siab thiab txaj muag hauv Tsev Dawb lub tsev xovxwm tau tshwm sim dua, thiab cov tswvcuab ntawm cov kws tshaj lij uas tau zaum tau dhia mus rau lawv ko taw zoo li lawv tau raug rub los ntawm cov hlua los ntawm ib tug puppeteer. "Tau mus rau qhov chaw sab nraud?" lawv txhua tus exclaimed li yog nyob rau hauv unison. "Koj puas tau ua qhov chaw taug kev ...?"
    
  "Nws kav ob, tej zaum ob thiab ib nrab feeb," tus thawj tswj hwm tau hais. "Kuv tawm hauv lub tsev ntawm lub dav hlau, lawv nqa kuv mus rau lub ru tsev -"
    
  "Koj puas nyob hauv lub cockpit ntawm lub dav hlau?" Hastings qw.
    
  Tus thawj tswj hwm tau hais tias "Kuv muaj sijhawm los zaum hauv lub cockpit thaum lub sijhawm docking, thiab kuv tau siv nws zoo dua," Nws tam sim ntawd txiav txim siab tsis qhia lawv tias nws yog nws tus uas ua lub docking. "Tus Lwm Thawj Coj Page tau hais rau kuv tias txoj kev uas lawv thawj zaug yuav tsum tau hloov mus rau qhov chaw nres tsheb los ntawm cov qauv ntawm lub dav hlau thaum ntxov yog los ntawm kev taug kev hauv qhov chaw. Peb tau npaj rau qhov no, thiab tsis muaj kev phom sij ntau dua li nyob rau hauv lwm qhov kev paub dhau los. "
    
  "Tab sis koj tsis yog astronaut, Mr. Thawj Tswj Hwm!" Hastings qw dua. "Koj yog Thawj Tswj Hwm ntawm Tebchaws Meskas! Koj tsis tau them nyiaj rau qhov txaus ntshai! Nrog rau kev hwm, Thawj Tswj Hwm...Koj puas vwm? "
    
  "Nws tsis vwm, Hastings," rov hais rau Kai Rhydon, npau taws los ntawm nws qhov kev tawm tsam tsis zoo. "Thiab tam sim no hais tias nws muaj lub siab tawv mus rau hauv lub ntiaj teb, nws yog, ntawm chav kawm, ib tug astronaut - ib tug damn zoo, raws li nws tshwm sim. Nws tau ua pov thawj tias txhua tus neeg noj qab haus huv, kev cob qhia, kev kho kom zoo tuaj yeem dhau los ua tus kws tshawb fawb yog tias nws xav tau, yam tsis muaj kev cob qhia lub cev ntau xyoo lossis kev kawm txuj ci lossis engineering. "
    
  Lub txaj txaj zoo li yuav txo qis, zoo li Raydon yog ib tus kws qhia ntawv hauv tsev kawm theem siab qhia nws chav kawm kom nyob twj ywm thiab mus ua haujlwm, tab sis Thawj Tswj Hwm tuaj yeem pom cov pab pawg neeg sau xov xwm tau txais kev npau taws heev thiab nws tau npaj hu nws ib hnub. "Puas muaj lwm yam lus nug?" nws nug.
    
  Lwm tus naas ej TV presenter, zaum nyob rau hauv pem hauv ntej kab, sawv rau nws ob txhais taw. "Mr. Thawj Tswj Hwm, cov tswv yim ntawm kev lag luam chaw no zoo li nthuav, tab sis lawv kuj zoo li kim, vim kuv paub tseeb tias txhua yam cuam tshuam nrog qhov chaw tuaj yeem zoo li. Koj tau tawm suab rau lub luag haujlwm nyiaj txiag ntau dua ib xyoos thiab them nyiaj rau txhua qhov kev pabcuam tseemfwv tshiab. Yuav ua li cas koj hais kom them rau tag nrho cov no? Koj tau hais tias koj yuav rho tawm, ncua lossis txiav lwm yam kev pab cuam. Qhov twg tiag?"
    
  Tus thawj tswj hwm tau hais tias "Kuv npaj yuav tsom mus rau cov phiaj xwm uas kuv ntseeg tias yog tus nqi kim, tsis tsim nyog, bloated, outdated thiab khib nyiab, Mr. Wells," tus thawj tswj hwm tau hais. "Kuv muaj cov npe ntev ntawm cov lus thov uas kuv yuav nthuav tawm rau kev coj noj coj ua ntawm Congress. Peb pawg uas suav nrog yim caum feem pua ntawm cov peev nyiaj hauv tebchaws - cov txiaj ntsig, kev tiv thaiv, thiab kev siv nyiaj txiav txim siab - txhua tus xav tau kev txiav txim siab. Modernizing peb lub teb chaws txoj kev tiv thaiv thiab npaj rau cov kev cov nyom ntawm nees nkaum-xyoo pua thib ob yog kuv qhov tseem ceeb tshaj plaws. "
    
  "Yog li koj yuav tsim riam phom hauv chaw thaum txiav Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid thiab Txoj Cai Saib Xyuas Nqis Nqis?" - nug tus neeg sau xov xwm.
    
  "Kuv xav kom tsis txhob ntxiv tsoomfwv cov kev cai tshiab, thiab kuv xav pom kev hloov pauv tiag tiag rau txhua txoj haujlwm kev cai lij choj kom lawv thiaj li muaj sia nyob mus rau ib puas xyoo," tus thawj tswj hwm teb. "Kuv xav tias peb yuav muaj peev xwm ua kom tau txais kev txuag nqi thaum peb hloov kho tiag tiag uas peb tuaj yeem siv los kho kev tiv thaiv niaj hnub. Tib yam tuaj yeem hais txog cov tub rog lawv tus kheej. Ib qho piv txwv yuav yog qhov txo qis hauv riam phom nuclear hauv US arsenal. " Nws tuaj yeem pom lwm qhov tsis txaus ntseeg ntawm tapping thiab scribbling raws li cov ntawv kaw lus digital txav mus ze rau cov neeg hais lus teeb tsa hauv chav xov xwm. "Kuv yuav tawm tswv yim tias peb txo tus naj npawb ntawm nuclear warheads ntawm kev ceeb toom los ntawm qib tam sim no ntawm txog xya puas txog peb puas."
    
  Qib ntawm kev zoo siab nyob rau hauv chav xov xwm luv luv pib nce ntxiv. "Tab sis, Thawj Tswj Hwm, koj tsis txhob xav tias qhov tau tshwm sim hauv South Tuam Tshoj Hiav Txwv thiab Sab Hnub Poob Pacific - Tuam Tshoj tau foob pob hluav taws xob hauv qhov tob, qhib hluav taws rau cov nkoj, tua peb lub dav hlau thiab tawm tsam Guam, tsis hais txog Russia. kev rov ua tub rog, tam sim no yog lub sijhawm tsis raug los txo peb cov kev cuam tshuam nuclear?"
    
  "Koj teb koj cov lus nug, Mr. Wells," Thawj Tswj Hwm hais. "Tam sim no peb muaj txog xya pua lub taub hau nuclear npaj tawm tsam hauv ib teev, tab sis lawv tau tiv thaiv dab tsi? Russia, Tuam Tshoj thiab lwm lub tebchaws tau teb los ntawm kev ua kom muaj zog thiab muaj zog. Thiab thaum peb ntaus rov qab, peb siv riam phom twg los txwv lawv? High-precision non-nuclear riam phom launched los ntawm aircraft thiab spacecraft.
    
  "Kuv xav tias nuclear deterrence tsis cuam tshuam thiab yuav tsum tau txo qis," tus thawj tswj hwm rov hais dua. "Cov neeg Lavxias tau saib xyuas ntau qhov kev txiav thaum lub sijhawm Asmeskas Holocaust, nrog, tau kawg, kev poob ntawm Asmeskas lub neej txaus ntshai. Tab sis tau muaj kev sib tham ntau txog kev hloov lub foob pob thiab ICBM nkoj, thiab kuv yuav tsis txhawb qhov ntawd. Kuv tawm tswv yim hais tias lub tswv yim nuclear submarine fleet yog tib lub zog ntawm kev ceeb toom nuclear mus tas li, thiab nws yuav raug txo kom tsuas yog plaub lub tswv yim nuclear ballistic missile submarines tau ceeb toom, ob lub hauv Pacific thiab ob lub hauv Atlantic , thiab plaub ntxiv tau npaj txhij. mus rau hiav txwv urgently. Kev ceeb toom. Ob peb lub dav hlau siv dav hlau xa mus rau hauv av thiab hiav txwv yuav npaj txhij los coj lub zog mus rau lub xeev npaj txhij txog nuclear nyob rau hnub yog tias tsim nyog. "
    
  Kev poob siab, cov lus tsis txaus ntseeg tau tshwm sim rau ntawm cov neeg sau xov xwm lub ntsej muag dua - cov neeg sau xov xwm uas tsis teb rau lawv cov neeg kho ntawm cov cuab yeej siv tau ua rau cov lus tsis txaus siab rau lawv cov npoj yaig, cov suab nrov nce sai. Thawj Tswj Hwm paub tias lub rooj sib tham xov xwm no yuav luag dhau lawm, tab sis nws muaj ob peb daim ntawv pov thawj ntxiv: "Tsis yog txhua qhov kev txiav yuav yog kev tiv thaiv, tab sis feem ntau yuav yog," nws hais ntxiv. "Kuv tab tom thov kom txo cov tub rog thiab Tub Rog Tub Rog Tub Rog Tub Rog thiab cov cuab yeej siv riam phom xws li tso tsheb hlau luam thiab phom loj, txo cov neeg nqa khoom sib ntaus sib tua rau yim, thiab tshem tawm cov kev yuav khoom yav tom ntej ntawm nkoj xws li Littoral Combat Ship thiab aircraft xws li F-fighter. -bomber. 35 xob."
    
  "Tab sis, Thawj Tswj Hwm, koj puas xav tias koj tab tom ua phem rau cov tub rog thaum lub sijhawm peb yuav tsum npaj cov tub rog los tawm tsam cov yeeb ncuab xws li Tuam Tshoj thiab Russia, ob qho tib si tau tawm tsam peb ntau zaus hauv xyoo tas los no?" - nug tus neeg sau xov xwm. "Koj puas yuav hloov cov riam phom uas raug tshem tawm no nrog lwm yam?"
    
  "Yog lawm, nyob rau hauv ob qhov tseem ceeb ntawm kev ruaj ntseg hauv tebchaws ntawm nees nkaum thawj thiab nees nkaum xyoo pua: qhov chaw thiab cyberspace," tus thawj tswj hwm teb. "Kuv yuav tawm tswv yim tias feem ntau ntawm Asmeskas kev ua tub rog ntev ntev yuav raug xa tawm los ntawm qhov chaw lossis lub ntiaj teb orbit, thiab tias feem ntau ntawm peb cov tub rog tiv thaiv yuav raug xa tawm los ntawm cyberspace. Tebchaws Meskas yuav tsum tau tswj hwm ob thaj chaw, thiab kuv yuav ua kom Asmeskas ua li ntawd. Yog tias peb tsis ua qhov no, peb yuav poob sai sai thiab tsis muaj kev zam, thiab nws yuav tsis tshwm sim thaum kuv ua haujlwm. Amelikas yuav tswj hwm qhov chaw thiab cyberspace, ib yam li peb ib zaug ua tus thawj tswj hwm lub ntiaj teb dej hiav txwv. Nov yog kuv txoj haujlwm, thiab kuv yuav cia siab tias Congress thiab Asmeskas cov neeg txhawb nqa kuv. Puas muaj lwm yam lus nug rau kuv?"
    
  Margaret Hastings hais tias "Yog lawm, tus tswv, kuv muaj ntau yam," Margaret Hastings hais. "Koj txhais li cas los ntawm 'dominance' hauv qhov chaw thiab cyberspace? Koj yuav ua li cas los tuav lawv?"
    
  Phoenix tau hais tias "Ua ntej: tsis kam zam cov kev ua uas tau ua rau ntau xyoo dhau los thiab uas yuav luag suav tias yog ib feem ntawm tus nqi ua lag luam," Phoenix tau hais. "Piv txwv li, kuv tau hais rau cov tuam txhab Asmeskas, tsoomfwv cov koomhaum thiab cov khoos phis tawj tub rog tau tshawb pom kev cuam tshuam thiab kev tawm tsam ncaj qha los ntawm tsoomfwv thoob ntiaj teb txhua hnub, yog txhawb nqa los ntawm tsoomfwv lub koomhaum lossis ua haujlwm ncaj qha los ntawm tsoomfwv. Qhov no tsis tuaj yeem zam tau lawm. Kev tawm tsam hauv computer yuav raug kho zoo li lwm yam kev tawm tsam. Tebchaws Meskas yuav teb kom tsim nyog rau txhua qhov kev tawm tsam cyberattack.
    
  "Kuv kuj tau hais tias US reconnaissance satellites raug tsom nrog lasers kom dig muag lossis rhuav tshem optics; tias jammer satellites tau muab tso rau hauv lub voj voog ze ntawm peb cov satellites los cuam tshuam lawv cov haujlwm; thiab hais tias American GPS teeb liab yog jammed tsis tu ncua. Kuv tau hais tias ntau lub tebchaws tab tom tsom mus rau qhov chaw nres tsheb no txhua hnub nrog lasers, microwaves thiab lwm yam khoom siv hluav taws xob hluav taws xob los sim ua kom puas lossis cuam tshuam kev ua haujlwm ntawm no. Qhov no tsis tuaj yeem zam tau lawm. Ib qho kev tawm tsam zoo li no yuav raug cuam tshuam nrog. Peb yuav ua tib zoo saib xyuas lub ntiaj teb lub ntiaj teb rau txhua qhov cim qhia tias muaj peev xwm cuam tshuam lossis tawm tsam los ntawm ib lub teb chaws lossis lub koom haum. Asmeskas satellite nyob rau hauv lub orbit, raws li zoo raws li lub orbit nws tus kheej, yog sovereign American ib ncig, thiab peb yuav tiv thaiv nws ib yam li lwm yam American kev pab. "
    
  Hastings hais tias, "Thov zam txim rau kuv, tab sis koj puas tau hais tias koj xav tias lub ntiaj teb qis qis yog cov cuab yeej cuab tam Asmeskas? Puas yog koj hais tias tsis muaj lwm lub tebchaws tuaj yeem tso lub dav hlau mus rau hauv lub ntiaj teb yog tias Tebchaws Meskas twb muaj satellite nyob rau hauv lub orbit?
    
  Phoenix hais tias, "Qhov ntawd yog qhov kuv hais, Npeeg Hastings," Phoenix hais. "Cov txheej txheem ib txwm siv rau kev tawm tsam Asmeskas cov cuab yeej cuab tam yog tsim riam phom tiv thaiv satellite rau hauv tib lub orbit, caum nws thiab rhuav tshem nws nyob rau hauv ntau yam. Qhov ntawd yog li cas cov neeg Lavxias tau rhuav tshem peb lub chaw nres tsheb Kingfisher riam phom, ua rau nws tsis muaj zog nrog riam phom, ua rau muaj kev tuag ntawm ib tug neeg Amelikas. Txhua lub dav hlau ya mus rau hauv tib lub orbit raws li US satellite yuav raug suav hais tias yog kev ua phem thiab yuav raug kho li ntawd. "
    
  Lub txaj txaj muag uas tau loj hlob thiab hem kom tawm ntawm kev tswj hwm hauv Tsev Dawb lub tsev xov xwm hauv chav sib tham tsis tau abated lub sij hawm no, thiab Thawj Tswj Hwm paub tias tej zaum nws yuav tsis tau ntev heev. "Ua tsaug, cov poj niam thiab cov txiv neej, ua tsaug," tus thawj tswj hwm hais tias, tsis quav ntsej cov tsa tes thiab qw cov lus nug. "Kuv xav tias nws yog lub sij hawm los koom noj mov nrog cov neeg tsav dav hlau nyob hauv qhov chaw nres tsheb..." Nws tig mus rau Raydon, luag ntxhi thiab hais ntxiv, "... kuv cov phooj ywg astronauts, thiab npaj rov qab mus rau Washington. Hmo zoo los ntawm Chaw Chaw Chaw Chaw Armstrong, thiab thov Vajtswv foom koob hmoov rau Tebchaws Meskas. " Nws pom lub suab nrov heev ntawm lub monitor uas nws tsis ntseeg tias leej twg tau hnov nws tag nrho cov teeb liab meej.
    
  "Kev hais lus zoo thiab cov lus teb zoo rau cov lus nug, Thawj Tswj Hwm," said Tus Lwm Thawj Coj Anne Page lub sijhawm tom qab nws daim duab rov tshwm sim ntawm tus saib xyuas ntawm tus thawj coj chaw nres tsheb hauv cov lus txib. "Muaj ntau tus qub tub rog astronauts muaj teeb meem tuav lub rooj sib tham xov xwm nyob rau hauv lub ntiaj teb no, tsis hais tsuas yog feeb tom qab lawv thawj ya mus rau hauv qhov chaw. Kuv tsis tau xau cov ntsiab lus ntawm kev hloov tub rog raws li koj tau thov, yog li txhua tus neeg hauv ntiaj teb tau txais tag nrho ib zaug. Txawm tam sim no cov xov tooj yog ringing incessantly. Koj puas yuav teb ib qho kev hu mus rau qhov chaw nres tsheb?
    
  Phoenix xav txog nws ib pliag, ces tshee lub taub hau. "Kuv yuav hu rau Alexa, thiab tom qab ntawd kuv yuav mus ntsib cov neeg ua haujlwm hauv chaw nres tsheb, sim lawv cov zaub mov, kuaj xyuas Charlie Spellman tsis zoo, tshawb xyuas qhov chaw nres tsheb me ntsis ntxiv, thiab npaj lub davhlau rov qab. Peb tau tham txog kev teb ob peb nqe lus nug uas peb xav kom cov neeg sau xov xwm thiab cov thawj coj hauv lub xeev yuav nug, thiab kuv yuav tso koj los tswj cov ntawd kom txog thaum kuv rov qab los xyuas cov ntaub ntawv. Qhov kawg kuv xav ua yog siv ob peb teev dhau los ntawm chaw nres tsheb tham hauv xov tooj. "
    
  "Kuv hnov koj, tus tswv," Anne hais. "Kuv yuav teb cov lus hu los ntawm cov thawj coj hauv xeev, tom qab ntawd cov xov xwm tseem ceeb. Koj nyiam nws nyob ntawd. Tsis muaj spacewalks ntxiv, puas yog koj? Mus los ntawm qhov chaw docking zoo li peb tus so, cov neeg taug kev yooj yim. "
    
  "Yog tias koj hais, Npeeg Tus Lwm Thawj Coj," Thawj Tswj Hwm Phoenix hais nrog luag nyav. "Yog koj hais."
    
    
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  "Tau kawg kuv pom nws!" yav dhau los US Senator, Senate Feem Ntau Tus Thawj Coj thiab Tus Thawj Fwm Tsav Tebchaws Stacy Ann Barbeau tau qw hauv xov tooj, ntsia tsis txaus ntseeg ntawm lub TV loj loj hauv nws chav tsev so. "Nqa cov neeg ua haujlwm laus tam sim no!"
    
  Txawm hais tias nws nyob rau thaum ntxov xyoo pua, Stacy Ann Barbeau tseem yog ib tus poj niam zoo nkauj, muaj zog, muaj lub siab nyiam thiab yog tus qub tub rog ntawm kev nom kev tswv. Tab sis cov neeg paub paub tias Barbeau tsis muaj qab zib Louisiana magnolia - nws yog Venus flytrap, siv nws txoj kev zoo nkauj thiab kev ntxim nyiam yav qab teb kom tshem riam phom rau txiv neej thiab poj niam, yuam kom lawv txo lawv txoj kev tiv thaiv thiab xa mus rau nws lub siab nyiam, txaus siab rau ntawm nws ruby - daim di ncauj liab. Tag nrho lub ntiaj teb tau paub rau kaum xyoo tias nws muaj kev xav ua thawj tswj hwm, thiab tam sim no cov kev xav tau no tau muab txhais ua ib qho kev sib tw muaj zog, tau txais txiaj ntsig zoo uas tuav tus thawj coj me me tab sis zoo sib xws hauv kev sib tw tawm tsam Thawj Tswj Hwm Kenneth Phoenix ...
    
  ... ib haiv neeg uas nyuam qhuav tau shaken los ntawm lub rooj sib tham xov xwm uas tsis tau xav txog los ntawm qhov chaw sab nrauv.
    
  Barbeau lub hauv paus phiaj xwm phiaj xwm hauv Washington tau tuav tag nrho hauv pem teb ntawm Watergate Hotel thiab lub tsev ua haujlwm. Nws nyuam qhuav rov qab los rau hauv nws chav tsev so los ntawm kev noj hmo nrhiav nyiaj txiag thiab muab xov xwm los saib lub rooj sib tham xov xwm, muaj zog thiab zoo siab txog lwm qhov kev ua tau zoo. Tam sim no nws tau sawv hauv qhov kev poob siab tag, mloog cov neeg tawm tswv yim xav tsis thoob sim nkag siab qhov lawv nyuam qhuav pom: Thawj Tswj Hwm ntawm Tebchaws Meskas hais txog lub ntiaj teb los ntawm lub ntiaj teb orbit.
    
  Luke Cohen, Barbeau tus thawj tswj hwm kev sib tw thiab tus kws tshaj lij sab saum toj, yog thawj zaug tawg rau hauv nws chav tsev so. "Nws yuav tsum tau fake los yog CGI'd," nws hais breathlessly. Cohen, tus siab, nyias, zoo-zoo New Yorker, yog Barbeau tus thawj coj ntawm cov neeg ua haujlwm thaum nws xyoo ua Senate feem ntau tus thawj coj thiab tus tuav ntaub ntawv hauv xeev. "Tsis muaj Thawj Tswj Hwm ntawm Tebchaws Meskas yuav ruam txaus mus rau hauv qhov chaw, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog rau lub hlis ua ntej kev xaiv tsa!"
    
  "Tseeb, Kuv mloog," Barbeau hais. Cohen tig los teb nws lub xov tooj ntawm tes thaum nws mloog cov lus hais.
    
  "CNN," Cohen tau hais thaum lub sijhawm ncua tom ntej. "Lawv xav tau tsib feeb."
    
  "Lawv tuaj yeem nqa ob," Barbeau hais. Tus pab cuam, uas nws txoj haujlwm tsuas yog sau txhua lo lus uas tawm ntawm Barbeau lub qhov ncauj, tawg mus rau hauv chav nrog lub ntsiav tshuaj computer ntawm qhov npaj txhij. Nws tau hais tias "Qhov no yog qhov tsis txaus ntseeg tshaj plaws, qhov xav tau, txaus ntshai thiab tsis muaj lub luag haujlwm kev xaiv tsa xyoo stunt uas kuv tau pom hauv peb caug xyoo ntawm kev ua haujlwm hauv Washington," nws tau hais. "Thawj Tswj Hwm Phoenix tab tom ua rau muaj kev nyab xeeb ntawm tag nrho lub tebchaws thiab lub ntiaj teb dawb nrog nws qhov kev ua tsis zoo. Kuv nug nws qhov kev txiav txim, ib yam li txhua tus neeg Asmeskas. Rau qhov zoo ntawm lub teb chaws, sai li sai tau nws rov qab los, nws yuav tsum tau mus rau ib tug series ntawm kev kho mob thiab puas siab puas ntsws kev ntsuam xyuas los xyuas kom meej tias nws tsis raug kev txom nyem los ntawm kev mus txawv tebchaws nyob rau hauv qhov chaw, thiab yog hais tias muaj ib tug pom, nws yuav tsum tau tawm tam sim ntawd tom qab ntawd. ntawm nws tus ncej. " Tus neeg pabcuam tau nias lub pob thiab cov lus raug xa mus rau Barbeau tus thawj coj hais lus, uas yuav npaj cov ntsiab lus hais lus rau nws thiab kev sib tw hauv feeb.
    
  Barbeau hais ntxiv tias, "Lukas, xa ib tus kws tshawb fawb los tshawb pom cov tsos mob ntawm txhua tus kab mob paub lossis kev txom nyem uas cov neeg caij nkoj yuav raug kev txom nyem los ntawm," thiab tom qab ntawd kuv xav kom nws saib xyuas txhua ob ntawm txhua qhov kev tshwm sim ntawm Phoenix saib seb nws puas muaj ib qho kev tshwm sim. cov tsos mob no. " Cohen tam sim ntawd tshem nws lub xov tooj ntawm tes thiab muab cov lus qhia. "Yog li, koj xav tias cov lus teb yuav ua li cas?"
    
  "Kuv pom zoo nrog koj cov ntsiab lus, Ms. Secretary," Cohen hais. "Thaum xub thawj, kuv xav tias cov neeg pov npav feem ntau yuav xav tias nws txias thiab zoo siab tias tus thawj tswj hwm yuav mus rau hauv qhov chaw thiab ua qhov chaw taug kev thiab tham txog nws lub siab tawv thiab lwm yam. Tab sis tsis ntev tom qab ntawd, tej zaum los ntawm lub sijhawm thaum sawv ntxov hais lus qhia pib tham txog nws thiab tib neeg pib kawm paub ntau ntxiv txog qhov txaus ntshai thiab txaus ntshai, lawv tuaj yeem nug nws qhov kev txiav txim siab thiab nws lub peev xwm los tuav haujlwm. Lub siab kom tawm haujlwm tuaj yeem mob siab. "
    
  Barbeau tau hais tias "Yog tias nws xav tias nws yuav pib ua tub rog los them rau nws qhov chaw zoo nkauj riam phom thiab cyberwarfare, nws ua yuam kev heev," Barbeau hais. "Tshem tawm ob pab pawg sib ntaus sib tua? Tsuas yog hla kuv lub cev tuag xwb. Kuv xav tsim ntau pab pawg sib ntaus sib tua, tsis txhob rhuav tshem lawv! Kuv xav mus xyuas cov chaw nres nkoj, pab tub rog, cov tub rog huab cua thiab pab tub rog thiab tham txog dab tsi cuam tshuam rau kev tshem tawm ob pawg neeg sib ntaus sib tua yuav muaj rau kev lag luam thiab kev tiv thaiv hauv tebchaws. Txo nuclear deterrent zog los ntawm ib nrab? Txiav tanks thiab fighters? Tej zaum nws twb raug mob ib yam ntawm qhov chaw. Nws tsuas yog ua nom ua tswv tua tus kheej xwb. Kuv yuav ua kom nws them tus nqi rau qhov ua kom yuam kev no. "
    
  Cohen tau hais tias "Kuv tsis ntseeg tias nws tau pib tham txog kev hloov pauv txoj cai," "Nws yog qhov zoo ua qhov no ua ntej lub rooj sib tham yog tias koj nyob hauv thawj haiv neeg, tab sis nws twb tau txais kev xaiv tsa. Tsis muaj leej twg cam nws. "
    
  "Nws yuav khuv xim nws ib yam nkaus," Barbeau hais caustically. "Nrhiav ntau npaum li cas ntawm ib lub dav hlau no thiab qhov chaw nres tsheb no nqi, thiab tom qab ntawd nrhiav seb muaj pes tsawg tus neeg yuav tsis zoo yog tias txhua tus neeg poob txawm tias kaum feem pua ntawm lawv cov txiaj ntsig los them rau lub dav hlau dav hlau uas cuaj caum cuaj feem kaum ntawm ib feem ntawm cov neeg Asmeskas. yuav tsis txawm pom, tsis hais lub davhlau. Tshawb nrhiav seb nws raug nqi dab tsi los ya nws lub nroog Yeiuxalees rov qab los, thiab ntsuas seb qhov kev kawm, kev tsim kho thiab kev tshawb fawb txog kev kho mob ntau npaum li cas peb tuaj yeem ua tau yog tias tsis yog rau Thawj Tswj Hwm txoj kev txaus siab. "
    
  Stacy Ann Barbeau taug kev mus rau daim iav loj hauv nws chav thiab tshuaj xyuas nws cov pleev. "Koj puas xav tias koj tau ua keeb kwm hnub no, Mr. Thawj Tswj Hwm?" - nws hais. "Koj xav tias koj yog ib tug neeg loj loj astronaut hero? Koj tau ua qhov yuam kev loj tshaj plaws ntawm koj txoj haujlwm kev nom kev tswv, buster, thiab nws yuav raug nqi koj dearly. Kuv yuav saib xyuas nws. " Nws ntsia Cohen los ntawm daim iav. "Lukas, xyuas kom ib tus neeg pleev xim tau npaj rau kuv thiab tias kuv lub TV studio tau npaj rau kev tshaj tawm, thiab qhia rau CNN kuv yuav npaj ua tsib."
    
    
  KREMLIN, MOSCOW
  RUSSIAN FEDERATION
  LUB SIJ HAWM
    
    
  "Tus txiv neej no npau taws heev! Tus txiv neej no vwm tiag tiag!" Lavxias Thawj Tswj Hwm Gennady Gryzlov tau nrov nrov nyob rau pem hauv ntej ntawm TV hauv nws lub chaw haujlwm hauv Kremlin. "Phoenix xav tias nws yuav tswj hwm txhua qhov chaw sab nrauv? Tsis ntev nws yuav paub tias nws ua tsis ncaj ncees lawm!"
    
  Gennady Gryzlov tsuas yog plaub caug xyoo xwb, tus tub ntawm yav dhau los Thawj Tswj Hwm Anatoly Gryzlov, thiab nws txoj hauj lwm feem ntau sib npaug ntawm nws txiv. Gennady Gryzlov kawm tiav los ntawm Yuri Gagarin Air Force Academy thiab ua tiav kev qhia dav hlau dav hlau ntawm Baronovsky Air Base hauv Armavir thiab kev cob qhia dav hlau dav hlau ntawm Engels Air Base nyob rau sab hnub poob tebchaws Russia ua ntej raug xaiv mus kawm hauv tsev kawm ntawv hauv Moscow tsuas yog ob xyoos tom qab. Nws xav tsis muaj dab tsi ntau dua li ua raws li nws tus txiv txoj kev hlub, thiab tau txiav txim siab ua li ntawd yam tsis muaj nws tsev neeg txoj kev loj hlob ntawm tsoomfwv thiab kev lag luam petrochemical kev sib txuas.
    
  Tab sis tsis ntev tom qab kawm tiav los ntawm tsev kawm ntawv commander hauv Moscow, tab sis ua ntej nws rov qab mus rau Engels Air Base los ua tus thawj coj ntawm 121st Guards Heavy Bomber Regiment, ib chav tsev ntawm Tupolev-160 Blackjack supersonic bombers, ib qho xwm txheej tshwm sim uas yuav hloov nws lub neej mus ib txhis: Engels Lub Tuam Txhab Cua Tub Rog tau tawm tsam los ntawm Asmeskas EB-1C Vampire tsis muaj neeg taug kev stealth foob pob, qhov hloov kho B-1 Lancer supersonic foob pob tawg uas tau rhuav tshem ntau tus neeg tawg rog Lavxias tos kom xaj tawm thiab rhuav tshem lub zes ntawm cov neeg phem hauv Turkmenistan. Ntau pua tus neeg raug tua nyob rau hauv kev tawm tsam huab cua, suav nrog ntau tus Gryzlov cov phooj ywg thiab cov phooj ywg aviators. Txiv thiab tus tub raug kev puas tsuaj thiab siv sijhawm ntau tshaj li ib hlis mus koom kev pam tuag thiab kev ua koob tsheej nco txog thiab npaj yuav ua li cas rov tsim lub hauv paus thiab lub foob pob tawg.
    
  Nws yeej tsis tau tshaj tawm, tab sis tus txwj laus Gryzlov hais rau nws tus tub uas nws ntseeg tau npaj kev tawm tsam huab cua: US Air Force general hu ua Patrick McLanahan, ua yeeb yam tsis muaj kev txiav txim lossis txoj cai los ntawm US White House lossis Pentagon. Ob tus txiv neej tau hloov lawv txoj kev tu siab ntawm kev puas tsuaj mus rau hauv lub siab dawb-kub xav ua pauj tawm tsam McLanahan.
    
  Nrog kev puas tsuaj ntawm Engels Air Base, Gennady tau hloov nws lub siab los ntawm kev ya davhlau thiab, nrog kev pab ntawm nws txiv, nkag mus rau Alexander Mozhaisky Military Space Academy hauv St. Lub nroog Star. Tab sis nws txoj kev kawm nyob ntawd kuj cuam tshuam. Ib pawg ntawm Asmeskas cov neeg tawg rog tau tawm tsam Russia tiv thaiv lub dav hlau roj teeb hauv Turkmenistan ...
    
  ... thiab, raws li nws tau pom meej sai sai, qhov kev tawm tsam tau npaj thiab txiav txim los ntawm Major General Patrick McLanahan, dua tsis muaj txoj cai los ntawm nws cov tub ceev xwm.
    
  Gennady paub tias qhov kev tua no tau thawb nws txiv hla ntawm ntug. Thawj Tswj Hwm Gryzlov nco qab tag nrho cov tswv cuab ntawm lub foob pob neeg coob thiab xa lawv mus rau Belaya Air Base hauv Siberia rau kev cob qhia. Gennady muaj peev xwm siv nws txiv lub hwj chim kom nyob twj ywm hauv Mozhaisk, tab sis nws tau saib xyuas cov dej num ntawm ntau lub dav hlau ntev ntawm Belaya thiab lwm lub hauv paus xws li Irkutsk, Aginskoye thiab Yakutsk, nrog rau cov sleek Tu-22 Backfires, lub txhim khu kev qha turboprop Bears "Tu-95, supersonic Tu-160 Blackjacks thiab Ilyushin-62 cua tankers." Gennady paub tias tej yam loj yuav tshwm sim.
    
  Thaum kawg ntawm lub caij ntuj sov xyoo 2004 qhov no tshwm sim. Ntog ntawm Lavxias teb sab foob pob ntev tau tawm tsam Asmeskas cov chaw tiv thaiv huab cua thiab ceeb toom radars ntxov hauv Alaska thiab Canada nrog AS-17 Krypton anti-radar missiles thiab AS-16 Otkat supersonic nres missiles, tom qab ntawd pib AS-17 ntev-ntev hypersonic cruise missiles. X-19 Koala nrog qis-yield nuclear warheads ntawm intercontinental ballistic missile launches tswj chaw, foob pob hauv paus thiab cov lus txib thiab tswj hauv Tebchaws Meskas. Tebchaws Asmeskas tau poob yuav luag tag nrho nws cov av-raws li lub foob pob hluav taws xob tsim hluav taws xob, ib feem tseem ceeb ntawm nws lub nkoj tsim kev lag luam, thiab ntau txhiab tus tub rog, cov neeg hauv tsev neeg, thiab cov neeg pej xeem nyob rau hauv ib lub qhov muag.
    
  Tsis ntev nws tau los ua lub npe hu ua "American Holocaust."
    
  Gennady zoo siab thiab zoo siab los ntawm kev ua siab loj ntawm nws cov neeg ua haujlwm foob pob hnyav, ntau tus neeg tuag nyob hauv Tebchaws Meskas thiab Canada, thiab txaus siab rau nws txiv rau thaum kawg xa tawm qhov kev txiav txim siab tawm tsam Asmeskas. Nws vam tias McLanahan nyob rau hauv ib qho ntawm cov nuclear warheads. Nyob rau hauv lub sijhawm no, tag nrho cov kev cob qhia ntawm Mozhaisk raug tshem tawm thiab Gennady raug yuam kom tshaj tawm rau Aginskoye Air Base nyob rau yav qab teb Russia los tsim ib lub foob pob foob pob tshiab, qhov chaw tshiab Tu-160 Blackjack bombers, uas tab tom kho thiab rov qab mus rau kev pabcuam, yuav yog. xa. Russia tau pib txav mus rau txoj cai lij choj, thiab Gennady zoo siab tias nws yuav tsis nyob ib puag ncig ntawm tsev kawm ntawv thaum lwm tus neeg siab tawv Lavxias teb sab aviators tawm tsam nrog cov neeg Asmeskas.
    
  Kev npaj ua tsov rog nrog Tebchaws Meskas tau pib nyuam qhuav pib thaum qhov kev xav tsis tau tshwm sim. Yakutsk huab cua puag hauv Siberia tau overrun los ntawm ib tug me me quab yuam ntawm American commandos, thiab lub tebchaws United States pib ya dav hlau bombers thiab dav hlau tankers los ntawm lub hauv paus. Tau ntau hnub, Asmeskas cov foob pob tawg thoob plaws ntau lub tebchaws Russia los ntawm Yakutsk, tua thiab rhuav tshem Lavxias lub xov tooj txawb ICBM launchers thiab cov chaw tswj xyuas hauv av nrog rau hauv av nkag mus rau cov foob pob hluav taws thiab foob pob.
    
  Gennady tsis xav tsis thoob thaum kawm tias lub foob pob foob pob raug txib los ntawm tsis muaj lwm yam tshaj li Patrick McLanahan.
    
  Thawj Tswj Hwm Anatoly Gryzlov raug yuam kom txiav txim siab muaj hmoo: rhuav tshem Yakutsk ua ntej US Navy tuaj yeem rhuav tshem lub foob pob hluav taws xob hauv lub xov tooj cua, lub pob txha ntawm Russia lub tswv yim cuam tshuam. Nws tau hais kom cov neeg foob pob foob pob mus tua nuclear-tipped AS-X-19 Koala cruise missiles ntawm lub hauv paus nyob hauv Asmeskas, tsis muaj kev ceeb toom ua ntej tias cov neeg Lavxias tseem nyob ntawd. Txawm hais tias feem ntau ntawm cov foob pob hluav taws tau raug tua los ntawm Asmeskas huab cua-rau-cua cuaj luaj thiab lub tshuab hluav taws xob zoo tshaj plaws uas nqa los ntawm ob peb lub foob pob B-52, ob peb tau tswj hwm lub hauv paus, tua ntau pua, ob tus neeg Lavxias thiab Asmeskas tsis muaj hmoo txaus mus txog. lub fortified underground chaw nyob
    
  Gennady tau thov txim rau nws txiv, uas raug yuam kom txiav txim siab txaus ntshai thiab tua cov neeg Lavxias kom tiv thaiv kev puas tsuaj loj hauv lub tebchaws ICBM arsenal. Nws xav ua phem heev los nrog nws txiv thiab muab kev txhawb nqa rau nws, tab sis tus txwj laus Gryzlov yog qhov tsis ntseeg tias muaj kev nyab xeeb nyob rau hauv ib qho ntawm ntau tshaj li kaum ob lub chaw ua haujlwm nyob rau sab hnub poob thiab nruab nrab ntawm Russia. Gennady qhov kev txhawj xeeb tshaj plaws tam sim no yog rau nws lub hauv paus thiab nws cov tub rog, thiab nws tau hais kom txhua tus neeg ua haujlwm tsis tseem ceeb los tiv thaiv kev ntshai ntawm Asmeskas kev tawm tsam thiab kev npaj nrawm nrawm rau Blackjack bombers uas nws tau cia siab tias yuav tuaj txog sai sai.
    
  Gennady tau nkag mus rau hauv kev txhim kho nws cov tub rog thiab npaj lawv cov kev ua thaum sawv ntxov nws tau txais xov xwm txaus ntshai: Asmeskas cov neeg ua haujlwm foob pob ua haujlwm, suav nrog kev hloov pauv B-1 thiab B-52 cov foob pob tawg, tau tawg los ntawm kev tiv thaiv huab cua hauv sab hnub poob Russia thiab tau tawm tsam lub Chaw Tiv Thaiv Tub Rog ntawm Ryazan, 120 mais sab qab teb ntawm Moscow. Qhov kev puas tsuaj tau ua tiav ... thiab Gennady txiv, qhov chaw nruab nrab ntawm nws lub ntiaj teb, tus neeg uas nws nyiam tshaj plaws, tau tawg mus rau hauv av. Tam sim ntawd nws tau npaj rov qab mus rau Moscow nrog nws niam thiab tsev neeg, tab sis ua ntej tawm hauv Aginskoye nws tau kawm tias nws niam, tau hnov txog nws tus txiv, tau tua tus kheej vim yog noj tshuaj tsaug zog ntau dhau ...
    
  ... thiab, ib zaug ntxiv, nws tau kawm tias tus thawj coj ntawm lub foob pob ua haujlwm uas tua nws txiv, thiab yog li ntawd nws niam, yog General Patrick McLanahan. Tus Neeg Asmeskas Rogue pilot tau nce mus rau Lieutenant General tsis ntev tom qab qhov kev tawm tsam thiab tau xaiv Tus Kws Pab Tswv Yim Tshwj Xeeb rau tus tshiab / qub Thawj Tswj Hwm ntawm Tebchaws Meskas, Kevin Martindale, ua haujlwm nrog kev tsim kho lub Long Range Strike Force.
    
  Tom qab hnub ntawd, Gennady Gryzlov hloov mus ua lwm tus neeg. Nws tawm thiab tawm hauv tub rog. Nws yeej ib txwm muaj lub zog siab, tab sis tam sim no nws tus cwj pwm tau dhau los ua ntau yam zoo li lub ntsej muag whirling dervish. Nws tau tswj hwm nws tsev neeg cov roj, roj thiab cov tuam txhab petrochemical thiab muab tso rau lawv zoo thaum cov nqi roj pib nce siab thaum kawg ntawm thawj kaum xyoo ntawm nees nkaum xyoo pua, thiab nws tau los ua ib tug txiv neej nplua nuj nyob rau sab hnub poob Hemisphere. Nws tseem yog ib tug bachelor thiab dhau los ua ib tus neeg nyiam tshaj plaws thiab paub txog playboys nyob hauv lub ntiaj teb, nrhiav txhua qhov chaw los ntawm cov poj niam nplua nuj thiab cov txiv neej. Nws hloov nws txoj kev muaj nyiaj, muaj koob meej thiab zoo saib mus rau hauv kev nom kev tswv peev thiab tau raug tsa sai sai rau Minister of Energy thiab Industry thiab Tus Lwm Thawj Fwm Tsav Tebchaws ntawm Russia, thiab tom qab ntawd raug xaiv nom tswv los ntawm Duma, txawm hais tias nws yeej tsis tau ua haujlwm hauv tsoomfwv, xav ua haujlwm siab dua. Tom qab ntawd nws tau ua tus thawj tswj hwm thiab raug xaiv los ua haujlwm los ntawm ntau dua 80 feem pua ntawm cov neeg pov npav hauv kev xaiv tsa xyoo 2014.
    
  Tab sis tam sim no lub ntsej muag ntawm tus siab, zoo nraug tub hluas, undoubtedly lub feem ntau yees duab lub ntsej muag nyob rau hauv lub ntiaj teb no, tau contorted nrog ib tug sib tov ntawm kev tsis ntseeg, npau taws thiab kev txiav txim siab. Sergei Tarzarov, tus thawj coj ntawm thawj tswj hwm, tau khiav mus rau Gryzlov lub chaw haujlwm thaum nws hnov tus thawj tswj hwm lub suab qw. "Tau Sokolov thiab Khristenko ntawm no kom hu ob zaug," Gryzlov qw rau nws tus thawj coj, nws cov plaub hau tsaus nti ntev ntws ncig nws lub taub hau thaum nws ncig nws lub chaw haujlwm. "Kuv xav tau qee cov lus teb, thiab kuv xav tau tam sim no!"
    
  "Yog lawm, tus tswv," hais Tarzarov thiab khaws lub xov tooj ntawm tus thawj tswj hwm lub chaw haujlwm. Tarzarov yuav luag ib tiam neeg laus dua Gryzlov, tus txiv neej nyias nyias thiab tsis zoo nkauj hauv lub tsho xim av yooj yim, tab sis txhua tus neeg hauv Kremlin paub tias yav dhau los tus tub ceev xwm thiab tus thawj coj sab hauv yog lub zog tom qab tus thawj tswj hwm, thiab tau ua li ntawd txij li thaum nws txiv tau los tuav lub hwj chim. . Gennady. "Lawv pom kev tshaj tawm thiab tab tom taug kev, tus tswv," nws tshaj tawm ob peb lub sijhawm tom qab.
    
  "Tau kawg, qhov smug no, preening, ignorant bastard - Kuv mam li qhia nws yuav ua li cas hais lus rau lub ntiaj teb no," Gryzlov snapped. "Qhov no tsis muaj dab tsi ntau tshaj li kev xaiv tsa xyoo stunt. Kuv vam tias nws yuav tawg rau ntawm nws lub ntsej muag! Kuv vam tias nws yuav raug tua los ntawm lub foob pob hluav taws thaum nws rov qab los. Tom qab ntawd tsoomfwv Meskas yuav nyob rau hauv lub xeev ntawm kev kub ntxhov!"
    
  "Kuv tau txais cov ntaub ntawv los ntawm Ministry of Defense," Tarzarov qhia tom qab kuaj xyuas nws lub khoos phis tawj ntsiav tshuaj. "Tus Thawj Kav Tebchaws Sokolov tau hais kom rov ua dua tshiab ntawm peb qhov chaw tawm tsam thiab tiv thaiv rog, nrog rau hauv av, huab cua thiab tub rog rog uas txhawb nqa kev ua haujlwm hauv chaw. Nws thiab General Khristenko yuav qhia rau koj sai li sai tau thaum lawv tuaj txog. "
    
  "Vim li cas lub ntuj raug txim tsis peb paub tias Phoenix yuav mus rau qhov chaw nres tsheb ntawd?" - Gryzlov qw. "Peb paub tias tus neeg phem ua dab tsi yuav luag ua ntej nws paub nws, thiab peb muaj kev teeb tsa, mloog cov cuab yeej, koob yees duab thiab cov neeg qhia thoob plaws Washington. Caw Kazyanov ntawm no thiab. Tsis yog, sau tag nrho pawg saib xyuas kev ruaj ntseg ntawm no. " Tarzarov tau hu xov tooj rau lwm tus thiab tshaj tawm tias Viktor Kazyanov, Tus Thawj Kav Tebchaws Kev Ruaj Ntseg Hauv Lub Xeev, Russia tus neeg soj xyuas saum toj kawg nkaus thiab kev tawm tsam kev tawm tsam, tseem tab tom taug kev mus rau tus thawj tswj hwm lub chaw haujlwm.
    
  "Mr. Thawj Tswj Hwm, Phoenix yuav tsum vwm tag kom rub tawm qhov kev ua yeeb yam no," said Minister of Defense Gregor Sokolov, sai sai nkag mus rau Thawj Tswj Hwm lub chaw haujlwm ob peb feeb tom qab. "Yog hais tias nws tsis raug puas tsuaj ua ntej nws tawm mus, cosmic hluav taws xob thiab tsis muaj oxygen yuav muaj tseeb rau nws - yog tias nws ua txhua yam uas nws tau thov ua, thiab nws tsis yog txhua qhov kev xaiv tsa ntau xyoo dag - tom qab ntawd Asmeskas qhov kev zov me nyuam yuav dhau los ua neeg tuag ntau dua li nws tau tom qab Challenger qhov chaw shuttle tsoo. "
    
  Gryzlov hais tias, "Tsaug, Sokolov," said Gryzlov. "Qhov tseeb yog nws tau ua nws thiab kuv xav paub yuav ua li cas, Kuv xav paub vim li cas kuv tsis paub txog nws, thiab kuv xav paub tias peb tuaj yeem ua li cas yog tias nws pib ua txhua yam kev phem uas nws hais tias nws tau ua." nws yuav ua - thiab kuv xav paub tam sim no!"
    
  Tarzarov taug kev mus rau Gryzlov, tig rov qab mus rau lwm tus hauv chav tsev thiab hais hauv lub suab mos: "Nws yog ib txwm muaj kev npau taws thaum tsis muaj kuv lossis lwm tus neeg nyob hauv chav, Gennady, tab sis thaum cov neeg ua haujlwm ruaj ntseg hauv tebchaws tuaj txog, koj. yuav tsum ua kom koj txias. "tes." Gryzlov lub taub hau snapped ntawm tus thawj coj ntawm cov neeg ua haujlwm thiab nws ob lub qhov muag flashed, tab sis thaum nws npau taws lub ntsej muag ntsib Tarzarov lub ruaj, ceeb toom ntsia, nws so thiab nodded. "Thiab tsis txhob ua rau koj cov lus pom tus kheej. Koj xav tau kev txhawb nqa ntawm koj lub txee, tsis yog lawv qhov kev npau taws. "
    
  "Kuv xav tau cov lus teb, Sergei," Gryzlov hais, txo nws lub suab, tab sis tsuas yog me ntsis. "Kuv xav tau cov lus teb uas kuv yuav tsum tau txais hnub dhau los!" Tab sis nws tig tawm ntawm Tarzarov, nyo nws lub taub hau me ntsis rau Sokolov hauv kev thov txim, tom qab ntawd rov qab mus rau nws lub rooj thiab ua piv txwv saib qee qhov xa tawm ntawm nws lub khoos phis tawj ntsiav tshuaj.
    
  Lub rooj sib tham ntawm Gryzlov cov kws pab tswv yim kev ruaj ntseg hauv tebchaws tau pib ob peb feeb tom qab thaum Tus Thawj Fwm Tsav Tebchaws Txawv Tebchaws Daria Titeneva koom nrog Gryzlov thiab lwm tus hauv chav sib tham nyob ib sab ntawm tus thawj tswj hwm lub chaw haujlwm. Tus Thawj Saib Xyuas Tub Ceev Xwm General Mikhail Khristenko tau hais ua ntej, siv lub khoos phis tawj ntsiav tshuaj los ua cov duab thaij duab thiab cov ntaub ntawv swb ntawm lub khoos phis tawj loj loj: "Yog tias koj yuav zam txim rau kuv, tus tswv: Kuv tau tshawb xyuas cov ntaub ntawv ob zaug, thiab qhov tseeb US Strategic Command, uas tswj hwm txhua qhov kev ua tub rog-chaw ua haujlwm, peb lub chaw lis haujlwm hauv Washington tau ceeb toom los ntawm lub chaw ua haujlwm ntawm huab cua hais tias lawv yuav tso lub dav hlau ib tag hmo S-19 mus rau Armstrong chaw nres tsheb. "
    
  Gryzlov ntsia zoo li nws tab tom yuav tawg dua, tab sis Tarzarov hais ua ntej: "Tus Thawj Kav Tebchaws Titenev?"
    
  Titeneva, tus qub tub rog ntawm kev ua haujlwm txawv teb chaws nrog cov plaub hau tsaus thiab ob lub qhov muag thiab lub cev plump tab sis ntxim nyiam hais tias "Kuv tsis tau qhia," teb Titeneva. "Cov xov xwm xwm txheej ceev tau xa mus rau kuv lub chaw haujlwm tam sim ntawd, tab sis cov lus tsis tu ncua raug xa mus rau kuv lub hauv paus chaw ua haujlwm saib xyuas cov teeb meem no, thiab lawv tau suav nrog ob daim ntawv qhia uas kuv tau txais txhua hnub. Lub dav hlau xa mus rau qhov chaw nres tsheb lossis mus rau hauv lub voj voog ntau zaus hauv ib hlis - xws li kev ya davhlau yog suav tias yog niaj hnub. "
    
  "Tej zaum koj lub chaw haujlwm yuav tsum tau ceeb toom txhua lub sijhawm muaj kev ya davhlau," Tarzarov hais.
    
  "Qhov no tej zaum yuav yog ib lub tswv yim zoo rau cov tub rog, Mr. Tarzarov, tab sis kuv pom tsis muaj laj thawj vim li cas Lub Chaw Haujlwm Txawv Tebchaws yuav tsum tshaj tawm tshwj tsis yog cov tub rog lossis lub tebchaws kev ruaj ntseg ntseeg tias lub davhlau tuaj yeem ua rau muaj kev hem thawj rau Tebchaws Meskas lossis peb cov phoojywg," - Titeneva tau hais tias, ua rau pom tseeb tias tus thawj coj ntawm cov neeg ua haujlwm tawm tsam nws ntawm lub rooj sib tham ntawm Pawg Saib Xyuas Kev Nyab Xeeb tag nrho. "Qhov laj thawj tseem ceeb uas peb xav kom Tebchaws Meskas ceeb toom rau peb ntawm kev ya davhlau txhua lub sijhawm yog tias kev tso nws mus rau hauv lub voj voog tuaj yeem zoo li lub foob pob hluav taws sib txuas sib txuas. Lawv yeej tsis muaj lub luag haujlwm los muab peb cov npe neeg caij tsheb. "
    
  "Koj yuav qhia koj lub chaw haujlwm kom ceeb toom koj thaum twg ib lub dav hlau no tab tom yuav tso tawm, Minister," Gryzlov tau hais npau taws. "Tom qab ntawd koj yuav ceeb toom rau kuv tam sim nrog cov ntsiab lus ntawm kev tawm mus thiab rov qab hnub thiab sijhawm, qhov chaw thiab qhov chaw. Kuv yuav tsis cia cov damned tej yam nyob ib ncig ntawm lub taub hau thiab tsis paub dab tsi txog nws!" Nws tig mus rau Minister of State Security. "Kazyanov, puas yog koj tsis taug qab qhov chaw nyob ntawm Thawj Tswj Hwm Tebchaws Meskas?" nws nug. "Lub ntuj raug txim yuav ua li cas Thawj Tswj Hwm ntawm Tebchaws Meskas tau tshaj tawm TV hauv qhov chaw thiab pom tau tias tsis muaj leej twg nyob hauv lub nroog damn no paub dab tsi txog nws?"
    
  "Peb ua peb qhov zoo tshaj plaws los taug qab Thawj Tswj Hwm ntawm Tebchaws Meskas, cov thawj coj loj thiab cov tub rog laus, tus tswv," teb Victor Kazyanov, tus siab, taub hau thiab saib xyuas qub tub rog tub rog. Ib yam li Tus Thawj Coj ntawm Kev Txawj Ntse Hauv Tebchaws Meskas, Lub Tsev Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Kev Ruaj Ntseg Hauv Lub Xeev tau tsim tshiab yuav koom ua ke hauv tebchaws, thoob ntiaj teb, thiab tub rog kev txawj ntse, kev tiv thaiv tus thawj tswj hwm thiab tub ceev xwm, thiab kev tiv thaiv ciam teb nyob rau hauv ib tus tub ceev xwm theem uas tau tshaj tawm ncaj qha rau kev ruaj ntseg. pawg sab laj..
    
  Txawm li cas los xij, cov koom haum txawj ntse tau tsis txaus siab heev los qhia cov ntaub ntawv thiab tsis nkag mus rau tus thawj tswj hwm lub chaw haujlwm. Nws tau paub zoo tias cov thawj coj ntawm Tsoom Fwv Saib Xyuas Kev Ruaj Ntseg (ib zaug hu ua Pawg Neeg Saib Xyuas Kev Ruaj Ntseg Hauv Xeev, lossis KGB), Cov Kev Pabcuam Txawv Tebchaws, Kev Pabcuam Thawj Tswj Hwm, thiab Lub Chaw Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Kev Ruaj Ntseg ntawm Cov Neeg Ua Haujlwm Loj (tus Thawj Saib Xyuas Kev Txawj Ntse. , lossis GRU) qhia ncaj qha rau tus thawj tswj hwm los ntawm tus thawj coj ntawm cov neeg ua haujlwm : feem ntau Kazyanov yog tus kawg kom kawm qee yam. "Tab sis peb tsis tuaj yeem paub qhov tseeb tias tus thawj tswj hwm Asmeskas nyob qhov twg txhua feeb ntawm txhua hnub," Kazyanov tau hais. "Cov xov xwm Asmeskas tag nrho ntseeg tias nws tab tom mus rau Guam rau lub rooj sib tham xov xwm no, thiab qhov ntawd yog qhov uas peb tau tos nws. Yog tias nws yuav tawm hauv lub nroog ib ntus, peb paub txog nws. "
    
  "Zoo, kuv xav hais tias nws tawm hauv lub nroog, puas yog?" Gryzlov retorted mockingly. "Koj tsis saib Tsev Dawb thiab Capitol txhua lub sijhawm?"
    
  "Txhua yam kev txav los ntawm Thawj Tswj Hwm, Tus Lwm Thawj Coj, Tus Thawj Kav Tebchaws thiab lawv cov thawj coj, nrog rau cov tub rog laus thiab cov neeg sawv cev ntawm Ministry of Defense tau ceeb toom los ntawm peb," Kazyanov tau hais. "Tus Thawj Kav Tebchaws thiab ib tus neeg ua haujlwm uas tau mus ncig nrog cov chaw loj, lossis cov ntaub ntawv peb tau txais txog kev npaj mus ncig, yog qhov txaus ntshai. Yog tias lawv tsis ua, peb yuav tsis paub txog lawv cov kev txav. Pom tseeb, qhov kev mus ncig no tau khaws cia rau hauv kev ntseeg siab nruj tshaj plaws, nrog cov txheej txheem kev nyab xeeb tsawg tsawg nyob rau hauv qhov chaw kom tsis txhob nyiam. "
    
  "Nws yog ib qho tseem ceeb uas koj tsim ib txoj hauv kev los txiav txim siab thaum twg ib lub dav hlau no tab tom yuav ya thiab leej twg thiab dab tsi nyob hauv nws, Kazyanov," Gryzlov hais. "Yog tias lawv ya tsis tu ncua, tej zaum lawv cov txheej txheem kev nyab xeeb pib ua tsis tiav. Koj yuav tsum xav txog txoj hauv kev los ceeb toom cov neeg ua haujlwm loj hauv Asmeskas rau kev txav ntawm lawv, dhau qhov loj ntawm lawv cov neeg koom nrog. Npaj los piav qhia rau pawg sab laj txog koj cov lus thov ntawm lawv lub rooj sib tham tsis tu ncua lub lim tiam tom ntej. " Nws yog pom tseeb los ntawm cov lus qhia ntawm nws lub ntsej muag uas Kazyanov tsis nyiam raug bark ntawm, txawm los ntawm tus thawj tswj hwm, tab sis nws tau txais kev pom zoo. Gryzlov tig rov qab rau General Khristenko. "Txuas ntxiv, General."
    
  "Muaj, tus tswv," said Chief of General Staff. Nws tau hu xovtooj rov qab los ntawm Thawj Tswj Hwm Phoenix lub rooj sib tham xov xwm. "Kuv cov neeg ua haujlwm tau tshuaj xyuas cov vis dis aus ntawm Phoenix lub rooj sib tham thiab ntau cov yeeb yaj kiab uas tau tshwm sim tom qab Phoenix xov xwm lub rooj sib tham uas nws tau noj hmo nrog ob peb tus neeg caij nkoj, thiab raws li cov duab ua ntej no, kuv cov neeg ua haujlwm ntseeg tias qhov no yog Thawj Tswj Hwm Phoenix thiab nws nyob hauv. ib lub dav hlau nyob hauv lub ntiaj teb orbit, muaj qhov hnyav hnyav, thiab zoo nkaus li noj qab nyob zoo thiab tsis raug kev txom nyem los ntawm ib qho kev tsis zoo ntawm kev ya davhlau lossis qhov hnyav. Lwm tus neeg hauv daim vis dis aus tau raug txheeb xyuas tias yog tus tub ceev xwm so haujlwm Kai Raydon, tus kws tshaj lij thiab tus kws ua haujlwm astronaut Trevor Sheil, thiab so haujlwm US Marine Corps Lt. Col. thiab astronaut Jessica Faulkner, tus kws tsav dav hlau qhov chaw.
    
  "Feem ntau, nws yeej tau mus rau hauv lub ntiaj teb qis qis ntawm lub dav hlau dav hlau uas US Strategic Command qhia rau peb lub tebchaws, S-19 spaceplane, nicknamed 'Ib tag hmo," Khristenko txuas ntxiv, hloov slides rau ib daim duab ntawm "Nws tau nqa ib tug neeg coob ob tug neeg thiab mus txog tsib txhiab kilograms ntawm cargo. Nws pom tau tias muaj ib tug pressurized module nyob rau hauv lub cargo compartment, uas muaj chaw rau ntau li plaub tus neeg caij tsheb."
    
  "Kuv tsis quav ntsej txog nws lub peev xwm, General," Gryzlov hais caustically. "Qhov kev hem thawj no ua rau lub dav hlau ua rau Russia?"
    
  "Qhov no sawv cev rau thev naus laus zis uas peb tseem nyob ntau xyoo dhau los ntawm kev txhim kho: lub peev xwm los tawm ntawm txhua txoj kev lag luam hauv ntiaj teb, ya mus rau hauv lub ntiaj teb qis qis, nres nrog chaw nres tsheb lossis ua ntau yam dej num hauv qhov chaw, nkag mus rau lub ntiaj teb huab cua thiab rov tsaws ntawm txhua txoj kev khiav - thiab ua txhua yam ntxiv hauv ob peb teev, "Khristenko hais. "Nws muaj cov txheej txheem propulsion nyuaj uas siv dav hlau dav hlau thiab cov hydrogen peroxide oxidizer. Nws tuaj yeem txuas nrog lub chaw nres tsheb thiab xa cov khoom siv lossis cov neeg ua haujlwm yuav luag ntawm qhov kev thov. Yog tias nws tseem nyob hauv huab cua, nws tuaj yeem ya los ntawm nws lub hauv paus nyob rau sab hnub poob Tebchaws Meskas mus rau Moscow hauv tsawg dua peb teev. "
    
  "Peb teev!" Gryzlov qw. "Thiab tom qab ntawd tso cov riam phom nuclear rau ntawm peb lub taub hau!"
    
  Kazyanov hais tias, "Raws li peb paub, tus tswv, lub dav hlau tsuas yog siv riam phom tsis muaj nuclear hauv qhov chaw," tab sis ib qho riam phom zoo li no, hu ua "Thor's Hammer," tau nkag mus rau hauv lub ntiaj teb huab cua thiab rhuav tshem lub hom phiaj ntawm lub ntiaj teb. hauv av."
    
  tau hais tias "Nws yog lub sijhawm ntawd peb tau hais tawm hauv kev pom zoo rau kev lees paub Lub Chaw Tiv Thaiv Sab Nraud Sab Nraud, tus tswv," said Foreign Minister Titeneva. "Kev cog lus txwv tsis pub muaj riam phom nyob hauv qhov chaw uas tuaj yeem tsoo lub hom phiaj ntawm lub ntiaj teb. Russia, Tuam Tshoj thiab tag nrho lwm lub tebchaws muaj peev xwm tau pom zoo rau daim ntawv cog lus, tshwj tsis yog Tebchaws Meskas, txawm tias lawv zoo li ua raws li nws. "
    
  "Daim nws, Daria, Kuv xav tau riam phom zoo li no txwv ... ntev txaus rau peb los tsim lawv tus kheej!" Gryzlov hais tias. Nws khiav nws txhais tes los ntawm nws cov plaub hau tuab. "Thiab peb tsis muaj thev naus laus zis zoo li lub dav hlau no?"
    
  "Peb tau tsim lub dav hlau rov siv tau ntau xyoo ua ntej cov neeg Amelikas tsim lawv lub chaw nres tsheb," said Minister of Defense Sokolov. "Lub dav hlau Elektron tau tso tawm rau hauv lub voj voog los ntawm lub tsheb SL-16 thiab tuaj yeem tsaws ntawm txoj kev khiav - nws tseem muaj riam phom nrog cov missile coj. Peb tau tsim ntau lub dav hlau, tab sis lawv txoj haujlwm ua haujlwm tsis paub. Lub Buran spaceplane zoo ib yam li American Space Shuttle. Peb tsim tsib ntawm lawv thiab ua ib qho kev sib tw ua ntej ua ntej lub teb chaws Ottoman poob. Peb Burans ntxiv nyob rau ntau theem ntawm kev ua tiav; Lwm lub dav hlau ua tiav tau raug puas tsuaj hauv av. "
    
  "Thiab saib dab tsi tshwm sim: peb tau tso cai rau cov neeg Asmeskas kom tau txais txiaj ntsig zoo dua peb hauv qhov chaw," Gryzlov hais. "Yog li coj lawv rov qab mus rau hauv kev pabcuam thiab ya tam sim ntawd, thiab yog tias peb tsim lawv ib zaug, peb tuaj yeem tsim lawv dua. Kuv xav kom ntau li ntau tau mus rau hauv kev tsim khoom tam sim ntawd. "
    
  "Phoenix yog ib tug neeg ruam yog hais tias nws yeej npaj yuav degrade nws cov tub rog thiab navy nyob rau hauv txaus siab rau qhov chaw riam phom," Sokolov hais. "Thiab nws tuaj yeem tsim txhua yam riam phom cyber uas nws xav tau thaum peb cov tub rog coj nws lub nroog."
    
  Gryzlov tau hais tias "Nws zoo li kuv tias Phoenix yuav tsis ua raws li qhov chaw cog lus ntev," Gryzlov hais. "Yog hais tias nws xav kom industrialize qhov chaw, nws yuav xav tiv thaiv nws. Yog tias peb tsis tuaj yeem ua kom nws pom zoo tsis ua tub rog hauv qhov chaw, thiab nws yeej rov xaiv tsa thiab txuas ntxiv nrog txoj kev npaj no, peb yuav ua li cas los tawm tsam cov kev txav no? Peb tuaj yeem siv dab tsi los tua nws lub nkoj?
    
  Khristenko tau hais tias "Peb cov riam phom loj tshaj plaws los tiv thaiv satellite tam sim no yog S-500 Autocrat qhov chaw-to-air missile system, tus tswv," Khristenko hais. "Nws lub hom phiaj siab tshaj plaws ntawm tsib puas kilometers thiab qhov siab tshaj plaws ntawm xya puas kilometers muab tso rau hauv thaj tsam ntawm US tub rog chaw nres tsheb. Lub kaw lus yog txawb, yooj yim txav thiab teeb tsa, yog li nws tuaj yeem raug rho tawm haujlwm thiab tom qab ntawd txav mus rau kev tawm tsam los yog muab tso rau hauv lub hom phiaj sai. S-500 kuj tseem muaj txiaj ntsig zoo tiv thaiv cov cuaj luaj hypersonic, cov dav hlau stealth, dav hlau ya qis lossis cov cuaj luaj caij nkoj thiab cov cuaj luaj ballistic. Nws yog nyob deb ntawm qhov muaj zog tshaj plaws saum npoo av-rau-air missile system hauv ntiaj teb. "
    
  "Thaum kawg, qee qhov xov xwm zoo," Gryzlov hais.
    
  "Qhov teeb meem nkaus xwb nrog S-500 yog tias peb tau tsim lawv tsawg heev txog tam sim no, tus tswv," Sokolov hais. "Tsuas muaj kaum ob lub roj teeb hauv kev pabcuam, nyob ib puag ncig Moscow, St. Petersburg thiab Vladivostok los tiv thaiv cov dav hlau stealth thiab cruise missiles."
    
  "Kaum ob?" Gryzlov tawm suab nrov. "Peb yuav tsum muaj kaum ob txhiab ntawm lawv! Koj yuav tau txais nyiaj los tsim kaum ib lub hlis, thiab kuv xav kom ob peb ntawm lawv nyob ntawm txhua lub hauv paus tub rog Lavxias hauv ntiaj teb! Kuv xav kom qhov chaw nres tsheb qhov chaw no thiab tag nrho Western spaceships nyob rau hauv Russia tus crosshairs 24/7! Txuas ntxiv".
    
  Khristenko tau hais tias "Qhov kev siv tau los tiv thaiv lub satellite tom ntej, thiab hloov tau yooj yim tshaj plaws, yog MiG-31D tiv thaiv satellite missile carrier," Khristenko hais, hloov lub swb dua. Lub swb nthuav tawm ib daim duab ntawm ib tug loj, ntxaib-tailed, muscular saib fighter dav hlau. "Nws qhov siab tshaj plaws yog yuav luag peb npaug ntawm lub suab nrawm, thiab nws qhov siab tshaj plaws siab tshaj peb caug txhiab meters. Nws siv 9K720 Osa missile, uas yog tib lub missile siv nyob rau hauv Iskander theatre ballistic missile. MiG-31 tau coj mus rau nws lub hom phiaj los ntawm radar hauv av thiab xa cov cuaj luaj thaum nws nce mus txog qhov siab ntawm nees nkaum txhiab meters. Lub foob pob hluav taws Osa tsis tas yuav nqa lub taub hau micronuclear, yog li ib lub foob pob hluav taws yuav txaus los tsoo US chaw nres tsheb tawm saum ntuj. Lub missile Osa, tswj los ntawm MiG-31 radar, muaj peev xwm ntaus lwm lub hom phiaj huab cua. "
    
  "Qhov no yog qhov zoo," Gryzlov hais. "Peb muaj pes tsawg tus neeg ua haujlwm tam sim no, General?"
    
  Khristenko teb tias "Tam sim no tsuas muaj peb caug lub foob pob hluav taws xob tiv thaiv hluav taws xob hauv kev pabcuam, tus tswv," Khristenko teb. "Ob tug tub rog nyob rau sab hnub poob thiab ib qho nyob rau sab hnub tuaj."
    
  "Thaum twg lub ntuj raug txim peb tau tso tseg tsis ua tub rog?" Gryzlov quaj. "Dab tsi ntxiv?"
    
  Khristenko tau hais tias "Lub MiG-31 thawj zaug tau coj mus rau saum huab cua ntau dua plaub caug xyoo dhau los," Khristenko hais. "Nws radar tau hloov kho tshiab, tab sis tsis yog rau ntau xyoo hauv kev pom zoo ntawm cov neeg tua neeg thib tsib tshiab. Hauv nws lub luag haujlwm tiv thaiv satellite, MiG-31 lub dav hlau dav dav tsuas yog muaj li yim puas kilometers. Tab sis 9K720 missile muaj qhov ntev ntawm plaub puas kilometers, txaus los rhuav tshem txhua lub dav hlau Asmeskas hauv lub ntiaj teb qis. "
    
  "Peb puas tuaj yeem tsim ntau dua?"
    
  "Tam sim no peb muaj txog li ob puas thiab tsib caug MiG-31s hauv kev pabcuam, tus tswv," Khristenko tau hais. "Hais txog ib puas ntawm lawv ua haujlwm."
    
  "Ntau tshaj ib nrab ntawm cov khoom muag tsis ua haujlwm?" Gryzlov yws dua. "Yog tias peb lub tebchaws ua luam dej hauv cov nyiaj roj, vim li cas peb thiaj tso ib nrab ntawm peb lub dav hlau zaum tsis muaj zog?" Khristenko tsis teb. Gryzlov tau hais tias "Tom qab ntawd hloov tag nrho cov kev ua haujlwm MiG-31s rau hauv cov khoom siv hluav taws xob tiv thaiv satellite," Gryzlov tau hais. "Kuv xav tias koj muaj lwm tus neeg tua rog uas tuaj yeem tuav lub luag haujlwm cuam tshuam los ntawm MiG-31?"
    
  "Tau kawg, sir."
    
  "Kuv xav tau daim ntawv qhia tag nrho ntawm kev hloov dua siab tshiab, thiab kuv xav tau kwv yees tias nws yuav siv sijhawm ntev npaum li cas los tsim S-500s," Gryzlov hais. "Yuav ua li cas txog qhov khoom muaj nqis?"
    
  "Peb muaj tib neeg-powered Soyuz cargo spacecraft thiab unmanned Progress cargo spacecraft, tus tswv, nrog rau lub nruab nrab-lift Proton thiab hnyav-lift Angara foob pob ua ntxaij," Khristenko teb. "Peb muaj ntau yam kev paub." Nyob rau hauv resupply missions rau International Space Station. "
    
  "Thiab yog txhua yam? Muab missions? "
    
  Sokolov tau hais tias "Tus Tswv, Russia tau ua tus txhawb nqa tseem ceeb ntawm International Chaw Chaw Nres Nkoj, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog txij li cov neeg Asmeskas tau tso tseg lawv cov shuttles," Sokolov tau hais. "Peb tsis xav tau lwm qhov chaw nyob hauv lub ntiaj teb orbit, vim peb tau txwv tsis pub nkag mus rau Lavxias teb sab orbital seem ntawm ISS rau kev sim tshawb fawb."
    
  Gryzlov tau hais tias "Tab sis qhov no tsis yog chaw nres tsheb hauv Lavxias teb sab. "Peb puas tseem muaj kev npaj tsim peb tus kheej qhov chaw ua tub rog? Yuav ua li cas tshwm sim rau peb tus kheej qhov chaw nres tsheb qhov project? Peb muaj ob peb thiab tam sim no peb tsis muaj?"
    
  "Muaj, tus tswv," Khristenko teb. "Qhov project hu ua Orbital Manned Assembly thiab Experimental Complex. Ua ntej International Chaw Chaw Nres Nkoj yog decommissioned thiab tso cai rau rov nkag mus rau hauv huab cua, Russia yuav tshem tawm cov qauv ntawm nws cov Lavxias teb sab orbital seem thiab nruab rau ntawm lub hauv paus truss nrog hnub ci panels thiab mounting engines. Lub chaw nres tsheb yuav raug siv los sib sau ua ke lub dav hlau ya mus rau lub hli lossis Mars, ua kev sim thiab ...
    
  "Thaum twg qhov no yuav tsum tshwm sim?"
    
  "Nyob li ntawm tsib xyoos, tus tswv," Sokolov teb.
    
  "Tsib xyoo? Qhov no yog qhov tsim nyog, Sokolov!" - Gryzlov qw. "Kuv xav pom cov phiaj xwm rau qhov chaw nres tsheb no txhim kho. Kuv xav kom qhov no tshwm sim sai li sai tau! "
    
  "Tab sis peb muaj kev pom zoo nrog cuaj lub tebchaws los siv cov qauv no ntawm International Chaw Chaw Chaw, tus tswv," Tus Thawj Fwm Tsav Tebchaws Txawv Tebchaws Titeneva tau hais. Gryzlov lub qhov muag ci ntsa iab ntawm qhov kev cuam tshuam no. "Kev koom tes tau them nyiaj rau Russia rau lawv siv thiab txhawb nqa ISS. Peb tsis tuaj yeem-"
    
  Gryzlov tau hais tias "Tshwj tsis yog Tebchaws Meskas thim rov qab txoj kev npaj siab dhau los no los ua tub rog thiab ua lag luam hauv ntiaj teb lub ntiaj teb, txhua qhov kev sib koom tes thiab kev pom zoo cuam tshuam txog qhov chaw sab nraud yog qhov tsis muaj tseeb," Gryzlov tau hais. "Koj nkag siab kuv? Yog tias Phoenix pheej nrog txoj kev npau taws no, Russia yuav tawm tsam rov qab. Txhua tus neeg ntawm no tau nkag siab zoo dua: Russia yuav tsis tso cai rau ib lub tebchaws los ua tus tswj hwm sab nraud. Tus neeg phem ntawd Kenneth Phoenix nyuam qhuav tawm tsam: Russia lees txais nws, thiab peb yuav teb ... pib tam sim no! "
    
  Gryzlov kaw lub rooj sib tham nrog nthwv dej ntawm nws txhais tes, thiab tsis ntev nws thiab Tarzarov nyob ib leeg. Gryzlov hais tias, "Kuv nkees nkees tas li yuav tsum tau teeb hluav taws hauv qab lub asses ntawm cov neeg ua haujlwm ua haujlwm no," Gryzlov hais, teeb cigar. "Peb yuav tsum tau hloov kho cov npe ntawm lwm tus thawj tswj hwm dua. Titenov lub npe yog nyob rau sab saum toj ntawm daim ntawv yuav tsum tau hloov. Yuav ua li cas nws twv kuv cov kev xav? Kuv tsis quav ntsej txog cov txheej txheem yog dab tsi - Kuv xav tau qhov kuv xav tau, thiab nws yog nws txoj haujlwm kom tau txais nws rau kuv. "
    
  "Tam sim no koj tau muab lawv cov lus txib, cia saib seb lawv ua li cas," Tarzarov hais. "Yog tias lawv tsis tau txais nyiaj los ntawm Duma thiab pib ua tub rog ua haujlwm, koj muaj qhov laj thawj zoo los hloov lawv. Zoo li kuv hais, Gennady, tsis txhob coj qhov no rau lub siab. "
    
  "Yog, yog," Gryzlov hais dismissively.
    
  Tarzarov xyuas nws lub xov tooj smartphone rau cov lus. "Ilyanov nyob ntawm no."
    
  "Zoo. Coj nws los ntawm no, "Gryzlov hais. Ib pliag tom qab, Tarzarov, nqa ib lub thawv khoom, coj Bruno Ilyanov thiab Ivetta Korchkova mus rau hauv tus thawj tswj hwm lub chaw ua hauj lwm, ces muab lub thawv rau ntawm tus thawj tswj hwm lub rooj. "Kuv hnov koj ua tiav, Colonel, txawm tias koj cov neeg ua haujlwm raug ntes," nws hais tias, sawv ntawm lub rooj los tos txais lawv. Ilyanov tau hnav khaub ncaws hnav khaub ncaws ntawm Lavxias Air Force. Tsis txhob sim ua kom ntse, Gryzlov khiav nws ob lub qhov muag nce thiab nqis Korchkova lub cev thaum nws mus txog. Nws tau hnav khaub ncaws ua lag luam tsaus nti, ua kom pom tseeb ntawm nws cov nkhaus thiab ob lub mis, tab sis nws hnav cov heels siab heels uas tsim nyog rau lub rooj noj mov ntau dua li kev mus ntsib kev lag luam rau lub chaw haujlwm ntawm Lavxias Thawj Tswj Hwm. Korchkov teb rau Gryzlov qhov ntsuas saib yam tsis muaj kev qhia. Nws tig rov qab mus rau Ilyanov thiab nthuav nws txhais tes. Lavxias teb sab colonel coj nws, thiab Gryzlov tuav nws txhais tes, tuav Ilyanov nyob ze nws. "Kev ntes ntawm koj cov neeg yog hmoov tsis zoo, Colonel," nws hais. "Kuv vam tias lawv tuaj yeem tuav lawv tus nplaig."
    
  "Nws tsis muaj teeb meem, tus tswv," Ilyanov hais. "Peb zaj dab neeg yuav raug lees paub. Cov no yog cov tub sab nto moo thiab cov neeg Lavxias teb sab uas xav ua pauj rau General Patrick McLanahan. Lawv muab cov khoom rau lwm tus neeg txawv tebchaws tsis paub. Yog hais tias lawv tham thiab liam kuv, kuv yuav tsis lees paub txhua yam. Koj tuaj yeem txhawb nqa lawv txoj kev xav, tab sis pib qhov kev tshawb nrhiav, tua kuv thiab them nyiaj rau kev kho. Cov xov xwm ceev ceev tsis txaus ntseeg ntawm Asmeskas xov xwm thiab kev tsis paub txog txhua yam tshwj tsis yog kev sib deev thiab kev ua phem yuav cheb tag nrho cov ntu tam sim ntawd. "
    
  "Nws yuav zoo li ntawd, Colonel," Gryzlov ceeb toom. Nws rov qab mus rau nws lub rooj, pov tseg cov khoom ntawm lub thawv rau ntawm nws lub hau, khaws lub urn, hnyav, ces ntsia Ilyanov. "Liab?"
    
  "Muaj tseeb li ntawd, tus tswv," said Ilyanov. "Nws txhais li cas?"
    
  Gryzlov hais tias "Qhov no txhais tau hais tias ib tus neeg tau tso nws tawm hauv qhov dej," Gryzlov hais tias, "ua rau kuv tsis muaj sijhawm los ua li ntawd." Nws ntsia ntawm cov khoom seem. "Yog li ntawd. Nov yog txhua yam uas tseem tshuav ntawm tus poj Patrick Shane McLanahan, tus tua huab cua, "nws hais.
    
  "Tsis yog txhua yam, tus tswv," said Ilyanov. "Nws tsev neeg tam sim ntawd. Ob tug muam thiab ib tug tub."
    
  Gryzlov hais tias, "Kuv tsis tau muab qhov kev txiav txim kom tua cov poj niam, Colonel," Gryzlov hais, saib Korchkov dua. Nws paub tias Lavxias teb sab kev zoo nkauj yog kev cob qhia Vympel Special Forces commando, tshwj xeeb hauv kev tua ntau yam ... intimately ze ntau. "Tab sis tag nrho cov khoom seem ntawm McLanahan mus rau kuv. Koj puas tau pom koj tus tub?
    
  "Nws tsis txhob sim zais nws qhov chaw, tus tswv," Ilyanov hais. "Nws niaj hnub tshaj tawm hauv social network - tag nrho lub ntiaj teb paub tias nws nyob qhov twg thiab nws ua dab tsi. Peb tseem tsis tau pom muaj cov cim qhia txog kev nyab xeeb nyob ib puag ncig nws. "
    
  Gryzlov tau hais tias "Tsuas yog vim nws tsis tshaj tawm dab tsi txog kev pabcuam kev nyab xeeb hauv Facebook tsis txhais tau tias nws tsis muaj," Gryzlov tau hais. "Kuv vam tias koj tau xaiv cov neeg ntseeg siab dua rau txoj haujlwm no."
    
  Ilyanov tau hais tias "Tsis muaj kev txaus ntshai ntawm tib neeg txaus siab ua cov haujlwm no, tus tswv," Ilyanov tau hais. "Peb xaiv qhov zoo tshaj plaws. Lawv tam sim no nyob rau hauv txoj hauj lwm thiab npaj tawm tsam. Kuv cov neeg yuav ua rau nws zoo li kuv tus tub tua tus kheej los ntawm kev haus yeeb tshuaj yeeb, thiab kuv yuav ua kom cov ntsiab lus tshwm sim hauv txhua cov ntawv xov xwm thiab TV hauv ntiaj teb. Kuv kuj tseem yuav qhia meej tias tus tub tau qaug tshuaj thiab haus cawv vim nws txiv tsis saib xyuas, thiab tias leej txiv muaj kev quav yeeb quav tshuaj thiab teeb meem kev xav zoo sib xws. "
    
  "Zoo heev," hais Gryzlov. Nws coj ib tug sib sib zog nqus luag ntawm nws luam yeeb, coj kom zoo dua ntawm lub ncua mus ib zaug dua saib Korchkov nce thiab nqis. "Vim li cas ho tsis xa Captain Korchkov?" nws nug. "Kuv paub tseeb tias cov tub ntxhais hluas McLanahan yuav luag zoo nkauj ntawm nws lub ntsej muag ... lub sijhawm ua ntej nws lub neej raug txiav luv luv." Kortchkova nyob twj ywm impassive kiag li, nws txhais tes tuav nyob rau hauv pem hauv ntej ntawm nws lub cev, nws ob txhais taw yuav luag lub xub pwg dav sib nrug nyob rau hauv ib tug heev npaj txhij, kis las stance.
    
  Ilyanov hais tias "Cov neeg uas kuv xaiv yuav tsis muaj teeb meem, tus tswv," Ilyanov hais. "Kev xa tus thawj coj rov qab mus rau Tebchaws Meskas rau McLanahan yuav zoo li siv lub sledgehammer tawg qe."
    
  Gryzlov hais tias "Cia li xyuas kom nws ua tiav, Colonel," Gryzlov hais. "Kuv tau tos ntev txaus kom tau txais kuv kev ua pauj rau Patrick McLanahan. Kuv xav kom txhua yam uas nws koom nrog raug tuag thiab puas tsuaj. Txhua yam uas tshuav ntawm nws yog nws tus tub thiab nws lub koob npe nrov, thiab kuv xav kom ob leeg raug rhuav tshem. "
    
  "Muaj, tus tswv," hais Ilyanov. "Kuv yuav qhia kuv pab neeg ua tiav tag kis."
    
  "Nws yuav zoo dua yog tias txhua yam mus zoo, Colonel," said Gryzlov. "Kuv xav kom lub npe McLanahan raug tarnished tshaj kho." Nws ntsia ntawm Korchkova dua, xav paub seb puas yuav qhia nws kom nyob lossis tiv tauj nws tom qab, tom qab ntawd yoj tes. "Koj muaj lus txib, Colonel. Ua lawv." Ilyanov thiab Korchkov tig thiab sab laug yam tsis tau hais ib lo lus.
    
  "Qhov no tsis yog kev lag luam ntawm Thawj Tswj Hwm ntawm Lavxias Federation, tus tswv," Tarzarov hais tom qab ob sab laug.
    
  "Tej zaum tsis yog, Sergei," Gryzlov hais tias, nws lub ntsej muag nyuaj thiab ua phem dhau los ntawm huab cua luam yeeb, "tab sis qhov no yeej yog txoj haujlwm ntawm Anatoly Gryzlov tus tub. Thaum McLanahan tus tub raug tshem tawm, kuv tuaj yeem tsom mus rau kev tsim kho peb lub teb chaws thiab muab nws rov qab rau hauv txoj kev mus rau qhov zoo. Peb tau khwv nyiaj los ntawm cov peev txheej ntuj thiab muab tso rau hauv qab lub txaj ntev dhau lawm, Sergei - nws yog lub sijhawm los pib siv nws thiab coj peb qhov chaw raug cai hauv ntiaj teb los ua lub hwj chim tiag tiag. "
    
    
  CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY
  SAN LUIS OBISPO, CALIFORNIA
  LUB SIJ HAWM
    
    
  "Puas yog fucking txaus?" - Bradley McLanahan qw. Nws thiab plaub tus tub ntxhais kawm tau nyob hauv lawv tus xibfwb lub chaw haujlwm hauv Reinhold Aerospace Engineering Building ntawm thaj chaw loj ntawm California Polytechnic University ntawm San Luis Obispo, hu ua Cal Poly, nyob ze California lub ntug dej hiav txwv hauv nruab nrab, saib TV ntawm ib lub chaw ua haujlwm hauv computer. . "Tus Thawj Kav Tebchaws ntawm Tebchaws Meskas tab tom ncig lub chaw nres tsheb Armstrong! Yog tias nws ua tau, kuv paub tseeb tias ntuj txiag teb tsaus tuaj yeem ua tau! " Lwm cov menyuam kawm ntawv nodded hauv kev pom zoo.
    
  Brad McLanahan tau nyob ze rau nws thawj xyoo ua tiav aerospace engineering tub ntxhais kawm ntawm Cal Poly. Txhua yam hauv nws lub neej, los ntawm nws lub cev mus rau nws txoj kev kawm thiab kev paub dhau los, zoo li tsuas yog me ntsis siab dua qhov nruab nrab. Nws siab me ntsis, hnyav dua, thiab ntxim hlub tshaj qhov nruab nrab, nrog lub qhov muag xiav thiab cov plaub hau daj uas loj me ntsis ntev dua li feem ntau ntawm cov tub ntxhais kawm engineering hauv tsev kawm ntawv. Nws cov qhab-nees tau qis dua qhov nruab nrab, tsuas yog txaus kom nws txais mus rau UC Poly lub tsev kawm ntawv qib siab engineering, uas tau txais tsawg dua ib feem peb ntawm tag nrho cov neeg thov. Ua tsaug rau lub siab dawb siab zoo thiab cov txiaj ntsig ntawm nws cov niam txiv lig txoj cai pov hwm lub neej muaj txiaj ntsig, Brad tau nyob hauv txoj haujlwm nyiaj txiag zoo dua li lwm tus tub ntxhais kawm thaum mus kawm ntawv qib siab: nws caij tsheb kauj vab zoo mus rau tsev kawm ntawv los ntawm nws lub tsev sab nraud hauv San Luis Obispo thiab txawm tias qee zaus ya hauv nws txiv lub turbine Cessna P210 Silver Eagle lub dav hlau los ntawm lub tshav dav hlau nyob ze, tag nrho thaum paub tias nws yuav tsis muaj nqi kawm ntawv qib siab lossis cov nqi qiv nyiaj vim nws kawm tiav qib siab lossis kawm tiav. kev kawm.
    
  "Peb tsis tuaj yeem tuaj rau lub sijhawm zoo dua rau qhov no, Brad," Lane Egan tau hais. Kaum tsib-xyoo-laus Lane yog los ntawm Roseburg, Oregon, kawm tiav hauv tsev kawm theem siab tom qab ob xyoos nrog GPA hauv stratosphere, thiab tau txais mus rau Cal Poly nrog rau plaub xyoos nyiaj kawm ntawv. Me me, me me chubby, nrog cov iav tuab-nws zoo li cov classic Hollywood version ntawm ib tug nerd-Lane ntsia Brad ua ib tug tij laug. Lane yog ib tug kawm tiav hauv College of Electrical Engineering, loj hauv computer thiab microchip tsim thiab programming. "Kuv vam tias tus xibfwb Nukage nyiam peb cov lus pom zoo."
    
  "Kuv tseem xav tias peb yuav tsum tau mus nrog lub tswv yim khib nyiab, Bradley," Kim Jong-bae tau hais. Jung Bae-txhua tus neeg hu nws "Jerry" vim nws nyiam Jerry Lewis cov yeeb yaj kiab, lub npe menyuam yaus uas nws siv nrog kev txaus siab - yog los ntawm Seoul, United Kauslim, uas, tom qab ob xyoos ntawm kev kawm ntawm Pohang University of Science thiab Technology, hloov mus kawm hauv Tebchaws Meskas. Siab thiab ntshiv, nws tau siv sijhawm ntau nyob rau hauv lub tsev hais plaub basketball zoo li nws tau ua hauv engineering lab. Jerry yog ib tug tub ntxhais kawm tshuab engineering tshwj xeeb hauv kev siv tshuab hlau thiab lub zog cia. "Koj paub Nukaga: nws tsis nyiam ua tub rog."
    
  Casey Huggins tau hais tias "Starfire tsis yog kev ua tub rog, Jerry," said. Casey kuj yog tus tau txais nyiaj kawm ntawv plaub xyoos nws lub xyoo kawm tshiab ntawm Cal Poly. Kev sib tsoo dej caij ski thaum nws tseem yog menyuam yaus ua rau nws tuag tes tuag taw ntawm lub duav mus, yog li tsev kawm ntawv tau dhau los ua ib feem tseem ceeb ntawm nws lub neej. Nws tau tawm tsam kom nws qhov hnyav los ntawm kev siv lub rooj zaum muaj log nyob ib ncig ntawm UCSC lub tsev kawm ntawv loj heev, rau rau txhiab-acre tsev kawm ntawv thiab koom nrog kev ua kis las xws li lub rooj zaum muaj log thiab ntaus pob. Casey yog ib tug tub ntxhais kawm ntawv hluav taws xob engineering tshwj xeeb hauv cov phiaj xwm hluav taws xob. "Peb siv qee yam khoom siv tub rog, tab sis qhov no tsis yog kev ua tub rog." Jung Bae shrugged, tsis ntseeg kiag li, tab sis tsis xav provoke lwm qhov kev sib cav.
    
  Jodie Cavendish hais tias, "Kuv nyiam Jerry lub tswv yim ntawm qhov chaw khib nyiab ib yam nkaus, tab sis tshwj xeeb tshaj yog tom qab Thawj Tswj Hwm Phoenix cov lus me me, kuv xav tias peb yuav tsum ua raws li peb cov lus pom zoo, cov neeg," Jodie Cavendish tau hais tias, txhuam nws cov plaub hau daj ntev ntev ntawm nws lub xub pwg nyom thiab tom qab ntawd tshee hnyo nws ncig nws hauv siab. . Jodie yog los ntawm Brisbane, Australia, thiab txawm hais tias nws zoo li lub siab, haum, xiav-eyed surf ntxhais los ntawm yav qab teb California, nyob ze rau dej hiav txwv hauv tsev thiab nyiam kev caij nkoj, caij nthwv dej thiab kayaking, ntau dua li txhua yam nws nyiam kawm thiab sim. , thiab tuaj yeem pom hauv chav kuaj lossis hauv tsev qiv ntawv hauv computer. Nws tau nyob ze ua kom tiav nws ob xyoos cov tub ntxhais kawm kev sib pauv nyiaj pub dawb ntawm Cal Poly thiab Queensland University of Technology, kawm txog kev siv tshuab engineering nrog cov khoom loj hauv cov khoom siv qib siab thiab nanotechnology. "Tsis tas li ntawd, peb tau siv sijhawm ntau dhau los mloog peb cov lus sib tham."
    
  "Zoo li Jodi tau hais, Kuv qhib rau txhua lub tswv yim, thiab peb tuaj yeem tsim lub tswv yim ntawm qhov chaw khib nyiab ib yam nkaus-peb npaj txhij," Brad hais. "Tab sis tam sim no, nrog rau cov lus no thiab qhov kev sib tw no, kuv xav tias Starfire yuav yog tus yeej."
    
  "Koj puas nyob ntawd tam sim no, Mr. McLanahan?" - lawv hnov ib tug txiv neej lub suab, thiab Toshuniko Nukaga, Ph.D., xib fwb ntawm aerospace engineering ntawm California Polytechnic University, khiav mus rau hauv lub chaw ua hauj lwm. Yug, loj hlob thiab kawm ntawv hauv Berkeley, California, Nukaga, paub hauv lub voj voog kev kawm nrog rau nws cov phooj ywg zoo li "Toby," tsis tau ua dab tsi maj mam, txawm hais tias nws yog kev sib tw tsheb kauj vab, kev qhia, lossis sau ntawv thiab nthuav tawm cov ntawv txuas ntxiv rau yav tom ntej. nyob rau hauv lub ntiaj teb no ntawm aerospace science. Rau caum-xyoo-laus Nukaga, so haujlwm los ntawm kev lag luam aerospace, yog ib tus kws tshaj lij nrhiav cov kws tshaj lij hauv kev tsim cov dav hlau tshiab thiab dav hlau. Nws muaj kev xaiv los ntawm kev ua haujlwm ntawm pawg thawj coj lossis coj ntau pua lub tuam txhab thiab cov tsev kawm ntawv thoob ntiaj teb, tab sis tau xaiv los siv nws cov xyoo so so hauv California Central Valley, dhau los ntawm nws txoj kev paub thiab kev mob siab rau tshawb nrhiav thiab nug cov lus pom zoo rau ib tus neeg. tiam tshiab ntawm engineers thiab thinkers..
    
  "Zoo tav su, Dr. Nukaga," Brad hais. "Ua tsaug rau koj muaj peb hnub lig."
    
  Thaum Brad hais lus tas lawm, Nukaga tau tshawb xyuas nws email ntawm nws lub khoos phis tawj desktop, nqa nws lub khoos phis tawj ntsiav tshuaj tawm ntawm nws lub hnab ev ntawv, thiab muab tso rau. Nws tau taub hau, lees txais tus tub hluas txoj kev ris txiaj, tom qab ntawd tig rov qab rau hauv nws lub rooj zaum, tapping nws lub ntsis ntiv tes ua ke kom nws txav mus txawm tias nws zaum. "Koj nyob nraum tos txais. Cia peb hnov los ntawm koj 'tus yeej', Mr. McLanahan."
    
  "Yog lawm, tus tswv," Brad hais. "Kuv tsis ntev los no tau kawm tias Sky Masters Aerospace hauv Nevada tau tshaj tawm qhov kev thov rau cov ntawv thov rau cov tsev kawm qib siab thiab cov tuam txhab ntawm cov phiaj xwm tom ntej. Nws zoo nkaus li tias cov tuam txhab xws li Sky Masters ua haujlwm nrog Phoenix cov thawj coj vim tias Thawj Tswj Hwm tsuas yog qhia tib yam hauv nws qhov chaw nyob los ntawm Armstrong Chaw Nres Tsheb. Tswv Ntuj xav tau-"
    
  "Koj hais tias Thawj Tswj Hwm tau hais lus rau lub tebchaws los ntawm chaw nres tsheb tub rog?" - Nukaga nug incredulously. "Nws puas nyob hauv lub ntiaj teb tam sim no?"
    
  "Yog lawm, tus tswv," Brad teb. "Nws kuj nyuam qhuav ua tiav lub rooj sib tham xov xwm. Nws xav tias zoo nkauj, hnyav thiab tag nrho. Kuv xav tias nws tus Tub Ceev Xwm Kev Pabcuam tsis ua zoo li ntawd. "
    
  "Lub ntuj raug txim yog dab tsi yog Thawj Tswj Hwm ntawm Tebchaws Meskas ua nyob rau hauv chaw nres tsheb tub rog?" Nukaga hais lus iab iab. "Nws zoo li tsis muaj lub luag haujlwm rau kuv. Ib txhiab qhov xwm txheej tuaj yeem tshwm sim thiab nws tuaj yeem kis tau ib puas kab mob, qee qhov tuaj yeem cuam tshuam rau nws lub siab, thiab nws yog tus thawj coj ntawm tub rog nuclear. Qhov no yog kev vwm". Nws nyob ntsiag to ib pliag, ces yoj nws txhais tes, tshem lub ntsiab lus ntawm nws lub siab. "Thov txuas ntxiv, Mr. McLanahan."
    
  Brad tau hais tias "Peb tab tom thov lub khoos phis tawj, tshuab tshuab thiab aerospace lab qhov chaw thiab cov peev txheej rau kaum ob lub lis piam lub caij ntuj sov no rau txoj haujlwm uas peb cia siab tias tuaj yeem tso rau hauv lub voj voog thiab sim ua ntej lub xyoo xaus," Brad hais. "Peb hu nws Project Starfire."
    
  Nukagi pob muag sawv hauv kev xav tsis thoob. "Kuv xav tias koj lub npe yog Mr. McLanahan?"
    
  "Nws yog kuv li, tus tswv," Lane Egan hais tias khav theeb.
    
  "Yog lawm, Mr. Egan," Nukaga hais tias, zais ib lub luag nyav me me tom qab ob ntiv tes tapping nws daim di ncauj. Thaum xub thawj nws tsis ntseeg tus tub hluas - ib tug me nyuam tub, tiag tiag - vim hais tias nws niam nws txiv ob leeg muaj ntau tus kws kho mob thiab muaj nyiaj heev, txhoj puab heev, xav tau cov kws tshawb fawb tshawb fawb, thiab nws ntseeg tias Egan txoj kev vam meej yog vim muaj zog, ua rau muaj zog. nws niam nws txiv. Tab sis qhov no twv yuav raug hu ua tsis yog li ntawd. Txawm hais tias cov tub ntxhais hluas Egan tau yooj yim thim rov qab rau nws tus kheej thaum yau los ntawm qee lub sijhawm, nws yog ib tug tub hluas uas muaj txiaj ntsig zoo uas yuav tsis ntev los no tau txais nws tus kheej sau cov kws kho mob, ua rau muaj kev vam meej ntawm nws niam nws txiv.
    
  Tus xibfwb tau tshem tag nrho cov lus qhia ntawm kev luag nyav, rov ua pob zeb dua, ces hais tias: "Xwb. Yog li vim li cas koj tsis txuas ntxiv nrog koj qhov kev nthuav qhia, Mr. Egan?
    
  "Muaj, tus tswv," Lane teb yam tsis muaj kev sib tw. Ib yam li ntawd, tus tub hluas tawm mus, hloov los ntawm ib tus kws tshawb fawb yav tom ntej loj. "Raws li koj paub, tus tswv, lub tswv yim ntawm kev sau lub zog los ntawm lub hnub los ntawm lub dav hlau nyob hauv lub ntiaj teb orbit thiab xa lub zog rov qab mus rau lub ntiaj teb tau raug npaj rau ntau xyoo, tab sis peb xav tias peb tau kov yeej cov kev nyuaj siab thiab tsim tau. ib qho chaw lag luam uas muaj peev xwm ua tau raws li lub hnub ci fais fab nroj tsuag. "
    
  Nukaga ntsia Casey thiab Jody. "Vim tias koj muaj npeeg Huggins ntawm koj pab neeg, kuv xav tias koj lub dav hlau siv qee yam kev qhia lub zog, xws li microwaves," nws hais. "Npauj Npaim Huggins?"
    
  "Tsis yog tiag, tus tswv," Casey hais. "Feem ntau kev tshawb fawb los tsim lub hnub ci zog hauv qhov chaw tau siv microwaves lossis lasers xa hluav taws xob los ntawm lub hnub mus rau lub ntiaj teb. Lasers muaj qee yam teeb meem kev nom kev tswv. Microwave qhov cub muaj txiaj ntsig zoo thiab tuaj yeem hloov tau ntau lub zog sai heev. Tab sis microwaves xav tau lub rectenna loj, los yog xa cov kav hlau txais xov, tsawg kawg yog ib square kilometers nyob rau hauv cheeb tsam, thiab ib tug txawm loj rectenna, los yog txais kav hlau txais xov, tej zaum kaum lub sij hawm loj dua lub transmitting kav hlau txais xov. Peb cov neeg koom tes thoob plaws ntiaj teb thiab peb nyob ntawm Cal Poly tau tsim ib tus maser: microwave laser. Peb muaj peev xwm txav tau thiab sib tsoo cov nqaj nyob rau hauv lub microwave spectrum kom lub zog ntau tuaj yeem raug nyem rau hauv ib qho me me, tsom teeb ntau dua. Nws muaj qee qhov zoo tshaj plaws microwave thiab pom lub teeb laser kev ua tau zoo, siv cov kav hlau txais xov me me, thiab muaj txiaj ntsig zoo dua. Tsis tas li ntawd, maser rectifiers, uas hloov lub zog microwave rau hauv hluav taws xob, yog me me, portable heev thiab tuaj yeem ntsia tau yuav luag txhua qhov chaw. "
    
  "Tsis tas li ntawd, tus tswv, cov khoom tseem ceeb thiab cov khoom siv rau kev tsim hluav taws xob twb tau teeb tsa rau ntawm Armstrong chaw nres tsheb," Brad hais. Nukaga ntsia Brad thiab nqaim nws ob lub qhov muag hauv kev tsis pom zoo ntawm kev cuam tshuam, tab sis cia nws mus ntxiv. "Lub Skybolt laser yog lub tshuab hluav taws xob dawb uas siv los ntawm klystron uas tau tsav los ntawm lub tshuab hluav taws xob magnetohydrodynamic. Peb tuaj yeem tsim lub microwave kab noj hniav rau hauv lub laser nws tus kheej thiab siv cov hluav taws xob sau los ntawm Starfire los ua lub zog rau lub laser, yog li peb tsis tas yuav siv MHD. Peb tseem tuaj yeem siv Skybolt cov kev taw qhia thiab kev tswj hwm. "
    
  Nukaga tau hais tias "Tus dab no yuav tsum raug tshem tawm ntawm lub ntiaj teb ntau xyoo dhau los thiab tso cai rau hlawv thaum rov nkag mus," Nukaga tau hais. Nws muab Brad lwm frown, zoo li yog qhov chaw-raws li laser koom rau nws. "Koj puas pom muaj teeb meem nrog kev tua cov kab hluav taws xob los ntawm qhov chaw, Npeeg Huggins?" nws nug.
    
  Casey teb tias "Muaj ntau yam teeb meem kev nom kev tswv, tus tswv," Casey teb. "Lub 2006 Outer Space Conservation Treaty aims kom tshem tawm tag nrho cov riam phom qhov chaw tawm tsam. Tshwj xeeb, nws hais txog cov tshuab hluav taws xob uas muaj peev xwm ua tau ntau tshaj li ib megajoule ntawm lub zog ntawm qhov deb ntawm ntau tshaj ib puas kilometers. Lub Skybolt laser ntawm lub chaw nres tsheb Armstrong tau ntaus lub hom phiaj hauv qhov chaw, huab cua, thiab txawm nyob hauv lub ntiaj teb ntawm thaj tsam zoo tshaj li ib puas kilometers, muaj zog ntau dua. " lub laser tau ua qhov chaw nyob, thiab tsis txaus siab rau qhov no.
    
  "Nrog rau qhov rov ua haujlwm ntawm Skybolt missile tiv thaiv laser nyob rau hauv Armstrong Chaw Chaw Nres Tsheb thiab kev xa tawm ntawm Kingfisher space-based interceptors, cov lus cog tseg tau rov pib dua thiab tau txais los ntawm United Nations General Assembly hauv 2010," Casey txuas ntxiv. "Lub Rooj Tsav Xwm Saib Xyuas Kev Ruaj Ntseg tau nrhiav kom ua raws li kev cog lus; Tebchaws Meskas, nyob rau hauv Gardner cov thawj coj, tau xaiv kom tsis txhob veto nws, thiab kev cog lus tau dhau los. Txawm hais tias nws tsis tau pom zoo los ntawm US Senate, Tebchaws Meskas tau-tsawg kawg rau hnub no-xaiv los ua raws li nws. Yog li ntawd, yog tias lub tswv yim ntawm kev hloov pauv hluav taws xob tau raug txiav txim siab los ntawm United Nations los ua riam phom muaj peev xwm, nws tsis tuaj yeem siv tshwj tsis yog tias Tebchaws Meskas tsuas tsis quav ntsej cov lus cog tseg. "
    
  "Qhov uas kuv vam tias yuav tsis ua tiav," Nukaga ntxiv. "Dab tsi lwm yam kev cov nyom koj tau kov yeej ntawm qhov project no? Npeeg Cavendish, txij li thaum koj yog ib tus menyuam kawm ntawv qib siab, vim li cas koj ho tsis mus ntxiv? Lawv txhua tus paub tias Nukaga yuav tsis tso cai rau ib tus tswv cuab los ua qhov kev nthuav qhia zoo li no, yog li lawv txhua tus yuav tsum paub sib npaug ntawm cov lus pom zoo thiab npaj ua txhua lub sijhawm.
    
  "Yog lawm, tus tswv," Jodi hais. "Qhov hnyav ntawm cov qauv silicon photovoltaic cell tsuas yog ib qho kev tua neeg-nws yuav xav tau ntau pua lub dav hlau dav hlau loj, uas peb tsis muaj, tshwj tsis yog qee lub dav hlau Lavxias teb sab uas peb yuav tsis tuaj yeem siv, lossis siv tau. heavy-lift launch tsheb, rau nruab txaus photovoltaic panels ntawm lub spacecraft los ua txoj hauj lwm. Tab sis peb thiab peb cov neeg koom tes tau tsim ib lub hnub ci cell capture technology siv multi-latitude nanotubes tso rau ntawm ib tug saj zawg zog conductive substrate uas yuav tso cai rau ib mais-ntev photovoltaic cell los tsim rau tib lub startup nqi raws li ib tug foldable silicon solar cell tsim kom haum. hauv shuttle, nrog ob peb zaug ntau lub zog tsim muaj peev xwm. "
    
  Thawj thawj zaug thaum lub rooj sib tham, Nukaga nres fidgeting ib pliag, thiab qhov kev hloov tau pom tam sim ntawd los ntawm tag nrho cov tub ntxhais kawm, txawm tias cov tub ntxhais hluas Lane. "Npaus," tus xibfwb hais lus, txuas ntxiv mus rau nws tus ntiv tes. "Ib qho organic carbon nanotube uas ua haujlwm zoo dua li silicon cell?"
    
  "Nws tsis yog carbon nanotube, tus tswv," Jodie hais. Nws luag nyav, tig mus rau pem hauv ntej, tom qab ntawd hais hauv lub suab qis, kev sib koom ua ke: "Qhov no yog lub kav hlau txais xov kho qhov muag nrog cov qauv inorganic titanium dioxide ntawm qhov dav sib txawv, suav nrog nanotubes."
    
  Nukagi pob muag quirked, ib pliag, tab sis rau cov tub ntxhais kawm nyob ib puag ncig nws zoo li lub foob pob hluav taws tau tawm hauv chav. "Npaus," nws rov hais dua, txawm hais tias txhua tus tub ntxhais kawm tuaj yeem pom qhov ua pa me ntsis hauv nws lub suab. "Optical kav hlau txais xov".
    
  "Yog lawm, tus tswv," Jodi hais. "Siv inorganic nanotubes, peb tau tsim txoj hauv kev los hloov lub hnub ci mus rau hauv hluav taws xob nrog kev ua haujlwm ntau txhiab zaus ntau dua li cov hnub ci silicon hnub ci. Txawm zoo dua, cov qauv yog ntau pua lub sij hawm sib zog thiab muaj zog dua silicon solar cells. "
    
  Nws sim nyuaj heev los nkaum nws qhov kev xav tsis thoob, tab sis Toshuniko Nukagi ntsia zoo li nws tab tom yuav swb tawm ntawm nws lub rooj zaum. "Npaus," nws tswj tau rov qab, tab sis nws tus ntiv tes tapping tau nres kiag li. "Koj puas tau tsim cov qauv zoo li no?"
    
  Jodie hais tias, "Kuv tseem tsis tau ua tiav, tab sis kuv tau tham thiab sib tham nrog cov kws tshawb fawb hauv Cambridge thiab Palo Alto, thiab peb tuaj yeem ua nws ntawm no hauv peb lub chaw kuaj mob, nrog kev txhawb nqa kom raug. Thiab, ua tsaug rau peb pab pawg thawj coj Brad, peb tau nkag mus rau cov kws tshawb fawb thoob plaws ntiaj teb. "
    
  "Thiab dab tsi yog qhov zoo ntawm cov qauv nanotube inorganic, Mr. Kim?" Jerry zoo li muaj teeb meem me ntsis los teb cov lus nug txog thaj tsam ntawm engineering uas nws tsis paub zoo li lwm tus, yog li Nukaga tig mus rau Brad. "Tej zaum koj tuaj yeem pab Mr. Kim, Mr. McLanahan?"
    
  Brad teb hais tias "Lub zog tsim muaj ntau dua li silicon hnub ci hlwb, tab sis ntawm qhov hnyav dua," Brad teb. "Plus, solar panels kho lawv tus kheej."
    
  "Lawv ua li cas?"
    
  "Vim tias cov substrate uas cov nanotubes tau tsim tsis yog hlau, tab sis cov khoom siv sol-gel hloov tau uas tsis tsuas yog tso cai rau cov hluav taws xob ntws los ntawm nanostructure mus rau cov khoom sau tau zoo dua, tab sis kuj ua raws li kev poob siab absorber," Brad hais. . "Yog hais tias lub hnub ci cell raug ntaus los ntawm cov khib nyiab orbital, lub rupture yog kho electrochemically, zoo li cov tawv nqaij puas. Nws tsim ib hom caws pliav zoo ib yam li tib neeg cov tawv nqaij, uas tsis yog photovoltaic li qub, tab sis tsawg kawg ntawm matrix tseem ua haujlwm. Tsis tas li ntawd, kev tiv thaiv lasers nyob rau hauv Armstrong chaw nres tsheb yuav siv tau los tiv thaiv cov khib nyiab uas tuaj yeem ua rau cov nantenna arrays loj heev. "
    
  "Defensive lasers? Kuv tsis xav li ntawd," Nukaga hais. "Txuas ntxiv".
    
  "Titanium dioxide nanotubes yog impervious rau cosmic hluav taws xob thiab hnub ci cua, thiab sol-gel substrate tuaj yeem tiv taus qhov kev hloov pauv loj hauv qhov kub thiab txias nrog qhov hloov pauv me me thiab hloov pauv hauv kev coj ua," Brad hais. "Cov qauv uas peb tuaj yeem muab tso ua ke tuaj yeem loj, tej zaum txuas mus rau ob peb mais. Qhov no yuav tso cai rau peb thaum kawg tua ntau lub zog txhaj tshuaj rau ntau qhov chaw thoob plaws ntiaj teb hauv tib lub orbit. "
    
  Nukaga tau pom tseeb tsis txaus siab rau Brad cov lus teb - nws yog qhov yooj yim ntawm cov txheej txheem nyuaj heev uas pab pawg yuav tsum tau ua haujlwm ua ntej lub tsev kawm ntawv raug nug kom ua ntau txhiab lossis ntau lab nyiaj rau kev tshawb fawb. "Thiab yuav ua li cas Starfire xa mus ua haujlwm?" - Nug Nukaga. Nws tig mus rau Jerry. "Pib, Mr. Kim."
    
  Jung Bae frowned, sau nws cov kev xav, tab sis txuas ntxiv nrog qeeb me ntsis. Jerry tau hais tias "Ib qho ntawm peb cov kev xav tau ntawm txoj haujlwm no yog qhov txwv loj, tus tswv," Jerry tau hais. "Lub Midnight S-19, peb lub tsheb xa khoom nyiam rau cov khoom siv hauv qhov chaw, tuaj yeem nqa cov khoom thauj ntawm kwv yees li cuaj txhiab phaus hauv nws qhov chaw thauj khoom hauv qhov chaw me me. Qhov no yog ib qho teeb meem thaum xub thawj. Txawm hais tias siv cov boosters siv tau nrog rau lub dav hlau, nws yuav siv sij hawm ntau xyoo, tej zaum txawm tias kaum xyoo, los tsim Starfire. "
    
  "Thiab koj tau txiav txim siab li cas no? cuaj txhiab phaus zoo li ntau, tab sis tsis yog thaum koj yuav tsum tsim kom muaj tag nrho lub dav hlau los ntawm kos. "
    
  "Nws yuav tsis yog los ntawm kos, tus tswv," Jerry hais. "Peb lub tswv yim qhia txog kev siv Armstrong Chaw Nres Tsheb, Chaw Nres Tsheb Thoob Ntiaj Teb, lossis Suav ... Suav ... " Ib zaug ntxiv, nws muaj teeb meem rov qab nws lub cim xeeb.
    
  Nukaga ntsia Brad, ntsiag to cia nws pab. Nws tau hais tias "Tuam Tshoj Tiangong-2 chaw kuaj mob, tus tswv," nws hais.
    
  "Qhov no spaceships yog dab tsi? Yawg Egan?
    
  "Vim tias tsis muaj kev zam ntawm Tiangong, tus so yog siv tsis tau thiab npaj tau los hloov los ntawm cov neeg siv tsis tau siv lub platform, tus tswv," Lane tau hais. "Armstrong yog yuav luag peb caug xyoo thiab kaum xyoo dhau los nws lub neej tsim. ISS muaj hnub nyoog nees nkaum xyoo thiab tab tom mus txog nws qhov kev txwv tsim - nws txoj kev npaj deorbit yog teem rau tsib xyoos. "
    
  "Thiab Tiangong-2?"
    
  Lane tau hais tias "Cov neeg Suav yuav tsum tshaj tawm Tiangong-3 hauv ob peb lub lis piam xwb, tus tswv," Lane tau hais. "Peb xav tias lawv yuav tsis xav siv lawv lub chaw sim rau qhov project no. Yog tias Starfire ua haujlwm raws li tau npaj tseg, peb yuav muaj peev xwm muab hluav taws xob rau thaj chaw deb tshaj plaws ntawm Tuam Tshoj - txawm tias mus txog qhov siab tshaj plaws ntawm Himalayas! "
    
  "Dab tsi lwm yam teeb meem nyob tom ntej? Npeeg Cavendish?
    
  Jodi tau hais tias "Nws yog ib qho teeb meem ntawm kev tau txais nanotennas, capacitors, cov khoom siv tswj, microwave resonators, maser generators thiab cov cuab yeej muaj feem xyuam rau qhov chaw nres tsheb," Jodi hais. "Peb kwv yees tias peb tuaj yeem tau txais tag nrho cov vaj huam sib luag rau hauv lub voj voog hauv kaum lub dav hlau ya dav hlau, lossis plaub yog tias peb siv foob pob hluav taws uas siv tau."
    
  "Nws zoo li zoo kawg," Nukaga hais. "Koj tau ntsuas li cas, Npeeg Huggins?"
    
  "Qhov no yog raws li Jody qhov kwv yees ntawm qhov tuab ntawm nanten thiab qhov loj ntawm lub nkoj thauj khoom ntawm ib tag hmo spaceplane S-19, tus tswv," Casey teb. "Peb suav tias ib qho kev sib tw nantenna array, tsib puas meters ntev thiab peb caug meters dav, tuaj yeem haum rau hauv Ib tag hmo lub tsheb thauj khoom, uas zoo nyob rau hauv qhov hnyav txwv txij li tus qauv nanotube yuav yog qhov sib txawv heev. Peb tus tsim thawj muab tag nrho ntawm yim xws li panels. Tom qab ntawd peb yuav xav tau ob lub davhlau ntxiv los nqa cov khoom siv ntxiv. "
    
  "Qhov ntawd zoo li tsis muaj qhov xav tau tiag tiag, Npeeg Huggins. Mr. McLanahan?"
    
  "Peb thov kom siv ntau yam khoom siv uas twb tau nyob hauv Armstrong chaw nres tsheb rau txoj haujlwm no, tus tswv," Brad hais. "Armstrong yog qhov tshwj xeeb zoo rau peb txoj haujlwm vim tias nws twb muaj ntau cov khoom siv beam steering, capacitors thiab aiming systems uas peb xav tau rau lub maser. Nws tag nrho twb muaj lawm - peb tsis tas yuav khiav nws, tsuas yog hloov kho software thiab qee qhov kho vajtse. Qhov no yog qhov zoo dua li muaj nws tag nrho hlawv tom qab tawm hauv lub orbit. "
    
  "Nws zoo li ntau nyob ntawm seb tsoomfwv puas yuav tso cai rau koj siv lawv qhov chaw nres tsheb rau koj qhov project," Nukaga sau tseg.
    
  Brad tau hais tias "Kuv tau hu rau cov txiv neej ntawm Sky Masters Aerospace, uas yog tus saib xyuas ntawm Armstrong chaw nres tsheb mus txog thaum lawv txiav txim siab yuav ua li cas nrog nws," Brad hais. "Lawv tau qhib rau Starfire project. Lawv xav pom peb cov ntaub ntawv thiab cov txiaj ntsig ua ntej kev cog lus, tab sis lawv nyiam lub tswv yim ntawm kev yuav ib lub chaw nres tsheb rau lawv tus kheej, privatizing nws thiab tau txais kev ua haujlwm. "
    
  Nukaga tau hais tias "Kuv xav tias Sky Masters Aerospace yog lub hauv ntej rau Central Intelligence Agency lossis txawm tias tsoomfwv tsis pub lwm tus neeg soj xyuas," Nukaga tau hais. "Kuv tau txais qhov tsw phem hauv kuv lub qhov ncauj txhua zaus kuv hnov lub npe ntawd." Thiab tsis tau nws nodded, yuav luag imperceptibly, tab sis rau cov tub ntxhais kawm nws yog ib tug zoo heev kos npe rau. "Qhia rau kuv txog thaj av ntawm koj qhov project, Mr. Kim," Nukaga hais. "Kuv tau hnov ntau txog cov khoom hauv lub voj voog, tab sis tsawg heev txog cov hauv av thiab cov teeb meem uas koj ua haujlwm nrog."
    
  Kim zoo li poob los teb dua, tab sis tom qab ib pliag nws teb tias, "Huab Tais, cov ntaub ntawv hauv av tau txais cov txheej txheem suav nrog 200-meter steerable rectifier kav hlau txais xov, hloov cov tshuab hluav taws xob tam sim no, kev tswj hwm qhov chaw, ib puag ncig, thiab ib txoj hauv kev los khaws cia. direct tam sim no generated los ntawm lub rectifier raj. "
    
  "Ib tug ob puas-meter ncaj yeeb nkab?" Nukaga pom. "Tsis haum rau Himalayas, puas yog, Mr. Egan?"
    
  "Qhov loj ntawm lub kav hlau txais xov rau pem hauv ntej yog raws li cov kauj ruam kauj ruam tam sim no ntawm lub nkoj Armstrong chaw nres tsheb, tus tswv," Lane tau hais. "Qhov no yog plaub caug xyoo thev naus laus zis, nws yuav tau hloov kho ob peb zaug, tab sis tsis yog rau cov qauv niaj hnub no. Kuv tseem tsis tau pom lawv cov cai, tab sis kuv paub tseeb tias kuv tuaj yeem txhim kho cov software kom taw tes thiab tsom mus rau qhov tseeb dua, thiab tom qab ntawd peb tuaj yeem tsim lub kav hlau txais xov me me. Lub teeb ci ntsa iab tsis nthuav ntau npaum li lub teeb ci microwave, thiab kev nthuav tawm ntawm sab lobes yog qis dua thiab tunable. "
    
  "Txawm li cas los xij, tus tswv, cov tshuab hauv av me dua li lwm hom fais fab nroj tsuag," Brad cuam tshuam. "Peb tsis siv cov khoom siv ntuj tsim dua li hnub ci, thiab ib hnub ntawm lub hnub ci tuaj yeem tsim hluav taws xob ntau dua li lub ntiaj teb tsim nyob rau hauv ib xyoos."
    
  "Nws yuav zoo nyob rau hauv lub vev xaib, Mr. McLanahan, tab sis kuv tsis txaus siab rau qhov kev tshaj tawm tam sim no," Nukaga hais tias ntxhov siab heev, tam sim no qhib qhib nws qhov kev tsis txaus siab ntawm Brad cuam tshuam. Nws nres, xav, ces resumed tapping nws tus ntiv tes. "Thiab koj tau ua tiav dab tsi txog tam sim no?" - nws nug tom qab ob peb lub sijhawm.
    
  "Jodie thiab Casey tau tsim cov phiaj xwm rau nantenna thiab maser thiab tuaj yeem pib tsim sai li sai tau thaum peb tau txais laser thiab cov ntaub ntawv kuaj pom zoo thiab nyiaj txiag," Brad teb. "Lawv kuj muaj kev npaj ua kom me me kom nws tuaj yeem muab tso rau hauv lub dav hlau, tab sis peb tau tsom mus rau kev ua kom pom tias cov nanotube nanotene inorganic muaj peev xwm ua tau. Lawv ntseeg tias lawv tuaj yeem ua qhov no thaum kawg ntawm lub caij ntuj sov. "
    
  "Lub caij ntuj sov xaus?" Nukaga exclaimed. "Tsim cov txheej txheem nyuaj los ntawm nanotubes hauv ob peb lub hlis ntawm kev ua haujlwm?"
    
  Jodie hais tias, "Kuv tau ua haujlwm ntawm cov nanotubes inorganic rau ntau tshaj plaub xyoos, tus tswv," Jodie hais tias, "tab sis feem ntau nyob ib leeg nyob hauv Australia. Brad nrhiav kuv tawm raws li kuv qhov kev nthuav qhia ntau xyoo. Nws tau coj peb pab neeg ua ke thiab nws tseem tab tom nrhiav cov kws tshaj lij thiab cov kws tshawb fawb thoob plaws ntiaj teb los pab. Txhua yam tshwm sim sai sai. "
    
  Nukaga nodded me ntsis, ces motioned rau Brad mus ntxiv. "Jerry thiab kuv muaj kev npaj los koom ua ke kev tswj hwm, lub zog, ib puag ncig, kev sib txuas lus thiab cov tshuab sensor, tab sis peb tsis muaj lub dav hlau, yog li peb tseem nthuav tawm," Brad hais. "Txoj kab twb tau sau cov software rau lub dav hlau tswj lub tshuab thiab lub tshuab hluav taws xob rectenna hauv av, thiab npaj txhij pib debugging thiab hlawv chips sai li sai tau thaum peb tau txais kev tso cai. Nws twb muaj cov qauv tsim software rau Armstrong beam tswj units, tab sis Sky Masters tseem tsis tau tso lawv cov software rau peb, yog li qhov no tsuas yog kos duab ua ntej xwb. "
    
  "Thiab koj tau ua txhua yam no hauv koj lub sijhawm dawb, ntawm chav kawm thiab lwm lub luag haujlwm?" Nakuga pom. "Thiab, tshwj tsis yog Mr. Kim, koj yog thawj xyoo, txoj cai?"
    
  Brad teb tias, "Jodie yog ib tug tub ntxhais kawm xyoo peb, tus tswv," Brad teb. "Lane, Casey thiab kuv yog cov tub ntxhais kawm tshiab."
    
  Nakuga nodded me ntsis, kom meej meej impressed. "Koj xav tau lub nkoj nyob qhov twg, Mr. McLanahan?"
    
  Brad teb hais tias "Sky Masters Aerospace nyob rau hauv Battle Mountain, Nevada, tus tswv," Brad teb. "Kuv twb tau txheeb xyuas Trinity module thiab qiv nws tawm, thiab sai li sai tau thaum peb muaj chaw rau chav kuaj, kuv tuaj yeem xa tuaj rau peb. ' tsis ya, tab sis nws yog lub dav hlau tiag tiag, tsis yog ib qho kev thuam lossis ntsuas tus qauv. "
    
  "Trinity?"
    
  "Qhov no yog ib qho ntawm ntau qhov sib txawv ntawm Sky Masters Aerospace's autonomous orbital maneuver tsheb uas tau siv los ntawm Space Defense Force ob peb xyoos dhau los," Brad piav qhia. "Nws raug tso tawm mus rau hauv lub ntiaj teb los ntawm ib tag hmo spaceplane. Nws muaj nws tus kheej lub hom phiaj sensors, lossis nws tuaj yeem tau txais cov ntaub ntawv los ntawm Kingfisher armory lossis Armstrong chaw nres tsheb; nws muaj peev xwm yuav autonomously refueled los ntawm ib tug Armstrong los yog lwm yam unmanned kev pab cuam module; nws tau ...
    
  "'Targeting'? 'Rau phom garage?'" Nukaga cuam tshuam. "Puas yog tag nrho cov riam phom no?"
    
  "Zoo, Trinity yog ntau lub hom phiaj orbital module, tab sis yog, tus tswv, nws tau siv ntau hom riam phom hauv chaw," Brad hais. Nws tau cia siab tias yuav tsis qhia Nukuga tias Trinity yog qhov chaw riam phom - tus xibfwb yog tus paub zoo thiab muaj kev tawm tsam tus txiv neej tiv thaiv kev ua tsov ua rog - tab sis hauv nws qhov kev zoo siab txog kev nthuav qhia qhov project thiab tau txais qhov chaw sim, nws hais cov lus uas cia siab tias yuav ' t tua qhov project.
    
  Nukaga pib ntsais muag hauv qee qhov tsis meej pem. "Kuv tsis paub tias koj tab tom tsim riam phom hauv chaw, Mr. McLanahan," nws hais.
    
  "Peb yuav tsis mus, tus tswv," Brad hais tias, nws txoj kev ntseeg siab ploj mus sai sai, zoo li lub tsheb kauj vab qeeb qeeb. "Starfire yog lub chaw tsim hluav taws xob orbital raws li Armstrong chaw nres tsheb. Peb xav tias peb yuav tsum tsis tsuas yog tsim cov khoom ntawm lub tshuab propulsion, tab sis kuj nrhiav txoj hauv kev kom muaj kev nyab xeeb thiab ua tau zoo xa tag nrho cov khoom mus rau hauv orbit siv cov cuab yeej niaj hnub. Peb tuaj yeem ua pov thawj tias yog tias peb - "
    
  "Kuv tsis xis nyob ua haujlwm nrog lub tuam txhab uas tsim riam phom chaw," Nukaga hais nruj, saib Brad liam. "Yog tias lub tuam txhab no tau txais cov ntaub ntawv hais txog koj lub Starfire thiab tom qab ntawd txiav txim siab siv thev naus laus zis los tsim riam phom ntau qhov chaw, lub tsev kawm ntawv no yuav ua rau muaj kev sib tw hauv caj npab hauv qhov chaw. Kev siv thev naus laus zis uas tuaj yeem coj lub zog loj rau lub kav hlau txais xov ncaj qha hauv ntiaj teb tuaj yeem siv los cuam tshuam lub dav hlau lossis txawm tias rhuav tshem lub hom phiaj hauv av. "
    
  Brad tau hais tias "Sky Masters Aerospace tab tom muab nyiaj tsib caug lab daus las rau kev siv thev naus laus zis orbital tshiab, Dr. Nukaga," Brad tau hais. "Kuv xav tias tsuas yog qee qhov ntawm qhov no yuav muaj txiaj ntsig zoo rau lub tsev kawm ntawv qib siab. Peb cia siab tias muab qhov chaw kuaj thiab sijhawm nyob rau hauv lub chaw soj nstuam hluav taws xob thiab cov chaw sim hauv computer yuav ua rau lub tsev kawm ntawv txoj kev mob siab rau qhov project thiab pab kom tau ib feem ntawm cov nyiaj pab no. "
    
  "Nyiaj tsis yog tib qho kev txiav txim siab ntawm no, Mr. McLanahan," Nukaga retorted indignantly ... tab sis nws ntsia ib pliag, ntsiag to lees paub qhov tseeb tias tau txais ib feem tseem ceeb ntawm cov nyiaj pab ntau lab daus las yuav muaj txiaj ntsig zoo rau lub tsev kawm ntawv-thiab nws tus kheej muaj koob meej, tau kawg. "Yuav ua li cas koj tuaj hla lub Trinity module, Mr. McLanahan?" - nws nug.
    
  "Kuv txiv tau ua tus thawj coj ua haujlwm ntawm lub tuam txhab, tus tswv," Brad hais. "Kuv tau ua haujlwm nyob ntawd ib lub sijhawm luv luv thiab kuv tseem muaj phooj ywg nyob ntawd. Kuv khaws cia nrog cov txiv neej hauv engineering thiab davhlau xeem department thiab vam tias yuav ua haujlwm nyob rau ntawd ib hnub. "
    
  "'Ua ntej'? Puas yog koj txiv so haujlwm?
    
  Brad nqos nyuaj, thiab thaum nws lub qhov ncauj qhib, tsis muaj suab tawm.
    
  "Nws txiv raug tua, tus tswv," Lane hais hauv lub suab mos. Nukaga ntsia tus tub hluas, tom qab ntawd rov qab ntawm Brad qhov kev qhia tsis meej, tseem tsis meej pem.
    
  "Dr. Nukaga, Brad txiv yog General Patrick McLanahan," Casey hais tias, lub suab ntawm nws lub suab qhia meej tias nws tsis ntseeg tias nws tsis paub - Bradley McLanahan, tus tub ntawm tus tub rog dav hlau dav hlau General Patrick McLanahan, yog ib yam dab tsi ntawm ib tug me celebrity nyob rau hauv tsev kawm ntawv.
    
  Nukaga thaum kawg paub txog qhov uas nyuam qhuav tshwm sim, tab sis qhov zoo ntawm kev poob siab thiab tsis meej pem ntawm nws lub ntsej muag tsuas kav ib pliag. "Kuv ... thov txim, Mr. McLanahan," nws hais thaum kawg, ncau rau hauv nws lub rooj zaum thiab saib Brad lub xub pwg nyom ntawm ib qho chaw ntawm phab ntsa. "Kuv tsis paub qhov ntawd". Tseem saib deb, nws tshem nws caj pas, tom qab ntawd taw tes rau daim ntawv tais ceev tseg hauv Brad txhais tes. "Kuv yuav tshuaj xyuas koj qhov project, nthuav tawm rau pawg neeg ua haujlwm thiab hloov kho koj sai li sai tau," nws hais thaum Brad muab nws daim ntawv tais ceev tseg. "Ua tsaug txhua tus". Cov tub ntxhais kawm shuffled rau lawv ko taw thiab sab laug. "Mr. Kim. Ob peb lo lus thov. "
    
  "Peb yuav nyob ntawm Starbucks ntawm lub khw, Jerry," Casey ntxhi rau Jung Bae thaum lawv tawm mus. Jerry nodded, ces rov qab mus rau nws lub rooj.
    
  Nukaga tos ob peb lub sijhawm kom txog thaum nws paub tseeb tias tsis muaj leej twg nyob hauv chav tos; ces: "Kuv tsis xav tias koj npaj tau zoo heev rau qhov kev nthuav qhia no, Mr. Kim," nws hais. "Txhua lub caij nplooj ntoo hlav, kuv tau txais ntau daim ntawv thov rau kev txhawb nqa lub caij ntuj sov chaw sim nrog peb qhov chaw xwb. Cov pab pawg uas kuv caw kom muab ib qho kev nthuav qhia ib leeg tau siv ntau pua teev los npaj thiab yog tag nrho ntawm lawv cov kev ua si. Tab sis koj tsis zoo li yav tav su no. Koj puas tuaj yeem qhia kuv vim li cas, Mr. Kim?
    
  "Kuv ntshai kuv ua tsis tau, tus tswv," Jerry hais. "Tej zaum me ntsis theem ntshai."
    
  "Kuv tsis xav li ntawd, Mr. Kim," Nukaga hais. "Yog tias pom zoo, qhov no yuav yog qhov thib peb ntawm koj qhov kev txhawb nqa lab hauv ob xyoos ntawm lub tsev kawm ntawv uas tsuas yog ib feem peb ntawm cov tub ntxhais kawm engineering tau txais tsawg kawg ib qho. Koj yog tus tub ntxhais kawm engineering zoo tshaj plaws hauv South Kauslim thiab yog ib lub siab zoo hauv ntiaj teb. Kuv zoo siab tias koj xaiv Cal Poly, tab sis koj nyob ntawm MIT lossis Stanford. "
    
  Jerry ntsia deb ib pliag, ces ntsia Nukaga. "Qhov tseeb, tus tswv ... koj yog vim li cas kuv nyob ntawm no," nws hais. "Kuv tau ua raws li koj txoj haujlwm tau ntau xyoo."
    
  "Tom qab ntawd yog vim li cas koj tsis nyob hauv aerospace engineering, tus tub?" - Nug Nukaga. "Peb tuaj yeem ua haujlwm ib sab yog tias koj tsis nyob ntawm engineering sab hauv tsev kawm ntawv. Txhua xyoo koj nyob ntawm no, kuv tsuas muaj ob peb chav nrog koj xwb."
    
  "Mechanical engineering raug xaiv rau kuv los ntawm kuv cov neeg koom tes thiab tsoomfwv cov neeg txhawb nqa rov qab los tsev, tus tswv," Jerry hais. "Tawm ntawm kev hwm rau lawv, kuv tsis tau hloov kuv qhov tshwj xeeb. Kuv qhov loj thib ob tau xaiv rau kuv los ntawm kuv niam kuv txiv, thiab kuv tus menyuam yaus yuav tsum tau ua haujlwm tsis yog kev tshawb fawb, yog li kuv xaiv ua lag luam. Tab sis thaum kuv kawm tiav thiab tau txais kuv daim ntawv pov thawj hauv tsev, kuv yuav muaj kev ywj pheej mus kawm lwm yam loj, thiab kuv npaj siab yuav rov qab los ntawm no rau kuv cov Master's thiab Doctorate degrees raws li koj cov kev taw qhia. "
    
  Nukaga hais tias "Qhov ntawd yuav yog qhov tsis txaus ntseeg, Jung Bae," "Kuv yuav luag lav koj qhov kev lees paub. Kuv txawm xav hloov mus rau Stanford yog tias koj xav tau PhD nyob ntawd xwb - lawv tau sim kom kuv koom nrog lawv cov kws qhia ntawv tau ntau xyoo thiab tej zaum txawm yog tus thawj coj ntawm tsev kawm qib siab engineering. " Jerry lub qhov muag tau nthuav dav hauv kev xav tsis thoob thiab nws tawg rau hauv kev zoo siab luag ntxhi.
    
  "Tab sis cia peb rov qab mus rau qhov haujlwm hu ua Starfire, tus tub," Nukaga hais ntxiv. "Kuv tsis meej pem. Koj nyob hauv tsev kawm ntawv qib siab, tab sis koj tab tom dai nrog pawg ntawm underclassmen. Yawg Egan tseem hluas txaus los ua koj tus tub. Tsis muaj leej twg ntawm cov menyuam no nyob ntawm koj qib kev txawj ntse. Dab tsi muab? Txawm hais tias koj nyiam qhov project-uas kuv tsis xav tias koj ua-vim li cas koj tsis yog qhov tsawg kawg yog coj nws? Koj muaj ib tus neeg tshiab khiav nws, thiab nws tsis yog tus ntse tshaj hauv pab pawg. " Jerry shrugged thiab ntsia deb. Nukaga nres, ces winked conspiratorially ntawm Jerry raws li tus menyuam kawm ntawv txoj kev ntsia rov qab los rau nws. "Nov yog Miss Cavendish, Jung Bae? Nws yeej yog ib tug cutie. Kuv txawm yuav tuaj yeem pab nqa Npeeg Huggins hauv thiab tawm ntawm nws lub rooj zaum muaj log, yog tias koj paub tias kuv txhais li cas. "
    
  Kim tsis teb rau tus kheej cov lus hais txog nws cov phooj ywg cov tub ntxhais kawm. Nws shrugged dua, ib tug me nyuam piav tes piav taw uas Nukaga tab tom pib nrhiav kev ntxhov siab rau cov tub ntxhais kawm ntawv zoo li no. "Kuv... Kuv hwm Mr. McLanahan, tus tswv," thaum kawg nws teb.
    
  "McLanahan? hwm, dab tsi yog nws? Nws tsuas yog thawj xyoo aerospace engineering tub ntxhais kawm nrog cov qhab nia zoo tab sis tsis zoo. Kuv tsis paub tias nws yog Patrick McLanahan tus tub, tab sis qhov ntawd tsis yog qhov tseem ceeb rau kuv - qhov tseeb, nws yuav ua rau nws poob qis npaum li kuv txhawj xeeb. Nws txiv yog ib tug neeg tsav dav hlau uas ib txwm zoo li tsis txhob poob siab, yog tias tsis yog tsev loj cuj, tom qab ua rau txhua yam teeb meem loj thoob ntiaj teb yam tsis muaj kev txiav txim kom raug. Kuv tus kheej ntseeg siab tias nws yog nws qhov kev ua uas ua rau muaj cua daj cua dub los ntawm Lavxias teb sab Asmeskas, uas tau tua ntau txhiab leej. "
    
  "Mr. McLanahan tej zaum yuav tsis yog tus tub ntxhais kawm engineering zoo tshaj plaws ntawm Cal Poly, tus tswv, tab sis nws ... paub yuav ua li cas tsim pab pawg," Kim hais. "Tsis yog nws tau los nrog lub tswv yim rau Starfire, tab sis nws tau sib sau ua ke ib pab neeg zoo kawg nkaus, taug kev peb los ntawm Tuckman plaub theem ntawm kev txhim kho pab pawg - tsim, cua daj cua dub, kev cai, thiab kev ua yeeb yam - thiab qhia peb los ntawm peb qhov kev nthuav qhia rau koj. Yog tias nws tsis nkag siab qee yam lossis ntsib teeb meem, nws nrhiav ib tus neeg los piav qhia txog kev tshawb fawb rau nws thiab lawv yeej ib txwm mus koom nrog nws pab neeg. Raws li koj yuav pom thaum koj nyeem qhov kev nthuav qhia, tus tswv, Mr. McLanahan tau sau cov npe tseem ceeb thiab zoo siab heev ntawm cov tub ntxhais kawm, cov kws qhia ntawv, cov kws tshawb fawb thiab cov kws tshaj lij los ntawm thoob plaws ntiaj teb txaus siab los pab rau qhov project. "
    
  Nukaga tau hais tias "Qhov no yog tsev kawm qib siab engineering, Jung Bae, tsis yog kev sib raug zoo," "Mr. McLanahan yuav yog ib tus neeg txawj ntse los qhia nws kom ua haujlwm nyuaj me ntsis ntawm nws cov qib thiab txaus siab rau nws tus kheej me ntsis." Nws frowned, ces hais ntxiv: "Thiab kuv ceev faj heev ntawm kev sib txuas ntawm Mr. McLanahan thiab lub tuam txhab tiv thaiv tub rog no hauv Nevada. Kuv yuav tsis cia Cal Poly lub tsev kawm ntawv qib siab ntawm engineering ua lub txaj pw ntawm qee qhov kev siv thev naus laus zis tshiab ntawm kev tuag thiab kev puas tsuaj - Kuv tsis quav ntsej yog tias lawv muab peb tsib caug lab daus las. "Nws tsis muaj tseeb, tau kawg, tab sis Nukaga daig rau txoj cai thiab tsis yog kev nom kev tswv ntawm lub tsev kawm ntawv. Nws xav txog ib pliag, ces nws taub hau decisively. Nws tau hais tias "Kuv yuav tshuaj xyuas cov lus pom zoo thiab nthuav tawm rau pawg thawj coj," tab sis kuv kuj yuav pom zoo pom zoo rau txhua qhov kev pabcuam uas koj xav tau.
    
  "Ua tsaug ntau, tus tswv," Jerry hais.
    
  Nukaga nodded dua, taw qhia tias lub rooj sib tham dhau lawm. Jerry sawv rau nws ko taw, zoo li Nukaga. Nws txuas nws txhais tes thiab Jerry co nws. "Kuv yuav qhia koj tias qhov laj thawj tseem ceeb uas kuv pom zoo rau txoj haujlwm no yog vim tias koj koom nrog nws, Jung Bae," tus xibfwb hais. "Kuv xav kom koj lub npe nyob rau sab saum toj ntawm cov npe ntawm cov thawj coj ua haujlwm, tab sis tam sim no koj txaus rau McLanahan pab pawg. Kuv xav tias koj qhov kev koom tes hauv qhov project yuav ua kom peb tau txais ib feem tseem ceeb ntawm kev pib ua lag luam los ntawm Nevada tiv thaiv tus neeg cog lus. "
    
  "Ua tsaug dua, tus tswv," Jerry hais, nyo hau.
    
  "Tab sis kuv kuj tseem yuav muab kev txhawb zog rau koj, Jong Bae: yog tias nws hloov tawm tias Sky Masters aerospace division xav siv koj lub thev naus laus zis los ua riam phom nyob rau hauv ib txoj kev, kuv xav kom koj tawm ntawm pab neeg thiab qhia rau kuv, " Nukaga hais. "Nyiaj lossis tsis muaj nyiaj, kuv yuav tsis tso cai rau lub tsev kawm ntawv no los ua lub koom haum siv riam phom. Muaj cov tsev kawm qib siab txaus hauv lub tebchaws no txaus siab ua niam ntiav rau lawv tus kheej kom tau nyiaj me me, tab sis kuv yuav tsis cia Cal Poly los ua ib tug ntawm lawv." Nws nres ib pliag, ces nug tias, "Qhia rau kuv, Jung Bae: Koj puas muaj lwm txoj hauv kev? qhov project uas yuav ua tau zoo los qhia kuv txog qhov Starfire no xwb?
    
  "Yog lawm, kuv tau ua."
    
  Nukagi ob lub qhov muag tau nthuav dav hauv kev txaus siab thiab nws tau tsa kom nws rov qab mus rau nws qhov chaw ua haujlwm. Nws tau hais tias "Muab sijhawm kaum tsib feeb ntxiv rau kuv, Mr. Kim," nws hais. "Kuv xav paub txhua yam txog nws."
    
    
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  Brad hais tias, "Kuv tau rhuav tshem nws, cov txiv neej," Brad hais. Nws thiab nws cov phooj ywg Starfire tau zaum ntawm lub rooj ntawm Starbucks patio ntawm Campus Market. Lub Tsev Ua Khoom Noj Khoom Noj yog ib lub tsev zoo li lub tsev khaws khoom tsis zoo, tab sis nws sab qab teb sab hnub tuaj tau zoo nkauj kho dua tshiab rau hauv lub khw kas fes thiab khw muag khoom uas cov tub ntxhais kawm tuaj yeem yuav khoom noj tshiab tshiab thiab xaiv ntau yam khoom, nrog rau lub rooj zaum loj, hnub ci sab nraum zoov. thaj chaw uas tau nyiam cov menyuam kawm ntawv thiab cov kws qhia ntawv. "Kuv yuav tsum tsis txhob hais txog cov ntsiab lus ntawm Trinity module. Tam sim no Nukaga xav tias peb tab tom yuav tsim txoj kab tuag. Thov txim."
    
  Jodi tau hais tias "Nws yuav nrhiav pom thaum kawg thaum nws nyeem peb qhov kev thov, Brad," Jodi hais. "Tsis txhob txhawj. Nws yog txiv apples".
    
  Casey tau hais tias "Koj paub, Kuv tau pom tias koj lub suab thiab lus yuav luag ploj mus thaum koj tham nrog cov xibfwb zoo li Nukaga," Casey hais. "Koj ua li cas, Jody?"
    
  Jodi tau hais tias "Kuv tuaj yeem ua ntau lub suab lossis tsis muaj dab tsi hlo li," Jodi hais. Nws hloov mus rau tuab Russian. "Koj nyiam qhov no li cas? Koj nyiam qhov no li cas?"
    
  "Kuv xav tias koj cov lus Australian thiab cov lus slang yog funny, Jody," Lane hais, giggling.
    
  "Kuv funny, yuav ua li cas - koj txhais tau tias funny, zoo li kuv yog ib tug clown, Kuv puas lom zem koj? Kuv puas ua rau koj luag?" " Jodie hais nyob rau hauv nws qhov zoo tshaj plaws Brooklyn accent, ua ib tug convincing impression ntawm Joe Pesci tus cwj pwm, Tommy DeVito, nyob rau hauv cov yeeb yam Good Boys, thiab sim tsis txhob siv plaub tsab ntawv." 'Kuv nyob ntawm no kom txaus siab rau koj?' " Lane chuckled dua, tus kws tshawb fawb tau tawm mus, thiab ib tug tub ntxhais kawm ntawv tau coj nws qhov chaw. Jodie hloov mus rau nws cov lus Australian tuab tshaj plaws thiab ntxiv tias: "Damn, phooj ywg, tab sis kuv noj tau ib tug nees thiab caum tus jockey." Lwm tus saib ib leeg. , ces ntawm Jody: "Nws txhais tau tias 'Kuv tshaib plab.' Cia peb noj ib yam dab tsi."
    
  Lane hais tias, "Kuv yuav mus rau lub tsev qiv ntawv," Lane hais tias, dheev nce mus rau nws ko taw thiab tuav nws lub hnab ev ntawv laptop. Hauv ib lub qhov muag, tus tub kawm ntawv ploj mus, hloov los ntawm tus kws tshawb fawb loj. "Saib koj tom qab, cov txiv neej."
    
  Casey hais tias "Muaj noj hmo nrog peb, Lane." "Peb tsuas yog yuav tos saib yog tias Jerry tshwm sim."
    
  "Tsis yog, ua tsaug," Lane hais. "Kuv niam thiab txiv yuav tuaj tos kuv ntawm qhov ntawd. Tsis tas li ntawd, kuv yuav tsum ua kom tiav kuv cov ntaub ntawv keeb kwm. " Brad blinked ntawm nqe lus kawg, tab sis tsis hais dab tsi.
    
  "Thaum twg qhov no yuav tsum tshwm sim?" Casey nug.
    
  Lane hais tias, "Ob peb lub lis piam, tab sis kuv ntxub nws thaum muaj cov haujlwm tsis tiav nyob ib puag ncig." Nws muab nws lub suab lus Australian zoo tshaj plaws thiab hais tias, "Zoo tav su, phooj ywg. Tsis yog koj cov txiv neej lwj tam sim no, puas yog?
    
  Jodie rub daim ntaub so ntswg thiab muab pov rau nws. "Dab ntxwg nyoog, Doug!"
    
  Lane tau mus rau University Avenue, mus rau Robert E. Kennedy Library, tsuas yog ob peb ntu deb. Brad tau ntsib nws ob peb lub sijhawm tom qab. "Kuv yuav nrog koj mus, Lane," Brad hais tias, nws tus kheej lub hnab ev ntawv lub hnab ev ntawv hla nws lub xub pwg.
    
  "Koj tsis tas yuav nrog kuv, Brad," Lane hais. "Kuv tsis yog menyuam yaus".
    
  "Koj muaj kaum tsib," Brad hais. "Tsis tas li ntawd, peb tau tham txog kev ua phooj ywg. Nco ntsoov nrhiav tus neeg saib xyuas kev nyab xeeb lossis ib tus neeg koj paub nrog koj mus. "
    
  "Kuv pom cov menyuam taug kev ncig lub nroog ib leeg txhua lub sijhawm."
    
  "Kuv paub, thiab nws tsis ntse," Brad hais. "Nrhiav ib tug phooj ywg. Hu rau kuv yog koj nrhiav tsis tau ib tug neeg pab dawb hauv tsev kawm ntawv lossis tus neeg saib xyuas kev ruaj ntseg. " Nws ntsia thiab pom Lane luag ntxhi, zoo siab tias Brad nrog nws mus thiab qhia nws txog kev nyab xeeb ntawm tus kheej. "Dab tsi yog tag nrho qhov tsis muaj tseeb txog kev xeem keeb kwm? Kuv paub qhov tseeb tias koj ua tiav tag nrho koj cov haujlwm rau tag nrho koj cov chav kawm rau tag nrho xyoo ob peb lub hlis dhau los, thiab koj yog ib tug tub ntxhais kawm ncaj nraim rau khau raj. "
    
  "Kuv paub," Lane lees paub tom qab ib pliag. "Kuv tsuas yog ..."
    
  "Tsuas yog dab tsi?"
    
  "Tsis muaj dab tsi".
    
  "Tshuav nws tawm, Lane."
    
  "Nws tsuas yog ... Kuv xav tias koj yuav muaj sijhawm zoo dua ntawm Kev Ua Lag Luam yog tias kuv tsis nyob ntawd," Lane hais. "Kuv ... Kuv muaj kev xav tias koj yuav ua tsis tau ... koj paub, muaj kev lom zem vim 'tus me nyuam' nrog koj."
    
  Brad tau hais tias "Qhov ntawd yog kev dag ntxias, Lane," Brad hais. "Peb txhua tus yog phooj ywg. Peb ua qhov peb xav ua. Cov ntxhais tawm mus thiab ua qhov lawv ua txhua lub sijhawm. Yog tias lawv xav nrog peb, lawv ua. " Lawv taug kev nyob ntsiag to li ntawm ib feeb, thiab tom qab ntawd Brad hais ntxiv, "Tab sis nws yuav tsum nyuaj yog kaum tsib xyoos puag ncig los ntawm cov neeg laus."
    
  "Tsis muaj. Kuv tau siv rau nws, "Lane hais. "Kuv yeej tsis nco qab kuv niam thiab txiv ua rau kuv zoo li ib tug me nyuam yaus lossis tub hluas li lawv ua rau kuv cov phooj ywg lossis lwm tus menyuam. Kuv xav tias laus dua kuv, thiab tau ua li ntawd txij li thaum kuv tawm hauv tsev kawm ntawv theem pib. Tab sis kuv tau pom nej cov nyob hauv Starbucks lossis hauv plawv nroog thaum kuv tsis nrog koj, thiab koj zoo li koj muaj lub sijhawm zoo heev. Thaum kuv nrog koj, koj txhua tus ... Kuv tsis paub, tshwj tseg, txwv, xyuas kom koj tsis txhob hais lossis ua ib yam dab tsi uas tuaj yeem chim lossis ua rau tus menyuam. "
    
  "Saib, peb txhua tus phooj ywg," Brad hais. "Peb ..." Thiab mam li nco dheev, ib yam li lawv mus txog cov ntoo ntawm University Avenue nyob ib ncig ntawm qhov chaw nres tsheb hla txoj kev ntawm lub tsev qiv ntawv, nws dhia vim ib tug neeg khawb lawv cov ntsia hlau rau hauv nws tav thiab qw "BOO!" qab nws. Brad tig los saib Jodie Cavendish giggling hysterically, thiab Lane sai sai tau koom nrog nws. "Auj kuv tus Vajtswv, Jody, Kuv yuav luag shit kuv lub ris!"
    
  "Koj yuav tsum kawm kom paub ntau ntxiv txog koj ib puag ncig, phooj ywg," Jodie hais. "Lub ntiaj teb yog qhov chaw nyuaj, txawm tias me me California Poly. Kuv xav tias kuv yuav taug kev nrog koj. " Nws hais rau Lane, "Kuv paub txhua yam txog Brad txoj kev phooj ywg, thiab kuv xav tias nws yuav tsum tsis txhob taug kev ntawm UCLA ib leeg."
    
  Brad tau hais tias "Txoj Cai Tus Phooj Ywg yog rau Txoj Kev," Brad hais, tab sis thaum Jodi luag ntxhi rau nws thiab muag muag, nws hais ntxiv, "Tab sis lub tuam txhab zoo. Yuav ua li cas yog Casey?
    
  Jodie tau hais tias "Peb tau tso tseg Jerry-Kuv paub tseeb tias nws nyob hauv lub tsev hais plaub ntaus pob," Jodie hais. "Casey tau hu xov tooj los ntawm nws tus hluas nraug du jour thiab nws yuav rov qab mus tsev rau Vajtswv paub yog vim li cas. Kuv xav li cas Dr. Nukaga xav nrog Jerry?
    
  Lane tau hais tias "Jerry xav tias Dr. Nukaga yog qhov txias.
    
  Brad hais tias "Yog li ib nrab ntawm lub ntiaj teb engineering, Lane," Brad hais. "Kuv paub Jerry chim siab tias peb tsis tau xaiv nws lub tswv yim los ntxuav cov khib nyiab hauv qhov chaw nrog lub ion accelerator los nthuav qhia rau Dr. Nukage. Tej zaum nws tab tom nthuav tawm rau nws tam sim no. "
    
  "Koj puas tuaj yeem ua ob qhov kev txhawb nqa lab tib lub sijhawm?" Jodie nug.
    
  Brad hais tias "Yog tias leej twg ua tau, nws yog Jerry," Brad hais.
    
  Lawv hla Northern Perimeter Street, nkag mus rau hauv lub tsev qiv ntawv thiab mus rau Café é nyob rau hauv pem teb. Brad tau hais tias "Nco ntsoov, tsis txhob mus ncig hauv tsev kawm ntawv ib leeg, Lane," Brad hais. "Cia li hu koj niam koj txiv tuaj tos koj lossis hu rau kuv."
    
  "Muaj, Txiv Plig Brad," Lane ntxhi, tab sis nws lub nrig tsoo Brad thiab luag nyav, zoo siab tias ib tug neeg tab tom nrhiav rau nws, thiab nws tau khiav mus rau nws lub khoos phis tawj nyiam.
    
  "Kuv puas tuaj yeem yuav koj khob kas fes, Jody?" - Brad nug tom qab Lane ploj lawm.
    
  "Vim li cas kuv tsis kho koj rau ib khob cawv ntawm kuv qhov chaw?" - nws teb. "Kuv nres hla ntawm Reinhold."
    
  "Kuv thiab. Suab zoo, "Brad teb.
    
  Nws yog luv luv ob txoj kev taug kev mus rau qhov chaw nres tsheb. Lawv tau nce mus rau hauv Jody lub tsheb me me thiab mus rau sab qaum teb sab hnub poob ntawm Lub Zos Tsav mus rau Poly Canyon Village chav tsev. Nws nres hauv qhov chaw nres tsheb loj sab qaum teb thiab lawv taug kev luv luv mus rau nws chav tsev. Lub complex zoo li lub nroog me me nrog ob peb lub tsev nyob tsib-zaj dab neeg, qee qhov nrog cov khw muag khoom hauv pem teb, nyob ib puag ncig thaj chaw loj nrog cov rooj zaum, rooj zaum thiab chaw noj mov. Lub elevator tsis ua haujlwm, yog li lawv yuav tsum tau nqa tus ntaiv mus rau Jodie lub tsev thib peb.
    
  "Los hauv, phooj ywg,"nws hais, qhib lub qhov rooj dav rau nws, ces muab nws lub laptop rau ntawm lub rooj thiab tig rau them. Sab hauv, Brad pom ib chav tsev me me tab sis xis nyob hauv ib chav pw, ib qho chaw nyob ib puag ncig lub chav ua noj me me tab sis ua haujlwm, thiab chav nyob ua ke / noj tshais / noj hmo. Chav nyob kuj ua haujlwm raws li Jodie lub chaw ua haujlwm thiab chav computer; Brad tsis xav tsis thoob tias nws tsis muaj TV. Ib lub patio me me uas saib xyuas thaj chaw ib puag ncig tau pom los ntawm lub qhov rooj iav zawv zawg, thiab koj tuaj yeem pom lub nroog San Luis Obispo nyob deb.
    
  Brad hais tias "Cov tsev no zoo nkauj heev,"
    
  Jodi tau hais tias "Tshwj tsis yog thaum huab cua sab hnub poob tuaj tos thiab koj hnov cov tsev khaws khoom hauv tsev kawm ntawv," Jodi hais. "Peb tuaj yeem ua haujlwm ntau yam haujlwm ntawm no, tab sis koj tuaj yeem qhia tau tias UC Poly lub hauv paus yog dab tsi: kev ua liaj ua teb thiab tsiaj txhu." Nws nchuav ob khob ntawm Chardonnay los ntawm lub raj mis hauv nws lub tub yees thiab muab ib qho rau nws. "Koj tsis tau xav tias yuav tsiv mus nyob rau xyoo tom ntej no? Ntau tus tub ntxhais kawm engineering nyob hauv Poly Canyon. "
    
  "Kuv muaj daim ntawv thov rau ntawm no thiab Cerro Vista, tab sis txhua leej txhua tus xav mus ntawm no, yog li kuv yuav nyob hauv qab ntawm daim ntawv teev npe, thiab caij tsheb kauj vab yuav siv sijhawm ntev dua," Brad hais. "Kuv tsis tau hnov txog ib qho."
    
  "Koj puas npaj yuav tau tsheb sai sai?"
    
  Brad hais tias "Kuv tsis khoom ntau dhau los txawm xav txog nws," Brad hais. "Thiab nrog lub tsheb kauj vab kuv tau txais kev tawm dag zog me ntsis txhua hnub."
    
  "Koj nyob qhov twg?" nws nug. "Nws yog funny; Peb tau ua haujlwm ua ke rau ob peb lub hlis tam sim no, tab sis peb tsuas yog pom ib leeg hauv tsev kawm ntawv. "
    
  "Nyob ze. Hauv qab toj roob hauv pes, hla txoj kev loj 1, dhau los ntawm Foothill Plaza. "
    
  Jodi tau hais tias "Kuv xav tias nws yog txoj hauv kev ntev. "Koj nyiam nws li cas?"
    
  Brad shrugged. "Nws tsis phem. Nws yog ib tug me me ranch, txog ib evkawj, fenced tawm ntawm tus so ntawm cheeb tsam. Cov zej zog nyob ib puag ncig qee zaum qee zaum qus me ntsis. Nws yog ib tug phooj ywg ntawm kuv txiv. Kuv xav tias nws so haujlwm ntawm Marine Corps, tab sis nws ib txwm nyob ntawm txoj kev, yog li kuv nyob hauv nws lub tsev thiab saib xyuas nws. Kuv yeej tsis tau ntsib tus txiv neej no - peb tsuas yog email ib leeg xwb. Nws nyob ntsiag to feem ntau, kuv yeej tsis pom tus tswv, thiab txhua yam raug xaiv zoo. "
    
  "Yog li qhov no yog qhov chaw bohemian rau bachelor party?" Jodi nug nrog luag nyav.
    
  Brad tau hais tias "Kuv tsis paub tus tswv, tab sis kuv paub tias nws tau siv los ua tus kws qhia xyaum lossis qee yam," Brad hais. "Kuv tsis muab tog rau ntawm nws lub tsev. Kuv tsuas yog muaj hmoo uas nws tuaj rau hauv lub nroog thaum muaj kev lom zem thiab ncaws kuv lub nroog Yeiuxalees. Kuv tsis yog ib tug party lawm. Kuv tsis paub yuav ua li cas cov tub ntxhais kawm tshiab tuaj yeem cuam tshuam tag nrho cov neeg vwm no, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog nyob rau lub lim tiam. Kuv yuav tsis muaj sijhawm los ua dab tsi. "
    
  "Koj nyob ntawm Cal Poly, phooj ywg," Jodi hais. "Peb yog ib lub tsev kawm ntawv tog piv rau UCs lossis USC."
    
  "Dab tsi txog Australian universities?"
    
  Jodie teb tias "Tsis muaj qhov tsis ntseeg koj yog cov tsiaj txhu zoo sib xws rau peb lub tsev kawm ntawv muaj koob npe tshaj plaws," Jodie teb. "Peb cov neeg Australian rack peb lub hlwb kom nkag mus rau hauv cov tsev kawm ntawv zoo tshaj plaws nrog cov nyiaj pabcuam zoo tshaj plaws, thiab tom qab ntawd tsis ua dab tsi tab sis npau taws sai li sai tau thaum peb tawm hauv tsev thiab mus rau tsev kawm ntawv."
    
  "Yog li koj puas tau hloov mus ua ib tug ntxhais hluas?"
    
  "Tsis yog kuv, phooj ywg," Jodie hais. "Kuv tau mus kawm ntawv qib siab kom tau txais kev kawm. Kuv yuav tsum tau tawm ntawm qhov ntawd thiab mus rau ib lub tsev kawm ntawv Asmeskas li niaj zaus kom kuv ua haujlwm me ntsis. "
    
  "Tab sis koj yuav rov qab los sai sai, puas yog?"
    
  "Txoj cai ua ntej Christmas," Jodie teb nrog tus hnia thiab haus cawv. "Peb lub semester thawj zaug hauv tsev pib thaum Lub Ob Hlis."
    
  "Qhov no phem heev. Starfire yuav tsum tsuas yog cua sov yog tias peb qhov project mus tom ntej. "
    
  "Kuv paub," Jodi hais. "Kuv tseem yuav pab hauv Is Taws Nem, thiab kuv xav nyob ntawd thaum peb tig qhov hloov pauv thiab xa thawj watts rau lub ntiaj teb, tab sis kuv xav nyob twj ywm kom pom qhov project pib. Kuv tau thov cov nyiaj pab dawb thiab nyiaj pab kawm ntawv tshiab, tab sis tsis muaj dab tsi los txog. "
    
  "Koj puas yuav tau them rau koj tus kheej cov nqi kawm ntawv, chav tsev, pawg thawj coj saib thiab phau ntawv?" - Brad nug.
    
  "Yog lawm, thiab Asmeskas cov tsev kawm qib siab yog cov neeg caij tsheb loj piv rau cov tsev kawm ntawv Australian, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog rau cov qhua," Jodie tau hais. "Kuv niam kuv txiv yog cov tub rog, tiam sis kuv muaj tsib tug kwv tij thiab cov muam, txhua tus hluas dua kuv. Kuv yuav tsum tau txais nyiaj pab kawm ntawv lossis tsis mus kawm hauv tsev kawm ntawv txhua. "
    
  "Tej zaum kuv tuaj yeem pab tau," Brad hais.
    
  Jodie ntsia Brad hla ntawm nws lub khob. "Vim li cas, Mr. McLanahan, koj luag kuv?" - nws nug, noj ib khob.
    
  "Dab tsi?"
    
  "Tsis txhob txhawj, Brad," Jodie teb. "Kuv yuav tsis qiv nyiaj los ntawm leej twg, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog los ntawm tus cobber. Nws tsuas yog tsis nyob hauv kuv qhov xwm txheej. " Brad ob lub qhov muag nqaim txog li kaum rau lab lub sijhawm. "Los ntawm ib tug phooj ywg, koj idiot. Kuv yuav tsis qiv nyiaj los ntawm ib tug phooj ywg. "
    
  "Txog". Nws hesited ib pliag; ces: "Tab sis yog tias nws yuav cia koj nyob ntawm no kom txog thaum Starfire xaus, ces nws yuav yog kev nqis peev hauv qhov project, tsis yog qiv, txoj cai?"
    
  Nws luag ntxhi rau nws dua, sim ua kom pom ib qho kev xav zais hauv nws cov lus, tab sis thaum kawg nws tau shake nws lub taub hau. "Cia peb saib yuav ua li cas tshwm sim nrog txhua daim ntawv thov thiab qhov project, phooj ywg," Jodie hais. "Tab sis koj yog cov khoom qab zib muab. Ntau cawv?
    
  "Tsuas me ntsis, thiab tom qab ntawd kuv yuav tsum rov qab mus rau Reinhold, rub kuv lub tsheb kauj vab thiab mus tsev."
    
  "Vim li cas koj tsis nyob thiab kuv yuav ua ib yam dab tsi rau peb?" Jodie nug. "Los yog peb tuaj yeem mus tom khw thiab yuav ib yam dab tsi." Nws taug kev los ze dua Brad, muab nws lub khob tso rau pem hauv ntej thiab cog kev sib tw hnia ntawm nws daim di ncauj. "Los yog peb tuaj yeem hla cov tshuaj yej thiab muaj kev lom zem me ntsis."
    
  Brad hnia nws maj mam, tom qab ntawd hais tias, "Kuv tsis xav tias kuv xav tau phau ntawv txhais lus Aussie slang los txiav txim siab qhov no." Tab sis, rau nws qhov kev poob siab loj, nws ntsia deb. "Tab sis kuv muaj ib tug hluas nkauj hauv Nevada," nws hais.
    
  Jodi hais tias "Kuv muaj ib lossis ob tug txiv neej nyob hauv tsev, txiv neej," Jodi hais. "Kuv tsis hais txog kev sib raug zoo. Peb ob tug phooj ywg nyob deb ntawm tsev, Brad - Kuv tsuas yog nyob deb ntawm tsev me dua koj. Kuv xav tias koj ua siab tawv thiab kuv tau pom tias koj yuam kev kuv li cas - "
    
  "Dab tsi! Tsis yog, kuv tsis yog ... dab tsi?
    
  "Kuv txhais tau tias, koj kub, thiab kuv pom txoj kev koj tab tom saib kuv," Jodie hais nrog luag nyav. "Kuv tsis tau hais tias peb tab tom yuav sib yuav, phooj ywg, thiab kuv yuav tsis nyiag koj ntawm koj lwm tus tseem ceeb ... yam tsawg kawg tsis tau tam sim ntawd thiab tsis tas mus li ... tej zaum. " Nws ncav tes nqa nws txhais tes, glancing sai sai rau hauv txoj kev uas coj mus rau nws chav pw. "Kuv tsuas xav tau ... koj Yankees hu nws li cas, 'tau tso'?" Brad ntsais muag rau qhov xav tsis thoob thiab tsis tau - tsis tuaj yeem - hais dab tsi. Nws nyeem qhov hesitation ntawm nws lub ntsej muag thiab lub cev lus thiab nodded. "Nws tsis ua li cas, phooj ywg. Tsis txhob liam Sheila rau kev sim ... lossis sim dua, tom qab ntawd. "
    
  Brad hais tias, "Kuv xav tias koj kub, Jodie, thiab kuv nyiam koj ob lub qhov muag, plaub hau thiab lub cev," Brad hais tias, "tab sis kuv tsis nyob hauv lub siab xav pw, thiab kuv xav pom tias kuv tuaj yeem ua ntev ntev. kev sib raug zoo ua haujlwm. Tsis tas li ntawd, koj thiab kuv ua haujlwm ua ke thiab kuv tsis xav tau dab tsi los rhuav tshem qhov ntawd. "
    
  Nws hais tias, "Nws tsis zoo, Brad," nws hais. "Kuv xav tias peb ob leeg laus txaus los txuas ntxiv ua haujlwm ua ke txawm tias peb muaj ob peb lub sijhawm tsis zoo, tab sis kuv hwm koj txoj kev xav." Nws pom Brad lub ntsej muag loj tawg rau hauv luag ntxhi, ces mus rau hauv chuckle. "Tsis txhob ua kev lom zem ntawm kuv lub suab thiab lus, koj ruam!"
    
  Nws luag nrov nrov ntawm lo lus tshiab. "Kuv xav tias kuv tau hnov tag nrho cov lus Australian slang, Jodie! Hnub no kuv hnov kaum zaj nkauj tshiab ntxiv!"
    
  "Koj puas tau hais lus lom zem ntawm kuv lub suab dua, Mr. McLanahan?"
    
  "Thov txim".
    
  Jodie taw rau ntawm nws lub qhov ntswg, tom qab ntawd hais hauv lub suab qis heev, "Tsis txhob thov txim: nws yog lub cim ntawm kev qaug zog."
    
  "Hav! Koj ua si John Wayne ib yam nkaus! Tub rog van, txoj cai?" Nws npuaj teg.
    
  Jody hais tias, "Ua tsaug, tus tswv," tsuas yog nws hnav ib daim kab xev daj. Tam sim no cia peb tawm ntawm no ua ntej kuv pounce rau koj cov pob txha, drongo!"
    
  Thaum lawv rov qab mus rau qhov chaw nres tsheb nyob rau pem hauv ntej ntawm Reinhold Aerospace Engineering lub tsev, nws nyuam qhuav pib tsaus. "Kuv zoo siab coj koj mus tsev thiab tuaj tos koj dua thaum sawv ntxov, Brad," Jodi hais thaum Brad tawm ntawm nws lub tsheb, nqa nws lub hnab ev ntawv thiab taug kev mus rau tus tsav tsheb sab qhov rais. "Txhua yam koj yuav tsum ua yog yuav brekkie."
    
  "Kuv twv qhov ntawd txhais tau tias noj tshais," Brad hais nrog luag nyav. Nws dov nws ob lub qhov muag nyob rau hauv mock irritation. "Kuv tuaj yeem coj koj los ntawm koj qhov kev thov thaum huab cua tsis zoo, tab sis kuv yuav zoo. Nws tseem tsis tau tsaus heev. "
    
  "Txhua lub sijhawm, phooj ywg," Jodie hais. Nws zoo siab heev thaum Brad leaned ntawm nws los ntawm lub qhov rais qhib thiab hnia nws maj mam ntawm daim di ncauj. "Txhua lub sijhawm, Brad," nws hais ntxiv nrog luag nyav. "'Hmo ntuj". Nws muab lub tsheb tso rau hauv lub iav thiab tsav tsheb tawm.
    
  "Kuv puas yog tus tub muaj hmoo tshaj plaws ntawm BITCH hauv ntiaj teb?" nws nug nws tus kheej hauv lub suab qis. Nws muab cov yuam sij tawm ntawm nws lub ris, tshem cov xauv ntawm nws Trek CrossRip hybrid txoj kev / tsheb kauj vab hla teb chaws, tig lub teeb taub hau thiab liab thiab dawb flashing LED teeb kev nyab xeeb uas nws tau teeb tsa thoob plaws hauv lub tsheb kauj vab, khi nws lub kaus mom hlau thiab tig. ntawm lub teeb, muab nws lub hnab ev ntawv nrog lub duav siv, thiab tawm mus rau nws ob mais kev mus tsev.
    
  Muaj ntau txoj kev tsheb khiav ntawm txoj kev tseem ceeb, tab sis San Luis Obispo yog lub nroog uas muaj tsheb kauj vab heev, thiab nws tsuas yog yuav tsum tsis txhob muaj cov neeg tsav tsheb tsis txaus ntseeg ib zaug lossis ob zaug thaum nws tsav kaum tsib feeb ua ntej mus txog tsev. Lub tsev ib-zaj dab neeg, peb chav pw, ib-thiab-ib-ib-nrab-chav da dej nyob rau hauv nruab nrab ntawm ib-acre ntau nrog ib tug detached ob-lub tsheb garage nyob ib sab ntawm nws; lub tsev kawm ntawv tau nyob ib puag ncig los ntawm ib lub laj kab qub tab sis zoo khaws cia. Hauv cheeb tsam no tibneeg hu tauj coob thiab congested, nws yog ib qho kev ceeb toom me me ntawm thaj chaw ua liaj ua teb loj thiab ntau qhov chaw me me uas tau tswj hwm thaj chaw ua ntej lub tsev kawm ntawv swelled cov pej xeem.
    
  Brad coj nws lub tsheb kauj vab mus rau hauv tsev - lub chaw nres tsheb tau tawg ntau zaus, yog li tsis muaj dab tsi muaj txiaj ntsig hauv nws - thiab txawm tias nyob hauv tsev nws kaw nws nrog cov saw loj, dab tuag saib thiab lub xauv loj loj. Tsis muaj kev ua txhaum cai hauv cheeb tsam, tab sis cov menyuam yaus niaj hnub dhia laj kab, saib ntawm qhov rais, thiab qee zaum sim qhib qhov rooj nrhiav qee yam uas lawv tuaj yeem nyiag tau yooj yim, thiab Brad vam tias yog lawv pom lub tsheb kauj vab chained, lawv yuav txav mus yooj yim dua. neeg raug tsim txom. Rau tib lub laj thawj, nws tau nkaum nws lub hnab ev ntawv nrog nws lub laptop tsis pom hauv lub txee dai khaub ncaws thiab tsis txhob tso lub laptop rau ntawm lub rooj lossis chav ua noj, txawm tias nws nyob hauv vaj lossis mus rau tom khw ob peb ntu deb.
    
  Nws rummaged los ntawm lub tub yees rau cov khoom seem. Nws tsis nco qab nws txiv, ib leej txiv tom qab nws niam raug tua, uas feem ntau yuav ua macaroni thiab cheese thiab hlais cov dev kub rau nws tus tub thaum nws nyob hauv tsev, thiab nws yeej ib txwm zoo siab Brad, yog li nws ib txwm muaj ib nrab lub hub. ntawm nws. nyob rau hauv lub tub yees.
    
  Damn, Jodie zoo siab heev, nws hais rau nws tus kheej. Leej twg paub tias tus phooj ywg tab sis feem ntau nyob ntsiag to Australian science geek xav tau ib yam dab tsi zoo li "kev sib txuas"? Nws ib txwm mob siab rau hauv chav kawm lossis hauv chav kuaj. Leej twg ntxiv, nws xav, yog li ntawd? Casey Huggins tau npau taws me ntsis, tab sis nws kuj zoo nkauj heev ntawm lub sijhawm . Nws pib mus dhau cov npe ntawm ob peb tus poj niam uas nws paub, muab piv rau Jodi ...
    
  ... thiab tom qab ntawd nws nplawm nws lub xov tooj ntawm tes, paub tias qhov laj thawj tseem ceeb uas nws tsis tau pw nrog Jodi lossis lwm tus yog tej zaum vim nws tos nws hu. Nws hu nws tus xov tooj sai sai.
    
  "Nyob zoo, qhov no yog Sondra," cov lus pib. "Kuv tej zaum ya, yog li ua koj li thaum koj hnov lub suab nrov."
    
  "Nyob zoo Sondra. Brad, "nws hais tom qab lub suab nrov. "Nws yuav luag yim. Tsuas yog xav hais nyob zoo. Hnub no peb tau npaj ib qho kev nthuav qhia rau Starfire. Thov kom peb muaj hmoo. Tom qab ntawd."
    
  Nws muab tawm tias Sondra Eddington thiab Jodie Cavendish zoo ib yam li ib leeg, Brad pom tau tias thaum nws pom ib lub hub ntawm pasta. Ob leeg yog plaub hau ncaj thiab xiav-eyed; Sondra yog me ntsis siab, tsis zoo li nyias, thiab ob peb xyoos laus dua. Txawm hais tias Jodi yog ib tus menyuam kawm ntawv, thiab Sondra twb tau txais nws daim bachelor's thiab master's degree hauv kev lag luam, nrog rau ntau daim ntawv pov thawj tsav tsheb, ob leeg yog cov kws tshaj lij hauv lawv cov haujlwm: Jodi yog tus tswv hauv chav kuaj, thaum Sondra tau xis nyob thiab zoo heev hauv kev ya. lub dav hlau - thiab tsis ntev los ua ib lub dav hlau, sai li sai tau thaum nws ua tiav nws qhov kev cob qhia nyob rau hauv lub cockpit nyob rau hauv lub roob.
    
  Thiab qhov tseem ceeb tshaj plaws, ob leeg ntawm lawv tsis muaj kev xav tsis thoob hauv kev hais lus lawv lub siab thiab qhia koj raws nraim qhov lawv xav tau, nws yog tus kws tshaj lij lossis tus kheej, thiab yeej ntawm txhua theem ntawm tus kheej. Cas lub ntuj raug txim kuv yuav nyiam cov poj niam zoo li no? Brad nug nws tus kheej. Nws yuav tsum yog ib qho yooj yim qub ruam ruam, vim hais tias nws tsis tau ...
    
  ... thiab nyob rau lub sijhawm ntawd nws hnov qhov creak ntawm lub khau raj ntawm cov ntoo hauv pem teb thiab xav tias, es tsis pom, muaj ib tug nyob tom qab nws. Brad poob lub lauj kaub rau hauv pem teb thiab tig los pom ob tug txiv neej sawv ntawm nws xub ntiag! Ib tug ntawm lawv tuav lub hnab ev ntawv, thiab lwm tus kuj muaj ib yam, nrog rau ib daim ntaub qhwv ntawm nws sab tes xis. Brad ib nrab tripped, ib nrab dhia rov qab mus rau lub tub yees hauv surprise.
    
  "Kev yooj yim tsis yooj yim," thawj tus txiv neej qw ntawm lwm tus hauv qhov uas Brad coj los ua Lavxias. "Bumbling idiot." Tom qab ntawd nws tau rub ib rab phom tsis siv neeg nrog lub suab ntsiag to txuas rau lub thoob los ntawm lub duav ntawm nws lub ris, tuav nws ntawm lub duav, thiab tsom nws ntawm Brad. "Tsis txhob txav los yog qw, Mr. McLanahan, lossis koj yuav tuag," nws hais lus Askiv zoo kawg nkaus.
    
  "Koj ua dab tsi hauv kuv lub tsev?" Brad hais nyob rau hauv lub suab tshee, tawg. "Koj puas nyiag kuv? Kuv tsis muaj dab tsi!"
    
  "Cia koj mus, ruam," thawj tus txiv neej hais hauv lub suab qis. "Cia nws mus, thiab ua tam sim no."
    
  Tsiv nrog kev ceev nrawm, tus txiv neej thib ob tau rub ib yam dab tsi los ntawm nws txoj siv sia thiab rub nws. Lub hnub qub ci ntsa iab ua ntej Brad ob lub qhov muag, thiab nws yeej tsis nco qab tias ib yam khoom ntaus nws hauv lub tuam tsev li cas lossis nws lub cev poob mus rau hauv av zoo li lub hnab taum.
    
    
  Plaub
    
    
  Ua zoo li tus hma liab uas tawm lem ntau dua li qhov tsim nyog, qee qhov tsis ncaj ncees lawm. Xyaum sawv rov los.
    
  - WENDELL BERRY
    
    
    
  SAN LUIS OBISPO, CALIFORNIA
    
    
  "Thaum kawg, koj tau ua ib yam dab tsi zoo," thawj tus txiv neej hais hauv Lavxias. "Tam sim no saib lub qhov rooj tom qab." Tus txiv neej thib ob muab rab phom rov qab rau hauv nws lub ris, rub tawm rab phom uas ntsiag to, thiab coj txoj haujlwm uas nws tuaj yeem saib lub tiaj nraum qaum tsev los ntawm cov ntaub thaiv npog ntawm lub qhov rais chav ua noj.
    
  Thawj tus txiv neej pib nteg tawm cov khoom ntawm nws lub hnab ev ntawv rau ntawm lub rooj noj mov: lub hnab me me uas muaj cov txiv laum huab xeeb dawb ntawm cov hmoov, diav npog hauv cov hmoov, butane lighters, dov li ib puas duas daim nqi, tswm ciab tswm ciab, ib lub raj mis ntawm 151 pov thawj rum. , hypodermic koob thiab koob txhaj tshuaj .. Tom qab lawv tau muab tso rau ntawm lub rooj, txoj kev uas tus neeg quav yeeb quav tshuaj tuaj yeem tso nws txoj haujlwm, thawj tus txiv neej rub Brad mus rau ntawm lub rooj, tshem nws cov khau sab laug thiab thom khwm, thiab pib rub nws tob ntawm nws cov ntiv taw nrog rab koob hypodermic. , nqus ntshav. Brad quaj, tab sis tsis sawv.
    
  Nws hnov ko taw shuffling rau hauv pem teb tom qab nws. "Nyob ntsiag to, damn koj," hais tias thawj tus neeg tawm tsam hauv Lavxias los ntawm cov hniav clenched. "Cia li kaw, koj bumbling ruam. Muab koj txhais taw damn. " Tom qab ntawd nws pib nchuav rum hla Brad lub ntsej muag thiab lub qhov ncauj, nrog rau pem hauv ntej ntawm nws lub tsho. Brad hnoos, qw nrov nrov, thiab nplawm tawm cov kua dej uas muaj zog. "Dam, nws yuav luag tsaug zog," nws hais. Nws muab lub teeb thiab muab nws tus ntiv tes tso rau ntawm qhov hluav taws kub. "Ntawm txoj hauv kev thiab cia lub ntuj raug txim tawm ntawm-"
    
  Mam li nco dheev tus txiv neej xav tias nws lub cev raug tshem tawm hauv pem teb, zoo li nws tau raug nqus mus rau hauv lub cua daj cua dub. Nws tau pom nws tus pab cuam, tawg thiab los ntshav rau hauv pem teb los ntawm lub qhov rooj sab nraum qab, ua ntej nws xav tias nws tus kheej tig los ... txog thaum nws pom nws tus kheej ntsib nrog ib qho ntawm cov neeg txaus ntshai tshaj plaws, sib tw, cov neeg phem uas nws muaj. puas tau pom nyob rau hauv nws nees nkaum xyoo ntawm kev tua neeg rau Lavxias teb sab tsoom fwv lub Federal Security Bureau, ib zaug hu ua KGB, los yog Pawg Neeg Saib Xyuas Kev Ruaj Ntseg Hauv Xeev, lub chaw saib xyuas kev ruaj ntseg ntawm Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Tab sis nws tsuas pom lub ntsej muag ib pliag ua ntej ib lub nrig loj tuaj tawm ntawm qhov chaw thiab slammed rau hauv nws lub ntsej muag ntawm lub qhov muag, thiab nws tsis nco qab dab tsi tom qab ntawd.
    
  Cov tuaj txog tshiab cia cov neeg Lavxias tsis nco qab poob plaub taw rau hauv pem teb, ces leaned mus xyuas Brad. Nws hais tias, "Yexus, me nyuam, sawv," nws hais tias, kuaj xyuas seb Brad txoj hlab pas puas raug thaiv thiab yog tias nws cov tub ntxhais kawm qhia tias raug mob. "Kuv yuav tsis rub koj lub nroog Yeiuxalees." Nws rho tawm nws lub xov tooj ntawm tes thiab hu xov tooj sai sai. "Nws yog kuv,"nws hais. "Kev ntxuav lub ranch. Txiav tawm." Tom qab ua tiav kev sib tham, nws pib ntaus Brad ntawm lub ntsej muag. "Wake up, McLanahan."
    
  "Kuv thov txim, dab tsi ...?" Brad lub qhov muag thaum kawg qhib ... thiab tom qab ntawd lawv qhib dav hauv kev xav tsis thoob thaum nws pom tus neeg tuaj tshiab lub ntsej muag . Nws stumbled rov qab rau hauv kev poob siab thiab sim wriggle tawm ntawm tus txiv neej tuav, tab sis nws muaj zog heev. "Crap! Koj yog leej twg?"
    
  "Ntshai," tus txiv neej hais tias, ceeb. "Koj lub tsev kawm ntawv nyob qhov twg?"
    
  "Kuv... yog dab tsi...?"
    
  "Los ntawm, McLanahan, rub koj tus kheej ua ke," tus txiv neej hais. Nws ntsia ib ncig ntawm chav noj mov thiab txoj hauv kev thiab pom lub qhov rooj txee dai khaub ncaws nrog lub hnab ev khoom ntawm lub txee. "Mus". Nws ib nrab rub Brad los ntawm lub qhov rooj, rub nws lub hnab ev ntawv los ntawm lub txee ua ntej nrawm tawm ntawm lub qhov rooj.
    
  Ib lub SUV loj dub tau nres ntawm txoj kev ze ntawm lub qhov rooj nkag. Brad raug nias tawm tsam nws thiab tuav hauv qhov chaw los ntawm kev tso tes ntawm nws lub hauv siab thaum tus txiv neej qhib lub qhov rooj sab xis sab xis, tom qab ntawd rub nws los ntawm lub tsho thiab muab nws pov rau hauv. Lwm tus neeg rub nws mus rau sab hauv thaum tus txiv neej txaus ntshai nkag mus rau hauv, lub qhov rooj kaw, thiab SUV khiav tawm.
    
  "Dab tsi yog ntuj raug txim mus?" - Brad qw. Nws raug nyem nruj ntawm ob tug txiv neej loj heev, thiab qhov nyem zoo li txhob txwm tshaj tawm. "WHO-"
    
  "Lub ntuj raug txim, McLanahan!" tus txiv neej tau hais hauv lub suab qis, uas zoo li ua rau lub rooj zaum thiab qhov rais co. "Peb tseem nyob hauv plawv nroog. Cov neeg taug kev tuaj yeem hnov koj." Tab sis tsis ntev lawv tau mus rau txoj kev loj 101, mus rau sab qaum teb.
    
  Tus txiv neej thib ob hauv lub rooj zaum rov qab tau rov qab mus rau kab thib peb, yog li Brad nyob hauv kab thib ob nrog tus neeg txawv txawv loj. Nkawd ob leeg tsis tau hais ib lo lus mus txog thaum lawv nyob sab nraum lub nroog. Thaum kawg: "Peb mus qhov twg?"
    
  "Qhov chaw nyab xeeb," tus neeg txawv teb chaws hais.
    
  "Kuv tawm tsis tau. Kuv muaj haujlwm ua. "
    
  "Koj puas xav nyob, McLanahan? Yog koj ua li ntawd, koj yuav tsis muaj peev xwm rov qab mus rau ntawd. "
    
  "Kuv yuav tsum," Brad hais. "Kuv muaj ib txoj haujlwm uas tuaj yeem muaj lub hnub ci hluav taws xob ua haujlwm nyob rau hauv ib xyoos." Tus neeg txawv txawv ntsia nws tab sis tsis hais dab tsi, ces pib ua haujlwm ntawm nws lub smartphone. Brad ntsia tus txiv neej thaum lub teeb los ntawm nws lub xov tooj smartphone illuminated nws lub ntsej muag. Lub ci ntsa iab tawm qhov tob tob rau ntawm tus txiv neej lub ntsej muag, pom tau tias tshwm sim los ntawm qee yam kev raug mob lossis kev mob nkeeg, tej zaum hluav taws kub lossis tshuaj lom neeg. "Koj zoo li paub," nws hais. Tus txiv neej tsis hais dab tsi. "Koj lub npe hu li cas?"
    
  "Ox," tus txiv neej hais. "Chris Wohl."
    
  Nws siv ob peb lub sijhawm ntev, tab sis Brad lub ntsej muag thaum kawg brightened. "Kuv nco koj,"nws hais. "Marine Corps Sgt. Koj yog kuv txiv tus phooj ywg."
    
  "Kuv yeej tsis yog koj txiv tus phooj ywg," Wohl hais hauv lub suab qis, yuav luag ntxhi. "Nws yog kuv tus thawj coj. Ntawd yog tag nrho".
    
  "Koj puas muaj lub tsev uas kuv nyob?" Wohl tsis tau hais dab tsi. "Dab tsi tshwm sim, Sergeant?"
    
  "Senior Sergeant," Vol hais. "Resigned." Nws ua tiav qhov nws tau ua ntawm lub xov tooj smartphone, thiab nws lub ntsej muag caws pliav poob rov qab rau hauv qhov tsaus ntuj.
    
  "Koj paub li cas cov txiv neej no nyob hauv tsev?"
    
  "Kev soj ntsuam," Vol hais.
    
  "Koj puas saib lub tsev lossis koj saib kuv?" Wohl tsis tau hais dab tsi. Brad nyob twj ywm rau ib pliag, ces hais tias, "Cov txiv neej no zoo li lawv yog neeg Lavxias."
    
  "Qhov no muaj tseeb".
    
  "Leej twg yog lawv?"
    
  Wohl tau hais tias "Yav dhau los Tsoom Fwv Saib Xyuas Kev Ruaj Ntseg Hauv Chaw Haujlwm ua haujlwm rau tus txiv neej hu ua Bruno Ilyanov," Wohl tau hais. "Ilyanov yog ib tug tub ceev xwm txawj ntse uas tau tuav txoj hauj lwm ntawm tus thawj tswj hwm huab cua & # 233; nyob rau hauv Washington nrog diplomatic powers. Nws qhia ncaj qha rau Gennady Gryzlov. Ilyanov tsis ntev los no nyob rau sab hnub poob ntug dej hiav txwv. "
    
  "Gryzlov? Koj puas yog Lavxias Thawj Tswj Hwm Gryzlov? Muaj feem cuam tshuam rau yav dhau los tus thawj tswj hwm ntawm Russia?
    
  "Nws tus tub hlob".
    
  "Lawv xav tau dab tsi los ntawm kuv?"
    
  "Peb tsis paub meej," Wohl tau hais tias, "tab sis nws tau koom nrog qee yam kev tawm tsam tawm tsam McLanahans. Nws cov neeg sawv cev nkag mus rau hauv koj txiv lub crypt thiab nyiag nws lub qhov cub thiab lwm yam khoom sab hauv. "
    
  "Dab tsi? Qhov no tshwm sim thaum twg?"
    
  "Saturday tag kis."
    
  "Saturday dhau los! Vim li cas ho tsis muaj leej twg qhia kuv? Wohl tsis teb. "Dab tsi txog kuv cov phauj? Lawv puas tau hais?
    
  "Tsis muaj. Peb kuj cia lawv nyob rau hauv kev soj ntsuam. Peb xav tias lawv muaj kev nyab xeeb. "
    
  "Hauv kev nyab xeeb? Muaj kev nyab xeeb li kuv? Cov txiv neej ntawd muaj phom thiab lawv tsoo hauv tsev. Lawv hais tias lawv yuav tua kuv. "
    
  Wohl tau hais tias "Lawv sim ua kom zoo li kev sib tsoo, kev siv tshuaj ntau dhau," Wohl hais. "Lawv tau sloppy. Peb nrhiav tau lawv ob peb hnub dhau los. Peb tsis pom leej twg nyob ze koj cov muam. Tej zaum lawv yuav tsis paub txog lawv, lossis lawv yuav tsis yog lub hom phiaj. "
    
  "Peb yog leej twg? Koj puas yog tub ceev xwm? FBI? CIA?
    
  "Tsis muaj".
    
  Brad tau tos ob peb lub sijhawm kom paub meej, tab sis tsis tau txais ib qho. "Koj ua haujlwm rau leej twg, Sergeant Major?"
    
  Vol tau ua pa tob tob thiab cia nws tawm maj mam. Nws tau hais tias "Koj txiv tau koom nrog ntau ... cov koom haum ntiag tug ua ntej nws tau hla Sky Masters," nws hais. "Cov koom haum no tau ua haujlwm cog lus rau tsoomfwv thiab lwm lub koom haum siv qee cov thev naus laus zis tshiab thiab riam phom uas tsim los rau tub rog."
    
  "Lub Tin Woodman armor thiab cybernetic infantry ntaus ntawv tswj cov neeg hlau," Brad hais tias qhov tseeb. Vol lub taub hau ua rau xav tsis thoob, thiab Brad xav tsis thoob pom tus txiv neej loj ua pa qeeb thiab nres. "Kuv paub txog lawv. Kuv txawm kawm hauv CID. Kuv piloted ib tug ntawm cov no ntawm Battle Mountain. Ib txhia Russians sim tua kuv txiv. Kuv tsoo lawv hauv lub tsheb."
    
  "Dam," Vol yws yws hauv qab nws ua tsis taus pa. "Koj puas tau tsav lub CID?"
    
  "Tau kawg kuv tau ua," Brad hais nrog luag ntxhi.
    
  Wohl tuav nws lub taub hau. "Koj nyiam nws, puas yog?"
    
  "Lawv tua kuv lub tsev nrhiav kuv txiv," Brad hais, tiv thaiv me ntsis. "Kuv yuav ua nws dua yog tias kuv yuav tsum tau." Nws nyob twj ywm rau ob peb feeb, ces hais ntxiv tias: "Tab sis yog, kuv tau ua. CID yog ib lub ntuj raug txim ntawm cov khoom siv. Peb yuav tsum tsim ntau txhiab tus no. "
    
  "Lub zog nkag mus rau koj," hais Vol. "Koj txiv tus phooj ywg-thiab kuv-General Hal Briggs tau qaug cawv thiab nws tua nws. Koj txiv tau hais kom kuv ua ... cov tub txib nrog CID thiab Tin Woodman pab tub rog, thiab peb tau ua tiav, tab sis kuv pom tau tias lub hwj chim cuam tshuam rau kuv li cas, kuv thiaj li tso tseg."
    
  "Kuv txiv tsis tau tuag hauv kev tshawb nrhiav neeg hlau."
    
  Wohl tau hais tias "Kuv paub tseeb tias muaj dab tsi tshwm sim ntawm Guam. "Nws tsis quav ntsej txog kev nyab xeeb ntawm nws chav tsev thiab txawm tias nws tus tub los tawm tsam Suav. Vim li cas? Vim nws muaj ib tug bomber thiab riam phom, thiab nws txiav txim siab siv lawv tus kheej. Nws tsuas yog tus pinprick ..."
    
  "Cov neeg Suav tau tso siab rau tam sim tom qab kev tawm tsam, puas yog lawv?"
    
  Wohl tau hais tias "Qee cov tub rog Suav thiab cov thawj coj pej xeem tau teeb tsa kev tawm tsam hauv av nyob rau hnub tom qab kev tawm tsam," Wohl tau hais. "Nws tsis muaj dab tsi cuam tshuam nrog koj qhov kev tawm tsam. Nws yog ib qho coincidence. "
    
  Brad hais tias "Kuv twv koj yog tus kws tshaj lij," Brad hais. Vol tuav nws lub taub hau, tab sis tsis hais dab tsi. "Koj ua haujlwm rau leej twg, Sergeant Major?" - Brad rov hais dua.
    
  "Kuv tsis nyob ntawm no los teb cov lus nug ntau, McLanahan," Vol snapped. "Kuv cov lus txib yog los cuam tshuam pab pawg tawm tsam thiab ua kom koj muaj kev nyab xeeb. Qhov ntawd yog txhua yam ".
    
  Brad hais tias "Kuv tsis tawm hauv tsev kawm ntawv, Sergeant Major," Brad hais. "Kuv muaj ntau txoj haujlwm ua."
    
  Vol hais tias "Kuv tsis ua phem rau," Vol hais. "Kuv raug txib kom tiv thaiv koj."
    
  "Kev txiav txim? Leej twg xaj? Tsis teb. "Yog hais tias koj tsis teb, ces kuv mam li tham nrog koj tus thawj coj. Tab sis kuv tsis tuaj yeem tawm tsev kawm ntawv. Kuv nyuam qhuav pib." Vol tseem nyob twj ywm. Ob peb feeb tom qab, Brad rov hais dua: "Koj tau ua haujlwm ntev npaum li cas rau kuv txiv?"
    
  "Tau ib pliag," Wohl hais tom qab ob peb lub sijhawm. "Thiab kuv tsis ua haujlwm rau nws: Kuv nyob hauv nws cov lus txib, nws cov neeg ua haujlwm tub ceev xwm."
    
  "Koj tsis zoo li koj zoo siab txog qhov no."
    
  Wohl ntsia ntawm Brad txoj kev taw qhia, ces tig thiab ntsia lub qhov rais, thiab nyob twj ywm rau ob peb lub sij hawm ntev; thaum kawg: "Tom qab ... tom qab koj niam raug tua, koj txiv ... hloov," Vol hais hauv lub suab ntsiag to. "Txhua xyoo kuv tau paub nws, nws yeej ib txwm ua tus txiv neej ua haujlwm, siab tawv thiab tawv, tab sis ... "Nws ua pa tob tob ua ntej hais ntxiv, "Tab sis tom qab koj niam raug tua, nws tau ua phem dua thiab. tuag taus. Nws tsis yog hais txog kev tiv thaiv lub teb chaws los yog yeej kev sib cav, tab sis hais txog ... tua, txawm tua los yog hem cov neeg Amelikas, leej twg sawv ntawm txoj kev yeej. Lub hwj chim uas nws tau txais zoo li mus rau nws lub taub hau, txawm tias tom qab nws tawm ntawm Scion Aviation International thiab tau ua haujlwm ua haujlwm ntawm Sky Masters. Kuv tso nrog nws ib pliag kom txog thaum kuv xav tias nws tau tawm ntawm kev tswj hwm, thiab tom qab ntawd kuv txiav tawm. "
    
  "Tawm? Vim li cas koj ho tsis sim pab nws?
    
  "Nws yog kuv tus thawj coj," Vol teb ntoo. "Kuv tsis qhia cov tub ceev xwm laus tshwj tsis yog lawv thov rau nws."
    
  "Qhov ntawd yog bullshit, Vol," Brad hais. "Yog tias koj pom kuv txiv raug mob, koj yuav tsum tau pab, thiab fuck tus tub ceev xwm laus ntawd. Thiab kuv yeej tsis tau pom ib qho ntawm lwm yam khoom no. Kuv txiv yog ib tug txiv zoo, ua haujlwm pub dawb thiab ua thawj coj uas hlub nws tsev neeg, nws lub zej zog, nws lub teb chaws thiab nws lub tuam txhab. Nws tsis yog neeg tua neeg. "
    
  "Koj tsis tau pom nws vim nws tiv thaiv koj ntawm txhua qhov no," Vol hais. "Nws yog ib tug txiv neej sib txawv kiag li ntawm koj. Tsis tas li ntawd, koj yog ib tug me nyuam yaus - feem ntau, koj lub taub hau tau tuav siab thiab faus rau hauv koj lub nroog Yeiuxalees. "
    
  Brad hais tias, "Koj zoo siab heev, Sergeant Major," Brad hais. Nws ntes tau lwm qhov pom ntawm Vol lub ntsej muag wrinkled nyob rau hauv lub teeb taub hau ntawm lub tsheb thauj mus los. "Dab tsi tshwm sim rau koj lub ntsej muag?"
    
  "Tsis muaj ntawm koj lub lag luam," Vol grumbled.
    
  "Koj tau soj xyuas kuv rau Vajtswv paub ntev npaum li cas thiab kuv tsis tuaj yeem nug koj ib lo lus nug tus kheej tsis zoo?" - Brad nug. "Kuv xav tias koj tau nyob hauv Marines ntev dhau lawm."
    
  Vol ib nrab tig mus rau Brad, zoo li nws yuav sib cav nrog nws, tab sis nws tsis ua thiab tig rov qab rau lub qhov rais. Tom qab ob peb lub vib nas this, nws ua pa tob thiab cia nws tawm maj mam. Thaum kawg nws hais tias "American Holocaust," nws hais thaum kawg. "Kuv xav tias koj tau hnov qhov no?"
    
  "Sarcasm, Sergeant Major? Nws tsis haum koj thiab nws tsis tsim nyog. Kaum tawm txhiab leej raug tua. "
    
  Vol hais tias, "Koj txiv tau npaj thiab tua Asmeskas tawm tsam," Vol hais, tsis quav ntsej Brad cov lus. "Nyob ntawm cov foob pob tawg thoob plaws ntau thaj tsam ntawm sab hnub poob thiab nruab nrab ntawm Russia, yos hav zoov cov foob pob hluav taws sib txuas sib txuas. Kuv yog nws tus tub ceev xwm junior saib xyuas Yakutsk, Siberian airbase nws tau txib. "
    
  Nws siv ob peb feeb, tab sis tom qab ntawd Brad paub lub npe ntawm lub hauv paus huab cua thiab nws lub puab tsaig poob rau hauv surprise. "Auj, crap," nws ua pa. "Koj txhais tau tias ... lub hauv paus uas raug ntaus los ntawm Lavxias teb sab nuclear cruise missiles?"
    
  Vol tsis hnov qab, tab sis tsaug zog dua ob peb lub sijhawm. "Qhov tseeb kuv tsis tau txais cov tshuaj tua hluav taws xob tuag-Kuv tau hnav Tin Man's armor-tab sis kuv tau raug hluav taws xob ntau tshaj plaws ntawm txhua tus tsuas yog General Briggs," nws thaum kawg hais. "Piv txwv li xya tus neeg muaj txoj sia nyob los ntawm qhov chaw nyob hauv av hauv Lavxias tau tuag los ntawm cov kab mob ntsig txog hluav taws xob ntau xyoo. Nws tsuas yog siv sijhawm ntev me ntsis rau kuv. "
    
  "Auj kuv tus Vajtswv, Sergeant Major, kuv thov txim," Brad hais. "Qhov mob yuav tsum txaus ntshai." Wohl ntsia Brad, me ntsis xav tsis thoob thaum hnov lub siab xav los ntawm tus tub hluas, tab sis nws tsis tau hais dab tsi. "Qhov no yuav yog qhov tua General Briggs. Tej zaum cov hluav taws xob yuam kom nws muaj kev pheej hmoo. Tej zaum nws paub tias nws yuav tuag thiab txiav txim siab tawm mus tawm tsam. "
    
  "Tam sim no saib seb peb tus kws tshaj lij yog leej twg," Vol yws.
    
  Lawv ua raws Txoj Kev Loj 101 sab qaum teb, qee zaus taug kev ntawm txoj kev thiab rov qab, saib xyuas cov cim ntawm kev soj ntsuam. Txhua txhua ob peb feeb, thaum lawv pom txoj kev hla hla, lawv yuav tsum nres thiab ib tug ntawm cov txiv neej nyob rau hauv lub SUV yuav tawm mus, nqa dab tsi tshwm sim loj heev multi-lens binoculars. "Nws ua dab tsi, Sergeant Major?" - Brad nug.
    
  Wohl teb tias "Kuv tab tom nrhiav cov neeg nrhiav huab cua," Wohl teb. "Peb paub tias cov neeg Lavxias siv drones los soj ntsuam ntawm cov tub rog hauv paus thiab lwm qhov chaw rhiab hauv Tebchaws Meskas, thiab Gryzlov yog ib tug tub ceev xwm Lavxias Air Force. Nws yeej yuav muaj cov cuab yeej zoo li no. Nws siv lub koob yees duab infrared uas tuaj yeem ntes cov cua sov hauv huab cua lossis hauv av los ntawm ntau mais deb. " Ob peb feeb tom qab, tus txiv neej tau rov qab rau hauv SUV thiab lawv txuas ntxiv mus.
    
  Txog ib teev tom qab tawm hauv San Luis Obispo, lawv tig mus rau txoj kev mus rau tshav dav hlau sab nraum Paso Robles. Tus neeg tsav tsheb nkag mus rau hauv tus lej rau hauv lub ntsuas hluav taws xob, thiab lub qhov rooj siab mesh qhib, tso cai rau lawv mus rau hauv tshav dav hlau. Lawv tsav tsheb raws txoj kev ntsiag to, tsaus ntuj nti, tsuas yog teeb xiav me me ntawm cov npoo, kom txog rau thaum lawv tuaj txog ntawm lub dav hlau loj, nyob ib puag ncig ntawm peb sab los ntawm lwm lub laj kab txuas, tsuas yog qhov chaw nres tsheb nkag thiab taxiway qhib. Lub sijhawm no, tsis yog tus lej, tus tsav tsheb nias nws tus ntiv tes xoo tawm tsam tus nyeem ntawv kho qhov muag, thiab lub xauv qhib nrog lub suab nrov.
    
  Sab hauv ntawm lub hangar loj heev yog dominated los ntawm grey General Atomics MQ-1B Predator remotely piloted aircraft nres ntawm sab laug ntawm lub hangar. Cov lus "CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION" thiab lub chaw haujlwm daim thaiv npog tau pleev xim rau ntawm lub dav hlau pem hauv ntej, tab sis nws yeej tsis zoo li tsoomfwv lub koomhaum. Brad taug kev mus saib nws, tab sis ib tug txiv leej tub hauv ris tsho hauv qab thiab T-shirt dub nrog rab phom tshuab slung los ntawm txoj siv ceev-tso tawm ntawm nws lub xub pwg nyom ntawm nws thiab tus Predator thiab hla nws txhais tes rau pem hauv ntej ntawm nws, ntsiag to thiab meej ceeb toom nws kom nyob deb.
    
  Brad rov qab mus rau Chris Wohl, uas tau tham nrog cov txiv neej uas nyob hauv nws SUV thiab ob peb lwm tus. Nyob rau hauv qhov tsaus ntuj ntawm lub hangar, nws zoo dua pom qhov tob khawb ntawm Vol lub ntsej muag, thiab kuj pom kev puas tsuaj rau ntawm daim tawv nqaij ntawm nws caj dab thiab ob txhais tes. "Qhov chaw no yog dab tsi, Sergeant Major?" - nws nug.
    
  "Qhov chaw nyab xeeb, tam sim no," Vol teb.
    
  "Cov no yog leej twg-"
    
  "Kuv yuav tsis teb cov lus nug tam sim no," Vol hais ntxhib. "Yog tias muaj lwm yam koj xav paub, lawv yuav qhia koj." Nws taw tes rau ib lub txee nyob ib sab ntawm phab ntsa ntawm tus Predator. "Muaj kas fes thiab dej yog tias koj xav tau. Tsis txhob mus ze lub dav hlau dua." Nws tig deb ntawm Brad thiab rov hais dua rau lwm tus.
    
  Brad tuav nws lub taub hau thiab txiav txim siab mus saib seb lawv puas muaj dab tsi noj, khuv xim tias nws tsis tau noj ib qho ntawm nws cov khoom - khoom noj lossis lwm yam. Nws pom ib lub raj mis dej txias hauv lub tub yees, tab sis es tsis txhob haus nws, nws tau muab nws tso rau ntawm nws lub taub hau kom soften qhov cuam tshuam uas cov neeg Lavxias ntaus nws nrog nws rab chais. Ob peb feeb tom qab ntawd nws hnov ib lub dav hlau sab nraum lub hangar los ze rau thaj tsam, los ntawm lub suab ntawm nws lub suab zoo li nws txav nrawm heev. Wohl thiab lwm tus txiv neej nres hais lus thiab tig mus rau ntawm lub qhov rooj hangar thaum lub suab ntawm lub dav hlau sab nraud tau ua ntsiag to me ntsis thaum lub cav tsis ua haujlwm. Ib yam li Brad tab tom yuav rov qab mus rau Vol thiab nug nws tias muaj dab tsi tshwm sim, lub teeb ci txawm ntau dua thiab lub hangar ob lub qhov rooj pib qhib.
    
  Tom qab lub qhov rooj qhib tag nrho, ib tug me me ntxaib-tailed C-23C Sherpa cargo dav hlau taxied sab hauv. Nws muaj tus chij Asmeskas thiab pej xeem N tus lej ntawm nws tus Tsov tus tw, tab sis tsis muaj lwm yam kev ua tub rog, thiab tau pleev xim rau lub dav hlau dub es tsis txhob grey li niaj zaus. Nws tsheb tavxij ncaj nraim rau hauv lub hangar, tig nws lub turboprops loj, thiab Brad, Vol, thiab lwm tus raug yuam kom rov qab los thaum lub dav hlau tsav tsheb mus rau hauv. Tswj los ntawm ib tug lineman nrog ib rab phom tshuab rau ntawm nws lub xub pwg nyom, nws taxied rau pem hauv ntej kom txog rau thaum nws tau muab lub teeb liab nres, thiab ces lub cav nres. Qhov loj ob lub qhov rooj ntawm lub hangar pib tsav tsheb kaw thaum lub cav pib nres. Qhov tsis hnov tsw ntawm lub dav hlau cav tso tawm muaj zog.
    
  Ib pliag tom qab, lub qhov rooj ntawm cov neeg caij tsheb nyob rau sab laug ntawm lub dav hlau, sab nraum lub qhov rais cockpit, qhib, thiab tawm tawm ib tug txiv leej tub loj uas zoo li ib tug tub rog, hnav ib ce thiab khi - thiab nrog ib tug pom bulge ntawm riam phom nyob rau hauv nws. lub tsho - leej twg tam sim ntawd ua raws li ib tug txiv neej luv luv, hnav ib ce, tab sis tsis khi, nrog cov plaub hau ntev grey thiab zoo nkauj trimmed grey hwj txwv; Nyob rau tib lub sijhawm, cov khoom thauj khoom thauj khoom / qhov chaw nyob tom qab ntawm lub dav hlau pib qhib siv lub cav. Wohl thiab lwm tus txiv neej los ze rau tus neeg tuaj tshiab thib ob thiab lawv txhua tus tuav tes. Lawv tham ob peb lub sij hawm, thiab ces Wohl nodded nyob rau hauv Brad cov kev taw qhia thiab tus thib ob tshiab tuaj txog rau nws, unbuttoning nws lub tsho.
    
  "Mr. Bradley James McLanahan," tus neeg tuaj tshiab hais hauv lub suab nrov nrov, muaj suab nrov, thiab muaj kev nom kev tswv heev thaum nws tseem nyob deb ntawm peb ob peb kauj ruam. "Ntau lub sijhawm tau dhau mus. Tej zaum koj yuav tsis nco qab kuv. Kuv yeej yuav tsis paub koj. "
    
  "Kuv tsis nco qab koj, tus tswv, tab sis kuv paub tseeb tias kuv paub koj: koj yog Thawj Tswj Hwm Kevin Martindale," Brad hais tias, tsis txhob sim zais nws qhov kev xav tsis thoob thiab tsis meej pem. Martindale luag nyav dav thiab zoo siab tias Brad pom nws, thiab nws rub nws txhais tes thaum nws los ze. Brad tshee nws. "Zoo tau ntsib koj, tus tswv, tab sis tam sim no kuv tsis meej pem dua."
    
  "Kuv tsis liam koj ib yam, tus tub," tus thawj tswj hwm qub hais. "Txhua yam tshwm sim sai thiab tib neeg tau tawm tsam kom ua raws. Ces qhov xwm txheej no nrog koj hauv San Luis Obispo tuaj thiab peb yuav tsum teb. " Nws ntsia ntawm qhov nqaij tawv ntawm sab ntawm Brad lub taub hau. "Koj lub taub hau zoo li cas, tus tub? Koj muaj qhov nqaij ntuag phem heev nyob ntawd. "
    
  "Txhua yam zoo, tus tswv."
    
  "Zoo. Kuv, ntawm chav kawm, nug tus tub ceev xwm loj seb peb yuav tsum ua li cas thaum peb tshawb pom qhov infiltration, thiab nws hais tias rho koj, kuv hais tias yog, thiab nws tau ua. Nws zoo heev rau tej yam zoo li no. "
    
  "Kuv tsis pom nws ua dab tsi, tab sis kuv nyob ntawm no, yog li kuv xav tias nws yuav tsum yog," Brad hais. "Yog tus tub ceev xwm loj ua haujlwm rau koj, tus tswv, koj puas tuaj yeem qhia kuv tias muaj dab tsi tshwm sim? Nws tsis tau qhia kuv dab tsi. "
    
  Martindale tau hais tias "Nws yuav tsis qhia koj dab tsi yog tias nws muaj lub tsheb roj teeb txuas nrog nws cov noob qes, tus tub," Martindale tau hais. "Zoo li ib tug ntawm cov neeg nyob rau hauv no hangar. Kuv twv kuv yog tus thawj coj ntawm lub koom haum no, tab sis kuv tsis tau khiav nws. Nws ua."
    
  "Nws? Nws leej twg?"
    
  "Nws," Martindale hais tias thiab taw tes rau lub dav hlau lub nkoj thauj khoom raws li nws tshwm sim. Nws yog cybernetic infantry ntaus ntawv - ib tug neeg tsav tsheb uas tsim los rau US Army raws li kev sib ntaus sib tua rau ib tug qauv infantry platoon, nrog rau tom kawg lub zog, versatility, thiab tag nrho nws cov firepower - tab sis nws tsis zoo li tej CID Brad yuav nco ntsoov. Qhov no zoo li sleeker, sib dua, siab dua thiab ua kom zoo dua li Brad tau tsav ob peb xyoos dhau los. Tus neeg hlau kaum ob-ntxiv-ko taw siab muaj lub cev loj uas ntws los ntawm lub xub pwg dav mus rau lub duav me ntsis, lub duav slim dua, thiab zoo li nyias-saib caj npab thiab txhais ceg txuas rau lub cev. Sensors zoo li tau nruab rau txhua qhov chaw - ntawm lub xub pwg nyom, lub duav thiab caj npab. Lub taub hau yog lub thawv hexagonal nrog beveled sab thiab tsis muaj ob lub qhov muag, tsuas yog kov cov ntaub qhwv ntawm txhua sab. Nws zoo li me ntsis siab dua tus Brad tau tsav.
    
  Qhov kev xav ntawm kev tsav lub cybernetic infantry ntaus ntawv tsis zoo li txhua yam uas Brad tau ntsib ua ntej. Ua ntej, nws tau txais daim ntawv qhia digital ntawm nws lub paj hlwb thiab thauj nws mus rau hauv tus neeg hlau lub computer tswj interface. Tom qab ntawd nws tau nce mus rau hauv tus neeg hlau los ntawm sab nraub qaum, nteg kis-eagled ntawm qhov txias txias, gelatinous conductive lev, thiab dai nws lub taub hau rau hauv lub kaus mom hlau thiab daim npog ntsej muag. Lub hatch kaw tom qab nws, thiab txhua yam tau poob rau hauv qhov tsaus ntuj, ua rau me ntsis claustrophobia. Tab sis tom qab ob peb lub sijhawm nws tuaj yeem pom dua ... nrog rau cov roob ntawm cov ntaub ntawv tau txais los ntawm cov neeg hlau, cov sensors tau nthuav tawm rau nws pom thiab muab tso rau hauv nws lub cev qhov kev xav, kom nws tsis yog nyeem cov ntaub ntawv los ntawm cov ntxaij vab tshaus xwb, tab sis cov duab thiab cov ntaub ntawv tau tshwm sim hauv nws lub siab raws li kev nco lossis cov tswv yim tiag tiag los ntawm kev kov, pom thiab hnov. Thaum nws pib txav mus, nws pom tias nws muaj peev xwm khiav tau nrawm nrawm thiab nrawm nrawm, dhia ntau ob txhais taw, tsoo phab ntsa, thiab tig lub tsheb armored. Tus neeg hlau tau muaj cov riam phom zoo heev uas txuas nrog rau nws, thiab nws tuaj yeem tswj lawv txhua tus nrog kev nrawm nrawm thiab nrawm heev.
    
  "Kev Tshawb Fawb Txog Kev Txhaum Cai," Brad sau tseg. "Nws zoo li tshiab. Tshiab tsim ib yam nkaus. "
    
  Martindale tau hais tias "Qhov no yog thawj qhov piv txwv ntawm CID lub zog tshiab uas peb npaj yuav xa mus," Martindale tau hais.
    
  "Zoo," Brad hais. Nws yoj rau tus neeg hlau. "Leej twg yog tus tsav? Charlie Turlock? Nws tau qhia kuv yuav ua li cas ya ib ob peb xyoos dhau los. " Rau CID nws hais tias, "Hav Charlie, koj nyob li cas? Koj puas cia kuv caij nws?"
    
  TIE tau taug kev mus rau Martindale thiab Bradley, nws txoj kev txav mus los ntawm tib neeg txawm tias nws loj thiab cov ceg tawv, thiab hais hauv lub suab hluav taws xob, "Nyob zoo, tus tub."
    
  Nws coj Brad ob peb lub sijhawm kom paub tias qhov nws nyuam qhuav hnov yog qhov tseeb, thiab qhov kev xav tau poob rau hauv, tab sis thaum kawg Brad lub qhov muag nthuav dav hauv kev xav tsis thoob thiab poob siab thiab nws qw, "Txiv?" Nws mus txog rau CID, tsis paub tias yuav kov qhov twg. "Au kuv tus Vajtswv, txiv, puas yog koj? Koj tseem ciaj sia? Koj ciaj sia! "
    
  Patrick McLanahan hais tias, "Yog lawm, tus tub," said Patrick McLanahan. Brad tseem tsis tuaj yeem paub qhov twg kov tus neeg hlau, yog li nws yuav tsum tau khom rau nws lub plab. Nws pib quaj. "Nws tsis ua li cas, Bradley," Patrick thaum kawg hais, ncav tes thiab khawm nws tus tub. "Aub kuv tus Vajtswv, nws zoo heev tau ntsib koj dua."
    
  "Tab sis kuv tsis to taub nws, Dad," Brad hais tom qab ob peb lub sij hawm ntev nyob rau hauv nws txiv txhais caj npab. "Lawv ... lawv hais rau kuv tias koj ... tuag ntawm koj qhov kev raug mob ... "
    
  Patrick hais tias, "Kuv tuag lawm, tus tub," Patrick hais hauv lub suab hluav taws xob. "Thaum lawv rub kuv tawm ntawm lub foob pob B-1 hauv Guam tom qab koj tsaws B-1, kuv tau tuag lawm hauv tsev kho mob thiab txhua tus paub nws thiab lo lus tau tawm mus. Tab sis tom qab koj thiab lwm tus neeg ua haujlwm tau khiav tawm mus rau Hawaii, lawv thauj kuv mus rau hauv lub tsheb thauj neeg mob thiab pib resuscitation, thiab kuv rov qab los. "
    
  "Lawv ... lawv yuav tsis cia kuv nyob nrog koj, Txiv," Brad hais ntawm sobs. "Kuv sim nyob nrog koj, tab sis lawv tsis cia kuv. Thov txim txiv, kuv thov txim, kuv yuav tsum tau thov - "
    
  Patrick hais tias, "Nws tsis ua li cas, tus tub," Patrick hais. "Txhua tus neeg raug tsim txom yuav tsum tau tos kom raug soj ntsuam thiab sim, thiab kuv tsuas yog lwm tus neeg raug tsim txom ntawm ntau pua hnub ntawd. Cov kws kho mob hauv zos thiab cov neeg ua haujlwm pab dawb tau mob siab rau cov neeg raug tsim txom, thaum cov tub rog thiab cov neeg cog lus raug coj mus. Lawv cia kuv ciaj sia rau ib hnub thiab ib nrab nyob rau hauv ib lub tsev kho mob me me tawm hauv paus, nres deb ntawm txhua yam. Thawj cov neeg tuaj pab yog cov neeg nyob hauv zos, lawv tsis paub kuv yog leej twg. Lawv coj kuv mus rau lwm lub tsev kho mob me me hauv Agana thiab ua rau kuv muaj sia nyob. "
    
  "Tab sis li cas ...?"
    
  Patrick tau hais tias "Thawj Tswj Hwm Martindale pom kuv ob peb hnub tom qab kev tawm tsam," "Cov Celestial Masters tseem tuaj yeem taug qab kuv los ntawm cov ntaub ntawv subcutaneous txuas. Martindale tau saib xyuas txhua yam haujlwm ntawm Sky Masters Inc. nyob rau hauv South China Sea cheeb tsam thiab xa cov dav hlau mus rau Andersen Air Force Base los sau cov kev txawj ntse thiab cov ntaub ntawv hais txog kev tawm tsam. Thaum kawg lawv pom kuv thiab nyiag kuv mus rau Tebchaws Meskas. "
    
  "Tab sis vim li cas CID, txiv?"
    
  "Nws yog Jason Richter lub tswv yim," Martindale hais. "Kuv ntseeg tias koj tau ntsib Colonel Richter ntawm Battle Roob?"
    
  "Yog lawm, sir. Nws pab kuv nrog cov programming kom kuv tuaj yeem sim kuv tus kheej hauv CID piloting. Tam sim no nws yog tus thawj coj ntawm kev ua haujlwm ntawm Sky Masters Aerospace. "
    
  Martindale tau hais tias "Koj txiv tau raug mob hnyav thiab tsis xav tias yuav muaj sia nyob lub davhlau rov qab mus rau Hawaii," Martindale tau hais. Kuv lub dav hlau uas khiav tawm nws muaj cov neeg ua haujlwm kho mob tsawg heev thiab tsis muaj cov khoom siv phais lossis kev raug mob ... tab sis tau muaj cov cuab yeej siv ceev xwm txheej ceev hauv lub nkoj uas tau pab cawm hauv Guam. Jason tau hais tias CID tuaj yeem pab tus neeg raug tsim txom ua pa thiab tswj hwm lwm lub cev kom txog thaum nws mus rau hauv tsev kho mob. Richter tsis paub tias tus neeg raug tsim txom yog koj txiv. "
    
  "Tom qab ntawd... koj puas nyob zoo, Txiv?" - Brad nug, zoo siab thaum xub thawj. Tab sis nws paub sai sai tias nws txiv nyob deb, deb ntawm qhov tsis ua li cas, txwv tsis pub nws tseem yuav tsis nyob hauv lub nkoj CID nrog nws tib tus tub sawv ntawm nws xub ntiag. "Txiv...?"
    
  "Kuv tsis ntshai, tus tub," Patrick hais. "Kuv tsis tuaj yeem muaj sia nyob sab nraud ntawm kev tshawb nrhiav txhaum cai."
    
  "Dab tsi?"
    
  Patrick tau hais tias "Kuv yuav muaj txoj sia nyob, Brad, tab sis kuv yeej yuav tau nyob ntawm lub tshuab ua pa thiab lub plawv dhia thiab tej zaum yuav nyob hauv lub xeev tsis muaj zaub mov," Patrick hais. Brad ob lub qhov muag puv nrog kua muag thiab nws lub qhov ncauj qhib hauv kev poob siab. Ob leeg ntawm tus neeg hlau txhais tes ncav tes tawm thiab so ntawm Brad lub xub pwg nyom - nws kov yog lub teeb, txawm tias maj mam, txawm tias nws loj. "Kuv tsis tau txhais nws, Brad. Kuv tsis xav ua lub nra rau kuv tsev neeg tau ntau xyoo, tej zaum ntau xyoo, txog thaum lawv muaj cuab yeej siv kho tau kuv lossis txog thaum kuv tuag. Hauv CID Kuv tau tsaug zog, ua haujlwm, nce thiab txav mus. Sab nraud, kuv yuav tau nyob rau hauv lub coma, ntawm kev txhawb nqa lub neej. Thaum kuv nyob hauv CID thiab tuaj txog, kuv muaj kev xaiv nyob ntawm kev txhawb nqa lub neej, rub lub ntsaws, lossis nyob hauv CID. Kuv txiav txim siab tias kuv xav nyob hauv qhov chaw uas kuv tuaj yeem siv tau. "
    
  "Koj puas yog... koj puas yuav nyob hauv... mus ib txhis...? "
    
  Patrick hais tias, "Kuv ntshai li ntawd, tus tub,"mus txog thaum peb muaj sijhawm los kho txhua qhov kev raug mob uas kuv tau txhawb nqa. Cov kua muag dov rau Brad lub ntsej muag ntau dua. "Brad, nws tsis ua li cas," Patrick hais tias, nws lub suab mos, ua kom lub suab pom tseeb txawm tias nyob hauv lub suab hluav taws xob ntawm tus neeg hlau. "Kuv yuav tsum tuag, tus tub-Kuv twb tuag lawm. Kuv tau txais ib qho khoom plig txawv tshaj plaw. Tej zaum nws yuav tsis zoo li lub neej, tab sis nws yog. Kuv xav kom koj zoo siab rau kuv. "
    
  "Tab sis kuv tsis tuaj yeem ... Kuv tsis pom koj?" Brad ncav tes thiab kov tus neeg hlau lub ntsej muag. "Kuv kov tsis tau koj ... tiag?"
    
  "Txais kuv, tus tub, Kuv hnov koj kov," Patrick hais. "Kuv thov txim uas koj tsis tuaj yeem hnov kuv qhov kev xav tsuas yog rau cov khoom txias. Tab sis cov kev xaiv tau txais tsis tau rau kuv. Kuv tseem tsis tau npaj yuav tuag, Brad. Tej zaum nws yuav zoo li tsis ncaj ncees thiab tsis dawb huv, tab sis kuv tseem muaj sia nyob thiab kuv xav tias kuv tuaj yeem ua qhov txawv. "
    
  "Yuav ua li cas txog kev ua koob tsheej nco txog ... Lub urn... Daim ntawv pov thawj tuag ...?"
    
  Thawj Tswj Hwm Martindale tau hais tias "Qhov no yog qhov kuv ua, Brad," "Raws li koj txiv tau hais, nws tau tuag rau lub sijhawm luv luv, nyob rau hauv qhov xwm txheej hnyav, thiab tsis xav tias yuav muaj sia nyob. Tsis muaj leej twg tshwj tsis yog Richter xav tias tso tus txiv neej raug mob rau hauv lub chaw tshawb nrhiav kev ua txhaum cai yuav kav ob peb hnub feem ntau. Thaum peb rov qab mus rau Xeev, peb sim ob peb zaug kom nws tawm ntawm CID kom peb thiaj li xa nws mus rau kev phais. Txhua zaus peb sim, nws raug ntes. Nws yog ... zoo li nws lub cev tsis xav tso nws. "
    
  Patrick hais tias "Kuv tau nyob hauv ib qho me ntsis ntawm kev khi ib yam nkaus, Brad," Patrick hais. "Kuv pom cov duab. Tsis muaj leej twg nyob ntawm kuv. "
    
  "Yog li koj xav hais li cas? Puas yog koj raug kho los ntawm CID? Qhov no ua haujlwm li cas?
    
  Patrick hais tias "Tsis kho, tab sis zoo li ... txhawb nqa, Brad," Patrick hais. "CID tuaj yeem saib xyuas kuv lub cev thiab lub hlwb, xa cov pa oxygen, dej thiab cov as-ham, txheej txheem pov tseg thiab tswj ib puag ncig sab hauv. Nws kho tsis tau kuv. Tej zaum kuv yuav zoo dua nrog lub sijhawm, tab sis tsis muaj leej twg paub. Tab sis kuv tsis xav tau lub cev noj qab haus huv los tsav CID lossis siv nws cov riam phom. "
    
  Brad nkag siab qhov nws txiv tau hais txog, thiab nws ua rau nws cov tawv nqaij nkag mus thiab nws lub ntsej muag tsis ntseeg, txawm hais tias nws muaj kev xyiv fab thaum tham nrog nws txiv dua. "Koj txhais tau tias ... koj txhais tau tias koj tsuas yog lub hlwb ... lub hlwb uas tswj lub tshuab ... ?"
    
  "Kuv tseem ciaj sia, Brad," Patrick hais. "Nws tsis yog lub hlwb khiav lub tshuab xwb." Nws rub nws lub hauv siab armored nrog ib tug ntiv tes sib xyaw. "Nws yog kuv nyob ntawm no. Nov yog koj txiv. Lub cev yog ib qho mess, tab sis nws tseem yog kuv. Kuv tsav tsheb no ib yam li koj rov qab rau ntawm Battle Mountain. Qhov txawv tsuas yog tias kuv tsis tuaj yeem tawm thaum twg kuv xav tau. Kuv tawm mus tsis tau thiab ua ib tug txiv neej tsis tu ncua. Ib feem ntawm kuv lub neej no raug rhuav tshem los ntawm cov plhaub los ntawm cov phom loj ntawm tus neeg tua rog Suav. Tab sis kuv tseem yog kuv. Kuv tsis xav tuag. Kuv xav ua haujlwm ntxiv los tiv thaiv peb lub tebchaws. Yog tias kuv yuav tsum ua los ntawm sab hauv qhov no, kuv yuav. Yog kuv tus tub kov tsis tau kuv, tsis pom kuv lub ntsej muag ntxiv lawm, qhov ntawd yog lub txim uas kuv tau txais txoj sia. Nws yog khoom plig thiab kev rau txim uas kuv zoo siab txais. "
    
  Brad lub siab sib tw, tab sis nws maj mam pib nkag siab. "Kuv xav tias kuv nkag siab, Txiv," nws hais tom qab nyob ntsiag to ntev. "Kuv zoo siab koj tseem muaj sia nyob." Nws tig mus ntsib Martindale. "Kuv tsis nkag siab koj, Martindale. Cas koj yuav tsis qhia kuv tias nws tseem muaj txoj sia nyob txawm tias nws nyob hauv CID?
    
  "Kuv khiav ib lub koom haum ntiag tug uas ua cov kev txawj ntse ntse, kev tawm tsam kev txawj ntse, kev soj ntsuam thiab lwm yam kev pheej hmoo siab, Brad," Martindale tau hais. Nws pom Chris Wall ua ib qho txav mus rau Brad thiab tuav nws lub taub hau, ceeb toom nws kom txav mus. "Kuv ib txwm nrhiav cov neeg ua haujlwm, khoom siv thiab riam phom los ua haujlwm zoo dua."
    
  "Koj tab tom tham txog kuv txiv, tsis yog qee qhov khoom siv fucking, tus tswv," Brad snapped. Martindale lub qhov ncauj tau qhib rau hauv kev xav tsis thoob ntawm Brad txoj kab, thiab Vol saib npau taws txaus los tom ib qho ntawm lub dav hlau thauj khoom lub kiv cua. Brad pom ib yam dab tsi uas nws tsis tau pom ua ntej: ob strands ntawm grey plaub hau curled saum Martindale lub hauv pliaj ntawm txhua lub qhov muag, zoo li cov dab ntxwg nyoog horns upside-down. "Koj tab tom pib suab zoo li qee tus kws tshawb fawb vwm Dr. Frankenstein."
    
  "Kuv thov txim, Brad," Martindale hais. "Zoo li kuv hais, txhua tus kws kho mob uas peb tham nrog tsis xav kom koj txiv muaj sia nyob. Kuv yeej tsis paub yuav hais li cas rau Tsev Dawb, rau koj, rau koj cov phauj... ntuj txiag teb tsaus, yuav hais li cas rau thoob ntiaj teb. Yog li, kuv tau thov rau Thawj Tswj Hwm Phoenix: Peb tsis qhia leej twg tias koj txiv tseem muaj sia nyob hauv CID. Peb tau ua kev nco txog hauv Sacramento. Thaum koj txiv tau tas sim neej lawm, raws li peb ntseeg tiag tiag yog qhov tsis muaj tseeb, peb yuav tau rov qab nws qhov seem tiag tiag thiab cov lus dab neeg ntawm Patrick McLanahan thaum kawg yuav xaus. " Martindale ntsia lub infantry cybernetic ntaus ntawv ntawm nws. "Tab sis, raws li koj tau pom tam sim no, nws tsis tuag. Ib zaug ntxiv nws tswj kom poob siab thiab ua rau lub ntuj raug txim tawm ntawm peb. Tab sis peb yuav ua li cas? Peb twb muab nws faus lawm. Peb muaj kev xaiv: qhia rau ntiaj teb tias nws tseem muaj sia nyob tab sis nyob hauv CID, lossis tsis qhia leej twg. Peb xaiv qhov kawg. "
    
  "Yog vim li cas qhia kuv tam sim no?" Brad nug, nws lub taub hau tseem tig. "Kuv ntseeg tias kuv txiv tuag lawm. Koj tuaj yeem tso nws tuag thiab kuv nco qab nws zoo li nws tau ua ntej kev tawm tsam. "
    
  Martindale tau hais tias "Muaj ntau qhov laj thawj," Martindale hais. "Ua ntej cov neeg Lavxias tau nyiag koj txiv lub hleb faus thiab peb yuav tsum xav tias lawv qhib nws thiab pom nws khoob - peb yeej tsis tau npau suav tias leej twg yuav nyiag nws thiab peb xav tias nws yuav tsis ntev ua ntej nws xav tau, yog li hmoov tsis peb tau ua. 'tsis muab leej twg seem nyob rau hauv nws. Peb xav tias cov neeg Lavxias tuaj yeem siv qhov tseeb no los tsim kev kub ntxhov rau Thawj Tswj Hwm Phoenix lossis tseem ua rau qhov tseeb no rau pej xeem, thiab tom qab ntawd nws yuav raug yuam kom tawm tsam. "
    
  "Koj paub lawv hais li cas txog kev xav," Brad hais acidly.
    
  Patrick muab ib txhais tes armored rau ntawm Brad lub xub pwg nyom. "Tseeb, tus tub," lub suab hluav taws xob hais softly. "Kuv paub tias qhov no yog qhov yuav tsum tau ua ntau, tab sis koj tseem yuav tsum tau ua kom muaj kev hwm me ntsis."
    
  "Kuv mam sim, Txiv, tab sis tam sim no nws nyuaj me ntsis," Brad hais iab. "Thiab thib ob?"
    
  Patrick hais tias "Cov neeg Lavxias tab tom tuaj rau koj," Patrick hais. "Qhov ntawd yog lub straw zaum kawg rau kuv. Kuv nyob ntawm lub chaw Utah thaum txhua yam no tshwm sim thiab kuv thov kom nrog koj nyob."
    
  "Ib yam khoom?"
    
  "Vault," Patrick hais.
    
  "Kev khaws cia?"
    
  "Peb tuaj yeem tham ntau ntxiv ntawm lub dav hlau rov qab mus rau St. George," Kevin Martindale tau hais. "Cia peb thauj khoom thiab -"
    
  "Kuv tsis tuaj yeem tawm ntawm no, tus tswv," Brad hais. "Kuv tab tom ua tiav kuv thawj xyoo ntawm Cal Poly thiab kuv nyuam qhuav muab kev nthuav qhia rau lub caij ntuj sov lab qhov project uas tuaj yeem khwv tau lub tuam tsev engineering tau txais txiaj ntsig loj los ntawm Sky Masters Aerospace. Kuv cia li tawm tsis tau. Kuv coj ib pab neeg tshawb fawb thiab tsim tawm, thiab lawv txhua tus suav nrog kuv. "
    
  "Kuv nkag siab, Brad, tab sis yog tias koj rov qab mus rau San Luis Obispo thiab Cal Poly, koj yuav raug pom dhau lawm," Martindale tau hais. "Peb tsis tuaj yeem ua rau koj muaj kev nyab xeeb."
    
  Brad hais tias, "Kuv txaus siab rau cov neeg ua haujlwm tub ceev xwm tau coj kuv tawm ntawm qhov ntawd, tus tswv," Brad hais tias, "tab sis -"
    
  "Kuv thov kom rub tawm, tus tub," Patrick cuam tshuam. "Kuv paub tias qhov no yuav ua rau koj lub neej puas tag, tab sis peb tsuas yog tsis paub tias muaj pes tsawg tus neeg ua haujlwm Lavxias lossis tuaj yeem koom nrog. Gryzlov yog vwm li nws txiv, thiab nws tuaj yeem xa ntau pab pawg tawm tsam. kuv thov txim. Peb yuav muab koj tso rau hauv kev saib xyuas, tsim ib tus neeg tshiab rau koj, xa koj mus rau qhov chaw kom tiav koj txoj kev kawm, thiab ...
    
  "Tsis muaj txoj kev, Txiv," Brad hais. "Peb yuav tsum xav txog lwm txoj kev. Yog tias koj tsis khi kuv thiab muab kuv pov rau hauv lub rooj zaum nraub qaum ntawm koj lub dav hlau thauj khoom txias, kuv yuav rov qab los txawm tias kuv yuav tsum tau caij tsheb kauj vab. "
    
  Patrick hais tias, "Kuv ntshai qhov ua tsis tau, Brad," said Patrick. "Kuv tso tsis tau qhov no. Nws txaus ntshai heev. Kuv xav tau koj - "
    
  "Kuv yog ib tug neeg laus tam sim no, Txiv," Brad cuam tshuam, pom nws lom zem me ntsis los sib cav nrog kaum ob tus neeg hlau. "Tshwj tsis yog koj tshem kuv txoj cai lij choj los ntawm kev quab yuam, kuv muaj kev ywj pheej ua txhua yam kuv xav tau. Tsis tas li ntawd, kuv tsis ntshai. Tam sim no kuv paub tias muaj dab tsi tshwm sim - tsawg kawg me ntsis ntau dua li qhov kuv paub ob peb teev dhau los - kuv yuav ceev faj ntxiv."
    
  Kevin Martindale leaned rau Patrick thiab hais tias, "Kuv xav tias nws zoo li fucking McLanahan, yog lawm," nws hais nrog luag nyav. "Koj yuav ua dab tsi tam sim no, General? Nws zoo nkaus li tias ib qho khoom nyob ruaj ruaj tau sib tsoo nrog lub zog tsis muaj zog. "
    
  Patrick nyob twj ywm rau ob peb lub sijhawm ntev. Thaum kawg: "Senior Sergeant?"
    
  "Sir?" Vol teb tam sim ntawd.
    
  Patrick tau hais tias "Nrog Bradley thiab koj pab neeg thiab los daws qhov teeb meem no," Patrick hais. "Kuv xav paub txog qhov txaus ntshai thiab koj qhov kev ntsuam xyuas ntawm yuav ua li cas txo lossis txo cov kev pheej hmoo rau Bradley tus cwj pwm yog tias nws yuav tsum rov qab mus rau lub tsev kawm ntawv no. Qhia rau kuv sai li sai tau. "
    
  "Muaj, tus tswv," Vol teb, tshem nws lub xov tooj ntawm tes thiab mus ua haujlwm.
    
  "Brad, koj yuav tsis rov qab mus kawm ntawv kom txog thaum qhov no tau ua tiav rau kuv qhov kev txaus siab, thiab yog tias tsim nyog, txhawm rau ua kom koj ua raws, kuv yuav khi koj thiab muab koj pov rau hauv lub hnab ntim khoom - thiab nws yuav tsis yog lub bay ntawm lub dav hlau ntawd. , tab sis ib qho me me dua." - Patrick txuas ntxiv mus. "Thov txim, tus tub, tab sis qhov ntawd yuav ua li cas. Zoo li peb nyob ntawm no rau yav tom ntej. " Nws nres, ntsiag to scan cov lus ntawm nws lub computer on-board. "Muaj ib lub tsev so thiab tsev noj mov tsis deb ntawm no, Sergeant Major," nws hais. "Lawv qhia ntau qhov chaw ua haujlwm. Kuv mam li hais kom Kylie xauj chav rau koj thiab xa cov ntaub ntawv rau koj. Nyob ntawd hmo ntuj thiab peb mam li ua ib qho kev npaj ua si thaum sawv ntxov. Thov muab ib tug txiv neej coj ib co zaub mov rau Bradley, thov. "
    
  "Yog lawm, tus tswv," Wohl teb, tig thiab sab laug.
    
  "Tab sis koj yuav ua dab tsi, txiv?" - Brad nug. "Koj tsis tuaj yeem mus rau hauv tsev tos qhua."
    
  Patrick hais tias "Kuv yuav muaj kev nyab xeeb zoo nkauj ntawm no," "Kuv tsis xav tau lub txaj tsev so lossis tsev noj mov ntxiv lawm, qhov tseeb."
    
  "Tom qab ntawd kuv yuav nyob ntawm no nrog koj," Brad hais. Lub TIE yog motionless thiab ntsiag to. "Kuv nyob ntawm no nrog koj," Brad hais.
    
  Martindale tau hais tias "Cov McLanahans tau ntsib dua," "Zoo heev." Nws rub tawm nws lub smartphone thiab nyeem cov zaub. "Kuv lub dav hlau tsaws. Thaum nws rub, kuv mam li rov qab mus rau St. George thiab pw hauv kuv lub txaj kom hloov pauv. Koj tuaj yeem ua tiav cov ntsiab lus ntawm yuav ua li cas nrog tus yau McLanahan, General. " Nws nres thiab txhua tus neeg nyob twj ywm thiab paub tseeb tias lawv tuaj yeem hnov lub suab ntawm lub dav hlau los ze rau sab nraum lub hangar. "Kuv lub tsheb tuaj txog. Kuv thov kom koj cov txiv neej zoo tshaj plaws. Cia kuv tshaj tawm, General. "
    
  "Muaj, tus tswv," Patrick lub tshuab hluav taws xob sib txuas lus teb.
    
  "Zoo hmo ntuj, sawv daws," Martindale hais tias, tig nws lub pob taws thiab sab laug, ua raws nws cov neeg saib xyuas.
    
  Patrick hais rau saum huab cua los ntawm CID txoj kev sib txuas lus dav dav, "Kylie?"
    
  Ob peb pliag tom qab ntawd: "Yog lawm, tus tswv?" teb tias "Kylie," lub suab tsis siv neeg paub txog tus kheej tus neeg pab cuam uas tau txais tib lub npe raws li Patrick tus pab cuam lub neej tiag tiag ntawm Sky Masters Inc.
    
  "Peb xav tau ob chav tsev so lossis tsev so nyob ze rau hmo ntuj thiab tej zaum peb ntxiv rau tag kis thiab hnub tom qab rau pab tub rog loj," Patrick hais. "Kuv yuav nyob ntawm no hmo no; Tus 'cop' tab tom rov qab mus rau lub tsev hauv paus. " "Cop" yog Thawj Tswj Hwm Martindale lub npe code.
    
  "Muaj, tus tswv," Kylie teb. "Kuv twb tau txais qhov hloov tshiab 'Cop' txoj kev. Kuv yuav xa cov ntaub ntawv xa mus rau Sergeant Major tam sim ntawd. "
    
  "Ua tsaug," Patrick hais. "Tawm." Hais rau Brad nws hais tias, "Cia li rub lub rooj zaum, tus tub. Kuv tsis tuaj yeem tos kom hooked. " Brad pom cov fwj dej hauv lub tub yees me me. Tus tub ceev xwm rub cov hlua txuas ntxiv los ntawm lub hnab tshos ntawm nws txoj siv, ntsaws rau hauv lub qhov hluav taws xob 220-volt, sawv ntsug ncaj nraim, ces khov rau hauv qhov chaw. Brad nqa lub rooj zaum thiab dej rau CID. Hauv cov neeg hlau, Patrick pab tsis tau tab sis luag ntxhi ntawm qhov qhia ntawm nws tus tub lub ntsej muag. "Zoo heev weird, puas yog, Brad?" - nws hais.
    
  "'Weird' tsis txawm los ze los piav qhia nws, Txiv," Brad hais, tuav nws lub taub hau, ces nias lub raj mis txias rau qhov o ntawm nws lub taub hau. Nws ua tib zoo kawm txog kev tshawb nrhiav kev ua txhaum cai. "Koj puas pw zoo nyob ntawd?"
    
  "Kuv feem ntau pw tsaug zog. Kuv tsis xav pw tsaug zog ntau. Nws zoo ib yam nrog zaub mov. " Nws mus txog rau hauv lwm qhov chaw armored ntawm nws txoj siv thiab rub tawm ib lub thawv nkhaus uas zoo li lub khob loj. "Cov khoom noj muaj txiaj ntsig tau nchuav rau hauv kuv. Lub Tsev Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Kev Ua Phem Txhaum Cai tab tom kuaj kuv cov ntshav thiab kho cov khoom noj muaj pes tsawg leeg. " Brad tsuas yog zaum ntawd, tuav nws lub taub hau me ntsis. "Ua ntej, nug kuv dab tsi, Brad," thaum kawg Patrick hais.
    
  "Koj ua dab tsi?" Brad nug tom qab ob peb lub sijhawm kom tshem nws lub siab ntab. "Kuv txhais tau tias, Thawj Tswj Hwm Martindale qhia koj ua dab tsi?"
    
  Patrick tau hais tias "Kuv siv sijhawm feem ntau ntawm kuv qhov kev cob qhia nrog Chris Wall thiab lwm pab pawg ua haujlwm ncaj qha siv ntau yam riam phom thiab khoom siv," Patrick hais. "Lawv kuj siv kuv lub khoos phis tawj thiab cov sensors los npaj lub luag haujlwm thiab ua haujlwm soj ntsuam." Nws nres ib pliag, tom qab ntawd hais hauv lub suab tsis txaus ntseeg, "Tab sis feem ntau kuv sawv hauv lub tsev khaws puav pheej, txuas nrog lub hwj chim, tshuaj, pov tseg thiab cov ntaub ntawv, scanning sensor txau thiab internet, cuam tshuam nrog lub ntiaj teb.. . laj. Digitally."
    
  "Koj puas nyob hauv chav cia?"
    
  Patrick tau hais tias "Kuv tsis muaj laj thawj ntau los tawm ntawm no tshwj tsis yog peb tab tom ua haujlwm lossis ua haujlwm," Patrick hais. "Kuv ntshai tib neeg txaus lawm, kuv xav."
    
  "Tsis muaj leej twg tham nrog koj?"
    
  Patrick tau hais tias "Lub sijhawm kev cob qhia lossis kev ua haujlwm, tau kawg," "Kuv sau cov ntawv ceeb toom ntawm qhov kuv pom thiab xa lawv mus rau Martindale thiab peb tuaj yeem tham txog lawv. Kuv tuaj yeem xa xov sai sai thiab kev sib tham hauv xov tooj nrog yuav luag txhua tus. "
    
  "Tsis yog, kuv txhais tau tias ... cia li tham nrog koj zoo li peb tab tom ua tam sim no," Brad hais. "Koj tseem yog koj. Koj yog Patrick McLanahan. "
    
  Lwm ncua; Tom qab ntawd: "Kuv yeej tsis tau hais lus ntau, tus tub," nws hais thaum kawg. Brad tsis nyiam cov lus teb no, tab sis tsis tau hais dab tsi. "Ib qho ntxiv, kuv tsis xav kom leej twg paub tias nws yog kuv los ntawm lub chaw tshawb nrhiav kev ua phem. Lawv xav tias nws tsis muaj neeg nyob thaum nws nyob hauv lub tsev khaws khoom thiab tias ib pawg ntawm cov kws tsav dav hlau tuaj koom nrog nws. Lawv tsis paub tias nws tsis khoom nees nkaum plaub teev ib hnub / xya feeb. " Nws pom qhov kev tu siab kawg ntawm nws tus tub lub ntsej muag thiab xav tau los puag nws.
    
  "Tsis yog nws dhau los ... koj puas paub tias qib yog dab tsi?" - Brad nug.
    
  Patrick hais tias "Yog tias muaj, kuv tsis tuaj yeem ntes nws," "Tab sis lawv ib ntus hloov kuv mus rau lwm lub chaw tshawb nrhiav kev ua txhaum cai."
    
  "Lawv ua? Yog li koj tuaj yeem nyob sab nraud ntawm CID?
    
  "Rau lub sijhawm luv luv, yog," Patrick hais. "Lawv hloov cov ntaub qhwv, muab tshuaj rau kuv yog tias kuv xav tau, tshawb xyuas tej yam xws li cov leeg nqaij thiab pob txha ntom ntom, tom qab ntawd txo qis rau kuv mus rau hauv tus neeg hlau huv."
    
  "Yog li kuv tuaj yeem pom koj dua!"
    
  "Brad, Kuv tsis xav tias koj xav pom kuv," Patrick hais. "Kuv tau nkees heev los ntawm kev zaum hauv cua los ntawm tus foob pob B-1 tau ntev heev. Los ntawm txoj kev, ua tsaug rau peb tau txais kev nyab xeeb thiab suab. "
    
  "Koj nyob nraum tos txais. Tab sis kuv tseem xav pom koj. "
    
  Patrick hais tias "Peb yuav tham txog nws thaum lub sijhawm los txog," Patrick hais. "Lawv muab ntawv ceeb toom rau kuv ob peb hnub. Kuv nyob ntawm kev txhawb nqa lub neej thaum kuv nyob sab nraud. "
    
  Brad saib txawm tias poob siab ntau dua li yav dhau los. "Dab tsi yog qhov no rau, txiv?" - nws nug tom qab ib tug ntev silence. "Koj puas yuav dhau los ua qee yam tshuab tua hluav taws xob zoo li tus tub ceev xwm hais tias koj tau los ua?"
    
  Patrick hais tias, "Tus tub ceev xwm loj tuaj yeem ua tus poj huab tais ua yeeb yam qee zaum," Patrick hais. "Brad, Kuv paub qhov tseem ceeb ntawm lub txiaj ntsim ntawm lub neej vim tias nws yuav luag coj kuv mus. Kuv paub tias lub neej muaj nuj nqis npaum li cas tam sim no. Tab sis kuv kuj xav tiv thaiv peb lub teb chaws, thiab tam sim no kuv muaj peev xwm ua tau li ntawd. "
    
  "Thiab yog dab tsi?"
    
  Ib pliag Brad xav tias nws pom nws txiv shrug nws lub xub pwg armored loj. Patrick hais tias "ua siab ncaj, kuv tsis paub," "Tab sis Thawj Tswj Hwm Martindale tau koom nrog hauv kev tsim ntau lub koom haum zais cia uas tiv thaiv thiab txhawb Asmeskas txoj cai txawv teb chaws thiab tub rog rau ntau xyoo."
    
  "Puas muaj dab tsi koj tuaj yeem qhia kuv txog?" - Brad nug.
    
  Patrick xav ib pliag, ces nodded. "Koj tau pom tus Predator nrog Kev lis kev cai thiab kev tiv thaiv ciam teb rau nws, tab sis kuv xav tias koj tau pom tias cov neeg saib xyuas thiab lwm tus neeg ua haujlwm ntawm no tsis yog CBP. Qhov no yog ib txoj hauv kev los soj ntsuam hauv Tebchaws Meskas tab sis tseem nyob hauv qhov tsis lees paub. Qhov no ua rau lub Tsev Dawb thiab Pentagon muaj ntau chav rau maneuver. "
    
  "Lub suab tsis raug cai li ntuj raug txim, Txiv."
    
  Patrick tau hais tias "Qhov ntawd yuav muaj tseeb, tab sis peb kuj ua ntau txoj haujlwm zoo uas kuv xav tias tau ua kom lub ntiaj teb tsis muaj kev tsov rog ntau zaus," Patrick hais. "Thawj Tswj Hwm Martindale thiab kuv tau koom nrog lub tuam txhab kev cog lus tiv thaiv hu ua Scion Aviation International, muab kev cog lus rau kev soj ntsuam huab cua thiab, thaum kawg, kev tawm tsam tawm tsam Asmeskas cov tub rog. Thaum kuv koom nrog Sky Masters kuv tau ploj ntawm qhov Scion tab tom ua, tab sis tam sim no kuv paub tias nws khaws txhua yam mus. Nws ua ntau yam kev saib xyuas kev ua phem ua phem thoob ntiaj teb raws li kev cog lus nrog tsoomfwv Meskas. "
    
  Brad hais tias "Martindale tab tom pib npau taws rau kuv, Txiv," Brad hais. "Nws yog ib tug ntoo khaub lig ntawm ib tug greasy politician thiab ib tug generalissimo."
    
  Patrick tau hais tias "Nws yog tus txiv neej uas xav sab nraum lub thawv thiab ua tiav txoj haujlwm - nws ib txwm ua qhov kawg kom pom tseeb txoj kev," Patrick hais. "Raws li Tus Lwm Thawj Coj ntawm Tebchaws Meskas, Martindale yog tus tsav tsheb tom qab siv cov kev sim siab siv dav hlau thiab riam phom tau tsim los ntawm cov chaw sim zais cia hauv Dreamland thiab lwm qhov hauv qhov nws hu ua "kev sim ua haujlwm," thiab ua Thawj Tswj Hwm Tebchaws Asmeskas, nws tau tsim Lub Chaw Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Kev Txawj Ntse uas txhawb nqa CIA thiab lwm lub koom haum hauv kev ua haujlwm thoob ntiaj teb, suav nrog hauv Tebchaws Meskas. "
    
  "Ib zaug ntxiv, Txiv, qhov ntawd suab tsis raug cai kiag li."
    
  "Hnub no, tej zaum," Patrick teb. "Lub sijhawm Tsov Rog Txias, cov nom tswv thiab cov thawj coj tau nrhiav txoj hauv kev kom ua tiav lub luag haujlwm yam tsis ua txhaum txoj cai lossis Txoj Cai Lij Choj. Txoj cai txwv tsis pub CIA ua haujlwm hauv Asmeskas av, tab sis cov pab pawg saib xyuas pej xeem thiab kev txawj ntse tsis raug cai. Lawv cov lus txhais, tus kheej thiab lub hom phiaj tau txhob txwm ua kom pom tseeb. "
    
  "Yog li koj xav ua dab tsi, txiv?" - Brad nug.
    
  Patrick tau hais tias "Kuv tau txais qee yam uas kuv tsis tuaj yeem them rov qab: khoom plig ntawm txoj sia," Patrick hais. "Kuv tshuav ib yam dab tsi rau Thawj Tswj Hwm Martindale rau qhov muab khoom plig no rau kuv. Kuv tsis tau hais tias kuv yuav ua nws tus tub txib txij no mus, tab sis kuv kam ua raws li txoj kev no kom pom tias nws yuav coj kuv mus qhov twg." Brad muaj kev txhawj xeeb heev ntawm nws lub ntsej muag. "Cia hloov lub ntsiab. Ib yam uas kuv tau pom txhua hnub yog koj, yam tsawg kawg koj lub neej digital, uas yog qhov dav heev rau hnub no. Kuv tuaj yeem nkag mus rau koj qhov chaw social media thiab kuv tuaj yeem nkag mus rau qee lub koob yees duab kev ruaj ntseg hauv tsev kawm ntawv nrog rau cov koob yees duab kev ruaj ntseg ntawm koj lub tsev thiab ntawm tshav dav hlau hauv lub dav hlau hangar. Kuv tsis tau muab kuv lub qhov muag tawm ntawm koj. Koj tsis tau ua ntau yam ya los yog lwm yam tshaj li kev ua haujlwm hauv tsev kawm ntawv. Kuv pom koj tsis khoom nrog Starfire project. "
    
  "Peb hais rau Dr. Nukaga txog nws yav tav su no," Brad hais. Nws yog qhov zoo uas pom nws teeb thaum nws pib tham txog tsev kawm ntawv, Patrick xav. "Raws li ntev raws li kuv tsis muab tso rau hauv nws lub taub hau tias qhov no yog kev ua tub rog zais cia, uas nws tsis yog, kuv xav tias peb muaj sijhawm zoo. Ib tug ntawm peb pab pawg thawj coj, Jung Bae Kim, tau nrog Nukaga zoo heev. Nws tuaj yeem ua pov thawj tias peb yog ace hauv lub qhov. "
    
  Patrick hais tias, "Koj tag nrho pab neeg zoo nkauj heev," Patrick hais. "Lane Egan cov niam txiv yog cov kws tshawb fawb hauv ntiaj teb, thiab tej zaum nws yuav ntse dua ob qho tib si ua ke. Jodie Cavendish yog ib tug superstar kawm science ntawm high school hauv Australia. Nws tau txais kaum ob patents ua ntej nws kawm tiav nws thawj xyoo kawm ntawv qib siab. "
    
  Brad lub ntsej muag poob dua. "Kuv xav tias koj muaj sij hawm ntau los ua si hauv Internet, tsis yog koj, Txiv?" - nws hais nyob rau hauv lub suab ntsiag to, tu siab.
    
  Lub sij hawm no, Patrick unplugged thiab taug kev mus rau nws tus tub, qhwv nws armored caj npab nyob ib ncig ntawm nws thiab tuav nws kaw. "Kuv tsis xav kom koj tu siab rau kuv, Brad," nws hais tom qab ob peb lub sijhawm ntev. - "Kuv tsis xav kom koj tu siab rau kuv." Nws rov qab mus rau nws lub rooj zaum, txuas nrog lub network, tom qab ntawd ncaj nraim thiab khov. "Thov tsis txhob. Raws li kuv tau hais, Kuv xav tias muaj kev sib raug zoo nrog koj vim kuv tuaj yeem saib koj thiab tshawb xyuas koj hauv online. Kuv txawm tweeted koj ob peb zaug. "
    
  Raws li yog ib daim duab yees duab tawm mus, Brad lub ntsej muag ci nrog kev xav tsis thoob. "Koj puas muaj? Koj yog leej twg? Koj lub npe Twitter yog dab tsi?"
    
  "Kuv tsis muaj ib tug. Kuv yog invisible."
    
  "Invisible?"
    
  "Tsis pom tus neeg siv lossis lwm tus qhua." Brad ntsia tsis ntseeg. "Kuv muaj peev xwm soj ntsuam ib tus neeg lub social media account yam tsis muaj 'phooj ywg' lawv, Brad. Ntau lub koomhaum tseemfwv thiab txawm tias cov tuam txhab muaj peev xwm no. Kuv nrhiav cov lus uas siv lo lus tseem ceeb thiab tawm cov lus rau koj. Qee lub sij hawm nws tsuas yog 'zoo li' lossis ib lossis ob lo lus. Kuv tsuas nyiam saib koj xwb. Kuv txaus siab tsuas yog saib thiab nyeem. "
    
  Txawm hais tias nws tus tub muaj kev txhawj xeeb thawj zaug ntawm qhov kev xav ntawm cov neeg tsis paub, tuam txhab lossis tsoomfwv cov koomhaum tau nkag mus rau nws cov kev tshaj tawm hauv social media, Patrick xav tias qhov no yog qhov zoo siab tshaj plaws Brad tau saib txij li thaum tawm hauv Sherpa. "Koj paub dab tsi, txiv? Kuv ib txwm muaj kev xav, tsis muaj zog heev, tab sis tsuas yog qhov chaw tob hauv kuv tus ntsuj plig, uas koj tau saib kuv. Kuv xav tias nws yog ib yam kev ntseeg lossis sab ntsuj plig, zoo li nws yog koj dab lossis koj nyob saum ntuj lossis ib yam dab tsi. Kuv xav tib yam txog kuv niam thiab. "
    
  "Koj hais yog lawm. Kuv twb saib koj...txawm hais lus rau koj digitally. Thiab kuv xav tias niam yog saib xyuas peb thiab. "
    
  "Crap. Cia siab rau koj txoj kev xav, kuv twv," Brad hais, tuav nws lub taub hau hauv kev tsis ntseeg.
    
  "Cia peb tham txog Cal Poly."
    
  "Kuv yuav tsum rov qab mus, Txiv," Brad hais. "Kuv rov qab los. Starfire yog qhov loj dhau ntawm kev cog lus. Yog tias koj tau saib xyuas kuv, koj paub tias qhov no tseem ceeb npaum li cas. "
    
  Patrick tau hais tias "Kuv paub tias koj tau ua haujlwm hnyav heev rau qhov no," Patrick hais. "Tab sis kuv yuav tsis cia koj rov qab los txog thaum kuv paub tseeb tias koj nyob nyab xeeb. Lub tsev uas koj nyob hauv raug kaw - nws tsuas yog nyob ib leeg xwb. "
    
  Brad hais tias "Tom qab ntawd kuv yuav nyob hauv dorms thiab noj hauv tsev noj mov," Brad hais. "Lawv muaj neeg coob heev. Kuv tsis paub ntau npaum li cas kuv tuaj yeem ua tau nyob ntawd, tab sis kuv muaj 24/7 nkag mus rau Reinhold Aerospace Engineering lub tsev-Kuv tuaj yeem ua haujlwm rau ntawd. "
    
  Patrick tau hais tias "Yog tias leej twg tuaj yeem nrhiav txoj hauv kev kom koj rov qab mus rau qhov nyab xeeb thiab suab, nws yog Chris Wohl," Patrick hais. "Yog li koj xaiv Cal Poly li cas?"
    
  Brad tau hais tias "Lub tsev kawm ntawv zoo tshaj plaws hauv aerospace engineering nyob rau sab hnub poob ntug dej hiav txwv uas kuv tuaj yeem nkag mus rau kuv cov qib," Brad hais. "Kuv xav tias kev ncaws pob ntau dhau, kev saib xyuas huab cua hauv pej xeem thiab Angel Flight West kev siab hlub kev sib tw hauv tsev kawm theem siab yeej cuam tshuam kuv cov qib." Nws nres ib pliag, ces nug, "Yog li nws tsis yog qhov xwm txheej uas Rancherita muaj thaum kuv tab tom nrhiav chaw nyob?" Puas yog qhov no tiag tiag rau Sergeant Major?
    
  Patrick tau hais tias "Nws yog Scion Aviation." "Kuv xav tias nws yooj yim dua los saib xyuas koj nyob ntawd dua li hauv dorms. Yog li koj puas nyiam Cal Poly?
    
  "Cal Poly yog lub tsev kawm ntawv zoo, Kuv nyiam kuv cov xibfwb feem ntau, thiab nws nyob deb ntawm kev tsav tsheb rau P210, yog li kuv tuaj yeem ya mus rau Battle Roob mus xyuas Sondra Eddington thaum twg kuv tuaj yeem ua tau."
    
  "Koj ob leeg tau zoo heev, puas yog?"
    
  "Yog lawm, tab sis nws nyuaj rau kev mus tom ntej," Brad hais. "Nws ib txwm nyob deb thiab kuv yuav luag tsis muaj sijhawm dawb."
    
  "Tseem xav ua tus tsav sim?"
    
  "Kuv twv kuv ua, Txiv," Brad hais. "Kuv ib txwm nrog Boomer, Gonzo, Dr. Richter thiab Dr. Kaddiri los ntawm Sky Masters thiab Colonel Hoffman los ntawm Warbirds. Tej zaum lawv tuaj yeem tau txais kuv mus ua haujlwm hauv Tsev Kawm Ntawv Qib Siab hauv Nevada ntawm kuv cov menyuam yaus thiab cov laus yog tias kuv khaws kuv cov qhab nia nce, thiab tej zaum Sky Masters tseem yuav txhawb nqa kuv rau qhov chaw hauv chav kawm xws li Warbirds Ua Ib Txhis nrog Sondra kev cob qhia ya spaceplanes nyob rau hauv Ntuj Masters. "Warbirds Mus Ib Txhis" yog ib tug aircraft txij nkawm chaw ntawm Steed tshav dav hlau nyob rau hauv Reno, Nevada, uas kuj tau cob qhia cov pej xeem pilots ntawm ntau yam dav hlau, los ntawm qub classic biplanes, ntau lab daus las bizjets thiab tub rog dav hlau mus so haujlwm; Sondra Eddington yog ib tug ntawm lawv cov kws qhia davhlau.
    
  "Zoo siab. Kuv xav tias koj nyob rau ntawm txoj kev. "
    
  "Ua tsaug koj txiv". Brad nres, saib CID nce thiab nqis, thiab luag nyav. "Nws zoo heev uas muaj peev xwm tham nrog koj dua, Txiv," nws hais thaum kawg. "Kuv xav tias kuv tab tom pib siv rau qhov tseeb tias koj raug kaw hauv lub tsheb."
    
  Patrick hais tias "Kuv paub tias nws yuav nyuaj rau koj thaum xub thawj, thiab tej zaum tom qab ntawd," Patrick hais. "Kuv tab tom xav txog kev tsis tawm hauv Sherpa lossis qhia koj tias nws yog kuv, yog li ntawd koj yuav tau zam qhov mob uas nws tshwm sim. Thawj Tswj Hwm Martindale thiab kuv tau tham txog qhov no, thiab nws hais tias nws yuav ua nws li kuv xav. Kuv zoo siab uas kuv tau hais rau koj, thiab kuv zoo siab tias koj tau pib siv nws. "
    
  "Kuv muaj kev xav tias koj tsis nyob ntawd," Brad hais. "Koj hais tias koj yog kuv txiv, tab sis ua li cas kuv thiaj paub qhov ntawd?"
    
  "Koj puas xav sim kuv?" - Patrick nug. "Txuas ntxiv".
    
  "OK. Koj ib txwm ua ib yam dab tsi rau kuv noj hmo uas yooj yim rau koj thiab noj qab nyob zoo rau kuv. "
    
  "Macaroni thiab cheese thiab sliced fried hot dogs," Patrick hais tam sim ntawd. "Koj tshwj xeeb tshaj yog nyiam MRE version."
    
  "Niam?"
    
  Patrick hais tias, "Koj tau tawg nws cov tshauv nyob hauv hiav txwv ze Coronado," Patrick hais. "Nws zoo kawg nkaus: cov tshauv ci li nyiaj, thiab zoo li nws tsis tau kov dej. Lawv maj mam nce, tsis nqis. "
    
  "Kuv nco qab hnub ntawd," Brad hais. "Cov txiv neej nrog peb tau tu siab, tab sis koj zoo li tsis tu siab."
    
  "Kuv paub," Patrick hais. "Kuv ntseeg hais tias ua ib tug thawj coj kuv yuav tsum tsis txhob ua kev tu siab, ntshai, qaug zog los yog kev tu siab, txawm rau kuv tus poj niam. Qhov no tsis yog lawm. Kuv ib txwm xav tias koj yeej tsis pom. Obviously koj tau ua. " Tom qab ib pliag tsis kam, nws hais ntxiv tias, "Kuv thov txim, tus tub. Koj niam yog ib tug poj niam txawv tshaj plaw. Kuv tsis tau qhia koj cov dab neeg ntawm qhov nws tau ua. Kuv khuv xim qhov ntawd thiab. Kuv yuav hloov kho rau koj."
    
  "Qhov ntawd yuav txias, Dad." Brad taw rau nws lub xub pwg nyom ntawm C-23C Sherpa. "Qhov no puas yog koj lub dav hlau?"
    
  Patrick tau hais tias "Ib qho ntawm ntau hauv Thawj Tswj Hwm Martindale cov ntawv sau," Patrick hais. "Ntau tshaj US Air Force hauv Europe. Qhov no yog lub dav hlau me tshaj plaws uas kuv tuaj yeem haum rau hauv. Nws muaj lub dav hlau Boeing 737-800 thauj mus los txawv teb chaws. Nws pleev xim rau lawv tag nrho cov xim dub, txawm tias nws yog qhov txaus ntshai thiab tsis raug cai, thiab ntau npaum li cas nws cuam tshuam nrog lub dav hlau kev tswj hwm ib puag ncig. Nws tau zoo li no txij li thaum kuv tau paub nws: txhua yam yog kev tswj hwm thiab kev hem, txawm tias cov xim pleev xim rau lub dav hlau, thiab tsis saib xyuas qhov cuam tshuam rau txhua yam, kev sib raug zoo lossis kev nom kev tswv. "
    
  "Koj puas tau mus qhia Phauj Nancy thiab Phauj Margaret?" - Brad nug.
    
  "Kuv yuav tsis hais tsis tau, Brad, tab sis tam sim no kuv xav kom kuv lub neej yog qhov zais cia," Patrick hais. "Koj tsis tuaj yeem qhia rau leej twg. Tsuas yog Thawj Tswj Hwm Martindale, Thawj Tswj Hwm Phoenix, Chris Wall thiab ib tug puv tes ntawm lwm tus paub. Txawm tias Dr. Kaddiri thiab Dr. Richter los ntawm Sky Masters tsis paub, thiab lawv lub tuam txhab yog tus neeg cog lus tseem ceeb rau kev tsim cov khoom siv cybernetic rau cov tub rog. Rau txhua tus, kuv tsuas yog kos npe hu. "
    
  "Qhov no yog dab tsi?"
    
  Muaj ib ntus luv, ces Patrick teb tias: "'Kev Sawv Rov Los.' "
    
  Chris Wall hais tias "Peb xav tias nws tuaj yeem ua tiav, tus tswv," said Chris Wall thaum nws thiab nws cov txiv neej nkag mus rau hauv lub tsev khaws khoom thaum sawv ntxov. Nws muab lub hnab ntim khoom noj tshais rau ntawm lub rooj hauv chav sib tham uas Brad pw.
    
  Brad tam sim ntawd sawv thiab ua raws li Vol thiab nws cov txiv neej mus rau lub ntsiab hangar qhov twg lub chaw soj ntsuam txhaum cai nyob. "Koj puas tuaj nrog txoj kev npaj sai sai?" nws pom. "Nws tsis yog rau thaum sawv ntxov."
    
  "Tus thawj coj hais kom sai li sai tau," Vol hais zoo li tsis muaj dab tsi tshwm sim. "Peb ua haujlwm txhua hmo." Hais lus rau Patrick los ntawm CID, nws tau hais tias, "Tus Tswv, peb tau rub tawm daim duab qhia chaw ntawm lub tsev kawm ntawv thiab ib puag ncig thiab tau txais cov ntaub ntawv hais txog Campus Security Police Unit, City Police, San Luis Obispo County Sheriff's Department, California Highway Patrol, thiab tsoomfwv txoj cai lij choj. Cov tub ceev xwm nyob hauv thiab ib ncig ntawm lub nroog San Luis Obispo. Txhua lub koom haum muaj cov neeg ua haujlwm zoo heev thiab raug cob qhia. Cov tub ceev xwm hauv tsev kawm ntawv muaj qhov kev soj ntsuam video dav dav - txhua lub qhov rooj thiab hauv tsev hauv tsev kawm ntawv thiab kev tswj hwm, ze li txhua txoj hauv kev, thiab txhua lub qhov rooj sab nrauv hauv txhua lub tsev kawm ntawv yog lub koob yees duab thiab kaw. Kev ua txhaum loj hauv tsev kawm ntawv tsis zoo li yuav muaj teeb meem loj.
    
  "Muaj kwv yees li kaum cuaj txhiab tus tub ntxhais kawm nyob hauv tsev kawm ntawv," nws hais ntxiv. "Cov tub ntxhais kawm feem ntau yog los ntawm California, feem ntau yog neeg dawb, Mev thiab Neeg Esxias; Tsuas yog ob feem pua ntawm cov tub ntxhais kawm yog los ntawm lwm lub tebchaws, thiab tsuas yog kaum tsib feem pua ntawm cov tub ntxhais kawm thoob ntiaj teb yog los ntawm Eastern Europe. Lub nroog yog nyob deb nroog thiab toj roob hauv pes thiab tsis zoo li muaj cov neeg loj leeb, txawm hais tias muaj ntau cov lus ceeb toom ntawm meth labs thiab yeeb tshuaj xas ua liaj ua teb nyob rau hauv cov cheeb tsam nyob deb nroog uas tau raug rhuav tshem sai los ntawm lub nroog, xeev thiab tsoomfwv cov koom haum uas zoo li ua haujlwm ua ke. . nrog phooj ywg.
    
  "Cov Kev Sib Tw: Kev nkag mus rau hauv tsev kawm ntawv thiab cov tsev feem ntau tsis muaj kev tswj hwm, txawm hais tias lub tsev kawm ntawv hauv tsev kawm ntawv, chav kuaj, thiab cov chav kawm tuaj yeem raug kaw los ntawm kev siv hluav taws xob hauv tsev kawm ntawv kev ruaj ntseg; thiab kev sib txuas lus xwm txheej ceev los ntawm kev xa ntawv yog qhov zoo heev, "Wohl txuas ntxiv. "Txawm li cas los xij, txij li kev nkag mus tsis tau tswj hwm, nws yuav yooj yim rau kuv pab neeg nkag mus hauv tsev kawm ntawv yog tias tsim nyog. Kev txheeb xyuas tus neeg tawm tsam lossis kev soj ntsuam ntawm txhua tus tub ntxhais kawm yuav nyuaj, thiab kev cob qhia hauv kev tiv thaiv kev soj ntsuam yuav tsum yog qhov yuav tsum tau ua kom Bradley txheeb xyuas tus duab ntxoov ntxoo. Phom tsis raug tso cai hauv tsev kawm ntawv, thiab daim ntawv tso cai siv phom zais ze ze tsis tuaj yeem tau txais hauv lub nroog no, lossis tag nrho lub xeev rau qhov teeb meem ntawd, tab sis muaj ntau cov lus ceeb toom ntawm cov tub ntxhais kawm tub rog. Ib tug 'cop' tuaj yeem pab koj tau txais daim ntawv tso cai nqa phom zais. Lub nroog raug kaw tsawg dua ob mais sab qab teb, thiab California Cov Txiv Neej Colony, qhov tsawg kawg nkaus- thiab nruab nrab ntawm lub xeev kev nyab xeeb, tsawg dua peb mais sab hnub poob . San Luis Obispo Regional Tshav Dav Hlau yog plaub taw tes ob mais sab qab teb.
    
  "Kuv cov lus pom zoo, tus tswv, raws li peb qhov kev tshuaj ntsuam ua ntej, yuav yog rau koj tus tub rov qab mus rau tsev kawm ntawv sai li sai tau, tab sis tsis yog rau cov tsev nyob hauv pej xeem," Vol xaus lus. "Peb xav kom nws tsiv mus rau ib chav tsev uas hu ua Poly Canyon. Nws zoo ib yam li chav tsev, nws muaj cov tub ntxhais kawm tsawg dua, nws nyob deb ntawm lub tsev kawm ntawv loj, txhua lub tsev muaj nws tus thawj coj ua haujlwm puv sijhawm thiab pab neeg ua haujlwm puv sijhawm, thiab muaj cov tub ntxhais kawm pabcuam ntawm txhua lub tsev - cov neeg nyob hauv, ntau heev. zoo li yuav ua rau lawv qhov muag qhib ib ncig ntawm lub moos. xya. Peb kwv yees tias nws yuav muaj txoj sia nyob nruab nrab mus rau qhov zoo yog tias nws tau txais kev cob qhia kom raug hauv kev tiv thaiv kev tiv thaiv, kev tiv thaiv tus kheej thiab kev txawj ntse riam phom thiab nqa phom. "
    
  "Kuv xav ua txhua yam!" - Brad exclaimed. "Kuv pib thaum twg?"
    
  TIE tseem nyob twj ywm tsis muaj zog rau ob peb lub sijhawm ntev, tab sis thaum kawg txav nws lub taub hau. Patrick tau hais tias "Kev tshaj tawm zoo heev, Tub Ceev Xwm Loj," Patrick hais. "ua tsaug".
    
  "Koj nyob nraum zoo siab, tus tswv."
    
  Patrick tau hais tias "Tsim lub sijhawm ua haujlwm rau Bradley ntawm lub gym lossis qhov chaw zoo sib xws," Patrick hais. "Kuv ntseeg tias Chief Ratel tseem nyob hauv cheeb tsam. Pib sai li sai tau. Kuv yuav hu rau "Tus Tub Ceev Xwm" thiab hais kom nws ua haujlwm ntawm daim ntawv tso cai zais cia thiab nkag mus rau hauv Poly Canyon. Tsheb ciav hlau Brad yuav ua li cas siv rab phom thiab nqa nws txhua lub sijhawm kom txog thaum peb tau txais daim ntawv tso cai txwv tsis pub nqa nqa. "
    
  "Yog lawm, tus tswv," Wohl teb, tig thiab taug kev mus rau hauv chav sib tham nrog nws cov phooj ywg.
    
  "Kylie." Patrick tau hais rau hauv nws qhov system comm.
    
  "Yes, sir?" teb tus pab cuam hauv computer.
    
  Nws tau hais tias "Kuv xav tau qhov chaw nyob rau lub caij ntuj sov thiab ib xyoos ib zaug ntawm Poly Canyon cov tub ntxhais kawm qhov chaw nyob ntawm Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Campus rau Bradley McLanahan," nws hais. "Kuv kuj xav tau daim ntawv tso cai nqa tawm thoob tebchaws rau Bradley, suav nrog daim ntawv tso cai nqa mus rau hauv tsev kawm qib siab. Qhia qhov kev thov no rau lub hauv paus chaw haujlwm thiab mus rau 'Tub Ceev Xwm' - nws yuav xav tau kev pab cuam los ntawm kev kov yeej txhua yam teeb meem hauv bureaucratic lossis kev nom kev tswv. "
    
  "Yes, sir".
    
  Patrick hais tias, "Kuv tseem tsis tau txaus siab rau qhov no, Brad," tab sis yog tias peb tuaj yeem coj koj mus rau Poly Canyon thiab Tus Tub Ceev Xwm tuaj yeem cob qhia koj, kuv yuav zoo dua. Kuv vam tias cov neeg Lavxias yuav tsis thab koj lossis koj cov phauj tom qab ntsib Sergeant Major Wohl, tab sis peb xav tias lawv yuav rov qab los sim dua tom qab lawv rov sib sau thiab tua koj, yog li peb yuav ua qhov zoo tshaj plaws kom koj nyob nyab xeeb thiab nyob. tom tsev kawm ntawv. Kuv paub tseeb tias Gryzlov yuav xa ntau pab pawg tom qab koj tuaj txog, yog li peb tsuas muaj sijhawm luv luv los cob qhia koj, thiab Chris thiab nws pab neeg yuav tsis muaj kev saib xyuas koj ib txwm, yog li nws tseem ceeb heev kom tau txais kev cob qhia sai li sai tau. raws li tau "
    
  "Ua tsaug, Txiv," Brad hais. Nws taug kev mus rau CID thiab khawm nws, xav txog tus neeg hlau loj li nws txiv tau yooj yim dua los ntawm feeb. "Nws yuav zoo heev. Kuv yuav ua hauj lwm nyuaj rau qhov no, kuv cog lus. Ib tug ntawm kuv pab pawg thawj coj nyob hauv Poly Canyon, thiab yog tias Sondra tsis rov qab los tsev lawm, kuv yeej xav nrog nws. "
    
  "Tsuas nco ntsoov khaws koj ob lub qhov muag thiab pob ntseg qhib thiab mloog lub suab me me nyob tom qab ntawm koj lub taub hau uas qhia koj tias koj txiv tau saib xyuas koj," Patrick hais. "Qhov no yuav ceeb toom koj txog kev phom sij."
    
  "Kuv yuav ua li ntawd, txiv."
    
  "Zoo. Tham nrog Sergeant Major thiab npaj kom nws coj koj mus rau ib lub tsev so hauv nroog kom txog rau thaum peb nrhiav tau koj chav nyob hauv tsev kawm ntawv. Tej zaum koj kuj yuav tsum tau hais meej txog koj zaj dab neeg thiab tham nrog tub ceev xwm txog qhov tshwm sim ntawm lub ranch. Kuv tabtom rov qab mus rau St. George hmo no."
    
  "Rov qab mus rau lub vault?"
    
  Patrick tau hais tias "Qhov twg kuv tuaj yeem sim kuv lub hom phiaj thiab tau txais rov qab los," Patrick hais. "Kuv mam li sib tham, Brad. Kuv hlub koj, tus tub."
    
  "Kuv hlub koj ib yam nkaus, Txiv," Brad hais. Nws puag CID ib zaug ntxiv, tom qab ntawd taug kev mus rau hauv chav sib tham thiab pom Chris Wall. Nws tau hais tias "Ua tsaug rau qhov tau txais tsab ntawv ceeb toom no sai sai, Sergeant Major," nws hais. "Kuv tsis paub tias lub tsev kawm ntawv muaj kev nyab xeeb heev."
    
  "Nws tsis zoo li ntawd," Vol hais tias, "tsawg kawg tsis yog rau koj tawm tsam cov neeg tua neeg Lavxias."
    
  Brad lub luag nyav ploj mus. "Yuav hais li cas?" nws nug nrog ib tug stunned qhia ntawm nws lub ntsej muag.
    
  "Xav txog nws, McLanahan: Kaum ib txhiab tus tub ntxhais kawm, tej zaum lwm tsib txhiab tus kws qhia ntawv thiab cov neeg ua haujlwm txhawb nqa, crammed rau thaj tsam tsawg dua peb square mais," Wohl tau hais. "Txhua tus neeg tuaj yeem tuaj thiab mus 24 teev hauv ib hnub nyob qhov twg hauv tsev kawm ntawv lawv xav tau. Tsuas muaj ib tus tub ceev xwm hauv tsev kawm ntawv cog lus rau txhua txhiab tus tub ntxhais kawm ua haujlwm, thiab lawv tsis muaj riam phom hnyav lossis SWAT kev cob qhia. Koj tau ua tiav tag nrho koj cov kev kawm tshiab, yog li koj cov chav kawm yuav me dua txij li tam sim no mus, tab sis koj tseem yuav mus kawm cov chav kawm thiab chav kuaj nrog ntau tus menyuam yaus. "
    
  "Yog li cas koj hais kom kuv rov qab mus?"
    
  "Vim kuv xav tias koj txiv hlub koj heev - nws yuav zoo siab heev uas cia li kaw koj, muab koj tso rau hauv lub thawv zoo, ruaj ntseg zoo li nws ua, thiab muab koj nkag mus rau lub ntiaj teb ntawm Internet," Wohl hais. "Nws yuav tsis xav tias koj yuav tsis zoo siab npaum li cas, vim tias hauv nws lub siab, koj yuav muaj kev nyab xeeb los ntawm lub ntiaj teb txaus ntshai uas nws nyob thiab tawm tsam yuav luag tag nrho nws lub neej."
    
  "Vim li cas koj thiaj xav txog yam kuv txiv xav ua rau kuv, Tub Ceev Xwm?" - Brad nug. "Kuv tsis paub koj thiab koj tsis paub kuv. Koj hais tias koj tsis yog kuv txiv tus phooj ywg. Vim li cas koj thiaj txhawj xeeb?
    
  Vol tsis quav ntsej cov lus nug. "Cov ntaub ntawv kuv tau muab yog qhov tseeb: qhov no yog thaj chaw muaj kev nyab xeeb thiab lub nroog," nws hais ntxiv. "Nrog qee qhov kev npaj, kev phom sij tuaj yeem tswj tau, tej zaum txawm tias txo qis." Nws luag ntxhi rau Brad, uas tseem zoo li npau taws heev, thiab hais ntxiv tias, "Tsis tas li ntawd, tam sim no kuv thiab kuv cov neeg muaj koj, thiab peb tau txais kev mus ua ntej los tsim ib qho kev cob qhia kom koj lub nroog Yeiuxalees zoo thiab qhia. koj yog txoj hauv kev los saib lub ntiaj teb no. Txhua hnub, ib teev ib hnub. "
    
  "Txhua hnub? Kuv tsis tuaj yeem cob qhia txhua hnub. Kuv muaj ... "
    
  "Txhua hnub, McLanahan," Vol hais. "Koj yuav cob qhia txhua hnub, los nag lossis ci, muaj mob lossis noj qab nyob zoo, kev xeem lossis hnub, lossis kuv yuav xa koj rov qab mus rau koj txiv thiab nws yuav zoo siab kaw koj mus rau hauv cov pob zeb liab ntawm sab qab teb Utah. Koj yuav ua qhov hnyav thiab kev cob qhia cardio rau lub cev qoj ib ce; cane-Jah thiab Krav Maga rau kev tiv thaiv tus kheej; thiab ua cov chav kawm thiab ua qauv qhia hauv kev soj ntsuam, tiv thaiv kev soj ntsuam, kev tshawb nrhiav, kev soj ntsuam thiab kev txheeb xyuas cov txheej txheem. " Nws muab lub ntsej muag luag ntxhi ntawd ntxiv, nws hais ntxiv tias, "Koj xav tias tus tsiaj nyaum thib ob ntawm Air Force Academy yog qhov txias? Koj tseem tsis tau pom dab tsi, Bubba. Vol lub luag nyav ploj mus thiab ib qho kev xav tau tshwm sim ntawm nws lub ntsej muag. Nws tau hais tias "Thawj yam uas peb yuav tsum ua yog muab koj lub npe hu rau koj," nws hais.
    
  "Hu npe? Vim li cas kuv thiaj xav tau lub npe hu?
    
  Vol hais tias "Vim tias kuv nkees heev ntawm kev hu koj 'McLanahan' - ntau lub suab," Vol hais tias. "Nws ntsia nws cov phooj ywg uas nrog nws nyob hauv chav sib tham, tag nrho peb tus neeg siab, lub puab tsaig thiab lub puab tsaig hnyav, lub Hollywood version ntawm Navy SEAL uas Brad xav tias tej zaum lawv yuav yog ib zaug. "Koj xav li cas? ?"
    
  "Pussy," hais ib tug. Nws yog tus loj tshaj ntawm peb, sawv siab tshaj li ntawm rau taw thiab hnyav tshaj ob puas phaus, nrog ib tug tuab caj dab, dav lub xub pwg nyom uas tapered mus rau ib tug nyias duav, widened dua rau tuab ncej puab thiab nyuj, ces tapered dua rau nyias pob taws. Nws zoo li ib tug kws bodybuilder, Brad xav. "Qhov zoo dua, tsuas yog muab rau tus thawj coj. Nws yuav zom nws thiab nplawm nws, Tus Thawj Coj yuav xa nws mus rau St. George, ces peb yuav tsis tau nrog nws. "
    
  "Flex, peb muaj haujlwm ua," Vol hais. "Cia li xav txog koj tus kheej. Dice?"
    
  "Kolobok"
    
  "Weirdo," hais tias peb.
    
  "Ua zoo rau tus tub hluas," Vol hais, muab lub ntsej muag luag ntxhi dua. "Nws muaj kev raug mob hnyav heev thiab tseem yog ib tus tub ntxhais kawm ua haujlwm nyuaj."
    
  "Tus txiv neej ntse, huh?" - nug tus hu ua Dice. "Kuv tus menyuam tau saib cov duab tas luav tsis muaj hlwb hauv TV hu ua Dexter's Laboratory qhov twg tus menyuam yaus ntse no tau raug ntaus los ntawm nws tus muam ruam. Cia peb hu nws 'Dexter'. "
    
  "Kuv tseem nyiam 'Doughboy' zoo dua," tus thib peb hais.
    
  "Qhov no yog Dexter," Vol tshaj tawm.
    
  Brad hais tias "Nws yog lub cim hu tsis zoo," Brad hais. "Kuv yuav xaiv kuv tus kheej."
    
  "Dexter, cov ntawv hu tau txais thiab xaiv los ntawm koj cov phooj ywg, tsis yog koj tus kheej," Vol hais. "Koj tseem tsis tau khwv tau dab tsi. Tab sis kev hu xov tooj tuaj yeem hloov pauv, ob qho tib si rau qhov phem thiab qhov zoo dua. Ua haujlwm hnyav thiab tej zaum peb yuav muab qee yam zoo rau koj. "
    
  "Koj lub npe hu li cas?"
    
  "Rau koj, tus ntawd yog 'tus tswv' lossis 'tus neeg ua haujlwm tub ceev xwm'," hais tias Vol, saib Bradley nrog kev mob hnyav heev. "Koj zoo dua yog thawj zaug." Thiab nws tau hais rau nws cov txiv neej, "Dice, nrhiav peb ib qho. Lub tsev so muaj kev nyab xeeb nyob hauv San Luis Obispo, ze rau tsev kawm ntawv. Flex, hu rau Chief Ratel thiab nug seb nws puas tuaj yeem teeb tsa kev ua yeeb yam, kev tiv thaiv, thiab kev cob qhia phom rau peb sai li sai tau. "Rau Brad, nws hais tias: " Cia peb saib seb koj tua li cas. "
    
  "Xov tes? Kuv tsis muaj rab phom tua. "
    
  "Tom qab ntawd txhais tes twg koj xaiv koj lub qhov ntswg nrog, Dexter? Los, peb tsis muaj hnub ua ntej peb. " Ox tuav Brad lub dab teg sab xis thiab Brad tso nws txhais tes. "Aub kuv tus Vajtswv, ob txhais tes me me, ib yam li koj txiv. Tej zaum yog vim li cas nws thiaj koom nrog Cua Force - nws tsis muaj tes loj txaus txawm tuav tus ntxhais damn rab phom. " Nws tsa nws txhais tes kom tus neeg thib peb pom Brad txhais tes. "Rattlesnake"?
    
  "Smith & Wesson M thiab .40 cal," tus neeg thib peb hais hauv lub suab nrov nrov. "Los yog rab phom tua."
    
  "Qhov no yog plaub caug-calometre," hais Vol. "Tau mus." Peb pawg neeg tau muab lawv lub xov tooj ntawm tes tawm thiab tau mus ua haujlwm. "Ib qho kawg, Dexter."
    
  Brad tau hais tias "Kuv twb ntxub daim ntawv hu no," Brad hais.
    
  "Kuv twb ntxub daim ntawv hu no, tus tswv," Vol kho nws. "Kuv hais rau koj: ua ib yam dab tsi tsim nyog rau pab neeg thiab rau koj tus kheej, thiab koj yuav tau txais daim ntawv hu xov tooj zoo dua. Thiab pib qhia qee qhov kev hwm rau koj cov thawj coj ntawm no. Kuv yuav tsum tau ncaws koj lub nroog Yeiuxalees hla lub hangar rau txoj kev koj tau tham nrog Thawj Tswj Hwm Martindale nag hmo. Kuv yuav ua lwm zaus, kuv cog lus rau koj. " Brad nodded thiab ntse nyob ntsiag to.
    
  "Peb tuaj yeem ua ob peb yam tam sim no los pab koj tshawb pom thiab tiv thaiv koj tus kheej ntawm kev phom sij, tab sis tsis muaj ntau yam peb tuaj yeem ua rau koj cov phooj ywg," Vol hais ntxiv. "Peb tau pom tias koj tsis tshua cuam tshuam nrog lwm tus tshaj li koj cov pab pawg tshawb fawb ntawm nerds ntawm Starfire project, uas yog qhov zoo, tab sis kuv xav kom koj txwv koj lub sijhawm rau pej xeem nrog leej twg. Yog tias pab neeg ntes tau pib tawm tsam koj cov phooj ywg kom tau txais koj, nws tuaj yeem dhau los ua teeb meem tiag tiag rau txhua tus uas peb yuav tsis muaj peev xwm. Nkag siab?"
    
  "Yog," Brad hais. Nws xav tias npau taws tshwm rau ntawm lub ntsej muag. "Muaj, tus tswv," nws kho nws tus kheej.
    
  "Zoo. Noj tshais, ntim koj cov khoom thiab npaj tawm hauv kaum feeb. "
    
  "Yog lawm, tus tswv," Brad hais. Nws rov qab los rau hauv chav sib tham thiab pom tias tag nrho cov qhaub cij noj tshais tau ploj mus. "Nov yog qhov pib ntawm ib hnub shitty tiag tiag," nws yws. Tab sis nws ntsia rov qab rau ntawm qhov kawg ntawm lub hangar thiab pom lub chaw soj ntsuam txhaum cai nrog nws txiv nyob rau hauv, thiab nws luag nyav. "Tab sis kuv txiv tseem muaj txoj sia nyob. Kuv ntseeg tsis tau qhov no. Kuv nyob hauv npau suav... Tab sis kuv tsis quav ntsej vim kuv txiv tseem muaj txoj sia nyob!"
    
    
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  "Brad! Dab tsi tshwm sim rau koj?" Lane Egan qw thaum Brad nkag mus hauv chav. Lwm tus dhia mus rau hauv lawv txhais taw thiab gaped nyob rau hauv ntshai heev thaum lawv pom qhov ntev, dab tuag bruise nyob rau sab ntawm Brad lub taub hau thiab lub ntsej muag - tsis muaj ib tug npaum li cas ntawm cov dej khov yuav nkaum nws tsis tau, txawm hais tias qhov o tau poob loj.
    
  "Hav txiv neej," Brad hais. Lawv txhua tus tuaj ntawm nws thiab nws tshwj xeeb tshaj yog nyiam Jodie qhov kev saib xyuas kov. "Kuv nyob zoo, Kuv nyob zoo."
    
  "Dab tsi tshwm sim rau koj?" - Nug Kim Jong-bae. "Koj nyob qhov twg? Hauv tsev kho mob? Peb txhawj xeeb heev txog koj!"
    
  "Koj yuav tsis ntseeg qhov no, Jerry: Kuv tau koom nrog kev cuam tshuam hauv tsev nag hmo tom qab peb tau nthuav tawm," Brad dag. Qhov muag bulged tawm ntawm lawv lub qhov (sockets) thiab lub qhov ncauj qhib nyob rau hauv tag nrho surprise. "Ob tug txiv neej tau tawg rau hauv tsev thiab ntaus kuv ntawm ib sab ntawm lub taub hau nrog rab chais lossis ntaus pob baseball lossis ib yam dab tsi."
    
  "Tsis yog qhov phem?" lawv txhua tus qw. "Dab tsi tshwm sim?"
    
  "Tsis muaj tswv yim," Brad dag. "Kuv sawv thiab muaj tub ceev xwm nyob txhua qhov chaw. Cov kws kho mob tau tshuaj xyuas kuv, kuv xa tsab ntawv ceeb toom, thiab qhov ntawd zoo nkauj heev. Lawv pom cov tshuaj nyob rau ntawm lub rooj noj mov thiab xav tias tej zaum qee cov neeg quav yeeb quav tshuaj xav tau qhov chaw siab. "
    
  "Au kuv tus Vajtswv, Brad," Casey hais tias, "Ua Vajtswv tsaug koj nyob zoo."
    
  "Kuv nyob zoo, Kuv nyob zoo, Casey," Brad hais rau lawv. "Kuv lub gyros tau txais me ntsis warped ib ntus, tab sis kuv tseem tuaj yeem caij tsheb kauj vab."
    
  "Koj nres qhov twg?" Jodi nug, thiab Brad xav tias nws pom ib lub ntsej muag ntawm nws lub qhov muag thiab ib lub ntsej muag luag ntxhi. "Koj tsis rov qab mus tsev, koj puas yog phooj ywg?"
    
  Brad hais tias, "Tsis yog ntuj raug txim," Brad hais. "Tus tswv tsev tau qaug dab peg. Nws muaj cov neeg ua haujlwm txav rooj tog uas tsis tau tawg, thiab nws yuav nce qhov chaw. Kuv tsis paub meej tias nws yuav ua li cas tom qab no. Kuv nyob ntawm ib lub tsev so khoom kim heev ntawm Monterey Street. Kuv tuaj yeem nyob ntawd kom txog thaum kawg ntawm lub semester mus txog thaum cov tub ntxhais kawm tawm hauv nroog. Kuv yuav thov rau Cerro Vista thiab Poly Canyon thiab yuav sim zam lub caij ntuj sov hostels kom ntau li ntau tau. "
    
  "Zoo hmoo nrog qhov ntawd, phooj ywg," Jodie hais. "Lub Cerro Vista apps yuav tsum tau tawm ob lub hlis dhau los, thiab Poly Canyon apps yuav tsum tau tawm xyoo tas los. Tej zaum koj yuav tau nyob hauv tsev kawm ntawv dua yog tias koj tsis xav nyob hauv dorms. "
    
  "Okay, txhua yam no tau ua tiav, yog li cia peb nqis mus ua lag luam ua ntej peb yuav tsum poob," Brad hais, thiab lawv lub rooj sib tham pib. Nws tsuas yog siv sijhawm li ob peb feeb xwb, ntev txaus rau txhua tus los hloov kho lawv pab pawg, pom zoo rau lub sijhawm kuaj, thiab xa cov lus thov mus rau Brad rau cov khoom siv lossis cov ntaub ntawv rau lub lim tiam tom ntej, thiab tom qab ntawd lawv maj nrawm mus rau chav kawm.
    
  Jodi taug kev ib sab ntawm Brad. "Koj puas paub tseeb tias koj nyob zoo, phooj ywg?" - nws nug. "Kuv xav tias qhov no yog qhov nqaij ntuag phem tshaj plaws uas kuv tau pom."
    
  "Kuv nyob zoo, Jody, ua tsaug," Brad hais. "Kuv xav hais tias, 'Koj yuav tsum saib lwm tus txiv neej,' tab sis kuv tsis nco qab lawm."
    
  "Vim li cas koj tsis hu kuv, Brad?"
    
  "Kuv tsuas yog tsis muaj sijhawm, Jody," Brad dag. "Kuv yog dub li hluav taws kub thiab tom qab ntawd kuv yuav tsum nrog tub ceev xwm, kws kho mob thiab tom qab ntawd tus tswv tsev."
    
  "Yog li nag hmo koj nyob qhov twg?"
    
  "Kuv zaum nrog cov pob dej khov rau ntawm kuv lub taub hau, mloog kuv tus tswv tsev hais plaub thiab hais lus tsis txaus ntseeg thiab rave txog cov neeg quav yeeb quav tshuaj thiab kev ua phem thiab kev rhuav tshem ntawm tib neeg," Brad dag dua. "Tom qab ntawd nws pab kuv nrhiav tsev so. Kuv lub taub hau mob hnyav heev uas kuv tau poob qis tom qab ntawd. "
    
  "Vim li cas koj tsis tuaj ntsib kuv tom qab chav kawm?" nws nug. "Koj tsis xav mus tsev so ib leeg, koj puas, tsis muaj leej twg saib xyuas koj?" Lub sijhawm no Brad tsis tas yuav twv nws qhov kev xav - nws ncav tes thiab kov nws txhais tes. "Koj hais dab tsi, phooj ywg?"
    
  Nws kiv taub hau me ntsis los ntawm txhua yam uas tau tshwm sim rau nws ob peb hnub dhau los, yog li nws cov lus teb tsis txaus ntseeg me ntsis, thiab Jodie lub luag nyav ploj mus. "Zoo heev, Jodie," nws hais, thiab nws luag ntxhi rov qab los. "Tab sis ua ntej kuv muaj sijhawm teem sijhawm tom qab peb kuaj."
    
  "Pom mus ntsib kws kho mob?"
    
  Brad txiav txim siab tias nws yuav tsis dag tus poj niam no txog txhua yam yog tias nws tuaj yeem zam tau txhua yam. "Qhov tseeb, kuv tus tswv tsev yog ib tug tubrog nkoj qub , kuv xav tias kuv tau hais rau koj, nws tab tom muab kev cob qhia ua ke rau kuv. Kev cob qhia lub cev thiab kev tiv thaiv tus kheej. " Nws tsis tau mus qhia Jody txog kev tawm tsam thiab lwm yam kev qhia neeg soj xyuas, lossis kev cob qhia riam phom - hav, nws xav tias, tsis qhia qee yam txawv ntawm kev dag, txoj cai? "Nws xav tias kuv mos dhau lawm thiab kuv yuav tsum ua ntau ntxiv los pab kuv tus kheej hauv cov xwm txheej zoo li kev tawm tsam hauv tsev."
    
  "Wow," Jodie hais, blinking in surprise. "Koj puas yog hais txog qhov ntawd?"
    
  "Tau kawg," Brad hais. "Kuv siv sijhawm ntau dhau los zaum ntawm kuv lub pob tw - me ntsis kev cob qhia lub cev yuav ua rau kuv zoo. Ib teev ib hnub twg. Kuv tuaj yeem nrog koj nyob ib ncig ntawm xya. "
    
  "Zoo heev, Brad," Jodi hais tias, nws txoj kev txhawj xeeb thiab kev xav tsis meej yuav ploj mus sai sai. "Kuv yuav ua ib yam dab tsi rau peb noj hmo. Kuv tuaj yeem tuaj tos koj thiab coj koj mus rau koj qhov kev teem caij yog tias koj tsis zoo txaus caij tsheb kauj vab. "
    
  Brad hais tias "Kuv ua tau zoo txog tam sim no, Jody," Nws yeej nyiam lub tswv yim, tab sis nws tsis paub tias lub gym yuav zoo li cas, thiab nws xav tau lub tswv yim los ntawm Vol thiab nws tus kws qhia yuav yog leej twg ua ntej coj lwm tus. "Tab sis ua tsaug." Nws puag nws thiab tau txais kev hnia ntawm lub plhu rov qab. "Saib koj nyob ib ncig ntawm xya."
    
  "Saib koj, cum," Jodie hais thiab maj nrawm mus rau nws chav kawm tom ntej.
    
  Nws tau txais ntau qhov xav tsis thoob thiab xav tsis thoob thaum cov tub ntxhais kawm hauv tsev kawm ntawv pom nws qhov loj, qhov muag tsis pom kev, thiab Brad tau txiav txim siab yuav pleev kom txog thaum nws kho, tab sis cov menyuam hauv tsev kawm ntawv zoo nkauj qhib siab thiab ua siab ntev - thiab nws paub tseeb tias ntuj raug txim. tsis xav, kom Chris Wall lossis cov tswv cuab ntawm nws pab neeg yuav ntes nws hnav pleev! - yog li nws thawb txoj kev xav tawm ntawm nws lub taub hau thiab sim tsis quav ntsej qhov zoo li. Hmoov zoo, nws tsis xav tau tshuaj los ua kom mob qhov mob, yog li nws tau dhau los ntawm nws cov chav kawm thiab Starfire engineering lab kev sib ntsib yam tsis muaj teeb meem ntau dhau, tsuas yog qee zaus muaj mob taub hau uas ploj mus thaum nws nres xav txog nws thiab tsom mus rau qee yam.. . ces lwm. Tom qab ntawd, nws kaw nws lub hnab ev ntawv lub khoos phis tawj rau hauv lub hnab ntim khoom, rub tawm nws lub hnab gym, ces dhia ntawm nws lub tsheb kauj vab thiab tawm mus rau nws thawj zaug kev cob qhia lub cev.
    
  Lub npe ntawm qhov chaw yog Chong Jeontu Jib, sau ua ob tsab ntawv Kauslim thiab Roman, nyob rau sab qab teb ntawm lub nroog, ze ntawm tshav dav hlau. Nws yog ib qho yooj yim ob-storey thav duab tsev, qub tab sis nyob rau hauv zoo heev, nrog ib tug chain-link fenced mev uas tuav ib co cav tov thiab luj nyob rau hauv ib tug me me workout cheeb tsam. Tshaj ntawm lub laj kab nyob tom qab yog ib txoj kab tua hluav taws uas tau teeb tsa rau ntawm phab ntsa loj hauv av uas yav tas los nyob ib puag ncig cov roj tso tsheb hlau luam uas tuav cov roj thaum Ntiaj Teb Tsov Rog II kev cob qhia kev sib tw. Lub qhov rais pem hauv ntej tau npog rau sab hauv nrog Tebchaws Asmeskas Kauslim thiab AMERICAN chij, thiab lub iav pem hauv ntej tau npog nrog tus chij US Air Force loj. Nyob rau hauv nws pom ib lub txee, thiab tom qab nws ib tug loj gym nrog ib tug pem teb npog nrog ib tug xiav gymnastics lev. Cov phab ntsa tau them nrog txhua yam khoom plig, trophies, duab thiab riam phom ua yeeb yam.
    
  Ib tug luv luv, nyias tus txiv neej nrog ib tug shaved taub hau thiab ib tug grey goatee los ze ntawm chav tsev tom qab. "Dexter?" nws hu. "Ntawm no". Brad taug kev ncig lub txee thiab tsuas yog kov lub lev thaum tus txiv neej qw, "Tsis txhob kov lub lev nrog koj nkawm khau, thiab tsuas yog nrog kev hwm." Brad dhia tawm ntawm lev mus rau ntawm txoj kev linoleum. Qhov thib ob chav me me dua li thawj zaug, nrog rau lwm qhov xiav gymnastics lev rau hauv pem teb, tab sis tsis yog kev kho kom zoo nkauj thiab khoom plig, nws muaj lub tshuab hnyav, lub treadmill, lub hnab xuas nrig ntaus rau kev khiav ceev, lub hnab xuas nrig, thiab cov ntawv tshaj tawm nrog cov xub. taw tes rau ntau qhov chaw ntawm tib neeg lub cev Brad ntseeg tias tsis ntev nws yuav pom txhua yam nws xav paub txog cov no. Nyob rau ntawm lub ces kaum sab nraud muaj qhov kev tawm thaum muaj xwm txheej ceev thiab zoo li lub chav xauv khoom.
    
  "Koj tuaj lig," tus txiv neej hais. "Hnub no kuv yuav cia koj so vim qhov no yog koj thawj zaug ntawm no, tab sis tam sim no koj paub qhov chaw no, yog li tsis txhob lig dua."
    
  "Kuv yuav tsis."
    
  "Kuv yuav tsis, tus tswv," hais tias tus txiv neej. "Tus Tub Ceev Xwm tau hais rau kuv tias koj tau ua haujlwm hauv Civil Air Patrol thiab tau kawm luv luv ntawm Air Force Academy, yog li koj paub ib lossis ob yam txog kev ua tub rog . Siv qhov no thaum cuam tshuam nrog kuv lossis lwm tus hauv pab pawg. Koj yuav paub thaum twg koj tuaj yeem tiv tauj peb ntawm lwm txoj kev. Nkag siab?"
    
  "Yes, sir".
    
  "Lub sijhawm tom ntej los npaj rau kev cob qhia. Kuv tsis xav nkim sijhawm tos koj hloov. Qhov no tsis yog koj lub tsev so ntiag tug uas koj tuaj yeem mus thiab mus raws li koj xav tau. "
    
  "Yes, sir".
    
  Tus txiv neej nodded rau ntawm lub qhov rooj locker. "Koj muaj peb caug vib nas this los hloov." Brad maj nrawm hla cov ntaub pua plag xiav mus rau chav xauv khoom. "Nres!" Brad khov. "Cia li rov qab los ntawm no." Brad rov qab los. "Tau tawm ntawm daim ntaub." Brad tau tawm ntawm daim ntaub xiav mus rau linoleum. "Dexter, koj nyob rau hauv ib tug Korean dojang," tus txiv neej hais nyob rau hauv lub qis, ntsuas lub suab. "Lub hauv paus ntawm dojang, lub lev, yog ki, uas txhais tau tias 'tus ntsuj plig.' Koj cob qhia kom kawm paub tuav tus ntsuj plig ntawm kev ua yeeb yam, kev sib koom ua ke ntawm kev thaj yeeb sab hauv thiab sab nrauv thaum koj nqis mus rau hauv daim lev, uas txhais tau tias koj yuav tsum hwm tus ntsuj plig uas kav nws. Qhov no txhais tau tias koj tsis txhob kov lub lev nrog koj nkawm khau, koj tau npaj rau kev cob qhia thiab tsis txhob hnav txoj kev khaub ncaws tshwj tsis yog tias yuav tsum tau los ntawm chav kawm, koj tau tso cai nkag mus thiab tawm ntawm lub lev los ntawm tus tswv, thiab koj hneev ntawm lub duav tig ntsej muag. qhov nruab nrab ntawm lub lev ua ntej koj nqis los thiab ua ntej koj tawm mus. Txwv tsis pub, hla nws. Nco ntsoov qhov no".
    
  "Yes, sir".
    
  "Tam sim no pib tsiv." Brad khiav hla lub lev thiab rov qab rau hauv nws cov khaub ncaws kev cob qhia hauv lub sijhawm sau tseg.
    
  "Kuv lub npe yog James Ratel," tus txiv neej hais tias thaum Brad rov qab los, "tab sis koj tsis tas yuav txhawj txog lub npe tiag tiag lossis hu ua cim, vim rau koj kuv yog "Sir" lossis "Chief." Kuv yog ib tug so haujlwm hauv United States Air Force Chief Master Sergeant, ib tug qub tub rog peb caug-peb xyoo, feem ntau tsis ntev los no ua tus Thawj Tub Ceev Xwm ntawm Lub Xya Hli Ntuj ntawm Osan Air Base, United Kauslim. Kuv yog ib tug tub rog uas muaj kev paub dhau los nrog ntau tshaj ob puas tawm tsam hauv Panama, Iraq, Kaus Lim Kauslim thiab Afghanistan, nrog rau ntau qhov chaw sib cais, kawm tiav ntawm Army Ranger School, thiab kuv muaj ob lub Plawv Ntshav thiab Bronze Star. Kuv kuj yog ib tug thib tsib degree txoj siv tawv dub thiab tus kws qhia ntawv hauv Kane Ja, tus kws tshaj lij qib tsib txoj siv tawv dub hauv Krav Maga, thiab tus kws qhia ntawv phom thiab rab phom hauv tebchaws. Ntawm no kuv qhia txog kev tiv thaiv tus kheej thiab kev siv phom, feem ntau rau cov tub rog so haujlwm. Kuv suav ib puas thiab kaum feem pua txhua thib ob koj nyob hauv kuv dojang. Qhia kev hwm thiab koj yuav tau txais nws rov qab los; so kom txaus thiab koj lub sijhawm nrog kuv yuav yog lub ntuj raug txim nyob. "
    
  Ratel rub tawm ib lub cuab yeej me me nrog lub caj dab pluaj thiab pov rau Brad. Nws tau hais tias "Kev kawm tiv thaiv tus kheej siv sijhawm ntau lub hlis, qee zaum xyoo, thiab kev phom sij uas koj ntsib yog pom tseeb," nws hais. "Yog li lawv muab cov cuab yeej no rau koj. Hnav no ib txwm. Nws ua haujlwm yuav luag txhua qhov chaw hauv lub tebchaws nrog lub teeb liab ntawm tes. Yog tias koj muaj teeb meem, nias lub pob thiab kuv, lossis lwm tus neeg hauv pab pawg uas yuav nyob ze, tuaj yeem nrhiav koj thiab pab koj. Feem ntau, muab cov neeg tawm tsam koj yuav ntsib, qhov no yuav pab peb nrhiav koj lub cev sai dua, tab sis tej zaum peb yuav muaj hmoo. " Brad ntsia Ratel, xav tsis thoob.
    
  "Yog li, txij li nws yog koj thawj hnub, tej zaum koj tseem mob los ntawm kev ntaus lub taub hau nrog rab phom, thiab koj tuaj lig, uas kuv thov txim, peb tab tom yuav ua qhov kev ntsuam xyuas lub cev hnub no," Ratel txuas ntxiv mus. "Kuv xav pom koj qhov siab tshaj plaws ntawm rub-ups, crunches, khoov-overs, thiab thawb-ups rau cov leeg tsis ua haujlwm, tsis pub ntau tshaj cuaj caum vib nas this nyob nruab nrab, thiab koj lub sijhawm zoo tshaj plaws ntawm kev khiav ob mais ntawm lub treadmill. " Nws taw tes rau sab nraud ntawm chav tsev, qhov twg lub treadmill thiab lwm yam khoom siv tawm dag zog tau tos. "Pib txav."
    
  Brad khiav mus rau qhov chaw cob qhia nyob rau sab nraud ntawm chav tsev. Nws ua tsaug uas nws caij nws lub tsheb kauj vab ntau heev, yog li ntawd nws xav tias nws zoo nkauj heev, tab sis tau ntev lawm nws tau mus rau lub gym, thiab nws yeej tsis nyiam rub-ups. Nws pib nrog lawv thiab tswj rau rau ua ntej tsis rub nws tus kheej dua. Kev thawb-ups tau yooj yim-nws muaj peev xwm ua tau yim caum-ob ntawm lawv ua ntej nws yuav tsum nres. Kev ua tsis tiav yog qhov tshiab rau nws. Nws sawv ntawm ib kab ntawm kab rov tav kab sib dhos, rub lawv, rub nws txhais tes, nqa nws txhais taw tawm ntawm linoleum, leaned kom deb li deb li nws ua tau, ces nws txhais caj npab rov qab. Nws tsuas muaj peev xwm tuav tau peb ntawm lawv, thiab tus thib peb yuav tsum tau tuav nws tes tuav kom tiav.
    
  Tam sim no nws txhais tes tau tham nrog nws tiag tiag, yog li Brad txiav txim siab ua qhov kev xeem khiav tom ntej, thiab nws tsis tau txais kev tsis txaus siab los ntawm Ratel, uas tau saib thiab sau ntawv los ntawm thoob plaws chav. Tam sim no nws tau ntau dua hauv nws lub caij. Nws cranked lub treadmill mus txog cuaj-feeb mais pace thiab pom tias nws yooj yim heev. Nws siv lub sijhawm no los so nws cov leeg caj npab nkees rau kev thawb, uas nws xav tias yuav yooj yim dua. Tom qab ob-mais khiav, nws ob txhais caj npab zoo nkauj heev thiab nws squatted ua push-ups, tab sis pom tias nws tsuas ua tau nees nkaum yim ntawm lawv ua ntej nws txhais tes muab tawm.
    
  "Dexter, koj tsis tuaj yeem kawm tiav los ntawm Air Force Basic Training nrog cov lej, cia nyob ib leeg ntawm Air Force Academy," Ratel hais rau nws tom qab nws taug kev ncig lub lev xiav kom sawv ntawm nws xub ntiag. "Koj lub cev lub zog sab sauv yog qhov tsis txaus ntseeg. Kuv xav tias koj yog ib tug neeg ncaws pob hauv tsev kawm ntawv theem siab - koj yuav tsum yog qhov chaw ncaws pob, qhov tseeb, Brad tsis yog ib tus neeg ncaws pob hauv tsev kawm ntawv qib siab xwb, tab sis yog ib tus neeg ncaws pob thiab ncaws pob ncaws pob nees nkaum yards. qhov uas ua rau kuv ntxhov siab tshaj plaws txog qhov koj nyuam qhuav ua yog koj tus cwj pwm phem 'tsis txhob ua phem'.
    
  "Sir?"
    
  Ratel tau hais tias "Koj tau kawm nyuaj ntawm lub treadmill, Dexter. "Kuv nkag siab tias koj yog ib tug neeg caij tsheb kauj vab thiab zoo nkauj aerobic zoo, tab sis nws zoo li kuv zoo li koj tsuas yog so ntawm lub treadmill. Koj tau teeb tsa qhov tsis zoo cuaj-feeb mais-tsis txawm tias 'qhov nruab nrab' hauv koj qhov kev cob qhia. Kuv hais tias kuv xav kom koj khiav koj lub sijhawm zoo tshaj plaws ntawm kev khiav ob mais, tsis yog lub sijhawm qeeb. Koj qhov kev zam txim yog dab tsi?
    
  Brad tau hais tias "Kuv yuav tsum tau so kuv txhais tes ua ntej ua tiav qhov kev xeem," Brad hais. "Kuv xav tias cuaj-feeb mais yog qhov chaw zoo pib." Nrog txhua lo lus hais, tus txiv neej me me lub qhov muag tau npau taws thiab npau taws, txog thaum nws zoo li lawv tab tom dhia tawm ntawm nws lub taub hau. Brad paub tias tsuas muaj ib lo lus teb xwb: "Thov txim, Thawj. Tsis muaj kev zam txim. "
    
  "Koj hais yog lawm, Dexter, tsis muaj kev zam txim," Ratel qw nrov nrov. "Kuv hais rau koj txog kev hwm. Tsis muaj dab tsi hwm txog kev ua ib nrab. Koj tsis qhia kuv hwm, thiab koj paub tseeb tias ntuj raug txim tsis qhia rau koj tus kheej. Nws yog koj thawj hnub ntawm no thiab koj tsis tau qhia kuv ib yam dab tsi uas kuv yuav hwm koj. Koj tau lig, koj tsis tau npaj rau kev cob qhia thiab koj tau yooj yim rau koj tus kheej. Koj tsis pom kuv squats, Dexter. Ib qho kev sib tham ntxiv zoo li no thiab peb tuaj yeem tso tseg qhov kev tshwm sim no. Ntim koj cov khoom thiab tawm ntawm kuv qhov muag." Brad khaws nws lub hnab duffel hauv chav dej thiab thaum nws rov qab los, Ratel tau ploj mus.
    
  Brad hnov zoo li crap thaum nws nce mus rau nws lub tsheb kauj vab thiab pedaled rov qab mus rau Cal Poly, thiab nws tseem nyob hauv lub siab tsis zoo thaum nws mus rau Poly Canyon thiab Jodie Cavendish lub tsev. Nws khawm nws nruj nreem ntawm lub qhov rooj, uas nws tsis rov qab los. "Auj, ib tug neeg ua tsis zoo," nws hais. "Cia li los rau hauv, haus ib khob cawv thiab tham nrog kuv."
    
  "Ua tsaug, Jody," Brad hais. "Thov txim, Kuv hnov zoo li kuv ob txhais taw. Kuv tsis da dej lossis hloov tom qab tawm hauv lub gym. "
    
  "Koj tuaj yeem siv da dej ntawm no yog tias koj xav tau, phooj ywg," Jodie hais nrog lub ntsej muag. Brad tsis pom qhov kev pom tseeb. Nws taug kev mus rau ib qho ntawm cov quav bar ntawm lub txee nyob ib puag ncig ntawm chav ua noj thiab nws nchuav ib khob ntawm Chardonnay thiab muab tso rau pem hauv ntej ntawm nws. "Tab sis nws tsis thab kuv. Kuv nyiam cov txiv neej uas tsw zoo li cov txiv neej, tsis zoo li lub qhov rooj lolly. " Nws tos ob peb feeb, tab sis Brad tsis hais dab tsi. "Koj tsis txawm yuav nug nws yog dab tsi? Wow, hnub no koj yuav tsum tau npau taws heev. Qhia rau kuv txog nws, kuv tus hlub."
    
  Brad tau hais tias "Nws tsis yog qhov loj heev ntawm kev cog lus," Brad hais. "Kuv tau lig me ntsis rau qhov kev cob qhia no, tab sis nws hais tias thawj zaug tau zam txim tau. Tus kws qhia ntawv yog ib tug so haujlwm Chief Master Sergeant nrog tus cwj pwm muaj zog. Nws tau ua kom kuv xeem qhov kev txawj ntse. Kuv xav tias kuv ua tau zoo, tab sis nws qhuab qhia kuv rau kuv kev tswj hwm thiab kev tub nkeeg. Kuv xav tias kuv tau pom txhua yam. Kuv xav tias kuv tsis tau ua. "
    
  Jodi tau hais tias "Zoo, muaj lwm zaus ntxiv," Jodi hais. "Cov kws qhia kev qoj ib ce raug cob qhia kom poob siab thiab txaus ntshai rau lawv cov menyuam kawm ntawv, thiab kuv xav tias nws tau muab Claytonian rau koj. Tsis txhob txhawj, Brad-peb ob leeg paub tias koj nyob hauv qhov zoo, tsis yog qhov khaus ntawm koj lub taub hau. Koj xav li cas? Koj daim tawv nqaij tseem zoo li los ntshav. 'Tej zaum koj yuav tsum hla cov kev tawm dag zog no kom txog thaum qhov no ploj mus.'
    
  Brad shrugged. "Kuv hais rau lawv tias kuv yuav ua, yog li kuv xav tias kuv yuav mus ntxiv kom txog thaum kuv dhau los lossis kuv lub taub hau tawg," nws hais. Qhov kawg uas nws xav ua yog ua rau Vol txoj kev npau taws tawm mus sai sai tom qab thawj hnub. Nws tig rov qab rau hauv nws lub rooj zaum thiab ntsia ncaj qha rau Jody thawj zaug. "Kuv thov txim, Jodie. Txaus txog kuv tus kws qhia qoj tshiab. Koj hnub zoo li cas?"
    
  Jody teb tias, "Apples, phooj ywg," Jody teb. Nws leaned mus rau nws hla lub txee chav ua noj thiab hais nyob rau hauv ib txwm conspiratorial ntxhi nws siv thaum nws xav hais ib yam dab tsi npaj txhij txog, "Kuv tau ua, Brad."
    
  "Ua li cas?" - Brad nug. Tom qab ntawd, thaum nws kawm nws lub ntsej muag thiab lub cev lus, nws nkag siab. "Cov qauv ntawm inorganic nanotubes ...?"
    
  "Synthesized," Jodi hais hauv lub suab qis, yuav luag ntxhi, tab sis zoo siab heev. "Txoj cai hauv peb lub chaw kuaj mob ntawm Cal Poly. Tsis yog ob peb nanotubes, tab sis lab. Peb txawm muaj peev xwm tsim thawj nantenna. "
    
  "Dab tsi?" Brad exclaimed. "Twb?"
    
  Jodi tau hais tias "Tus txiv neej, cov nanotubes xyaum txuas ntawm lawv tus kheej," Jodi hais. "Lawv tseem tsis tau mounted rau ntawm ib tug sol-gel substrate, peb tseem tsis tau txuas lawv mus rau ib tug collector los yog txawm coj lawv mus rau sab nraud, tab sis thawj optical nanotenna, ua los ntawm inorganic nanotubes, nyob rau hauv ib lub chaw soj nstuam nyob rau sab ntawm no heev. tsev kawm ntawv ... ntawm kuv lub rooj ua haujlwm! Nws txawm tias nyias thiab muaj zog dua li peb xav tau. Kuv tau txais email los ntawm cov kws tshawb fawb thoob plaws ntiaj teb uas xav koom nrog. Nws hloov tawm qhov no yog ib qho kev nce qib loj tshaj plaws hauv nanotechnology hauv xyoo tas los no! "
    
  "Qhov no yog qhov tsis txaus ntseeg!" - Brad exclaimed. Nws muab nws txhais tes rau hauv nws thiab lawv sib koom hnia hla lub chav ua noj txee. "Zoo siab nrog Jodi! Vim li cas koj tsis hu kuv?"
    
  Nws tau hais tias "Koj twb tau xyaum thiab kuv tsis xav cuam tshuam koj," nws hais. "Tsis tas li ntawd, kuv xav qhia koj ntawm tus kheej, tsis yog hauv xov tooj."
    
  "Nov yog xov xwm zoo! Peb tau cog lus kom tau txais qhov chaw sim thiab nyiaj txiag tam sim no! "
    
  "Kuv vam tias yog li ntawd," Jodi hais. "Kuv txawm yuav tsim nyog tau txais Cal Poly nyiaj pab kawm ntawv - lawv yuav tsis xav kom kuv rov qab los rau Australia nrog qhov kev ua tiav zoo li no, puas yog lawv?"
    
  Brad tau hais tias "Koj yuav tau txais nyiaj kawm ntawv tiag tiag, kuv paub qhov ntawd," Brad hais. "Cia li tawm mus ua kev zoo siab. Hauv qee qhov chaw uas tsis zoo nkauj heev, kuv tseem tsw zoo li lub gym. "
    
  Ib tug luag ntxhi tau tshwm sim rau ntawm nws lub ntsej muag thiab nws ntsia luv luv ntawm txoj kev uas coj mus rau nws chav pw, pom tseeb tias nws xav ua kev zoo siab npaum li cas. Jodi hais tias "Kuv twb tau noj hmo lawm." "Nws yuav tsis npaj rau lwm kaum tsib feeb." Nws muab nws txhais tes dua thiab luag ntxhi slyly. "Tej zaum peb tuaj yeem xab npum ib leeg nraub qaum hauv da dej?"
    
  Brad luag nyav dav thiab ntsia rau hauv nws ob lub qhov muag, tab sis tshee lub taub hau. "Jodie..."
    
  "Kuv paub, kuv paub," nws hais. "Kuv hais rau koj tias kuv yuav rov sim dua, thiab tej zaum yuav rov ua dua. Nws muaj hmoo tau koj, phooj ywg. " Nws mus rau lub tub yees, rub tawm ib lub raj mis ntawm Chardonnay thiab muab nws lub khob rov qab.
    
  Brad hnov nws lub xov tooj ntawm tes vibrate hauv nws lub hnab gym, coj nws tawm thiab nyeem cov ntawv nyeem. "Zoo, ua li cas txog qhov no?" - nws hais. "Nws xaus mus ua ib hnub zoo heev."
    
  "Qhov teeb meem yog dab tsi, kev hlub?"
    
  Nws hais tias "Kuv tau xauj ib chav hauv Poly Canyon," nws hais. Jodie muaj ib qho kev xav tsis thoob kiag li ntawm nws lub ntsej muag. "Pib thib tsib hauv Aliso. Kuv tuaj yeem txav mus rau tag kis, thiab kuv tuaj yeem nyob rau lub caij ntuj sov yog tias peb tau txais nyiaj pab rau lub caij ntuj sov, thiab kuv tuaj yeem nyob tau rau kuv xyoo kawm ntawv qib siab thiab qib qis. "
    
  "Dab tsi?" Jodi qw.
    
  "Qhov no puas zoo?"
    
  "Aliso yog qhov nrhiav tau tshaj plaws tom qab lub tsev nyob hauv UC!" Jodie piav qhia. "Lawv nyob ze rau cov khw thiab chaw nres tsheb. Thiab cov pem teb sab saum toj ib txwm sau ua ntej vim tias lawv muaj qhov pom zoo tshaj plaws ntawm lub tsev kawm ntawv thiab lub nroog! Thiab lawv yeej tsis tso cai rau cov tub ntxhais kawm nyob hauv Poly Canyon rau lub caij ntuj sov, thiab koj yuav tsum rov thov dua txhua xyoo thiab vam tias koj yuav khaws koj chav. Cas lub ntuj raug txim koj ua li ntawd, phooj ywg?"
    
  "Kuv tsis muaj lub tswv yim," Brad dag - nws paub tseeb tias nws txiv thiab tej zaum Thawj Tswj Hwm Martindale tau rub qee txoj hlua los ua qhov no. "Ib tug yuav tsum tau khuv xim kuv."
    
  Jodie hais tias, "Zoo ua tiav, phooj ywg," "Koj lub taub hau tig ntawm no." Nws pom Brad luag ntxhi dua ntawm nws Aussie slang, yog li ntawd nws thiaj li muab ib daim phuam, muab pov rau nws, ces taug kev thiab hnia nws maj mam ntawm daim di ncauj. "Tsis txhob ua phem rau kuv nrog tag nrho koj cov menyuam yaus txoj kev xav, phooj ywg, lossis kuv tsuas yog rub koj mus rau lub tsev bunkhouse thiab ua rau koj tsis nco qab txog dab tsi-nws-lub npe hauv Nevada."
    
    
  TSEV
    
    
  Tsis tau muaj ib leej niam uas qhia nws tus menyuam kom ua ib tug tsis ntseeg.
    
  - HENRY W. SHAW
    
    
    
  MCLANAHAN INDUSTRIAL AIRPORT
  BATTLE MOUNTAIN, NEVADA
  TAM SIM NO
    
    
  "Masters Zero-Seven, McLanahan Range, koj raug tshem tawm kom ya Romeo plaub yim ib peb Alpha thiab Bravo thiab Romeo plaub yim ib rau lub Kaum Ib Hlis, ntawm txhua qhov siab, tshaj tawm cov lis dej num, ceeb toom rau Auckland Center thaum tawm hauv thaj chaw, tiv tauj ntauwd, ua tiav. davhlau".
    
  "Kev nkag siab, Lub Ntiaj Teb," Sondra Eddington teb dhau VHF xov tooj cua thib ib. Nws reread tag nrho clearance, ces hloov mus rau ntauwd zaus. "McLanahan Ntauwd, Master Zero-Seven, tus naj npawb ib, khiav peb-xoom, npaj rau kev tawm mus."
    
  "Master Zero-xya, McLanahan Ntauwd, cua txias, khiav peb-xoom, airspeed txwv rau ob xoom xoom pob, thaum nyob hauv Charlie chav kawm airspace, tshem tawm."
    
  "Master Zero-Seven tau npaj txhij rau kev khiav peb-xoom," Sondra teb. Nws tau taxied lub dav hlau jumbo mus rau txoj kev khiav, ua raws nws tus kheej nrog rau qhov chaw nruab nrab, tuav lub brakes, siv lub throttles maj mam thiab smoothly, hnov lub suab nrov thaum lub cav hloov. mus rau thaj tsam ib qho tom qab kub hnyiab, tso cov brakes, smoothly hloov lub throttles mus rau hauv cheeb tsam tsib, thiab nce li tsib txhiab ko taw. Ceev kom txog thaum lawv tawm ntawm lub tshav dav hlau McLanahan Industrial Airport, uas tsis siv sij hawm ntev.
    
  "Nyob zoo, Sondra,"hais tias Hunter Noble, Sondra tus kws qhia ntawm kev cob qhia davhlau. Nws nyob hauv lub rooj zaum tom qab ntawm Sky Masters Aerospace's MiG-25UKS, Mikoyan-Gurevich tandem supersonic fighter yam tsis muaj cov cuab yeej sib ntaus sib tua, hloov kho kom ya ntawm huab cua ceev thiab qhov siab siab. Tus thawj Lavxias teb sab MiG-25RU yog lub dav hlau sib ntaus sib tua ceev tshaj plaws nyob rau hauv lub neej, muaj peev xwm yuav luag peb zaug ntawm lub suab ceev thiab qhov siab ntawm rau caum txhiab taw, tab sis tom qab kev hloov kho los ntawm Sky Masters Aerospace lub dav hlau muaj peev xwm yuav luag tsib npaug ntawm qhov ceev ntawm suab thiab qhov siab ib puas txhiab ko taw. "Lub sijhawm zoo ntawm braking thiab lub zog. Thawj cheeb tsam nrog lub nres nres yog qhov zoo, tab sis txhua yam tom qab ntawd yuav ua rau lub nres nres. "
    
  "Boomer, Kuv tau txais koj," Sondra hais. Nyob rau hauv kev sib ntaus sib tua pilot parlance, "Tau txais" tom qab tus kws qhia kev thuam txhais tau hais tias tus tub ntxhais kawm twb paub thiab txheeb xyuas qhov tsis sib xws. "Ua tsaug" feem ntau txhais tau hais tias tus tub ntxhais kawm tau saib tsis taus nws thiab lees paub tus kws qhia qhov kev ntes tau zoo. "Kuv tau txais."
    
  Boomer tau hais tias "Kuv tab tom qhia tias peb tau pom tseeb ntawm Charlie class airspace," Boomer hais. "Qhov kev kawm ob-zero-zero yuav coj peb mus rau thaj chaw txwv."
    
  Sondra hais tias, "Yuav nkag siab," Sondra hais. Hauv tsawg dua ob feeb lawv tau nyob ntawm R-4813A thiab B, ob qhov chaw sim tub rog kaw ntawm Fallon Naval Air Station complex nyob rau sab qaum teb-central Nevada, xauj los ntawm Sky Masters Aerospace thiab koom tes nrog FAA Air Traffic Control Center hauv Oakland los sim cov dav hlau ua haujlwm siab. "Tam sim no kuv tab tom ua cov ntawv txheeb xyuas ua ntej ya ntawm qhov siab. Qhia rov qab thaum ua tiav. "
    
  "Yuav ua," Boomer hais. Daim ntawv txheeb xyuas tau npaj cov neeg coob los ua haujlwm ntawm qhov chaw siab heev uas tsis yog feem ntau mus txog los ntawm cov pa dav hlau fighter. Nws tsuas siv ob peb feeb xwb. "Cov ntawv txheeb xyuas tiav. Kuv tabtom qhia peb sab hauv ntawm R-4813A. Ntxuav thaum npaj txhij. "
    
  "Kuv tau txais nws, Boomer," Sondra hais. "Tau npaj." Sondra tau siv lub zog tag nrho, maj mam thiab ua kom nrawm nrawm ntawm MiG-25 kom txog thaum lawv mus txog thaj tsam tsib tom qab kub hnyiab, thiab tom qab ntawd ntawm Mach 1 nws tsa lub qhov ntswg kom txog thaum lawv lub qhov ntswg ntawm rau caum degrees thiab tseem ua kom nrawm dua. Raws li qhov ceev tau nce, lub zog ntawm lub ntiajteb txawj nqus tau nce, thiab tsis ntev ob leeg tau grunting los ntawm g-forces nias rau ntawm lawv lub cev, sim ua kom cov ntshav tawm ntawm lawv lub ntsws thiab lub hlwb. Ob tus neeg tsav dav hlau hnav ib feem ntawm lub siab tawv thiab lub kaus mom hauv qhov chaw, ntxiv rau cov khoom siv hluav taws xob siab siab uas npog lawv ob txhais ceg thiab sab plab nrog cov ntaub thaiv kom tsis txhob muaj cov ntshav los ntawm cov leeg hauv lawv ob txhais ceg vim G-forces - tab sis nws tseem ua haujlwm los tiv thaiv cov teebmeem ntawm overloads. Tsis ntev lawv tau nyob ntawm qhov siab ntawm rau caum txhiab ko taw thiab ya ntawm plaub npaug ntawm lub suab nrawm, nrog xya zaus lub zog ntawm lub ntiajteb txawj nqus nias rau ntawm lawv lub cev.
    
  "Hais rau kuv, Sondra," Boomer hais. "Koj puas yog ... koj puas tau?"
    
  "Kuv... zoo... Boo... Boomer," Sondra hais tias, tab sis nws pom tseeb tias nws tau tawm tsam los daws qhov kev ntxhov siab ntawm nws lub cev. Mam li nco dheev lub MiG-25 tilted sharply rau sab laug thiab rushed down.
    
  "Sondra?" Tsis teb. Lub qhov ntswg ntawm tus fighter tau taw rau lub ntiaj teb. Tsuas yog ua ntej nws tab tom yuav tswj hwm, Boomer tau xav thiab hnov cov throttles hloov mus rau qhov tsis ua haujlwm thaum nws nqis los thiab cov tis tau qis.
    
  "Koj puas nyob zoo, Sondra?" Boomer rov ua dua.
    
  "Yog". Nws tuaj yeem hnov dhau ntawm intercom tias nws ua pa me ntsis ua haujlwm, tab sis lwm yam suab zoo li qub. "Kuv nyob zoo".
    
  Boomer saib lub altimeter thiab airspeed nyob ze, ua kom Sondra muaj tag nrho cov tswj ntawm lub dav hlau. Nyob rau hauv lub cockpit rear, nws muaj peev xwm tswj tau tag nrho cov dav hlau yog tias tsim nyog, tab sis kov cov kev tswj yuav ua tsis tau tejyam rau tus tsav-nyob rau hauv-command, thiab nws tsis xav ua li ntawd tshwj tsis yog tias nws yog kiag li tsim nyog. Tom qab poob tsuas yog kaum txhiab taw, Sondra pib lub qhov ntswg rov qab mus rau lub qab ntug, thiab thaum lub dav hlau tau nce thiab lub airspeed poob mus rau subsonic, nws ntxiv zog kom qhov siab thiab airspeed ruaj khov. "Koj nyob li cas, Sondra?" - Boomer nug.
    
  "Kuv nyob zoo, Boomer," Sondra teb, suab zoo li qub thiab tswj tau. "Kuv yuav rov qab mus rau peb caug txhiab ko taw thiab peb yuav sim dua."
    
  Boomer tau hais tias "Peb tsis muaj roj txaus rau lwm qhov siab-siab, siab-G ua qauv qhia," Boomer hais. "Peb tuaj yeem ua ob peb qhov kev kub ceev yam tsis muaj flaps thiab hu nws ib hnub."
    
  "Peb muaj roj txaus, Boomer," Sondra tawm tsam.
    
  "Kuv tsis xav li ntawd, menyuam," Boomer hais. "Cia li ua ib qho kev mus rau ILS qhov siab ntawm Battle Roob thiab ua qhov tsis muaj kev sib tw, ua qhov kev txiav txim siab ntawm qhov siab, tom qab ntawd ua lwm txoj hauv kev kom nres tag nrho. Nws puas meej?
    
  "Txawm li cas los koj hais, Boomer," Sondra teb, despondency tshwm sim nyob rau hauv nws lub suab.
    
  Cov cuab yeej siv ceev nrawm nrawm tau simulated qhov tsaws ntawm Black Stallion lossis Midnight spaceplanes. MiG-25 yog ib kauj ruam tseem ceeb rau cov neeg tsav dav hlau xav tau vim tias nws yog tib lub dav hlau uas tuaj yeem luv luv simulate g-forces siab heev uas tau ntsib los ntawm cov kws tsav dav hlau thaum lawv nce. Lub Sky Masters Aerospace centrifuge tuaj yeem tsim G-forces ntawm cuaj lub ntiajteb txawj nqus hauv av, tab sis MiG-25 yog lub platform zoo dua vim tias tus tsav yuav tsum ya lub dav hlau thaum raug G-forces. Sondra tau ua qhov ntsuas ntsuas nrog qhov raug raug, thiab kev tsaws mus raws sijhawm.
    
  Lawv nres lub dav hlau jumbo, mus rau lub khw txhawb nqa lub neej kom tso cov khoom siv hluav taws xob thiab cov khoom siv hluav taws xob, xam phaj cov kws kho mob, tau kuaj xyuas sai nrog tus kws kho mob, tom qab ntawd rov qab mus rau chav kawm tham txog lub davhlau. Sondra tau hnav lub tsho dav hlau xiav, ua kom pom tseeb ntawm nws qhov nkhaus, thiab nws cov khau dav hlau ua rau nws saib siab dua. Nws cia nws cov plaub hau ncaj ncaj thaum nws nchuav nws tus kheej ib khob kas fes; Boomer, hnav khaub ncaws hauv Air Force txiv ntseej lub dav hlau dav hlau, twb tau khaws nws lub raj mis dej khov.
    
  Boomer tau hais tias, "Kev ya davhlau ua ntej, tawm mus, tawm mus, txoj hauv kev, tsaws thiab kev npaj tom qab ya davhlau yog txhua yam nyob rau hauv kev txiav txim," Boomer tau hais, tshawb xyuas nws phau ntawv. "Qhia kuv txog kev nce."
    
  "Kuv nyob zoo-Kuv xav tias kuv nyuam qhuav tawm sai sai," Sondra hais. "Koj ib txwm hais tias nws yog qhov zoo dua kom nres high-g khiav sai dua li tom qab. Tej zaum kuv tau poob siab me ntsis. Kuv nyob zoo."
    
  "Koj tsis teb thaum kuv hu."
    
  "Kuv hnov koj zoo kawg nkaus, Boomer," Sondra hais. "Kuv muaj ntau yam ua. Qhov kawg kuv xav ua yog nres lub compressor lossis kiv. " Boomer ntsia Sondra, uas tig mus, sipping nws kas fes, thiab txiav txim siab txais nws cov lus teb. Lwm qhov kev piav qhia tsis siv sijhawm ntau. Lawv sib tham txog hnub tom qab cov phiaj xwm hauv chav kawm thiab cov haujlwm kev cob qhia dav hlau, tom qab ntawd Sondra mus rau hauv xov tooj los xyuas cov lus thiab Boomer tau mus rau nws lub chaw ua haujlwm los txheeb xyuas cov lus thiab cov ntaub ntawv thiab tshawb xyuas ntau lub chaw sim thiab tsim chaw ua haujlwm uas nws saib xyuas.
    
  tav su pib nrog lub rooj sib tham ntawm lub tuam txhab pab pawg tswj hwm, uas Boomer tsis tuaj yeem ua siab ntev, tab sis nws yog ib feem ntawm nws txoj haujlwm tshiab ua tus thawj coj ntawm kev ua haujlwm hauv aerospace. Lub rooj sib tham tau ua tus thawj coj los ntawm lub tuam txhab tus lwm thawj tswj hwm tshiab ntawm kev ua haujlwm, Jason Richter, tus tub rog laus laus laus thiab tus kws tshaj lij neeg hlau hauv Asmeskas Tub Rog uas raug ntiav los hloov Patrick McLanahan lig. Jason yog siab, haum thiab kis las, nrog zoo brunette tsos. Nws tau raug ntiav los ntawm Sky Masters Aerospace rau nws keeb kwm engineering, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog nyob rau hauv robotics, tab sis tau pom tias nws muaj peev xwm sib npaug ntawm kev tswj hwm, yog li nws tau nce mus rau lub taub hau ntawm kev tshawb fawb thiab kev loj hlob rau lub tuam txhab. Txawm hais tias nws nyob hauv tsev hauv chav kuaj lossis chaw tsim khoom, nws nyiam lub zog thiab lub meej mom ntawm kev coj ntau lub ntiaj teb zoo tshaj plaws thiab lub siab zoo tshaj plaws.
    
  "Cia peb pib," Richter hais tias, pib lub rooj sib tham ntawm ib teev, raws li ib txwm muaj. "Cia peb pib nrog kev faib aerospace. Hunter, ua kev zoo siab rau kev xa tus Thawj Tswj Hwm mus rau Armstrong chaw nres tsheb thiab rov qab los nyab xeeb. Kev ua tiav tiag tiag." Tus so ntawm pawg neeg tau muab Boomer ib co suab qw nrov nrov - Hunter "Boomer" Noble tau suav hais tias yog tus cwj pwm tsis zoo hauv lub tuam txhab pawg thawj coj saib xyuas, tsis mob siab rau, thiab yog li ntawd tau kho kom zoo. "Tus Thawj Kav Tebchaws tsis zoo li yuav raug kev tsim txom tsis zoo. Kev soj ntsuam?
    
  "Tus txiv neej tau ua haujlwm zoo heev," Boomer tau hais tias, ntsiag to lees paub cov lus pom zoo los ntawm nws cov phooj ywg pawg thawj coj tab sis kuj tseem ceeb txog qhov tsis zoo. "Nws nyob twj ywm thiab tsis muaj kev cuam tshuam tag nrho lub davhlau. Kuv tsis xav tsis thoob thaum nws pom zoo ua qhov chaw docking, tab sis kuv tsis ntseeg nws thaum nws xav ua qhov chaw taug kev mus rau lub dav hlau. Nws tau ua zoo li nws tau nyob hauv kev cob qhia astronaut tau ntau xyoo. Kev ua siab loj zoo li no yog qhov txawv tshaj plaws. "
    
  Jason tau hais tias "Peb twb tau txais kev thov rau lub dav hlau ya dav hlau, thiab tau tham txog nyiaj txiag ntau dua S-19s thiab XS-29s," Jason hais.
    
  "Kuv yog txhua yam rau nws," Boomer tau hais tias, "tab sis kuv xav tias peb yuav tsum tau nyiam cov peev txheej los pib ua haujlwm hnyav ntawm cov chaw nres tsheb tom ntej. Armstrong tau dai rau hauv qhov ntawd, tab sis nws cov hnub raug suav, thiab yog tias Brad McLanahan txoj haujlwm Starfire txav mus tom ntej, raws li kuv twv nws yuav, Armstrong tuaj yeem tawm ntawm tub rog qhov chaw riam phom ua lag luam tag nrho. Kuv muaj ob tug neeg, Harry Felt thiab Samantha Yee, uas ua haujlwm ntawm chaw nres tsheb cov ntaub ntawv, feem ntau yog tsim cov tshuab rau Armstrong kev txhim kho. Kuv xav muab lawv los ua tus thawj coj ntawm pab pawg tsim qauv tshiab ntawm peb lossis plaub tus neeg los pib nrog, uas tab tom tsim cov qauv tsim rau cov tub rog tshiab thiab cov chaw muaj kev lag luam raws li Thawj Tswj Hwm Phoenix cov lus thov. Peb kuj yuav tsum xa koj thiab Dr. Qaddiri mus rau Washington tam sim ntawd kom ntsib nrog peb cov neeg saib xyuas thiab nrhiav seb leej twg yog lub luag haujlwm rau qhov kev tawg tshiab no rau hauv qhov chaw. " Nws xav tsis thoob li ib pliag, ces hais ntxiv tias, "Tej zaum koj lossis Helen yuav tsum tuaj yeem pab dawb ua qhov no, Jason."
    
  "Kuv?" - Jason nug. "Hauv Washington? Kuv xav muab faus rau hauv kuv caj dab hauv suab puam. Tab sis kuv nyiam koj lub tswv yim. Xa kuv daim ntawv thov thiab pob nyiaj tam sim ntawd thiab kuv yuav xa mus rau Helen. "
    
  Boomer tau ua ob peb kais ntawm nws lub khoos phis tawj ntsiav tshuaj. "Tam sim no hauv koj lub thawv ntawv, Commandante."
    
  "Ua tsaug. Kuv paub tias koj twb tuaj nrog ib yam dab tsi. Kuv yuav ua kom Helen tau txais nws hnub no. "
    
  Lub sijhawm ntawd, lub tuam txhab tus thawj tswj hwm thiab tus thawj coj ua haujlwm, Dr. Helen Cuddiri, tau nkag mus hauv chav sib tham. Txhua leej txhua tus tau nce mus rau lawv ko taw thaum tus poj niam siab, qhov muag tsaus nti ntawm tsib caug-ob xyoos nrog cov plaub hau tsaus nti ntev heev khi rau hauv ib qho kev sib txawv ntawm nws lub taub hau, hnav lub tsho grey tsaus nti ua lag luam, tshwm sim ntawm lub qhov rooj. Helen Qaddiri yug hauv Is Nrias teb tab sis tau kawm feem ntau hauv Tebchaws Meskas, tau txais ntau qib hauv kev lag luam thiab engineering. Nws tau ua haujlwm ntawm Sky Masters tau ntau xyoo lawm, koom tes nrog Jonathan Masters hauv kev tau txais lub tuam txhab kev lag luam aerospace thawj zaug uas lawv tau ua haujlwm rau thiab tsim nws rau hauv ib qho ntawm lub ntiaj teb ua lag luam high-tech tsim thiab txhim kho tuam txhab. "Txhua tus, thov koj zaum," nws hais hauv lub suab nrov nrov. "Thov txim rau cuam tshuam, Jason."
    
  Jason hais tias, "Tsis yog, Helen," Jason hais. "Koj puas muaj dab tsi rau peb?"
    
  "Kev tshaj tawm," nws hais. Nws taug kev mus rau pem hauv ntej ntawm chav tsev thiab sawv ntawm Jason. "Cov Thawj Coj ntawm Pawg Thawj Coj tau xaiv peb txoj haujlwm rau nyiaj pab rau xyoo no, txhua tus ntawm cov tsev kawm qib siab: Lub Xeev University of New York ntawm Buffalo rau qhov project swarm satellite; Allegheny College ntawm Pennsylvania rau kev sib txuas lus laser; thiab feem ntau ntawm cov khoom plig, nees nkaum tsib lab daus las, yuav mus rau Cal Poly San Luis Obispo rau txoj haujlwm zoo tshaj plaws hnub ci zog hauv lub voj voog. " Lwm qhov nrov nrov ntawm cov ceg ntoo ntawm cov thawj coj hauv lub tsev.
    
  "Brad McLanahan tab tom ua txoj haujlwm no," Boomer tau hais. "Tus txiv neej no yog amazing. Kuv nug tus txiv neej ib lo lus nug txog qee qhov ntawm qhov project thiab nws hais tias nws tsis paub thiab nws yuav hu kuv rov qab, thiab qhov tom ntej no kuv paub yog hu xov tooj los ntawm qee tus yeej Nobel nqi zog hauv lub teb chaws Yelemees nrog cov lus teb. Nws muaj cov npe ntawm cov kws tshaj lij thiab cov kws tshawb fawb ntawm nws pab neeg uas yuav ua kua muag rau koj ob lub qhov muag. "
    
  Jason tau hais tias "Peb twb tau nqis peev ntau rau hauv lawv txoj haujlwm," Jason hais. "Peb twb tau muab rau lawv nrog Trinity module, uas lawv siv rau kev ntsuas thiab ntsuas kev sib cuam tshuam. Thaum lawv pib ua cov subsystems, lawv yuav xav nqa qhov chaw qhov chaw mus rau Armstrong chaw nres tsheb ntawm Midnight thiab Black Stallion, yog li lawv nug txog qhov tsis xws li cargo bay qhov ntev, tshuab, lub zog, ib puag ncig, kub, kev co, thiab yog li ntawd.. Lawv kuj tau thov kom pom lub computer code rau Skybolt kev taw qhia - lawv xav siv nws los xa cov hluav taws xob maser mus rau lub kav hlau txais xov ncaj qha hauv ntiaj teb, thiab lub taub hau ntawm lawv pab pawg computer xav tias nws tuaj yeem txhim kho qhov tseeb. "
    
  "Lawv ua si ua ke, qhov tseeb," Boomer ntxiv.
    
  Helen tau hais tias "Kuv yuav qhia cov tsev kawm ntawv txoj xov zoo," "Yog tag nrho. Puas muaj dabtsi rau kuv?"
    
  Jason tau hais tias "Boomer muaj lub tswv yim zoo: ntsib nrog Thawj Tswj Hwm Phoenix thiab leej twg yog tus thawj coj qhov chaw tshiab no, qhia qee cov tswv yim nrog lawv thiab pom tias lawv xav ua dab tsi," Jason hais. "Nws kuj xav tsim ib pab neeg los pib tsim chaw nres tsheb, tub rog thiab kev lag luam. Nws lub tswv yim thiab nyiaj txiag yog nyob ntawm kuv lub ntsiav tshuaj. "
    
  Helen hais tias "Lub tswv yim zoo, Boomer," Helen hais. "Xa nws qhov kev thov rau kuv hauv kuv lub chaw haujlwm tam sim tom qab lub rooj sib tham."
    
  "Yuav ua li cas," Jason hais.
    
  "Kuv kuj tau hais tias koj lossis Jason tuaj yeem ua haujlwm ua haujlwm rau tsoomfwv qhov chaw pib, yog tias tsis muaj leej twg tau raug npe lawm," Boomer tau hais.
    
  Helen hais tias, "Kuv muaj haujlwm, ua tsaug ntau, thiab Jason tsis mus qhov twg - Kuv tsuas yog coj nws los ntawm no tom qab kev yaum thiab kev yaum ntau," Helen hais tias, luag ntxhi. "Tab sis mus rau Washington suab zoo rau peb." Nws teb ob peb nqe lus nug ntxiv thiab cov lus pom, tom qab ntawd sab laug. Jason txuas ntxiv ua tus thawj coj lub rooj sib tham, taug kev ncig lub rooj tau txais cov lus ceeb toom los ntawm txhua tus thawj coj ua haujlwm, thiab nws tau xaus tom qab li ib teev.
    
  Jason taug kev mus rau Helen lub chaw ua haujlwm ob peb feeb tom qab thiab khob qhov rooj ntawm lub qhov rooj qhib qhov rooj. "Kuv muaj daim ntawv qhia no rau koj," nws hais los ntawm lub qhov rooj, tuav nws lub computer ntsiav tshuaj hauv nws txhais tes.
    
  "Los hauv, Jason," Helen hais tias, ua haujlwm ntawm nws lub laptop ntawm nws lub rooj. "Kaum qhov rooj". Jason tau ua raws li nws hais, tom qab ntawd taug kev mus rau nws lub rooj thiab pib xa cov ntaub ntawv los ntawm nws lub ntsiav tshuaj mus rau nws lub laptop.
    
  "Nws yog ib daim ntawv ntev heev," nws hais. "Koj paub Boomer - yog vim li cas hais ib yam dab tsi hauv tsuas yog ob lo lus thaum nws tuaj yeem muaj nees nkaum?"
    
  "Qhov no zoo heev," nws hais. "Peb yuav ua li cas thaum peb tos?"
    
  "Kuv muaj ob peb lub tswv yim," Jason hais tias, luag nyav thaum nws tsa taub hau thiab hnia nws, uas nws tau teb nrog kev txaus siab sib npaug. Lawv hnia ob peb lub sijhawm ntev, languid. "Kuv xav kom kuv tshem koj cov plaub hau tam sim no," nws hais hauv lub suab sib sib zog nqus. "Kuv nyiam saib koj cov plaub hau cascade tom qab koj pin nws ... Tshwj xeeb tshaj yog tias nws ntog ntawm kuv lub hauv siab liab qab." Nws teb los ntawm rub nws los ze thiab muab lwm qhov sib sib zog nqus hnia. "Koj puas nyob hmo no? Kuv tsis tau nrog koj ob peb hnub. "
    
  "Jason, peb yuav tsum tsis txhob ua qhov no," Helen ntxhi. "Kuv yog koj tus thawj coj, thiab kuv laus dua koj tshaj kaum xyoo."
    
  "Kuv tsis quav ntsej koj hnub nyoog npaum li cas," Jason hais. "Koj yog tus poj niam txawv tshaj plaws, ntxim nyiam tshaj plaws uas kuv tau nrog. Kev sib deev radiates ntawm koj zoo li lub laser. Thiab tej zaum koj yuav laus dua kuv, tab sis kuv tsis tuaj yeem nrog koj pw. "
    
  "Cia li nres, koj horny asshole," Helen hais nrog luag nyav, tab sis muab rau nws sib sib zog nqus, lingering hnia ua ib lub cim ntawm kev ris txiaj. Nws tuav nws lub ntsej muag thiab co nws playfully. "Tsis txhob hnov qab, Kuv muaj lus hais ntawm Lander County Chamber of Commerce lub rooj sib tham hmo no, thiab tus thawj coj hauv nroog, tus thawj tswj hwm npaj thiab tub ceev xwm xav tham tom qab. Kuv xav tias qhov no yog hais txog kev nthuav dav kev siv hluav taws xob los tsim cov chav nyob ze ntawm lub tshav dav hlau thiab kho cov ntawv cog lus nrog lub tshav dav hlau kev ruaj ntseg, lub nroog thiab lub tuam txhab kev ruaj ntseg. Kuv xav kom cov vaj tse nyob sab nraum lub tshav dav hlau tsis muaj suab nrov, thiab kuv tsis xav kom peb cov tub ceev xwm kev ruaj ntseg raug khi los ntawm tub ceev xwm rau tsoomfwv thiab lub xeev cov ntawv cog lus kev ruaj ntseg. Charles Gordon los ntawm tus tswv xeev lub chaw ua haujlwm tseem yuav nyob ntawd, thiab kuv xav tham nrog nws txog kev tau txais qee cov noob nyiaj rau kev nthuav dav tshav dav hlau. "
    
  "Crap".
    
  "Vim li cas koj tsis tuaj nrog kuv? Txhua leej txhua tus paub koj raws li tus txiv leej tub uas tsim thiab tsim lub cybernetic infantry ntaus ntawv uas cawm lub nroog los ntawm Judah Andorsen thiab Knights ntawm lub koom pheej tseeb - Kuv paub tseeb tias lawv yuav nyiam ntsib koj. "
    
  Jason hais tias "Kuv tsis ua nom tswv," "Kuv nyiam koj. Kuv tsis xav tias kuv tuaj yeem tuav kuv txhais tes ntawm koj. "
    
  "Huag, kuv xav tias koj muaj kev tswj hwm ntau dua, Jason," nws hais. "Tsis tas li ntawd, kuv paub tseeb tias lawv xav ntsib yav tom ntej Thawj Tswj Hwm thiab CEO ntawm Sky Masters Aerospace."
    
  "Peb yuav tsum tham txog qhov no me ntsis ntxiv, Helen," Jason hais. Nws zaum pem nws. "Kuv tsis xav tias kuv tsim nyog los ua CEO. Koj yuav tsum yaum kuv los ua tus Thawj Coj Ua Haujlwm tom qab Patrick McLanahan raug tua - "
    
  "Thiab koj ua tau zoo," Helen hais. "Koj pab neeg yog qhov zoo tshaj plaws hauv kev lag luam. Koj tsuas yog nyob hauv txoj haujlwm no tau ob peb lub hlis xwb. Nws yuav dhau los ua qhov thib ob ua ntej koj paub nws. Koj xav tau kev kawm ua lag luam me me, tej zaum MBA nyob rau sab saum toj ntawm tag nrho lwm cov qib koj muaj, tab sis koj yog ib tus thawj coj. "
    
  "Kuv xav tias nyob hauv tsev ntau dua li ntawm kuv lub rooj."
    
  "Tsis muaj leej twg hais tias koj yuav tsum nyob ntawm lub rooj," Helen hais. "Cov thawj coj tau ua tiav ntau txoj hauv kev. Koj paub yuav ua li cas muab, xa, thiab teeb tsa - uas ua rau koj muaj sijhawm thiab sijhawm los siv sijhawm ntau nrog koj cov kws ua haujlwm thiab ua txhua yam uas cov thawj coj hauv tuam txhab yuav tsum ua. " Nws sawv ntawm nws lub rooj thiab taug kev mus rau nws, nias nws ob lub mis tawm tsam nws raws li nws paub tias nws nyiam. "Los nrog kuv hmo no. Yog li ntawd, yog tias nws tseem tsis tau lig, kuv xav caw koj tuaj xyuas. "
    
  "Kuv xav tias koj hais tias peb yuav tsum tsis txhob ua qhov no."
    
  "Auj, peb yuav tsum tsis txhob," Helen hais nrog luag nyav. Jason sawv thiab lawv sib koom sib sib zog nqus hnia. "Kuv tuaj yeem poob kuv txoj haujlwm yog tias pawg thawj coj pom tias kuv tau pw nrog kuv tus lwm thawj coj, txawm tias kuv yog tus tsim ntawm lub tuam txhab." Ib hnia ntxiv. "Koj yeej yuav raug rho tawm haujlwm thiab tej zaum koj yuav raug foob rau koj cov nyiaj tau txais kos npe." Ib hnia ntxiv.
    
  Jason hais tias "Thov, Npeeg Thawj Tswj Hwm, tsis txhob hais lus tam sim no,"
    
  Helen hais tias, "Yog lawm, Tus Lwm Thawj Coj," Helen hais tias, thiab lawv tau hnia dua, thiab qhov hnia no tau ntev dua li lwm tus.
    
  Nws zoo tom qab hnub poob thaum Boomer tawm ntawm Sky Masters Aerospace Center thiab mus tsev. Yav dhau los pw tsaug zog, cais me me mining zej zog ntawm Battle Mountain nyob rau sab qaum teb-central Nevada tau dhau los ua qhov kev hloov pauv tsis txaus ntseeg hauv tsuas yog peb xyoos txij li Sky Masters Aerospace Inc. tsiv mus nyob rau ntawm Las Vegas: cov pej xeem muaj ntau tshaj peb npaug, kev tsim kho txhua yam nyob txhua qhov chaw, thiab kev sib hais haum tsis sib haum - nws tau khaws nws tus kheej raws li lub chaw ua haujlwm mining thiab kev tsheb ciav hlau nres txij li nws tau tsim nyob rau xyoo 1840, txawm tias nws yog Lub rooj zaum ntawm Lander County-thaum kawg tau dhau los ua Nevada lub nroog tshiab tshaj plaws thiab yog ib lub nroog loj tshaj plaws hauv lub tebchaws. Boomer tau xauj ib lub tsev nyob rau hauv ib qho ntawm cov zej zog tshiab nyob nruab nrab ntawm lub tshav dav hlau thiab hauv plawv nroog tshiab, ze txaus mus xyuas cov chaw twv txiaj yuam pov tshiab thiab cov khw noj mov loj thaum twg nws xav tau, tab sis yooj yim txaus los mus ua haujlwm, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog tam sim no thaum sawv ntxov commute ntawm lub xeev. 80 mus rau lub tshav dav hlau zoo li tau ua haujlwm ntau dua txhua hnub, ua tsaug rau ntau lub lag luam uas tau tshwm sim hauv cheeb tsam txij li Sky Masters Aerospace nthuav dav nws cov haujlwm.
    
  Boomer nres nws Lincoln MKT hauv chav nres tsheb, tos ntsoov rau yav tsaus ntuj so zoo. Nws tau ua haujlwm tsis tu ncua ntawm ob peb lub twv txiaj yuam pov tshiab hauv nroog, thiab tsis tas yuav them nyiaj rau zaub mov lossis dej haus hauv ntau tshaj ib xyoos - nws paub tseeb tias nws tau muab cov twv txiaj yuam pov txaus nyiaj ntawm daim npav rau ntau tshaj qhov ua. mus rau nws poob-tab sis hmo no yuav yog hmo ntuj phem. Tej zaum me ntsis cawv, tej zaum ua yeeb yaj kiab, tej zaum-
    
  "Koj tuaj tsev nyob rau lub sijhawm," hais ib lub suab ntawm chav ua noj. Nws yog Sondra Eddington, hnav tsuas yog ib qho ntawm Boomer's Sky Masters Aerospace Inc. T-shirts, nws cov plaub hau ntev blonde ntog zoo kawg nkaus nyob ib ncig ntawm nws lub hauv siab, zoo li nws tau styled li ntawd nws tus kheej - uas, Boomer xav, tej zaum nws muaj. "Kuv tab tom yuav pib yam tsis muaj koj."
    
  "Kuv tsis paub tias koj tuaj," Boomer hais.
    
  "Kuv npau taws me ntsis tom qab ya tag kis no," Sondra hais hauv ib nrab- nkees, ib nrab-teasing suab. "Kuv tau sim khiav thiab ua haujlwm hnyav ntawm lub gym, tab sis kuv tseem ... me ntsis ntawm ntug." Nws los txog thiab hnia nws ntawm daim di ncauj. "Yog li kuv tau txiav txim siab nkag mus thiab nug seb koj puas paub txog qee txoj hauv kev uas kuv tuaj yeem hlawv tawm qee lub zog?"
    
  Boomer sim tab sis pab tsis tau nws tus kheej, nws ob lub qhov muag roaming hla nws lub cev uas ua rau nws luag ntxhi. "Koj lub tsheb nyob qhov twg?" - nws nug.
    
  "Kuv tau nres nws ntawm lub khw muag khoom yooj yim hauv qhov thaiv," Sondra hais. "Kuv pom ntau tus neeg los ntawm Sky Masters hauv koj cheeb tsam thiab kuv tsis xav kom lawv pom kuv lub tsheb nres ntawm koj lub tsev ntau dhau."
    
  Suab zoo li lub tswv yim zoo, Boomer xav. Nws tuav nws ntawm caj npab ntev thiab ntsia nws ncaj nraim ntawm lub qhov muag. "Los yog peb tuaj yeem ua qhov yog, zoo li peb tau pom zoo, thiab tsis pw nrog ib leeg ntxiv lawm."
    
  "Huag, kuv paub tias peb tham txog qhov no," Sondra hais nrog me ntsis pout, tso nws txhais tes ntawm nws lub xub pwg nyom thiab qhwv nws txhais tes nyob ib ncig ntawm nws caj dab, "tab sis kuv pab tsis tau nws. Koj muaj lub cev kub nruj heev thiab koj muaj lub ntsej muag luag ntxhi thiab tus cwj pwm dab ntxwg nyoog uas yuav ua rau kuv vwm. Tsis hais, koj yog tsov saum txaj. "
    
  "Ua tsaug," Boomer hais. "Koj kub heev thiab."
    
  "ua tsaug".
    
  "Tab sis koj tus hluas nraug, Brad, tau dhau los ua kuv phooj ywg, thiab yog tias nws paub txog peb, nws yuav nyuaj rau peb ua haujlwm nrog nws yav tom ntej. Nws txoj haujlwm Starfire nyuam qhuav tau txais kev pom zoo nyiaj txiag. "
    
  "Tom qab ntawd kuv yuav tawg nrog nws."
    
  Boomer blinked nyob rau hauv surprise. "Nws puas yog qhov yooj yim?"
    
  Sondra tau hais tias "Thaum lub sijhawm tawm ntawm koj mus, nws yuav nrawm dua," "Kuv nyiam Brad, thiab nws nyuaj npaum li koj, tab sis nws tseem hluas dua kuv, thiab nws tseem nyob hauv tsev kawm ntawv qib siab, thiab nws tsis khoom tuaj xyuas kuv tsis ntev los no, thiab kuv nyob ib leeg nyob deb ntawm tsev. Tsis tas li ntawd, kuv tsis nyiam raug khi. Kuv xav tau qhov kuv xav tau, thaum kuv xav tau, thiab tam sim no kuv xav tau koj. "
    
  "Thiab thaum Brad nyob ntawm no, koj puas xav tau nws thiab?"
    
  Sondra shrugged. "Tej zaum. Kuv tsis xav tias nws yuav coj kuv rov qab los tom qab kev sib cais - nws tsis paub meej txog poj niam thiab kev sib raug zoo thiab kuv tsis xav tias nws tuaj yeem ua phooj ywg lossis kev sib deev sib deev. " Nws rub nws los ze zog. "Ua li cas, tus tub? Pib koj lub cav thiab muab kuv caij?"
    
  Boomer luag ntxhi tab sis tshiav nws lub taub hau. "Kuv tsis xav li ntawd, Sondra," nws hais.
    
  Nws coj ib kauj ruam rov qab thiab khiav nws txhais tes los ntawm nws cov plaub hau daj, uas nchuav rau hauv siab. "Koj tsis xav tau kuv lawm? Kuv hais tias kuv yuav tawg nrog Brad. "
    
  "Peb tau sib deev ib zaug thiab peb tham txog nws tom qab thiab peb ob leeg txiav txim siab nws tsis yog," Boomer hais. "Peb yuav cob qhia ua ke rau kaum ob lub hlis ntxiv. Kuv yog koj tus kws qhia. Kev pw ua ke tsis yog ib lub tswv yim zoo. "
    
  "Yog tias koj hais li ntawd," Sondra hais hauv lub suab mos. Tom qab ntawd, maj mam thiab seductively, nws tshem tawm nws lub tsho T-shirt, nthuav tawm nws lub cev breathtaking, ruaj lub mis thiab lub plab mog. Nws tuav lub tsho T-shirt, kom paub tseeb tias nws tsis thaiv Boomer qhov kev pom ntawm nws lub cev qab. "Koj puas xav kom koj lub tsho T-shirt rov qab, Dr. Noble?"
    
  Boomer ncav tes tawm thiab muab lub tsho T-shirt los ntawm nws ... ces muab pov rau nws lub xub pwg nyom. "Dam, Kuv yuav mus rau ntuj txiag teb tsaus," nws hais, puag Sondra thiab hnia nws heev.
    
    
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  Thawj Tswj Hwm Gennady Gryzlov lub chaw ua haujlwm tseem ceeb hauv Kremlin tsoomfwv txoj haujlwm tau nyob hauv Senate lub tsev, tseem hu ua Thawj Lub Tsev, tab sis nws nyiam qhov kev sib cais ntau tus thawj tswj hwm chaw ua haujlwm hu ua Fourteenth Building. Tsis ntev los no nws tau hloov kho lub tsev tag nrho, tig mus rau hauv high-tech replica ntawm nws lub tuam txhab roj chaw ua haujlwm nyob rau hauv St. Petersburg, nrog ntau txheej kev ruaj ntseg, sophisticated soj ntsuam thiab counter-surveillance systems, thiab ultra-security kev sib txuas lus, tag nrho cov uas rivaled. thiab nyob rau hauv ntau txoj kev surpassed qhov zoo tshaj plaws Lavxias teb sab technology; Kuj tseem muaj txoj kev tsheb ciav hlau hauv av rau kev khiav tawm thaum muaj xwm txheej ceev uas tuaj yeem coj nws mus rau Chkalovsky Tshav Dav Hlau, kaum yim mais sab qaum teb sab hnub tuaj ntawm Moscow, uas yog nws lub tshav dav hlau cosmonaut ua haujlwm pabcuam Star City thiab tam sim no muaj cov tub rog thauj dav hlau uas tuaj yeem tshem tawm nws yog tias tsim nyog.
    
  Nws tau txiav txim siab tias yuav tsum tsis txhob raug daig hauv qhov chaw hauv av thaum muaj kev tawm tsam huab cua, raws li tau tshwm sim rau nws txiv: thaum thawj zaug ceeb toom ntawm kev phom sij, Gryzlov tuaj yeem tawm hauv Lub Tsev Kaum Plaub hauv tsawg dua ib feeb, tawm hauv lub nroog tsawg dua tsib. , thiab nce lub dav hlau. , npaj xa nws nyob txhua qhov chaw hauv Tebchaws Europe hauv tsawg dua peb caug.
    
  Gryzlov tsis tshua muaj kev sib tham hauv Lub Tsev Kaum Plaub, nyiam tias txhua lub rooj sib tham hauv pawg thawj coj loj tau tshwm sim hauv nws qhov chaw ua haujlwm hauv Thawj Lub Tsev, tab sis nws tau hu Tus Thawj Fwm Tsav Tebchaws Txawv Tebchaws Daria Titeneva mus rau nws lub chaw haujlwm hauv Lub Tsev Kaum Plaub thaum sawv ntxov. Nws raug coj mus rau hauv lub chaw ua haujlwm los ntawm lub taub hau ntawm cov thawj coj, Sergei Tarzarov, uas tom qab ntawd coj nws txoj haujlwm "tsis pom, tawm ntawm lub siab" hauv kev tswj hwm tus thawj tswj hwm, tab sis raug rho tawm ntawm ib ntsia ntawm Gryzlov. "Nyob zoo, Daria," Gryzlov hais tom qab nws lub rooj loj loj. "Zoo siab txais tos. Tshuaj yej? Kas fes?"
    
  Titeneva tau hais tias "Tsis yog, ua tsaug rau koj, Thawj Tswj Hwm,". Nws siv sijhawm ib pliag los saib ib ncig ntawm lub chaw ua haujlwm. Gryzlov lub rooj muaj cov qhov rais hauv pem teb-rau-qab nthab nrog qhov pom kev zoo nkauj ntawm Kremlin thiab Moscow, thiab ntawm phab ntsa nyob rau hauv pem hauv ntej ntawm lub rooj yog cov lus qhia dav dav uas qhia txog ntau yam ntaub ntawv, los ntawm thoob ntiaj teb xov xwm mus rau pub ntawm tsoom fwv cov lus ceeb toom rau Tshuag. quotes thiab Tshuag ntim los ntawm thoob plaws lub ntiaj teb no. Lub rooj sib tham nees nkaum neeg nyob rau sab laug ntawm tus thawj tswj hwm, thiab qhov chaw zaum kaum ob tus neeg xis nyob ib puag ncig lub rooj kas fes yog sab xis. "Kuv tsis tau pom koj lub chaw haujlwm ntawm no txij li thaum koj ua tiav nws qhov kev kho dua tshiab. Ua lag luam zoo heev. Kuv nyiam nws, Thawj Tswj Hwm. "
    
  Gryzlov tau hais tias "Kuv tsis tuaj yeem ua haujlwm ntau hauv Senate lub tsev thaum cov neeg ua haujlwm npau taws. "Kuv mus rau Thawj Lub Tsev mloog cov qaib cluck, ces kuv rov qab los ntawm no thiab txiav txim siab."
    
  "Kuv vam tias kuv tsis yog ib tus qaib uas koj tab tom tham txog, Thawj Tswj Hwm," Titeneva tau hais.
    
  "Tau kawg tsis yog," Gryzlov hais tias, taug kev ncig nws lub rooj, mus cuag Titeneva thiab hnia nws lub plhu, ces tau txais kev hnia zoo rov qab. "Koj yog ib tug phooj ywg ntseeg. Koj tau ua haujlwm nrog kuv txiv tau ntau xyoo, txij li thaum koj nyob hauv Tub Rog Tub Rog ua ke. "
    
  Titeneva hais tias "Koj txiv yog ib tug txiv neej zoo. "Kuv muaj cai ua haujlwm rau nws."
    
  "Nws rub koj nrog nws txhua txoj kev, puas yog?" Gryzlov hais tias. "Koj ob leeg tau nce los ntawm Pawg Tub Rog Tub Rog ua ke, thiab tom qab ntawd nws tau coj koj los ntawm tsoomfwv qib, yog?"
    
  Titeneva tau hais tias "Koj txiv paub tias nws tseem ceeb npaum li cas kom muaj kev ntseeg siab rau cov neeg nyob ib puag ncig koj, ob qho tib si hauv tub rog thiab sab nraud," Titeneva hais. "Nws kuj tau ua kom paub tseeb tias kuv tau kawm los ntawm cov kws tshaj lij hauv Kremlin."
    
  Gryzlov tau hais tias "Koj yog nws tus thawj coj hauv lub sijhawm luv, ua ntej tus neeg ntxeev siab Nikolai Stepashin, yog tias kuv nco qab yog lawm," Gryzlov hais. "Kuv xav paub: vim li cas koj thiaj tso nws thiab koom nrog kev pabcuam kev nom kev tswv? Txog tam sim no koj tuaj yeem ua tus thawj nom tswv lossis tus thawj tswj hwm. "
    
  "Peb ob leeg xav tias kuv cov txuj ci tuaj yeem siv tau zoo dua hauv Washington thiab New York," Titeneva tau hais tsis tu ncua. "Lub sijhawm ntawd, cov poj niam tsis tau ua haujlwm siab tshaj plaws hauv Kremlin."
    
  "Kuv pom," hais Gryzlov. Nws tig ncaj nraim rau nws. "Yog li cov lus xaiv kuv tau hnov txog kev sib deev mus sij hawm ntev nrog kuv txiv tsis muaj tseeb?" Titeneva tsis hais dab tsi. Gryzlov nqis los ntawm nws thiab hnia nws ntawm daim di ncauj. "Kuv txiv yog ib tug neeg zoo siab. Tej zaum kuv yuav muaj hmoo tib yam."
    
  "Kuv yuav luag laus dhau los ua koj niam, Thawj Tswj Hwm," nws hais, tab sis Gryzlov ntsoos mus hnia nws dua thiab nws tsis rub tawm. Gryzlov luag ntxhi rau nws, cia nws ob lub qhov muag roam thiab down nws lub cev, ces rov qab mus rau nws lub rooj thiab coj ib tug luam yeeb los ntawm nws lub rooj tub rau khoom. "Koj tau caw kuv mus rau hauv koj lub chaw haujlwm ntiag tug los hnia kuv, Mr. Thawj Tswj Hwm?"
    
  "Kuv tsis tuaj yeem xav txog qhov laj thawj zoo dua, Daria," nws hais tias, teeb lub cigar thiab tshuab huab cua loj ntawm cov pa tsw qab mus rau lub qab nthab. "Vim li cas koj tsis tuaj xyuas kuv ntau zaus?"
    
  "Kuv tus txiv, piv txwv li."
    
  "Koj tus txiv Yuri yog ib tug txiv neej zoo thiab muaj txiaj ntsig zoo rau qub tub rog, thiab kuv paub tseeb tias qhov nws ua thaum koj nyob deb ntawm Moscow tsis yog ib qho ntawm koj txoj kev lag luam yog tias nws tsis cuam tshuam koj txoj haujlwm hauv tsoomfwv," Gryzlov hais. Titeneva tsis hais dab tsi. Tsis tig mus rau nws, nws taw tes rau lub cigar rau lub rooj zaum pem hauv ntej ntawm nws lub rooj, thiab nws coj nws. "Koj puas tau txais cov lus ceeb toom ntawm kev ya davhlau ntawm Asmeskas lub dav hlau?"
    
  "Yog lawm, Thawj Tswj Hwm," Titeneva hais. "Tus naj npawb ntawm kev ya mus rau qhov chaw tub rog tau nce me ntsis, los ntawm peb ib hlis mus rau plaub."
    
  "Qhov no yog qhov nce ntawm peb caug feem pua, Madam Txawv Teb Chaws Minister - Kuv xav hais tias qhov no tseem ceeb, tsis tseem ceeb," Gryzlov hais. "Lawv cargo?"
    
  Titeneva tau hais tias "Cov ntawv tshaj tawm kev txawj ntse qhia tias qhov chaw nres tsheb tau dhau los ua qee qhov kev txhim kho tseem ceeb, tej zaum hauv lub laser beam tswj thiab lub zog faib hluav taws xob," Titeneva tau hais. "Optical sensors tuaj yeem pom kev hloov me ntsis sab nraum qhov chaw nres tsheb."
    
  "Koj yog tus kheej thiab txaus siab rau cov ntsiab lus ntawm cov dav hlau no, yog?"
    
  Titeneva teb tias "Tau kawg, Thawj Tswj Hwm, sai li sai tau thaum kuv tau txais kev ceeb toom tias kev tshaj tawm yuav tshwm sim," Titeneva teb. "Cov lus teb ib txwm los ntawm cov neeg Amelikas yog 'cov neeg ua haujlwm', 'kev muab khoom' thiab ' cais tawm'. Lawv yeej tsis muab cov ntsiab lus.
    
  "Thiab unofficial?"
    
  "Kev nyab xeeb tseem nruj heev, tus tswv," nws hais. "Spaceplane flights thiab kev ua haujlwm feem ntau ntawm Armstrong Chaw Nres Tsheb yog ua los ntawm cov neeg ua haujlwm hauv pej xeem, thiab lawv txoj kev ruaj ntseg yog qhov nyuaj thiab ntau txheej. Tsis muaj leej twg ntawm kuv cov neeg nyob hauv Washington tsis paub dab tsi ntawm cov neeg cog lus, tsuas yog qhov ntawd, raws li peb tau pom, lawv feem ntau yog cov tub rog yav dhau los thiab cov kws tshaj lij. Kuv ntshai nws nyuaj heev rau kuv kom tau txais cov ntaub ntawv ntau txog qhov chaw ua haujlwm cog lus. Minister Kazyanov tej zaum yuav muaj ntaub ntawv ntxiv. "
    
  "Kuv pom," hais Gryzlov. Nws tsaug zog ob peb lub sij hawm; tom qab ntawd: "Koj tau tso cai los hais lus ua ntej Pawg Saib Xyuas Kev Ruaj Ntseg ua ntej kev pov npav rau peb qhov kev daws teeb meem ntawm Asmeskas qhov kev npau taws heev, puas yog?"
    
  "Yog lawm, Thawj Tswj Hwm."
    
  Gryzlov tau nqus cov pa luam yeeb rau saum huab cua saum nws lub rooj, tom qab ntawd muab nws cov luam yeeb tso rau hauv lub qhov quav thiab sawv ntawm nws lub rooj zaum, thiab, raws li txoj cai, Titeneva tam sim ntawd sawv thiab. Gryzlov hais tias, "Koj tso kuv txiv, Daria, vim tias koj tsis tuaj yeem tiv nrog theem ntawm lub luag haujlwm thiab kev pib uas kuv txiv xav muab rau koj," Gryzlov hais, los ze rau nws thiab tho tus poj niam nrog dej khov, saib ncaj qha. "Koj tsis tau tawv txaus los nrog nws, txawm yog nws tus poj niam. Koj tawm hauv Moscow rau kev sib tham hauv New York thiab Washington, es tsis txhob pab nws tawm tsam hauv kev nom kev tswv gutters ntawm Kremlin. "
    
  "Leej twg qhia koj qhov kev dag no, Mr. Thawj Tswj Hwm?" Titeneva nug, nws ob lub qhov muag flashing nrog npau taws. "Tus tshis qub Tarzar?"
    
  Nyob rau hauv lub qhov muag tsis pom kev uas Titeneva tsis tau xav txog, Gryzlov ntaus nws lub ntsej muag nrog nws qhib sab tes xis. Nws staggered los ntawm lub tshuab, co lub hnub qub ntawm nws lub taub hau, tab sis Gryzlov pom tias nws tsis thim rov qab los yog quaj tawm, tab sis tom qab ib pliag ncaj nws rov qab thiab sawv ntsug ntawm nws xub ntiag mus rau nws qhov siab. Thiab dua, nyob rau hauv ib lub qhov muag, nws nyob saum nws, nws daim di ncauj kaw rau ntawm nws, rub nws lub taub hau ntawm nws nrog nws sab tes xis thaum nws sab laug roamed tshaj nws lub hauv siab. Tom qab ntawd, tom qab ntev hnia ntxhib, nws thawb nws tawm ntawm nws. Nws rub nws lub plhu, ces nws daim di ncauj, nrog rau sab nraum qab ntawm nws txhais tes, tab sis sawv ntsug ncaj nraim rau pem hauv ntej ntawm nws dua, tsis kam rov qab.
    
  Gryzlov hais tias, "Koj mus rau New York thiab hais lus ntawm United Nations Security Council," Gryzlov hais tias, saib nws ncaj ntawm lub qhov muag, "tab sis koj yuav tsis yog tus neeg paub tab, txawj ntse, hwm, tshwj xeeb, koj puas nkag siab kuv? Koj yuav yog tus tsov uas kuv txiv xav tau thiab cob qhia, tiam sis yeej tsis muaj. Kuv pom tus tigress ntawd nyob rau hauv koj ob lub qhov muag, Daria, tab sis koj yog mired nyob rau hauv ib tug xis lub neej nyob rau hauv lub Ministry ntawm txawv teb chaws Affairs nrog koj ua tsov ua rog hero tus txiv, tso nrog nws me ntsis affairs vim koj xav kom koj cushy txoj hauj lwm. Zoo, tsis yog lawm.
    
  Gryzlov tau hais tias "Koj yuav mus rau Pawg Saib Xyuas Kev Ruaj Ntseg, thiab Russia yuav tau txais txhua yam kuv xav tau, lossis peb yuav tsis muaj dab tsi cuam tshuam nrog United Nations," Gryzlov tau hais. "Koj tau txais qhov kev daws teeb meem no dhau mus, lossis koj tshuab qhov chaw no. Koj yuav ua kom pom kuv qhov kev tsis txaus siab thiab kev npau taws yam tsis muaj kev tsis ntseeg me ntsis hauv ib tus neeg lub siab, lossis tsis txhob thab rov qab los ntawm New York. "
    
  Titeneva tau hais tias "Tebchaws Meskas yuav veto qhov kev daws teebmeem, Gennady," said Titeneva. Gryzlov pom qhov kev hloov ntawm lub suab ntawm nws lub suab thiab luag nyav - zoo li ib tug neeg sib tw ncaws pob tw, nws teb zoo rau me ntsis kev qhuab qhia, nws xav. "Koj paub qhov no zoo li kuv ua."
    
  "Tom qab ntawd rhuav tshem qhov chaw no," Gryzlov hais. "Lub Tsev no thiab tag nrho lub ntiaj teb fucking yuav tsum paub meej tias kuv yuav npau taws npaum li cas yog tias qhov kev daws teeb meem no tsis dhau." Nws tuav cov plaub hau tom qab ntawm nws lub taub hau, rub nws los ntawm nws thiab muab nws ib qho kev sib sib zog nqus hnia, ces rub nws tawm ntawm nws. "Yog hais tias koj txiav txim siab ua ib tug luav thiab tsis yog ib tug tsov, thiab koj twv yuav raug hu rov qab mus rau lub Kremlin, ces kuv yuav ua kom paub tseeb tias koj ua ib tug me nyuam luav. Tej zaum txawm kuv. Thiab kuv lav koj yuav tsis nyiam nws. Tam sim no tshem lub ntuj raug txim tawm ntawm no. "
    
  Sergei Tarzarov nkag mus rau tus thawj tswj hwm lub chaw ua haujlwm ob peb feeb tom qab Titeneva tawm mus. "Tsis yog koj lub rooj sib tham cov neeg ua haujlwm, kuv xav tias, tus tswv?" - nws hais tias, kov nws daim di ncauj raws li lub teeb liab.
    
  "Tsuas yog hais lus txhawb siab me ntsis ua ntej nws mus rau New York," Gryzlov hais ntxhib, so daim di ncauj tawm ntawm nws lub qhov ncauj nrog sab nraub qaum. "Ilyanov nyob qhov twg?"
    
  "Los ntawm lub xov tooj ruaj ntseg los ntawm Washington, channel peb," Tarzarov hais.
    
  Gryzlov tau khaws lub xov tooj, nias lub channel hloov pauv thiab tos tsis taus rau lub decryption Circuit Court los tsim kev sib txuas. "Colonel?"
    
  "Kev nyab xeeb, tus tswv," Ilyanov teb.
    
  "Dab tsi tshwm sim nyob rau ntawd?"
    
  Ilyanov tau hais tias "Nws yog qhov xav tsis thoob kiag li, tus tswv," Ilyanov hais. "Zoo tias McLanahan muaj kev ruaj ntseg vim lawv rhuav tshem kuv pab neeg, coj McLanahan thiab kaw lub tsev ua ntej hnub tuaj."
    
  "Koj pab neeg nyob qhov twg?"
    
  "Tsis paub, tus tswv," hais Ilyanov. "Lawv tsis nyob hauv kev saib xyuas ntawm tub ceev xwm pej xeem hauv zos, qhov ntawd yog txhua yam kuv paub."
    
  "Dam," Gryzlov swore. "Txawm yog FBI lossis kev ruaj ntseg ntiag tug. Lawv yuav hu nkauj zoo li noog hauv lub sijhawm sau tseg, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog tias lawv xaus rau hauv tes ntawm cov neeg ua haujlwm tiv thaiv kev txawj ntse. Kuv hais rau koj, Colonel, tsis txhob xav tias dab tsi. McLanahan nyob qhov twg tam sim no?
    
  "Nws nyuam qhuav tshwm sim, tus tswv," hais Ilyanov. "Nws tau sau npe ua ib tus neeg nyob hauv ib qho ntawm cov tsev nyob hauv tsev kawm ntawv. Nws raug mob thaum kuv pab neeg ntxeem tau, tab sis nws zoo li tam sim no. Peb tab tom kawm txog nws txoj kev txav mus los, lub tsev apartment complex txoj kev ruaj ntseg, thiab nrhiav kom muaj nws tus kheej kev ruaj ntseg rog. Peb yuav tsis xav tsis thoob ntxiv lawm. Txog tam sim no peb tsis tau pom dab tsi. McLanahan zoo li tau rov pib nws qhov kev txav mus los txawm tias ua ntej kev tawm tsam. Peb tsis tuaj yeem kuaj pom muaj kev ruaj ntseg nyob ib puag ncig nws. "
    
  "Ces saib kom zoo dua, Colonel, damn koj!" Gryzlov swb. "Kuv xav kom nws puas tsuaj. Kuv tsis quav ntsej yog tias koj yuav tsum xa tag nrho cov platoon tom qab nws - Kuv xav kom nws puas tsuaj. Mus nrog nws!"
    
    
  NORWEGIAN ROOM, UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL ROOM
  NEW YORK
  Ob peb hnub tom qab
    
    
  "Qhov kev txhaum cai no, txaus ntshai thiab ua rau muaj kev tawm tsam ntawm Asmeskas kev tswj hwm hauv qhov chaw yuav tsum nres tam sim ntawd," Tus Thawj Fwm Tsav Tebchaws Lavxias Tebchaws Lavxias Daria Titeneva tau qw. Nws tau hais lus ntawm lub rooj sib tham ntawm United Nations Security Council hauv New York, zaum ntawm tus thawj tswj hwm lub rooj zaum ntawm tus kws tshaj lij Lavxias rau UN, Andrei Naryshkin. "Russia tau sau txog peb caug feem pua ntawm cov dav hlau dav hlau thiab lub dav hlau tsis muaj neeg tsav dav hlau ya mus rau US tub rog chaw nres tsheb txij li Thawj Tswj Hwm Phoenix tau tshaj tawm txog Asmeskas kev tswj hwm qhov chaw. Russia muaj pov thawj tias Tebchaws Meskas tau rov ua nws lub hnub qub ntawm qhov chaw riam phom satellites hu ua Kingfishers, thiab tseem rov ua kom muaj qhov chaw dawb electron laser hu ua Skybolt nrog kev txhim kho cov kev taw qhia thiab muaj zog ntxiv, ua rau nws muaj peev xwm rhuav tshem lub hom phiaj nyob txhua qhov chaw hauv ntiaj teb. Tag nrho qhov no zoo li tsis muaj dab tsi ntau tshaj li qhov qhia txog kev quab yuam nyob rau hauv kev xaiv tsa xyoo, tab sis Thawj Tswj Hwm Phoenix tab tom ua si qhov kev ua si txaus ntshai heev, ua rau muaj kev hem thawj rau kev thaj yeeb nyab xeeb thiab kev ruaj ntseg ntawm tag nrho lub ntiaj teb tsuas yog kom tau txais ob peb lub pov npav.
    
  "Tsoomfwv Lavxias tau npaj tsab ntawv daws teeb meem rau kev txiav txim siab los ntawm Pawg Saib Xyuas Kev Ruaj Ntseg tau thov kom Tebchaws Meskas tshem tawm cov phiaj xwm rov ua dua txhua yam ntawm nws qhov chaw riam phom thiab rhuav tshem cov uas twb nyob hauv lub ntiaj teb, thiab hais kom Thawj Tswj Hwm Kenneth Phoenix thim rov qab nws txoj haujlwm uas tau hais tseg. lub ntiaj teb nyob los ntawm Asmeskas lub dav hlau yog lub tebchaws Asmeskas thaj chaw uas tuaj yeem tiv thaiv los ntawm tub rog. Qhov chaw sab nrauv tsis yog thiab yuav tsum tsis txhob raug tswj hwm los ntawm ib lub tebchaws lossis kev sib koom ua ke. Kuv thov lub Council tso cai kom muaj kev daws teeb meem Lavxias xa mus rau Pawg Txheej Txheem Txheej Txheem thiab tom qab ntawd mus rau Pawg Saib Xyuas Kev Ruaj Ntseg rau kev pov npav, ua raws li kev siv tam sim tom qab kev pov npav "yog". Ua tsaug, Mr. Thawj Tswj Hwm." Tom qab Titeneva ua tiav nws cov lus, muaj suab nrov nrov - tsis yog lub suab nrov ntawm kev pom zoo, tab sis lub teeb liab tsis zoo ntawm kev nyuaj rau cov neeg Asmeskas.
    
  "Ua tsaug, Madam Foreign Minister," said Sofyan Apriyanto ntawm Indonesia, hloov tus thawj tswj hwm ntawm United Nations Security Council. "Tus Thawj Kav Tebchaws caw Ambassador Ells rau kaum feeb rau kev tawm tsam."
    
  "Ua tsaug, Thawj Tswj Hwm," teb Paula Ells, US Ambassador rau United Nations. "Nws yuav tsis siv kuv kaum feeb los thim cov lus ntawm Lavxias Tus Thawj Kav Tebchaws Txawv Tebchaws. Nws cov lus thiab cov lus iab liam tsis muaj tseeb thiab nws qhov tseeb yog qhov tsis raug ntawm qhov zoo tshaj plaws thiab qhov tseeb yog qhov phem tshaj plaws. "
    
  "Ua cas koj twv, Ambassador!" Titeneva qw thaum nws hnov cov lus txhais. "Cas koj hu kuv ua neeg dag! Cov pov thawj pom tseeb rau tag nrho lub ntiaj teb no! Nws yog koj thiab tag nrho Phoenix cov thawj coj uas yog cov neeg dag thiab instigators ntawm no!"
    
  Ambassador Paula Ells blinked nyob rau hauv surprise. Nws tau ntsib thiab siv sij hawm nrog cov qub tub rog Kremlin bureaucrat ntau zaus thaum nws ua hauj lwm thiab paub tias nws yog ib tug neeg siab zoo, txawj ntse, txawj ntse, tab sis txij li thaum nws tuaj txog hauv New York nws tau dhau los ua neeg tsis paub. Nws tau muab ntau qhov kev xam phaj rau lub ntiaj teb xov xwm, thuam Thawj Tswj Hwm Phoenix thiab nws qhov chaw pib, siv cov lus Ells tsis tau hnov nws siv ua ntej. Tus cwj pwm no txuas ntxiv ntawm no, nrog kev ua phem ntau dua. Ells tau hais tias, "Qhov tseeb tsuas yog koj tau hais tias muaj tseeb yog qhov nce hauv lub dav hlau dav hlau thiab tsis muaj neeg siv lub foob pob hluav taws," tab sis raws li ib txwm muaj, koj tsuas yog nthuav tawm ib nrab qhov tseeb thiab ua cov lus foob qus uas tsis tau txais kev txhawb nqa los ntawm qhov tseeb:
    
  "Tus naj npawb ntawm kev ya davhlau ntawm peb lub dav hlau tau nce, nws yog qhov tseeb, tab sis tsuas yog vim Russia, rau qee qhov laj thawj tsis paub, tau txo tus naj npawb ntawm Soyuz thiab Progress flights mus rau International Space Station, thiab Tebchaws Meskas tau txiav txim siab ua kom hnyav thiab nce ntxiv. peb lub luag haujlwm los ua kom tiav qhov sib txawv uas tau tsim, "Ells txuas ntxiv mus. "Peb lub dav hlau dav hlau thiab cov haujlwm ua lag luam yog tsom tsis yog ntawm Armstrong Chaw Nres Tsheb, raws li Tus Tuav Haujlwm Txawv Tebchaws tau hais, tab sis kuj tseem nyob ntawm Chaw Chaw Chaw Thoob Ntiaj Teb. Yog tias Russia xav tias lawv tuaj yeem cuam tshuam txog kev lag luam thoob ntiaj teb los ntawm kev ncua sijhawm thiab tshem tawm cov haujlwm tseem ceeb ntawm kev xa rov qab - cov haujlwm uas twb tau yuav thiab them nyiaj rau, kuv yuav ntxiv - lawv yuam kev tag nrho.
    
  "Hais txog qhov kev daws teeb meem no, Mr. Thawj Tswj Hwm, cov lus dav dav thiab tsis meej tias nws tuaj yeem sau tau zoo dua los ntawm qib xya," Ells hais ntxiv. Titeneva slammed nws xibtes ntawm lub rooj thiab hais ib yam dab tsi rau Naryshkin, npau taws taw tes nws tus ntiv tes ua ntej ntawm Ells, ces ntawm nws. "Yog tias qhov kev daws teeb meem no dhau mus, United Nations tuaj yeem ua rau txhua lub hom phiaj ua haujlwm cuam tshuam rau Asmeskas lub ntiaj teb txoj haujlwm, vim tias nws yog ib feem tseem ceeb ntawm qhov chaw riam phom systems, tab sis nws tsis tau hais txog Lavxias GLONASS satellite navigation system, uas muaj cov kev daws teeb meem no. tib lub peev xwm.
    
  "Tsis tas li ntawd, qhov kev daws teeb meem nrhiav txwv tsis pub muaj riam phom uas muaj txhua yam, txawm tias nyob deb, ua rau lub dav hlau taug kev saum huab cua, uas txhais tau hais tias United Nations tuaj yeem txwv txhua lub dav hlau hnyav Asmeskas vim tias muaj ib hnub lawv tau sim cov foob pob hluav taws los ntawm lub dav hlau, lossis av. -raws li cov nkoj thauj khoom vim tias lawv ib zaug nqa khoom rau riam phom chaw, "Ells txuas ntxiv. "Qhov kev daws teeb meem tsis muaj dab tsi cuam tshuam nrog kev thaj yeeb nyab xeeb thiab kev nyab xeeb thiab txhua yam ua nrog kev nthuav tawm qhov kev daws teeb meem rau Pawg Saib Xyuas Kev Ruaj Ntseg uas vetoes Tebchaws Meskas kom Lavxias Lavxias tuaj yeem taw tes rau kev ntshai ntawm Asmeskas thiab qhia rau ntiaj teb tias Tebchaws Meskas nrhiav kev tswj hwm. sab nraud. Tebchaws Meskas cia siab tias lwm cov tswvcuab hauv Pawg Neeg Saib Xyuas yuav pom cov tswv yim no rau lawv li cas: kev ua nom ua tswv pheej yig siv cov ntaub ntawv pov thawj, cov ntaub ntawv tsis zoo thiab kev ntshai. Kuv yaum kom Pawg Saib Xyuas tsis kam xa qhov kev daws teeb meem no rau pawg thawj coj thiab tsis txhob muab kev txiav txim siab ntxiv. "
    
  Ells hais ncaj qha rau Titeneva. "Niam Tus Thawj Kav Tebchaws ... Daria, cia peb zaum ntawm lub rooj sib tham nrog Tus Thawj Fwm Tsav Tebchaws Morrison thiab ua kom muaj kev sib haum xeeb," nws tau thov, tsa nws txhais tes zoo li kev tso siab. "Thawj Tswj Hwm Phoenix txoj kev pib tsis yog qhov rov qab los ntawm qhov chaw. Tebchaws Asmeskas txaus siab ua txhua yam uas lub zej zog thoob ntiaj teb xav sim los sim peb lub hom phiaj thiab cov khoom muaj nqis hauv qhov chaw. Peb yuav tsum-"
    
  "Tsis txhob ua rau kuv zoo li peb cov viv ncaus, Ambassador Ells!" Titeneva poob nws npau taws. "Qhia qee yam kev hwm. Thiab lub sijhawm rau kev txheeb xyuas tau dhau mus ntev, ntev dhau los - Tebchaws Meskas yuav tsum tau xav txog qhov no ua ntej Phoenix tshaj tawm los ntawm chaw nres tsheb tub rog! Tebchaws Meskas tsuas muaj ib qho kev xaiv los ua kom pom nws lub siab dawb paug, kev qhib siab thiab kev xav tau tiag tiag rau kev thaj yeeb nyab xeeb: tam sim ntawd rhuav tshem tag nrho qhov chaw riam phom infrastructure! "
    
  Ells lub xub pwg nyom sagged thaum nws pom Titeneva txoj kev npau taws loj tuaj. Nws tsuas yog tsis yooj yim sua kom tham nrog nws. Nws yog zoo li nws tau hloov mus ua ib yam dab tsi snarling dab nyob rau hauv Daria Titeneva lub costume. Ells tig mus rau Thawj Tswj Hwm ntawm Pawg Saib Xyuas Kev Ruaj Ntseg thiab hais tias: "Kuv tsis muaj dab tsi ntxiv, Mr. Thawj Tswj Hwm. Ua tsaug ".
    
  "Ua tsaug, Ambassador Ells," said Thawj Tswj Hwm Sofyan Apriyanto. "Puas muaj lwm yam lus hais txog qhov kev pom zoo los qhia txog Lavxias kev daws teeb meem rau pawg neeg?" Muaj ob peb lwm cov lus luv luv, ob qho tib si rau thiab tawm tsam. "Ua tsaug. Yog tias tsis muaj cov lus hais ntxiv, kuv yuav txiav txim siab ib tsab ntawv tsa suab xa mus rau pawg neeg txiav txim. "
    
  "Kuv zoo siab heev, Mr. Thawj Tswj Hwm," said Lavxias Ambassador Andrei Naryshkin.
    
  "Kuv txhawb," tus sawv cev ntawm Tuam Tshoj Tuam Tshoj tam sim ntawd tau hais tias, pom meej tias tau npaj ua ntej rau Tuam Tshoj los txhawb kev ntsuas.
    
  Apriyanto tau hais tias "Qhov kev daws teeb meem tau txav mus los thiab txhawb nqa," "Kuv tab tom muab lwm txoj hauv kev los tham nrog koj cov tsoomfwv lossis tawm tswv yim hloov kho." Tsis muaj tus neeg nqa khoom, thiab Tus Tuav Ntaub Ntawv tau sai sai rau kev lag luam: "Zoo heev. Yog tias tsis muaj kev tawm tsam, kuv hu rau kev pov npav. Txhua yam hauv kev pom zoo, thov qhia qhov no los ntawm kev tsa koj txhais tes, thiab thov kom koj txhais tes tsa kom muaj kev suav tseeb. "
    
  Tag nrho cov txhais tes tau nce, suav nrog cov neeg tuaj ntawm Tebchaws Askiv thiab Fabkis ... tsuas yog ib qho, tus Ambassador Paula Ells ntawm Tebchaws Meskas. "Txhua tus uas tawm tsam, thov qhia qhov no los ntawm kev tsa koj txhais tes." Txhua txhais tes poob tsuas yog Paula Ells's. "Tus Thawj Kav Tebchaws lees paub qhov kev pov npav ntawm Tebchaws Meskas "tsis muaj," sau tseg Apriyanto, "thiab yog li ntawd, kev daws teeb meem tsis raug siv."
    
  "Qhov no yog kev npau taws heev!" Lavxias Tus Thawj Fwm Tsav Tebchaws Txawv Tebchaws Titeneva tau qw. "Lub Lavxias teb sab Federation tawm tsam hauv cov ntsiab lus muaj zog tshaj tawm tsam qhov kev pov npav no! Tag nrho tab sis ib lub teb chaws pov npav rau qhov kev daws teeb meem! Txhua tus pov npav yog, tsuas yog ib qho! Qhov no tsis tuaj yeem mus ntxiv!"
    
  Thawj Tswj Hwm Apriyanto tau hais tias "Madam Txawv Teb Chaws Minister, nrog rau tag nrho kev hwm, tus thawj coj tsis lees paub koj," "Lub Tsev Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Kev Ruaj Ntseg tau tso cai rau koj los hais lus ua ntej nws cov tswv cuab ntawm qhov teeb meem no los ntawm koj tus Ambassador, tab sis tsis tau muab txoj cai rau koj los tawm tswv yim txog cov txiaj ntsig ntawm kev pov npav. Raws li koj paub, Tebchaws Asmeskas, nrog rau Lavxias Federation thiab lwm cov tswvcuab ntawm Pawg Sab Laj, siv lawv txoj cai ntawm lub hwj chim loj tsis sib haum xeeb thaum lawv pov npav "tsis yog." Lavxias teb sab Federation thiab lub Union ntawm Soviet Socialist koom pheej ua ntej nws tau nyiam xws li ib tug ntau zaus nyob rau hauv yav tas los. Ua tsaug. Thov kom kuv kos lub Rooj Sab Laj rau cov ntsiab lus hauv qab no - "
    
  "Tsis txhob tso tseg kuv zoo li ib tug me nyuam!" Titeneva qw. "Mr. Thawj Tswj Hwm, qhov no yuav tsis tshwm sim dua! Thawj Tswj Hwm Kenneth Phoenix tab tom yuav txeeb kom tiav thiab tsis txwv qhov chaw tswj hwm thiab Pawg Saib Xyuas Kev Ruaj Ntseg yuav tsis ua dab tsi los txwv nws? Qhov no yog kev vwm!"
    
  Apriyanto coj ib tug me me rauj thiab maj mam tapping lub suab nrog nws kov, sim ua kom lub Lavxias teb sab Txawv teb chaws Minister tsis hu nws mus silence ... los yog phem dua. "Madam Foreign Minister, koj tab tom cuam tshuam qhov kev txiav txim. Thov-"
    
  "Tsis yog, Pawg Sab Laj no tsis raug txiav txim! Tag nrho lub tsev no tsis muaj kev txiav txim! " Titeneva qw. "Russia yuav tsis zam qhov no!"
    
  "Madam Foreign Minister, thov-"
    
  "Mr. Thawj Tswj Hwm, Thawj Tswj Hwm Phoenix cov lus tshaj tawm yog kev ua txhaum cai ntawm Tshooj 7 ntawm Tsab Cai ntawm United Nations, uas txwv tsis pub cov tswvcuab los ntawm kev hem txog kev thaj yeeb nyab xeeb lossis ua phem rau kev ua phem," Titeneva hais nrov nrov. "Tsab thib xya tso cai rau Pawg Saib Xyuas Kev Ruaj Ntseg los ua kom muaj kev thaj yeeb nyab xeeb thiab nres kev ua phem."
    
  Ells tau hais tias "Tebchaws Meskas tsis yog kev hem thawj rau leej twg, Madam Foreign Secretary," "Thawj Tswj Hwm Phoenix qhov kev pab cuam yog lub chaw sim thev naus laus zis los txhawb kev nkag mus rau thaj chaw thaj chaw. Peb tsis ua kom muaj riam phom qhov chaw. Peb xav-"
    
  Titeneva tau hais tias "Koj tuaj yeem hais txhua yam koj xav tau, Ells, tab sis koj cov lus tsis ua li ntawd," Titeneva hais. "Mr. Thawj Tswj Hwm, lub hwj chim veto tsis siv rau hauv qhov teeb meem no vim tias Tebchaws Meskas tau koom nrog kev daws teeb meem ncaj qha, thiab lub xeev uas yog ib tus tswvcuab ruaj khov ntawm Pawg Saib Xyuas Kev Ruaj Ntseg tsis tuaj yeem veto ib qho kev daws teeb meem tawm tsam nws tus kheej. Lawv yuav tsum zam thiab yog li kev daws teeb meem tau dhau los. "
    
  Apriyanto tau hais tias "Tsoomfwv pawg thawjcoj tau txiav txim siab tias qhov kev daws teebmeem, txawm hais tias tau hais meej meej rau qhov kev tshaj tawm hauv tebchaws United States qhov kev pabcuam chaw nyob tsis ntev los no, muaj feem xyuam rau txhua lub tebchaws uas nyob deb thiab yog li raug veto," Apriyanto tau hais. "Madam Foreign Minister, koj tab tom cuam tshuam qhov kev txiav txim. Koj tuaj yeem thov kev tawm tsam nrog Tus Tuav Ntaub Ntawv thiab thov rov hais dua rau Lub Rooj Sib Tham General, tab sis qhov kev daws teeb meem tsis tau txais thiab qhov teeb meem raug kaw. Koj tseem tuaj yeem saib peb cov yeeb yam, tab sis ...
    
  Titeneva hais tias, "Kuv yuav tsis mus zaum thiab saib qhov farce," dhia mus rau nws ko taw thiab pov lub pob ntseg txhais lus rau ntawm lub rooj ntawm nws xub ntiag. "Mloog kuv ua tib zoo mloog. Yog tias Pawg Saib Xyuas Kev Ruaj Ntseg tsis ua, Russia yuav. Russia yuav tsis koom tes nrog ib lub tebchaws uas tawm tsam peb qhov kev cog lus rau kev nyab xeeb txog Asmeskas tub rog qhov chaw, thiab yog tias Russia pom tias Tebchaws Meskas tabtom ua tub rog ib yam ntawm nws cov cuab yeej siv chaw, Russia yuav xav txog qhov no yog kev ua tsov rog thiab yuav teb raws li.
    
  "Tus Thawj Kav Tebchaws Lavxias Gryzlov tau tso cai rau kuv qhia koj tias Russia yuav tsis txhawb nqa cov neeg ua haujlwm lossis tsis muaj neeg ua haujlwm kom xa cov khoom thauj mus rau Chaw Nres Tsheb Thoob Ntiaj Teb," Titeneva thundered. "Tsis tas li ntawd, Russia xav kom cov modules ntawm International Chaw Chaw Nres Nkoj uas koom nrog Russia raug tshem tawm thiab npaj txhij rau kev thauj mus los sai sai rau lawv lub orbits. Lavxias teb sab modules yog nyob ntawm no suav hais tias sovereign Lavxias teb sab thaj chaw thiab yuav tsum raug tso tawm thiab pauv mus rau Lavxias teb sab tswj. "
    
  "Peb puas yuav tsum tau txiav tawm ntawm Lavxias teb sab modules?" Paula Ells tawm tsam. "Nws tsis yog ib qho khoom ua si Lego nyob ntawd, Daria. Cov modules yog Russia txoj kev koom tes rau kev koom tes thoob ntiaj teb. Qhov kev koom tes no them nyiaj rau kev saib xyuas ntawm cov qauv, thiab kev koom tes them nyiaj rau Russia rau kev siv cov modules thiab rau Soyuz txhawb nqa txoj haujlwm. Koj tsis tuaj yeem nqa koj lub puav thiab pob thiab rov mus tsev - peb tab tom tham txog nees nkaum-tuj modules taug kev ntawm ntau txhiab mais ntawm ib teev hauv orbits ntawm ntau pua ...
    
  Titeneva hais tias, "Kuv tsis xav mloog koj cov lus tsis txaus siab ntawm Asmeskas, Ells," thiab kuv hais kom koj tsis txhob hu kuv los ntawm kuv lub npe hauv qhov no lossis lwm qhov chaw! Russia yuav tsis tso cai rau kev sib koom tes los siv cov qauv tsim los ntawm cov neeg Lavxias tshwj tsis yog lub zej zog thoob ntiaj teb ua ib yam dab tsi los txhawb Russia lub teb chaws kev nyab xeeb kev txaus siab, thiab peb yeej tsis xav kom ib lub teb chaws ua phem rau Russia kom siv peb cov qauv dawb. Koj yuav tso lawv tam sim ntawd thiab xa lawv mus rau Russia, lossis peb yuav nqis tes ua. " Thiab nrog rau qhov ntawd, Titeneva tig thiab tawm ntawm lub tsev, ua raws nws heels los ntawm Naryshkin.
    
    
  SAN LUIS OBISPO, CALIFORNIA
  Ib lub lim tiam tom qab
    
    
  James Ratel tau taug kev mus rau hauv chav rov qab ntawm nws lub dojang sab qab teb ntawm San Luis Obispo kom pom Brad McLanahan twb tau ua thawb-ups ntawm linoleum. "Zoo, zoo, tsib feeb ua ntej ... Zoo dua," said Chief Ratelle. "Thiab koj tau npaj mus cob qhia. Tej zaum koj tuaj yeem raug cob qhia tom qab tag nrho. "
    
  "Muaj, Tus Thawj Coj," Brad teb, dhia mus rau nws txhais taw thiab sawv yuav luag saib ntawm ntug xiav lev.
    
  "Koj puas sov?"
    
  "Yog lawm, boss."
    
  "Ok," hais tias Ratel. "Tam sim no peb tau tsom mus rau kev cob qhia lub zog thiab kuv tuaj yeem pom kev vam meej. Txij ntawm no mus, koj yuav txuas ntxiv cov kev tawm dag zog no ntawm koj tus kheej, hauv koj lub sijhawm dawb. Koj tsis tas yuav mus rau lub gym kom tau txais kev ua haujlwm zoo. Push-ups, crunches, khoov thiab rub-ups - tag nrho rau kev ua tsis tiav, nrog kev so tsis pub dhau cuaj caum vib nas this. Txhua lub lim tiam kuv yuav sim koj dua, thiab txhua lub lim tiam kuv cia siab tias yuav pom kev txhim kho. "
    
  "Yog, Tus Thawj Coj," Brad teb.
    
  "Hnub no yuav yog koj thawj zaug kev tiv thaiv tus kheej," Ratel hais ntxiv. Nws muab Brad lub pob. "Txij li no mus, koj yuav hnav ib lub tsho, lossis kev cob qhia, hu ua gi hauv Japanese. Thaum peb pib qhov kev xyaum, peb yuav ua nws hauv txoj kev khaub ncaws kom koj tuaj yeem kawm kom hnov zoo dua, tab sis tam sim no koj yuav hnav qhov no. Koj muaj peb caug vib nas this los hloov. " Brad xav tau tsawg dua kaum tsib. Ratel qhia nws yuav ua li cas khi txoj siv dawb kom raug, thiab tom qab ntawd lawv tau npaj txhij.
    
  "Peb yuav pib nrog cov cuab yeej tiv thaiv tus kheej yooj yim tshaj plaws ua ntej." Ratel nqa ib tug yooj yim ntoo taug kev pas nrig nrog ib tug taw tes pob qhov rooj thiab ob grooved handles carved rau hauv cov ntoo, ib tug nyob ze ntawm lub pob qhov rooj thiab lwm yam nyob rau hauv lub ncej. "Ntau xyoo dhau los, tom qab Tsov Rog Thoob Ntiaj Teb thib ib, ib tus tswv Kaus Lim Qab Teb tau qhia hauv lub tsev kawm tiv thaiv tus kheej hu ua 'Joseon', uas nws siv cov kaus mom thiab cov cuab yeej ua liaj ua teb rau kev tiv thaiv tus kheej. Kaus Lim Kauslim thaum Tsov Rog Ntiaj Teb Zaum II thiab Lub sijhawm North Kauslim txoj haujlwm, cov pej xeem Kaus Lim Qab Teb tsis raug tso cai nqa riam lossis phom, tab sis canes, taug kev sticks, thiab cov khoom siv ua liaj ua teb xws li rakes, saws, thiab hammers tau ntau heev. uas cov neeg hauv zos siv canes ua riam phom tiv thaiv tus kheej zoo heev , thiab nws tau tsim ib txoj hauv kev qhia lwm tus siv tus pas nrig rau kev tiv thaiv tus kheej. taug kev nrog tus pas nrig thiab nqa nws nrog koj txhua lub sijhawm, txawm tias koj mus ncig ntawm lub nkoj, ntawm lub dav hlau lossis taug kev mus rau hauv tsev kawm ntawv lossis tsev hais plaub. Kev tiv thaiv tus kheej, qhov twg tus pas nrig yuav tsis xav tau lossis siv tau yog tias koj poob lossis tawg nws. "
    
  "Caij? Koj txhais li cas ib tug laus? Brad tawm tsam. "Kuv puas yuav tsum ua zoo li tus neeg laus laus thiab taug kev nrog tus pas nrig ruam, Thawj Tswj Hwm?"
    
  "Koj yuav tsum tsis txhob ua zoo li tus txiv neej laus," Ratel hais. "Tsis txhob sim ua ib yam dab tsi koj tsis yog - feem ntau cov neeg ua tsis tiav, feem ntau lwm tus tuaj yeem pom nws thiab koj yuav nyiam mloog. Ua raws li niaj zaus. Koj tsis tas yuav taug kev nrog ib tug limp, nqa ib qho hnyav rau ntawm nws, lossis txawm tias tus pas nrig kov hauv av txhua lub sijhawm, tab sis koj yuav tsum nqa nrog koj, npaj kom txhij, thiab tsis txhob muab tso tseg. Muab pov rau ntawm koj txhais tes lossis siv, tab sis tsis txhob muab tso tseg vim koj yuav hnov qab. Koj tuaj yeem kaw nws rau hauv cov hlua ntawm koj lub hnab ev ntawv yog tias nws nyob ze. Thiab tsis txhob hu nws ua riam phom lossis ib yam dab tsi xav tau rau kev tiv thaiv tus kheej. Nws yog lub pas nrig taug kev - koj tsuas yog tshwm sim los kawm paub siv nws ua lwm txoj hauv kev. "
    
  "Qhov no yog ruam, tus tswv," Brad hais. "Kuv puas yuav tsum nqa ib tug pas nrog kuv nyob txhua qhov chaw? Los ntawm tsheb kauj vab? Hauv chav kawm?"
    
  "Txhua qhov chaw," Ratel hais. "Txhua tus neeg nyob ib puag ncig koj yuav tsum koom nrog koj nrog tus pas nrig, thiab tus pas nrig nrog koj. Qhov no yuav tsum yog koj tus khub tas li. Cov neeg yuav pom qhov nqaij ntuag ntawm koj lub taub hau thiab lub ntsej muag, lawv yuav pom tus pas nrig thiab muab tso rau ib qho ntxiv, thiab qhov kev sib raug zoo no yuav nyob ntev tom qab qhov kev raug mob tau zoo. Cov neeg ua phem, ntawm qhov tod tes, yuav pom koj ob leeg thiab xav tias koj tsis muaj zog thiab tsis muaj zog, thiab qhov no ua rau koj muaj txiaj ntsig. "
    
  Ratel tsa nws tus pas nrig. Nws tau hais tias "Nco ntsoov tias tus pas nrig muaj ib puag ncig uas tau taw qhia thaum kawg thiab cov tes tuav txiav rau hauv lub ncej hauv ob qhov chaw thiab tus tuav txiav rau hauv tus tuav," nws hais. "Tseem muaj ib tug ridge nyob tom qab ntawm lub reed. Peb yuav kho tus pas nrig no rau koj qhov siab, tab sis kuv xav tias qhov no yuav tsum haum zoo. " Nws muab rau Brad. "Zoo li ib tug pas nrig, nws yuav tsum ntev txaus los txhawb koj lub cev thaum koj lean ntawm nws, tab sis tsis luv luv uas nws txo nws cov kev cuam tshuam los yog ua rau koj tsis muaj zog. Cia nws nyob ze ntawm koj lub cev. " Brad tau ua raws li nws tau hais. "Zoo. Koj txhais caj npab tsis ncaj. Peb tsuas xav khoov koj lub luj tshib me ntsis. Yog tias koj tau tso siab rau nws tiag tiag, nws yuav tsum zoo li ntuj, zoo li koj tuaj yeem tso qee qhov hnyav rau nws. "
    
  Ratel coj nws tus pas nrig, ib lub tsho hnav ntawm Brad's, ua qauv qhia. "Feem ntau koj muab ib lossis ob txhais tes rau ntawm qhov bar thiab tsim daim duab peb sab nrog koj ob txhais ceg, zoo li qhov no," nws hais tias, tsis ntev tom ntej ntawm Brad. "Qhov no yog 'so' pose. Koj tsis tau so kom txaus, tab sis lub tswv yim yog kom zoo li so thiab yooj yim, tab sis tseem tso cai rau tus neeg muaj peev xwm tawm tsam, uas koj tau txheeb xyuas los ntawm koj qhov kev soj ntsuam lossis kev xav, kom pom tias koj muaj tus pas nrig, uas tuaj yeem ua rau nws ntshai los yog txhawb nws. Pom tseeb, nrog rau hom kev tawm tsam peb tab tom npaj rau, qhov pom ntawm tus pas nrig yuav tsis txwv lawv, tab sis lawv yuav xav tias koj tsis muaj zog. Yog tias koj xav tau koj ob txhais tes, koj tuaj yeem rub tus pas nrig rau koj lub duav, tab sis rov qab mus rau qhov chaw 'so' thaum koj tuaj yeem ua tau. Nov yog thawj txoj haujlwm ceeb toom rau tus neeg tawm tsam, lub teeb ntsuab. "
    
  Nws swb nws txhais tes los ntawm lub hilt mus rau lub sab saum toj txheej ntawm tuav lugs, kom lub qhib kawg ntawm lub hilt yog taw tes rau hauv. "Tam sim no koj tus neeg tawm tsam tab tom los ntawm koj thiab koj pom nws, yog li koj coj txoj haujlwm no peb hu ua 'kev cuam tshuam', lub teeb daj. Tus kov ntawm tus pas nrig yog nyob rau hauv pem hauv ntej ntawm koj thiab koj siv ib tug overhand tuav. Lub crossbar yog tig mus. Qhov no yog qhov ceeb toom thib ob. Rau tus neeg saib xyuas lossis tus yeeb ncuab, qhov no yuav tshwm sim yog qhov tsis ceeb toom.
    
  "Los ntawm qhov ntawd, muaj ntau yam uas koj tuaj yeem ua," Ratel hais ntxiv. "Qhov yooj yim tshaj plaws, ntawm chav kawm, yog siv tus pas nrig los tua ib tus neeg los ntawm tsuas yog hnia lawv." Nws tsaws ob peb lub tshuab rau ntawm ib lub dummy uas nyob ze. "Qhov no, nrog rau cov lus ceeb toom, feem ntau muaj txiaj ntsig txaus los tiv thaiv tus neeg ua phem ua phem lossis tub sab tub nyiag. Pom tseeb, nrog cov neeg tawm tsam peb tab tom npaj rau, qhov no tej zaum yuav tsis txaus. Tom qab ntawd kuv yuav qhia koj yuav ua li cas tiv thaiv ib tug neeg uas tuav koj tus pas nrig.
    
  "Los ntawm txoj haujlwm cuam tshuam, yog tias koj raug ntaus nrog nrig lossis rab riam, koj viav vias tus pas nrig los ntawm sab nraud, ntaus tus neeg tua caj npab ntawm lub dab teg thiab lub luj tshib hnyav li koj tuaj yeem ua tau. Qhov no txav nws lub cev tawm ntawm koj thiab koj muaj qhov zoo dua. Koj tuaj yeem tsoo nws lub hauv caug, ncej puab, lossis puab tsaig nrog kev tawm tsam. Nco ntsoov, lub tshuab rau lub taub hau nrog tus kov ntawm tus pas nrig yuav zoo li tua lossis raug mob hnyav. Kev tua tus kheej hauv kev tiv thaiv tus kheej yog qhov lees txais, tab sis qhov tseeb yog "kev tiv thaiv tus kheej" yog qhov tsis sib haum xeeb hauv tsev hais plaub. Tiv thaiv koj tus kheej txhua lub sijhawm, tab sis nco ntsoov nco ntsoov tias koj qhov kev ua tau tshwm sim. "
    
  Ratel tau Brad xyaum nws qhov kev tawm tsam tawm tsam tus dummy, ua txhua qhov txav raws li Ratel tau hais, ua kom nws nrawm dua thaum nws mus. Tsis ntev ces muaj hws tawm ntawm Brad lub hauv pliaj. Tom qab ob peb feeb ntawm kev xyaum, Brad ob txhais caj npab tau twv yuav raug hu pib log. "Tuag," Ratel thaum kawg hais. "Thaum peb tau txais cov caj npab thiab lub xub pwg nyom ua haujlwm, koj yuav muaj peev xwm ua kom nrawm thiab ua kom koj lub zog xuas nrig ntaus."
    
  "Tab sis kuv yuav tsis ntaus kuv tus nrog sib tw ntev, puas yog kuv, Thawj Tswj Hwm?" - Brad nug.
    
  Ratel tau hais tias "Peb lub hom phiaj yog txhawm rau txhim kho cov nqaij ntshiv kom koj qhov kev txav mus los ua qhov thib ob," Ratel tau hais. "Nws yuav siv sijhawm thiab xyaum." Nws txav Brad deb ntawm tus mannequin, ces xav tias lub teeb ntsuab pose, tuav tus nuv nrog ob txhais tes. Tom qab ntawd nws tso nws tus kheej ntawm lub teeb daj thiab tom qab ntawd lub teeb liab, hais kom nrov nrov "Stop!" nrog tus pas nrig taw ncaj qha rau ntawm lub dummy. Nyob rau hauv lub tam sim no tom ntej no, tus pas nrig tau dhau los ua me ntsis ntau dua li qhov muag tsis pom kev raws li Ratel pounded lub dummy los ntawm seemingly txhua txoj kev ua tau, tawm tsam rau ib feeb ua ntej tsiv mus rau tag nrho peb txoj haujlwm mus txog qhov chaw so "lub teeb ntsuab".
    
  "Holy crap," Brad exclaimed. "Zoo kawg li!"
    
  "Tseem muaj kev txhaj tshuaj thiab cov txheej txheem uas peb yuav kawm," Ratel tau hais. "Txog thaum ntawd, koj lub luag haujlwm tseem ceeb yog tsuas yog siv los hnav ib lub pas nrig. Nov yog txoj haujlwm nyuaj tshaj plaws rau cov tub ntxhais kawm Cane-Ja tshiab. Koj yuav tsum paub qhov chaw zoo tshaj plaws los khaws nws thaum tsis siv, nco ntsoov nqa nws tawm tom qab muab tso rau hauv lub tsheb npav lossis lub rooj zaum hauv tsheb, thiab khaws cia nrog koj txhua lub sijhawm. Kuv lav koj yuav plam koj tus pas nrig ntau dua ib zaug. Sim tsis txhob ua li ntawd. "
    
  "Yog lawm, Tus Thawj Coj," Brad hais. Ratel tau Brad xyaum ua viav vias thiab tawm tsam ntawm lub dummy kom txog thaum lawv qhov kev sib tham xaus; Brad tom qab ntawd hloov rov qab rau hauv nws cov khaub ncaws ua haujlwm, tawm hauv lub thawv me me hauv dojang, thiab rov qab mus rau Cal Poly.
    
  Lub lim tiam kawg tau nrawm nrawm, yog li tom qab da dej sai thiab hloov khaub ncaws, Brad tau mus rau Kennedy Library los kawm. Nws pom ib lub rooj, ntsaws rau hauv nws lub laptop, thiab pib saib los ntawm cov lus qhuab qhia thiab PowerPoint slides muab rau nws los ntawm nws cov xibfwb. Nws tau ua qhov no li ntawm ib teev thaum Jodie Cavendish los cuag nws. "Hav, phooj ywg,"hais lus rau nws. "Zoo, zoo, saib lub dab dej. Kuv xav tias kuv yuav nrhiav tau koj ntawm no. Npaj haus luam yeeb?"
    
  Brad hais tias, "Kuv tsis paub tias koj nyuam qhuav hu kuv li cas," tab sis kuv vam tias nws yog ib qho zoo.
    
  "Nws tsuas yog tias koj yog ib tug phooj ywg ua haujlwm nyuaj thiab kuv xav tias nws yog lub sijhawm so kas fes."
    
  "Tom qab ntawd kuv nyob hauv." Brad kaw nws lub khoos phis tawj hauv lub txee me me ntawm nws lub rooj thiab sawv los ua raws li Jodie.
    
  "Koj puas yuav tsum teb qhov no?" nws nug, taw rov qab mus rau lub rooj.
    
  Brad tig ib ncig thiab pom tias nws tau tso nws tus pas nrig rau ntawm lub rooj. "Auj ... yog,"nws hais, thiab lawv mus rau ntawm tus ntaiv. "Kuv paub tias kuv yuav tsis nco qab nws."
    
  Thaum lawv mus rau pem hauv ntej, Jodie pom tias Brad tsis tau siv tus pas nrig mus taug kev. "Koj xav tau lub pas nrig rau dab tsi, phooj ywg?" - nws nug. "Kuv xav tias koj zoo li koj tsiv mus zoo heev."
    
  "Kuv tseem kiv taub hau me ntsis qee zaum, yog li kuv xav tias kuv yuav nqa nws," Brad dag.
    
  "Tab sis koj tseem caij tsheb kauj vab thiab khiav, puas yog koj?"
    
  "Yog," Brad hais. "Kuv tsis xav tau nws txhua lub sijhawm. Qhov tseeb, qhov kuv xav tau tshaj plaws yog rau nws kom nyob twj ywm. "
    
  "Kuv vam tias koj lub taub hau tsis zoo, phooj ywg," Jodie hais. "Qhov nqaij ntuag thaum kawg ploj mus, tab sis qhov cuam tshuam tseem tuaj yeem cuam tshuam rau koj."
    
  "Kuv muaj MRI thiab lawv tsis pom dab tsi," Brad hais. Nws tuav nws tus kheej ntawm lub taub hau thiab hais ntxiv tias, "Qhov tseeb, lawv pom tsis muaj dab tsi." Jodie luag ntawm qhov tso dag thiab hloov cov ntsiab lus, uas Brad zoo siab txog. Tej zaum nws yog lub sij hawm muab tus pas nrig, nws xav. Thawj Tswj Hwm Ratel tau hais tias nws yuav sai sai no yuav pib xyaum ua yeeb yam tsis muaj tub rog, thiab thaum nws tau los ua nws zoo li Kane-Ja, tej zaum Kane yuav tsis tau nrog nws txhua lub sijhawm.
    
  Lub khw kas fes nyob hauv pem teb yuav luag muaj neeg coob npaum li thaum nruab hnub, thiab lawv tau haus kas fes sab nraum zoov. Hmoov zoo, huab cua zoo tag nrho thaum yav tsaus ntuj. "Koj txoj kev kawm mus li cas?" Brad nug thaum lawv pom lub rooj ntev zaum.
    
  "Cov no yog txiv apples," hais tias Jodie. "Kuv tsis ntseeg tias kuv tau siv los kawm rau qhov kev xeem zaum kawg yam tsis muaj lub laptop thiab tag nrho kuv cov xibfwb 'PowerPoint slides - rov qab los kuv tau tso siab rau kuv tus kheej sau ntawv kom dhau qhov kev xeem! Kev vwm!"
    
  "Tib yam rau kuv," Brad lees paub. "Kuv sau ntawv tsis zoo." Nws lub xov tooj ntawm tes beeped, qhia tias nws muaj lus, thiab nws saib tus lej. "Ib tug ntawm cov thawj coj, tab sis kuv tsis paub nws. Kuv xav tias yuav ua li cas?
    
  "Vim li cas lawv thiaj hu lig?" Jodie xav nrov nrov. "Zoo hu rov qab."
    
  Brad hu tus lej ntawm nws lub xov tooj smartphone thiab tos. "Nyob zoo, qhov no yog Brad McLanahan, teb ib qho kev hu uas tuaj nyob rau ob peb feeb dhau los. Kuv nyuam qhuav tau txais lus ... leej twg? Thawj Tswj Hwm Harris? Koj puas yog tus thawj tswj hwm ntawm lub tsev kawm ntawv? Yog lawm, tau kawg, kuv yuav tos nws. "
    
  "Dab tsi?" Jodie nug. "Puas Thawj Tswj Hwm Harris xav nrog koj tham?"
    
  "Tej zaum qhov no yog qhov peb tau tos, Jody," Brad hais. "Yog ... yog, nws yog nws ... Yog lawm, qhov tseeb, kuv nyob ntawm no nrog ib tus thawj coj ntawm pab pawg ... yog, ua tsaug." Nws kais lub vijtsam thiab muab hu rau tus hais lus. "Kuv nyob ntawm no nrog Jodie Cavendish, tus tswv."
    
  "Zoo hmo ntuj rau koj ob leeg," said university President Marcus Harris. "Kuv muaj xov xwm zoo. Cov xov xwm tau tawm tuaj txog ib lub lim tiam dhau los, tab sis peb tsuas yog ua tiav qhov kev pom zoo thiab kos npe rau cov ntaub ntawv. Koj qhov haujlwm Starfire yog ib qho ntawm peb txoj haujlwm xaiv rau kev tshawb fawb thiab kev txhim kho nyiaj txiag los ntawm Sky Masters Aerospace. Nrog koj zoo siab." Jodie thiab Brad dhia mus rau lawv ko taw, Jodie tau tawm lub suab quaj ntawm kev xyiv fab, thiab nws thiab Brad puag ib leeg. Harris cia lawv ua kev zoo siab rau ob peb lub sijhawm, tom qab ntawd hais tias, "Tab sis tsis yog tag nrho."
    
  Cov tub ntxhais kawm zaum. "Sir?"
    
  "Kuv kuj zoo siab qhia rau koj tias koj qhov project tau txais ib nrab ntawm Sky Masters aerospace pab nyiaj - nees nkaum tsib lab daus las," Harris hais ntxiv. "Qhov no ua rau Starfire tau txais txiaj ntsig zoo tshaj plaws hauv kev tshawb fawb aerospace engineering hauv UC keeb kwm."
    
  "Neeg-tsib lab daus las?" Jodie qw nrov nrov. "Kuv ntseeg tsis tau qhov no!"
    
  "Zoo siab nrog koj ob tug," Harris hais. "Brad, nrhiav lub sijhawm uas koj pab neeg tuaj yeem sib sau ua ke sai li sai tau, hu rau kuv lub chaw haujlwm thiab teem sijhawm rau kev sib tham xov xwm. Kuv paub tias peb tab tom yuav los ze rau qhov kawg thiab kuv tsis xav siv koj lub sijhawm ntau dhau, tab sis peb xav ua kom muaj kev cuam tshuam loj heev txog qhov no ua ntej txhua tus tawm mus rau lub caij ntuj sov. "
    
  "Yog, sir!" Brad hais tias. "Kuv yuav hu rau sawv daws hmo no. Peb feem ntau muaj pab pawg sib ntsib txhua hnub ntawm kaum ib thaum sawv ntxov, yog li tej zaum tag kis yuav yog lub sijhawm zoo dua. "
    
  "Zoo heev," Harris hais tias, ua suab nrov dua los ntawm qhov thib ob. "Kuv yuav tau txais koj cov sijhawm teem sijhawm thiab xa email rau koj cov xibfwb qhia rau lawv paub tias koj yuav lig rau chav kawm vim kuv paub tseeb tias lub rooj sib tham xovxwm thiab yees duab yuav siv sijhawm sijhawm. Peb yuav mus thoob ntiaj teb nrog qhov project no, cov txiv neej, thiab peb cia siab tias yuav rhuav tshem cov ntaub ntawv nyiaj txiag ntxiv nrog rau nws. Hnav tej yam zoo. Nrog koj zoo siab dua. Huag, ib qho ntxiv thaum Miss Cavendish nyob ntawm kab. "
    
  "Sir?"
    
  Harris tau hais tias "Miss Cavendish tau txais txiaj ntsig tag nrho rau Cal Poly kom mus kawm nws qib siab, suav nrog nqi kawm ntawv, phau ntawv, nqi thiab vaj tse," Harris hais. "Peb tsis tuaj yeem cia ib tus ntawm peb cov tub ntxhais kawm ntawv qib siab zoo tshaj plaws tawm thaum nws tau txais txiaj ntsig zoo li no, peb puas tuaj yeem? Kuv vam tias koj yuav lees txais, Npeeg Cavendish. "
    
  "Tau kawg kuv yuav, tus tswv!" Jodie quaj hauv stunned glee. "Tau kawg kuv txais!"
    
  "Zoo heev," Harris hais. "Zoo siab rau tag nrho pab pawg Starfire. Txoj hauj lwm zoo heev. Nyob zoo hmo ntuj, mustangs." Thiab qhov kev sib txuas tau cuam tshuam.
    
  "Kuv tsis fucking ntseeg qhov no!" - Brad exclaimed, dai rau. "Neeg-tsib lab daus las nyuam qhuav poob rau hauv peb lub laps!" Nws puag Jody nruj. "Qhov no yog qhov tsis txaus ntseeg! Thiab koj tau txais cov nyiaj pabcuam uas koj tab tom nrhiav! Nrog koj zoo siab!"
    
  "Nws yog tag nrho vim koj, phooj ywg," Jodi hais. "Koj yog jackaroo. Koj yog kuv tus dab laug." Thiab Jodie muab nws txhais tes rau ntawm Brad lub ntsej muag thiab hnia nws ntawm daim di ncauj.
    
  Brad nyiam txhua lub sijhawm ntawm qhov hnia ntawd, rub tawm, thiab tom qab ntawd muab nws rov qab los. Thaum lawv sib cais tom qab hnia, Brad ob lub qhov muag tau qhia Jodie ib yam dab tsi, ib yam dab tsi muaj zog thiab tus kheej tsis txaus ntseeg, thiab nws ob lub qhov muag tam sim ntawd hais tias yog. Tab sis rau nws ntshai heev, nws hnov Brad hais tias, "Kuv zoo dua mus nrog lwm tus. Tag kis yuav yog hnub loj. "
    
  "Yog," hais tias Jodie. Nws tau txaus siab, tsawg kawg rau tam sim no, puag Brad thiab haus nws kas fes thaum nws xa ntawv hauv nws lub xov tooj.
    
  Brad tau hu rau tag nrho cov pab pawg thawj coj ntawm cov ntawv xov xwm, tom qab ntawd suav nrog Cal Poly engineers, cov kws tshaj lij, thiab cov tub ntxhais kawm uas tau pab txoj haujlwm, tom qab ntawd txiav txim siab suav nrog txhua tus neeg uas tau pab rau qhov project uas nyob hauv ob peb teev tsav ntawm lub tsev kawm ntawv, tag nrho txoj kev mus rau Stanford thiab American University - nws tau txiav txim siab los sau lub rooj sib tham nrog cov neeg txhawb Starfire. Thaum nws ua tiav nrog qhov ntawd, nws tau txiav txim siab sau ntawv rau txhua tus neeg uas txhawb nqa qhov project, txawm hais tias lawv tuaj yeem tuaj koom lub rooj sib tham xov xwm lossis tsis yog - txhua tus neeg koom nrog txoj haujlwm yuav tsum paub txog lub rooj sib tham xov xwm thiab kev tshaj tawm thoob ntiaj teb yav tom ntej, nws xav. Nws. Txhua tus neeg koom nrog txoj haujlwm no yuav tsum tsis txhob hnov qab txog qhov nyiaj pab los ntawm lwm tus uas tsis yog tus thawj coj ntawm pab pawg.
    
  Nws nyeem tag nrho tab sis ib qho ntawm Jodi cov ntawv lees paub. Nws tsuas yog Central Asian lub teb chaws code nyob rau hauv tag nrho cov lus nws tau txais, thiab nws yog los ntawm Kazakhstan, uas tsis muaj sau nyob rau hauv Starfire. Cov lus yooj yim nyeem: Zoo siab. D.
    
  Thaum Brad muab cov tsiaj ntawv tso rau ntawm lub xov tooj lub keyboard tawm tsam cov lej uas tau tshwm sim ntawm lub vijtsam xov, tus neeg xa ntawv lub npe tau sau tias Sawv Rov Los.
    
  Ob peb hnub dhau los thiab huab cua, uas tau zoo heev rau feem ntau ntawm lub Plaub Hlis, tseem tsis tuaj yeem cuam tshuam lub caij ntuj no, yog li lawv tau txias heev nrog cov huab cua ntub thiab nag. Tau peb hnub dhau los, Brad tau caij tsheb npav es tsis txhob caij nws lub tsheb kauj vab. Nws yog ib qho zoo thiab so kom txaus mus rau dojang sab qab teb ntawm lub nroog: ib qho yooj yim jog los ntawm Poly Canyon mus rau Route 6B tsheb npav nres ze ntawm Kennedy Library; ib qho yooj yim caij tsheb npav xya feeb mus rau hauv plawv nroog chaw hla; hloov mus rau txoj kab tsheb npav 3; caij tsheb npav ntev nees nkaum feeb mus rau Marigold Khw Center; thiab tom qab ntawd ib qho yooj yim khiav los ntawm qhov ntawd raws Tank Farm Road mus rau dojang uas yog sab qaum teb ntawm tshav dav hlau. Nws muaj sijhawm ntau los nyeem lossis mloog audiobooks lossis sau cov lus qhuab qhia hauv nws lub khoos phis tawj ntsiav tshuaj. Brad xav kom nws caij tsheb npav txhua lub sijhawm - nws yog dawb rau cov tub ntxhais kawm UC - tab sis nws xav tau qee qhov kev tawm dag zog, yog li nws caij nws thaum twg huab cua koom tes.
    
  Lub lim tiam pib, nrog rau cov nag, nrog rau kev qhia txog Krav Maga. "Krav Maga tau tsim nyob rau hauv Ixayees rau cov tub rog," James Rate tau pib hnub Monday tav su. "Nws tsis yog kev qhuab qhia zoo li karate lossis judo; nws tsis yog kev ua si nawv thiab yuav tsis nyob hauv Olympics lossis hauv TV. Krav Maga muaj peb lub hom phiaj tseem ceeb: kom tsis txhob muaj kev tawm tsam los ntawm kev thaiv thiab parrying nrog koj txhais tes, thaum ua tib zoo tiv thaiv koj tus kheej; txav los ntawm kev tiv thaiv kom nres sai li sai tau; thiab sai neutralize tus neeg tawm tsam los ntawm kev tswj cov pob qij txha thiab tawm tsam qhov tsis muaj zog ntawm lub cev, siv cov cuab yeej uas yuav nyob ntawm tes. Peb tab tom kwv yees tias koj tau tsoo lossis ua yuam kev koj tus pas nrig, yog li tam sim no koj yuav tsum tiv thaiv koj tus kheej tsis muaj riam phom thiab tej zaum tawm tsam tus neeg tawm tsam npau taws heev.
    
  "Qee tus kws qhia ntawv qhia lawv cov tub ntxhais kawm tias lub zog xav tau los tiv thaiv tus neeg tawm tsam yuav tsum sib npaug rau lub zog ntawm kev tawm tsam, uas txhais tau tias, piv txwv li, koj yuav siv zog tsawg dua rau tus neeg tawm tsam uas siv nws lub nrig dua li ntawm tus neeg tawm tsam siv. ib tug puav lossis riam." - txuas ntxiv Ratel. "Kuv tsis ntseeg qhov ntawd. Koj lub hom phiaj yog tshem tawm koj tus neeg tawm tsam kom koj thiaj li khiav tau. Hauv kev xyaum koj yuav pov peb lub punches qhia tias koj tuaj yeem muab pov rau lawv, tab sis ntawm txoj kev koj pheej tawm tsam kom txog thaum koj tus neeg tawm tsam poob. Tsis nco qab txhua zaj yeeb yaj kiab Bruce Lee koj puas tau pom: nws tsis yog ib qho parry, ib qho punch, ces cia tus txiv leej tub sawv los tua koj dua. Thaum koj tau thaiv tus neeg tawm tsam, koj txuas ntxiv ntaus nws cov pob txha mos thiab pob qij txha kom txog thaum nws ntog, thiab tom qab ntawd koj khiav nrawm li koj tuaj yeem ua tau thiab tawm ntawm qhov xwm txheej sai li sai tau. Nkag siab?"
    
  "Yog lawm, Tus Thawj Coj," Brad hais.
    
  Ratel taw tes rau ib daim nplaub tshev uas zaum ntawm lub txee sab nraud. Nws hais tias "Qhov no yog koj qhov homework," nws hais. "Peb yuav cob qhia kom tawm tsam qhov tsis muaj zog ntawm lub cev siv cov lej, pib ntawm taub hau mus rau ntiv taw. Nco ntsoov qhov chaw thiab tus lej. Koj tseem yuav kawm txog tag nrho ob puas thiab peb caug pob qij txha ntawm tib neeg lub cev thiab, tshwj xeeb, yuav ua li cas lawv hais kom koj tuaj yeem tua lawv. Npaj txhij qhia lawv rau kuv los ntawm hnub Wednesday tom ntej. "
    
  "Yog lawm, boss."
    
  "Zoo heev. Tshem cov khau thiab thom khwm, ces mus rau hauv daim lev." Brad tshem nws nkawm khau thiab thom khwm, nyo rau hauv nruab nrab ntawm daim ntaub xiav thiab taug kev mus rau nruab nrab, Ratel raws nws. Brad tau hnav nws lub tsho hnav khaub ncaws hnav, tam sim no nrog txoj siv tawv liab thiab dub es tsis txhob siv dawb, nrog rau qib ib qib qib cov cim qhia tias nws tau ua tiav nws thawj qhov kev cob qhia.
    
  "Peb pib nrog cov hauv paus, thiab hauv Krav Maga nws tab tom parrying," Ratel pib. "Daim ntawv ceeb toom kuv tsis tau hais tias 'block'. Thaiv qhia tias koj tuaj yeem nqus tau qee lub zog uas tus neeg tawm tsam siv tawm tsam koj, zoo li ob tus neeg ncaws pob ntawm kab sib tsoo. Hloov chaw peb siv lo lus 'parry', uas txhais tau hais tias koj hloov mus rau feem ntau lossis tag nrho ntawm kev tawm tsam lub zog hauv kev nyab xeeb. "
    
  "Ib yam li cov kauj ruam yooj yim, tus tswv?" Brad saib.
    
  "Txawm li cas los,"Ratel hais. "Tus yuam sij rau qhov pib parry hauv Krav Maga yog qhov kev cia siab, thiab qhov ntawd txhais tau tias paub txog koj ib puag ncig. Yog tias tus neeg muaj peev xwm tawm tsam tuaj txog koj muaj nws sab tes xis hauv nws lub hnab ris, riam phom yuav zoo li ntawm nws sab tes xis, yog li koj txoj kev xav ntawm kev txiav txim yog npaj los tiv thaiv tus neeg tawm tsam uas yog sab xis. " Ratel muab rab riam roj hmab los ntawm lub txee tom qab nws thiab muab pov rau Brad. "Sim nws".
    
  Brad muab nws sab tes xis nrog rab riam tom qab nws nraub qaum thiab txav mus ze rau Ratel, ces yoj nws txhais tes rau hauv nws txoj kev taw qhia. Ratel sab laug tes tua tawm, thawb riam hla nws lub hauv siab thiab ib nrab twisting Brad lub cev. "Ua ntej tshaj, riam tsis nyob ze koj lub cev, thiab yog tias tus neeg tawm tsam muaj lwm yam riam phom ntawm nws sab laug tes, nws yuav siv tsis tau tam sim no vim kuv muab nws tso tseg. Ib yam li nrog tus pas nrig, tam sim no koj pom cov chaw nthuav tawm ntawm lub cev. " Ratel cuam tshuam rau Brad lub cev thiab lub taub hau. "Los yog kuv tuaj yeem ntes tau sab tes xis nrog kuv sab tes xis thiab thaiv nws, tuav rab riam kom nyob deb ntawm kuv, thiab tuav kuv txhais tes kaw, kuv tswj tus neeg tawm tsam." Ratel tuav Brad sab caj npab ntawm hauv qab, tso nws xib teg rau Brad lub triceps thiab thawb. Txawm tias tsuas yog me ntsis siab, nws zoo li txhais caj npab yuav snap hauv ob thiab Brad yuav tsis muaj peev xwm txav mus nyob qhov twg tsuas yog mus rau hauv av.
    
  Nws yog thawj hnub ntawm kev cob qhia, thiab tom qab kawg ntawm peb, Brad pib xav tias nws puas yuav muaj peev xwm ua tau ib qho ntawm Krav Maga txav, cia ib leeg siv lawv. Tab sis nws tau ceeb toom nws tus kheej tias nws tau xav tib yam txog Kane-Ja, thiab txiav txim siab tias nws zoo nkauj heev. Nws taug kev tawm ntawm dojang, rub lub hood ntawm nws ntsuab thiab kub Cal Poly Mustangs windbreaker, thiab khiav sab hnub tuaj ntawm Tankfarm Road mus rau Broad Street thiab qhov chaw nres tsheb npav. Txawm hais tias nws tseem tsis tau muaj hnub poob, nws tau los nag, txias, tsaus ntuj sai sai, thiab nws xav tawm ntawm txoj kev tsis pom kev no mus rau txoj kev loj loj kom sai li sai tau thiab nce tsheb npav.
    
  Nws nyob ib nrab ntawm txoj kev Broad Street, ntawm qhov tsaus ntuj ntawm txoj kev, thaum lub tsheb sab hnub poob rub los. Brad tau nqis los ntawm kev taug kev thiab mus rau ntawm pob zeb ntxhib "txoj kev ceeb toom," tab sis tseem khiav. Lub tsheb txav me ntsis mus rau sab laug thiab sawv hla txoj kab nruab nrab, thiab zoo li nws yuav dhau mus nrog ntau chav ...
    
  ... Thaum dheev nws swerved ntxiv mus rau sab laug, ces pib hla mus rau sab xis ntawm txoj kev nplua, lub tsheb tam sim no yog perpendicular mus rau txoj kev, brakes thiab log tsheb squealing - thiab mus ncaj nraim rau Brad! Nws yuav luag tsis muaj sij hawm los teb rau qhov kev txav tam sim ntawd. Lub tsheb qeeb me ntsis, tab sis thaum nws tsoo, nws yog kaum zaug nyuaj dua li txhua qhov kev ntaus nws puas tau coj mus rau hauv tsev kawm ntawv qib siab football.
    
  "Au tus Tswv, thov txim rau qhov ntawd, Mr. Bradley McLanahan," tus txiv neej hais ib pliag tom qab los ntawm huab cua hauv Brad lub siab. Brad pw ntawm nws sab nraub qaum ntawm txoj kev, dazed thiab tsis meej pem, nws sab xis thiab caj npab raug mob zoo li ntuj raug txim. Ces, nyob rau hauv Lavxias teb sab, tus txiv neej hais tias: "Thov txim. kuv thov txim. Txoj kev ntub dej, tej zaum kuv yuav tau tsav ceev me ntsis, ib tug coyote khiav tawm ntawm kuv xub ntiag thiab kuv tsis tshua pom koj hauv cov nag los nag, blah blah blah. Tsawg kawg yog zaj dab neeg kuv yuav qhia rau cov neeg sawv cev yog tias lawv pom kuv. "
    
  "Kuv ... Kuv xav tias kuv tsis ua li cas," Brad hais tias, ua pa cua.
    
  "V samom dele? Tiag? Zoo, kuv tus phooj ywg, peb tuaj yeem kho qhov no. " Thiab mam li nco dheev tus txiv neej rub tawm ib lub hnab yas dub los ntawm nws lub hnab, nias rau Brad lub ntsej muag thiab nias. Brad tseem ua tsis taus pa vim tias huab cua tau tawm ntawm nws, tab sis kev ntshai tau nce los ntawm nws lub hauv siab hauv nthwv dej txaus ntshai. Nws tau sim thawb nws tus neeg tawm tsam mus, tab sis nws tsis tuaj yeem tau txais ib feem ntawm nws lub cev kom ua haujlwm zoo.
    
  "Tsuas so. Cia li so, kuv tus phooj ywg hluas," tus txiv neej hais tias, sib xyaw lus Askiv thiab Lavxias zoo li nws yog ib tug neeg txawv teb chaws los yog ib tug kwv tij txawv teb chaws los ntawm cov laus Askiv qhia zaj dab neeg thaum pw. "Nws yuav dhau ua ntej koj paub nws."
    
  Brad tsis muaj lub zog los tshem cov yas ntawm nws lub ntsej muag txhua, thiab nws tau txiav txim siab muab lub suab nrov hauv nws lub pob ntseg thiab mob hauv siab hauv siab ... tab sis qee qhov nws nco qab tias nws yuav tsum ua dab tsi, thiab hloov pauv. ntawm kev sib ntaus sib tua nrog nws txhais tes tuav cov yas ntawm nws lub ntsej muag lossis sim nrhiav nws tus pas nrig, nws ncav tes tawm thiab nias lub pob ntawm lub cuab yeej dai ntawm nws caj dab.
    
  Tus neeg tawm tsam pom qhov nws tau ua thiab ib ntus tso tawm lub siab ntawm Brad lub ntsej muag, pom lub cuab yeej, rub nws los ntawm Brad lub caj dab thiab muab pov tseg. Brad ua pa tob tob. "Zoo sim, asshole," tus neeg tawm tsam hais. Nws nias lub yas tawm tsam Brad lub ntsej muag ua ntej Brad tuaj yeem ua pa peb tob. "Koj yuav tuag ntev ua ntej koj cov kws saib xyuas mob hnyav tuaj txog."
    
  Brad tsis pom nws, tab sis ib pliag tom qab ntawd lub teeb taws los ze. "Cia lawv tseg," tus txiv neej hais saum nws lub xub pwg nyom hauv Lavxias rau tus thib ob tus neeg tawm tsam, uas Brad tsis tau pom dua. "Cia lawv tseg. Cia lawv hu 911 lossis ib yam dab tsi, tab sis cia lawv nyob deb. Qhia rau lawv tias kuv tab tom ua CPR. "
    
  "Kuv yuav cia lawv nyob deb, phooj ywg," tus pab tau lees paub. "Kuv yuav cia lawv nyob deb, tus tswv."
    
  Thawj tus neeg tawm tsam yuav tsum tsum tsis txhob nias lub hnab yas hla Brad lub qhov ncauj thiab qhov ntswg kom txog thaum cov neeg tuaj tshiab tawm mus, tab sis nws leaped Brad zoo li nws tab tom ua qhov ncauj-rau-qhov ncauj resuscitation , tab sis kuj npog nws lub qhov ncauj kom Brad tsis tau qw. Ob peb pliag tom qab ntawd nws hnov tias: "Yog lawm. Txhua yam dhau lawm ".
    
  "Ib yam. Ib yam ntawm no, "tus thawj tus neeg tawm tsam hais tias ... thiab tom qab ntawd nws lub zeem muag tau tawg mus rau hauv lub hiav txwv hnub qub thiab qhov tsaus ntuj thaum tus pas tuav tau slammed rau hauv nws lub tuam tsev sab laug, tam sim ntawd khob nws tsis nco qab.
    
  James Ratel hais tias, "Yexus, Dexter, koj xiav li ib tug fucking Smurf," James Ratel hais tias, ci lub teeb me me ntawm Brad lub ntsej muag. Nws rub Brad rau nws txhais taw thiab muab tso rau hauv lub rooj zaum pem hauv ntej ntawm nws lub tsheb thauj khoom Ford. Tom qab ntawd nws thauj ob tug neeg Lavxias teb sab mus rau hauv qhov chaw thauj khoom ntawm lub tsheb thauj khoom thiab tsav tsheb rov qab los ntawm Tankfarm Road mus rau dojang. Nws muab lub hnab yas tso rau ntawm lub dab teg, pob taws thiab lub qhov ncauj ntawm ob tus neeg Lavxias thiab xa ib tsab ntawv mus rau nws lub xov tooj. Thaum ntawd, Brad tau pib tuaj rau hauv lub rooj zaum ntawm cov neeg caij tsheb thauj khoom. "Dexter!" Ratel qw. "Koj puas nyob zoo?"
    
  "W-dab tsi...?" - Brad yws.
    
  "McLanahan... Brad, Brad MacLanahan, teb kuv," Ratel qw. "Wake up. Koj puas nyob zoo?"
    
  "Kuv ... ua li cas ... Dab tsi tshwm sim ...?"
    
  "Kuv xav kom koj fucking sawv, McLanahan, tam sim no," Ratel qw. "Peb tuaj yeem raug tawm tsam txhua lub sijhawm, thiab kuv yuav tsis muaj peev xwm tiv thaiv koj tshwj tsis yog tias koj sawv thiab tiv thaiv koj tus kheej. Tsw tau tus niam pog tam sim no. Paub meej kuv qhov kev txiav txim, tus tsav, tam sim ntawd. "
    
  Nws siv ob peb lub sijhawm ntev, tab sis thaum kawg Brad tuav nws lub taub hau, tshem nws, thiab hais tau tias, "Tus Thawj Coj? Y-yog, Kuv tsaug zog... Kuv nyob ... Kuv nyob zoo, tus thawj. W-Kuv yuav ua li cas? Puas muaj dabtsi?"
    
  "Mloog kuv," Ratel hais. "Peb tsis muaj sijhawm ntau. Kuv tabtom kwv yees peb yuav raug tawm tsam los ntawm kev tawm tsam thaub qab lub sijhawm thib ob tam sim no. Peb nyob ib leeg nkaus thiab muaj kev phom sij heev. Kuv xav kom koj ceev faj thiab teb. Koj puas hnov kuv hais, McLanahan?"
    
  "Y-yog, tus thawj," Brad hnov nws tus kheej teb. Nws tseem tsis paub meej tias nws nyob qhov twg los yog dab tsi tshwm sim, tab sis tsawg kawg nws muaj peev xwm teb tau Thawj Tswj Hwm Ratel. "Qhia kuv yuav ua li cas."
    
  Ratelle tau hais tias "Mus sab hauv thiab nqa qee qhov mats thiab hnyav los npog cov txiv neej no," Ratelle hais. Nkawd ob leeg mus rau hauv. Brad pom kev cob qhia lev thiab barbells. Ratel qhib ib qho khoom plig zoo li qub nyob rau pem hauv ntej ntawm dojang; Ob peb rab phom, phom thiab riam tau muab zais rau hauv lub tub rau khoom zais cia hauv qab rooj plaub.
    
  Brad hais tias "Kuv tau npog lawv, Tus Thawj Coj," Brad hais.
    
  Ratel chambered rab phom thiab muab nws rau Brad, ces ua tib yam nrog ob rab phom. "Muab koj rab phom rau hauv koj txoj siv." Nws armed nws tus kheej nrog ob rab yaj phom, ib rab phom AR-15 thiab ob peb phau ntawv xov xwm ntawm mos txwv. "Peb yuav sim mus rau lub hangar hauv Paso Robles - nws yooj yim dua los tiv thaiv."
    
  "Peb puas yuav tsum hu tub ceev xwm?"
    
  "Kuv xav zam qhov no, tab sis peb yuav tsis muaj kev xaiv," Ratel hais. "Mus".
    
  Lawv tau mus rau txoj kev loj 101 sab qaum teb. Tsaus ntuj poob thiab nag los ntxiv, txo qhov pom kev. Lawv tau nyob ntawm txoj kev loj tsawg dua tsib feeb thaum Ratel hais tias, "Peb tab tom ua raws. Ib lub tsheb nyob nrog peb txog ib puas yards tom qab. "
    
  "Peb yuav ua li cas?"
    
  Ratel tsis hais dab tsi. Ob peb mais tom qab ntawd, ntawm qhov kev tawm ntawm Santa Margarita, nws rub tawm ntawm txoj kev loj, thiab thaum kawg ntawm kev tawm lawv tau riam phom rau lawv tus kheej thiab tos. Tsis muaj ib lub tsheb tawm vim lawv. "Tej zaum lawv tsis ua raws peb," Brad hais.
    
  "Lawv tej zaum yuav muaj GPS nrhiav qhov chaw ntawm kuv lub tsheb, yog li lawv tsis tas yuav saib xyuas zoo heev-Kuv tsis muaj sijhawm los xyuas," Ratel hais. "Lawv tej zaum yuav muaj ntau dua ib pab neeg nrhiav. Thawj pab neeg yuav tsiv mus nyob, tom qab ntawd nres qhov chaw, thiab pab pawg thib ob yuav los mus. Peb yuav mus rau lub tshav dav hlau los ntawm lub qhov rooj rov qab. "
    
  Lawv tsav tsheb raws lub nroog txoj kev mus rau lwm teev kom txog thaum lawv mus txog lub tshav dav hlau Paso Robles. Tom qab hla lub rooj vag kev ruaj ntseg, lawv tau mus rau ntawm pab pawg hangar, tab sis nres txog ib feem peb ntawm ib mais deb. Ratel hais tias, "Nws tseem tsis khoom ntau dhau ntawm lub tshav dav hlau kom rub cov neeg no mus rau hauv," Rate hais tias, muab phom AR-15 tso rau hauv nws ceg tawv. "Peb yuav tos kom txog thaum nws ntsiag to." Lawv tos, ceeb toom rau txhua txoj hauv kev rau lawv. Kwv yees li ib teev tom qab ntawd, lub dav hlau me me ntxaib lub cav tsheb tavxij los ze dua thiab tus tsav tsheb nres ob peb lub hangars deb. Nws siv sijhawm tus kws tsav dav hlau yuav luag ib teev kom nws lub tsheb tawm ntawm lub hangar, nres lub dav hlau sab hauv, tom qab ntawd ntim nws cov khoom thiab tawm mus, thiab lub tshav dav hlau tau ntsiag to dua.
    
  Peb caug feeb tom qab, tsis muaj cov cim qhia ntxiv ntawm kev ua si, Ratel thaum kawg tos tsis tau lawm. Nws tsav tsheb mus rau lub hangar, thiab nws thiab Brad rub cov neeg tawm tsam sab hauv. Ratel mam li tsav lub tsheb thauj khoom txog ib lub hlis twg thiab nres nws, ces khiav rov qab mus rau lub hangar.
    
  "Nws ua haujlwm," Ratel hais, so los nag los ntawm nws lub taub hau thiab nws AR-15. "Cov pab pawg txhawb nqa yuav taug qab kev xa khoom thiab tom qab ntawd taug qab peb ntawm no. Tom qab ntawd lawv yuav zaum tos ob peb teev ua ntej tawm tsam. "
    
  "Yuav ua li cas lawv yuav taug qab peb ntawm no?"
    
  "Kuv tuaj yeem xav txog kaum ob txoj hauv kev," Ratel hais. "Yog tias lawv zoo, lawv yuav nyob ntawm no. Kuv cia siab tias kev pab tuaj txog ua ntej ntawd. "
    
  Tsawg tshaj li ib teev tom qab, thaum nag los tsis tu ncua thiab cua daj cua dub qee zaus, lawv hnov cov suab ntawm cov hlau nplaum tawm tsam cov hlau sab nraum lub qhov rooj nkag. "Ua raws li kuv," Ratel ntxhi, thiab nws thiab Brad rov qab mus rau hangar. Sab hauv yog lub dav hlau ua lag luam me, cov xim dub uas qhia tias nws koom nrog Kevin Martindale lub koom haum thoob ntiaj teb Scion Aviation. Ratel pom ib lub thawv loj loj uas muaj lub txee dai khaub ncaws tiv thaiv phab ntsa ntawm lub hangar, rub nws tawm ntawm phab ntsa, thiab lawv ob leeg sawv tom qab. "Okay, koj txoj hauj lwm yog ua tib zoo saib ntawm lub qhov rooj taug kev ntawm qhov ntawd," Ratel hais, taw rau lub qhov rooj dav hlau loj. "Kuv yuav saib lub qhov rooj mus rau qhov chaw ua haujlwm loj. Kev txhaj tshuaj nkaus xwb. Ua kom lawv suav."
    
  Ob peb feeb tom qab lawv hnov ib lub suab ntawm cov hlau raug nias rau hauv, thiab ob peb feeb tom qab ntawd lawv tau hnov ntau lub suab ntawm cov hlau los ntawm lub hangar txoj kev taug kev los ntawm lub qhov rooj, lub teeb liab hais tias lub qhov rooj raug yuam qhib. Ib pliag tom qab, lub qhov rooj qhib thiab Brad pom ib tug txiv neej hnav looj tsom iav dub hmo ntuj crouching qis thiab taug kev los ntawm lub qhov rooj, tuav rab phom submachine. Bizjet tam sim no tau zais nws. Tus neeg tua neeg thib ob nkag mus rau hauv lub qhov rooj, kaw nws, thiab nyob twj ywm nyob ntawd, npog nws. Nyob rau tib lub sijhawm, Ratel tuaj yeem pom ob tus neeg tawm tsam ntxiv nkag mus rau lub qhov rooj hauv chaw ua haujlwm, tseem hnav tsom iav qhov muag hmo ntuj thiab nqa phom tshuab.
    
  "Shit," nws ntxhi. "Plaub tug. Peb tabtom dhau sijhawm. " Nws rho tawm nws lub xov tooj ntawm tes, hu rau 911, tso nws rau, tig lub ntim tag nrho, thiab dai nws hauv qab nws lub cuab yeej. "Siv phom. Kom tus txiv neej tawm ntawm qhov rooj. Lwm tus txiv leej tub yuav zaum nkaum hauv qab lub rudder ntawm lub dav hlau. " Brad peeked tawm ntawm qab ib lub cuab yeej thiab coj lub hom phiaj ntawm tus txiv leej tub ntawm lub qhov rooj, uas yog ib feem illuminated los ntawm ib tug ci ntsa iab kos npe rau thaum muaj xwm ceev tawm. Ratel ua pa tob tob, tom qab ntawd ntxhi, "Tam sim no."
    
  Brad thiab Ratel raug rho tawm haujlwm yuav luag ib txhij. Ratel lub tshuab tau tsaws thiab ib tus neeg tawm tsam poob. Brad tsis paub qhov twg nws txhaj tshuaj, tab sis nws paub tias nws tsis ntaus dab tsi tsuas yog tej zaum lub hangar phab ntsa. Tus txiv neej ntawm lub qhov rooj rushed raws phab ntsa hangar mus rau lub rooj sab laj chav, crouching qis. Ib yam li Ratel tau kwv yees, lwm tus txiv neej tau npog tom qab lub log ntawm lub dav hlau ... thiab tom qab ntawd lub hangar tawg nrog rab phom tshuab uas zoo li tuaj ntawm txhua qhov kev qhia ib zaug. Ratel thiab Brad ducked qab lub thawv khoom.
    
  "Qhib hluav taws thaum tua nres!" Ratel qw. Lub toolbox tau riddled nrog mos txwv, tab sis cov cuab yeej hauv zoo li nqus cov mos txwv. Ib pliag tom qab ntawd, muaj ib tug luv luv lull nyob rau hauv lub shooting, thiab Brad ntsia tawm tom qab nws toolbox, pom txav ze ntawm lub dav hlau log tsheb, thiab raug rho tawm haujlwm. Cov mos txwv tsoo lub log tsheb, uas tam sim ntawd tawg, xa ib qho kev poob siab rau hauv lub ntsej muag ntawm tus neeg tua neeg. Nws qw, clutching nws lub ntsej muag nyob rau hauv kev txom nyem. Nws zoo nkaus li tias lub bizjet tab tom yuav tawg mus rau sab xis, tab sis lub log hub nyuam qhuav khaws nws los ntawm tipping tag nrho.
    
  Tam sim no qhov kev tua tau hloov pauv - ntau cov mos txwv tau tsoo rau sab ntawm lub cuab yeej, tsis yog rau pem hauv ntej. "Saib ib ncig!" Ratel qw. "Lawv mam sim... ahhh! Crap! Brad ntsia thiab pom Ratel tuav nws sab tes xis, uas zoo li nws tau torn qhib dav los ntawm ib lub mos txwv. Ntshav tau txau txhua qhov chaw. "Cia li nqa phom thiab tsis txhob cia lawv nyob ze!" Ratel qw, tuav nws caj npab raug mob, sim kom tsis txhob los ntshav.
    
  Brad tau sim peek tawm tom qab lub cuab yeej, tab sis lub sijhawm nws txav mus, cov mos txwv pib ya, thiab tam sim no nws tuaj yeem xav tias lawv tau los ze zog dua, zoo li cov puav puav buzzing saum taub hau. Nws sim taw tes rab phom rau ntawm lub cuab yeej thiab hluav taws, tab sis lub muzzle ntawm rab phom bounced uncontrollably. Ratel qhwv ib daim ntaub qhwv ib ncig ntawm nws sab tes xis thiab tua rab yaj phom nrog nws sab laug, tab sis lub muzzle tsis ruaj khov thiab nws zoo li nws yuav dhau mus thaum twg los tau. Brad hnov txog footsteps thiab suab lus hauv Lavxias. Qhov no yog nws, nws xav. Qhov txhaj tshuaj tom ntej uas nws tau hnov yuav yog qhov kawg hauv nws lub neej, nws paub tseeb tias ...
    
    
  SIX
    
    
  Ib tug dag yeej tsis muaj sia nyob mus rau hnub nyoog laus.
    
  -SOPHOCLES
    
    
    
  PASO ROBLES, CALIFORNIA
    
    
  Dheev muaj qhov tawg txaus ntshai nyob tom qab ntawm lub hangar. Cov huab cua tam sim ntawd puv nrog hmoov av thiab khib nyiab. Lub suab qw nrov nrov hauv Lavxias...Thiab tsis ntev lub suab qw nrov nrov, thiab ib pliag tom qab lub suab qw tau ntsiag to.
    
  "Txhua yam meej, Brad," tuaj lub suab hluav taws xob sib txuas. Brad ntsia thiab pom ib tug infantry cybernetic ntaus ntawv qab lub bizjet.
    
  "Txiv?" - nws nug.
    
  "Koj puas nyob zoo?" - Nug Patrick McLanahan.
    
  "Tus Thawj Rate," Brad hais, saum lub suab nrov hauv nws lub pob ntseg los ntawm tag nrho cov kev tua nyob rau hauv lub hangar kaw. "Nws raug mob." Ib pliag tom qab, ob tug txiv neej maj nrawm thiab nqa Ratel tawm mus. Brad khiav mus txog rau tus neeg hlau. Nws pom qhov twg nws txiv tau tawg ntawm lub qhov rooj, rhuav tshem feem ntau ntawm phab ntsa nyob ib ncig ntawm lub qhov rooj ntawm lub hangar thiab lub chaw ua haujlwm loj. Tag nrho rau tus neeg tawm tsam, plaub tus uas tawm tsam lub hangar thiab ob tus uas tawm tsam Brad ntawm Tankfarm Road, twb raug coj mus lawm.
    
  "Koj puas nyob zoo, Brad?" - Patrick nug.
    
  "Yog. Kuv tsis tuaj yeem hnov zoo nrog txhua qhov kev tua, tab sis lwm yam uas kuv tsis zoo. "
    
  "Zoo. Wb tawm ntawm no. Cov neeg saib xyuas kev loj thiab tub ceev xwm yuav nyob li tsib feeb. " Patrick tau nqa nws tus tub thiab nqa nws hla ib qho chaw qhib loj mus rau thaj chaw nres tsheb nyob rau sab qab teb kawg ntawm txoj kev khiav, qhov twg lub dav hlau dub Sherpa tau tos, nws cov turboprops tig ntawm qhov tsis ua haujlwm. Patrick txo Brad mus rau hauv av, nkag mus rau hauv lub cargo ramp tom qab, thiab zaum rau ntawm lub cargo lawj, nrog Brad nce saum toj ntawm nws. Cov neeg ua haujlwm zaum Brad hauv lub rooj thauj khoom thauj khoom, pab nws buckle, thiab muab lub mloog pob ntseg rau nws. Ob peb lub sijhawm tom qab ntawd lawv nyob saum huab cua.
    
  "Dab tsi txog Chief Ratel?" Brad nug, xav tias nws txiv tuaj yeem hnov nws los ntawm kev sib tham.
    
  Patrick teb tias "Nws yuav raug tshem tawm thiab kho,"
    
  "Cov tub ceev xwm yuav ua li cas thaum lawv pom lub hangar no? Nws zoo li thaj tsam tsov rog. Nws yog thaj tsam ua tsov rog. "
    
  Patrick teb tias "Thawj Tswj Hwm Martindale yuav daws qhov no,"
    
  "Ua cas koj tuaj ntawm no sai heev, txiv?"
    
  Patrick hais tias "Kuv nyob hauv St. George thaum koj lub tswb nrov tawm hauv San Luis Obispo," Patrick hais. "Nws nyob tsawg dua ob teev los ntawm Sherpa. Ua tsaug rau Vajtswv Tus Thawj Saib Xyuas Rate tau txais rau koj raws sijhawm thiab tau txais koj tawm hauv nroog. "
    
  "St. George? Qhov no puas yog qhov chaw uas peb tab tom mus?
    
  "Yog, Brad," Patrick hais. CID tig mus rau Brad thiab tsa ib txhais tes armored, cia siab tias Brad qhov kev tawm tsam. Patrick hais tias, "Kuv paub tias koj xav rov qab los rau Cal Poly, Brad," thiab tam sim no koj tau txais nyiaj pab los ntawm Sky Masters, koj txoj haujlwm tseem ceeb dua. Kuv kuj xav pom koj kawm ntxiv. Yog li ntawd, kuv mam li muab Sergeant Major Vol pab neeg mus nrhiav thiab ntes lwm cov tub rog tawm tsam uas tuaj tom qab koj. Lawv yuav nyob ze rau lub tsev kawm ntawv, yog li koj tsis tas yuav mus rau sab qab teb ntawm lub nroog rau kev cob qhia. Lawv yuav coj koj txoj kev cob qhia kom txog thaum Chief Ratel ua tau zoo txaus. "
    
  "Koj txhais tau tias lawv yuav yog kuv lub cev tiv thaiv lossis ib yam dab tsi?"
    
  Patrick tau hais tias "Thaum kuv ntseeg tias lawv tuaj yeem tswj hwm lawv, Wohl pab pawg tsis tau tsim los rau kev ua haujlwm ruaj ntseg ntawm tus kheej," Patrick hais. "Lawv cob qhia rau kev tawm tsam thiab kev ua haujlwm ncaj qha. Tab sis tam sim no peb tau ntsib nrog plaub ob-tus neeg pab pawg neeg tua neeg Lavxias. Kuv yuav tsis tso cai rau ib qho kev tawm tsam los mus taug kev hauv Tebchaws Meskas raws li qhov xav tau, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog ib lub hom phiaj rau kuv tus tub. Yog li ntawd, peb yuav tsum tsim ib txoj kev npaj ua. Peb mam li nug cov neeg tshiab, ua qee qhov kev tshawb fawb, thiab tuaj nrog txoj kev npaj. "
    
  "Yog li ntawd kuv yuav zoo li cov cuab, ntxias cov neeg phem kom tus Tub Ceev Xwm tuaj yeem coj lawv tawm?" Brad pom. Nws nodded thiab luag. "Nws txias npaum li kuv tuaj yeem rov qab mus rau Cal Poly. Kuv tuaj yeem rov qab mus rau Cal Poly, puas yog, Txiv?
    
  Patrick hais tias, "Tawm tsam kuv qhov kev txiav txim zoo dua, yog," Patrick hais. "Tab sis tsis yog hnub no. Kom Cov Neeg Ua Haujlwm Tub Ceev Xwm thiab nws pab pawg nug cov neeg raug kaw tshiab, sau qee cov ntaub ntawv, thiab nplawm lub tsev kawm ntawv thiab lub nroog. Nws tsuas yog siv ib hnub lossis ob hnub xwb. Kuv paub tias koj tau ua feem ntau ntawm koj qhov kev xeem zaum kawg hauv online, thiab koj cov chav kawm feem ntau dhau lawm yog li koj tuaj yeem ua haujlwm ntawm peb lub hauv paus chaw haujlwm. Ua ntej qhov kawg lub lim tiam yuav dhau mus, koj yuav tsum tuaj yeem rov qab mus rau tsev kawm ntawv. "
    
  Brad tau hais tias "Kuv tsuas yog xav tau los hais lus rau Pab Pawg Starfire txog qhov no," Brad hais. "Qhov project tab tom txhim kho sai, txiv. Lub tsev kawm ntawv tau txais nyiaj thiab kev txhawb nqa los ntawm thoob plaws lub ntiaj teb. "
    
  "Kuv paub, tus tub," Patrick hais. "Rau lub tsev kawm ntawv qib siab, lawv khaws Starfire nruj me ntsis raws li Cal Poly txoj haujlwm kawm tiav-lwm lub tsev kawm ntawv qib siab, tuam txhab, thiab txawm tias tsoomfwv tau muab los tuav. Zoo li koj yuav nyob twj ywm rau tam sim no. Tsuas yog nkag siab tias lub siab los muab qhov project rau lwm tus raws li kev lag luam kev lag luam yuav nce siab - Kuv yuav twv feem ntau yuav yog Sky Masters Aerospace, tam sim no lawv tau nqis peev ntau rau hauv nws - thiab lub tsev kawm ntawv yuav muaj kev cuam tshuam rau taw tes tias cov nyiaj loj yuav cia qee lub tuam txhab coj nws mus. Cia li tsis txhob chim yog nws tshwm sim. Cov tsev kawm ntawv tau txais nyiaj. "
    
  "Kuv yuav tsis raug kev txom nyem."
    
  "Zoo". TIE tig nws lub taub hau loj heev rau Brad. "Kuv zoo siab rau koj, tus tub," Patrick hais. "Kuv tau pom nws hauv ntau pua email los ntawm thoob plaws lub ntiaj teb: tib neeg txaus siab rau koj txoj kev coj noj coj ua hauv kev txav mus rau qhov project no, tsim ib pab neeg ua haujlwm siab tshaj plaws, thiab tau txais kev txhawb nqa. Tsis muaj leej twg ntseeg tau tias koj yog ib tug tshiab. "
    
  "Ua tsaug, Txiv," Brad hais. "Kuv vam tias kuv tuaj yeem ua tiav txawm tias ib feem ntawm txoj kev vam meej uas koj tau muaj hauv Tub Rog Tub Rog."
    
  Patrick hais tias, "Kuv xav tias koj txoj kev yuav txawv ntawm kuv li," Nws tig rov qab, tig rov qab ntawm lub dav hlau. "Kuv ib txwm xav kom muaj kev ua thawj coj zoo li koj. Kuv lub neej yuav txawv kiag li yog tias kuv muaj koj cov txuj ci thiab kawm siv lawv. Koj pom tseeb tau kawm lawv los ntawm lwm tus uas tsis yog koj txiv, lossis tej zaum Civil Air Patrol. "
    
  "Tab sis koj yog ... Kuv txhais tau tias, koj yog peb lub hnub qub, Txiv."
    
  Patrick hais tias, "Yog lawm, tab sis kuv qhov kev tshaj tawm yog vim qhov kuv tau ua, tsis yog vim kuv txoj kev coj noj coj ua," Patrick hais tias, kev xav hauv nws lub suab tseem pom tseeb txawm tias CID hluav taws xob lub suab synthesizer. "Kuv tau muaj ntau txoj haujlwm ua haujlwm ntau xyoo, tab sis kuv tsis tau ua tus thawj coj tiag tiag - Kuv ua raws li kuv ib txwm ua: tus neeg tsav tsheb, tus tsav tsheb, cov neeg tsav nkoj, tsis yog tus thawj coj. Kuv pom ib txoj hauj lwm uas yuav tsum tau ua thiab kuv tawm mus ua nws. Raws li ib tug tub ceev xwm hauv cheeb tsam lossis dav dav, kuv yuav tsum tau tsim ib pab neeg kom ua tiav txoj haujlwm tsis yog tawm mus ua kuv tus kheej. Kuv yeej tsis nkag siab tias nws txhais li cas los coj. "
    
  Brad hais tias "Kuv kuj xav tias kev ua haujlwm tiav yog qhov tseem ceeb tshaj plaws, Txiv," Brad hais. "Kuv yog ib tug tub ntxhais kawm engineering aerospace, tab sis kuv nyuam qhuav nkag siab txog feem ntau ntawm cov kev kawm uas kuv xav kom kawm. Kuv tab tom ua haujlwm kuv txoj hauv kev, nrhiav ib tus neeg los piav qhia rau kuv. Tab sis txhua yam kuv xav tau yog ya. Kuv paub tias kuv yuav tsum tau kawm tiav kuv thiaj tuaj yeem mus xeem lub tsev kawm ntawv tsav dav hlau thiab ya dav hlau kub, tab sis kuv tsis quav ntsej txog qhov degree. Kuv tsuas xav ya mus xwb."
    
  "Zoo, nws ua haujlwm rau koj, tus tub," Patrick hais. "Cia li tsom ntsoov rau lub hom phiaj. Koj tuaj yeem ua tau ".
    
  Sherpa tsaws li ob teev tom qab ntawd ntawm General Dick Stout Airfield, kaum plaub mais qaum teb sab hnub tuaj ntawm Utah lub nroog St. George. Lub tshav dav hlau tau nthuav dav ntau xyoo dhau los vim St. George cov pej xeem loj hlob, thiab thaum Stout Field tseem yog lub tshav dav hlau tsis muaj vaj huam sib luag, nws sab hnub poob tau tawg ua lub chaw lag luam thiab kev lag luam aviation. Cov dub Sherpa tau tsheb tavxij mus rau lub hangar loj heev nyob rau sab qab teb ntawm qhov chaw lag luam ntawm lub tshav dav hlau thiab raug cab mus rau hauv lub hangar ua ntej leej twg raug tso cai tawm mus. Lub hangar loj loj muaj lub dav hlau ua lag luam Challenger-5, Reaper drone nrog rau hauv qab-tis riam phom mounts, thiab ib tug me me version ntawm lub V-22 Osprey qaij-rotor aircraft, tag nrho cov pleev xim rau dub, tau kawg.
    
  Patrick coj nws tus tub mus rau ib lub tsev nyob ze. Brad tam sim ntawd pom tias lub qab nthab siab dua, thiab tag nrho cov qhov rooj thiab txoj hauv kev tau dav thiab siab dua li niaj zaus, txhua tus tsim kom pom tseeb kom haum rau Cybernetic Infantry Device uas dhau los ntawm lawv. Brad hnov lub xauv cia li nyem qhib thaum lawv mus txog ntawm lub qhov rooj, thiab lawv nkag mus rau hauv ib chav nyob hauv nruab nrab ntawm lub tsev. "Nov yog kuv lub tsev," Patrick hais. Nws tsis muaj dab tsi ntau tshaj li qhov liab qab, qhov tsis muaj qhov rais nrog tsuas yog ib lub rooj nrog ob peb cov khoom noj khoom haus ntawm nws, qhov chaw uas Patrick ntsaws rau hauv recharge ...
    
  ... thiab, nyob rau hauv lub ces kaum deb, lwm tus qauv tshiab ntawm cybernetic neeg hlau infantryman. Patrick hais tias, "Kuv pom kuv muaj qhov hloov pauv," Patrick hais hauv lub suab ntoo. "Peb feem ntau xav tau lwm hnub los yog li ntawd kom khiav tag nrho cov kev kuaj mob ntawm CID tshiab ua ntej lawv hloov mus."
    
  "Tom qab ntawd kuv tuaj yeem pom koj, txiv."
    
  Patrick hais tias, "Tus tub, yog tias koj paub tseeb tias qhov no yog qhov koj xav ua, ces kuv yuav tso cai rau nws," Patrick hais. "Tab sis nws tsis zoo nkauj."
    
  Brad ntsia ib ncig ntawm chav tsev. "Dam, lawv tsis txawm cia koj dai duab rau ntawm phab ntsa?"
    
  Patrick hais tias "Kuv tuaj yeem ua si txhua daim duab uas kuv xav tau, txhua lub sijhawm kuv xav tau, hauv kuv lub siab," Patrick hais. "Kuv tsis xav kom lawv dai ntawm phab ntsa." Nws hloov cov ntim khoom noj hauv nws lub chassis nrog cov tshiab ntawm lub rooj, tom qab ntawd sawv ntawm qhov chaw nyob hauv nruab nrab ntawm chav tsev, thiab lub zog, cov ntaub ntawv, kev tu cev, cov khoom noj khoom haus, thiab cov kab mob kuaj pom tau nqis los ntawm lub qab nthab thiab txuas nrog lub qhov chaw raug ntawm CID. Patrick froze nyob rau hauv qhov chaw, sawv ncaj, zoo li tus neeg hlau tsis muaj neeg siv nyob rau hauv lub ces kaum. "Tus tub ceev xwm loj yuav tuaj txog ob peb teev los qhia koj thiab tham nrog koj txog qhov tshwm sim, thiab tom qab ntawd nws yuav coj koj mus rau koj lub tsev so," nws hais. "Nws yuav coj koj rov qab los thaum sawv ntxov thiab peb mam li muab koj nyob rau hauv kom koj thiaj li tau txais kev tawm dag zog."
    
  Brad ntsiag to xav tias nws yuav hais li cas rau ib pliag; ces: "Txiv, koj hais rau kuv tias hauv no neeg hlau koj tseem yog koj tus kheej."
    
  "Yog".
    
  Brad tau hais tias "Zoo, 'koj' kuv nco qab muaj khoom plig thiab plaques thiab cov duab ntawm phab ntsa," Brad hais. "Txawm hais tias nyob rau hauv qhov me me rau-taw-dav trailer ntawm Battle Mountain, koj muaj koj lub kaus mom dav hlau qub, tso cov ntaub ntawv nco txog, cov qauv dav hlau, thiab txhua yam me me uas kuv tsis tau paub tias lawv yog dab tsi, tab sis lawv" re obviously ntau meant rau koj. Vim li cas koj tsis muaj ib qho ntawm no?"
    
  Tus neeg hlau nyob twj ywm thiab ntsiag to rau ob peb lub sijhawm ntev; Tom qab ntawd, "Kuv twv kuv yeej tsis xav txog nws, Brad," thaum kawg Patrick hais. "Thaum xub thawj kuv xav tias yog vim kuv tsis xav kom leej twg paub tias nws yog kuv nyob ntawm no, tab sis tam sim no txhua tus neeg uas kuv cuam tshuam nrog hauv lub tsev no paub tias nws yog kuv, yog li nws tsis muaj feem cuam tshuam."
    
  Brad hais tias, "Zoo, tus neeg hlau yuav tsis muaj dab tsi ntawm phab ntsa," tab sis kuv txiv xav tau. Patrick tsis tau hais dab tsi. "Tej zaum thaum txhua yam ua kom sov thiab rov qab mus rau qhov qub-lossis ze li qub raws li nws yuav tau txais-Kuv tuaj yeem ya hla ntawm no thiab npaj qee yam. Ua kom nws zoo li koj chav thiab tsawg dua li lub txee dai khaub ncaws. "
    
  "Kuv xav li ntawd, tus tub," Patrick hais. "Kuv xav li ntawd."
    
    
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  Ob peb hnub tom qab
    
    
  "Muaj tseeb tias muaj cov cim qhia txog kev nce ntxiv ntawm Asmeskas chaw tub rog chaw nres tsheb," Xeev Tus Thawj Saib Xyuas Kev Ruaj Ntseg Viktor Kazyanov tau hais los ntawm kev sib txuas video los ntawm nws lub chaw txawj ntse mus rau tus thawj tswj hwm lub chaw haujlwm. Nws tau qhia ua ntej thiab tom qab cov duab ntawm Armstrong chaw nres tsheb. "Muaj ib lub foob pob hluav taws xob nqa hnyav uas xa cov qauv ntev no nrog rau ntau lub thawv me me, ob qho tib si siab thiab tsis muaj zog. Peb tsis paub tseeb tias muaj dab tsi hauv cov thawv ntim khoom kaw tsis tau, tab sis cov khoom tsis raug kaw no zoo ib yam li cov roj teeb uas twb tau teeb tsa hauv kev ua liaj ua teb, yog li peb xav tias lawv yog cov roj teeb ib yam. "
    
  "Kuv tsis xav kom muaj kev xav ntxiv los ntawm koj, Kazyanov," said Lavxias Thawj Tswj Hwm Gennady Gryzlov, taw qhia nws cov luam yeeb ntawm Kazyanov cov duab ntawm nws lub computer saib. "Nrhiav kuv cov ntaub ntawv. Ua koj txoj haujlwm damn."
    
  "Muaj, tus tswv," said Kazyanov. Nws tshem nws caj pas, tom qab ntawd hais ntxiv: "Tseem muaj qhov nce ntxiv ntawm cov dav hlau ya dav hlau, qee zaum peb mus rau plaub lub hlis, tus tswv." Nws hloov cov slides. "Tus qauv tshiab tshaj plaws ntawm lawv lub dav hlau ib-theem orbital spaceplane, S-29 Duab Ntxoo, tam sim no tau ua tiav kev sim ua haujlwm thiab ua tiav ib lub davhlau mus rau qhov chaw nres tsheb. Raws li qhov loj thiab muaj peev xwm nqa tau, nws zoo ib yam li peb lub dav hlau Elektron, tab sis, ntawm chav kawm, nws tsis xav tau lub foob pob hluav taws los tso rau hauv qhov chaw. "
    
  Thawj Tswj Hwm Gennady Gryzlov tau hais tias "Tau kawg tsis yog," "Yog li ntawd. Tam sim no lawv muaj ib lub dav hlau duab ntxoov ntxoo, uas zoo ib yam li peb cov Electron. Peb muaj pes tsawg electrons, Sokolov?
    
  "Peb tau rov qhib xya lub dav hlau Elektron," said Minister of Defense Gregor Sokolov. "Ib tug ntawm lawv tau npaj txhij rau kev tso tawm hauv Plesetsk, thiab lwm lub dav hlau- foob pob hluav taws tau tuaj txog ntawd thiab tuaj yeem sib raug zoo thiab xa mus rau qhov chaw tso tawm hauv ib lub lis piam. "peb muaj ... "
    
  "Ib week?" Gryzlov thundered. "Tus Thawj Kav Tebchaws, Kuv tau hais rau koj, Kuv xav ua kom lub ntiaj teb lub voj voog nrog Lavxias chaw dav hlau thiab riam phom. Kuv xav kom muaj peev xwm tshaj tawm ob lub dav hlau tib lub sijhawm. "
    
  "Tus Tswv, tsuas yog ib lub tshuab xa tawm hauv Plesetsk tau thauj khoom rau lub tsheb thauj khoom Angara-5," Sokolov tau hais. "Cov nyiaj npaj rau kev tsim kho ntawm lwm qhov chaw tau raug xa mus rau kev tsim kho ntawm Vostochny cosmodrome thiab txuas ntxiv ntawm kev xauj tsev ntawm Baikonur. Peb yuav tsum-"
    
  Gryzlov tau hais tias "Tus Thawj Kav Tebchaws Sokolov, Kuv paub tus qauv ntawm no: Kuv muab kev txiav txim, thiab koj muab kev zam txim rau kuv tsis yog qhov tshwm sim," Gryzlov hais. "Puas muaj lub tso pa tawm ntawm Vostochny haum rau Angara-5 tso tsheb lossis tsis?"
    
  "Vostochny Cosmodrome yuav tsis ua kom tiav nyob rau hauv ob xyoos tom ntej no, tus tswv," Sokolov hais. Gryzlov dov nws ob lub qhov muag chim siab rau pua pua lub sijhawm thaum lub rooj sib tham hauv xov tooj. "Baikonur tsuas yog lwm qhov chaw tso tawm muaj los tuav Angara 5 lub sijhawm no."
    
  "Yog vim li cas tsis muaj Elektron spaceplane ntawm Baikonur, Sokolov?"
    
  "Sir, raws li kuv nkag siab, koj tsis xav kom muaj kev ua tub rog ntxiv los ntawm Baikonur, tsuas yog kev lag luam xa tawm," Sokolov hais.
    
  Gryzlov tsis tuaj yeem muaj nws txoj kev npau taws. "Kuv tau hais tias kuv xav tau, Sokolov, xa ntau lub dav hlau mus rau lub foob pob hluav taws kom sai li sai tau kom peb muaj lub sijhawm los tawm tsam cov neeg Asmeskas," nws hais. "Peb tau them nyiaj zoo los siv qhov chaw no - peb yuav pib siv nws. Dab tsi ntxiv?"
    
  "Tus Tswv, peb tab tom txuas ntxiv txhim kho Plesetsk, Vostochny thiab Znamensk cosmodromes," Sokolov hais ntxiv, "tab sis kev ua haujlwm tau qeeb vim huab cua txias thiab yuav tsum tau nres tag nrho hauv li ib hlis, txwv tsis pub cov pob zeb ua haujlwm zoo yuav tsis zoo. "
    
  "Yog li peb tsuas muaj ob qhov chaw tso tawm rau peb lub dav hlau, thiab ib qho tsis nyob hauv peb lub tebchaws?" Gryzlov hais nrog kev txaj muag. "Zoo".
    
  "Muaj lwm txoj hauv kev uas peb tuaj yeem nqa tau, Mr. Thawj Tswj Hwm: tso lub dav hlau Elektron los ntawm Tuam Tshoj," Tus Thawj Fwm Tsav Tebchaws Txawv Tebchaws Daria Titeneva cuam tshuam. "Ua tsaug rau Asmeskas kev ua phem rau ob lub tebchaws, peb txoj kev sib raug zoo nrog Tuam Tshoj yeej tsis zoo dua. Kuv tshawb nrhiav qhov muaj peev xwm no nrog Tus Thawj Fwm Tsav Tebchaws Suav Tebchaws Suav, thiab kuv tau tham nrog nws tus kws pab tswv yim tub rog, uas tau hais tawm lub hauv paus nyob rau sab hnub poob ntawm Tuam Tshoj: Xichang. Nrog rau kev qhib tshiab Wenchang Satellite Launch Center ntawm Hainan Island, tag nrho cov foob pob hluav taws hnyav tau tsiv mus rau qhov ntawd los ntawm Xichang, ua rau lub hauv paus qhib, nkag mus tau thiab nruab nrog cov cuab yeej tshiab kawg. Lawv muaj ob lub tso pa tawm rau peb lub foob pob hluav taws Angara-5 nrog rau peb cov Proton series. Muaj ntau qhov kev txhawj xeeb tias qhov kev tso tawm tsis ua haujlwm tuaj yeem ua rau cov khib nyiab poob rau hauv cov nroog thiab cov chaw tsim khoom nyob ze nrog qhov txo qis, tab sis kuv xav tias me ntsis ntxiv rau cov neeg ua haujlwm hauv nroog thiab xeev tuaj yeem txo lawv cov kev txhawj xeeb. "
    
  "Zoo heev, Daria," hais tias Gryzlov, luag ntxhi rau thawj zaug thaum lub rooj sib tham. "Saib, Sokolov? Nov yog yuav ua li cas nws ua tiav. Xav sab nraum lub thawv. "
    
  "Koj tawm tsam kom xa tawm los ntawm Baikonur, tab sis koj puas xav xa peb lub foob pob hluav taws thiab lub dav hlau mus rau Tuam Tshoj, tus tswv?" Sokolov tawm tsam. "Kuv paub tseeb tias cov tub rog Suav xav ua tib zoo saib Electron thiab Angara-5.
    
  "Kuv yuam Lavxias teb sab dav hlau nyob rau hauv lub tso pa tawm, Sokolov!" Gryzlov qw nrov nrov, taw tes nws luam yeeb ntawm daim duab ntawm Minister of Defense ntawm nws lub monitor. "Yog tias kuv tsis tuaj yeem tso lawv los ntawm cov chaw Lavxias, kuv yuav ua nws los ntawm lwm qhov." Nws tig rov qab rau Titeneva. Nws tau hais tias "Txuas ntxiv kev npaj, Daria," nws hais. "Dab tsi ntxiv yog cov Suav hais txog?"
    
  Titeneva tau hais tias "Lawv tau tham txog kev sib pauv rau kev siv Xichang, tus tswv, nrog rau cov nyiaj ntsuab, tau kawg," "Lawv hais ob peb yam, ob peb txoj cai, xws li kev txhawb nqa rau lawv cov lus thov rau Senkaku Islands thiab South Tuam Tshoj Hiav Txwv, thiab tej zaum rov pib kev sib tham txog cov roj thiab cov kav dej rau Tuam Tshoj los ntawm Siberia, tab sis feem ntau lawv txaus siab. nyob rau hauv chav kawm mobile missiles nto-rau-air S-500, tus qauv tshiab tshaj plaws muaj peev xwm tawm tsam satellites. "
    
  "Xwb?" Gryzlov hais tias, nodding enthusiastically. "Hloov lub launchers rau S-500 missiles, uas kuv xav kom muab tso rau ntawm tag nrho cov Lavxias teb sab cosmodromes thiab tub rog installation nyob ib ncig ntawm lub ntiaj teb no. tswv yim zoo. Kuv pom zoo".
    
  "Tus Tswv, S-500 yog riam phom tiv thaiv huab cua tshaj plaws hauv ntiaj teb," Sokolov hais tias, nws lub ntsej muag tig mus rau hauv lub ntsej muag tsis txaus ntseeg qhia rau txhua tus tias nws ntseeg tsis tau tias tus thawj tswj hwm tau hais li cas. "Qhov no tsawg kawg yog ib tiam ua ntej ntawm txhua yam uas Suav lossis Asmeskas muaj. Lub tshuab hluav taws xob, sensor thiab propulsion technologies siv nyob rau hauv S-500 yog qhov zoo tshaj plaws nyob rau hauv Russia ... tsis yog, qhov zoo tshaj plaws nyob rau hauv lub ntiaj teb no! Peb yuav muab rau lawv qhov lawv tau sim nyiag ntawm peb ntau xyoo lawm!"
    
  "Sokolov, Kuv xav kom Electrons thiab Burans nyob rau hauv lub tso pa taws," Gryzlov bark. "Yog tias Suav ua tau, thiab lawv xav tau S-500, lawv yuav tau txais S-500." Nws frowned thaum nws pom cov kev xav tsis thoob ntawm Sokolov lub ntsej muag. "Peb cov kev pab cuam rov qab mus li cas? Lub Duma tau nce peb cov kev tiv thaiv kev tiv thaiv los ntawm peb caug feem pua - qhov no yuav tsum ua rau ntau pua S-500s, MiG-31D tiv thaiv satellite systems thiab ntau tshaj li tsib lub dav hlau.
    
  Sokolov tau hais tias "Nws yuav siv sijhawm los rov pib dua cov phiaj xwm riam phom uas raug tshem tawm ntau xyoo dhau los, tus tswv," Sokolov hais. "Lub S-500 twb tau nkag mus rau hauv kev tsim khoom, yog li peb tuaj yeem cia siab tias yuav muaj ib mus rau ob lub tshuab hauv ib hlis tom ntej -."
    
  "Tsis yog, Sokolov!" Gryzlov cuam tshuam. "Qhov no tsis tsim nyog! Kuv xav tau tsawg kawg kaum ib hlis!"
    
  "Kaum?" Sokolov tawm tsam. "Tus Tswv, thaum kawg peb tuaj yeem ncav cuag lub hom phiaj ntawm kaum units hauv ib lub hlis, tab sis kev ua kom nrawm rau qib ntawd yuav siv sijhawm. Nws tsis txaus kom tsuas yog muaj nyiaj - peb xav tau cov neeg ua haujlwm cob qhia, qhov chaw ntawm cov kab sib dhos, cov khoom seem tsis tu ncua thiab txhim khu kev qha, cov chaw sim - "
    
  "Yog tias S-500 twb tau tsim tawm lawm, vim li cas tsis tag nrho qhov no tseem nyob hauv?" Gryzlov thundered. "Koj puas tau npaj tsim tsuas yog ib mus rau ob lub hlis twg? Qhov kev tiv thaiv huab cua siab tshaj plaws hauv ntiaj teb, lossis yog li koj hais, tab sis peb tsis tsim ntau dua?
    
  "Tus Tswv, kev siv nyiaj tiv thaiv tau hloov mus rau lwm yam tseem ceeb xws li cov foob pob hluav taws tiv thaiv nkoj, cov neeg nqa dav hlau thiab cov dav hlau tua rog," Sokolov tau hais. "Lub S-500 feem ntau yog riam phom tiv thaiv huab cua, tsim los siv tawm tsam cov foob pob hluav taws thiab lub dav hlau stealth, thiab tom qab ntawd tau hloov kho raws li tus qauv 'S' tiv thaiv satellite thiab tiv thaiv missile riam phom. Tom qab peb cov foob pob hluav taws thiab cov foob pob hluav taws tau pib tawm tsam hauv Tebchaws Meskas uas zoo li rhuav tshem nws cov foob pob thiab ICBMs, kev tiv thaiv huab cua tsis tau muab qhov tseem ceeb vim tias qhov kev hem thawj tau ploj mus. Tam sim no qhov chaw ntawd yog qhov tseem ceeb dua thiab S-500 tau ua pov thawj tias muaj kev vam meej, peb tuaj yeem pib tsim ntau dua, tab sis raws li kuv tau hais, nws yuav siv sijhawm ...
    
  "Txawm tias zam txim ntxiv!" Gryzlov qw rau hauv lub microphone ntawm lub rooj sib tham video. "Txhua yam kuv xav hnov los ntawm koj, Sokolov, yog 'yog, tus tswv,' thiab txhua yam kuv xav pom yog cov txiaj ntsig, lossis kuv yuav muaj lwm tus ua kuv qhov kev twv. Tam sim no mus ua haujlwm!" Thiab nws nias lub pob uas txiav tawm kev sib txuas lus nrog nws tus kws lij choj tiv thaiv.
    
  Thaum lub sijhawm ntawd, Tarzarov tau xa tus thawj tswj hwm ib tsab ntawv xov xwm ntiag tug uas tau hla hauv qab ntawm lub rooj sib tham video: nws nyeem: qhuas rau pej xeem, thuam ntiag tug. Gryzlov yuav teb "Fuck koj," tab sis hloov nws lub siab. "Daria, txoj haujlwm zoo," nws hais hauv xov tooj sib tham hauv xov tooj. "Cia kuv paub koj xav kom kuv ua dab tsi los pab."
    
  "Yog lawm, tus tswv," Titeneva teb nrog kev ntseeg siab luag ntxhi thiab dai. Gryzlov luag ntxhi. Daria Titeneva tau hloov pauv hauv ob peb lub lis piam dhau los: nruj, muaj tswv yim, xav tau, txawm hais lus tsis zoo nyob rau qee lub sijhawm ... hauv thiab tawm ntawm txaj. Gryzlov txuas ntxiv lub rooj sib tham video nrog lwm tus thawj coj hauv nws lub txee rau ob peb feeb ntxiv, tom qab ntawd txiav tawm.
    
  Tarzarov hais tias, "Koj txoj kev npau taws thiab kev npau taws yuav sai lossis tom qab ntawd tau zoo dua ntawm koj, Gennady," hais tias Tarzarov, sai li sai tau txhua txoj kev sib raug zoo nrog tus thawj tswj hwm tus thawj tswj hwm raug cuam tshuam. "Nco ntsoov ceeb toom koj txog nws zoo li tsis pab."
    
  "Ntau tshaj kaum xyoo tau dhau mus txij li kev puas tsuaj ntawm Asmeskas cov foob pob tawg thiab cov foob pob hluav taws sib kis, Sergei," Gryzlov yws, ib zaug ntxiv tsis quav ntsej Tarzarov cov lus qhia. "Cov neeg Amelikas tau rov qhib lawv lub chaw tub rog chaw nres tsheb thiab hloov mus rau qhov chaw siv riam phom es tsis txhob rov tsim kho lawv cov foob pob hluav taws thiab cov foob pob hluav taws, thiab lawv tsis zais nws. Dab tsi yog Zevitin thiab Truznev tau ua txhua xyoo no - ua si nrog lawv tus kheej?
    
  "Rau feem ntau ntawm lub sijhawm ntawd, cov thawj tswj hwm yav dhau los muaj teeb meem kev lag luam, kev nom kev tswv thiab nyiaj txiag, Gennady," Tarzarov tau hais tias, "nrog rau qhov xav tau los kho cov riam phom uas cov neeg Amelikas puas tsuaj thaum muaj kev tawm tsam. Nws tsis yog siv taw tes rau cov thawj tswj hwm yav dhau los. Tsawg tus thawj coj ntawm lub xeev, suav nrog koj, muaj kev tswj hwm txoj hmoo ntawm lawv lub tebchaws. " Nws tshawb xyuas nws lub xov tooj smartphone, tom qab ntawd tuav nws lub taub hau hauv kev npau taws. "Ilyanov thiab Korchkov tab tom tos sab nraum. Koj puas tau ua tiav nrog qhov project no, tus tswv? Ilyanov tsuas yog ib tug neeg phem nyob rau hauv ib tug tub rog hnav khaub ncaws, thiab Kortchkova yog ib tug mindless tshuab rab phom uas tua vim nws nyiam nws. "
    
  Gryzlov tau hais tias "Kuv yuav ua tiav ob qhov no thaum lawv txoj haujlwm tiav," Gryzlov hais. "Tab sis tam sim no lawv yog cov neeg tsim nyog rau txoj haujlwm. Nqa lawv los ntawm no." Tarzarov coj tus tub ceev xwm Lavxias thiab nws tus pab cuam rau tus thawj tswj hwm lub chaw ua haujlwm, tom qab ntawd coj nws "qhov chaw tsis pom zoo" hauv chaw ua haujlwm thiab sib xyaw ua ke hauv qhov xwm txheej. Ilyanov thiab Korchkov nyob rau hauv cov tub rog khaub ncaws, Ilyanov nyob rau hauv ib tug tub rog khaub ncaws hnav, thiab Korchkov nyob rau hauv ib tug yooj yim dub tunic thiab ris, tsis muaj kev txiav txim los yog puav pheej, tsuas yog insignia ntawm epaulettes yam ntxwv ntawm cov neeg tseem ceeb tshwj xeeb pab pawg neeg "Vympel" commandos. Gryzlov pom tias nws kuj hnav ib rab riam dub hauv nws txoj siv. "Kuv xav tias yuav hnov los ntawm koj ob peb hnub dhau los, Colonel," nws hais. "Kuv kuj tsis tau hnov dab tsi txog xov xwm txog kev tuag ntawm McLanahan tus tub, yog li kuv twv koj pab pawg ua tsis tiav."
    
  "Muaj, tus tswv," hais Ilyanov. "Thawj pab pawg tau tshaj tawm rau Alpha Command tias lawv muaj McLanahan, thiab tom qab ntawd Alpha poob kev sib cuag nrog lawv. Pab pawg thib ob thiab thib peb tau tuaj tos McLanahan thiab ib tug txiv neej uas McLanahan tau ua kev tiv thaiv tus kheej thiab kev cob qhia thaum tawm hauv nroog. "
    
  "Tus txiv neej no yog leej twg?" - Nug Gryzlov.
    
  Ilyanov tau hais tias "Ib tug tub ceev xwm so haujlwm uas tsis yog tub txib npe hu ua Ratel, tam sim no yog tus kws qhia txog kev tiv thaiv tus kheej thiab siv phom," Ilyanov tau hais. "Nws los rau qee lub sijhawm nrog ntau tus neeg uas tseem zoo li yav dhau los tub rog - tam sim no peb tab tom txheeb xyuas lawv. Ib tug txiv neej zoo li nws tau raug hlawv los ntawm tshuaj lom neeg lossis hluav taws xob. Nws zoo li yog tus saib xyuas tus qub tub rog. "
    
  Gryzlov tau hais tias "Qhov no tau txais txiaj ntsig ntau dua," Gryzlov hais. "McLanahan tus bodyguards? Puas muaj ib pab pawg neeg ntiag tug? McLanahan Sr. tau tshaj tawm tias koom nrog cov pab pawg no, ob qho tib si sab hauv thiab sab nraud tub rog. "
    
  "Peb cov kev xav zoo ib yam, tus tswv," said Ilyanov. "Cov pab pawg thib ob yuav tsum tau rub nws tus Tsov tus tw vim nws xav tias nws tau raug tshawb pom, tab sis cov pab pawg tau siv lub tshuab hluav taws xob ntawm Ratel lub tsheb, yog li lawv raug yuam kom rub tawm tus Tsov tus tw thiab tos lub beacon nres. Nws tsaws ntawm lub tshav dav hlau me me hauv nruab nrab California. Cov pab pawg pom lub tsheb tso tseg, tab sis lawv tuaj yeem txiav txim siab lub tshav dav hlau lub tsev Rate thiab McLanahan tau nkaum hauv, lub dav hlau loj hangar. Kev txib kom Pab Pawg Ob thiab Peb tos kom muaj kev ua si ntawm lub tshav dav hlau kom tsum thiab tom qab ntawd tawm tsam los ntawm ntau cov lus qhia, uas lawv tau ua. "
    
  "Thiab pom tseeb ua tsis tiav," Gryzlov hais. "Cia kuv twv qhov seem: Cov tswv cuab ntawm tag nrho peb pawg tau ploj lawm, tsis nyob hauv tub ceev xwm saib xyuas, thiab McLanahan tsis pom qhov twg. Leej twg yog tus tswv hangar, Colonel? Nws tsa tes. "Tos, cia kuv twv dua: qee lub tuam txhab aviation khiav lag luam nrog cov tub ceev xwm tsis zoo thiab ob peb tus neeg ua haujlwm uas tsis tau nyob hauv thaj chaw ntev heev." Cov lus qhia ntawm Ilyanov lub ntsej muag qhia rau tus thawj tswj hwm tias nws tau twv kom raug. "Tej zaum lub hangar yog lub hauv paus hauv paus ntawm pab pawg no, lossis yog. Lawv yuav undoubtedly ya sib nrug nyob rau hauv tag nrho plaub cov lus qhia. Puas yog koj pab neeg tuaj yeem tshawb xyuas lub hangar?
    
  Ilyanov tau hais tias "Cov pab pawg tswj hwm tsis tuaj yeem nkag mus tau vim yog tub ceev xwm, thiab tom qab ntawd vim muaj tub ceev xwm tub ceev xwm ntiag tug hnyav," Ilyanov tau hais. "Tab sis tus thawj coj pab pawg tau soj ntsuam ntau tus txiv neej thiab poj niam tshem tawm cov ntaub ntawv thiab cov khoom siv ntawm cov tsheb thauj khoom, thiab lub dav hlau ua lag luam uas tau nyob hauv lub hangar thaum lub sijhawm ua haujlwm tsheb tavxij tawm thiab tawm mus rau hmo tom qab ua haujlwm. Lub dav hlau lag luam tau pleev xim dub tag. "
    
  Gryzlov tau hais tias "Kuv xav tias nws tsis raug cai hauv ntau lub tebchaws los pleev xim lub dav hlau dub tshwj tsis yog nws yog tsoomfwv lossis tub rog dav hlau," Gryzlov tau hais. "Ib zaug ntxiv, nthuav heev. Tej zaum koj yuav tsum dawm rau qee lub koom haum tsis paub txog kev ua tub rog, Colonel. Dab tsi ntxiv?"
    
  "Tus thawj coj pab neeg tuaj yeem pom tias lub ntsiab nkag mus rau hauv lub dav hlau hangar tau tawg mus rau sab hauv, tej zaum yog lub tsheb uas tsav ncaj qha los ntawm lub chaw haujlwm loj thiab tsoo rau hauv lub hangar nws tus kheej," Ilyanov hais. "Txawm li cas los xij, tsis muaj lub cim ntawm lub tsheb puas nyob qhov twg sab nraum lub hangar."
    
  Gryzlov xav ib pliag, nodding, ces luag nyav. "Yog li McLanahan cov phooj ywg tsis sib haum xeeb cawm tib neeg los ntawm kev tsoo lub tsheb mus rau hauv lub qhov rooj? Tsis suab heev professional. Tab sis lawv tau ua tiav txoj haujlwm. " Nws sawv ntawm nws lub rooj. "Colonel, kaum tus txiv neej uas koj xa mus rau qhov ntawd tau raug tua lossis raug ntes, xav tias yog los ntawm qhov kev soj ntsuam los yog kev tawm tsam hauv ib puag ncig McLanahan. Tsis hais leej twg koj nrhiav neeg hauv Tebchaws Meskas, lawv xyaum tsis muaj txiaj ntsig. Koj thim rov qab thiab peb tos kom tso cai rau cov xwm txheej ntawd rov qab mus rau qhov qub. Pom tseeb, McLanahan tsis muaj lub tswv yim tawm hauv tsev kawm ntawv no, yog li nws yuav yooj yim coj nws rov qab los dua. "
    
  Gryzlov tshuaj xyuas Korchkov lub cev ntawm lub taub hau mus rau ntiv taw. "Thiab thaum lub sijhawm los txog, kuv xav tias nws yog lub sijhawm xa Captain Korchkov - ib leeg," nws hais ntxiv. "Koj ob pawg neeg yog neeg ruam lossis tsis muaj peev xwm lossis ob qho tib si, thiab tam sim no pab pawg tub rog no tau ceeb toom. Kuv paub tseeb tias tus thawj coj yuav ua haujlwm. Tej zaum nws yuav tau tshem tawm ob peb ntawm cov tub rog qub no ua ntej nws mus rau McLanahan. " Korchkova tsis tau hais dab tsi, tab sis muaj ib lub ntsej muag luag ntxhi ntawm nws lub ntsej muag, zoo li nws twb tau txaus siab rau qhov kev cia siab ntawm kev tua neeg ntau dua. "Tab sis tsis yog ib zaug. Cia McLanahan thiab nws cov neeg saib xyuas xav tias peb tau tso tseg ntawm kev yos hav zoov. Siv qee lub sij hawm muab tus thawj coj hauv lub npog zoo meej, ze rau McLanahan thiab ze txaus kom tau txais qhov zoo ntawm pab pawg tub rog no. Tsis txhob siv nws lub hwj chim tawm tsam - Kuv paub tseeb tias txhua tus neeg lis haujlwm hauv Embassy thiab Consulate yuav raug tshuaj xyuas rau qee lub sijhawm. "
    
  "Muaj, tus tswv," hais Ilyanov.
    
  Gryzlov los ze rau Korchkova thiab ntsia rau hauv nws lub qhov muag tsis pom kev. Nws ntsia rov qab rau nws nrog nws luag ntxhi. "Lawv cia koj nyob ntawm no nrog rab riam, Korchkov?"
    
  "Lawv tsis tuaj yeem nqa koj ntawm kuv, tus tswv," hais Korchkov, thiab cov no yog thawj lo lus uas, hauv Gryzlov lub cim xeeb, kev zoo nkauj tau hnov dua. "Lawv tsis kam coj nws tawm ntawm kuv mus. Sir."
    
  "Kuv pom," hais Gryzlov. Nws tshuaj xyuas nws lub cev ntawm taub hau mus rau ntiv taw ib zaug ntxiv, tom qab ntawd hais tias, "Nws yuav tsis thab kuv li, Captain, yog tias koj txiav txim siab tsim txom McLanahan me ntsis ua ntej tua nws. Tom qab ntawd koj tuaj yeem rov qab los rau kuv thiab piav qhia txhua yam kom ntxaws. "
    
  "Nrog kev txaus siab, tus tswv," hais tias Korchkov, "Nrog kev txaus siab, tus tswv."
    
    
  IN NEAR-EARTH ORBIT
  Lub Kaum Hli 2016
    
    
  "Wow, saib tag nrho cov bling tshiab," Sondra Eddington hais. Nws thiab Boomer Noble tau nyob rau ib tag hmo spaceplane S-19, mus rau qhov chaw nres nkoj ntawm Armstrong chaw nres tsheb, uas nyob deb li ib mais deb. Qhov no yog nws lub dav hlau thib plaub, nws thib ob ntawm S-19 spaceplane - lwm tus nyob ntawm qhov me S-9 Black Stallion - tab sis nws thawj zaug nyob rau hauv orbit thiab nws thawj docking nrog Armstrong chaw nres tsheb. Ob leeg nws thiab Boomer hnav nruj-tsim hluav taws xob elastomeric taug qab suits thiab kaus mom hlau ua pa ua pa ua ntej thaum muaj kev ntxhov siab tsis muaj kev tswj hwm.
    
  "Ib feem ntawm Starfire hnub ci fais fab project," Boomer hais. Nws tuaj yeem pom Sondra co taub hau me ntsis thaum nws hais lo lus Starfire. Lawv tau xa mus rau ob pawg ntxiv ntawm cov khoom siv hnub ci nruab rau ntawm cov yees ntawm "saum" modules ntawm chaw nres tsheb, tsom rau lub hnub. "Nws nyuaj rau ntseeg, tab sis cov khoom siv hluav taws xob tshiab no tsim hluav taws xob ntau dua li tag nrho cov nroj tsuag silicon solar cells ua ke, txawm tias lawv tsawg dua li peb lub hlis twg."
    
  "Auj, kuv ntseeg nws," Sondra hais. "Kuv tuaj yeem piav qhia rau koj tias lawv tau tsim thiab kos koj cov qauv molecular ntawm nanotubes."
    
  "Kuv ntseeg tias Brad tau qhia koj txog lawv ntau dua ib zaug."
    
  "Txog thaum nws rings hauv kuv pob ntseg," Sondra hais tias nkees.
    
  Qhov no ntawm Sondra qhov kev cob qhia lub dav hlau dav hlau tau tswj hwm lub computer tag nrho, yog li ob tus neeg ua haujlwm tau zaum rov qab thiab saib cov khoos phis tawj ua lawv li. Boomer nug cov lus nug txog cov teeb meem tshwm sim thiab nws qhov kev ua, taw qhia qee yam cim thiab tham txog dab tsi yuav xav tau. Tsis ntev lawv tsuas pom ib lub chaw nres tsheb xwb, thiab tsis ntev lawv txhua tus tuaj yeem pom yog qhov chaw nres nkoj, thiab ob peb feeb tom qab lub dav hlau ib tag hmo tau nres. "Lub latches tau ruaj ntseg, qhov chaw nres nkoj tau ua tiav," Boomer tau tshaj tawm. "Nws dhuav heev thaum lub computer ua nws."
    
  Sondra ua tiav saib xyuas lub computer thaum nws ua tiav daim ntawv teev npe tom qab docking. "Postdock checklist ua tiav," nws hais thaum lub computer ua tiav tag nrho cov kauj ruam. "Kuv nyiam tsis muaj dab tsi ntau dua li kev ya davhlau tho txawv - nws txhais tau tias txhua yam mus zoo thiab txhua yam ua haujlwm. Zoo txaus rau kuv. "
    
  Boomer tau hais tias "Kuv nyiam muab nws txhais tes ruaj ntseg. "Yog tias peb muaj roj ntxiv rau Armstrong lossis Ib tag hmo, kuv yuav ua nws. Txwv tsis pub, lub khoos phis tawj muaj roj ntau dua, kuv ntxub lees nws. "
    
  "Koj tsuas yog qhia tawm," Sondra hais. "Kev ntseeg siab ib txwm muaj."
    
  "Nws yog kuv". Nws nyob ntsiag to ib pliag, ces nug hais tias, "Lub siab xav sawv li cas? Kuv xav tias koj tseem muaj teeb meem me ntsis nrog Gs zoo. "
    
  "Kuv tuaj yeem nyob ua ntej ntawm lawv zoo, Boomer," Sondra hais.
    
  "Nws tsuas yog zoo li koj tau tsom mus rau qhov nyuaj nyob rau saum."
    
  "Txawm li cas los xij ua haujlwm, txoj cai?"
    
  "Kuv txhawj xeeb me ntsis txog qhov poob," Boomer hais. "G-forces hnyav dua thiab kav ntev dua. Koj tsuas tau txais ob lossis peb Gs ntawm kev nce, tab sis plaub lossis tsib ntawm qhovntsej thiaj tsis mob. "
    
  "Kuv paub, Boomer," Sondra hais. "Kuv mam li ok. Kuv dhau txhua lub davhlau ntawm MiG-25, thiab kuv ua tau zoo ntawm S-9 thiab lwm lub davhlau S-19. "
    
  "Lawv tag nrho cov suborbital - peb tuaj yeem zam Gs yooj yim dua vim tias peb tsis tas yuav qeeb ntau," Boomer tau hais. "Tab sis tam sim no peb yuav nqis los ntawm Mach nees nkaum tsib. Txhawm rau txo Gs, Kuv tuaj yeem txo qhov deorbit lub kaum sab xis me ntsis, tab sis tom qab ntawd koj yuav tsum tawm tsam Gs rau lub sijhawm ntev dua. "
    
  "Kuv tau hnov cov lus qhuab qhia ua ntej, Boomer," Sondra hais tias, ntxhov siab me ntsis. "Kuv yuav ua zoo txawm tias koj xaiv lub qhovntsej thiaj tsis mob. Kuv tab tom xyaum kuv M-maneuvers. " M-maneuvers yog ib txoj hauv kev kom nruj cov leeg hauv plab, ua kom lub ntsws, thiab tom qab ntawd grunting los ntawm lub siab hauv siab kom yuam cov ntshav kom nyob twj ywm hauv siab thiab lub hlwb. "Tsis tas li ntawd, EEAS pab tau ntau heev."
    
  "Ok," hais tias Boomer. "Puas yog qhov no zoo li xyaum koj cov Kegel ce?"
    
  "Ib yam dab tsi koj xav hnov tus kheej?"
    
  Boomer tsis quav ntsej cov lus pom zoo thiab taw qhia rau cov lus qhia ntawm dashboard. Nws tau hais tias "Qhov no qhia tau tias lub khoos phis tawj tau npaj txhij los pib 'Pair Tunnel Ua ntej Kev Sib Txuas' daim ntawv tshuaj xyuas ," nws hais. "Kuv yuav mus tom ntej thiab pib qhov no. Txij li thaum lub qhov hloov pauv yuav txuas nrog lub tshuab - yog vim li cas peb hnav spacesuits - nyob rau hauv rooj plaub lub qhov tsis zoo thaum peb xav tawm, peb tuaj yeem nkag mus rau qhov chaw nyab xeeb kom rov txuas nws lossis mus rau qhov chaw nres tsheb. "
    
  "Vim li cas peb tsis cia li taug kev mus rau qhov chaw nres tsheb zoo li Thawj Tswj Hwm Phoenix tau ua lub caij nplooj ntoo hlav dhau los?" Sondra nug. "Nws zoo li lom zem."
    
  "Peb yuav ua qhov no hauv kev hloov pauv tom qab," Boomer tau hais. "Koj txoj haujlwm hauv qhov kev hloov pauv no yog kawm tswj lub nkoj thiab chaw nres tsheb los ntawm lub cockpit, kom paub txog qhov tsis txaus ntseeg thiab ua haujlwm."
    
  "Nws siv sijhawm ntev npaum li cas los thauj cov khoom thauj?"
    
  "Nyob ntawm. Tsis muaj ntau cargo modules ntawm lub davhlau no. Tej zaum tsis ntev. "
    
  Raws li qhov hloov chaw tau swb mus rau hauv qhov chaw nyob rau sab saum toj ntawm qhov hloov chaw ntawm lub davhlau ya nyob twg thiab cov khoom thauj khoom thauj, Boomer tau saib raws li cov cuab yeej siv tshuab los ntawm Armstrong chaw nres tsheb qhov chaw nres tsheb tau tshem tawm cov khoom siv hluav taws xob los ntawm qhib cov khoom thauj thiab xa lawv mus rau lawv qhov chaw. Cov qauv me me yog rau cov neeg ua haujlwm cov khoom ntiag tug - dej, khoom noj, khoom seem, thiab lwm yam tseem ceeb - tab sis qhov loj tshaj plaws yog qhov kawg. Qhov no yog ib qho ntawm cov khoom kawg ntawm Project Starfire yuav tsum tau xa mus rau Armstrong chaw nres tsheb: lub tshuab hluav taws xob microwave uas yuav tau nruab rau hauv qhov chaw nres tsheb twb tau teeb tsa lub tshuab hluav taws xob dawb los tsim hluav taws xob los ntawm cov hluav taws xob hluav taws xob uas tsim los ntawm lub hnub.
    
  Ib lub suab nrov nrov nyob rau hauv lub kaus mom hlau astronauts thiab Boomer kov lub microphone khawm. Nws tau hais tias "Kev sib ntaus sib tua Roob, qhov no yog tus thib peb Stallion, txuas ntxiv mus," nws hais.
    
  "Sondra, Boomer, nws yog Brad!" Brad McLanahan hais tias zoo siab heev. "Kuv cov tswv cuab thiab kuv xav ua kev zoo siab rau koj ntawm qhov kev tso tawm ntawm Starfire tseem ceeb tshaj plaws."
    
  "Ua tsaug, phooj ywg," Boomer hais. "Thov qhia peb kev zoo siab rau koj pab neeg. Txhua tus ntawm Armstrong thiab Sky Masters zoo siab los pib txhim kho qhov kawg ntawm txoj haujlwm no thiab npaj rau kev sim khiav sai sai. "
    
  "Ib yam ntawm no, Brad," Sondra hais yooj yim.
    
  "Koj nyob li cas, Sondra? Koj thawj ya mus rau hauv lub orbit zoo li cas?
    
  "Kuv zoo li tus nais maum ntawm no: txhua yam yog automated uas kuv tsis ua dab tsi, tsuas yog saib cov khoos phis tawj ua txhua yam haujlwm."
    
  "Zoo, qhov kev tawm mus yog qhov tsis txaus ntseeg, peb tau saib koj tawm ntawm kev tswj hwm txoj haujlwm thiab lub rooj sib tham tau zoo tag nrho," Brad hais. "Peb tuaj yeem pom lawv thauj cov kab noj hniav microwave rau hauv Skybolt module tam sim no, damn nws. Thiab koj nyuam qhuav ua koj thawj zaug ya mus rau hauv orbit. Zoo kawg! Nrog koj zoo siab!"
    
  "Koj suab zoo li me me, Brad," Boomer hais.
    
  "Tam sim no thiab kuv tsis tuaj yeem txaus siab ntxiv, Boomer," Brad hais. "Kuv pw tsis tsaug zog tag nrho nag hmo - ntuj raug txim, tsis yog rau lub lim tiam dhau los!"
    
  "Yog li thaum twg peb tso tus tub phem no, Brad?" - Boomer nug.
    
  Brad teb tias "Txhua yam mus zoo heev, Boomer, tej zaum nyob rau hauv ib lub lis piam los yog li ntawd," Brad teb. "Kev tsim kho ntawm thawj lub rectenna tau ua tiav thiab thaum peb hais nws tab tom sim thiab npaj los sim tua hluav taws ntawm White Sands Missile Range. Khoos phis tawj chips thiab tshiab aiming software yog nyob online thiab sim. Peb tau khiav mus rau ob peb qhov teeb meem nrog cov lithium-ion capacitors hauv Skybolt laser tag nrho, tab sis peb muaj ib pab tub rog ntawm cov txiv neej ua haujlwm rau lawv thiab peb tau ntxiv cov kws tshaj lij thiab cov kws tshaj lij rau qhov project txhua hnub. Kuv tseem tabtom yaum Dr. Kaddiri thiab Dr. Richter yaum kom kuv ya mus rau qhov chaw nres tsheb. Muab lo lus zoo rau kuv, ua li cas?"
    
  "Tau kawg, Brad," Boomer hais.
    
  "Sondra, thaum twg koj rov qab los?" - Brad nug.
    
  "Kuv tsis tuaj yeem qhia koj tias, Brad, tsis dhau qhov kev sib kis tsis muaj kev nyab xeeb," Sondra teb rau qhov chim siab. "Kuv paub tias kuv muaj qee qhov kev kawm thiab kev tawm dag zog los ua ntawm no ntawm qhov chaw nres tsheb, thiab kuv tsis xav tias peb yuav ncaj nraim rov qab mus rau Tsov Rog Roob."
    
  Brad hais tias "Kuv yuav tsum rov qab mus rau Cal Poly tag kis," Brad hais nrog qhov tsis txaus ntseeg hauv nws lub suab. "Kuv twb tsis tau kawm txaus lawm."
    
  "Tom ntej no, Brad," Sondra hais.
    
  "Zoo, kuv yuav cia koj rov qab mus ua haujlwm," Brad hais. "Peb tab tom yuav tham nrog Armstrong cov kws tshaj lij txog kev pib ua ke cov kab noj hniav microwave rau hauv Skybolt, thiab tom qab ntawd pab pawg tab tom mus rau hauv nroog los ua kev zoo siab rau kev ua tiav ntawm Starfire. Kuv xav kom koj nrog peb nyob. Ua tsaug dua rau qhov zoo siab thiab ua tiav lub davhlau. "
    
  "Koj twv nws, phooj ywg," Boomer hais. "Thiab kuv yuav tham nrog cov tub ceev xwm txog kev coj koj thiab koj pab neeg ntawm lub dav hlau mus rau Armstrong. Koj yuav tsum nyob ntawm no thaum koj txhaj tshuaj thawj zaug. "
    
  "Zoo, Boomer," Brad hais. "Ua tsaug dua. Tham nrog koj sai sai no. "
    
  "Ib tag hmo yog dawb." Boomer cuam tshuam qhov kev sib txuas. "Tus txiv neej, nws yog qhov zoo uas tau hnov ib tug txiv neej zoo siab txog ib yam dab tsi," nws hais dhau ntawm intercom. "Thiab kuv nyiam hnov 'pab pawg no' thiab 'pab pawg ntawd'. Nws yog tus thawj coj ntawm ib qhov project uas muaj yuav luag ib puas tus neeg thiab cov peev nyiaj, thaum kawg suav, tshaj li ob puas lab daus las, tab sis nws tseem yog pab pawg. txias." Sondra tsis muaj dab tsi hais, Boomer ntsia nws, tab sis nyeem tsis tau ib yam dab tsi ntawm nws lub ntsej muag los ntawm lub kaus mom hlau oxygen. "Kuv puas yog?" nws nug.
    
  "Muaj tseeb".
    
  Boomer cia lub silence stretch rau ob peb lub sij hawm ntev; ces: "Koj tseem tsis tau tawg nrog nws, koj puas tau?"
    
  "Kuv tsis tas yuav," Sondra hais npau taws. "Kuv tsuas yog pom tus txiv neej no peb hnub so hauv rau lub hlis, thiab thaum peb ntsib txhua yam nws hais txog yog Starfire qhov no lossis Cal Poly uas thiab txhua yam nws ua yog kev ua haujlwm hauv tsev kawm ntawv thiab cov khoom ntsig txog Starfire, thiab tom qab ntawd nws caij tsheb kauj vab lossis ua ntau pua push-ups thiab sit-ups ua hauj lwm tawm. Nws ua li no txhua hnub thaum kuv mus xyuas. "
    
  "Nws puas cob qhia txhua hnub?"
    
  "Tsawg cuaj caum feeb hauv ib hnub, tsis suav lub sijhawm caij tsheb kauj vab mus rau hauv chav kawm lossis lub gym," Sondra hais. "Nws hloov tau tiag tiag thiab txaus ntshai me ntsis. Nws tsuas pw plaub lossis tsib teev ib hmos xwb, nws nyob twj ywm hauv xov tooj lossis khoos phis tawj-los yog ob qho tib si-thiab nws noj zoo li noog damn. Kuv los tsev los ntawm kev mus xyuas nws thiab kuv xav xaj tag nrho pizza loj nrog cheese thiab pepperoni rau kuv. "
    
  "Kuv yuav tsum lees, nws saib zoo heev thaum kuv pom nws ua ntej tawm hnub no, zoo dua li zaum kawg kuv pom nws thaum nws txiv nyob ib puag ncig," Boomer hais. "Nws poob hnyav heev thiab zoo li nws muaj phom tam sim no."
    
  "Tsis yog tias kuv yuav tsum tua ib qho ntawm lawv," Sondra hais sullenly.
    
  Boomer tsis tau hais kom nws piav qhia.
    
    
  DOWNTOWN BATTLE MOUNTAIN, NEVADA
  Ob peb teev tom qab ntawd
    
    
  "Lub xeem tawg ntawm Starfire nyob rau hauv orbit!" - Brad qw rau cov neeg hauv pab pawg tau sib sau ua ke nyob ib puag ncig nws. "Zoo meej!" Txhua pab pawg tau rov hais dua lawv cov lus qhia tshiab, uas yog Latin rau "siab dua."
    
  Casey Huggins tau hais tias "Kuv tau teem sijhawm rau peb ntawm Harrah's Battle Mountain Steakhouse," Casey Huggins tau hais thaum nws ua tiav nws lub xov tooj smartphone. "Lawv yuav tos peb ntawm rau rau."
    
  "Ua tsaug, Casey," Brad hais. "Kuv yuav mus khiav me ntsis. Pom koj nyob ntawm qhov chaw twv txiaj yuam pov concierge. "
    
  "Koj puas tawm mus jogging?" - Nug Lane Egan. "Tam sim no? Casey thiab Jerry lub microwave tsuas yog xa mus rau qhov chaw nres tsheb thiab yuav raug teeb tsa hauv ob peb hnub, tom qab ntawd Starfire yuav npaj rau kev tshaj tawm. Koj yuav tsum muaj kev lom zem, Brad. Starfire yuav luag npaj rau nws qhov kev sim pib! Koj deserved nws ".
    
  "Kuv yuav muaj kev lom zem, cov txiv neej, ntseeg kuv," Brad hais. "Tab sis yog tias kuv mus tsis tau rau kev khiav, kuv npau taws heev. Pom koj hauv ib teev ntawm lub rooj concierge ntawm Harrah. " Nws khiav tawm ua ntej lwm tus tuaj yeem tawm tsam.
    
  Brad khiav rov qab mus rau nws chav, hloov mus rau hauv nws cov khaub ncaws workout, ua ob puas squats thiab thawb-ups, ces tuav nws tus pas nrig, mus rau pem hauv ntej thiab tawm mus. Thaum Lub Kaum Hli Ntuj, sab qaum teb-central Nevada muaj huab cua zoo tshaj plaws, tsis zoo li sov, nrog rau lub caij ntuj no hauv huab cua, thiab Brad pom cov xwm txheej zoo tagnrho. Hauv peb caug feeb, nws tau khiav ze li plaub mais los ntawm lub tsev so RV chaw ua si, uas tsis tshua muaj neeg coob dua qhov chaw nres tsheb, ces rov qab mus rau nws chav da dej thiab hloov.
    
  Nws nyuam qhuav pib hnav khaub ncaws thaum nws hnov ib lub suab nrov ntawm sab nraud ntawm lub qhov rooj. Nws coj nws tus pas nrig, ntsia ntawm lub qhov rooj ntawm lub qhov rooj, ces qhib nws. Nws pom Jodi sab nraum, ntaus ntawv ntawm nws lub smartphone. "Txog! Koj rov qab los, "nws hais, xav tsis thoob. Brad nqis ib sab thiab nws mus rau hauv. "Kuv nyuam qhuav yuav tso koj cov lus thov kom koj ntsib peb ntawm Silver Miner es tsis txhob - lawv muaj ib pawg jazz zoo nkauj ua si tam sim no." Nws ob lub qhov muag taug kev hla nws lub hauv siab thiab lub xub pwg nyom thiab qhib dav hauv kev xav tsis thoob. "Dam nws, phooj ywg, koj ua dab tsi rau koj tus kheej?"
    
  "Dab tsi?"
    
  "Qhov no yog nws, phooj ywg," Jodie hais thiab khiav nws cov ntiv tes hla nws cov biceps thiab deltoids. "Koj puas yog steroids lossis qee yam?"
    
  "Hnub no. Kuv yuav tsis ua tshuaj. "
    
  "Tom qab ntawd cov spanking benders tuaj qhov twg los, Brad?" Jodi nug thaum nws ntiv tes khiav saum nws lub hauv siab. "Kuv paub tias koj tau kawm, tab sis dawb huv Dooley! Koj tseem muaj ib co qab qab plhu nyob ntawd thiab. " Nws khiav nws txhais tes hla nws lub plab. "Thiab qhov ntawd yog rau lub pob uas kuv pom, phooj ywg?"
    
  Brad hais tias "Kuv cov kws qhia yog cov neeg muaj zog heev," Brad hais. "Peb nqa qhov hnyav peb zaug hauv ib lub lis piam, ntawm kev ua cardio. Lawv ntxiv ib lub hnab ceev thiab txawm tias qee qhov kev ua kom cev nqaij daim tawv kom sib xyaw ua ke. " Nws tseem tsis tau qhia nws txog tus pas nrig, Krav Maga, thiab kev cob qhia rab yaj phom, tab sis nws paub tias nws yuav tsum ua sai sai no. Lawv tsis yog ib khub niam txiv thiab tsis tau sib tham tiag tiag, lawv tsuas yog pom ib leeg me ntsis ntau sab nraum tsev kawm ntawv. Lawv coj ob peb lub davhlau ntawm lub turbine P210, tab sis lawv tag nrho cov hnub luv luv mus saib kev ua si ntaus pob hauv San Francisco lossis yuav cov nqaij nruab deg hauv Monterey.
    
  "Zoo, nws ua haujlwm rau koj, tus tub loj," Jodi hais nrog luag nyav. Nws khiav nws tus ntiv tes mus rau pem hauv ntej ntawm nws lub hauv siab, tab sis thaum nws tsis ua raws li qhov nws xav tau, nws rub tawm. "Tab sis kuv tsis nkag siab tias vim li cas koj xav tau lub pas dej no. Koj hais tias koj xav tias koj xav tau nws txhua lub sijhawm tam sim no thiab tom qab ntawd tom qab qhov kev tawm tsam lub caij nplooj ntoo hlav dhau los, tsuas yog los pab koj kom siab. Koj puas tseem rov qab? Koj khiav thiab caij tsheb kauj vab txhua lub sijhawm. "
    
  "Yog lawm, Kuv yuav kiv taub hau ib ntus," Brad dag. "Tsis txaus los txwv kuv ntawm kev khiav lossis caij tsheb kauj vab. Kuv tsuas yog siv rau nws nrog kuv, kuv twv. "
    
  Jodie tau hais tias "Zoo, koj zoo li dapper hauv nws," Jodie hais. "Thiab kuv twv cov neeg yuav cia koj mus ua ntej ntawm lawv hauv kab ntawm super ib yam nkaus."
    
  Brad tau hais tias "Kuv tsis cia nws mus deb tshwj tsis yog tias kuv maj nrawm heev," Brad hais.
    
  Nws taug kev thiab nqa nws tus pas nrig, tapping tus kov tiv thaiv nws txhais tes. "Zoo li qias neeg, zoo li miv piss, phooj ywg," nws hais tias, khiav nws tus ntiv tes mus rau qhov taw tes ntawm lub hilt thiab nrog cov tes tuav ntawm lub ncej. Qhov no yog me ntsis zoo nkauj dua li cov uas nws tau xub pom nws hauv; nws muaj ntau qhov projections thoob plaws nws thiab peb cov channel uas khiav raws nws tag nrho ntev. "Qhov no tsis yog kuv yawg tus pas nrig, qhov tseeb."
    
  "Kuv paub txog nws los ntawm Thawj Tswj Hwm Ratel thaum nws pom tias kuv kiv taub hau me ntsis," Brad tau dag dua, siv cov lus zam thiab cov dab neeg uas nws tau tsim thiab rov hais dua ob peb lub hlis dhau los. "Kuv tsuas yog tsis tau mus yuav lwm tus, ib yam li cov uas sawv ntawm lawv tus kheej, thiab nws yeej tsis thov kom rov qab."
    
  Los ntawm kev saib ntawm nws lub ntsej muag, Brad tsis tuaj yeem qhia tau tias Jodi puas ntseeg ib qho ntawm qhov no lossis tsis, tab sis nws leaped nws tus pas nrig rau ntawm lub txaj, coj lwm lub sijhawm ntev ntawm nws lub cev, thiab luag ntxhi. "Pom koj hauv lub club, siab tawv," nws hais thiab tawm mus.
    
  Cov neeg hauv pab pawg tau tuav ib qho kev noj hmo tshwj xeeb tshaj plaws. Tom qab Lane Egan cov niam txiv tau coj nws mus rau tshav dav hlau kom ntes nws lub davhlau rov qab mus rau California, Brad, Jodie, Casey thiab ob peb lwm tus tswvcuab ntawm pab pawg tau txiav txim siab mus xyuas qhov twv txiaj yuam pov tshiab ntawm Route 50 uas muaj lub club zoo nkauj. Nws tsaus thiab txias dua, tab sis nws tseem xis nyob txaus rau taug kev. Txoj kev hla kev ib txwm raug kaw vim kev tsim kho ntawm txoj kev taug kev, yog li lawv yuav tsum tau taug kev sab hnub tuaj txog ib nrab ntawm qhov thaiv mus rau qhov thib ob nkag mus rau qhov chaw nres tsheb hauv twv txiaj yuam pov, uas tsis zoo li lub ntsiab nkag.
    
  Ib yam li lawv pib taug kev rov qab mus rau hauv twv txiaj yuam pov, ob tug txiv neej tau tshwm sim tawm ntawm qhov tsaus ntuj thiab thaiv lawv txoj kev. "Muab tsib bucks rau kuv," ib tug ntawm cov txiv neej hais tias.
    
  "Thov txim," Brad hais. "Kuv pab tsis tau koj."
    
  "Kuv tsis tau thov koj pab," tus txiv neej hais. "Tam sim no nws yuav raug nqi koj kaum."
    
  Casey hais tias "Tau ploj, asshole," Casey hais.
    
  Tus txiv neej thib ob lashed tawm, ncaws Casey lub rooj zaum lub log kom nws tig mus rau sab. "Tuav qis, asshole," nws hais. Brad, uas tau pab thawb Casey thaum nws xav tau, ncav tes mus nqa lub rooj zaum. Tus txiv neej thib ob xav tias nws tab tom ua raws nws, yog li ntawd nws rub tawm ib rab riam thiab rub nws, rub Brad lub tsho qhib ntawm nws sab xis sab xis thiab nqus ntshav.
    
  "Brad!" Jody qw. "Ib tug neeg pab peb!"
    
  "Tsaug, bitch," tus txiv neej nrog rab riam qw nrov nrov. "Tam sim no pov koj lub hnab nyiaj rau hauv av tam sim no, damn nws, thaum kuv -"
    
  Lub zog tsis muaj dab tsi ntau dua li qhov muag plooj. Brad tuav tus tuav ntawm nws tus pas nrig nrog nws sab laug tes thiab twisted nws, nqa nws los ntawm nws tus neeg tawm tsam lub pob tw nrog lub suab ntawm cov ntoo tawg, ua rau nws poob riam nrog kev quaj ntawm qhov mob. Brad tam sim ntawd tuav qhov kawg ntawm tus pas nrig nrog nws sab tes xis thiab swung nws, ntaus thawj tus txiv neej ntawm sab ntawm lub taub hau. Tus tub sab poob, tab sis Brad tus pas nrig tawg hauv ob.
    
  "Koj yog neeg ruam!" qw tus thib ob attacker. Nws muab nws rab riam rov qab thiab lub sijhawm no tuav nws sab laug tes. "Kuv yuav ua rau koj zoo li tus npua fucking!"
    
  Brad tsa nws txhais tes, xib teg tawm. Nws hais tias, "Tsis yog, tsis yog, tsis yog, tsis yog, thov tsis txhob ua phem rau kuv ntxiv," nws hais, tab sis lub suab ntawm nws lub suab tsis muaj dab tsi tab sis capitulating - nws zoo li nws tab tom ua si prank rau tus neeg tawm tsam no, thuam nws nrog kev thuam. luag ntxhi. nyob rau hauv lub suab hais tias nws yeej txhawb tus txiv leej tub nrog riam los tua! "Thov, asshole," Brad hais tias, "tsis txhob tua kuv." Thiab tom qab ntawd, ua rau txhua tus xav tsis thoob, nws txav nws cov ntiv tes rau ntawm tus neeg tawm tsam, zoo li yog thuam nws, ces hais tias: "Cia li los ntes kuv, tus txiv neej loj. Sim coj kuv mus."
    
  "Tuag, idiot!" Tus neeg tawm tsam tau coj ob kauj ruam rau pem hauv ntej, thiab rab riam tsom Brad lub plab ...
    
  ...tab sis nyob rau hauv lwm qhov tsis pom kev txav, Brad thaiv tus neeg tawm tsam sab caj npab nrog nws sab tes xis, muab nws txhais tes hauv qab tus neeg tawm tsam caj npab thiab xauv nws ncaj, txhos caug tus neeg tawm tsam hauv plab ob peb zaug - tsis muaj leej twg saib qhov kev sib ntaus no suav tau pes tsawg zaus. nws ua li no, - kom txog thaum tus neeg tawm tsam poob riam thiab yuav luag khoov rau hauv ib nrab. Nws ces twisted tus attacker sab laug caj npab nce mus txog rau thaum lawv hnov ob peb nrov CLAPKS raws li lub xub pwg leeg thiab ligaments sib cais. Tus neeg tua neeg poob rau ntawm txoj kev, qw madly, nws sab laug caj npab khoov rov qab ntawm lub kaum sab xis tsis zoo.
    
  Lub sijhawm ntawd, ob tug tub rog tiv thaiv kev ruaj ntseg tau khiav mus rau ntawm txoj kev taug kev, txhua tus tuav Brad ntawm caj npab. Brad tsis muaj kev tawm tsam. "Nyob zoo!" Casey qw. "Nws tsis ua dab tsi! Cov neeg no sim nyiag peb!" Tab sis Brad tau muab pov rau ntawm txoj kev taug kev, tig thiab tuav tes.
    
  "Damn nws, tub ceev xwm, koj tsis pom nws raug txiav?" Jodie quaj tom qab cov tub ceev xwm tso Brad. Nws siv ncaj qha rau lub qhov txhab. "Muab kev pab thawj zaug ntawm no, tam sim no!" Ib tug ntawm cov neeg saib xyuas rub tawm ib lub walkie-talkie, hu rau tub ceev xwm thiab tsheb thauj neeg mob.
    
  "Nws zoo li tus txiv neej no txhais caj npab tau twist yuav luag tam sim ntawd," tus neeg saib xyuas kev ruaj ntseg thib ob tau hais tom qab cov kws kho mob tuaj txog los tshuaj xyuas tus txiv neej qw ntawm txoj kev taug kev. Nws kuaj thawj tus tub sab. "Tus txiv neej no tsis nco qab. Kuv tau pom tus txiv neej no thov ua ntej, tab sis nws yeej tsis tau nyiag leej twg. " Nws ci lub teeb nyem ntawm cov pob txha tawg, ces ntsia Brad. "Koj puas tau qaug cawv thiab thov khawv ua dab tsi, tsav tsheb nrog cov menyuam yaus los qhuas koj cov hluas nkauj?"
    
  "Lawv sim nyiag peb!" Jodie, Casey thiab lwm tus neeg qw yuav luag sib koom ua ke.
    
  Nws siv sijhawm ntau tshaj li ib teev, thaum Brad zaum nrog nws txhais tes cuffed qab nws nraub qaum ntawm lub qhov rooj ntawm tub ceev xwm lub tsheb tom qab lub qhov txhab ntawm nws sab tes xis tau ntaub qhwv, tab sis thaum kawg soj ntsuam cov yeeb yaj kiab los ntawm ob lub twv txiaj yuam pov sib txawv thiab lub koob yees duab chaw nres tsheb tau pom dab tsi. tau tshwm sim, thiab nws raug tso tawm. Lawv txhua tus tau hais lus rau tub ceev xwm ceeb toom thiab pab pawg rov qab mus rau lawv lub tsev so.
    
  Thaum lwm tus mus rau hauv lawv chav, Brad, Jody thiab Casey pom ib qho chaw ntsiag to hauv twv txiaj yuam pov thiab yuav dej haus. "Koj puas paub tseeb tias koj nyob zoo, Brad?" Casey nug. "Tus neeg phem ntawd ua rau koj nyuaj siab."
    
  "Kuv nyob zoo," Brad teb, kov cov ntaub qhwv. "Nws tsis yog kev txiav tob heev. Cov kws kho mob hais tias tej zaum kuv yuav tsis xav tau stitches. "
    
  "Yog li cas koj kawm tau tag nrho cov cane no, Brad?" Casey nug. "Puas yog cov txheej txheem tiv thaiv tus kheej uas koj tau ua haujlwm txij li qhov kev cuam tshuam hauv tsev thaum lub Plaub Hlis?"
    
  "Yog," Brad hais. "Chief Ratel thiab nws lwm tus kws qhia qhia Kauslim kev tiv thaiv tus kheej thiab Cane-Ja, tiv thaiv tus kheej nrog tus pas nrig, nrog rau kev ua kom lub cev muaj zog. Nws tuaj nyob rau hauv ke. "
    
  "Kuv yuav qhia koj," Casey hais. "Nws tseem yog hmo ntuj lom zem. Kuv yuav mus ua si ob peb lub slots, tej zaum pom tias tus txiv leej tub uas kuv ntsib ntawm lub club tseem nyob ntawm no, thiab hu nws ib hnub. Pom koj sawv ntxov." Nws tas nws khob cawv thiab dov mus.
    
  Brad coj ib tug da dej ntawm nws scotch, ces tig mus rau Jody. "Koj nyob ntsiag to tom qab sib ntaus, Jody," nws hais. "Koj puas nyob zoo?"
    
  Jodie lub ntsej muag yog qhov sib xyaw ntawm kev tsis meej pem, kev txhawj xeeb, kev ntshai ... thiab, raws li Brad pom sai sai, kev tsis ntseeg. "Kev sib cav?" nws hais tias thaum kawg, tom qab lub sijhawm ntev, mob heev. "Koj hu qhov no yog 'quarrel'?"
    
  "Jodie...?"
    
  "Au kuv tus Vajtswv, Brad, koj yuav luag tua ib tug txiv neej thiab yuav luag ripped ntawm lwm tus txiv neej txhais caj npab!" Jodie exclaimed nyob rau hauv lub suab qis. "Koj tsoo koj tus pas nrig ntawm tus txiv neej lub pob txha taub hau!"
    
  "Dam lawm kuv ua tau!" Brad raug rho tawm haujlwm rov qab. "Tus txiv neej no txiav kuv txhais tes! Kuv yuav tsum ua li cas?
    
  Jodi hais tias "Ua ntej tshaj plaws, phooj ywg, tus txiv leej tub uas tua koj tsis yog tus txiv neej uas koj ntaus lub taub hau," Jodi hais. "Txhua yam nws ua yog thov nyiaj. Yog tias koj tau muab qhov nws thov rau nws, qhov no yuav tsis tshwm sim. "
    
  Brad tau hais tias "Peb tab tom raug tawm tsam, Jody," "Tus txiv neej no rub ib rab riam thiab muab kuv txiav. Nws tuaj yeem ua qhov no rau koj lossis Casey, lossis phem dua. Kuv yuav tsum ua li cas?
    
  "Koj txhais li cas koj yuav tsum tau ua?" - Jody nug incredulously. "Koj Yankees yog tib yam. Ib tug neeg ua rau koj ntawm txoj kev thiab koj xav tias koj yuav tsum dhia zoo li Batman thiab ncaws qee lub nroog Yeiuxalees. Koj puas yog drongo? Tsis yog nws ua haujlwm li cas, Brad. Ib tug neeg tawm tsam koj li no, koj muab qhov lawv xav tau, lawv tawm mus, thiab txhua tus muaj kev nyab xeeb. Peb yuav tsum tau tso peb lub hnab nyiaj, thim rov qab thiab hu rau tub ceev xwm. Peb yog cov neeg ruam tshaj plaws uas tau mus rau hauv qhov tsaus ntuj es tsis txhob ua raws li cov teeb pom kev zoo thiab cov chaw tiv thaiv. Yog tias lawv sim coj kuv mus rau hauv lawv lub tsheb, kuv yuav tawm tsam cov hniav thiab ntsia hlau, tab sis tsib, kaum, lossis ib lab nyiaj tsis zoo tsis tsim nyog rau leej twg lub neej. Nws tseem tsis tsim nyog txiav ntawm koj txhais tes. Thiab tom qab ntawd, tom qab koj tsoo koj tus pas nrig hla thawj tus txiv neej lub taub hau, koj tau tawm tsam tus txiv neej nrog rab riam, thiab koj tsis muaj riam phom. Koj puas vwm? Koj txawm suab zoo li koj tab tom dag tus txiv neej los tua koj! Qhov no yog dab tsi?
    
  Wow, Brad xav tias, nws chim heev txog qhov no - nws yog ib qho kev tshwm sim uas nws tsis tau xav txog kiag li. Kev sib cav nrog nws yuav tsis pab ib qho. "Kuv ... Kuv twv kuv tsuas yog tsis xav," nws hais. "Kuv nyuam qhuav hnov qab."
    
  "Thiab zoo li koj tab tom sim tua ob tug txiv neej!" Jodi txuas ntxiv boom, nws lub suab nce txaus kom nyiam cov neeg nyob ib puag ncig nws. "Koj ntaus tus txiv neej ntawd nyuaj heev kuv xav tias nws yuav ntuav, thiab tom qab ntawd koj yuav luag twisted nws txhais tes! Lub ntuj raug txim yog dab tsi?
    
  "Cov chav kawm tiv thaiv tus kheej kuv kawm ..."
    
  "Auj, tag nrho, huh?" Jodie hais. "Koj tus phooj ywg tshiab Chief Ratel tab tom qhia koj yuav ua li cas tua neeg? Kuv xav tias qhov deb koj tau txais los ntawm tus txiv neej no, qhov zoo dua. Nws lub hlwb ntxuav koj mus rau hauv kev xav tias koj yog invincible, hais tias koj tuaj yeem tua ib tug txiv neej nrog rab riam thiab tsoo nws lub taub hau nrog ib tug pas nrig. " Nws ob lub qhov muag widened nyob rau hauv realization. "Yog li ntawd yog vim li cas koj thiaj nqa lub pas nrig uas txaus ntshai? Puas yog Chief Ratel qhia koj yuav ua li cas tua neeg nrog nws?
    
  "Kuv tsis tua leej twg!" Brad tawm tsam. "Kuv yog-"
    
  Jodi hais tias, "Koj faib tus neeg pluag no lub taub hau qhib nrog tus pas nrig," Jodi hais. "Nws tsis tau ua dab tsi rau koj. Lwm tus txiv neej muaj riam, yog li nws tiv thaiv tus kheej - "
    
  "Ua tsaug!"
    
  "-tab sis zoo li koj tab tom sim tua tus txiv neej!" Jodie txuas ntxiv mus. "Vim li cas koj thiaj ntaus nws zoo li ntawd, thiab vim li cas koj ntswj nws txhais caj npab kom deb li deb tau?"
    
  Brad hais tias, "Jodie, tus txiv neej muaj riam," yuav luag thov kom nws nkag siab. "Tus neeg tawm tsam nrog rab riam yog ib qho xwm txheej txaus ntshai tshaj plaws uas koj tuaj yeem pom koj tus kheej hauv, tshwj xeeb yog hmo ntuj thiab tawm tsam tus txiv neej uas paub siv nws. Koj pom nws tuaj rau ntawm peb nrog nws sab tes laug tom qab kuv tuav rab riam tawm ntawm nws sab tes xis - nws pom tseeb tias nws yuav tsum sib ntaus nrog rab riam, thiab kuv yuav tsum tau khob nws tawm. Ib-"
    
  "Kuv puas yuav tsum tshem nws?" Cov neeg nyob ze ntawm lub rooj pib pom lub suab nrov hauv Jodie lub suab. "Yog li koj sim tua nws?"
    
  "Krav Maga qhia cov txee, tswj thiab tawm tsam, feem ntau-"
    
  Jodi hais tias "Kuv tau hnov txog Krav Maga. "Yog li tam sim no koj puas tau kawm los ua Israeli commando neeg tua neeg?"
    
  "Krav Maga yog ib hom kev tiv thaiv tus kheej," Brad hais hauv lub suab softer, vam tias Jodie yuav ua raws li. "Qhov no yog tsim los rau incapacitate unarmed attackers. Nws yuav tsum ceev thiab siab phem kom tus tiv thaiv tsis - "
    
  Jodie hais tias, "Kuv tsis paub koj lawm, Brad," Jodie hais, mus rau nws ko taw. "Kuv xav tias qhov kev tawm tsam no ntawm koj lub tsev hauv San Luis Obispo yuav tsum tau tsoo koj me ntsis - lossis koj puas tau dag kuv thiab lwm tus txog nws?"
    
  "Tsis muaj!"
    
  "Txij thaum ntawd los, koj tau dhau los ua tus txiv neej nyiam Hom A no, ib tug whirling dervish, qhov txawv ntawm tus txiv leej tub uas kuv tau ntsib thaum pib ntawm lub xyoo kawm ntawv. Koj tsis noj, koj tsis tsaug zog, thiab koj tsis tawm nrog koj cov phooj ywg lossis sib tham hauv tsev kawm ntawv ntxiv lawm. Koj tau dhau los ua qhov no ... lub tshuab no, txhim kho thiab kawm cov tswv yim los tua Israeli commandos thiab siv tus pas nrig kom tawg qee lub pob txha taub hau. Koj dag kuv txog tus pas nrig. Koj dag kuv txog dabtsi ntxiv?"
    
  "Tsis muaj dab tsi," Brad teb tam sim ntawd-tej zaum sai dhau, vim nws pom Jody lub qhov muag rov qab thiab tom qab ntawd nqaim tsis txaus ntseeg. "Jodie, Kuv tsis yog tshuab." Kuv paub ib tug, Brad xav, tab sis kuv tsis nyob ib leeg. "Kuv yog tib tug txiv neej. Tej zaum qhov kev ntxiab hauv tsev no cuam tshuam kuv tawm ntawm qhov sib npaug me ntsis. Tab sis kuv-"
    
  "Mloog, Brad, Kuv yuav tsum xav txog ib yam dab tsi txog peb," Jodi hais. "Kuv yeej xav tias peb tuaj yeem ua phooj ywg ntau dua, tab sis qhov ntawd yog nrog Brad, uas kuv tau ntsib ntev dhau los. Tus tshiab no txaus ntshai. Nws zoo li koj tau nqus txhua yam uas Chief Ratel pub rau koj, thiab koj tau hloov mus ua dab. "
    
  "Dab phem! kuv tsis-"
    
  "Kuv hais rau koj tus kheej qhov zoo uas koj qhia tus txiv neej no, Thawj Tswj Hwm Rate, kom fuck tawm thiab tej zaum mus ntsib qee tus kws kho mob ua ntej koj mus vwm thiab pib taug kev hauv lub ntsej muag thiab lub kaus mom nrhiav cov txiv neej uas koj tuaj yeem tuav kuv, " Jodie hais tias, taw tes rau Brad. "Lub sijhawm no, kuv xav tias nws yog qhov zoo tshaj rau kuv kom nyob deb ntawm koj kom txog thaum kuv muaj kev nyab xeeb dua." Thiab nws maj nrawm mus.
    
    
  MARICOPA, CALIFORNIA
  TAM SIM NO
    
    
  Ib tug poj niam uas muaj cov plaub hau ntev ntev, hnav lub tsho tawv, ris dub thiab looj tsom iav dub, tab tom sau nws lub tsheb xauj ntawm qhov chaw nres tsheb roj tso tseg thaum lub tsheb tshiab tsis muaj qhov rais rub mus rau hauv qhov chaw nres tsheb tsaus nti ntawm qhov chaw nres tsheb. Tus txiv neej siab, zoo nraug hauv ris tsho hauv qab thiab lub tsho flannel qhib tau tawm ntawm lub tsheb thauj khoom, siv sijhawm ntev, qhuas tus poj niam ntawm qhov chaw nres tsheb roj, thiab nkag mus rau hauv kev yuav khoom. Thaum nws tawm los ob peb feeb tom qab, nws taug kev mus rau tus poj niam thiab luag ntxhi. "Zoo hmo ntuj, tus poj niam ntxim hlub," nws hais.
    
  "Zoo hmo ntuj," tus poj niam hais.
    
  "Zoo hmo ntuj, puas yog?"
    
  "Me ntsis txias, tab sis zoo."
    
  "Kuv lub npe yog Tom," tus txiv neej hais, tuav nws txhais tes.
    
  "Melissa," tus poj niam hais, tuav nws txhais tes. "Zoo siab tau ntsib koj".
    
  "Tib yam, Melissa," tus txiv neej hais. "Lub npe zoo nkauj".
    
  "Ua tsaug, Tom."
    
  Tus txiv neej tsis kam, tab sis tsuas yog ib pliag xwb, ua ntej txav ze rau tus poj niam thiab hais tias, "Kuv muaj lub tswv yim, Melissa. Kuv muaj ib lub raj mis bourbon nyob rau hauv lub van, ib co zoo tawv rooj zaum nyob rau hauv lub nraub qaum, thiab ib puas duas las hlawv ib lub qhov nyob rau hauv kuv lub hnab ris. Koj hais tias peb muaj kev lom zem me ntsis ua ntej peb tsoo txoj kev?
    
  Tus poj niam ntsia Tom ncaj ntawm lub qhov muag, ces muab nws lub ntsej muag luag ntxhi. "Ob puas," nws hais.
    
  "Peb tau ua qhov no ua ntej, puas yog?" Tom hais tias. "Qhov ntawd yog me ntsis rau ib nrab ntawm kuv lub tsheb." Tus poj niam tshem nws lub looj tsom iav dub, nthuav tawm qhov tsaus ntuj, ntxim nyiam qhov muag thiab cov plaub muag ntev, tom qab ntawd unbuttoned nws lub tsho tawv, nthuav tawm lub tsho liab nrog lub caj dab qis thiab tau ntxim hlub cleavage. Tom licked nws daim di ncauj contentedly, saib ib ncig. "Park ntawm kuv."
    
  Tus poj niam nres nws lub tsheb xauj ntawm ib sab ntawm lub van thiab Tom qhib lub qhov rooj rau nws. Lub van sab hauv tau zoo heev nrog lub rooj zaum tawv tawv hauv nraub qaum, tawv tus thawj coj lub rooj zaum tom qab tus neeg tsav tsheb lub rooj, TV nrog satellite receiver thiab DVD player, thiab ib qho ntub dej. Melissa coj ib tug thawj coj lub rooj zaum thaum Tom ncuav ob khob ntawm bourbon. Nws muab ib tug rau nws, ces qaij nws lub khob rau ntawm nws. "Nyob zoo hmo ntuj, Melissa."
    
  "Yog li nws yuav yog," nws hais. "Tab sis ua ntej?"
    
  "Tau kawg," hais Tom. Nws ncav tes rau hauv nws lub hnab ris tsho, rub tawm ib daim ntawv nyiaj, thiab tuav ob puas duas daim nqi.
    
  "Ua tsaug, Tom," Melissa hais, noj ib khob ntawm bourbon.
    
  Tom yoj nws txhais tes tom qab nws, thiab tsuas yog tom qab ntawd tus poj niam puas pom lub koob yees duab kev ua si ntawm lub ces kaum, tsom rau nws. "Koj tsis mloog yog tias kuv qhib kuv lub koob yees duab me me, koj puas yog Melissa?" - nws nug. "Kuv nyiam khaws ib phau ntawm souvenirs."
    
  Tus poj niam tsis kam tos ib pliag, me ntsis tsis meej pem hauv nws lub qhov muag, ces muab nws luag ntxhi rau nws. "Tsis yog, mus tom ntej," nws hais. "Kuv nyiam nyob pem hauv ntej ntawm lub koob yees duab."
    
  "Kuv twv koj ua, Melissa," Tom hais. Nws tig ib ncig, taug kev mus rau lub koob yees duab tom qab, thiab nias lub pob kom tig nws. "Kuv muaj lwm qhov nyiaj them poob qis uas kuv xav tau thiab." Nws tig...
    
  ... thiab pom nws tus kheej tim ntsej tim muag nrog Melissa, ntsia rau hauv nws qhov tsaus ntuj, hypnotizing ob lub qhov muag. Nws luag ntxhi, qhuas nws lub puab tsaig siab thiab daim di ncauj liab. "Hav me nyuam, Kuv tos tsis tau, tab sis cia kuv ..."
    
  ... thiab thaum lub sij hawm ntawd rab riam tau chob nws lub plab kab noj hniav, hla lub diaphragm, lub ntsws thiab mus txog nws lub siab heev. Ib txhais tes npog nws lub qhov ncauj, tab sis nws tsis tau quaj - nws tau tuag ua ntej nws tsoo cov ntaub pua plag.
    
  Tus poj niam tshem tawm lub koob yees duab kev ua si rear saib ntawm nws lub mount, nqa cov nyiaj clip, qhib lub qhov rooj, pom tias tsis muaj neeg txawv, sai sai tawm ntawm lub van, nkag mus rau hauv nws lub tsheb thiab tsav tsheb mus. Txog thaum lawv pom lub cev, nws nyob ntau pua mais deb.
    
    
  LUB TSEV
  WASHINGTON, DC
  Ob peb hnub tom qab
    
    
  "Zoo, qhov ntawd yog nws," Tus Lwm Thawj Coj Anne Page hais. Nws nyob hauv Chav Tsev Dawb nrog Thawj Tswj Hwm Kenneth Phoenix; National Security Advisor William Glenbrook; Harold Lee, Tus Tuav Ntaub Ntawv ntawm Kev Tiv Thaiv rau Chaw; thiab Tub Rog Tub Rog Gen. George Sandstein, tus thawj coj ntawm Air Force Space Command, tau saib cov yeeb yaj kiab nyob ntawm qhov chaw ntawm lub siab txhais phab ntsa saib hauv chav teeb meem. Lawv tau saib nyob rau hauv kev poob siab raws li ib feem loj ntawm International Chaw Chaw Nres Nkoj tau cais tawm ntawm cov qauv thiab pib txav deb ntawm ISS. Ann hais tias "Thawj thawj zaug hauv yuav luag nees nkaum xyoo, Lub Chaw Chaw Chaw Thoob Ntiaj Teb yog pub dawb," Ann breathed, "thiab thawj zaug nyob rau hauv tag nrho cov sij hawm ntawd tsis muaj Lavxias teb sab Cheebtsam ntawm nws."
    
  "Dab tsi raug coj mus deb ntawm peb, Anne?" - nug tus thawj tswj hwm.
    
  "Nws hu ua Lavxias Orbital Segment, lossis ROS, tus tswv," tus lwm thawj coj tau teb, tsis xav tau kev tawm tswv yim ntxiv - raws li yav dhau los astronaut thiab aerospace thiab electronics engineers, nws yog ib tug kws tshaj lij ntawm txhua lub tebchaws Asmeskas chaw nres tsheb, pib nrog Skylab." . "Muaj peb lub docking thiab airlock modules, ib qho chaw docking thiab khaws cia, ib chav kuaj, ib qho chaw nyob, ib qho kev pabcuam, plaub lub hnub ci vaj huam sib luag thiab ob lub dab dej kub.
    
  "Puas muaj cov qauv tseem ceeb raug tshem tawm? Yog tias peb xa cov neeg ua haujlwm mus rau ntawd, puas yuav muaj kev phom sij rau lawv?
    
  "Qhov tseem ceeb tshaj plaws Lavxias teb sab module yog Zvezda, lossis "lub hnub qub," kev pabcuam module," Ann teb. Lub Zvezda yog ib tug loj module nyob rau hauv tag nrho "tom qab" ntawm qhov chaw nres tsheb lub davhlau, thiab raws li xws li muab tus cwj pwm thiab navigation tswj thiab yog siv los txhawb lub chaw nres tsheb mus rau ib tug siab dua orbit thaum xav tau kev pab. , oxygen thiab dej. "
    
  "Thiab tam sim no?"
    
  "Zvezda nws thiaj li yuav tau hloov los ntawm ob American modules, lub ISS propulsion module thiab lub sij hawm tswj module," Ann piav qhia. "Cov ob modules tau tsim txog nees nkaum xyoo dhau los, thaum kev tsim kho ntawm Zvezda tau ncua, thiab tau npaj yuav siv raws li. thaub qab tswj thiab propulsion systems nyob rau hauv cov ntaub ntawv lub Zvezda tsis ua hauj lwm los yog puas; Lub propulsion module kuj tau tsim los deorbit ISS thaum lub sijhawm los txog. "
    
  "Lub sijhawm ntawd yuav tuaj sai dua li peb xav tau," Tus Kws Pab Tswv Yim Saib Xyuas Kev Ruaj Ntseg Hauv Tebchaws William Glenbrook tau hais.
    
  "Ob lub modules tau khaws cia ntawm Naval Research Laboratory," tus lwm thawj coj hais ntxiv. "Thaum cov neeg Lavxias tau tshaj tawm tias lawv yuav tshem ROS los ntawm ISS, NRL tau pib ua haujlwm ntawm ob lub modules. Qhov no tsuas yog ua tiav thiab tam sim no peb tsuas yog tos cov modules txuas nrog lub accelerator thiab xa mus rau ISS. Qhov teeb meem yog tias ob lub modules tau tsim los thauj mus rau ISS nyob rau hauv qhov chaw shuttle, yog li qee qhov kev rov ua dua tshiab yuav tsum tau nruab rau hauv lub foob pob hluav taws. Qhov no yuav siv li ob peb lub lis piam ntxiv. "
    
  "Yog li ntawd yog vim li cas lub chaw nres tsheb yuav tsum tau tso tseg?" tus thawj tswj hwm nug. "Lawv tsis tuaj yeem tsim hluav taws xob, dej lossis oxygen, lossis ua haujlwm hauv chaw nres tsheb?"
    
  "Lub Harmony module ntawm ISS tuaj yeem tsim khoom siv tau, tab sis tsuas yog rau ob tus neeg caij nkoj, tsis yog rau," Anne tau hais. "Lub dav hlau tsis muaj neeg tsav tsheb thiab cov neeg tsav tsheb tuaj yeem rov muab ISS thiab nres nrog ISS los tswj thiab nrawm dua yog tias tsim nyog, yog li kev tswj hwm chaw nres tsheb thiab kev npaj yuav tsis muaj teeb meem. Rau qhov laj thawj kev nyab xeeb, nws tau txiav txim siab khiav tawm ISS kom txog thaum cov txheej txheem kev tshem tawm Lavxias tau ua tiav - "Anne dheev nres thiab ntsia ntawm lub ntsuas ntsuas siab. "Au tus Tswv! Zoo, zoo, peb cov phooj ywg Lavxias tau zoo li tsis khoom ntau dhau ob peb lub hlis dhau los, puas yog?
    
  "Qhov no yog dab tsi?" - Phoenix nug.
    
  "Qhov no," Anne hais tias, sawv ntawm nws lub rooj zaum, taug kev mus rau ntawm qhov screen ntawm pem hauv ntej ntawm chav tsev xwm txheej thiab taw tes rau ntawm ib qho khoom me me ntawm daim duab peb sab ntawm lub vijtsam. "Txias nws," nws hais, thiab lub khoos phis tawj teb los ntawm ncua kev noj zaub mov. "Qhov no, Thawj Tswj Hwm, yog tias kuv tsis yuam kev, yog lub dav hlau Elektron ntawm Soviet era."
    
  "Cov Russians puas muaj lub dav hlau zoo li lub dav hlau kuv ya?" Thawj Tswj Hwm Phoenix nug incredulously.
    
  Anne piav qhia tias, "Nws zoo li lub tsheb thauj mus los me me, tus tswv," hauv qhov kev nkag siab tias nws tau nqa ntawm lub zog thiab tom qab ntawd rov qab los rau hauv huab cua thiab glides tsis muaj zog rau txoj kev khiav. Txawm hais tias nws yog me dua lub shuttle thiab nqa tsuas yog ib tug astronaut, nws payload yuav luag ob npaug ntawm peb S-19 spaceplanes, txog kaum tsib txhiab phaus. Lawv tau ua tub rog nrog cov cuaj luaj qhia tshwj xeeb uas tsim los taug qab thiab rhuav tshem Asmeskas satellites thiab Silver Tower. Lub dav hlau tsis tau pom txij li thaum lub caij nplooj zeeg ntawm lub Soviet Union. Cov Soviets hais tias lawv yuav tsim ntau pua ntawm lawv. Tej zaum lawv tau ua. " Anne nres, cuam tshuam los ntawm kev mob nco txog ntau xyoo dhau los. "Kuv tau nyob hauv Armstrong chaw nres tsheb thaum cov Soviets tawm tsam nrog peb ntawm cov neeg phem ntawd. Lawv yuav luag rhuav tshem peb. "
    
  "Peb puas paub tias lawv yuav tso lub dav hlau dav hlau, General?" - nug tus thawj tswj hwm.
    
  "Tsis yog tiag, tus tswv," teb Air Force Gen. George Sandstein, tus thawj coj ntawm Air Force Space Command thiab tus thawj coj ntawm qhov chaw ntawm US Strategic Command. "Txog peb hnub dhau los, peb tau txais kev ceeb toom ntawm kev tshaj tawm los ntawm Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Launch Pad 41, ntawm lub foob pob hluav taws Soyuz-U nqa ib qho kev thauj mus los tsis muaj neeg taug kev los pab txhawb ROS dismantling txheej txheem, tus tswv. Tsis muaj dab tsi hais txog lub dav hlau. Peb tau taug qab cov nyiaj them poob haujlwm thiab txiav txim siab tias nws tau nkag mus rau lub ntiaj teb tiag tiag thiab ntawm nws txoj hauv kev los sib tham nrog ISS, yog li peb tau faib nws ua lub luag haujlwm ib txwm muaj. "
    
  "Nws tsis txawv rau cov neeg Lavxias siv Plesetsk hloov Baikonur, General?" Anne nug.
    
  "Yog lawm, ma'am-Plesetsk zoo li raug tso tseg tom qab cov neeg Lavxias tau cog lus nrog Kazakhstan txuas ntxiv siv Baikonur," Sandstein teb. "Plesetsk feem ntau yog siv rau kev sim cov foob pob hluav taws sib txuas thiab lwm yam kev ua tub rog lub teeb thiab nruab nrab-" Sandstein nres, nws ob lub qhov muag nthuav dav hauv kev poob siab, tom qab ntawd nws hais tias, "Suav nrog lub dav hlau Elektron thiab BOR-5 Buran cov khoom sim."
    
  "Buran"? - nug tus thawj tswj hwm.
    
  Anne hais tias "Soviet replica ntawm lub chaw shuttle, tus tswv," Anne hais. "Buran tau tsim los ntawm qhov pib ua tub rog, yog li kev sim ua cov khoom siv ntsuas me me tau ua los ntawm Plesetsk, uas nyob hauv Russia, tsis yog Kazakhstan. Lub dav hlau Buran nws tus kheej tsuas yog ua ib qho kev tso tawm los ntawm Baikonur Cosmodrome ua ntej lub cev qhuav dej ntawm Soviet Union, tab sis lub luag haujlwm tau ua tiav zoo - kev tswj hwm tus kheej, tsis muaj neeg tsav tsheb, lub voj voog, rov qab, thiab tsaws. Tsib Burans tau tsim; ib qho raug rhuav tshem thiab peb nyob hauv ntau theem ntawm kev ua tiav. "
    
  Glenbrook tau hais tias "Yog tias cov neeg Lavxias ya dav hlau dav hlau dua, nws tuaj yeem yog qhov pib ntawm kev pib tshiab Lavxias rov qab mus rau qhov chaw," Glenbrook tau hais. "Lawv muaj ROS thiab nws yuav tsis raug khi rau Western Chaw Nres Tsheb, yog li lawv tuaj yeem ua raws li lawv xav tau yam tsis muaj kev soj ntsuam ze. Yog tias lawv pib ya ntawm cov hluav taws xob, lawv tuaj yeem npaj rau ntau qhov chaw, txhua tus koom nrog kev tsim lawv tus kheej lub peev xwm thiab tiv thaiv peb. "
    
  Tus thawj tswj hwm tau hais tias "Kev sib tw riam phom hauv qhov chaw," "Tam sim no tsuas yog yam peb xav tau. Peb tsis tas yuav ceeb toom rau cov neeg Lavxias yog tias peb yuav tso lub dav hlau mus rau hauv lub ntiaj teb?
    
  Sandstein teb tias "Yog lawm, tus tswv, thiab peb ua nws txhua lub sijhawm," Sandstein teb. "Xaiv hnub thiab lub sijhawm, pib txoj kev orbital, qhov chaw, lub hom phiaj, payload, thiab rov qab hnub thiab sijhawm."
    
  "Peb puas yuav muab tag nrho cov no rau lawv?"
    
  Sandstein piav qhia tias "Peb lub dav hlau muaj ntau dua li lub dav hlau orbital, tus tswv," Sandstein piav qhia. "Lawv txoj kev ya davhlau tau hloov pauv ntau dua li thaum pib los ntawm lub ntiaj teb tso lub ncoo, raws li koj tus kheej tau ntsib. Txhawm rau zam kev tsis sib haum xeeb, peb tau pom zoo muab cov ntaub ntawv rau lawv ntawm txhua lub davhlau kom lawv tuaj yeem saib xyuas lub davhlau thiab teb rau txhua qhov kev sib txawv tsis tau piav qhia. "
    
  "Yog li cov Russians paub tias kuv tau ya hauv lub dav hlau?"
    
  Sandstein hais tias "Peb tsis muab cov ncauj lus kom ntxaws heev rau lawv, tus tswv," Sandstein hais nrog luag nyav.
    
  "Yog li peb yuav tsum tau txais tib cov ntaub ntawv hais txog Lavxias teb sab dav hlau, txoj cai?"
    
  "Yog tias peb xav qhia tias peb paub txog nws, tus tswv," Anne hais. "Tej zaum nws yuav zoo dua yog tias peb tsis tau qhia qhov peb paub txog Elektron tam sim no. Peb tuaj yeem xav tias lawv paub, tab sis peb tsis tas yuav tsum qhia txhua yam peb paub txog lawv cov dej num. Silence yog kub".
    
  Thawj Tswj Hwm Phoenix nodded - tam sim no hais tias qhov kev sib tham tau pib txav los ntawm cov tub rog mus rau thaj chaw thaj chaw, nws xav tau ib pawg neeg pab tswv yim sib txawv. "Cov neeg Lavxias tuaj yeem ua li cas nrog ntu ntawm qhov chaw nres tsheb no?"
    
  Anne hais tias "ROS nws tus kheej twb yog qhov chaw ua haujlwm tag nrho rau ob lossis peb tus neeg," Anne hais. "Lawv tuaj yeem siv ob peb lub hnub ci ntxiv rau lub zog rau nws, thiab lawv tsis muaj tib qhov chaw nyuaj thiab hauv av sensor lossis kev sib txuas lus zoo li ISS, tab sis lawv tuaj yeem txuas lwm lub dav hlau mus rau nws rov qab; nws tuaj yeem ua haujlwm, nrawm thaum xav tau, tsim lub zog, dej thiab oxygen, txhua yam. "
    
  "Thiab lawv undocked nws vim Gryzlov npau taws rau kuv?" - tus thawj tswj hwm tau sau tseg. "Zoo kawg."
    
  "Hmoov tsis zoo, nws cov kev tawm tsam tuaj yeem ua haujlwm, tus tswv," Tus Thawj Saib Xyuas Kev Ruaj Ntseg Hauv Tebchaws Glenbrook tau hais. "Tej zaum European Lub Chaw Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Kev Ua Haujlwm yuav zoo dua nws qhov kev tshawb fawb Columbus dua li kev pheej hmoo ua rau cov neeg Lavxias - lawv tau npaj ua haujlwm nrog Russia los txhim kho lawv qhov chaw nyob ntev ua ntej lawv txiav txim siab koom tes ntawm ISS. Yog tias lawv ua li no, lossis yog tias cov khoom seem uas peb npaj yuav xa tsis tau raws li txoj haujlwm, cov neeg Nyij Pooj tuaj yeem txiav lawv cov cyber modules thiab tso tseg qhov project thiab. Canada tseem muaj riam phom nyob deb ntawm qhov chaw nres tsheb, tab sis peb tsis paub tseeb tias lawv yuav khaws lawv ntawm ISS yog tias cov neeg Lavxias, ESA thiab Nyij Pooj tawm mus. "
    
  "Yog li yog tias tag nrho lwm tus neeg koom nrog ISS tawm, peb tseem tshuav dab tsi?"
    
  "ISS tseem yog ib feem tseem ceeb ntawm kev tshawb fawb Asmeskas, txawm tias tsis muaj cyberspace, Columbus lossis ROS, tus tswv," Anne Page hais. "Peb twb muaj kev nqis peev loj hauv IT, thiab peb tau txais ntau yam kev paub thiab kev paub hauv kev ua neej thiab ua haujlwm hauv qhov chaw. Yog tias peb xav rov qab mus rau lub hli los yog xa cov neeg nyob hauv Mars thiab dhau mus, ISS yog qhov chaw zoo tshaj plaws los ua. Cov neeg Nyij Pooj tshwj xeeb muaj qhov kev tshawb fawb dav dav ntawm ISS, yog li kuv xav tias lawv xav kom ISS nyob hauv huab cua ntev li ntev tau kom txog thaum lawv tso lawv tus kheej chaw nres tsheb lossis koom nrog lwm tus. Ob lub ISS thiab Armstrong Chaw Nres Tsheb yuav yog lub platform zoo tshaj plaws los siv koj qhov kev tshaj tawm qhov chaw tsim khoom lag luam. "
    
  "Ok," tus thawj tswj hwm hais. "Kuv xav tham nrog Thawj Fwm Tsav Tebchaws ntawm Nyij Pooj thiab cov thawj coj ntawm European Chaw Haujlwm Lub Tebchaws, thiab kuv xav kom lawv paub tseeb tias peb tau cog lus los khaws cia ISS thiab txuas ntxiv txhua txoj haujlwm uas peb tab tom ua, txawm tias muaj kev kub ntxhov. cov Russians tab tom xav. "
    
  "Yog lawm, Thawj Tswj Hwm," Anne hais.
    
  "Bill, yog tias cov neeg Lavxias yeej npaj rov qab mus rau qhov chaw," tus thawj tswj hwm hais rau nws tus kws pab tswv yim kev nyab xeeb hauv tebchaws, "Kuv yuav tsum paub seb lawv tab tom txhim kho dab tsi ntxiv thiab ntau npaum li cas - tub rog, kev lag luam, kev tshawb fawb, txhua yam." Kuv tsis xav xav tsis thoob tias cov dav hlau tshiab yuav tshwm sim nyob ib puag ncig peb qhov chaw nres tsheb. Kuv xav tau txais cov ntaub ntawv tshiab ntawm txhua qhov chaw nres nkoj Lavxias thiab Suav. Cov neeg Lavxias tau koom tes nrog Suav ua ntej, nyob rau hauv Dej Hiav Txwv Indian thiab South Tuam Tshoj Hiav Txwv - tej zaum lawv yuav npaj ua dua. "
    
  "Muaj, tus tswv," Glenbrook teb.
    
  "Qhov dav dav, Kuv xav tau kev saib xyuas sai ntawm txhua yam khoom muaj nqis uas peb yuav tsum txhawb nqa ISS thiab Armstrong Chaw Nres Nkoj hauv qhov pom ntawm cov txheej txheem tshem tawm no thiab Russia tuaj yeem nkag mus rau hauv qhov chaw, thiab peb yuav xav tau dab tsi thiab sai npaum li cas," tus thawj tswj hwm hais Sandstein . "Yog tias muaj kev sib tw riam phom hauv qhov chaw, kuv xav yeej nws."
    
  Sandstein tau hais tias "Tau kawg, tus tswv," Sandstein hais. Thawj Tswj Hwm tuav plaub lub hnub qub general txhais tes thiab tso nws.
    
  "Hais txog qhov chaw ua lag luam kev lag luam," tus thawj tswj hwm txuas ntxiv tom qab sab laug, "dab tsi tshwm sim nrog Armstrong chaw nres tsheb thiab peb lwm qhov chaw ua haujlwm?"
    
  "Nyob rau ntawm txoj kev yog, Mr. Thawj Tswj Hwm," Tus Lwm Thawj Coj Lee tau hais khov kho. "Raws li koj cov duab kos, tus tswv, peb muaj peb qhov kev pab cuam uas peb txhawb nqa: kev sim ua tiav ntawm XS-29 Shadow spaceplane, qhov loj dua ntawm lub dav hlau koj ya; kev txhawb nqa rau kev lag luam loj dua lub foob pob hluav taws kom xa cov khoom loj dua rau hauv qhov chaw, suav nrog qee cov thev naus laus zis siv tau; thiab thawj txoj haujlwm kev lag luam: txhim kho lub hnub ci fais fab nroj tsuag ntawm lub nkoj Armstrong chaw nres tsheb. "
    
  "Solar fais fab nroj tsuag?"
    
  Li piav qhia tias "Nws yuav khaws lub hnub ci, hloov mus rau hauv hluav taws xob thiab khaws cia," Li piav qhia. "Thaum nws los nyob rau hauv thaj tsam ntawm cov khoom siv hauv av hu ua rectenna, nws hloov hluav taws xob mus rau hauv ib hom hluav taws xob hluav taws xob hu ua maser-ua ke ntawm microwave thiab laser-thiab xa lub zog rau lub ntiaj teb rau hauv rectenna, uas hloov lub maser. lub zog rov qab mus rau hauv hluav taws xob, tom qab ntawd khaws lub zog hauv cov roj teeb loj lossis pub rau hauv daim phiaj hluav taws xob. Yog tias qhov lawv npaj tau los ua tiav, hauv ib plaub-feeb txhaj tshuaj - lub sijhawm siab tshaj plaws nws yuav siv qhov chaw nres tsheb ya los ntawm lub qab ntug mus rau lub qab ntug - lawv tuaj yeem xa lub zog txaus los txhawb lub chaw tshawb nrhiav chaw deb lossis lub zos rau ib lub lis piam lossis ntau dua. "
    
  "Zoo kawg," tus thawj tswj hwm tau hais. "Zoo heev."
    
  "Thiab raws li koj tau taw qhia, tus tswv," Lee hais ntxiv, "tsoomfwv tseemfwv tau muab kev txhawb nqa tsuas yog hauv kev siv tsoomfwv cov chaw, xws li lub chaw soj nstuam hauv tebchaws, cov ntaub ntawv tso tawm, thiab khoos phis tawj-cov khoom uas twb tau siv rau lwm cov haujlwm. Peb tsis muab "Cov tuam txhab thiab cov tsev kawm qib siab koom nrog cov kev kawm no yuav tsum nqis peev ntau, thiab lawv ua tau. Yog tias ua tiav, lawv vam tias yuav tau txais kev them nyiaj raws li tsoomfwv cov ntawv cog lus los khiav cov txheej txheem lawv tsim."
    
  "Zoo heev," tus thawj tswj hwm hais. "Thov qhia rau kuv paub, Mr. Deputy Minister." Nws sawv, tuav Lee txhais tes thiab tso nws ib yam nkaus, thiab tsis ntev tom qab Glenbrook tawm mus. Tom qab ob leeg tawm mus, Thawj Tswj Hwm hais rau Ann Page, "Thaum muaj cov yeeb yaj kiab ntawm Lavxias ntu ntawm ISS cais tawm ntawm qhov chaw nres tsheb, Ann, peb yuav ua rau lub ntuj raug txim ntawm xov xwm cuam tshuam nrog kev xaiv tsa hauv ib hlis. deb."
    
  "Kuv muaj kev cia siab me ntsis ntxiv, Ken," Ann hais. Nws paub tias nws yog lub sijhawm los tshem nws tus lwm thawj lub kaus mom thiab muab tso rau ntawm tus kws tshaj lij nom tswv Ken Phoenix, ib yam dab tsi uas nws ib txwm nyiam ua. "Secretary Barbeau blasted koj qhov chaw pib raws li tsuas yog ntau ntawm Reagan's Star Wars ruam. Thaum cov pej xeem pom cov neeg Lavxias pib tawm hauv qhov chaw, lawv yuav paub tias Barbeau nyob ntawm qhov tsis ncaj ncees lawm ntawm qhov teeb meem. "
    
  Phoenix tau hais tias, "Kuv vam tias yog li ntawd," tab sis ob peb lub hlis dhau los txij li thaum kuv tshaj tawm qhov pib ntawm qhov chaw nres tsheb, thiab txog tam sim no tsuas yog cov neeg Lavxias tau ua tiav lawv cov lus cog tseg kom tshem lawv cov qauv ntawm ISS. Puas muaj ib qho ntawm cov phiaj xwm chaw no puas muaj rau peb siv rau hauv kev sib tw?
    
  "Tau kawg, Ken," Ann hais. "Lub dav hlau XS-29 tau ua tiav nws thawj qhov kev sim dav hlau dav hlau thiab tau ua tiav txoj haujlwm rau ISS thiab Armstrong Chaw Nres Tsheb. Txoj haujlwm hnub ci fais fab tuaj yeem tuaj online ua ntej kev xaiv tsa, thiab peb tuaj yeem piav qhia txog nws tseem yog lwm qhov haujlwm uas Barbeau tsis txhawb nqa, tsis tau txais nyiaj los ntawm cov neeg them se, thiab yuav dhau los ua piv txwv ntawm qee yam uas yuav qhuav thiab tuag tshwj tsis yog tias koj rov xaiv dua. . Lub foob pob hluav taws tshiab tshiab tsis yog nyob deb, tab sis peb tuaj yeem ua kev ncig xyuas lub Tsev Sib Tw thiab ceeb toom rau cov neeg xaiv tsa tias cov khoom no tseem ceeb npaum li cas. "
    
  "Peb nyob qhov twg ntawm lub hnub ci fais fab nroj tsuag?"
    
  Anne tau hais tias "Nws tau muab pov tseg tag nrho - lawv tsuas yog sim ntawm feeb kawg," Anne hais. "Hais txog kaum lub dav hlau dav hlau ya dav hlau thiab ib lub foob pob hluav taws hnyav, txhua qhov sib dhos los ntawm kev tswj chaw taws teeb hauv ob lossis peb qhov chaw taug kev xwb. Qhov no tau npaj los ntawm qhov pib los ntawm ib pab pawg ntawm cov tub ntxhais kawm ntawv qib siab nrog kev txhawb nqa ntawm cov kws tshawb fawb thiab cov kws tshaj lij los ntawm thoob plaws ntiaj teb ... coj, los ntawm txoj kev, los ntawm ib tus Bradley James McLanahan. "
    
  "Brad McLanahan?" qw rau Thawj Tswj Hwm. "Koj hais dab tsi! Patrick McLanahan tus tub? Kuv thov txim rau nws thaum nws tawm ntawm Air Force Academy thiab thaum nws txiv raug tua - Kuv xav tias nws tau rov qab los ntawm nws ko taw. Ua tau zoo." Nws nres, xav nyuaj, tom qab ntawd hais tias, "Qhov ntawd yog qhov zoo li, Anne: cia peb tau Brad McLanahan thiab tej zaum ib lossis ob tug ntawm nws cov neeg coob mus rau Armstrong chaw nres tsheb."
    
  "Txog thaum koj qhia kuv tias koj xav mus rau qhov ntawd dua, tus tswv."
    
  "Kuv xav tias kuv tau muaj kev txhawj xeeb thoob plaws hauv kuv lub neej," tus thawj tswj hwm tau hais. "Qhov no puas yuav ua rau Brad thawj tus hluas hauv qhov chaw?"
    
  "Tsuas yog cov dev thiab chimpanzees uas twb raug xa mus lawm, yog," Anne hais. "Kuv hnov Brad tau thov kom tuaj rau ntawm qhov chaw nres tsheb ib ntus tam sim no." Nws qhov kev qhia ua loj heev. "Thawj qhov kev txiav txim siab, tus tswv: pheej hmoo. Yog tias lub davhlau ua tsis tiav, tus tub ntawm ib tus neeg nyiam tshaj plaws thiab tseem ceeb yuav tuag, thiab koj qhov chaw pib yuav poob mus rau qhov dej ntws, xws li tom qab Challenger thiab Columbia. Tsis zoo."
    
  "Tab sis yog tias nws ua tiav, nws tuaj yeem ua tau zoo heev, txoj cai?"
    
  Anne Page hais tias "Yog lawm, qhov ntawd yeej tuaj yeem tshwm sim, tus tswv," said Anne Page.
    
  "Tom qab ntawd cia peb ua kom nws tshwm sim," tus thawj tswj hwm tau hais. "Peb yuav xa McLanahan thiab tej zaum ib tug poj niam ntawm nws pab neeg siv qhov no thawj zaug." Nws tuav nws taub hau. "Kuv nco qab thawj zaug Patrick coj Brad mus rau Tsev Dawb. Nws ntsia ib ncig thiab hais tias, 'Vajtswv, Txiv, koj paub tseeb tias ua haujlwm hauv qhov qub.' "Tus Thawj Kav Tebchaws qhov kev hais tawm tau hnyav heev. "Hais txog Brad McLanahan ..."
    
  "Yes, sir?"
    
  "Kuv tsis tau qhia koj qhov no vim kuv xav tias tsawg tus neeg paub qhov zoo dua, tab sis Brad McLanahan pom lub caij nplooj ntoo hlav dhau los, yog li kuv xav tias koj yuav tsum thiab."
    
  "Koj nrhiav tau dab tsi?"
    
  Phoenix ua pa tob tob, tom qab ntawd hais tias, "Xyoo tas los, tam sim ntawd tom qab Suav tawm tsam Guam, pab pawg neeg tawm tsam ntiag tug coj los ntawm qub Thawj Tswj Hwm Martindale tau mus rau Guam los sau cov ntaub ntawv hais txog kev nyiag khoom siv hluav taws xob thiab saib seb puas muaj lwm yam pov thawj ntawm Suav nyob. Kev txawj ntse hauv Guam. "
    
  Anne hais tias "Avia yog ib tug neeg phem," Anne hais. "Kuv nco qab. Qhov no ua li cas nrog Brad McLanahan?
    
  "Ib qho ntawm pab pawg Scion tso Brad nyob rau hauv kev soj ntsuam tom qab ntawd tawg-hauv ntawm Patrick McLanahan Columbarium hauv Sacramento," tus thawj tswj hwm tau hais. "Lawv xav kom paub tseeb tias tib cov neeg sawv cev Lavxias teb sab uas nkag mus rau hauv crypt yuav tsis tsom Brad. Nws hloov tawm tias lawv tsom nws thiab tau tawm tsam nws peb zaug. Scion cov txiv neej cawm nws."
    
  Anne hais tias, "Zoo, qhov ntawd yog qhov zoo," tab sis kuv tseem tsis meej pem. Vim li cas Scion Aviation International soj ntsuam ntawm Brad McLanahan? Qhov ntawd tsis yog txoj haujlwm rau FBI? Yog tias nws yog lub hom phiaj ntawm pawg neeg ua haujlwm ncaj qha txawv teb chaws, nws yuav tsum nyob rau hauv kev tiv thaiv tag nrho ntawm FBI. "
    
  "Nws yog vim yog ib tus tswv cuab ntawm Scion," tus thawj tswj hwm tau hais. Nws ntsia tus lwm thawj coj ncaj nraim ntawm qhov muag thiab hais tias, "Patrick McLanahan."
    
  Anne tsuas pom cov tshuaj tiv thaiv tsuas yog ob peb blinks. "Nws tsis yooj yim sua, Ken," nws hais hauv lub suab tsis muaj xim. "Koj tau txais qee cov ntaub ntawv tsis raug. Patrick tuag hla Suav teb. Koj paub qhov no zoo li kuv ua. "
    
  "Tsis yog, nws tsis tau ua," tus thawj tswj hwm hais. "Martindale pom thiab kho nws, tab sis nws tsis zoo. Yuav kom nws ciaj sia, lawv muab nws tso rau hauv lub cybernetic infantry ntaus ntawv, ib tug ntawm cov loj manned robots. " Anne lub ntsej muag pib tig mus rau hauv lub ntsej muag ntawm kev xav tsis thoob. "Nws tseem muaj sia nyob, Anne. Tab sis nws tsis tuaj yeem nyob sab nraum tus neeg hlau. Yog tias lawv kho tsis tau nws, nws yuav nyob ntawd mus tas nws lub neej."
    
  Ann ob lub qhov muag qhib thiab nws lub qhov ncauj tsim ib qho kev xav tsis thoob O. "Kuv ... Kuv ntseeg tsis tau," nws txawm qw. "Thiab nws tuaj yeem tswj tau tus neeg hlau? Nws puas tuaj yeem txav mus los, sib txuas lus, txhua yam?
    
  Phoenix tau hais tias "Nws muaj qee qhov peev xwm zoo kawg," "Nws tswj cov sensors thiab tag nrho cov neeg hlau muaj peev xwm thiab tuaj yeem sib txuas lus nrog txhua tus neeg hauv ntiaj teb - Kuv yuav tsis xav tsis thoob yog tias nws mloog peb tam sim no. Patrick McLanahan thiab cov neeg hlau yog ib pab tub rog ib leeg, tej zaum tag nrho cov tub rog tub rog thiab Tub Rog Tub Rog ua ke. " Phoenix sighed thiab ntsia deb. "Tab sis nws yuav tsis muaj peev xwm tawm ntawm lub tsheb fucking no. Nws zoo li nws tau daig hauv Twilight Zone. "
    
  "Amazing. Tsuas yog amazing, "Anne hais. "Thiab Martindale muab nws ua tus saib xyuas haujlwm ntawm Scion?"
    
  Phoenix tau hais tias "Kuv ntseeg siab tias nws taug kev ntawm ntug ntawm txoj cai, raws li nws ib txwm muaj," Phoenix tau hais.
    
  "Ken, vim li cas koj qhia kuv qhov no?" Anne nug. "Kuv yuav tsis paub."
    
  "Kuv paub koj thiab Patrick yog phooj ywg," tus thawj tswj hwm tau hais. "Tab sis qhov laj thawj tseem ceeb yog vim li cas kuv xav tias txhaum vim tsis qhia koj txog qhov no txij thaum pib. Koj yog kuv tus kws tshaj lij nom tswv thiab kuv tus phooj ywg ze tshaj plaws, tshwj tsis yog kuv tus poj niam Alexa. Qhov no tag nrho Brad McLanahan ua rau kuv nco txog qhov yuam kev uas kuv tau ua thaum kuv tsis ntseeg koj nrog kuv qhov kev txiav txim siab kom Patrick ciaj sia thiab tsis qhia leej twg. Kuv xav kho qhov yuam kev no. "
    
  "Zoo, ua tsaug rau qhov ntawd, Ken," Ann hais. Nws tuav nws lub taub hau, tseem tsis ntseeg. "Yuav ua li cas khaws cia rau koj tus kheej. Tsis muaj leej twg paub tsuas yog Brad? Puas yog nws tsev neeg?
    
  "Tsuas yog Brad thiab ob peb tug txiv neej Martindale," Phoenix hais.
    
  "Zoo siab koj tau txais nws tawm ntawm koj lub hauv siab, puas yog koj, tus tswv?"
    
  "Kuv twv koj ua," tus thawj tswj hwm hais. "Tam sim no cia peb rov qab mus rau lwm lub ntiaj teb tsis muaj tseeb: kev nom kev tswv thiab kev xaiv tsa. Kuv xav tau tiag tiag thawb qhov chaw pib mus tom ntej hauv hnub kawg ntawm kev sib tw. Kuv xav tham nrog cov tub ntxhais hluas hauv qhov chaw, nquag thiab hais lus rau cov dav hlau hypersonic spaceplanes thiab foob pob ua ntxaij boosters, thiab pab qhib qhov chaw tsim hluav taws xob. Tej zaum peb yuav poob rau hauv kev xaiv tsa tam sim no, Anne, tab sis peb yuav ua tau zoo-Kuv tuaj yeem xav tias nws!"
    
    
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  Nws tsis tsim nyog ua honeycomb. Leej twg zam qhov khaus khaus vim cov muv sting.
    
  - WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
    
    
    
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  Brad McLanahan tau hais tias "Qhov no yog peb chav tswj lub luag haujlwm, txwv tsis pub hu ua ib qho ntawm peb lub chaw kuaj hluav taws xob," Brad McLanahan tau hais. Nws sawv ua ntej ib pab neeg sau xov xwm txawv teb chaws, bloggers, kws yees duab thiab lawv cov neeg txhais lus, muab kev ncig xyuas ntawm Starfire project ntawm Cal Poly rau lub sijhawm thib kaum. Nrog nws yog Jodie Cavendish, Kim Jong-bae, Casey Huggins thiab Lane Egan. Chav tsev tau ntim nrog lub kaum ob lub khoos phis tawj khoos phis tawj, cov cuab yeej tswj hwm thiab kev sib txuas lus, thiab cov thawv sib txuas sib txuas nrog ntau pua taw ntawm CAT5 cables khiav mus rau hauv cov phab ntsa thiab hauv qab cov plag tsev tswj kev nyab xeeb. "Nws tsis yog qhov loj lossis zoo nkauj npaum li NASA lub luag haujlwm tswj chaw haujlwm, tab sis cov haujlwm zoo sib xws: peb tswj cov khoom tseem ceeb ntawm Starfire xws li lub tshuab hluav taws xob microwave, nantenna thiab rectenna steering, tswj fais fab thiab beam tswj, thiab lwm yam. Txawm hais tias cov neeg tsav dav hlau nyob hauv Armstrong chaw nres tsheb hauv chaw nres tsheb tau ua tiav, peb tuaj yeem muab qee cov lus txib los ntawm no, uas yog peb tuaj yeem kaw lub network yog tias muaj qee yam yuam kev. "
    
  "Koj puas tau sau hnub ci zog tam sim no, Mr. McLanahan?" ib tug reporter nug.
    
  Brad teb tias "Peb tau sau thiab khaws cia lub hnub ci zog li peb lub lis piam tam sim no," Brad teb. "Lub hnub ci hluav taws xob sau thiab khaws cov tshuab yog thawj zaug rau nruab rau ntawm Armstrong chaw nres tsheb." Nws taw tes rau tus qauv loj ntawm qhov chaw nres tsheb uas pab pawg tau teeb tsa rau xovxwm. "Cov no yog cov nantennas, los yog nanotube solar light collectors, tsim los ntawm Jodie Cavendish nrog kev pab los ntawm Kim Jong-bae, uas peb hu ua Jerry ntawm no. Lawv yog ob sab, yog li lawv tuaj yeem khaws lub hnub ncaj qha los ntawm lub hnub lossis cuam tshuam los ntawm lub ntiaj teb. Ntawm no ntawm kev ua liaj ua teb yog kaum ob puas-kilogram lithium-ion capacitors, txhua lub peev xwm khaws peb puas kilowatts, tsim los ntawm Jerry Kim. Peb yuav tsis muab lawv rau qhov kev sim no, tab sis koj tuaj yeem pom tias peb muaj peev xwm khaws peb lub zog hluav taws xob hauv ib tsob nroj, tsuas yog nrog lub tshuab tsav me me no. "
    
  "Koj yuav siv zog npaum li cas rau qhov kev sim no?"
    
  Brad tau hais tias "Peb npaj yuav tsim tag nrho ib qho thiab ib qho thib tsib megawatts," Brad hais. "Lub chaw nres tsheb yuav nyob hauv thaj tsam ntawm rectenna li peb feeb, yog li koj tuaj yeem pom tias peb yuav xa ntau lub zog rau lub ntiaj teb nyob rau lub sijhawm luv luv." Nws taw tes rau ib daim duab loj loj uas pom ib qho khoom puag ncig sawv tawm tsam thaj chaw suab puam. "Qhov no yog lub rectenna, los yog txais kav hlau txais xov, uas yuav sau lub zog maser, tsim los ntawm Jodie Cavendish nrog Casey Huggins," nws hais. "Nws yog ob puas meters hauv txoj kab uas hla, ntsia ntawm White Sands Missile Range vim nws yog thaj chaw loj, nyab xeeb uas tuaj yeem tshem tau yooj yim ntawm cov dav hlau. Raws li koj tuaj yeem pom hauv daim duab no, peb tsuas yog muaj lub tshuab hluav taws xob, qee qhov kev tswj hwm kev tswj hwm, thiab cov khoom siv saib xyuas cov ntaub ntawv - peb yuav ntsuas seb muaj hluav taws xob los rau hauv, tab sis peb tsis mus khaws lossis pub cov hluav taws xob rau hauv. daim phiaj thaum lub sij hawm thawj qhov kev xeem no. Lane Egan tau sau cov software thiab programmed lub khoos phis tawj ntawm lub ntiaj teb thiab ntawm Armstrong kom muab peb qhov kev xav tau los ntaus lub hom phiaj me me ntawm ob mus rau tsib puas mais deb. "
    
  "Vim li cas thiaj ua qhov kev sim no hauv thaj chaw loj, Mr. McLanahan?" - nug tus neeg sau xov xwm. "Dab tsi yuav tshwm sim yog tias lub zog loj ntawm qhov chaw nres tsheb tau tsoo lub dav hlau lossis cov khoom hauv av, xws li tsev lossis ib tus neeg?"
    
  Brad hais tias "Nws zoo li muab cov tais hlau tso rau hauv microwave," Brad hais. "Lub teeb ci maser feem ntau yog tsim los ntawm microwave zog, tsim thiab tsim los ntawm Casey Huggins thiab Jerry Kim, tab sis sib koom nrog Armstrong dawb electron laser subsystems kom nthuav dav thiab pab coj lub zog."
    
  "Koj puas yuav tua lub Skybolt laser?"
    
  "Tsis yog, tsis yog," Brad teb. "Lub Skybolt laser system siv cov txheej txheem solenoid li qub los coj, nthuav dav thiab ua kom cov kab hluav taws xob tsis pub dawb. Peb muab lub tshuab hluav taws xob dawb dawb thiab teeb tsa Casey Huggins microwave tshuab hluav taws xob uas siv los ntawm lub hnub ci zog. Peb tab tom yuav siv Skybolt subsystems los ua tib yam nrog lub zog microwave: ua kom nrov, sib koom ua ke thiab tsom nws, thiab tom qab ntawd siv Skybolt lub hom phiaj subsystems, ua tsaug rau Jerry Kim, xa lub zog mus rau lub ntiaj teb.
    
  "Tab sis teb koj cov lus nug, peb tsis paub tseeb tias yuav muaj dab tsi tshwm sim, yog li peb tsis xav kom muaj leej twg nyob ze ntawm kab teeb thaum peb tua nws," Brad hais ntxiv. "Peb yuav kaw ntau lub dav hlau ua ntej peb tso Starfire. Pom tseeb, Starfire yog qhov tsim nyog rau kev siv hluav taws xob nyob ib puag ncig, lub dav hlau, lossis txawm tias lub hli, yog li kev tso lub maser mus rau hauv cov cheeb tsam uas muaj neeg nyob yuav tsis tas yuav muaj teeb meem, tab sis peb yuav ua kom lub hom phiaj tswj thiab kab sib kis tau zoo dua thiab zoo dua thaum peb mus. , kom lub kav hlau txais xov ncaj tuaj yeem me dua thiab cov kev phom sij txo qis heev. "
    
  Brad nug ob peb nqe lus nug ntxiv, tab sis qhov kawg yog ruam: "Mr. McLanahan," pib ib tus poj niam tus kws tshaj xov xwm zoo nkauj sawv ntsug rau pem hauv ntej, nrog lub dav hlau ntev-dub plaub hau, ob lub qhov muag tsaus nti, daim di ncauj liab, lub cev zoo nkauj thiab zoo nkauj heev. me ntsis lus nyob sab Europe, "koj Nws yog qhov zoo heev los muab credit rau lwm tus tswv cuab ntawm koj pab neeg rau txhua yam lawv tau ua los pab rau qhov project ... tab sis koj ua dab tsi? Yam khoom twg koj tau tsim? Koj yuav tsum ua li cas rau qhov project no yog tias kuv tuaj yeem nug?"
    
  "Hais qhov tseeb rau koj, kuv tsis tau tsim ib yam khoom," Brad tau lees paub tom qab xav ntau. "Kuv xav tias kuv tus kheej yog neeg thov khawv, zoo li tus cwj pwm ntawm Flight Lieutenant Hendley hauv zaj yeeb yaj kiab The Great Escape." Tus poj niam blinked hauv kev tsis meej pem, pom tseeb tsis paub tias nws txhais tau li cas, tab sis ua ib daim ntawv kom paub. "Kuv tau los nrog lub tswv yim, pom cov tub ntxhais kawm zoo tshaj plaws, cov kws tshawb fawb thiab cov kws tshaj lij uas kuv tuaj yeem nrhiav tau thiab hais kom lawv piav qhia txog kev tshawb fawb rau kuv, tau pab ob peb lub tswv yim ntawm kuv tus kheej, muab lawv ua haujlwm thiab rov ua cov txheej txheem. Kuv muab rau pab neeg nrog txhua yam lawv xav tau rau lawv cov theem ntawm qhov project: nyiaj, kev pab, lub computer lossis lab lub sijhawm, khoom siv, qhov chaw, software, txawm li cas los xij. Kuv kuj tau ua cov rooj sib tham ua tiav thiab pab npaj pab pawg rau peb qhov kev nthuav qhia rau lub tsev kawm ntawv rau lub caij ntuj sov chaw sim ua ntej peb qhov project tau txais nyiaj los ntawm Sky Masters Aerospace. "
    
  "Yog li koj zoo li tus kws qhia lossis tus thawj tswj haujlwm," tus poj niam hais. "Koj tsis yog lub quarterback tiag tiag: koj tsis dhau lub pob, tab sis koj qhia pab pawg, koj tau txais cov khoom siv thiab koj tswj cov neeg ua haujlwm qhia." Nws tsis tos kom teb, thiab Brad tsis muaj lus teb los muab rau nws lawm. "Tab sis koj yog ib tug tub ntxhais kawm engineering thawj xyoo, puas yog?"
    
  "Nyob rau xyoo thib ob aerospace engineering tub ntxhais kawm, yog."
    
  "Tej zaum koj yuav tsum xav txog lwm yam kev kawm?" hais tus poj niam. "Tej zaum kev lag luam lossis kev tswj hwm?"
    
  Brad hais tias "Kuv xav ua tus tsav sim," Brad hais. "Feem ntau ntawm cov tsev kawm ntawv xeem zoo tshaj plaws hauv Tebchaws Meskas xav tau kev kawm tiav hauv kev kawm nyuaj xws li engineering, khoos phis tawj, lej lossis physics. Kuv xaiv aerospace engineering. "
    
  "Thiab koj zoo ntawm nws, Mr. McLanahan?"
    
  Brad xav tsis thoob me ntsis thaum pom nws tus kheej raug nug ntau cov lus nug ntawm tus kheej-nws tab tom npaj los teb cov lus nug txog kev tshawb fawb txawv teb chaws thiab chaw sau xov xwm thiab bloggers, tsis yog teb cov lus nug txog nws tus kheej. Nws tau hais tias "Kuv tau ua tiav thawj chav kawm thiab pib thib ob," nws hais. "Kuv xav tias kuv cov qhab nia nruab nrab. Yog tias kuv xav tau kev pab, thiab kuv ua, kuv thov nws. Yog tias kuv tsis nkag siab ib yam dab tsi, kuv yuav nrhiav ib tus neeg los piav qhia rau kuv. Nws ntsia ib ncig ntawm lub lab rau ib qho ntxiv tsa tes, ces tig mus rau tus poj niam thiab pom nws ntsia ncaj nraim ntawm nws nrog luag ntxhi, thiab nws muab ib qho rov qab rau nws. "Yog tias tag nrho, txiv neej, ua tsaug rau-"
    
  "Kuv muaj lwm daim ntawv tshaj tawm uas xav tsis thoob uas kuv xav qhia rau koj txhua tus," UC Poly Thawj Tswj Hwm Dr. Marcus Harris tau hais los ntawm sab nraum qab ntawm chav. Nws taug kev mus rau lub lectern ib sab ntawm Brad. "Tus thawj coj ntawm chaw nres tsheb Armstrong Space Station, so haujlwm ntawm Air Force General Kai Radon, tsis ntev los no tau tham nrog Tsev Dawb thiab tau txais kev tso cai los ntawm Thawj Tswj Hwm ntawm Tebchaws Meskas kom ya ob tus thawj coj pab pawg Starfire mus rau Armstrong Space Station los soj ntsuam kev sim Starfire. " Cov neeg sau xov xwm tau ntaus suab paj nruag.
    
  Harris muab nws txhais tes puag ncig Lane lub xub pwg nyom. "Thov txim Lane, tab sis koj tseem hluas heev, tab sis nws yuav tshwm sim sai sai no. Lub davhlau yuav muaj nyob rau hauv ib lub lis piam, thiab lawv yuav nyob hauv Armstrong chaw nres tsheb rau kwv yees li peb hnub. Raws li Brad, Jodi thiab Casey, yog tias lawv lees txais qhov kev thov, lawv yuav dhau los ua thawj cov tub ntxhais hluas hauv qhov chaw, thiab yog tias Jung Bae lees txais, nws yuav tsuas yog tus Korean thib ob uas ya mus rau hauv qhov chaw, thiab nyob deb ntawm tus yau tshaj. " Ntau applause, ces kub siab sau ntawv.
    
  "Lub Tsev Dawb tau hais tias lawv nyiam txiv neej thiab poj niam cov thawj coj," Harris hais ntxiv, "tab sis qhov ntawd yog nyob ntawm pab pawg Starfire txiav txim siab. Cov neeg sib tw xaiv yuav tsum tau mus kuaj xyuas kev kho mob, tab sis raws li peb tau pom lub caij nplooj ntoo hlav dhau los nrog Thawj Tswj Hwm Phoenix, nws zoo li koj tsuas yog yuav tsum ua tus neeg noj qab haus huv thiab ua siab tawv kom ya mus rau hauv qhov chaw - thiab kuv zoo siab hais tias qhov ntawd yog qhov xwm txheej. Casey ib yam nkaus Huggins, leej twg, yog tias nws lees txais, yuav tsis yog thawj tus poj niam hluas hauv qhov chaw, tab sis kuj yog thawj quadriplegic hauv qhov chaw. " Lub sijhawm no lub suab nrov txawm nrov thiab ntev dua.
    
  Harris tau hais tias "Kuv yuav cia pab pawg tham ntawm lawv tus kheej thiab lawv niam lawv txiv, thiab tom qab ntawd kuv xav ntsib lawv tus kheej," Harris hais. "Tab sis qhov no yog lub sijhawm zoo thiab tsis tshua muaj kev hwm rau peb cov Mustangs, thiab peb tsis tuaj yeem khav theeb." Kev qhuas ntau dua, coj los ntawm Harris, thiab lub rooj sib tham xov xwm tau xaus.
    
  "Holy shit!" - Brad qw nrov thaum pab pawg Starfire tau nyob ib leeg hauv chav kuaj. "Lub sijhawm zoo li cas! Peb yuav tsum daws qhov no li cas? Thov txim, Lane."
    
  "Tsis muaj teeb meem," Lane hais. "Kuv tseem mob seasick hauv huab cua."
    
  "Leej twg xav mus?"
    
  "Koj yuav tsum mus, Brad," Lane hais. "Koj yog tus saib xyuas qhov project. Peb tsis tuaj yeem ua tsis tau yog tsis muaj koj. "
    
  "Dam lawm," Casey hais.
    
  "Tsis tas li ntawd, ib yam li koj tus phooj ywg tshiab - tus poj niam ntxim hlub tshaj tawm rau pem hauv ntej uas tau ua qhov muag tsis pom koj - hais tias, "Koj tseem ua dab tsi ntawm no?" Jodie tau tso dag, thiab txhua leej txhua tus zoo siab rau nws. Jodie muab Brad liam thiab nug txog-thiab tej zaum khib? Brad xav-tab sis tsis hais lwm yam. Tom qab ntawd nws hloov nws lub suab rau James Garner, uas ua si Hendley tus cwj pwm hauv zaj duab xis: "'Koj xav tham txog kev phom sij? Cia peb tham txog kev phom sij. Wb tham txog koj. Koj yog qhov txaus ntshai tshaj plaws uas peb muaj." " Lwm lub suab luag.
    
  Brad hais tias "Okay, ok, funny heev," Brad hais. "Cia li saib yuav ua li cas. Kuv tab tom yuav mus rau hauv qhov chaw sai sai, txawm li cas los xij, kuv tuaj yeem lav koj tias, yog li yog tias leej twg xav siv lub sijhawm no, kuv yuav tuav tseg. Jody?
    
  "Tsis yog kuv, phooj ywg," Jodie hais. "Kuv nyiam cov xuab zeb, nthwv dej thiab dej hiav txwv-txawm tias California Poly yuav luag siab dhau dej hiav txwv thiab deb dhau ntawm lub puam rau kuv. Tsis tas li ntawd, kuv tsis xav nyob qhov twg tab sis nyob ntawm no hauv chav kuaj no, saib cov saib thaum Starfire tso tseg. "
    
  "Jerry?"
    
  Kev xav mus rau hauv qhov chaw tsis zoo li zaum nrog Jung Bae. "Kuv tsis paub,"nws hais txhawj xeeb. "Kuv xav tsim thiab sim lub dav hlau ib hnub, tab sis kom deb li deb ntawm kev ya hauv orbit hauv ib ... Kuv xav tias kuv yuav dhau mus. Tsis tas li ntawd, kuv xav nyob ntawm White Sands los saib xyuas cov zis ntawm lub kav hlau txais xov pem hauv ntej thiab maser. Peb tseem muaj teeb meem nrog lithium-ion capacitors. Peb khaws lub zog txaus, tab sis qee zaum peb muaj teeb meem hloov lub zog mus rau microwave kab noj hniav. "
    
  "Kuv mam li nug ob peb tus kws tshaj lij ntxiv los pab koj nrog qhov no, Jerry," Brad hais. Nws tig mus rau Casey. "Tom qab ntawd nws tsuas yog koj thiab kuv, Casey. Koj yuav hais li cas? Nws yog koj tus tswv - koj yuav tsum nyob ntawd. "
    
  Casey lub ntsej muag yog qhov sib xyaw ntawm kev ntshai thiab tsis meej pem. "Kuv tsis xav li ntawd, Brad," nws hais. "Kuv tsis nyiam nws thaum tib neeg ntsia kuv hauv tshav dav hlau lossis cov khw muag khoom - ua rau tuag tes tuag taw ntawm kaum kaum tus neeg caij nkoj hauv chaw nres tsheb? Kuv tsis paub ..."
    
  "Zoo, cia li xav txog nws, Casey-qhov kawg uas koj xav tau hauv qhov chaw yog ob txhais ceg, txoj cai?" Brad hais tias. "Koj yuav zoo li txhua tus neeg nyob ntawd. Tsis muaj lub rooj zaum muaj log hauv qhov chaw, poj niam. "
    
  Nws ntsia nws lub rooj zaum muaj log ntev ntev, ua rau nws ob lub qhov muag...Thiab nws lub taub hau thiab caj npab tua, thiab nws qw: "Kuv ya mus rau hauv qhov chaw!"
    
  Pab neeg no tau dhau mus ua haujlwm qhuav ntawm cov txheej txheem tua hluav taws kom txog thaum yav tsaus ntuj, tom qab ntawd ntsib nrog tus thawj tswj hwm tsev kawm ntawv Harris thiab tshaj tawm xov xwm ntawm leej twg yuav ya mus rau Armstrong chaw nres tsheb. Harris tam sim ntawd teem caij kuaj mob hauv davhlau rau tag kis, tom qab ntawd nws tau teem sijhawm tshaj tawm rau xov xwm. Tsuas yog thaum yav tsaus ntuj lawv tuaj yeem mus tsev. Brad nyuam qhuav tuaj txog ntawm nws lub tsev tsev nyob hauv Pauley Canyon thiab tab tom yuav nqa nws lub tsheb kauj vab thiab hnab ev khoom mus rau ntawm tus ntaiv thaum nws hnov, "Nyob zoo, neeg txawv."
    
  Nws tig ib ncig thiab pom Jody nrog lub hnab ev ntawv laptop hauv nws txhais tes. "Nyob zoo rau koj,"nws hais. "Peb tsis yog neeg txawv tebchaws. Kuv pom koj txhua hnub. "
    
  "Kuv paub, tab sis tsuas yog tom tsev kawm ntawv xwb. Peb nyob hauv tib lub complex, tab sis kuv tsis tshua pom koj ntawm no. " Nws nodded rau Brad lub tsheb kauj vab. "Dab tsi, phooj ywg, koj puas tsuas yog yuav rub koj lub tsheb kauj vab thiab hnab ev khoom nce tsib ntaiv?"
    
  "Kuv ib txwm ua qhov no."
    
  "Wow. Ua tau zoo, onya. " Nws ntsia nws. "Kuv pom tias koj tsis nqa ib tug pas nrig lawm."
    
  "Kuv tsuas yog tsis tau hloov nws."
    
  "Puas yog Chief Ratel npau taws rau koj?"
    
  "Lub caij nplooj ntoo hlav tas los nws tau raug mob, kaw lub khw thiab tsiv mus rau Florida, kuv xav tias," Brad hais. Nws yog qhov tseeb - ntshai tias cov neeg Lavxias yuav tsom tsis yog Brad nkaus xwb, tab sis nws zoo li, Kevin Martindale tau ntxias nws kom coj nws tus poj niam thiab tawm hauv nroog, uas nws tsis kam ua. "Kuv yuav tsum tau qhia koj txog qhov no, tab sis ... koj paub tias nws zoo li cas."
    
  "Wow. Kuv xav tias nws tau ntev lawm txij li thaum peb tau ntes tau, "Jodi hais. "Yog li koj tsis mus rau lub gym lawm?"
    
  Brad tau hais tias "Kuv yuav kawm kev tiv thaiv tus kheej ib ntus ntawm lub gym hauv plawv nroog," Brad hais. Qhov no feem ntau yog qhov tseeb, tab sis nws yog txhua lub limtiam sparring nrog ib tug tswvcuab ntawm Chris Wall pab neeg, thiab nws muaj kev cob qhia riam phom tshiab txhua ob lub lis piam. Brad muaj daim ntawv tso cai uas tso cai rau nws nqa rab phom hauv tsev kawm ntawv-nws yeej tsis tau hais rau Jody lossis lwm tus hauv Team Starfire txog nws. "Kuv siv sijhawm so so hauv kuv chav nyob, caij tsheb kauj vab lossis ua tej yam xws li nqa kuv lub tsheb kauj vab mus rau hauv kuv chav tsev."
    
  "Zoo heev". Lawv sawv hauv qhov ntsiag to rau ob peb lub sijhawm ntev; ces, "Hav, koj puas xav lob ib khob kas fes ua ntej lawv kaw?"Kuv quaj."
    
  "Muaj tseeb". Lawv tau mus rau ib lub khw kas fes me me nyob rau hauv pem teb ntawm lub tsev apartment tom ntej thiab haus kas fes ntawm txoj kev. Thaum lub Kaum Hli Ntuj lig, huab cua tseem zoo tag nrho ntawm California Central Coast, txawm hais tias nws yog lub caij nplooj zeeg. "Tus txiv neej, nws tau ntev heev," Brad hais tom qab ob peb feeb ntawm kev ntsiag to. "Koj puas nyob nrog koj cov chav kawm?"
    
  "Feem ntau," Jodi hais. "Cov xibfwb tau muab sijhawm so rau kuv kom txog thaum qhov kev sim tua tiav."
    
  "Ib yam rau kuv," Brad hais.
    
  Lawv nyob ntsiag to ob peb feeb, thiab tom qab ntawd Jodie tso nws lub kas fes, ntsia Brad ncaj ntawm lub qhov muag thiab hais tias, "Kuv thov txim rau kuv qhov kev thuam ntawm Battle Mountain tsev so, phooj ywg. Kuv xav tias kuv xav tsis thoob thiab coj nws tawm ntawm koj. Koj yeej tiv thaiv peb ntawm tus txiv leej tub nrog riam. "
    
  "Tsis nco qab nws, Jody," Brad hais.
    
  Jodie ntsia nws kas fes, ces ntawm lub rooj saum toj. "Mus mus rau qhov chaw nres tsheb hauv ob peb hnub xwb," nws hais hauv lub suab qis, "ua rau kuv paub tias ... Kuv txhais tau tias, yog tias ... yog tias muaj qee yam yuam kev, kuv ... yuav tsis pom koj dua thiab kuv yuav tsis muaj sijhawm los thov txim."
    
  Brad ncav tes thiab muab nws txhais tes rau hauv nws. Nws hais tias, "Nws tsis ua li cas, Jody," nws hais. "Tsis muaj dab tsi yuav tshwm sim. Nws yuav yog lub davhlau ua tiav thiab kev sim tua, thiab kuv yuav ya rov qab. Nws yuav yog kev lom zem. Qhov no twb yog kev lom zem tiag tiag. Kuv xav kom koj tuaj nrog kuv. "
    
  "Brad..." Nws nyem nws ob txhais tes thiab txo nws lub taub hau, thiab thaum nws tsa nws dua, Brad tuaj yeem pom qhov ci ntsa iab hauv nws ob lub qhov muag, txawm nyob hauv qhov kaj ntawm txoj kev teeb. "Kuv ... Kuv ntshai, phooj ywg,"nws hais nrog me ntsis tshee ntawm nws lub suab. "Kuv paub ntau npaum li cas koj xav mus rau hauv qhov chaw, thiab kuv zoo siab tias koj tau txais lub sijhawm, tab sis kuv tseem ntshai."
    
  Brad taug kev mus rau lub rooj zaum ntawm Jody sab ntawm lub rooj, muab nws txhais tes puag ncig nws thiab tuav nws nruj nreem rau nws. Thaum lawv sib cais, nws maj mam kov nws lub ntsej muag thiab hnia nws. "Jodi... Jodi, Kuv xav-"
    
  "Los nrog kuv,"ntxhi thaum hnia tas. Nws ob lub qhov muag qhib dav thiab ntsia nws, ntsiag to thov. "Tus txiv neej, tsis txhob koj fucking twv cia kuv nyob ib leeg dua. Nyob zoo, Brad. Coj kuv ua ntej koj ncaim kuv mus."
    
  Lub sijhawm no, thaum lawv hnia sib sib zog nqus, tsis muaj kev cia siab hauv Brad McLanahan txoj kev xav.
    
    
  DAIM NTAWV THOV KEV PAB CUAM
  WASHINGTON, DC
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  "Nws yog qhov zoo uas koj tau txiav txim siab kom kuv mus saib lwm qhov chaw tshaj tawm thiab chaw nres nkoj, Mr. Thawj Tswj Hwm," said National Security Advisor William Glenbrook tom qab Thawj Tswj Hwm Ken Phoenix thiab Tus Lwm Thawj Coj Anne Page nkag mus rau Chav Tsev Kho Mob thiab tau zaum. "Cov Russians tau tibneeg hu tauj coob heev."
    
  "Koj pom dab tsi, Bill?" - Phoenix nug, tso nws lub khob kas fes, qhov thib ob ntawm tag kis. Nws haus kas fes tau nce ntxiv thaum Hnub Xaiv Tsa tuaj txog.
    
  Glenbrook tau hais tias "Muaj qhov kev pabcuam loj thiab nrawm Lavxias teb sab chaw rov qab los, tus tswv," Glenbrook tau hais. Nws nias ib lub pob thiab thawj daim duab tau tshwm sim ntawm qhov screen ntawm pem hauv ntej ntawm chav tsev qhov xwm txheej, qhia txog lub foob pob hluav taws nrog lub tis lifted lub cev nyob rau sab saum toj hloov lub missile lub qhov ntswg lub khob hliav qab. "Qhov no yog Plesetsk cosmodrome nyob rau sab qaum teb hnub poob ntawm Russia. Lub dav hlau dav hlau peb tau pom raws li ROS undocked los ntawm ISS tau lees paub tias yog Elektron spaceplane, yuav pib los ntawm Plesetsk.
    
  Glenbrook tau hais ntxiv tias "Tseem muaj lwm lub dav hlau nyob rau ntawm lub tshuab tso tawm," Glenbrook txuas ntxiv, nyeem cov ntawv ntawm nws lub khoos phis tawj ntsiav tshuaj, "thiab peb ntseeg tias cov thawv no thiab qhov chaw khaws cia loj loj ntawm ib sab ntawm lub tshuab xa tawm yog lwm Electron thiab nws lub foob pob hluav taws- Proton cov cab kuj. Peb xav tias nws yog Proton ntau dua li Angara 5 tso tsheb vim tsis muaj cov pa oxygen cia nyob ze. Angara-5 siv cov pa oxygen thiab RP-1 kerosene, thaum Proton siv cov kua dej hypergolic: dimethylhydrazine thiab nitrogen tetroxide, ob yam tshuaj lom neeg uas hlawv thaum sib tov yam tsis tas yuav muaj qhov hluav taws kub. Lub tsheb thauj khoom Angara 5 muaj zog dua, tab sis nws cov pa oxygen yuav tsum tau rov qab ua dua thaum nws nyob ntawm lub tsheb pib vim nws npau taws; Lub Proton muaj roj txaus yuav luag tas mus li, yog li nws tuaj yeem nyob twj ywm ntawm lub tshuab xa tawm yam tsis tas yuav tsum tau saib xyuas. "
    
  Cov duab tau hloov lawm. "Qhov no yog Baikonur Cosmodrome hauv Kazakhstan," txuas ntxiv Glenbrook, "thiab raws li koj tuaj yeem pom, zoo li muaj lwm Electron ntawm lub tshuab xa tawm, lub sijhawm no ntawm Angara-5 lub tsheb pib." Cov no yog ob qho uas tuaj yeem nce thiab khiav hauv qhov kev txiav txim luv luv, tej zaum tsis pub dhau hnub lossis ib teev. Electron, uas twb tau pib thaum ROS undocked los ntawm ISS, kov rau ntawm lub shuttle khiav ntawm Baikonur nag hmo. Yog li peb suav tej zaum plaub electrons. Peb ntseeg tias muaj tsib hauv cov khoom muag, txawm tias yuav muaj ntau dua. Yog li, peb tau mus nrhiav lub thib tsib Lavxias teb sab dav hlau. Koj yuav tsis pom qhov no nyob qhov twg hauv Russia ... "
    
  Glenbrook hloov cov duab thiab lwm daim duab tshwm sim ntawm Electron spaceplane nyob rau sab saum toj ntawm lub foob pob hluav taws loj Lavxias. Nws tau hais tias "Peb pom nws - tsis yog nyob rau hauv Russia, tab sis nyob rau hauv Teb Chaws Tuam Tshoj ntawm Tuam Tshoj," nws hais. "Qhov no yog Xichang spaceport nyob rau sab hnub poob Suav teb. Xichang tau siv rau qhov loj tshaj plaws, muaj zog tshaj plaws thiab txhim khu kev qha launches ntawm Tuam Tshoj Lub Peb Hlis Ntuj Ntev, tab sis tag nrho cov haujlwm no tau tsiv mus rau Wenchang Satellite Launch Center ntawm Hainan Island, yog li Xichang tsis tau siv ntau zaus. "
    
  "Yog li, Suav tso cai rau Lavxias teb sab dav hlau los ntawm Suav tso tawm pads?" Ann pom.
    
  "Yog, niam," Glenbrook hais. Nws nthuav daim duab. "Tsis tas li ntawd xwb, tab sis cov tsev no zoo ib yam rau cov tsev hauv Plesetsk. Nws muaj peev xwm hais tias cov tsev no yog lub tsev, los yog npaj rau lub tsev, lub thib ob Electron spaceplane launch system, thiab yog hais tias yog li ntawd, nws txhais tau tias tej zaum muaj rau Electrons, thiab tejzaum nws ntxiv. Peb tab tom saib xyuas tag nrho cov chaw no rau yav tom ntej kev xa tawm thiab rov qab los, tab sis raws li peb cov kev txawj ntse thaum cov cuab yeej no tau pib ua ntej, cov neeg Lavxias tuaj yeem rov pib lub dav hlau rov qab txhua txhua kaum mus rau kaum plaub hnub tom qab rov qab los. Nws yog extraordinarily ceev. Tam sim no nws tuaj yeem nrawm dua. "
    
  Nws nyob nrog Suav daim duab tab sis loj dua lwm thaj chaw. "Ntawm no yog lwm qhov kev nthuav dav ntxiv." Nws taw qhia qee yam khoom nrog tus cwj mem laser. Nws tau hais tias "Cov neeg Lavxias feem ntau nruab niaj hnub S-400 Triumph cov foob pob hluav taws saum npoo av ntawm txhua qhov ntawm lawv qhov chaw nres nkoj thiab cov tub rog loj," tab sis ntawm no peb tab tom saib S-500, lub ntiaj teb cov cuaj luaj tshaj plaws ntawm cov chav kawm. " nto-rau-huab cua, ob peb zaug muaj peev xwm thiab muaj zog dua S-400 lossis txawm tias peb tus kheej PAC-3 Patriot. S-500 zoo li lub foob pob hluav taws xob nruab nrab ntau dua li cov foob pob hluav taws xob saum npoo av, tsim los rau huab cua thiab qhov chaw tawm tsam ntau qhov ntev. Qhov no yog thawj zaug xa tawm ntawm S-500 sab nraum Lavxias teb sab Federation, thiab qhov tseeb tias nws yog nyob rau hauv Suav tub rog lub hauv paus yog amazing - peb xav tias tam sim no Suav tuaj yeem nkag mus rau cov ntaub ntawv qhia txog kev tiv thaiv huab cua zoo tshaj plaws uas tau tsim.
    
  "Tus qauv 'S' qhia tau hais tias nws tau tsim los ua kom muaj txiaj ntsig zoo rau lub hom phiaj - tshwj xeeb, Asmeskas chaw nres tsheb, lub dav hlau thiab riam phom depots hauv lub ntiaj teb qis qis, nrog rau cov foob pob hluav taws, cov foob pob hluav taws qis thiab cov dav hlau stealth," - Glenbrook txuas ntxiv mus. "Peb tau tshawb nrhiav S-500 lub chaw tsim khoom lag luam nyob ib puag ncig Moscow thiab lwm qhov, thiab peb qhov kev tsis txaus ntseeg tau lees paub: lawv tab tom tsiv qee qhov S-500s, feem ntau nyob ib puag ncig lawv lub nroog, thiab tawg lawv hla qhov chaw nres nkoj. Peb kuj tseem kawm Almaz-Antni cov chaw tsim khoom nyob ze Moscow thiab St. Petersburg los saib seb puas muaj pov thawj tias cov neeg Lavxias tab tom txhim kho kev tsim khoom ntawm S-500. Peb cia siab tias yav tom ntej no lawv yuav muaj plaub npaug ntawm S-500 ntau lawm thiab muaj tsawg kawg ib lub roj teeb S-500 muab rau txhua lub hauv paus tub rog Lavxias thoob ntiaj teb. "
    
  Anne tau hais tias "Nws zoo li kuv tias lawv tab tom npaj tsis yog rau kev ua haujlwm hauv qhov chaw xwb, tab sis kuj rau kev tawm tsam lwm qhov kev tawm tsam ntawm lawv lub hauv paus cais," Anne tau hais. Nws thiab Phoenix sib pauv kev paub txog qhov pom tseeb - qhov kawg Asmeskas huab cua tawm tsam ntawm lub hauv paus tub rog txawv teb chaws yog B-1B Lancer bomber tua ntawm cov tub rog kev teeb tsa hauv Cov Neeg Sawv Cev ntawm Tuam Tshoj, coj los ntawm Patrick McLanahan, uas yog dav xav tias tuag hauv kev tawm tsam.
    
  Glenbrook tau hais tias "Yog li cov neeg txawj ntse xav tias thaum peb tab tom saib lwm yam riam phom tiv thaiv foob pob uas cov neeg Lavxias lossis Suav tau xa mus, lawv yuav tau saib cov foob pob hluav taws tiv thaiv foob pob hluav taws," Glenbrook tau hais. "Muaj peb lub hauv paus paub rau Mikoyan-Gurevich 31D aircraft, uas nqa Lavxias teb sab pem hauv ntej-kab tiv thaiv dav hlau thiab cov foob pob hluav taws tiv thaiv. Peb suav me ntsis ntau dua li cov lej pom ib txwm muaj, thiab peb kuj suav ntau dua Il-76 lub dav hlau tankers ntawm txhua lub hauv paus. Txhua lub hauv paus tau ua haujlwm thiab cov neeg Lavxias nyob hauv kev saib xyuas ib puag ncig ib puag ncig - nrog tsawg kawg ob lub dav hlau tawm tsam hauv huab cua nees nkaum plaub teev hauv ib hnub. / xya. Tshwj xeeb tshaj yog cov hauv paus hauv Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Yelizovo Air Base nyob rau hauv Lavxias teb sab Far East, Bolshoye Savino tshav dav hlau nyob rau sab hnub poob-central Russia, thiab Chkalovsky Air Base nyob ze Moscow. Lawv ua kev saib xyuas thiab ntau yam kev sim ua haujlwm, coj cov neeg tua rog yuav luag ntsug mus rau qhov siab heev.
    
  "Lub MiG-31 tau tawm ntawm kev tsim khoom yuav luag plaub caug xyoo, tab sis nws muaj qee qhov kev txhim kho," Glenbrook txuas ntxiv. "Lub dav hlau nws tus kheej yog ib qho ceev tshaj plaws hauv ntiaj teb. Nqa lub foob pob hluav taws ASAT hloov nws mus rau hauv tus npua hulking, tab sis lub kaw lus tseem ua haujlwm. Nws tua ib qho kev hloov kho 9K720 missile, tib yam li qhov tseeb Iskander theatre ballistic missile, tab sis nrog ib millimeter radar-coj siab tawg rog rau qhov chaw ua haujlwm. Muaj kwv yees li ib puas D-qauv hauv kev pabcuam - tej zaum ntau dua yog tias lawv hloov lwm cov qauv rau hauv cov qauv los tiv thaiv lossis rub qee qhov tawm ntawm qhov chaw cia. " Nws kaw lub hau ntawm nws lub ntsiav tshuaj, qhia tias nws cov lus luv luv dhau lawm.
    
  "Yog li nws zoo nkaus li cov neeg Lavxias tau teb rau kuv qhov chaw pib los ntawm kev npaj lawv qhov chaw quab yuam, thiab Suav tau pab lawv nrog tsawg kawg tso cov pawm thiab kev txhawb nqa," Thawj Tswj Hwm Phoenix xaus lus. "Xav?"
    
  Anne hais tias "Tsis muaj ib yam dab tsi uas tau npaj tseg," Anne hais. "Peb tau pom tag nrho cov no hauv kev nqis tes ua nyob rau ob peb xyoos dhau los, tshwj tsis yog cov dav hlau dav hlau."
    
  Glenbrook tau hais tias "Peb yuav tsum xav tias lawv yuav muab cov Electron spaceplanes ib yam li lawv tau ua kaum plaub xyoos dhau los," Glenbrook tau hais. "Lawv nqa kaum lub ultra-siab ceev laser-guided missiles. Tsis muaj lub taub hau, tab sis tsis xav tau lub taub hau - yog tias cov khoom tsoo lub chaw nres tsheb lossis satellite txav ntawm ob peb mais ib ob, nws yuav ua rau nws puas tsuaj thiab feem ntau yuav ua rau nws puas tsuaj. Thiab cov foob pob hluav taws hauv av tuaj yeem nqa tau lub taub hau micronuclear, tib yam uas siv hauv Asmeskas kev tawm tsam ntawm Holocaust, uas, yog tias tawg nyob rau hauv ib mais ntawm qhov chaw nres tsheb, tuaj yeem xa ncaj qha mus rau hauv oblivion. Txawm hais tias nws tau plam ntau dua li ntawd, hluav taws xob thiab hluav taws xob mem tes yuav ua rau lub chaw nres tsheb puas loj heev. "
    
  "Peb lub dav hlau muaj kev tiv thaiv zoo heev los ntawm hluav taws xob, Bill, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog peb cov neeg tsav dav hlau - lawv ua haujlwm hauv chaw hluav taws xob tau ntau xyoo, qee zaum kaum xyoo," Anne hais. "Tab sis txhua yam riam phom kinetic qhia tawm tsam chaw nres tsheb ua rau muaj kev phom sij loj."
    
  "Lub chaw nres tsheb muaj riam phom tiv thaiv nws siv tau, txoj cai?" tus thawj tswj hwm nug. "Kuv tau mus ncig ntawm lub chaw hais kom ua ntawm Armstrong. Lawv tau hais tias lawv yuav tuaj yeem qhib lub Skybolt laser loj hauv ob peb hnub, thiab lawv tau tham txog cov tshuaj laser me me uas lawv tuaj yeem siv, tab sis cov riam phom orbital depots tsis ua haujlwm. "
    
  Anne tau hais tias "Yog lawm, tus tswv, tom qab kev sim Starfire cov khoom raug tshem tawm," Anne hais. "Tej zaum peb yuav tsum qhib lub rooj cob qhia Kingfisher riam phom thiab xa rov qab cov tsis muaj zog rau lub voj voog."
    
  Phoenix tau hais tias "Kuv tseem tsis tau npaj txhij los ua qhov no, tab sis kuv xav kom npaj tau yog tias peb pom muaj kev txav mus los ntawm peb qhov chaw muaj peev xwm, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog Armstrong. Cov foob pob hluav taws thiab lub hauv paus huab cua nrog cov kev tiv thaiv satellite MiGs tuaj yeem raug tsom tawm tsam lub hiav txwv-launched ballistic lossis cruise missiles, puas yog?
    
  "Yog lawm, tus tswv," Glenbrook teb tias, "tab sis nws yuav siv sijhawm los hloov lub nkoj hauv nkoj mus rau hauv txoj haujlwm, thiab kev tawm tsam Lavxias ntawm Armstrong chaw nres tsheb yuav tshwm sim sai heev. Yog tias Russia tuaj yeem cuam tshuam lub chaw nres tsheb tiv thaiv, lawv tuaj yeem tsoo nws saum ntuj. Kev sib xyaw ua ke ntawm Electron spaceplane attack, air-launched missiles, and ground-launched anti-satellite missiles attacking one-toon tuaj yeem ua qhov ntawd. "
    
  Thawj Tswj Hwm nodded, tab sis nyob twj ywm rau ob peb lub sij hawm ntev; Tom qab ntawd: "Cia peb muab diplomacy thiab lub taub hau txias dua ua ntej peb siv riam phom chaw ntxiv," nws thaum kawg hais. "Knocking Armstrong yuav zoo li tawm tsam lub dav hlau thauj khoom lossis lub hauv paus tub rog: kev ua tsov rog. Gryzlov tsis yog vwm. "
    
  "Russia tau ua ob qho tib si yav dhau los, tus tswv," Anne hais rau tus thawj tswj hwm. "Gennady txiv yog tus tswv ntawm kev tawm tsam hauv Tebchaws Meskas thaum lub sijhawm Asmeskas Holocaust, uas tau tua ze li kaum npaug ntau tus neeg li Pearl Harbor."
    
  Phoenix tau hais tias "Kuv paub qhov ntawd, Anne, tab sis kuv tseem tsis tau npaj ua kom qhov xwm txheej no yog tias kuv tuaj yeem zam tau," Phoenix tau hais. "Kuv tso cai siv txhua yam riam phom tiv thaiv tam sim no, suav nrog cov tshuaj laser, tab sis tsis muaj riam phom tawm tsam."
    
  "Kuv puas tuaj yeem hais kom qhib lub tshuab hluav taws xob magnetohydrodynamic nyob hauv Armstrong chaw nres tsheb, tus tswv?" Anne nug. Anne Page yog tus tsim ntawm tsis tsuas yog Skybolt missile tiv thaiv kab ke, tab sis kuj yog ib qho ntawm nws cov khoom siv high-tech: MHD, los yog magnetohydrodynamic generator, lub tshuab hluav taws xob nuclear uas tsim ntau pua megawatts ntawm lub zog rau Skybolt dawb electron laser. yam tsis muaj kev cuam tshuam rau kev tswj hwm ntawm Armstrong chaw nres tsheb qhov chaw taw qhia lossis txoj hauv kev ya davhlau. "Nws tau xyaum mothballed rau ob peb xyoos thiab nws yuav siv sijhawm ib hnub lossis ob zaug kom nws qhib thiab sim. Yog tias txhua yam tsis zoo, nws yuav zoo yog tias Skybolt muaj sai li sai tau. "
    
  "Koj puas tham txog lub tshuab hluav taws xob uas ua rau lub zog loj Skybolt laser?" - Phoenix nug. Anne nodded. "Kuv paub tias peb yeej tsis tau pom zoo rau qhov kev cog lus txwv riam phom hauv chaw, tab sis peb tau ua raws li qhov kev cog lus yuav raug siv. Qhov no puas yuav rhuav tshem cov lus cog tseg?
    
  Anne xav ib pliag, ces shrugged. "Kuv tsis yog tus kws tshaj lij kev tswj hwm caj npab lossis tus kws lij choj, tus tswv, tab sis rau kuv lub tshuab hluav taws xob tsis yog riam phom, txawm tias nws tau nruab nrog lub tshuab hluav taws xob nuclear. "Skybolt yog riam phom, thiab qee qhov ntawm nws cov khoom siv los ntawm Cal Poly cov tub ntxhais kawm kom xa hluav taws xob rau lub ntiaj teb." Nws tsis kam lees, tom qab ntawd ntxiv, "Lawv tuaj yeem muab qee qhov kev nyab xeeb rau peb yog tias xav tau tshwm sim, tus tswv."
    
  "Lawv yuav tsis siv lub tshuab hluav taws xob loj, puas yog? Kuv yeej tsis tau tso cai rau qhov no. "
    
  "Starfire's microwave laser beam yog siv los ntawm lub zog sau los ntawm cov tub ntxhais kawm lub hnub ci vaj huam sib luag," Anne piav qhia. "Lub tshuab hluav taws xob MHD tseem muaj lub cev txuas nrog Skybolt, tab sis lub tshuab hluav taws xob dawb tsis tuaj yeem raug rho tawm haujlwm yam tsis muaj kev cuam tshuam ntawm Starfire Cheebtsam thiab txuas rau Skybolt qhov chaw. Kuv tsis paub tias nws yuav siv sijhawm ntev npaum li cas, tab sis cov tub ntxhais kawm tau txais Starfire hauv qhov chaw sai sai, yog li yog tias tsim nyog, kuv xav tias peb tuaj yeem tau txais Skybolt rov qab thiab khiav sai sai. "
    
  Thawj Tswj Hwm xav txog qhov no rau ob peb lub sijhawm, tom qab ntawd tau pom zoo. "Txawm tias lub nkoj loj-ua kom puas laser tsis ua haujlwm yam tsis muaj kuv xaj, kuv tso cai rau lub tshuab hluav taws xob kom qhib thiab sim," nws hais. "Kuv xav tias peb yuav tos kom qhia rau cov neeg Lavxias tias peb tau sim lub tshuab hluav taws xob loj kom txog rau thaum qee lub sijhawm yav tom ntej."
    
  "Kuv pom zoo," Anne hais. "Tab sis yog tias koj xav cuam tshuam nrog cov neeg Lavxias, koj yuav tsum rov xav txog koj qhov chaw nyob thiab kev txo cov tub rog. Piv txwv li, xaus qhov kev tshaj tawm ntawm kev nyob hauv lub voj voog raws li lub tebchaws Amelikas cov khoom muaj nqis - Gryzlov zoo li tshwj xeeb los ntawm qhov no. "
    
  "Kuv yuav ua qhov no yog tias tsim nyog, cia siab tias tsis yog ua ntej kev xaiv tsa," tus thawj tswj hwm tau hais. "Nws yog mos txwv ntau dua rau Barbeau."
    
  Anne tau hais tias "Peb yuav xau cov ntaub ntawv uas Bill nyuam qhuav qhia peb txog," Anne hais. "Yog tias peb qhia Russia tsim nws cov riam phom hauv chaw, koj txoj cai chaw yuav zoo li qhov tseem ceeb ntawm kev tiv thaiv hauv tebchaws."
    
  "Tab sis Barbeau tuaj yeem hais tias Russia tsuas yog cuam tshuam rau kuv qhov chaw pib," tus thawj tswj hwm tau hais. "Kuv xav tsis txhob taug txoj kev no. Kuv yuav txiav txim siab los so kuv cov cai, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog hais txog kev tiv thaiv ntawm peb qhov chaw muaj cuab tam thiab orbits - koj hais yog lawm, kuv xav tias qhov ntawd yog qhov uas tau txais Gryzlov kub thiab thab. Vam tias qhov no tuaj yeem tos txog tom qab kev xaiv tsa. " Nws tig mus rau nws tus kws pab tswv yim kev ruaj ntseg hauv tebchaws. "Bill, Kuv yuav tsum paub meej tias nws yuav siv sijhawm ntev npaum li cas kom tau txais Kingfisher riam phom kev cob qhia thiab ua haujlwm, thiab kuv xav tsom mus rau ntau lub dav hlau boosters li sai tau. Kuv tsis xav hloov ib lub zog, tab sis kuv xav paub tias nws yuav siv sijhawm ntev npaum li cas los rhuav tshem txhua yam uas cuam tshuam rau peb qhov chaw. Kuv nco qab tias peb ib zaug muaj tag nrho cov riam phom rau qhov chaw pib - Kuv xav paub seb Joe Gardner tau ua dab tsi nrog lawv. "
    
  "Yog lawm, tus tswv," Glenbrook hais thiab tawm mus.
    
  Tom qab nws tawm mus, Thawj Tswj Hwm tau nchuav nws lub khob kas fes thib peb thaum sawv ntxov - uas, hauv nws txoj kev xav, tsis yog ib qho cim zoo. "Kuv ntxub coj kev nom kev tswv rau hauv cov kev txiav txim siab no, Anne," nws hais. "Qhov no tsis yog qhov uas nws yuav tsum ua."
    
  "Tej zaum tsis yog, tab sis qhov ntawd yog lub neej hauv ntiaj teb tiag, Ken," Anne hais. "Tus Thawj Kav Tebchaws Meskas yuav tsis muaj peev xwm cais nws tus kheej los ntawm kev nom kev tswv, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog thaum muaj kev xaiv tsa. Qhov ntawd yog txoj kev uas nws yog. "
    
  "Tom qab ntawd cia peb rov qab mus rau kev sib tw, Anne," Phoenix hais. "Dab tsi ntawm peb cov txheej txheem rau hnub no?"
    
  "Koj muaj ib hnub so, thiab kuv xav kom koj siv nws nrog koj tsev neeg vim tias koj yuav nyob ntawm txoj kev sib tw yuav luag txhua hnub kom txog rau Hnub Xaiv Tsa," tus lwm thawj coj tau hais. "Kev sib tw West Coast zaum kawg pib tag kis sawv ntxov. Peb muaj Phoenix, San Diego thiab Los Angeles tau booked, tab sis cov phiaj xwm kuj tau qhia ob peb qhov chaw nres tsheb nyob rau sab qaum teb thiab nruab nrab California. Nws lig - FAA xav kom muaj ntau tshaj li ob hnub 'kev ceeb toom kom kaw lub dav hlau nyob ib ncig ntawm lub tshav dav hlau koj ya mus rau Air Force One, tab sis yog tias peb ceeb toom lawv tag kis no, peb yuav zoo.
    
  "Kuv xav kom peb nres peb zaug ua ntej peb mus rau Portland thiab Seattle," Anne txuas ntxiv, nyeem los ntawm nws lub khoos phis tawj ntsiav tshuaj. "Ua ntej, NASA's Ames Research Center nyob ze San Jose, uas ua qhov kev sim cua ntawm ntau qhov chaw thev naus laus zis; lub Aerojet Rocketdyne cog rau sab hnub tuaj ntawm Sacramento, uas ua rau lub cav rau cov chav kawm tshiab ntawm cov tsheb thauj khoom hnyav; thiab San Luis Obispo tuaj koom qhov kev sim pib ntawm Starfire hnub ci orbital fais fab nroj tsuag. Muaj ib lub rooj sib tham hauv txhua lub nroog thiab ib qho kev nrhiav nyiaj noj hmo hauv San Jose. Tom qab ntawd, nws mus rau Portland thiab Seattle, mus rau qhov kev nco txog ntawm lub qub Fairchild Air Force Base nyob ze Spokane los ua kev nco txog Asmeskas hnub tseem ceeb ntawm Holocaust, thiab tom qab ntawd mus rau Boise kom tiav West Coast mus ncig. Ces koj ua koj txoj kev mus rau sab hnub tuaj. Peb lub nroog ib hnub ua ntej Hnub Xaiv Tsa. Kuv yuav ua ob peb nres ntawm ntug dej hiav txwv sab hnub tuaj thiab tom qab ntawd mus rau sab hnub poob thaum koj mus rau sab hnub tuaj."
    
  "Phew," said tus thawj tswj hwm. "Kuv zoo siab tias qhov no yuav yog kuv qhov kev sib tw kawg - nws yog qhov zoo tau ntsib cov txiv neej, tab sis nws yuav ua rau muaj kev cuam tshuam rau koj lub siab." Nws tau txiav txim siab hloov cov phiaj xwm, tab sis tsis ntev: "Ua ntej thiab ntxiv chaw nres tsheb hauv Northern California, Ann. Kuv yuav so thaum kuv tuag."
    
  "Yog lawm, tus tswv," tus lwm thawj coj hais tias, khaws lub xov tooj thiab ceeb toom nws cov neeg ua haujlwm kom ua qhov tsim nyog. Thaum nws ua tiav, nws tau nug tias, "Ua ntej peb ceeb toom FAA, tus tswv, kuv muaj lus nug: Koj puas xav ncua kev sim khiav ntawm lub hnub ci hluav taws xob orbital thiab kev mus rau qhov chaw nres tsheb rau Brad McLanahan thiab Casey Huggins, cov tub ntxhais kawm ntawv qib siab. Los ntawm California?" Qhov Teeb Meem Teeb Meem "Nws pib kub, thiab qhov kev sim tua hluav taws no tau txais kev saib xyuas thoob plaws ntiaj teb. Ntau tus neeg, suav nrog cov neeg Lavxias thiab pawg neeg tawm tsam kev ua tsov ua rog thiab ib puag ncig, xav tau qhov no. kuaj kom raug tshem tawm thiab qhov chaw nres tsheb yuav raug tso cai kom hlawv hauv qhov chaw. "
    
  "Kuv nyeem txog cov kev tawm tsam no," tus thawj tswj hwm tau hais, tuav nws lub taub hau. "Qhov no zoo li yog ib yam uas peb tau hnov los ntawm sab laug-sab laug liberals tau ntau xyoo lawm: kev kawm txuj ci tsuas yog tsis zoo rau tib neeg, tsiaj txhu, ntiaj teb kev thaj yeeb, cov neeg pluag thiab lub ntiaj teb. Armstrong tshwj xeeb tshaj yog tau txais xov xwm phem heev, feem ntau kuv xav tias vim tias nws pom saum ntuj thiab sab laug xav tias peb tab tom soj ntsuam txhua tus neeg hauv ntiaj teb thiab txaus siab siv txoj kab hluav taws xob tuag los tua leej twg. Lawv tsis paub tias lawv tab tom ua dab tsi ntawm Armstrong chaw nres tsheb. Kuv tuaj yeem tham txog thaum kuv xiav lub ntsej muag txog kuv cov kev paub dhau los thiab cov thev naus laus zis uas ua rau qhov no ua tau, tab sis kuv yuav nkim kuv lub sijhawm. "
    
  Ken Phoenix xav txog nws ib pliag, ces tshee lub taub hau. Nws tau hais tias "Ann, Kuv tsis txwv kuv txoj kev pib hauv qhov chaw thev naus laus zis thiab kev lag luam vim tias cov neeg Lavxias lossis qee tus neeg sab laug xav tias qhov no yog qhov pib ntawm qhov kawg ntawm lub ntiaj teb," nws hais. "Cia li sim xav txog thiab npaj rau cov pab pawg no lossis txawm tias cov neeg Lavxias tuaj yeem ua tom qab cov kev sim no, tab sis kuv yuav tsis thim lawv. Nws yuav yog kev thuam rau kev ua haujlwm hnyav cov tub ntxhais kawm tau muab tso rau hauv qhov project no. Qhov no yog ib qho kev thaj yeeb nyab xeeb: xa lub zog rau txhua tus neeg xav tau, yuav luag txhua qhov chaw hauv ntiaj teb. Qhov no yog qhov zoo. Sab laug tuaj yeem hais qhov lawv xav tau txog qhov no, tab sis qhov ntawd yog qhov nws yog. Tsis yog, peb tab tom mus tom ntej. "
    
    
  SAN LUIS OBISPO REGIONAL AIRPORT
  Hmo ntawd
    
    
  Brad zaum ntawm lub rooj hauv ib lub dav hlau hangar ntawm San Luis Obispo Regional Tshav Dav Hlau, saib kev nce qib ntawm nws lub computer raws li qhov tseeb navigation, maps, struts thiab obstacles tau beamed ntawm satellite ncaj qha rau nws txiv lub Cessna P210 Silver Eagle aircraft nres tom qab nws. Lub Silver Eagle yog ib qho me me tab sis muaj zog heev Cessna P210 hloov nrog 450-horsepower turbine engine thiab ib tug ntev daim ntawv teev cov high-tech avionics thiab lwm yam systems, ua rau peb caug-xyoo-laus aircraft yog ib tug ntawm cov tshaj plaws nyob rau hauv lub ntiaj teb no.
    
  Nws lub xov tooj ntawm tes beeped thiab nws saib tus hu ID, tsis xav tsis thoob tias nws tsis paub nws - nws tau tshaj tawm ntau cov lus nug hauv xov xwm uas nws tsuas teb tsis tau saib, "Nyob zoo. Qhov no yog Brad, Project Starfire. "
    
  "Mr. McLanahan? Kuv lub npe yog Yvette Annikki, Senior Researcher ntawm European Space Daily. Peb tau hais luv luv ntawm koj lub rooj sib tham hauv koj lub chaw sim ob peb hnub dhau los. "
    
  Nws tsis paub lub npe, tab sis nws yeej paub txog lub suab sultry. Brad tau hais tias "Kuv tsis xav tias kuv tau ntes koj lub npe ntawm lub rooj sib tham xov xwm," tab sis kuv nco qab pom nws hauv cov npe xov xwm. Hmo no koj nyob li cas?"
    
  "Zoo heev, ua tsaug, Mr. McLanahan."
    
  "Brad, thov."
    
  "Ua tsaug, Brad," Yvette hais. "Kuv nyuam qhuav rov qab los rau San Luis Obispo tuaj koom koj lub rooj noj mov tos txais hmo no thiab saib kev sim ntawm Starfire, thiab kuv muaj ob peb nqe lus nug ntxiv rau koj. Koj puas tseem nyob hauv nroog?"
    
  "Yog. Tab sis kuv tab tom tawm mus rau Roob Tsov Rog thaum sawv ntxov."
    
  "Huag, tau kawg, ya mus rau Armstrong chaw nres tsheb hauv lub dav hlau ib tag hmo. Nrog koj zoo siab."
    
  "ua tsaug". Damn, lub suab ntawd mesmerizing, Brad xav.
    
  Yvette tau hais tias "Kuv tsis xav thab koj, tab sis yog tias koj muaj kev ywj pheej, kuv xav nug ob peb nqe lus nug thiab tau txais koj lub tswv yim txog kev mus rau qhov chaw nres tsheb," Yvette hais. "Kuv tuaj yeem nyob hauv tsev kawm ntawv hauv ob peb feeb."
    
  "Kuv tsis nyob hauv tsev kawm ntawv," Brad hais. "Kuv tab tom ua kev npaj ua ntej ntawm kuv lub dav hlau npaj rau kev ya mus rau Tsov Rog Roob."
    
  "Koj puas muaj koj lub dav hlau, Brad?"
    
  "Qhov no yog kuv txiv. Kuv ya nws txhua lub caij nyoog kuv tau txais. "
    
  "Kev zoo siab npaum li cas! Kuv nyiam txoj kev ywj pheej ntawm kev ya davhlau. Nws yog qhov zoo heev uas tuaj yeem dhia ntawm koj lub dav hlau thiab ya tawm mus rau qhov chaw ntawm lub sijhawm ceeb toom. "
    
  "Qhov ntawd yog qhov tseeb," Brad hais. "Koj puas yog tus tsav?"
    
  Yvette tau hais tias "Kuv tsuas muaj daim ntawv tso cai ua kis las kis las nyob sab Europe xwb," Yvette tau hais. "Kuv tsis tuaj yeem ya los ntawm San Luis Obispo mus rau Battle Roob. Kuv ntseeg tias nws yog ib qho yooj yim taug kev ntawm koj lub dav hlau. "
    
  Brad tau hais tias "Kev mus ncig yuav siv li cuaj teev," Brad hais. "Kuv tuaj yeem ua nws me ntsis ntau dua ob."
    
  "Zoo kawg. Nws yuav tsum yog lub dav hlau zoo heev. "
    
  "Koj puas xav pom qhov no?"
    
  "Kuv tsis xav yuam koj, Brad," Yvette hais. "Koj muaj qee hnub tseem ceeb ua ntej ntawm koj, thiab kuv tsuas yog muaj ob peb lo lus nug."
    
  Brad hais tias "Nws tsis yog teeb meem," Brad hais. "Nyob rau sab qab teb ntawm Broad Street, lem sab xis mus rau Txoj Kev Tshav Dav Hlau thiab nres ntawm qhov kev tawm uas cim 'General Aviation' ntawm sab laug. Kuv yuav tawm mus qhib rau koj. "
    
  "Zoo ... Kuv xav pom koj lub dav hlau, tab sis kuv tsis xav thab koj."
    
  "Tsis yog kiag li. Kuv tab tom tos lub dav hlau hloov kho nws tus kheej. Lub tuam txhab yuav zoo. "
    
  Yvette tau hais tias "Zoo, qhov ntawd, kuv zoo siab koom nrog koj," Yvette hais. "Kuv tuaj yeem nyob ntawd li ntawm kaum feeb. Kuv tab tom tsav tsheb xauj dawb Volvo."
    
  Kaum feeb tom qab ntawd, ib tug dawb Volvo sedan rub mus rau lub davhlau ya nyob twg lub tsev. Brad taug kev los ntawm lub qhov rooj tsav tsheb thiab rub nws daim npav nkag mus rau tus nyeem ntawv, thiab lub rooj tsav tsheb pib qhib. Nws dhia ntawm nws lub tsheb kauj vab thiab rov qab mus rau nws lub hangar, Volvo tsis deb tom qab.
    
  Brad tshuav lub hangar ob lub qhov rooj qhib thiab lub teeb sab hauv kom Yvette tuaj yeem pom Silver Eagle thaum nws rub. "Zoo siab tau ntsib koj dua, Brad," nws hais thaum nws tawm ntawm lub tsheb. Nws tuav tes, ces muab ib daim npav ua lag luam rau nws. "Kuv vam tias koj nco kuv?"
    
  "Yog lawm, kuv xav tau," Brad hais. Damn, nws sau rau nws tus kheej, nws txawm sexier dua lub sij hawm dhau los. Nws tig thiab taw tes rau ntawm lub dav hlau. "Ntawm no nws los."
    
  "Qhov no zoo kawg nkaus!" Yvette pom. "Koj zoo li khaws cia rau hauv qhov tsis zoo."
    
  "Kuv tseem xav tias nws yog kuv txiv lub dav hlau, yog li kuv ua haujlwm rau nws txhua lub sijhawm kuv tau txais thiab ntxuav nws tom qab txhua lub davhlau," Brad hais.
    
  Yvette hais tias, "Koj txiv yog ib tug txiv neej zoo heev," "Kuv thov txim rau koj qhov poob."
    
  Brad ib txwm yuav tsum nco ntsoov ua si txog cov kev xav no uas cov xov xwm niaj hnub hais rau nws - nws nyuaj, tab sis nws tau zoo thiab zoo dua ntawm kev ua txuj tias nws txiv tuag tiag tiag. "Ua tsaug," nws teb.
    
  Yvette taug kev mus rau hauv lub hangar thiab pib qhuas lub dav hlau. "Yog li ntawd. Qhia kuv txog koj lub dav hlau sexy, Brad McLanahan. "
    
  "Nws hu ua Silver Eagle, lub Cessna P21¢ Centurion uas nws 310-horsepower piston roj av cav tau hloov los ntawm 450-horsepower dav hlau-fueled turboprop engine," Brad hais. "Nws tseem muaj ntau yam kev hloov kho. Cruising ceev txog ob puas thiab tsib caug mais tauj ib teev, thaj tsam ib txhiab mais, qab nthab nees nkaum peb txhiab taw. "
    
  "Ooo". Nws muab Brad luag ntxhi thiab hais tias, "Qhov ntawd yuav ua rau nws tsim nyog rau Four Miles High Club, tsis yog Miles High Club, puas yog?" Brad sim luag ntawm nws qhov barb, tab sis nws tsuas yog tawm los ua ib qho tsis txaus ntseeg thaum nws ua rau muaj kev cuam tshuam, xav tsis thoob li cas lub ntuj raug txim nws tswj kom koom nrog lub club hauv Silver Eagle lub rooj muag khoom. "Thiab koj hais tias lub dav hlau hloov kho nws tus kheej?"
    
  Brad hais tias, "Kev hloov kho tshiab tau tshaj tawm hauv xov tooj cua," Brad tau hais, ua rau nws tus kheej tawm ntawm nws txoj kev xav. "Thaum kuv xav tau lawv, kuv tsuas yog ntsaws lub dav hlau mus rau lub zog sab nraud, tig nws thiab tos."
    
  "Qhov no tsis zoo li ib txwm muaj kev hloov kho avionics thiab databases."
    
  Brad tau hais tias "Lub dav hlau no muaj ntau yam kev txhim kho uas tseem tsis tau muaj rau lwm lub zej zog dav hlau dav hlau," Brad tau hais. "Kuv txiv tau siv nws lub dav hlau ua lub txaj sim rau ntau yam khoom siv high-tech." Nws taw tes rau ib lub pob me me uas nyob nruab nrab ntawm sab xis sab xis. "Nws tau siv lub dav hlau no rau kev soj ntsuam lub luag haujlwm nrog Civil Air Patrol ntau xyoo dhau los, yog li nws tau teeb tsa cov sensors ntawm tis. Lawv yog qhov loj ntawm pob ntaus pob tesniv, tab sis lawv tuaj yeem luam tawm nees nkaum acres ib ob, hnub lossis hmo ntuj, los ntawm ob sab ntawm lub dav hlau nrog rau-nti daws teeb meem. Cov duab raug xa mus rau hauv av receivers los yog tuaj yeem tso tawm ntawm ntau qhov kev ua haujlwm hauv lub cockpit nrog lub davhlau lossis cov ntaub ntawv qhia kev tshaj tawm ntawm lawv. Kuv tau ua ntau qhov kev tsaws hauv qhov tsaus ntuj uas tsis muaj teeb pom kev zoo siv lub sensor no. "
    
  Yvette tau hais tias "Kuv tsis tau hnov txog qhov no ua ntej nrog lub sensor me me," Yvette hais.
    
  Brad tau hais tias "Kuv tuaj yeem ua tej yam hauv lub dav hlau no uas yuav tsis muaj rau pej xeem tsawg kawg tsib xyoos, tej zaum kaum," Brad hais. "Txoj kev tshem tawm tag nrho, huab cua tswj cov lus pom zoo, kev npaj dav hlau tsis siv neeg thiab rov ua haujlwm, lub suab tswj hwm avionics, ntau."
    
  "Kuv puas tuaj yeem sau txog qhov no, Brad?" Yvette nug. "Kuv puas tuaj yeem qhia kuv cov neeg nyeem txog qhov no?"
    
  Brad xav ib pliag, ces shrugged. "Kuv tsis pom yog vim li cas tsis," nws hais. "Nws tsis tau muab cais ua 'qhov zais cia sab saum toj' lossis lwm yam zoo li ntawd - nws tsuas yog tsis muaj rau kev dav dav dav dav. Tag nrho cov no tau pom zoo los ntawm feds, tab sis tseem tsis tau tsim lossis muab muag. "
    
  "Tab sis qhov no sawv cev rau yav tom ntej ntawm kev dav hlau dav hlau," Yvette tau hais. "Kuv paub tseeb tias kuv cov neeg nyeem xav nyeem txog nws. Kuv puas tuaj yeem tau txais cov ntawv luam ntawm cov ntawv pov thawj ntxiv thiab kev pom zoo rau cov tshuab zoo no?
    
  Brad tau hais tias "Tau kawg, qhov no yog tag nrho cov ntaub ntawv pej xeem," Brad hais. "Tom qab kuv rov qab los, kuv tuaj yeem sau tag nrho cov no rau koj."
    
  "Ua tsaug ntau," Yvette hais. "Kuv pom tias kuv yuav tsum mus ntsib San Luis Obispo dua tom qab koj rov qab los ... "Nws ntsia rau hauv nws lub qhov muag thiab luag ntxhi me ntsis mischievously. "Tsis yog li ntawd koj tuaj yeem qhia kuv txog koj lub davhlau mus rau qhov chaw, tab sis kuj yog li koj tuaj yeem qhia kuv ntxiv txog koj lub dav hlau txaus nyiam. Kuv puas tuaj yeem saib hauv plaub mais siab lub hauv paus hauv paus?
    
  "Tau kawg," Brad hais. Nws qhib lub qhov rooj rau nws, tom qab ntawd ntsia nws daim npav lag luam thaum nws qhuas sab hauv-thiab yog, qhuas nws lub nroog Yeiuxalees, uas jiggled ua ntej nws ob lub qhov muag thaum nws peered hauv lub dav hlau. "Koj puas nyob hauv San Francisco? Qhov no kuj yog ib qho yooj yim ya davhlau. Tej zaum kuv tuaj yeem tuaj tos koj hauv San Carlos thiab peb tuaj yeem sim davhlau thiab tej zaum tau noj su hauv Half Moon Bay?
    
  Yvette hais tias "Qhov ntawd zoo heev, Brad," Yvette hais.
    
  "Yvette. Nws yog lub npe zoo nkauj, "Brad ntxiv.
    
  "Ua tsaug. Kuv niam yog Fabkis thiab kuv txiv yog Swedish. " Nws tig mus rau nws. "Koj muaj siab dawb siab zoo nrog koj-Auj!" Brad tig mus rau qhov chaw nws tab tom saib thiab xav tsis thoob thaum pom Chris Wall sawv ntawm ob peb ko taw deb ntawm nws, nws txhais tes hauv nws lub hnab ris tsho. "Nyob zoo, sir. Peb puas tuaj yeem pab koj?
    
  "Nws yog kuv tus phooj ywg," Brad hais. "Yvette, ntsib Chris. Chris, Yvette, tus neeg sau xov xwm los ntawm European Space Daily. " Ob leeg ntsia ncaj rau ib leeg. "Dab tsi tshwm sim, Chris?"
    
  Vol nyob twj ywm rau ob peb lub sij hawm ntev, saib Yvette; tom qab ntawd: "Muaj qee yam tsim nyog uas peb yuav tsum sib tham ua ntej koj tawm mus, yog tias koj muaj sijhawm."
    
  "Tau kawg," Brad hais, blinking in surprise. Muaj ib yam tshwm sim ntawm no - yog vim li cas Brad tsis pom nws ...? "Yvette, koj puas tuaj yeem-"
    
  "Kuv tau siv koj lub sijhawm txaus, Brad," Yvette hais. "Kuv tuaj yeem xa email rau koj cov lus nug uas kuv muaj. Yog tias koj muaj sijhawm ua ntej yuav tawm mus, thov teb; txwv tsis pub, lawv tuaj yeem tos kom txog thaum peb ntsib dua tom qab koj lub davhlau. " Nws txuas nws txhais tes thiab Brad co nws, thiab ces Yvette leaped rau pem hauv ntej thiab hnia nws ntawm sab plhu. "Zoo hmoo nrog koj lub davhlau thiab sim tua. Kuv vam tias koj yuav muaj kev nyab xeeb thiab kev vam meej. " Ces nws txawm muab nws txhais tes rau Ox. "Zoo tau ntsib koj, Chris," nws hais. Tom qab ob peb lub plawv dhia tsis txaus ntseeg, Vol maj mam muab nws txhais tes sab xis tawm ntawm nws lub hnab thiab tuav nws txhais tes, tsis txhob hle nws lub qhov muag ntawm nws. Yvette luag nyav thiab nodded, muab Brad luag sov so, nkag mus rau hauv nws lub tsheb thiab tsav tsheb mus.
    
  Thaum nws tsis pom, Brad tig mus rau Vol. "Dab tsi tshwm sim, Sergeant Major? Koj tau muab cov lus ceeb toom cov kab lus 'yuav tsum tau khoom'. Puas muaj dabtsi?"
    
  "Nws yog leej twg?" Vol nug hauv lub suab qis, hem.
    
  "Tus neeg sau xov xwm rau European Space Daily, aerospace blog nyob hauv Austria." Brad muab nws Yvette lub lag luam daim npav. "Kuv tau hais rau nws ua ntej, ntawm lub rooj sib tham xov xwm."
    
  "Koj puas tau tshawb xyuas nws ua ntej koj caw nws tuaj ntsib koj ib leeg?"
    
  "Tsis yog, tab sis nws tau raug kuaj xyuas los ntawm lub tsev kawm ntawv qib siab thiab muab cov ntaub ntawv pov thawj thiab nkag mus rau hauv tsev kawm ntawv," Brad teb, txheeb xyuas Vol, uas saib muaj kev txhawj xeeb txog kev ntsib.
    
  "Chimp tuaj yeem tau txais cov ntaub ntawv pov thawj thiab kev nkag mus rau hauv tsev kawm ntawv nrog cov txiv tsawb txaus, Trigger," Wohl tau hais tias, siv Brad lub npe hu tshiab, muab rau nws tom qab Paso Robles tua - nws tsis paub tias qhov ntawd hais txog kev tua lossis qhov tseeb tias. nws yog ib tug nees lub nroog Yeiuxalees. "Koj tsis tau kuaj xyuas nws, tab sis koj tau caw nws mus rau hauv koj lub hangar, hmo ntuj, ib leeg?"
    
  Brad hais tias "Txiv tab tom kuaj xyuas kuv," Brad hais. Nws tsis nco qab tias nws txiv tuaj yeem nkag mus rau lub koob yees duab kev ruaj ntseg hauv lub hangar thiab saib xyuas nws lub xov tooj ntawm tes, thiab pom tau tias Patrick tau hu rau leej twg uas nyob ze tshaj tam sim ntawd mus rau lub tshav dav hlau thiab xyuas cov neeg sau xov xwm.
    
  "Tej zaum tau cawm koj lub nroog Yeiuxalees, Trigger," Vol hais.
    
  Brad tau hais tias "OK, tsis ua li cas, kuv tau ua txhaum tus qauv kev ruaj ntseg thiab cov txheej txheem tiv thaiv kev soj ntsuam," Brad hais. "Koj thiab koj pab neeg tau nyob hauv nroog tau ntau lub hlis yam tsis muaj ib lub tswb, tsis muaj lus ceeb toom. Tam sim no, yog vim li cas thiaj li ceeb toom passphrase? Koj ua li cas thiaj paub tias nws yog kev hem thawj?"
    
  Wohl tau hais tias "Kuv tsis paub meej-tsis tau-tab sis kuv muaj qhov tsis txaus ntseeg heev, thiab qhov ntawd yog txhua yam kuv xav tau," Wohl hais. Thawj zaug txij li Brad tau ua haujlwm nrog Chris Wall, nws pom tus tub ceev xwm so haujlwm loj loj tsis txaus siab, zoo li nws tau txaj muag? Chris Wohl, tus so haujlwm US Marine Corps Sergeant Major uas mob siab rau dab tsi yog leej twg xav txog nws ...?
    
  "Dab tsi yog ntuj raug txim, Sergeant Major?" Brad hais tias.
    
  "Kuv tau txais tus qauv thiab ... xav tau cov tshuaj tiv thaiv los ntawm tib neeg thaum kuv xub ntsib lawv, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog cov poj niam," Wohl hais.
    
  Brad hais tias "Cia kuv twv: lawv rov qab ua rau lub plab tig txaus ntshai ntawm qhov pom ntawm koj cov hluav taws xob kub hnyiab," Brad hais tias ntsiag to. "Kuv muaj ib yam tshuaj tiv thaiv thaum kuv xub pom koj."
    
  Vol hais tias "Txhua yam kev hwm, Tig, ntsia hlau rau koj," Vol hais. Qhov no, Brad xav, yog Chris Wall nws paub tiag. "Koj tsis tau pom qhov no nrog koj tus phooj ywg Yvette, koj puas yog? Koj tsis quav ntsej hauv koj qhov kev tawm tsam kev tawm tsam, puas yog?
    
  "Dab tsi yog koj tham txog, Sergeant Major?"
    
  "Koj puas pom koj tus phooj ywg Yvette cov lus teb thaum nws pom kuv?" - Vol nug.
    
  "Yog. Nws xav tsis thoob. Me ntsis." Tab sis Brad nco qab thiab kho nws cov lus teb. "Thiab zoo siab."
    
  "Koj xav li ntawd, Trigger?" - Vol nug.
    
  "Kuv ... " Brad nres. Vajtswv, nws xav tias, kuv twb nco tag nrho tej yam uas txhawj txog tus loj ex-Marine, tej zaum txawm ... ntshai nws? Nws xav tob, ces hais tias, "Qhov tseeb, nws tau sau ntau heev. Muaj tseeb tiag, nws tsis ua rau koj poob siab lossis xav tsis thoob, raws li kuv tau pom txawm tias cov txiv neej laus ua. Tab sis nws ua neeg ncaj ncees. "
    
  "Kev coj ncaj ncees, yog," hais Vol. "Dab tsi ntxiv? Yuav ua li cas yog nws tiag tiag sim ua kom tiav los ntawm kev ua zoo rau ib tug dab tuag, weird nrhiav neeg txawv teb chaws uas dheev tshwm nyob rau hauv qab nws, ib yam dab tsi uas nws tsis tau xav txog? Dab tsi ntxiv yog nws xav txog, Trigger?
    
  "Nws . . . " Brad lub siab sib tw, sim ua kom tau raws li qhov uas Chris Wall tau pom tseeb tau pom ntau dhau los, qhov nws tus kheej yuav tsum tau lees paub yog tias nws tsis tau cuam tshuam los ntawm sab nraud - uas yog, kev sib deev - yam. "Nws ... nws sim xav seb nws yuav ua li cas ... nrog koj," Brad thaum kawg hais.
    
  "'Tau nrog kuv?"
    
  Brad hesited dua, tab sis cov lus teb tau mob heev: "Tshem tawm koj," nws kho nws tus kheej. Dawb huv crap, Brad xav, qhov muag dav thiab tuav nws lub taub hau hauv kev tsis ntseeg. "Nws nyob tom qab kuv lub nroog Yeiuxalees, tab sis koj tau tshwm sim thiab ntes nws tus neeg saib xyuas, thiab nws tsis paub yuav ua li cas," nws hais. "Nws yuav tsum tau txiav txim siab zaum ob txog seb puas yuav tawm tsam lossis tawm tsam, thiab nws txiav txim siab tawm. Aw shit...!"
    
  "Thaum kawg, koj tab tom xav tactically," Vol hais. "Koj puas xav tias yog tias koj mus ob peb hlis yam tsis muaj dab tsi tshwm sim, koj yuav muaj kev nyab xeeb? Koj tsis tuaj yeem yuam kev ntau dua. Lub sij hawm ib txwm nyiam tus neeg yos hav zoov. Qhov no muab sijhawm rau tus yeeb ncuab ntxiv los saib xyuas, npaj, rov npaj thiab ua tiav. Koj puas xav tias vim cov neeg phem tsis tau tawm tsam rau rau lub hlis uas lawv tau tso tseg? Tsis yog. Tsis tas li ntawd, koj tsis tuaj yeem them taus ua yuam kev ntxiv. " Vol frowned, ua rau cov wrinkles ntawm nws lub ntsej muag kom tob. "Qhia rau kuv, Trigger: koj puas yuav pom koj tus phooj ywg dua?"
    
  Brad tau hais tias "Tau kawg, thaum nws tau ua tiav kuv taug qab thiab tuaj rau hauv kev tua," Brad hais. "Tab sis raws li ib tug reporter? Tsis txhob. Nws yuav mus dhia dej tob tob. "
    
  "Tau kawg," said Vol. "Nws tsis tau ua tiav kev yos hav zoov, tab sis koj yuav tsis pom nws xam phaj lwm tus ntxiv, yam tsawg kawg tsis nyob hauv North America." Nws ntsia ib ncig ntawm qhov tsaus ntuj zuj zus. "Nws muaj ntau lub sijhawm los ua yeeb yaj kiab rau koj ntawm tshav dav hlau, los ntawm qhov deb, yam tsis tau pom los ntawm kev ruaj ntseg lossis lub koob yees duab, thiab nws tsis tau coj kom zoo dua ntawm lawv. Qhov no qhia koj li cas, Trigger?"
    
  Brad hais tias "Nws tsis xav ua nws los ntawm qhov deb," Brad hais. "Nws nyiam ua kom ze."
    
  "Dab tsi ntxiv?"
    
  Brad xav ib pliag; ces: "Nws tsis ntshai yuav yees duab. Nws ntseeg tias nws tuaj yeem khiav tau, lossis nws muaj lub vas tom qab nws paub tseeb tias nws tuaj yeem tawm mus. "
    
  "Los yog ob qho tib si," hais Vol. Nws ntsia daim npav ua lag luam. "Siv. Hauv Swedish nws txhais tau tias ' ntaj'. Kuv twv nws tau xaiv lub npe ntawd rau lub npog rau ib qho laj thawj. " Brad nqos nyuaj rau cov lus no. "Nws yog tus neeg siab tawv heev, qhov tseeb: nws xaiv lub hau npog uas qhia nws hauv chav nrog ntau lub koob yees duab thiab lub microphones, thiab nws tsis ntshai hnav ib txoj hauv kev uas nyiam nws tus kheej - qhov txawv ntawm qhov nws tau qhia. Nws yog ib tug neeg ruam tiag tiag los yog ib tug neeg txawj ntse heev. Nws yeej yog ib tug dib classy. Kuv twv tias muaj ntau cov duab ntawm nws nyob rau ntawd. Kuv yuav kom pab neeg pib taug qab nws. " Nws xav ib pliag. "Huggins twb nyob rau hauv Battle Mountain, txoj cai?"
    
  Brad tau hais tias "Casey yuav tsum tau tawm ntxov kom lawv tuaj yeem haum nws lub cev," Brad hais.
    
  "Dab tsi yog huab cua nruab nrab ntawm no thiab Battle Roob yav tsaus ntuj?"
    
  "Huab huab hla Sierra, tej zaum yuav muaj kev kub ntxhov me ntsis saum toj, tab sis tsis zoo."
    
  "Koj tau npaj ib yam dab tsi hauv tsev kawm ntawv hmo no, puas yog?"
    
  "Lub Tsev Kawm Ntawv Qib Siab Engineering tau mus pov rau ib tog me me rau Pab Pawg Starfire."
    
  "Ib yam tshwm sim thiab koj yuav tsum tau tshaj tawm rau Battle Mountain ntxov kom npaj lub davhlau mus rau qhov chaw nres tsheb," Wohl tau hais. "Koj yuav thov txim tom qab. Koj tus phooj ywg tshiab Yvette tau raug caw mus rau tog ntawd, puas yog? Brad tsis tau hais dab tsi, tab sis qhov kev paub meej meej ntawm nws lub ntsej muag. "Yog tias kuv tau ua siab loj txaus los sim dua tib hnub ntawd, qhov ntawd yog qhov uas kuv yuav tau tos. Koj tsis rov qab los rau lub tsev kawm ntawv ntawd. " Nws tsis tau txais kev tawm tsam los ntawm Brad - leej twg paub tias nws yuav nyob ze npaum li cas los ua tus poj niam tus neeg raug tsim txom tom ntej, yog tias nws yog leej twg lawv xav tias nws yog. "Ua koj cov kev npaj ua ntej ya davhlau, tom qab ntawd taug kev sai li sai tau. Kuv yuav tos ntawm no kom txog thaum koj tawm mus."
    
  Brad nodded thiab nkag mus rau hauv lub hangar. Tab sis ua ntej nws pib nws txoj kev npaj ua ntej, nws tig mus rau lub koob yees duab kev ruaj ntseg ntawm lub ces kaum thiab hais tias, "Ua tsaug, Dad."
    
  Ob peb feeb tom qab nws tau txais cov lus ntawm nws lub smartphone. Nws hais tias: Koj nyob zoo, tus tub. ya yam xyuam xim.
    
    
  NTAWM CENTRAL TSHIAB MEXICO
  HNUB NO
    
    
  Boomer tshaj tawm tias "Hloov siab txiav," Boomer tshaj tawm. Brad McLanahan txiav qee lub zog thiab tso cai rau S-19 Ib tag hmo lub dav hlau rov qab mus rau qhov chaw sib tham ua ntej thiab hauv qab Sky Masters Aerospace B-767 dav hlau tanker. Lub refueling boom retracted rov qab nyob rau hauv lub tanker tus Tsov tus tw.
    
  "Txhua yam yog qhov tseeb, Xya Ib tag hmo," hais tias tus poj niam lub computer lub suab ntawm tus neeg teb xov tooj barrier neeg hlau. "Puas muaj lwm yam uas peb tuaj yeem ua rau koj, Xya?"
    
  Boomer hais tias, "Nws yuav zoo rau haus kas fes," tab sis yog tias ua tsis tau, peb yuav hais adios.
    
  Tanker 767 pib tig sab laug. "Xib Hwb Peb-Ib qho yog qhov tseeb, Xya," hais lub suab. "Nyob zoo hnub".
    
  Boomer tau tsa cov pa oxygen visor ntawm nws lub tshuab hluav taws xob elastomeric, saib Midnight Spaceplane lub khoos phis tawj ua haujlwm "Tom qab refueling" thiab "Ua ntej Hypersonic Flight" cov ntawv txheeb xyuas, tom qab ntawd saib Brad hauv lub luag haujlwm tus thawj coj lub rooj zaum. Lub kaus mom hlau; nws lub hnab looj tes tau so ntawm sab ntawm kev tswj hwm thiab throttles ntawm lub console nruab nrab, thiab nws zaum xis, saib ncaj nraim, zoo li nws tab tom saib TV ntawm lub rooj zaum. Brad tsa lub visor ntawm nws lub kaus mom hlau thaum nws pom Boomer ua li ntawd.
    
  "Koj paub, Brad, koj yog tus neeg caij tsheb thib ob hauv kab uas kuv tau ua rau kuv qhov muag dej."
    
  "Kuv puas yuav hais dua?" Brad hais tias.
    
  Boomer tau hais tias "Thawj Thawj Tswj Hwm Phoenix, thiab tam sim no koj: ob leeg ntawm koj ua zoo li koj tau ua astronauts tau ntau xyoo," Boomer hais. "Koj ya lub dav hlau dav hlau zoo li tus kws tshaj lij. Koj saib nyob hauv tsev. "
    
  Brad tau hais tias "Nws tsis yog qhov txawv ntawm B-1B foob pob, Boomer," Brad hais. Ntuj Masters Aerospace, raws li kev coj ntawm Patrick McLanahan, tau kho dua tshiab ntau lub foob pob B-1B Lancer thiab xa rov qab mus rau qhov kev pabcuam, thiab Brad tau raug cob qhia rau ferry dav hlau los ntawm Tsov Rog Roob mus rau Guam los tawm tsam kev ua phem ntawm Cov Neeg Sawv Cev ntawm Tuam Tshoj tawm tsam lawv. cov neeg zej zog nyob rau South China. hiav txwv. "Nws muaj ntau yam maneuverable ntawm airspeeds siab dua, tab sis ntawm subsonic nws ua haujlwm zoo li cov pob txha, thiab cov duab pom ntawm qhov chaw sib cuag hauv qab lub tanker yuav luag zoo ib yam li B-1."
    
  "Zoo, kuv zoo siab," Boomer hais. "Koj tau tswj nws ntawm tes rau feem ntau ntawm kev ya davhlau, los ntawm lub rooj sab xis tsis muaj tsawg, thiab tau hnav ib lub tsho loj thiab cov hnab looj tes hnyav rau khau raj. Npaj txhij rau kauj ruam tom ntej?"
    
  "Kuv twv koj ua, Boomer," Brad hais.
    
  "Kuv tsuas yog txaus siab twv nws yog," Boomer hais. "Yog li ntawd, kom deb li deb qhov phem tshaj G-force koj tau ntsib tau nyob ib ncig ntawm ob, tab sis tam sim no nws yuav tau mob siab ntxiv me ntsis. Peb yuav siv qhov siab tshaj plaws ntawm plaub Gs, tab sis koj yuav hnov lawv nyob rau lub sijhawm ntev dua. Kuv yuav cia koj ya nws manually, tab sis yog tias cov g-forces tau ntau dhau, qhia rau kuv paub thiab kuv yuav cia George autopilot ya nws. Nco ntsoov tias koj cov ntiv tes yuav hnyav yuav luag ib phaus. Tsis txhob sim tawm tsam - hais ib yam dab tsi thiab kuv yuav mus rau hauv autopilot. "
    
  "Kuv yuav ua nws, Boomer."
    
  "Zoo. Casey?
    
  "Yog, Boomer?" Casey Huggins teb. Nws nyob hauv lub dav hlau dav hlau tus neeg caij tsheb hauv lub nkoj thauj khoom nrog Jessica "Gonzo" Faulkner. Casey tau hnav ib nrab lub siab nrog lub visor kaw; Gonzo hnav ib nruj EEAS.
    
  Boomer tau hais tias "Nco ntsoov qhov peb tau hais rau koj txog kev thauj khoom ntau dhau," Boomer hais. "Yog tias koj tau nyob rau ntawm tus menyuam coaster ua ntej, koj tau hnov zoo li qhov koj xav tau tam sim no, tsuas yog nws yuav kav ntev dua. Koj lub rooj zaum yuav pab koj kom tsis txhob raug quab yuam. Npaj txhij?"
    
  "Kuv npaj txhij, Boomer."
    
  "Gonzo?"
    
  "Npaj".
    
  "Brad?"
    
  "Kuv npaj txhij".
    
  "Tom qab ntawd npaj kom muaj kev lom zem, Lub Hom Phiaj Tus Thawj Coj," Boomer hais rau Brad. "Koj tus thawj tsav dav hlau nyob ntawm koj xub ntiag. Kuv tuav koj ntawm lub throttles. Khaws tus thawj coj dav hlau nyob hauv nruab nrab, ib yam li koj xav tau yog tias koj tau ya ib qho cuab yeej tsaws qhov system teeb liab. Peb mam li pib ntawm kaum ob degrees nrog lub qhov ntswg nce, tab sis nws yuav nce raws li qhov ceev nce. Raws li koj tau hais, S-19 nyiam mus nrawm, yog li lub kauj tsheb yuav hnov zoo dua qhov nrawm nrawm dua, kom txog rau thaum peb nyob saum huab cua thiab cov tswj tuav hloov mus rau hom kev tswj hwm, thiab tom qab ntawd nws yog hom tag nrho. Tam sim no kuv tab tom qhia peb lub qhov rais ntxig. Cov ntawv txheeb tau ua tiav. Mus."
    
  Boomer maj mam nce lub throttles. Brad yuam nws tus kheej kom nyob twj ywm thaum nws hnov qhov nrawm thiab G-forces pib tsim. Nws pom tus thawj coj ntawm lub dav hlau tis nce mus thiab nws rub tus tswj tuav nruj heev thiab cov tis tau nqis mus, uas txhais tau tias lawv lub qhov ntswg siab dhau lawm. "Nyob ntsiag to, Brad. Nws yog nplua. Lub teeb kov tswj." Brad loosened nws tuav ntawm kev tswj thiab maj mam coj tus thawj coj lub dav hlau tis mus rau lub pyramid. "Qhov ntawd yog nws," Boomer hais. "Tsis txhob cia siab tias. Cov tswv yim yooj yim zoo. "
    
  Cov lej Mach poob sai heev thiab lawv mus los ntawm hom turbojet mus rau hom scramjet sai dua li Brad tuaj yeem xav txog. Boomer tau hais tias "rau caum-ob mais nce, Brad thiab Casey zoo siab, koj yog Asmeskas cov neeg caij nkoj," Boomer tau hais. "Txhua tus neeg zoo li cas?"
    
  "Zoo ... zoo," Casey hais, kom meej meej straining. "Ntau npaum li cas ... ntev?"
    
  "Tsuas ob peb feeb ntxiv thiab tom qab ntawd peb yuav hloov mus rau hom foob pob hluav taws," Boomer tau hais. "Lub overload yuav dhia ntawm peb mus rau plaub - siab dua me ntsis, tab sis nws yuav tsis kav ntev li." Nws ntsia Brad, uas nyuam qhuav txav txhua lub sij hawm acceleration. "Koj puas nyob ntawd, tus thawj coj tub txib?"
    
  "Kuv nyob zoo, Boomer."
    
  "Koj ua tau zoo heev. Koj muaj qee qhov kev sib tw ntawm no, Gonzo. "
    
  Gonzo tau hais tias "Kuv tsis tau so ib lub sijhawm ntev-Brad tuaj yeem ua haujlwm rau kuv," Gonzo hais.
    
  Ob peb feeb tom qab, lub tshuab scramjet tau muaj lub zog tag nrho thiab Boomer muab cov Leopards rau hauv hom foob pob hluav taws. Nws pom ob peb qaij ntxiv nyob rau hauv lub davhlau tus thawj coj lub rooj zaum, txawm hais tias Brad tseem zaum ncaj thiab tsis zoo li yuav txav cov leeg. "Puas yog txhua yam, Brad?"
    
  "Kuv ... Kuv xav tias ... "
    
  Boomer hais tias, "Tau taug kev hauv lub tiaj ua si." "Tsis txhob xav txog qhov tseeb tias yog tias koj plam ntau dua ob degrees, koj tuaj yeem xa peb tawm ntawm huab cua ob txhiab mais mus txog thaum peb tsoo thiab poob rov qab rau lub ntiaj teb hauv qhov hluav taws kub me me."
    
  "Ua tsaug ... ua tsaug, phooj ywg," Brad yws yws.
    
  "Kuv pom koj tau tshem koj lub siab tawm ntawm GS," Boomer hais tias, "thiab koj qhov kev kawm tau nce siab heev." Thiab lub sijhawm ntawd, "leopards" tau hloov mus, thiab lub overload nres. "Saib? Tsis muaj teeb meem thiab peb nyob nraum txoj hauv kev. Kuv mam li tig George kom koj so tau ib feeb thiab ua pa ib txwm ua dua. " Thawj thawj zaug hauv cov xuab moos, Brad tau muab nws txhais tes tawm ntawm kev tswj hwm thiab ua kom nrawm. "Nws yuav siv sij hawm peb li ib nrab teev mus rau qhov chaw nres tsheb."
    
  Brad xav zoo li nws nyuam qhuav siv sijhawm ob teev dhau los ntawm Chris Wall thiab nws pab pawg tawm tsam hauv lub gym. "Peb puas tuaj yeem tsa lub visor?" nws nug.
    
  Boomer tau tshawb xyuas cov kev nyeem ib puag ncig. "Yog, koj tuaj yeem," nws hais. "Cabin siab yog ntsuab, ntshiab kom tsa lub visor. Peb mam li muab Brad ib feeb so - nws muaj kev ua haujlwm zoo me ntsis, manually tsav lub dav hlau los ntawm xoom mus rau mach nees nkaum tsib. Ob peb feeb, kuv mam li hais kom nws rov qab mus rau tus neeg caij tsheb thiab hais kom Casey tuaj rau docking. Txhua leej txhua tus xis nyob thiab yooj yim txav mus ncig ntawm lub tsev. "
    
  Brad tsa nws lub visor, tom qab ntawd pom nws lub raj mis dej thiab muab tso rau hauv qhov tob, ua kom nws daim di ncauj nruj nreem nyob ib ncig ntawm lub raj thiab nqus dej tob rau hauv nws lub qhov ncauj kom nws cov leeg hauv caj pas tuaj yeem nqa nws mus rau hauv nws lub plab - lub ntiajteb txawj nqus tsis tuaj yeem ntev. ua rau nws. Nws pab ua kom nws lub plab, tab sis tsuas yog me ntsis. Nws muab lub fwj dej tso tseg, ces hais tias, "Okay, Casey, Kuv npaj txhij lawm."
    
  Nws siv ntau grunting, quaj qw, banging thiab kaus mom hlau-smacking, tab sis thaum kawg Brad tswj kom sawv ntawm nws lub rooj thiab taug kev ntawm lub airlock. "Tsis yog thawj zaug, Brad," Boomer hais tias, "tab sis Thawj Tswj Hwm Phoenix zoo dua."
    
  "Ua tsaug dua, phooj ywg," Brad hais. Zero Gs zoo li txawv txawv - nws yuav luag nyiam Gs zoo, nws xav tias, txawm tias crushing sawv daws yuav. Nws qhib lub qhov rooj airlock, nkag mus rau hauv thiab kaw lub cockpit hatch. Nws tau hais tias, "Lub hatch tau kaw," nws hais.
    
  "Txhua yam haum ntawm no," Boomer lees paub.
    
  Lub qhov rooj rau cov neeg caij tsheb tau swung qhib thiab Casey nyob rau sab xis, ntab kab rov tav zoo li lub txiv kab ntxwv-clad fairy nrog lub luag ntxhi loj ntawm nws lub ntsej muag. "Nws tsis yog qhov zoo, Brad?" - nws hais. "Saib kuv! Kuv zoo li huab!"
    
  "Koj saib zoo heev, Casey," Brad hais. Kuv xav tias kuv xav li ntawd, nws xav. Nws tau nqis rov qab los ntawm lub kaus mom kom cia Casey hla, thiab tau txais txiaj ntsig nrog lub tshuab rau lub taub hau, ob peb lub tshuab rau lub lawj thiab qab nthab thaum nws tawm tsam nws txhais taw, thiab lwm lub tshuab rau nws lub taub hau.
    
  "Zoo, txav tau yooj yim, Brad," Gonzo hais rau nws. "Nco ntsoov..."
    
  Brad tau hais tias "Kuv paub, kuv paub: tsis muaj lub ntiajteb txawj nqus tuaj yeem nres kuv," Brad hais.
    
  "Saib Casey thiab koj yuav kawm," Gonzo hais nrog luag nyav.
    
  "Saib koj, Brad," Casey hais zoo siab. Thaum NW nyuam qhuav kov lub bulkhead, nws swb zoo li ib tug dab nyob rau hauv lub airlock.
    
  "Qhia tawm," Brad yws yws thaum nws pab kaw lub airlock hatch. Nws tsis tuaj yeem tos kom nkag mus rau hauv nws lub rooj zaum, khi nws txoj siv sia thiab lub xub pwg nyom, thiab tuav cov hlua khi kom nruj raws li nws ua tau.
    
    
  Yim yim
    
    
  Kev vam meej muaj ntau qhov tsaus ntuj.
    
  - ANITA RODDICK
    
    
    
  PLESETSK COSMODROME
  ARKHANGELSK REGION, NORTHWEST OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
  LUB SIJ HAWM
    
    
  "Peb ... ob ... ib ... tso tawm ... " tshaj tawm tus thawj tswj hwm ntawm lub chaw tso tawm. Lub dav hlau shuddered, ces tshee, ces rumbled li yog hais tias nws yog hais txog yuav tawg mus rau hauv tej daim, tab sis ces tus astronaut xav tias lub tuav yees sib cais. Lub rumble nres, thiab tsis ntev lub g-forces pib tsim thaum Angara-A7P pib lub tsheb pib nws nce.
    
  "Lub cav tseem ceeb nyob ntawm ib puas feem pua lub zog, txhua lub tshuab yog qhov qub," qhia tus kws tshawb fawb ib leeg. Colonel Mikhail Galtin yog tus naj npawb ib cosmonaut nyob rau hauv Lavxias teb sab Federation thiab tus thawj coj ntawm lub astronaut kev cob qhia chav tsev nyob rau hauv lub Star City ze Moscow. Nws yog nees nkaum-ob xyoo qub tub rog ntawm Soviet thiab Lavxias teb sab Chaw Corps, tau ua tiav plaub qhov chaw dav hlau dav hlau, suav nrog thawj kev hloov pauv ntawm ib qhov chaw nres tsheb mus rau lwm qhov. Nws kuj tau ua ntau lub dav hlau mus rau hauv qhov chaw ntawm cov phiaj xwm zais cia, suav nrog ob lub chaw ua tub rog raws li Salyut 7 thiab Mir. Tab sis nws twb paub nyob rau hauv lub astronaut lub voj voog raws li ib tug tswv cuab ntawm pab neeg tsim, ib tug ntawm cov thawj spaceplane pilots, thiab tam sim no lub feem ntau paub kev tsav ntawm lub Electron spaceplane, tsuas yog ib tug spacecraft tshwj xeeb uas tsim los ua ib tug nres aircraft - ib tug space fighter.
    
  Galtin yog ib tug protégé ntawm feem ntau muaj txiaj ntsim thiab txawj cosmonauts ntawm lub Soviet Union txij li thaum Yuri Gagarin: Lieutenant General Alesandr Govorov, Colonel Andrei Kozhedub thiab Colonel Yuri Livy. Govorov yog ib tug pioneer tiag tiag, leej txiv ntawm Soviet Union lub Chaw Tiv Thaiv Chaw Tiv Thaiv, lub ntiaj teb thawj chav tub rog mob siab rau kev ua haujlwm hauv chaw ua haujlwm hauv kev tiv thaiv lub tebchaws. Tsis yog ib tug tub rog cosmonaut taug kev ntawm lub nkoj ib lub dav hlau tshwj tsis yog Govorov ua nws ua ntej, txawm tias nws tsuas yog lwm daim qauv ntawm Electron lossis Salyut. Kozhedub thiab Libya yog "Liab Barons" ntawm Soviet Union lub Chaw Tiv Thaiv Chaw Tiv Thaiv, Govorov cov tub rog ntawm kev tawm tsam thiab cov yeeb ncuab txaus ntshai hauv qhov chaw lossis hauv ntiaj teb. Galtin tsuas yog ib tug tub ntxhais hluas cob qhia thaum cov chaw loj loj no coj mus rau Tebchaws Meskas thiab Armstrong chaw nres tsheb hauv kev sib ntaus sib tua.
    
  Lub Electron spacecraft nyob rau theem sab sauv ntawm Angara launching tsheb, mounted vertically nyob rau sab saum toj ntawm lub launching lub tsheb nrog nws tus Tsov tus tw thiab tis folded, nyob rau hauv ib tug tiv thaiv casing uas yuav qhib tom qab ncav lub orbit thiab cia lub spaceplane ya dawb. Txawm hais tias Galtin muaj cov phiaj xwm rau ob lub rooj zaum ntawm Elektron, txhua lub dav hlau dav hlau tam sim no ya yog ib lub rooj zaum, thiab lawv tsuas yog lub dav hlau nyob hauv ntiaj teb los nqa tib tus neeg caij tsheb mus rau qhov chaw.
    
  Nyob rau hauv tsawg tshaj li kaum feeb, Galtin nyob rau hauv orbit. Nws tau ua ntau yam kev kuaj xyuas ntawm nws lub dav hlau Electron thiab nws cov nqi them thaum nws tos nws lub hom phiaj tuaj rau hauv ntau yam.
    
  "Ib qho hluav taws xob, qhov no yog kev tswj," tus tswj lub luag haujlwm tau tshaj tawm xov tooj cua txog li ob teev tom qab ntawd.
    
  "Tau txais," Galtin hais. Nws qhib Electron lub radar thiab hauv vib nas this kuaj pom nws lub hom phiaj. "Electron One" ua rau kev sib cuag nrog lub radar." Kosmos 714 yog ib qho hluav taws xob eavesdropping satellite uas ua tsis tiav thiab nyob rau hauv lub voj voog tawg tau ntau xyoo - nws yuav tau ua lub hom phiaj zoo tshaj plaws. sib tshuam txog tsib kilometers sib nrug ntawm lawv qhov chaw ze tshaj plaws.
    
  Raws li nrog rau txhua tus kws tsav dav hlau, nws yuav tsum tau xyaum me ntsis kev xyaum ua haujlwm ib ntus.
    
  Galtin nkag mus rau cov lus txib uas qhib lub qhov rooj cargo nyob rau sab saum toj ntawm lub fuselage thiab rub tawm lub kaus mom loj hu ua Nail lossis "Nail Pull" los ntawm nws txoj haujlwm stowed thiab kaw. Ntawm qhov deb ntawm tsib caug kilometers, nws nkag mus rau hauv nws cov autopilot, uas yuav tswj tau Electron tus cwj pwm thrusters thiab tig lub spacecraft mus taug qab lub satellite raws li nws dhau los. Ob lub dav hlau mus txog ntawm qhov ceev tshaj li peb caug txhiab kilometers ib teev, tab sis qhov no yuav tsis muaj teeb meem rau cov riam phom no.
    
  Ntawm qhov deb ntawm peb caug kilometers, nws qhib lub riam phom. Tsis muaj dab tsi pom sab nraud ntawm Electron, tab sis ntawm lub vijtsam radar, Galtin pom lub hom phiaj satellite qhov muag plooj thiab tsis xis nyob ntawm lub radar, thiab tom qab ob peb feeb, nws pom tias ob peb yam khoom tam sim no tshwm rau ntawm lub radar - lub satellite tau raug torn. sib nrug.
    
  Lub Hobnail yog ib puas kilowatt coaxial carbon dioxide laser nrog hluav taws xob tawm. Qhov siab tshaj plaws ntawm lub laser yog ntau tshaj li tsib caug kilometers, tab sis txawm nyob rau hauv xws li ib tug deb lub laser yuav hlawv los ntawm ib tug centimeter ntawm ruaj hlau nyob rau hauv ib tug teeb meem ntawm lub vib nas this - lub plhaub ntawm Cosmos-714 yog ntau thinner. Lub roj teeb rau lub laser tso cai rau nws tua hluav taws rau qhov siab tshaj plaws ntawm peb caug vib nas this, tsis pub ntau tshaj tsib vib nas this ib tawg, uas sib npaug li rau txog rau xya tawg nyob ntawm seb ntev npaum li cas lub laser tau qhib. Qhov no yog ib nrab ntawm qhov loj ntawm Electron cov riam phom tam sim no, lub siab tshaj plaws Scimitar missiles, tab sis Hobnail muaj ntau ntau thiab raug thiab tuaj yeem ntaus lub hom phiaj ntawm txhua qhov kev taw qhia, txawm tias lub hom phiaj hla ntawm qhov nrawm heev. Qhov no yog thawj qhov kev sim ua tiav ntawm Hobnail hauv qhov chaw, txawm hais tias lub laser tau siv tau zoo hauv chav kuaj tau ntau xyoo. Txhua lub dav hlau Elektron thaum kawg yuav tau txais ib qho, ib yam li Lavxias Orbital Section, ib ntu ntawm Lavxias teb sab tsim ntawm International Chaw Chaw Chaw Nres Nkoj uas nyuam qhuav cais tawm ntawm ISS.
    
  Galtin nkag mus rau cov lus txib rau hauv nws lub khoos phis tawj kom txav cov Nail rov qab mus rau hauv lub nkoj thauj khoom thiab kaw nws cov radar nres. Nws yuav tsis pib qhov nqis los ntawm lub orbit rau xya teev tom ntej, tab sis nws muaj ib txoj hauj lwm ntxiv kom ua tiav.
    
  Peb teev tom qab ntawd, nws tig lub radar rov qab, thiab nws nyob ntawd, raws nraim qhov nws yuav tsum nyob, tsuas yog peb caug kilometers deb, nyob rau hauv Hobnail qhov ntau: Armstrong, Asmeskas tub rog chaw nres tsheb. Nws nyob ntawm qhov siab dua thiab nyob rau hauv qhov sib txawv kiag li - yeej tsis muaj kev phom sij ntawm kev sib tsoo - tab sis tau kawg cov neeg Asmeskas yuav tau ua rau muaj kev ntxhov siab txog kev txhob txwm tshaj tawm flyby.
    
  Qhov phem heev, Galtin xav zoo siab. Qhov chaw tsis nyob hauv Tebchaws Meskas. Thiab, yog tias tsim nyog, nws yuav rov dhau los ua kev sib ntaus sib tua.
    
    
  ARMSTRONG SPACE STATION
  HNUB NO
    
    
  "Au tus Tswv, kuv ntseeg tsis tau qhov kuv pom!" - Jodie Cavendish exclaimed li tus saib tau los rau lub neej. Tom qab nws tuaj tau txais kev qhuas ntawm cov neeg saib uas tau tso cai los ntawm American Secret Service los saib qhov kev sim tua - lawv tau tos txog qhov tuaj txog ntawm Thawj Tswj Hwm ntawm Tebchaws Meskas hauv ob peb teev. Qhov lawv pom yog Brad McLanahan thiab Casey Huggins, ob leeg hnav lub dav hlau xiav suits nrog Armstrong Chaw Nres Nkoj thiab Project Starfire thaj ua rau thaj, ntab hauv qhov poob dawb tom qab lub console. Tom qab lawv yog Kai Raydon thiab Valerie Lucas. "Koj ua nws! Koj tau ua nws!"
    
  "Nyob zoo Jodi; nyob zoo Jerry; Nyob zoo Lane, "Brad hais. "Nyob zoo los ntawm Armstrong Chaw Nres Tsheb!"
    
  Jodie hais tias, "Kuv tsis ntseeg qhov kuv pom," kua muag ntawm kev xyiv fab ntws los ntawm nws ob sab plhu. "Kuv yuav tsis tau ntseeg tias qhov no yuav tshwm sim, phooj ywg."
    
  Lane hais tias, "Koj saib zoo heev," Lane hais. "Lub dav hlau mus txawv tebchaws li cas?"
    
  "Amazing, Lane," Brad teb. "Lub overload tsis zoo li kuv xav tau."
    
  Casey hais tias "Hais rau koj tus kheej, buster," Nws yog qhov txawv heev uas pom tus poj niam hluas ntab hauv xoom lub ntiajteb txawj nqus nrog nws ob txhais ceg hauv qab nws, ib yam li lwm tus neeg caij nkoj - nws yuav luag tsis pom nws hauv lub rooj zaum log. "Kuv xav tias kuv yuav tig mus rau sab hauv."
    
  "Koj puas zoo siab?"
    
  "Tsis phem," Brad hais.
    
  Casey hais tias "Nws tau nplawm nws lub siab," Casey hais nrog luag.
    
  "Tsuas yog ob zaug," Brad hais. "Kuv tau txhaj tshuaj thiab kuv zoo tam sim no."
    
  Casey hais tias "Kuv kiv taub hau ib ntus, tab sis kuv zoo siab heev, Lane," Casey hais. "Txawm hais tias kuv tseem muaj kuv lub hnab barf ke."
    
  Lane tau hais tias "Peb tau hnov tias koj tuaj yeem tsav lub dav hlau dav hlau thiab tseem tuaj yeem nres ntawm qhov chaw nres tsheb," Lane hais. "Zoo li cas! Nws ua li cas?"
    
  Brad hais tias "Kuv muaj ob peb lub sijhawm tsis meej, tab sis txhua yam ua tau zoo," Brad hais. "Kuv xav pilot Boomer nyob ntawm no, tab sis nws yuav tsum nqa lub dav hlau mus rau International Chaw Chaw Chaw - txij li cov neeg Lavxias tau kaw lawv cov kev pabcuam, lawv tsis tuaj yeem tsim dej thiab oxygen ntau npaum li lawv tau siv, yog li qee tus kws tshaj lij. yuav tsum tawm mus. Nws zoo li cas los ntawm qhov ntawd, Jody?"
    
  "Apples, Brad," Jodie teb. "Txawm li cas los xij, peb tseem tau txais kev ua tsis tiav nyob rau hauv cov zis relay ntawm lithium-ion capacitor, tib yam peb tau ua haujlwm rau ob peb lub lis piam tam sim no."
    
  "Puas yog Jerry ntawm channel nrog peb?"
    
  Jodi tau hais tias "Nws tau ntsib nrog nws pab neeg ntawm lub rooj sib tham video los sim nrhiav kev daws teeb meem," Jodi hais. "Nws xav tias nws yog qhov teeb meem kub - nws hais tias thaum lub chaw nres tsheb nyob rau hauv tshav ntuj lub relay ua haujlwm zoo, tab sis tom qab ntawd thaum lawv txav mus rau hauv qhov ntxoov ntxoo qhov teeb meem qee zaum tshwm sim."
    
  "Hmoov tsis zoo, qhov no txhais tau tias nkag mus rau hauv qhov chaw sab nraud los hloov lub relay lossis nws qhov ntsuas kub," said Kai Rydon. "Nws yuav siv sij hawm ib hnub los yog ob."
    
  "Qhov no yuav tsis cuam tshuam rau peb qhov chaw rectenna, puas yog, tus tswv?" - Brad nug.
    
  Kai hais tias "Qhov kev ncua sijhawm yuav ua rau qhov kev sim tsis zoo me ntsis, nyob ntawm seb nws yuav siv sij hawm ntev npaum li cas los kho," Kai hais. "Rau qhov kev sim no, peb muab Armstrong rau hauv qhov hu ua lub hnub-synchronous orbit, uas txhais tau hais tias peb hla tib qhov chaw hauv ntiaj teb - lub chaw rectenna ntawm White Sand Missile Range - tib lub sij hawm lub hnub ci txhua hnub. . Tab sis vim tias peb qhov siab qis dua, peb txav ob peb degrees deb ntawm qhov chaw zoo tshaj plaws txhua hnub, yog li peb lub sijhawm nyob rau hauv qhov pom ntawm lub kav hlau txais xov ncaj qha yuav luv thiab luv, qis dua li ib feeb. Thaum kawg qhov xwm txheej yog thim rov qab, tab sis nws yuav siv sijhawm nees nkaum plaub hnub kom rov qab mus rau qhov xwm txheej zoo tshaj plaws. Tam sim no peb nyob rau lub sijhawm zoo tshaj plaws, nrog rau qhov siab tshaj plaws muaj nyob rau ntawm lub hom phiaj latitude. Peb tsuas yog yuav tsum tau cia siab tias lub relay yuav ua haujlwm thaum lub sijhawm qhib hluav taws. "
    
  "Vajtswv, qhov ntawd yuav zoo dua," Jodi hais, patting nws lub laptop. "Los ntawm me nyuam, koj tuaj yeem ua tau."
    
  Brad tau hais tias "Nws yuav ua tau txawv me ntsis yog tias nws tsis ua haujlwm vim tias tus thawj tswj hwm yuav tsum tau saib xyuas qhov kev xeem," Brad hais. "Puas muaj lwm yam uas peb tuaj yeem sim?" Nws ntsia ib ncig ntawm qhov chaw hais kom ua thiab pom qhov khoob Skybolt laser tswj console. "Dab tsi yog Skybolt?" nws nug.
    
  "Skybolt yog ib qho dawb electron laser, Brad," Kai hais tias. "Nws raug tua kom peb tuaj yeem nruab koj lub microwave."
    
  "Yuav ua li cas txog Skybolt lub zog, lub tshuab hluav taws xob magnetohydrodynamic?" - Brad nug.
    
  "Koj txhais tau tias, siv lub zog los ntawm MHD hloov lub hnub ci zog uas koj khaws tau?" Valerie Lucas nug nrog lub ntsej muag luag ntxhi. "Nws yuav tsis zoo li kev dag?"
    
  Brad tau hais tias "Peb tau sau lub zog nrog cov kav hlau txais xov thiab khaws cov hluav taws xob hauv cov khoom siv hluav taws xob, Sergeant, yog li peb paub tias txhua yam ua haujlwm," Brad hais tias, "thiab peb tau ua qhov kev sim tawm hauv lub qhov cub microwave, yog li peb paub tias peb tuaj yeem tsim lub zog loj. Txhua yam peb yuav tsum tau ua tam sim no txhawm rau txheeb xyuas tus qauv tsim yog ntaus lub kav hlau txais xov ncaj qha nrog lub maser thiab ua kom nws tsim hluav taws xob hauv av. Tej zaum peb tuaj yeem ua qhov no nrog MHD es tsis txhob siv lub zog hauv capacitors uas peb tuaj yeem ncav tsis tau. "
    
  Valerie tig mus rau Kai thiab shrugged. "Peb tau txais kev tso cai los qhib MHD thiab sim nws," nws hais. "Peb tau ua ntau qhov kev sim ntawm qhov muaj peev xwm." Tig rau Casey, nws nug tias, "Koj xav tau lub hwj chim dab tsi, Casey?"
    
  Casey teb tias "Peb npaj kom dhau tsib puas kilowatts ib feeb los ntawm lub qhov cub microwave," Casey teb.
    
  Valerie shrugged dua. "Peb tau ua kaum zaug ntxiv, tab sis nyob rau lub sijhawm luv dua," nws hais. "Tab sis kuv tsis ntseeg tias MHD tuaj yeem ua tau. Peb yuav tsum tau saib xyuas cov cua kub hauv koj lub tshuab hluav taws xob microwave thiab hauv cov khoom siv hluav taws xob sib nqus, cov khoom sib nqus thiab cov khoom siv hluav taws xob Skybolt, tab sis peb twb tau txiav txim siab tias Skybolt subsystems tuaj yeem tswj tau lub zog los ntawm lithium-ion capacitors - Kuv ntseeg siab tias lawv. tuaj yeem tswj hwm tib theem zog thiab lub sijhawm tso tawm raws li MHD lub tshuab hluav taws xob. "
    
  "Tom qab ntawd muaj ib qho kawg uas yuav tsum tau ua: tau txais kev tso cai los ntawm tus txiv neej nws tus kheej," Kai hais.
    
  Lawv tsis tas yuav tos ntev. Kwv yees li cuaj caum feeb tom qab, Thawj Tswj Hwm Kenneth Phoenix nkag mus hauv chav kuaj thiab tos txais txhua tus neeg nyob ntawd, xaus nrog Lane thiab Jody. UC Thawj Tswj Hwm Marcus Harris tau qhia cov neeg tuaj koom. Phoenix tuav Jodie tes ua ntej. "Koj nyob li cas, Npeeg Cavendish?"
    
  "Zoo kawg, Mr. Thawj Tswj Hwm. Kuv yog tus thawj coj ntawm pawg nanotechnology. Lane Egan yog Computers thiab Software Team Leader. "
    
  Thawj Tswj Hwm tuav Lane tes. "Hnub no koj ua li cas, tus hluas?"
    
  "Zoo heev, Thawj Tswj Hwm," Lane hais. Nws muab tus thawj tswj hwm tus cwj mem nyiaj, tom qab ntawd kos ib qho chaw dawb paug rau pem hauv ntej ntawm nws xiav thiab liab Project Starfire nylon windbreaker. "Thov, Mr. Thawj Tswj Hwm?" Phoenix luag nyav thiab kos npe rau pem hauv ntej ntawm Lane lub tsho hauv cov ntawv loj.
    
  "Kuv puas tuaj yeem qhia koj rau lwm tus thawj coj ntawm pab pawg Starfire Project, Mr. Thawj Tswj Hwm?" Jodie hais. Nws taw tes rau tus saib loj ntawm phab ntsa. "Inset nyob rau sab laug ces kaum yog Jerry Kim, pab pawg thawj coj rau lub hwj chim thiab tswj systems, txuas nrog satellite los ntawm White Sand Missile Range qhov chaw txais xov tooj cua nyob; thiab nyob rau hauv lub qhov rais loj ntawm lub nkoj Armstrong chaw nres tsheb - Casey Huggins, tus thawj coj ntawm pawg tswj hwm lub zog, thiab peb tus thawj coj ntawm pab pawg - "
    
  "Brad McLanahan, kuv paub," tus thawj tswj hwm cuam tshuam. Yuav luag txhua tus neeg hauv lub chaw kuaj ntshav ntsais muag - Brad McLanahan puas paub Thawj Tswj Hwm Tebchaws Meskas? "Peb tau ntsib ntau zaus, txawm tias koj tseem hluas heev thiab tej zaum tsis nco qab."
    
  "Tsis yog, tus tswv, kuv nco qab," Brad hais. "Zoo siab tau ntsib koj dua, tus tswv."
    
  "Koj puas muaj kev lom zem nyob ntawd?" tus thawj tswj hwm nug. "Kuv paub tias kuv txoj kev mus ncig muaj qhov kev paub uas kuv yuav tsis hnov qab."
    
  Casey tau hais tias "Peb tab tom tawm mus, Thawj Tswj Hwm. "Ua tsaug ntau uas tau muab lub sijhawm zoo rau peb."
    
  "Yog li, nrog rau lub hlwb, tag nrho lub ntiaj teb paub tias koj muaj kev ua siab loj zoo kawg," tus thawj tswj hwm tau hais. "Thawj cov tub ntxhais hluas txiv neej thiab poj niam thiab thawj plaub tus tub ntxhais hluas hauv qhov chaw, thiab lawv yog Asmeskas. Nrog koj zoo siab. Tag nrho lub tebchaws zoo siab rau koj, thiab kuv paub tseeb tias tag nrho lub ntiaj teb zoo siab heev. Peb sim tua qhov twg, Brad?"
    
  "Peb tau ntsib ib qho teeb meem uas peb vam tias koj tuaj yeem pab daws tau," Brad hais.
    
  "Kuv? Ua li cas?"
    
  Brad piav qhia tias "Peb tau sau lub zog uas peb xav xa mus rau lub ntiaj teb," tab sis peb ntshai tias peb yuav tsis muaj peev xwm rho tawm nws los ntawm cov khoom siv cia rau hauv lub microwave chamber xa mus rau lub ntiaj teb."
    
  "Qhov no phem heev, cov txiv neej," tus thawj tswj hwm tau hais. "Kuv vam tias qhov no yog qhov kho tau yooj yim rau koj."
    
  Brad tau hais tias "Txhua yam ua haujlwm, tus tswv, thiab peb tau ua pov thawj tias peb tuaj yeem tsim lub teeb ci ntsa iab," Brad hais. "Qhov tsuas yog qhov peb tsis tau ua pov thawj yog tias lub nqaj tsoo lub ntiaj teb thiab hloov mus ua hluav taws xob."
    
  Thawj Tswj Hwm tau saib nws tus thawj tswj hwm kev sib tw thiab cov thawj coj Kev Pabcuam zais cia, ntsiag to taw qhia lawv pib npaj tsim thiab txav nws lub rooj sib txoos, tom qab ntawd saib nws lub moos. Nws hais tias, "Kuv thov txim tiag tiag rau qhov no, cov txiv neej," tab sis kuv tsis paub tias kuv tuaj yeem pab tau li cas, thiab peb muaj lub sijhawm rau - "
    
  Kai Rydon tau hais tias "Mr. Thawj Tswj Hwm, peb xav tias peb muaj kev daws teeb meem,"
    
  "Qhov no yog dab tsi, General?"
    
  "Tsis txhob siv lub zog khaws cia hauv Starfire capacitors, peb xav kom koj tso cai siv Skybolt magnetohydrodynamic generator," Kai hais. "MHD tseem txuas nrog Skybolt, tab sis lub tshuab hluav taws xob dawb tsis muaj teeb meem, yog li cov tub ntxhais kawm lub tshuab hluav taws xob microwave tuaj yeem siv Skybolt subsystems. Peb tuaj yeem xa hluav taws xob los ntawm MHD mus rau Starfire raws nraim tib yam li cov capacitors. Tib yam uas tau hloov los ntawm cov tub ntxhais kawm txoj kev npaj thawj zaug yog lub hwj chim. Koj twb tau tso cai rau peb sim MHD lub tshuab hluav taws xob, thiab nws ua haujlwm tag nrho. Peb xav tau kev tso cai los siv rau lub zog Starfire. "
    
  Thawj Tswj Hwm lub ntsej muag tsaus nti thiab nws ntsia ib ncig ntawm txhua lub ntsej muag hauv chav kuaj thiab ntawm tus saib. "General, koj puas paub tseeb tias lub laser loj raug txiav thiab yuav tsis tua?" nws nug, nws lub suab qis nrog kev txhawj xeeb loj.
    
  "Yog lawm, kuv paub tseeb tias."
    
  "Tsis yog ib watt ntawm laser hluav taws xob?"
    
  "Tsis muaj dab tsi, tus tswv," Kai hais rau nws. "Nws yuav siv sij hawm ntev kom tau Skybolt rov qab online. Tsis yog tus tswv, Skybolt yuav tsis tua. Kuv paub tseeb txog qhov no. "
    
  Nws ntsia ib ncig dua, ces rub tawm nws lub xov tooj ntawm tes ruaj ntseg. "Kuv yuav tsum sab laj nrog ob peb tus neeg," nws hais. "Kuv ntshai qee tus yuav ntseeg tias koj tus kws tshaj lij yog qhov tseeb Skybolt laser. Kuv xav tau kev pom zoo ua ntej - "
    
  "Thov zam txim rau kuv, tus tswv," Jodie hais tias, "tab sis peb yuav tsum tau txiav txim siab sai sai - lub chaw nres tsheb nce siab tshaj lub hom phiaj lub qab ntug hauv li kaum feeb." Nws ntsia lub rooj sib tham loj loj saib. "Sergeant Lucas, koj puas tuaj yeem qhia kuv ntev npaum li cas nws yuav siv sijhawm los txuas MHD rau Starfire?"
    
  Valerie tig mus rau lub computer console thiab nkag mus rau cov lus txib. Nws tau hais tias "Kev sib txuas ntawm lub xov tooj twb muaj lawm," nws hais. "Kev ntsuas lub voj voog yuav tsum siv ob peb feeb xwb yog tias peb pom tsis muaj teeb meem. Tsis muaj kev lees paub, tab sis kuv xav tias peb tuaj yeem ua tiav raws sijhawm. "
    
  Jodi tig mus rau Thawj Tswj Hwm. "Sir?"
    
  Phoenix zoo nkaus li tsaus muag dua li yav dhau los, tab sis tom qab ob peb lub sijhawm, nws tau taub hau thiab hais tias, "Ua li ntawd. Hmoov zoo."
    
  "Ua tsaug, tus tswv," Jodi hais. Nws txhais tes ya hla lub laptop keyboard, thiab Lane yog qhov tseem ceeb ntaus cov lus qhia rau hauv ob lub laptops tib lub sijhawm. "Sergeant Lucas, koj muaj kab noj hniav tswj kev tswj hwm ntawm nplooj ntawv ob-kaum kaum ob, bravo."
    
  "Muaj nws," Valerie hais. "Engineering department, qhov no yog Lub Chaw Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Kev Ua Haujlwm, tig rau MHD, hloov mus rau nplooj ntawv ob-kaum "bravo", tig rau lub kaum xya liab system thiab MHD lub zog tswj kev tswj hwm subsystem thiab ob daim tshev."
    
  "Nyob rau hauv kov," tau teb los ntawm Alice Hamilton los ntawm engineering module, tos kev pom zoo los ntawm tus thawj coj chaw nres tsheb.
    
  "Engineer, qhov no yog cov lus txib," Kai hais dhau ntawm kev sib tham. "Tau tso cai los pib MHD thiab txuas rau Starfire. Qhia rau kuv paub thaum koj npaj txhij." Nws nias lub khawm intercom rau txhua qhov chaw nres tsheb. "Qhov chaw saib xyuas, qhov no yog tus thawj coj. Peb yuav qhib lub tshuab hluav taws xob MHD thiab siv nws xa Project Starfire maser zog rau lub ntiaj teb ntawm Skybolt subsystems. Txij li thaum peb tab tom ua haujlwm rau MHD txhua lub sijhawm, kuv xav kom txhua lub modules kom muaj kev kub ntxhov, cov neeg ua haujlwm hauv lub luag haujlwm kom tau txais cov pa oxygen, thiab cov neeg ua haujlwm tsis ua haujlwm raug xa mus rau kev puas tsuaj rau cov chaw tswj xyuas thiab kev sib foob. Qhia rau cov chaw haujlwm thaum koj npaj txhij. "
    
  "Tau txais, hais kom ua," Alice lees paub. "Kev khiav haujlwm, MHD tau nrawm dua. Npaj txhij."
    
  "Muaj nws," Valerie hais. Nws ntaus cov lus txib ntawm nws cov keyboard. "Henry, Christina, npaj txhij ua koj li."
    
  "Yes, ma'am!" Henry Lathrop hais tias. Nws thiab tus tub ceev xwm riam phom hauv av Christine Reyhill tau nyob ntawm lawv txoj haujlwm hnav lub npog ntsej muag oxygen, sau cov ntawv txheeb xyuas. Ob peb feeb tom qab, cov lus txib saib tau hloov los ntawm ib qho nyiaj siv ua haujlwm tseem ceeb satellite duab ntawm lub rectenna mus rau cov duab tiag tiag los ntawm Armstrong chaw nres tsheb, uas pom meej meej pom qhov loj, tsaus nti, puag ncig ib leeg hauv New Mexico suab puam. Rayhill tau hais tias "Kev sib ntaus yog lub hom phiaj," Rayhill hais. "Tsis muaj lwm yam sensors ntxiv muaj dua li Starfire Project lub koob yees duab."
    
  Valerie tau hais tias "Peb xav kom qhov no ntaus lub cim, Christine," "Siv txhua yam koj muaj."
    
  Nws nyob ze heev. Tom qab ob peb lub malfunctions twb nrhiav tau thiab kho, thiab txog peb caug vib nas this tom qab lub chaw nres tsheb tau hla lub rectenna lub qab ntug, lawv hnov: "Kev khiav hauj lwm, engineering, kev sib txuas lus tsim thiab sim. Koj muaj hwj chim thiab cov qib pub yog programmed. Cov kws tshaj lij tau hloov MHD tswj mus rau hom Kev Ua Haujlwm thiab npaj txhij. "
    
  "Muaj nws," Valerie hais. "Pab neeg, kuv tso cai rau koj hloov Starfire tswj kom sib ntaus."
    
  "Ua kom lub Skybolt txias, Valerie," Kai hais.
    
  Tom qab ob peb lub vib nas this, Valerie teb hais tias, "Tau lees paub, tus tswv. "Skybolt txias."
    
  Kai hais tias "Hloov Starfire kev tswj hluav taws los tawm tsam, Valerie," Kai hais. Nws ntsia Brad thiab Casey. "Kev tso cai tso cai. Hmoov zoo cov txiv neej, "nws hais ntxiv.
    
  "Me tub, koj muaj kev tswj hwm," Valerie hais tom qab nkag mus rau hauv nws lub computer.
    
  "Kuv nkag siab, txhua yam yog tswj hwm hauv kev sib ntaus sib tua. Starfire, nws zoo li cas?
    
  Jodi hais tias, "Txhua yam zoo, Armstrong, tshwj tsis yog rau lub tshuab hluav taws xob tso tawm hluav taws xob, thiab qhov ntawd tau ua haujlwm tsis zoo," Jodi hais tias, nervously fiddling nrog nws cov plaub hau daj ntev ntev. "Starfire yog npaj txhij."
    
  " Tau txais nws, Starfire. Hmoov zoo." Rayhill nkag mus rau qhov hais kom ua. "Starfire tseem ciaj sia, txiv neej."
    
  Tsis muaj dab tsi hloov pauv ntawm Armstrong chaw nres tsheb lossis hauv chav kuaj hauv University of California rau ob peb lub sijhawm ntev. Tib lub cim qhia tias ib yam dab tsi tshwm sim yog Jerry Kim lub ntsej muag txhawj xeeb tam sim ntawd thaum nws tshawb xyuas nws cov ntawv nyeem: "Rectenna tau txais lub zog, tswj!" nws qw. "Pib ob... taw tes plaub... taw tes tsib... nws ua haujlwm, txiv neej, nws ua haujlwm!" Lub chaw tswj hwm ntawm Cal Poly tau tshwm sim hauv kev zoo siab thiab kev npuaj tes, thiab Brad thiab Casey yuav luag mus rau hauv kev tswj tsis tau, sim tuav ib leeg.
    
  Jodie tau hais tias "Lub microwave tau sov, tab sis los ntawm lub sijhawm peb tig nws, qhov kub thiab txias yuav tsum tseem nyob hauv thaj tsam li qub," Jodie tau hais. "Reflectors, collimators thiab beam control parameters tau dhau los ua siab dua, tab sis tseem nyob hauv thaj chaw ntsuab. Engineering?"
    
  "Txhua yam yog ntsuab, Starfire," Alice hais. "Peb yuav ncav cuag qhov kub thiab txias nyob rau hauv li peb feeb."
    
  "Ib megawatt!" Jerry qw ib pliag tom qab ntawd. Nws dhia rau hauv lub koob yees duab zoo siab heev uas lawv tsis pom nws lub ntsej muag. "Peb nyuam qhuav tau txais ib megawatt ntawm lub zog los ntawm Starfire! Qhov ntsuas kub ntawm rectenna yog raws nraim ntawm lub hom phiaj - lawv yuav tsum ncav cuag cov kab daj hauv plaub feeb. Jodi, koj ua nws! Tus nqi hloov dua siab tshiab tau dhau qhov peb kwv yees! Tej zaum peb tuaj yeem tau txais ob megawatts ua ntej peb tsoo qhov ntsuas kub! Peb tuaj yeem txawm tias - "
    
  Valerie tshaj tawm tias "Kuv tau txais kev ceeb toom los ntawm White Sands Range Authority, cov txiv neej," Valerie tshaj tawm. "Tsis tso cai nkag ntawm lub dav hlau mus rau hauv qhov chaw cob qhia. Tua Starfire, sib ntaus. Engineering Department, xyuas kom muaj kev nyab xeeb ntawm MHD thiab lub reactor. "
    
  "Muaj nws," Henry hais. Nws tus ntiv tes twb nyob rau ntawm "tua khawm" thiab nws tam sim ntawd nkag mus rau cov lus txib. "Cov pab pawg muaj lub qhov ntswg txias."
    
  Alice hais tias "Starfire tawm lawm," "MHD tab tom tig mus. Lub reactor muaj kev nyab xeeb. Txhua yam yog pleev xim ntsuab. "
    
  "Zoo siab, cov txiv neej," Kai hais tias, tshem nws lub npog ntsej muag oxygen. "Koj tuav nws. Koj tau xa hluav taws xob hluav taws xob los ntawm qhov chaw mus rau lub ntiaj teb. " Dhau ntawm kev sib tham, nws hais tias: "Rau txhua tus neeg ua haujlwm, qhov no yog tus thawj coj, koj tuaj yeem txuas mus rau MHD chaw nres tsheb. Thov koom nrog kuv ua kev zoo siab rau tag nrho pab pawg Starfire ntawm qhov kev sim tua hluav taws ua tiav. " Tus hais kom ua module tawg rau hauv applause.
    
  Brad hais tias, "Peb ua tsis tau qhov no yog tias tsis muaj koj thiab txhua tus neeg nyob hauv chaw nres tsheb, tus tswv," Brad hais, tshem nws lub npog ntsej muag oxygen. Nws puag Casey dua. "Nws ua haujlwm, Casey. Koj lub tshuab hluav taws xob microwave tawm mus!"
    
  Casey hais tias "Peb lub tshuab hluav taws xob microwave," "Peb lub hnub qub hluav taws! Nws ua haujlwm! Nws ua haujlwm!" Thiab ua kev zoo siab ntxiv, nws rub tawm nws lub hnab barf thiab ntuav rau hauv nws.
    
  Txawm hais tias muaj kev kaw tam sim ntawd, kev ua koob tsheej txuas ntxiv hauv Cal Poly lab, nrog Thawj Tswj Hwm Phoenix tau txais kev qhuas zoo li txhua tus neeg. "Zoo siab, Npeeg Cavendish, Mr. Egan," nws hais. Tus neeg saib xyuas kev mus ncig tau coj nws mus rau qhov twg los sawv thiab ntsej muag, thiab ob tus thawj coj hauv pab pawg tau nyob ntawm nws sab, nrog lub saib loj qhia lwm tus hla nws lub xub pwg thaum lub koob yees duab pib dov.
    
  Nws tau hais tias "Kuv tau tsim nyog los nyob tam sim no thiab ua pov thawj qhov kev tshwm sim zoo kawg nkaus ntawm Cal Poly: thawj qhov kev xa hluav taws xob tau zoo los ntawm qhov chaw mus rau lub ntiaj teb," nws hais. Nws cov neeg ua haujlwm tau npaj ntau cov ntawv sau tseg rau nws, suav nrog kev hais lus hauv qhov xwm txheej Starfire ua tsis tiav, lub dav hlau poob, lossis lub cuab yeej rhuav tshem qhov chaw nres tsheb. Nws zoo siab heev-thiab zoo siab-los nthuav tawm cov ntawv no. "Txawm hais tias nws tseem yog menyuam yaus, nws yog qhov ua tau zoo tshaj plaws, ua tsis muaj qhov zoo tshaj plaws los ntawm qhov tseeb tias pab pawg ntawm cov tub ntxhais kawm ntawv qib siab tsim, tsim, teeb tsa thiab ua haujlwm. Kuv zoo siab heev rau cov tub ntxhais hluas no rau lawv cov kev ua tiav thiab nws qhia tau hais tias kev nqis peev hauv kev kawm, thev naus laus zis thiab chaw tshawb fawb tau ua tiav. Ua kev zoo siab, Jody, Brad, Casey thiab Jerry, thiab tag nrho pab pawg Starfire. " Thawj Tswj Hwm nyob ob peb feeb ntxiv mus thaij duab, ces sab laug.
    
    
  WHITE SANDS MISSILLE TESTING RANGE
  ALAOGORDO, TSHIAB MEXICO
  LUB SIJ HAWM
    
    
  "Peb nyob deb npaum li cas ntawm lub kav hlau txais xov no, phooj ywg?" - nug tus tsav ntawm Cessna 172 Skyhawk, txhuam cov txiv ntseej dreadlocks tawm ntawm nws ob lub qhov muag. "Txhua yam ntawm no zoo ib yam."
    
  "Lwm kaum feeb," hais tias tus txiv neej nyob rau hauv lub rooj zaum. Nws siv daim ntawv qhia app ntawm nws lub xov tooj smartphone los mus rau lub dav hlau me. Zoo li tus kws tsav dav hlau, nws muaj lub xub pwg ntev ntev, cov plaub hau qias neeg, hwj txwv, hwj txwv thiab tsom iav tuab. Tus tsav tau hnav lub tsho Hawaii, lub hauv caug-ntev Bermuda luv thiab khau ntaub; Tus zaum ntawm sab xis yog hnav T-shirt, txiav-tawm ris thiab khau khiab. "Nyob hauv chav kawm."
    
  "Okay, ok," tus kws tsav dav hlau hais. Lawv tau tawm ntawm Alamogordo-White Sands Lub Tshav Dav Hlau Hauv Cheeb Tsam txog ib nrab teev dhau los thiab mus rau sab qaum teb sab hnub poob, nkag mus rau Holloman Air Force Base Class D airspace yam tsis tau hais lus rau leej twg hauv xov tooj cua. "Koj puas paub tseeb tias koj nyob hauv qhov chaw zoo, txiv neej?" - nug tus tsav.
    
  "Cov xov xwm tshaj tawm txog kev sim tau hais meej meej," lwm tus txiv neej hais. "Peb yuav tsum pom nws thaum peb los ze zog - nws loj heev."
    
  "Tus txiv neej, qhov no yog txiv ntseej," tus tsav hais. "Cov xov xwm hais tias tsis muaj lub dav hlau yuav raug tso cai ya ze ntawm lub kav hlau txais xov."
    
  "Lawv yuav ua dab tsi, tua peb?" - nug tus navigator.
    
  "Kuv tsis xav kom raug tua, txiv neej, tsis yog tub rog, tsis yog los ntawm qhov no ... theem teeb, laser beam, txawm nyob rau hauv ntuj txiag teb tsaus nws yog."
    
  "Kuv tsis xav ya hla lub kav hlau txais xov, tsuas yog kaw txaus rau lawv tshem tawm qhov kev sim," tus neeg tsav nkoj hais. "Qhov no yog qhov chaw sim riam phom tsis raug cai, thiab yog tias tsoomfwv lossis lub xeev New Mexico tsis txwv nws, peb yuav tsum."
    
  "Raws li koj hais," tus kws tsav dav hlau hais. Nws strained saib lub qhov rais. "Peb tau txais ... dawb huv shit! "Muaj, ntawm lawv sab laug, tsis pub ntau tshaj li ib puas feet deb, yog tub rog ntsuab Dub Hawk nyoob hoom qav taub nrog USAF hauv cov ntawv dub loj ntawm sab, ya hauv kev tsim. Lub nyoob hoom qav taub txoj cai zawv zawg qhov rooj qhib, pom cov neeg ua haujlwm hnav ib lub tsho ntsuab dav hlau, kaus mom hlau thiab cov visor tsaus. "Peb muaj tuam txhab, txiv neej."
    
  Cov neeg ua haujlwm nyoob hoom qav taub hauv lub qhov rooj qhib tau khaws qhov zoo li lub teeb nyem loj thiab pib teeb lub teeb ci rau Cessna tus tsav. "Ib ... ob ... ib ... tsib," hais tias tus tsav. "Qhov no yog qhov teeb meem kev kub ntxhov ceev." Nws hloov nws lub xov tooj cua thib ib rau qhov zaus ntawd.
    
  "Ib lub cav siab dav Cessna aircraft, tus lej xov tooj N-3437T, qhov no yog United States Air Force ntawm koj sab laug tis, xa 'kev ceeb toom," lawv hnov, hais txog qhov xwm txheej thoob ntiaj teb VHF zaus. "Koj tau nkag mus rau qhov txwv. cheeb tsam." tub rog airspace uas tam sim no ua haujlwm, hloov chav kawm tam sim ntawd, thaj chaw nquag nquag thiab koj nyob hauv qhov txaus ntshai heev. Kuv rov hais dua, hloov chav kawm tam sim ntawd."
    
  "Peb muaj cai nyob ntawm no, txiv neej," tus kws tsav dav hlau hais. "Peb tsis ua dab tsi. Tawm".
    
  "Lub Kaum Ib Hlis 3437T, qhov no yog Tebchaws Meskas Tub Rog Tub Rog, koj tau ua rau koj tus kheej muaj kev phom sij loj," tus kws tsav dav hlau dav hlau hais. "Hloov kev kawm tam sim. Kuv tau tso cai los ua ib qho kev nqis tes ua uas tsim nyog los tiv thaiv koj los ntawm kev mus rau hauv qhov txwv tsis pub huab cua. "
    
  "Koj yuav ua dab tsi, txiv neej, tua peb?" - nug tus tsav tsheb Cessna. Ntawm lub qhov ntswg ntawm lub nyoob hoom qav taub muaj tseeb ib lub raj ntev uas zoo li lub cannon - nws tsis paub tias nws tsuas yog ib qho kev sojntsuam rau nruab nrab huab cua refueling. "Saib seb, peb tsuas yog xav tso tseg qhov kev xeem Starfire thiab tom qab ntawd peb yuav mus tsev. Tawm".
    
  Ntawm cov lus no, Black Hawk dheev nrawm nrawm thiab ua rau lub ntsej muag ntse, dhau mus rau pem hauv ntej ntawm Cessna ntawm qhov deb ntawm tsis ntau tshaj li ib puas taw, nws cov kiv cua tsis pom ntawm Cessna lub cua. Tus kws tsav dav hlau qw nrov nrov thiab yanked lub zog tswj rov qab thiab mus rau sab laug, tom qab ntawd yuav tsum tau tawm tsam kom rov qab tswj tau raws li lub dav hlau me me yuav luag. Lawv tuaj yeem hnov cov nyoob hoom qav taub lub rotors ntaus Cessna lub fuselage thaum nws ncig lawv.
    
  Lub Black Hawk tau tshwm sim los ntawm nws sab laug tis ib ob tom qab, los ze zog lub sij hawm no, lub suab ntawm lub rotor hniav ua lag ntseg, zoo li yog ib tug loj heev tsis pom lub nrig yog ntaus sab ntawm lawv lub dav hlau me me. "N-3437T, hloov chav kawm tam sim! Qhov ntawd yog kev txiav txim! Xa tam sim ntawd!"
    
  "Tus txiv neej no puas vwm, txiv neej?" - hais tias tus tsav. "Kuv yuav luag shit kuv lub ris!"
    
  "Kuv pom nws! Kuv pom nws, kuv pom tus kav hlau txais xov!" - hais tias tus zaum ntawm sab xis. "Nyob rau sab xis, ntawm qab ntug! Loj puag ncig sucker! "
    
  Tus kws tsav dav hlau ua raws nws tus neeg caij npav tus ntiv tes xoo. "Kuv tsis pom dab tsi, txiv neej, Kuv tsis ua - Tos, Kuv tau txais, Kuv tau txais," nws hais. "Qhov loj puag ncig hauv suab puam? Kuv yuav mus rau ntawm nws. " Nws xa me ntsis Cessna mus rau hauv ib lub txhab nyiaj ntse ntse ...
    
  ... thiab sai li sai tau thaum nws ua li no, lub Black Hawk nyoob hoom qav taub tau tig sab laug, ntaus Cessna nrog lub tshuab muaj zog los ntawm lub rotor. Qhov kev txiav txim no ua rau Cessna ntawm nws lub taub hau. Nws nkag mus rau hauv ib qho kev sib hloov tiaj tiaj thiab poob rau hauv New Mexico suab puam vib nas this tom qab.
    
    
  SEATTLE, WA
  Ob peb teev tom qab ntawd
    
    
  "Zoo siab, Jong Bae, ntawm qhov kev xeem Starfire ua tiav," said Dr. Toshuniko "Toby" Nukaga, tus xibfwb ntawm aerospace engineering ntawm Cal Poly, los ntawm kev txuas video ntawm nws lub khoos phis tawj laptop los ntawm nws chav tsev ntawm lub tsev so loj hauv Seattle, Washington. "Kuv nyuam qhuav hnov xov xwm. Kuv thov txim uas kuv tsis tuaj yeem nyob ntawd, tab sis kuv yog tus thawj coj lub rooj sib tham hauv Seattle. "
    
  "Ua tsaug, tus tswv," Jerry hais. Nws yog nyob rau hauv ib lub tsheb kauj vab txog ib mais los ntawm Starfire rectenna qhov chaw sim ntawm White Sands Missile Range sab qaum teb hnub poob ntawm Alamogordo, New Mexico, nyob ib puag ncig ntawm lub khoos phis tawj siv los saib xyuas lub zog thiab cov kauj ruam ntawm lub chaw nres tsheb Armstrong. Xya tus tswv cuab tau nrog nws, sib ntaus sib tua thaum lawv pib txheeb xyuas lub roob ntawm cov ntaub ntawv lawv tau txais. "Kuv thov txim koj tsis tuaj yeem nyob ntawm no thiab, tus tswv. Koj tau ua tus tsav tsheb tom qab qhov project no txij thaum pib. "
    
  "Cov qhab nia mus rau koj thiab lwm tus tswv cuab ntawm pab pawg, Jung Bae - Kuv tsuas yog tus pab txhawb nqa xwb. Yog li koj tau hloov lub zog npaum li cas?
    
  "Ib qho taw qhia plaub xya megawatts, tus tswv."
    
  "Zoo heev! Txoj haujlwm zoo heev!"
    
  "Nws yuav tsum raug rho tawm vim tias muaj lub dav hlau tsis tau tso cai tuaj rau hauv ntau."
    
  Nukaga tau hais tias "Kuv tau hnov tias qee tus neeg tawm tsam yuav sim cuam tshuam qhov kev sim los ntawm kev ya lub dav hlau ntiag tug hla lub rectenna," Nukaga tau hais.
    
  Jerry blinked nyob rau hauv surprise. "Koj puas ua tiav, tus tswv?" - nws nug incredulously.
    
  "Jung Bae, Kuv nyob ntawm no hauv Seattle rau lub rooj sib tham txhua xyoo ntawm International Confederation of Responsible Scientists," Nukaga tau hais. "Muaj ntau tshaj li ib puas pab pawg ntawm cov kws tshawb fawb, cov nom tswv, ib puag ncig thiab cov thawj coj hauv kev lag luam los ntawm thoob plaws ntiaj teb tau sawv cev ntawm no - peb tseem muaj tus thawj tswj hwm tus neeg sib tw, yav dhau los Tus Thawj Fwm Tsav Tebchaws Stacy Ann Barbeau, tau hais lus tseem ceeb tom qab hnub no.
    
  "Peb kuj muaj qee pab pawg radical zoo nkauj nyob ntawm no, thiab ib tug ntawm lawv, Cov Tub Ntxhais Kawm rau Kev Thaj Yeeb Hauv Ntiaj Teb, tuaj rau kuv nrog kev tsis txaus siab tias Cal Poly tau koom nrog hauv kev pab cuam riam phom nrog Starfire," Nukaga hais ntxiv. "Kuv tau lees tias lawv tsis yog li ntawd, tab sis lawv tau hais. Lawv hais tias nws yog lawv lub luag haujlwm ua txhua yam lawv ua tau kom txwv Starfire raug rho tawm haujlwm, txawm tias nws ua rau lawv lub neej muaj kev pheej hmoo - Kuv yeej xav tias lawv vam tias ib tus neeg yuav raug ntaus los ntawm tus maser, tsuas yog ua pov thawj tias nws yog qhov tseeb. riam phom "
    
  "Qhov no yog qhov tsis txaus ntseeg, tus tswv," Jerry hais. "Vim li cas koj tsis qhia peb txog qhov no?"
    
  "Kuv tsuas yog ib nrab ntseeg nws tus kheej, Jung Bae," Nukaga hais. "Yuav ua kom ncaj ncees, cov neeg uas tau tawm tsam kuv zoo li lawv tsis paub qhov twg lawv cov pluas noj tom ntej yuav los ntawm, cia ib leeg muaj txoj hauv kev los ntiav lub dav hlau ya hla tsoomfwv cov cheeb tsam txwv nyob rau hauv kev cia siab tias yuav raug tua los ntawm cov kab hluav taws xob. qhov chaw. Yog li. "Nukaga tau hais meej meej sim hloov cov ntsiab lus." Mr. McLanahan thiab Ms. Huggins saib zoo nyob ntawm qhov chaw nres tsheb tub rog. Kuv pom ib qho ntawm lawv cov rooj sib tham xov xwm nag hmo. Lawv nyob zoo?"
    
  "Zoo heev, sir."
    
  "Zoo. Tej teeb meem? Koj puas muaj teeb meem nrog koj lub hardware lossis software? Jerry tsis kam thiab ntsia deb ntawm lub koob yees duab rau ib pliag, thiab Nukaga pom tam sim ntawd. "Jung Bae?"
    
  Jerry tsis paub meej tias nws yuav tsum tham txog dab tsi cuam tshuam nrog Starfire thiab qhov chaw nres tsheb hauv lub network tsis muaj kev ruaj ntseg - cov thawj coj hauv pab pawg tau txiav txim siab los tham nrog lawv tus kheej yam uas tau tshaj tawm rau pej xeem thiab dab tsi tsis tau - tab sis Nukaga yog ib tus ntawm lawv cov xibfwb. thiab ib qho ntawm thawj, tab sis qee qhov tsis txaus siab, cov neeg txhawb nqa ntawm qhov project. "Muaj ib qho teeb meem nrog lub relay kuv tsim uas tso cai rau lub zog hloov ntawm lithium-ion capacitors mus rau lub tshuab hluav taws xob microwave, tus tswv," nws thaum kawg hais.
    
  "Puas muaj teeb meem?"
    
  "Nws tsis tau poob hnub no, tab sis ... nws tsis yog ib puas feem pua kev ntseeg tau," Jerry hais nrog kev txhawj xeeb, "thiab txij li Thawj Tswj Hwm ntawm Tebchaws Meskas tau nyob ntawm qhov kev sim tua ntawm Cal Poly, peb xav ua kom paub meej tias peb tuaj yeem tsoo lub rectenna nrog lub zog loj. "
    
  "Zoo, koj tau ua," Nukaga hais. "Qhov kev sim tau ua tiav. Kuv tsis nkag siab. "
    
  "Zoo, peb ... peb tsis tau siv lub zog uas peb khaws nrog cov kav hlau txais xov thiab khaws cia hauv cov khoom siv hluav taws xob."
    
  "Tom qab ntawd koj siv lub zog dab tsi?"
    
  "Peb siv lub zog los ntawm ... lub tshuab hluav taws xob magnetohydrodynamic," Jerry hais.
    
  Muaj kev ntsiag to ntawm txoj kab rau ob peb lub sijhawm ntev, thiab ntawm cov yeeb yaj kiab saib Jerry tuaj yeem pom qhov nthuav tawm ntawm kev tsis ntseeg ntawm Nukagi lub ntsej muag; ces: "Koj txhais tau tias koj qhib lub laser nyob rau hauv Armstrong qhov chaw nres tsheb, Jung Bae?" Nukaga nug nyob rau hauv lub breathless, qis, incredulous tone.
    
  "Tsis yog, tus tswv," Jerry hais. "Tsis yog laser. Qhov dawb electron laser nws tus kheej tau deactivated yog li peb tuaj yeem siv lub laser subsystems rau Starfire. Peb tsuas yog siv nws lub zog los ua ...
    
  "Lub tshuab hluav taws xob MHD puas tseem ua haujlwm?" - Nug Nukaga. "Kuv tau raug coj los ntseeg tias txhua yam ntawm Skybolt qhov chaw laser raug kaw lawm." Jerry tsis muaj lus teb rau qhov ntawd. "Yog li ib thiab plaub feem kaum ntawm megawatts koj sau nrog lub rectenna los ntawm MHD thiab tsis yog Starfire?"
    
  "Yog lawm, tus tswv," Jerry teb. "Peb tau sim txhua yam ntxiv: peb khaws lub hnub ci zog, khaws cia hluav taws xob, siv lub tshuab hluav taws xob microwave nrog nws, thiab tso tawm lub zog siv hluav taws xob siv Skybolt reflectors, collimators thiab steering systems. Peb tsuas yog xav tau ntaus lub rectenna nrog maser zog. Peb xav ua nws thawj zaug, nyob rau pem hauv ntej ntawm Thawj Tswj Hwm ntawm Tebchaws Meskas. Lub tshuab hluav taws xob MHD tsuas yog peb ...
    
  Nukaga tau hais tias "Jung Bae, koj tau tua cov nqaj ntawm lub zog coj mus rau lub hom phiaj ntawm lub ntiaj teb," Nukaga hais. "Koj tso ib megawatt ntawm lub zog rau ntau tshaj ob feeb ntawm qhov deb ntawm ntau tshaj ob puas mais? Qhov no yog ... " Nws nres, ua kev xav txog kev xav. "Qhov ntawd yog ntau tshaj peb lab joules ntawm lub zog tso tawm los ntawm MHD los ntawm qhov chaw nres tsheb tub rog ntawd! Qhov ntawd yog peb zaug ntawm txoj cai txwv, ntawm qhov deb yuav luag plaub npaug ntawm kev cai lij choj! Qhov no yog qhov ua txhaum loj ntawm Outer Space Treaty! Qhov no yog ib qho kev ua txhaum cai uas tuaj yeem raug foob los ntawm International Court of Justice los yog tshuaj xyuas los ntawm United Nations Security Council! Cov riam phom hauv chaw, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog cov riam phom siv hluav taws xob, tsis raug tso cai siv los ntawm leej twg, tsis yog cov tub ntxhais kawm! "
    
  "Tsis yog, tus tswv, qhov no ua tsis tau!" Jerry hais tias, tsis meej pem, ntshai nws tau hais ntau dhau lawm thiab ntxeev siab rau nws cov npoj yaig, thiab ntshai ntawm kev npau taws ntawm nws tus kws tshaj lij thiab tus kws qhia kev hlub. "Starfire yog lub hnub ci fais fab nroj tsuag, tsis yog riam phom chaw!"
    
  "Qhov ntawd yog nws, Jung Bae, txog thaum koj tso tseg siv lub hnub ci zog thiab siv lub zog ntawm qhov chaw tub rog tsis raug cai laser!" Nukaga quaj. "Koj tsis nkag siab, Jung Bae? Koj tuaj yeem siv foob pob hluav taws los ua kev zoo siab rau Xyoo Tshiab, tab sis yog tias koj siv Scud missile los ua nws, nws hloov thiab ua phem rau tus ntsuj plig uas koj tau sim qhia, txawm tias koj tsis tua leej twg lossis tshuab dab tsi. Yog vim li cas peb thiaj muaj cai txwv tsis pub siv cov khoom no rau txhua lub hom phiaj. " Nws pom qhov kev txhawj xeeb hauv Jerry lub qhov muag thiab tam sim ntawd thov txim rau nws. "Tab sis koj nyob hauv New Mexico, puas yog koj?"
    
  "Yes, sir".
    
  "Lawv puas tau sab laj nrog koj txog kev txiav txim siab siv lub tshuab hluav taws xob MHD?"
    
  "Tsis yog, tus tswv," Jerry hais. "Tsis muaj sijhawm, thiab kuv tab tom tham nrog kuv pab neeg sim nrhiav kev daws teeb meem rau relay."
    
  "Koj puas paub leej twg tuaj nrog lub tswv yim siv MHD?"
    
  "Kuv ntseeg tias nws yog Mr. McLanahan, tus tswv," Jerry hais. Nukaga nodded nyob rau hauv kev nkag siab - nws yuav tau yooj yim twv qhov no. "Nws tau qhia lub tswv yim nrog General Rydon, tus thawj coj ntawm chaw nres tsheb, thiab Sergeant Lucas, tus tub ceev xwm ua haujlwm hauv chaw nres tsheb."
    
  "Puas yog tag nrho cov tub rog ua tub rog?"
    
  Jerry tau hais tias, "Kuv ntseeg tias lawv txhua tus tau so haujlwm," tab sis tau paub zoo hauv kev ua haujlwm hauv chaw nres tsheb thiab tau ntiav los ntawm tus kws tiv thaiv ntiag tug los ua haujlwm.
    
  "'Tus kws tiv thaiv ntiag tug', huh?" Nukaga chuckled, "Puas yog lub tuam txhab hauv Nevada uas tau muab cov nyiaj pub rau lub tsev kawm ntawv qib siab?"
    
  "Yog... kuv... Yog lawm, tus tswv, nws yog," Jerry hais tias ... thiab ib pliag tom qab qhov kev paub tau pib kaj ntug rau kuv.
    
  "Koj tab tom pib nkag siab tam sim no, tsis yog koj, Jung-bae?" - Nukaga nug, pom Jerry qhov kev hloov pauv. "Bradley McLanahan, tus tub ntawm General Patrick McLanahan, tus tub ceev xwm Air Force so haujlwm thiab yav dhau los cov neeg ua haujlwm ntawm lub tuam txhab no hauv Nevada, tau los nrog lub tswv yim ntawm qhov chaw hu ua lub hnub ci fais fab nroj tsuag, thiab nyob rau hauv ib qho chaw. ob peb lub hlis nws tau sib sau ua ke ib pab neeg ua haujlwm thiab ua ntau yam kev tshawb fawb thiab thev naus laus zis. Tom qab ntawd puas yog qhov xwm txheej uas Cal Poly tau txais cov nyiaj pab? Puas yog qhov xwm txheej uas Mr. McLanahan xav siv Armstrong qhov chaw nres tsheb rau Starfire, uas yog khiav los ntawm tib tus neeg ua haujlwm tiv thaiv Nevada? Kuv tsis ntseeg qhov coincidences, Jung Bae. Thiab koj yuav tsum tsis txhob."
    
  "Tab sis lawv tau txais kev tso cai los ntawm Thawj Tswj Hwm ntawm Tebchaws Meskas siv MHD," Jerry tau hais tias, "tsuas yog Skybolt dawb electron laser tsis muaj peev xwm tua tau."
    
  "Muaj tseeb. Lawv tsis tuaj yeem tua lub laser yam tsis tau ua txhaum Txoj Cai Tiv Thaiv Chaw Tiv Thaiv, yog li lawv tau txais qhov zoo tshaj plaws tom ntej: tus maser tsim los ntawm ib pawg ntawm cov tub ntxhais kawm ntawv qib siab, txhua tus zoo nkauj heev thiab txhawb siab thiab dawb huv - bullshit, tag nrho cov bullshit, "Nukaga spat. "Nws zoo nkaus li kuv tias qhov teeb meem hu ua koj cov relay tuaj yeem ua tau yooj yim, yog li lawv yuav tsum siv lub tshuab hluav taws xob MHD los ua kom pom lub zog ntawm cov riam phom maser. Peb lab joules! Kuv twv cov tub rog tau txaus siab rau qhov kev ua qauv qhia no. "
    
  Jerry tau hais tias "Kuv tau tsim lub tshuab hluav taws xob relay, tus tswv, thiab kuv tsuas yog tus saib xyuas nws xwb," "Kuv qhia koj tias tsis muaj leej twg txhob txwm cuam tshuam nrog qhov no."
    
  "Jung Bae, Kuv zoo siab heev uas koj tau qhia kuv txog qhov no," Nukaga hais. "Kuv tsis liam koj rau dab tsi. Nws zoo nkaus li Mr. McLanahan muaj nws cov txheej txheem thaum nws tsim qhov project no. Raws li kuv xav tias thaum pib, Mr. McLanahan tau ua haujlwm nrog tus neeg ua haujlwm tiv thaiv no, thiab tej zaum cov tub rog nws tus kheej, uas yog tus tub ntawm tus tub ceev xwm tseem ceeb thiab muaj npe nrov, los tsim riam phom hauv chaw thiab zais lawv los ntawm lub ntiaj teb. Pom tseeb, nws tau txais kev pab los ntawm tus neeg cog lus no thiab tsoomfwv - yuav ua li cas ntxiv rau cov tub ntxhais kawm thawj xyoo tuaj yeem sau tag nrho cov peev txheej uas xav tau los ua kom tiav qhov haujlwm no hauv lub sijhawm luv luv?
    
  "Kuv ... Kuv tsis muaj lub tswv yim, tus tswv," Jerry hais tias, nws ob lub qhov muag darting rov qab mus rau hauv kev tsis meej pem. "Mr. McLanahan, nws... Nws zoo li nws muaj kev coj noj coj ua thiab kev txawj ntse. Nws yeej ib txwm qhib thiab pob tshab txog txhua yam. Nws qhia tag nrho nws cov peev txheej nrog txhua tus neeg hauv pab pawg. Peb paub txhua lub sijhawm ntawm txhua hnub yam xav tau thiab nws xav tau li cas. "
    
  "Ib zaug ntxiv, Jung Bae, Kuv tsis liam koj rau qhov poob rau qhov no ... qhov pom tseeb huckster," Nukaga hais. Nws tau taub hau, zoo siab tias nws nyob ntawm txoj kev yog. "Nws ua rau kuv paub. Peb lub tsev kawm ntawv tau koom nrog hauv kev sib koom ua ke los ntawm McLanahan - thawj zaug feem ntau yuav yog los ntawm nws txiv lig, tom qab ntawd los ntawm nws tus tub saws - txhawb nqa los ntawm tus neeg ua haujlwm tiv thaiv no, cov tub rog thiab lawv cov neeg txhawb nqa tsoomfwv xws li Thawj Tswj Hwm Kenneth Phoenix thiab Tus Lwm Thawj Coj Anne Page los zais tsim. qhov chaw-raws li qhia lub zog riam phom thiab zais nws tsis muaj dab tsi ntau tshaj li cov tub ntxhais kawm engineering project. ntse npaum li cas. Muaj pes tsawg lwm cov tsev kawm qib siab uas muaj kev thaj yeeb nyab xeeb uas lawv tau siv lub tswv yim no? Txaus siab heev."
    
  Nukagi lub siab tau sib tw rau ob peb lub sijhawm ua ntej nws paub tias nws tseem nyob hauv kev sib tham video nrog Jung Bae. "Kuv thov txim, Jung Bae," nws hais tias, "tab sis kuv muaj ib yam dab tsi tseem ceeb ua. Koj yuav tsum tawm ntawm qhov project tam sim ntawd. Qhov tseeb, yog tias kuv kawm tias lub tsev kawm ntawv muaj ib yam dab tsi ua nrog rau qhov kev ua tub rog no, lossis yog tias lub tsev kawm ntawv tsis rov siv nws tus kheej los ntawm kev koom tes hauv qhov project thiab xa rov qab cov nyiaj tau txais los ntawm tus neeg ua haujlwm tiv thaiv no, kuv yuav tawm ntawm kuv txoj haujlwm tam sim ntawd. txoj haujlwm, thiab kuv xav kom koj hloov mus rau lwm lub tsev kawm ntawv. Kuv paub tseeb tias peb ob leeg yuav zoo siab heev hauv Stanford University. Kuv tos ntsoov yuav ntsib koj sai sai no. " Thiab nws cuam tshuam kev sib txuas.
    
  Kuv tus Vajtswv, Nukaga xav tias, txoj kev npaj ua phem heev! Qhov no yuav tsum tau nthuav tawm tam sim ntawd. Qhov no yuav tsum tau nres. Nws yog tus thawj tswj hwm ntawm lub rooj sib tham no, thiab nws tau tshaj tawm thoob ntiaj teb - nws, ntawm chav kawm, tau nkag mus rau lub koob yees duab, microphones thiab xov xwm, thiab nws xav siv lawv.
    
  Txawm li cas los xij, nws tau lees paub rau nws tus kheej tias nws cov neeg tuaj saib, txawm tias thoob ntiaj teb, tsis yog qhov loj. Feem ntau ntawm lub ntiaj teb no suav hais tias cov neeg koom tsis muaj dab tsi ntau dua li kev thaj yeeb nyab xeeb nyob hauv Wall Street cov neeg txhawb nqa, cov neeg vwm vwm. Ib qho laj thawj uas nws tau hais kom ua thawj coj lub rooj sib tham yog sim muab lub koom haum thiab lub rooj sib tham ntau qhov raug cai. Nws xav tau kev pab. Nws xav tau...
    
  ... thiab tam sim no nws nco qab thiab rub daim npav lag luam tawm ntawm nws lub hnab ris, tom qab ntawd muab nws lub xov tooj smartphone thiab hu rau Washington tus lej ntawm tus txiv neej nws paub tsuas yog ob peb plag tsev saum toj no. "Mr. Cohen, qhov no yog Dr. Toby Nukaga, tus thawj coj ntawm qhov kev tshwm sim ... Zoo kawg li, ua tsaug, thiab ua tsaug rau koj dua rau koj thiab Secretary Barbeau tau tuaj koom.
    
  "Tus Tswv, kuv nyuam qhuav tau txais cov ntaub ntawv muaj kev ntxhov siab heev uas kuv xav tias Tus Thawj Fwm Tsav Tebchaws yuav tsum paub txog thiab tej zaum yuav ua rau," Nukaga hais ntxiv, yuav luag ua tsis taus pa. "Qhov no yog hais txog qhov project Starfire ... yog, qhov chaw hu ua qhov chaw hnub ci fais fab nroj tsuag ... yog, kuv hais "hu ua" vim hnub no kuv tau kawm tias qhov no tsis yog lub hnub ci fais fab nroj tsuag, tab sis lub qhov dej. -disguised space weapons program...yog, ib tug tub rog qhia lub zog qhov chaw riam phom disguised raws li ib tug tub ntxhais kawm engineering project ... yog, cov ntaub ntawv no tau muab rau kuv los ntawm ib tug neeg siab heev nyob rau hauv qhov project, siab heev ... yog lawm, kuv ntseeg kiag qhov chaw. Nws raug rub mus rau hauv qhov no, ib yam li kuv, kuv lub tsev kawm ntawv, thiab ntau pua tus kws tshaj lij thiab cov kws tshawb fawb thoob ntiaj teb tau roped rau kev koom tes nrog nws, thiab kuv xav nthuav tawm qhov kev txaus ntshai thiab kev npau taws no ua ntej muaj kev puas tsuaj ntxiv ... . ... yog lawm, kuv tuaj yeem nce toj hauv ob peb feeb xwb. Ua tsaug, Mr. Cohen."
    
  Nukaga maj nrawm pib sib sau nws lub khoos phis tawj ntsiav tshuaj thaum cov ntawv xov xwm tshwm sim ntawm nws lub vijtsam. Nws yog los ntawm lub taub hau ntawm Cov Tub Ntxhais Kawm rau Kev Thaj Yeeb Ntiaj Teb, yog ib pab pawg thoob ntiaj teb ib puag ncig thiab ntiaj teb kev sib haum xeeb tuaj koom lub rooj sib tham, thiab cov lus tau nyeem: Peb lub dav hlau tawm tsam raug tua los ntawm Starfire qhov chaw riam phom ze ntawm qhov chaw rectenna. Peb nyob ua rog.
    
    
  KEYNOTE SPECH OF THE CONCLAVE OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONFEDERATION OF RESPONSIBLE SCIENTISTS
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  "Nws yog kuv zoo siab thiab txaus siab los qhia ib tug txiv neej uas yeej xav tau tsis muaj kev taw qhia, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog rau lub rooj sib tham no," Dr. Toshuniko Nukaga pib, nyeem los ntawm ib tsab ntawv uas tau muab rau nws los ntawm Secretary Barbeau lub chaw ua haujlwm sib tw. "Stacy Ann Barbeau piav qhia nws tus kheej ua ntej thiab qhov tseem ceeb tshaj plaws yog Air Force brat. Yug los ntawm Barksdale Air Force Base ze Shreveport, Louisiana, nws hais tias lub suab nrov ntawm B-47 thiab B-52 cov neeg tawg rog sab nraum nws tsev neeg lub tsev tsuas yog ua rau nws tsaug zog, thiab cov ntxhiab tsw ntawm dav hlau yuav tsum nkag mus rau nws cov ntshav. Tus ntxhais ntawm ob lub hnub qub Tub Rog Tub Rog Tub Rog so haujlwm, nws tau tsiv nrog nws tsev neeg tag nrho kaum zaug, suav nrog ob txoj haujlwm txawv teb chaws, ua ntej rov qab mus rau nws lub xeev Louisiana hauv tsev mus kawm ntawv qib siab. Bachelor's degree hauv kev cai lij choj ua ntej, kev lag luam thiab kev tswj hwm pej xeem los ntawm Tulane, kawm tiav txoj cai lij choj los ntawm Tulane, tom qab ntawd ua haujlwm hauv cov neeg tiv thaiv pej xeem lub chaw haujlwm hauv Shreveport, Baton Rouge thiab New Orleans ua ntej khiav rau Congress. Peb nqe lus hauv Congress tau ua raws li peb nqe lus hauv Teb Chaws Asmeskas Senate, plaub lub xyoos dhau los ua Tus Thawj Coj Loj, ua ntej raug xaiv los ua tus Thawj Fwm Tsav Tebchaws rau caum xya. Niaj hnub no nws yog tus neeg sib tw rau Thawj Tswj Hwm Tebchaws Meskas, thiab yog tias nws yeej, nws yuav yog thawj tus poj niam los tuav lub luag haujlwm ntawd. Kuv tsis tuaj yeem xav txog ib tus neeg tsim nyog rau txoj haujlwm no, kuv puas tau? Muaj ua raws li ib tug stunning sawv ovation uas kav yuav luag ib feeb tag nrho.
    
  "Qhov no yog nws keeb kwm yav dhau los, kuv cov phooj ywg thiab cov npoj yaig, tab sis cia kuv qhia koj ob peb yam txog tus poj niam txawv txawv no uas koj yuav tsis paub," Nukaga hais ntxiv. "Muaj ob sab rau Secretary Barbeau. Muaj kev sib cav sib ceg tab sis saib xyuas tus neeg tawm tswv yim rau kev siv tshuab ntsuab, ib puag ncig, kev tawm tsam rau ntiaj teb sov sov thiab kev tswj hwm cov pa roj carbon. Tab sis nws muaj zog sib npaug thiab mob siab rau kev ntxiv dag zog thiab lub luag haujlwm niaj hnub ntawm peb cov tub rog. Nws tsis yog qhov xav tsis thoob tias nws yog lub suab muaj zog rau Tub Rog Tub Rog, tab sis nws kuj yog tus tawm tswv yim rau peb lub teb chaws tswj hwm nws txoj kev coj noj coj ua hauv ntiaj teb cov dej hiav txwv thiab tuav lub zog uas txaus siab pab lwm lub teb chaws hauv lawv lub sijhawm xav tau ceev ceev, txhawb nqa. , thiab muaj zog tab sis muaj kev hlub tshua txog kev pab tib neeg. Kuv paub tias nws yog ib tus neeg muaj zog, saib xyuas thiab muaj zog, tab sis nws yeej yog qhov Humphrey Bogart hu ua 'txoj kev dav'. "Nukaga tau zoo siab thaum hnov lub suab luag thiab ua suab nrov hauv cov lus teb rau kab no - nws yog ib qho uas nws yuav tau tshem tawm ntawm nws cov lus qhia npaj yog tias nws tau tso cai ua li ntawd.
    
  "Stacy Ann Barbeau hais tau tsib yam lus zoo. Stacy Ann yog tus ntaus golf. Stacy Ann paub Washington sab hauv thiab sab nraud, tab sis nws lub hauv paus thiab lub siab nyob nrog cov neeg, nrog koj thiab kuv. Stacy Ann paub thiab mob siab rau Asmeskas cov tub rog, lub zog uas tiv thaiv peb lub teb chaws thiab lub ntiaj teb dawb, tab sis Stacy Ann paub tias cov tub rog yog lub zog tsis yog rau kev ua tsov ua rog xwb, tab sis tiv thaiv cov neeg tiv thaiv lawv tus kheej. " Nukaga tsa nws lub suab thaum nws pib zaj nkauj, thiab lub suab nrov nrov los ntawm cov neeg tuaj saib ua rau nws lub ntiaj teb zoo - ntau heev kom nws pom nws tus kheej tsa nws txhais tes thiab tuav nws lub nrig, ib yam dab tsi nws xav tias nws yuav tsis ua. "Stacy Ann Barbeau yog tus thawj coj, tus neeg tua rog thiab tus neeg tawm tsam, thiab nrog peb kev pab thiab kev txhawb nqa, Stacey Ann Barbeau yuav dhau los ua Thawj Tswj Hwm ntawm Tebchaws Meskas!" Nukagi cov lus tom ntej no tsis hnov tsw vim yog lub suab nrov, lub lag ntseg sawv ovation uas tawg tam sim ntawd. "Cov poj niam thiab cov txiv neej, cov phooj ywg thiab cov npoj yaig, thov koom nrog kuv tos txais tus Thawj Fwm Tsav Tebchaws thiab Thawj Tswj Hwm ntawm Tebchaws Meskas, Stacey Ann Barbeau!"
    
  Nrog lub ntsej muag luag ntxhi thiab zoo siab nthwv dej ntawm ob txhais tes, Stacey Ann Barbeau tau mus rau theem. Nws ua dab tsi Stacey Ann Barbeau paub yuav ua li cas zoo kawg nkaus: saib tus kws tshaj lij, tus thawj tswj hwm thiab seductive tib lub sijhawm. Nws wavy blonde plaub hau thiab pleev yog flawless; nws hnav khaub ncaws yog ib daim ntawv-fitting uas qhia tawm nws curvy daim duab tsis saib heev showy; nws cov hniav nyiaj hniav kub nyiam ntau xim, tab sis tsuas yog txaus los ua kom nws zoo nkauj yam tsis muaj kev pom zoo.
    
  "Ua tsaug, ua tsaug, cov poj niam thiab cov txiv neej!" Barbeau qw rau hauv lub microphone tom qab nws mus txog lub lectern. Tom qab ntawd nws tau hais nws qhov kev paub zoo thiab rov hais dua cov lus tshaj tawm hauv lub suab nrov Cajun: "Cia peb pib tsim lub neej yav tom ntej ua ke, peb puas yuav?" Cov npuaj teg thiab qw nrov nrov.
    
  Barbeau sawv ntsiag to ntawm lub podium kom txog thaum lub suab qw thiab qw nrov nrov, thiab tom qab ntawd tos yuav luag lwm feeb, kom cov neeg tuaj saib tos nrog bated ua pa rau nws cov lus. Thaum kawg, nws pib hais tias: "Kuv cov phooj ywg, thaum pib, kuv yuav hloov mus rau kuv cov lus uas tau npaj tseg vim tias muaj xwm txheej loj heev nyob rau ob peb teev dhau los uas kuv xav tias koj yuav tsum paub txog.
    
  Nws tau hais tias "Kuv paub tseeb tias koj txhua tus paub tias kuv tsis yog tus kiv cua loj ntawm Thawj Tswj Hwm Kenneth Phoenix qhov kev hu ua qhov chaw tsim khoom tshiab," nws hais. "Kuv muab rau Thawj Tswj Hwm tag nrho cov credit nyob hauv lub ntiaj teb no rau kev ya mus rau hauv chaw tub rog chaw nres tsheb los ua nws cov lus tshaj tawm loj-txawm tias nws raug nqi cov neeg Asmeskas cov neeg them se kaum lab lab daus las rau qhov uas tau dhau los ua qhov ua haujlwm tsis zoo thiab tsis tsim nyog hauv ntiaj teb. " , - tab sis hais ncaj ncees, kuv cov phooj ywg, txhua yam tau poob qis los ntawm qhov no: kev sib raug zoo nrog cov neeg Lavxias thiab ntau lub tebchaws hauv Tebchaws Europe thiab Asia yog nyob rau txhua lub sijhawm qis thiab hem kom tawg mus rau hauv kev sib cav sib ceg zoo tshaj plaws, thiab rov qab mus rau lub tebchaws. Txias tsov rog uas phem tshaj.; cov tub rog tsis tso siab rau tus thawj tswj hwm lawm vim hais tias ntawm tag nrho cov looming loj txiav nws npaj yuav ua rau peb cov tub rog txaus siab; cov neeg Lavxias tau tso tseg qhov chaw nres tsheb thoob ntiaj teb, European Union thiab Nyij Pooj tau txiav txim siab ua ib yam; thiab kev lag luam tseem nyob rau hauv kev kub ntxhov plaub xyoos tom qab nws tau los ua lub hwj chim, txawm tias muaj kev sib tw austerity uas tau pom tag nrho cov tuam tsev ntawm pawg thawj coj tab sis raug tshem tawm. Qhov no puas yog qhov peb xav tau txuas ntxiv rau plaub xyoos ntxiv?" Cov neeg tuaj saib tau pib hu nkauj cov kab lus paub uas tau rov ua dua thiab dhau los thaum Barbeau txoj kev sib tw: "Ua ib yam dab tsi txog tam sim no, Ken Phoenix, lossis tawm ntawm lub tsheb!" " kev sib xyaw ntawm Cajun thiab Creole kab lus.
    
  Tom qab tos ob peb vib nas this, Barbeau tsa nws txhais tes, luag ntxhi dav, kom txog thaum lub suab nkauj kawg. "Tab sis thaum nws ceeb toom peb txog nws cov phiaj xwm txo cov tub rog thaum lub sijhawm muaj kev phom sij ntau ntxiv rau peb lub tebchaws thiab peb cov phooj ywg; thaum nws ceeb toom peb tias nws tau npaj los txiav cov kev pabcuam kev nyab xeeb hauv zej zog thiab cov txiaj ntsig tsim los pab cov neeg muaj kev pheej hmoo tshaj plaws ntawm peb; thaum nws tab tom hem tias yuav tsim kom muaj kev lag luam loj heev los sim xa cov khoom ntim khoom me me rau saum ntuj, koj puas paub tias nws ua dab tsi ua ntej hnub no, kuv cov phooj ywg? Niaj hnub no nws tau tshaj tawm cov riam phom hluav taws xob, lub tshuab hluav taws xob microwave, los ntawm qhov chaw, hauv kev ua txhaum ncaj qha ntawm Outer Space Conservation Treaty. Txawm hais tias qhov kev cog lus tseem tsis tau pom zoo los ntawm Senate - qhov kev tshem tawm uas kuv yuav kho thaum kuv ua tus thawj coj ntawm Tsev Dawb, kuv cog lus rau koj - nws cov lus tau ua tib zoo ua raws li yim xyoo dhau los kom muaj kev thaj yeeb nyab xeeb. Thiab koj paub dab tsi phem tshaj? Txhawm rau zais nws txoj haujlwm los ntawm lub ntiaj teb, nws tau zais qhov kev txiav txim no ua kev sim dawb huv los ntawm cov tub ntxhais kawm qib siab.
    
  "Qhov ntawd yog qhov tseeb, kuv cov phooj ywg. Koj tau hnov lossis nyeem txog thawj cov tub ntxhais hluas hauv qhov chaw, thiab ntawm chav kawm Casey Huggins, thawj tus neeg mob hauv qhov chaw, cov kws tshawb fawb hluas uas muaj txiaj ntsig uas muaj lub siab tawv mus rau hauv qhov chaw los ua qhov kev sim no. Zoo, nws yog tag nrho cov lus dag loj. Nrog kev pab los ntawm Nevada tiv thaiv tus neeg cog lus thiab kev txhawb nqa ntawm Thawj Tswj Hwm Phoenix thiab Tus Lwm Thawj Coj Page, cov tub ntxhais kawm no tau tsim ib lub zog hluav taws xob uas nyob rau hauv lub voj voog saum peb lub taub hau tam sim no, thiab tau ua tiav hnub no ntawm lub hom phiaj ntawm lub ntiaj teb, tag nrho hauv qab. guise ntawm lub hnub ci fais fab nroj tsuag., uas tuaj yeem muab hluav taws xob rau txhua qhov ntawm lub ntiaj teb los pab cov zej zog tsis zoo lossis cov kws tshawb fawb hauv thaj chaw deb ntawm lub ntiaj teb. Raws li peb hais nyob rau hauv lub channel, kuv cov phooj ywg: tus dev no tsis yos hav zoov.
    
  "Lawv sim dag peb, kuv cov phooj ywg," Barbeau hais ntxiv. "Lawv sim dag peb. Tab sis ib tug tswv cuab ntawm pab pawg neeg hu ua Starfire Project tsis tuaj yeem ua tus neeg siab phem ntxiv lawm, thiab nws tau hu rau peb tus thawj tswj hwm lub rooj sib tham, Dr. Tobi Nukage, thiab qhia qhov tseeb rau nws. Tus tub hluas uas siab tawv no yog Kim Jong-bae, ib tus tub ntxhais kawm txuj ci engineering los ntawm United Kauslim uas yog tus thawj coj pab pawg rau txoj haujlwm tab sis tsis raug tso cai los tawm suab nws tawm tsam qhov kev sim tua. Nws yog ib tug hero rau rhuav tshem no charade. "
    
  Nws lub ntsej muag tsaus. "Peb kuj tau kawm niaj hnub no tias muaj qhov xwm txheej txaus ntshai uas cuam tshuam nrog lub zog hluav taws xob no-koj yuav tau hnov txog nws," Barbeau hais ntxiv. "Ib qho ntawm cov pab pawg sawv cev ntawm no, Cov Tub Ntxhais Kawm rau Kev Thaj Yeeb Hauv Ntiaj Teb, tau teeb tsa kev tawm tsam txog Starfire Test Site. Lawv ntiav ob tug txiv neej siab tawv ya mus rau lub dav hlau me me ze ntawm Starfire lub hom phiaj. Lawv paub qhov txaus ntshai, tab sis xav ua txhua yam lawv ua tau kom tsis txhob sim. Kuv khuv xim tshaj tawm... Lub dav hlau raug tua los ntawm qhov chaw tsis raug cai riam phom. Yog lawm, tua los ntawm lub microwave laser beam los ntawm Armstrong chaw nres tsheb. Ob tug txiv neej siab tawv ntawm lub nkoj raug tua tam sim ntawd. " Muaj kev ntsiag to nyob hauv lub tsev, tsuas yog ob peb lub suab quaj thiab ntshai heev, thiab txhua tus neeg tuaj ntawm ib lub rooj tam sim ntawd dhia mus rau hauv lawv txhais taw hauv kev poob siab thiab kev mob siab thiab tau mus rau ntawm qhov tawm ntawm lub tsev.
    
  Barbeau tso cai rau lub silence nyob rau ob peb lub sij hawm. Tom qab ntawd, maj mam, maj mam, nws txoj kev qhia tau hloov pauv: tsis muaj kev tsaus ntuj, tab sis liab-kub nrog npau taws. "Tsis txhob ua neeg siab phem, Mr. Phoenix," Barbeau tau hais, hais nws cov lus kom meej thiab taw nws tus ntiv tes ncaj qha rau ntawm lub network thiab xov tooj cua xov xwm lub koob yees duab uas tau teeb tsa sai sai ntawm nws qhov kev pom zoo rau nws qhov tsos. "Tsis muaj kev dag thiab kev dag ntxias ntxiv lawm, tsis tas yuav nkim peb cov nyiaj tau los ntawm cov se nyuaj rau kev phom sij txaus ntshai thiab tsis raug cai, thiab tsis muaj kev tua neeg dawb huv Asmeskas uas xav tsis muaj dab tsi ntau tshaj li qhia lawv qhov kev npau taws thiab ua ib yam dab tsi, txhua yam, hauv lub npe ntawm kev thaj yeeb. Tam sim ntawd deactivate qhov chaw riam phom no, tso tseg thiab cia nws deorbit, hlawv thiab poob rau hauv dej hiav txwv. Ua tam sim no". Ntau thunderous applause thiab hu nkauj ntawm "Ua tam sim no!" Ua tam sim no! Ua tam sim no!"
    
  "Thaum kuv los ua Thawj Tswj Hwm Tebchaws Meskas, kuv cov phooj ywg," Barbeau txuas ntxiv tom qab ib feeb ntawm kev npuaj tes thiab hu nkauj, "Kuv yuav rov kho txoj kev ntseeg thiab kev hwm ntawm lub tebchaws no, peb cov tub rog, Tsev Dawb thiab ntawm txhua tus neeg nyob ib puag ncig lub qhov muag. lub ntiaj teb uas xav tau kev ywj pheej thiab thov Vajtswv rau kev pab txuas ntxiv. Peb cov tub rog yuav yog tus naj npawb ib dua yam tsis tau sim ua tus thib peb. Thaum cov neeg tsim txom thiab kev sib haum xeeb hauv ntiaj teb saib, lawv yuav tsis pom cov foob pob hluav taws tua lawv los ntawm lawv tus kheej tsoomfwv, thiab lawv yeej yuav tsis pom ib qho chaw tub rog Asmeskas chaw nres tsheb npaj tig lawv lub zos mus rau hauv tshauv lossis tua. dav hlau tawm saum ntuj nrog lub teeb pom kev tsis pom - lawv yuav pom lub dav hlau thauj khoom nrog tus chij liab, dawb thiab xiav ntawm Tebchaws Meskas nqa zaub mov, dej, tshuaj, kws kho mob thiab cov neeg saib xyuas kev thaj yeeb los pab lawv. Thiab thaum cov neeg Amelikas thov kev pab thiab thov lawv tsoomfwv los pab pub zaub mov rau lawv cov menyuam thiab tau txais haujlwm, lawv yuav tsis hnov txog lawv tus thawj tswj hwm siv ntau pua lab nyiaj daus las rau kev lom zem rau hauv qhov chaw lossis tsis pub leej twg paub txoj kev tuag - lawv yuav tau txais kev pab lawv xav tau. xav tau. Nov yog qhov kuv cog lus!"
    
  Kev qhuas thiab kev hu nkauj tau nrov dua li yav dhau los, thiab lub sijhawm no Stacy Ann Barbeau cia nws mus thiab txuas ntxiv mus.
    
    
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  Thawj Tswj Hwm Gennady Gryzlov tau hais rau hauv lub koob yees duab ntawm lub TV studio hauv Kremlin "Kuv cov phooj ywg Lavxias, kuv cov lus tag kis no yuav luv luv thiab ncaj qha," Nws muaj lub ntsej muag tsaus nti, tawv ncauj, zoo li nws tab tom yuav tshaj tawm txoj kev tuag ntawm tus neeg hlub. "Los ntawm tam sim no koj yuav tsum tau hnov txog cov lus hais los ntawm US Thawj Tswj Hwm tus neeg sib tw thiab yav dhau los Tus Thawj Fwm Tsav Tebchaws Stacey Ann Barbeau ua ntej hnub no hais txog kev sim tua hluav taws xob hluav taws xob los ntawm qhov chaw ntawm lub hom phiaj hauv ntiaj teb los ntawm US chaw nres tsheb tub rog thiab tua. nqis los ntawm US aircraft nrog cov riam phom ntawd. Kuv cov nom tswv thiab kuv ntshai heev uas hnov txog qhov no. Peb tab tom ua haujlwm los txheeb xyuas cov ntaub ntawv no, tab sis yog tias muaj tseeb, cov kev ua no yuav ua rau muaj kev hem thawj rau ntiaj teb kev thaj yeeb nyab xeeb - qhov tseeb, lawv yog kev ua txhaum cai ntawm kev cog lus, ceeb toom rau lwm lub ntiaj teb, kev ua phem thiab kev ua haujlwm virtual. tsov rog.
    
  "Thaum peb xav txog peb cov kev xaiv, peb tau txhawj xeeb tias peb tuaj yeem tsim kev ntshai thoob plaws tebchaws Russia, thiab muaj tseeb thoob plaws ntiaj teb. Tab sis peb xav tias peb tsis muaj kev xaiv, thiab yog vim li cas kuv thiaj hais rau koj yav tav su no. Ntxiv mus, peb tau txiav txim siab los ua kev xav thiab ceev nrooj los tiv thaiv lub neej ntawm Russians thiab peb cov phooj ywg thiab cov phooj ywg, raws li hauv qab no:
    
  "Ua ntej: Pib tam sim ntawd, Lavxias Chaw Tiv Thaiv Chaw Tiv Thaiv yuav txuas ntxiv tshaj tawm qhov chaw kwv yees ntawm US chaw tub rog chaw nres tsheb thiab qhov muaj peev xwm ntau thiab azimuth ntawm nws cov riam phom hluav taws xob, nrog rau muab cov lus ceeb toom txog thaum twg thiab qhov twg cov riam phom muaj zog tuaj yeem hem. Cov neeg Lavxias, peb cov phooj ywg, thiab peb cov phooj ywg hauv ntiaj teb, "Gryzlov hais ntxiv. "Thaum riam phom ua rau muaj kev hem thawj rau koj, peb hais kom koj mus nyob hauv av lossis hauv lub tsev muaj zog tshaj plaws uas koj tuaj yeem khiav tawm sai sai. Cov cuab yeej ntawm riam phom tsis paub meej, yog li peb tseem tsis tau paub tias qhov zoo tshaj plaws npog yuav yog dab tsi, tab sis koj tuaj yeem muaj txoj hauv kev zoo dua ntawm kev tawm tsam yog tias koj nyob hauv tsev ntau dua li sab nraum zoov. Qhov kev hem thawj tuaj yeem kav ntev txog plaub feeb. Koj thiab koj cov neeg koj hlub yuav raug phom sij ntau zaus hauv ib hnub.
    
  "Kev tawg ntawm cov riam phom no tuaj yeem ua rau cov khoom siv hluav taws xob puas tsuaj, yog li npaj koj lub tsev thiab kev lag luam kom tsis muaj zog rau hnub lossis ntau lub lis piam: khaws cov pam vov, zaub mov thiab dej; sau ntoo rau hluav taws; thiab npaj koj cov zej zog kom tuaj koom ua ke thiab sib pab, "nws hais ntxiv. "Yog hais tias txhua yam ua tau, zam tsis txhob ya hauv dav hlau, caij hauv elevator lossis tsheb ciav hlau hluav taws xob, lossis ua haujlwm cov tshuab hnyav thaum riam phom nyob hauv thaj chaw txaus ntshai vim tias, raws li peb tau pom, riam phom tuaj yeem nqa dav hlau yooj yim thiab tuaj yeem cuam tshuam lossis txawm tias puas tsuaj hluav taws xob. circuits.
    
  Gryzlov tau hais tias "Qhov thib ob: Kuv thov kom tag nrho Asmeskas chaw riam phom ntawm Armstrong chaw nres tsheb yuav tsum tau ua haujlwm thiab rhuav tshem tam sim ntawd," Gryzlov hais. "Qhov no suav nrog Skybolt dawb electron laser, Hydra chlorine-oxygen-iodine laser thiab Kingfisher orbital riam phom kev cob qhia; Starfire, lub npe hu ua cov tub ntxhais kawm kev sim hauv tsev kawm qib siab uas ua tau los ua riam phom microwave laser; thiab lwm yam riam phom nyob hauv chaw, lawv cov peev txheej thiab tag nrho lawv cov khoom, txawm tias cov neeg Amelikas faib lawv li riam phom tiv thaiv nkaus xwb lossis tsis. Tshwj xeeb, Russia xav kom lub Skybolt module raug cais tawm ntawm Armstrong chaw nres tsheb hauv plaub caug yim teev, thiab tias thaum nws tsis ua rau muaj kev phom sij rau leej twg lossis ib yam dab tsi hauv ntiaj teb, nws yuav raug tshem tawm ntawm lub ntiaj teb thiab raug xa mus rau hlawv hauv. lub ntiaj teb huab cua los yog poob rau hauv dej hiav txwv. Peb muaj lub zog sensors hauv av los txiav txim seb nws puas ua tiav. Yog tias qhov no tsis ua tiav, kuv yuav tsum xav tias Tebchaws Meskas npaj yuav siv riam phom txuas ntxiv thiab Russia yuav ua txhua yam tsim nyog los tiv thaiv nws tus kheej tam sim ntawd.
    
  "Qhov thib peb: Kuv tshaj tawm hais tias, pib hauv kaum hnub, tshwj tsis yog cov neeg Asmeskas rhuav tshem tag nrho lawv qhov chaw riam phom, tag nrho cov huab cua nyob ib ncig ntawm Lavxias teb sab Federation los ntawm qhov chaw mus rau qhov siab ntawm tsib puas kilometers yog tam sim no txwv airspace thiab raug kaw rau txhua lub dav hlau tsis tau tso cai, " - Gryzlov txuas ntxiv. "Tau ntau xyoo lawm, txhua lub tebchaws tau lees paub tias tsuas yog huab cua hauv qab nees nkaum kilometers tuaj yeem txwv lossis tswj tau, tab sis tsis muaj ntxiv lawm. Peb cov kws tshawb fawb kwv yees tias cov neeg Amelikas tuaj yeem tua lawv cov riam phom uas muaj zog tshaj li tsib puas kilometers nrog lub zog txaus los tua ib tug neeg hauv av, yog li qhov no yog lub dav hlau uas peb yuav tiv thaiv. Txhua lub davhlau uas tsis tau tso cai hla Lavxias teb sab Federation hauv qab qhov siab tshaj plaws, tsis hais hom dav hlau lossis lub dav hlau, yuav raug suav hais tias yog kev ua phem thiab raug rau kev tsis sib haum xeeb. Kuv paub tias qhov no cuam tshuam rau ntau lub tebchaws, tab sis cov neeg Amelikas tau hloov lub ntiaj teb kev ruaj ntseg zoo rau qhov phem dua, thiab peb tsis muaj kev xaiv tab sis ua. Kaum hnub yuav tsum txaus rau txhua lub teb chaws tsis muaj kev sib raug zoo los hloov lub orbits ntawm lawv lub dav hlau los yog muab cov ncauj lus kom ntxaws txog hom, lub hom phiaj thiab lub orbits ntawm lub dav hlau thiab dav hlau ya mus rau Russia kom ua raws li qhov kev txiav txim no.
    
  Gryzlov tau hais tias "Qhov kev txwv no muaj tseeb tshwj xeeb rau ib lub dav hlau tshwj xeeb: Asmeskas ib-theem-theem orbital launch tsheb," Gryzlov tau hais. "Vim tias lawv lub peev xwm ntawm huab cua hypersonic ya davhlau thiab lawv lub peev xwm los nrawm rau hauv lub ntiaj teb orbit, nrog rau lawv lub peev xwm los tua riam phom lossis tua cov riam phom nqa hauv lub ntiaj teb, lawv ua rau muaj kev hem thawj tshwj xeeb rau Lavxias Federation.
    
  "Yog li, pib nrog kaum hnub kom muab sijhawm rau lub dav hlau dav hlau khiav tawm txhua tus neeg ua haujlwm los ntawm Chaw Nres Tsheb Thoob Ntiaj Teb lossis Chaw Nres Tsheb Armstrong, US S-series spaceplanes yuav tsis txais tos hauv Lavxias airspace thiab yuav koom nrog thiab tua tsis muaj kev ceeb toom ntxiv," Gryzlov hais ntxiv. . "Cia kuv rov hais dua qhov no kom tsis txhob muaj kev ntxhov siab lossis tsis ntseeg: pib hnub no, hauv kaum hnub, Asmeskas lub dav hlau yuav qhib yog tias lawv ya hla Lavxias teb sab Federation. Qhov kev hem thawj ntawm kev tawm tsam los ntawm cov dav hlau hypersonic no tsuas yog kev hem thawj rau cov neeg Lavxias. Tebchaws Asmeskas muaj ntau lub dav hlau ua lag luam rau tib neeg lub zog uas tuaj yeem ua haujlwm rau International Chaw Nres Nkoj thiab lwm yam haujlwm zoo sib xws, thiab yuav raug tso cai ua tom qab thov kev tso cai ya hla tebchaws Russia, tab sis cov dav hlau hauv qhov chaw yuav tsis tso cai ya hla Russia ib yam nkaus. . nyob rau hauv qhov xwm txheej.
    
  "Kuv tsis xav ua qhov kev ntsuas hnyav li no, kuv cov neeg Lavxias, tab sis tom qab kev sab laj nrog kuv cov kws pab tswv yim thiab tom qab thov Vajtswv ntau, kuv xav tias kuv tsis muaj kev xaiv yog tias kuv xav tiv thaiv cov pej xeem Lavxias los ntawm qhov txaus ntshai uas lawv tam sim no ntsib saum lawv taub hau. ", - xaus Gryzlov. "Kuv yaum kom txhua tus neeg Lavxias ua txhua yam kev tiv thaiv tsim nyog los tiv thaiv lawv tus kheej thiab lawv tsev neeg los ntawm kev txaus ntshai ntawm kev tawm tsam los ntawm qhov chaw riam phom. Yog tias cov neeg Amelikas tsis teb kuv qhov kev thov, kuv lees tias koj, Russia yuav ua. Nyob zoo thiab nyob nyab xeeb, kuv cov neeg Russians. Thov Vajtswv foom koob hmoov rau Russia. "
    
  Gryzlov sawv ntawm nws lub rooj zaum thiab khiav tawm ntawm lub Kremlin TV studio, nrog nws tus thawj coj ntawm cov neeg ua haujlwm, Sergei Tarzarov. Nws tsis tau txais tos leej twg lossis nres los sib tham, tab sis sai sai rov qab mus rau nws lub chaw ua haujlwm. Tos nws sab hauv yog Tus Thawj Fwm Tsav Tebchaws Txawv Tebchaws Daria Titeneva, Tus Thawj Fwm Tsav Tebchaws Gregor Sokolov thiab Tus Thawj Fwm Tsav Tebchaws General Mikhail Khristenko, uas txhua tus tau sawv thaum Tarzarov qhib qhov rooj rau Lavxias tus thawj tswj hwm. "Kev kho mob zoo heev, tus tswv," said Sokolov. "Kuv xav tias kaum hnub yuav txaus rau cov neeg Asmeskas pib sib tham txog kev nkag mus rau Lavxias teb sab airspace rau lawv lub dav hlau."
    
  Gryzlov zaum ntawm nws lub rooj thiab glared ntawm Sokolov. "Kuv yuav tsis muab kaum hnub rau leej twg," nws snaps, teeb cigar, "thiab kuv yuav tsis sib tham nrog leej twg txog dab tsi."
    
  "Sir?"
    
  Gryzlov hais tias "Plaub-8 teev, Sokolov." "Yog tias kuv tsis pom Skybolt module raug txiav tawm ntawm qhov chaw nres tsheb, kuv xav kom qhov chaw nres tsheb yuav raug tawm tsam lwm zaus nws hla tebchaws Russia, nrog txhua yam riam phom hauv peb lub arsenal. Ib yam li ib yam ntawm lawv lub dav hlau. Kuv yuav tsis zaum rov qab thiab tsis ua dab tsi thaum cov neeg Amelikas ya saum taub hau nrog cov riam phom uas muaj zog. Kuv xav rub lub teb chaws no mus ua tsov rog dua li tso cai rau qhov no tshwm sim. "
    
  Sergei Tarzarov khaws lub xov tooj ntawm tes ntawm qhov kawg ntawm Gryzlov lub chaw ua haujlwm, mloog, tom qab ntawd muab nws rov qab. "Thawj Tswj Hwm Phoenix nyob ntawm no, tus tswv," nws hais.
    
  "Nws tsis siv sijhawm ntev," Gryzlov hais. Nws tau hais kom cov neeg hauv chav tuaj tos lawv qhov txuas txuas ntxiv kom lawv tuaj yeem mloog cov lus txhais, tom qab ntawd khaws lub xov tooj ntawm nws lub rooj. "Qhov teeb meem dab tsi, Mr. Phoenix?"
    
  Phoenix tau hais los ntawm tus neeg txhais lus tias "Qhov no tsis yog lub zog siv riam phom, Mr. Thawj Tswj Hwm," "Nws yog ib txoj haujlwm hauv tsev kawm qib siab engineering, chaw ua haujlwm hnub ci hluav taws xob. Thiab lub dav hlau tsis raug tua los ntawm Starfire - nws poob kev tswj hwm thaum sim khiav tawm Air Force patrol nyoob hoom qav taub tom qab ua txhaum txoj cai txwv huab cua, feeb tom qab qhov kev xeem tas. Kuv tsis paub qhov twg Secretary Barbeau tau txais nws cov ntaub ntawv, tab sis nws tsis ncaj ncees lawm thiab koj tau raug yuam kom ntseeg nws. Nws tab tom tawm suab rau tus thawj tswj hwm thiab nws xav tau xov xwm. "
    
  "Tos". Gryzlov nias lub khawm standby thiab tig mus rau cov neeg nyob hauv chav nrog nws. Nws hais tias, "Zoo, zoo," Phoenix pib qhov kev sib tham los ntawm kev sim piav qhia. Qhov no tuaj yeem yog qhov nthuav. "
    
  Tarzarov tau hais tias "Nws yuav npaj txhij los sib tham," "Cia nws muab rau koj, thiab tom qab ntawd koj yuav muab ib yam dab tsi rov qab los."
    
  "Dab tsi yog koj tham txog, Tarzarov," Gryzlov hais npau taws, tab sis nrog luag nyav ntawm nws lub ntsej muag. "Kuv yuav tsis muab ib nti rau qhov tsis muaj zog-willed zoo li lub taub hau ntawm lub xeev." Nws nias lub khawm tuav dua. "Koj puas hais tias Barbeau dag, Phoenix?" - nws nug, tsis txhob siv Phoenix lub npe lossis txawm hais tias nws yog "Mister" - Phoenix thawj qhov kev txav mus los yog kev tiv thaiv, thiab Gryzlov xav kom tsis muaj kev ntseeg txog leej twg tam sim no tswj hwm qhov xwm txheej.
    
  Phoenix tau hais tias "Kuv muab qhov tseeb rau koj, Thawj Tswj Hwm: Starfire tsis yog riam phom uas muaj zog qhia," Phoenix tau hais. "Qhov no yog qhov chaw sim siv hluav taws xob hnub ci qhov chaw tsim hluav taws xob tsim los ntawm ntau tus tub ntxhais kawm hauv California engineering. Lub Skybolt dawb electron laser tau deactivated. Cov tub ntxhais kawm qhov kev sim muaj feem cuam tshuam xa hluav taws xob los ntawm qhov chaw mus rau lub ntiaj teb. Nov yog tag nrho. Lub dav hlau me me poob vim nws tus kws tsav dav hlau ruam, tsis yog vim nws raug tus maser ntaus. Lub hnub ci fais fab nroj tsuag tsis muaj kev hem thawj rau ib tus neeg hauv ntiaj teb thiab yeej yuav tsis lov tes taw dav hlau, elevators, tsheb ciav hlau, lossis lwm yam. Koj tab tom tsim kev ntshai dhau qhov kev sim siab hauv tsev kawm qib siab uas tsis muaj teeb meem. Tsis yog qhov project no lossis qhov chaw nres tsheb qhov chaw ua rau muaj kev hem thawj rau koj. "
    
  Gryzlov hais tias "Phoenix, Kuv tsuas yog tsis ntseeg koj lawm," "Muaj tsuas yog ib yam uas koj tuaj yeem ua tau los kho kuv txoj kev ntseeg hauv koj cov lus: tam sim ntawd txiav lub laser module los ntawm qhov chaw nres tsheb. Yog tias koj ua li no, kuv yuav tsis ua kom muaj kev txwv ntau ntxiv ntawm Lavxias airspace thiab yuav nkag mus rau hauv kev sib tham nrog koj los tsim kom muaj kev cog lus ruaj khov rau qhov chaw riam phom. Txhua yam kuv mob siab txog yog riam phom tawm tsam hauv qhov chaw uas tuaj yeem ua rau muaj kev hem thawj rau Russia. Tej zaum kuv yuav tau txais cov ntaub ntawv tsis raug hais txog qhov xwm txheej ntawm lub cuab yeej, tab sis qhov no tseem tsis hloov qhov tseeb tias koj siv Skybolt module tso tawm lub zog ncaj qha mus rau saum npoo ntawm lub ntiaj teb, thiab qhov no tsis tuaj yeem lees txais. "
    
  Gryzlov tau sau tseg qhov ntsiag to ntev ntawm lwm qhov kawg ntawm kab; tom qab ntawd: "Kuv yuav sab laj nrog kuv cov kws pab tswv yim, Thawj Tswj Hwm," Phoenix thaum kawg hais.
    
  "Zoo heev," hais Gryzlov. "Koj muaj ob hnub, Phoenix, thiab tom qab ntawd Russia yuav tiv thaiv nws lub dav hlau thiab lub ntiaj teb qis qis raws li peb yuav tiv thaiv peb lub tebchaws, nrog txhua tus txiv neej, poj niam thiab menyuam yaus thiab txhua yam riam phom hauv peb lub arsenal ntawm peb pov tseg. Nov yog kuv cov lus cog tseg, Phoenix. "Thiab nrog cov lus no nws muab lub xov tooj rov qab rau hauv qhov chaw.
    
  Sergei Tarzarov xa rov qab qhov txuas txuas txuas mus rau nws qhov chaw qub. "Kuv xav tias nws yuav ua raws li koj thov thiab txiav lub laser module los ntawm cov tub rog chaw nres tsheb," nws hais. "Nws yeej lees paub qhov ntawd. Kuv tuaj yeem hais ntxiv - "
    
  "Tsis yog, koj ua tsis tau, Tarzarov," Gryzlov cuam tshuam nws. Nws tig mus rau Minister of Defense Sokolov thiab Tus Thawj Coj ntawm General Staff Khristenko. "Kuv yuav muab cov neeg Amelikas lawv ob hnub los tshem tawm qhov Skybolt module los ntawm qhov chaw nres tsheb, thiab kuv tsuas yog tso cai rau lawv xa cov neeg tsav tsheb mus rau lawv qhov chaw nres tsheb yog tias lawv qhia peb txog lawv txoj kev ya davhlau thiab qhov chaw ua ntej pib, thiab yog tias lawv tsis ua. 't deviate los ntawm txoj kev ya davhlau no tsis yog los ntawm ib lub degree lossis ib lub 'meter'. Yog hais tias lawv tsis qhia peb, los yog lawv deviate los ntawm lawv txoj kev ya, kuv xav kom lub spacecraft puas. Spaceplanes yuav raug xa mus thaum twg lawv tuaj nyob rau hauv ntau ntawm peb cov riam phom. "
    
  "Dab tsi txog cov ntsiab lus ntawm lawv cov khoom thauj lossis cov neeg caij tsheb, tus tswv?" Txawv teb chaws Minister Titenov nug.
    
  Gryzlov hais tias "Kuv tsis quav ntsej yam lawv tuaj yeem nqa tau ntxiv lawm," Gryzlov hais. "Txij tam sim no mus, kuv xav tias txhua lub dav hlau ya tawm los ntawm cov neeg Asmeskas nqa riam phom chaw thiab ua rau muaj kev phom sij rau Russia. Cov neeg Amelikas thiab tus Thawj Tswj Hwm Phoenix uas tsis muaj lub cev no yog cov neeg dag thiab ua rau muaj kev phom sij rau Russia. Kuv yuav ua rau lawv zoo li cov yeeb ncuab uas lawv yog, Kuv yuav tsis lees paub dab tsi, thiab kuv yuav ua haujlwm ntawm qhov kev xav tias Asmeskas tsuas yog tos lub sijhawm tsim nyog los tawm tsam, yog li peb yuav tsum npaj tawm tsam ua ntej. "
    
    
  NIAJ HNUB
    
    
  Kev tua yog ua los ntawm cov neeg ua txhaum cai, tsis yog los ntawm tub ceev xwm.
    
  -JOHN F. KENNEDY
    
    
    
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  Thawj Tswj Hwm Phoenix tau hu xov tooj. "Txhua yam mus zoo," nws yws yws yws. Nws tab tom mus rau sab qaum teb mus rau Portland, Oregon, rau hnub tom ntej ntawm kev sib tw nres. "Koj puas tuaj yeem hnov tag nrho cov no?" - nws nug rau hauv nws lub koob yees duab sablaj video. Tag nrho peb tus neeg koom nrog hauv lub rooj sib tham video - Tus Lwm Thawj Coj Anne Page, Tus Kws Pab Tswv Yim Saib Xyuas Kev Ruaj Ntseg Hauv Tebchaws William Glenbrook thiab Tus Tuav Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Kev Tiv Thaiv Frederick Hayes - teb hauv qhov kev lees paub. "Kuv tau rub lub pooch. Kuv yuav tsum tau hu koj hais mav thiab nug koj lub tswv yim ua ntej tso cai rau cov tub ntxhais kawm Cal Poly siv lub tshuab hluav taws xob nuclear. Ua tsaug rau Barbeau, Russia xav tias kuv nyuam qhuav raug rho tawm hluav taws xob tuag. Kuv tsis xav tias kuv muaj kev xaiv ntawm no hais mav tab sis txiav tawm qhov Skybolt module. Xav?"
    
  Anne tau hais tias "Kuv yuav tau qhia ntxiv txog kev sim MHD lub tshuab hluav taws xob yog tias koj tau nug kuv ua ntej, Mr. Thawj Tswj Hwm," Anne tau hais. "Txhua yam peb tau ua yog cia cov tub ntxhais kawm UC ua qauv qhia lawv cov thev naus laus zis - peb tsis tua riam phom hauv chaw. Starfire tsis yog riam phom chaw, txawm tias Barbeau thiab Gryzlov hais li cas. "
    
  "Tam sim no cov lus nug yog, peb puas xav tias Gryzlov yuav twv yuav raug tua yog tias peb ya dav hlau dav hlau hla tebchaws Russia?" - nug tus thawj tswj hwm.
    
  Glenbrook tau hais tias "Nws tab tom ua cov kauj ruam los sim ua kom peb ntseeg tau tias qhov no yog qhov nws yuav ua," Glenbrook tau hais. "Xaiv lub Electron spaceplane mus rau hauv lub orbit uas cuam tshuam nrog qhov chaw nres tsheb? Qhov no yog kev txhob txwm ua. "
    
  Hayes hais tias "Lawv nyob deb li deb," Hayes hais. "Tsis muaj kev phom sij ntawm kev sib tsoo."
    
  Anne tau hais tias "Tab sis kev suav tsis raug ntawm ob peb feeb xwb thiab nws tuaj yeem ua phem dua," Anne hais. "Bill yog lawm: qhov no yog kev txhob txwm ua thiab txaus ntshai."
    
  "Koj hais ib yam dab tsi ntxiv uas tau tshwm sim ua ntej qhov flyby ntu ntawd, puas yog koj, Fred?" tus thawj tswj hwm nug. "Nws yog dab tsi?"
    
  Hayes tau hais tias "Ua ntej lub dav hlau Lavxias tau ya dhau lub chaw nres tsheb Armstrong, peb tau saib thaum nws ya mus ze rau qhov ua haujlwm tsis zoo ntawm Lavxias teb sab satellite," Hayes tau hais. "Raws li peb tab tom saib, peb pom tias lub satellite tau poob tam sim ntawd."
    
  "Lub dav hlau tau tawm tsam nws? Ua li cas?"
    
  "Cov ntaub ntawv ua ntej ntawm qhov xwm txheej no tau txais los ntawm cov duab radar, thiab lawv tsis pom ib qho projectiles zoo li Scimitar hypervelocity missiles lawv tau siv yav dhau los," Hayes tau hais. "Peb tau hais kom Tub Rog Tub Rog los tshuaj xyuas qhov chaw-raws li cov duab hluav taws xob hauv lub hnub qub uas tau coj thaum lub sijhawm xwm txheej los saib seb lawv puas tuaj yeem ntes lub laser."
    
  "Laser?" - qw tus thawj tswj hwm. "Satellite-destroying laser ntawm lub dav hlau?"
    
  Hayes tau hais tias "Muaj tau heev, tus tswv," Hayes hais. "Peb tau ntev tau npaj los tsim cov lasers me me los rhuav tshem cov satellites, ib yam li cov neeg Lavxias - lawv yuav tau teeb tsa ib qho hauv lub nkoj thauj khoom ntawm Electron spaceplane."
    
  Anne hais tias "Peb tuaj yeem siv qee yam zoo li no tam sim no," Anne hais.
    
  "Peb xaiv Kingfisher ntaus satellites, ma'am, vim tias lawv tuaj yeem nqa cov xov tooj cua tiv thaiv, tiv thaiv missile thiab tua riam phom, thaum laser satellites tsis tuaj yeem tua lub hom phiaj ntawm lub ntiaj teb," Hayes hais.
    
  "Peb puas pom zoo tias cov neeg Lavxias tsawg kawg tshwm sim, txaus siab thiab tuaj yeem tawm tsam peb lub dav hlau?" - nug tus thawj tswj hwm. Nws cov lus nug tau ntsib nrog kev ntsiag to thiab ntau lub ntsej muag tsaus muag. "Kuv xav pom zoo, cov txiv neej: Gryzlov npau taws, thiab nws yog ib tug psychopath, thiab nrog rau qhov kev xeem Starfire, nws pom nws lub cib fim los mus nce qhov chaw riam phom qhov teeb meem - thiab nws yooj yim heev tau txais kev mloog ntawm lub ntiaj teb no zej zog. Nws tuaj yeem tawm tsam ib qho ntawm peb lub dav hlau dav hlau thiab thov tias nws tau ua rau nws ua li ntawd. " Nws ntsia lub ntsej muag stunned ntawm lub rooj sib tham video screen. "Puas muaj leej twg xav tias Gryzlov yuav muaj kev sib tham txog qhov teeb meem no?"
    
  Glenbrook tau hais tias "Nws twb tau hais rau lub ntiaj teb tias nws yuav ua dab tsi." "Nws tau hu kom muaj kev nyab xeeb ntawm nws lub tebchaws - nws txawm hais rau nws cov pej xeem kom npog thaum lub chaw nres tsheb ya saum taub hau! Txhua yam tsawg dua li tig Skybolt mus rau hauv lub meteorite yuav tsis tsim nyog. Nws yuav zoo li tsis muaj zog yog tias nws pib sib tham. "
    
  "Kuv txoj kev xaiv tub rog yog dab tsi? Fred?"
    
  "Peb tsis tau tag nrho peb cov kev xaiv, Mr. Thawj Tswj Hwm," Secretary of Defense Hayes tau hais rau qhov zoo. "Tsis muaj teeb meem. Qhov dawb electron laser nyob rau hauv Armstrong chaw nres tsheb thiab lub Kingfisher riam phom rhiav yog qhov zoo tshaj plaws kev xaiv rau kev rhuav tshem Electron launch pads, MiG-31D bases thiab S-500 anti-satellite missile launchers, sir. Yog tias peb xa tag nrho Kingfisher constellation, peb tuaj yeem tuav txhua qhov chaw tiv thaiv Lavxias teb sab missile thiab chaw nres nkoj ntawm kev pheej hmoo nees nkaum plaub teev hauv ib hnub / xya feeb. Cov neeg Lavxias tau tso cov riam phom tiv thaiv huab cua S-500 rau ntawm lawv lub qhov tso tawm, tab sis lawv tsis tuaj yeem kov qhov tseeb-qhia Thor's Hammer missile los ntawm qhov chaw ntawm kaum txhiab mais hauv ib teev - thiab tau kawg Skybolt ya ntawm lub teeb nrawm. . Thaum nws sawv ntsug thiab tso tseg, nws tsis tuaj yeem nres. "
    
  Thawj Tswj Hwm tau txiav txim siab qhov no rau ob peb lub sijhawm; nws pom tseeb tias nws tsis xis nyob nrog kev siv riam phom hauv chaw. "Lwm yam kev xaiv, Fred?" thaum kawg nws nug.
    
  Hayes tau hais tias "S-500 yog qhov hloov pauv kev ua si, tus tswv," Hayes tau hais. "Tsuas yog lwm qhov kev xaiv tsis yog nuclear yog kev tawm tsam los ntawm peb rau B-2 stealth bombers thiab cruise missiles pib los ntawm peb ob peb lub foob pob B-1 thiab B-52, ntxiv rau lub nkoj-launched cov pa ya dav hlau. Tawm tsam Lavxias teb sab thiab Suav spaceports txhais tau hais tias ya hla Lavxias teb sab thiab Suav thaj chaw - peb cov khoom siv foob pob hluav taws tsuas yog muaj li ntawm xya puas mais, uas txhais tau tias peb tuaj yeem tsoo ob peb lub hom phiaj S-500, tab sis tsis yog lub chaw nres nkoj. S-500 muaj peev xwm tiv thaiv ob qho tib si stealth thiab subsonic low-flying cruise missiles, muaj peev xwm tiv thaiv B-1 bombers, thiab ua rau tuag taus tiv thaiv B-52s. "
    
  "Lub caij nyoog dab tsi ua rau cov foob pob hluav taws thiab cov foob pob tawg, General?" - Nug Vice President Page.
    
  "Tsis zoo dua li tsib caug tsib caug, ma'am," Hayes hais. "S-500 zoo heev. Qhov ntau ntawm peb cov foob pob hluav taws hauv huab cua yog ob npaug ntawm S-500, tab sis S-500 yog lub xov tooj ntawm tes thiab tuaj yeem txav tau sai thiab hloov kho, yog li qhov yuav tshwm sim ntawm inertial-guided cruise missile tsuas yog tsom rau pawg ntawm thaj chaw tswj hwm. ntawm nws lub xeem paub txoj hauj lwm roj teeb thiab tau txais mus rau hauv ib tug ntawm lawv yog tsis siab heev. Qhov kev nthuav dav ntxiv ntawm Joint Air-Launched Standoff cruise missile muaj cov duab infrared yog li nws yuav ua tau zoo dua tiv thaiv kev txav thiab pop-up lub hom phiaj, tab sis nws yog subsonic thiab S-500 yuav zoo heev tiv thaiv qhov ntawd. Kaum ob lub foob pob B-1 refurbished peb tau txais yog qhov zoo, tab sis peb tseem tsis tau muaj kev paub dhau los. B-52 yuav tsis muaj caij nyoog. Lawv yuav tsum hla tebchaws Russia lub ntsiab tiv thaiv huab cua, S-400, thiab tom qab ntawd coj S-500, uas tiv thaiv cosmodromes thiab tso cov pawm. " Nws tig mus rau tus thawj tswj hwm. "Space riam phom yog peb qhov kev xaiv zoo tshaj plaws, tus tswv. Peb yuav tsum tsis txhob deactivate Skybolt module - qhov tseeb, kuv qhov kev pom zoo yog kom qhib lub Skybolt thiab Kingfisher satellites twb nyob rau hauv lub orbit, xa cov dav hlau mus thiab kom lawv ya cov chaw nres tsheb rov qab rau hauv lawv lub orbit kom ua tiav kev tsim pab pawg. "
    
  Nws pom tseeb tias Thawj Tswj Hwm tsis nyiam qhov kev pom zoo no. "Kuv tsis xav kom cov Russians tua ntawm peb lub dav hlau, Fred," nws hais tom qab lub sijhawm ntev ntawm kev xav.
    
  "Lawv tseem tuaj yeem ua qhov no yog tias peb txiav tawm Skybolt module, tus tswv, thiab tom qab ntawd peb yuav tau tso cov riam phom tseem ceeb uas tuaj yeem pab tawm tsam kev tawm tsam ntawm chaw nres tsheb lossis kev cob qhia riam phom."
    
  Thawj Tswj Hwm nodded. "Nws yuav siv sijhawm ntev npaum li cas kom tau txais Kingfisher garages rov qab rau hauv lub voj voog?"
    
  "Ob peb lub lis piam, tus tswv," Hayes hais tias, saib qee cov ntawv ntawm nws lub khoos phis tawj ntsiav tshuaj. "Qhov chaw nres tsheb tau khaws cia ntawm Armstrong. Lawv yuav tsum tau thauj cov modules nyob rau hauv lub spaceplane, ces tos rau lub sij hawm zoo los yog ya mus rau hauv dab tsi hu ua lub orbit hloov mus rau hauv txoj hauj lwm tsim nyog los tso lub module rau hauv nws orbit. "
    
  "Thiab cov neeg Lavxias yuav saib cov haujlwm no txhua lub sijhawm, kuv xav tias?"
    
  "Muaj tseeb, tus tswv," Hayes teb. "Lawv tuaj yeem pom, zoo li lwm tus, dab tsi lub orbit yuav tsum tau coj los ua kom tiav - txhua yam lawv yuav tsum ua yog taug qab cov orbits. Lub sijhawm no, lawv tuaj yeem tso S-500 thiab MiG-31D nyob rau hauv qhov chaw raug tua ntawm chaw nres tsheb thaum twg lawv txaus siab, thiab tau kawg lawv tuaj yeem ua tau tam sim no nrog Armstrong - qhov tseeb, peb ntseeg tias lawv muaj ntau txog rau S - 500 thiab MiG-31D nrog riam phom tiv thaiv satellite tsom rau Armstrong tam sim no hauv nws lub voj voog tam sim no. Yog tias peb hloov lub chaw nres tsheb lub voj voog, lawv tsuas yog txav ASAT riam phom mus rau qhov lawv xav tau. "
    
  "Yog li Armstrong muaj peev xwm tawm tsam?" - nug tus thawj tswj hwm.
    
  "Lub Hydra COIL tiv thaiv laser yog ua haujlwm, thiab Kingfishers tam sim no nyob rau hauv orbit thiab Skybolt laser tuaj yeem qhib tau sai sai," Hayes teb. "Txhua lub chaw nres tsheb Kingfisher muaj peb lub riam phom tiv thaiv satellite, nrog rau peb qhov kev tawm tsam hauv av. Kuv ntseeg tias qhov chaw nres tsheb yuav tuaj yeem tiv thaiv nws tus kheej zoo heev thaum txhua lub tshuab rov qab online. " Nws nthuav nws txhais tes. "Thaum kawg ntawm ob hnub, cov neeg Lavxias yuav pom tias peb tsis tau ua tsis tau rau Skybolt, thiab tom qab ntawd peb yuav pom tias lawv puas yuav ua lawv qhov kev hem thawj."
    
  "Gryzlov tau tshwm sim hauv TV thoob ntiaj teb - yog tias nws thim rov qab, nws yuav poob ntsej muag ntawm lub ntiaj teb," Glenbrook tus kws pab tswv yim kev ruaj ntseg hauv tebchaws tau hais. "Nws tuaj yeem ua qhov kev tawm tsam tsawg kawg los sim saib qhov hnyav ..."
    
  Anne hais tias "Gryzlov tsis ntaus kuv li ib tug neeg uas yuav ua ib nrab," Anne hais. "Kuv tsis xav tias nws txhawj xeeb txog kev poob ntsej muag - tus txiv neej tsuas yog manic xwb. Kuv xav tias yog nws txiav txim siab tawm mus, nws yuav muab rau nws tag nrho. "
    
  "Peb yuav poob dab tsi yog tias peb poob Armstrong, Fred?"
    
  Hayes tau hais tias "Kaum plaub tus neeg ua haujlwm, suav nrog ob tus menyuam kawm ntawv qib siab," Hayes tau hais. "Multi-billion nqis peev. Ntau hom riam phom thiab sensors nrog cov peev txheej siab heev. Txawm li cas los xij, peb tseem yuav tswj cov riam phom los ntawm US Space Command lub hauv paus. "
    
  Glenbrook hais ntxiv tias "Armstrong yog qhov muaj zog heev, tus tswv-zoo li lub dav hlau thauj khoom zaum ntawm lwm tus ntug hiav txwv," Glenbrook hais ntxiv. "Yog tias peb yuav plam nws, nws tuaj yeem pleev xim rau daim duab tsis zoo thoob ntiaj teb. Peb yuav tsis swb kiag li, tab sis peb yuav plam ob peb txoj haujlwm. "
    
  Anne tuaj yeem pom qhov kev nyuaj siab ntawm Thawj Tswj Hwm lub ntsej muag thaum nws tawm tsam nrog qhov kev txiav txim siab. "Tus Tswv, qhov tseem ceeb uas peb yuav poob yog qhov siab," nws hais. "Gryzlov xav tau nws, thiab nws cia siab tias peb tsuas yog muab rau nws. Kuv ntseeg tias Armstrong muaj riam phom los tua cov Russians. Kuv tsis xav muab rau Gryzlov qhov kev hem thawj. Starfire tsis yog riam phom chaw thiab nws tsis hem Russia. Gryzlov tsis tuaj yeem hais qhov peb yuav tsum ua nrog peb cov tub rog. Dab tsi yog nws yuav xav tau tom ntej - uas peb tshem tawm tag nrho peb cov nkoj hauv nkoj nuclear thiab cov dav hlau thauj khoom vim tias lawv yuav ua rau muaj kev hem thawj rau Russia? Kuv lub tswv yim: qhia tus neeg phem kom mus phaus xuab zeb. "
    
  "Dam," Phoenix yws. Nws yog ib lub sij hawm nws tau dreaded nws tag nrho cov thawj tswj hwm lub neej: lub neej yav tom ntej ntawm lub koom pheej nyob ntawm seb cov lus nws yuav hais nyob rau hauv ob peb lub sij hawm. Yog los yog tsis mus, mus los tsis mus, mus los tsis tawm. Yog hais tias nws tau hais kom nws cov tub rog thim rov qab, tej zaum lawv yuav muaj sia nyob sib ntaus sib tua dua. Yog tias nws tau hais kom nws cov tub rog los txhim kho lub zog thiab npaj rau kev sib ntaus sib tua, qhov ntawd yog qhov tseeb uas lawv yuav tau ua sai sai.
    
  "Cov txiv neej, kuv ntxub qhov tsua hauv Gryzlov," nws hais tom qab kev xav ntev, "tab sis kuv xav tias kuv tsis muaj kev xaiv. Kuv xav kom Skybolt laser deactivated thiab lub module yuav tsum tau disconnected los ntawm Armstrong chaw nres tsheb." Glenbrook thiab Hayes ntsia reassured; Anne ntsia poob siab. "Peb tau tso dab tsi rau ntawm qhov chaw nres tsheb tom qab Skybolt tau deactivated, Anne?"
    
  "Lub Skybolt laser module tau nruab nrog ntau lub hom phiaj sensors thiab lasers uas yuav raug cuam tshuam thaum lub module raug rho tawm," Anne teb, "tab sis qhov chaw nres tsheb tseem yuav muaj qhov luv luv Hydra laser, Trinity modules, uas tau khaws cia rau hauv kev ua liaj ua teb. chaw nres tsheb, thiab Kingfisher Constellation riam phom depots twb nyob rau hauv orbit. "
    
  "Txhua yam riam phom tiv thaiv?"
    
  Anne tau hais tias "Lub Trinity modules txhua qhov muaj peb qhov kev tawm tsam hauv av thiab peb lub tsheb tiv thaiv satellite," Anne tau hais. "Qhov no tuaj yeem suav tias yog riam phom tawm tsam. Sir, Kuv xav kom koj rov xav txog koj qhov kev txiav txim siab, "nws hais ntxiv. "Peb tsis tuaj yeem tshem tawm txhua qhov kev ua tub rog Gryzlov xav tau."
    
  "Hmoov tsis zoo, kuv tau txiav txim siab tso cai siv cov cuab yeej ua tub rog rau kev sim hauv tsev kawm qib siab no," tus thawj tswj hwm tau hais. "Muaj ntau tus neeg tsim cov dab neeg, nthuav tawm kev npau taws thiab ntshai heev thiab hem ua tsov rog, tab sis qhov tseeb tseem yog kuv tau txiav txim siab ua riam phom rau kev sim hauv tsev kawm qib siab. Kuv yuav tsum nyob nrog cov txiaj ntsig. Tua nws thiab tshem nws, Fred. "
    
  "Yog lawm, tus tswv," said Secretary of Defense Hayes.
    
  "Mr. Thawj Tswj Hwm, Kuv xav mus rau qhov chaw nres tsheb los pab tshem tawm Skybolt," Tus Lwm Thawj Coj Page tau hais.
    
  "Dab tsi?" Phoenix ob lub qhov muag bulged tawm ntawm nws lub qhov (sockets) nyob rau hauv kiag li poob siab. "Qhov kev thov no raug tsis lees paub, Npeeg Tus Lwm Thawj Coj! Qhov chaw nres tsheb no twb nyob rau hauv Russia pom thiab tuaj yeem raug tawm tsam txhua lub sijhawm! "
    
  "Tus Tswv, tsis muaj leej twg paub ntau ntxiv txog qhov module tshaj kuv. Kuv siv peb xyoos tsim nws thiab ob xyoos tsim nws. Kuv paub txhua tus qauv thiab rivet vim kuv tus kheej kos lawv ntawm tes ntawm lub rooj tsavxwm tiag tiag thiab ua txhua yam kuv tus kheej tshwj tsis yog cov hlau thiab cov riveter ua haujlwm. " Thawj Tswj Hwm tsis saib tag nrho cov ntseeg. "Lwm qhov chaw mus rau qhov chaw rau tus poj niam laus. Yog tias John Glenn ua tau, kuv paub tseeb tias kuv ua tau. Koj hais li cas lawm os?
    
  Thawj Tswj Hwm tsis kam, ua tib zoo kawm Anne lub ntsej muag luag ntxhi. Nws tau hais tias "Kuv xav kom koj nyob ze rau Tsev Dawb lossis kev tawm tsam rau peb qhov kev xaiv tsa dua tshiab, Anne," nws hais tias, "tab sis kuv paub Skybolt yog koj tus menyuam." Nws shook nws lub taub hau tu siab, ces nodded. "Kuv yuav vwm rau qhov ua qhov no, tab sis koj qhov kev thov tau pom zoo. Thawj tus thawj tswj hwm, thawj tus neeg saib xyuas tsis pub lwm tus paub, thawj cov tub ntxhais hluas, thawj quadriplegic, thiab tam sim no thawj tus thawj tswj hwm hauv qhov chaw, tag nrho hauv ib xyoos. Kuv lub taub hau tig. Vajtswv foom koob hmoov rau peb."
    
  "Ua tsaug, tus tswv," said Anne.
    
  Thawj Tswj Hwm tau hais tias "Kuv tabtom rov qab mus rau Washington tam sim ntawd," "Kuv npaj yuav mus rau hauv TV los piav qhia tias Starfire tsis yog qhov chaw riam phom thiab tias Tebchaws Meskas yuav ua haujlwm tam sim ntawd thiab txiav lub laser module."
    
  "Zoo heev, tus tswv," said Anne. "Saib koj ntawm qhov chaw nres tsheb. Xav kom kuv muaj hmoo". Thiab lub rooj sib tham video raug kaw.
    
  "Peb txhua tus yuav xav tau koob hmoov me ntsis," tus thawj tswj hwm hais hauv lub suab qis, tom qab ntawd hu xov tooj hu rau cov neeg caij dav hlau ntawm Air Force One. Tsis ntev tom qab ntawd, tus thawj tswj hwm lub dav hlau tab tom mus rau sab hnub tuaj mus rau Washington.
    
  Ces tus thawj tswj hwm hu Moscow. "Koj tau txiav txim siab dab tsi, Phoenix?" Gryzlov nug los ntawm tus neeg txhais lus yam tsis muaj kev lom zem lossis lus qhuab qhia.
    
  Phoenix tau hais tias "Tebchaws Meskas pom zoo kom tshem tawm Skybolt module los ntawm Armstrong chaw nres tsheb," thiab thaum lub sijhawm tsim nyog tshem tawm ntawm lub voj voog thiab tso cai rau nws nkag mus rau hauv huab cua. Txhua qhov chaw uas muaj sia nyob rov qab los yuav poob rau hauv dej hiav txwv."
    
  Gryzlov tau hais tias, "Tom qab ntawd Russia pom zoo tsis txwv nws lub dav hlau siab dua nees nkaum mais," rau txhua lub dav hlau ... nrog rau kev zam ntawm koj lub dav hlau S-series thiab koj cov kev cob qhia riam phom Kingfisher."
    
  "Peb xav tau cov dav hlau no, Mr. Thawj Tswj Hwm," Phoenix tau hais.
    
  Gryzlov hais tias "Lawv ua rau muaj kev phom sij rau Russia ib yam li koj lub Skybolt thiab Phoenix lasers," Gryzlov hais. "Tej zaum muaj kev phom sij loj dua. Tsis muaj leej twg. Tebchaws Asmeskas tau ya hauv qhov chaw tau ntau xyoo tsis muaj lub dav hlau dav hlau, thiab tam sim no koj muaj ntau tus neeg ua lag luam uas tuaj yeem tswj hwm qhov chaw nres tsheb thiab lwm yam haujlwm. Kev lag luam dav hlau tau tso cai ya hla tebchaws Russia ntev li ntev tau lawv sib txuas lus cov ntsiab lus ntawm lawv lub luag haujlwm ua ntej tso tawm. Tab sis tom qab kaum hnub txij hnub no, peb yuav txiav txim siab ib qho kev hla dhau ntawm lub dav hlau dav hlau lossis riam phom depots raws li kev ua phem thiab yuav teb raws li. Peb puas muaj kev pom zoo, Phoenix?"
    
  Phoenix hais tias "Tsis yog, koj tsis nkag siab, tus tswv," Phoenix hais. "Spaceplanes muab peb txoj kev nkag mus rau lub ntiaj teb qis qis thiab peb cov chaw orbital. Qhov no tsis yog tub rog riam phom. Peb yuav pom zoo txuas ntxiv mus hloov kho koj ntawm kev xa mus rau yav tom ntej thiab lawv txoj kev ya davhlau, thiab peb yuav txwv tsis pub cov dav hlau ya hla tebchaws Russia hauv huab cua yog tias ua tau, tab sis peb hais kom nkag mus rau qhov chaw rau tag nrho peb lub tsheb, suav nrog cov dav hlau dav hlau. Peb puas tau pom zoo, Mr. Thawj Tswj Hwm?"
    
  Tom qab ib ntus ntev, Gryzlov tau hais tias, "Peb yuav saib xyuas koj qhov chaw tub rog chaw nres tsheb rau cov cim qhia tias lub laser module tau raug kaw thiab txiav tawm. Tom qab ntawd peb mam li tham dua. " Thiab hu tau cuam tshuam.
    
  Phoenix nias lub pob hu rau tus tub ceev xwm kev sib txuas lus. "Yog, Mr. Thawj Tswj Hwm?" Nws teb tam sim ntawd.
    
  Nws tau hais tias "Kuv xav tham nrog pab pawg kev ruaj ntseg hauv tebchaws ntawm Tsev Dawb dua," nws hais. Tsis ntev tom qab ntawd, tus lwm thawj, tus kws pab tswv yim kev ruaj ntseg hauv tebchaws thiab tus tuav ntaub ntawv tiv thaiv tau rov tshwm sim ntawm lub rooj sib tham video. Nws hais tias, "Kuv tau cog lus nrog dab ntxwg nyoog, txiv neej," nws hais. "Kuv xav kom Skybolt module cais tawm ntawm Armstrong chaw nres tsheb kom sai li sai tau. Ann, nce mus sai li sai tau. "
    
    
  NTAWM BOARD ARMSTRONG SPACE STATION
  Me ntsis tom qab
    
    
  "Nws puas vwm?" Brad exclaimed. "Gryzlov xav kom peb tshem tawm Skybolt thiab coj nws tawm ntawm lub ntiaj teb? Thiab tam sim no nws yuav txwv tag nrho airspace tshaj Russia mus rau qhov siab ntawm peb puas mais? Qhov no yog kev vwm!"
    
  "Cov txiv neej, Kuv thov txim rau qhov no," Kim Jong-bae tau hais hauv xov tooj cua sib tham los ntawm White Sands Missile Range. "Kuv yeej tsis tau hais tias nws yog riam phom chaw - uas yog Dr. Nukaga qhov xaus. Kuv thov txim kuv tau hais rau nws tias peb siv lub tshuab hluav taws xob MHD, tab sis txhua yam kuv tau ua yog lees paub rau nws tias kuv lub zog hloov hluav taws xob tsis ua haujlwm thiab nws nug kuv tias peb siv lub zog twg. thov txim nawb cov phooj ywg. Kuv tsis tau xav tias nws yuav tawg zoo li nws tau ua. "
    
  "Nws tsis yog koj qhov txhaum, Jerry," Brad hais. "Kuv xav tias Dr. Nukaga xav tias nws yog riam phom txij hnub ib. Tab sis nws txhawb nqa qhov project vim yog koj, thiab tom qab ntawd thaum Cal Poly yeej qhov nyiaj pab loj thiab peb mus thoob ntiaj teb, nws tau nrog peb tag nrho. " Jerry tseem saib daj ntseg thiab poob siab, zoo li nws nyuam qhuav poob nws cov phooj ywg zoo tshaj plaws hauv ntiaj teb tom qab raug ntes nyiag ntawm lawv. "Cov lus nug yog, peb yuav ua li cas tam sim no?"
    
  "Nws yooj yim, Brad; Thaum peb tuaj yeem ua tau, peb yuav nqa lub dav hlau thiab coj koj thiab Casey los ntawm qhov chaw nres tsheb, "said Armstrong Space Station Director Kai Rydon. Nws zaum ntawm qhov hais kom ua, thiab tag nrho lwm qhov kev sib ntaus sib tua tseem raug tswj hwm - suav nrog Skybolt Chaw Nres Tsheb, txawm hais tias Starfire lub tshuab hluav taws xob microwave tseem raug teeb tsa. "Tom qab ntawd, kuv xav npaj qhov chaw nres tsheb no rau kev ua rog, tsis yog hauv ntiaj teb xwb, tab sis kuj nyob hauv qhov chaw."
    
  "Puas muaj lub cev orbital kiag li tsis txhob ya hla Russia?" - Nug Casey Huggins.
    
  Valerie Lucas hais tias "Txhua lub orbit nrog qhov kev xav tsawg dua li peb caug-tsib degrees yuav tsis ya hla tebchaws Russia," "Peb tseem tuaj yeem saib tob rau hauv Russia, txawm hais tias peb ploj lawm feem ntau ntawm lawv thaj chaw sab qaum teb sab hnub poob, nyob ntawm qhov siab. Nyob rau hauv sib piv, yog hais tias peb yuam tib yam kev txwv, Lavxias teb sab spacecraft yuav txwv tsis pub tshaj li nees nkaum-tsib degrees. Tab sis, nrog rau kev zam ntawm geosynchronous orbits lossis kev soj ntsuam dej hiav txwv, equatorial orbits yog qhov tsis muaj txiaj ntsig vim tias tsawg heev ntawm lub ntiaj teb cov pej xeem nyob ntawm txoj kab nruab nrab. "
    
  "Tab sis qhov ntawd tsis yog lub ntsiab lus, Valerie," Kai hais. "Muaj ntau txhiab lub dav hlau ya hla tebchaws Russia txhua hnub - Gryzlov tsis tuaj yeem qhia txhua tus tias lawv yuav tsum txav lawv. Qhov no yog tag nrho bragging. Txawm hais tias nws muaj riam phom txaus los tua cov satellites uas ya hla tebchaws Russia, nws paub tias nws tuaj yeem ua rau muaj kev tsov rog hauv ntiaj teb yog tias nws tseem sim tua cov satellite txawv teb chaws. Gryzlov tab tom ua cov lus foob qus thiab siv nws cov xwm txheej tsim los sim ua kom muaj tsab cai lij choj xwm txheej kub ntxhov thiab hla txoj cai thoob ntiaj teb. " Nws qhov kev qhia loj dhau los ua tsaus. "Casey, yuav siv sijhawm ntev npaum li cas los tshem koj lub tshuab hluav taws xob microwave ntawm Skybolt?"
    
  "Tsawg tshaj li ob hnub, tus tswv," Casey teb tias, "tsawg kawg yog ib qho chaw taug kev."
    
  "Ntxiv rau ob hnub ntxiv, tej zaum peb, kom tau txais cov hluav taws xob hluav taws xob dawb thiab khiav, thiab tsawg kawg yog ib qho chaw taug kev," Valerie Lucas ntxiv. "Ntxiv rau ib hnub lossis dhau ntawd los sim nws. Peb tuaj yeem siv qee qhov kev pab cuam thiab ntau tus neeg ua haujlwm. "
    
  "Trevor, sib sau Alice nrog cov neeg Starfire thiab pib ua haujlwm ntawm kev rhuav tshem lub tshuab hluav taws xob microwave," Kai hais. Tus thawj tswj chaw nres tsheb, Trevor Sheil, tig mus rau nws lub vaj huam sib luag kev sib txuas lus thiab pib hu xov tooj ntawm lub intercom. "Kuv yuav hu rau US Space Command thiab pib tau txais qee qhov kev pab thiab kev tso cai rau rov nruab lub tshuab hluav taws xob dawb thiab npaj rau kev tso tawm."
    
  "Koj puas xav tias Gryzlov yuav tawm tsam qhov chaw nres tsheb, tus tswv?" - Brad nug.
    
  "Koj hnov nws, Brad; tus txiv leej tub xav tias peb yuav pib rhuav tshem lub nroog, lub zos thiab lub teb chaws nrog txoj kev tuag, "Kai teb. "Nws muab sijhawm rau peb tsuas yog kaum hnub xwb, thiab txhua tus neeg uas ya hla tebchaws Russia yuav raug rau qhov nws hu ua 'neutralization', txawm li cas los xij. Cov no yog cov hem loj heev. Kuv xav kom lub chaw nres tsheb no ua haujlwm tag nrho yog tias nws mob hnyav. "
    
  Kai hnov lub suab nrov ntawm kev hu tuaj thiab nias lub pob ntawm nws lub console hais kom ua. "Tsuas yog npaj tau hu rau koj, General," nws hais tom qab kev sib txuas encryption.
    
  "Kuv xav tias koj tau hnov Gryzlov cov lus hais, Kai," said Gen. George Sandstein, tus thawj coj ntawm Air Force Space Command.
    
  Kai hais tias "Zoo nkauj heev, General," tab sis kuv ntseeg txhua lo lus. Kuv xav rov qhib lub tshuab hluav taws xob dawb thiab pib rov ua dua lub hnub qub Kingfisher tam sim no. "
    
  Sandstein tau hais tias "Hmoov tsis zoo, kev txiav txim los ntawm Tsev Dawb yog txhawm rau tshem Skybolt thiab txiav lub module los ntawm chaw nres tsheb, Kai," Sandstein hais.
    
  "Dab tsi ntxiv kuv tuaj yeem hais, General?"
    
  Sandstein tau hais tias "Qhov no yog qhov kev txiav txim los ntawm tus thawj tswj hwm nws tus kheej," "Peb tab tom tshaj tawm S-19 thiab S-29 sai li sai tau kom cov tub ntxhais kawm tawm ntawm qhov chaw nres tsheb thiab coj cov neeg ua haujlwm ntxiv, suav nrog tus tsim Skybolt."
    
  Tag nrho cov inhabitants ntawm lub command module gasped nyob rau hauv surprise. "Puas yog lawv xa tus lwm thawj coj?"
    
  Sandstein tau hais tias "Koj hnov kuv qhov tseeb, Kai," "Nws suab txawv me ntsis, tab sis nws yog ib tus neeg muaj kev paub dhau los, thiab tsis muaj leej twg paub Skybolt zoo dua. Thov txim rau Skybolt, Kai, tab sis tus Thawj Kav Tebchaws xav kom qhov xwm txheej tsis zoo ua ntej txhua yam tawm ntawm kev tswj hwm. Puas yog txhua yam nyob hauv ntsuab?
    
  "Lub Hydra laser ua haujlwm," Kai hais, tuav nws lub taub hau hauv kev tsis ntseeg. "Peb tseem tuaj yeem siv Kingfisher modules ntawm lub hauv paus ua liaj ua teb rau chaw nres tsheb tiv thaiv tus kheej."
    
  "Zoo heev," Sandstein hais. "Zoo hmoo nyob ntawd. Peb yuav saib. Kuv vam tias txhua tus yuav nyob twj ywm zoo thiab txias thiab qhov no yuav tshwm sim sai sai. "
    
    
  MCLANAHAN INDUSTRIAL SPACEPORT, BATTLE MOUNTAIN, NEVADA
  TAM SIM NO
    
    
  "Ua tsaug uas tuaj sai sai, cov txiv neej," Boomer tau hais thaum nws nkag mus hauv chav qhia cov neeg coob. Chav tsev tau muaj rau tus tub ntxhais kawm lub dav hlau tsav dav hlau thiab plaub tus thawj coj ntawm lub dav hlau-tus kws qhia, nrog rau kev txhawb nqa lub luag haujlwm thiab cov kws kho mob. "Qhov no yuav zoo li qee qhov cheesy Ntiaj Teb Tsov Rog II, tab sis kuv paub tseeb tias koj tau hnov Gryzlov ramble, thiab kuv xav tias peb tab tom txav ze rau kev ua rog nrog cov neeg Lavxias. Thawj Tswj Hwm tau tso tseg qhov seem ntawm nws qhov kev xaiv tsa rov xaiv tsa thiab rov qab mus rau Washington los hais lus txog Starfire rooj plaub. Nws tau hais kom Skybolt laser raug tshem tawm thiab txiav tawm ntawm Armstrong. "
    
  Txhua tus hauv chav qhia luv luv saib ntshai. "Qhov no yog bullshit!" - Sondra Eddington qw. "Gryzlov rants, ua txhua yam ntawm cov lus npau taws thiab hem peb, thiab peb grovel ua ntej nws? Vim li cas peb tsis xa nws mus?
    
  "Kuv pom zoo nrog koj, Sondra, tab sis peb muaj kev txiav txim, thiab lub sijhawm muaj nuj nqis," Boomer hais. "Peb tau ua haujlwm xa cov khoom siv thiab cov kws tshaj lij los pab tshem tawm Skybolt module, thiab peb tseem yuav xa cov khoom siv ntxiv rau ISS. Kuv xav tias peb yuav ua ntau ya nyob rau hauv ob peb lub lis piam tom ntej no. " Nws ntsia cov neeg ua haujlwm hauv lub dav hlau nyob rau pem hauv ntej ntawm nws. "John, Ernesto thiab Sondra, koj muaj ib xyoos lossis ntau dua ntawm kev cob qhia, thiab koj tau raug sim ua tus thawj coj ua tub txib ntawm tsawg kawg ob lub dav hlau, yog li koj yuav tsum ua haujlwm thiab ya raws li cov thawj coj ua ntej koj kawm tiav." Tag nrho peb leeg luag nyav zoo siab thiab ua siab zoo rau ib leeg, thaum lwm tus saib kev nyuaj siab. "Don, Mary thiab Kev, tej zaum koj yuav tsis muaj sijhawm ntau los ya hauv qhov chaw ob peb lub lis piam, tab sis koj tuaj yeem txuas ntxiv koj cov kev kawm thiab muab koj lub sijhawm ua ob zaug hauv simulator thiab ntawm MiG-25. Kevin, koj nyob ze tshaj rau ib xyoos txwv, thiab koj tau raug sim ua tus thawj coj hauv S-9 thiab S-19, yog li koj tuaj yeem raug hu yog tias rooj plaub no rub mus.
    
  "Tam sim no Lavxias Thawj Tswj Hwm Gryzlov tau hem tias yuav tawm tsam txhua lub dav hlau dav hlau ya hla tebchaws Russia hauv kaum hnub," Boomer tau ceeb toom rau lawv txhua tus. "Kuv xav tias tus txiv neej tsis ua dab tsi tab sis ntaus nws lub hauv siab, tab sis peb tsuas yog tsis paub tseeb. Yog li yog tias koj xav tias tej zaum yuav muaj kev phom sij ntau dhau - txawm tias ntau dua li peb feem ntau npaj rau txhua lub davhlau - koj tsis tas yuav ya. Tsis muaj leej twg yuav thuam koj li yog tias koj txiav txim siab tawm mus. Peb tsis nyob hauv tub rog: peb yog cov neeg cog lus, thiab txawm hais tias peb pheej hmoo peb lub neej txhua zaus peb caij cov dav hlau no, peb tsis xav tias yuav ua haujlwm hauv thaj chaw sib ntaus sib tua. Peb twb muaj txaus txaus ntshai yam tsis tau ya nyob rau hauv hluav taws los ntawm missiles los yog lasers, txoj cai? Koj tsis tas yuav qhia kuv tam sim no - qhia rau kuv hauv kuv qhov chaw ua haujlwm, ntiag tug, thiab peb yuav rov teem dua. "
    
  "Kuv mam qhia koj tam sim no, Boomer: Kuv tabtom ya," Ernesto Hermosillo, ib tug ntawm cov tub ntxhais kawm tsav dav hlau. "Gryzlov tuaj yeem dhau los ua kuv culo peludo." Txhua tus neeg hauv chav qhia luv luv tau npuaj teg thiab hais tias lawv yuav mus thiab.
    
  "Ua tsaug rau txhua tus," Boomer hais. "Tab sis kuv paub tias koj tsis tau tham txog qhov no nrog koj tsev neeg, thiab nws yuav tsum yog tsev neeg txiav txim siab. Tom qab koj tham nrog koj tsev neeg, yog tias koj xav rho tawm, tsuas yog qhia rau kuv. Raws li kuv hais, tsis muaj leej twg yuav xav txog koj tsawg dua.
    
  "Peb muaj ib qho S-29 thiab ib S-19 nyob rau hauv kab, thiab ob lub 19 ntxiv npaj mus nyob rau ob peb hnub, yog li cov haujlwm ntawd yog txoj haujlwm," Boomer hais ntxiv. "Gonzo thiab Sondra nyob hauv S-19, thiab kuv thiab Ernesto's culo peludo nyob hauv S-29. Txij li thaum kuv cia siab tias yuav ua ntau txoj kev taug kev, thaum peb tuaj txog, kuv yuav ua pa ua ntej. " Nws muab lwm txoj haujlwm, ib txwm ua tus thawj coj ntawm lub dav hlau uas muaj kev paub dhau los nrog tus tub txib tub txib. "Mus kho mob, peb txhua tus yuav nyob hauv EEAS lossis ACES suits thiab tej zaum yuav nyob hauv lawv ob peb hnub. Ernesto, peb yuav muaj cov lus luv luv tam sim ntawd tom qab peb muab tso rau ntawm peb lub spacesuits, thaum kuv ua pa ua ntej. Cov lus nug?" Boomer teb ob peb nqe lus nug thiab tso dag me ntsis ntxhov siab nrog nws pab pawg. "Okay hais mav, lub countdown tau pib rau thawj ob tug noog. Cia peb ua tib zoo saib xyuas, ua haujlwm ntse, ua haujlwm ua pab pawg, thiab txhua tus yuav los tsev. Mus".
    
  Sondra nyob tom qab tom qab lwm tus tau tawm mus, nrog lub ntsej muag npau taws me me hauv nws lub qhov muag. "Vim li cas kuv thiaj ya nrog Gonzo?" - nws nug. "Vim li cas kuv thiaj tsis tuaj yeem ya nrog koj?"
    
  "Sondra, koj tsis tau sau npe ua tus tshaj tawm ntawm S-29," Boomer tau hais. "Ernesto zoo li ntawd. Ntxiv rau, kuv muab rau koj thiab Gonzo nres hauv Washington. Koj yuav ntsib tus lwm thawj coj thiab coj nws mus rau Armstrong. "
    
  Es tsis txhob xav tsis thoob lossis zoo siab txog tus lwm thawj lub davhlau, Sondra tseem npau taws. "Kuv tsuas yog ob peb lub hlis dhau los ntawm kev ua tiav kuv txoj haujlwm S-29 tus thawj coj tub txib," nws hais tias chim heev. "Tam sim no kuv yog tus thawj coj zoo dua ntawm txhua lub dav hlau ntau dua li Ernesto yuav ua tau."
    
  Boomer lub qhov muag dov rov qab rau hauv surprise. "Hav, nyob, Sondra. Peb tsis hais tej yam tsis zoo txog cov neeg tsav dav hlau, txawm tias nyob hauv ntiag tug. Peb yog ib pab neeg ".
    
  "Koj paub tias nws muaj tseeb," Sondra hais. "Tsis tas li ntawd, qhov phem tshaj plaws tau yoov ntawm nws tus kheej - nws tsis xav tau MC. Koj ua li no vim koj npau taws tias peb tsis tau pw ua ke lawm. "
    
  "Kuv tau ua qhov no vim tias koj tsis tau kuaj xyuas ua tus MC hauv S-29, Sondra, muab nws yooj yim," Boomer hais. "Tsis tas li ntawd, kuv tau txiav txim siab tsis txhob pw nrog koj. Brad thiab kuv tau ua hauj lwm los ze zog ua ke ntawm Starfire, thiab kuv tsis xav tias nws yog lawm. "
    
  "Tab sis nws yog ib txwm muaj thaum kuv pib kawm ntawm no, puas yog?" Sondra swb. "Koj paub tias kuv tau ntsib nws thaum ntawd."
    
  "Sondra, Kuv yuav tsis hloov lub sijhawm," Boomer hais. "Yav nrog Gonzo lossis tsis ya." Nws ntsia nws lub moos, ces ntawm nws. "Lub countdown tau pib. Koj puas mus los tsis? Hauv kev teb, nws ua rau nws npau taws, tig nws lub pob taws thiab khiav tawm.
    
  Boomer khiav nws txhais tes hla nws lub ntsej muag hauv kev ntxhov siab, tsis meej pem thiab tsis sib haum xeeb txog yuav ua li cas hauv qhov xwm txheej no. Tab sis nws txiav txim siab muab qhov teeb meem ntawm tus kheej tawm ntawm nws lub siab thiab tsom mus rau txoj haujlwm ntawm tes.
    
  Txhua tus neeg ua haujlwm yuav tsum tau mus kuaj mob ua ntej lub davhlau, yog li qhov no yog Boomer thawj zaug. Tom qab ntawd nws tau nres ntawm Lub Hom Phiaj Npaj los tshawb xyuas lub sijhawm ya davhlau, uas tau teeb tsa thiab kuaj xyuas los ntawm lub khoos phis tawj thiab tom qab ntawd rub tawm mus rau hauv lub dav hlau lub computer. Nws tus kheej S-29 Shadow spaceplane tau thauj khoom ntau yam khoom siv rau Armstrong thiab ISS, yog li nws yuav tuaj txog ua ntej. Lub Gonzo S-19 ib tag hmo spaceplane muaj ib tug neeg nrog caij module nyob rau hauv lub cargo bay. Nws tau teem caij tawm mus, tuaj txog ntawm Lub Hauv Paus Koom Tes Andrews sab nraum Washington hauv ob peb teev, tuaj tos Tus Lwm Thawj Coj thiab nws pab pawg Secret Service, thiab ya mus rau Armstrong txog plaub teev tom qab nws tuaj txog hauv Armstrong.
    
  Tom ntej no nres yog kev txhawb nqa lub neej. Thaum Hermosillo xav tau kev pab donning nws qhov chaw siab heev los cawm cov neeg coob, Boomer tau yooj yim lub sij hawm kom haum. Lub EEAS, lossis hluav taws xob elastomeric ncaws pob ncaws pob, zoo li lub koom haum hnyav hnyav, ua los ntawm cov nyiaj hluav taws xob hluav taws xob-resistant carbon fiber xov uas npog txhua feem ntawm lub cev los ntawm sab saum toj ntawm lub caj dab mus rau hauv ob txhais taw. Hnav cov ris tsho hauv qab hluav taws xob tswj hluav taws xob uas yuav saib xyuas nws lub cev kub thaum taug kev, Boomer tau tso lub EEAS, tom qab ntawd khau thiab hnab looj tes, tuav cov khoom sib txuas rau txhua tus, txuas nws lub tsho rau lub console, tom qab ntawd muab lub npog ntsej muag ua pa ua ntej.
    
  Tom qab ua kom paub tseeb tias tsis muaj qhov sib sib zog nqus hauv cov khaub ncaws thiab tias nws cov noob qes thiab noov tau muab tso rau kom zoo, nws txuas cov khaub ncaws mus rau qhov kev xeem console thiab nias lub pob. Cov khaub ncaws tam sim ntawd nruj nreem nyob ib ncig ntawm txhua square inch ntawm nws lub cev uas tuaj rau hauv kev sib cuag nrog nws, ua rau nws involuntarily grunt nrov - lub hauv paus ntawm lub suit lub npe menyuam yaus thiab EEAS lub npe menyuam yaus: "AHHHSS!" Tab sis tsiv mus nyob ib puag ncig, thiab tshwj xeeb tshaj yog mus rau hauv qhov chaw sab nrauv, yuav yooj yim dua rau nws dua li txhua tus hauv ACES oxygenated, vim hais tias cov khaub ncaws yuav hloov kho rau nws lub cev kom tswj tau qhov siab ntawm nws daim tawv nqaij yam tsis tsim kev khi lossis ua rau muaj kev hloov siab. Tib neeg lub cev vascular system twb hermetically kaw, tab sis nyob rau hauv lub tshuab nqus tsev los yog qis atmospheric siab ntawm daim tawv nqaij yuav bulge tawm sab nraud tshwj tsis yog tias nws yog compressed; ACES tau ua qhov no nyob rau hauv cov pa oxygen, thaum EEAS ua nws nyob rau hauv lub tshuab ua haujlwm siab.
    
  "Kuv ib txwm xav tias kuv xav sim qee yam ntawm no," Ernesto hais dhau ntawm kev sib tham, luag nyav thiab tuav nws lub taub hau thaum nws saib Boomer npaj nws lub tsho, "thiab tom qab ntawd kuv saib koj thawb mus rau qhov kev sim hloov thiab nws zoo li koj tau ncaws pob txhua lub sijhawm, yog li kuv hloov siab. "
    
  Boomer tau kaw qhov kev hloov pauv kom tsis muaj zog ntawm cov teeb meem. "Nws yuav siv sij hawm me ntsis los siv," nws lees.
    
  Lawv ua tiav lawv cov khoom siv hauv tsev, tom qab ntawd tau nyob rau hauv cov rooj zaum xis nyob thaum Tus Thawj Saib Xyuas Lub Hom Phiaj Planner Alice Wainwright piav qhia cov neeg coob ntawm kev sib txuas video. Txoj kev ya davhlau tam sim ntawd nyiam Boomer txoj kev xav. "Aw, Alice? Raws li yog vim li cas peb tab tom ua txhua yam no, qhov no puas yog txoj kev ya dav hlau uas peb yuav tsum ua raws? - nws nug dua lub intercom.
    
  "Cov khoos phis tawj tsis nkag siab txog kev nom kev tswv lossis Gryzlov, Boomer - txhua yam lawv paub yog qhov xav tau kawg txoj haujlwm, azimuth, nrawm, lub ntiajteb txawj nqus, tshuab orbital, thrust, chaw nres tsheb thiab txhua yam jazz," Alice hais. "Lub chaw nres tsheb xav tau khoom siv sai li sai tau."
    
  Boomer paub tias muaj cov txheej txheem hu ua "kev sib tsoo": cov xwm txheej me me thiab zoo li tsis sib xws uas tau ua rau muaj kev sib tsoo - lossis, qhov no, kev sib tsoo nrog riam phom Lavxias teb sab satellite. Ib qho xwm txheej tshwm sim feem ntau yog "ua kom tiav lub hom phiaj tseem ceeb; tsis quav ntsej txog kev nyab xeeb thiab kev nkag siab zoo thiab tsuas yog ua tiav txoj haujlwm. " Qhov ntawd yog qhov tshwm sim tam sim no - txuas tus naj npawb ib hauv cov saw ntawm kev sib tsoo tau tshwm sim. "Qhov no tsis tuaj yeem tos lwm hnub lossis ob peb teev?" - Boomer nug.
    
  Alice tau hais tias "Kuv tau teeb tsa txhua lub qhov rais qhib thiab txoj hauv kev ya davhlau, Boomer," Alice hais. "Txhua tus neeg tau ya hla thaj chaw muaj neeg nyob, thiab tib neeg tau yws yws txog sonic booms." Txuas tus lej thib ob. "Txij li thaum cov neeg Lavxias tau txiav ROS los ntawm International Chaw Chaw Nres Nkoj, ob qho tib si Canada thiab Mexico thiab ntau lub tebchaws tau qhia tob txog kev tso cai rau cov dav hlau dav hlau ya hla lawv thaj chaw mus rau qib Ká rmá n. Lub davhlau no lossis tsis muaj dab tsi rau ob hnub. "
    
  Cov tswb nrov nrov hauv nws lub taub hau thaum Flight Three tau koom nrog lwm tus, tab sis nws paub tias Armstrong thiab ISS xav tau cov khoom siv, thiab cov neeg sab laug ntawm ISS xav tau lawv tsis zoo - lossis tam sim no nws tab tom tsim nws lub davhlau hauv kev sib tsoo? "Peb puas yuav ceeb toom rau cov neeg Lavxias txog peb txoj haujlwm?" nws nug.
    
  "Nws yog txheej txheem txheej txheem," Alice hais. "Zoo meej, Space Command ntseeg tias Gryzlov yog bluffing. Peb yuav ua raws li cov txheej txheem ib txwm muaj. "
    
  Qhov thib plaub txuas hauv cov saw ntawm kev sib tsoo tau nyuam qhuav tsim, Boomer xav - nws tsis zoo. Nws tig mus rau Ernesto. "Dab tsi yog koj, amigo? Koj xav li cas, phooj ywg?"
    
  "Vamos, Comandante," Ernesto hais. "Cia li mus, commander. Gryzlov tsis muaj lub hlwb. " Qhov no puas yog lwm qhov txuas? Boomer xav txog nws.
    
  "Muaj lus nug ntxiv, Boomer?" Alice nug me ntsis ua siab ntev. "Koj tawm hauv kaum feeb thiab kuv tseem yuav tau piav qhia Gonzo thiab Sondra."
    
  Qhov thib tsib txuas hauv cov saw ntawm kev sib tsoo tau nyuam qhuav txuas, tab sis Boomer tsis paub txog nws. Nws yog tus thawj coj ntawm lub spaceship - yog nws qhov kev txiav txim zaum kawg ... tab sis nws tsis ua. Nws xav txog nws ib pliag, ces nws taub hau rau Ernesto. "Tsis muaj lus nug, Alice," nws hais ntawm intercom. "Peb insist." Kaum feeb tom qab, Boomer tau rub nws lub tshuab cua txias thiab lub tank oxygen, thiab nws thiab Ernesto tau mus rau lub tsheb thauj neeg coob uas yuav coj lawv mus rau txoj kab tawm mus.
    
  Tus S-29 Duab Ntxoo yog tus qauv thib peb thiab loj tshaj plaws ntawm lub dav hlau, nrog tsib lub cav Leopard es tsis txhob muaj plaub thiab lub peev xwm them tau ntawm kaum tsib txhiab phaus. Tom qab cov kws tshaj lij ua tiav lawv cov kev npaj ua ntej ya davhlau, Boomer thiab Ernesto nkag mus rau hauv lub dav hlau los ntawm qhib lub qhov rooj qhib, txuas lawv cov cables rau cov khoom siv tes ua, thiab buckled hauv. Tus Duab Ntxoo tau ua haujlwm ntau dua li nws cov viv ncaus, thiab nws tsuas yog ib qho teeb meem ntawm kev tshuaj xyuas lub khoos phis tawj kev nce qib thaum nws ua tiav cov ntawv txheeb xyuas ua ntej, lees paub tias txhua daim ntawv txheeb xyuas tiav, tom qab ntawd tos lawv tua hluav taws - cav, tsheb tavxij thiab lub sijhawm tawm mus. .
    
  Thaum lub sijhawm programmed, cov tshuab tuaj yeem ua rau lub neej, cov ntawv teev npe tom qab lub cav tau khiav, lub tsheb tavxij khiav tau raug tshem tawm, thiab raws nraim li tsheb tavxij tab tom ua haujlwm, cov throttles tau txais kev koom tes thiab Duab ntxoov ntxoo pib tsheb tavxij mus rau lub ntsiab khiav ntawm Kev Sib Tw. Roob rau takeoff. Ernesto tau hais tias "Kuv yuav tsis tau siv lub dav hlau uas tsuas yog tsheb tavxij xwb." "Me ntsis creepy."
    
  "Kuv paub koj txhais li cas," Boomer hais. "Kuv thov ob peb zaug kom tso cai tsav nws tus kheej, tsis muaj automation, tab sis Richter ib txwm tsis kam kuv, ceeb toom kuv tsis txhob sim. Tom qab muaj ntau tshaj ib tug ntawm lawv, kuv yuav nug dua. Kaddiri thiab Richter tsis xav kom lawv tus ntxhais tshiab thiab ci ntsa iab raug desecrated los ntawm ib tug neeg zoo li kuv. Puas yog lawv ua qias neeg txaus, Corregir? Ernesto lub nrig tsoo Boomer thiab nodded hauv kev pom zoo.
    
  Ob tus kws sau hnub qub cia li zaum nyob ntawd rau qhov so ntawm lub davhlau, sib tham, mus dhau ntawm cov ntawv txheeb xyuas thiab lees paub qhov ua tiav thiab tso tawm, thiab saib Duab ntxoov ntxoo ua nws li: nws ya mus rau qhov chaw refueling, lub sijhawm no hla sab qaum teb Minnesota; refueled los ntawm lwm lub computer-tswj tanker aircraft; tig mus rau lub orbital nkag point hla Colorado, tig mus rau sab qaum teb sab hnub tuaj thiab ntaus cov roj thaum lub sijhawm. Lawv tau tshuaj xyuas tag nrho cov ntawv nyeem thiab paub tseeb tias daim ntawv teev npe tau ua tiav, tab sis thaum kawg, lawv tsuas yog tus zov menyuam xwb.
    
  Tab sis tam sim no uas lawv tau mus rau hauv lub voj voog, lawv tau nres sib tham thiab tau ceeb toom, vim tias lawv txoj kev tau coj lawv mus rau sab hnub poob ntawm Russia ...
    
  ... tsuas yog peb puas mais qaum teb sab hnub poob ntawm Plesetsk cosmodrome thiab yuav luag ncaj qha rau saum lub hauv paus tub rog ntawm Lavxias Red Banner Northern Fleet hauv Severomorsk.
    
  "Hais txog tucking tus Tsov tus tw, Comandante," Ernesto hais. "Los yog qhov no, ib tug dais tus Tsov tus tw."
    
  "Koj ua tau lawm, amigo," said Boomer. "Koj ua tau lawm."
    
    
  KREMLIN
  MOSCOW RUSSIAN FEDERATION
  LUB SIJ HAWM
    
    
  "Tus Tswv, lub dav hlau Asmeskas tau pom tias ya hla Plesetsk cosmodrome!" - Tus Thawj Fwm Tsav Saib Xyuas Kev Tiv Thaiv Gregor Sokolov tau qw rau hauv lub xov tooj txais thaum Gryzlov khaws nws.
    
  "Koj hais dab tsi?" Gryzlov yws ib yam dab tsi rau hauv xov tooj hauv chav pw. Tus Thawj Fwm Tsav Tebchaws Txawv Tebchaws Daria Titeneva, pw liab qab ntawm ib sab ntawm Gryzlov, tam sim ntawd sawv, sawv ntawm txaj thiab maj nrawm mus hnav - nws tsis paub tias hu xovtooj yog dab tsi, tab sis leej twg uas tuaj yeem hu rau Thawj Tswj Hwm Gennady Gryzlov hauv nruab nrab hmo ntuj yuav tsum muaj qhov laj thawj loj rau qhov no, thiab nws paub tias nws yuav raug hu mus rau nws lub chaw haujlwm tam sim ntawd.
    
  "Kuv hais tias, cov neeg Amelikas tau tsim lub dav hlau mus rau hauv lub ntiaj teb - thiab nws tau tsaws ntau pua mais ntawm Plesetsk cosmodrome!" Sokolov rov hais dua. "Nws ya mus rau lub hauv paus ntawm Red Banner Northern Fleet hauv Severomorsk. Nws yog tiag tiag nyob rau hauv orbit thiab nyob rau hauv txoj kev mus cuam tshuam lub Armstrong chaw nres tsheb nyob rau hauv lub teev. "
    
  "Fuck!" Gryzlov tau cog lus tseg. "Yuav ua li cas cov tub ntawm bitches ua li no tom qab kuv nyuam qhuav tau txiav txim? Puas yog lawv fucking tsis quav ntsej kuv? Peb puas tau txais kev ceeb toom ntawm ib lub dav hlau ya davhlau?
    
  Sokolov tau hais tias "Peb tab tom tshuaj xyuas lub chaw ua haujlwm huab cua hauv Washington, tus tswv," Sokolov hais. "Tam sim no tsis muaj lus teb los ntawm lawv."
    
  "Cov neeg phem no!" Gryzlov qw. "Phoenix yuav them rau qhov no! Sau tag nrho pawg saib xyuas kev ruaj ntseg hauv kuv lub chaw haujlwm tam sim ntawd!"
    
  Nees nkaum feeb tom qab, Gryzlov nkag mus hauv nws qhov chaw ua haujlwm, nws cov plaub hau tsaus nti ntev ntws nrawm nrawm tom qab nws caj dab. Tsuas yog Tarzarov thiab Sokolov tuaj txog. "Zoo, Sokolov?" nws qw.
    
  "Tebchaws Asmeskas Chaw Haujlwm tau hais qhia rau Air Attaché hauv Washington tias ib qho S-29 Duab Ntxoo thiab ib S-19 Ib tag hmo yuav raug xa mus rau hauv lub voj voog nyob rau hauv 6 teev tom ntej," Tus Thawj Fwm Tsav Saib Xyuas Kev Tiv Thaiv tau hais, muab rau Thawj Tswj Hwm ob peb daim duab qhia chaw thiab radar phiaj xwm. . "Lub S-29 yuav mus rau Armstrong, xa cov khoom siv thiab nqa cov neeg caij tsheb, nkag mus rau lub voj voog hloov mus, hla mus rau Chaw Nres Nkoj Thoob Ntiaj Teb kom xa cov khoom siv thiab khaws cov neeg ua haujlwm, tom qab ntawd rov qab rau hnub tom qab. S-19 yuav ya mus rau Joint Base Andrews ze Washington, tos cov neeg caij tsheb, ces ya mus rau Armstrong. Lawv kuj tau tshaj tawm tias lawv yuav xa ob peb lub tsheb thauj neeg mus los thiab tsis muaj neeg taug kev mus rau ob lub chaw nres tsheb hauv xya caum ob teev tom ntej. "
    
  "Ob lub dav hlau?" Gryzlov thundered. "Puas yog lawv tso ob lub dav hlau? Thiab ib tug ntawm lawv twb nyob rau hauv orbit, thiab tsis nyob rau hauv rau teev? Qhov no tsis tsim nyog! Thiab lawv txoj kev ya davhlau?
    
  "Txhua txoj kev ya mus rau txhua qhov chaw nres tsheb yuav ya hla Russia, tus tswv," Sokolov hais.
    
  "Qhov no tsis tsim nyog!" Gryzlov qw dua. "Kuv hais kom dav hlau tsis txhob ya hla Russia! Puas muaj pov thawj tias lawv tab tom ua haujlwm ntawm kev tshem tawm Skybolt module los ntawm chaw nres tsheb tub rog?
    
  "Tsis muaj, tus tswv," said Sokolov. "Peb tshawb xyuas lub chaw nres tsheb thaum nws dhau los ze ntawm qhov chaw soj ntsuam thaj chaw kwv yees li plaub mus rau rau teev, thiab peb tsis tau pom muaj kev hloov pauv sab nraud ntawm chaw nres tsheb."
    
  Tarzarov tus thawj coj ntawm cov neeg ua haujlwm tau hais tias "Nws tsis tau ntev npaum li koj hais koj cov lus lossis tham nrog Thawj Tswj Hwm Phoenix, tus tswv," "Tej zaum lub hom phiaj ntawm cov davhlau no yog ua raws li koj xaj. Thiab, tus tswv, koj hais tias koj yuav muab rau Asmeskas ob ...
    
  Gryzlov hais tias "Tsis txhob zam txim rau cov neeg Asmeskas, Tarzarov." "Kuv yuav tsis cia kuv tus kheej tsis saib xyuas zoo li no! Kuv yuav tsis tso cai rau kuv tus kheej los ua ib tug scapegoat zoo li tus neeg ruam Phoenix!" Nws tau saib cov phiaj xwm radar ntawm lub dav hlau txoj kev ya davhlau. "Nws zoo li kuv tias qhov no yog qhov kev sim tawm tsam ntawm peb lub cosmodrome! Qhov no tsis tsim nyog! "
    
  "Kuv puas yuav tsum tso koj hauv xov tooj nrog Thawj Tswj Hwm Phoenix, tus tswv?" - Tarzarov nug. "Qhov no yuav tsum tau piav qhia."
    
  "Tsis muaj qhov xav tau, Mr. Tarzarov," said Daria Titeneva, sai sai nkag mus rau tus thawj tswj hwm lub chaw ua haujlwm tom qab nws tau ua tib zoo tos qee lub sijhawm tom qab tawm hauv Gryzlov chav pw. Nws khaws daim ntawv tais ceev tseg. "Cov ntawv thov rov hais dua uas Phoenix tau ua hauv Asmeskas TV tsis ntev los no. Nws rov tsis kam lees tias nws yog qhov chaw-raws li kev qhia lub zog riam phom lossis tias lub dav hlau pej xeem raug tua los ntawm riam phom; tsis hais txog kev ua haujlwm ntawm Skybolt laser; thiab nws hais tias tsis muaj lub tebchaws twg muaj cai txwv tsis pub txav mus los ntawm ib lub dav hlau lossis lub dav hlau saum toj ntawm kab Ká rmán, uas yog qhov siab saum toj no uas lub aerodynamic nqa tsis tau ...
    
  "Kuv paub dab tsi lub ntuj raug txim Ká kab yog. rm & # 225;n, Daria - Kuv tau kawm raws li ib tug astronaut, nco ntsoov? Gryzlov cuam tshuam sarcastically. Nws nodded, ces tig rov qab mus rau nws lub rooj thiab ntsia lub qhov rais. Lawv txhua tus pom tias nws tam sim ntawd ua yeeb yam xav tsis thoob - lawv xav kom nws mus txuas ntxiv qhov rant uas tau pib lub rooj sib tham no. "Yog li ntawd. Qhov no tau npaj txhij txog. Kenneth Phoenix tau rov qab los ntawm nws txoj kev cia siab nyob rau hnub tsis ntev los no, txawm tias nws qhov kev pom zoo npaj txhij los txiav tawm Skybolt module. Peb muaj ntau ntau los tham, kuv cov phooj ywg. Wb mus rau lub rooj sab laj. Kas fes lossis tshuaj yej?"
    
    
  JOINT BASE ANDREWS, nyob ze WASHINGTON, DC.
  Ob peb teev tom qab ntawd
    
    
  Nyob rau hauv ib lub dav hlau loj hangar, Jessica "Gonzo" Faulkner thiab Sondra Eddington sawv ntawm ko taw ntawm ib tag hmo S-19 spaceplane thaum lub limousine rub. Gonzo hnav nws lub tsho EEAS thaum Sondra hnav nws lub tsho txiv kab ntxwv ACES. Tsis muaj leej twg hnav lub kaus mom hlau. Ntawm ob sab ntawm lawv yog ob tus neeg saib xyuas cov khaub ncaws dawb uas twb tau kuaj xyuas sab hauv thiab sab nrauv ntawm lub dav hlau S-19 uas lawv tau sawv ntawm ib sab - lawv tau lees paub tias lawv tsis paub dab tsi yog ntuj raug txim saib, tab sis lawv cov txoj hauj lwm yog mus xyuas tej thaj chaw uas muaj lwm tus yuav nrhiav tau. Thawj Tswj Hwm tuaj yeem qiv, yog li lawv tau ua. Lub dav hlau tau nres nyob rau hauv qhov chaw nres tsheb dav hlau ruaj ntseg ntawm Joint Base Andrews, lub qub Andrews Air Force Base, lub tshav dav hlau loj tub rog siv los ntawm cov neeg laus hauv tsoomfwv Meskas thaum lawv mus rau hauv cov tub rog dav hlau. Lub ramp tau nyob ib puag ncig los ntawm ntau txheej kev ruaj ntseg, ob qho tib si hauv av thiab saum taub hau.
    
  Tus neeg saib xyuas Kev Pabcuam zais cia qhib lub qhov rooj ntawm lub limousine thiab ob tus neeg tawm mus, ob leeg hnav cov txiv kab ntxwv ACES spacesuits: tus poj niam Secret Service tus neeg saib xyuas thiab Tus Lwm Thawj Coj ntawm Tebchaws Meskas, Anne Page. Ann taug kev mus rau Gonzo thiab nthuav nws txhais tes hnab looj tes. "Colonel Faulkner?"
    
  "Yog lawm, ma'am," Gonzo hais, tuav tes. "Zoo siab tau ntsib koj. Hnub no kuv yuav yog tus thawj coj ntawm koj lub nkoj. Nov yog Sondra Eddington, peb tus thawj coj tub txib. " Sondra thiab Tus Lwm Thawj Coj kuj tuav tes. "Zoo siab txais tos".
    
  "Ua tsaug. Kuv tos ntsoov rau nws, "Anne hais, nws lub qhov muag ci ntsa iab nrog kev zoo siab. "Qhov no yog Tus Neeg Sawv Cev Tshwj Xeeb Robin Clarkson, kuv tus neeg ua haujlwm zais cia." Clarkson tuav tes nrog cov neeg tsav dav hlau. Nws ntsia me ntsis ntshai, Gonzo xav, tab sis tsis ze li qhov ntshai heev li tus neeg saib xyuas tshwj xeeb Charlie Spellman tsis zoo thaum nws tau ya nrog Thawj Tswj Hwm. Ann sawv thiab qhuas S-19 Ib tag hmo nrog luag ntxhi rau nws lub ntsej muag. "Kuv thawj zaug tom qab ib tag hmo ntawm S-19. Kuv tau ua ob peb lub dav hlau nyob rau hauv dub stallion S-9, tab sis qhov ntawd yog nyob rau hauv thaum ntxov heev. "
    
  Gonzo hais tias "Kuv tsis xav tias koj yuav pom qhov sib txawv ntawm txhua qhov, ma'am," Gonzo hais. "Cov neeg caij tsheb tau yooj yim heev, tab sis kuv xav tias koj yuav xav nyob hauv lub cockpit rau lub davhlau no."
    
  "Ntuj raug txim yog," Anne hais. "Kuv vam tias koj tsis mloog, Npeeg Eddington. Kuv yeej tsis tso tseg lub sijhawm los caij hauv lub cockpit. "
    
  "Tau kawg tsis yog, ma'am," Sondra hais tias, tab sis nws pom tseeb zoo nkauj tias nws yeej tsis pom zoo. Kuv yeej tsis tso nws ib leeg, nws xav, tab sis kuv twv kuv tsuas yog tsis muaj teeb meem hauv qhov chaw no ntxiv lawm.
    
  "Peb yuav tsum mus?" Anne nug zoo siab heev. "Kuv tos tsis tau pom qhov chaw nres tsheb dua."
    
  Gonzo hais tias, "Peb muaj sijhawm ntau, ma'am. "Tsis txhob maj kiag li. Peb lub qhov rais tso tawm qhib hauv li ib teev. "
    
  "Zoo heev, Colonel Faulkner," Anne hais.
    
  "Gonzo, thov. Kuv tsis teb rau lub npe ntxiv lawm. "
    
  "Qhov no yog Gonzo." Nws ntsia EEAS suit. "Kuv nyiam cov khaub ncaws no," nws hais. "Nws qhia tawm koj daim duab zoo heev, zoo dua li qhov qub. Koj puas nyiam nws?"
    
  Gonzo tau lees tias "Nws yog me ntsis ntawm kev ncaws hauv lub nroog Yeiuxalees thaum qhib," tab sis nws tso cai rau kev txav mus los thiab kev ua tau zoo dua.
    
  Lawv tau nce tus ntaiv mus rau lub dav hlau nkag mus rau ntawm lub ru tsev ntawm Midnight Spaceplane, tom qab ntawd nqis los rau hauv nruab nrab ntawm cov neeg caij tsheb, thiab Gonzo tau pab Clarkson thiab Sondra buckle thiab hnav lawv lub kaus mom hlau, tom qab ntawd piav qhia lawv txog cov txheej txheem xwm txheej kub ntxhov. "Kuv paub cov cai ntawm qhov kev ua si, Gonzo," Sondra hais tias, suab txhawj xeeb thaum Gonzo sim pab nws txuas txoj hlua.
    
  "Kuv yuav tsum ua raws li niaj hnub no nrog txhua tus, Sondra-koj paub qhov ntawd," Gonzo hais hauv lub suab qis, muab tus poj niam hluas ceeb toom thiab kuaj xyuas seb Clarkson puas tau pom ib qho ntawm nws. "Ua koj tus kheej, ua li cas?" Hais rau Clarkson, nws tau hais tias: "Rau qhov laj thawj kev nyab xeeb peb yuav hnav kaus mom hlau thiab hnab looj tes, tab sis koj tuaj yeem qhib koj lub visors. Yog tias tsim nyog, txhua yam koj yuav tsum ua yog kaw lawv thiab koj yuav muaj kev nyab xeeb. Sondra yuav pab koj. Zoo siab ya davhlau". Clarkson nodned tab sis tsis hais dab tsi.
    
  Tom qab cov kws tshaj lij ua kom txhua yam hauv cov neeg caij tsheb muaj kev nyab xeeb thiab npaj txhij, lawv tau pab Ann Page rau hauv lub rooj zaum sab xis ntawm Ib tag hmo, khi nws, khi nws, thiab pab nws hnav nws lub kaus mom hlau. "Kuv tos tsis tau, Kuv tos tsis tau," nws hais zoo siab thaum lub intercom tuaj. "Kuv nco kev taug kev hauv qhov chaw ntau heev. Tej zaum nws zoo li niaj hnub rau koj hais mav, tab sis rov qab rau hnub ntawm lub shuttle thiab lub dav hlau thaum ntxov, nws zoo li txhua lub davhlau yog qhov kev sim. Cov xov xwm ib txwm tshaj tawm tias nws yog 'lwm lub nkoj xa khoom', tab sis peb tsis quav ntsej li. Koj tsis muaj lub tswv yim. "
    
  "Auj, kuv ntseeg, ma'am," Gonzo hais. "Kuv paub tus txiv leej tub uas tsim peb Leopard cav, thiab nws tuaj yeem yog tsiaj nyaum tiag tiag. Peb lub neej yog nyob rau hauv txhais tes ntawm tus txiv neej no ntawm txhua lub davhlau. "
    
  "Gonzo, thov hu rau kuv Anne ntawm lub davhlau no," Anne hais. "Kuv xav xav zoo li cov neeg coob coob, tsis yog tus neeg caij tsheb tso cai caij phom."
    
  "Okay, Anne."
    
  Ann hais tias, "Tus Neeg Tua Tsiaj "Boomer" Noble," Ann hais. "Kuv nco qab tias yog ib tug miv pajama hauv aerospace engineering txog thaum nws tuaj. Nws lub koob npe nrov dhau los ntawm kuv zoo li nag xob nag cua fucking. "
    
  Gonzo hais tias, "Cov tub ntxhais kawm ua haujlwm ntawm Project Starfire yuav sai dua Boomer, Kuv lav nws," thiab lawv lub tsev kawm ntawv, Cal Poly, tsis yog lub tsev kawm ntawv engineering zoo tshaj plaws hauv lub tebchaws. Kuv xav tias peb yuav pom qee qhov kev vam meej sai sai. "
    
  Ob tug txuas ntxiv sib tham mus txog thaum lub sijhawm tsheb tavxij thiab tawm mus. Gonzo pom tias Tus Lwm Thawj Coj tau paub zoo nrog lub dav hlau daim ntawv txheeb xyuas thiab hloov txoj haujlwm, thiab nws tau tuav nws lub luag haujlwm ua tus thawj coj ua tub txib zoo heev. "Kuv zoo siab heev, Anne," nws hais. "Koj paub ntau npaum li ib tag hmo ua tus tswv tsev kawm ntawv."
    
  Ann hais tias "Kuv tau pab tsim lub dav hlau S-9 thiab kawm ya lawv, txawm hais tias feem ntau kuv tsuas yog neeg caij tsheb," Ann hais. "Kuv xav tias nws zoo li caij tsheb kauj vab: ib zaug koj ua nws, koj yeej tsis hnov qab."
    
  Tshem tawm, txav mus rau huab cua refueling khiav thiab acceleration siv dav hlau xyaw mus zoo. Vim tias lawv lub sijhawm tawm mus yog ob peb teev sib txawv ntawm S-29's, ob lub dav hlau ya davhlau txoj kev tau sib cais los ntawm ntau txhiab mais-thaum S-19 Ib tag hmo tau tawm ntawm lub dav hlau scramjet, lawv ya hla Is Nrias teb, Tuam Tshoj, thiab Lavxias Far Sab hnub tuaj.
    
  "Kuv nyiam nws, Kuv nyiam nws, Kuv nyiam nws," tus lwm thawj coj tau hais rau thaum lawv pib nce toj siab. Tsis muaj dab tsi ntau dhau ntawm nws lub suab, tsuas yog lub ntsej muag luag ntxhi. "Qhov no yog tib txoj kev ya mus!"
    
    
  Saum toj no ELIZOVO AIRPORT
  KAMCHATSK REGION, Eastern PART OF RUSSIA
  LUB SIJ HAWM
    
    
  "Harpoon davhlau," qhov no yog Xib Fwb, koj qhov kev txiav txim yog hnub ci, Kuv rov hais dua, hnub ci," tus thawj tswj hwm laus tau tshaj xov tooj cua. "Tshav ntuj, tshav ntuj. Ua raws li txoj kev npaj."
    
  "Tus thawj tswj hwm lub davhlau Harpoon tau lees paub," tus kws tsav dav hlau ntawm ob lub MiG-31D Foxhound tus neeg tua hluav taws tau hais hauv kev teb. "Tuag. Harpoon ob, koj puas nkag siab?
    
  "Yog, tus thawj coj," teb tus tsav ntawm lub MiG-31 thib ob. "Qhov thib ob yog npaj txhij."
    
  Tus kws tsav dav hlau ua tiav nws cov ntawv sau ua ntej tso tawm, tig mus rau hauv nruab nrab ntawm lub davhlau tswj bar ntawm nws cov zaub, maj mam nce lub zog kom txog rau thaum nws nkag mus rau tom qab lub tshuab hluav taws xob, tos kom txog thaum huab cua nrawm tshaj Mach 1, tom qab ntawd pib nce siab thiab txuas ntxiv zog. kom txog rau thaum tsis tau nkag mus rau thaj tsam thib tsib tom qab hlawv. Tau txais kev ceev ntawm kaum txhiab taw ib feeb, nws npog tsib caug txhiab ko taw. Lub airspeed tau mus txog Mach 1.5, tab sis tam sim no tau maj mam txo qis raws li tus kws tsav dav hlau sib txawv ntawm qhov siab, tab sis qhov no tsis thab nws: nws txoj hauj lwm tseem ceeb yog tswj lub davhlau tswj koob, uas qhia txog qhov yuav tsum tau ua thiab lub kaum sab xis ntawm kev nce, kis tau los ntawm lub chaw nres tsheb taug qab lub hauv paus
    
  "Cov ntaub ntawv txuas tau thauj cov ntaub ntawv tseem ceeb kawg," tus tub ceev xwm riam phom tau tshaj tawm tom qab tus tsav. "Cov ntaub ntawv hloov mus rau Osa pib. Kaum vib nas this sab laug. "
    
  Nyob rau ntawm qhov siab ntawm rau caum txhiab taw tus kws tsav dav hlau tau txais nws thawj zaug ceeb toom ntawm kev siv roj tsawg - ob lub cav loj loj Solovyov D30-F6 nyob rau hauv cheeb tsam-tsib lub tshuab hluav taws xob tau siv tsib caug txhiab phaus roj ib teev, txawm hais tias nws nqa tsuas yog peb caug txhiab phaus hauv tag nrho. - airspeed txo mus rau peb puas pob caus xwb, thiab tus nqi nce mus rau peb txhiab ko taw ib feeb. "Cov ntaub ntawv xa mus ua tiav, tsib vib nas this kom txog thaum pib," tus tub ceev xwm riam phom tau tshaj tawm. Tus kws tsav dav hlau ua pa nyuaj siab - hauv kaum vib nas this, yog tias lawv tsis nres nce, lawv yuav nres thiab poob zoo li lub pob zeb saum ntuj. "Peb ... ob ... ib ... foob pob hluav taws ntawm kev tawm mus."
    
  Lub MiG-31D tau tig mus rau sab laug, thiab ob tus neeg ua haujlwm tau saib tau thaum lub foob pob hluav taws Wasp tau tua nws lub foob pob hluav taws thiab pib nws qhov nce mus rau hauv qhov chaw ntawm kab daj-liab ntev ntawm hluav taws thiab pa taws. Wasp yog ib qho derivative ntawm 9K720 Iskander luv-ntau qhov kev ua yeeb yam ballistic missile. Nws tau txais cov ntaub ntawv ya davhlau los ntawm qhov chaw nres tsheb hauv av, siv nws cov kev taw qhia inertial kom ua raws li txoj kev ya davhlau, tom qab ntawd qhib lub infrared davhlau ya nyob twg kev taw qhia qhov system mus rau lub hom phiaj. Txawm hais tias yuav luag vertically, nws tau taug kev ntawm qhov nrawm dua li ib mais ib pliag. Nees nkaum vib nas this tom qab, qhov thib ob MiG-31 tau tua nws tus kheej Wasp missile ...
    
  ... ntawm chav kawm los cuam tshuam ib tag hmo S-19 spaceplane thaum nws tau sib tw dhau qhov chaw hla Russia mus rau kev sib tham nrog Armstrong chaw nres tsheb.
    
    
  ARMSTRONG SPACE STATION
  MOMENTS tom qab
    
    
  "Lub foob pob hluav taws tau ntes tau!" qw Christine Rayhill, tus tub ceev xwm riam phom hauv av ntawm Armstrong chaw nres tsheb. "Ob tug Lavxias teb sab Wasp satellites launched los ntawm Kamchatka!"
    
  Kai Raydon nias lub pob "tag nrho hu" ntawm nws lub console. "Cov lus sib ntaus sib tua!" - nws qw, sim tswj nws lub suab. "Txhua tus neeg ua haujlwm yuav tsum ua haujlwm sib ntaus sib tua, qhov no tsis yog kev tawm dag zog!" Tig mus rau Valerie Lucas, nws hais tias, "Txhua lub tshuab tiv thaiv tsis siv neeg, Valerie - peb yuav tsum muab lawv rov qab rau ntawm MANUAL thaum lub dav hlau mus ze dua. Dab tsi yog qhov xwm txheej ntawm Skybolt?"
    
  Valerie tau hais tias "Tseem deactivated," "Peb nyuam qhuav pib kaw Starfire."
    
  Kai hais tias "Plug nws rov qab - peb yuav xav tau nws," Kai hais. "Cov tub ntxhais kawm nyob qhov twg?"
    
  "Kuv nyob ntawm no," Brad hais tias, ruaj ntseg rau lub taub hau ntawm ib sab ntawm Valerie lub console. "Casey nyob hauv Skybolt module. Kuv yuav ua li cas?"
    
  Kai teb tias "Nyob qhov muag saib thiab qw yog tias koj pom ib yam dab tsi uas zoo li txaus ntshai," Kai teb. "Tau qhov no rau Sergeant Lucas lossis lwm tus yog tias nws tsis khoom. Kuv yeej ib txwm siv lwm ob lub qhov muag. "
    
  "Kuv puas yuav tsum hnav ib lub dav hlau?" Brad tau hais dhau lub intercom thaum nws muab nws lub npog ntsej muag oxygen thiab qhib nws.
    
  "Nws lig dhau lawm," Kai hais. "Los ntawm tam sim no tag nrho cov modules yuav tsum tau muab kaw. Cov neeg ua haujlwm tswj hwm yuav tsum tso siab rau cov neeg ua haujlwm rau kev tswj xyuas kev puas tsuaj. " Kai tsis xav xav txog qhov yuav tshwm sim thaum kawg rau lawv txhua tus yog tias lub nkoj tau ua txhaum loj, nrog lossis tsis muaj oxygen, tab sis 100% oxygen yog qhov zoo tshaj plaws uas lawv muaj. Nws nias lwm khawm intercom. "Boomer, qhia kuv koj qhov xwm txheej?"
    
  "Peb tawm hauv kaum feeb, General," Boomer teb. Nws thiab Ernesto Hermosillo tau docked nrog Armstrong chaw nres tsheb thiab saib xyuas cov khoom siv thauj khoom los ntawm lub nkoj thauj khoom thiab refueling, thiab sai li sai tau lub tswb nrov, lawv nres unloading thiab pib npaj undock.
    
  Valerie tau hais tias "Txhua yam riam phom tiv thaiv tshwj tsis yog Skybolt tau qhib thiab tsis siv neeg," Valerie tau hais. "Starfire, koj puas tuaj yeem muab rau kuv-"
    
  "Nws yog S-19!" Christine Rayhill qw. "Wasp tab tom tsom rau S-19! Interception hauv ob feeb! Ob lub missile tab tom los!"
    
  "Crap!" - Kai swore. Nws nias lub pob ntawm nws lub console. "Ib tag hmo, qhov no yog Armstrong, Liab Wasp, Kuv rov hais dua, Liab Wasp." Nyob rau hauv lub intercom, nws nug: "Dab tsi yog lawv qhov chaw nres tsheb?"
    
  Valerie teb tias "Tshaj Hydra qhov ncav cuag," Valerie teb.
    
  Kai hais tias "Tshaj koj qhov kev tua ntau tshaj plaws," Kai hais. Lub Hydra's chlorine-oxygen-iodine laser, uas muaj qhov siab tshaj plaws ntawm peb puas mais, tau hloov mus rau rau caum mais raws li kev cog lus, tab sis Kai Rhydon tsis muaj lub hom phiaj los saib xyuas cov kev cog lus tam sim no. "Npaj cov Kingfishers tawm mus rau qhov chaw nres tsheb. Lawv yuav raug tso tawm sai li sai tau thaum koj muaj kev daws teeb meem los tso tawm. "
    
  Henry tau tshaj tawm tias "Ib tag hmo ua kom nrawm dua thiab nce qhov siab," Henry tau tshaj tawm hauv lub voj voog, kev ceev tsuas yog ib qho: qhov siab tshaj plaws ntawm lub ntiaj teb, mus nrawm dua thiab koj qhov siab yuav nce; qeeb thiab koj qhov siab yuav txo qis.
    
  Valerie tau hais tias "Tam sim no peb tab tom nrhiav kev daws teeb meem los tsim tawm," Valerie tau hais. Lub chaw nres tsheb riam phom Kingfisher, uas tau khaws cia ntawm Armstrong lub hauv paus ua liaj ua teb, tau txuas nrog rau kev sib ntaus sib tua thiab lawv cov cuaj luaj muaj rau kev tiv thaiv chaw nres tsheb.
    
  Ib pliag tom qab Henry Lathrop qw hais tias, "Yog! Interception chav kawm teem! Rau tus interceptors npaj txhij!"
    
  "Kev sib ntaus sib tua, cov roj teeb tsawg," Valerie hais. "Cia li rub cov suckers cia!"
    
  "Muab riam phom pov tseg!" - Henry qw. Ob lub tuam txhab riam phom ntawm qhov chaw nres tsheb ua liaj ua teb tso tawm tag nrho peb ntawm lawv cov satellite interceptors. Cov no yog cov thawv yooj yim, tsis yog aerodynamic - txij li thaum lawv tsis tau ya mus rau hauv lub ntiaj teb huab cua, lawv tuaj yeem yog ib qho duab - rau taw ntev, nrog lub radar thiab infrared homeing system nyob rau hauv pem hauv ntej, maneuvering foob pob ua ntxaij nozzles nyob ib ncig ntawm lub cev ntawm ob sab, thiab lub foob pob hluav taws loj loj nyob tom qab. Cov interceptors siv tswj cov teeb liab los ntawm Armstrong rau maneuver kom txog rau thaum lawv muaj peev xwm kaw rau lub hom phiaj siv lawv tus kheej sensors. "Ib txoj kev zoo rau tag nrho Trinity. Rau caum vib nas this kom txog thaum interception. Kuv xav tias peb yuav ua kom raws sijhawm, tus tswv. Ib tag hmo yog nce siab thiab nrawm dua. Cov intruders yuav nyob rau hauv thaj tsam ntawm Hydra nyob rau hauv xya caum vib nas this.
    
  Kai tsis mus so kom txog rau thaum ob qho tib si Lavxias teb sab Wasp missiles raug rhuav tshem. "Trev, hu rau Space Command, qhia lawv tias muaj dab tsi tshwm sim," nws hais. "Qhia rau lawv tias kuv xav tau kev tso cai los rhuav tshem txhua lub tshav dav hlau tiv thaiv lub dav hlau thiab tso tawm qhov chaw uas peb-"
    
  "Pop-up orbital scarecrow!" Henry Lathrop qw. Ib lub cim tshiab tau tshwm sim ntawm qhov loj tactical zaub. Nws yog nyob rau hauv lub orbit ntau tshaj li ib puas mais ntawm Armstrong's thiab nrog ib tug sib txawv kiag li declination, tab sis nws yog heev ze rau ib tug nco nyob rau hauv orbital cov nqe lus. "Nws tawm los ntawm qhov chaw, tus tswv! Nominate Oscar tus naj npawb ib. " Nws tsis zoo li yuav ua rau muaj kev hem thawj rau lub chaw nres tsheb lossis S-19 Ib tag hmo, tab sis qhov tseeb tias lawv tsis pom nws kom txog thaum nws nyob ze heev yog hais txog, heev-
    
  "Tus Tswv, Kuv poob Trinity!" Henry qw.
    
  "Dab tsi?" Kai qw. "Dab tsi yog ntuj raug txim mus?"
    
  "Kuv tsis paub, tus tswv!" - Lathrop qw. "Poob kev sib cuag nrog ib... ob... peb, tus tswv; peb Trinity, kev sib cuag tsis zoo!"
    
  "Leej twg yog tus tuaj tshiab no?" Valerie qw. "Koj puas pom qhov no?"
    
  Lathrop tau hais tias "Trinity cuam tshuam siv tag nrho cov khoom siv hluav taws xob kho qhov muag," Lathrop tau hais. "Kuv muaj qhov kos npe radar zoo, tab sis pom tsis zoo." Ib pliag tom qab ntawd: "Kev sib cuag nrog plaub lub Trinity tau ploj lawm. Kuv puas tuaj yeem koom nrog Scarecrow Oscar One, tus tswv?
    
  Kai hais tias "Qhov no tsis yog kev hem thawj rau lub chaw nres tsheb lossis S-19, nws tsis nyob ntawm peb qhov siab lossis lub voj voog, thiab peb tsis muaj qhov pom kev pom," Kai hais. "Tsis zoo. Tsis txhob koom nrog kev sib ntaus sib tua. Tua ntau Trinity kom tau cov ASAT missiles, tam sim no. "
    
    
  NTAWM LUB RUSSIA SPACE Plane "ELECTRON"
  LUB SIJ HAWM
    
    
  Lawv tsis tuaj yeem xaiv lub sijhawm zoo dua, thiab Colonel Mikhail Galtin paub tias nws yog txoj hmoo thiab koob hmoov ntau npaum li qhov tau npaj tseg, tab sis tsis muaj teeb meem - txhua yam yuav tsum ua kom tiav. Tom qab plaub lub orbits sib tshuam nrog Armstrong chaw nres tsheb qhov chaw lub orbit, tab sis nyob rau ntawm qhov chaw siab tshaj thiab offset ntawm txog rau caum kilometers, nws yog nyob rau hauv ib tug zoo tagnrho txoj hauj lwm mus txog rau qhov tseeb qhov chaw los rhuav tshem US chaw nres tsheb chaw tiv thaiv missiles. Nws paub tias nws tsuas muaj vib nas this los ua xwb... Tab sis lub vib nas this yog nyob mus ib txhis rau Hobnail lub laser riam phom.
    
  Thaum Asmeskas cov riam phom tiv thaiv satellite tau tsim tawm los ntawm Armstrong chaw nres tsheb, Galtin's Elektron hluav taws tswj radar pib taug qab lawv los ntawm ib puas kilometers deb: rau American interceptors - tsis muaj dab tsi ntau tshaj li lub tshuab foob pob hluav taws nrog tus neeg nrhiav ntawm nws, tab sis yooj yim. thiab siv tau raws li kev tiv thaiv satellite thiab riam phom tiv thaiv. Qhov tseeb tias cov interceptors raug tso tawm los ntawm qhov chaw nres tsheb nws tus kheej yog qhov nthuav: tsab ntawv ceeb toom hais tias Thawj Tswj Hwm Joseph Gardner rhuav tshem tag nrho Kingfisher constellation cov riam phom modules tsis muaj tseeb. Pom tau tias muaj lwm tus txuas nrog rau qhov chaw nres tsheb tub rog thiab ua haujlwm tiav.
    
  Tsis muaj teeb meem. Txoj hmoo tau muab nws txoj haujlwm zoo tshaj plaws los cuam tshuam cov neeg cuam tshuam. Galtin xav tsis thoob rau txoj hmoo uas tuaj nrog nws, xav tsis thoob ntawm qhov ua siab loj ntawm nws tus thawj tswj hwm, Gennady Gryzlov, hauv kev txiav txim tawm tsam, xav tsis thoob thaum xav txog dab tsi yuav los. Russia tab tom yuav tawm tsam lub dav hlau dav hlau uas yog tej zaum lub tebchaws muaj zog tshaj plaws hauv ntiaj teb. Lawv tau tawm tsam $ 3 billion spaceship nrog cov neeg Amelikas hauv lub nkoj. Nws yog daring. Tsis muaj lwm lo lus rau nws: assertive. Hais tias cov ceg txheem ntseeg hauv kev ua tsov ua rog rau kev tswj hwm ntawm qhov chaw nyuam qhuav raug tsa yuav yog qhov tsis txaus ntseeg loj.
    
  Galtin tau rub lub npog liab tiv thaiv ntawm riam phom hloov pauv thiab txav tus hloov mus rau hauv qab nws los ntawm txoj haujlwm SAFE mus rau txoj haujlwm ARMED. Tam sim no lub computer tawm tsam tau tswj hwm. Hauv ob peb feeb nws yuav tag nrho. Peb lub dav hlau thiab rau lub foob pob hluav taws taug kev ntawm kaum tawm txhiab mais ntawm ib teev, ntau pua mais saum lub ntiaj teb, yuav hla ntawm qhov chaw no. Nws tsis muaj dab tsi luv ntawm breathtaking. Kev tshawb fawb, kev nom kev tswv, kev ua siab loj thiab, yog, hmoov zoo tag nrho ntawm Lavxias teb sab Federation tam sim no.
    
  Tawm tsam.
    
    
  NTAWM LUB midnight SPACEPLAYER S-19
  LUB SIJ HAWM
    
    
  Thaum nws hnov cov lus ceeb toom "liab liab", Gonzo tau tua lub foob pob hluav taws loj. "Qhov no yog dab tsi? Puas muaj dabtsi?" - Nug Anne Page. "Dab tsi yog liab liab?"
    
  "Lavxias teb sab anti-satellite riam phom," Gonzo teb. "Peb qhov kev cia siab tsuas yog ua kom dhau, dhau los lossis tawm tsam nws. Txhua tus neeg, txo koj lub visors, ruaj ntseg lawv, thiab xyuas kom koj cov pa oxygen nyob. Sondra, txheeb xyuas tus neeg saib xyuas Clarkson. " Gonzo thiab Anne pib ua cov ntawv txheeb xyuas hauv kev npaj rau kev sib cav sib ceg.
    
  "Ib tag hmo, nco ntsoov, peb tau plam kev sib cuag nrog plaub tus neeg cuam tshuam peb tau tshaj tawm Wasp," Kai xov tooj cua. "Ob tug tseem tab tom taug qab. Peb muaj lub hom phiaj pop-up tsis paub saum toj no thiab rau koj txoj cai, txog plaub caug mais deb, nws tsis zoo li nws nyob rau ntawm qhov kev cuam tshuam. "
    
  Ann hais tias "Nws yog Lavxias teb sab spaceplane," Ann hais. "Peb tau ceeb toom tias cov neeg Lavxias siv lub laser ntawm lub nkoj tsawg kawg yog ib qho ntawm lawv cov Electrons. Nws tua lub satellite thiab tej zaum yuav tawm tsam Trinity interceptors. "
    
  "Dam," Gonzo foom. "Armstrong, nws yog ib tag hmo. Peb cov neeg caij tsheb tau hais tias nws yog scarecrow, tej zaum yog hluav taws xob, thiab nws tau tua ...
    
  "Gonzo, maneuver!" Kai cuam tshuam. "Muaj ib tug nab nyob ntawm koj tus Tsov tus tw! Maneuver!"
    
  Gonzo tam sim ntawd koom nrog cov thrusters, pov lub dav hlau mus rau hauv ib qho kev ua haujlwm ntawm sab xis, tom qab ntawd koom nrog lwm cov thrusters uas ua rau nws "nce" - deb ntawm lub ntiaj teb. Tom qab ntawd nws pib thim rov qab, maneuvering taw lub qhov ntswg tiv thaiv kev taw qhia ntawm lub davhlau los nthuav qhia qhov profile qis tshaj plaws rau ...
    
  ... thiab ib nrab ntawm kev ua haujlwm, Wasp anti-satellite missile ntaus. Nws muaj ib tug me me kaum-phaus fragmentation warhead uas ignited lub dav hlau roj thiab Bohm oxidizer uas leaked los ntawm ruptured roj tso tsheb hlau luam, ua rau ib tug tawg uas nkag mus rau hauv lub spacecraft.
    
  "Nws ntaus nws! Nws ntaus nws!" Valerie qw. "Thawj lub dav hlau tsoo lub dav hlau!" Cov neeg ua haujlwm hais kom ua haujlwm tau saib hauv qhov txaus ntshai ntawm cov duab hluav taws xob ntawm lub dav hlau poob raws li qhov tawg loj heev puv npo.
    
  "Qhov thib ob Wasp missile cuam tshuam thiab rhuav tshem," Henry Lathrop tau tshaj tawm hauv lub suab ntsiag to ntawm kev sib tham. "Lub hom phiaj yog qhov tseeb."
    
  "Boomer?" Kai xov tooj cua.
    
  "Kuv yuav ua tiav hauv tsib feeb," Boomer hais.
    
  "Koj puas tau ua pa ua ntej?"
    
  "Yog, kuv muaj," Boomer teb. "Tsis yog kuv tus thawj coj."
    
  "Trev, nrhiav seb puas muaj leej twg ntawm qhov chaw nres tsheb hnav khaub ncaws thiab ua pa ua ntej."
    
  "Tau npaj," teb Trevor Sheil. Ib pliag tom qab ntawd: "Thov txim, Kai. Muaj peb ntawm peb nyob hauv spacesuits, tab sis tsis muaj leej twg ua pa ua ntej. "
    
  Kai hais tias "Muab oxygen rau lawv tam sim ntawd," Kai hais. Hauv xov tooj cua nws hais tias, "Zoo li koj yog tus, Boomer. Peb tsis pom muaj ib tug dim ntawm no, tab sis tuaj saib. Tsis txhob hnov qab txhim kho koj cov iav towing. "
    
  "Muaj nws," Boomer hais. Ob peb feeb tom qab: "Peb npaj pib." Thaum nws tau sib cais los ntawm qhov chaw nres tsheb, nws tau txais kev tswj hwm ntawm Midnight Spaceplane qhov chaw kawg thiab pib tawm tsam nws txoj kev mus rau nws - hmoov zoo, raws li S-19 tab tom tuaj txog Armstrong, npaj los nres, lawv txhua tus nyob hauv tib lub orbit. , yog li nws tsuas yog ib qho teeb meem ntawm maneuvering rau hauv laterally ntawm nws, es tsis yog tso rau hauv ib qho txawv orbit nrog qhov sib txawv qhov siab lossis kev taw qhia.
    
  "Valerie, qhib lub hnub qub Kingfisher thiab txuas Starfire mus rau Network kom sai li sai tau," Kai hais. "Nws yog lub sijhawm los mus yos hav zoov me ntsis." Nws hu US Space Command lub hauv paus chaw haujlwm los ntawm nws lub console. Nws tau hais tias "Qhov dav dav, peb tau poob lub dav hlau S-19," nws hais tias kev ruaj ntseg channel txuas nrog. "Tus lwm thawj coj tau nyob hauv lub nkoj. Peb tab tom tshuaj xyuas cov neeg muaj sia nyob, tab sis txog tam sim no nws zoo li ploj tag nrho. "
    
  "Auj kuv tus Vajtswv," yws General George Sandstein. "Kuv yuav ceeb toom rau Tsev Dawb tam sim."
    
  "Thov kev tso cai los tawm tsam tag nrho cov tub rog Lavxias teb sab, General," Kai hais npau taws.
    
  Sandstein hais tias "tsis zoo," "Tsis txhob ua lwm yam tshaj li tiv thaiv koj tus kheej. Tsis txhob tua kom txog thaum lawv qhib hluav taws rau koj. "
    
  "Kuv xav hais tias lawv tau tua peb, General," Kai hais. "Kuv tsis paub tias lub hom phiaj yog lub dav hlau dav hlau lossis seb puas muaj chaw nres tsheb, thiab lub dav hlau nkag mus rau hauv txoj kev. Txawm li cas los xij, peb raug tawm tsam. "
    
  Sandstein tau hais tias "Cia kuv ceeb toom rau Thawj Tswj Hwm ua ntej thiab pom nws cov lus teb yog dab tsi, Kai," Sandstein hais. "Lub sijhawm no, kuv tso cai rau koj qhib tag nrho koj cov cuab yeej tiv thaiv uas twb muaj lawm thiab pib tso Trinity modules uas koj khaws cia ntawm qhov chaw nres tsheb rov qab rau hauv lub voj voog. Koj muaj lub dav hlau nrog koj tam sim no, puas yog?
    
  "Yog, S-29," Kai teb. "Nws tab tom nrhiav cov neeg muaj sia nyob, thiab tom qab ntawd peb yuav tsum rub cov khoom siv ntawm no thiab rau ISS."
    
  "Dab tsi yog lwm lub dav hlau muaj nyob?"
    
  "Ob tug S-19 yuav muaj nyob rau hauv ob peb hnub, thiab peb muaj ob S-9s uas yuav npaj tau nyob rau hauv ob peb lub lis piam," Kai hais thaum nws tshuaj xyuas nws lub dav hlau cov xwm txheej nyeem ntawv. "Qhov dav dav, Kuv muaj kaum lub chaw tsim khoom siv riam phom hauv lub voj voog, uas tso rau feem ntau ntawm Lavxias teb sab tiv thaiv missile rog nyob rau hauv crosshairs, thiab lawv yuav qhib sai sai. Kuv tau pib cov txheej txheem ntawm kev txiav tawm Starfire maser ntaus ntawv los ntawm Skybolt, tab sis kuv pab pawg yuav tsum rov txuas nws. Nws yuav tsum tau npaj sai sai. Kuv thov kev tso cai los rhuav tshem ib qho kev tiv thaiv Lavxias teb sab satellite uas tuaj nyob rau hauv ntau yam. "
    
  Sandstein tau hais tias "Kuv nkag siab lub tswv yim ntawm 'ntev pov tseg', Kai. "Kuv xav tau kev tso cai los ntawm Tsev Dawb ua ntej koj pib foob pob Lavxias lub hom phiaj los ntawm qhov chaw. Koj raug txiav txim: tiv thaiv koj lub chaw nres tsheb nrog txhua yam koj muaj thiab tos kom xaj ntxiv. Rov hais dua kuv qhov kawg, General Rhydon. "
    
  Kai hesitated thiab txawm xav txog tsis teb; hloov: "Muaj nws, General," nws thaum kawg hais. "General Sandstein, qhov no yog Tus Thawj Saib Xyuas Chaw Nres Tsheb Raydon, nyob ntawm Armstrong. Kuv tau theej: kuv cov lus txib yog los tiv thaiv lub chaw nres tsheb nrog txhua yam peb muaj thiab tos kom xaj ntxiv. "
    
  Sandstein tau hais tias "Kuv yuav tiv tauj, Kai," said Sandstein. "Qhov no yuav tsis mus tsis tau. Npaj txhij." Thiab qhov kev sib txuas tau cuam tshuam.
    
  "Dam," Kai foom. "Tus Lwm Thawj Coj ntawm Tebchaws Meskas tej zaum yuav tau tawg mus rau hauv qhov chaw khib nyiab, thiab kuv tsuas yog 'sawv ntawm.'   Nws tshawb xyuas nws cov saib. "Valerie, Dab tsi yog qhov xwm txheej ntawm Kingfishers hauv orbit?"
    
  Valerie Lucas tau hais tias "rau ntawm kaum tus twb tau txuas nrog lub network, qhov seem xav tau nyob rau hauv ib teev," said Valerie Lucas.
    
  Nws tsuas yog ib feem tsib ntawm tag nrho cov hnub qub, tab sis nws zoo dua li qhov lawv muaj ob peb feeb dhau los. "Muab lub hom phiaj hauv av raws li nyob rau hauv Russia thiab Tuam Tshoj nyob rau hauv thaj tsam ntawm peb lub peev xwm tawm tsam hauv av."
    
  "Tau nkag siab." Ib pliag tom qab, ib daim ntawv teev npe ntawm lub hom phiaj tau tshwm sim rau ntawm qhov screen ntawm qhov chaw hais kom ua tseem ceeb, nrog rau cov npe ntawm cov riam phom muaj peev xwm tiv thaiv lawv. Cov npe suav nrog cov hom phiaj uas tsis yog kev tiv thaiv missile: ib lub hom phiaj tseem ceeb ntawm tub rog nyob rau hauv daim ntawv teev npe, thiab thaum Kingfisher riam phom workshops los yog Armstrong chaw nres tsheb tsiv tawm ntawm qhov ntau, lub hom phiaj ploj mus, tsuas yog hloov los ntawm lwm qhov uas hla riam phom lub qab ntug. nyob rau lwm qhov chaw ntawm lub ntiaj teb. Nrog tsuas yog kaum lub chaw tsim khoom siv riam phom ntxiv rau Armstrong chaw nres tsheb, lub hom phiaj yog luv heev, tab sis txhua ob peb feeb lub hom phiaj tshiab yuav tshwm sim, nyob rau ob mus rau plaub feeb, thiab tom qab ntawd ploj mus dua.
    
  Ib kab hauv daim ntawv teev npe hloov xim ntawm ntsuab mus rau daj. "Sichang Spaceport," Kai sau tseg. "Dab tsi tshwm sim hauv Xichang?"
    
  Christine hais tias "Lub S-500 Autocrat tshawb nrhiav radar hauv ncha-Foxtrot ntau yam los ntawm Sichan Cosmodrome tau npog peb," Christine hais. "Txij li thaum cov neeg Lavxias tau teeb tsa S-500 hauv Suav teb, lawv tau taug qab thiab qee zaum tuaj tos peb ntawm radar thaum peb hla dhau mus. Kuv xav tias nws tsuas yog calibration lossis kev cob qhia xwb - nws tsuas yog luam theej duab mus ntev. Tsis muaj dab tsi tshwm sim. "
    
  "'Lawv kaw peb,' huh? - Kai yws. "Dab tsi ntxiv ib qho yooj yim scan?"
    
  Christine tau hais tias "Txhua tam sim no thiab tom qab ntawd peb tau txais squeak los ntawm 30N6E2 Is Nrias teb-Juliet missile taw qhia radar, zoo li lawv tau foob pob hluav taws rau peb," tab sis tag nrho cov teeb liab ploj hauv ob peb feeb, txawm tias cov cim tshawb nrhiav, thiab Peb tsis pom lub cav plume lossis cuaj luaj hauv huab cua. Nws yog txhua yam kev ua si ntawm miv thiab nas, tus tswv - lawv xa peb radar signals los sim ua rau peb ntshai, thiab tom qab ntawd lawv mus ntsiag to. Qhov no yog bullshit. "
    
  "Bullshit, txoj cai?" Kai hais. "Qhia rau kuv paub yog tias qhov no tshwm sim dua."
    
  "Muaj, tus tswv," Christina teb.
    
  Kai nyob twj ywm rau ob peb lub sij hawm, xav nyuaj. "Christine," nws hais tias, "Kuv xav tau qee cov duab ntxaws ntxaws ntawm chav S-500 no. Muab qhov nqaim SBR rau kuv ntawm peb lub radar loj. Kev daws teeb meem siab tshaj plaws. "
    
  Christine Rayhill tsis txaus siab rau ib pliag, tom qab ntawd hais tias, "Tus Tswv, lub teeb tshawb nrhiav yuav-"
    
  "Ua nws, Npeeg Rayhill," Kai hais tonelessly. "Nqe beam scanning, siab tshaj plaws daws teeb meem."
    
  "Yog lawm, tus tswv," Christina hais.
    
  Nws nyob ntsiag to txog rau caum vib nas this; Tom qab ntawd: "Sir, S-500 lub hom phiaj taug qab radar pom, zoo li tau tsom peb," Christine hais. "Tsuas yog azimuth, qhov siab thiab ntau yam - tsis muaj qhov taw qhia uplink." Qhov no yog raws nraim li nws tau txhawj xeeb txog: yog tias lub roj teeb S-500 pom tias lawv tau taug qab los ntawm Armstrong lub radar, lawv yuav xav tias lawv raug tua thiab yuav ua pauj.
    
  "Tsim lub hom phiaj thiab mus rau hauv kev sib ntaus sib tua, Christina," Kai hais. "Khiav mus ntxiv."
    
  Muaj qee qhov tsis meej pem hauv Christina lub suab: qhov no, ntawm chav kawm, tsis yog qhov loj heev, tsis tsim nyog rau lub hom phiaj cim cim. "Uh... xaiv lub hom phiaj Golf Ib, tus tswv," nws teb tom qab nkag mus rau cov lus txib rau hauv lub computer nres. "Lub hom phiaj raug thaiv hauv lub computer tawm tsam."
    
  "Kev txib, qhov no yog chav haujlwm ua haujlwm," Valerie qhia. "Kuv lees paub tias Golf-ib lub hom phiaj tau nkag mus rau hauv kev sib ntaus sib tua. Ob tug Hummers los ntawm Kingfisher 09 tau npaj txhij, ib sab laug, plaub caug tsib vib nas this kom txog thaum tawm hauv thaj chaw tua. "
    
  Kai hais tias "Tau lees paub," Kai hais. "Christine, ceeb toom rau kuv yog tias lub hom phiaj hloov pauv."
    
  "Wilko, tus tswv," Christina hais. Nws ob txhais tes pib tawm hws me ntsis: nws tau pib zoo li lub prelude rau-
    
  Tam sim ntawd tus ID teeb liab hloov ntawm TARGET TRACK rau ROCKET TRACK. Qhov kev hloov pauv sai sai, thiab nws tsis nyob ntawm qhov screen ntau dua li ob lossis ob, tab sis nws txaus rau Christine qw, "Kev txib, Kuv muaj tr-missile."
    
  "Kev sib ntaus sib tua, hais kom ua, roj teeb tso tawm ntawm Golf One," Kai hais. "Kuv rov hais dua, cov roj teeb tsawg."
    
  Valerie hais tias "Lub roj teeb qis, tau txais koj," Valerie hais. "Kev sib ntaus sib tua, lub hom phiaj ntawm Golf One yog koom nrog kev sib ntaus sib tua!"
    
  Kingfisher Weapons Garage, nyob yuav luag plaub txhiab mais ntawm Armstrong - txawm hais tias Armstrong chaw nres tsheb tau ze dua rau lub hom phiaj, cov foob pob hluav taws xav tau sijhawm thiab nyob deb kom rov qab mus rau lub ntiaj teb huab cua, yog li Kingfisher Weapons Garage, nyob ntxiv, tiv nrog txoj haujlwm. - nws tau hloov mus rau chav kawm uas tau teeb tsa los ntawm lub computer, thiab ob lub orbital maneuvering tsheb raug pov tawm ntawm lub chaw nres tsheb riam phom nrog lub sijhawm ntawm peb caug vib nas this. Lub OMVs tig mus txog thaum lawv ya tus Tsov tus tw ua ntej, thiab lawv cov foob pob hluav taws tau tawm mus. Kev kub hnyiab tsis tau ntev heev, ua rau lub dav hlau qeeb qeeb los ntawm ob peb puas mais hauv ib teev, tab sis nws txaus los hloov lawv txoj hauv kev los ntawm lub ntiaj teb orbit mus rau huab cua, thiab OMVs tig rov qab, ua rau lawv cov ntaub thaiv npog tiv thaiv tshav kub. encroaching cua.
    
  Raws li lub dav hlau nkag mus rau saum huab cua, lub ci ntsa iab los ntawm kev sib txhuam ntawm cov huab cua hloov xim kom txog thaum nws dhau los ua dawb-kub, thiab cov kwj ntawm cov plasma superheated taug qab txhua lub tsheb. Cov me me hydraulically tswj cov hniav thiab cov steering thrusters nyob rau hauv OMV tus Tsov tus tw lub cev pab lub spacecraft ua S-turns nyob rau hauv lub ntuj, uas pab tsis tau tsuas yog nce lub sij hawm nws coj mus rau qeeb lub davhlau, tab sis kuj tsis meej pem txhua qhov chaw raws li radar taug qab nws lub hom phiaj. . Ib qho ntawm cov kauj ruam ntawm OMV thib ob ua tsis tiav, ua rau nws tig tawm ntawm kev tswj hwm, feem ntau kub hnyiab hauv huab cua, thiab dab tsi tau tso tseg rau hauv roob moj sab qhua Siberian.
    
  Ntawm qhov siab ntawm ib puas txhiab ko taw, qhov thaiv thaiv ib puag ncig ntawm OMVS tau tawg, nthuav tawm ob puas phaus tungsten carbide projectile nrog lub millimeter-yoj radar thiab infrared homing taub hau hauv lub qhov ntswg. Nws tau saib xyuas cov teeb liab tswj los ntawm nws cov tub rog kom txog thaum lub radar kaw rau lub hom phiaj, tom qab ntawd ua kom nws lub hom phiaj los ntawm kev sib piv qhov nws pom los ntawm nws cov sensors rau cov duab ntawm lub hom phiaj khaws cia hauv lub cim xeeb. Nws tsuas yog siv ib feem ntawm ib pliag xwb, tab sis cov duab sib phim, thiab lub taub hau ntawm lub taub hau tsom rau nws lub hom phiaj - kev thauj mus los ntawm lub foob pob hluav taws ntawm S-500 anti-aircraft missile system. Nws ntaus nws lub hom phiaj thaum tsiv ntawm yuav luag kaum txhiab mais tauj ib teev. Lub taub hau tsis xav tau lub taub hau tawg - qhov cuam tshuam ntawm qhov nrawm yog zoo li qhov tawg ntawm ob txhiab phaus ntawm TNT, ua kom puas lub launcher thiab txhua yam nyob rau hauv tsib puas taw vojvoog.
    
  "Golf tee - ib tug puas lawm, tus tswv," Christina qhia ib pliag tom qab, nws lub suab muffled thiab ntxhib, thawj zaug nws tau rhuav tshem txhua yam hauv nws lub neej, cia lwm tus neeg.
    
  "Zoo ua haujlwm," Kai hais hauv lub suab nrov. "Trev, Kuv xav kom ob tug txiv neej pab pawg kom haum thiab pib ua pa ua pa, mus rau hauv qhov xwm txheej ceev rau 6 teev. Lwm tus neeg ua haujlwm tsis ua haujlwm tuaj yeem tawm ntawm kev sib ntaus sib tua. Txhua tus, qhov muag thiab pob ntseg qhib - Kuv xav tias peb yuav tsis khoom. Dab tsi yog qhov xwm txheej ntawm Starfire? Ntau npaum li cas?"
    
  "Kuv tsis paub, tus tswv," teb Casey Huggins los ntawm Skybolt module. "Tej zaum ib teev, tej zaum ob. Thov txim, tab sis kuv tsuas yog tsis paub. "
    
  Kai hais tias "Ua sai li sai tau, Npeeg Huggins," Kai hais. Nws nias lub pob ntawm nws qhov kev sib txuas lus console. "General Sandstein, maj nrawm."
    
    
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  "Cov neeg Amelikas no ntaus kuv lub chaw nres nkoj nrog lub foob pob hluav taws los ntawm qhov chaw!" Zhou Qiang, Thawj Tswj Hwm ntawm Tuam Txhab Tuam Txhab Tuam Txhab Tuam Txhab, tau tshaj tawm lub suab sib tham ruaj ntseg. "Kuv yuav xaj kom tso tawm tam sim ntawm lub foob pob hluav taws xob nuclear rau hauv Hawaii! Yog tias lawv tua ib puas Suav, kuv yuav tua ib lab tus neeg Amelikas!"
    
  "Zoo siab, Zhou," said Lavxias Thawj Tswj Hwm Gennady Gryzlov. "Koj paub zoo li kuv ua qhov ntawd yog tias koj tso lub ICBM lossis ib yam dab tsi zoo li nws nyob qhov twg nyob ze Tebchaws Meskas lossis nws cov khoom, lawv yuav ua pauj rau txhua yam uas lawv muaj tawm tsam peb lub tebchaws. Tam sim no lawv yog cov plaub hau dav deb ntawm rub tus txhais, ua tsaug rau koj qhov kev tawm tsam ntawm Guam. "
    
  "Kuv tsis quav ntsej!" - Zhou snapped. "Lawv yuav khuv xim qhov poob ntawm ib tug Suav ib txhiab zaug, kuv cog lus rau nws!"
    
  Gryzlov tau hais tias "Kuv cov thawj coj hauv av hais tias koj lub roj teeb S-500 tau kaw rau hauv qhov chaw nres tsheb siv missile radar," Gryzlov tau hais. "Qhov no muaj tseeb?"
    
  "Tom qab ntawd kuv xav tias koj paub tias cov neeg Asmeskas yog lub hom phiaj ntawm S-500 launcher nrog lawv cov riam phom microwave?"
    
  Gryzlov tau hais tias "Kuv paub tias lawv tau tshuaj xyuas koj nrog cov khoom siv hluav taws xob yooj yim aperture radar, Zhou, qhov chaw-raws li radar nruab rau ntawm qhov chaw nres tsheb nws tus kheej," Gryzlov hais. "Kuv muaj cov kws tshaj lij thiab cov tub ceev xwm txawj ntse nyob rau hauv av, nco ntsoov? Lawv paub tseeb tias lawv tau tshuaj xyuas koj li cas. Nws tsis yog ib qho kev qhia lub zog riam phom. Lawv pom tseeb tias xav thawb koj los teb, ib yam li koj cov neeg ruam, cov neeg kawm tsis zoo tau ua. "
    
  "Yog li tam sim no lawv tab tom sim thawb peb kom nthuav dav kev tsis sib haum xeeb, tig mus rau hauv kev sib pauv nuclear?" - Zhou nug. "Yog tias muaj, ces lawv ua tiav!"
    
  "Kuv hais, Zhou, ua siab ntev," Gryzlov rov hais dua. "Peb yuav teb, tab sis peb yuav tsum ua siab ntev thiab npaj qhov no ua ke."
    
  "Qhov no yog tag nrho vim yog koj qhov kev tawm tsam tsis zoo ntawm lawv lub dav hlau, puas yog?" - Zhou nug. "Koj hais kom kuv ua siab mos siab muag, tab sis tom qab ntawd koj ua qee yam vwm xws li rhuav tshem ib qho ntawm lawv lub dav hlau! Peb tau taug qab cov neeg tua rog no thiab koj cov riam phom tiv thaiv satellite. Puas yog peb vwm tam sim no? Koj puas xav txwv tsis pub siv lub dav hlau ya dav hlau hla tebchaws Russia? Qhov no yog txawm vwm! Dab tsi tau nkag rau hauv koj lub taub hau, Gryzlov? Koj tseem tsis tau sib npaug ntau dua li tus neeg ruam Truznev ua ntej koj. "
    
  "Tsis txhob tham nrog kuv txog kev ua tub rog vwm, Zhou!" Gryzlov tawm tsam. "Peb muaj hmoo peb tsis ua tsov rog nrog Tebchaws Meskas tom qab tus vwm vwm no tawm tsam Guam!"
    
  "Kuv tuaj yeem hais tib yam txog koj txiv lub nkoj caij nkoj ntawm Tebchaws Meskas nws tus kheej!" Zhou tua rov qab. "Kaum txhiab, kaum tsib txhiab tus neeg Asmeskas ploj lawm? Ib puas txhiab raug mob? Koj txiv yog-"
    
  "Cia li ceev faj, kuv ceeb toom koj, Zhou," Gryzlov spat tawm hem. "Cia li ceev faj yam koj hais tom ntej yog tias nws tseem cuam tshuam rau kuv txiv." Muaj kev ntsiag to ntawm lwm qhov kawg ntawm kab. "Mloog kuv, Zhou. "Koj paub zoo li kuv ua qhov ntawd tsuas yog Asmeskas cov cuab yeej siv dav dav uas tuaj yeem ncav cuag peb lub chaw nres nkoj thiab lwm qhov chaw ASAT yog cov foob pob hluav taws uas tau tso tawm los ntawm cov foob pob tawg lossis riam phom tawm los ntawm lawv qhov chaw tub rog chaw lossis chaw tsim khoom riam phom," nws hais ntxiv. Gryzlov. "Lub chaw tub rog chaw nres tsheb yog qhov tseem ceeb vim tias nws tswj hwm tag nrho cov khoom siv riam phom, siv nws qhov chaw-raws li radar rau kev soj ntsuam thiab tsom, thiab muaj lub Skybolt laser uas tsis tuaj yeem tiv thaiv. Nws yuav tsum muaj neeg xiam oob qhab lossis puas tsuaj ua ntej cov neeg Asmeskas siv lawv cov riam phom. "
    
  "Dab tsi? Ua puas lawm? Ua li cas?" - nug Zhou.
    
  Gryzlov tau hais tias "Peb yuav tsum xaiv lub sijhawm zoo tshaj plaws thaum muaj ntau tshaj plaws ntawm Lavxias thiab Suav riam phom tiv thaiv satellites tuaj yeem tsim tawm ib txhij," "Muaj riam phom tiv thaiv tus kheej ntawm qhov chaw nres tsheb, tab sis yog tias peb tuaj yeem cuam tshuam lawv, peb yuav ua tiav. Kuv tus Secretary of Defense thiab Chief of General Staff yuav qhia rau kuv thaum lub chaw nres tsheb hauv Asmeskas nyob rau hauv txoj haujlwm zoo, thiab tom qab ntawd peb yuav tsum tawm tsam tam sim ntawd. Lub chaw nres tsheb lub orbit yog paub zoo. Lawv nyuam qhuav hloov nws mus sim Starfire microwave laser, thiab lawv yuav hloov nws dua, tab sis peb yuav saib thiab tos. Thaum lub orbit stabilizes, peb tawm tsam nrog txhua yam nyob rau hauv ntau yam.
    
  "Tab sis kuv xav tau koj txoj kev cog lus, Zhou: thaum kuv hais tawm tsam, peb tawm tsam nrog txhua yam riam phom nyob rau tib lub sijhawm," Gryzlov hais ntxiv. "Qhov no yog tib txoj hauv kev uas peb tuaj yeem cia siab tias yuav cuam tshuam lossis rhuav tshem lub chaw tub rog qhov chaw nres tsheb yam tsis muaj peev xwm tawm tsam peb, vim tias yog nws ua, nws tuaj yeem rhuav tshem txhua lub hom phiaj ntawm lub ntiaj teb ntawm lub teeb nrawm."
    
  Muaj qhov ntsiag to ntev heev ntawm lwm qhov kawg ntawm kev sib txuas ruaj ntseg; ces: "Koj xav li cas, Gryzlov?"
    
  Gryzlov tau hais tias "Kuv xav tau cov lus piav qhia meej, muaj peev xwm, xwm txheej thiab qhov chaw ntawm txhua qhov kev tiv thaiv hluav taws xob hauv koj lub arsenal," Gryzlov tau hais tias, "xws li koj lub foob pob hluav taws xob tiv thaiv submarines. Thiab kuv yuav tsum tau tsim kom muaj kev sib txuas ncaj qha, ruaj ntseg nrog txhua qhov chaw thiab lub nkoj hauv qab yog li kuv tuaj yeem tsim kev sib koom ua ke ntawm qhov chaw nres tsheb tub rog Asmeskas. "
    
  "Nĭ t ā mā de fēng?" Zhou qw tom qab. Gryzlov paub Suav cov lus foom tsis zoo kom nkag siab tias nws hais tias, "Koj puas vwm?" Hloov chaw, nws hnov tus neeg txhais lus stammer: "Tus Thawj Tswj Hwm tau tawm tsam, tus tswv."
    
  Gryzlov tau hais tias "Russia muaj riam phom tiv thaiv satellite ntau dua li Tuam Tshoj, Zhou - yog tias kuv xa koj ib feem me me ntawm peb cov ntaub ntawv, koj yuav poob siab sai," Gryzlov hais. "Ib qho ntxiv, kuv tsis xav tias koj cov tub rog lossis koj qhov chaw thev naus laus zis muaj peev xwm los koom tes nrog ntau tus neeg cuam tshuam cuam tshuam thoob plaws ntau txhiab mais, koom nrog ob lub tebchaws, ntawm ib qho chaw hauv qhov chaw. Peb muaj kev paub ntau ntxiv hauv orbital mechanics dua li Tuam Tshoj. "
    
  "Vim li cas kuv tsis cia li muab rau koj tag nrho cov cai tso tawm rau tag nrho peb cov foob pob hluav taws nuclear, Gryzlov?" Zhou nug luag ntxhi. "Txawm li cas los xij, Tuam Tshoj tuag lawm."
    
  "Tsis txhob ua neeg ruam, Zhou," said Gryzlov. "Peb yuav tsum ua, thiab ua sai sai, ua ntej cov neeg Asmeskas tuaj yeem tso cov riam phom ntau dua rau hauv lub voj voog thiab rov qhib lub Skybolt laser, yog tias qhov tsis zoo no hais txog cov tub ntxhais kawm qib siab microwave laser hloov cov hluav taws xob dawb yuav tsum ntseeg. Muab cov ntaub ntawv ntawd rau kuv - thiab nws zoo dua yog qhov tseeb thiab ntseeg tau - thiab kuv yuav txiav txim siab lub sijhawm thaum muaj ntau tshaj plaws ntawm cov riam phom tiv thaiv satellite yuav nyob rau hauv thaj tsam los tawm tsam Armstrong ... thiab tom qab ntawd peb yuav tawm tsam. "
    
  "Thiab yog dab tsi, Gryzlov? Tos rau Asmeskas cov foob pob hluav taws nuclear los nag los ntawm peb lub peev?"
    
  "Kenneth Phoenix yog ib tug tsis muaj zog, zoo li txhua tus neeg Asmeskas cov nom tswv," Gryzlov spat. "Nws tau tawm tsam qhov chaw S-500, paub tias peb yuav tawm tsam rov qab. Lub feeb nws tua lub microwave laser los ntawm qhov chaw nres tsheb, nws paub tias qhov chaw nres tsheb yuav yog lub hom phiaj. Nws ua ob qho tib si, xav tias peb yuav tsis teb. Tam sim no kuv tau teb los ntawm kev rhuav tshem nws lub dav hlau dav hlau, thiab nws muaj kev xaiv: muaj kev pheej hmoo ntawm kev ua tsov rog intercontinental thermonuclear rau nws, lossis tso tseg cov tub rog chaw nres tsheb rau kev thaj yeeb nyab xeeb. Nws yog kwv yees, cowardly thiab yuav muaj kev xav tsis zoo. Nws tsis muaj dab tsi. Tsis muaj kev hem thawj rau peb lub teb chaws luv luv ntawm kev ua tsov rog nuclear yog tias Armstrong chaw nres tsheb raug puas tsuaj, thiab kuv tsis ntseeg tias Phoenix lossis lwm tus neeg hauv Asmeskas muaj lub plab rau kev ua tsov rog, cia nyob ib leeg ua tsov rog nuclear. "
    
  Zhou tsis hais dab tsi. Gryzlov tos ob peb lub vib nas this, ces hais tias: "Tam sim no, Zhou, damn koj! Txiav txim siab! "
    
    
  TEN
    
    
  Tswv Ntuj ntxub cov uas ua siab ntev.
    
  - EURIPIDES
    
    
    
  Nyob rau hauv lub ntiaj teb qis-khoov, peb caug mais ntawm qhov chaw nres tsheb armSTRONG
  Me ntsis tom qab
    
    
  Los ntawm kwv yees li ib mais deb, Boomer thiab Ernesto tsuas tuaj yeem pom huab cua dawb xwb, zoo li yog huab cua cumulus tau tawg tawm ntawm lub ntiaj teb huab cua thiab txiav txim siab ntab ncig lub ntiaj teb lub orbit. "Tam sim tsis muaj dab tsi pom, Armstrong," Boomer tau tshaj tawm. "Tsuas yog huab cua loj heev ntawm cov roj khov, oxidizer thiab khib nyiab."
    
  "Tau txais," Kai teb. "Muaj ze li sai tau, tab sis saib cov roj thiab cov oxidizer - tsis txhob ze txaus kom ignite nws. Txawm tias ib lub txim hluav taws xob zoo li qub hauv qhov kev ntxhov siab no tuaj yeem tso nws tawm. "
    
  "Tau nkag siab."
    
  Nws siv ob peb feeb los kaw qhov sib txawv, tab sis huab cua tseem ua rau pom qhov xwm txheej. "Kuv nyob li tsib caug yards ntawm no," Boomer hais. "Qhov no yog ze li kuv twv tuaj. Kuv ua tsis tau dab tsi. Ernesto, koj puas pom dab tsi nyob ntawd?
    
  "Tsis zoo," Ernesto hais. "Qhov no nruj heev... Tos! kuv pom nws! Kuv pom ib tag hmo, zoo li lub tis sab xis thiab ib feem ntawm tus Tsov tus tw tau raug torn, tab sis lub fuselage thiab cockpit zoo li qub!"
    
  "Ua Vajtswv tsaug," Boomer hais. "Kuv mus qhov ntawd mus saib." Nws unbuckled nws tus kheej thiab rov qab mus rau lub airlock. Rau kev taug kev ntev ntev, ntxiv rau kev hnav lub EEAS rau kev tiv thaiv ntau dua los ntawm micrometeors thiab cov khib nyiab thiab kom tswj tau qhov kub thiab txias, Boomer tau ntim lub teeb yuag, qhov chaw tsis muaj zog zoo li lub jumpsuit, tom qab ntawd muab lub hnab ev khoom loj zoo li lub hnab ev khoom hu ua kev txhawb nqa lub neej. los yog PLSS, thiab txuas EEAS thiab cov hlua khi rau nws rau kev tiv thaiv ib puag ncig. Lub hnab ev ntawv muaj cov pa oxygen, zaub mov, cov pa roj carbon dioxide scrubbers, kev tswj hwm ib puag ncig, cov khoom siv sib txuas lus thiab cov cuab yeej hu ua "SAFER," los yog Simplified EVA, uas yog ib qho me me ntawm cov khoom siv manned maneuvering uas tso cai rau cov neeg caij astronauts taug kev ntawm nws tus kheej hauv qhov chaw. SAFER tsuas yog yuav tsum tau siv thaum muaj xwm txheej ceev kom rov qab mus rau tus neeg tsis muaj hnub qub uas tsis muaj kev cuam tshuam rau lub dav hlau - zoo, nws yog qhov xwm txheej ceev. "Koj hnov li cas, Ernesto?" - nws hais hauv xov tooj cua.
    
  "Nrov thiab meej, Boomer."
    
  "Lub cockpit hatch raug kaw," Boomer tau hais tom qab kuaj xyuas cov ntawv nyeem. "Cia peb depressurize lub airlock." Ob peb feeb tom qab: "Qhib lub cargo compartment hatch." Nws tau xauv thiab qhib lub hatch thiab nkag mus rau hauv lub cargo bay, ruaj nws tus kheej nrog ib tug cable, ces kaw thiab kaw lub hatch tom qab nws.
    
  Lub cargo bay tseem feem ntau tag nrho vim tias lawv tau thauj tag nrho cov khoom siv rau International Chaw Chaw Nres Tsheb thiab tseem muaj qee cov khoom thauj tsis tau thauj mus rau Armstrong. Boomer tau tawm ib puas-yard ntev cargo pluaj siv los thauj cov khoom mus rau qhov chaw nres tsheb, ua kom qhov kawg ntawm lub pluaj tau ruaj ntseg txuas rau lub dav hlau, txuas lub pluaj mus rau qhov clip ntawm nws lub hnab ev khoom, thiab unhooked los ntawm lub dav hlau. cargo bay kab. "Tawm ntawm lub nkoj thauj khoom," nws tau tshaj tawm, tom qab ntawd sawv ntsug thiab nce tawm ntawm lub nkoj thauj khoom thiab mus rau ntawm Ib tag hmo spaceplane, lub pluaj cov khoom thauj rov qab nws.
    
  Ob peb feeb tom qab, nws nkag mus rau hauv huab cua oxidizer - hmoov zoo, lub SAFER xyaw siv cov roj inert rau propulsion, yog li tsis muaj kev phom sij ntawm kev tawg - thiab nws tuaj yeem pom lub dav hlau kom pom tseeb. Thaum kaw qhov kev puas tsuaj zoo li tsis zoo, tab sis lub fuselage thiab cockpit zoo li qub. "Kuv nyob li ntawm nees nkaum yards txij thaum ib tag hmo," Boomer qhia. "Kuv mus rau hauv." Siv me me SAFER puffs, nws tau tsiv mus rau ib tag hmo lub tsev...
    
  ... thiab dhau ntawm lub qhov rais cockpit nws pom Jessica Faulkner thiab Tus Lwm Thawj Coj Anne Page, tseem zaum ncaj thiab buckled, taub hau, zoo li dozing nyob rau hauv lub rooj zaum dav hlau, tab sis tsis txav. "Kuv pom Gonzo thiab Tus Lwm Thawj Coj," Boomer tau hais. "Lawv raug khi rau hauv thiab sawv ntsug. Kuv tsis tuaj yeem pom yog tias lawv qhov muag qhib. " Nws tau tawm lub teeb nyem thiab ua tib zoo rub lub visors ntawm Ib tag hmo lub cockpit - tsis muaj lus teb. "Lawv cov khaub ncaws zoo li qub thiab kuv tuaj yeem pom cov LEDs ntawm lawv cov txheej xwm txheej xwm txheej - heck, lawv yuav yog -."
    
  Thiab tsuas yog lub sijhawm ntawd, Tus Lwm Thawj Coj Anne Page tsa nws lub taub hau, ces nws sab tes xis, zoo li waving. "Tus Lwm Thawj Coj tseem ciaj sia!" Boomer hais. "Kuv xav tias nws waving rau kuv!" Nws pom tau hais tias nws tuaj yeem yog qhov kev txav ntawm lub dav hlau, tab sis nws yuav tsum tau khi rau ib qho kev cia siab uas nws ua tau. "Gonzo tseem tsis txav mus, tab sis Tus Lwm Thawj Coj tau nco qab! Hluav taws xob tawm. Lub airlock hatch thiab cockpit zoo nkaus li ruaj ntseg yam tsis muaj kev puas tsuaj los yog decompression. Peb yuav tsum tau coj lawv rov qab mus rau qhov chaw nres tsheb. "
    
  Nws sawv saum ib tag hmo mus saib lub bay cargo. "Lub sab xis ntawm lub fuselage qhov twg lub tis txuas zoo li raug puas tsuaj loj." Nws maneuvered ib ncig ntawm lub cargo bay ntawm sab xis. "Dam," nws yws ob peb feeb tom qab. "Nws zoo nkaus li tias tus neeg caij tsheb module puas lawm. Npaj txhij. Kuv yuav pom tias kuv tuaj yeem kuaj xyuas cov neeg caij tsheb."
    
  Nyob ntawm Armstrong chaw nres tsheb, Brad McLanahan tuav nws ua pa. Nws paub tias Sondra nyob ntawm lub dav hlau ntawd thiab hloov mus rau tus neeg caij tsheb kom tso cai rau Tus Lwm Thawj Coj tau ya hauv lub cockpit.
    
  "Brad," Jodi xov tooj cua los ntawm UC Poly - tsis muaj leej twg ntawm Pab Pawg Starfire tawm ntawm lawv qhov chaw nres tsheb tom qab Stacy Ann Barbeau qhov kev iab liam tawg. "Kuv hnov txhua yam. Tsis yog ... tsis yog koj tus phooj ywg Sondra ... ?"
    
  "Yog," Brad hais.
    
  "Thov Vajtswv," Jodie ua pa.
    
  Boomer tau tuaj yeem saib los ntawm qhov sib txawv hauv lub nkoj thiab cov neeg caij tsheb. "Tsis muaj chaw txaus rau kuv kom haum rau hauv lub module," nws hais. Nws ci lub teeb nyem rau ntawm Sondra thiab tus neeg saib xyuas Secret Service. "Lawv tsis nco qab, tab sis kuv tuaj yeem pom cov teeb pom kev zoo ntawm lawv cov khaub ncaws, thiab lawv cov visors poob qis thiab saib xauv. Peb-"
    
  Thiab lub sijhawm ntawd, thaum Boomer hla lub nqaj ntawm nws lub teeb nyem raws li lub visor ntawm nws lub kaus mom hlau, Sondra tsa nws lub taub hau. Nws ob lub qhov muag tau qhib thiab dav nrog kev ntshai. "Holy crap, Sondra tseem ciaj sia!" Boomer qw. "Tus neeg saib xyuas Kev Pabcuam zais cia tsis txav mus, tab sis raws li kuv tuaj yeem qhia tau, nws cov khaub ncaws tsis zoo! Tej zaum peb yuav muaj plaub tus neeg dim ntawm no!"
    
  "Zoo meej!" Kai xov tooj cua. Nws thiab lwm pab neeg tau saib Boomer qhov kev nce qib los ntawm kev yees duab thiab suab los ntawm cov koob yees duab ntsia ntawm Boomer's PLSS. "Cia li rov qab los ntawm ob. Peb yuav nthuav dav qhov kev ua txhaum cai kom nkag mus rau hauv cov neeg caij tsheb, thiab tom qab ntawd peb tuaj yeem khaws cov neeg caij tsheb thiab tom qab ntawd nkag mus rau lub davhlau ya davhlau los ntawm airlock. "
    
  "Tau nkag siab." Boomer tau ua nws txoj hauv kev mus rau pem hauv ntej ntawm Midnight Spaceplane, pom cov tshuaj tiv thaiv cov tshuaj tiv thaiv ntawm lub qhov ntswg, thiab muab cov hlua khi ruaj khov rau hauv nws. Tom qab ntawd nws txuas lub nplhaib ntawm nws lub hnab ev ntawv lub hnab ev khoom rau nws txoj siv sia thiab rov qab mus rau S-29 Duab Ntxoo spaceplane, zipping txoj siv sia. Ob peb feeb tom qab nws dhau los ntawm Ntxoov ntxoo lub airlock, ntsia PLSS nyob rau hauv lub reloading thiab resupply cradle, thiab rov qab mus rau tus duab ntxoov ntxoo lub cockpit.
    
  Ernesto hais tias "Txoj haujlwm zoo, Comandante," Ernesto hais tom qab Boomer buckled. Lawv pauv ib lub nrig ntaus. "Koj puas xav tias peb tuaj yeem coj lawv tawm thiab coj lawv mus rau qhov chaw nres tsheb, tus thawj coj?"
    
  "Tsis paub meej," Boomer hais tias, siv ob peb feeb rau nws ua pa thiab lub plawv dhia kom pib rov qab mus rau qhov qub. "Tus neeg caij tsheb module tau raug puas tsuaj, tab sis lub cockpit zoo li qub. Kuv pom LEDs ntawm lawv cov suits, tab sis kuv tsis tuaj yeem qhia tau tias lawv yog teeb liab teeb lossis dab tsi. Tej zaum peb yuav tau txais lus rau VP hais txog yuav ua li cas qhib lub airlock lossis lub cockpit visors, thiab tom qab ntawd cia siab tias lawv tuaj yeem muaj sia nyob ntawm kev hloov mus. Cia peb rov qab mus rau qhov chaw nres tsheb."
    
  Nws coj lawv ib nrab ib teev ntawm kev ceev faj kom rub lub dav hlau Midnight S-19 puas rov qab mus rau Armstrong chaw nres tsheb. Cov neeg ua haujlwm tau sawv ntawm qhov npaj txhij nrog cov hlua hnyav dua thiab cov txiav, thiab cov chaw taws teeb tswj lub caj npab tau txuas mus kom deb li deb li lawv tuaj yeem ua txhua yam xav tau. Boomer docked S-29 nrog chaw nres tsheb.
    
  "Txoj haujlwm zoo, Boomer," Kai xov tooj cua, kawm cov duab ntawm S-19 Ib tag hmo uas puas lawm thiab cov neeg ua haujlwm ua haujlwm kom nkag mus rau cov neeg caij tsheb. "Kuv hais kom S-29 refueled thiab thauj khoom ntau npaum li sai tau. Peb tuaj yeem siv ib qho ntawm cov airlocks ua lub siab chamber. Kuv xav kom koj thiab koj tus thawj coj nyob hauv lub dav hlau. Peb muaj li peb teev ua ntej peb tuaj txog ntawm cov ntaub ntawv tom ntej, yog li yog tias koj xav tau tawm mus thiab siv 'wicks', ua tam sim no. " Ernesto yov nws txhais tes, qhia tias qhov no yog qhov nws xav tau. Lub Wicks, lossis WCS, yog qhov chaw pov tseg, lossis qhov chaw tso quav, ntawm Armstrong chaw nres tsheb.
    
  "Muaj nws," Boomer hais. "Dab tsi dig muag peb mus txog?"
    
  "Qhov phem tshaj," Kai hais. "Delta Bravo Ib. Hauv plawv nroog. Txoj cai nyob nruab nrab. " Boomer tau paub zoo tias lawv nyob qhov twg: Moscow thiab St. Petersburg. Lawv tau sib tshooj tua cov voj voog los ntawm ntau lub hom phiaj tiv thaiv satellite uas hla thaj tsam ntawm Barents Hiav Txwv mus rau Gulf of Azov. "Vim hais tias Lavxias teb sab orbital seem raug txiav thiab peb tsis muaj peb tus kheej maneuvering module, peb tsis tuaj yeem txav chaw nres tsheb mus rau qhov chaw tsis txaus ntseeg."
    
  "Ernesto tawm mus siv 'wicks'  " Boomer tshaj tawm thaum Ernesto pib unbuckle nws tus kheej. "Kuv xav tswj lub chaw nres tsheb roj. Kuv xav tau ib tus neeg ntawm lub xaib los saib xyuas qhov tsis raug. "
    
  Kai hais tias "Peb tab tom khiav tawm ntawm cov neeg caij dav hlau, Boomer," Kai hais. Nws tig mus rau tus thawj tswj chaw nres tsheb Trevor Sheil. "Trev, koj puas xav hnav khaub ncaws thiab-"
    
  "Xa hauv Brad McLanahan," Boomer hais. "Nws tsis tibneeg hu tauj coob. Damn nws, nws xyaum ua ib tug dav hlau tsav dav hlau lawm. "
    
  Brad tau nyob ntsiag to txij li thaum Lavxias teb sab satellite tau tua lub Ib tag hmo C-19, saib lub qhov rais ntawm cov neeg ua haujlwm nyob ib puag ncig ib tag hmo thiab vam tias yuav pom lub ntsej muag ntawm Sondra, tab sis nws ci ntsa iab thaum nws hnov nws lub npe. "Kuv twv kuv yuav!" - nws hais zoo siab tshaj lub intercom.
    
  Kai hais tias "Mus rau lub dav hlau thiab lwm tus yuav pab koj ua tus ace," Kai hais. "Koj yuav tsum nyob hauv qhov chaw puv thiab ntawm oxygen. Peb tsis muaj sijhawm los muab koj rau hauv LCVG. " LCVG, los yog Ua Kua Dej Txias thiab Cua Txias Hnav, yog ib daim ntawv haum nrog cov raj dej khiav los ntawm nws uas nqus cua sov los ntawm lub cev. "Trev, pab Brad mus rau airlock." Trevor coj Brad mus rau lub hatch ua rau kev khaws cia thiab ua haujlwm module. Txij li thaum nws yuav tsis hnav LCVG, nws tau nrawm thiab yooj yim los ua ACES ce, hnab looj tes thiab khau, thiab tsuas yog ob peb feeb Brad tau nyob ntawm nws txoj kev mus rau qhov txuas txuas S-29 Duab Ntxoo spaceplane mus rau qhov chaw nres tsheb. .
    
  Ntawm txoj kev mus rau lub dav hlau docked, Brad hla Ernesto Hermosillo, uas tab tom mus rau Galaxy module. "Hav, xov xwm zoo txog Sondra, txiv neej," Ernesto hais, muab Brad lub nrig ntaus. "Kuv vam tias nws yuav zoo. Peb mam li paub sai sai no, amigo. "
    
  "Ua tsaug, Ernesto," Brad hais.
    
  Tus kws tshaj lij tau pab Brad los ntawm qhov chaw docking, thiab Brad taug kev los ntawm airlock rau hauv lub davhlau ya nyob twg. Boomer muab nws txoj hlua khi rau nws. "Hav Brad," Boomer hais dhau ntawm intercom. "Txhua yam uas tuaj yeem ua rau Sondra thiab lwm tus tau ua tiav. Kuv xav tias nws thiab tus neeg saib xyuas Kev Pabcuam zais cia yuav tau siv hmo ntuj nyob rau hauv lub airlock pressurized nrog cov pa ntshiab. Tej zaum lawv yuav tsis nco qab ib pliag, tab sis yog tias lawv muaj sia nyob ntawm kev tawm tsam nrog lawv cov khaub ncaws tsis zoo, lawv yuav tsum tawm mus. "
    
  "Ua tsaug, Boomer," Brad hais.
    
  "Ua tsaug rau qhov no, Brad," Boomer hais. "Qhov no tsis muaj dab tsi ntau tshaj li txoj haujlwm tu menyuam yaus yooj yim, tab sis cov cai, uas kuv tau sau kuv tus kheej, hais tias ib tus neeg yuav tsum nyob ntawm kev tswj hwm ntawm S-29 thaum lub sijhawm rov ua haujlwm hauv qhov chaw, hnav khaub ncaws thiab pa oxygen. Qhov chaw ntiaj chaw Dub Stallion thiab Ib tag hmo xav tau ob tus neeg ua haujlwm vim tias lawv tsis ua haujlwm li Duab Ntxoo. Kuv xav mus xyuas lub chaw nres tsheb roj thiab tej zaum yuav ntaus nws lub taub hau, thiab Ernesto yog nyob rau hauv nws txoj kev mus rau lub lis piam, uas yog vim li cas koj nyob ntawm no.
    
  "Tus Duab Ntxoo yog qhov ua haujlwm siab heev, yog li nws yuav qhia koj hais lus thiab ntawm qhov screen no dab tsi tshwm sim," Boomer txuas ntxiv, taw qhia rau cov khoom siv loj loj hauv nruab nrab ntawm kev khiav ceev. Cov ntawv txheeb xyuas cov khoom tau hais txog xim daj, tom qab ntawd ob peb txoj hlua ntawm lub khoos phis tawj ua haujlwm, cov kab daj tig ntsuab, thiab thaum kawg qhov kawg tshwm sim nrog lub pob me me daj ntawm lub touchscreen nug seb lub computer puas tuaj yeem txuas ntxiv mus. "Yog tias muaj ib yam dab tsi tshwm sim, nws yuav ceeb toom rau koj thiab tos kom pom tseeb, uas koj ua los ntawm nias tus yuam sij mos uas tshwm. Feem ntau, nws yuav yooj yim kho qhov teeb meem nws tus kheej, ceeb toom rau koj tias nws tau raug kho, thiab tos kom pom tseeb. Yog nws kho tsis tau nws tus kheej, nws yuav qhia rau koj paub. Tsuas yog qhia kuv yog tias qhov no tshwm sim thiab kuv yuav hais kom cov kws tshaj lij ua haujlwm rau nws. Raws li kuv tau hais, koj saib xyuas cov menyuam, tsuas yog 'tus menyuam' yog tus ntse dua thiab loj dua koj. Muaj lus nug?
    
  "Tsis muaj".
    
  "Zoo. Kuv mam li tuaj yeem hnov lub computer yog tias nws tshaj tawm dab tsi. Kuv yuav tsis nyob deb. Tsuas hu yog tias-"
    
  Thiab lub sijhawm ntawd lawv tau hnov: "Armstrong, qhov no yog Ib tag hmo, koj hnov li cas?"
    
  "Gonzo?" Kai qw. "Nws yog koj?"
    
  "Yog," hais Gonzo. Nws lub suab nrov nrov thiab tawg, zoo li nws tab tom sim hais lus nrog hnyav hnyav ntawm nws lub hauv siab. "Yog koj hnov kuv, qhia. Miss Vice President?"
    
  "Kuv ... Kuv hnov koj ... Gonzo." Tus Lwm Thawj Coj teb nyob rau hauv tib lub suab qis, hoarse thiab qeeb intonation. "Kuv ... Kuv ua tsis taus pa zoo."
    
  Gonzo hais tias "Kev pab tab tom los, ma'am," Gonzo hais. "Tus Neeg Saib Xyuas Clarkson." Tsis teb. "Tus Neeg Saib Xyuas Clarkson?" Tseem tsis tau ib lo lus. "Sondra?"
    
  "Nruab ... thiab ... thiab meej," Sondra teb tsis muaj zog. Brad ua pa tob, nws thawj zaug hauv ntau lub sijhawm nruj. "Kuv yuav ... Kuv mam li sim tshuaj xyuas Clarkson."
    
  Trevor tau tshaj tawm tias "Peb muaj zog txog thaum ib tag hmo," "Peb yuav kuaj xyuas qhov xwm txheej ntawm lub dav hlau lub nkoj, tom qab ntawd tshawb xyuas seb peb puas tuaj yeem hloov pauv los ntawm qhov chaw kaw lossis seb peb yuav tau mus rau qhov chaw sab nraud. Lawv ua pa qhia tias lawv cov suits yuav tsis tau txais oxygen los ntawm lub dav hlau, yog li peb yuav tsum tau maj mam saib seb peb puas tuaj yeem ...
    
  "Kev txib, kev soj ntsuam, Kuv pom ntau lub foob pob hluav taws!" - Christine Rayhill qw tshaj lub intercom ntawm txhua qhov chaw nres tsheb. "Ib qho kev tso tawm los ntawm Plesetsk, ib qho los ntawm Baikonur! Kev xa tawm kev lag luam tab tom taug qab tam sim no ... npaj txhij ... qhov kev tso tawm thib ob tam sim no tau kuaj pom los ntawm Baikonur, Kuv rov hais dua, ob lub foob pob hluav taws los ntawm ... lub foob pob hluav taws tam sim no tau kuaj pom los ntawm Xichang, pab pawg, qhov no yog plaub foob pob hluav taws. tso tawm ... lub foob pob hluav taws thib tsib tau tshawb pom, lub sijhawm no los ntawm Wenchang Cosmodrome ntawm Hainan Island. Nov yog tsib lub foob pob hluav taws! Tsis muaj ntawv ceeb toom ua ntej ntawm ib qho kev tshaj tawm. "
    
  "Cov chaw sib ntaus sib tua, cov neeg ua haujlwm," Kai hais kom hla lub intercom. "Txhua tus neeg ua haujlwm coj lawv txoj haujlwm sib ntaus sib tua."
    
  Nyob rau hauv lub dav hlau duab ntxoov ntxoo, Boomer ya los ntawm lub airlock sai dua Brad puas tau pom leej twg txav mus rau hauv qhov chaw, nrog zoo kawg li agility rau ib tug txiv neej nyob rau hauv lub caij nplooj zeeg dawb, zaum nyob rau hauv lub pilot lub rooj zaum, ruaj nws umbilical cords, thiab pib strapping nws tus kheej. "Kuv yuav ua li cas, Boomer?" - Brad nug. "Kuv yuav tsum tawm mus thiab cia Ernesto-"
    
  "Zoo dhau lawm," hais tias Boomer. "Lub airlock sab nraud hatches cia li kaw thaum peb mus rau qhov chaw nres tsheb sib ntaus sib tua hauv kev npaj rau peb txoj kev sib cais los ntawm qhov chaw nres tsheb. Lawv yuav tsum nres refueling thiab unloading cargo, thiab sai li sai tau thaum lawv ua li ntawd, peb yuav mus rau peb txoj kev. "
    
  "Koj txhais hais tias rov qab mus rau lub orbit?"
    
  "Yog," Boomer hais tias, maj mam buckling thiab teb rau lub computer ceeb toom. "Peb tshem tawm sai li sai tau. Muaj ib daim ntawv txheeb xyuas velcroed rau lub taub hau ntawm koj lub hauv caug sab xis. Strap rau koj lub duav. Ua raws li nrog lub computer thaum koj mus txog txhua yam. Thaum nws nug koj kom paub meej thiab koj pom zoo tias nws tau ua raws li cov kauj ruam kom raug, mus tom ntej thiab coj mus rhaub khawm ntawm qhov screen. Yog tias nws poob lossis koj tau txais cov lus yuam kev, thov qhia rau kuv paub. Nws yuav kho qhov ceev ntawm txhua ntu raws li sai npaum li cas koj paub meej tias txhua qhov kev txiav txim, tab sis nws kuj paub tias peb nyob ntawm kev sib ntaus sib tua, yog li nws yuav sim mus sai sai. Tshawb xyuas koj cov hlab ntsha thiab cov pa oxygen thiab buckle kom nruj raws li qhov ua tau - qhov no tuaj yeem yog kev caij tsheb hnyav. "
    
  Christine Rayhill, tus kws saib xyuas nws ob lub computer saib, hais tias "Qhov no tsis zoo li yog txoj hauv kev ntawm lub foob pob hluav taws." "Thawj ob lub foob pob hluav taws tau npaj txhij ... lawv zoo li lawv mus rau hauv lub voj voog, hais kom ua, rov ua dua, txoj hauv kev ya davhlau."
    
  "Lavxias teb sab dav hlau," Valerie twv. "Lub salvo ntawm tsib yuav luag ib txhij pib."
    
  "Qhov xwm txheej ntawm Starfire yog dab tsi?" - Kai nug.
    
  Henry Lathrop hais tias "Tseem ua haujlwm rau nws," "Kuv tsis paub tias qhov no yuav kav ntev npaum li cas."
    
  Kai hais tias "Raws li sai tau, Henry,"hais tias. "Valerie, yuav ua li cas nrog Kingfishers thiab Hydra?"
    
  "Kingfisher 9 poob ob Mjolnir rounds, thiab peb Trinity modules ntawm qhov chaw nres tsheb tau siv tag nrho rau 6 qhov kev tiv thaiv satellite rounds," Valerie tau tshaj tawm. "Tag nrho lwm cov modules ntawm lub chaw nres tsheb tau npaj txhij. Rau ntawm kaum Trinity modules hauv orbit yog npaj txhij. . Hydra npaj txhij, txog peb caug kab.
    
  Ob peb feeb tom qab: "Kev txib, thawj ob lub foob pob hluav taws zoo li tau pib them nyiaj rau hauv lub voj voog, xav tias yuav yog lub dav hlau," Christine tau tshaj tawm. "Lawv lub voj voog tsis sib haum nrog peb."
    
  Trevor Sheil tau hais tias "Lawv tuaj yeem muaj cov khoom siv pabcuam nrog cov khoom thauj uas yuav coj lawv mus rau qhov chaw hloov chaw," Trevor Sheil tau hais. Lub auxiliary payload module yog ib qho ntxiv booster theem txuas rau saum toj kawg nkaus payload seem uas tuaj yeem txhaj cov khoom thauj mus rau lwm lub orbit ntawm lub sijhawm xav tau yam tsis tas yuav haus nws tus kheej lub zog. "Peb yuav tsum cia siab tias cov dav hlau no txav mus rau hauv kev cuam tshuam lub orbit hauv ib mus rau kaum teev."
    
  Kai Rhydon ntsia ib ncig ntawm qhov kev hais kom ua module thiab pom tias Brad tsis nyob hauv nws qhov chaw ib txwm muaj, txuas nrog lub bulkhead hauv cov lus txib module. "McLanahan, koj nyob qhov twg?" - nws nug dua lub intercom.
    
  Boomer teb tias "Qhov chaw ntawm tus thawj coj tub txib yog nyob ntawm Duab Ntxoo," Boomer teb.
    
  "Kuv puas yuav hais dua?"
    
  "Nws tuav lub thauj tog rau nkoj lub rooj zaum thaum Ernesto yuav tsum tau siv sij hawm tawm ntawm Lub Limtiam, thiab tam sim no peb tab tom ua haujlwm, nws tau khi rau nws," Boomer tau hais. "Tam sim no nws zoo li muaj qhov zoo zoo rau txhua yam."
    
  Kai hais tias "Xaiv lub airlock," Kai hais. "Cia koj tus thawj coj rov qab los."
    
  "Peb tsis muaj sijhawm, General," said Boomer. "Thaum lub sijhawm Ernesto tso rau hauv nws daim npav dua, peb yuav hais lus zoo. Tsis txhob txhawj. Brad ua tau zoo. Nws zoo li kuv tias nws twb tau pib cob qhia ua tub txib. "
    
  Kai tshee nws lub taub hau; muaj ntau yam tshwm sim uas tsis muaj kev tswj hwm, nws xav tias tu siab heev. "Yuav ua li cas sai li sai tau koj disconnect, Boomer?"
    
  Boomer tau hais tias "Lub qhov rooj thauj khoom tau kaw, General," Boomer tau hais. "Tej zaum ob feeb. Kuv yuav muab tswv yim rau koj. "
    
  "Kev txib, foob pob hluav taws peb thiab plaub kuj nkag mus rau hauv lub voj voog," Christina qhia txog ib feeb tom qab. "Lavxias teb sab payloads ib thiab ob yog ntsia rau hauv orbit. Tsis muaj kev ua haujlwm ntxiv los ntawm cov cuab tam hauv av. " Qhov ntawd tau hloov ib pliag tom qab: "Kev txib, ntau lub dav hlau ua haujlwm siab tau pom tias tau tawm ntawm Chkalovsky Air Base ze Moscow. Ob, tej zaum peb lub dav hlau nyob hauv huab cua. "
    
  "Anti-satellite aircraft los tso," Trevor hais. "Lawv sau cov xov xwm nyob rau pem hauv ntej ntawm lub tsev hais plaub tag nrho."
    
  Kai hais tias "Qhia txhua yam rau Space Command, Trev," Kai hais. "Kuv tsis paub tseeb tias lub hom phiaj yog leej twg, tab sis kuv yuav twv nws yog peb. Christine, Kuv tabtom twv lawv lub hom phiaj yog kom ncav cuag peb qhov siab thiab qhov chaw tsim nyog los cuam tshuam peb. Kuv xav tau orbit forecasts rau tag nrho cov Lavxias teb sab spaceplanes - Kuv yuav tsum paub meej tias thaum twg lawv yuav nkag mus rau lub orbits. "
    
  "Muaj, tus tswv," Christina teb. "Kuv tabtom xam tam sim no." Ob peb feeb tom qab: "Kev txib, kev soj ntsuam, xav tias lawv xav txav mus rau peb lub orbital lub kaum sab xis thiab qhov siab, Kuv cia siab tias Sierra Peb lub dav hlau mus txog qhov chaw xa tawm ntawm Hohmann hloov lub orbit hauv nees nkaum-peb feeb, ncav cuag peb qhov siab thiab lub dav hlau orbital. hauv xya feeb. Sierra One yuav ua tib yam li plaub caug yim feeb. Peb tseem ua hauj lwm rau peb lwm lub dav hlau, tab sis lawv txhua tus tuaj yeem nyob hauv peb lub orbit hauv tsawg dua plaub teev. Kuv yuav xam qhov twg lawv yuav txheeb ze rau peb thaum lawv nkag mus rau peb lub orbit. "
    
  "Plaub teev: yog lub sijhawm peb yuav hla dhau Delta Bravo One," Valerie tau taw qhia, hais txog lub orbital zaub ntawm lub vijtsam tseem ceeb. "Lawv tau teem sijhawm nws zoo kawg nkaus: lawv yuav muaj tsib lub dav hlau, txawm tias muaj tub rog, nyob hauv peb lub orbit thaum peb hla dhau qhov chaw tiv thaiv satellite hauv Moscow thiab St.
    
  Kai hais tias "Trevor, Kuv xav txav chaw nres tsheb kom siab li sai tau, sai li sai tau," Kai hais. "Peb yuav hloov peb txoj kev taug mus ntau li ntau tau, tab sis kuv xav ua kom qhov siab tshaj plaws - tej zaum peb tuaj yeem mus dhau qhov ntau ntawm S-500. Siv txhua qhov poob ntawm cov roj uas peb tau tso tseg, tab sis coj peb tawm ntawm qhov chaw txaus ntshai. "
    
  "Tau tau lawm," Trevor teb, tom qab ntawd tig mus ua haujlwm ntawm nws qhov chaw ua haujlwm.
    
    
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  Thawj Tswj Hwm Kenneth Phoenix tau taug kev nrawm rau hauv Chav Tsev Dawb Qhov Xwm Txheej, hais kom lwm tus tuaj koom lawv lub rooj. Nws lub ntsej muag yog grey thiab gaunt, thiab nws tau loj hlob hwj txwv nyob rau hauv ib hnub, qhov tshwm sim ntawm nws nyob thiab zaum ntawm nws lub rooj tos xov xwm los ntawm nws tus lwm thawj, tus thawj pab tswv yim thiab cov phooj ywg. "Ib tug neeg tham nrog kuv," nws hais.
    
  "Cov neeg Lavxias tau muab tso rau hauv lub voj voog uas ntseeg tau tias yog tsib lub dav hlau hluav taws xob," hais tias National Security Adviser William Glenbrook. Gen. Timothy Spelling thiab Director Central Intelligence Agency Thomas Torrey, ntxiv rau ob peb pab neeg sawv ze ntawm lub xov tooj.Lub saib loj nyob rau pem hauv ntej ntawm chav tsev tau muab faib ua ob peb lub vijtsam, ib qho uas pom cov duab ntawm tus thawj coj ntawm US Strategic Command, Admiral Joseph Eberhart, thiab tus thawj coj ntawm US Space Command, Air Force General George Sandstein, tuaj koom lub rooj sib tham los ntawm kev sib tham hauv video. lub dav hlau."
    
  "Tau Gryzlov ntawm lub xov tooj tam sim no," Phoenix hais. "Dab tsi ntxiv?"
    
  "Peb yuav tsum paub tsis pub dhau feeb seb lub dav hlau puas yuav ua rau muaj kev hem thawj rau Armstrong chaw nres tsheb," Glenbrook txuas ntxiv. "Cov neeg ua haujlwm nyob rau hauv Armstrong tuaj yeem kwv yees thaum lub dav hlau yuav tsum tau kho lawv lub orbital trajectory kom phim qhov chaw nres tsheb, lossis yog tias lawv yuav nkag mus rau lub orbit uas yuav cuam tshuam lub chaw nres tsheb."
    
  "Gryzlov nyob ntawm kab, tus tswv," tus tub ceev xwm sib txuas lus tau tshaj tawm ob peb feeb tom qab.
    
  Phoenix tuav lub xov tooj. "Lub ntuj raug txim koj xav tias koj ua dab tsi, Gryzlov?" nws poob siab.
    
  "Nws tsis zoo heev uas muaj ntau yam tsis paub tus yeeb ncuab lub dav hlau dav hlau dav hlau, puas yog Phoenix?" - hais tias tus txhais lus. "Kuv paub tseeb tias koj lub tshuab orbital yuav qhia rau koj sai sai no, tab sis kuv yuav qhia koj tam sim no kuv tus kheej, txhawm rau cawm koj cov teeb meem: koj qhov chaw tub rog chaw nres tsheb yuav cuam tshuam nrog tag nrho peb lub ntiaj chaw ntiaj chaw thiab riam phom tiv thaiv satellite hauv li peb teev, ntawm lub sij hawm twg kuv yuav kom kuv Space Force tua koj cov tub rog chaw nres tsheb."
    
  "Dab tsi?"
    
  Gryzlov tau hais tias "Koj muaj peb teev kom khiav tawm ntawm qhov chaw nres tsheb thiab cawm koj cov neeg txoj sia," Gryzlov hais. "Kuv tsuas yog yuav tsis tso cai rau tus dab no ya hla tebchaws Russia dua thaum nws cov riam phom muaj txiaj ntsig - raws li peb nyuam qhuav pom hauv Suav teb, qhov chaw nres tsheb thiab riam phom uas nws tswj tau ua rau muaj kev hem thawj loj rau Russia."
    
  "Xav tawm qhov chaw nres tsheb?" Phoenix retorted. "Muaj kaum plaub tus txiv neej thiab poj niam nyob hauv nkoj! Kuv yuav tsum ua li cas hauv peb teev?"
    
  "Nws tsis yog kuv qhov kev txhawj xeeb, Phoenix," Gryzlov hais. "Koj muaj koj lub dav hlau dav hlau thiab cov neeg caij tsheb ua lag luam uas tsis muaj neeg caij nkoj, thiab kuv tau hais tias qhov chaw nres tsheb muaj lub nkoj cawm siav uas tuaj yeem ua rau cov neeg ua haujlwm muaj sia nyob ntev txaus kom tau nqa thiab nqa rov qab mus rau lub ntiaj teb lossis hloov mus rau Lub Chaw Haujlwm Thoob Ntiaj Teb. Tab sis qhov ntawd tsis yog kuv qhov kev txhawj xeeb, Phoenix. Kuv xav tau kev lees paub tias qhov chaw riam phom raug kaw, thiab txoj hauv kev zoo tshaj plaws uas kuv tuaj yeem xav ua qhov no yog rhuav tshem qhov chaw nres tsheb. "
    
  Phoenix tau hais tias "Lub Armstrong chaw nres tsheb yog cov cuab yeej cuab tam Asmeskas thiab chaw ua tub rog," Phoenix tau hais. "Kev tawm tsam ntawm qhov no yuav zoo li kev tawm tsam ntawm lwm lub hauv paus tub rog Asmeskas lossis lub dav hlau thauj khoom. Nov yog kev ua tsov rog. "
    
  Gryzlov hais tias "Tom qab ntawd ua li ntawd - mus tom ntej thiab tshaj tawm nws, Phoenix," Gryzlov hais. "Kuv paub tseeb rau koj, Russia thiab nws cov phoojywg tau npaj ua tsov rog nrog Asmeskas. Kuv xav txog qhov tseeb tias Asmeskas tau ya riam phom hla tebchaws Russia tau ntau xyoo ua tsov rog - tam sim no, thaum kawg, ib yam dab tsi yuav ua tiav txog nws. Kuv tsis ua dab tsi ntau dua li tiv thaiv Russia los ntawm kev ua tsov rog Asmeskas lub tshuab ua rog uas tau sim zais nws tus kheej li kev sim tub ntxhais kawm qib siab. Zoo, kuv tau dag. Kuv yuav tsis cia kuv tus kheej raug dag ntxiv lawm. "
    
  "Koj puas tau xav txog dab tsi yuav tshwm sim yog tias qhov chaw nres tsheb tsis raug puas tsuaj thaum rov nkag, Gryzlov? Muaj pes tsawg tus neeg hauv ntiaj teb yuav tuag los ntawm cov khib nyiab poob thiab MHD generator core?
    
  "Tau kawg, kuv xav txog nws, Phoenix," Gryzlov hais. "Lub chaw nres tsheb yuav raug ntaus nyob rau sab hnub poob ntawm Russia. Peb kwv yees nws yuav tsaws tsis zoo nyob rau sab hnub poob Tuam Tshoj, Siberia lossis North Atlantic. Thiab yog tias nws tsis poob ua ntej nws mus txog North America, nws yuav zoo li poob rau sab hnub poob Canada lossis sab hnub poob Tebchaws Meskas, uas muaj cov neeg tsawg. Nws haum, puas yog? Txij li txhua lub tebchaws muaj lub luag haujlwm rau lawv tus kheej lub dav hlau, txawm tias lawv yuav rov qab los li cas, koj tus dab tuaj yeem raug xa rov qab mus rau koj lub qhov rooj.
    
  "Peb teev, Phoenix," Gryzlov hais ntxiv. "Kuv xav kom koj hais rau koj cov neeg caij astronaut kom maj nrawm. Thiab ib qho ntxiv, Phoenix: yog tias peb ntes tau ib qho riam phom nyob hauv qhov chaw raug tso tawm ntawm txhua lub hom phiaj hauv Russia, peb yuav xav txog qhov no yog qhov pib ntawm kev ua tsov rog ntawm peb ob lub teb chaws. Koj pib qhov kev sib ntaus sib tua no thaum koj tua hluav taws xob riam phom - tus nqi koj them yog qhov poob ntawm qhov chaw nres tsheb no. Tsis txhob ntxiv rau qhov kev txom nyem uas yuav tshwm sim rau koj thiab koj cov neeg los ntawm kev pib ua tsov rog thermonuclear. " Thiab qhov kev sib txuas tau cuam tshuam.
    
  "Dab tsi tus txiv dev!" - Phoenix qw, pov lub xov tooj rov qab rau ntawm qhov muag. "Fred, txav peb mus rau DEFCON peb. Kuv xav paub txhua qhov chaw nyob hauv Asmeskas qhov chaw nres tsheb no tuaj yeem poob. "
    
  "Muaj, tus tswv," teb Tus Tuav Ntaub Ntawv Tiv Thaiv, thiab nws tus pab tau khaws lub xov tooj. DEFCON, lossis Defense Readiness Condition, yog ib kauj ruam los ntawm kauj ruam los txhim kho kev npaj ntawm Asmeskas tub rog rau kev ua tsov rog nuclear. Txij li thaum Asmeskas Holocaust thiab Tuam Tshoj Cov Neeg Liberation Army Navy tau siv cov nqi nuclear tob hauv South Tuam Tshoj Hiav Txwv, Teb Chaws Asmeskas tau nyob rau theem 4 DEFCON, ib kauj ruam saum kev thaj yeeb nyab xeeb; DEFCON Ib yog qib txaus ntshai tshaj plaws, uas txhais tau tias kev ua tsov rog nuclear yuav tshwm sim. "Koj puas xav xaj kom khiav tawm hauv thaj chaw muaj kev tsis sib haum xeeb, tus tswv?"
    
  Tus thawj tswj hwm tsis txaus siab, tab sis tsuas yog ib pliag: "Kuv yuav mus tshaj tawm xov tooj cua thiab xov tooj cua hauv tebchaws thiab piav qhia qhov xwm txheej," nws hais. "Kuv yuav tso qhov no rau cov neeg Amelikas, qhia lawv txog txoj hauv kev ntawm cov nroj tsuag tsoo North America, qhia rau lawv tias peb ua txhua yam peb ua tau kom paub tseeb tias qhov ntawd tsis tshwm sim, thiab cia lawv txiav txim siab seb lawv xav tau. khiav tawm los tsis tau. Nws yuav siv sijhawm ntev npaum li cas rau nws rov qab los, Fred?"
    
  "Tsuas kaum tsib feeb, tus tswv," Hayes teb. "Lub sijhawm ya davhlau ib txwm ntawm ICBM los ntawm kev xa mus rau qhov cuam tshuam yog li peb caug feeb, yog li ib nrab ntawm qhov ntawd yuav yog qhov tseeb."
    
  "Tsuas muaj tsawg dua plaub teev kom khiav tawm, kuv xav tias cov neeg Asmeskas feem ntau yuav nyob hauv qhov chaw," Glenbrook tus kws pab tswv yim kev nyab xeeb hauv tebchaws tau hais.
    
  Thawj Tswj Hwm tau hais tias "Kuv cia siab tias peb yuav tsis tsim kev ceeb ntshai," tab sis ob peb qhov xwm txheej lossis cov neeg raug mob los ntawm kev ceeb toom yuav zoo dua li cov neeg Asmeskas tuag los ntawm cov khib nyiab poob thiab peb tsis tau ceeb toom lawv tias yuav tshwm sim." Nws tig mus rau Admiral Eberhart. "Admiral, Gryzlov muaj dab tsi nyob rau sab hnub poob Russia uas tuaj yeem cuam tshuam qhov chaw nres tsheb?"
    
  Eberhart teb hais tias "Qhov tseem ceeb tshaj plaws huab cua-launched missiles thiab S-500S anti-aircraft missile, tus tswv," Eberhart teb. "Ob Moscow thiab St. Petersburg tau siv ib lub roj teeb S-500. Txhua lub roj teeb muaj rau lub launchers; txhua lub launcher muaj plaub missiles ntxiv rau plaub reloads, uas tuaj yeem ntsia tau rau hauv ib teev. Muaj ob lub hauv paus nyob ze Moscow thiab St. Petersburg qhov twg MiG-31Ds ya, txhua tus muaj txog nees nkaum tus interceptors. "
    
  "Thiab qhov no tuaj yeem tsoo qhov chaw nres tsheb?"
    
  Eberhart tau hais tias "Lub chaw nres tsheb yog qhov siab tshaj plaws ntawm cov cuaj luaj, yog tias peb paub dab tsi txog S-500 yog qhov tseeb," Eberhart tau hais. "Lub chaw nres tsheb yog nyob rau hauv qhov siab tshaj plaws ntawm huab cua-launched anti-satellite missile."
    
  "Peb puas tuaj yeem txav chaw nres tsheb mus rau qhov chaw siab dua?"
    
  "Nws tau ua tiav tam sim no, tus tswv," Eberhart tau hais. "Tus Thawj Coj Chaw Nres Tsheb Kai Rydon tau hais kom lub chaw nres tsheb nce mus rau qhov siab tshaj plaws uas nws tuaj yeem ncav cuag ua ntej nws tsis muaj roj. Lawv kuj tseem sim hloov nws lub voj voog kom tsis txhob hla Moscow thiab St. Petersburg, tab sis qhov no yuav siv sij hawm ntev heev. "
    
  "Yuav ua li cas ntxiv peb yuav tsum txwv cov missile no los ntawm kev tsim tawm?" - nug tus thawj tswj hwm.
    
  "Nyob rau sab hnub poob Russia: tsis ntau, tus tswv," Hayes teb. "Peb muaj ib lub nkoj xa nkoj nkoj nkoj hauv hiav txwv Baltic uas tuaj yeem tawm tsam cov huab cua tiv thaiv satellite hauv St. Petersburg, thiab qhov ntawd yog nws. Peb tuaj yeem rhuav tshem lub hauv paus yooj yim, tab sis nws tsuas yog ib lub hauv paus xwb, thiab peb lub nkoj nkoj tom qab yuav dhau los ua cov nqaij dev rau Lavxias teb sab tiv thaiv submarine patrols - cov Russians yeej tswj hwm lub hiav txwv Baltic. Tus nqi ntawm kev poob lub submarine yuav yog ob npaug ntawm kev poob lub hauv paus Lavxias. "
    
  Glenbrook hais ntxiv tias "Ntxiv rau peb muaj kev pheej hmoo rau kev sib pauv nuclear yog tias cov foob pob hluav taws no tau tshawb pom," Glenbrook hais ntxiv. "Peb muaj hmoo tias qhov kev tawm tsam los ntawm qhov chaw tsis ua rau tib yam."
    
  "Yog li peb tsis muaj kev xaiv?" tus thawj tswj hwm nug. "Lub chaw nres tsheb puas yog keeb kwm?"
    
  Glenbrook tau hais tias "Peb muaj ib qho kev xaiv, tus tswv: tua lub hauv paus huab cua thiab tiv thaiv lub hnub qub cuaj luaj los ntawm qhov chaw," Glenbrook tau hais. "Lub chaw nres tsheb muaj riam phom tiv thaiv, tab sis nws tseem tuaj yeem tua cov phiaj xwm hauv av, raws li peb tau pom ntawm qhov chaw foob pob hluav taws hauv Suav teb. Tej zaum lawv yuav tsis tau txais txhua qhov chaw, tab sis lawv tuaj yeem tau txais txaus los cawm lawv tus kheej. "
    
  "Thiab pib Tsov Rog Ntiaj Teb III?" - Tus Thawj Fwm Tsav Tebchaws James Morrison tau tawm tsam, nws lub qhov muag nthuav dav nrog kev ntshai. "Koj hnov Gryzlov, Bill - tus txiv leej tub nyuam qhuav hem Thawj Tswj Hwm ntawm Tebchaws Meskas nrog kev ua tsov rog nuclear! Puas muaj leej twg nyob ntawm no xav tias tus txiv neej tsis vwm txaus ua qhov no? Kuv yuav xav tsis thoob yog tias nws tsis tau mus rau hauv av hais kom ua bunker tam sim no. Sir, Kuv xav kom peb tshem tawm cov tub ntxhais kawm tam sim no thiab tag nrho cov neeg ua haujlwm tsis tseem ceeb los ntawm qhov chaw ua tub rog thiab tso cai rau lwm tus neeg coob los tawm tsam cov cuaj luaj tuaj mus rau qhov zoo tshaj plaws ntawm lawv lub peev xwm. Yog tias qhov chaw nres tsheb zoo li nws yuav dhau mus, lwm pab pawg yuav tsum khiav tawm. "
    
  "Kuv tsis pom zoo, tus tswv," said Secretary of Defense Hayes. "Los teb koj cov lus nug, Jim: Kuv xav tias Gryzlov yog vwm thiab tsis txaus ntseeg, tab sis kuv tsis xav tias nws vwm txaus los pib ua tsov rog nuclear txawm tias peb rhuav tshem tag nrho nws lub hauv paus tiv thaiv satellite los ntawm qhov chaw. Gryzlov tseem hluas thiab muaj lub neej ntev thiab xis nyob ua ntej ntawm nws. Nws txiv raug tua nyob rau hauv kev tawm tsam Asmeskas - uas yuav tsum hnyav rau nws. Kuv xav tias nws mob siab txog kev muaj sia nyob ntawm nom tswv thiab khaws nws cov nyiaj txiag ntau dua li pib ua tsov rog nuclear. Tsis tas li ntawd, nws cov tswv yim nuclear rog tsis zoo dua li peb. "
    
  "Kev sau ntawv dav dav?"
    
  "Raws li ib feem ntawm DEFCON Peb, peb tab tom tso tag nrho peb ob peb lub foob pob hluav taws xob muaj peev xwm thiab cov neeg tua rog ntawm kev ceeb toom nuclear thiab xa ntau lub foob pob hluav taws thiab nkoj nkoj nkoj mus saib xyuas raws li qhov ua tau," Tus Thawj Coj ntawm Cov Thawj Coj Ua Haujlwm tau hais tias, muaj. Kuv pom lub computer ntsiav tshuaj. "Nws yuav siv sijhawm li ib mus rau peb hnub kom tau txais peb cov neeg foob pob ua haujlwm, peb mus rau xya hnub rau cov neeg tua rog, thiab ib mus rau peb lub lis piam kom tau txais cov nkoj ua haujlwm submarines. Tus Tuav Ntaub Ntawv Hayes yog hais txog tus lej, tus tswv: US thiab Lavxias teb sab rog yog qhov sib npaug ntawm qhov loj. Peb muaj ntau lub nkoj ntog thiab ballistic missile submarines; lawv muaj ntau lub dav hlau thiab hauv av-launched ballistic missiles. "
    
  "Tom qab Gryzlov qhov kev hem thawj, peb yuav tsum xav tias lawv tab tom nqa lawv lub zog nuclear mus rau qib siab ntawm kev npaj siab thaum peb hais," Hayes ntxiv. "Tej zaum ntau dua li peb."
    
  Thawj Tswj Hwm tau nyob twj ywm rau ob peb lub sijhawm ntev, peering rau ntawm lub ntsej muag ntawm nws cov kws pab tswv yim. Thaum kawg: "Kuv xav hais ncaj qha nrog General Rhydon," nws hais.
    
  Ob peb lub sijhawm tom qab ntawd, tom qab kev sib tham hauv video muaj kev ruaj ntseg: "General Raydon tab tom mloog, Mr. Thawj Tswj Hwm."
    
  "Ua ntej ntawm tag nrho cov: cov xwm txheej ntawm tus lwm thawj coj thiab cov neeg coob ntawm lub dav hlau."
    
  "Peb tab tom ua haujlwm kom nkag mus rau hauv cov neeg caij tsheb, tab sis kuv tau tso tseg txoj kev taug kev thaum cov hluav taws xob tso tawm," Kai teb. "Tseem tsis muaj lus teb los ntawm ib qho ntawm lawv."
    
  "Lawv muaj oxygen ntau npaum li cas?"
    
  "Ob peb teev ntxiv, yog tias lawv lub dav hlau lossis lub dav hlau dav hlau ib puag ncig tsis raug puas tsuaj. Peb tau saib cov ntawv nyeem ntawm lawv cov suits thiab peb xav tias lawv tseem tau txais oxygen los ntawm lub nkoj, tsis yog los ntawm lawv tus kheej suits. Yog tias nws hloov tawm tias qhov no tsis yog, lawv tsis muaj sijhawm ntau. "
    
  Thawj Tswj Hwm nodded grimly. "Ntawm no yog qhov xwm txheej, General: Gennady Gryzlov ncaj qha hais tias nws xav tua lub Silver Tower," "Nws hais rau kuv txog lub thawv tua thiab yuav ua li cas nws yuav tso cov dav hlau no nyob rau hauv tib cheeb tsam li kev tiv thaiv. satellite riam phom nyob ib ncig ntawm Moscow thiab St. Petersburg.
    
  Kai teb tam sim ntawd, "Yog lawm, tus tswv, peb ua tau," Kai teb tam sim ntawd, "tab sis tsis ntev. Peb muaj kaum rau ASAT kev koom tes thiab txog peb caug Hydra COIL laser kev koom tes. Peb kuj muaj kaum rau kev koom tes nrog peb cov riam phom depots nyob rau hauv orbit, tab sis txoj hauv kev uas lawv muaj peev xwm tiv thaiv qhov chaw nres tsheb yog siab heev. Thaum lawv siv tas lawm, peb yuav tau tso siab rau kev rov ua dua thiab rov ua dua. "
    
  "Thiab tom qab ntawd Gryzlov tuaj yeem tawm tsam peb qhov chaw rov muab cov dav hlau thiab cov khoom thauj khoom thauj mus los," tus thawj tswj hwm tau hais.
    
  Kai hais tias "Yog vim li cas kuv thiaj xav kom peb tawm tsam txhua lub hom phiaj ASAT uas peb tuaj yeem ua tau nrog peb cov Mjolnir missiles," Kai hais tias "Peb cuaj qhov chaw riam phom tseem tshuav nyob hauv thaj tsam ntawm ASAT qhov chaw txhua nees nkaum rau peb caug feeb. Peb muaj kaum peb qhov kev tawm tsam hauv av nrog cov khoom siv riam phom orbital. , ntxiv rau kaum tsib los ntawm qhov chaw nres tsheb riam phom, qhov no yuav ua rau muaj kev puas tsuaj loj heev rau Gryzlov's anti-satellite rog."
    
  "Gryzlov hem nuclear tsov rog yog tias peb tawm tsam ib qho ntawm nws lub hauv paus hauv Russia."
    
  Kai cov lus qhia thawj zaug xav tsis thoob, tom qab ntawd hnyav heev thiab thaum kawg npau taws. Nws tau hais tias "Mr. Thawj Tswj Hwm, qhov teeb meem no zoo dua kuv cov qib them nyiaj," tab sis yog tias ib tus neeg ua phem rau Tebchaws Meskas nrog kev ua tsov rog nuclear, kuv xav kom peb ua txhua yam los pab nws lub taub hau ntawm lub phaj."
    
  Thawj Tswj Hwm tau saib lwm cov lus ntawm nws tus kws pab tswv yim lub ntsej muag-lawv muaj kev ntshai ntawm kev txiav txim siab, tsis muaj dab tsi, thiab tsis meej pem. Nws tau txais qhov txawv txav tias lawv txhua tus zoo siab tias lawv tsis tas yuav txiav txim siab. "Secretary Hayes," Thawj Tswj Hwm hais ib pliag tom qab, "ua rau peb mus rau DEFCON Ob."
    
  "Muaj, tus tswv," teb tus Secretary of Defense, ncav cuag lub xov tooj.
    
  "General Raydon, kuv tso cai rau koj los tawm tsam thiab rhuav tshem ib qho kev tiv thaiv Lavxias teb sab kev teeb tsa uas ua rau muaj kev hem thawj rau Armstrong chaw nres tsheb," tus thawj tswj hwm tau hais tsis txaus ntseeg. "Koj tseem yuav siv cov riam phom uas muaj los tiv thaiv lub chaw nres tsheb los ntawm kev tawm tsam. Cia peb hloov tshiab ".
    
    
  NTAWM BOARD ARMSTRONG SPACE STATION
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  "Muaj, tus tswv," Kai teb. Tshaj tag nrho lub chaw nres tsheb intercom, nws hais tias, "Txhua tus neeg ua haujlwm, qhov no yog Tus Thawj Coj, Thawj Tswj Hwm ntawm Tebchaws Meskas tau tso cai rau peb tawm tsam txhua lub hauv paus Lavxias uas ua rau muaj kev hem thawj rau peb thiab siv txhua yam riam phom ntawm peb pov tseg los tiv thaiv chaw nres tsheb. . Qhov no yog qhov kuv xav ua. Kuv xav kom Casey Huggins tau oxygen thiab dhau los ua tus ace, thiab kuv xav tau kev txhawb nqa lub neej los qhia nws siv lub nkoj cawm siav. "
    
  Casey teb tias "General, Kuv yuav luag tiav rov txuas Starfire," Casey teb. "Ib teev, tej zaum tsawg dua. Yog tias kuv nres, tej zaum koj yuav tsis tuaj yeem npaj nws raws sijhawm. "
    
  Kai xav txog ib pliag; Tom qab ntawd, "Ok, ua haujlwm zoo, Casey," nws hais. "Tab sis tam sim no kuv xav kom koj rau oxygen tam sim no, thiab sai li sai tau thaum koj ua tiav, kuv yuav muab lub foob rau koj."
    
  Casey hais tias "Kuv tsis tuaj yeem ua haujlwm nrog lub npog ntsej muag oxygen rau, tus tswv," Casey hais. "Thaum kuv ua tiav, kuv yuav muab tso rau hauv lub spacesuit."
    
  Kai paub tias nws tsis zoo, tab sis nws yeej xav kom Starfire rov qhib dua. "Okay, Casey," nws hais. "Yuav ceev npaum li koj ua tau."
    
  "Yes, sir".
    
  "Dab tsi yog peb lub qhov muag dig muag tom ntej?" - Kai nug.
    
  "Suav S-500 qhov chaw sim ntawm Hainan Island," tshaj tawm Christine Reyhill. "Nyob rau hauv thaj tsam ntawm Kingfisher - Ob hauv tsib feeb. Yelizovo Air Base, MiG-31D Base, S-500 Range ntawm Yelizovo thiab S-500 Range ntawm Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Naval Base yuav nyob hauv thaj tsam tsis ntev tom qab ntawd, kuj rau Kingfisher-Ob.
    
  "Ib qho peb tawm tsam txhua ntawm S-500s thiab ib qho tawm tsam huab cua puag, Valerie," Kai hais.
    
  "Yog lawm, tus tswv," Valerie hais. "Kev sib ntaus sib tua, xaiv lub hom phiaj hauv av rau-"
    
  Christina tau hais tias "Kev txib, kev soj ntsuam, thawj lub dav hlau hluav taws xob, Daddy One zoo li yuav hloov pauv," Christina hais. "Qhov no ua kom nrawm ... zoo li lub orbital hloov maneuver, tus tswv. Nws zoo li nws yuav nyob rau hauv qhov sib txawv ntawm peb li, thiab me ntsis offset - Kuv tsis tuaj yeem txiav txim siab qhov siab tsis tau. Kuv cia siab tias Papa Ob yuav nrawm rau hauv kev hloov pauv hauv ob peb feeb. Lub Electron spaceplane Papa Peb yuav tsum tawm hauv kaum tsib feeb. Kuv tsis tuaj yeem hais txog plaub thiab thib tsib. "
    
  "Boomer, koj puas muaj roj txaus hloov mus rau ISS, chaw nres nkoj, thiab rov qab los rau peb?" - Kai nug.
    
  "Muaj npaj. "Kuv mam kuaj," Boomer teb. Ib pliag tom qab ntawd: "Yog lawm, dav dav, muaj, tab sis tsis txaus rov qab los tom qab yam tsis muaj refueling. Muaj pes tsawg roj thiab oxidizer tseem nyob ntawm qhov chaw nres tsheb?
    
  Trevor xyuas nws cov ntawv nyeem. "Nyob txhiab phaus ntawm JP-8 thiab kaum txhiab 'pob zeb'." "
    
  "Yuav tsum txaus tshwj tsis yog kuv yuav tsum tau ua ntau yam," Boomer hais. "Kuv yuav zoo dua yog tias peb tuaj yeem npaj lub luag haujlwm rov muab khoom dua -"
    
  "Lub foob pob hluav taws tau kuaj pom los ntawm SBIRS, tus tswv!" Christine qw tshaj lub intercom. SBIRS, lossis Space-Based Infrared Surveillance System, yog United States Air Force tus tshiab tshaj plaws infrared satellite system, muaj peev xwm ntes thiab taug qab cov cuaj luaj thiab txawm tias dav hlau los ntawm lawv lub cav kub lossis pa taws. "Pop-up lub hom phiaj hla Novosibirsk. Ob ... peb lub launches, yeej nyob rau hauv ib tug intercept chav kawm, tsis muaj ballistic launches. Interception hauv rau feeb!"
    
  "Zoo li lawv tau tsiv qee qhov MiG-31s mus rau hauv nruab nrab Russia," Trevor tau hais.
    
  "Qhia lub hom phiaj, Dad-Six, - Xya thiab - Yim, Sib ntaus," Valerie hais.
    
  "Peb tau pom los ntawm lub hom phiaj taug qab radar ... hloov mus rau missile taw qhia radar ... Missile launch, S-500 ... Plaub interceptor salvo, xya feeb los cuam tshuam!" Christina qhia. "Nrhiav cov missiles ... Lwm salvo ntawm plaub, lub thib ob launcher, zoo li ... qhov thib peb salvo ntawm S-500s tawm, zoo li lub nplhaib ntawm S-500 launchers nyob ib ncig ntawm Novosibirsk! Kuv ntseeg tias ... plaub salvo, kaum rau S-500s tab tom los ntawm Novosibirsk! Kaum cuaj tus neeg cuam tshuam tuaj txog, cov neeg coob!"
    
  Trevor tau hais tias "Qhov no ntau dua li peb tau ua nrog kev tawm dag zog.
    
  "Qhov xwm txheej ntawm peb cov riam phom tiv thaiv, Valerie," Kai nug.
    
  "Txhua yam yog ntsuab, tus tswv," Valerie teb. "Kaum caum ntsib nrog Kingfisher ntawm keel, ntxiv rau peb caug txhaj tshuaj ntawm Hydra."
    
  "Peb siab npaum li cas, Trev?"
    
  Trevor teb tias, "Ob puas thiab tsib caug xya," Trevor teb. "Qhov kev tua ntau tshaj plaws ntawm S-500 yuav tsum yog tsib puas mais. Peb yuav nyob ze."
    
  Christina hais tias "Pib feeb ntawm Wasp interceptors," Christina hais.
    
  "Lub roj teeb ntawm txhua yam riam phom tuag, Valerie," Kai hais.
    
  "Yuav nkag siab, tus tswv, cov roj teeb raug tso tawm, kev sib ntaus sib tua, kev npaj rau kev sib ntaus sib tua tau tso cai."
    
  "Kev nkag siab, tsuas yog rau-"
    
  "Liab!" Henry Lathrop qw. "Lub taub hau ntawm S-500 missiles tau muab faib ua ob - tsis yog, peb, peb ib leeg!"
    
  "Koj puas tuaj yeem qhia lawv sib nrug, Henry?"
    
  Henry hais tias "Tsis tau - tseem nyob deb heev," Henry hais. "Thaum lawv mus txog li peb puas mais, kuv yuav xub xyuas lawv nrog lub ntsuas hluav taws xob infrared kom pom tias muaj qhov sib txawv ntawm qhov kub thiab txias, thiab tom qab ntawd nrog lub ntsuas hluav taws xob kho qhov muag saib seb puas muaj lub teeb pom kev pom."
    
  "Peb feeb ntawm Wasps."
    
  Henry Lathrop tau tshaj tawm tias "Cov cuaj luaj tau ploj mus." "Ob Trinity tawm los, taug qab. Tom ntej no tso tawm hauv kaum thiab nees nkaum vib nas this. " Kaum vib nas this tom qab ntawd: "Cov cuaj luaj ya mus. Zoo sawv ntawm thawj salvo - damn, poob tswj ntawm lub thib ob Trinity nyob rau hauv lub thib ob sib ntaus sib tua, tua ib tug thib peb salvo nyob rau hauv lub thib ob mus kom ze ... plaub salvo nyob rau hauv lub thib peb tuaj, txoj kev zoo ... txoj kev zoo tom qab thawj salvo, Kev cuam tshuam zoo li zoo... Hydra npaj rau txhua txoj hauv kev, taug qab zoo, npaj tau ... Peb tab tom tawm mus rau thawj qhov kev cuam tshuam ... tam sim no. "
    
  Lub sijhawm ntawd, txhua lub teeb ntawm Armstrong qhov chaw nres tsheb tau dhau los ua ntau dua ob zaug lawv qhov ci ci ib txwm, tom qab ntawd flickered thiab tawm mus. Ob peb lub computer terminals mus tsaus rau ib pliag, tab sis tom qab ob peb vib nas this pib tsis siv neeg reboot. "Nws yog dab tsi?" - Kai qw. Intercom tuag lawm. "Dab tsi tshwm sim?" Cov neeg coob nyob twj ywm nyob twj ywm, tab sis lawv tau saib ntawm lub sijhawm tsis muaj txiaj ntsig thiab kev nyeem ntawv ntsuas, tom qab ntawd ntawm ib leeg - thiab qee qhov kwv yees qhov deb ntawm lub nkoj lifeboat sphere hatch. "Koj muaj dab tsi, Valerie?"
    
  "Kuv xav tias nws yog electromagnetic pulse, tus tswv!" - Valerie qw. "Kuv xav tias Wasp interceptor muaj lub taub hau nuclear ntawm nws!"
    
  "Dam," Kai foom. Nws ntsia tag nrho cov saib nyob ib ncig ntawm nws. Hmoov zoo, lawv tsis hlawv tawm - Armstrong chaw nres tsheb tau zoo tiv thaiv los ntawm cosmic hluav taws xob - tab sis lub zog hluav taws xob rov pib dua tag nrho lawv lub computer. "Yuav ua li cas sai sai txhua yam yuav rov qab los?"
    
  "Feem ntau yuav rov zoo li cuaj caum vib nas this," Trevor qw los ntawm cov lus txib module, "tab sis hluavtaws aperture radar tuaj yeem siv peb feeb lossis ntau dua."
    
  "Koj puas tseem nyob nrog Trinity?"
    
  Valerie hais tias "Kuv tsis tau txais dab tsi txog thaum kuv lub computer rebooted, tus tswv," Valerie hais. "Txog ib feeb. Vam tias EMP tau rhuav tshem Wasp interceptors nrog rau tag nrho peb cov khoom siv. "
    
  Nws yog ib qho kev tos ntev ntev, tab sis tsis ntev cov lus txib tau pib rov qab los ua lub neej raws li cov khoos phis tawj rebooted thiab lwm lub tshuab rebooted. "Ib tug Wasp missile tseem nyob ntawm txoj kev!" Henry qw thaum nws lub khoos phis tawj saib pib tso cov ntaub ntawv tseem ceeb. "Tag nrho cov foob pob hluav taws S-500 tseem nyob hauv chav kawm, kwv yees li ob feeb ua ntej cuam tshuam!"
    
  "Npaj uas Wasp missile, Valerie!" - Kai qw.
    
  "Trinities tam sim no!" Valerie hais. "Hydra tseem tsis tau online - peb tsis tuaj yeem lees paub qhov cuam tshuam nrog Hydra hauv kev sib ntaus sib tua! "Trinity yuav pib tawm tsam S-500 hauv kaum tsib vib nas this!"
    
  "Cov neeg coob, qhia txog kev puas tsuaj rau kev hais kom ua," Trevor hais dhau ntawm intercom. "Casey?"
    
  "Kuv nyuam qhuav tau txais kuv lub khoos phis tawj kuaj rov qab thiab ua haujlwm," Casey hais los ntawm Skybolt module. "Plaub caug ntxiv."
    
  Kai hais tias "Lub sijhawm ntawd ntau dhau lawm," Kai hais. "Casey, tig rau oxygen, tso koj lub siab tawv thiab lub taub hau rau koj lub nkoj cawm siav."
    
  "Tsis muaj! Kuv tuaj yeem ua tau raws sijhawm!" Casey tua rov qab. "Kuv mam li maj. Kuv tuaj yeem ua tau!"
    
  Kai xuas nrig ntaus cua rau pem hauv ntej ntawm nws. "Tau nrawm, Casey," nws hais thaum kawg.
    
  Henry tau hais tias "Peb yuav cuam tshuam rau tus Wasp thib peb," Henry hais. "Trinity" ntawm S-500 missiles - peb tso tawm tsam txhua yam ntawm lub vijtsam, suav nrog dab tsi tuaj yeem yog qhov cuam tshuam "Wasp" hauv peb ... ob ... ib ... "Lub teeb ci ntsa iab dua, tom qab ntawd feem ntau ntawm lub teeb thiab cov lus qhia hauv qhov hais kom ua module tau tsaus nti ...
    
  ... tab sis lub sij hawm no tsis yog txhua lub computer saib pib rebooting tau. "Trinity lub khoos phis tawj tswj hluav taws tsis rov pib dua," Henry tau qw rau lwm tus hauv Command Module. "Kuv yuav tsum ua kom tiav rov pib dua."
    
  Christina hais tias "Starfire hluav taws tswj tau rov pib dua," "Kuv yuav tsum ua tag nrho rov pib dua ntawm Hydra."
    
  "Kev txib, kev tsim vaj tsev, kev rov ua tiav ntawm lub chaw nres tsheb ib puag ncig thiab kev tswj xyuas lub computer tau ua tiav," tus kws tshaj lij engineer tau tshaj tawm. "Hloov mus rau kev tswj hwm ib puag ncig, tab sis kuv tsis tuaj yeem taug qab yog tias lawv tau tshwm sim tsis tau. Kuv yuav tau txais tsab ntawv ceeb toom hauv - "
    
  Nyob rau lub sijhawm no, muaj kev tshee tshee dhau mus rau tag nrho lub chaw nres tsheb, thiab cov neeg ua haujlwm tau hnov qhov kev hloov pauv me ntsis. "Peb raug ntaus?" - Kai nug.
    
  Trevor tau hais tias "Txhua qhov kev nyeem ntawv tseem tsis muaj," "Xa lus rau lwm lub modules kom lawv saib ntawm lub qhov rais kom puas." Ib ob tom qab, lawv hnov dheev tshee thiab qhov chaw nres tsheb pib tig mus rau lwm qhov kev taw qhia. "Peb puas muaj dab tsi, Valerie? Ib yam dab tsi yeej ntaus peb. "
    
  Valerie teb tias "Kuv yuav tsum tau rov qab Hydra hluav taws tswj hauv ob peb feeb," Valerie teb. Nyob rau ntawm no, feem ntau ntawm cov module teeb thiab intercom rov qab.
    
  "... hnov kuv, Armstrong," lawv hnov hauv xov tooj cua. "Qhov no yog Ntxoov ntxoo, koj hnov kuv li cas? Xaus."
    
  Kai hais tias "Lub suab nrov tam sim no, Boomer," Kai hais. "Txuas ntxiv".
    
  "Lub hnub ci array naj npawb xya thiab cov truss nyob ncaj qha rau ntawm lub hnub ci array naj npawb ob tau puas lawm," Boomer hais. "Lub chaw nres tsheb pib me ntsis tsis zoo qaij. Puas yog koj qhov chaw ua haujlwm ua haujlwm?
    
  Trevor tau hais tias "Peb tab tom ua kom rov ua tiav," "Peb tseem tsis tau paub qhov xwm txheej."
    
  Christina tau tshaj tawm tias "Lub radar rov ua haujlwm dua." "Lub hom phiaj yog qhov tseeb. Tsis muaj kev sib cuag. Peb muaj peb qhov kev sib ntaus sib tua ntawm Kingfishers ntawm Farm."
    
  Henry tau hais tias "Kuv tau txais lwm qhov qhia txog kev ua haujlwm tsis zoo ntawm Hydra," Henry hais. "Kuv tab tom ua lwm qhov rov ua tiav." Kai ntsia Trevor thiab Valerie, lawv cov lus hais ntsiag to qhia tib yam lus: peb tau khiav tawm ntawm kev tiv thaiv riam phom thiab tsis tau mus txog qhov kawg ntawm lub voj voog.
    
  "Gonzo? Koj hnov li cas?
    
  Gonzo teb tias, "Nruab thiab meej, General," nws lub suab yuav luag zoo li qub. "Peb tau txais cov pa oxygen thiab cov ntaub ntawv los ntawm qhov chaw nres tsheb, tab sis tam sim no tau raug kaw lawm."
    
  "Peb yuav muab nws rov qab rau koj sai li sai tau, Gonzo," Kai hais. "Nyob buckled. Cov kev tawm tsam no tau ua rau lub chaw nres tsheb me ntsis, thiab peb cov kev coj cwj pwm tsis zoo tam sim no, tab sis peb yuav muaj lawv rov qab sai sai. "
    
  "Yes, sir".
    
  "Puas muaj xov xwm ntawm cov dav hlau no?"
    
  Christina tau tshaj tawm tias "Thawj Electron nyob hauv tib lub voj voog ib yam li peb, kwv yees li ib txhiab mais deb," Christina tau tshaj tawm. "Tsis muaj kev sib cuag ntawm lub thib plaub thiab thib tsib. Lub orbit txawv ntawm peb.
    
  Valerie tau hais tias "Cov neeg Lavxias tau teem sijhawm tso lub dav hlau no mus rau nanosecond,"
    
  "Tej zaum peb yuav muaj hmoo thiab lawv yuav tua lawv tus kheej lub dav hlau," Kai hais. Nyob rau hauv lub intercom nws hais tias: "Nco ntsoov ntawm qhov chaw nres tsheb. Kuv xav kom txhua tus neeg ua haujlwm tsis ua haujlwm hnav khaub ncaws. Xyaum cov txheej txheem kev khiav tawm ntawm lub nkoj thiab xyuas kom koj npaj txhij mus caij nkoj lub nkoj sai li sai tau thaum kuv tau ceeb toom. Peb tsuas muaj ob peb qhov kev sib ntaus sib tua nrog peb cov riam phom tiv thaiv, thiab Hydra tseem tsis tau rov qab los. Casey, lub sijhawm dhau los. Kuv xav kom koj muab tso rau ntawm koj qhov chaw suits tam sim ntawd. Ib tug neeg los ntawm kev txhawb nqa lub neej, pab nws. "
    
  "Peb caug feeb rau DB-One," Christina qhia.
    
  "Hydra xwm txheej?" - Kai nug.
    
  "Tseem muaj," Henry hais. "Kuv mam li ua dua ib zaug ntxiv. Trinity txoj kev tswj hluav taws tau rov qab los, tab sis kev sib hloov ntawm qhov chaw nres tsheb yuav ua rau muaj teeb meem nrog kev xa tawm cov interceptors. "
    
  "Kev txib, qhov no yog Jessop los ntawm kev txhawb nqa lub neej," hu tuaj nyob rau ob peb feeb tom qab.
    
  "Cia li mus, Larry," Trevor teb.
    
  "Kuv tsis tuaj yeem qhib lub hatch rau Skybolt module. Nws zoo li nws tau xauv los ntawm sab hauv. "
    
  Kai ob lub qhov muag ci ntsa iab. "Casey, koj ua dab tsi?" nws boomed tshaj lub intercom.
    
  "Kuv tuaj yeem kho qhov no!" Casey xov tooj cua. "Kuv yuav luag tau ua tiav ua ntej qhov kawg kaw! Tsuas yog ob peb feeb ntxiv!"
    
  "Tsis zoo! Tawm ntawm qhov module tam sim no! "
    
  "Kuv tuaj yeem kho qhov no, tus tswv! Nws yuav luag npaj! Ib me ntsis ntxiv-"
    
  Christine hais tias "Kev sib cuag radar, lub dav hlau," Christine cuam tshuam. "Tib qhov chaw siab, sib txawv orbit, thaj tsam plaub puas thiab tsib caug mais! Nws yuav ya los ntawm qhov deb ntawm tsib caug mais!"
    
  "Qhov xwm txheej ntawm Trinity thiab Hydra?" - Kai nug.
    
  "Hydra zoo li nws tab tom yuav tshwm sim," Henry hais tias "Tseem kaum feeb ua ntej lawv npaj txhij. Trinity tau npaj txhij, tab sis vim yog qhov kev sib hloov ntawm qhov chaw nres tsheb, lawv yuav tau siv roj ntxiv rau kev cuam tshuam. .
    
  Christina tau tshaj tawm tias "Kev sib cuag thib ob radar, lub nkoj loj," Christina tau tshaj tawm. "Txoj kev sib tshuam, thaj tsam plaub puas yim caum mais, mus txog peb caug mais!"
    
  "Pib Trinity pib ceremony, Valerie," Kai hais.
    
  Valerie tau hais tias "Trinity tau npaj txhij, kev tshaj tawm kev tshaj tawm tau nthuav tawm," Valerie tau hais.
    
  "Peb puas mais ntawm thawj lub nkoj."
    
  Henry hais tias "Trinity ib tug nyob deb ... Trinity ob ntawm txoj kev," Henry hais. Ib pliag tom qab ntawd: "Trinity tsis tau kawm... tos, kuv rov tsim cov chav kawm... Kuv tabtom rov qab mus rau chav kawm, txoj kev zoo... Trinity peb thiab plaub yog txoj kev deb... zoo tr-"Thiab tam sim ntawd muaj ib lub suab nrov nrov! Lub chaw nres tsheb co co thiab ob peb lub tswb nrov. "Trinity Plaub poob rau hauv lub hnub ci vaj huam sib luag!" Henry qw. "Trinity Tsib tab tom los!"
    
  Alice Hamilton los ntawm engineering module hais tias "Lub roj teeb tsis tau them tag nrho." "Tus nqi tso tawm tsawg, tab sis lwm lub hnub ci vaj huam sib luag tsis tuaj yeem them rau qhov no."
    
  Kai hais tias "Xaiv cov khoom siv tsis tseem ceeb," Kai hais. "Casey, tawm ntawm qhov module tam sim no! Kuv yuav muab nws tua!"
    
  "Hydra qhia txog kev npaj txhij!" Henry hais.
    
  "Radar tiv tauj nrog spaceship!" Christina hais tias. "Tib lub voj voog, plaub puas mais thiab maj mam nce."
    
  "Kev sib cuag nrog Trinity thawj thiab thib ob tau ploj lawm!" Henry qw. "Tej zaum nws raug tua nrog lub laser los ntawm Electron!"
    
  "Ob puas mais thiab nce mus txog lub dav hlau ib qho."
    
  "Cuam Hydra," Kai hais.
    
  "Kuv nkag siab, battalion commander, peb npaj txhij mus tua Hydra!" - hais tias Valerie.
    
  Henry hais tias "Cov ntawv luam tawm sib ntaus sib tua," Henry hais. "Hydra yog tua!"
    
  "Lub foob pob hluav taws tau ntes tau!" Christina tshaj tawm. "Muaj ntau lub S-500 tso tawm los ntawm airbase hauv cheeb tsam Chkalovsky!"
    
  "Direct hit ntawm spaceplane ib!" Henry qhia. "Ntaus nws! Kuv tab tom hloov kev coj mus rau lub hom phiaj thib ob!"
    
  "Tib neeg, engineering, roj teeb lub zog poob rau xya caum tsib feem pua," tus kws tshaj lij hais. "Koj tuaj yeem tua ob, tej zaum peb txhaj tshuaj ntxiv ntawm Hydra! Peb lub hnub ci vaj huam sib luag tsuas yog them cov roj teeb ib nrab - nws yuav siv sij hawm ntau teev kom them rov qab tag nrho, txawm tias koj tsis tua phom ntxiv! "
    
  Kai xav sai sai; Tom qab ntawd: "Tau lub dav hlau thib ob nrog Hydra thiab siv tag nrho Trinity uas peb tau tso rau ntawm lub dav hlau thib peb," nws hais.
    
  Tsuas yog tom qab ntawd lawv hnov Casey qw: "Txhua yam yog npaj txhij! Txhua yam yog npaj txhij!
    
  "Casey? Kuv hais kom koj tawm ntawm qhov module no!"
    
  "Txhua yam yog npaj txhij!" - nws rov hais dua. "Sim nws!"
    
  "Hydra tab tom tawm tsam lub dav hlau thib ob!" Henry qhia. Lub sij hawm no lub teeb pom kev zoo nyob rau hauv cov lus txib module dimmed ho.
    
  "Hydra yog neeg xiam!" Valerie hais. "Nws tso cov roj teeb hauv qab plaub caug feem pua thiab muab nws tus kheej tawm!"
    
  "Lub dav hlau thib ob tseem tuaj txog."
    
  "Sim nws, General!" Casey hais dhau lub intercom.
    
  "Valerie?"
    
  Valerie tau hais tias "Starfire tau ua tiav tas mus li," Valerie tau hais. Nws ntsia Kai, muaj kev cia siab nyob hauv nws ob lub qhov muag. "Cia kuv qhib MHD, General."
    
  "Mus," Kai hais. Hauv kev sib tham, nws tau hais tias: "Tus kws tshaj lij, pab pawg, kuv tso cai rau kev xa tawm ntawm MHD."
    
  "Cov ntawv theej engineering," Alice lees paub. Ib pliag tom qab ntawd lub teeb ci dua. "Lub roj teeb poob rau nees nkaum tsib feem pua."
    
  Kai hais tias "Nws yog kev khuv leej uas peb tsis tuaj yeem txuas lub tshuab hluav taws xob MHD rau qhov chaw nres tsheb," Kai hais. "Peb yuav muaj txhua lub zog peb xav tau."
    
  "Tom ntej no peb yuav ua li ntawd," Trevor hais.
    
  Alice hais tias "MGD yog nyob ntawm nees nkaum tsib feem pua," Alice hais.
    
  Christina hais tias "Spaceplane ob tab tom mus txog ib puas mais," Christina hais. "Kuv pom lub hom phiaj taug qab radar los ntawm lub dav hlau ntawd - nws tau kho rau peb li cas. Lub dav hlau thib peb tab tom mus txog ob puas mais. Ob peb lub missile S-500 tseem tab tom tuaj. "
    
  "Kev ceeb toom txog qhov kub thiab txias ntawm Galaxy module rooj plaub!" Alice qhia. "Qhov kub tseem nce ntxiv!"
    
  "Txhua tus hauv Galaxy module, nkag mus rau hauv koj lub nkoj cawm siav!" - Kai qw. "Txav! Engineer, xyuas kom tseeb tias Galaxy module ...
    
  "Cov ntaub ntawv kub yog nyob ntawm qhov txwv!" Alice qhia txog peb caug vib nas this tom qab.
    
  "Lub lifeboat tus naj npawb ib tau kaw," Trevor qhia.
    
  "Lub nkoj cawm siav thib ob, kaw nws tam sim no! Ob lub nkoj cawm siav, koj - "
    
  Dheev, ceeb toom tawm thoob plaws hauv cov lus txib module. Alice hais tias "Lub cev ntawm lub galactic module puas lawm," Alice hais. Kai ntsia Trevor, uas tuav nws lub taub hau - lub nkoj thib ob tseem tsis tau kaw. "Lub siab nyob rau hauv lub module tau poob mus rau xoom."
    
  Christina hais tias "Spaceplane ob tab tom txav deb ntawm peb," Christina hais. "Spaceplane nab npawb peb tab tom mus txog ib puas mais."
    
  "Hobnail yog ntawm lub hom phiaj," Colonel Galtin qhia rau nws cov lus txib. "Kuv thov kev tso cai los koom nrog kev sib ntaus sib tua."
    
  "Kev tso cai tau txais," tus neeg xa xov hais. "Qhov thib ob electron tau ua tiav kev tawm tsam. Hmoov zoo."
    
  Kuv tsis xav tau koob hmoov, xav Galtin-Kuv muaj hluav taws xob thiab tus ntsia thawv. Ib thib ob tom qab, lub radar tau tshaj tawm txoj hauv kev, thiab Galtin nias lub pob kom qhib lub Hobnail laser.
    
  "Kev ceev faj, qhov kub ntawm rooj plaub hauv cov lus txib tau nce!" Alice qw. "Qhov no yuav ncav cuag nws qhov txwv hauv nees nkaum vib nas this!"
    
  "Cov nkoj cawm siav!" Kai qw. "Txav mus!" Tab sis tsis muaj leej twg tsiv mus. Txhua leej txhua tus tseem nyob hauv lawv lub rooj... txij thaum Kai tsis tau tshem nws tus kheej ntawm nws lub rooj, lawv kuj tsis mus.
    
  "MGD ib puas feem pua!" Alice qhia.
    
  "Valerie, mus!"
    
  "Kev sib ntaus, Starfire, nkag mus! Tua!"
    
  Thawj lub cim qhia tias ib yam dab tsi tsis ncaj ncees lawm yog cov ntxhiab tsw ntxhiab ntawm hluav taws xob hluav taws xob, txawm tias Galtin raug kaw hauv nws lub tsho. Qhov thib ob yog qhov kev xav tsis thoob ntawm nws lub dashboard sparkling, arcing thiab thaum kawg ntes hluav taws, tag nrho hauv ib lub qhov muag. Qhov thib peb yog lub suab ceeb toom hauv nws lub mloog pob ntseg, qhia txog qhov ua tsis tiav ntawm lub kaw lus, txawm hais tias nws tsis tuaj yeem pom cov xwm txheej ntawm ib qho ntawm nws lub tshuab. Qhov kawg uas nws tau ntsib yog nws qhov chaw ntim nrog cov pa luam yeeb, tom qab ntawd nws luv luv xav tias cov pa oxygen hauv nws lub tsho tawg ...
    
  ... ob peb vib nas this ua ntej nws lub dav hlau Electron tau tawg mus rau hauv ib txhiab daus las thiab tawg mus thoob qhov chaw zoo li lub hmuv hluav taws; Tom qab ntawd cov oxidizer tau siv thiab hluav taws kub tawm ntawm nws tus kheej.
    
  Christina hais tias "Lub dav hlau thib peb tau raug puas tsuaj." "Tseem muaj ob peb lub foob pob S-500 tuaj txog, txog rau caum vib nas this."
    
  Alice tau tshaj tawm tias "Lub cev kub yog qhov ruaj khov," "MGD thiab Starfire nyob hauv thaj chaw ntsuab. Cov roj teeb yog kaum feem pua tso tawm. Thaum tsib feem pua tau mus txog, qhov chaw nres tsheb yuav raug kaw kom cov roj teeb uas tseem tshuav tuaj yeem ua haujlwm rau lub nkoj tua hluav taws, lub twj tso kua mis, lub teeb phom sij thiab lub tswb nrov, thiab cawm beacons. "
    
  "Peb puas tuaj yeem tau txais S-500s nrog lub zog uas peb tau tso tseg?" - Trevor nug.
    
  Valerie tau hais tias "Peb tsis muaj kev xaiv tsuas yog sim,"
    
  Kai hais tias "Tsis yog, tsis yog missiles-S-500 radar thiab tswj tsheb," Kai hais. "Tej zaum qhov no yuav lov tes taw missiles."
    
  Valerie sai sai hu ua S-500 qhov kawg paub qhov chaw teeb tsa ntawm Chkalovsky Air Base sab qaum teb sab hnub tuaj ntawm Moscow thiab siv Armstrong chaw nres tsheb qhov chaw muaj zog radar thiab electro-optical sensors los soj ntsuam thaj chaw. Lub S-500 thauj thiab kev teeb tsa launchers tau tsiv mus rau sab qab teb ntawm lub tshav dav hlau hauv peb qhov chaw tua hluav taws nyob ntawm qhov deb ntawm ib leeg, tab sis lub tsheb thauj khoom radar, lub tsheb hais kom ua thiab lub zog thiab lub tshuab hluav taws xob hydraulic tau nyob hauv tib qhov chaw raws li ua ntej. catalog. Cov tsheb thauj khoom tau muab tso rau ntawm qhov tseeb ntawm qhov chaw nres tsheb loj dav hlau, qhov chaw ntev ntawm Antonov-72, Ilyushin-76 thiab -86 thauj dav hlau; Ntxiv mus, nyob rau hauv txoj kev, tsib lub MiG-31D anti-satellite missile launching aircraft tau nres nyob rau hauv ob kab, txhua tus muaj ib tug 9K720 anti-satellite missile tos kom thauj khoom. "Lub hom phiaj ua tiav!" Christina qw.
    
  "Sib ntaus, tua!" - Valerie xaj.
    
  "Starfire tsis khoom!" Henry qw...
    
  ... thiab tsuas yog ob peb feeb tom qab, tag nrho lub zog rau cov lus txib module raug txiav tawm tag nrho, tsuas yog lub teeb tawm thaum muaj xwm ceev. Kai nias lub khawm ntawm nws lub console thiab lub tswb nrov nrog cov lus hauv computer "Tag nrho cov neeg ua haujlwm rau lub nkoj cawm siav tam sim ntawd! Txhua tus neeg ua haujlwm kom ceeb toom rau lub nkoj cawm siav tam sim! "
    
  Lub teeb ci ntsa iab ntawm Armstrong chaw nres tsheb tau raug rho tawm haujlwm tsawg dua ob vib nas this ... tab sis, taug kev ntawm tsib mais ntawm ib pliag, lub nqaj tuaj yeem cheb yuav luag tag nrho qhov ntev ntawm Chkalovsky Air Force Base ua ntej tawm mus.
    
  S-500 cov lus txib, lub zog thiab radar units tau tshwm sim thaum lub teeb hla dhau lawv, thiab ib pliag tom qab lawv cov roj tso tsheb hlau luam tau tawg, teeb tsa lawv tag nrho. Tom ntej no yog lub dav hlau thauj, uas ib tug los ntawm ib tug tawg zoo li overripe melons, instantly tig ntau pua txhiab nkas loos roj dav hlau mus rau hauv loj hluav taws nceb. Tib txoj hmoo tau tos MiG-31D cov neeg tua rog, siv los ntawm kaum qhov tawg 9K720 cov khoom siv foob pob hluav taws, uas tau pib ntau lub foob pob hluav taws uas hla saum ntuj rau mais - thiab kis tau cov khoom siv hluav taws xob los ntawm micronuclear warheads ntawm ob lub missiles. Lub beam ua tsis taus lub hauv paus kev ua haujlwm lub tsev, rhuav tshem ntau qhov chaw nres tsheb thiab caij tsheb tavxij, thiab tom qab ntawd tau tawg ntau lub dav hlau hauv kev saib xyuas hangars, rhuav tshem txhua lub hangar nyob rau hauv qhov zoo nkauj fireball.
    
  Casey hnov lub tswb thiab sai sai pib unbuckle nws tus kheej los ntawm nws lub rooj zaum nyob rau hauv lub Skybolt module. Tsis muaj lub nkoj cawm siav hauv Skybolt module, tab sis nws paub tias qhov ze tshaj plaws yog nyob rau hauv engineering module, ncaj qha "saum toj" nws. Nws muab nws lub ntsej muag oxygen thaum muaj xwm txheej ceev, tom qab ntawd ntsia mus pom Larry Jessop, tus txiv neej txhawb nqa lub neej, saib ntawm lub qhov rais hatch, tos nws. Nws luag ntxhi thiab tab tom yuav qhib lub qhov cub...
    
  ... Thaum muaj kev tawg muaj zog ua rau lub chaw nres tsheb. Kev puas tsuaj ntawm S-500 hais kom ua thiab tswj cov chaw ntawm Chkalovsky invalidated cov kev taw qhia ntawm tag nrho cov 9K720 missiles ... tshwj tsis yog rau thawj plaub, uas tau launched thiab ntes tau los ntawm Armstrong chaw nres tsheb chaw siv lawv tus kheej davhlau ya nyob twg taw qhia sensors. Tag nrho plaub tau txais ncaj qha hits, thiab plaub missile ntaus lub Skybolt module ncaj qha.
    
  Casey tig mus thiab pom tsis muaj dab tsi tab sis lub ntiaj teb ntiaj teb hauv qab nws los ntawm qhov khoob, qhov ci ntsa iab uas vib nas this ua ntej tau Starfire's microwave kab noj hniav thiab Skybolt. Nws luag ntxhi thiab xav tias nws yog qhov zoo nkauj tshaj plaws uas nws tau pom hauv nws lub neej. Raws li nws tau saib, qhov zoo nkauj xiav thiab dawb ntawm lub ntiaj teb spinning hauv qab nws txhais taw maj mam ploj mus, hloov los ntawm cov xim grey. Nws tsis zoo nkauj li yav tas los, tab sis nws tseem qhuas nws lub ntiaj teb nyob rau ntawd - nws txawm xav tias nws tuaj yeem pom nws lub tsev, thiab nws luag ntxhi, xav txog lwm zaus nws yuav mus tsev thiab pom nws niam nws txiv, cov kwv tij thiab cov muam. qhia rau lawv txog qhov kev lom zem zoo kawg no. Nws luag ntxhi, nws niam thiab txiv lub ntsej muag luag ntxhi rau nws, thiab zoo siab thiab zoo siab me ntsis txog thaum nws lub zeem muag ploj mus dub ib pliag tom qab thaum kawg ntawm cov pa tawm hauv nws lub cev.
    
  S-500S foob pob hluav taws poob rau hauv Armstrong chaw nres tsheb. Boomer thiab Brad tau saib nyob rau hauv qhov txaus ntshai kawg li cov modules raug tua los yog torn tawm thaum lub chaw nres tsheb pib tig los ntawm qhov chaw. "Ib tag hmo, qhov no yog Duab Ntxoo," Boomer xov tooj cua. "Tuav ntawm, txiv neej. Kuv yuav nyob ntawd hauv ib feeb. Peb yuav coj koj mus rau hauv lub cockpit thiab los ntawm lub qhov nyob rau hauv lub fuselage. "
    
  Tau ob peb lub sijhawm ntev tsis muaj lus teb; Tom qab ntawd lub suab pw tsaug zog, nkees nkees, "Kuv tsis xav tias ... txawm tias ... tus kws tsav dav hlau loj ... Tus neeg yos hav zoov 'Boomer' Noble tuaj yeem ... tuaj yeem ua neej nyob ntawm cov zaub no," Tus Lwm Thawj Coj Anne Page hais. . "Txuag roj. Nqa cov nkoj cawm siav. Kuv yog ... Kuv yog hypoxic, Kuv tsis pom ... Kuv tsis pom ib qho teeb ntawm Gonzo lub tsho... Txuag roj thiab ... thiab tau txais lub nkoj cawm siav, Boomer. Qhov ntawd yog ib qho kev txiav txim."
    
  Boomer tau hais tias "Kuv tsis nyob hauv koj cov lus txib, Npeeg Tus Lwm Thawj Coj," Boomer hais. "Tuav rau. Nyob nrog kuv ".
    
  "Brad?" - lawv hnov. "Brad, koj puas tau ... koj puas hnov kuv?"
    
  "Sondra!" Brad qw. "Peb yuav ntsib koj! Tuav ntawm!"
    
  Muaj kev ntsiag to tau ntev, thiab Brad lub qhov ncauj sai sai qhuav. Ces lawv hnov ib lub suab me me: "Brad?"
    
  "Sondra, tsis txhob txhawj," Brad hais. "Peb yuav nyob ntawd sai li sai tau!"
    
  "Brad? kuv... kuv thov txim. kuv..."
    
  "Sondra!" Brad qw. "Nyob rau hauv! Peb yuav cawm koj! Tuav ntawm!" Tab sis raws li lawv tau saib lub chaw nres tsheb qhov chaw puas lawm, lawv paub tias nws yuav tsis yooj yim sua kom sim txuag nws.
    
    
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  Hauv kev ua txhaum ntawm tsoomfwv cov lus txib, ntau txhiab lub tsheb ntawm txhua yam tau nres ntawm ntug dej hiav txwv Dub Pob Zeb nyob rau sab qaum teb sab hnub poob Nevada ntawm qhov kawg ntawm Txoj Kev Loj 447 los ua pov thawj yam tsis muaj leej twg ntseeg tias lawv yuav pom hauv lawv lub neej. Dub Pob Zeb Desert yog lub tsev rau lub ntiaj teb nto moo Burning Man Festival, qhov chaw ntau txhiab tus kws ua yeeb yam, cov neeg taug txuj kev nyuaj thiab cov dab tsis pub dawb tau sib sau ua ke txhua lub caij ntuj sov los ua kev zoo siab rau kev ywj pheej thiab lub neej ... tab sis hnub no ntawm playa yuav yog qhov kev tuag.
    
  Brad McLanahan tau hais tias "Kuv xav tias nws yog kev rov qab los tsev," Brad McLanahan tau hais. Nws zaum hauv ib lub rooj zaum zaum ntawm lub ru tsev ntawm lub tsheb xauj tsev. Ib sab ntawm nws ntawm ib sab yog Jodie Cavendish, ntawm qhov tod tes yog Boomer Noble, thiab tom qab lawv, kom meej meej cais nws tus kheej ntawm tus so, yog Kim Jong-bae. Lawv nyuam qhuav ua tiav kev sib tham xov xwm nrog ntau lub xov xwm tshaj tawm uas tau tuaj ua tim khawv txog qhov xwm txheej zoo kawg no, tab sis tam sim no lawv tau tawg tawm ntawm cov neeg sau xov xwm ob peb feeb ua ntej lub sijhawm teem los nyob ib leeg.
    
  Jodie tig mus rau Jung Bae thiab tso nws txhais tes rau ntawm nws txhais ceg. "Nws tsis ua li cas, Jerry," nws hais. Jung Bae txo nws lub taub hau. Nws tau quaj txij thaum lawv tuaj txog ntawm lub puam thiab tsis kam tham nrog leej twg. "Nws tsis yog koj qhov txhaum".
    
  "Nws yog kuv qhov txhaum," Jung Bae hais. "Kuv yog lub luag haujlwm rau qhov no." Thiab rau lub sijhawm thib peb tom qab kev sim tua, nws hais tias: "Kuv thov txim, cov txiv neej. kuv thov txim ntau".
    
  Brad xav txog cov xwm txheej ntawm lub lim tiam dhau los. Paub tias lawv tsis tuaj yeem cawm cov neeg uas raug kaw hauv lub dav hlau ib tag hmo, nws thiab Boomer rov qab mus rau thaj chaw uas peb lub nkoj cawm siav tau poob ua ntej Lavxias S-500 missiles tsoo lub chaw nres tsheb. Boomer tawm ntawm lub cockpit, muab nws qhov chaw suite, taug kev mus rau hauv lub cargo bay thiab pov ob peb kawg seem ntawm cargo overboard. Nrog Brad ntawm kev tswj ntawm Shadow spaceplane, nws maneuvered lawv mus rau txhua lub lifeboats thiab Boomer coj lawv mus rau hauv lub cargo bay. Tom qab txuas cov pa oxygen, hluav taws xob thiab kev sib txuas lus cables, lawv ua tiav qhov kev hloov pauv thiab nkag mus rau lub voj voog ncig thoob ntiaj teb chaw chaw nres tsheb.
    
  Nws yuav luag ob hnub, tab sis thaum kawg lawv tau sib tham nrog ISS. Lub Skymasters tau ya ob tus kws tshaj lij hauv chaw nres tsheb hauv kev lag luam dav hlau los txhawb lub chaw nres tsheb thiab xa cov khoom siv, thiab lawv siv cov cuab yeej cuab tam los txuas cov nkoj cawm siav rau cov chaw nres nkoj. Tag nrho Armstrong cov neeg ua haujlwm yuav tsum tau siv sijhawm hmo ntuj hauv lub tshuab cua txias nrog cov pa ntshiab kom tsis txhob muaj nitrogen narcosis, tab sis lawv txhua tus tau tshaj tawm tias haum rau ya thiab rov qab los rau lub ntiaj teb hnub tom qab.
    
  Brad's smartphone tau ceeb toom. "Lub sijhawm tau los," nws hais.
    
  Lawv saib thiab tos. Tsis ntev lawv tau pom dab tsi tshwm sim los ua lub hnub qub ci ntsa iab thiab ci dua nyob hauv huab cua tsis muaj Nevada. Nws tau ci ntsa iab thiab ci dua, thiab txhua tus neeg uas tau nres ntawm qhov chaw ua si xav tias lawv tuaj yeem hnov qhov kub ntawm qhov khoom ... thiab tom qab ntawd mam li nco dheev muaj lub suab nrov nrov nrov, zoo li ib txhiab rab phom raug tua ib zaug. Lub tsheb lub cua ntsawj ntshab tawg thiab lub tsheb pob zeb ntawm lawv lub log - Brad xav tias nws yuav raug thawb tawm ntawm lub ru tsev ntawm lub tsheb.
    
  Lub hnub qub tau dhau los ua lub pob hluav taws zoo nkauj uas loj tuaj thiab loj hlob, tawm hauv txoj kev ntawm hluav taws rau ib puas mais mus txog rau thaum lub pob pib poob. Ob peb feeb tom qab ntawd, lwm qhov muaj zog tawg tau hnov, thiab nees nkaum mais mus rau sab qaum teb cov neeg tuaj saib pom lub pob hluav taws loj kawg li tsib mais ntawm txoj kab uas hla, tom qab ntawd los ntawm huab cua nceb sai sai ntawm hluav taws, xuab zeb thiab khib nyiab. Lawv pom ib phab ntsa loj ntawm cov xuab zeb thiab cov pa luam yeeb ntau txhiab ko taw siab rushing rau lawv, tab sis tsuas yog thaum lawv xav tias lawv yuav tsum rov qab mus rau hauv lawv lub tsheb, phab ntsa pib ploj mus thiab, hmoov zoo, nws ploj mus ntev ua ntej kuv mus txog lawv li cas.
    
  "Nyob zoo, Silver Tower," said Boomer. Jung Bae quaj qw nrov nrov tom qab lawv, quaj quaj hauv qhov mob uas tsis tuaj yeem mob siab rau ntawm kev xav ntawm nws tus phooj ywg Casey Huggins hauv lub maelstrom. "Nws yog qhov txaus siab ya nrog koj, tus txiv neej laus."
    
    
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  Tom qab saib lub davhlau kawg ntawm Armstrong chaw nres tsheb, Brad McLanahan thiab Jodie Cavendish tau muab ntau qhov kev sib tham hauv xov xwm hauv Reno thiab San Francisco, tom qab ntawd lawv coj P210 Silver Eagle turbine rov qab mus rau San Luis Obispo. Hmo ntuj twb poob lawm. Lawv nyuam qhuav txav lub dav hlau mus rau hauv lub hangar thiab tau unloading ob peb lub nra thaum Chris Wohl tshwm sim ntawm lub qhov rooj hangar. Jody hais tias, "Koj yuav tsum yog Cov Neeg Ua Haujlwm Tub Ceev Xwm Vol," Jody hais, tuav nws txhais tes. Tom qab ib pliag, Chris coj nws. "Brad hais rau kuv ntau yam txog koj."
    
  Chris ntsia ntsoov nug Brad. "Yog, ntau," Brad hais.
    
  "Kuv thov txim rau koj cov phooj ywg," Chris hais. "Kuv zoo siab koj rov qab los, Brad. Koj puas tau muaj chaw txaus mus ncig ib ntus?
    
  "Tam sim no," Brad lees paub. "Tab sis kuv rov qab los. Tseeb tiag."
    
  "Koj puas ua tiav nrog tag nrho cov khoom siv xov xwm ib ntus thiab?"
    
  Jodi tau hais tias "Tsis muaj tseeb ntxiv lawm," Jodi hais. "Kuv tos tsis tau peb lub neej kom rov zoo li qub. Ntuj raug txim, kuv yeej tsis nco qab dab tsi li qub. "
    
  "Koj ob leeg xav tau dab tsi?" Chris nug. "Cov pab pawg yuav rov qab los thaum sawv ntxov. Thaum koj xav txog nws, koj tuaj yeem pib kev cob qhia. "
    
  Jodie tau hais tias "Nws rov qab mus rau nws cov haujlwm ib txwm muaj," Jodie hais. "Tej zaum txij no mus kuv yuav koom nrog nws."
    
  "Nws yuav zoo heev," Chris hais. "Npaj rov qab mus rau chav tsev?"
    
  Brad hais tias "Peb yuav tshem tawm thiab tom qab ntawd kuv yuav kaw qhov no," Brad hais. "Kuv yuav so nws tag kis."
    
  Chris hais tias "Kuv yuav coj koj rov qab mus rau Poly Canyon thiab tom qab ntawd kuv yuav mus tom tsev so," Chris hais. "Saib koj sawv ntxov. Kuv xav tias peb yuav hloov kho koj daim ntawv hu xovtooj. " Nws muab Brad thiab Jody ib nrab luag nyav uas dav los ntawm Wohl cov qauv, thiab tom qab ntawd nws daig nws txhais tes hauv nws lub hnab ris tiv thaiv qhov mob khaub thuas, tig rau nws pob taws thiab ...
    
  ... khiav ncaj nraim rau hauv rab riam tuav los ntawm Yvette Korczkova, uas plunged tob rau hauv nws lub plab. Nws muaj lub zog txaus thiab txhais tau tias yuav tsum headbutt nws attacker ua ntej yuav poob rau asphalt, clutching nws plab.
    
  "Fucking bastard," Korchkova swore, tuav nws lub hauv pliaj los ntshav. "Fucking bastard." Brad thawb Jody qab nws. "Peb ntsib dua, Mr. McLanahan. Ua tsaug ntau uas qhia rau ntiaj teb paub tias koj yuav nyob qhov twg. Kev taug qab koj yog menyuam yaus ua si. "
    
  Brad rub Jody mus rau sab nraum qab ntawm lub hangar, tom qab ntawd taug kev mus rau lub thawv ntawv thiab pom lub ntsej muag crescent. "Hu rau 911," nws hais rau nws. Tig mus rau Korchkov, nws hais tias: "Sv ä rd, los yog txawm lub ntuj raug txim koj lub npe yog, yog hais tias koj tsis xav kom ntes tau, koj zoo dua tawm mus. Muaj cov koob yees duab kev ruaj ntseg hauv qhov chaw no thiab Vol cov tub rog yuav nyob ntawm no ib feeb. "
    
  "Kuv paub qhov twg tag nrho cov pab tub rog loj nyob, Brad," Korchkov hais. "Lawv nyob deb ntau teev thiab kuv yuav mus ntev ua ntej tub ceev xwm tuaj txog. Tab sis kuv txoj hauj lwm yuav ua tiav."
    
  "Lub hom phiaj dab tsi? Vim li cas koj raws kuv qab?"
    
  "Vim koj txiv tau ua yeeb ncuab phem heev hauv Gennady Gryzlov," Korchkov hais. "Nws txib kom koj txiv tej khoom puas tsuaj tag, thiab koj nyob saum cov npe. Thiab kuv yuav tsum hais tias tom qab kev puas tsuaj uas koj tau ua nyob ze Moscow lub lim tiam dhau los, nws yuav muaj lub siab xav pom koj tuag ntau dua. "
    
  "Cov tub ceev xwm tab tom taug kev," Jodie qw.
    
  "Lawv yuav lig dhau lawm," hais Korchkov.
    
  Brad hais tias, "Zoo, ces tuaj thiab txais kuv, bitch," Brad hais, waving nws txhais tes ntawm nws. "Koj puas nyiam ua kom nws nyob ze thiab tus kheej? Tom qab ntawd puag kuv, bitch. "
    
  Korchkova tsiv zoo li cheetah, txawm tias qhov txhab ntawm nws lub hauv pliaj, thiab Brad lig. Nws ib nrab deflected riam nrog ib tug wrench, tab sis tus hniav txiav sab laug ntawm nws caj dab. Jodie quaj qw thaum nws pom ib daim ntawv ntshav ntawm Brad tus ntiv tes thaum nws sim kom tsis txhob los ntshav. Tus ciaj ntswj poob ntawm nws txhais tes thaum chav pib tig.
    
  Korchkov luag nyav. "Ntawm no kuv yog, tus neeg taug kev zoo nkauj," nws hais. "Koj cov lus nyuaj nyob qhov twg tam sim no? Tej zaum koj yuav tsis muaj zog me ntsis los ntawm koj qhov chaw mus ncig, tsis yog? Nws tsa rab riam kom Brad pom nws. "Hug kuv nyob zoo."
    
  "Ntawm no yog koj puag, bitch," hais ib lub suab qab nws, thiab Chris Wohl ntaus Korczkova rau hauv lub taub hau nrog ib tug broom. Nws tig ib ncig thiab tab tom yuav ntaus nws dua, tab sis Chris poob rau hauv pem teb thiab khov.
    
  "Tsis txhob los ntshav thiab tuag, tus txiv neej laus," Korchkov hais.
    
  "Nws tsis yog ib tug txiv neej laus - nws yog ib tug tub ceev xwm loj," Brad hais ua ntej tus ciaj ntswj ntog rau sab nraum qab ntawm Korchkov lub taub hau. Nws poob. Brad slammed tus ciaj ntswj nyuaj rau hauv tes tuav rab riam, thawb cov hniav mus, ces txuas ntxiv ntaus nws lub ntsej muag nrog tus ciaj ntswj kom txog thaum nws tsis paub nws ntxiv lawm. Nws ntog rau saum nws lub cev raug ntaus thaum Jody khiav mus rau nws, dov nws tawm ntawm Korchkov thiab nias nws tus ntiv tes mus rau qhov mob tob hauv nws caj dab.
    
  Brad qhib nws lub qhov muag rau lub suab ntawm sirens sab nraum lub hangar thiab pom Jodi tseem hunched dua nws, nws txhais tes nias rau nws los ntshav caj dab. "Brad?" - nws nug. "Auj Vajtswv ..."
    
  "Nyob zoo,"nws hais. Nws luag ntxhi tsis muaj zog rau nws. "Leej twg hais tias kuv tsis tuaj yeem muaj sijhawm zoo nrog kuv tus hluas nkauj?" Thiab nws, hmoov zoo, poob rau hauv lub xeev tsis nco qab lawm.
    
    
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  Brad sawv ntawm lub taub hau ntawm ib pab tub rog ntawm cybernetic infantry thaum cov hlua pib maj mam thim rov qab rau ntawm lub qab nthab, thiab ib pliag tom qab Patrick McLanahan raug rub tawm ntawm tus neeg hlau. Nws lub cev daj ntseg zoo li ib daim ntawv, thiab nws nyias dua li Brad yuav nco ntsoov, tab sis nws tsis yog nqaij tawv li nws tau ntshai - nws ntsia wiry, nrog cov leeg zoo hauv qab nws daim tawv nqaij dawb. Nws lub taub hau tau txais kev txhawb nqa los ntawm lub hauv ncoo uas txuas nrog nws cov hlua. Cov kws kho mob thiab cov kws saib xyuas neeg mob tau maj nrawm rau ntawm nws sab, muab tshuaj thiab txuas cov sensors thoob plaws hauv nws lub cev. Lawv tau tso lub npog ntsej muag oxygen nrog lub microphone hauv nws lub qhov ncauj thiab qhov ntswg.
    
  Patrick tig thiab qhib nws lub qhov muag, saib Brad, thiab nws luag ntxhi. "Nyob zoo, tus tub,"nws hais. "Kuv zoo siab tau pom koj ntawm tus kheej, thiab tsis yog los ntawm lub tshuab hluav taws xob optical."
    
  "Nyob zoo, Txiv," Brad hais. Nws tig me ntsis mus rau sab xis. "Kuv xav qhia koj rau Jodie Cavendish, kuv tus phooj ywg thiab ib tus thawj coj ntawm kuv pab pawg Starfire. Jody, thov ntsib kuv txiv, General Patrick S. McLanahan."
    
  Patrick kaw nws daim tawv muag thiab txawm nyo nws lub taub hau me ntsis. Nws tau hais tias "Zoo tau ntsib koj, Npeeg Cavendish," nws hais. "Kuv tau hnov ntau txog koj."
    
  Jodi tau hais tias "Nws yog ib qho kev qhuas uas tau ntsib koj, tus tswv," Jodi hais.
    
  "Kuv thov txim rau Casey Huggins thiab Starfire," Patrick hais. "Koj tau ua haujlwm zoo kawg nkaus."
    
  "Ua tsaug, sir."
    
  Patrick ntsia Brad. "Yog li koj rov qab mus kawm ntawv," nws hais. "Kuv tsis paub meej tias koj tuaj yeem ua haujlwm nrog txhua qhov kev tshaj tawm no uas tau tshwm sim nyob ib puag ncig koj."
    
  Brad tau hais tias "Peb vam khom cov xov xwm ceev ceev thiab kev nco luv luv," Brad hais. "Cal Poly yog qhov chaw zoo. Peb yog cov uas poob qhov chaw nres tsheb. Peb tsis yog tus phab ej. "
    
  "Nyob rau hauv kuv ob lub qhov muag, koj yog dab tsi," Patrick hais.
    
  Nws tsis tau ntev. Nrog Patrick raug tshem tawm saum toj no, CID qub tau rub tawm thiab ib lub log tshiab los coj nws qhov chaw. Patrick lub cev tau qis rau sab hauv, cov hlua khi tau tso tawm thiab lub kaus mom tom qab raug kaw. Jodie txaus ntshai thaum TIE sawv, txav nws txhais tes thiab ob txhais ceg zoo li yog pw tsaug zog, ces muab nws txhais tes rau nws. Patrick hais tias "Nws zoo tau ntsib koj, Npeeg Cavendish," Patrick hais hauv nws lub suab hluav taws xob. "Kuv tos ntsoov yuav ntsib koj dua."
    
  Brad tau hais tias "Peb yuav los rau lub asthiv tom ntej los kho koj chav," Brad hais. "Kuv rub ib pawg ntawm koj Cov Cuab Yeej Cuab Yeej tawm ntawm qhov chaw cia. Peb yuav ua kom qhov chaw no zoo li tsev. "
    
  Patrick hais tias, "Kuv tsis tuaj yeem lav tias kuv yuav nyob ntawm no, Brad," tab sis koj tuaj yeem ua txhua yam koj xav tau. Kuv xav li ntawd." Brad puag nws txiv thiab nws thiab Jody tawm mus.
    
  Ob peb feeb tom qab lawv tawm mus, thaum Lub Tsev Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Kev Ua Phem Txhaum Cai tau txuas nrog lub zog, khoom noj khoom haus, ib puag ncig thiab cov ntaub ntawv sib koom tes, yav dhau los Thawj Tswj Hwm Kevin Martindale nkag mus hauv chav. "Koj tau tso cai rau Miss Cavendish tuaj xyuas peb," nws hais. "Kuv xav tsis thoob".
    
  Patrick tau hais tias "Nws tau cog lus tias yuav khaws nws zais cia," "Kuv ntseeg nws."
    
  Martindale tau hais tias "Nws tsis muaj hmoo tias Phoenix poob kev xaiv tsa rau Barbeau," Martindale tau hais. "Qhov no tuaj yeem yog qhov kawg ntawm ntau daim ntawv cog lus tseemfwv."
    
  "Muaj ntau tus neeg siv khoom," Patrick hais. "Peb muaj ntau ntau qhov project yuav pib."
    
  Martindale tuav nws tus ntiv tes ntawm Patrick. "Kuv yuav tsum hais, koj ntse heev," nws hais. "Muab Brad cov xov xwm thiab cov ntaub ntawv hais txog orbital hnub ci fais fab nroj tsuag thiab microwave lasers. Koj yeej ua rau koj tus tub ntseeg tias Starfire yog nws lub tswv yim. "
    
  Patrick hais tias "Kuv tau tawm tswv yim thiab nws yuav tsum tau khiav nrog lawv," Patrick hais.
    
  Martindale hais tias "Txoj cai, txoj cai," Martindale hais. "Tab sis thaum lub tswv yim tau txais txiaj ntsig, nws yog qhov ntse heev ntawm koj kom tsis pub leej twg paub thiab xa cov kws tshaj lij rau nws, taw qhia nws mus rau Cavendish, Kim, Huggins thiab Egan thiab caw Sky Masters los txhawb nws nrog qhov nyiaj pab no."
    
  Patrick hais tias, "Kuv tus tub yog tus thawj coj tiag tiag," "Nws tej zaum yuav yog ib tug tub ntxhais kawm kev lag luam aerospace txaus ntshai, tab sis nws yog tus tsav tsheb zoo thiab tus thawj coj zoo. Txhua yam kuv tau ua yog muab cov peev txheej ntawm nws pov tseg - nws yuav tsum muab lawv ua ke thiab tsim nws. Nws tau ua haujlwm zoo. "
    
  Martindale tau hais tias "Tab sis koj tau siv koj tus tub los tsim cov khoom siv hluav taws xob tsis raug cai hauv qhov chaw riam phom ua txhaum cai thoob ntiaj teb," Martindale tau hais. "Ntau, ntse heev. Nws ua haujlwm. Hmoov tsis zoo, nws raug rhuav tshem los ntawm cov neeg Lavxias, tab sis nws ua pov thawj tus nqi ntawm microwave lasers. Ua haujlwm zoo, General. " Martindale luag ntxhi thiab nug tias, "Yog li, koj muaj dab tsi ntxiv hauv khw rau Bradley, kuv puas tuaj yeem nug?"
    
  Patrick tau hais tias "Tam sim no peb yuav tsum nrog Thawj Tswj Hwm Stacy Ann Barbeau," "Nws yuav tsis xav tsis thoob qhov kev pib ua haujlwm. Tab sis qhov zoo tshaj plaws yog tias nws xav tsim cov foob pob hluav taws, cov neeg nqa dav hlau, nkoj arsenal, riam phom hypersonic thiab txhua yam tsis muaj neeg siv. Kuv paub tseeb tias Brad tuaj yeem tsim thiab sim feem ntau ntawm cov khoom no. Kuv mam li pib ua haujlwm tam sim ntawd."
    
  Martindale hais tias "Kuv paub tseeb tias koj yuav, General McLanahan," Martindale hais nrog luag nyav phem. "Kuv paub tseeb tias nws yuav tshwm sim."
    
    
  TXOJ CAI
    
    
  Cov ntaub ntawv hais txog Cane-Ja tau muab los ntawm phau ntawv "Txoj Kev Tricks" los ntawm Mark Shuey Sr. thiab Mark Shuey Jr., No Canemasters.com.
    
  Lub P210 Silver Eagle, lub Cessna P21¢Centurion hloov kho nrog lub tshuab hluav taws xob turboprop (tshem tawm ntau yam khoom siv siab uas kuv tau ntxiv rau nws), yog cov khoom lag luam ntawm O&N Aircraft, Factoryville, PA, www.onaircraft.com.
    
  Angel Flight West yog qhov kev siab hlub tiag tiag uas phim cov neeg xav tau kev kho mob lossis kev pab tib neeg nrog cov kws tsav dav hlau uas pub lawv lub dav hlau, tus nqi roj thiab lawv cov kev txawj ya mus rau qhov chaw uas lawv yuav tsum mus rau kev kho mob lossis kev txhawb nqa, tsis muaj nqi rau cov neeg caij tsheb. . Kuv tau ya mus rau Angel Flight West tau plaub xyoos, thiab kuv xav tias tej zaum yog qhov laj thawj tseem ceeb uas kuv tau los ua tus tsav: siv kuv cov txuj ci los pab lwm tus. Xav paub ntau ntxiv ntawm www.angelflightwest.org.
    
    
  QHOV TSEEB
    
    
  Dale Brown yog tus sau ntau phau ntawv New York Times zoo tshaj plaws, pib nrog Flight of the Old Dog hauv 1987, thiab tsis ntev los no The Tiger's Claw. Ib tug qub tub rog nyob rau hauv Teb Chaws Asmeskas Tub Rog Tub Rog, feem ntau nws tuaj yeem pom ya nws tus kheej lub dav hlau nyob rau saum ntuj ntawm Nevada.
    
  Mus ntsib www.AuthorTracker.com kom paub cov ntaub ntawv tshwj xeeb ntawm koj tus kws sau ntawv HarperCollins nyiam.
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  Dale Brown
  Duab ntxoov ntxoo Team
    
    
  DEDIICATION
    
    
  Cov ntawv tshiab no tau mob siab rau txhua tus uas ua rau qhov kev txiav txim siab nyuaj ua ib qho yooj yim: twv. Thaum koj pom nws tshwm sim, nws zoo siab tshaj qhov chaw tso tawm thiab ob zaug muaj zog.
    
    
  CEEB TOOM
    
    
    
  AMERICANS:
    
    
  JOSEPH GARDNER, Thawj Tswj Hwm ntawm Tebchaws Meskas
    
  KEN T. PHOENIX, Tus Lwm Thawj Coj
    
  CONRAD F. CARLISLE, National Security Advisor rau Thawj Tswj Hwm
    
  MILLER H. TURNER, Secretary of Defense
    
  GERALD VISTA, Tus Thawj Coj ntawm National Intelligence
    
  WALTER CORDUS, Tus Thawj Saib Xyuas Tsev Dawb
    
  STACY ANN BARBEAU, Senior US Senator los ntawm Louisiana thiab Senate Feem Ntau Tus Thawj Coj; Colin Morna, nws tus pab
    
  GENERAL TAYLOR J. BAIN, USMC, Thawj Tswj Hwm ntawm Cov Neeg Ua Haujlwm Sib Koom Tes
    
  GENERAL CHARLES A. HUFFMAN, Chief of Staff of the Air Force
    
  AIR FORCE GENERAL BRADFORD CANNON, Tus Thawj Coj, US Strategic Command (STRATCOM)
    
  ARMY GENERAL KENNETH LEPERS, Tus Thawj Coj, US Central Command (CENTCOM)
    
  MAJOR GENERAL HAROLD BACKMAN, Commanding General, Kaum plaub Cua Tub Rog; kuj Joint Functional Component Commander-Space (JFCC-S), US Strategic Command
    
  Lt. GENERAL PATRICK MCLANAHAN, Tus Thawj Coj, Advanced Aerospace Weapons Center (HAWC), Elliott AFB, Nevada
    
  BRIGADIER GENERAL DAVID LUGER, HAWC Tus Lwm Thawj Coj
    
  COL MARTIN TEHAMA, tus thawj coj tshiab HAWC
    
  Major General REBECCA FURNESS, Tus Thawj Coj, Thawj Cuab Yeej Ua Haujlwm, Sib Ntaus Roob Huab Cua Reserve Base (ARB), Nevada
    
  BRIGADIER GENERAL DAREN MAYS, Tus Thawj Saib Xyuas Tub Rog Tub Rog Tub Rog, 111th Bomb Wing Commander thiab EB-1C Lub Hom Phiaj Tus Thawj Coj
    
  MAJOR WAYNE MACOMBER, Tus Lwm Thawj Coj Tus Thawj Coj (Kev Ua Haujlwm Hauv av), Thawj Tub Rog Tub Rog, Sib Ntaus Roob Huab Cua Reserve Base, Nevada
    
  MASTER SERGEANT, MARINE CORPS CHRIS WALL, Sergeant, Thawj Tub Rog Tub Rog
    
  US Army NATIONAL GUARD CAPT CHARLIE TURLOCK, CID Pilot
    
  CAPTAIN Hunter "Boomer" NOBLE, Tus Thawj Coj, XR-A9 Dub Stallion, Elliott Air Force Base, Groom Lake
    
  US Navy Lt. Commander LISETT "FRENCHY" MOULIN, XR-A9 Tus Thawj Coj
    
  US MARINE CORPS MAJOR JIM TERRANOVA, XR-A9 mission commander
    
  ANN PAGE, Ph.D., yav dhau los US Senator, astronaut thiab space weapons engineer
    
  Tub Rog Tub Rog MASTER Sergeant VALERIE "FINDER" LUCAS, Armstrong Chaw Nres Nkoj Sensor tus neeg teb xov tooj
    
    
  IRANIANS:
    
    
  GENERAL HESARAK AL-KAN BUJAZI, tus thawj coj ntawm Persian tub rog tawm tsam
    
  AZAR ASIA KAGEV, presumptive txais los ntawm Peacock Throne ntawm Persia
    
  LIEUTENANT COLONEL PARVIZ NAJAR THIAB MAJOR MARA SAIDI, adjutants rau Azar Kagev
    
  COLONEL MOSTAFA RAHMATI, Tus Thawj Coj, Fourth Infantry Brigade, Tehran-Mehrabad tshav dav hlau
    
  MAJOR KULOM HADDAD, Tus Thawj Coj ntawm Bouzhazi Personal Security Group
    
  MASUD NOSHAR, Tus Tswv Tus Thawj Kav Tebchaws ntawm Royal Tsev Neeg ntawm Kagewa thiab Marshal ntawm Tsev Hais Plaub Tub Rog
    
  AYATOLLAH HASAN MOHTAZ, Thawj Tswj Hwm ntawm Islamic koom pheej ntawm Iran nyob rau hauv exile
    
    
  RUSSIANS:
    
    
  LEONID ZEVITIN, Thawj Tswj Hwm ntawm Lavxias Federation
    
  PETER ORLEV, Tus Thawj Coj ntawm Cov Neeg Ua Haujlwm ntawm Thawj Tswj Hwm
    
  ALEXANDRA KHEDROV, Minister of Foreign Affairs
    
  IGOR TRUZNEV, tus thawj coj ntawm Federal Security Bureau
    
  ANATOLY VLASOV, Secretary of the Russian Security Council
    
  MIKHAIL OSTENKOV, Minister of Defense
    
  GENERAL KUZMA FURZIENKO, Lavxias Tus Thawj Coj ntawm General Staff
    
  GENERAL NIKOLAI OSTANKO, Tus Thawj Coj ntawm Cov Tub Rog Lavxias
    
  GENERAL ANDREY DARZOV, Tus Thawj Saib Xyuas Haujlwm ntawm Lavxias Air Force
    
  WOLFGANG ZYPRIES, German laser engineer ua haujlwm nrog Lavxias Air Force
    
    
  riam phom thiab ABBREVIATIONS
    
    
  9K89 - ib tug me me Lavxias teb sab missile nto-to-nto
    
  ARB - Air Force Reserve Base
    
  ATO - cov txheej txheem rau kev teeb tsa cov haujlwm hauv huab cua
    
  BDU-58 Meteor yog lub tsheb uas muaj kev coj ua tau zoo tsim los tiv thaiv cov khoom thauj los ntawm tshav kub thaum rov nkag; tuaj yeem nqa kwv yees li 4,000 lbs.
    
  CIC - Combat Information Center
    
  kunass - ib tug neeg ntawm Cajun haiv neeg
    
  E-4B - National Airborne Operations Center
    
  E-6B Mercury - US Navy huab cua kev sib txuas lus thiab hais kom ua tom qab dav hlau
    
  EB-1D foob pob-B-1 Lancer, hloov mus rau hauv ib lub dav hlau tsis muaj neeg tsav tsheb ntev supersonic nres
    
  ETE - kwv yees lub sijhawm mus ncig
    
  FAA Part 91 - Txoj Cai Tswjfwm Ntiag Tug thiab Tsav Tsheb
    
  FSB - Lavxias teb sab Federal Security Bureau, successor rau KGB
    
  HAWC - High-Tech Aerospace Weapons Center
    
  ICD - implantable cardioverter defibrillator
    
  Ilyushin - Lavxias teb sab tanker aircraft nyob rau hauv davhlau
    
  MiG-Mikoyan-Gureyvic, Lavxias teb sab chaw tsim khoom ntawm tub rog aircraft
    
  OSO - Offensive Systems Officer
    
  RQ-4 Ntiaj Teb Hawk - qhov siab-siab, ntev-ntau yam tsis muaj neeg saib xyuas lub dav hlau
    
  SAR - hluavtaws aperture radar; kuj nrhiav thiab cawm
    
  Skybolt - laser rau qhov chaw tiv thaiv missile
    
  SPEAR yog ib qho kev tiv thaiv hluav taws xob tiv thaiv kev tiv thaiv nrog cov lus teb hloov tau yooj yim rau kev tiv thaiv tus kheej
    
  hnub-synchronous - lub ntiaj teb orbit nyob rau hauv uas ib tug satellite hla dhau ib qho chaw nyob rau tib lub sij hawm ntawm hnub.
    
  Tupolev - twin-engine Lavxias teb sab dav hlau bomber
    
  USAFE - United States Air Forces hauv Europe
    
  VFR - Visual Rules of Flight
    
  Lub Vomit Comet yog ib lub dav hlau siv los ua kev sib tw parabolic los simulate weightlessness.
    
  Lub XAGM-279A SkySTREAK (Rapid Tactical Attack, lossis "Sky") yog 4,000-phaus, 12-foot-ntev, 24-inch diameter air-launched hypersonic strike missile; siv lub tshuab foob pob hluav taws kom ceev lub foob pob hluav taws mus rau Mach 3, tom qab ntawd hloov mus rau JP-7 lub dav hlau dav hlau siv dav hlau roj thiab compressed atmospheric oxygen ya mus ntawm Mach 10; inertial thiab high-precision GPS navigation; satellite cov ntaub ntawv txuas tus neeg teb xov tooj yog reprogrammed midway; Qhov siab tshaj plaws dav hlau dav dav raws qhov ballistic profile yog 600 mais; tom qab acceleration rau Mach 10, launches ib tug high-precision warhead nrog ib millimeter-yoj radar thiab ib tug infrared targeting davhlau ya nyob twg nrog tsis siv neeg lub hom phiaj paub los yog lub hom phiaj xaiv los ntawm cov chaw taws teeb tswj ntawm satellite cov ntaub ntawv kis tau tus mob; tsis muaj warhead; ob tug tuaj yeem nqa ntawm lub nkoj EB-1C Vampire foob pob hauv qab pob zeb; plaub nqa sab hauv lossis plaub sab nraud ntawm EB-52 Megafortress; plaub nqa hauv B-2 stealth bomber
    
  XR-A9 - ib-theem "Black Stallion" spaceplane launched rau hauv lub orbit
    
    
  TXOJ CAI LOS NTAWM LUB NTIAJ TEB TSHIAB
    
    
    
  STRATFOR MORNING INTELLIGENCE REPORT, Lub Ib Hlis 18, 2007 Thaum 12:16 GMT - CHINA, United States
    
  - Asmeskas cov koom haum txawj ntse ntseeg tias Tuam Tshoj tau rhuav tshem lub hnub qub Feng Yun 1C huab cua satellite nyob rau hauv lub ncov qaumteb qabteb orbit thaum lub sij hawm muaj kev vam meej anti-satellite riam phom xeem (ASAT). Lub Ib Hlis 11, Tuam Tshoj Txhua Hnub tau tshaj tawm rau Lub Ib Hlis 18, hais txog ib tsab xov xwm luam tawm hauv Lub Ib Hlis 22 qhov teeb meem ntawm Aviation Week & Space Technology. US cov koom haum txawj ntse tseem tab tom sim tshuaj xyuas cov txiaj ntsig ntawm ASAT xeem, uas yuav qhia tau tias Tuam Tshoj muaj peev xwm ua tub rog tshiab ...
    
  ...Ib huab tshiab ntawm cov khib nyiab orbiting lub ntiaj teb qhia txog qhov yuav tshwm sim yog tias ob lub zog nyob hauv qhov chaw sib tsoo hauv qhov tsis sib haum xeeb. Tshwj xeeb tshaj yog nyob rau hauv lub tebchaws United States, qhov chaw cov cuab tam tau dhau los ua ib qho tseem ceeb heev cov cuab yeej ua hauj lwm mus txuas ntxiv tsis quav ntsej nyob rau hauv lub sij hawm ntawm tsov rog.
    
    
    
  STRATFOR DAILY INTELLIGENCE REPORT, Plaub Hlis Ntuj 3, 2007 - USA/IRAN:
    
  Kev tawm tsam Asmeskas tawm tsam Iran yuav tsis ua rau muaj kev txiav txim siab ua tub rog rau Tehran thiab yuav yog kev ua nom ua tswv yuam kev, hais tias Tus Thawj Coj ntawm Lavxias Tus Thawj Coj General J. Yuri Baluevsky. Nws hais ntxiv tias Tebchaws Meskas tuaj yeem ua rau Iran cov tub rog puas tsuaj yam tsis muaj yeej qhov kev tsis sib haum xeeb.
    
    
    
  STRATFOR INTELLIGENCE REPORT, Cuaj hlis 7, 2007
    
  - Kev koom tes ntawm Lavxias Tsoom Fwv Saib Xyuas Kev Ruaj Ntseg thiab Iranian Ministry of Internal Affairs yuav ua rau muaj kev ruaj ntseg ntawm Iran tus ciam teb, hais tias Thawj Tus Lwm Thawj Coj General ntawm Lavxias Federal Security Service thiab ciam teb Service Viktor Shlyakhtin, raws li tsab ntawv ceeb toom IRNA. Shlyakhtin nyob hauv Iran los tshuaj xyuas Iranian-Lavxias cov haujlwm hauv thaj chaw ntawm Iranian xeev ntawm Sistan-Baluchistan uas ciam teb Afghanistan thiab Pakistan.
    
    
    
  Lub Kaum Hli Ntuj Liab: Russia, Iran thiab IRAQ
    
  - STRATFOR
    
  Geopolitical Intelligence Report, Cuaj hlis 17, 2007-Copyright No Strategic Forecasting Inc.
    
  "...Cov neeg Amelikas xav tau cov neeg Lavxias tsis txhob muab cov dav hlau tua rog, kev tswj hwm qib siab thiab kev tswj hwm, lossis lwm yam kev ua tub rog uas cov neeg Lavxias tau tsim." Ua ntej tshaj plaws, lawv xav kom cov neeg Lavxias tsis muab cov cuab yeej siv riam phom nuclear rau Iranians.
    
  Yog li nws tsis yog qhov xwm txheej uas Iranians tau hais rau lub asthiv uas cov neeg Lavxias tau hais rau lawv tias lawv yuav ua li ntawd.
    
  ....[Russian Thawj Tswj Hwm Vladimir] Putin tuaj yeem koom nrog Iranians thiab ua rau Tebchaws Meskas nyob rau hauv qhov xwm txheej nyuaj dua li qhov nws xav tau. Nws tuaj yeem ua tiav qhov no los ntawm kev txhawb nqa Syria, tub rog tub rog hauv Lebanon, lossis txawm tias tsim teeb meem loj hauv Afghanistan, qhov twg Russia khaws cov kev cuam tshuam hauv North ...
    
    
    
  STRATFOR INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY, Lub Kaum Hli 25, 2007, No. STRATFOR INC.
    
  - Thaum lub sij hawm Lavxias Thawj Tswj Hwm Vladimir Putin lub Kaum Hlis 16 mus rau Tehran, Iran tus Thawj Kav Tebchaws Ayatollah Ali Khamenei tau hais kom nws xa cov kws tshaj lij Lavxias los pab Iran nrhiav seb cov neeg Ixayees thaiv Syrian radars ua ntej lub Cuaj Hlis 6 huab cua tua, Hezbollah qhov chaw qhia Stratfor. Iran xav kho Syrian radar tsis ua hauj lwm vim Iran siv cov cuab yeej zoo sib xws, lub hauv paus ntxiv.
    
    
    
  RUSSIA, IRAN: QHOV TSEEB NTAWM DIPLOMATIC TANGO
    
  - STRATFOR
    
  Ntiaj teb no kev txawj ntse luv luv, Lub kaum hli ntuj 30, 2007, No. 2007 Stratfor, Inc. - ...Russia muaj lub tswv yim tsim tau zoo ntawm kev siv cov kev txaus siab ntawm nws cov phooj ywg Middle Eastern rau nws lub hom phiaj kev nom kev tswv. Iran yog tus neeg sib tw zoo tshaj plaws. Nws yog lub xeev Islamic muaj zog uas tau koom nrog hauv kev tawm tsam nrog Tebchaws Meskas hla nws txoj haujlwm nuclear thiab Iraq. Txawm hais tias Washington thiab Tehran tsis tu ncua sib ntaus sib tua kev sib ntaus sib tua nyob rau hauv pej xeem ib puag ncig, lawv yuav tsum tau sib tham nrog rau kev sib tham txog lawv txoj kev nyiam.
    
  Russia, lub sijhawm no, tab tom tawm tsam nws tus kheej turf ua tsov ua rog nrog Tebchaws Meskas, uas muaj ntau yam teeb meem kub kub nrog rau kev tiv thaiv missile hauv lub tebchaws, kev sib tham ntawm Cold War treaties thiab Western intervention ntawm Russia lub periphery. Los ntawm kev ua kom pom tias Moscow muaj qee qhov cuam tshuam rau Iranians, Russia tau txais txiaj ntsig zoo hauv kev sib tham nrog Tebchaws Meskas ...
    
    
    
  ALTAI OPTICAL-LASER DIRECTORY, Kaum Ob Hlis 28, 2007
    
  - Lub koom haum [Lavxias teb sab Federation] Precision Instrumentation tshawb fawb lub koom haum tau tsim ib tug satellite mus txog qhovtwg ceg hu ua lub Altai Optical Laser Center (AOLS) nyob ze ntawm lub me me Siberian lub zos Savvushka. Lub chaw muaj ob qhov chaw, ib qho yog tam sim no ua haujlwm thiab lwm qhov yog npaj los ua haujlwm hauv xyoo 2010 lossis tom qab hnub ntawd.
    
  Ntawm qhov chaw tam sim no, lub laser range finder raug ntsia kom raug txiav txim siab lub orbit, thiab thawj zaug nyob rau hauv Russia, lub tsom iav raj nrog lub aperture ntawm 60 cm yog nruab nrog ib tug adaptive optics system kom tau txais high-resolution dluab ntawm satellites. Qhov chaw thib ob yuav tau nruab nrog 3.12-meter satellite imaging telescope, dav zoo ib yam li qhov siv los ntawm Tebchaws Meskas hauv Hawaii.
    
  ...Kev ua tiav ntawm 3.12-meter AOLS system yuav tso cai rau satellite duab nrog qhov kev daws teeb meem ntawm 25 cm [9.8 nti] lossis siab dua ntawm qhov deb ntawm 1000 km [621 mais].
    
    
    
  PROLOGUE
    
    
  Tsis txhob ntshai dhau thiab tsis meej pem hauv koj qhov kev ua. Txhua lub neej yog kev sim. Qhov kev sim ntau dua koj ua, qhov zoo dua.
    
  - RALPH WALDO EMERSON
    
    
    
  UAS Eastern SIBERIA
  Lub Ob Hlis 2009
    
    
  "Tau npaj...npaj...npam... pib nce toj, tam sim no," tus tswj av hauv xov tooj cua.
    
  "Tau txais," teb tus tsav ntawm Lavxias teb sab Mikoyan-Gurevich-31BM ntev-ntev interceptor ntawm Lavxias teb sab Federation. Nws maj mam txo tus pas tswj thiab pib siv lub zog. Twin Tumanski R15-BD-300 lub cav, lub cav muaj zog tshaj plaws puas tau haum rau lub dav hlau fighter, roared ib zaug raws li cov tom qab ignited, ces sai li sai tau los rau lub neej raws li cov cav 'fuel turbopumps ntes tau haib cua tam sim no rushing nyob rau hauv, converting huab cua thiab roj. . mus rau raw lub zog thiab acceleration.
    
  Tus tsav lub qhov muag darted rov qab thiab tawm ntawm lub hwj chim ntsuas mus rau cov zaub, uas pom ob tug hla xub xub nrog ib lub voj voog nyob rau hauv nruab nrab, zoo ib yam li ib tug instrument landing system. Nws ua kom maj mam, yuav luag imperceptible tswj kom tus ntoo khaub lig koob nyob rau hauv nruab nrab ntawm lub voj voog. Nws cov kev koom tes yuav tsum yog me me, vim hais tias qhov me ntsis plam tam sim no, nrog nws lub qhov ntswg ze li plaub caug degrees saum lub qab ntug thiab nce toj, tuaj yeem cuam tshuam cov huab cua ntws mus rau hauv cov chaw nres nkoj ntawm lub cav, ua rau lub tshuab nqus tsev tawm lossis kaw. Mig-31, paub nyob rau sab hnub poob li Foxhound, tsis yog lub tshuab zam txim - nws niaj hnub tua cov neeg ua haujlwm tsis txaus ntseeg lossis tsis txaus ntseeg. Ua kom ceev, nws xav tau kev tswj xyuas meej ntawm cov kev txwv sab nraud ntawm nws qhov kev ua tau zoo.
    
  "Peb tab tom dhau kaum txhiab meters... Ob feem kaum ntawm mach... kaum tsib txhiab... plaub caug degrees ntawm kev mus rau... Airspeed yuav txo qis me ntsis," tus tsav hauv siab. MiG-31 yog ib qho ntawm ob peb lub dav hlau uas tuaj yeem ua kom nrawm nrawm, tab sis rau lub davhlau sim no lawv yuav ya mus rau saum lub qab nthab ntawm nees nkaum txhiab meters, thiab tom qab ntawd nws qhov kev ua tau zoo tau txo qis. "Peb tab tom tsiv nees nkaum kilometers, airspeed qis dua Mach ob... Peb tab tom tsiv nees nkaum-ob kilometers ... npaj txhij ... Peb tab tom mus rau qhov qub ceev thiab qhov siab ... "
    
  "Cia nws nyob hauv nruab nrab, Yuri," hais tias tus neeg zaum hauv lub rooj zaum tom qab ntawm Miga hla lub intercom. Cov koob txav me ntsis mus rau ntawm ntug ntawm lub voj voog. Hmo no, lub voj voog sawv cev rau lawv lub hom phiaj, xa mus rau lawv tsis yog los ntawm MiG-31 lub zog muaj zog phased array radar, tab sis los ntawm lub network ntawm qhov chaw nrhiav radars nyob ib ncig ntawm Lavxias teb sab Federation, relayed rau lawv los ntawm cov ntaub ntawv nyob ze relay aircraft. Lawv yuav tsis pom lawv lub hom phiaj thiab tej zaum yuav tsis paub seb lawv lub hom phiaj puas ua tiav lossis ua tsis tiav.
    
  "Nws tau txais kev teb tsawg dua ... Kho nyuaj," tus tsav ua pa. Cov neeg ua haujlwm ob leeg tau hnav khaub ncaws hnyav thiab cov kaus mom hlau hnyav uas npog tag nrho lub ntsej muag, zoo li cov neeg taug kev, thiab thaum lub tsev nyob qhov siab tau nce siab, qhov siab ntawm cov khaub ncaws tau nce ntxiv, ua rau kev txav mus los thiab ua pa nyuaj. "Nyob ntev npaum li cas......ntev?"
    
  "Kaum vib nas this... cuaj... yim..."
    
  "Los ntawm, tus npua qub, nce qhov siab," tus kws tsav dav hlau yws.
    
  "Tsib vib nas this... Lub foob pob hluav taws tau npaj ... tsob ntoo, ob, adin... pajar! Tua tawm!"
    
  Mig-31 nyob rau ntawm qhov siab ntawm nees nkaum tsib txhiab meters saum lub ntiaj teb, ya ntawm ib tug ceev ntawm ib txhiab kilometers ib teev, lub qhov ntswg yog nyob rau ntawm qhov siab ntawm tsib caug degrees saum lub qab ntug, thaum lub nkoj lub computer muab lub launching command. , thiab ib tug loj missile raug rho tawm ntawm lub fighter. Ob peb vib nas this tom qab ejection, lub foob pob hluav taws cav ntawm lub foob pob ua ntxaij thawj theem ignited, ib tug loj loj kem ntawm hluav taws kub erupted los ntawm lub nozzles, thiab lub foob pob ua ntxaij ploj los ntawm kev pom nyob rau hauv ib lub qhov muag.
    
  Tam sim no nws yog lub sijhawm los ya rau koj tus kheej, tsis yog rau lub luag haujlwm, tus tsav tau ceeb toom nws tus kheej. Nws rov qab cov throttles maj mam, ua tib zoo, thiab tib lub sijhawm pib me ntsis yob rau sab laug. Lub yob yuav pab txo nqa thiab txo qhov nrawm nrawm, thiab tseem yuav pab txo qis qhov ntswg yam tsis ua rau cov neeg coob tsis zoo G-forces. Lub siab pib poob qis thiab ua pa yooj yim me ntsis - lossis puas yog vim tias lawv feem ntawm txoj haujlwm yog ...?
    
  Tus kws tsav dav hlau poob siab rau qhov sib cais thib ob, tab sis qhov ntawd txaus. Lub sijhawm nws tso cai rau ib-degree ib sab plam, tus fighter ya mus los ntawm cov huab cua cuam tshuam supersonic tsim los ntawm cov pa tawm ntawm lub foob pob hluav taws loj, thiab cov huab cua ntws los ntawm sab laug lub cav yuav luag raug txiav tawm. Ib lub cav hnoos, gurgled, thiab tom qab ntawd pib screech raws li cov roj txuas ntxiv mus rau hauv cov roj tso tsheb hlau luam, tab sis cov pa hluav taws kub tsis raug thawb tawm lawm.
    
  Nrog rau ib lub cav khiav thiab lwm qhov hluav taws kub, thiab nrog huab cua tsis txaus los rov pib lub cav, lub dav hlau MiG-31 tau poob. Tab sis lub foob pob hluav taws uas nws raug rho tawm haujlwm ua haujlwm flawlessly.
    
  Kaum tsib vib nas this tom qab thawj theem cav raug rho tawm haujlwm, nws tau sib cais los ntawm lub foob pob hluav taws thiab lub thib ob theem cav raug rho tawm haujlwm. Qhov ceev thiab qhov siab tau nce sai heev. Tsis ntev lub foob pob hluav taws yog tsib puas mais saum lub ntiaj teb, taug kev ntau tshaj peb txhiab mais ntawm ib teev, thiab lub cav theem thib ob sib cais. Tam sim no theem peb tseem nyob. Siab siab saum huab cua, nws tsis tas yuav muaj qhov chaw tswj kev tswj hwm, es tsis txhob cia siab rau me me nitrogen-gas cav rau maneuver. Lub radar nyob rau hauv lub qhov ntswg ntawm lub thib peb theem activated thiab pib saib ib tug meej point nyob rau hauv qhov chaw, thiab ib tug thib ob tom qab nws zeroed nyob rau hauv nws lub hom phiaj.
    
  Lub foob pob hluav taws tsis muaj kev ceev txaus los pib nws lub orbit nyob ib ncig ntawm lub ntiaj teb, yog li sai li sai tau raws li theem thib ob sib cais, nws pib nws lub caij nplooj zeeg ntev, tab sis nws tsis tas yuav nkag mus rau lub orbit: zoo li huab cua tiv thaiv lub tank cuaj luaj, nws poob raws. ib tug ballistic trajectory mus rau ib tug xam point nyob rau hauv qhov chaw, qhov twg nws prey yuav nyob rau hauv ib tug teeb meem ntawm vib nas this. Qhov kev kwv yees trajectory, programmed ntev ua ntej tso tawm los ntawm cov tswj hauv av, tau tshawb xyuas sai sai los ntawm onboard kev taw qhia computers: lub hom phiaj lub orbit tsis tau hloov. Kev cuam tshuam mus raws nraim li tau npaj tseg.
    
  Nees nkaum vib nas this ua ntej muaj kev cuam tshuam, theem thib peb tau siv lub voj voog sib xyaw ua ke tsib caug yards dav-zoo saum huab cua, lub vas tsis cuam tshuam los ntawm huab cua siab thiab tseem nyob ib puag ncig thiab muaj zog txawm tias ceev ntawm ntau txhiab mais hauv ib teev. Lub vas yog kev pov hwm tiv thaiv ib tug nyob ze nco ... Tab sis lub sij hawm no nws tsis xav tau. Vim tias theem thib peb tau raug kaw ruaj ntseg rau lub hom phiaj thiab yuav tsum tau me ntsis kom tsis muaj zog maneuvering vim qhov tseeb ntawm kev tso tawm thiab kev ya davhlau, theem thib peb tau qhab nia ncaj qha rau ntawm lub hom phiaj.
    
    
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  "Kev sib tsoo, tus tswv," tus kws tshaj lij qhia. "Telemetry tsis tau txais los ntawm cov khoom nyob rau hauv kev sim."
    
  Tus thawj coj, tus thawj coj ntawm cov neeg ua haujlwm ntawm Lavxias teb sab cua rog, Andrei Darzov, nodded. "Tab sis li cas txog txoj kev ya davhlau? Puas yog qhov kev tso tawm tsis raug cuam tshuam rau qhov no?
    
  Tus kws kho mob saib tsis meej pem. "Huh ... tsis yog, kuv tsis xav li ntawd," nws hais. "Lub community launch zoo li mus zoo kawg nkaus."
    
  "Kuv tsis pom zoo, tub ceev xwm," Darzov hais. Nws tig mus rau tus kws kho mob thiab ua rau nws npau taws. Kev npau taws yog qhov phem txaus, tab sis Darzov shaved nws lub taub hau kom zoo dua qhia tawm nws qhov kev sib ntaus sib tua raug mob thiab kub hnyiab thoob plaws hauv nws lub taub hau thiab lub cev, thiab nws zoo li hem ntau dua. "Lub foob pob hluav taws no tau dhau los ua qhov tseem ceeb thiab tej zaum yuav ua yuam kev rau lub hom phiaj thiab tawm tsam lub satellite off-txoj kev."
    
  "Sir?" - nug tus kws kho mob, tsis meej pem. "Lub hom phiaj yog ... uh, Asmeskas chaw nyob hauv Pathfinder satellite? Nws yog-"
    
  "Qhov no puas yog qhov peb tau mus rau hauv, Sergeant?" - Darzov nug. "Vim li cas, qhov no tsis suav nrog hauv txoj kev sim dav hlau txhua. Muaj qhov ua yuam kev loj heev thiab kuv yuav ua kom nws raug tshawb xyuas tag nrho. " Nws cov yam ntxwv softened, nws luag ntxhi, ces nyem tus kws kho lub xub pwg nyom. "Nco ntsoov sau rau hauv koj daim ntawv tshaj tawm tias lub foob pob hluav taws veered tawm ntawm chav kawm vim yog sab plam hauv lub tshuab tso tawm - Kuv yuav saib xyuas qhov seem. Thiab lub hom phiaj tsis yog Asmeskas SBSS, tab sis peb lub hom phiaj Soyuz spacecraft, launched rau orbit lub hli tas los. Puas yog qhov tseeb, Sergeant?"
    
    
  QHOV TSEEB
    
    
  Nws yog qhov zoo dua rau kev ua phem yog tias muaj kev kub ntxhov hauv peb lub siab dua li muab lub tsho ntawm kev tsis ua phem los npog qhov tsis muaj hwj chim.
    
  - MAHATMA GANDHI
    
    
    
  ARMSTRONG SPACE STATION
  LUB SIJ HAWM
    
    
  "Okay, suckers, tuaj rau thiab lo koj lub taub hau tawm - me ntsis,"hais Captain Hunter "Boomer" Noble. "Tsis txhob ntshai - nws yuav tsis mob kiag li." Nws yog hnub thib ob ntawm lawv cov neeg saib xyuas tshiab, thiab txog tam sim no lawv tsis tau ua tiav ib yam dab tsi, tshwj tsis yog qhov mob taub hau tas li los ntawm kev saib cov ntsuas kov tau ntau teev.
    
  "Zoo nyob rau hauv qhov ntawd, tus tswv," Huab Cua Tub Rog Xib Hwb Valerie "Nrhiav" Lucas hais zoo siab. "Koj cia siab tias, thiab lub zog tsis zoo no tsuas yog ua rau lawv lub taub hau xwb."
    
  "Nws tsis yog lub zog tsis zoo, Seeker, txawm tias nws yog," Boomer hais, rub nws ob lub qhov muag. "Nws yog daim duab TV-nws tua kuv." Hunter rubbed nws ob lub qhov muag. Lawv tau saib cov duab dav dav dav dav ntawm thaj chaw sab hnub tuaj ntawm Tehran sab hnub tuaj, hauv qhov uas tau hu ua Islamic koom pheej ntawm Iran tab sis tam sim no tau hu los ntawm ntau tus neeg thoob ntiaj teb tias Democratic Republic of Persia. Cov duab, ntes tau los ntawm telescopic electro-optical lub koob yees duab mounted aboard US Air Force RQ-4 Ntiaj teb no Hawk unmanned reconnaissance aircraft orbiting rau caum txhiab ko taw saum lub nroog, yog ncaj ncees, tab sis txhua qhov tshee, txawm li cas los xij, xav zoo li lwm tus. Boomer. ib pinch ntawm xuab zeb pov rau hauv lub qhov muag.
    
  Ob leeg tsis tau zaum ntawm lub console nyob rau hauv ib txwm lub ntiaj teb kev sib ntaus sib tua chaw tswj, tab sis nyob rau hauv lub ntsiab kev sib ntaus sib tua module ntawm lub Armstrong chaw nres tsheb, nyob rau hauv ob puas thiab xya caum-tsib mais saum lub ntiaj teb nyob rau hauv ib tug orbit tilted plaub caug-tsib degrees rau sab hnub tuaj. . Noble thiab Lucas yog ntawm plaub tus neeg ua haujlwm ntxiv uas tau coj los rau lub hom phiaj los saib xyuas thiab hais kom US Air Force tiv thaiv tub rog hla tebchaws Democratic Republic of Persia. Txawm hais tias Boomer yog ib tug qub tub rog nyob rau hauv qhov chaw nrog ntau lub kaum os orbital flights thiab txawm ib tug spacewalk rau nws credit, floating nyob rau hauv xoom lub ntiajteb txawj nqus thaum ntsia ntawm ib tug saib tsis yog dab tsi nws koom rau hauv lub Air Force. "Peb nyob ntawm qhov chaw nres tsheb ntev npaum li cas?"
    
  "Tsuas yog tsib teev ntxiv, tus tswv," Lucas hais tias, luag nyav thiab tuav nws lub taub hau hauv kev tsis ntseeg raws li Noble yws ntawm nws cov lus teb. Seeker yog ib tug qub tub rog kaum yim xyoo ntawm Teb Chaws Asmeskas Tub Rog Tub Rog, tab sis nws tseem zoo li qub dua li hnub nws tau sau npe rau lub Ib Hlis 1991, thaum Kev Ua Haujlwm Desert Storm pib, thiab nws hlub nws txoj haujlwm ntau npaum li nws tau ua thaum ntawd. Cov duab ntawm laser- thiab TV-guided foob pob ya los ntawm lub qhov rais thiab mus rau hauv lub qhov cua shafts fascinated thiab zoo siab rau nws, thiab nws pib kawm theem pib ob hnub tom qab kawm tiav high school. Nws tau mus kawm txhua lub tsev kawm ntawv qib siab thev naus laus zis thiab chav kawm kho qhov muag-hloov hluav taws xob uas nws tuaj yeem nrhiav tau, sai sai dhau los ua tus kws tshaj lij hauv kev paub txog tej thaj chaw deb thiab kev taw qhia. " Dhau li ntawm kev txhawb nqa, ib puag ncig thiab cov tshuab hluav taws xob, cov tshuab tseem ceeb tshaj plaws hauv kev txawj ntse yog kev ua siab ntev thiab lub pob tw steel."
    
  "Kuv xav ya los ntawm kuv tus kheej," Boomer hais tias chim siab, rov qab mus rau hauv nws lub taub hau mount rau pem hauv ntej ntawm tus saib loj. Nws yog me ntsis siab dua qhov nruab nrab American astronaut, uas feem ntau ntawm cov twj paj nruag ntawm qhov chaw nres tsheb tau pom zoo tsim, yog li nws pom tias yuav luag txhua yam ntawm qhov chaw nres tsheb yog qhov tsis ncaj ncees lawm qhov loj, qhov siab, lossis kev taw qhia ua rau nws chim siab. Txawm hais tias muaj nees nkaum-tsib-tsib-xyoo-laus tus kws tsav dav hlau, tus kws ua haujlwm thiab tus kws ua haujlwm astronaut yog ib tug qub tub rog ntawm qhov chaw, nws tau siv nws lub sijhawm nyob rau hauv qhov chaw nyob rau hauv qhov kev nyab xeeb zoo ntawm lub dav hlau ntawm kev tswj es tsis yog ntab hauv xoom lub ntiajteb txawj nqus. "Tag nrho cov chaw tswj chaw taws teeb no yog rau cov noog."
    
  "Koj puas hu kuv 'noog', tus tswv?" nws nug nrog feigned disapproval.
    
  Boomer tau hais tias "Kuv tsis tawm tswv yim dab tsi, Master Sergeant - Kuv tab tom qhia kuv tus kheej lub tswv yim ntawm cov txheej txheem tshwj xeeb," Boomer tau hais. Nws taw tes rau qhov screen. "Daim duab zoo heev, tab sis qhov no radar-coj yam ua rau kuv vwm."
    
  "Qhov no yog SAR reticle, tus tswv," Seeker hais. "Nws yog tsav los ntawm hluavtaws aperture radar thiab yuav qhia txog txhua lub tsheb loj lossis cov cuab yeej uas tuaj rau hauv lub sensor qhov kev pom thiab sib tw rau peb qhov kev tshawb nrhiav. Yog tias peb tsis muaj nws, peb yuav tsum tau kuaj xyuas txhua lub tsheb hauv nroog - nws yuav ua rau koj vwm. "
    
  Boomer hais tias, "Kuv paub tias nws yog dab tsi, Master Sergeant," tab sis koj tsis tuaj yeem tau txais nws kom tsis txhob thrashing thiab fluttering thiab co thoob plaws lub vijtsam? Tus saib pom lub thawv duab plaub uas tau tshwm sim thiab ploj mus ntau zaus hauv qhov xwm txheej. Thaum nws tshwm sim, lub thawv yuav ncig lub tsheb, kho nws qhov loj kom haum rau lub tsheb, thiab tom qab ntawd yog tias nws ua tau raws li qhov programmed size tsis, lub beep yuav suab thiab lub koob yees duab yuav zoom kom cov neeg tuaj yeem pom tias lub khoos phis tawj tau kuaj pom dab tsi. Tab sis nws tsuas yog nyob twj ywm rau ntawm ib lub tsheb rau tsib vib nas this ua ntej rov pib dua ib cheeb tsam tag nrho, yog li Boomer thiab Seeker yuav tsum tau saib lub vijtsam yuav luag tas li thiab npaj siab nias lub khawm HOLD los kawm cov duab ua ntej lub khoos phis tawj kaw dua. "Nws ua rau kuv mob taub hau."
    
  Tus Seeker hais tias, "Kuv xav tias nws tsis txaus ntseeg tias nws ua li nws ua, tus tswv," thiab kuv txaus siab tso siab rau qee qhov tsis txaus ntseeg yog tias nws pab peb nrhiav-" Thiab lub sijhawm ntawd lub khoos phis tawj pom lwm lub tsheb, uas nyuam qhuav tshwm sim nyob rau hauv ib qho chaw nres tsheb ntawm ib sab ntawm ib pawg ntawm cov tsev apartment. Ib ob tom qab, Tus Seeker nias lub khawm tuav. "Hav, peb ntes tau ib tug!" - nws qw. "Nws yog Katyusha ... tab sis kuv xav tias nws yog Ra'ad foob pob hluav taws! Peb yuam kom lawv mus tua!"
    
  "Koj yog kuv li, suckers," Boomer hais, instantly tsis nco qab txog nws xav tias mob taub hau. Nws ntsia ntawm tus saib, tab sis twb tsis khoom mus kuaj xyuas tias lub hom phiaj kev tswj hwm tau txais los ntawm Ntiaj Teb Hawk tau thauj khoom raug. Daim duab nyob tau nthuav dav heev. Lawv saib raws li plaub tug txiv neej nqa lub foob pob hluav taws loj, zoo li lub pob zeb loj loj nrog cov fins, tawm ntawm lub nkas-las thiab mus rau sab nraub qaum ntawm Toyota lub tsheb thauj khoom - nws yuav tsum hnyav heev vim tias lawv zoo li nyuaj nqa nws. . Lub pickup muaj ib tug loj steel ncej sawv mounted nyob rau hauv lub thav duab ntawm lub pickup, nrog ib puag ncig sawv ntsug rau saum. Cov txiv neej muab lub missile tso rau tom qab ntawm lub tsheb, ces ob ntawm lawv dhia thiab pib tawm tsam kom nqa lub missile mus rau lub launcher.
    
  "Tsis txhob tso tseg, cov txiv neej," Tus Seeker hais. "Koj tsis xav ua kom peb kev lom zem, puas yog?" Nws tig mus rau Boomer. "Nyob ntev npaum li cas, tus tswv?"
    
  Boomer tau hais tias "Lub hom phiaj kev sib koom tes tau thauj khoom," Boomer tau hais. "Lub countdown tam sim no pib. Peb muaj sijhawm npaum li cas?"
    
  "Thaum lawv muab tso rau hauv lub launcher, nws tuaj yeem tso tawm tsawg dua ib feeb."
    
  Boomer tsa nws ob lub qhov muag thiab ntsia lub monitor. Ntau tus menyuam yaus tau khiav mus rau lub tsheb thauj neeg mus saib cov neeg ua phem ua haujlwm - lawv tau pib khiav tawm, tab sis tom qab ob peb lub sijhawm lawv raug tso cai los saib ze dua. "Nws zoo li muaj 'Hnub Ua Haujlwm' hauv Tehran," nws hais tsis txaus ntseeg.
    
  "Mus tawm ntawm qhov ntawd, me nyuam,"hais tus Seeker. "Nws tsis muaj kev nyab xeeb rau koj nyob ntawd."
    
  "Tsis yog vim peb," Boomer hais txias. Nws nias lub khawm transmitter ntawm nws lub console. "Lub Ripper Hu Chiv Keeb."
    
  "Kuv nyob ntawm no, Boomer," teb Lt. Gen. Patrick McLanahan, "sawv" ntawm lub taub hau tom qab Boomer thiab saib nws lub xub pwg nyom. Nees nkaum-ib-xyoo Air Force qub tub rog thiab peb lub hnub qub yog tus thawj coj ntawm Elliott Air Force Base, Groom Lake, Nevada, lub tsev ntawm High-End Aerospace Weapons Center, lossis HAWC. HAWC tsim lub XR-A9 Black Stallion spaceplane, nrog rau suav tsis txheeb lwm yam riam phom thiab dav hlau, tab sis nws yog cov thawj coj zoo li Patrick McLanahan uas pom lub peev xwm ntawm cov cuab yeej sim no thiab siv rau hauv cov xwm txheej kub ntxhov uas Asmeskas lossis nws cov phoojywg yuav raug kev txom nyem. loj losses los yeej yeej. Luv luv, muaj zog tsis muaj qhov hnyav, nrog lub qhov muag xiav disarming thiab luag nyav, Patrick McLanahan ntsia tsis muaj dab tsi zoo li lub zog, kev txiav txim siab, brash, ntiaj teb-trotting aerial bombing kws tshaj lij thiab tus kws tshaj lij ntawm nws lub koob npe nrov. Zoo li Boomer thiab Seeker, McLanahan tau dhau los ua tus qub tub rog caij nkoj - nws thib peb mus rau Armstrong chaw nres tsheb hauv ntau lub hlis.
    
  "Peb muaj kev xaiv zoo, tus tswv," Boomer hais, nodding ntawm nws lub monitor. "Lub sijhawm no, ib yam nkaus, tsis yog Kassam lossis Katyusha me me." Boomer kawm lub ntsej muag ntawm peb lub hnub qub Tub Rog Tub Rog Tub Rog Tub Rog, pom tias nws lub qhov muag tau darting rov qab thiab tawm mus thoob plaws lub monitor - Boomer xav tias nws tab tom saib tsis yog ntawm lub foob pob hluav taws xwb, tab sis kuj ntawm cov menyuam yaus nyob ib puag ncig ntawm riam phom txaus ntshai hauv tsev. launcher. "Master Sergeant xav tias nws yog Raad missile."
    
  Patrick zoo li tsis hnov nws, tab sis ob peb lub sijhawm tom qab ntawd nws tau zoo siab heev. "Kuv pom zoo, Seeker," nws hais. "Hezbollah riam phom raws li Lavxias teb sab battalion-level combat missile. Ob-pua-phaus warhead, yooj yim tab sis feem ntau ua tau zoo barometric fuze, nruab nrab huab cua tawg nrog kev cuam tshuam kev cuam tshuam, tawg vojvoog ntawm ib puas yards lossis ntau dua, feem ntau ntim nrog iav, pob bearings thiab daim hlau, nrog rau cov khoom tawg muaj zog rau nce tus naj npawb ntawm cov neeg raug mob. riam phom tiag tiag ntawm kev ntshai. " Nws tuav nws taub hau. "Tab sis muaj ntau tus pej xeem nyob ib puag ncig. Peb daim ntawv tshaj tawm tau hais tias tsis muaj neeg raug tsim txom thiab kev puas tsuaj los ntawm kev puas tsuaj tsawg heev. Xaiv lwm lub hom phiaj, Boomer, ib qho uas yuav muaj neeg txawv tsawg dua. Peb yuav muaj ntau lub sijhawm "...
    
  "Peb tsis pom ntau Raad missiles, tus tswv," Seeker hais. "Qhov no tsis yog lub foob pob hluav taws hauv tsev - nws yog ib qho kev sib ntaus sib tua luv luv missile."
    
  "Kuv paub, Tus Xib Fwb, tab sis peb cov lus txib tshwj xeeb thiab -" Lub sijhawm no, cov neeg ntxeev siab tau tua cov menyuam yaus dua, lub sijhawm no muaj zog dua, raws li lwm tus neeg ntxeev siab txuas cov hluav taws xob txuas mus rau tus Tsov tus tw ntawm lub foob pob hluav taws, ua kev npaj zaum kawg rau tso tawm. "Tam sim no," Patrick bark. "Cia li tshem tawm."
    
  "Yog lawm, tus tswv," Boomer teb zoo siab. Nws nkag mus rau cov lus txib hauv nws lub khoos phis tawj, tshawb xyuas lub computer cov lus teb, tom qab ntawd khawm. "Cia li mus... Lub foob pob hluav taws countdown xaus... Lub qhov rooj qhib... Npaj... npaj... Tam sim no tso lub foob pob ua ntxaij." Nws tshawb xyuas lub countdown timer. "Tsis txhob cia leej twg ntsais, vim qhov no yuav tsis siv ntev."
    
  Nyob rau ntawm ntug dej hiav txwv Caspian, ob puas thiab nees nkaum mais sab qaum teb ntawm Tehran, ib qho tsis muaj neeg tsav tsheb EB-1D Vampire bomber tau qhib nws lub hauv ntej thiab nruab nrab lub foob pob ua ke lub qhov rooj thiab tua ib tug loj missile. Lub D-qauv Vampire yog hloov kho US Air Force B-1B lub tswv yim foob pob hloov los ntawm Advanced Aerospace Weapons Center rau hauv qhov ntev-ntev tsis muaj neeg tsav tsheb sib ntaus sib tua. Nws muaj peev xwm tswj tau nws tus kheej los ntawm kev tawm mus rau qhov kawg tsaws siv lub dav hlau reprogrammable, lossis tuaj yeem ua haujlwm ntawm satellite chaw taws teeb tswj, zoo li ntau lab daus las video game, los ntawm lub khoos phis tawj laptop nyob yuav luag txhua qhov chaw.
    
  Lub foob pob hluav taws uas Vampire nyuam qhuav raug rho tawm haujlwm yog ib qho riam phom ntau dua uas tsim los ntawm HAWC engineers. Nws lub npe tsis muaj npe yog XAGM-279A "SKYSTRICK", tab sis leej twg paub dab tsi txog lub foob pob hluav taws no - thiab tsuas muaj ob peb tus neeg ntawm tag nrho lub ntiaj teb uas tau ua - hu ua "Swift". Nws zoo li tus ntoo khaub lig ntawm ib lub mos txwv thiab ib lub manta ray, nrog ib tug taw tes carbon fiber qhov ntswg thiab ib tug mos txwv zoo li tus pem hauv ntej seem ua rau ib tug nyias, tiaj tus fuselage thiab ib tug taw tes. Thaum nyob ruaj khov nyob rau hauv cov huab cua, plaub lub foob pob hluav taws xob hluav taws xob raug rho tawm haujlwm, txav riam phom mus rau qhov chaw siab zoo tshaj ntawm Mach 3 thiab ib puas txhiab ko taw hauv ob peb feeb xwb.
    
  Tsis pub dhau yim vib nas this, lub cav tau hlawv tawm thiab qhov dav, tiaj tus oval cua nkag tau qhib hauv qab lub foob pob hluav taws. Cov huab cua supersonic tau nqus thiab compressed rau hauv cov duab ntawm tam sim no khoob foob pob hluav taws lub cev muaj zog, sib xyaw nrog cov roj dav hlau thiab ignited los ntawm high-zog pulses ntawm laser zog. Qhov tshwm sim lub zog propelled lub missile mus rau ntau tshaj kaum npaug ntawm lub suab ceev nyob rau hauv ob peb vib nas this, thiab lub missile npog qhov kev ncua deb ntawm launch point thiab lub hom phiaj nyob rau hauv lub blink ntawm ib lub qhov muag, nce ob puas txhiab ko taw raws li qhov ntau txo. Lub foob pob hluav taws tau hlawv tag nrho nws cov dav hlau roj hauv ob peb feeb xwb, sai sai nqis, thiab pib nqis rov qab los ntawm huab cua. Thaum qhov kub ntawm sab nrauv nyob rau hauv qhov txwv tsis pub muaj kev nyab xeeb, cov mos txwv zoo li sab pem hauv ntej sib cais los ntawm qhov siv propulsion seem, uas tau tawg mus rau hauv daim ib pliag tom qab.
    
  Cov stabilizers me me txuas mus rau pem hauv ntej thiab nws tau dhau los ua tus neeg tsav nkoj supersonic, coj mus rau nws lub hom phiaj los ntawm on-board navigation computer augmented los ntawm lub ntiaj teb no positioning system signals. Kaum tsib vib nas this ua ntej muaj kev cuam tshuam, lub hau kaw tau tshem tawm, nthuav tawm kev sib xyaw ntawm millimeter nthwv dej radar thiab infrared scanner, thiab lub taub hau pib xa cov teeb liab video ntawm satellite mus rau Boomer thiab Seeker hauv Dreamland. Lub teeb liab tig ntawm daim duab yees duab yog ob peb yards deb, tab sis tus Seeker tau siv lub trackball thiab dov lub voj voos tig rov qab rau ntawm tus nqa, uas xa cov teeb liab kho rau lub taub hau.
    
  Daim duab yees duab los ntawm lub taub hau tau pom meej txhua txoj hauv kev los cuam tshuam. Patrick pom ib tug txiv neej hluas, tsis muaj hnub nyoog tshaj kaum tsib los yog kaum rau xyoo, hnav daim npog qhov ncauj thiab nqa ib tug AK-47 uas zoo nkaus li yuav luag loj li nws tus kheej, uas ntsia ncaj nraim ntawm lub zeem muag riam phom milliseconds ua ntej daim duab ploj mus. Patrick paub tias lub taub hau warhead yog programmed kom tawg ib feem kaum ntawm ib tug thib ob ua ntej yuav cuam tshuam, splitting lub warhead mus rau ntau txhiab me me, hyper-velocity fragments, ua rau cov riam phom blast radius rau kwv yees li plaub caug mus rau tsib caug yards.
    
  "Direct hit!" Boomer qw zoo siab. Nws ntsia ntawm tus saib xyuas thiab tuav nws tes. "Tag nrho lub sij hawm los ntawm kev tshawb pom mus rau qhov cuam tshuam: plaub caug yim taw tes cuaj vib nas this. Tsawg dua ib feeb fucking sab laug!"
    
  "Nws zoo li Maverick missile - lossis ib lub mos txwv sniper - tab sis raug rho tawm ntawm ob puas mais deb!" - hais rau tus Seeker. Nws hloov rov qab mus rau Ntiaj Teb Hawk cov duab ntawm thaj chaw lub hom phiaj thiab zoomed kom tau txais kev saib ze dua ntawm qhov twg Swift lub taub hau tau cuam tshuam. "Zoo nkauj zoo nkauj hauv nroog riam phom phom, tsuas yog qhov koj tau cia siab rau. Nws yog ib lub qhov me me tiag tiag, txog kaum tsib mus rau nees nkaum feet ntawm txoj kab uas hla - nws zoo li qhov chaw tau raug ntaus los ntawm lub ru tsev pob zeb ntawm lub chaw nres tsheb rau hauv pem teb hauv qab no - tab sis kuv tsis pom muaj kev puas tsuaj rau cov vaj tse nyob ib puag ncig uas tsis yog ib qho. ob peb lub qhov rais tawg. Txawm tias ob puas thiab tsib caug phaus pob me me tuaj yeem nkag mus rau ntawm phab ntsa ntawm lub tsev ntsib qhov chaw tawg. "
    
  "Vim tias Swift tsis muaj lub taub hau tawg, tsis muaj dab tsi nyob ntawd uas tuaj yeem ua rau muaj kev puas tsuaj," Boomer tau hais. "Peb tau tso cov foob pob tawg txaus rau hauv lub taub hau kom tshuab nws sib nrug milliseconds ua ntej muaj kev cuam tshuam, ob qho tib si los txhim kho cov txiaj ntsig ntawm riam phom thiab rhuav tshem pov thawj ntau li ntau tau. Txhua yam lawv yuav tsum pom yog cov khoom me me - "
    
  "Auj...kuv...Vajtswv," Tus Seeker ua pa. Nws zoomed tawm mus tshawb nws ib puag ncig me ntsis ntxiv. Tsuas yog sab nraum lub tsev apartment muaj pawg neeg, tej zaum ob lub kaum os, pw ntawm txoj kev taug kev thiab txoj kev thaum lwm tus tau pab lawv los ntawm kev hu xov tooj rau kev pab. "Dab tsi tshwm sim ntawm no? Cov neeg no tuaj qhov twg los, thiab vim li cas lawv thiaj li pw hauv av zoo li no? Puas yog lawv los ntawm lub tsev apartment complex ...?
    
  "Tus Swift Ib yuav tsum tau qhib lub taub hau ntawm Raad missile," Boomer hais. Lawv txhua tus tau kawm cov duab kom zoo zoo thaum Seeker manually ua lub koob yees duab thiab zoomed nyob rau hauv. "Tab sis dab tsi tshwm sim? Cov neeg no tsis tau nyob ze ntawm qhov chaw tawg, tab sis lawv staggering zoo li lawv tau raug ntaus. Puas yog shrapnel los ntawm Ra'ad warhead? Lub Swift tsis muaj tawg - nws yog tag nrho cov kinetic zog. Puas yog cov tub rog Persian tuaj txog? Yuav ua li cas...?"
    
  Patrick hais tias, "Cov cuab yeej tshuaj lom neeg huab cua," Patrick hais.
    
  "Dab tsi...?"
    
  Patrick tau hais tias "Nws zoo li qee yam riam phom chemical huab cua kis tawm ntawm thaj chaw lub hom phiaj," Patrick hais. Nws taw tes rau lub monitor. "Tsis muaj ntau tshaj peb caug ko taw ntawm peb. Ntawm no yog ib feem me me ntawm huab ... Saib, nws tsis sawv zoo li huab cua los ntawm kev tawg lossis los ntawm qhov kub thiab txias, tab sis txav mus rau kab rov tav, tshuab los ntawm huab cua tam sim no. " Nws saib ze dua. "Tsis tshee tshee...nws nyuaj rau hais, tab sis zoo li nws tab tom rub nws ob lub qhov muag thiab ntsej muag thiab ua pa nyuaj. Kuv mam li twv nws yog cov khoom ua rau blistering ... lewisite los yog phosgene. Mustard gases yuav siv sij hawm ntev dua los ua rau ib tus neeg tsis muaj peev xwm, txawm tias nyob rau hauv siab ... saib, tam sim no ib tug neeg poob rau ntawm txoj kev. Tus Tswv, yuav tsum muaj ntau litres ntawm CW hauv lub taub hau. "
    
  "Au kuv tus Vajtswv," Tus Saib Xyuas tau npau taws. "Kuv tau cuam tshuam nrog cov chaw taws teeb tswj tau yuav luag nees nkaum xyoo, thiab kuv tsis tau pom leej twg tuag los ntawm kev tawm tsam tshuaj lom neeg."
    
  Patrick tau hais tias "Kuv muaj kev xav tias lub zog uas yuav tsis nyiam qhov no," Patrick hais.
    
  "Peb puas yuav nco qab Vampire, tus tswv?"
    
  Patrick hais tias, "Lub ntuj raug txim tsis yog," "Peb tseem muaj peb tus Swifts ntxiv rau hauv nkoj, thiab lwm tus Vampire thauj khoom thiab tos kom xa mus rau Mosul. Khaws tshuaj ntsuam kom paub ntau tus neeg ntxeev siab. Nrog koj zoo siab, Boomer. Lub ntuj tawg ua haujlwm zoo kawg nkaus. Tua ob peb tug neeg ntxeev siab ntxiv rau peb. "
    
  "Koj tau txais nws, tus tswv," Boomer hais zoo siab.
    
    
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  Hmoov tsis zoo, Patrick tau hloov mus ua qhov tseeb tiag. Cov duab thoob ntiaj teb Hawk tau tshaj tawm rau ntau qhov chaw hauv av nrog rau Silver Tower, suav nrog Cov Thawj Coj ntawm Cov Neeg Ua Haujlwm Pabcuam Kev Ua Haujlwm hauv Washington, thiab nws yog los ntawm qhov ntawd uas nws tau txais nws thawj zaug ib pliag tom qab: "Chivkeeb, qhov no yog Rook." Nws yog los ntawm tus tub ceev xwm hauv lub chaw ua haujlwm JCS. "Thov npaj txhij." Ib pliag tom qab, Tub Rog Tub Rog Tub Rog Tub Rog Tub Rog Tub Rog Tub Rog Charles A. Huffman tau tshwm sim hauv kev sib tham video pub, saib me ntsis daj ntseg nws tus kheej tab sis tseem npau taws heev.
    
  Huffman, siab, tsaus nti thiab hluas heev nrog rugged, kis las kis las - zoo li ib tug linebacker dua li khiav rov qab, Boomer xav - yog ib yam ntawm cov hom tshiab ntawm cov thawj coj hauv Asmeskas tub rog. Nyob rau hauv tsib xyoos txij li thaum Lavxias teb sab nuclear cruise missiles ntaus lub teb chaws United States, lub npe hu ua "American Holocaust," uas tua ntau txhiab tus neeg, raug mob ntau pua txhiab tus, rhuav tshem ntau lub hauv paus huab cua, thiab rhuav tshem yuav luag tag nrho Asmeskas cov neeg tawg rog. riam phom raug rhuav tshem, cov tub rog qib tau swelled nrog cov tub ntxhais hluas thiab cov poj niam muaj zog txaus siab tiv thaiv lawv lub teb chaws, thiab ntau tus tub ceev xwm tau nce qib zoo hauv qab lawv cov thawj thaj tsam thiab raug xaiv rau cov thawj coj tseem ceeb xyoo ua ntej qhov no ua tau. Tsis tas li ntawd, vim hais tias cov thawj coj loj uas muaj kev sib ntaus sib tua tseem nyob rau hauv lub luag haujlwm ntawm tactical units lossis cov lus txib loj, feem ntau cov tub ceev xwm uas tsis tshua muaj kev sib ntaus sib tua tau muab tso rau hauv ntau txoj haujlwm tswj hwm thiab kev cob qhia - thiab vim hais tias tus thawj coj ntawm cov neeg ua haujlwm hauv chaw ua haujlwm feem ntau txhawj xeeb txog kev tsim khoom thiab kev cob qhia nws. rog es tsis coj lawv mus rau hauv kev sib ntaus sib tua zoo li kev sib tw zoo.
    
  Tib yam muaj tseeb rau Huffman: Patrick paub tias nws tuaj ntawm keeb kwm kev thauj mus los, tus kws tsav dav hlau, Air Force tis thiab daim ntawv tsav tsheb daim ntawv tsav tsheb, thiab tus thawj coj ntawm Air Force Materiel Commander nrog ntau tshaj kaum tsib txhiab teev ntawm lub sijhawm ya hauv ntau yam khoom thauj. , thauj cov dav hlau thiab kev sib txuas lus dav hlau hauv ob qhov kev tsis sib haum xeeb, thiab muaj kev paub dav dav hauv kev thauj mus los, kev tswj hwm kev lag luam, kev sim thiab kev ntsuam xyuas. Raws li yav dhau los tus thawj coj ntawm Materiel Command, Huffman yog tus thawj coj ntawm kev ua ub no ntawm qhov chaw zais zais Aerospace Advanced Weapons Center ntawm Elliott Air Force Base, txawm hais tias kev sib raug zoo yog kev tswj hwm thiab kev xa khoom loj - kev ua haujlwm, HAWC cov thawj coj tau tshaj tawm rau Thawj Tswj Hwm ntawm Kev Koom Tes. Cov Thawj Coj ntawm Cov Neeg Ua Haujlwm lossis tus tuav ntaub ntawv tiv thaiv ntawm Pentagon, tus thawj tswj hwm tus kws pab tswv yim kev nyab xeeb hauv tebchaws hauv Tsev Dawb, lossis - tsawg kawg nyob rau hauv Thawj Tswj Hwm Kevin Martindale - ncaj qha rau tus thawj tswj hwm nws tus kheej.
    
  Patrick yeej tsis tau ua haujlwm hauv logistics, tab sis nws paub tias cov tub ceev xwm logistics nyiam lawv lub ntiaj teb kom huv si, muaj kev sib raug zoo, thiab koom ua ke li sai tau. Txawm hais tias lawv tau kawm kom cia siab rau qhov kev npaj txhij txog, lawv nyiam xav txog, kwv yees thiab tswj qhov kev npaj txhij txog, thiab yog li ntawd txhua yam tsis tau txais tos. Txawm li cas los xij, nws paub Huffman, thiab nws paub tias yog li cas Huffman nyiam nws: tsis xav tsis thoob. "McLanahan, dab tsi tshwm sim nyob rau ntawd?"
    
  Patrick hais tias, "Hu Chivkeeb, thov rov hais dua," Patrick hais tias, sim ceeb toom rau cov dav dav tias thaum qhov kev sib txuas tau raug encrypted thiab muaj kev nyab xeeb raws li lawv tuaj yeem ua tau, nws tseem yog lub network qhib dav dav thiab tuaj yeem hnov.
    
  "Peb nyob nyab xeeb ntawm no, McLanahan," Huffman boomed. "Lub ntuj raug txim mus li cas? Puas muaj dabtsi?"
    
  "Peb tau tua lub foob pob hluav taws tsis txaus ntseeg thiab pom meej tias nws tau tawg nws lub taub hau tshuaj riam phom, tus tswv."
    
  "Koj ntaus nws nrog dab tsi?"
    
  "XAGM-279 nrog lub taub hau kinetic, tus tswv," Patrick teb, siv Skystreak qhov kev sim tus naj npawb es tsis txhob siv nws lub npe kom tsis meej pem cov eavesdroppers. "Nws yuav luag tsis muaj cov khoom tawg-tsuas txaus los rhuav tshem lub taub hau."
    
  XAGM-279 yog dab tsi? Kev sim precision-guided missile?"
    
  Ntau heev rau kev ruaj ntseg ntawm kev sib txuas lus, Patrick xav, tuav nws lub taub hau. Tsib xyoos tau dhau los txij li Asmeskas Holocaust thiab xya xyoo txij li 9/11, thiab ntau tus neeg tsis nco qab lossis tso tseg txoj kev tiv thaiv kev ruaj ntseg uas tau muab tso rau tom qab ob qhov kev tawm tsam loj heev. "Muaj, tus tswv," yog txhua tus Patrick hais.
    
  "Xaiv los ntawm qhov tsis muaj neeg tsav tsheb B-1?"
    
  "Yog lawm, sir." Txhua tus neeg uas tau mloog qhov kev sib tham no-thiab Patrick tsis tau qhia nws tus kheej tias muaj pes tsawg lub koom haum lossis kev faib thoob ntiaj teb tuaj yeem ua qhov no yooj yim heev - tam sim no tuaj yeem ua ke tag nrho lawv cov haujlwm. "Ob hnub dhau los kuv tau qhia rau cov neeg ua haujlwm txog kev ua haujlwm."
    
  "Dam nws, McLanahan, koj tau ceeb toom txog kev puas tsuaj tsawg kawg nkaus, tsis yog ntau tus poj niam tuag thiab menyuam yaus pw hauv txoj kev!" Huffman quaj. "Nws yog tib txoj kev uas peb tuaj yeem muag koj lub tswv yim rau tus thawj tswj hwm."
    
  "Lub riam phom ua rau zoo li tsis muaj kev puas tsuaj, tus tswv. Qhov ua rau ntawm tag nrho cov neeg pej xeem raug kev txom nyem yog cov tshuaj tua kab mob ntawm lub foob pob hluav taws. "
    
  "Koj puas ntseeg tias leej twg tseem mob siab?" Huffman hais tias. "Qhov no yog qhov yuam kev loj, McLanahan. Cov xov xwm yuav muaj hnub zoo tham txog qhov no. " Patrick nyob twj ywm. "Zoo?"
    
  tias "Kuv tsis xav tias nws yog kuv lub luag haujlwm lossis kuv lub luag haujlwm los txhawj xeeb txog dab tsi cov yeeb ncuab riam phom ua rau cov pej xeem," Patrick hais. "Peb txoj haujlwm yog txhawm rau tua cov neeg tawm tsam tua foob pob hluav taws ntawm thaj chaw muaj neeg nyob hauv Tehran thiab rhuav tshem lawv."
    
  "Peb tau txais kev ceeb toom los ntawm Kagewa cov tswv cuab hauv Turkmen insurgent network thiab Bujazi cov neeg soj xyuas hauv Mokhtaz qhov kev pabcuam kev nyab xeeb tias cov neeg tawm tsam tuaj yeem siv riam phom ntawm kev puas tsuaj loj txhua lub sijhawm, McLanahan," Huffman tau hais. Patrick txwv tsis pub lwm tus exasperated sigh: Huffman nyuam qhuav nthuav tawm ob qhov kev txawj ntse uas tau muab cais tawm - yog tias leej twg tau mloog, cov peev txheej no yuav tuag rau ob peb hnub, tej zaum teev. "Koj yuav tsum tau kho koj cov tactics raws li."
    
  Patrick teb tias "Tactics tau hloov kho, tus tswv - Kuv tau raug yuam kom txo tus naj npawb ntawm cov neeg tawg rog ntawm qhov chaw nres tsheb los ntawm peb mus rau ib qho," Patrick teb. - Los ntawm koj, nws ntxiv rau nws tus kheej. "Tab sis peb tsis muaj cov ntaub ntawv txaus txog lub nroog kom muaj txiaj ntsig zoo nrog cov naj npawb ntawm cov neeg tua hluav taws. Kuv pom zoo kom peb tso ob lub foob pob ntxiv kom peb tuaj yeem tua ntau lub foob pob ua ntej cov neeg tawm tsam tau pib foob pob hauv nroog nrog cov tshuaj tua kabmob. "
    
  "Koj puas vwm, McLanahan?" Huffman tawm tsam. "Tus Thawj Kav Tebchaws tej zaum yuav yuam kom tag nrho cov haujlwm kaw vim qhov no! Qhov kawg uas nws yuav ua yog xa ntau tus neeg foob pob mus rau ntawd. Txawm li cas los xij, peb yuav siv lub lim tiam tiv thaiv peb tus kheej tawm tsam kev iab liam ntawm kev tso cov tshuaj tua kab mob no. Koj yuav rov qab tau koj lub dav hlau tam sim ntawd, tom qab ntawd npaj mus nug tus Thawj Coj thiab yuav luag txhua tus neeg ua haujlwm ruaj ntseg hauv tebchaws. Kuv xav tau daim ntawv qhia txog xwm txheej ntawm kuv lub rooj hauv ib teev. Nws puas meej?
    
  "Yog lawm, sir."
    
  Huffman tau hais tias "Thiab tom qab kev qhia luv luv dhau lawm, tshem koj lub nroog Yeiuxalees tawm ntawm qhov chaw nres tsheb tsis zoo," Huffman tau hais. "Kuv tsis paub yog vim li cas kuv tus thawj coj tso cai rau koj mus rau qhov ntawd, tab sis koj tsis muaj cai rub koj tus kheej mus rau qhov chaw ntab dej txhua zaus koj xav li ntawd. Kuv xav tau koj ntawm no - yog tias tsuas yog kom koj tus kheej teb rau cov lus txib hauv tebchaws rau lwm qhov yuam kev hauv kev txiav txim. "
    
  "Yog lawm, tus tswv," Patrick teb, tab sis thaum lub sijhawm nws hais lus, kev sib kis tau xaus lawm. Nws nres lub rooj sib tham video hu, xav ib pliag, ces hais tias, "McLanahan tab tom hu Mace."
    
  Nyob rau hauv qab ntawm lub ces kaum ntawm Boomer lub loj multi-function screen, lwm lub qhov rais qhib thiab nws pom cov duab ntawm Brigadier General Daren Mace, tus tub ceev xwm ua hauj lwm thiab lwm tus thawj coj ntawm lub Air Force Attack Wing ntawm Battle Mountain Air Reserve Base nyob rau sab qaum teb Nevada. Lub tis huab cua ntawm Battle Mountain yog lub hauv paus hauv tsev thiab lub hauv paus tswj chaw rau cov neeg tawg rog ntev ntev, txawm hais tias HAWC cov thawj coj tseem tuaj yeem tshaj tawm cov lus qhia rau cov neeg tawg rog.
    
  "Yog, General?" Mace teb. Tsuas yog ob peb xyoos laus dua Patrick, Daren Mace yog tus qub tub rog B-1B Lancer lub tswv yim foob pob OSO, lossis tus tub ceev xwm tawm tsam, thiab tus thawj coj tub rog. Nws qhov kev txawj ntse hauv B-1 kev tawm tsam thiab kev muaj peev xwm ua rau nws xaiv los ua tus thawj coj ntawm Air Force's long-range supersonic attack fleet.
    
  Patrick hais kom tsis muaj xim, "Nco cov vampires damned," Patrick hais kom tsis muaj xim.
    
  "Tab sis tus tswv, peb tseem muaj peb tus Swifties ntxiv nyob rau hauv Vampire, thiab nws muaj tsawg kawg yog ob teev ntxiv kom rov qab mus rau Batman's airbase hauv Turkey," Boomer cuam tshuam. "Kev txawj ntse qhia peb tias -"
    
  Patrick hais tias, "Qhov kev sim ua haujlwm tau ua tiav, Boomer yog qhov peb xav tau kom paub," Patrick hais, rub nws lub tuam tsev. Nws tuav nws lub taub hau resignedly. "Cia li nco txog Vampire tam sim no, General Mace," nws hais ntsiag to, txo nws lub taub hau, nws lub suab nrov tag nrho.
    
  "Muaj, tus tswv," teb tus neeg muaj kev paub txog lub nkoj nkoj. Nws ntaus cov lus qhia rau hauv cov keyboard ntawm nws lub computer console. "Vampire" ntawm nws txoj kev rov qab mus rau Batman lub airbase hauv Qaib Cov Txwv, tus tswv, tsis pub dhau plaub caug tsib feeb. Yuav ua li cas txog kev ua haujlwm tom qab?
    
  Patrick teb tias, "Cia lawv hauv hangars kom txog thaum kuv muab cov lus txib," Patrick teb.
    
  "Dab tsi txog peb tus duab ntxoov ntxoo, tus tswv?" - Daren nug.
    
  Patrick ntsia lwm tus saib. Yog, nws tseem nyob ntawd: ib tug Lavxias teb sab MiG-29 Fulcrum dav hlau fighter, ib tug ntawm ob peb uas tau hovered ntawm ib sab ntawm lub bomber txij li thaum nws pib patrolling, ib txwm nyob rau hauv ib mais los yog ob ntawm Vampire, tsis tau ua ib qho kev hem thawj, tab sis yeej muaj peev xwm tawm tsam txhua thib ob. Nws yeej muaj lub rooj zaum pem hauv ntej rau qhov kev nthuav qhia SkySTREAK. Tus Vampire bomber coj ob peb daim duab ntawm tus neeg tua rog nrog nws lub koob yees duab digital siab, yog li cov ncauj lus kom ntxaws uas lawv tuaj yeem xyaum nyeem tus tsav lub npe stenciled rau pem hauv ntej ntawm nws lub davhlau suit.
    
  Patrick hais tias "Yog tias nws tsom mus rau Vampire, tua nws tam sim ntawd," Patrick hais. "Yog tsis li ntawd peb yuav cia qhov no-"
    
  Thiab nyob rau lub sijhawm ntawd lawv tau hnov ib lub suab sib txuas hauv computer tshaj tawm: "Cia siab, mloog, foob pob hluav taws! SPEAR system qhib!"
    
  Patrick tuav nws lub taub hau thiab sighed nrov. "Kev ua si rau, pab pawg," nws hais. "Kev sib ntaus sib tua pib hnub no, thiab nws tsis muaj feem cuam tshuam nrog Persia." Nws tig mus rau lub computer screen ntawm Battle Mountain command center. Patrick xov tooj cua hais tias "Npo tus neeg phem ntawd, Darren,"
    
  Daren hais tias "Nws mob, tus tswv," Daren hais.
    
    
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  Thaum Vampire bomber pom lub foob pob hluav taws, nws qhov tshiab tshaj plaws thiab muaj zog tshaj plaws tiv thaiv tus kheej tau qhib: ALQ-293 SPEAR, lossis Self-Defense Rapid Response Electronic System. Cov ntu loj ntawm EB-1D Vampire lub plhaub sib xyaw tau raug kho dua tshiab los ua tus kav hlau txais xov hluav taws xob uas muaj peev xwm xa tau thiab tau txais ntau yam khoom siv hluav taws xob sib txawv, suav nrog radar, laser, xov tooj cua, thiab txawm tias computer cov ntaub ntawv code.
    
  Thaum kuaj pom Mig radar, SPEAR tam sim ntawd faib lub radar, kawm nws cov software, thiab tsim ib txoj hauv kev kom tsis txhob cuam tshuam nws cov zaus, tab sis kuj cuam tshuam nrog radar digital tswj nws tus kheej. Thaum kuaj pom lub foob pob hluav taws, SPEAR tau xa cov lus txib mus rau MiG lub tshuab hluav taws xob tswj hwm kom qhia lub foob pob hluav taws tam sim ntawd hloov mus rau infrared homing hom, tom qab ntawd kaw cov kev taw qhia digital txuas los ntawm kev sib ntaus sib tua. Cov foob pob hluav taws tau txiav tawm lawv cov onboard radars thiab qhib lawv lub tshuab hluav taws xob infrared, tab sis lawv nyob deb dhau ntawm Vampire bomber kom pom tau los ntawm lub ntsuas cua kub nrhiav, thiab cov cuaj luaj poob rau hauv hiav txwv Caspian yam tsis pom lawv lub hom phiaj.
    
  Tab sis SPEAR tsis tau npaj txhij. Tom qab cov cuaj luaj raug ntaus, SPEAR tau xa cov lus qhia digital mus rau MiG-29 ntawm kev tswj hluav taws kom pib kaw lub dav hlau lub tshuab computer tswj. Ib tug los ntawm ib tug, navigation, engine tswj, ya davhlau tswj, thiab kev sib txuas lus kaw ntawm lawv tus kheej.
    
  Nyob rau hauv ib lub sijhawm, tus kws tsav dav hlau pom nws tus kheej zaum hauv qhov ntsiag to thiab tsaus nti glider, zoo li nws tau zaum ntawm qhov ramp ntawm nws lub hauv paus.
    
  Rau nws qhov credit, tus kws tsav dav hlau tsis ntshai thiab tshem tawm - nws tsis tau tawm ntawm kev tswj hwm, tseem tsis tau, tab sis tsuas yog ... zoo, dhau mus. Tsuas muaj ib yam uas yuav tsum tau ua: tua tag nrho cov keyboards kom reboot lub khoos phis tawj, tom qab ntawd tig txhua yam rov qab thiab cia siab tias nws tuaj yeem tau txais nws lub dav hlau uas ploj lawm rov qab thiab khiav ua ntej nws yuav poob rau hauv Hiav Txwv Caspian. Nws tau hloov nws daim ntawv txheeb xyuas mus rau UA NTEJ POWER ON nplooj ntawv thiab pib kaw txhua qhov system ntawm lub dav hlau. Nws daim duab kawg tawm ntawm lub qhov rais yog saib ib tug loj American B-1 bomber swerve mus rau sab laug, zoo li yog hais tias waving ib tug tis goodbye rau Lavxias teb sab, thiab ya tawm mus rau sab qaum teb hnub poob, ceev ceev ceev thiab ploj ntawm qhov muag.
    
  Tsis muaj leej twg nyob hauv Lavxias Air Force puas tau ua tiav cov npe tshuaj xyuas sai dua nws. Nws tau nqis los ntawm plaub caug ob txhiab ko taw mus rau plaub txhiab ko taw hla hiav txwv Caspian ua ntej nws muaj peev xwm kaw nws lub dav hlau, tig nws rov qab, thiab ua kom lub cav khiav dua. Hmoov zoo, txawm dab phem dab tsi tau muaj nws MiG-29 tsis muaj lawm.
    
  Rau ib lub sijhawm luv luv, tus kws tsav dav hlau Lavxias Miga xav txog kev nrhiav tus neeg tua neeg Amelikas uas nyob ntsiag to rau radar thiab cog cov phom phom phom rau hauv nws tus Tsov tus tw - nws tseem yuav raug liam tias yuav luag tsoo nws lub dav hlau, yog li vim li cas ho tsis ploj mus hauv lub koob meej nrov? - Tab sis tom qab lub sijhawm luv ntawm kev xav, nws txiav txim siab tias nws yog lub tswv yim ruam. Nws tsis paub tias dab tsi ua rau qhov kev kaw tsis meej - puas yog qee qhov riam phom Asmeskas lossis ua haujlwm tsis zoo hauv nws lub dav hlau? Tsis tas li ntawd, tus neeg foob pob Asmeskas tsis tau tsim cov foob pob hluav taws uas tuaj yeem "yuam kev" raws li kev tawm tsam tawm tsam nws. Qhov no tsis yog tsov rog ntawm Asmeskas thiab Russians ...
    
  ...Txawm tias nws xav tias zoo li nws tuaj yeem hloov mus ua ib qho ntawm txhua lub sijhawm.
    
    
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  Patrick tau hais tias "Cia peb khaws cov khoom lag luam thiab tom qab ntawd npaj rov qab mus rau HAWC, Boomer," Patrick tau hais tom qab lawv ntseeg siab tias EB-1C Vampire foob pob tau rov qab los nyab xeeb rau Batman AFB hauv Turkey. Nws lub suab zoo li nkees heev, thiab nws txoj kev qhia zoo li nkees heev. "Txoj haujlwm zoo. Lub kaw lus zoo li ua haujlwm zoo. Peb tau ua pov thawj tias peb tuaj yeem tswj cov drones ntawm Silver Tower. Qhov no yuav tsum muab qee qhov nyiaj pab txhawb nqa rau peb tsawg kawg ib xyoos. "
    
  "Qhov dav dav, nws tsis yog koj qhov txhaum uas cov neeg ntxeev siab phem muaj ntau cov menyuam yaus thaum lub Skystreak tawm tsam, lossis lawv thauj cov foob pob hluav taws Raad nrog cov pa phem," Hunter Noble teb, saib Master Sergeant Lucas nrog kev txhawj xeeb.
    
  "Kuv paub, Boomer," Patrick hais tias, "tab sis qhov ntawd tseem tsis yooj yim dua los saib cov txiv neej, poj niam thiab menyuam yaus tuag zoo li no."
    
  "Tus Tswv, peb nyob ntawm no, Vampire tau thauj khoom, Skystreaks ua haujlwm zoo, thiab tsis muaj qhov tsis ntseeg tias tseem muaj cov raads nrog cov pa roj pa phem tawm ntawm qhov chaw," Boomer tau hais. "Kuv xav tias peb yuav tsum nyob thiab-"
    
  Patrick tau hais tias "Kuv hnov koj, Boomer, tab sis peb tau kuaj xyuas lub kaw lus - qhov ntawd yog lub hom phiaj ntawm txoj haujlwm," Patrick hais.
    
  "Peb lub hom phiaj yog sim tswj qee tus neeg foob pob thiab qee qhov kev sib ntaus sib tua," Boomer ceeb toom nws. "Peb muaj teeb meem txaus kom tau txais kev pom zoo thiab nyiaj txiag rau lub luag haujlwm no - tau txais kev pom zoo rau lwm lub luag haujlwm los ua qhov peb ua tau ntawm lub davhlau no yuav nyuaj dua."
    
  "Kuv paub, kuv paub," Patrick hais tias nkees. "Kuv yuav nug, Boomer, tab sis kuv tsis suav rau nws. Peb yuav tsum txheeb xyuas cov ntaub ntawv, npaj ib daim ntawv qhia luv luv thiab qhia rau tus thawj coj. Cia peb mus."
    
  "Tab sis, sir -"
    
  Patrick thaum kawg hais tias, "Nyob rau kuv rov qab los ntawm no nyob rau hauv kaum, Boomer," Patrick thaum kawg hais tias, nqa nws tus kheej los ntawm nws txoj hauj lwm thauj tog rau nkoj thiab mus rau lub pw tsaug zog module.
    
  "Nws zoo li yuav nyuaj," Seeker hais tom qab tus thawj coj tawm ntawm kev tswj hwm. Boomer tsis teb. "Nws zoo li ua rau kuv xav tsis thoob. Puas yog koj txoj kev noj qab haus huv?
    
  Boomer tau hais tias "Nws muaj caij nyuaj ntawm no," Boomer hais. "Txhua qhov kev nkag mus rau hauv lub voj voog yog qhov nyuaj rau nws, tab sis nws tseem ya mus rau ntawm no. Kuv xav tias qhov kev thawb zaum kawg tau tawm ntawm nws ntau heev. Tej zaum nws yuav tsum tsis txhob ua cov kev mus ncig no ntxiv lawm. "
    
  "Nws tuaj yeem saib cov neeg no raug tua zoo li ntawd," Seeker hais. "Kuv tau pom qhov cuam tshuam ntawm kev coj ua missile ntau zaus, tab sis qee qhov kev tawm tsam biochemical ... yog qhov txawv, koj puas paub? Ua nruj ua tsiv." Nws ntsia Boomer xav paub, tsis tuaj yeem nyeem nws cov lus tsis txaus ntseeg. "Koj puas tau ua rau koj poob siab, Boomer?"
    
  "Zoo . . . "Thiab nws tshiav nws lub taub hau thiab hais ntxiv tias, "Tsis yog, tsis muaj tseeb, Seeker. Txhua yam kuv xav ua tam sim no yog tua cov neeg phem ntxiv. Kuv tsis nkag siab tias vim li cas tus thawj coj xav kom xaus qhov no sai sai. "
    
  "Koj hnov tus thawj coj, tus tswv," Tus Saib Xyuas hais. "Tus thawj coj xav xa ob lub foob pob rau lwm tus."
    
  "Kuv paub, kuv paub". Boomer tau tshuaj xyuas lub module. "Dab tsi peb tuaj yeem ua nyob rau hauv qhov chaw nres tsheb no yog amazing, Sergeant, amazing tiag tiag - peb yuav tsum tau tso cai ua nws. Peb yuav tsum ua kom ntseeg tau lub hwj chim uas yog qhov uas peb tuaj yeem muab Lub Cuab Yeej rau ntawm nws pob ntseg. Peb tsis tuaj yeem ua li ntawd yog tias peb rub tawm peb lub dav hlau thaum ib tug me nyuam yaus kaum txhiab mais deb raug ntes nyob rau hauv qhov hluav taws kub. Kuv tsis ntseeg hais tias tus general lub qhov muag tau huab zoo li ntawd. "
    
  Master Sergeant Lucas ntsia sternly ntawm Boomer. "Koj puas xav tias kuv hais ib yam dab tsi, tus tswv?" - thaum kawg nws nug.
    
  "Tau ncaj nraim mus, Seeker ... lossis nws puas yog 'Xib Hwb' tam sim no?"
    
  Lucas hais tias, "Kuv tsis tau nrog HAWC ntev npaum li koj," Lucas hais, tsis quav ntsej cov lus hais tsis zoo, "thiab kuv tsis paub General McLanahan zoo, tab sis tus txiv neej ntawd yog ib tug neeg phem hauv kuv phau ntawv. Nws tau siv sijhawm yuav luag nees nkaum xyoo los pheej hmoo nws lub nroog Yeiuxalees hauv kev sib ntaus sib tua thoob plaws ntiaj teb. Nws raug ncaws tawm ntawm Tub Rog Tub Rog ob zaug, tab sis nws rov qab los vim nws mob siab rau nws lub tebchaws thiab kev pabcuam. "
    
  "Hav, Kuv tsis mus badmouth tus txiv neej-"
    
  "Tus 'tus txiv neej' koj tab tom hais txog, tus tswv, yog peb lub hnub qub dav dav hauv Tebchaws Meskas Cov Tub Rog Tub Rog thiab hais kom cov chaw tshawb fawb dav hlau loj tshaj plaws thiab feem ntau suav nrog hauv Asmeskas tub rog," Lucas cuam tshuam nrog kev kub ntxhov. "General McLanahan yog Tsis muaj dab tsi luv luv ntawm ib zaj dab neeg." Nws raug tua, raug tua, raug ntaus, raug ntaus, thuam, raug ntes, demoted thiab hu txhua lub npe hauv phau ntawv. Ntawm qhov tod tes, yog nyob rau hauv tub ceev xwm twb ... xya xyoo? Yim?
    
  "Tab sis?" - Kuv nug.
    
  "Tab sis koj tsis nyob hauv pab pawg ntawm cov thawj coj, tus tswv - deb, deb ntawm qhov ntawd," Lucas hais ntxiv. "Koj tsis muaj qhov kev paub dhau los thiab koj tsis tau pom zoo ib yam ntawm kev cog lus zoo li tus thawj coj. Koj tsis tsim nyog txaus los txiav txim rau tus thawj coj-qhov tseeb, hauv kuv lub tswv yim, tus tswv, koj tsis tau muaj cai hais txog nws li ntawd. "
    
  "Nws zoo li koj tab tom tham nrog kuv tam sim no?"
    
  "Sau kuv yog tias koj xav tau, tus tswv, tab sis kuv tsis nyiam koj overestimating tus general zoo li ntawd," Lucas hais decisively. Nws tau tawm ntawm nws lub console thiab sib cais los ntawm lub bulkhead nrog ib tug indignant jerk thiab lub suab nrov! ua los ntawm Velcro. "Kuv yuav pab koj rub tawm cov ntaub ntawv sensor thiab npaj ib daim ntawv tshaj tawm rau cov dav dav, thiab tom qab ntawd kuv yuav zoo siab los pab koj npaj Black Stallion rau kev tshem tawm ... yog li koj tuaj yeem mus tsev sai li sai tau, tus tswv." Nws hais tias lo lus "sir," uas suab zoo li "mongrel," thiab lub tshuab tsis khiav Boomer.
    
  Nrog Seeker qhov kev ntxhov siab thiab npau taws pab - tsis txhob hais txog qhov tseeb tias lawv tsis sib txuas lus ntau heev thaum ua haujlwm - Boomer tau ua tiav sai sai. Nws tau muab nws cov ntaub ntawv thiab cov kev tshawb pom rau cov dav dav. "Ua tsaug, Boomer," McLanahan teb hauv xov tooj cua. "Peb npaj yuav muaj lub rooj sib tham video hauv li cuaj caum feeb. Kuv kawm tau hais tias Thawj Tswj Hwm ntawm Pawg Thawj Coj ntawm Cov Neeg Ua Haujlwm thiab Tus Kws Pabcuam Kev Ruaj Ntseg Hauv Tebchaws tau mus koom. So ib pliag thiab so ib pliag. "
    
  "Kuv nyob zoo, tus tswv," Boomer teb. "Kuv yuav nkaum hauv Skybolt, tau txais kuv tus email, thiab tshawb xyuas kuv cov hluas nkauj."
    
  "Cov phooj ywg... plural?"
    
  "Kuv tsis paub - peb yuav pom cov emails hais li cas," Boomer hais. "Tsis muaj leej twg zoo li kuv ploj mus rau hnub thiab lub lis piam ib zaug, thiab kuv yeej tsis tuaj yeem qhia lawv tias kuv tau tua cov neeg phem mus rau ntuj txiag teb tsaus ntawm qhov chaw."
    
  "Lawv tej zaum yuav tsis ntseeg koj yog tias koj hais rau lawv."
    
  "Cov poj niam uas kuv dai nrog tsis paub qhov chaw nres tsheb ntawm qhov chaw nres tsheb roj - thiab kuv nyiam nws," Boomer tau lees paub. "Lawv tsis paub lossis tsis quav ntsej txog qhov kuv ua rau kev ua neej nyob. Txhua yam lawv xav tau yog kev saib xyuas thiab lub sijhawm zoo hauv nroog, thiab yog tias lawv tsis tau txais, lawv mus rau lawv txoj kev sib cais. "
    
  "Suab kho siab."
    
  "Yog vim li cas kuv ib txwm xav kom muaj ntau dua ib qho ntawm tus nuv, tus tswv," Boomer hais.
    
  "Tej zaum yuav muaj qee qhov foob pob hluav taws yog tias lawv tau khiav mus rau ib leeg, huh?"
    
  "Peb txuas txhua lub sijhawm, tus tswv," Boomer hais. "Tsis muaj kev khav theeb, tsuas yog qhov tseeb xwb. Zoo li kuv hais, txhua yam lawv xav tau yog kev saib xyuas, thiab lawv tau txais kev saib xyuas ntau dua yog tias tib neeg pom lawv caj npab nrog lwm tus menyuam mos liab. Tsis tas li ntawd, yog tias muaj kev sib tham ..."
    
  "Tos, tos, kuv paub nws, Boomer: 'Yog tias muaj kev sib tham, koj tsis tas yuav koom nrog," Patrick cuam tshuam nrog luag. "Ok, mus hais nyob zoo rau koj cov hluas nkauj, thiab tsis txhob. Qhia rau kuv paub tias muaj pes tsawg tus ntawm lawv tos koj." Rov qab los, ntsib kuv hauv cov lus txib hauv rau caum feeb kom peb tuaj yeem rov xyaum ua peb tus dev thiab pony show."
    
  "Yog lawm, tus tswv," Boomer teb. Ua ntej McLanahan tuag, nws nug, "Uh, General?"
    
  "Txuas ntxiv".
    
  "Kuv thov txim yog tias kuv tawm ntawm kab ua ntej."
    
  Patrick tau hais tias "Kuv cia siab tias koj yuav qhia koj txoj kev xav thiab kev xav nrog kuv txhua lub sijhawm, Boomer, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog ntawm txoj haujlwm," Patrick hais. "Yog tias koj tawm ntawm txoj kab, kuv yuav tsis yig los qhia rau koj paub."
    
  "Kuv tau zoo nkauj pissed saib cov bastards nruab ib lub missile nrog ib tug damn tshuaj warhead rau nws. Txhua yam kuv xav ua yog tawg ob peb ntxiv. "
    
  "Kuv hnov koj. Tab sis nws yog ib qho tseem ceeb tshaj uas peb pib qhov kev pab cuam no. Peb ob leeg paub tias peb yuav tau ntsib kev thuam rau qhov tshwm sim hauv Tehran - kev tua ntau lub missile yuav tsis pab peb. "
    
  "Tej zaum qhov kev puas tsuaj ntawm ob peb tus neeg phem ntxiv yuav yuam kom lawv lub taub hau thiab nkaum hauv lawv lub qhov rau ob peb hnub ntxiv."
    
  Patrick hais tias "Peb muaj riam phom zoo kawg ntawm peb qhov kev pov tseg, Boomer - cia peb tsis txhob cia lub hwj chim mus rau peb lub taub hau," Patrick hais ua siab ntev. "Qhov no yog kev sim ua haujlwm, tsis yog lub luag haujlwm tiag tiag. Kuv paub tias nws txaus siab ua si Zeus nrog ob peb lub SkySTREAK missiles, tab sis qhov ntawd tsis yog qhov peb nyob ntawm no. Ntsib kuv ntawm no rau caum. "
    
  "Yog lawm, tus tswv," nws teb. Tsuas yog ua ntej tus Thawj Coj tau tawm mus, Boomer tau sau tseg rau nws tus kheej tias General saib nkees ntau dua li nws muaj nyob rau txhua lub sijhawm txij li qhov chaw nres tsheb no tau pib-tej zaum kev sib xyaw ntawm kev saib cov tshuaj riam phom tso tawm thiab txhua lub hli spaceflights tau pib ntawm nws cov hlab ntsha. Boomer yog ib nrab ntawm nws lub hnub nyoog, thiab qee zaum muaj kev ntxhov siab ntawm kev mus ncig, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog qhov kev hloov pauv sai sai, kev ua haujlwm siab-G thiab ntau txoj haujlwm sib ntaus sib tua uas lawv tau ya, hnav nws sai sai.
    
  Boomer swam rov qab mus rau pawg neeg coob, khaws nws lub mloog pob ntseg wireless thiab lub qhov muag video, thiab ua luam dej mus rau Skybolt laser module ntawm "hauv qab" ntawm qhov chaw nres tsheb. Skybolt yog qhov muaj zog tshaj plaws thiab yog li ntawd feem ntau muaj teeb meem piv txwv ntawm qhov chaw nres tsheb thev naus laus zis, ntau lub gigawatt dawb electron laser muaj zog txaus los tho lub ntiaj teb cua thiab yaj hlau hauv ib lub vib nas this. Txuas nrog Nyiaj Ntauwd radars thiab lwm yam sensors, Skybolt tuaj yeem tsoo lub hom phiaj ntawm lub tsheb loj thiab kub hnyiab los ntawm cov ris tsho sab saum toj ntawm txhua qhov tab sis cov tsheb loj tshaj plaws sib ntaus sib tua. Muab faib ua " riam phom ntawm kev puas tsuaj loj" los ntawm txhua tus neeg Amelikas cov yeeb ncuab, United Nations tau thov kom muaj riam phom tsis ua haujlwm rau ntau xyoo, thiab tsuas yog Asmeskas Pawg Saib Xyuas Kev Ruaj Ntseg veto tau ua kom nws ciaj sia.
    
  Anne Page, Skybolt tus tsim tawm, tus neeg teb xov tooj, thiab tus thawj coj tawm tswv yim, tau nyob hauv ntiaj teb npaj los ua pov thawj rau Congress txog vim li cas riam phom yuav tsum txuas ntxiv mus, thiab Boomer paub tias tsawg leej lwm tus hauv chaw nres tsheb tau los ze rau qhov khoom - "Skybolt tau siv los ntawm MHDG, los yog magnetohydrodynamic generator, uas siv ob lub tshuab hluav taws xob me me kom xa cov kwj ntawm cov hlau molten rov qab los ntawm cov hlau nplaum los tsim lub zog loj uas yuav tsum tau siv los ntawm lub laser, thiab tsis muaj cov ntaub thaiv npog los yog kev lees paub los ntawm Ann. tuaj yeem cuam tshuam leej twg ... lossis kev ntshai - uas txhais tau hais tias nws feem ntau mus rau hauv lub module kom ua siab ntev me ntsis. Lub Skybolt module yog kwv yees li ib feem peb ntawm qhov loj ntawm qhov chaw nres tsheb qhov tseem ceeb modules, yog li nws tau raug kaw sab hauv thiab crammed nrog cov kav dej, xov hlau, thiab ntau lub khoos phis tawj thiab lwm yam khoom siv, tab sis lub suab nrov ntawm MHDG tsav cov twj tso kua mis thiab cov khoos phis tawj zoo heev. thiab cov khoom siv sib txuas lus tau ua rau Boomer qhov chaw nyiam mus dai, nws tuaj yeem so tawm ntawm lwm tus ib ntus.
    
  Boomer txuas nws lub mloog pob ntseg thiab lub qhov muag video rau lub khoos phis tawj module, nkag rau hauv thiab pib rub tawm email. Thaum lub mloog pob ntseg thiab tsom iav kev nyab xeeb yog ib qho teeb meem, muaj kev ceev ntiag tug me me hauv Silver Tower, txawm tias nyob hauv cov pods loj, yog li qhov zoo li ntawm kev ceev ntiag tug tsuas yog txwv rau qhov chaw nruab nrab ntawm pob ntseg. Txhua leej txhua tus xav tias yog tias cov neeg ua haujlwm ntawm qhov tsis pub lwm tus paub, high-tech Aerospace Weapons Center tau nyob hauv qhov chaw nres tsheb, tom qab ntawd txhua qhov kev xa tawm ntawm txhua yam raug kaw thiab saib xyuas, yog li "kev zais cia" yog lub tswv yim khoob qhov zoo tshaj plaws.
    
  Nws yog ib qho zoo uas nws thab muab tso rau ntawm lub iav, vim hais tias cov video emails los ntawm nws cov hluas nkauj yeej tsis tau txhais hais tias rau pej xeem saib. Chloe's video yog ib txwm: "Boomer, koj nyob qhov twg?" Nws pib nrog Chloe zaum ntawm nws lub xov tooj video thiab thaij duab ntawm nws tus kheej. "Kuv tab tom pib nkees ntawm koj ploj mus zoo li no. Tsis muaj leej twg nyob hauv koj chav yuav qhia kuv txog qhov phem. Tus tub ceev xwm uas teb xov tooj yuav tsum raug rho tawm ntawm lub zog, fagot. " Chloe hu ib tug txiv neej uas tsis tau ntaus nws tam sim ntawd "faggot," ntseeg tias kev ua gay tsuas yog vim li cas ib tug txiv neej ib txwm tsis xav fuck nws tam sim ntawd.
    
  Nws nres ib pliag, nws cov yam ntxwv softening me ntsis, thiab Boomer paub qhov yeeb yam tab tom yuav pib, "Koj zoo dua tsis yog nrog cov plaub hau daj daj, Tammy lossis Teresa, lossis txawm lub ntuj raug txim nws lub npe yog." Koj nyob ntawm nws lub tsev, tsis yog koj, lossis koj puas tau ya mus rau Mexico lossis Hawaii, puas yog? Koj ob leeg tsuas yog fucked thiab tab tom tshawb xyuas koj tus email thaum nws da dej, puas yog? Chloe teem lub videophone rau ntawm lub rooj, unbuttoned nws lub tsho, thiab rub nws lub mis loj, ruaj khov tawm hauv qab nws lub tsho. "Cia kuv ceeb toom koj, Boomer, qhov koj ploj ntawm no." Nws sensually muab nws tus ntiv tes rau hauv nws lub qhov ncauj, ces ncig nws lub txiv mis nrog nws. "Tau koj lub nroog Yeiuxalees rov qab los ntawm no thiab tsis txhob nyob ib puag ncig nrog cov stinking lub raj mis pojniam plaub hau daj." Nws luag ntxhi seductively, ces dai.
    
  "Crazy bitch," Boomer yws yws thaum nws txuas ntxiv mus los ntawm nws cov lus, tab sis txiav txim siab nrhiav nws sai li sai tau thaum nws rov qab los. Tom qab saib ua ntej cov lus ntxiv, nws nres thiab tam sim ntawd nkag mus rau qhov chaws nkag mus rau satellite Internet server. Lwm qhov txiaj ntsig ntawm qhov kev pib tshiab hauv Asmeskas qhov chaw, nyob rau hauv qhov chaw nres tsheb Armstrong, yog qhov yuav muaj nyob ze-universal Internet nkag mus los ntawm lub hnub qub ntawm ntau tshaj li ib puas lub hnub qub qis uas tau muab kev nkag mus rau hauv ntiaj teb qis qis hauv Internet, ntxiv rau kaum lub geostationary. satellites uas muab high-speed broadband nkag tau rau hauv Internet thoob plaws feem ntau ntawm sab qaum teb Hemisphere.
    
  "Tsis muaj tus IP chaw nyob, tsis muaj kev txuas ntxiv, tsis muaj pej xeem tus neeg rau zaub mov ID - nws yuav tsum yog hu los ntawm qhov chaw," los ntawm John Masters, lub sijhawm tom qab tsim kev sib txuas xov tooj video rau qhov chaw nyob ruaj ntseg. John Masters yog tus lwm thawj ntawm Sky Masters Inc., lub tuam txhab kev tshawb fawb thiab kev loj hlob me me uas tsim thiab tso cai rau ntau qhov sib txawv ntawm cov thev naus laus zis thev naus laus zis, los ntawm microsatellite mus rau qhov chaw accelerators. Masters, kws tshawb fawb thiab engineers nrog ntau Ph.D.s thiab suav hais tias yog ib lub ntiaj teb tshiab tshaj plaws aerospace designers thiab thinkers, nrhiav tau nws lub tuam txhab thaum muaj hnub nyoog nees nkaum tsib, thiab nws tseem saib thiab ua zoo li ib tug geeky, eccentric, thiab yooj yim. - mus prodigy. "Ua tsaug rau hu kuv rov qab, Boomer."
    
  "Tsis muaj teeb meem, John."
    
  "Yuav ua li cas nyob rau ntawd?"
    
  "Zoo heev. Zoo."
    
  "Kuv paub tias koj tsis tuaj yeem tham txog qhov no ntawm satellite server, txawm tias nws tau encrypted. Tsuas yog xav kom paub tseeb tias koj tsis ua li cas. "
    
  "Ua tsaug. Kuv nyob zoo".
    
  Muaj ib ntus luv; ces: "Koj suab me ntsis kev nyuaj siab, kuv tus phooj ywg."
    
  "Tsis muaj".
    
  "Zoo". Lwm ncua. "Yog li ntawd. Koj xav li cas rau kuv qhov kev thov?
    
  "Qhov ntawd yog lub siab dawb siab zoo, John," Boomer hais. "Kuv tsis paub tseeb tias kuv tsim nyog qhov no."
    
  "Kuv yuav tsis qhia qhov no yog tias kuv tsis xav tias koj yuav pom zoo."
    
  "Thiab kuv tuaj yeem ua haujlwm ntawm qhov kuv xav tau?"
    
  "Zoo, peb vam tias peb tuaj yeem tau txais koj los pab peb ntawm lwm cov haujlwm," Masters hais tias, "tab sis kuv xav kom koj ua qhov koj ua tau zoo tshaj plaws: xav sab nraum lub thawv thiab tsim cov haujlwm uas tshiab, tshiab thiab lub siab xav." Kuv tsis tau sim ua si lossis ua ntej ua lag luam aerospace, Boomer - Kuv tabtom sim ua nws. Nov yog qhov kuv xav kom koj ua. Koj yuav tsis teb rau leej twg tab sis kuv, thiab koj tuaj yeem xaiv koj pab neeg, koj cov txheej txheem, koj txoj hauv kev tsim, thiab koj cov hnub kawg - hauv qhov laj thawj, tau kawg. Koj rub kuv tawm ntawm lub tiaj ua si nrog koj lub tswv yim, thiab kuv yuav txhawb nqa koj mus txog thaum kawg."
    
  "Thiab qhov no yog daim duab kwv yees nyiaj txiag rau kuv lub chaw sim ...?"
    
  "Yog?" - Kuv nug.
    
  "Qhov no puas yog tiag, John?"
    
  "Qhov no tsuas yog qhov pib, Boomer yog qhov tsawg kawg nkaus," Masters chuckled. "Koj xav tau nws hauv kev sau ntawv, tsuas yog hais nws, tab sis kuv lav koj tias koj yuav muaj peev nyiaj txaus los tsim pab pawg los tshawb fawb thiab ntsuas koj cov haujlwm."
    
  "Txawm li cas los xij, nws tsis txaus rau tag nrho chav tsev. Kuv yuav xav tau-"
    
  "Koj tsis nkag siab, Boomer," Masters cuam tshuam zoo siab. "Cov nyiaj no yog rau koj thiab koj pab neeg nkaus xwb thiab tsis muab faib rau txhua tus hauv koj lub chaw haujlwm, cov haujlwm uas twb muaj lawm, lossis cov haujlwm tshwj xeeb uas tau pom zoo los ntawm tuam txhab lossis thev naus laus zis."
    
  "Koj puas yog kidding!"
    
  Masters hais tias, "Kuv mob hnyav li mob plawv, tus tij laug," Masters hais. "Thiab qhov ntawd tsis yog vim muaj tej yam xws li cov nqi thoob plaws hauv tuam txhab, kev ua raws cai lossis kev ruaj ntseg, tab sis vim yog cov nqi cuam tshuam nrog koj pab neeg thiab qhov project. Kuv ntseeg tias muab peb cov engineers zoo tshaj plaws rau cov cuab yeej uas lawv xav tau los ua lawv txoj haujlwm. "
    
  "Kuv ntseeg tsis tau qhov no. Kuv tsis tau hnov txog lub tuam txhab me zoo li qhov kev nqis peev zoo li no. "
    
  "Ntseeg nws, Boomer," Masters hais. "Peb yuav yog me me, tab sis peb muaj cov tub ua lag luam thiab pawg thawj coj saib xyuas uas xav tias loj thiab cia siab tias yuav muaj qhov loj."
    
  "Investors? Board of Directors...?"
    
  "Peb txhua tus teb rau ib tug neeg, Boomer," Masters hais. "Kuv tau khiav kuv lub tuam txhab ntawm kuv tus kheej nrog kev ua tib zoo xaiv pawg thawj coj saib xyuas, thiab txhua yam zoo kom txog thaum cov haujlwm me me thiab nyiaj txiag nruj. Muaj ntau tus tub ua lag luam uas xav ua ib feem ntawm qhov peb tau ua ntawm no, tab sis tsis muaj leej twg xav muab ntau pua lab nyiaj rau hauv ib qho kev ua yeeb yam ib tus txiv neej. Peb yog pej xeem thiab kuv tsis yog tus thawj tswj hwm lawm, tab sis txhua tus paub tias kuv yog tus txiv neej uas ua txuj ci tseem ceeb. "
    
  "Kuv tsis paub ..."
    
  "Tsis txhob txhawj txog lub rooj tsavxwm, Boomer. Koj ceeb toom rau kuv. Nco ntsoov, kuv yuav ua kom koj ua haujlwm rau txhua xees. Kuv yuav tau txais tej yam zoo los ntawm koj, thiab kuv yuav muab kab laum rau hauv koj lub pob ntseg txog qhov kuv paub lossis tshawb pom txog tsoomfwv thov rau cov lus pom zoo, tab sis zoo li kuv hais, Kuv tsis xav kom koj tos qee qhov hnyuv ntxwm. hauv Pentagon yuav qhia peb yam lawv xav tau - Kuv xav kom peb qhia lawv qhov lawv xav tau. Yog li koj hais li cas? Koj puas nyob hauv?
    
  "Kuv tab tom xav txog nws, John."
    
  "Zoo. Tsis muaj teeb meem. Kuv paub tias koj qhov kev cog lus rau Tub Rog Tub Rog yuav tas sij hawm hauv yim lub hlis, puas yog? Boomer tau kwv yees tias John Masters paub qhov no mus txog rau hnub nws txoj kev cog lus rau kev cob qhia rau Tub Rog Tub Rog Tub Rog tau xaus. "Kuv lav tias ua ntej tom qab ntawd lawv yuav muab koj cov nyiaj ua haujlwm tsis tu ncua nrog rau cov nyiaj tshwj xeeb. Tej zaum lawv yuav sim txwv koj los ntawm kev hais tias koj muaj qhov tshwj xeeb tseem ceeb, tab sis peb yuav daws nws thaum twg thiab yog tias tsim nyog. Kuv muaj daim ntawv cog lus txaus nrog Tub Rog Tub Rog thiab cov phooj ywg txaus nyob hauv Pentagon kom ua rau muaj kev kub ntxhov rau lawv kom hwm koj cov kev txiav txim siab. Thaum kawg, koj yuav tsis mus ua haujlwm rau lub dav hlau lossis ua tus kws pab tswv yim lossis tus neeg saib xyuas - koj yuav mus ua haujlwm rau lub tuam txhab uas tsim cov cuab yeej tshiab rau lawv. "
    
  "Lub suab ntxias."
    
  "Kuv twv koj ua, Boomer," said John Masters. "Tsis txhob txhawj txog dab tsi. Ib qho ntxiv, phooj ywg. Kuv paub tias kuv laus dua koj, tej zaum muaj hnub nyoog txaus los ua koj txiv yog tias kuv pib ntxov ntxov, yog li kuv tuaj yeem ceeb toom rau koj me ntsis."
    
  "Qhov no yog dab tsi, John?"
    
  "Kuv paub tias sim qhia koj kom yooj yim, ua si kom nyab xeeb, thiab tej zaum yuav tsis ya raws li feem ntau ntawm kev tshaj tawm txoj moo zoo zoo li sim qhia kuv tus golden retriever kom nyob deb ntawm lub pas dej, tab sis kuv tsis xav tau lub tuam txhab yav tom ntej. R & D tau dhau los ua lub hnub qub tua, yog li ntawd, ua li cas?
    
  "Vice President?"
    
  "Auj, kuv puas tau hais kom nrov nrov?" Masters yog unperturbed. "Koj tsis tas yuav hnov qhov ntawd. Tsis nco qab kuv hais li ntawd. Tsis nco qab tias pawg thawj coj saib xyuas nws tab sis tsis xav kom kuv qhia nws. Sijhawm mus ua ntej kuv qhia koj txog lwm yam uas lub rooj tsavxwm tau ncaws tawm ib ncig ... oops, yuav luag ua dua. Tom qab ntawd, Boomer. "
    
    
  LUB CHAW UA HAUJ LWM, KREMLIN, MOSCOW, RUSSIAN FEDERATION
  Me ntsis tom qab
    
    
  Lub tsev tau nrov nrov thaum Thawj Tswj Hwm ntawm Lavxias Lavxias Leonid Zevitin nkag mus hauv chav sib tham sai sai, nrog nws tus thawj coj ntawm Pyotr Orlev, Tus Tuav Ntaub Ntawv ntawm Pawg Saib Xyuas Kev Ruaj Ntseg Anatoly Vlasov; Minister of Foreign Affairs Alexandra Khedrov; thiab tus thawj coj ntawm Tsoom Fwv Teb Chaws Saib Xyuas Kev Ruaj Ntseg Igor Truznev. "Cia li zaum," hais kom Zevitin, thiab cov tub ceev xwm twb nyob hauv chav - General Kuzma Furzienko, tus thawj coj ntawm cov neeg ua haujlwm; General Nikolai Ostanko, Tus Thawj Coj ntawm Cov Tub Rog hauv av; thiab General Andrei Darzov, tus thawj coj ntawm cov neeg ua haujlwm ntawm huab cua, tau hloov mus rau lawv lub rooj zaum. "Yog li ntawd. Kuv tau hais kom peb cov neeg tua rog tawm tsam cov neeg tsis muaj neeg Asmeskas cov neeg tawg rog yog tias nws tau foob pob hluav taws, thiab txij li peb tau ntsib sai heev, kuv xav tias nws tau ua, thiab peb tau ua. Puas muaj dabtsi?"
    
  "Ib lub foob pob US B-1 tau ua tiav lub foob pob hluav taws los ntawm thoob plaws Hiav Txwv Caspian, uas tau tshaj tawm tias tau rhuav tshem Hezbollah chav npaj npaj yuav tua missile los ntawm thaj chaw nyob rau sab qab teb Tehran," General Darzov teb. "Lub foob pob hluav taws tau ua rau muaj kev cuam tshuam ncaj qha rau pab pawg tua, tua tag nrho cov neeg coob ... Tom qab ntawd tus foob pob - "
    
  "Tos, General, tos ib pliag," Zevitin hais tias ua siab ntev, tsa nws txhais tes. "Lawv tau foob pob hluav taws los ntawm hiav txwv Caspian? Koj puas txhais tau hais tias lub nkoj nkoj nkoj, tsis yog lub foob pob hluav taws xob lossis lub foob pob hluav taws xob TV? Ntau tus neeg nyob ib ncig ntawm lub rooj nqaim lawv ob lub qhov muag, tsis yog vim lawv tsis nyiam Zevitin lub suab lossis cov lus nug, tab sis vim lawv tsis tau siv rau ib tus neeg uas muaj qhov txawv txav ntawm Western ntawm lub rooj sib tham zais cia hauv Kremlin.
    
  Leonid Zevitin, ib tug ntawm Russia tus hluas tshaj thawj coj txij li thaum lub caij nplooj zeeg ntawm lub Tsars, yug nyob rau sab nraum St. Petersburg tab sis tau kawm thiab siv nws lub neej feem ntau nyob rau hauv Teb chaws Europe thiab lub tebchaws United States, thiab yog li ntawd yuav luag tsis muaj Lavxias teb sab lus tshwj tsis yog nws xav los yog tsis. xav tau nws, piv txwv li, thaum hais lus rau cov pej xeem Lavxias ntawm kev tawm tsam nom tswv. Feem ntau tshwm sim thoob ntiaj teb nrog cov hnub qub thiab muaj koob muaj npe, Zevitin tuaj ntawm lub ntiaj teb kev lag luam thoob ntiaj teb thiab nyiaj txiag tsis yog kev nom kev tswv lossis tub rog. Tom qab kaum xyoo ntawm cov laus, tho txawv nom tswv los yog bureaucratic henchmen ua tus thawj tswj hwm, kev xaiv tsa ntawm Leonid Zevitin tau pom los ntawm cov neeg Lavxias feem ntau ua pa ntawm huab cua ntshiab.
    
  Tab sis tom qab cov phab ntsa zais cia ntawm lub Kremlin, nws yog ib yam dab tsi txawv kiag li tsuas yog kim txhob lo lo ntxhuav suits, impeccable hairstyles, dav hlau-setter style thiab ib lab daus las luag nyav - nws yog ib tug puppeteer nyob rau hauv lub ancient Lavxias teb sab kev lig kev cai, txias, xam thiab tsis muaj - lossis sov tus cwj pwm zoo, zoo li qhov phem tshaj ntawm nws cov thawj coj. Txij li thaum nws tsis muaj kev nom kev tswv, kev tswj hwm, kev ua tub rog lossis kev txawj ntse, tsis muaj leej twg paub tias Zevitin xav li cas, nws xav tau dab tsi, lossis nws cov phooj ywg lossis tus thawj coj hauv tsoomfwv yog leej twg - nws cov minions tuaj yeem yog leej twg, nyob qhov twg. Qhov no tau ua rau ntau lub Kremlin coj los ntawm kev xav tsis thoob, xav tsis thoob, ntsiag to thiab tsawg kawg yog qhib siab dawb paug.
    
  "Tsis yog, tus tswv - lub missile ya sai dua Mach plaub, uas yog qhov siab tshaj plaws ceev uas peb fighter lub radar tuaj yeem taug qab lub hom phiaj. Kuv yuav piav txog nws yog ib lub foob pob hluav taws kub ceev heev. "
    
  "Tom qab ntawd kuv xav tias koj piv lub sijhawm tso tawm thiab lub sijhawm raug thiab tuaj nrog tus lej?"
    
  "Yog lawm, sir." Muaj qhov mob ntawm nws ob lub qhov muag - tsis muaj leej twg tuaj yeem qhia tau tias yog vim li cas tus thawj coj ntshai tsis qhia tus thawj tswj hwm xov xwm phem, lossis vim nws tau raug qhuab qhia los ntawm tus tub ntxhais hluas playboy nrog cov lus txawv teb chaws.
    
  "Tab sis koj tsis ntseeg tus lej koj suav," Zevitin hais rau Air Force tus thawj coj ntawm cov neeg ua haujlwm. "Zoo meej qhov riam phom no yog ib yam uas peb tsis tau xav txog. Dab tsi yog qhov ceev, General?"
    
  "Qhov nruab nrab ceev, tsib taw tes xya mach."
    
  "Yuav luag rau lub sijhawm ntawm lub suab nrawm? " Cov xov xwm no ua rau txhua tus neeg saib xyuas kev nyab xeeb zaum hauv lawv lub rooj zaum. "Thiab nws yog qhov nruab nrab ceev, uas txhais tau hais tias qhov siab tshaj plaws yog Mach ... kaum? Cov neeg Amelikas muaj lub foob pob hluav taws uas tuaj yeem ya ntawm Mach kaum? Vim li cas peb tsis paub txog qhov no?"
    
  "Tam sim no peb paub, tus tswv," said General Furzienko. "Cov neeg Amelikas tau ua yuam kev ntawm kev siv lawv cov khoom ua si tshiab nrog ib tus ntawm peb cov neeg tua rog ntawm lub tis."
    
  Zevitin tau hais tias "Tshwj xeeb lawv tsis muaj kev txhawj xeeb txaus txog peb cov neeg tua rog kom tshem tawm lawv txoj kev taug kev lossis kev tawm tsam," Zevitin hais.
    
  "Qhov no yog qhov neeg Asmeskas hu ua 'kev kuaj xyuas ua haujlwm," hais tias Air Force Chief of Staff General Andrei Darzov. Ib tug luv luv, sib ntaus sib tua-scarred Air Force bomber pilot, Darzov nyiam shaving nws taub hau vim nws paub yuav ua li cas hem nws rau ntau tus neeg, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog cov nom tswv thiab bureaucrats. Nws muaj qhov pom pom qhov kub hnyiab ntawm sab laug ntawm nws lub caj dab thiab ntawm nws sab laug tes, thiab tseem ploj lawm tus ntiv tes thib plaub thiab thib tsib ntawm nws sab laug tes, tag nrho vim yog kev raug mob tshwm sim thaum lub sij hawm foob pob ntawm Engels Air Base, Russia tus foob pob loj. puag, ob peb xyoos dhau los thaum nws tau ua tus thawj coj ntawm kev faib dav hlau ntev.
    
  Darzov xav tsis muaj dab tsi ntau tshaj li kev ua pauj kua zaub ntsuab rau qhov kev puas tsuaj tag los rau nws lub hauv paus chaw ua haujlwm thaum muaj kev tawm tsam rau Engels, thiab tau cog lus ua pauj rau US Air Force tus thawj coj uas tau npaj thiab nqa tawm ... Lieutenant General Patrick McLanahan.
    
  Raws li yav dhau los tus thawj coj ntawm cov neeg ua haujlwm tau hloov tus thawj tswj hwm Anatoly Gryzlov, uas xav ua pauj rau Tebchaws Meskas ntau npaum li Darzov, nws sai sai tau txais nws lub sijhawm. Tsuas yog ib xyoos tom qab ntawd, Andrei Darzov yog tus kws tsim qauv ntawm txoj kev npaj los hloov kho Lavxias ntev-ntau Tu-95 Xyooj, Tu-26 Backfire thiab Tu-160 Blackjack bombers nrog nruab nrab huab cua refueling probes muab lawv ntau yam los tawm tsam Tebchaws Meskas. . Nws yog lub hom phiaj tseem ceeb, lub hom phiaj xav tau uas yuav rhuav tshem feem ntau ntawm Teb Chaws Asmeskas cov neeg tawg rog ntev thiab cov chaw tswj xyuas ntau tshaj li ib nrab ntawm nws thaj av-based nuclear-tipped intercontinental ballistic missiles. Qhov kev tawm tsam loj heev tau tua ntau dua peb caug txhiab tus neeg, raug mob lossis mob ntau txhiab ntxiv, thiab tsis ntev los no tau raug hu ua "American Holocaust."
    
  Tab sis Darzov tsis mloog nws tus yeeb ncuab cog lus Patrick McLanahan mus txog thaum kawg. Thaum McLanahan qhov kev tawm tsam tau rhuav tshem ib qho yuav luag sib npaug ntawm Russia lub zog tshaj plaws thiab cov foob pob hluav taws sib txuas sib txuas sib txuas, ib tus neeg yuav tsum tau ua txhaum - tsuas yog tom qab ntawd-Lavxias Thawj Tswj Hwm General Gryzlov, leej twg raug tua thaum lub sijhawm Asmeskas kev tawm tsam ntawm nws Ryazan underground command center - thiab nws yog Darzov. Nws raug liam tias txiav txim siab los tso tseg tag nrho Ilyushin 78 thiab Tupolev 16 refueling aircraft ntawm ib lub hauv paus huab cua nyob hauv Siberia, Yakutsk, thiab tsis muaj kev ruaj ntseg txaus nyob rau ntawd, tso cai rau McLanahan thiab nws cov tub rog huab cua los ntes lub hauv paus thiab siv ntau npaum li cas. cov roj khaws cia nyob rau ntawd, uas tau siv los ntawm McLanahan cov foob pob tawg los tua thiab rhuav tshem Lavxias teb sab av-based nuclear deterrent rog.
    
  Darzov tau demoted mus rau ib lub hnub qub dav dav thiab xa mus rau Yakutsk saib xyuas kev ntxuav thiab thaum kawg kaw ntawm qhov no ib zaug tseem ceeb Siberian puag - vim hais tias, nyob rau hauv ib qho kev sim ua kom puas McLanahan lub foob pob rau hauv av, Gryzlov tau hais kom tawm tsam Yakutsk nrog qis tawm los. riam phom nuclear. Txawm hais tias tsuas yog plaub ntawm kaum ob lub nuclear warheads nkag mus rau McLanahan missile shield nyob ib ncig ntawm lub hauv paus, thiab tag nrho cov raug rho tawm los ntawm qhov siab siab kom txo tau cov xov tooj cua ntog, feem ntau ntawm lub hauv paus tau raug mob hnyav thiab nws lub plawv tau leveled thiab inhabitable. Muaj ntau qhov kev xav tias General Cov Neeg Ua Haujlwm tau cia siab tias Darzov yuav poob mob los ntawm cov xov tooj cua uas nyob rau hauv thiaj li yuav tau zam lub drudgery ntawm kev tshem tawm cov neeg nyiam, cov tub ntxhais hluas txawj ntse. Ib tug tub ceev xwm.
    
  Tab sis Darzov tsis tsuas yog tsis tuag, nws tsis nyob hauv virtual exile nyob rau hauv Siberia ntev. Ntawm kev noj qab haus huv pem hauv ntej, Darzov thiab nws cov neeg ua haujlwm siab ncaj tau muaj sia nyob siv cov khoom siv hluav taws xob tua hluav taws xob uas cov neeg Asmeskas tau tso tseg thaum lawv khiav tawm lawv cov neeg ua haujlwm los ntawm Yakutsk. Hais txog kev ua haujlwm thiab kev muaj koob meej, nws tau dim yam tsis muaj kev poob siab thaum nws zoo li tag nrho lub ntiaj teb tawm tsam nws.
    
  Nrog kev txhawb nqa nyiaj txiag thiab kev coj ncaj ncees ntawm tus tub ntxhais hluas peev nyiaj hauv tuam txhab npe hu ua Leonid Zevitin, Darzov tau rov qab los ntawm lub hauv paus thiab tsis ntev tau coj nws rov qab los siv dua li tsis npaj rau kev rhuav tshem thiab tso tseg. Qhov kev txav no tau txhawb nqa Russia txoj kev lag luam roj thiab roj hauv Siberia, uas tso siab rau lub hauv paus rau kev txhawb nqa ntau thiab cov khoom siv, thiab tsoomfwv tau khwv tau nyiaj ntau los ntawm Siberian roj, feem ntau tau muag rau Nyiv thiab Tuam Tshoj los ntawm cov kav dej tshiab. Cov tub ntxhais hluas lub hauv paus thawj coj tau nyiam cov neeg nyiam thiab kev ris txiaj ntawm Russia tus neeg nplua nuj tshaj plaws thiab muaj kev vam meej tshaj plaws hauv tuam txhab nyiaj, Leonid Zevitin. Ua tsaug rau Zevitin qhov kev txhawb nqa, Darzov tau rov qab mus rau Moscow, nce mus rau plaub lub hnub qub dav dav, thiab nws thiaj li tau tsa Tus Thawj Coj ntawm Tub Rog Tub Rog los ntawm Thawj Tswj Hwm Zevitin tshiab.
    
  Furzenko tau hais tias "Cov neeg Amelikas tau pib ua haujlwm thiab tau pom cov riam phom loj tshaj plaws hauv huab cua rau hauv av," Furzenko tau hais tias "Qhov no qhia tau tias lawv ntseeg tus kheej li cas, thiab qhov no yuav yog lawv qhov tsis muaj zog. lab daus las, rhuav tshem lub tsheb thauj khoom thiab lub foob pob hluav taws hauv tsev muaj nqis ntau dua li nyiaj daus las. "
    
  "Kuv xav tias lawv muaj txhua txoj cai kom muaj kev ntseeg siab, General - lawv tuaj yeem rhuav tshem txhua lub hom phiaj ntawm qhov deb ntawm ob puas mais yooj yim raws li tus menyuam yaus tua lub tin tuaj yeem nrog rab phom .22 ntawm qhov deb nees nkaum meters." , Zevitin hais. Ntau tus thawj coj tau ua rau lawv lub ntsej muag, ob qho tib si hauv kev tsis meej pem ntawm qee qhov ntawm Zevitin cov lus Western thiab sim nkag siab nws cov lus Lavxias hnyav heev. "Tsis tas li ntawd, lawv tau ua nws txoj cai nyob rau pem hauv ntej ntawm peb, paub tias peb yuav soj ntsuam thiab ntsuas qhov ua tau zoo ntawm riam phom. Nws yog kev ua qauv qhia hauv peb qhov kev pom zoo thiab tseem yog qhov muaj txiaj ntsig zoo ntawm kev ua phem rau cov neeg Islamists. " Zevitin tig mus rau Darzov. "Dab tsi tshwm sim rau tus neeg tua rog uas taug qab B-1 foob pob, Andrey?"
    
  "Tus kws tsav dav hlau tau tsaws nyab xeeb, tab sis feem ntau ntawm nws lub dav hlau cov khoom siv hluav taws xob tau ua tsis tau tiav," Tus Thawj Tub Rog Tub Rog Tub Rog tau teb.
    
  "Yuav ua li cas? Lawv cov riam phom terahertz dua?
    
  "Tej zaum, tab sis Asmeskas lub npe hu ua T-ray riam phom yog qhov dav-spectrum subatomic riam phom uas rhuav tshem cov hluav taws xob hluav taws xob ntawm qhov deb tshaj li rau puas kilometers," Darzov teb. "Tsis muaj lwm lub chaw nres tsheb tau tshaj tawm muaj kev cuam tshuam. Tus kws tsav dav hlau tau tshaj tawm tias sai li sai tau thaum nws tua nws cov cuaj luaj, nws tus neeg tua rog ... tsuas yog kaw. "
    
  "Koj txhais tau tias lub foob pob hluav taws kaw ntawm nws tus kheej."
    
  "Tsis yog, sir. Tag nrho lub dav hlau kaw ntawm nws tus kheej, zoo li tus kws tsav dav hlau tau muab txhua yam tawm ib zaug. "
    
  "Qhov no ua tau li cas?"
    
  "Tej zaum riam phom terahertz tuaj yeem ua qhov no," Darzov hais. "Peb yuav tsis paub txog thaum peb saib cov neeg tua hluav taws lub computer yuam kev. Tab sis kuv qhov kev kwv yees yog tias McLanahan tau siv nws 'netrusion' system ntawm Dreamland bombers thiab tejzaum nws rau tag nrho nws cov dav hlau thiab dav hlau.
    
  "Ntxhais"? Qhov no yog dab tsi?"
    
  "Lub peev xwm los 'hack' yeeb ncuab lub khoos phis tawj los ntawm ib qho sensor lossis kav hlau txais xov uas tau txais cov cim digital," Darzov piav qhia. "Peb tsis nkag siab tag nrho cov txheej txheem, tab sis cov neeg foob pob tuaj yeem xa cov teeb liab uas tau khaws thiab ua tiav zoo li lwm yam kev qhia digital lossis cov lus. Cov yeeb ncuab teeb liab tuaj yeem yog radar decoys, tsis meej pem cov lus coded, kev tswj lub davhlau, lossis txawm tias cov lus txib hluav taws xob rau cov tshuab dav hlau ... "
    
  Zevitin tau hais tias "Piv txwv li, kev txiav txim tsis ua haujlwm," Nws tuav nws taub hau. "Xav tias nws tuaj yeem hais kom Mig ya ncaj nraim los yog hauv lub voj voog - hmoov zoo nws tsuas yog kom nws nres. Nws yuav tsum yog qhov zoo kom muaj kev nplua nuj uas koj tuaj yeem tsim cov khoom ua si zoo li no los thauj koj lub dav hlau. " Nws noded. "Zoo li koj tus phooj ywg qub tseem nyob hauv qhov kev ua si, eh General?"
    
  "Muaj, tus tswv," hais Darzov. "Patrick McLanahan." Nws luag ntxhi. "Kuv zoo siab tos txais lub sijhawm los tawm tsam nws dua thiab them rov qab rau nws vim raug kaw kuv cov txiv neej thiab poj niam, tuav kuv lub hauv paus thiab nyiag kuv cov roj. Txawm li cas los xij, los ntawm qhov kuv nkag siab, nws yuav tsis nyob ntawm no ntev dua. Cov thawj coj tshiab tsis nyiam nws kiag li. "
    
  Zevitin tau hais tias "Yog tias McLanahan muaj kev paub txog kev nom kev tswv, nws yuav tau tawm haujlwm lub sijhawm tus thawj tswj hwm tshiab tau cog lus ua haujlwm," Zevitin tau hais. "Qhov tseeb qhov no tsis tau tshwm sim. Txawm hais tias McLanahan mob siab rau ntau dua - lossis dumber - dua li peb xav, lossis Gardner yuav tsis tua nws, uas txhais tau tias nws yuav tsis yog tus neeg uas peb xav tias nws yog. " Nws ntsia cov thawj coj nyob ib ncig ntawm nws. "Tsis nco qab McLanahan thiab nws cov khoom ua si high-tech uas yuav tsis raug tsim - nws yog qhov zoo tshaj plaws uas lawv tau txais, tab sis nws tsuas yog ib tug txiv neej xwb, thiab nws tau raug kaw hauv lub hauv paus txaus ntshai no hauv Nevada suab puam es tsis txhob nyob hauv Tsev Dawb txoj cai. tam sim no, uas txhais tau tias tsis muaj leej twg muaj lub sijhawm los mloog nws. " Tig mus rau Truznev, tus thawj coj ntawm Tsoom Fwv Saib Xyuas Kev Ruaj Ntseg, lub koom haum ua tiav rau KGB, nws nug tias: "Yuav ua li cas txog koj tus kws pab tswv yim hauv Iran? Koj puas tau coj nws tawm ntawm qhov ntawd?"
    
  "Dab tsi ntawm nws, yog, tus tswv," teb tus thawj coj FSB.
    
  "Zoo. Qhov kawg peb xav tau yog rau qee tus kws tshawb fawb Asmeskas lossis Persian kws tshawb fawb kom pom cov khaub ncaws Lavxias lossis riam phom sib xyaw nrog ib pawg ntawm Iranian lub cev. "
    
  "Nws tau hloov los ntawm lwm tus neeg sawv cev," Truznev hais. Nws tau npau taws rau Alexandra Khedrov, tus thawj coj txawv tebchaws. "Muab cov Hezbollah bastards riam phom zoo li 9K89 yog kev nkim sijhawm thiab nyiaj txiag thiab yuav ua rau peb mob ntev. Peb yuav tsum tsum tsis txhob muab cov foob pob hluav taws zoo li no rau lawv thiab cia lawv rov qab mus tua Katyushas hauv tsev thiab mortars ntawm Persian koom tes. "
    
  "Koj tau pom zoo nrog General Furzienko cov lus pom zoo kom xa Hornet missile rau Iran, Tus Thawj Coj," Zevitin tau taw qhia.
    
  "Kuv tau pom zoo tias Hornet missile yuav tsum tau siv los tua cov tub rog Persian thiab Tub Rog Tub Rog nrog cov foob pob tawg loj thiab cov pob zeb tso rau hauv kuv lub taub hau," Truznev hais tias, "thiab tsis yog tua lawv nyob hauv nroog. Qhov taw tes tso tawm yog nyob ntawm ntug ntawm lub foob pob hluav taws ntau tshaj plaws kom ntaus Doshan Tappeh Air Base, uas lawv tau hais rau peb tias yog lub hom phiaj lawv yuav tawm tsam. Cov neeg ua haujlwm Hezbollah kuj tau tshaj tawm tias rub lawv txhais taw ntawm lub foob pob hluav taws, txawm tias tso cai rau menyuam yaus tuaj saib lub foob pob. Qhov no tau tshaj tawm ntau zaus. "
    
  General Darzov tau hais tias "Peb yuav tsum tau qhia cov neeg tawm tsam kom kho lawv cov kev tawm tsam tam sim no uas peb paub txog cov riam phom Asmeskas tshiab no," General Darzov tau hais.
    
  "Koj puas tseem yuav qhia lawv kom tsis txhob ntxiv lawv tus kheej lom brew rau lub taub hau?" - Truznev nug.
    
  "Koj tham dab tsi, director?"
    
  "Cov tub rog Hezbollah thauj lub taub hau ntawm Hornet missile nrog qee yam kev sib xyaw ntawm cov tshuaj lom neeg riam phom, zoo ib yam li cov roj mustard, tab sis muaj txiaj ntsig zoo dua," tus thawj coj ntawm FSB tau hais tias indignantly. "Cov pa roj tau tua kaum ob tus neeg ntawm txoj kev thiab raug mob ntau dua."
    
  "Lawv puas tau ua lawv tus kheej cov roj mustard?"
    
  Truznev tau hais tias "Kuv tsis paub qhov twg lub ntuj raug txim lawv tau txais, tus tswv - Iran muaj ntau yam tshuaj lom neeg tawg rog, yog li tej zaum lawv nyiag lawv lossis zais cia lawv," Truznev hais. "Cov khoom no tau tawm thaum Asmeskas foob pob tawg. Tab sis lub ntsiab lus yog tias lawv tau ua txhaum peb cov lus qhia thiab tawm tsam lub hom phiaj tsis raug tso cai nrog lub taub hau tsis tau tso cai. Muaj tsuas yog ob peb lub tsheb thauj khoom siv foob pob hluav taws uas muaj cov fuses xav tau los tua tshuaj lom neeg - cov neeg Asmeskas yuav tsis muaj teeb meem nrhiav pom tias peb muab Iranians nrog Hornet missiles. "
    
  "Txuas Mokhtaz rau lub xov tooj tam sim no," Zevitin hais. Tus Thawj Saib Xyuas Haujlwm Orlev tam sim ntawd hauv xov tooj.
    
  "Tam sim no cov Pasdaran tau nyiam cov neeg tawm tsam txawv teb chaws los ntawm thoob plaws lub ntiaj teb los koom nrog qhov kev phem jihad tawm tsam Boujazi kev tawm tsam," Truznev hais tias, "Kuv tsis xav tias cov txiv plig muaj kev tswj hwm nruj heev rau lawv cov tub rog." Ayatollah Hassan Mohtaz, yav dhau los Lub teb chaws tus kws pab tswv yim tiv thaiv Iran - thiab cov tswv cuab siab tshaj plaws ntawm tsoomfwv Iranian yav dhau los kom muaj sia nyob cov ntshav Islamist tshem tawm ntawm Boujazi - tau tshaj tawm tus thawj tswj hwm nyob rau hauv exile, thiab nws tau thov kom txhua tus Muslims hauv ntiaj teb tuaj rau Iran thiab tawm tsam cov tshiab. tub rog-monarchical tsoom fwv. Kev tawm tsam Persia tau loj hlob sai, txhawb nqa los ntawm kaum tawm txhiab tus Shia Muslim cov neeg tawm tsam los ntawm thoob plaws ntiaj teb uas tau teb rau fatwa tawm tsam Boujazi. Ntau tus neeg tawm tsam tau raug cob qhia los ntawm Iran lub Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Pasdaran, yog li lawv cov kev sib ntaus sib tua tau ntau dua. Tsis pub dhau hnub ntawm Mokhtaz hu rau caj npab, feem ntau ntawm cov nroog ntawm Persia tshiab tau koom nrog kev sib ntaus sib tua.
    
  Tab sis ib feem ntawm kev kub ntxhov nyob rau hauv Persia yog tshwm sim los ntawm qhov tseeb hais tias tus thawj coj coup, General Hesarak al-Kan Boujazi, inexplicably tsis kam tsim ib tsoom fwv tshiab. Boujazi, yav dhau los tus thawj coj ntawm cov neeg ua haujlwm thiab yav dhau los tus thawj coj ntawm cov tub rog tiv thaiv sab hauv uas tawm tsam Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, tau coj kev tawm tsam zoo kawg nkaus, tua Iran tus thawj tswj hwm feem ntau thiab xa cov seem khiav mus rau cov neeg nyob sib ze Turkmenistan. Nws tau xav tias Boujazi, nrog rau yav dhau los tus thawj coj ntawm cov neeg ua haujlwm Hossein Yasini, cov tub ceev xwm ntawm cov tub rog tsis tu ncua thiab cov neeg txhawb nqa ntawm ib qho ntawm Iranian qub tsev neeg muaj koob muaj npe, Kagevs, yuav tsum tswj hwm lub nroog Tehran thiab tsim tsoomfwv. Ib lub npe txawm raug xaiv - lub koom pheej ywj pheej ntawm Persia, qhia txog kev coj ncaj ncees uas cov neeg xav coj - thiab tam sim no lub tebchaws tau raug hu los ntawm nws lub npe keeb kwm "Persia" es tsis yog lub npe "Iran", uas yog lub npe sau rau. tau siv los ntawm Reza Shah Pahlavi hauv xyoo 1935 Tsuas yog cov neeg txhawb nqa ntawm txoj kev ntseeg tseem siv lub npe "Iran."
    
  General Darzov tau hais tias "Tab sis kuv tsis xav tias peb yuav tsum tsis txhob ua tub rog rau cov neeg ntxeev siab," "Txhua qhov kev tawm tsam zoo tawm tsam cov Persians yuav ua rau lawv tsis muaj zog. Peb xav tau kev ua siab ntev. "
    
  "Thiab txhua zaus cov jihadists tso lwm lub foob pob hluav taws mus rau hauv lub nroog thiab tua cov poj niam thiab cov me nyuam dawb huv, cov neeg ntxeev siab raug kev txom nyem tib yam - lawv tsis muaj zog, ib yam li Russia, general," said Foreign Minister Alexandra Khedrov. Siab, tsaus nti thiab ntxim nyiam ib yam li txhua tus poj niam hauv lub siab tshaj plaws ntawm tsoomfwv Lavxias tuaj yeem yog, Alexandra Khedrov yog tus poj niam siab tshaj plaws uas tau ua haujlwm hauv Kremlin. Zoo li Zevitin, nws tau ua haujlwm hauv nyiaj txiag thoob ntiaj teb, tab sis raws li ib tus neeg nyob hauv lub neej ntawm Moscow thiab niam txiv ntawm ob tug, nws tsis muaj lub koob npe nrov ntawm nws tus thawj coj. Kev mob siab thiab txawj ntse, tsis muaj kev sib raug zoo ntawm nom tswv, Khedrov tau suav hais tias yog lub hlwb tom qab tus thawj tswj hwm. "Peb yuav zoo dua yog tias peb pom txhawb cov menyuam tua neeg."
    
  Nws tig mus rau Zevitin. "Mohtaz yuav tsum nrhiav txoj hauv kev los daws cov jihadists, Thawj Tswj Hwm, tsis tso siab rau Buzhazi thiab Kagev kom tso siab rau thiab khiav tawm hauv lub tebchaws. Peb tsis tuaj yeem pom tias yog kev txhawb nqa kev tua neeg thiab kev tsis sib haum xeeb - nws ua rau peb saib tsis ruaj khov rau peb tus kheej. Yog tias Mohtaz txuas ntxiv mus rau txoj kev no, tib txoj kev xaiv peb muaj yog los txhawb Boujazi. "
    
  "Boujazi?" Nug Zevitin, tsis meej pem. "Vim li cas txhawb nqa Bujazi? Nws tig mus rau Asmeskas kom pab."
    
  "Nws yog peb qhov txhaum-nws tau ua dhau los ntawm kev poob siab thiab peb tsis nyob ntawd rau nws thaum nws xav tau peb, yog li nws tig mus rau McLanahan," Khedrow piav qhia. "Tab sis Washington tau hais tsis meej tsis tau qiv nws txoj kev txhawb nqa rau Boujazi, thiab qhov no tsim lub sijhawm rau Russia. Peb tsis pub leej twg paub txog Mokhtaz vim tias Russia tau txais txiaj ntsig los ntawm kev tsis sib haum xeeb hauv cheeb tsam nrog cov nqi roj ntau dua thiab kev muag riam phom loj heev. Tab sis yog tias peb xaus rau kev txhawb nqa tus swb, peb yuav tsum hloov txoj haujlwm thiab kev txhawb nqa uas kuv ntseeg tias thaum kawg yuav yog tus yeej: Boujazi. "
    
  Darzov hais tias "Kuv tsis pom zoo, tus thawj coj," "Boujazi tsis muaj zog txaus los rhuav tshem Mohtaz."
    
  "Tom qab ntawd kuv xav kom koj tawm ntawm koj lub dav hlau thiab cov chaw sim thiab saib lub ntiaj teb raws li nws yog tiag tiag, General," Khedrov hais. "Ntawm no yog lo lus nug tiag tiag, Thawj Tswj Hwm: Leej twg koj xav kom yeej, Boujazi lossis Mohtaz?" Tus ntawd yog tus uas peb yuav tsum txhawb. Tab sis yog "Puas yog kev ntseeg Iran yog qhov kev xaiv zoo tshaj plaws rau Russia? Peb paub Boujazi. Koj thiab kuv ob leeg tau ntsib nws; peb txhawb nqa nws ntau xyoo, ua ntej, thaum lub sijhawm thiab tom qab nws tshem tawm los ua Tus Thawj Coj. Peb tseem muab ib leeg. nrog cov ntaub ntawv txawj ntse, txawm hais tias nws ua tib zoo saib xyuas cov ntaub ntawv hais txog Asmeskas nyob hauv Iran, uas yog kim dua kom tau txais. Tej zaum nws yog lub sijhawm los nce qib ntawm kev sib cuag nrog nws. "
    
  Lub xov tooj nyob ib sab ntawm Orlev vibrated, nws khaws lub receiver thiab tom qab ob peb lub sij hawm muab tso rau hauv standby hom. "Mohtaz nyob ntawm kab, tus tswv."
    
  "Nws nyob qhov twg?" - Kuv nug.
    
  "Lub Iranian Embassy nyob rau hauv Ashgabat, Turkmenistan," Orlev teb, xav txog cov lus nug.
    
  "Zoo". Thaum Ayatollah Mokhtaz thiab nws cov kws pab tswv yim khiav tawm Iran, nws tau npaj txhij txog nyob rau hauv Lavxias teb sab Embassy nyob rau hauv Ashgabat, thov kev tiv thaiv los ntawm Boujazi rog thiab thiaj li hu ua monarchist kev tuag pab tub rog. Qhov no tau tsa ntau qhov xav paub thiab cov lus nug los ntawm ntau lub ntiaj teb. Nws tau paub zoo tias Moscow yog ib tus phooj ywg ntawm Iran, tab sis lawv puas yuav mus deb los tiv thaiv tsoomfwv qub? Yuav ua li cas yog tias muaj kev xaiv tsa thiab cov theocrats raug tsis lees paub? Cov txiv plig thiab cov neeg Islamists puas yuav dhau los ua albatross nyob ib puag ncig Russia lub caj dab?
    
  Raws li kev pom zoo rau lwm lub ntiaj teb, Zevitin yuam Mokhtaz tawm hauv lub tebchaws, tab sis tau lees paub nws txoj kev nyab xeeb nrog Lavxias FSB cov chaw nyob hauv thiab ib puag ncig Iranian thaj chaw. Thaum xub thawj nws xav tias cov Islamist yuav tsis tawm ntawm lub Embassy - los yog, phem tshaj, yuav hem kom qhia Lavxias teb sab kev koom tes nyob rau hauv Iran yog tias nws raug ncaws tawm - tab sis, hmoov zoo, nws tsis tuaj txog ntawd. Nws paub tias Mohtaz yeej ib txwm qhia daim npav no yav tom ntej, thiab nws yuav tsum txiav txim siab yuav ua li cas yog tias nws sim ua nws.
    
  Zevitin khaws nws lub xov tooj. "Thawj Tswj Hwm Mokhtaz, qhov no yog Leonid Zevitin."
    
  "Thov npaj rau Nws Tus Thawj Kav Tebchaws, tus tswv," lub suab nrog lub suab Persian muaj zog hais ua lus Lavxias. Zevitin dov nws ob lub qhov muag impatiently. Nws ib txwm yog ib qho kev ua si nrog cov tsis muaj zog xws li Mohtaz, nws xav tias - nws yog ib qho tseem ceeb uas yuav tau sim kom tau txais qhov tsawg tshaj plaws kom tau txais txiaj ntsig los ntawm kev ua kom lwm tus tos, txawm tias qee yam yooj yim li kev hu xov tooj.
    
  Ob peb lub sijhawm tom qab ntawd, tus kws txhais lus hluas lub suab hais tias: "Imam Mokhtaz nyob ntawm kab. Thov txheeb xyuas koj tus kheej. "
    
  "Mr. Thawj Tswj Hwm, qhov no yog Leonid Zevitin hu. Kuv vam tias koj nyob zoo ".
    
  "Cia li qhuas tus Tswv rau nws txoj kev hlub tshua, yog li ntawd."
    
  Tsis muaj kev sim rov qab los, Zevitin tau sau tseg - dua, zoo li Mokhtaz. "Kuv xav tham txog kev tawm tsam Asmeskas tsis ntev los no hauv Tehran ntawm qhov xav tias Hezbollah missile site."
    
  "Kuv tsis paub dab tsi txog qhov no."
    
  "Mr. Thawj Tswj Hwm, kuv ceeb toom koj tawm tsam kev tso cai rau cov neeg ntxeev siab los nruab cov cuaj luaj nrog riam phom ntawm kev puas tsuaj loj," Zevitin tau hais. "Peb tshwj xeeb xaiv Hornet missile vim nws tau siv thoob plaws ntiaj teb thiab yuav nyuaj dua rau kev taug qab mus rau Russia. Tib lub foob pob hluav taws uas paub tias muaj cov thev naus laus zis los txhim kho cov tshuaj tua kab mob rau lawv yog Russia. "
    
  "Kuv tsis paub cov ntsiab lus ntawm cov neeg tawm tsam kev ywj pheej ua dab tsi hauv lawv kev tawm tsam cov neeg ua phem, cov tsis ntseeg thiab cov neeg Zionists," tus txhais lus hais. "Txhua yam kuv paub yog tias Vajtswv yuav muab nqi zog rau txhua tus uas teb qhov kev hu dawb huv ua pauj. Lawv yuav khwv tau ib qho chaw ntawm Nws sab xis."
    
  Zevitin tau hais tias "Mr. Thawj Tswj Hwm, Kuv yaum kom koj tswj koj lub zog kom tswj tau." "Kev ua tub rog tiv thaiv kev ua haujlwm txawv teb chaws tuaj yeem siv tau rau txhua lub tebchaws, txawm tias siv cov foob pob hluav taws tsis muaj kev tiv thaiv tawm tsam cov neeg txhawb nqa, tab sis kev siv cov pa tshuaj lom tsis yog. Koj qhov kev tawm tsam txaus ntshai ua rau muaj kev cuam tshuam tsis zoo los ntawm cov pej xeem yog tias - "
    
  Zevitin tuaj yeem hnov mokhtaz qw hauv keeb kwm yav dhau los ua ntej tus neeg txhais lus tau hais lus tas, thiab tom qab ntawd tus tub hluas uas ntxhov siab yuav tsum tau ua kom tsis txhob ua rau Iranian tus txiv plig lub sijhawm tam sim no: "Qhov no tsis yog kev tawm tsam, ua rau koj lub qhov muag," tus neeg txhais lus hais. ntau nyob rau hauv lub suab calmer tshaj Mohtaz. "Zoo siab Iranians thiab lawv cov kwv tij tau rov qab ib lub tebchaws uas raug cai thiab tsis ncaj ncees coj los ntawm peb. Qhov no tsis yog kev ntxeev siab - nws yog kev tsov rog dawb huv rau kev ywj pheej tawm tsam kev tsim txom. Thiab nyob rau hauv kev tawm tsam zoo li no, txhua yam riam phom thiab ib qho kev tawm tsam yog qhov ncaj ncees ntawm Vajtswv lub qhov muag. " Thiab qhov kev sib txuas tau tawg.
    
  "Fucking bastard," Zevitin tau cog lus, tsis paub txog kom txog thaum nws lig dhau lawm uas nws tau hais ua lus Askiv, thiab ntaus lub xov tooj.
    
  "Vim li cas thab txog tus neeg vwm no, tus tswv?" - nug Foreign Minister Khedrov. "Tus txiv neej no vwm. Nws tsis quav ntsej txog lwm yam tshaj li kev thim rov qab - nws tsis quav ntsej txog pes tsawg tus neeg dawb huv nws yuav tsum tua kom ua. Nws nyiam cov neeg jihadists txawv teb chaws los ntawm thoob plaws lub ntiaj teb, thiab feem ntau ntawm lawv txawm vwm dua nws. "
    
  "Koj puas xav tias kuv mob siab rau Mohtaz lossis lwm tus hauv lub tebchaws uas raug puas tsuaj no, Minister?" Zevitin nug kub heev. "Lub sijhawm no, nws yog qhov zoo dua rau Russia tias Mokhtaz tseem muaj sia nyob thiab ntxias cov Islamists, hais kom lawv mus rau Iran thiab tawm tsam. Kuv vam tias lub tebchaws yuav poob sib nrug, uas yuav luag paub tseeb yog tias kev ntxeev siab loj tuaj. "
    
  "Kuv xav Bujazi tau tig los rau peb es tsis txhob McLanahan thaum nws xav tau kev txhawb nqa rau nws kev ntxeev siab - Mohtaz thiab tus yawg huab tais Kagev yuav tuag tam sim no, thiab Bujazi yuav ruaj khov nrog peb ntawm nws sab." , - hais tias Khedrov, casting qhov tsis pom zoo saib ntawm lub taub hau ntawm Tsoom Fwv Teb Chaws Saib Xyuas Kev Ruaj Ntseg, Truznev. "Peb yuav tsum tau nrhiav nws lub sijhawm nws tau tshwm sim hauv Iranian tub rog."
    
  "Buzhazi tau ploj mus tag nrho los ntawm peb cov radar cov ntxaij vab tshaus, tus thawj coj," Truznev tau hais tawm. "Nws raug txaj muag thiab xyaum raug txim tuag. Iran tau tsiv mus rau Suav teb ntawm kev cuam tshuam ... "
    
  "Peb muag lawv ntau riam phom."
    
  Truznev tau hais tias "Tom qab cov nqi roj tau nce, yog lawm, lawv yuav khoom suav vim tias nws pheej yig dua," Truznev hais. "Tab sis tom qab ntawd peb tau tshawb pom sai sai tias ntau yam riam phom no tau xaus rau hauv tes ntawm Chechen cais tawm thiab cov neeg lag luam yeeb tshuaj nyob hauv peb tus ciam teb. Tuam Tshoj tau tso tseg lawv txoj kev txhawb nqa rau Iran ntev dhau los vim tias lawv txhawb nqa Islamists hauv Xinjiang thiab East Turkistan - Suav Islamic cov neeg ntxeev siab tawm tsam tsoomfwv cov tub rog nrog lawv tus kheej riam phom! Cov theocrats hauv Iran tsis muaj kev tswj hwm. Lawv tsis tsim nyog peb kev txhawb nqa. "
    
  "Okay, ok," Zevitin hais tias nkees, tuav tes nrog nws tus kws pab tswv yim. "Cov lus sib cav tsis kawg no tau txais peb mus qhov twg." Tig mus rau Truznev, nws hais tias: "Igor, tau txais kuv tag nrho cov ntaub ntawv ntawm no American hypersonic missile uas koj tuaj yeem tau txais, thiab tau txais nws sai. Kuv tsis tas yuav paub yuav ua li cas los tawm tsam nws-tsis tau. Kuv xav tau cov ntaub ntawv txaus kom kuv tuaj yeem ua rau Gardner ntseeg tias kuv paub txhua yam txog qhov no. Kuv xav ua pov thawj tias qhov no yog kev hem thawj rau ntiaj teb kev thaj yeeb nyab xeeb, kev ruaj ntseg hauv cheeb tsam, kev sib npaug ntawm caj npab, blah blah blah. Ib yam li lawv qhov chaw nres tsheb Armstrong damn. Thiab kuv xav tau qhov hloov tshiab ntawm txhua qhov tshiab Asmeskas tub rog thev naus laus zis. Kuv nkees nkees hnov qab txog nws tom qab peb tau ntsib nws hauv thaj teb. "
    
  "Kev sib cav nrog cov neeg Asmeskas, huh, Thawj Tswj Hwm?" - Tus Thawj Fwm Tsav Tebchaws Furzienko nug sarcastically. "Tej zaum peb tuaj yeem mus ua ntej Pawg Saib Xyuas Kev Ruaj Ntseg thiab hais tias lub hnub ci cuam tshuam tawm ntawm lawv cov radar arrays ua rau peb nyob hmo ntuj."
    
  "Kuv tsis xav tau cov lus hais tsis zoo los ntawm koj hnub no, General - Kuv xav tau cov txiaj ntsig," Zevitin tau hais kom ceev faj. "Cov neeg Amelikas tau tsim lawv tus kheej hauv Iraq, thiab lawv yuav muaj lub hauv paus hauv Iran yog Boujazi thiab Kagev ua tiav tsoomfwv ua phooj ywg rau sab hnub poob. Nrog rau Asmeskas cov hauv paus hauv Central Asia, Baltics thiab Eastern Europe, Iran ntxiv lwm ntu ntawm lub laj kab uas nyob ib puag ncig peb. Tam sim no lawv muaj qhov chaw nres tsheb damn uas ya hla Russia kaum zaug ib hnub! Russia yeej nyob ib puag ncig -" Thiab nrog qhov ntawd, Zevitin slammed nws xibtes rau ntawm lub rooj. "-Thiab qhov no tsis txaus ntseeg kiag li!" Nws ntsia txhua tus ntawm nws tus kws pab tswv yim hauv lub qhov muag, nws ntsia me ntsis ntawm Truznev thiab Darzov ua ntej ntswj rov qab rau hauv nws lub rooj zaum thiab khiav ib txhais tes hla nws lub hauv pliaj hauv kev khaus.
    
  Truznev hais tias "Lub foob pob hluav taws no ua rau peb xav tsis thoob,"
    
  "Bullshit," retorted Zevitin. "Lawv yuav tsum ua qhov kev sim ua qhov no, puas yog? Lawv tsis tuaj yeem ua qhov no hauv chav kuaj hauv av. Vim li cas peb tsis tuaj yeem saib lawv cov kev sim missile? Peb paub raws nraim qhov twg lawv qhov chaw ntsuas kev kub ceev nrog cov cuab yeej los tsim cov cuaj luaj hypersonic - peb yuav tsum nyob ntawm txhua qhov chaw no. "
    
  "Kev soj ntsuam zoo raug nqi nyiaj, Mr. Thawj Tswj Hwm. Vim li cas neeg soj xyuas rau cov neeg Lavxias thaum cov neeg Ixayees thiab Suav tuaj yeem muab kaum npaug tus nqi?
    
  "Tom qab ntawd tej zaum nws yog lub sijhawm los txiav qee cov nyiaj hli thiab cov txiaj ntsig nyiaj laus ntawm peb cov thawj coj hu ua thiab muab cov nyiaj rov qab los ua kom muaj kev txawj ntse zoo," Zevitin tau hais kom ceev faj. "Rov qab thaum cov roj Lavxias tsuas yog ob peb duas las ib chim, Russia ib zaug muaj ntau pua tus neeg soj xyuas tob rau hauv txhua qhov chaw ntawm kev tsim riam phom Asmeskas - peb ib zaug tau yuav luag tsis muaj kev nkag mus rau Dreamland, lawv qhov chaw muaj kev faib ntau tshaj plaws. . Thiab txawm qhov chaw twg peb tsis nkag mus rau peb tus kheej, peb tuaj yeem yuav cov ntaub ntawv los ntawm ntau pua leej lwm tus, suav nrog Asmeskas. Txoj hauj lwm ntawm FSB thiab tub rog txawj ntse yog kom tau txais cov ntaub ntawv no, thiab txij li thaum Gryzlov cov thawj coj peb tsis tau ua ib yam dab tsi phem, tsuas yog bitched thiab moaned txog kev nyob ib puag ncig thiab tej zaum yuav tawm tsam los ntawm cov neeg Amelikas dua. " Nws nres dua, tom qab ntawd ntsia ntawm Tus Thawj Tub Ceev Xwm ntawm Pawg Tub Rog. "Muab ib tsab ntawv ceeb toom rau peb txog lub xeev xwm txheej ntawm Phanar, General Furzienko."
    
  "Ib chav tsev yog nyob rau hauv tag nrho kev sib ntaus sib tua, tus tswv," teb tus thawj coj ntawm cov neeg ua haujlwm. "Lub xov tooj ntawm tes tiv thaiv satellite laser system tau ua tiav zoo hauv kev tua ib qho ntawm Asmeskas lub dav hlau dav hlau hla Iran."
    
  "Dab tsi?" hu ua Tus Thawj Coj ntawm Cov Neeg Ua Haujlwm Orlev. "Yog li cov neeg Amelikas hais li cas tiag? Puas yog ib qho ntawm lawv lub dav hlau tau tua los ntawm peb?
    
  Zevitin nodded rau Furzienko thaum nws nqa ib tug luam yeeb los ntawm nws lub rooj tub rau khoom thiab taws nws, ntsiag to tso cai rau nws piav nws tus kheej. "Txoj Haujlwm Phanar yog qhov zais cia sab saum toj ntawm lub xov tooj ntawm tes tiv thaiv lub xov tooj cua laser, Mr. Orlev," piav qhia tus thawj coj tub rog. "Nws yog raws li Kawaznya anti-satellite laser system tsim nyob rau hauv 1980s, tab sis ho hloov kho, txhim kho thiab txhim kho."
    
  Orlev tau sau tseg tias "Kavaznya yog lub tsev loj loj uas siv los ntawm lub tshuab hluav taws xob nuclear, yog tias kuv nco qab yog lawm," Nws tsis tau kawm txog nws txog thaum nws nyob hauv tsev kawm ntawv theem siab - thaum lub sijhawm, tsoomfwv tau hais tias muaj kev sib tsoo thiab cov nroj tsuag raug kaw los txhim kho kev nyab xeeb. Nws tsuas yog thaum nws tau los ua tus Thawj Coj ntawm Cov Neeg Ua Haujlwm uas nws tau kawm tias Kawaznya tau raug foob pob los ntawm ib tus neeg Amelikas B-52 Stratofortress bomber, ib qho kev hloov kho hnyav "sim txaj" qauv hu ua Megafortress, crewed los ntawm tsis muaj lwm yam. dua li Patrick McLanahan, uas yog thaum ntawd tsuas yog Air Force tus thawj coj thiab cov neeg ua haujlwm foob pob, McLanahan lub npe tau tshwm sim ntau zaus hauv kev sib txuas nrog ntau qhov xwm txheej thoob ntiaj teb hauv ob xyoo caum txij li kev tawm tsam, mus txog qhov uas Darzov thiab txawm Zevitin zoo li. xav txog tus txiv neej, nws cov tshuab high-tech thiab nws cov circuits.
    
  "Neeg xyoo ntawm kev tshawb fawb thiab kev loj hlob, billions ntawm rubles thiab ntau ntawm espionage - zoo espionage, tsis zoo li niaj hnub no," Zevitin hais. "Txuas ntxiv, General."
    
  "Yog lawm, tus tswv," hais Furzienko. "Tus Phanar tsim yog raws li Israeli tactical high-zog laser program thiab American airborne laser program, uas nruab ib lub laser laser rau loj aircraft xws li Boeing 747 los yog B-52 bomber. Nws muaj peev xwm ua kom puas lub foob pob hluav taws ntawm qhov deb txog li tsib puas kilometers. Nws tsis muaj zog npaum li Kavaznya, tab sis nws yog portable, yooj yim rau kev thauj thiab tswj, nws yog ruaj thiab txhim khu kev qha, tsis tshua muaj neeg raug, thiab yog tias khaws cia rau lub hom phiaj ntev txaus, nws tuaj yeem rhuav tshem txawm tias lub dav hlau tiv thaiv ntau pua kilometers. deb ntawm qhov chaw. ... zoo li lub dav hlau Asmeskas tshiab Dub Stallion. "
    
  Orlev lub puab tsaig poob. "Yog li cov lus xaiv muaj tseeb?" Zevitin luag nyav, nodded, ces coj ib tug sib sib zog nqus luag ntawm nws luam yeeb. "Tab sis peb tsis lees paub tias peb tsis muaj dab tsi cuam tshuam nrog kev poob lub dav hlau Asmeskas! Cov neeg Asmeskas yuav tsum nkag siab tias peb muaj riam phom zoo li no! "
    
  "Thiab yog li qhov kev ua si pib," Zevitin hais, luag ntxhi thiab ua tiav nws cov luam yeeb kawg. Nws tsoo lub qhov luam yeeb hauv lub qhov quav, zoo li nws pom tias nws xav ua dab tsi rau leej twg uas tsis kam tawm tsam nws. "Peb yuav pom leej twg xav ua si thiab leej twg tsis ua. Mus ntxiv, General."
    
  "Yog lawm, sir. Lub kaw lus tuaj yeem muab zais raws li tus qauv kaum ob lub tsheb laij teb-trailer thiab tuaj yeem tsav tau zoo nyob txhua qhov chaw thiab sib xyaw ua ke hauv kev lag luam ib txwm muaj. Nws tuaj yeem teeb tsa thiab npaj tua hluav taws hauv tsawg tshaj li ib teev, tuaj yeem tua hluav taws txog li kaum tawm tawg ib zaug, nyob ntawm seb lub laser raug rho tawm haujlwm ntev npaum li cas ntawm ib lub hom phiaj, thiab qhov tseem ceeb tshaj plaws, tuaj yeem tshem tawm thiab txav mus rau hauv ob peb feeb. . feeb tom qab kev tua. "
    
  "Tsuas yog kaum ob kab? Tsis zoo li kev sib ntaus sib tua ntau. "
    
  Furzienko tau hais tias "Peb tuaj yeem siv roj ntau dua nrog peb," tab sis Phanar tsis tau tsim los tawm tsam ntau lub dav hlau lossis dav hlau. Vim overheating, lub kaw lus tuaj yeem ua haujlwm tsis pub ntau tshaj peb caug vib nas this ntawm ib lub sijhawm, thiab ib qho kev thauj khoom roj tso cai rau lub laser ua haujlwm rau tag nrho li ntawm rau caum vib nas this. Cov salvo tom ntej tuaj yeem raug rho tawm peb caug mus rau plaub caug feeb tom qab refueling, nyob ntawm seb cov roj los ntawm lub tshuab hluav taws xob lossis lub tsheb sib cais. Feem ntau lub dav hlau nyob rau hauv lub ntiaj teb qis orbit yuav zoo hauv qab lub qab ntug ua ntej lwm qhov kev foob pob pib, yog li peb tau txiav txim siab nws yuav zoo tshaj kom tsis txhob sim ntau lub foob pob ib zaug.
    
  "Tsis tas li ntawd, txhua yam hauv lub tsheb thauj neeg kuj tseem loj hlob zuj zus - kev ruaj ntseg, cov khoom siv, cov khoom seem, lub tshuab hluav taws xob - yog li peb txiav txim siab txwv cov roj laser ntxiv rau ib lub tsheb. Nrog rau ib qho kev hais kom ua thiab lub tsheb tua hluav taws, ib lub zog thiab tswj lub tsheb, ib lub tsheb thauj khoom thiab cov khoom siv, thiab ib qho kev txhawb nqa thiab cov neeg caij tsheb, nws tseem tuaj yeem txav tau ncaj qha tsis qhia npe ntawm txoj kev qhib txhua qhov chaw yam tsis muaj kev nyiam. Peb coj nws rov qab mus rau Moscow rau kev sim thiab hloov tshiab. Qhov no yuav siv qee lub sijhawm los ua kom tiav. "
    
  "Kuv xav tias koj muaj sijhawm txaus, General," Zevitin hais. "Cov neeg Amelikas yuav tsum pom tias lawv qhov chaw nres tsheb muaj nuj nqis npaum li cas thiab cov dav hlau dav hlau tuaj yeem ua tau. Kuv xav kom qhov system no pib tam sim no. "
    
  Furzienko tau hais tias "Yog tias kuv muaj ntau tus kws tshaj lij thiab nyiaj ntau dua, tus tswv, kuv tuaj yeem ua tiav peb qhov uas tab tom tsim nyob rau hauv ib xyoos," Furzienko hais. Nws ntsia ntawm General Darzov. "Tab sis zoo li muaj kev saib xyuas ntau rau General Darzov's Project Lightning, thiab kuv ntshai tias peb cov peev txheej raug nkim."
    
  Zevitin tau hais tias "Darzov tau ua ntau qhov kev sib cav sib ceg hauv kev pom zoo ntawm Molniya, General Furzienko," Zevitin tau hais.
    
  Alexandra Khedrov hais tias "Kuv ntshai kuv tsis paub tias xob laim yog dab tsi, Mr. Thawj Tswj Hwm," said Alexandra Khedrov. "Kuv xav tias qhov no tsis yog lub khw muag khoom zoo heev. Qhov no puas yog qhov tshiab riam phom zais cia?
    
  Zevitin nodded rau Andrei Darzov, uas tau sawv thiab pib: "Loj xob laim yog huab cua-launched anti-satellite riam phom, Madam Minister. Qhov no tsuas yog ib qho cuab yeej ua qauv, kev sib xyaw ntawm Kh-90 hypersonic cruise missile, reprogrammed ya ntawm qhov siab siab, nrog kev sib xyaw ntawm ramjet lub cav thiab lub dav hlau propulsion uas tso cai rau nws ya ntawm qhov siab txog li tsib puas kilometers saum lub ntiaj teb. . Lub kaw lus yog thawj zaug tsim los ntawm cov neeg Asmeskas hauv xyoo 1980s; peb muaj qhov zoo sib xws, tab sis nws tau muab tso tseg ntau xyoo dhau los. Cov thev naus laus zis tau txhim kho zoo txij li thaum ntawd. "
    
  Furzienko tau hais tias "Laj xob laim yog ib kauj ruam loj rov qab," Furzienko hais. "Lub laser system tau ua pov thawj nws tsim nyog. Air-launched anti-satellite riam phom tau raug tsis lees paub xyoo dhau los vim tias lawv tsis ntseeg tau thiab yooj yim heev los ntes. "
    
  Darzov tau hais tias "Txhua yam kev hwm, tus tswv, kuv tsis pom zoo." Furzienko tig ntsia rau nws tus neeg saib xyuas, tab sis nws nyuaj rau saib tus txiv neej lub qhov txhab uas txaus ntshai, thiab nws raug yuam kom saib deb. "Qhov teeb meem nrog ruaj ASAT riam phom, raws li tau pom nrog Kavaznya ASAT laser, yog tias lawv yooj yim dhau los tua, txawm tias muaj ntau thiab sophisticated anti-aircraft riam phom tiv thaiv lawv. Txawm hais tias lub xov tooj ntawm tes laser system peb tsim muaj qhov tsis zoo rau kev tawm tsam vim nws xav tau kev txhawb nqa ntau heev thiab siv sijhawm ntau los teeb tsa, roj, thiab lub hom phiaj. Peb pom sai npaum li cas cov neeg Amelikas tuaj yeem tawm tsam lub chaw laser hauv Iran - hmoov zoo peb muaj sijhawm los hloov cov txheej txheem tiag tiag thiab tsim kom muaj qhov tsis zoo hauv nws qhov chaw. xob laim tuaj yeem nqa mus rau ntau lub hauv paus huab cua raws lub hom phiaj txoj kev thiab tuaj yeem tawm tsam los ntawm ntau qhov sib txawv.
    
  "Ib tug MiG-29 fighter los yog ib tug Tupolev-16 lub teeb bomber nqa ib tug Molniya missile rau saum huab cua, los yog ob lub missiles yuav nqa los ntawm ib tug Tupolev-95 los yog Tupolev-160 hnyav bomber," Darzov hais ntxiv. Molniya siv lub tshuab foob pob hluav taws uas siv lub tshuab foob pob hluav taws kom nrawm nrawm nrawm, qhov ntawd nws mam li siv lub cav ramjet kom nrawm mus rau yim npaug ntawm lub suab nrawm thiab nce mus rau qhov siab tshaj plaws. Thaum nyob rau hauv ntau yam ntawm lub hom phiaj, nws siv nws onboard sensors mus taug qab lub hom phiaj thiab tua hluav taws lub thib peb lub foob pob hluav taws lub cev muaj zog pib interception, nws siv precision thrusters kom tau nyob rau hauv firing range, ces fires ib tug high explosive warhead. nuclear lossis x-ray laser warhead ntawm riam phom, nyob ntawm qhov loj ntawm lub hom phiaj. "
    
  "X-ray laser? Nws yog dab tsi?"
    
  "Lub X-ray laser yog ib qho cuab yeej uas sau thiab tsom X-rays los ntawm kev tawg me me thiab tsim cov kab hluav taws xob muaj zog heev uas tuaj yeem nkag mus txawm tias lub dav hlau tiv thaiv hnyav txog li ob puas kilometers," Darzov hais. "Nws yog tsim los lov tes taw lub dav hlau los ntawm scrambling nws electronics thiab kev taw qhia systems."
    
  "Kev siv riam phom nuclear hauv qhov chaw yuav tsim teeb meem hauv zej zog thoob ntiaj teb, General," Khedrov sau tseg.
    
  "Cov neeg Amelikas muaj lub tshuab hluav taws xob nuclear ya hla tebchaws Russia tau ntau xyoo thiab tsis muaj leej twg zoo li pom, Alexandra," Zevitin hais iab. "X-ray laser tsuas yog ib qho kev xaiv - peb tsuas yog siv nws yog tias nws tsim nyog kiag li."
    
  Khedrov tau hais tias "Lub tshuab hluav taws xob nuclear ntawm lub nkoj Asmeskas chaw nres tsheb yog tsim los rau kev tsim hluav taws xob, tus tswv," Khedrov tau taw qhia. "Yog lawm, lub laser tau siv los ua riam phom tawm tsam, tab sis lub reactor raug saib txawv ..."
    
  "Qhov no tseem yog ib qho khoom siv nuclear," Zevitin tau hais tias, "uas tau txwv tsis pub tshaj tawm los ntawm kev cog lus-ib daim ntawv cog lus uas cov neeg Asmeskas tsis quav ntsej tsis quav ntsej!"
    
  "Kuv pom zoo nrog koj, tus tswv," Khedrov hais tias, "tab sis tom qab huab cua tawm tsam Tebchaws Meskas nrog riam phom nuclear los ntawm Thawj Tswj Hwm Gryzlov -."
    
  "Yog, yog, kuv paub ... Asmeskas tau dhau mus, thiab lub ntiaj teb tos hauv kev ntshai saib seb Russia yuav ua li cas ntxiv," Zevitin hais, kev poob siab tshwm sim hauv nws lub suab. "Kuv mob ntawm ob tus qauv." Nws tuav nws lub taub hau, ces tig rov qab mus rau General Darzov. "Qhov xwm txheej ntawm qhov kev pab cuam foob pob hluav taws xob tiv thaiv, General yog dab tsi? Peb puas tuaj yeem siv qhov system lossis tsis tau?
    
  "Kev sim hauv av ntxiv ntawm tus qauv Molniya installation tau ua tiav zoo," Darzov txuas ntxiv. "Cov kws tshaj lij thiab cov kws tshaj lij xav ua qhov kev sim ntau dua, tab sis kuv ntseeg tias tam sim no nws tau npaj txhij rau kev sib ntaus sib tua, tus tswv. Peb tuaj yeem siv sijhawm ntau xyoo los txhim kho thiab tweaks thiab txhim kho nws, tab sis kuv xav tias nws tau npaj ua ntej thiab kuv xav kom xa tawm tam sim ntawd. "
    
  "Thov zam txim rau kuv, tus tswv," Furzienko cuam tshuam, saib tsis meej pem ntawm Minister of National Defense Ostenkov, "tab sis General Darzov tsis yog lub luag haujlwm rau Molniya. Qhov no yog ib txoj haujlwm zais cia uas tseem tswj hwm los ntawm kuv qhov chaw tshawb fawb thiab kev loj hlob. "
    
  "Tsis yog lawm, General," Zevitin hais. "Kuv tau qhia General Darzov los tsim cov tswv yim los tawm tsam Asmeskas chaw nres tsheb thiab chaw dav hlau. Nws yuav qhia ncaj qha rau kuv thiab Minister Ostenkov. "
    
  Furzienko lub qhov ncauj qhib thiab kaw nyob rau hauv tsis meej pem, ces hardened nyob rau hauv pom tseeb npau taws. "Qhov no yog kev npau taws heev, tus tswv!" - nws blurted tawm. "Nws yog kev thuam! Tus Thawj Saib Xyuas Haujlwm yog lub luag haujlwm rau kev npaj, kev cob qhia thiab muab cov tub rog, thiab kuv yuav tsum tau ceeb toom txog qhov no! "
    
  "Lawv qhia koj tam sim no, General," Zevitin hais. "Phanar thiab xob laim yog rau Darzov. Nws yuav qhia rau kuv paub txog nws qhov kev ua thiab ua cov lus pom zoo rau National Security Bureau, tab sis nws tsuas yog xaj los ntawm kuv. Qhov deb ntawm koj cov saw ntawm cov lus txib nws ua haujlwm, qhov zoo dua. " Zevitin luag ntxhi thiab nodded nkag siab. "Ib zaj lus qhia me me uas peb tau kawm los ntawm peb tus phooj ywg General Patrick Shane McLanahan ntau xyoo, huh?"
    
  Darzov hais tias, "Kuv ntseeg tias tus txiv neej no yog obsessive, compulsive, paranoid thiab tej zaum tus mob schizophrenic, tus tswv," Darzov hais tias, "tab sis nws kuj yog siab tawv thiab txawj ntse - ob yam uas kuv qhuas. Nws chav ua haujlwm tau zoo heev vim tias nws ua haujlwm sai thiab txaus ntshai nrog qee tus lej ntawm kev mob siab rau thiab muaj zog ua kom paub txog cov thev naus laus zis tshiab tshiab. McLanahan kuj zoo nkaus li tsis quav ntsej txog feem ntau cov cai, cov rooj sib tham ib txwm muaj thiab cov hlua ntawm cov lus txib thiab ua tsis ncaj ncees, tej zaum txawm tias tsis quav ntsej. Ib txhia hais tias nws vwm. Txhua yam kuv paub yog tias nws tau ua tiav. "
    
  Zevitin ceeb toom tias "Txawm koj mus vwm,"
    
  "Hmoov tsis zoo, Kuv pom zoo nrog Minister Khedrov, tus tswv: lub ntiaj teb lub zej zog yuav tsis xav txog riam phom nuclear hauv qhov chaw ua riam phom tiv thaiv," said Minister of National Defense Ostenkov.
    
  "Lub ntiaj teb cov zej zog saib lwm txoj hauv kev thiab kaw nws lub qhov muag thiab pob ntseg thaum cov neeg Asmeskas tso lub tshuab hluav taws xob nuclear rau hauv lub voj voog saum lawv lub taub hau thiab sau lub ntuj nrog cov satellites thiab cov ntiaj chaw ntiaj chaw - Kuv yeej tsis ua phem rau lawv lub tswv yim," Zevitin hais npau taws. "Cov neeg Asmeskas tsis tuaj yeem tso cai nkag mus thiab tawm qhov chaw ywj pheej raws li lawv xav tau. Peb lub tshuab hluav taws xob hauv av tau rhuav tshem ib qho thiab yuav luag rhuav tshem lwm qhov ntawm lawv lub dav hlau - peb yuav luag rhuav tshem tag nrho lawv lub nkoj ua haujlwm. Yog tias peb tuaj yeem rhuav tshem txhua yam uas lawv tau tso tseg, peb tuaj yeem cuam tshuam rau lawv qhov chaw tub rog thiab tej zaum yuav muab sijhawm rau peb kom rov qab los. " Nws ntsia nruj ntawm Ostenkov. "Koj txoj haujlwm yog los txhawb kev txhim kho thiab kev siv ntawm Phanar thiab Lightning, Ostenkov, tsis qhia kuv tias koj xav tias lub ntiaj teb yuav hais li cas. Nws puas meej?
    
  Ostenkov hais tias, "Yog lawm, tus tswv," said Ostenkov. "Lub foob pob hluav taws xob tiv thaiv tau npaj rau kev sim ua haujlwm. Qhov no tej zaum yuav yog riam phom txaus ntshai tshaj plaws nyob rau hauv peb arsenal txij li thaum Kh-90 hypersonic cruise missile, uas Gryzlov ntse siv los tua lub tebchaws United States. Nws tuaj yeem xa mus sai thiab yooj yim nyob txhua qhov chaw hauv ntiaj teb, sai dua li lub dav hlau tuaj yeem tso tawm lossis txav mus rau hauv lub orbit. Peb tuaj yeem thauj xob laim nyob qhov twg thiab khiav tsuas yog qhov kev pheej hmoo me me ntawm kev tshawb pom kom txog thaum nws tua hluav taws. "
    
  "Thiab yog dab tsi?" - Nug Orlev. "Cov neeg Asmeskas yuav tawm tsam nrog txhua yam lawv muaj. Koj paub tias lawv suav tias qhov chaw yog ib feem ntawm lawv thaj chaw sovereign. "
    
  "Yog vim li cas peb yuav tsum siv Phanar thiab xob laim ua tib zoo - ua tib zoo ua tib zoo," Zevitin hais. "Lawv muaj txiaj ntsig zoo li riam phom nyob ntawm ntsiag to rhuav tshem Asmeskas cov cuab yeej cuab tam tsis yog sim ua kom lawv puas tsuaj tag nrho. Yog tias muaj peev xwm ua kom zoo li lawv qhov chaw nres tsheb, lub dav hlau thiab satellites tsis muaj kev ntseeg siab lossis khib nyiab, Asmeskas yuav kaw lawv tus kheej. Qhov no tsis yog ib qho kev npaj tua lossis kev ua si ntawm miv thiab nas - nws yog kev ua si ntawm kev khaus khaus, nyob ntsiag to degradation thiab loj hlob tsis paub tseeb. Kuv xav tuav lub crap tawm ntawm Asmeskas. "
    
  "Muab kab laum rau hauv shit, tus tswv?" - Nug Orlev. "Nws txhais li cas?"
    
  Zevitin hais tias, "Qhov ntawd txhais tau hais tias tua cov neeg Asmeskas nrog yoov tshaj cum tom, tsis yog ntaj," Zevitin hais tias, lub sijhawm no hauv Lavxias, tsis paub txog lub sijhawm ntawd nws tau hloov mus rau lus Askiv hauv nws qhov kev zoo siab. "Cov neeg Amelikas tsis kam ua tsis tiav. Yog tias nws tsis ua haujlwm, lawv yuav muab pov tseg thiab hloov nws nrog qee yam zoo dua, txawm tias qhov ua tsis tiav tsis yog lawv qhov txhaum. Tsis yog lawv yuav tso tseg rau tej yam uas tsis ua hauj lwm, tab sis lawv yuav liam rau lwm tus rau qhov ua tsis tiav, siv nyiaj ntau txhiab daus las los liam lwm tus rau kev liam, thiab tom qab ntawd siv ntau lab nyiaj ntxiv los nrhiav kev daws teeb meem uas feem ntau qis dua. mus rau thawj." Nws luag ntxhi, ces hais ntxiv tias, "Thiab tus yuam sij rau txoj hauj lwm no yog Thawj Tswj Hwm Joseph Gardner."
    
  Orlev tau sau tseg tias "Zoo, tus tswv, nws yog Thawj Tswj Hwm ntawm Tebchaws Meskas," Orlev tau sau tseg tias txaj muag.
    
  "Kuv tsis hais txog lub chaw ua haujlwm, tab sis hais txog tus neeg nws tus kheej," Zevitin hais. "Nws yuav yog tus thawj coj ntawm cov tub rog muaj zog tshaj plaws hauv ntiaj teb, tab sis qhov nws tsis hais yog txoj hauv kev tseem ceeb tshaj plaws rau kev vam meej: tswj nws tus kheej." Nws ntsia cov kws pab tswv yim nyob ib puag ncig nws thiab pom feem ntau cov lus tsis muaj tseeb. "Ua tsaug rau koj txhua tus, ua tsaug, yog txhua yam rau hnub no," nws hais tsis txaus ntseeg, ncav cuag lwm tus luam yeeb.
    
  Tus Thawj Fwm Tsav Tebchaws Orlev thiab Tus Thawj Kav Tebchaws Txawv Tebchaws Khedrov tau tso tseg; Orlev tseem tsis tau sim qhia rau Khedrov tias nws thiab tus thawj tswj hwm raug tso cai los tham hauv ntiag tug. "Tus Tswv, kuv muaj lub tswv yim, uas kuv qhia, tias cov neeg ua haujlwm tsis meej pem los ntawm koj qhov kev xav," Orlev tau hais ncaj qha. "Ib nrab ntawm lawv pom koj muab lub hwj chim rau cov neeg Amelikas; Lwm tus xav tias koj npaj txhij los pib ua rog nrog lawv. "
    
  "Okay... Qhov ntawd yog qhov zoo," Zevitin hais tias, nqa tob tob ntawm nws cov luam yeeb, ces exhaling nrov nrov. "Yog tias kuv cov kws pab tswv yim tawm hauv kuv qhov chaw ua haujlwm twv-tshwj xeeb tshaj yog cov lus qhia tawm tsam-lawv yuav tsis muaj sijhawm los tsim cov tswv yim tawm tsam. Dhau li ntawd, yog tias lawv tsis meej pem, cov neeg Amelikas yeej yuav tsum yog ib yam nkaus. " Orlev ntsia txhawj xeeb. "Peter, peb tseem tsis tuaj yeem kov yeej cov neeg Asmeskas hauv kev tawm tsam tub rog - peb yuav ua rau lub tebchaws no puas tsuaj yog tias peb sim. Tab sis peb muaj ntau lub cib fim los tawm tsam lawv thiab ua rau lawv tsis muaj yeej. Gardner yog qhov txuas tsis muaj zog. Koj yuav tsum nrhiav kev txhaum rau nws. Txaus rau npau taws rau nws thiab nws yuav tig rov qab rau txawm tias nws cov kws pab tswv yim uas ntseeg siab tshaj plaws thiab cov neeg ncaj ncees. " Zevitin xav ib pliag, ces hais ntxiv tias: "Nws yuav tsum npau taws tam sim no. Tawm tsam peb tus neeg tua rog ... Nws yuav tsum paub tias peb npau taws npaum li cas uas lawv tau tua peb cov neeg tua hluav taws nrog cov khoom siv hluav taws xob tsawg. "
    
  "Tab sis ... tus neeg tua rog tsis raug tua," Orlev hais rau nws, "thiab tus thawj coj hais tias riam phom tsis yog riam phom nuclear, tab sis -"
    
  "Rau qhov Vajtswv pom zoo, Peter, peb yuav qhia rau cov neeg Amelikas tsis yog qhov peb paub, tab sis peb ntseeg li cas," Zevitin hais rau nws lub suab, tab sis nrog luag nyav ntawm nws lub ntsej muag. "Kuv cov lus ceeb toom hais tias lawv tau tua peb cov neeg tua rog nrog T-Ray nuclear ntaus ntawv yam tsis muaj kev ua phem. Qhov no yog ib qho kev ua tsov rog. Muab Gardner rau hauv xov tooj tam sim ntawd. "
    
  "Yuav tsum Minister Khedrov hu rau thiab-?"
    
  "Tsis yog, kuv yuav tawm tsam ncaj qha rau Gardner," Zevitin hais. Orlev tau taub hau thiab nqa lub xov tooj ntawm Zevitin lub rooj. "Qhov no tsis yog lub xov tooj zoo tib yam, Peter. Siv tus xov tooj kub. Ob lub suab thiab cov ntaub ntawv tib lub sijhawm. " Lub xov tooj kub kub ceev ntawm Washington thiab Moscow tau hloov kho tom qab xyoo 2004 tsis sib haum xeeb los muab lub suab, cov ntaub ntawv thiab kev sib txuas lus video ntawm ob lub peev, nrog rau kev sib txuas lus hauv xov tooj thiab fax, thiab tso cai rau ntau qhov sib txuas satellite, ua kom yooj yim rau cov thawj coj sib cuag. . "Tus Thawj Kav Tebchaws Khedrov, koj yuav ua ntawv tsis txaus siab nrog United Nations Security Council thiab US State Department. Thiab kuv xav kom txhua lub xov xwm tshaj tawm hauv ntiaj teb kom tshaj tawm cov lus ceeb toom tam sim ntawm qhov xwm txheej. "
    
  Orlev thawj zaug hu rau Lub Tsev Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Kev Ua Haujlwm Txawv Tebchaws, tom qab ntawd hu rau Kremlin tus neeg saib xyuas kev sib tham qhib lub xov tooj kub rau tus thawj tswj hwm. "Tus Tswv, qhov no tuaj yeem muaj qhov tshwm sim tsis zoo," Orlev ceeb toom, tos kev sib txuas. "Peb tus kws tsav dav hlau tsis xav tau pib qhov kev tawm tsam los ntawm kev qhib hluav taws rau tus neeg foob pob Asmeskas -"
    
  Zevitin tau hais tias "Tab sis tsuas yog tom qab lub foob pob tau pib nws lub foob pob hluav taws xob," Zevitin tau hais. "Lub missile no tuaj yeem mus qhov twg los tau. Cov neeg Amelikas tau pom meej tias cov neeg ua phem. Tus kws tsav dav hlau tau ua tiav tiav hauv kev tua nws cov cuaj luaj. Nws hloov tawm tias nws yog lawm, vim hais tias cov foob pob hluav taws Asmeskas raug tua ntawm Tehran nqa lub taub hau tshuaj. "
    
  "Tab sis-"
    
  Zevitin tau hais tias "Cov ntawv ceeb toom thaum ntxov yuav tsis raug, Peter," tab sis qhov ntawd tsis tau txhais hais tias peb tsis tuaj yeem tawm tsam qhov xwm txheej tam sim no. Kuv ntseeg tias Gardner yuav ua ntej thiab tom qab ntawd xyuas qhov tseeb. Tos thiab pom."
    
  Alexandra Khedrov ntsia Zevitin ntsiag to ntev; Ces: "Qhov no txhais li cas, Leonid?" Koj tsuas yog xav ua phem rau Gardner? Vim li cas? nws. Thiab tau kawg koj tsis tuaj yeem xav kom Russia txhawb nqa Iranians. Raws li kuv tau hais ua ntej lawm, lawv zoo li yuav tig rov qab rau peb tom qab lawv rov qab los ntawm lawv lub tebchaws. "
    
  "Qhov no tsis muaj dab tsi cuam tshuam nrog Iran, Alexandra, thiab txhua yam ua nrog Russia," Zevitin tau hais. "Russia yuav tsis nyob ib puag ncig thiab nyob ib leeg. Gryzlov, ntawm chav kawm, raug kev txom nyem los ntawm delusions ntawm grandeur, tab sis vim nws vwm tswv yim, Russia pib ntshai dua. Tab sis nyob rau hauv nws txoj kev ntshai los yog kev hlub tshua, lub ntiaj teb tau pib muab rau Tebchaws Meskas txhua yam nws xav tau, thiab qhov ntawd yog los ncig thiab sim ua kom Russia rov qab. Kuv yuav tsis cia qhov no tshwm sim."
    
  "Tab sis yuav ua li cas kev xa tawm ntawm cov riam phom tiv thaiv chaw ua tiav qhov no?"
    
  "Koj tsis nkag siab, Alexandra - qhov kev hem thawj ntawm kev ua tsov rog tawm tsam Asmeskas tsuas yog ntxiv dag zog rau lawv txoj kev daws teeb meem," Zevitin piav qhia. "Txawm tias tus txiv neej tsis muaj zog zoo li Gardner yuav tawm tsam yog tias nws rov qab los rau ntawm phab ntsa-tsawg kawg nws yuav tso nws tus dev junkyard McLanahan rau peb, txawm tias nws tsis txaus siab nws lub zog thiab kev txiav txim siab npaum li cas.
    
  "Tsis yog, peb yuav tsum ua kom cov neeg Amelikas lawv tus kheej ntseeg tias lawv tsis muaj zog, lawv yuav tsum koom tes thiab sib tham nrog Russia kom tsis txhob muaj kev tsov rog thiab kev puas tsuaj," Zevitin hais ntxiv. "Gardner txoj kev ntxub-thiab ntshai-ntawm McLanahan yog tus yuam sij. Txhawm rau saib zoo li tus thawj coj siab tawv uas nws tsis tuaj yeem ua tau, Kuv vam tias Gardner yuav txi nws tus thawj coj loj tshaj plaws, rhuav tshem nws cov cuab yeej cuab tam tshaj plaws, thiab tso tseg cov kev sib koom tes tseem ceeb thiab kev tiv thaiv kev cog lus, tag nrho ntawm lub thaj ntawm kev koom tes thoob ntiaj teb thiab kev thaj yeeb hauv ntiaj teb. "
    
  "Tab sis vim li cas? Vim li cas, Thawj Tswj Hwm? Vim li cas thiaj pheej ua tsov rog nrog cov neeg Amelikas zoo li ntawd?
    
  "Vim tias kuv yuav tsis zam rau Russia nyob ib puag ncig," Zevitin tau hais nrawm. "Cia li saib daim ntawv qhia damn, Minister! Txhua lub teb chaws qub Warsaw Pact yog ib tug tswv cuab ntawm North Atlantic Treaty Organization; yuav luag txhua lub tebchaws qub Soviet muaj qee yam ntawm NATO lossis Asmeskas lub hauv paus. "
    
  Zevitin tau mus teeb lwm lub luam yeeb, tab sis hauv qhov muag tsis pom kev npau taws nws cuam nws hla lub rooj. Nws tau hais tias "Peb nplua nuj dhau ntawm peb txiv txoj kev npau suav, Alexandra, thiab tseem peb tsis tuaj yeem nto qaub ncaug yog tias tsis muaj cov neeg Amelikas yws, ntsuas, ntsuas lossis cuam tshuam nws," nws hais. "Yog tias kuv sawv thiab pom qhov chaw nres tsheb tsis zoo no maj nrawm hla lub ntuj - kuv lub ntuj Lavxias! - ib zaug ntxiv, kuv yuav qw! Thiab yog tias kuv pom lwm tus tub hluas nyob rau hauv txoj kev ntawm Moscow saib TV yeeb yam hauv Asmeskas lossis mloog cov suab paj nruag Western vim nws muaj kev siv Internet dawb los ntawm Asmeskas lub koom haum Space Dominance, kuv yuav tua ib tug neeg! Txaus! Txaus! Russia yuav tsis nyob ib puag ncig, thiab peb yuav tsis raug yuam kom xa mus rau lawv qhov chaw ua si!
    
  "Kuv xav kom lub ntuj ceeb tsheej ntawm Russia kom tshem tawm ntawm American spacecraft, thiab kuv xav kom peb airwaves tshem tawm ntawm American tshaj tawm, thiab kuv tsis quav ntsej yog hais tias kuv yuav tsum pib ua tsov ua rog nyob rau hauv Iran, Turkmenistan, Europe, los yog nyob rau hauv qhov chaw. ua qhov no!"
    
    
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  Me ntsis tom qab
    
    
  "Stallion Zero-Seven tau npaj yuav ya, tus tswv," Master Sergeant Lucas qhia.
    
  Patrick McLanahan teb tias, "Ua tsaug, Tus Xib Hwb," Patrick McLanahan teb. Nws hloov pauv ntawm nws lub console, "Muaj kev nyab xeeb mus tsev, Boomer." Qhia rau kuv paub yuav ua li cas lub module tso tawm cov kev sim thiab cov txheej txheem rov ua dua tshiab ua haujlwm. "
    
  "Nws yuav ua tiav, tus tswv," Hunter Noble teb. "Nws yog qhov txawv uas koj tsis nyob ntawm lub dav hlau dav hlau."
    
  "Tam sim no koj tuaj yeem tsav nws lub sijhawm no, puas yog?"
    
  "Kuv yuav tsum tau caj npab sib tw Frenchie rau nws thiab nws nyob ze - tab sis yog, kuv yeej," Boomer hais. Nws ntes tau qhov kev ntxhov siab nyob rau hauv lub koob yees duab tom qab lub koob yees duab ntawm US Navy Lieutenant Commander Lisette "Frenchie" Moulin, tus paub txog F/A-18 Hornet combat pilot thiab NASA space shuttle commander and pilot. Tsis ntev los no nws tau tsim nyog ua tus thawj coj ntawm XR-A9 Black Stallion starship thiab yeej ib txwm nrhiav lwm txoj hauv kev los sim Bird, tab sis tsis muaj ib qho ntawm nws qhov kev sib cav ua haujlwm ntawm Boomer lub sijhawm no. Thaum Patrick ya mus thiab los ntawm qhov chaw nres tsheb - uas yog feem ntau tsis ntev los no - nws feem ntau xaiv Boomer hauv lub rooj zaum nraub qaum.
    
  Ob peb feeb tom qab, Dub Stallion tau cais tawm ntawm qhov chaw nres nkoj ntawm Armstrong qhov chaw nres tsheb, thiab Boomer ua tib zoo tswj lub nkoj kom deb ntawm qhov chaw nres tsheb. Thaum lawv nyob deb txaus, nws maneuvered mus rau hauv txoj hauj lwm mus tua lub relay, ya tus Tsov tus tw ua ntej. "Cov npe suav suav suav ua tiav, peb tab tom hloov mus rau qhov kawg tsis siv neeg suav suav tuav," nws tshaj tawm dhau ntawm intercom. "Nws yog txog rau pua mais mus txog thaum peb tsaws. Koj puas npaj txhij rau qhov no, Frenchy?"
    
  Moulin teb tias, "Kuv twb tau tshaj tawm tias kuv daim ntawv teev npe tiav lawm, Tus tauj ncov loj," Moulin teb.
    
  Boomer dov nws ob lub qhov muag hauv kev thuam thuam. "Frenchie, thaum peb mus txog tsev, peb yuav tsum tau zaum hauv ib lub bar zoo nyob rau ntawm Strip, haus cov champagne kim thiab tham txog koj tus cwj pwm - rau kuv, kev pabcuam, kev ua neej."
    
  "Tus tauj ncov loj, koj paub zoo tias kuv koom nrog, kuv tsis haus, thiab kuv hlub kuv txoj haujlwm thiab kuv lub neej," Moulin hais hauv tib lub suab nrov uas Boomer ntxub heev. "Kuv kuj tseem yuav ntxiv, yog tias koj tseem tsis tau paub txog tam sim no, tias kuv ntxub daim npav hu xov tooj no, thiab kuv tsis nyiam koj, yog li txawm tias kuv yog dawb, haus cawv, thiab koj yog tus txiv neej kawg hauv ntiaj teb. nrog rau feem ntau nrog ib tug loj dick thiab tus nplaig ntev no sab ntawm Vegas, kuv yuav tsis pom tuag nyob rau hauv ib lub bar lossis nyob qhov twg nrog koj. "
    
  "Aw, Frenchie. Siab phem".
    
  Nws hais ntxiv tias "Kuv xav tias koj yog tus thawj coj ntawm lub dav hlau zoo tshaj plaws, tus kws tshaj lij thiab tus kws tsav dav hlau uas muaj peev xwm," nws hais ntxiv, "tab sis kuv pom koj muaj kev txaj muag rau cov khaub ncaws thiab feem ntau xav tsis thoob vim li cas koj tseem nyob hauv Dreamland thiab tseem yog ib tug tswv cuab ntawm Air Force US. Kuv xav tias koj qhov kev ua haujlwm zoo li tus kws ua haujlwm zoo li cuam tshuam rau ob tog, twv txiaj yuam pov hangouts, thiab cov kwj ntawm cov poj niam nyob hauv thiab tawm ntawm koj lub neej - feem ntau sab nraum lub tuam txhab - thiab qhov tseeb, kuv txaus siab rau nws. "
    
  "Tsis txhob tuav rov qab, Commander. Qhia rau kuv tias koj xav li cas tiag. "
    
  "Tam sim no, thaum kuv tshaj tawm 'cov ntawv txheeb xyuas tiav', Tus Thawj Tub Rog, raws li koj paub, qhov no qhia tau hais tias kuv qhov chaw nres tsheb yog nyob rau hauv kev txiav txim, uas kuv tau kawm thiab xyuas txhua yam kuv ua tau ntawm koj qhov chaw nres tsheb thiab lwm lub nkoj thiab pom tias nws zoo, thiab tias kuv tau npaj txhij rau kev hloov pauv tom ntej. "
    
  "Aw. Kuv nyiam nws thaum koj hais lus naval dialect. 'Squared deb' thiab 'evolution' suab li nautical. Nws kuj yog me ntsis txawv thaum nws los ntawm ib tug poj niam. "
    
  "Koj paub, tus tauj ncov loj, kuv tau tso koj qhov kev thab plaub vim tias koj yog Tub Rog Tub Rog, thiab qhov no yog ib ceg ntawm Tub Rog Tub Rog, thiab kuv paub tias Tub Rog Tub Rog ib txwm coj cwj pwm tsis zoo nrog ib leeg, txawm tias muaj kev sib ntaus sib tua. Qhov sib txawv loj hauv qeb ntawm lawv, "Moulin sau tseg. "Koj kuj yog tus thawj coj ntawm lub nkoj, uas ua rau koj lub luag haujlwm txawm tias kuv tshaj koj. Yog li kuv yuav tsis quav ntsej koj cov lus hais txog poj niam txiv neej thaum lub sijhawm ua haujlwm no. Tab sis qhov ntawd yeej tsis hloov kuv lub tswv yim ntawm koj li ib tug neeg thiab raws li ib tug tub ceev xwm Air Force - qhov tseeb, nws lees paub nws. "
    
  "Thov txim. Kuv tsis hnov tag nrho cov no. Kuv tsis khoom muab xaum rau hauv kuv pob ntseg kom tsis txhob mloog koj. "
    
  "Peb puas tuaj yeem ua raws li txoj kev sim davhlau thiab tsuas yog ua nws, tus thawj coj, tsis muaj tag nrho cov txiv neej macho no tsis muaj tseeb?" Peb twb tau peb caug vib nas this lig los ntawm lub sijhawm pib.
    
  "Okay, ok, Frenchie," Boomer hais. "Kuv tsuas yog sim ua zoo li peb yog ib feem ntawm pab pawg thiab tsis ua haujlwm ntawm lub nkoj cais ntawm lub nkoj tub rog xyoo pua puas xyoo. Thov zam txim rau kuv sim." Nws nias lub khawm tswj ntawm nws lub davhlau tswj tuav. "Cia kuv tawm ntawm qhov no, xya Stallion. Pib powered qhovntsej thiaj tsis mob. "
    
  "Pib pib siv lub qhovntsej thiaj tsis mob, nres lub qhovntsej thiaj tsis mob ..." Thaum lub khoos phis tawj tsis tau txais daim ntawv txiav txim, nws pib: "Pib sau los ntawm orbit hauv peb, ob, ib, tam sim no." Laser Pulse Detonation Rocket System, lossis LPDRS, cov cav . pronounced "leopards," activated thiab mus txog tag nrho lub hwj chim. Los ntawm kev hlawv JP-7 dav hlau roj thiab hydrogen peroxide oxidizer nrog rau lwm yam tshuaj thiab superheated laser pulses kom muaj zog impulse, Black Stallion lub plaub LPDRS xyaw ua ob zaug lub thrust ntawm tag nrho cov cav nyob rau hauv lub Space shuttle orbiters ua ke.
    
  Raws li lub dav hlau qeeb qeeb, nws pib nqis los. Feem ntau, ntawm ib qho kev ceev, Boomer yuav kaw lub tshuab tseem ceeb thiab tom qab ntawd lub zog lub dav hlau mus rau hauv lub qhov ntswg-siab txoj hauj lwm rau pem hauv ntej davhlau thiab npaj rau "kev nkag interface," lossis thawj zaug ntsib nrog huab cua, thiab tom qab ntawd siv aerobraking-scraping. tawm ntawm lub shielded underside nrog cua - kom qeeb ua ntej tsaws. Txawm li cas los xij, lub sijhawm no lub Boomer txuas ntxiv ya tus Tsov tus tw ua ntej, nrog rau LPDRS cov cav khiav ntawm lub zog tag nrho.
    
  Feem ntau lub dav hlau tsis tuaj yeem ua qhov no ntev vim tias lawv tsis muaj roj txaus, tab sis Black Stallion spaceplane txawv: vim tias nws tau refueled thaum ya ntawm Armstrong chaw nres tsheb, nws muaj roj ntau npaum li nws yuav muaj yog tias nws tau refueled. coj tawm mus rau hauv lub orbit, uas txhais tau hais tias nws cov cav yuav khiav tau ntev dua thaum rov qab los. Txawm hais tias aerobraking yog kev lag luam ntau dua, nws muaj nws tus kheej cov kev phom sij, xws li kev sib txhuam ntawm qhov kub thiab txias uas tau sau rau hauv qab ntawm lub dav hlau, yog li cov neeg coob tau sim ntau txoj kev rov qab los.
    
  Raws li tus Dub Stallion qeeb qeeb ntxiv, lub kaum sab xis ntawm qhovntsej thiaj tsis mob siab kom txog thaum zoo li lawv tau taw qhia ncaj qha. Lub davhlau thiab lub cav tswj cov khoos phis tawj tau kho lub zog kom tswj tau qhov tsis tu ncua 3 G ntawm lub zog nres. "Kuv ntxub nug," Boomer yws yws thaum nws tawm tsam los ntawm g-force thawb nws lub cev rov qab rau hauv nws lub rooj, "tab sis koj ua li cas? nyob ntawd, Frenchie?" Tseem zoo dua?"
    
  "Ntsuab, Tus tauj ncov loj," Frenchie teb, yuam nws tus kheej ua pa los ntawm cov nqaij ntshiv ntawm nws lub caj pas kom nws cov leeg mob plab, uas ua rau cov ntshav siab hauv nws lub taub hau. "Txhua lub tshuab hauv ntsuab, chaw nres tsheb xyuas tiav."
    
  "Cov ntaub ntawv ntxaws ntxaws, ua tsaug, Monsieur Moulin," said Boomer. "Ntawm no kuv kuj zoo."
    
  Flying ntawm Mach 5, lossis tsib zaug ntawm lub suab nrawm, thiab ua ntej rov nkag mus rau hauv qhov chaw ntawm qhov siab ntawm kwv yees li rau caum mais, Boomer tau hais tias, "Npaj pib them nyiaj sib cais." Nws lub suab nrov dua tam sim no vim tias qhov no yog theem tseem ceeb ntawm txoj haujlwm.
    
  Moulin teb tias "Kuv nkag siab, qhov them nyiaj tau muab faib ... Qhov kev pab cuam tab tom ua haujlwm," Moulin teb. Lub qhov rooj cargo nyob rau sab saum toj ntawm Dub Stallion lub fuselage qhib thiab lub cav muaj zog tau thawb lub thawv BDU-58 tawm ntawm lub bay. Lub BDU-58 "Meteor" thawv tau tsim los tiv thaiv txog li plaub txhiab phaus ntawm kev thauj khoom thaum lub sijhawm huab cua qhovntsej thiaj tsis mob. Ib zaug dhau ntawm huab cua, Meteor tuaj yeem ya mus txog peb puas mais mus rau nws qhov chaw tsaws lossis jettison nws cov khoom thauj ua ntej cuam tshuam hauv av.
    
  Lub hom phiaj no tau tsim los ua kom pom tias Black Stallion spaceplanes tuaj yeem tsaws lub dav hlau ntev-ntev nrhiav pom nyob txhua qhov chaw ntawm lub ntiaj teb. Meteor yuav tshaj tawm ib lub dav hlau tsis muaj neeg saib xyuas AQ-11 Hmo ntuj Owl ntawm qhov siab ntawm kwv yees li peb caug txhiab ko taw ze ntawm Iran-Afghan ciam teb. Nyob rau lub hli tom ntej, Hmo ntuj Owl yuav saib xyuas thaj chaw siv infrared thiab millimeter nthwv dej radar rau cov paib ntawm Muslim insurgents hla ciam teb lossis Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps lossis al-Quds Force convoys smuggling riam phom lossis khoom siv los ntawm cov tebchaws nyob sib ze.
    
  Tom qab lub thawv uas muaj lub meteorite raug tshem tawm, Boomer thiab Frenchie txuas ntxiv lawv qhov chaw muaj zog. Cov huab cua ua rau lub dav hlau ya mus nrawm dua, thiab tsis ntev LPDRS cov cav tau qeeb kom tswj tau qhov siab tshaj plaws ntawm 3 G. "Hull kub nyob rau hauv ib txwm txwv," Moulin qhia. "Kuv twv yuav raug hu nyiam cov kev tswj hwm no."
    
  Boomer cuam tshuam nrog g-forces, ncav tes tawm thiab patted saum lub dashboard. "Zoo spaceship, zoo spaceship," nws cooed tenderly. "Nws nyiam cov kev sib tw hauv toj ib yam nkaus - txhua qhov kub hauv plab tsis qab ntxiag, puas yog, zib ntab? Kuv puas tau hais rau koj, Frenchie, tias Leopard cav yog kuv lub tswv yim?
    
  "Tsuas yog hais txog ib lab zaug, tus thawj coj."
    
  "Aw yeah".
    
  "Cov huab cua nyob rau saum npoo tau nce mus rau ntsuab ... Cov khoos phis tawj tau ua kom muaj kev nyab xeeb ntawm cov tshuaj tiv thaiv kab mob," Moulin tau tshaj tawm. "Lub luag haujlwm-hloov tswj qhov chaw nyob hauv hom kev sim ... Kev sim tau ua tiav thiab MAW system tau teb rau cov lus txib hauv computer." Lub MAW system, los yog Lub Hom Phiaj Hloov Kho Wing, yog cov khoom siv me me ntawm lub fuselage uas tseem ceeb hloov tag nrho lub cev ntawm lub dav hlau mus rau hauv lub tshuab nqa - khoos phis tawj zoo li daim tawv nqaij raws li xav tau los ua kom muaj zog, nce lossis nqis, muab lub dav hlau ntau dua slipperiness. los yog ceev deceleration. Txawm hais tias ya rov qab los, MAW system tso cai rau kev tswj hwm tag nrho ntawm lub dav hlau. Nrog rau kev tswj hwm huab cua, Boomer nws tus kheej tau tswj hwm ntawm Black Stallion, tig kom lawv ya mus rau pem hauv ntej zoo li lub dav hlau ib txwm muaj, tom qab ntawd manually tsav cov khoom siv tes ua los ntawm kev nruj, lub kaum sab xis ntawm kev tawm tsam kom ceev ceev thaum tswj tus nqi. ntawm qhovntsej thiaj tsis mob thiab lub cev kub yog tswj tau.
    
  Nyob rau tib lub sij hawm, nws maneuvered mus tsaws txoj hauj lwm. Qhov kev tsaws no tau cog lus tias yuav nyuaj me ntsis dua li feem ntau vim tias lawv qhov chaw tsaws yog nyob rau sab qab teb Turkey ntawm kev sib koom ua tub rog Turkish-NATO hauv lub nroog hu ua Batman. Batman AFB yog lub hauv paus ntawm Kev Sib Koom Tes Tshwj Xeeb Kev Ua Haujlwm thaum lub sijhawm xyoo 1991 Gulf War, thaum US Army Special Forces thiab Air Force pararescue troops tau ua haujlwm zais cia thoob plaws tebchaws Iraq. Tom qab tsov rog nws tau rov qab mus rau Turkish pej xeem tswj. Hauv kev sib zog ua kom muaj kev koom tes thiab txhim kho kev sib raug zoo nrog nws cov kwv tij Muslim nyob rau Middle East, Qaib ntxhw txwv NATO kev ua tub rog tawm tsam los ntawm Batman, tab sis America tau yaum cov Turks kom tso cai rau kev tshawb nrhiav thiab qee lub dav hlau tawm tsam ya los ntawm Batman mus yos hav zoov thiab rhuav tshem cov neeg tawm tsam hauv. Iran. Tam sim no nws yog ib qho tseem ceeb tshaj plaws rau pem hauv ntej huab cua puag rau Asmeskas thiab NATO rog hauv Middle East, Eastern Europe thiab Central Asia.
    
  Moulin tau tshaj tawm tias "rau caum txhiab ko taw, huab cua siab hauv thaj chaw ntsuab, npaj txhij los cuam tshuam cov tsov txaij," Moulin tau tshaj tawm. Boomer grinned - ruaj cov tsov txaij thiab hloov mus rau huab cua turbojet hom tau ua tiav, zoo li feem ntau cov haujlwm ntawm lub dav hlau, tab sis Moulin ib txwm sim twv ua ntej thaum lub khoos phis tawj yuav pib txheej txheem. Ntxim hlub, yog - tab sis feem ntau nws kuj yog Yog lawm, lub khoos phis tawj tau ceeb toom rau nws tias LPDRS cov cav raug tiv thaiv.
    
  "Koj ua tau zoo ntawm qhov no, puas yog koj, Frenchie?" Boomer tau txais.
    
  "Nws yog kuv txoj haujlwm, tus thawj coj."
    
  "Koj yuav tsis hu kuv 'Boomer,' koj puas yog?
    
  "Tsis zoo, tus thawj coj."
    
  "Koj tsis paub dab tsi koj ploj lawm, Frenchie."
    
  "Kuv yuav Ciaj sia. Npaj rov pib dua. "
    
  Ib feem ntawm nws txoj kev ntxim nyiam yog twv yuav raug hu. Tej zaum nws tau ua lag luam zoo li hauv txaj - tab sis qhov ntawd yuav tsum tau tos kom txog thaum lawv zaum hauv tandem. "Kuv tua lub cav, lub cav turbojet tuaj txog txoj sia." Tam sim no muaj cov pa oxygen txaus nyob rau hauv cov huab cua kom tsis txhob siv hydrogen peroxide los hlawv roj dav hlau, yog li Boomer rov qhib cov tabs txav tau ntawm lub cav inlets thiab pib lub cav pib ua ntu zus. Tsis ntev tom qab ntawd, cov cav turbojet tau idling thiab npaj ya. Lawv txoj kev ya davhlau tau coj lawv hla Central Europe thiab Ukraine, thiab tam sim no lawv hla Hiav Txwv Dub, mus rau sab qab teb sab hnub tuaj ntawm Turkey. Nrog rau kev ua kom lawv lub cev kub qis, cov txheej txheem ceev nrooj tso cai rau lawv kom deorbit sai dua - lawv tuaj yeem nqis los ntawm qhov siab ntawm ob puas mais mus rau qhov chaw pib hu ua "lub rooj vag siab" hauv tsawg dua ib txhiab mais, thaum lub qhovntsej thiaj tsis mob. nrog aerobraking nws yuav siv sij hawm yuav luag tsib txhiab mais.
    
  Hauv qab rau caum txhiab ko taw lawv nyob hauv Chav A zoo tswj huab cua, yog li tam sim no lawv yuav tsum ua raws li txhua yam kev tswj hwm huab cua. Lub khoos phis tawj tau nkag mus rau qhov tsim nyog zaus mus rau tus naj npawb ib lub xov tooj cua microwave: "Center of Ankara, qhov no yog Lub Xya Hli, vim kev saib xyuas, ib puas thiab nees nkaum mais qaum teb sab hnub poob ntawm Ankara, dhau lub davhlau theem tsib-plaub-xoom, thov kom ua kom lub zog ntawm peb lub dav hlau dav hlau. Peb yuav yog MARS nrog Plaub-Ib chevron. "
    
  "Tsib pab pawg, Ankara chaw, nyob sab nraud ntawm thaj chaw tiv thaiv huab cua Turkish kom txog thaum kuaj pom los ntawm radar, teeb liab ib-plaub-ib-xya ib txwm." Boomer rov nyeem tag nrho cov lus qhia.
    
  Lub sijhawm ntawd, dhau ntawm lawv lub xov tooj cua thib ob, lawv hnov: "Stallion xya, chevron plaub-Ib Ib ntawm xiav Ob."
    
  Boomer tau hais kom Frenchie mloog cov huab cua tswj zaus, tom qab ntawd hloov mus rau lub chaw nres tsheb hauv xov tooj cua: "Four-Ib qho, qhov no yog Lub Xya Hli Ntuj." Lawv sib pauv cov lus sib tw thiab cov lus teb kom paub meej tias ib leeg yog tus kheej, txawm tias lawv nyob hauv ib qho kev nkag mus. "Peb tau tawm ntawm Batman vim peb tau hnov los ntawm Ankara ATC tias lawv tsis tso cai rau ib lub dav hlau hla lawv cov huab cua tiv thaiv, txawm tias cov uas tau tsim cov phiaj xwm dav hlau. Peb tsis paub tias muaj dab tsi tshwm sim, tab sis feem ntau nws yog vim tias lub dav hlau tsis muaj npe lossis lub nkoj tau nkag rau hauv lawv lub dav hlau lossis dej, lossis qee tus neeg Kurds tau tua qee lub mortars hla ciam teb, thiab lawv tau kaw txhua yam kom txog thaum lawv txheeb nws. Peb tab tom mus txog Fishtail rendezvous point. Kuv hais kom taug kev mus rau qhov chaw ntawd, tom qab ntawd mus rau MK. "
    
  "Ua tsaug rau qhov tseem ceeb ntawm txhua yam, Plaub-Ib," Boomer tau hais tias, kev pab cuam pom tseeb hauv nws lub suab. Siv qhov kev txhim kho qhovntsej thiaj tsis mob tau ua rau lawv cov roj reserves loj heev - tam sim no lawv yuav luag tsis muaj roj, thiab thaum lub sij hawm lawv mus txog lawv qhov kev taw qhia thawj zaug ntawm Batman AFB lawv yuav nyob rau ntawm cov roj thaum muaj xwm ceev thiab yuav tsis muaj roj, ya mus. lwm qhov chaw. Lawv qhov chaw nyob ze tshaj plaws yog Mihail Cogniceanu Tshav Dav Hlau nyob ze Constanta, Romania, lossis tsuas yog "MK" luv luv, thawj US tub rog lub hauv paus tsim nyob rau hauv lub qub Warsaw Pact lub teb chaws.
    
  Thaum ob lub dav hlau txuas nrog los ntawm kev ruaj ntseg transceiver, lawv cov kev ua haujlwm ntau tau qhia lawv ib leeg qhov chaw, txoj kev lawv yuav coj mus rau qhov chaw sib tham, thiab cov ntsiab lus hloov lawv yuav tsum tau mus rau hauv txoj haujlwm. Lub Dub Stallion tau mus txog nws qhov pib nruab nrab huab cua refueling point kaum tsib feeb thaum ntxov, ntawm plaub puas pob caus thiab qhov siab ntawm peb caug txhiab taw, yog li Boomer pib ib tug series ntawm nruj lem los tso tshaj airspeed. "Kuv nyiam nws - xuas lub qhov nyob saum ntuj, ya lub dav hlau ceev tshaj plaws hauv ntiaj teb."
    
  "Ib tug hu rau xya Stallion," Boomer tau hnov txog nws lub xov tooj cua encrypted transceiver.
    
  "Nws yog Vajtswv nyob rau ntawm saib,"nws hais. "Forward, Ib."
    
  Patrick McLanahan los ntawm Armstrong chaw nres tsheb tau hais tias "Koj raug tshem tawm mus rau MK," said Patrick McLanahan. Nws saib xyuas lub dav hlau qhov kev nce qib los ntawm cov lus txib module. "Cov neeg ua haujlwm sawv cev los ua kom muaj kev nyab xeeb ntawm Black Stallion."
    
  "Puas muaj ib tus neeg hauv tsev yuav saib kuv lub xub pwg txij tam sim no?" - nws nug.
    
  "Kuv lees paub qhov no, Boomer," Patrick teb. "Ua rau nws."
    
  "Tau nkag siab."
    
  "Ib lub tswv yim yog vim li cas Ankara tsis cia leej twg nyob hauv, tus tswv?"
    
  "Qhov no yog Chivkeeb. Tseem tsis zoo, "hais hauv David Luger. "Peb tseem tab tom kuaj."
    
  Thaum kawg tus Dub Stallion tuaj yeem ua kom qeeb thiab nqis los ua txoj haujlwm zoo, tsib puas taw hauv qab thiab ib nrab mais tom qab lub tanker. "Theem xya tsim, daim ntawv teev npe tiav, koj pom, npaj," Boomer qhia.
    
  "Roger koj, Xya, qhov no yog Chevron Plaub-Ib," teb tus neeg tua phom tom qab lub tanker. "Kuv nyeem koj nrov thiab meej, ib yam li kuv."
    
  "Lub suab nrov thiab meej."
    
  "Kuv nkag siab koj. kuv pom koj thiab." Nyob rau hauv lub intercom nws hais tias, "Boom txo qis mus rau txoj hauj lwm, neeg coob," thiab nws maneuvered lub tanker rau hauv txoj hauj lwm, nws tus kheej hlau-tswj tis stabilizing nws nyob rau hauv lub ntws ntawm lub tanker loj. Ib zaug ntxiv hauv xov tooj cua: "Seven tau raug tshem tawm kom txav mus rau hauv txoj haujlwm ua ntej sib cuag, Plaub-Ib qho tau npaj lawm."
    
  "Lub xya yog nce," Boomer hais. Nws qhib lub qhov rooj zawv zawg rau sab saum toj ntawm lub fuselage tom qab lub cockpit, tom qab ntawd maj mam nqa lub dav hlau mus rau hauv txoj haujlwm ua ntej kev sib cuag: ua raws li qhov nruab nrab ntawm lub tanker, sab saum toj ntawm lub tshuab cua raws qhov chaw nruab nrab ntawm lub teeb tswj vaj huam sib luag. Lub plab loj ntawm lub Boeing 777 hloov dua siab tshiab tau ntim rau hauv lub qhov cua. "Xya nyob rau hauv txoj haujlwm ua ntej sib cuag, ruaj khov thiab npaj txhij, lub sijhawm no tsuas yog JP-7," nws hais.
    
  "Kev theej ua ntej kev sib cuag thiab npaj txhij, JP-7 nkaus xwb, tshem tawm kom nkag mus rau txoj haujlwm sib cuag, plaub-ib qho npaj tau," tus neeg teb xov tooj boom hais. Nws txuas lub nozzle thiab tig rau ntawm qhov taw qhia blinking "maneuver" - lub teeb liab txav tus txais mus rau qhov xav tau. Boomer NW nyuam qhuav yuav tsum tau txav mus los ntawm kev tswj hwm vim tias lub dav hlau yog lub teeb heev - yuav luag zoo li tsuas yog kev xav, nws ua tib zoo coj tus Dub Stallion rau pem hauv ntej thiab nce siab. Thaum lub maneuver qhov taw qhia tau ruaj khov, Boomer tuav nws txoj hauj lwm, dua li yog los ntawm kev xav ntawm lub zog, thiab tus neeg teb xov tooj boom tso lub nozzle rau hauv nws lub qhov (socket). "Kev sib cuag, plaub-ib qho."
    
  "Lub xya tau sib cuag thiab tab tom qhia kev siv roj," Boomer tau lees paub. "Kuv zoo siab heev uas tau pom koj cov tub."
    
  "Peb yog cov neeg coob ntawm Cabernet, tus tswv," hais tias tus neeg tsav nkoj nkoj.
    
  Nws siv KC-77 kaum feeb los hloov peb caug txhiab phaus roj dav hlau mus rau Dub Stallion. "Cia peb pib mus rau sab hnub poob, Plaub-Ib," Boomer hais. "Peb tab tom pib ze rau Krasnodar." Muaj ib tug loj Lavxias teb sab huab cua puag nyob rau hauv Krasnodar nyob rau sab hnub tuaj ntug dej hiav txwv ntawm Dub hiav txwv, thiab txawm hais tias lawv nyob nraum zoo sab nraum lawv los yog lwm tus neeg lub airspace, nws yog ib qhov zoo tshaj plaws tsis txhob ya mus rau hauv tej cheeb tsam yam tsis muaj ceeb toom. Nrog rau lawv cov huab cua tiv thaiv radar loj thiab ntau lub roj teeb ntawm qhov ntev-ntev-rau-huab cua cuaj luaj, Krasnodar yog ib lub hauv paus loj tshaj plaws hauv ntiaj teb, tsis muaj tsawg tshaj li peb lub dav hlau tiv thaiv huab cua tis raws li muaj, suav nrog ib qho nrog. Mikoyan's MiG-29. Gurevich "Fulcrum", suav hais tias yog ib qho ntawm cov kev cuam tshuam zoo tshaj plaws hauv ntiaj teb.
    
  Txawm tias plaub xyoos tom qab Asmeskas kev tawm tsam kev tawm tsam hauv tebchaws Russia, cov hlab ntsha thoob plaws hauv cheeb tsam tseem frayed, thiab cov neeg ua haujlwm tau txaus siab ua txhua yam kom tau txais cov neeg tua hluav taws rau hauv huab cua thiab qhib cov tshuab tiv thaiv huab cua. Hmoov zoo, tsis muaj qhov qhia txog kev tiv thaiv huab cua tom qab lawv. "Qhov zoo tshaj plaws ua yog tig sab xis."
    
  "Peb mus ncaj nraim mus rau ob-xya-xoom," tus kws tsav dav hlau tau tshaj tawm. Boomer txawj ntse banked tom qab hloov kho Boeing 777 thaum lawv pib tig mus rau sab qab teb, tswj kev sib cuag los ntawm kev tig.
    
  Lawv nyuam qhuav tawm mus rau chav kawm tshiab thaum tus neeg tua phom tanker hais tias, "Zoo, cov txiv neej, zoo li peb muaj cov qhua. Xya, koj peb teev, yog nyob ze."
    
  "Dab tsi yog qhov teeb meem, Frenchie?" Boomer nug, tsom mus nyob hauv thaj chaw refueling.
    
  "Huag shit ... nws yog Lavxias teb sab MiG-29," Moulin hais ntxhov siab, "peb teev, tsawg dua ib nrab mais, sab xis ntawm peb lub tis."
    
  "Saib seb nws puas muaj ib tug wingman," Boomer hais. "Cov Russians tsis ya solo nkoj ntau zaus."
    
  Moulin scanned saum ntuj, sim nyob twj ywm, sim saib kom deb li deb li sai tau. "Cuaj nws," nws hais ib pliag tom qab. "Thaum xya teev, kwv yees li ib mais deb." Ib qho ntawm peb teev tau txav los ze dua, ua rau nws nyiam. Hauv nws txoj haujlwm kaum tsib xyoos Navy, nws tsis tau pom MiG-29, tshwj tsis yog cov kev pabcuam hauv German, thiab tom qab ntawd tsuas yog nyob rau hauv cov duab zoo li qub, tsis nyob hauv davhlau. Nws tuaj yeem yog tus clone ntawm Navy's F-14 Tomcat tus neeg nqa khoom-raws li kev sib ntaus sib tua, nrog tis dav, lub fuselage loj thiab lub qhov ntswg loj rau nws cov hluav taws kub tswj radar. Qhov no muaj ntsuab, lub teeb xiav thiab grey camouflage camouflage, nrog ib tug loj dawb, xiav thiab liab Lavxias teb sab chij nyob rau hauv ntsug stabilizer - thiab nws muaj peev xwm kom meej meej pom ib tug ntev-ntev missile thiab ob tug luv luv-nrhiav cua-rau-air missiles dai ntawm. sab laug ib pliag. "Nws yog dais loaded, qhov tseeb," nws hais nervously. "Peb yuav ua dab tsi?"
    
  Boomer hais tias, "Kuv yuav ua kom tiav kev refueling," thiab tom qab ntawd peb yuav pib nce MK." Qhov no yog thoob ntiaj teb airspace; Tso cai pom. Cia Chiv Keeb thiab Odin nrhiav seb muaj dab tsi tshwm sim nyob ntawd. "
    
  Boomer hnov Frenchie ntawm walkie-talkie tus naj npawb thib ob tham nrog ib tus neeg, tab sis ib pliag tom qab ntawd nws nres: "Tus neeg vwm no tuaj txog ntawm peb teev," nws hais ntxhov siab.
    
  "Peb ua li cas nrog roj av?"
    
  "Peb-quarters puv."
    
  "Peb puas muaj peev nyiaj txaus kom ncav cuag MK?"
    
  "Muaj ntau".
    
  "Kuv xav muab lawv tso rau hauv rooj plaub. MiG tam sim no nyob ze npaum li cas?
    
  "Nws nyob ntawm qhov kawg ntawm peb sab xis," Frenchie hais. "Koj puas yuav dhau mus, tus thawj coj?"
    
  "Tsis muaj. Kuv qhia nws seb nws ua li cas. Tsis ntseeg nws kuj xav saib mus rau yav tom ntej. " Tab sis qhov kev ua si me tsis xaus rau ntawd. Mig-29 txuas ntxiv mus kom txog rau thaum tsis ntev Boomer hnov lub suab nrov ntawm nws lub cav thiab kev co sab nraum lub tsev. "Okay, tam sim no nws tab tom pib piss kuv. Peb ua li cas nrog roj av?
    
  "Yuav luag tag."
    
  "Tus wingman nyob qhov twg?"
    
  Moulin pib hloov hauv nws lub rooj kom tig mus rau sab laug dua ... tab sis tsis ntev tau pom tias qhov no tsis tsim nyog, vim tias qhov thib ob MiG tau kaw thiab tam sim no ncaj qha rau ntawm qhov rais sab laug ntawm lub tanker pilot lub cockpit, ze txaus rau. Cov pa pa tawm los ntawm nws lub cav thiab cov dav hlau ntawm cov dej ua rau lub tis sab laug ntawm lub tanker, NW nyuam qhuav pom thaum xub thawj, tab sis tsis ntev ntau thiab muaj zog dua li MiG tuaj txog.
    
  "Siv, qhov no yog Plaub-Ib. Nws tau dhau los ua nyuaj kom nws tswj tau. Koj hais li cas rau qhov ntawd?"
    
  "Bastard," Boomer yws. "Nws yog lub sijhawm ua kom tiav." Hauv xov tooj cua nws teb tias, "Plaub-Ib, cia peb hloov mus thiab-"
    
  Tab sis lub sijhawm ntawd, qhov thib ob MiG mus rau sab laug ntawm lub tanker lub cockpit tau tig rau tom qab lub qhov cub, nws cov pa roj tsuas yog ob peb yards los ntawm cov thawj coj ntawm lub tanker sab laug tis, raws li qhov tshwm sim ntawm lub tis thawj jerked hnyav downwards, tom qab ntawd nce mus, ua rau lub tanker sau rau sab xis. "Tawm mus, tawg, tawg!" tus neeg teb xov tooj barrier hu xov tooj cua. Boomer tam sim ntawd qeeb qeeb, nias lub suab hais kom khawm thiab hais tias, "Nres nrawm xya caum!" Lub Hom Phiaj Adaptive Wing system tam sim ntawd teeb tsa qhov siab tshaj plaws, tsim ntau txhiab tus nres tsheb nrawm thoob plaws txhua qhov chaw ntawm lub dav hlau thiab cia nws dhia dej sai sai ...
    
  ... thiab nws tsis tshwm sim sai heev, vim hais tias lub tanker pilot, tawm tsam nrog kev tswj ntawm nws lub dav hlau thiab nyob rau tib lub sij hawm nias tag nrho cov sib ntaus sib tua hwj chim thiab ib tug peb caug-degree nce kaum, thaum nws hnov lub "lift-off" teeb liab, dhau-kho thiab tam sim no furiously poob mus rau sab laug, nyob rau hauv tuav ntawm ib tug ua tiav fais fab tuag thiab nyob rau hauv lub verge ntawm ib tug tailspin. Boomer tau cog lus tias nws tab tom yuav los ntsib nrog tus neeg teb xov tooj boom thaum nws pom lub tanker tus Tsov tus tw poob qis thiab qis dua ntawm nws. "Los ntawm, Chevron, rov qab, damn nws, rov qab ...!"
    
  Lub tanker KC-77 zoo li pirouetteing thaum kawg ntawm qhov tseem txuas ntxiv refueling boom, careening sab laug thiab sab xis zoo li yog lob saum ntuj rau kev txhawb nqa, nws tis fluttering zoo li ib tug loj heev osprey nyob rau hauv nce, tsuas yog lub tanker tsis tau nce siab. , thiab tab tom npaj dov thiab tig tawm ntawm kev tswj ntawm ib qho thib ob. Tsuas yog thaum Boomer xav tias nws yuav dov rau ntawm nws nraub qaum thiab dhia mus rau hauv Hiav Txwv Dub, nws nres nws txoj kev tuag, nws sab laug sab laug thiab nws lub qhov ntswg pib nkag mus rau lub qab ntug. Raws li lub qhov ntswg ntawm lub dav hlau poob hauv qab lub qab ntug, sab xis tis maj mam, mob pib nqis los. Thaum lub tanker ploj mus los ntawm kev pom, nws yuav luag theem nrog tis, nrog nws lub qhov ntswg qis qis, tab sis sai sai rov qab nws cov huab cua ploj.
    
  "Chevron, koj puas nyob zoo?" Boomer xov tooj cua.
    
  Ob peb pliag tom qab ntawd nws hnov ib tug txiv neej siab, squeaky, hoarse hais tias, "Kuv tau nws, kuv tau nws, damn nws, kuv tau nws... Xya, qhov no yog Plaub-Ib, peb nyob zoo. Damn, damn, Kuv xav tias peb tau ua tiav rau. Peb nyob kaum ob txhiab ko taw. Peb nyob zoo. Ib lub cav hlawv tawm, tab sis tam sim no peb tab tom rov pib dua. "
    
  Boomer tau tshuaj ntsuam lub ntuj thiab pom ob lub MiG-29s txuas rau siab saum nws, mus rau sab hnub tuaj. Nws yuav luag hnov lawv luag hauv xov tooj cua ntawm qhov lawv ntshai cov neeg Amelikas. "Koj yog neeg phem!" - Nws qw rau hauv nws lub visor oxygen thiab txav lub throttles rau pem hauv ntej mus rau qhov siab tshaj plaws tom qab burner.
    
  "Noble! Koj ua dab tsi?" Moulin qw thaum nws ua tsis taus pa rov qab los tom qab lub siab dhia mus rau hauv nws lub hauv siab los ntawm overload. Tab sis tsis ntev nws tau pom tseeb tias nws ua dab tsi - nws tau ya mus rau hauv nruab nrab ntawm MiG tsim. Thaum nws tuaj yeem qw, lawv tau hla dhau ob lub MiGs, ya tsawg dua li ib puas yards saum lawv, ntawm ntau tshaj xya puas mais ib teev! "Au kuv tus Vajtswv, Noble, koj puas vwm?"
    
  Boomer tau coj tus Dub Stallion mus rau hauv qhov tob rau caum-degree nce siab thaum nws txuas ntxiv mus. Nws tau hais tias "Peb yuav pom yog tias lawv nyiam sib tw nrog lwm cov miv sab nraum zoov lossis lawv tsuas yog mus rau cov rog rog loj," nws hais. Cov lus ceeb toom ceeb toom tau nrov nrov - MiGs tseem tab tom ua haujlwm yam tsis muaj radar, uas yog vim li cas lawv thiaj li tuaj yeem nkag mus rau lawv qhov tsim tau yooj yim, tab sis tam sim no lawv muaj N-019 radar loj qhib thiab lawv tab tom nrhiav. Boomer tau tawm ntawm plaub caug txhiab ko taw, rov qab cov kev tswj hwm los tawm tsam lub zog, thiab hloov nws cov khoom siv ntau yam rau cov duab hem uas ua rau nws pom qhov zoo tshaj plaws ntawm qhov xwm txheej. "Saib qhov muag ntawm kuv cov roj thiab qhia rau kuv paub thaum peb mus ze rau bingo roj ntawm MK, Frenchy."
    
  "Stallion, qhov no yog Odin," xov tooj cua Patrick McLanahan los ntawm Armstrong chaw nres tsheb. "Peb nyuam qhuav tau txais lus ceeb toom txog qhov kev hem thawj. Koj muaj ob lub MiGs qab koj! Koj mus qhov twg?"
    
  Boomer tau hais tias, "Kuv yuav rub cov neeg no mus rau sab hnub tuaj kom deb li deb tau kom lawv nyob deb ntawm lub tanker," thiab kuv yuav qhia lawv cov lus qhia txog yuav ua li cas tuav tus maum dub thiab tshwj xeeb tshaj yog nws lub tanker."
    
  "Koj puas nkag siab qhov koj ua, Boomer?" - Patrick nug.
    
  Boomer hais tias, "Kuv vam tias cov neeg no tua kuv, General," Boomer hais tias, "Thiab tom qab ntawd kuv yuav ua kua muag rau lawv qhov muag. Muaj lus nug ntxiv, tus tswv?"
    
  Muaj ib lub sijhawm luv luv, thaum lub sijhawm Moulin paub tseeb tias tus thawj coj yuav cog lus kom txog thaum nws poob thiab hais tawm ntawm lub qab nthab ntawm cov lus txib hauv kev npau taws ntawm Noble tus hluas nkauj nyiam. Ua rau nws poob siab, nws hnov McLanahan teb: "Tsis zoo, Boomer. Cia li sim tsis txhob khawb cov xim. "
    
  "Kaum tsib feeb kom txog thaum refueling ntawm qhov ceev no thiab mus, lub dav hlau," Moulin qhia. "Ntawm no qhov quav thiab tig peb ib ncig!"
    
  "Tsib feeb ntxiv thiab peb yuav tig rov qab, Frenchie," Boomer hais tias, tom qab ntawd yws tias, "Tom qab, koj cov neeg lim hiam, tua lawm. Peb nyob ntawm koj qhov kev pom thiab peb tsis ua rau muaj kev cuam tshuam - coj nws - "
    
  Lub sijhawm no, ob lub cim "batwing" ntawm cov lus ceeb toom kev hem thawj, sawv cev rau Mig's search radars, pib flash. "Kev ceev faj, mloog, ceeb toom missile, rau teev, nees nkaum-peb mais, MiG-29K ...
    
  "Cia peb mus, Frenchy, tuav koj lub paj," Boomer hais. Nws tig lub throttles mus rau qhov siab tshaj plaws afterburner, ces hais tias: "Leopards nyob rau hauv kov."
    
  "Leopards nyob rau hauv kev sib cuag, nres cov tsov txaij ... tsov txaij qhib," lub computer teb, thiab ob tug neeg coob coob tau muab pov rov qab rau hauv lawv lub rooj zaum raws li lub pulse laser detonation system xyaw raug rho tawm haujlwm rau hauv tag nrho turbojet hom - nrog lub throttles twb khiav ntawm tag nrho cov afterburner. , tsis txhob maj nce lawv, lawv tau txais yuav luag tag nrho lub zog turbojet hauv ob peb feeb xwb. Airspeed dhia los ntawm qis dua Mach 1 mus rau 2, ces 3, ces 4 nyob rau hauv lub blink ntawm lub qhov muag. Tom qab ntawd nws pib nce toj siab, tom qab ntawd tuav lub suab tawm tswv yim kom txog thaum lawv tau mus ncaj nraim, ib qho dhau tsib caug, ces rau caum txhiab ko taw.
    
  "Missiles...tseem ... taug qab," Moulin yws tom qab yuav luag xya Gs. "Tseem...kaw..."
    
  "Kuv yuav luag ... ua tiav ... nrog cov assholes, Frenchie," Boomer yws rov qab. Nws xa rov qab lub hwj chim rau Mach 4 thiab txuas ntxiv nias lub khawm tswj kom txog thaum lawv poob. Nws dov vertically, nws lub qhov ntswg tam sim no taw rau yuav luag vertically, ces glanced ntawm qhov kev hem thawj. Raws li nws tau cia siab, ob lub MiGs tseem tau xa tawm lub zog radar, nrhiav nws - AA-12 missile, ib daim qauv ntawm American AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile, tau raug tsom siv nws tus kheej onboard. radar.
    
  "Kuv xav tias kuv mus qhov twg, txiv neej? Koj yuav pom hauv ib pliag. " Boomer tau coj Black Stallion mus rau ib qho chaw hauv qhov chaw uas nws xav tias MiGs yuav nyob hauv lub plawv dhia lossis ob - ntawm nws tus txheeb ze ceev, MiGs zoo li txav mus rau hauv qhov chaw, txawm hais tias qhov kev hem thawj pom tias lawv tau ya ntawm yuav luag ob zaug qhov nrawm dua. dua suab. Thaum nws ntes tau ib lub ntsej muag ntawm cov dots dub hauv qab nws, nws dov mus rau sab laug kom txog thaum nws ncaj nraim ntawm ob lub dav hlau Lavxias. Nws tsis tau paub tias nws puas tau suav qhov kev txav mus kom raug, tab sis tam sim no nws tau lig dhau los txhawj xeeb ...
    
  Lub blinks tau me ntsis ntau tshaj qhov pom tsis pom qhov muag plooj thaum nws ya ncaj nruab nrab ntawm lawv, ploj ntawm qhov ze tshaj plaws los ntawm tsib caug yards xwb. Thaum nws dhau los lawm, nws tau teeb tsa lub throttles kom tsis muaj zog, tua LPDRS lub cav kom txuag tau roj, siv MAW system los pab lub dav hlau theem tawm yam tsis tau tawg mus rau hauv daim - ntawm lawv qhov ceev tam sim no, lawv yuav tau mus txog Hiav Txwv Dub hauv. tsuas yog yim vib nas this tsis muaj Lub Hom Phiaj thev naus laus zis Adaptive Wing - thiab pib tig mus rau sab laug yog tias AA-12 missiles tseem tab tom taug qab ...
    
  ...tab sis nws tsis tas yuav txhawj txog cov cuaj luaj, vim ib pliag tom qab ntawd lawv pom ib lub teeb loj loj saum lawv, ces lwm qhov. Nws ncaj nraim, cia cov g-forces down, thiab scan lub ntuj. Txhua yam lawv pom tau yog ob lub huab dub saum lawv. "Payback yog ib tug bitch, txoj cai, comrades?" Boomer hais thaum nws mus rau sab hnub poob dua.
    
  Lawv yuav tsum tau nrog lub tanker dua thiab refuel vim hais tias lawv mus txog thaum muaj xwm ceev roj teeb nyob rau hauv ob peb feeb xwb nrog lub LPDRS cav khiav. Cov neeg ua haujlwm ntawm lub nkoj thauj khoom tau zoo siab, tab sis Moulin tseem nyob twj ywm thiab ua lag luam ntau dua li niaj zaus - nws tsis hais dab tsi ntau tshaj li qhov yuav tsum tau qw. "Koj puas nyob zoo, Plaub-One?" - Boomer nug.
    
  "Peb cov hniav nyiaj hniav kub yog xoob heev," tus kws tsav dav hlau hais tias, "tab sis nws zoo dua li lwm qhov. Ua tsaug, stud."
    
  "Koj tuaj yeem ua tsaug rau peb los ntawm kev muab roj me me rau peb kom peb tuaj yeem mus rau MK."
    
  "Txawm tias peb muaj roj txaus kom peb mus rau qhov chaw uas nyob ze tshaj plaws, koj tuaj yeem nqa qhov seem," tus kws tsav tsheb thauj neeg tau hais. "Thiab tsis txhob xav txog kev yuav dej haus rau lwm qhov chaw nres tsheb roj av nyob qhov twg hauv ntiaj teb - peb tsis xav tau koj cov nyiaj ntxiv lawm. Ua tsaug rau koj dua, xya Stallion. "
    
  Tsawg tshaj li ib teev tom qab, ob lub dav hlau tau sib tham thiab tsaws ntawm Constanta-Mihail Cog Galniceanu Tshav Dav Hlau hauv Romania. Lub tshav dav hlau yog kaum tsib mais ntawm Constanta thiab cuaj mais ntawm lub nroog nto moo Mamaia puam ntawm Hiav Txwv Dub, yog li nws tsis tshua muaj huab cua khov uas npog lub nroog ntug dej hiav txwv thaum lub caij ntuj no. Lub Tebchaws Asmeskas Tub Rog Tub Rog tau tsim lub dav hlau nres tsheb, hangars, thiab kev saib xyuas thiab kev ruaj ntseg chaw nyob rau sab qaum teb sab hnub tuaj ntawm lub tshav dav hlau, thiab txhim kho lub tshav dav hlau tswj ntauwd, radar thiab kev sib txuas lus, thiab lub tshav dav hlau pej xeem. Nrog rau kev ua tswv cuab hauv NATO thiab European Union, kev nqis peev los ntawm Tebchaws Meskas hauv Romania tau hloov pauv sai sai ntawm thaj chaw, yav tas los paub tsuas yog rau nws qhov chaw nres nkoj tsis khoom thiab keeb kwm, mus rau hauv kev lag luam thoob ntiaj teb, thev naus laus zis thiab kev mus ncig.
    
  Ob lub dav hlau raug coj mus rau hauv qhov chaw ruaj ntseg hauv ib lub tsheb me me ntawm Humvees armored thiab nres ua ke hauv qhov loj tshaj plaws hangar. Cov neeg ua haujlwm feem ntau tau puag thiab tuav tes thaum lub caij nplooj zeeg. Lawv sib tham txog lawv txoj haujlwm ua ke thiab tom qab ntawd sib cais, cog lus tias yuav ntsib noj hmo thiab haus dej tom qab hauv Constanţa.
    
  Kev debriefing ntawm Noble thiab Moulin tau siv sijhawm ntev dua li ntawm cov neeg ua haujlwm tanker. Nws tau siv cuaj teev tsaus ntuj los qhia rau cov neeg saib xyuas thiab saib xyuas, Patrick McLanahan ntawm Armstrong chaw nres tsheb, Dave Luger ntawm Dreamland, thiab tau txais lawv cov kev kuaj mob tom qab ya davhlau. Thaum kawg lawv raug tso tawm, lawv tau tshem tawm Romanian kev lis kev cai ntawm lub tshav dav hlau pej xeem, tom qab ntawd caij tsheb npav mus rau Best Western Savoy Hotel hauv Constanta, qhov chaw tub rog Asmeskas tau cog lus kom nyob ib ntus.
    
  Lub ntug dej hiav txwv Dub tsis nyob rau lub caij ntuj no, yog li tshwj tsis yog ob peb tus neeg tsav dav hlau los ntawm Romania, Lub Tebchaws Yelemees thiab Austria thiab ob peb tus neeg ua lag luam xav tsis thoob rau ntau tog hauv Constantinople thaum lub caij ntuj no, cov neeg Amelikas tau tawm mus rau lawv. tus kheej li. Cov neeg ua haujlwm hauv nkoj tau muaj kev lom zem thiab yuav dej haus rau txhua tus hnav tis, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog cov poj niam txawv teb chaws tuaj koom. Boomer tau npaj ib yam nkaus, tab sis ua rau nws xav tsis thoob, nws pom Lisette taug kev ntawm lub elevator mus rau nws chav. Nws rub nws tus kheej tawm ntawm kev puag ntawm ob lub dav hlau zoo nkauj ntawm cov neeg caij dav hlau, cog lus tias nws yuav rov qab los sai sai, thiab sai sai tom qab nws.
    
  Nws nyuam qhuav nyem dhau lub qhov rooj of elevator. "Hav Frenchie, koj puas yuav mus pw sai sai no? Lub party tab tom pib thiab peb tseem tsis tau noj hmo. "
    
  "Kuv swb lawm. Kuv ua tiav rau hnub no. "
    
  Nws ntsia nws nrog kev txhawj xeeb. Nws tau hais tias "Koj tsis tau hais ntau vim tias peb muaj kev sib cav me me nrog cov neeg Lavxias," nws hais. "Kuv me ntsis-"
    
  Dheev Moulin tig rau ntawm nws thiab ntaus nws ntawm lub puab tsaig nrog nws lub nrig sab xis. Nws tsis yog lub zog zoo li no, tab sis nws tseem yog lub nrig - nws ua mob rau nws, tab sis feem ntau los ntawm kev xav tsis thoob. "Hav, vim li cas koj ua li ntawd?"
    
  "Koj yog neeg ruam! Koj yog ib tug neeg ruam! - nws qw. "Vim koj, peb ob leeg tuaj yeem raug tua nyob ntawd hnub no!"
    
  Boomer rub nws lub puab tsaig, tseem saib nws nrog kev txhawj xeeb; Tom qab ntawd nws tau taub hau thiab hais tias, "Yog, kuv ua tau. Tab sis tsis muaj leej twg hustling nyob ze kuv lub tanker. " Nws luag ntxhi, ces hais ntxiv tias, "Tsis tas li ntawd xwb, koj yuav tsum lees, Frenchie, nws yog ib lub ntuj raug txim ntawm kev caij tsheb."
    
  Moulin zoo li nws yuav rov ntaus nws dua, thiab nws tau txiav txim siab cia nws ua nws yog tias nws yuav ua rau nws zoo dua ... Tab sis rau nws xav tsis thoob, nws maj nrawm rau pem hauv ntej ntawm lub elevator, qhwv nws txhais tes puag ncig nws caj dab, smothered. hnia nws, thiab nias nws mus rau nws, pinning nws tiv thaiv phab ntsa.
    
  "Koj hais yog lawm, Boomer, nws tau ua ib lub ntuj raug txim ntawm kev caij tsheb," nws ua pa. "Kuv tau ya dav hlau los ntawm cov neeg nqa dav hlau hauv ob qhov kev tsov rog thiab raug tua ntau ntau zaus, thiab kuv yeej tsis tau zoo siab li kuv niaj hnub no!"
    
  "Auj kuv tus Vajtswv, Moulin ..."
    
  "Fabkis. Hu rau kuv Frenchie, damn nws, "nws hais, ces silenced nws nrog lwm hnia. Tau ntev nws tsis cia nws ua pa.
    
  "Koj nyob ntsiag to heev ntawm txoj kev rov qab los thiab thaum lub sij hawm debriefing, kuv ntshai tias koj tau mus rau qee yam ntawm lub plhaub-shocked fugue xeev, Frenchie," Boomer hais thaum Moulin pib hnia nws caj dab. "Koj muaj kev lom zem tiag tiag los qhia koj qhov kev zoo siab."
    
  "Kuv zoo siab heev, zoo siab heev, damn horny uas kuv txaj muag los qhia nws," Moulin hais ntawm hnia, nws ob txhais tes sai sai nrhiav lawv txoj kev sab qab teb ntawm nws lub duav. "Kuv txhais tau tias, ob tus neeg tsav dav hlau tuag, tab sis kuv tau mob siab heev uas kuv xav tias kuv yuav tshwm sim hauv kuv lub dav hlau damn!"
    
  "Damn Frenchy, qhov ntawd yog ib qho txawv ntawm koj uas kuv tsis tau muaj."
    
  "Zoo, Boomer, cia li kaw," nws hais thaum lub elevator qeeb rau hauv pem teb. Thaum ntawd nws yuav luag undone nws zipper thiab nyees khawm. "Cia li coj kuv mus rau hauv kuv chav thiab fuck kuv lub hlwb tawm."
    
  "Tab sis li cas txog koj tus fiancé thiab koj-?"
    
  "Boomer, Kuv hais tias kaw lub ntuj raug txim thiab fuck kuv, thiab tsis txhob nres kom txog thaum sawv ntxov," Moulin hais thaum lub qhov rooj of the elevator qhib. "Kuv mam piav qhov no rau... hais tias... oh damn, txawm nws lub npe hu li cas, thaum sawv ntxov. Nco ntsoov, tus thawj coj, kuv tshaj koj, yog li qhov no yog kev txiav txim, tus tswv! " Nws yog qhov pom tseeb tias kev txiav txim siab zoo siab rau nws zoo li kev tsav lub dav hlau hypersonic.
    
    
  Tshooj 2
    
    
  Cov neeg nyiam lawv zoo dua thaum lawv raug tsoo los ntawm kev ua phem ntawm kev ua tsis tiav ntau dua li thaum lawv yeej.
    
  -VIRGINIA HUV
    
    
    
  ARMSTRONG SPACE STATION
  TAM SIM NO
    
    
  Lub Command Module yog lub hauv paus ntawm kev ua ub no ntawm Armstrong Chaw Nres Tsheb, thiab nws nyob ntawm no tias Patrick McLanahan tau koom nrog kev sib tham video nrog cov tswvcuab xaiv ntawm Thawj Tswj Hwm Gardner Cov Neeg Ua Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Kev Ruaj Ntseg Hauv Tebchaws: Conrad F. Carlisle, Tus Kws Pabcuam Kev Ruaj Ntseg Hauv Tebchaws rau Thawj Tswj Hwm; Gerald Vista, Tus Thawj Coj ntawm Central Intelligence, uas tseem nyob hauv nws txoj haujlwm los ntawm Martindale cov thawj coj; Marine General Taylor J. Bain, Thawj Tswj Hwm ntawm Cov Thawj Coj Ua Haujlwm; Charles A. Huffman, Tus Thawj Saib Xyuas Tub Rog Tub Rog; thiab Air Force General Bradford Cannon, tus thawj coj ntawm Asmeskas tub rog. Tswvyim hais kom ua thiab-kom txog rau thaum Congress thiab lub Pentagon ua hauj lwm tawm cov ntsiab lus-tus thawj coj ntawm tag nrho cov US chaw ua hauj lwm nyob rau hauv ua yeeb yam thiab lub luag hauj lwm rau kev cob qhia, equipping, thiab coj tag nrho cov chaw ua hauj lwm missions. Hunter Noble - me ntsis bleary-eyed los ntawm tsis muaj kev pw tsaug zog, ob qho tib si vim lub sij hawm sib txawv thiab Lisa Moulin - tau txuas nrog lub rooj sib tham hauv xov tooj ntawm satellite los ntawm cov lus txib ntawm Lub Tsev Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Tub Rog Tsis Txaus Siab.
    
  Patrick thiab Master Sergeant Valerie Lucas hovered nyob rau hauv pem hauv ntej ntawm lub widescreen high-txhais teleconference saib, Velcroed mus rau lub bulkhead ntawm cov lus txib module nrog khau ntaub. Patrick tau txiav nws cov plaub hau luv luv, tab sis Lucas 'ntev plaub hau dai xoob ntawm ob sab ntawm crossband ntawm nws lub mloog pob ntseg, ua rau nws zoo li txawv txawv wolverine. Patrick tau tshaj tawm tias "Armstrong Chaw Nres Nkoj yog online thiab ruaj ntseg, tus tswv," Patrick tshaj tawm. "Qhov no yog Lt. Gen. Patrick McLanahan, Tus Thawj Coj, Advanced Aerospace Weapons Center, Elliott Air Force Base, Nevada. Tebchaws USA nrog kuv. Tus Thawj Tub Rog Tub Rog Tub Rog Tub Rog Tub Rog Valerie Lucas, tus tub ceev xwm tsis yog tus thawj coj saib xyuas chaw nres tsheb thiab tus neeg saib xyuas lub luag haujlwm ntawm lub luag haujlwm thaum muaj kev tawm tsam hauv Tehran. Koom nrog peb ntawm satellite los ntawm Constanta, Romania, yog Air Force Capt. Hunter Noble, tus thawj coj ntawm Manned Spaceflight thiab Hypersonic Weapons Division ntawm Advanced Aerospace Weapons Center. Nws yog tus thawj coj saib xyuas kev tawm tsam ntawm Tehran thiab tus tsim ntawm SKYSTREak missile siv nyob rau hauv kev tawm tsam. Nws tau rov qab los rau lub ntiaj teb nag hmo tom qab ua tiav lub hom phiaj los tsaws lub dav hlau tshawb nrhiav nyob rau sab hnub tuaj Iran, uas peb yuav qhia koj txog yav tom ntej. "
    
  "Ua tsaug, General," said General Taylor Bain los ntawm Chav Kub, tseem hu ua "Lub Tank," Cov Thawj Coj ntawm Cov Neeg Ua Haujlwm Sib Koom Tes nyob rau hauv pem teb thib ob ntawm Pentagon. Ib yam li cov tub ceev xwm feem ntau hauv Tebchaws Meskas tom qab Holocaust, Bane tseem hluas rau plaub-lub hnub qub tubrog nkoj tubrog nkoj, nrog cov plaub hau xim av tsaus nti txiav "siab thiab nruj", npaj txhij luag ntxhi thiab sov grey ob lub qhov muag uas muaj kev ntseeg siab thiab txiav txim siab siab dawb paug. . "Zoo siab txais tos, sawv daws. Kuv xav tias koj paub txhua tus ntawm no. Koom nrog peb los ntawm Tsev Dawb yog Tus Kws Saib Xyuas Kev Ruaj Ntseg Hauv Tebchaws Conrad Carlisle, thiab Tus Thawj Coj ntawm Kev Txawj Ntse Gerald Vista tau koom nrog peb los ntawm Langley.
    
  "Ua ntej, kuv xav hais tias kuv txaus siab thiab hais ncaj ncees, ntau dua li xav tsis thoob me ntsis los tham nrog koj, General McLanahan, nyob hauv ib lub chaw uas tsuas yog ob peb xyoos dhau los tau suav tias yog qhov zoo tshaj plaws ntawm Kev Ua Tsov Rog Txias, thiab ntawm qhov phem tshaj qhov dej ntab nyiaj. "Bane txuas ntxiv. "Tab sis tam sim no peb tab tom saib txog kev cog lus ntau pua lab nyiaj daus las hauv tsib pob nyiaj siv tom ntej los tsim Lub Chaw Ua Haujlwm raws li tib yam riam phom. Kuv ntseeg tias peb tab tom pom qhov pib ntawm kev taw qhia tshiab thiab yav tom ntej rau Asmeskas tub rog. Tus Thawj Tub Rog Noble, Kuv tau qhia luv luv txog koj qhov xwm txheej nag hmo thiab thaum peb xav tham txog koj qhov kev txiav txim siab, kuv zoo siab rau txoj kev uas koj tuav koj tus kheej, koj cov neeg coob, koj cov phooj ywg airmen thiab koj lub nkoj. Kuv ntseeg tias qhov no yog lwm qhov piv txwv ntawm kev muaj peev xwm zoo tshaj plaws tau tsim, thiab txoj hauv kev yav tom ntej peb nyob rau hauv qhov zoo li tsis txaus ntseeg. Tab sis peb muaj txoj kev mus ntev ua ntej peb pib taug kev no, thiab cov xwm txheej ntawm ob peb hnub dhau los yuav yog qhov tseem ceeb.
    
  "Ua ntej, peb yuav hnov cov lus piav qhia los ntawm General McLanahan txog Armstrong chaw nres tsheb thiab nws qhov kev sim ua haujlwm tsis ntev los no, nrog rau Captain Noble qhov xwm txheej hla Hiav Txwv Dub. Peb yuav sib tham txog ob peb lwm yam teeb meem, thiab tom qab ntawd kuv cov neeg ua haujlwm yuav npaj peb cov lus pom zoo rau Lub Tsev Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Kev Tiv Thaiv thiab Kev Ruaj Ntseg Hauv Lub Tebchaws. Kuv paub tseeb tias qhov no yuav yog kev sib ntaus sib tua ntev ntev, ob qho tib si hauv Pentagon thiab ntawm Capitol Hill. Tab sis tsis muaj teeb meem dab tsi los tom ntej, Patrick, Kuv xav hais tias 'ua haujlwm tau zoo' rau koj thiab koj cov phooj ywg pilots - lossis kuv yuav tsum hais cov phooj ywg 'astronauts'. Thov txuas ntxiv ".
    
  "Muaj, tus tswv," Patrick pib. "Rau sawv cev ntawm txhua tus neeg nyob hauv Chaw Chaw Chaw Chaw Armstrong thiab peb cov neeg txhawb nqa ntawm Battle Mountain Air Force Reserve Base, Elliott Air Force Base thiab Peterson Air Force Base hauv Colorado, ua tsaug rau koj cov lus zoo thiab kev txhawb nqa txuas ntxiv mus."
    
  Patrick nias lub pob uas nthuav tawm cov duab thiab cov duab kos nyob rau hauv ib lub qhov rais sib cais rau cov neeg tuaj saib hauv lub rooj sib tham video thaum nws hais ntxiv: "Ua ntej, kev saib xyuas sai: Armstrong chaw nres tsheb tau tsim nyob rau xyoo 1980s thiab thaum ntxov 1990s. Nws yog ib tug tub rog version ntawm NASA qhov chaw me me Skylab chaw nres tsheb, ua los ntawm cov siv roj tso tsheb hlau luam ntawm Saturn I thiab Saturn IV foob pob hluav taws, koom ua ke ntawm lub hauv paus fin qauv. Plaub lub tso tsheb hlau luam, txhua tus muaj ntau tshaj li peb caug txhiab cubic feet ntawm qhov chaw dawb hauv, tsim qhov tseem ceeb ntawm qhov chaw nres tsheb. Ntau xyoo dhau los, lwm cov qauv tau txuas nrog rau qhov fin rau kev ua haujlwm tshwj xeeb lossis kev sim, nrog rau cov hnub ci loj dua los ua kom lub zog tsim hluav taws xob rau qhov chaw nres tsheb nthuav dav. Peb tuaj yeem tso tau txog li nees nkaum tsib tus neeg caij dav hlau nyob ntawm qhov chaw rau ib hlis yam tsis muaj kev txhawb nqa ntxiv.
    
  "Lub chaw nres tsheb muaj ntau lub tshuab ua tub rog hauv Teb Chaws Asmeskas, suav nrog thawj qhov chaw-raws li ultra-high-resolution radar, advanced chaw-raws li lub ntiaj teb no infrared sensors, advanced chaw-raws li ntiaj teb no kev sib txuas lus thiab high-ceev computer networks, thiab thawj qhov chaw-based. laser missile tiv thaiv system, codenamed 'Skybolt', tsim los tua cov intercontinental ballistic missiles los ntawm qhov chaw. Lub chaw nres tsheb qhov chaw nyob hauv radar yog ib qho kev sib tw radar uas tshawb xyuas tag nrho lub ntiaj teb ib hnub thiab tuaj yeem ntes thiab txheeb xyuas cov khoom loj ntawm lub maus taus, txawm tias hauv av lossis hauv qab dej.
    
  "Qhov kev puas tsuaj ntawm peb cov lus txib thiab kev tswj hwm lub tswv yim thiab cov chaw tiv thaiv cuaj luaj los ntawm kev tawm tsam huab cua los ntawm Lavxias Federation hauv Tebchaws Meskas qhia txog qhov xav tau rau lub hauv paus kev ua haujlwm zoo thiab niaj hnub los ua ntau yam kev tiv thaiv tseem ceeb, thiab Armstrong Chaw Nres Tsheb yog qhov chaw zoo li no, "Patrick txuas ntxiv. "Lub chaw nres tsheb tam sim no yog lub hauv paus sau cov ntaub ntawv thiab kev tshaj tawm rau lub network ntawm high- thiab qis-Earth orbit satellites txuas ua ke rau hauv lub ntiaj teb kev txawj ntse thiab kev sib txuas lus uas txuas ntxiv xa cov ntaub ntawv ntau yam rau cov tub rog thiab tsoomfwv cov neeg siv thoob ntiaj teb hauv sijhawm tiag. Lub chaw nres tsheb thiab nws cov kev txhawb nqa kev tshawb nrhiav satellites tuaj yeem taug qab thiab txheeb xyuas lub hom phiaj ntawm qhov chaw, saum ntuj, saum lossis hauv qab dej, hauv av lossis hauv qhov chaw, thiab nws tuaj yeem coj tus neeg saib xyuas thiab tsis muaj neeg tiv thaiv tawm tsam lawv, zoo ib yam li qhov chaw sib ntaus sib tua ntau yam. qhov system.
    
  Patrick hais ntxiv tias "Lub tshuab ua haujlwm siab tshaj nyob hauv Armstrong chaw nres tsheb muab nws nrog lwm lub peev xwm tseem ceeb uas ua tiav nws txoj haujlwm tseem ceeb ntawm tub rog," Patrick hais ntxiv. "Thaum muaj kev ua tsov ua rog lossis kev puas tsuaj ntuj tsim, lub chaw nres tsheb tuaj yeem ua lwm lub chaw ua tub rog hauv tebchaws, zoo ib yam li Air Force E-4B lossis Navy E-6B Mercury cov lus txib hauv huab cua, thiab tuaj yeem sib txuas lus nrog cov foob pob hluav taws xob submarines txawm tias nyob hauv. dhia dej tob. Nws tuaj yeem txuas rau xov tooj cua thiab TV thiab Is Taws Nem thoob ntiaj teb los tshaj tawm cov ntaub ntawv rau pej xeem; ua lub chaw tswj hwm thoob tebchaws rau huab cua, dej hiav txwv lossis av; los yog ua ib lub chaw sib koom tes hauv nruab nrab rau Tsoom Fwv Teb Chaws Kev Tswj Xyuas Kev Kub Ntxhov. Lub chaw nres tsheb txhawb nqa International Chaw Chaw Nres Nkoj, ua qhov chaw cawm thiab kho qhov chaw, txhawb nqa ntau yam kev tshawb fawb thiab kev kawm txuj ci thiab, kuv ntseeg tias, yog kev tshoov siab rau cov tub ntxhais hluas thoob plaws ntiaj teb kom paub txog qhov chaw.
    
  "Lub Armstrong chaw nres tsheb tam sim no muaj kaum ob lub tshuab ua haujlwm, cov kws tshaj lij thiab cov tub ceev xwm, uas tau teeb tsa zoo ib yam li pab pawg sib ntaus sib tua nyob rau hauv cov lus txib hauv huab cua lossis cov neeg ua haujlwm sensor hauv lub dav hlau radar. Cov neeg ua haujlwm ntxiv tau raug coj los rau hauv lub nkoj raws li xav tau rau cov haujlwm tshwj xeeb - chaw nres tsheb muaj kev pabcuam rau kaum ob tus neeg ua haujlwm ntau thiab tuaj yeem nthuav dav sai thiab yooj yim nrog cov qauv ntxiv xa los ntawm lub shuttle, SR-79 Black Stallion, Orion crew lossis remotely manned launch tsheb - "
    
  "Thov zam txim rau kuv, General," Tus Kws Saib Xyuas Kev Ruaj Ntseg Hauv Tebchaws Carlisle cuam tshuam, "tab sis nws muaj peev xwm xa cov qauv ntxiv mus rau qhov chaw nres tsheb los ntawm lub dav hlau los yog tsav tsheb nyob deb li cas?"
    
  Patrick teb hais tias "Txoj kev ceev tshaj plaws thiab yooj yim tshaj yog siv cov tshuab pa, Mr. Carlisle," Patrick teb.
    
  "Inflatable? Koj txhais tau tias tsis nyuaj zoo li lub zais pa?"
    
  "Zoo li lub zais pa cua kub, tsuas yog lub zais pa cua kub siab heev. Cov thev naus laus zis yog ua raws li NASA's 'Transhab' kev sim ib xyoo caum dhau los, uas tau npaj cov qauv ua kom muaj zog rau International Chaw Chaw Nres Tsheb. Cov phab ntsa ntawm peb cov qauv feem ntau yog ua los ntawm cov khoom siv hluav taws xob uas hloov tau yooj yim, zoo li cov ntaub, kom txog rau thaum tam sim no siv thiab ntaus, thaum nws hardens rau hauv cov khoom uas tiv thaiv kev cuam tshuam ib txhiab zaus zoo dua li cov hlau los yog Kevlar; cov ntaub ntawv no tau txhawb nqa los ntawm lwm cov ntaub ntawv tsis-electroreactive uas tseem muaj zog ntau dua li cov hlau lossis Kevlar. Inflatable structures muab txaus los nqus lub zog los ntawm kev cuam tshuam yam tsis muaj kev puas tsuaj - koj tsis tuaj yeem tawg los ntawm cov phab ntsa ntawm cov khoom no.
    
  "Cov khoom siv yog lub teeb yuag thiab yooj yim rau ntim rau kev tso tawm, tom qab ntawd yooj yim thiab nrawm nrawm nrawm hauv ob peb teev. Peb twb tau teeb tsa me me inflatable modules ntawm spaceplanes thiab Orion, thiab cov cuab yeej siv tau zoo. Peb tseem tsis tau nqa lub module nrog cov neeg coob coob, tab sis nws yog nyob rau hauv txoj kev loj hlob. Cov chaw nres tsheb yav tom ntej thiab tej zaum txawm tias qhov chaw nyob ntawm lub hli lossis Mars yuav zoo li ua kom muaj zog. " Carlisle tsis tau saib tag nrho cov ntseeg, ib yam li ob peb ntawm lwm tus neeg koom, tab sis nws tsis ua lwm yam lus.
    
  Patrick nqa ib khob dej los ntawm ib lub raj mis velcroed mus rau lub bulkhead thiab xav tsis thoob thaum pom ib txoj kab ntawm hws tawm hws ntawm nws daim di ncauj. Muaj pes tsawg cov lus luv luv, nws xav paub, nws puas tau muab ntau tshaj li ob xyoos ntawm kev ua tub rog? Tsis yog ib tug, nws ceeb toom nws tus kheej wryly, los ntawm qhov chaw ua ntej! Kev qhia luv luv plaub lub hnub qub yog qhov txaus ntshai txaus, tab sis ua nws thaum ya ntawm tshaj kaum xya txhiab mais hauv ib teev thiab tshaj li ob puas mais saum ntiaj teb ua rau nws nyuaj dua.
    
  Patrick hais ntxiv tias "Armstrong Chaw Chaw Chaw Nres Nkoj yog qhov kev qhia kawg ntawm kev siv lub hauv paus siab thiab, kuv ntseeg, yog lub hauv paus rau Asmeskas lub hom phiaj ntawm kev tswj hwm kev nkag mus thiab tswj qhov chaw," Patrick txuas ntxiv. "Qhov no thiab Black Stallion spaceplanes tsim lub hauv paus ntawm qhov kuv hu US Space Defense Command, ib qho kev sib koom ua ke kev pabcuam uas tswj hwm txhua qhov chaw tawm tsam thiab tiv thaiv lub peev xwm thiab txhawb nqa kev ua yeeb yam hauv av nrog kev ntseeg siab, kev sib txuas lus ceev, tshawb nrhiav, tua. thiab kev thauj mus los ntawm qhov chaw.. Peb lub luag haujlwm yuav yog - "
    
  "Qhov no yog qhov nthuav heev, General McLanahan," Tus Kws Saib Xyuas Kev Ruaj Ntseg Hauv Tebchaws Carlisle tau hais tawm nrog kev hais lus tsis txaus ntseeg thiab tsis txaus ntseeg ntawm nws lub ntsej muag, "thiab zoo li nthuav tawm lub tswv yim yog thaum koj thawj zaug tau tshaj tawm xyoo tas los, lub koom haum zoo li no tseem yog ib lub tswv yim zoo. txoj kev ntev los ntawm kev tsim. " xyoo - peb tsis muaj sijhawm los coj rov qab Buck Rogers tam sim no. Peb puas tuaj yeem txav mus los tham txog kev ua haujlwm hauv Iran, General Bane?
    
  "Yog lawm, Mr. Councilor. General McLanahan?"
    
  "Yog lawm, tus tswv," Patrick hais tias yam tsis muaj kev qhia - nws tau siv los tsis mloog, cuam tshuam thiab tsis quav ntsej thaum twg nws qhia nws lub tswv yim txog US Space Defense Command. "Nrog rau tag nrho cov chaw nres tsheb no lwm cov peev txheej thev naus laus zis, kuv cov neeg ua haujlwm tsis ntev los no tau ntxiv ib qho ntxiv: lub peev xwm los tswj cov dav hlau tactical piloted remotely thiab lawv cov riam phom los ntawm qhov chaw. Peb tau pom lub peev xwm los tswj tus tsis muaj neeg tsav tsheb EB-1C Vampire supersonic foob pob tawg tag los ntawm qhov chaw nres tsheb hauv txhua theem ntawm kev ya davhlau, suav nrog ntau qhov nruab nrab huab cua refuelings thiab xa mus ntawm hypersonic precision riam phom, nyob rau hauv lub sij hawm thiab nrog tag nrho cov txiv neej-hauv-the- voj tswj. Peb cov kev sib txuas lus thiab kev sib txuas lus muaj peev xwm ua tau zoo thiab nthuav dav thiab nthuav dav, thiab kuv xav txog lub peev xwm los tswj tag nrho cov huab cua ntawm qhov muaj peev xwm ntau pua ntawm kev sib ntaus sib tua tsis muaj neeg tsav dav hlau, los ntawm me me micro-reconnaissance drones mus rau loj cruise missile tractors, ncaj nraim ntawm Armstrong - ruaj ntseg thiab xyaum ua tsis tau. "
    
  Patrick txuas nws cov ntawv luv luv rau lub taub hau. Nws tau hais tias "Kuv vam tias koj txhua tus tau txais kuv daim ntawv qhia txog kev siv XAGM-279 SkySTREAK hypersonic precision-guided cruise missile hauv Tehran," nws hais. "Qhov kev tawm tsam tau ua tiav tiav. Qhov kev sim ua haujlwm tau raug tso tseg vim tsis txhob txwm ua thiab tsis muaj hmoo poob los ntawm kev tawg ntawm ib qho kev xav tias muaj riam phom riam phom ntawm lub hom phiaj missile. Qhov kev poob yog tshwm sim los ntawm kev npaj txhij txog detonation ntawm cov tshuaj riam phom warhead ntawm kev tawm tsam cov foob pob hluav taws, tsis yog los ntawm SKYSTREak missile, thiab yog li ntawd ...
    
  "Thiab raws li kuv tau hais hauv kuv cov lus rau McLanahan tsab ntawv ceeb toom," chimed hauv Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Huffman, "Kuv ntseeg tias SKYSTREAKE yog ib qho riam phom tsis tsim nyog rau kev siv thiab tuaj yeem cuam tshuam rau peb cov kev siv zog los txo qhov tsis sib haum xeeb hauv Iran thiab ua tiav kev daws teeb meem los ntawm kev sib tham ntawm cov neeg sib ntaus sib tua. Iran yog qhov tsis ncaj ncees lawm los sim cov riam phom no, thiab nws zoo li kuv tias General McLanahan tsis lees paub nws cov lus pom zoo thiab riam phom muaj peev xwm cuam tshuam rau nws lub cev. Kev tua lub Skystreak ntawm nws qhov txwv tsis pub muaj nyob hauv Nevada yuav tsis muaj qhov zoo tshaj plaws ntawm kev ntaus lub Rebel pickup tsheb. Hmoov tsis zoo, nws cov yeeb yam khawv koob ua rau muaj kev tuag ntawm ntau tus neeg dawb huv, suav nrog cov poj niam thiab menyuam yaus, los ntawm cov pa tshuaj lom. "
    
  Thawj Tswj Hwm ntawm Pawg Thawj Coj ntawm Cov Neeg Ua Haujlwm Bane tau tuav nws lub taub hau, tom qab ntawd ntsia ncaj nraim ntawm lub koob yees duab sablaj video. "General McLanahan?" Nws lub ntsej muag furrowed thaum nws saib Patrick daim duab ntawm lub rooj sib tham video: Patrick tau noj lwm qhov ntev ntev los ntawm lub raj mis nyem thiab zoo li muaj qee qhov teeb meem ntawm lub raj mis mus rau lub taub hau. "Koj puas yuav thab teb?"
    
  Patrick nodded, nqa nws txhais tes mus rau nws lub qhov ncauj mus ntes ib tug stray poob dej. "Thov txim, sir. Txawm tias tej hauj lwm yooj yim xws li haus dej yuav tsum muaj me ntsis ntxiv concentration ntawm no. Yuav luag txhua yam yuav tsum tau siv zog rau siab. "
    
  "Muaj nws, Patrick. Kuv tau caij Vomit Comet ob peb zaug, yog li kuv paub tias pes tsawg lub ntiajteb txawj nqus tuaj yeem ua rau tib neeg, tab sis nws tsis muaj dab tsi zoo li kev ua neej nyob ntawd 24/7. " Lub Vomit Comet yog qhov hloov kho C-135 lub dav hlau thauj khoom uas ya mus rau ntawm cov menyuam coaster zoo li txoj kev, tso cai rau cov neeg caij tsheb ntsib ob peb vib nas this ntawm qhov hnyav thaum lub sijhawm nws qhov chaw siab. "Puas muaj lus hais txog General Huffman daim ntawv qhia?"
    
  Patrick hais tias, "Kuv tsis xav tias nws yog qhov tsim nyog rau kuv los teb nrog qhov tsis zoo, tus tswv," tab sis kom meej meej: General Huffman qhov kev tshuaj xyuas tsis yog lawm. Kuv tau sib sau ua ke ib qho kev sim ua haujlwm ntawm SkySTREAK raws nraim li tau piav qhia hauv General Air Mission Order: qhov tseeb huab cua tawm tsam los txhawb Persian kev tawm tsam kev tawm tsam nrog kev poob qis lossis kev puas tsuaj. Peb tsis tau deviated ib iota los ntawm ATO kab.
    
  "Kuv kuj xav ua ob peb lwm cov ntsiab lus, yog tias kuv ua tau, tus tswv." Nws tsis tau tos kom muaj kev tso cai txuas ntxiv mus ntxiv: "SKYSTRICK tau txais kev pom zoo los ntawm tus thawj coj ua haujlwm hauv lub hauv paus, nrog rau yim lwm lub luag haujlwm thiab cov koom haum uas ua haujlwm hla Tehran thiab lwm lub nroog dawb Persia. Txog tam sim no, SKYSTREEK tau yog tib lub koom haum kom ua tiav kev koom tes nrog cov neeg tawm tsam, txawm hais tias tag nrho lwm lub koom haum tau nkag mus rau Ntiaj Teb Hawk sensor duab, Armstrong Chaw Chaw Chaw Nres Tsheb automated surveillance system, thiab txawm tias SKYSTREEK's downlinks. . Hauv luv luv, tus tswv, SKYSTRICK ua haujlwm. "
    
  "Yuav ua li cas rau pej xeem casualties?"
    
  "Qhov tshwm sim ntawm ib tug neeg ntxeev siab warhead detonating, tus tswv - nws tsis yog tshwm sim los ntawm kev tawg nyob rau hauv lub ntuj."
    
  "Nws yog tshwm sim los ntawm koj missile, McLanahan," Huffman cuam tshuam. "Koj tau raug qhia txog qhov muaj peev xwm ntawm kev siv riam phom ntawm kev puas tsuaj loj hauv Tehran thiab tau raug qhia kom tsis txhob ua li ntawd thiab thov kev tsom xam lub hom phiaj siab ua ntej koom nrog kev sib ntaus sib tua. Koj ua tsis tau li ntawd, ua rau cov neeg raug tsim txom tsis tsim nyog. "
    
  "Nws yog kuv txoj kev nkag siab, tus tswv, uas peb txwv cov neeg raug tsim txom los ntawm kev rhuav tshem Raad missile ua ntej cov neeg tawm tsam muaj lub sijhawm los tua nws."
    
  "Ua li ntawd, McLanahan, koj tsis ua raws li kuv cov lus qhia," Huffman hais. "Technology tsis muaj dab tsi ua nrog nws. Tab sis vim koj qhov kev txiav txim yuam kev, tag nrho cov kev pab cuam yuav raug txiav. "
    
  "Kuv tseem tsis tau npaj kaw ib yam dab tsi tseem, Charlie," General Bane tau hais. "Kuv cov neeg ua haujlwm thiab kuv tau tshuaj xyuas daim ntawv tshaj tawm los ntawm General McLanahan thiab koj cov lus teb, nrog rau kev saib xyuas tshwj xeeb rau qhov teeb meem ntawm kev puas tsuaj rau pej xeem. Kuv lub koom haum txawj ntse tau tshuaj xyuas tag nrho Ntiaj teb no Hawk soj ntsuam footage thiab chaw nres tsheb qhov chaw tus kheej sensor network. Qhov kev pom zoo dav dav yog tias nws yuav muaj peev xwm txiav txim siab qhov tseeb tias lub foob pob hluav taws tau muaj lub taub hau tshuaj lom neeg tiag tiag, thiab cov neeg nyob ze tsis raug txim yuav muaj kev pheej hmoo yog tias foob pob hluav taws raug ntaus thiab lub taub hau foob pob tawg thiab qhib. " Huffman luag nyav thiab nodded confidently ...
    
  ... kom txog thaum Bain ntsia ntawm Tus Thawj Tub Rog Tub Rog Tub Rog, tsa nws txhais tes thiab hais ntxiv: "... yog tias General McLanahan muaj sijhawm los kawm cov duab tseem ceeb ntawm qhov tsawg kawg cuaj caum vib nas this thaum zaum ntawm nws lub rooj ntawm Air Force bases Langley, Beal, lossis Lackland, es tsis txhob ya thoob ntiaj teb lub ntiaj teb ntawm kaum xya txhiab tsib puas mais ntawm ib teev, lossis yog tias nws tau siv sijhawm los tham nrog cov kws tshuaj ntsuam xyuas hauv av; thiab tshwj tsis yog nws yog peb lub hnub qub dav dav thiab Air Force tactical tub ceev xwm thiab cov kws tshaj lij riam phom huab cua, nws tsis xav kom txiav txim siab li no. Txawm li cas los xij, yog tias nws tau siv sijhawm los nug lossis txiav txim siab tsis tawm tsam, peb ntseeg tias kev ploj tuag yuav muaj ntau dua yog tias lub foob pob tawg tau tawg nws cov khoom hnyav raws li tau npaj tseg.
    
  "Kev tuag ntawm pej xeem yog kev tu siab thiab ib yam dab tsi uas peb xav kom zam txhua tus nqi, tab sis qhov no peb ntseeg tias General McLanahan tau txiav txim siab raug raws li nws txoj cai ntawm kev koom tes thiab tsis muaj lub luag haujlwm rau kev ploj tuag. Yog li ntawd, lub hauv paus ntsiab lus ntawm lub hauv paus ntsiab lus yuav tsis hu ib tug commission ntawm kev nug rau qhov teeb meem tshwj tsis yog tias muaj lwm yam pov thawj qhia thiab yuav tsis txiav txim siab qhov teeb meem. General McLanahan tuaj yeem txuas ntxiv nws txoj kev taug kev hla Iran raws li tau hais tseg thiab raws li tau npaj tseg, nrog rau kev saib xyuas ntxiv ntxiv rov qab rau hauv pob, thiab Cov Neeg Ua Haujlwm Pabcuam tau pom zoo kom National Command tso cai rau nws ua li ntawd.
    
  "Ntawm tus kheej, kuv xav ua tsaug rau General McLanahan thiab nws cov neeg ua haujlwm rau txoj haujlwm ua tau zoo," Bain ntxiv. "Kuv tsis paub tias qhov nyuaj ntawm kev ua haujlwm thiab nyob hauv qhov chaw yuav zoo li cas, tab sis kuv xav tias qhov kev ntxhov siab yuav loj heev thiab kev ua haujlwm nyuaj, hais qhov tsawg tshaj plaws. Koj thiab koj cov neeg tau ua txoj haujlwm zoo thaum muaj xwm txheej nyuaj. "
    
  "Ua tsaug, sir."
    
  "Qhov no xaus kuv ib feem ntawm lub rooj sib tham video. Carlisle, muaj lus nug lossis lus nug? Patrick ntsia daim duab ntawm National Security Advisor, tab sis nws tsis khoom tham hauv xov tooj. "Zoo, nws zoo li Mr. Carlisle twb tsis khoom nrog lwm yam, yog li peb yuav tawm mus. Ua tsaug, sawv daws-"
    
  "Tos ib pliag, General Bane," Conrad Carlyle cuam tshuam. "Tau npaj." Carlisle tau txav nws lub rooj zaum mus rau sab, lub koob yees duab tig rov qab, nthuav dav qhov pom mus rau peb lub rooj sib tham hauv Tsev Dawb lub rooj sib tham ... thiab ib pliag tom qab, Thawj Tswj Hwm ntawm Tebchaws Meskas Joseph Gardner tau coj nws qhov chaw nyob ib sab ntawm Carlisle, nrog rau Dawb. Tus Thawj Saib Xyuas Tsev Neeg Walter Cordus, siab tab sis tus txiv neej nyias nyias uas zoo li tsis tu ncua.
    
  Joseph Gardner nyiam lub koob yees duab-txhua lub koob yees duab, txawm tias pheej yig dua rau kev sib tham video. Cov plaub hau tsaus nti, nyias, lub puab tsaig, lub puab tsaig, nws muaj qhov txawv txav, yuav luag tsis meej pem uas tawm tsam kev sim los ntawm leej twg los faib nws los ntawm haiv neeg - thaum tib lub sijhawm nws ntsia Italian, Iberian, dub Irish, Latino, txawm tias puag ncig-eyed. Neeg Esxias - thiab yog vim li cas lawv txhua tus nyiam nws. Nws exuded enormous self-kev ntseeg los ntawm txhua lub qhov hws, thiab nws tsaus ntsuab ob lub qhov muag zoo li radiate lub hwj chim zoo li laser beams. Tsuas yog ob peb xyoos rau hauv nws ob nqe lus hauv Teb Chaws Asmeskas Senate, txhua leej txhua tus paub nws yog destined rau tej yam loj thiab zoo dua.
    
  Raws li ib tug neeg nyob hauv Florida thiab los ntawm ib txoj kab ntev ntawm Navy cov qub tub rog, Gardner yeej ib txwm yog tus txhawb nqa loj ntawm Navy muaj zog. Kev xaiv tsa los ntawm Thawj Tswj Hwm Kevin Martindale los ua Tus Tuav Ntaub Ntawv ntawm Navy hauv nws thawj lub sijhawm, Gardner tsis tu ncua thawb rau kev nthuav dav ntawm Navy, tsis yog hauv nws cov kev ua dej hiav txwv ib txwm muaj, tab sis kuj muaj ntau yam tsis yog ib txwm ua, xws li nuclear. kev sib ntaus sib tua, chaw, tactical aviation thiab missile tiv thaiv. Nws tau sib cav tias ib yam li Tub Rog yog qhov kev pabcuam tseem ceeb ntawm Asmeskas cov tub rog hauv av thiab Marine Corps cov kev pabcuam txhawb nqa, Navy yuav tsum yog tus thawj coj hauv kev ua tsov rog hauv hiav txwv thiab lub zog huab cua, thiab Air Force pab txhawb nqa. Nws qhov kev xav tsis zoo "sab nraum lub thawv" tau ua rau muaj kev tsis ntseeg ntau, tab sis txawm li cas los xij tau nyiam ntau yam thiab kev txhawb nqa zoo los ntawm Congress thiab cov neeg Asmeskas ...
    
  ... Txawm tias ua ntej qhov kev puas tsuaj tag nrho ntawm Asmeskas Holocaust, nyob rau hauv uas cov neeg tawg rog Lavxias teb sab ntev nrog cov foob pob hluav taws nuclear tau rhuav tshem tag nrho tab sis ib tug puv tes ntawm American intercontinental ballistic missiles thiab nuclear-muaj peev xwm ntev-ntau txoj kev foob pob. Tsuas yog ob peb teev, US Navy dheev dhau los ua qhov kev pabcuam nkaus xwb uas muaj peev xwm los tsim cov tub rog Asmeskas lub zog thoob ntiaj teb, thiab tib lub sijhawm, tsuas yog tus saib xyuas ib leeg ntawm Asmeskas nuclear kev cuam tshuam, uas tau suav tias yog qhov tseem ceeb heev rau kev ciaj sia. Tebchaws Meskas nyob rau hauv nws lub xeev tsis muaj zog.
    
  Joseph Gardner, "tus kws tshaj lij tub rog Asmeskas ntawm nees nkaum xyoo pua," tam sim ntawd suav hais tias yog lub zeem muag tiag tiag thiab tus cawm seej ntawm lub tebchaws. Thaum lub sijhawm Martindale lub sijhawm thib ob, Gardner tau raug xaiv tsa thiab tau lees paub tias yog Tus Tuav Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Kev Tiv Thaiv, thiab nws tau txais kev lees paub dav dav raws li tus Lwm Thawj Coj thiab Tus Kws Pabcuam Kev Ruaj Ntseg Hauv Tebchaws tau dov rau hauv ib qho. Nws cov koob meej tau nce siab, thiab ob peb lub ntiaj teb tsis ntseeg tias nws yuav dhau los ua Thawj Tswj Hwm Tebchaws Meskas.
    
  "Nyob zoo, cov txiv neej," Gardner hais tias, tso nws tus kheej nyob rau hauv tib yam ntawm lub koob yees duab sablaj video. "Xav tias kuv yuav saib koj qhov kev sib tham me me ntawm no."
    
  "Zoo siab txais tos, Mr. Thawj Tswj Hwm," said Thawj Tswj Hwm ntawm Pawg Thawj Coj ntawm Cov Neeg Ua Haujlwm Taylor Bain. Nws tau ceeb heev los ntawm qhov kev xav tsis thoob hauv nws lub rooj sib tham, tab sis sim nws qhov zoo tshaj plaws kom tsis txhob qhia nws. "Peb yuav zoo siab pib qhov kev qhia luv dua, tus tswv."
    
  "Qhov no tsis tsim nyog," tus thawj tswj hwm tau hais. "Kuv muaj cov ntaub ntawv ntsig txog lub hom phiaj ntawm lub rooj sib tham no, thiab kuv xav tias txoj hauv kev zoo tshaj plaws thiab nrawm tshaj plaws los qhia rau koj yuav yog qhov yooj yim tawg."
    
  "Koj zoo siab tos txais txhua lub sijhawm, tus tswv," Bane hais. "Thov txuas ntxiv mus. Lo lus yog koj li."
    
  "Ua tsaug, Taylor," tus thawj tswj hwm hais. "Kuv nyuam qhuav tham hauv xov tooj nrog Thawj Tswj Hwm Lavxias Zevitin. General McLanahan?"
    
  "Yog lawm, sir."
    
  "Nws hais tias koj tau tua missile ntawm ib ntawm nws cov neeg soj xyuas dav hlau nyob rau hauv thoob ntiaj teb airspace, thiab thaum lub missile missile, koj ua rau lub dav hlau loj heev nrog cov kab hluav taws xob muaj zog hu ua T-waves los yog tej yam zoo li ntawd. Nws kuj tseem hais tias lub foob pob hluav taws raug tua los ntawm ib qho ntawm koj lub dav hlau tua ntau tus neeg dawb huv hauv Tehran, suav nrog cov poj niam thiab menyuam yaus. Koj puas xav piav?"
    
  "Nws dag, tus tswv," McLanahan teb tam sim ntawd. "Tsis muaj qhov no muaj tseeb."
    
  "Qhov no muaj tseeb?" Nws khaws ib daim ntawv. "Kuv muaj ib daim ntawv luam ntawm Tus Thawj Saib Xyuas Tub Ceev Xwm ntawm Cov Neeg Ua Haujlwm Hauv Tebchaws ntawm qhov xwm txheej, uas zoo nkaus li hais ntau qhov qub. Yog li ntawd, ob tus Thawj Tswj Hwm ntawm Russia thiab Tus Thawj Coj ntawm General Staff yog dag, tab sis koj qhia kuv qhov tseeb, General? Qhov no puas yog qhov koj xav kom kuv ntseeg?"
    
  "Peb nyuam qhuav tham txog qhov xwm txheej thiab cov teeb meem uas tau hais los ntawm General Huffman, tus tswv," Bain tau hais tias, "thiab kuv tau txiav txim siab tias McLanahan ua tau zoo thiab ua raws li cov lus qhia thiab tsis muaj lub luag haujlwm rau kev tuag ntawm cov neeg pej xeem-"
    
  "Raws li Zevitin lossis lwm tus neeg hauv Kremlin, tus tswv," McLanahan cuam tshuam, "Kuv yuav tsis ntseeg ib lo lus uas lawv hais."
    
  "General McLanahan, ntau tus neeg dawb huv Iranians raug tua los ntawm riam phom tshuaj lom neeg, thiab ib tus neeg soj xyuas Lavxias tau raug mob hnyav los ntawm hluav taws xob tua nws los ntawm ib qho ntawm koj cov neeg foob pob," Thawj Tswj Hwm tau hais tawm. "Lub ntiaj teb xav tias koj tab tom pib ua tsov rog nrog Russia hauv Middle East thiab tab tom thov cov lus teb thiab kev lav phib xaub. Tam sim no tsis yog lub sijhawm rau koj tus cwj pwm loj. " Patrick tuav nws lub taub hau thiab tig mus, ncav cuag nws lub raj mis dej thiab tus Thawj Tswj Hwm lub qhov muag tau npau taws. "Puas muaj lwm yam uas koj xav qhia rau kuv, General?" Patrick tig rov qab mus rau lub koob yees duab, tom qab ntawd ntsia nws txhais tes tawm hauv qhov tsis meej pem, zoo li nws tsis nco qab vim li cas nws tau ncua nws. "Puas muaj qee yam tsis zoo rau koj, McLanahan?"
    
  "N-tsis yog, tus tswv ..." Patrick teb hauv lub suab nrov. Nws plam lub raj mis dej, fumbled rau nws, lob nws, ces siv ntau dhau los rub nws tawm ntawm Velcro mount thiab xa nws mus ncig ntawm lub module.
    
  "Dab tsi? Kuv mloog tsis tau koj. " Gardner lub qhov muag nqaim hauv qhov tsis meej pem thaum nws saib lub raj mis dej ya tawm ntawm qhov pom. "Dab tsi tshwm sim nyob ntawd? Koj nyob qhov twg, general? Vim li cas koj tsiv li ntawd?"
    
  "Nws nyob ntawm Armstrong chaw nres tsheb, tus tswv," General Bane tau hais.
    
  "Nyob ntawm chaw nres tsheb? Nws puas nyob hauv orbit? Koj dag kuv? Koj ua dab tsi nyob ntawd?"
    
  "Raws li tus thawj coj ntawm nws lub luag haujlwm ua haujlwm los ntawm qhov chaw, kuv tau tso cai rau General McLanahan los saib xyuas kev ua haujlwm ntawm qhov chaw nres tsheb," Bane piav qhia, "ib yam li ib tus tub ceev xwm yuav tswj hwm nws cov tub rog los ntawm lub nkoj xa mus lossis - "
    
  "Nyob ntawm tus choj lossis CIC ntawm lub nkoj rhuav tshem, yog, tab sis tsis nyob ntawm qhov chaw nres tsheb damn!" Thawj Tswj Hwm Gardner raug rho tawm haujlwm rov qab. "Kuv xav kom nws tawm ntawm qhov no tam sim no! Rau qhov Vajtswv, nws yog peb lub hnub qub, tsis yog Buck Rogers!"
    
  "Tus Tswv, yog tias kuv tuaj yeem, peb puas tuaj yeem tham txog qhov teeb meem ntawm kev tawm tsam huab cua tiv thaiv lub foob pob hluav taws thiab kev tawm tsam rau lub dav hlau Lavxias?" General Bane tau hais thaum nws saib nrog kev txhawj xeeb thaum Valerie Lucas tau kuaj xyuas Patrick. "Peb tau tshuaj xyuas qhov kev txawj ntse thiab peb tau txiav txim siab-"
    
  "Qhov no tsis tuaj yeem tshuaj xyuas kom meej yog tias qhov xwm txheej tshwm sim ob peb teev dhau los, General," tus thawj tswj hwm tau hais. Nws tig mus rau tus kws pab tswv yim kev ruaj ntseg hauv tebchaws uas zaum ntawm nws. "Conrad?" - Kuv nug.
    
  "Qhov no yog kev saib ua ntej ntawm tib cov ntaub ntawv sensor los ntawm Global Hawk drone thiab chaw nres tsheb radars uas General McLanahan thiab nws pab neeg tau pom ua ntej kev tawm tsam, tus tswv," Carlisle teb. "General Bain thiab nws cov kws tshaj lij ntawm Pentagon tau tshuaj xyuas cov duab zoo li lawv tau nug ua ntej kev tawm tsam seb lub hom phiaj puas raug cai raws li cov cai ntawm kev koom tes uas peb tau tsim nyob rau hauv kev txiav txim tawm tsam, raws li qhov xav tau yog tias muaj qhov tsis paub meej txog kev nyab xeeb rau kev tsis. -combatants vim raug riam phom lossis kev puas tsuaj. Lub rooj sib tham video tau raug hu ua kev tshuaj xyuas ua ntej ntawm qhov xwm txheej los txiav txim seb puas yuav muaj kev tshawb xyuas ntxaws ntxiv. "
    
  "Thiab dab tsi?" - Kuv nug.
    
  "Tus Thawj Fwm Tsav Tebchaws Bain tau txiav txim siab tias thaum General McLanahan tuaj yeem pom cov neeg raug tsim txom, nws qhov kev txiav txim kom muaj kev ncaj ncees thiab tsim nyog raws li cov ntaub ntawv muaj, kev hem thawj ntawm cov neeg pej xeem tuag ntxiv ntawm txhais tes ntawm cov neeg tawm tsam, thiab nws txoj cai nyob rau hauv txoj kev npaj tawm tsam." , - teb Carlisle. "Nws pom zoo rau Tus Tuav Ntaub Ntawv Tiv Thaiv thiab rau koj tias tsis tas yuav tsum muaj kev tshawb nrhiav ntxiv thiab tias McLanahan raug tso cai ua haujlwm ntxiv raws li tau npaj tseg nrog rau tag nrho cov khoom siv foob pob hluav taws tsis yog ib qho xwb."
    
  "Qhov no muaj tseeb?" Thawj Tswj Hwm nres ib pliag, ces tshee lub taub hau. "General Bain, koj tab tom qhia kuv tias koj ntseeg tias nws yog qhov tsim nyog rau McLanahan los tawm tsam lub hom phiaj paub tias muaj ntau tus neeg tsis muaj kev sib ntaus sib tua nyob ze, thiab qhov kev tawm tsam no yog ua raws li tsab ntawv thiab tus ntsuj plig ntawm kuv tus thawj coj txiav txim tso cai rau yos hav zoov ntawm insurgents nyob Iran? nws tawm tsam. "Kuv xav tias koj tau txhais kuv cov lus txib yuam kev loj heev. Kuv xav tias kuv paub meej thiab meej heev: Kuv tsis xav kom muaj neeg raug tsim txom. Puas yog qhov no tsis meej rau koj, General Bane?
    
  "Nws yog, tus tswv," Bane teb, nws lub puab tsaig thiab nws ob lub qhov muag nqaim hauv kev cem, "tab sis nrog cov ntaub ntawv uas General McLanahan muaj nyob rau lub sijhawm, thiab nrog kev hem thawj los ntawm cov foob pob hluav taws, kuv xav tias nws muaj kev ncaj ncees tag nrho. hauv kev txiav txim siab-"
    
  "Cia li ua qhov tseeb ntawm no thiab tam sim no, General Bane: Kuv yog Tus Thawj Coj Loj thiab kuv txiav txim siab," Thawj Tswj Hwm tau hais. "Koj txoj haujlwm yog ua raws kuv cov lus txib, thiab kuv cov lus txib yuav tsum tsis txhob muaj neeg raug tsim txom. Qhov kev txiav txim tsuas yog nyob rau hauv rooj plaub no yog desist vim muaj coob tus pej xeem nyob ib ncig ntawm lub launcher no. Txawm hais tias lawv raug yuam kom tawm ntawm thaj chaw tam sim ntawd, koj yuav tsum tau cia siab tias lawv yuav nyob ze txaus kom raug mob lossis tuag los ntawm kev tawg. Lawv-"
    
  "Tus Tswv, tsis muaj qhov tawg, tsawg kawg tsis yog ib qho tshwm sim los ntawm peb," Bane tawm tsam. "Lub SKYSTREAKE missile yog ib qho riam phom muaj zog kinetic thiab tsim los rau-"
    
  "Kuv tsis quav ntsej qhov nws tau tsim los rau, General - McLanahan paub tias muaj cov neeg pej xeem nyob hauv thaj chaw tam sim ntawd, thiab raws li General Huffman, koj tau ceeb toom tias qee lub foob pob hluav taws yuav muaj riam phom tshuaj rau lawv, yog li nws pom tseeb, yuav tsum. tau abstained. Thaum kawg ntawm kev sib tham. Yog li dab tsi yog dab tsi nrog McLanahan firing missile ntawm ib tug Lavxias teb sab fighter dav hlau? Puas yog McLanahan cov foob pob hluav taws nqa huab cua mus rau huab cua?
    
  "Cov no yog cov qauv tiv thaiv riam phom rau EB-1D Vampire, tus tswv, tab sis McLanahan tsis yog -"
    
  "Yog li vim li cas koj thiaj qhib hluav taws rau lub dav hlau neeg soj xyuas Lavxias, General McLanahan?"
    
  "Peb tsis tau tua cov foob pob hluav taws, tus tswv," McLanahan teb kom khov kho raws li nws ua tau, nodding rau Lucas tias nws zoo, "thiab nws tsis yog lub dav hlau neeg soj xyuas: nws yog MiG-29 tactical fighter."
    
  "Dab tsi ua qhov ntawd, McLanahan?"
    
  "Nrhiav peb lub foob pob hla hiav txwv Caspian, tus tswv."
    
  "Kuv nkag siab. Ntxoov ntxoo... zoo li sab hauv, koj puas tau tshawb nrhiav? Kuv puas txhais qhov no kom raug, General? Patrick rub nws ob lub qhov muag thiab nqos nyuaj, licking nws daim di ncauj qhuav. "Peb tsis tau ntes koj, peb puas yog General?"
    
  "Tsis yog, sir."
    
  "Yog li lub dav hlau Lavxias tsuas yog ua kev soj ntsuam tom qab tag nrho, txoj cai?"
    
  "Hauv kuv lub tswv yim, tsis yog, tus tswv. Nws yog-"
    
  "Yog li koj tau tua cov foob pob hluav taws rau nws thiab nws rov qab tua, thiab tom qab ntawd koj ntaus nws nrog qee yam kab hluav taws xob, txoj cai?"
    
  "Tsis yog, sir." Tab sis ib yam dab tsi tsis ncaj ncees lawm. Patrick ntsia lub koob yees duab tab sis zoo li muaj teeb meem tsom. "Nws yog ... peb tsis yog ... "
    
  "Yog li cas tshwm sim?"
    
  "Mr. Thawj Tswj Hwm, MiG qhib hluav taws rau peb ua ntej," Boomer cuam tshuam. "Lub vampire tsuas yog tiv thaiv nws tus kheej, tsis muaj dab tsi ntxiv."
    
  "Qhov no yog leej twg?" tus thawj tswj hwm nug tus kws pab tswv yim kev ruaj ntseg hauv tebchaws. Nws tig mus rau lub koob yees duab, nws ob lub qhov muag bulping nrog npau taws. "Koj yog leej twg? Qhia koj tus kheej!"
    
  "Kuv yog Tus tauj ncov loj Hunter Noble," Boomer hais thaum nws sawv ntawm nws ko taw, ntsia hauv kev poob siab ntawm tus duab ntawm Patrick raug pab los ntawm Lucas, "thiab vim li cas lub ntuj raug txim yuav tsis ua phem rau peb? Peb tsuas yog ua peb txoj haujlwm xwb!"
    
  "Koj qhia kuv li cas?" thundered Thawj Tswj Hwm. "Leejtwg yog ntuj txiag teb tsaus koj yuav nrog kuv tham li ntawd? General Bane, Kuv xav kom nws raug rho tawm haujlwm! Kuv xav kom nws raug rho tawm haujlwm!"
    
  "Xib Hwb Tub Ceev Xwm, dab tsi tshwm sim?" Bane qw, tsis quav ntsej Thawj Tswj Hwm. "Dab tsi tshwm sim nrog Patrick?"
    
  "Nws muaj teeb meem ua pa, tus tswv." Nws pom qhov kev hloov pauv uas nyob ze tshaj plaws: "Teb chaws kho mob mus rau cov lus txib module! Kev kub ntxhov!" Thiab tom qab ntawd nws xaus lub rooj sib tham video los ntawm nias tus yuam sij ntawm kev sib txuas lus tswj cov keyboard.
    
    
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  "Puas McLanahan muaj lub plawv nres?" tus thawj tswj hwm tau qw nrov tom qab cov duab vis dis aus los ntawm qhov chaw nres tsheb qhov chaw txiav tawm. "Kuv paub tias nws yuav tsum tsis txhob nyob hauv qhov ntawd! General Bane, qhov chaw kho mob twg lawv muaj nyob rau ntawd?
    
  "Qhov tseeb, tus tswv: tsuas yog cov kws kho mob tau cob qhia cov kws kho mob thiab cov cuab yeej pab thawj zaug. Peb yeej tsis tau muaj lub plawv nres ntawm US tub rog spacecraft. "
    
  "Zoo heev. Tsuas yog fucking zoo heev. " Thawj Tswj Hwm khiav nws txhais tes los ntawm nws cov plaub hau hauv kev ntxhov siab. "Koj puas tuaj yeem tau txais tus kws kho mob thiab qee cov tshuaj thiab khoom siv tam sim ntawd?"
    
  "Yog lawm, sir. Lub dav hlau Black Stallion tuaj yeem sib tham nrog chaw nres tsheb hauv ob peb teev. "
    
  "Cia li mus nrog nws. Thiab nres cov foob pob tawg no hla Iran. Tsis muaj lub nkoj caij nkoj ntxiv mus txog thaum kuv paub tseeb tias muaj dab tsi tshwm sim. "
    
  "Yog lawm, sir." Kev sib tham video nrog Bane tau cuam tshuam.
    
  Thawj Tswj Hwm leaped rov qab rau hauv nws lub rooj zaum, loosened nws khi thiab taws ib tug luam yeeb. "Dab tsi ib pawg, damn nws," nws gasped. "Peb tab tom tua ib pawg ntawm cov neeg dawb huv hauv Tehran nrog lub foob pob hluav taws xob raug rho tawm los ntawm lub foob pob tsis muaj neeg tswj xyuas los ntawm chaw nres tsheb tub rog; Russia npau taws rau peb; thiab tam sim no tus phab ej ntawm Asmeskas Holocaust muaj lub plawv nres hauv qhov chaw! Tom ntej no yog dab tsi?"
    
  "Qhov xwm txheej McLanahan yuav yog qhov koob hmoov hauv kev zais, Joe," Tus Thawj Saib Xyuas Haujlwm Walter Cordus tau hais. Nws thiab Carlisle tau paub Yauxej Gardner txij thaum kawm ntawv qib siab, thiab Cordus yog ib tug ntawm ob peb tus neeg tau tso cai los hais rau tus thawj tswj hwm los ntawm nws thawj lub npe. "Peb tau nrhiav txoj hauv kev los txiav nyiaj rau qhov chaw nres tsheb, txawm tias nws muaj koob meej hauv Pentagon thiab ntawm Capitol Hill, thiab qhov no yuav yog nws."
    
  "Tab sis nws yuav tsum tau ua kom pom tseeb - McLanahan nrov heev nrog cov neeg siv los ua kev zam txim rau kaw nws txoj haujlwm uas nws nyiam, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog txij li nws tau tshaj tawm thoob ntiaj teb raws li qhov loj tom ntej, lub fortress tsis muaj zog, qhov kawg. watchtower, blah blah blah, "tus thawj tswj hwm tau hais. "Peb yuav tsum tau txais qee cov tswv cuab ntawm Congress los hais txog qhov teeb meem ntawm kev nyab xeeb ntawm qhov chaw nres tsheb, thiab txawm tias nws tseem yuav tsum tau tswj hwm thawj qhov chaw. Peb yuav tsum tau 'kho' cov ntaub ntawv hais txog qhov xwm txheej no rau Senator Barbeau, Pawg Pabcuam Tub Rog thiab ntau lwm tus. "
    
  "Nws yuav tsis nyuaj," Cordus hais. "Barbeau yuav paub yuav ua li cas ua kom txhua yam tsis txhob tsoo McLanahan."
    
  "Zoo. Tom qab qhov no hits xov xwm, kuv xav ntsib Barbeau ntiag tug los tham txog lub tswv yim. " Cordus sim nws qhov zoo tshaj plaws los nkaum nws qhov tsis xis nyob ntawm qhov kev txiav txim no. Thawj Tswj Hwm tau pom cov lus ceeb toom tsis txaus ntseeg ntawm nws tus phooj ywg thiab tus kws tshaj lij nom tswv thiab tau hais ntxiv tias: "Txhua tus neeg yuav muab lawv txhais tes tawm rau nyiaj ib zaug peb pib nrhiav lub tswv yim ntawm kev rhuav tshem qhov chaw nres tsheb no, thiab kuv xav tswj cov neeg thov kev thov, quaj qw thiab. arm-twisting."
    
  "Okay, Joe," Cordus hais tias, tsis ntseeg los ntawm tus thawj tswj hwm cov lus piav qhia nrawm, tab sis tsis xav nias qhov teeb meem. "Kuv yuav teeb txhua yam."
    
  "Koj yuav ua qhov no." Nws tau rub tob los ntawm nws cov luam yeeb, tsoo nws, tom qab ntawd ntxiv, "Thiab peb yuav tsum tau txais peb cov ducks ua ke, yog tias McLanahan poob nws npau taws thiab Congress tua nws txoj haujlwm ua ntej peb tuaj yeem faib nws cov peev nyiaj."
    
    
  Tshooj peb
    
    
  Tus txiv neej ua li nws yog; nws ua li nws ua.
    
  -ROBERT VON MUSIL
    
    
    
  AZADI SQUARE, Sab Nraud MEHRABAD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, TEHRAN, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF PERSIA
  Ob peb hnub tom qab
    
    
  "Tsis muaj mov, tsis muaj kev thaj yeeb! Tsis muaj mov, tsis muaj kev thaj yeeb!" cov neeg tawm tsam tau qw nrov nrov. Cov neeg coob coob, tam sim no suav ib ncig ntawm ob lossis peb puas tus neeg, zoo li loj dua thiab nthuav dav ntxiv los ntawm feeb.
    
  "Yog tias lawv tsis muaj qhob cij, qhov twg lawv tau txais ntau lub zog los sawv ntawm no thiab tawm tsam?" Colonel Mostafa Rahmati, tus thawj coj ntawm Fourth Infantry Brigade, yws yws thaum nws tau tshuaj xyuas cov teeb meem kev nyab xeeb thiab saib cov neeg coob coob tuaj ze. Tsuas yog ob lub lis piam dhau los, Rahmati, tus txiv neej luv luv, zoo li puag ncig nrog cov plaub hau tuab tuab uas zoo li npog txhua nti ntawm nws lub cev tsuas yog sab saum toj ntawm nws lub taub hau, yog tus thawj coj ntawm pawg tub rog thauj, tab sis nrog cov thawj coj - txawm tias raug tua los ntawm cov neeg ntxeev siab - ploj mus, txawm hais tias tsis muaj leej twg tuaj yeem txiav txim siab tawm tsam, kev txhawb nqa hauv pab tub rog ntawm cov koom pheej ywj pheej ntawm Persia tau tshwm sim sai thiab nrawm.
    
  "Ntau pa luam yeeb," ib tug ntawm cov neeg saib xyuas qhia rau Rakhmati. "Tear gas, tsis yog tawg." Ob peb feeb tom qab ntawd lawv hnov ib lub suab nrov! muaj zog txaus los rhuav tshem lub qhov rais ntawm lub tshav dav hlau chaw ua haujlwm lub tsev uas nws thiab nws cov neeg ua haujlwm laus nyob. Lub lookout ntsia txaj muag ntawm nws tus thawj coj. "Kev tawg me me, tus tswv."
    
  "Kuv nkag siab," Rahmati hais. Nws tsis xav ua kom pom kev tsis txaus siab lossis kev chim siab - ob lub lis piam dhau los nws yuav tsis muaj peev xwm qhia qhov txawv ntawm qhov tawg ntawm grenade thiab lub suab nrov. "Saib cov kab kom zoo - nws tuaj yeem yog liab herring."
    
  Rahmati thiab nws cov neeg ua haujlwm nyob rau hauv pem teb saum toj kawg nkaus ntawm lub tsev ua haujlwm uas ib zaug koom nrog Iran Ministry of Transport ntawm Mehrabad International Airport. Tom qab kev tawm tsam tub rog thiab kev tawm tsam ntawm kev tawm tsam Islamist tawm tsam tsoomfwv cov tub rog hauv Iran, cov thawj coj tub rog tau txiav txim siab txeeb lub tshav dav hlau Mehrabad thiab tsim kom muaj kev ruaj ntseg nruj nyob ib ncig ntawm tag nrho cov cheeb tsam. Txawm hais tias feem ntau ntawm lub nroog sab hnub tuaj ntawm Tehran University tau tso tseg rau cov neeg tawm tsam, kev txeeb lub tshav dav hlau tau ua pov thawj qhov kev txiav txim siab zoo. Lub tshav dav hlau twb muaj kev nyab xeeb heev; qhov chaw qhib nyob ib ncig ntawm thaj teb tau yooj yim rau kev saib xyuas thiab tiv thaiv; thiab lub tshav dav hlau tuaj yeem nyob twj ywm qhib kom tau txais thiab xa cov khoom thauj los ntawm huab cua.
    
  Tsis tas li ntawd, nws feem ntau tau taw qhia tias yog cov neeg ntxeev siab puas tau nce siab - uas tuaj yeem tshwm sim txhua hnub - nws yuav yooj yim dua kom tau txais lub ntuj raug txim tawm hauv lub tebchaws.
    
  Lub qhov rais rattled dua thiab lub taub hau tig mus rau sab qab teb sab hnub tuaj raws Me'raj Avenue, sab qaum teb sab hnub tuaj mus rau Azadi Square, kwv yees li ob mais deb, qhov twg lwm kem pa taws dheev sawv, lub sij hawm no topped nrog ib tug crown ntawm txiv kab ntxwv nplaim taws. Kev tawg, hluav taws kub nyhiab, txhob txwm raug xwm txheej, kev kub ntxhov thiab kev tua tus kheej tsis tu ncua tau tshwm sim nyob rau hauv Tehran, thiab tsis muaj ib qho twg ntau dua li thaj tsam ntawm Mehrabad tshav dav hlau, Azadi Square thiab lub npe nrov Freedom Tower, lub qub "Gateway to Iran." Lub Freedom Ntauwd, thawj zaug hu ua Shahyad Ntauwd, lossis Royal Ntauwd, hauv kev hwm ntawm 2500th hnub tseem ceeb ntawm Persian faj tim teb chaws, tau tsim nyob rau xyoo 1971 los ntawm Shah Reza Pahlavi ua lub cim ntawm cov tshiab, niaj hnub Iran. Lub pej thuam tau hloov npe tom qab Islamic Revolution thiab, zoo li US Embassy, tau pom ntau dua li lub cim ntawm kev poob qis thiab ceeb toom rau tib neeg kom tsis txhob txais cov yeeb ncuab Western ntawm Islam. Lub square tau dhau los ua qhov chaw nrov rau kev tawm tsam sab hnub poob thiab kev hais lus thiab yog li tau los ua lub cim ntawm Islamic Revolution, uas tej zaum yog vim li cas marble-clad monument rau Iran lub xeem huab tais yeej tsis demolished.
    
  Txij li thaum tag nrho cov cheeb tsam tau muaj kev tiv thaiv hnyav heev thiab cov tub rog saib xyuas hnyav, kev lag luam pib rov muaj zog thiab txawm tias qee yam khoom kim heev xws li tsev noj mov, cafes thiab xinesmas rov qhib dua. Hmoov tsis zoo, lawv tau dhau los ua lub hom phiaj ntawm Islamist insurgents. Ob peb tus neeg siab tawv txhawb nqa ntawm txoj cai tswjfwm yuav tawm tsam ib ntus hauv Azadi Square. Rau lawv cov qhab nia, cov tub rog tsis txwv cov kev tawm tsam no thiab txawm ua cov kauj ruam los tiv thaiv lawv los ntawm cov neeg tawm tsam uas tau hem tias yuav ua phem dhau. Bujazi thiab nws cov tub ceev xwm feem ntau paub tias lawv yuav tsum ua txhua yam ua tau los qhia rau cov neeg Persia thiab lub ntiaj teb tias lawv yuav tsis hloov ib hom kev tsim txom nrog lwm tus.
    
  "Dab tsi tshwm sim nyob ntawd?" - Kuv nug. - Rahmati nug, txuas ntxiv mus tshuaj xyuas txoj hauv kev hauv kev tshawb nrhiav cov cim tshiab ntawm kev tawm tsam tawm tsam. Txhua tus neeg ntxeev siab tawm tsam nyob rau hauv lub cim xeeb tsis ntev los no tau ua ntej los ntawm qhov me me, tsis muaj kev pom zoo nyob ze uas tau cuam tshuam cov tub ceev xwm thiab tub rog saib xyuas ntev txaus kom tso cai rau cov neeg ntxeev siab los tsim kev kub ntxhov nyob rau lwm qhov.
    
  "Zoo li qhov chaw nres tsheb roj ExxonMobil tshiab tawm ntawm Sai Di Txoj Kev Loj, hla ntawm Meda Azadi Park, tus tswv," tus saib xyuas tau tshaj tawm. "Cov neeg coob coob tab tom khiav mus rau Azadi Avenue. Cov pa luam yeeb tau thicker - tej zaum cov tank hauv av tau hlawv. "
    
  "Damn nws, kuv xav tias peb muaj kev ruaj ntseg txaus nyob ntawd," Rahmati foom. Lub chaw nres tsheb yog tsoomfwv thawj qhov kev sim hauv kev tso cai rau kev lag luam txawv teb chaws thiab ib feem ntawm cov tswv cuab ntawm cov nroj tsuag hauv Persia. Nrog rau lub ntiaj teb thib plaub loj tshaj cov roj cia, cov tuam txhab roj thoob ntiaj teb tau nrhiav kev txav mus rau hauv lub tebchaws tshiab uas tau tso tawm thiab siv kom zoo dua ntawm nws cov kev nplua nuj, feem ntau tsis muaj kev cuam tshuam rau ntau xyoo tom qab sab hnub poob tau txiav txim siab rau tsoomfwv Iranian tsoomfwv tom qab xyoo 1979 coj los ntawm. lub US Embassy. Nws yog ntau, ntau dua li qhov chaw nres tsheb roj yooj yooj yim - nws yog lub cim ntawm kev rov yug dua Persia rau xyoo pua nees nkaum.
    
  Txhua tus nkag siab qhov no, txawm tias cov tub rog zoo li Rahmati, uas nws lub hom phiaj tseem ceeb hauv lub neej yog saib xyuas nws tus kheej. Nws los ntawm ib tsev neeg muaj cai thiab koom nrog pab tub rog rau nws lub koob meej thiab cov txiaj ntsig tom qab nws pom tseeb tias nws tsis ntse txaus los ua tus kws kho mob, kws lij choj lossis tus kws tshaj lij. Tom qab Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini lub kiv puag ncig, nws tau cawm nws cov tawv nqaij los ntawm kev cog lus rau kev ntseeg siab rau cov theocrats, tsis lees paub nws cov tub ceev xwm thiab cov phooj ywg rau Pasdaran-i-Engelab, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, thiab tso tseg ntau ntawm nws tsev neeg txoj kev khwv nyiaj txiag nyuaj hauv nyiaj xiab. thiab tribute.. Txawm hais tias nws ntxub txoj kev cai ywj pheej rau kev noj txhua yam uas nws muaj, nws tsis tau koom nrog kev tawm tsam kom txog thaum pom tseeb tias nws yuav ua tiav. Nws hais ntxiv tias "Kuv xav kom ib pab tub rog tshwj xeeb mus nrog cov neeg tua hluav taws tua hluav taws," thiab yog tias muaj cov neeg tawm tsam ze, lawv yuav tsum thawb lawv sab qaum teb ntawm Azadi Avenue thiab sab hnub poob ntawm lub xwmfab, txawm tias lawv yuav tsum hla. ob peb lub taub hau. Kuv tsis xav-"
    
  "Yog hais tias koj yuav hais, 'Kuv tsis xav kom qhov no tawm ntawm kev tswj,' Colonel, ces tawg pob txha taub hau tsis yog txoj kev mus txog nws," ib lub suab hais los ntawm qab nws. Rahmati tig, ces tig sharply. thiab hu rau cov neeg tam sim no los mloog thaum tus thawj coj ntawm tub rog tawm tsam, General Hesarak al-Kan Boujazi, nkag mus hauv chav.
    
  Kev tawm tsam kom tso nws lub tebchaws los ntawm txoj cai ntawm theocrats thiab Islamists tau muaj hnub nyoog Boujazi zoo dhau nws rau caum-ob xyoos. Siab thiab ib txwm slim, tam sim no nws tau tawm tsam kom noj txaus kom muaj kev noj qab haus huv ntawm nws lub luag haujlwm nees nkaum-teev-ib hnub, noj zaub mov tsis tu ncua thiab meager, thiab yuav tsum tau mus tas li mus rau qhov tsis meej pem nws cov yeeb ncuab - ob qho tib si hauv nws pab neeg. thiab thiab sab nraud - leej twg nkees nkees yos hav zoov rau nws. Nws tseem hnav lub hwj txwv kaw thiab hwj txwv, tab sis tau shaved nws lub taub hau kom tsis txhob nkim sij hawm tswj nws cov qub ntws grey locks nyob rau hauv zoo. Txawm hais tias nws tau pauv nws cov khaub ncaws tub rog rau Fabkis-style Gatsby suit thiab lub tsho, nws hnav ib lub tsho tiv thaiv tub rog thiab polished paratrooper khau khiab hauv qab nws lub ris, thiab nqa PC9 cuaj-millimeter tsis siv neeg rab yaj phom hauv lub xub pwg pluaj hauv qab nws lub tsho. "Raws li koj," nws hais. Lwm tus hauv chav so so. "Qhia ntawv, Colonel."
    
  "Yes, sir". Rahmati tau teev tseg cov xwm txheej loj tshaj plaws ntawm ob peb teev dhau los; ces: "Thov txim rau qhov kev tawm tsam ntawd, tus tswv. Kuv tsuas chim me ntsis xwb, yog tag nrho. Kuv tso cov neeg ntxiv rau ntawm qhov chaw nres tsheb no kom tsis txhob muaj qhov tshwm sim no. "
    
  Boujazi tau hais tias "Koj qhov kev ntxhov siab zoo li kev xaj kom ua pauj rau cov neeg tawm tsam tawm tsam tsoomfwv, Colonel, thiab qhov ntawd yuav tsis pab qhov xwm txheej," Boujazi tau hais. "Peb yuav ua phem rau cov neeg phem, tsis yog nrog cov neeg tawm tsam. Nws puas meej?
    
  "Yog lawm, sir."
    
  Bujazi saib zoo rau nws tus thawj coj tub rog. "Zoo li koj xav tau qee qhov so, Mostafa."
    
  "Kuv nyob zoo, tus tswv."
    
  Bujaz nodded, ces ntsia ib ncig ntawm chav tsev. "Zoo, koj tsis tuaj yeem khiav koj cov neeg coob ntawm no txhua lub sijhawm, koj puas tau? Cia wb mus saib seb muaj dab tsi tshwm sim nyob ntawd. " Rahmati nqos, ces nodded, tsis kam ua raws li tus thawj coj ntawm lub qhov rooj, xav tias nws tau pom zoo pw tsaug zog. Kev taug kev ntawm Tehran - txawm nyob rau nruab hnub tsaus ntuj, nyob rau hauv Boujazi-tswj ib feem ntawm lub nroog, thiab nrog rau tag nrho cov pab pawg ntawm kev sib ntaus sib tua-tiv thaiv kev ruaj ntseg rog - yeej tsis muaj kev nyab xeeb lossis kev tawm mus.
    
  Txhua qhov thaiv ntawm ob mais ntawm tshav dav hlau mus rau Meda Azari Park yog ib txoj kev tshawb ntawm pob zeb thiab hlau tsim los ua kom cov tsheb hnyav tshaj plaws; Muaj qhov chaw kuaj xyuas tshiab txhua peb qhov thaiv, thiab txawm tias Boujazi lub tsheb kauj vab yuav tsum tau nres thiab tshawb xyuas txhua zaus. Bujazi tsis zoo li xav tsis thoob, siv sijhawm los tos txais nws cov tub rog thiab ob peb tus neeg nyob sab nraud. Rahmati tsis xav kom ze rau leej twg, nyiam dua los khaws nws rab phom AK-74 ntawm qhov npaj txhij. Thaum lawv mus txog ntawm lub tiaj ua si thiab cov neeg coob coob zuj zus tuaj, Boujazi taug kev hauv txoj kev, tuav tes nrog cov neeg uas muab lawv, waving rau lwm tus thiab qw ob peb lo lus txhawb nqa. Nws bodyguards yuav tsum ceev lawv pace kom nrog nws.
    
  Rahmati yuav tsum tau muab tus txiv neej credit: tus qub tub rog paub yuav ua li cas tswj pawg neeg. Nws tsis ntshai nws txoj kev mus rau hauv cov neeg coob coob, tuav tes nrog cov neeg uas yuav zoo li tau tuav rab yaj phom lossis lub tsho tiv thaiv cov mos txwv, tham nrog cov neeg sau xov xwm thiab ua tim khawv rau pem hauv ntej ntawm lub koob yees duab TV, thaij duab nrog cov neeg pej xeem thiab tub rog, hnia cov menyuam mos thiab cov poj niam laus uas tsis muaj hniav thiab txawm ua tus saib xyuas tsheb thaum cov tsheb tua hluav taws sim nkag mus rau hauv thaj chaw, faib cov neeg coob coob thiab coj cov neeg tsav tsheb tsis meej pem mus. Tab sis tam sim no lawv tsuas yog ob peb blocks deb ntawm qhov chaw nres tsheb roj hluav taws xob, thiab cov neeg coob coob tau hnyav zuj zus thiab nyob tsis tswm. "Tus Tswv, kuv xav kom peb xam phaj cov neeg saib xyuas kev nyab xeeb thiab saib seb puas muaj cov neeg tim khawv pom muaj dab tsi tshwm sim lossis yog tias muaj lub koob yees duab kev ruaj ntseg ua haujlwm," Rahmati tau hais, qhia tias qhov no yuav yog qhov chaw zoo ua.
    
  Bujazi tsis zoo li hnov nws. Es tsis txhob nres, nws txuas ntxiv taug kev, mus ncaj nraim rau cov neeg coob coob thiab nrov tshaj plaws ntawm cov neeg nyob rau sab qaum teb hnub poob ntawm lub tiaj ua si. Rahmati tsis muaj kev xaiv tab sis nyob nrog nws, phom ntev ntawm qhov npaj.
    
  Bujazi tsis tig ib ncig, tab sis zoo li xav paub txog tus thawj coj tub rog txoj kev txhawj xeeb. Boujazi hais tias, "Muab koj riam phom pov tseg, Mostafa," Boujazi hais.
    
  "Tab sis, sir -"
    
  Boujazi tau hais tias "Yog tias lawv xav tua kuv, lawv tuaj yeem ua nws ob ntu dhau los, ua ntej peb saib ib leeg ntawm qhov muag," Boujazi hais. "Qhia cov neeg saib xyuas kom npaj lawv cov riam phom ib yam nkaus." Tus thawj coj pab pawg, tus tub ntxhais hluas tsis txaus ntseeg ntawm Tub Rog Tub Rog lub npe hu ua Haddad, yuav tsum tau hnov nws, vim hais tias lub cev tiv thaiv riam phom twb ploj lawm los ntawm lub sijhawm Rahmati tig mus rau relay qhov kev txiav txim.
    
  Cov neeg coob coob pom muaj zog thaum Bujazi thiab nws cov neeg saib xyuas tuaj txog, thiab cov neeg coob coob ntawm cov txiv neej, poj niam, thiab ob peb tug me nyuam sai sai. Rahmati tsis yog tub ceev xwm lossis tus kws tshaj lij hauv kev puas siab puas ntsws, tab sis nws pom tias ntau tus neeg saib tau txav los ze dua kom pom tias muaj dab tsi tshwm sim, tus so tau raug thawb mus ntxiv thiab txuas ntxiv mus rau qhov muaj kev phom sij, ua rau lawv xav tias muaj kev cuam tshuam thiab ntshai rau koj. lub neej. Thaum muaj kev ntxhov siab, cov neeg coob coob sai sai thiab tam sim ntawd tig mus rau hauv ib tug neeg mob; thiab thaum twg ib tug tub rog lossis tub rog xav tias nws lub neej muaj kev phom sij, kev tua tau pib thiab cov neeg raug tsim txom tau nce sai.
    
  Tab sis Boujazi zoo li oblivious rau qhov pom tseeb: nws txuas ntxiv mus rau pem hauv ntej - tsis hem, tab sis tsis muaj kev dag ntxias lossis kev phooj ywg; txhua tus neeg ua lag luam, tab sis tsis muaj kev sib cav sib ceg zoo li tub rog lossis zoo siab zoo li tus nom tswv. Puas yog nws xav tias nws yuav mus rau nws cov phooj ywg thiab sib tham txog cov teeb meem ntawm hnub lossis zaum los saib kev ncaws pob? Los yog nws xav tias nws yog invulnerable? Txawm nws lub siab lub ntsws, nws to taub yuam kev rau pawg neeg no. Rahmati pib xav txog yuav ua li cas nws yuav mus rau nws rab phom ... thiab tib lub sij hawm sim txiav txim siab seb txoj kev twg nws tuaj yeem khiav yog tias qhov xwm txheej no mus rau ntuj txiag teb tsaus.
    
  "Salaam alaykom," Boujazi hu thaum nws nyob li ntawm kaum pace los ntawm cov neeg coob coob, tsa nws sab xis nyob rau hauv kev tos txais thiab qhia tias nws tsis muaj riam phom. "Puas muaj leej twg nyob ntawm no raug mob?"
    
  Ib tug tub hluas, tsis muaj hnub nyoog tshaj kaum xya lossis kaum yim xyoo, nce mus rau pem hauv ntej thiab taw tes rau tus thawj coj. "Ib tug tub rog damned saib xyuas dab tsi yog tias ib tug neeg ...?" Thiab tom qab ntawd nws nres, nws tus ntiv tes tseem txuas ntxiv mus. "Koj! Khesarak Buzhazi, tus huab tais tshiab ntawm Persia! Reincarnation ntawm Cyrus thiab Alexander nws tus kheej! Peb puas yuav txhos caug ntawm koj xub ntiag, lossis ib tug hneev nti yooj yim txaus, tus tswv?
    
  "Kuv nug tias puas muaj leej twg...?"
    
  "Koj xav li cas txog koj lub tebchaws tam sim no, General?" - nug tus tub hluas, taw tes rau cov huab cua acrid pa taws swirling nyob ze. "Los yog nws yog 'Emperor' Bujazi tam sim no?"
    
  Boujazi hais tias, "Yog tias tsis muaj leej twg xav tau kev pab, kuv xav tau cov neeg ua haujlwm pab dawb kom lwm tus nyob deb ntawm qhov tawg, nrhiav cov pov thawj thiab sau cov pov thawj kom txog thaum tub ceev xwm tuaj txog," Boujazi tau hais, hloov nws txoj kev xav - tab sis tsis yog tag nrho - los ntawm cov lus nrov ntawm kev tua neeg. Nws pom tus txiv neej laus tshaj plaws hauv pawg neeg. "Koj, sir. Kuv xav kom koj hu rau cov neeg ua haujlwm pab dawb thiab ruaj ntseg qhov chaw ua txhaum cai no. Tom qab ntawd kuv xav tau - "
    
  "Vim li cas peb yuav tsum pab koj, tus tswv thiab tus tswv, tus tswv?" - qw thawj tus tub hluas. "Koj yog tus uas coj kev nruj kev tsiv rau peb! Iran yog lub tebchaws muaj kev thaj yeeb nyab xeeb thiab nyab xeeb txog thaum koj tuaj, tua txhua tus neeg uas tsis pom zoo nrog koj cov tswv yim tag nrho, thiab tuav lub hwj chim. Vim li cas peb yuav tsum koom tes nrog koj?
    
  Boujazi tau hais tias "Kev thaj yeeb nyab xeeb thiab nyab xeeb, yog - nyob rau hauv tus ntiv tes xoo ntawm cov txiv plig, cov neeg Islamists thiab cov neeg vwm uas tua lossis raug kaw rau leej twg uas tsis ua raws li lawv txoj cai," Boujazi hais tias, tsis tuaj yeem zam dhau los ntawm kev sib cav nws paub tias yuav tsis ua rau muaj yeej. "Lawv ntxeev siab rau tib neeg, ib yam li lawv ntxeev siab rau kuv thiab txhua tus hauv pab tub rog. Lawv-"
    
  "Yog li ntawd yog qhov, puas yog, Mr. Emperor: koj?" - hais tias tus txiv neej. "Koj tsis nyiam koj cov phooj ywg yav dhau los, cov thawj coj, ua li cas rau koj, yog li koj tua lawv thiab txeeb tau lub hwj chim. Vim li cas peb mob siab li koj hais tam sim no? Koj yuav qhia peb txhua yam kom nyob hauv lub hwj chim kom txog thaum koj ua tiav lub tebchaws, thiab tom qab ntawd koj yuav ya ncaj nraim los ntawm koj lub hauv paus chaw ua haujlwm tshiab nyob hauv Mehrabad tshav dav hlau. "
    
  Bujazi nyob twj ywm rau ob peb lub sijhawm, tom qab ntawd tau taub hau, ua rau txhua tus neeg nyob ib puag ncig nws xav tsis thoob. "Koj hais yog lawm, tus tub hluas. Kuv npau taws txog kev tuag ntawm kuv cov tub rog uas ua hauj lwm hnyav heev kom tshem tawm cov radicals thiab psychos nyob rau hauv Basij thiab ua tiav ib yam dab tsi ntawm lawv tus kheej, lawv chav thiab lawv lub neej. " Tom qab Boujazi raug rho tawm haujlwm ua tus thawj coj tom qab muaj kev tawm tsam los ntawm Asmeskas tub rog foob pob ntawm lawv lub dav hlau tsim los ntawm Lavxias ntau xyoo dhau los, nws tau raug xaiv los ua tus thawj coj ntawm Basij-e-Mostazefin, lossis Mobilization of the Oppressed, ib pab pawg neeg tuaj yeem pab dawb. , uas tau tshaj tawm rau cov neeg nyob sib ze, ua raws li cov neeg soj ntsuam thiab cov neeg soj xyuas, thiab taug kev hauv txoj kev ua phem rau lwm tus kom ua raws thiab koom tes nrog Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
    
  Bujazi tshem tawm Basij ntawm cov tub sab thiab rabble rousers thiab hloov cov neeg uas tseem nyob rau hauv Internal Defense Forces, cov tub rog tiag tiag. Tab sis lawv txoj kev vam meej tau tawm tsam kev tswj hwm ntawm Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, thiab lawv tau ua los sim tsis lees paub - lossis, nyiam dua, rhuav tshem - cov tub rog Boujazi National Guard. "Thaum kuv paub tias nws yog Pasdarans uas tau teeb tsa qhov kev tawm tsam ntawm kuv thawj qhov chaw ua haujlwm khaws cia, ua rau nws yog kev tawm tsam los ntawm Kurdish cov neeg ntxeev siab, tsuas yog ua rau muaj kev puas tsuaj thiab tsis lees paub rau Internal Defense Forces, kuv npau taws thiab lashed tawm.
    
  "Tab sis cov Islamists thiab cov neeg phem uas cov txiv plig coj los rau hauv peb lub teb chaws yog qhov teeb meem tiag tiag, tus tub, tsis yog tus pasdaran," Boujazi hais ntxiv. "Lawv tau rhuav tshem lub siab ntawm lub tebchaws no, ua rau lawv tsis muaj kev xav thiab kev coj ncaj ncees thiab ua rau lawv tsis muaj dab tsi tab sis ntshai, thuam thiab tsis mloog lus."
    
  "Yog li dab tsi yog qhov txawv ntawm koj thiab cov txiv plig, Buzhazi?" - qw lwm tus tub hluas. Rahmati tuaj yeem pom tias cov neeg coob coob zuj zus tuaj, nrov dua, thiab tsis ntshai kom ze rau qhov thib ob. "Koj tua cov txiv plig thiab rhuav tshem tsoomfwv - peb tsoomfwv, tus uas peb xaiv! - thiab hloov nws nrog koj junta. Peb pom koj cov tub rog tsoo lub qhov rooj, hlawv tsev, nyiag thiab ua phem txhua hnub!"
    
  Cov neeg coob coob tau tshaj tawm lawv qhov kev pom zoo, thiab Boujazi yuav tsum tsa tes thiab hais kom hnov: "Ua ntej tshaj, kuv cog lus rau koj, yog tias koj qhia kuv cov pov thawj ntawm tub sab nyiag lossis rape los ntawm ib tug tub rog raws li kuv hais, kuv yuav muab tus kheej tso rau. mos txwv nyob rau hauv nws lub taub hau. ", nws qw. "Tsis muaj lub tsev hais plaub, tsis muaj kev sim zais cia, tsis hnov lus - nqa cov pov thawj rau kuv, ntxias kuv, thiab kuv yuav coj tus neeg ua txhaum rau koj thiab tua nws ntawm kuv tus kheej tes.
    
  "Qhov thib ob, kuv tsis tsim tsoomfwv hauv Persia, thiab kuv tsis yog tus thawj tswj hwm lossis tus huab tais - Kuv yog tus thawj coj ntawm cov tub rog tawm tsam ib ntus hauv av txhawm rau tua kev ua phem thiab tsim kev txiav txim. Kuv yuav nyob twj ywm hauv lub hwj chim ntev txaus kom tshem tawm cov neeg tawm tsam thiab cov neeg phem thiab saib xyuas kev tsim tsa ib co nom tswv uas yuav tsim ib tsab cai lij choj thiab tsim cov cai tswj hwm cov neeg, thiab tom qab ntawd kuv yuav tawm mus. Tias yog vim li cas kuv thiaj qhib kuv lub tsev hauv paus hauv Mehrabad - tsis yog rau kev tawm mus sai, tab sis qhia tias kuv tsis muaj lub hom phiaj los ua tsoomfwv txoj haujlwm raug cai thiab hu kuv tus kheej tus thawj tswj hwm. "
    
  "Qhov no yog yam uas Musharraf, Castro, Chavez thiab ntau pua tus neeg tswj hwm thiab cov neeg saib xyuas tau hais thaum lawv ua lawv txoj kev tawm tsam thiab tuav tswj hwm tsoomfwv," tus tub hluas hais. "Lawv hais tias lawv tau tawm tsam rau cov neeg thiab yuav tawm mus sai li sai tau raws li kev txiav txim tau tsim, thiab ua ntej koj paub nws, lawv tau ua haujlwm rau lub neej, muab lawv cov phooj ywg thiab cov neeg ua phem rau hauv txoj haujlwm ntawm lub hwj chim, tshem tawm txoj cai lij choj, txeeb cov tsev txhab nyiaj, ua txhua yam hauv lub tebchaws. cov lag luam, tau muab av thiab kev nplua nuj los ntawm cov nplua nuj thiab kaw tag nrho cov xov xwm uas tau hais tawm tsam lawv. Koj yuav ua tib yam hauv Iran. "
    
  Bujazi kawm tus tub hluas ib pliag, ces ua tib zoo tshuaj xyuas lwm tus nyob ib puag ncig nws. Nws tau sau tseg tias muaj qee cov ntsiab lus zoo heev - tus txiv neej no ntse heev thiab nyeem tau zoo rau nws lub hnub nyoog, thiab nws xav tias feem ntau ntawm lwm tus yog tib yam. Nws tsis nyob ntawm no ntawm cov menyuam yaus txoj kev ib txwm muaj.
    
  Boujazi tau hais tias "Kuv txiav txim rau ib tug txiv neej los ntawm nws qhov kev ua, tsis yog los ntawm nws cov lus - ob leeg phooj ywg thiab yeeb ncuab," Boujazi hais. "Kuv tuaj yeem cog lus rau koj txog kev thaj yeeb nyab xeeb, kev zoo siab, kev ruaj ntseg thiab kev vam meej zoo li txhua tus neeg ua nom ua tswv, lossis kuv tuaj yeem cog lus rau koj ib qho chaw saum ntuj ceeb tsheej zoo li cov txiv plig, tab sis kuv yuav tsis ua. Txhua yam kuv tuaj yeem cog lus yog tias kuv yuav tawm tsam cov hniav thiab ntsia hlau kom txwv tsis pub cov neeg ntxeev siab los rhuav peb lub tebchaws ua ntej peb muaj sijhawm los tsim tsa tsoomfwv ntawm cov neeg, txawm tias tsoomfwv yuav ua li cas. Kuv yuav siv tag nrho kuv cov kev txawj ntse, kev cob qhia thiab kev paub dhau los los ua kom muaj kev nyab xeeb ntawm lub tebchaws no kom txog thaum cov neeg tsoomfwv tau rov qab los. "
    
  "Rau kuv cov lus no zoo li cov lus zoo, Mister Emperor, cov uas koj nyuam qhuav cog lus tias yuav tsis siv."
    
  Bujaz luag nyav thiab nodded, ntsia ncaj nraim rau hauv lub qhov muag ntawm cov neeg uas zoo li npau taws tshaj plaws los yog tsis ntseeg siab. "Kuv pom nej coob leej muaj lub koob yees duab xov tooj ntawm tes, yog li koj muaj pov thawj video ntawm qhov kuv hais. Yog tias kuv yog tus thawj tswj hwm koj xav tias kuv yog, kuv yuav tuav tag nrho cov xov tooj no thiab xa koj mus kaw. "
    
  "Koj tuaj yeem ua nws hmo no, tom qab koj tsoo peb lub tsev thiab rub peb tawm hauv txaj."
    
  "Tab sis kuv yuav tsis," Boujazi hais. "Koj tuaj yeem xa cov vis dis aus dawb rau txhua tus neeg hauv ntiaj teb, tshaj tawm hauv YouTube, muag rau hauv xov xwm. Daim vis dis aus yuav sau kuv cov lus cog tseg rau koj, tab sis kuv qhov kev ua yuav yog qhov pov thawj kawg. "
    
  "Peb yuav xa cov yeeb yaj kiab li cas, tus txiv neej laus," nug tus poj niam hluas, "thaum lub zog tsuas yog peb teev ib hnub? Peb yuav muaj hmoo yog tias cov xov tooj ua haujlwm ob peb feeb txhua hnub. "
    
  Boujazi tau hais tias "Kuv nyeem cov ntawv tshaj tawm, kuv nthwv dej hauv Internet thiab kuv nkaum hauv blogs, ib yam li koj," Boujazi hais. "Lub American satellite ntiaj teb no wireless Internet system ua hauj lwm zoo txawm nyob rau hauv Persia - cia kuv ceeb toom rau koj tias nws raug txwv los ntawm cov txiv plig los sim tiv thaiv koj los ntawm tsis tau txais xov xwm tsis sib haum xeeb los ntawm lub ntiaj teb no - thiab kuv paub hais tias muaj coob tus ntawm koj cov tub ntxhais hluas enterprising tau tsim cov tshuab hluav taws xob nrog pedal-powered kom them koj lub laptops thaum lub zog tawm. Tej zaum kuv yuav yog ib tug txiv neej laus, poj niam hluas, tab sis kuv tsis muaj kev sib cuag nrog qhov tseeb. " Nws txaus siab pom ob peb lub ntsej muag luag ntxhi tshwm rau ntawm lub ntsej muag ntawm cov neeg nyob ib puag ncig nws - thaum kawg, nws xav tias, nws pib hais lawv cov lus.
    
  "Tab sis kuv ceeb toom rau koj tias hluav taws xob raug txiav vim muaj kev tawm tsam ntawm peb lub tshuab hluav taws xob thiab cov xaim hluav taws xob," nws hais ntxiv. "Ib qhov chaw nyob ntawd muaj ib tug yeeb ncuab uas tsis quav ntsej cov neeg Persia - txhua yam lawv xav tau yog kom rov qab muaj hwj chim thiab lawv yuav ua txhua yam uas lawv xav tau, txawm tias nws ua rau mob lossis tua cov pej xeem dawb huv. Kuv tshem lawv lub hwj chim thiab tso cai rau cov pej xeem ntawm lub teb chaws no sib txuas lus nrog lub ntiaj teb sab nraud dua. Kuv tso cai rau kev nqis peev txawv teb chaws thiab kev pab rov qab mus rau Persia thaum cov neeg teev ntuj tau kaw lawv tus kheej tawm ntawm lwm lub ntiaj teb rau ntau tshaj peb caug xyoo thiab khaws cov nyiaj txiag thiab lub zog ntawm lub tebchaws no. Nov yog qhov kev txiav txim uas kuv tab tom tham txog, kuv cov phooj ywg. Tsis muaj ib yam dab tsi uas kuv tuaj yeem hais tau kiag li, thiab cov kev ua no yuav hais tau nrov dua li ib txhiab lub suab nrov. "
    
  "Yog li thaum twg kev tawm tsam yuav nres, General?" - nug thawj tus neeg. "Nws yuav siv sij hawm ntev npaum li cas kom tshem tawm cov neeg ntxeev siab?"
    
  Boujazi tau hais tias "Kuv xav ntev tom qab kuv tuag thiab faus," "Yog li ntawd txhua yam yuav nyob ntawm koj. Koj xav tau ntev npaum li cas, tus tub?
    
  "Hav, koj pib ua tsov rog no, tsis yog kuv!" - Tus txiv neej thundered, tuav nws lub nrig. "Tsis txhob muab qhov no tso rau ntawm kuv ko taw! Koj hais tias koj yuav tuag ntev ua ntej qhov no yuav dhau mus - zoo, ua li cas koj tsis txhob mus rau ntuj raug txim tam sim no thiab cawm peb txhua lub sijhawm!" Ntau tus neeg hauv pawg neeg tau ntsais muag ntawm tus txiv neej tawm tsam, tab sis hais lossis tsis ua dab tsi. "Thiab kuv tsis yog koj tus tub, tus laus. Kuv txiv raug tua nyob rau hauv txoj kev sab nraum lub khw uas kuv tsev neeg muaj rau peb tiam, thaum muaj hluav taws kub ntawm koj cov tub rog thiab cov Pasdarans, nyob rau hauv pem hauv ntej ntawm kuv ob lub qhov muag, kuv niam thiab kuv tus muam.
    
  Bujaz nodded. "Kuv khuv xim. Ces qhia koj lub npe rau kuv."
    
  Tus tub hluas hais tias, "Kuv tsis xav qhia kuv lub npe rau koj, tus txiv neej laus," vim kuv pom tias koj thiab koj cov tub rog muaj peev xwm ntes tau kuv lossis tua kuv lub taub hau ib yam li cov Pasdarans tau hais. ua."
    
  "Raws li cov ntaub ntawv?' Koj puas ntseeg tias Pasdarans tua leej twg uas tawm tsam cov txiv plig?
    
  Tus tub hluas hais ntxiv tias, "Kuv pom muaj kev kub ntxhov thiab ntshav siab ntau ntawm ob sab hauv kev tua uas kuv txiv raug tua," thiab kuv pom qhov sib txawv me ntsis ntawm koj thiab cov txiv plig, tsuas yog tej zaum hauv cov khaub ncaws koj hnav." Koj puas yog lossis koj qhov kev ua txhaum cai vim yog cov neeg Amelikas swooped thiab pab koj ib ntus tsav Pasdarans tawm ntawm lub nroog? Thaum koj raug ntiab tawm, koj puas yuav los ua neeg ntxeev siab tshiab? Koj puas yuav pib ua tsov rog rau cov neeg dawb huv vim koj xav tias koj hais yog lawm?
    
  Boujazi tau hais tias "Yog tias koj ntseeg tiag tiag tias kuv tsis zoo dua lossis phem dua li Cov Tub Ceev Xwm Kev Tawm Tsam, ces tsis muaj ib lo lus yuav ntxias koj li lwm yam," Boujazi tau hais tias, "thiab koj yuav thuam ib lub hom phiaj yooj yim rau koj txiv txoj kev tuag. Kuv thov txim rau koj qhov poob." Nws tig thiab saib lwm tus nyob ib ncig ntawm nws. "Kuv pom ntau lub ntsej muag npau taws ntawm no ntawm txoj kev, tab sis kuv kuj hnov qee lub suab nrov heev. Kuv lo lus nug rau koj: Yog tias koj ntse heev, koj ua dab tsi ntawm no, tsuas yog sawv ib puag ncig tsis ua dab tsi? Koj cov kwvtij neejtsa tabtom tuag thiab koj tsis ua dab tsi, txav los ntawm kev tawm tsam mus tua, tuav koj lub nrig ntawm kuv cov tub rog thaum cov neeg ntxeev siab txav mus rau lub hom phiaj tom ntej. "
    
  "Peb yuav ua li cas, tus laus?" - nug lwm tus txiv neej.
    
  Boujazi tau hais tias "Ua raws li koj lub taub hau, ua raws li koj lub siab thiab nqis tes ua," Boujazi hais. "Yog tias koj ntseeg tiag tiag tias cov txiv plig muaj txiaj ntsig zoo tshaj plaws ntawm lub tebchaws hauv lub siab, koom nrog cov neeg ntxeev siab thiab tawm tsam kom tsav kuv thiab kuv cov neeg tawm hauv lub tebchaws. Yog hais tias koj ntseeg nyob rau hauv monarchists, koom lawv thiab tsim koj tus kheej rebellion nyob rau hauv lub npe ntawm Kagewa, tawm tsam ob Islamists thiab kuv cov tub rog, thiab coj lub monarchy rov qab mus rau lub hwj chim. Yog tias koj xav tias muaj lub ntsiab lus hauv kuv cov lus thiab kev ua, hnav koj lub tsho, tuav koj rab phom thiab koom nrog kuv. Yog tias koj tsis xav koom nrog leej twg, tsawg kawg kom koj lub qhov muag tsis pom kev, thiab thaum koj pom koj tsev neeg lossis koj cov neeg zej zog raug tawm tsam, nqis tes ua ... txhua yam . Sib ntaus, qhia, pab, tiv thaiv - ua ib yam dab tsi ntau dua li tsuas yog sawv ib puag ncig thiab yws txog nws. "
    
  Nws tau tshuaj xyuas lawv lub ntsej muag ib zaug ntxiv, cia lawv saib ncaj qha rau hauv nws lub qhov muag thiab nws rau hauv lawv lub qhov muag. Lawv feem coob ua li ntawd xwb. Nws pom muaj zog tiag tiag hauv pab pawg no thiab ua rau nws muaj kev cia siab. Lawv tsim nyog sib ntaus sib tua rau, nws txiav txim siab. Txawm lawv xaiv sab twg los, lawv yog lub neej yav tom ntej ntawm lub tebchaws no. "Nov yog koj lub teb chaws, dammit ... nws yog peb lub teb chaws. Yog tias nws tsis tsim nyog tawm tsam, mus rau lwm qhov ua ntej koj dhau los ua lwm tus neeg raug tsim txom. " Nws nres, cia nws cov lus poob rau hauv; tom qab ntawd: "Tam sim no kuv xav tau koj txoj kev pab txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau ua txhaum cai no. Kuv cov tub rog yuav teeb tsa ib puag ncig thiab ruaj ntseg hauv cheeb tsam, tab sis kuv xav tau koj qee tus los pab cov neeg cawm seej nrhiav cov neeg raug tsim txom thiab tub ceev xwm sau cov pov thawj thiab xam phaj cov neeg pov thawj. Leej twg yuav pab?
    
  Cov neeg coob coob tau nres, tos ib tus neeg los ua thawj zaug. Ces thawj tug tub hluas txawm nce mus rau pem hauv ntej thiab hais rau Buzhazi: "Tsis yog rau koj, Emperor. Koj puas xav tias koj txawv ntawm cov neeg ntxeev siab roaming txoj kev? Koj phem dua. Koj tsuas yog ib tug yawg laus uas muaj phom. Nws tsis ua rau koj raug. " Thiab nws tig thiab taug kev mus, ua raws li lwm tus.
    
  Boujazi hais rau Colonel Rahmati, "Damn, Kuv xav tias kuv tau dhau mus rau lawv," Boujazi hais rau Colonel Rahmati.
    
  "Lawv tsuas yog ib pawg ntawm cov neeg poob xwb," tus thawj coj tub rog hais. "Koj nug lawv ua dab tsi ntawm no ntawm txoj kev? Lawv tsim teeb meem, yog tag nrho. Raws li peb paub, lawv yog cov uas tawg qhov chaw nres tsheb roj. Yuav ua li cas peb thiaj paub tias lawv tsis yog neeg ntxeev siab?
    
  "Lawv yog cov neeg ntxeev siab, Mostafa," Boujazi hais.
    
  Rahmati ntsia stunned. "Lawv yog? Koj paub li cas...Kuv txhais tau tias, peb yuav tsum ntes lawv tam sim no!"
    
  Boujazi tau hais tias "Lawv yog cov neeg ntxeev siab, tab sis tsis yog Islamists." "Yog tias kuv muaj kev xaiv ntawm leej twg kuv yuav xav mus rau txoj kev tam sim no, nws yuav yog lawv. Kuv tseem xav tias lawv yuav pab tau, tab sis tsis yog li kuv xav kom lawv ua. " Nws ntsia mus rau qhov chaw nres tsheb roj uas tseem kub hnyiab tau ntawm qhov seem ntawm lub tsheb thauj khoom smoldering uas tau tawg kaum ob peb meters hla txoj kev. "Nyob ntawm no thiab khaws koj cov riam phom tsis pom. Teem ib cheeb tsam. Kuv xav kom tsis txhob muaj ntau tshaj ob tug tub rog ntawm qhov kev sib tshuam, thiab lawv yuav tsum tau nyob rau ntawm cov ces kaum sab nraud, tsis yog ua ke. "
    
  "Vim li cas, tus tswv?"
    
  Boujazi tau hais tias "Vim tias muaj ntau ntawm lawv, cov neeg qhia yuav tsis tuaj cuag lawv - thiab peb xav tau cov ntaub ntawv, thiab sai sai," Boujazi tau hais. Nws taug kev mus rau lub tsheb haus luam yeeb. Rahmati ua raws li, tsis xav kom tshwm sim ib qho kev ntshai ntau dua li nws twb muaj lawm, tab sis Bujazi tig thiab qw, "Kuv hais tias nyob ntawm no thiab teeb tsa ib puag ncig." Rahmati tsuas yog txaus siab ua raws li.
    
  Lub tshuab hluav taws kub rub mus rau qhov hluav taws kub hnyiab, thiab ob tug neeg tua hluav taws zoo nkauj heev - tej zaum cov menyuam yaus ntawm cov neeg tua hluav taws raug mob los yog raug mob tiag tiag, ib qho kev coj ua hauv lub ntiaj teb no - pib tua hluav taws siv cov dej maj mam los ntawm. ib lub tshuab hluav taws kub qub uas tau raug tso tseg. Nws yuav tsum ua haujlwm ntev thiab mob siab rau. Bujazi taug kev ncig lub tsheb tua hluav taws, nyob deb txaus ntawm cov pa taws uas nws yuav tsis ua rau tuag taus, tab sis feem ntau tsis pom. Tam sim no hais tias txoj haujlwm ntxuav tau pib, cov neeg coob coob pib tawg mus. Ib qho ntxiv, qhov hluav taws kub loj dua tau tawm tsam cov nplaim taws ntawm qhov chaw nres tsheb roj nws tus kheej, uas tseem kub heev thiab hnyav heev, sai sai xa cov pa taws dub loj loj rau saum ntuj. Nws yog qhov zoo kawg rau Boujazi tias cov nplaim taws zoo li haus txawm tias muaj dej loj heev - qhov hluav taws kub hnyiab tau zoo li qhov hluav taws kub-
    
  "Tsis yog hais lus phem nyob ntawd, General," nws hnov ib lub suab qab nws.
    
  Bujaz nodded thiab luag ntxhi - nws twv kom raug. Nws tig thiab ntsia ntsoov rau nws tus yawg koob Azar Asia Kagev, uas yog tus txais txiaj ntsig rau Peacock Throne ntawm Persia. Nws ntsia tom qab tus ntxhais hluas thiab pom tus tauj ncov loj Mara Saidi, yog ib tug ntawm Azar tus huab tais lub cev tiv thaiv, sawv ntawm qhov muag tsis pom kev nyob ze ntawm lub teeb ci, sib xyaw ua ke rau hauv kev kub ntxhov nyob ib puag ncig lawv. Nws lub tsho tau unbuttoned thiab nws ob txhais tes tau muab tais rau ntawm nws xub ntiag, pom tau tias nws thaiv nws riam phom los ntawm prying ob lub qhov muag. "Kuv xav tias kuv pom tus thawj coj nyob ntawd hauv pawg neeg, thiab kuv paub tias koj yuav nyob ze. Kuv xav tias Cov Loj nyob ze nrog rab phom sniper lossis RPG, puas yog?
    
  "Kuv ntseeg tias nws tau riam phom nrog ob lub riam phom niaj hnub no - koj paub tias nws nyiam li cas los npaj," Azar hais tias, nyo hau rov qab yam tsis muaj teeb meem taw qhia qhov twg nws tus Thawj Saib Xyuas Kev Ruaj Ntseg Hauv Lub Tebchaws, Parviz Najjar, tau nkaum nyob rau hauv rooj plaub me ntsis hnub Bujazi ntawm no yog qhov tseeb. ib cuab. Nws tsis tuaj yeem tso siab rau tus txiv neej no - kev sib koom tes hauv Persia tau hloov pauv sai heev. "Kuv tau txhawb Najjar rau tus tub ceev xwm tub ceev xwm thiab Saidi kom loj rau lawv txoj kev ua siab loj coj kuv tawm ntawm Asmeskas thiab coj kuv mus tsev."
    
  Bujaz nodded pom zoo. Azar Asia Kagev, tus ntxhais yau ntawm Peacock Throne contender Mohammed Hassan Kagev, tseem ploj lawm txij li thaum pib ntawm Boujazi lub coup tawm tsam lub theocratic tsoom fwv ntawm Iran, nyuam qhuav muaj kaum xya xyoo, tab sis nws muaj kev ntseeg siab ntawm ib tug neeg laus ob zaug nws lub hnub nyoog, tsis. los hais txog kev ua siab loj, kev sib ntaus sib tua thiab kev tawm tsam ntawm tus thawj coj ntawm lub tuam txhab infantry. Bujazi tsis tuaj yeem pab tab sis pom tias nws tseem hloov mus ua ib tug poj niam zoo nkauj heev, nrog ntev ci dub plaub hau, zoo nkauj nkhaus pib nthuav tawm ntawm nws lub cev, thiab tsaus nti, seev cev, yuav luag lub qhov muag tsis zoo. Nws ob txhais caj npab thiab txhais ceg tau npog, tsis yog nrog lub burqa, tab sis nrog lub tsho dawb thiab chocolate chip tracksuit ris los tiv thaiv nws tus kheej los ntawm lub hnub; nws lub taub hau tau npog, tsis yog nrog hijab, tab sis nrog "rag" ntawm TeamMelli World Cup pab pawg.
    
  Tab sis nws ntsia nws kuj tau kos rau nws txhais tes. Txhua tiam thib ob ntawm cov txiv neej Kagev dynasty - tej zaum cov poj niam ib yam nkaus, tab sis tej zaum lawv yuav raug muab pov tseg thaum yug los yog li ntawd lawv yuav tsis loj hlob nrog kev xiam oob khab - raug kev txom nyem los ntawm caj ces hu ua ob sab ntiv tes hypoplasia, lossis tsis muaj ntiv taw loj. . Thaum nws tseem yog menyuam yaus, nws tau txais kev phais pov thawj uas ua rau nws cov ntiv tes taw ua haujlwm zoo li tus ntiv tes xoo, tawm hauv nws tsuas yog plaub ntiv tes ntawm ob txhais tes.
    
  Tab sis es tsis txhob dhau los ua ib qho teeb meem, Hazard ua rau nws deformity los ntawm lub zog, ntxiv dag zog rau nws thaum nws tseem hluas. Nws ntau dua li ua rau nws pom qhov tsis txaus: nws tau hais tias nws tuaj yeem ua rau cov txiv neej feem ntau ob zaug nws lub hnub nyoog thiab yog tus ua tiav pianist thiab martial artist. Hazard tau tshaj tawm tsis tshua hnav hnab looj tes, cia lwm tus pom nws txhais tes ua ob qho tib si lub cim ntawm nws cov cuab yeej cuab tam thiab kev cuam tshuam rau nws cov neeg tawm tsam.
    
  Azar tau nyob tsis pub leej twg paub hauv Tebchaws Meskas txij li muaj hnub nyoog ob xyoos nyob rau hauv kev tiv thaiv ntawm nws tus neeg saib xyuas lub cev Najar thiab Saidi, uas yog nws niam nws txiv, sib cais los ntawm nws niam nws txiv tiag tiag vim kev nyab xeeb, uas tseem tau zais ua cov qhua ntawm US State Department. . Thaum lub Buzhazi coup tshwm sim, lub Kagev tam sim ntawd sib sau ua ke lawv ua tsov ua rog pawg sab laj thiab rov qab mus rau Iran. Tus huab tais thiab poj huab tais, uas yuav tsum tau nyob hauv kev zais tab sis khiav lub vev xaib, tsis tu ncua nyob rau hauv xov xwm thuam Iran txoj cai tswjfwm, thiab tau cog lus tias yuav muaj ib hnub rov qab los thiab tswj hwm lub tebchaws, tseem ploj mus thiab raug liam tias raug tua los ntawm Iranian Islamic. Revolutionary Guard Corps lossis cov neeg ua phem al-Quds Force nrog kev pab los ntawm Russians thiab Turkmen. Tab sis Azar tau ua rau Iran, siv nws qhov kev txawj ntse, kev txawj ua thawj coj - thiab kev pab ntau los ntawm Asmeskas cov tub rog thiab ib pab tub rog me me ntawm armored commandos - thiab tau koom nrog pawg tub rog huab tais thiab ntau txhiab tus neeg zoo siab.
    
  "Kuv zoo siab, koj lub siab," Bujazi hais tias, tshem nws lub kaus mom hlau thiab hliv dej rau ntawm nws lub ntsej muag ua ntej yuav nqos ntev. "Kuv tab tom nrhiav rau koj, tab sis koj haum zoo kawg nkaus nrog cov neeg coob coob. Pom tau tias lwm tus tsis paub tias koj yog leej twg, vim tsis muaj leej twg sim tsim daim thaiv tiv thaiv ib puag ncig koj thaum kuv mus txog. Koj zais koj lub hli zoo. "
    
  Azar hais tias "Kuv tau taug kev ncig lub nroog sim mloog cov tub ntxhais hluas no kom paub seb lawv xav tau dab tsi thiab lawv xav tau dab tsi," Azar hais. Nws cov lus Asmeskas tseem muaj zog, ua rau nws Farsi nyuaj to taub. Nws tshem tawm Iranian pab pawg ncaws pob hauv tebchaws lub taub hau los qhia qhov ntev, lub duav-ntev ponytail, mun, zoo li Persian vaj ntxwv rau ntau pua xyoo. Nws pov nws cov plaub hau, zoo siab uas tau tso tawm ntawm nws tus kheej tab sis kev sib raug zoo. Major Saidi tau nqis los ntawm nws nrog kev pom kev ntshai ntawm nws lub ntsej muag, ntsiag to hais kom nws zais nws lub hnab ua ntej leej twg ntawm txoj kev pom. Azar dov nws ob lub qhov muag hauv kev thuam thuam thiab khi nws tus ponytail rov qab rau hauv daim ntaub. "Lawv paub kuv yog ib tug ntawm cov neeg tsiv teb tsaws chaw, yog txhua yam - ib yam li lawv."
    
  "Tshwj tsis yog rau ib puas tus tub rog tiv thaiv tub rog, pawg tub rog, tub rog zais cia loj dua cov khoom lag luam thoob ntiaj teb ntawm feem ntau ntawm Central Asia, thiab ob peb puas txhiab tus neeg uas yuav zoo siab sawv ntsug rau pem hauv ntej ntawm rab phom tshuab kom pom koj dua. Takht-i-Tavus, Peacock Throne"
    
  Nws hais tias, "Kuv yuav muab txhua yam uas kuv muaj los ntxias koj thiab koj cov neeg ua haujlwm koom nrog kuv, Khesarak," nws hais. "Kuv cov thwjtim muaj siab ntseeg thiab mob siab rau, tab sis peb tseem tsawg dhau, thiab kuv cov thwjtim yog cov neeg ncaj ncees, tsis yog cov neeg tua rog."
    
  "Koj xav li cas yog qhov txawv ntawm ib tug hu ua loyalist thiab ib tug tub rog, Koj High?" - Nug Buzhazi. "Thaum koj lub tebchaws muaj kev phom sij, tsis muaj qhov sib txawv. Thaum tsov rog, cov pej xeem dhau los ua tub rog lossis lawv ua qhev. "
    
  "Lawv xav tau ib tug general ... lawv xav tau koj."
    
  Boujazi tau hais tias "Lawv xav tau tus thawj coj, koj qhov siab, thiab tus neeg ntawd yog koj," Boujazi tau hais. "Yog tias ib nrab ntawm koj cov neeg ncaj ncees zoo li ntse, tsis muaj kev ntshai thiab siab tawv li cov neeg loj leeb uas koj nyob nrog, lawv tuaj yeem tswj hwm lub tebchaws no tau yooj yim."
    
  "Lawv yuav tsis ua raws li tus ntxhais."
    
  "Tej zaum tsis yog ... Tab sis lawv yuav ua raws li tus thawj coj."
    
  "Kuv xav kom koj coj lawv."
    
  Boujazi tau hais tias "Kuv tsis koom nrog ntawm no, Koj Tus Thawj Coj - Kuv tsis nyob hauv kev lag luam los tsim tsoomfwv," Boujazi tau hais. "Kuv nyob ntawm no vim tias Pasdaran thiab cov neeg ntxeev siab uas lawv txhawb nqa tseem yog ib qho kev hem thawj rau lub tebchaws no, thiab kuv yuav caum lawv mus txog thaum txhua tus ntawm lawv tuag. Tab sis kuv tsis mus ua tus thawj tswj hwm. John Elton tau hais tias: 'Power corrupts, thiab lub hwj chim kiag li corrupts kiag li.' Kuv paub hais tias kuv lub zog los ntawm kuv cov tub rog, thiab kuv tsis xav kom cov neeg raug lawv cov tub rog kav. Nws yuav tsum yog lwm txoj hauv kev. "
    
  "Yog tias koj tsis xav ua lawv tus thawj tswj hwm, ua lawv tus thawj coj," Azar hais. "Ua koj cov tub rog nyob rau hauv Kagewa chij, cob qhia peb cov neeg siab ncaj, nrhiav neeg ua tub rog ntxiv, thiab cia peb koom ua ke peb lub teb chaws ib zaug ntxiv."
    
  Bujazi ntsia ntsoov tus poj niam hluas. "Koj niam koj txiv li cas, High?" - nws nug.
    
  Azar nqos ntawm cov lus nug uas xav tsis thoob, tab sis cov hlau sai sai rov qab los rau nws qhov muag. "Tseem tsis tau ib lo lus, General," nws teb khov kho. "Lawv ciaj sia - Kuv paub qhov ntawd."
    
  "Tau kawg, koj lub siab," Bujazi hais ntsiag to. "Kuv tau hnov tias koj pawg thawj coj tub rog yuav tsis pom zoo rau koj coj koj cov tub rog mus txog thaum koj mus txog hnub nyoog laus."
    
  Azar chuckled thiab co taub hau. "Tau ntau pua xyoo, feem ntau muaj hnub nyoog kaum plaub-Alexander yog kaum plaub thaum nws coj nws thawj pab tub rog mus rau hauv kev sib ntaus sib tua," nws spat. "Raws li pov riam phom tau nce siab dua, thiab riam phom thiab riam phom hnyav dua thiab hnyav dua, cov hnub nyoog feem ntau - lo lus los ntawm tus thawj coj loj, tus thawj coj tub rog - tau raug tsa mus rau kaum yim, vim tias ib tus tub rog tsis tuaj yeem nqa ntaj lossis hnav ris tsho. Qhov no txhais li cas hauv lub ntiaj teb niaj hnub no? Niaj hnub no, tus me nyuam muaj tsib xyoos tuaj yeem siv computer, nyeem daim ntawv qhia, tham hauv xov tooj cua, thiab nkag siab txog cov qauv thiab cov qauv. Tab sis kuv lub rooj sab laj uas muaj koob muaj npe, suav nrog cov txiv neej laus hauv cov tsho thiab cov poj niam laus, yuav tsis pub leej twg muaj hnub nyoog qis dua yim los ua tub rog, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog ib tug poj niam.
    
  Boujazi tau ceeb toom tias "Kuv pom zoo kom ib tus neeg sau koj cov tub rog tub rog, xaiv tus thawj coj, tau txais kev pom zoo los ntawm koj pawg tub rog thiab npaj ... sai li sai tau," Boujazi ceeb toom. "Koj qhov kev tawm tsam tsis sib haum xeeb thiab zoo li tsis muaj lwm lub hom phiaj tshaj li kev tua neeg thiab kev ua phem uas ua rau cov pej xeem nyob ntawm ntug."
    
  Azar hais tias "Kuv twb tau hais rau pawg thawj coj no, tab sis lawv tsis mloog tus ntxhais," Azar yws. "Kuv tsuas yog ib lub cim, lub cim. Lawv xav sib cav txog leej twg muaj hnub nyoog laus, leej twg muaj ntau tus thwjtim, lossis leej twg tuaj yeem nyiam cov neeg ua haujlwm ntau dua lossis nyiaj ntsuab. Txhua yam lawv xav tau los ntawm kuv yog txiv neej qub txeeg qub teg. Yog tsis muaj vaj ntxwv, pawg sab laj yuav tsis txiav txim siab. "
    
  "Tom qab ntawd yog Malika."
    
  "Kuv tsis nyiam raug hu ua ' huab tais', General, thiab koj paub tias, Kuv paub tseeb," Hazard hais kub heev. "Kuv niam kuv txiv tsis tuag." Nws hais cov lus kawg no npau taws, defiantly, zoo li yog sim ntxias nws tus kheej thiab tus thawj coj.
    
  "Nws tau yuav luag ob xyoos txij li lawv tau ploj mus, Koj Qhov Kev Loj Hlob - koj yuav tos ntev npaum li cas? Txog thaum koj muaj kaum yim? Persia yuav nyob qhov twg hauv kaum tsib lub hlis? Los yog txog thaum ib tug neeg sib tw dynasty nteg thov rau Peacock Throne, los yog txog thaum ib co txiv neej muaj zog yuav hla thiab muab tag nrho cov Kages mus ya?
    
  Pom tseeb, Azar twb tau nug nws tus kheej tag nrho cov lus nug no vim nws raug mob los ntawm tsis muaj lus teb. "Kuv paub, General, kuv paub," nws hais hauv lub suab nyias, qhov nyuaj siab tshaj plaws uas nws tau hnov los ntawm nws. "Yog vim li cas kuv xav kom koj tshwm sim ua ntej pawg tub rog, koom nrog peb, tswj hwm peb cov neeg ncaj ncees thiab koom ua ke tawm tsam cov neeg Ixayees tawm tsam Mohtaz thiab nws cov ntshav jihadists. Koj yog tus txiv neej muaj zog tshaj plaws nyob rau hauv Persia. Lawv yuav pom zoo yam tsis muaj hesitation. "
    
  Boujazi tau hais tias "Kuv tsis paub meej tias kuv puas tau npaj los ua tus thawj coj hauv pab tub rog huab tais, Koj Tus Hiav Txwv," Boujazi tau hais. "Kuv yuav tsum paub tias Kagevians zoo li cas ua ntej kuv txhawb lawv." Nws ntsia Azar tsaus muag. "Thiab txog thaum koj niam koj txiv tshwm sim, lossis txog thaum koj muaj kaum yim-tej zaum tsis yog thaum ntawd-tus thawj coj tub rog hais lus hauv lub npe Kagev ... "
    
  Hazard hais tias "Thiab lawv tsis tuaj yeem txiav txim siab seb puas yuav tsa tus chij huab tais ua ntej lossis tom qab kev thov Vajtswv thaum sawv ntxov," Hazard hais nrog kev qias neeg. "Lawv sib cav txog kev cai lij choj hauv tsev hais plaub, qib thiab cov txheej txheem me me dua li cov kev tawm tsam, cov tswv yim thiab cov hom phiaj."
    
  "Thiab koj xav kom kuv xaj los ntawm lawv? Tsis yog, ua tsaug, koj lub siab. "
    
  "Tab sis yog tias muaj ib txoj hauv kev los txhawb kom lawv txhawb koj yog tias koj tshaj tawm tias koj yuav tsim tsoomfwv, Hesarak-"
    
  "Kuv hais rau koj, kuv tsis koom nrog tsim tsoomfwv," Boujazi snapped. "Kuv tau rhuav tshem cov txiv plig, kev coj tsis ncaj Islamist kev coj noj coj ua thiab cov neeg phem Pasdaran uas lawv ntiav vim tias lawv yog cov teeb meem tiag tiag rau kev ywj pheej thiab kev cai lij choj hauv lub tebchaws no. Tab sis kuv puas tuaj yeem hais qhia rau koj tias peb tseem muaj peb tus xaiv tsa Majlis-e-Shura, uas xav tias muaj txoj cai tswjfwm los tswj hwm thiab tsim tsoomfwv sawv cev? Lawv nyob qhov twg? nkaum, yog li cas. Lawv ntshai tias lawv yuav raug tsom rau kev tua neeg yog tias lawv lo lawv lub taub hau me me tawm, yog li lawv nyiam saib ntawm lawv lub tsev zoo nkauj, nyob ib puag ncig los ntawm cov neeg saib xyuas, vim tias lawv lub teb chaws raug rhuav tshem. "
    
  "Lub suab zoo li koj tsuas yog xav kom ib tus neeg thov koj pab lawv, tsis yog, General? Koj puas xav tau kev hwm thiab hwm ntawm tus nom tswv lossis tus ntxhais huab tais thov kev pab?
    
  Boujazi tau hais tias "Qhov kuv xav tau, Koj Tus Thawj Coj, yog rau cov neeg uas yuav tsum tau khiav lub tebchaws no kom tshem tawm lawv cov rog rog thiab coj mus," Boujazi hais kub. "Txog thaum Majlis, koj lub npe hu ua tub rog pawg sab laj lossis lwm tus txiav txim siab tias lawv muaj lub siab tawv los tsoo cov Islamist kev tawm tsam, tswj hwm thiab tsim tsoomfwv, Kuv yuav txuas ntxiv ua qhov kuv ua tau zoo tshaj plaws - yos hav zoov thiab tua ntau tus neeg Persia. cov yeeb ncuab raws li ua tau kom cawm tau neeg dawb huv. Tsawg kawg kuv muaj lub hom phiaj. "
    
  "Kuv cov thwjtim qhia koj lub zeem muag, General ..."
    
  "Tom qab ntawd ua pov thawj. Pab kuv ua kuv txoj haujlwm kom txog thaum koj tuaj yeem sib tham nrog koj pawg sab laj ua tsov ua rog. "
    
  Azar xav sib cav rau nws cov neeg thiab lawv txoj kev tawm tsam, nrog rau nws tus kheej txoj cai, tab sis nws paub tias nws tsis muaj lus teb. Boujazi yog lawm: lawv muaj lub siab xav tawm tsam cov Islamists, tab sis lawv tsuas ua tsis tau txoj haujlwm. Nws nodded obediently. "Okay, General, Kuv mloog. Peb yuav pab tau koj li cas?"
    
  "Qhia koj cov neeg ncaj ncees kom koom nrog kuv pab tub rog thiab cog lus tias yuav ua tiav kuv cov lus txib rau ob xyoos. Kuv yuav cob qhia thiab muab lawv. Tom qab ob xyoos, lawv tuaj yeem rov qab los rau koj nrog txhua yam khoom siv thiab riam phom uas lawv tuaj yeem nqa lawv nraub qaum. "
    
  Azar lub pob muag sawv hauv kev xav tsis thoob. "Kev pub dawb heev."
    
  "Tab sis lawv yuav tsum cog lus thaum lawv tau txais ob xyoos los ua raws li kuv cov lus txib thiab tawm tsam rau kuv mus txog thaum kawg thiab tom qab ntawd qee tus, raug nplua ntawm kev tuag - tsis yog los ntawm pawg sab laj ntawm kev ua tsov ua rog, lub tsev hais plaub lossis lub tsev hais plaub, tab sis los ntawm kuv. Yog tias lawv raug ntes tau hla cov ntaub ntawv rau ib tus neeg sab nraud ntawm kuv qib, suav nrog koj, lawv yuav tuag hauv kev txaj muag thiab kev txaj muag. "
    
  Azar nodded. "Dab tsi ntxiv?"
    
  "Yog tias lawv tsis koom nrog kuv pab tub rog, lawv yuav tsum pom zoo muab cov ntaub ntawv meej, raws sijhawm thiab muaj txiaj ntsig rau kuv, ua ntu zus lossis raws li kev thov, thiab txhawb nqa kuv cov tub rog nrog txhua yam lawv tuaj yeem muab tau - zaub mov, khaub ncaws, chaw nyob, dej, nyiaj, khoom siv, txhua yam," Buzhazi hais ntxiv. "Kuv tau hais kom tshaj tawm cov ntaub ntawv hais txog kuv lub zog ruaj ntseg kom yooj yim rau koj cov neeg kom tshaj tawm cov ntawv sau, duab lossis lwm yam ntaub ntawv rau lawv, thiab kuv yuav muab cov ntaub ntawv zais cia rau koj thiab muaj lub suab thiab email chaw nyob uas koj tuaj yeem siv tau. muab cov ntaub ntawv rau peb.
    
  "Tab sis koj yuav tsum pab peb, nej txhua tus. Koj cov neeg ncaj ncees yuav ua raws li Kages zoo li koj, tab sis lawv yuav pab kuv, los yog lawv yuav sawv ntawm thaum kuv cov neeg thiab kuv sib ntaus. Lawv yuav pom zoo tias kuv tabtom tawm tsam rau Persia thiab kuv tsim nyog tau txais kev txhawb nqa tag nrho, lossis lawv yuav tso lawv txhais caj npab thiab nyob tawm ntawm txoj kev - tsis muaj kev tawm tsam lossis kev foob pob, tsis muaj kev sib ntaus sib tua thiab tsis muaj kev tua neeg ntxiv uas ua haujlwm tsuas yog ua phem rau cov neeg phem. dawb huv thiab txhawb cov Pasdarans thiab Islamists kom nce lawv kev tawm tsam rau cov pej xeem. "
    
  "Nws yuav yog ... nyuaj," Hazard tau lees paub. "Kuv tsuas yog tsis paub tag nrho cov thawj coj tawm tsam nyob ntawd. Kuv ua siab ncaj tsis ntseeg tias leej twg hauv pawg sab laj paub txhua lub hlwb thiab lawv cov thawj coj. "
    
  "Koj tuaj koom lub rooj sib tham ua tsov ua rog, puas yog?"
    
  "Kuv raug tso cai mus koom cov rooj sib tham dav dav ntawm pawg tub rog, tab sis kuv tsis raug tso cai pov npav, thiab kuv poob siab los ntawm kev mus koom cov rooj sib tham uas muaj tswv yim."
    
  Bujazi shook nws taub hau irritably. "Tej zaum koj yog tus neeg ntse tshaj plaws ntawm lub rooj sib tham hauv pawg sab laj - yog vim li cas koj tsis raug tso cai koom yog qhov tsis paub tsis meej rau kuv. Zoo, qhov ntawd yog koj qhov teeb meem, Koj Lub Siab. Kuv tabtom qhia koj tias koj cov neeg txhawb nqa yog ib feem ntawm qhov teeb meem, tsis yog ib feem ntawm kev daws teeb meem. Kuv tsis paub tias tus txiv neej nrog rab phom hla lub block yog ib tug Islamist los yog ib tug ntawm koj cov neeg txhawb, yog li kuv yuav tshuab nws taub hau los ntawm ob txoj kev ua ntej nws sim ua ib yam rau kuv. Qhov no tsis yog qhov kuv xav tau, tab sis qhov no yog qhov kuv yuav ua si yog tias kuv yuav tsum tau. "
    
  "Kuv tu siab tias kuv tsis tuaj yeem pab ntxiv, General."
    
  Bujazi hais tias, "Koj tuaj yeem, Koj Tus Hiav Txwv, yog tias koj tsuas yog thauj koj tus kheej rov qab mus rau nees nkaum xyoo pua, raws li kuv paub koj tuaj yeem ua tau," Bujazi hais tias, muab nws lub kaus mom hlau rov qab thiab khi cov hlua khi.
    
  "Dab tsi?" - Kuv nug.
    
  Buzhazi hais tias "Cia li los, High - koj paub tseeb tias kuv tab tom tham txog dab tsi," Buzhazi hais npau taws. "Koj yog ib tug poj niam ntse thiab kuj yog ib tug thawj coj uas yug los. Koj tau nyob hauv Asmeskas feem ntau ntawm koj lub neej thiab tau kawm paub tseeb tias txoj kev qub yuav tsis ua haujlwm ntxiv lawm. Koj yeej paub zoo li kuv ua tias lub tsev hais plaub no ntawm koj li thiab qhov hu ua pawg sab laj ua tsov ua rog yog qhov cuam tshuam koj. Koj yeem tso cai kaw koj tus kheej hauv lub tawb muaj rau pua pua xyoo no hu ua koj "lub tsev hais plaub", thiab koj tau pom zoo muab lub hwj chim rau ib pawg ntawm cov neeg lim hiam, ib nrab ntawm cov neeg tsis nyob hauv lub tebchaws tam sim no, kuv puas yog? Nws tuaj yeem qhia los ntawm qhov zoo ntawm nws lub ntsej muag tias nws yog.
    
  Bujazi shook nws lub taub hau nrog kev poob siab sai sai tig mus rau kev ntxub ntxaug. "Thov zam txim rau kuv uas tau hais li no, Koj Tus Hwjchim Loj, tab sis tshem koj lub taub hau ntawm koj lub nroog Yeiuxalees zoo nkauj thiab mus nrog txoj haujlwm ua ntej peb txhua tus tuag thiab peb lub tebchaws hloov mus rau hauv qhov ntxa loj," nws hais npau taws. "Koj yog tib tug nyob ntawm txoj kev, Hazard. Tej zaum koj yuav pom cov teeb meem thiab ntse txaus los tsim cov lus teb, tab sis koj tsis xav ua lub luag haujlwm. Vim li cas? Vim koj tsis xav kom koj niam koj txiv xav tias koj tab tom tuav lawv lub zwm txwv? Azar, rau qhov Vajtswv, qhov no yog lub xyoo pua nees nkaum, tsis yog lub kaum plaub. Tsis tas li ntawd xwb, koj niam koj txiv twb tuag lawm los yog dag lawv tus kheej yog tias lawv tsis tau ua pov thawj lawv tus kheej yuav luag ob ...
    
  "Zoo li!" Hazard qw, thiab ua ntej Boujazi tuaj yeem hnov qab, nws spun ncig thiab ncaws nws nyuaj rau hauv lub hnub ci plexus nrog nws sab xis ko taw, khob cua tawm ntawm nws. Bujazi poob rau ib lub hauv caug, txaj muag ntau dua thaum raug ntes ntawm tus neeg saib xyuas dua li kev ua phem. Thaum lub sijhawm nws sawv ntawm nws txhais taw thiab muaj peev xwm ua pa tsawg kawg yog ib nrab ntawm kev ua pa, Mara Saidi tab tom npog Hazard, taw tes rau rab phom tsis siv neeg ntawm nws.
    
  "Zoo ntaus, koj siab," Bujaz yws yws, rub nws lub plab. Thaj nws kwv yees tias ib qho ntawm nws kev hloov kho rau tes tsis xws luag yog nws lub peev xwm los tawm tsam nrog nws ob txhais ceg. "Cov lus xaiv hais tias koj tuaj yeem saib xyuas koj tus kheej-Kuv pom nws muaj tseeb."
    
  "Lub rooj sib tham dhau lawm, General," nws hnov ib tug txiv neej lub suab qab nws. Boujazi tig thiab hnia rau Parviz Najjar, uas nyob rau hauv ib ntsais muag ntawm lub qhov muag khiav tawm ntawm lub hau thiab taw tes rau lwm lub tshuab rab phom ntawm nws. "Mus sai sai."
    
  "Tom qab koj ob leeg txo koj cov riam phom," lawv hnov lwm lub suab qw. Lawv sawv daws tig mus pom Major Kulom Haddad nkaum tom qab ntawm lub tsheb smoldering, ib rab phom AK-74 taw rau Najar. "Kuv yuav tsis rov hais dua kuv tus kheej!"
    
  Boujazi hais tias "Txhua tus, muab koj rab phom tso tseg. "Kuv xav tias peb ob leeg hais qhov peb xav tau los hais ntawm no." Tsis muaj leej twg tsiv. "Tus Loj, koj thiab koj cov txiv neej, sawv ntsug."
    
  "Sir-"
    
  "Colonel, tus thawj coj, sawv rov qab los," Azar hais. Maj mam, tsis txaus siab, Najar thiab Saida tau mloog, thiab thaum lawv cov riam phom tsis pom, Haddad txo qis nws. "Tsis muaj yeeb ncuab ntawm no."
    
  Bujazi coj nws thawj zaug, ua pa tob tob, luag nyav, nodded respectfully dua, ces ncua nws txhais tes. "Koj tus Huab Tais, nws zoo siab nrog koj tham. Kuv vam tias peb tuaj yeem ua haujlwm ua ke, tab sis kuv paub tseeb tias koj, kuv yuav mus sib ntaus. "
    
  Azar muab nws txhais tes thiab kuj nyo hau nws taub hau. "Nws kuj zoo nrog koj tham thiab, General. Kuv muaj ntau yam xav txog. "
    
  "Tsis txhob siv sij hawm ntau dhau, Koj tus Hwj Chim. Salaam alaykom." Boujazi tig thiab rov qab mus rau nws cov txiv neej, nrog Haddad thiab ob tug tub rog ua tib zoo muab zais ze, npog nws nraub qaum.
    
  "Kev thaj yeeb nyab xeeb nrog koj, dav dav," Azar qw tom qab nws.
    
  Bujazi ib nrab tig mus rau nws, luag nyav thiab qw: "Tsis zoo li, Koj Tus Hlob. Tab sis ua tsaug lawm."
    
    
  HNUB QUB KAJ NTUG
  LUB SIJ HAWM
    
    
  Tus Thawj Saib Xyuas Neeg Ua Haujlwm Walter Cordus tau khob qhov rooj ntawm tus thawj tswj hwm chav nyob ntawm peb pem teb ntawm Tsev Neeg Tsev Neeg nyob hauv Tsev Dawb. "Sir? Nws nyob ntawm no."
    
  Thawj Tswj Hwm Gardner ntsia saum nws lub tsom iav nyeem ntawv thiab muab cov ntaub ntawv uas nws tau tshuaj xyuas. Nws muaj lub TV loj loj rau hauv, ua si ntaus pob, tab sis lub ntim tau kaw. Nws hnav lub tsho dawb thiab cov ris tsho ua lag luam nrog cov khi xoob-nws tsis tshua hnav lwm yam tshaj li kev hnav khaub ncaws ua lag luam hauv feeb ua ntej pw. "Zoo. Qhov twg?"
    
  "Koj hais tias koj tsis xav ntsib hauv West Wing, yog li kuv tau coj nws mus rau Chav Liab - Kuv xav tias nws tsim nyog."
    
  "Ntxim hlub. Tiamsis nws thov kom mus saib Chav Sib Tham. Nqa nws los ntawm no."
    
  Cordus coj ib kauj ruam mus rau hauv chav nyob. "Joe, koj puas paub tseeb tias koj xav ua qhov no? Nws yog tus thawj coj ntawm Pawg Neeg Saib Xyuas Tub Rog Senate, tej zaum yog tus poj niam muaj zog tshaj plaws hauv lub tebchaws dhau li Angelina Jolie. Qhov no yuav tsum nyob twj ywm ua lag luam "...
    
  "Nws yog kev lag luam, Walt," Gardner hais. "Kuv yuav nyob ntawd ob peb feeb. Koj puas tau txais cov ntawv uas kuv nug koj?
    
  "Lawv nyob ntawm lawv txoj kev."
    
  "Zoo". Gardner rov qab mus kawm nws cov ntawv. Tus thawj neeg ua hauj lwm tuav nws lub taub hau thiab sab laug.
    
  Ob peb feeb tom qab ntawd, Gardner tau taug kev hauv Central Corridor, tam sim no hnav nws lub tsho, khi nws txoj hlua khi thaum nws taug kev. Cordus cuam tshuam nws thiab muab nws daim ntawv tais ceev tseg. "Txoj cai tom qab luam ntawv. Koj puas xav kom kuv mus?"
    
  "Tsis muaj. Kuv xav tias peb tau ua tiav rau hnub no. Ua tsaug, Walt." Nws maj nrawm dhau ntawm Tus Thawj Kav Tebchaws thiab nkag mus hauv Chav Sib Tham. "Nyob zoo, Senator. Ua tsaug rau koj ntsib kuv ntawm lub sijhawm tsis ncaj ncees no. "
    
  Nws sawv ntawm ib sab ntawm lub rooj loj loj mahogany ua nyob rau hauv ib qho chaw ua haujlwm pab nyiaj Asmeskas, thiab tau hlub nws tus ntiv tes ntev dhau ntawm cov xim cherry-xim inlaid. Tus neeg saib xyuas muab lub tais tshuaj yej tso rau ntawm lub rooj kas fes ntawm qhov kawg ntawm chav tsev. Nws ob lub qhov muag nthuav dav thiab lub ntsej muag luag ntxhi tau tshwm sim thaum nws pom Gardner nkag mus hauv chav. "Mr. Thawj Tswj Hwm, nws yeej yog ib qho kev hwm thiab muaj cai nyob nrog koj hmo no," Senator Stacy Ann Barbeau hais hauv nws lub suab nrov nrov ntawm Louisiana. "Ua tsaug ntau rau qhov caw." Nws sawv ntsug, puag Thawj Tswj Hwm thiab sib pauv lus hnia ntawm sab plhu. Barbeau hnav khaub ncaws ua lag luam dawb nrog lub caj dab plunging uas tsis zoo tab sis ua rau pom nws lub bust thiab cleavage, accentuated rau yav tsaus ntuj nrog ib tug shimmering platinum saw caj dab thiab dangling pob zeb diamond tsej. Nws cov plaub hau liab bounced zoo li yog nyob rau hauv lub cev muaj zog, nyob rau hauv lub sij hawm nrog nws luag nyav thiab batting ntawm nws cov plaub muag, thiab nws lub qhov muag ntsuab glowed nrog lub zog. "Koj paub tias koj tuaj yeem tiv tauj kuv txhua lub sijhawm, tus tswv."
    
  "Ua tsaug, Senator. Thov. Nws taw tes rau lub rooj zaum Victorian thiab, nqa nws txhais tes, coj nws mus rau nws, ces coj lub rooj zaum ornate rau nws sab xis, tig mus rau qhov cub.
    
  Barbeau hais tias, "Kuv vam tias koj yuav qhia kuv qhov kev xav zoo tshaj plaws rau thawj tus poj niam," Barbeau hais tias, nyob ib yam li ntawd ntawm lub rooj zaum. "Nws nyob hauv Damascus, yog tias kuv tsis yuam kev, ntawm lub rooj sib tham thoob ntiaj teb txog poj niam txoj cai?"
    
  Thawj Tswj Hwm tau hais tias "Tau kawg, Senator,"
    
  Barbeau tau hais tias "Kuv xav kom kuv lub luag haujlwm Senate tso cai rau kuv tuaj koom," Barbeau hais. "Kuv tau xa kuv tus neeg ua haujlwm laus Colleen tuaj koom, thiab nws tau coj kev daws teeb meem ntawm kev txhawb nqa los ntawm tag nrho Senate uas Thawj Poj Niam yuav nthuav tawm rau cov neeg sawv cev."
    
  "Zoo xav txog koj, Senator."
    
  "Thov tus tswv, koj puas tuaj yeem hu kuv 'Stacy' ntawm no hauv kev ceev ntiag tug ntawm qhov chaw nyob?" Barbeau nug, muab rau nws ib tug ntawm nws breathtaking luag. "Kuv xav tias peb ob leeg tsim nyog tau txoj cai so me ntsis thiab kev ywj pheej los ntawm kev ua haujlwm ntawm peb lub chaw haujlwm."
    
  "Tau kawg, Stacy," Gardner hais. Nws tsis tau hais kom nws hu nws "Joe," thiab nws paub txaus tsis nug. "Tab sis lub siab yeej tsis tso tseg, puas yog? Tsis nyob hauv peb txoj haujlwm. "
    
  Barbeau tau hais tias "Kuv tsis tau xav txog qhov kuv ua yog 'txoj hauj lwm," Barbeau hais. Nws nchuav ib khob tshuaj yej rau nws, ces leaned rov qab thiab hla nws ob txhais ceg, sipping nws. "Tau kawg, nws tsis yog ib txwm zoo siab, tab sis kev saib xyuas tib neeg kev lag luam tsis yog ib qho haujlwm. Kuv xav tias kev ntxhov siab yog ib feem ntawm qhov ua rau tib neeg xav tias muaj sia nyob, koj puas pom zoo?
    
  Gardner tau hais tias "Kuv ib txwm xav tias koj muaj kev vam meej hauv kev ntxhov siab, Senator," Gardner hais. Nws suppressed ib tug grimace tom qab noj ib khob ntawm nws cov tshuaj yej. "Qhov tseeb, yog tias kuv yuav hais li ntawd, kuv xav tias koj nyiam tsim nws me ntsis."
    
  Barbeau tau hais tias "Kuv lub luag haujlwm feem ntau xav kom kuv ua tej yam sab nraud ntawm qhov uas tib neeg feem ntau hu ua 'kev nom kev tswv," Barbeau tau hais. "Peb ua txhua yam peb yuav tsum tau ua kom zoo tshaj plaws ntawm peb cov neeg sawv cev thiab peb lub tebchaws, puas yog, Thawj Tswj Hwm?"
    
  "Hu rau kuv Joe. Thov."
    
  Barbeau lub qhov muag ntsuab flashed thiab nws nyo hau nws lub taub hau, nws ntsia tsis tawm nws. "Zoo, ua tsaug rau kev hwm ... Joe."
    
  "Tsis yog kiag li, Stacy," Gardner hais nrog luag nyav. "Koj hais yog lawm. Tsis muaj leej twg nyiam lees nws, tab sis qhov kawg feem ntau qhia qhov tseeb yog tias lub hom phiaj yog lub tebchaws muaj kev nyab xeeb dua. " Nws khaws lub xov tooj ntawm Monroe lub rooj. "Koj puas tuaj yeem muaj lub rooj libation txav mus rau Chav Sib Tham, thov?" Nws dai. "Tseem cuaj teev yav tsaus ntuj, Stacey, thiab kuv tsis xav haus tshuaj yej. Kuv vam tias koj tsis mloog."
    
  "Tsis yog lawm, Joe." Lub luag nyav rov qab los, tab sis nws yog introspective, ntau reserved. "Tej zaum kuv yuav tuaj koom koj."
    
  "Kuv paub dab tsi tuaj yeem ntxias koj." Tus neeg saib xyuas nqa ib lub rooj ntawm lub log nrog ob peb siv lead ua decanter. Gardner ncuav nws tus kheej ib khob ntawm Bacardi tsaus nti nrog dej khov thiab ncuav Barbeau haus. "Kuv xav tias kuv nyeem hauv People magazine tias koj nyiam 'Creole Niam,' puas yog? Kuv vam tias kuv tau txais txoj cai no ... bourbon, madeira thiab txaws ntawm grenadine nrog cherry, txoj cai? Thov txim, peb tsuas muaj liab cherries, tsis ntsuab. "
    
  "Koj yeej xav tsis thoob rau kuv qee zaum, Joe," nws hais. Lawv kov tsom iav, lawv ob lub qhov muag ntsib. Nws saj nws, nws ob lub qhov muag ci ntsa iab dua thiab nws noj dua. "Kuv txoj kev zoo, Thawj Tswj Hwm, kev txawj ntse me ntsis ua haujlwm, txawm tias tom qab teev, thiab txhais tes zoo ntawm qhov bar. Kuv zoo siab dua. "
    
  "ua tsaug". Gardner kuj haus dej haus ntev ntev. "Tsis zoo li Creole Niam, Kuv paub tseeb, tab sis thaum koj yog Florida tus nom tswv, koj paub zoo dua koj cov rum. Rau koj noj qab haus huv". Lawv clinked lawv cov iav thiab coj lwm yam dej haus. "Koj puas paub qhov tsom iav kov los ntawm, Stacey?"
    
  "Kuv paub tseeb tias tsis," Barbeau teb. "Kuv tseem tsis tau paub tias muaj keeb kwm ntawm nws. Yog li nws tsis yog ib lub suab nrov ntxim hlub xwb? "
    
  "Lub sijhawm medieval, thaum cov neeg tawm tsam tau ntsib los tham txog cov ntsiab lus ntawm kev cog lus lossis kev sib koom ua ke, thaum lawv haus tom qab kev sib tham tau xaus, lawv yuav nchuav me ntsis ntawm lawv lub khob rau hauv ib lub khob kom pom tias tsis muaj tshuaj lom. Txoj kev lis kev cai tau dhau los ua ib qho cim ntawm kev phooj ywg thiab kev sib raug zoo. "
    
  "Wow, qhov no yog qhov zoo siab," Barbeau hais tias, noj lwm qhov dej, ces nws tus nplaig hla nws daim di ncauj. "Tab sis kuv vam tias koj tsis pom kuv ua yeeb ncuab, Joe. Kuv tsis zoo li ntawd kiag li. Kuv yog ib tug kiv cua ntawm koj tau ntau xyoo, ib yam li kuv txiv. Koj cov txuj ci kev nom kev tswv tau dhau los ntawm koj txoj kev txawj ntse, kev ntxim nyiam thiab kev mob siab tiag tiag los ua haujlwm rau lub tebchaws. "
    
  "Ua tsaug, Stacy." Nws ntsia ntawm Barbeau lub cev thaum nws coj lwm tus dej. Txawm tias thaum nws zoo li tsom ntsoov rau kev txaus siab rau nws haus, nws pom nws ntsia nws ... dua. "Kuv paub koj txiv thaum peb ua haujlwm hauv Senate ua ke. Nws yog ib tug txiv neej muaj zog, muaj lub siab xav thiab mob siab rau hauv nws txoj haujlwm. "
    
  Barbeau tau hais tias "Nws suav tias koj yog ib tus phooj ywg uas ntseeg siab tshaj plaws, txawm tias koj thiab nws tau nyob rau sab nraud ntawm txoj kev nom tswv thiab kev xav," Barbeau tau hais. "Tom qab kuv tau raug xaiv los ntawm Senate, nws feem ntau hais rau kuv tias yog kuv xav tau kev sib tham ncaj ncees nrog rau sab nraud, kuv yuav tsum tsis txhob yig los cuag koj." Nws nres, txais yuav ib qho kev xav zoo mloog. "Kuv xav tias nws tseem nyob ntawm no tam sim no. Kuv siv tau nws lub zog thiab kev txawj ntse. Kuv hlub nws heev. "
    
  "Nws yog ib tug fighter. Tus neeg sib tw muaj zog. Koj paub tias nws muaj peev xwm npaum li cas thiab nws tsis ntshai qhia koj. Nws yog ib tug neeg zoo damn."
    
  Barbeau muab nws txhais tes rau ntawm Gardner's thiab tuav nws. "Ua tsaug, Joe. Koj yog ib tug neeg qab zib. " Nws siv sijhawm los ntsia nws, tom qab ntawd tso cai rau nws daim di ncauj rau me ntsis. "Koj ... zoo li zoo li kuv nco txog nws hauv nws cov hluas, xyoo kub, Joe. Peb muaj lub tsev noj mov hauv Shreveport zoo ib yam li qhov no, thiab peb tau siv sijhawm tsis kawg ua ke ib yam li qhov no. Kuv xav tham txog kev nom kev tswv thiab nws xav paub kuv yog leej twg. "
    
  "Txiv thiab cov ntxhais ib txwm nyob ze, txoj cai?"
    
  Nws hais tias, "Nws ua rau kuv qhia nws txog kuv qhov kev zais siab tshaj plaws," nws hais tias, lub ntsej muag luag ntxhi ua rau nws lub ntsej muag. "Kuv tsis tuaj yeem tsis lees nws ib yam dabtsi. Nws ua rau kuv qhia txhua yam rau nws - thiab kuv yog ib tug ntxhais tsis zoo heev thaum nws tseem yog menyuam yaus. Kuv tau ntsib cov txiv neej los ntawm tag nrho cov politicians. Kuv xav kawm txhua yam txog kev nom kev tswv: lub tswv yim, kev npaj, nrhiav nyiaj txiag, cov neeg sib tw, teeb meem, kev sib koom tes. Lawv xav tau ... " Nws nres, muab lwm tus luag nyav thiab ci ntsa iab ntawm nws ob lub qhov muag. "...zoo, koj paub qhov lawv xav tau." Gardner nqos nyuaj, xav txog yam lawv tau txais los ntawm nws. "Nws yog kev sib raug zoo ntawm kev sib raug zoo. Qee lub sij hawm kuv xav tias kuv txiv tau teeb tsa kuv rau qee lub sijhawm no yog li kuv tuaj yeem ua nws tus neeg soj xyuas - Cajun nom tswv version ntawm kev txiav koj tus ntxhais, kuv xav tias. "
    
  Gardner luag ntxhi thiab tsis nco qab cia nws ob lub qhov muag rov qab los ntawm nws lub cev dua, thiab lub sijhawm no Barbeau tso cai rau nws tus kheej kom pom tias nws tau pom, luag ntxhi thiab blushing - nws yog ib tug ntawm cov poj niam uas tuaj yeem blush txhua lub sijhawm, nyob qhov twg, hauv txhua qhov xwm txheej, ntawm yuav. Nws tig rov qab rau hauv nws lub rooj zaum, xav kom lub rooj sib tham no pib sai sai kom lawv tuaj yeem tsom mus rau lwm yam yog tias lub sijhawm nthuav tawm nws tus kheej. "Yog li, Stacy, peb ob leeg paub qhov teeb meem uas peb tab tom ntsib. Lub Tsev Dawb txoj haujlwm yog dab tsi txog Pawg Pabcuam Tub Rog? Peb puas yuav tawm tsam dhau ntawm cov peev nyiaj tub rog lossis peb tuaj yeem tuaj yeem pom zoo thiab nthuav tawm kev sib koom ua ke?
    
  "Hmoov tsis zoo, Kuv ntshai, Joe, peb tsis meej pem ntau dua li yav dhau los," Barbeau teb. Nws tshem nws txhais tes, saib raws li qhov mob tam sim ntawd ntawm kev poob clouded nws lub ntsej muag. "Qhov no puas yog txhua yam tsis pub lwm tus paub, Mr. Thawj Tswj Hwm?"
    
  "Muaj tseeb". Nws kov nws txhais tes thiab nws ob lub qhov muag fluttered. "Nyob rau ob sab. nruj nreem zais cia."
    
  "Kuv daim di ncauj raug kaw lawm." Barbeau luag nyav, tom qab ntawd nias nws daim di ncauj liab ua ke, ua ib qho kaw lus nrog nws cov ntiv tes ntev thiab thawb tus yuam sij tsis pom mus rau hauv lub hav dav ntawm nws ob lub mis. Gardner coj qhov no raws li kev tso cai los saib nws ob lub mis lub sijhawm no, thiab nws tau ua siab dav. "Cov pawg neeg muaj kev ntxhov siab, Joe. Lawv, tau kawg, txhawj xeeb txog kev noj qab haus huv thiab kev noj qab haus huv ntawm General McLanahan. Koj puas tau hnov lwm yam hais txog nws?"
    
  "Tsis ntau. Cov kws kho mob thawj zaug hais rau kuv kom tsis txhob cia siab tias nws yuav rov qab los ua haujlwm rau ob peb lub hlis. Zoo li lub plawv nres. "
    
  Qhov ntawd phim nws cov peev txheej ntawm Walter Reed National Military Medical Center tau hais rau nws, nws xav tias - txog thaum Gardner dag nws. Qhov no yog lub cim zoo. "Rau tus tub hluas uas muaj zog li ntawd kom poob sai sai li ntawd, kev ntxhov siab ntawm kev nyob ntawm qhov chaw nres tsheb thiab ya rov qab ntau zaus ntawm Dub Stallion yuav tsum muaj ntau heev, ntau dua li leej twg xav tau."
    
  "McLanahan yog ib tug neeg tawv tawv, tab sis koj hais yog lawm - txawm hais tias nws nyob hauv nws tsib caug xyoo thiab muaj tsev neeg keeb kwm mob plawv, nws zoo kawg nkaus. Shuttle astronauts feem ntau muaj ob peb hnub ntawm kev tshem tawm thiab rov qab los - McLanahan tau ua tsib zaug mus rau qhov chaw nres tsheb hauv plaub lub lis piam dhau los. Qhov no yog qhov tsis tau muaj dua, tab sis tau ua tus qauv rau ob peb lub hlis dhau los. Peb tab tom txwv kev mus ncig mus rau qhov chaw nres tsheb thiab tab tom tab tom ua qhov kev kuaj mob zoo ntawm txhua tus neeg koom. Peb xav tau cov lus teb txog qhov tshwm sim. "
    
  "Tab sis qhov ntawd yog kuv lub ntsiab lus, Joe. McLanahan yog ib qho tawv thiab muaj zog, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog rau cov txiv neej hnub nyoog nruab nrab, thiab nws yog ib tug tub rog qub tub rog thiab cov tub rog hauv teb chaws - kuv tus Vajtswv, nws yog tus phab ej! - uas kuv paub tseeb tias dhau mus kuaj lub cev tsis tu ncua. Txawm li cas los xij, nws tseem ua tsis taus pa thiab Vajtswv paub tias nws raug mob li cas. Qhov no hu rau cov lus nug txog kev nyab xeeb thiab kev siv tau ntawm kev npaj ua tub rog qhov chaw. Rau qhov Vajtswv, Joe, vim li cas peb pheej pheej hmoo rau cov neeg zoo ntawm ib qhov project zoo li no? Kuv pom zoo nrog koj tias nws yog niaj hnub, txawv thiab zoo siab, tab sis nws yog ib qho kev siv tshuab uas tsuas yog tsis tau ua tiav thiab tej zaum yuav tsis ua tiav rau lwm kaum xyoo - tsis txhob hais txog qhov tseeb tias nws yog plaub feem tsib tsawg dua aircraft thiab ib- kaum lub payload rau tib cov nyiaj. Yog tias tus txiv neej muaj zog zoo li General McLanahan dhau mus thaum ua haujlwm ntawm qhov no, nws puas muaj kev nyab xeeb rau lwm tus neeg ua haujlwm?
    
  "Cov pawg neeg xav li cas, Stacy?"
    
  "Nws yooj yim thiab muaj laj thawj, Joe," Barbeau hais. "Qhov no tsis yog hais txog kev txaus siab rau tib neeg nrog kev nkag mus hauv Is Taws Nem thoob ntiaj teb lossis ib nrab-meter-kev daws teeb meem cov duab ntawm txhua tus neeg lub tiaj nraum qaum tsev - nws yog hais txog kev tsim muaj txiaj ntsig thiab txiaj ntsig rau peb lub tebchaws tiv thaiv. Raws li kuv tuaj yeem qhia tau, lub dav hlau dav hlau tsuas yog tau txais txiaj ntsig zoo ntawm cov neeg cog lus uas tau muab rau qhov project, xws li Sky Masters thiab lawv cov tuam txhab txhawb nqa. Peb muaj kaum ob qhov chaw sib txawv nrog cov ntaub ntawv pov thawj uas tuaj yeem ua haujlwm zoo dua li Dub Stallion. " Nws dov nws ob lub qhov muag. "Rau qhov Vajtswv, Joe, leej twg yog McLanahan pw nrog?"
    
  "Tau kawg, tsis yog Maureen Herschel lawm," Gardner chuckled.
    
  Barbeau dov nws ob lub qhov muag hauv kev tsis ntseeg. "Auj, tus poj niam txaus ntshai ntawd-Kuv yuav tsis nkag siab tias vim li cas Thawj Tswj Hwm Martindale xaiv nws, ntawm txhua tus neeg, los ua nws tus lwm thawj coj," Barbeau tau hais tawm. Nws ntsia ntsoov, tom qab ntawd ua si ntawm Gardner hla nws lub khob, tom qab ntawd nug, "Lossis yog ntses txias ua zaub mov rau pej xeem noj xwb, Joe?"
    
  "Peb tau dhau los ua phooj ywg zoo vim qhov xav tau ntawm kev ua haujlwm, Stacy, tsuas yog kev lag luam xwb. Tag nrho cov lus xaiv mus ncig txog peb yog qhov tsis tseeb. "
    
  Tam sim no nws tau dag, Barbeau xav, tab sis nws xav tias tsis muaj dab tsi tsawg dua li ua tiav thiab tsis lees paub. Barbeau tau hais tias "Kuv nkag siab tag nrho yuav ua li cas ib puag ncig ua haujlwm hauv Washington coj ob tus neeg ua ke, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog cov uas zoo li yog qhov tsis sib xws," Barbeau tau hais. "Muab kev tswj hwm lub zog nrog kev ua tsov rog nyob rau hauv Middle East thiab hmo ntuj ntev ntawm kev qhia luv luv thiab kev npaj, thiab cov nplaim hluav taws tuaj yeem ya mus."
    
  Gardner hais ntxiv tias "Tsis hais, McLanahan kom meej meej tsis tuaj yeem ua haujlwm hauv tsev," Gardner ntxiv. Lawv ob leeg luag thiab Gardner siv lub sijhawm no los tuav Barbeau txhais tes dua. "Nws tibneeg hu tauj coob ua si chaw cadet kom xyuam xim rau nws." Nws pierced Barbeau nrog ib tug tob, loj ntsia. "Saib, Stacy, cia peb ncaj nraim mus rau lub ntsiab lus, ua li cas? Kuv paub qhov koj xav tau - koj tau mus rau nws txij li thaum koj tau taug kev ntawm Beltway. Xav tias feem ntau ntawm Cov Tub Rog Tub Rog Tub Rog Tub Rog tau raug rhuav tshem los ntawm cov neeg Lavxias thaum lub sijhawm muaj kev tawm tsam nuclear ntawm Holocaust 04, Barksdale Air Force Base yog lub tsev ntuj tsim rau lub nkoj tshiab ntawm cov neeg tawg rog ntev-"
    
  "Yog hais tias lub Pentagon tsis txuas ntxiv nchuav nyiaj mus rau hauv cov suab puam uas muaj plua plav nyob rau hauv Battle Roob, cov kev pabcuam dub hauv Dreamland, lwm lub hauv paus hauv Nevada uas nyob sab nraud ntawm kev saib xyuas ntawm pawg nom tswv, kuv yuav taw tes-lossis qhov chaw nres tsheb."
    
  Gardner tau hais tias, "Nws tsis muaj qhov zais cia uas McLanahan cov khoom lag luam tau nce siab txij li nws cov kev siv zog hauv kev tawm tsam tawm tsam Russia," thiab nws cov phiaj xwm tsiaj tau suav nrog drone bombers hauv Battle Mountain, high-tech laser devices in Dreamland, thiab tam sim no qhov chaw nres tsheb. Qhov no tau muab Martindale ib yam dab tsi los taw qhia thiab khav theeb rau cov neeg Asmeskas txog qhov nws tau tsim thiab txhawb nqa ... "
    
  Barbeau tau sau tseg tias "Txawm tias Thawj Tswj Hwm Thomas Thorne yog tus uas tso cai rau lawv txoj kev tsim kho, tsis yog Martindale," Barbeau tau sau tseg.
    
  "Hmoov tsis zoo, Thawj Tswj Hwm Thorne yuav ib txwm raug hu ua tus thawj tswj hwm uas tau tso cai rau cov neeg Lavxias los tawm tsam kev tawm tsam rau Tebchaws Meskas uas ua rau peb caug txhiab tus txiv neej, poj niam thiab menyuam tuag thiab ib feem peb lab tus neeg raug mob," Gardner tau hais. "Nws tsis muaj teeb meem uas nws txaus siab rau cov khoom ua si high-tech zoo li Martindale: Thorne yuav ib txwm xav tias yog tus thawj tswj hwm tsis muaj zog.
    
  "Tab sis lo lus nug yog, Stacy, peb xav li cas yog qhov txiaj ntsig zoo tshaj plaws ntawm cov neeg Amelikas thiab kev tiv thaiv lub tebchaws - cov dav hlau zoo nkauj uas tsis tuaj yeem nqa khoom ntau npaum li Cov Kev Pabcuam Hauv Nroog, lossis cov thev naus laus zis pov thawj zoo li stealth bombers, tsis muaj neeg siv. sib ntaus sib tua aircraft thiab aircraft carriers? McLanahan ntseeg Martindale tias lub dav hlau dav hlau tau zoo dua, txawm tias nws siv cov foob pob tsis muaj neeg siv yuav luag tshwj xeeb hauv nws qhov kev tawm tsam rau Russia. "
    
  "Thiab raws li koj tau taw qhia ntau zaus, Joe," Barbeau ntxiv, "peb tsis muaj peev xwm muab tag nrho peb cov qe tso rau hauv ib lub tawb dua. Kev tawm tsam Lavxias tau ua tiav zoo vim tias cov neeg tawg rog tau tag nrho ntawm ib qho me me ntawm cov hauv paus tsis muaj kev tiv thaiv, thiab yog tias lawv tsis nyob hauv huab cua, lawv muaj peev xwm tawm tsam. Tab sis cov pab pawg sib ntaus sib tua tau xa mus rau cov hauv paus thoob ntiaj teb lossis nyob deb ntawm hiav txwv yog qhov zoo los tiv thaiv lawv tus kheej thiab tsis tshua muaj kev cuam tshuam rau kev tawm tsam. "
    
  "Txawm li cas los xij," Gardner hais, nodding nrog kev txaus siab uas Barbeau tau hais txog cov dav hlau thauj khoom. "Nov yog lub ntsiab lus kuv tau sim ua kom tag nrho cov xyoo no. Peb xav tau kev sib xyaw ua ke ntawm cov rog - peb tsis tuaj yeem pov tag nrho cov nyiaj rau cov cuab yeej tshiab ntawm ib qho kev siv tshuab tsis muaj pov thawj. Cov pab pawg sib ntaus sib tua tsis muaj nqi ntau dua li qhov McLanahan qhia peb siv rau ntawm cov dav hlau no, tab sis lawv muaj ntau yam ntau thiab tau ua pov thawj lawv tus kheej hauv kev sib ntaus sib tua. "
    
  Barbeau tau hais tias, "Tsoomfwv Pawg Neeg Saib Xyuas Tub Rog yuav tsum hnov qhov kev sib cav no los ntawm koj thiab koj cov thawj coj, Joe," Barbeau hais tias, stroking nws txhais caj npab ib zaug ntxiv thiab ntsoos ntsoog rau nws, thiab nthuav tawm nws qhov kev tawg loj. "McLanahan yog ib tug tub rog ua rog los ua pauj rau Holocaust hauv Asmeskas, tab sis qhov ntawd yog yav dhau los. Ntau tus neeg sawv cev tuaj yeem ntshai tsam tawm tsam McLanahan, ntshai tsam yuav muaj kev tawm tsam tawm tsam lawv yog tias cov neeg Asmeskas nug vim li cas lawv tsis txhawb Asmeskas tus thawj coj nto moo tshaj plaws. Tab sis nrog McLanahan qhov kev ntsiag to, yog tias lawv tau txais kev txhawb nqa ncaj qha los ntawm Thawj Tswj Hwm, lawv yuav muaj kev xav ntau dua los ua kom tawg qib. Tam sim no yog lub sijhawm los ua. Peb yuav tsum ua ib yam dab tsi, thiab nws yuav tsum tau tshwm sim tam sim no, thaum McLanahan ... zoo, nrog rau tag nrho vim hwm, thaum lub dav dav tawm. Undoubtedly, pawg neeg txoj kev ntseeg siab nyob rau hauv qhov kev pab cuam spaceplane tau shaken. Lawv txaus siab rau kev sib haum xeeb ntau dua. "
    
  "Kuv xav tias peb yuav tsum tau los ua ke ntawm qhov no, Stacy," Gardner hais. "Cia peb tsim ib txoj kev npaj uas ob pawg neeg thiab Pentagon yuav txhawb nqa. Peb yuav tsum nthuav qhia lub koom haum pem hauv ntej. "
    
  "Qhov ntawd zoo heev, Thawj Tswj Hwm, zoo heev."
    
  "Yog li kuv muaj kev txhawb nqa tag nrho ntawm Pawg Neeg Saib Xyuas Tub Rog?" - Gardner nug. "Kuv muaj cov phooj ywg hauv Tsev Neeg Sawv Cev uas kuv tuaj yeem tig mus rau ib yam, tab sis kev txhawb nqa ntawm Senate yog qhov tseem ceeb. Ua ke, sib sau ua ke, peb tuaj yeem sawv ntawm cov neeg Asmeskas thiab Congress thiab sib cav sib ceg. "
    
  "Yuav ua li cas yog tias McLanahan tawm ntawm qhov no? Nws thiab tus ex-senator, astronaut, science geek Anne Page ua ib pab neeg loj heev. "
    
  "McLanahan tawm lawm - tej zaum nws yuav tawm haujlwm lossis raug yuam kom tawm haujlwm."
    
  "Tus txiv neej no yog bulldog. Yog tias nws tau zoo, nws yuav tsis so haujlwm. "
    
  Gardner tau hais tias "Yog tias nws tsis ua rau nws tus kheej zoo, nws yuav ua vim kuv hais kom nws ua," Gardner hais. "Thiab yog tias nws tseem tawm tsam, kuv yuav ua kom lub ntiaj teb nkag siab tias tus txiv neej no muaj kev phom sij npaum li cas rau ntau xyoo. Nws yog tus tswj tsis tau - lub ntiaj teb tsuas yog tsis paub txog nws. Rau Vajtswv, tus txiv neej no tau tua ntau tus neeg dawb huv hauv Tehran. "
    
  "Nws ua li cas?" Nws ntxub kev cia nws plam tias US Senate Feem Ntau Tus Thawj Coj tsis paub ib yam dab tsi, tab sis tsis muaj dab tsi uas nws ua tau txog nws. Nws yog ib qho surprise, thiab nws tsis nyiam surprises. Gardner puas tuaj yeem coj nws mus nrawm? "Thaum twg?" - Kuv nug.
    
  "Ntawm tib lub hom phiaj uas peb tau tham txog thaum nws muaj qhov xwm txheej no, lub luag haujlwm sim ua haujlwm uas nws tswj los ntawm Armstrong chaw nres tsheb," Gardner teb. "Nws tau tshaj tawm lub foob pob hluav taws uas tso tawm cov riam phom tshuaj nyob ze ntawm lub tsev nyob hauv Tehran, tua ntau tus neeg, suav nrog cov poj niam thiab menyuam yaus, thiab tom qab ntawd nws tau tawm tsam lub dav hlau neeg soj xyuas Lavxias nrog qee yam kev tuag - tej zaum yuav npog qhov kev tawm tsam ntawm Tehran. "
    
  Ua Vajtswv tsaug Gardner tau los ua tus hais lus. "Kuv tsis muaj tswv yim ...!"
    
  "Qhov ntawd tsis yog ib nrab ntawm qhov no joker ua, Stacy. Kuv paub txog kaum ob qhov kev ua txhaum cai sib txawv thiab kev ua tsov rog ncaj qha rau nws tau ua lub luag haujlwm ntau xyoo, suav nrog kev tawm tsam uas yuav ua rau Lavxias Thawj Tswj Hwm Gryzlov npaj kev tawm tsam atomic tawm tsam Tebchaws Meskas. "
    
  "Dab tsi?"
    
  "McLanahan yog rab phom xoob, daim npav qus tiag tiag," Gardner hais tias iab. "Nws tawm tsam Russia kiag li yam tsis tau tso cai; nws bombed ib tug Lavxias teb sab bomber puag tsuas yog tawm ntawm tus kheej kua zaub ntsuab. Gryzlov yog ib tug qub tub rog Lavxias teb sab foob pob ua ntxaij - nws paub tias qhov no yog ib qho kev tawm tsam tawm tsam nws, tus kheej tawm tsam. Barbeau xav tias "Gardner tau nyob rau hauv yob-nws zoo dua li Congressional Research Service," Barbeau xav. "Yog vim li cas Gryzlov tau tsom lub hauv paus foob pob hauv Tebchaws Meskas - tsis yog vim peb cov neeg foob pob ua rau muaj kev hem thawj rau Russia, tab sis vim nws tau sim McLanahan."
    
  Barbeau lub qhov ncauj qhib hauv kev poob siab ... tab sis tib lub sijhawm, nws tab tom thuam, txawm tias zoo siab heev. Damn nws, nws xav tias, McLanahan zoo li zoo li ib tug me nyuam tub scout, leej twg lub ntuj raug txim paub tias nws yog ib yam ntawm maverick ua hero? Qhov no ua rau nws ntxim nyiam dua li yav tas los. Dab tsi ntxiv tau muab zais hauv qab no zoo kawg nkaus nyob ntsiag to, tsis pom kev zoo li? Nws yuav tsum tau tshum nws tus kheej reverie. "Wow..."
    
  "Cov neeg Lavxias ntshai nws, qhov tseeb," Gardner hais ntxiv. "Zevitin xav kom kuv ntes nws. Nws xav kom paub tias nws tau ua dab tsi thiab nws xav ua dab tsi nrog lub chaw nres tsheb thiab cov ntiaj chaw no. Nws yog vwm tshaj ntuj txiag teb tsaus thiab kuv tsis liam nws. "
    
  "Zevitin saib qhov chaw nres tsheb qhov chaw yog kev hem thawj."
    
  "Qhov tseeb nws paub. Tab sis qhov ntawd tsuas yog fucking kom zoo dua ntawm qhov no? Nws raug nqi peb ob pawg neeg nqa khoom sib ntaus sib tua kom khaws cov khoom ntawd ... rau dab tsi? Kuv yuav tsum lees paub Zevitin tias qhov chaw khoom tsis ua rau muaj kev cuam tshuam ncaj qha rau Russia, thiab kuv tsis paub meej tias qhov no tuaj yeem ua li cas! Kuv tseem tsis tau paub tias McLanahan nyob ntawm qhov khoom ntawd!"
    
  Barbeau tau hais tias "Yog tias qhov no tsuas yog kev tiv thaiv xwb, kuv pom tsis muaj laj thawj tsis qhia Zevitin txhua yam uas yuav tsum paub txog qhov chaw nres tsheb yog tias nws pab txo qis kev ntxhov siab ntawm peb," Barbeau tau hais. "Qhov xwm txheej McLanahan yuav daws tau nws tus kheej."
    
  "Ua Vajtswv tsaug," Gardner yws yws. "Kuv ntseeg siab tias rau txhua qhov kev ua phem uas kuv paub McLanahan ua txhaum, muaj kaum ntxiv uas kuv tsis paub txog ... tseem," Gardner hais ntxiv. "Nws muaj riam phom ntawm nws pov tseg los ntawm ntau ntau qhov kev tshawb fawb dub sib txawv uas kuv tsis tau paub txog, thiab kuv yog tus Secretary of Defense!"
    
  Nws ntsia ze ntawm Gardner. Nws tau hais tias "McLanahan yeej yuav tawm haujlwm tuaj yeem yeem, lossis koj tuaj yeem so haujlwm rau nws vim kev kho mob," nws hais. "Tab sis sab nraud nws tuaj yeem ua rau muaj kev phom sij ntau dua rau peb."
    
  "Kuv paub, kuv paub. Yog vim li cas Zevitin xav raug kaw. "
    
  "Yog tias kuv tuaj yeem pab koj tso siab rau McLanahan, Joe, tsuas yog qhia kuv," Barbeau tau hais ua siab dawb. "Kuv yuav ua txhua yam hauv kuv lub hwj chim los hloov nws, lossis tsawg kawg kom nws xav txog qhov nws xav li cas rau lwm tus hauv tsoomfwv thiab thoob ntiaj teb. Kuv yuav ua rau nws nkag siab tias qhov no yog tus kheej thiab tsis yog kev lag luam xwb. Kuv yuav ua kom nws puas tsuaj yog tias nws pheej pheej, tab sis kuv ntseeg tias kuv tuaj yeem ntxias nws kom pom nws peb txoj kev. "
    
  "Yog tias leej twg tuaj yeem ntseeg nws, Stacy, nws yog koj."
    
  Nkawd ntsia ib leeg ob lub qhov muag tau ntev, txhua tus nyob ntsiag to nug thiab teb cov lus nug uas lawv tsis txhob hais lus. "Yog li, Stacy, Kuv paub tias qhov no tsis yog thawj zaug koj nyob hauv tsev. Kuv xav tias koj tau pom Lincoln lub chav pw ua ntej?"
    
  Barbeau txoj kev luag nyav yog kub li hluav taws kub, thiab nws tsis txaus siab ntsia Gardner nce thiab nqis nrog lub siab xav saib, zoo li nws tau sizing nws ntawm qhov chaw tos khoom. Nws maj mam sawv ntawm nws lub rooj. "Yog, kuv pom nws," nws hais hauv lub suab qis. "Kuv ua si nyob ntawd thaum kuv txiv nyob hauv Senate. Ces nws yog ib tug me nyuam chav ua si. Tau kawg, tam sim no nws muaj lub ntsiab lus sib txawv kiag li - tseem yog chav ua si, tab sis tsis yog rau menyuam yaus. "
    
  "Qhov no tseem yog qhov kev tshwm sim nrhiav nyiaj txiag zoo tshaj plaws hauv nroog - nees nkaum tsib txhiab ib hmo rau ib tus neeg yog tus nqi mus."
    
  "Nws phem heev uas peb tau tso tseg rau qhov kev ua tsis zoo li no, puas yog?" - nug Barbeau. "Nws rhuav tshem qhov kev xav ntawm qhov chaw."
    
  "Lub Tsev Dawb tseem yog ib lub tsev," Gardner hais tsis tuaj. "Nws tsis yooj yim rau kuv pom qhov no ntau dua li qhov chaw ua haujlwm xwb. Kuv tseem tsis tau pom dua ib feem kaum ntawm chav no. Kuv tau hais tias muaj peb caug-tsib chav dej - kuv pom peb. Ua kom ncaj ncees, Kuv tsis muaj lub siab xav tshawb nrhiav qhov chaw no. "
    
  "Auj, tab sis koj yuav tsum, Joe," Barbeau hais. "Kuv xav tias koj yuav nkag siab thaum koj dhau los ntawm kev ntxhov siab thawj ob peb lub hlis hauv chaw ua haujlwm thiab muaj sijhawm so."
    
  "Yog tias McLanahan tuaj yeem tso tseg tsis ua rau shit, tej zaum kuv ua tau."
    
  Nws tig, caj npab tawm, ntsia ib ncig ntawm chav. "Kuv nug Mr. Cordus yog tias peb tuaj yeem ntsib ntawm no hauv Chav Sib Tham vim tias kuv tsis nco qab nyob ntawm no, txawm tias nws nyob ib sab ntawm chav pw Lincoln. Tab sis keeb kwm ntawm qhov chaw no muaj zog heev uas koj tuaj yeem hnov nws. Lub rooj sib tham tau siv los ua lub Rooj Sib Tham Rooj Sib Tham, chav txais tos thiab chav tos, thiab ua tus Thawj Kav Tebchaws. Keeb kwm, qhov no yog qhov chaw nyob hauv Tsev Dawb qhov chaw ua lag luam kev nom kev tswv tiag tiag, txawm tias ntau dua li Oval Office. "
    
  "Kuv tau muaj ob peb lub rooj sib tham tsis raug cai ntawm no, tab sis feem ntau nws yog cov neeg ua haujlwm siv nws."
    
  "Cov neeg ua haujlwm feem ntau tsis khoom txaus los txaus siab rau lub zog uas ntws los ntawm chav no, Joe," Barbeau tau hais. "Koj yuav tsum siv sijhawm los xav txog nws." Tseem tuav nws txhais tes tawm, nws kaw nws lub qhov muag. "Xav txog tej yam: Ulysses S. Grant tuav nws lub rooj sib tham uas qaug cawv ntawm no, ua raws li daim npav ua si thiab kev sib tw caj npab nrog nws cov phooj ywg; Teddy Roosevelt ntsia hlau tsiaj rau phab ntsa; Kennedy kos npe rau Nuclear Test Ban Treaty ntawm no, thiab tom qab ntawd ob peb hnub tom qab ntxias Marilyn Monroe nyob rau tib qhov chaw, cia li nqis los ntawm lub tsev ntawm qhov chaw uas nws tus poj niam thiab cov menyuam pw. "
    
  Gardner sawv tom qab nws thiab muab nws txhais tes maj mam rau ntawm nws lub duav. "Kuv tsis tau hnov zaj dab neeg no ua ntej, Stacy."
    
  Nws tuav nws txhais tes thiab qhwv lawv ib ncig ntawm nws lub duav, rub nws los ze zog. "Kuv nyuam qhuav xav txog qhov kawg, Joe," nws hais ntxhi, ntsiag to kom nws nias nws sab plhu rau nws thiab rub nws los ze nws kom nws hnov. "Tab sis kuv kam bet nws tshwm sim. Thiab leej twg paub tias tus txiv neej zoo li Kevin Martindale tau ua li cas ntawm no tom qab nws txoj kev sib nrauj - kev sib nrauj uas yuav tsum tau rhuav tshem nws txoj haujlwm kev nom kev tswv tab sis tsuas yog ntxiv dag zog rau nws - nrog rau tag nrho nws cov hnub qub Hollywood niaj hnub tuaj thiab mus ntawm no txhua teev ntawm ib hnub? " Nws tuav nws ob txhais tes, ncig lawv nyob ib ncig ntawm nws lub plab, ces muab nws cov ntiv tes thiab maj mam nqa lawv mus rau nws ob lub mis, ncig nws lub txiv mis. Nws hnov nws lub cev nruj thiab tuaj yeem hnov nws lub siab buzzing thaum nws sim txiav txim siab yuav ua li cas txog nws qhov kev tawm tsam tam sim ntawd. "Tej zaum nws muaj ib tug bitch sib txawv ntawm no txhua hmo ntawm lub xyoo."
    
  "Stacy..." Nws xav tias Gardner ua pa ntawm nws caj dab, nws ob txhais tes maj mam rub nws ob lub mis, NW nyuam qhuav kov ...
    
  Barbeau tig mus rau nws thiab roughly thawb nws mus. "Martindale yog ib tug neeg ruam, Joe, tab sis nws tau siv ob nqe lus los ua Thawj Tswj Hwm thiab ob nqe lus ua Tus Lwm Thawj Coj thiab tau los ua ib lub ntuj raug txim ntawm ib feem tseem ceeb ntawm Tsev Dawb - thiab nws tau tswj hwm Hollywood starlets ntawm no! Koj yuav ua dab tsi los tuav qhov no, Joe?
    
  Gardner khov hauv kev poob siab. "Dab tsi yog ntuj raug txim rau koj, Stacy?" nws thaum kawg tswj kom blurt tawm.
    
  "Koj xav tau dab tsi, Mr. Thawj Tswj Hwm?" Barbeau nug nrov nrov. "Koj txoj kev npaj ua si yog dab tsi? Vim li cas koj nyob ntawm no?"
    
  "Koj hais dab tsi?"
    
  "Koj yog Thawj Tswj Hwm ntawm Tebchaws Meskas. Koj nyob hauv Tsev Dawb... tab sis tsuas siv peb chav dej xwb? Koj tsis paub tias tau ua dab tsi hauv chav no, hauv tsev no, hauv keeb kwm loj ntawm qhov chaw no? Koj muaj peb lub hnub qub nyob rau hauv koj cov lus txib uas muaj cov neeg pov npav pom zoo rau ob zaug siab dua koj, muaj ntau yam kab mob plawv, thiab nws tseem zoo li cas? Muaj chaw nres tsheb chaw orbiting lub ntiaj chaw uas koj tsis xav tau, thiab nws tseem nyob ntawd? Koj tau txais ib tug poj niam nyob rau hauv koj txhais tes, tab sis koj tab tom kov nws zoo li ib co sweaty, hlub tus hluas nkauj ntawm nws thawj hnub sim mus rau lub hauv paus thib ob? Tej zaum txhua yam koj tau ua nrog Maureen Herschel yog 'kev lag luam,' txoj cai?
    
  Gardner zoo siab, ces npau taws, ces npau taws. "Saib, Senator, qhov no tsis yog kev ua si damn. Koj kub hnyiab, tab sis kuv tuaj ntawm no los tham txog kev lag luam. "
    
  "Koj tau ua siab ncaj rau kuv txij li thaum kuv tau hu koj mus rau lub rooj sib tham no, Joe - tsis txhob dag kuv tam sim no," Barbeau snapped, nqis los ntawm nws thiab ntsia nws nrog nws lub qhov muag ntsuab. Nws tam sim ntawd hloov ntawm daim duab, los ntawm seducer mus rau barracuda, ua rau nws xav tsis thoob. "Kuv tsis tas yuav hem koj kom caw kuv mus rau qhov chaw nyob; Kuv tsis tau rub koj los ntawm txoj kev mus rau chav ntawd. Peb tsis yog menyuam yaus ntawm no. Peb tab tom tham txog kev koom tes ua haujlwm tseem ceeb, txawm tias nws txhais tau hais tias nyob nrog cov neeg Lavxias thiab ua rau muaj kev ua tub rog zoo. Koj xav tias peb yuav tsum ua li cas - tuav tes txog qhov no? Kos npe rau daim ntawv cog lus? Peb puas yuav hla peb lub siab thiab vam tias yuav tuag? Tsis yog rau koj lub neej. Yog li, yog tias koj tsis xav ua qhov no, qhia rau kuv paub tam sim no thiab peb tuaj yeem rov qab mus rau peb lub luag haujlwm thiab lub luag haujlwm thiab tsis nco qab lub rooj sib tham no txawm tshwm sim. "
    
  "Dab tsi yog qhov crap no?"
    
  "Thiab kuv tsis tas yuav ua txuj ua tus neeg dawb huv, Gardner. Kuv paub qhov no yog kev ua nom ua tswv li cas hauv Louisiana - tsis txhob qhia kuv tias koj tsis tau ua li no hauv Florida lossis Washington. Peb yuav ua tam sim no, tam sim no, lossis koj tuaj yeem rub koj tus Tsov tus tw ntawm koj ob txhais ceg thiab rov qab mus rau koj qhov chaw zoo, nyab xeeb, xis nyob hauv lub tsev. Yuav ua li cas?" Thaum nws tsis teb, nws sighed, co nws lub taub hau, thiab sim mus ncig nws ...
    
  ... tab sis thaum nws hnov tias nws txhais tes ntawm nws lub hauv siab thiab nws xib teg ntawm nws lub hauv siab, nws paub tias nws muaj nws txhais tes. Nws rub nws los ze zog, rub nws lub taub hau nrog lwm txhais tes thiab rub nws daim di ncauj rau nws, hnia nws, roughly. Nws hnia nws rov qab sai li sai tau, nws txhais tes nrhiav nws crotch, rubbing nws impatiently. Lawv daim di ncauj sib cais thiab nws luag nyav rau nws ntseeg siab, nws tus kheej paub tseeb. "Nws yuav tsis txaus, Thawj Tswj Hwm, thiab koj paub nws," nws hais. Nws luag ntxhi ntawm nws qhov kev hais lus thuam, lub sijhawm no nyob rau hauv qhov tsaus ntuj, kev ntseeg siab, thiab nws lub qhov ncauj qhib thaum nws paub tias nws txhais li cas, nws xav tau dab tsi. "Zoo?" - Kuv nug.
    
  Nws frowned ntawm nws, ces txav nws ob txhais tes rov qab rau nws ob lub mis, ces mus rau nws lub xub pwg nyom, thawb nws down. "Cia peb ua ib qho kev pom zoo, Senator," nws hais tias, tig rov qab rau ntawm Grant lub rooj sib tham kom ua siab ntev rau nws tus kheej.
    
  "Zoo me tub. Los ntawm no." Nws txhos caug thiab sai sai pib unbuckling nws siv thiab ris. "Au kuv tus Vajtswv, Au kuv tus Vajtswv, saib seb peb muaj dabtsi ntawm no. Koj puas paub tseeb tias koj tsis yog kev thab plaub me ntsis, Mr. Nws tsis teb thaum nws pib nws lub zog, kev ua haujlwm zoo.
    
    
  Tshooj plaub
    
    
  Tus txiv neej uas yuav tsum tau yaum kom ua ua ntej nws yuav ua tsis yog tus txiv neej ua....Koj yuav tsum ua raws li koj ua pa.
    
  - GEORGE CLEMENCEAU
    
    
    
  NTAWM BOARD ARMSTRONG SPACE STATION
  TAM SIM NO TAM SIM NO LUB SIJ HAWM
    
    
  "Kev koom nrog peb nyob los ntawm Armstrong chaw nres tsheb, orbiting ntau tshaj li ob puas mais saum ntiaj teb, yog ib tug txiv neej uas tsis xav tau kev taw qhia: Air Force Lt. Gen. Patrick McLanahan," cov xov xwm xov xwm thaum sawv ntxov qhia tus tswv tsev pib. "General, ua tsaug rau koj tuaj koom peb hnub no. Cov lus nug txhua leej txhua tus xav teb, tau kawg, yog: Koj ua li cas, tus tswv?
    
  Muaj kev ncua sijhawm thib ob lossis ob vim yog satellite relay, tab sis Patrick tau siv los tos ob peb lub vib nas this kom paub tseeb tias nws tsis tham nrog tus tswv tsev. "Zoo nrog koj, Megyn," Patrick teb. Nws yog, raws li ib txwm, velcroed mus rau lub chaw nres tsheb tus thawj coj lub console, hnav nws kos npe dub ya dav hlau suit nrog ib tug dub insignia. "Ua tsaug uas koj muaj kuv nyob rau hauv qhov yeeb yam dua. Kuv nyob zoo, ua tsaug. Kuv zoo siab heev. "
    
  "Txhua tus neeg Amelikas zoo siab tau pom koj ntawm koj ko taw, General. Lawv puas tau txiav txim siab tias muaj dab tsi tshwm sim?
    
  "Raws li Navy Captain George Summers ntawm Walter Reed National Medical Center, uas tau khiav tag nrho kuv cov kev sim nyob deb ntawm no, nws hu ua QT syndrome ntev, Megyn," Patrick teb. "Qhov no yog qhov tsis tshua muaj kev ua kom muaj hluav taws xob ntev thiab ua kom tsis muaj zog ntawm lub plawv ntawm lub plawv los ntawm kev ntxhov siab lossis kev poob siab. Pom tau tias, tsis yog kev pom, qhov no yog ib qho ntawm cov xwm txheej tsis tsim nyog tshaj plaws hauv lub koom haum astronaut. "
    
  "Yog li koj tsis tsim nyog los ntawm kev ya ib zaug ntxiv?"
    
  "Zoo, Kuv vam tias kuv tsis ua," Patrick hais. "Ua raws li txoj cai, kuv tsis yog ib tus kws tshawb fawb nyob rau hauv cov lus pom zoo. Nws yog kuv qhov kev cia siab tias cov ntaub ntawv yuav txiav txim siab tias kev tsis taus vim Long QT Syndrome feem ntau yuav tshwm sim thaum mus ncig hauv qhov chaw thiab yuav tsis tiv thaiv kuv los ntawm kev ua txhua yam haujlwm. "
    
  "Koj puas muaj keeb kwm mob plawv, puas yog?"
    
  Patrick teb tias, "Kuv txiv tau tuag ntawm teeb meem plawv, yog," Patrick teb grimly. "Txiv tau raug kev txom nyem los ntawm qhov lawv siv hu ua 'lub plawv dhia' thiab raug kho rau kev ntxhov siab thiab kev ntxhov siab. Ntev QT khiav hauv tsev neeg. Pom tau tias hauv kuv txiv qhov teeb meem nws yog tub ceev xwm thiab khiav tsev neeg ua lag luam uas coj mus rau nws; hauv kuv rooj plaub nws yog kev ya mus rau hauv qhov chaw. "
    
  "Thiab nws tuag nyob rau tib lub hnub nyoog li koj tam sim no?"
    
  Huab cua hla Patrick lub ntsej muag rau ib pliag, uas tau pom meej meej rau ntau lab tus neeg saib thoob ntiaj teb. "Yog lawm, ob peb xyoos tom qab tawm hauv Sacramento Police Department thiab qhib McLanahan lub khw hauv Old Town Sacramento."
    
  "Lub txaj txaj muag rau koj tsev neeg tavern, eh, General?" - nug tus tswv, sim ua kom muaj kev sib tham.
    
  "Kuv tsis txaj muag rau McLanahan hauv Old Town Sacramento, Megyn."
    
  "Lwm plug. Zoo. Okay, qhov ntawd txaus, General, koj tau ua haujlwm zoo heev, "tus tshaj tawm hais tias, luag. "Puas yog lub plawv mob no twb tau sau tseg hauv koj cov ntaub ntawv, thiab yog tias muaj, koj tau ua dab tsi thaum ua ntau qhov chaw mus rau Armstrong chaw nres tsheb?"
    
  Patrick teb hais tias, "Kuv tau muab tsev neeg keeb kwm tso rau hauv kuv cov ntaub ntawv kho mob," thiab kuv tau txais Air Force First Class dav hlau ob zaug hauv ib xyoos, ntxiv rau kev kuaj ua ntej thiab tom qab lub davhlau, thiab tsis muaj teeb meem tau pom ua ntej. Txawm tias ntev QT syndrome yog ib qho kev tsis tsim nyog nyob rau hauv lub astronaut corps, kuv tsis tau kuaj tshwj xeeb rau nws vim hais tias, raws li kuv tau hais, kuv tsis yog technically ib tug astronaut-Kuv yog ib tug unit commander thiab ib tug engineer uas nyuam qhuav tshwm sim. caij tsheb tshawb fawb, kuv chav tsev thaum kuv xav tias tsim nyog."
    
  "Yog li, koj puas xav tias koj qhov tsis muaj kev cob qhia astronaut thiab tshuaj ntsuam ua rau tus kabmob no?"
    
  "Megyn, ib qho ntawm peb tab tom sim ua pov thawj nrog Black Stallion thiab Armstrong qhov chaw nres tsheb qhov chaw nres tsheb yog ua kom qhov chaw nkag tau yooj yim dua rau cov neeg niaj hnub."
    
  "Thiab nws zoo li cov lus teb yuav yog, 'Tsis yog, lawv ua tsis tau,' txoj cai?
    
  "Kuv tsis paub txhua yam uas yuav tsum paub txog ntev QT syndrome, Megyn, tab sis yog tias nws feem ntau tsuas yog tshwm sim hauv kev sib ntaus sib tua aviators hnub nyoog tsib caug xyoo uas yuav tsum tau ya ntau zaus hauv qhov chaw, tej zaum peb tuaj yeem sim rau nws thiab txiav txim tawm xwb. cov neeg uas pom muaj kev nyiam rau tus kab mob no, "Patrick hais. "Kuv tsis pom vim li cas qhov no yuav tsum tsis tsim nyog rau txhua tus."
    
  "Tab sis qhov ntawd puas ua rau koj tsis tsim nyog?"
    
  Patrick hais tias, "Kuv tseem tsis tau npaj siab tso tseg," Patrick hais nrog lub ntsej muag luag ntxhi. "Peb muaj cov thev naus laus zis zoo kawg ntawm peb qhov kev pov tseg, thiab cov cuab yeej tshiab, zoo dua tau tsim txhua hnub. Yog tias kuv ua tau, kuv yuav ya mus ntxiv, ntseeg kuv. "
    
  "Koj puas tsis tau pom kev sib ntaus sib tua txaus thiab ncig lub ntiaj teb lub sijhawm txaus, General?" - hais tias tus presenter nrog ib tug zoo siab luag. "Kuv nkag siab tias koj tau mus rau qhov chaw nres tsheb ntau zaus hauv ob peb lub hlis dhau los ib leeg. Qhov ntawd yog ntau tshaj li NASA tus kws tshawb fawb mus rau hauv qhov chaw hauv nws txoj haujlwm tag nrho, puas yog? John Glenn tsuas yog ya mus rau hauv qhov chaw ob zaug. "
    
  Patrick teb hais tias "Cov neeg tho kev zoo li Senator John Glenn yuav ib txwm yog qhov kev tshoov siab peb cov neeg nyob hauv lub neej yav tom ntej yuav tsum muaj lub siab tawv thiab kev ua siab ntev los npaj mus rau hauv qhov chaw," tab sis, raws li kuv tau hais, yog ib lub hom phiaj ntawm peb cov tub rog qhov chaw - kom tau txais kev nkag mus rau qhov chaw ntau dua. Kuv tsis xav txog ntu zoo li kuv qhov ua tsis tiav. Nws yog tag nrho ib feem ntawm txoj kev kawm. "
    
  "Tab sis koj kuj yuav tsum xav txog koj tus kheej thiab koj tsev neeg, puas yog, General?"
    
  "Tau kawg - kuv tus tub pom kuv hauv TV ntau dua li ntawm tus kheej," Patrick hais tias ua siab loj. "Tab sis tsis muaj tus kws tsav dav hlau nyiam poob nws tis, Megyn-peb muaj kev tsis txaus siab rau cov kws kho mob, tsev kho mob, nplai, kab kos qhov muag, sphygmomanometers thiab lwm yam uas yuav txwv tsis pub peb ya ... "
    
  "Okay, dav dav, koj tau ua rau kuv tsis meej pem ntawm no. Sphygmo... sphygmo... Qhov no yog dab tsi, ib tug ntawm koj high-tech laser phom?
    
  "Kev ntsuas ntshav siab."
    
  "Txog".
    
  Patrick tau hais tias "Nws yuav nyob ntawm daim ntawv pov thawj ya, tab sis koj tuaj yeem twv kuv yuav tawm tsam qhov tsis tsim nyog txhua txoj kev," Patrick hais. Ib lub suab nrov hauv nws lub mloog pob ntseg ntes tau nws lub siab thiab nws tig, luv luv ua kom nws cov lus txib saib thiab nyeem cov zaub. "Thov txim, Megyn, kuv yuav tsum mus. Ua tsaug rau koj muaj kuv nyob rau tag kis no. " Tus tswv tsev tau hais lus tsis meej pem thiab xav tsis thoob "Tab sis General, peb nyob ntawm txhua yam-!" ua ntej Patrick txiav hu. "Koj muaj dab tsi, Master Sergeant?" - nws nug dhau qhov hais kom ua module intercom.
    
  "Muaj kev ceeb toom COMPSCAN hauv thaj chaw lub hom phiaj, tus tswv, thiab nws hais tias qhov teeb meem loj heev, txawm hais tias peb yuav tsis muaj dab tsi ntawm peb txhais tes uas tsis yog qhov teeb meem loj," Tus Thawj Tub Ceev Xwm Valerie "Nrhiav" Lucas teb. COMPSCAN, lossis Comparative Scanning, tau sau thiab sib piv cov ntaub ntawv radar thiab cov duab infrared thaum lub sijhawm ntsuas ntsuas ntsuas thiab ceeb toom rau cov neeg coob thaum twg muaj qhov tseem ceeb ntawm cov neeg ua haujlwm lossis cov cuab yeej siv hauv thaj chaw tshwj xeeb - ua tsaug rau lub zog thiab kev daws teeb meem ntawm Armstrong lub spaceborne radar thiab lwm yam satellites. thiab cov tsheb tsis muaj neeg tsav dav hlau, thaj tsam lub hom phiaj tuaj yeem yog qhov loj ntawm lub teb chaws, thiab qhov sib txawv ntawm kev sib piv cov kev ntsuas yuav yog me me li plaub lossis tsib lub tsheb.
    
  "Lub hom phiaj yog dab tsi?"
    
  "Soltanabad, lub tshav dav hlau ntawm txoj kev loj txog ib puas mais sab hnub poob ntawm Mashhad. Ib daim duab tsis ntev los no tau coj los ntawm lub dav hlau tsis muaj neeg saib xyuas tshiab "Hmo ntuj Owl" uas Captain Noble nyuam qhuav pib. Tus Seeker tau tshuaj xyuas cov ntaub ntawv txawj ntse hauv cheeb tsam ua ntej txuas ntxiv: "Xyoo tas los, Tub Rog Tub Rog tau tawm tsam Vampire foob pob ib zaug nrog cov mos txwv tawm hauv craters ntawm txoj kev khiav vim nws xav tias nws tau raug siv los xa riam phom thiab khoom siv. Islamists ua haujlwm los ntawm Mashhad. . Txoj kev loj ntawm lub hauv paus tau rov qhib dua los ntawm Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, tshaj tawm tias tso cai rau kev xa cov kev pab tib neeg. Peb muab tag nrho lub hauv paus rau hauv daim ntawv teev npe thiab ya Nite Owls hla thaj chaw kom paub tseeb tias lawv tsis kho qhov ramps thiab tsheb tavxij lossis cov cuab yeej ua tub rog ya mus rau ntawd. "
    
  Patrick hais tias "Cia peb saib lawv ua dab tsi," Ob peb lub sijhawm tom qab, ib daim duab ntxaws ntxaws ntawm qhov chaw saum toj no tshwm sim ntawm nws lub monitor. Nws tau pom tseeb tias txoj kev khiav plaub txoj kab nrog dav hlau nyob deb, kab tsheb tavxij thiab thaj chaw tsaws - nws zoo li ib qho kev ua tub rog, tsuas yog nrog cov tsheb thiab tsheb thauj mus los. Nyob rau sab qaum teb thiab sab qab teb ntawm txoj kev loj / txoj kev khiav tau dav dav nrog cov dav hlau tsheb tavxij, chaw nres tsheb dav hlau loj, thiab qhov seem ntawm cov tuam tsev tawg. Ntau lub tsev puas tsuaj raug rhuav tshem thiab hauv lawv qhov chaw ob peb lub tsev pheeb suab ntawm ntau qhov ntau thiab tsawg tau tsim, qee qhov uas tau dai lub foob ntawm Red Crescent lub koom haum pab tib neeg. "Puas cov tsev pheeb suab no zoo li lawv qhib sab rau koj, Xib Hwb Tub Rog?" - Patrick nug.
    
  Tus neeg nrhiav tau saib ze rau ntawm daim duab, tom qab ntawd nthuav nws kom txog thaum nws pib poob kev daws teeb meem. "Yog lawm, tus tswv," nws teb, tsis paub meej tias yog vim li cas Tus Thawj Fwm Tsav Tebchaws tau nug - nws yog qhov tseeb rau nws. Raws li kev pom zoo los ntawm United Nations, cov tub rog Persian ua haujlwm ntawm Boujazi thiab Iranian tsoomfwv-hauv-exile, cov tsev pheeb suab loj tau tsim nyob rau hauv qee qhov chaw sib ntaus sib tua los pab cov neeg tawg rog lossis lwm tus neeg taug kev hla Iranian suab puam yuav tsum muaj lawv sab qhib thaum tshawb nrhiav. flights tso cai rau txhua tus tog tuaj yeem saib sab hauv, lossis lawv tuaj yeem raug txheeb xyuas tias yog cov yeeb ncuab tua cov ntsiab lus thiab tawm tsam.
    
  Patrick hais tias "Zoo li tus duab ntxoov ntxoo loj ntawm sab nraud, yog txhua yam," Patrick hais. "Daim duab no tau thaij thaum hmo ntuj, puas yog?" Lucas nodded. "Lub sab saib qhib, tab sis cov duab ntxoov ntxoo hauv av los ntawm cov teeb pom kev nyob ze ua rau nws zoo li ... Kuv tsis paub, lawv tsuas yog tsis zoo rau kuv, qhov ntawd yog tag nrho." Nws rov nthuav dav cov qub dav hlau nres tsheb ramps. Ob qhov chaw pav tau littered nrog ntau lub foob pob tawg nyob rau hauv qhov dav ntawm ob peb yards mus rau ntau tshaj li ib puas feet, nrog cov pob zeb loj loj ntawm cov npoo. "Kuv xav tias nws tseem zoo li tawg. Daim duab no muaj pes tsawg xyoo?"
    
  "Tsuas yog ob teev, tus tswv. Tsis muaj txoj hauv kev uas lawv tuaj yeem kaw tag nrho cov craters no thiab txav cov dav hlau hauv ob teev. "
    
  "Cia peb saib yuav ua li cas lub computer piv cov txiaj ntsig scan." Daim duab faib ua ntej ua ob, tom qab ntawd plaub, tom qab ntawd kaum rau cov duab ntawm tib qhov chaw, coj mus rau ob peb hnub. Cov duab zoo ib yam.
    
  "Zoo li glitch - lub tswb cuav," Tus Seeker hais. "Kuv mam li rub cov duab thiab saib cov kev xaiv sib piv rau-"
    
  Patrick hais tias, "Tseem ib pliag," Patrick hais. "Lub computer hais tias tau hloov li cas?" Ib pliag tom qab, lub computer kos duab plaub nyob ib ncig ntawm ob peb lub qhov tsua. Cov craters tau zoo ib yam - qhov sib txawv tsuas yog tias cov duab plaub tsis zoo ib yam nyob rau hauv tag nrho cov duab. "Kuv tseem tsis nkag siab dab tsi COMPSCAN chij."
    
  "Kuv ib yam nkaus, tus tswv," lees paub tus Seeker. "Nws tsuas yog ib qho miscalculation ntawm lub kaum sab xis saib."
    
  "Tab sis nyob rau hauv ib feem ntawm lub ntiaj teb no peb nyob rau hauv sync nrog lub hnub, txoj cai?"
    
  "Yog lawm, sir. Peb nyob raws nraim li Tehran tib lub sijhawm - kwv yees li ob teev sawv ntxov lub sijhawm hauv zos - txhua hnub. "
    
  "Yog li lub kaum sab xis saib yuav tsum zoo ib yam, tshwj tsis yog muaj kev hloov pauv me me hauv txoj haujlwm ntawm qhov chaw nres tsheb lossis sensor, uas lub khoos phis tawj yuav tsum tau kho," Patrick hais.
    
  "Muaj tseeb tias muaj qee yam ua tsis raug rau cov txheej txheem teeb tsa, tus tswv," Seeker tau hais thov txim thaum nws taug kev ntawm nws lub davhlau ya nyob twg los pib ua haujlwm. "Tsis txhob txhawj, kuv yuav kho txhua yam. Kuv thov txim rau qhov ntawd, tus tswv. Tej yam no yuav tsum tau rov ntsuas dua - thaj tsam me ntsis ntau dua li qhov kuv xav. Kuv yuav tsum tau saib ntawm qhov chaw nres tsheb tus cwj pwm gyro kev nyeem ntawv thiab kev nyeem cov roj nyeem kom pom tias muaj kev hloov pauv loj tshwm sim - peb yuav tau ua kom tag nrho cov kev hloov kho kom haum, lossis tsuas yog pov tseg tag nrho cov qub cwj pwm kev nyeem ntawv thiab tuaj txog. nrog cov tshiab. Kuv thov koj zam txim, tus tswv."
    
  Patrick hais tias, "Tsis muaj teeb meem, Tus Thawj Tub Ceev Xwm," Patrick hais. "Txij li no mus, peb yuav paub nrhiav tej yam zoo li no ntau zaus." Tab sis nws txuas ntxiv mus saib lub computer cov duab thiab cov qhov rais sib piv. Cov chij tau ploj mus thaum Lucas tshem tawm cov ntaub ntawv sib piv qub, tawm hauv cov duab meej heev ntawm lub foob pob hluav taws ntawm ramps thiab taxiways. Nws tuav nws taub hau. "Qhov chaw radar duab yog qhov zoo heev, Seeker - nws zoo li kuv tuaj yeem ntsuas qhov tuab ntawm cov pob zeb pob zeb no tau nqa los ntawm cov foob pob. Zoo kawg. Kuv tuaj yeem pom cov xim ntawm cov khaubncaws sab nraud povtseg ntawm cov pob zeb sib txawv thiab qhov twg cov hlau mesh tau thov. Txias."
    
  "SBR yog qhov tsis txaus ntseeg, tus tswv - nws nyuaj rau ntseeg tias qhov no yuav luag nees nkaum xyoo thev naus laus zis."
    
  "Koj tuaj yeem pom meej qhov twg cov pob zeb xaus thiab txoj kev pib pib. Qhov no - "Patrick saib cov duab kom zoo, tom qab ntawd muab nws lub tsom iav nyeem ntawv thiab saib zoo dua. "Koj puas tuaj yeem nthuav daim duab no rau kuv, Seeker?" nws nug, taw rau ib lub qhov tsua loj nyob rau sab qab teb ntawm txoj kev loj.
    
  "Yog lawm, sir. Npaj txhij."
    
  Ib pliag tom qab, lub qhov crater puv lub saib. "Zoo heev nthuav dav, yog lawm." Tab sis tam sim no ib yam dab tsi thab nws. "Kuv tus tub nyiam 'Kuv Spy' thiab 'Waldo nyob qhov twg?' - Tej zaum ib hnub nws yuav dhau los ua tus kws tshuaj ntsuam duab. "
    
  "Los yog nws yuav tsim cov computers uas yuav ua rau peb."
    
  Patrick chuckled, tab sis nws tseem xav tsis thoob. "Dab tsi yog daim duab no? Vim li cas lub computer hu nws lub tswb?
    
  "Kuv tseem tab tom kuaj, tus tswv."
    
  Patrick tau hais tias "Kuv tau siv sijhawm luv luv tab sis muaj kev pom zoo los ua tus thawj coj hauv Lub Tsev Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Tub Rog Tub Rog Huab Cua," thiab ib qho uas kuv tau kawm txog kev txhais cov duab saum toj kawg nkaus tsis yog ua rau kuv lub siab ua rau ntau qhov khoob. "
    
  "Tshaj tawm 101, tus tswv: Tsis txhob saib qhov tsis muaj," Tus Seeker hais.
    
  Patrick tau hais tias, "Tab sis tsis txhob hnov qab tias muaj ib yam dab tsi tsis ncaj ncees lawm nyob rau ntawd," thiab muaj ib yam dab tsi tsis ncaj ncees lawm nrog rau qhov chaw ntawm cov craters no. Lawv txawv... Tab sis ua li cas? Nws ntsia lawv dua. "Kuv xav tias lawv tau tig, thiab lub computer hais tias lawv tsiv mus, tab sis -"
    
  "Qhov no yog tsis yooj yim sua rau lub crater."
    
  Patrick hais tias, "Tsis yog ... Tshwj tsis yog lawv nyob craters," Patrick hais. Nws zoomed dua. "Tej zaum kuv pom ib yam dab tsi uas tsis nyob ntawd, tab sis cov craters no zoo tag nrho, zoo ib yam. Kuv xav tias cov no yog kab nuv ntses. "
    
  "Dej craters? Kuv tsis tau hnov txog qhov no, tus tswv. "
    
  "Kuv tau hnov txog txhua hom kab nuv ntses - dav hlau, tsheb tub rog, tub rog, cov tsev, txawm tias khiav - yog li vim li cas ho tsis?" Patrick pom. "Qhov no yuav piav qhia yog vim li cas COMPSCAN chij rau lawv - yog tias lawv tsiv mus thiab tsis muab tso rau hauv tib qhov chaw, COMPSCAN chij uas yog lub hom phiaj tshiab."
    
  "Yog li koj xav tias lawv tau rov tsim kho lub hauv paus no thiab nyiag siv nws txoj cai hauv qab peb lub qhov ntswg?" Lucas nug, tseem tsis ntseeg. "Yog tias qhov ntawd yog qhov tseeb, tus tswv, tom qab ntawd qhov chaw radar thiab peb lwm lub sensors yuav tsum tau khaws lwm yam cim ntawm kev ua haujlwm - tsheb, tsheb ciav hlau, chaw cia khoom, cov neeg ua haujlwm ruaj ntseg saib xyuas thaj chaw ... "
    
  "Yog tias koj paub meej tias thaum twg lub satellite yuav dhau mus, nws yooj yim heev rau kev dag nws - tsuas yog npog cov khoom siv nrog radar-absorbing cloaks, tshem tawm cov lem, lossis zais lawv ua lwm lub hom phiaj," Patrick hais. "Tag nrho cov tsev pheeb suab, tsheb thauj khoom thiab tsheb npav tuaj yeem tuav tag nrho cov tub rog thiab ntau pua tons khoom siv. Tsuav lawv tshem tawm cov dav hlau, coj tib neeg thiab tsheb tawm ntawm thaj chaw thiab tshem thaj chaw hauv ob mus rau peb teev ntawm peb cov kev xaiv, lawv muaj kev nyab xeeb. "
    
  "Yog li tag nrho peb cov cuab yeej siv tau siv tsis tau."
    
  Patrick tau hais tias "Txawm leej twg ua qhov no, yog lawm - thiab kuv txaus siab twv nws tsis yog Islamist clerics lossis tseem tshuav ntawm Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps," Patrick hais. "Muaj ib txoj hauv kev kom paub: peb xav tau qhov muag hauv av. Cia peb npaj ib daim ntawv qhia rau STRATCOM thiab kuv mam li ntxiv kuv cov lus pom zoo rau kev nqis tes ua ... tab sis ua ntej kuv xav kom Rascal tuaj nrog txoj kev npaj. " Thaum Lucas pib rub tawm cov ntaub ntawv sensor thiab ntxiv nws cov kev soj ntsuam - thiab kev tshwj tseg - txog kev ua haujlwm hauv Soltanabad, Patrick tau xaiv cov lus txib ntawm nws qhov kev sib txuas lus satellite. "Ib qho rau tus Scoundrel."
    
  Ib pliag tom qab, ib daim duab ntawm ib tug loj, blond, xiav-eyed, muaj zog-zoo li tus txiv neej tshwm nyob rau ntawm Patrick tus saib: "Muaj ib tug neeg phem nyob ntawm no, tus tswv," Air Force Major Wayne Macomber teb es chim heev. Macomber yog tus thawj coj tshiab ntawm Cov Tub Rog Sib Tw Hauv Tub Rog raws li Elliott Air Force Base hauv Nevada, hloov Hal Briggs, uas tau raug tua thaum mus yos hav zoov rau cov xov tooj cua nruab nrab-ntaus ballistic hauv Iran xyoo dhau los. Macomber tsuas yog tus thib ob los ua tus thawj coj Kev Sib Tw. Nws yuav tsum tau ua haujlwm siab, thiab qhov no, raws li Patrick, yuav tsis tshwm sim.
    
  Macomber tsis yog Patrick thawj qhov kev xaiv los hais kom "Scoundrel" (uas yog Hal lub npe hu thiab tam sim no yog lub npe tshiab tsis muaj npe ntawm Kev Sib Tw Sib Tw). Txhawm rau muab nws maj mam, Macomber muaj teeb meem loj nrog txoj cai. Tab sis nws tau tswj hwm los siv tus cwj pwm tsis zoo no los tso nws tus kheej hauv cov xwm txheej nyuaj zuj zus, uas thaum kawg nws tuaj yeem hloov kho, kov yeej, thiab ua tiav.
    
  Nws raug ntiab tawm ntawm tsev kawm ntawv theem siab pej xeem hauv Spokane, Washington, vim "kev coj cwj pwm tsis sib haum xeeb" thiab xa mus rau New Mexico Tub Rog Lub Tsev Haujlwm hauv Roswell hauv kev cia siab tias 24-teev tub rog kev qhuab qhia yuav hloov kho nws. Muaj tseeb tiag, tom qab thawj xyoo nyuaj, nws ua haujlwm. Nws kawm tiav nyob rau sab saum toj ntawm nws chav kawm ob qho tib si kev kawm thiab kis las thiab yeej ib qho kev xaiv tsa mus koom Air Force Academy hauv Colorado Springs, Colorado.
    
  Txawm hais tias nws yog ib tus neeg ncaws pob hauv pab pawg ncaws pob hauv tebchaws, Falcons, qhov chaw nws tau txais nws lub npe menyuam yaus "Zipper," nws raug ncaws tawm ntawm pab pawg nws xyoo laus rau kev ua si nruj thiab "kev tsis sib haum xeeb" nrog ntau tus kws qhia thiab cov phooj ywg. Nws siv sijhawm ntxiv - thiab kev sim ua - txhawm rau txhim kho nws cov qib thiab kawm tiav dua nrog kev qhuas, tau txais daim Bachelor of Science hauv physics thiab qhov chaw hauv kev cob qhia tsav. Nws rov ua dua nws cov chav kawm kawm tiav kev tsav dav hlau, kawm tiav rau saum nws chav kawm, thiab yeej ib qho ntawm rau rau F-15E Strike Eagle pilot slots uas tau txais ncaj qha tawm ntawm lub tsev kawm ntawv davhlau-yuav luag tsis tau hnov dua rau thawj tus tub rog thaum lub sijhawm.
    
  Tab sis dua, nws tsis tuaj yeem khaws nws txoj kev tsav tsheb thiab kev txiav txim siab hauv daim tshev. F-15 Eagle huab cua superiority fighter yog ib tug sib txawv kiag li noog nrog ib tug nres systems tus neeg teb xov tooj, ib tug loj radar, txaus cov roj tso tsheb hlau luam ntev ntev thiab kaum txhiab phaus mos txwv nyob rau hauv lub nkoj, thiab rau ib co yog vim li cas Wayne Macomber tsis tuaj yeem nkag siab tias lub cev. ntawm lub dav hlau tau flexing nyob rau hauv unnatural cov lus qhia raws li ib tug F-15E Strike Eagle pilot loaded nrog foob pob sim dogfight lwm fighter. Nws tsis muaj teeb meem tias nws yuav luag ib txwm yeej-nws ua tiav kev yeej los ntawm kev khoov lub dav hlau kim, thiab thaum kawg ... nws thiaj li tau hais kom tawm mus.
    
  Tab sis nws tsis nyob twj ywm menyuam ntsuag ntev. Ib lub koom haum hauv Tub Rog Tub Rog tau txais tos thiab txawm txhawb nqa kev ua phem, kev xav tawm ntawm lub thawv, thiab kev coj noj coj ua txaus ntshai: Kev Ua Haujlwm Tshwj Xeeb Air Force. Txawm li cas los xij, rau nws qhov kev poob siab, chav tsev uas xav tau qhov hnyav "Strike" yog Lub Kaum Ob Hlis Ntuj Huab Cua Huab Cua ntawm Hurlburt Field, Florida: vim nws lub cev keeb kwm yav dhau, Air Force sai sai ua rau nws muaj kev sib ntaus sib tua huab cua paratrooper. Nws tau txais Green Beret thiab Air Force Commando parachute tis, tab sis nws tseem tsis txaus siab raug hu ua "tus neeg huab cua."
    
  Txawm hais tias nws thiab nws cov phooj ywg pab tub rog yeej ib txwm thuam los ntawm lwm cov tub ceev xwm ua "kev sib ntaus sib tua huab cua" lossis "marmots", Macomber sai sai poob rau hauv kev hlub nrog qhov tshwj xeeb, tsis yog vim nws nyiam kev tshawb fawb ntawm huab cua, tab sis kuj vim tias nws parachuted. tawm ntawm cov dav hlau zoo heev thiab nyoob hoom qav taub, nqa ntau yam riam phom thiab cov khoom tawg, tau kawm yuav ua li cas teeb tsa lub dav hlau thiab kev soj ntsuam tom qab cov yeeb ncuab kab thiab yuav ua li cas tua cov yeeb ncuab nyob ze. Zipper tau ua ntau tshaj ib puas thiab nees nkaum kev sib ntaus sib tua nyob rau yim xyoo tom ntej thiab tau nce sai sai los ntawm cov qib, thaum kawg tau txais cov lus txib ntawm pawg tub rog.
    
  Thaum Brigadier General Hal Briggs tau npaj qhov kev tawm tsam thiab kev ua haujlwm ntawm Yakutsk Air Base hauv Siberia raws li ib feem ntawm Patrick McLanahan cov lus teb rau Russia tom qab Holocaust hauv AMERICA, nws tau tig mus rau tib lub teb chaws lees paub cov kws tshaj lij hauv thaj chaw los pab kev npaj ua haujlwm tom qab yeeb ncuab kab: Wayne Macomber. Thaum xub thawj, Vack tsis nyiam kev txiav txim los ntawm ib tug txiv leej tub yim xyoo nws junior, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog ib tug uas outranked nws, tab sis nws sai sai tau txaus siab rau Briggs 'kev txawj ntse, txawj ntse, thiab ua siab loj, thiab lawv ua ib pab neeg zoo. Kev ua haujlwm tau ua tiav tiav. Macomber tau txais lub Hnub Qub Silver rau kev cawm ntau tus tub rog tub rog, ob leeg Lavxias thiab Asmeskas, los ntawm kev muab lawv tso rau hauv cov chaw nyob ua ntej Lavxias Thawj Tswj Hwm Gryzlov cov neeg foob pob tau tawm tsam Yakutsk nrog cov foob pob hluav taws nuclear.
    
  Patrick tau hais tias "Kuv xa koj cov duab tshiab kawg ntawm lub hauv paus huab cua ntawm txoj kev loj nyob rau sab qaum teb Iran, Wayne," Patrick hais. "Kuv xav tias nws tau raug kho tsis raug cai, thiab kuv yuav thov kom koj tso cai tuaj rau hauv, tshuaj xyuas nws, thiab muab rov qab rau hauv qhov tsis zoo - kom zoo."
    
  "Kev ua haujlwm hauv av? Tsuas yog nyob rau lub sijhawm, "Macomber teb nrov nrov. "Yuav luag txhua yam kuv tau ua txij li thaum koj coj kuv los ntawm no yog tawm hws, tsis hais nyob rau hauv kev cob qhia lub cev lossis sim nyem rau hauv ib qho ntawm cov damn Tinmen union suits."
    
  "Thiab yws."
    
  "Puas yog Tub Ceev Xwm hais txog kuv dua?" Cov Tub Rog Tub Rog Tub Rog Tub Rog Tub Rog Chris Wohl yog tus tub ceev xwm tsis raug tswj hwm ntawm Rascal, pab pawg Air Force hauv av, thiab yog ib tus tswv cuab siab tshaj plaws ntawm lub tsev. Txawm hais tias Macomber yog Rascal tus thawj coj, txhua tus paub thiab nkag siab tias Chris Wall yog tus saib xyuas, suav nrog Macomber, qhov tseeb uas ua rau nws chim heev. "Kuv xav tias tus tub ntawm ib tug bitch yuav so haujlwm zoo li kuv xav tias nws yuav, yog li kuv tuaj yeem xaiv kuv thawj lub tsho. Nws npaj txhij muab tso rau tom teb. "
    
  Patrick hais tias, "Kuv yog tus thawj coj ntawm tub rog huab cua, Wayne, thiab txawm tias kuv yuav tsis twv qhov ntawd rau cov neeg ua haujlwm tub ceev xwm lub ntsej muag," Patrick hais, tsuas yog ib nrab tso dag xwb.
    
  Zipper tau hais tias "Kuv hais rau koj, General, tsuav yog Vol nyob ib puag ncig, kuv yuav tsum nqa nws lub tsev thiab nws lub nra nrog kuv," Zipper hais. "Txhua yam nws ua yog ua raws li Briggs." Patrick tsis tuaj yeem txawm tias ib pliag xav txog Vol moping, tab sis nws tsis tau hais li ntawd. "Cov txiv neej tuag hauv qhov tshwj xeeb ops, txawm tias nyob rau hauv tin tuaj yeem haum zoo li tus neeg hlau nws nyob hauv, nws zoo dua siv nws. Tshem tawm nws, lossis tsawg kawg hloov nws, yog li kuv tuaj yeem khiav lub tsev no kuv txoj kev. "
    
  Patrick hais tias, "Wayne, koj yog tus saib xyuas, yog li ua tus saib xyuas," Patrick, uas tsis nyiam qhov kev sib tham no mus li cas. "Koj thiab Chris tuaj yeem ua ib pab pawg zoo yog tias koj kawm ua haujlwm ua ke, tab sis koj tseem yog tus saib xyuas txawm tias koj siv nws lossis tsis. Kuv vam tias koj yuav tau txais koj pab neeg npaj ya tawm thiab sib ntaus sai li sai tau. Yog tias tej yam tsis tau teeb tsa txoj hauv kev uas koj xav tau rau kev ua haujlwm tom ntej, muab Vol rau hauv tus nqi kom txog thaum - "
    
  Macomber hais tias "Kuv yog tus saib xyuas ntawm ib chav tsev, dav dav, tsis yog neeg slacker," Macomber retorted, siv nws tus kheej lo lus "slacker" es tsis txhob ntawm Air Force acronym NCOIC, los yog tsis yog-commissioned tub ceev xwm.
    
  "Tom qab ntawd coj nws, Wayne. Ua txhua yam koj yuav tsum tau ua kom tiav txoj haujlwm. Chris Wall, Infantry cybernetic li thiab Tin Man armor tej zaum yuav yog ib feem ntawm qhov teeb meem los yog ib feem ntawm kev daws , nws yog nyob ntawm koj. Cov neeg no yog cov kws tshaj lij, tab sis lawv xav tau tus thawj coj. Lawv paub Chris thiab lawv yuav ua raws nws mus rau hauv ntuj txiag teb tsaus - koj yuav tsum ua pov thawj tias koj tuaj yeem coj lawv nrog NCOs. "
    
  Macomber tau hais tias "Kuv yuav ua lawv txoj kab, General, tsis txhob txhawj txog nws,"
    
  "Thiab yog tias koj tsis tau, kuv xav qhia koj kom tsis txhob siv qhov 'dickless' qhia nyob rau hauv pem hauv ntej ntawm Vol, txwv tsis pub koj ob tug yuav sawv ntawm kuv bloodied thiab tawg. Kev ceeb toom ncaj ncees."
    
  Macomber lub ntsej muag qhia tsis muaj qhov qhia tias nws nkag siab lossis pom zoo nrog McLanahan cov lus ceeb toom. Qhov no tsis muaj hmoo: Chris Wohl tau ua siab ntev me ntsis rau cov tub ceev xwm feem ntau hauv qab tus chij thiab tsis ntshai tsam nws txoj hauj lwm thiab kev ywj pheej los cuam tshuam nrog tus tub ceev xwm uas tsis ua raws li kev hwm rau ib tug qub tub rog uas tsis yog tub ceev xwm. Patrick paub tias yog tias qhov xwm txheej tsis raug daws kom raug, ob leeg yuav mus rau hauv kev sib cav. "Nws yuav yooj yim dua yog tias kuv tsis tau cob qhia hauv Tin Woodman costume."
    
  "Lub iav, raws li koj hu nws, tso cai rau peb mus rau hauv qhov chaw kub uas tsis muaj lwm pab pawg ua haujlwm tshwj xeeb yuav xav txog," Patrick hais.
    
  "Thov zam txim rau kuv, General, tab sis kuv tsis tuaj yeem xav txog ib qho chaw kub uas kuv tau xav tias tsis mus," Macomber hais tias chim siab, "thiab kuv tsis hnav ris tsho ntev."
    
  "Puas muaj pes tsawg tus txiv neej koj yuav tsum mus thiab rhuav tshem lub tshav dav hlau, Major?"
    
  "Peb tsis 'ua kom puas' cov tshav dav hlau, tus huab tais - peb ua kev tshawb nrhiav lossis cuam tshuam cov yeeb ncuab huab cua, lossis peb tsim peb lub tshav dav hlau. Peb ua kev tawm tsam huab cua yog tias peb xav tau - "
    
  Patrick tau hais tias "Cov tub rog sib ntaus sib tua ua kom lawv puas tsuaj, Loj," Patrick cuam tshuam. "Nco ntsoov Yakutsk?"
    
  "Peb tsis tau rhuav tshem lub tshav dav hlau no, tus tswv, peb tau tuav nws. Thiab peb tau coj ib puas leej tuaj pab peb ua nws. "
    
  "Lub zog sib ntaus sib tua tau npaj los rhuav tshem lub hauv paus no, Major - yog tias peb siv tsis tau nws, cov neeg Lavxias yuav tsis ua thiab."
    
  "Ua puas lub tshav dav hlau?" Kev tsis ntseeg nyob rau hauv Macomber lub suab tau pom tseeb, thiab Patrick hnov cov cua kub hauv qab dab tshos ntawm nws lub dav hlau dub. Nws tsis xav nkim sij hawm sib cav nrog tus thawj tswj hwm, tab sis Macomber yuav tsum tau ua kom paub txog qhov xav tau ntawm nws, tsis yog raug ntes vim yog tub ceev xwm. "Yuav ua li cas ib txhais tes ntawm cov tub rog me me tuaj yeem rhuav tshem lub tshav dav hlau?"
    
  "Qhov ntawd yog qhov koj nyob ntawm no los kawm, Wayne," Patrick hais. "Thaum peb thawj zaug tham txog kev coj ua, kuv hais rau koj tias kuv xav kom koj xav sab nraum lub thawv, thiab qhov no, qhov no txhais tau tias tsis yog kev kawm siv cov khoom siv uas koj muaj ntawm koj pov tseg, tab sis puag thiab nthuav cov thev naus laus zis thiab tsim txoj kev tshiab los siv nws. Tam sim no kuv xav kom koj coj kuv mus nrawm nrawm vim tias kuv muaj lub tshav dav hlau hauv Iran uas kuv yuav xav rhuav tshem ... tag kis. "
    
  "Tag kis? Yuav ua li cas qhov no tshwm sim, General? Kuv nyuam qhuav kawm tam sim no ntawm lub hom phiaj qhov chaw - yog tias peb maj nrawm, peb tuaj yeem tawm hauv lub hauv paus los ntawm tag kis, thiab qhov ntawd tsis muaj kev txawj ntse thiab tsis muaj kev rov ua dua ntawm kev tua lub hom phiaj! Koj tsis tuaj yeem nkag mus rau hauv tub rog hauv paus tsis muaj kev txawj ntse thiab kev cob qhia khiav! Nws yuav siv sij hawm kuv tsawg kawg ib lub lis piam mus xwb ...
    
  Patrick hais tias "Koj tsis hnov qhov kuv hais rau koj, Major: koj yuav tsum pib xav txawv ntawm no," Patrick hais. "Peb nrhiav cov hom phiaj thiab tawm tsam lawv, lub sijhawm-me me lossis tsis muaj kev xyaum, tsis muaj kev txawj ntse, tsis muaj cov ntaub ntawv nyoos tau txais los ntawm txoj kev, tsis muaj pob khoom sib koom ua ke thiab me me tab sis mobile thiab high-tech hauv av nrog me me tab sis kev puas tsuaj huab cua. Kuv hais rau koj tag nrho cov no thaum kuv xub qhia koj txog Rascal, Wayne "...
    
  "Kuv xav tias koj tau txais cov ntaub ntawv thiab txoj haujlwm los ntawm lub hauv paus loj dua, tus tswv," Macomber tawm tsam. "Koj txhais tau tias koj tab tom pib ua haujlwm yam tsis tau sau cov ntaub ntawv tawm tswv yim los ntawm-?"
    
  "Peb tsis tau txais kev pab los ntawm leej twg thiab peb tseem tso tawm thiab ua txoj haujlwm tsis zoo, Zipper," Patrick cuam tshuam ncaj qha. "Koj puas thaum kawg tau txais daim duab?" Patrick tos ib pliag thiab tsis tau txais lus teb - muab Macomber lub mercurial, yuav luag frantic xwm, lub silence yog tiag tiag stunning. "Tam sim no kuv paub tias koj tau nkag mus rau Air Force tshwj xeeb kev ua haujlwm tactics thiab cov txheej txheem, thiab kuv paub tias koj yog tus neeg ua haujlwm zoo thiab tus thawj coj, tab sis koj yuav tsum nkag siab zoo nrog lub pas dej. Kuv paub PT thev naus laus zis tseem ceeb, tab sis kev paub txog cov cuab yeej thiab cov peev txheej uas peb muaj yog qhov tseem ceeb dua. Qhov no tsis yog ib txoj hauj lwm xwb, tab sis kuj yog txoj kev xav. Nkag siab?"
    
  "Yog lawm, tus tswv," Macomber hais tias - tej zaum yog thawj qhov kev pom zoo ntawm Patrick xav tau los ntawm tus txiv neej. "Nws zoo li kuv tias kuv tseem yuav xav tau Vol pab yog tias kuv mus ua tub txib ... tag kis?"
    
  "Tam sim no koj tau txais lub tswv yim, Major."
    
  "Thaum twg kuv tuaj yeem tau txais cov ntaub ntawv koj muaj, tus tswv?"
    
  "Kuv tabtom tshaj tawm no tam sim no. Kuv xav tau cov phiaj xwm tsim tawm, npaj qhia rau cov tub ceev xwm hauv ib teev. "
    
  "Hauv ib teev...?"
    
  "Puas muaj ib yam dab tsi tsis ncaj ncees lawm nrog qhov kev sib txuas, Major?"
    
  "Tsis yog, sir. kuv hnov koj. Ib teev. Ib lo lus nug ntxiv?"
    
  "Nyob ntsiag to".
    
  "Yuav ua li cas txog kuv qhov kev thov kom hloov lub npe hu rau chav tsev, tus tswv?"
    
  "Tsis tau lawm, Major ..."
    
  "Qhov ntawd yog Briggs lub npe hu, tus tswv, thiab kuv yuav tsum tau hloov lub npe ntawd. Tsis yog kuv ntxub nws xwb, tab sis nws tseem ceeb rau cov txiv neej ntawm lawv cov qub thawj coj uas tuag lawm thiab nws cuam tshuam lawv ntawm txoj haujlwm. "
    
  "Bill Cosby ib zaug hais tias yog nws nyob ntawm nws, nws yuav tsis xaiv lub npe rau nws cov menyuam - nws tsuas yog xa lawv tawm mus rau hauv txoj kev thiab cia cov menyuam nyob ze hu nws," Patrick hais.
    
  "Qhov twg Bill?" - Kuv nug.
    
  "Thaum lub sijhawm los hloov lub npe ntawm chav tsev, Major, tag nrho lub tsev yuav tuaj rau kuv nrog kev thov."
    
  "Qhov no yog kuv chav tsev, tus tswv."
    
  "Tom qab ntawd ua pov thawj nws," Patrick hais. "Tau kom lawv npaj txhij mus tso tawm tam sim, qhia lawv siv cov cuab yeej uas kuv tau ua haujlwm kuv lub nroog Yeiuxalees kom tau, thiab qhia kuv txog kev npaj-ua ke ua ib qho-uas yuav ua tiav txoj haujlwm thiab tau txais kev pom zoo tam sim ntawd. Mus ua haujlwm, Major. Chivkeeb tabtom tawm tuaj." Nws tsoo qhov kev sib txuas los ntawm kev tsoo lub pob nrog lub zog uas nws yuav luag nqa nws ntawm nws Velcro perch. Rau qhov Vajtswv, Patrick xav, nws yeej tsis paub tias nws muaj hmoo npaum li cas los ua haujlwm nrog cov txiv neej thiab poj niam raws li nws cov lus txib, thiab tsis yog nrog prima donnas tiag tiag li Macomber. Tej zaum nws yuav yog ib tus neeg ua haujlwm tshwj xeeb tshaj plaws hauv Asmeskas, tab sis nws txoj kev sib raug zoo xav tau kev tshuaj xyuas rov qab zoo.
    
  Kev haus dej haus cawv los ntawm lub raj, nws qhib lub satellite txuas ntxiv: "Ib tug hu rau Condor."
    
  "Condor ntawm kev hu xov tooj, kev ruaj ntseg," teb tus thawj tswj hwm ntawm Lub Chaw Haujlwm Sib Koom Tes Ua Haujlwm Chaw Haujlwm (JFCC-Space) ntawm Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. "Pom koj ntawm xov xwm ib pliag dhau los. Koj ntsia... Zoo, koj. Zoo siab tau pom koj nyob zoo. Megyn no yog hma liab, puas yog?
    
  "Ua tsaug, Condor, tab sis hmoov tsis kuv tsis tau pom tus tshaj tawm, yog li kuv yuav tsum coj koj lo lus rau nws," Patrick teb. "Kuv muaj kev ceeb toom ceev ceev thiab thov kom tshaj tawm txoj haujlwm hauv av rau tus thawj coj."
    
  "Tau nkag siab, tus tswv," teb tus thawj coj loj. "Npaj luam tawm thaum koj npaj tau."
    
  "Kuv tau tshawb pom qhov muaj peev xwm rov tsim dua tshiab ntawm Iranian huab cua tsis raug cai hauv tebchaws Persian, thiab kuv xav tau 'qhov muag nkaus xwb' kev lees paub thiab txoj cai rau lub hom phiaj kaw yog tias paub tseeb." Patrick sai sai tso tawm qhov nws paub thiab nws xav li cas txog lub airbase ntawm Soltanabad Txoj Kev Loj.
    
  "Mus nkag siab, sir. Kev xa mus rau JFCC qhov chaw yog nyob rau tam sim no. " Tus DO, lossis tus thawj coj ntawm kev ua haujlwm rau Kev Ua Haujlwm Sib Koom Tes Sib Koom Tes-Space, yuav ceeb toom rau nws tus thawj coj tom qab ntsuas qhov kev thov, tshuaj xyuas qhov muaj zog, sau cov kev txawj ntse, thiab suav cov sijhawm kwv yees thiab xav tau kev puas tsuaj. Qhov no tau siv sijhawm ntev, tab sis yuav ua rau tus thawj coj tsis raug dej nyab nrog kev thov kev txhawb nqa. "Peb yuav tsum hnov qab sai sai yog tias DO xav ua. Koj zoo li cas, tus tswv?"
    
  "Zoo heev, Condor," Patrick teb. Patrick tau sau tseg tias "Tau kawg, kuv xav tias kuv tuaj yeem thauj kuv cov lus thov ncaj qha rau hauv STRATCOM lossis txawm tias SECDEF," Patrick sau tseg.
    
  "Kuv hnov koj, tus tswv," tus neeg xa xov hais. "Kuv xav tias lawv ntshai koj yuav faus lawv nrog cov ntaub ntawv. Tsis tas li ntawd, tsis muaj leej twg xav tso lawv lub nceeg vaj." Nyob rau hauv ib qho kev tsis meej pem thiab tsis txaus siab ua ke ntawm lub luag haujlwm, kev ua haujlwm thiab kev sib koom ua haujlwm huab cua cuam tshuam nrog Armstrong chaw nres tsheb thiab HAWC B-1 thiab B-52 tsis muaj neeg siv lub foob pob ya hla Iran yuav tsum tau tswj hwm los ntawm ob qho lus txib loj, uas ob qho tib si qhia ncaj qha rau Thawj Tswj Hwm los ntawm cov neeg ua haujlwm kev ruaj ntseg hauv tebchaws: JFCC-Space hauv California, uas xa cov ntaub ntawv mus rau Tebchaws Meskas. Strategic Command (STRATCOM) ntawm lub tsev hauv paus ib ntus hauv Colorado thiab Louisiana; thiab US Central Command (CENTCOM) ntawm MacDill Air Force Base hauv Florida, uas tau qhia tag nrho cov tub rog ua haujlwm hauv Middle East thiab Central Asia. CENTCOM thiab STRATCOM ntau lub koom haum txawj ntse koom nrog hauv cov phiaj xwm thiab kev ua haujlwm yuav tshuaj xyuas cov ntaub ntawv ntawm tus kheej, ua lawv tus kheej cov lus pom zoo, thiab nthuav tawm rau Tus Thawj Fwm Tsav Saib Xyuas Kev Tiv Thaiv thiab Thawj Tswj Hwm Tus Kws Pabcuam Kev Ruaj Ntseg Hauv Tebchaws, uas tom qab ntawd yuav tawm tswv yim rau Thawj Tswj Hwm.
    
  "Kuv tsis nkag siab tias vim li cas cov ntawv ceeb toom no yuav tsum mus rau STRATCOM," Patrick yws yws. "CENTCOM yog tus thawj coj ua yeeb yam-lawv yuav tsum tau txais cov ntawv ceeb toom, muab cov phiaj xwm ua ke, tau txais kev pom zoo, thiab tom qab ntawd coj txhua tus neeg kom tau txais kev txhawb nqa."
    
  "Koj tsis tas yuav ntxias kuv, tus tswv-yog tias koj nug kuv, koj cov ntaub ntawv yuav tsum ncaj qha mus rau Lub Tsev Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Kev Tiv Thaiv," tus thawj tswj hwm laus tau hais. Muaj ib ntus luv; ces: "Tau npaj rau Condor, Odin. Zoo siab rov nrog koj tham dua, General. "
    
  Ib pliag tom qab: "Condor One ntawm kab, kev ruaj ntseg," tuaj lub suab ntawm tus thawj coj ntawm Lub Kaum Ob Hlis Ntuj, Tub Rog Tub Rog General Harold Backman. US Air Force kaum plaub Tus Tub Rog Tub Rog Tub Rog Backman hnav "ob lub kaus mom" raws li Cov Tub Rog Sib Koom Tes thiab Chaw Sib Koom Tes, lossis JFCC-S, ib chav ntawm US Strategic Command (uas tau raug rhuav tshem thaum Lavxias huab cua tawm tsam rau Tebchaws Meskas thiab tau raug tsim kho dua tshiab. ntawm ntau qhov chaw thoob plaws tebchaws).
    
  JFCC-S yog lub luag haujlwm rau kev npaj, kev sib koom tes, kev tsim khoom, thiab ua tiav txhua qhov kev ua tub rog hauv qhov chaw. Ua ntej McLanahan, nws Advanced Aerospace Weapons Center thiab XR-A9 Black Stallion spaceplane, "kev ua tub rog hauv qhov chaw" feem ntau txhais tau hais tias xa cov satellites thiab saib xyuas qhov chaw ua haujlwm ntawm lwm lub tebchaws. Tsis muaj ntxiv lawm. McLanahan tau muab JFCC-Space thoob ntiaj teb kev tawm tsam thiab muaj peev xwm txav tau nrawm nrawm, thiab hais ncaj ncees, nws tsis xav tias lawv tau ua haujlwm tsis tau.
    
  "Ib tug nyob ntawm no, nyab xeeb," Patrick hais. "Koj nyob li cas, Harold?"
    
  "Raws li ib txwm, mus txog peb lub caj dab hauv kev lag luam, tus tswv, tab sis zoo dua li koj, kuv xav tias. Tus tub ceev xwm ntawm lub luag haujlwm tau hais tias nws pom koj hauv TV, tab sis koj tam sim ntawd xaus qhov kev xam phaj yam tsis tau ceeb toom. Koj puas nyob zoo?"
    
  "Kuv tau txais COMPSCAN ceeb toom thiab teb rau nws tam sim ntawd."
    
  "Yog hais tias qhov no ntshai qhov tsis zoo ntawm kuv tus thawj saib xyuas, nws yuav ua rau cov thawj coj ntshai, koj nkag siab qhov ntawd, puas yog?"
    
  "Lawv yuav tsum kawm kom so. Koj puas tau txais kuv cov ntaub ntawv?
    
  "Kuv tab tom saib tam sim no, Mook. Muab rau kuv ib pliag." Ob peb lub sijhawm tom qab: "Kuv tus thawj coj txawj ntse tab tom saib qhov no tam sim no, tab sis rau kuv nws tsuas yog zoo li lub foob pob tawm hauv lub dav hlau ntawm txoj kev loj. Kuv coj nws, koj tsis xav li ntawd ?"
    
  "Kuv xav tias cov craters no yog decoys, Harold, thiab kuv xav kom ob peb tus txiv neej mus rau qhov ntawd thiab saib."
    
  Lwm lub sijhawm luv luv. "Khorasan xeev, tsuas yog ib puas mais ntawm Mashhad, thaj chaw no yog tswj hwm los ntawm Mohtaz thiab nws Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps," Backman hais. "Nyob rau hauv kev ua tub rog teb deb ntawm Sabzevar, qhov twg ntau Pasdarans tej zaum yuav nkaum. Yog tias Soltanabad yog qhov khoob tiag tiag, koj tseem yuav nyob hauv lub qhov muag ntawm cua daj cua dub yog tias cov neeg phem pom koj - thiab yog tias nws ua haujlwm, zoo li koj hais, nws yuav yog nqaij grinder. Kuv xav tias koj xav mus nrog ob peb ntawm koj cov neeg hlau xwb, puas yog?
    
  "Kuv lees paub."
    
  "Kuv xav li ntawd. Koj cov khoom nyob rau ntawd tsis tuaj yeem muab cov duab ntxaws ntxiv rau koj?
    
  "Peb tsuas yog lwm txoj kev xaiv yog ya ncaj qha los ntawm satellite lossis drone, thiab qhov ntawd yuav ceeb toom rau cov neeg phem. Kuv xav ua tib zoo saib ua ntej kuv npaj yuav tawg qhov chaw, thiab ib pab tub rog me yuav yog qhov ceev tshaj plaws thiab yooj yim tshaj plaws. "
    
  "Yuav ceev npaum li cas?"
    
  "Kuv tsis tau saib ntawm lub orbital geometry, tab sis kuv vam tias peb tuaj yeem tso lawv hauv plaub, nyob hauv av hauv xya, rov qab rau saum huab cua hauv yim, thiab rov qab los tsev hauv kaum ob."
    
  "Hnub?"
    
  "Saib".
    
  "Shit," Backman swore. "Ntshav tsis txaus ntseeg, tus tswv."
    
  "Yog tias kuv cov txiv neej nyob ntawm no, Harold, raws li kuv xav ua, raws li kuv tau qhia rau koj thiab STRATCOM, kuv yuav tuaj yeem tawm ntawm qhov ntawd thiab rov qab los tsev hauv plaub teev."
    
  "Dam tsis meej pem. Kuv yog tag nrho rau nws, Mook, tab sis kuv xav tias lub tswv yim no tsuas yog boggles ntau lub siab ntawm no ntawm lub ntiaj teb qub qub. Koj paub tias National Command tau qhia peb kom txwv txhua lub dav hlau ya dav hlau kom rov muab thiab xwm txheej xwm txheej ceev nkaus xwb, puas yog?
    
  "Kuv xav tias qhov no yog qhov xwm txheej ceev, Harold."
    
  "Kuv paub koj xav tau dab tsi... Tab sis nws puas tseem ceeb heev?"
    
  Patrick txwv tsis pub muaj kev npau taws ntawm kev txiav txim siab tsis ntseeg, tab sis nws tau siv rau txhua tus neeg tsis ntseeg nws hauv qhov thib ob thiab thib peb, txawm tias cov neeg paub thiab hlub nws. "Kuv yuav tsis paub meej txog thaum kuv xa ob peb tus neeg tawm mus."
    
  "Kuv tsis xav tias qhov no yuav raug tso cai, tus tswv. Koj puas tseem xav kom kuv nug cov lus nug?
    
  Patrick teb tsis muaj hesitation: "Yog."
    
  "OK. Npaj txhij." Kev tos tsis ntev: "Okay, Mook, STRATCOM tooj dag hais tias koj tuaj yeem xa koj cov neeg mus rau qhov kev taw qhia no, tab sis tsis muaj leej twg tso cov khau looj plab - lossis txawm tias ntuj txiag teb tsaus koj cov neeg hlau hnav ntawm ko taw - hauv av, thiab tsis muaj leej twg lub dav hlau tsis hla ib kab ntawm cov kab kos yam tsis tau tso cai los ntawm CENTCOM. "
    
  "Kuv puas tuaj yeem thauj qee lub dav hlau Dub Stallion thiab tso rau hauv lub voj voog?"
    
  "Puas muaj pes tsawg tus nyob ntawd thiab lawv thauj khoom dab tsi?"
    
  "Ib tug los yog ob tug nrog cov neeg khiav dej num, staggered thiab nyob rau hauv sib txawv orbits, kom txog rau thaum kuv muaj peev xwm txheeb xyuas lub sij hawm ntawm lub teev; ib lossis ob lub npog dav hlau nruab nrog cov riam phom precision; tej zaum ib los yog ob decoys yuav siv tau raws li reserves nyob rau hauv orbit; thiab ib lossis ob lub Vampire bombers ya los ntawm Iraq, npaj los rhuav tshem lub hauv paus yog tias peb pom nws ua haujlwm. "
    
  "Qhov ntau lub dav hlau tuaj yeem yog qhov kev sib tw, thiab lub dav hlau ua tub rog tuaj yeem yog qhov cuam tshuam."
    
  "Qhov ntau kuv tuaj yeem hloov pauv thiab cov peev txheej txhawb nqa ntau dua kuv tuaj yeem tso rau hauv lub voj voog, qhov nrawm dua qhov no yuav dhau mus, Harold."
    
  "Kuv tau txais nws," Backman hais. Lub sijhawm no lub sijhawm ncua ntev dua: "Okay, pom zoo. Tsis muaj leej twg hla ib thaj tsam kev nom kev tswv hauv huab cua yam tsis tau tso cai, thiab tsis txhob tso riam phom rau rov nkag mus txog thaum lub teeb ntsuab tau muab. " Nws chuckled, ces hais ntxiv, "Vajtswv, kuv suab zoo li fucking Commander Adama ntawm lub Battleship Galactica los yog ib yam dab tsi. Kuv tsis tau xav hauv kuv lub neej tias kuv yuav pom zoo rau kev tawm tsam los ntawm qhov chaw. "
    
  Patrick teb tias, "Txij li no mus, txhua yam yuav tsum zoo li qhov no, kuv tus phooj ywg," Patrick teb. "Kuv yuav xa ib daim ntawv npaj ua tiav rau koj nyob rau hauv ib teev, thiab lub hom phiaj huab cua kom txav lub dav hlau yuav raug xa tuaj sai dua. Ua tsaug, Harold. Ib tug tawm los. "
    
  Patrick lub rooj sib tham video tom ntej no yog mus rau nws thaj chaw ua haujlwm ntawm Elliott Air Force Base: "Macomber tau ceeb toom rau peb tias koj tau muab nws ua haujlwm hauv av hauv Iran thiab nws muaj sijhawm me ntsis los npaj, yog li peb twb tau txuas lawm," nws tus thawj coj tau hais. Tus thawj coj, Brigadier General David Luger. Ob tug navigators ua haujlwm ua ke rau ntau tshaj ob xyoo lawm, thawj zaug nrog cov neeg ua haujlwm hauv B-52G Stratofortress thiab tom qab ntawd muab rau Aerospace Advanced Weapons Center ua cov dav hlau thiab riam phom davhlau sim engineers. Nyob rau hauv tsos, Luger qhov zoo tshaj plaws yog hais tias nws ua raws li Patrick McLanahan lub siab thaum twg nws fiery, txiav txim siab, tsav sab hem ua kom puas tag nrho cov kev xav. "Peb yuav tsum muaj ib yam dab tsi rau koj nyob rau hauv tsis muaj sij hawm." "Tus txiv leej tub yog ceev thiab zoo nkauj zoo. ."
    
  Patrick hais tias "Kuv paub tias koj yuav ua nws, phooj ywg," Patrick hais. "Xav tsis thoob los ntawm cov xov xwm los ntawm Zipper?"
    
  "Xav tsis thoob? Yuav ua li cas yog "thunderstruck"? Luger yog unfazed. "Txhua tus neeg hauv Tub Rog Tub Rog tau sim lawv qhov zoo tshaj plaws kom zam tus txiv neej no. Tab sis thaum nws nqis mus ua lag luam, txhua yam ua haujlwm rau nws. "
    
  "Muaj kev xav ntawm Soltanabad?"
    
  "Yog lawm, kuv xav tias peb yuav tsum hla qhov kev sim ua ntej thiab tsuas yog ntaus ob peb lub rips saum ntuj los yog meteors nrog cov khoom tawg muaj zog nyob rau ntawd, es tsis txhob nkim sij hawm los coj pab pawg sib ntaus sib tua," Luger teb. "Yog tias Iranians zais qee yam nyob ntawd, peb cov txiv neej yuav tsaws rau lawv."
    
  Patrick teb hais tias, "Raws li kuv nyiam tshuab khoom, Texas," Kuv xav tias peb yuav tsum saib ua ntej. Yog tias cov craters no tiag tiag yog kab, ces lawv yog qhov zoo tshaj plaws kuv tau pom, uas txhais tau tias ...
    
  "Lawv tej zaum tsis yog Iranian," Luger hais. "Koj puas xav tias tej zaum Russians?"
    
  Patrick tau hais tias "Kuv xav tias Moscow xav tsis muaj dab tsi zoo dua li pab Mokhtaz rhuav tshem Boujazi cov tub rog thiab tso ntau pab tub rog rau qhov khoom plig," Patrick hais.
    
  "Koj puas xav tias qhov no yog qhov Zevitin xav ua?"
    
  Patrick tau hais tias "Lub xeev AMERICA-phooj ywg nyob hauv Iran yuav tsis tuaj yeem lees txais," "Mohtaz yog qhov tseem ceeb, tab sis yog tias Zevitin tuaj yeem yaum nws kom tso cai rau cov tub rog Lavxias mus rau Iran los pab swb Boujazi cov tub rog - lossis rau lwm yam, xws li tiv thaiv Asmeskas kev ua phem - Zevitin tuaj yeem xa cov tub rog los tawm tsam Asmeskas kev tswj hwm hauv cheeb tsam. Qhov tsawg kawg nkaus, nws tuaj yeem yuam Thawj Tswj Hwm Gardner tshem tawm kev txhawb nqa rau yav dhau los Soviet bloc lub tebchaws uas tab tom txav mus rau Asmeskas kev cuam tshuam. "
    
  "Txhua qhov kev tsis txaus ntseeg hauv thaj chaw no ua rau kuv mob taub hau, Mook," Dave hais nrog kev ua tsis ncaj ncees. Patrick tuaj yeem pom tias Dave txoj kev xav tau mus deb ntawm lub koob yees duab sablaj video. Nws hais tias, "Kuv muaj thawj daim phiaj xwm npaj txhij - Kuv yuav muab tso rau koj," nws hais, nkag mus rau cov lus qhia hauv nws lub computer.
    
  "Okay, Mook, ntawm no yog cov xwm txheej ua ntej tshaj tawm," Luger txuas ntxiv ib pliag tom qab. "Peb muaj ob lub dav hlau Black Stallion muaj nyob rau hauv plaub teev nrog rau cov tsheb thauj neeg mob siab thiab cov roj txaus thiab cov khoom siv rau lub hom phiaj kev ua haujlwm, thiab peb muaj nyob rau hauv xya teev yog tias peb tshem tawm ntau lub davhlau kev cob qhia. Macomber hais tias nws tuaj yeem pib lub sijhawm pib. Yuav ua li cas koj xav ua qauv kev txiav txim ntawm huab cua ua haujlwm?"
    
  Patrick tau txiav txim siab ceev ceev, suav lub sijhawm txij li lub sijhawm nws xav kom Dub Stallion tawm hauv av thiab tawm hauv Persian airspace. "Kuv yeej xav kom muaj decoys, thaub qab, cov ntaub ntawv ntau ntxiv thiab kev rov ua dua tshiab rau Whack thiab cov tub rog hauv av, tab sis kuv qhov kev txhawj xeeb tseem ceeb yog txhawm rau tshuaj xyuas lub hauv paus no kom sai li sai tau yam tsis muaj kev nyiam ntawm Revolutionary Guards," nws hais. "Kuv yuav pom tias kuv tuaj yeem tau txais kev tso cai tso rau hauv ob lub pob tam sim no. Yog tias peb tso rau hauv plaub teev, peb yuav dhau lub hom phiaj thaum ib tag hmo mus txog 1 teev sawv ntxov hauv zos - cia peb hu nws 2 teev sawv ntxov kom nyob nyab xeeb. Peb ua kev soj ntsuam rau ib teev feem ntau, tawm mus ua ntej hnub tuaj, refuel qhov chaw nyob rau sab hnub poob Afghanistan thiab mus tsev. "
    
  Luger tau hais tias "Tus tub ceev xwm lub luag haujlwm tab tom ua qhov kev xav ua ntej rau kev ua haujlwm huab cua," Luger tau hais. "Cov Tub Ceev Xwm" yog lub khoos phis tawj hauv nruab nrab raws li Aerospace Advanced Weapons Center uas txuas tag nrho ntau lub tuam tsev thiab chaw soj nstuam thoob ntiaj teb thiab tuaj yeem nkag mus tau ruaj ntseg los ntawm HAWC cov tswv cuab nyob txhua qhov chaw hauv ntiaj teb - lossis, nyob rau hauv rooj plaub ntawm Armstrong Chaw nres tsheb chaw, nyob ib ncig ntawm nws. "Cov lus nug loj tshaj plaws uas peb muaj tam sim no yog kev txhawb nqa rau KC-77 lub nkoj thauj khoom rau kev thauj khoom huab cua. Peb lub nkoj nyob ze tshaj plaws rau XR-A9 yog nyob ntawm Al Dhafra Air Base hauv tebchaws United Arab Emirates, uas yog lub davhlau ob teev mus rau qhov ze tshaj plaws tau rov qab los ntawm Afghanistan. Yog tias txhua yam ua haujlwm tau zoo kawg nkaus - lawv thauj lub tanker yam tsis muaj kev sib tsoo, tau txais tag nrho cov kev lis kev cai thiab huab cua kev thauj mus los raws sijhawm, thiab lwm yam - lawv yuav ncav cuag qhov chaw ua tau zoo tshaj plaws nyob rau sab hnub poob Afghanistan ib yam li Dub Stallion khiav tawm ntawm roj ".
    
  "Thiab thaum twg yog lub sijhawm kawg uas peb txoj haujlwm tau mus dhau qhov tsis muaj tseeb?"
    
  "Kuv tsis nco qab qhov no puas tau tshwm sim," Luger hais rau nws. "Muaj ntau qhov chaw tsaws xwm ceev hauv thaj chaw uas peb tuaj yeem siv tau, tab sis lawv nyob ze rau ntawm ciam teb Iranian thiab peb yuav xav tau ntau yam kev txhawb nqa hauv av kom ruaj ntseg hauv paus kom txog thaum cov roj tuaj txog. Peb tuaj yeem xa cov pab pawg rov qab mus rau Afghanistan los pab yog tias tus neeg tua tsiaj yuav tsum tau tsaws thaum muaj xwm txheej ceev, lossis peb tuaj yeem ncua lub luag haujlwm rau ob peb hnub ... "
    
  Patrick hais tias "Cia peb mus tom ntej nrog txoj kev npaj no," Patrick hais. "Peb yuav nthuav tawm nws li yog thiab siv ntau li ntau cov nyiaj pabcuam raws li peb tuaj yeem ua tau - vam tias peb yuav tsis xav tau ib qho ntawm nws."
    
  "Koj tau txais nws, Mook," Dave hais. "Kuv xav tau ... kom nyob ze, Patrick...Kuv tau hu los ntawm koj tus kws kho mob davhlau ntawm Walter Reed. Nws xav nrog koj tham."
    
  "Txuas kuv thiab nyob ntawm kab."
    
  "Kuv nkag siab koj. Npaj ..." Ib pliag tom qab daim duab yees duab tau muab faib ua ob, nrog Dave ntawm sab laug thiab daim duab ntawm ib tug txiv neej hluas-zoo li nyob rau hauv ib tug Navy ua hauj lwm hnav ris tsho, lub camouflage xiav digital niaj hnub zoo li txhua tus tub rog hauv United. Xeev txij li Asmeskas Holocaust. "Txuas ntxiv, tus thawj coj, dav dav ntawm kab, kev ruaj ntseg."
    
  "General McLanahan?"
    
  "Koj nyob li cas, Captain Summers?" - Patrick nug. US Navy Captain Alfred Summers yog tus thawj coj ntawm kev phais plawv ntawm Walter Reed National Military Medical Center thiab tus txiv neej lub luag haujlwm rau Patrick rooj plaub.
    
  "Kuv pom koj qhov kev xam phaj tag kis no," tus kws phais hais tias chim siab, "thiab nrog rau kev hwm, General, Kuv xav tsis thoob tias koj tau txais koj daim ntawv kho mob qhov twg?"
    
  "Kuv xav tias koj muaj qee qhov teeb meem nrog qhov kuv hais rau tus neeg xam phaj?"
    
  "Koj ua rau nws zoo li ntev QT syndrome tuaj yeem kho tau los ntawm kev noj ob peb cov tshuaj aspirin," Summers yws. "Nws tsis yooj yim li ntawd, thiab kuv tsis xav kom kuv cov neeg ua haujlwm raug liam yog tias koj qhov kev thov kom tswj hwm lub davhlau raug tsis lees paub."
    
  "Leej twg yuav liam, tus thawj coj?"
    
  "Frankly, tus tswv, feem coob ntawm cov neeg Amelikas suav hais tias koj yog ib lub teb chaws cov khoom muaj nqis uas yuav tsum tsis txhob muab pov tseg vim li cas," tus kws kho mob teb. "Kuv paub tseeb tias koj paub kuv txhais li cas. Nyob rau hauv luv luv, tus Tswv, ntev QT syndrome yog ib qho tsis siv neeg tsis kam ntawm lub dav hlau txoj cai-tsis muaj txheej txheem rov hais dua. "
    
  "Kuv cov neeg ua haujlwm tau tshuaj xyuas tus mob, Tus Thawj Tub Ceev Xwm, nrog rau cov ntaub ntawv kho mob ntawm ntau tus neeg caij nkoj uas tsis tsim nyog los ntawm kev siv dav hlau tab sis tseem khaws cov xwm txheej tsav dav hlau, thiab lawv tau hais rau kuv tias tus mob tsis muaj kev phom sij rau lub neej thiab tej zaum yuav tsis hnyav txaus los lees paub qhov tsis lees paub. ntawm -"
    
  Summers hais tias "Raws li koj tus kws kho mob thiab tus kws tshaj lij ntawm tus kabmob no hauv Tebchaws Meskas, General, cia kuv tshem tawm qhov no rau koj, yog tias kuv ua tau," Summers hais. "Tus mob no feem ntau yuav tshwm sim los ntawm qhov peb hu ua myocardial stretch, qhov twg hnyav dhau los ua rau lub plawv cov leeg thiab cov hlab ntsha thiab tsim hluav taws xob cuam tshuam. Cov tsos mob pom tau tias pw tsaug zog tag nrho koj lub neej kom txog thaum koj ya mus rau hauv qhov chaw, thiab tom qab ntawd nws tshwm sim nws tus kheej tag nrho. Nws yog qhov nthuav rau kuv tias koj tau ntsib qee cov tsos mob thaum qee qhov lossis kab tias tag nrho koj lub davhlau ya nyob twg, tab sis tom qab ntawd lawv tau tuag rov qab mus txog thaum koj muaj kev sib tham hauv video yooj yim - Kuv xav xav tias nws tau mob siab heev li ya los ntawm qhov chaw, lossis tej zaum tsuas yog tense txaus los ua ib qho ua rau lwm qhov kev sib tw puv puv."
    
  Patrick hais tias "Lub Tsev Dawb thiab Pentagon tuaj yeem ua tau, Tus Kws Kho Mob," Patrick hais.
    
  "Tsis muaj kev poob siab, tus tswv," Summers pom zoo. "Tab sis koj tsis pom qhov xwm txheej hauv lub xeev no, General? Qhov kev ntxhov siab ntawm qhov kev sib tham video yooj yim no, ua ke nrog koj txoj haujlwm rov qab mus rau hauv lub voj voog, ua rau muaj hluav taws xob tsis zoo uas thaum kawg ua rau arrhythmia. Nws yog qhov hnyav heev uas nws ua rau mob plawv, lossis lub plawv dhia tsis xwm yeem, qhov kub tiag tiag 'flutter' uas, zoo li lub cavitation twj tso kua mis, txhais tau hais tias cov ntshav tsis txaus nkag mus rau lub hlwb txawm tias lub plawv tsis nres. Sir, hais tias txhua qhov kev ntxhov siab tam sim no tuaj yeem ua rau rov tshwm sim tshiab, thiab tsis muaj kev saib xyuas tas li peb tsis muaj txoj hauv kev paub txog thaum twg lossis hnyav npaum li cas. ."
    
  "Kuv xav tias koj yuav ntxiv, 'tsis hais txog koj lub neej,' huh, Tus tauj ncov loj? Patrick ntxiv.
    
  Summers hais tias "Kuv ntseeg tias peb txhua tus muaj koj txoj kev noj qab haus huv ua ntej thiab qhov tseem ceeb, tus tswv-Kuv yuav ua yuam kev rau qhov ntawd," Summers hais qhuav. "Koj lub neej muaj kev pheej hmoo txhua feeb koj nyob ntawd. Kuv tsis tuaj yeem ntxhov siab qhov no ntau dhau. "
    
  Patrick hais tias, "Kuv tau txais, Kuv tau txais nws, Tus kws kho mob," Patrick hais. "Cia peb tam sim no mus dhau qhov kev ceeb toom tsis txaus ntseeg. Kev kho mob rau tus mob no yog dab tsi?
    
  "'Kev kho mob?' Koj txhais tau li cas dua li zam kev ntxhov siab ntawm txhua tus nqi? Summers nug nrog pom tseeb irritation. Nws sighed nrov. "Zoo, peb tuaj yeem sim beta blockers thiab saib xyuas kom pom tias muaj qhov txawv txav ntawm hluav taws xob rov tshwm sim, tab sis cov kev kho mob no tsuas yog pom zoo rau cov neeg mob uas tsis muaj kev sib txuas - cov neeg uas tsis nco qab los ntawm tus mob ua ntej. Nyob rau hauv koj rooj plaub, tus tswv, kuv xav kom pom zoo ib tug implantable ICD cardioverter defibrillator. "
    
  "Koj txhais li cas pacemaker?"
    
  Summers tau hais tias "ICDS yog ntau dua li tus kws tshaj lij pacemaker, tus tswv," Summers hais. "Hauv koj rooj plaub, ICD yuav ua peb txoj haujlwm: ua tib zoo saib xyuas koj lub plawv, ua rau koj lub siab poob siab thaum muaj kev mob fibrillation, thiab muab cov teeb meem kho kom rov zoo li qub thaum muaj tachycardia, hypocardia lossis arrhythmia. Cov khoom siv niaj hnub no yog me me, tsis tshua muaj kev cuam tshuam, txhim khu kev qha, thiab tuaj yeem saib xyuas thiab tshaj tawm txog ntau yam ntawm lub cev ua haujlwm. Lawv muaj txiaj ntsig zoo hauv kev kho thiab tiv thaiv hluav taws xob txawv txav ntawm lub plawv. "
    
  "Tom qab ntawd nws tsis cuam tshuam rau kuv lub davhlau, txoj cai?"
    
  Summers dov nws ob lub qhov muag nyob rau hauv annoyance, tag nrho chim siab tias peb lub hnub qub general tsis tau tso tseg rau lub tswv yim ntawm regaining nws ya raws li txoj cai. "Tus Tswv, raws li kuv paub tseeb tias koj nkag siab, txhim kho ICD yog qhov tsis tsim nyog rau txhua lub luag haujlwm ya tshwj tsis yog FAA Tshooj 91, thiab txawm tias tom qab ntawd koj yuav raug txwv rau ib hnub VFR ya davhlau," nws hais, xav tsis thoob los ntawm qhov tseeb tias ib qho twg. Tus neeg twg uas muaj ntu zoo li tus txiv neej no tej zaum yuav xav txog ya. "Tom qab tag nrho, qhov no yog lub tshuab hluav taws xob thiab lub tshuab xa hluav taws xob uas tuaj yeem ua rau mob plawv loj heev. Kuv tsis tuaj yeem xav txog ib tus tswvcuab hauv dav hlau, tub rog lossis neeg pej xeem, uas tau tso cai khaws cov neeg caij dav hlau tom qab tau txais ICD. "
    
  "Tab sis yog tias lawv zoo heev, qhov teeb meem yog dab tsi?" - Patrick nug. "Yog tias lawv kho qhov sib txawv, kuv yuav npaj tawm mus."
    
  Summers tau hais tias "Lawv zoo, zoo dua li xyoo dhau los, tab sis lawv tsis ntseeg tau, tus tswv," Summers hais. "Hais txog ib ntawm 10 tus neeg mob tau ntsib presyncope lossis syncope ntu - kiv taub hau, tsaug zog, lossis tsis nco qab - thaum ICD qhib. Peb ntawm kaum muaj kev tsis xis nyob txaus los ua rau lawv nres qhov lawv tab tom ua - cov neeg tsav tsheb, piv txwv li, yuav ntshai lossis tsis xis nyob txaus los rub mus rau sab ntawm txoj kev, lossis cov thawj coj hauv cov rooj sib tham yuav sawv thiab tawm ntawm chav. Koj tsis tuaj yeem rub dhau lub dav hlau, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog lub dav hlau. Kuv paub tias kev ya tseem ceeb npaum li cas rau koj, tab sis nws tsis tsim nyog - "
    
  "Nws tsis tsim nyog ua rau kuv lub neej?" Patrick cuam tshuam. "Ib zaug ntxiv, Tus kws kho mob, nrog rau kev hwm tag nrho, koj ua tsis yog lawm. Kev ya yog qhov tseem ceeb rau kuv txoj haujlwm, nrog rau kev txawj ntse tseem ceeb thiab kev lom zem ntawm tus kheej. Hauv kuv txoj haujlwm tam sim no, kuv yuav tsis muaj txiaj ntsig. "
    
  "Koj puas xav tuag, tus tswv?"
    
  Patrick ntsia deb ib pliag, tab sis tom qab ntawd tuav nws lub taub hau decisively. "Dab tsi lwm txoj kev uas kuv muaj, Kws kho mob?"
    
  "Koj tsis muaj lawv, General," Summers hais sternly. "Peb tuaj yeem muab koj tso rau ntawm beta blockers thiab kev saib xyuas tas li, tab sis qhov no tsis zoo li ICD thiab koj tseem yuav raug txwv hauv kev ua haujlwm davhlau. Nws yuav luag lav tias koj yuav muaj lwm LQT rov nyob rau hauv rau lub hlis tom ntej, thiab muaj feem ntau dua uas koj yuav ntsib qee qhov kev tsis taus zoo ib yam li, lossis tej zaum hnyav dua li qhov koj tau ntsib ua ntej. Yog tias koj nyob hauv qhov chaw lossis ntawm kev tswj ntawm lub dav hlau, koj yog qhov txaus ntshai rau koj tus kheej, koj cov neeg ua haujlwm, thiab cov neeg dawb huv hauv txoj kev ntawm koj lub davhlau thiab koj txoj haujlwm.
    
  "General McLanahan, hauv kuv lub tswv yim kws tshaj lij, koj txoj haujlwm tam sim no, lossis txhua txoj haujlwm ua tub rog uas kuv xav tau, muaj kev ntxhov siab heev rau ib tus neeg hauv koj tus mob, txawm tias peb nruab ICD. Ntau tshaj li kev kho mob lossis khoom siv, yam koj xav tau tam sim no yog so. Tshwj tsis yog tias muaj keeb kwm ntawm kev siv yeeb tshuaj los yog kev raug mob, ntev QT syndrome yuav luag ib txwm tshwm sim los ntawm lub cev, lub hlwb, thiab kev xav. Qhov kev puas tsuaj ua rau koj lub siab los ntawm koj txoj haujlwm, kev lav phib xaub, thiab kev ya davhlau yuav nyob mus ib txhis ntawm koj lub neej, thiab raws li peb tau pom, qhov kev ntxhov siab ntawm ib lub rooj sib tham video yooj yim txaus los ua kom muaj kev sib tham. Coj kuv cov lus qhia: tau txais ICD, so haujlwm thiab txaus siab rau koj tus tub thiab tsev neeg. "
    
  Patrick hais tias "Yuav tsum muaj lwm txoj kev xaiv, lwm yam kev kho mob," Patrick hais. "Kuv tsis tau npaj tawm. Kuv muaj txoj haujlwm tseem ceeb, thiab kev tswj hwm kev ya davhlau yog ib feem loj ntawm nws - tsis yog, nws yog ib feem loj ntawm kuv yog leej twg. "
    
  Summers ntsia nws ntev ntev nrog kev hais lus nruj thiab khaus ntawm nws lub ntsej muag. "Bertrand Russell ib zaug tau sau tias: "Ib qho ntawm cov tsos mob ntawm kev puas siab puas ntsws uas yuav tshwm sim yog kev ntseeg siab tias ib qho kev ua haujlwm tseem ceeb heev," nws hais tias, "tsuas yog hauv koj rooj plaub, koj yuav tsis muaj kev ntxhov siab - koj yuav tuag."
    
  "Cia li tsis txhob ua yeeb yam ntawm no, Tus tauj ncov loj ..."
    
  "Mloog kuv ua tib zoo mloog, General McLanahan: Kuv tsis ua yeeb yam-Kuv ua siab ncaj thiab qhib siab rau koj li kuv ua tau," Summers hais. "Nws yog kuv lub tswv yim tias koj tau raug kev txom nyem tsis paub tab sis kev puas tsuaj loj rau koj cov leeg mob plawv thiab myocardium vim yog koj lub davhlau ya nyob twg uas ua rau lub sijhawm QT ncua ntev ua rau arrhythmia thiab tachycardia ua rau cov xwm txheej presyncoptic thiab syncoptic. Puas yog qhov tsis txaus ntseeg txaus rau koj, tus tswv?
    
  "Tus tauj ncov loj-"
    
  Summers hais tias "Kuv ua tsis tiav, tus tswv," Summers cuam tshuam. "Txawm tias muaj kev so thiab noj tshuaj, qhov txawv yog tias koj yuav muaj lwm qhov xwm txheej hnyav dua li qhov kawg hauv rau lub hlis tom ntej, thiab tsis muaj kev saib xyuas thiab kho mob tam sim ntawd, koj txoj kev muaj sia nyob yog nees nkaum feem pua ntawm qhov zoo tshaj plaws. Nrog ICD, koj txoj hauv kev muaj sia nyob rau lub hlis tom ntej nce mus rau xya caum feem pua, thiab tom qab rau lub hlis koj muaj cuaj caum feem pua ntawm txoj kev ciaj sia. "
    
  Nws nres, tos kev sib cav, thiab tom qab ob peb feeb ntawm kev ntsiag to txuas ntxiv: "Tam sim no, yog tias koj yog lwm tus tub ceev xwm, ib tus uas tsis tau ntsib nrog Tus Lwm Thawj Coj ntawm Tebchaws Meskas, nrog rau Kev Pabcuam zais cia, kuv tsuas hais qhia. koj hais tias kuv xav kom koj tus thawj coj tso koj hauv tsev kho mob rau rau lub hlis tom ntej. kuv yuav-"
    
  "rau lub hlis!"
    
  "Kuv tseem yuav qhia koj tus thawj coj li ntawd," Summers hais ntxiv. "Txawm koj xaiv los nruab ICD yog koj qhov kev txiav txim siab. Tab sis yog tias koj hais kom tsis tau txais ICD thiab tsis muaj 24/7 saib xyuas, koj yuav tsis muaj txoj sia nyob rau rau lub hlis tom ntej. Tsis muaj. Kuv puas qhia kuv tus kheej meej rau koj, tus tswv?" Patrick zoo li lub zais pa nrawm nrawm rau ib pliag, tab sis Dave Luger tuaj yeem pom nws qhov kev poob siab sai sai rau kev npau taws - npau taws ntawm dab tsi, nws tseem tsis tau paub meej. "Nws zoo li kuv tias qhov kev txiav txim siab zaum kawg nyob ntawm koj. Nyob zoo hnub, General. " Thiab Summers tau tshwm sim los ntawm lub rooj sib tham video co nws lub taub hau tu siab, ntseeg siab tias peb lub hnub qub tsis xav ua raws li nws cov lus txib.
    
  Thaum Summers tawm ntawm lub rooj sib tham, Patrick tig rov qab rau hauv nws lub rooj zaum, ua pa tob, tom qab ntawd ntsia ntawm lub rooj sib tham. "Crap," nws ua pa tom qab ob peb lub sijhawm nyob ntsiag to.
    
  "Koj puas nyob zoo, Mook?" - Nug Dave Luger.
    
  "Yog, kuv xav li ntawd," Patrick teb, tuav nws lub taub hau hauv kev thuam tsis meej pem. "Kuv ib txwm xav tias nws yog Will Rogers uas tau hais cov lus hais txog kev mob hlwb, tsis yog Bertrand Russell."
    
  Dave luag; qhov no yog ib tug txiv neej uas nws paub, tawg lus tso dag nyob rau lub sij hawm uas feem ntau cov txiv neej yuav nyob rau hauv lub verge ntawm kua muag. "Kuv xav tias Mark Twain yog lawm thaum nws hais tias, 'Nws tsis yog qhov koj paub, nws yog qhov koj paub tias nws tsis muaj tseeb.'
    
  "Nws tsis yog Mark Twain, nws yog Josh Billings."
    
  "WHO?" - Kuv nug.
    
  "Txawm li cas los xij," Patrick hais tias, ua rau mob hnyav dua. "Dave, Kuv yuav tsum kawm txhua yam txog QT syndrome ntev thiab kho mob plawv arrhythmias ua ntej kuv tuaj yeem txiav txim siab seb kuv tuaj yeem ua li cas thiab qhov kuv ua tsis tau. Tej zaum muaj ntau lub tuam txhab tshawb nrhiav ICDs niaj hnub lossis txawm tias tiam tom ntej ntawm cov cuab yeej no yuav yog - Kuv yuav tsum paub txog cov kev hloov tshiab tshiab ua ntej kuv txiav txim siab los nruab ib qho qub thev naus laus zis. John Masters tej zaum muaj tag nrho chav kuaj mob siab kho mob plawv. "
    
  "Thov txim hais li ntawd, phooj ywg, tab sis koj nyuam qhuav muaj tej zaum tus kws kho mob plawv zoo tshaj plaws hauv lub tebchaws npaj los teb cov lus nug uas koj muaj, thiab koj tau ua rau nws tawm mus."
    
  Patrick tau hais tias "Nws tsis tau npaj los pab kuv - nws tau sawv ntawm qhov ntawd, npaj thawb kuv daim pib mus rau kev so haujlwm kho mob," Patrick hais. "Kuv yuav tsum tau nrog qhov no ntawm kuv tus kheej txoj kev."
    
  "Kuv txhawj xeeb txog lub sijhawm koj yuav tsum txiav txim siab li cas, Patrick," Dave hais. "Koj tau hnov cov ntaub ntawv: Feem ntau cov neeg mob uas muaj tus kab mob no pib soj ntsuam thiab noj tshuaj tsis tu ncua lossis tau txais ICD tam sim ntawd. Tus so yuav tuag. Kuv tsis pom lwm yam kev tshawb fawb uas koj yuav tsum tau ua rau qhov no. "
    
  "Kuv tsis paub, Dave, tab sis qhov ntawd yog qhov kuv ib txwm ua: Kuv tshawb xyuas lawv tus kheej, siv kuv tus kheej cov peev txheej thiab cov txheej txheem," Patrick hais. "Lub caij ntuj sov tej zaum yuav yog tus kws kho mob plawv zoo tshaj plaws hauv Tub Rog, tej zaum txawm nyob hauv lub tebchaws, tab sis yog tias qhov ntawd, kuv tus kheej kev tshawb fawb qhia kuv li ntawd thiab. Tab sis riddle kuv qhov no, bro: Cov txiv neej zoo li Summers ua li cas rau cov neeg raug mob plawv uas ua haujlwm thiab leej twg tseem muaj sia nyob?
    
  "Lawv so haujlwm lawv, tau kawg."
    
  Patrick hais tias, "Lawv so haujlwm lawv," thiab tom qab ntawd lawv tau saib xyuas los ntawm Veterans Administration lossis cov kws kho mob ntiag tug ib feem them los ntawm tsoomfwv. Summers ua li nws ib txwm ua: tso cov neeg mob thiab xa lawv mus rau VA. Feem ntau ntawm nws cov neeg mob zoo siab heev uas lawv muaj sia nyob uas lawv tsis xav txog kev so haujlwm. "
    
  "Koj tsis zoo siab koj tseem muaj sia nyob, Mook?"
    
  "Tau kawg kuv yog, Dave," Patrick hais tias, scowling ntawm nws tus phooj ywg ntev, "tab sis yog tias kuv yuav ntaus, kuv yuav ua raws li kuv cov lus, tsis yog Summers. Lub sijhawm no, tej zaum kuv yuav kawm qee yam ntxiv txog tus mob thiab kev kho mob uas cov ntaub ntawv no tsis paub, ib yam dab tsi uas yuav ua rau kuv tswj tau kuv txoj kev ya. Tej zaum kuv yog -"
    
  "Patrick, Kuv nkag siab tias kev ya yog qhov tseem ceeb rau koj," Luger hais ua siab dawb, "tab sis nws tsis tsim nyog ua rau koj lub neej rau-"
    
  Patrick hais tias "Dave, Kuv pheej hmoo kuv lub neej yuav luag txhua zaus kuv ya hauv lub dav hlau sib ntaus sib tua," Patrick cuam tshuam. "Kuv tsis ntshai poob kuv lub neej vim yog ..."
    
  "Tus yeeb ncuab... yog yeeb ncuab sab nraud," Dave hais. "Hav Patrick, Kuv tsuas yog ua si dab ntxwg nyoog tus neeg tawm suab ntawm no - Kuv tsis sib cav nrog koj. Koj ua qhov koj xav tau. Thiab kuv pom zoo: nws tsim nyog txaus ntshai koj lub neej siv koj cov txuj ci, kev cob qhia thiab kev xav los tawm tsam tus yeeb ncuab uas nrhiav kev rhuav tshem Tebchaws Meskas. Tab sis tus yeeb ncuab peb tab tom tham txog ntawm no yog koj. Koj tsis tuaj yeem txawj ntse, txawj ntse, lossis txawj ntse koj tus kheej. Koj tsis tau nruab los yog cob qhia los tswj koj tus kheej lub cev, uas yog sim tua koj. Koj yuav tsum mus txog qhov kev sib ntaus sib tua zoo li txhua qhov kev sib ntaus sib tua uas koj tau npaj rau ... "
    
  Patrick hais tias, "Qhov ntawd yog qhov kuv xav ua, Dave," said Patrick. "Kuv yuav kawm nws, tshuaj xyuas nws, sab laj nrog cov kws tshaj lij, sau cov ntaub ntawv thiab tsim lub tswv yim."
    
  "Zoo heev. Tab sis thaum koj nyob ntawm nws, tshem koj tus kheej tawm ntawm koj tus kws tsav dav hlau thiab kuaj xyuas hauv tsev kho mob rau 24-teev soj ntsuam. Tsis txhob ruam."
    
  Cov lus kawg ntawd tau ntes Patrick tawm tus neeg saib xyuas thiab nws ua rau xav tsis thoob. "Koj puas xav tias kuv ruam?"
    
  "Kuv tsis paub tias koj xav li cas, txiv neej," Luger hais. Nws paub tias Patrick tsis ruam thiab nws khuv xim nws hais, tab sis ib yam uas nws tus phooj ywg ntev tau qhia nws yog hais tias nws xav li cas. Patrick ntshai, thiab qhov no yog nws cov lus teb rau kev ntshai, ib yam li nws tau nyob rau hauv lub cockpit ntawm lub tswv yim bomber tag nrho cov xyoo no: sib ntaus cov kev ntshai, nyob twj ywm rau lub hom phiaj, thiab tsis txhob tso tseg kev sib ntaus sib tua, txawm li cas los xij. tej zaum zoo li.
    
  "Saib ntawm qhov doc qhov kev xav, Mook," Luger hais ntxiv. "Kuv hnov cov kws kho mob hais rau koj tias qhov no zoo li lub foob pob tawg nrog lub hau plaub hau. Tej zaum nws yuav tsis ua haujlwm tag nrho, tab sis muaj feem yuav ua haujlwm hauv kaum vib nas this tom ntej thaum peb sawv ntawm no sib cav. Damn nws, kuv ntshai koj yuav npau taws rau kuv thaum kuv tab tom sib cav nrog koj tam sim no, thiab kuv yuav ua tsis tau dab tsi ntawm no tsuas yog saib koj tuag."
    
  "Kuv txoj hauv kev tuag ntawm no hauv lub ntiaj teb orbit tsuas yog me ntsis zoo dua qhov nruab nrab vim hais tias ntawm lub plawv no - peb tuaj yeem raug torn thiab nqus mus rau hauv qhov chaw los ntawm cov txiv laum huab xeeb me me nyob rau lub sijhawm twg los tau thiab peb yeej tsis paub." Patrick hais. .
    
  "Yog tias koj tsis paub meej txog ICD, ces mus tom ntej thiab tshawb fawb nws; tham nrog John Masters lossis kaum ob lossis ntau tus neeg ntse hauv peb cov npe thiab xav txog nws, "Dave hais. "Tab sis ua los ntawm kev nyab xeeb ntawm chav tsev kho mob ntiag tug uas cov kws kho mob tuaj yeem saib xyuas koj." Patrick lub qhov muag thiab cov yam ntxwv tseem txiav txim siab, stoic, tsis muaj kev xav. "Ka lawm e, Muk. Xav txog Bradley. Yog tias koj txuas ntxiv ya tsis muaj ICD, koj yuav tuag. Yog tias koj tsis ntxhov siab, tej zaum koj yuav txav mus rau koj lub neej. Cov lus nug yog dab tsi?"
    
  "Kuv yuav tsis tso tseg, Dave, thiab qhov no yog . Kuv nyob ntawm no los ua txoj haujlwm tseem ceeb, thiab kuv ...
    
  "Txoj hauj lwm? Mook, koj puas kam ua phem rau koj tus kheej vim koj txoj haujlwm? Qhov no yog qhov tseem ceeb, tau kawg, tab sis kaum ob ntawm cov tub ntxhais hluas thiab muaj zog tuaj yeem ua tau. Muab txoj haujlwm rau Boomer, lossis Raydon, lossis txawm tias Lucas - lwm tus. Koj tseem tsis tau xav txog nws, Patrick?
    
  "Xav paub dab tsi?"
    
  "Peb yog cov nyiaj tau los, General McLanahan. Peb txhua tus siv pov tseg. Peb tsis muaj dab tsi ntau tshaj li 'kev nom kev tswv los ntawm lwm txoj kev'. Thaum nws los txog rau nws, peb tsuas yog tawv tawv hom A tub rog prima donnas, cov tub rog gung-ho cov tub rog hnav khaub ncaws liab tsis zoo, thiab tsis muaj leej twg nyob hauv Washington mob siab txawm tias peb nyob lossis tuag. Yog tias koj ntxhov siab tag kis, nees nkaum lwm qhov phem phem yuav nyob hauv koj qhov chaw - lossis, ntau dua, Gardner tuaj yeem yooj yim kom peb kaw hnub tom qab koj tuag thiab siv nyiaj rau cov tsheb thauj khoom tshiab. Tab sis muaj cov ntawm peb uas koj txhawj xeeb txog, koj tus tub tau sau npe, tab sis koj tsis xyuam xim rau peb vim tias koj tau mob siab rau kev ua haujlwm - ua haujlwm uas tsis saib xyuas koj ib qho iota. "
    
  Luger ua pa tob tob. "Kuv paub koj, txiv neej. Koj ib txwm hais tias koj ua qhov no vim koj tsis xav qhia rau lwm tus tsav tsheb ua ib yam dab tsi koj tsis tau ua koj tus kheej, txawm tias cov kws tsav dav hlau tau txais kev cob qhia cov tswv cuab ntawm pab pawg xeem, qhov zoo tshaj plaws ntawm qhov zoo tshaj plaws. Kuv ib txwm paub tias nws yog bullshit. Koj ua vim koj hlub nws, vim koj xav ua tus rub tus txhais kom coj cov neeg phem. Kuv nkag siab nws. Tab sis kuv tsis xav tias koj yuav tsum ua qhov no ntxiv lawm, Mook. Koj tsis xav tau kev pheej hmoo rau koj lub neej - tsis yog los ntawm kev tsav lub tshuab tsis zoo, tab sis los ntawm kev nthuav tawm koj tus kheej rau kev ntxhov siab uas tuaj yeem tua koj ntev ua ntej koj mus txog thaj chaw. "
    
  Patrick nyob ntsiag to ntev; ces nws ntsia nws tus qub phooj ywg. "Kuv xav tias koj paub nws zoo li cas los ntsib koj tus kheej kev tuag, puas yog koj, Dave?"
    
  "Hmoov tsis zoo, yog," Luger hais. Raws li ib tug hluas navigator-bomber nyob rau hauv lub luag hauj lwm zais cia los rhuav tshem lub qub Soviet Union lub hauv av-raws li laser complex ntawm Kavazna, Dave Luger raug ntes los ntawm Russians, nug, tsim txom thiab raug kaw rau ob peb xyoos ua ntej raug ntxuav hlwb rau hauv kev ntseeg nws yog Lavxias teb sab aerospace. engineer. Cov teebmeem ntawm qhov kev kho mob no cuam tshuam rau nws lub siab lub ntsws thiab puas siab puas ntsws-kev ntxhov siab ua rau nws dheev nkag mus rau hauv lub xeev fugue nyob deb uas ua rau nws tsis muaj peev xwm ua rau muaj kev ntshai rau feeb, qee lub sij hawm teev-thiab nws yeem thim rov qab nws txoj kev sib tw khiav ntau xyoo dhau los. "Nws yog ib lub ntuj raug txim ntawm kev caij tsheb ... Tab sis muaj lwm yam caij."
    
  "Koj tsis nco ya?" - Patrick nug.
    
  "Tsis muaj dab tsi," Dave hais. "Thaum kuv xav ya, kuv ya ib lub drones sib ntaus sib tua lossis kuv lub xov tooj cua tswj cov qauv dav hlau. Tab sis kuv muaj txaus mus ntxiv uas kuv tsis muaj lub siab xav ua ntxiv lawm. "
    
  "Kuv tsuas yog tsis paub meej tias nws yuav cuam tshuam rau kuv li cas," Patrick lees paub ncaj ncees. "Kuv xav tias kuv yuav ua tau zoo-tsis yog, kuv paub tseeb tias kuv yuav yog-tab sis kuv puas yuav tsum tau hais lus rau ib lub davhlau ntxiv, ib lub luag haujlwm ntxiv?"
    
  Dave hais tias "Mook, koj thiab kuv ob leeg paub tias cov neeg tsav dav hlau mus rau txoj kev ntawm dinosaurs," Dave hais. "Koj puas tau tsim qee lub tswv yim romantic ntawm aviation, qee lub tswv yim coj txawv txawv ntawm 'txoj kev sib raug zoo' uas ua rau koj tsis nco qab txog txhua yam? Txij li thaum twg ya tau dhau los ua ib yam dab tsi ntau tshaj li "npaj davhlau thiab ua tiav txoj kev npaj" rau koj? Txiv neej, yog tias kuv tsis paub koj, kuv yuav cog lus tias koj mob siab rau ya ntau dua Bradley. Qhov ntawd tsis yog Patrick Shane McLanahan kuv. paub."
    
  "Cia peb tawm ntawm qhov ntawd, ua li cas?" Patrick nug chim heev. Nws ntxub nws thaum Luger (los yog nws tus hluas nkauj qub, Tus Lwm Thawj Coj Maureen Herschel) tau hais txog qhov teeb meem ntawm nws tus tub kaum ob xyoos Bradley, xav tias nws yog ib qho kev sib cav ntau dhau los sim ua kom Patrick hloov siab txog qee yam. "Txhua tus neeg txhawj xeeb txog kuv lub siab, tab sis tsis muaj leej twg nres nrog kuv." Nws paub tseeb tias Luger luag ntxhi thaum nws hais ntxiv, "Tej zaum koj txhua tus sim ua kom kuv vau. Hloov cov ntsiab lus, damn nws, Texas. Dab tsi tshwm sim ntawm lub pas dej?
    
  Dave hais tias, "Lub tshuab xov xwm tau khiav, Mook," Dave hais. "Xav seb leej twg yuav rov qab los rau HAWC?"
    
  "Martin Tehama," Patrick teb. Dave blinked nyob rau hauv surprise; nws yog ib tug txiv leej tub uas tsis tshua xav tsis thoob los ntawm ib yam dab tsi. "Kuv pom tus email txawv txawv ntawm CC los ntawm Lub Tsev Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Kev Tiv Thaiv thiab kuaj xyuas leej twg nyob hauv lub chaw haujlwm ntawd. Kuv xav tias nws yuav rov qab los ua HAWC tus thawj coj. "
    
  "Nrog koj tus phooj ywg hauv Tsev Dawb? Tsis muaj kev poob siab. " Tub Rog Tub Rog Tub Rog Martin Tehama tau raug hu ua tus thawj coj ntawm Advanced Aerospace Weapons Center tom qab tawm ntawm Maj. Gen. Terrill "Digger" Samson, hla Patrick McLanahan. Tus kws tsav dav hlau thiab kws ua haujlwm saib xyuas, Tehama xav kom txwv tsis pub cov haujlwm "extracurricular" uas HAWC feem ntau koom nrog - xws li kev sim dav hlau thiab riam phom ntawm "kev sim ua haujlwm" thoob ntiaj teb - thiab rov qab mus rau kev lag luam loj ntawm kev sim davhlau. Thaum Patrick tawm ntawm nws txoj haujlwm ua tus kws tshaj lij hauv Tsev Dawb, nws tau raug txib ntawm HAWC, tshem Tehama. Nws rov qab los ntawm kev muab cov tswv cuab ntawm Congress nrog cov ntaub ntawv qhia txog HAWC txoj haujlwm zais cia. "Ib zaug Summers tau muab ib daim ntawv qhia tag nrho ntawm koj tus mob, nws yuav rov tshwm sim thiab ua thawj coj sai li sai tau thaum koj tshaj tawm koj cov nyiaj laus - lossis Thawj Tswj Hwm tshaj tawm tias koj so haujlwm vim li cas kho mob."
    
  "Tus Thawj Kav Tebchaws thiab Senator Barbeau yuav siv kuv lub siab los tshem tawm Black Stallion txoj haujlwm hais txog kev txhawj xeeb txog kev noj qab haus huv, thiab lawv tus tub Tehama yuav kaw tam sim ntawd hauv ob peb lub hlis."
    
  David hais tias, "Tsis ntev li ntawd, Mook," David hais. "Cov lus xaiv tawm los ntawm Senate yog tias lawv yuav thawb lub Tsev Dawb kom nrawm dua los kaw peb."
    
  "Barbo xav tau nws cov neeg foob pob, qhov tseeb."
    
  "Nws tsis yog nws xwb, tab sis nws muaj lub suab nrov tshaj," Dave hais. "Muaj lobbyists rau txhua qhov kev siv riam phom uas xav tau - cov neeg nqa dav hlau, foob pob hluav taws submarines, kev ua haujlwm tshwj xeeb, txhua yam koj xav hu nws. Thawj Tswj Hwm Gardner xav tau tsawg kawg yog plaub pawg neeg sib ntaus sib tua, tej zaum muaj rau, thiab nws yuav zaum tau txais lawv yog tias qhov kev zov me nyuam raug tshem tawm. Txhua tus muaj lawv tus kheej txoj kev npaj. Lub chaw tos txais lub dav hlau dav hlau yog qhov tsis muaj nyob, thiab koj qhov kev raug mob tsuas yog cuam tshuam tus duab ntxoov ntxoo ntawm qhov kev pab cuam, uas txaus siab rau lwm tus neeg tos txais tsis muaj qhov kawg. "
    
  "Kuv ntxub qhov kev ua nom ua tswv no."
    
  "Kuv thiab. Kuv xav tsis thoob tias koj ua haujlwm ntev ntev hauv Tsev Dawb. Koj yeej tsis raug txiav tawm los hnav khaub ncaws, mloog cov lus hais tsis muaj qab hau, siv sijhawm ntau lub lis piam ua pov thawj ua ntej lwm pawg neeg sawv cev hauv pawg tswj hwm, thiab raug thuam los ntawm cov neeg saib xyuas thiab cov kws tshaj lij. "
    
  Patrick hais tias "Tau txais," "Txawm li cas los xij, kev siv zog tau nce ntxiv, thiab Tehama yuav ua rau nws nce ntxiv - nyob rau hauv peb lub qhov ntswg. Tag nrho cov laj thawj ntxiv kom ua tiav txoj haujlwm no hauv Soltanabad, rov qab cov neeg coob muaj kev nyab xeeb thiab suab, thiab tau txais kev txawj ntse zoo - tag nrho ua ntej tag kis sawv ntxov. Cov neeg Lavxias tau nce mus rau qee yam hauv Iran - lawv tsis tuaj yeem txaus siab rau tsuas yog zaum hauv Moscow lossis Turkmenistan thiab saib Iran ua kev ywj pheej lossis poob sib nrug. "
    
  "Qhov ntawd yog qhov kuv ua," Dave hais. "Lub hom phiaj huab cua yuav npaj txhij thaum koj tau txais lub teeb ntsuab. Kuv yuav xa koj cov phiaj xwm orbital game thiab tag nrho lub sijhawm quab yuam tam sim ntawd. Chivkeeb tabtom tawm tuaj."
    
    
  Tshooj 5
    
    
  Kev ncaj ncees yog qhuas, tab sis nws tuag ntawm kev tshaib kev nqhis.
    
  - DECIMUS JUNIUS JUVENALIS
    
    
    
  HIGH-TECH AEROSPACE WEAPONS CENTER, ELLIOTT AIR FORCE BASE, NEVADA
  Me ntsis tom qab
    
    
  Wayne Macomber yws tias "Nws yog kaum npaug ntau qhov dhuav dua li kev ua si video," vim tias kuv tsis tuaj yeem ua qhov no.
    
  "Muaj kev ntxuav tob tob ua ntej, Bang," said Army National Guard Capt. Charlie Turlock. "Nws tau tawm ntawm lub hom phiaj, yog li thaum kawg peb yuav tau tawm mus. Peb yuav tsum-"
    
  "Kuv pom nws, kuv pom nws," Macomber yws yws. "Vol, tshem cov tsheb ciav hlau no dua."
    
  "Tau paub," teb Marine Corps Sergeant Major Chris Wohl hauv nws ib txwm hais lus ntxhi. Ib pliag tom qab ntawd: "Cov lem yog meej, Major. Satellite tshaj tawm tias lub tsheb ciav hlau tom ntej yog nees nkaum xya mais mus rau sab hnub tuaj, txav mus rau peb cov kev taw qhia ntawm nees nkaum tsib mais toj ib teev. "
    
  "Tau txais," Macomber teb tias, "tab sis kuv pheej pom rov qab los rau kuv txoj hauj lwm peb teev, tsib mais deb, qhov chaw nyob ntawm koj xub ntiag. Nws tshwm rau ib pliag thiab tom qab ntawd ploj mus. Qhov no yog dab tsi?"
    
  "Kev sib cuag tsis zoo, tus tswv," Wohl xov tooj cua.
    
  "Qhov no vwm," Macomber yws, paub tias Turlock thiab Vol tseem tuaj yeem hnov nws, tab sis nws tsis quav ntsej kiag li. Qhov no tsis yog li cas nws daim duab npaj lub hom phiaj... Txawm tias nws yuav tsum lees, nws zoo nkauj heev.
    
  Zoo kawg nkaus li lub dav hlau dav hlau, txawm tias tus neeg caij tsheb yog ib qho khoom siv zoo nkauj. Nws ua haujlwm tsis yog tsuas yog thauj cov neeg caij tsheb thiab cov khoom thauj hauv Black Stallion, tab sis kuj yog qhov chaw nres nkoj ntawm lub dav hlau thiab chaw nres tsheb. Thaum muaj xwm txheej ceev, lub module tseem tuaj yeem siv los ua lub nkoj cawm siav rau cov neeg coob ntawm lub dav hlau: nws muaj lub tshuab ua haujlwm los pab txhawb nqa lub nkoj kho hauv lub orbit thiab ua kom nws ncaj thaum rov qab los; tis me me rau kev ruaj ntseg nyob rau hauv rooj plaub uas nws tau muab pov rau hauv qhov chaw; muaj oxygen txaus rau rau tus neeg caij tsheb kom muaj sia nyob mus txog ib lub lim tiam; kev tiv thaiv txaus kom muaj sia nyob rov nkag yog tias lub module raug jettisoned thaum rov nkag; thiab parachutes thiab ntab / cuam tshuam lub hnab cushion uas yuav cushion lub module thiab nws cov neeg nyob thaum muaj kev cuam tshuam nrog hauv av lossis dej. Hmoov tsis zoo, tag nrho cov kev tiv thaiv no tsuas yog muaj rau cov neeg caij tsheb - cov neeg coob ntawm Black Stallion tsis muaj txoj hauv kev nkag mus rau hauv lub module tom qab tshem tawm, tsuas yog nkag mus rau hauv qhov chaw sab nraud hauv orbit thiab siv qhov hloov pauv.
    
  Macomber thiab Ox tau hnav tag nrho Iron Man armor system, lub teeb yuag ua los ntawm BERP, lossis Ballistic Electron Reactive Process Material, uas yog hloov tau tag nrho, zoo li ntaub, tab sis tiv thaiv cov neeg hnav los ntawm kev sib zog tam sim rau ib puas npaug ntawm cov hlau. . ntawm qhov cuam tshuam. Cov khaub ncaws tau raug kaw tag nrho, muab kev tiv thaiv zoo txawm tias nyob rau hauv hnyav lossis txaus ntshai, thiab tau ua tiav los ntawm cov khoom siv hluav taws xob ntau thiab kev sib txuas lus uas tau xa cov ntaub ntawv rau tus neeg hnav los ntawm cov lus qhia ntawm lub kaus mom hlau visors. Tin txiv neej system tau txhim kho ntxiv los ntawm microhydraulic exoskeleton uas muab cov neeg hnav zoo tshaj plaws, muaj zog, thiab nrawm los ntawm kev txhim kho nws cov leeg nqaij.
    
  Charlie Turlock - "Charlie" yog nws lub npe tiag tiag, tsis yog nws lub npe hu, tus poj niam hluas uas nws txiv tau muab nws lub npe menyuam yaus - hnav khaub ncaws tsis yog hnav khaub ncaws tin lumberjack, tab sis tsuas yog hnav khaub ncaws dav hlau hla ib txheej nyias ntawm cov ris tsho hauv qab. ; nws caij hauv cov khoom thauj tom qab lawv cov rooj zaum. Nws tau hnav lub kaus mom dav hlau HAWC tus qauv, uas qhia txog kev hnov lus thiab cov ntaub ntawv hauv computer ntawm lub visor hluav taws xob zoo ib yam li Tin Man's sophisticated displays. Haum, kis las, thiab me ntsis siab tshaj qhov nruab nrab qhov siab, Turlock zoo li tawm ntawm qhov chaw hauv chav tsev uas muaj cov leeg loj, cov leeg nqaij commandos - tab sis nws tau coj nrog nws ib yam dab tsi ntawm nws lub xyoo hauv Army Research Laboratory's Infantry Transformation Combat Lab uas ntau dua li them rau nws me me. lub cev loj.
    
  Cov peb tau saib lub computer animation ntawm lawv qhov kev npaj infiltration ntawm Soltanabad Highway airfield hauv Persia. Cov animation siv lub sijhawm tiag tiag satellite sensor duab los pleev xim rau qhov pom tseeb ntawm thaj av thiab kev coj noj coj ua hauv thaj chaw lub hom phiaj, ua tiav nrog kev kwv yees ntawm cov khoom xws li cov neeg ua haujlwm thiab lub tsheb txav raws li cov ntaub ntawv dhau los, theem teeb, huab cua huab cua thiab txawm tias av tej yam kev mob. Peb lub zog sib ntaus sib tua commandos tau nyob deb li tsib caug yards sib nrug, ze txaus los txhawb ib leeg yog tias tsim nyog, tab sis nyob deb txaus kom tsis txhob muab ib leeg tawm yog tias pom los yog koom nrog ib tus yeeb ncuab ib leeg saib xyuas.
    
  Charlie qhia tias "Tam sim no kuv pom qhov thaiv, qhov kev ncua deb yog ib qho taw tes rau mais," Charlie qhia. "Tam sim no peb tab tom hla lub pas dej. 'Goose' qhia tias muaj peb caug feeb nyob rau hauv lub davhlau. " Lub "goose" yog GUOS, los yog Grenade Unmanned Surveillance System, lub dav hlau ya me me txog qhov loj ntawm tus pin bowling pib los ntawm lub hnab ev ntawv lub hnab ev ntawv uas xa cov duab pom thiab infrared mus rau commandos hla kev ruaj ntseg cov ntaub ntawv txuas.
    
  "Qhov ntawd txhais tau tias peb nyob tom qab," Macomber yws yws. "Cia peb rhuav qhov no me ntsis."
    
  "Peb nyob nraum raws sijhawm, tus tswv," Vol ntxhi.
    
  "Kuv hais tias peb nyob tom qab, Sergeant Major," Macomber hais. "Lub drone yuav khiav tawm ntawm roj thiab peb tseem yuav nyob rau hauv lub damn complex."
    
  Charlie hais tias "Kuv muaj lwm tus goose npaj," "Kuv tuaj yeem khiav qhov no-"
    
  "Thaum twg? Thaum twg peb yuav tau nyob ze txaus rau cov Iranians hnov nws? Macomber yws. "Yuav ua li cas nrov cov khoom no?"
    
  Charlie hais tias, "Yog tias koj tuaj rau kuv qhov kev tawm tsam, Major, koj yuav tau paub," Charlie hais.
    
  "Tsis txhob twv kuv, tus thawj coj," Macomber spat. "Thaum kuv nug koj ib lo lus nug, muab cov lus teb rau kuv."
    
  Charlie hais tias, "Lawv yuav tsis hnov dab tsi dhau ob peb puas yards ntawm lub cav hluav taws xob," Charlie hais tias, tsis zais nws qhov khaus txhua, "tshwj tsis yog lawv tsis muaj suab nrov."
    
  "Yog tias peb muaj cov ntaub ntawv tsim nyog ua ntej lub luag haujlwm no, peb yuav paub yog tias Iranians muaj lub suab nrov," Macomber yws qee qhov ntxiv. "Peb yuav tsum tau npaj kom ncua lub drone tso tawm kom txog thaum peb nyob hauv ob mais ntawm lub hauv paus es tsis yog peb. Koj puas nkag siab qhov no, Turlock?
    
  "Muaj nws," Charlie lees paub.
    
  "Qhov tom ntej no kuv xav tau ..." Macomber nres thaum nws pom tias lub hom phiaj taw qhia tau rov tshwm sim ntawm qhov chaw nruab nrab ntawm nws cov hluav taws xob visor qhov kev pom. "Daim nws, ntawm no nws los dua. Vol, koj puas pom qhov no?
    
  "Kuv pom lub sijhawm ntawd, tab sis nws ploj mus," Ox teb. "Kuv tabtom tshuaj xyuas thaj chaw no ... tsis zoo tiv tauj. Tej zaum tsuas yog lub sijhawm luv luv ntawm lub sensor. "
    
  Macomber hais tias "Vol, hauv kuv phau ntawv tsis muaj dab tsi zoo li 'sensor spark'," Macomber hais tias.
    
  "Muaj nws," Vol teb. "Peb tab tom tawm mus." Nws siv tus nas me nrog lub log los hloov cov kev taw qhia ntawm cov animation, tos txhua ob peb metres rau lub khoos phis tawj kom ntxiv cov ntsiab lus muaj thiab muab lus ceeb toom ntxiv txog dab tsi tshwm sim tom ntej. Cov txheej txheem qeeb vim yog tag nrho cov kev ua haujlwm hauv lub computer wireless, tab sis nws tsuas yog muaj txhais tau tias lawv yuav tsum rov xyaum ua haujlwm thiab npaj rau lub davhlau tib lub sijhawm.
    
  Macomber tau hais tias "Peb yuav tsum yog commandos-tsis muaj ib txoj hauv kev rau peb," "Peb muaj lub hom phiaj thiab ntau lab txoj hauv kev kom ua tiav nws. Nws yuav tsum yog ib daim ncuav mog qab zib nrog tag nrho cov duab zoo nkauj no ntab rau pem hauv ntej ntawm peb - yog vim li cas qhov no ua rau kuv mob taub hau? "Turlock lossis Vol tsis teb - lawv twb tau ua raws li Macomber cov lus tsis txaus siab. "Puas muaj lwm yam, Vol?"
    
  "Tau npaj."
    
  "Zoo li lub log tsheb tom qab ntxuav," Charlie qhia. "Tsis yog lub tsheb sib sib zog nqus heev, txog qhov loj ntawm Hummer."
    
  "Qhov no yog ib yam tshiab," Macomber hais. Nws tshawb xyuas cov ntaub ntawv cim npe. "Kev txawj ntse tshiab rub tawm los ntawm tsuas yog kaum tsib feeb kawg ntawm qhov siab qis SAR. Perimeter patrol, Kuv xav tias. "
    
  "Tsis muaj lub cim ntawm lub tsheb."
    
  "Yog vim li cas peb ua qhov no, tsis yog nws, menyuam yaus? Tej zaum tus thawj coj yog txoj cai tom qab tag nrho. " Rau ob qho tib si Vol thiab Turlock nws suab zoo li yog Macomber tsis xis nyob lees tias tus thawj coj yuav yog. "Cia peb mus ntxiv thiab saib dab tsi-"
    
  "Cov neeg coob, qhov no yog MS," tus thawj coj ntawm lub luag haujlwm, Marine Major Jim Terranova, tau cuam tshuam los ntawm kev sib tham, "peb tau pib suav rov qab los tawm, T-muab tsib caug rau feeb thiab suav. Khiav koj cov ntawv txheeb xyuas ua ntej thiab npaj rau daim ntawv tshaj tawm. "
    
  "Kev nkag siab, S-One tab tom mloog," Macomber teb ... tshwj tsis yog, raws li nws tus kheej tau sau tseg tsis muaj kev poob siab me me, nws cov lus tau tawm ntawm qhov qhuav tam sim ntawd, nqhis caj pas thiab lub suab, NW nyuam qhuav ua pa txaus rau cov lus. tawm los nws daim di ncauj.
    
  Yog tias muaj ib yam uas cov txiv neej ntawm Advanced Aerospace Weapons Center thiab Tub Rog Tub Rog tau zoo heev, Macomber tau pom nws ntxov, nws yog kev ua qauv hauv computer. Cov txiv neej no tau sim ua txhua yam - rau txhua teev ntawm lub sijhawm ya davhlau tiag tiag, cov neeg no tej zaum yuav muaj nees nkaum teev ntawm kev xyaum hauv computer simulator ua ntej. Cov tshuab muaj xws li los ntawm cov khoos phis tawj desktop yooj yim nrog cov duab thaij duab tiag tiag mus rau tag nrho-scale mock-ups ntawm lub dav hlau uas tau ua txhua yam los ntawm cov kua dej ntws mus rau kev haus luam yeeb thiab ntes hluav taws yog tias koj ua ib yam dab tsi tsis ncaj ncees lawm. Txhua tus tau ua qhov no: cov neeg ua haujlwm dav hlau, kev saib xyuas, kev ruaj ntseg, cov neeg ua haujlwm sib ntaus sib tua, cov lus txib, txawm tias cov thawj coj thiab cov neeg ua haujlwm txhawb nqa tau ua ib qho kev tawm dag zog thiab simulation.
    
  Ib feem tseem ceeb ntawm txhua tus neeg ua haujlwm ntawm Elliott thiab Battle Roob AFBs, tej zaum ib feem kaum ntawm kwv yees li tsib txhiab ntawm ob qhov chaw, tau koom nrog kev siv computer tshwj xeeb, thiab lwm lub chaw haujlwm ntiag tug thiab tub rog hauv lub ntiaj teb tau muab cov lej tshiab, cov txheej txheem thiab cov khoom siv; thiab tsawg kawg yog ib feem peb ntawm tag nrho cov cai uas cov saum toj kawg nkaus-secret super-geeks sau 24/7 muaj feem xyuam rau kev simulations. Qhov no yog nws thawj qhov kev taug kev mus rau qhov chaw, tab sis qhov simulations yog qhov tseeb thiab ntau heev uas nws xav tau tiag tiag li nws tau ua ntau zaus ua ntej ...
    
  ... Txog rau tam sim no, thaum tus thawj coj tshaj tawm txoj moo zoo tshaj tawm tias muaj tsawg dua ib teev ua ntej yuav tawm mus. Nws yog tibneeg hu tauj coob npaj mus kom ze thiab nkag mus rau Soltanabad - tsuas yog peb teev ntawm kev npaj thaum nws xav tau tsawg kawg peb hnub ntawm kev cob qhia hauv pab tub rog huab cua sib ntaus sib tua! - hais tias nws tsis nco qab lawm tias lawv yuav ya mus rau hauv qhov chaw mus rau qhov ntawd!
    
  Tab sis tam sim no qhov kev txaus ntshai no tau ntaus peb nrog tag nrho lub zog. Nws tsis yog tsuas yog yuav thauj nws lub iav rau hauv C-17 Globemaster II lossis C-130 Hercules rau lub dav hlau ntau hnub rau qee qhov dav hlau uas nyob hauv nruab nrab tsis pom qhov twg - nws yuav raug pov yuav luag ib puas mais mus rau hauv qhov chaw. , ces zip los ntawm cov huab cua nyob rau hauv hostile airspace ua ntej tsaws nyob rau hauv cov suab puam nyob rau hauv sab qaum teb Iran, qhov twg nws yog heev tau hais tias ib tug tag nrho cov tub rog ntawm fighters los ntawm lub Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, cov neeg tseem ceeb neeg phem tub rog ntawm lub qub theocratic tsoom fwv, yuav tos rau. lawv.
    
  Thaum lub sij hawm nws ib txwm coj nws mus txog ntawm nws thawj zaug dhia lub hauv paus mus rau nws lub hom phiaj, lub hom phiaj no yuav ua tiav! Qhov tseeb yooj yim no yog amazing kiag li, yuav luag zoo kawg. Lub sijhawm compression yuav luag ntau dhau los nkag siab. Thiab tseem, ntawm no nws yog, zaum hauv lub dav hlau tiag tiag - tsis yog lub simulator - thiab lub moos ticking. Thaum lub hnub sawv rov qab los, txoj haujlwm no yuav dhau mus thiab nws yuav nqa khoom. Nws yuav mus rau hauv lub ntiaj teb qis orbit, ya ib nrab ntawm lub ntiaj teb, tsaws hauv Iran, tshawb xyuas nws, tawm mus dua, mus rau hauv lub ntiaj teb qis dua, thiab cia siab tias yuav tsaws ntawm lub hauv paus phooj ywg ...
    
  ...los nws yuav tuag. Muaj ib lab yam uas tsis tau pom dua thiab tsis paub txog uas tuaj yeem tua lawv, nrog rau ib puas lossis ntau yam simulable uas lawv tau xyaum ua haujlwm nrog hnub dhau los, thiab txawm tias thaum lawv paub tias qee yam tsis zoo yuav tshwm sim, qee zaum lawv tswj tsis tau. Txhua yam yuav zoo, lossis lawv yuav tuag... lossis ib puas yam yuav tshwm sim. Txawm li cas los xij, txhua yam yuav tsum tshwm sim tam sim no.
    
  Macomber yeej xav tias muaj kev phom sij thiab tsis paub tseeb ... tab sis, raws li feem ntau tshwm sim, kev ntshai ntawm txhua yam kev ua si nrog McLanahan thiab txhua tus ntawm Advanced Aerospace Weapons Center thiab Air Force sai sai thawb tag nrho lwm yam kev ntshai ntawm nws lub siab. Nws zoo li lub suab nrov - qee tus tib neeg, tab sis feem ntau siv computer - tau tham nrog nws tib lub sijhawm, txhua yam xav tau kev pom zoo lossis kev ua lossis kev hais lus yuav hloov mus rau "xav tau." Yog tias nws tsis teb sai txaus, lub computer. feem ntau yuav tshaj tawm nws, thiab ua rau tib neeg lub suab tsis txaus siab-feem ntau yog tus thawj coj ntawm lub luag haujlwm, tab sis qee zaum Brigadier General David Luger, tus thib ob-in-command nws tus kheej, yog tias nws tseem ceeb txaus - rov hais dua qhov kev thov.
    
  Nws tau siv los ua yeeb yam thiab ua tiav nyob rau hauv kev kub ntxhov - qhov no yog qhov sib txawv ntawm cov haujlwm tshwj xeeb commando - tab sis qhov no yog ib yam txawv kiag li: vim tias thaum kawg ntawm txhua qhov kev cob qhia tsis sib haum xeeb, lawv yuav xa nws lub nroog Yeiuxalees mus rau qhov chaw! Terranova zoo li tau tshaj tawm ib ntus dhau los thaum Macomber xav tias Dub Stallion tuaj rau hauv cov lus tsa suab raws li plaub Laser Pulse Missile System xyaw, lossis Leopards, ntawm tag nrho lub zog turbofan, yooj yim propelled lub dav hlau mus rau hauv takeoff. - plaub-mais Dreamland qhuav. pas dej ua si.
    
  Zipper tsis ntshai ya, tab sis kev tawm mus yog qhov txaus ntshai tshaj plaws ntawm kev ya rau nws - tag nrho cov hwj chim tom qab lawv, cov cav khiav ntawm tag nrho lub zog siv roj ib feeb, lub suab nrov nrov, kev co qhov phem tshaj, tab sis cov dav hlau tseem txav tau qeeb. Nws tau ua ntau qhov Black Stallion takeoffs nyob rau hauv lub simulator thiab paub hais tias cov kev ua tau zoo cov zauv txawm nrog lub spacecraft tseem nyob rau hauv cov huab cua yog impressive, tab sis nws yog twv yuav raug hu rau pins thiab koob nyob rau hauv qhov no.
    
  Thawj qhov kev tawm mus los ntawm Dry Lake Bed Runway ntawm Elliott Air Force Base yog qhov zoo siab tiag tiag - lub zog thawb zoo li LPDRS cov cav turbofaned mus rau tag nrho kev sib ntaus sib tua, tom qab ntawd nrawm, lub kaum sab xis nce siab tshaj kaum txhiab taw ib feeb tom qab khiav luv luv. . Thawj ob peb vib nas this ntawm lub takeoff thiab takeoff zoo li ib txwm ... tab sis yog nws. Ntawm lub zog sib ntaus sib tua hauv hom turbojet, plaub lub LPDRS cov cav tsim ib puas txhiab phaus ntawm kev sib tw txhua, ua kom zoo los ntawm cov khoom siv hluav taws xob hauv lub xeev laser igniters uas superheated lub dav hlau roj ua ntej ignition.
    
  Tab sis kev ua haujlwm siab tshaj tawm tsis muaj dab tsi tshiab rau Whack lossis rau feem ntau ntawm cov commandos thiab lwm tus uas ya mus rau hauv thiab tawm ntawm cov yeeb ncuab airstrips. Nws tau ya ob peb lub dav hlau loj loj C-17 Globemaster II thiab C-130 Hercules thauj dav hlau, qhov chaw lawv yuav tsum tau ua haujlwm ntawm qhov siab tshaj plaws kom tau tawm ntawm ntau yam ntawm cov yeeb ncuab lub xub pwg tua cov cuaj luaj nyob ze ntawm txoj kev khiav, thiab cov dav hlau no tau ntau zaus. loj thiab ntau tsawg high-tech dua Black Stallion. Tsis muaj ib yam dab tsi uas txaus ntshai tshaj li qhov kev xav ntawm lub suab qw, tsib-pua-phav-phaus C-17 Globemaster III lub dav hlau thauj khoom ntawm nws tus Tsov tus tw, clinging rau txhua ko taw ntawm qhov siab.
    
  Tin txiv neej lub iav tiag tiag pab nws lub cev nqus tau qee qhov ntau dhau thiab txawm tau muab nws ntxiv me ntsis ntawm cov pa ntshiab ntshiab thaum nws hnov nws lub siab thiab ua pa dhia me ntsis. Vim tias cov thrust tau muaj zog heev thiab cov huab cua yog li ntom ntawm cov altitudes qis, lub laser ignitudes yuav tsum tau "pulsed," lossis nrawm, kom tsis txhob tawg cov cav. Qhov no tsim ib qho txawv "txoj hlua ntawm pearls" nyob rau hauv lub ntuj Nevada uas conspiracy theorists thiab "Lake Hunters" - cov txiv neej uas tau nyiag mus rau hauv cov chaw kuaj mob nyob rau hauv kev cia siab ntawm kev yees duab lub saum toj kawg nkaus-ceev dav hlau thawj zaug - koom nrog Air Force's hypersonic neeg soj xyuas. dav hlau, Aurora.
    
  Lawv muaj lub dav hlau luv luv ntawm kev ceev nrawm hla ntawm ntug dej hiav txwv Pacific mus rau thaj chaw refueling thiab tom qab ntawd rov qab nrog Air Force KC-77 tanker. Qhov zais cia ntawm Black Stallion spaceplane program yog nyob rau hauv-flight refueling, qhov chaw uas lawv tau txais ib tug tag nrho cov load ntawm dav hlau roj thiab oxidizer ua ntej nkag mus rau orbit - es tsis txhob tso tawm los ntawm xoom altitude nyob rau hauv lub thickest qhov chaw ntawm huab cua, lawv pib lawv ya mus rau hauv qhov chaw. los ntawm nees nkaum tsib txhiab ko taw thiab peb puas pob caus hauv huab cua tsawg dua.
    
  Refueling ib txwm zoo li yuav siv mus ib txhis ntawm txhua lub dav hlau Whack tau ya mus ib txhis, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog cov dav hlau loj hauv kev thauj mus los, tab sis Black Stallion tau siv sijhawm ntev dua vim tias lawv xav tau peb refuelings ua ke: thawj zaug refuel tanks, txij li thaum lawv tsis yog. tshem tawm nrog ib tug tag nrho load thiab yuav tsum tau refueled tam sim ntawd; Qhov thib ob yog rau ntim cov ntim loj nrog boron hydrogen tetraoxide oxidizer - BOHM, lub npe hu ua "boom"; thiab qhov thib peb - rau ib qho ntxiv refueling ntawm cov roj tso tsheb hlau luam ua ntej pressurization rau hauv qhov chaw. Sau lub JP-7 lub dav hlau lub cav roj tso tsheb hlau luam tau nrawm nrawm txhua lub sijhawm, tab sis sau cov roj tank loj dua BOHM tau siv sijhawm li ib teev vim tias qhov sib xyaw ntawm boron thiab txhim kho hydrogen peroxide yog tuab thiab kua zaub. Nws yog ib qho yooj yim kom xav tias XR-A9 tau hnyav dua thiab pom qeeb qeeb thaum lub tso tsheb hlau luam tau ntim, thiab lub sijhawm tus kws tsav dav hlau yuav tsum tau koom nrog lub tshuab hluav taws xob tom qab ntawm lub cav loj dua LPDRS kom nyob nrog lub tanker.
    
  Macomber tau siv sijhawm los tshuaj xyuas cov kev hloov tshiab ntawm Intel uas rub tawm rau nws lub khoos phis tawj onboard hauv lawv lub hom phiaj thiab kawm cov duab qhia chaw thiab cov ntaub ntawv, tab sis nws pib ntxhov siab vim tias zoo li muaj cov ntaub ntawv tshiab me me tuaj, thiab kev ntxhov siab tau tuav nws. Nws yog qhov txaus ntshai. Txawm hais tias lawv tsis tas yuav tsum tau nqus pa ua ntej ua ntej lub davhlau no, raws li lawv xav tau yog tias lawv yuav tsum hnav khaub ncaws hnyav, lawv tsis tuaj yeem tshem lawv cov kaus mom hlau thaum lub sijhawm ua haujlwm refueling; thiab tsis zoo li Vol, leej twg tuaj yeem pw txhua qhov chaw thiab txhua lub sijhawm, zoo li tam sim no, Macomber pw tsis tsaug zog ua ntej lub hom phiaj. Yog li nws tau mus txog rau hauv nws lub hnab ntim khoom, txuas nrog lub bulkhead, thiab ...
    
  ...Ua rau Turlock txoj kev xav tsis thoob, nws rub tawm ib lub pob ntawm cov xov paj liab thiab ob rab koob knitting, uas qee cov khoom knitted twb strung! Nws pom tias nws yooj yim xav tsis thoob los tswj cov koob hauv Tin Woodman cov hnab looj tes armored, thiab nws sai sai khaws ceev thiab yuav luag ntawm nws qhov kev ua haujlwm ib txwm muaj.
    
  "Cov neeg coob, qhov no yog S-Two," Turlock hais dhau ntawm intercom, "koj yuav tsis ntseeg qhov no."
    
  "Qhov no yog dab tsi?" - nug tus thawj coj ntawm lub dav hlau, Lieutenant Commander ntawm US Navy Lisette "Frenchie" Moulin, kev txhawj xeeb tau hnov hauv nws lub suab. Feem ntau muaj kev sib tham me ntsis thaum lub sij hawm nruab nrab cua refueling - dab tsi tau hais dhau lub nkoj qhib intercom feem ntau yog xwm txheej ceev. "Peb puas xav tau kev txiav tawm ...?"
    
  Charlie hais tias "Tsis yog, tsis yog, SC, tsis yog xwm txheej ceev," Charlie hais. Nws leaped rau pem hauv ntej ntawm nws lub rooj zaum kom tau zoo dua. Macomber zaum nyob rau hauv pem hauv ntej ntawm nws, nyob rau hauv lub opposite sab ntawm tus neeg nrog caij module, thiab nws strained tiv thaiv nws restraints kom tau ib tug tag nrho saib ntawm nws lub hauv caug. "Tab sis nws yog qhov xav tsis thoob. Qhov loj zoo li yog ... knitting. "
    
  "Kuv puas yuav hais dua?" - Nug Jim Terranova. Lub dav hlau dub Stallion tau ua rau ib pliag, zoo li yog tus thawj coj ntawm lub nkoj tab tom xav tsis thoob tias nws yuav luag ya tawm ntawm thaj chaw refueling. "Koj puas tau hais tias knitting?" Knitting ... zoo li hauv, pob ntawm xov paj, knitting koob... knitting ?"
    
  Charlie hais tias, "Kev lees paub," Chris Wall, uas zaum ntawm ib sab ntawm Macomber, sawv thiab saib Macomber ob peb vib nas this, xav tsis thoob txawm pom los ntawm nws lub kaus mom hlau thiab Tin Man tsho khuam, ua ntej nws rov mus pw. "Nws tau txais koob, ib lub pob liab ntawm cov xov paj, 'ply ib nrog ob', tag nrho cov yeeb yam. Martha fucking Stuart nyob ntawm no. "
    
  "Koj puas kidding kuv?" Terranova exclaimed. "Puas yog peb cov neeg nyob hauv nab noj badass commando knitting?"
    
  "Nws zoo li ntxim hlub heev," Charlie hais. Nws lub suab hloov mus rau tus me nyuam me: "Kuv tsis tuaj yeem qhia yog tias nws tau ua ib daim ntaub ntxim hlub, lossis tej zaum nws yog lub tsho sov sov thiab xis nyob rau nws lub tsho Fabkis txoj poodle, lossis tej zaum nws yog -."
    
  Hauv qhov muag plooj uas Turlock yeej tsis tau pom tiag tiag, Macomber rub lwm rab koob los ntawm nws lub hnab, tig mus rau sab laug, thiab muab pov rau ntawm Turlock. Lub koob tau nplawm dhau ntawm sab xis ntawm nws lub kaus mom hlau thiab tho peb ntiv tes rau hauv lub taub hau ntawm nws lub rooj zaum.
    
  "Vim li cas, koj bastard ...!" Turlock exclaimed, rub tawm rab koob. Macomber yoj nws cov ntiv tes armored ntawm nws, luag nyav nyob rau hauv nws lub kaus mom kab-pob qhov muag, ces tig thiab rov qab mus rau nws knitting.
    
  "Lub ntuj raug txim mus li cas?" Moulin nug npau taws.
    
  Zipper tau hais tias "Tsuas xav tias txij li tus thawj coj hais lus hauv menyuam yaus tham, tej zaum nws xav sim knitting ib yam nkaus," Zipper hais. "Koj puas xav tau lwm yam, Turlock?"
    
  " Tshem lub kaus mom hlau no thiab kuv yuav muab nws rov qab rau koj - ntawm koj ob lub qhov muag!"
    
  Moulin tau hais tias "Koj idiots nres qhov no - tswj hwm xov tooj cua kev qhuab qhia," Moulin hais. "Qhov tseem ceeb tshaj plaws ntawm kev refueling yog nyob rau hauv huab cua, thiab koj idiots fart zoo li cov me nyuam snot-nosed. Macomber, koj puas yog knitting tiag?
    
  "Yuav ua li cas yog qhov no yog kuv? Nws relaxes kuv. "
    
  "Koj tsis tau txais kev tso cai los ntawm kuv kom nqa cov khoom siv knitting rau lub nkoj. Tshem cov quav ntawd mus."
    
  "Cia li rov qab los ntawm no thiab ua rau kuv, Frenchie." Muaj kev ntsiag to. Macomber ntsia ntawm Vol - tsuas yog ib tug ntawm lub spaceship uas tej zaum yuav yuam nws yog hais tias nws xav tau - tab sis nws zoo li nws tseem pw tsaug zog. Zipper paub tseeb tias qhov no tsis yog qhov teeb meem, tab sis nws tsis tau txav mus los cuam tshuam.
    
  Moulin hais tias, "Koj thiab kuv yuav tau tham me ntsis thaum peb mus txog tsev, Macomber," Moulin hais ominously, "thiab kuv yuav piav qhia rau koj, hauv cov ntsiab lus uas kuv vam tias koj tuaj yeem nkag siab, lub hwj chim thiab kev lav phib xaub ntawm tus thawj coj ntawm lub dav hlau-txawm yog tias nws yuav tsum tau ncaws nrawm hauv lub ris.
    
  "Zoo siab rau nws, Frenchie."
    
  "Zoo. Tam sim no nres qhov kev ntxhov siab, tshem tawm tag nrho cov khoom siv tsis tau tso cai hauv cov neeg caij tsheb thiab nres qhov kev sib tham sib tham, lossis lub davhlau no raug kaw. Puas yog sawv daws to taub qhov no? Tsis muaj lus teb. Macomber tuav nws lub taub hau, tab sis muab tso rau hauv nws knitting raws li qhia, luag nyav ntawm qhov kev xav ntawm Turlock npau taws ntsia rau sab nraum qab ntawm nws lub kaus mom hlau. Tus so ntawm cov refueling tau ua tiav nrog tsuas yog ib txwm hu thiab teb.
    
  Thaum lub refueling tiav lawm, lawv caij nkoj mus rau sab qaum teb raws ntug dej hiav txwv ntawm supersonic ceev li ib teev, ya nyob rau hauv xoob tsim nrog KC-77 - tam sim no lub tanker tau yooj yim khaws cia nrog lub Black Stallion vim lub spaceplane hnyav heev. Lawv rov txuas nrog lub tanker kom rov muab JP-7, uas tsis siv sijhawm ntev, thiab tom qab ntawd lub tanker rov qab mus rau hauv paus. "Orbital insertion checklist programmed los tuav, neeg coob," Terranova qhia. "Qhia rau kuv paub thaum koj daim ntawv teev npe tiav."
    
  "S-One, Wilco," Macomber qw nrov nrov. Lwm daim ntawv teev npe. Nws tau nqa daim ntawv txheeb xyuas hluav taws xob rau ntawm nws lub kaus mom hlau cov ntaub ntawv hluav taws xob visor thiab siv tus cursor qhov muag thiab lub suab hais kom kuaj xyuas txhua yam khoom, uas feem ntau cuam tshuam txog kev ruaj ntseg cov khoom xoob, tshuaj xyuas lub vaj huam sib luag oxygen, nce siab hauv tsev, blah blah blah. Nws yog ib txoj haujlwm niaj hnub uas lub khoos phis tawj tuaj yeem tshawb xyuas tau yooj yim, yog li vim li cas tib neeg ua nws tus kheej? Tej zaum qee qhov kov tib neeg engineering yam uas ua rau cov neeg caij tsheb xav zoo li lawv yog lwm yam tshaj li qhov lawv tau ua: cov neeg caij tsheb. Zipper tos kom txog thaum Turlock thiab Vol ua tiav lawv cov ntawv txheeb xyuas, cim nws ua tiav, tom qab ntawd hais tias, "MC, S-One, daim ntawv teev npe tiav."
    
  " Txais. Daim ntawv tshuaj xyuas tiav ntawm no. Cov neeg coob, npaj nkag mus rau lub orbit. "
    
  Nws txhua tus tau hnov zoo li niaj hnub thiab dhuav heev, ib yam li cov kev simulator tsis muaj qhov kawg uas lawv tau tso nws mus, yog li Macomber pib xav txog lub hom phiaj hauv Soltanabad dua. Kev hloov kho satellite duab ntxiv tau lees paub tias muaj cov tsheb hnyav tsheb khiav, tab sis tsis tau qhia tias lawv yog dab tsi - leej twg nyob ntawd tau ua txoj haujlwm zoo heev ntawm kev zais tsheb los ntawm satellite saib. Goose drones tsis zoo dua li qhov chaw radar network ntawm kev tshawb pom lub hom phiaj me me, tab sis tej zaum lawv yuav tsum tau nyob deb ntawm txoj kev loj thiab xa Goose drones tawm ua ntej los saib hauv lub sijhawm ua ntej ...
    
  ... thiab mam li nco dheev lub LPDRS xyaw pib tua, tsis yog nyob rau hauv turbojet hom, tab sis tam sim no nyob rau hauv hybrid foob pob ua ntxaij hom, thiab Macomber tau dheev thiab ua phem pov rau hauv qhov no thiab tam sim no. Tsis muaj lub simulator tuaj yeem npaj koj rau lub laub - nws zoo li ntaus pob ncaws pob tackling xyaum sled, tshwj tsis yog nws tau npaj txhij txog tag nrho, lub sled ntaus koj hloov mus rau lwm txoj hauv kev, thiab lub zog ntawm qhov cuam tshuam tsis yog tsuas yog khaws cia, tab sis nce nrog txhua thib ob. Tsis ntev nws zoo nkaus li rau nws tias tag nrho cov kab tawm tsam tau nias rau nws, uas tsis ntev los no tau koom nrog txoj kab tiv thaiv. Zipper paub tias nws tuaj yeem hu rau cov ntaub ntawv ntawm lawv qhov siab, ceev, thiab G-force theem, tab sis txhua yam nws ua tau tsuas yog tsom rau kev tswj nws qhov ua tsis taus pa los tawm tsam cov teebmeem ntawm G-force thiab tsis dhau mus.
    
  G-forces zoo li nyob ntev li ib teev, txawm hais tias nws paub tias qhov kev nkag mus rau hauv lub voj voog tsuas siv xya lossis yim feeb xwb. Thaum lub siab thaum kawg tau yooj yim, nws xav tias qaug zog, zoo li nws nyuam qhuav ua tiav cov kauj ruam ntawm Academy Chaw Ua Si ua ntej lub caij ncaws pob lossis khiav hla Iraqi suab puam nrog ib puas phaus hnab ev ntawv.
    
  Pom tau tias nws ua pa ua pa nrov txaus kom hnov hauv kev sib tham, vim tias ib pliag tom qab Charlie Turlock nug, "Tseem xav tias zoo li npau suav nrog koj rab koob knitting, Macomber?"
    
  "Tom kuv".
    
  "Muaj koj lub hnab barf npaj, Major," Charlie txuas ntxiv zoo siab, "vim kuv yuav tsis ntxuav tom qab koj yog tias koj hnia hauv qhov module. Kuv twv tus macho commando tsis tau noj tshuaj kho mob. "
    
  Moulin tau hais tias "Tau qhov kev sib tham thiab khiav koj cov npe 'Tom qab Orbital Insertion' checklists," Moulin tau hais.
    
  Macomber qhov ua pa sai sai rov qab mus rau qhov qub, tawm ntawm kev txaj muag ntau dua li kev siv dag zog. Damn, nws xav tias, qhov no ntaus nws tam sim ntawd thiab nyuaj tshaj qhov nws xav tau. Kev rov qab mus rau qhov niaj hnub yuav ua rau nws lub siab tawm ntawm xeev siab, thiab Air Force tsis muaj dab tsi yog tias nws tsis tau tsav los ntawm kev txheeb xyuas thiab niaj hnub. Nws siv nws lub qhov muag-targeting system los nqa cov ntawv txheeb xyuas uas tsim nyog los ntawm kev saib ntawm lub cim me me nyob rau sab saum toj sab laug ntawm nws lub visor hluav taws xob thiab hais tias ...
    
  ... tab sis tsis txhob muab cov lus txib, txhua yam nws tuaj yeem nyem tawm yog ib pob ntawm cov kua tsib hauv nws caj pas. Kev tshuaj xyuas lub visor hauv hluav taws xob nrog nws lub qhov muag dheev muab nws qhov phem tshaj ntawm vertigo uas nws tau ntsib - nws xav tias zoo li nws tau raug tshem tawm ntawm nws pob taws los ntawm txoj hlua, upside down, ib puas feet saum av. Nws tsis tuaj yeem nres qhov spinning hnov; nws tau poob tag nrho txoj kev nce thiab nqis. Nws lub plab churned raws li lub spinning, ib txhiab zaus phem tshaj qhov phem tshaj spinning thiab tilting nws puas tau muaj nyob rau ntawm qhov phem tshaj txhua hmo ntawm nws lub neej ...
    
  Charlie hais tias, "Zoo dua tshem Major lub kaus mom hlau tawm, Frenchie," Charlie hais tias, "vim nws zoo li nws tab tom yuav ua rau noj hmo."
    
  "Fuck koj, Turlock," Macomber xav hais, tab sis txhua yam uas tawm los yog gurgle.
    
  Moulin tau hais tias "Koj tsis muaj lub kaus mom hlau, S-One, qib siab hauv lub module yog ntsuab," Moulin hais. "Kuv vam tias koj khaws ib lub hnab ntuav - ntuav hauv xoom lub ntiajteb txawj nqus yog qhov qias neeg tshaj plaws uas koj tau pom hauv koj lub neej, thiab tej zaum koj yuav mob heev ua koj txoj haujlwm."
    
  "Ua tsaug ntau," Macomber tau hais los ntawm cov hniav gritted, sim ncua qhov tsis tuaj yeem mus txog thaum nws tuaj yeem tshem lub kaus mom Tin Woodman damned. Ua li cas nws tau tswj hwm nws lub kaus mom hlau - nws tsis muaj lub tswv yim tias nws tau ntab mus rau qhov twg. Hmoov tsis zoo, thawj lub hnab uas nws muaj peev xwm ncav cuag tsis yog ib qho rau kev mob kev nkeeg - nws yog nws lub hnab uas muaj nws cov khoom siv knitting. Rau nws qhov kev poob siab thiab ntshai heev, nws pom sai sai tias ntuav hauv xoom lub ntiajteb txawj nqus tsis ua raws li nws xav tau: es tsis txhob sau lub hauv qab ntawm nws lub hnab nrog lub ntsej muag qias neeg tab sis tswj tau, nws curled rov qab mus rau hauv huab cua stinking, ntom ntom nti rov qab rau hauv nws lub ntsej muag. , qhov muag thiab qhov ntswg.
    
  "Tsis txhob cia nws tawm, Zipper!" - Nws hnov Turlock qw tom qab nws. "Peb yuav siv sij hawm tom ntej no los ntxuav cov ntuav tawm ntawm lub module." Daim duab me me ntawd tsis pab kho nws lub plab ib me ntsis, thiab tsis muaj qhov tsis hnov tsw thiab hnov ntxhiab ntuav tawm thoob plaws nws lub ntsej muag hauv lub hnab.
    
  "Zoo, tus loj,"nws hnov ib lub suab hais. Nws yog Turlock. Nws unfastened cov hlua thiab tuav nws lub xub pwg nyom, calming nws convulsions thiab pab khi lub hnab nyob ib ncig ntawm nws lub taub hau. Nws sim thawb nws txhais tes tawm, tab sis nws tawm tsam. "Kuv hais tias so, Impact. Nws tshwm sim rau txhua tus, txawm tias nws yog tshuaj lossis tsis yog. "
    
  "Tawm deb ntawm kuv, bitch!"
    
  Charlie hais tias, "Cia li kaw thiab mloog kuv hais, asshole," Charlie hais. "Tsis txhob mloog tus ntxhiab tsw. Qhov tsw yog qhov ua rau. Tau tawm ntawm koj lub siab. Ua li no, lossis koj yuav ua zaub rau tsawg kawg peb teev tom ntej. Kuv paub koj badass commandos paub yuav ua li cas tswj koj lub siab, koj ua pa, thiab txawm tias koj cov leeg involuntary mus rau lub hnub ntawm tsis xis nyob nyob rau hauv lub tshav pob. Hal Briggs txuas ntxiv tawm tsam ob peb feeb tom qab raug tua los ntawm Iranians "...
    
  "Fuck Briggs, thiab fuck koj ib yam!"
    
  "Nej ceev faj, Macomber. Kuv paub koj ua tau. Tam sim no yog lub sijhawm qhib txhua yam koj muaj. Tsom ntsoov rau qhov tsis hnov tsw, cais nws thiab tso tawm ntawm koj lub siab. "
    
  "Koj tsis paub shit..."
    
  "Cia li ua nws, Wayne. Koj paub qhov kuv qhia koj. Cia li kaw thiab ua nws, lossis koj yuav qaug dej qaug cawv ib yam li koj nyob rau peb hnub bender."
    
  Macomber tseem npau taws heev rau Turlock rau nws nyob rau lub sijhawm muaj kev phom sij tshaj plaws, ua kom zoo dua ntawm nws, tab sis qhov nws tau hais ua rau muaj kev nkag siab zoo - nws pom tseeb paub qee yam txog qhov kev txom nyem uas nws tau ntsib. Tus ntxhiab, txoj cai? Nws yeej tsis tau xav ntau npaum li ntawd txog nws txoj kev hnov tsw-nws tau raug cob qhia kom ua siab ntev rau qhov pom, lub suab, thiab kev nkag siab thib rau uas tsis muaj qhov kawg uas ib txwm ceeb toom txog kev phom sij yuav tshwm sim. Smell feem ntau yog qhov tsis meej pem uas tsis tuaj yeem tsis quav ntsej. Tig nws tawm, tshuab. Tig nws tawm.
    
  Ua li cas nws ua haujlwm. Nws paub tias kev ua pa ntawm nws lub qhov ncauj kaw nws qhov tsis hnov tsw, thiab thaum nws ua li no, feem ntau ntawm xeev siab mus. Nws lub plab tseem nyob hauv qhov mob pob txha thiab nthwv dej ntawm kev kub ntxhov, ua nruj ua tsiv zoo li nws tau raug stabbed hauv plab, tab sis tam sim no qhov ua rau ntawm cov pob txha txaus ntshai no tau ploj mus thiab nws tau tswj hwm nws tus kheej. Tus kab mob no tsis tsim nyog. Nws muaj ib pab neeg suav nrog nws, lub luag haujlwm kom ua tiav-nws lub plab tsis muaj zog yuav tsis cia nws pab neeg thiab nws txoj haujlwm poob. Ob peb phaus ntawm cov leeg nqaij thiab paj hlwb tsis tuaj yeem tswj tau nws. Lub siab yog tus tswv, nws nco nws tus kheej, thiab nws yog tus tswv ntawm lub siab.
    
  Ob peb lub sijhawm tom qab ntawd, thaum nws lub plab khoob thiab qhov tsw qab los ntawm nws lub siab, nws lub plab pib rov qab mus rau qhov qub. "Koj puas nyob zoo?" Charlie nug, muab ib daim ntaub so ntswg rau nws.
    
  "Yog". Nws txais cov ntaub so ntswg thiab pib ntxuav, tab sis nres thiab nodded. "Ua tsaug, Turlock."
    
  "Thov txim rau qhov crap kuv hais rau koj txog knitting."
    
  "Kuv tau txais nws txhua lub sijhawm."
    
  "Thiab koj feem ntau tsoo ib tus neeg lub taub hau rau kev lom zem ntawm koj, tsuas yog nws yog kuv thiab koj yuav tsis rhuav kuv lub taub hau?"
    
  "Kuv yuav ua yog tias kuv tuaj yeem ncav cuag koj," Wack hais. Charlie xav tias nws mob hnyav mus txog thaum nws luag nyav thiab chuckled. "Knitting so kuv thiab nws muab sijhawm rau kuv pom leej twg nkag mus rau hauv kuv shit thiab leej twg tso kuv nyob ib leeg."
    
  Charlie tau hais tias "Lub suab zoo li kev ua neej tsis zoo, tus thawj coj, yog tias koj tsis mloog kuv hais," Charlie hais. Nws shrugged. "Yog tias koj tsis ua li cas, haus dej thiab nyob twj ywm rau cov pa ntshiab ib ntus. Siv lub tshuab nqus tsev vacuum los ntxuav cov ntu ntu ntu uas koj pom ua ntej peb rov qab los, lossis peb yuav tsis pom lawv thiab lawv yuav tig mus rau hauv qhov projectiles. Yog tias lawv latch rau peb cov cuab yeej, cov neeg phem yuav hnov nws los ntawm ob peb meters deb. "
    
  "Koj hais yog lawm, Tur yog Charlie," Wack hais. Thaum nws rov qab mus rau nws lub rooj zaum, nws hais ntxiv tias, "Koj tsis ua li cas, Turlock."
    
  "Yog, kuv yog, tus thawj coj," nws teb. Nws pom nws lub kaus mom hlau daig qhov chaw hauv lub tsheb thauj khoom ntawm lub nraub qaum ntawm tus neeg caij tsheb thiab xa rov qab rau nws. "Tsis txhob hnov qab txog nws." Tom qab ntawd nws tshem tawm lub tshuab nqus tsev ntxhua khaub ncaws los ntawm lub chaw them nyiaj thiab muab rau nws thiab. "Tam sim no koj zoo li Martha Stewart, tus thawj coj."
    
  "Siv koj lub sijhawm, tus thawj coj," nws qw, tab sis luag nyav thiab nqa lub tshuab nqus tsev.
    
  "Yog lawm, sir." Nws luag ntxhi, nodded thiab rov qab mus rau nws lub rooj.
    
    
  PRESIDENT'S REJECTION, BOLTINO, RUSSIA
  Me ntsis tom qab
    
    
  Lawv yeej tsis sib ntsib li no kom sib hlub. Ob leeg Lavxias Thawj Tswj Hwm Leonid Zevitin thiab Tus Thawj Fwm Tsav Tebchaws Txawv Tebchaws Alexandra Khedrov nyiam cov yeeb yaj kiab dub thiab dawb los ntawm thoob plaws ntiaj teb, Italian zaub mov thiab nplua nuj liab caw, yog li tom qab ua haujlwm ntev, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog thaum muaj kev mus ncig ua ntej, lawv feem ntau nyob. tom qab tus so ntawm cov neeg ua haujlwm tau yaj thiab siv qee lub sijhawm ua ke. Lawv tau dhau los ua neeg nyiam tsis ntev tom qab lawv tau ntsib thawj zaug ntawm lub rooj sib tham thoob ntiaj teb kev lag luam hauv Switzerland yuav luag kaum xyoo dhau los, thiab txawm tias lawv lub luag haujlwm thiab kev pom ntawm pej xeem nce ntxiv, lawv tseem muaj peev xwm nrhiav sijhawm thiab sijhawm ntsib.
    
  Yog hais tias ib tug ntawm lawv raug thab plaub los ntawm ntxhi lus xaiv ntawm lawv yi, lawv tsis qhia nws. Tsuas yog cov ntawv xov xwm thiab cov neeg muaj npe nrov blogs tau tham txog nws, thiab cov neeg Lavxias feem ntau tau mob siab rau nws - tau kawg, tsis muaj leej twg hauv Kremlin yuav tsis hais lawv tus nplaig txog tej yam zoo li no thiab cov neeg muaj hwj chim no nrov dua li kev xav ntsiag to. Khedrov tau sib yuav thiab leej niam ntawm ob tug menyuam loj hlob, thiab lawv tau ntev dhau los paub tias lawv lub neej, nrog rau lawv tus poj niam thiab niam lub neej, tam sim no koom nrog lub xeev, tsis yog rau lawv tus kheej.
    
  Thawj Tswj Hwm Dacha yog ze rau kev ruaj ntseg thiab kev ceev ntiag tug raws li txhua yam uas lawv xav tau hauv Lavxias Federation. Tsis zoo li tus thawj tswj hwm qhov chaw nyob hauv Senate lub tsev hauv Kremlin, uas yog qhov tsis zoo thiab siv tau, Zevitin's dacha sab nraum Moscow yog niaj hnub thiab stylish, haum rau txhua tus thawj coj lag luam thoob ntiaj teb. Zoo li tus txiv neej nws tus kheej, qhov chaw no tau hloov mus ua haujlwm thiab kev lag luam, tab sis thaum xub thawj siab ib muag nws nyuaj rau kev txhais.
    
  Tom qab ya mus rau Boltino los ntawm Thawj Tswj Hwm lub tshav dav hlau ntiag tug nyob ze, cov neeg tuaj saib tau raug thauj mus rau qhov chaw nyob los ntawm limousine thiab coj mus rau hauv chav dav dav mus rau hauv chav nyob thiab chav noj mov loj, muaj peb lub qhov cub loj thiab muab cov tawv zoo nkauj thiab ntoo qhib rooj tog, ua haujlwm ntawm kos duab los ntawm ib ncig ntawm lub ntiaj teb no, thav duab cov duab ntawm lub ntiaj teb no cov thawj coj thiab mementos los ntawm nws ntau celebrity phooj ywg, thiab pem teb-to-ceiling qhov rais muab breathtaking panoramic views ntawm lub Pirogovskoye Reservoir. Cov qhua tshwj xeeb yuav raug caw kom nce mus rau ob chav marble nkhaus staircase mus rau chav pw nyob rau hauv pem teb thib ob los yog nqis los rau hauv chav dej Roman loj, pas dej hauv tsev, peb caug lub rooj HD yeeb yaj kiab ua yeeb yaj kiab thiab chav ua si ntawm thawj pem teb. Tab sis tag nrho cov no tseem constituted tsuas yog ib feem ntawm lub cheeb tsam ntawm lub chav tsev.
    
  Ib tug qhua dazzled los ntawm qhov zoo nkauj saib sab nraum chav zoo yuav tau nco qhov tsaus ntuj, nqaim dome nyob rau sab xis ntawm chav tsev, yuav luag zoo li lub qhov rooj tsis muaj qhov rooj, ntawm nws cov phab ntsa nkhaus dai me me thiab tsis zoo nkauj paintings, illuminated los ntawm es dim LED tsom teeb. Tab sis yog tias leej twg tau nkag mus rau hauv lub dome, lawv yuav raug tam sim ntawd tab sis tsis pub leej twg paub txog kev kuaj hluav taws xob hluav taws xob rau riam phom lossis cov cuab yeej mloog. Nws lub ntsej muag lub ntsej muag yuav raug tshuaj xyuas thiab cov ntaub ntawv yuav dhau los ntawm kev txheeb xyuas hluav taws xob uas muaj peev xwm txheeb xyuas thiab lim tawm cov khoom cuav lossis cov neeg dag ntxias. Tom qab kev txheeb xyuas qhov zoo, lub qhov rooj zais hauv lub dome yuav qhib los ntawm sab hauv, thiab koj yuav raug tso cai rau hauv qhov tseem ceeb ntawm dacha.
    
  Zevitin lub chaw ua haujlwm loj npaum li chav nyob thiab chav noj mov ua ke, loj txaus uas ib pawg ntawm cov thawj coj lossis cov thawj coj tuaj yeem tham nrog ib leeg ntawm ib sab thiab tsis tau hnov los ntawm lub rooj sib tham zoo sib xws ntawm tus thawj tswj hwm tus kws pab tswv yim ntawm lwm qhov - tsis hnov tsw tshwj tsis yog los ntawm suab - thiab cov cuab yeej kaw video tau teeb tsa thoob plaws hauv ib cheeb tsam, nrog rau ntawm txoj kev, cov zej zog thiab txoj kev ntawm cov neeg nyob ib puag ncig. Lub rooj Zevitin, inlaid nrog walnut thiab kaus ntxhw, tuaj yeem zaum yim tus neeg noj hmo nrog ntau lub luj tshib. Cov yeeb yaj kiab thiab xov tooj cua tshaj tawm los ntawm ntau pua qhov chaw sib txawv tau tshaj tawm mus rau kaum ob lub ntsiab lus siab thoob plaws hauv chaw ua haujlwm, tab sis tsis muaj leej twg pom tshwj tsis yog tus thawj tswj hwm xav saib lawv.
    
  Tus thawj tswj hwm chav pw saum toj saud tau muab tso rau hauv kev ua yeeb yam: chav pw uas nyob ib sab ntawm qhov chaw ua haujlwm tau siv los ntawm Zevitin feem ntau; Nws kuj yog ib qho uas Alexandra nyiam, qhov uas nws xav tias zoo tshaj plaws qhia txog tus txiv neej nws tus kheej - tseem loj, tab sis sov dua thiab tej zaum zoo nkauj dua li lwm lub tsev loj. Nws nyiam xav tias nws ua li ntawd rau nws xwb, tab sis qhov ntawd yuav ua rau nws khav theeb, thiab nws feem ntau hais rau nws tus kheej tias nws yuav tsum tsis txhob ua siab ntev rau ib puag ncig tus txiv neej no.
    
  Lawv tau nkag hauv qab cov ntaub ntawv lo lo ntxhuav thiab duvet ntawm nws lub txaj tom qab noj hmo thiab ua yeeb yaj kiab thiab tsuas yog tuav ib leeg, sipping cov iav me me ntawm brandy thiab tham hauv cov suab qis, sib tham txog txhua yam tshwj tsis yog peb yam uas lawv txhawj xeeb tshaj plaws: tsoom fwv, kev nom kev tswv thiab nyiaj txiag. Kev hu xovtooj, nom tswv lossis lwm yam, raug txwv nruj heev; Alexandra tsis nco qab tias puas tau cuam tshuam los ntawm tus pab cuam lossis hu xov tooj, zoo li Zevitin tuaj yeem ua rau lub ntiaj teb tam sim ntawd ua rau tsis nco qab thaum lawv nyob ua ke. Lawv tau kov txhua lub sijhawm, tshawb nrhiav ib leeg txoj kev xav ntsiag to thiab kev txiav txim siab tsis muaj lus hais tias hmo no txhais tau hais tias kev sib txuas lus thiab kev so, thiab tsis yog kev mob siab rau. Lawv tau paub ib leeg ntev, thiab nws yeej tsis tau xav txog qhov tseeb tias nws yuav tsis ua raws li nws qhov kev xav tau lossis kev ntshaw, lossis tias nws yuav tsis quav ntsej nws. Lawv puag, hnia thiab hais lus zoo, thiab tsis muaj ib qho lus qhia ntawm kev ntxhov siab lossis kev tsis txaus siab. Txhua yam yog raws li nws yuav tsum tau ...
    
  ... yog li nws yog ob zaug xav tsis thoob rau Alexandra sawv los ntawm ib yam dab tsi uas nws tsis tau hnov ua ntej hauv chav no: xov tooj beeping. Lub suab txawv txawv ua rau nws zaum tam sim ntawd tom qab lub nplhaib thib ob lossis thib peb; Tsis ntev nws pom tias Leonid twb nyob ntawm nws ob txhais taw, lub teeb ntawm lub txaj pw, tus txais tau nias rau nws daim di ncauj.
    
  "Txuas ntxiv," nws hais, tom qab ntawd mloog, saib nws. Nws ob lub qhov muag tsis npau taws lossis thuam lossis txaj muag lossis ntshai li nws paub tseeb tias nws yog. Nws paub tseeb tias leej twg yog tus hu thiab nws yuav hais dab tsi; zoo li ib tug playwright saib lub rehearsal ntawm nws txoj hauj lwm tshiab, nws tos siab ntev rau qhov nws twb paub yuav tsum tau hais.
    
  "Qhov no yog dab tsi?" nws nug nrog nws daim di ncauj xwb.
    
  Ua rau nws xav tsis thoob, Zevitin ncav cuag lub xov tooj, nias lub pob thiab dai, tig rau tus hais lus. "Ua dua qhov kawg, General," nws hais, ntes thiab tuav nws ntsia nrog nws.
    
  General Andrei Darzov lub suab, crackling thiab fading los ntawm lub sij hawm mus rau lub sij hawm vim muaj kev cuam tshuam, zoo li yog hais tias nws yog hais nyob rau hauv ib tug deb heev, yog tseem hnov meej: "Yog lawm, tus tswv. Lub KIK thiab ntsuas ntsuas cov lus txib tau kuaj pom qhov kev tso tawm ntawm Asmeskas lub dav hlau hla dej hiav txwv Pacific. Nws tau ya hla nruab nrab Canada thiab tau muab tso rau hauv lub ntiaj teb qis qis thaum nyob saum Canada lub Arctic pob dej khov. Yog tias nws nyob ntawm nws txoj kev tam sim no, nws lub hom phiaj yog sab hnub tuaj Iran. "
    
  "Thaum twg?" - Kuv nug.
    
  Darzov teb tias "Lawv tuaj yeem rov nkag tau hauv kaum feeb, tus tswv," Darzov teb. "Nws yuav muaj roj txaus kom ncav cuag tib lub hom phiaj thaum rov nkag mus tom qab lub voj voog tag nrho, tab sis qhov no ua rau tsis ntseeg yam tsis muaj huab cua nruab nrab ntawm Iraq lossis Turkey."
    
  "Koj puas xav tias lawv nrhiav tau nws?" Khedrov tsis paub tias "nws" yog dab tsi, tab sis nws xav tias txij li Zevitin tau tso cai rau nws los mloog ntawm kev sib tham, nws yuav paub sai sai.
    
  "Kuv xav tias peb yuav tsum xav tias lawv tau ua, tus tswv," Darzov hais tias, "txawm hais tias yog lawv tau txheeb pom qhov system zoo, kuv paub tseeb tias McLanahan yuav tawm tsam nws yam tsis muaj kev cuam tshuam. Tej zaum lawv tsuas yog nrhiav tau kev ua haujlwm nyob rau ntawd thiab tab tom nqa cov peev txheej kev txawj ntse ntxiv los tshawb xyuas. "
    
  "Zoo, Kuv xav tsis thoob tias nws tau siv sijhawm ntev," Zevitin sau tseg. "Lawv lub dav hlau ya hla Iran yuav luag txhua teev."
    
  Darzov tau hais tias "Thiab cov no tsuas yog cov uas peb tuaj yeem tshawb pom thiab taug qab kom raug," "Lawv yuav muaj ntau yam ntxiv uas peb tsis tuaj yeem txheeb xyuas, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog cov dav hlau tsis muaj neeg siv."
    
  "Thaum twg nws yuav nyob hauv peb qhov kev tawm tsam, General?"
    
  Khedrov lub qhov ncauj qhib, tab sis nyob rau hauv Zevitin ceeb toom ntsia nws tsis hais dab tsi. Lawv xav li cas...?
    
  "Thaum lub sijhawm lub dav hlau hla lub qab ntug ntawm lub hauv paus, tus tswv, lawv yuav tsawg dua tsib feeb los ntawm kev tsaws."
    
  "Damn, qhov nrawm ntawm qhov no yog qhov tsis txaus ntseeg," Zevitin yws. "Nws yuav luag tsis yooj yim sua kom nrawm txaus tawm tsam nws." Nws xav sai; ces: "Tab sis yog hais tias lub dav hlau nyob twj ywm nyob rau hauv orbit es tsis txhob rov qab, nws yuav nyob rau hauv ib tug zoo tagnrho txoj hauj lwm. Peb tsuas muaj ib lub caij nyoog zoo xwb. "
    
  Darzov hais tias "Muaj tseeb tiag, tus tswv," said Darzov.
    
  "Kuv xav tias koj cov txiv neej tab tom npaj tawm tsam, General?" Zevitin nug tiag. "Vim hais tias yog lub dav hlau tsaws tau zoo thiab xa nws cov Tin Woodman hauv av rog - uas peb yuav tsum xav tias lawv yuav muaj nyob hauv nkoj -."
    
  "Yog lawm, peb yuav tsum."
    
  "-Peb yuav tsis muaj sijhawm los ntim thiab tawm ntawm Dodge."
    
  "Yog tias kuv nkag siab koj yog lawm, tus tswv, yog, peb yeej yuav plam lub kaw lus rau lawv," Darzov lees paub, tsis paub tias "Kev khiav tawm" nyob qhov twg, tab sis tsis thab qhia nws tus kheej tsis paub. "Qhov kev ua si yuav dhau."
    
  "Kuv pom," Zevitin hais. "Tab sis yog tias nws tsis rov qab los thiab nyob twj ywm hauv lub voj voog, koj yuav tsum siv sijhawm ntev npaum li cas?"
    
  "Peb yuav tsum ntes nws nrog optical-electronic soj ntsuam sensors thiab laser rangefinders sai li sai tau thaum nws hla lub qab ntug, nyob deb li ntawm ib txhiab yim puas kilometers, los yog li plaub feeb tsav," Darzov teb. "Txawm li cas los xij, rau kev taug qab kom raug peb xav tau radar, thiab nws tsuas yog txwv rau qhov siab tshaj plaws ntawm tsib puas kilometers. Yog li peb yuav muaj qhov siab tshaj plaws ntawm ob feeb ntawm nws qhov siab tam sim no. "
    
  "Ob feeb! Lub sijhawm no puas txaus?"
    
  Darzov hais tias, "Hardly," hais. "Peb yuav muaj radar taug qab, tab sis peb tseem yuav tsum tau ntaus lub hom phiaj nrog lub dav hlau laser, uas yuav pab xam cov kev kho kom raug nyob rau hauv optics ntawm lub ntsiab laser. Qhov no yuav tsum tsis pub ntau tshaj rau caum vib nas this, yog hais tias lub radar tseem nyob thiab cov kev xam kom raug. Qhov no yuav ua rau peb qhov siab tshaj plaws ntawm rau caum vib nas this ntawm qhov raug. "
    
  "Qhov no puas txaus los tua nws?"
    
  "Qhov no yuav tsum yog, tsawg kawg yog ib feem, raws li peb cov kev sib ntaus sib tua dhau los," Darzov teb. "Txawm li cas los xij, lub sijhawm zoo tshaj plaws los tawm tsam yog thaum lub hom phiaj ncaj qha mus rau saum taub hau. Raws li lub hom phiaj ze rau lub qab ntug, cov huab cua yuav thicker thiab complex, thiab lub laser optics tsis tuaj yeem them rau qhov no sai txaus. Yog li-"
    
  Zevitin tau hais tias "Lub qhov rais yog qhov me me heev," "Kuv nkag siab, General. Yog lawm, peb yuav tsum ua txhua yam peb ua tau kom paub tseeb tias lub dav hlau nyob hauv lub voj voog thib ob. "
    
  Muaj ib qho kev ceeb toom; Tom qab ntawd: "Yog tias kuv tuaj yeem pab tau txhua txoj hauv kev, tus tswv, thov tsis txhob yig tiv tauj kuv," Darzov hais tias, nws tsis paub meej tias nws yuav ua li cas.
    
  Zevitin tau hais tias "Kuv yuav khaws koj tshaj tawm, General," "Tab sis tam sim no, koj tuaj yeem koom nrog kev sib ntaus sib tua. Kuv rov hais dua, koj raug tso cai los koom nrog kev sib ntaus sib tua. Kev tso cai sau ntawv yuav raug xa mus rau koj lub hauv paus hauv paus ntawm email ruaj ntseg. Qhia rau kuv paub yog tias muaj dab tsi hloov. Hmoov zoo".
    
  "Kev hmoov zoo nyiam cov neeg siab tawv, tus tswv. Peb tsis tuaj yeem poob yog tias peb muab kev sib ntaus sib tua rau yeeb ncuab. Tawm mus."
    
  Thaum Zevitin daig, Khedrov nug: "Qhov no txhais li cas, Leonid? Yuav ua li cas? Puas yog vim Phanar?
    
  Zevitin teb tias "Peb yuav tsim kev kub ntxhov hauv qhov chaw, Alexandra," Nws tig mus rau nws, ces khiav cov ntiv tes ntawm ob txhais tes los ntawm nws cov plaub hau, zoo li tag nrho nws txoj kev xav pib dua. "Cov neeg Asmeskas xav tias lawv muaj kev nkag mus rau qhov chaw tsis txwv - peb yuav cuam tshuam qee qhov cuam tshuam rau lawv thiab pom lawv ua dab tsi. Yog tias kuv paub Yauxej Gardner, thiab kuv xav tias kuv ua, kuv xav tias nws yuav tsoo McLanahan lub zog cosmic, thiab ntaus lawv hnyav. Nws yuav rhuav tshem ib qho ntawm nws tus kheej yooj yim kom tiv thaiv lwm tus los ntawm kev ua tiav kev yeej uas nws tsis tuaj yeem thov rau nws tus kheej. "
    
  Alexandra sawv saum txaj, txhos caug ntawm nws xub ntiag. "Koj puas ntseeg tus txiv neej no, Leonid?"
    
  "Kuv paub tseeb tias kuv paub tus txiv neej no."
    
  "Dab tsi txog nws cov generals?" - nws nug ntsiag to. "Dab tsi txog McLanahan?"
    
  Zevitin nodded, ntsiag to lees paub nws tus kheej tsis paub tseeb txog qhov tseem ceeb heev. Nws tau hais tias "Tus dev Asmeskas tua tau nyob ntawm txoj hlua khi thiab zoo li raug mob ... ntawm lub sijhawm no," nws hais. "Kuv tsis paub ntev npaum li cas kuv tuaj yeem cia siab tias txoj hlua khi no yuav kav ntev. Peb yuav tsum txhawb Gardner kom tsis muaj peev xwm McLanahan ... lossis npaj ua nws tus kheej. " Nws khaws lub xov tooj. " Txuas txuas kuv mus rau Thawj Tswj Hwm Asmeskas Gardner tam sim ntawd ntawm tus xov tooj kub."
    
  "Koj tab tom ua si txaus ntshai, tsis yog koj?" - Khedrov nug.
    
  "Tau kawg, Alexandra," Zevitin hais tias, khiav cov ntiv tes ntawm nws sab laug tes hla nws cov plaub hau thaum nws tos. Nws xav tias nws ob txhais tes swb ntawm nws lub hauv siab mus rau hauv qab nws lub duav, tsis ntev rub nws lub tsho hauv qab thiab tom qab ntawd rub nws nrog nws txhais tes thiab lub qhov ncauj, thiab txawm hais tias nws tau hnov cov suab nrov thiab nias ntawm satellite kev sib txuas lus sai sai xa mus rau tus xov tooj kub hauv Washington. , nws tsis txwv nws. "Tab sis cov ceg txheem ntseeg siab heev. Russia tsis tuaj yeem tso cai rau cov neeg Amelikas los thov kev tswj hwm. Peb yuav tsum nres lawv thiab qhov no yog peb lub sijhawm zoo tshaj plaws tam sim no. "
    
  Alexandra txoj kev siv zog sai tau nce ntxiv hauv kev ua siab mos siab muag thiab ceev ceev, thiab Zevitin vam tias Gardner tsis khoom txaus kom nws siv sijhawm ob peb feeb ntxiv nrog nws. Paub txog Asmeskas Thawj Tswj Hwm raws li nws yog, nws paub zoo tias nws tuaj yeem cuam tshuam txog txoj kev no.
    
    
  NTAWM BOARD PLAN IB HAIV NEEG SOUTHEATERN UNITED STATES
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  So nyob rau hauv nws lub rooj zaum upholstered tshiab nyob rau hauv chav ua hauj lwm suite nyob rau hauv thawj Air Force aircraft nyob rau hauv txoj kev mus rau nws oceanfront "Southern White House" complex nyob ze St. Petersburg, Florida, Thawj Tswj Hwm Gardner kawm nws lub hauv siab heev thiab zoo li nram qab. tus neeg ua haujlwm tub ceev xwm uas nyuam qhuav nqa lub lauj kaub kas fes thiab qee cov nplej crackers rau hauv nws lub chaw ua haujlwm. Nws paub tias nws paub tias nws tab tom kuaj xyuas nws vim txhua lub sijhawm tam sim no nws yuav ntsia rau nws thiab muab nws luag ntxhi. Nws muaj ib daim ntawv xov xwm nyob rau hauv nws lub puab tsaig, tab sis nws leaned xwb txaus saib nws unnoticed. Yog lawm, nws xav tias, nws tsis maj mus muab nws cov khoom pov tseg. Damn, dab tsi os...
    
  Ib yam li nws tab tom yuav ua kom nws txav mus thiab caw nws coj cov mis thiab lub nroog Yeiuxalees mus rau nws lub rooj loj, lub xov tooj nrov. Nws raug ntxias kom nias lub pob DND, cem nws tus kheej vim tsis ua li ntawd tom qab ua tiav nws lub rooj sib tham zaum kawg nrog cov neeg ua haujlwm thiab tau txais kev daws teeb meem, tab sis qee yam hais rau nws tias nws yuav tsum teb qhov kev hu no. Nws tsis kam khaws lub xov tooj. "Yog?" - Kuv nug.
    
  "Tus Thawj Tswj Hwm ntawm Lavxias Federation Zevitin tab tom hu rau koj ntawm tus xov tooj kub, tus tswv," tus neeg saib xyuas kev sib txuas lus teb. "Nws hais tias nws ceev heev."
    
  Nws tuav lub suab nrov ntawm lub receiver, qw nrov nrov, ces winked ntawm tus neeg saib xyuas dav hlau. "Cia li rov qab los hauv kaum feeb nrog cov ntaub ntawv tshiab, ua li cas, Cov Tub Rog Tub Rog?"
    
  "Yog lawm, tus tswv," nws teb zoo siab. Nws sawv ntawm kev mloog, ua rau nws lub hauv siab tawm ntawm nws, ua ntej muab nws lub ntsej muag tsis zoo, maj mam tig nws lub pob taws, thiab taug kev mus.
    
  Nws paub tias nws muaj nws hooked, nws xav zoo siab thaum nws tso lub khawm. Nws hais tias, "Muab ib feeb rau kuv, Teeb liab," nws hais tias, ncav cuag ib lub luam yeeb.
    
  "Yog lawm, sir."
    
  Damn, Gardner foom tsis zoo nyob rau hauv nws ua tsis taus pa, dab tsi yog lub ntuj raug txim Zevitin xav tau tam sim no? Nws nias lub tswb hu nws tus thawj coj ntawm cov neeg ua haujlwm, Walter Cordus. Nws tab tom yuav rov xav txog txoj cai uas nws tau tsim los ntawm kev teb xov tooj tam sim ntawm Zevitin, nws xav tias - nws pib tham nrog nws yuav luag txhua hnub. Cuaj caum thiab ib nrab vib nas this tom qab, ib tug luam yeeb: "Txuas nws, teeb liab," nws hais, extinguishing tus luam yeeb.
    
  "Yog lawm, Thawj Tswj Hwm." Ib pliag tom qab: "Thawj Tswj Hwm Zevitin ntawm kab, kev ruaj ntseg, tus tswv."
    
  "Ua tsaug, signals. Leonid, qhov no yog Joe Gardner. Koj ua li cas?"
    
  "Kuv nyob zoo, Joe," Zevitin teb hauv lub suab tsis zoo. "Tab sis kuv txhawj xeeb, txiv neej, txhawj xeeb tiag tiag. Kuv xav tias peb muaj kev pom zoo. "
    
  Gardner tau ceeb toom nws tus kheej kom ceev faj thaum tham nrog tus txiv neej no-nws suab kom Asmeskas nws tuaj yeem tham nrog ib tus neeg los ntawm California pawg neeg sawv cev hauv pawg nom tswv lossis qee tus thawj coj hauv tebchaws Indiana. "Koj hais dab tsi, Leonid?" Tus Thawj Tub Ceev Xwm tau taug kev mus rau hauv Thawj Tswj Hwm lub chaw ua haujlwm, khaws lub xov tooj sab hauv uas tsis muaj kev sib txuas kom nws tuaj yeem mloog, thiab qhib nws lub computer kom pib sau ntawv thiab tshaj tawm yog tias tsim nyog.
    
  "Kuv xav tias peb tau pom zoo tias peb yuav tau txais kev ceeb toom thaum twg koj ya dav hlau dav hlau, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog rau Iran," Zevitin tau hais. "Qhov no yog kev txhawj xeeb tiag tiag, Joe. Kuv tabtom ua haujlwm nyuaj los daws qhov xwm txheej hauv Middle East thiab ua kom cov neeg tawm tsam hauv kuv tsoomfwv hauv kab, tab sis koj cov haujlwm nrog Black Stallions tsuas yog ua haujlwm rau-
    
  "Tos, Leonid, tos," Gardner cuam tshuam nws. "Kuv tsis paub tias koj tab tom tham txog dab tsi. Dab tsi yog lub luag haujlwm ntawm tus maum dub?"
    
  "Los ntawm, Joe, koj xav tias peb tsis pom nws?" Koj xav tias nws tsis pom? Peb pom nws sai li sai tau thaum nws hla lub qab ntug hla hiav txwv Greenland."
    
  "Puas yog ib lub dav hlau ya hla Greenland?"
    
  "Nws nyob rau sab hnub poob Tuam Tshoj tam sim no, Joe, raws li peb qhov chaw soj ntsuam thiab taug qab tshuab," Zevitin tau hais. "Los ntawm, Joe, kuv paub tias koj tsis tuaj yeem tham txog kev ua tub rog zais cia tam sim no, tab sis nws tsis nyuaj rau twv seb lawv yuav ua li cas, txawm tias nws yog Black Stallion spaceplane. Orbital mechanics yog kwv yees li qhov nce thiab nqis ntawm lub hnub. "
    
  "Leonid, kuv-"
    
  "Kuv paub tias koj tsis tuaj yeem lees paub lossis tsis lees paub dab tsi - koj tsis tas yuav, vim peb paub tias yuav muaj dab tsi tshwm sim," Zevitin hais ntxiv. "Zoo meej, nyob rau hauv lub voj voog tom ntej, nyob rau ntawm cuaj caum feeb, nws yuav ncaj qha hla Iran. Peb cia siab tias nws yuav pib deorbit maneuvers nyob rau hauv li ntawm plaub caug-tsib feeb, uas yuav coj nws ncaj qha hla dej hiav txwv Caspian thaum nws huab cua tshuab thiab tswj kev ya davhlau ua haujlwm. Pom tau tias koj tab tom ua haujlwm rau Iran, Joe. Kuv xav tias peb muaj kev pom zoo: muab Iran tso tseg thaum peb nrhiav kev daws teeb meem rau kev ua tub rog thiab tua neeg ntawm Iranian cov thawj coj raug xaiv. "
    
  "Thov, Leonid. Tsuas yog ib pliag xwb." Gardner nias lub khawm kaw. "Tau Conrad ntawm no," nws hais, tab sis Cordus twb nias lub khawm hu rau National Security Advisor. Gardner tso lub suab nrov. "Leonid, koj hais yog lawm, kuv tsis tuaj yeem tham txog kev ua haujlwm tam sim no. Koj tsuas yog yuav tsum tau - "
    
  "Joe, Kuv tsis hu los tham txog dab tsi. Kuv taw qhia rau koj tias peb tuaj yeem pom meej ib qho ntawm koj lub dav hlau nyob hauv lub ntiaj teb tam sim no, thiab peb tsis muaj lub tswv yim tias koj yuav tso nws. Tom qab txhua yam peb tau tham nyob rau ob peb lub lis piam dhau los, kuv tsis ntseeg tias koj yuav ua qhov no rau kuv. Thaum lawv paub txog qhov no, kuv lub txee thiab Duma yuav xav tias kuv tau dag thiab yuav thov kom kuv nqis tes ua, txwv tsis pub kuv yuav plam tag nrho cov kev txhawb nqa rau peb txoj kev sib koom tes thiab kev sib raug zoo uas tau coj kuv lub hlis los txhim kho. Koj rub cov ntaub pua plag tawm hauv qab kuv, Joe. "
    
  "Leonid, Kuv muaj lub rooj sib tham tseem ceeb thiab kuv yuav tsum ua kom tiav qhov kuv ua ua ntej," Thawj Tswj Hwm tau dag, tau mus rau nws ko taw ua siab ntev thiab tawm tsam qhov kev xav kom qw sab nraum lub qhov rooj rau Carlisle thiab Cordus qhia nws tias ntuj txiag teb tsaus yog dab tsi. mus rau. "Kuv paub tseeb rau koj tias peb tsis ua ib qho kev tawm tsam rau Russia nyob qhov twg los xij -."
    
  "' tawm tsam Russia?' Qhov no suab zoo li ob qho kev cuam tshuam, Joe. Nws txhais li cas? Puas yog koj pib ua haujlwm tawm tsam lwm tus?
    
  "Cia kuv tshem kuv lub rooj thiab ua kom tiav cov lus qhia luv luv no, Leonid, thiab kuv yuav coj koj mus nrawm. kuv yuav-"
    
  "Kuv xav tias peb muaj kev pom zoo, Joe: tsuas yog kev ya davhlau tsim nyog kom txog thaum peb muaj kev cog lus tswj hwm kev ya mus rau tub rog," Zevitin hais. "Raws li peb tuaj yeem qhia tau, lub dav hlau dav hlau yuav tsis mus nrog lub chaw nres tsheb, yog li qhov no tsis yog lub luag haujlwm thauj khoom. Kuv paub tej yam tsis zoo hauv Iran thiab Iraq, tab sis qhov phem txaus ua rau muaj kev ntshai thoob plaws los ntawm kev tua tus Dub Stallion? kuv xav tias tsis yog. Qhov no yog kev puas tsuaj tag, Joe. Kuv yuav raug rhuav tshem los ntawm Duma thiab cov thawj coj - "
    
  "Tsis txhob ntshai, Leonid. Muaj ib qho kev piav qhia tsis tseeb thiab tsis muaj teeb meem kiag li. Kuv yuav hu koj rov qab sai li sai tau thiab - "
    
  "Joe, koj zoo dua nrog kuv ncaj ncees, txwv tsis pub kuv yuav tsis tuaj yeem tuav tswj hwm cov thawj coj tawm tsam thiab qee tus thawj coj muaj zog dua - lawv txhua tus yuav thov kev piav qhia thiab kev txiav txim siab hauv tib lub siab," Zevitin hais. "Yog tias kuv tsis tuaj yeem muab cov lus teb rau lawv, lawv yuav pib nrhiav lawv tus kheej. Koj paub tias kuv tab tom dai ntawm ib txoj xov ntawm no. Kuv xav tau koj txoj kev koom tes, lossis txhua yam uas peb tau ua haujlwm yuav poob. "
    
  Gardner hais tias "Kuv yuav hu koj rov qab, Leonid," said Gardner. "Tab sis kuv hais rau koj, kuv cog lus rau kuv lub meej mom, tsis muaj dab tsi tshwm sim. Tsis muaj dab tsi kiag li".
    
  "Yog li peb cov kws tshaj lij thiab cov neeg saib xyuas hauv av hauv Tehran tsis tas yuav txhawj xeeb txog lwm lub foob pob hluav taws xob ntaus lub qab nthab txhua lub sijhawm?"
    
  "Tsis txhob tso dag txog nws, Leonid. Nws yuav tsis tshwm sim. Kuv yuav hu koj rov qab." Nws dai lub xov tooj tsis txaus siab, tom qab ntawd so cov hlaws hws los ntawm nws daim di ncauj. "Walter!" - nws qw. "Koj nyob qhovtwg? Conrad nyob qhov twg?"
    
  Ob tug kws pab tswv yim khiav mus rau hauv lub chaw ua haujlwm ob peb feeb tom qab. "Thov txim, Thawj Tswj Hwm, tab sis kuv tab tom rub tawm cov ntawv tshaj tawm tshiab tshaj plaws ntawm lub dav hlau los ntawm Kev Ua Haujlwm Zoo," National Security Adviser Conrad Carlisle tau hais. "Nws yuav tsum nyob hauv koj lub computer." Nws nkag mus rau hauv lub computer ntawm tus thawj tswj hwm lub rooj, qhib cov ntaub ntawv ruaj ntseg cia, thiab sai sai scan cov ntsiab lus. "Okay, nws nyob ntawm no ... Yog lawm, General Cannon, Tus Thawj Coj ntawm US Strategic Command, tau tso cai tso lub dav hlau mus txog plaub teev dhau los, thiab lub luag haujlwm tau pom zoo los ntawm Secretary Turner."
    
  "Vim li cas kuv tsis tau ceeb toom txog qhov no?"
    
  Carlisle tau hais tias "Lub luag haujlwm tau piav qhia tias yog 'ib txwm ua,' tus tswv," Carlisle tau hais. "Cov neeg coob ntawm ob, peb tus neeg caij tsheb, rau lub orbits ncig lub ntiaj teb thiab rov qab mus rau Elliott Air Force Base, tag nrho lub davhlau ntev kaum teev."
    
  "Qhov no yog dab tsi, lub fucking joyride? Cov neeg caij tsheb no yog leej twg? Kuv tsuas txib cov tub txib tseem ceeb xwb! Lub ntuj raug txim mus li cas? Kuv xav tias kuv tau tsaws txhua lub dav hlau. "
    
  Carlisle thiab Cordus sib pauv cov lus tsis txaus ntseeg. "Kuv ... Kuv tsis paub txog qhov kev txiav txim ntawm lub dav hlau hauv av, tus tswv," Carlisle teb tsis muaj zog. "Koj nco qab SKYSTREAKE cov neeg tawg rog los ntawm lawv cov neeg saib xyuas, tab sis tsis yog lub luag haujlwm ntawm qhov chaw ... "
    
  Gardner tau hais tias "Kuv muaj kev pom zoo nrog Zevitin, Conrad: tsis muaj kev tshaj tawm lub dav hlau ntxiv lawm yam tsis tau ceeb toom nws ua ntej," Gardner tau hais. "Nws yuav vwm txog kev tso tawm, thiab kuv yog li ntawd!"
    
  Carlisle lub ntsej muag furrowed thiab nws lub qhov ncauj qhib thiab kaw nyob rau hauv tsis meej pem. "Thov txim, Joe, tab sis kuv tsis paub txog ib qho kev pom zoo uas peb tau ua nrog Zevitin kom qhia nws txog txhua yam ntsig txog lub dav hlau," nws hais thaum kawg. "Kuv paub tias nws tau thov qhov no - nws tau hais lus thuam thiab thuam thoob plaws ntiaj teb cov xov xwm hais txog yuav ua li cas lub dav hlau muaj kev phom sij rau ntiaj teb kev thaj yeeb thiab kev nyab xeeb vim tias lawv tuaj yeem yuam kev rau ICBM, thiab nws tau thov kom peb ceeb toom nws ua ntej tso ib qho ntawm lawv - tab sis tsis muaj kev pom zoo txog - "
    
  "Kuv puas tsis tau hais rau Cannon kom paub tseeb tias cov dav hlau no thiab txhua qhov chaw riam phom tsis nkag mus rau hauv huab cua huab cua, txawm tias qhov ntawd txhais tau tias lawv tawm hauv av?" Thawj Tswj Hwm thundered. "Lawv yuav tsum nyob sab nraum lub tshav dav hlau ntawm txhua lub tebchaws txhua lub sijhawm. Kuv tsis tau muab qhov kev txiav txim no?
    
  "Zoo... Yog lawm, tus tswv, kuv ntseeg tias koj tau ua," Cordus teb. "Tab sis cov dav hlau hauv qhov chaw tuaj yeem yooj yim ya hla lub teb chaws airspace. Lawv tuaj yeem-"
    
  "Yuav ua li cas lawv ua tau qhov no?" - nug Thawj Tswj Hwm. "Peb muaj airspace txwv los ntawm qhov chaw mus rau infinity. Sovereign airspace yog txhua lub dav hlau thoob plaws lub tebchaws. "
    
  "Tus Tswv, raws li peb tau tham yav dhau los, raws li Outer Space Treaty, tsis muaj lub tebchaws twg tuaj yeem txwv tsis pub nkag mus lossis taug kev hauv qhov chaw sab nraud," Carlisle hais rau Thawj Tswj Hwm. "Raws li txoj cai, qhov chaw pib ib puas kilometers ntawm qhov chaw ntawm lub ntiaj teb. Lub dav hlau dav hlau tuaj yeem nce mus rau hauv qhov chaw nrawm nrawm thaum hla cov tebchaws phooj ywg, qhib dej hiav txwv, lossis ntim dej khov, thiab ib zaug nyob ntawd, tuaj yeem ya yam tsis tau ua txhaum rau leej twg lub huab cua sovereign. Lawv ua qhov no-"
    
  "Kuv tsis muab qhov damn qhov qub qub plaub caug xyoo cog lus hais tias!" - tus thawj tswj hwm thundered. "Peb tau koom nrog kev sib tham rau ntau lub hlis nrog Zevitin thiab United Nations los tsim txoj hauv kev los txo cov kev txhawj xeeb los ntawm ntau tus neeg thoob ntiaj teb txog kev ua haujlwm ntawm lub dav hlau thiab chaw nres tsheb, tsis txwv peb tus kheej nkag mus rau qhov chaw lossis nthuav tawm. cais cov ntaub ntawv. Txog thaum peb tuaj txog ib yam dab tsi, kuv tau qhia meej tias kuv tsis xav kom lub dav hlau ya mus ncig, tsis tsim nyog ua rau tib neeg ntshai thiab cuam tshuam hauv kev sib tham. Lub luag haujlwm tseem ceeb nkaus xwb, thiab qhov ntawd txhais tau hais tias muaj kev txhawb nqa thiab kev kub ntxhov hauv lub tebchaws - Kuv yuav tsum pom zoo rau lwm txoj haujlwm. Kuv puas tau yuam kev, lossis kuv puas tsis tau pom zoo lwm lub dav hlau ya tsis ntev los no?
    
  "Tus Tswv, General Cannon yuav tsum tau xav txog qhov tseem ceeb txaus los pib lub davhlau yam tsis muaj-"
    
  "Yog tsis muaj kuv kev pom zoo? Puas yog nws xav tias nws tuaj yeem ya tawm mus rau qhov chaw yam tsis muaj leej twg tso cai? Qhov xwm txheej ceev nyob qhov twg? Puas yog lub dav hlau mus txuas nrog lub chaw nres tsheb? Peb tus neeg caij tsheb yog leej twg? Koj puas paub?
    
  Carlisle hais tias, "Kuv mam li hu rau General Cannon, tus tswv," Carlisle tau hais, nqa lub xov tooj. "Kuv yuav pom txhua cov ntsiab lus tam sim ntawd."
    
  "Qhov no yog npau suav phem fucking! Qhov no tau tawm ntawm kev tswj hwm! " - tus thawj tswj hwm thundered. "Kuv xav paub leej twg yog tus lav ris rau qhov no thiab kuv xav kom nws lub nroog Yeiuxalees tawm! Koj puas hnov kuv? Tshwj tsis yog tias tsov rog tau tshaj tawm lossis neeg txawv teb chaws tawm tsam, kuv xav kom leej twg yog tus ua lub luag haujlwm rau cov crap no kom tau cov kaus poom! Kuv xav tham nrog Cannon kuv tus kheej!"
    
  Carlisle muab nws txhais tes hla lub xov tooj thaum nws tos thiab hais tias, "Tus Tswv, kuv xav kom peb tham nrog General Cannon. Nyob ntawm caj npab ntev los ntawm qhov no. Yog tias nws tsuas yog kev cob qhia davhlau lossis ib yam dab tsi, koj tsis xav kom pom tias yog skydiving, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog tom qab koj nyuam qhuav tham nrog Thawj Tswj Hwm ntawm Russia. "
    
  "Qhov no yog qhov hnyav, Conrad, thiab kuv xav ua kom pom tseeb rau kuv cov thawj coj tias kuv xav kom cov dav hlau no tswj hwm nruj," Thawj Tswj Hwm tau hais.
    
  "Koj puas paub tseeb tias qhov no yog qhov koj xav daws nws, Joe?" Cordus nug hauv lub suab ntsiag to. "Kev mus txog yav dhau los Tus Tuav Ntaub Ntawv Turner ua rau lub ntsej muag plaub lub hnub qub yog qhov tsis zoo. Yog tias koj xav ntaus ib tus neeg, xaiv Turner - nws yog txoj cai kawg ntawm lub dav hlau tso tawm. "
    
  "Huag, Kuv mam li muab rau Turner kuv lub tswv yim ib yam nkaus, koj tuaj yeem twv qhov ntawd," tus thawj tswj hwm tau hais npau taws, "tab sis Cannon thiab lwm tus txiv neej peb lub hnub qub -"
    
  "Lieutenant General Backman, Tus Thawj Coj, CENTAF."
    
  "Tsis muaj teeb meem. Cannon thiab Backman tau tawm tsam kuv nyuaj dhau thiab ntev dhau los ntawm McLanahan's Space Defense Force lub tswv yim, thiab nws yog lub sijhawm kom lawv rov qab taug kev - lossis zoo dua, tshem tawm lawv. Lawv yog tus kawg ntawm Martindale Pentagon lub hlwb kev ntseeg siab, thiab lawv xav tau cov ntaub ntawv chaw vim nws txhawb lawv lub zog. "
    
  Cordus tau hais tias "Yog tias koj xav kom lawv ploj mus, peb yuav tshem tawm lawv - lawv txhua tus ua haujlwm raws li tus thawj coj loj," Cordus tau hais. "Tab sis lawv tseem yog cov thawj coj muaj hwj chim thiab nrov, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog cov neeg sawv cev uas txhawb nqa qhov chaw. Lawv tuaj yeem thawb lawv tus kheej cov phiaj xwm thiab cov txheej txheem thaum lawv hnav lawv cov khaub ncaws, tab sis raws li kev txaj muag thiab tsis txaus siab rau cov thawj coj laus laus, lawv yuav tawm tsam koj qhib thiab ntawm tus kheej. Tsis txhob muab qhov laj thawj rau lawv. "
    
  "Kuv paub tias qhov kev ua si ua si li cas, Walter - ntuj raug txim, kuv tau ua feem ntau ntawm txoj cai," Thawj Tswj Hwm tau hais siab. "Kuv tsis ntshai cov thawj coj, thiab kuv tsis tas yuav txhawj xeeb txog kev taw qhia ib puag ncig lawv - Kuv yog tus thawj coj fucking. Txuas Turner rau kab tam sim ntawd. " Nws ncav tes tawm thiab rub lub xov tooj los ntawm National Security Advisor txhais tes. "Sib qhia, dab tsi yog ntuj raug txim mus? Cannon nyob qhov twg?
    
  "Tau npaj txhij, tus tswv, nws yuav tsum tau kov txhua feeb." Ob peb lub sijhawm tom qab: "Lub phom nyob ntawm no, ruaj ntseg."
    
  "General Cannon, qhov no yog Thawj Tswj Hwm. Vim li cas lub ntuj raug txim koj tso lub dav hlau no tawm yam tsis tau kev tso cai?
    
  "Uh... zoo tav su, tus tswv," Cannon pib, puzzled. "Raws li kuv tau piav qhia rau Tus Tuav Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Kev Tiv Thaiv, tus tswv, qhov no yog qhov chaw dav hlau tsuas yog thaum peb tos qhov kev pom zoo zaum kawg rau lub hom phiaj hauv Iran. Nrog lub dav hlau nyob hauv lub ntiaj teb, yog tias peb tau txais kev pom zoo, nws yuav yooj yim rau kev coj tus neeg coob, ua lawv txoj haujlwm, thiab tom qab ntawd coj lawv tawm dua. Yog tias qhov no tsis tau pom zoo, nws yuav yooj yim dua rau lawv rov qab los rau hauv paus. "
    
  "Kuv tau hais tshwj xeeb tsis muaj lub dav hlau hla ciam teb txawv teb chaws yam tsis tau tso cai."
    
  "Tus Tswv, raws li koj paub, ib zaug lub dav hlau dav hlau siab tshaj qhov pib rau caum mais, nws-"
    
  "Tsis txhob muab qhov tsis muaj tseeb rau kuv txog Kev Sib Tham Sab Nraud!" thundered Thawj Tswj Hwm. "Kuv puas yuav tsum sau nws rau koj? Kuv tsis xav tau lub dav hlau nyob hauv lub ntiaj teb tshwj tsis yog nws yuav txhawb nqa qhov chaw nres tsheb lossis nws yog qhov xwm txheej ceev, thiab yog tias nws yog qhov xwm txheej ceev nws zoo dua yog qhov phem! Lwm lub ntiaj teb xav tias peb tab tom npaj los tawm tsam los ntawm qhov chaw ... uas yog qhov tseeb tias koj tab tom npaj qab kuv nraub qaum! "
    
  "Kuv tsis zais dab tsi los ntawm leej twg, tus tswv," Cannon tawm tsam. "Yog tsis muaj kev txiav txim rau qhov tsis sib xws, kuv tau tsim lub dav hlau ntawm kuv tus kheej kev txiav txim siab nrog kev txiav txim nruj uas tsis muaj leej twg yuav tsum hla txhua lub dav hlau huab cua. Nov yog kuv qhov kev txiav txim siab dav dav los ntawm Secretary of Defense. Cov lus qhia no tau ua raws li tsab ntawv. "
    
  "Zoo, kuv thim koj txoj cai, General," Thawj Tswj Hwm hais. "Txij li no mus, txhua qhov kev txav ntawm ib lub dav hlau yuav xav tau kuv kev tso cai ua ntej ua tiav. Kuv puas qhia kuv tus kheej meej, General? Koj zoo dua tsis txhob xa tus nas mus rau qhov chaw yam tsis tau tso cai!"
    
  "Kuv nkag siab, tus tswv," Cannon hais tias, "tab sis kuv tsis pom zoo rau txoj haujlwm no."
    
  "Txog? Vim li cas ho tsis?"
    
  "Tus Tswv, kev tswj hwm qib no ntawm kev tswj hwm cov cuab yeej tub rog yog qhov txaus ntshai thiab khib nyiab, tab sis nws tseem ceeb dua rau qhov chaw tso tawm," Cannon tau hais. "Cov tub rog xav tau ib tus thawj coj kom ua haujlwm tau zoo, thiab qhov ntawd yuav tsum yog tus thawj coj ua yeeb yam nrog kev nkag mus rau cov ntaub ntawv tam sim thiab tas li ntawm thaj teb. Cov dav hlau dav hlau thiab tag nrho peb qhov chaw tso tawm yog tsim los rau qhov siab tshaj plaws thiab hloov tau yooj yim, thiab thaum muaj xwm txheej ceev lawv yuav plam ob qho tib si yog tias lub zog kawg tseem nyob nrog Washington. Kuv pom zoo kom tawm tsam kev ua haujlwm ntawm cov tshuab no. Yog tias koj tsis txaus siab rau kuv qhov kev txiav txim siab, tus tswv, cia kuv ceeb toom rau koj tias koj tuaj yeem tua kuv thiab xaiv lwm tus thawj coj ua yeeb yam los tswj lub dav hlau thiab lwm lub tshuab tso tawm. "
    
  "Kuv paub zoo txog kuv txoj cai, General," Gardner tau hais. "Kuv qhov kev txiav txim siab sawv."
    
  "Yog lawm, sir."
    
  "Yog li, leej twg lub ntuj raug txim nyob ntawm lub dav hlau no, thiab vim li cas kuv tsis tau qhia txog lub luag haujlwm no?"
    
  "Tus Tswv, nrog rau ob tus tswvcuab ntawm cov neeg tsav dav hlau, peb tus tswvcuab ntawm General McLanahan Lub Chaw Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Kev Ua Haujlwm hauv av tau nyob hauv lub dav hlau," Cannon teb tsis muaj suab nrov.
    
  "McLanahan? Kuv yuav tsum tau paub," spat tus Thawj Tswj Hwm. "Tus txiv neej no yog lub ntsiab lus ntawm lub phom loj! Nws ua li cas? Vim li cas nws thiaj xav tso lub dav hlau ntawd?
    
  "Lawv tau nyob ua ntej nyob rau hauv lub orbit tseem tos kev pom zoo ntawm kev tshawb nrhiav thiab kev cuam tshuam lub luag haujlwm hauv Iran."
    
  "'Pre-positioned'? Koj txhais tau tias koj xa lub dav hlau dav hlau thiab peb commandos hla Iran yam tsis tau tso cai? Nyob ntawm koj ib leeg xwb?"
    
  Cannon tau hais tias "Kuv muaj txoj cai rau preposition thiab xa cov tub rog nyob txhua qhov chaw hauv ntiaj teb los txhawb nqa kuv cov lus txib sawv thiab ua cov haujlwm ntawm kuv cov lus txib," Cannon hais tias chim heev. "Spaceplanes tau raug txiav txim tshwj xeeb kom tsis txhob nkag mus rau hauv lub dav hlau txawv teb chaws yam tsis tau tso cai, thiab lawv tau ua raws li qhov kev txiav txim no. Yog tias lawv tsis tau txais kev tso cai los txuas ntxiv nrog lawv txoj kev npaj, lawv yuav raug yuam kom rov qab mus rau hauv paus. "
    
  "Dab tsi tsis muaj tseeb yog tag nrho qhov no, dav dav? Qhov no yog lub dav hlau dav hlau uas peb tab tom tham txog - thauj khoom nrog McLanahan cov tub rog tub rog, kuv xav tias, puas yog?
    
  "Qhov no tsis yog bullshit, tus tswv - qhov no yog li cas cov lus txib no thiab txhua qhov kev ua yeeb yam loj feem ntau ua haujlwm," Cannon hais tias, tawm tsam kom nws npau taws thiab ntxhov siab. Gardner yog ib tug qub tub ceev xwm ntawm Navy thiab Secretary of Defense, rau Vajtswv lub hom phiaj - nws paub tias zoo dua lwm tus ...! "Raws li koj paub, tus tswv, kuv hais kom prepositioning thiab xa tawm ntau txhiab tus txiv neej thiab poj niam thoob ntiaj teb txhua hnub, ob qho tib si hauv kev txhawb nqa kev ua haujlwm niaj hnub niaj hnub thiab npaj rau txoj haujlwm kub ntxhov. Lawv txhua tus ua haujlwm nyob rau hauv lub moj khaum ntawm kev txiav txim sawv cev, cov lus qhuab qhia txheej txheem, thiab kev txwv kev cai lij choj. Lawv yuav tsis thim rov qab ib qho iota kom txog rau thaum kuv muab ib qho kev txiav txim ncaj qha rau kev txiav txim, thiab qhov kev txiav txim yuav tsis muab kom txog thaum kuv tau txais kev mus tom ntej los ntawm lub teb chaws hais kom ua - los ntawm koj los yog tus Secretary of Defense. Nws tsis muaj teeb meem txawm tias peb tab tom tham txog ib lub dav hlau dav hlau thiab tsib tus neeg ua haujlwm lossis pab pawg dav hlau sib ntaus sib tua nrog nees nkaum lub nkoj, xya caum lub dav hlau thiab kaum txhiab tus neeg ua haujlwm. "
    
  "Koj zoo li ntseeg tias lub dav hlau dav hlau tsuas yog lub dav hlau me me uas yooj yim cua tshuab ua si uas tsis muaj leej twg ceeb toom lossis xav txog, General," Thawj Tswj Hwm tau hais. "Koj yuav xav tias nws yog ib qho chaw uas xa lub dav hlau hla Iran lossis ib pab pawg neeg tsav dav hlau sib ntaus sib tua tawm ntawm ib tus neeg ntug hiav txwv, tab sis kuv paub tseeb tias koj, tag nrho lub ntiaj teb ntshai tsam lawv tuag. Kev tsov rog pib nrog ntau lub zog me me. Obviously, koj tus cwj pwm ntawm riam phom systems raws li koj cov lus txib yuav tsum hloov, General, thiab kuv txhais tau tias tam sim no. " Cannon tsis tau txais lus teb. "Cov tswv cuab twg ntawm McLanahan lub zog sib ntaus sib tua nyob hauv nkoj?"
    
  "Ob tug Tin Woodmen thiab ib tug los ntawm CID, tus tswv."
    
  "Au kuv tus Vajtswv... Qhov no tsis yog pab neeg tshawb nrhiav, qhov no yog pab pawg tawm tsam! Lawv tuaj yeem nqa tag nrho lub tuam txhab infantry! Koj xav li cas, General? Koj puas xav tias McLanahan yuav ya tag nrho txoj kev no nrog lub hwj chim thiab tsis siv lawv? Dab tsi yog McLanahan cov neeg hlau yuav ua hauv Iran?"
    
  Cannon tau hais tias "Sensors pom qhov txawv txav thiab tsis txaus ntseeg ntawm lub hauv paus huab cua nyob deb ntawm txoj kev loj nyob rau sab hnub tuaj Iran uas yav dhau los siv los ntawm Iranian Revolutionary Guard," Cannon tau hais. "General McLanahan ntseeg tias lub hauv paus tau rov qhib dua los ntawm Iranians lossis cov neeg Lavxias. Nws cov duab satellite tsis tuaj yeem muab nws cov duab muaj tseeb txaus los hais kom paub meej, yog li nws tau thov kom xa peb tus txiv neej pab pawg los tshuaj xyuas thiab, yog tias tsim nyog, rhuav tshem lub hauv paus. "
    
  "Ua puas lub hauv paus?" thundered Thawj Tswj Hwm, npau taws pov lub xov tooj rau hauv nws lub xib teg qhib. "Au kuv tus Vajtswv, nws tso cai rau McLanahan xa ib lub dav hlau tub rog hla Iran los rhuav tshem lub hauv paus tub rog thiab kuv tsis paub txog nws? Nws puas zoo? Nws tuav lub xov tooj: "Thiab thaum twg koj yuav qhia rau lwm tus txog McLanahan txoj kev npaj me me, General - tom qab Tsov Rog Ntiaj Teb Zaum IV pib?"
    
  "McLanahan txoj kev npaj tau tshaj tawm rau peb ntawm no ntawm Strategic Command, thiab kuv cov neeg ua haujlwm ua haujlwm tau tshuaj xyuas nws thiab yuav pom zoo rau Tus Tuav Ntaub Ntawv Tiv Thaiv," Cannon teb. "Peb yuav tsum txiav txim siab thaum twg los tau."
    
  "Kuv yuav txiav txim siab rau koj tam sim no, General: Kuv xav kom lub dav hlau no tsaws ntawm lawv lub tsev sai li sai tau," Thawj Tswj Hwm tau hais. "Koj nkag siab kuv? Kuv tsis xav kom cov commandos deployed los yog lub dav hlau qhov chaw tsaws nyob qhov twg tab sis Nevada los yog nyob qhov twg lub ntuj raug txim los ntawm tshwj tsis yog nws yog ib tug muaj sia nyob los yog kev tuag xwm txheej. Thiab kuv tsis xav tau dab tsi launching, ejecting, los yog lwm yam tawm hauv lub spacecraft uas yuav txhais tau tias yog ib tug nres rau leej twg ... tsis muaj dab tsi. Kuv puas ua rau kuv tus kheej paub meej, General Cannon?
    
  "Yog lawm, sir."
    
  "Thiab yog tias lub dav hlau no hla ib thaj tsam ntawm kev nom kev tswv nyob txhua qhov chaw ntawm lub ntiaj teb nyob rau hauv qhov kev txwv qhov siab rau caum mais, koj yuav poob koj lub hnub qub, General Cannon ... tag nrho cov ntawm lawv!" Thawj Tswj Hwm txuas ntxiv mus. "Koj tau tshaj koj txoj cai, General, thiab kuv paub tseeb tias ntuj txiag teb tsaus vam tias kuv tsis tas yuav siv sijhawm ntxiv ntawm kuv thawj lub sijhawm hauv chaw ua haujlwm piav qhia, kho, thiab thov txim rau qhov tsis ua haujlwm loj no. Tam sim no mus ua haujlwm. "
    
  Thawj Tswj Hwm tau dai lub xov tooj, ces muab nws lub rooj, seething nrog npau taws. Tom qab ob peb lub vib nas this ntawm nws tus kheej, nws hais tias, "Kuv xav kom rab phom tawm mus."
    
  "Tus Tswv, technically nws muaj txoj cai txav nws cov cuab tam nyob txhua qhov chaw thaum ua haujlwm niaj hnub," Tus Kws Pab Tswv Yim Saib Xyuas Kev Ruaj Ntseg Hauv Tebchaws Carlisle tau hais. "Nws tsis xav tau kev tso cai los ntawm Lub Chaw Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Kev Tiv Thaiv Hauv Tebchaws - los ntawm koj lossis Tus Tuav Ntaub Ntawv Tiv Thaiv - rau kev ua haujlwm txhua hnub."
    
  "Tab sis peb feem ntau qhia rau cov neeg Lavxias ua ntej peb txav cov riam phom uas tuaj yeem ua yuam kev rau kev tawm tsam, puas yog?"
    
  Carlisle tau hais tias "Yog lawm, tus tswv, qhov ntawd yog ib qho kev ceev faj tsim nyog," Carlisle hais. "Tab sis yog tias tus thawj coj ua yeeb yam xav tau los tso nws cov peev txheej hauv kev npaj rau lub luag haujlwm tiag tiag, peb tsis tas yuav hais dab tsi rau cov neeg Lavxias. Peb tsis tas yuav dag rau lawv thiab qhia lawv tias nws yog kev cob qhia lub luag haujlwm lossis lwm yam zoo li ntawd. "
    
  "Ib feem ntawm qhov teeb meem nrog cov dav hlau no, Conrad, yog tias lawv mus nrawm dhau," Tus Thawj Saib Xyuas Haujlwm Cordus tau hais. "Txawm hais tias nws yog txoj haujlwm zoo tib yam, lawv tau tawg mus thoob plaws ntiaj teb hauv ib lub qhov muag. Peb yuav tsum tau txais kev tswj xyuas nruj dua ntawm cov neeg no. "
    
  "Yog tias Cannon ua rau qee yam, qee yam tseem ceeb, nws yuav tsum tau hais rau kuv lossis Turner ua ntej tso lub dav hlau no," tus thawj tswj hwm tau hais. "Walter yog lawm: cov dav hlau no nrawm dhau thiab txaus ntshai dhau los yooj yim tshaj tawm lawv txhua lub sijhawm, txawm tias muaj kev thaj yeeb nyab xeeb, tsis muaj teeb meem, lub luag haujlwm niaj hnub - uas qhov no yeej tsis yog. Tab sis kuv xav tias kuv tau qhia meej rau txhua tus tias kuv tsis xav kom dav hlau mus nce toj tshwj tsis yog tias muaj xwm txheej kub ntxhov lossis ua tsov rog. Kuv puas yog yuam kev rau qhov no?"
    
  "Tsis yog, tus tswv, tab sis pom tau tias General Cannon xav tias nws yog ib qho tseem ceeb heev vim nws ua sai heev. Nws-"
    
  "Nws tsis muaj teeb meem," tus thawj tswj hwm hais. "Cov neeg Lavxias tau pom nws thiab kuv paub tseeb tias lawv tau tshaj xov tooj cua Iranians, Turkmens thiab ib nrab ntawm cov neeg soj xyuas hauv Middle East kom saib xyuas kev sib ntaus sib tua rog. Kev hais kwv txhiaj ua tsis tau tiav. Cov neeg Lavxias yuav vwm, thiab United Nations, peb cov phoojywg, xov xwm, thiab cov neeg Amelikas thaum lawv hnov txog nws - "
    
  "Nws yuav tshwm sim ib feeb twg," Cordus hais ntxiv, "vim peb paub tias Zevitin tab tom khiav thiab xa nws cov ntaub ntawv mus rau European xov xwm, uas yog mob siab rau cem peb txog qhov tsis tseem ceeb tshaj plaws. Rau tej yam loj no, lawv yuav muaj hnub zoo. Lawv yuav ci peb ciaj sia rau lub hli tom ntej. "
    
  "Tsuas yog thaum txhua yam pib maj mam poob qis," tus thawj tswj hwm hais tias qaug zog, teeb tsa lwm tus luam yeeb, "Canon, Backman thiab tshwj xeeb tshaj yog McLanahan tau tswj hwm kom rov ua dua."
    
  "Lub dav hlau yuav nyob hauv av ua ntej cov xov xwm tuaj yeem tham txog nws, Joe," tus thawj coj ntawm cov neeg ua haujlwm tau hais tias, "thiab peb tsuas yog yuav tsis lees paub lossis tsis lees paub ib qho ntawm Lavxias. Qhov no yuav ploj mus sai sai. "
    
  "Nws yuav zoo dua," Gardner hais. "Tab sis nyob rau hauv rooj plaub no, Conrad, kuv xav kom lub dav hlau mus rau hauv av kom txog thaum muaj kev ceeb toom ntxiv. Kuv xav kom lawv txhua tus nyob hauv qhov chaw. Tsis muaj kev cob qhia, tsis muaj lub npe hu ua missions, tsis muaj dab tsi. " Nws ntsia ib ncig ntawm chav tsev thiab, tsa nws lub suab txaus los qhia nws txoj kev ntxhov siab thiab tso cai rau leej twg sab nraum chav hnov, nug hais tias, "Qhov no puas txaus rau txhua tus? Tsis muaj ntau txoj haujlwm tsis raug tso cai! Lawv nyob hauv av thiab qhov ntawd yog nws!" Muaj raws li ib tug hu nkauj muffled "Yog, Mr. Thawj Tswj Hwm" teb.
    
  "Nrhiav raws nraim thaum lub dav hlau no yuav nyob hauv av yog li kuv tuaj yeem ceeb toom Zevitin ua ntej leej twg foob nws lossis tua nws lub nroog Yeiuxalees," tus thawj tswj hwm hais ntxiv. "Thiab nrhiav tawm ntawm cov ntaub ntawv ya davhlau thaum McLanahan tuaj yeem tawm ntawm qhov chaw nres tsheb no thiab rov qab mus rau lub ntiaj teb yog li kuv tuaj yeem tua nws lub nroog Yeiuxalees." Nws nqa ib tug sib sib zog nqus luag los ntawm nws luam yeeb, stubbed nws tawm, ces mus txog rau nws lub khob kas fes khoob. "Thiab thaum koj tawm mus, hais kom tus neeg saib xyuas lub dav hlau coj kuv ib yam dab tsi kub."
    
    
  Tshooj 6
    
    
  Nws yog ib qho nyuaj rau kov yeej koj passions thiab tsis yooj yim sua kom txaus siab rau lawv.
    
    - MARGUERITE DE LA SABLIÈRE
    
    
    
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    LUB SIJ HAWM
    
    
  "Ob feeb kom txog thaum rov pib dua, cov neeg coob," Major Jim Terranova tshaj tawm. "Lub countdown tau pib. Thawj tsis siv neeg tuav countdown tom qab ib feeb. Qhia rau kuv paub thaum koj daim ntawv teev npe tiav. "
    
  "S-Ib, Kuv nkag siab," Macomber teb.
    
  "Koj zoo li cas, Zipper?" - Nug Terranova.
    
  "Ua tsaug ntau rau cov pa huv si, me ntsis kev xav, kev tso tseg cov ntawv txheeb xyuas hluav taws xob, thiab lub siab ua haujlwm tsis tu ncua ntawm kev ua cov ntawv txheeb xyuas ntau dua, kuv zoo nkauj heev," Macomber teb. "Kuv xav tias qhov no muaj Windows."
    
  "Kuv yuav muab tso rau hauv daim ntawv teev npe thoob, tab sis tsis txhob suav rau nws sai sai no."
    
  "Qhov ntawd zoo nkauj heev, cov txiv neej," Frenchy Moulin hais. "Qhov no yog kuv lub kaum ib ya mus rau hauv orbit, thiab kuv yeej tsis nkees ntawm nws."
    
  "Nws zoo li zoo ib yam tom qab thawj zaug," Chris Wall yws yws. "Kuv tau mus rau qhov chaw nres tsheb peb zaug thiab nws tsuas yog xav tias zoo li koj tab tom sawv ntawm lub tsev TV siab tiag tiag thiab saib hauv qab."
    
  Moulin tau hais tias "Tsuas yog tus tub ceev xwm laus tuaj yeem txo qhov pom zoo li no," "Hais kom siv ob peb hmo ntawm qhov chaw nres tsheb, Bach. Nqa ntau daim npav cov ntaub ntawv rau koj lub koob yees duab. Nws zoo nkauj heev. Koj yuav pom koj tus kheej sawv ntawm txhua teev ntawm hmo ntuj thiab teem caij lub qhov rais rau hnub tom ntej tsuas yog mus thaij duab. "
    
  "Kuv tsis ntseeg nws heev," Macomber hais qhuav. Nws tau txais kev ceeb toom beep los ntawm nws lub kaus mom hlau. "Kuv tau txais lwm cov ntaub ntawv pov tseg los ntawm NIRTSats, txiv neej." NIRTSats, los yog Xav Tau Nws Qhov Thib Ob Lub satellites, yog me me "microsatellites," tsis loj dua lub tub yees, tsim los ua lub luag haujlwm tshwj xeeb, xws li kev soj ntsuam lossis kev sib txuas lus los ntawm lub ntiaj teb qis. Vim tias lawv me me, tsis tshua muaj zog rau lub tshuab tso tsheb hlau luam, thiab muaj kev tiv thaiv tsawg dua los ntawm lub hnub ci hluav taws xob, NIRTSAT satellites tseem nyob hauv orbit rau lub sijhawm luv luv, feem ntau tsawg dua ib hlis. Lawv tau tso tawm los ntawm lub dav hlau aboard orbital boosters los yog launched rau hauv orbit los ntawm Black Stallion spaceplanes. Ib lub hnub qub ntawm plaub mus rau rau rau rau NIRTSAT satellites tau raug xa mus rau hauv lub voj voog eccentric tsim los ua kom muaj kev tiv thaiv ntau tshaj plaws ntawm Iran, ua rau ntau qhov hla Tehran thiab cov tub rog tseem ceeb thoob plaws lub tebchaws txij li thaum tub rog tawm tsam pib. "Ua kom tiav koj cov ntawv txheeb xyuas thiab cia peb dhau los ntawm qee yam khoom tshiab ua ntej peb tau tsoo dua."
    
  Terranova tau hais tias "Kuv tsis xav tias peb yuav muaj sijhawm tshwj tsis yog tias peb ncua sijhawm peb nkag mus rau lwm qhov chaw," Terranova tau hais. "Koj yuav tsum saib cov ntaub ntawv tom qab peb tsaws."
    
  "Mloog, peb muaj sijhawm ... Peb yuav siv sijhawm, MC," Macomber hais. "Peb twb tau pib ua lub luag haujlwm no yam tsis muaj kev npaj ua haujlwm zoo, yog li peb yuav tsum tau tshuaj xyuas cov ntaub ntawv tshiab no tam sim ntawd."
    
  "Qhov no tsis yog lwm qhov kev sib cav," Moulin hais chim siab. "Saib, S-One, tsuas yog khiav koj cov ntawv txheeb xyuas thiab npaj rov nkag mus. Koj paub tias muaj dab tsi tshwm sim zaum kawg koj tsis tau saib xyuas lub davhlau: koj lub plab tau ceeb toom me ntsis rau koj. "
    
  "Kuv mam li npaj, SC," Macomber hais. "Cov neeg ua haujlwm hauv av, ua kom tiav koj daim ntawv teev npe, qhia ua tiav, thiab cia peb mus rau qhov tshiab cov ntaub ntawv pov tseg. S-One ua tiav. " Tsis ntev tom qab ntawd, Turlock thiab Phab ntsa tau tshaj tawm ua tiav, thiab Macomber tau tshaj tawm tias cov neeg caij tsheb tau npaj rov qab los. Moulin lees paub qhov kev hu xov tooj thiab, nkees ntawm kev sib cav nrog Zoomi dua ua ntej lub sijhawm tseem ceeb ntawm lub davhlau, tsis hais dab tsi ntxiv.
    
  Macomber ua tib zoo qhib cov ntaub ntawv xov tooj cua tshiab, siv lub suab hais kom siv lub suab nrawm dua tab sis kiv taub hau ntau qhov muag-targeting system, tso cai rau cov ntaub ntawv ntws los ntawm cov duab qub kom nws tuaj yeem pom kev hloov pauv hauv lub hom phiaj. Qhov nws tau txais yog qhov tsis meej pem ntawm cov duab. "Dab tsi yog ntuj raug txim ... nws zoo li cov ntaub ntawv tsis raug," nws hais dhau ntawm kev sib tham ntiag tug uas tso cai rau nws tham nrog cov neeg ua haujlwm hauv av yam tsis muaj kev cuam tshuam rau cov neeg caij dav hlau. "Tsis muaj dab tsi nyob hauv qhov chaw raug. Lawv yuav tsum raug xa rov qab. "
    
  "Tos ib leeg, tus tswv," said Vol. "Kuv saib cov duab hauv computer hauv ob daim duab thiab lawv sib phim." Raws li Macomber to taub lawv - uas txhais tau hais tias nws tsis to taub yuav luag tsis muaj dab tsi txog lawv - cov thav ntawv yog cov cim hauv computer uas ua raws txhua daim duab kom paub, ruaj khov, uas tau them nyiaj rau qhov sib txawv ntawm daim duab qhov kev xav thiab axis thiab tso cai rau kev sib piv ntawm cov duab. "Kuv xav kom koj tsis txhob rho tawm cov ntaub ntawv tshiab tam sim no, tus tswv."
    
  "Ua sai sai. Kuv yuav rhuav tshem lub tsev hauv paus tawb." Macomber foom tsis zoo rau hauv nws lub kaus mom hlau, tom qab ntawd hloov mus rau kev ruaj ntseg satellite network: "Soundrel hu Chivkeeb. Rov xa cov duab TacSat tshiab kawg. Peb muaj cov thoob khib nyiab ntawm no. "
    
  "Tau npaj, neeg phem." Tus Tswv, kuv yeej ntxub lub npe hu no, Macomber yws rau nws tus kheej. Ob peb lub sij hawm tom qab: "Tus neeg phem, qhov no yog Chivkeeb, teem code Alpha cuaj, kuv rov hais dua, Alpha cuaj. Kuv lees paub. "
    
  "Dab tsi? Qhov no puas yog tus lej cuam tshuam?" Macomber thundered. "Puas yog lawv qhia peb tias peb yuav tsis tuaj?"
    
  Moulin hais tias, "Tau, S-One, kom txog thaum peb txheeb qhov no," Moulin snaps. "MS, koj puas tau lees paub?"
    
  "Kuv lees paub - Kuv nyuam qhuav tau txais nws," Terranova hais. "Lub luag haujlwm tau raug tshem tawm, cov neeg coob. Peb raug yuam kom nyob twj ywm hauv peb lub voj voog tam sim no kom txog thaum peb tau txais lub phiaj xwm dav hlau hloov mus rau lub voj voog hloov pauv uas yuav coj peb rov qab mus rau refuel thiab av sai li sai tau. Ncua tseg cov txheej txheem rov nkag mus ... "Leopards" raug tiv thaiv, daim ntawv tshuaj xyuas raug muab tso tseg.
    
  Macomber slammed nws lub nrig rau hauv nws txhais caj npab thiab tu siab tam sim ntawd - nws zoo nkaus li nws tau xuas lub phab ntsa hlau. "Lub ntuj raug txim mus li cas? Vim li cas peb tsis tau txais kev tso cai? Qhov no yog bullshit - "
    
  "Soundrel, qhov no yog Chivkeeb." Lub sijhawm no nws yog David Luger nws tus kheej, hu los ntawm thaj chaw tswj hwm ntawm HAWC. "Cov ntaub ntawv pov tseg no siv tau, Scoundrel, Kuv rov hais dua, siv tau. Peb tab tom saib mus rau hauv, tab sis nws zoo li nws kub hauv thaj chaw tsaws. "
    
  "Zoo, yog vim li cas peb mus rau ntawd, puas yog, Chivkeeb?" - nug Macomber. "Cia li mus rau hauv thiab peb yuav saib xyuas kev lag luam."
    
  Luger tau hais tias "Koj lub luag haujlwm raug tshem tawm los ntawm Tsev Dawb, Zipper, tsis yog los ntawm peb," Luger hais tias, qhov kev ntxhov siab hauv nws lub suab pom tseeb. "Lawv xav kom koj los tsev tam sim ntawd. Tam sim no peb tab tom xam lub sijhawm rov qab los. Zoo li koj yuav tsum nyob twj ywm tsawg kawg ib hnub ua ntej peb tuaj yeem ua tau - "
    
  "Ib hnub ntxiv! Koj yuav tsum tau luag kuv!"
    
  "Tau npaj txhij, neeg phem, npaj txhij-"
    
  Muaj ib lub sijhawm ncua, ua raws los ntawm ntau qhov cryptic clicks thiab chattering suab ntawm qhov zaus; Tom qab ntawd lwm lub suab hu ua, "Scoundrel, stallion, nws yog Odin." Nws yog los ntawm McLanahan, los ntawm Armstrong chaw nres tsheb. "Reconnaissance satellites tab tom khaws lub zog Is Nrias teb-Juliet radar teeb liab los ntawm koj lub hom phiaj. Zoo li kev tshawb nrhiav radar ntev. Peb tab tom soj ntsuam tam sim no. "
    
  "Radar, huh?" Macomber tawm tswv yim. Nws pib kawm cov duab NIRTSat tshiab dua. Tseeb txaus, nws yog tib lub airbase ntawm Soltanabad Txoj Kev Loj ... tab sis tam sim no tag nrho cov craters tau ploj mus thiab ntau lub tsheb thauj mus los, pab tub rog thiab cov tsheb thauj khoom, nyoob hoom qav taub thiab lub dav hlau ruaj khov loj tau nres ntawm qhov chaw. "Zoo li koj hais yog lawm, Odin. Cov bastards no ua teeb meem dua. "
    
  "Mloog kuv, cov txiv neej," McLanahan hais tias, thiab lub suab ntawm nws lub suab, txawm tias dhau ntawm qhov sib txuas ntawm lub xov tooj cua encrypted, tau pom meej meej heev. "Kuv tsis nyiam qhov nws tsw. Koj yuav muaj kev nyab xeeb dua yog tias koj deorbited, tab sis koj raug yuam kom rov qab mus rau hauv paus, yog li peb yuav tsum khaws koj nyob ntawd. "
    
  "Qhov teeb meem yog dab tsi, tus tswv?" - nug Moulin. "Puas muaj ib yam dab tsi koj tsis qhia peb?"
    
  "Koj hla lub hom phiaj qab ntug hauv kaum ib feeb. Peb tab tom sim xyuas seb peb puas muaj sijhawm txaus los coj koj tawm ntawm lub ntiaj teb thiab tsaws koj hauv Central Asia lossis Caucasus es tsis txhob ya hla Soltanabad. "
    
  "Central Asia! Koj puas xav kom peb tsaws qhov twg...?"
    
  "Nias nws, bang!" - Moulin qw. "Dab tsi tshwm sim, Odin? Koj xav tias yog dab tsi nyob rau hauv?
    
  Muaj kev ncua ntev; McLanahan tom qab ntawd teb yooj yim, "Stallion One-One."
    
  Nws tsis tuaj yeem muab lus teb ntau dua. Stallion tus naj npawb ib yog tus dub stallion XR-A9, uas tau raug tua hla Iran thaum ntxov ntawm kev ua tub rog, thaum Tub Rog Tub Rog tab tom tua thiab rhuav tshem Iranian mobile nruab nrab- thiab ntev-ntev missiles uas hem tsis yog lub anti-theocratic rebels, tab sis kuj tag nrho ntawm Iran cov neeg nyob ze. Lub dav hlau tau raug tua tsis yog los ntawm lub foob pob hluav taws saum npoo av lossis lub dav hlau sib ntaus sib tua, tab sis los ntawm lub laser muaj zog heev, zoo ib yam li Kwaznya anti-satellite laser tsim los ntawm Soviet Union ntau tshaj ob xyoo dhau los ... uas tshwm sim tsis tau. tshaj Russia, tab sis nyob rau hauv Iran.
    
  "Peb yuav ua li cas, tus tswv?" Moulin nug, ntshai tshwm sim hauv nws lub suab. "Koj xav kom peb ua dab tsi?"
    
    
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  "Peb tab tom ua haujlwm rau nws," Patrick hais los ntawm Armstrong chaw nres tsheb. "Peb tab tom sim saib seb peb tuaj yeem pib tsaws tam sim no kom nyob tsis deb ntawm qhov pom lossis tsawg kawg ntawm radar ntau yam."
    
  "Peb tuaj yeem txhais tam sim no thiab npaj," Terranova hais.
    
  "Ua nws," Patrick hais tam sim ntawd. Tom qab ntawd nws hais tias, "Tus Tub Ceev Xwm, tso kuv mus rau Thawj Tswj Hwm ntawm Tebchaws Meskas, tam sim ntawd."
    
  "Yog lawm, General McLanahan," teb lub computer-synthesized poj niam lub suab ntawm virtual "Tus Tub Ceev Xwm" ntawm Dreamland. Ib pliag tom qab ntawd: "General McLanahan, koj txoj kev hu tau raug xa mus rau Tus Tuav Ntaub Ntawv Tiv Thaiv. Thov npaj"
    
  "Kuv xav tham nrog Thawj Tswj Hwm ntawm Tebchaws Meskas. Qhov no yog qhov ceev ".
    
  "Yog lawm, General McLanahan. Thov npaj txhij." Lwm lub sijhawm ntev tom qab: "General McLanahan, koj qhov kev thov 'ceev' tau raug xa mus rau Thawj Tswj Hwm Tus Thawj Coj. Thov npaj"
    
  Tej zaum nws yuav yog qhov zoo tshaj plaws uas nws yuav ua, Patrick xav, yog li nws tsis rov coj tus tub ceev xwm dua. "Qhia rau tus thawj coj saib xyuas tias qhov no yog qhov xwm txheej ceev."
    
  "Qhov kev thov 'ceev' tau hloov kho mus rau qhov kev thov 'ceev xwm ceev', General. Thov npaj"
    
  Lub sijhawm dhau mus, Patrick xav. Nws tau xav txog tsuas yog hais kom cov neeg coob ntawm Black Stallion tshaj tawm qhov xwm txheej ceev hauv lub davhlau - muaj ntau ntau qhov kev tsis sib haum xeeb ntawm txhua lub davhlau uas tuaj yeem ua rau muaj xwm txheej ceev yam tsis muaj crap - tab sis nws xav tau kom paub tseeb tias Stallion muaj qhov chaw tsaws, ua ntej kom lawv mus deorbit.
    
  "Qhov no yog Tus Thawj Coj ntawm Cov Neeg Ua Haujlwm Cordus."
    
  "Mr. Cordus, qhov no yog General McLanahan. kuv-"
    
  "Kuv tsis nyiam nws thaum koj cov neeg ua haujlwm hauv computer hu kuv, General, thiab tsis yog Thawj Tswj Hwm. Yog tias koj xav tham nrog Thawj Tswj Hwm, muaj lub siab nyiam thiab ua koj tus kheej. "
    
  "Yog lawm, sir. Kuv nyob ntawm Armstrong chaw nres tsheb thiab kuv ...
    
  "Kuv paub tias koj nyob qhov twg, General - kuv cov neeg ua haujlwm tau saib qhov kev tshaj tawm nyob nrog kev txaus siab mus txog thaum koj cuam tshuam nws," Cordus hais. "Thaum peb tso cai rau koj rau kev xam phaj nyob, peb cia siab tias koj yuav ua tiav. Koj puas tuaj yeem qhia kuv tias vim li cas koj txiav nws?
    
  "Kuv ntseeg tias cov neeg Lavxias tau tso qee yam riam phom tiv thaiv missile, tej zaum yuav yog tib lub laser uas tau tua tus Dub Stallion hla Iran xyoo tas los, ntawm ib qho chaw dav hlau cais ntawm txoj kev loj hauv Iran uas ib zaug siv los ntawm Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. ", - Patrick teb. "Peb cov sensors kuaj pom cov haujlwm tshiab ntawm lub hauv paus thiab ceeb toom peb. Tam sim no peb lub dav hlau tsis muaj neeg saib xyuas tau khaws cov teeb liab radar muaj zog heev los ntawm tib qhov chaw, uas zoo ib yam nrog kev tiv thaiv lub dav hlau laser nrhiav thiab taug qab qhov system. Kuv ntseeg tias cov neeg Lavxias yuav tawm tsam peb lub dav hlau Dub Stallion yog tias nws hla peb thaum tseem nyob hauv lub ntiaj teb, thiab kuv xav tau kev tso cai tshem lub dav hlau tawm ntawm lub ntiaj teb thiab hloov nws ntawm thaj chaw lub hom phiaj. "
    
  "Koj puas muaj pov thawj zoo uas cov neeg Lavxias nyob tom qab qhov no? Koj paub li ntawd li cas?"
    
  "Peb muaj satellite duab qhia tias lub hauv paus yog tam sim no ua haujlwm tag nrho, nrog rau cov dav hlau, tsheb thauj khoom thiab cov tsheb uas zoo ib yam li cov tsheb uas peb pom hauv Iran, qhov chaw peb ntseeg tias lub laser uas tua Black Stallion raug rho tawm haujlwm los ntawm." Radar signals paub meej tias qhov no. Sir, Kuv xav tau kev tso cai hloov lub davhlau tam sim ntawd. Peb tuaj yeem tau txais nws mus rau deorbit thiab maneuver ntau li ntau tau siv tag nrho tab sis thaum muaj xwm txheej ceev kom txog thaum nws mus txog qhov chaw, thiab tom qab ntawd peb tuaj yeem ya tawm ntawm lub hom phiaj mus rau lwm qhov chaw tsaws. "
    
  "Tus Thawj Kav Tebchaws twb tau hais kom koj tsaws lub dav hlau rov qab mus rau Tebchaws Meskas ntawm nws lub tsev, General. Koj tsis tau luam daim ntawv xaj no?
    
  "Kuv tau ua, tus tswv, tab sis ua raws li qhov kev txiav txim no txhais tau tias ya lub dav hlau hla lub hom phiaj lub hauv paus, thiab kuv ntseeg tias nws yuav raug tawm tsam yog tias peb ua li ntawd. Tib txoj kev uas peb tuaj yeem tiv thaiv cov neeg coob tam sim no yog nqa lub dav hlau tawm ntawm lub ntiaj teb, kom nws qis li ua tau saum lub qab ntug mus txog thaum peb tuaj yeem ...
    
  "General, Kuv tsis nkag siab ib lo lus ntawm qhov koj nyuam qhuav hais," Cordus hais. "Txhua yam kuv nkag siab yog tias koj muaj lub siab xav tias koj lub dav hlau muaj kev phom sij, thiab koj tab tom thov kom Thawj Tswj Hwm tshem tawm qhov kev txiav txim uas nws nyuam qhuav muab. Qhov no puas yog?"
    
  "Yog lawm, tus tswv, tab sis kuv yuav tsum hais txog qhov txaus ntshai heev-"
    
  "Kuv tau txais qhov ntawd nrov thiab meej, General McLanahan," Cordus hais tias, kev khaus khaus tshwm sim hauv nws lub suab. "Yog tias koj pib nqis los ntawm lub dav hlau, koj puas yuav ua txhaum rau leej twg lub dav hlau, thiab yog tias muaj, leej twg?"
    
  "Kuv tsis paub meej, tus tswv, tab sis kuv xav hais tias lub teb chaws ntawm Eastern Europe, Middle East -"
    
  "Russia?"
    
  "Tej zaum, tus tswv. Far West ntawm Russia. "
    
  "Moscow?" - Kuv nug.
    
  Patrick nres, thiab thaum nws ua li ntawd, nws hnov Tus Thawj Tub Ceev Xwm hais qee yam hauv qab nws ua pa. "Kuv tsis paub yog tias nws yuav qis dua rau caum-rau-mais txwv, tus tswv, tab sis nyob ntawm seb yuav ua li cas sai thiab ua tiav peb maneuver-"
    
  "Kuv yuav txiav txim siab qhov no yog qhov kev pom zoo. Zoo meej, tsuas yog zoo meej. Koj lub dav hlau dav hlau tawm ntawm lub ntiaj teb ncaj qha hla lub nroog Lavxias paub tseeb tias ntuj txiag teb tsaus yuav zoo li ICBM nres, puas yog? Nws tsis tos kom teb. "Qhov no yog qhov xwm txheej npau suav phem uas tus thawj tswj hwm ntshai. Nws yuav rhais koj caj pas tawm, McLanahan. " Nws nres ib pliag; ces: "Tus Thawj Tswj Hwm yuav tsum txiav txim siab ntev npaum li cas, General?"
    
  "Tsuas tsib feeb, tus tswv."
    
  "Rau qhov Vajtswv, McLanahan! Tsib feeb? Txhua yam nyob hauv kev kub ntxhov! " - Cordus qw. "Tab sis kev npaj tsis zoo ntawm koj feem tsis yog qhov xwm txheej kub ntxhov ntawm peb!"
    
  "Lub neej tej zaum yuav muaj feem cuam tshuam, tus tswv."
    
  "Kuv paub zoo txog qhov no, General!" Cordus sawv tsis tau. "Tab sis yog tias koj tau thab tos thiab tau txais txoj kev pom zoo los ntawm Tsev Dawb thiab Pentagon ua ntej tso lub dav hlau, tsis muaj qhov no yuav tshwm sim!" Nws yws lwm yam hauv qab nws ua tsis taus pa; tom qab ntawd: "Kuv yuav xa daim ntawv thov tam sim no mus rau Thawj Tswj Hwm. Nyob rau lub sijhawm no, nyob ntawm txoj kab, vim tias koj yuav tsum tau piav qhia tag nrho cov no rau National Security Adviser kom nws thiaj li qhia tau zoo rau Thawj Tswj Hwm, vim kuv tsis ntseeg tias koj muaj peev xwm piav qhia qhov no rau nws kom meej txaus. ua rau nws zoo siab - lossis nws tseem yuav mloog koj yog tias koj sim. Npaj txhij ".
    
    
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  "Pab neeg, nco ntsoov, peb tab tom ua y-kev txhais lus hauv kev npaj rau deorbiting. Npaj txhij." Siv nws cov khoom siv ntau yam thiab kev txawj tsav tsheb, Moulin tau siv Black Stallion's hydrazine xyaw los tig lub dav hlau kom nws ya mus thawj. Lub maneuver yuav luag ob feeb - cov ntaub ntawv rau nws. Cov neeg ua haujlwm hauv cov neeg caij tsheb tau zoo ib yam nkaus, thiab txawm tias Macomber lub plab tsis yws. "Maneuver ua tiav, Chivkeeb. Thaum twg peb pib nqis? Thaum twg peb tuaj yeem tso 'leopards'?
    
  "Peb yuav tsum paub seb koj puas tuaj yeem ncav cuag qhov chaw tsaws nyab xeeb yog tias koj deorbit tam sim no," Dave Luger cuam tshuam. "Peb tseem tab tom nrhiav lub nkoj thauj khoom uas tuaj yeem rov qab tau koj yog tias koj tsis tuaj yeem mus rau lub tshav dav hlau tsim nyog thiab peb xav tau kev tso cai los ntawm Tsev Dawb kom tsaws koj hla ciam teb hauv tebchaws."
    
  "Koj xav tau dab tsi?" Macomber tawm tsam. "Koj xav tias cov neeg Lavxias yuav tua peb nrog lub laser fucking thiab koj xav tau kev tso cai kom coj peb lub ntuj raug txim tawm ntawm no?"
    
  Luger hais tias "Peb tab tom ua qhov kev suav, Loj - nqis mus rau hauv qhov no thiab cia peb ua peb txoj haujlwm," Luger tau hais nruj nreem, tsis zoo li raug hu los ntawm ib tug tub ceev xwm hauv cheeb tsam. Txawm li cas los xij, lub suab ntawm nws lub suab tau qhia meej tias nws kuj tsis zoo siab rau qhov xwm txheej tam sim no. "Tau npaj."
    
  "Ua nws, Frenchy," Macomber hais dhau ntawm intercom. "Cia peb lub ntuj raug txim tawm ntawm no."
    
  "Kuv ua tsis tau qhov no yam tsis tau kev tso cai, S-One."
    
  "Damn nws, koj ua tsis tau. Koj yog tus thawj coj ntawm lub dav hlau - koj tau hais meej meej rau kuv, nco ntsoov? Qhia qee yam ntawm koj lub zog thiab coj peb lub ntuj raug txim tawm ntawm no! "
    
  Moulin tau hais tias "Kuv tsis tuaj yeem pov peb tawm saum ntuj yam tsis paub tias peb yuav mus qhov twg thaum peb rov nkag mus rau hauv huab cua," Moulin hais. "Kuv yuav tsum paub tias peb yuav nyob qhov twg thaum peb rov pib dav hlau huab cua, qhov peb qhov zoo tshaj plaws yuav yog, qhov kev khiav peb yuav mus txog, qhov chaw zoo li cas, ntev npaum li cas txoj kev khiav yog, qhov xwm txheej nom tswv, kev nom kev tswv thiab kev ruaj ntseg yog dab tsi. -"
    
  "Rau Vajtswv lub homphiaj, Frenchie, tsis txhob nug cov lus nug thiab nias lub pob damn!" Macomber qw. "Tsis txhob tos qee tus neeg ua nom ua tswv los yoj nws txhais tes lossis muab tus ntiv tes rau peb - tsuas yog ua nws!"
    
  "Tau thiab npaj txhij, Macomber!" - Moulin qw. "Peb tsis tuaj yeem nres thiab tua lub cav. Cia li tuav koj tus nplaig, ua li cas?"
    
  Terranova tau tshaj tawm tias "Peb yuav hla lub qab ntug ntawm thaj chaw lub hom phiaj hauv kwv yees li ob feeb," Terranova tau tshaj tawm.
    
  Macomber hais tias "Peb tau tshaj tawm ntau qhov kev rov qab los, khaws cia thiab thaum muaj xwm txheej ceev hauv Eastern Europe, Is Nrias teb thiab Western Pacific," Macomber hais. "Peb paub tias peb muaj lwm txoj hauv kev. Tsuas yog tshaj tawm qhov xwm txheej ceev thiab tsaws rau ntawm ib qho ntawm lawv. "
    
  Terranova tau hais tias "Peb twb dhau feem ntau ntawm lub hauv paus xwm txheej muaj kev nyab xeeb," Terranova tau hais. "Cov chaw tsaws lwm qhov uas peb xaiv tau tsim los cuam tshuam nrog kev tsis ua haujlwm orbital, rov nkag lub cav tsis ua haujlwm, lossis lwm qhov chaw tsaws yog tias peb pib deorbiting tab sis tsis raug tshem tawm kom nkag mus rau hauv lub hom phiaj. Tam sim no peb tau dhau theem no. Yog tias peb tseem tsis tau deorbit, txoj kev npaj yuav ya hla thaj chaw lub hom phiaj, hloov lub orbits yog tias peb muaj roj txaus, lossis nyob hauv lub orbit kom txog thaum peb tuaj yeem rov qab mus rau hauv Dreamland. Peb tsis tuaj yeem tig ib lub dime rau lwm txoj kev. "
    
  Turlock tau hais tias "Yog li peb tau rub tawm," Turlock hais. "Peb yuav tsum ya hla lub hom phiaj tam sim ntawd."
    
  Terranova tau hais tias "Tsis tas li, tab sis ntev dua peb tos kom tso Leopards, qhov tsawg dua kev xaiv peb muaj," Terranova tau hais. "Peb ib txwm tuaj yeem siv ntau lub zog thiab nqis los sai dua los ntawm huab cua, sim ua kom qis li sai tau ntawm lub qab ntug, tom qab ntawd thaum peb rov qab los rau hauv huab cua, peb tuaj yeem siv cov roj seem uas muaj los ya tawm ntawm kev taug qab radar. "
    
  "Ces ua li ntawd!"
    
  Moulin tau hais tias "Yog tias peb siv tag nrho peb lub zog thiab tsis muaj roj txaus kom mus rau qhov chaw tsaws uas tsim nyog, peb raug ntsia hlau," Moulin hais. "Cov noog no glide me ntsis zoo dua li lub cib damn. Kuv yuav tsis tso tag nrho peb lub sijhawm yog tias peb tsis muaj txoj kev npaj! Dhau li ntawd, peb tsis paub txawm tias muaj Lavxias teb sab anti-satellite laser nyob ntawd. Tag nrho qhov no tuaj yeem yog qhov xwm txheej phem ntawm paranoia. "
    
  "Tom qab ntawd muaj lwm txoj kev xaiv ..."
    
  "Tsis muaj, MC."
    
  "Qhov kev xaiv kawg yog dab tsi?" - nug Macomber.
    
  "Peb tab tom tso cov neeg caij tsheb mus," Terranova hais.
    
  "Dab tsi?"
    
  "Tus neeg caij tsheb module yog tsim los ua nws tus kheej lander thiab lifeboat ..."
    
  Moulin hais tias "Kuv yuav tsis tso cov qauv tshwj tsis yog thaum muaj xwm txheej ceev," Moulin hais. "Tsis muaj teeb meem".
    
  "Tsis muaj txoj hauv kev uas peb tuaj yeem poob ntawm peb tus kheej!" Macomber quaj.
    
  "Tus qauv hais tias nws muaj peev xwm, txawm hais tias peb yeej tsis tau sim nws tiag tiag," Terranova hais. "Tus neeg caij tsheb module tau nruab nrog nws tus kheej cov tshuaj tiv thaiv kev tswj hwm, high-tech tshav kub tiv thaiv, zoo dua li studded parachutes thiab poob siab-absorbing hnab, ib puag ncig zoo zoo tiv thaiv system -"
    
  "Zoo nkauj tsis zoo txaus, MC-tus thawj coj tsis hnav ib qho armor," Chris Wall hais rau.
    
  "Nws yuav ua haujlwm, Master Sergeant."
    
  Moulin tau hais tias, "Kuv tsis cuam tshuam dab tsi hla, thiab qhov ntawd yog nws," Moulin cuam tshuam. "Qhov no tsuas yog qhov chaw kawg nkaus xwb. Kuv tsis txawm yuav xav txog nws kom txog thaum tag nrho cov kev ntshai no tshwm sim muaj tseeb. Tam sim no txhua tus kaw ib feeb. " Ntawm cov lus txib channel: "Chivkeeb, Odin, koj muaj dab tsi rau peb?"
    
  "Tsis muaj dab tsi," Patrick teb. "Kuv hais rau tus thawj coj thiab nws yuav mus tham nrog tus thawj tswj hwm. Kuv tab tom tos tham nrog Tus Secretary of Defense lossis National Security Advisor. Koj yuav tsum - "
    
  "Kuv tau nws!" Dave Luger tam sim ntawd cuam tshuam. "Yog tias peb deorbit tam sim no thiab siv max-G maneuvers kom qis qhov siab, peb yuav tsum muaj lub zog txaus los ya mus rau Baku ntawm ntug dej hiav txwv Caspian ntawm Azerbaijan. Yog tias tsis yog, koj tuaj yeem mus rau Neftchala, uas yog Azerbaijan ciam teb thiab chaw saib xyuas ntug dej hiav txwv. Qaib ntxhw thiab Tebchaws Meskas tab tom nthuav lawv txoj kev khiav mus rau qhov ntawd, thiab koj yuav muaj txoj kev khiav txaus los ua nws. Third option -"
    
  "Tau cov neeg caij tsheb mus rau hauv Hiav Txwv Caspian, tom qab ntawd tso cov Hairpin rau hauv Hiav Txwv Caspian lossis eject ua ntej ntaus dej , nyob ntawm seb peb tswj tau li cas," Moulin hais.
    
  Patrick tau hais tias "Tau npaj txhij, stud," Patrick hais tom qab ib ntus. "Chivkeeb, kuv tab tom kawm cov duab tshiab ntawm thaj chaw cuam tshuam thiab xaus lus tias cov tsheb thauj khoom thiab kev teeb tsa ntawm Soltanabad yuav luag zoo ib yam rau cov uas peb pom ntawm Kabudar Ahang hauv Iran. Kuv ntseeg tias cov neeg Lavxias tau teeb tsa lawv lub xov tooj cua tiv thaiv missile laser hauv Soltanabad. Koj puas tuaj yeem lees paub?
    
  "General, koj puas paub tseeb tias qhov kev hem thawj Lavxias no muaj tiag? Yog tias peb ua qhov no, yuav tsis muaj rov qab los. "
    
  "Tsis yog, kuv tsis paub meej txog qhov no," Patrick tau lees paub. "Tab sis cov cim qhia zoo ib yam li tus stallion One-One. Chivkeeb?"
    
  "Kuv tabtom kuaj ob zaug, Odin," Dave Luger hais. "Nco ntsoov, lawv tau cuam tshuam nrog kev teeb tsa ntawm Kabudar Ahang kom tshem tawm lub zog sib ntaus sib tua. Lawv tuaj yeem ua tau ib yam ntxiv dua. "
    
  Terranova hais tias "Peb yuav paub txog rau caum vib nas this, cov neeg coob," Terranova hais.
    
  "Peb tos tsis tau," Patrick thaum kawg hais. "Stallion, qhov no yog Odin, Kuv hais kom koj deorbit, nkag mus rau qhov profile ntawm qhov siab tshaj plaws thiab sim ua kom muaj xwm txheej ceev hauv Baku lossis Neftchala, Azerbaijan. Chivkeeb, rub tawm lub phiaj xwm dav hlau mus rau Dub Stallion thiab xyuas kom nws ua tiav. Koj hnov?"
    
  "Ib qho, kuv tau txais, tab sis koj puas paub qhov no?" - nug Moulin. "Nws tsis muaj teeb meem."
    
  "Cia li ua nws, Frenchie," Macomber hais. "Yog hais tias nws tsis yog thiab txhua yam mus tsis ncaj ncees lawm, peb tuaj yeem ua luam dej hauv hiav txwv Caspian nrog caviar. Loj heev. Tau muaj, ua li ntawd. Yog hais tias nws yog lawm, peb tseem yuav muaj sia nyob hauv ib teev. Ua li ".
    
  "Cov phiaj xwm dav hlau thauj khoom," Luger qhia. "Tos kom tiav."
    
  "Stallion, qhia rau kuv paub thaum koj ua cov txheej txheem deorbit."
    
  "Koj tos dab tsi, Frenchie?" Macomber qw. "Cia peb mus! Launch rockets!"
    
  Moulin tau hais tias "Kuv tsis xav tsoo rau hauv Hiav Txwv Caspian," Moulin hais. "Yog tias peb ua tsis tiav, peb yuav tsis muaj kev xaiv tsuas yog tso tseg-"
    
  "Dam nws, Frenchie, cia peb poob tam sim no!" Macomber qw. "Dab tsi tshwm sim rau koj?"
    
  "Kuv tsis ntseeg General McLanahan, yog vim li cas!" Moulin qw. "Kuv tsis ntseeg ib qho ntawm no!"
    
  Patrick hais tias, "Stallion, Kuv paub tseeb tias qhov no yog cuab ntxiab," Patrick hais. "Kuv xav tias peb tau dawm raws li Lavxias teb sab tiv thaiv missile laser qhov chaw hauv Iran. Yog tias koj tsis tau tawm ntawm qhov ntawd los ntawm txhua txoj kev ua tau, lawv cov laser yuav hlawv los ntawm koj daim thaiv thermal thiab rhuav tshem lub spaceship. Kuv tsis xav ua qhov kev pheej hmoo ntawd. Nqa lub spaceship tawm ntawm lub orbit thiab tawm ntawm qhov ntawd. "
    
  Terranova tau hais tias "Tam sim no peb tab tom hla lub hom phiaj lub qab ntug," Terranova hais.
    
  Patrick hais tias "Stallion, qhov ntawd yog qhov kev txiav txim: tshem lub dav hlau tawm ntawm lub ntiaj teb," Patrick hais. "Koj qhov kev tawm tsam tau raug sau tseg. Kuv lav ris tag nrho. Tam sim no ua nws."
    
  Moulin tau hais tias "Kuv thov zam txim rau koj, tus tswv, tab sis kuv tau luam tawm cov ntawv xaj raug cai thiab lees paub los ntawm National Command rau qhov tsis sib xws: nyob hauv lub voj voog kom txog thaum peb tuaj yeem rov qab mus rau Groom Lake," Moulin tau hais. "Cov kev txiav txim no hloov pauv koj li. Peb nyob. Thawj Tswj Hwm, tshem tawm cov phiaj xwm dav hlau deorbit thiab rov ua dua qhov dhau los. "
    
  "Fabkis" -
    
  Moulin hais tias, "Ua li ntawd, MC," Moulin hais. "Nws yog ib qho kev txiav txim. Kuv yuav tswj hwm qhov kev taw qhia no kom txuag tau roj rau lub cav, tab sis peb nyob hauv lub voj voog thiab qhov ntawd yog qhov kawg. "
    
  Tom qab no, cov xov tooj cua thiab intercoms tau nyob ntsiag to, Luger thiab McLanahan xa cov kwj deg txuas ntxiv ntawm radar ceeb toom thiab hloov kho cov duab txawj ntse rau cov neeg coob thiab ib leeg. Lub sij hawm zoo li rub rau qhov kawg. Thaum kawg, Macomber hais tias, "Lub ntuj raug txim yuav ua li cas, Chivkeeb, thiab ntev npaum li cas kom txog thaum peb tawm ntawm qhov quav no?"
    
  Dave Luger teb hais tias "Plaub feeb thiab kaum feeb kom txog thaum peb rov qab mus rau thaj chaw lub hom phiaj."
    
  Moulin hais tias, "Kuv thov txim, Odin," tab sis kuv yuav tsum tau txiav txim siab. Kuv ua raws li cov lus txib. "
    
  Patrick teb tias "Kuv vam tias kuv tsis yog lawm, SC," Patrick teb. "Koj tau ua qhov koj xav tias yog lawm. Peb mam li tham txog qhov no tom qab koj nyob nyab xeeb hauv tsev. "
    
  "Peb ua li cas ntawm qhov chaw tsaws Baku, Chivkeeb?" - Nug Terranova.
    
  "Koj yuav plam nws hauv peb caug vib nas this. Koj yuav tsis muaj hwj chim txaus los ya mus rau Warrior's Forward Operating Base hauv Kirkuk, Iraq tom qab koj rov nkag rau hauv huab cua - Herat, Afghanistan yog koj qhov kev xaiv zoo tshaj plaws, tab sis koj tseem yuav tau ya hla Soltanabad. Lwm qhov kev xaiv tuaj yeem yog cov suab puam ntawm yav qab teb Turkmenistan - peb tuaj yeem xa cov pab pawg tshwj xeeb los ntawm Uzbekistan los pab koj. "
    
  "Koj puas xav tias peb tsaws hauv Turkmenistan, tus tswv?"
    
  "Kuv tsis tau hais tias av, MC."
    
  Terranova nqos. Lub Luger tau pom meej tias yuav tso cai rau lawv "dav dav hlau" - tso cai rau nws mus rau hauv av hauv suab puam. "Lub hauv paus cuam tshuam tom ntej yog dab tsi?"
    
  "Karachi thiab Hyderabad yog qab nws."
    
  Terranova tau hais tias "Peb tau npaj qhib hluav taws rau 'tus tsov txaij'," Terranova hais. "Kaum ob daim ntawv teev npe tuav. Kuv puas tau teeb tsa qhov rov nkag mus rau qhov siab tshaj plaws qeeb?
    
  Moulin tau hais tias "Peb yuav tsis mus deorbit." "Cov Russians yuav tsis twv tua peb. Leonid Zevitin tsis yog vwm. Tus txiv neej no seev cev tau, rau qhov Vajtswv!" Cov xov tooj cua sparked nrog ntsiag to luag. Tab sis nws ntsia nws lub koob yees duab nyob rau hauv pem hauv ntej ntawm lub cockpit thiab nodded rau Terranova, ntsiag to kom nws mus programmes lub computer rau siab tshaj plaws ceev thiab qhov siab txo. "Kuv txhais tau tias, xav txog txhua yam: tsis muaj tus txiv neej uas tuaj yeem seev cev yuav vwm txaus -"
    
  Mam li nco dheev lawv hnov, "Kev saib xyuas, kev mloog, laser kuaj pom ... kev saib xyuas, kev saib xyuas, lub cev kub nce, qhov chaw nres tsheb ob puas thiab tsib caug mus rau ob puas thiab cuaj caum... Ceev faj, lub cev kub tau nce mus txog qhov kev txwv ...!
    
  "Laser Kavaznya!" - Kuv xaj. - Patrick McLanahan tau qw. "Lawv tawm tsam los ntawm ntau yam. Stallion, tawm ntawm qhov ntawd tam sim no! "
    
  "Pib cov txheej txheem deorbit!" - Moulin qw. "Cov neeg coob, npaj rau tam sim qhov nqis los ntawm lub orbit! Leopard cav yog nce lawv ceev! "
    
  "... ceeb toom txog kev nce lub cev kub, noj ob puas thiab xya caum mus rau ob puas thiab cuaj caum... Saib xyuas, mloog ...!"
    
  Cov neeg coob tau muab pov tseg rov qab rau lawv lub rooj zaum thaum lub laser pulse missile system lub cav raug rho tawm ntawm lub zog tag nrho. Lub hwj chim loj ntawm lub hybrid foob pob hluav taws cav tam sim ntawd thiab nres lub dav hlau Dub Stallion, thiab nws sai sai pib nws qhovntsej thiaj tsis mob ntawm lub ntiaj teb. Macomber qw thaum lub overload sai sai, deb tshaj txhua yam uas nws tau ntsib ua ntej. Tsis ntev nws yuav tsis tuaj yeem khaws lub zog los ua suab ib yam nkaus - nws tau siv tag nrho nws qhov kev xav kom tau cua txaus rau hauv nws lub ntsws kom nws tus kheej tsis txhob qaug zog.
    
  Terranova tau hais tias "Peb tab tom mus txog nees nkaum yim txhiab ko taw ib pliag," Terranova tau hais thaum cov lus ceeb toom nyob ze. "Peb tab tom hla cuaj caum mais ntawm qhov siab ... 'Leopards' ntawm cuaj caum feem pua lub zog, peb taw tes xoom Gs ... "
    
  "Mus rau ib puas thiab kaum feem pua lub zog," Moulin croaked nyob rau hauv lub siab.
    
  "Qhov ntawd yog ntau tshaj tsib Gs, SC," Terranova hais. "Peb yuav tsum tswj qhov no rau-"
    
  "Ua nws, MC," Moulin hais. "Cov neeg coob, SC, yuav tsis xis nyob rau ob peb feeb. Ua ntej ntawm cov xwm txheej ntau npaum li koj tuaj yeem ua tau. " Ob peb feeb tom qab, nws cov lus raug txiav tawm los ntawm kev xav tias nws lub hauv siab tab tom yuav tawg thaum G-force yuav luag ob npaug. Kev quaj ntawm qhov mob thiab xav tsis thoob tau tshwm sim. "Tuav...rau... cov neeg coob..."
    
  "Tsib taw tes peb OB," Terranova ua pa. "Yexus ... Peb tsav nees nkaum tsib kilometers, peb tsav yim caum mais ..."
    
  "Au Vajtswv, ntev npaum li cas?" - ib tug neeg yws - nws yog tsis yooj yim sua kom paub leej twg hais lus.
    
    
  CONTROL CENTER FOR ALTERNATIVE OPERATIONS OF STRATEGIC AIR FORCE, POLDOSK, RUSSIAN FEDERATION
  LUB SIJ HAWM
    
    
  Tom qab kev puas tsuaj ntawm Engels Air Base nyob ze Saratov thiab Asmeskas kev foob pob ntawm qhov chaw hauv av hauv Raazan, Cov Tub Rog Tub Rog Tub Rog General Andrei Darzov tau rov qab kho qhov qub kev tiv thaiv pej xeem vaj tse thiab lub zog cia rov qab los rau sab hnub poob ntawm Moscow hu ua Poldosk siv los ua kev khiav tawm. thiab reserve command post. Tsis muaj airbase lossis txawm chav rau lub helipad loj, tab sis muaj cov kab tsheb ciav hlau hauv av nyob ib sab ntawm qhov chaw, cov khoom siv dej tshiab ntau (raws li tshiab raws li xav tau hauv cheeb tsam Greater Moscow)...
    
  ... thiab - qhov tseem ceeb tshaj, Darzov ntseeg - nws nyob ze rau ntau tus neeg nyob hauv nroog uas txawm tias ib tus neeg vwm xws li Asmeskas tus thawj coj foob pob Lt. Gen. Patrick McLanahan yuav xav txog ob zaug txog kev foob pob rau qhov chaw.
    
  Ua tsaug ntau rau niaj hnub high-ceev cov ntaub ntawv thiab kev sib txuas lus muaj peev xwm, Poldosk hnub no ua hauj lwm rau lwm lub hom phiaj: raws li ib tug saib xyuas thiab tswj chaw rau lub Molniya huab cua-launched missile thiab Fanar laser tiv thaiv chaw. Los ntawm chav tsev yooj yim nrog plaub lub khoos phis tawj, Darzov sib txuas lus nrog nws cov tub rog hauv thaj teb ntawm kev ruaj ntseg Internet ceev thiab lub suab tshaj IP. Lub chaw hais kom ua tau tag nrho cov xov tooj ntawm tes, tuaj yeem sib sau ua ke hauv tsawg dua ib teev thiab xa mus rau lwm qhov chaw nyob rau tib lub sijhawm, thiab thaum muaj xwm txheej ceev nws tuaj yeem tswj tau los ntawm ib lub khoos phis tawj laptop thiab lub xov tooj ruaj ntseg lossis xov tooj satellite nyob txhua qhov chaw ntawm ntiaj chaw.
    
  Hmo no kev tsom mus rau Soltanabad. Nws yog hmoov tsis zoo uas cov neeg Amelikas pom Phanar sai sai - nws yuav tsum yog qhov muag tsis pom kev, lossis tej zaum qee cov tswvcuab ntawm Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps tau muab cov neeg ntxeev siab thiab qhia lawv rau thawj coj ua nom tswv Hesarak Boujazi lossis Asmeskas. Tab sis nws tau teeb tsa Phanar ntawm Soltanabad meej vim tias ntau lub dav hlau Asmeskas tau ya hla thaj chaw ntau zaus. Nws yog, raws li Asmeskas tau hais tias, "ib puag ncig nplua nuj hauv cov hom phiaj."
    
  Darzov frowned thaum nws pom cov ntawv nyeem tshiab thiab nias lub pob TRANSFER ntawm lub computer keyboard: "Forward, qhov no yog tus Goalkeeper. Qhia kuv qhov xwm txheej. Koj nres nres ... yog vim li cas?
    
  "Peb muaj tag nrho cov kev taw qhia kho qhov muag-electronic ntawm lub hom phiaj, thiab peb qhib hluav taws raws li tau txiav txim, General," teb tus thawj kws ua haujlwm thiab tus thawj tswj haujlwm hauv Soltanabad, Wolfgang Zypris. "Tab sis ob peb feeb tom qab peb pib tawm tsam, peb poob kev sib cuag." Zypris yog ib tug German laser engineer thiab kws tshawb fawb, thiab yav tas los yog ib tug tub ceev xwm hauv German Air Force. Nws tsis paub tias Zipris tus hluas nkauj ntev ntev yog ib tug neeg soj xyuas Lavxias uas tau nyiag nkag mus rau hauv nws lub computer hauv tsev thiab tau nyiag cov khoom sib cais rau Moscow. Thaum nws tus hluas nkauj hais rau nws tias nws yog leej twg thiab tus German Milit ärischer Abschirmdienst, los yog pab pawg neeg tawm tsam ntawm Tub Rog Kev Ruaj Ntseg, nyob ntawm nws tus Tsov tus tw, nws tso cai rau nws tus kheej thauj mus rau Russia. Darzov tam sim ntawd muab rau nws nrog txhua yam nws xav tau - nyiaj, tsev, thiab tag nrho cov poj niam uas nws muaj peev xwm tuav tau - los ua haujlwm ntawm kev txhim kho thiab txhawb nqa Kawaznya anti-space laser system. Tom qab ntau tshaj li tsib xyoos ntawm kev ua haujlwm, nws tau ua tiav ntau dua li Darzov tseem cia siab.
    
  Tsipris hais ntxiv tias "Lub dav hlau zoo li yuav nqis los sai sai," "Peb xav tias peb cov optics tau qhov muag tsis pom thaum lub dav hlau tua nws cov foob pob hluav taws relay."
    
  "Koj qhia kuv tias qhov no tuaj yeem tshwm sim, Colonel," Darzov hais. Txhawm rau kom tsis txhob raug kuaj pom, lawv tau txiav txim siab siv lub telescopic electro-optical tau txais thiab taug qab qhov system thiab khaws lawv qhov chaw sib sib zog nqus nrhiav radar ntawm qhov muag. Lawv tsom mus rau Asmeskas lub dav hlau thib ob tom qab nws hla lub qab ntug thiab taug qab nws yooj yim. Raws li lawv tau cia siab, nws tsis tau pib nws qhovntsej thiaj tsis mob los ntawm huab cua, txawm hais tias daim duab loj heev tau pom tias nws tau tig mus rau txoj kev yog los pib qeeb, ya tus Tsov tus tw ua ntej. Nws tseem nyob hauv txoj haujlwm zoo tshaj plaws, thiab Darzov tau hais kom pib pib.
    
  Cov theem tom ntej ntawm laser raug yog mus ntaus lub hom phiaj nrog lub zog laser ntau dua los ntsuas cov huab cua thiab kho cov optics ntawm lub ntsiab laser, tso cai rau nws tsom mus rau qhov tseeb ntau dua ntawm lub hom phiaj ua ntej firing lub ntsiab tshuaj oxygen-iodine laser. Darzov thiab Zipris tau txiav txim siab, vim tias lub dav hlau tau xa mus rau hauv txoj haujlwm los tua nws cov foob pob hluav taws, siv lub laser tseem ceeb los ua lawv tus kheej hloov kho kom pib tua sai dua.
    
  Tsipris tau hais tias, "Cov neeg coob tau xav tias yuav muaj kev tawm tsam," vim tias lawv tau tua lawv lub tshuab propulsion ob peb feeb tom qab peb lub laser ntaus. Peb muaj peev xwm tswj tau kev sib cuag rau li kaum tsib vib nas this, tab sis cov optics tseem tsom ntsoov zoo, yog li peb tsuas yog siv rau caum feem pua ntawm lub zog ntawm lawv lub cev. Lub optoelectronic system ces disabled lub interlock. Lawv yuav tsum tau tsoo lawv cov neeg ua haujlwm zoo li kab mob hauv qhov khoom - lawv tau qeeb peb zaug sai dua li qub. Kuv tab tom taug qab lawv nrog infrared scanners, tab sis qhov ntawd tsis yog qhov tseeb txaus rau lub laser loj, yog li kuv xav tau kev tso cai siv lub ntsiab radar los rov kaw thiab kov yeej lawv. "
    
  "Lawv puas tseem nyob hauv thaj tsam thiab siab txaus los koom nrog?"
    
  "Lawv nyob ntawm qhov siab ntawm ib puas thiab peb caug kilometers, nrog rau ntau ntawm ib txhiab rau puas kilometers, poob sai sai hauv qab xya txhiab yim puas meters ib ob-lawv poob zoo li pob zeb, tab sis lawv nyob rau hauv lub laser. ntau, "Zipris qhia nws. "Cov qauv ntawm lub dav hlau no yuav tsum muaj zog heev los tiv thaiv cov khoom no. Lawv yuav nkag mus rau hauv huab cua sai sai, tab sis tam sim no lawv yuav tsis muaj peev xwm khiav tawm sai sai. Kuv yuav muab rau koj, General."
    
  "Tom qab ntawd tau txais kev tso cai los txuas ntxiv kev tawm tsam, Colonel," Darzov tau hais tam sim ntawd. "Muaj kev yos hav zoov zoo".
    
    
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  "Tsib taw tes xya Gs ... nees nkaum ob kilometers ib ob ... xya caum tsib mais ... tsib taw tes cuaj Gs ... " Nws zoo li Terranova coj mus ib txhis los muab txhua qhov kev nyeem ntawv. "Peb mus xya caum mais... rau caum tsib mais, peb mus txog qhov chaw nkag, cov neeg coob, ' tsov txaij' yog neeg tsis taus." G-force dheev tau yooj yim, ua raws li lub suab qw nrov nrov thiab foom tsis zoo los ntawm thoob plaws lub nkoj. Macomber tsis tuaj yeem ntseeg tias nws tsis dhau los ntawm lub siab ntev. Nws tseem tuaj yeem hnov cov quab yuam thaum lub dav hlau txuas ntxiv poob lub zog, tab sis nws tsis yog ze li qhov phem npaum li thaum Leopards raug tua. "Cov neeg coob, ceeb toom."
    
  "Koj puas nyob zoo?" Macomber hais rau lwm tus hauv cov neeg caij tsheb. "Suab nrov dua."
    
  "T-ob, Kuv nyob zoo," Turlock hais tias tsis muaj zog.
    
  Vol teb hais tias, "S-Peb, ok," Vol teb, suab zoo li tsis muaj dab tsi tshwm sim. Tias Marine bastard tau pw tsaug zog tag nrho lub sijhawm, Macomber xav.
    
  "S-One" kuj ok. KA, cov neeg caij tsheb zoo, tag nrho lub rooj zaum rov qab yog ntsuab. Nws yog ib qho kev caij zoo heev."
    
  Moulin hais tias, "Yuav nkag siab," Moulin hais. "Lub laser zoo li nws muaj lub xauv xauv tam sim no. Peb tau pib maneuvering raws li txoj hauj lwm ntawm nkag interface. " Tus Dub Stallion pib tig qhov ntswg-ua ntej dua, tom qab ntawd tau nce mus rau plaub caug degrees saum qab ntug rau atmospheric reentry, nthuav tawm nws cov tshav kub qis rau hauv qhov chaw ua ntej los tiv thaiv lub nkoj los ntawm tshav kub los ntawm kev sib txhuam. "Tus thawj coj, cia peb piav qhia luv luv txog txoj hauv kev."
    
  "Tau txais," Terranova hais. "Peb dhau lub tog raj kheej qhov kawg rau Baku, yog li kuv tau teeb tsa Herat, Afghanistan ua peb qhov chaw tsaws. Peb tseem nyob ntawm peb qhov kev siv hluav taws xob ntau tshaj plaws-kev siv nyiaj txiag qhovntsej thiaj tsis mob, thiab Herat zoo nkauj nyob ze - txog kaum peb puas mais - yog li peb muaj lub zog txaus los mus rau hauv paus. Nyob rau hauv rau caum vib nas this, lub airflow siab yuav siab txaus rau lub adaptive nto ntawm lub spike yuav siv tau, thiab peb yuav lov tes taw cov tshuaj tiv thaiv kab mob, hloov mus rau lub siab tshaj plaws luag profile, thiab hloov mus rau sab hnub tuaj tshaj Turkmenistan kom nyob deb ntawm Soltanabad. Thaum peb tau dhau ib puas txhiab ko taw, peb tuaj yeem hloov mus rau huab cua huab cua, tua tsov txaij, tua lub cav turbojet, thiab nqis los rau ntawm qhov chaw mus kom ze. "
    
  "Peb muaj roj npaum li cas, MC?" - nug Macomber.
    
  "Thaum peb tua cov turbojets, peb yuav muaj tsawg dua li ib teev cov nqi roj tshuav, tab sis peb yuav nqis los ntawm Mach 5, yog li peb yuav muaj lub zog txaus los tshem tawm ua ntej peb xav tau cov turbojets." - Terranova teb. "Peb yuav pib ruaj lub cav thiab npaj kom ruaj ntseg tsov txaij, yog li thaum peb -"
    
  "Kev ceev faj, tshawb nrhiav radar, kaum ob teev, cuaj puas thiab rau caum mais, Is Nrias teb-Juliet strip," lub tshuab computer lub suab ntawm lub xov tooj ceeb toom tau txais dheev tawm. Qhov thib ob tom qab: "Kev saib xyuas, kev saib xyuas, lub hom phiaj taug qab radar, kaum ob teev, cuaj puas thiab tsib caug mais ... kev mloog, kev saib xyuas, mem tes-Doppler lub hom phiaj taug qab radar, kaum ob teev, cuaj puas thiab plaub caug mais ... mloog, mloog, laser kuaj pom, kaum ob teev...Tseeb mloog...!"
    
  "Lawv ntaus peb nrog radar yuav luag ib txhiab mais deb?" Terranova blurted tawm. "Qhov no tsis yooj yim sua!"
    
  Patrick McLanahan hais tias "Qhov no yog Kwaznya radar, cov neeg coob," said Patrick McLanahan. "Qhov ntau ntawm cov khoom no yog qhov tsis txaus ntseeg, thiab tam sim no nws yog mobile."
    
  "Kev ceev faj, ceeb toom, lub tshuab cua txias thaum muaj xwm ceev tau qhib ... saib xyuas, saib xyuas, qhov kub thiab txias yog nce, chaw nres tsheb ib puas thiab cuaj caum ... "
    
  "Peb yuav ua li cas, Odin?" Lisa Moulin quaj hauv xov tooj cua. "Kuv yuav ua li cas?"
    
  Patrick tau hais tias "Qhov kev xaiv nkaus xwb uas koj muaj yog tig lub dav hlau kom lub zog laser tsis tsom mus rau ib qho twg ntev dhau los," Patrick hais. "Siv cov tshuaj tiv thaiv kom ua rau pov. Thaum koj lub davhlau adaptation system ua haujlwm, koj tuaj yeem siv koj lub txhab nyiaj siab tshaj plaws kom ya tawm ntawm lub laser, thiab hloov koj cov kev kawm kom ntau li ntau tau kom tsis txhob laser ntaus koj. Dave, Kuv xav kom koj tau txais cov vampires tawm ntawm Batman's airbase thiab rhuav tshem lub chaw laser! Kuv xav kom Soltanabad tig mus rau hauv lub qhov haus luam yeeb! "
    
  "Lawv tab tom taug kev, Odin," Luger teb.
    
  Tab sis raws li lub vib nas this zuam los ntawm, nws tau pom tseeb tias tsis muaj dab tsi Moulin ua tau yuav ua haujlwm. Lawv tau txais yuav luag tas li ceeb toom overheating los ntawm ntau qhov chaw ntawm lub nkoj, thiab qee qhov pib qhia txog kev xau thiab poob ntawm kev ncaj ncees. Muaj ib hnub, Moulin yuam kev ntsia ncaj qha ntawm lub teeb laser tawg los ntawm lub qhov cua ntawm lub cockpit thiab tau ua rau qhov muag tsis pom, txawm hais tias ob leeg muaj lawv cov visors tsaus.
    
  Terranova thaum kawg muab cov lus ceeb toom hem - lawv tsis muaj txiaj ntsig rau lawv. "Frenchie, koj puas tau?"
    
  "Kuv tsis tuaj yeem pom dab tsi, Jim," Moulin hais dhau ntawm "tus kheej" intercom yog li cov neeg coob hauv cov neeg caij tsheb tsis hnov. "Kuv ntsia ntawm lub teeb laser rau qhov sib cais thib ob thiab txhua yam kuv pom yog qhov dub loj hauv kuv lub zeem muag. Kuv ntsia hlau. Kuv tua peb tag nrho."
    
  "Cia li tua, Frenchie," Terranova hais. "Peb yuav ua."
    
  Moulin pib txav sab tswj tuav rov qab thiab tawm mus, siv cov thrusters tig lub dav hlau. Terranova muab nws cov lus qhia tas li thaum nws mus deb heev. Cov lus ceeb toom kub yuav luag tas li, txawm tias nws nyuaj npaum li cas. Moulin tau hais tias, "Peb yuav tsum jettison tus neeg caij tsheb," Moulin hais tias, tseem nyob ntawm "tus kheej" intercom. "Lawv yuav muaj caij nyoog."
    
  Terranova tau hais tias "Peb tau zoo dhau qhov g-force thiab ceev txwv rau lub dav hlau dav hlau, Frenchy," Terranova tau hais. "Peb tsis paub txawm tias lawv yuav muaj sia nyob txawm tias peb qeeb txaus - peb tsis tau tso ib qho qauv ua ntej."
    
  Moulin tau hais tias "Tsuas muaj ib txoj hauv kev los nrhiav pom," Moulin hais. "Kuv yuav pib lub qhovntsej thiaj tsis muaj zog los sim ua kom peb qeeb kom txaus rau jettison tus neeg caij tsheb module. Peb siv txhua qhov poob ntawm cov roj uas peb tau tso tseg kom qeeb peb lub caij nplooj zeeg. Kuv yuav xav tau koj kev pab. Qhia rau kuv thaum peb tab tom yuav tawg. " Nws smoothed nws tis maj mam, ces siv Terranova tig lub Dub Stallion kom lawv ya rov qab dua. Tshaj tag nrho cov intercom nws tau hais tias: "Cov neeg coob, npaj rau qhov siab tshaj plaws kev tua hluav taws tua hluav taws, qhovntsej thiaj tsis mob nrog lub zog. 'Leopards' tau txais kev sib cuag. "
    
  "Dab tsi?" - Kuv nug. - nug Macomber. "Koj puas tua 'leopards' dua? Dab tsi-?"
    
  Nws tsis muaj sijhawm los ua kom tiav nws cov lus nug. Moulin qhib lub pulse laser detonation system xyaw thiab tam sim ntawd coj lawv mus rau hauv qhovntsej thiaj tsis mob thiab tom qab ntawd mus rau lub zog siab tshaj plaws, nyob deb dhau ntawm cov khoom thauj ib txwm rau cov neeg caij tsheb thiab cov neeg coob. Lawv qhov ceev tau poob qis heev - lawv tseem ya ntawm Mach 5, tab sis nws yog ntau tshaj li ib nrab ntawm qhov ceev lawv feem ntau ya ntawm. Txhua tus neeg nyob hauv tus neeg caij tsheb tau txais qhov kev poob siab uas muaj zog thiab xav tsis thoob los ntawm kev tshaj tawm uas lawv tsis nco qab tam sim ntawd. Jim Terranova kuj tau dhau los ...
    
  ... Lisa Moulin ua li cas, tab sis tsis yog ua ntej nws qhib lub qhov rooj cargo nyob rau sab saum toj ntawm XR-A9 Black Stallion lub fuselage, xauv lub mounting bolts tuav lub module nyob rau hauv lub cargo bay, nqa lub red-labeled hloov, thiab qhib qhib. nws...
    
  ...Thiab thaum lub sijhawm ntawd, thaum lub qhov rooj qhib tag nrho, cov ntsia hlau txuas tau raug kaw, thiab lub tshuab foob pob hluav taws tau raug tso tawm, Dub Stallion tau siv txhua phaus roj ntxiv hauv nws lub tso tsheb hlau luam ... thiab nws tau torn. sib nrug los ntawm Lavxias teb sab laser thiab tawg.
    
    
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  "Lub hom phiaj raug rhuav tshem, General," qhia Wolfgang Zypris los ntawm Soltanabad. "Qhov tseem ceeb poob ntawm kev ceev tau tshwm sim, ntau lub hom phiaj loj, tej zaum yuav khib nyiab, thiab poob sai ntawm radar thiab pom kev sib cuag. Kev tua neeg kawg."
    
  "Kuv nkag siab," General Andrei Darzov teb. Ntau tus kws tshaj lij thiab cov tub ceev xwm hauv chav tau tsa lawv lub nrig hauv kev kov yeej thiab tso tawm suab nrov ntsiag to, tab sis nws ua rau lawv ntsiag to nrog kev ceeb toom saib. "Tam sim no kuv xav kom koj tawm ntawm qhov ntawd kom sai li sai tau - cov neeg Amelikas tau xa ib pab pawg tawm tsam los rhuav tshem lub hauv paus no. Lawv tuaj yeem nyob ntawd tsawg dua ib teev yog tias lawv pib los ntawm Iraq. "
    
  "Peb yuav tawm ntawm no hauv peb caug feeb, General," Tsipris hais. "Tawm".
    
  Darzov cuam tshuam qhov kev sib txuas, tom qab ntawd qhib lwm qhov thiab hais tias: "Lub hom phiaj ua tiav, tus tswv."
    
  "Zoo heev, dav dav," teb Thawj Tswj Hwm Lavxias Leonid Zevitin. "Koj xav tias lawv cov tshuaj tiv thaiv yuav ua li cas?"
    
  Darzov tau hais tias "Lawv tsis xav tsis thoob tias lawv tau tso cov foob pob tsis muaj neeg coob B-1 los ntawm Batman Air Force Base hauv Qaib Cov Txwv uas muaj cov foob pob hluav taws xob los tua thiab rhuav tshem lub hauv paus hauv Iran," Darzov tau hais. "Lawv tuaj yeem nyob hauv qhov chaw tua hluav taws hauv tsawg dua ib teev - txawm tias nyob rau hauv peb caug feeb yog tias lawv muaj lub dav hlau npaj tawm. Lub hom phiaj yuav raug ntaus hauv tsawg dua ib feeb. "
    
  "Auj kuv tus Vajtswv, qhov no yog qhov tsis txaus ntseeg - peb yuav tsum tau txais peb txhais tes ntawm cov thev naus laus zis no," Zevitin yws. "Kuv xav tias koj cov neeg tau tawm ntawm lawv lub nroog Yeiuxalees thiab tawm ntawm lub hauv paus no."
    
  "Lawv yuav tsum nyob deb txaus ua ntej cov neeg Amelikas tawm tsam - Kuv paub tseeb tias koj, lawv tuaj yeem hnov cov cuaj luaj hypersonic nyob tom qab ntawm lawv lub taub hau txawm tias tam sim no."
    
  "Kuv twv koj ua. Lub dav hlau nyob qhov twg thaum nws poob, General?"
    
  "Txog ib txhiab mais qaum teb sab hnub poob ntawm Soltanabad."
    
  "Yog li, los ntawm lub sijhawm, qhov no tshwm sim ... dhau Russia?"
    
  Muaj ib lub sijhawm luv luv thaum Darzov tshawb xyuas nws daim npav computer; ces: "Yog lawm, tus tswv, nws yog. Ib puas kilometers qaum teb hnub poob ntawm Machakala, lub nroog ntawm lub xeev Dagestan, thiab peb puas kilometers sab qab teb ntawm lub Tupolev-95 bomber base nyob rau hauv Mozdok."
    
  "Dab tsi txog lub wreckage?" - Kuv nug.
    
  "Imposible hais, tus tswv. Nws yuav zoo li tawg mus ntau txhiab mais ntawm Hiav Txwv Caspian thiab ciam teb Iran-Afghan. "
    
  "Nws yog ib qho kev txaj muag. Khaws qhov muag ze ntawm cov khib nyiab no thiab qhia rau kuv paub yog tias ib qho ntawm nws nce mus txog hauv av. Hais kom pab pawg tshawb nrhiav ntawm Caspian Hiav Txwv Flotilla kom pib tshawb nrhiav tam sim ntawd. Puas yog peb cov chaw nres tsheb radar ceeb toom peb cov tshuab tiv thaiv huab cua?
    
  "Tsis yog, sir. Cov pa tiv thaiv huab cua thiab huab cua radar systems yuav tsis tuaj yeem taug qab lub hom phiaj ntawm qhov siab thiab txav mus rau qhov nrawm. Tsuas yog qhov chaw tshwj xeeb taug qab qhov system tuaj yeem ua qhov no. "
    
  "Yog li, tsis muaj radar, peb tseem tsis tau paub tias muaj qee yam tshwm sim, puas yog?"
    
  "Hmoov tsis, tsis yog, tus tswv."
    
  "Thaum twg koj cia siab tias qhov kev puas tsuaj yuav raug kuaj pom los ntawm cov kab ke radar ib txwm muaj?"
    
  Darzov piav qhia tias "Peb tsis tau taug qab cov khib nyiab ntxiv lawm thaum peb tshem Phanar radar system hauv Soltanabad," tab sis kuv xav tias tsis pub dhau ob peb feeb peb tuaj yeem pib khaws cov khoom loj dua thaum lawv rov nkag rau hauv huab cua. Kuv yuav hais kom peb cov chaw tiv thaiv huab cua hauv Dagestan kom tshaj tawm qhov kev tshawb pom ntawm cov khib nyiab tam sim ntawd. "
    
  "Zoo heev, General," said Zevitin. "Kuv yuav tsis xav yws ntxov ntxov txog kev tawm tsam Asmeskas tawm tsam Russia, puas yog kuv?"
    
    
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  "Kuv tus Vajtswv, Thawj Tswj Hwm," hais tias tus poj niam ua haujlwm tub ceev xwm, sawv ntawm nws lub hauv caug thiab pib rebutton nws lub tsho hnav khaub ncaws, "koj yeej muaj kuv pov npav."
    
  "Ua tsaug, Cov Neeg Ua Haujlwm Tub Ceev Xwm," Thawj Tswj Hwm Gardner tau hais tias, saib nws kho thaum nws khawm nws ya. "Kuv xav tias muaj qhov qhib hauv kuv ... lub xeev rau ib tus neeg tsim nyog raws li koj." Nws luag ntxhi ntawm qhov tsis meej meej qhia. "Xav tau?"
    
  "Qhov tseeb, tus tswv, kuv tab tom tos qhov chaw nyob ntawm Lub Tsev Kawm Ntawv Kev Kawm Tub Ceev Xwm," nws teb, mob siab rau saib Tus Thawj Tub Ceev Xwm nce thiab nqis. "Kuv tau hais tias lub qhov rooj yuav tsis qhib rau kaum yim hli ntxiv. Kuv kawm tiav kuv daim bachelor's degree thiab nyuam qhuav thov rau lub semester kawg. Kuv txiav txim siab heev kom tau txais kuv cov commissions. "
    
  "Koj degree yog dab tsi, sweetie?"
    
  "Political science," nws teb. "Kuv yuav tau txais kuv daim ntawv pov thawj txoj cai lij choj thiab tom qab ntawd kuv xav mus rau hauv kev nom kev tswv."
    
  "Peb yeej siv tau ib tug neeg nrog koj ... kev txaus siab nyob rau hauv Washington, Cov Neeg Ua Haujlwm Sergeant," Thawj Tswj Hwm tau hais. Nws pom tias CALL teeb ntawm lub xov tooj tau flashing - hu xov tooj sai, tab sis tsis ceev txaus los hla DND xaj. "Tab sis OTS nyob hauv Alabama?"
    
  "Yog lawm, sir."
    
  "Qhov no phem heev, zib mu," tus thawj tswj hwm hais tias, ua rau poob siab - qhov kawg uas nws xav tau yog rau tus neeg ntawd los tshwm hauv Washington. Maxwell Air Force Base hauv Alabama yuav yog qhov zoo tshaj plaws - nyob deb ntawm Washington kom tsis txhob muaj lus xaiv, tab sis ze rau Florida tias nws tuaj yeem nkag mus thaum nws nyob ntawm nws thaj av Florida. "Kuv yeej xav ua haujlwm nrog koj ntau zaus, tab sis kuv qhuas koj qhov kev mob siab rau kev pabcuam. Kuv paub tseeb tias kuv tau hnov txog OTS qhov qhib rau hauv chav kawm tom ntej thiab kuv xav tias koj yuav haum zoo kawg nkaus. Peb yuav sib tham."
    
  "Ua tsaug ntau, Mr. Thawj Tswj Hwm," tus neeg saib xyuas tau hais tias, ua kom nws cov plaub hau thiab hnav khaub ncaws zoo, ces taug kev mus yam tsis tau saib rov qab.
    
  Qhov ntawd yog qhov nws nyiam lawv, Gardner xav, noj cov kua txiv hmab txiv ntoo thiab pib ua kom nws lub plawv dhia thiab kev xav hauv kev txiav txim: ua siab tawv thiab nruj txaus ua txhua yam nws coj los ua kom tau zoo dua lwm tus, tab sis ntse txaus kom rov qab mus ua haujlwm. thiab zam kev koom tes nrog kev xav - cov no yog cov rog tiag tiag hauv Washington. Qee tus tau ua los ntawm kev txawj ntse, lub hlwb, lossis kev sib raug zoo ntawm kev nom kev tswv - tsis muaj dab tsi tsis ncaj ncees lawm lossis txawv txawv ntawm cov neeg uas tau ua nws hauv caug. Ntxiv rau, nws paub tias nws tau ua dab tsi, tias ob qho tib si ntawm lawv txoj haujlwm yuav dhau mus yog tias lawv qhov kev sim me me tau tawm mus, yog li nws yog qhov zoo rau lawv ob leeg ua raws li lwm tus xav tau thiab, qhov tseem ceeb tshaj, ua kom lawv lub qhov ncauj kaw. xauv thiab yuam sij txog qhov no. Qhov no yuav mus deb heev.
    
  Ib pliag tom qab, nws lub siab rov tsom mus rau cov xwm txheej thiab txoj hauv kev uas yuav los tom ntej, nws nias lub pob "Tsis txhob cuam tshuam". Ob peb lub sijhawm tom qab ntawd, nws tus thawj coj ntawm cov neeg ua haujlwm thiab tus kws pab tswv yim kev ruaj ntseg hauv tebchaws tau khob, saib ntawm tus neeg saib xyuas kom paub tseeb tias tus thawj tswj hwm nyob ib leeg, tos ib pliag, tom qab ntawd nkag mus hauv chav. Ob leeg tau xov tooj ntawm tes nias rau pob ntseg. Air Force One tuaj yeem ua raws li nws tus kheej lub xov tooj ntawm tes hauv chaw nres tsheb, thiab tsis zoo li cov neeg caij tsheb ntawm cov dav hlau ua lag luam, tsis muaj kev txwv rau kev siv xov tooj ntawm tes ntawm lub nkoj Air Force One - cov neeg siv tuaj yeem tig rau ntau thaj av hauv xov tooj ntawm tes raws li lawv xav tau. "Dab tsi tshwm sim?" - nug tus thawj tswj hwm.
    
  "Nws tsis muaj dab tsi... Los yog shit tsuas yog tawg, Mr. Thawj Tswj Hwm," said Chief of Staff Walter Cordus. "Air Force lub hauv paus chaw haujlwm hauv Tebchaws Europe tau txais kev hu xovtooj los ntawm Lub Chaw Sixth Joint Air Operations Center hauv Turkey thov kev lees paub ntawm kev tawm ntawm EB-1C Vampire bomber nrog ob lub foob pob tawg los ntawm Batman Air Force Base nyob rau yav qab teb Turkey ... tib yam peb tau tsaws. tom qab lub missile nres hauv Iran. USAF tau hu rau Pentagon kom paub meej vim tias tsis muaj kev txiav txim siab huab cua rau kev foob pob foob pob los ntawm Batman. "
    
  "Koj txhais li cas McLanahan lub foob pob?" Lo lus teb tau sau rau ntawm Cordus lub ntsej muag ntshai. "McLanahan kom nws ob lub foob pob tawm mus ... tom qab kuv xaj kom lawv tsaws? Lub ntuj raug txim mus li cas?"
    
  Cordus hais tias "Kuv tsis tau paub dua, tus tswv," Cordus hais. "Kuv tau hais rau US Air Force tias tsis muaj lub foob pob raug tso cai tso tawm rau ib qho laj thawj, thiab kuv tau hais kom lawv tsis kam tso cai tso tawm. Kuv tab tom hu McLanahan thiab nws tus lwm thawj Luger hauv Nevada, sim xyuas seb yuav muaj dab tsi tshwm sim. "
    
  "Puas yog cov foob pob tawg?"
    
  "Peb tseem tsis tau paub qhov ntawd, tus tswv. Lub luag haujlwm no tsis raug tso cai kiag li. "
    
  "Zoo, peb yuav tsum xav tias qhov ntawd yog qhov xwm txheej - paub McLanahan, nws yuav tau tso riam phom rau nws lub dav hlau txawm tias lawv txhua tus nyob hauv av, tshwj tsis yog peb hais kom nws tsis txhob ua, thiab txawm tias tom qab ntawd nws yuav ua tau. Cia li cia lawv nyob ntawm qhovntsej thiaj tsis mob mus txog thaum peb paub tias muaj dab tsi tshwm sim. Dab tsi yog zaj dab neeg nrog lub dav hlau? Puas yog nws tseem nyob hauv orbit?
    
  "Kuv yuav kuaj sai li sai tau thaum McLanahan tuaj tos, tus tswv."
    
  "Nws zoo dua yog txoj kev no, lossis kuv yuav ntsia nws lub zais rau hauv kuv lub qhov rooj chav dej," tus thawj tswj hwm hais tias, noj lwm cov kua txiv kab ntxwv. "Mloog, hais txog 'sib ntsib thiab tos txais' hauv Orlando ... "Thiab tom qab ntawd nws hnov Carlisle foom rau hauv nws lub xov tooj. "Dab tsi, Conrad?" - Kuv nug.
    
  "Lub B-1 bombers tau tawm mus," tus kws pab tswv yim kev ruaj ntseg hauv tebchaws tau hais. Thawj Tswj Hwm lub puab tsaig poob rau hauv surprise. "Tus neeg saib xyuas ntauwd ntawm lub dav hlau hais kom cov neeg ua haujlwm nyob twj ywm, tab sis cov dav hlau no tsis muaj neeg coob - lawv raug tswj los ntawm Elliott Air Force Base hauv Nevada-."
    
  "McLanahan."
    
  Carlisle tau hais tias "McLanahan tseem nyob ntawm qhov chaw nres tsheb, yog li nws tus thawj coj thib ob, Brigadier General Luger, yog tus saib xyuas cov neeg foob pob los ntawm Elliott," Carlisle tau hais. "Kuv yuav tsum hu rau Secretary of Defense Turner kom Luger rov qab cov foob pob no rau hauv av. Je-sus...!"
    
  "Nws tawm ntawm kev tswj!" - tus thawj tswj hwm bark. "Kuv xav kom nws tawm ntawm qhov chaw nres tsheb no thiab raug coj mus kaw tam sim ntawd! Xa ib tug damn US Marshal nyob ntawd yog tias koj yuav tsum tau!"
    
  "Xa US Marshal mus rau qhov chaw?" Cordus nug. "Kuv xav tias qhov no puas tau ua dhau los ... lossis yog tias peb tuaj yeem thov tus thawj coj ua haujlwm pub dawb ua qhov no?"
    
  "Kuv tsis kidding, Walter. McLanahan yuav tsum tau slammed ua ntej nws pib lwm damn tsov rog ntawm peb thiab Russia. Nrhiav seb dab tsi yog ntuj raug txim thiab ua sai sai. Zevitin yuav nyob hauv xov tooj dua ua ntej peb paub nws, thiab kuv xav kom nws paub tseeb tias txhua yam yog tswj hwm. "
    
    
  COMBAT CONTROL AREA, BATTLE MOUNTAIN Reserve AIR BASE, NEVADA
  LUB SIJ HAWM
    
    
  "Headbanger Two-Ib" lub davhlau ntawm ob yog nyob rau theem davhlau peb-ib-o, ua tib zoo mloog, ya taw cua cuaj-ib, peb caug feeb mus rau qhov chaw pib," tus thawj coj ntawm lub luag haujlwm tau tshaj tawm. huab cua tswj cov txheej txheem thiab ya mus tsis muaj official flight escort los civil aviation xyuas...vim lawv mus ua rog.
    
  Ob tug tub ceev xwm zaum ib sab ntawm ib sab ntawm "BATMAN," lossis thaj chaw tswj kev sib ntaus sib tua, ntawm Battle Mountain Air Reserve Base nyob rau sab qaum teb Nevada, zaum ntawm qhov tshwm sim los ua ib qho chaw ua haujlwm hauv computer uas yuav siv los ntawm tus neeg saib xyuas kev ruaj ntseg. los yog ib hnub tub luam nyob rau hauv kev ruaj ntseg, tshwj tsis yog rau cov fighter dav hlau style joysticks. Cov tub ceev xwm tau flanked los ntawm ob tug neeg nrhiav neeg ua haujlwm nrog lawv tus kheej lub computer saib. Cov txiv neej thiab cov poj niam hauv chav hais lus rau hauv lawv lub microphone hauv lub suab hushed, lub cev tsis tshua txav, qhov muag darting los ntawm saib xyuas. Tsuas yog qee zaus kais ntawm tus ntiv tes ntawm cov keyboard lossis txhais tes txav tus cursor nrog lub trackball yuav ua rau leej twg ntseeg tias muaj qee yam tshwm sim.
    
  Ob tug tub ceev xwm tau tsav ob lub tshuab tsis muaj neeg tsav tsheb supersonic EB-1C Vampire "yas sib ntaus sib tua" uas tau pib los ntawm lawv lub hauv paus kev ua haujlwm nyob rau sab hnub tuaj Turkey ntawm sab qaum teb Iran. Peb qhov kev daws teeb meem siab tau pom qhov pom ntawm sab xub ntiag thiab sab ntawm tus neeg tua hluav taws, thaum lwm tus saib pom kev ua tau zoo, tshuab thiab riam phom nyeem los ntawm ob lub dav hlau. Txawm hais tias ob lub foob pob tau ua tiav huab cua, lawv feem ntau tau tswj hwm tag nrho los ntawm lub computer, autonomously teb rau cov lus txib nkag ua ntej tawm mus thiab txiav txim siab ntawm nws tus kheej yuav ua li cas los ua kom tiav lub hom phiaj. Cov neeg ua haujlwm hauv av tau saib xyuas qhov kev nce qib ntawm lub davhlau, hloov pauv cov phiaj xwm dav hlau yog tias tsim nyog, thiab tuaj yeem tswj tau txhua lub sijhawm, tab sis txhua qhov kev txiav txim siab tau ua los ntawm cov khoos phis tawj. Cov kws tshaj lij tau saib xyuas lub dav hlau cov tshuab, saib xyuas cov hluav taws xob hluav taws xob rau kev hem thawj, thiab tshuaj xyuas cov kev txawj ntse nkag los ntawm txoj kev ya davhlau uas tuaj yeem cuam tshuam rau lub luag haujlwm.
    
  David Luger teb tias "Chivkeeb luam tawm," David Luger teb. Nws rov qab mus rau thaj chaw ua tub rog sib ntaus sib tua ntawm Elliott Air Force Base nyob rau sab qab teb-nruab nrab Nevada, saib lub hom phiaj kev nce qib ntawm hluav taws xob "cov laug cam loj" qhov loj ntawm phab ntsa ntawm nws xub ntiag. Lwm cov duab qhia pom cov yeeb ncuab hem pom los ntawm tag nrho Aerospace Advanced Weapons Center aircraft thiab satellites thiab lwm cov phooj ywg sensors ua haujlwm hauv cheeb tsam. Tab sis Luger qhov kev xav tau raug coj mus rau ob qho kev nthuav qhia: thawj zaug yog qhov tseeb satellite duab ntawm thaj chaw lub hom phiaj nyob rau sab hnub tuaj Iran ...
    
  ... thiab qhov thib ob yog hais txog satellite chaw nrhiav cov ntaub ntawv, uas tam sim no khoob.
    
  Dave hais tias "Lawv tau sib cais cov cuab yeej laser hauv ntuj raug txim sai," Dave hais. "Lawv yuav tsum tau kwv yees tias peb yuav xa cov foob pob tawg mus rau lub hauv paus no mus rau ntuj txiag teb tsaus. Kuv tsis paub meej tias peb yuav mus txog lub sijhawm, Mook. "
    
  Patrick McLanahan tau hais tias "Cia li tos lawv, Dave," said Patrick McLanahan. Nws kuj tau soj ntsuam lub luag haujlwm los ntawm cov lus txib ntawm qhov chaw nres tsheb Armstrong. "Tau lub nkoj thauj khoom hauv huab cua kom ntsib cov neeg tawg rog ntawm txoj kev rov qab los, tab sis kuv xav kom cov cuaj luaj ntawm txoj kev ua ntej cov kab laum Lavxias khiav tawm."
    
  "Muaj nws, nws yog kev txaj muag. Npaj txhij. Cutthroat, qhov no yog Chivkeeb. Ib tug xav kom cov foob pob tawg ua ntej lub hom phiaj tawg. Scramble lub foob pob thiab tshaj tawm cov xwm txheej ntawm cov neeg txhawb nqa tankers. "
    
  Maj. Gen. Rebecca Furness, tus thawj coj ntawm Battle Mountain Air Force cov tub rog sib ntaus sib tua . "Nws yuav nyob saum huab cua hauv tsib feeb."
    
  "Kuv nkag siab koj. Ib tug xav kom muaj ntau tus vampires ntau li ntau tau. "
    
  "Thaum lub tanker nyob ntawm qhov siab tshaj plaws kev nyab xeeb deb, peb ua kom cov Vampires mus rau ib thiab ob feem kaum ntawm mach - qhov no yog qhov siab tshaj plaws tshaj tawm ceev ntawm Skystreaks. Qhov zoo tshaj plaws uas peb tuaj yeem ua nrog rau lub hom phiaj tam sim no. "
    
  Luger tau hais tias "Kuv xav kom koj so lub tanker lub sijhawm ntev ntawm cov roj thiab tsa cov Vampires tam sim no," Luger hais.
    
  Rebecca hais tias "Qhov tsis zoo-Kuv yuav tsis ua nws, Dave," Rebecca hais. Rebecca Furness yog thawj tus poj niam sib ntaus sib tua pilot nyob rau hauv lub tebchaws United States Air Force thiab thawj tus poj niam commander ntawm ib tug tactical combat aviation unit. Thaum Rebecca's Air Force Reserve B-1B Lancer unit hauv Reno, Nevada, raug kaw thiab cov foob pob tawg tau xa mus rau Advanced Aerospace Weapons Center rau kev hloov pauv mus rau cov neeg ua haujlwm thiab tsis muaj neeg coob "flying battleships," Furness pom zoo. Tam sim no nws tau txib tsib tactical squadrons ntawm lub chaw cia tshiab ntawm Battle Roob, Nevada, suav nrog cov neeg hloov pauv thiab tsis muaj neeg tuaj yeem B-52 thiab B-1 foob pob, tsis muaj neeg tsav tsheb QA-45C stealth attack aircraft, thiab KC-76 aerial tankers. "Peb yuav tau txais lawv, tsis txhob txhawj."
    
  Luger rov qab saib dua ntawm cov duab satellite tshiab ntawm Txoj Kev Loj Huab Cua hauv Soltanabad, Iran. Nws tsuas yog tsib feeb dhau los, tab sis nws twb pom ob peb lub tsheb loj tau ploj mus, thiab qhov zoo li tag nrho cov tub rog ntawm cov neeg ua haujlwm rhuav tshem cov seem. "Peb tabtom dhau sijhawm, ma'am. Kab laum tawg sai sai. "
    
  "Kuv paub, Dave, kuv pom cov duab ib yam nkaus," Rebecca hais tias, "tab sis kuv tsis pheej hmoo poob kuv cov neeg tawg rog."
    
  "Zoo li peb poob lub Stallion?"
    
  "Tsis txhob thab kuv, Dave-Kuv paub tias muaj dab tsi tshwm sim ntawm no, thiab kuv npau taws rau koj ib yam nkaus," Rebecca snapped. "Tab sis kuv thov kom koj nco ntsoov tias peb cov neeg foob pob yog tib lub dav hlau tawm tsam ntev uas peb muaj tam sim no, thiab kuv yuav tsis muaj kev pheej hmoo rau lawv ... lub luag haujlwm tsis raug tso cai." Qhov no tsis yog qhov ua kom dav dav, thiab Dave Luger paub nws. : Txij li thaum American Holocaust, Lavxias teb sab cruise missile tawm tsam rau American bomber thiab intercontinental missile bases plaub xyoos dhau los, tsuas muaj sia nyob ntev-ntev bombers tau ib tug puv tes ntawm bombers deployed txawv teb chaws, thiab hloov dua siab tshiab B-52 thiab B-1 bombers raws li nyob rau hauv sib ntaus sib tua. Roob.
    
  Lub Furness bombers sai sai no raug kev puas tsuaj ntawm lawv tus kheej. Tag nrho cov tub rog sib ntaus sib tua Roob tau raug xa mus rau Lavxias teb sab aerial refueling puag hauv Yakutsk, Siberia, los ntawm qhov chaw Patrick McLanahan coj kev tawm tsam ntawm nuclear ballistic missile bases thoob plaws hauv Russia. Thaum cov neeg tawg rog Asmeskas tau pom, tom qab ntawd-Lavxias Thawj Tswj Hwm General Anatoly Gryzlov tau tawm tsam lub hauv paus nrog nuclear-tipped cruise missiles. Ib nrab ntawm cov rog tau poob rau hauv qhov kev tawm tsam loj heev. Cov neeg tawg rog uas tseem tshuav tau ua tiav ntau lub foob pob hluav taws hauv Lavxias, rhuav tshem ntau ntawm lawv cov phiaj xwm nuclear; McLanahan nws tus kheej, nyob rau hauv ib qho ntawm EB-52 Megafortress kev sib ntaus sib tua kawg, tau tawm tsam thiab tua Gryzlov hauv nws lub bunker sab qab teb sab hnub tuaj ntawm Moscow thaum lub sijhawm nees nkaum-teev lub luag haujlwm hnyav uas coj nws hla tebchaws Lavxias.
    
  Tom qab qhov kev tsis sib haum xeeb, Rebecca Furness tau muab cov lus txib ntawm RAF ob peb lub foob pob ntxiv; yog li ntawd, tsis muaj leej twg paub zoo dua li nws qhov kev lav ris tsis txaus ntseeg tau muab rau nws. Cov dav hlau uas tseem muaj sia nyob thiab ob peb lub foob pob tsis muaj neeg taug kev uas tau tsim txij li Asmeskas Holocaust yog tib lub dav hlau ntev ntev uas tseem tshuav nyob hauv Asmeskas arsenal - yog tias cov foob pob tawg puas tau tsim dua, nws tuaj yeem siv sijhawm ntau xyoo los tsim kho cov tub rog rog mus rau qib ntseeg tau. .
    
  "Ma'am, Kuv ntseeg siab tias txoj haujlwm tawm tsam yuav raug pom zoo sai li sai tau thaum National Command tau txais peb tsab ntawv ceeb toom txog qhov tshwm sim rau peb lub dav hlau dav hlau," Dave hais. "Lub Kwaznya mobile laser no sawv cev rau qhov kev hem thawj loj tshaj plaws uas peb lub teb chaws ntsib tam sim no - tsis yog rau peb lub dav hlau xwb, tab sis tej zaum yog txhua yam uas yoov." Nws nres, ces hais ntxiv tias, "Thiab cov Russians nyuam qhuav tua tsib ntawm peb tus zoo tshaj plaws, ma'am. Nws yog lub sij hawm kom tau txais kev pauj me ntsis. "
    
  Rebecca nyob ntsiag to ntev; Tom qab ntawd, tuav nws lub taub hau, nws hais tias: "Peb 'ma'am' los ntawm koj hauv ib qho kev sib tham, General Luger-Kuv xav tias nws yog thawj zaug rau koj." Nws ntaus ib co lus qhia rau hauv nws lub computer. "Kuv tso cai hloov pauv rau peb caug feeb roj nyiaj pub dawb rau bingo."
    
  "Ib tug hu rau Headbanger, kuv hais tias thawb lawv, General Furness," Patrick cuam tshuam los ntawm Armstrong chaw nres tsheb. "Tau lawv mus rau Vmax, tom qab ntawd qeeb lawv mus rau ib qho thib ob kom tso riam phom."
    
  "Yuav ua li cas yog tias lawv tsis ua nws mus rau nruab nrab huab cua refueling point ntawm txoj kev rov qab, General?" - nws nug. "Yuav ua li cas yog hais tias muaj ib tug navigation yuam kev? Yuav ua li cas yog lawv txuas tsis tau thawj zaug? Cia peb tsis pom qhov - "
    
  "Cia lawv sawv, General. Qhov ntawd yog ib qho kev txiav txim."
    
  Rebecca sighed. Nws tuaj yeem tsis quav ntsej nws cov lus txib thiab xyuas kom nws cov neeg foob pob muaj kev nyab xeeb - qhov ntawd yog nws txoj haujlwm - tab sis nws yeej nkag siab tias nws xav ua pauj phem npaum li cas. Nws tig mus rau nws cov neeg tsav dav hlau vampire thiab hais tias, "Tshaj lawv mus rau ib qho taw tes tsib, rov suav cov roj bingo ntawm qhov chaw nruab nrab huab cua refueling thiab qhia."
    
  Cov neeg coob tau ua raws li thiab ib pliag tom qab tshaj tawm: "Headbanger Ob pab pawg tam sim no nyob rau theem peb-ib-o, mus txog, Mach ib qho tsib, kev mloog zoo, ntsuab, nees nkaum feeb rau qhov taw qhia." Bingo, ARCP chaw nres tsheb tsis muaj roj; Peb muaj kaum feeb ntawm cov roj seem tshuav. Peb muaj ob peb feeb ntxiv kom tau txais tom qab peb tau txais lub tanker hloov tshiab ETE. "
    
  "Qhov no yog kaum feeb tom qab lub foob pob thib ob tau ua rau lub boom, puas yog?" Rebecca nug. Qhov tsaus ntuj nti, ashen- dawb qhia thiab ntsiag to "tsis muaj" ntawm tus kws kho mob lub ntsej muag qhia nws tias lawv nyob hauv qhov tob tob.
    
    
  Tshooj 7
    
    
  Tsis muaj cov tub rog uas tsis raug mob hauv kev ua tsov ua rog.
    
  -JOSE NAROSCHI
    
    
    
  NTAWM BOARD ARMSTRONG SPACE STATION
  Ob peb feeb tom qab
    
    
  "McLanahan nyob ntawm no, nyab xeeb."
    
  Joseph Gardner tau hais tias "McLanahan, qhov no yog Thawj Tswj Hwm ntawm Tebchaws Meskas. "Koj xav tias koj ua dab tsi?"
    
  "Sir, kuv-"
    
  "Qhov no yog qhov kev txiav txim ncaj qha, McLanahan: xa cov foob pob tam sim no."
    
  "Tus Tswv, kuv xav muab kuv daim ntawv qhia rau koj ua ntej-"
    
  "Koj yuav tsis ua qhov phem tsuas yog qhov kuv qhia koj ua!" - tus thawj tswj hwm bark. "Koj tau ua txhaum txoj cai ncaj qha ntawm tus thawj coj. Yog nej xav kom zam dhau txoj sia nyob hauv tsev lojcuj, nej yuav tsum ua raws li kuv qhia rau nej. Thiab lub dav hlau no zoo dua tseem nyob hauv lub voj voog, lossis kuv cog lus rau Vajtswv kuv ...
    
  "Cov neeg Lavxias tau tua lub dav hlau Dub Stallion," Patrick tau cuam tshuam sai. "Lub dav hlau tau ploj mus thiab suav tias ploj nrog txhua tus ntsuj plig."
    
  Thawj Tswj Hwm nyob ntsiag to ntev; ces: "Yuav ua li cas?"
    
  "Lub laser txawb, tib yam uas peb xav tias tau tua peb lub dav hlau dav hlau hla Iran xyoo tas los," Patrick teb. "Qhov no yog qhov uas cov neeg Lavxias tau nkaum hauv Soltanabad: lawv lub xov tooj ntawm tes tiv thaiv qhov chaw laser. Lawv tau coj nws mus rau Iran thiab muab nws tso rau ntawm qhov tso tseg Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps lub hauv paus uas peb xav tias raug rhuav tshem - lawv txawm tso lub foob pob cuav rau nws los dag peb. Cov neeg Lavxias tau tso lub laser rau hauv qhov chaw zoo tshaj plaws los tawm tsam peb lub dav hlau ya hla Iran. Lawv tau txais qhov khoom plig thib ob loj tshaj plaws ntawm txhua tus: lwm lub dav hlau Black Stallion. Qhov chaw qhia tias lawv lub hom phiaj tiag tiag yog Armstrong chaw nres tsheb. "
    
  Silence dua ntawm lwm qhov kawg ntawm kab ... tab sis tsis ntev: "McLanahan, Kuv thov txim rau koj cov neeg ... "
    
  "Muaj ob tug poj niam nyob hauv nkoj ib yam nkaus, tus tswv."
    
  "...Thiab peb yuav mus rau hauv qab ntawm qhov no," Thawj Tswj Hwm hais ntxiv, "tab sis koj ua txhaum kuv cov lus txib thiab tso cov foob pob no yam tsis tau tso cai. Tso lawv tam sim ntawd. "
    
  Patrick ntsia lub sijhawm ntxiv: ntau dua xya feeb. Nws puas tuaj yeem ntes tus Thawj Kav Tebchaws mus ntev li ntawd...? "Tus Tswv, kuv tau txais kev tso cai los tso lub dav hlau mus rau hauv cov qauv orbit los ntawm STRATCOM," nws hais. "Peb xav tias cov neeg Lavxias tau ua li cas, tab sis peb tos kom tso cai nkag mus. Peb qhov kev ntshai phem tshaj plaws tau lees paub ... "
    
  "Kuv muab koj ib qho kev txiav txim, McLanahan."
    
  "Tus Tswv, cov neeg Lavxias tau ntim thiab txav lawv lub laser thiab radar tawm ntawm Soltanabad thaum peb hais," nws hais. "Yog tias lawv raug tso cai khiav tawm, lub laser no yuav dhau los ua kev hem thawj loj rau txhua lub nkoj, satellite thiab dav hlau hauv peb cov khoom muag. Tsuas muaj ob peb feeb ua ntej tso tawm, thiab tag nrho nws yuav dhau los hauv tsawg dua ib feeb. Tsuas yog plaub lub foob pob hluav taws siab nrog kinetic warheads - tsis muaj kev puas tsuaj. Nws yuav tshem tawm cov khoom uas tseem tsis tau txav mus los. Cov neeg Lavxias tsis tuaj yeem yws txog qhov kev tawm tsam vim tias tom qab ntawd lawv yuav lees tias yuav xa cov tub rog mus rau Iran kom tua neeg Asmeskas, yog li yuav tsis muaj kev tawm tsam thoob ntiaj teb. Yog tias peb tuaj yeem tau txais Bujazi cov tub rog nyob ntawd los pib tshawb nrhiav kev tshawb fawb sai li sai tau tom qab kev tawm tsam, peb yuav pom cov pov thawj tias ...
    
  Thawj Tswj Hwm tau hais tias "Kuv tau hais tias tig cov neeg foob pob mus ncig, McLanahan," "Nws yog ib qho kev txiav txim. Kuv yuav tsis rov hais dua kuv tus kheej. Qhov kev sib tham no raug kaw thiab ua pov thawj, thiab yog tias koj tsis ua raws, nws yuav raug siv tawm tsam koj hauv koj lub tsev hais plaub. "
    
  Patrick hais tias, "Tus Tswv, kuv nkag siab, tab sis kuv thov kom koj rov xav dua," Patrick thov. "Tsib tus kws tshawb fawb nyob hauv lub dav hlau tau raug tua. Lawv tuag, torn sib nrug los ntawm lub laser. Nws yog ib qho kev ua tsov rog. Tshwj tsis yog tias peb tau txais cov pov thawj ncaj qha tias Russia tau pib ua tub rog ncaj qha tawm tsam Tebchaws Meskas, lawv yuav khiav tawm nrog kev tua neeg thiab peb yuav tsis muaj peev xwm ua pauj rau lawv cov neeg tuag. Thiab yog hais tias peb tsis ua kom puas, puas los yog lov tes taw no laser, nws yuav tshwm sim rau lwm qhov thiab tua dua. Sir, peb yuav tsum ...
    
  "Koj tab tom ua txhaum cai ncaj qha los ntawm Tus Thawj Kav Tebchaws, General McLanahan," Thawj Tswj Hwm cuam tshuam. "Kuv muab sijhawm kawg rau koj ua raws. Ua li no thiab kuv yuav tso cai rau koj tawm haujlwm sai thiab ntsiag to, tsis muaj kev tshuaj xyuas pej xeem. Tsis kam, thiab kuv yuav tshem koj ntawm koj qib thiab xa koj mus rau hauv tsev lojcuj nrog kev ua haujlwm hnyav rau lub neej. Koj puas to taub kuv, general? Lub caij nyoog kawg ... nws yuav ua li cas?-"
    
  Rau feeb ntxiv. Nws puas tuaj yeem zam qhov teeb meem vim yog "xov tooj cua creaky"? Nws txiav txim siab tias tam sim no nws nyob deb, deb dhau txoj kab ntawd: nws tsis muaj kev xaiv. Patrick cuam tshuam kev sib kis. Tsis quav ntsej cov lus tsis txaus ntseeg ntawm lub ntsej muag ntawm cov kws tshaj lij nyob ib puag ncig nws, nws hais tias, "McLanahan tab tom hu rau Luger."
    
  "Tsuas yog tawm hauv xov tooj nrog Tus Tuav Ntaub Ntawv Tiv Thaiv, Mook," Dave hais los ntawm Elliott Air Force Base los ntawm lawv cov subcutaneous thoob ntiaj teb transceiver system. "Nws hais kom cov vampires rov qab los tam sim ntawd."
    
  Patrick tau hais tias "Kuv lub xov tooj hu ua koj li, phooj ywg: Kuv nyuam qhuav tau txais xov xwm los ntawm tus thawj tswj hwm," Patrick hais. "Nws yuam tib yam. Nws muab kuv cov nyiaj laus zoo nyob ntsiag to lossis lub neej ntawm kev tawg pob zeb loj rau hauv me me hauv Leavenworth. "
    
  "Kuv yuav hloov lawv-"
    
  Patrick hais tias "Tsis zoo ... Lawv txuas ntxiv mus," Patrick hais. "Pob zeb no lub hauv paus rau ntuj txiag teb tsaus."
    
  Dave Luger hais tias, "Mook, Kuv paub koj xav li cas," tab sis nws yuav lig dhau lawm. Daim duab satellite tshiab tshaj plaws qhia tau hais tias tsawg kawg ib feem peb ntawm cov tsheb tau ploj lawm, thiab qhov ntawd yog ntau tshaj kaum feeb dhau los. Tsis tas li ntawd, peb twb tau tag nrho cov roj ntawm cov vampires, thiab muaj roj kub ceev - lawv yuav tsis ncav cuag lub tanker ua ntej lawv tawm mus. Nws yog qhov yeej-yeej scenario, Mook. Nws tsis tsim nyog txaus ntshai rau koj txoj haujlwm thiab koj txoj kev ywj pheej. Peb poob qhov no. Cia peb thim rov qab thiab npaj txhij los tawm tsam lwm tus. "
    
  "Tom ntej no" tuaj yeem yog kev tawm tsam ntawm lwm lub dav hlau, satellite, dav hlau neeg soj xyuas hla Iran, lossis Armstrong chaw nres tsheb nws tus kheej," Patrick hais. "Peb yuav tsum tso tseg qhov no, tam sim no."
    
  "Nws lig dhau lawm," Luger hais. "Kuv xav tias peb nco nws."
    
  Patrick tau hais tias "Tom qab ntawd peb yuav tso lawv daim npav lag luam me me rau hauv lawv daim iav rov qab yog tias qhov ntawd yog qhov zoo tshaj plaws peb tuaj yeem ua tau," Patrick hais. "Nias nws."
    
    
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  "Nws yuav mus dab tsi?"
    
  "Koj hnov kuv, Leonid," Thawj Tswj Hwm ntawm Tebchaws Meskas tau hais hauv xov tooj kub los ntawm Air Force One, tsuas yog feeb tom qab kev sib txuas lus nrog lub chaw nres tsheb tau ploj lawm - nws yuav tsum tau tso tawm ib txoj hlua ntawm epithets rau tag nrho rau caum vib nas this tom qab ntawd . raws li txoj kab tuag ua ntej nws yuav tham nrog lwm tus. "Kuv xav tias McLanahan yuav tawm tsam huab cua ntawm qhov chaw hu ua Soltanabad nyob rau sab qaum teb Iran. Nws hais tias koj tau nruab lub xov tooj ntawm tes los tiv thaiv qhov chaw laser nyob ntawd thiab siv nws los tua nws lub dav hlau Dub Stallion tsuas yog ob peb feeb dhau los. "
    
  Lavxias Thawj Tswj Hwm Leonid Zevitin npau taws ntaus cov lus qhia ntawm lub khoos phis tawj keyboard rau Lavxias Air Force Tus Thawj Coj ntawm Cov Neeg Ua Haujlwm Darzov thaum nws hais lus, ceeb toom nws txog kev tawm tsam yuav los thiab hais kom nws sib ntaus sib tua dav hlau kom sim nres Asmeskas cov foob pob. "Qhov no yog qhov tsis txaus ntseeg, Joe, tsuas yog qhov tsis txaus ntseeg," nws hais hauv nws lub suab nrov tshaj plaws, ua siab dawb, npau taws heev. "Soltanabad? Hauv Iran? Kuv yeej tsis tau hnov txog qhov chaw no! Peb tsis muaj cov tub rog nyob txhua qhov chaw hauv Iran tsuas yog cov neeg saib xyuas peb lub chaw lis haujlwm ib ntus hauv Mashhad, thiab qhov ntawd yog qhov ntawd vim tias peb lub chaw lis haujlwm hauv Tehran tau dhau los ua ntuj raug txim thiab Mashhad tam sim no tsuas yog qhov chaw nyab xeeb hauv tag nrho lub tebchaws, ua tsaug rau Boujazi. "
    
  "Kuv xav tsis thoob li koj, Leonid," Gardner hais. "McLanahan yuav tsum vwm. Nws yuav tsum tau raug kev txom nyem qee yam ntawm lub hlwb raug mob thaum nws muaj qhov palpitations nres. Nws tsis ruaj khov!
    
  "Tab sis yog vim li cas tus tub ceev xwm tsis ruaj khov ya cov foob pob hluav taws xob thiab cov foob pob hluav taws xob, Joe? Tej zaum koj yuav tsis tuaj yeem mus rau McLanahan, tab sis koj tuaj yeem nres nws, txoj cai?
    
  "Tau kawg kuv ua tau, Leonid. Qhov no yog ua raws li peb hais. Tab sis cov foob pob no tuaj yeem tua ntau lub foob pob hluav taws. Yog tias koj muaj lub zog hauv av, kuv xav kom koj thim lawv sai li sai tau. "
    
  "Kuv ua tsaug rau koj hu, Joe, tab sis peb tsis muaj rog hauv Iran, lub sijhawm." Nws pom tias tseem tsis muaj lus teb los ntawm Darzov - damn, nws zoo dua tau txais laser tawm ntawm qhov ntawd, txwv tsis pub lawv cov kev ua si yuav dhau mus. "Thiab peb yeej tsis muaj tej yam yees siv super laser uas muaj peev xwm tua tau ib tug spaceship orbiting lub ntiaj teb ntawm kaum xya txhiab mais ib teev thiab ces ploj mus zoo li pa luam yeeb. Lub tebchaws United Nations tau tshawb xyuas cov ntaub ntawv no xyoo tas los thiab tsis muaj dab tsi, nco qab?
    
  "Kuv xav tias lawv tau hais tias cov txiaj ntsig tsis meej vim tias -"
    
  "Vim Thawj Tswj Hwm Martindale tsis tau tso cai rau lawv xam phaj ib tus neeg hauv Dreamland, thiab Boujazi thiab nws cov neeg ntxeev siab vwm tsis tau tso cai rau lawv nkag mus rau qhov chaw puas tsuaj lossis qhov chaw xav tau uas lub laser raug teeb tsa," Zevitin tau hais. "Cov kab hauv qab yog tias tsis muaj ib qho pov thawj uas taw qhia rau qee qhov damn superhole. McLanahan tau pom tseeb tias muaj kev ntshai nyob hauv Congress, xov xwm thiab cov pej xeem Asmeskas txhawm rau txhawm rau khaws nws cov phiaj xwm zais cia pheej yig thiab txaus ntshai. "
    
  "Zoo, qhov no yuav raug nres sai heev," Gardner hais. "McLanahan tiav lawm. Tus neeg phem no tau daig thiab hais kom tawm tsam mus ntxiv. "
    
  "Huag?" Nws zoo tag nrho, Zevitin xav zoo siab. Lawv yuav tsis tsuas yog tshem McLanahan xwb, tab sis kuj qhia txog nws ua ib tug neeg vwm ... nws tus thawj coj ntawm tus thawj coj! Tsis muaj txoj hauv kev uas nws cov neeg txhawb nqa hauv Army lossis Congress yuav txhawb nqa nws tam sim no! Nws tuav rawv nws txoj kev xyiv fab thiab hais ntxiv rau hauv lub suab qis, tsis zoo: "Qhov no yog kev npau taws! Nws puas vwm? Koj tsis tuaj yeem cia qhov no txuas ntxiv mus! Tus txiv neej tsis ruaj tsis khov, tus neeg tsis ncaj ncees yuav tsum raug tso tseg, Joe. Koj ua rau neeg coob coob ntawm no ntshai heev. Tos kom txog thaum Duma thiab Pawg Thawj Kav Tebchaws tau hnov txog lwm lub foob pob hluav taws xob hauv Iran. Lawv yuav tso lawv lub ris."
    
  Gardner hais tias "Qhia rau lawv tsis txhob txhawj, Leonid," said Gardner. "McLanahan tiav lawm, thiab yog li nws tus kheej tub rog tub rog."
    
  "Tig nws, Joe," Zevitin hais. "Nres tag nrho - qhov chaw nres tsheb, cov foob pob hluav taws xob, cov foob pob tsis muaj neeg nrog lawv cov kab tuag - ua ntej nws lig dhau lawm. Tom qab ntawd cia peb los ua ke thiab nthuav tawm lub ntiaj teb nrog kev sib koom ua ke, kev thaj yeeb, kev sib koom ua ke. Nov yog tib txoj hauv kev uas peb yuav daws qhov kev ntxhov siab ntawm no. "
    
  "Tsis txhob txhawj txog dab tsi," Gardner hais. "Yog tias koj lub nkoj Caspian Hiav Txwv nyob ze, koj tuaj yeem qhia lawv tias cov neeg foob pob tuaj yeem tua cov cuaj luaj ceev."
    
  Zevitin tau hais tias "Joe, Kuv txhawj xeeb txog qhov kev tawm tsam hauv Iran yog tias cov cuaj luaj no tsoo thaj chaw," Zevitin tau hais. "Kuv nco qab kawg, lub hauv paus no tau siv los ntawm Red Crescent rau kev pab tib neeg thiab los ntawm UN cov neeg saib xyuas."
    
  "Auj tsis yog," Gardner quaj. "Qhov no yog npau suav phem fucking."
    
  "Yog tias McLanahan foob pob lub hauv paus no, nws yuav tua ntau tus neeg, tej zaum ntau pua tus neeg dawb huv."
    
  "Damn," Gardner hais. "Zoo, kuv thov txim, Leonid, tab sis McLanahan tsis muaj kev tswj hwm tam sim no. Tsis muaj ib yam dab tsi ntxiv uas kuv ua tau. "
    
  "Kuv muaj ib lub tswv yim radical, kuv tus phooj ywg - Kuv vam tias koj tsis xav tias kuv vwm," Zevitin hais.
    
  "Koj yog dab tsi-?" Thiab tom qab ntawd Gardner nres, vim nws tsis ntev nws paub nws tus kheej. "Koj txhais tau tias koj thov kuv tso cai rau-?"
    
  "Nws yog tib txoj kev, Joe," Zevitin hais tias, yuav luag tsis tuaj yeem muaj nws txoj kev xav tsis thoob ntawm qhov kev coj ua no. "Koj paub nws, thiab kuv paub nws. Kuv tsis ntseeg txawm tias tus neeg raug tsim txom zoo li McLanahan puas yuav twv tau foob pob hluav taws ntawm lub tshav dav hlau pab, tab sis kuv tsis tuaj yeem xav txog lwm txoj hauv kev los tiv thaiv qhov kev npau taws no, kuv puas tuaj yeem tau txais? Tsis muaj lus teb, yog li Zevitin txuas ntxiv mus sai: "Tsis tas li ntawd, Joe, cov neeg tawg rog tsis muaj neeg siv, txoj cai? Tsis muaj leej twg yuav raug mob ntawm koj qhov kawg thiab peb yuav cawm ntau txoj sia. " Muaj kev ncua ntev heev. Zevitin hais ntxiv tias: "Thov txim Joe, kuv yuav tsum tsis txhob muaj lub tswv yim vwm no. Tsis nco qab qhov kuv hais-"
    
  "Tos, Leonid," Gardner cuam tshuam nws. Ob peb lub sijhawm tom qab: "Puas muaj lub dav hlau nyob ze, Leonid?" - Nws hnov Thawj Tswj Hwm ntawm Teb Chaws Asmeskas nug.
    
  Zevitin yuav luag ob npaug, tsis ntseeg nws pob ntseg. Nws nqos nws qhov kev poob siab, rub nws tus kheej sai sai, tom qab ntawd hais tias, "Kuv tsis paub, Joe. Kuv yuav tsum nug tus Thawj Tub Ceev Xwm ntawm kuv Cov Tub Rog Tub Rog. Nquag, tau kawg, peb saib xyuas thaj chaw no, tab sis txij li thaum peb MiG raug tua los ntawm McLanahan foob pob nrog EMP T-puab lub foob pob hluav taws, peb tau thim rov qab me ntsis. "
    
  "Kuv nkag siab," Gardner hais. "Mloog kuv. Kuv tus kws pab tswv yim kev ruaj ntseg hauv tebchaws tau hais rau kuv tias cov neeg foob pob tau tawm ntawm Batman Air Force Base hauv Turkey thiab tsis muaj kev ntseeg tau mus ncaj nraim mus rau qhov chaw tshaj tawm sab qab teb ntawm Caspian Hiav Txwv. Peb tsis tuaj yeem qhia koj ntxiv vim peb tsuas yog tsis paub. "
    
  "Kuv nkag siab," Zevitin hais. Nws tsis tuaj yeem ntseeg nws - Gardner tau qhia nws tias cov neeg foob pob tau pib los ntawm qhov twg thiab lawv mus qhov twg!
    
  "Peb kuj tsis paub txog lawv cov riam phom, tab sis peb xav tias lawv muaj tib lub foob pob hluav taws uas lawv tau siv ua ntej, yog li qhov chaw pib yog ob peb puas mais ntawm Soltanabad."
    
  "Kuv pom zoo nrog koj qhov kev xav, Joe," Zevitin hais tias, sim zais qhov xav tsis thoob hauv nws lub suab thiab nyob twj ywm thiab mob siab. "Peb tuaj yeem nrhiav lawv qhov chaw koj muab rau lawv. Tab sis yog tias peb pom lawv ... Joe, kuv puas yuav tsum txuas ntxiv? Kuv xav tias qhov no yog tib txoj hauv kev kom tsis txhob muaj kev puas tsuaj. Tab sis qhov no yuav tsum yog koj qhov kev txiav txim siab, Thawj Tswj Hwm. Qhia rau kuv tias koj xav kom kuv ua dab tsi."
    
  Lwm ncua, tab sis lub sij hawm no luv dua: "Yog, Leonid," hais tias Gardner, kom meej meej kov yeej nrog kev npau taws heev. "Kuv ntxub ua qhov no, tab sis tus neeg phem ntawd McLanahan ua rau kuv tsis muaj kev xaiv."
    
  "Yog, Joe, Kuv nkag siab thiab pom zoo," Zevitin hais. "Dab tsi txog T-wave riam phom? Lawv puas yuav siv nws dua los tawm tsam peb cov neeg tua rog?
    
  Gardner tau hais tias "Koj yuav tsum xav tias lawv yuav ua nws thiab tawm tsam los ntawm ntau yam," Gardner tau hais. "Kuv thov txim, tab sis kuv tswj tsis tau nws nyob rau hauv ib qho twg."
    
  "Kuv paub tias qhov no tsis yog koj ua, kuv tus phooj ywg," Zevitin hais tias nws ua tau, txawm tias nws zoo siab. Damn nws, tam sim no tus txiv neej no tau muab nws cov lus qhia yuav ua li cas kom ua tiav nws cov neeg! "Peb yuav ua txhua yam ua tau los tiv thaiv kev puas tsuaj. Kuv yuav tiv tauj koj sai sai nrog kev hloov tshiab. "
    
  "Ua tsaug ntau, kuv tus phooj ywg."
    
  "Tsis yog, ua tsaug rau lub luag haujlwm ceeb toom, kuv tus phooj ywg. Kuv tsis paub tias kuv tuaj yeem ua tau raws sijhawm, tab sis kuv yuav ua qhov zoo tshaj plaws kom tsis txhob ua rau qhov xwm txheej tsis zoo. Thov kom kuv muaj hmoo. Nyob zoo." Zevitin tau daig ... tom qab ntawd tawm tsam qhov kev xav ua kom yeej me ntsis seev cev ncig lub rooj. Nws tuav lub xov tooj dua thiab hais kom tam sim ntawd txuas nws mus rau Darzov. "Txoj Cai, General?"
    
  Darzov tau hais tias "Peb tab tom txav nrawm li peb tuaj yeem ua tau," "Peb tab tom ua qhov tseem ceeb ntawm cov khoom tseem ceeb - radar, laser lub koob yees duab thiab hloov kho qhov muag - ua ntej. Cov roj tank thiab lub tshuab hluav taws xob yuav tsum tau tos. "
    
  "Koj puas muaj ib tug neeg tua rog taug kev hla Caspian, General?"
    
  "Tau kawg, sir."
    
  "Koj puas ua raws li American B-1 bombers?"
    
  Darzov tau hais tias "Kuv muaj tag nrho cov tub rog ntawm MiG-29s hauv huab cua los sim ua kom lawv nrog lawv," Darzov hais. "Unmanned Vampires tau nrawm dua li cov qauv B-1 Lancers, yog li peb tau nruab ntau tus neeg tua hluav taws nrog Molniya missiles, yoog kom ua haujlwm ntawm kev txo qis siv MiG-29 hluav taws xob tswj radar. Tej zaum lawv yuav tuaj yeem tua lawv cov foob pob hluav taws xob hypersonic yog tias lawv tuaj yeem tsim tawm - "
    
  "Kuv nyuam qhuav tau txais kev tso cai los ntawm Thawj Tswj Hwm ntawm Tebchaws Meskas rau koj tua cov neeg tawg rog," Zevitin hais zoo siab.
    
  "Tus Thawj Kav Tebchaws Meskas tau hais kom peb tua nws tus kheej lub foob pob?"
    
  "Nws tsis xav txog lawv nws cov neeg foob pob - rau nws tam sim no lawv yog McLanahan cov neeg foob pob, thiab lawv kuj tseem tuaj yeem txeeb tau Martians," Zevitin tau hais. "Ua nws. Tua lawv ... tab sis tom qab lawv tso lawv cov missiles. "
    
  "Tom qab?" Darzov nug incredulously. "Tus Tswv, yog tias peb tsis tshem peb cov cuab yeej hauv lub sijhawm, lossis yog tias lawv tsom Phanar cov khoom tseem ceeb, peb tuaj yeem poob ntau lab rubles ntawm cov cuab yeej muaj txiaj ntsig!"
    
  Zevitin hais tias, "Ua koj qhov zoo tshaj plaws, General," tab sis cia cov cuaj luaj tso tawm thiab ntaus lub hauv paus. Koj puas muaj cov cuab yeej tiv thaiv hauv qhov chaw raws li peb tau tham dhau los?
    
  Darzov teb tias "Yog lawm, tus tswv, tau kawg," Darzov teb. "Tab sis peb kuj muaj ... "
    
  "Yog hais tias ib feem ntawm Phanar raug ntaus, koj thawj qhov tseem ceeb yog kom nws tawm thaum koj tseem npaj av raws li tau npaj tseg," Zevitin txuas ntxiv ua pa, "vim tias nyob rau hauv feeb ntawm cov cuaj luaj ntaus, kuv yuav qhia tag nrho. ntiaj teb txog nws. " Lub ntiaj teb cov xov xwm yuav xav pom rau lawv tus kheej, thiab nws tseem ceeb uas lawv pom tam sim ntawd. Koj puas nkag siab kuv, General?"
    
  "Yog, tus tswv," Darzov teb. "Kuv yuav ua raws li koj thov. Tab sis kuv vam tias peb tsis txi peb cov cuab tam tseem ceeb tshaj plaws rau kev sib raug zoo rau pej xeem lub hom phiaj. "
    
  "Koj yuav ua raws li kuv qhia rau koj, vim li cas kuv tuaj nrog, General, txawm tias koj nkag siab nws lossis tsis," Zevitin snapped. "Cia li ua kom paub tseeb tias thaum xov xwm tsoo Soltanabad - thiab kuv yuav ua haujlwm hnyav kom paub tseeb tias qhov ntawd tshwm sim - lawv pom tsis muaj dab tsi tab sis xav tau kev puas tsuaj, lossis kuv yuav rhuav koj lub nroog Yeiuxalees. Kuv puas qhia kuv tus kheej kom meej?
    
    
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  "Huab Tais, peb tab tom khaws lub teeb liab locator beacon!" - Tus Thawj Tub Ceev Xwm Lucas tau qw los ntawm nws txoj haujlwm hauv kev hais kom ua ntawm Armstrong chaw nres tsheb. "Qhov no yog los ntawm cov neeg caij tsheb module."
    
  "Auj kuv tus Vajtswv, lawv tau ua," Patrick hais tias ua tsis taus pa. "Koj puas tau txais cov ntaub ntawv tseem?"
    
  "Tsis muaj dab tsi ... Yog lawm, yog, peb tau txais qhov chaw thiab ib puag ncig cov ntaub ntawv!" Lucas hais. "Nws muaj kev nyab xeeb! Cov stabilizers raug xa mus thiab txhua yam nyob rau hauv lub computer tswj! Telemetry qhia tias tus neeg caij tsheb module tseem nyob rau hauv siab! "
    
  "Auj kuv tus Vajtswv, qhov no yog ib qho txuj ci tseem ceeb," Patrick hais. "Moulin thiab Terranova yuav tsum tau tshem tawm lub module ua ntej Dub Stallion raug rhuav tshem. Rebecca - "
    
  Rebecca Furness tau hais tias "Peb tab tom npaj ob lub Vampires ntxiv rau kev tshaj tawm los muab huab cua npog rau kev khiav tawm," Rebecca Furness tau hais. "Lawv yuav nyob saum huab cua hauv nees nkaum feeb."
    
  "Dave -"
    
  Dave Luger tau hais tias "Peb tab tom sib tham tam sim no nrog Kev Ua Haujlwm Tshwj Xeeb hais txog kev tshaj tawm CSAR lub hom phiaj tawm ntawm Afghanistan, Muk," said Dave Luger. "Thaum peb paub qhov twg lawv tuaj yeem tsaws, lawv yuav tso tawm. Peb vam tias lawv yuav tsaws nyob rau sab hnub poob Afghanistan. Lub Pave Hawk yog nyob rau ntawm lub airbase hauv Herat. Peb tab tom sim rov muab ob peb Predators thiab Reapers ya hla thaj chaw." MQ-1 Predator thiab MQ-9 Reaper yog lub dav hlau tsis muaj neeg saib xyuas, txhua qhov teeb tsa los nqa cov cuaj luaj rau saum npoo av; ob leeg tau tswj los ntawm satellite los ntawm cov chaw tswj hwm hauv Tebchaws Meskas.
    
  Dave Luger tau tshaj tawm tias "rau rau caum vib nas this mus rau qhov chaw pib," "Lub airspeed rov qab mus rau ib thiab ob feem kaum ntawm Mach." Nws nyob ib leeg ntawm cov lus txib hauv The Batman, tab sis nws tseem txo nws lub suab zoo li nws tsis xav kom lwm tus hnov nws hais ntxiv, "Musk, tam sim no yog lub sijhawm zoo los xa lawv."
    
  "Ua ntej," Patrick McLanahan teb.
    
  Nws lub suab tau txiav txim siab thiab ntseeg siab zoo li thaum nws thawj zaug txiav txim siab tawm tsam - tsawg kawg ua rau nws zoo dua me ntsis. Yog tias Patrick tau pom qhov tsis txaus siab me ntsis hauv nws qhov kev txiav txim siab, Dave tau cog lus tias nws yuav tau xa cov neeg foob pob ntawm nws tus kheej txiav txim siab kom ntseeg tau tias cov dav hlau ua rau nws mus rau qhov chaw refueling thiab tseem yuav cawm Patrick txoj haujlwm.
    
  Ob peb vib nas this nws yuav lig dhau lawm ...
    
  Hauv pab pawg network, nws hais tias: "Kuv nkag siab koj, Odin, Kuv nkag siab koj, txuas ntxiv mus. Plaub caug tsib vib nas this. Tsis muaj kev hem thawj, tsis muaj kev soj ntsuam radar. Lub davhlau ceev ruaj khov ntawm Mach ob. Peb caug vib nas this... nees nkaum ... kaum, qhov rooj qhib ntawm Headbanger Ob-Ib Ib ... foob pob hluav taws ib mus ... Lub qhov rooj qhib rau Ob-ob ... foob pob hluav taws ob mus, qhov rooj kaw... foob pob hluav taws ib tawm " Ob-Ob "... missile ob tawm, qhov rooj kaw, davhlau muaj kev nyab xeeb, mus rau sab hnub poob mus rau ARIP."
    
  "Yuav ua li cas cov vampires ua nrog roj, Dave?" - Patrick nug.
    
  Luger teb tias "Peb yuav ua nws - nrog kev nyuaj," Luger teb. "Yog tias qhov kev sib txuas mus tau zoo, Ob-Ib qho tuaj yeem nce siab, sau nrog cov roj seem, tua lub voj voog, thiab Ob-Ob tug yuav pib refueling thiab muaj kaum feeb sab laug kom tso cov tso tsheb hlau luam."
    
  "Zoo ua haujlwm, Cutthroat," Patrick ua pa, ua kom pom tseeb. Tsis muaj lus teb los ntawm Rebecca Furness-nws tseem tsis tau tiav, tsawg kawg yog tsis ntev los no, thiab nws paub tias nws tseem npau taws tias nws qhov kev txiav txim siab tau muab tso tseg.
    
  "Peb caug vib nas this los cuam tshuam... Skyward ceev ntawm Mach kaum taw tes xya, tag nrho ntsuab... Scramjet cav burnout, warhead coasting... Davhlau tswj active thiab teb, steering OK... nees nkaum TG, cov ntaub ntawv txuas yog nquag. " Lawv txhua tus tau saib raws li qhov sib xyaw ntawm millimeter radar thiab cov duab infrared tuaj txog lub neej, qhia Lavxias thauj dav hlau thiab nyoob hoom qav taub ntawm txoj kev khiav, ob peb kab ntawm cov neeg hla lub thawv thiab pob khoom los ntawm ntau qhov chaw ntawm lub hauv paus mus tos cov tsheb thauj khoom, ntau lub tsev loj tsis muaj npe ntawm cov tsheb thauj khoom. ...
    
  ... thiab ob peb lub tsev pheeb suab loj uas pom tau meej meej Red Cross thiab Crescent logo ntawm lub ru tsev. "Yexus!" Dave Luger gasped. "Lawv zoo li cov neeg ua haujlwm pab cov tsev pheeb suab ntaub!"
    
  "Tim rau lub tsheb loj loj thiab lub tsev txav tau yooj yim!" Patrick qw. "Nyob deb ntawm cov tsev pheeb suab ntaub no!"
    
  "Peb tau txais nws, Odin," Rebecca hais. Nws muaj tus thawj coj tswj hwm txoj cai tswjfwm thiab tuaj yeem tswj hwm kev tswj hwm los ntawm tus tub ceev xwm riam phom, tab sis nws tsis tas yuav - tus tub ceev xwm riam phom tau yooj yim tsom lub reticle ntawm plaub lub tsheb loj tshaj plaws. SkySTREAK's millimeter yoj radar tau tuaj yeem saib lub plhaub sab nrauv ntawm txhua lub tsheb thauj khoom thiab paub tseeb tias cov tsheb thauj khoom hauv qab lub hom phiaj reticle yog qhov ntom ntom, es tsis yog hollow los yog tsawg nruj ntim raws li ib feem ntawm cov khoom thauj khoom seem. Txwv tsis pub, tag nrho cov tsheb thauj khoom zoo ib yam thiab raug tswj los ntawm tib cov neeg ua haujlwm.
    
  "Tsib vib nas this...lub hom phiaj xauv...launcher pib." Daim duab kawg ntawm SkySTREAK missiles tau pom ze li ntawm qhov chaw ntawm txhua qhov trailer ... tag nrho tab sis ib qho, uas tau tawm ntawm lub hom phiaj thiab tsaws rau hauv thaj chaw ntshiab ntawm qhov chaw ze ntawm lub hom phiaj trailer. Kev ntsuam xyuas lub computer ntawm thaj tsam ntawm kev puas tsuaj, kwv yees li tsib caug feet ntawm txoj kab uas hla, tsis pom muaj dab tsi tab sis ob peb cov tub rog nrog phom thiab lub thawv thiab tej zaum ib tug txiv neej nyob ib leeg sawv ze, tej zaum yog tus saib xyuas-qhov hluav taws kub tsis tau tsoo ib qho ntawm lub tsev pheeb suab. "Zoo li ib tus ploj lawm, tab sis nws tau xaus rau hauv kev tshem tawm ntawm qhov trailer."
    
  Patrick hais tias, "Zoo txhaj tshuaj, Cutthroat." "Cov trailers zoo ib yam rau cov uas tawm tsam Herd One-One."
    
  Rebecca Furness tau hais tias "Lawv zoo li ntau txhiab lab lwm cov tsheb thauj khoom thoob ntiaj teb - tsis muaj txoj hauv kev paub tias peb muaj dab tsi, tus tswv," said Rebecca Furness, kev ntxhov siab tshwm sim hauv nws lub suab. "Peb tsis tau pom ib qho radar arrays lossis ib yam dab tsi uas zoo li laser roj cia tso tsheb hlau luam lossis laser optics. Peb tuaj yeem tsoo dab tsi ... lossis tsis muaj dab tsi. "
    
  "Peb thawj qhov kev ua haujlwm tau npaj ua haujlwm kom khaws cov neeg caij tsheb thiab kev tshawb nrhiav cov wreckage thiab nws cov neeg coob, tsis quav ntsej cov lus ua kom tsis muaj qab hau. "Kuv xav kom pab pawg neeg sib ntaus sib tua raug xa mus rau Afghanistan tam sim ntawd, nrog rau txhua lub dav hlau txhawb nqa peb muaj. Kuv xav kom cov drones thiab NIRTSats npaj txhij los siv tam sim ntawd los tshawb nrhiav txhua txoj hauv kev rau cov neeg muaj sia nyob lossis cov khib nyiab. Tshem tawm tag nrho cov peev txheej peb muaj rau kev tshawb nrhiav. Kuv xav tau qhov kev hloov kho tshiab hauv ib teev. Koj puas mloog, Cutthroat?"
    
  "Nyob tos, Odin," Rebecca teb, kev txhawj xeeb tshwm sim hauv nws lub suab. Patrick tam sim ntawd rov qab mloog nws lub luag haujlwm rau cov neeg saib xyuas lub luag haujlwm ... thiab tam sim ntawd pom qhov kev hem thawj tshiab: cov cuaj luaj los nag los rau ntawm Vampire bombers. Nws tau hais tias "Tom qab tig mus, peb tau ua qhov ntev LADAR cheb thiab pom lawv," nws hais. LADAR, los yog laser laser radar, yog ib qho system ntawm hluav taws xob laser emitters ua thoob plaws hauv lub fuselage ntawm Vampire bombers uas tam sim ntawd "xim" ib tug high-resolution duab ntawm txhua yam nyob ib ncig ntawm lub dav hlau nyob deb ntawm ib puas mais, ces muab piv rau peb-seem. daim duab nrog ib phau ntawv teev cov duab rau kev txheeb xyuas tam sim. "Saib ntawm qhov ceev ntawm cov khoom no-lawv yuav tsum tau tsiv ntawm Mach 7!"
    
  "Kev ntsuas ntsuas!" Dave Luger qw. "Kau lawv saum ntuj!"
    
  Tab sis tsis ntev nws tau pom tseeb tias nws lig dhau lawm. Taug kev ntawm ntau tshaj kaum plaub mais ib ob, cov tub rog Lavxias tau npog qhov kev ncua deb ntev ua ntej Vampire bombers ' microwave emitters tuaj yeem qhib, kaw, thiab kaw lawv cov kev taw qhia. Peb ntawm plaub lub foob pob hluav taws xob tau ntaus ncaj qha, xa ob lub foob pob mus rau hauv hiav txwv Caspian sai sai.
    
  "Dav,," Dave foom phem. "Zoo li cov neeg Lavxias muaj cov khoom ua si tshiab rau lawv cov MiGs. Zoo, kuv xav tias peb yuav tsis tas txhawj txog seb cov neeg foob pob puas yuav mus rau lawv lub nkoj, puas yog Rebecca?
    
  "Peb nyuam qhuav poob ib feem peb ntawm peb cov neeg tawg rog B-1 tseem tshuav, Dave," Rebecca Furness tau tshaj tawm los ntawm Battle Mountain Air Reserve Base. "Qhov no tsis yog qhov uas luag. Peb tsuas muaj ob tug vampires hauv Batman tam sim no. "
    
  Patrick tau hais tias "Tau lawv saum huab cua los muab huab cua npog rau CSAR cov txiv neej los ntawm Herat, Rebecca," Patrick hais. "Siv LADAR nquag txhawm rau txheeb xyuas cov neeg nkag tebchaws. Yog tias leej twg tuaj hauv ib puas mais ntawm koj lub dav hlau, kib rau lawv. "
    
  "Kuv txaus siab, Mook," Rebecca hais. "Kuv npaj tau me ntsis nyiaj rov qab. Lawv yuav npaj tau tsheb tavxij li ntawm kaum tsib. " Tab sis ob peb feeb tom qab nws hu rov qab: "Ib qho, qhov no yog Headbanger, peb muaj teeb meem. Cov tub rog kev ruaj ntseg tau nres rau pem hauv ntej ntawm lub hangar thiab tiv thaiv Vampire ntawm kev caij tsheb tavxij. Lawv hais kom peb kaw lossis lawv yuav kaw lub dav hlau. "
    
  Patrick tam sim ntawd pom nws tus kheej ntawm txoj kab kev sib tham video ruaj ntseg, tab sis tau ua ntej los ntawm kev hu xov tooj: "General McLanahan, koj yog neeg vwm lossis raug kev txom nyem los ntawm qee yam kev puas siab puas ntsws," Tus Thawj Fwm Saib Xyuas Kev Tiv Thaiv Miller Turner tau hais. "Qhov no yog ib qho kev txiav txim ncaj qha los ntawm tus thawj coj ntawm tus thawj coj: tshem tag nrho koj cov tub rog tam sim ntawd. Koj dim ntawm cov lus txib. Kuv puas qhia kuv tus kheej kom meej?
    
  Patrick hais tias "Tus Tswv, ib qho ntawm kuv lub dav hlau Dub Stallion tau raug tua los ntawm Lavxias teb sab anti-satellite laser nyob rau sab hnub tuaj Iran," Patrick hais. "Peb muaj qhov qhia tau tias cov neeg caij tsheb yuav muaj sia nyob. Kuv xav air cover "...
    
  Turner tau hais tias "Tus General, Kuv ua siab ntev, tab sis tus thawj tswj hwm npau taws heev thiab yuav tsis mloog cov lus sib cav," Turner hais. "Rau qhov Vajtswv, koj tau daig! Koj puas cia siab tias nws yuav mloog koj tam sim no?
    
  Patrick tau hais tias "Tus Tswv, tus neeg caij tsheb tsis zoo thiab yuav nyob hauv av tsawg dua kaum tsib feeb," Patrick hais.
    
  "Dab tsi? Koj txhais tau tias ib tug ejected los ntawm lub dav hlau...?
    
  Patrick piav qhia tias "Tus neeg caij tsheb module yog jettisonable thiab yog npaj los siv ua lub nkoj cawm siav rau cov neeg ua haujlwm hauv chaw nres tsheb," Patrick piav qhia. "Nws tuaj yeem muaj sia nyob rov nkag, ya mus rau qhov chaw tsaws ntawm nws tus kheej, glide yam xyuam xim rau kev tsaws thiab cawm cov neeg coob. Lub module tsis zoo, tus tswv, thiab peb vam tias cov neeg coob muaj kev nyab xeeb. Peb tab tom tsom mus rau thaj chaw tsaws tuaj yeem tam sim no, thiab thaum peb txheeb xyuas qhov chaw tsaws tiag tiag, peb tuaj yeem xa cov pab pawg cawm neeg mus rau tam sim ntawd - qhov ntawd tsuas yog qhov txiaj ntsig peb yuav muaj tshaj tus yeeb ncuab. Tab sis nws yuav siv sij hawm tsawg kawg yog cuaj caum feeb rau pab neeg cawm siav thiab huab cua npog tuaj txog ntawm thaj chaw rov qab los. Peb yuav tsum pib tam sim ntawd. "
    
  Turner tau hais tias "General, koj twb tau ua txhaum cai ncaj qha los ntawm Thawj Tswj Hwm," Turner hais. "Koj twb nyob hauv tsev lojcuj lawm, koj puas nkag siab qhov ntawd? Tsis txhob ua phem los ntawm kev sib cav ntxiv lawm. Lub sijhawm kawg: Teeb tawm. Kuv tab tom hais kom General Backman tswj hwm koj cov tub rog. Kuv hais rau koj-"
    
  "Thiab kuv hais rau koj, tus tswv," Patrick cuam tshuam, "uas feem ntau ntawm Middle East thiab Central Asia tau pom Dub Stallion poob rau lub ntiaj teb, thiab Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, al-Quds Force, tag nrho cov neeg phem uas tau hla Iran tom qab. tub rog tawm tsam, thiab cov Russians yuav zoo li lawv txoj kev mus rau qhov chaw sib tsoo kom nyiag txhua yam lawv tuaj yeem nrhiav tau. Peb yuav tsum tau txais txhua lub dav hlau thiab pab pawg tshawb nrhiav thiab cawm peb tuaj yeem mus rau saum huab cua kom pom cov neeg muaj sia nyob ua ntej tus yeeb ncuab ua. "
    
  "Central Command yuav tswj hwm qhov no, McLanahan, tsis yog koj. Koj raug txib kom thim rov qab. Tsis txhob ua dabtsi ntxiv lawm. Koj yuav tsis ua lossis hais dab tsi rau leej twg. Koj tau tso siab rau koj cov lus txib thiab yuav raug ntes sai li sai tau thaum koj tuaj yeem tawm ntawm qhov chaw nres tsheb no. "
    
  Rau qhov thib ob hnub ntawd, Patrick dai rau ntawm tus thawj coj tub rog pej xeem. Nws qhov kev hu xovtooj tom ntej no yog ncaj qha rau Gen. Kenneth Lepers, plaub lub hnub qub tub rog tus thawj coj ntawm US Central Command, tus thawj coj tub rog uas saib xyuas txhua qhov kev ua tub rog hauv Middle East thiab Central Asia, sim ua kom nws tso cai rau cov neeg tawg rog. tshem tawm.
    
  "General McLanahan, koj lub nroog Yeiuxalees yog qhov txaus ntshai heev tam sim no," tus thawj coj tus mob ruas hais. "Tus Thawj Fwm Tsav Tebchaws tau raug yuam kom tsis txhob tham nrog koj, thiab qhov kev hu xovtooj no yuav raug tshaj tawm rau Tus Tuav Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Kev Tiv Thaiv. Kuv qhia koj kom daws qhov teeb meem no nrog SECDEF ua ntej tag nrho lub ntiaj teb kaw koj. " Thiab nws tau daig.
    
  Patrick qhov kev hu xov tooj tom ntej yog Rebecca Furness ntawm Battle Mountain Air Force Reserve Base. Rebecca hais tias "Kuv nyuam qhuav yuav hu koj, tus tswv," Rebecca hais. "Kuv thov txim rau Dub Stallion. Kuv xav kom peb ua tau ntau dua. "
    
  "Ua tsaug, Rebecca. Kuv thov txim rau koj vampires. "
    
  "Nws tsis yog koj qhov txhaum, tus tswv." Nws yog, nws tau ceeb toom nws tus kheej: yog tias nws tsis tau xaj kom tso rau lub hom phiaj tsis raug tso cai, nws tseem yuav muaj nws cov foob pob tawg. Tab sis cov Vampires tsis muaj neeg saib xyuas thiab Dub Stallion tsis yog, yog li nws tsis xav tias yuav tsum tau ntsev ntsev hauv qhov txhab. "Peb yuav tsum tau tshuaj xyuas cov tub sab - Kuv txiav txim siab ua ntsiag to kiag li. Kuv tsis paub tias cov neeg Lavxias pom li cas txog peb tuaj txog thiab thaum twg, tab sis lawv yuav rov qab txhua yam, Kuv lav qhov ntawd. "
    
  "Koj puas tseem tau nres los ntawm lub ntuj tub ceev xwm?"
    
  "Kuv lees paub. Peb tau tso tseg raws li kev txiav txim thiab tab tom tuav peb txoj haujlwm hauv hangar. "
    
  Patrick xav ib pliag; tom qab ntawd: "Rebecca, Kuv sim hu General Lepers ntawm CENTCOM kom tau txais nws tso cai tso Vampires, tab sis nws yuav tsis tham nrog kuv. Kuv xav xav tias yog kuv sim hu rau STRATCOM kuv yuav tau txais tib lo lus teb. "
    
  "Cannon yog ib tug txiv neej zoo," Rebecca hais. "Lwm tus xav tias koj nyob tom qab lawv txoj haujlwm." Los yog txiv ntseej, nws ntxiv rau nws tus kheej.
    
  Patrick hais tias "Yog tias peb tsis tau txais huab cua npog, Pasdarans yuav rhuav peb cov txiv neej thiab tej zaum yuav yog CSAR cov tub rog sib nrug," Patrick hais. "Kuv yuav tshem cov tub rog kev ruaj ntseg ntawm lub hangar. Kuv xav kom koj npaj txhij tawm sai li sai tau thaum lawv tawm mus. "
    
  "Tab sis koj hais tias Cov Neeg Lepers yuav tsis nrog koj tham, thiab koj tseem tsis tau tham nrog CENTAF, yog li leej twg yuav mus-?" Furness nyob twj ywm ib pliag, ces tsuas hais tias, "Qhov no yog vwm. sir".
    
  "Cov lus nug yog, Rebecca: koj puas yuav tso?"
    
  Lub ncua yog heev, ntev heev; ib yam li Patrick tab tom yuav rov hais dua nws tus kheej lossis xav tsis thoob yog tias Furness tau hu tus Secretary of Defense ntawm lwm kab, nws hais tias, "Cia lawv tawm ntawm txoj kev ntawm kuv lub nkoj, General, thiab kuv yuav tso tawm."
    
  "Ua tsaug, General." Patrick daig, ces hais tias: "Ib tug hu Chivkeeb."
    
  "Cia li mus, Mook," Dave Luger teb los ntawm lawv cov subcutaneous thoob ntiaj teb transmitter.
    
  "Cia cov tub ceev xwm ntawd kom deb ntawm cov neeg tawg rog."
    
  "Lawv tau tsiv mus, Mook. Tawm. Luger tig mus rau nws lub xov tooj cua hais, "Saber, qhov no yog Chivkeeb."
    
    
  BATMAN AIR BASE, REPUBLIC OF TURKEY
  LUB SIJ HAWM
    
    
  "Saber tab tom luam, txuas ntxiv mus, Chivkeeb," teb rau Air Force 1st Lt. James "J.D." Daniels, tus thawj coj ntawm pawg tub rog hauv av ua haujlwm pab pawg hu ua "Saber." Daniels raug xa mus rau Batman AFB los muab kev nyab xeeb rau EB-1C Vampire bombers, thiab vim hais tias lub hauv paus yog ib qho chaw nyob ib leeg, zoo-tsim qhov chaw los cob qhia CID pilots tshiab nyob rau hauv lub neej tiag tiag scenarios.Raws li ib tug technical sergeant, peb caug-xyoo-laus siab, xim av-eyed, xim av-haired tus tub ntawm ib tug. Arkansas rancher yog ib tug ntawm thawj Combat Force commandos mus kuaj nyob rau hauv raws li ib tug infantry cybernetic ntaus ntawv pilot.Tom qab raug mob los ntawm hluav taws xob mob thaum sib ntaus sib tua ntawm Yakutsk Air Base nyob rau hauv Russia tom qab Holocaust nyob rau hauv AMERICA, Daniels siv nws lub sij hawm rov qab los kom tau bachelor's. kawm tiav, tom qab ntawd tau mus kawm Tub Ceev Xwm Training School thiab tau txais nws txoj haujlwm ua tub ceev xwm, tam sim no nws yog ib tus tub ceev xwm laus hauv kev cob qhia thiab, tshwj tsis yog Charlie Turlock nws tus kheej, tus kws tshaj lij nyob hauv kev tshawb nrhiav riam phom.
    
  Dave Luger hais tias "Kuv muaj txoj haujlwm rau koj, Saber, tab sis koj yuav tsis nyiam nws," "Ib tug xav tua vampire bombers."
    
  "Yog lawm, sir. Ib feeb dhau los peb tau npaj tawm, tab sis cov txiv neej los ntawm Pawg Saib Xyuas Kev Ruaj Ntseg tau tshwm sim hauv hangar, thiab cov dav hlau kaw ntawm lawv tus kheej. Tus thawj coj hauv paus tau hais kom peb pab cov tub rog kev nyab xeeb thiab tiv thaiv lawv los ntawm kev tswj hwm los ntawm koj tawm tsam lub dav hlau. Peb tau lees paub qhov kev txiav txim. Thov txim os. Kuv yuav tsis nyiam dabtsi tiag?"
    
  "Ib qho ntawm peb lub dav hlau tau raug tua nyob rau sab hnub tuaj Iran, thiab muaj cov neeg muaj sia nyob. Peb xav tau huab cua npog rau lub hom phiaj cawm. NCAAB tseem hais tsis tau. Peb tseem xav khiav vampires. "
    
  "Vim li cas NCAIM tsis pom zoo rau lub luag haujlwm, tus tswv?"
    
  "Kuv tsis paub yog vim li cas, Saber, tab sis peb ntseeg tias NCA tau txhawj xeeb tias peb qhov kev nqis tes ua rau Iran tab tom nthuav tawm kev ntshai thiab hem txhua tus hauv cheeb tsam."
    
  "Tus Tswv, kuv tau txais kev lees paub tias yuav rov qab los, ob qho tib si rau peb thiab rau Vampires. Tus thawj coj hauv paus tau hais kom peb pab kom koj nyob nyab xeeb. Koj thov kom kuv tsis ua raws li cov lus txib no."
    
  "Kuv paub, Saber. Kuv tsis tuaj yeem yuam kom koj tsis ua raws li cov lus txib uas siv tau. Tab sis kuv hais rau koj tias cov neeg dim ntawm lub dav hlau yuav raug ntes thiab raug ntes lossis tua yog tias peb tsis ua dab tsi."
    
  "Leej twg tua lub dav hlau, tus tswv?"
    
  "Peb ntseeg tias cov neeg Lavxias tau ua nws, Saber."
    
  "Yog lawm, tus tswv," Daniels hais. Qhov ntawd txaus rau nws. Daniels siv sijhawm ib xyoos hauv tsev kho mob rov qab los ntawm hluav taws xob lom uas tshwm sim thaum Lavxias Air Force siv tactical nuclear riam phom los rhuav tshem lawv tus kheej Yakutsk huab cua puag, uas tau siv los ntawm McLanahan thiab cov huab cua sib ntaus sib tua los taug qab thiab rhuav tshem Lavxias mobile ICBMs uas. tab tom npaj yuav tawm tsam thib ob nuclear. Nws raug kev txom nyem los ntawm lub cev qhuav dej, xeev siab rau hnub kawg, qhov mob tsis txaus ntseeg, thiab thaum kawg hloov lub siab - tab sis nws muaj txoj sia nyob, yeej muaj cai rov qab mus rau lub luag haujlwm tseem ceeb, rov qab mus rau kev ua haujlwm, rov qab mus rau kev sib ntaus sib tua, thiab coj tus neeg ua txhaum cai. pab neeg tshawb nrhiav.
    
  Nws yeej, tom qab ntawd poob, tom qab ntawd rov qab txhua yam uas nws tau xav ua hauv nws lub neej tsuas yog ib qho: ua pauj rau qhov uas cov Russians tau ua rau nws, nws cov phooj ywg, thiab nws cov txiv neej hauv Yakutsk.
    
  "Koj puas tseem nyob ntawd, Saber?"
    
  "Thov zam txim rau kuv, tus tswv, tab sis kuv muaj kev txiav txim," Daniels hais hauv lub suab sib sib zog nqus, sib txawv ntawm nws lub suab nquag, siab heev. "Yog tias cov dav hlau no txav mus, kuv pab neeg thiab kuv yuav ua txhua yam hauv peb lub zog los tiv thaiv cov tub rog kev nyab xeeb los ntawm kev puas tsuaj. Nyob zoo hmo ntuj. "
    
    
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  "Genesis" summons Headbanger."
    
  "Cia li mus, Dave," Rebecca Furness teb.
    
  "Tau npaj."
    
  "Kuv ua tsis tau. Kuv cov neeg ua haujlwm hauv av hais tias tub ceev xwm ntuj tseem tab tom thaiv lub hangar thiab tsheb tavxij. "
    
  "Txawm li cas los xij, npaj txhij."
    
  "Koj puas tau hais kom koj cov tub ceev xwm rhuav tshem lub ntuj?"
    
  "Tsis yog ma'am, kuv tsis tau ua li ntawd. Tus thawj coj hauv paus tau hais kom pab pawg tub rog sib ntaus sib tua los pab cov tub rog kev nyab xeeb thiab tiv thaiv lawv los ntawm kev txav dav hlau tsis raug cai, thiab qhov ntawd yog qhov lawv yuav ua. "
    
  Qhov no yog kev npau taws, Rebecca tau hais rau nws tus kheej rau ntau pua lub sijhawm, vwm tag. Nws tig mus rau nws tus tub ceev xwm ua haujlwm, Brigadier General Daren Mace, "Daren, tso lawv thiab xa tawm cov vampires tam sim ntawd." Nws kaw nws lub qhov muag thiab xav txog nws tus kheej sawv ntawm lub rooj sib hais tub rog, raug txim rau hauv tsev loj cuj rau tag nrho cov xyoo zoo tshaj ntawm nws lub neej; Tom qab ntawd, xav txog nws cov phooj ywg pilots hauv av hauv Iran, caum los ntawm Pasdarans thiab Muslim rebels, nws qhib nws lub qhov muag thiab hais tias, "Tsis muaj txoj hauv kev los nres."
    
  "Muaj, ma'am," Mace hais. Nws kho lub microphone ntawm nws lub mloog pob ntseg thiab hais tias, "Thug, tso lawv thiab tso lawv yam tsis tau ncua. Nres tsis muaj dab tsi. Kuv rov hais dua, tsis txhob tso tseg. "
    
    
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  "Kuv lees paub tias Panther thiab Tub Rog Tub Rog ntawm Ukraine tseem tab tom ua haujlwm, ob lub dav hlau," tus thawj coj ntawm Pab Pawg Saib Xyuas Kev Nyab Xeeb Tub Rog tau tshaj tawm rau NATO lub hauv paus hauv paus. Nws yog creepy txaus thaum APU pib thiab nres ntawm nws tus kheej, tab sis nws yog kaum npaug ntau creepy thaum lub cav ua tib yam. Cov thawj coj ntawm cov neeg coob thiab cov pab ntawm txhua lub dav hlau nyob sab nraum lub hangars, raws li cov lus txib ntawm tus thawj coj hauv paus.
    
  "Qhov no yog Panther. Hu rau tus thawj coj ntawm pawg tub rog fucking, "hais kom tus thawj coj hauv paus, tus thawj coj hauv tub rog Turkish, ua lus Askiv zoo heev.
    
  "Tau npaj, Panther." Tus tub ceev xwm SF tau xa nws lub xov tooj cua mus rau tus thawj coj ua haujlwm, Air Force Technical Sgt. "Qhov no yog tus thawj coj hauv paus, thiab nws nyob ntawm ntug."
    
  "Technician Sergeant Booker mloog, tus tswv."
    
  "Kuv hais kom cov dav hlau no raug kaw, thiab kuv txhais tau tias kaw tag nrho - Tub Rog Tub Rog ntawm Ukraine ib yam nkaus."
    
  "Yog lawm, tus tswv, kuv paub, tab sis koj tau hais kom peb tsis txhob txuas lub zog hauv av, thiab tsis muaj lub zog, lub chaw hais kom ua ntawm Battle Mountain tsis tuaj yeem tham nrog lub dav hlau, yog li kuv xav tias yog vim li cas APU - "
    
  "Tus tub ceev xwm, kuv muab rau koj ncaj qha: Kuv xav kom cov dav hlau no tuaj yeem nres, tam sim ntawd, lossis kuv yuav kom koj ntes!" - tus thawj coj hauv paus qw. "Kuv tsis quav ntsej yog tias tsis muaj leej twg tuaj yeem tham nrog dav hlau-Kuv tsis xav kom leej twg tham nrog dav hlau! Tam sim no lov tes taw APUs, thiab ua tam sim no! "
    
  "Yog lawm, tus tswv," Booker hais thiab xa xov tooj cua rov qab rau SF tub ceev xwm.
    
  "Thawj daim nyob ntawm no, Panther."
    
  "Kuv nyuam qhuav hais kom tus tub ceev xwm tus kws tshaj lij no kaw tag nrho cov dav hlau no, suav nrog APUs - lub zog hauv tus Tsov tus tw," tus thawj coj hauv paus tau hais. Yog tias lawv tsis ua raws li tam sim ntawd, muab lawv txhua tus raug ntes. " Mallory nqos nyuaj, tom qab ntawd ua ib qho taw qhia rau nws pab neeg, ib qho kos npe uas nyeem, "Tau npaj rau kev nqis tes ua." "Koj puas nkag siab kuv, Thawj Tub Rog?"
    
  "Yog lawm, kuv paub."
    
  "Tus tub ceev xwm no ua dab tsi tam sim no?"
    
  "Nws taug kev mus rau lwm tus thawj coj ua haujlwm ... nws taw qhia lub dav hlau ... Lawv hnav hnab looj tes zoo li lawv npaj mus ua haujlwm."
    
  Lawv tau hais meej meej tsis tau nrawm, tus tub ceev xwm kev nyab xeeb xav tias - Colonel yuav muaj qhov haum ntawm shit yog tias lawv tsis tau txais lawv lub nraub qaum. Muaj tseeb tiag, ob peb feeb tom qab ntawd tus thawj coj hauv paus hu ua: "Lawv ua dab tsi? Puas yog cov dav hlau no twb kaw lawm?
    
  "Cov lus teb tsis yog, tus tswv. Lawv tab tom sawv ntawm qhov ntawd hais tam sim no, tus tswv," Mallory teb. "Ib tug ntawm lawv muaj ib tug walkie-talkie thiab lwm tus muaj ib tug checklist. Tej zaum lawv tab tom tham txog kaw APU los ntawm no. "
    
  "Zoo, mus nrhiav seb dab tsi coj lawv mus ntev heev."
    
  "Kev nkag siab, Panther. Npaj txhij." Nws muab lub xov tooj cua tso rau hauv nws lub hnab thiab mus rau cov thawj coj ntawm pab pawg. Peb tus txiv neej thiab ib tug poj niam pawg thawj coj pom nws tuaj ... thiab tom qab ntawd, tsis tau saib rov qab, mus rau ntawm lub tsev khaws puav pheej ntawm lawv chav zaum kawg, uas yog lub hauv paus hauv paus ntawm Tub Rog Tub Rog. "Hav, koj idiots, rov qab los ntawm no thiab kaw cov hwj chim no, xaj los ntawm Colonel." Ib yam li nws tab tom yuav qw rau lawv dua, rau nws qhov kev xav tsis thoob, lawv pib khiav ntawm lub hangar! "Koj mus qhov twg?" nws qw. Nws rub nws lub xov tooj cua tawm ntawm nws lub hnab. "Panther, cov thawj coj ntawm pab pawg tau khiav tawm ntawm lawv lub tsev hauv paus chaw haujlwm!"
    
  "Lawv yog dab tsi?" - tus thawj coj hauv paus qw. "Nrhiav cov tub ntawm bitches!"
    
  "Mus nkag siab, sir. So. Pab pawg tswj hwm, ceeb toom liab, thaj tsam nrawm Alpha Xya, rov hais dua, ceeb toom liab, Alpha-" Ces Mallory hnov ib lub suab, nrov dua APU, thiab ib pliag tom qab paub tias nws yog dab tsi. Nws txhais tes tshee tshee, nws tsa lub xov tooj cua dua: "Control, unit one, keep in mind, objects in the Alpha Seven hangars are start the engines, Kuv rov hais dua, pib lub cav! Kuv thov kev ceeb toom los ntawm code Nine-cine, ua tiav cov lus teb, Kuv rov hais dua, ua tiav - "
    
  Thiab tom qab ntawd nws pom lawv tawm ntawm lub hangar, uas cov thawj coj ntawm cov neeg ua haujlwm tau khiav mus rau, rushing zoo li linebackers los ntawm ntuj raug txim... Nws tau pom lawv ua ntej, tau kawg, tab sis feem ntau lawv tsuas yog taug kev lossis raug quav lossis muab tso rau ib sab ntawm lub tsheb lossis lub nyoob hoom qav taub - thiab yeej tsis khiav ncaj nraim ntawm nws!
    
  "Sabers plaub thiab tsib teb!" - ib tug ntawm cov neeg hlau tswj los ntawm cybernetic infantry li hais nyob rau hauv lub suab nrov, computer-synthesized lub suab. "Qhia kuv qhov xwm txheej!" Mallory tseem nyob ntawm nws ob txhais tes thiab hauv caug, cowering ntshai heev, thaum thawj tus neeg hlau khiav ncaj nraim ntawm nws. Ob leeg nyob ib puag ncig nws hauv ib lub sijhawm. Lawv hnav cov hnab ev ntawv loj, thiab hla lawv lub xub pwg nyom dai dab tsi zoo li grenade launchers, tsom ncaj qha rau nws. "Tus thawj coj pab pawg, kuv rov hais dua: qhia txog xwm txheej!"
    
  "Kuv ... uh ... bombers ... Lawv pib lawv lub cav!" Mallory nres. Lub muzzle ntawm lub grenade launcher tsuas yog ob peb taw ntawm nws lub qhov ntswg. "Tau qhov riam phom tawm ntawm kuv lub ntsej muag!"
    
  Tus neeg hlau tsis quav ntsej qhov kev txiav txim. "Lawv puas tau taxied?" - tus neeg hlau qws rau nws. Mallory teb tsis tau. "Qhov thib tsib, qhia rau Alpha Xya-ob, Kuv tab tom tuav Alpha Xya-Ib. Tiv thaiv kev ruaj ntseg tub ceev xwm. " Tus neeg hlau thib ob nodded thiab khiav tawm, ib yam li tus neeg ncaws pob ncaws pob tawm ntawm cov neeg coob coob, tsuas yog nws tau ploj mus hauv ib lub qhov muag. "Koj puas raug mob, pab pawg thawj coj?"
    
  "Kuv ... tsis yog," Mallory hais. Nws tawm tsam nws ko taw. "Tau rau hauv cov hangars no thiab nrhiav qee txoj hauv kev los cuam tshuam cov no ..."
    
  Nyob rau lub sijhawm ntawd, lawv tau hnov lub suab nrov nrov ntawm lub tshuab tsav dav hlau thiab qhov tawg loj heev ntawm lub dav hlau tso pa tawm ntawm qhov qhib tom qab ntawm ob qhov chaw nyob. "Bombers yog taxiing!" - hais tias tus neeg hlau. "Tsib, cov foob pob tawg tau txav mus! Tiv thaiv cov tub rog kev ruaj ntseg!"
    
  "Tsis muaj! Nres cov neeg tawg rog! Nrhiav ib txoj kev ...! " Tab sis tus neeg hlau twb tau rushed mus rau qhov nkag mus rau lub hangar. Zoo, nws xav tias, cov neeg foob pob tsis mus qhov twg, thiab yog vim li cas Humvees tsis tuaj yeem nres lawv, cov neeg hlau yeej tuaj yeem ua tau. "Unit One, CID units tab tom mus rau hauv lub hangars. Pab lawv thaum twg ua tau, tab sis saib xyuas thiab ceeb toom yog tias-"
    
  Lub sijhawm ntawd, Mallory pom ib yam khoom ya tawm ntawm lub hangar nyob ze. Thaum xub thawj nws xav tias nws yog huab cua los yog tej zaum qee qhov tawg ... thiab tom qab ntawd, ib pliag tom qab, nws pom tau tias yog Humvee sawv sab hauv, thaiv lub hangar! Ib pliag tom qab ntawd, tus neeg hlau tau khiav tawm ntawm lub hangar, tuav tus neeg saib xyuas kev ruaj ntseg hauv txhua txhais tes, nqa nws yooj yim npaum li ib tus neeg tuaj yeem nqa phuam puam. Ncaj nraim tom qab nws, tus neeg foob pob B-1 tau tawm ntawm lub hangar thiab caij nkoj mus rau txoj kev tsheb tavxij loj.
    
  "Dab tsi yog ntuj raug txim mus?" - Mallory qw. "Dab tsi tshwm sim? Koj yog dab tsi...?" Tab sis tus neeg hlau txuas ntxiv mus. Nws tuav tus thawj coj ntawm pawg neeg saib xyuas kev ruaj ntseg nrog kev sib tsoo thiab nyob rau hauv ib ntsais muag, muab nws ib puas yards mus rau sab, thaum kawg muab pov tseg peb tus tub ceev xwm dazed nyob rau hauv ib lub heap nyob ze ntawm lub laj kab kev ruaj ntseg nyob ib ncig ntawm pab tub rog. Tus neeg hlau leaned rau lawv, zoo li yog tiv thaiv lawv ntawm ib yam dab tsi. "Koj ua dab tsi? Cia kuv nyob ib leeg!"
    
  "Lub foob pob tau xa nws lub tshuab hluav taws xob microwave," tus neeg hlau hais. "Kuv yuav tsum tau muab Humvee tawm ntawm lub hangar ua ntej nws tawg, thiab ces kuv khiav tawm koj. MPW tuaj yeem ua rau tuag taus ntawm qhov ze thiab kuv yuav tsum tau khiav tawm lossis nws tuaj yeem rhuav tshem kuv cov khoom siv hluav taws xob ib yam. "
    
  "Koj hais dab tsi?" Mallory tau tawm tsam kom tau txais qhov zoo dua. "Lub foob pob thib ob tseem tab tom tsiv! Lawv tab tom taxiing rau takeoff!" Nws fumbled rau xov tooj cua, paub tias nws tau poob nws thaum tus neeg hlau tuav nws. "Hu rau kev ruaj ntseg!" - nws hais rau neeg hlau. "Cia li ceeb toom tus thawj coj hauv paus! Tau cov chav nyob rau hauv cov tsheb tavxij thiab cov chaw khiav dej num ua ntej cov khoom no tuaj yeem nkag mus rau hauv txoj haujlwm tawm mus! "
    
  "Tau tau lawm," tus neeg hlau teb. "Kuv yuav hu nws thiab saib seb kuv tuaj yeem ua dab tsi los txwv lawv." Thiab tus neeg hlau tau sawv thiab ploj mus, khiav tawm nrog qhov nrawm nrawm, lub muzzle ntawm grenade launcher tig rov qab mus rau hauv kev tshawb nrhiav lub hom phiaj. Nws tau tshem lub laj kab kaum ob ko taw nyob ib puag ncig ntawm pawg tub rog - nws nyuam qhuav pom tias lub rooj vag hla lub caj dab tau qhib dav - thiab tsis pom hauv vib nas this.
    
  "Lub ntuj raug txim ua tej yam no ua li cas? Leej twg tswj hwm tej no-cov me nyuam hnub nyoog kaum xyoo? Mallory khiav rov qab mus rau thawj hangar thiab pom nws lub xov tooj cua. "Kev tswj hwm, nthuav dav ib qho, cov neeg tawg rog tau caij tsheb tavxij. Ob chav soj ntsuam txhaum cai tab tom nrhiav peb. Lawv hais tias cov foob pob tawg tau kis qee yam riam phom microwave. "
    
  "Control, Riam's Ntug mus rau sab hnub poob, cov neeg tawg rog hla Foxtrot tsheb tavxij ntawm txoj kev mus rau Runway One-Nine," lwm tus tub ceev xwm hais xov tooj cua. "Kuv nres kuv lub tsheb nyob nruab nrab ntawm taxiway Alpha ntawm kev sib tshuam nrog lub tsev so taxiway. Kuv yuav dismount. Cov bastards tuaj ntawm no damn ceev!" Mallory thiab lwm tus tub ceev xwm Kev Ruaj Ntseg tau khiav raws caj pas mus rau txoj kev tsheb tavxij tseem ceeb saib seb muaj dab tsi tshwm sim ...
    
  ...Thiab ib yam li lawv mus txog Taxiway Alpha, lawv pom Humvee tawm mus rau sab qaum teb thaum cov neeg tawg rog B-1 qw nrov dhau los! "Nyob rau sab hnub poob, riam-ntug rau sab hnub poob, koj puas hnov?" Mallory xov tooj cua thaum nws saib ze li tsib txhiab-phaus Humvee tsoo hauv av thiab dov hla nws zoo li menyuam yaus cov khoom ua si. "Dab tsi tshwm sim? Qhia kuv qhov xwm txheej!"
    
  "Cov neeg hlau no pov kuv Hummer tawm ntawm txoj kev tsheb tavxij!" tus tub ceev xwm tau xov tooj cua ib pliag tom qab. "Lawv tsis sim txwv lawv - lawv pab lawv dim!"
    
  "Cov neeg phem ntawd!" Mallory tau cog lus tseg. "Kuv paub ib yam dab tsi txawv txawv tshwm sim! Tswj, nthuav dav ib qho, cov neeg hlau no koom nrog peb cov chaw ruaj ntseg! "
    
  "Cov khoom thib ib yog Panther," tus thawj coj hauv paus tau cuam tshuam. "Kuv tsis quav ntsej qhov koj yuav tsum ua, tab sis tsis txhob cia cov neeg tawg rog tawm hauv av! Koj puas hnov kuv? Nres cov neeg tawg rog! Tom qab ntawd tso tag nrho cov kev tawm tsam ntawm thugs raug ntes! Kuv xav tau ib co pob tw thiab kuv xav tau tam sim no! "
    
  Tab sis raws li nws tau mloog, Mallory pom thawj tus neeg tsis muaj neeg coob B-1 foob pob nqa tawm hauv av thiab tawm mus thoob plaws lub ntuj hmo ntuj, taug qab plaub lub sijhawm ntev tom qab, ua raws li ob peb feeb tom qab ib pliag. "Holy crap," nws qw nrov nrov thaum ob qhov kev tso tawm ntawm cov hluav taws kub tom qab tau hla nws. "Dab tsi yog ntuj raug txim mus?"
    
  Nws siv sijhawm yuav luag ib feeb rau lub suab nrov kom tuag txaus rau nws hais lus hauv xov tooj cua: "Control, Panther, Division One, cov neeg tawg rog tau tso tawm, Kuv rov hais dua, lawv tau pib. Tag nrho cov neeg saib xyuas thiab cov lus teb muaj nyob, ceeb toom rau Alpha-Seven Special Forces cheeb tsam nrog kev txwv thiab thauj. Hais kom ua, ceeb toom rau lub tsev kho mob hauv paus thiab tag nrho cov chaw hais kom ua haujlwm tau pib ua haujlwm tshwj xeeb. " Nws pob ntseg tau buzzing thiab nws lub taub hau xav zoo li nws tab tom yuav tawg los ntawm kev nro thiab tsis ntseeg ntawm qhov uas nyuam qhuav tshwm sim. "Qhia rau txhua lub teb chaws hais tias muaj ob lub CID neeg hlau uas pab cov neeg tawg rog tawm mus, thiab lawv muaj riam phom thiab txaus ntshai. Tsis txhob mus rau qhov chaw tshawb nrhiav kev ua phem, tsuas yog qhia thiab saib xyuas. Koj hnov?"
    
  Ob lub foob pob tawg tsuas yog qhov ci ntsa iab nyob rau hmo ntuj, thiab tsis ntev cov teeb liab tau tawm mus thaum cov hluav taws kub hnyiab tau raug tua. Nws yog qhov tsis txaus ntseeg, Mallory hais rau nws tus kheej ntau zaus, tsuas yog qhov tsis txaus ntseeg. Cov txiv neej Saber yuav tsum vwm lossis siab, nws xav tias, so cov hws ntawm nws ob sab. Cov neeg hlau yuav tsum vwm... Los yog tej zaum cov neeg hlau raug ntes los ntawm cov neeg phem? Tej zaum lawv tsis yog huab cua tom qab tag nrho, tab sis fucking Muslim cov neeg phem, los yog tej zaum Kurdish neeg phem, los yog tej zaum ...?
    
  Thiab tom qab ntawd nws paub tias nws tsis tau xav txog tag nrho cov no, tab sis qw nws saum nws lub ntsws! Nws zoo li yog nws daim tawv nqaij tab tom yuav tawg mus rau hauv cov nplaim taws, thiab nws lub taub hau tau npaj tawg! Lub npe ntawm txhua yam uas dawb huv tau tshwm sim li cas? Nws tig...
    
  ... thiab tom qab ntawd nws pom tus qauv ntawm ib qho ntawm cov neeg hlau, kwv yees li peb caug yards deb, maj mam mus rau ntawm nws. Nws tsa lub xov tooj cua rau ntawm nws daim di ncauj hws tam sim ntawd: "Tswj, chav tsev thib ib, ib qho ntawm cov tub ceev xwm tshawb nrhiav kev ua txhaum cai tab tom mus rau kuv, thiab kuv yuav ua," nws hais, so lwm qhov tawm hws ntawm nws ob lub qhov muag. "Thov kev txhawb nqa, Alpha Xya thiab Taxiway Alpha, tau txais kev txhawb nqa tam sim no." Nws rub nws rab phom los ntawm nws lub hnab, tab sis tsis tuaj yeem nqa lub zog txaus los nqa nws. Qhov kub hnyiab tau hnyav heev, cuam tshuam tag nrho nws lub zeem muag thiab ua rau nws mob taub hau, qhov mob thaum kawg ua rau nws poob rau hauv caug. "Control...Control, koj luam li cas?"
    
  "Thov txim, Sergeant Mallory, tab sis tam sim no tsis muaj leej twg tuaj yeem teb koj qhov kev hu," nws hnov ib lub suab tsis paub. "Tab sis tsis txhob txhawj. Koj thiab koj cov phooj ywg yuav sawv hauv lub cell zoo nkauj thiab koj yuav tsis muaj kev saib xyuas hauv ntiaj teb. " Tus neeg hlau tau txav mus los ntawm nws tus neeg ua phem, lub qhov muag ntawm lub foob pob hluav taws tau tsom ncaj nruab nrab ntawm nws ob lub qhov muag ... tab sis tom qab ntawd, ua ntej nws lub zeem muag tau pom tag nrho los ntawm huab cua ntawm hnub qub, nws pom tus neeg hlau nthwv dej zoo rau nws nrog nws cov armored loj tab sis. ntiv tes incredibly cus ciav. "Zoo hmo ntuj, Sergeant Mallory," nws hnov hauv xov tooj cua pw qhov chaw hauv av, thiab tom qab ntawd txhua yam tsaus ntuj.
    
    
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  "Ib", "Headbanger", "Chivkeeb", qhov no yog "Saber", peb muaj kev tswj hwm ntawm lub hauv paus," Lieutenant Daniels tau tshaj tawm ob peb feeb tom qab. kwv yees li peb caug yards." "Lub microwave emitters uas tsis yog-txhaj xeeb emitters conveyed rhiab heev ntawm tshav kub, mob, disorientation thiab thaum kawg tsis nco qab, tab sis tsis muaj tiag tiag kev puas tsuaj rau tib neeg lub hom phiaj." Cov foob pob tau ploj mus thiab peb tab tom ruaj ntseg ntawm ib puag ncig. Tus thawj coj tseem ceeb heev rau peb, tab sis nws tau nthuav tawm nws qhov chaw zais cia nrog cawv, yog li nws tsis hais lus zoo li nws tau ua. "
    
  Patrick McLanahan los ntawm Armstrong qhov chaw nres tsheb tau teb tias "Kev nkag siab," "Ua tsaug, Saber."
    
  Daniels teb tias, "Kuv txaus siab, tus tswv," Daniels teb. "Tej zaum peb txhua tus tuaj yeem sib koom tes hauv Leavenworth ua ke."
    
  "Los yog Supermax yog tias peb tsis muaj hmoo," Rebecca ntxiv.
    
  Luger tau hais tias "Peb tau txais ib qho chaw encoded locator beacon thiab cov xwm txheej pov tseg los ntawm cov neeg caij tsheb ntawm Black Stallion," Luger hais tias. thiab nees nkaum mais sab qaum teb ntawm sab hnub poob ntawm Herat, Afghanistan."
    
  "Vajtswv foom koob hmoov".
    
  "Tsis muaj qhov qhia tau tias leej twg tau ua rau sab hauv, tab sis lub module tsis zoo thiab tseem nyob rau hauv siab. Peb muaj pab pawg tub rog tshwj xeeb hauv Herat npaj rau kev ua haujlwm cawm. "
    
  Rebecca Furness hais tias "Cov foob pob tawg yuav nyob rau qhov siab tshaj plaws nyob rau hauv rau caum feeb, thiab nyiaj siv ua haujlwm hauv cuaj caum - tshwj tsis yog lawv raug tawm tsam los ntawm Lavxias teb sab fighters dua," said Rebecca Furness. "Lub sijhawm no peb yuav tau ceev faj."
    
  "Nws yuav siv sij hawm pab pawg SWAT ntev mus rau lub nyoob hoom qav taub yog tias lawv tau txais kev tshem tawm los," Luger ntxiv.
    
  Patrick hais tias "Kuv yuav tham nrog tus thawj coj kuv tus kheej," "Kuv tsis muaj kev sib txuas ntau nrog cov tub rog, tab sis kuv yuav pom qhov kuv ua tau."
    
  "Tos ib pliag, tos ib pliag - koj puas hnov qab ib yam dab tsi?" Rebecca Furness cuam tshuam. "Peb nyuam qhuav ntes tau lub hauv paus tub rog Turkish-NATO los ntawm kev quab yuam thiab tsis quav ntsej cov lus txib ncaj qha ntawm tus thawj coj ntawm tus thawj coj. Koj ua zoo li nws tsis muaj teeb meem loj. Lawv tab tom los rau peb, peb txhua tus - txawm tias General, txawm tias nws nyob ntawm qhov chaw nres tsheb - thiab lawv yuav xa peb mus rau hauv tsev lojcuj. Koj xav kom peb ua li cas txog nws?"
    
  "Kuv xav kom peb cawm peb cov neeg ua haujlwm hauv av hauv Iran, tom qab ntawd tua ib qho ntawm qhov chaw tiv thaiv qhov chaw uas cov neeg Lavxias tau tua peb, General Furness," Patrick hais tam sim ntawd. "Txhua yam yog lub suab nrov tom qab ntawm lub sijhawm no."
    
  "Tom qab suab nrov"? Puas yog koj hu cov kev ua ntawm tsoomfwv Turkish thiab Asmeskas - tej zaum peb tus kheej tub rog - caum peb tsuas yog 'lub suab nrov tom qab'? Peb yuav muaj hmoo yog tias lawv nyuam qhuav xa ib pab tub rog tub rog kom coj peb tawm ntawm no. Koj puas npaj siab yuav tsis quav ntsej cov lus txib thiab rhuav tshem leej twg uas tau txais hauv koj txoj kev, General? Tam sim no peb puas yuav tawm tsam peb cov neeg?
    
  Patrick hais tias, "Rebecca, Kuv tsis yuam koj ua dab tsi, Kuv thov koj," Patrick hais. "Peb muaj cov neeg ua haujlwm hauv Iran, cov neeg Lavxias tau tua lasers, thiab tus thawj tswj hwm tsis ua dab tsi txog nws tsuas yog hais kom peb sawv. Tam sim no, yog tias koj tsis xav pab, tsuas yog hais li ntawd, hu tawm cov vampires thiab hu rau Pentagon. "
    
  "Thiab qhia rau lawv qhov no, Patrick-koj ua rau kuv tso cov dav hlau no?" Koj nyob ob puas mais ntawm qhov chaw nres tsheb, tej zaum nyob rau sab nraud ntawm lub ntiaj teb. Kuv npaj txhij, General. Kuv tau screwed. Kuv txoj haujlwm tiav lawm. "
    
  Patrick tau hais tias "Rebecca, koj tau ua qhov koj tau ua vim peb muaj phooj ywg thiab cov phooj ywg ua tub rog nyob hauv Iran, thiab peb xav cawm thiab tiv thaiv lawv yog tias ua tau," Patrick hais. "Koj tau ua nws vim tias koj muaj lub zog sawv ntawm thiab npaj los teb. Yog tias peb tau ua raws li cov lus txib, cov neeg muaj txoj sia nyob yuav raug ntes, raug tsim txom thiab raug tua - koj paub, thiab kuv paub. Koj ua. Qhov no yog ntau tshaj qhov kuv tuaj yeem hais txog Pentagon thiab peb tus thawj coj ntawm tus thawj coj. Yog tias peb yuav plam peb txoj kev ywj pheej, kuv xav tias nws yog vim peb tau sim ua kom peb cov phooj ywg airmen khaws cia lawv. "
    
  Rebecca nyob ntsiag to ib pliag, ces tshee lub taub hau tu siab. "Kuv ntxub nws thaum koj hais yog lawm, General," nws hais. "Tej zaum kuv tuaj yeem qhia lawv tias koj tau hem tias yuav tshuab kuv nrog Skybolt yog tias kuv tsis ua raws li koj tau xaj."
    
  "Tej zaum lawv yuav luag hnyav heev lawv yuav hnov qab yam peb tau ua."
    
  "Peb xav tau ib txoj kev npaj, General," Rebecca hais. "Cov Turks yuav xa cov tub rog kom rov qab tau Batman AFB, thiab yog tias lawv tsis ua, muaj tag nrho US airborne division nyob rau hauv lub teb chaws Yelemees uas yuav poob rau peb taub hau nyob rau hauv ib nrab hnub. Hauv Batman peb tsuas muaj peb lub tuam tsev CID thiab plaub Tinmen, ntxiv rau kev ruaj ntseg thiab tu tub rog. Thiab peb txhua tus paub tias Tsov Rog Roob thiab tej zaum Elliott yuav nyob tom ntej. "
    
  Patrick tau hais tias "Peb yuav tsum tau tsiv mus rau Air Force units mus rau Dreamland," Patrick hais. "Peb tuaj yeem tuav lub hauv paus no yooj yim dua li Battle Mountain."
    
  "Koj puas hnov qhov koj hais, Patrick?" - Rebecca nug incredulously. "Koj tau koom tes los txhim kho thiab coj cov tub rog Asmeskas tawm tsam cov lus txib ntawm Tus Thawj Tub Ceev Xwm, tsis raug cai muab tso rau hauv koj tus kheej cov lus txib yam tsis muaj cai, thiab tawm tsam ncaj qha thiab koom nrog kev sib ntaus sib tua nrog US cov tub rog. Qhov no yog kev tawm tsam! Nov yog kev ntxeev siab! Koj yuav tsis mus rau hauv tsev kaw neeg, Patrick - koj tuaj yeem raug tua!
    
  Patrick hais tias "Ua tsaug rau tus thawj tswj hwm txoj cai, Rebecca," "Kuv vam tias nws tsis tuaj rau qhov ntawd. Thaum cov neeg muaj sia nyob tau txais kev cawmdim thiab Lavxias teb sab chaw tiv thaiv qhov chaw laser raug rhuav tshem, lossis tsawg kawg pom, qhov no yuav dhau mus. Kuv nkag siab yog tias koj tsis xav ua qhov kuv xav, Rebecca. Tab sis yog tias koj xav nqa cov dav hlau sib ntaus sib tua thiab muab kev pab, koj tsis tuaj yeem nyob hauv Battle Mountain. Tej zaum lawv yuav tuaj sab nraud los tuav koj thaum peb hais lus. "
    
  Txhua tus neeg tuaj koom hauv lub rooj sib tham video muaj kev ruaj ntseg tuaj yeem pom qhov kev ntxhov siab ntawm Rebecca Furness lub ntsej muag. Ntawm tag nrho cov ntawm lawv, tej zaum nws yuav muaj feem ntau poob rau hauv qhov no, thiab nws pom tseeb tias nws tsis xav tau qhov ntawd. Tab sis cia ib pliag tom qab nws nodded. "Txhua yam zoo. Rau kaum xees, rau ib duas - los ntawm nees nkaum mus rau lub neej. Tej zaum tub ceev xwm tub ceev xwm yuav khuv xim kuv vim kuv yog poj niam. Kuv mam li xa cov dav hlau mus rau lawv txoj kev tam sim ntawd, Dave. Ua chaw rau kuv."
    
  "Yog lawm, ma'am," teb Dave Luger ntawm Elliott Air Force Base. Tom qab ntawd: "Dab tsi txog cov neeg ua haujlwm thiab cov khoom siv ntawm Batman AFB, Mook? Cov Turks thiab peb tus kheej tuaj yeem tos kom lawv rov qab los ... Tshwj tsis yog tias Qaib Cov Txwv sim tua lawv thaum lawv rov nkag rau hauv Turkish airspace. "
    
  Patrick hais tias, "Kuv muaj lub tswv yim rau lawv, Dave," said Patrick. "Nws yuav muaj kev pheej hmoo, tab sis qhov no yog peb lub sijhawm xwb ..."
    
    
  PRIVATE RESIDENCE ntawm LEONID ZEVITIN, BOLTINO, RUSSIA
  LUB SIJ HAWM
    
    
  Leonid Zevitin tau hais tias "Nyob ntsiag to, Koj Tus Thawj Coj," hais tias. Nws nyob hauv nws lub chaw haujlwm ntiag tug nrog Tus Thawj Fwm Tsav Tebchaws Txawv Tebchaws Alexandra Khedrov, hu xov tooj thiab xa email ruaj ntseg rau cov tub rog thiab cov tub ceev xwm thoob ntiaj teb, ceeb toom lawv rau cov xwm txheej tshwm sim nyob ib puag ncig Iran. Kev hu xov tooj los ntawm Iran tus Thawj Kav Tebchaws Hassan Mokhtaz tuaj tom qab ntau dua li qhov xav tau, tab sis qhov ntawd yog qhov tsis txaus ntseeg vim tias nws yog qhov txaus ntshai heev rau leej twg los tsa tus txiv leej tub nrog xov xwm phem.
    
  "Nyob rau koj tus kheej? Peb raug tawm tsam - thiab nws yog vim koj! " Mohtaz qw. "Kuv tso cai rau koj tso koj tej riam phom rau hauv kuv lub tebchaws vim koj hais tias yuav tiv thaiv kuv lub tebchaws. Nws ua qhov tseeb! Plaub lub foob pob tau rhuav tshem ib qho ntawm kuv lub Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps lub hauv paus, thiab tam sim no kuv cov tub rog tiv thaiv huab cua tau qhia kuv tias cov neeg foob pob Asmeskas tau ya dawb hla peb lub ntuj! "
    
  Zevitin tau hais tias "Tsis muaj cov neeg tawg rog hla Iran, Koj Tus Thawj Kav Tebchaws - peb tau saib xyuas qhov ntawd," Zevitin tau hais. "Hais txog koj lub hauv paus: nco ntsoov tias Russia tau them rov qab kho dua thiab zais lub hauv paus no kom peb siv tau ib ntus, thiab peb tau pom zoo tias nws yuav muab rau koj tom qab peb ua tiav nrog nws ... "
    
  "Thiab tam sim no koj tau ua tiav nrog nws vim tias Asmeskas tau rhuav tshem nws!" Mohtaz hais. "Tam sim no koj puas yuav tso peb lub qhov haus luam yeeb hauv av?"
    
  "Nyob ntsiag to, Mr. Thawj Tswj Hwm!"
    
  "Kuv xav tau riam phom tiv thaiv dav hlau, thiab kuv xav tau tam sim no!" Mohtaz qw. "Koj tau hais rau kuv tias muaj rau S-300 units thiab lwm lub kaum os Tor-M1 missile systems tab tom tos kev txheeb xyuas ua ntej hauv Turkmenistan. Lub sijhawm dhau los, Zevitin? Yim, kaum lub lis piam? Nws siv sijhawm ntev npaum li cas txhawm rau txhawm rau tshem tawm qee lub foob pob hluav taws, tig rau, thiab pom tias txhua lub teeb zoo nkauj tuaj? Thaum twg koj yuav ua raws li koj cov lus cog tseg?"
    
  "Lawv yuav raug xa, Thawj Tswj Hwm, tsis txhob txhawj," Zevitin hais. Nws tsis kam muab cov foob pob hluav taws, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog cov qib siab S-300 lub hom phiaj tiv thaiv dav hlau cuaj luaj, kom txog thaum nws paub tseeb tias nws tsis tuaj yeem rho tawm cov kev cog lus tshiab los ntawm Asmeskas Thawj Tswj Hwm Joseph Gardner rov qab los. Zevitin tau txaus siab tso cai rau Mohtaz rant thiab rave yog tias nws tuaj yeem tau txais cov neeg Asmeskas pom zoo tsis xa cov tub rog mus rau Poland lossis Czech koom pheej, lossis pom zoo rau veto ib qho kev daws teeb meem ntawm United Nations uas yuav tso cai rau Kosovo los ntawm Serbia, hauv rov qab los. Cov kev sib tham no tau nyob rau theem tseem ceeb thiab nws yuav tsis cia Mohtaz rhuav tshem lawv.
    
  "Kuv xav kom lawv tam sim no, Zevitin, lossis koj tuaj yeem nqa tag nrho koj lub dav hlau, tso tsheb hlau luam thiab radars rov qab mus rau Russia!" - hais tias Mokhtaz. "Kuv xav kom S-300 thiab Tor tiv thaiv Mashhad tag kis. Kuv xav txhim tsa ib daim thaiv tiv thaiv tsis tau ntawm cov cuaj luaj nyob ib puag ncig lub nroog no thaum kuv rov qab los nrog kuv cov tsoomfwv raug tshem tawm. "
    
  "Qhov no yog ua tsis tau, Koj Tus Thawj Kav Tebchaws. Nws yuav siv sij hawm los soj ntsuam cov cuab yeej cuab tam zoo li no ua ntej xa mus. Kuv yuav nug Minister Ostenkov thiab Chief of Staff General Furzienko kom qhia rau koj cov kws pab tswv yim txog tub rog - "
    
  "Tsis muaj! Tsis muaj! Tsis muaj lus piav qhia ntxiv thiab nkim sijhawm! " Mohtaz qw. "Kuv xav kom lawv siv tam sim ntawd, lossis kuv yuav ua kom tag nrho lub ntiaj teb paub txog koj qhov sib npaug! Koj cov phooj ywg Asmeskas yuav hais li cas yog tias lawv kawm paub tias koj pom zoo muag cov foob pob hluav taws tiv thaiv dav hlau, riam phom tshuaj lom neeg thiab foob pob hluav taws rau Iran?
    
  "Koj tau pom zoo tsis qhia cov ntaub ntawv ..."
    
  "Thiab koj tau pom zoo muab rau kuv nrog cov foob pob hluav taws tiv thaiv dav hlau, Zevitin," Mohtaz cuam tshuam. "Tua ib qho ntxiv ntawm koj cov lus cog tseg thiab peb tau ua tiav rau. Koj cov tub rog thiab cov tank tuaj yeem lwj hauv Turkmenistan, kuv tsis quav ntsej. " Thiab nrog rau qhov kev sib txuas tau tawg.
    
    
  UNITED NATIONS REFUGEE CAMP TORBAT-I-JAM, IRAN
  Me ntsis tom qab
    
    
  "Easy, ntxhais, koj raug mob. Tsis txhob txav mus, ua li cas?"
    
  Tus tauj ncov loj Charlie Turlock qhib nws lub qhov muag ... thiab tam sim ntawd, qhov me me uas nws muaj tau ploj mus hauv huab ntawm cov hnub qub raws li qhov mob raug tua los ntawm nws sab nraub qaum, dhau ntawm nws nraub qaum, thiab hauv nws lub hlwb. Nws gasped, qhov mob ob npaug, thiab nws qw nrov nrov. Nws xav tias ib txhais tes txias kov nws lub hauv pliaj. "Au kuv tus Vajtswv, kuv tus Vajtswv...!"
    
  "Ntseeg nws los tsis ntseeg, tus ntxhais, koj lub suab quaj ntawm qhov mob yog suab paj nruag rau kuv pob ntseg," tus txiv neej hais tias, nws lub suab lus Irish tuab maj mam ua kom pom tseeb thiab qee txoj hauv kev soothing, "vim yog tias koj tsis tau qw zoo li ntawd, kuv yuav muaj. ntseeg hais tias koj tus txha nraub qaum puas lawm. Nws mob qhov twg, ntxhais?
    
  "Kuv nraub qaum... kuv nraub qaum," Charlie ua pa. "Nws zoo li ... zoo li kuv lub nraub qaum yog hluav taws."
    
  "Ntawm hluav taws... Nws funny, ntxhais," tus txiv neej hais. "Kuv tsis xav tsis thoob." Charlie ntsia tus txiv neej tsis meej pem. Tam sim no nws tuaj yeem pom lub stethoscope dangling ntawm nws caj dab. Nws tseem hluas heev, zoo li ib tug hluas hluas, nrog luv luv-cropped reddish-blond plaub hau, ci ntsuab ob lub qhov muag thiab ib tug luag-tam sim no luag nyav, tab sis muaj kev txhawj xeeb tob nyob rau hauv nws ob lub qhov muag. Qhov ci ntsa iab ntawm lub teeb pom kev sab saud ua rau nws lub qhov muag, tab sis nws zoo siab tias yam tsawg kawg nws lub qhov muag tau ua haujlwm. "Koj tuaj yeem hais tias koj yog ib tug tim tswv saum ntuj los ... lossis tej zaum tus tim tswv poob?"
    
  "Kuv tsis nkag siab, Doctor...Doctor..."
    
  "Maiv. Miles McNulty, "tus txiv neej teb. "Kuv tsis yog kws kho mob, tab sis txhua tus neeg ntawm no ntseeg tias kuv yog, thiab tam sim no nws txaus rau peb txhua tus."
    
  Charlie nodded. Qhov mob tseem nyob ntawd, tab sis nws tau pib siv rau nws thiab pom tias nws txawm qis me ntsis yog tias nws txav mus rau qhov ntawd. "Peb nyob qhov twg, Mr. McNulty?" nws nug.
    
  Miles hais tias, "Huag los ntawm tus ntxhais, koj ua rau kuv zoo li tus txiv neej laus los ntawm kev hu kuv zoo li lawv hu kuv tus txiv neej laus," Miles hais. " Hu rau kuv Miles, lossis Wuz, yog tias koj xav tau."
    
  "Wootz?" - Kuv nug.
    
  "Qee tus kws kho mob tau muab lub npe menyuam yaus rau kuv tom qab kuv tuaj txog ntawm no - Kuv xav tias kuv yuav tau txais me ntsis giddy pom cov pob zeb uas mus rau ntawm no: ntshav, dej rot, raug mob, me nyuam mos tuag, tshaib plab, damn. Miles hais tias, "ua tau ib yam dab tsi rau lwm tus neeg los ntawm Vajtswv lub npe," Miles hais, thiab nws cov yeeb yam tseem hluas tau tig tawv thiab grey rau ib pliag.
    
  Charlie luag ntxhi. "Thov txim". Nws zoo siab thaum nws luag ntxhi rov qab los. "Kuv yuav hu koj Miles. Kuv yog Charlie."
    
  "Charlie? Kuv paub tias kuv tau tawm ntawm no hauv suab puam ib pliag, tus ntxhais, tab sis koj tsis zoo li Charlie rau kuv. "
    
  "Long story. Muaj ib hnub kuv yuav qhia rau koj."
    
  "Zoo hnov qhov ntawd, Charlie." Nws pom ib lub raj mis nyob rau hauv nws lub tsho lub hnab thiab tshiav ob peb ntsiav tshuaj. "Ntawm no. Cov no tsuas yog tom khw muag tshuaj NSAIDs - tag nrho cov tshuaj tua kab mob uas kuv twv yuav muab rau koj kom txog thaum kuv khiav qee qhov kev ntsuam xyuas ntxiv kom pom tias koj muaj los ntshav los yog muaj dab tsi tawg. "
    
  Lub caj npab loj loj tau ncav tes thiab qhwv nws tus kheej ib ncig ntawm tus txiv neej caj npab-Charlie tig tsis tau nws lub taub hau, tab sis nws paub tias nws yog leej twg. "Kuv mam li saib lawv ua ntej," nws hnov Chris Wall lub tshuab hluav taws xob sib txuas lus hais.
    
  "Auj, qhov ntawd hais," Miles hais. Nws muab nws txhais tes thiab cov tshuaj rov qab. Vol unfastened nws kaus mom hlau, ncab nws caj dab. "Thov txim hais rau koj, phooj ywg, tab sis koj saib zoo dua nrog lub kaus mom hlau," nws hais, luag ntxhi dav kom txog thaum nws pom Vol qhov ceeb toom saib. Nws muab cov tshuaj rov qab rau hauv lub raj mis, co nws, muab ib qho tawm thiab muab tso rau hauv nws lub qhov ncauj. "Kuv tab tom sim pab tus poj niam, tsis ua mob rau nws." Ox tso cai rau nws muab Charlie peb ntsiav tshuaj thiab ib khob dej.
    
  "Koj xav li cas?" - Vol nug.
    
  "Nws yuav tsis phem yog tias kuv tsis ... tsiv," nws hais tias, choking ntawm ib tug nthwv dej ntawm qhov mob. "Kuv tsis ntseeg tias peb tau ua qhov no." Vol daim ntawv ceeb toom ceeb toom kom nws tsis txhob tham ntxiv txog qhov lawv nyuam qhuav ntsib. "Peb nyob ntawm no ntev npaum li cas?"
    
  "Tsis ntev," teb Vol. "Txog ib teev."
    
  "Peb nyob qhov twg?" - Kuv nug. Vol taw tes rau Charlie sab laug. Charlie lub qhov ncauj qhuav tam sim ntawd. Tsis nco qab qhov mob, nws ua raws li qhov ntsia ntawm Marine loj nyob ib sab ntawm nws ... thiab nws pom lwm tus txiv neej Tin, Wayne Macomber, pw ntawm lwm lub rooj ntawm nws, zoo li nws tau muab tso rau hauv lub ntees tuag bier. "Nws tuag?" - nws nug.
    
  "Tsis yog, tab sis nws tsis nco qab ib pliag," Vol hais.
    
  "Kuv nug koj tus phooj ywg yog tias muaj qhov hloov pauv lossis lub latch lossis lub qhov qhib qhib nws thiab xyuas - Kuv tsis paub tseeb tias nws yog nws lossis lub tshuab."
    
  Vol hais tias "Peb yuav tsum tawm ntawm no kom sai li sai tau," Vol hais.
    
  Miles hais rau Vol. "Kaum feeb los kuaj xyuas koj ua ntej, huh?"
    
  "Tsib feeb".
    
  "Nws tsis ua li cas, nws tsis ua li cas." Nws tig mus rau Charlie, luag nyav muaj kev ntseeg siab. "Kuv ntxub ua qhov no thaum koj raug mob, hluas nkauj, tab sis nws yuav pab kuv cais thaj chaw puas. Npaj txhij?"
    
  "Kuv xav tias yog".
    
  "Muaj ib tug ntxhais los ntawm qhov kev ua si. Kuv yuav sim tsis txhob txhawj koj ntau dhau ntawm kuv tus kheej, yog li sim txav nrog kuv kom ntau li ntau tau - koj yog tus txiav txim zoo tshaj plaws ntawm qhov "ntau dhau" yog, txoj cai? Peb yuav pib ntawm lub taub hau thiab ua haujlwm peb txoj hauv kev. Npaj txhij? Mus." Nrog kev xav tsis thoob, McNulty tau tshuaj xyuas nws lub taub hau, tig nws kom zoo zoo, khoov nrog lub teeb nyem kom tsawg li sai tau saib tom qab nws lub taub hau thiab caj dab yam tsis yuam nws tig nws lub taub hau ntau dhau.
    
  "Zoo, Kuv tsis pom dab tsi tawm," Miles hais tom qab ob peb feeb. "Koj muaj kev lom zem ntau qhov nqaij ntuag thiab txiav, tab sis tsis muaj dab tsi tseem ceeb heev. Kuv tau pom qhov phem dua ntawm no. "
    
  "Koj nyob qhov twg, Miles?"
    
  "Kuv yog los ntawm Vajtswv Lub Nceeg Vaj: Westport, Lub Nroog Mayo." Nws tsis tas yuav qhia "Ireland." "Thiab koj?" - Kuv nug. Charlie averted nws ob lub qhov muag mus rau sab thiab txo qis lawv, thiab Vol hloov nws txoj hauj lwm - tsis ntau dhau, txaus kom txhua leej txhua tus paub txog nws lub xub ntiag thiab tiv thaiv kev sib tham los ntawm veering mus rau hauv lub undesirable thaj chaw. "Ah, nws tsis ua li cas, tus ntxhais, qhov ntawd yog qhov kuv xav tau. Tsuas yog cov neeg dawb hauv cov chaw no yog cov neeg ua haujlwm pab thiab cov neeg soj xyuas, thiab koj tsis hnav khaub ncaws zoo li tus kws saib xyuas neeg mob. "
    
  "Peb nyob qhov twg?"
    
  Miles tau hais tias "Koj nyob ntawm Torbat-e-Jama, lub tebchaws United Nations cov neeg tawg rog thaum xub thawj tau teeb tsa rau cov neeg txom nyem khiav tawm ntawm cov Taliban hauv Afghanistan thiab tam sim no siv los ntawm lwm cov neeg pluag uas khiav tawm cov Muslim insurgents," Miles hais. "Kuv tau ua haujlwm pub dawb pab xa khoom thauj khoom noj thiab khoom siv txog rau lub hlis dhau los, tab sis thaum tus kws kho mob tus pab cuam ploj lawm, kuv nyob tom qab. Ib tug kws kho mob tau ploj mus txog ib hlis dhau los - yog tias cov Taliban lossis Quds Forces xav tau tus kws kho mob, lawv tsis xa ib qho, lawv nqa ib qho - yog li kuv tau sau kom txog thaum lub davhlau tom ntej tuaj txog. Tsis muaj leej twg hais tias thaum twg qhov no yuav yog, yog li kuv ua si cov ntaub ntawv thiab pab raws li qhov kuv ua tau. Kuv poob me ntsis ntau dua li tus kws kho mob, tab sis kuv xav tias kuv tab tom pib tau txais lub hang ntawm nws. "
    
  "Ua Bat-i-Jam?"
    
  "Iran," Miles hais. "Ntawm no lawv tseem hu nws 'Iran' - qhov kev tawm tsam tseem tsis tau mus txog tam sim no, yog li lawv tsis hu nws 'Persia' tseem," txawm hais tias Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps thiab al-Quds Force tab tom pib zoo nkauj. Ntshai, zoo li yog cov neeg ntxeev siab nipping ntawm lawv heels, tsis ntau, peb nyob li ntawm rau caum kilometers ntawm ciam teb. "
    
  "Hauv Iran?"
    
  Miles hais tias "Kuv ntshai li ntawd, tus ntxhais," Miles hais. "Nyob li ob puas kilometers ntawm Mashhad, lub nroog ntawm Khorasan xeev."
    
  "Vajtswv, qhov no yog qhov kawg uas peb xav ua," Charlie yws. Nws tau sim sawv los ntawm lub rooj tsavxwm nyuaj uas nws tau pw thiab yuav luag faus los ntawm qhov mob hnyav uas ua rau txhua yam uas nws xav tau txij li thaum sawv ntxov. "Kuv tsis paub meej tias kuv tseem tuaj yeem ua tau," nws hais rau Vol. "Kuv ... lub hnab nyob qhov twg?"
    
  "Txoj cai ntawm no," Vol hais, tsis qhia qhov twg lossis qhov lawv tau tham tiag tiag.
    
  Miles tau hais tias "Koj tsis zoo li mus qhov twg los xij, tus ntxhais, thiab tsis yog koj tus phooj ywg, yam tsawg kawg li kuv tuaj yeem qhia tau," Miles hais.
    
  Charlie hais tias, "Kuv yuav ua nws." "Peb nyob deb npaum li cas los ntawm qhov chaw sib tsoo?"
    
  Miles teb tias "Tsuas kaum mais," Miles teb. "Qhov no yog dab tsi ... Lub Chariot ntawm Mercury? Nws tsis yog lub dav hlau tiag tiag, puas yog - ntau dua li lub tin tuaj yeem nrog balloons ntawm nws. Nws raug kub hnyiab, tab sis tsis raug mob. "
    
  "Koj nrhiav tau peb li cas?"
    
  "Nws tsis yog teeb meem, tus ntxhais - peb pom koj hla saum ntuj thiab poob rau lub ntiaj teb zoo li xob laim los ntawm Zeus nws tus kheej!" Miles hais tias, nws ob lub qhov muag ci ntsa iab thaum nco txog qhov pom qhov pom ntawd rov qab los. "Zoo li lub hnub qub loj tshaj plaws uas tau pom! Koj yuav tsum tau tso tus Tsov tus tw tsib caug kilometers ntev yog tias nws yog ib nti ntev! Nws yog ib qho txuj ci tseem ceeb uas tau pom peb tus tib neeg tseem pom tau tias zoo li no nyob rau hauv qhov kev puas tsuaj, thiab tseem ceeb dua kom pom koj tseem muaj sia nyob! Peb yuav luag shit peb lub ris saib koj tuaj ncaj nraim ntawm peb - peb xav tias tus Tswv zoo yuav xaus tag nrho peb cov kev txom nyem ntawm no thiab tam sim no, ntawm qhov chaw - tab sis koj nco. Nrhiav koj ciaj sia tsis muaj dab tsi luv luv ntawm ib qho txuj ci tseem ceeb. "
    
  "Hmoov tsis zoo, qhov no txhais tau tias Pasdarans tej zaum pom peb ib yam nkaus."
    
  Miles nodded. "Lawv tsis tshwm sim ntau dhau lawm, tab sis tej zaum lawv yuav hnov tsw tawm ib yam dab tsi ntawm qhov kev taw qhia, qhov tseeb. Ua ntej peb coj nej tawm ntawm no, qhov zoo rau peb txhua tus. Koj yuav tsum noj qab haus huv txaus mus ncig tom qab cov tshuaj noj tau siv. Nws yuav tsis yooj yim, tab sis kuv xav tias koj tuaj yeem ua tau. " Nws tig mus rau Tin Woodman pw ntawm nws. "Tam sim no tus txiv neej no, kuv tseem tsis paub meej. Koj puas tuaj yeem qhia kuv yuav ua li cas ... qhib nws, qhib nws, txav lub deadbolt, txawm li cas los xij, yog li kuv tuaj yeem saib thiab xyuas nws? "
    
  "Peb tsis muaj sijhawm, Miles," Charlie hais. "Peb yuav nqa nws." Ncua qhov mob, nws tswj tau zaum saum nws lub txaj. "Peb tabtom tawm tam sim no, Miles. Kuv xav ua tsaug rau txhua yam koj tau ua rau peb. "
    
  "Kuv yuav tu siab thaum pom koj mus, Charlie, tab sis ncaj ncees, kuv xav kom koj tsis nyob ib puag ncig thaum Pasdaran lossis al-Quds thugs caum koj ntawm no." Nws ua tib zoo saib ntawm Ox thiab Tin Woodman cov khaub ncaws. "Kuv xav tias kuv tau nyeem txog cov no tsis ntev los no, puas yog? American anti-kev ua phem lub koom haum. " Charlie tsis teb. "Auj, kuv pom - koj tuaj yeem qhia kuv, tab sis tom qab ntawd koj yuav tsum tua kuv, txoj cai?" Nws luag, ua rau mob ripple ntawm nws nraub qaum, tab sis nws tseem zoo siab tos txais qhov kev lom zem. "Okay, tsis muaj lus nug ntxiv, Charlie. Kuv mam li tawm mus saib seb lub ntug dej hiav txwv puas meej. Hmoov zoo, ntxhais."
    
  "ua tsaug". Nws tau mob siab rau thaum nws pib rub nws tus kheej, tab sis cov tshuaj McNulty tau muab rau nws yuav tsum tau pib ua haujlwm vim tias lub sijhawm no qhov mob tsis mob. Tom qab McNulty tawm mus, Charlie txo nws lub suab thiab hais tias, "Ib tug, plaub tus stallion."
    
  "Peb hnov koj nrov nrov thiab meej, Plaub," Patrick McLanahan teb los ntawm subcutaneous thoob ntiaj teb transceiver system. Txhua tus tswvcuab ntawm Cov Tub Rog Tub Rog tau muaj kev sib txuas lus thiab cov ntaub ntawv cog lus rau hauv lawv lub cev rau tag nrho lawv lub neej, ostensibly rau cov xwm txheej zoo li no, tab sis nyob rau hauv qhov tseeb tso cai rau tsoomfwv los taug qab qhov chaw nyob ntawm txhua tus neeg pabcuam hauv lawv lub neej. "Ua Vajtswv tsaug koj tseem ciaj sia. Peb nyeem tias Lub Tsib Hlis nrog koj. "
    
  Charlie hais tias "Kuv lees paub - nws tseem muaj sia nyob, tab sis tseem tsis nco qab," Charlie hais. Vol pib muab nws lub kaus mom hlau, npaj tawm mus. "Kuv yuav nce kuv nees thiab peb-"
    
  Dheev McNulty khiav rov qab mus rau hauv lub tsev pheeb suab ntaub, ua pa tag nrho. "Cov tub rog, sab nraum lub yeej rog," nws hais desperately. "Muaj ntau pua ntawm lawv."
    
  "Ib leeg, peb tseem tsis tau caij?" Charlie xov tooj cua.
    
  "Me tub, qhov no yog Chivkeeb," Dave Luger chim rau. "Peb muaj pab pawg CSAR ntawm txoj kev los ntawm Herat, tsis pub dhau cuaj caum feeb. Peb tab tom tshaj tawm cov dav hlau npog los ntawm Batman AFB hauv Qaib Cov Txwv, tab sis lawv yuav siv sij hawm tib lub sijhawm. Koj qhov xwm txheej yog dabtsi?"
    
  Charlie hais tias, "Muaj kev ntxhov siab," Charlie hais. "Peb yuav hu koj thaum peb muaj kev nyab xeeb. Plaub tus stallion raug tshem tawm. " Charlie taug kev mus rau ib lub thawv loj uas pw hauv av. "Ib lub hnab ev ntawv lossis phom, Tsib?"
    
  "Tsis zoo," Wohl teb. "Thov txim".
    
  Charlie hais tias "Nws tsis ua li cas - koj muaj ntau yam ua," Charlie hais. "Cia peb mus."
    
  Miles taw rau lub thawv loj Wohl tau nqa nrog nws thaum nws nkag mus hauv lub yeej. "Puas yog koj cov riam phom?" Tam sim no yog lub sijhawm rub lawv tawm, ntxhais."
    
  Charlie hais tias, "Tsis yog tiag," Charlie hais. "CID ib qho, xa tawm."
    
  Raws li Miles saib hauv kev xav tsis thoob, lub thawv pib txav mus, hloov pauv sai sai, zoo li tus kws yees duab lub wand hloov mus rau hauv ib lub paj paj. Nyob rau hauv ib lub vib nas this, lub thawv hlau loj tab sis tsis piav qhia tau hloov mus rau hauv kaum-taw-siab neeg hlau, yuav luag tawg tawm ntawm lub tsev pheeb suab, nrog "dawb tawv" du, lub taub hau zoo li lub mos txwv tsis pom qhov muag lossis pob ntseg, thiab loj. , tag nrho articulated caj npab, ceg, thiab ntiv tes.
    
  Charlie hais tias "CID Ib, tus tsav," Charlie hais. Tus neeg hlau tau xav tias lub ntsej muag tig mus rau pem hauv ntej, zoo li tus sprinter qhov pib thaiv, tab sis nrog ib ceg thiab ob txhais caj npab txuas rov qab. Wincing nyob rau hauv qhov mob, Charlie taug kev nyob ib ncig ntawm tus neeg hlau thiab tau nce mus rau lub outstretched ceg, siv nws ob txhais tes ua tes tuav. Nws nkag mus rau ib tus lej ntawm ib lub pob me me nyob rau tom qab tus neeg hlau lub taub hau, lub hatch ntawm nws nraub qaum qhib, thiab nws swb sab hauv. Lub tsev kaw...
    
  ... Thiab ib pliag tom qab ntawd, rau Irishman txoj kev xav tsis thoob, tus neeg hlau tau los ua lub neej thiab sawv, zoo li ib tug neeg zoo tib yam hauv txhua yam tshwj tsis yog nws cov tsos - nws cov kev txav tau zoo heev, dej thiab qhov tseeb uas Miles pom tam sim ntawd nws tsis nco qab lawm. nws yog lub tshuab!
    
  Charlie khaws qhov tseem tsis nco qab Wayne Macomber. Nws tau hais tias "Lub sijhawm no yog lub sijhawm phem heev uas yuav tawm ntawm qhov no, Zipper," nws hais. Nws qhib lub cybernetic infantry ntaus ntawv lub millimeter yoj radar thiab tshuaj xyuas thaj chaw sab nraum lub tsev pheeb suab. "Nws zoo li lawv tab tom sim ncig peb," nws hais. "Lub sab qab teb zoo li peb txoj kev khiav zoo tshaj plaws - tsuas muaj ib lub tsheb nres rau ntawd."
    
  "Yuav ua li cas txog me ntsis kev taug kev mus rau sab qaum teb thiab sab hnub poob?" - Vol nug, kawm cov duab radar cov ntaub ntawv xa mus rau nws los ntawm Charlie lub chaw soj ntsuam txhaum cai. "Zoo li pab tub rog siv phom tshuab tau xa mus rau sab qaum teb. Kuv tuaj yeem siv ib qho ntawm no. "
    
  "Lub suab ntxias." Nws tuav nws lub nrig thiab ntaus nws rov qab nrog nws tus kheej. "Raws li ib tug zoo nkauj Australian actor ib zaug hais nyob rau hauv ib zaj duab xis: 'Unleash Hell.'
    
  "Kuv nyob ntawm txoj kev. Zoo dua muab qee yam npog rau nws. " Tus nyuj khiav tawm ntawm lub tsev pheeb suab pem hauv ntej. Charlie khob Miles rau hauv av thiab npog nws nrog nws tus kheej ib yam li lub lawg ntawm rab phom tua hluav taws tawg lub tsev pheeb suab ntaub.
    
  "Pho rau hauv, Miles," hais tias Charlie lub suab hluav taws xob sib txuas. Tseem khoov duav, nws thawb lub cev tsis muaj zog hauv nws txhais tes mus rau sab, deb txaus los tsim qhov chaw nruab nrab ntawm nws lub cev thiab Tin Woodman. Nws hesitated, tseem stunned ntawm qhov nws nyuam qhuav pom. "Koj nyob tsis tau ntawm no. Cov Tub Rog Tawm Tsam yuav xav tias koj yog ib tus ntawm peb. "
    
  "Koj puas tuaj yeem nqa peb ob leeg?"
    
  "Kuv tuaj yeem nqa tau nees nkaum ntawm koj yam, Miles. Mus." Nws pw hla nws txhais tes thiab nws dov Macomber rov qab rau nws thiab tuav nws tuav, tuav nws ruaj ntseg. "Nyob rau."
    
  Tab sis thaum nws sawv ntsug, ib yam dab tsi tsis ncaj ncees lawm - Miles xav tias muaj kev vibration siab hauv lub tsheb, thiab Charlie txoj kev mus tsis khov. "Dab tsi tshwm sim?" nws qw.
    
  Charlie tau hais tias "Lub chaw tshawb nrhiav kev ua phem raug puas tsuaj," "Nws yuav tsum yog vim qhov xwm txheej."
    
  "Kuv nkag siab," Wohl hais hauv xov tooj cua. Charlie tuaj yeem pom nws qhov chaw nyob ntawm nws lub visor hluav taws xob - nws tau txav nrawm los ntawm Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps txoj haujlwm, nres luv luv ntawm txhua qhov kev sib sau ua tub rog. "Nyob nyuaj npaum li koj ua tau. Kuv yuav nyob ntawm koj ib sab."
    
  Ob peb feeb tom ntej no yog kev tsim txom dawb huv. Tus nyuj luv luv thim rov qab qee qhov ntawm lawv cov hluav taws, tab sis nws rov qab los ntawm lub zog tag nrho ib pliag tom qab Charlie tawg tawm ntawm lub tsev pheeb suab, zoo li tsom rau lawv. Cov suab nrov nrov. Lawv tau engulfed nyob rau hauv cov huab ntawm cov pa luam yeeb, qee zaus flashes ntawm hluav taws, thiab tsis tu ncua phom. McNulty qw nrov nrov thaum lub mos txwv ntaus nws sab laug ceg, thiab qw dua li qhov tawg loj heev tsoo Charlie tawm ntawm nws ko taw. Ob peb lub sijhawm tom qab ntawd lawv tau nyob ntawm lawv ko taw dua, tab sis tam sim no qhov kev sib tw du ntawm lawv txoj kev khiav tau raug hloov los ntawm qhov tsis pom kev, zoo li lub tsheb uas muaj lub log tsheb thiab lub nraub qaum.
    
  Ox khiav ntawm ib sab ntawm Charlie, nyob rau hauv nws sab tes xis nws muaj ib tug Suav Hom 67 tshuab rab phom, nyob rau hauv nws sab laug - ib tug hlau phom phom. "Koj puas tuaj yeem mus ncig, tus thawj coj?"
    
  "Nws tsis ntev".
    
  "Dab tsi yog ntuj raug txim mus?" - lawv hnov.
    
  "Ntaus!" Hmoov zoo, Macomber tau tsaug zog, txawm hais tias nws lub suab nrov qeeb thiab siv tshuaj. "Koj puas nyob zoo?"
    
  "Kuv xav tias zoo li kuv lub taub hau tau qhib," Macomber hais nrov nrov. Charlie xav tias raug mob. "Kuv puas muaj sia nyob?"
    
  Charlie hais tias "Tam sim no, kuv vam tias nws yuav nyob li ntawd," Charlie hais. "Koj tuaj yeem mus?"
    
  "Kuv puas tseem muaj ob txhais ceg?"Kuv tsis hnov dab tsi nyob ntawd."
    
  "Nyob qhov chaw koj nyob thiab sim tsis txhob txav mus - koj yuav tsoo lwm tus neeg caij tsheb."
    
  "Lwm tus neeg caij tsheb?"
    
  Charlie sim khiav tawm, tab sis tej yam yeej yuav los ntawm qhov phem mus rau qhov phem. Lub foob pob hluav taws-propelled grenade tawg tom qab nws, xa lawv ya dua. Charlie hais tias "Lub hwj chim twb poob mus rau plaub caug feem pua," Charlie hais li Ox pab lawv. "Kuv lub ntsiab hydraulic tau ua tsis tiav thiab kuv tsis tuaj yeem txav kuv sab xis."
    
  "Koj puas tuaj yeem txav mus ntxiv?"
    
  Charlie hais tias, "Yog, kuv xav li ntawd," Charlie hais. Siv nws txhais ceg sab xis ua ib rab hneev, nws limped rau pem hauv ntej thaum Vol tso hluav taws kub hnyiab nrog nws rab phom tshuab kom txog thaum nws khiav tawm ntawm mos txwv. Nws ib nrab txhawb nqa thiab ib nrab nqa Charlie, thiab lawv muaj peev xwm nce toj qis qis dua. Lawv tuaj yeem pom lawv cov neeg nrhiav tau yooj yim hauv qab no, uas tau maj mam nce mus raws li ntau thiab ntau chav koom nrog kev nrhiav.
    
  Charlie txo qis Macomber thiab McNulty rau hauv av, ces taug kev tawm ntawm CID chaw ua haujlwm. "Nws tab tom npaj kaw," nws hais. "Nws ua tiav. Tsuas muaj lub zog txaus los pib tshem tawm cov firmware. Thaum peb tawm mus, nws yuav ua rau nws tus kheej puas tsuaj. "
    
  "Lawv zoo li tsis paub tseeb tias peb nyob qhov twg," Vol hais, luam theej duab cov suab puam hauv qab lawv nrog nws qhov pom kev hmo ntuj. Nws zoomed nyob rau hauv ib co ntawm cov ntsiab lus. "Cia li saib... Infantry... infantry... Yog lawm, muaj ib tug, lwm tus neeg tua phom. Kuv mam li rov qab ". Nws khiav mus rau hauv qhov tsaus ntuj.
    
  Macomber tawm tsam nws ob txhais tes thiab hauv caug. "Ok, kuv tab tom pib qhia los ntawm nqes," nws hais. "Leej twg yog peb qhua?"
    
  Charlie teb hais tias "Miles McNulty, UN tus neeg ua haujlwm pabcuam," Charlie teb, piav qhia.
    
  Ob peb feeb tom qab, Vol tau khiav rov qab nrog ib qho riam phom loj dua thawj zaug - Lavxias DShK rab phom hnyav hnyav nrog lub nruas loj loj nyob rau sab saum toj, nrog rau lub thawv ntoo nrog lwm cov ntawv xov xwm. "Nws zoo li lawv tau nqa qee yam riam phom tiv thaiv dav hlau nrog lawv - lawv tau pom meej meej txog lub tuam txhab. Koj nyob li cas lawm, Major?
    
  "Zoo heev, Sergeant Major," Macomber teb. Nws ntsia McNulty. Charlie tsis khoom khi ib daim ntaub rhais los ntawm nws cov khaub ncaws nyob ib ncig ntawm nws txhais ceg. "Tus neeg caij tsheb raug mob. Cov tub rog nyob qhov twg?
    
  "Tsawg kawg rau caum microphones tawm."
    
  "Peb mus qhov twg?"
    
  Charlie hais tias "Sab hnub tuaj mus rau Afghan ciam teb," Charlie hais. "Txog peb caug mais ntawm no. Thaj chaw toj siab thiab qhib ncaj ncees. Tsis muaj ib lub zos lossis lub zos nyob ib ncig ntawm tsib caug mais. "
    
  "Koj ua li cas nrog koj cov zaub mov, Thawj Tub Ceev Xwm?" - nug Macomber.
    
  "Txo rau peb caug feem pua."
    
  "Ntawm no - Kuv tsis tuaj yeem siv nws." Nws unfastened ib qho ntawm nws cov roj teeb npib ntawm nws txoj siv thiab hloov nws nrog ib qho ntawm Vol's tsis muaj zog roj teeb. "Peb puas tuaj yeem siv CID unit los them peb cov roj teeb?"
    
  Charlie tau hais tias "Tsis yog thaum nws nyob hauv hom kaw, Bah," Charlie hais.
    
  "Peb tsis tuaj yeem txuas mus rau lub hwj chim lossis lub xov tooj?" - nug Macomber. Charlie ntsia nws hauv surprise. "Hav, Kuv tau kawm cov khoom no-Kuv yuav tsis nyiam nws, tab sis kuv nyeem phau ntawv qhia. Peb yuav tsis ua raws txoj kev loj, tab sis yog tias peb pom lub thawv tawg lossis tswj kev sib tshuam, kuv xav tias kuv tuaj yeem nruab lub jumper. Cia peb pib-"
    
  Wohl tau hais tias "Kuv hnov qhov siab nyoob hoom qav taub," Wohl hais. Nws siv nws lub zeem muag hmo ntuj thiab kho lub tshuab sib hais kom scour lub ntuj, pannepting qhov chaw nyob ntawm cov dav hlau ze. Nws hais tias, "Ob lub dav hlau tshawb nrhiav lub dav hlau, kwv yees li peb mais ntawm no," nws hais tias, tsa nws rab phom DShK.
    
  "Cia peb nthuav tawm," Macomber hais. Tab sis tsis ntev nws tau pom tias qhov no yuav luag tsis yooj yim sua: Charlie tseem raug mob los ntawm nws qhov kev raug mob, thiab McNulty raug mob hnyav thiab poob siab, yog li nws yuav tsum nqa lawv ob qho tib si, txawm tias nws tseem tsis tau muaj ib puas feem pua ntawm nws tus kheej, yog li ntawd tej yam. txav qeeb. Vol tau txav deb ntawm lawv li kaum yards deb ntawm lawv, ze txaus los txhawb lawv yog tias lawv raug tawm tsam, tab sis tsis yog ze li ntawd ib qho kev sib tw tawg tau raug rho tawm ntawm lub nyoob hoom qav taub tuaj yeem rhuav tshem lawv txhua lub sijhawm.
    
  Lawv tsuas tau ua nws ob peb puas yards raws tus ntug thaum Vol qw, "Cia li npog!" Macomber pom cov pob zeb loj tshaj plaws nyob ze thiab zais nws cov nqi tom qab, thiab tom qab ntawd nws tus kheej, sawv ntawm qhov siab thiab lwm tus los tiv thaiv lawv kom ntau li ntau tau nrog nws lub cev armored. Tin Man's armor system featured cov khoom siv hluav taws xob uas tseem hloov tau yooj yim tab sis tam sim ntawd hardened thaum ntaus los ntawm cov ntaub thaiv npog, ib puas npaug zog dua li cov ntawv hlau.
    
  Macomber tuaj yeem hnov cov nyoob hoom qav taub los ntawm nws tus kheej lub rooj sib hais, tab sis nws lub qhov muag tsis tuaj yeem tsom mus rau cov khoom siv hluav taws xob. "Kuv tsis pom lawv, Vol."
    
  "Nyob qhov koj nyob." Ib pliag tom qab nws qhib hluav taws nrog nws rab phom tshuab DShK, lub teeb nyem ntawm lub phom loj 12.7 hli illuminating kaum-yard cheeb tsam nyob ib ncig ntawm nws. Lawv hnov ib lub suab nrov ntawm cov hlau nplaum raws li ob peb lub mos txwv nkag mus rau thawj qhov siab ntawm lub tshuab turbine lub cav thiab tuav nws ruaj khov, tom qab ntawd qhov tawg tau tshwm sim thaum lub cav tau tawg. Ob peb feeb tom qab, lawv hnov qhov tawg ntau dua li qhov thib ob nrhiav lub nyoob hoom qav taub qhib hluav taws ntawm Vol txoj haujlwm. Nws tswj kom dhia tawm ntawm txoj kev nyob rau hauv lub sij hawm kom tsis txhob muaj tag nrho cov quab yuam ntawm Iranian foob pob hluav taws 40 hli.
    
  Wohl tau qhib hluav taws rau lub nyoob hoom qav taub thib ob, tab sis sai sai no hluav taws tau nres. "Nws jammed ... Damn, lub cartridge yog daig nyob rau hauv lub chamber ... nws yuav tsis tso." Nws xav tsis thoob tias rab phom raug tua ntau npaum li nws tau ua - nws zoo li nws muaj tsib caug xyoo thiab tsis tau ntxuav ib nrab ntawm lub sijhawm ntawd. Nws pov tseg nws cov riam phom thiab tshuaj xyuas thaj chaw rau lwm cov Pasdaran units nyob ze kom nws thiaj li tau txais lwm rab phom tshuab, tab sis peb qhov seem nyob tom qab, dig muag pounding lub ridge nrog random phom thiab mortar hluav taws thiab cov ntsiab lus kom cia lub nyoob hoom qav taub ua me ntsis. sib ntaus sib tua rau lawv.
    
  "Cov tub rog tub rog tau thim rov qab thiab tseem muaj ib lub nyoob hoom qav taub saum taub hau," Wohl tau tshaj tawm. "Kuv npaj yuav pov pob zeb." Nws tsis tau hais tias - lub micro-hydraulic-powered exoskeleton hauv Tin Woodman kev sib ntaus sib tua tau muab nws lub zog txaus los pov pob zeb tsib phaus ze li ob puas yards nrog lub zog txaus los ua rau qee qhov kev puas tsuaj, uas tuaj yeem ua rau nws nyob hauv thaj tsam ntawm ib qho. scout nyoob hoom qav taub yog tias nws tuaj yeem maj nrawm ntawm nws, dhia thiab sijhawm nws pov tseg zoo kawg nkaus. Nws pom ib lub pob zeb me me ntawm lub softball thiab npaj ua qhov ntawd ...
    
  ...tab sis tom qab ntawd nws cov sensors khaws lwm lub nyoob hoom qav taub, thiab lub sijhawm no nws tsis yog lub dav hlau nrhiav me me. Nws yuav lees paub qhov silhouette no nyob qhov twg: "Peb tseem muaj teeb meem, ma'am," Wohl hais. "Zoo li Mi-24 Hind nyoob hoom qav taub tab tom los." Lub Lavxias teb sab tsim Mi-24, NATO codename "Hind," yog lub dav hlau nres loj uas tuaj yeem nqa mus txog yim tus tub rog uas muaj peev xwm sab hauv. riam phom...
    
  ... thawj zaug uas qhib hluav taws ib ob tom qab, los ntawm qhov deb ntawm ntau tshaj peb mais. Vol tam sim ntawd maj nrawm ntawm nws pab neeg, tom qab ntawd nres kom paub tseeb tias lub foob pob hluav taws tiv thaiv tseem tab tom taug qab nws. Nws yog, thiab nws pom tau hais tias lub nyoob hoom qav taub nws tus kheej kuj tau ua raws nws, uas txhais tau hais tias cov neeg caij nyoob hoom qav taub yuav tsum ceev nws pom kom tsis txhob tua hluav taws ntawm nws. Zoo. Nws yuav tsum yog ib lub missile coj qub qub, tej zaum yog AT-6 xov tooj cua tswj hluav taws xob ncaj qha.
    
  Ox tos lwm lub plawv dhia, tom qab ntawd them tus nqi siab tshaj plaws ntawm pawg neeg ze tshaj plaws ntawm Pasdaran hauv av caum. Nws tsis tuaj yeem pom lub foob pob hluav taws, tab sis nws nco qab tias AT-6 lub sijhawm ya davhlau nyob ib puag ncig kaum vib nas this ntawm qhov siab tshaj plaws. Qhov no txhais tau tias nws tsuas muaj vib nas this los ua nws. Lub Pasdaran chav tsev no yog ib lub tsheb armored nrog ib rab phom hnyav rau saum, uas qhib hluav taws thaum nws los txog. Ob peb rounds ntaus lub hom phiaj, tab sis tsis txaus kom nws qeeb. Tam sim no nws tau nyob nruab nrab ntawm cov neeg ua haujlwm armored thiab lub nyoob hoom qav taub - tau kawg, Wohl xav tias, tus neeg tua phom Hind yuav tsum tau txav cov cuaj luaj mus rau sab. Nws lub hlwb stopwatch nres ntawm xoom ...
    
  ... ib yam li lub kauv AT-6 anti-tank missile slammed rau hauv Pasdaran armored cov neeg ua haujlwm thauj khoom, tig nws mus rau hauv lub pob hluav taws zoo nkauj. Tus nyuj raug pov los ntawm kev poob siab. Tus damned Pasdaran tus tua tau raug kho rau ntawm nws lub hom phiaj uas nws tau kab thiab ntaus nws tus kheej!
    
  Vol sawv shakily rau nws ob txhais taw, ciaj sia thiab feem ntau tsis muaj mob tsuas yog rau qhov tseeb hais tias nws ob lub qhov muag thiab caj pas tau clogged nrog oily pa luam yeeb. Tag nrho sab laug ntawm nws lub kaus mom hlau, nrog rau feem ntau ntawm nws cov sensors thiab kev sib txuas lus, raug puas tsuaj los ntawm kev tawg. Nws tsis muaj kev xaiv tsuas yog tshem nws lub kaus mom hlau. Qhov tawg kuj ua rau nws hnov qab, thiab cov pa taws ua rau nws lub qhov muag thiab caj pas. Nws yog lub hom phiaj yooj yim. Nws thawj qhov kev txiav txim ntawm kev lag luam yog kom khiav tawm ntawm cov tsheb kub tom qab nws uas yuav ua rau pom nws ...
    
  ...tab sis ua ntej nws yuav txav tau, rab phom tshuab rab phom rub hla hauv av nyob rau hauv pem hauv ntej ntawm nws, thiab ib tug loj Mi-24 Hind nres helicopter ya nyob rau hauv pem hauv ntej ntawm nws thiab nres, nws lub puab tsaig-mounted 30mm cannon taw ncaj qha rau nws. Nws cov cuab yeej yuav tiv thaiv nws lub cev, tab sis nws yuav tsis muaj txiaj ntsig rau nws yam tsis muaj lub taub hau. Vol tsis muaj lub tswv yim yog tias lawv yuav lees txais, tab sis yog tias lawv cuam tshuam ntev txaus nws yuav ua rau lwm tus khiav tawm, yog li nws tsa tes. Lub Mi-24 tau pib nws qhovntsej thiaj tsis tuaj, thiab nws tuaj yeem pom lub qhov rooj clamshell qhib ntawm ob sab, thiab cov tub rog tau npaj txav mus sai li sai tau thaum lub dav hlau loj tsaws ...
    
  ... thiab lub sijhawm ntawd muaj hluav taws kub nyhiab rau sab xis ntawm lub nyoob hoom qav taub tua, ua raws li cov pa taws loj, hluav taws ntau dua, tawg thiab sib tsoo hlau, thiab tom qab ntawd lub nyoob hoom qav taub loj tig mus rau sab laug thiab tsoo rau hauv av. Ox rushed tam sim ntawd raws li lub nyoob hoom qav taub pib poob sib nrug los ntawm ob peb lub zog tawg. Nws tab tom yuav rov qab mus rau lwm tus thaum nws pom ob peb lub tsheb tuaj txog, suav nrog cov neeg ua haujlwm ua tub rog. Lub tsheb coj, lub tsheb nqa nrog lub tshuab rab phom nyob tom qab, muaj tus chij ya, tab sis nws tseem tsis tau pom. Nws xav txog kev khiav tawm ntawm qhov chaw uas nws tau ncaim zaum kawg Turlock, Macomber thiab Irishman... Txog thaum nws pom cov tsheb tig mus rau sab laug ntawm lub tsev.
    
  Tus nyuj ntawm qhov siab tshaj plaws ceev nrawm mus rau lub tsheb, uas yog nyob rau ntawm tus Tsov tus tw ntawm ib kab ntawm rau lub tsheb, uas nws lub tshuab rab phom npog lub nraub qaum ntawm kev tsim. Lwm lub tsheb yuav tsis tua lawv tus kheej lub tsheb, thiab cia siab tias nws tuaj yeem mus rau lub tshuab rab phom, lov tes taw nws, thiab nqa riam phom ua ntej nws tuaj yeem tua tau. Tsuas yog ib puas yards sab laug mus ...
    
  ... thiab tom qab ntawd nws pom Turlock tawm ntawm nws qhov chaw nkaum nrog nws txhais tes. Nws puas tau tso tseg? Tej zaum nws yuav yog lub sijhawm zoo, tom qab tag nrho - yog tias lawv tau tsom mus rau lawv, nws yuav muaj txoj hauv kev zoo dua kom tau txais qhov kawg thiab ...
    
  ... tab sis tom qab ntawd, thaum nws los ze zog, Ox pom tau tias Turlock tsis tau tsa nws txhais tes, tab sis tau waving rau nws, gesturing kom nws rov qab los! Vim li cas nws thiaj ua li no? Tam sim no nws tau taw rau lub tsheb coj, tus nrog tus chij ...
    
  ... thiab Vol thaum kawg nkag siab qhov nws sim qhia nws. Tus chij nqa los ntawm lub tsheb muaj cov kab ntsuab, dawb thiab liab kab txaij ntawm Islamic koom pheej ntawm Iran, tab sis lub hauv paus cim tsis yog lub stylized "liab tulip" lo lus "Allah", tab sis lub profile ntawm ib tug tsov ntxhuav nrog rab ntaj thiab nce. hnub tom qab nws - ib tug chij sawv cev rau lub pre-revolutionary era thiab tawm tsam rau Islamists.
    
  Chris tau khiav mus rau Turlock thiab Macomber, ua kom lub qhov muag ze kom paub tseeb tias tsis muaj ib tus neeg tua phom taw tes rau nws. "Tsis teb xov tooj, Sergeant Major?" Turlock nug, taw rau nws pob ntseg, qhia nws subcutaneous transceiver system.
    
  Vol hais tias, "Kuv lub tswb nrov nyob ntawd," Vol hais. Nws nodded rau cov tuaj tshiab. "Cov txiv neej no yog leej twg?"
    
  "Cov no yog cov neeg Bujazi," Charlie hais. "General McLanahan tau hu Bujazi thiab thov kev pab."
    
  "Lawv tuaj txog raws sijhawm. Nws yog qhov zoo uas lawv nqa Stinger missile nrog lawv. "
    
  "Lawv tsis tua Hind, Sergeant Major." Charlie taw rau saum ntuj thiab lawv pom lub dav hlau loj heev nyob saum taub hau. "Zoo siab txais tos los ntawm General. Lawv yuav nyob ntawm qhov chaw nres tsheb rau ob teev ntxiv. "
    
  "Qhov zoo. Qhov no yuav tsum muab sijhawm txaus rau peb hla ciam teb. "
    
  Charlie tau hais tias "Tus thawj coj qhia peb rov qab mus rau Tehran nrog cov neeg no," Charlie hais. "Lawv yuav xa lub nyoob hoom qav taub tuaj tos peb, thiab Vampires yuav npog peb."
    
  "Kuv tsis xav tias yog lub tswv yim kub, ma'am."
    
  "Kuv yuav piav qhia". Nws tau ua ... Thiab Vol tsis tuaj yeem ntseeg qhov nws nyuam qhuav hnov.
    
    
  QHOV TSEEB
    
    
  Koj tsis cia koj tus kheej nyob hauv lub ntiaj teb los ntawm kev tiv thaiv, tab sis los ntawm kev tawm tsam thiab tau txais kev ntaus koj tus kheej zoo.
    
  - GEORGE BERNARD SHAW
    
    
    
  CAPITOL HILL, WASHINGTON, DC.
  Me ntsis tom qab
    
    
  "Frankly, Brit, Kuv tsis quav ntsej cov neeg Lavxias hais dab tsi," Senate Feem Ntau Tus Thawj Coj Stacy Ann Barbeau tau hais. Nws nyob hauv pem teb thib ob ntawm Senate, feem ntau siv los ntawm cov neeg sau xov xwm "ua raws" cov neeg sawv cev rau kev tawm tswv yim ntawm lawv txoj kev hais lus lossis ntawm pawg neeg sib tham. "Lawv tau ua txhua yam kev thov rau ntau lub hlis thiab tsis muaj leej twg tau raug pov thawj. Thaum kuv xav txog Leonid Zevitin yog tus thawj coj muaj peev xwm thiab hais lus tsis zoo, cov lus hais los ntawm nws Tus Thawj Fwm Tsav Tebchaws Txawv Tebchaws Alexandra Khedrov zoo li hnyav zuj zus thiab tawg txhua zaus peb pom nws hauv xov xwm. Thawj Tswj Hwm Zevitin yeej tsis zoo li ntawd kiag li, uas ib txwm coj kuv mus rau cov lus nug pom tseeb: leej twg yog tus qhia qhov tseeb nyob rau hauv lub Kremlin niaj hnub no, thiab leej twg yog dag thiab rau lub hom phiaj twg?
    
  "Tab sis tag kis yuav muaj kev pov npav tseem ceeb hauv Senate ntawm kev pab nyiaj rau Asmeskas tub rog," thiab nyob rau hauv nruab nrab ntawm txhua qhov kev sib cav txog qhov twg siv nyiaj rau tub rog, cov tswv cuab ntawm Thawj Tswj Hwm Zevitin lub txee zoo li tab tom noj. zoo siab heev nyob rau hauv tsa lub ceeb toom txog tsis tau lwm yam confrontation yav tom ntej. Puas yog ob qho kev ua no cuam tshuam, thiab yog tias muaj, rau lub hom phiaj twg?
    
  "Kuv paub tseeb tias kuv tsis paub dab tsi nyob rau hauv lub siab ntawm ib tug Lavxias teb sab, txawm ib tug pro-Western, ntiaj teb no thiab charming li Leonid Zevitin," Barbeau hais. "Kuv xav tias lawv yuav xav kom tsis txhob saber rattling thaum peb nyob hauv Congress tab tom sim txiav txim siab txoj hauv kev rau cov tub rog loj tshaj plaws hauv ntiaj teb."
    
  "Tab sis qhov no yog ntau tshaj li saber rattling, Senator," tus neeg sau xov xwm txuas ntxiv. "Muaj ib yam dab tsi tshwm sim nyob rau ntawd, Senator, thiab kuv tsis yog hais txog kev kub ntxhov hauv Iran, tab sis kuj hais txog kev ua tub rog Asmeskas, txoj cai? Yooj yim hais, ma'am: peb tsis tuaj yeem zoo li tawm ntawm peb txoj kev. Lub Iranian kev tsov kev rog hem yuav tig tag nrho Middle East mus rau hauv ntuj txiag teb tsaus, thiab tseem peb yuav luag tsis muaj dab tsi tsuas yog xa cov dav hlau tsis muaj neeg soj xyuas hla thaj av; cov nqi roj tau nce sai heev; kev lag luam poob zoo li pob zeb; Russia liam peb txhua hnub ntawm kev tua neeg pej xeem, foob pob rau pej xeem pab hauv Iran, thiab tsim kev tsis sib haum xeeb thiab kev kub ntxhov thoob ntiaj teb, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog nrog Armstrong chaw nres tsheb thiab peb lub dav hlau chaw; qhov kev pab cuam qhov chaw zoo li txhim khu kev qha thiab tseem ceeb rau ib hnub, thiab hnub tom qab tsis muaj txiaj ntsig. Peb txawm muaj ib tug naas ej thiab hlub neeg Amelikas peb lub hnub qub, tseem ceeb yog ib tug hero ntawm American Holocaust, tso tseg nyob rau hauv qhov chaw vim tsis muaj leej twg tuaj yeem qhia peb tias nws noj qab haus huv txaus los tsev. Kuv cov lus nug, madam: Dab tsi tshwm sim hauv ntiaj teb uas Lub Tsev Dawb thiab Pentagon tau hais rau Congress, thiab koj yuav ua li cas txog nws?
    
  Barbeau muab nws lub ntsej muag ntxim nyiam tshaj plaws, lub siab lub ntsws luag ntxhi, rov txhais cov lus "ua kev hlub ntawm lub koob yees duab" rau ntau lab tus neeg saib thaum nws teb tias, "Au, tus tswv, daim duab txaus ntshai ntawm kev poob siab thiab kev ntxhov siab koj pleev xim rau ntawm no tag kis no! Cia kuv qhia rau koj thiab txhua tus neeg hauv koj cov neeg tuaj saib thoob ntiaj teb tias Tebchaws Meskas Congress tau ua haujlwm zoo nrog Thawj Tswj Hwm thiab nws cov neeg ua haujlwm hauv lub tuam tsev kom tsis yog tsuas yog cuam tshuam nrog kev kub ntxhov tam sim no thiab yav tom ntej thaum lawv rov qab lawv lub taub hau dab tuag, tab sis kuj tseem qhia cov chav kawm. rau Amelikas cov tub rog uas tsis muaj kev sib piv, saib mus tom ntej, yoog raws, scalable thiab pheej yig. Nws tau tsawg dua tsib xyoos txij li Asmeskas Holocaust, thiab peb lub tseemfwv sib txawv yuav tsum tau cuam tshuam nrog lub ntiaj teb vim nws tau dhau los tom qab cov kev tawm tsam txaus ntshai ntawm peb thaj av. Peb tab tom txhim kho, tab sis nws yuav siv sijhawm. "
    
  "Yog li qhia peb seb koj xav tias kev sib cav yuav mus li cas, Senator. Dab tsi ntawm peb lub rooj?
    
  "Cov lus nug tseem ceeb tshaj plaws rau peb tam sim no tsuas yog qhov no: Cov tub rog twg yog qhov zoo tshaj plaws los hloov cov phiaj xwm dav hlau hauv av thiab cov foob pob hluav taws sib txuas sib txuas uas tau raug rhuav tshem thaum Holocaust?" Barbeau teb, tseem beaming txawm lub siab tawv, txhawj xeeb, txiav txim siab qhia ntawm nws lub ntsej muag. "Thawj Tswj Hwm Thorne tau pom zoo rau hauv av thiab hauv hiav txwv-based tactical huab cua, ob leeg neeg thiab tsis muaj neeg saib xyuas, nrog rau cov kev tiv thaiv missile. Thawj Tswj Hwm Martindale tau tawm tswv yim tib yam, tab sis, raws li nws tus kws tshaj lij tshwj xeeb, General Patrick McLanahan, tau tawm suab, kuj tau nrhiav "hla ib tiam," raws li nws hais, thiab tsim lub dav hlau dav hlau uas tuaj yeem tsoo txhua lub hom phiaj, nyob qhov twg hauv ntiaj teb nrog. xav tsis thoob ceev, tso satellites rau hauv orbit thaum xav tau, thiab xa cov tub rog thiab khoom siv nyob txhua qhov chaw ntawm lub ntiaj teb nyob rau hauv ib teev.
    
  "Raws li yav dhau los Tus Thawj Saib Xyuas Kev Tiv Thaiv, Joseph Gardner tau txhawb nqa cov tswv yim no thiab txhawb nqa kev txhim kho ntawm Armstrong Space Station, tag nrho lub peev xwm ntawm qhov chaw, thiab Black Stallion spaceplane," Barbeau hais ntxiv. Cov txiaj ntsig loj heev rau lub ntiaj teb - thoob ntiaj teb Kev nkag mus rau Is Taws Nem los ntawm peb qhov chaw ua haujlwm tau muaj, tsis muaj qhov tsis ntseeg, hloov pauv tag nrho peb lub neej thiab koom ua ke peb lub ntiaj teb-tab sis nws kuj tau raug kev txom nyem loj heev.Raws li Thawj Tswj Hwm, Joseph Gardner paub zoo tias. Tej zaum qhov chaw tiv thaiv lub zog pom los ntawm Patrick McLanahan, tseem tsis tau paub tab txaus los ua haujlwm rau Asmeskas. "
    
  "Yog li qhov no tso rau peb, Senator?" - nug tus presenter.
    
  Barbeau tau hais tias "Thawj Tswj Hwm Gardner tau ntsib nrog kev coj noj coj ua thiab tau thov kom muaj kev ntseeg siab dua, paub zoo, ua pov thawj ntawm kev siv riam phom," Barbeau tau hais. "Nws xav coj cov ntsiab lus zoo tshaj plaws uas tau hais los ntawm cov thawj coj yav dhau los thiab muab tso rau hauv ib qho kev qhia dav dav kom sai sai tsim lub zog muaj peev xwm ua tau raws li cov kev xav tau ntawm lub tebchaws."
    
  "Thiab cov ntsiab lus no yog dab tsi, Senator?"
    
  "Kuv tsis tuaj yeem muab cov ntsiab lus rau koj, Brit, lossis kuv yuav muaj ntau tus txiv neej npau taws heev rau kuv pob taws ua ntej ntev," Barbeau hais lus qab zib. "Tab sis qhov tseeb, peb muaj cov kev pabcuam tus kheej uas ua qhov kev pabcuam ua tau zoo tshaj plaws, uas tau ua haujlwm zoo rau lub tebchaws thiab lub ntiaj teb no rau peb tiam dhau los, tab sis kuj tseem suav nrog kev hloov pauv hauv thev naus laus zis thiab peb lub zeem muag rau yav tom ntej: tag nrho. pab nyiaj thiab txhawb nqa kev nthuav dav thiab ntxiv dag zog rau Tub Rog thiab Tub Rog Tubrog nkoj ua lub hauv paus tseem ceeb thiab kev ua haujlwm tshwj xeeb; txhawb nqa Navy tag nrho raws li qhov tseem ceeb ntawm hiav txwv thiab huab cua; thiab Air Force yog qhov tseem ceeb thoob ntiaj teb kev txhawb nqa thiab chaw tiv thaiv lub zog. "
    
  "Puas yog Tub Rog Tub Rog yog cov tub rog tseem ceeb hauv US arsenal? Qhov no zoo li tsis raug. "
    
  "Cov ntsiab lus tseem tsis tau ua tiav, thiab kuv ntseeg siab tias peb yuav kho thiab hloov kho qhov xwm txheej raws li qhov tsim nyog los muab lub zog zoo tshaj plaws uas peb tuaj yeem tsim tau," Barbeau tau pib, "tab sis nws tshwm sim rau Thawj Tswj Hwm Gardner thiab rau peb. nyob rau hauv Congressional kev coj noj coj ua uas muaj khib nyiab thiab kim dua ntawm Cua Dag Zog Yuam thiab Navy txog tactical air power. Nws tag nrho los ntawm lub tswv yim yooj yim, Brit, tias Navy cov dav hlau tuaj yeem ua txhua yam uas Air Force dav hlau tuaj yeem ua tau, tab sis Air Force cov dav hlau tsis tuaj yeem ua txhua yam uas Navy dav hlau tuaj yeem ua tau, uas yog tawm mus thiab tsaws ntawm lub dav hlau thauj, uas, raws li. txhua leej txhua tus nkag siab lees paub, yog qhov tsis lees paub lub ntsiab lus ntawm lub zog kwv yees hauv ntiaj teb niaj hnub no. "
    
  "Thiab Thawj Tswj Hwm, raws li peb txhua tus paub, yog tus txhawb nqa loj ntawm Navy, ua tus qub Secretary of Navy."
    
  Barbeau tau hais tias "Qhov no yog qhov sib npaug ntawm cov rog, qhov yooj yim thiab yooj yim, thiab tam sim no yog lub sijhawm los daws nws yog tias peb yuav tsum muaj kev ntseeg siab, paub tab nees nkaum-thawj xyoo sib ntaus sib tua," Barbeau tau hais. "Peb tab tom sim xav ua ntej. Lub Cua Dag Zog Yuam yog tus kws tshaj lij hauv kev tawm tsam ntev ntev thiab kev txhawb nqa sai, thiab Navy tsis muaj peev xwm sib npaug - nws ua rau kev txiav txim siab hloov lub luag haujlwm no mus rau Tub Rog Tub Rog, thiab Navy los cob qhia thiab muab cov tub rog sib ntaus sib tua rau kev ua yeeb yam. cov thawj coj thoob ntiaj teb. "
    
  "Koj puas yuav cov neeg pov npav hauv Louisiana tawm tsam rau txoj kev npaj no, Senator?"
    
  Barbeau tau hais tias "Kuv sawv cev rau cov neeg zoo tshaj plaws, nyiam tshaj plaws thiab cov tub rog feem ntau nyob hauv lub tebchaws, Brit: cov neeg zoo ntawm Barksdale Air Force Base ze ntawm Bossier City, Louisiana-Bomber City, Tebchaws Asmeskas," Barbeau hais. "Tab sis txawm tias cov neeg tawm tsam foob pob tawg zoo li kuv tau pom kev hloov pauv mus rau xyoo: kev hloov pauv ntawm thaj av-raws li cov neeg tawg rog ntawm Ntiaj Teb Tsov Rog II rau qhov tseem ceeb ntawm kev ncav cuag thoob ntiaj teb, kev txav ceev ceev, tsheb tsis muaj neeg tsav dav hlau, chaw siv tshuab thiab, qhov tseem ceeb tshaj plaws, kev ua tsov ua rog. Tub Rog Tub Rog tau ua thiab tseem yuav ua tus thawj coj hauv cov cheeb tsam no. Peb tau cia siab tias qhov no tau ntau xyoo, thiab Thawj Tswj Hwm Gardner thiab kuv ntseeg tias nws yog lub sijhawm los tsim peb lub zog nees nkaum-thawj xyoo kom muaj kev cuam tshuam qhov tseeb tshiab no. "
    
  "Tab sis kev sib ntaus sib tua nyuam qhuav pib, puas yog lawv, Senator?"
    
  "Nrog Thawj Tswj Hwm Gardner txoj kev coj noj coj ua muaj zog thiab nws txoj kev cog lus tsis muaj zog los ua haujlwm ze nrog Congress, kuv xav tias kev sib ntaus sib tua yuav raug khaws cia kom tsawg. Ua ke peb yuav ua tiav yeej. Lwm txoj hauv kev yog qhov txaus ntshai dhau los xav txog. "
    
  "Qhov no puas txhais tau tias peb yuav pom qhov kawg ntawm Black Stallion qhov chaw dav hlau thiab chaw tub rog chaw saib xyuas peb 24/7?"
    
  "Tus Dub Stallion yeej yog qhov ua tau zoo tshaj plaws ntawm kev siv technology, tab sis raws li peb tau pom nrog ib tug txiv neej zoo li General McLanahan, nws muaj kev pheej hmoo," Barbeau hais tias, ib qho kev txhawj xeeb loj uas ua rau nws lub ntsej muag rau ib pliag. "Kuv lub siab." Thaum kuv kawm txog General McLanahan tus mob, thiab peb ua txhua yam peb ua tau kom nws mus tsev kom nyab xeeb, tab sis qhov no yog qhov ua rau kuv txhawj xeeb, Brit: Patrick...General McLanahan... yog ib tug txiv neej muaj zog. Koj paub cov dab neeg zoo li. thiab kuv, Brit "...
    
  "Cov uas tuaj xyuas cov thawj coj hauv xeev thiab cov thawj coj hais kom McLanahan rub phau ntawv xov tooj ntawm lawv cov peev hauv ib nrab?" - tus neeg sau xov xwm ntxiv nrog chuckle. "Kuv xav tias cov no yog cov lus xaiv los ntawm Tsev Dawb lub chaw haujlwm xov xwm."
    
  "Cov no tsis yog lus xaiv, kuv qhia koj!" - exclaimed Barbeau. "Kuv tau pom nws ntawm kuv lub qhov muag-Patrick tuaj yeem rub phau ntawv xov tooj DC hauv ib nrab yooj yim li koj lossis kuv tuaj yeem rub ib nplooj ntawv tawm ntawm koj phau ntawv me me. Thiab tseem nws tseem raug cuam tshuam los ntawm ib yam dab tsi nyuaj los kuaj xyuas, kuaj xyuas lossis kho, ib yam dab tsi uas ua rau nws tuaj yeem ua rau muaj kev phom sij rau txhua tus tswv cuab ntawm peb cov neeg ua haujlwm hauv chaw. Muaj kev txhawj xeeb heev uas qhov kev raug mob tau cuam tshuam ntau dua li nws lub siab. "
    
  Tus neeg sau xov xwm lub qhov ncauj poob qhib hauv surprise. "Kuv tsis tau hnov dab tsi txog nws, Senator. Koj puas tuaj yeem qhia meej? Koj txhais li cas tiag?"
    
  "Kuv paub tseeb tias qhov no tsuas yog kev cia siab thiab tsis muaj tseeb," Barbeau hais tawm, ua yeeb yam zoo li nws tau hais ib yam dab tsi uas tsis txhob txwm ua, tab sis ntes txhua tus neeg saib los ntawm kev saib ncaj qha rau hauv lub koob yees duab ib pliag. "Tab sis peb yuav tsum to taub tag nrho qhov uas tau tshwm sim rau nws. Peb tshuav nuj nqi rau nws vim nws yog ib lub teb chaws cov khoom muaj nqis tiag tiag, yog tus phab ej ntawm txhua lo lus.
    
  "Tab sis cov lus nug tseem ceeb tseem nyob: Peb puas tuaj yeem tso peb lub teb chaws txoj kev ua tub rog yav tom ntej thaum peb kawm txog qhov kev puas tsuaj loj no?" Barbeau nug kom txiav txim siab, ua ntej saib tus neeg sau xov xwm thiab tom qab ntawd ncaj qha rau hauv lub koob yees duab, ncaj qha rau hauv lub siab ntawm cov neeg tuaj saib. "Raws li cov neeg saib xyuas lub luag haujlwm ntawm peb cov tub rog, tau cog lus los tsim lub zog zoo tshaj plaws los tiv thaiv peb lub tebchaws thiab txoj hauv kev ntawm lub neej, cov lus teb yog qhov yooj yim thiab pom tseeb: lub zog tiv thaiv chaw tsis tau npaj txhij, thiab yog li peb yuav tsum tig mus rau cov pov thawj uas peb paub. yuav ua haujlwm. Nov yog peb txoj haujlwm niaj hnub no, thiab nrog kev koom tes ntawm Thawj Tswj Hwm thiab Pawg Neeg Sawv Cev, peb yuav ua kom tiav. Cov neeg Asmeskas xav tias tsis muaj tsawg dua los ntawm peb. "
    
  Stacey Ann Barbeau tau teb cov lus nug ntxiv los ntawm cov neeg coob coob ntawm cov neeg sau xov xwm txog thaum kawg Senate cov neeg ua haujlwm hauv chaw ua haujlwm thiab Barbeau tus pab cuam tua lawv thiab tso nws. Thaum nws taug kev mus rau lub rooj sib tham ib hmos hauv chav sib tham hauv pawg thawj coj, nws tau txais xov tooj ntawm nws lub xov tooj: "Kuv xav tias koj tau qhuas McLanahan ntau dhau lawm, Stacy Ann," Thawj Tswj Hwm Joe Gardner tau hais. "Nws lub nroog Yeiuxalees yuav tig mus rau nyom ntawm no."
    
  "Txhua qhov laj thawj ntxiv los hu nkauj qhuas, Thawj Tswj Hwm," Barbeau tau hais thaum nws tos txais cov neeg txhawb nqa thiab cov npoj yaig thaum nws taug kev thiab sib tham. "Kuv qhia koj ua ib yam, Thawj Tswj Hwm: cia koj tus kws lij choj tiv thaiv, cov kws tshaj lij, cov neeg Lavxias thiab cov xov xwm tawm tsam ua phem rau nws, tsis yog peb."
    
  "Koj yuav tsis hais tias thaum koj hnov dab tsi tshwm sim, Senator."
    
  Barbeau lub qhov ncauj tam sim ntawd qhuav. "Dab tsi tshwm sim, Mr. Thawj Tswj Hwm?" nws nug, tig nrog cov lus tsis txaus ntseeg rau nws tus pab Colleen Mornay. Thaum lawv mus txog ntawm chav sib tham, Morna tam sim ntawd ncaws tawm txhua tus kom Barbeau tham hauv ntiag tug.
    
  Gardner tau hais tias "McLanahan poob, thiab kuv txhais tau tias tag nrho." Nws ntes tau me ntsis ntawm kev kov yeej hauv nws lub suab, zoo li yog tias nws thaum kawg tau txais yam dab tsi Barbeau tsis muaj thiab xav tau qee yam kev them nyiaj rau kev sib koom nrog nws. "Nws cov txiv neej overran ib lub dav hlau Turkish, ntes tus thawj coj hauv paus thiab feem ntau ntawm cov neeg ua haujlwm nrog lawv cov neeg hlau tswj, tom qab ntawd pib ua haujlwm huab cua hla Iran."
    
  Barbeau khov thiab nws lub qhov ncauj qhib qhov kev poob siab ua ntej nws hais tias, "Dab tsi!" Qhov kev qhia ntawm nws lub ntsej muag tau ceeb heev uas nws tus pab Colleen Morna xav tias nws tau mob plawv. "Kuv ... Kuv tsis ntseeg qhov no ... "
    
  "Koj hais dab tsi txog koj tus tub rog hauv cov ris tsho ci ntsa iab tam sim no, Stacy?" - nug tus thawj tswj hwm. "Tab sis koj tsis tau hnov qhov zoo tshaj plaws. Thaum cov thawj coj tau xa ntau lub chaw ruaj ntseg los ntawm Incirlik Air Base mus ntes McLanahan cov txiv neej, lawv ploj mus. Cov dav hlau thiab feem ntau ntawm lawv cov khoom tau ploj mus. Peb tsis paub tias lawv nyob qhov twg. "
    
  "Lawv ...lawv yuav tsum rov qab mus rau Tebchaws Meskas, Thawj Tswj Hwm ... "
    
  "Tsis yog leej twg paub, Stacy," Gardner hais. "McLanahan nyiag txog plaub tus tub rog tub rog sim thiab thauj lawv mus rau qhov chaw. Peb cia siab tias lawv yuav rov qab mus rau Dreamland, lawv lub tsev nyob rau sab qab teb-central Nevada sab qaum teb ntawm Vegas. Yog tias muaj, McLanahan tuaj yeem raug foob nrog kev koom tes thiab kev tawm tsam ntawm kev tawm tsam tawm tsam tsoomfwv Meskas. Yuav ua li cas txog cov txiv apples? Tam sim no koj tus hero zoo li cas?
    
  "Kuv ... Kuv tsuas yog tsis ntseeg nws, Thawj Tswj Hwm," Barbeau gasped. Damn, tom qab uas nws nyuam qhuav hais rau xov xwm, txhua yam zoo txog McLanahan ... Vajtswv, qhov no tuaj yeem ua rau nws puas tsuaj! "Peb yuav tsum tau ntsib thiab sib tham txog qhov no tam sim ntawd, Thawj Tswj Hwm. Peb yuav tsum txhim kho txoj haujlwm sib koom ua ke, ob qho tib si rau Congress thiab rau xov xwm. "
    
  Thawj Tswj Hwm tau hais tias "Peb tau txais txhua yam ntaub ntawv peb tuaj yeem ua tau, thiab peb yuav muaj cov lus qhia txog kev coj noj coj ua uas peb yuav muab thawj zaug thaum sawv ntxov," "McLanahan yuav tuag, kuv cog lus rau koj, ib yam li nws pab neeg. Nws yuav tsis nrov tom qab tib neeg pom nws ua dab tsi. Peb yuav tsis tas yuav zoo li peb tab tom rhuav tshem lub teb chaws tus phab ej - nws tab tom rhuav tshem nws tus kheej. "
    
  Barbeau tau hais tias "Peb xav tau txhua qhov tseeb ua ntej, Mr. Thawj Tswj Hwm," Barbeau hais tias, nws lub siab sib tw kom paub txog cov xov xwm tawg. "Vim li cas nws thiaj li tso cov foob pob no? McLanahan tsis ua dab tsi yam tsis muaj laj thawj. "
    
  "Nws tsis muaj teeb meem rau kuv, Stacy," Gardner hais. "Nws tsis ua raws li cov lus txib, tsis quav ntsej kuv txoj cai, thiab tam sim no nws tau pib ua tub rog tawm tsam txawv teb chaws, nyiag tub rog cov cuab tam, tsiv thiab coj tub rog tsis muaj cai, thiab tawm tsam peb cov tub rog thiab cov phooj ywg. Rau txhua yam peb paub, nws tuaj yeem npaj ua tub rog tawm tsam tsoomfwv lossis txawm npaj ua tub rog tawm tsam Washington. Nws yuav tsum raug tso tseg!"
    
  "Txawm li cas los xij peb cov lus teb, Thawj Tswj Hwm, kuv thov kom peb xub paub txhua yam peb ua tau, sib tham kom zoo, tsim ib txoj kev npaj thiab siv ua ke," Barbeau hais ntxiv. "Kuv paub tias lub luag haujlwm rau koj cov tub rog nyob nrog cov thawj coj, tab sis nws yuav yooj yim dua ua qhov peb yuav tsum ua yog tias peb pom zoo ua ke ua ntej."
    
  "Kuv pom zoo," Thawj Tswj Hwm hais. "Peb yuav tsum ntsib thiab sib tham txog lub tswv yim, Senator, tom qab peb nthuav tawm peb qhov kev tshawb pom. Hmo no. Lub rooj sib tham ntiag tug hauv Oval Office. "
    
  Barbeau dov nws ob lub qhov muag hauv kev ntxhov siab. Tus txiv neej tus thawj coj loj tshaj plaws tsuas yog nyiag qee tus neeg foob pob thiab ntes lub dav hlau Turkish, thiab txhua tus txiv neej tuaj yeem xav txog yog cozy mus txog Senate Feem Ntau Thawj Coj. Tab sis nws tau raug muab tso rau hauv kev tiv thaiv tam sim ntawd, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog tom qab nws cov lus tshaj tawm rau cov xov xwm, thiab Thawj Tswj Hwm tau txais lub zog siab. Yog tias nws xav tau txoj hauv kev los tswj hwm nws txoj haujlwm hauv kev sib tham hla Space Force cov cuab tam uas yuav tsis muaj kev cia siab sai sai no, nws yuav tsum ua si nws qhov kev ua si ... rau tam sim no. Barbeau hais tias, "Lub Senate muaj lub sijhawm tsis khoom, Thawj Tswj Hwm, tab sis kuv paub tseeb tias kuv tuaj yeem ... nyem rau ntawm koj," Barbeau hais, kaw lub xov tooj.
    
  "Lub ntuj raug txim tshwm sim li cas?" nug nws tus pab, Colleen Morna. "Koj saib zoo li daj ntseg li dab."
    
  "Nws tuaj yeem yog qhov phem tshaj qhov xav tau ... lossis nws tuaj yeem yog qhov zoo tshaj plaws," nws hais. "Tau teem sijhawm nrog Thawj Tswj Hwm tom qab lub rooj sib tham zaum kawg ntawm cov txheej txheem yav tsaus ntuj no."
    
  "Hmo no? Nws twb yog tsib teev, thiab koj muaj kev sib tham ntawm xya nrog ib lub tuam txhab kev cai lij choj uas sawv cev rau kev tiv thaiv thiab kev lag luam kev lag luam chaw tos txais. Nws yuav tsum kav mus txog rau cuaj. Thawj Tswj Hwm xav tau dab tsi? Puas muaj dabtsi?"
    
  "Peb txhua tus paub dab tsi nyob hauv tus thawj tswj hwm lub siab. Teeb nws. "
    
  "Nws yuav yog lwm hmo tsaus ntuj, thiab nrog Pawg Neeg Saib Xyuas Kev Pabcuam Lub Rooj Sib Tham pib tag kis, koj yuav ua haujlwm koj lub pob tw. Dab tsi tseem ceeb uas Thawj Tswj Hwm xav ntsib lig? Puas yog nws tseem xav coj McLanahan mus rau tom hav zoov?
    
  Barbeau tau hais tias "Tsis yog nyob hauv hav zoov xwb, nws xav tso tag nrho cov phom sij rau hauv nws lub hauv siab," Barbeau hais. Nws tau coj nws mus rau qhov nrawm, thiab tsis ntev Morna qhov kev qhia tau xav tsis thoob ntau dua li nws tus kheej. "Kuv tsis paub tseeb tias muaj dab tsi tshwm sim, tab sis kuv xav tias kuv paub McLanahan: nws yog tus cwj pwm ntawm tus cwj pwm zoo. Yog hais tias nws tawm tsam ib yam dab tsi hauv Iran, tej zaum nws yuav muaj kev txawj ntse tias qee yam tsis zoo tau tshwm sim thiab tsis tau txais lub teeb ntsuab los kho nws, yog li nws ua nws tus kheej. Gardner yuav tsum txhawb nqa nws, tsis txhob coj nws rau nws tus kheej. Tab sis tus thawj tswj hwm xav qhia tias nws tseem yog tus tswj hwm thiab tswj hwm, yog li nws yuav rhuav tshem McLanahan. " Nws xav ib pliag; tom qab ntawd: "Peb yuav tsum paub qhov tseeb tias muaj dab tsi tshwm sim, tab sis tsis yog los ntawm Gardner qhov kev xav. Peb xav tau peb tus kheej cov ntaub ntawv hais txog qhov no. McLanahan tsis yog vwm. Yog tias peb tuaj rau nws txoj kev pab, tej zaum peb yuav muaj yeej thaum kawg. "
    
  "Tam sim no koj xav kom McLanahan yeej, Stacy?" Morna nug.
    
  "Tau kawg kuv xav kom nws yeej, Colin, tab sis kuv xav kom nws yeej rau kuv, tsis yog rau nws tus kheej lossis rau lub tebchaws!" Barbeau hais tias. "Nws yog ib tug hero tiag tiag, ib tug tub rog nyob rau hauv ci ntsa iab armor, raws li Gardner muab tso rau nws. Gardner txoj kev khav theeb raug mob thiab nws tsis xav kom meej. Kuv yuav tsum nrhiav kom paub tias dab tsi hauv nws lub siab, txawm tias qhov ntawd txhais tau tias ua tej yam tsis zoo rau nws txhua zaus Thawj Poj Niam tab tom taug kev, tab sis tom qab ntawd peb yuav tsum paub tias qhov tshwm sim tiag tiag thiab npaj peb tus kheej lub tswv yim. Kuv yuav tsum khaws kuv qhov muag ntawm qhov khoom plig, zib ntab, thiab qhov ntawd tau txais kev cog lus thiab txiaj ntsig rau kuv cov phooj ywg hauv Louisiana. "
    
  "Yuav ua li cas yog tias nws tau vwm tiag tiag?"
    
  Barbeau tau hais tias "Peb yuav tsum paub tias muaj dab tsi tshwm sim rau McLanahan thiab nws tau ua dab tsi hauv Iran, thiab sai sai," Barbeau tau hais. "Kuv yuav tsis mus rau qhov muag tsis pom kev nrog tus thawj tswj hwm thiab tawm tsam McLanahan, tshwj tsis yog tias tus txiv neej vwm tiag tiag, uas kuv tsis ntseeg tiag. Ntaus lub buzzer thiab nrhiav txhua yam koj ua tau txog qhov tshwm sim. Koj puas tseem ntsib nrog nws qhov chaw playboy phooj ywg... nws lub npe hu li cas?"
    
  "Noble Hunter"
    
  "Huag yog, tus Captain Noble ntxim nyiam, tus hluas chaw cowboy. Koj yuav tsum tso cov ntaub ntawv tawm ntawm nws, tab sis tsis txhob ua txuj tias nws yog. Koj puas tseem fucking nws?"
    
  "Kuv yog ib txoj kab ntev heev ntawm East Coast Hunter Noble assholes."
    
  Barbeau hais tias, "Koj tuaj yeem muaj qee yam zoo dua li qhov no, menyuam yaus," Barbeau hais, patting nws sab nraub qaum thiab maj mam muab nws lub pob tw. "Tsis txhob ua lwm tus khub - ua nws tus wingman, nws tus neeg ntseeg siab. Qhia rau nws tias Pawg Neeg Saib Xyuas Tub Rog Pabcuam Senate yuav mus saib seb puas muaj dab tsi tshwm sim hauv Dreamland thiab koj xav pab. Ceeb toom nws. Tej zaum nws yuav qhia qee cov ntaub ntawv muaj txiaj ntsig. "
    
  "Nws yuav nyuaj rau ntsib ib tug txiv neej yog tias nws ya hauv qhov chaw, daig ntawm lub hauv paus hauv suab puam ... lossis hauv tsev loj cuj."
    
  "Tej zaum peb yuav tau npaj txoj kev kawm mus rau Vegas sai sai yog li koj tuaj yeem tso siab rau nws. Tej zaum kuv tuaj yeem koom nrog. " Nws nres, txaus siab rau qhov kev xav ntawm ib tug threesome nrog "Air Force playboy." "Qhia nws tias yog nws koom tes, peb tuaj yeem khaws nws lub nroog Yeiuxalees tawm hauv tsev kaw neeg." Nws luag ntxhi thiab hais ntxiv tias, "Thiab yog nws tsis koom tes, muab kuv tej av rau tus tub uas kuv siv tau rau nws. Yog tias nws tsis coj nws tus kheej, peb yuav siv nws los pib rhuav tshem McLanahan thiab lwm tus ntawm cov cim hauv Dreamland. "
    
    
  TEHRAN MEHRABAD AIRPORT, TEHRAN, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF PERSIA
  TAM SIM NO IB TUG TEHRAN LUB SIJ HAWM
    
    
  Lub cev muaj zog ntawm cov armored Mercedes sedans thiab limousines sib tw nrog Me'Raj Avenue mus rau Mehrabad International tshav dav hlau, ntsib tsis muaj teeb meem ntawm txoj kev. Thoob plaws hauv txoj kev tsav tsheb, General Boujazi tau hais kom nws cov tub rog rhuav tshem cov chaw kuaj xyuas thiab cov chaw thaiv tam sim ua ntej lub tsheb tuaj txog, cia nws hla, ces maj mam muab lawv rov qab. Lub xub ntiag ntawm cov tub rog coob coob thoob plaws sab hnub poob Tehran hmo ntawd ua rau cov pej xeem thiab cov neeg tawm tsam nyob deb ntawm txoj kev loj, yog li tsawg tus neeg tuaj yeem pom cov txheej txheem xwm txheej ceev.
    
  Lub motorcade hla lub davhlau ya nyob twg tseem ceeb uas Boujazi tau teeb tsa nws lub hauv paus chaw ua haujlwm thiab hloov mus sai sai raws txoj kev tsheb tavxij mus rau kab ntawm Iran Air hangars. Ntawm no qhov kev ruaj ntseg zoo li qub, yuav luag tsis pom - tshwj tsis yog tias koj tsis pom lub qhov muag pom kev hmo ntuj thiab ib daim ntawv qhia qhia qhov chaw ntawm kaum ob ntawm sniper thiab infantry units nyob ib ncig ntawm lub tshav dav hlau.
    
  Ib tug ib leeg dawb Boeing 727, tsis muaj cim, zaum nyob rau hauv pem hauv ntej ntawm ib tug ntawm cov hangars, nws ramp tiv thaiv los ntawm ob tug neeg saib xyuas kev ruaj ntseg nyob rau hauv suits thiab ties. Lub tsheb ciav hlau nres cia li nyob ntawm ko taw ntawm cov ntaiv cua, thiab plaub tus txiv neej hauv kev ua lag luam tsaus nti, lub kaus mom tsaus nti xws li lub kaus mom lub kaus mom, lub tsho dawb, cov hlua tsaus, cov ris dub thiab khau boots, nrog rab phom submachine hauv lawv txhais tes, tau tawm thiab coj qhov chaw. nyob ib ncig ntawm lub stairs thiab nyob rau hauv lub qhov ntswg ntawm lub aircraft. Ib tug los ntawm ib tug, ob tug ntev limousines rub mus rau lub ko taw ntawm lub ramp, thiab yim zoo ib yam li hnav khaub ncaws thiab armed neeg saib xyuas kev ruaj ntseg disembarked los ntawm lwm yam sedans los tiv thaiv tus Tsov tus tw thiab sab xis ntawm lub dav hlau. Ntau tus neeg tau tshwm sim los ntawm txhua lub limousine, suav nrog tus txiv neej laus hauv cov khaub ncaws tub rog, ib tug poj niam hluas uas muaj lub cev tiv thaiv, thiab cov txiv neej thiab poj niam hnav khaub ncaws ua lag luam sab hnub poob thiab cov tsho loj Iranian-style tsho.
    
  Ob peb lub sijhawm tom qab ntawd, txhua tus neeg tau khiav ntawm qhov chaw thiab nce mus rau hauv lub dav hlau dav hlau. Cov txiv neej kev ruaj ntseg tseem nyob hauv lawv txoj haujlwm kom txog thaum lub dav hlau pib nws lub cav, thiab tom qab ntawd lawv rov qab mus rau lawv lub tsheb. Cov tsheb loj armored ua npuas rau txhua sab ntawm lub dav hlau thaum nws caij tsheb tavxij uas tsis muaj tsheb tavxij mus rau ntawm txoj kev tseem ceeb, thiab hauv feeb lub dav hlau ya dav hlau tau ya mus. Cov limousines tau thim rov qab mus rau thaj chaw muaj kev ruaj ntseg tom qab Iran Air lub hangars thiab tau nres sab nraum lub chaw nres tsheb zoo nkauj. Lub Mercedes sedans tau khiav ceev ceev ntawm lub ramp thiab hangar perimeters, ces tau nres nyob rau hauv tib lub fenced cheeb tsam li lub limousines. Ob peb feeb tom qab cov neeg tsav tsheb thiab cov neeg saib xyuas kev ruaj ntseg tau tawm thiab kaw lawv lub tsheb, cov neeg ua haujlwm tawm tuaj, so cov av tawm ntawm lub tsheb nrog cov phuam thiab npog lawv txhua tus nrog nylon npog nrog elastic hauv qab. Lub teeb raug tua, thiab tsis ntev lub suab ntsiag to kav ntawm lub tshav dav hlau, raws li nws tau ua txij thaum pib ntawm kev tawm tsam.
    
  Ib pab pawg neeg saib xyuas kev ruaj ntseg tau taug kev ntawm qhov chaw nres tsheb mus rau lub tsev nres tsheb loj, phom phom hla lawv lub xub pwg nyom, feem ntau haus luam yeeb, txhua tus hais lus me me. Tus neeg saib xyuas kev nyab xeeb ntawm lub davhlau ya nyob twg nkag tau kuaj xyuas lawv cov ID thiab lawv raug tso cai nkag mus. Lawv taug kev los ntawm cov neeg caij tsheb sib tham mus rau lub qhov rooj uas cim CREW MEMBERS nkaus xwb, kom lawv daim ID rov kuaj dua, thiab tau txais. Lwm tus neeg sawv cev sab hauv tau khaws lawv cov riam phom, tshem tawm thiab ntxuav lawv, thiab cov pab pawg tau taug kev ntawm txoj kev tsis pom kev hauv tsev mus rau chav sib tham.
    
  "Kuv xav tias txhua tus tau koom nrog lawv ib yam li qhov yuav tsum tau ua," Thawj Tswj Hwm Hesarak al-Kan Boujazi hais.
    
  "Kuv pom tias nws tsis yooj yim, tsis txaus ntseeg, tsis tsim nyog, thiab yog tias cov tshuab dav hlau no ua rau kuv hnov qab, Kuv yuav tuav koj tus kheej lub luag haujlwm, General Boujazi," said tus npau taws Masoud Noshar, Tus Tswv Tus Thawj Kav Tebchaws ntawm Kagewa Royal Tsev Neeg. Nws yog siab thiab nyias, txog plaub caug xyoo, nrog ntev thiab me ntsis curly grey plaub hau, ib tug goatee streaked grey, thiab ntev, graceful-saib ntiv tes. Txawm hais tias Noshar tseem hluas thiab zoo li noj qab nyob zoo, nws pom tau tias nws tsis tau siv ntau lub cev tawm dag zog, thiab tau tawm ntawm kev taug kev sai sai thiab nqa tus ntaiv es tsis txhob siv lub elevator. Nws tshem nws lub tsho thiab lub kaus mom thiab tshem tawm nws txoj hlua khi li yog tias lawv tau hlawv nws cov tawv nqaij nrog kua qaub, tom qab ntawd snaps nws ntiv tes ntawm lwm tus txiv neej hauv kev hnav khaub ncaws tsaus, ib qho ntawm nws tus neeg saib xyuas tiag tiag, uas tau mus nqa nws pob taws ntev. thiab tawv tsho tiv no. "Nws tsis muaj dab tsi ntau tshaj li qhov kev ua si me me uas tsis muaj leej twg dag."
    
  "Peb cia siab tias nws ua haujlwm zoo dua, Tus Tswv Chancellor," hais tias lwm tus ntawm "tus saib xyuas," Princess Azar Asia Kagev. Es tsis txhob muab nws riam phom mus rau ib tug neeg zov, nws unloaded thiab ntxuav nws tus kheej, ces pib disassembling riam phom nyob rau hauv lub teb rau kev soj ntsuam thiab tu. "Cov neeg tawm tsam tau nkag mus rau peb lub network kom tob thiab tob dua txhua hnub."
    
  "Thiab peb kuj ntes thiab tua lawv ntau dua txhua hnub, koj lub siab," Noshar hais rau nws. "Vajtswv thiab lub sijhawm nyob ntawm peb sab, huab tais, tsis txhob ntshai." Thaum kawg, nws txoj kev xav tau kos rau qhov riam phom dismantling nyob rau hauv pem hauv ntej ntawm nws. "Koj ua dab tsi, koj lub siab?" - Qhov no yog dab tsi? - Noshar nug hauv kev xav tsis thoob li Azar lub deformed tab sis kom meej meej cov ntiv tes siv tau cov riam phom zoo li zais cov levers thiab pins. Nws ntsia tsis pom tseeb ntawm tus ntxhais huabtais ua haujlwm nrog rab phom submachine thiab tig mus rau tus neeg saib xyuas lub cev, uas tau taug kev mus rau tus ntxhais huabtais, nyo taub hau ntawm lub duav, tom qab ntawd rub nws txhais tes mus nqa cov phom phom ntawm nws txhais tes. Nws ua rau nws hais lus nruj thiab me ntsis co ntawm nws lub taub hau, thiab nws tau hneev dua thiab thim rov qab. Ob peb vib nas this tom qab lub submachine phom nteg disassembled rau ntawm lub rooj nyob rau hauv pem hauv ntej ntawm nws.
    
  Azar hais tias "Koj yuav tsum tsis txhob siv riam phom tsis paub mus rau hauv kev sib ntaus sib tua, Tus Tswv Chancellor," Azar hais. "Koj paub li cas yog tias qhov no yuav ua haujlwm thaum koj xav tau? Koj yuav ua li cas thiaj paub tias nws tau rub tawm yog tias koj tsis thab mus kuaj?
    
  Noshar tau hais tias "Peb hnav cov khoom no los ua yeeb yam kom dag txhua tus neeg ntxeev siab uas yuav tau saib peb," Noshar hais. "Kuv tsis quav ntsej yam uas nws nyob hauv. Yog vim li ntawd peb thiaj tau cob qhia cov neeg saib xyuas kev ruaj ntseg nrog peb. Ntxhais fuabtais tsis tas yuav tuav riam phom txaus ntshai. "
    
  Azar hais tias "Nws tsis txaus ntshai tam sim no, Tus Tswv Chancellor - nws zoo li kuv nyob hauv qhov zoo," Azar hais. Nws pib sau riam phom. Nyob rau hauv tsawg tshaj li peb caug vib nas this nws tau reassembled, loaded, cocked thiab cocked, thiab nws muaj nws slung hla nws xub pwg. "Kuv tsis nqa phom ostentatiously."
    
  Noshar hais tias, "zoo siab heev, koj lub siab," zais nws qhov kev xav tsis thoob tom qab qhov tsis txaus siab thiab tsis txaus siab. Nws tig mus rau Bujazi. "Peb tabtom nkim sijhawm ntawm no. Tam sim no peb tau ua si tawm koj lub charade, General - tau nthuav tawm cov thawj coj kom muaj kev phom sij loj, kuv yuav hais - peb puas yuav nqis mus ua lag luam?
    
  "Cia li mus," Boujazi teb, siv tib lub suab qw hauv lub tebchaws uas khav theeb li Noshar. "Kuv hais kom koj tuaj ntawm no los tham txog kev koom tes nrog peb cov kev siv zog tawm tsam Mohtaz thiab nws cov neeg tawm tsam txawv teb chaws. Nag hmo qhov kev tua nrog qhov ua tau los ua koj pawg neeg tua neeg yuav tsum tsis txhob tshwm sim dua. Peb yuav tsum pib ua haujlwm ua ke. "
    
  Noshar tau hais tias "Qhov kev liam yog tag nrho rau koj, dav dav," Noshar hais. "Koj cov tub rog tsis tau tso cai rau peb cov neeg tawm tsam kev ywj pheej los txheeb xyuas lawv tus kheej. Lawv nyuam qhuav rov qab los ntawm kev ua tiav kev tua neeg ntawm kev tawm tsam thaum koj cov txiv neej qhib hluav taws. Kuv cov txiv neej pom ntau tshaj li peb lub kaum os cov khoom tawg tau npaj rau kev siv ntawm txoj kev, suav nrog lub kaum ob lub tsho tua tus kheej thiab cov khoom tawg tau zais txhua yam los ntawm xov tooj mus rau cov menyuam yaus strollers. "
    
  Boujazi tau hais tias "Noshahr, Kuv tau khaws lub Hoobkas foob pob nyob rau hauv kev soj ntsuam tau ob peb hnub tam sim no," Boujazi tau hais. "Peb tab tom tos tus tswv foob pob tuaj txog kom thauj cov foob pob no. Yuav ua li cas zoo nws yuav ua li cas tua ib pawg ntawm qis-qib, clueless neeg ua hauj lwm muv thiab cia lub saum toj kawg nkaus foob pob ua ntxaij khiav? Tam sim no nws yuav siv peb lub hlis los yog ntau dua los nrhiav lub Hoobkas tshiab, thiab tom qab ntawd lawv yuav tau ua peb lub kaum pob lossis ntau lub foob pob los siv tawm tsam peb. "
    
  "Tsis txhob hloov cov ntsiab lus, Buzkhazi," Noshar snapped. "Koj qhov kev tawm tsam tsis txaus ntseeg ua rau peb lub neej ntawm rau ntawm peb tus neeg sawv cev zoo tshaj plaws. Peb thov kom them nyiaj rov qab, thiab peb thov kom koj tshem koj cov tub rog tawm ntawm cov chaw nyob thiab cov chaw nyob thiab txwv koj cov dej num rau txoj kev loj, txoj kev loj thiab tshav dav hlau. Los yog zoo dua, tso koj tus kheej thiab koj cov tub rog nyob rau hauv cov lus txib ntawm pawg tub rog, uas yog tsoomfwv raug cai ntawm Persia, thiab peb yuav xyuas kom koj tsis txhob cuam tshuam nrog peb txoj haujlwm tiv thaiv kev ua phem ntxiv lawm. "
    
  "Peb muaj lub luag haujlwm sib npaug rau lawv txoj kev tuag, Tus Tswv Chancellor," Azar hais.
    
  "Koj tsis tas yuav thov txim rau qhov ua yuam kev ntawm pawg tub rog, Azar -"
    
  "Koj yuav hais lus rau nws tus yawg koob zoo, Buzkhazi!" - Noshar xaj. "Koj tsis txhob tham nrog tus ntxhais huabtais zoo li nws yog ib tug neeg siv!"
    
  Boujazi hais tias, "Nws tsis yog kuv tus ntxhais huab tais, Noshahr," thiab kuv kuj tsis tau xaj los ntawm cov thawj coj zoo li no lossis cov thawj coj tiv thaiv ib yam li koj!
    
  "Cas koj twv! Shahdokht yog tus qub txeeg qub teg ntawm Peacock Throne ntawm Persia, thiab koj yuav hais nws li ntawd thiab muab kev hwm rau nws! Thiab kuv yuav nco ntsoov koj tias kuv yog tus thawj tswj hwm ntawm Kagewa Tsev Hais Plaub, Royal Minister of War thiab Marshal ntawm Pawg Tsov Rog! Muaj kev hwm rau lub chaw haujlwm, txawm tias koj tsis hwm koj tus kheej!"
    
  Boujazi tau hais tias "Noshar, ib xyoos dhau los koj tau daig hauv Monaco twv txiaj yuam pov tsim cov dab neeg hais txog kev ywj pheej tawm tsam Pasdaran, sim rub cov poj niam laus laus rau lawv cov nyiaj," Boujazi tau hais. "Lub sijhawm no, koj cov neeg ncaj ncees raug ntes thiab raug tsim txom vim koj tsis tuaj yeem kaw koj lub qhov ncauj qaug cawv txog lawv tus kheej thiab qhov chaw nyob -"
    
  "Qhov no yog absurd!" Noshar hais.
    
  "Pasdaran cov neeg soj xyuas hauv Monaco, Singapore thiab Las Vegas tau txais cov ntaub ntawv tsis tu ncua ntawm koj lub network tsuas yog zaum ntawm koj hauv cov twv txiaj yuam pov, tuav thiab tsev noj mov uas koj nquag nquag, mloog koj qhia koj cov dab neeg qus txog kev tso tawm Iran ib leeg."
    
  "Koj cov neeg ua liaj ua teb! Koj tus menyuam dev! Ua cas koj pheej nrog kuv tham li ntawd!" Noshar exclaimed. "Kuv ua haujlwm rau vajntxwv thiab nws tus poj huab tais, tau coj nees nkaum lab tus neeg ncaj ncees thoob plaws ntiaj teb, tau nruab thiab tsim kev sib ntaus sib tua ntawm ib nrab lab tus txiv neej, thiab ua kom muaj kev nyab xeeb ntawm vaj ntxwv lub txhab nyiaj rau nees nkaum xyoo dhau los! Koj yog ib tug tubsab thiab neeg tua neeg me me xwb, ua phem rau koj tus kheej cov lus thiab ua rau ob xyoo lawm, demoted thiab humiliated los ntawm tsoom fwv koj ua hauj lwm thiab ces ntxeev siab. Koj raug tsis lees paub los ntawm koj cov phooj ywg pej xeem, thiab koj raug tsav los ntawm tsis muaj dab tsi ntau tshaj li qhov kev ntshai ntawm cov ntshav tawm tom ntej uas koj yuav ua rau, zoo li kev tua neeg phem ntawm Qom. Koj twv koj tus kheej ib tug Persian!"
    
  "Kuv tsis hu kuv tus kheej li koj hu koj tus kheej, Noshar!" - Buzhazi qw. Nws tig mus rau Azar, nws ob lub qhov muag ci ntsa iab. "Kuv yuav tsis muaj dab tsi ua rau koj lossis koj lub tsev hais plaub, tus huab tais, thaum nws tseem nyob hauv lub hwj chim. Kuv tsis nyob rau hauv lub siab mus ua si hnav ris tsho, vaj thiab tsev fuabtais. "
    
  "General-"
    
  "Thov txim, tus ntxhais huabtais, tab sis qhov no yog qhov pov tseg loj ntawm kuv lub sijhawm," Boujazi hais npau taws. "Kuv muaj kev sib ntaus sib tua. Tus neeg ruam no, uas hu nws tus kheej yog tus thawj coj thiab tus thawj coj ntawm kev ua tsov ua rog, tsis paub tias qhov kawg ntawm rab phom los tsom rau tus yeeb ncuab. Kuv xav tau fighters, tsis parrots. Kuv muaj haujlwm ua. "
    
  "General, thov nyob."
    
  "Kuv tawm mus. Hmoov zoo rau koj thiab koj lub tsev hais plaub me me ntxim hlub, ntxhais huab tais. "
    
  "General, Kuv hais tias nyob!" - Azar qw. Nws rub tawm nws lub kaus mom tsaus, tso cai rau nws cov khaub ncaws ntev ya mus rau saum huab cua. Cov Persians hauv chav tau xav tsis thoob los ntawm qhov tshwm sim tam sim ntawd ntawm lub cim ntawm kev muaj koob muaj npe nyob hauv lawv nruab nrab ... tag nrho tsuas yog Bujazi, uas tau hloov siab lees txim los ntawm cov lus txib ntawm tus ntxhais hluas: ib feem xyaum tub rog, ib feem tsis pom zoo niam, ib feem teb dav dav.
    
  "Shahdokht...Hloov siab ... kuv poj niam ... " Noshar stammered, nws ntsia mus rau qhov tsaus nti ci ntsa iab curls, zoo li yog lub scepter golden nyuam qhuav tshwm sim rau ntawm nws ob lub qhov muag: "Kuv xav tias nws yog lub sij hawm rau peb tawm mus thiab. -"
    
  "Koj yuav nyob thiab kaw koj lub qhov ncauj, Chancellor!" Hazard snapped. "Peb muaj ib qho tseem ceeb los tham txog."
    
  "Peb tsis tuaj yeem ua lag luam nrog qhov no ... tus neeg ua phem no!" - Noshar hais. "Nws tsuas yog ib tus neeg ruam laus uas tsis txaus ntseeg nrog kev xav ntawm qhov loj-"
    
  Azar tau hais tias "Kuv hais tias peb yuav tsum tham txog qhov teeb meem nrog tus thawj coj," Azar hais. Lub sij hawm no, lo lus "peb" uas los ntawm nws daim di ncauj muaj lub ntsiab lus txawv: nws tsis yog hais txog nws lawm, tab sis qhia meej meej lub imperial "peb", txhais tau tias nws ib leeg. "Zoo, Chancellor."
    
  "Nyob...quiet...?" Noshar gurgled, nws lub qhov ncauj qhib thiab kaw indignantly. "Thov zam txim rau kuv, Shahdokht, tab sis kuv yog tus Tswv High Chancellor ntawm lub Royal tsev neeg, tus huab tais tus sawv cev thaum nws tsis tuaj. Kuv muaj txoj cai tag nrho thiab ib leeg los sib tham thiab nkag mus rau hauv kev pom zoo thiab kev sib koom tes nrog cov phooj ywg thiab cov phooj ywg. "
    
  "Tsis yog lawm, Chancellor," Azar hais decisively. "Nws tau ib xyoos txij li thaum leej twg tau hnov lossis pom huab tais thiab poj huab tais. Lub caij no, lub tsev hais plaub tau tswj hwm los ntawm cov neeg ua haujlwm uas, txawm tias muaj siab ntseeg, tsis muaj kev txaus siab ntawm cov neeg hauv siab. "
    
  "Kuv thov koj zam txim, Shahdokht -!"
    
  "Nws muaj tseeb, Chancellor, thiab koj paub nws," Azar hais. "Koj lub hom phiaj tseem ceeb yog txhawm rau txhim kho, ruaj ntseg, thiab tsev lub tsev hais plaub hauv kev npaj rau kev tswj hwm tsoomfwv thaum huab tais thiab huab tais rov qab los. Koj tau ua haujlwm zoo nrog qhov no, Chancellor. Lub tsev hais plaub muaj kev nyab xeeb, ruaj ntseg, khiav haujlwm zoo, tau txais nyiaj txiag zoo thiab npaj los tswj lub tebchaws no thaum lub sijhawm los txog. Tab sis tam sim no tib neeg tsis xav tau tus thawj coj - lawv xav tau tus thawj coj thiab tus thawj coj. "
    
  Noshar hais tias "Kuv yog tus thawj coj ncaj ncees, Shahdokht, txog thaum huab tais rov qab los," Noshar hais. "Thiab raws li Minister of War thiab Marshal ntawm War Council, Kuv yog Tus Thawj Coj ntawm peb cov tub rog. Tsis pub lwm tus. "
    
  "Koj yuam kev, Chancellor ... Kuv yog," Azar hais.
    
  "Koj? Tab sis qhov no ... qhov no yog qhov tsis sib xws, Shahdokht, "Noshar hais. "Kev tshaj tawm txog kev tuag lossis kev tso tseg tseem tsis tau ua. Ib pawg sab laj uas muaj kuv tus kheej, cov thawj coj kev ntseeg thiab cov neeg sawv cev ntawm kaum ib lub tsev muaj koob muaj npe yuav tsum tau sib tham los tshawb xyuas qhov tshwm sim ntawm huab tais thiab poj huab tais nyob qhov twg thiab txiav txim siab seb yuav ua li cas. Qhov no ua tsis tau thiab tsis muaj kev nyab xeeb ua thaum ua tsov rog! "
    
  Hazard tau hais tias "Tom qab ntawd, raws li tau txais txiaj ntsig, kuv yuav hais lus rau kuv tus kheej," Hazard tau hais.
    
  "Koj!" Noshar rov. "Koj ... yog ... zam txim rau kuv rau cov lus no, Shahdokht, tab sis qhov no yog kev thuam rau kev nco txog koj niam thiab txiv uas tau koob hmoov, peb tus huab tais thiab poj huab tais. Tej zaum lawv tseem yuav nyob nkaum, lossis tej zaum raug mob thiab rov zoo, lossis txawm raug ntes. Peb cov yeeb ncuab yuav tos kom koj ua li ntawd, thiab qhia tias lawv tseem muaj sia nyob, vam tias yuav cog lus tsis meej pem ntawm peb thiab ua kom muaj kev tawm tsam tawm tsam lub tsev hais plaub thiab tsev neeg huab tais. Koj ua tsis tau ... Kuv txhais tau tias, koj yuav tsum tsis txhob ua qhov no, Shahdokht ...
    
  Azar hais tias "Kuv tsis yog Shahdokht lawm, tus thawj tswj hwm," Azar hais. "Txij no mus koj yuav hu kuv Malika."
    
  Noshar nqos, nws ob lub qhov muag bulging. Nws ntsia ntsoov nws tus neeg saib xyuas lub cev, tom qab ntawd rov qab los ntawm Azar, kawm nws kom zoo, sim txiav txim siab seb nws txhais li cas nws nyuam qhuav hais thiab seb nws puas yuav thim rov qab lossis tsis txaus siab yog tias ntsib teeb meem. "Kuv ... Kuv ntshai kuv tsis tuaj yeem cia qhov no tshwm sim, huab tais," nws hais, thaum kawg sau nws lub siab tawv. "Kuv muaj lub luag haujlwm rau vajntxwv thiab huab tais rau kev tiv thaiv lub tsev hais plaub. Thaum lawv tsis tuaj thiab tsis muaj cov lus qhia los ntawm pawg tswj hwm ntawm vaj ntxwv tsev, kuv ntshai kuv yuav ua tsis tau raws li koj xav tau. "
    
  Azar txo qis nws ob lub qhov muag, nodded thiab zoo li txawm sigh. "Zoo heev, Chancellor. Kuv nkag siab koj qhov kev xav. "
    
  Noshar zoo siab heev. Nws yeej yuav tsum tau nrog cov tub ntxhais hluas Americanized upstart, thiab tsis ntev - nws pom tseeb tias muaj kev ntshaw nyob deb dhau nws lub xyoo, thiab qhov ntawd yuav tsis zam. Tab sis nws txaus siab ua tus txhawb nqa thiab tiv thaiv tus txiv ntxawm, txhua yam txhawm rau saib xyuas nws zoo dua thaum nws ...
    
  Hazard tau hais tias "Kuv pom tias nws yog lub sijhawm los tuav lub zwm txwv rov qab los," Hazard hais. Nyob rau hauv ib qho kev tsis pom kev, nws mam li nco dheev khaws ib rab phom Heckler & Koch HK-54 submachine uas yog German thiab khi rau nws lub duav... Aiming nws ncaj nraim ntawm Masoud Noshar lub hauv siab. "Koj raug ntes, Chancellor, vim tsis mloog kuv txoj cai." Nws tig mus rau Persian bodyguards qab Noshar. "Cov neeg saib xyuas, tso tus Chancellor nyob rau hauv raug ntes."
    
  "Qhov no yog absurd!" Noshar qw, ntau dua los ntawm kev poob siab thiab xav tsis thoob ntau dua li npau taws. "Yuav ua li cas koj twv?"
    
  "Kuv twv vim kuv yog Malika, tus thawj tswj hwm," Azar hais tias muaj kev ntseeg siab, "thiab lub zwm txwv tau nyob ntev txaus." Nws ntsia yav dhau los Noshar rau lub cev tiv thaiv, uas nws cov riam phom tseem dai ntawm lawv lub xub pwg nyom. "Cov neeg saib xyuas, tso tus Chancellor nyob rau hauv raug ntes. Nws raug txwv tsis pub muaj kev sib cuag nrog lub ntiaj teb sab nraud. "
    
  "Lawv yuav tsis ua raws koj, Azar Asiya," Noshar hais. "Lawv muab siab npuab kuv thiab vajntxwv thiab huab tais, cov thawj coj ncaj ncees ntawm Pasxias. Lawv yuav tsis ua raws li tus neeg ua phem, ntxias neeg phem los ntawm Asmeskas. "
    
  Azar ntsia ib ncig ntawm chav sib tham, nco ntsoov tias tsis yog Lieutenant Colonel Najar lossis Major Saidi, nws tus pab cuam ntev, tsis tau tsa lawv cov riam phom - lawv tau tawm ntawm lub xub pwg, tab sis tseem nrog kev nyab xeeb ntes taw rau hauv pem teb. Ib yam li Khesarak Boujazi thiab nws tus neeg saib xyuas lub cev, Major Haddad, thiab tus thawj coj ntawm cov tub rog tub rog nyob hauv Mehrabad tshav dav hlau, Colonel Mostafa Rahmati, ob leeg tau nrog lawv mus rau lub hom phiaj kev ua phem no. Nws yog tib tug uas muaj riam phom tsa.
    
  Azar hais tias, "Kuv tau muab qhov kev txiav txim, Tus Thawj Tub Ceev Xwm: ntes tus Thawj Kav Tebchaws," Azar hais. "Tsis txhob tso cai rau kev sib txuas lus sab nraud. Yog nws tawm tsam, khi nws thiab gag nws." Tseem tsis muaj leej twg txav mus.
    
  "Xib Hwb Tub Ceev Xwm... Rau nej txhua tus, nws yog lub sij hawm los txiav txim siab," Azar hais, glaring rau lawv txhua tus, cia siab rau ntuj txiag teb tsaus uas nws txhais tes tsis pib co. "Koj tuaj yeem ua raws Chancellor Noshar thiab txuas ntxiv qhov kev hloov pauv no raws li koj tau muaj rau xyoo dhau los, lossis koj tuaj yeem cog lus rau kuv thiab Peacock Throne thiab ua raws kuv los hloov lub tebchaws no mus rau hauv lub tebchaws Persian dawb."
    
  "Ua raws koj?" Noshar luag ntxhi. "Koj tsuas yog ib tug ntxhais xwb. Tej zaum koj yuav yog ib tug ntxhais huabtais, tab sis koj tsis yog poj huab tais - thiab koj yeej tsis yog ib tug general. Loyalists yuav tsis ua raws li tus ntxhais mus rau hauv kev sib ntaus sib tua. Koj yuav ua li cas yog tias tsis muaj leej twg xav lees paub koj ua huab tais?
    
  "Tom qab ntawd kuv yuav tso kuv lub npe thiab koom nrog cov tub rog ntawm General Boujazi," Hazard teb, rau txhua tus neeg xav tsis thoob. "Lub sijhawm tau los koom ua rog thiab sib ntaus sib tua ua ib lub tebchaws, thiab yog tias nws tsis ua raws li Kagewa chij, nws yuav ua raws li tus chij ntawm tus thawj coj. Yog tias koj npaj coj kuv thiab kuv cov thwjtim, General, peb npaj txhij los koom nrog koj. "
    
  "Qhov ntawd yuav tsis tsim nyog," Hesarak Boujazi hais tias ... thiab rau txhua tus neeg xav tsis thoob, nws tau muab nws rab phom submachine los ntawm nws lub xub pwg, tuav nws pem hauv ntej ntawm nws txhais tes tawm ... thiab txhos caug ntawm ib lub hauv caug hauv pem hauv ntej ntawm Hazard. "Rau kuv muab kev txib ntawm kuv cov tub rog thiab cog lus ua siab ncaj rau Malika Azhar Asia Kagev, tus poj huab tais ntawm Persia thiab tus poj niam ntawm Peacock Throne."
    
  Azar luag ntxhi, ntsiag to thov Vajtswv kom nws tsis txhob vau los ntawm kev xav tsis thoob los yog tawg rau hauv lub kua muag nws tus kheej, tom qab ntawd taub hau. "Peb zoo siab txais koj cov lus cog tseg ntawm kev ntseeg, Hesarak al-Kan Buzhazi." Nws hnia nws lub hauv pliaj, ces muab nws txhais tes rau ntawm nws lub xub pwg nyom. "Sawv, tus tswv, nqa koj txhais tes thiab ua tus saib xyuas ntawm Ministry of War thiab Tub Rog Council ntawm Kagewa Royal Tsev Neeg, thiab cov lus txib ntawm cov tub rog sib koom ua ke ntawm Democratic Republic of Persia ... Marshal Buzhazi."
    
  "Ua tsaug, Malika," said Buzhazi. Nws tig mus rau Noshar. "Kuv thawj qhov kev ua haujlwm yuav yog los tawm tswv yim rau kev xaiv tsa Masoud Noshar ua Tus Lwm Thawj Coj ntawm Kev Ua Tsov Rog, Tus Lwm Thawj Coj ntawm Tub Rog thiab kuv tus neeg sawv cev ntawm lub tsev hais plaub. Koj puas kam txais?
    
  "Koj puas xav kom kuv ua hauj lwm hauv qab koj?" Noshar nug, txawm xav tsis thoob li ua ntej. "Koj tuav kuv txoj haujlwm thiab xav kom kuv rov qab los? Vim li cas?"
    
  Boujazi hais tias "Tus poj huab tais yog tus txiav txim zoo thiab ntse ntawm tib neeg, Noshahr," said Boujazi. "Yog hais tias nws hais tias koj tau ua haujlwm hauv tsev hais plaub zoo ua tus thawj tswj hwm thiab npaj lawv los coj lub tebchaws thaum lub sijhawm los txog, kuv ntseeg nws. Kuv xav kom koj ua koj txoj hauj lwm, tus uas koj ua tau zoo tshaj plaws. Npaj lub tsev hais plaub los txiav txim raws li txoj cai tswjfwm huab tais thiab xyuas kom kuv cov tub rog tau txais. Kuv xav tau ib tus neeg sawv cev rau kuv hauv Tehran vim tias kuv yuav nyob ntawm txoj kev tso qhov kev tawm tsam no thiab rov ua kom muaj kev nyab xeeb rau lub tebchaws. Qhov no yog qhov kuv ua tau zoo. Thiab raws li vice marshal, koj yuav qhia rau kuv. Screw thiab koj yuav tau nrog kuv. Koj puas kam txais?
    
  Ib pliag, Boujazi xav tias Noshar yuav hais tej yam tsis zoo los yog ua phem; hloov, nws ua ib yam dab tsi Boujazi yeej tsis xav tias nws yuav ua: nws saluted. "Yog lawm, kuv txais."
    
  "Zoo heev, Vice-Marshal. Kuv xav kom lub rooj sib tham ntawm pawg thawj coj ua tsov rog tau teem sijhawm tam sim ntawd. " Nws tig mus rau Azar. "Malik, nrog rau koj qhov kev tso cai, kuv xav tsa Lieutenant Colonel Najar ua kuv Tus Thawj Coj ntawm Cov Neeg Ua Haujlwm thiab txhawb nqa nws mus rau qib ntawm tus thawj coj loj. Major Saidi yuav nyob twj ywm koj tus kws kho mob. "
    
  Azar hais tias "Kev tso cai tau tso cai, Marshal," Azar hais.
    
  "Ua tsaug, Malika. Colonel, ua haujlwm nrog Vice Marshal Noshar los npaj lub rooj sib tham ntawm pawg tub rog. Major Haddad yog li no tau nce qib ntawm Lieutenant Colonel thiab yuav ua tus saib xyuas kev ruaj ntseg. " Tig mus rau Azar, nws hais tias: "Malika, Kuv xav kom koj tuaj koom lub rooj sib tham ntawm pawg tub rog thiab pab txhawb rau cov peev txheej thiab cov neeg ua haujlwm uas peb tuaj yeem xaiv los ntawm txoj kev hauv Tehran thiab cov nroog thiab cov zos nyob ib puag ncig. Peb yuav xav tau txhua yam kev pabcuam uas peb tuaj yeem nrhiav tau los ua txoj haujlwm no. "
    
  "Nrog kev zoo siab, Marshal," Azar hais.
    
  "Ua tsaug, Malika," said Buzhazi. "Yog tias kuv tuaj yeem, Malika, Vice Marshal Noshar, Kuv xav qhia koj ib yam ua ntej ua ntej peb pib ua haujlwm uas yuav cuam tshuam rau peb txoj kev npaj. Colonel Najar, coj cov lus txib. "
    
  Hazard taug kev ib sab ntawm Boujazi los ntawm tshav dav hlau davhlau ya nyob twg ntawm qhov tawm. Nws tau hais tias "Koj tau ua tus cwj pwm zoo heev nyob ntawd, Marshal," nws hais. "Kuv yeej tsis xav tias kuv yuav pom koj ntawm koj lub hauv caug nyob rau hauv pem hauv ntej ntawm leej twg, cia kuv nyob ib leeg."
    
  Bujaz tau hais tias "Kuv yuav tsum ua ib yam dab tsi los ua kom koj tus cwj pwm zoo tshaj plaws, Kev Tshaj Tawm," Bujazi hais. "Ib qho ntxiv, yog tias tag nrho cov khoom siv hauv tsev hais plaub zoo nkauj no yog qhov koj cov neeg paub thiab xav tau, kuv xav tias kuv yuav tsum ua si nrog. Koj puas yuav tso koj lub zwm txwv tiag tiag thiab koom nrog kuv cov tub rog ragtag?
    
  "Koj puas txhais li cas koj hais txog kev tso koj cov tub rog rau kuv thiab cog lus rau kev ntseeg?" Lawv luag nyav ua ke, paub ib leeg cov lus teb. "Koj puas xav tias peb tuaj yeem rub tawm qhov no, Hesarak?" - nws nug.
    
  "Zoo, txog hnub no kuv tau muab peb tsis muaj ntau tshaj li ib ntawm kaum txoj kev yeej," Boujazi hais ncaj ncees. "Txhua yam tau txhim kho zoo txij thaum ntawd los. Tam sim no kuv muab rau peb tej zaum ib qho ntawm tsib lub sijhawm. "
    
  "Yog tiag? Ib puas feem pua kev txhim kho sai sai? Peb tseem tsis tau ua dab tsi, tsuas yog tej zaum yuav rov npaj lub hnub loungers ntawm lub nkoj nkoj! Peb muaj lub zog zoo ib yam li yav dhau los, tib cov peev txheej - tej zaum lub koom haum zoo dua thiab muaj kev txhawb zog me ntsis ntxiv. Dab tsi ntxiv tau hloov dua li peb lub npe, lub npe thiab kev ntseeg siab?
    
  Lawv tau taug kev sab nraud thiab raug coj los ntawm cov neeg saib xyuas mus rau qhov chaw nyob ze Iran Air hangar. Tom qab lawv tus kheej raug lees paub, Boujazi tau tawm mus tso cai rau Hazard hla. "Dab tsi ntxiv tau hloov?" nws nug nrog luag nyav. "Cia li hais tias ib yam dab tsi los saum toj no poob rau hauv peb lub laps."
    
  "Dab tsi...?" Azar nkag mus rau hauv lub hangar ...... thiab tam sim ntawd tau ntsib los ntawm ib tug kaum-taw humanoid neeg hlau nrog ib yam dab tsi zoo li ib tug cannon dai ntawm nws lub xub pwg nyom. Tus neeg hlau tuaj cuag nws nrog kev ceev ceev thiab ceev ceev, ntsia rau lawv ib pliag, tom qab ntawd sawv ntawm kev mloog thiab hauv lub tshuab hluav taws xob uas muaj suab nrov nrov qw: "Zoo, kaum lub tsev!", tom qab ntawd rov hais dua hauv Farsi. Nws nqis ib sab...
    
  ... qhia tau tias lub hangar muaj ob sleek, suab dub, loj heev American bombers sab hauv. Azar tau lees paub lawv tias yog Air Force B-1 bombers, tshwj tsis yog tias lub qhov rais cockpit tau kaw hermetically. Hauv pem teb hangar tau muaj neeg coob coob nrog tsheb, cov thawv ntim khoom ntawm txhua qhov ntau thiab tsawg thiab cov lus piav qhia, thiab tej zaum ob puas American airmen nyob rau hauv cov khaub ncaws kev pab cuam sawv ntawm saib.
    
  Hazard hais tias "Txoj kev uas koj tau ua," Hazard hais. Cov neeg Asmeskas, ob leeg txiv neej thiab poj niam, tau so. Ntau tus tau tuaj cuag cov neeg tuaj tshiab, qhia lawv tus kheej nrog kev tos txais thiab tuav tes.
    
  Ob peb lub sij hawm tom qab ntawd, ib tug txiv neej siab hnav ib tug coj txawv txawv tsaus grey tag nrho lub cev armor uas Bujazi tau lees paub tias yog American Tin Woodman kev sib ntaus sib tua, tsis muaj kaus mom hlau, taug kev thiab sawv ntawm pem hauv ntej ntawm Kagev thiab Bujazi thiab saluted. "General Boujazi?" - Nws hais los ntawm tus txhais lus hauv hluav taws xob ntawm nws Tin Woodman suit. "Major Wayne Macomber, USAF, Unit Commander."
    
  Bujazi rov qab nws txoj kev tos txais, ces tuav nws txhais tes. "Ua tsaug, Major. Cia kuv qhia Nws Tus Huab Tais Azar Asia Kagev ... " Nws nres tau zoo, muab nws lub ntsej muag tsis pom kev, thiab tom qab ntawd ntxiv, "Poj huab tais ntawm Persia."
    
  Macomber lub qhov muag nthuav dav hauv kev xav tsis thoob, tab sis nws rov qab los sai sai, rov qab mloog dua, thiab qhuas. "Zoo siab tau ntsib koj, Koj tus Hlob." Nws tuav nws txhais tes thiab tuav nws, nws txhais tes armored dwarfed los ntawm nws. "Tsis tau ntsib poj huab tais ua ntej."
    
  "Kuv tau ntsib Tin Woodman ua ntej, thiab nws ua rau kuv zoo siab thiab nplij siab thaum paub tias koj nyob ntawm no," Azar hais ua lus Askiv zoo kawg nkaus, yog li Asmeskas, ua rau nws xav tsis thoob. "Zoo siab txais tos rau Persia, Major."
    
  "ua tsaug". Nws tig nws txhais tes thiab ntsia nws. "Hypoplastic ntiv tes xoo. Txoj haujlwm zoo ntawm kev kho. Kuv tus muam kuj muaj nws thiab. Ob tog?"
    
  "Yog lawm, Major," Azar teb tsis txaus ntseeg. "Koj surprise kuv. Cov neeg feem coob uas kuv tos txais saib kuv txhais tes thiab tom qab ntawd saib deb, ua txuj tsis pom. "
    
  "Ignorance, yog tag nrho, ma'am," Macomber hais. "Nws yog qhov zoo uas koj tsis zais nws. Kuv tus muam tsis zais thiab. Nws pisses neeg tawm, tab sis qhov ntawd yog nws txoj kev npaj. Nws tseem muaj qhov txaus ntshai ntaus pob tesniv rov qab. "
    
  "Koj yuav tsum tau pom kuv ntawm qhov chaw tua, Major."
    
  Tus loj commando luag nyav thiab nodded, nws yog nws tig los xav tsis thoob. "Saib rau pem hauv ntej rau nws, ma'am."
    
  "Me too, Major." Nws ntsia ntawm lwm tus commando hauv lub tshuab mus rau Tin Woodman sib ntaus sib tua armor. "Nyob zoo, Sergeant Major Vol," nws hais, nws txhais tes. "Zoo siab tau ntsib koj dua."
    
  "Ua tsaug, koj lub siab," Wohl hais. "Kuv zoo siab tau pom koj thiab." Nws ntsia Bujazi. "Kuv vam tias koj lub npe tshiab tsis txhais hais tias xov xwm phem txog koj niam koj txiv."
    
  Azar hais tias, "Kuv vam thiab cia siab tias, Tub Ceev Xwm," Azar tau hais tias, "tab sis qhov xwm txheej tau ua rau kuv nce qib, thiab yog li peb txuas ntxiv mus." Vol nodded pom zoo, tab sis tseem muab Buzhazi ceeb toom glance.
    
  Lub kaum-taw neeg hlau los ze lawv. Macomber tau txav mus rau nws thiab hais tias, "Ma'am, Kuv xav qhia koj rau kuv tus thib ob-in-command, US Army Reserve Captain Charlie Turlock, piloting the cybernetic robotic infantry combat system nws pab tsim. Nws tab tom saib xyuas tam sim no, yog li nws tsis tuaj yeem tawm tuaj tos koj zoo. Tus thawj coj, ntsib tus poj huab tais Persian Azar Kagev."
    
  "Zoo siab tau ntsib koj ib yam nkaus, tus thawj coj," Azar hais tias, tuav tus poj niam txhais tes, xav tsis thoob los ntawm nws tus ntiv tes xoo txawm hais tias lub caj npab loj npaum li cas. "Kuv Tus Thawj Kav Tebchaws ntawm Kev Ua Tsov Rog thiab Tus Thawj Coj ntawm Kuv Cov Tub Rog, Marshal Khesarak Boujazi."
    
  Charlie los ntawm Lub Tsev Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Kev Ua Phem Txhaum Cai hais tias "Zoo tau ntsib koj, Koj Tus Thawj Coj, Marshal," Macomber lub qhov muag nthuav dav ntawm Bujazi lub npe tshiab. "Txhua tus neeg saib xyuas tau tshaj tawm txog kev nyab xeeb, tus tswv. Thov txim, tab sis kuv yuav txuas ntxiv nrog kuv txoj haujlwm. " Tus neeg hlau saluted thiab maj nrawm mus.
    
  Hazard tau hais tias "Zoo kawg, zoo kawg nkaus," "Ua tsaug ntau rau txoj haujlwm zoo uas koj tau taug qab Pasdaran's mobile missiles. Tab sis tam sim no kuv tsis meej pem. Marshal Boujazi nug koj kom tuaj rau Tehran?
    
  "Peb muaj me ntsis ... teeb meem, koj tuaj yeem hais, nrog peb qhov chaw nyob hauv Turkey," Macomber piav qhia. "Kuv tus thawj coj , Lieutenant General Patrick McLanahan, hu rau General-er, Marshal Boujazi, thiab nws tau muab chaw nyob rau peb txog thaum peb txheeb xyuas peb qhov xwm txheej."
    
  "McLanahan? General ntawm qhov chaw nres tsheb?
    
  "Cia peb mus qhov twg thiab tham, ua li cas?" Macomber qhia. Lawv taug kev los ntawm lub hangar, tos txais ntau tus neeg tsav dav hlau, thiab tau mus ncig ceev ceev ntawm EB-1 Vampire bombers ua ntej nkag mus rau ib qho chaw ua haujlwm tawm hauv pem teb tseem ceeb ntawm lub hangar. Macomber hais lus zoo li nyob rau hauv qhov khoob; Ib pliag tom qab, lub xov tooj nrov nyob ib sab ntawm nws. Nws khaws lub xov tooj thiab muab rau Hazard. "Qhov no yog rau koj, koj siab."
    
  Azar khaws lub xov tooj, sim ua zoo li tam sim ntawd thiab tsis paub xov tooj hu tau zoo li qub rau nws. "Qhov no yog poj huab tais Azar Asia Kagev ntawm Persia," nws hais ua lus Askiv. "Leej twg yog qhov no thov?"
    
  "Koj qhov kev ua siab zoo, qhov no yog Lieutenant General Patrick McLanahan. Hmo no koj ua li cas?"
    
  "Kuv nyob zoo, General," nws teb, sim ua suab nrov thiab sib raug zoo txawm tias nws qhov kev nkag siab tsis meej pem, sim ua raws li cov thev naus laus zis zoo tshaj plaws uas nws tau ntsib ntawm no ntawm kev nrawm nrawm. "Peb tsuas yog tham txog koj."
    
  "Kuv tau mloog, Kuv vam tias koj tsis mloog," Patrick hais. "Peb tab tom saib xyuas peb cov tub rog thoob plaws ntiaj teb."
    
  "Kuv nkag siab," Hazard hais. "Kuv vam tias koj tau zoo los ntawm koj qhov kev raug mob hauv lub dav hlau. Koj puas nyob hauv Persia?
    
  Patrick tau hais tias "Tsis yog, tam sim no kuv hla yav qab teb Chile, nyob ntawm Armstrong chaw nres tsheb," Patrick hais. "Koj tus Huab Tais, kuv muaj teeb meem me ntsis thiab nug General Boujazi kom pab. Kuv thov txim uas tsis tau qhia rau koj ua ntej, tab sis lub sijhawm dhau mus. "
    
  "Koj thiab koj cov tub rog yeej ib txwm txais tos hauv Persia, General," Azar hais. "Koj yog ib tug hero thiab tau yeej rau tag nrho cov dawb Persians, thiab peb xav txog koj peb tus kwv nyob rau hauv caj npab. Tab sis tej zaum koj tuaj yeem piav qhia txog dab tsi tshwm sim. "
    
  "Peb ntseeg tias Russia tau coj tub rog tub rog mus rau Iran thiab ua haujlwm nrog tsoomfwv txoj cai tswjfwm kom muaj kev cuam tshuam hauv cheeb tsam."
    
  "Zoo, tau kawg lawv muaj, General," Azar hais tias tsis muaj dab tsi tshwm sim. "Tsis txhob qhia kuv tias qhov no yog ib qho surprise rau koj?" Nws qhov kev txaj muag tsis tu ncua tau muab tag nrho cov lus teb nws xav tau. "Cov neeg Lavxias tau cog lus rau ntau xyoo rau kev ua tub rog thiab kev pabcuam nyiaj txiag tseem ceeb rau tsoomfwv txoj cai hauv kev sib pauv rau kev muaj thiab kev nyuaj siab rau lawv kom tsis txhob muaj kev txhawb nqa kev tawm tsam kev tawm tsam Lavxias hauv Lavxias Federation thiab nws nyob ze rau txawv tebchaws, xws li hauv Kosovo, Albania thiab Romania. Russia tau txaus siab rau nws txoj cai MFN rau ntau xyoo lawm. "
    
  Patrick tau hais tias "Peb paub tias Russia tau siv Iran, nrog rau Iraq tsis sib haum xeeb, kom cuam tshuam rau Tebchaws Meskas los ntawm nws cov haujlwm hauv cheeb tsam," tab sis peb tsis paub tias lawv txoj kev koom tes tau paub dav thiab lees txais.
    
  Azar tau hais tias "Kev pabcuam uas Iran tau txais los ntawm cov neeg Lavxias tau tshaj tawm ntau dua qhov uas Tebchaws Meskas muab rau lwm lub tebchaws hauv cheeb tsam, tshwj tsis yog cov neeg Ixayees," Azar tau hais. "Qhov no tseem ceeb heev tsis yog tsuas yog ua kom cov theocrats muaj hwj chim, tab sis kuj txhawb nqa cov neeg Iranian. Hmoov tsis zoo, ntau qhov kev pab no tau mus rau Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps thiab lawv cov kev ua tub rog loj heev, uas lawv tau siv los tawm tsam kev tsis sib haum xeeb hauv peb lub tebchaws. Tab sis muaj lwm yam hloov pauv tsis ntev los no? Puas yog Russia ua si sib txawv?
    
  Patrick tau hais tias "Peb ntseeg tias cov neeg Lavxias tau nqa riam phom tshiab, lub zog muaj zog tiv thaiv qhov chaw laser, rau Iran thiab siv nws los rhuav tshem ib qho ntawm peb lub dav hlau," Patrick hais. "Major Macomber, Tus tauj ncov loj Turlock thiab Sergeant Major Vol tau dim txoj kev tawm tsam no."
    
  "Koj txhais tau tias, ib lub dav hlau uas kuv tau hnov ntau txog?" - Nug Azar. "Lawv tau ya hauv ib qho ntawm cov no hauv qhov chaw thaum nws raug ntaus los ntawm lub laser?"
    
  "Yog, koj lub siab. Kuv xav pab taug qab cov riam phom Lavxias no thiab tshem tawm lawv. "
    
  "Kuv tsis xav tias nws yuav nyuaj," Hazard hais. Nws muab lub xov tooj rau Boujazi, uas muab tso rau hauv lub xov tooj hais lus thiab hais kom Major Haddad txhais rau nws.
    
  "Marshal Bujazi?"
    
  "Nyob zoo, General McLanahan," Boujazi relayed los ntawm Haddad.
    
  "Nyob zoo, Marshal. Kuv pom koj tau txais kev txhawb nqa. "
    
  Boujazi tau hais tias "Thiab kuv txiav txim siab los ntawm koj qhov kev hu xov tooj tsis tau xav txog, qhov tshwm sim tam sim ntawd ntawm lub zog loj ntawm kuv lub qhov rooj thiab qhov tsis txaus ntseeg tsis muaj ntaub ntawv los ntawm koj cov tub rog lossis kev ua haujlwm txawv teb chaws uas koj txoj haujlwm tsis tau ua tiav zoo ib yam," Boujazi tau hais. "Tab sis koj tau pab kuv thaum kuv khiav, thiab kuv vam tias yuav muaj ib hnub ua ib yam rau koj. Yog li. Puas yog cov Russians tua koj lub dav hlau?
    
  "Koj puas tuaj yeem pab peb nrhiav tau lub laser no, Buzhazi?"
    
  "Muaj tseeb. Kuv paub tseeb tias peb tuaj yeem nrhiav tau sai yog tias kuv cov neeg tsis paub tias nws nyob qhov twg. "
    
  "Koj suab zoo nkauj heev."
    
  Boujazi tau hais tias "Qhov dav dav, peb tsis cia siab rau cov neeg Lavxias li qhov koj ua - qhov tseeb, peb muaj ntau qhov laj thawj los tsis ntseeg cov neeg Asmeskas," Boujazi tau hais. "Peb yog Russia cov neeg nyob ze thiab peb ciam teb tau ruaj ntseg rau ntau xyoo lawm; peb tau yuav ntau yam riam phom thiab tau txais cov tub rog tseem ceeb, kev lag luam, kev lag luam thiab kev lag luam kev pab cuam los ntawm Russia, uas yog ib qho tseem ceeb heev rau peb nyob rau hauv tag nrho cov xyoo ntawm kev lag luam embargo nrog rau sab hnub poob; peb tseem tseem muaj kev sib cog lus tiv thaiv kev tiv thaiv uas muaj zog tag nrho. "
    
  "Yog li koj hais tias koj tau ua haujlwm nrog cov neeg Lavxias, Marshal," Patrick nug hauv kev xav tsis thoob, "xws li muab lawv cov ntaub ntawv hais txog peb cov haujlwm hauv Iran?"
    
  Boujazi tau hais tias "General McLanahan, qee zaum qhov tob ntawm American naivety ua rau kuv xav tsis thoob," Boujazi hais. "Peb yuav tsum nyob ntawm no; koj tsuas yog cuam tshuam cov xwm txheej uas tshwm sim ntawm no hauv Asmeskas lub teb chaws nyiam, qee zaum los ntawm kev nplij siab ntawm cov neeg ua haujlwm sib ntaus sib tua - lossis chaw nres tsheb. Muaj tseeb tiag peb muab Russia nrog cov ntaub ntawv, ib yam li peb muab koj cov ntaub ntawv hais txog Lavxias teb sab kev ua ub no thiab pab koj thaum koj ntsib ... cia peb hais cov teeb meem kev nom kev tswv hauv tebchaws? Thiab dua tsis muaj lus teb los ntawm Patrick.
    
  "Peb txhua tus muaj peb tus kheej cov kev xav tau, cov haujlwm thiab cov txheej txheem," Boujazi hais ntxiv. "Peb cia siab tias kev koom tes zoo li no muaj txiaj ntsig zoo rau peb txhua tus thiab muaj txiaj ntsig zoo, tab sis thaum kawg, peb tus kheej lub hom phiaj yuav tsum ua ntej, puas yog?" Ua ntsiag to dua. "General McLanahan? Koj puas tseem nyob ntawd?"
    
  "Kuv tseem nyob ntawm no."
    
  Boujazi tau hais tias "Kuv thov txim ua rau koj chim siab lossis ua rau koj poob siab. "Koj tau cawm kuv txoj sia thiab pab kuv kov yeej Pasdarans hauv Qom thiab Tehran, thiab rau qhov no kuv yuav pab koj mus txog thaum kuv hnub kawg. Txhua yam koj tau ua yog nug. Tab sis koj yuav tsum tsis txhob xav tsis thoob thaum kawm tias kuv yuav ua tib zoo saib xyuas rau lwm lub tebchaws uas pab kuv ua, suav nrog koj cov neeg tawm tsam. Yog li. Koj puas xav nrhiav qhov no Lavxias teb sab mobile laser system? Zoo heev. Kuv yuav hu rau koj tam sim ntawm Major Macomber thaum kuv paub nws qhov chaw nyob. Nws puas tau?"
    
  Patrick hais tias, "Yog, yog lawm, Marshal," hais tias Patrick. "Ua tsaug. Puas yog kuv cov neeg nyob ntawd hauv Tehran?
    
  Boujazi tig rau Hazard thiab hais lub suab qis rau ob peb lub sijhawm; ces: "Tus poj huab tais xav muab txhua yam kev pabcuam thiab kev nplij siab rau koj thiab koj cov neeg. Hloov chaw, nws vam tias koj yuav pab peb thaum lub sijhawm los txog. "
    
  "Yog li kuv puas yuav tsum txhawj xeeb txog cov neeg Lavxias tawm tsam qhov chaw no, Buzhazi?" - Patrick nug.
    
  "Patrick, Kuv xav tias kuv tau ua kom pom tseeb txaus rau koj," Boujazi hais los ntawm nws tus neeg txhais lus. "Kuv vam tias koj tsis yog ib tus ntawm cov tswv yim zoo uas ntseeg tias peb sib pab vim peb ntseeg tias yog, lossis vim ib sab yog qhov zoo thiab lwm qhov yog qhov phem. Koj tau xa koj cov tub rog mus rau Tehran rau qhov laj thawj uas tseem tsis tau meej meej rau kuv, tab sis kuv paub tias peb tsis tau caw koj. Peb yuav paub txhua yam sai sai, nrog Vajtswv pab. Txog thaum ntawd, kuv yuav ua qhov kuv yuav tsum tau ua rau peb lub teb chaws thiab peb txoj sia nyob. Koj yuav ua qhov koj yuav tsum tau ua rau koj cov neeg, koj lub lag luam thiab koj tus kheej. Vam tias txhua yam ntawm no muaj txiaj ntsig zoo. " Thiab nws dai li tsis tau hais goodbye.
    
  "Puas yog txhua yam zoo, tus tswv?" Macomber nug los ntawm nws subcutaneous transmitter tom qab nws thov txim rau Boujazi thiab Hazard.
    
  Patrick tau lees tias "Qhov tseem ceeb, Kuv xav tias peb yuav tsum ntseeg Bujazi, tab sis kuv tsuas yog tsis tuaj yeem coj kuv tus kheej los ua nws," Patrick lees paub. "Nws yuav yog ib tug neeg hlub, tab sis ua ntej thiab qhov tseem ceeb nws paub yuav ua li cas kom ciaj sia. Thaum nws yog tus thawj coj ntawm cov neeg ua haujlwm thiab tus thawj coj ntawm Pasdaran, nws tau npaj siab ua kom lub nkoj thauj neeg Asmeskas thiab tua ntau txhiab tus neeg tsav nkoj, tsuas yog ua pov thawj tias nws nyuaj npaum li cas nws xav tias nws yog. Kuv xav tias nws xav tshem tawm ntawm txoj kev ntseeg thiab Pasdaran, tab sis kuv xav tias nws yuav ua txhua yam uas nws yuav tsum tau ua, suav nrog fuck peb ob leeg, kom muaj sia nyob. Koj yuav tau hu xov tooj. "
    
  "Muaj, tus tswv," hais tias Macomber. "Kuv yuav qhia rau koj paub".
    
  "Zoo, maj?" - Buzhazi nug los ntawm tus txhais lus hluav taws xob thaum Macomber rov qab los. "Koj tus thawj coj hais li cas? Nws puas tseem tso siab rau kuv?"
    
  "Tsis yog, tus tswv, nws tsis," Macomber hais.
    
  "Yog li ntawd. Peb yuav tsum ua li cas?"
    
  Macomber xav ib pliag; ces: "Peb yuav mus caij me ntsis, Marshal."
    
    
  LUB SIJ HAWM
    
    
  Tsis txhob sib cav nrog tus neeg uas tsis muaj dab tsi poob.
    
  - BALTHASAR GRACHIAN
    
    
    
  NTAWM SOUTH CENTRAL NEVADA
  TAM SIM NO TAM SIM NO
    
    
  "Ntawm no yog xov xwm tshiab, cov txiv neej, yog li mloog," SEAL pab pawg thawj coj, US Navy Lt. Mike Harden tau hais. Kaum tsib tus tswv cuab ntawm nws lub SEAL platoon, tag nrho cov pa oxygen tshiab nyob rau hauv lub cargo bay ntawm lawv C-130 Hercules cargo dav hlau, nres saib daim duab qhia chaw thiab tig lawv cov xim rau nws. "Peb tus txiv leej tub sab hauv qhia peb tias qhov chaw no yog suab puam. Nws muaj tag nrho ntawm nees nkaum tus tub ceev xwm Kev Ruaj Ntseg, feem ntau yog tsom rau hauv lub khoos phis tawj tseem ceeb ntawm ib sab ntawm lub tsev hauv paus. Lub hauv paus chaw tiv thaiv kev sib ntaus sib tua yog tso tseg, tsuas yog lub cev pob txha ruaj ntseg ntawm txog rau tus txiv neej nyob rau ntawd. Cov hangars raug kaw rau ob peb hnub. Qhov no tau txheeb xyuas los ntawm peb tus kheej kev soj ntsuam. Yog li, peb lub hom phiaj tseem yog plaub lub chaw haujlwm tseem ceeb hauv lub tsev hauv paus hauv paus: ib lub tuam tsev hauv txhua qhov ntawm lawv raug xa mus rau qhov chaw ua haujlwm ruaj ntseg, thaj chaw tswj kev sib ntaus sib tua, chaw sib txuas lus thiab lub luag haujlwm tswj chaw. Bravo Unit yog nyob tom qab peb, thiab nws cov neeg yuav los hla lub hangars thiab riam phom chaw cia khoom.
    
  "Peb tus txiv leej tub sab hauv hais tias nws tsuas yog pom ib qho ntawm CID-tswj cov neeg hlau uas tau saib xyuas lub hangars thiab thaj chaw khaws riam phom. Peb paub tias lawv muaj tag nrho ntawm rau tus neeg saib mob. Ib tug raug xa mus rau Iran, ob tug mus rau Qaib Cov Txwv, thiab ib tug surrendered thaum lub Rangers tawm tsam Battle Mountain, yog li ntawd tawm ob, thiab peb yuav tsum xav tias lawv ob leeg nyob rau hauv Elliott. Txog ib lub kaum os Tin Woodman kuj tau teev tseg tias ploj lawm.
    
  "Nco ntsoov, tsuas yog siv cov phom ntev li niaj zaus tawm tsam Cov Tub Rog Kev Ruaj Ntseg, yog tias lawv qhib hluav taws rau koj - tsis txhob nkim ammo ntawm cov noob lossis Tin Woodmen units." Nws tsa ib tug 40mm grenade launcher. "Qhov no yog peb qhov kev cia siab zoo tshaj plaws ntawm kev tshem tawm cov khoom no: microwave pulse generators uas zoo li raug ntaus ncaj qha los ntawm xob laim. Lawv qhia peb tias qhov no yuav tsum kaw tag nrho lawv lub tshuab tam sim ntawd. Tejzaum nws tuag rau tus txiv neej sab hauv, tab sis qhov ntawd yog nws qhov teeb meem yog tias nws txiav txim siab tawm tsam. Cov txiv neej no ceev ceev, yog li ceev faj thiab mloog koj cov hluav taws. Muaj lus nug?" Tsis muaj leej twg. "Txhua yam zoo. Peb muaj li tsib feeb. Npaj txhij ncaws qee lub zoomi lub nroog Yeiuxalees. " Ib tug muffled "Wow!" tau hnov tag nrho ib ncig. hnav cov npog ntsej muag oxygen.
    
  Dab tsi zoo li tsuas yog ib feeb dhau los thaum Harden tau ceeb toom los ntawm cov neeg ua haujlwm cockpit tias thaj chaw dhia yog ob feeb. Cov SEALs tau txiav tawm sai sai ntawm lub dav hlau cov pa oxygen, txuas mus rau cov pa oxygen tso tsheb hlau luam, sawv ntsug thiab tuav rau ntawm cov tes tuav kom nruj thaum lub tsheb thauj khoom rov qab qis dua. Tsis tau sai dua qhov ramp dov qis dua lub teeb liab tig ntsuab, thiab Harden coj nws pawg neeg mus rau hauv qhov tsaus ntuj nti. Tsawg dua nees nkaum vib nas this tom qab Harden dhia, tag nrho kaum rau tus txiv neej tau siv lawv cov parachutes. Harden tau tshuaj xyuas nws lub parachute thiab oxygen, ua kom nws lub teeb infrared marker ua haujlwm kom lwm tus tuaj yeem ua raws nws hauv qhov tsaus ntuj, tom qab ntawd pib saib xyuas cov khoom siv hluav taws xob siv lub dab teg-mounted GPS.
    
  Nws yog HAHO, lossis siab dhia - thawj dhia. Los ntawm qhov siab ntawm nees nkaum xya txhiab ko taw, pab neeg tuaj yeem caij nkoj txog peb caug mais ntawm qhov dhia taw tes rau lawv lub hom phiaj: Elliott Air Force Base, lub npe menyuam yaus "Dreamland." Raws li kev txiav txim los ntawm Thawj Tswj Hwm ntawm Tebchaws Meskas, ob lub SEAL tau raug yuam kom tawm tsam lub hauv paus, tshem tawm cov khoom siv cybernetic ntawm infantry thiab Tin Man units patrolling lub hauv paus, ntes tag nrho cov neeg ua haujlwm hauv paus, thiab ruaj ntseg lub dav hlau, riam phom, computer chaw, thiab cov chaw kuaj mob.
    
  Cov cua tau hloov pauv me ntsis, txawv ntawm qhov kev kwv yees, uas tej zaum piav qhia qhov nrawm nrawm. Harden pom nws tus kheej tswj nws lub qhov rooj los ntawm qee qhov zoo nkauj radical maneuvers kom tau txais kev kawm. Txhua tig nce kab rov tav ceev, yog li ntawd txhais tau tias lawv yuav tsum tau txav me ntsis ntxiv thaum lawv nyob hauv av. Lawv yuav tsum ya li kaum feeb.
    
  Thaum Harden thaum kawg tau teeb tsa, nws pib nrhiav thaj chaw uas siv nws lub tsom iav tsom iav hmo ntuj. Nws pom sai sai tias tej yam tsis zoo li tau npaj tseg. Thawj lub hom phiaj yog Groom Lake, lub pas dej loj qhuav qhuav sab qab teb ntawm lub hauv paus uas feem ntau ntawm Elliott txoj kev nees nkaum txhiab-taw tau tsim. Tsis ntev nws tau pom meej tias lawv tau mus dhau sab hnub poob - lawv tau dhia ntxov dhau lawm. Lub GPS tau hais tias lawv yog txoj hauv kev, tab sis thaj chaw tsis tau dag. Lawv tau npaj rau qhov xwm txheej no, tab sis Harden yuav muab cov neeg caij dav hlau ntaus zoo thaum lub hom phiaj tiav. Nws tau kawm tag nrho cov cheeb tsam ib puag ncig thaum nws ua ntej dhia kev tshawb fawb ntawm lub hom phiaj thiab nws ntseeg siab tias nws tuaj yeem nrhiav qhov chaw zoo rau tsaws, txawm tias nws yuav tsum nyob hauv qab ntawm lub pas dej qhuav.
    
  Nws tsis muaj peev xwm ncav cuag lub pas dej qhuav tag nrho txoj kev, tab sis nws muaj peev xwm nrhiav tau thaj tsam li tsib caug yards sab qaum teb ntawm txoj kev av. Kev tsaws yog qhov nyuaj tshaj li qhov nws xav tau - dua, GPS dag txog cua kev taw qhia thiab nws tsaws nrog cua es tsis txhob tawm tsam, ua rau nws nce hauv av ceev thiab tsaws quab yuam. Hmoov zoo, lawv tau hnav HAHO ntev dhia huab cua txias iav thiab lub zog ntxiv cuam tshuam feem ntau absorbed. Nws tau sib sau ua ke ib pab neeg tsawg tshaj li peb feeb, thiab nws coj lawv tsawg tshaj li tsib feeb los tshem tawm thiab khaws cov kaus mom hlau, cov hlua khi, thiab cov khoom siv huab cua txias ntxiv, thiab xyuas thiab npaj riam phom, kev sib txuas lus, thiab kev pom kev hmo ntuj.
    
  Harden tau tshuaj xyuas nws GPS thiab taw tes rau cov kev taw qhia uas lawv tab tom mus, tab sis thawj tus tub ceev xwm, uas muaj GPS thaub qab, yoj nws txhais tes thiab taw tes rau lwm qhov. Lawv muab lawv cov GPS receivers nyob ib sab thiab, kom txaus, lawv cov kev nyeem tau txawv kiag li ... qhov tseeb, lawv tawm ntawm peb mais!
    
  Qhov no tau piav qhia tias lawv tau dhau mus ua haujlwm thiab tsaws hauv qhov tsis ncaj ncees lawm raws li GPS cua: lawv cov neeg txais GPS tau raug cuam tshuam nrog. Harden paub tias GPS jammers tab tom tsim, tab sis tus neeg txais GPS jammed tuaj yeem tsis quav ntsej thiab lwm txoj hauv kev siv tam sim ntawd kom txog thaum muaj teeb meem loj. Ntawm qhov tod tes, qhov fake GPS receiver zoo nkaus li ua haujlwm zoo. Txawm tias C-130's GPS receivers raug cuam tshuam nrog. Nws yuav tsum nco ntsoov tias lawv tau tawm tsam ib lub koom haum uas tab tom tsim thiab sim cov cuab yeej tshiab tiam tom ntej ntawm txhua yam, cov ntaub ntawv tsis pub lwm tus paub uas lwm tus hauv ntiaj teb tej zaum yuav tsis pom tau ntau xyoo, tab sis qhov ntawd yuav hloov pauv txoj kev ua tsov rog. sib ntaus ib zaug nws ntaus txoj kev.
    
  Tus thawj coj ntawm pawg tub rog tau rub tawm lub tshuab raj lenticular, npaj kom pom ob peb lub ntsej muag hauv av thiab tshawb xyuas ob peb txoj haujlwm ntawm nws daim ntawv qhia, tab sis nws yuav tsum tau muab pov tseg thaum lub sij hawm tsaws nrawm, vim hais tias lub xov tooj sib txuas tau tig zoo li nws txuas nrog. mus rau lub tshuab hluav taws xob. Harden yuav tsis xav tsis thoob yog tias lub qe ntawm no kuj tau tsim ib txoj hauv kev rau jam los yog tamper nrog compasses! Nws txiav txim siab tias txij li thaum lawv tau tsaws rau sab hnub poob ntawm ntug dej hiav txwv qhuav, lawv tsuas txav mus rau sab hnub tuaj mus txog thaum lawv pom lub pas dej, ces lawv yuav txav mus rau sab qaum teb mus txog thaum lawv pom lub laj kab sab hauv. Nws rov qhia txog lawv txoj kev txav mus los, tsis quav ntsej txhua qhov kev thov, thiab tawm mus.
    
  Lawv tshem tawm lawv cov khaub ncaws huab cua txias thiab tso lawv cov parachutes rau, uas ua rau lawv lub nra hnyav dua, tab sis Harden tsis ntev pom nws tus kheej so cov hws ntawm nws ob lub qhov muag. Vajtswv, nws xav tias, nws yuav tsum tau qis dua xoom ntawm no hauv cov suab puam siab, tab sis nws tau tawm hws kom tuag! Tab sis nws tsis quav ntsej nws thiab txuas ntxiv ...
    
  "Upwind," nws hnov hauv nws lub mloog pob ntseg. Nws poob rau ntawm nws lub plab thiab kuaj xyuas thaj chaw. Nws yog ib lo lus code rau ib pab neeg hauv cov teeb meem. Nws nkag mus rau hauv kev taw qhia ntawm nws lub zog thiab pom tus thawj coj ntawm pawg neeg pw tsaug zog ntawm nws nraub qaum thiab AOIC kuaj xyuas nws. "Lub ntuj raug txim tshwm sim li cas?" nws ntxhi.
    
  "Nws nyuam qhuav tsis nco qab," tus kws pab saib xyuas tau hais. Nws so tawm hws ntawm nws lub ntsej muag. "Kuv tsis zoo ib yam nkaus, Lieutenant. Lawv puas yuav siv cov pa nkev rau peb?"
    
  "Nyob twj ywm," ib tug neeg hais hauv xov tooj cua FM tiv thaiv.
    
  Harden ntsia txoj kab ntawm cov ntsaws ruaj ruaj uas tawg thoob plaws hauv cov suab puam. "Lub xov tooj cua raug kaw!" - nws ntxhi. AOIC tau xa xov rov qab rau lwm tus. Nws tau qhia kom tsuas yog siv cov lus hauv xov tooj cua hauv lub luag haujlwm no tshwj tsis yog tias lawv nyob hauv kev sib ntaus sib tua thiab tag nrho pab pawg raug cuam tshuam.
    
  Tus thawj coj platoon zaum. "Koj puas nyob zoo, Chief?" - Harden nug. Tus thawj taw qhia tias nws tau npaj txhij, thiab lawv npaj tawm mus dua. Tab sis lub sij hawm no Harden xav tias kiv taub hau - lub feeb nws sawv, ib tug sov so, qhuav tshav kub ntxuav nws, zoo li nws nyuam qhuav qhib lub qhov rooj ntawm lub qhov cub kub. Qhov kev xav tau qis thaum nws txhos caug. Qhov twg os...?
    
  Thiab tom qab ntawd nws paub tias nws yog dab tsi. Lawv tau tshaj tawm txog qhov xwm txheej hauv tebchaws Turkey uas cov tub hluas Dreamland tau siv riam phom microwave uas tsis ua rau tuag taus los tua cov neeg ua haujlwm ruaj ntseg - lawv tau tshaj tawm tias nws hnov zoo li kub hnyiab, zoo li lawv cov tawv nqaij raug hluav taws, thiab tsis ntev lawv lub hlwb raug mob heev. scrambled tias lawv tau poob kev nco qab. "Nqaij, khej," Harden hais nyob rau hauv nws ntxhi, lo lus code rau "tus yeeb ncuab nyob ze."
    
  "Tsuas nyob qhov twg koj nyob thiab tsis txhob txav mus," lawv txhua tus hnov hauv lawv lub mloog pob ntseg.
    
  Ntuj raug txim, Tub Rog Tub Rog tau pom lawv cov FM zaus, txiav txim siab tus txheej txheem encryption, thiab tau tham hauv lawv lub suab ntxhi zoo li channel! Nws tig thiab ua ib tug txhais tes kos npe rau hloov mus rau lub thib ob zaus, thiab lo lus tau relayed rau lwm tus. Lub caij no, Harden tau tawm nws lub xov tooj satellite thiab txuas nrog lub channel ruaj ntseg ntawm lwm chav SEAL: "Silver, qhov no yog Opus, khej."
    
  "Koj puas paub," lawv hnov hauv lawv lub mloog pob ntseg ntawm lub channel tshiab, "tsis muaj cov lus hais nrog "nyiaj" thiab "opus" ib yam li "txiv kab ntxwv"? ....
    
  Harden wiped tawm hws ntawm nws ob lub qhov muag. Kev qhuab qhia kev sib txuas lus tsis nco qab lawm, nws npau taws tig rov qab ntxhi, "Leej twg lub ntuj raug txim no?"
    
  "Ah, ah, ah, Lieutenant, beading, beading," lub suab hais dua, siv lo lus qub los ceeb toom ntawm kev xa xov tooj cua tsis tsim nyog. "Nej mloog cov txiv neej, kev tawm dag zog dhau lawm. Peb twb tau tawm lwm chav mus rau ntawm txoj kab dav hlau thiab thaj chaw khaws riam phom - koj ua tau haujlwm zoo dua li lawv. Peb tau npaj ntau chav zoo nkauj rau koj. Sawv ntsug nrog koj txhais tes thiab peb mam li caij luv luv rov qab mus rau hauv paus. Peb muaj lub tsheb thauj khoom ntawm txoj kev tuaj tos koj. "
    
  "Fuck koj!" Harden qw. Nws crouched qis thiab scan lub cheeb tsam, tsis quav ntsej qhov mob loj hlob tuaj thoob plaws nws lub cev... Thiab tom qab ntawd nws pom nws, ib tug neeg hlau loj loj, tsawg dua nees nkaum metres ntawm nws xub ntiag. Nws tsa rab phom, tso kev nyab xeeb thiab tso lub grenade. Muaj lub teeb txaus ntshai, huab cua uas muaj qhov tsis hnov tsw ntawm hluav taws xob hluav taws xob siab, thiab nws hnov ntau lab tus ntsaum nkag mus thoob plaws nws lub cev ... tab sis qhov kev xav ntawm lub tshav kub ploj mus, hloov los ntawm cov pob txha txias txias li nws lub hws-soaked uniform. sai sai poob lub cev kub rau hauv cov huab cua txias hmo ntuj.
    
  Nws khiav rov qab mus rau nws cov neeg. "Txhua yam zoo?" nws ntxhi. Lawv txhua tus tau taw qhia tias lawv nyob zoo. Nws tau tshuaj xyuas nws GPS - nws tau tuag tag, tab sis tus thawj coj ntawm pawg thawj coj lub compass tau ua haujlwm zoo dua thiab nws tau npaj sai sai lawv qhov chaw nyob ntawm nws daim ntawv qhia, tau txais cov lus qhia mus rau lawv qhov chaw thiab tawm mus.
    
  Ntawm txoj kev lawv hla ib tug neeg hlau. Nws ntsia zoo li nws cov ceg, lub cev, thiab lub caj dab tau ib txhij twisted nyob rau hauv txawv thiab unnatural cov lus qhia, thiab nws tsw zoo li ib tug luv luv-circuited thiab burnt-tawm hluav taws xob xyaum. Harden tau thov txim rau tus txiv leej tub nyob rau hauv thawj zaug - nws yog ib tug neeg Amelikas thiab ib tug tub rog, tom qab tag nrho - tab sis nws yuav tsis mus nyob ib puag ncig los xyuas nws yog tias nws tsuas yog xav tsis thoob.
    
  Nws yog suab tsaus thaum lawv mus txog lub laj kab sab hauv, ib lub kaum tsib-taw-siab, ob-txheej saw-txheej laj kab uas muaj kab thaiv kab. Qhov tsis muaj teeb nyob ib puag ncig lub laj kab txhais tau tias yog dev lossis infrared sensors, Harden paub. Nws tau hais kom pab pawg faib ua ntu thiab pib tawm tsam ...
    
  ... thiab lub sijhawm ntawd nws hnov ib lub suab qw nrov nrov, zoo li lub kiv cua ceev, thiab nws ntsia ntsoov. Los ntawm nws lub qhov muag pom kev hmo ntuj, nws pom ib yam khoom loj ntawm lub thoob khib nyiab txog nees nkaum taw saum ntuj thiab tsuas yog peb caug lossis plaub caug yards deb, nrog rau qhov dav puag ncig hauv qab, ob txhais ceg ntev thiab ob txhais tes hlau uas muaj cov chij dawb - thiab, incredibly, , nws muaj ib tug illuminated LED zaub nyob rau sab saum toj uas nyeem "Tsis txhob tua, cia li tham, peb nyob nraum mloog."
    
  "Qhov no yog dab tsi?" - Harden nug. Nws tos kom txog thaum tus neeg tsav dav hlau ya mus txog kaum yards deb, ces tua nws nrog ib qho tawg ntawm nws rab phom MP5 submachine. Nws paub tseeb tias nws tau tsoo nws, tab sis nws tau tswj kom ya mus ntau dua los yog tsawg dua tswj tau, tsaws tsis txaus ntseeg ob peb yards deb ntawm nws, tseem pom cov lus qhia LED. Nws txav nws lub suab ntxhi rau nws daim di ncauj. "Qhov no yog leej twg?" - Kuv nug.
    
  "Qhov no yog Brigadier General David Luger," teb lub suab ntawm lwm qhov kawg ntawm kab. "Koj paub kuv yog leej twg. Qhov no yuav tsum xaus, Lieutenant Harden, ua ntej lwm tus neeg raug mob lossis raug tua. "
    
  Harden tau hais tias "Kuv tau xaj kom coj koj mus rau hauv kev saib xyuas thiab khaws lub hauv paus no, tus tswv," Harden hais. "Kuv yuav tsis tawm mus txog thaum kuv txoj haujlwm tiav. Sawv cev ntawm Thawj Tswj Hwm Tebchaws Meskas, kuv hais kom koj tshem tawm txhua qhov kev tiv thaiv ntawm koj lub hauv paus thiab tso siab rau tam sim ntawd."
    
  Luger tau hais tias "Tus tub ceev xwm, muaj ntau lub drones ya saum taub hau tam sim no nrog flashbang grenades," Luger hais. "Peb tuaj yeem pom koj thiab txhua tus ntawm koj kaum tsib tus phooj ywg, thiab peb tuaj yeem tsoo lawv txhua tus nrog lub foob pob hluav taws. Ua tib zoo saib. Ua ntej koj, sab xis ntawm lub laj kab. " Ib pliag tom qab ntawd, nws hnov ib lub suab uas tsis muaj xim hlau! Lub suab yuav luag ncaj qha saum taub hau... thiab ib pliag tom qab ntawd muaj lub teeb ci ntsa iab, ua raws li ib pliag tom qab los ntawm kev sib tsoo nrov heev! ib lub suab thiab tom qab ntawd ib phab ntsa ntawm lub siab zoo li cua daj cua dub uas kav ntev li ob peb feeb.
    
  Luger hais tias "Nws nyob li ib puas yards ntawm peb, Lieutenant," Luger hais. Lub suab nrov hauv Harden lub pob ntseg nrov heev uas nws tsis tshua hnov nws hauv xov tooj cua. "Xav txog qhov nws yuav zoo li tsib yards deb."
    
  "Tus Tswv, koj yuav tsum tau coj kuv thiab kuv cov txiv neej tawm mus vim tias peb tsis mus qhov twg," Harden hais tias, cia nws lub rooj sib hais rov qab los me ntsis. "Yog tias koj tsis xav ua lub luag haujlwm rau kev raug mob lossis tua cov neeg Asmeskas, kuv thov kom koj ua raws li kuv cov lus txib thiab muab tso rau."
    
  Muaj kev ncua ntev ntawm kab; Tom qab ntawd Luger hais hauv lub suab ntawm leej txiv hais tias, "Kuv qhuas koj, Lieutenant. Peb tau hais ncaj ncees thaum peb hais tias koj nyob nrog ntau dua li lwm cov SEAL units. Lawv tso siab rau thawj zaug uas peb ntaus lawv nrog lub microwave emitter, thiab lawv txawm qhia peb koj tus kheej thaum peb ntes lawv - qhov no yog qhov peb paub tias koj yog leej twg. Nej ua tau haujlwm zoo. Kuv paub tias koj tsis xav tua cov neeg ua haujlwm Sergeant Henry. Nws yog tus tub ceev xwm uas tau tsav lub CID. "
    
  "Ua tsaug, tus tswv, thiab tsis yog, kuv tsis tau txhais hais tias yuav tua leej twg, tus tswv," Harden hais. "Peb tau ceeb toom txog cov riam phom microwave no uas koj cov neeg hlau nqa, thiab peb paub tias peb yuav tsum tau tshem lawv."
    
  "Peb tsim lub microwave cuam tshuam grenade vim peb ntshai tias CID thev naus laus zis yuav poob rau hauv tes ntawm cov neeg Lavxias," Luger tau hais. "Kuv tsis xav tias nws yuav siv los ntawm peb tus kheej tawm tsam peb tus kheej."
    
  "Kuv thov txim, tus tswv, thiab kuv coj nws los ntawm kuv tus kheej los qhia rau nws tus kwv tij tom ntej." Nws yuav tsum cia nws tham ntev npaum li nws ua tau. Lub luag haujlwm tseem ceeb, lub tuam txhab kev ruaj ntseg hauv tubrog nkoj los ntawm Camp Pendleton, yuav tsum tuaj txog tsawg dua peb caug feeb, thiab yog tias tus txiv neej Luger no tau hloov nws lub siab txog kev tawm tsam ntau Marines, tej zaum nws yuav ncua ntev txaus rau lwm tus tuaj txog. "Kuv puas yuav rov qab mus pab tus Tub Rog Tub Rog?"
    
  "Tsis yog, Lieutenant. Peb yuav daws qhov ntawd ".
    
  "Yog lawm, sir. Koj puas tuaj yeem piav qhia li cas-?"
    
  "Tsis muaj sijhawm rau kev piav qhia, Lieutenant."
    
  "Yog lawm, sir." Lub sij hawm twb tas lawm. "Saib maj, tsis muaj leej twg xav tau qhov no. Koj qhov thawj koom ruam zoo tshaj plaws yog kom tsis txhob sib ntaus sib tua, ntiav tus kws lij choj, thiab ua nws txoj hauv kev. Yuav tsum tsis muaj kev tawm tsam ntxiv lawm. Qhov no tsis yog leej twg peb yuav tsum sib ntaus sib tua. Cia peb tso tseg tam sim no. Koj yog tus thawj coj ntawm no. Koj yog tus saib xyuas. Muab qhov kev txiav txim, kom koj cov txiv neej pw lawv txhais tes thiab cia peb nkag mus. Peb yuav tsis ua mob rau leej twg. Peb txhua tus yog neeg Amelikas, tus tswv. Peb nyob ntawm tib sab. Thov tus tswv, nres qhov no."
    
  Lwm qhov ncua ntev ua raws. Harden ntseeg tiag tiag Luger yuav thim rov qab. Qhov no yog txhua yam kev npau taws, nws xav. Ua siab loj thiab nres nws, Luger! nws xav. Tsis txhob ua txuj ua ib tug hero. Nres qhov no los yog ...
    
  Tom qab ntawd nws tau hnov lub suab nplawm saum taub hau - cov neeg hlau me me tau rov qab los - thiab tom qab ntawd Luger hais tias, "Lub sijhawm no mob yuav hnyav dua, tab sis nws yuav tsis ntev heev. Txhua yam zoo tshaj, Lieutenant. "
    
  Harden dhia mus rau nws txhais taw thiab qw: "Tag nrho cov tub rog, kom ntxiv cov nyhuv, tua grenades thiab khiav mus rau lub laj kab, pem hauv ntej, pem hauv ntej, pem hauv ntej!" Nws khaws nws MP5, rub lub foob pob tawg rau hauv lub foob pob foob pob hluav taws, muab tso rau hauv qhov chaw thiab tsa riam phom rau ...
    
  ... thiab nws zoo nkaus li tias nws lub cev tag nrho tam sim ntawd tawg rau hauv hluav taws. Nws qw...Thiab txhua yam sai sai, hmoov zoo, poob rau hauv qhov tsaus ntuj.
    
    
  WHITE HOUSE OFFICE, WASHINGTON, DC.
  Tom qab ntawd tag kis
    
    
  "Kuv tsis ntseeg nws ... Kuv tsis tuaj yeem ntseeg nws!" Thawj Tswj Hwm Joseph Gardner quaj ntsuag. Secretary of Defense Miller Turner piav qhia nws thiab ib tug puv tes ntawm Senate thiab Congressional cov thawj coj ntawm lawv cov kev siv zog los ntes cov tswv cuab ntawm Tub Rog Tub Rog thiab ruaj ntseg lawv cov riam phom, thiab cov ntaub ntawv tsis zoo. "Lawv tau kov yeej thiab ntes ob pawg Navy SEAL hauv Dreamland? Kuv ntseeg tsis tau li no! Yuav ua li cas txog lwm qhov chaw?
    
  "Cov pab pawg SEAL tau xa mus rau Battle Roob tau ntsib teeb meem thiab tswj tau los ntes ib qho ntawm lawv cov neeg hlau, tab sis cov neeg hlau pom tau tias ua haujlwm tsis zoo lossis raug puas tsuaj thiab raug tso tseg," Turner hais. "Lub dav hlau thiab feem ntau ntawm cov neeg ua haujlwm tau ploj mus; Cov SEALs ntes txog ib puas tus neeg tsis muaj kev tawm tsam. FAA tsis tuaj yeem taug qab ib lub dav hlau vim muaj kev cuam tshuam loj heev lossis ua haujlwm tsis tau, thiab yog li peb tsis paub tias lawv mus qhov twg. "
    
  "Disabled'? Qhov no yog dab tsi?"
    
  "Tshwj xeeb, cov dav hlau tiam tom ntej raws li hauv Dreamland thiab Battle Roob tsis yog tsuas yog cuam tshuam cov yeeb ncuab radars xwb, tab sis yog siv radars thiab cuam tshuam cov tshuab hluav taws xob digital los txhaj cov khoom rau hauv radar electronics xws li cov kab mob, cov lus txib cuav lossis tsis sib haum, decoys thiab txawm tias code. hloov, "Tebchaws Tus Kws Saib Xyuas Kev Ruaj Ntseg Hauv Tebchaws Conrad Carlisle. "Lawv hu nws 'nettruding' - network intrusion."
    
  "Vim li cas kuv tsis qhia txog qhov no?"
    
  Carlisle tau hais tias "Qhov no yog thawj zaug siv rau McLanahan lub dav hlau xa mus rau Middle East," Carlisle tau hais. "Nws ua tsis taus lub Lavxias teb sab fighter los ntawm hais kom nws kaw. Feem ntau cov digital radar systems siv niaj hnub no, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog cov pej xeem, tsis muaj txoj hauv kev los thaiv cov kev cuam tshuam no. Nws tuaj yeem ua qhov no siv txhua yam tshuab, xws li kev sib txuas lus, Is Taws Nem, wireless networks, txawm tias huab cua radar. Tsis tas li ntawd, txij li ntau lub koom haum pej xeem txuas nrog rau cov tub rog, lawv tuaj yeem txhaj cov lej phem rau hauv tub rog network yam tsis tau tawm tsam cov tub rog ncaj qha. "
    
  "Kuv xav tias nws tua missile ntawm ib tug fighter!"
    
  Carlisle tau piav qhia tias "Cov neeg Lavxias tau lees tias nws tau tua cov foob pob hluav taws, tab sis nws tau siv qhov tshiab 'netrusion' system los yuam MiG kaw," Carlisle piav qhia. "McLanahan muaj teeb meem plawv ua ntej nws tuaj yeem piav qhia txog qhov tshwm sim, thiab tom qab ntawd peb tau coj cov neeg Lavxias ntawm lawv cov lus hais txog qhov xwm txheej."
    
  "Yuav ua li cas nws thiaj xa tus kab mob los ntawm radar?"
    
  Carlisle tau hais tias "Radar tsuas yog cuam tshuam lub zog hauv xov tooj cua raws sijhawm, txiav txim siab, digitized thiab tso tawm ntawm lub vijtsam," Carlisle tau hais. "Thaum lub zaus ntawm lub xov tooj cua xov tooj cua paub, txhua yam teeb liab tuaj yeem xa mus rau tus txais, suav nrog cov teeb liab uas muaj cov lej digital. Niaj hnub no, xov tooj cua lub zog feem ntau tso tawm thiab xa tawm digitally, yog li cov lej digital nkag mus rau hauv lub cev thiab ua tiav zoo li lwm yam kev hais kom ua hauv computer - nws tuaj yeem ua tiav, khaws cia, rov qab ua si, xa tawm hauv lub network, txawm li cas los xij. "
    
  "Jissoos..." Gardner exhaled. "Koj txhais tau tias lawv yuav tau kis peb cov kev sib txuas lus thiab kev taug qab mus?"
    
  Miller tau hais tias "Thaum McLanahan txiav txim siab nkag mus rau qhov kev tsis sib haum xeeb no, nws tuaj yeem hais kom tawm tsam," Miller hais. "Txhua cov khoom siv hluav taws xob digital hauv kev siv uas tau txais cov ntaub ntawv los ntawm xov tooj cua tsis muaj zog lossis txuas nrog lub network mus rau lwm qhov system uas muaj peev xwm kis tau yuav luag tam sim ntawd."
    
  "Cov no yog tag nrho cov tshuab hluav taws xob uas kuv paub txog!" qw rau Thawj Tswj Hwm. "Damn, kuv tus ntxhais lub hnab tshos lub tshuab txuas nrog Is Taws Nem! Yuav ua li cas qhov no tshwm sim?"
    
  "Vim tias peb tau hais kom nws nrhiav txoj hauv kev los ua, tus tswv," teb Tus Thawj Coj ntawm Tus Thawj Coj ntawm Cov Neeg Ua Haujlwm General Taylor Bain. "Qhov no yog ib qho kev ua tau zoo kawg nkaus, uas yog qhov tseem ceeb thaum yuav luag txhua lub dav hlau nres ntev hauv peb lub arsenal raug rhuav tshem. Txhua lub satellite thiab txhua lub dav hlau, suav nrog nws lub tsheb tsis muaj neeg tsav dav hlau thiab Armstrong chaw nres tsheb, muaj peev xwm ua kom tsis muaj hluav taws xob. Nws tuaj yeem kis tau cov khoos phis tawj hauv tebchaws Russia los ntawm qhov chaw lossis tsuas yog los ntawm lub drone ya hauv thaj tsam ntawm Lavxias radar. Nws tuaj yeem tiv thaiv kev sib ntaus sib tua vim tias tus yeeb ncuab yuav tsis paub tias nws tab tom los lossis yuav tsis muaj zog los teb. "
    
  "Qhov teeb meem yog nws tuaj yeem ua qhov no rau peb tam sim no!" - qw tus thawj tswj hwm. "Koj yuav tsum nrhiav txoj hauv kev los tiv thaiv peb lub tshuab los ntawm hom kev tawm tsam no."
    
  Carlisle tau hais tias "Nws nyob hauv kev ua haujlwm, Mr. Thawj Tswj Hwm," Carlisle tau hais. "Firewalls thiab antivirus software tuaj yeem tiv thaiv cov khoos phis tawj uas twb tau teeb tsa lawm, tab sis peb tab tom tsim txoj hauv kev los kaw qhov tsis muaj kev ruaj ntseg hauv cov tshuab uas feem ntau tsis suav tias muaj kev cuam tshuam rau lub network tawm tsam, xws li radar, kev soj ntsuam hluav taws xob xws li lub koob yees duab electro-optical, lossis passive. hluav taws xob sensors. "
    
  "Lwm qhov teeb meem," Bain hais ntxiv, "yog tias, raws li lub tuam tsev tsim thiab tsim cov tshuab netrusion, Advanced Aerospace Weapons Center tau nyob rau hauv pem hauv ntej ntawm kev tsim tawm tsam rau lawv."
    
  "Yog li cov txiv neej uas siv cov khoom no yog cov uas paub yuav ua li cas kov yeej nws," tus thawj tswj hwm hais nrog kev qias neeg. "Zoo heev. Nws pab." Nws tuav nws lub taub hau npau taws, sim sau nws cov kev xav. Thaum kawg, nws tig mus rau ob pawg neeg sawv cev hauv Oval Office. "Senator, Tus Neeg Sawv Cev, Kuv tau caw koj los ntawm no vim qhov no tau dhau los ua qhov teeb meem loj heev thiab kuv xav tau cov lus qhia thiab kev txhawb nqa ntawm kev coj noj coj ua. Peb feem coob hauv chav no xav tias McLanahan tawm ntawm nws qhov tob. Senator, koj zoo li xav txawv. "
    
  "Kuv ntseeg, Thawj Tswj Hwm," Senator Stacy Ann Barbeau tau hais. "Cia kuv sim nrog nws tham. Nws paub tias kuv txhawb nws qhov kev pab cuam qhov chaw thiab kuv txhawb nws. "
    
  "Nws txaus ntshai dhau lawm, senator," tus thawj tswj hwm tau hais. "Ib tug neeg raug tua thiab ntau tus neeg raug mob los ntawm McLanahan thiab nws riam phom."
    
  Barbeau tau hais tias "Kev tawm tsam pem hauv ntej nrog cov tub rog yuav tsis ua haujlwm tshwj tsis yog tias koj yuav nkag mus rau D-Day, Thawj Tswj Hwm," Barbeau tau hais tias, "thiab peb tsis tuaj yeem tsav nws mus rau hauv Dreamland thaum nws tau txais lub dav hlau dav hlau thiab drones thiab cov foob pob tawg, roaming ib txhiab square mais ntawm suab puam, patrolled los ntawm cov cuab yeej tsis muaj leej twg tau hnov dua li. Nws yuav tsis tos kuv. Tsis tas li ntawd, kuv xav tias tej zaum kuv yuav muaj cov neeg nyob hauv kuv uas yuav pab tau. Lawv tsuas yog txhawj xeeb txog kev noj qab haus huv ntawm tus thawj coj ib yam li kuv. "
    
  Tsis muaj lwm cov lus hais - tsis muaj leej twg muaj lwm cov lus qhia, thiab yeej tsis muaj leej twg kam muab lawv lub taub hau rau hauv tus Tsov lub qhov ncauj li qhov SEALs tau ua. "Tom qab ntawd nws tau txiav txim siab," tus thawj tswj hwm hais. "Ua tsaug rau qhov kev sim siab no, Senator. Kuv hais rau koj tias peb yuav ua txhua yam ua tau kom koj muaj kev nyab xeeb. Kuv xav nrog tus senator ntiag tug ib pliag. Ua tsaug rau txhua tus ". Tus thawj coj ntawm Tsev Dawb tau coj lawv tawm ntawm Lub Tsev Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Kev Ua Haujlwm, thiab Gardner thiab Barbeau tau tsiv mus rau Thawj Tswj Hwm lub chaw haujlwm ntiag tug, nyob ib sab ntawm Oval Office.
    
  Ua ntej lub qhov rooj kaw, Gardner ob txhais tes qhwv ib ncig ntawm nws lub duav thiab nws nias nws tus kheej tawm tsam nws caj dab. Nws hais tias, "Koj yog tus macho kub hnyiab," nws hais. "Lub tswv yim vwm no yog dab tsi? Vim li cas koj thiaj xav mus rau Dreamland? Thiab tus txiv neej no yog leej twg koj hais tias koj muaj nyob hauv koj?
    
  "Koj yuav pom sai sai, Joe," Barbeau hais. "Koj xa cov SEALs thiab lawv tsis ua - qhov kawg uas koj xav ua yog pib ua tsov rog nyob ntawd. Koj cov lej tshawb fawb yuav poob ntxiv. Cia kuv sim ua kuv txoj kev ua ntej."
    
  "Okay, sweetie, koj tau txais nws," Gardner hais. Nws cia nws tig nws txhais tes, ces pib khiav nws ob txhais tes hla nws ob lub mis. "Tab sis yog tias koj ua tiav - thiab kuv tsis ntseeg tias koj yuav - koj xav tau dab tsi rov qab?"
    
  Barbeau hais tias, "Peb twb tau npaj ntau lawm, Mr. Thawj Tswj Hwm," Barbeau hais tias, nyem nws lub txiv mis txawm nruj dua nrog nws txhais tes. "Tab sis kuv txaus siab rau ib yam uas Carlisle tham txog: lub tswv yim ntawm netrusion."
    
  "Dab tsi txog qhov no?"
    
  "Kuv xav tau," Barbeau hais. "Lub hom phiaj kev ua tsov rog network mus rau Barksdale - tsis yog Navy, tsis yog STRATCOM."
    
  "Koj puas nkag siab txhua yam no?"
    
  "Tsis yog txhua yam, tab sis kuv yuav ua nws hauv lub sijhawm luv luv," Barbeau hais tias muaj kev ntseeg siab. "Tab sis kuv paub tias Furness hauv Battle Roob muaj tag nrho cov foob pob thiab cov dav hlau tsis muaj neeg sib ntaus sib tua uas siv cov thev naus laus zis netrusion - Kuv xav kom lawv nyob hauv Barksdale, nrog rau tag nrho cov khoom siv rau kev sib ntaus sib tua network. Tag nrho cov no. Txo cov lej lossis txawm tias tshem tawm B-52 yog tias koj xav tau, tab sis Barksdale tab tom ua tsov rog online ntawm txhua yam uas ya - drones, B-2s, satellites, radars chaw, txhua yam. "
    
  Barbeau tus ntiv tes nruj ntawm nws lub mis. "Koj tsis tham txog kev txuag chaw nres tsheb?" - Gardner nug. "Kuv xav siv tsib billion no rau ob lub dav hlau thauj khoom."
    
  Barbeau tau hais tias "Qhov chaw nres tsheb tuaj yeem ua rau txhua yam kuv saib xyuas-Kuv xav tau cov thev naus laus zis tom qab nws, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog nyob hauv radar," Barbeau tau hais. "Lub chaw nres tsheb tau tuag lawm - tib neeg xav tias nws yog McLanahan lub toj ntxas orbital, thiab kuv tsis xav koom nrog qhov ntawd. Tab sis cov txiv ntseej thiab bolts tom qab qhov chaw nres tsheb yog qhov kuv xav tau. Kuv paub STRATCOM thiab Air Force Space Command yuav xav siv netrusion aboard lawv cov kev tshawb nrhiav, cov lus txib hauv huab cua thiab lub dav hlau, tab sis koj yuav tsum pom zoo los tawm tsam nws. Kuv xav kom Lub Yim Hli Cua Force ntawm Barksdale los tswj kev tsis sib haum xeeb. "
    
  Thawj Tswj Hwm ob txhais tes pib ua hauj lwm qhuab qhia dua, thiab nws paub tias nws muaj nws nyob hauv nws txhais tes. "Txawm li cas los xij koj hais, Stacey," Gardner hais tsis tuaj. "Rau kuv, qhov no yog qhov tsis muaj tseeb - dab tsi cov neeg phem thoob ntiaj teb nkag siab yog pawg sib ntaus sib tua ntawm cov neeg nqa dav hlau nres ntawm lawv cov ntug dej hiav txwv, hauv lawv lub ntsej muag, tsis yog kev tawm tsam hauv network thiab computer khawv koob. Yog hais tias koj xav tau lub damn computer virus khoom, zoo siab txais tos. Tsuas yog kom Congress pom zoo kom tsis txhob them nyiaj rau qhov chaw nres tsheb thiab muab kuv tsawg kawg ob ntawm kuv lub dav hlau thauj khoom thiab koj tuaj yeem tau txais koj qhov cyberwar crap ua tiav. "
    
  Nws tig los rau ntawm nws, cia nws ob lub mis nias nruj rau nws lub hauv siab. "Ua tsaug, tus me nyuam,"nws hais, hnia nws heev. Nws muab nws txhais tes rau ntawm nws lub xub pwg nyom, xav tias nws dhia ntawm nws kov. "Kuv yuav ua peb qhov kev pom zoo li qub, tab sis kuv muaj lub dav hlau mus ntes hauv Vegas. Kuv yuav muaj McLanahan nyob rau hauv tsev kaw neeg nyob rau tag kis hmo ntuj ... lossis kuv yuav ua rau nws ua phem rau nws ua tus npau taws heev uas cov neeg Asmeskas yuav thov kom koj ntes nws. "
    
  Gardner hais tias, "Kuv xav muab khoom plig loj rau koj, zib ntab," Gardner hais tias, ua si zoo nkauj patting Barbeau lub taub qab ua ntej zaum ntawm nws lub rooj thiab teeb cigar, "tab sis Zevitin yuav hu rau ob peb feeb, thiab kuv yuav tsum tau. piav qhia rau nws tias kuv tseem tswj hwm McLanahan qhov kev ntxhov siab no. "
    
  "Fuck Zevitin," Barbeau hais. "Kuv xav tias txhua yam McLanahan tau hais txog cov neeg Lavxias cog lub superlaser hauv Iran thiab tua lub dav hlau dav hlau yog qhov tseeb, Joe. McLanahan tej zaum yuav mus deb dhau los ntawm kev tsis quav ntsej koj cov lus txib, tawm tsam yam tsis tau tso cai, thiab tom qab ntawd tawm tsam cov ntsaws ruaj ruaj, tab sis Zevitin tau mus rau qee yam ntawm no. McLanahan tsis yog ya tawm ntawm tus kov xwb. "
    
  "Tsis txhob txhawj txog dab tsi, Stacy," Gardner hais. "Peb muaj kev sib raug zoo nrog Moscow. Txhua yam lawv xav tau yog qhov lav tias peb tsis sim kaw lawv. McLanahan ua rau tag nrho lub ntiaj teb ntshai, tsis yog cov neeg Lavxias, thiab qhov ntawd tsis zoo rau kev lag luam. "
    
  "Tab sis nws yog qhov zoo rau kev xaiv tsa hauv Congress rau cov pab pawg sib ntaus sib tua tshiab, zib ntab."
    
  "Tsis yog tias peb muaj ib tus neeg tsis ncaj ncees ntawm peb txhais tes, Stacy. Tshem tawm McLanahan, tab sis ua nws ntsiag to. Nws tuaj yeem rhuav tshem txhua yam rau peb. "
    
  "Tsis txhob txhawj txog dab tsi, Thawj Tswj Hwm," Barbeau hais tias, winking ntawm nws thiab pov nws cov plaub hau. "Nws ntog ... ib txoj kev los yog lwm qhov."
    
  Barbeau ntsib nws tus thawj coj ntawm cov neeg ua haujlwm, Colleen Morna, sab nraum lub tsev so ua haujlwm suites, thiab lawv sai sai mus rau nws lub tsheb tos. Morna tau hais thaum lawv rov qab mus rau nws lub chaw haujlwm Capitol Hill tias "Qhov kev mus ncig dhau los lawm, tus neeg sawv cev ywj pheej," "Kuv muaj cov lej them nqi rau tag nrho cov kev mus los ntawm Tsev Dawb, thiab lawv tseem tau tso cai rau peb rau C-37 - Gulfstream Tsib. Qhov no txhais tau tias peb tuaj yeem nqa yim tus qhua tuaj rau Vegas nrog peb. "
    
  "Zoo meej. Kuv tau txais daim ntawv cog lus los ntawm Gardner kom hloov chaw thiab nruab nrab ntawm txhua qhov DoD network kev ua tsov rog rau Barksdale. Tshawb nrhiav seb cov neeg cog lus thiab cov chaw tos txais peb yuav tsum tau npaj ua li cas, thiab caw lawv mus rau Vegas nrog peb. Qhov no yuav tsum ua kua muag rau lawv qhov muag. "
    
  "Koj ua tau lawm, Senator."
    
  "Zoo. Yog li, ua li cas rau koj tus txiv neej nyuj, Hunter Noble? Nws yog tus yuam sij rau qhov kev mus rau Las Vegas thaum McLanahan nyob ntawm qhov chaw nres tsheb. Koj tau txais dab tsi rau nws?"
    
  Colleen tau hais tias "Koj tau muaj nws nyob hauv koj qhov kev pom txij li hnub ib, Senator," Colleen tau hais. "Peb tus Thawj Tub Rog Noble zoo li tau daig hauv tsev kawm theem siab. Thaum pib, hauv tsev kawm ntawv theem siab nws tau txais ib tug poj niam rau xyoo laus dua nws - tus kws saib xyuas neeg mob hauv tsev kawm ntawv, kuv xav tias - cev xeeb tub. "
    
  "Qhov twg kuv tuaj, qhov no tshwm sim txhua xyoo, zib mu. Tib tug nkauj xwb nyob hauv kuv lub zos yog ib tug hluas nkauj uas muaj kaum ob xyoos uas phem heev."
    
  "Nws raug ntiab tawm, tab sis nws tsis muaj teeb meem vim nws twb muaj cov qhab nia txaus kom kawm tiav high school ob xyoos ntxov thiab nkag mus rau hauv tsev kawm ntawv engineering," Colleen hais ntxiv. "Tseem pom nws txoj hauv kev ua kev zoo siab rau kev kawm tiav yog kom muaj qee tus poj niam cev xeeb tub, vim nws tau ua nws dua hauv tsev kawm qib siab thiab kawm tiav. Nws tau sib yuav ib tug thib peb, tab sis txoj kev sib yuav raug muab tshem tawm thaum lwm qhov kev sib raug zoo tau pom. "
    
  "McLanahan, nws yeej tsis yog," Barbeau hais.
    
  Morna hais ntxiv tias "Nws yog tus kws tsav dav hlau thiab kws ua haujlwm zoo, tab sis nws zoo li muaj teeb meem tiag tiag nrog txoj cai," Morna hais ntxiv. "Nws tau txais cov qhab nia siab ntawm nws cov ntawv qhia txog kev ua haujlwm rau kev ua haujlwm, tab sis cov qhab nia txaus ntshai rau kev coj noj coj ua thiab kev ua tub rog."
    
  "Nws tsis pab - tam sim no nws lub suab zoo li McLanahan dua," Barbeau hais tias poob siab. "Yuav ua li cas yog lub juiciest?"
    
  "Nws txaus," Morna hais. "Lub neej nyob rau hauv tub ceev xwm lub bachelor quarters ntawm Nellis Air Force Base - tsuas yog rau pua square feet ntawm qhov chaw nyob - thiab lub hauv paus kev ruaj ntseg tau ceeb toom nws ntau zaus txog cov tog neeg nrov nrov thiab cov qhua tuaj thiab mus txhua teev ntawm nruab hnub thiab hmo ntuj. Nws yog ib tug tsis tu ncua ntawm Cov Tub Ceev Xwm 'Club hauv Nellis thiab khwv tau ib qho chaw zoo nkauj zoo nkauj. Nws caij Harley Night Rod maus taus thiab tau raug suav hais tias yog kev tsav tsheb nrawm thiab nthuav tawm ntau zaus. Daim ntawv tso cai tsis ntev los no tau rov qab los tom qab peb lub hlis tsis tsim nyog rau kev tsav tsheb tsis zoo - pom meej, nws tau txiav txim siab tsav lub dav hlau Air Force T-6A kev cob qhia hauv qhov chaw khiav. "
    
  "Qhov ntawd zoo, tab sis kuv xav tau qee yam khoom muaj kua, me me."
    
  "Kuv tau cawm qhov zoo tshaj plaws rau zaum kawg, Senator. Daim ntawv teev cov neeg tuaj saib tso cai tuaj xyuas lub hauv paus yog ntev npaum li kuv txhais caj npab. Ntau tus neeg - cov poj niam ntawm cov txiv neej sib yuav, ob peb tus poj niam nto moo, ob peb tus poj niam - thiab ib tug yog poj niam ntawm Tub Rog Tub Rog. Txawm li cas los xij, kev mus ntsib lub hauv paus zoo li tau poob qis me ntsis hauv lub xyoo dhau los ... feem ntau yog vim nws muaj cai kos npe rau credit ntawm peb lub twv txiaj yuam pov loj heev hauv Vegas tag nrho tag nrho ntawm ib puas txhiab nyiaj. "
    
  "Dab tsi?"
    
  "Tus Senator, tus txiv neej no tsis tau them nyiaj rau chav tsev so hauv Vegas hauv ob xyoos dhau los - nws tau ua phooj ywg nrog cov thawj coj, cov neeg saib xyuas thiab cov neeg saib xyuas thoob plaws lub nroog thiab siv qhov zoo ntawm chav tsev dawb thiab lub rooj tsavxwm yuav luag txhua lub limtiam," Colleen tau hais. "Nws nyiam blackjack thiab poker thiab feem ntau raug caw rov qab mus ua yeeb yam nrog cov seev cev, boxers thiab headliners. Feem ntau muaj tsawg kawg yog ib tug thiab feem ntau ob lossis peb tus poj niam hauv cab. "
    
  "Ib puas txhiab!" Pom Barbeau. "Nws yeej txhua tus neeg tsim cai lij choj Nevada kuv paub!"
    
  "Cov kab hauv qab, Senator: Nws ua haujlwm hnyav thiab ua si nyuaj," Colleen xaus lus. "Nws khaws qhov profile qis tab sis tau ua qee qhov kev ua tsis zoo zoo nkauj uas zoo li tau nyob ntsiag to vim tias nws ua haujlwm rau tsoomfwv. Nws raug hu tsis tu ncua los ntawm cov neeg ua haujlwm tiv thaiv uas xav ntiav nws, qee qhov muab cov nyiaj hli zoo kawg, yog li ntawd tej zaum yuav ua rau nws muaj kev ntseeg siab thiab ua rau nws tus cwj pwm uas nws tsis tas yuav ua si hauv Air Force. "
    
  Barbeau hais tias "Lawv zoo li tus txiv neej uas nyob ntawm ntug, uas yog qhov kuv nyiam txog lawv," Barbeau hais. "Kuv xav tias nws yog lub sijhawm them tus Captain Noble mus ntsib me ntsis - hauv nws qhov chaw nyob."
    
    
  Tshooj 10
    
    
  Feat yog txhua yam, lub yeeb koob tsis muaj dab tsi.
    
  - JOhann WOLFGANG VON GOETHE
    
    
    
  MASHHAD, ISLAMIC REPUBLIC ntawm Iran
  Hmo ntawd
    
    
  Lub nroog Mashhad - "Lub nroog ntawm Martyrs" hauv lus Askiv - nyob rau sab qaum teb sab hnub tuaj Iran yog lub nroog loj thib ob hauv Iran thiab, txij li nws muaj lub thaj neeb thib yim ntawm Imam Reza, nws yog lub nroog loj tshaj plaws ntawm Shia hauv ntiaj teb, thib ob hauv tseem ceeb rau Qom. Ntau tshaj li nees nkaum lab tus neeg taug kev mus xyuas Imam Reza Shrine txhua xyoo, ua rau nws zoo kawg nkaus thiab sab ntsuj plig zoo li Haji mus rau Mecca. Nyob rau hauv ib lub hav ntawm lub roob Kuh-e-Mayuni thiab Azhdar-Kuh, thaj chaw tau ntsib lub caij ntuj no txias heev tab sis zoo siab rau feem ntau ntawm lub xyoo.
    
  Nyob rau sab hauv ntawm Iran, Mashhad muaj cov tub rog me me lossis cov tswv yim tseem ceeb kom txog rau thaum tsoomfwv Taliban tau los ua lub zog hauv Afghanistan xyoo 1980s. Ntshai tias cov Taliban yuav sim xa lawv cov hom phiaj ntawm Islam mus rau sab hnub poob, Mashhad tau hloov mus rau hauv qhov chaw tiv thaiv kev tawm tsam, nrog rau Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps ua haujlwm ntau lub zog tawm tsam, cov neeg tshawb nrhiav, cov neeg tua rog-bombers thiab nyoob hoom qav taub los ntawm Imam Reza. International tshav dav hlau.
    
  Thaum Hesarak Boujazi cov tub rog tawm tsam, qhov tseem ceeb ntawm Mashhad tau nce sai heev. Cov seem ntawm Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps tau caum txhua txoj kev los ntawm Tehran mus rau Mashhad. Txawm li cas los xij, Bujazi NW nyuam qhuav muaj peev txheej txaus los tswj hwm nws txoj kev tswj hwm lub peev, yog li nws tsis muaj kev xaiv tab sis tso cai rau cov neeg dim dim yam tsis muaj kev txiav txim siab los tshem tawm cov thawj coj. Nrog rau txoj kev ciaj sia Revolutionary Guard commanders tsiv mus nyob ib ncig ntawm lub nroog thiab ib tug loj heev influx ntawm Shia pilgrims uas qhia me ntsis kos npe rau ntawm abating txawm thaum lub sij hawm muaj kev kub ntxhov loj hlob, Pasdaran muaj ntau recruits xaiv los ntawm Mashhad. Los ntawm cov mosques, los ntawm kev ua lag luam thiab khw khw, thiab los ntawm txhua txoj kev ces kaum, kev hu rau jihad tawm tsam Bujazi thiab Kagewa impostors kis mus deb thiab dav thiab kis tau sai.
    
  Kev tshoov siab los ntawm lub nroog lub zog ntawm sab ntsuj plig thiab lub zog muaj zog ntawm Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Iran tus thawj tswj hwm, tus thawj coj ntawm Pawg Saib Xyuas thiab cov tswv cuab laus ntawm Pawg Kws Tshaj Lij Choj, Ayatollah Hassan Mokhtaz, tau tuaj yeem rov qab los ntawm exile hauv Turkmenistan, qhov chaw nws nyob hauv kev tiv thaiv ntawm tsoomfwv Lavxias. Muaj thawj zaug hais lus ntawm tag nrho Iran cov xeev sab hnub tuaj sib cais los ntawm lwm lub tebchaws thiab Mashhad ua lub peev tshiab, tab sis kev tsis sib haum xeeb ntawm kev tawm tsam thiab kev ua tsis tiav ntawm Boujazis thiab Kagevs los tsim tsoomfwv ncua kev sib tham. Tej zaum txhua yam Mokhtaz yuav tsum tau ua yog hu rau cov neeg ncaj ncees rau jihad, txuas ntxiv mus nrhiav nyiaj txiag los txhawb nws txoj kev tawm tsam, thiab tos-Tehran yuav sai sai txaus hauv nws txhais tes dua ntawm nws tus kheej.
    
  Peb qhov kev faib tag nrho ntawm Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps suav nrog ntau dua ib puas txhiab tus neeg, yuav luag tag nrho cov tseem muaj sia nyob ntawm cov tub rog tseem ceeb hauv ntej, tau nyob hauv Mashhad thiab nws ib puag ncig. Feem ntau ntawm Pasdaran rog, ob pawg, yog infantry, nrog rau ob tug mechanized infantry brigades. Muaj ib tug aviation brigade nrog counterinsurgency aircraft, nres helicopters, thauj thiab huab cua tiv thaiv battalions; ib tug armored brigade nrog lub teeb tso tsheb hlau luam, artillery thiab mortar battalions; thiab ib qho kev ua haujlwm tshwj xeeb thiab cov tub ceev xwm txawj ntse, uas ua rau muaj kev cuam tshuam, kev tua neeg, kev ua txhaum cai, kev soj ntsuam, kev nug, thiab kev tshaj xov xwm tshwj xeeb xws li kev tshaj tawm xov xwm. Tsis tas li ntawd, lwm peb caug txhiab al-Quds paramilitary rog raug xa mus rau hauv lub nroog nws tus kheej, ua raws li cov neeg soj xyuas thiab cov neeg qhia rau Pasdaran thiab tsoomfwv txoj cai raug ntiab tawm.
    
  Lub hauv paus chaw ua haujlwm ntawm Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps thiab lub tswv yim qhov chaw ntawm lub ntiajteb txawj nqus yog lub tshav dav hlau Imam Reza International, nyob tsuas yog tsib mais sab qab teb ntawm Imam Reza Shrine. Txawm li cas los xij, tag nrho cov tub rog siv tub rog ntawm lub tshav dav hlau tau rov ua haujlwm los ua txoj hauv kev rau kev tuaj txog tshiab: S-300OMU1 Nyiam tiv thaiv huab cua los ntawm Lavxias Federation.
    
  Lub S-300 lub tswv yim tiv thaiv huab cua tau suav tias yog ib qho zoo tshaj plaws hauv ntiaj teb, sib npaug rau American PAC-3 Patriot missile system. Lub S-300 roj teeb muaj xws li ntev-ntau 3D scanning radar, lub hom phiaj kev koom tes thiab missile taw qhia radar, thiab kaum ob trailers, txhua loaded nrog plaub missiles, raws li zoo raws li kev tu, pab neeg coob, thiab kev ruaj ntseg tsheb. Ib lub roj teeb zoo li no tau teeb tsa ntawm lub tshav dav hlau, lwm qhov mus rau sab qaum teb hnub poob, thiab ib feem peb mus rau sab hnub poob ntawm lub nroog. Lub foob pob hluav taws S-300 tau ua haujlwm zoo tiv thaiv lub hom phiaj ya mus txog peb caug ko taw saum av, ntawm qhov siab txog li ib puas txhiab ko taw, ntawm qhov nrawm mus txog Mach 3, ntawm thaj tsam txog li ib puas thiab nees nkaum mais, thiab tuag rau txawm tias qis- ya cruise missiles thiab theatre ballistic missiles.
    
  Lub S-300s tau ua tiav los ntawm Tor-M1 kev tiv thaiv huab cua, uas tau taug qab cov tsheb armored uas tau tua yim lub siab ceev, luv luv, radar-guided missile anti-aircraft missiles los ntawm ntsug tso raj. Lub Tor-M1 tau tsim los tiv thaiv cov tsheb thauj mus los, thaj chaw sib dhos tsheb, thaj chaw refueling thiab mos txwv depots los ntawm kev tua nyoob hoom qav taub, tsheb tsis muaj neeg tsav dav hlau thiab cov dav hlau ya subsonic tactical bombers. Txawm hais tias Tor-M1 muaj cov neeg coob ntawm peb, nws tau tsim los ua "teeb tsa thiab tsis nco qab nws" system, tso cai rau kev sib ntaus sib tua ntawm tus kheej, lossis nws tuaj yeem txuas nrog S-300 hluav taws xob tswj system los tsim kev tiv thaiv huab cua. qhov system. Ua ke lawv tsim ib daim thaiv npog yuav luag nyob ib puag ncig Mashhad.
    
  Hnub ntawd, Mashhad yog ib lub nroog uas tiv thaiv hnyav tshaj plaws hauv ntiaj chaw ntiaj teb ... thiab nws tab tom yuav raug sim.
    
  Kwv yees li ob teev ua ntej kaj ntug, thawj zaug ceeb toom tuaj ntawm qhov ntev-ntev huab cua tiv thaiv radar ntawm lub thib ob S-300 roj teeb, nyob peb caug mais qaum teb sab hnub poob ntawm Mashhad: "Tswb, tswb, tswb, qhov no yog Siver roj teeb, lub siab ceev. Lub hom phiaj ntawm qhov siab qis yog nce mus, azimuth ob - yim-xoom, thaj tsam ib puas thiab tsib caug, ceev cuaj-rau-tsib, qhov siab cuaj-xoom."
    
  "Sivir, qhov no yog Lub Chaw, txais," teb tus thawj coj ua haujlwm tactical, Tus tauj ncov loj Sokolov. Nws cov tactical zaub tau pom peb lub hom phiaj siab-siab, qis-qhov siab mus rau Mashhad. "Hnub hu, tus tswv," nws qhia rau tus thawj coj tub rog. "Zoo li lub foob pob khiav hla thaj chaw, nyob qhov twg koj xav tias lawv yuav nyob."
    
  Colonel Kundrin, tus thawj coj ntawm tub rog tiv thaiv huab cua hais tias, "Yuav ua tau tiag tiag," hais tias. Raws li yog paub tias qee yam yuav tshwm sim thaum sawv ntxov, nws tau hnav khaub ncaws thiab ntawm nws txoj haujlwm hauv Regimental Air Defense Command Center nyob rau sab saum toj ntawm Reza International Administration Building ob peb teev dhau los. "Lub dav hlau tuaj yeem hloov pauv ntau xyoo, tab sis cov tswv yim tseem zoo li qub. Peb muab lub roj teeb no tso rau hauv qhov chaw zoo tshaj plaws - tus foob pob ua rau nws tus kheej ntawm qhov chaw hauv hav, tab sis cov roob nqes nqes mus rau qhov peb tso lub roj teeb no. Ib qho tsis txaus ntseeg hauv lawv txoj kev npaj ua haujlwm. Nws tsis tuaj yeem mus ncaj, thiab yog tias nws dhia tawm tom qab lub ridges, nws yuav nthuav tawm nws tus kheej ntau dua. "
    
  Sokolov hais tias "ceev dhau thiab qis dhau rau B-2 stealth bomber - nws yuav tsum yog B-1 bomber," Sokolov hais. "Thiab lawv kuj tsis tau tso lawv cov foob pob hluav taws xob nrawm."
    
  tias "Kuv tsis xav tias lawv tsis muaj lub foob pob zais cia tom qab Thawj Tswj Hwm Gryzlov thiab General Darzov tau tshaj tawm lawv lub hauv paus thiab ua rau cov neeg ruam nyob hauv av xav tsis thoob," Kundrin tau hais. "Ib qho ntxiv, peb tsis cuam tshuam nrog US Air Force - nws tsuas yog McLanahan, tus thawj coj uas mus vwm hauv qhov chaw. Tej zaum nws twb tua tag nrho nws cov missile lawm. Kom Syeveers qhib hluav taws ntawm qhov zoo tshaj plaws, thiab nco ntsoov khaws lub qhov muag ntawm lub dav hlau tom qab. Yog tias nws muaj ntau tshaj ib tus neeg foob pob, nws ua raws txoj kev ze lossis tawm tsam los ntawm lwm qhov kev taw qhia. Kuv tsis xav kom leej twg swb. "
    
  Sokolov muab qhov kev txiav txim. "Kev cog lus lees paub, tus tswv, kaum tsib vib nas this sab laug ... tos ib qho! Sir, Zapat roj teeb qhia cov yeeb ncuab tshiab lub hom phiaj los ze, coj tus kheej ob-tsib-xoom, thaj tsam ib puas, qhov siab ib puas, ceev yim puas xya caum thiab nce ntxiv! " Sapat yog lub roj teeb sab hnub poob tshaj plaws, nyob tsib caug mais sab hnub poob ntawm Mashhad.
    
  "Kuv paub nws! Kev twv ua ntej, txhua yam yuav twv tau dhau los, "Kundrin hais zoo siab. "Nws zoo li peb tau tso lub roj teeb thib peb hauv qhov chaw zoo ib yam nkaus - npog Binalud ridge mus rau sab hnub poob ntawm lub nroog. Yog tias kuv tab tom npaj kev tawm tsam ntawm lub tshav dav hlau, kuv yuav puag hauv av raws ntug, tom qab ntawd taug kev ncig ntawm qhov kawg ntawm txoj kab thiab tua cov cuaj luaj li kuv tau xa mus. Qhov ntawd yog qhov uas McLanahan tau ua - thiab peb nyob hauv qhov chaw zoo los pin nws! Nws lub foob pob hluav taws yuav qhib, thiab nws cov radar kos npe yuav loj heev! Qhia Zapata kom tawm tsam thaum nws npaj txhij!"
    
  Txhua lub roj teeb muaj peb lub foob pob hluav taws xob, sib cais los ntawm ob peb mais tab sis txuas rau ib leeg los ntawm cov ntaub ntawv microwave txuas, txhua tus nqa plaub 48N6 ntsug-launch interceptor missiles uas twb tau hoisted mus rau qhov chaw tua. Thaum qhov kev txiav txim los tawm tsam tau muab thiab tsim kom raug hom kev tawm tsam - pib los ntawm qhov zoo tshaj plaws - kev sib ntaus sib tua yog tsis siv neeg. Thaum lub hom phiaj yog nyob rau hauv ntau yam, ib tug nitrogen catapult propelled lub foob pob ua ntxaij tawm ntawm lub launching raj mus rau ib tug siab ntawm peb caug feet, thiab lub foob pob ua ntxaij lub cev muaj zog ignited, accelerating lub foob pob ua ntxaij mus rau ib tug ceev ntawm tshaj ib mais ib ob nyob rau hauv tsawg tshaj li kaum ob vib nas this. Peb vib nas this tom qab ntawd, lub foob pob hluav taws thib ob tau raug rho tawm haujlwm, lav kev swb. Cov cuaj luaj S-300 tau nce mus rau qhov siab ntawm tsuas yog nees nkaum txhiab ko taw, mus rau qhov kwv yees qhov cuam tshuam.
    
  "Qhov xwm txheej?" nug tus thawj coj tub rog.
    
  "Lub roj teeb tau tsoo lub hom phiaj, plaub lub foob pob hluav taws nyob hauv huab cua," Sokolov tau tshaj tawm. "Lub hom phiaj tsuas yog ua kom muaj kev tawm tsam tsawg tsawg thiab tsim kev cuam tshuam me ntsis. Kev ruaj ntseg fixation. "
    
  Kundrin tau hais tias "Qhov kawg ua ntawm kev ntseeg siab dhau," "Txawm li cas los xij, lawv tsis muaj chaw rau kev ua haujlwm. Nws yog kev tu siab tias cov no yog cov tsheb tsis muaj neeg tsav tsheb, eh, tus thawj coj?"
    
  "Yog lawm, sir. Kuv txhawj xeeb txog cov T-yoj lossis txhua yam uas lawv tau tsoo peb cov neeg tua rog. "
    
  "Peb yuav pom ib pliag, puas yog?"
    
  "Missiles tab tom taug qab zoo kawg nkaus ... Lub hom phiaj yog ua kom nruj me ntsis ntxiv...Channel hloov mus deb ntawm kev cuam tshuam, tseem kho ntawm ... peb ... ob ... ib ... tam sim no."
    
  Tsis muaj lwm cov lus ceeb toom los ntawm tus tub ceev xwm tactical, uas ua rau tus thawj coj tub rog tsis meej pem. "TAO, report!"
    
  "Sir ... tus tswv, ob lub foob pob hluav taws tau tshaj tawm kev sib cuag nrog hauv av!" Sokolov hais hauv lub suab qis, txaj muag. "Qhov tsis zoo warhead tawg. Ib tug nco tag!"
    
  "Tshem cov roj teeb thiab pib dua!" - Kundrin qw. "Lub hom phiaj deb thiab bearing?"
    
  "Kev ua tiav thib ob salvo ... Lub foob pob hluav taws thib peb tau pib ... Lub foob pob hluav taws thib plaub tau pib," Sokolov hais. "Qhov kev ncua deb mus rau lub hom phiaj yog cuaj-zero, cov kabmob yog ruaj khov ntawm ob-yim-xoom."
    
  "Dab tsi txog lub roj teeb thib peb? xwm txheej?"
    
  "Lub roj teeb thib peb tau nkag mus rau hauv kev sib ntaus sib tua ...
    
  Kundrin dhia tawm ntawm nws lub rooj zaum thiab ntsia ntawm qhov screen. Nws yog qhov zoo kawg ... "Puas lawv nco?" - nws exclaimed. "Lwm ntaus rau hauv av?"
    
  "Lub roj teeb thib peb rov ua haujlwm ... Lub foob pob hluav taws thib peb tau pib ... missile plaub ... "
    
  "Qhia kuv qhov kev ncua deb thiab coj mus rau lub hom phiaj ntawm peb lub roj teeb?"
    
  "Nyob deb yim-zero, bearing khov kho ntawm ob-tsib-zero."
    
  Kundrin tau hais tias "Qhov no ... qhov no tsis muaj txiaj ntsig," Kundrin hais. "Cov kev tswj hwm ntawm ob lub hom phiaj tsis tau hloov pauv txawm tias lawv raug tawm tsam? Puas muaj dab tsi tsis ncaj ncees lawm ..."
    
  "Tus Tswv, cov foob pob hluav taws ntawm lub roj teeb thib ob thiab thib peb ntawm kev ntaus thib ob kuj tseem pom tias tsoo hauv av!" Sokolov hais tias. "Txhua qhov kev sib ntaus sib tua tau ploj lawm! Lub roj teeb thib ob rov pib dua. Peb lub roj teeb-"
    
  "Cov lus teb tsis zoo! Txhua lub roj teeb nyob hauv qhov chaw!" Kundrin qw. "Cia li tsis siv neeg hloov chaw!"
    
  "Kuv puas yuav rov hais dua qhov kawg, tus tswv?"
    
  "Kuv hais tias txhua lub roj teeb tau them, lov tes taw tsis siv neeg hloov pauv!" - Kundrin qw. "Peb nyob ntawm Mekon!"
    
  "Kuv puas tau ceeb toom? Koj txhais tau tias jammed, tus tswv?
    
  Kundrin tau hais tias "Lawv tshaj tawm cov khoom siv dag zog rau peb cov yeeb yam thiab yuam kom peb tua cov dab," Kundrin tau hais.
    
  Sokolov tau hais tias "Tab sis peb muaj tag nrho cov kev tiv thaiv thiab kev tiv thaiv kev sib tsoo, tus tswv," Sokolov hais. "Peb cov kab ke ua haujlwm zoo tshaj plaws."
    
  Kundrin tau hais tias "Peb tsis raug kaw, damn nws," Kundrin hais. "Ib yam dab tsi nyob hauv peb lub cev. Peb cov khoos phis tawj xav tias lawv tab tom ua cov hom phiaj tiag tiag. "
    
  Lub xov tooj hais kom network nrov; Tsuas yog tus thawj coj tub rog tuaj yeem teb nws. "Center".
    
  "Qhov no yog Raiette." Nws yog General Andrei Darzov nws tus kheej, hu los ntawm Moscow. "Peb tau theej koj daim ntawv ceeb toom tawm tsam tawm tsam, tab sis tam sim no peb pom tias koj tau tso tseg txhua txoj haujlwm. Vim li cas?"
    
  Kundrin tau hais tias "Tus Tswv, kuv xav tias peb tab tom raug coj mus rau - peb tau teb rau cov khoom cuav uas tsim los ntawm peb tus kheej cov sensors," Kundrin tau hais. "Kuv tau thaiv cov lus teb tsis siv neeg mus txog ..."
    
  "Tus Tswv, ob lub roj teeb S-300 thiab Thor tau txais cov lus txib tsis siv neeg los koom nrog thiab tab tom npaj tsim tawm!" - Sokolov qw.
    
  "Kuv tsis tau muab cov lus txib ntawd!" - Kundrin qw. "Cia li tso tseg cov lus txib no! Txhua lub roj teeb nyob hauv qhov chaw!"
    
  "Center, koj puas paub tseeb tias cov no yog decoys?" - Darzov nug.
    
  Kundrin tau hais tias "Txhua lub foob pob hluav taws tau tshaj tawm txog tam sim no tau tsoo hauv av," Kundrin tau hais. "Tsis muaj ib qho ntawm peb cov chav qhia pom kev pom, electro-optical lossis suab nrov, txawm tias lub hom phiaj nyob ntawm qhov siab qis heev."
    
  "Lub roj teeb thib ob S-300 tso tawm ntawm ntau lub hom phiaj tshiab uas tau txais kev kub ceev!" Sokolov qhia. Nws khiav thiab thawb tus tub ceev xwm sib txuas lus tawm ntawm txoj kev, tsoo nws lub mloog pob ntseg rau nws. "Siver thiab Zapat roj teeb, qhov no yog TAO Center, cov roj teeb nyob hauv qhov chaw, kuv rov hais dua, cov roj teeb nyob hauv qhov chaw! Tsis quav ntsej lub computer nyeem!" Nws maj nrawm nkag mus rau hnub tim thiab lub sijhawm code rau kev lees paub - tab sis thaum nws ua li ntawd, nws tau saib ntau dua S-300 thiab Tor-M1 launchers launchers missiles. "Tag nrho cov chav nyob, qhov no yog TAO Center, tso tseg! Kuv rov hais dua, tso tseg!"
    
  "Cia li tso tseg cov khoom tsim txom no, tus thawj coj, tam sim no!" - Kundrin qw. Tam sim no ntau lub hom phiaj tau tshwm sim ntawm cov zaub - lawv tau ya raws tib lub hom phiaj, nrawm, qhov siab thiab azimuth raws li thawj lub hom phiaj! Tsis ntev tom qab thawj lub roj teeb, lub tuam txhab S-300 ntawm Reza International Airport, pib tua cov cuaj luaj. "Rayette, qhov no yog Lub Chaw, peb tab tom nrhiav pom cov yeeb ncuab tshiab tuaj txog lub hom phiaj, tab sis lawv tau ya raws tib qhov nrawm, qhov siab thiab kev sib tw ua thawj tus neeg sib tw! Peb pom zoo kom koj tso tseg tag nrho cov lus teb thiab mus rau hauv hom standby rau tag nrho cov sensors. Kuv paub tseeb tias peb raug dag. "
    
  Muaj ib lub sijhawm ncua ntev, thaum lub sij hawm qhov kev hais kom ua network crackled thiab popped tawm vim hloov encryption decryption txheej txheem; ces: "Center, qhov no yog Raietka, nthuav Phanar. Kuv rov hais dua, peb xa Phanar. Npaj kom lees paub txoj haujlwm. "
    
  "Kuv puas yuav rov hais dua qhov kawg, Raietka?" - Nug Kundrin. Rau qhov Vajtswv, tus thawj coj tub rog tau quaj rau nws tus kheej, Kuv tsuas yog pom zoo rau tus txiv leej tub tias peb kaw txhua yam - tam sim no Darzo xav tso rab phom loj tshaj plaws thiab lub sensor loj tshaj plaws uas lawv muaj! "Rov dua, Raiette?"
    
  "Kuv hais tias, nthuav tawm Phanar thiab npaj kom muaj kev lees paub thaum ua tiav txoj haujlwm," cov lus teb tuaj. Qhov no tau ua raws li tus lej authentication.
    
  "Kuv nkag siab, Raietka, Kuv tab tom tsiv Phanar mus rau txoj haujlwm tua, npaj los tshuaj xyuas qhov tseeb ntawm kev nkag mus rau hauv kev sib ntaus sib tua." Darzov yuav tsum poob rau hauv kev poob siab, Kundrin xav. Phanar, lub laser tiv thaiv spaceship, yog zaum kawg lawv lub caij nyoog. Cov tub rog tiv thaiv dav hlau tau tawg thoob plaws hauv Mashhad tsis muaj caij nyoog tawm tsam cov neeg tawg rog ceev, ya tsawg. Nws tau khaws tus neeg txais xov tooj ntawm nws cov tub ceev xwm lub xov tooj: "Kev Pabcuam Kev Nyab Xeeb, qhov no yog Lub Chaw, coj Phanar mus rau qhov chaw tua hluav taws thiab ceeb toom rau cov neeg coob kom npaj rau kev sib tsoo nrog cov yeeb ncuab dav hlau." Nws tau muab tus thawj coj saib xyuas kev ruaj ntseg rau tus lej cim kom txav cov tsheb thauj khoom.
    
  "Tus Tswv, peb tau tswj hwm kom tau txais txhua lub koom haum los teb rau qhov kev txiav txim kom txwv riam phom," Sokolov hais. "Peb tsuas muaj nees nkaum feem pua ntawm peb cov ammo tseem tshuav."
    
  "Npeb caug feem pua!" Damn, lawv nkim yim caum feem pua ntawm lawv cov missiles ntawm dab! "Lawv zoo dua yuav them rov qab, damn nws!"
    
  "Peb tam sim no nyob rau hauv tus txheej txheem ntawm recharge, tus tswv," Sokolov hais ntxiv. "Tor-M1 units yuav npaj tau nyob rau hauv kaum tsib feeb, thiab S-300 units yuav npaj tau nyob rau hauv ib teev."
    
  "Cia li mus nrog nws. Kev tawm tsam tiag tiag tuaj yeem tshwm sim txhua lub sijhawm. Thiab xyuas kom tseeb tias lawv tsis teb rau lwm lub hom phiaj tshwj tsis yog tias lawv muaj kev pom zoo ntawm hluav taws xob! " Kundrin maj nrawm mus rau qhov tawm, nqes ntawm txoj kev hauv tsev, dhau los ntawm kev tawm thaum muaj xwm txheej ceev thiab nce lub ru tsev ntawm lub tsev tswj hwm. Los ntawm qhov ntawd, siv lub koob yees duab pom kev hmo ntuj, nws tuaj yeem soj ntsuam qhov kev nce qib ntawm cov chaw ruaj ntseg.
    
  Plaub lub tsheb Phanar tsuas yog tawm ntawm lawv qhov chaw nkaum. Lawv tau muab zais rau hauv ib qhov av uas khiav hauv qab txoj kev khiav, cia cov tsheb khiav tawm ntawm ib sab ntawm lub tshav dav hlau mus rau lwm qhov yam tsis tas yuav mus ncig ntawm txoj kev khiav. Lawv tab tom mus rau qhov chaw cob qhia kev tua hluav taws nyob rau sab qaum teb ntawm txoj kev khiav, uas muaj ob peb lub qub roj tso tsheb hlau luam rigged kom zoo li lub dav hlau uas tuaj yeem ntim cov roj siv dav hlau thiab teeb taws rau simulate lub dav hlau sib tsoo. Lub tsheb hais kom ua tau nyob rau hauv tus txheej txheem ntawm kev siv lub tshuab hluav taws xob loj loj scanned radar kav hlau txais xov thiab cov ntaub ntawv txuas mast uas yuav tso cai rau lub radar txuas mus rau S-300's fire control network.
    
  Kundrin cov xov tooj cua tiv thaiv tau tawg rau lub neej: "Center, qhov no yog Rayetka," Darzov hais. "Txoj Cai".
    
  Kundrin teb tias "Kev xa tawm Phanar yog nyob rau hauv tag nrho viav vias, tus tswv," Kundrin teb.
    
  "Center" yog "DAO," Sokolov tshaj tawm hauv xov tooj cua.
    
  "Tau npaj, TAO," Kundrin hais. "Kuv tab tom tham nrog Rayetka."
    
  "Puas yog lawv teeb tsa ntawm thaj chaw sab qab teb sab hnub tuaj raws li qhia?" - Darzov nug.
    
  Qhov chaw sab hnub tuaj? Muaj ib cheeb tsam ceeb toom rau sab qab teb sab hnub tuaj, tab sis nws tseem tau siv los ntawm Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps tactical attack helicopters thiab ua qhov chaw nres tsheb rau Lavxias. Lawv yeej tsis tau qhia kom siv nws los siv lub laser tiv thaiv lub dav hlau. "Cov lus teb tsis yog tus tswv, peb tab tom siv qhov chaw sab qaum teb rau kev cob qhia tua hluav taws raws li tau qhia."
    
  "Tau txais," hais Darzov. "Txuas ntxiv."
    
  Ib pliag tom qab ntawd, TAO tau tawg ntawm lub qhov rooj mus rau qhov chaw saib xyuas lub ru tsev. "Nres, sir!" - nws qw.
    
  "Dab tsi yog ntuj raug txim mus, Sokolov? Koj ua dab tsi nyob ntawm no?"
    
  "Authentication los ntawm Rayetka - nws yog invalid!" Sokolov hais tias. "Kev txiav txim kom xa Phanar tsis raug!"
    
  "Dab tsi?" Ib tug txias npub khiav los ntawm Kundrin lub taub hau. Nws xav tias txij li thaum tus neeg hauv xov tooj cua tau siv lub npe raug cai thiab nyob ntawm qhov tseeb encrypted zaus, nws yog tus uas nws hais tias nws yog thiab muab ib daim ntawv txiav txim siv tau - nws tsis tau tos saib seb puas tau lees paub qhov tseeb code. ..
    
  ... thiab nws pom tau hais tias nws nyuam qhuav hais rau leej twg nyob rau lwm qhov kawg ntawm lub channel qhov chaw nyob ntawm Phanar!"
    
  Nws frantically tsa lub xov tooj cua rau nws daim di ncauj: "Kev nyab xeeb, qhov no yog Lub Chaw, tshem tawm kev xa tawm, nqa cov tsheb thauj khoom no rov qab mus rau qhov chaw nkaum!" - nws qw. "Kuv rov hais dua, coj lawv mus rau-!"
    
  Tab sis nyob rau lub sijhawm ntawd muaj lub teeb ci, thiab ib millisecond tom qab qhov tawg tsis txaus ntseeg, ua raws li ob peb yam ntxiv hauv kev nrawm nrawm. Thawj qhov kev poob siab tau tsoo Kundrin thiab Sokolov tawm ntawm lawv txhais taw, thiab lawv nkag mus rau qhov siab kawg nkaus raws li cov nthwv dej ntub dej tsoo rau lawv. Lawv ua tsis tau dab tsi tab sis curl rau hauv cov khoom tiv thaiv thiab npog lawv lub pob ntseg raws li kev tawg txuas ntxiv ib qho ntxiv.
    
  Nws zoo li nws kav ib teev, tab sis nws tau dhau los hauv tsawg dua nees nkaum vib nas this. Kundrin thiab Sokolov, lawv lub pob ntseg los ntawm lub suab nrov nrov, nkag mus rau lub façade puas tsuaj ntawm kev tswj hwm lub tsev thiab ntsia tawm thoob plaws txoj kev khiav . Tag nrho cheeb tsam sab qaum teb ntawm txoj kev khiav tau raug hluav taws kub nyhiab, nyob hauv thaj chaw kev cob qhia tua hluav taws. Qhov hluav taws kub ntawm lub vaj huam sib luag ntawm nws tus kheej-tseem ceeb ntawm cov tshuaj tua hluav taws uas siv los ntawm lub laser-zoo li kub thiab khaus heev uas nws yog xov tooj cua. Lub Alert aircraft chaw nres tsheb nyob rau sab qab teb sab hnub tuaj kuj raug ntaus, nrog rau txhua lub nyoob hoom qav taub thiab tsheb hluav taws.
    
  Tom qab ntawd lawv hnov lawv, thiab nyob rau hauv lub ci ci ntawm qhov hluav taws kub lawv sai sai pom lawv ib yam nkaus thiab, ib yam nkaus li lub hnub: ib khub ntawm American B-1 bombers ya ncaj nraim ntawm txoj kev khiav. Lawv pom tseeb tias txhua qhov chaw tiv thaiv huab cua tau raug yuam kom tua lawv lub tshuab thiab tsis qhib hluav taws. Tus thawj flapped nws tis thaum nws ya dhau lub chaw ua hauj lwm lub tsev, thiab lub thib ob yeej deployed nws ailerons, ya tsawg tshaj li ob puas feet saum av. Tom qab ua tiav lawv qhov kev ua yeeb yam me me, lawv tau tig rau tom qab, ya mus rau saum ntuj hmo ntuj thiab tsis pom sai.
    
    
  LAS VEGAS, NEVADA
  LUB SIJ HAWM
    
    
  Stacy Ann Barbeau nyiam twv txiaj yuam pov, thiab nws tau siv sijhawm ntau hauv lawv raws tus dej Mississippi hauv Louisiana thiab ntawm Gulf ntug dej hiav txwv hauv Mississippi nyob sib ze. Tab sis qhov no yog thawj zaug hauv xyoo uas nws tau mus rau qhov loj Las Vegas twv txiaj yuam pov, thiab nws tau qhuas. Tam sim no qhov no yog ntau tshaj li qhov chaw twv txiaj - cov no yog qhov chaw zoo siab, kev sib tsoo tsis yog tsuas yog lub teeb, xim thiab suab, tab sis kuj ntawm scenery, landscaping, architecture thiab kos duab uas yog stunning tiag tiag. Lub sijhawm kawg nws nyob ntawm no, cov khoom dai zoo li gaudy, yuav luag Disneyesque. Tsis muaj ntxiv lawm. Nws yog tiag tiag ib tug elegant Las Vegas - flashy, me ntsis gaudy, nrov thiab extravagant, tab sis elegant txawm li cas los.
    
  "Koj paub qhov kuv nyiam tshaj plaws ntawm cov chaw no, zib ntab - koj tuaj yeem tsis qhia npe kiag li, txawm tias hnav zoo li ntawd," Barbeau hais rau nws tus pab cuam Colleen Morna thaum lawv tawm ntawm lub tsev so elevator hla txoj kev dav, cheb tsev thiab taug kev raws cov liab luxurious. cov ntaub pua plag ntawm qhov loj heev Italian-themed twv txiaj yuam pov ntawm Las Vegas Sawb. Nws hnav ib lub tsho nyiaj cocktail, pob zeb diamond tsej thiab caj dab, thiab nqa ib lub mink nyiag, tab sis tsis yog qhov nquag thiab txaus siab, nws xav zoo li nws tsuas yog lwm qhov ntawm toj roob hauv pes. "Yog li 'Playgirl' nyob qhov twg?"
    
  Morna hais tias "Piv txwv chav poker nyob tom qab," Morna hais. Nws tau tshem tawm qhov zoo li lub brooch loj, npog nrog rubies, thiab pinned rau Barbeau hnav khaub ncaws. "Qhov ntawd yog txhua yam koj yuav tsum tau nkag mus."
    
  "Nws yog dab tuag. Kuv puas yuav tsum hnav qhov no?
    
  "Yog. Qhov no yog kev txheeb xyuas thiab taug qab transponder - RFID, lossis xov tooj cua zaus txheeb xyuas daim npav, "Morna hais. "Lawv tau saib peb txij li thaum kuv tuaj tos nws ib nrab teev dhau los thaum koj hnav khaub ncaws. Lawv taug qab txhua qhov koj txav; lawv xa cov ntaub ntawv mus rau tag nrho cov neeg khaws nyiaj, cov tswv lag luam, cov thawj coj, kev ruaj ntseg, cov neeg ua haujlwm hauv tsev so thiab txawm tias lub tshuab slots txog koj yog leej twg, koj tab tom ua si lossis ua dab tsi, thiab - qhov kuv paub tseeb yog qhov tseem ceeb tshaj rau lawv - nyiaj ntau npaum li cas. sab laug hauv koj tus account. Cov neeg ua haujlwm ruaj ntseg saib xyuas koj siv lawv lub koob yees duab thiab cia li sib piv koj cov lus piav qhia nrog lawv cov ntaub ntawv khaws cia saib xyuas koj thaum koj nyob ntawm cov khoom. Kuv xav tias yog tias koj coj ntau dua ib lossis ob qhov yuam kev nyob ib ncig ntawm qhov chaw no, lawv yuav xa ob peb tug txiv neej los ntawm kev lag luam hauv tsev so tom qab koj taw qhia koj mus rau qhov raug. "
    
  Barbeau cooed hais tias "Kuv nyiam lub suab ntawm nws, cov neeg tos txais qhua," Barbeau cooed. "Txawm hais tias kuv tsis nyiam lub tswv yim ntawm kev sau npe zoo li tus dais xim av hauv hav zoov."
    
  "Okay, khaws qhov no nrog koj vim nws yog koj chav yuam sij, nkag mus rau koj daim credit line, koj daim npav them nqi thiab koj daim pib nkag mus rau txhua qhov kev ua yeeb yam thiab VIP lounges - dua, koj tsis tas yuav paub dab tsi vim tias cov txiv neej no yuav nrog koj. nyob qhov twg koj xav mus. Nyob qhov twg."
    
  "Tab sis lawv tsis paub kuv yog leej twg, lawv puas yog?"
    
  Morna hais tias, "Kuv xav tias lawv paub tseeb tias koj yog leej twg, Senator," Morna hais tias, "tab sis qhov no yog Vegas - ntawm no koj yog tus uas koj xav ua. Hmo no koj yog Robin Gilliam los ntawm Montgomery, hauv kev sib txuas lus thiab kev tsim roj, sib yuav tab sis nyob ntawm no ib leeg. "
    
  "Huag, kuv puas yuav tsum los ntawm Alabama?" - nws nug calmly. Morna dov nws ob lub qhov muag. "Tsis muaj teeb meem. Yog li cas kuv tau nkag mus rau hauv chav poker ntiag tug no yog tias kuv tsis yog leej twg kuv hais tias kuv yog?
    
  Morna hais tias "Ib tsib caug txhiab daus las kab ntawm credit yog txoj hauv kev zoo tshaj plaws los pib," Morna hais.
    
  "Koj puas tau siv cov lej them nyiaj los ntawm Tsev Dawb rau qhov kev mus ncig no kom tau txais cov qhab nia ntawm qhov twv txiaj yuam pov? Tus ntxhais ntse. "
    
  Morna hais tias "Qhov no tsuas yog ua kom peb tawm ntawm lub qhov rooj xwb, Senator - tsis txhob siv ib qho ntawm no lossis tus tub ceev xwm ntawm Arms yuav muab ntsia rau koj," Morna hais.
    
  "Huag, rau ntuj txiag teb tsaus nrog nws - nws yog ib tug laus codger," Barbeau hais.
    
  Morna dov nws ob lub qhov muag, ntsiag to cia siab tias nws tau tso dag. Cov hauj lwm hauv Washington tau xaus tsawg dua. "Txhua yam yog npaj txhij. Kev tswj hwm yog saib xyuas raws li nws yog discreet. Lawv yuav saib xyuas koj zoo. Kuv yuav nyob hauv chav nyob ib sab ntawm koj li yog tias koj xav tau kuv, thiab kuv muaj ib tus neeg ua haujlwm uas yuav thiab them nyiaj hauv twv txiaj yuam pov uas yuav qhia kuv paub tseeb tias koj nyob qhov twg. "
    
  "Ua tsaug, tab sis kuv tsis xav tias kuv yuav xav tau ib tug wingman hnub no, zib mu," Barbeau hais hauv nws lub suab killer. "Tus tauj ncov loj Hunter 'Boomer' Noble yuav nqis mus yooj yim npaum li ntes tau ntses nyob hauv lub thoob."
    
  "Koj npaj yuav ua dab tsi, Senator?"
    
  "Kuv npaj yuav qhia Captain Noble txoj hauv kev zoo tshaj plaws rau kev nce qib hauv Teb Chaws Asmeskas Tub Rog Tub Rog, uas yooj yim heev: tsis txhob cuam tshuam rau Tebchaws Meskas Senator," nws hais tias muaj kev ntseeg siab. Nws daig tawm ntawm nws lub hauv siab thiab txav lub qhov mus rau sab. "Kuv yuav qhia nws ob peb qhov zoo ntawm kev txaus siab rau kuv es tsis tawm tsam kuv. Koj puas paub tseeb tias nws nyob ntawm no?
    
  Morna tau hais tias "Nws tau kos npe nag hmo thiab ua si poker txhua hnub," Morna hais. "Nws ua tau zoo heev - nws tau nce me ntsis."
    
  "Auj, Kuv yuav ua kom nws sawv, txhua yam tsis ua li cas," Barbeau hais. "Txais kuv".
    
  Morna hais ntxiv tias "Kuv paub tias nws lub tsev nyob qhov twg - nws nyob hauv qab ntawm peb lub tsev - thiab yog tias nws coj koj mus rau ntawd, kuv tus hluas nraug yuav qhia kuv," Morna hais ntxiv.
    
  "Puas muaj lwm tus pojniam nrog nws?"
    
  "Tsuas yog ob peb tus neeg uas tau nres ntawm lub rooj luv luv-nws tsis tau caw ib leeg rau hauv nws chav."
    
  "Peb yuav saib qhov no, puas yog?" Barbeau hais tias. "Tsis txhob tos kuv, sweetie."
    
  Ib yam li Colleen tau hais, cov neeg ua haujlwm twv txiaj yuam pov paub tias nws tab tom tuaj yam tsis tau hais ib lo lus. Raws li Barbeau tawm hauv pem teb twv txiaj yuam pov tseem ceeb thiab mus rau qhov chaw kub kub nkag mus rau hauv chav poker ntiag tug, ib tug txiv neej hauv ib lub tuxedo nrog ib lub pob ntseg sib txuas lus hauv ib pob ntseg luag nyav, thiab hais tias, "Zoo siab txais tos, Ms. Gilliam," thaum nws taug kev los ntawm .
    
  Thaum nws mus txog ntawm lub qhov rooj, nws tau txais tos los ntawm tus txiv neej siab, zoo nraug hauv lub tuxedo thiab ib tug poj niam hauv tuxedo thiab tiab nqa lub tais dej qab zib. "Zoo siab txais tos, Npeeg Gilliam," tus txiv neej hais. "Kuv lub npe yog Martin, thiab qhov no yog Jesse, uas yuav yog koj tus neeg saib xyuas rau yav tsaus ntuj."
    
  "Zoo, ua tsaug, Martin," Barbeau hais hauv nws lub suab zoo tshaj plaws yav qab teb. "Kuv txaus siab heev los ntawm qhov kev saib xyuas tshwj xeeb no."
    
  Martin hais tias "Peb lub hom phiaj yog los pab koj hauv txhua txoj hauv kev uas ua tau kom muaj hmo zoo tshaj plaws ua tus qhua hauv tsev so," Martin hais. "Peb lub ntsiab lus yog 'Txhua yam koj xav tau' thiab kuv yuav nyob ntawm no kom paub tseeb tias koj qhov kev xav tau tshwm sim hmo no." Tus waitress muab ib khob rau nws. "So qab teb kev nplij siab thiab txiv qaub, kuv twv?"
    
  "Txoj cai, Martin. Ua tsaug, Jesse. "
    
  "Kuv txoj haujlwm yog ua kom koj xis nyob, sau ntawv noj hmo lossis qhia koj nyiam, muab koj lub rooj zaum ntawm lub rooj ua si uas koj nyiam, thiab qhia koj rau ib leeg thaum koj nyob hauv chav ntiag tug. Yog tias muaj ib yam dab tsi uas koj xav tau - dab tsi - thov tsis txhob yig qhia rau Jesse lossis kuv. "
    
  "Ua tsaug, Martin," Barbeau hais tias, "tab sis kuv xav tias kuv tsuas xav tau ... koj paub, mus ncig me ntsis kom tau dai ntawm nws. Txhua yam tsis zoo, puas yog?
    
  "Muaj tseeb. Thaum twg koj xav tau dab tsi, tsuas yog tiv tauj peb. Koj tsis tas yuav nrhiav peb - peb yuav saib xyuas koj. "
    
  Nws yog kev nyab xeeb heev, Barbeau xav, paub tias nws tau raug saib xyuas txhua ob. Nws coj nws haus thiab pib pacing chav. Nws yog nqaij thiab ornate yam tsis tau dhau-tus-saum; tsuas muaj me ntsis tang ntawm cov pa luam yeeb, tsis yog phem heev, yuav luag qab ntxiag thiab zoo siab. Nyob rau hauv chav tsev sab nraum qab, loj loj widescreen flat-panel saib tau qhia ntau yam kev ua si kis las nrog cov poj niam uas yeej tsis zoo li cov txij nkawm dai ntawm lub xub pwg nyom ntawm cov neeg saib, ob leeg txiv neej thiab poj niam.
    
  Dab tsi tshwm sim hauv qhov chaw no, Stacy xav tias thaum nws haus nws haus, yuav nyob hauv qhov chaw no.
    
  Tom qab kev yos hav zoov luv luv, nws thaum kawg pom nws ntawm lub rooj daim npav tom qab: Hunter Noble, hnav lub tsho T-shirt thiab ris ntauv txhav, nrog ib tug tuab kub saw nyob ib ncig ntawm nws caj dab, ib tug qub-style hlau POW bracelet ntawm ib dab teg, thiab ib lub nylon dub velcro pluaj ntawm lub dab teg. Muaj ib pawg loj ntawm cov chips nyob rau hauv pem hauv ntej ntawm nws, thiab tsuas muaj ob tug players thiab tus neeg muag khoom ntawm lub rooj nrog nws - thiab lwm tus players twv yuav raug hu txhawj xeeb, lawv cov chips qis dua nws, zoo li yog tias lawv poob siab. tias lawv tau raug ntaus los ntawm cov tub ntxhais hluas punk no. Ib tug ntawm cov players muaj ib tug luam yeeb nyob rau hauv lub tshauv ntawm ib sab ntawm nws; Noble kuj muaj ib qho quav rau ntawm nws, tab sis nws huv si thiab tsis muaj dab tsi.
    
  Tam sim no nws tau pom nws hauv nws "qhov chaw nyob," nws nyiam qhov nws pom. Nws yog tus ntoo khaub lig zoo kawg nkaus ntawm ntshiv thiab cov leeg-lub cev ib txwm toned yam tsis tas yuav tsum tau nqa hnyav hnyav, tsis zoo li McLanahan lub cev nqaij daim tawv. Nws cov plaub hau tau txiav luv luv thiab ua kom zoo nkauj, tsis tas yuav ua kom nws nrog mousse, uas yuav tsum yog qhov tsis zoo tshaj plaws uas Stacy tau pom hauv nws lub neej. Nws qhov kev txav tau qeeb thiab yooj yim, txawm hais tias nws pom nws nrawm nrawm raws li daim npav thiab daim npav pib ya hla lub rooj rau pem hauv ntej ntawm nws. Nws yeej tsis nco ntau ...
    
  ...Thiab lub sijhawm ntawd nws ntsia ntsoov rau nws...Thiab nws tsis nco dab tsi li. Nws luag nyav tus tub hluas uas luag nyav luag ntxhi, thiab muaj lub ntsej muag ntawm nws lub qhov muag nrawm, thiab nws tam sim ntawd xav tias zoo li nws tau pom kev tsis hnav dua - tom qab ntawd, sai li sai tau, nws txoj kev xav rov qab mus rau qhov kev ua si.
    
  Tsis ntev tom qab ntawd, Barbeau pom Martin saib tus croupier suav Noble qhov kev yeej. Nws pom nws nug Martin ib lo lus nug, tus presenter teb, thiab tsis ntev nws leisurely mus rau nws lub rooj nrog ib tug haus thiab luam yeeb nyob rau hauv nws txhais tes. "Thov zam txim rau kuv, Npeeg Gilliam,"nws hais, hais lus zoo heev, tab sis nrog kev luag nyav tib yam, "tab sis kuv tau muaj kev ywj pheej nug Martin koj yog leej twg thiab xav tias kuv yuav tsum qhia kuv tus kheej. Kuv lub npe yog Hunter Noble. Kuv vam tias kuv yuav tsis cuam tshuam koj. "
    
  Barbeau tau haus nws haus, tab sis ntsia nws hla ntawm lub khob, ua rau nws tos thaum nws kuaj xyuas nws. Nws tsuas yog ua siab ntev rau pem hauv ntej ntawm nws nrog nws tus hluas nraug luag ntxhi rau ntawm nws lub ntsej muag, sawv ntsug tab sis kuj defiantly, zoo li nws tsis muaj kev ntseeg tias nws yuav caw nws los zaum. Zoo, damn nws, nws xav tias, tus txiv leej tub ua rau nws nyob ya hypersonic spaceplanes - ib tug poj niam yooj yim yuav tsis ntshai nws. "Qhov tseeb tsis yog, Mr. Noble. Koj puas tuaj yeem zaum?" Barbeau teb raws li kev cai, txaus siab ua si ntawm kev ua neeg txawv.
    
  "Ua tsaug, kuv xav tau." Nws zaum ntawm lub rooj zaum ntawm nws, tso nws haus, ces ntswj ntawm nws. "Senator Barbeau? Nws yog koj?"
    
  "Captain Hunter 'Boomer' Noble," nws hais nyob rau hauv teb. "Zoo tau ntsib koj ntawm no, tus tswv."
    
  "Tsis muaj dab tsi tshwj xeeb, Senator. Koj puas tau taug qab kuv ntawm no?"
    
  Barbeau hais tias "Kuv tsis nkag siab koj txhais li cas, tus thawj coj," Barbeau hais. "Nws tsuas yog tshwm sim uas tus pab saib xyuas ntawm lub tsev so no yog ib tug phooj ywg ntawm kuv, thiab nws tau caw kuv mus rau chav VIP zoo no thaum kuv tuaj txog hauv nroog." Nws ntsia nws nce thiab nqis dua. "Koj lub cim RFID nyob qhov twg, tus thawj coj?"
    
  "Kuv tsis hnav cov khoom no-Kuv nyiam them nyiaj ntsuab, thiab kuv tuaj yeem qhib kuv lub qhov rooj kuv tus kheej yam tsis muaj Tij Laug Loj."
    
  "Kuv xav tias nws yog qhov funny uas tau nyob hauv kev soj ntsuam tas li. Qhov no ua rau kuv muaj kev nyab xeeb tag nrho. "
    
  "Koj yuav nkees ntawm qhov no," nws hais gloomily. "Koj nyob ntawm no los kaw Dreamland, tsis yog koj, Senator?"
    
  "Kuv nyob ntawm no los tham nrog SEALs uas sim tawm tsam qhov chaw no, tham nrog General Luger txog nws qhov kev ua thiab ceeb toom rau Thawj Tswj Hwm," nws teb.
    
  "Yog li ntawd yog vim li cas koj nyob ntawm no? Koj puas tau soj ntsuam kuv?"
    
  "Zoo, Tus tauj ncov loj Noble, koj zoo li ib tug txiv neej uas muaj ib yam dab tsi los nkaum," Barbeau hais. "Tab sis kuv xav tsis thoob uas nrhiav tau ib tug tub rog tub rog tub rog tub rog uas ua tau tsawg dua xya caum txhiab daus las hauv ib xyoos ua ntej cov se ntawm no hauv chav ua si VIP qhov twg tus nqi nkag feem ntau yog tsib caug txhiab daus las twv txiaj yuam pov kab ntawm credit, nrog rau qhov no. loj pawg chips nyob rau hauv pem hauv ntej ntawm nws. "
    
  "Kev ua si poker rau nyiaj tsis yog tawm tsam Air Force cov cai, Senator. Ob leeg ntawm lawv tsis siv ib feem tseem ceeb ntawm kuv daim bachelor's take-home them on play cards. Puas yog koj tshawb xyuas cov txiv neej uas siv ntau npaum li cas ntawm lub tsheb lossis lub koob yees duab?
    
  Barbeau tau hais tias "Kuv tsis paub leej twg tau blackmailed los ntawm bookmakers los yog qiv sharks vim lawv yuav cov khoom siv koob yees duab," Barbeau hais. "Ua ib tug avid gambler yeej zoo li ... kuv yuav hais li cas, tsis ncaj ncees lawm? Rau ib tus neeg hauv txoj haujlwm xav tau zoo li koj li, ua tus kiv cua twv txiaj - lossis tej zaum txawm tias yog tus neeg quav yeeb quav tshuaj? "Qhov no yuav zoo li xav tsis thoob rau qee tus."
    
  "Kuv tsis quav ntsej txog kev twv txiaj," Boomer hais tiv thaiv. Senator lub qhov muag ci ntsa iab - nws paub tias nws tau ntaus cov hlab ntsha. "Tab sis yog vim li cas qhov no farce, senator? Vim li cas qhov phiaj xwm no rhuav tshem qhov kev zov me nyuam? Koj tawm tsam Dub Stallion thiab qhov chaw nres tsheb, zoo heev. Vim li cas thiaj xaiv nom tswv tawm tsam tus kheej?
    
  Barbeau hais tias, "Kuv tsis tawm tsam XR-A9 qhov project, tus thawj coj," Barbeau hais, sipping nws haus. "Kuv xav tias nws yog ib qho cuab yeej zoo heev. Tab sis qhov chaw nres tsheb muaj ntau tus neeg tawm tsam muaj zog heev. "
    
  "Zoo li Gardner."
    
  "Muaj ntau tus neeg tawm tsam," Barbeau rov hais dua. "Tab sis qee qhov thev naus laus zis koj siv yog qhov txaus siab rau kuv, suav nrog Dub Stallion."
    
  "Tsis hais, nws tau qhab nia ob peb lub ntsiab lus nrog cov neeg hauv Tsev Dawb thiab ntau tus neeg ua haujlwm tiv thaiv."
    
  "Tsis txhob sim ua nom ua tswv nrog kuv, tus thawj coj-kuv tsev neeg tau tsim qhov kev ua si, thiab kuv tau kawm los ntawm qhov zoo tshaj plaws," Barbeau hais.
    
  "Kuv pom nws. Koj txaus siab ua tub rog txoj haujlwm ua rau koj tus kheej tau txais kev nom kev tswv. "
    
  "Koj txhais hais tias General McLanahan? Ib qho piv txwv zoo tshaj plaws ntawm tus neeg ntse, tus txiv neej tsav tsheb mus rau hauv cov dej nom tswv uas dhau ntawm nws txoj kev nkag siab, "nws hais evasively, noj lwm qhov dej. Thaum kawg nws pib xav tias so, raus hauv qhov chaw uas nws xis nyob heev ... tab sis tsis yog xis nyob xwb: ib qho uas nws tswj tau. McLanahan tau rhuav tshem nws tus kheej, thiab txij li Hunter Noble tau mob siab rau nws, nws yuav poob tom ntej.
    
  Captain Hunter Noble yog tus ntxim hlub, thiab pom tseeb tias ntse thiab txawj ntse, tab sis qhov no yog kev lag luam, thiab nws yuav yog lwm tus ntawm nws cov neeg raug tsim txom ... tom qab nws tau muaj kev lom zem me ntsis nrog nws!
    
  "Nws yuav zoo - tsuav yog nws thim rov qab thiab cia kuv qhia rau Tsev Dawb qhov zoo tshaj plaws rau Tub Rog Tub Rog," Barbeau txuas ntxiv tsis tu ncua. "McLanahan yog ib tug tub rog ua rog, rau qhov Vajtswv, txhua tus paub qhov ntawd. Tsawg tus neeg paub tias muaj dab tsi tshwm sim hauv Dreamland thiab Turkey. " Nws snapped nws ntiv tes, flicking nws dab teg. "Nws tuaj yeem cheb hauv qab daim ntaub zoo li no. Nrog kuv txoj kev pab thiab nws txoj kev koom tes siab tshaj plaws, nws yuav khiav tawm ntawm lub tsev hais plaub tub rog dav dav thiab poob ntawm nws cov nyiaj laus. Tab sis tom qab ntawd nws tuaj yeem mus nrog nws lub neej. "
    
  "Tsis li ntawd, koj yuav cia nws rot nyob rau hauv tsev lojcuj."
    
  Stacy Ann Barbeau leaned rau pem hauv ntej, muab nws saib zoo ntawm nws ob lub mis nyob rau hauv cov nyiaj plunging neckline. "Kuv tsis nyob ntawm no ua rau ib tus neeg tsis txaus siab, tus thawj coj, tsawg kawg ntawm koj," nws hais. "Qhov tseeb yog, kuv xav kom koj pab."
    
  "Kuv pab?"
    
  "Tom ntej rau McLanahan, koj yog tus neeg muaj feem cuam tshuam nrog qhov project qhov chaw," nws hais. "Tus Thawj Coj tau ua tiav yog tias nws tau ua dab tsi hauv Dreamland thiab Turkey tawm. Kuv tsis xav tias nws yuav koom tes nrog kuv. Nws tawm koj."
    
  "Qhov no yog dab tsi, kev hem thawj? Koj puas yuav sim ua kom kuv puas tsuaj thiab?"
    
  "Kuv tsis xav tawm tsam koj, tus thawj coj," nws hais hauv lub suab qis. Nws ntsia nws ncaj ntawm qhov muag. "Honestly, koj tag nrho captivated kuv." Nws pom qhov xav tsis thoob ntawm nws lub ntsej muag thiab paub tias nws muaj nws los ntawm cov khoom. "Kuv tau nyiam koj txij li thawj zaug kuv pom koj hauv Oval Office, thiab thaum kuv pom koj ntawm no, saib kuv zoo li koj-"
    
  "Kuv tsis tau saib koj," nws hais defensively, tsis heev convincingly.
    
  "Huag yog koj yog, Hunter. Kuv xav li ntawd. Koj ua tau li ntawd thiab." Nws nqos tab sis tsis hais dab tsi. "Qhov kuv tab tom sim hais, Hunter, yog tias kuv tuaj yeem coj koj txoj haujlwm rau tag nrho cov kev taw qhia tshiab yog tias koj yuav cia kuv. Txhua yam koj yuav tsum ua yog cia kuv qhia koj seb kuv tuaj yeem ua rau koj li cas. "
    
  "Kuv txoj haujlwm tsuas yog zoo heev."
    
  "Hauv Air Force? Nws yog qhov zoo rau eggheads thiab Neanderthals, tab sis tsis yog rau koj. Koj ntse, tab sis koj txawj ntse thiab tswj tau. Cov no yog cov yam ntxwv tshwj xeeb. Hauv cov tub rog, lawv yuav dhau los ntawm cov khaubncaws sab nraud povtseg ntawm lub tsev kawm ntawv qub thiab tsis muaj kev txom nyem, tsis muaj ntsej muag bureaucracy - tsis txhob hais txog qhov muaj peev xwm tuag hauv kev sib ntaus sib tua lossis hauv qhov chaw tsav dav hlau tsim ntawm tus nqi qis tshaj.
    
  "Kuv xav kom koj tawm ntawm qhov ntuj raug txim no hu ua ranching, Hunter," Barbeau txuas ntxiv hauv lub suab qis, muab lub siab dawb paug rau nws ntau npaum li nws ua tau. "Yuav ua li cas koj xav tias lwm tus txiv neej thiab poj niam tau nce siab saum cov neeg ua haujlwm nruab nrab ntawm Pentagon thiab txhim kho lawv lub neej yav tom ntej?"
    
  "Tus thawj coj tau ua qhov no nrog kev mob siab rau lub luag haujlwm thiab nws cov phooj ywg."
    
  "McLanahan tau ua nws zoo li Kevin Martindale tus tub nplawm," Barbeau hais khov kho. "Yog hais tias nws tau tuag rau ib qho haujlwm uas nws tau xa nws mus, Martindale yuav tsuas pom lwm tus neeg hlau tsis xav ua haujlwm. Qhov no puas yog qhov koj xav tau? Koj puas tsuas yog xav ua McLanahan tus menyuam yaj uas txia? Ib zaug ntxiv, Boomer tsis teb - nws tuaj yeem pom lub log ntawm kev tsis ntseeg tig hauv nws lub taub hau. "Yog li leej twg tab tom nrhiav rau koj, Hunter? McLanahan ua tsis tau. Txawm hais tias nws tsis mus rau hauv tsev lojcuj, nws cov ntaub ntawv yuav suav nrog tsoomfwv qhov kev txiav txim siab thiab kev tso tawm tsawg dua. Koj, ib yam nkaus, yuav ploj mus yog tias koj dig muag ua raws li cov tswv yim zoo li McLanahan. "
    
  Nws tsis tau hais, tab sis nws paub qhov nws nug nws tus kheej: Kuv yuav tawm ntawm qhov no li cas? Nws tau muab tso rau hauv nws txhais tes, npaj rau kauj ruam tom ntej. "Los nrog kuv, Hunter," nws hais. "Kuv yuav qhia koj yuav ua li cas nce saum toj dej hiav txwv uas McLanahan tau rub koj mus rau hauv. Kuv yuav qhia koj txog lub ntiaj teb tiag tiag, ib qho dhau ntawm lub dav hlau dav hlau thiab txoj haujlwm tsis meej. Nrog kuv kev pab, koj tuaj yeem tswj hwm lub ntiaj teb tiag. Cia li cia kuv qhia koj txoj kev. "
    
  "Yog li kuv yuav tsum ua li cas?"
    
  Nws ntsia tob rau hauv nws ob lub qhov muag, ua pa tob, ces maj mam muab nws txhais tes rau ntawm nws sab laug ncej puab. "Cia li tso siab rau kuv," nws hais. "Cia li tso koj tus kheej rau hauv kuv txhais tes. Ua raws li kuv qhia rau koj thiab kuv yuav coj koj mus rau qhov chaw, qhia koj rau cov neeg muaj zog tshaj plaws uas xav hnov qhov koj yuav tsum tau hais, thiab coj koj hla txoj hauv kev tiag tiag ntawm lub hwj chim. Nov yog qhov koj xav tau, puas yog? Nws xav tias cov pob zeb nyuaj thav duab hauv qab nws kov thiab tos tsis tau cov ceg ntev los caij nws. Nws tau xyaum ua pa rau huab cua, zoo li tus neeg sib tw marathon thaum kawg ntawm kev sib tw. "Mus".
    
  Nws sawv thiab nws luag ntxhi thiab tuav nws txhais tes thaum nws pab nws ko taw. Nws yog kuv, nws xav tias... Kuv.
    
  Nws xav tias kiv taub hau me ntsis thaum nws sawv ntawm nws ko taw-ib khob cawv tom qab nws tau yoo mov ib nrab hnub hauv kev npaj rau qhov kev mus ncig no tau ua tiav nws tawm. Tom qab nws tau nrog Hunter Noble, nws tau cog lus tias yuav kho nws tus kheej thiab Colleen noj hmo lig hauv nws chav thiab ci rau nws txoj kev vam meej. Thawj Gardner, tom qab ntawd McLanahan, thiab tam sim no tus tub rog lub cev nqaij daim tawv nrog lub cev muaj zog.
    
  "Kuv tuaj yeem pab koj nrog dab tsi, Npeeg Gilliam?" - Jessie, tus neeg saib xyuas, nug nws, zoo li tsis pom qhov twg. Nws tuav nws txhais tes zoo li pab nws sawv.
    
  "Tsis ua tsaug, Jesse, Kuv nyob zoo," Barbeau hais. Nws saib thaum Martin tau taug kev thiab zoo li nws yuav ua rau lub cev txwv tsis pub Noble, uas tau ua raws li nws ceev faj, tab sis nws tsa tes. Nws hais tias "Mr. Noble thiab kuv mus taug kev ua ke," nws hais. "Ua tsaug, Martin."
    
  Martin hais tias "Yog tias koj xav tau dab tsi, Npeeg Gilliam, cia li nqa lub xov tooj lossis teeb liab thiab peb yuav nyob ntawd," Martin hais.
    
  "Ua tsaug ntau. Kuv muaj lub sijhawm zoo," Barbeau hais zoo siab. Nws qhia nws tsib caug duas las, ces mus rau ntawm lub qhov rooj. Hunter qhib qhov rooj rau nws; Martin coj lub qhov rooj los ntawm nws thiab nws pom nws muab Noble ceeb toom nruj heev ... thiab nws tsis tau qhia nws ib yam. Zoo, nws xav tias, tej zaum Playgirl lub koob npe nrov me ntsis ntawm no, qhov ntawd yuav yog lwm qhov tsis muaj zog uas tsim nyog tshawb nrhiav yog tias nws tsis koom tes.
    
  Lawv taug kev ua ke tsis hais lus kom txog thaum lawv mus txog ntawm of the elevator, ces nws rub nws lub duav nyias, rub nws los ze zog thiab hnia nws. "Kuv tau xav ua qhov no txij li thawj zaug kuv pom koj," nws hais, khawm nws nruj nreem. Nws ntxhi ib yam dab tsi rov qab, tab sis lub suab paj nruag hauv of the elevator zoo li nrov me ntsis thiab nws tsis hnov nws.
    
  Lawv tau ntsib hauv pem teb los ntawm tus neeg saib xyuas hauv pem teb. "Zoo siab txais tos, Mr. Noble, Ms. Gilliam," nws hais zoo siab, pom meej ceeb toom rau lawv tuaj txog los ntawm lub tsev so cov txheej txheem kev ruaj ntseg uas niaj hnub no. "Puas muaj ib yam dab tsi uas kuv tuaj yeem ua rau koj hmo no? Dab tsi?
    
  "Tsis yog, Kuv tau saib xyuas txhua yam ntawm kuv tus kheej," Barbeau hnov nws tus kheej hais, ncav ntawm nws ob txhais ceg thiab stroking nws. "Tab sis yog tias koj xav koom nrog peb tom qab me ntsis, sweetie, qhov ntawd yuav zoo, zoo kawg nkaus." Thiab ces nws hnov nws tus kheej giggle. Puas yog nws luag ntxhi? Qhov kev nplij siab yav qab teb no cuam tshuam nws ntau dua li nws xav. Tsis txhob pov ib tog rau ntawm lub plab khoob, nws nco txog nws tus kheej.
    
  Thaum nws taug kev dhau los ntawm Colleen chav, nws ua txuj mus ncig me ntsis thiab khob nws lub qhov rooj, tsuas yog ceeb toom nws tias nws yuav rov qab los, thiab tom qab ntawd lawv nyob ntawm lub qhov rooj mus rau chav. "Koj cia li so thiab cia kuv tsav tsheb tam sim no, tus tub loj," nws hais tias, pib rub nws lub tsho tawm ntawm nws lub ris ua ntej nws txawm qhib qhov rooj. "Kuv yuav qhia koj tias peb nyiam ua kev lom zem ntawm ntug dej."
    
    
  PRIVATE RESIDENCE NTAWM PRESIDENT, BOLTINO, RUSSIA
  Ob peb teev tom qab ntawd
    
    
  "Vim li cas koj tsis teb kuv hu, Gardner?" Thawj Tswj Hwm Leonid Zevitin thundered. "Kuv tau sim ntau teev tam sim no."
    
  Thawj Tswj Hwm Joseph Gardner tau hais tias "Kuv muaj kuv cov teeb meem, Leonidas," "Raws li yog tias koj tsis tau pom, Kuv yuav tsum tau nrog me ntsis kev kub ntxhov ntawm no."
    
  "Gardner, McLanahan bombed Mashhad, Iran!" Zevitin quaj. "Nws rhuav tshem ntau lub tebchaws Lavxias thiab tua ntau pua tus txiv neej thiab poj niam! Koj hais tias nws yuav raug yuam kom tswj hwm! Vim li cas koj tseem tsis tau nrog nws?"
    
  Gardner tau hais tias "Kuv tau paub txog qhov kev tawm tsam," "Kuv kuj tau qhia luv luv ntawm lub hom phiaj - ib qho chaw tiv thaiv laser, uas yog siv los tua ib qho ntawm peb lub dav hlau. Koj tsis paub dab tsi txog qhov no, koj puas yog Leonid? Tag nrho cov neeg ua haujlwm Lavxias thiab cov tsheb no ua dab tsi hauv Mashhad?
    
  "Tsis txhob hloov cov ntsiab lus!" - Zevitin qw. "Lub Duma tab tom ntsib sai sai no, thiab lawv yuav pom zoo kom muaj kev hloov pauv mus tas li hauv kev ua tub rog, suav nrog kev hu xov tooj rau kev npaj tseg, npaj cov tub rog hauv av thiab cov tub rog tawm tsam huab cua, thiab tshem tawm cov foob pob hluav taws xob thiab cov tub rog submarine. Qhov no puas yog koj txoj kev npaj tag nrho, Gardner, ua kom McLanahan ua zoo li tus neeg vwm, tawm tsam cov phiaj xwm thoob plaws ntiaj teb thiab yuam kom peb ua raws li peb yuav tawm tsam kev tsov rog ntiaj teb? Vim tias qhov ntawd yog qhov nws zoo li! "
    
  "Koj xav tias kuv nyob rau hauv cahoots nrog McLanahan? Tus txiv neej no vwm! Nws yeej tswj tsis tau kiag li! Nws tau tawm tsam cov tub rog Asmeskas, txeeb lub hauv paus tub rog zais cia, thiab nyiag ntau lub dav hlau thiab riam phom. Tsis muaj leej twg hu nws yuav luag ib nrab hnub - peb xav tias nws yuav tua tus kheej ntawm qhov chaw nres tsheb. "
    
  Zoo, Zevitin xav tias, qhov no yog xov xwm zoo tshaj plaws uas nws tau hnov hauv lub sijhawm ntev. "Tsis muaj leej twg yuav ntseeg ib qho ntawm no," nws hais rau Gardner. "Koj yuav tsum muab ib yam dab tsi rau kuv hais rau kuv lub txee thiab cov thawj coj hauv Duma, Joe, lossis qhov no tuaj yeem tawm ntawm tes. Nws ua li cas tawm tsam Mashhad, Joe?
    
  Gardner hais tias "Qhov ntawd yog qhov lawv hu ua kev tsis sib haum xeeb, Leonidas," Gardner hais. Zevitin lub qhov muag nthuav dav hauv kev xav tsis thoob - Tus Thawj Kav Tebchaws Asmeskas yeej yuav qhia nws! "Qee lub dav hlau McLanahan thiab lub dav hlau dav hlau tau nruab nrog lub kaw lus uas lawv tuaj yeem tsis tsuas yog cuam tshuam radar thiab kev sib txuas lus, tab sis tau txhaj cov lej cuav thiab cov cim rau hauv cov yeeb ncuab. Lawv tuaj yeem rov ua dua, kaw lossis tswj cov khoos phis tawj, nkag mus rau hauv tes hauj lwm, qhia cov kab mob, tag nrho cov qe taub dag. "
    
  "Qhov no yog amazing!" - Zevitin exclaimed. Yog, nws yog amazing uas koj tab tom qhia kuv tag nrho cov no! "Qhov no puas yog li cas cov neeg tawg rog ya hla Mashhad?"
    
  Gardner tau hais tias "Lawv yuam kev tiv thaiv huab cua nyob ib puag ncig lub nroog kom hnov mob rau decoys," Gardner tau hais. "Cov tub rog tiv thaiv huab cua tau pom meej tias lawv tau tua lawv cov foob pob hluav taws kom lawv tsis txhob tua tej yam uas tsis nyob ntawd, thiab qhov ntawd tso cai rau cov neeg tawg rog nkag mus. McLanahan kuj tau nyiag lawv cov xov tooj cua encrypted thiab muab lawv cov lus txib tsis tseeb, uas tso cai rau cov neeg tawg rog tuaj yeem ntes lub laser teeb tsa thiab tua nws. "
    
  Zevitin tau hais tias "Yog tias txhua yam no muaj tseeb, Joe, tom qab ntawd peb yuav tsum txiav txim siab los qhia txog cov thev naus laus zis no," lossis tsawg kawg cog lus tias yuav tsis siv nws tshwj tsis yog thaum muaj kev ua tsov rog. Koj puas tuaj yeem xav txog yog tias qhov thev naus laus zis no poob rau hauv txhais tes tsis raug? Qhov no tuaj yeem ua rau peb cov kev lag luam puas tsuaj! Peb tuaj yeem raug pov rov qab mus rau Hnub Nyoog Pob Zeb hauv ib qho tam sim ntawd!"
    
  Gardner tau hais tias "Nws yog txhua tus McLanahan assholes ntawm Dreamland uas tau los nrog cov khoom no," Gardner tau hais. "Kuv yuav kaw Dreamland thiab tua tus neeg phem ntawd McLanahan. Kuv xav tias nws tawm ntawm qhov chaw nres tsheb thiab rov qab mus rau Dreamland. Tau ntev nws tsis quav ntsej kuv cov lus txib thiab ua raws li nws xav tau. Kuv muaj ib tug phooj ywg, ib tug nom tswv muaj zog, uas yuav sim nthuav tawm McLanahan, thiab thaum nws ua, kuv yuav thawb nws lub nroog Yeiuxalees mus rau phab ntsa. "
    
  "Leej twg yog Senator, Joe?"
    
  "Kuv tsis tau npaj los qhia lub npe."
    
  "Qhov no yuav ua rau muaj kev ntseeg siab rau kuv cov lus sib cav ua ntej Duma, Joe."
    
  Muaj ib ntus luv; tom qab ntawd: "Senator Stacy Ann Barbeau, Tus Thawj Coj Feem Ntau. Nws tau mus rau Dreamland sim ntsib McLanahan lossis Luger kom sim daws qhov xwm txheej no. "
    
  Puas yog Senate Feem Ntau Tus Thawj Coj tau soj ntsuam rau nws? Nws tsis tuaj yeem zoo dua. Zevitin lub siab khiav mus tom ntej. Nws puas kam qhia nws...? "Koj tsis xav ua qhov no, Joe," nws hais kom zoo. "Koj tsis xav nthuav tawm koj tus kheej lossis Barbeau ntxiv lawm. McLanahan yog ib tus neeg nyiam heev hauv koj lub tebchaws, puas yog?
    
  "Yog, hmoov tsis nws yog."
    
  "Tom qab ntawd cia kuv tawm tswv yim no, Joe: hla hiav txwv Dub thiab Iran, cia peb ua rau koj."
    
  "Dab tsi?" - Kuv nug.
    
  "Koj tau qhia peb tias cov neeg foob pob no yuav nyob qhov twg thiab thaum twg, thiab peb tau saib xyuas lawv rau koj; koj tau qhia peb txog lub dav hlau dav hlau thiab coj lawv mus rau qhov chaw uas peb tuaj yeem tawm tsam - "
    
  "Dab tsi? Koj ua dab tsi nrog lub dav hlau? ...
    
  "Nqa McLanahan los ntxuav dej," Zevitin txuas ntxiv, yuav luag txhaws. "Cia Senator Barbeau qhia peb tias nws nyob qhov twg. Kuv yuav xa ib pab neeg los rau txim rau nws."
    
  "Koj txhais li cas, ib pab pawg neeg ua haujlwm Lavxias?"
    
  "Koj tsis xav kom McLanahan cov ntshav ntawm koj txhais tes, Joe," Zevitin hais. "Koj xav kom nws tawm ntawm txoj kev vim nws muaj ntau tshaj li qhov kev ntxhov siab rau koj - nws yog qhov txaus ntshai rau tag nrho lub ntiaj teb. Nws yuav tsum tau nres. Yog tias koj muaj ib tus neeg sab hauv, thov kom nws tiv tauj peb. Qhia peb seb nws nyob qhov twg. Peb yuav ua qhov seem thiab koj tsis tas yuav paub dab tsi txog nws. "
    
  "Kuv tsis paub yog tias kuv tuaj yeem ua qhov no ... "
    
  "Yog tias koj tab tom txiav txim siab tua nws tus kheej, ces koj mob siab rau qhov txaus ntshai uas nws ua rau tsis yog rau ntiaj teb kev thaj yeeb xwb, tab sis rau kev nyab xeeb thiab muaj nyob hauv Tebchaws Meskas. Tus txiv neej no yog kev hem thawj hauv nws daim ntawv purest. Nws yog ib tug dev qus uas yuav tsum tau muab tso tseg. "
    
  "Qhov ntawd yog qhov kuv hais, Leonid!" Gardner hais. "McLanahan tsis yog tsuas yog hla txoj kab xwb, tab sis kuv xav tias nws dhau los ua tus tswj tsis tau kiag li! Nws lub hlwb ntxuav nws cov neeg los tawm tsam cov tub rog Asmeskas ... lossis tej zaum nws siv qhov "netrusion" crap los ntxuav lawv lub hlwb. Nws yuav tsum tau nres ua ntej nws rhuav tshem tag nrho lub tebchaws!"
    
  "Tom qab ntawd peb koom siab, Joe," Zevitin hais. "Kuv yuav muab ib tug xov tooj rau koj hu, ib tug ruaj ntseg thiab discreet reset, los yog koj muaj peev xwm encode ib cov lus los ntawm 'hotline'. Koj tsis tas yuav ua lwm yam tshaj li qhia peb tias nws nyob qhov twg. Koj tsis tas yuav paub dab tsi. Qhov no yuav raug lees paub tag nrho. "
    
  Muaj kev ncua ntev ntawm kab; ces: "Okay, Leonid. Qhia rau koj cov neeg tias Asmeskas tsis xav ua tsov rog thiab tsis muaj kev npaj tawm tsam Russia, thiab peb yuav ua haujlwm ua ke kom txwv McLanahan. " Thiab nws tau daig.
    
  Nws yog qhov zoo dhau los ua qhov tseeb! Zevitin exclaimed rau nws tus kheej. Ob tug thawj coj nom tswv hauv tebchaws Meskas yuav pab nws tua Patrick McLanahan! Tab sis leej twg yuav tso siab rau qhov project no? Tsis yog nws tus kheej lub chaw lis haujlwm txawj ntse - ntau dhau kev sib koom ua ke, ntau yam tsis paub txog kev ua haujlwm zoo li no. Tib neeg nws ntseeg tau yog Alexandra Khedrov. Muaj tseeb muaj cov neeg sawv cev hauv nws txoj haujlwm uas tuaj yeem ua txoj haujlwm.
    
  Nws mus rau hauv nws chav pw uas nyob ib sab ntawm nws qhov chaw ua haujlwm. Alexandra zaum ib leeg hauv txaj hauv qhov tsaus ntuj. Lub speakerphone tau qhib; nws vam tias nws yuav mloog thiab txaus siab muab lus qhia rau nws. Nws yog tus kws pab tswv yim muaj txiaj ntsig thiab ib tus neeg uas nws ntseeg ntau dua li txhua tus hauv Kremlin. "Yog li, kuv tus hlub," Zevitin hais tias, "Koj xav li cas? Gardner thiab Barbeau tab tom yuav qhia peb tias McLanahan nyob qhov twg! Kuv xav kom koj sib sau ua ke, xa lawv mus rau Nevada thiab npaj tawm tsam. " Nws nyob ntsiag to. Nws lub hauv caug raug rub mus rau ntawm nws lub hauv siab, nws lub taub hau yog down kov nws lub hauv caug, nws txhais tes tau qhwv ib ncig ntawm nws ob txhais ceg. "Kuv paub, kuv txoj kev hlub, qhov no yog qhov tsis txaus ntseeg. Tab sis qhov no yog lub sijhawm peb tsis tuaj yeem plam! Koj tsis pom zoo?" Nws nyob twj ywm tsis muaj zog. "Keeb...?" Zevitin flicked lub teeb hloov ... thiab pom tias nws tsis nco qab! "Alexandra! Muaj dab tsi tshwm sim? Koj puas nyob zoo?"
    
  "Kuv tuaj yeem pab koj txog qhov no, Mr. Thawj Tswj Hwm." Zevitin tig mus ... thiab pom nyob rau hauv nws lub txee dai khaub ncaws, zais los ntawm qhov tsaus ntuj, ib daim duab nyob rau hauv ib tug tsaus grey tiab uas yog ib tug ua ke ntawm ib tug dav hlau ce thiab lub cev armor ... Tin Woodman combat armor system, nws paub. Nyob rau hauv nws txhais tes yog ib tug loj riam phom, ib tug ua ke ntawm ib tug sniper phom loj thiab ib tug cannon. "Xa tes".
    
  Nws ua raws li nws hais. "Koj yog leej twg?" - Zevitin nug. Nws coj ib kauj ruam rov qab ... mus rau lub teeb hloov, uas, yog tias nws tuaj yeem tua sai sai thiab rov ua dua, nws yuav xa cov teeb liab xwm txheej ceev rau nws pab neeg ruaj ntseg. "Koj yog ib tug ntawm McLanahan's Tin Woodmen, puas yog koj?"
    
  "Muaj," tus txiv neej hais hauv lub suab hluav taws xob.
    
  "McLanahan xa koj los tua kuv?"
    
  "Tsis yog," Zevitin hnov ib lub suab hais. Nws tig mus ... thiab nyob ntawd, hnav khaub ncaws Tin Woodman sib ntaus sib tua tab sis tsis muaj lub kaus mom hlau, yog Patrick McLanahan nws tus kheej. "Kuv xav tias kuv yuav ua nws tus kheej, Thawj Tswj Hwm."
    
  Zevitin tig ib ncig, thawb McLanahan tam sim ntawd, maj mus rau lub teeb hloov thiab tswj kom tua nws thiab rov ua dua. McLanahan tau saib tsis txaus ntseeg thaum Zevitin npau taws txav mus rau qhov hloov pauv nce thiab nqis. Zevitin tau hais tias "Nws yog qhov ua tau zoo tshaj plaws los nyiag kuv qhov kev ruaj ntseg rau hauv kuv qhov chaw nyob thiab hauv kuv chav pw," Zevitin tau hais. "Tab sis tam sim no koj yuav tsum tau tawm tsam koj txoj hauv kev dhau los ntawm ntau pua tus neeg ua haujlwm tau kawm. Koj yuav tsis ua tiav. "
    
  McLanahan lub armored sab laug tes tua tawm, kaw ib ncig ntawm Zevitin lub dab teg, thiab nyem. Zevitin xav zoo li nws txhais tes tau tawg tag nrho ntawm nws txhais tes thiab nws poob rau hauv nws lub hauv caug mob, qw hauv kev mob siab. McLanahan tau hais tias "Muaj txog rau caum-ob tus neeg saib xyuas nyob ntawd, thiab peb tau saib xyuas lawv txhua tus ntawm txoj kev no," McLanahan tau hais. "Peb kuj tau hla kev sib txuas ntawm koj txoj kev ruaj ntseg thiab cov tub rog hauv Zagorsk - lawv yuav xav tias txhua yam zoo."
    
  "Ntxhais", Kuv xav tias koj hu nws?
    
  "Yog".
    
  "Zoo heev. Tag nrho lub ntiaj teb yuav paub txog nws nyob rau tag kis, thiab tsis ntev peb yuav qhia rau lwm lub ntiaj teb txog nws thaum peb thim rov qab cov tshuab thev naus laus zis. "
    
  McLanahan sab tes xis tua thiab kaw ib ncig ntawm Zevitin lub caj dab. Nws lub ntsej muag yog impassive kiag li, tsis muaj kev xav. "Kuv tsis xav li ntawd, Thawj Tswj Hwm," nws hais.
    
  "Yog li ntawd. Koj puas tau dhau los ua tus neeg tua neeg tam sim no? Tus poj Huab Cua General Patrick Shane McLanahan tau dhau los ua ib tus neeg tua neeg. Nws tsis txaus rau koj los ntxeev siab rau koj cov lus cog tseg thiab tsis mloog koj tus thawj coj, txoj cai? Tam sim no koj tab tom yuav ua txhaum qhov kawg ntawm lub ntiaj teb thiab ua rau ib tug neeg lub neej puas vim yog tus kheej vendetta?
    
  McLanahan tsuas yog sawv ntawm qhov ntawd, tsis pom kev, saib ncaj nraim rau Zevitin lub ntsej muag luag ntxhi; Tom qab ntawd nws tau taub hau thiab tsuas teb tias, "Yog lawm, Thawj Tswj Hwm," thiab nws nias nws cov ntiv tes ua ke tsis muaj zog kom txog thaum lub cev ntawm nws txhais tes tau qaug zog thiab tsis muaj sia. Ob tug neeg Amelikas tau sawv ntawm ib feeb, saib raws li cov ntshav stained hauv pem teb ntoo polished thiab lub cev jerked ob peb zaug kom txog rau thaum McLanahan thaum kawg tso lub cev ntawm nws tuav.
    
  "Kuv yeej tsis xav ib pliag tias koj yuav ua qhov no, tus thawj coj," said Major Wayne Macomber hauv nws lub suab hluav taws xob.
    
  Patrick tau mus rau hauv lub txee dai khaub ncaws thiab rub tawm nws lub kaus mom hlau thiab phom electromagnetic rail. Nws tau hais tias "Kuv tsis tau xav txog lwm yam ntev, Zipper," nws hais. Nws muab nws lub kaus mom hlau thiab tsa nws rab phom rail. "Mus tsev".
    
    
  MAIN BOX, NAVAL SUPPORT BASE THURMONT (CAMP DAVID), MARYLAND
  LUB SIJ HAWM
    
    
  Qhov no yog txhua yam mus rau ntuj txiag teb tsaus, Thawj Tswj Hwm Joseph Gardner hais rau nws tus kheej. Tab sis nws tsis yog kuv damn txhaum. McLanahan yuav tsum tawm mus sai li sai tau. Yog hais tias nws yuav tsum tau nrog dab ntxwg nyoog ua li no, yog li ntawd.
    
  Nws taug kev los ntawm nws lub chaw haujlwm ntiag tug rov qab mus rau hauv chav pw ntawm tus thawj tswj hwm qhov chaw nyob ntawm Camp David, qhov chaw nws pom nws tus qhua - tus neeg ua haujlwm tub ceev xwm nws tau caij thawj lub dav hlau Air Force - sawv ntawm qhov bar ntawm qhov kawg ntawm chav tsev, hnav nkaus xwb. ib tug yuav luag pob tshab negligee. qhib rau hauv qab heev, nrog nws ob txhais tes seductively clasped qab nws nraub qaum. Damn, nws xav tias, qhov no yog ib tus tub ceev xwm yav tom ntej kub tshaj plaws hauv Tub Rog Tub Rog! "Hav zib ntab, thov txim nws siv sijhawm ntev, tab sis nws tos tsis tau. Cia peb haus, ua li cas?"
    
  "Kho nws tus kheej, koj fucking bastard," nws hnov, "ces mus shove nws lub nroog Yeiuxalees." Gardner tig ib ncig ntawm sharply ...
    
  ... thiab pom tias sawv ntawm pem hauv ntej ntawm nws yog tsis muaj lwm yam tshaj li Senator Stacy Ann Barbeau! "Stacy!" nws blurted. "Yuav ua li cas lub ntuj raug txim koj tuaj ntawm no?"
    
  "Zoo siab txais tos los ntawm General McLanahan," nws hnov. Nws tig mus rau lwm qhov kev taw qhia thiab pom ib daim duab nyob rau hauv ib co futuristic lub cev armor thiab kaus mom hlau sawv ntawm phab ntsa. Nws hnov ib lub suab tom qab nws pom dua ib daim duab uas hnav lub taub hau-to-toe lub cev armor thiab lub kaus mom hlau, tuav ib rab phom loj loj, nkag mus hauv chav.
    
  "Koj yog leej twg?" - qw tus thawj tswj hwm. "Koj tuaj ntawm no li cas?" Thaum kawg nws pom tias lawv yog leej twg. "Koj McLanahan Tin Woodmen! Nws puas tau xa koj mus tua kuv?"
    
  "Tsis txhob mloog lawv, Joe!" Barbeau quaj. "Nws txhais li cas? Koj puas tau sib tham nrog Zevitin kom muaj cov neeg ua haujlwm Lavxias tua McLanahan?
    
  "Qhov no tab tom pib zoo li lub tswv yim zoo, Stacy, koj puas xav tias?" - Gardner nug. "Qhov no yog qhov kuv ntshai tiag tiag-McLanahan yuav tua tag nrho nws cov yeeb ncuab thiab tswj hwm tsoomfwv!"
    
  "Yog li, txhawm rau npaj lub tswv yim kom tawm ntawm kev kub ntxhov, koj nqa menyuam qaib mus rau Camp David, muaj kev lom zem nrog nws ib ntus, thiab tom qab ntawd ua kev sib tham nrog Thawj Tswj Hwm ntawm Russia kom tua ib tug neeg Amelikas?"
    
  Gardner tig ib ncig ntawm sharply. "Pab! Pab kuv!" - nws qw. "Kuv nyob hauv chav, thiab muaj cov tub rog nyob ntawm no! Los ntawm no! Pab! "
    
  Ib tug ntawm cov tub rog armored nqis mus rau Gardner, muab ib txhais tes rau ntawm nws caj dab thiab nyem. Gardner lub zeem muag tau tawg mus rau hauv huab ntawm cov hnub qub los ntawm qhov mob hnyav tam sim ntawd. Tag nrho nws lub zog tam sim ntawd tawm ntawm nws lub cev thiab nws poob rau hauv caug. "Lawv txhua tus tsis muaj peev xwm tam sim no, Mr. Thawj Tswj Hwm," cov tub rog hais tias. "Tsis muaj leej twg hnov koj."
    
  "Nyob deb ntawm kuv!" Gardner quaj. "Tsis txhob tua kuv!"
    
  "Kuv yuav tsum tua koj tus kheej, koj daim shit!" - qw Barbeau. "Kuv xav kom McLanahan tawm ntawm txoj kev, tej zaum nws txaj muag lossis txaj muag yog tias nws tsis koom tes, tab sis kuv yuav tsis tua nws, koj ruam ruam! Thiab kuv yeej yuav tsis kam nrog cov Russians ua qhov no! "
    
  "Nws yog McLanahan qhov txhaum," Gardner hais. "Nws vwm. Kuv yuav tsum ua. "
    
  Daim duab uas tau tuav Gardner ntawm lub caj dab cia mus. Gardner ntog rau hauv pem teb thaum lub armored daim duab sawv ntawm nws. "Mloog kuv ua tib zoo mloog, Mr. Thawj Tswj Hwm," tus duab hais hauv lub suab computer txawv txawv. "Peb muaj cov ntaub ntawv teev tseg ntawm koj lees txim rau kev koom tes nrog cov neeg Lavxias los tua Asmeskas cov neeg tawg rog thiab lub dav hlau Dub Stallion, thiab koom nrog Lavxias Thawj Tswj Hwm kom nkag mus rau Lavxias cov neeg sawv cev rau hauv lub tebchaws kom tua ib tus neeg Amelikas."
    
  "Koj tua tsis tau kuv!" Gardner quaj. "Kuv yog Thawj Tswj Hwm ntawm Tebchaws Meskas!"
    
  Daim duab slammed nws armored nrig sab xis ntawm Thawj Tswj Hwm lub taub hau, ces down ob ntiv tes, xuas nrig ntaus los ntawm maple pem teb thiab pob zeb hauv paus ntawm chav pw. Gardner qw dua thiab sim khiav tawm, tab sis tus duab tau rub nws caj pas, nqa nws lub kaus mom kaus mom hlau mus rau Thawj Tswj Hwm lub ntsej muag. "Kuv tuaj yeem tua koj yooj yim, Mr. Thawj Tswj Hwm," tus duab hais. "Peb tau tso tseg Navy SEALs, peb tau tso tseg qhov Kev Pabcuam zais cia, thiab peb tau tso tseg Lavxias Air Force - peb yeej tuaj yeem nres koj. Tab sis peb yuav tsis tua koj."
    
  "Tom qab ntawd koj xav tau dab tsi?"
    
  "Amnesty," daim duab hais. "Txhua txoj kev ywj pheej los ntawm kev foob lossis kev tshawb nrhiav rau ib tus neeg koom nrog hauv kev tawm tsam Tebchaws Meskas lossis nws cov phoojywg los ntawm Dreamland, Battle Roob, Batman, Tehran thiab Constanţa. Kev tso tawm tag nrho thiab muaj koob meej rau txhua tus uas tsis xav ua haujlwm hauv qab koj ua lawv tus Thawj Tub Ceev Xwm. "
    
  "Dab tsi ntxiv?"
    
  "Qhov ntawd yog tag nrho," hais tias lwm daim duab. "Tab sis kom ntseeg tau tias koj ua raws li peb hais, Tin Woodmen thiab Chaw Tshawb Fawb Kev Ua Phem Txhaum Cai yuav ploj mus. Yog tias koj hla peb txoj kev lossis ib yam dab tsi tshwm sim rau peb, peb yuav rov qab los thiab ua tiav txoj haujlwm. "
    
  Thawj Tin Woodman hais tias "Koj tsis tuaj yeem nres peb." "Peb yuav pom koj nyob qhov twg koj sim zais. Koj yuav tsis tuaj yeem taug qab lossis ntes peb vim tias peb tuaj yeem tswj koj cov sensors, khoos phis tawj thiab kev sib txuas lus hauv txhua txoj kev peb xaiv. Peb yuav taug qab tag nrho koj cov kev sib tham, koj emails, koj txav. Yog tias koj ntxeev siab rau peb, peb yuav pom koj thiab koj yuav ploj mus. Koj puas nkag siab, Thawj Tswj Hwm?" Nws ntsia ob tug poj niam hauv chav. "Qhov no mus rau koj ob qho tib si. Peb tsis muaj, tab sis peb yuav saib xyuas koj. Koj txhua tus."
    
    
  EPILOGUE
    
    
  Tus uas ntog nws tus kheej yeej tsis quaj.
    
  - TURKISH PAUB
    
    
    
  LAKE MOJAVE, NEVADA
  Ob peb lub lis piam tom qab
    
    
  Tus tub hluas nrum ib txoj kab nuv ntses rau hauv Lake Mojave los ntawm nws lub perch nyob rau sab saum toj ntawm lub pob zeb tawm ntawm ib sab ntawm lub nkoj ntev, dav dav. Lake Mojave tsis yog lub pas dej tiag tiag, tsuas yog qhov dav dav ntawm Colorado River sab qab teb ntawm Las Vegas. Nws yog lub caij ntuj no nrov rau cov neeg nyob hauv lub caij nyoog, tab sis txawm tias tam sim no, thaum ntxov caij nplooj ntoos hlav, lawv tuaj yeem hnov lub caij ntuj sov sov nyob rau hauv, thiab muaj kev zoo siab txog qhov chaw uas tib neeg tos tsis tau tawm mus. Tsis deb ntawm tus me nyuam tub sawv ntawm nws txiv, hnav ris luv, looj tsom iav dub, nylon khiav khau khiab thiab lub tsho Tommy Bahama, ntaus ntawv ntawm lub khoos phis tawj laptop hauv qhov ntxoov ntxoo ntawm thaj chaw noj mov. Qab nws, hauv RV chaw ua si, cov snowbirds tau tawg lawv qhov chaw pw hav zoov thiab npaj txav lawv cov tsheb thauj mus los, cov chaw pw hav zoov thiab SUVs rau cov huab cua me me. Tsis ntev, tsuas yog cov nyiam nyiam suab puam tshaj plaws yuav raug tso tseg kom muaj sia nyob rau lub caij ntuj sov kub heev nyob rau sab qab teb Nevada.
    
  Nyob nruab nrab ntawm qhov chaw pw hav zoov, tus txiv neej hnov lub suab ntawm lub tsheb hnyav dua li ib txwm. Yog tsis tig los yog qhia tias nws pom, nws tawm nws txoj haujlwm tam sim no thiab hu rau lwm tus. Nrog rau cov xovxwm ntawm tus yuam sij, lub koob yees duab hauv chaw taws teeb wireless network ntawm tus ncej xov tooj tau qhib thiab pib cia li taug qab tus neeg tuaj tshiab. Lub koob yees duab tsom rau ntawm lub tsheb daim ntawv tsav tsheb thiab hauv vib nas this nws ntes cov tsiaj ntawv thiab cov lej thiab txheeb xyuas tus tswv lub tsheb. Nyob rau tib lub sijhawm, lub wireless RFID sensor nyob ua ke nrog lub koob yees duab nyeem cov cim cim encoded kis los ntawm lub tsheb, lees paub nws tus kheej.
    
  Lub tsheb, tsaus nti H3 Hummer nrog tinted iav thoob plaws ib puag ncig tshwj tsis yog rau lub qhov cua, nres hauv cov pob zeb dawb ntawm lub tsev noj mov marina thiab qhov chaw pib, thiab peb tus txiv neej tau tawm mus. Txhua tus tau hnav ris tsho, looj tsom iav dub thiab khau boots. Ib tug txiv neej, hnav lub tsho xim av safari-style, tseem nyob ntawm lub tsheb thiab pib tshawb xyuas thaj chaw. Tus txiv neej thib ob tau hnav lub tsho qhib lag luam dawb nrog lub dab tsho qhib thiab lub tes tsho dov, thaum tus txiv neej thib peb tseem hnav lub tsho qhib xim av safari style.
    
  Tus txiv neej ntawm lub rooj noj mov tau txais ib lub suab nrov me me ntawm nws lub wireless Bluetooth lub mloog pob ntseg, qhia nws tias me me millimeter yoj sensor ntsia hauv lub tiaj ua si tau kuaj pom ib tus txiv neej nqa khoom loj hlau - thiab nws tsis yog lub thawv tackle. Tus txiv neej thib ob hauv lub tsho khuam tau nres txog kaum kaum kauj ruam los ntawm thaj chaw noj mov ntawm ib sab ntawm txoj kev mus rau qhov chaw tshaj tawm mus rau ntawm lub thoob khib nyiab thiab pib tshawb xyuas thaj chaw, zoo li thawj zaug. Tus txiv neej thib peb los cuag tus txiv neej ntawm lub rooj noj mov. "Puas kub txaus nyob ntawm no rau koj?" - nws nug.
    
  "Qhov no tsis muaj tseeb," hais tias tus txiv neej ntawm lub rooj noj mov. Nws tso nws lub laptop, sawv ntsug, tig mus rau qhov tuaj txog tshiab thiab tshem nws cov looj tsom iav dub. "Lawv hais tias nws yuav siab tshaj ib puas nyob rau lub Tsib Hlis thiab nyob saum ib puas thiab kaum thoob plaws lub Rau Hli, Lub Xya Hli thiab Lub Yim Hli."
    
  "Zoo heev," tus tuaj tshiab hais. "Tsawg tus naj npawb ntawm cov qhua, huh?" Nws ntsia tus txiv neej mus rau tus me nyuam tub nuv ntses ze ntawm lub nkoj. "Dam, Kuv tsis tuaj yeem ntseeg siab npaum li cas Bradley tau txais."
    
  "Tam sim no nws yuav siab dua tus txiv neej hnub no."
    
  "Tsis muaj kev poob siab". Tus tshiab tuaj nws txhais tes. "Koj nyob qhov twg, Patrick?"
    
  Patrick McLanahan hais tias "Zoo heev, Mr. Thawj Tswj Hwm," said Patrick McLanahan. "Koj?" - Kuv nug.
    
  "Zoo heev. tho txawv. Tsis yog, kuv mob thiab nkees ntawm nws, "tus Thawj Tswj Hwm Tebchaws Meskas Kevin Martindale teb. Nws ntsia ib ncig. "Zoo qhov tsaus ntuj uas koj nyob ntawm no, Muk. Qhov no tsis yog San Diego. Nws tsis txawm tias Vegas. "
    
  Patrick tau hais tias "Lub suab puam yog qhov ua tsis taus pa, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog tias koj tuaj ntawm no thaum lub caij ntuj no lig thiab muaj kev hloov pauv ntawm qhov kub thiab txias," Patrick hais.
    
  "Koj puas npaj yuav nyob?"
    
  "Kuv tsis paub, tus tswv," Patrick hais. "Kuv yuav ib lub tsev thiab lub tshav dav hlau hangar los ntawm Searchlight. Kuv tsis paub yog tias kuv npaj txhij los sib sau ua ke. Qhov chaw loj hlob tuaj. Tam sim no kuv tsev kawm ntawv Bradley tam sim no, tab sis lawv hais tias cov tsev kawm ntawv no tau zoo dua vim tias ntau thiab ntau tus neeg tsiv mus rau thaj chaw. "
    
  "Thiab John Masters tsuas yog tawm ntawm Txoj Kev Loj 95."
    
  "Yog lawm, thiab nws ua rau kuv yuav luag txhua hnub los ua haujlwm rau nws, tab sis kuv tsis paub meej," Patrick lees paub.
    
  "Tus neeg ua haujlwm astronaut uas xav tau Hunter Noble tau kos npe nrog nws. Kuv hnov tias nws yog tus lwm thawj coj lawm. Tab sis kuv paub tseeb tias lawv yuav nrhiav chaw rau koj yog tias qhov ntawd yog qhov koj xav tau. "
    
  "Puas muaj, ua li ntawd."
    
  Martindale tau hais tias "Muaj ib yam ntxiv uas peb tau ua ua ntej, Patrick," Martindale tau hais.
    
  "Kuv xav tias tsis ntev los sis tom qab koj yuav tuaj txog ntawm qhov no."
    
  "Koj muaj Tin Woodmen thiab TIEs, puas yog?"
    
  "Dab tsi?" - Kuv nug.
    
  Martindale hais tias, "Koj yog ib tug neeg dag txaus ntshai," Martindale hais nrog luag.
    
  "Puas muaj ib qho tseem ceeb hauv kev sim dag? Kuv paub tseeb tias koj lub network txawj ntse yog qhov zoo "...
    
  "Zoo li qhov koj tshaj tawm tias tsim? Kuv tsis ntseeg nws. Kuv tsis ntseeg nws heev, "tus thawj tswj hwm yav dhau los hais. "Mloog, kuv tus phooj ywg, koj tseem xav tau. Lub teb chaws xav tau koj. Kuv xav tau koj. Tsis tas li ntawd, qhov koj tau zais yog cov cuab yeej ntawm tsoomfwv. Koj khaws tsis tau qhov no. " Patrick muab nws ntsia ncaj qha-tsuas yog ib qho nrawm nrawm, tab sis lub ntsiab lus tau nrov thiab meej. "Okay, tej zaum koj tuaj yeem khaws nws, tab sis koj yuav tsum tsis txhob tso tseg. Muaj ntau qhov zoo tuaj yeem ua nrog nws. " Patrick tsis tau hais dab tsi. Martindale tau tshem nws lub looj tsom iav dub thiab so lawv nrog lub tes tsho ntawm nws lub tsho. "Koj puas tau hnov xov xwm tshiab txog Persia?"
    
  "Hais txog tus thawj tswj hwm tshiab raug tua?"
    
  "Thaum qhov no tau tshaj tawm xov xwm, tag nrho Middle East yuav vwm dua thiab Mohtaz yuav rov tshwm sim hauv qab pob zeb uas nws tau nkaum hauv qab thaum cov neeg Lavxias tau tawm mus thiab rov ua tus thawj tswj hwm dua. Cov tib neeg xav kom poj huab tais Azhar tswj hwm tsoomfwv kom txog thaum muaj kev xaiv tsa tshiab, tab sis nws hais kom Thawj Kav Tebchaws Noshar ua lub luag haujlwm. "
    
  "Nws yog lawm".
    
  "Noshar yog ib tug bureaucrat, ib tug taum txee. Nws tswj tsis tau lub teb chaws. Hazard lossis Boujazi yuav tsum tau saib xyuas hauv lub hwj chim xwm txheej ceev kom txog thaum muaj kev xaiv tsa. "
    
  "Nws yuav zoo, tus tswv. Yog tias qhov no tsis yog li ntawd, Azar yuav mus rau hauv parliament thiab pom zoo rau lwm tus. Bujazi yuav tsis ua qhov no kiag li. "
    
  "Koj puas xav tias nws yuav nug Sakez, Tus Lwm Thawj Fwm Tsav Tebchaws?"
    
  "Kuv vam tias tsis yog. Nws ua ntau dhau mus rau Moscow kom haum kuv. "
    
  Martindale nodded hauv kev nkag siab. "Kuv paub tias koj tau ua raws li cov khoom no," nws hais. "Los ntawm txoj kev, txog Moscow - koj xav li cas txog qhov kev hloov no rau Zevitin, Igor Truznev, tus qub thawj coj ntawm FSB?"
    
  Patrick hais tias "Nws yog ib tug neeg ua phem ua qias tuaj," "Nws tab tom tu me ntsis ntsiag to nyob ntawd. Lawv hais tias tus neeg tom ntej uas yuav tsum tau "rov ua dua" rau Siberia yuav yog Khedrov.
    
  Martindale luag nyav thiab nodded. "Txawm tias kuv tseem tsis tau hnov dua li ntawd, Patrick!" - nws hais zoo siab heev. "Ua tsaug rau cov lus qhia. Kuv tshuav koj ".
    
  "Tsis txhob hais nws, tus tswv."
    
  "Zoo heev txog Zevitin, huh?" Martindale tau tawm tswv yim. Lawv hais tias "Skiing kev sib tsoo," lawv hais. Kuv hnov tus ntoo no tawm ntawm qhov chaw thiab yuav luag coj nws lub taub hau tawm. Cov neeg pluag. Koj puas tau hnov lwm yam hais txog qhov no?" Patrick tsis muaj lus pom. "Qhov kev lom zem yog qhov no tshwm sim tib lub sijhawm uas Boujazi tawm tsam Mashhad thiab koj mam li rov los ntawm Armstrong. Kuv xav tias tej yam txawv txawv tiag tiag tshwm sim hauv peb, huh?
    
  "Yog lawm, sir."
    
  "Yog. Tau kawg lawv ua. " Martindale muab nws txhais caj npab ncig Patrick lub xub pwg nyom. "Koj pom, kuv tus phooj ywg, koj tsis tuaj yeem tso kev lag luam tom qab," nws hais. "Nws nyob hauv koj cov ntshav. Kuv tuaj yeem sau npe ob peb puas qhov kub kub hauv ntiaj teb, thiab koj yuav qhia kuv qee yam nthuav txog lawv txhua tus. "
    
  "Sir, Kuv tsis txaus siab-"
    
  "Mongolia," Martindale cuam tshuam. Nws luag ntxhi thaum nws pom Patrick lub qhov muag pom kev. "Yog, koj paub ib yam dab tsi. Qhov no yog dab tsi?"
    
  Patrick tau hais tias "Kuv tau hnov tias General Dorjin yuav raug hloov los ua tus thawj coj vim tias nws ua phooj ywg zoo heev nrog Tebchaws Meskas," Patrick hais.
    
  "Yog li tam sim no nws tuaj yeem ua tus thawj tswj hwm, txoj cai?"
    
  Patrick tau hais tias "Tsis yog, vim nws tau yug los hauv Inner Mongolia - Tuam Tshoj - thiab raws li tus tub ceev xwm hluas tshaj tawm nws txoj kev ntseeg siab rau Beijing," Patrick hais. "Tab sis nws tus tub yuav khiav."
    
  Martindale npuaj teg. "Dam, Kuv tsis nco qab txog Miren Dorjin ...!"
    
  "Muren."
    
  "Muren. Txoj cai. Nws kawm tiav hauv Berkeley ob xyoos dhau los nrog kev kawm tiav qib siab, txoj cai?
    
  "Dub Ph.D. Economy thiab tsoom fwv. "
    
  Martindale nodded, zoo siab tias Patrick dhau ob qhov kev sim me me uas nws muab rau nws. "Saib? Kuv paub tias koj paub txhua yam no!" Martindale qw zoo siab. "Cia li rov qab los, Patrick. Wb koom rog dua. Peb yuav muab lub ntiaj teb no hlawv. "
    
  Patrick luag ntxhi, tom qab ntawd ntsia nws tus tub nuv ntses thiab hais tias, "Zoo koj, Thawj Tswj Hwm," thiab tau tawm mus koom nws tus tub thaum sawv ntxov caij nplooj ntoos hlav sov.
    
    
  Kev lees paub
    
    
  Ua tsaug rau cov phooj ywg sau Debbie Macomber thiab nws tus txiv Wayne rau lawv lub siab dawb paug.
    
    
  AUTHOR'S NOTE
    
    
  Koj cov lus tau txais tos! Email rau kuv ntawm readermail@airbattleforce.com lossis mus ntsib www.AirBattleForce.com nyeem kuv cov ntawv sau thiab cov lus pom thiab tau txais cov kev hloov tshiab tshiab ntawm cov haujlwm tshiab, cov sijhawm ncig xyuas thiab ntau ntxiv!
    
    
  txog tus sau
    
    
  DALE BROWN yog tus sau ntau phau ntawv New York Times zoo tshaj plaws, pib nrog Old Dog Running hauv 1987. Tus qub tub rog Asmeskas Tub Rog Tub Rog feem ntau tuaj yeem pom ya nws tus kheej lub dav hlau nyob rau saum ntuj ntawm Nevada.
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  Dale Brown
  Lub zog tsis dawb huv
    
    
  CEEB TOOM
    
    
    
  AMERICANS
    
    
  PATRICK S. MCLANAHAN, US Air Force Lieutenant General (Ret.), Tus khub thiab Thawj Tswj Hwm, Scion Aviation International
    
  KEVIN MARTINDALE, yav tas los Thawj Tswj Hwm ntawm Tebchaws Meskas, tus tswv zais cia ntawm Scion Aviation International
    
  JONATHAN COLIN MASTERS, Ph.D., Tus Thawj Coj Kev Ua Haujlwm, Sky Masters Inc.
    
  HUNTER NOBLE, Tus Lwm Thawj Coj ntawm Kev Txhim Kho, Sky Masters Inc.
    
  JOSEPH GARDNER, Thawj Tswj Hwm ntawm Tebchaws Meskas
    
  KENNETH T. PHOENIX, Tus Lwm Thawj Coj
    
  CONRAD F. CARLISLE, Tus Kws Saib Xyuas Kev Ruaj Ntseg Hauv Tebchaws
    
  MILLER H. TURNER, Secretary of Defense
    
  WALTER CORDUS, Tus Thawj Saib Xyuas Tsev Dawb
    
  STACY ANN BARBO, Secretary of State
    
  USMC GENERAL TAYLOR J. BAIN, Thawj Tswj Hwm, Tus Thawj Coj ntawm Cov Neeg Ua Haujlwm
    
  US Army Major General CHARLES CONNOLLY, Division Commander nyob rau sab qaum teb Iraq
    
  US Army COLONEL JACK T. WILHELM, 2nd Wing Executive Officer, Allied Nakhla Air Base, Iraq
    
  ARMY Lieutenant Colonel MARK WEATHERLY, Regimental Executive Officer
    
  ARMY MAJOR KENNETH BRUNO, Regimental Operations Officer
    
  US Air Force LIEUTENANT COLONEL JIA "BOXER" CAZZOTTO, Tus Thawj Coj, 7th Air Expeditionary Squadron
    
  CHRIS THOMPSON, Thawj Tswj Hwm thiab CEO ntawm Thompson Security, lub tuam txhab kev ruaj ntseg ntiag tug ntawm Allied Nakhla Air Base, Iraq.
    
  FRANK BEXAR, tus tub ceev xwm ntiag tug
    
  CAPT KELVIN COTTER, USAF, Tus Lwm Thawj Coj Tus Thawj Saib Xyuas Kev Tswj Xyuas Huab Cua
    
  MARGARET HARRISON, Tus Thawj Coj ntawm Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, Private Contract
    
  REESE FLIPPIN, Private Contract Meteorological Officer
    
    
  TURKS
    
    
  KURZAT HIRSIZ, Thawj Tswj Hwm ntawm Qaib Cov Txwv
    
  AYSE AKAŞ, Tus Thawj Kav Tebchaws ntawm Tebchaws Turkey
    
  HASAN CICEK, Minister of National Defense ntawm koom pheej ntawm Qaib Cov Txwv
    
  GENERAL ORHAN SAHIN, Secretary General ntawm National Security Council ntawm Qaib Cov Txwv
    
  MUSTAFA HAMARAT, Minister of Foreign Affairs ntawm Qaib Cov Txwv
    
  FEVSI GUKLU, Tus Thawj Coj ntawm National Intelligence Organization
    
  GENERAL ABDULLAH GUZLEV, Tus Thawj Coj ntawm Cov Tub Rog Tub Rog ntawm Koom pheej ntawm Qaib Cov Txwv
    
  GENERAL AIDIN DEDE, Tus Lwm Thawj Coj Tub Rog Tub Rog
    
  MAJOR AYDIN SABASTI, tus tub ceev xwm sib tham, US Second Regiment, Allied Nakhla Air Base, Iraq.
    
  MAJOR HAMID JABBURI, Tus Lwm Thawj Saib Xyuas Kev Sib Txuas Lus
    
  GENERAL BESIR OZEK, Tus Thawj Coj ntawm Jandarma (Turkish National Internal Security Forces)
    
  LIEUTENANT General GUVEN IGAZ, Tus Lwm Thawj Coj, Jandarma
    
  Lt. GENERAL MUSTAFA ALI, Shift Commander of Jandarma
    
    
  IRQI
    
    
  ALI LATIF RASHID, Thawj Tswj Hwm ntawm Republic of Iraq
    
  COLONEL YUSUF JAFFAR, Tus Thawj Coj, Allied Nakhla Air Base, Tall Qaif, Iraq
    
  MAJOR JAFAR OSMAN, Iraqi Maqbara (Grave) Company, 7th Brigade Commander
    
  COLONEL NURI MAVLAUD, tus tub ceev xwm ntawm Lub Tsev Haujlwm Thib Ob
    
  ZILAR "BAZ" (HAWK) AZZAWI, tus thawj coj ntawm Iraqi PKK insurgents
    
  SADUN SALIH, pab pawg thawj coj ntawm Azzawi
    
    
  riam phom thiab ABBREVIATIONS
    
    
    
  ABBREVIATIONS THIAB TERMINOLOGY
    
    
  AMARG-Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group ("Boneyard"), ib lub chaw US Air Force ze ntawm Tucson, Arizona uas khw muag khoom, dismantles, thiab refurbishes qhov chaw los ntawm cov neeg tsis taus lub dav hlau.
    
  AOR - Thaj Chaw ntawm Lub Luag Haujlwm
    
  AQI - Al-Qaeda hauv Iraq, Iraqi offshoot ntawm Osama bin Laden lub koom haum ua phem
    
  "combat rattle" - tus kheej cov cuab yeej tsim nyog rau kev sib ntaus sib tua
    
  bullseye - ib qho taw qhia los ntawm cov ntaub ntawv hais txog ntau yam thiab kev coj tus kheej mus rau lub hom phiaj tuaj yeem xa mus rau qhov qhib ntau zaus yam tsis tau nthuav tawm ib tus kheej qhov chaw.
    
  C4I - Hais kom ua, tswj, kev sib txuas lus, khoos phis tawj thiab kev txawj ntse
    
  Cankaya yog lub rooj zaum ntawm tsoom fwv ntawm lub koom pheej ntawm Qaib Cov Txwv
    
  CHU - Container Habitation Unit, qhov chaw nyob mobile zoo li lub thawv ntim khoom siv los ntawm Asmeskas cov tub rog hauv Iraq
    
  Chuville yog thaj chaw uas muaj ntau tus BC
    
  DFAC - Tsev noj mov
    
  ECM - Kev ntsuas hluav taws xob
    
  EO-Electro-optical sensors uas tuaj yeem siv hluav taws xob nthuav tawm lossis txhim kho cov duab kho qhov muag
    
  FAA - Federal Aviation Administration, US aviation regulatory agency
    
  FOB - Forward Operating Base, lub hauv paus tub rog nyob ze lossis ntawm cov yeeb ncuab thaj chaw
    
  Fobbits - slang rau cov neeg ua haujlwm thiab cov neeg ua haujlwm txhawb nqa
    
  Fobbitville - slang rau lub tsev hauv paus
    
  FPCON - Kev Tiv Thaiv Kev Ruaj Ntseg, Kev Ntsuam Xyuas ntawm Qib Kev Ua Phem lossis Kev Ua Phem Txhaum Cai rau Kev Ua Tub Rog (yav tas los THREATCON)
    
  GP - Lub Hom Phiaj Tseem Ceeb (lub ntiajteb txawj nqus los yog lub tsheb)
    
  IA-Iraqi Army
    
  IED - Improvised Explosive Device
    
  IIR-Infrared duab sensor, lub thermal sensor nrog txaus daws teeb meem rau kev yees duab
    
  ILS - Instrument Landing System, lub xov tooj cua kab hluav taws xob uas tuaj yeem coj dav hlau mus rau hauv av hauv huab cua nyuaj
    
  IM - instant messaging, hloov cov ntawv nyeem ntawm computers
    
  IR-Infrared
    
  Nyem - kilometers
    
  KRG yog tsoom fwv cheeb tsam Kurdistan, ib lub koom haum nom tswv tswj hwm thaj av Kurdish nyob rau sab qaum teb Iraq.
    
  LLTV - Tsawg Lub Teeb TV
    
  LRU-Line Replacement Units, Cheebtsam ntawm cov tshuab dav hlau uas tuaj yeem tshem tau yooj yim thiab hloov ntawm txoj kab dav hlau thaum muaj kev ua haujlwm tsis zoo
    
  Mahdi yog ib lo lus slang rau txhua tus neeg txawv teb chaws fighter
    
  Adaptive Lub Hom Phiaj Technology - Nws tuaj yeem tsim cov dav hlau qhov chaw kom muaj peev xwm tswj tau dav hlau
    
  Hom thiab cov lis dej num - chaw rau ntau yam dav hlau txheeb xyuas cov xov tooj cua transponder
    
  MTI - Qhov taw qhia Tsiv Lub Hom Phiaj, lub radar uas taug qab cov tsheb txav hauv av los ntawm qhov deb
    
  Nontrusion - kis ntawm cov ntaub ntawv tsis tseeb lossis programming rau hauv cov yeeb ncuab lub computer network siv cov kev sib txuas lus, cov ntaub ntawv txuas lossis cov sensors
    
  NOFORN - Tsis muaj neeg txawv teb chaws; kev nyab xeeb kev faib tawm uas txwv cov pej xeem txawv teb chaws nkag mus rau cov ntaub ntawv
    
  PAG - Congress for Freedom and Democracy, lwm lub npe rau Kurdistan Workers' Party
    
  PKK-Karker Party nyob rau hauv Kurdistan, Kurdistan Workers 'Part, ib lub koom haum Kurdish cais nrhiav los tsim ib lub teb chaws cais los ntawm cov haiv neeg Kurdish cheeb tsam ntawm Qaib Cov Txwv, Iran, Syria thiab Iraq; raug xaiv los ua ib lub koom haum ua phem los ntawm ntau lub tebchaws thiab cov koom haum
    
  ROE - Cov Cai ntawm Kev Koom Tes, Cov Txheej Txheem thiab Cov Kev Txwv rau Kev Ua Haujlwm Sib Tw
    
  SAM - nto-to-air missile
    
  SEAD - Tiv thaiv cov yeeb ncuab huab cua tiv thaiv siv lub peev xwm jamming thiab riam phom los rhuav tshem cov yeeb ncuab huab cua tiv thaiv, radars lossis cov lus txib thiab tswj chaw.
    
  triple-A - anti-aircraft artillery
    
    
  riam phom
    
    
  AGM-177 Wolverine - autonomous air- lossis av-launched nres nkoj cruise missile
    
  Lub CBU-87 Combination Munition yog ib qho cuab yeej cua-tso pov tseg uas cuam tshuam cov neeg ua haujlwm thiab cov mines tiv thaiv tsheb hla ntau thaj chaw.
    
  Lub CBU-97 Sensor Fuse Riam phom yog cov cuab yeej cua-tso uas tuaj yeem ntes thiab rhuav tshem ntau lub tsheb armored ib txhij nyob rau thaj tsam dav.
    
  CID - Cybernetic Infantry Device, tus neeg hlau tswj nrog txhim khu kev ruaj ntseg, armor, sensors thiab muaj peev xwm sib ntaus sib tua
    
  Lub Cobra nres nyoob hoom qav taub yog lub teeb, thib ob tiam US Army nyoob hoom qav taub nruab nrog riam phom.
    
  CV-22 Osprey yog lub dav hlau thauj nruab nrab uas tuaj yeem tawm thiab tsaws zoo li lub nyoob hoom qav taub, tab sis tuaj yeem tig nws lub rotors thiab ya zoo li lub dav hlau ruaj khov.
    
  JDAM - Joint Direct Damage Munition, ib qho khoom siv rau kev sib txuas cov foob pob hluav taws xob uas muab rau lawv nrog cov phiaj xwm ze-txheej uas siv thoob ntiaj teb Kev Pom Zoo Qhov System navigation cov ntaub ntawv
    
  KC-135R yog tus qauv tshiab ntawm Boeing 707 tsev neeg refueling aircraft
    
  Kiowa yog lub teeb nyoob hoom qav taub uas muaj cov cuab yeej siv siab tshaj plaws siv los ntsuas lub hom phiaj los ntawm kev tawm tsam helicopters
    
  MIM-104 Patriot - Asmeskas tsim hauv av tiv thaiv lub dav hlau missile system
    
  SA-14 yog Lavxias teb sab tsim thib ob-tiam anti-aircraft missile nrog phau ntawv tso tawm.
    
  SA-7 - Lavxias teb sab-ua thawj tiam anti-aircraft missile nrog phau ntawv tso tawm
    
  Slingshot - lub zog tiv thaiv laser rau lub dav hlau
    
  Stryker yog yim-wheeled ntau lub hom phiaj armored cov neeg ua haujlwm ntawm US Army.
    
  Tus txiv neej Tin yog ib tug tub rog uas tau nruab nrog lub cev muaj zog, cov cuab yeej ntsuas, thiab cov cuab yeej siv dag zog los txhim kho nws lub peev xwm sib ntaus sib tua.
    
  Lub XC-57 "Loser" yog lub dav hlau ya dav hlau uas yog tsim los rau US Air Force cov neeg tawg rog tiam tom ntej, tab sis hloov mus rau ntau lub luag haujlwm thauj dav hlau thaum lub phiaj xwm poob kev sib tw nrog kev cog lus.
    
    
  TXOJ CAI LOS NTAWM LUB NTIAJ TEB TSHIAB
    
    
    
  BBC NEWS ONLINE, 30 Lub Kaum Hli 2007:
    
  ... Kev nruj nruj ntawm Qaib Cov Txwv thiab thaj av Iraqi Kurdish tau nce tsis tu ncua nyob rau hauv lub hlis ua rau muaj kev kub ntxhov tam sim no tshwm sim los ntawm PKK tawm tsam uas tau tua qee cov tub rog Turkish hauv lub lis piam tsis ntev los no.
    
  ...Lub Tsib Hlis, Qaib Cov Txwv tau npau taws heev thaum US-coj ntau lub tebchaws tau muab kev tswj hwm kev nyab xeeb hauv peb lub xeev ntawm Iraqi Kurdistan thiab sai sai tsa tus chij Kurdish nyob rau hauv qhov chaw ntawm Iraqi.
    
  ... "Koj tsis xav tau 100,000 [Turkish] cov tub rog los tuav koj txoj haujlwm," said ib tug laus Iraqi Kurdish cov nom tswv. "Yuav ua li cas lawv tau npaj kom meej meej ua yog tsim kev tawm tsam loj thiab tswj hwm thaj av tseem ceeb hauv Iraqi Kurdistan coj mus rau ciam teb roob ntawm Iraqi sab."
    
  ... Muaj lus xaiv nyob rau hauv Kurdish lub voj voog uas cov Turks kuj yuav sim foob pob lossis txwv tsis pub muaj ob lub tshav dav hlau Iraqi Kurdish, hauv Erbil thiab Sulaymaniyah, uas Ankara thov tau tso cai rau PKK cov tub rog nrhiav chaw nkaum.
    
  ... "Cov Turks tuaj yeem rhuav tshem lawv lossis foob pob rau lawv, ib yam li lawv tau ua yav dhau los. Qhov lawv muab yog ntau tshaj qhov ntawd. Lawv tab tom tham txog kev ua tub rog loj heev uas ua rau tib neeg tsis tshua muaj siab, ntshai heev thiab ntxhov siab. Ntau tus neeg txhawj xeeb tias Qaib Cov Txwv lub ambitions yuav ntev tshaj qhov kev puas tsuaj ntawm PKK ... "
    
    
    
  BBC Xov Xwm ONLINE, 18 Lub Ib Hlis 2008:
    
  ... Qaib ntxhw tau hem ua tub rog tawm tsam PKK txij li thaum cov neeg tawm tsam tau tawm tsam lawv cov tub rog Turkish, ua rau muaj kev cuam tshuam loj heev rau tsoomfwv ntawm no los teb nrog kev quab yuam. Lub hli tas los, tsoomfwv tau tso cai rau cov tub rog ua haujlwm hla ciam teb [hauv Iraq] tawm tsam PKK thaum tsim nyog.
    
  Kev tawm tsam huab cua nyob rau hmo Sunday yog thawj qhov tseem ceeb ntawm qhov no.
    
  ...Ankara hais tias nws tau txais kev pom zoo los ntawm Teb Chaws Asmeskas rau nws txoj haujlwm raws li kev pom zoo hauv Washington lub hli tas los los ntawm Thawj Tswj Hwm Recep Tayyip Erdogan thiab Thawj Tswj Hwm George W. Bush.
    
  "Kuv ntseeg tias Asmeskas tau muab kev txawj ntse ua tau zoo thiab cov tub rog Turkish tau nqis tes ua," Tus Thawj Fwm Tsav Tebchaws Turkish Txawv Tebchaws Levent Bilman tau hais rau BBC ...
    
    
    
  "TURKISH TROOPS tau rhuav tshem 11 tus neeg ntxeev siab nyob rau sab qab teb qaib ntxhw nyob ze ntawm IRAQ ciam teb-Associated Press," March 12, 2007-ANKARA, Turkey:
    
  Cov tub rog Turkish tua 11 tus neeg tawm tsam Kurdish thaum muaj kev sib cav nyob rau sab qab teb Turkey nyob ze ciam teb nrog Iraq, lub koom haum xov xwm ntiag tug tshaj tawm rau hnub Wednesday. Kev sib ntaus sib tua tuaj ob lub lis piam tom qab Qaib Cov Txwv lub yim-hnub ntxeem tau ntawm sab qaum teb Iraq kom tshem tawm Kurdistan Workers' Party cov neeg ntxeev siab uas tau tawm tsam tsoomfwv Turkish txij li xyoo 1984.
    
  ...Ib txhia neeg teb chaws Turkish ntshai tias kev nthuav dav txoj cai kab lis kev cai tuaj yeem ua rau muaj kev sib cais hauv lub teb chaws raws li haiv neeg. Lawv txhawj xeeb tias Turkish Kurds tuaj yeem txhawb nqa los ntawm Teb Chaws Asmeskas txhawb nqa Kurdish cheeb tsam nyob rau sab qaum teb Iraq, uas muaj nws tus kheej tsoomfwv thiab tub rog ...
    
    
    
  TSEV KAWM NTAWV RAU QHOV CHAW UA HAUJ LWM 2008, Tsis muaj STRATFOR.COM, Plaub Hlis 4, 2008:
    
  Kev Lag Luam Hauv Cheeb Tsam: Qaib ntxhw tau tshwm sim los ua lub zog loj hauv cheeb tsam thiab yuav pib ua kom muaj kev cuam tshuam thoob plaws nws thaj chaw hauv xyoo 2008, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog nyob rau sab qaum teb Iraq ...
    
  Qaib ntxhw xav tias muaj zog tsis yog nyob rau sab qaum teb Iraq xwb, tab sis kuj nyob ze Balkans thiab Caucasus, qhov chaw nws nrhiav kev cob qhia tshiab ywj pheej Kosovo thiab cov roj nplua nuj tshiab Azerbaijan ...
    
    
    
  "Tus txiv neej hlau yog lub ntsej muag tshiab ntawm MILITARY CONTRACTORS," JEREMY SU, SPACE.COM, Tsib Hlis 6, 2008:
    
  Thaum tus superhero Tony Stark tsis muab Iron Man armor rau tus kheej tshem tawm cov neeg phem, nws tau muab cov tub rog Asmeskas cov cuab yeej tshiab los pab tawm tsam kev ua tsov rog ntawm kev ntshai.
    
  ... Cov tib neeg thiab cov tuam txhab yuav tsis pom zoo li cov drones hovering saum ntuj ceeb tsheej ntawm Afghanistan thiab Iraq, tab sis lawv lub luag hauj lwm tau nce ntau heev thaum muaj kev tsis sib haum xeeb tsis ntev los no.
    
  ...Tsis muaj leej twg nug txog qhov tseeb tias Tebchaws Meskas tsis tuaj yeem ua tsov rog tam sim no yam tsis muaj kev siv cov tub rog cog lus ... Qhov no txhais tau hais tias cov tub rog cog lus tau dhau mus dhau ntawm kev muag khoom siv tub rog. Tam sim no lawv tswj hwm cov kab xa khoom, pub tub rog, tsim cov chaw pw hav zoov, qhia txog lub tswv yim, thiab txawm tawm tsam li kev ruaj ntseg ntiag tug ...
    
    
    
  "IRAN: AM-IRAQI DEAL WILL 'ENSLAVE' Iraqis - RAFSANJANI," STRATFOR.COM Lub Rau Hli 4, 2008:
    
  Iranian Expediency Council Thawj Tswj Hwm Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani tau hais rau lub Rau Hli 4 tias lub ntiaj teb Islamic yuav sim tiv thaiv daim ntawv cog lus ruaj ntseg ntev ntawm Iraq thiab Tebchaws Meskas, hais tias cov nqe lus ntawm kev cog lus yuav "ua qhev" cov Iraqis, Cov Xov Xwm Sib Tham tau tshaj tawm. Rafsanjani tau hais tias US-Iraq deal yuav ua rau muaj kev ua haujlwm ruaj khov ntawm Iraq, thiab tias txoj haujlwm zoo li no txaus ntshai rau txhua lub xeev hauv cheeb tsam ...
    
    
    
  Peb lub hlis twg OUTLOOK, STRATFOR.COM, Lub Xya hli ntuj 8, 2008:
    
  ... Cov qauv hauv cheeb tsam: Qaib ntxhw tau tshwm sim los ua lub zog loj hauv cheeb tsam thiab xyoo 2008 yuav pib muaj kev cuam tshuam thoob plaws hauv nws thaj chaw, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog nyob rau sab qaum teb Iraq... Qaib ntxhw tau dhau los ua neeg siab tawv nyob rau theem thoob ntiaj teb: xa cov tub rog mus rau sab qaum teb Iraq, kev sib kho hauv Israeli-Syrian kev sib tham txog kev thaj yeeb nyab xeeb, txhawb nqa cov phiaj xwm hluav taws xob hauv Caucasus thiab Central Asia thiab ua rau nws muaj kev xav nrog nws lub zog hauv Balkans ...
    
    
    
  "IRAQI PARLIAMENT CONVENS Lub Rooj Sib Tham ntawm KIRKUK," ASSOCIATED PRESS, Lub Xya Hli 30, 2008:
    
  ... Kev ntxhov siab tau nce ntxiv rau hnub Monday tom qab muaj kev tua tus kheej hauv Kirkuk thaum muaj kev tawm tsam Kurdish tawm tsam txoj cai xaiv tsa uas tau tua 25 tus neeg thiab raug mob ntau dua 180.
    
  Kirkuk yog lub tsev rau Kurds, Turkmen, Arabs thiab lwm haiv neeg tsawg. Tom qab Kirkuk foob pob, ntau tus neeg Kurds npau taws tau tawm tsam lub chaw haujlwm ntawm Turkmen nom tswv tog uas tawm tsam Kurdish thov rau Kirkuk, qhib hluav taws thiab hlawv tsheb thaum muaj kev iab liam tias lawv cov neeg sib tw yuav raug liam. Cuaj Turkmen, los yog haiv neeg Turks, tau tshaj tawm raug mob.
    
  Tus Thawj Kav Tebchaws Turkish Recep Tayyip Erdogan, uas tiv thaiv cov cai ntawm Turkmens, tau hu rau Iraqi cov tub ceev xwm qhia kev txhawj xeeb txog qhov xwm txheej hauv Kirkuk thiab tau hais kom xa lub dav hlau ya mus rau cov neeg raug mob mus rau Turkey rau kev kho mob, lub chaw haujlwm ntawm Iraqi tus thawj tswj hwm tau hais. .
    
    
    
  "TURKEY NYEEM NTAWM KIRKUK CITY", ASSOCIATED PRESS, Lub Yim Hli 2, 2008:
    
  Baghdad - Tsoomfwv Turkish tau qhia txog kev txhawj xeeb txog Iraqi lub nroog Kirkuk, qhov chaw uas haiv neeg Turks tau koom nrog kev tsis sib haum xeeb ntawm thaj chaw, ib tus neeg ua haujlwm Iraqi hais.
    
  Ib tus neeg tsis paub txog Iraqi Tus Thawj Fwm Tsav Tebchaws Txawv Tebchaws tau hais tias Tus Thawj Kav Tebchaws Turkey Tus Thawj Kav Tebchaws Ali Babican tau hu rau Iraqi Tus Thawj Kav Tebchaws Txawv Tebchaws Hoshyar Zebari txog qhov xwm txheej hauv nroog, Kuwait xov xwm KUNA tau tshaj tawm rau hnub Saturday.
    
  Kirkuk Xeev tau thov kom lub nroog los ua ib feem ntawm Iraqi Kurdistan, thaum Qaib Cov Txwv tau tawm tsam qhov kev txav no.
    
  Txawm hais tias lub nroog muaj qhov loj tshaj plaws ntawm cov haiv neeg Turks hauv Iraq, tus kws tshaj lij Saeed Zebari tau hais tias kev sim daws qhov kev tsis sib haum xeeb tsuas yog ua los ntawm Iraq.
    
  Zebari tau hais tias ib qho kev sim sab nraud los cuam tshuam qhov kev tsis sib haum xeeb yuav tsis txais tos los ntawm Iraq, KUNA tus cev lus tau hais.
    
    
    
  "Thawj LASER Phom Tua," WIRED, DANGER ROOM, Lub Yim Hli 13, 2008:
    
  Boeing hnub no tshaj tawm qhov kev sim thawj zaug ntawm lub neej tiag tiag ntawm rab phom hluav taws xob uas tuaj yeem muab Asmeskas cov tub rog tshwj xeeb nrog txoj hauv kev los ua kom muaj kev tawm tsam nrog "kev tsis lees paub."
    
  Hauv kev sim ua ntej lub hlis no ntawm Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, Boeing's Advanced Tactical Laser - hloov kho C-130H lub dav hlau - "tawm nws lub zog hluav taws xob tshuaj laser los ntawm kev tswj cov kab teeb. Cov kab hluav taws xob tswj tau pom lub hom phiaj hauv av thiab coj lub teeb ci laser mus rau lub hom phiaj raws li qhia los ntawm ATL kev tswj hwm kev sib ntaus sib tua ..."
    
    
    
  "SAU NTAU NTAU NTAU NTAU NTAU NTAU NTAU NTAWM AMERICAN CONTRACTORS IN IRAQ," CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR, PETER GRIER, Lub Yim Hli 18, 2008:
    
  WASHINGTON - Cov tub rog Asmeskas tau tso siab rau cov neeg ua haujlwm ntiag tug txij li "sutlers" muag ntawv, nqaij npuas kib, qab zib thiab lwm yam khoom kim heev rau cov tub rog Continental Army thaum Tsov Rog Tsov Rog.
    
  Tab sis qhov ntsuas ntawm kev siv cov neeg cog lus hauv Iraq yog qhov tsis tau muaj dua nyob hauv keeb kwm Asmeskas, raws li tsab ntawv tshaj tawm tshiab uas yuav yog cov ncauj lus kom ntxaws tshaj plaws ntawm kev coj ua. Raws li thaum ntxov 2008, raws li Congressional Budget Office (CBO), tsawg kawg 190,000 tus neeg ua haujlwm ntiag tug tau ua haujlwm ntawm US-nyiaj pab cov haujlwm hauv Iraqi theatre. Qhov no txhais tau hais tias rau txhua tus tswv cuab ntawm cov tub rog hauv Teb Chaws Asmeskas cov tub rog hauv cheeb tsam, kuj tseem muaj cov neeg ua haujlwm tau cog lus - qhov piv ntawm 1-rau-1.
    
  ... Cov neeg thuam ntawm tub rog outsourcing hais tias qhov teeb meem tiag tiag yog kev yoog raws thiab kev tswj hwm ntawm cov neeg ua haujlwm ntiag tug ...
    
    
    
    " C -300 CURIOSITY ANKARA ," STRATEGIC FORECASTING INC., Lub Yim Hli 26 , 2008:
    
    ... Qaib ntxhw yog nyob rau hauv tus txheej txheem ntawm tau txais ntau yam txawv ntawm Lavxias teb sab S-300 huab cua tiv thaiv system, Turkish hnub no tus Zaman qhia rau lub yim hli ntuj 25 ...
    
  ...Yog tias Qaib Cov Txwv ua tiav hauv qhov kev yuav khoom no, Ankara txoj kev taug qab yuav xav tau ob txoj hauv kev tseem ceeb. Thawj qhov yog thim rov qab engineering, uas cov khoom tseem ceeb yog disassembled thiab lawv cov kev ua haujlwm sab hauv raug tshuaj xyuas zoo. Qhov thib ob yog kev cob qhia hauv kev ua tsov rog hluav taws xob tawm tsam cov tshuab tiag tiag ...
    
    
    
  "TURKISH Army nrhiav kom nthuav dav zog", ASSOCIATED PRESS, ANKARA, TURKEY - Kaum Hli 10, 2008:
    
  Qaib ntxhw cov thawj coj tau ntsib hnub Thursday los tham txog kev nce cov tub rog lub zog los tawm tsam cov neeg ntxeev siab Kurdish tom qab muaj kev tawm tsam, qee qhov ntawm cov neeg tawm tsam nyob rau sab qaum teb Iraq.
    
  Qaib ntxhw lub rooj sib tham rau hnub Wednesday tau pov npav los txuas ntxiv cov tub rog txoj haujlwm los ua haujlwm tawm tsam cov neeg tawm tsam Kurdish nyob rau sab qaum teb Iraq, suav nrog kev ua haujlwm hla ciam teb.
    
  Tab sis cov tub rog tau thov kom muaj hwj chim ntau dua los tawm tsam cov neeg ntxeev siab los ntawm Kurdistan Workers' Party, lossis PKK. Hnub Thursday lub rooj sib tham tau tsom mus rau kev nthuav dav lub peev xwm muaj rau cov tub rog thiab tub ceev xwm ...
    
    
    
  PROLOGUE
    
    
    
  Sab nraum AL-AMADYAH, DAHOK Governorate, REPUBLIC OF IRAQ
  PIB 2010
    
    
  Lub dilok, los yog kev ua koob tsheej kab tshoob kev cai, tau mus rau ob peb teev, tab sis tsis muaj leej twg zoo li nkees me ntsis. Cov txiv neej ua las voos ntawm cov defas loj, lossis cov nruas nruas, thiab kais-danced rau pej xeem suab paj nruag ua yeeb yam nrog zurna thiab timburas, thaum lwm tus qhua qhuas lawv.
    
  Nws yog ib qho sov, qhuav, ntshiab yav tsaus ntuj sab nraum. Cov txiv neej sawv ntawm no thiab nyob rau hauv cov pab pawg, haus luam yeeb thiab haus los ntawm khob me me ntawm kas fes tuab. Cov poj niam laus thiab cov ntxhais hauv cov khaub ncaws muaj yeeb yuj thiab cov phuam qhwv caj dab nqa cov tais zaub mov rau lawv, pab los ntawm cov tub lossis cov kwv yau nrog lub teeb.
    
  Tom qab ua hauj lwm rau cov txiv neej sab nraum lub tshoob txais tos, tus poj niam nqa lub tais los ntawm txoj kev hla lub teeb tsheb, nws tus tub muaj kaum-xyoo coj txoj kev, mus rau ob tug Toyota pickups ib nrab-pob ntoo, ib tug ntawm txhua sab ntawm txoj kev. coj mus ua liaj teb. Tus tub tau teeb nws lub teeb nyem ntawm lub tsheb thauj khoom mus rau nws sab laug, ncaj qha rau hauv nws tus tij laug lub qhov muag. "Thov Allah foom koob hmoov rau koj thiab tos txais koj! Kuv ntes tau koj tsaug zog dua!" - nws qw.
    
  "Kuv tsis yog!" - tus tij laug tawm tsam ntau dua li nws xav.
    
  "Hani, tsis txhob ua qhov no. Tam sim no koj tus kwv yuav tsis pom qhov tsaus ntuj ib pliag, "tus tub leej niam cem nws. "Cia li mus kho koj tus tij laug rau tej yam qab thiab hais rau nws tias koj thov txim. Cia peb mus, Mazen,"nws hais rau nws tus txiv, "Kuv muaj kas fes ntxiv rau koj."
    
  Tus txiv muab nws lub AK-47 tso rau ntawm lub tsheb pem hauv ntej ntawm lub tsheb thiab ua tsaug txais kev kho mob. Nws hnav khaub ncaws rau kev ua koob tsheej, tsis yog rau lub luag haujlwm saib xyuas. "Koj yog ib tug poj niam zoo, Zilar," tus txiv neej hais. "Tab sis lwm zaus, xa koj tus tij laug tub nkees ntawm no los ua haujlwm rau koj. Nws yog nws lub tswv yim kom tso cov neeg saib xyuas ntawm qhov nkag. " Nws tuaj yeem hnov nws qhov mob hnyav. "Kuv nkag siab. Nws tibneeg hu tauj coob recruiting dua, tsis yog? Nws tus ntxhais tshoob thiab nws tsis tuaj yeem nres?
    
  "Nws xav tias muaj zog heev-"
    
  "Kuv paub, kuv paub," tus txiv cuam tshuam, maj mam muab nws txhais tes rau ntawm nws tus poj niam lub plhu kom nws siab. "Nws yog ib tug neeg nyiam thiab ua rau neeg Kurdish nationalist. Zoo rau nws. Tab sis nws paub tias cov tub rog, tub ceev xwm thiab tub rog tau saib xyuas cov xwm txheej zoo li no, thaij duab nrog drones, siv lub microphones rhiab heev thiab tapping xov tooj. Vim li cas nws thiaj txuas ntxiv mus? Nws txaus ntshai heev. "
    
  "Txawm li cas los xij, kuv ua tsaug rau koj ntxiv rau qhov pom zoo sawv ntawm no kom muaj kev nyab xeeb," tus poj niam hais tias, tshem nws txhais tes ntawm nws lub ntsej muag thiab hnia nws. "Nws ua rau nws zoo dua."
    
  "Kuv tsis tau khaws rab phom ntev xyoo txij li thaum kuv tawm hauv Peshmerga tub rog hauv Kirkuk. Kuv pom kuv tus kheej kuaj lub fuse txhua peb vib nas this. "
    
  "Auj, puas yog koj, kuv tus txiv?" Tus poj niam taug kev mus rau AK-47 ntsoos ntawm lub bumper thiab tshuaj xyuas nws cov ntiv tes.
    
  "Ah, Los Angeles, qhia kuv tias kuv tsis yog ..."
    
  "Koj tau ua". Nws tau txav lub pas nrig rov qab mus rau qhov chaw nyab xeeb.
    
  "Kuv zoo siab tias koj cov kwv tij tsis nyob ib puag ncig pom koj ua," nws tus txiv hais. "Tej zaum kuv xav tau cov lus qhia ntxiv los ntawm yav dhau los Supreme Commune ntawm Poj Niam Commanders."
    
  "Kuv muaj tsev neeg los tsa thiab muaj tsev saib xyuas-Kuv tau mob siab rau kuv lub sijhawm rau kev ywj pheej ntawm Kurdistan. Cia cov ntxhais hluas sib tw me ntsis kom hloov pauv. "
    
  "Koj tuaj yeem ua rau txhua tus poj niam hluas - ntawm qhov chaw tua thiab hauv txaj."
    
  "Auj, thiab koj paub li cas txog kev txawj ntawm cov ntxhais hluas?" nws nug ua si. Nws muab riam phom rov qab thiab taug kev ntawm nws tus txiv, swaying nws lub duav seductively. "Kuv muaj ntau zaj lus qhia ntxiv uas kuv xav qhia koj, tus txiv." Nws nwj nws. "Yog li cas koj yuav khaws kuv tus tub hlob nyob ntawm no ntev npaum li cas?"
    
  "Tsis ntev. Tej zaum lwm teev." Nws nodded rau nws tus tub, uas yog tibneeg hu tauj coob shooing nws tus kwv me deb ntawm ob peb seem ntawm baklava ntawm lub tais. "Nws zoo heev uas tau nyob ntawm no nrog Neaz. Nws siv txoj haujlwm no tiag tiag. Nws-" Tus txiv neej nres vim nws xav tias nws hnov lub tsheb kauj vab lossis lub scooter me me los txog, qee yam zoo li lub suab qis uas qhia tau hais tias ceev tab sis tsis muaj zog. Tsis muaj teeb ci ntawm txoj kev lossis ntawm txoj kev loj dhau mus. Nws frowned, ces muab nws lub khob kas fes rau hauv nws tus poj niam txhais tes. "Cia li muab zib ntab rov qab rau hauv lub zej zog center."
    
  "Qhov no yog dab tsi?"
    
  "Tej zaum tsis muaj dab tsi." Nws rov qab saib ntawm txoj kev av thiab pom tsis muaj cov cim ntawm kev txav mus los - tsis muaj noog, tsis muaj ntoo rustling. "Hais rau koj tus tij laug tias kuv yuav mus ncig ib pliag. Kuv yuav qhia rau lwm tus. " Nws hnia nws tus poj niam ntawm sab plhu, ces mus nqa nws AK-47. "Kuv yuav npaj nkag mus tom qab kuv tau txais ..."
    
  Tawm ntawm lub ces kaum ntawm nws lub qhov muag, siab nyob rau sab hnub poob, nws pom nws: ib tug luv luv flash ntawm daj, tsis ntom zoo li lub tsom teeb, tab sis flickering zoo li lub teeb. Yog vim li cas nws ua li ntawd, nws tsis paub meej, tab sis nws thawb nws tus poj niam cia, ntawm cov ntoo ntawm lub rooj vag. "Cia li nqis!" - nws qw. "Luag! Nyob-"
    
  Mam li nco dheev hauv av pib vibrate, zoo li yog ib txhiab nees tau bolted sab xis ntawm lawv. Tus txiv lub ntsej muag, ob lub qhov muag thiab caj pas tau puv nrog cov huab ntawm cov plua plav thiab av uas tshwm sim los ntawm qhov tsis pom, thiab cov pob zeb tau muab pov rau txhua qhov chaw. Tus poj niam qw thaum nws pom nws tus txiv cia li tawg mus rau hauv daim tawv nqaij ntawm tib neeg. Lub tsheb thauj khoom zoo sib xws tau tawg ua ntej lub tank roj tawg, xa cov pob hluav taws loj rau saum ntuj.
    
  Tom qab ntawd nws hnov nws - lub suab txaus ntshai, nrov heev, kav ntev li ob peb feeb xwb. Nws zoo li ib tug tsiaj snarling loj sawv saum nws zoo li ib tug chainsaw loj ntawm ib lub tsev. Lub suab tau ua raws li ib pliag tom qab los ntawm lub suab nrov nrov ntawm lub dav hlau ya saum taub hau, yog li qis nws xav tias nws yuav tsaws rau ntawm txoj kev av.
    
  Tsuas yog ob peb lub plawv dhia, nws tus txiv thiab ob tug tub tau tuag ua ntej nws ob lub qhov muag. Ib yam li ntawd, tus poj niam tau sawv ntawm nws ko taw thiab khiav rov qab mus rau qhov chaw txais tos tshoob, xav tsis muaj dab tsi tab sis ceeb toom rau lwm tus hauv nws tsev neeg kom khiav mus rau lawv lub neej.
    
  "Qhov kom zoo dua yog qhov tseeb," hais xov tooj cua tus thawj coj ntawm peb lub nkoj A-10 Thunderbolt II bomber. Nws nres nyuaj kom paub tseeb tias nws nyob deb txaus ntawm lwm lub dav hlau thiab thaj av. "Ob, tshem tawm hauv kev kub ntxhov."
    
  "Zoo mus kom ze, tus thawj coj," hais xov tooj cua tus tsav ntawm lub thib ob A-10 Thunderbolt. "Qhov thib ob yog ua haujlwm." Nws tau tshawb xyuas cov yeeb yaj kiab infrared ntawm AGM-65G Maverick missile, uas pom meej meej pom ob lub tsheb thauj khoom thaum kawg ntawm txoj kev, ib qho hluav taws kub thiab lwm qhov tseem tsis zoo, thiab nrog lub teeb nyem ntawm tus tswj tuav nws tso nws tus kheej ntawm ib sab. lub tsheb thauj khoom thib ob. Nws A-10 tsis tau hloov kho nrog lub siab infrared sensor module, tab sis "tus txiv neej pluag FLIR" yees duab los ntawm Maverick missile tau ua haujlwm zoo.
    
  Kev tua phom thaum hmo ntuj feem ntau tsis pom zoo, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog nyob rau hauv toj roob hauv pes, tab sis dab tsi tus kws tsav dav hlau yuav tsis pheej hmoo rau lub caij nyoog tua hluav taws tsis txaus ntseeg GAU-8A Avenger cannon, peb caug-millimeter Gatling rab phom uas tau tua cov uranium loj loj ntawm ib puag ncig. tus nqi ze li plaub txhiab rounds ib feeb? Tsis tas li ntawd, txij li thawj lub hom phiaj tau kub hnyiab tau zoo, tam sim no nws yooj yim pom lub hom phiaj tom ntej.
    
  Thaum Maverick's reticle poob peb caug degrees, tus kws tsav dav hlau txo qis lub qhov ntswg ntawm lub dav hlau, tau hloov kho zaum kawg, thiab tshaj tawm hauv xov tooj cua, "Pob zeb, phom, phom!" thiab rub tus txhais. Lub suab nrov ntawm rab phom loj tua ntawm nws ob txhais ceg yog qhov kev xav zoo kawg nkaus. Hauv ib qho thib peb thib ob tawg, yuav luag ob puas lub plhaub loj loj tau mus txog lawv lub hom phiaj. Tus kws tsav tsheb tau tsom mus rau lub tsheb thauj khoom rau thawj thib ob, tua tsib caug puag ncig ntawm nws thiab ua rau muaj kev tawg zoo nkauj ntxiv, thiab tom qab ntawd tsa A-10 lub qhov ntswg kom tso cai rau ib puas thiab peb caug puag ncig kom tawg txoj hauv kev mus rau lub hom phiaj khiav tawm.
    
  Ua tib zoo kom tsis txhob raug teeb tsa ntau dhau ntawm lub hom phiaj, thiab paub txog qhov chaw nyob ib puag ncig, nws nres nrawm thiab hloov kev coj mus rau sab xis kom nce lub hom phiaj qhov siab. Lub maneuverability ntawm Asmeskas-ua A-10 yog qhov xav tsis thoob - nws tsis tsim nyog nws lub npe tsis raug cai, "Warthog." "Ob qhov tseeb. Peb, kub peeled. "
    
  "Peb ntawm kev tawm tsam," teb tus kws tsav dav hlau thib peb A-10 hauv kev tsim. Nws yog tus kws tsav dav hlau tsawg tshaj plaws hauv kev tsim plaub lub nkoj, yog li nws tsis mus ua lub cannon khiav ... tab sis nws yuav tsum tau ua kom zoo siab.
    
  Nws tsom mus rau lub hom phiaj - ib lub chaw nres tsheb loj nyob ib sab ntawm lub tsev - ntawm Maverick missile txoj kev taw qhia screen, nias lub "lock" khawm ntawm lub throttle , hais tias "Rifle ib" nyob rau hauv xov tooj cua, tig nws lub taub hau mus rau sab xis kom tsis txhob lub glare ntawm. Lub foob pob hluav taws lub cav, thiab nias lub pob "lag luam" ntawm tus tswj tuav. Lub AGM-65G Maverick missile tau tso cov lus qhia pib ntawm sab laug tis thiab sai sai ploj ntawm qhov pom, nws xaiv lub missile thib ob, txav lub reticle mus rau lub hom phiaj thib ob - Lub tsev nws tus kheej - thiab raug rho tawm haujlwm Maverick los ntawm sab xis tis ob peb feeb tom qab nws tau txais nqi zog nrog ob qhov tawg tawg.
    
  "Tus neeg nthuav qhia muaj cov duab pom ntawm qhov zoo li yog ob qho kev cuam tshuam ncaj qha."
    
  "Qhov thib peb yog dawb," nws hais xov tooj cua thaum nws nce siab thiab tig mus rau qhov kev npaj sib tham. "Phau plaub, tshem tawm hauv kev kub ntxhov."
    
  "Pib piv txwv, ya nrawm," lees paub tus neeg tsav dav hlau thib plaub A-10. Tej zaum nws yuav muaj qhov kev tawm tsam tsawg tshaj plaws thiab feem ntau tsis tau ua los ntawm A-10, tab sis A-10s yog cov tswv cuab tshiab ntawm lub nkoj thiab lawv cov peev xwm tag nrho tseem tsis tau tshawb nrhiav.
    
  Cov txheej txheem tau yooj yim dua li ntawm nws cov wingmen: tuav tswj cov keyboards ntsia ntawm chaw nres tsheb plaub thiab yim; ua raws li GPS navigation cov lus qhia mus rau qhov qhib qhov rooj; lub ntsiab arming hloov yog nyob rau hauv "arm" txoj hauj lwm; thiab nias lub khawm tso tawm ntawm tus tswj tuav ntawm qhov kev npaj tso tawm ua ntej. Ob txhiab phaus GBU-32 GPS-guided foob pob raug muab tso rau hauv hmo ntuj. Tus kws tsav dav hlau tsis tas yuav kho dab tsi lossis pheej hmoo dhia mus rau hauv qhov chaw: riam phom lub hom phiaj cov khoom siv siv GPS satellite navigation signals coj cov foob pob mus rau lub hom phiaj, ib lub tsev loj nyob ib sab ntawm thaj chaw uas tau tshaj tawm tias yog "chaw nyob hauv zej zog" tab sis. Cov chaw txawj ntse hais tias yog qhov chaw sib sau ua ke thiab chaw nrhiav neeg ua haujlwm rau PKK cov neeg phem.
    
  Zoo, tsis yog lawm. Ob qhov kev sib tsoo ncaj qha tau rhuav tshem lub tsev, tsim kom muaj lub qhov dej loj tshaj li tsib caug ko taw hauv txoj kab uas hla. Txawm tias ya kaum tsib txhiab ko taw saum av, A-10 tau shaken los ntawm ob qhov tawg. "Qhov plaub yog dawb. Lub vaj huam sib luag riam phom muaj kev nyab xeeb thiab suab. "
    
  "Ob tug zoo infiltrates," tus thawj tsav dav hlau xov tooj cua. Nws tsis pom muaj qhov tawg thib ob, tab sis cov neeg ua phem yuav tau txav ib qho chaw loj ntawm riam phom thiab cov khoom tawg uas tau tshaj tawm tias khaws cia hauv lub tsev. "Muhtesem! Ua haujlwm zoo, xob laim. Xyuas kom cov arming switches muaj kev ruaj ntseg, thiab tsis txhob hnov qab tua ECM thiab tig rau cov transponders ntawm ciam teb, los yog peb yuav tshuab koj rau tej daim zoo li lawv tau ua rau cov PKK scum rov qab rau ntawd. Pom koj ntawm anchor rendezvous. "
    
  Nyob rau hauv feeb, tag nrho plaub A-10 Thunderbolts, lub Turkish Cua Dag Zog Yuam tus tshiab tau txais kev sib ntaus sib tua aircraft, tau nyab xeeb rov qab hla ciam teb. Lwm qhov kev ua tau zoo los tiv thaiv kev ua phem tawm tsam cov neeg tawm tsam nkaum hauv Iraq.
    
  Tus poj niam, Zilar Azzawi, quaj quaj thaum nws sawv ib pliag tom qab. Nws sab laug txhais tes tau mob heev, zoo li nws tau tawg ib tug ntiv tes thaum lub caij nplooj zeeg... Thiab tom qab ntawd nws pom tau hais tias nws sab laug tes tsis nyob ntawd lawm, rub tawm mus rau nruab nrab ntawm nws lub hauv pliaj. Txhua yam tua nws tus txiv thiab cov tub thiab rhuav tshem lub tsheb yuav luag ua tiav hauv kev tua nws. Nws qhov kev cob qhia PKK commando tau dhau los thiab nws tau tswj hwm los khi ib txoj hlua ntawm nws hnav khaub ncaws nyob ib ncig ntawm nws caj npab ua ib qho kev sib tw kom tsis txhob los ntshav.
    
  Tag nrho thaj chaw nyob ib ncig ntawm nws tau nyob hauv nplaim taws, thiab nws tsis muaj kev xaiv tab sis nyob qhov twg nws nyob, ntawm sab ntawm txoj kev, txog thaum nws tuaj yeem tau txais nws cov kabmob. Txhua yam nyob ib ncig ntawm nws, tshwj tsis yog qhov me me ntawm txoj kev av, tau kub hnyiab, thiab nws tau poob ntshav ntau heev uas nws tsis xav tias nws tuaj yeem mus deb txawm tias nws paub tias yuav mus qhov twg.
    
  Txhua yam thiab txhua tus tau ploj mus, raug rhuav tshem tag nrho - lub tsev, kev txais tos tshoob, tag nrho cov qhua, cov me nyuam ... kuv tus Vajtswv, cov me nyuam, nws cov me nyuam ...!
    
  Azzawi tsis muaj kev pab tam sim no, vam tias yuav nyob twj ywm ...
    
  "Tab sis, Vajtswv, yog tias koj cia kuv nyob," nws hais nrov nrov, dhau lub suab ntawm kev tuag thiab kev puas tsuaj nyob ib puag ncig nws, "Kuv yuav nrhiav cov neeg ua haujlwm rau qhov kev tawm tsam no, thiab kuv yuav siv tag nrho kuv lub zog los sau ib pab tub rog thiab rhuav tshem. lawv. Kuv lub neej dhau los dhau lawm - lawv tau coj kuv tsev neeg los ntawm kuv nrog kev ua phem tsis zoo. Nrog koj txoj koob hmoov, tus Tswv, kuv lub neej tshiab yuav pib tam sim no, thiab kuv yuav ua pauj rau txhua tus uas tau tuag hmo no."
    
    
  TSEEM CEEB JANDARMA PUBLIC COMMANDO BASE, DIYARBAKIR, REPUBLIC OF TURKEY
  SUMMER 2010
    
    
  "Kanak Ob-xya, Diyarbakir ntauwd, cua peb-xoom-xoom ntawm yim lub pob, qab nthab ib txhiab mais ntawm ib teev, pom tsib hauv nag los nag, khiav peb-tsib, tshem tawm rau ib txwm qeb ILS mus kom ze, kev nyab xeeb yog ntsuab."
    
  Tus kws tsav dav hlau ntawm US-ua KC-135R tanker / cargo aircraft lees paub qhov kev hu, tom qab ntawd nias lub hom phiaj neeg caij tsheb. "Peb yuav tsaws sai sai no. Thov rov qab mus rau koj lub rooj zaum, xyuas kom koj lub rooj zaum siv tau ruaj khov, tshem koj lub tais tais, thiab khaws tag nrho cov hnab nqa mus. Tesekkur ederim. Ua tsaug ". Tom qab ntawd nws tig mus rau tus tswj hwm tus neeg tsav tsheb / tus kws tsav dav hlau zaum tom qab tus kws tsav dav hlau thiab qw hla lub cockpit, "Mus saib seb nws puas xav tuaj tsaws, Master Sergeant." Tus engineer nodded, tshem nws lub mloog pob ntseg thiab mus tom qab mus rau hauv lub cargo bay.
    
  Txawm hais tias KC-135R feem ntau yog lub dav hlau refueling, nws tau siv los thauj cov khoom thauj thiab cov neeg caij tsheb. Cov khoom thauj yog nyob rau hauv pem hauv ntej ntawm lub cavernous sab hauv - nyob rau hauv cov ntaub ntawv no, plaub pallets ntim nrog lub thawv ruaj nrog nylon mesh. Hauv qab lub tais yog ob lub tais rau kaum ob tus neeg caij tsheb hauv chav kawm kev lag luam, bolted rau hauv pem teb kom cov neeg caij tsheb zaum tom qab. Lub davhlau tsis nrov, tsis hnov tsw, tsaus thiab tsis xis nyob, tab sis muaj txiaj ntsig lub zog-augmenting aircraft zoo li no tsis tshua muaj kev tso cai ya yam tsis muaj kev thauj khoom tag nrho.
    
  Cov neeg ua haujlwm ua haujlwm tau nyem ib ncig ntawm cov khoom thauj thiab mus cuag cov neeg caij tsheb dozing zaum ntawm qhov kawg ntawm thawj kab ntawm qhov chaw nres nkoj. Tus txiv neej muaj plaub hau ntev thiab zoo li tousled, sideburns uas tau loj hlob nyob rau hauv ob peb hnub, thiab nws hnav khaub ncaws raws li txoj kev, txawm hais tias ib tug neeg mus rau lub dav hlau tub rog yuav tsum hnav ib tug hnav ris tsho los yog ib tug ua lag ua luam ce. Tus engineer sawv ntawm tus txiv neej thiab maj mam kov nws lub xub pwg nyom. Thaum tus txiv neej sawv los, Xib Hwb Sergeant taw qhia rau nws, thiab nws sawv thiab ua raws li tus Xib Hwb Tub Ceev Xwm mus rau qhov chaw nruab nrab ntawm cov pallets. "Thov zam txim rau koj, tus tswv," tus neeg tsav tsheb boom tau hais tias tom qab tus neeg caij tsheb tau tshem cov pob ntseg daj ua npuas ncauj uas txhua tus hnav los tiv thaiv lawv lub suab tsis hnov tsw, "tab sis tus kws tsav dav hlau nug seb koj puas xav zaum hauv lub cockpit rau mus kom ze." tsaws."
    
  "Puas yog qhov txheej txheem ib txwm muaj, Master Sergeant?" - nug tus neeg caij tsheb, General Besir Ozek. Ozek yog tus thawj coj ntawm Gendarma Genel Komutanligi, lossis Turkish lub teb chaws tsis muaj tub rog, uas ua ke nrog tub ceev xwm hauv tebchaws, tub ceev xwm ciam teb thiab tub ceev xwm hauv tebchaws. Raws li ib tug kws txawj commando, nrog rau tus thawj coj ntawm ib tug paramilitary unit nyob rau hauv lub saib xyuas ntawm kev ruaj ntseg sab hauv, Ozek tau tso cai rau hnav ntev plaub hau thiab sideburns kom zoo dua nyob rau hauv thiab tawm ntawm lub luag hauj lwm ntawm ib tug undercover tus neeg saib xyuas thiab saib lwm yam subtly.
    
  "Tsis yog, tus tswv," tus neeg teb xov tooj barrier teb. "Tsis muaj leej twg raug tso cai nyob rau hauv lub cockpit tsuas yog cov neeg tsav dav hlau. Tab sis ..."
    
  "Kuv thov kom kuv tsis txhob raug cais tawm ntawm lub davhlau no, Master Sergeant. Kuv xav tias qhov ntawd yog qhov tseeb rau txhua tus hauv pab pawg, "Ozek hais. "Kuv xav kom nyob twj ywm tsis meej li sai tau ntawm qhov kev mus ncig no. Yog vim li cas kuv thiaj txiav txim siab zaum nraub qaum nrog lwm tus neeg caij tsheb. "
    
  "Thov txim, tus tswv," hais tias tus neeg teb xov tooj barrier.
    
  Ozek tau tshuaj xyuas cov khoom thauj khoom pallets thiab pom tias ntau tus neeg caij tsheb tig mus saib seb puas muaj dab tsi tshwm sim. "Zoo, kuv xav tias nws lig dhau lawm, puas yog?" - nws hais. "Mus". Tus neeg ua haujlwm phom tau taub hau thiab coj tus thawj coj mus rau hauv lub cockpit, zoo siab tias nws tsis tas yuav piav qhia rau tus thawj coj dav hlau vim li cas tus thawj coj tsis tau txais nws qhov kev caw.
    
  Nws tau ntau xyoo txij li thaum Ozek tau nyob hauv lub dav hlau KC-135R Stratotanker tanker, thiab lub alarm zoo li ntau dua, nrov nrov thiab tsis hnov tsw dua li nws nco qab. Ozek yog ib tug tub rog qub tub rog thiab tsis xav nkag siab txog dab tsi nyiam cov txiv neej mus rau aviation. Tus kws tsav dav hlau lub neej tau raug quab yuam thiab kev cai lij choj uas tsis muaj leej twg pom lossis nkag siab tag nrho, thiab nws tsis yog qhov uas nws xav ua neej nyob. Lub KC-135R tau kho dua tshiab yog lub dav hlau zoo, tab sis lub dav hlau tau ua haujlwm tau ntau tshaj li tsib caug xyoo - qhov no tseem hluas, tsuas yog plaub caug tsib xyoos - thiab nws tau pib qhia nws lub hnub nyoog.
    
  Txawm li cas los xij, aviation zoo li yog txhua qhov npau taws hauv tebchaws Turkey niaj hnub no. Nws lub teb chaws nyuam qhuav tau txais kaum ob ntawm cov neeg tawm tsam tshaj tawm thiab cov foob pob tawg los ntawm Tebchaws Meskas: tus hlub F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter-bomber, uas kuj tau tsim nyob rau hauv daim ntawv tso cai nyob rau hauv Qaib Cov Txwv; lub A-10 Thunderbolt nyob ze-hauv huab cua txhawb nqa dav hlau, lub npe menyuam yaus "Warthog" vim nws cov hulking, utilitarian tsos; AH-1 Cobra nres helicopter; thiab F-15 Eagle fighter dav hlau rau huab cua superiority. Qaib ntxhw yog nyob rau hauv nws txoj kev los ua ib tug ntiaj teb no-chav kawm ntawv nyob rau hauv lub regional tub rog lub hwj chim, ua tsaug rau lub tebchaws United States 'xav tau rau divest nws tus kheej ntawm kev sib ntaus sib tua-tested khoom tab sis laus.
    
  Tus neeg tsav tsheb barrage tau muab lub taub hau dav dav thiab taw qhia rau tus kws qhia lub rooj zaum ntawm ob tus neeg tsav dav hlau. "Kuv paub tias koj tsis xav kom muaj kev ntxhov siab, General," tus kws tsav dav hlau hais rau lub intercom, "tab sis lub rooj qhib thiab kuv xav tias koj yuav nyiam qhov kev pom."
    
  "Tau kawg," Ozek teb yooj yim, ua ib qho kev xav kom tshem tawm tus tsav ntawm lub luag haujlwm thaum nws rov qab mus rau lub hauv paus chaw haujlwm; muaj ntau tus txiv neej thiab poj niam nyob rau hauv Turkish Cua Force uas paub yuav ua li cas ua raws li cov lus txib tos rau pilot tankers. "Txoj kev ruaj ntseg ntawm lub tshav dav hlau yog dab tsi?"
    
  "Ntsuab, tus tswv," tus tsav qhia. "Tsis muaj kev hloov pauv ntau dua ib hlis."
    
  "Qhov kawg ntawm PKK kev ua haujlwm hauv cheeb tsam no tsuas yog nees nkaum plaub hnub dhau los, Tus tauj ncov loj," Ozek hais tias chim siab. PKK, los yog Karker Party nyob rau hauv Kurdistan, los yog Kurdistan Workers 'Part, yog ib tug txwv Marxist lub koom haum tub rog uas nrhiav kev tsim ntawm ib tug cais lub xeev ntawm Kurdistan, tsim los ntawm ib feem ntawm yav qab teb Qaib ntxhw, qaum teb Iraq, qaum teb sab hnub tuaj Syria thiab qaum teb hnub poob Iran, tag nrho cov. uas yog haiv neeg Kurdish feem ntau. PKK tau siv kev ua phem thiab kev ua phem, txawm tias tawm tsam cov tub rog loj thiab cov chaw muaj kev tiv thaiv zoo xws li cov tshav dav hlau pej xeem, los sim tswj nws tus kheej hauv qhov muag ntawm pej xeem thiab xav kom cov xeev mus txog kev daws teeb meem. "Peb yuav tsum ceev faj ib txwm."
    
  "Yog lawm, tus tswv," tus kws tsav dav hlau tau lees paub hauv lub suab nrov.
    
  "Koj puas tsis ua qhov kev ua tau zoo tshaj plaws, Tus tauj ncov loj?"
    
  "Uh... tsis yog, tus tswv," tus tsav teb. "Qhov xwm txheej kev nyab xeeb yog ntsuab, lub qab nthab thiab qhov pom tau qis, thiab tus pej thuam tau qhia tias peb tau raug tshem tawm rau ib qho kev mus kom ze." Nws nqos, tom qab ntawd ntxiv, "Thiab kuv tsis xav ua rau koj chim siab lossis lwm tus neeg caij tsheb los ntawm kev nqis los ntawm qhov ua tau zoo tshaj plaws."
    
  Ozek yuav tau cem tus tub hluas uas tsis txawj tsav tsheb, tab sis lawv twb tau pib lawv cov cuab yeej cuab tam thiab nws yuav tsis ntev heev. Qhov kev ua tau zoo tshaj plaws ntawm kev tawm mus thiab txoj hauv kev tau tsim los txo lub sijhawm nyob rau hauv kev ua kom tuag ntau ntawm cov phom tua phom tua dav hlau. PKK qee zaus siv Lavxias-ua SA-7 thiab SA-14 missiles tawm tsam tsoomfwv Turkish dav hlau.
    
  Txawm li cas los xij, qhov tshwm sim ntawm qhov kev tawm tsam niaj hnub no yog me me. Lub qab nthab thiab kev pom tau qis heev, txwv lub sijhawm muaj rau tus neeg tua phom tua. Tsis tas li ntawd, kev tawm tsam feem ntau tau ua rau lub dav hlau loj lossis lub dav hlau ruaj khov thaum lub sij hawm tshem tawm vim tias lub tshav kub kos npe ntawm cov cuaj luaj tau tsom mus rau qhov ci dua - thaum lub sij hawm mus kom ze, cov cav tau khiav ntawm qhov chaw qis zog thiab kuj txias, uas txhais tau hais tias cov cuaj luaj. muaj lub sij hawm nyuaj xauv rau thiab yuav tau jammed los yog daig yooj yim dua.
    
  Tus kws tsav dav hlau tau siv sijhawm uas Ozek tsis nyiam - tshwj xeeb tshaj yog txij li nws tsuas yog ua nws los sim ua rau cov tub ceev xwm zoo siab - tab sis tam sim no lawv tau nyob rau hauv qhov chaw nruj, thiab tshem tawm txoj hauv kev ntawm lub sijhawm no, nyob ze cov roob hauv qhov phem. huab cua, tsis yog ib qho kev xaiv zoo tagnrho. Ozek tig rov qab rau hauv nws lub rooj zaum thiab hla nws txhais tes hla nws lub hauv siab, qhia nws txoj kev npau taws. "Txuas ntxiv, tus thawj coj," nws hais yooj yim.
    
  "Muaj, tus tswv," tus kws tsav dav hlau teb nrog kev nyem. "Co-pilot, thov, ua ntej ua daim ntawv txheeb xyuas cuam tshuam ntawm txoj kev glide." Rau tus kws tsav dav hlau, Ozek xav tias, nws yog tus tsav tsheb zoo; nws yuav yog qhov zoo ntxiv rau qee tus neeg caij dav hlau vim tias nws yuav tsis nyob hauv Turkey Air Force ntev heev.
    
  Hmoov tsis zoo, tus cwj pwm tsis txaus ntseeg no hauv cov tub rog tau dhau los ua ntau niaj hnub no vim qhov kev tsis sib haum xeeb ntawm tsoomfwv Turkish thiab cov Kurds txuas ntxiv mus ntxiv. Lub Kurdistan Workers 'Part, los yog PKK, tau hloov nws lub npe rau PAG, los yog Congress for Freedom thiab Democracy, thiab zam tsis txhob siv lo lus "Kurdistan" nyob rau hauv nws cov ntaub ntawv thiab hais lus nyob rau hauv ib qho kev sim kom nyiam cov neeg tuaj saib. Nyob rau hnub no, lawv tau muaj kev tawm tsam thiab tshaj tawm cov ntaub ntawv tawm tswv yim txog kev lees txais tib neeg txoj cai lij choj tshiab los daws kev txom nyem ntawm txhua tus neeg raug tsim txom hauv ntiaj teb, tsis yog tawm tsam kev tawm tsam tub rog nkaus xwb rau lub xeev Kurdish.
    
  Tab sis nws yog ib tug dag. PKK tau muaj zog dua, nplua nuj dua thiab hnyav dua li qub. Vim yog Asmeskas kev ntxeem tau thiab kev puas tsuaj ntawm Saddam Hussein tsoomfwv hauv Iraq, nrog rau Iranian kev tsov kev rog, cov neeg tawm tsam Kurdish tsis ntshai ua rau muaj kev tawm tsam hla ciam teb rau Turkey, Iraq, Iran thiab Syria los ntawm ntau lub chaw nyab xeeb, vam tias yuav ua rau muaj kev kub ntxhov thiab. tsis meej pem thiab tsim kom muaj lub hauv paus muaj zog hauv txhua lub tebchaws. Txhua zaus cov tub rog Turkish teb, lawv raug liam tias yog kev tua neeg, thiab cov nom tswv hauv Ankara tau hais kom cov tub rog txwv kev tsim txom.
    
  Qhov no tsuas yog txhawb nqa PKK. Qhov tseeb skit: qhov tshwm sim ntawm ib tug poj niam neeg ua phem thawj coj. Tsis muaj leej twg paub nws lub npe tiag tiag; Nws lub npe hu ua Baz, lossis "The Hawk" hauv Arabic, vim tias nws muaj peev xwm tawm tsam sai sai thiab npaj txhij txog, tab sis zoo li ya mus thiab tshem tawm nws cov neeg nrhiav tau yooj yim. Nws tshwm sim raws li lub zog tseem ceeb thawb rau Kurdish kev ywj pheej thiab cov lus teb tsis txaus siab ntawm tsoomfwv Turkish thiab Iraqi rau nws hu rau kev ua tsov rog ntshav txhawj xeeb General Jandarma.
    
  "Peb tab tom nkag mus rau txoj kev cuam tshuam," tus kws tsav dav hlau hais.
    
  "Slow down," tus kws tsav dav hlau hais.
    
  "Ntawm no yog," tus kws tsav dav hlau teb, thiab nws mus txog saum tus tsav lub hauv caug sab xis thiab txav lub iav hloov mus rau qhov chaw qis. "Kev sib kis tau zoo ... Peb lub ntsuab, tsis muaj xim daj, khawm lub twj tso kua mis xyuas lub teeb rau, kis tawm thiab kaw."
    
  Tus kws tsav dav hlau coj nws ob lub qhov muag tawm ntawm qhov taw qhia txoj haujlwm kab rov tav tsuas yog ntev txaus los xyuas cov iav hloov pauv thiab nias kom nias lub "gear hyd" qhov taw qhia los xyuas. "Xim, kis tau tus mob raug kaw thiab thaiv."
    
  "Tau kawg, ntawm txoj kev glide," tus kws tsav dav hlau hais. "Ob txhiab taw rau kev txiav txim siab qhov siab." Tus kws tsav dav hlau tau ncav tes tawm thiab ntsuas qhov ntsuas huab cua nrawm, ntsiag to ceeb toom tus kws tsav dav hlau tias nws lub dav hlau tau poob qis me ntsis - nrog rau cov dav dav hauv lub cockpit, nws tsis xav hais txog qhov yuam kev me ntsis. Lawv qhov ceev tsuas yog poob los ntawm tsib pob, tab sis qhov yuam kev me me zoo li snowball ntawm qhov ntsuas ntsuas, thiab nws yog qhov zoo dua los pom lawv thiab kho tam sim ntawd dua li cia lawv ua teeb meem loj tom qab.
    
  "Tesekkur eder," tus tsav teb, lees paub qhov ntes. Ib qho yooj yim "tau txais koj" txhais tau hais tias tus tsav tau pom nws qhov yuam kev, tab sis kev ris txiaj txhais tau tias tus kws tsav dav hlau tau ua txoj hauv kev zoo. "Ib txhiab tshuav."
    
  Lub hnub ci lim tau pib lim los ntawm lub qhov rais cabin, ua raws li ib pliag tom qab los ntawm lub hnub ci tawg los ntawm cov huab uas tawg mus thoob plaws. Ozek ntsia tawm thiab pom tias lawv nyob hauv nruab nrab ntawm txoj kev khiav, thiab cov teeb pom kev pom pom tau hais tias lawv nyob ntawm txoj kev glide. "Khiav hauv qhov pom," tus kws tsav dav hlau tshaj tawm. Cov koob ILS pib seev cev me ntsis, uas txhais tau hais tias tus kws tsav dav hlau tau saib lub qhov rais mus rau txoj kev khiav es tsis txhob saib qhov taw qhia txoj haujlwm kab rov tav. "Cia li mus ze dua."
    
  "ua tsaug". Lwm zoo ntes. "Tsib puas rau kev txiav txim siab siab. Ua raws li 'ua ntej tsaws' daim ntawv txheeb xyuas thiab ..."
    
  Ozek, tsom ntsoov rau lub qhov rais es tsis yog cov twj paj nruag, pom nws ua ntej: ib kab dawb curling ntawm cov pa taws los ntawm kev sib tshuam ntawm txoj kev ua ntej thiab sab laug, sab hauv lub tshav dav hlau lub laj kab ib puag ncig, mus ncaj nraim rau lawv! "Xwb!" qw Ozek, siv lub npe Lavxias teb sab "Zvezda" rau SA-7 lub xub pwg-launched missile. "Tig, tam sim no!"
    
  Rau nws qhov credit, tus tsav tau ua raws nraim li Ozek tau hais tseg: nws tam sim ntawd tig lub log tswj kom nrawm rau sab xis thiab teeb tsa tag nrho plaub lub throttles kom muaj zog sib ntaus sib tua. Tab sis nws tau ntau, lig heev. Ozek paub tias tam sim no lawv tsuas muaj ib lub caij nyoog xwb: tias nws yog SA-7 missile tiag tiag thiab tsis yog SA-14 tshiab, vim hais tias lub missile qub xav tau qhov chaw kub kub los coj nws, thaum SA-14 tuaj yeem taug qab txhua qhov cua sov. , txawm lub hnub ci reflected los ntawm lub teeb nyem.
    
  Nyob rau hauv ib lub qhov muag, lub foob pob hluav taws ploj mus - nws ya ob peb meters los ntawm sab laug tis. Tab sis muaj lwm yam tsis raug. Ib lub suab nrov hauv lub cockpit; Tus kws tsav dav hlau tau sim tig KC-135 mus rau sab laug kom theem nws tawm thiab tej zaum txawm tias nws rov qab los ntawm txoj kev khiav, tab sis lub dav hlau tsis teb - sab laug tis tseem nyob saum ntuj thiab tsis muaj lub zog aileron txaus. coj nws los. Txawm hais tias cov cav khiav ntawm lub zog tag nrho, lawv nres tag nrho, hem tias yuav mus rau hauv lub tailspin txhua lub sijhawm.
    
  "Koj ua dab tsi, tus thawj coj?" Ozek qw. "Cia koj lub qhov ntswg thiab theem koj tis!"
    
  "Kuv tsis tuaj yeem tig rov qab!" - tus tsav qw.
    
  "Peb tsis tuaj yeem ncav cuag txoj kev khiav - theem tis thiab nrhiav qhov chaw rau kev tsaws thaum muaj xwm txheej ceev!" Ozek hais. Nws ntsia tawm ntawm tus kws tsav dav hlau lub qhov rais thiab pom lub tshav ncaws pob. "Ntawm no! Football teb! Nov yog koj qhov chaw tsaws!"
    
  "Kuv tswj tau nws! Kuv tuaj yeem ua tau ...!"
    
  "Tsis yog, koj tsis tuaj yeem - nws lig dhau lawm!" - Ozek qw. "Cia li tso koj lub qhov ntswg thiab lub taub hau rau qhov chaw ncaws pob, lossis peb txhua tus yuav tuag!"
    
  Qhov seem tau tshwm sim hauv tsawg dua tsib vib nas this, tab sis Ozek saib nws zoo li hauv kev qeeb qeeb. Tsis txhob sim nqa lub tanker stalled rov qab mus rau saum ntuj, tus tsav tau tso lub zog rov qab rau ntawm tus tswj levers. Thaum nws ua li no thiab lub cav muaj zog tag nrho, cov ailerons teb tam sim ntawd thiab tus kws tsav dav hlau tuaj yeem ntsuas lub dav hlau tis. Nrog lub qhov ntswg qis, lub dav hlau nrawm nrawm nrawm, thiab qhov kev poob siab txaus rau tus tsav los tsa lub qhov ntswg yuav luag mus rau qhov chaw tsaws. Nws tig lub throttles kom tsis muaj zog, ces txiav tawm lub sijhawm ua ntej lub tanker loj kov.
    
  Ozek tau muab pov rau pem hauv ntej yuav luag rau hauv nruab nrab lub console, tab sis nws lub xub pwg nyom thiab lub duav siv tau tuav, thiab nws xav nrog kev khuv xim tias nws tau ntsib kev nyuaj nyuaj ua ntej ... zoo li nws tau tawg tag ib nrab. Lub pem hauv ntej gearbox tsoo thiab av thiab turf poured los ntawm lub windshield zoo li ib tug tidal yoj. Lawv tsoo los ntawm lub hom phiaj ncaws pob, tom qab ntawd tsoo los ntawm lub laj kab thiab ntau lub chaw nres tsheb thiab chaw cia khoom ua ntej nres ntawm lub hauv paus gymnasium.
    
    
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  "Masters Ob-ob, qhov no yog Dawb Sands." Lub xov tooj cua portable crackled mus rau lub neej, tearing los ntawm cov huab cua thaum sawv ntxov ntsiag to. "Thov tshem tawm, khiav ib-xoom, cua txias, altimeter ob-cine-cine-xya. Cov xwm txheej hem yog liab, Kuv rov hais dua, liab, rov nyeem dua. "
    
  "Kev nkag siab, Masters Ob-Ob daim ntawv theej, tshem tawm, khiav ib-xoom, kev hem thawj liab."
    
  Lub dav hlau loj, zoo li coj txawv txawv tau pib nws lub cav thiab npaj coj mus rau txoj kev khiav. Nws yog me ntsis nco txog lub B-2 Ntsuj Plig "flying-tis" stealth bomber, tab sis nws muaj zog ntau dua li cov neeg tawg rog intercontinental, txhais tau hais tias muaj peev xwm them tau ntau dua. Es tsis txhob cav ua rau hauv lub fuselage, lub dav hlau muaj peb lub cav mounted nyob rau tom qab ntawm lub fuselage ntawm luv pylons.
    
  Raws li lub dav hlau coj txawv txawv winged guppy taxied los ntawm txoj kab tuav mus rau txoj kev khiav, txog li ib mais mus rau sab hnub poob, ib tug txiv neej hnav lub kaus mom, balaclava, tuab tiv thaiv lub tsho ntsuab thiab hnab looj tes hnyav nqa MANPADS, lossis txiv neej-portable anti-aircraft. missile, launcher rau ntawm nws sab xis xub pwg nyom. Nws thawj zaug tso ib lub cuab yeej hais txog qhov loj ntawm cov zaub tuaj yeem nkag mus rau hauv qab ntawm lub launcher, uas muab cov roj argon cua txias rau lub tshuab nrhiav infrared thiab siv lub cuab yeej lub roj teeb.
    
  "Allah Akbar, Allah Akbar," tus txiv neej hais nyob rau hauv lub suab ntsiag to. Tom qab ntawd nws tau sawv mus rau nws txhais taw thiab taw tes rau riam phom sab hnub tuaj, mus rau lub suab nrov zuj zus ntawm lub dav hlau lub cav revving rau takeoff. Nws tseem tsis tau pom lub dav hlau los ntawm qhov deb, yog li tus txiv neej foob pob hluav taws txo nws lub qhov muag pom kev tsaus ntuj ntawm nws ob lub qhov muag, ua tib zoo kho nws lub taub hau kom nws tseem tuaj yeem tsom MANPADS los ntawm nws cov hlau pom. Nws qhib lub riam phom los ntawm nias thiab tso tawm qhov kev nyab xeeb built-in thiab tsav tsheb. Nws tuaj yeem hnov cov gyroscopes spinning nyob rau hauv lub missile taw qhia bay txawm tshaj lub suab nrov ntawm lub dav hlau thundering hla suab puam.
    
  Raws li nws tsom nws lub peev xwm ntawm cov duab ntsuab thiab dawb ntawm lub dav hlau rov qab, nws hnov lub suab nrov qis hauv nws lub mloog pob ntseg, qhia tias MANPADS 'infrared sensor nyuam qhuav khaws lub dav hlau lub cav tso pa tawm. Tom qab ntawd nws nias thiab tuav lub "uncage" qib thiab qhov kev yuav khoom tau nrov dua, qhia nws tias missile tau taug qab lub hom phiaj zoo.
    
  Nws tos kom txog thaum lub dav hlau ya saum huab cua vim yog nws tau tua nws thaum nws tseem nyob hauv av, cov neeg coob yuav tuaj yeem nres lub dav hlau kom nyab xeeb ntawm txoj kev khiav thiab tua hluav taws sai sai, ua kom cov neeg raug mob tsawg kawg nkaus. Lub sijhawm uas yooj yim tshaj plaws yog tsib vib nas this tom qab tshem tawm, vim tias lub dav hlau tau nrawm nrawm thiab nws cov iav tsaws tau txav mus; yog tias nws lub cav ua tsis tiav, cov neeg coob yuav tsum tau hnov mob sai thiab raug kom tsis txhob muaj kev puas tsuaj.
    
  Tam sim no yog lub sijhawm. Nws ntxhi rau lwm tus "Allahu Akbar," tsa lub launcher kom lub hom phiaj nyob rau hauv qis sab laug ces kaum ntawm cov hlau pom, tuav nws ua tsis taus pa kom tsis txhob nqus cov foob pob ua ntxaij pa, ces rub lub trigger.
    
  Lub tshuab me me ejection tau tua lub foob pob hluav taws los ntawm nws lub thoob txog peb caug taw rau saum huab cua. Raws li lub foob pob hluav taws pib poob, nws thawj theem khoom foob pob hluav taws lub cev muaj zog raug rho tawm haujlwm thiab lub foob pob hluav taws tau mus rau nws lub hom phiaj, nrog lub sensor ruaj ntseg xauv rau hauv qhov chaw. Tus txiv neej foob pob hluav taws tom qab ntawd txo qis nws qhov kev tiv thaiv flaps thiab saib kev sib ntaus sib tua nrog kev zoo siab los ntawm nws lub tsom iav hmo ntuj, thiab lub sijhawm tom qab ntawd pom cov foob pob hluav taws tawg hauv huab hluav taws. "Vajtswv damn nws, Akbar," nws yws. "Nws yog txias".
    
  Tab sis qhov counterattack tseem tsis tau tiav. Sai li lub suab tawg tuaj txog nws ib pliag tom qab, tus txiv neej foob pob hluav taws dheev hnov qhov kub hnyiab ntawm nws lub cev. Nws pov lub launcher siv rau hauv av, tsis meej pem thiab disoriented. Nws zoo nkaus li nws tias nws lub cev tag nrho yog tam sim ntawd engulfed nyob rau hauv nplaim taws. Nws poob rau hauv av, cia siab tias yuav tua cov nplaim taws los ntawm kev dov, tab sis lub tshav kub loj zuj zus ntxiv txhua ob. Nws ua tsis tau dab tsi tab sis curl rau hauv lub pob tiv thaiv thiab npog nws ob lub qhov muag, vam kom tsis txhob ua qhov muag tsis pom lossis hlawv ciaj sia. Nws qw thaum nplaim taws kis tau, noj nws ...
    
  "Whoa, tus thawj coj, ua li cas?" nws hnov ib lub suab hauv nws lub mloog pob ntseg. "Koj puas nyob zoo? Peb nyob ntawm peb txoj kev. Tuav ntawm!"
    
  Tus txiv neej pom nws lub hauv siab hnyav thiab nws lub plawv dhia los ntawm qhov nrawm nrawm ntawm adrenaline hauv nws cov ntshav, thiab nws pom tias nws nyuaj rau hais lus rau ob peb lub sijhawm ... tab sis qhov kub siab kub hnyiab tam sim ntawd nres. Thaum kawg, nws sawv tsees thiab muab plua plav tawm ntawm nws tus kheej. Tsis muaj pov thawj tias muaj ib yam dab tsi tshwm sim rau nws, tsuas yog rau qhov kev nco txaus ntshai ntawm qhov mob hnyav ntawd. "Tsis yog...Zoo, tej zaum...zoo, yog," teb tus kws tshawb fawb foob pob hluav taws, Dr. Jonathan Colin Masters, tsis kam lees. "Tej zaum me ntsis".
    
  John Masters nyuam qhuav muaj hnub nyoog tsib caug xyoo, tab sis nws tseem saib, thiab tej zaum yuav zoo li ib tug hluas nkauj nrog nws cov yam ntxwv ilv, pob ntseg loj, lub cev txawv txav, crooked grin, thiab ib txwm tousled xim av plaub hau nyob rau hauv nws lub mloog pob ntseg. Nws yog tus thawj coj ua haujlwm ntawm Sky Masters Inc., lub tuam txhab kev tshawb fawb thiab kev tsim kho me me uas nws tau tsim, uas tau nees nkaum xyoo dhau los tau tsim cov dav hlau siab heev, satellites, riam phom, sensors thiab cov khoom siv thev naus laus zis rau Tebchaws Meskas.
    
  Txawm hais tias nws tsis muaj lub tuam txhab uas tseem ris nws lub npe - tam sim no lub tuam txhab txoj haujlwm tau ua haujlwm los ntawm pawg thawj coj saib xyuas los ntawm nws tus qub poj niam thiab tus khub lag luam, Helen Cuddiri, thiab lub tuam txhab tus thawj tswj hwm hluas, Dr. Kelsey Duffield-thiab yog muaj nyiaj txaus los mus ncig lub ntiaj teb tas mus li ntawm nws lub neej, yog tias nws xav tau, John nyiam siv sijhawm nyob hauv chav kuaj, tsim cov khoom siv tshiab, lossis sim lawv hauv thaj chaw. Tsis muaj leej twg paub tseeb tias pawg thawj coj saib xyuas tau tso cai rau nws ua tej yam xws li hluav taws xob nyob hauv MANPADS lossis nyob sab nraum lub foob pob hluav taws thaum lub sijhawm sim tsuas yog ua kom lom zem rau nws ... lossis vim lawv vam tias nws yuav ua rau hauv av los ntawm nws tus kheej inventions, uas tau yuav luag tshwm sim ntau zaus hauv lub xyoo.
    
  Ob peb lub Humvees thiab cov tsheb txhawb nqa tuaj txog, suav nrog lub tsheb thauj neeg mob, tsuas yog nyob rau hauv rooj plaub, ci ntsa iab taub hau thiab tsom teeb ntawm John. Ib tug txiv neej dhia tawm ntawm thawj Humvee ntawm qhov chaw thiab khiav ntawm nws. "Koj puas nyob zoo, John?" nug Hunter "Boomer" Noble. Boomer yog nees nkaum-tsib-xyoo-laus tus lwm thawj tswj hwm ntawm kev tsim riam phom hauv huab cua rau Sky Masters Inc. Ib tug qub US Air Force test pilot, engineer, thiab astronaut, Boomer ib zaug tau muaj txoj haujlwm txaus ntshai ntawm kev tsim cov tshuab dav hlau txawv thiab tom qab ntawd tuaj yeem ya cov khoom tiav nws tus kheej. Flying the revolutionary XR-A9 Black Stallion single-stage spaceplane, propelled into orbit by the black stallion, Boomer tau nyob rau hauv orbit ntau zaus nyob rau hauv ob lub xyoos dhau los tshaj li tus so ntawm US astronaut corps ua ke nyob rau hauv kaum xyoo dhau los. "Vajtswv, koj ntshai peb nyob ntawd!"
    
  "Kuv hais rau koj tias, kuv nyob zoo," John hais tias, ua tsaug uas nws lub suab tsis zoo li nws muaj ob peb feeb dhau los. "Kuv xav tias peb mus me ntsis overboard nrog lub hwj chim emitter, huh Boomer?"
    
  Boomer tau hais tias "Kuv tau muab nws tso rau lub zog qis tshaj, tus thawj coj, thiab kuv tau kuaj xyuas thiab rov kuaj xyuas nws," Boomer tau hais. "Nej zaum ze dhau lawm. Lub laser muaj thaj tsam li tsib caug mais - koj tsawg dua ob zaug thaum koj raug ntaus. Tej zaum nws tsis yog ib lub tswv yim zoo los xeem koj tus kheej, tus thawj coj. "
    
  "Ua tsaug rau cov lus qhia, Boomer," John teb tsis muaj zog, vam tias tsis muaj leej twg yuav pom nws tuav tes. "Zoo heev, Boomer. Kuv xav hais tias qhov kev sim ntawm Slingshot tsis siv neeg riam phom tiv thaiv missile yog ua tiav. "
    
  "Kuv xav thiab, Boomer," hais lwm lub suab qab nws. Ob tug txiv neej tuaj cuag peb los ntawm lwm tus Hummer, hnav khaub ncaws ua lag luam, lub tsho ntev ntev thiab cov hnab looj tes tiv thaiv peb thaum sawv ntxov txias. Lawv tau ua raws li ob tug txiv neej ntxiv hnav zoo ib yam, tab sis lawv lub tsho tau qhib ... muab lawv yooj yim nkag mus rau cov riam phom tsis siv neeg slung los ntawm lawv cov hlua hauv qab no. Ib tug txiv neej nrog cov plaub hau ntsev thiab kua txob ntev thiab ib tug tshis tshiav nws tus ntiv tes ntawm John thiab hais ntxiv, "Koj yuav luag tua koj tus kheej, John ... dua."
    
  "Nah ... nws tau ua raws li txoj kev npaj, Thawj Tswj Hwm," John teb.
    
  Tus txiv neej, yav tas los Thawj Tswj Hwm ntawm Tebchaws Meskas Kevin Martindale, dov nws lub qhov muag hauv kev tsis ntseeg. Ib daim duab tsim Washington tau ntau xyoo lawm, Martindale tau ua haujlwm rau 6 nqe lus hauv Congress, ob nqe lus ua tus lwm thawj coj thiab ib lub sijhawm ua tus thawj tswj hwm, ua ntej raug tshem tawm ntawm chaw ua haujlwm; tom qab ntawd nws tsuas yog tus thib ob hauv Tebchaws Meskas keeb kwm tau raug xaiv tsa dua.
    
  Nws kuj muaj qhov sib txawv ntawm kev ua thawj tus lwm thawj coj sib nrauj thaum ua haujlwm, thiab nws tseem yog ib tus neeg kawm tiav qib siab, feem ntau pom hauv lub tuam txhab ntawm cov tub ntxhais hluas ua yeeb yam thiab ncaws pob. Txawm tias muaj tseeb hais tias Martindale muaj rau caum xyoo, nws tseem ruggedly zoo nraug, ntseeg siab thiab yuav luag dab ntxwg nyoog nyob rau hauv tsos nrog nws goatee thiab wavy plaub hau ntev, adorned nrog ob curly nyiaj xauv ntawm lub naas ej "tus kws yees duab npau suav" uas cia li tshwm sim rau nws nyob rau hauv. nws lub hauv pliaj thaum twg nws npau taws los yog kev xav.
    
  "Nws tseem nyiam ua nws tus kheej cov kev cov nyom, Mr. Thawj Tswj Hwm - qhov npau taws ntau dua qhov zoo," tus txiv neej ntawm nws, so haujlwm Lt. Gen. Patrick McLanahan tau hais. luv dua Martindale tab sis muaj kev tsim muaj zog ntau dua, McLanahan yog cov lus dab neeg ntau npaum li Martindale, tshwj tsis yog hauv lub ntiaj teb tsaus nti ntawm kev sib ntaus sib tua huab cua. Nws ua haujlwm tau tsib xyoos ua tus navigator thiab foob pob rau B-52G Stratofortress hauv Tebchaws Meskas. Tub Rog Tub Rog ua ntej raug xaiv los koom nrog cov kev tshawb fawb thiab kev txhim kho saum toj kawg nkaus lub npe hu ua High Technology Aerospace Weapons Center, lossis HAWC, raws li lub hauv paus tsis muaj chaw nyob hauv Nevada suab puam hu ua "Dreamland."
    
  Thawj thawj tus thawj coj ntawm nws lub siab tawv thiab me ntsis tawm ntawm tus thawj coj, Lt. Gen. Bradley James Elliott, HAWC tau ua haujlwm los ntawm Tsev Dawb los ua cov haujlwm zais cia thoob plaws ntiaj teb los tiv thaiv cov yeeb ncuab los ntawm kev tsis sib haum xeeb mus rau hauv tag nrho. kev ua tsov ua rog, siv cov kev sim ua haujlwm thev naus laus zis uas yuav tsis siv los ntawm lwm cov tub rog rog tau ntau xyoo - yog tias puas tau.
    
  HAWC qhov tshwj xeeb tau hloov kho cov dav hlau qub nrog cov tshuab tshiab thiab thev naus laus zis los ua kom lawv ua tsis zoo li txhua tus neeg tau pom, thiab tom qab ntawd siv riam phom muab los ntawm HAWC rau cov kev sim zais zais hauv ntiaj teb kom ceev thiab ntsiag to tua cov yeeb ncuab. Feem ntau HAWC missions yeej tsis paub rau pej xeem; Cov kws tsav dav hlau xaiv los sim ya lub dav hlau tshiab yuav tsis paub tsis tsuas yog tias lawv tsis yog thawj zaug ya nws, tab sis kuj hais tias lub dav hlau twb tau siv hauv kev sib ntaus sib tua; cov tsev neeg ntawm ntau tus neeg poob aviators thiab engineers, ob leeg tub rog thiab pej xeem, yuav tsis paub dab tsi tiag tiag tshwm sim rau lawv cov neeg hlub.
    
  Vim Elliott qhov kev txiav txim siab ib leeg los ua tus thawj coj, nrog rau HAWC lub peev xwm tsis txaus ntseeg, uas dhau qhov kev cia siab ntawm ib tus neeg pej xeem lossis tub rog, lub tsev feem ntau pib teb rau cov kev hem thawj tshiab yam tsis muaj kev paub lossis kev tso cai los ntawm leej twg. Qhov no thaum kawg ua rau muaj kev tsis ntseeg thiab thaum kawg raug txim los ntawm Washington thiab Pentagon tsim, uas nrhiav kev cais thiab txawm tias ua rau HAWC cov dej num ua rau tsis zoo.
    
  Thaum nws kaum plaub xyoos ntawm HAWC, McLanahan, tus kws tshaj lij thiab ua pov thawj thiab tus neeg tsav tsheb, tau hloov pauv kev qhuas, rau txim, txhawb nqa, raug rho tawm haujlwm, tau txais txiaj ntsig thiab kev txaj muag. Txawm hais tias suav hais tias los ntawm ntau tus neeg Asmeskas yog tus thawj coj zoo tshaj plaws txij li Norman Schwarzkopf, McLanahan tau tawm ntawm Air Force ntsiag to thaum nws tuaj txog ntawm qhov chaw, tsis muaj kev qhuas, qhuas lossis kev ris txiaj los ntawm leej twg.
    
  Kevin Martindale, Tus Lwm Thawj Coj thiab Thawj Tswj Hwm, yog HAWC tus neeg txhawb nqa siab tshaj plaws, thiab tau ntau xyoo nws paub tias nws tuaj yeem tso siab rau Patrick McLanahan kom ua tiav txoj haujlwm, txawm li cas los xij yuav tsis muaj qhov txawv txav. Tam sim no lawv ob leeg tau so haujlwm los ntawm pej xeem lub neej, nws tsis xav tsis thoob rau John Masters pom lawv sawv ntawm ib sab ntawm no hauv cov suab puam ntawm New Mexico, ntawm qhov chaw sim riam phom zais cia.
    
  Martindale tau hais tias "Zoo siab dua, Dr. Masters," Martindale hais. "Kuv coj nws koj tuaj yeem tsim qhov Slingshot laser self-defense system rau hauv ib lub dav hlau?"
    
  "Yog lawm, peb tuaj yeem," Boomer hais. "Txhua yam nws xav tau yog lub zog hluav taws xob thiab lub kaum ob-nti qhib nkag nkag los ntawm lub dav hlau lub tank siab rau lub sensor infrared los ntes thiab coj cov nqaj. Peb tuaj yeem nruab thiab ntsuas lub cuab yeej hauv ib hnub. "
    
  "Nws puas tsim cov cocoon tiv thaiv nyob ib ncig ntawm tag nrho cov dav hlau los yog nws tsuas yog coj lub nqaj mus rau lub missile?"
    
  "Peb tsom lub nqaj ntawm cov yeeb ncuab missile kom txuag tau lub zog thiab ua kom muaj kev puas tsuaj loj ntawm lub laser beam," John piav qhia. "Thaum tus neeg tshawb nrhiav infrared pom lub foob pob hluav taws, nws xa cov nqaj ntawm lub zog siab, lub zog laser siab nyob rau tib lub axis hauv milliseconds. Tom qab ntawd, yog tias lub kaw lus tuaj yeem txheeb xyuas qhov kwv yees qhov taw qhia, nws yuav cia li tawm tsam tus yeeb ncuab lub chaw sim txhawm rau txhawm rau tua tus neeg phem. "
    
  "Lub teeb laser xav li cas, John?" - Patrick nug.
    
  "Nws zoo li yog dipped rau hauv boiling roj," John teb nrog ib tug tsis muaj zog luag. "Thiab qhov no yog nyob rau theem qis zog."
    
  "Dab tsi ntxiv no laser ua tau, John?" - Martindale nug. "Kuv paub tias HAWC tau siv cov tshuab laser tawm tsam yav dhau los. Lub slingshot zoo ib yam?
    
  "Zoo, tus tswv, lub laser yog, ntawm chav kawm, tsuas yog rau kev tiv thaiv tus kheej," John teb sarcastically.
    
  "Ib yam li XC-57 tsis yog tus foob pob, puas yog, John?"
    
  "Yog lawm, sir. Tsoomfwv Meskas tsis pom zoo rau nws cov neeg ua haujlwm tiv thaiv tsim riam phom tawm tsam thiab siv thev naus laus zis hauv txoj hauv kev uas tuaj yeem ua rau muaj kev sib raug zoo nrog lwm lub tebchaws lossis ua txhaum cai. Yog li, lub tshuab laser tsis tshua muaj nyob hauv ntau yam thiab muaj peev xwm - feem ntau yog siv rau kev tawm tsam kev tawm tsam dav hlau thiab lawv cov neeg ua haujlwm. "
    
  Patrick tau sau tseg tias "Qhov no ua rau ntau qhov qhib rau kev txhais lus," Patrick sau tseg. "Tab sis koj tuaj yeem tig lub pob qhov rooj thiab nce lub zog me ntsis, txoj cai?"
    
  "Raws li koj paub, Mook, cov lus teb tsis yog," John hais.
    
  Tus thawj tswj hwm yav dhau los tau taw qhia rau saum ntuj nyob rau hauv kev coj ntawm lub dav hlau rov qab, uas tsuas yog lub sijhawm ntawd tau nkag mus rau hauv nqes hav, nce mus rau hauv av. "Nws yog qhov txaus ntshai heev los siv ib qho ntawm koj lub dav hlau loj tshiab los sim cov kab ke, puas yog, Doc?" - nug Martindale. "Nws yog lub foob pob hluav taws Stinger tiag tiag uas koj tau tua ntawm koj lub dav hlau, kuv coj nws?" Koj cov tswv lag luam tsis tuaj yeem zoo siab dhau los pheej hmoo ntau lab daus las dav hlau zoo li no. "
    
  John teb tias "Kuv yeej xav ua kua muag rau koj ob lub qhov muag, Mr. Thawj Tswj Hwm," John teb. "Dab tsi cov thawj coj thiab cov tswv lag luam tsis paub yuav tsis ua mob rau lawv. Ntxiv rau, qhov no XC-57 'Loser' yog unmanned.
    
  "'Loser', huh?" Patrick McLanahan tau tawm tswv yim. "Tsis yog lub npe zoo tshaj plaws uas koj tuaj nrog, John."
    
  "Vim li cas lub ntuj raug txim koj hu nws?" - Martindale nug.
    
  "Vim tias nws poob rau tiam tom ntej kev sib tw foob pob," John piav qhia. "Lawv tsis xav tau ib lub dav hlau uas tsis muaj neeg siv; lawv xav kom nws ua neeg vwm thiab nrawm dua. Kuv tau tsom mus rau kev them nyiaj thiab ntau yam, thiab kuv paub tias kuv tuaj yeem tuav nws nrog cov riam phom loj tshaj plaws, yog li peb tsis xav tau stealth.
    
  "Tsis tas li ntawd, kuv tau tsim thiab tsim drones tau ntau xyoo - vim lawv tsis nyiam nws tsis tau txhais hais tias nws tsis tuaj yeem xav txog. Yuav tsum tsis yog tiam tom ntej bomber yog tiam tom ntej? Tsim los tseem tsis tau xav txog. Lawv poob. Tom qab ntawd, txhawm rau txhawm rau tag nrho, kuv raug txwv tsis pub tsim lub dav hlau rau kaum xyoo. "
    
  "Tab sis koj ua nws li cas?"
    
  John hais tias "Qhov no tsis yog tus foob pob, Mr. Thawj Tswj Hwm, qhov no yog kev thauj mus los ntau yam," John hais. "Nws tsis yog tsim los poob dab tsi; nws txhais tau tias muab ib yam dab tsi rau hauv nws. "
    
  Martindale shook nws lub taub hau tu siab. "Cia li seev cev ib ncig ntawm txoj cai... leej twg kuv paub tias nyiam ua li ntawd?" Patrick tsis tau hais dab tsi. "Yog li koj siv lub drone-uas tsis yog lub foob pob-los kuaj lub laser, uas tsis yog riam phom tawm tsam, tab sis tom qab ntawd muab koj tus kheej tso rau hauv kab hluav taws los sim nws cov teebmeem rau tib neeg? Nws ua rau kuv paub, "Martindale hais qhuav qhuav. "Tab sis, tau kawg, koj tau ua kua muag rau kuv lub qhov muag."
    
  "Ua tsaug, sir."
    
  "John, pes tsawg tus Losers koj tau ya tam sim no?" - Patrick nug.
    
  "Tsuas muaj ob qho ntxiv - peb tsim peb rau kev sib tw NGB, tab sis tsis ua haujlwm thib ob thiab thib peb thaum peb tus qauv tsim raug tsis lees paub," John teb. "Qhov no tseem yog qhov kev tshawb fawb thiab kev txhim kho, yog li nws yog qhov tseem ceeb tsawg ... txog thaum koj hu, Thawj Tswj Hwm. Peb tab tom txiav txim siab txhim kho peb cov kab ke ntawm kev lag luam dav hlau nrog rau high-end airframes. "
    
  Martindale tau hais tias "Cia peb saib ze dua ntawm qhov no, John," Martindale hais.
    
  "Yog lawm, sir. Kuv yuav kom nws ya tuaj maj mam peb saib, ces kuv mam coj nws mus rau pem teb. Saib ntawm qhov ncua sij hawm no - koj yuav tsis ntseeg nws. " Nws khaws nws cov walkie-talkie thiab sim hu rau nws lub chaw tswj hwm, tab sis lub laser beam kib nws. "Kuv tsis nco qab nqa qhov no tawm ntawm kuv lub hnab tshos ua ntej qhov kev xeem," nws hais tias sheepishly, luag nyav ntawm qhov tsis mloog lus los ntawm lwm tus. "Yog li kuv poob ntau lub xov tooj. Boomer...?"
    
  "Kuv tau txais nws, tus thawj coj," Boomer hais. "Qee thiab qeeb?" John nodded thiab Boomer winked thiab xov tooj cua RV.
    
  Tsis ntev tom qab ntawd, XC-57 tau tshwm sim ntawm txoj hauv kev kawg. Nws leveled tawm tsuas yog tsib caug taw saum av, ya xav tsis thoob maj mam rau xws li ib tug loj noog, zoo li yog hais tias nws yog ib tug loj balsa ntoo qauv drifting smoothly nyob rau hauv ib lub teeb ci.
    
  Martindale tau hais tias "Zoo li lub cev xeeb tub stealth foob pob nrog lub cav sab nraud," Martindale tau hais. "Nws zoo li nws tuaj yeem poob saum ntuj thaum twg los tau. Koj ua li cas?"
    
  Masters tau hais tias "Nws tsis siv ib qho kev tswj hwm kev ya davhlau lossis nqa cov cuab yeej - nws yoov siv lub hom phiaj hloov kho thev naus laus zis," Masters tau hais. "Yuav luag txhua square inch ntawm lub fuselage thiab tis tuaj yeem yog lub nqa lossis lub braking. Nws tuaj yeem ua tau los yog tsis muaj neeg ua haujlwm. Kwv yees li rau caum-tsib txhiab phaus ntawm kev them nyiaj, thiab nws tuaj yeem nqa mus txog plaub tus qauv cargo pallets.
    
  "Tab sis qhov tshwj xeeb loser system yog ib qho kev sib koom ua ke ntawm cov khoom thauj khoom, suav nrog lub peev xwm txav cov thawv sab hauv thaum ya davhlau," Masters txuas ntxiv. "Nws yog Boomer thawj lub tswv yim thaum nws tuaj txog ntawm lub nkoj, thiab peb tau tawm tsam los hloov tag nrho cov dav hlau ntau lawm kom suav nrog nws. Boomer?
    
  "Zoo, qhov teeb meem kuv ib txwm pom nrog cov dav hlau thauj khoom yog tias thaum lub nkoj thauj khoom sab hauv, koj tsis tuaj yeem ua dab tsi nrog lub dav hlau, qhov chaw lossis cov khoom thauj," Boomer tau hais. "Nws tag nrho khib nyiab thaum nws tau thauj khoom ntawm lub nkoj."
    
  "Nws yog cargo ntawm lub dav hlau cargo, Boomer. Koj yuav ua dab tsi ntxiv? - Martindale nug.
    
  "Tej zaum nws yog lub dav hlau thauj khoom hauv ib qho kev teeb tsa, tus tswv," Boomer teb, "tab sis txav cov khoom thauj thiab ntxig ib lub thawv modular los ntawm lub qhov hauv plab, thiab tam sim no lub dav hlau thauj khoom dhau los ua lub tanker lossis kev soj ntsuam platform. Nws yog raws li tib lub tswv yim raws li Navy littoral combat nkoj uas yog tag nrho cov npau taws tam sim no - ib lub nkoj uas tuaj yeem ua haujlwm sib txawv nyob ntawm seb cov khoom siv kho vajtse koj tso rau hauv lub nkoj. "
    
  "Plug thiab ua si? Yog li yooj yim?"
    
  Boomer tau lees tias "Nws tsis yooj yim rau kev sib koom ua ke ntawm qhov hnyav thiab qhov sib npaug, cov roj hluav taws xob thiab cov tshuab hluav taws xob," tab sis peb xav tias peb tau txais cov kab laum zoo. Peb hloov roj ntawm cov tank sib txawv kom tswj tau qhov sib npaug. Kuv tsis xav tias qhov no yuav ua tau txhua yam yam tsis muaj lub hom phiaj hloov kho. Tus neeg poob peev tuaj yeem nqa cov khoom thauj lossis lub hom phiaj kev ua haujlwm sab hauv los ntawm cov khoom thauj khoom lossis hauv qab hatch - "
    
  "Hatch hauv plab?" Martindale cuam tshuam nrog lub ntsej muag. "Koj txhais hais tias lub foob pob tawg?"
    
  "Nws tsis yog lub foob pob tawg, tus tswv, nws yog lub nkoj thauj khoom," John countered. "Nws yeej ib txwm muaj lub foob pob tawg hauv nws, thiab kuv tsis xav tias nws yuav yog txoj cai tsuas yog kaw nws-"
    
  "Yog li nws tau dhau los ua 'cargo hatch," tus thawj tswj hwm qub tau hais. "Muaj, Doc."
    
  "Yog lawm, tus tswv," John hais tias, feigning annoyance ntawm yuav tsum tas li nco ntsoov cov neeg ntawm nws cov ntsiab lus. "Lub Boomer system cia li npaj cov modules raws li xav tau los ua kom tiav lub hom phiaj, txuas lawv thiab tig rau, tag nrho ntawm cov chaw taws teeb tswj. Nws tuaj yeem ua tau ib yam thaum ya. Thaum xav tau ib qho module lossis ib qho ntawm lawv siv, cov khoom thauj khoom tuaj yeem hloov nrog lwm tus. "
    
  "Dab tsi modules koj muaj, John?" - Martindale nug.
    
  "Peb tsim cov tshiab txhua lub hlis, tus tswv," John hais tias khav theeb. "Tam sim no peb muaj cov cua refueling modules nrog rau wingtip hose hangers uas tau mounted rau hauv av thiab muaj peev xwm refuel probe-equipped aircraft. Peb kuj muaj laser radar modules rau huab cua thiab hauv av soj ntsuam nrog satellite cov ntaub ntawv txuas; infrared thiab electro-optical soj ntsuam modules; thiab ib qho active self-defense module. Peb nyob ze zoo nkauj los tsim cov netrusion module thiab Flighthawk tswj system - pib, coj thiab tej zaum txawm refueling thiab rearming FlightHawks los ntawm underdog. "
    
  "Tau kawg, peb kuj xav tsim kev tawm tsam yog tias peb tuaj yeem tau txais kev tso cai los ntawm Tsev Dawb," Boomer hais. "Peb ua tau zoo nrog lub zog siab microwave thiab laser-guided zog thev naus laus zis, yog li qhov no tuaj yeem tshwm sim sai dua li yav tom ntej - yog tias peb tuaj yeem yaum lub Tsev Dawb kom cia peb mus."
    
  "Boomer tau mob siab heev, hais tsawg kawg," John ntxiv. "Nws yuav tsis zoo siab txog thaum nws xa Loser mus rau qhov chaw."
    
  Martindale thiab McLanahan ntsia ib leeg, ib leeg nyeem ib leeg txoj kev xav; Tom qab ntawd lawv tau saib lwm lub ntiaj teb pom ntawm lub dav hlau ua tsis tiav loj heev gliding down the runway in the slow motion of a flying saucer.
    
  "Dr. Masters, Mr. Noble..." Thawj Tswj Hwm Martindale pib. Tsuas yog tom qab ntawd, XC-57 Loser dheev nrawm nrawm nrog lub suab nrov ntawm nws lub cav, nce toj ntawm lub kaum sab xis tsis txaus ntseeg thiab ploj ntawm qhov pom hauv lub sijhawm. Martindale tuav nws lub taub hau, xav tsis thoob dua. "Peb tuaj yeem mus qhov twg cov tub thiab tham?"
    
    
  Tshooj 2
    
    
  Txoj kev mus rau ntuj txiag teb tsaus yog yooj yim mus kev.
    
  -IB, 325-255 BC.
    
    
    
  CHAW UA HAUJ LWM NTAWM LUB PRESIDENT, CANKAYA, ANKARA, Türkiye
  TAM SIM NO
    
    
  Kurzat Hirsiz, Thawj Tswj Hwm ntawm Qaib Cov Txwv, hais tias, "Kaum lub qhov rooj damn ua ntej kuv pib bawling zoo li ib tug me nyuam yaus damn," said Kurzat Hirsiz, Thawj Tswj Hwm ntawm lub koom pheej ntawm Qaib Cov Txwv, so nws ob lub qhov muag ib zaug ntxiv ua ntej muab nws txhais tes tseg. Nws tuav nws taub hau. "Ib tug ntawm cov neeg tuag muaj ob xyoos. Tsis muaj txim kiag li. Tej zaum yuav tsis tuaj yeem hais 'RPK'. "
    
  Nyias, oval-faced thiab siab, Hirsiz yog ib tug kws lij choj, kws tshawb fawb thiab macroeconomics kws txawj, nrog rau cov thawj coj ntawm lub koom pheej ntawm Qaib Cov Txwv. Nws tau ua tus thawj coj ntawm World Bank tau ntau xyoo thiab tau qhia thoob ntiaj teb txog kev daws teeb meem nyiaj txiag rau cov tebchaws tsim ua ntej raug xaiv tsa thawj nom tswv. Nrov thoob plaws ntiaj teb thiab nyob hauv tsev, nws tau txais qhov feem pua ntawm cov neeg pov npav coob tshaj plaws ntawm cov tswv cuab ntawm Grand National Assembly hauv lub teb chaws keeb kwm thaum nws raug xaiv tsa tus thawj tswj hwm.
    
  Hirsiz thiab nws cov kws tshaj lij tau rov qab los ntawm lub rooj sib tham xov xwm ntawm Cankaya, tus thawj tswj hwm chaw nyob hauv Ankara. Nws nyeem ib daim ntawv teev npe ntawm cov neeg tuag, uas tau muab rau nws feeb ua ntej tshaj tawm hauv xov tooj cua, thiab tom qab ntawd teb ob peb lo lus nug. Thaum tus neeg sau xov xwm hais rau nws tias ib tug ntawm cov neeg tuag yog ib tug me nyuam mos, nws mam li nco dheev tawg, quaj qhib thiab sai sai nres. "Kuv xav tau cov npe, xov tooj thiab qee cov ntsiab lus hais txog txhua tus neeg raug tsim txom. Kuv yuav hu rau lawv tus kheej tom qab lub rooj sib tham no, "Hirsiz tus pab cuam nqa lub xov tooj kom xaj. "Kuv tseem yuav nyob ntawm txhua tsev neeg cov kev pabcuam."
    
  "Tsis txhob txaj muag thaum koj poob koj npau taws li no, Kurzat," said Ayşe Akas, Tus Thawj Kav Tebchaws. Nws ob lub qhov muag kuj liab, txawm hais tias nws paub nyob rau hauv Qaib Cov Txwv rau nws tus kheej thiab kev nom kev tswv toughness, raws li nws ob ex-tus txiv yuav undoubtedly ua pov thawj. "Nws qhia tau tias koj yog tib neeg."
    
  Hirciz tau hais tias "Kuv tuaj yeem hnov cov PKK bastards luag thaum pom kuv quaj nyob rau pem hauv ntej ntawm ib chav uas muaj cov neeg sau xov xwm," Hirciz tau hais. "Lawv yeej ob zaug. Lawv coj kom zoo dua ntawm ob qho tib si tsis muaj zog hauv cov txheej txheem kev nyab xeeb thiab lapses hauv kev tswj hwm. "
    
  "Qhov no tsuas yog lees paub qhov peb tau qhia rau lub ntiaj teb yuav luag peb xyoos dhau los - PKK yog thiab yuav tsis muaj dab tsi ntau tshaj li qhov ua rau tuag taus," interjected General Orhan Sahin, tus tuav ntaub ntawv ntawm Qaib Cov Txwv lub National Security Council. Şahin, tus thawj coj tub rog, tau koom tes nrog txhua yam kev ua tub rog thiab kev txawj ntse ntawm Cankaya, lub hauv paus tub rog hauv Baskanlıği, thiab Turkey rau rau lub koom haum txawj ntse tseem ceeb. "Qhov no yog qhov kev puas tsuaj loj tshaj plaws thiab kev ua phem tshaj plaws los ntawm PKK hauv ntau xyoo txij li kev tawm tsam hla ciam teb xyoo 2007, thiab los ntawm qhov tseeb tshaj plaws. Kaum tsib tuag, suav nrog rau rau hauv av; tsib caug-ib tus raug mob - suav nrog tus thawj coj ntawm Gendarma nws tus kheej, General Ozek - thiab lub dav hlau tanker tau ploj lawm. "
    
  Thawj Tswj Hwm rov qab mus rau nws lub rooj, muab nws txoj hlua khi thiab taws luam yeeb, uas yog lub teeb liab rau txhua tus neeg hauv chaw ua haujlwm ua ib yam. "Qhov xwm txheej ntawm kev tshawb nrhiav yog dab tsi, General?" Hirsiz nug.
    
  Shahin tau hais tias "Kev nrawm nrawm ua ntej, Mr. Thawj Tswj Hwm," Shahin hais. "Cov ntawv ceeb toom pib ceeb toom. Ib tug ntawm lub tshav dav hlau tus thawj coj saib xyuas kev ruaj ntseg tsis teb rau cov lus txib kom rov qab mus rau nws txoj haujlwm thiab nrhiav tsis tau. Kuv vam tias nws tsuas yog so haujlwm thiab yuav kuaj xyuas sai sai tom qab nws hnov cov xov xwm, tab sis kuv ntshai peb yuav pom tias nws yog txoj haujlwm sab hauv. "
    
  "Auj kuv tus Vajtswv,"hais Hirsiz. "PKK tab tom nkag mus rau peb cov chaw thiab chaw ua haujlwm kom tob thiab tob dua txhua hnub."
    
  "Kuv xav tias muaj qhov tshwm sim ntau heev uas cov neeg ua haujlwm PKK tau nkag mus rau hauv lub chaw haujlwm ntawm Gendarma, lub koom haum ua haujlwm tiv thaiv lub tebchaws los ntawm cov neeg lim hiam no," Sahin tau hais. "Kuv qhov kev kwv yees yog tias Ozek txoj kev npaj mus ncig tau tawg thiab PKK tsom lub dav hlau no tshwj xeeb los tua nws."
    
  "Tab sis koj tau hais rau kuv tias Ozek yuav mus rau Diyarbakir rau kev soj ntsuam xav tsis thoob!" - Hirsiz exclaimed. "Puas yog qhov ua tau tias lawv tau nkag mus tob heev thiab txhim kho zoo heev uas lawv tuaj yeem xa tawm ib pab tub rog tua nrog lub xub pwg-raug tua cov foob pob hluav taws sai sai?"
    
  "Qhov no yuav tsum yog txoj haujlwm sab hauv, tsis yog ib tus neeg txoj haujlwm nkaus xwb - lub hauv paus yuav tsum tau ntim nrog cov neeg tawm tsam hauv kev sib sib zog nqus npog, nyob rau hauv txoj haujlwm muaj kev ntseeg siab, npaj kom qhib thiab xa mus rau hauv ib teev nrog lub hom phiaj tshwj xeeb. "
    
  General Abdullah Guzlev, tus thawj coj ntawm cov tub rog Turkish hais tias "Qhov no yog theem ntawm qhov nyuaj uas peb ntshai tab sis xav tau, tus tswv," said General Abdullah Guzlev. "Nws yog lub sijhawm rau peb los teb zoo. Peb tsis tuaj yeem txaus siab nrog tsuas yog ua si tiv thaiv, tus tswv. Peb yuav tsum tawm tsam PKK kev coj noj coj ua thiab rhuav tshem lawv ib zaug thiab rau tag nrho. "
    
  "Hauv Iraq thiab Iran, kuv xav tias, General?" Nug Prime Minister Akas.
    
  "Qhov ntawd yog qhov lawv nkaum, Madam Thawj Kav Tebchaws, zoo li cov neeg lim hiam lawv," Guzlev snapped. "Peb yuav tau txais cov ntaub ntawv tshiab los ntawm peb cov neeg saib xyuas undercover, nrhiav qee lub zes uas muaj ntau tus neeg nqhis dej ntau npaum li sai tau, thiab rhuav tshem lawv."
    
  "Qhov no yuav ua tiav li cas, General," nug Tus Thawj Kav Tebchaws Txawv Tebchaws Mustafa Hamarat, "lwm yam tsis yog kev npau taws ntxiv rau peb cov neeg nyob ze, cov zej zog thoob ntiaj teb thiab peb cov neeg txhawb nqa hauv Tebchaws Meskas thiab Tebchaws Europe?"
    
  "Thov zam txim rau kuv, Tus Thawj Kav Tebchaws," Guzlev tau hais tias npau taws, "tab sis kuv tsis nyiam qhov uas ib tus neeg nyob hauv lwm lub tebchaws xav tias thaum cov txiv neej dawb huv, poj niam thiab menyuam raug tua -"
    
  Guzlev tau cuam tshuam los ntawm kev hu xov tooj, uas tau teb tam sim ntawd los ntawm tus thawj tswj hwm tus thawj tswj hwm. Tus pab saib stunned thaum nws dai. "Tus Tswv, General Ozek nyob hauv koj qhov chaw txais tos thiab xav tham nrog cov neeg ua haujlwm ruaj ntseg hauv tebchaws!"
    
  "Ozek! Kuv xav tias nws mob hnyav heev!" - Hirsiz exclaimed. "Yog, yog lawm, coj nws tam sim ntawd thiab coj kom zoo los saib xyuas nws txhua lub sijhawm."
    
  Nws yuav luag mob heev thaum saib tus txiv neej thaum nws taug kev mus rau hauv chav ua haujlwm. Nws lub xub pwg sab xis thiab sab xis ntawm nws lub taub hau raug kaw nruj nreem kaw, ob peb ntiv tes ntawm ob txhais tes tau muab khi ua ke, nws taug kev nrog ib leeg, nws ob lub qhov muag tau o, thiab pom qhov chaw ntawm nws lub ntsej muag thiab caj dab tau npog hauv kev txiav, kub hnyiab, thiab nqaij tawv. , tab sis nws sawv ntsug thiab tsis kam ib qho twg - kev pab los ntawm cov qub kev cai uas tuaj txog rau nws. Ozek sawv ntawm kev mloog nyob rau hauv lub qhov rooj thiab saluted. "Cia kuv hais lus rau Thawj Tswj Hwm, tus tswv," nws hais, nws lub suab hoarse los ntawm kev ua pa kub hnyiab roj thiab txhuas.
    
  "Muaj, tau kawg, General. Muab koj txhais ko taw tawm thiab zaum, yawg!" - Hirsiz exclaimed.
    
  Thawj Tswj Hwm coj Ozek mus rau ntawm lub rooj zaum, tab sis tus thawj coj Jandarma tsa nws txhais tes. "Thov txim, tab sis kuv yuav tsum sawv. Kuv ntshai kuv yuav tsis tuaj yeem sawv rov qab los, "Ozek hais.
    
  "Koj ua dab tsi ntawm no, General?" Nug Prime Minister Akas.
    
  Ozek tau hais tias "Kuv xav tias nws tsim nyog los qhia cov neeg ntawm Turkey tias kuv muaj txoj sia nyob thiab ua tiav kuv txoj haujlwm," thiab kuv xav kom cov neeg saib xyuas kev ruaj ntseg hauv tebchaws paub tias kuv tau tsim ib lub tswv yim los tawm tsam PKK cov thawj coj. Tam sim no yog lub sijhawm los ua. Peb yuav tsum tsis txhob yig. "
    
  Tus Thawj Kav Tebchaws tau hais tias "Kuv txaus siab rau koj txoj kev mob siab rau peb lub tebchaws thiab koj txoj haujlwm, General," tab sis ua ntej peb yuav tsum - "
    
  "Kuv muaj tag nrho Ozel Tim brigade nruab thiab npaj xa mus tam sim." Lub sijhawm Ozel, lossis Cov Lus Qhia Tshwj Xeeb, yog ib qho kev ua tsov rog tsis sib haum xeeb ntawm Jandarma lub chaw txawj ntse, tshwj xeeb tau cob qhia los ua haujlwm ze lossis ntau zaus hauv Kurdish cov nroog thiab cov zos los txheeb xyuas thiab tshem tawm cov thawj coj ntxeev siab. Lawv yog qee qhov kev cob qhia zoo tshaj plaws hauv lub ntiaj teb - thiab lawv muaj lub koob npe zoo sib xws rau kev ua phem.
    
  Hirsiz hais tias, "Zoo heev, General," tab sis koj puas tau pom tias leej twg yog tus tom qab kev tawm tsam? Leej twg yog tus thawj coj? Leej twg rub tus txhais? Leej twg muab qhov kev txiav txim rau qhov kev tawm tsam no?
    
  Ozek hais tias, "Tus Tswv, nws nyuaj heev," Ozek hais tias, nws lub qhov muag nthuav dav hauv kev xav tsis thoob tias nws yuav tsum teb cov lus nug no. Nws lub ntsej muag khaus khaus thiab cov yam ntxwv qus, nrog rau nws qhov txhab, ua rau nws ntxhov siab thiab zoo siab, yuav luag zoo nkauj, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog piv rau lwm tus nom tswv nyob ib puag ncig nws. "Peb muaj cov npe ntev ntawm PKK cov tub rog, cov neeg ua foob pob, cov neeg nyiag khoom, cov nyiaj txiag, cov neeg nrhiav neeg ua haujlwm thiab cov neeg txhawb nqa. Kev Ruaj Ntseg Hauv Tebchaws thiab Kev Tiv Thaiv Ciam Teb tuaj yeem ntes thiab nug cov neeg raug liam ib txwm - cia kuv thiab jackass Tim tuav cov thawj coj. "
    
  Thawj Tswj Hwm Hirsiz ntsia deb ntawm tus thawj coj kub siab. "Lwm qhov kev tawm tsam hauv Iraq... Kuv tsis paub, General," nws hais, tuav nws lub taub hau. "Qhov no yog qee yam uas yuav tsum tau tham nrog tsoomfwv Meskas thiab Iraqi. Lawv yuav tsum-"
    
  "Thov zam txim rau kuv rau qhov hais qhov no, tus tswv, tab sis ob lub tseem fwv tsis muaj txiaj ntsig thiab tsis quav ntsej txog Turkey kev nyab xeeb," General Ozek tau hais npau taws. "Baghdad txaus siab tso cai rau cov neeg Kurds ua raws li lawv xav tau ntev npaum li cov nyiaj tau los ntawm cov roj ntws mus rau sab qab teb. Cov neeg Asmeskas tau thim cov tub rog tawm ntawm Iraq sai li sai tau. Tsis tas li ntawd, lawv tsis tau tsa ib tug ntiv tes los nres PKK. Txawm hais tias lawv mus txuas ntxiv txog kev ua tsov rog thoob ntiaj teb rau kev ntshai thiab hu rau PKK lub koom haum ua phem, tsis yog muab peb ob peb daim duab lossis xov tooj cuam tshuam txhua lub sijhawm, lawv tsis tau ua qhov phem los pab peb. "
    
  Hirsiz poob ntsiag to, puffing anxiously ntawm nws luam yeeb. "Besir yog lawm, tus tswv," said Guzlev, tus thawj coj tub rog. "Nov yog lub sijhawm peb tau tos ntev heev. Baghdad tab tom dai nrog tag nrho nws lub peev xwm los ua kom nws tsoom fwv tsis muaj zog; lawv tsis muaj zog los tuav lawv lub peev, cia nyob ib leeg ciam teb Kurdish. Tebchaws Asmeskas tau tso tseg tsis hloov cov tub rog sib ntaus sib tua hauv Iraq. Tsuas muaj peb pab tub rog nyob rau sab qaum teb Iraq, nyob hauv Erbil thiab Mosul - yuav luag tsis muaj leej twg nyob ntawm ciam teb. "
    
  Guzlev nres, sau tseg tias tsis muaj leej twg tawm tsam nws cov lus, tom qab ntawd ntxiv: "Tab sis kuv tab tom thov ntau tshaj li kev koom tes ntawm pawg tshwj xeeb, tus tswv." Nws tau saib ntawm Minister of Defense Hassan Cizek thiab National Security Council Secretary General Sahin. "Kuv thov kom muaj kev cuam tshuam tag nrho ntawm sab qaum teb Iraq."
    
  "Dab tsi?" Thawj Tswj Hwm Hirsiz tau qw. "Koj puas yog luag, General?"
    
  "Qhov no tsis yog lo lus nug, General," Tus Thawj Kav Tebchaws Akas tau hais tam sim ntawd. "Peb yuav raug txim los ntawm peb cov phooj ywg thiab thoob ntiaj teb!"
    
  "Ua li cas lub hom phiaj, General?" Foreign Minister Hamarat nug. "Puas yog peb xa ntau txhiab tus tub rog los tawm tsam ntau txhiab tus neeg tawm tsam PKK? Koj puas xav tias peb nyob hauv Iraqi thaj chaw?
    
  Guzlev tau hais tias "Kuv thov kom tsim ib cheeb tsam tsis nyob, tus tswv," Guzlev hais. "Cov neeg Amelikas tau pab cov neeg Ixayees tsim thaj chaw tsis muaj nyob rau yav qab teb Lebanon, uas muaj txiaj ntsig zoo hauv kev muaj cov tub rog Hezbollah hauv tebchaws Israel. Peb yuav tsum ua ib yam. "
    
  Hirsiz ntsia nws tus kws lij choj tiv thaiv, ntsiag to vam tias yuav hnov lwm lub suab ntawm kev tawm tsam. "Hasan?"
    
  "Nws yog ua tau, Mr. Thawj Tswj Hwm," said Secretary of Defense, "tab sis nws yuav tsis yog qhov zais cia, thiab nws yuav kim heev. Kev ua haujlwm yuav xav tau ib feem plaub ntawm peb cov tub rog tag nrho, tej zaum mus txog rau ib feem peb, thiab qhov no yuav ua rau muaj kev hu rau cov tub rog tshwj xeeb. Nws yuav siv sij hawm ntau lub hlis. Peb qhov kev ua yuav raug pom los ntawm txhua tus - feem ntau yog cov neeg Asmeskas. Txawm hais tias peb ua tiav yog nyob ntawm seb cov neeg Asmeskas teb li cas. "
    
  "General Shahin?"
    
  Tus tuav ntaub ntawv ntawm Turkish National Security Council tau hais tias "Cov neeg Amelikas tab tom ua haujlwm txuas ntxiv ntawm cov tub rog thoob plaws tebchaws Iraq." "Vim tias nws muaj kev thaj yeeb nyab xeeb thiab tsoomfwv Kurdish tswj hwm tau zoo dua li tsoomfwv hauv nroog Baghdad, tseem muaj nees nkaum txhiab tus tub rog Asmeskas nyob rau sab qaum teb Iraq pab tiv thaiv cov kav dej thiab cov chaw. Nws tau npaj tseg tias nyob rau hauv ib xyoos lawv lub zog yuav raug txo kom tsuas yog ob pab tub rog sib ntaus sib tua xwb. "
    
  "Ob tug tub rog sib ntaus sib tua rau tag nrho sab qaum teb Iraq? Nws tsis zoo li muaj tseeb. "
    
  "Stryker brigades yog cov cuab yeej cuab tam muaj zog heev, tus tswv, nrawm heev thiab ua haujlwm tau - lawv yuav tsum tsis txhob kwv yees," Shaheen ceeb toom. "Txawm li cas los xij, tus tswv, peb cia siab tias cov neeg Asmeskas yuav ntiav cov neeg ua haujlwm ntiav ntiav los muab feem ntau ntawm kev soj ntsuam, kev ruaj ntseg thiab kev pabcuam txhawb nqa. Qhov no yog ua raws li Thawj Tswj Hwm Joseph Gardner txoj cai tshiab ntawm kev so thiab rov kho cov tub rog thaum nws nce qhov loj thiab lub zog ntawm nws Navy. "
    
  "Tom qab ntawd nws yog qhov ua tau, tus tswv," said Minister Defense Dzizek. "Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga cov tub rog muaj qhov sib npaug ntawm ob pawg tub rog tub rog thiab ib qho kev faib tshuab ua haujlwm nyob rau hauv Mosul, Erbil thiab Kirkuk roj teb - ib feem peb ntawm qhov loj ntawm peb cov tub rog, uas nyob rau hauv kev taug kev deb ntawm ciam teb. Txawm hais tias PKK muaj qhov sib npaug ntawm cov tub rog uas muaj peev xwm ua tiav, thiab Tebchaws Meskas cuam tshuam tag nrho nws cov tub rog hauv av ntawm peb, peb tseem muaj kev sib haum xeeb - thiab, raws li Sunzu tau sau, yog tias koj lub zog sib npaug ntawm cov lej: nres. Peb tuaj yeem ua qhov no, Thawj Tswj Hwm. "
    
  "Peb tuaj yeem npaj peb cov tub rog nyob rau hauv peb lub hlis, thaum Ozek Tim yuav tshawb xyuas cov yeeb ncuab txoj haujlwm thiab npaj los cuam tshuam cov neeg cog lus ntiag tug ua kev soj ntsuam hauv cheeb tsam ciam teb," General Ozek ntxiv. "Cov neeg ua haujlwm mercenaries ntiav los ntawm Asmeskas tsuas yog ua kom tau nyiaj xwb. Yog tias muaj kev sib ntaus sib tua, lawv yuav khiav los npog thiab nkaum tom qab cov tub rog tsis tu ncua. "
    
  "Yuav ua li cas yog tias cov neeg Amelikas sawv thiab tawm tsam los pab cov Kurds?"
    
  Ozek tau hais tias "Peb tsiv mus rau sab qab teb thiab tsoo cov neeg tawm tsam cov chaw pw hav zoov thiab cov tub rog Kurdish tawm tsam kom txog thaum cov neeg Amelikas hem tias yuav ua, tom qab ntawd peb tso tseg kev sib cuag thiab tsim peb thaj chaw tsis muaj," Ozek tau hais. "Peb tsis muaj lub siab xav tawm tsam cov neeg Amelikas, tab sis peb yuav tsis tso cai rau lawv los tswj hwm peb cov kev tswj hwm thiab kev nyab xeeb." Nws tig mus rau Foreign Minister Hamarat. "Peb yaum lawv tias thaj chaw tsis muaj ya dav hlau uas tau saib xyuas los ntawm United Nations yuav txhim kho kev ruaj ntseg rau txhua tog. Gardner tsis xav ua tsov rog hauv av, thiab nws yeej tsis quav ntsej txog cov Kurds. Nws yuav pom zoo rau txhua yam yog tias nws nres kev sib ntaus. "
    
  Hamarat tau hais tias "Qhov no tej zaum yuav muaj tseeb, tab sis Gardner yuav tsis lees paub rau pej xeem," Hamarat tau hais. "Nws yuav qhib rau txim rau peb thiab thov kom tshem tawm tag nrho cov tub rog los ntawm Iraq."
    
  Ozek tau hais tias "Tom qab ntawd peb muab sijhawm rau peb kom txog thaum peb tshem tawm tag nrho cov PKK nas zes thiab kab laum thaj tsam ciam teb," Ozek tau hais. "Nrog rau rau kev faib nyob rau sab qaum teb Iraq, peb tuaj yeem tshem qhov chaw no tsuas yog ob peb lub hlis thaum peb cog lus tawm mus. Peb tuaj yeem rhuav tshem PKK ntau heev uas lawv yuav tsis muaj txiaj ntsig rau ib tiam. "
    
  "Thiab peb zoo li neeg tua tsiaj."
    
  "Kuv tsis quav ntsej lwm tus yuav hu kuv li cas yog tias kuv tsis tas yuav txhawj xeeb txog kuv cov tub thiab cov ntxhais dawb huv raug tua hauv qhov chaw ua si los ntawm lub dav hlau raug tua los ntawm PKK," Tus Thawj Fwm Tsav Saib Xyuas Kev Tiv Thaiv Jizzakh hais iab. "Nws yog lub sijhawm los ua."
    
  "Peb yuav tsum tau cuam tshuam tsis yog nrog PKK xwb, tus tswv, tab sis kuj nrog qhov xwm txheej kev nyab xeeb ntawm Kirkuk-Ceyhan pipeline," hais ntxiv Tus Thawj Tub Rog Tub Rog Guzlev. "Lub Iraqi peshmerga tseem tsis tau txais kev cob qhia txaus lossis muaj peev xwm tiv thaiv cov kav dej ntawm lawv sab ntawm ciam teb. Peb tau nqis peev ntau lab liras hauv cov raj xa dej no, thiab cov Iraqis tseem tsis tuaj yeem tiv thaiv lawv txoj haujlwm txaus thiab yuav tsis tso cai rau lwm lub zog sab nraud uas tsis yog Asmeskas los muab kev pab. Peb tuaj yeem khwv tau peb npaug ntawm qhov peb tau txais hauv cov nqi thauj mus los yog tias peb tuaj yeem yaum cov neeg tsim khoom roj nyob rau sab qaum teb Iraq, suav nrog peb tus kheej cov tuam txhab, kom nce kev tsim khoom, tab sis lawv yuav tsis yog vim tias cov kav xa dej muaj zog heev los tawm tsam. "
    
  Thawj Tswj Hwm Hirsiz muab nws cov luam yeeb tso rau hauv lub qhov quav ornate ntawm nws lub rooj, ces rov qab mus rau nws lub rooj. Nws poob ntsiag to rau ob peb lub sijhawm ntev, poob hauv nws txoj kev xav. Tsis tshua muaj cov tub ceev xwm saib xyuas kev ruaj ntseg hauv tebchaws tau faib tawm, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog thaum nws los txog rau PKK thiab nws cov kev tawm tsam phem heev. Besir Ozek qhov kev xav tsis thoob hauv nws qhov chaw ua haujlwm tsuas yog ob peb teev tom qab kev puas tsuaj yuav tsum tau koom nrog lawv txoj kev txiav txim siab kom xaus PKK ib zaug thiab rau tag nrho.
    
  Tab sis cov neeg ua haujlwm kev ruaj ntseg hauv tebchaws - thiab nws tus kheej, Hirsiz yuav tsum lees paub - tau tsis sib haum xeeb thiab sib faib, thiab cov thawj coj tub rog pej xeem xav tau kev thaj yeeb nyab xeeb, kev daws teeb meem, tsis yog kev hu ncaj qha los ntawm cov thawj coj hauv lub cev. Kev tawm tsam Asmeskas thiab thoob ntiaj teb kev xav nrog rau pawg sab laj sib faib yog qhov tsis zoo.
    
  Kurzat Hirsiz sawv rau nws ko taw dua thiab sawv ncaj, yuav luag thaum mloog. "General Ozek, ua tsaug rau koj tuaj ntawm no thiab hais lus rau kuv thiab cov neeg ua haujlwm ruaj ntseg hauv tebchaws," nws hais ua lus. "Peb yuav tham txog cov kev xaiv no ua tib zoo."
    
  "Sir ... " Ozek jerked rau pem hauv ntej ntawm kev poob siab, tsis nco qab txog nws qhov txhab thiab yeej qhov mob thaum nws sim tswj nws qhov sib npaug. "Tus Tswv, nrog rau kev hwm, koj yuav tsum ua sai thiab txiav txim siab. PKK - tsis yog, ntiaj teb - xav paub tias tsoomfwv no siv cov kev tawm tsam no tiag. Txhua lub sijhawm peb ncua tsuas yog qhia tau tias peb tsis tau cog lus rau peb txoj kev ruaj ntseg sab hauv. "
    
  "Kuv pom zoo, General," Hirsiz tau hais tias, "tab sis peb yuav tsum ua tib zoo xav thiab ua tib zoo, thiab sib tham nrog peb cov phooj ywg thoob ntiaj teb. Kuv yuav coj General Sahin los tsim ib txoj kev npaj rau pab pawg tshwj xeeb mus yos hav zoov thiab ntes lossis tua PKK cov tub rog uas yuav tau npaj thiab coj qhov kev tawm tsam no, thiab txhawm rau tshawb xyuas qhov muaj peev xwm ntawm cov neeg soj xyuas hauv Jandarma.
    
  "Kuv tseem yuav hais kom Tus Thawj Fwm Tsav Tebchaws Txawv Tebchaws Hamarat tham nrog nws cov neeg Asmeskas, NATO thiab European tus neeg sawv cev thiab qhia lawv txog Pawg Saib Xyuas Kev Ruaj Ntseg qhov kev npau taws ntawm qhov kev tawm tsam no thiab qhov kev thov rau kev koom tes thiab kev pabcuam hauv kev ntes cov neeg ua txhaum cai." Nws inwardly winced ntawm incredulous qhia ntawm General Ozek lub ntsej muag, uas tsuas yog hais txog nws tsis muaj zog, lub precariousness ntawm nws txoj hauj lwm. "Peb yuav ua, General," Hirsiz tau hais sai sai, "tab sis peb yuav ua li ntawd kom muaj tswv yim thiab ua tswv cuab ntawm lub ntiaj teb no. Qhov no yuav ntxiv kev cais thiab marginalize PKK. Yog tias peb ua npau taws, peb yuav pom tias tsis zoo dua li cov neeg phem. "
    
  "... Ntiaj teb no zej zog?" Ozek yws iab.
    
  "Koj hais dab tsi, General?" Hirsiz poob nws npau taws. "Koj puas muaj tej yam koj xav qhia rau kuv?"
    
  Tus neeg raug mob Gendarma tus tub ceev xwm luv luv tab sis qhib ntsej muag ntawm Thawj Tswj Hwm ntawm Lub Tebchaws Turkish, tab sis sai sai raws li qhov zoo tshaj plaws uas nws ua tau, suav tias yog tus hais lus hnyav tab sis nruab nrab thiab hais tias, "Tsis yog, tus tswv."
    
  "Tom qab ntawd koj raug ntiab tawm, General, nrog kev ua tsaug ntawm National Security Council thiab cov neeg Turkish thiab kev nplij siab tias koj muaj sia nyob tom qab qhov kev ntxeev siab thiab kev ua siab phem no," Hirciz hais tias, nws lub suab nrov yeej tsis phim nws cov lus.
    
  "Cia kuv coj tus thawj coj mus rau thaj chaw ib ntus, tus tswv," hais tias tus thawj coj ntawm cov tub rog tub rog, Guzlev.
    
  Hirsiz ntsia nug nws tus thawj coj tub rog, nrhiav tsis tau cov lus teb. Nws ntsia ntawm Ozek, rov ua rau sab hauv ntawm nws cov qhov txhab txaus ntshai, tab sis pom nws tus kheej xav tsis thoob thaum lub sijhawm zoo tshaj plaws yuav tso cov tsiaj qus, npau taws rau ntawm nws xub ntiag. Qhov sai dua qhov zoo dua, tab sis tsis yog ua ntej nws siv tag nrho cov txiaj ntsig ntawm kev tshaj tawm cov txiaj ntsig ntawm nws txoj sia nyob tsis txaus ntseeg.
    
  "Peb yuav rov hais dua cov neeg saib xyuas kev ruaj ntseg hauv tebchaws hauv nees nkaum feeb ntawm Council of Ministers lub rooj sib tham hauv chaw los piav qhia cov lus teb, General Guzlev," tus thawj tswj hwm tau hais ceev faj. "Thov rov qab mus rau lub sijhawm ntawd. Dissolved."
    
  "Yog, tus tswv," hais tias Guzlev. Nws thiab Ozek sawv ntawm ib pliag, tom qab ntawd mus rau ntawm lub qhov rooj, nrog Guzlev ua tib zoo tuav Ozek lub caj npab tsawg dua rau kev txhawb nqa.
    
  "Dab tsi hauv ntiaj teb ua rau Ozek tuaj mus rau Ankara tom qab nyuam qhuav muaj sia nyob hauv lub dav hlau poob?" - Txawv teb chaws Minister Hamarat nug incredulously. "Aub kuv tus Vajtswv, qhov mob yuav tsum tsis muaj zog! Kuv ib zaug muaj pob txha me me hauv kuv tis thiab kuv mob tau ntau lub lis piam tom qab ntawd! Tus txiv neej no tau rub los ntawm qhov kub hnyiab ntawm lub dav hlau poob ob peb teev dhau los! "
    
  "Nws npau taws thiab nqhis ntshav, Mustafa," Tus Thawj Kav Tebchaws Akas tau hais. Nws mus cuag Hirsiz, uas tseem zoo li sawv ntawm kev mloog zoo li Ozek tau coj nws mus rau hauv nws txhais tes. "Tsis txhob mloog Guzlev thiab Ozek," nws hais ntxhi. "Lawv tawm rau ntshav. Peb twb tau tham txog kev ntxeem tau ntau zaus thiab tsis lees paub txhua lub sijhawm. "
    
  "Tej zaum no yog lub sijhawm, Icy," Hirsiz ntxhi rov qab. "Guzlev, Dzizek, Ozek thiab txawm Sahin yog rau qhov no."
    
  "Koj tsis xav txog qhov no, koj puas yog Thawj Tswj Hwm?" Akas ntxhi rov qab nrog ib tug incredulous hiss. "Lub tebchaws United States yuav tsis pom zoo. Peb yuav yog cov neeg phem nyob hauv lub qhov muag ntawm lub ntiaj teb ..."
    
  Hirsiz tau hais tias "Kuv tab tom pib tsis quav ntsej lub ntiaj teb xav li cas ntawm peb, Ice¸e," Hirsiz hais. "Puas muaj pes tsawg lub ntees tuag peb yuav tsum tuaj koom ua ntej lub ntiaj teb tso cai rau peb ua ib yam dab tsi txog cov neeg ntxeev siab Kurds nyob ntawd?"
    
    
  NAKHLA ALLIED AIR BASE, TALL KAIF, nyob ze MOSUL, IRAQ
  Ob hnub tom qab
    
    
  "Nala Ntauwd, Scion Ib-Seven, cuaj mais ntawm lub hom phiaj, thov kom pom txoj hauv kev mus rau ob-cuaj."
    
  "Scion Ib-Seven, Nakhla Ntauwd, koj yog tus naj npawb ib, tsaws tshem tawm," teb cov kws saib xyuas tub rog Iraqi ua lus Askiv zoo heev, tab sis nrog lub suab nrov. "Kuv pom zoo kom txhim kho cov txheej txheem tuaj txog thib peb rau Nala, lub hauv paus yog nyob rau hauv lub xeev ntawm kev tiv thaiv kev quab yuam Bravo, tau lees paub los txhim kho cov txheej txheem tuaj txog thib peb, kuv lees paub."
    
  "Tsis zoo, Nala, Scion Ib-Seven thov kev tso cai saib rau Ob-Nine."
    
  Tus thawj saib xyuas tsis tau siv rau ib tug neeg uas tsis ua raws li nws cov lus qhia raws nraim, thiab nws hnia ib lub pob ntawm nws lub microphone thiab raug rho tawm haujlwm rov qab: "Tsoomfwv Ib-Seven, Nala Ntauwd, kev pom pom tsis raug tso cai hauv FPCON Bravo." Raws li FPCON, lossis kev tiv thaiv kev quab yuam (yav tas los hu ua Kev Nyuaj Siab lossis THREATCON), Bravo yog qib thib peb siab tshaj plaws, qhia tias kev ua haujlwm txawj ntse tau txais txog qhov muaj peev xwm tawm tsam. "Koj yuav ua tus txheej txheem thib peb. Koj nkag siab? kuv lees."
    
  Lub xov tooj nrov hauv keeb kwm yav dhau thiab tus thawj tswj hwm ntauwd teb. Ib pliag tom qab, nws muab lub xov tooj rau tus neeg xa xov tooj: "Sir? Tus thawj coj hauv paus rau koj. "
    
  Tus thawj saib xyuas, txawm tias ntxhov siab ntau dua ntawm kev cuam tshuam thaum ua haujlwm ntawm lub davhlau tuaj, rub lub xov tooj ntawm nws tus thawj coj. "Captain Saad. Kuv muaj lub davhlau tuaj, tus tswv, kuv puas tuaj yeem hu koj rov qab?
    
  "Tus tauj ncov loj, cia lub dav hlau mus txog no los tsim cov qauv pom," nws hnov lub suab paub txog tus tub rog Asmeskas. Tus thawj tswj hwm hauv paus tau pom meej mloog ntawm ntauwd zaus hauv kev cia siab ntawm lub davhlau no. "Nov yog nws lub ntees tuag."
    
  "Yog lawm, Colonel." Vim li cas Asmeskas lub hom phiaj tshwj xeeb dav hlau yuav muaj kev pheej hmoo los ntawm hluav taws yam tsis tau ua raws li cov txheej txheem tuaj txog zoo heev tsis paub meej, tab sis kev txiav txim yog kev txiav txim. Nws muab lub xov tooj rau nws tus thawj tswj hwm, sighed thiab kov lub microphone khawm dua: "Tsev Neeg Ib-Seven, Nala Ntauwd, koj raug tshem tawm rau txoj kev pom thiab kev ya mus rau kev khiav ob-cuaj, cua ob-xya xoom ntawm nees nkaum-tsib. knots. "nrog gusts txog plaub caug, RVR plaub txhiab, FPCON Bravo nyob rau hauv cov nyhuv, tsaws tso cai."
    
  "Scion One-Seven, tshem tawm rau kev tshuaj xyuas, thiab nyiaj siv ua haujlwm ob-cua tau tshem tawm rau txoj hauv kev."
    
  Tus tub ceev xwm tuav lub xov tooj xwm ceev: "chaw nres tsheb ib, qhov no yog tus pej thuam," nws hais hauv Arabic. "Kuv muaj lub dav hlau ntawm qhov kawg mus kom ze thiab kuv tau tshem nws rau kev pom thiab qauv."
    
  "Hais dua?" - nug tus neeg xa xov ntawm lub tshav dav hlau qhov chaw tua hluav taws. "Tab sis peb nyob ntawm FPCON Bravo."
    
  "Kev txiav txim los ntawm Asmeskas Colonel. Kuv xav qhia rau nej paub."
    
  "Ua tsaug rau koj hu. Tus thawj coj tej zaum yuav xa peb mus rau peb 'cov chaw kub' ntawm Taxiway Delta.
    
  "Koj raug tso cai siv preposition ntawm Delta." Tus thawj coj dai. Tom qab ntawd nws tau hu xov tooj zoo sib xws rau hauv paus kev ruaj ntseg thiab tsev kho mob. Yog tias qhov kev tawm tsam yuav tshwm sim - thiab qhov no yog lub sijhawm zoo rau ib qho - qhov kev ceeb toom ntau nws tuaj yeem muab tau, qhov zoo dua.
    
  Tus neeg soj ntsuam los ntawm tus pej thuam saib lub dav hlau los ntawm nws lub koob yees duab. Nws tuaj yeem pom nws ntawm nws tus pej thuam radar zaub, tab sis tseem tsis pom qhov muag. Nws yog li ntawm rau mais ntawm nws lub hom phiaj, mus txog ncaj tab sis offset rau sab hnub poob, tshwm rau kab downwind ntawm Runway 29 - thiab nws yog ridiculously qeeb, raws li yog hais tias nws twb teem rau tsaws nrog ob peb ntxiv mus. Tus txiv neej no puas muaj tej yam xav tuag? Nws tau tshaj tawm lub dav hlau qhov chaw rau kev ruaj ntseg thiab kev pabcuam xwm txheej ceev kom lawv thiaj li txav tau mus rau txoj haujlwm zoo dua ...
    
  ...los yog tawm ntawm txoj kev sib tsoo, yog tias qhov phem tshaj plaws tshwm sim.
    
  Thaum kawg, peb mais deb, nws pom nws-los yog, nws pom ib feem ntawm nws. Nws muaj qhov dav, lub cev muaj zog, tab sis nws tsis pom tis lossis tus Tsov tus tw. Nws tsis pom cov neeg caij tsheb qhov rais thiab xim xim txawv txawv - ib yam dab tsi zoo li nruab nrab bluish grey, tab sis cov ntxoov ntxoo zoo li hloov pauv nyob ntawm cov huab tom qab thiab lub teeb theem. Nws yog ib qho nyuaj heev los tswj xyuas qhov pom ntawm qhov no.
    
  Nws tau tshuaj xyuas lub BRITE ntauwd radar zaub, lub zos Mosul mus kom ze tswj radar relay, thiab kom txaus, lub dav hlau ya tsuas yog cuaj caum-yim knots - txog tsib caug pob caus qeeb dua li ib txwm mus kom ze! Tsis yog tus kws tsav dav hlau ua nws tus kheej yooj yim lub hom phiaj rau snipers, tab sis nws tseem tab tom yuav nres lub dav hlau thiab poob. Nrog cua zoo li no, ib qho cua daj cua dub tam sim ntawd tuaj yeem tig tus txiv neej no rov qab sai sai.
    
  "Nyob Ib-Seven, Nala Ntauwd, koj puas tau ntsib teeb meem?"
    
  "Tower, ib-xya, tsis zoo," tus tsav teb.
    
  " Txais. Koj raug tshem tawm los ntawm nkoj. Peb koom nrog FPCON Bravo. kuv lees."
    
  "Tus txais txais ib-Seven luam theej FPCON Bravo thiab tso cai tsaws."
    
  ruam, ruam ruam xwb. Tus thawj saib xyuas tau saib nyob rau hauv kev xav tsis thoob thaum lub dav hlau coj txawv txawv ua ib txwm tig mus rau hauv cua nyob rau sab hnub poob ntawm txoj kev khiav. Nws zoo ib yam li American stealth bomber, tshwj tsis yog tias nws cov cav nyob rau hauv lub rear fuselage thiab nws tshwm sim loj dua. Nws cia siab tias yuav pom RPGs lossis Stinger missiles ya hla saum ntuj thaum twg los xij. Lub dav hlau thaws ob peb zaug nyob rau hauv lub gusty cua, tab sis rau feem ntau nws tuav ib tug ruaj khov kev ya davhlau txoj kev txawm lub incredibly tsis tshua muaj airspeed - nws zoo li saib ib tug me me Cessna nyob rau hauv daim duab es tsis txhob ntawm ib tug ob-pua pua txhiab-phaus dav hlau. .
    
  Ua li cas lub dav hlau tswj kom dhau los ntawm cov qauv duab plaub yam tsis muaj kev sib tsoo lossis raug tua saum ntuj. Tus neeg saib xyuas pej thuam tsis tuaj yeem pom ib qho kev xa tawm flaps. Nws tuav qhov no ridiculously low airspeed tag nrho txoj kev los ntawm tus qauv mus txog rau thaum lub luv luv kawg, thaum nws qeeb mus rau raws nraim cuaj caum pob caus ntawd thiab ces poob li maj mam li ib tug plaub ntawm cov zauv. Nws yooj yim tua thawj txoj kev tsheb tavxij; nws yeej tsis tau pom ib lub dav hlau ruaj khov tsaws hauv qhov deb li no.
    
  "Tower, Heir One-Seven yog dawb ntawm cov neeg ua haujlwm," tus tsav tau tshaj tawm.
    
  Tus tub ceev xwm yuav tsum rov qab los ntawm kev poob siab. "Kev nkag siab, Ib-Seven, nyob ntawm qhov zaus no, tshaj tawm cov tsheb kev nyab xeeb uas pom ncaj qha ua ntej, lawv yuav coj koj mus rau qhov chaw nres tsheb. Ceev faj cov tsheb tua hluav taws thiab cov tsheb nyab xeeb ntawm cov tsheb tavxij. Zoo siab txais tos rau Nala."
    
  "Roger koj, Ntauwd Ib-Seven, lub tsheb ruaj ntseg pom," tus tsav teb. Ob peb cov tub rog Humvees nrog lub tshuab rab phom hauv turrets nruab nrog 50-caliber tshuab rab phom lossis plaub caug-millimeter ceev-hluav taws grenade launchers ncig lub dav hlau, thiab nyob rau pem hauv ntej tsav lub xiav Suburban nrog flashing xiav teeb thiab ib tug daj daj "Ua raws li kuv" kos npe. "Nyob zoo hnub".
    
  Lub convoy escorted lub dav hlau mus rau ib tug loj aircraft chaw nyob rau sab qaum teb ntawm lub tswj pej thuam. Cov Humvees tig ib ncig ntawm lub vaj tse thaum lub Suburban tsav sab hauv thiab tus tswj tau nres lub dav hlau. Ib txheej ntawm cov huab cua slides raug cab mus rau lub dav hlau, tab sis ua ntej nws tau muab tso rau hauv qhov chaw, ib lub hatch nyob rau hauv lub cockpit qab lub qhov ntswg iav qhib thiab cov neeg ua hauj lwm pib nqis los ntawm tus ntaiv.
    
  Nyob rau tib lub sijhawm, ntau tus neeg tau tawm ntawm Humvee thiab sawv ntawm qhov kawg ntawm lub dav hlau sab laug, ib tus ntawm lawv pom kev chim siab. "Tus txiv leej tub, lawv tsis tau hais tias - nws kub ntawm no!" John Masters exclaimed. Nws ntsia ib ncig ntawm lub dav hlau vaj tse. "Hav, muaj cua txias nyob rau hauv lub hangar no - cia peb qhib nws!"
    
  "Cia peb hu rau tus thawj coj ua ntej, John," hais tias tus txiv neej thib ob tawm tuaj sab nraud, Patrick McLanahan. Nws ntsia ntsoov tus Humvee hauv qab lawv. "Kuv xav tias nws yog Colonel Jaffar thiab peb qhov kev sib cuag yog nyob ntawd."
    
  "Jaffar zoo li npau taws. Lub sijhawm no peb ua dab tsi?"
    
  Patrick hais tias, "Cia peb mus nrhiav pom," Nws mus cuag tus tub rog Iraqi, nyo me ntsis thiab txuas nws txhais tes. "Colonel Jaffar? Kuv yog Patrick McLanahan. "
    
  Jaffar siab dua Patrick me ntsis, tab sis nws tsa nws lub puab tsaig, puffed nws lub hauv siab, thiab sawv ntawm nws tiptoes kom saib siab dua thiab tseem ceeb dua. Thaum nws paub tseeb tias cov neeg tuaj tshiab tau mloog zoo, nws maj mam tsa nws sab tes xis rau nws sab xis plaub muag hauv kev tos txais. "General McLanahan. "Zoo siab txais tos rau Nala Air Base," nws hais ua lus Askiv zoo heev, tab sis nrog lub suab nrov. Patrick saluted rov qab, ces txuas nws txhais tes dua. Jaffar coj nws maj mam, luag ntxhi, ces sim nyem Patrick txhais tes ntawm nws tus kheej. Thaum nws paub tias nws yuav tsis ua haujlwm, lub luag nyav ploj mus.
    
  "Colonel, cia kuv qhia Dr. Jonathan Colin Masters. Dr. Masters, Col. Yusuf Jaffar, Iraqi Air Force, Commander, Allied Nakhla Air Base." Jaffar nodded, tab sis tsis tuav Jon txhais tes. Patrick tuav nws lub taub hau me ntsis ntxhov siab, tom qab ntawd nyeem cov npe ntawm tus tub hluas uas sawv ntawm ib sab thiab qab Jaffar. "Mr. Thompson? Kuv yog Patrick - "
    
  "General Patrick McLanahan. Kuv paub koj yog leej twg, tus tswv - peb txhua tus paub koj yog leej twg. " Tus tub ceev xwm siab, zoo kawg li tus tub ceev xwm tom qab Jaffar nce mus rau pem hauv ntej, luag ntxhi ntawm pob ntseg mus rau pob ntseg. "Zoo siab tau ntsib koj, tus tswv. Chris Thompson, Thawj Tswj Hwm, Thompson International, Tus Kws Pab Tswv Yim Txog Kev Ruaj Ntseg. " Nws tuav Patrick ob txhais tes nrog nws ob txhais tes, co nws zoo siab thiab tuav nws lub taub hau hauv kev tsis ntseeg. "Kuv tsis ntseeg nws ... General Patrick McLanahan. Kuv yeej tuav Patrick McLanahan txhais tes. "
    
  "Ua tsaug, Chris. Nov yog Dr. John Masters. Nws-"
    
  "Hav, Doc," Thompson hais tias, tsis tau saib deb lossis tso Patrick McLanahan txhais tes. "Zoo siab txais tos, sir. Nws yog kev hwm tiag tiag tau ntsib koj thiab txais tos koj rau Iraq. kuv yuav-"
    
  "Thov tso tseg koj cov lus sib tham, Thompson, thiab cia peb mus ua lag luam," Jaffar hais tias ua siab ntev. "Koj lub koob npe nrov ua ntej koj, General, tab sis kuv yuav tsum nco ntsoov koj tias koj yog ib tus neeg cog lus pej xeem thiab yuav tsum ua raws li kuv cov cai thiab cov cai, nrog rau cov koom pheej ntawm Iraq. Koj tsoom fwv tau thov kom kuv nthuav tawm txhua qhov kev ua tau zoo thiab kev pab rau koj, thiab ua ib tus tub ceev xwm, kuv raug khi los ntawm kev hwm kom ua li ntawd, tab sis koj yuav tsum nkag siab tias txoj cai Iraqi - uas yog, qhov no, kuv txoj cai - yuav tsum yog. hwm txhua lub sijhawm. Puas yog qhov tseeb, tus tswv?"
    
  "Yog lawm, Colonel, txhua yam yog qhov tseeb," Patrick hais.
    
  "Tom qab ntawd yog vim li cas koj tsis ua raws li kuv cov lus qhia txog kev tuaj txog thiab mus rau Nala?"
    
  "Peb xav tias peb yuav tsum tau ntsuas lub xeev ntawm kev hem peb tus kheej, Colonel," Patrick teb. "Los txog ntawm qhov ua tau zoo tshaj plaws yuav tsis qhia rau peb paub dab tsi. Peb tau txiav txim siab ua qhov pheej hmoo thiab tsim kom pom qhov pom thiab teeb tsa. "
    
  "Kuv cov neeg ua haujlwm thiab kuv ntsuas qhov kev hem thawj ntawm lub hauv paus no txhua teev ntawm txhua hnub, General," Jaffar hais npau taws. "Kuv muab cov lus txib uas tswj hwm txhua tus neeg ua haujlwm thiab kev ua haujlwm ntawm lub hauv paus no kom muaj kev nyab xeeb ntawm txhua tus. Lawv yuav tsum tsis txhob saib tsis xyuas rau ib qho laj thawj. Koj tsis tuaj yeem pheej hmoo txhua lub sijhawm vim li cas, tus tswv: lub luag haujlwm ib txwm nyob nrog kuv, thiab qhov ntawd tsis raug cai. Ua txhaum kuv txoj cai dua thiab yuav raug hais kom koj ua koj txoj haujlwm ntawm lwm lub hauv paus. Puas yog qhov tseeb, tus tswv?"
    
  "Yog, Colonel, qhov tseeb."
    
  "Zoo heev". Jaffar tso nws ob txhais tes tom qab nws nraub qaum, puffing nws lub hauv siab dua. "Kuv xav tias koj muaj hmoo heev uas koj tsis tau nyob rau hauv cov yeeb ncuab hluav taws. Kuv cov tub rog kev ruaj ntseg thiab kuv tau scoured tag nrho kaum kilometers vojvoog sab nraum lub hauv paus rau hem. Kuv paub tseeb tias koj, koj nyob rau hauv me ntsis txaus ntshai. Tab sis qhov ntawd tsis txhais hais tias koj tuaj yeem - "
    
  "Thov txim, tab sis peb tau raug hluav taws kub, Colonel," John Masters cuam tshuam.
    
  Jaffar lub qhov muag ci ntsa iab ntawm qhov cuam tshuam, ces nws lub qhov ncauj qhib thiab kaw hauv kev tsis meej pem, tom qab ntawd tawv nrog kev npau taws. "Koj hais dab tsi, tub hluas?" - nws quaj.
    
  John hais tias "Peb raug tua los ntawm hluav taws hauv av tag nrho ntawm ib puas thiab xya caum cuaj zaug thaum nyob hauv kaum mais ntawm lub hauv paus, Colonel," John hais. "Thiab plaub caug-ib qhov kev txhaj tshuaj tau raug rho tawm hauv lub hauv paus."
    
  "Qhov no tsis yooj yim sua! Qhov no yog lus dag! Koj yuav paub qhov no li cas?
    
  Patrick tau hais tias "Qhov ntawd yog peb txoj haujlwm ntawm no, Colonel: txhawm rau ntsuas lub xeev ntawm kev hem thawj ntawm qhov no thiab lwm lub koom haum huab cua nyob rau sab qaum teb Iraq," Patrick hais. "Peb lub dav hlau tau nruab nrog cov cuab yeej uas tso cai rau peb tshawb xyuas, taug qab, txheeb xyuas thiab txheeb xyuas qhov chaw ntawm kev tawm tsam. Peb tuaj yeem txheeb xyuas, txheeb xyuas thiab taug qab rab phom los ntawm riam phom mus txog cuaj millimeters hauv caliber. " Nws tuav nws txhais tes thiab Yauhas muab ib phau ntawv rau hauv nws. "Ntawm no yog daim ntawv qhia keeb kwm ntawm txhua qhov kev txhaj tshuaj peb pom. Raws li koj tuaj yeem pom, Colonel, ib qho ntawm cov salvos muaj zog tshaj plaws - ib qho kev tawg rau ntawm 12.7 hli ntawm rab phom loj - raug rho tawm ntawm lub hauv paus no. Los ntawm thaj chaw kev nyab xeeb tub rog kev cob qhia kom meej. " Nws coj ib kauj ruam ntawm Jaffar, nws lub qhov muag xiav qhov muag tho txawv rau hauv Iraqi. "Qhia rau kuv, Colonel: leej twg nyob ntawm qhov chaw cob qhia tam sim no? Koj muaj riam phom tiv thaiv dav hlau li cas ntawm no hauv Nala? Jaffar lub qhov ncauj tsiv dua nyob rau hauv tsis meej pem. "Leej twg ua qhov no, kuv cia siab tias lawv yuav raug ntes thiab raug foob nrog kev txhob txwm tsom rau Allied aircraft."
    
  "Kuv ... Kuv yuav ua qhov no ... tus kheej, tus tswv," Jaffar hais tias, tawm hws ua rau ntawm nws ob lub qhov muag. Nws nyo me ntsis thaum nws nqis rov qab. "Kuv yuav saib xyuas tam sim ntawd, tus tswv." Nws yuav luag sib tsoo nrog Thompson hauv nws txoj kev khiav tawm.
    
  "Dab tsi yog ruam," John hais. "Kuv vam tias peb tsis tas yuav tso nws lub ntsej muag txhua hnub ntawm no."
    
  Thompson tau hais tias "Nws yog ib tus thawj coj muaj peev xwm tshaj plaws nyob rau sab qaum teb Iraq, Doc," "Nws cia siab tias ntau lub nroog Yeiuxalees hnia thiab txhos caug. Tab sis nws tsis yog ib tus ntawm cov uas tau ua tiav - nws tsuas yog tawg taub hau thaum ib tus ntawm nws cov subordinates tsis ua hauj lwm. Yog li, nws puas muaj tseeb tias koj ntes thiab taug qab kev tawm tsam tawm tsam koj lub dav hlau?
    
  "Tau kawg," John teb. "Thiab peb tuaj yeem ua ntau yam ntxiv, ib yam nkaus."
    
  "Peb yuav qhia rau koj paub cov ntsiab lus sai li sai tau thaum peb tau txais koj qhov kev nyab xeeb, Chris," Patrick hais. "Nws yuav ua rau koj ob lub qhov muag dej, ntseeg kuv."
    
  "Zoo," Thompson hais. "Tus Colonel yuav ua zoo li ib tug noog, tab sis thaum nws pom cov neeg tso dag uas tua koj, nws yeej yuav muab rauj rau lawv."
    
  "Hmoov tsis zoo, nws tsis yog qee tus neeg vwm ntawm qhov chaw cob qhia - peb pom ntau qhov chaw nyob hauv lub hauv paus thiab sab nraum ib puag ncig," John hais. "Tus Colonel yuav yog qhov zoo tshaj plaws hauv cheeb tsam, tab sis qhov ntawd tsis txaus. Nws muaj sappers nyob rau hauv lub barrier. "
    
  Thompson hais tias, "Raws li kuv tau sau ntawv rau koj thaum koj hais rau kuv tias koj tab tom tuaj, tus tswv," Kuv ntseeg tias FPCON ntawm no yuav tsum yog Delta - kev sib cuag nrog cov neeg ua phem tsis tu ncua. Hauv lub qhov muag ntawm Baghdad, Jaffar zoo li phem vim nws nyob saum Bravo. Tab sis kuv cov txiv neej thiab Tub Rog Kev Nyab Xeeb Tub Rog tau ua zoo li nws yog Delta. Yog li ntawd, yog hais tias koj yuav ua raws li kuv, tus tswv, kuv yuav qhia rau koj nyob ib ncig ntawm koj lub quarters thiab chaw ua hauj lwm thiab muab ib tug me ntsis kev taw qhia rau koj lub hauv paus. "
    
  Patrick tau hais tias "Yog tias koj tsis mloog, Chris, peb xav txheeb xyuas peb thaj tsam ntawm lub luag haujlwm thiab teem sijhawm peb thawj zaug ntawm kev ya davhlau," Patrick hais. "Kuv xav ua kom tiav thawj txoj haujlwm hmo no. Cov neeg ua haujlwm txhawb nqa yuav npaj peb thaj chaw. "
    
  "Hmo no? Tab sis koj nyuam qhuav tuaj txog ntawm no, tus tswv. Koj yuav tsum swb. "
    
  Patrick hais tias "Ib puas thiab xya caum hits ntawm peb lub dav hlau, ib feem peb ntawm lawv los ntawm lub hauv paus no - peb yuav tsum tau nqis los ua lag luam," Patrick hais.
    
  Thompson tau hais tias "Tom qab ntawd peb yuav tsum mus rau chav haujlwm ua haujlwm thiab saib Colonel Jack Wilhelm," Thompson hais. "Tam sim no nws yog tus thawj coj thib ob hauv Jaffar, tab sis txhua tus paub tias leej twg yog tus thawj coj tiag tiag, thiab tus ntawd yog nws. Nws feem ntau nyob ntawm Triple Sea Command Center."
    
  Lawv txhua tus tau muab tso rau hauv lwm qhov armored dawb Suburban nrog Thompson qab lub log. "Nakhla, uas txhais tau tias bumblebee hauv Arabic, siv los ua tsab ntawv US Air Force Supply Base," nws hais tias, tsav tsheb raws txoj kab tawm mus. Lawv pom kab ntawm cov dav hlau thauj khoom ntawm txhua qhov ntau thiab tsawg, los ntawm C-5 Galaxys mus rau bizjets. "Lub sijhawm Saddam lub sijhawm, qhov no tau tsim los txwv cov haiv neeg Kurdish, thiab nws tau dhau los ua ib lub chaw tub rog loj tshaj plaws hauv tebchaws Iraq. Lawv hais tias qhov no yog lub hauv paus uas cov tshuaj riam phom uas Saddam siv tawm tsam Kurds tau khaws cia, thiab yog li ntawd nws yog lub hom phiaj tseem ceeb rau cov neeg tawm tsam Kurdish uas peb cuam tshuam nrog qee lub sijhawm, nrog rau AQI al-Qaeda hauv Iraq - lub Shiite insurgents thiab txawv teb chaws jihadists.
    
  "Thaum ntxov xyoo no, Nakhla tau raug xa mus los ntawm Asmeskas kev tswj hwm mus rau Iraqi tub rog. Txawm li cas los xij, cov Iraqis tseem tsis muaj ntau lub dav hlau, yog li lawv tau hu nws tias yog 'tus phooj ywg' huab cua puag. Tebchaws Asmeskas, NATO thiab United Nations tau xauj cov chaw thiab dav hlau los ntawm Iraqis. "
    
  "Peb tsim nws thiab tom qab ntawd tau them nyiaj rau kev siv nws," John hais. "Fabulous".
    
  Thompson tau piav qhia tias "Yog tias peb tsis them nyiaj los siv nws, peb tseem yuav suav tias yog 'yuav muaj zog' hauv Iraq," "Qhov no yog txoj cai ntawm kev tshem cov tub rog tawm ntawm Iraq.
    
  "Lub ntsiab kev sib ntaus sib tua ntawm no hauv Nala yog Tub Rog Thib Ob, lub npe hu ua Tsov Rog Rog," Thompson hais ntxiv. "Lub Tub Rog Thib Ob yog Stryker Combat Brigade ntawm I Corps, Thib Ob, tawm ntawm Fort Lewis, Washington. Qhov no yog ib qho ntawm cov chav nyob kawg uas tau dhau mus rau kaum tsib lub hlis kev sib hloov - tag nrho lwm cov chav ua haujlwm rau kaum ob lub hlis. Lawv txhawb pab tub rog Iraqi nrog kev txawj ntse, kev txawj ntse thiab kev cob qhia. Lawv tau teem sijhawm tshem tawm hauv peb lub hlis, thaum Iraqis tswj hwm kev nyab xeeb nyob rau sab qaum teb Iraq. "
    
  "Chris, peb puas muaj ib nrab ntawm tag nrho cov tsheb Asmeskas nyob rau hauv Middle East?" - Patrick nug.
    
  Thompson hais tias "Kuv xav hais tias ib nrab ntawm Tub Rog Tub Rog lub tsheb yog nyob rau hauv av hauv kev ua yeeb yam lossis ya rov qab los, thiab tus lej tiag tiag yog ze rau peb lub hlis twg," Thompson tau hais. "Thiab qhov no tsis suav nrog cov pej xeem khaws cia thiab cov ntawv cog lus."
    
  "Tab sis nws tseem yuav siv sijhawm ib xyoos los thim peb lub zog?" John nug. "Qhov no zoo li tsis raug. Nws tsis siv sij hawm ntev kom tau peb cov khoom tawm ntawm Iraq tom qab thawj Tsov Rog Gulf, puas yog?
    
  "Txoj kev npaj sib txawv, Doc," Thompson hais. "Lub hom phiaj yog tshem tawm txhua yam los ntawm Iraq tshwj tsis yog cov cuab yeej cuab tam ntawm ob lub hauv paus huab cua thiab lub chaw lis haujlwm hauv Baghdad. Tom qab thawj Tsov Rog Gulf, peb tau tso ntau yam hauv Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar thiab United Arab Emirates, thiab peb tau nce kev ntsuas kev nyab xeeb kom peb tuaj yeem txav mus los yam tsis muaj kev cuam tshuam. Nws siv sijhawm li ib xyoos kom tau tag nrho peb cov khoom tawm ntawm Saudi Arabia thaum Asmeskas thov kom tawm hauv lub tebchaws thiab peb tsuas yog tsav nws txoj kev loj mus rau Kuwait. Ntawm no peb xa tag nrho peb cov khoom muaj nqis hauv tsev lossis mus rau lub hauv paus tshiab hauv Romania, Poland, Czech koom pheej thiab Djibouti. "
    
  "Tiam sis, nws tsis tuaj yeem siv sijhawm ntev kom tawm mus, puas tau?"
    
  Thompson tau lees tias "Peb tau ua haujlwm nyob rau ib hnub thiab hmo ntuj tsis nres yuav luag ib xyoos, thiab lwm xyoo yog qhov zoo tiag tiag," Thompson tau lees paub. "Nws nyob ntawm qhov xwm txheej ruaj ntseg. Kev tawm tsam hauv Iran tau kaw tag nrho Persian Gulf rau ib xyoos, thiab ntau lub tsheb ciav hlau thiab txoj kev loj hauv thiab tawm hauv lub tebchaws tsis muaj kev nyab xeeb, yog li peb yuav tsum tau tos kom muaj kev pom zoo ntxiv. Tej yam uas xav tau sai sai rau lwm qhov tuaj yeem raug ya mus, tab sis kev noj tag nrho C-5 Galaxy lossis C-17 Globemaster tsuas yog tshem tawm ib lossis ob lub M1A2 sib ntaus sib tua tank tsis muaj txiaj ntsig. Thiab peb yuav tsis tawm ntau dua ob txhiab lub tsheb tub rog ntawm no. " Nws ntsia Patrick. "Yog vim li cas koj nyob ntawm no, tsis yog nws, tus tswv? Txhim kho qhov teeb meem kev nyab xeeb?"
    
  "Peb yuav sim," Patrick hais. "Nws yog qhov tseeb tias cov neeg Iraqis tsis tuaj yeem tswj hwm qhov xwm txheej kev nyab xeeb, thiab nws yuav tsis yog kev nom kev tswv rau cov tub rog Asmeskas, uas tsis xav tau hauv lub tebchaws li cas los muab kev ruaj ntseg, yog li lawv muab cov ntawv cog lus rau cov tuam txhab ntiag tug los ua txoj haujlwm."
    
  "Zoo, koj yeej tsis nyob ib leeg, tus tswv," Thompson hais. "Cov neeg cog lus yuav luag txhua yam ntawm no hnub no. Peb tseem muaj ib pab tubrog nkoj nyob ntawm no hauv Nakhla uas ya los txhawb nqa Iraqi txoj haujlwm, thiab txhua lub sijhawm tam sim no thiab tom qab ntawd Pawg Tub Rog Tshwj Xeeb lossis pab pawg SEAL yuav ya tawm hauv thiab tawm, tab sis lwm yam tshaj li cov tub rog ntawm no tsis ua ntau dua li sib sau ua ke. iav thiab tos kom coj mus tsev. Ntau qhov kev cob qhia thiab kev ruaj ntseg, kev txawj ntse, kev noj haus, kev thauj mus los, kev sib txuas lus, kev tsim kho, kev rhuav tshem, kev ua si yog tag nrho los ntawm Asmeskas cov neeg cog lus. "
    
  Patrick tau hais tias "Tom qab Holocaust hauv AMERICA, nws yooj yim dua thiab nrawm dua rau kev nrhiav thiab cob qhia cov qub tub rog dua li kev cob qhia cov neeg ua haujlwm tshiab," Patrick hais. "Yog tias koj xav ua ntau dua nrog tsawg dua, koj yuav tsum tau txais cov haujlwm txhawb nqa thiab tso cai rau cov tub rog ua haujlwm ua haujlwm tshwj xeeb."
    
  Thompson tau sau tseg tias "Kuv tsis tau hnov txog Scion txog thaum Tub Rog tshaj tawm tias koj tuaj ntawm no," "Koj nyob qhov twg?
    
  "Las Vegas," Patrick teb. "Qhov tseeb, qhov no yog ib pab pawg ntawm cov tub ua lag luam uas tau yuav ntau lub tshuab thev naus laus zis tab sis tshaj dav hlau los ntawm ntau lub tuam txhab thiab muab lawv cov kev pabcuam rau Pentagon. Kuv tau txais txoj haujlwm tom qab kuv so haujlwm. "
    
  Chris hais tias "Nws zoo li nws yog tib yam nrog kuv lub tuam txhab," Chris hais. "Peb yog ib pab pawg ntawm cov qub thiab so haujlwm tub rog kev cob qhia, kev sib txuas lus thiab cov ntaub ntawv kev ruaj ntseg cov kws tshaj lij thiab cov kws tshaj lij. Peb tseem xav ua haujlwm tom qab tawm mus, yog li peb tsim lub tuam txhab. "
    
  "Koj nyiam dab tsi txog tam sim no?"
    
  "Yuav ua kom ncaj ncees, kuv pib ua lag luam vim kuv xav tias cov nyiaj yuav zoo - tag nrho cov dab neeg hais txog cov tuam txhab xws li Blackwater Worldwide tau txais cov ntawv cog lus loj no yog qhov txaus nyiam heev," Chris lees paub. "Tab sis qhov no yog kev lag luam. Cov ntawv cog lus yuav zoo li ntxim nyiam, tab sis peb siv peb cov nyiaj los ntawm kev nrhiav cov neeg ua haujlwm zoo tshaj plaws thiab cov khoom siv uas peb tuaj yeem nrhiav tau thiab muab kev daws teeb meem zoo ntawm tus nqi qis tshaj. Kuv tuaj yeem qhia rau koj tias kuv tsis tau pom cov nyiaj tau los ntawm kev lag luam uas tsis yog qhov nws raug nqi rau kuv kom muaj sia nyob. Yog tias muaj nyiaj tau los, nws mus ncaj nraim rau hauv kev lag luam, cia peb muab kev pabcuam ntxiv lossis muab kev pabcuam ntawm tus nqi qis dua. "
    
  John Masters tau hais tias "Tsuas yog qhov sib txawv ntawm cov tub rog," John Masters hais. "Cov tub rog tau siv txhua lub nyiaj ntawm nws cov peev nyiaj los xyuas kom cov peev nyiaj tsis raug txiav xyoo tom ntej. Cov tuam txhab ntiag tug txuag lossis nqis peev txhua lub nyiaj. "
    
  "Yog li koj tsis muaj teeb meem nrog lwm lub tuam txhab, koj puas yog?" - Patrick nug.
    
  Thompson tau hais tias, "Kuv pom qee tus nab noj cov tub rog tshwj xeeb no nyob ib puag ncig ntawm lub hauv paus," Thompson hais tias, "thiab lawv txhua tus hnav khaub ncaws saum toj kawg nkaus, riam phom tshiab, cov iav tshiab thiab tattoos. rau lawv lub siab. Ntau tus txiv neej no tsuas yog xav kom zoo nkauj, yog li lawv siv nyiaj ntau ntawm lawv tus kheej rau qhov tseeb thiab loj tshaj. Kuv lub tuam txhab feem ntau yog tsim los ntawm computer geeks, yav dhau los tub ceev xwm tub ceev xwm, cov neeg tshawb nrhiav ntiag tug, thiab cov neeg saib xyuas kev nyab xeeb. Lawv feem ntau tsis quav ntsej peb. Peb tau ntsib teeb meem los ntawm qee lub sijhawm thaum kuv cov txiv neej tsis kam nkag mus, tab sis peb ua haujlwm nws thaum kawg. "
    
  "Qhov ntawd tsis zoo li txoj hauv kev zoo mus ua rog, Chris."
    
  Thompson luag ntxhi. "Kuv vam tias qhov no tsis yog tsov rog," nws hais. "Kev ua tsov ua rog yuav tsum raug tso tseg rau cov kws tshaj lij. Kuv yuav zoo siab los txhawb cov kws tshaj lij. "
    
  Lub hauv paus loj thiab zoo li ib tug tub rog me me hauv Tebchaws Meskas. "Qhov chaw no tsis zoo li phem heev," John Masters hais. "Kuv tau thov txim uas koj tau raug xa mus deb, tab sis kuv tau pom cov tub rog ua haujlwm hnyav dua hauv Tebchaws Meskas."
    
  Thompson tau hais tias "Peb yeej tsis muaj Burger King lossis McDonald's ib txwm muaj xws li qee qhov ntawm cov superbases," thiab yog tias peb ua li ntawd, cov Iraqis tej zaum yuav tau kaw lawv li cas tom qab lawv tuav. Feem coob ntawm cov tub rog ntawm no tseem pw tsaug zog hauv ChUS vim tias peb tsis tau mus ncig los tsim cov tsev nyob tsis tu ncua. Tau kawg, tsis muaj tsev neeg nyob ntawm no, yog li nws yuav tsis piv rau ib qho chaw txawv teb chaws li lub teb chaws Yelemees lossis Askiv. Tab sis huab cua zoo dua me ntsis thiab cov neeg hauv zos tsis muaj kev tawm tsam ... tsawg kawg yog tsawg dua. "
    
  "Chus?"
    
  "Container Housing Units. Lawv yog me ntsis loj dua ib tug coj mus muag tsheb trailer. Peb tuaj yeem pab tau lawv yog tias peb xav tau qhov chaw, tab sis raws li cov tub rog loj hlob tuaj peb muaj ntau qhov chaw, yog li tam sim no lawv txhua tus nyob hauv av. Nov yog qhov peb yuav zais koj cov txiv neej. Lawv zoo dua li lawv saib, ntseeg kuv - linoleum pem teb, tag nrho cov rwb thaiv tsev, cua txias, Wi-nkaus, tiaj tus TVs. Ob lub CUs sib koom ib lub 'ntub CU' - lub tsev tso quav. Ntau yam zoo dua li chav dej. "
    
  Ob peb feeb tom qab, lawv tuaj txog rau kaum ob-foot-siab laj kab uas ua los ntawm cov tsho pob zeb ua phab ntsa thiab cov ntaub ntawv hlau corrugated uas muaj cov coils ntawm cov hlau barbed. Ob peb ko taw dhau ntawm phab ntsa yog lwm qhov kaum ob-ko taw txuas txuas laj kab saum toj kawg nkaus nrog cov hlua khi, nrog cov tub rog hnyav hnyav K-9 cov tub ceev xwm saib xyuas kev nyab xeeb ntawm lub laj kab. Muaj tsib caug feet ntawm qhov chaw tom qab lub laj kab txuas txuas. Tag nrho cov no tau nyob ib puag ncig los ntawm lub tsev yooj yim, square-saib peb-zaj dab neeg nrog lub ru tsev sloping, ob peb satellite tais diav thiab kav hlau txais xov rau saum, thiab tsis muaj qhov rais kiag li. Peb caug-taw-siab ruaj ntseg yees sawv ntawm cov ces kaum ntawm lub tsev. "Qhov no puas yog lub tsev hauv paus loj ... lossis lub tsev loj cuj?" John nug.
    
  Thompson tau hais tias "Lub Chaw Tswj Xyuas thiab Tswj Xyuas, lossis Triple C," "Qee tus neeg hu nws Fobbitville-lub tsev ntawm "fobbits," cov txiv neej uas tsis tau tawm hauv FOB, lossis Forward Operating Base - tab sis peb tab tom ua tsawg dua thiab tsawg dua kev tshaj tawm hnub no, yog li peb feem ntau tuaj yeem suav tias yog fobbits. . Kwv yees li ntawm thaj chaw nruab nrab ntawm lub hauv paus - cov neeg phem yuav xav tau ib lub mortar loj heev kom ncav cuag nws los ntawm sab nraum lub hauv paus, txawm hais tias lawv yuav muaj hmoo thiab tso lub foob pob hluav taws hauv tsev ntawm no txhua ob peb lub lis piam los yog li ntawd. "
    
  "Txhua ob peb lub lis piam?"
    
  "Kuv ntshai, Doc," Thompson hais. Tom qab ntawd nws luag ntxhi rau John thiab hais ntxiv tias, "Tab sis qhov ntawd yog qhov koj nyob ntawm no los txiav txim siab ... puas yog?"
    
  Kev ruaj ntseg ntawm kev nkag mus rau Triple-C yog nruj, tab sis nws tseem nyob deb npaum li cas McLanahan thiab Masters tau muab tso rau hauv Dreamland tau ntau xyoo. Tsis muaj tub ceev xwm kev ruaj ntseg nyob rau ntawd; Thompson cov neeg ua haujlwm pej xeem ua haujlwm ua yeeb yam. Lawv tau dhau los ua kev hwm me ntsis ntawm Patrick tom qab kuaj xyuas nws cov ntaub ntawv - feem ntau ntawm lawv yog cov tub rog qub lossis so haujlwm; thiab peb lub hnub qub generals, txawm tias cov laus laus, tau txais lawv txoj kev hwm - tab sis tseem zoo li ua nrawm, qee zaum nrhiav kev lim hiam nrog kev txaus siab rau kev tu siab. "Vajtswv, kuv xav tias kuv yuav tsum mus rau chav dej saib seb cov neeg no puas tau rhuav tshem ib qho tseem ceeb," John hais thaum lawv dhau qhov chaw soj ntsuam zaum kawg.
    
  Thompson tau hais tias "Txhua tus neeg raug kho zoo ib yam, vim li ntawd ntau tus txiv neej tsuas yog nyob ntawm no es tsis rov qab mus rau lawv cov phooj ywg," Thompson hais. "Kuv xav tias lawv tau ua kom tuab me ntsis vim tias tus thawj coj nyob ntawm no. Thov txim rau qhov ntawd." Lawv tau tshwm sim rau hauv qhov dav dav, thiab Thompson taw rau txoj kev hauv tsev mus rau sab laug. "Lub Western Corridor yog txoj hauv kev mus rau ntau qhov chaw uas tsim Troika-S - kev tswj hwm huab cua, kev sib txuas lus, cov ntaub ntawv, kev thauj mus los, kev ruaj ntseg, kev txawj ntse, kev sib raug zoo ntawm kev sib koom tes thiab txawv teb chaws, thiab lwm yam. Sab saum toj lawv yog cov thawj coj lub chaw ua haujlwm thiab chav sib tham. Txoj kev sab hnub tuaj yog DFAC, cov chav so thiab chaw ua haujlwm; saum toj no lawv muaj lub platform thaum muaj xwm ceev, bunk chav, chav dej, da dej, thiab lwm yam. Sab qaum teb txoj kev hauv tsev muaj cov khoos phis tawj, kev sib txuas lus, lub tshuab hluav taws xob thaub qab, thiab cov nroj tsuag lub cev. Ntawm qhov chaw ntawm nws tag nrho yog qhov chaw hais kom ua nws tus kheej, uas peb hu ua 'Lub Tank'. Ua raws li kuv ". Lawv cov ID tau raug kuaj xyuas thiab lawv tau tshawb nrhiav dua ntawm qhov nkag mus rau Lub Tank - lub sijhawm no los ntawm Tub Rog Tub Rog, lawv thawj zaug ntsib nrog tub ceev xwm kev nyab xeeb - thiab raug tso cai sab hauv.
    
  Lub tank tiag tiag zoo li Lub Chaw Tswj Kev Tiv Thaiv ntawm Elliott Air Force Base hauv Nevada. Nws yog chav tsev loj zoo li lub tsev hais plaub nrog kaum ob qhov loj-txhais cov ntxaij vab tshaus uas nyob ib puag ncig ib qho screen loj dua tom qab ntawm chav tsev, nrog rau theem nqaim rau tib neeg hais lus. Ntawm ob sab ntawm theem yog kab ntawm consoles rau ntau lub tuam tsev, uas tau xa cov ntaub ntawv los tso saib cov ntxaij vab tshaus thiab cov thawj coj. Sab saum toj ntawm lawv muaj qhov chaw soj ntsuam kaw rau VIPs thiab cov kws tshaj lij. Nyob rau hauv nruab nrab ntawm lub chav tsev yog ib tug semicircular kab ntawm consoles rau department taub hau, thiab nyob rau hauv nruab nrab ntawm lub semicircle yog lub rooj zaum thiab tso saib rau Iraqi brigade commander, uas yog khoob, thiab nws deputy, Colonel Jack Wilhelm.
    
  Wilhelm yog ib tug txiv neej loj, dais zoo li tus txiv neej, zoo li ib tug hluas, tsaus-haired version ntawm cov laus tub rog General Norman Schwarzkopf. Nws tshwm sim los zom rau ntawm luam yeeb, tab sis qhov tseeb yog lub microphone ntawm nws lub mloog pob ntseg nyob ze rau nws daim di ncauj. Wilhelm leaned rau pem hauv ntej ntawm nws lub console, muab kev txiav txim thiab cov lus qhia raws li qhov nws xav tau tso tawm ntawm cov ntxaij vab tshaus.
    
  Thompson maneuvered nws tus kheej mus rau Wilhelm txoj kab ntawm qhov pom, thiab thaum Wilhelm pom tus neeg saib xyuas kev ruaj ntseg, nws muab nws nug frown thiab rub lub pob ntseg tawm ntawm nws pob ntseg. "Dab tsi?"
    
  "Cov txiv neej los ntawm Scion Aviation nyob ntawm no, Colonel," Thompson hais.
    
  Wilhelm hais tias, "Cia lawv mus rau hauv Chuvil thiab qhia rau lawv tias kuv yuav pom lawv thaum sawv ntxov," Wilhelm hais, dov nws lub qhov muag thiab muab lub pob ntseg rov qab rau hauv qhov chaw.
    
  "Lawv xav pib hmo no, tus tswv."
    
  Wilhelm tau txav lub pob ntseg rov npau taws. "Dab tsi?"
    
  "Lawv xav pib hmo no, tus tswv," Thompson rov hais dua.
    
  "Pib dab tsi?"
    
  "Pib saib. Lawv hais tias lawv npaj txhij tawm tam sim no thiab xav qhia koj txog lawv txoj kev npaj dav hlau. "
    
  "Lawv ua, tsis yog lawv?" Wilhelm swb. "Qhia rau lawv tias peb muaj cov lus qhia luv luv rau tag kis sawv ntxov ntawm xoom xya puas, Thompson. Muab lawv pw thiab-"
    
  Patrick hais tias, "Yog tias koj muaj sijhawm ob peb feeb, Colonel," hais rau Thompson, "peb xav ua kom tiav koj tam sim no thiab coj koj mus."
    
  Wilhelm tig rau hauv nws lub rooj thiab scowled ntawm cov tuaj tshiab thiab lawv cuam tshuam ... thiab tom qab ntawd ua pa me ntsis thaum nws paub txog Patrick McLanahan. Nws maj mam nce mus rau nws txhais taw, nws ob lub qhov muag nyob rau Patrick zoo li yog nws sizing nws rau kev sib ntaus. Nws tig me ntsis rau tus kws kho mob zaum ntawm nws, tab sis nws ob lub qhov muag yeej tsis tso Patrick. Nws hais tias, "Tau Huab cua ntawm no," thiab kom nws saib xyuas lub davhlau ya nyob twg thiab piav qhia txog kev soj ntsuam xyuas. Kuv mam li rov qab rau ob peb feeb ". Nws hle nws lub mloog pob ntseg, ces muab nws txhais tes. "General McLanahan, Jack Wilhelm. Zoo siab tau ntsib koj".
    
  Patrick tuav nws tes. "Ib yam nkaus, Colonel."
    
  "Kuv tsis paub tias koj yuav nyob rau lub davhlau ntawd, General, lossis kuv yeej tsis tau tso cai rau VFR cov phiaj xwm."
    
  "Nws yog ib qho tseem ceeb uas peb tau ua nws, Colonel - nws qhia peb ntau heev. Peb puas tuaj yeem qhia koj thiab koj cov neeg ua haujlwm txog peb thawj txoj haujlwm?
    
  Wilhelm hais tias "Kuv xav tias koj yuav xav so rau hnub so thiab yav tsaus ntuj thiab ua kom koj tus kheej nyob rau hauv kev txiav txim," Wilhelm hais. "Kuv xav qhia koj ib ncig ntawm lub hauv paus, qhia koj Triple-C thiab lub chaw ua haujlwm ntawm no, ntsib cov neeg ua haujlwm, muaj zaub mov zoo-"
    
  Patrick hais tias, "Peb yuav muaj sijhawm ntau los ua qhov ntawd thaum peb nyob ntawm no, Colonel," tab sis peb tau los nyob rau hauv cov yeeb ncuab hluav taws ntawm txoj kev, thiab kuv xav tias qhov sai peb pib, qhov zoo dua."
    
  "Tus yeeb ncuab hluav taws?" Wilhelm ntsia Thompson. "Nws hais dab tsi, Thompson? Kuv tsis tau qhia. "
    
  Patrick hais tias "Peb tau npaj qhia koj txog qhov no tam sim no, Colonel," Patrick hais. "Thiab tom qab ntawd kuv xav teem sijhawm rau kev taw qhia thiab ntsuas lub davhlau rau hmo no kom pib tshawb nrhiav lub hauv paus pib ntawm qhov hluav taws kub hauv av."
    
  "Thov zam txim rau kuv, General," Wilhelm tau hais tias, "tab sis koj cov haujlwm yuav tsum raug tshuaj xyuas zoo los ntawm lub hauv paus chaw haujlwm thiab tom qab ntawd kev tsis sib haum xeeb tau daws nrog txhua lub tuam haujlwm ntawm Triple C." Qhov no yuav siv sijhawm ntev dua li ob peb teev."
    
  "Peb tau xa peb cov phiaj xwm ua haujlwm rau koj thiab ib daim qauv ntawm daim ntawv cog lus los ntawm Lub Tsev Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Kev Ruaj Ntseg Hauv Lub Tebchaws ib lub lim tiam dhau los, Colonel. Koj cov neeg ua haujlwm yuav tsum muaj sijhawm txaus los saib xyuas qhov no. "
    
  Wilhelm tau hais tias "Kuv paub tseeb tias lawv muaj, General, tab sis kuv cov lus qhia luv luv nrog lub hauv paus hauv paus yog teem rau xoom tsib peb caug tag kis," Wilhelm hais. "Koj thiab kuv yuav tsum tau ntsib ntawm xoom-zero xya puas los tham txog qhov no. Kuv xav tias yog txoj kev npaj. "
    
  "Qhov ntawd yog txoj kev npaj, Colonel, tab sis tam sim no kuv xav pib peb thawj txoj haujlwm hmo no, ua ntej peb lwm lub dav hlau tuaj txog."
    
  "Lwm cov phiaj xwm? Kuv xav tias peb tsuas muaj ib qho xwb. "
    
  Patrick tau hais tias "Ib zaug peb los nyob rau hauv cov yeeb ncuab hluav taws ntawm peb txoj kev ntawm no, kuv tau thov thiab tau txais kev tso cai los ntawm kuv lub tuam txhab kom nqa lub dav hlau ua haujlwm thib ob nrog qee cov khoom tshwj xeeb thiab khoom siv," Patrick hais. "Qhov no yuav yog lwm lub dav hlau poob-"
    
  "'Jonah'?"
    
  "Thov txim. Lub npe menyuam yaus rau peb lub dav hlau. Kuv yuav xav tau ib lub hangar rau qhov no thiab bunks rau nees nkaum tsib tus neeg ua haujlwm ntxiv. Lawv yuav nyob ntawm no li ntawm nees nkaum teev. Thaum nws tuaj txog kuv yuav xav tau - "
    
  "Thov zam txim rau kuv, tus tswv," Wilhelm cuam tshuam. "Kuv puas tuaj yeem muaj ob peb lo lus nrog koj?" Nws taw tes rau pem hauv ntej ces kaum ntawm lub tank, motioning rau Patrick raws nws; tus tub rog tub rog tub rog tub rog ntse ntse tawm ntawm nws lub console nyob ze thaum nws pom tus tub ceev xwm ceeb toom ib pliag thaum lawv mus txog.
    
  Thaum lawv mus txog lub console tham ntiag tug, Patrick tsa ib tug ntiv tes, ces ncav tes mus kov lub pob me me ntawm lub pob ntseg ze ze ntawm nws lub pob ntseg sab laug. Wilhelm lub qhov muag nthuav dav hauv kev xav tsis thoob. "Qhov no puas yog lub mloog pob ntseg wireless rau lub xov tooj ntawm tes?" nws nug.
    
  Patrick nodded. "Lub xov tooj ntawm tes raug txwv ntawm no, Colonel? Kuv tuaj yeem coj nws sab nraud - "
    
  "Lawv ... lawv yuav tsum nyob twj ywm kom tsis muaj leej twg tuaj yeem tau txais lossis hu rau lawv - tiv thaiv cov khoom siv hluav taws xob hauv tsev. Thiab lub xov tooj ze tshaj plaws yog rau mais deb. "
    
  Patrick tau hais tias "Qhov no yog lub tsev tshwj xeeb-encrypted, ruaj ntseg, jam-resistant, thiab muaj zog heev rau nws qhov loj," Patrick hais. "Peb yuav saib kev txhim kho koj cov khoom siv jamming lossis hloov lawv nrog cov kev taw qhia sensors uas yuav taw qhia qhov chaw ntawm ob sab ntawm kev sib tham." Wilhelm blinked nyob rau hauv tsis meej pem. "Yog li puas yog kuv coj qhov no?" Wilhelm xav tsis thoob los teb, yog li Patrick tau txais kev ris txiaj thiab nias lub pob "hu". "Nyob zoo Dave,"nws hais. "Yog... Yog, cia nws hu. Koj hais yog lawm. Ua tsaug." Nws kov lub pob ntseg dua kom xaus hu. "Thov txim rau qhov cuam tshuam, Colonel. Koj puas muaj lus nug rau kuv?"
    
  Wilhelm sai sai tshem tawm qhov tsis meej pem ntawm nws lub siab, ces muab nws lub nrig rau ntawm nws lub duav thiab leaned rau Patrick. "Yog lawm, tus tswv, kuv paub: koj xav tias koj yog leej twg?" Wilhelm hais hauv ib lub suab qis, muffled, qw nrov nrov. Nws towered hla McLanahan, jutting tawm nws lub puab tsaig zoo li yog hais tias nyuaj rau ib tug neeg uas sim ntaus nws, thiab tho nws nrog ib tug nruj, ntsia ncaj qha. "Nov yog kuv qhov chaw hais kom ua. Tsis muaj leej twg nyob ntawm no muab kev txiav txim rau kuv, tsis yog tus haji uas yuav tsum tau ua raws li lub hauv paus fucking no. Thiab tsis muaj dab tsi los nyob rau hauv ib puas mais ntawm peb yam tsis tau txais kev pom zoo ua ntej thiab tshem tawm, txawm tias tsis muaj hnub qub peb so haujlwm. Tam sim no koj nyob ntawm no, koj tuaj yeem nyob tau, tab sis kuv lav tias tom ntej no tus tub ntawm ib tug bitch uas tsis tau txais kev tso cai nkag mus yuav raug ncaws tawm ntawm lub hauv paus no sai thiab nyuaj kom nws yuav nrhiav nws lub nroog Yeiuxalees. hauv Persian Gulf. Koj puas hnov kuv, General?
    
  "Yog lawm, Colonel, kuv paub," Patrick hais. Nws tsis saib deb, thiab ob tug txiv neej kaw qhov muag. "Koj puas tiav, Colonel?"
    
  "Koj tsis tas yuav muaj dab tsi ua rau kuv, McLanahan," Wilhelm hais. "Kuv tau nyeem koj daim ntawv cog lus, thiab kuv tau hais txog ntau txhiab tus neeg pej xeem ntxiv, lossis cov neeg cog lus, lossis txawm li cas los xij uas koj hu koj tus kheej tam sim no. Tej zaum koj yuav yog ib tug txiv neej siab heev, tab sis raws li kuv txhawj xeeb, koj tseem yog ib tus kws ua zaub mov thiab lub raj mis ntxhua khaub ncaws nyob ntawm no.
    
  "Txhua yam kev hwm, General, qhov no yog lus ceeb toom: thaum koj nyob hauv kuv txoj haujlwm, koj yuav mloog kuv; koj tawm ntawm kab, kuv yuav muab rau koj ntuj raug txim; koj tsis ua raws li kuv tej lus txib thiab kuv yuav muab koj tej pob rau hauv koj caj pas." Nws nres ib pliag, ces nug, "Puas muaj ib yam dab tsi koj xav qhia kuv tam sim no, tus tswv?"
    
  "Yog lawm, Colonel." Patrick muab Wilhelm luag ntxhi uas yuav luag npau taws rau tub rog tub rog, tom qab ntawd hais ntxiv: "Koj tab tom tos xov tooj los ntawm lub hauv paus hauv paus. Kuv xav kom koj coj qhov no. " Wilhelm tig ib ncig thiab pom cov neeg ua haujlwm ua haujlwm ua haujlwm trotting ntawm nws.
    
  Nws ntsia McLanahan lub luag nyav, ua rau nws pom kev, tom qab ntawd taug kev mus rau qhov chaw ze tshaj plaws, muab nws lub mloog pob ntseg thiab nkag mus. "Wilhelm. Dab tsi?"
    
  "Npaj rau kev faib, tus tswv," tus kws tshaj lij kev sib txuas lus tau hais. Wilhelm ntsia McLanahan xav tsis thoob. Ib pliag tom qab ntawd: "Jack? Connolly tab tom mloog. " Charles Connolly yog ob lub hnub qub tub rog tub rog nyob hauv Fort Lewis, Washington, uas tau txib ib pawg xa mus rau sab qaum teb Iraq.
    
  "Yes, sir?"
    
  "Thov txim, Jack, tab sis kuv nyuam qhuav hnov txog qhov no kuv tus kheej ob peb feeb dhau los thiab xav tias kuv yuav hu koj tus kheej zoo dua," Connolly hais. "Tus neeg cog lus no tau muab los ua cov haujlwm saib xyuas huab cua ntawm ciam teb Iraqi-Turkish hauv koj cov haujlwm? Muaj VIP ntawm lub nkoj: Patrick McLanahan. "
    
  "Kuv tab tom tham nrog nws tam sim no, tus tswv," Wilhelm hais.
    
  "Nws puas twb muaj lawm? Crap. Thov txim rau qhov ntawd, Jack, tab sis tus txiv neej no muaj lub koob npe nrov tsuas yog qhia thiab ua txhua yam nws txaus siab. "
    
  "Qhov ntawd yuav tsis tshwm sim ntawm no, tus tswv."
    
  "Saib, Jack, tuav tus txiv neej no nrog cov hnab looj tes me me kom txog thaum peb paub tseeb tias nws muaj pes tsawg tus nees nyob tom qab nws," Connolly hais. "Nws yog neeg pej xeem thiab tus neeg cog lus, yog, tab sis Corps hais rau kuv tias nws ua haujlwm rau qee tus neeg tawv tawv uas tuaj yeem ua ob peb txoj haujlwm hloov xov tooj sai sai, yog tias koj paub tias kuv tau txais dab tsi."
    
  "Nws nyuam qhuav hais rau kuv tias nws yuav nqa lwm lub dav hlau tuaj ntawm no. Nees nkaum tsib tus neeg ua haujlwm ntxiv! Kuv tabtom sim rhuav tshem lub hauv paus no, tus tswv, tsis txhob sau cov neeg pej xeem ntau dua ntawm no."
    
  Connolly hais tias, "Yog lawm, kuv tau hais rau qhov ntawd," hais tias Connolly, nws lub suab nrov ua rau nws pom tseeb tias nws tsis paub ntau dua li tus tub ceev xwm laus ntawm cov tub rog. "Saib, Jack, yog tias nws ua txhaum ib qho ntawm koj cov lus qhia, kuv yuav txhawb koj ib puas feem pua yog tias koj xav kom nws tawm ntawm koj lub hauv paus thiab nyob deb ntawm koj. Tab sis nws yog Patrick fucking McLanahan, thiab nws yog peb xyoos so haujlwm. Cov tub rog hais tias muab hlua txaus rau nws thiab thaum kawg nws yuav dai nws tus kheej - nws tau ua tiav ua ntej, yog li ntawd nws tsis zoo lawm. "
    
  "Kuv tseem tsis nyiam nws, tus tswv."
    
  "Zoo, nrog nws txhua txoj kev koj xav tau, Jack," hais tias, "tab sis kuv cov lus qhia yog qhov no: dais nrog tus txiv neej tam sim no, ua siab zoo rau nws thiab tsis txhob tsav nws vwm. Yog tias koj tsis ua qhov no thiab nws hloov tawm tias muaj ntau lub zog tom qab tus txiv neej no, peb ob leeg yuav raug ntsia hlau.
    
  "Cia li tsom ntsoov rau txoj haujlwm, Jack," Connolly hais ntxiv. "Peb txoj haujlwm yog los hloov qhov kev ua yeeb yam ntawm kev ua tub rog mus rau hauv kev ua haujlwm rau pej xeem kev thaj yeeb nyab xeeb. Cov neeg cog lus zoo li McLanahan yuav yog cov uas muab lawv lub moos rau ntawm kab. Koj txoj hauj lwm yog kom koj cov tub rog nyob hauv tsev muaj kev nyab xeeb thiab muaj kev hwm - thiab, tau kawg, ua rau kuv saib zoo hauv cov txheej txheem. "
    
  Kev txiav txim los ntawm lub suab ntawm nws lub suab, Wilhelm xav tias, nws tsis yog tso dag nkaus xwb. "Tau taub hau, sir."
    
  "Muaj dab tsi ntxiv rau kuv?"
    
  "Cov lus teb tsis yog, tus tswv."
    
  "Zoo heev. Txuas ntxiv. Cais koj tus kheej. "
    
  Wilhelm cuam tshuam qhov kev sib txuas, tom qab ntawd saib dua ntawm McLanahan, uas tau tham hauv nws lub xov tooj ntawm tes. Yog tias nws muaj cov thev naus laus zis los cuam tshuam tag nrho lawv lub xov tooj ntawm tes jamming cov cuab yeej - cov uas tau teeb tsa los cuam tshuam cov chaw taws teeb tswj cov khoom tawg yooj yim - nws yuav tsum muaj cov engineers saum toj kawg nkaus thiab nyiaj tom qab nws.
    
  Wilhelm tau hais rau lub console: "Tus Tub Ceev Xwm, sib sau ua haujlwm hauv lub hauv paus chaw haujlwm tam sim no hauv chav sib tham tseem ceeb los tham txog txoj kev npaj los saib xyuas Tus Txais."
    
  "Yes, sir".
    
  McLanahan xaus nws txoj kev sib tham thaum Wilhelm tshem nws lub mloog pob ntseg thiab los ze nws. "Koj paub li cas lub tuam tsev yuav hu kuv, McLanahan?"
    
  "Muaj hmoo twv."
    
  Wilhelm frowned thaum nws hnov lo lus teb no. "Tau kawg,"nws hais, tuav nws lub taub hau dismissively. "Tsis muaj teeb meem. Cov neeg ua haujlwm yuav coj peb mus txog tam sim. Ua raws li kuv". Wilhelm coj Patrick thiab John tawm ntawm lub Reservoir thiab coj lawv mus rau pem hauv ntej mus rau lub ntsiab lus luv luv, ib lub iav-pob, lub rooj sib tham tsis muaj suab nrov uas saib lub consoles thiab lub hauv paus computer screens nyob rau hauv lub Reservoir. Ib los ntawm ib tug, cov neeg ua hauj lwm cov tub ceev xwm tuaj txog nrog cov lus qhia luv luv thiab flash drives uas muaj lawv cov PowerPoint nthuav qhia. Lawv tsis nkim sij hawm tos ob tug tub ceev xwm twb nyob hauv chav.
    
  Wilhelm nqa ib lub raj mis dej los ntawm lub tub yees me me ntawm lub ces kaum, ces zaum ntawm lub rooj zaum ntawm lub qhov rais saib lub Tank. "Yog li, General, qhia kuv txog lub koom haum thoob ntiaj teb no koj ua haujlwm rau, Scion Aviation," nws hais thaum lawv tos lwm tus tuaj txog thiab npaj.
    
  Patrick hais tias, "Tsis muaj dab tsi los qhia," Nws tau txais ib lub raj mis dej rau John thiab nws tus kheej, tab sis tsis zaum. "Kev kawm me ntsis dhau ib xyoos dhau los-"
    
  "Ib puag ncig tib lub sijhawm koj tawm haujlwm vim yog kev lag luam?" Wilhelm nug. Patrick tsis teb. "Koj ua li cas nrog qhov no?"
    
  "Zoo kawg".
    
  "Muaj qee qhov lus tsis txaus siab mus ncig uas Thawj Tswj Hwm Gardner xav foob koj rau qee yam uas tau tshwm sim hauv Iran."
    
  "Kuv tsis paub dab tsi txog nws."
    
  "Txoj cai. Koj paub tias kuv yuav tau txais xov tooj cua nyab xeeb los ntawm kuv lub hauv paus chaw haujlwm kaum txhiab mais deb, tab sis koj tsis paub tias koj yog tus raug ntawm Tsev Dawb thiab Lub Tsev Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Kev Ncaj Ncees. " Patrick tsis tau hais dab tsi. "Thiab koj tsis paub dab tsi txog cov lus xaiv uas koj tau koom nrog kev tuag ntawm Leonid Zevitin, tias nws tsis yog kev sib tsoo skiing?"
    
  "Kuv tsis nyob ntawm no los teb cov lus xaiv vwm."
    
  "Tau kawg tsis yog," Wilhelm luag nyav wryly. "Yog li ntawd. Cov nyiaj yuav tsum yog qhov zoo kom koj nyob hauv qhov kev ua si thaum mus ncig thoob ntiaj teb nrog lub plawv mob. Cov txiv neej feem ntau yuav zaum hauv pas dej hauv Florida khaws lawv cov nyiaj laus thiab tau txais kev sib nrauj. "
    
  "Lub siab zoo yog tias kuv tsis mus hauv qhov chaw."
    
  "Txoj cai. Yog li, yuav ua li cas nrog cov nyiaj hauv qhov kev lag luam ntawm koj li? Kuv nkag siab tias kev lag luam mercenary yog booming. " Wilhelm feigned ntshai, zoo li yog nws ntshai tias nws tau ua phem rau tus so haujlwm peb lub hnub qub. "Aub Vajtswv, kuv thov txim, General. Koj puas xav hu nws ua 'cov tuam txhab tub rog ntiag tug' lossis 'tus kws pab tswv yim kev nyab xeeb' lossis dab tsi?
    
  Patrick hais tias, "Kuv tsis muab qhov koj xav hu nws, Colonel," Patrick hais. Ntau tus tub ceev xwm npaj rau cov lus qhia luv luv tau saib ntawm lawv tus thawj coj, qee tus nrog kev lom zem ntawm lawv lub ntsej muag, lwm tus nrog kev ntshai.
    
  Wilhelm luag ntxhi me ntsis, zoo siab tias nws tau txais kev txhawb nqa los ntawm nws tus qhua VIP. "Los yog qhov no tsuas yog lwm lub npe rau 'Hmo ntuj Stalkers'? Qhov ntawd yog lub npe ntawm lub koom haum uas koj tau xaiv los ua ib feem ntawm ob peb xyoos dhau los, puas yog? Kuv nco qab ib yam dab tsi txog Libyan raids, kuv puas yog? Thaum twg yog thawj zaug uas koj tau ncaws tawm ntawm Cua Force? Patrick tsis teb, uas ua rau William luag nyav dua. "Zoo, kuv tus kheej xav tias 'Scion' suab zoo dua li 'Hmo ntuj Stalkers'. Nws zoo li tus kws pab tswv yim kev nyab xeeb tiag tiag cov khaub ncaws ntau dua li cov menyuam yaus ruam 'cov duab kos duab superhero. " Tsis teb. "Yog li, cov nyiaj mus li cas, General?"
    
  "Kuv xav tias koj paub tseeb npaum li cas daim ntawv cog lus yog rau, Colonel," Patrick hais. "Nws tsis cais."
    
  Wilhelm hais tias, "Yog, yog," tam sim no kuv nco qab: ib xyoos, nrog rau kev xaiv rau peb xyoos ntxiv, rau ib xyoos uas muaj cuaj caum-plaub lab daus las! Kuv ntseeg tias qhov no yog daim ntawv cog lus loj tshaj plaws hauv kev ua yeeb yam tshwj tsis yog koj lub npe yog Kellogg, Hom & Hauv paus, Halliburton lossis Blackwater. Tab sis kuv txhais hais tias, General, dab tsi yog koj feem? Yog tias kuv tsis tau txais lub hnub qub nyob rau ob peb xyoos tom ntej no, tej zaum kuv yuav tsum tsis ua haujlwm, thiab yog tias nyiaj txiag tsis zoo, tej zaum koj tuaj yeem siv tus kheej zoo li kuv ntawm Scion Aviation International. Yuav ua li cas txog nws, General, tus tswv?
    
  Patrick hais tias, "Kuv tsis paub, Colonel," Patrick hais yam tsis muaj kev qhia. "Kuv txhais tau tias, koj ua dab tsi ntawm no dua li ua yeeb yam zoo li tus ntaus nruas loj?"
    
  Wilhelm lub ntsej muag tig mus rau hauv lub npog ntsej muag ntawm npau taws thiab nws dhia mus rau nws txhais taw, ze li tawg lub raj mis dej hauv nws lub nrig hauv npau taws. Nws tau nce hauv ntiv tes ntawm Patrick, ntsej muag dua. Thaum Patrick tsis sim thawb nws mus los yog rov qab los, Wilhelm qhov kev qhia tau hloov pauv ntawm kev npau taws mus rau tus khej luag nyav.
    
  "Lub tswv yim zoo, General," nws hais, nodding. Nws txo nws lub suab. "Qhov kuv yuav ua txij no mus, General, yog los xyuas kom meej tias koj ua qhov koj tau cog lus ua - tsis muaj ntxiv, tsis tsawg dua. Koj yuav ua yuam kev uas tsim nyog tsuas yog cov plaub hau liab liab, thiab kuv mam li xyuas kom meej tias koj daim ntawv cog lus nrog tus nplua nuj bitch yog txiav. Kuv xav tias koj yuav tsis nyob ntawm no ntev. Thiab yog hais tias koj muab ib tug ntawm kuv cov neeg nyob rau hauv tej yam txaus ntshai, kuv yuav daws tau koj lub siab me ntsis teeb meem los ntawm ripping nws tawm ntawm koj lub hauv siab thiab shov nws down koj caj pas." Nws ib nrab tig mus rau lwm tus hauv chav. "Puas yog kuv lub ntsiab lus luv luv npaj tau, Weatherly?"
    
  "Peb npaj txhij, tus tswv," ib tug ntawm cov tub ceev xwm teb tam sim ntawd. Wilhelm muab Patrick lwm qhov kev thuam, tom qab ntawd khiav tawm mus rau nws lub rooj zaum hauv ntej. Ntau tus tub ceev xwm thiab tuam txhab lag luam tau nyob ntawm ib sab, npaj txav mus. "Zoo tav su, cov poj niam thiab cov txiv neej. Kuv lub npe yog Lieutenant Colonel Mark Weatherly thiab kuv yog Regiment's Executive Officer. Qhov kev qhia luv luv no tau muab cais tawm, TSIS muaj qhov zais cia, qhov chaw tsis pub lwm tus paub thiab cov txheej txheem cuam tshuam, thaj chaw muaj kev nyab xeeb. Qhov kev qhia luv luv no yuav tsom mus rau cov txiaj ntsig ntawm Kev Tshawb Fawb Lub Tsev Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Kev Tshawb Fawb ntawm txoj kev soj ntsuam xa mus rau Scion Aviation International rau - "
    
  "Yog, yog, Huab cua, peb tsis tau yau dua ntawm no," Wilhelm cuam tshuam. "Ib tug zoo ntawm no tsis xav tau tag nrho cov dev-thiab-pony huab cua ua tsov rog hauv tsev kawm qib siab niaj hnub. Cia peb mus txog qhov kawg. "
    
  "Yog lawm, tus tswv," hais tias tus thawj coj ua haujlwm. Nws sai sai nqa qhov xav tau PowerPoint swb. "Qhov xaus, tus tswv, yog tias peb tsuas yog tsis paub txaus nrog cov thev naus laus zis Scion siv kom paub tias nws yuav ua tau zoo npaum li cas."
    
  "Lawv tau tso nws tawm kom meej meej, puas yog, Weatherly?"
    
  "Yog lawm, tus tswv, tab sis ... ua siab ncaj, tus tswv, peb tsis ntseeg nws," Weatherly hais tias, saib McLanahan ntshai. "Ib lub dav hlau los saib xyuas tshaj kaum ob txhiab square mais ntawm thaj av thiab tshaj li ib puas txhiab cubic mais ntawm airspace? Qhov no yuav xav tau ob lub ntiaj teb hawks - thiab thoob ntiaj teb hawks tsis tuaj yeem luam theej lub ntuj, yam tsawg kawg tseem tsis tau. Thiab qhov no yog nyob rau hauv MTI qhov kev soj ntsuam dav tshaj plaws. Scion thov kom ib txwm muaj ib nrab-meter duab daws teeb meem thoob plaws hauv cheeb tsam saib xyuas ... nrog rau ib lub dav hlau? Nws ua tsis tau. "
    
  "General?" Wilhelm nug nrog me ntsis luag ntxhi ntawm nws lub ntsej muag. "Koj puas yuav thab teb?" tig mus rau nws cov neeg ua haujlwm, nws cuam tshuam nws tus kheej los ntawm hais tias, "Au, thov zam txim rau kuv, cov poj niam thiab cov txiv neej, qhov no yog so haujlwm Lt. Gen. Patrick McLanahan, tus lwm thawj ntawm Scion Aviation. Tej zaum koj tau hnov txog nws? Cov lus tsis txaus ntseeg thiab lub puab tsaig slack ntawm lwm tus hauv chav pom tau tias lawv tau ua tiag tiag. "Hnub no nws tau txiav txim siab ua rau peb xav tsis thoob nrog nws lub ntsej muag majestic. General, kuv lub hauv paus chaw ua haujlwm. Lo lus yog koj li."
    
  "Ua tsaug, Colonel," Patrick hais tias, nce mus rau nws ko taw thiab muab Wilhelm qhov kev ntxhov siab. "Kuv tab tom tos ntsoov yuav ua haujlwm nrog koj ntawm qhov project no. Kuv tuaj yeem tham txog cov thev naus laus zis tsim los ntawm Dr. Jonathan Masters los txhim kho qhov kev daws teeb meem thiab ntau yam ntawm av thiab huab cua soj ntsuam sensors, tab sis kuv xav tias nws yuav zoo dua los qhia rau koj. Tshem lub airspace rau peb hmo no thiab peb yuav qhia koj seb peb muaj peev xwm ua tau dab tsi. "
    
  "Kuv tsis xav tias yog qhov ua tau, General, vim yog kev ua haujlwm peb nyuam qhuav kawm txog yav tsaus ntuj no." Wilhelm tig mus rau tus tub ntxhais hluas, ntshai heev-zoo li tus thawj coj. "Kotter?"
    
  Tus thawj coj tau ceev faj ib kauj ruam tom ntej. "Tus tauj ncov loj Calvin Cotter, tus tswv, Tus Thawj Coj ntawm Kev Tswj Xyuas Huab Cua. Peb nyuam qhuav kawm txog kev npaj ua haujlwm Iraqi uas lawv tau thov kev txhawb nqa, tus tswv. Lawv mus rau ib lub zos sab qaum teb ntawm Zahuk txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau xav tias Kurdish foob pob ua haujlwm thiab chaw smuggling hauv av - xav tias yog qhov chaw loj loj txuas nrog ntau lub zos thiab khiav hauv qab ciam teb. Lawv tau thov kev pab saib xyuas tsis tu ncua: Lub Ntiaj Teb Hawks, Reapers, Predators, Strykers, kev ua haujlwm, thiab kev txhawb nqa huab cua thiab phom loj los ntawm Cua Force, Marines, thiab Army. Lub spectrum yog saturated. Peb ... Thov txim, tus tswv, tab sis peb tsuas yog tsis paub tias koj cov sensors yuav cuam tshuam li cas nrog lwm tus. "
    
  "Tom qab ntawd tshem tawm tag nrho lwm cov drones thiab cia peb muab tag nrho cov kev txhawb nqa," John Masters tau hais.
    
  "Dab tsi?" Wilhelm thundered.
    
  John hais tias "Kuv hais tias tsis txhob nkim tag nrho cov pa roj thiab lub sijhawm ya mus rau tag nrho cov drones no thiab cia peb ua txhua yam kev saib xyuas," John hais. "Peb muaj peb zaug ntawm cov duab daws teeb meem ntawm Ntiaj Teb Hawk, tsib zaug ntawm electro-optical sensor, thiab peb tuaj yeem muab koj cov lus txib zoo dua, nrawm dua huab cua rau kev txhawb nqa hauv av. Peb tuaj yeem txuas kev sib txuas lus, ua raws li LAN router rau ntau txhiab lub davhlau ya nyob twg ...
    
  "Ib txhiab terminals?" - ib tug exclaimed.
    
  John tau hais tias "Ntau tshaj peb zaug nrawm dua qhov txuas thib kaum rau, uas tsis yog qhov nyuaj rau kev sib tw," John hais. "Nej mloog, cov txiv neej, kuv tsis xav ua rau koj chim, tab sis koj tau siv cov ntaub ntawv tiam tshiab ntawm no yuav luag ib hnub. Thaiv kaum thoob ntiaj teb hawks? Qee tus ntawm koj tej zaum tsis yog tub rog thaum lawv pib siv cov dinosaurs! Predator? Koj puas tseem siv lub teeb pom kev zoo TV? Leej twg siv LLTV ntau dua...Fred Flintstone?
    
  "Koj xav li cas los txuas tag nrho cov dav hlau sib txawv no rau koj lub network sib txuas lus thiab Tank ... los ntawm hnub no?" Wilhelm nug. "Nws siv sijhawm ntau hnub los txuas thiab txheeb xyuas cov peev txheej."
    
  "Kuv hais tias, Colonel, koj siv thev naus laus zis tsis tu ncua - tau kawg, cov khoom tsim tau kaum lossis ntau xyoo dhau los siv sijhawm ntev," John teb. "Tam sim no nyob rau hauv tag nrho cov haiv neeg civilized txhua yam yog ntsaws thiab ua si. Koj tsuas yog qhib koj lub dav hlau, nqa lawv nyob rau hauv ntau ntawm peb lub dav hlau, tig rau cov khoom siv, thiab nws ua tiav. Peb tuaj yeem ua nws hauv av, lossis yog tias lub dav hlau tsis sib koom ua ke, peb tuaj yeem ua nws hauv davhlau. "
    
  "Thov txim rau cov menyuam yaus, tab sis kuv yuav tsum pom nws ua ntej kuv ntseeg nws," Wilhelm hais. Nws tig mus rau lwm tus tub ceev xwm. "Harrison? Koj puas paub dab tsi txog qhov lawv tham txog?
    
  Ib tug poj niam liab plaub hau txaus nyiam tau nce mus rau pem hauv ntej, sidestepping Cotter thaum nws ua nws nrawm nrawm. "Yog lawm, Colonel, Kuv tau nyeem txog instantaneous high-speed broadband rau remotely piloted aircraft thiab lawv sensors, tab sis kuv twb tsis tau pom nws ua tiav." Nws ntsia Patrick, tom qab ntawd nrawm nrawm tawm ntawm lub platform thiab rub nws txhais tes. Patrick sawv ntsug thiab tso cai rau nws txhais tes kom co co zoo siab heev. "Margaret Harrison, tus tswv, tus qub tub ceev xwm ntawm Third Air Force Special Operations Squadron. Kuv yog tus neeg ua haujlwm ua haujlwm drone ntawm no hauv Nala. Zoo siab tau ntsib koj, tus tswv, zoo siab tiag tiag. Koj yog vim li cas kuv thiaj koom nrog Air Force, tus tswv. Koj yog tiag-"
    
  "Cia tus txiv neej no mus thiab cia peb ua kom tiav cov lus luv luv no, Harrison," Wilhelm cuam tshuam. Tus poj niam lub luag nyav ploj mus thiab nws sai sai rov qab los rau nws qhov chaw ntawm lub platform. "Qhov dav dav, Kuv yuav tsis muaj kev pheej hmoo ua lub luag haujlwm uas siv cov cuab yeej tsis paub thiab tsis tau sim."
    
  "Colonel-"
    
  William hais tias "General, kuv AOR yog tag nrho lub xeev ntawm Dohuk ntxiv rau ib nrab ntawm cov xeev ntawm Ninewa thiab Erbil," William hais. "Kuv kuj tau ua haujlwm rau kev txhawb nqa kev ua haujlwm thoob plaws sab qaum teb Iraq. Kev Ua Haujlwm Zahuk tsuas yog ib qho ntawm yim qhov kev ua phem uas kuv yuav tsum tau saib xyuas txhua lub limtiam, ntxiv rau rau qhov haujlwm me me thiab ntau qhov xwm txheej uas tshwm sim txhua hnub. Koj xav tso lub neej ntawm ntau txhiab tus tub rog Iraqi thiab Asmeskas thiab ntau lub dav hlau thiab cov khoom siv hauv av muaj kev pheej hmoo tsuas yog ua kom tiav koj daim ntawv cog lus nplua nuj, thiab kuv yuav tsis tso cai rau qhov ntawd. Cotter, thaum twg lub qhov rais tom ntej qhib?"
    
  "Lub qhov rais txhawb nqa huab cua rau Zahuk raid xaus rau hauv kaum ob teev, uas yog, nyob rau peb teev tav su lub sijhawm hauv zos."
    
  "Tom qab ntawd koj tuaj yeem ua koj qhov kev xeem, General," Wilhelm hais. "Koj tuaj yeem pw txhua hmo. Harrison, hom drones koj tuaj yeem tso cai rau cov neeg ua si nrog?
    
  "Kev khiav hauj lwm Zahuk yog siv peb lub koom haum muab lub ntiaj teb no Hawks thiab tag nrho tab sis ib tug ntawm cov Reapers thiab Predators ntawm lub regiment, sir, thiab lawv yuav tsis ua hauj lwm thiab npaj ya mus rau tsawg kawg yog kaum ob teev tom qab tsaws. Kuv tuaj yeem ua kom muaj thoob ntiaj teb Hawk los ntawm sab qab teb. "
    
  "Cia li saib xyuas nws. Cotter, cia lub airspace ntev npaum li lawv xav tau teeb tsa. " Wilhelm tig mus rau tus neeg ua haujlwm ruaj ntseg. "Thompson, coj tus thawj coj thiab nws pab pawg los txhawb nqa thiab muab lawv pw."
    
  "Yog lawm, Colonel."
    
  Wilhelm sawv ntawm nws ko taw thiab tig mus rau McLanahan. "General, koj tuaj yeem nug cov neeg ua haujlwm ntawm no txog lwm yam uas koj xav tau. Xa koj daim ntawv thov kev saib xyuas dav hlau mus rau cov txiv neej ntawm txoj kab dav hlau sai li sai tau. Hmo no ntsib koj noj hmo." Nws mus rau ntawm qhov rooj.
    
  "Thov txim, Colonel, tab sis kuv ntshai peb yuav tsis khoom," Patrick hais. "Tab sis ua tsaug rau qhov caw."
    
  Wilhelm nres thiab tig ib ncig. "Koj 'tus kws pab tswv yim' ua haujlwm hnyav heev, General," nws hais txiav txim siab. "Kuv paub tseeb tias koj yuav nco." Huab cua hu kom mloog thaum William taug kev tawm ntawm lub qhov rooj.
    
  Zoo li yog tso tawm los ntawm kev pom tsis pom, txhua tus neeg ua haujlwm tau maj nrawm rau Patrick los qhia lawv tus kheej lossis rov qhia lawv tus kheej. "Peb ntseeg tsis tau tias koj nyob ntawm no, ntawm txhua qhov chaw, tus tswv," Weatherly hais tom qab tuav tes.
    
  "Peb txhua tus xav tias koj tuag lossis mob stroke lossis qee yam thaum koj dheev ploj ntawm Armstrong chaw nres tsheb," Cotter hais. "Tsis yog kuv-Kuv xav tias Thawj Tswj Hwm Gardner nyiag xa FBI pab neeg ntes rau ntawm qhov chaw shuttle kom tiav koj," Harrison hais.
    
  "Zoo heev, mugs."
    
  "Nws yog Margaret, koj dill," Harrison luag nyav. Ib zaug ntxiv rau McLanahan: "Puas muaj tseeb, tus tswv-koj puas tsis quav ntsej txog qhov kev txiav txim ntawm Thawj Tswj Hwm ntawm Tebchaws Meskas kom foob pob Lavxias teb sab hauv Iran?"
    
  Patrick hais tias "Kuv tsis tuaj yeem tham txog nws.
    
  "Tab sis koj puas tau hla lub hauv paus Lavxias teb sab hauv Siberia tom qab Asmeskas kev tua neeg thiab siv nws los tua cov chaw foob pob hluav taws hauv Lavxias, txoj cai? Nug Reese Flippin, ib tug nyias nyias, zoo kawg nkaus tus hluas-saib ntiav ntiav neeg ua haujlwm nrog ib tug tuab Southern accent thiab cov hniav tseem ceeb. "Thiab cov neeg Lavxias tau tua cov cuaj luaj nuclear ntawm lub hauv paus no, thiab koj puas muaj sia nyob? Damn nws...!" Thiab thaum lwm tus luag, lub suab ploj tag nrho, txawm tias cov hniav zoo li rov qab los rau lawv txoj haujlwm ib txwm, thiab Flippin ntxiv: "Kuv txhais tau tias, zoo heev, tus tswv, zoo heev." Lub suab luag txawm nrov.
    
  Patrick pom ib tug poj niam hluas nyob rau hauv suab puam grey ya davhlau suits thiab cov khau dav hlau grey sib sau ua ke ntawm nws lub laptop thiab sau ntawv, sawv sib nrug ntawm lwm tus tab sis saib nrog kev txaus siab. Nws muaj cov plaub hau tsaus nti luv luv, lub qhov muag xim av tsaus thiab lub ntsej muag tsis zoo uas tuaj thiab mus. Nws saib me ntsis paub, zoo li ntau tus tub ceev xwm Air Force thiab aviators Patrick paub. Wilhelm tsis qhia nws. "Kuv thov txim," nws hais rau lwm tus neeg uas nyob ib puag ncig nws, tab sis tam sim ntawd nws tsis quav ntsej. "Peb tsis tau ntsib. kuv-"
    
  "Txhua tus paub General Patrick McLanahan," tus poj niam hais. Patrick xav tsis thoob tias nws yog ib tug tub rog tub rog thiab hnav cov lus txib pilot tis, tab sis tsis muaj lwm yam thaj ua rau thaj lossis chav tsev tsim ntawm nws lub davhlau suits, tsuas yog khoob Velcro squares. Nws txuas nws txhais tes. "Gia Cazzotto. Thiab qhov tseeb, peb tau ntsib. "
    
  "Peb muaj?" Koj ruam, nws ntuas nws tus kheej, koj yuav tsis nco qab nws li cas? "Thov txim, kuv tsis nco qab."
    
  "Kuv nyob hauv 111th Engineer Squadron."
    
  "Huag," yog txhua tus Patrick tuaj yeem hais. Lub 111th Bomb Squadron yog Nevada Air National Guard B-1B Lancer lub foob pob hnyav uas Patrick deactivated thiab tom qab ntawd rov tsim dua ua Thawj Tsov Rog Sib Tw ntawm Battle Mountain Reserve Air Force Base hauv Nevada - thiab txij li Patrick tsis nco qab nws, nws handpicked txhua tus tswv cuab ntawm Cua Force, nws sai sai tau pom tseeb rau nws tias nws tsis tau txiav. "Koj mus qhov twg ... tom qab..."
    
  "Tom qab koj kaw qhov chaw ruaj ntseg? Nws tsis ua li cas hais, tus tswv," Cazzotto hais. "Kuv yeej ua tau zoo - tej zaum chav tsev kaw yog qhov koob hmoov hauv kev zais. Kuv rov qab mus kawm ntawv, tau kawm tiav qib siab hauv engineering, tom qab ntawd tau txais txoj haujlwm ntawm Factory plaub caug-ob, piloting vampires mus rau Battle Roob."
    
  "Zoo, ua tsaug rau qhov ntawd," Patrick hais. "Peb ua tsis tau qhov no yog tsis muaj koj." Lub 42nd Air Force Plant yog ib qho ntawm ntau qhov chaw tsim khoom hauv tsoomfwv tab sis nyob ntawm cov neeg cog lus. Nyob hauv Palmdale, California, Plant 42 tau paub txog kev tsim cov dav hlau xws li Lockheed B-1 bomber, Northrop B-2 Spirit stealth bomber, Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird thiab F-117 Nighthawk stealth fighters, thiab Space Shuttle.
    
  Tom qab kaw cov kab ntau lawm, cov chaw tsim khoom feem ntau tau ua haujlwm hloov kho ntawm cov airframes uas twb muaj lawm, nrog rau kev tshawb fawb thiab kev tsim kho ntawm cov haujlwm tshiab. Lub Air Force lub B-1 bomber, redesignated lub EB-1C Vampire, yog ib tug ntawm cov complex modernization tej yaam num puas tau ua nyob rau hauv Plant 42, ntxiv lub hom phiaj-adaptive technology, ntau haib engine, laser radar, advanced computers thiab kev taw qhia systems, thiab. raws li kev muaj peev xwm siv ntau yam riam phom, suav nrog huab cua-launched anti-missile thiab anti-satellite missiles. Thaum kawg nws yog lub tsheb tsis muaj neeg tsav dav hlau nrog kev ua tau zoo dua.
    
  "Thiab koj tseem ya B-1, Colonel?" - Patrick nug.
    
  "Muaj, tus tswv," Gia teb. "Tom qab Asmeskas Holocaust, lawv tau nqa kaum pob txha tawm ntawm AMARC thiab peb kho lawv." AMARC, los yog Aircraft Maintenance and Regeneration Center, paub rau txhua leej txhua tus raws li "Bone Graveyard," yog ib qho chaw loj ntawm Davismontan Air Force Base ze Tucson, Arizona, qhov chaw ntau txhiab lub dav hlau raug coj mus khaws thiab rhuav tshem rau qhov chaw. "Lawv tsis yog vampires tiag tiag, tab sis lawv tuaj yeem ua tau ntau yam uas koj tau ua."
    
  "Koj puas ya tawm ntawm Nala, Colonel?" - Patrick nug. "Kuv tsis paub tias lawv muaj B-1s ntawm no."
    
  "Boxer yog tus thawj coj ntawm 7th Air Expeditionary Squadron," Chris Thompson piav qhia. "Lawv nyob hauv ntau qhov chaw - Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Diego Garcia - thiab npaj txhij los ua haujlwm thaum pab pawg tub rog xav tau lawv hauv kev ua yeeb yam. Nws nyob ntawm no vim hnub no kev ua haujlwm hauv Iraq - peb yuav khaws nws B-1 npaj rau hauv rooj plaub. "
    
  Patrick nodded, ces luag nyav. "Boxer"? Koj lub npe hu li cas?"
    
  Gia piav qhia tias "Kuv yawg hlob tuaj rau Tebchaws Meskas rau Ellis Island," "Cazzotto tsis yog nws lub npe tiag tiag - nws yog Inturrigardia - dab tsi nyuaj txog qhov ntawd? - tab sis cov tub ceev xwm nkag tebchaws tsis tuaj yeem hais nws. Tab sis lawv hnov lwm tus me nyuam hu nws cazzotto, uas txhais tau hais tias 'nyuaj mob', thiab lawv muab nws lub npe. Peb tsis paub tias nws puas tau raug ntaus los yog nws tus kheej ua rau lub tshuab. "
    
  "Kuv pom nws ntawm lub hnab xuas nrig ntaus ntawm lub gym; Nws tsim nyog txais daim ntawv hu ntawd, "Chris hais.
    
  "Kuv pom," Patrick hais tias, luag ntxhi ntawm Gia. Nws luag nyav, lawv ob lub qhov muag ntsib ...
    
  ... uas tau muab sijhawm rau lwm tus los ua. "Thaum twg peb tuaj yeem pom lub dav hlau ntawm koj li, tus tswv?" - Nug Harrison.
    
  "Nws puas tuaj yeem ua txhua yam koj hais ...?"
    
  "Koj puas tau tswj hwm tag nrho cov tub rog hauv Iraq ...?"
    
  "Okay, cov tub thiab cov ntxhais, tsis ua li cas, peb muaj haujlwm ua," Chris Thompson hais rau, tsa nws ob txhais tes los nres cov kwj ntawm cov lus nug los nag rau Patrick. "Koj yuav muaj sijhawm los cuam tshuam tus thawj coj tom qab." Lawv txhua tus tau dhia mus tuav Patrick txhais tes ib zaug ntxiv, tom qab ntawd sau lawv cov flash drives thiab cov ntaub ntawv thiab tawm hauv chav qhia luv luv.
    
  Gia yog tus kawg tawm mus. Nws tuav Patrick txhais tes, tuav nws hauv nws lub sijhawm ntev dua. "Nws zoo heev tau ntsib koj, tus tswv," nws hais.
    
  "Nws zoo ib yam ntawm no, Colonel."
    
  "Kuv nyiam Gia."
    
  "Ok, Gia." Nws tseem tuav nws txhais tes thaum nws hais li no, thiab nws xav tias muaj kev sov so tam sim ntawd hauv nws-los yog nws txhais tes yog dheev los hws? "Tsis yog Boxer?"
    
  "Koj tsis tuaj yeem xaiv koj tus kheej lub npe hu, koj puas tuaj yeem, tus tswv?"
    
  "Hu rau kuv Patrick. Thiab cov neeg rhuav tshem tsis muaj cov cim hu thaum kuv nyob hauv. "
    
  "Kuv nco qab kuv tus qub tub ceev xwm ua haujlwm ntawm Ib Txhaum thiab Kaum Ib Hlis muaj ob peb lub npe rau koj xaiv," nws hais, thiab luag ntxhi thiab tawm mus.
    
  Chris Thompson luag ntxhi rau Patrick. "Nws ntxim hlub, hauv txoj kev Murphy Brown, huh?"
    
  "Yog. Thiab so lub ntsej muag luag ntxhi ntawm koj lub ntsej muag. "
    
  "Yog tias nws ua rau koj tsis xis nyob, tau kawg." Nws tseem luag ntxhi. "Peb tsis paub ntau txog nws. Peb hnov hauv xov tooj cua ib ntus, ces nws tseem ya mus. Nws los ib ntus los ua tub txib, zoo li hmo no, thiab rov qab mus rau lwm qhov chaw hais kom ua. Nws tsis tshua nyob ntev dua ib hnub. "
    
  Patrick xav tias muaj kev poob siab tam sim ntawd, ces maj mam thawb qhov kev xav tsis zoo nyob ib sab. Qhov no tuaj qhov twg...? "B-1s yog lub dav hlau zoo," nws hais. "Kuv vam tias lawv sawv rov los ntau dua los ntawm AMARC."
    
  "Cov tub rog nyiam cov pob txha. Lawv tuaj yeem koom nrog kev sib ntaus sib tua sai li cov neeg tua rog; Loiter nyob ib ncig ntawm lub sijhawm ntev zoo li Predator lossis Ntiaj Teb Hawk, txawm tias tsis muaj cua nruab nrab; lawv tau txhim kho sensors thiab optics thiab tuaj yeem xa cov ntaub ntawv ntau rau peb thiab lwm lub dav hlau; thiab lawv muaj ntau npaum li qhov tseeb them nyiaj raws li lub dav hlau F/A-18. " Thompson pom lub siab tawv, me ntsis kev xav ntawm Patrick lub ntsej muag thiab txiav txim siab hloov cov ntsiab lus. "Koj yog ib qho kev tshoov siab tiag tiag rau cov neeg no, General," nws hais. "Cov no yog cov neeg zoo siab tshaj plaws uas kuv tau pom txij thaum kuv nyob ntawm no."
    
  "Ua tsaug. Nws kis tau - Kuv kuj xav tias muaj zog heev. Thiab hu kuv Patrick, puas yog?
    
  "Kuv tsis tuaj yeem lav tias kuv yuav ua qhov no txhua lub sijhawm, Patrick, tab sis kuv yuav sim. Thiab kuv yog Chris. Cia peb daws koj. "
    
  "Kuv ua tsis tau. John thiab kuv muaj ntau yam haujlwm ua ua ntej peb lub davhlau sim tag kis. Cov neeg ua haujlwm yuav npaj cov cabins rau peb, tab sis tej zaum kuv yuav pw tsaug zog ntawm lub dav hlau. "
    
  "Ib yam ntawm no," John ntxiv. "Tau kawg nws yuav tsis yog thawj zaug."
    
  "Tom qab ntawd peb yuav hais kom cov neeg siv khoom nqa khoom noj hauv lub dav hlau."
    
  "Zoo. Chris, Kuv xav kom tshem tawm hauv lub Reservoir thaum Zahuk pib ua haujlwm. "
    
  Chris hais tias, "Tus Colonel feem ntau tsis tso cai rau cov neeg ua haujlwm tawm hauv Tank thaum lub sijhawm ua haujlwm, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog ib qho loj," tab sis kuv paub tseeb tias nws yuav cia koj mloog ntawm no.
    
  "Nws yuav zoo heev".
    
  "Txawm li cas los xij, kuv tsis paub meej yog tias kuv xav nyob ze rau Wilhelm," John hais. "Kuv paub tseeb tias nws yuav khob koj lub teeb tawm, Mook ... ob zaug."
    
  "Tab sis nws tsis tau, uas txhais tau tias nws muaj kev nkag siab me ntsis," Patrick hais. "Tej zaum kuv tuaj yeem ua haujlwm nrog nws. Cia peb saib".
    
    
  Tshooj peb
    
    
  Nyob rau hauv ib tes nws tuav ib lub pob zeb, thiab nyob rau hauv lwm yam lus nws qhia mov ci.
    
  -TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTIUS, 254-184 BC
    
    
    
  NAKHLA ALLIED AIR BASE, IRAQ
    
    
  Thompson coj Patrick thiab John rov qab mus rau lub hangar qhov twg cov thawj coj ntawm pab pawg thiab pab pawg tau rub lub hnab thiab pab Loser. Qhov no tau muab sijhawm rau Thompson los saib xyuas lub dav hlau. "Qhov no zoo nkauj," nws hais. "Zoo li ib tug stealth bomber. Kuv xav tias koj tsuas yog yuav ua qee qhov kev tshawb nrhiav. "
    
  Patrick tau hais tias "Qhov no yog qhov peb tau ntiav ua,"
    
  "Tab sis nws puas yog bomber?"
    
  "Nws yog ib tug bomber."
    
  Thompson pom cov kws tshaj lij ua haujlwm hauv qab lub dav hlau lub plab thiab pom lub qhov loj. "Qhov no yog dab tsi, lub foob pob tawg? Cov khoom no puas tseem muaj foob pob? "
    
  John Masters tau hais tias "Qhov no yog qhov nkag mus rau lub module," John Masters hais. "Peb tsis tshem tawm ib qho ntawm no - peb thauj khoom thiab tshem tawm cov qauv los ntawm lawv."
    
  Patrick piav qhia tias "Tus swb muaj ob lub foob pob, zoo ib yam li B-2 stealth bomber, tsuas yog loj dua," Patrick piav qhia. "Peb muab ob lub bays ua ke rau hauv ib lub bay loj, tab sis khaws ob lub qhov rooj qis. Tom qab ntawd peb faib lub compartment rau hauv ob lub lawj. Peb tuaj yeem txav lub hom phiaj ntawm lub hom phiaj ntawm thiab nruab nrab ntawm cov decks thiab maneuver txhua qhov module nce lossis nqis los ntawm cov kaus mom, tag nrho ntawm cov chaw taws teeb tswj. "
    
  "Lub dav hlau ya-tis nrhiav pom?"
    
  John Masters tau hais tias "Kev tsim lub dav hlau ya tau zoo rau kev siv los ua lub dav hlau ntev, ntau lub luag haujlwm," said John Masters. "Cov dav hlau yav tom ntej yuav ya tis."
    
  "Scion aircraft yog tsim los ua ntau lub luag haujlwm platforms; peb txuas lub hom phiaj sib txawv los ua cov haujlwm sib txawv, "Patrick hais. "Lub dav hlau no tuaj yeem yog lub nkoj thauj khoom, lub dav hlau thauj khoom, kev ua tsov rog hluav taws xob, kev tshawb nrhiav duab, kev sib txuas lus, kev hais kom ua thiab kev tswj hwm - txawm tias ob peb lub luag haujlwm ntawm tib lub sijhawm.
    
  "Tam sim no peb tau teeb tsa rau qhov taw qhia kev txav mus los hauv av, kev txheeb xyuas lub hom phiaj hauv av thiab taug qab, kev soj ntsuam hauv huab cua, kev sib txuas lus cov ntaub ntawv thiab cov lus txib thiab tswj," Patrick txuas ntxiv. "Tab sis yog tias peb nqa cov qauv sib txawv, peb tuaj yeem thauj lawv thiab ua haujlwm sib txawv. Tag kis peb yuav teeb tsa huab cua soj ntsuam emitters saum toj no. "
    
  Tom qab ntawd nws tau nqis los hauv qab lub dav hlau thiab pom Thompson lub qhov loj hauv plab. "Ntawm no peb yuav ncua lub hom phiaj hauv av emitter module txhawm rau txheeb xyuas thiab taug qab lub hom phiaj hauv av. Tag nrho cov modules yog 'plug thiab ua si' los ntawm lub nkoj lub digital kev sib txuas lus suite, uas xa cov ntaub ntawv ntawm satellite mus rau cov neeg siv kawg. Lwm cov qauv uas peb tau teeb tsa yog tsim los rau thaj chaw loj heev, nrhiav kev hem thawj thiab teb, thiab tiv thaiv tus kheej. "
    
  "Tau teb rau hem"? Koj txhais hais tias nres? "
    
  Patrick hais tias, "Kuv tsis tuaj yeem nkag mus rau hauv qhov system no tiag tiag vim tias nws tsis yog ib feem ntawm daim ntawv cog lus thiab nws tseem tab tom sim," tab sis peb xav ua me ntsis ntxiv rau cov neeg phem dua li tsuas yog ntxias lawv cov riam phom mus rau hauv qhov ntxiab. "
    
  Patrick tsa Chris los ntawm cov qib thiab hloov nws mus rau hauv ib tug poob. Lub cockpit ntsia dav thiab xis. Lub vaj huam sib luag ntsuas muaj tsib qhov dav saib nrog ob peb qhov "steam" gauges zais yuav luag tsis pom.
    
  Patrick tau hais tias "Tus thawj coj dav hlau thiab tus thawj coj tub txib tau ua ntej raws li ib txwm muaj," Patrick hais. Nws muab nws txhais tes tso rau ntawm lub rooj zaum sab tom qab tus kws tsav dav hlau lub rooj zaum. "Peb muaj ib tus kws tsav dav hlau nyob ntawm no uas saib xyuas txhua lub nkoj thiab lub luag haujlwm modules."
    
  Chris taw tes rau lub txee tom qab qhov chaw nce toj. "Koj tseem muaj lub pas dej ntawm no!"
    
  "Caws koj lub taub hau ib yam nkaus; Qhov no yuav los ua ke ntawm kev ya davhlau ntev, "John hais.
    
  Lawv ducked los ntawm ib lub me me nyob rau sab nraum qab ntawm lub cabin, taug kev luv luv, nqaim, thiab tawm mus rau hauv ib chav tsev neeg coob coob nrog cov thawv ntim khoom ntawm txhua qhov ntau thiab tsawg, tsuas yog cov nqes nqaim kom nkag mus. "Kuv xav tias koj cov neeg cog lus ya dav hlau nrog chav pw thiab kub-plated kais," Chris hais.
    
  Patrick hais tias, "Kuv yeej tsis tau pom ib lub crane kub, cia nyob ib leeg nyob rau hauv lub dav hlau nrog lawv," Patrick hais. "Tsis yog, txhua square feet thiab txhua phaus yuav tsum suav." Nws taw tes rau ib nrab ntawm cov khoom thauj khoom, qhov thinnest ib Chris pom tau nruab rau ntawm lub dav hlau. "Qhov no yog lub thawv rau peb lub nra thiab cov khoom ntiag tug. Txhua tus nees nkaum tsib tus neeg uas peb coj nrog peb ntawm lub davhlau no tsis muaj ntau tshaj nees nkaum phaus ntawm lub nra, suav nrog lawv lub laptops. Needless hais, peb yuav mus xyuas koj commissariat ntau zaus thaum lub sij hawm xa mus no. "
    
  Lawv yuav tsum maneuver ib ncig ntawm ib tug loj grey torpedo-zoo li tus yam khoom uas coj mus rau feem ntau ntawm nruab nrab ntawm lub dav hlau. "Qhov ntawd yuav tsum yog lub kav hlau txais xov uas yuav tawm ntawm sab saum toj, kuv twv?" - Chris nug.
    
  "Qhov ntawd yog nws," Patrick hais. "Qhov no yog laser radar module. Qhov ntau yog cais, tab sis peb tuaj yeem pom hauv qhov chaw zoo, thiab nws muaj zog txaus kom pom txawm tias hauv qab dej. Electronically scanned laser emitters "xim" dluab ntawm txhua yam lawv pom ntau lab lub sijhawm ib ob nrog kev daws teeb meem peb zaug zoo dua li Ntiaj Teb Hawk. Muaj lwm qhov hauv qab no uas tau teeb tsa los tshawb nrhiav cov hom phiaj hauv av. "
    
  "Zoo li foob pob hluav taws," Chris hais. "Thiab qhov qhov ntawd tseem zoo li lub foob pob tawg rau kuv." Nws ntsia Patrick nrog kev xav paub. "Tau teb rau hem", puas yog? Tej zaum koj tsis tau txav deb ntawm kev lag luam foob pob ua lag luam tom qab tag nrho, General?"
    
  "Peb daim ntawv cog lus suav nrog kev saib xyuas thiab tshaj tawm. Raws li tus kws tshaj lij hais tias: tsis muaj ntxiv, tsis muaj tsawg. "
    
  "Yog, yog lawm, General - thiab thaum kuv qhib ib lub hnab qos yaj ywm chips, kuv tsuas noj tau ib qho xwb," Chris quipped. Nws ntsia ib ncig. "Kuv tsis pom cov neeg caij tsheb zaum ntawm qhov no. Koj puas tau rhuav tshem lawv?
    
  Patrick tau hais tias "Yog tias koj yuav tshaj tawm peb rau FAA rau qhov tsis tau pom zoo lub rooj zaum thiab siv lub rooj zaum rau txhua tus neeg caij tsheb, yog, Chris, peb twb rub lawv lawm," Patrick hais.
    
  "Vajtswv, koj tab tom ua rau cov duab ntawm koj cov neeg ua haujlwm aviation, tus tswv," Chris hais, tuav nws lub taub hau. "Kuv ib txwm xav tias koj cov txiv neej nyob loj."
    
  "Thov txim ua rau koj lub npuas tawg. Muaj ob lub berths ntxiv nyob rau hauv lub cockpit thiab ib co engineer berths nyob rau hauv ib co ntawm lub sab sauv thiab sab lawj modules, uas peb faib nyob ntawm seb leej twg xav tau so tiag tiag, tab sis txhua leej txhua tus nqa lub hnab pw thiab ua npuas ncauj lev thiab stretches tawm qhov twg lawv xav tau. Kuv tus kheej nyiam lub hnab nqa khoom - nyob ntsiag to thiab zoo heev padded. "
    
  Chris hais tias "Kuv xav tias peb cov chaw ntim khoom yuav zoo li luxurious piv rau qhov no, tus tswv," Chris hais. "Koj tsis muaj radar neeg ua haujlwm nyob rau hauv lub nkoj?"
    
  "Ib txoj hauv kev uas peb tuaj yeem ua kom haum txhua qhov no hauv lub dav hlau yog kom muaj cov neeg ua haujlwm radar, cov tswj hwm riam phom thiab cov neeg ua haujlwm sib ntaus sib tua hauv av thiab pub lawv cov ntaub ntawv hla cov ntaub ntawv txuas," Patrick hais. "Tab sis qhov ntawd yog qhov yooj yim. Peb tuaj yeem txuas rau txhua lub network zoo nkauj sai sai thiab tuaj yeem xa cov ntaub ntawv mus rau yuav luag txhua tus neeg hauv ntiaj teb - los ntawm Tsev Dawb mus txog rau commandos hauv kab laug sab qhov - siv ntau txoj hauv kev. Hmo no kuv yuav qhia rau koj hauv chav qhia luv luv. "
    
  Nrog cov kws tshaj lij swarming ncig lub dav hlau zoo li ntsaum, Thompson sai sai xav zoo li nws nyob hauv txoj kev. "Kuv tab tom rov qab mus rau lub Reservoir, Patrick," nws hais. "Hu rau kuv yog tias koj xav tau dab tsi."
    
  Nws tsis pom Patrick ntxiv txog cuaj hmo ntawd. Thompson pom nws thiab John Masters hauv chav sib tham saib lub Tank, zaum pem hauv ntej ntawm ob lub laptops loj loj. Cov ntxaij vab tshaus tau muab faib ua ntau qhov rais sib txawv, feem ntau yog tsaus, tab sis qee qhov tso tawm cov duab video. Nws tau saib ze dua thiab xav tsis thoob thaum pom dab tsi tshwm sim ua yeeb yaj kiab pub los ntawm lub dav hlau platform. "Tus duab no tuaj qhov twg los, tus tswv?" - nws nug.
    
  Patrick teb tias, "Qhov no yog Kelly Ob-Ob, Tus Reaper ntawm nws txoj kev mus rau Zahuk," Patrick teb.
    
  Thompson ntsia ntawm lub laptops thiab pom tau tias lawv tsis muaj cov ntaub ntawv txuas nrog - tib txoj hlua uas khiav rau lawv yog los ntawm AC adapters. "Koj tau txais channel li cas? Koj tsis txuas nrog peb cov ntaub ntawv ntws, koj puas yog?
    
  John tau hais tias "Peb tau tshaj tawm cov neeg poob thiab tab tom tshawb xyuas cov ntaub ntawv raws," John hais. "Thaum nws cuam tshuam cov ntaub ntawv txuas, nws txuas rau cov ntaub ntawv txuas."
    
  "Koj "Wi-Fi hotspot", txoj cai?
    
  "Txoj cai".
    
  "Thiab koj puas muaj kev sib txuas wireless ntawm no?"
    
  "Yog."
    
  "Yuav ua li cas? Peb txwv tsis pub sib txuas wireless hauv Triple-C thiab lub tank yuav tsum tau tiv thaiv. "
    
  John ntsia Patrick, uas tau taub hau los piav. John hais tias "Los ntawm ib txoj kev, koj tuaj yeem siv daim thaiv npog los thaiv txhua yam," John hais. "Tig nws mus rau lwm txoj kev thiab cov ntaub thaiv npog tuaj yeem siv los sau cov khoom."
    
  "A?"
    
  "Nws nyuaj thiab tsis yog ib txwm ntseeg tau, tab sis feem ntau peb tuaj yeem nkag mus rau feem ntau cov ntaub thaiv npog hlau," John hais. "Qee lub sij hawm peb tuaj yeem ua qhov thaiv thaiv ua tus kav hlau txais xov rau peb. Active electromagnetic shields yog qhov nyuaj rau nkag mus, tab sis koj cia siab rau cov phab ntsa ntawm lub tank hlau, cov pob zeb muaj zog, thiab lub cev nyob deb los tiv thaiv Triple-C. Nws txhua yam ua haujlwm hauv peb txoj kev nyiam. "
    
  "Koj yuav tsum tau piav qhia rau kuv cov neeg muaj kev nyab xeeb lub cev li cas koj tau ua qhov no."
    
  "Muaj tseeb. Peb tuaj yeem pab koj kho nws thiab. "
    
  "Hack rau hauv peb lub cev thiab tom qab ntawd kom peb kho qhov xau, General?" Thompson nug, tsuas yog ib feem sarcastically. "Lub ntuj raug txim ntawm txoj kev ua neej."
    
  "Kuv tus tub hlob tawm ntawm nws nkawm khau txhua rau lub hlis, Chris," Patrick hais nrog lub ntsej muag.
    
  Thompson hais tias "Kuv mam li nthuav qhia nws," Nws tsis xis nyob paub tias nws yooj yim heev rau coj mus rhaub rau hauv lawv cov ntaub ntawv txuas. "Koj txuas nrog leej twg?"
    
  John ntsia rov qab rau Patrick, uas tau txais kev pom zoo. "Zoo heev tag nrho cov haujlwm," John hais. "Peb muaj tag nrho cov lus txib network ntawm VHF thiab microwave xov tooj cua thiab intercom kev sib txuas lus ntawm no ntawm Triple-C txuas nrog lub ntiaj teb no network tsim los ntawm Stryker Combat Team, thiab peb tau txais cov lus instant ntawm pab pawg neeg tactical, tub rog thiab ua yeeb yam controllers."
    
  "IMS?"
    
  Patrick hais tias "Cov lus tam sim ntawd," "Txoj kev yooj yim tshaj plaws rau cov tswj hwm los qhia cov ntaub ntawv, xws li lub hom phiaj kev sib koom tes lossis kev tsom xam cov duab, nrog rau lwm cov neeg siv uas nyob hauv tib lub network tab sis tsis tuaj yeem sib txuas rau cov ntaub ntawv yog los ntawm cov lus tsis tu ncua."
    
  "Zoo li kuv tus ntxhais xa nws cov phooj ywg hauv nws lub computer lossis xov tooj ntawm tes?"
    
  Patrick hais tias, "Yog lawm," Nws nthuav dav lub qhov rais, thiab Thompson pom cov kwj ntawm cov lus sib tham - cov tswj kev sib ntaus sib tua piav txog thaj chaw lub hom phiaj, xa cov chaw tswj hwm thaj chaw, thiab txawm hais lus tso dag thiab tawm tswv yim ntawm kev ua si pob. "Qee lub sij hawm cov txheej txheem yooj yim yog qhov zoo tshaj plaws."
    
  "Txias". Thaum lub qhov rais xa ntawv tam sim ntawd tau txav mus kom Chris pom nws, lwm lub qhov rais qhib hauv qab nws thiab nws xav tsis thoob ... pom nws tus kheej peeking hla Patrick lub xub pwg nyom! "Hav!" - nws exclaimed. "Koj puas tau txuas nrog kuv CCTV system?"
    
  "Peb tsis tau sim ua - nws nyuam qhuav tshwm sim," John hais, luag ntxhi. Thompson tsis zoo li xav tsis thoob. "Qhov no tsis yog lus dag, Chris. Peb lub kaw lus tshawb nrhiav rau txhua qhov chaw taws teeb tswj txuas mus rau, thiab nws pom qhov no ib yam nkaus. Qhov no tsuas yog lub kaw lus video, txawm hais tias peb tau ntsib qee qhov kev ruaj ntseg ntsig txog kev sib txuas thiab tsis kam nkag mus. "
    
  "Kuv yuav txaus siab rau nws yog tias koj yuav tsis kam nkag mus rau txhua tus ntawm lawv, General," Thompson hais stonily. Patrick nodded rau John, uas ntaus hauv ib co lus qhia. Cov kwj video tau ploj lawm. "Nws tsis txawj ntse, General. Yog tias muaj teeb meem kev nyab xeeb tshwm sim tom qab qhov no, kuv yuav tau txiav txim siab koj yog qhov zoo ntawm kev nyiag. "
    
  "Muaj nws," Patrick hais. Nws tig los saib lub taub hau kev ruaj ntseg. "Tab sis pom tseeb muaj qee qhov sib txawv vim tias ib tus neeg ntawm Nala Air Base tab tom tua ntawm cov dav hlau phooj ywg. Txij li thaum peb tau raug ntiav los txhim kho kev ruaj ntseg thoob plaws hauv cov haujlwm no, kuv tuaj yeem thov tias kuv tuaj yeem nkag mus tau raws cai ib yam li cov kwj video. "
    
  Thompson ntsia McLanahan txhawj xeeb, nws lub qhov ncauj khov. Tom qab ob peb lub caij txias, nws hais tias, "Tus Colonel hais tias koj yog tus txiv neej uas xav thov kev zam txim dua li kev tso cai."
    
  "Yog li kuv ua tiav ntau dua, Chris," Patrick hais qhov tseeb. Tab sis ib pliag tom qab nws tau sawv ntawm nws ko taw thiab tuaj ntsib Thompson. "Kuv thov txim rau qhov ntawd, Chris," nws hais. "Kuv tsis xav kom zoo li tsis quav ntsej txog kev ruaj ntseg. Nov yog koj txoj haujlwm thiab koj lub luag haujlwm. Kuv yuav ceeb toom rau koj lwm zaus peb ntsib tej yam zoo li no ntxiv, thiab kuv yuav tau txais koj kev tso cai ua ntej nkag mus. "
    
  Thompson pom tau hais tias yog Patrick tau tawg qhov kev ruaj ntseg ib zaug, nws tuaj yeem ua tau yooj yim dua, nrog lossis tsis muaj kev tso cai. "Ua tsaug, tus tswv, tab sis ua ncaj ncees, kuv tsis ntseeg nws."
    
  "Kuv mob siab, Chris. Koj qhia kuv kom kaw nws thiab nws ua tiav ... lub sijhawm. "
    
  Yuav ua li cas yog tias nws tsis tig tawm? Thompson nug nws tus kheej. Nws tiv thaiv dab tsi tiv thaiv tus neeg ua haujlwm ntiav? Nws tau cog lus tias yuav nrhiav tau cov lus teb rau lo lus nug no tam sim ntawd. Chris hais tias "Kuv yuav tsis sib cav txog nws, tus tswv," Chris hais. "Tab sis koj nyob ntawm no los pab kuv ua haujlwm ruaj ntseg no, yog li koj tuaj yeem rov qab yog tias koj xav tias nws tseem ceeb rau koj txoj haujlwm. Cia li qhia kuv thaum koj rov qab los vim li cas thiab koj pom dab tsi. "
    
  "Muaj. Ua tsaug ".
    
  "Dab tsi lwm qhov chaw ntsig txog kev ruaj ntseg koj tuaj yeem nkag tau?"
    
  "Colonel Jaffar's Internal Security Network."
    
  Cov hws txias tawg tawm hauv qab Chris dab tshos. "Internal kev ruaj ntseg? Nws tsis muaj cov neeg ua haujlwm ruaj ntseg sab hauv. Koj txhais li cas nws tus kheej bodyguards?
    
  "Nws yuav yog qhov koj xav, Chris, tab sis nws zoo li kuv tias nws muaj tag nrho cov duab ntxoov ntxoo lub hauv paus chaw haujlwm J - kev ua haujlwm, kev txawj ntse, kev xa khoom, cov neeg ua haujlwm, kev cob qhia thiab kev ruaj ntseg," John hais. "Lawv ua txhua yam hauv Arabic thiab peb tsis pom cov neeg txawv tebchaws nyob hauv nws."
    
  "Qhov no txhais tau tias nws muaj nws tus kheej cov neeg saib xyuas tag nrho cov chav nyob ntawm cov tub rog thiab cov qauv kev tswj hwm," Patrick xaus lus, "yog li nws paub txog txhua yam koj ua, ntxiv rau nws muaj tag nrho J-cov neeg ua haujlwm hauv keeb kwm yav dhau." txoj kev npaj, sib npaug mus rau lub luag haujlwm ntawm lub hauv paus chaw haujlwm. " Nws tig mus rau Chris thiab hais ntxiv tias, "Yog li, piv txwv li, muaj qee yam tshwm sim rau Triple-C ... "
    
  Chris hais tias "Nws tuaj yeem tswj hwm tam sim ntawd thiab txuas ntxiv ua haujlwm ntawm nws tus kheej," Chris hais. "Damn txaus ntshai."
    
  John hais tias, "Nws tuaj yeem ua rau xav tsis thoob, lossis nws tuaj yeem ua rau nws ntse," John hais. "Nws tseem tuaj yeem sib cav hais tias koj qhov xwm txheej ntawm kev pom zoo tso cai rau nws kom muaj nws tus kheej cov qauv sib cais."
    
  Patrick hais ntxiv tias, "Ib yam li ntawd," koj hais tias koj tab tom sim ua haujlwm ua tub rog hauv Iraq thiab muab lawv rau cov neeg hauv zos; nws tsuas yog pab txhawb rau nws. Tsis muaj laj thawj los txiav txim siab tias ib yam dab tsi tsis zoo yuav tshwm sim. "
    
  "Kuv tau nyob ruaj ntseg ntev txaus kom paub tias yog lub teeb 'oh crap' pib twitch, ib yam dab tsi phem tshwm sim," Chris hais. "Koj puas tuaj yeem txuas rau Jaffar lub network thiab qhia rau kuv paub yog tias koj pom ib yam dab tsi txawv txawv, tus tswv?"
    
  "Kuv paub tseeb tias peb tuaj yeem khi qhov no dua, Chris," Patrick hais. "Peb yuav qhia rau koj paub."
    
  "Kuv zoo siab rau kev liam tias koj nyiag peb lub tshuab kev nyab xeeb thiab tom qab ntawd thov koj los soj ntsuam rau kuv, tus tswv."
    
  "Tsis muaj teeb meem. Peb yuav ua hauj lwm ua ke ib ntus, thiab kuv nyiam ua ntej thiab nug cov lus nug tom qab. "
    
  Ob peb feeb tom qab ntawd txoj kev tshaj tawm txoj moo zoo pib. Nws zoo ib yam li cov lus qhia luv luv ntawm lub luag haujlwm Patrick tau muab rau hauv Tub Rog Tub Rog: lub sijhawm, kev saib xyuas, huab cua, kev txawj ntse tam sim no, cov xwm txheej ntawm txhua chav koom nrog, thiab tom qab ntawd cov lus qhia luv luv los ntawm txhua chav tsev thiab chav haujlwm ntawm lawv yuav ua dab tsi. Txhua tus neeg tuaj koom zaum ntawm lawv cov lus thiab piav qhia ib leeg dhau los ntawm intercom system thaum tso tawm PowerPoint lossis lub khoos phis tawj swb ntawm cov ntxaij vab tshaus tom qab ntawm lub tank thiab ntawm tus kheej cov lus. Patrick pom Gia Cazzotto ntawm ib qho ntawm consoles deb tshaj plaws ntawm lub platform, sau ntawv thiab saib hnyav heev.
    
  "Ntawm no yog cov ntsiab lus ntawm Iraqi tub rog ua haujlwm, tus tswv," pib "Kev Sib Tw Loj" Kenneth Bruno. "Lub Iraqi Seventh Brigade tab tom xa tag nrho Maqbara hnyav infantry tuam txhab, kwv yees li peb puas phom phom, nrog rau Major Jafar Osman nws tus kheej ua ib feem ntawm lub hauv paus chaw ua haujlwm. Maqbar Lub Tuam Txhab yog tej zaum tsuas yog cov tub rog ua rog nkaus xwb nyob rau hauv Lub Xya Hli Ntuj - tag nrho lwm tus tau tsom mus rau kev nyab xeeb, tub ceev xwm thiab pej xeem txoj haujlwm - yog li peb paub tias nws yog qhov loj.
    
  "Lub hom phiaj, uas peb hu ua lub chaw tshawb nrhiav Parrot, yog qhov xav tias yuav tsum tau zais qhov chaw sab qaum teb ntawm lub zos me ntawm Zahuk. Lub sijhawm tiv tauj yog peb puas xoom xoom xoom xoom hauv lub sijhawm. Osman yuav xa ob pawg tub rog ntawm Iraqi cov tub rog los muab kev ruaj ntseg nyob ib puag ncig lub nroog mus rau sab hnub tuaj thiab sab hnub poob, thaum ob lub platoons yuav nkag mus rau hauv qhov av ntawm sab qab teb thiab tshem nws. "
    
  "Dab tsi txog sab qaum teb, Bruno?" Wilhelm nug.
    
  "Kuv xav tias lawv vam tias lawv yuav khiav mus rau sab qaum teb yog li cov Turks yuav saib xyuas lawv."
    
  "Puas yog cov Turks koom nrog qhov teeb meem no?"
    
  "Cov lus teb tsis yog, tus tswv."
    
  "Puas muaj leej twg qhia lawv tias IAD yuav ua haujlwm ze ntawm ciam teb?"
    
  "Qhov no yog txoj haujlwm ntawm Iraqis, tus tswv."
    
  "Tsis yog thaum peb muaj txiv neej nyob hauv teb."
    
  "Tus Tswv, peb raug txwv tsis pub hu rau Turks txog kev ua haujlwm Iraq yam tsis tau tso cai los ntawm Baghdad," Thompson tau hais. "Qhov no suav hais tias yog kev ua txhaum cai ruaj ntseg."
    
  "Peb yuav saib qhov no shit," Wilhelm spat. "Kev sib txuas lus, txuas kev faib tawm - Kuv xav tham nrog cov dav dav ncaj qha. Thompson, yog tias koj muaj kev sib cuag tom qab hauv tebchaws Turkey, hu rau lawv thiab qhia tawm tsis raws cai tias qee yam yuav tshwm sim hauv Zahuk hmo no. "
    
  "Kuv yuav saib xyuas nws, Colonel."
    
  "Ua kom tshwm sim," Wilhelm snapped. "Cov Turks yuav tsum ntshai li ntuj raug txim tom qab uas nyuam qhuav tshwm sim rau lawv. Okay, ua li cas txog Warhammer?
    
  "Warhammer lub luag haujlwm yog los txhawb pab tub rog Iraq," Bruno txuas ntxiv. "Special Operations Squadron Peb yuav ya ob tug MQ-9 Reapers, txhua lub nruab nrog ib tug infrared duab sensor, ib tug laser designator, ob 160-gallon sab nraud roj tso tsheb hlau luam thiab rau laser-guided AGM-114 Hellfire missiles. Hauv av, Warhammer yuav xa ib pab tub rog thib ob, Bravo Company, mus saib tom qab Iraqi kab. Lawv yuav nyob rau sab qab teb, sab hnub tuaj thiab sab hnub poob ntawm Maqbar lub tuam txhab thiab yuav saib xyuas. Lub luag haujlwm tseem ceeb ntawm cov neeg tawm tsam yog sau daim duab ntawm qhov chaw sib ntaus sib tua thiab muab kev pab yog tias tsim nyog. Lub tsev xa nws lub Ntiaj Teb Hawk los saib xyuas tag nrho qhov chaw sib ntaus sib tua. "
    
  "Lo lus tseem ceeb ntawm no yog saib, menyuam," Wilhelm cuam tshuam. "Cov riam phom yuav nruj hauv qhov haujlwm no, koj puas paub? Yog tias koj raug hluav taws kub hnyiab, npog, txheeb xyuas, ceeb toom thiab tos kom xaj. Kuv tsis xav kom raug liam tias ua yeeb yaj kiab ua phooj ywg txawm tias IA tig los thiab tua peb. Mus ntxiv."
    
  "Nyob rau hauv Nala, Warhammer muaj ob lub Apache nyoob hoom qav taub los ntawm 4th Air Regiment, armed, fueled thiab npaj mus ya, loaded nrog missiles thiab Hellfires," Bruno hais tias. "Peb kuj muaj 7th Air Expeditionary Squadron, ib tug B-1B Lancer bomber rau "Foxtrot patrol orbit. Colonel Cazzotto ua tus tswj huab cua."
    
  "Tag gangbang, tag nrho," Wilhelm qw nrov nrov. "Qhov ntawd yog txhua yam peb xav tau rau Air Farce qw thiab pib tso JDAM ntawm IAS - lawv tuaj yeem tsoo peb cov Strykers thaum lawv rub lawv tus Tsov tus tw ntawm lawv ob txhais ceg thiab khiav tawm." Patrick tos Gia cov tshuaj tiv thaiv, tab sis nws txo nws lub taub hau thiab txuas ntxiv sau ntawv. "Okay: kev nyab xeeb. Qhov xwm txheej ntawm lub hauv paus, Thompson yog dab tsi?
    
  "Bravo tam sim no, Colonel," Chris teb, nias lub xov tooj rau nws pob ntseg, "tab sis ib teev ua ntej peb qhib lub rooj vag thiab tig ib ncig, peb yuav cia li tawm mus rau Delta."
    
  "Tsis zoo txaus. Mus rau Delta tam sim no. "
    
  "Colonel Jaffar xav kom ceeb toom ua ntej muaj kev hloov pauv rau qib THREATCON."
    
  Wilhelm ntsia ntawm Thompson qhov chaw nres tsheb thiab nws lub qhov ncauj nruj thaum nws pom tias nws tsis nyob ntawd. Nws tig mus rau nws tus thawj tswj hwm. "Xa Jaffar ib tsab xov qhia nws kuv pom zoo pib THREATCON tam sim no," nws hais tias, "ces ua nws, Thompson. Tsis txhob tos kom nws pom zoo. " Huab cua tau ncaj qha mus rau qhov chaw. Lawv pom Wilhelm tshuaj xyuas lub tank. "Koj nyob qhovtwg, Thompson?"
    
  "Rau sab saud, ntawm lub lawj saib xyuas, Kuv tab tom kuaj xyuas qhov twg yog qhov dav."
    
  "Tau koj lub nroog Yeiuxalees ntawm no qhov chaw koj nyob, xa peb mus rau THREATCON Delta, tom qab ntawd muab ib tus neeg saib xyuas cov neeg cog lus. Kuv xav tau koj ntawm koj tus ncej damn. "
    
  "Yog lawm, Colonel."
    
  "General, koj lub dav hlau thiab koj cov txiv nyob qhov twg?" Wilhelm nug, saib ntawm lub lawj saib. "Nws zoo dua los tshem lawv."
    
  Patrick teb tias "Lub dav hlau thiab tag nrho kuv cov khoom siv nyob hauv hangar," Patrick teb. Nws zoo siab tias Gia kuj ntsia ntsoov nws. "Lub dav hlau yog sab nraud powered thiab nyob rau hauv tag nrho kev sib txuas lus."
    
  "Txawm li cas los xij uas txhais tau tias," Wilhelm snapped, glaring ntawm McLanahan. "Kuv tsuas yog xav kom koj thiab koj cov khoom tawm ntawm kuv txoj kev thaum peb tawg."
    
  "Peb txhua tus nyob hauv hangar, raws li tau thov, Colonel."
    
  "Kuv tsis thov dab tsi ntawm no, General: Kuv xaj, thiab nws tau ua tiav," Wilhelm hais. "Lawv nyob twj ywm kom txog thaum xoom xoom peb puas tshwj tsis yog kuv hais lwm yam."
    
  "Txog".
    
  "Kev txawj ntse. Leej twg ua rau muaj kev txhawj xeeb tshaj plaws nyob rau ntawd - dua li peb cov phooj ywg Haji, Bexar?
    
  "Qhov kev hem thawj loj tshaj plaws hauv peb txoj haujlwm tseem yog ib pab pawg hu nws tus kheej lub xeev Islamic ntawm Iraq, nyob hauv Mosul thiab coj los ntawm Jordanian Abu al-Abadi," teb Frank Bexar, tus tub ceev xwm tub ceev xwm ntiag tug kev sib cog lus. "Cov Iraqis xav tias lub network ntawm qhov ze ze Zahuk yog lawv qhov chaw ruaj khov, yog li ntawd lawv tau xa cov tub rog loj. Txawm li cas los xij, peb tus kheej tsis muaj kev txawj ntse ntseeg tau tias al-Abadi nyob ntawd. "
    
  "Lub Haji yuav tsum muaj qee cov ntaub ntawv zoo nkauj, Bexar," Wilhelm yws. "Vim li cas koj tsis ua qhov no?"
    
  "Cov Iraqis hais tias nws nyob ntawd thiab lawv xav kom nws tuag lossis ciaj sia," Bexar teb. "Tab sis Zahuk thiab lub teb chaws yog tswj hwm los ntawm Kurds, thiab al-Qaeda muaj zog tshaj plaws hauv nroog xws li Mosul. Kuv tsis tuaj yeem ntseeg tias al-Abadi yuav raug tso cai kom muaj 'chaw ruaj khov' hauv cheeb tsam no.
    
  "Zoo, pom tseeb nws ua, Bexar," Wilhelm snapped. "Koj yuav tsum ntxiv dag zog rau koj cov neeg sib cuag thiab cuam tshuam nrog cov hajis kom peb tsis txhob nqus lub plab rov qab txhua lub sijhawm ntawm kev txawj ntse. Puas muaj dabtsi ntxiv?"
    
  "Muaj, tus tswv," Bexar teb nervously. "Lwm qhov kev hem thawj loj tshaj plaws rau kev sib koom ua rog yog kev tsis sib haum xeeb ntawm Qaib Cov Txwv thiab cov tub rog Kurdish ua haujlwm hauv peb AOR. Lawv txuas ntxiv hla ciam teb mus tua cov hom phiaj hauv Turkey thiab tom qab ntawd rov qab mus rau Iraq. Txawm hais tias Kurdish insurgents tsis ua rau muaj kev hem thawj rau peb, ib ntus kev tawm tsam Turkish tawm tsam hla ciam teb tiv thaiv PKK cov neeg tawm tsam nyob hauv Iraq tau qee zaum ua rau peb cov tub rog txaus ntshai.
    
  "Cov Turks tau hais rau peb tias lawv muaj txog tsib txhiab tus tub rog tau xa mus raws li Turkish-Iraqi ciam teb uas nyob ib sab ntawm peb AOR. Qhov no yog raws li peb tus kheej kev soj ntsuam. Lub Gendarma tau ua ob peb qhov kev tawm tsam tawm tsam hauv kaum yim teev dhau los, tab sis tsis muaj dab tsi loj heev - ob peb ntawm lawv cov commando tawm tsam tau tawm tsam nrhiav kev ua pauj. Lawv qhov kev txawj ntse tshiab tshaj tawm qhia tias tus thawj coj ntxeev siab uas lawv hu ua Baz, lossis Hawk, ib tug Iraqi Kurd, tej zaum yog ib tug poj niam, tab tom npaj kev tawm tsam tsis txaus ntseeg ntawm cov tub rog Turkish, tej zaum suav nrog kev sib tsoo ntawm Turkish tanker hauv Diyarbakir. "
    
  "Poj niam, huh? Kuv paub cov poj niam ntawm no yog dab tuag, tab sis tawv heev? Wilhelm hais nrog luag. "Peb puas tau txais cov ntaub ntawv tam sim no los ntawm Turks txog lawv cov tub rog txav thiab kev tawm tsam kev ua phem?"
    
  tias "Lub chaw haujlwm tiv thaiv Turkish thiab sab hauv yog qhov zoo heev ntawm kev muab cov ntaub ntawv ncaj qha rau peb txog lawv cov haujlwm," Beksar tau hais. "Peb txawm hu rau qee qhov ntawm lawv qhov kev tawm tsam huab cua hauv xov tooj kom ruaj ntseg hauv huab cua."
    
  Wilhelm hais tias, "Tam sim no koj tau nrog Turks, Behar," said Wilhelm. Tus kws tshaj lij kev cog lus nqos nyuaj thiab ua tiav nws cov lus piav qhia sai li sai tau.
    
  Tom qab qhov kev qhia luv luv kawg tas lawm, Wilhelm tau sawv ntsug, tshem nws lub mloog pob ntseg, thiab tig mus ntsib nws lub hauv paus kev sib ntaus sib tua. "Ok, cov me nyuam, ua tib zoo mloog," nws pib sharply. Cov neeg ua haujlwm ostentatiously muab lawv lub mloog pob ntseg mloog. "Qhov no yog IA qhov kev ua yeeb yam, tsis yog peb li, yog li kuv tsis xav tau ib qho kev ua yeeb yam, thiab kuv paub tseeb tias ntuj txiag teb tsaus tsis xav kom muaj kev sib tw. Qhov no yog kev ua haujlwm loj rau Iraqis, tab sis niaj hnub rau peb, yog li ua kom nws zoo, du thiab los ntawm phau ntawv. Cia koj ob lub qhov muag thiab pob ntseg qhib thiab koj lub qhov ncauj kaw. Txwv tsis pub lub suab ceeb toom rau cov xwm txheej ceev nkaus xwb. Thaum kuv hais kom koj saib ib yam dab tsi, koj zoo dua tso rau ntawm kuv lub vijtsam ib nanosecond tom qab, lossis kuv mam li tuaj noj tshais rau koj ntawm koj lub qhov ntswg. Nyob twj ywm thiab cia IA ua yeeb yam zoo. Nkag mus rau nws."
    
  "Qhov tiag Omar Bradley," John Masters quipped. "Ib tug tub rog tiag tiag ntawm cov tub rog."
    
  Patrick tau hais tias "Nws tau txais txiaj ntsig zoo hauv kev faib khoom thiab lub koom haum thiab tej zaum yuav tau txais lub hnub qub sai sai," Patrick hais. "Nws nyuaj, tab sis nws zoo li yuav khiav lub nkoj zoo thiab ua haujlwm tiav."
    
  "Kuv vam tias nws cia peb ua qhov peb ua."
    
  Patrick hais tias "Peb yuav ua nrog nws lossis tawm tsam nws," "Ok, Dr. Jonathan Colin Masters, pleev xim rau kuv ib daim duab ntawm pawg neeg no thiab ua rau kuv tsis meej pem."
    
  Tus kws kho mob hluas tsa nws txhais tes zoo li tus kws kho mob neurosurgeon tshuaj xyuas lub hlwb uas nws tab tom yuav ua haujlwm, khaws ib qho kev xav hauv lub cev, ces pib ntaus ntawv ntawm nws lub computer keyboard. "Npaj xav tsis thoob, kuv tus phooj ywg. Npaj ua tsis tiav. "
    
    
  NEAR INTELLIGENCE TARGET PARROTT, NEAR ZAHOQ, IRAQ
  Ob peb teev tom qab ntawd
    
    
  "Kuv tab tom cia siab tias Grand Central Chaw Nres Tsheb lossis Tora Bora, tsis yog Hobbit House," yws rau Army Thawj Lt. Ted Oakland, tus thawj coj ntawm pawg tub rog ntawm plaub Stryker infantry ntaus tsheb. Nws tau tshuaj xyuas thaj tsam ntawm kev pom txog ib mais ua ntej nrog nws hmo ntuj thermal imaging system, uas yog ib qho rov ua dua ntawm cov phom sij pom. Sab qab teb nkag mus rau al-Qaeda lub qhov thiaj li hu ua tunnel citadel yog lub tsev me me adobe uas muaj nees nkaum-tuj Stryker tuaj yeem ua txhaum cai yooj yim. Qhov no tsis zoo sib xws cov ntaub ntawv uas lawv tau txais los ntawm cov neeg nyob hauv zos thiab lawv cov npoj yaig Iraqi, uas tau piav qhia ntau yam xws li "fortress" thiab "citadel."
    
  Oakland hloov los ntawm cov duab thermal mus rau qhov nyiaj siv ua haujlwm raug tua los ntawm battalion's armed MQ-9 Reaper drone ya yim txhiab taw saum taub hau. Daim duab qhia meej txog txoj haujlwm ntawm Iraqi cov tub rog nyob ib ncig ntawm lub tsev pheeb suab. Lub cheeb tsam muaj ib pawg ntawm cov tsev pheeb suab, nrog rau cov tsev sab nrauv thiab cov cwj mem me me. Yam tsawg kawg yim platoons ntawm Iraqi ib txwm maj mam nce mus rau hauv cheeb tsam.
    
  "Nws zoo nkauj nyob ntawd, tus tswv," tus neeg tua phom hais.
    
  Oakland tau hais tias "Rau cov neeg phem lub chaw ruaj khov, kuv yuav pom zoo," "Tab sis txoj kev uas cov Iraqis tab tom bumbling lawv txoj kev, nws yog ib qho xav tsis thoob lub xeev tseem tsis tau khiav mus."
    
  Qhov tseeb, lub xub ntiag ntawm Stryker reconnaissance platoon tej zaum ceeb toom cov neeg phem txawm ntau dua li nws tau ua Iraqis. Lub platoon muaj plaub Stryker infantry armored neeg ua haujlwm nqa. Lub tsheb nees nkaum-tuj muaj yim lub log thiab lub cav 350-horsepower turbodiesel. Lawv tau ua tub rog nrog 50-caliber rab phom los yog plaub caug-millimeter ceev-hluav taws grenade launchers, tswj kev deb ntawm sab hauv tsheb. Vim tias lawv tau tsim los rau kev txav mus los ntau dua li kev ua kom tuag taus, Strykers tau hnav khaub ncaws me me thiab tsis tuaj yeem tiv taus cov tub rog-qib tshuab phom tua hluav taws; Txawm li cas los xij, nyob rau sab nraud, cov tsheb no tau them rau hauv cov phaj armor-lub tawb zoo li cov raj hlau uas tsim los nqus feem ntau ntawm lub zog los ntawm lub foob pob hluav taws tawg tawg, ua rau lawv zoo li hnyav hnyav.
    
  Txawm hais tias lawv qhov txawv txav tsis zoo thiab qhov loj me ntawm cov thev naus laus zis, Strykers coj lub peev xwm nees nkaum thawj xyoo pua rau kev sib ntaus sib tua: kev sib txuas. Lub Strykers tuaj yeem tsim lub hauv paus hauv lub ntiaj teb wireless computer network rau mais ib puag ncig, kom txhua tus neeg los ntawm ib lub tsheb mus rau Thawj Tswj Hwm Tebchaws Meskas tuaj yeem taug qab lawv qhov chaw thiab xwm txheej, pom txhua yam uas cov neeg coob tuaj yeem pom, thiab xa cov ntaub ntawv lub hom phiaj rau txhua tus. lwm yam hauv cheeb tsam. networks. Lawv tau coj ib qib uas tsis tau pom dua los ntawm kev paub txog xwm txheej rau txhua txoj haujlwm.
    
  Nrog rau tus thawj coj, tus neeg tsav tsheb, thiab tus neeg tua phom, Strykers nqa rau 6 tus tub rog uas tau tshem tawm - ib pab pawg thawj coj lossis tus thawj coj pabcuam, ob tug tub rog kev ruaj ntseg, thiab peb tus tub rog taug kev. Oakland tau hais kom lawv tshem tawm mus xyuas thaj chaw ua ntej ntawm ko taw. Thaum cov pab pawg kev ruaj ntseg tau tsim ib puag ncig ib puag ncig ntawm txhua lub tsheb thiab saib xyuas thaj chaw los ntawm cov tsom iav hmo ntuj, cov thawj coj pab pawg thiab cov tub rog saib xyuas ua tib zoo txav mus rau tom ntej raws txoj kev npaj, tshuaj xyuas cov cuab yeej booby, npog, lossis ib qho cim ntawm tus yeeb ncuab.
    
  Txawm hais tias lawv tab tom taug kev tom qab Iraqis thiab yuav tsum tsis txhob muaj kev sib cuag, Oakland khaws cia qhov chaw nyob ntawd vim tias cov tub rog Iraqi feem ntau ua tej yam uas tsis muaj kev nkag siab kiag li. Lawv pom "poob" cov tub rog Iraqi - cov txiv neej taug kev tsis ncaj ncees lawm, feem ntau nyob deb ntawm cov yeeb ncuab kab - lossis cov tub rog so, noj mov, thov Vajtswv lossis tso lawv tus kheej tawm ntawm lawv lub tsev. Oakland feem ntau tawm tswv yim tias nws lub luag haujlwm tseem ceeb tom qab lub zog tseem ceeb yog los tswj cov Iraqis kom raug.
    
  Tab sis hnub no cov Iraqis zoo li lawv tau ua tiav zoo. Auckland ntseeg tau tias qhov no yog vim nws yog kev ua haujlwm loj, vim Maqbar lub tuam txhab tau ua tus thawj coj, thiab vim tias Major Othman nyob rau hauv kev sib ntaus sib tua ntau dua li nkaum hauv qab abaya thaum twg pib ua haujlwm.
    
  "Kwv yees li kaum tsib lub microphones ua ntej kev sib cuag," Oakland tau hais rau hauv pab pawg neeg ruaj ntseg network. "Ua kom ceev faj." Tseem tsis muaj lub cim qhia tias lawv tau raug tshawb pom. Qhov no, Oakland xav tias, yuav mus tau zoo, los yog lawv tau dawm ntawm qhov chaw nres tsheb. Ob peb feeb tom ntej no yuav qhia ...
    
    
  COMMANAND THIAB CONTROL CENTER, ALLIED AIR BASE NAKHLA, IRAQ
  LUB SIJ HAWM
    
    
  Patrick McLanahan tau hais tias "Kuv zoo siab, John, zoo siab heev," "Lub tshuab ua haujlwm raws li kev tshaj tawm."
    
  "Koj puas xav tau dab tsi tsawg dua?" John Masters retorted smugly. Nws shrugged, ces hais ntxiv, "Qhov tseeb, kuv xav tsis thoob. Kev sib txuas cov cuab yeej cuab tam mus rau lub network yog qhov teeb meem loj dua li kev sib txuas ntawm peb tus kheej sensors, thiab txhua yam mus zoo heev. "
    
  Patrick tau sau tseg tias "Qhov no tuaj yeem yog qhov tsis zoo: nws yuav tsum tsis txhob yooj yim rau kev sib txuas ntawm cov tub rog lub network," Patrick sau tseg.
    
  "Peb tsis yog yuav luag yooj yim rau hack ib yam li cov tub rog," John hais tias muaj kev ntseeg siab. "Nws yuav coj ib pab tub rog ntawm Sandra Bulloxes los tsoo peb cov cai." Nws taw tes rau ib lub qhov rais khoob ntawm nws lub laptop saib. "Lub Ntiaj Teb Division hawk yog tib tus neeg ua si uas tseem tsis tau coj los rau hauv nkoj."
    
  Patrick tau lees tias "Kuv tuaj yeem ua lub luag haujlwm rau qhov no," "Kuv hais rau Dave tias peb yuav npaj txhij los pib soj ntsuam hmo no, thiab tej zaum nws yuav xa nws mus rau Thawj Tswj Hwm Martindale, uas tej zaum yuav xa rov qab mus rau Corps Headquarters. Lub tuam tsev yuav tau rov muab lub "Global Hawk."
    
  "Nws tsis yog koj qhov txhaum - nws yog William qhov txhaum," John hais. "Yog hais tias nws cia peb ya, peb yuav nyob ntawm nws zoo li stink ntawm shit. Zoo, lawv muaj ntau qhov muag nyob ntawd zoo li nws yog. "
    
  Patrick nodded, tab sis nws tseem saib kev txhawj xeeb. "Kuv txhawj xeeb txog sab qaum teb ntawm cov tunnels," nws hais. "Yog tias muaj AQIs khiav, peb yuav tsum tau saib xyuas lawv kom peb tuaj yeem xa cov Turks mus ntes lawv lossis siv Reaper los daws lawv." Nws coj John lub laptop qhov rais mus rau nws cov zaub, kawm nws ib pliag, nkag mus rau ob peb cov lus txib ntawm cov keyboard, thiab hais lus. "Npauj Npaim Harrison?"
    
  "Harrison. Qhov no yog leej twg?"
    
  "General McLanahan."
    
  Nws tuaj yeem pom tus neeg cog lus drone saib ib puag ncig hauv kev tsis meej pem. "Koj nyob qhov twg, general?"
    
  "Sab saum toj, ntawm lub lawj saib."
    
  Nws ntsia thiab pom nws dhau ntawm lub qhov rais qhov rais loj. "Auj, nyob zoo, tus tswv. Kuv tsis paub tias koj nyob hauv lub network no. "
    
  "Kuv tsis yog ib tug officially, tab sis Chris hais tias nws tsis ua li cas. Kuv yuav tsum nug koj ib yam dab tsi ".
    
  "Yes, sir?"
    
  "Koj muaj Kelly Ob-Ob tug ntawm lub luag haujlwm nyob rau sab qab teb ntawm kev ua haujlwm, thiab Kelly Ob-Six npaj los ua npog. Koj puas tuaj yeem txav Ob-ob sab qaum teb los npog sab qaum teb qhov nkag thiab txav Ob-Six los npog sab qab teb?"
    
  "Vim li cas, tus tswv?"
    
  Ntiaj teb Hawk tsis nyob ntawm chaw nres tsheb, yog li peb tsis muaj kev pab cuam nyob rau sab qaum teb. "
    
  "Kuv yuav tsum tau ya lub Reaper nyob rau hauv lub missile qhov siab tshaj plaws ntawm ciam teb Turkish, thiab qhov ntawd yuav xav tau kev tso cai los ntawm Corps thiab tej zaum lub Xeev Lub Tsev Haujlwm. Peb tuaj yeem nqa riam phom los ntawm Ob-Six thiab xa mus. "
    
  "Nws yuav zaum tag nrho los ntawm thaum ntawd, Lieutenant."
    
  "Yog lawm, tus tswv."
    
  Patrick tau hais tias "Yog tias peb tuaj yeem ua tib zoo saib rau qhov no, kuv yuav zoo siab me ntsis ntxiv," Patrick hais. "Yuav ua li cas peb xa Ob-Ob mus rau ntau qhov ntau txog thaum kuv hu rau Corps?"
    
  Harrison tau hais tias "Kuv yuav tsum tau tawm Ob-Six kom nws tawm mus," Harrison hais. "Tau npaj." Patrick hloov mus rau cov duab radar ntawm Nala Air Base txoj hauv kev thiab pom tias nws tsis muaj tsheb khiav, tsis muaj kev ntseeg siab vim tias lub dav hlau tau raug kaw vim qhov kev ua haujlwm mus rau sab qaum teb. Ib pliag tom qab: "Airspace hais tias peb tuaj yeem tawm thaum peb npaj tau, tus tswv. Cia kuv tau txais kev tso cai los ntawm kev sib ntaus sib tua loj."
    
  "Nws yog kuv lub tswv yim, Lieutenant, yog li kuv yuav zoo siab hu nws thiab piav qhia qhov kuv txhais tau li cas."
    
  "Koj yuav tsum tsis txhob nyob hauv lub network no, tus tswv," Harrison hais, saib Patrick thiab luag ntxhi. "Tsis tas li ntawd, yog tias koj tsis mloog, Kuv xav muab credit rau koj lub tswv yim."
    
  "Kuv yuav liam yog tias muaj kev tsis sib haum xeeb, Lieutenant."
    
  "Tsis muaj teeb meem, sir. Npaj txhij." Nws txiav tawm qhov kev sib txuas, tab sis Patrick muaj peev xwm hnov nws tham nrog Major Bruno thiab kev sib tham ntawm Bruno thiab Lt. Col. Weatherly txog kev tshaj tawm. Lawv txhua tus tau pom zoo tias kev txav mus rau Reaper yog ib lub tswv yim zoo tsuav yog tias nws tsis ua txhaum cai thoob ntiaj teb kev pom zoo, thiab tsis ntev Kelly Ob-Six tau ya dav hlau thiab Ob-Two tau tsiv mus rau sab qaum teb los mus saib xyuas lub voj voog ze ntawm ciam teb Turkish. .
    
  "Leej twg lub tswv yim yog nws txav mus rau Reaper sab qaum teb ... Wow," Wilhelm hais dhau lub tank network.
    
  "Harrison lub tswv yim, tus tswv," Weatherly hais.
    
  "Kuv puas tau siv qhov zoo 'wow' ntawm tus neeg cog lus?" Wilhelm hais tias, ua rau tus kheej qias neeg. "Auj, zoo, kuv paub tias peb yuav tsum muab cov tub ua lag luam pov pob txha txhua lub sijhawm tam sim no. Kuv ceeb toom koj ua ntej, Harrison. "
    
  "Ua tsaug, Colonel."
    
  "Qhov no puas yog nws txoj kev muab kev qhuas?" John nug. "Tus txiv neej zoo li cas."
    
  Daim duab ntawm kev ua haujlwm tau zoo dua qub thaum Reaper nkag mus rau hauv lub voj voog ncig ncig ze ntawm ciam teb Turkish, txawm hais tias nws tseem nyob deb dhau mus rau sab qab teb kom ua tiav daim duab. "Nws yog ib lub tswv yim zoo, tus tswv," Harrison hais rau Patrick, "tab sis cov kev txwv ROE tseem tsis tuaj yeem muab peb lub tswv yim ntawm qhov chaw uas lub qhov yuav tawm mus. Kuv mam li tshawb xyuas Global Hawk."
    
  John tau hais tias "Peb yuav kaw tag nrho cheeb tsam no xya txoj hauv kev rau hnub Sunday nrog cov neeg tsis txaus ntseeg," John hais. "Tos kom txog thaum cov neeg no pom peb ua haujlwm."
    
  "Kuv xav kom koj hloov lub npe ntawd, John."
    
  "Kuv yuav ua, tab sis ua ntej kuv xav rub lub Air Force lub ntsej muag rau nws ib pliag," John hais zoo siab. "Kuv tos tsis tau".
    
    
  INSTELLIGENCE OBJECTIVE - PARROT
  Tom qab lub sijhawm luv luv
    
    
  "Lawv tuaj, tus tswv," hais tias tus neeg tua phom nyob rau hauv Lt. Oakland's Stryker, kawm txog cov duab ntawm lub qhov nkag los ntawm nws qhov pom infrared. Ob peb lub teeb ci ci ntsa iab ntawm qhov screen, thiab ib pliag tom qab lub suab ntawm qhov tawg tau echoed hla lawv. "Nws zoo li cov thawj coj platoons tab tom txav mus."
    
  Oakland ntsia nws lub moos. "Thiab nyob rau lub sijhawm. Kuv zoo siab heev. Nws yuav nyuaj rau peb ua kom tiav qhov kev ua haujlwm ntawm qhov loj no raws sijhawm. " Nws flicked ib tug hloov ntawm nws saib, xyuas cov cheeb tsam ib ncig ntawm txhua ntawm nws Strykers deployed nyob ib ncig ntawm lub cheeb tsam, ces tig rau nws lub microphone. "Rau riam phom ntawm kev npaj thiab nyob twj ywm, cov txiv neej," nws hais xov tooj cua rau nws pawg neeg. "OVR hauv kev txav." Tus thawj coj ntawm txhua ntu nias muaj.
    
  Thaum lawv tau kuaj xyuas tag nrho, Auckland tau xa xov tam sim rau Tank hauv Nala, qhia txog kev txav ntawm cov phooj ywg rog. Nws luv luv hloov mus rau Maqbar lub tuam txhab hais kom ua xov tooj cua network thiab tau txais tos los ntawm ib qho kev tsis txaus ntseeg thiab tsis nkag siab tag nrho ntawm kev zoo siab qw hauv Arabic. Nws sai sai muab nws tawm. "Kev qhuab qhia hauv xov tooj cua zoo, cov txiv neej," nws hais hauv qab nws ua pa.
    
  "Lawv tab tom tuaj, tus tswv," hais tias Stryker tus neeg tua phom. Nws thiab Oakland tau saib raws li ib pab tub rog ntawm yim Iraqi tub rog tuaj txog ntawm lub tsev. Ob tug tub rog siv grenade launchers los tshuab qhib lub qhov rooj, da dej lawv tus kheej nrog ntoo thiab pob zeb tawg vim lawv tau ze heev.
    
  "Los ntawm cov txiv neej, koj pab neeg nkag qhov twg?" Oakland hais nrov nrov. "Koj yuav tsum paub tias cov txiv neej uas tawg lub qhov rooj yuav tsis tuaj yeem nkag mus tsis tau. Ib pab tub rog tsoo lub qhov rooj thaum lwm pab tub rog, tiv thaiv lub teeb thiab poob siab, nkag mus rau hauv. Kuv muaj xya xyoo paub qhov no. " Tab sis tsis ntev nws pom tus tub ceev xwm reorganize nws infiltration pab neeg thiab tsiv infiltration pab neeg tawm ntawm txoj kev, yog li ntawd tom qab ib tug luv luv stutter lub lag luam zoo li mus rau pem hauv ntej.
    
  Rov qab ntawm Lub Tank, Patrick thiab John tau saib qhov kev nqis tes ua ntawm Stryker thiab drone feeds... Tsuas yog tias Patrick tsis tau saib qhov kev tawm tsam ntawm qhov kev nkag mus, tab sis sab qaum teb ntawm Iraqi-Turkish ciam teb. Qhov kev pom los ntawm MQ-9 Reaper lub infrared imaging scanner pom rolling hills interspersed nrog siab, rocky cliffs thiab tob, hav zoov hav zoov.
    
  Margaret Harrison, tus tub ceev xwm ntawm Reaper liaison tub ceev xwm tau hais rau nws hauv kev sib tham . "Reapers yog tsim los saib rau ntawm lub kaum ntse ntse, tsis yog hla lub qab ntug."
    
  "Tau txais," Patrick teb. "Tsuas yog ob peb feeb ntxiv." Nws kov lwm tus yuam sij ntawm nws cov keyboard thiab hais tias, "Mr. Bexar?"
    
  "Bexar tab tom mloog," teb tus kws lij choj ntiav ntiav ntiav.
    
  "Qhov no yog McLanahan."
    
  "Koj nyob li cas, general? Koj puas muaj cai nyob online tam sim no?
    
  "Mr Thompson hais tias txhua yam zoo. Kuv muaj lus nug."
    
  Bexar tau hais tias "Kuv tus kheej tsis paub koj qhov kev nyab xeeb kev nyab xeeb, General," Bexar hais. "Kuv xav tias koj raug cais raws li Saum Ntuj Ceeb Tsheej, txwv tsis pub koj yuav tsis tuaj yeem tuaj koom lub rooj sib tham, tab sis txog thaum kuv paub tseeb, kuv yuav tsum tsis txhob teb cov lus nug uas yuav cuam tshuam txog kev nyab xeeb ntawm kev ua haujlwm."
    
  "Tau nkag siab. Koj puas tau ceeb toom tias cov Turks muaj tsib txhiab tus tub rog nyob hauv thaj chaw tam sim ntawd nyob ib sab ntawm cov tub ceev xwm thaj tsam ntawm lub luag haujlwm?
    
  "Yog lawm, sir. Qhov sib npaug ntawm ob lub tub rog tub rog tub rog, ib qho hauv Sirnak thiab Hakkari xeev, ntxiv rau peb lub battalions Jandarma. "
    
  "Qhov ntawd ntau heev, puas yog?"
    
  "Muab cov xwm txheej tsis ntev los no, kuv tsis xav li ntawd," Bexar tau hais. "Nyob rau ob peb xyoos dhau los, lawv tau sim ua kom rov ua dua qib ntawm Asmeskas thiab Iraqi tub rog. Yav dhau los, gendarme tuav lub zog loj dua nyob rau sab qab teb ntawm Turkey nyob ntawm theem ntawm PKK kev ua ub no. Qhov teeb meem yog tias peb tsis tas yuav tau txais kev hloov kho tsis tu ncua txog kev txav ntawm Jandarma units. "
    
  "Vim li cas qhov no?"
    
  "Lub Tsev Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Sab Hauv Turkish tau tshwj tseg heev - qhov kev pom zoo nrog NATO tsis yuam kom lawv qhia cov ntaub ntawv, raws li Ministry of Defense ua."
    
  "Tab sis kev txav ntawm mechanized infantry nyob rau hauv cheeb tsam no yog ib qho kev txhim kho tshiab?"
    
  "Yog".
    
  "Npaus. Tab sis kuv lo lus nug yog, Mr. Bexar: lawv nyob qhov twg?
    
  "Leej twg nyob qhov twg?"
    
  "Tag nrho cov tub rog Turkish no nyob qhov twg? Mechanized infantry brigade yog qhov nyuaj heev los nkaum. "
    
  "Zoo, kuv twv ..." Cov lus nug pom tau ua rau tus tub ceev xwm xav tsis thoob. "Lawv ... tuaj yeem nyob qhov twg, General. Kuv xav tias lawv yog garrisoned nyob rau hauv lub xeev capitals. Raws li cov tub ceev xwm, lawv tuaj yeem yooj yim tshem tawm peb qhov kev soj ntsuam hauv cheeb tsam no. "
    
  Patrick tau hais tias "Kelly Ob-Two tau tshawb xyuas ciam teb rau ob peb feeb dhau los thiab kuv tsis tau pom ib qho kev qhia ntawm lub tsheb twg," Patrick hais. "Thiab raws li kuv daim duab qhia, Ob-Ob tug tab tom saib ncaj qha ntawm lub nroog Uludere, txoj cai?"
    
  "Tau npaj." Ib pliag tom qab, tom qab kuaj xyuas lub telemetry nyeem los ntawm Reaper's infrared duab sensor: "Yog, General, koj hais yog lawm."
    
  "Peb saib lub nroog, tiam sis kuv tsis pom muaj teeb pom kev lossis ib qho cim qhia txog lub neej nyob ntawd. Kuv puas muaj ib yam dab tsi?
    
  Muaj ib ntus luv; Tom qab ntawd: "General, vim li cas koj nug txog Qaib Cov Txwv?" Cov Turks tsis koom nrog qhov haujlwm no."
    
  Yog lawm, Patrick xav, vim li cas kuv thiaj saib Turkey? "Cia li xav paub, kuv twv," thaum kawg nws teb. "Kuv yuav cia koj rov qab mus ua haujlwm. Kuv thov txim rau-"
    
  "Harrison, Ob-ob saib yog dab tsi?" Wilhelm nug dhau lub intercom. "Nws tab tom saib kaum tsib mais ntawm txoj kev tsis ncaj ncees lawm. Tshawb xyuas koj txoj kev npaj saib xyuas hauv av. "
    
  Patrick paub tias nws yuav tsum cuam tshuam nws tus kheej - nws tsis yog Harrison lub tswv yim los saib hla ciam teb rau hauv Turkey. "Kuv tsuas xav saib hla ciam teb, Colonel."
    
  "Qhov no yog leej twg?"
    
  "McLanahan."
    
  "Koj ua dab tsi ntawm kuv lub network, General?" Wilhelm thundered. "Kuv hais tias koj tuaj yeem saib thiab mloog, tsis tham, thiab kuv paub tseeb tias kuv tsis tau tso cai rau koj los saib xyuas kuv cov neeg ua haujlwm sensor!"
    
  "Thov txim, Colonel, tab sis kuv muaj kev xav txawv txawv txog ib yam dab tsi thiab kuv yuav tsum tau kuaj xyuas nws."
    
  "Nws zoo dua los thov kev zam txim dua li thov kev tso cai, eh, General?" Wilhelm luag nyav. "Kuv hnov qhov ntawd hais txog koj. Kuv tsis quav ntsej txog koj qhov kev xav txawv txawv, McLanahan. Harrison, coj tus Reaper no los npog ..."
    
  "Koj tsis txawm yuav nug dab tsi kuv xav pom, Colonel?"
    
  "Kuv tsis zoo li ntawd vim tias tsis muaj dab tsi hauv Turkey txaus siab rau kuv tam sim no. Nyob rau hauv rooj plaub uas koj tsis nco qab, General, Kuv muaj ib tug neeg soj xyuas pawg neeg nyob rau hauv lub teb ua hauj lwm nyob rau hauv Iraq, tsis yog Qaib Cov Txwv. Tab sis txij li thaum koj coj nws los, koj yog leej twg lub ntuj raug txim ...
    
  "Rocket launch!" - ib tug neeg cuam tshuam. Ntawm lub monitor qhia cov duab xa los ntawm Kelly Ob-Ob tug, kaum ob lub teeb ci ntsa iab ntawm hluav taws kub hnyiab thoob plaws lub ntuj hmo ntuj - los ntawm hla ciam teb hauv Turkey!
    
  "Qhov no yog dab tsi?" Wilhelm poob nws npau taws. "Nws tawm ntawm qhov twg?"
    
  "Qhov no yog ib tug salvo ntawm foob pob ua ntxaij los ntawm Qaib Cov Txwv! "Patrick qw. "Cia koj cov neeg tawm ntawm qhov ntawd, Colonel!"
    
  "Lub ntuj raug txim, McLanahan!" Wilhelm qw. Tab sis nws tau dhia tawm ntawm nws lub rooj zaum hauv kev ntshai heev, kawm cov duab rau ob peb lub sijhawm, tom qab ntawd nias lub khawm hauv cheeb tsam network thiab qw: "Rau txhua tus neeg ua si Warhammer, rau txhua tus neeg ua si Warhammer, qhov no yog Warhammer, cov phom loj tuaj txog ntawm sab qaum teb, nyob rau hauv qhov opposite direction, tam sim no khiav tawm ntawm Parrot!
    
  "Rov dua?" - ib qho ntawm cov kev tshawb nrhiav tau teb. "Hais dua, Tsov rog rauj!"
    
  "Kuv rov hais dua, txhua tus neeg ua si Warhammer, qhov no yog Warhammer, koj muaj nees nkaum vib nas this los hloov kev coj mus deb ntawm lub hom phiaj Parrot, thiab tom qab ntawd tsib vib nas this los npog!" Wilhelm qw. "Artillery tab tom los ntawm sab qaum teb! Txav mus! Txav mus!" Nyob rau hauv lub tank intercom nws qw: "Ib tug neeg tau txais cov tub rog Turkish fucking ntawm kab thiab qhia lawv kom tsis txhob tua hluav taws, peb muaj tub rog nyob hauv av!" Scramble lub tsheb thauj neeg mob nyoob hoom qav taub thiab tau txais kev txhawb nqa tam sim ntawd! "
    
  "Xa B-1 hla ciam teb rau cov ntsiab lus tso tawm no, Colonel!" Patrick hais tias. "Yog tias muaj lwm lub launchers, lawv yuav muaj peev xwm-"
    
  "Kuv hais tias kaw thiab tawm ntawm kuv lub network, McLanahan!" Wilhelm poob nws npau taws.
    
  Lub Stryker kev soj ntsuam xyuas tau txav mus sai, tab sis tsis nrawm npaum li cov cuaj luaj tuaj. Nws tsuas yog siv kaum vib nas this rau ob lub kaum os missiles mus rau peb caug mais thiab da dej rau thaj tsam ntawm Zahuk qhov complex nrog ntau txhiab tus neeg tawg rog siab thiab tiv thaiv tsheb mines. Qee lub mines tawg ob peb yards overhead, da dej rau thaj tsam hauv qab no nrog cov dawb-kub tungsten pellets; lwm cov mines detonated ntawm kev sib cuag nrog hauv av, cov tsev lossis tsheb nrog lub taub hau tawg tawg loj heev; thiab tseem muaj lwm tus nyob hauv av, qhov chaw uas lawv tawg thaum muaj kev cuam tshuam los yog txiav txim siab tom qab qee lub sijhawm.
    
  Lub foob pob thib ob tshwm sim ib pliag tom qab, tsom mus rau ntau pua yards sab hnub poob, sab hnub tuaj, thiab sab qab teb ntawm thawj lub hom phiaj, tsim los ntes tus neeg twg uas yuav tau dim ntawm thawj lub foob pob. Nws yog qhov kev tawm tsam uas ntes tau feem ntau ntawm cov tswvcuab rov qab los ntawm Asmeskas cov neeg tshawb nrhiav platoon. Cov mines nkag mus rau lub teeb sab sauv armor ntawm Strykers los ntawm saum toj no, rhuav tshem lawv thiab ua rau lawv qhib rau lwm cov foob pob tawg. Ntau tus neeg uas tau nce thiab khiav tawm ntawm kev tua neeg hauv lawv lub tsheb raug tua los ntawm cov foob pob hluav taws uas tawg saum taub hau lossis hauv qab lawv txhais taw thaum lawv sim khiav mus rau lawv txoj sia.
    
  Peb caug vib nas this tom qab ntawd nws tag nrho. Cov neeg ua haujlwm tsis txaus ntseeg tau saib tag nrho hauv qhov txaus ntshai kawg, tshaj tawm nyob ntawm Reaper thiab Predator drones siab saum toj no.
    
    
  WHITE HOUSE, WASHINGTON, DC.
  Tom qab lub sijhawm luv luv
    
    
  Thawj Tswj Hwm Joseph Gardner tab tom tawm ntawm nws lub computer hauv ib lub chaw ua haujlwm ntiag tug uas nyob ib sab ntawm Oval Office thiab tab tom ncav cuag nws lub tsho hu nws ib hnub thiab mus rau hauv lub tsev thaum lub xov tooj nrov. Nws yog nws tus kws pab tswv yim kev ruaj ntseg hauv tebchaws, tus phooj ywg ntev ntev thiab yav dhau los tus pab tuav ntaub ntawv ntawm Navy, Conrad Carlisle. Nws nias lub pob hais lus: "Kuv tab tom yuav qhwv, Conrad. Nws tuaj yeem tos?"
    
  "Kuv xav tias kuv ua tau, tus tswv," Carlisle hais ntawm lub xov tooj ntawm tes ruaj ntseg, zoo li hauv nws lub tsheb. Nws tus phooj ywg tsis tshua hu nws tias "tus tswv" thaum lawv hais lus ib leeg tshwj tsis yog tias nws muaj xwm txheej ceev, thiab qhov no tau ua rau Thawj Tswj Hwm tau mloog. "Kuv tab tom taug kev mus rau Tsev Dawb, tus tswv. Cov lus ceeb toom ntawm Qaib Cov Txwv Kev Tawm Tsam Hla Tebchaws ntawm Iraq. "
    
  Gardner lub plawv dhia tau poob ob peb feem pua. Tsis yog Turkey, lossis tshwj xeeb tshaj yog Iraq, tsis muaj kev hem thawj rau nws tam sim no - txawm tias muaj dab tsi tshwm sim hauv Iraq tsis tshua muaj kev pw tsaug zog ntev. "Puas yog peb cov txiv neej koom nrog qhov no?"
    
  "Huab."
    
  Lub plawv dhia rov qab los. Dab tsi tshwm sim? "Aw shit". Nws yuav luag saj lub khob rum nrog dej khov uas nws tau xav txog rov qab los ntawm qhov chaw nyob. "Puas lawv twb tau tsim nyob rau hauv Chav Tsev Rau Kuv?"
    
  "Tsis yog, sir."
    
  "Koj muaj ntaub ntawv ntau npaum li cas?"
    
  "Muaj tsawg".
    
  Lub sij hawm mus lob ib khob dej ua ntej qhov kev txiav txim tiag tiag pib tuaj nqa chav. "Kuv yuav nyob hauv Oval Office. Los cuag kuv."
    
  "Yes, sir".
    
  Gardner muab ob peb lub khob dej khov rau hauv Lub Nkoj Qub Navy kas fes mug, nchuav qee qhov Ron Caneca rum rau hauv nws, thiab nqa mus rau Oval Office. Muaj kev kub ntxhov nyob ib puag ncig, thiab nws yog ib qho tseem ceeb rau cov neeg saib thoob plaws ntiaj teb kom saib lawv lub qhov rais thiab pom Thawj Tswj Hwm ntawm Tebchaws Meskas ua haujlwm nyuaj - tab sis qhov ntawd tsis tau txhais hais tias nws yuav tsum tau muab nws tus kheej tso tseg.
    
  Nws hloov lub TV hauv Oval Office rau CNN, tab sis tsis muaj ib yam dab tsi ntawm nws tseem hais txog ib qho xwm txheej hauv Turkey. Nws tuaj yeem tau txais khoom noj los ntawm chav xwm txheej hauv nws lub chaw ua haujlwm, tab sis nws tsis xav tawm hauv Oval Office kom txog thaum muaj xwm txheej ceev tshaj tawm thoob ntiaj teb thiab txhua tus tuaj yeem pom nws twb saib nws.
    
  Nws yog txhua yam hais txog cov duab, thiab Joe Gardner yog tus tswv ntawm kev nthuav qhia cov duab tshwj xeeb, ua tib zoo tsim cov duab. Nws yeej ib txwm hnav lub tsho thiab khi tsuas yog thaum mus pw, thiab yog tias nws tsis hnav lub tsho, nws lub tes tsho yuav dov thiab nws txoj hlua khi me ntsis loosened kom pom tias nws ua haujlwm hnyav. Nws feem ntau siv lub xov tooj hais lus, tab sis thaum lwm tus tuaj yeem pom nws, nws ib txwm siv lub xov tooj kom txhua tus tuaj yeem pom nws tham tsis khoom. Nws kuj tseem tsis tau siv lub khob zoo suav teb, nyiam qhov hnyav, tuab, tsaus xiav kas fes mugs rau tag nrho nws cov dej qab zib vim nws xav tias lawv ua rau nws zoo li txiv neej.
    
  Tsis tas li ntawd, zoo li Jackie Gleason hauv TV nrog nws lub khob ntim nrog cawv, txhua tus yuav xav tias nws haus kas fes.
    
  Tus Thawj Saib Xyuas Tsev Dawb Walter Cordus tau khob qhov rooj Oval Office, tos ob peb lub vib nas this yog tias muaj ib qho kev tawm tsam, ces nkag mus rau nws tus kheej. "Conrad hu kuv, Joe," Cordus hais. Nws hnav ris tsho, sweatshirt thiab khau nkoj. Lwm tus phooj ywg ntev thiab tus phooj ywg ntawm Gardner, nws yeej ib txwm muaj nyob rau ntawm lub sijhawm ceeb toom thiab tej zaum yuav nyob rau qhov chaw hauv West Wing es tsis txhob nyob hauv tsev nrog nws tus poj niam thiab cov menyuam yaus zoo nkauj. Nws ntsia lub TV tiaj tus uas muab zais rau hauv lub txee dai khaub ncaws. "Puas muaj dabtsi lawm?"
    
  "Tsis muaj". Gardner tsa nws lub khob. "Muaj ib yam dab tsi los haus. Kuv yuav luag ib tug ua ntej ntawm koj. " Tus thawj coj ntawm cov neeg ua haujlwm mloog lus tau nchuav nws tus kheej ib khob ntawm rum, tab sis, raws li niaj zaus, tsis haus ib tee.
    
  Nws tsis yog txog thaum Carlisle tawg los ntawm lub qhov rooj ntawm Oval Office, cov ntaub ntawv luv luv ntawm tes, uas ib yam dab tsi tshwm sim hauv CNN, thiab nws tsuas yog hais txog ntawm ib daim ntawv teev npe hauv qab ntawm qhov screen txog "teeb meem tua" nyob rau sab qaum teb Iraq. . Carlisle tau hais tias "Qhov no zoo li qhov teeb meem hluav taws kub phooj ywg, tus tswv," Carlisle tau hais. "Ib tug tub rog pab tub rog tau txhawb nqa lub tuam txhab Iraqi infantry hauv kev tshem tawm qhov xav tias al-Qaeda hauv Iraq qhov nkag thaum thaj chaw tau tawm tsam los ntawm Turkish nruab nrab-ntau qhov tsis pom kev foob pob hluav taws."
    
  "Shit," tus thawj tswj hwm yws. "Nqa Stacy Ann ntawm no."
    
  Carlisle tau hais tias "Nws nyob ntawm nws txoj kev, thiab Miller yog li ntawd." Stacey Ann Barbeau, yav dhau los US senator los ntawm Louisiana uas yog lub siab xav zoo li nws yog flamboyant, tsis ntev los no tau lees paub tias yog tus Thawj Fwm Tsav Tebchaws tshiab; Miller Turner, lwm tus phooj ywg ntev thiab tus neeg ntseeg siab ntawm Gardner, yog Secretary of Defense.
    
  "Losses?"
    
  "Kaum ib tus neeg tuag, kaum rau tus raug mob, kaum tus mob hnyav."
    
  "Yog".
    
  Tshaj li kaum feeb tom ntej no, tus thawj tswj hwm tus kws pab tswv yim lossis cov neeg sawv cev tau lim rau hauv Oval Office ib los ntawm ib qho. Thaum kawg tuaj txog yog Barbeau, zoo li nws tau npaj rau ib hmos ntawm lub nroog. Nws hais tias, "Kuv cov neeg ua haujlwm tau ntsib nrog Lub Tsev Haujlwm Turkish thiab Lub Tsev Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Kev Txawv Tebchaws Turkish," nws hais ncaj nraim rau lub tais kas fes. "Kuv cia siab tias yuav muaj kev hu los ntawm lawv txhua tus sai sai."
    
  Turner tau hais tias "Tus naj npawb ntawm cov neeg raug tsim txom tau nce mus rau kaum peb thiab xav tias yuav nce ntxiv," Turner tau hais tom qab tau txais kev hu los ntawm Tub Rog Tub Rog Tub Rog. "Lawv tsis tuaj yeem hais tias pawg tub rog nws tus kheej yog lub hom phiaj, tab sis nws zoo li Iraqis thiab Turks tab tom nrhiav tib lub hom phiaj."
    
  "Tom qab ntawd yog tias peb cov neeg tau txhawb nqa Iraqis, lawv tau tawm tsam li cas?"
    
  "Cov kws tshuaj ntsuam xyuas thawj zaug tau hais tias qhov thib ob ntawm cov foob pob hluav taws yog npaj los ntes cov neeg muaj sia nyob khiav tawm ntawm thaj chaw lub hom phiaj."
    
  "Cov neeg cog lus?"
    
  "Raws li koj paub, tus Thawj Saib Xyuas Kev Ruaj Ntseg Hauv Tebchaws Carlisle tau hais tias, "peb tau txo qis peb cov tub rog hnav khaub ncaws hauv Iraq, Afghanistan thiab ntau lwm qhov chaw nyob thoob ntiaj teb, hloov lawv nrog cov neeg ua haujlwm pej xeem. Yuav luag txhua txoj haujlwm tub rog uas tsis cuam tshuam ncaj qha - kev nyab xeeb, kev tshawb nrhiav, kev saib xyuas, kev sib txuas lus, cov npe mus rau - tau ua los ntawm cov neeg cog lus hnub no. "
    
  Thawj Tswj Hwm nodded, twb mus rau lwm cov ntsiab lus. "Kuv xav tau cov npe ntawm cov neeg raug tsim txom kom kuv thiaj hu tau cov tsev neeg."
    
  "Yes, sir".
    
  "Puas muaj ib tus neeg cog lus no tau raug mob?"
    
  "Tsis yog, sir."
    
  "Cov duab," tus thawj tswj hwm hais tias tsis muaj zog.
    
  Lub xov tooj ntawm Thawj Tswj Hwm lub rooj tau nrov, thiab Tus Thawj Saib Xyuas Haujlwm Walter Cordus tau khaws nws, mloog, tom qab ntawd muab nws rau Barbeau. "Turkish Thawj Kav Tebchaws Akash nws tus kheej, Stacey, tau koom nrog sawv cev ntawm lub xeev."
    
  Barbeau tau hais tias "Qhov ntawd yog ib qho cim zoo. Nws qhib tus txhais lus ntawm tus thawj tswj hwm lub computer. "Zoo thaum sawv ntxov, Madam Prime Minister," nws hais. "Qhov no yog Secretary of State Barbeau."
    
  Tib lub sijhawm, lwm lub xov tooj nrov. "Tus Thawj Kav Tebchaws Turkish Hirsiz nyob ntawm txoj kab rau koj, tus tswv."
    
  "Nws zoo dua muaj qee qhov kev piav qhia," Gardner hais, nqa lub xov tooj. "Tus Thawj Kav Tebchaws, qhov no yog Joseph Gardner."
    
  "Thawj Tswj Hwm Gardner, nyob zoo yav tsaus ntuj," Kurzat Hirsiz hais lus Askiv zoo heev, nws lub suab tshee hnyo nrog kev txhawj xeeb, "Thov txim rau koj, tab sis kuv nyuam qhuav hnov txog qhov xwm txheej txaus ntshai uas tshwm sim nyob rau ciam teb nrog Iraq, thiab sawv cev ntawm To tag nrho cov neeg ntawm Qaib Cov Txwv, kuv xav tam sim ntawd hu thiab qhia kuv txoj kev tu siab, kev tu siab thiab kev tu siab rau cov tsev neeg ntawm cov txiv neej uas tau tuag nyob rau hauv qhov xwm txheej phem no. "
    
  "Ua tsaug, Thawj Tswj Hwm," Gardner hais. "Yog li, dab tsi tshwm sim?"
    
  Hirsiz tau hais tias "Qhov kev ua yuam kev uas tsis tuaj yeem zam txim rau ib feem ntawm peb cov tub rog tiv thaiv sab hauv," Hirsiz tau hais. "Lawv tau txais cov ntaub ntawv hais tias Kurdish PKK cov neeg tawm tsam thiab cov neeg ua phem tau loj hlob hauv ib lub qhov hauv Iraq thiab tab tom npaj lwm qhov kev tawm tsam ntawm lub tshav dav hlau Turkish lossis tub rog dav hlau, loj dua thiab puas tsuaj ntau dua li qhov kev tawm tsam tsis ntev los no hauv Diyarbakir. Cov ntaub ntawv los ntawm qhov chaw ntseeg tau heev.
    
  "Lawv hais tias tus naj npawb ntawm PKK cov neeg tua rog nyob hauv ntau pua hauv qhov chaw, uas yog qhov dav heev thiab hla ciam teb Iraqi hla thaj tsam dav. Nws tau txiav txim siab tias peb tsis muaj sijhawm txaus los sib sau ua ke kom muaj zog txaus los rhuav tshem cov pab pawg loj li no hauv thaj chaw txaus ntshai, yog li nws tau txiav txim siab los tawm tsam siv foob pob hluav taws. Kuv tau hais kom tawm tsam tus kheej, thiab yog li ntawd nws yog kuv qhov yuam kev thiab kuv lub luag haujlwm. "
    
  "Rau qhov pom ntawm Vajtswv, Thawj Tswj Hwm, ua cas koj tsis qhia peb ua ntej?" - Gardner nug. "Peb yog phooj ywg thiab phooj ywg, nco ntsoov? Koj paub tias peb muaj cov tub rog nyob hauv cheeb tsam ua haujlwm nruab hnub thiab hmo ntuj kom ruaj ntseg thaj tsam ciam teb thiab tua cov neeg tawm tsam, suav nrog PKK. Ib lub xov tooj ceev uas yuav ceeb toom peb thiab peb tuaj yeem thim peb cov tub rog yam tsis tau ceeb toom rau cov neeg phem. "
    
  "Muaj, yog, kuv paub qhov ntawd, Thawj Tswj Hwm," Hirsiz hais. "Tab sis peb tus kws tshaj lij tau hais rau peb tias cov neeg ua phem yuav sai sai no, thiab peb yuav tsum ua sai sai. Tsis muaj sijhawm - "
    
  "Tsis muaj sijhawm? Kaum peb tus neeg Amelikas uas tuag lawm uas ua haujlwm tsuas yog txhawb nqa, Thawj Tswj Hwm! Thiab peb tseem tsis tau suav nrog Iraqi raug mob! Koj yuav tsum pom lub sijhawm!"
    
  Hirsiz tau hais tias "Yog lawm, Kuv pom zoo, Thawj Tswj Hwm, thiab nws yog qhov tsis txaus ntseeg uas kuv tu siab heev thiab kuv tus kheej thov txim," Hirsiz tau hais, lub sijhawm no nrog kev kub ntxhov hauv nws lub suab. Muaj ib ntus luv; ces: "Tab sis cia kuv ceeb toom rau koj, tus tswv, uas peb tsis tau qhia txog kev ua haujlwm Iraqi los ntawm koj lossis tsoomfwv Iraqi. Cov ntawv ceeb toom no kuj tseem yuav tiv thaiv qhov xwm txheej no. "
    
  "Tsis txhob pib hloov qhov kev liam tam sim no, Thawj Tswj Hwm," Gardner snapped. "Kaum peb tus neeg Amelikas tau tuag vim yog koj rab phom tua hluav taws, uas yog tsom rau thaj chaw Iraqi, tsis yog av Turkish! Qhov no yog unforgivable!"
    
  "Kuv pom zoo, kuv pom zoo, tus tswv," Hirsiz hais stonily. "Kuv tsis tawm tsam qhov ntawd, thiab kuv tsis nrhiav kev thuam qhov twg nws yuav tsum tsis yog. Tab sis lub tunnel complex nyob rau hauv Iraqi-Turkish ciam teb, cov neeg phem tau amassing nyob rau hauv Iraq, thiab peb paub tias insurgents nyob, npaj, thiab sau riam phom thiab khoom siv nyob rau hauv Iraq thiab Iran. Nws yog lub hom phiaj raug cai, tsis hais sab twg ntawm ciam teb. Peb paub tias cov neeg Kurds hauv Iraq tab tom harboring thiab txhawb PKK, thiab tsoomfwv Iraqi ua me ntsis los txwv lawv. Peb yuav tsum ua vim tias Iraqis tsis ua. "
    
  "Thawj Tswj Hwm Hirsiz, Kuv yuav tsis muaj kev sib cav nrog koj txog qhov uas tsoomfwv Iraqi yog lossis tsis ua nrog PKK," Gardner hais tias chim heev. "Kuv xav tau ib qho kev piav qhia tag nrho ntawm qhov tshwm sim, thiab kuv xav kom koj cov lus cog tseg ua txhua yam hauv koj lub zog los tiv thaiv nws tsis txhob tshwm sim dua. Peb yog cov phooj ywg, tus tswv. Kev puas tsuaj zoo li no tuaj yeem zam tau thiab yuav tsum zam, thiab nws zoo li yog tias koj tau ua tiav koj lub luag haujlwm ua ib tus phooj ywg thiab phooj ywg nyob ze ntawm Iraq thiab sib txuas lus zoo dua nrog peb, nws yuav "...
    
  "Nyob zoo! Kuv thov koj zam txim, tus tswv?" Hirsiz hais. Muaj ib lub sijhawm ncua ntev ntawm lwm qhov kawg ntawm kab, thiab Gardner tau hnov ib tug neeg hauv keeb kwm yav dhau los hais lo lus sik, uas, raws li tus txhais lus hauv computer, txhais tau tias "lub taub hau ntawm noov." "Thov zam txim rau kuv, Mr. Thawj Tswj Hwm, tab sis, raws li kuv tau piav qhia rau koj, peb xav tias peb tab tom tawm tsam PKK cov neeg phem uas nyuam qhuav tua ze li ob kaum ob tus txiv neej dawb huv, poj niam thiab menyuam yaus hauv lub nroog loj Turkish. Qhov xwm txheej Zahuk yog qhov yuam kev loj heev uas kuv ua lub luag haujlwm tag nrho thiab ua siab dawb paug. thov txim rau koj, cov tsev neeg ntawm cov neeg raug tsim txom thiab cov neeg Amelikas, tab sis qhov ntawd tsis ua rau koj muaj cai thov dab tsi los ntawm tsoomfwv no. "
    
  Gardner hais tias, "Tsis muaj laj thawj rau kev qias neeg, Thawj Tswj Hwm Hirsiz," Gardner, thiab npau taws heev uas cov leeg sawv ntawm nws lub hauv pliaj. Nws tau sau tseg tias Hirsiz tsis kam lees lossis tsis lees paub qhov kev iab liam lossis xav tsis thoob tias Gardner paub txog nws. "Peb yuav ua qhov kev tshawb nrhiav tag nrho rau qhov kev tawm tsam no thiab kuv tos ntsoov rau koj qhov kev koom tes siab tshaj plaws. Kuv xav kom muaj kev ntseeg siab los ntawm koj tias yav tom ntej koj yuav sib txuas lus zoo dua nrog peb thiab koj cov neeg koom nrog NATO kom tsis txhob muaj kev tawm tsam zoo sib xws. "
    
  Hirsiz tau hais tias "Qhov no tsis yog kev tawm tsam tawm tsam koj cov tub rog lossis Iraqis, tab sis tawm tsam PKK cov neeg tawm tsam thiab cov neeg phem, tus tswv," Hirsiz tau hais. "Thov xaiv koj cov lus kom zoo dua, Thawj Tswj Hwm. Nws yog kev sib tsoo, kev ua yuam kev loj heev uas tshwm sim thaum tiv thaiv lub teb chaws ntawm lub koom pheej Turkish. Kuv ua lub luag haujlwm rau qhov xwm txheej txaus ntshai, tus tswv, tsis yog kev tawm tsam.
    
  "Ok, Thawj Tswj Hwm, txhua yam yog lawm," Gardner hais. "Peb yuav hu rau koj sai sai txog kev tuaj txog ntawm cov kws txiav txim plaub ntug, tub rog thiab cov kws tshawb nrhiav kev ua phem. Nyob zoo hmo ntuj. "
    
  "Kuv yog yi akşamlar. Nyob zoo hmo ntuj, Thawj Tswj Hwm."
    
  Gardner poob siab. "Dam, koj xav tias nws tau poob kaum peb tus neeg!" - nws hais. "Stacy?"
    
  Barbeau tau hais tias "Kuv ntes tau me ntsis ntawm koj qhov kev sib tham, Mr. Thawj Tswj Hwm," Barbeau hais. "Tus Thawj Kav Tebchaws tau thov txim, yuav luag dhau. Kuv xav tias nws muaj siab dawb paug, txawm hais tias nws pom meej tias qhov no yog kev sib tsoo uas lawv tsuas yog koom nrog lub luag haujlwm xwb. "
    
  "Muaj? Thiab yog tias nws yog Asmeskas foob pob hluav taws thiab cov tub rog Turkish raug tua, peb yuav raug ntsia tsis yog los ntawm Qaib Cov Txwv, tab sis los ntawm tag nrho lub ntiaj teb - peb yuav tau txais txhua qhov kev liam thiab tom qab ntawd qee qhov, "Gardner hais. Nws tig rov qab rau hauv nws lub rooj zaum thiab khiav nws txhais tes hla nws lub ntsej muag hauv kev khaus. "Okay, ok, ntsia hlau Turks tam sim no. Ib tug neeg ntsia ntawm no thiab kuv xav paub leej twg, thiab kuv xav tau qee tus asses - Turkish, Iraqi, PKK lossis Asmeskas, Kuv tsis quav ntsej, Kuv xav tau qee tus asses. " Nws tig mus rau Minister of Defense. "Miller, Kuv yuav tsa tus thawj tswj hwm los coj kev tshawb nrhiav. Kuv xav kom nws yog pej xeem, txoj cai ntawm koj lub ntsej muag, ntxhib, tawv thiab ncaj. Qhov no yog tus neeg tuag ntau tshaj plaws hauv Iraq txij li thaum kuv tau ua haujlwm, thiab kuv tsis npaj siab yuav cia cov thawj coj no mus rau hauv Iraq. " Nws ntsia luv luv ntawm Stacy Barbeau, uas ua rau nws tsis xis nyob nrog nws ob lub qhov muag. Gardner tam sim ntawd paub qhov no thiab mus cuag Tus Lwm Thawj Coj Kenneth T. Phoenix. "Ken, ua li cas txog qhov no? Koj yeej muaj kev paub. "
    
  "Tau kawg, tus tswv," nws teb tsis muaj hesitation. Thaum muaj hnub nyoog plaub caug rau xyoo xwb, Kenneth Phoenix tuaj yeem dhau los ua ib tus neeg Asmeskas cov hnub qub tshaj tawm txoj kev nom kev tswv-yog tias nws tsis tau ua haujlwm hnyav. JD los ntawm UCLA, plaub xyoos ua Tus Kws Txiav Txim Plaub Ntug hauv Tebchaws Meskas Marine Corps, plaub xyoos hauv Tebchaws Meskas Tus Kws Lij Choj Lub Chaw Haujlwm hauv Cheeb Tsam Columbia, tom qab ntawd ntau lub chaw haujlwm hauv Lub Tsev Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Kev Ncaj Ncees ua ntej raug xaiv los ua Tus Kws Lij Choj General.
    
  Hauv xyoo tom qab qhov txaus ntshai ntawm Asmeskas Holocaust, Phoenix tau ua haujlwm tsis tu ncua los ua kom cov pej xeem Asmeskas thiab ntiaj teb paub tias Tebchaws Meskas yuav tsis swb mus rau txoj cai lij choj. Nws ua siab phem tawm tsam cov neeg ua txhaum cai thiab raug foob rau leej twg, tsis hais txog kev nom kev tswv lossis kev nplua nuj, uas nrhiav kom tau nyiaj los ntawm cov neeg raug tsim txom los ntawm Lavxias. Nws tau ua phem sib npaug hauv nws qhov kev cuam tshuam nrog Congress thiab txawm tias Tsev Dawb kom ntseeg tau tias tib neeg txoj cai tsis raug ua txhaum cai vim tsoomfwv tau pib ua haujlwm ntawm kev tsim kho lub tebchaws thiab rov kho nws cov ciam teb.
    
  Nws tau nrov heev ntawm cov neeg Amelikas uas muaj kev sib tham txog nws khiav rau Thawj Tswj Hwm Tebchaws Meskas tawm tsam lwm tus txiv neej nrov heev, tom qab ntawd Tus Tuav Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Kev Tiv Thaiv Joseph Gardner. Gardner tau hloov kev koom nrog tog vim nws qhov sib txawv nrog Martindale cov thawj coj, ib qho kev txav uas ua rau nws muaj feem yuav yeej. Tab sis nyob rau hauv ib qho mob stroke ntawm kev nom kev tswv txawj ntse, Joseph Gardner thov Phoenix ua nws tus khub khiav, txawm tias lawv tsis yog tswv cuab ntawm tib tog. Lub tswv yim ua haujlwm. Cov neeg pov npav pom tias qhov kev txav no yog ib qho kev qhia muaj zog ntawm kev sib koom siab thiab kev txawj ntse, thiab lawv yeej ib qho kev yeej.
    
  "Koj puas xav tias, Thawj Tswj Hwm, nws yog ib lub tswv yim zoo los xa tus Lwm Thawj Coj mus rau Iraq thiab Qaib Cov Txwv?" - nug tus thawj coj. "Nws tseem zoo nkauj txaus ntshai nyob ntawd."
    
  Phoenix tau hais tias "Kuv tau saib xyuas qhov xwm txheej kev nyab xeeb hauv Iraq, thiab kuv xav tias nws muaj kev nyab xeeb txaus rau kuv," Phoenix tau hais.
    
  Tus thawj tswj hwm hais tias "Qhov nws hais ua rau muaj kev nkag siab, Ken," "Kuv tau xav txog koj qhov kev tsim nyog thiab kev paub dhau los, tsis yog koj qhov kev nyab xeeb. kuv thov txim."
    
  "Tsis xav tau, tus tswv," said Phoenix. "Kuv yuav ua. Nws yog ib qho tseem ceeb los qhia tias peb ua qhov kev tawm tsam no tiag tiag - rau txhua tus neeg ua si hauv Middle East, tsis yog Turks xwb. "
    
  "Kuv tsis paub ..."
    
  Phoenix hais tias "Kuv yuav ua rau kuv lub taub hau cia, tus tswv, tsis txhob txhawj," Phoenix hais. "Kuv yuav sib sau ua ke ib pab neeg los ntawm Pentagon, Lub Tsev Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Kev Ncaj Ncees thiab Kev Pabcuam Hauv Tebchaws thiab tawm hmo no."
    
  "Hnub no?" Gardner nodded thiab luag. "Kuv paub tias kuv xaiv tus txiv neej zoo. Ok, Ken, ua tsaug, koj nyob hauv. Stacy yuav tau txais tag nrho cov ntawv tso cai uas koj xav tau hauv Baghdad, Ankara thiab txhua qhov chaw koj tshawb nrhiav coj koj. Yog tias peb xav tau koj rov qab mus rau Senate kom tawg txoj hlua khi, tej zaum kuv yuav xa lub dav hlau Dub Stallion tom qab koj.
    
  "Kuv xav caij ib tug ntawm no, tus tswv. Xa ib qho rau kuv thiab kuv yuav muab nws. "
    
  "Nco ntsoov qhov koj xav tau, Mr. Vice President." Gardner sawv rau nws ko taw thiab pib pacing. "Kuv paub tias kuv tau hais tias kuv xav kom peb cov tub rog tawm ntawm Iraq hauv kaum rau lub hlis, tab sis nws siv sijhawm ntev dua qhov kuv xav. Qhov xwm txheej no qhia txog qhov txaus ntshai uas peb cov tub rog ntsib nyob ntawd txhua hnub, txawm tias peb tsis nyob hauv kev sib cuag nrog cov yeeb ncuab. Nws yog lub sijhawm los tham txog kev rub peb lub zog sai dua thiab thim rov qab ntau dua. Xav?"
    
  Tus Thawj Fwm Tsav Tebchaws Barbeau tau hais tias "Cov neeg Amelikas yeej yuav pom zoo, Mr. Thawj Tswj Hwm," tshwj xeeb tshaj yog tom qab xov xwm ntawm qhov kev puas tsuaj no tawg thaum sawv ntxov.
    
  "Peb tau tham txog qhov muaj peev xwm no ntau zaus, tus tswv," Tus Kws Pabcuam Kev Ruaj Ntseg Hauv Tebchaws Carlisle tau hais. "Ib tug tub rog tub rog tub rog siv tshuab hauv Baghdad ntawm kaum ob lub hlis sib hloov; ib qho kev cob qhia tub rog ntawm kev sib hloov rau rau lub hlis; thiab peb feem ntau ua kev sib koom ua ke nrog cov tub ceev xwm xa tawm los ntawm Tebchaws Meskas tsis pub dhau ib hlis lossis ob zaug thoob plaws tebchaws. Kev ruaj ntseg txhua hnub thiab kev soj ntsuam los ntawm cov neeg cog lus ntiag tug, nrog kev ua haujlwm tshwj xeeb tsis tu ncua thoob plaws cheeb tsam raws li xav tau. "
    
  "Lub suab zoo rau kuv," tus thawj tswj hwm tau hais. "Ib tug tub rog raug tua thiab nws yog cov xov xwm hauv ntej, tab sis nws yuav siv sij hawm tsawg kawg yog rau tus neeg cog lus kom tuag ua ntej leej twg ceeb toom. Cia peb ua haujlwm tawm cov ntsiab lus thiab ua ib txoj kev npaj yam tsis muaj ncua. " Tig rau nws lwm tus kws pab tswv yim, nws hais tias, "Ok, Kuv xav tau qhov hloov tshiab ntawm kev tawm tsam hauv Iraq ntawm lub hauv paus chaw ua haujlwm luv luv ntawm xya tag kis no. Ua tsaug rau txhua tus ". Raws li pab pawg tawm ntawm Oval Office, Thawj Tswj Hwm nug, "Secretary Barbeau, kuv puas tuaj yeem muaj ob peb lo lus nrog koj hauv chaw ua haujlwm?"
    
  Tom qab lub qhov rooj kaw, tus thawj tswj hwm tau nchuav cov qub Louisiana senator ib co bourbon thiab dej. Lawv ci ib leeg, ces nws hnia nws maj mam ntawm daim di ncauj, ceev faj kom tsis txhob muab daim di ncauj ntau dhau rau nws - tom qab tag nrho, Thawj Tus Poj Niam tau nyob saum tsev nyob. "Ua tsaug rau Phoenix cov lus pom zoo, Stacy," Gardner hais. "Kev xaiv zoo - qhov no yuav ua rau nws tawm ntawm no rau kev hloov pauv. Nws ib txwm tau txais txoj hauv kev. "
    
  Barbeau tau hais tias "Kuv pom zoo-qee zaum nws tsis zoo," Barbeau hais. Nws pouted nws daim di ncauj. "Tab sis kuv xav kom koj nrog kuv tham ua ntej. Kuv tuaj yeem sau npe rau kaum ob tus neeg tsim nyog los ntawm peb tog uas tuaj yeem coj pab pawg. "
    
  Gardner tau hais tias "Walter qhia kuv tias muaj lus xaiv nyob hauv Washington tias Phoenix tau raug thawb mus deb dhau mus rau hauv keeb kwm yav dhau thiab ua rau nws lub neej yav tom ntej kev nom kev tswv," Gardner tau hais.
    
  "Zoo, qhov ntawd yog qhov feem ntau tshwm sim rau lwm tus thawj tswj hwm."
    
  Gardner tau hais tias "Kuv paub, tab sis kuv yuav tsum khaws nws ntawm daim pib thaum kuv khiav rov qab xaiv tsa, thiab kuv tsis xav kom cov thawj coj ntawm tog txhawb nws tawm kom nws thiaj li khiav tau rau nws tus kheej," Gardner hais, nchuav nws tus kheej rau lwm lub khob. Puerto Rican rum nrog dej khov. "Nws yog ib txoj haujlwm zoo uas yuav ua rau nws cov neeg txhawb nqa, tab sis nws nyob sab nraud uas tsis muaj xov xwm ntau; nws yuav qhia tias kuv mob siab rau tshawb xyuas qhov xwm txheej, tab sis tsis muaj dab tsi yuav los ntawm nws, yog li yog tias leej twg raug mob, nws yuav yog nws; tab sis qhov tseem ceeb tshaj, nws yog ib lub ntsiab lus uas yuav ploj mus sai sai los ntawm pej xeem mloog vim nws txhawj xeeb txog cov tub rog Asmeskas poob. Xa cov npe ntawm koj cov kws tshaj lij rau Phoenix thiab cia saib seb nws puas lees txais ib qho ntawm lawv. "
    
  "Tej zaum," Barbeau hais tias, nws lub qhov muag ci ntsa iab nrog kev xav, "tus lwm thawj coj yuav tsis nco qab os lossis hnav lub tsho tiv thaiv mos txwv, thiab ib yam li ntawd, peb yuav xav tau tus lwm thawj tshiab."
    
  Gardner hais tias, "Yexus, Stacey, tsis txhob tso dag txog qhov phem li ntawd," Gardner tau hais. Nws ob lub qhov muag sawv hauv qhov xav tsis thoob ntawm nws cov lus; nws tos saib seb nws puas yuav luag thiab luag tam sim ntawd qhov kev xav tsaus nti, tab sis nws tsis xav tsis thoob thaum pom tias nws tsis ua.
    
  "Kuv yuav tsis xav kom muaj kev puas tsuaj rau lub qab zib thiab ua haujlwm hnyav Kenneth Timothy Phoenix," nws hais. "Tab sis nws tab tom taug kev mus rau qhov txaus ntshai, thiab koj yuav tsum xav txog qhov peb yuav ua yog tias qhov phem tshaj plaws tshwm sim."
    
  "Tau kawg, kuv yuav tau xaiv ib tug hloov rau nws. Kuv muaj npe. "
    
  Barbeau muab lub bourbon tso rau ntawm lub rooj thiab maj mam, teasingly, mus cuag tus thawj tswj hwm. "Kuv puas nyob hauv koj daim ntawv teev npe, Mr. Thawj Tswj Hwm?" - Nws nug hauv lub suab qis, mob siab rau, khiav nws cov ntiv tes hauv qab lapels ntawm nws lub tsho, caressing nws lub hauv siab.
    
  "Auj, koj nyob ntawm ntau cov npe, zib ntab." Tab sis tom qab ntawd kuv yuav tsum tau ntiav ib tus neeg ua noj hauv zos, puas yog? "
    
  Nws tsis nres - thiab, nws pom, nws tsis kam lees nws qhov kev tso dag. "Kuv tsis xav tau ib txoj haujlwm qub txeeg qub teg, Joe - Kuv paub tias kuv tuaj yeem khwv tau nws tus kheej," nws hais hauv lub suab qis, zoo nkauj hu nkauj. Nws ntsia nws nrog nws lub qhov muag ntsuab zoo nkauj ... thiab Gardner pom tsis muaj dab tsi tab sis kev hem thawj hauv lawv. Nws hnia nws maj mam ntawm daim di ncauj dua, nws ob lub qhov muag qhib thiab ntsia ncaj nraim rau hauv nws, thiab tom qab hnia nws ntxiv, "Tab sis kuv yuav coj nws mus rau qhov kuv ua tau."
    
  Thawj Tswj Hwm luag nyav thiab tshee lub taub hau tu siab thaum nws mus rau ntawm qhov rooj. "Kuv tsis paub tias leej twg muaj kev phom sij ntau dua, Miss Secretary: tus lwm thawj coj hauv Iraq ... lossis leej twg tau txais koj txoj hauv kev ntawm no hauv Washington."
    
    
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  "Yuav ua li cas nws twv?" Turkish National Defense Minister Hasan Cizek tau npau taws thaum Thawj Tswj Hwm Hirsiz khaws lub xov tooj. "Nws yog kev thuam! Gardner yuav tsum thov txim rau koj, thiab ua tam sim ntawd! "
    
  Tus Thawj Kav Tebchaws Aise Akas tau hais tias "Tseeb, tus thawj coj," hais tias. Nrog nws, Hirsiz thiab Cizek yog tag nrho cov neeg ua haujlwm ruaj ntseg hauv tebchaws: Tus Tuav Ntaub Ntawv ntawm Turkish National Security Council General Orhan Sahin, Txawv Teb Chaws Minister Mustafa Hamarat, Tus Thawj Saib Xyuas Tub Rog Tub Rog General Abdullah Guzlev thiab Fevsi Güclu, Tus Thawj Coj ntawm National Intelligence Organization. , uas ua tiav tag nrho cov kev txawj ntse sab hauv thiab sab nraud. "Gardner chim siab thiab muaj teeb meem xav. Thiab nws hnov qhov kev qias neeg no. Koj puas vwm?"
    
  "Tsis txhob thov txim rau tus neeg qaug cawv Lech, Tus Thawj Kav Tebchaws," Tus Thawj Kav Tebchaws Txawv Tebchaws Mustafa Hamarat tau hais. "Tus Thawj Kav Tebchaws ntawm Tebchaws Meskas yuav tsum tsis txhob hais tawm ntawm lub taub hau ntawm lub xeev thiab ib tus phooj ywg - Kuv tsis quav ntsej nws nkees lossis chim siab npaum li cas. Nws poob nws lub taub hau thaum muaj kev kub ntxhov thiab nws tsis yog lawm. "
    
  Thawj Tswj Hwm Kurzat Hirsiz tau hais tias "Txhua tus neeg, ua siab ntev," nws tsa nws txhais tes zoo li kev tso siab rau. "Kuv tsis chim. Peb tau hu xov tooj tsim nyog thiab thov txim - "
    
  "Kev nkag mus zoo li nws!" Jizek spat.
    
  "Peb cov missiles tua ib tug kaum os neeg Amelikas thiab tej zaum ob peb lub teb chaws Iraqis, Hassan; tej zaum me ntsis groveling yog warranted ntawm no. " Hirsiz frowned ntawm Minister of National Defense. "Nws hais dab tsi los yog ua tom ntej yuav tshwm sim." Nws tig mus rau tus Secretary General ntawm National Security Council. "General, koj puas paub tseeb tias koj cov ntaub ntawv yog qhov tseeb, ua tau thiab xav tau cov lus teb tam sim?"
    
  "Kuv paub tseeb, tus tswv,"nws hnov ib lub suab hais. Nws tig mus pom General Besir Ozek, tus thawj coj ntawm Jandarma, sawv ntawm lub qhov rooj ntawm nws lub chaw ua haujlwm, nrog tus pab cuam txaus ntshai tom qab nws. Ozek tshem tawm tag nrho cov ntaub qhwv los ntawm nws lub ntsej muag, caj dab thiab caj npab, thiab qhov pom tau yog qhov txaus ntshai tiag tiag.
    
  "General Ozek!" Hirsiz blurted tawm, tam sim no xav tsis thoob los ntawm tus general lub xub ntiag thiab ces mob los ntawm nws tsos. Nws nqos nyuaj, nqaim nws ob lub qhov muag ntawm qhov nws ntxub nws thiab tom qab ntawd txaj muag uas cia lwm tus pom nws. "Kuv tsis tau hu koj, tus tswv. Koj tsis zoo. Koj yuav tsum nyob hauv tsev kho mob. "
    
  "Peb kuj tsis muaj sijhawm los ceeb toom rau cov neeg Asmeskas - thiab yog tias peb muaj, cov ntaub ntawv yuav tawm mus rau PKK cov neeg txhawb nqa thiab lub sijhawm yuav ploj mus," Ozek hais ntxiv, zoo li tus thawj tswj hwm tsis tau hais ib lo lus.
    
  Hirsiz nodded, tig tawm ntawm Ozek qhov mob txaus ntshai. "Ua tsaug, General. Koj raug rho tawm haujlwm".
    
  Ozek hais tias "Yog tias kuv tuaj yeem hais tau dawb, tus tswv, kuv lub siab tawg ntawm qhov kuv nyuam qhuav hnov," Ozek hais.
    
  "General?"
    
  "Nws ua rau kuv mob kuv lub plab pes tsawg zaus kuv tau hnov tus Thawj Tswj Hwm ntawm Lub Tebchaws Turkey thov txim zoo li tus me nyuam mos tau ntes tau noj ntses kub rau miv. Nrog rau tag nrho kev hwm, Thawj Tswj Hwm, nws tau qias neeg. "
    
  "Qhov ntawd txaus, General," said Prime Minister Akas. "Qhia qee yam kev hwm."
    
  "Peb tsis tau ua dab tsi ntau tshaj li tiv thaiv peb lub tebchaws," Ozek hais npau taws. "Peb tsis muaj dab tsi los thov txim rau, tus tswv."
    
  "Cov neeg tsis muaj txim Asmeskas tuag, General ..."
    
  "Lawv xav tias lawv yuav mus tom qab al-Qaeda hauv Iraq cov neeg phem, tsis yog PKK," Ozek rov hais dua. "Yog tias cov Iraqis muaj lub hlwb, lawv yuav paub zoo li peb ua tias lub qhov tunnel complex yog PKK sanctuary, tsis yog al-Qaeda."
    
  "Koj puas paub qhov no, General?"
    
  "Zoo, tus tswv," Ozek hais. "Cov neeg tawm tsam Al-Qaeda nkaum thiab ua haujlwm hauv nroog, tsis yog nyob rau hauv cov chaw nyob deb nroog xws li PKK. Yog tias cov neeg Amelikas tau thab xav paub txog qhov no - lossis yog tias Iraqis tau saib xyuas - qhov xwm txheej no yuav tsis tshwm sim. "
    
  Thawj Tswj Hwm Hirsiz poob ntsiag to thiab tig mus - xav, thiab tsis txhob saib Ozek cov qhov txhab txaus ntshai. "Txawm li cas los xij, General, qhov xwm txheej tau ua rau muaj kev npau taws thiab kev npau taws hauv Washington, thiab peb yuav tsum sib haum xeeb, thov txim thiab koom tes," nws hais ib pliag tom qab. "Lawv yuav xa cov neeg tshawb nrhiav thiab peb yuav tsum pab lawv tshawb nrhiav."
    
  Ozek qw hais tias "Tus Tswv, peb tsis tuaj yeem cia qhov no tshwm sim," Ozek qw. "Peb tsis tuaj yeem tso cai rau cov neeg Asmeskas lossis cov zej zog thoob ntiaj teb txwv tsis pub peb tiv thaiv lub tebchaws no. Koj paub zoo li kuv ua qhov kev tsom xam ntawm ib qho kev tshawb nrhiav yuav yog peb qhov yuam kev thiab peb txoj cai, tsis yog PKK lossis lawv cov kev tawm tsam. Peb yuav tsum ua, tam sim no. Ua ib yam dab tsi, tus tswv!"
    
  Tus Thawj Kav Tebchaws lub qhov muag tau npau taws. "Raws li koj, General Ozek!" - nws qw. Cov tub rog qub tub rog Jandarma lub qhov muag flashed, ua rau nws zoo li txaus ntshai. Tus Thawj Kav Tebchaws tau tsa tus ntiv tes rau ntawm nws kom ntsiag to nws cov lus xav tau. "Tsis txhob hais ntxiv, General, lossis kuv yuav hais kom Minister Jizek tshem koj ntawm koj txoj haujlwm thiab tus kheej tshem tawm qib ntawm koj lub cev."
    
  Ozek tau hais tias "Yog tias txhua tus peb ntaus yog PKK cov neeg ua phem, ob peb tus neeg sab nraud peb yuav saib xyuas," Ozek tau hais. "Peb cov neeg yuav tau pom qhov no rau qhov nws tiag tiag: kev yeej tseem ceeb ntawm PKK, tsis yog piv txwv ntawm kev ua tub rog tsis muaj peev xwm lossis kev ntxub ntxaug lwm tus."
    
  "Tus Thawj Kav Tebchaws Dzizek, koj tshem tawm General Ozek los ntawm kev hais kom ua," Akas hais.
    
  "Kuv pom zoo kom nyob twj ywm, Madam Prime Minister ..." Jizek hissed. "Muaj qhov xwm txheej txaus ntshai, yog, tab sis peb tsuas yog ua peb lub luag haujlwm los tiv thaiv peb lub tebchaws ... "
    
  "Kuv hais, Kuv xav kom Ozek raug rho tawm haujlwm!" - qw rau Prime Minister. "Ua tam sim no!"
    
  "Zoo li!" Thawj Tswj Hwm Hirsiz qw, yuav luag thov. "Txhua tus, thov kaw!" Thawj Tswj Hwm saib zoo li nws qhov kev tawm tsam sab hauv tau npaj los rhuav tshem nws. Nws ntsia nws tus kws pab tswv yim thiab zoo li tsis muaj lus teb. Tig rov qab rau Ozek, nws hais hauv lub suab qis, "Ntau tus neeg dawb huv Asmeskas thiab Iraqis raug tua hmo no, General."
    
  "Kuv thov txim, tus tswv," Ozek hais. "Kuv muaj lub luag haujlwm tag nrho. Tab sis peb puas yuav paub pes tsawg tus neeg phem PKK peb tua hmo no? Thiab yog tias cov neeg Amelikas lossis Iraqis ua qhov kev tshawb nrhiav no puas tau qhia peb tias muaj pes tsawg tus neeg phem raug tua, peb puas yuav muaj sijhawm los qhia rau lub ntiaj teb tias lawv tau ua dab tsi rau cov neeg dawb huv Turks? Hirsiz tsis teb, tsuas yog ntsia ntawm qhov chaw ntawm phab ntsa, yog li Ozek tau mloog thiab tig tawm mus.
    
  "Tos, General," Hirsiz hais.
    
  "Koj yuav tsis xav txog lub tswv yim no, Kurzat!" Tus Thawj Kav Tebchaws Akas tau hais tias, nws lub qhov ncauj qhib rau qhov xav tsis thoob.
    
  Hirsiz hais tias "Tus general yog lawm, Icy," "Qhov no tseem yog lwm qhov xwm txheej uas Qaib Cov Txwv yuav ua phem rau ... "Thiab nrog cov lus no, nws leaped, tuav nws lub rooj zaum ntawm ob txhais tes thiab khob nws nrog nrawm nrawm: "Thiab nws ua rau kuv mob! Kuv tsis mus saib cov txiv neej Turkish thiab cov poj niam hauv qhov muag thiab cog lus tshiab thiab zam txim! Kuv xav kom qhov no xaus. Kuv xav kom PKK ntshai tsoom fwv no...tsis yog kuv xav kom cov neeg Amelikas, Iraqis, thoob ntiaj teb ntshai peb! Kuv nkees ntawm kev ua txhua tus neeg scapegoat! Minister Jizek! "
    
  "Sir!"
    
  Hirsiz tau hais tias "Kuv xav pom txoj kev npaj ua haujlwm ntawm kuv lub rooj sai li sai tau uas qhia txog kev ua haujlwm kom rhuav tshem PKK cov chaw cob qhia thiab cov chaw hauv Iraq," Hirsiz tau hais. "Kuv xav kom txo qis kev raug mob ntawm pej xeem, thiab kuv xav kom nws ceev, ua tau zoo thiab tag nrho. Peb paub tias tag nrho lub ntiaj teb yuav nqis los rau ntawm peb, thiab yuav luag txij hnub ib yuav muaj kev kub ntxhov kom tshem tawm cov tub rog, yog li kev ua haujlwm yuav tsum ceev, ua tau zoo thiab loj heev. "
    
  "Yog lawm, tus tswv," Jizek hais. "Nrog kev zoo siab".
    
  Hirsiz taug kev mus rau Ozek thiab muab nws txhais tes rau ntawm lub xub pwg dav dav, lub sij hawm no tsis ntshai saib rau hauv nws lub ntsej muag raug mob. "Kuv cog lus," nws hais tias, "tsis txhob tso cai rau ib tus ntawm kuv tus thawj coj ua lub luag haujlwm rau kev ua haujlwm uas kuv tau tso cai. Kuv yog tus thawj coj. Thaum qhov kev ua haujlwm no pib, General, yog tias koj npaj txhij rau nws, kuv xav kom koj coj lub zog uas yuav tawm tsam ntawm lub plawv ntawm PKK. Yog tias koj muaj zog txaus kom tawm ntawm lub dav hlau poob thiab tuaj ntawm no rau Ankara los tawm tsam kuv, koj muaj zog txaus los tsoo PKK. "
    
  "Ua tsaug, tus tswv," Ozek hais.
    
  Hirsiz tig mus rau lwm tus kws pab tswv yim hauv chav. "Ozek tsuas yog tib tus uas tau hais tawm nws txoj kev xav rau tus thawj tswj hwm - qhov no yog tus neeg zoo uas kuv xav pom ua kuv tus kws pab tswv yim txij hnub no mus. Tsim ib txoj kev npaj kom yeej PKK ib zaug thiab rau tag nrho. "
    
    
  Tshooj plaub
    
    
  Tsis yog vim li cas lossis kev phooj ywg yuav tsum muaj rau kev sib cav.
    
  -IBICUS, 580 BC
    
    
    
  NAKHLA ALLIED AIR BASE, IRAQ
  Ob hnub tom qab
    
    
  Lub suab nyob rau hauv lub Tank tau ntau muffled dua ua ntej; tsis muaj leej twg hais tsuas yog qhia lossis hais lus. Yog tias lawv tsis ua lwm yam, cov thawj coj ntawm lub tuam tsev, cov neeg ua haujlwm thiab cov kws tshaj lij tau zaum ncaj nraim hauv lawv lub rooj zaum thiab ntsia ncaj nraim rau pem hauv ntej - tsis tham nrog lawv cov phooj ywg, tsis muaj kev ncab, tsis muaj cov cim qhia ntawm idleness.
    
  Colonel Wilhelm nkag mus rau hauv chav sib ntaus sib tua, coj nws qhov chaw nyob rau pem hauv ntej console thiab muab tso rau ntawm nws lub mloog pob ntseg. Yog tias tsis tig mus ntsib nws lub hauv paus chaw ua haujlwm, nws tau hais txog kev sib tham: "Peb raug yuam kom ncua txhua qhov haujlwm tshwj tsis yog kev xa khoom, kev txawj ntse thiab kev txawj ntse. Tsis muaj IA kev txhawb nqa kev sib ntaus sib tua kom txog thaum muaj kev ceeb toom ntxiv. "
    
  "Tab sis txhua yam ua tiav los ntawm cov neeg cog lus, tus tswv," ib tus neeg hais dhau ntawm intercom. "Peb yuav ua dab tsi?"
    
  Wilhelm teb tias "Peb yuav mus cob qhia thaum muaj xwm txheej tsis zoo nrog Qaib Cov Txwv," Wilhelm teb.
    
  "Peb puas ua tsov rog nrog Turkey, tus tswv?" - nug tus tub ceev xwm laus ntawm cov tub rog, Mark Wetherby.
    
  "Tsis zoo," Wilhelm teb tsis muaj xim.
    
  "Tom qab ntawd yog vim li cas peb rov qab, tus tswv?" nug Regimental Operations Officer Kenneth Bruno. "Peb tsis tau npau taws. Peb yuav tsum tuav cov Turks mus rau ntuj raug txim rau - "
    
  Wilhelm hais tias, "Kuv nug tib lo lus nug thiab ua tib yam lus," thiab Pentagon kuj hais kom kuv nyob ntsiag to, yog li tam sim no kuv qhia koj: nyob ntsiag to. Mloog thiab dhau lo lus rau koj cov tub rog:
    
  "Peb niaj hnub nyob hauv Delta yuam kev tiv thaiv hom. Yog tias kuv pom koj nyob rau hauv lub hnub tsis muaj koj lub suab sib ntaus sib tua, thiab koj tseem tsis tau tuag, kuv mam li tua koj tus kheej. Lub hauv paus no yuav raug kaw nruj dua li cov khib nyiab pov tseg. Kev txom nyem yuav tshwm sim rau txhua tus neeg uas pom yam tsis muaj kev txheeb xyuas pom thiab nthuav tawm hauv qhov chaw zoo, thiab qhov no suav nrog cov neeg ua haujlwm laus thiab tshwj xeeb tshaj yog cov pej xeem.
    
  "Txij li lub sijhawm no, lub hauv paus no tau muab tso rau hauv txoj cai lij choj - yog tias peb tsis raug tso cai los tiv thaiv cov tub rog Iraqi uas nyob thiab ua haujlwm nrog peb, peb yuav tiv thaiv peb tus kheej kom zoo," Wilhelm hais ntxiv. "Peb yuav tsis zaum rov qab nrog peb tus ntiv tes xoo ntawm peb lub asses - peb yuav txuas ntxiv cob qhia kom ntev npaum li peb tau tso cai kom txog thaum peb tau txais kev nplij siab. Tom ntej no, Triple-C yuav raug xa mus rau IA sai li sai tau - "
    
  "Dab tsi?" - ib tug exclaimed.
    
  "Kuv hais tias kaw," Wilhelm snapped. "Cov lus tshaj tawm los ntawm Pentagon: peb yuav tsis tau txais kev pab. Peb tab tom kaw lub khw thiab tig Triple-C mus rau Internal Affairs. Txhua qhov kev sib ntaus sib tua tau raug tshem tawm ntawm Iraq ua ntej lub sijhawm. Kev Ruaj Ntseg Hauv Tebchaws yuav dhau los. " Nws yog ib hnub uas coob leej nyob hauv chav ntawd tau thov Vajtswv, hnub uas lawv yuav tawm hauv Iraq kom zoo, tab sis txawv txawv, tsis muaj leej twg ua kev zoo siab. "Zoo?" Wilhelm nug, saib ib ncig ntawm lub tank. "Koj tsis zoo siab Mokes?"
    
  Lub silence ntev ua raws li; ces Mark Weatherly hais tias, "Nws ua rau peb zoo li peb tab tom khiav, tus tswv."
    
  "Nws ua rau peb zoo li peb tsis tuaj yeem ntaus," lwm tus neeg qw nrov nrov.
    
  Wilhelm hais tias "Kuv paub nws yog. "Tab sis peb paub txawv." Qhov no tsis zoo li ntxias leej twg - qhov kev ntsiag to yog palpable. "Peb yuav tshem tawm tag nrho cov ntaub ntawv cais, uas, raws li kuv nkag siab, thaum tsis muaj cov lus qhia ntxaws ntxaws yuav ua rau peb cov cuab yeej siv feem ntau, tab sis qhov seem yuav raug xa mus rau cov tub rog Iraqi. Peb tseem yuav nyob ntawm no los cob qhia thiab pab IA, tab sis tsis yog hauv kev sib ntaus sib tua. Nws tsis paub meej tias lawv lub tswv yim ntawm 'kev nyab xeeb kev ua haujlwm' cuam tshuam rau peb li cas, yog li peb tseem yuav pom qee qhov kev txiav txim, tab sis kuv yuav tsis twv nws. McLanahan nyob qhov twg?
    
  Patrick teb tias "Kuv npaj txhij, Colonel," Patrick teb rau lub network hais kom ua. "Kuv nyob hauv hangar."
    
  Wilhelm hais tias, "Lub luag haujlwm tseem ceeb ntawm tub rog tam sim no yog txhawb nqa cov tub rog sib cog lus," nws lub suab txias txias thiab tsis txaus siab, "vim tias txhua qhov kev soj ntsuam thiab kev ruaj ntseg yuav ua los ntawm lawv. Cov tub rog tam sim no tsuas yog lub zog uas peb nyob hauv Kaus Lim Kauslim ua ntej kev sib sau ua ke, thiab tej zaum peb yuav raug txo kom tsawg dua li ua ntej peb tawm mus tag nrho. General McLanahan, ntsib nrog Tus Thawj Tub Rog Cotter thiab txheeb xyuas kev sib koom tes hauv huab cua nrog kev thauj mus los, drones thiab koj lub dav hlau soj ntsuam. "
    
  "Yog lawm, Colonel."
    
  "McLanahan, ntsib kuv hauv hangar hauv tsib. Txhua leej txhua tus, Tus Thawj Coj Thawj Coj yuav ntsib nrog koj los tham txog kev tshem tawm cov cuab yeej cais tawm thiab pib qhov kev cob qhia. Auj, ib qho ntxiv: qhov kev ua koob tsheej nco txog rau Thib Ob Platoon yog hmo no; Tag kis sawv ntxov lawv yuav raug xa los ntawm lub dav hlau mus rau lub teb chaws Yelemees. Qhov ntawd yog txhua yam ". Nws pov nws lub mloog pob ntseg rau ntawm lub rooj thiab tawm mus yam tsis tau saib lwm tus.
    
  Lub XC-57 tau tsiv mus rau lub tsev pheeb suab loj sab nraum zoov kom lub tshuab cua txias tuaj yeem siv los npaj cov tswv cuab ntawm Pawg Tub Rog thib Ob rau lawv tawm ntawm Iraq. Lub C-130 Hercules thauj lub dav hlau xa cov txhuas hloov pauv los ntawm Kuwait thiab lawv tau ntim rau hauv kev npaj rau kev thauj khoom. Cov rooj ntawm cov tub rog 'tseem nyob rau hauv lub cev lub hnab tau teem tseg, thiab cov neeg ua haujlwm kho mob, morgue thiab sau npe tuaj yeem pab dawb, thiab cov phooj ywg tub rog taug kev nce thiab nqis hauv kab los pab, thov Vajtswv rau lawv lossis hais lus zoo. Lub tsheb tub yees tau teeb tsa nyob ze rau khaws cov seem ntawm cov tub rog raug mob hnyav dua.
    
  Wilhelm pom Patrick sawv ntawm ib sab ntawm ib lub hnab ntim lub cev thaum tus neeg ua haujlwm pab dawb tos zip up lub hnab. Thaum Patrick pom tus thawj tub ceev xwm sawv ntawm nws sab nraud, nws hais tias, "Tus Kws Tshwj Xeeb Gamaliel tuaj nag hmo ua ntej tshaj tawm txoj moo zoo. Nws hais tias nws xav paub seb nws zoo li cas los ya cov foob pob hnyav thiab dav hlau qhov chaw. Nws hais rau kuv tias nws ib txwm xav ya thiab xav txog kev koom nrog Air Force kom nws mus rau hauv qhov chaw. Peb tau tham txog kaum tsib feeb thiab tom qab ntawd nws tawm mus koom nrog nws pab pawg. "
    
  Wilhelm ntsia lub cev nqaij daim tawv thiab ntshav, hais ua tsaug rau koj, tub rog, tom qab ntawd hais nrov nrov: "Peb yuav tsum tham, General." Nws nodded rau cov tub rog tos, uas reverently tiav zipping lub cev lub hnab. Nws ua raws Patrick raws ib kab ntawm lub cev lub hnab, tom qab ntawd mus rau hauv ib feem ntawm lub hangar. "Peb yuav muaj VIPs ya tom qab hnub no hauv CV-22 Osprey," nws hais.
    
  "Vice President Phoenix. Kuv paub".
    
  "Yuav ua li cas lub ntuj raug txim koj paub tag nrho cov no sai heev, McLanahan?"
    
  Patrick hais tias "Nws tau ya hauv peb XC-57 thib ob, tsis yog Osprey," Patrick hais. "Lawv ntshai tias Osprey yog lub hom phiaj loj dhau."
    
  "Koj cov txiv neej yuav tsum nruj zoo nkauj txuas nrog Tsev Dawb kom tshem tawm qhov no." Patrick tsis tau hais dab tsi. "Koj puas muaj dab tsi ua nrog kev txiav txim siab kom tsis txhob sib ntaus?"
    
  Patrick tau hais tias "Koj paub tias koj tau ua haujlwm hauv kev sib ntaus sib tua, Colonel," said Patrick. "Qhov xwm txheej hauv Zakho tsuas yog ua kom nrawm nrawm. Raws li kuv paub tej yam zoo li cas... nws yog kuv txoj haujlwm kom paub lossis kawm qee yam. Kuv siv txhua lub cuab yeej ntawm kuv qhov chaw pov tseg los sau cov ntaub ntawv ntau li ntau tau. "
    
  Wilhelm tau nqis ib kauj ruam ntawm Patrick ... tab sis lub sijhawm no nws tsis hem. Nws zoo li nws muaj ib lo lus nug loj, ncaj, thiab ceev uas nws tsis xav kom lwm tus hnov, yog tias nws yuav nthuav tawm nws tus kheej kev ntshai lossis tsis meej pem. "Koj yog leej twg?" nws nug hauv lub suab qis, yuav luag ntxhi. "Dab tsi yog ntuj raug txim mus ntawm no?"
    
  Thawj zaug, Patrick softened nws lub tswv yim ntawm tus thawj coj tub rog. Nws yeej paub tias nws zoo li cas rau cov txiv neej poob hauv kev sib ntaus sib tua thiab poob kev tswj hwm ntawm qhov xwm txheej, thiab nws nkag siab tias Wilhelm xav li cas. Tab sis nws tseem tsis tau txais lus teb lossis piav qhia.
    
  Patrick hais tias "Kuv thov txim rau koj qhov poob, Colonel," Patrick hais. "Tam sim no yog tias koj yuav zam txim rau kuv, kuv muaj lub dav hlau tuaj txog."
    
  Qhov thib ob ua tsis tiav XC-57 lub dav hlau tsaws ntawm Allied air base Nala thaum yim teev tsaus ntuj lub sijhawm hauv zos. Qhov no tau ua ntej los ntawm CV-22 Osprey qaij-rotor thauj dav hlau, uas cov xovxwm thiab cov neeg sawv cev hauv zos tau hais kom nqa tus lwm thawj coj. CV-22 tau ua tus txheej txheem "kev ua tau zoo" tuaj txog - lub siab ceev yob mus rau hauv lub hauv paus los ntawm qhov siab siab, ua raws li lub voj voog loj tshaj ntawm lub hauv paus kom txo qis thiab qhov siab - thiab tsis muaj teeb meem. Los ntawm lub sijhawm cov tub rog kev ruaj ntseg tau coj Osprey mus rau hauv lub hangar, XC-57 twb tau tsaws thiab tsheb tavxij nyab xeeb mus rau lwm qhov ntawm lub hauv paus.
    
  Jack Wilhelm, Patrick McLanahan, John Masters, Chris Thompson thiab Mark Weatherly, txhua tus hnav tib lub khaub ncaws pej xeem - xiav ris, khau boots, lub tsho dawb, looj tsom iav dub thiab lub tsho xim av zoo li Chris Thompson cov tub rog ruaj ntseg feem ntau hnav - sawv ntawm ib sab ntawm XC-57 raws li Tus Lwm Thawj Coj tau taug kev ntawm txoj kev.
    
  Tsuas yog ib tug hauv khaub ncaws yog Colonel Yusuf Jaffar, Iraqi tus thawj coj ntawm Allied Nakhla Air Base. Nws yog nyob rau hauv nws ib txwm grey suab puam sib ntaus sib tua khaub ncaws, tab sis lub sij hawm no nws hnav ib tug ntsuab beret nrog ntau yam khoom plig pinned rau nws lub tsho, dub ascot khau boots, heev polished khau looj plab hlaub, ib rab phom holster thiab ib tug .45 caliber tsis siv neeg rab yaj phom. Nws tsis tau hais dab tsi rau leej twg tsuas yog nws tus pab, tab sis zoo li nws tab tom saib Patrick, zoo li nws xav nrog nws tham.
    
  Tsis muaj leej twg tsuas yog Jaffar tau hais lus qhuas thaum Tus Lwm Thawj Coj Kenneth Phoenix tau nqis los rau hauv av. Phoenix tau hnav khaub ncaws zoo ib yam li lwm tus neeg Asmeskas - nws zoo li ib pab pawg neeg saib xyuas. Ntau tus txiv neej thiab poj niam hnav khaub ncaws zoo sib xws tuaj tawm.
    
  Phoenix ntsia ib ncig, luag ntxhi ntawm qhov pom, kom txog thaum nws ob lub qhov muag thaum kawg tsaws rau ntawm lub ntsej muag paub. "Ua Vajtswv tsaug kuv paub ib tug. Kuv pib xav tias kuv tab tom npau suav txawv." Nws taug kev mus rau Patrick thiab nthuav nws txhais tes. "Zoo siab tau ntsib koj, General."
    
  "Kuv zoo siab tau pom koj thiab, Tus Lwm Thawj Coj. Txais tos rau Iraq. "
    
  "Kuv xav tias nws tau tshwm sim hauv qhov xwm txheej zoo siab dua. Yog li tam sim no koj ua haujlwm rau "sab tsaus": cov neeg ua haujlwm tiv thaiv phem." Patrick tsis teb. "Qhia kuv rau sawv daws."
    
  "Yog lawm, sir. Colonel Yusuf Jaffar, Tus Thawj Coj ntawm Allied Air Base Nala.
    
  Jaffar tuav nws lub siab kom txog thaum nws tau qhia, thiab tom qab ntawd nws sawv ntawm kev mloog kom txog thaum Phoenix ncua nws txhais tes. "Zoo siab tau ntsib koj, Colonel."
    
  Jaffar tuav nws tes nruj thaum nws sawv. "Kuv zoo siab tias koj tau tuaj xyuas kuv lub hauv paus thiab kuv lub tebchaws, tus tswv," nws hais hauv lub suab nrov, nws cov lus tau hais meej meej zoo. "Es-salaam alekum. Txais tos rau koom pheej ntawm Iraq thiab Nakhla Allied Air Base. "
    
  "Es-salaam alekum," Phoenix hais nyob rau hauv lub suab lus Arabic zoo heev. "Kuv thov txim rau koj qhov poob, tus tswv."
    
  Jaffar tau hais tias "Kuv cov txiv neej tau ua haujlwm nrog kev hwm thiab tuag ua neeg tua neeg hauv lawv lub tebchaws," Jaffar tau hais. "Lawv zaum ntawm Vajtswv sab tes xis. Rau cov uas ua qhov no, lawv yuav them nyiaj ntau heev. " Nws snapped rau xim thiab tig tawm ntawm Phoenix, xaus lawv cov kev sib tham.
    
  "Mr. Vice President, Colonel Jack Wilhelm, Regimental Commander."
    
  Phoenix ncua nws txhais tes thiab Wilhelm coj nws. "Kuv thov txim heev rau koj qhov kev poob, Colonel," nws hais. "Yog tias koj xav tau dab tsi, dab tsi, los ncaj nraim rau kuv."
    
  "Lub sijhawm no, kuv qhov kev thov tsuas yog kom koj tuaj koom lub Rooj Sib Tham Thib Ob, tus tswv. Nws yuav nyob hauv ob peb teev. "
    
  "Yog lawm, Colonel. Kuv yuav nyob ntawd". William tau qhia lwm tus ntawm nws cov lus txib, thiab Tus Lwm Thawj Coj tau qhia lwm tus uas tuaj nrog nws. Chris Thompson ces coj lawv mus rau cov tsheb tos tsheb loj.
    
  Ua ntej Patrick nkag mus rau hauv cov armored Suburban, Jaffar tus pab cuam los cuag nws thiab hais lus rau nws. "Kuv thov txim rau qhov cuam tshuam, tus tswv," tus pab hais lus Askiv zoo heev. "Tus Colonel xav nrog koj tham."
    
  Patrick ntsia Jaffar, uas ib nrab tig tawm ntawm nws. "Qhov no puas tuaj yeem tos kom txog thaum peb cov lus qhia luv luv nrog Tus Lwm Thawj Coj tiav?"
    
  "Tus Colonel yuav tsis tuaj ntawm lub rooj sib tham, tus tswv. Thov?" Patrick nodded thiab motioned rau tus neeg tsav tsheb khiav tawm.
    
  Cov Iraqi tau mloog thiab ua kev zoo siab thaum Patrick tuaj cuag nws. Patrick rov qab nws txoj kev tos txais. "General McLanahan. Kuv thov txim rau qhov cuam tshuam. "
    
  "Koj yuav tsis tuaj koom nrog cov lus qhia luv luv nrog Tus Lwm Thawj Coj, Colonel?"
    
  Jaffar piav qhia tias "Nws yuav yog kev thuam rau kuv tus thawj coj thiab tus thawj coj ntawm cov tub rog Iraqi yog tias kuv tuaj koom lub rooj sib tham ua ntej lawv," Jaffar piav qhia. "Cov kev cai no yuav tsum ua raws." Nws ntsia ntawm McLanahan, tom qab ntawd ntxiv: "Kuv xav tias koj cov thawj coj thiab cov neeg sawv cev hauv Baghdad yuav ua rau muaj kev npau taws li no."
    
  "Qhov no yog tus lwm thawj coj kev txiav txim siab, tsis yog peb li."
    
  "Tus Lwm Thawj Coj txhawj xeeb me ntsis txog cov txheej txheem zoo li no?"
    
  "Nws nyob ntawm no kom paub seb muaj dab tsi tshwm sim thiab seb peb tsoom fwv tuaj yeem pab tau zoo li cas, tsis yog ua raws li cov txheej txheem."
    
  Jaffar nodded. "Kuv nkag siab".
    
  "Nws yuav xav tias koj qhov kev tsis tuaj ntawm qhov kev qhia luv luv yog ua txhaum txoj cai, Colonel. Thaum kawg, nws nyob ntawm no los pab Iraq thiab Iraqi Army. "
    
  "Puas yog li ntawd, General?" Jaffar nug, nws lub suab rab chais ntse. "Nws tuaj tsis tau caw tuaj rau peb lub tebchaws thiab xav kom kuv tuaj koom lub rooj sib tham uas peb tus thawj tswj hwm tseem tsis tau hnov?" Nws ua txuj xav txog nws cov ntsiab lus, ces nodded. "Thov qhia kuv qhov kev thov txim rau tus lwm thawj."
    
  "Muaj tseeb. Kuv tuaj yeem sau rau koj tom qab yog tias koj xav tau. "
    
  Jaffar tau hais tias "Qhov ntawd yuav ua tau, General," Jaffar tau hais. "Tus Tswv, kuv puas tuaj yeem tso cai los tshuaj xyuas koj lub dav hlau tshawb nrhiav ntawm kuv qhov yooj yim tshaj plaws?"
    
  Patrick xav tsis thoob me ntsis: Jaffar tau qhia tias tsis muaj kev txaus siab rau lawv cov dej num txhua lub sijhawm uas nws tau nyob ntawd. "Muaj qee lub tshuab thiab cov khoom siv uas raug cais tawm thiab kuv ua tsis tau-"
    
  "Kuv nkag siab, tus tswv. Kuv ntseeg tias koj hu nws NOFORN - tsis muaj neeg txawv teb chaws. Kuv nkag siab tag nrho."
    
  "Tom qab ntawd kuv zoo siab los qhia rau koj," Patrick hais. "Kuv tuaj yeem qhia koj luv luv ntawm hnub no lub davhlau tshawb nrhiav, qhia koj nyob ib puag ncig lub dav hlau ua ntej kev tshuaj xyuas ua ntej ya davhlau, thiab tshuaj xyuas cov ntaub ntawv tsis raug cais raws li peb tau txais los qhia koj peb lub peev xwm. Kuv yuav tau txais kev tso cai los ntawm Colonel Wilhelm thiab kuv lub tuam txhab, tab sis kuv tsis xav tias yuav muaj teeb meem. Kaum cuaj puas teev hauv koj lub chaw haujlwm?
    
  Jaffar tau hais tias "Qhov ntawd yog qhov tsim nyog, General McLanahan," Jaffar tau hais. Patrick nodned thiab ncua nws txhais tes, tab sis Jaffar snapped rau mloog, saluted, tig rau ntawm nws lub luj tshib thiab sai sai mus rau lub tsheb tos, raws li nws tus pab. Patrick tuav nws lub taub hau hauv kev tsis meej pem, ces dhia mus rau hauv qhov tos Hummer, uas coj nws mus rau Command Post.
    
  Wilhelm tab tom tos nws hauv chav sib tham uas pom lub Reservoir. Mark Weatherly tau qhia VP rau qee tus neeg ua haujlwm thiab piav qhia txog kev teeb tsa ntawm Triple-C thiab lub tank. "Jaffar nyob qhov twg?" Wilhelm nug hauv lub suab qis.
    
  "Nws yuav tsis tuaj rau qhov kev qhia luv luv. Nws hais tias nws yuav ua phem rau nws cov thawj coj yog tias nws tham nrog tus lwm thawj coj ua ntej. "
    
  Wilhelm hais tias "Damned haji-nws yuav tsum ua rau nws tus kheej zoo," "Vim li cas lub ntuj raug txim tsis qhia kuv tus kheej?" Patrick tsis teb. "Koj ob leeg tham txog dab tsi?"
    
  "Nws xav mus ncig Loser, tau txais kev qhia luv luv ntawm peb lub peev xwm, thiab pom lub luag haujlwm tshawb nrhiav tom ntej."
    
  "Txij thaum twg nws txaus siab rau tag nrho cov no?" Wilhelm nug. "Nws yog hnub no, ntawm txhua hnub, tom qab peb tau txais peb lub asses ncaws thiab Washington tau nce thiab nqis peb nraub qaum."
    
  "Kuv hais rau nws tias kuv xav tau koj kev tso cai ua ntej."
    
  Wilhelm tab tom hais tias tsis yog, tab sis nws tsuas tuav nws lub taub hau thiab yws ib yam dab tsi hauv qab nws ua tsis taus pa. "Nws muaj cai nyob hauv Tank thaum txhua qhov kev ua haujlwm - rau Vajtswv lub hom phiaj, peb tso tus thawj coj lub rooj rau nws, txawm hais tias nws tsis tau nyob ntawd - yog li kuv twv kuv tsis muaj kev xaiv. Tab sis nws yuav tsis tuaj yeem pom cov khoom NOFORN. "
    
  "Kuv hais rau nws ib yam nkaus thiab nws nkag siab. Nws txawm paub lub sij hawm. "
    
  "Tej zaum nws pom nws hauv yeeb yaj kiab thiab nyiam rov hais dua txhua lub sijhawm. Kuv twv nws tau daig hauv nws caj pas. " Wilhelm tuav nws lub taub hau dua, zoo li tshem tawm tag nrho cov kev sib tham ntawm nws lub siab. "Koj puas tseem yuav hais rau Tus Lwm Thawj Coj koj qhov kev xav?"
    
  "Yog".
    
  "Tsuas yog koj tuaj yeem tso ob thiab ob ua ke thiab tau tsib. Nov yog koj lub ntees tuag. Okay, cia peb ua qhov no nrog. " Wilhelm tau taub hau rau Weatherly, uas cuam tshuam nws cov lus thiab hais kom tus Lwm Thawj Coj tau zaum hauv chav tos.
    
  Wilhelm sawv ntsug ntawm lub dais thaum sawv daws tau zaum. "Mr. Tus Lwm Thawj Coj, cov qhua, ua tsaug rau qhov kev mus ntsib no," nws pib. "Koj lub xub ntiag tsis ntev tom qab qhov xwm txheej nag hmo tau xa cov lus qhia meej thiab tseem ceeb tsis yog rau tub ceev xwm nkaus xwb, tab sis rau txhua tus neeg koom nrog hauv qhov kev tsis sib haum xeeb no. Kuv cov neeg ua haujlwm thiab kuv npaj txhij los pab koj hauv koj qhov kev tshawb nrhiav.
    
  "Kuv paub tias muaj ntau tus neeg tseem ceeb - Tus Thawj Fwm Tsav Tebchaws ntawm Iraq, Ambassador, tus thawj coj ntawm pawg tub rog hauv Iraq - uas tos txais tos koj, leej twg yuav npau taws heev kom paub tias koj tuaj ntawm no es tsis txhob mus. Lub hauv paus chaw ua haujlwm, kom ntsib lawv," Wilhelm hais ntxiv, "tab sis General McLanahan thiab kuv xav tias koj yuav tsum tau hnov peb ua ntej. Hmoov tsis zoo, tus thawj coj hauv paus, Colonel Jaffar, yuav tsis nyob ntawm no. "
    
  "Nws hais tias yog vim li cas tsis, Colonel?" - nug tus lwm thawj coj.
    
  "Nws hais rau kuv tias nws yuav tawm tsam cov txheej txheem hais lus rau koj ua ntej nws cov tub ceev xwm tau ua, tus tswv," Patrick teb. "Nws xa nws txoj kev khuv leej."
    
  "Nws yog nws cov neeg uas raug tua thiab nws lub tebchaws tawm tsam. Dab tsi txawv nws ua rau leej twg hnov los ntawm peb ua ntej?
    
  "Koj puas xav kom kuv coj nws rov qab los ntawm no, tus tswv?"
    
  Phoenix hais tias "Tsis yog, cia peb mus ntxiv," Phoenix hais. "Tam sim no, kuv tsis txhawj xeeb txog kev nce tus ntiv taw tshwj tsis yog cov neeg ua haujlwm tua peb cov tub rog, thiab tom qab ntawd kuv yuav ua kom cov neeg phem ntawd puas tsuaj.
    
  "Okay, cov txiv neej, kuv xav tau cov lus qhia luv luv no los ntawm koj vim kuv paub Iraqis, Kurds thiab Turks xav qhia kuv luv luv, thiab kuv paub tias lawv yuav tig lawv txoj kev no; Kuv xav hnov koj thawj lo lus. Cov Turks hais tias lawv tsis ua dab tsi tab sis tiv thaiv lawv lub teb chaws los ntawm PKK thiab tias qhov kev foob pob tawg yog qhov txaus ntshai tab sis yuam kev yooj yim. Cia peb hnov koj lub tswv yim."
    
  "Tau taub hau, sir." Cov khoom siv hluav taws xob tom qab Wilhelm tau los ua lub neej, qhia daim duab qhia chaw ntawm ciam teb ntawm sab qaum teb Iraq thiab sab qab teb ntawm Turkey. "Xyoo xyoo dhau los lossis yog li ntawd lawv tau nce lawv cov tub rog ciam teb hauv Jandarma, suav nrog cov tub rog tshwj xeeb, nrog rau ntau lub dav hlau ntxiv, los pab cuam tshuam nrog PKK incursions hla ciam teb. Lawv kuj tau xa ob peb pab tub rog mus rau sab hnub poob qab teb, tej zaum ib lossis ob pab tub rog. "
    
  "Ntau npaum li cas tshaj li ib txwm xa tawm, kuv xav tias?" nug tus lwm thawj.
    
  Wilhelm teb tias "Ntau ntau ntxiv, tus tswv, txawm xav txog qhov tsis ntev los no PKK cov neeg ua phem tawm tsam hauv Diyarbakir," Wilhelm teb.
    
  "Thiab peb muaj dab tsi ntawm sab no?"
    
  "Ua ke nrog cov Iraqis, tus tswv, kwv yees li ib feem peb ntawm lawv cov tub rog thiab ib feem me me ntawm tub rog," Wilhelm teb. "Qhov kev hem thawj loj tshaj plaws yog lawv cov tub rog siv dav hlau hauv cheeb tsam. Diyarbakir yog lub tsev nyob rau Thib Ob Tactical Air Force Command, uas yog lub luag haujlwm rau kev tiv thaiv ntawm thaj chaw ciam teb ntawm Syria, Iraq thiab Iran. Lawv muaj ob lub tis ntawm F-16 fighter-bombers thiab ib lub tis ntawm F-4E Phantom fighter-bombers, ntxiv rau ib tug tshiab tis ntawm ob tug A-10 Thunderbolt nyob ze-hauv huab cua pab txhawb nqa aircraft thiab ib tug tis ntawm F-15E Strike Eagle fighter- Cov neeg tawg rog tsis ntev los no tau los ntawm Tebchaws Meskas ua cov khoom siv ntxiv. "
    
  Tus lwm thawj coj hais tias, "F-15 tshaj tawm yog qhov vwm tshaj plaws uas kuv tau hnov," "Puas lawv tseem tsis tau swb rau hauv kev sib ntaus sib tua?"
    
  "Kuv ntseeg li ntawd, tus tswv," William hais. "Tab sis nrog kev txo qis tsis ntev los no ntawm US Air Force fighters nyob rau hauv kev pom zoo ntawm cov neeg nqa khoom raws li kev sib ntaus sib tua ntawm Navy thiab Marine Corps, muaj ntau yam riam phom Asmeskas zoo ntawm kev lag luam xa tawm."
    
  Phoenix tau hais tias "Kuv paub, kuv paub-Kuv tau tawm tsam nyuaj kom tsis txhob muaj cov khoom siv thev naus laus zis zoo li no," Phoenix tau hais. "Tab sis Thawj Tswj Hwm Gardner yog tus kws tshaj lij tub rog tiag tiag nrog rau tus neeg txhawb nqa zoo ntawm Navy, thiab Congress tau txhawb nqa nws txoj kev hloov pauv thiab hloov kho tshiab. Cov tub rog huab cua tau raug hosed thiab cov teb chaws xws li Qaib Cov Txwv tau sau cov txiaj ntsig. Yog tias peb tsis tuaj yeem hloov F-22 rau kev ua haujlwm thauj khoom, Qaib ntxhw yuav tau txais Raptors ib yam nkaus. Okay, lub xab npum dhau lawm. Thov mus ntxiv, Colonel. Koj ntsib lwm yam kev hem thawj dab tsi?"
    
  "Lawv lub tshuab dav hlau loj dua, xws li Patriot missiles, loj-calibre radar-guided triple-A missiles thiab British Rapier nto-to-air missiles, yog tsom rau Iran thiab Syria," Wilhelm txuas ntxiv. "Peb tuaj yeem cia siab tias lawv yuav txav qee lub tshuab mus rau sab hnub poob, tab sis qhov tseeb Iraq tsis yog kev hem thawj huab cua, yog li kuv xav tias lawv yuav khaws lawv cov SAMs tawm tsam Iran thiab Syria. Cov phom me me thiab Stinger foob pob hluav taws tuaj yeem pom nyob txhua qhov chaw thiab tau siv dav los ntawm cov tub rog armored.
    
  "Cov tub rog Turkish Gendarma paramilitary tab tom siv ntau lub chaw ua haujlwm tshwj xeeb, feem ntau yog mus yos hav zoov thiab rhuav tshem PKK cov neeg ntxeev siab thiab cov neeg ua phem. Lawv tau txais kev cob qhia zoo heev thiab peb suav tias lawv yog qhov sib npaug ntawm Tub Rog Tub Rog Kev Tshawb Fawb - lub teeb, nrawm, txawb thiab tuag. "
    
  Patrick hais ntxiv tias "Lawv tus thawj coj, General Besir Ozek, tau raug mob hnyav thaum lub sijhawm PKK kev tawm tsam loj kawg hauv Diyarbakir," tab sis nws zoo li tau nce thiab coj nws cov tub rog hauv kev tshawb nrhiav-thiab-tua kev ua haujlwm hauv ciam teb. Nws yog undoubtedly tus uas nqa lub foob pob ua ntxaij nres rau Zakhu. "
    
  "Kuv yeej yuav tsum tham nrog nws," tus lwm thawj coj hais. "Yog li, Colonel, koj piav qhia dab tsi rau tag nrho cov haujlwm no?"
    
  Wilhelm hais tias, "Nws tsis yog kuv txoj haujlwm los tshuaj xyuas, tab sis lawv tab tom npaj los tawm tsam PKK. Lawv txhawb nqa Jandarma nrog cov tub rog tsis tu ncua hauv kev ua yeeb yam ntawm kev quab yuam. PKK yuav tawg thiab tuav nws lub taub hau; cov Turks yuav tawm tsam ob peb lub hauv paus, thiab tom qab ntawd txhua yam yuav rov qab mus rau qhov qub qub. PKK tau ua qhov no rau ntau tshaj peb caug xyoo - Türkiye tsis tuaj yeem txwv lawv. "
    
  Phoenix tau sau tseg tias "Kev xa cov tub rog tsis tu ncua yog ib yam uas lawv tsis tau ua ua ntej," Phoenix tau sau tseg. Nws ntsia Patrick. "General, koj tam sim ntawd ua ntsiag to." Nws ntsia rov qab rau Wilhelm. "Zoo li muaj qee qhov kev tsis pom zoo ntawm no. Colonel?
    
  "Tus Tswv, General McLanahan yog lub tswv yim tias qhov kev txhim kho ntawm cov tub rog Turkish hauv thaj av no yog qhov ua rau muaj kev cuam tshuam tag nrho ntawm Iraq."
    
  "Invasion of Iraq?" Phoenix exclaimed. "Kuv paub tias lawv tau ua ntau qhov kev tawm tsam hla ciam teb ntau xyoo, tab sis vim li cas thiaj muaj kev tawm tsam tag nrho, General?"
    
  "Tus Tswv, nws yog qhov tseeb vim tias lawv tau ua ntau qhov kev tawm tsam thiab tsis tuaj yeem nres lossis txawm tias qeeb qeeb ntawm PKK kev tawm tsam uas qhov no yuav ua rau lawv tawm tsam txhua yam tawm tsam PKK hauv Iraq - tsis yog ntawm cov chaw ruaj khov, kev cob qhia. lub hauv paus thiab muab cov chaw khaws cia nyob ntawm ciam teb, tab sis kuj yog cov thawj coj ntawm Kurdish nws tus kheej. Kuv xav tias lawv yuav xav daws qhov teeb meem PKK nrog ib qho hluav taws xob tawm tsam thiab tua ntau tus neeg li sai tau ua ntej Asmeskas thiab thoob ntiaj teb kev ntxhov siab yuam lawv tawm. "
    
  "Colonel?"
    
  Wilhelm hais tias "Cov Turks tsuas yog tsis muaj cov neeg ua haujlwm, tus tswv," said Wilhelm. "Peb tab tom tham txog kev ua haujlwm zoo ib yam li cov suab puam suab puam - tsawg kawg yog ob puas thiab tsib caug txhiab tus tub rog. Nyob rau hauv tag nrho muaj txog plaub puas txhiab tus neeg nyob rau hauv cov tub rog Turkish, feem ntau conscripts. Lawv yuav tsum tau cog lus ib feem peb ntawm lawv cov tub rog tsis tu ncua ntxiv rau ib nrab ntawm lawv cov peev txheej rau qhov haujlwm no. Qhov no yuav siv sij hawm ntau lub hlis thiab ntau txhiab daus las. Cov tub rog Turkish tsuas yog tsis yog ib qho kev tawm tsam - nws yog tsim los rau kev tawm tsam kev tawm tsam thiab tiv thaiv tus kheej, tsis yog rau lwm lub tebchaws. "
    
  "General?"
    
  Patrick tau hais tias "Cov Turks yuav tawm tsam ntawm lawv tus kheej cov av thiab sib ntaus sib tua rau kev khaws nws tus kheej thiab kev txaus siab rau lub tebchaws," Patrick hais. "Yog tias lawv tau xa ib nrab ntawm lawv cov tub rog tsis tu ncua thiab khaws cia, lawv yuav muaj kwv yees li ib nrab lab tus tub rog ntawm lawv qhov chaw pov tseg, thiab lawv muaj lub pas dej loj loj ntawm cov qub tub rog uas tau kawm los kos. Kuv pom tsis muaj laj thawj vim li cas lawv thiaj li tsis hais kom muaj kev txhawb nqa tag nrho ntawm txhua lub zog kom muaj sijhawm los rhuav tshem PKK ib zaug thiab rau tag nrho.
    
  "Tab sis qhov kev ua si tshiab-hloov ntawm no yog cov tub rog Turkish," Patrick txuas ntxiv. "Nyob rau xyoo dhau los, cov tub rog Turkish feem ntau yog ib qho kev tawm tsam sab hauv nrog lub luag haujlwm thib ob ua NATO tripwire tawm tsam Soviet Union. Nws cov tub rog yog qhov zoo, tab sis nws lub luag haujlwm tseem ceeb yog tiv thaiv Bosphorus thiab Dardanelles thiab saib xyuas lub hiav txwv Aegean. Cov tub rog huab cua kuj me me vim tias nws vam khom rau kev txhawb nqa ntawm Tebchaws Meskas Air Force.
    
  "Tab sis tsuas yog ob xyoos dhau los qhov xwm txheej tau hloov pauv, thiab tam sim no Qaib ntxhw muaj lub dav hlau loj tshaj plaws hauv Tebchaws Europe, tshwj tsis yog Russia. Lawv tau yuav ntau dua li F-15s, tus tswv - lawv yuav txhua hom kev tawm tsam tshaj tawm dav hlau uas tsis muaj peev xwm tshwj xeeb, suav nrog A-10 Thunderbolt tactical bombers, AC-130 Spectre thiab Apache nres helicopters, nrog rau riam phom zoo li missiles. " Patriot deg-to-air missiles, AMRAAM cua-rau-air missiles thiab Maverick thiab Hellfire precision cua-rau-surface missiles. Lawv tsim F-16 fighters raws li daim ntawv tso cai txoj cai nyob rau hauv Qaib Cov Txwv; lawv muaj ntau pab tub rog ntawm F-16s muaj rau kev nqis tes ua raws li peb muaj nyob rau hauv Desert Storm, thiab lawv txhua tus yuav tawm tsam hauv tsev. Thiab kuv yuav tsis txo lawv cov kev tiv thaiv huab cua kom yooj yim: lawv tuaj yeem siv lawv cov Patriots thiab Rapiers tau yooj yim los tawm tsam txhua yam peb ua. "
    
  Tus Lwm Thawj Coj Phoenix tau xav ib pliag thiab tom qab ntawd tau taub hau rau ob tug txiv neej. Nws hais tias, "Koj ob leeg sib cav sib ceg," tab sis kuv xav pom zoo nrog Colonel Wilhelm. Phoenix ntsia Patrick warily, zoo li xav tias yuav muaj kev tawm tsam, tab sis Patrick nyob twj ywm. "Kuv pom tias nws nyuaj heev los ntseeg qhov ntawd-"
    
  Lub sijhawm ntawd lub xov tooj tau nrov, thiab zoo li lub klaxon tau tawm mus - txhua tus paub tias tsis muaj xov tooj raug tso cai thaum lub sijhawm luv luv tshwj tsis yog tias nws ceev heev. Huab cua tau khaws lub xov tooj ... thiab ib pliag tom qab, qhov pom ntawm nws lub ntsej muag ua rau txhua tus hauv chav ceeb toom.
    
  Huab cua taug kev mus rau lub khoos phis tawj nyob ze, nyeem cov ntawv xa mus ntsiag to nrog daim di ncauj tshee, tom qab ntawd hais tias, "Cov xov xwm ceev los ntawm lub tuam tsev, tus tswv. Lub Xeev Lub Tsev Haujlwm tau ceeb toom rau peb tias Thawj Tswj Hwm ntawm Turkey tuaj yeem tshaj tawm lub xeev xwm txheej kub ntxhov. "
    
  Phoenix hais tias, "Dam, Kuv ntshai ib yam li qhov no yuav tshwm sim," Phoenix hais. "Peb yuav tsis tuaj yeem ntsib nrog cov Turks los tshawb xyuas qhov kev foob pob. Colonel, Kuv yuav tsum tham nrog Tsev Dawb. "
    
  "Kuv tuaj yeem nruab nws tam sim no, tus tswv." Wilhelm nodded rau Weatherly, uas tam sim ntawd tau xov tooj nrog tus tub ceev xwm kev sib txuas lus.
    
  "Kuv yuav tau txais cov ntaub ntawv los ntawm Ambassador, Iraqis thiab cov Turks, tab sis kuv cov lus pom zoo rau tus thawj tswj hwm yuav nruj tswj hwm ciam teb." Tus Lwm Thawj Coj tau tig mus rau Patrick. Nws tau hais tias "Kuv tseem tsis tuaj yeem ntseeg tias Qaib Cov Txwv tau tawm tsam Iraq nrog peb txhiab tus tub rog Asmeskas ntawm txoj kev," tab sis pom tseeb tias qhov xwm txheej tau hloov sai sai thiab peb yuav tau ua tib zoo saib xyuas qhov ntawd. Kuv twv qhov ntawd yog dab tsi koj cev xeeb tub stealth bomber yog rau, General?"
    
  "Yes, sir".
    
  "Tom qab ntawd kuv yuav npaj mus," Phoenix tau hais thaum Wilhelm hais rau nws tias nws txoj kev sib txuas hauv Tsev Dawb tau npaj txhij, "vim kuv xav tias peb yuav xav tau ... sai sai no. sai sai no". Huab cua tau hais rau nws tias nws qhov kev sib txuas lus tau npaj txhij, thiab nws thiab Tus Lwm Thawj Coj tau tawm mus.
    
  Patrick nyob tom qab Wilhelm thaum txhua tus neeg thov tawm ntawm chav sib tham. "Yog li, koj txhais li cas, General?" Wilhelm nug. "Koj puas npaj yuav xa koj lub cev xeeb tub stealth bomber hla Turkey lub sijhawm no, thiab tsis yog dhau ntawm peb txoj haujlwm? Qhov no yuav ua rau lub siab xav ntawm txhua tus neeg nyob ntawm no. "
    
  Patrick tau hais tias "Kuv yuav tsis xa cov neeg poob los ntawm Qaib Cov Txwv, Colonel, tab sis kuv kuj yuav tsis cia cov Turks so," Patrick hais. "Kuv xav pom dab tsi cov Turks muaj nyob rau hauv lub siab yog tias muaj ib lub dav hlau mus ze rau ciam teb. Peb paub tias lawv yuav ua pauj hnyav rau txhua qhov PKK hauv av incursions. Lawv yuav ua li cas yog tias nws pib zoo li Tebchaws Meskas tau ya ncig ntau dhau ntawm lawv sab ciam teb?"
    
  "Koj puas xav tias nws ntse, McLanahan? Qhov no tuaj yeem ua rau muaj kev ntxhov siab ntawm no ntau dua. "
    
  Patrick hais rau nws tias, "Peb muaj cov tub rog tuag ntau nyob rau hauv koj lub hangar, Colonel," Patrick hais rau nws. "Kuv xav kom cov Turks paub tias peb npau taws heev rau lawv tam sim no."
    
    
  Tshaj SOUTHEATERN TURKEY
  LUB TSEV KAWM NTAWV
    
    
  "Hu rau, kos lub hom phiaj bravo!" MIM-104 Patriot tactical control tub ceev xwm qw hauv Turkish. "Kuv xav tias qhov no yog tib yam uas tshwm sim thiab ploj nrog peb." Cov tub rog Turkish's AN / MPQ-53 Patriot radar system tau txheeb xyuas lub dav hlau thiab qhia lub hom phiaj rau Patriot kev sib ntaus sib tua tswj cov neeg ua haujlwm. Tus tub ceev xwm tswj hwm tau txiav txim siab sai sai tias lub hom phiaj yog ncaj qha rau ntawm ciam teb ntawm Iraq thiab Qaib Cov Txwv, tab sis txij li nws tsis nyob rau hauv kev sib cuag nrog cov neeg tswj hwm huab cua Turkish thiab tsis tau xa ib qho transponder beacon codes, nws tau txiav txim siab ua txhaum ntawm peb caug mais. tiv thaiv Turkish huab cua tiv thaiv tsis muaj cheeb tsam; nws tau qis dhau mus rau hauv txoj kev mus rau txhua lub tshav dav hlau hauv cheeb tsam, thiab nyob deb ntawm ib qho kev tsim dav hlau dav hlau. "Sir, Kuv pom zoo kom xaiv lub hom phiaj 'bravo' raws li kev ua phem."
    
  Tus thawj coj tactical tau tshuaj xyuas lub radar zaub - tsis muaj qhov tsis ntseeg. "Kuv pom zoo," nws hais. "Tsim lub hom phiaj Bravo ua kev ua phem, xa cov lus ceeb toom ntawm txhua qhov xwm txheej ntawm pej xeem thiab tub rog thiab kev tswj hwm huab cua ntau zaus, thiab npaj los koom nrog." Tus Thawj Coj ntawm Tactics tau khaws lub xov tooj ruaj ntseg txuas nrog ntawm microwave ncaj qha mus rau Air Defense Sector Commander ntawm Plaub Tus Tub Rog Tiv Thaiv Ciam Teb hauv Diyarbakir. "Kamyan, Kamyan, qhov no yog Ustura, Kuv tau txheeb xyuas lub hom phiaj Bravo ua kev tawm tsam, npaj txhij."
    
  "Ustura, qhov no puas yog tib lub hom phiaj pop-up koj tau saib ob teev dhau los?" - nug tus thawj tswj hwm.
    
  "Peb xav li ntawd, tus tswv," said tus thawj coj tactical. "Qhov no yuav luag yog ib qho drone nyob rau hauv kev tshawb nrhiav orbit, txiav txim siab los ntawm nws txoj kev ceev thiab dav hlau. Peb tsis tuaj yeem tau txais qhov siab qhov siab nyeem ntawv ua ntej, tab sis nws zoo li tau nce mus rau qhov siab dua kom tau txais kev pom zoo dua ntawm sab qaum teb. "
    
  "Civil transport?"
    
  "Peb tau tshaj tawm cov lus ceeb toom txhua zaus thaum lub hom phiaj tshwm sim, thiab tam sim no peb tau tshaj tawm rau txhua qhov xwm txheej ntawm pej xeem thiab tub rog thiab kev tswj hwm huab cua ntau zaus. Tsis muaj lus teb kiag li. Yog tias tus tsav tsis tau kaw nws lub xov tooj cua kiag li, nws yog tus yeeb ncuab. "
    
  "Kuv pom zoo," tus thawj coj tiv thaiv huab cua hais. Nws paub tias qee qhov chaw tiv thaiv huab cua hauv thaj chaw muaj neeg coob siv ntau cov xim lasers kom pom kev ceeb toom cov neeg tsav dav hlau thaum tawm hauv qhov chaw txwv, tab sis nws tsis muaj lub siab nyiam - thiab nws yeej tsis xav siv nws txawm tias nws muaj. Txhua tus neeg tsav dav hlau tsis muaj txim ruam txaus los ya hauv thaj chaw no thaum lub sijhawm muaj kev kub ntxhov no tsim nyog tau txais lawv lub nroog Yeiuxalees. "Tau npaj". Nws tau hais kom nws tus tub ceev xwm sib tham: "Txuas txuas nrog kuv nrog cov tub rog thib ob hauv Nakhla thiab Ankara."
    
  "Tus tub rog thib ob ntawm kab, tus tswv, Major Sabasti."
    
  Qhov no tau nrawm, tus thawj coj hauv cheeb tsam xav tias - feem ntau hu ncaj qha mus rau American Command thiab Control Center tau lim thiab xa rov qab ob peb zaug ua ntej txuas, thiab qhov no tau siv ob peb feeb. "Sabasti, qhov no yog Kamyan. Peb tsis tau nthuav tawm ib qho haujlwm huab cua hauv Teb Chaws Asmeskas hauv thaj tsam tsis tau teem caij rau hmo no. Koj puas tuaj yeem lees paub lub dav hlau Asmeskas raws ciam teb?
    
  "Kuv tab tom saib daim duab qhia chaw tam sim no, tus tswv," tus tub ceev xwm hais tias, "thiab tib lub dav hlau nyob hauv thaj tsam tsis tau pom zoo ua ntej nrog koj, tus lej tshem tawm Kilo-Juliet-ob-peb-ob-ib, ua haujlwm hauv thaj chaw Peyir. "
    
  "Peb tab tom saib lub dav hlau qis-qhov siab tshwm sim nce thiab nqis sab nraum radar ntau yam. Qhov no tsis yog lub dav hlau Asmeskas lossis Iraqi?
    
  "Kuv tabtom qhia peb lub tebchaws Asmeskas thiab ib lub dav hlau nrhiav Iraqi nyob rau hauv huab cua, tus tswv, tab sis tsuas yog ib qho nyob hauv thaj chaw tsis muaj."
    
  "Qhov no yog dab tsi?"
    
  "Nws lub npe hu ua Guppy Ob-Two, lub dav hlau saib xyuas Asmeskas ua haujlwm los ntawm cov neeg ua haujlwm ruaj ntseg ntiag tug." Nws nyeem tawm lub dav hlau cov kev tswj xyuas thiab qhov chaw ntawm nws lub thawv orbital - txhua yam yog raws nraim li tau pom zoo ua ntej, hauv Peynir thaj chaw tsis muaj, tab sis plaub caug mais ntawm lub hom phiaj pop-up.
    
  "Lub dav hlau no yog dab tsi, Major?"
    
  "Kuv thov txim, tus tswv, tab sis koj paub tias kuv tsis tuaj yeem qhia koj li ntawd. Kuv pom qhov no ntawm kuv tus kheej ob lub qhov muag, thiab kuv paub tias qhov no yog lub dav hlau neeg soj xyuas tsis muaj riam phom. "
    
  "Zoo, Major, tej zaum koj tuaj yeem qhia kuv tias nws tsis yog," tus thawj coj hauv cheeb tsam tau hais.
    
  "Sir..."
    
  "Lub ntuj raug txim koj ua haujlwm rau leej twg, Major - Asmeskas lossis Turkey?"
    
  "Kuv thov koj zam txim, tus tswv," ib lub suab cuam tshuam. "Qhov no yog tus neeg txhais lus Asmeskas. Kuv ua hauj lwm rau Mr. Chris Thompson, Thompson Security Service, Second Regiment, Allied Nakhla Air Base, Iraq."
    
  "Kuv paub tias koj yog leej twg lub ntuj raug txim thiab koj nyob qhov twg," tus thawj coj hauv cheeb tsam snapped. "Koj puas saib xyuas kuv cov xov tooj cua?"
    
  "Mr. Thompson hais tias cov xwm txheej ntawm kev pom zoo ntawm lub zog ntawm Tebchaws Meskas, Iraq thiab Qaib Cov Txwv tso cai rau kev saib xyuas cov xwm txheej niaj hnub thiab xov tooj cua thaum muaj xwm txheej ceev ntawm cov tub rog koom nrog kev pom zoo," tus txhais lus tau hais. "Nws hais tias koj tuaj yeem tshawb xyuas qhov no nrog koj Lub Chaw Haujlwm Txawv Tebchaws yog tias tsim nyog."
    
  "Kuv paub zoo txog qhov kev pom zoo."
    
  "Yog lawm, sir. Yawg Thompson xav kom kuv qhia rau koj tias cov ntaub ntawv tshwj xeeb hais txog cov kab ke koom nrog hauv kev ua haujlwm hauv Iraq tsuas yog tso cai tso tawm raws li cov xwm txheej ntawm kev pom zoo ntawm cov tub rog. Daim ntawv cog lus tso cai rau tus neeg saib xyuas pom lub dav hlau uas yuav siv thiab ua raws nws thoob plaws hauv lub luag haujlwm, tab sis nws tsis tuaj yeem nthuav tawm lwm cov ntsiab lus. "
    
  "Thompson, Kuv yuav tua ib lub dav hlau tsis paub tseeb ua txhaum thaj tsam Turkish airspace tsis muaj," tus thawj coj hauv cheeb tsam tau hais. "Kuv xav tau cov ntaub ntawv ntxiv kom paub tseeb tias kuv tsis tawm tsam Asmeskas lossis Iraqi dav hlau. Yog tias koj xav ua si cov lus ua si lossis ua rau tsis muaj kev pom zoo ntawm lub hwj chim hauv kuv lub ntsej muag es tsis txhob pab kuv txheeb xyuas tus kheej ntawm lub hom phiaj no, yog li ntawd. Major Sabasti."
    
  "Sir!"
    
  "Qhia rau cov neeg Amelikas tias peb tab tom taug qab ib lub dav hlau tsis paub nyob hauv thaj chaw tsis muaj thiab peb xav tias nws ua phem," tus thawj coj hauv cheeb tsam tau hais hauv Turkish. "Kuv pom zoo rau lawv tias txhua lub dav hlau sib koom ua ke thiab cov neeg saib xyuas hauv av tseem nyob ntawm qhov deb txaus, thiab cov dav hlau tshawb nrhiav yuav xav tshem thaj chaw saib xyuas."
    
  "Kuv yuav tshaj tawm cov lus tam sim ntawd, tus tswv."
    
  "Zoo heev". Tus thawj coj hauv cheeb tsam cuam tshuam kev sib txuas nrog kev npau taws ntawm rab riam. "Puas Ankara twb nyob ntawm kab?" ua tsaug.
    
  "Npaj, sir."
    
  "Qhov no yog Mat," lub suab teb. Tus thawj coj hauv cheeb tsam paub tias Mat, uas txhais tau tias "checkmate" hauv Turkish, yog tus thawj coj ua haujlwm ntawm tus thawj coj ntawm cov tub rog. "Peb tab tom taug qab koj qhov kev sib cuag radar thiab tus neeg saib xyuas kev sib tham ntawm Nahla tau qhia peb tias koj tau hu rau lawv rau kev sib koom tes thiab kev txheeb xyuas thiab lawv hais tias nws tsis yog ib tus ntawm lawv. Kev pom zoo?"
    
  "Cia li koom tam sim ntawd, tus tswv."
    
  "Tau npaj". Ob lo lus phem phem no... Tab sis ib pliag tom qab ntawd: "Peb pom zoo, Kamen. Ua raws li qhia. Tawm."
    
  "Kamyan luam, koom nrog raws li cov lus qhia. Kamen tawm." Tus thawj coj hauv cheeb tsam tau hloov mus rau nws txoj kev tawm tsam: "Ustura, qhov no yog Kamian, ua raws li tau hais tseg."
    
  "Ustura luam, koom nrog kev sib ntaus sib tua raws li tau hais tseg. Ustura tawm mus." Tus thawj coj tactics dais. "Peb tau raug yuam kom koom nrog kev sib ntaus sib tua raws li tau hais tseg," nws tshaj tawm. "Puas muaj kev hloov pauv hauv lub hom phiaj txoj kev taug lossis qhov siab? Puas muaj lus teb rau peb cov kev tshaj tawm?
    
  "Tsis yog, sir."
    
  "Zoo heev. Koom nrog kev sib ntaus. "
    
  "Kuv paub tias 'tau mus rau hauv kev sib ntaus.' Tus tub ceev xwm tswj hwm tau ncav tes tawm, rub lub hau liab, thiab nias lub pob liab loj, uas tau qhib lub tswb rau tag nrho plaub lub roj teeb Patriot uas tau tawg thoob plaws sab qab teb Turkey. Txhua kab roj teeb muaj plaub Patriot platoons, txhua tus muaj ib lub Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) launcher nrog kaum rau cuaj luaj, ntxiv rau kaum rau cuaj luaj ntxiv rau kev thauj khoom. "Koom nrog kev sib ntaus."
    
  "Kuv nkag siab 'kev sib ntaus sib tua," tus pab tswj kev tswj hwm rov hais dua. ob, Ustura Ob, qhov no yog Ustura, ua, ua, ua. "
    
  "Ob daim ntawv 'ua haujlwm'. Muaj ib lub sijhawm luv luv, thiab tom qab ntawd cov xwm txheej qhia txog lub roj teeb hluav taws xob thib ob tau hloov pauv los ntawm "standby" mus rau "on," uas txhais tau hais tias lub roj teeb lub foob pob hluav taws tau npaj rau hluav taws. "Lub roj teeb thib ob qhia txog xwm txheej li 'on', npaj rau kev sib ntaus sib tua. ."
    
  "Accepted". Tus tub ceev xwm tswj kev tswj hwm txuas ntxiv nias lub cim ceeb toom thaum saib nws lub khoos phis tawj nyeem ntawv. Txij thaum ntawd los, tag nrho qhov kev tawm tsam tau tswj hwm lub computer - tsis muaj ib yam dab tsi uas tib neeg ua tau tsuas yog tua nws yog tias lawv xav tau. Ob peb lub sijhawm tom qab ntawd, Kev Tswj Xyuas Kev Tswj Xyuas Kev Sib Tw tau tshaj tawm tias nws tau muab ib lub platoons nyob rau sab hnub poob ntawm lub roob ntawm Beitusebap los koom nrog kev sib ntaus sib tua. "Lub platoon thib tsib tau qhib ... Thawj lub foob pob hluav taws raug rho tawm haujlwm." Plaub vib nas this tom qab ntawd: "Lub missile thib ob raug tshem tawm. Radar ua haujlwm. "
    
  Patriot missiles, taug kev ntau dua peb txhiab mais hauv ib teev, siv tsawg dua rau vib nas this kom ncav cuag lawv cov neeg raug tsim txom. "Ib lub foob pob hluav taws ncaj qha, tus tswv," tus pab tswj kev tswj hwm tau tshaj tawm. Ib pliag tom qab ntawd: "Lub missile thib ob hits lub hom phiaj thib ob, tus tswv!"
    
  "Lub hom phiaj thib ob?"
    
  "Yog lawm, sir. Tib qhov siab, txo qis airspeed ... Ncaj nraim rau tus yeeb ncuab thib ob, tus tswv! "
    
  "Puas muaj ob lub dav hlau?" tus thawj coj tactical xav nrov nrov. "Puas lawv tau ya hauv kev tsim?"
    
  "Tej zaum, tus tswv," tus tub ceev xwm tswj hwm teb. "Tab sis vim li cas?"
    
  Tus thawj coj tactical shake nws lub taub hau. "Nws tsis muaj txiaj ntsig, tab sis txawm lawv yog dab tsi, peb tau txais lawv. Nws tuaj yeem yog cov khib nyiab los ntawm thawj zaug. "
    
  "Nws zoo li loj heev, tus tswv, zoo li lub dav hlau thib ob."
    
  "Zoo, txawm li cas los xij, peb tseem tau merde. Ua haujlwm zoo txhua tus. Ob lub hom phiaj no nyob rau sab qab teb ntawm ciam teb, tab sis nyob rau hauv kev ruaj ntseg tsis, puas yog?
    
  "Qhov tseeb, tus tswv, rau lub sijhawm luv luv nws yog nyob rau hauv Turkish airspace, tsis muaj ntau tshaj li ob peb mais, tab sis nyob rau sab qaum teb ntawm ciam teb."
    
  "Ib tug zoo tua ces." Tus Thawj Coj ntawm Tactics tau khaws lwm lub xov tooj txuas nrog Jandarma lub hauv paus hauv paus hauv Diyarbakir, qhov twg ib tus neeg yuav tsum tau ua tus saib xyuas lub koom haum tshawb nrhiav rau cov khib nyiab, cov neeg raug tsim txom thiab pov thawj. "Kuruk, qhov no yog Ustura, peb tau nkag mus rau hauv kev sib ntaus sib tua thiab rhuav tshem cov yeeb ncuab dav hlau. Tam sim no kuv tab tom xa cov phiaj xwm cuam tshuam kev tswj hwm. "
    
  John Masters tau hais tias "Nws yeej tsis tau siv sijhawm ntev." Nws nyob hauv Tank chav soj ntsuam nyob rau hauv pem teb thib ob, saib kev sib ntaus sib tua ntawm nws lub laptop. "Ob feeb los ntawm lub sijhawm peb hloov lub hom phiaj qhov siab mus rau downed. Nws ceev heev."
    
  Patrick McLanahan tau hais tias "Peb yuav tsis tau tua cov decoy sai txaus ... lawv tuaj yeem pom lub hom phiaj txawm tias tom qab thawj Patriot 'ntaus," Patrick McLanahan tau hais.
    
  John hais tias "Kuv sim simulate lub wreckage los ntawm kev tswj cov duab rau ob peb feeb ntxiv," John hais. "Kuv qeeb nws ntau heev."
    
  Patrick tau hais tias "Cia cia siab tias lawv xav tias lawv ntaus ob leeg," Patrick hais. "Okay, yog li peb paub tias cov Turks tau txav lawv cov neeg nyiam mus ze rau ntawm Iraqi ciam teb, thiab peb paub tias lawv txhais tau tias kev lag luam - lawv yuav tsis ua siab ntev qhib hluav taws, txawm tias qee yam me me li tus tsiaj los yog hawk."
    
  John Masters tau hais tias "Lossis yog kev dag ntxias tsis txaus ntseeg," John Masters hais zoo siab. "Peb tau yooj yim tuaj yeem hack Patriot system kev tswj hwm kev sib ntaus sib tua thiab teeb tsa lub hom phiaj dav dav rau hauv lawv lub cev. Thaum peb tsa lub decoy qhov siab txaus, lawv tau hnov zoo li nws yog yeeb ncuab tiag tiag. "
    
  Patrick tau hais tias "Thaum lawv mus qhov ntawd thiab tsis pom cov khib nyiab, lwm zaus lawv yuav xav paub thiab saib xyuas," Patrick hais. "Peb paub dab tsi ntxiv los ntawm kev sib ntaus sib tua no?"
    
  John hais tias "Peb kuj paub tias lawv tuaj yeem pom thiab koom nrog txog li ib txhiab ko taw saum av," John hais. "Nws zoo nkauj heev ntawm qhov zoo nkauj ntxhib. Tej zaum lawv yuav tau hloov kho Patriot's radar los txhim kho nws qhov kev tshem tawm qhov teeb meem thiab muaj peev xwm nrhiav tau qhov siab qis. "
    
  Patrick tau hais tias "Cia peb cia siab tias qhov ntawd yog txhua yam lawv tau ua," Patrick hais. Nws kov lub khawm intercom: "Koj puas pom kev sib ntaus sib tua, Colonel?"
    
  "Kuv paub meej," Wilhelm teb. "Yog li cov Turks yeej xa lawv cov neeg nyiam mus rau sab hnub poob. Kuv mam li ceeb toom rau chav tsev. Tab sis kuv tseem tsis xav tias Qaib Cov Txwv yuav ntxeem Iraq. Peb yuav tsum xa mus rau lawv tag nrho cov ntaub ntawv uas peb muaj txog PKK kev txav mus los, qhia lawv tias peb cov tub rog thiab Iraqis tsis muaj lub hom phiaj los ua pauj, thiab tso cai rau theem kev kub ntxhov kom txias. "
    
    
  NTAWM BEITUSEBAP, REPUBLIC OF TURKEY
  LUB TSEV KAWM NTAWV
    
    
  Ib pab tub rog ntawm yim Iraqi Kurdish guerrillas siv sniper team tactics - qhia nws tus kheej, nyeem phau ntawv, siv Internet, thiab kawm cov ntaub ntawv xa mus rau lawv los ntawm cov qub tub rog - kom lawv txoj kev mus rau lawv lub hom phiaj: nkag mus ntau mais, qee zaum ib nti ntawm ib lub sij hawm, tsis tau sawv vim li cas saum lub hauv caug; hloov cov camouflage ntawm cov khaub ncaws txhua zaus hloov struts; saib xyuas kom tshem tawm ib qho kev qhia ntawm lawv lub xub ntiag thaum lawv nqa cov hnab ev ntawv hnyav thiab foob pob hluav taws-propelled grenade chim tom qab lawv.
    
  Ib tug ntawm cov tub rog, ib tug qub tub ceev xwm Erbil lub npe hu ua Sadoun Salih, tsoo ib daim ntawm fig candy bar, kais khau ntawm tus txiv neej sawv ntawm pem hauv ntej ntawm nws, thiab muab rau nws. "Ib qho kev nthuav dav kawg, tus thawj coj," nws ntxhi. Tus neeg ntawd tau ua "tsim" txav los teb rau nws - tsis yog nrog nws sab laug tes, tab sis nrog cov cuab yeej zoo li roob ris txuas rau nws lub dab teg qhov twg nws txhais tes ib txwm nyob. Tus rake ces deflected nrog ib tug qhib xibtes thiab tus fighter pov cov khoom qab zib rau nws. Nws nodded hauv kev ris txiaj thiab taug kev mus ntxiv.
    
  Lawv tsuas yog nqa zaub mov thiab dej rau tsib hnub rau qhov kev soj ntsuam xyuas no, tab sis nrog rau tag nrho cov haujlwm hauv cheeb tsam, nws txiav txim siab nyob tom qab. Cov zaub mov uas lawv nqa tau tag peb hnub dhau los. Lawv txiav lawv cov khoom noj txhua hnub mus rau qhov tsis txaus ntseeg thiab pib noj zaub mov uas lawv pom hauv thaj teb-cov txiv ntoo, cov hauv paus hniav, thiab kab, qee zaum tau txais daim ntawv qhia los ntawm cov neeg ua liaj ua teb uas muaj siab hlub lossis tus tswv yug yaj uas lawv tsis kam mus txog-thiab sipping dej ntws los ntawm cov phuam qhwv qias neeg.
    
  Tab sis tam sim no nws pom tias tag nrho cov kev ua tub rog yog dab tsi, thiab nws muaj ntau tshaj li cov tub rog ntawm Jandarma thugs tawm tsam Kurdish lub zos nrhiav kev kua zaub ntsuab rau kev tawm tsam hauv Diyarbakir: cov tub rog Turkish tab tom tsim cov hluav taws me me hauv lub teb chaws. Puas yog Türkiye coj cov tub rog tsis tu ncua los ntxiv dag zog rau Jandarma?
    
  Lawv tau hloov pauv lawv txoj kev saib xyuas kev soj ntsuam vim qhov zoo kawg nkaus ob lub foob pob hluav taws uas lawv tau pom hmo dhau los. Lawv tau siv los pom cov phom loj thiab huab cua tawm tsam los ntawm Qaib Cov Txwv ntawm cov zos Kurdish thiab PKK kev cob qhia chaw pw hav zoov, tab sis cov no tsis yog cov phom loj - cov no tau coj, cov cuaj luaj zoo heev uas tau ua haujlwm thaum lawv nce, es tsis yog raws txoj kev dav hlau, thiab lawv tawg. siab saum ntuj. Cov Turks muaj riam phom tshiab nyob rau hauv av thiab lawv pom tseeb tias muaj qee yam ua rau txhua qhov kev ua haujlwm hauv lub hauv paus nyob ntawm ciam teb Turkish-Iraqi. Nws yog nyob ntawm nws thiab nws cov tub rog los sim nws.
    
  Nrog rau dej thiab camouflage, qhov tseem ceeb tshaj plaws kev pab rau cov neeg tua rog yog tswj kev pom hmo ntuj. Tag nrho cov neeg tua rog hnav tsom iav nrog cov lo ntsiab muag liab, thiab qhov ze lawv tau mus rau lawv lub hom phiaj, ntau zaus lawv yuav tsum siv lawv kom tsis txhob ua rau lawv lub zeem muag hmo ntuj, vim hais tias lub cheeb tsam ntawm lawv lub hom phiaj yog illuminated los ntawm kab ntawm sab nraud-ntsig portable. dej nyab teeb uas raus lub chaw pw dhau ntawm qhov tsaus ntuj. Nws yog ib qho kev nthuav tawm tswv yim, pab pawg thawj coj xav tias: cov tub rog Turkish yeej muaj cov cuab yeej pom kev hmo ntuj, tab sis lawv tsis siv nws ntawm no.
    
  Tej zaum nws yuav yog ib qho cuab yeej, tab sis nws yog lub sijhawm uas lawv tsis tuaj yeem hla.
    
  Tus thawj coj pab pawg, Zilar Azzawi, tau hais kom nws cov tub rog txav mus tom ntej. Thaum lawv nthuav tawm thiab pib nyob rau hauv, nws tau tshuaj xyuas lub cheeb tsam nrog nws lub koob yees duab. Lub zes hluav taws ntawm cov hnab xuab zeb tau nruab nruab nrab ntawm txhua qhov chaw tshawb nrhiav, sib cais los ntawm kwv yees li nees nkaum yards. Xya caum yards mus rau nws sab xis yog lub tsheb nkag tau tsim los ntawm cov hnab xuab zeb thiab cov phiaj xwm, thaiv los ntawm cov tub rog thauj cov tsheb thauj khoom , sab xis ntawm cov uas tau them los ntawm cov phab ntsa ntawm cov plywood ntsuab ua lub rooj vag yooj yim txav tau. Nruab nrab ntawm lub hnab xuab zeb emplacements yog ib txheej ntawm nyias, tsib-taw-siab hlau fencing txhawb los ntawm lub teeb stakes. Nws yeej tsis yog ib qho chaw ruaj khov, yam tsawg kawg tseem tsis tau.
    
  Yog tias lawv yuav coj kom zoo dua, tam sim no yog lub sijhawm.
    
  Azzawi tos kom txog thaum nws pab neeg npaj txhij, tom qab ntawd tshem tawm cov xov tooj cua yooj yim Korean-ua thiab nias lub pob microphone ib zaug, ces nias nws ob zaug. Ob peb lub sij hawm tom qab ntawd nws tau txais ob clicks teb, ua raws li peb clicks. Nws nyem nws lub xov tooj cua peb zaug, muab tso tseg, tom qab ntawd kov ob txhais tes ntawm ob tug txiv neej ntawm ob sab ntawm nws nrog lub suab ntsiag to kom "npau taws."
    
  Nws txo nws lub taub hau, kaw nws lub qhov muag, tom qab ntawd hais tias "Mal esh - tsis muaj teeb meem dab tsi" hauv lub suab qis. Nws nres rau ob peb lub siab ntxiv, xav txog nws tus txiv tuag thiab cov tub - thiab zoo li nws tau ua, qhov npau taws hauv nws tau xa lub zog dav hlau los ntawm nws lub cev, thiab nws sawv ntsug thiab yooj yim, tsa lub RPG-7 grenade launcher thiab raug rho tawm haujlwm. phom mount los ntawm lub hnab ntawm xuab zeb opposite nws. Thaum nws puag ncig, lwm tus tswv cuab ntawm nws pab pawg tau qhib hluav taws rau lwm qhov chaw, thiab hauv vib nas this tag nrho cheeb tsam tau qhib dav. Lub sijhawm no, ob pab tub rog nyob rau hauv Azzawi cov lus txib ntawm sab nraud ntawm lub hauv paus kuj tau qhib hluav taws nrog grenade launchers.
    
  Tam sim no lub teeb uas tiv thaiv cov neeg tawm tsam los ntawm pom thaj chaw hauv paus tau muab qhov zoo rau lawv vim tias lawv tuaj yeem pom cov neeg muaj sia nyob thiab lwm cov tub rog Turkish npaj los tawm tsam. Azzawi's sniper pab pawg pib xaiv lawv tawm ntawm ib qho los ntawm ib qho, yuam cov Turks kom thim rov qab los ntawm ib puag ncig mus rau hauv qhov tsaus ntuj ntawm lawv qhov chaw pw hav zoov. Azzawi pov lub foob pob hluav taws rau ib sab, tshem tawm nws tus neeg hais lus thiab qw: "Ala tūl!" Txav mus!" Nws tsa nws rab phom AK-47, qw tias: "Ilha'ūn ī! Ua raws li kuv!" - thiab khiav mus rau hauv paus, tua tawm ntawm lub duav.
    
  Tsis muaj lwm txoj hauv kev tab sis maj hla lub teeb pom kev tsis muaj txiv neej thaj av mus rau hauv paus - lawv yog lub hom phiaj yooj yim rau leej twg hauv. Tab sis tsis muaj nws lub hnab ev ntawv thiab RPG launcher, thiab nrog kev maj nrawm ntawm adrenaline sib xyaw nrog kev ntshai ntawm nws lub cev, khiav tsib caug yards zoo li yooj yim. Tab sis, rau nws surprise, muaj me ntsis kuj.
    
  Muaj ob peb lub cev nyob rau hauv lub zes phom uas puas lawm, tab sis nws tsis pom cov khoom xws li kuv fuses, riam phom tiv thaiv tank, phom loj los yog grenade launchers, tsuas yog lub teeb infantry riam phom. Pom tau tias lawv tsis xav tias muaj teeb meem ntau, lossis lawv tsis muaj sijhawm los npaj kom raug. Qhov kev xav ntawd tau txhawb nqa lub sijhawm tom qab thaum nws pom cov cuab yeej tsim kho, pob zeb, pwm ntoo thiab cov cuab yeej hauv pawg nyob ze.
    
  Hauv tsawg tshaj li tsib feeb ntawm kev sib ntaus sib tua, peb pawg Azzawi tau ntsib. Tag nrho peb mus rau pem hauv ntej nrog tus txheeb ze yooj yim. Nws ua kev zoo siab rau txhua tus ntawm nws cov neeg sib ntaus sib tua nrog kev sib tuav tes thiab kev kov niam, tom qab ntawd hais tias, "Daim ntawv ceeb toom raug mob."
    
  "Peb muaj ib tug tua, peb tus raug mob," hais tias tus thawj coj ntawm pab tub rog. "Kaum xya tus neeg raug kaw, suav nrog tus tub ceev xwm." Lwm pab pawg thawj coj tau tshaj tawm tib yam.
    
  "Peb muaj plaub tus neeg raug mob thiab yim tus neeg raug kaw," said Salih, tus thawj coj ntawm pab pawg Azzawi. "Qhov chaw no yog dab tsi, tus thawj coj? Nws yooj yim dhau lawm. "
    
  "Thawj yam ua ntej, Sadoun," Azzawi hais. "Xa tus neeg saib xyuas ib puag ncig yog tias lawv cov neeg saib xyuas rov qab los." Salih khiav tawm. Nws hais rau tus thawj tub rog thib ob: "Cia li coj tus tub ceev xwm los rau kuv," qhwv ib txoj phuam qhwv nws lub ntsej muag.
    
  Tus neeg raug kaw yog tus thawj coj hauv pab tub rog Turkish. Nws nias nws sab tes laug hla lub qhov txhab ntawm nws sab xis bicep, thiab cov ntshav ntws tawm ntawm nws. "Nqa cov khoom pab thawj zaug ntawm no," Azzawi hais hauv Arabic. Hauv Turkish nws nug: "Npe lub tsev thiab lub hom phiaj ntawm no, tus thawj coj, thiab sai sai."
    
  "Koj bastards yuav luag tua kuv caj npab damn tawm!" - nws qw.
    
  Azzawi tsa nws sab caj npab, tso cai rau lub tes tsho ntawm nws hijab ntog, nthuav tawm nws cov khoom siv hauv tsev. "Kuv paub tseeb tias nws zoo li cas, tus thawj coj," nws hais. "Saib seb Turkish Air Force ua rau kuv li cas." Txawm nyob hauv ib nrab tsaus ntuj, nws tuaj yeem pom cov tub rog lub qhov muag nthuav dav hauv kev xav tsis thoob. "Thiab qhov no zoo dua li qhov koj tau ua rau kuv tus txiv thiab cov tub."
    
  "Koj ... koj Baz!" - tus tub ceev xwm exhaled. "Cov lus xaiv muaj tseeb ...!"
    
  Azzawi tshem tawm txoj phuam qhwv caj dab los ntawm nws lub ntsej muag, qhia nws qhov qias neeg, tab sis zoo siab thiab zoo nkauj nta. "Kuv hais lub npe, chav tsev thiab lub luag haujlwm, Tus tauj ncov loj," nws hais. Nws tsa nws rab phom. "Koj yuav tsum nkag siab tias kuv tsis muaj lub siab xav lossis muaj peev xwm coj cov neeg raug kaw, tus thawj coj, yog li kuv cog lus rau koj tias kuv yuav tua koj ntawm no thiab tam sim no yog tias koj tsis teb kuv." Tus tub ceev xwm txo nws lub taub hau thiab pib tshee. "Lub Sijhawm Kawg: Lub Npe, Chav Haujlwm thiab Lub Hom Phiaj." Nws tsa riam phom rau nws lub duav thiab tso nws tawm ntawm kev nyab xeeb nrog lub suab nrov nrov. "Zoo heev." Thov kom muaj kev thaj yeeb nyab xeeb nrog koj, tus thawj coj-"
    
  "Zoo zoo!" - tus tub ceev xwm qw. Nws pom tseeb tias nws tsis yog tus kws qhia lossis kev paub txog kev ua haujlwm - tej zaum yog lub rooj zaum rooj zaum lossis lub chaw kuaj nas hu ua lub luag haujlwm ntawm feeb kawg. "Kuv lub npe yog Ahmet Yakis, Nees nkaum-thib peb Lub Tuam Txhab, Delta Platoon. Kuv lub luag haujlwm yog ua kom muaj kev sib txuas, yog txhua yam. "
    
  "Lub ntsiab lus ntawm kev sib txuas lus?" Yog tias nws tsuas yog qhov chaw sib txuas lus sib txuas lus, qhov ntawd yuav piav qhia txog kev nyab xeeb thiab kev npaj tsis zoo. "rau dab tsi?"
    
  Tsuas yog lub sijhawm ntawd, tus pab pawg thawj coj Azzawi Sadoun Salih tau khiav. "Tus Thawj Kav Tebchaws, koj yuav tsum pom qhov no," nws hais tias ua tsis taus pa. Nws hais kom tus neeg raug txim raug ntaub qhwv thiab xyuas kom nws muaj kev nyab xeeb, ces khiav mus. Nws yuav tsum tau dhia hla ntau txoj hlua khi thoob plaws hauv lub yeej rog thiab pom lub tsheb loj thauj khoom zoo li lub thawv hlau loj uas feem ntau ntawm cov hlua txuas nrog. Lawv ua raws li ib lub nras ntawm cov kab hluav taws xob luv luv mus rau ib lub laj kab loj uas npog nrog camouflage mesh.
    
  Nyob rau hauv lub enclosure, Azzawi pom ib tug loj thauj tsheb nrog ib tug squat, square steel lub cev ntawm lub platform, nrog rau ob tug kav hlau txais xov masts qis rau lub lawj ntawm lub tsheb thiab folded rau hauv ib txoj kev taug kev teeb tsa. "Zoo, ntawm no yog cov kav hlau txais xov sib txuas lus uas tus thawj coj hais tias nws tab tom txhim kho," Azzawi tau hais. "Kuv xav tias nws tau hais qhov tseeb."
    
  "Tsis yog tiag, tus thawj coj," Salih hais. "Kuv paub txog cov cuab yeej no vim tias nyob hauv tsev kuv tau tiv thaiv ib lub nkoj Asmeskas uas nqa cov khoom zoo sib xws uas tau npaj los tiv thaiv Iranian tawm tsam Iraq. Qhov no yog hu ua array ntawm kav hlau txais xov masts, uas xa cov microwave hais kom ua teeb liab ntawm lub radar rau missile launch site. Muaj lub tshuab hluav taws xob nyob tom qab ntawm lub tsheb ntawd ... rau Patriot anti-aircraft missile roj teeb. "
    
  "Patriot missile roj teeb?" - Azzawi exclaimed.
    
  "Lawv yuav tsum yog pab pawg ua ntej teeb tsa lub hauv paus chaw nres tsheb rau Patriot missile roj teeb," Salih hais. "Lawv yuav nqa lub radar loj loj thiab chaw nres tsheb tswj thiab tuaj yeem tswj tau ntau lub tshuab tua hluav taws sib kis thoob plaws mais. Nws yog tag nrho portable heev; lawv tuaj yeem ua haujlwm nyob qhov twg. "
    
  "Tab sis vim li cas hauv ntiaj teb yog cov Turks txhim kho lub foob pob hluav taws tiv thaiv ntawm no?" - Nug Azzawi. "Yog tias tsoomfwv Kurdish hauv Iraq tsis tau tsim tsa lub dav hlau, leej twg yog lawv tiv thaiv?"
    
  "Kuv tsis paub," Salih hais. "Tab sis leej twg yog, lawv yuav tsum tau ya hla thaj chaw Turkish thiab cov Turks tau raug rho tawm haujlwm nag hmo. Kuv xav tias nws yog leej twg?"
    
  "Kuv tsis quav ntsej lawv yog leej twg - yog tias lawv tawm tsam cov Turks, qhov ntawd zoo txaus rau kuv," Azzawi tau hais. "Cia peb nqa cov tsheb no mus tsev. Kuv tsis paub tias lawv muaj nqi dab tsi, tab sis lawv zoo li tshiab thiab tej zaum peb tuaj yeem siv lawv. Yam tsawg kawg peb yuav tsis tau taug kev deb mus txog tsev. Ua haujlwm zoo hnub no, Sadoun. "
    
  "Ua tsaug, commander. Kuv txaus siab ua hauj lwm raws li tus thawj coj muaj zog. Kuv xav tias peb tau ua kev puas tsuaj ntau rau Turks, txawm tias ..."
    
  Zilar hais tias "Txhua qhov kev txiav me me ua rau lawv tsis muaj zog ntxiv me ntsis," Zilar hais. "Peb muaj tsawg tus lej, tab sis yog tias peb pheej ua cov txiav me me no, thaum kawg peb yuav ua tiav."
    
    
  ÇANKAYA K Ö ŞK Ü, ANKARA, REPUBLIC OF TURKEY
  TAM SIM NO
    
    
  "Cov lus ceeb toom thawj zaug tau muaj tseeb, tus tswv," said General Orhan Sahin, tus tuav ntaub ntawv ntawm Turkey's National Security Council, khiav ib txhais tes los ntawm nws cov xuab zeb tsaus nti. "PKK cov neeg phem nyiag ntau yam khoom ntawm Patriot saum npoo av-rau-huab cua roj teeb, xws li ib pawg ntawm cov kav hlau txais xov masts, lub tshuab hluav taws xob thiab cables."
    
  "Zoo kawg, tsuas yog zoo kawg," yws Thawj Tswj Hwm Kurzat Hirsiz. Nws tau hu nws Pawg Saib Xyuas Kev Ruaj Ntseg Hauv Lub Tebchaws rau qhov hloov tshiab ntawm kev npaj rau kev ua haujlwm hauv Iraq, tab sis qhov xwm txheej zoo li yuav hnyav zuj zus los ntawm hnub thiab hem tias yuav tsis muaj kev tswj hwm. "Dab tsi tshwm sim?"
    
  "Hnub nag hmo thaum sawv ntxov, ib pab tub rog PKK, tshaj tawm los ntawm cov neeg ua phem commando lawv hu ua Hawk, tau tawm tsam Patriot lub hauv paus chaw ua haujlwm phom uas tau teeb tsa ze ntawm lub nroog Beitusebap," Shahin tau hais. "Cov neeg ua phem tua tsib, raug mob kaum ob thiab khi rau lwm tus. Tag nrho peb cov tub rog thiab cov cuab yeej raug suav nrog - lawv tsis coj cov neeg raug kaw, uas txhais tau hais tias qhov no tsuas yog ib pawg saib xyuas lossis saib xyuas, tsis yog lub zog tawm tsam. Lawv tau khiav tawm nrog cov khoom tseem ceeb ntawm Patriot missile roj teeb, uas yog lub tsheb thauj khoom kom yooj yim ntawm kev xa mus, qhov chaw uas tso cai rau lub hauv paus chaw sib txuas lus nrog cov chaw taws teeb. Hmoov zoo, cov neeg ua haujlwm tsheb nws tus kheej thiab cov foob pob hluav taws-launchers tsis nyob ntawd. "
    
  "Kuv puas yuav tsum zoo siab rau qhov no?" Hirsiz qw. "Kev ruaj ntseg nyob qhov twg? Yuav ua li cas qhov no tshwm sim?"
    
  Sahin tau hais tias "Lub hauv paus tseem tsis tau muaj peev xwm ua tiav, yog li tsis muaj laj kab lossis thaiv ib puag ncig," Sahin tau hais. "Tsuas yog cov tub ceev xwm saib xyuas kev ruaj ntseg nyob rau ntawm qhov chaw - tus so tau raug xa mus pab tshawb nrhiav cov khib nyiab los ntawm kev sib tsoo uas tau tshwm sim nag hmo."
    
  "Auj kuv tus Vajtswv," Hirsiz gasped. Nws tig mus rau Prime Minister Akas. "Peb yuav tsum ua qhov no, Icy, thiab peb yuav tsum ua tam sim no," nws hais rau nws. "Peb yuav tsum ua kom nrawm dua kev ua haujlwm hauv Iraq. Kuv xav tshaj tawm txog kev kub ntxhov hauv tebchaws. Koj yuav tsum yaum kom Grand National Assembly tshaj tawm kev ua tsov ua rog ntawm Kurdistan Cov Neeg Ua Haujlwm Pabcuam thiab txhua pab pawg koom nrog thoob plaws tebchaws Turkey thaj av nyob sib ze thiab xaj kom muaj npe ntawm cov neeg tuav pov hwm. "
    
  "Qhov no yog kev npau taws, Kurzat," Akas hais. "Tsis muaj laj thawj tshaj tawm lub xeev xwm txheej ceev. Leej twg tshaj tawm cov lus xaiv no yuav tsum muab pov rau hauv kaw. Thiab koj tuaj yeem tshaj tawm ua tsov rog rau ib pawg haiv neeg li cas? Qhov no puas yog Nazi lub teb chaws Yelemees?
    
  "Yog tias koj tsis xav koom nrog, Thawj Pwm Tsav Tebchaws, koj yuav tsum tawm haujlwm," said Minister of National Defense Hasan Jizek. "Lawv ntawm lub txee yog nyob ntawm tus thawj tswj hwm sab. Koj nyob ntawm txoj hauv kev kom tau txais cov haujlwm no ua tiav tiav. Peb xav tau kev koom tes ntawm National Assembly thiab cov neeg Turkish. "
    
  "Thiab kuv tsis pom zoo nrog txoj kev npaj no, thiab cov neeg tsim cai lij choj uas kuv tau hais nrog tom qab kaw qhov rooj," Akas hais. "Peb txhua tus tau txaj muag thiab poob siab los ntawm PKK tawm tsam, tab sis kev tawm tsam Iraq tsis yog txoj hauv kev los daws qhov teeb meem. Thiab yog tias leej twg yuav tsum tawm, Minister, nws yog koj. PKK tau nkag mus rau Jandarma, nyiag riam phom muaj txiaj ntsig, thiab tau tawm tsam thoob plaws tebchaws. Kuv yuav tsis tawm haujlwm. Kuv zoo li tsuas yog lub suab ntawm qhov laj thawj ntawm no. "
    
  "Ua rau?" Jizek quaj. "Koj sawv ntawm qhov ntawd thiab hu rau cov rooj sib tham thiab kev sib tham thaum Turks raug tua. Yog vim li cas rau qhov no? Nws tig mus rau Hirsiz. "Peb tabtom nkim sijhawm ntawm no, tus tswv,"nws qw. "Nws yuav tsis ua raws li. Kuv hais rau koj tias nws yog ib tug tsis muaj hlwb ideological idiot. Nws xav tawm tsam dua li ua qhov yog los cawm lub tebchaws. "
    
  "Ua cas koj twv, Dzizek?" Akas qw, stunned los ntawm nws cov lus. "Kuv yog Prime Minister ntawm Qaib Cov Txwv!"
    
  Hirsiz hais tias "Mloog kuv, Icy," "Kuv ua tsis tau qhov no yog tsis muaj koj. Peb tau ua ke ntau xyoo dhau los hauv Ankara, hauv National Assembly thiab hauv Cankaya. Peb lub teb chaws yog nyob rau hauv siege. Peb tsis tuaj yeem tham ntxiv lawm. "
    
  "Kuv cog lus rau koj, Thawj Tswj Hwm, kuv yuav ua txhua yam hauv kuv lub hwj chim kom lub ntiaj teb paub tias peb xav tau kev pab los txwv PKK," Akas hais. "Tsis txhob cia koj kev ntxub ntxaug thiab kev chim siab coj koj mus rau qhov kev txiav txim siab phem lossis kev ua phem." Nws nqis los ze rau Hirsiz. "Lub koom pheej suav nrog peb, Kurzat."
    
  Hirsiz zoo li ib tug txiv neej uas raug ntaus thiab tsim txom rau hnub. Nws noded. "Koj hais yog lawm, Icy," nws hais. "Lub koom pheej suav nrog peb." Nws tig mus rau tus thawj coj tub rog, General Abdulla Guzlev: "Ua nws, General."
    
  "Muaj, tus tswv," hais tias Guzlev, tau mus rau ntawm tus thawj tswj hwm lub rooj thiab nqa lub xov tooj.
    
  "Peb yuav ua li cas, Kurzat?" Akas nug.
    
  Hirsiz tau hais tias "Kuv tab tom nrawm rau kev xa tawm tub rog," "Peb yuav npaj pib ua haujlwm hauv ob peb hnub."
    
  Akas tau hais tias "Koj tsis tuaj yeem ua tub rog tawm tsam yam tsis muaj kev tshaj tawm ua tsov rog los ntawm National Assembly," Akas hais. "Kuv qhia tseeb rau koj, peb tseem tsis tau muaj kev pov npav. Muab sijhawm rau kuv ntxiv. Kuv paub tseeb tias kuv tuaj yeem hais tau - "
    
  Hirsiz hais tias, "Peb yuav tsis xav tau kev pov npav, Ice," vim tias kuv tab tom tshaj tawm lub xeev xwm txheej kub ntxhov thiab rhuav tshem Pawg Neeg Sawv Cev.
    
  Akas ob lub qhov muag bulged tawm ntawm nws lub qhov (sockets) nyob rau hauv tag nrho shocks. "Koj yog dab tsi...?"
    
  "Peb tsis muaj kev xaiv, Ice ¸e."
    
  "Peb? Koj puas yog koj tus kws pab tswv yim tub rog? General Ozek? Tam sim no lawv puas yog koj tus kws pab tswv yim?
    
  Hirsiz tau hais tias "Qhov xwm txheej hu rau kev nqis tes ua, hav, tsis hais lus," "Kuv vam tias koj yuav pab peb, tab sis kuv tau npaj ua yam tsis muaj koj."
    
  "Tsis txhob ua qhov no, Kurzat," Akas hais. "Kuv paub tias qhov xwm txheej hnyav heev, tab sis tsis txhob txiav txim siab sai. Cia kuv sau cov kev txhawb nqa ntawm Asmeskas thiab United Nations. Lawv ua siab ntev rau peb. Tus Lwm Thawj Coj Asmeskas yuav mloog. Tab sis yog tias koj ua qhov no, peb yuav poob tag nrho cov kev txhawb nqa los ntawm txhua tus. "
    
  "Kuv thov txim, Icy," Hirsiz hais. "Nws ua tiav. Koj tuaj yeem qhia rau National Assembly thiab Lub Tsev Hais Plaub Siab yog tias koj xav tau, lossis kuv yuav. "
    
  "Tsis yog, nws yog kuv lub luag haujlwm," Akas hais. "Kuv yuav qhia lawv txog qhov kev txom nyem uas koj tab tom ntsib vim kev tuag ntawm ntau tus pej xeem Turkish ntawm tes ntawm PKK."
    
  "ua tsaug".
    
  "Kuv tseem yuav qhia rau lawv tias koj qhov kev npau taws thiab kev chim siab tau ua rau koj npau taws thiab qaug ntshav," Akas hais. "Kuv yuav qhia rau lawv tias koj cov kws pab tswv yim tub rog tau qhia koj raws nraim qhov lawv xav kom koj hnov es tsis yog qhov koj xav hnov. Kuv yuav qhia rau lawv tias koj tsis yog koj tus kheej tam sim no. "
    
  "Tsis txhob ua qhov no, Icy," Hirsiz hais. "Nws yuav tsis ncaj ncees rau kuv thiab Turkey. Kuv ua qhov no vim nws yuav tsum tau ua thiab nws yog kuv lub luag haujlwm. "
    
  "Tsis yog, raws li lawv hais, pib ntawm kev npau taws, Kurzat: hais tias koj muaj lub luag haujlwm?" Akas nug. "Qhov no puas yog txhua tus tswj hwm thiab cov neeg muaj zog hais? Nov yog qhov Evren tau hais hauv 1980 lossis Tagma ç hais ua ntej nws thaum lawv rhuav tshem National Assembly thiab tuav tsoomfwv hauv kev ua tub rog? Mus rau ntuj txiag teb tsaus".
    
    
  Tshooj 5
    
    
  Tsis txhob tos kom lub teeb tshwm ntawm qhov kawg ntawm lub qhov - tawm mus thiab teeb qhov damn koj tus kheej.
    
  -DARA HENDERSON, Tus Sau
    
    
    
  NAKHLA ALLIED AIR BASE, IRAQ
  HNUB NO
    
    
  "Nws muaj kev kub ntxhov thiab tsis meej pem nyob rau hauv Ankara, Mr. Tus Lwm Thawj Coj," Tus Thawj Fwm Tsav Tebchaws Stacy Ann Barbeau tau hais los ntawm nws lub chaw haujlwm hauv Washington dhau los ntawm kev sib tham hauv xov tooj cua ruaj ntseg. Tsis tas li ntawd tam sim no yog Tus Lwm Thawj Coj Ken Phoenix rau lub rooj sib tham nrog Iraqi cov thawj coj thiab US Ambassador nyob rau hauv Baghdad; thiab Col. Jack Wilhelm, tus thawj coj ntawm US cov tub rog nyob rau sab qaum teb Iraq ntawm Nakhla Allied Air Base ze rau sab qaum teb lub nroog Mosul. "Tus Thawj Fwm Tsav Tebchaws Turkey nws tus kheej tau hu peb tus kws tshaj lij rau cov ntaub pua plag rau kev ncaws pob tshaj qhov pom tseeb ntawm kev ua txhaum cai ntawm lub dav hlau los ntawm Asmeskas lub dav hlau, tab sis tam sim no nws zaum thiab tos hauv thaj chaw txais tos nyob rau hauv kev ruaj ntseg hnyav vim qee lub suab nrov ruaj ntseg."
    
  "Lawv hais li cas ntawm Embassy, Stacy?" Phoenix nug. "Lawv puas ntsib nrog tus Ambassador?"
    
  Barbeau tau hais tias "Kev pabcuam xovtooj ntawm tes tam sim no poob qis, tab sis kev siv hluav taws xob tau dhau los ua tus qauv rau ob peb hnub tom qab cov lus xaiv ntawm lub xeev xwm txheej kub ntxhov, Mr. Vice President," Barbeau tau hais. "Tsoomfwv xov tooj cua thiab TV tau piav qhia ntau yam kev tawm tsam rau thiab tawm tsam tsoomfwv Hirsiz, tab sis lawv tau muaj kev thaj yeeb nyab xeeb thiab tub ceev xwm tau daws nws. Cov tub rog coj tus cwj pwm ntsiag to. Muaj qee qhov xwm txheej tua ntawm Pink Palace, tab sis Thawj Tswj Hwm Tus Saib Xyuas hais tias Thawj Tswj Hwm muaj kev nyab xeeb thiab yuav hais lus rau lub tebchaws tom qab hnub no. "
    
  Phoenix tau hais tias "Qhov ntawd yog qhov zoo nkauj npaum li kuv tau hais rau ntawm Embassy ntawm no hauv Baghdad," Phoenix tau hais. "Baghdad txhawj xeeb txog cov xov xwm tsis meej pem tab sis tsis tau nce qib ceeb toom."
    
  Barbeau tau hais tias "Kuv xav tau kev piav qhia txog qhov tshwm sim ntawm ciam teb Iraqi-Turkish, Colonel Wilhelm," Barbeau tau hais. "Cov Turks hais tias lawv tau tua lub dav hlau neeg soj xyuas Asmeskas hla lawv thaj chaw thiab lawv yuav vwm."
    
  Wilhelm tau hais tias "Kuv tuaj yeem lees paub txhua tus neeg tias txhua lub dav hlau Asmeskas, tsis muaj neeg siv lossis lwm yam, suav nrog, ma'am," Wilhelm hais tias, "thiab peb tsis tau plam ib lub dav hlau."
    
  "Qhov no puas suav nrog koj cov neeg cog lus, Colonel?" Barbeau nug pointedly.
    
  "Yog lawm, ma'am."
    
  "Leej twg tswj cov dav hlau tshawb nrhiav ua haujlwm raws ciam teb? Qhov no puas yog lub koom haum thoob ntiaj teb Scion Aviation?
    
  "Yes, ma'am. Lawv ya ob lub dav hlau loj thiab ncaj ncees high-tech soj ntsuam ntev, thiab lawv nyiam cov drones me los ua kom tiav lawv cov haujlwm. "
    
  "Kuv xav tham nrog tus neeg sawv cev tam sim no."
    
  "Nws npaj tau lawm, ma'am. General?
    
  "'General'?
    
  "Tus txiv neej Scion yog ib tug tub rog laus laus laus, ma'am." Barbeau lub qhov muag blinked nyob rau hauv tsis meej pem; nws obviously tsis muaj cov ntaub ntawv. "Feem ntau ntawm peb cov neeg ua haujlwm tau so haujlwm lossis yav dhau los ua tub rog."
    
  "Zoo, nws nyob qhov twg? Nws puas tsis ua haujlwm nrog koj, Colonel?
    
  Wilhelm piav qhia tias "Nws feem ntau ua haujlwm tsis yog los ntawm Lub Chaw Haujlwm thiab Tswj Xyuas," Wilhelm piav qhia, "tab sis nyob rau hauv txoj kab dav hlau. Nws txuas nws lub dav hlau mus rau Triple-C network thiab rau peb ob peb cov khoom muaj nqis. "
    
  Barbeau yws tias, "Kuv tsis paub tias koj nyuam qhuav hais dab tsi, Colonel," thiab kuv vam tias tus txiv neej Scion tuaj yeem tshawb xyuas nws thiab muab qee cov lus teb rau peb. Txuas nws mus rau kab tam sim no. "
    
  Tsuas yog tom qab ntawd, lub qhov rais tshiab tau qhib rau ntawm lub rooj sib tham video thiab Patrick McLanahan, hnav lub tsho grey lub tsho tshaj lub tsho dawb, tau taub hau ntawm lub koob yees duab. "Patrick McLanahan, Scion Aviation International, muaj kev nyab xeeb."
    
  "McLanahan?" Stacy Barbeau tawg, nce ib feem ntawm nws lub rooj. "Puas yog Patrick McLanahan yog tus kws tshaj lij tiv thaiv hauv Iraq?"
    
  Patrick hais tias, "Zoo siab tau pom koj thiab, Tus Tuav Ntaub Ntawv," Patrick hais. "Kuv xav tias Secretary Turner piav qhia koj txog Scion txoj kev tswj hwm."
    
  Nws tuav lub luag nyav thaum nws saib Barbeau tawm tsam los tswj nws lub siab thiab nws cov leeg yeem. Lub sijhawm kawg uas nws pom nws yog tsawg dua ob xyoos dhau los, thaum nws tseem yog tus thawj coj loj ntawm Louisiana thiab tus thawj coj ntawm Pawg Neeg Saib Xyuas Tub Rog. Patrick, uas tau nyiag rov qab los ntawm Armstrong Chaw Nres Nkoj, qhov chaw nws nyob hauv lub tsev virtual raug ntes, saib xyuas kev thauj khoom ntawm Barbeau nyob rau hauv XR-A9 Black Stallion spaceplane coj nws los ntawm Elliott Air Force Base hauv Nevada mus rau Naval Air Station Patuxent River hauv Maryland - lub davhlau uas siv tsawg tshaj li ob teev.
    
  Tau kawg, Barbeau tsis nco qab ib qho ntawm qhov no vim Patrick muaj Hunter "Boomer" Noble ntxias thiab tom qab ntawd muab nws tso rau hauv lub tsev so Las Vegas luxurious-casino suite hauv kev npaj rau nws lub davhlau luv rau hauv qhov chaw.
    
  Patrick's armored tin lumberjacks thiab Device commandos 'cybernetic infantry ces smuggled nws mus rau hauv Thawj Tswj Hwm chaw nyob ntawm Camp David, subdued lub Secret Service thiab US Navy kev ruaj ntseg rog, thiab teem ib tug confrontation ntawm nws thiab Thawj Tswj Hwm Joseph Gardner rau yav tom ntej ntawm cov txiv neej thiab cov poj niam. uas tau tsim los ntawm US Space Defense Force., uas tus thawj tswj hwm tau npaj txhij los txi txhawm rau ua kom muaj kev thaj yeeb nyab xeeb nrog Russia. Hauv kev pauv rau kev tsis qhia Gardner qhov kev sib tham tsis pub lwm tus paub nrog cov neeg Lavxias, Thawj Tswj Hwm tau pom zoo tso cai rau ib tus neeg ua haujlwm ntawm McLanahan uas tsis xav ua haujlwm hauv Gardner kom tau txais txiaj ntsig los ntawm kev ua tub rog ...
    
  ... thiab Patrick tau ua kom Thawj Tswj Hwm txoj kev koom tes txuas ntxiv, coj nrog nws tag nrho cov quab yuam ntawm rau tus txiv neej tin thiab ob lub cybernetic infantry combatry systems, nrog rau cov khoom seem, cov khoom siv riam phom thiab kev npaj rau lawv cov khoom. Cov cuab yeej cuab tam cov cuab yeej cuab tam qib siab tau ua pov thawj tias lawv tuaj yeem kov yeej cov tub rog Lavxias thiab Iranian, nrog rau US Navy SEALs, thiab nkag mus rau cov chaw nyob hauv lub tebchaws uas muaj kev tiv thaiv hnyav tshaj plaws hauv ntiaj teb - Patrick paub tias nws muaj kev txhawb nqa zoo yog tias tus thawj tswj hwm yuav sim kom tau txais tshem tawm nws qhov teeb meem nrog McLanahan.
    
  "Puas muaj qee qhov teeb meem ntawm no, Miss Secretary?" Tus Lwm Thawj Coj Phoenix nug. "Kuv paub tias koj tau ntsib General McLanahan ua ntej."
    
  Patrick tau hais tias "Kuv paub tseeb rau koj, peb tau npaj tag nrho cov ntawv ceeb toom thiab cov ntawv thov kom raug - Kuv tau ua lawv tus kheej los ntawm Lub Chaw Haujlwm Pabcuam Tub Rog Tub Rog," Patrick hais. "Tsis muaj teeb meem nrog-"
    
  "Peb puas tuaj yeem tau txais qhov no nrog?" Stacy Ann Barbeau dheev blurted tawm indignantly. Patrick luag ntxhi rau nws tus kheej; nws paub tias tus kws tshaj lij kev nom kev tswv zoo li Barbeau paub yuav ua li cas nyob hauv no thiab tam sim no, txawm tias nws xav tsis thoob li cas. "General, zoo siab tau pom koj noj qab nyob zoo thiab zoo siab. Kuv yuav tsum paub tias kev so haujlwm yuav tsis txhais hais tias lub rooj zaum rocking ntawm lub sam thiaj rau ib tus neeg zoo li koj. "
    
  "Kuv xav tias koj paub kuv zoo heev, Miss Secretary."
    
  "Thiab kuv kuj paub tias koj tsis txaj muag txog kev nkag mus rau hauv cov kab, thiab qee zaum overstepping lawv los ntawm ko taw lossis ob, hauv koj qhov kev thov kom ua tiav txoj haujlwm," Barbeau txuas ntxiv bluntly. "Peb tau txais kev tsis txaus siab los ntawm Turks txog lub dav hlau stealth, tej zaum yuav tsis muaj neeg siv, ya hla Turkish airspace yam tsis tau tso cai. Thov zam txim rau kuv uas hais qhov no, tus tswv, tab sis koj cov ntiv tes tag nrho dhau qhov no. Koj ua dabtsi tiag?"
    
  Patrick tau hais tias "Scion daim ntawv cog lus yog los muab kev soj ntsuam kev sib koom ua ke, kev txawj ntse sib sau ua ke, kev soj ntsuam thiab cov ntaub ntawv xa tawm cov kev pabcuam raws li Iraqi-Turkish ciam teb," Patrick hais. "Peb lub platform tseem ceeb rau txoj haujlwm no yog XC-57 ntau lub luag haujlwm thauj lub dav hlau, uas yog lub turbofan-powered manned lossis unmanned aircraft uas tuaj yeem nruab nrog ntau yam qauv los hloov nws txoj haujlwm. Peb kuj siv me me drones uas ...
    
  "Tau rau lub ntsiab lus, General," Barbeau snapped. "Koj puas tau hla ciam teb Iraqi-Turkish lossis tsis?"
    
  "Tsis yog, ma'am, peb tsis tau ua qhov ntawd - tsawg kawg tsis yog nrog peb lub dav hlau."
    
  "Lub ntuj raug txim txhais li cas?"
    
  Nws tau hais tias "Cov Turks tau raug rho tawm haujlwm ntawm kev dag uas peb tau pub rau hauv lawv cov Patriot nrhiav pom thiab taug qab cov khoos phis tawj los ntawm lawv cov radar phased array," nws hais.
    
  "Kuv paub nws! Koj yeej ua rau cov Turks tua lawv cov cuaj luaj! "
    
  "Ib feem ntawm peb daim ntawv cog lus kev txawj ntse lub luag haujlwm yog txhawm rau txheeb xyuas thiab faib txhua yam kev hem thawj hauv thaj chaw no ntawm lub luag haujlwm," Patrick piav qhia. "Tom qab kev tawm tsam ntawm Pawg Tub Ceev Xwm Thib Ob hauv Zakho, Kuv xav tias cov tub rog Turkish thiab cov tub ceev xwm ciam teb muaj kev hem thawj."
    
  "Kuv tsis tas yuav ceeb toom rau koj, General, tias Qaib Cov Txwv yog ib qho tseem ceeb ntawm NATO thiab nyob rau hauv tag nrho cov cheeb tsam - lawv tsis yog yeeb ncuab," Barbeau hais mob siab rau. Nws pom tseeb rau txhua tus uas nws xav tias tus yeeb ncuab tiag tiag. "Cov phooj ywg tsis tau hloov ib leeg lub radars, yuam kom lawv nkim ob lab nyiaj daus las ntawm cov cuaj luaj caum tus dab, thiab nthuav tawm kev ntshai thiab tsis ntseeg nyob rau hauv ib cheeb tsam uas twb muaj kev ntshai heev. Kuv yuav tsis cia koj rhuav tshem peb cov kev siv zog ntawm kev ua nom ua tswv tsuas yog kom koj tuaj yeem sim qee cov cuab yeej tshiab lossis ua qee cov nyiaj rau koj cov tub ua lag luam. "
    
  Patrick tau hais tias "Madam Secretary, cov Turks tau txav lawv cov Patriot roj teeb ntxiv rau sab hnub poob los tawm tsam Iraq, tsis yog Iran xwb," Patrick hais. "Cov Turks puas qhia peb txog qhov no?"
    
  "Kuv tsis nyob ntawm no los teb koj cov lus nug, General. Koj nyob ntawm no los teb kuv cov lus nug ...! "
    
  Patrick hais ntxiv tias "Madam Secretary, peb kuj paub tias cov Turks muaj cov phom ntev ntev zoo ib yam li cov uas lawv tau siv los tawm tsam Cov Tub Rog Thib Ob hauv Zakho," Patrick hais ntxiv. "Kuv xav pom dab tsi cov Turks npaj. Lub co-up nyob rau hauv lawv cov tub rog siab hais kom ua, thiab tam sim no poob ntawm kev sib txuas lus los ntawm lub embassy, hais rau kuv tias ib yam dab tsi mus, tej zaum ib yam dab tsi loj. Kuv pom zoo rau peb - "
    
  "Thov zam txim rau kuv, General, tab sis kuv kuj tsis nyob ntawm no los mloog koj cov lus pom zoo," Secretary of State Barbeau cuam tshuam. "Koj yog ib tus neeg cog lus, tsis yog lub txee lossis cov neeg ua haujlwm. Tam sim no mloog kuv, General: Kuv xav kom tag nrho koj cov ntaub ntawv taug qab, cov duab radar thiab txhua yam koj tau sau txij thaum koj lub tuam txhab kos npe rau daim ntawv cog lus. kuv xav-"
    
  Patrick hais tias, "Thov txim, ma'am, tab sis kuv muab tsis tau rau koj.
    
  "Koj qhia kuv li cas?"
    
  Patrick hais tias, "Kuv hais, Madam Secretary, Kuv tsis tuaj yeem muab rau koj ib qho ntawm no," Patrick hais ntxiv. "Cov ntaub ntawv yog nyob rau hauv Teb Chaws Asmeskas Central Command - koj yuav tsum nug lawv rau nws."
    
  "Tsis txhob ua si nrog kuv, McLanahan. Kuv yuav tsum tau piav qhia qhov koj tau ua rau Ankara. Nws zoo li qhov no yuav yog lwm rooj plaub ntawm cov neeg cog lus overstepping lawv cov ciam teb thiab ua yeeb yam ntawm nws tus kheej. Txhua tus nqi tshwm sim los ntawm Turks rau koj qhov kev ua yuav los ntawm koj lub hnab ris, tsis yog US Treasury. "
    
  Patrick tau hais tias "Qhov ntawd yuav raug txiav txim los ntawm lub tsev hais plaub. "Lub sijhawm no, cov ntaub ntawv uas peb khaws tau yog rau Central Command lossis leej twg lawv xaiv kom tau txais nws, xws li Cov Tub Rog Thib Ob. Tsuas yog lawv thiaj txiav txim siab tias leej twg tau txais nws. Lwm cov ntaub ntawv lossis cov peev txheej uas tsis tau them los ntawm daim ntawv cog lus nrog tsoomfwv yog Scion Aviation International thiab kuv tsis tuaj yeem nthuav tawm rau txhua tus yam tsis muaj daim ntawv cog lus lossis kev txiav txim plaub ntug. "
    
  "Koj xav ua si nyuaj nrog kuv, tus tswv, zoo," Barbeau snapped. "Kuv yuav foob koj thiab koj lub tuam txhab kom ceev koj lub taub hau yuav tig. Nyob rau lub sijhawm no, kuv yuav xav kom Tus Tuav Ntaub Ntawv ntawm Lub Xeev Turner txiav koj daim ntawv cog lus kom peb tuaj yeem ua pov thawj rau tsoomfwv Turkish tias qhov no yuav tsis tshwm sim dua. " Patrick tsis tau hais dab tsi. "Colonel Wilhelm, Kuv yuav hais qhia rau Pentagon tias koj rov pib ua haujlwm kev nyab xeeb raws li thaj tsam ciam teb kom txog thaum peb tuaj yeem ntiav lwm tus neeg cog lus los hloov peb. Tos cov lus txiav txim ntxiv txog qhov no. "
    
  "Yes, ma'am." Barbeau khiav rov qab ntawm nws txhais tes hla nws lub koob yees duab thiab nws daim duab ploj lawm. "Ua tsaug, General," Wilhelm hais npau taws. "Kuv nyob ntawm qhov kawg ntawm no. Nws yuav siv sijhawm kuv lub lis piam xa cov hloov pauv, rov qab los thiab ntim cov cuab yeej, thiab npaj cov neeg saib xyuas dua. "
    
  "Peb tsis muaj lub lis piam, Colonel, peb muaj hnub," Patrick hais. "Mr. Tus Lwm Thawj Coj, Kuv khuv xim txoj kev hais lus sib tham uas kuv tau ua, tab sis peb tau kawm ntau yam. Türkiye tab tom npaj rau ib yam dab tsi. Peb yuav tsum tau npaj rau qhov no. "
    
  "Zoo li cas? Dab tsi yog koj txoj kev xav txog kev tawm tsam Iraq?"
    
  "Yes, sir".
    
  "Dab tsi tshwm sim ua rau koj xav tias qhov kev ntxiab no yuav tshwm sim?"
    
  Patrick teb tias, "Muaj ntau tau tshwm sim, tus tswv," Patrick teb. "Scion tus kheej kev tshuaj xyuas qhia tau hais tias tam sim no cov Turks muaj nees nkaum tsib txhiab Gendarma paramilitary rog nyob rau hauv peb-hnub lub peb hlis ntuj ntawm Mosul thiab Erbil, thiab lwm yam peb faib - ib puas txhiab infantry, armor thiab artillery - nyob rau hauv ib lub lis piam lub peb hlis ntuj."
    
  "Peb faib?"
    
  Patrick tau hais tias "Yog lawm, tus tswv, qhov ntawd yuav luag ntau npaum li cov tub rog Asmeskas muaj nyob hauv Iraq ntawm qhov siab ntawm Kev Ua Haujlwm Iraqi Kev ywj pheej, tshwj tsis yog cov Turks tau tsom mus rau sab qaum teb," Patrick hais. "Cov tub rog hauv av no tau txais kev txhawb nqa los ntawm cov tub rog loj tshaj plaws thiab siab tshaj plaws ntawm Russia thiab lub teb chaws Yelemees. Cov qub txeeg qub teg ntseeg hais tias lawv npaj txhij tawm tsam. Kev tawm haujlwm tsis ntev los no ntawm cov thawj coj tub rog Turkish thiab qhov kev tsis sib haum xeeb tsis ntev los no thiab tsis muaj kev sib cuag nrog lub chaw lis haujlwm hauv Ankara lees paub kuv qhov kev ntshai. "
    
  Muaj kev ncua ntev ntawm kab; Patrick pom Tus Lwm Thawj Coj tau thim rov qab rau hauv nws lub rooj zaum thiab rub nws lub ntsej muag thiab ob lub qhov muag - hauv kev tsis meej pem, ntshai, tsis ntseeg, tsis ntseeg, lossis tag nrho plaub, nws qhia tsis tau. Tom qab ntawd: "General, Kuv tsis paub koj zoo thaum koj ua haujlwm hauv Tsev Dawb," Phoenix hais. "Feem ntau ntawm qhov kuv paub yog qhov kuv tau hnov hauv Oval Office thiab Chav Tsev Txee, feem ntau yog thaum ib tus neeg npau taws tirade qhia rau koj. Koj muaj lub koob npe nrov rau ob yam: pissing ntau tus neeg tawm ... thiab muab sijhawm sijhawm, txheeb xyuas kom raug.
    
  "Kuv yuav tham nrog Thawj Tswj Hwm thiab pom zoo kom Secretary Barbeau thiab kuv mus ntsib Turkey kom ntsib Thawj Tswj Hwm Hirsiz thiab Prime Minister Akash," nws hais ntxiv. "Stacy tej zaum yuav yog lub luag haujlwm rau kev thov txim. Kuv yuav nug Thawj Tswj Hwm Hirsiz tias muaj dab tsi tshwm sim, nws xav li cas, nws qhov xwm txheej yog kev nom kev tswv thiab kev ruaj ntseg, thiab lub tebchaws United States tuaj yeem pab tau li cas. Qhov xwm txheej no tau pom meej los ntawm kev tswj hwm, thiab tsuas yog tshaj tawm PKK lub koom haum ua phem tsis txaus. Peb yuav tsum ua ntau ntxiv los pab cov koom pheej Turkish.
    
  Phoenix hais ntxiv tias "Kuv tseem yuav hais qhia, General, uas koj tau tso cai txuas ntxiv koj cov haujlwm soj ntsuam raws li Iraqi-Turkish ciam teb," Phoenix txuas ntxiv. "Kuv tsis xav tias nws yuav yuav, tab sis yog Colonel Wilhelm hais tias nws yuav siv sijhawm ntau lub lis piam kom rov qab los ua haujlwm, peb tsis muaj ntau txoj kev xaiv. Pom tseeb, yuav tsis muaj kev txiav txim ntxiv rau Turks yam tsis muaj kev tso cai tshwj xeeb los ntawm Pentagon lossis Tsev Dawb. Ntshiab?"
    
  "Yes, sir".
    
  "Zoo. Colonel Wilhelm, Tus Tuav Ntaub Ntawv ntawm Xeev Barbeau tsis yog nyob rau hauv koj cov saw ntawm cov lus txib, thiab kuv tsis yog. Koj yuav tsum ua kom tiav koj cov kev txiav txim zaum kawg. Tab sis kuv xav kom ua ib txoj hauj lwm tiv thaiv thiab npaj rau txhua yam, nyob rau hauv rooj plaub tus general txoj kev xav los ntawm qhov tseeb. Kuv tsis paub tias koj yuav tau txais lus ceeb toom pes tsawg. Thov txim rau qhov tsis meej pem, tab sis qee zaum qhov ntawd yog li cas nws mus. "
    
  Wilhelm hais tias "Qhov ntawd yog qhov tshwm sim feem ntau ntawm lub sijhawm, tus tswv," Wilhelm hais. "Cov lus nkag siab."
    
  "Kuv yuav kov. Ua tsaug rau cov txiv neej." Tus Lwm Thawj Coj tau nodded rau ib tus neeg tawm ntawm lub koob yees duab, thiab nws qhov kev txhawj xeeb, kev tsis sib haum xeeb ploj mus.
    
    
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  "Patrick McLanahan hauv Iraq!" - Tus Tuav Ntaub Ntawv ntawm Xeev Stacey Ann Barbeau squealed thaum nws nkag mus rau Oval Office. "Kuv nyuam qhuav hais rau nws ntawm kev sib tham hu nrog Phoenix thiab Tub Rog. McLanahan yog tus saib xyuas huab cua nyob thoob plaws sab qaum teb Iraq! Cas tus txiv neej no tuaj yeem tshwm sim hauv Iraq yam tsis tau peb paub txog nws?
    
  Thawj Tswj Hwm Joseph Gardner tau hais tias "Nyob, Stacy Ann, so kom txaus," Nws luag ntxhi, loosened nws khi thiab leaned rov qab rau hauv nws lub rooj zaum. "Koj saib zoo nkauj dua thaum koj npau taws."
    
  "Koj yuav ua li cas nrog McLanahan, Joe? Kuv xav tias nws yuav ploj mus, tsiv mus rau hauv ib chav tsev hauv Vegas, ua si nrog nws tus menyuam, mus nuv ntses lossis ib yam dab tsi. Tsis tsuas yog nws tsis tau ploj mus, tab sis tam sim no nws yog av nkos dej ntawm Iraq thiab Turkey. "
    
  "Kuv paub. Kuv tau txais kev qhia luv luv los ntawm Conrad. Qhov no yog tus txiv neej Stacy ua. Tsis txhob txhawj txog nws. Tsis ntev los nws yuav mus deb dhau lawm, ces peb mam li coj nws mus rau txim. Nws tsis muaj nws tus kheej lub tshuab huab cua siab los tawm tsam rau nws. "
    
  "Koj puas hnov tej uas nws hais rau kuv? Nws tsis kam muab nws cov ntaub ntawv tshaj tawm txoj moo zoo mus rau Xeev Lub Tsev Haujlwm! Kuv xav kom nws muab pov rau hauv tsev lojcuj, Joe!"
    
  "Kuv hais, so, Stacy," Gardner hais. "Kuv yuav tsis ua ib yam dab tsi uas yuav coj McLanahan lub npe rov qab rau hauv xov xwm. Txhua tus tsis nco qab txog nws, thiab kuv nyiam txoj kev no. Peb mam li sim coj nws mus rau tsoomfwv lub tsev hais plaub rau kev tshaj tawm qee cov duab radar cuav los dag ntxias cov Turks, thiab peb yuav tig nws mus rau hauv xov xwm tshaj tawm. Peb mam li tos kom txog thaum nws ua ib yam dab tsi phem heev ces peb mam li muab nws tso."
    
  "Tus txiv neej no yog xov xwm phem, Joe," Barbeau hais. "Nws txaj muag rau peb ob leeg, tso quav rau peb thiab rub peb lub qhov ntswg hauv nws. Tam sim no nws tau txais ib daim ntawv cog lus tseem ceeb hauv tsoomfwv thiab tau ya ncig sab qaum teb Iraq. " Nws nres ib pliag, ces nug, "Nws puas tseem muaj cov neeg hlau ntawd nws ...?"
    
  "Yog lawm, raws li kuv paub, nws tseem muaj lawv," tus thawj tswj hwm tau hais. "Kuv tsis tau hnov qab txog lawv. Kuv muaj ib pab neeg ua hauj lwm ntawm FBI uas saib xyuas tub ceev xwm ceeb toom thoob ntiaj teb nrhiav neeg tim khawv. Tam sim no peb paub tias nws ua haujlwm hauv Iraq, peb yuav nthuav peb txoj kev tshawb nrhiav nyob ntawd. Peb yuav tau lawv."
    
  "Kuv tsis nkag siab tias koj yuav cia nws khaws cov khoom no li cas. Lawv koom nrog tsoomfwv Meskas, tsis yog McLanahan. "
    
  "Koj paub damn zoo vim li cas, Stacy," Gardner hais npau taws. "McLanahan muaj av txaus rau peb ob leeg kom xaus peb txoj haujlwm nyob rau hauv ib lub qhov muag. Robots yog tus nqi me me los them rau nws qhov ntsiag to. Yog hais tias tus txiv leej tub tab tom rhuav tshem cov nroog lossis nyiag cov txhab nyiaj nrog lawv, kuv yuav ua ntej nrhiav lawv, tab sis FBI tus neeg ua haujlwm tsis tau tshaj tawm qhov pom lossis tau txais cov lus qhia txog lawv. McLanahan tau ntse thiab khaws cov khoom no hauv qab qhwv. "
    
  "Kuv tsis tuaj yeem ntseeg tias nws muaj riam phom muaj zog npaum li cov neeg hlau thiab cov cuab yeej cuab tam lossis txawm tias nws yog thiab nws tsis siv lawv."
    
  "Zoo li kuv hais, nws ntse. Tab sis thawj zaug uas nws nthuav tawm tej yam no, kuv lub luag haujlwm yuav tawm tsam nws. "
    
  "Vim li cas lawv siv sijhawm ntev? Cov neeg hlau yog kaum taw siab thiab muaj zog li tso tsheb hlau luam! Nws siv lawv los tua tus Thawj Kav Tebchaws Lavxias ntawm nws qhov chaw nyob thiab tom qab ntawd siv lawv los tsoo rau hauv Camp David!"
    
  "Tsuas muaj qee tus ntawm lawv, thiab los ntawm qhov kuv tau hais, lawv yob thiab yooj yim mus nkaum," tus thawj tswj hwm tau hais. "Tab sis kuv xav tias qhov laj thawj tseem ceeb uas lawv tsis ua yog vim McLanahan muaj qee tus phooj ywg muaj zog uas pab coj cov neeg tshawb nrhiav yuam kev."
    
  "Zoo li leej twg?"
    
  "Kuv tsis paub ... tsis tau," Gardner hais. "Ib tug neeg uas muaj kev nom kev tswv, muaj zog txaus kom tau txais cov tub ua lag luam los yuav cov cuab yeej siv thev naus laus zis zoo li lub dav hlau neeg soj xyuas no, thiab muaj kev paub txaus ntawm Capitol Hill thiab Pentagon kom tau txais tsoomfwv cov ntawv cog lus thiab tau txais cov kev cai lij choj xa tawm technology."
    
  "Kuv xav tias koj yuav tsum tau txiav nws cov ntawv cog lus thiab xa nws cov khoom. Tus txiv neej no txaus ntshai. "
    
  "Nws tsis txwv peb, nws ua haujlwm hauv Iraq uas tso cai rau kuv kom tau txais cov tub rog tawm ntawm qhov ntawd sai dua - thiab kuv tsis xav sawv ib tag kis thiab pom ib tus neeg hlau no sawv ntawm kuv hauv kuv chav pw," Gardner hais. "Tsis nco qab McLanahan. Thaum kawg nws yuav ntswj thiab tom qab ntawd peb tuaj yeem coj nws tawm ... ntsiag to. "
    
    
  LUB CHAW UA HAUJ LWM HAUV GANDARMA PROVINCE, VAN, REPUBLIC OF TURKEY
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  Lub tsev hauv paus hauv cheeb tsam sab hnub tuaj ntawm Qaib Cov Txwv cov tub rog tiv thaiv sab hauv, Candarma, nyob ze Van tshav dav hlau, sab qab teb ntawm lub nroog thiab ze rau Lake Van. Lub hauv paus loj hauv tsev muaj plaub lub tsev peb-zaj tsim ib lub xwmfab nrog lub tshav puam loj, tsev noj mov, thiab chaw zaum hauv nruab nrab. Hla qhov chaw nres tsheb mus rau sab qaum teb sab hnub tuaj yog ib lub tsev, square, plaub-zaj tsev uas nyob hauv lub tsev kaw neeg. Nyob rau sab qab teb sab hnub tuaj ntawm lub hauv paus chaw ua haujlwm muaj barracks, kev cob qhia academy, chaw ua kis las thiab tua ntau yam.
    
  Lub tsev hauv paus hauv paus yog nyob rau ntawm Ipek Golu Avenue, txoj kev loj ntawm txoj kev txuas lub nroog mus rau tshav dav hlau. Vim hais tias lub tsev hauv paus tau raug kev tawm tsam ntau los ntawm cov neeg uas hla-feem ntau yog pob zeb lossis cov khib nyiab pov rau hauv lub tsev, tab sis qee zaum rab yaj phom lossis Molotov cocktail raug rho tawm ntawm lub qhov rais-sab ntawm lub complex ntsib Avenue NW, Summerbank Street SE sab hnub poob. thiab Ayak Street nyob rau sab qaum teb sab hnub tuaj, tau nyob ib puag ncig los ntawm kaum-foot reinforced pob zeb phab ntsa, dai kom zoo nkauj nrog cov duab thiab mosaics, nrog rau qee cov graphites tawm tsam Jandarma. Tag nrho cov qhov rais nyob rau sab ntawd yog ua los ntawm cov mos txwv iav.
    
  Tsis muaj cov phab ntsa tiv thaiv zoo li no nyob rau sab qab teb sab hnub tuaj; Lub suab ntawm rab phom nyob rau nruab hnub thiab hmo ntuj, qhov tsis tu ncua ntawm tub ceev xwm thiab cov tub ntxhais kawm Jandarma, thiab qhov loj qhib deb ntawm lub tsev thiab cov tsev loj txhais tau hais tias lub cheeb tsam tsuas yog kaum ob-foot illuminated chain-link laj kab topped nrog barbed. hlau, patrolled los ntawm lub koob yees duab thiab caij nkoj patrols nyob rau hauv pickup tsheb. Qhov chaw nyob ib ncig ntawm lub complex yog lub teeb industrial; thaj chaw nyob ze tshaj plaws yog ib lub tsev nyob plaub blocks deb, feem ntau yog cov tub ceev xwm Jandarma thiab cov neeg ua haujlwm kawm thiab cov kws qhia.
    
  Lub Academy tau cob qhia tub ceev xwm los ntawm thoob plaws tebchaws Turkey. Cov kawm tiav tau raug xa mus rau lub nroog lossis lub xeev tub ceev xwm, lossis nyob rau hauv kev cob qhia ntxiv los ua tub ceev xwm, lossis tau kawm qib siab hauv kev tswj hwm kev tawm tsam, riam phom tshwj xeeb thiab kev tawm tsam, pov tseg foob pob, kev tiv thaiv kev ua phem, kev txawj ntse, kev cuam tshuam tshuaj thiab ntau ntau lwm yam. tshwj xeeb.. Lub tsev kawm ntawv muaj ib puas tus neeg ua haujlwm thiab cov kws qhia ntawv, thiab cov tub ntxhais kawm nyob hauv tsev muaj txog ib txhiab.
    
  Nrog rau kev tua phom los ntawm phom ntau, lwm qhov chaw nyob ntawm Jandarma complex hauv Van yog cov neeg tawm tsam. Lub tsev kaw neeg tau tuav txog tsib puas tus neeg raug kaw, feem ntau xav tias yog cov neeg tawm tsam Kurdish, cov neeg nyiag khoom thiab cov neeg txawv tebchaws raug ntes nyob rau thaj tsam ciam teb. Lub chaw tsis yog lub tsev loj cuj thiab tsis tau tsim los rau kev kaw mus ntev, tab sis tsawg kawg yog ib feem tsib ntawm cov neeg raug kaw nyob ntawd rau ntau tshaj ib xyoos, tos kev sim lossis kev xa tawm mus. Feem ntau qhov kev tawm tsam me me - niam lossis tus poj niam tuav cov cim nrog cov duab ntawm lawv cov neeg hlub, thov kev ncaj ncees - tab sis qee qhov loj dua, thiab qee qhov ua phem.
    
  Qhov kev ua qauv qhia uas pib thaum sawv ntxov tau pib loj thiab loj hlob sai. Cov lus xaiv tau tshaj tawm tias cov tub ceev xwm tau ntes Zilar Azzawi, tus neeg ua phem Kurdish tus thawj coj hu ua Hawk, thiab tau tsim txom nws rau cov ntaub ntawv.
    
  Cov neeg tawm tsam tau thaiv Ipek Golu Avenue thiab thaiv txhua qhov chaw nkag mus rau Jandarma chaw ua haujlwm. Lub gendarma reacted sai thiab nrog quab yuam. Lub tsev kawm ntawv tau hnav tag nrho cov tub ntxhais kawm hauv kev tawm tsam kev tawm tsam thiab ncig ob lub tsev tseem ceeb, tsom mus rau lub tsev kaw neeg nyob rau hauv rooj plaub uas muaj neeg coob sim nkag mus rau hauv lub tsev thiab tso Azzawi thiab lwm tus neeg raug kaw. Tsheb thauj mus los tau hloov mus ib ncig ntawm qhov chaw tawm tsam raws Sumerbank thiab Ayak txoj kev mus rau lwm txoj kev loj kom tsis txhob muaj kev kaw tag nrho rau lub tshav dav hlau Van.
    
  Qhov xwm txheej tsis txaus ntseeg thiab kev hloov pauv ntawm cov tub ntxhais kawm, kws qhia ntawv, cov neeg ua haujlwm thiab feem ntau ntawm cov tub rog kev ruaj ntseg mus rau txoj kev loj uas cov neeg tawm tsam nyob ua rau nws yooj yim heev rau nkag mus hauv lub tsev los ntawm sab qab teb sab hnub tuaj.
    
  Lub tipper tau yooj yim dhau los ntawm cov chaw pabcuam sab nrauv thiab sab hauv ntawm Samerbank Street, tom qab ntawd dhau los ntawm riam phom ntau thiab dhau ntawm cov kis las. Ib tug puv tes ntawm cov neeg saib xyuas tau muab caum thiab qhib hluav taws nrog riam phom tsis siv neeg, tab sis tsis muaj dab tsi tuaj yeem nres nws. Lub tsheb tau tsav ncaj nraim mus rau hauv lub tsev kawm ntawv barracks ...
    
  ... qhov twg peb txhiab phaus ntawm cov khoom tawg muaj zog tau ntim rau hauv qhov chaw pov tseg tau tawg, rhuav tshem peb zaj dab neeg cov tub ntxhais kawm barracks thiab ua rau lub tsev kawm tseem ceeb nyob ze.
    
    
  PUBLIC COMMUNICIATION CENTER, CANKAYA, ANKARA, Türkiye
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  Thawj Tswj Hwm Kurzat Hirsiz tau hais tias "Hnub no, kuv khuv xim tshaj tawm tias kuv tau tshaj tawm lub xeev xwm txheej kub ntxhov hauv tebchaws Turkey," Nws nyeem nws cov lus los ntawm tsoomfwv cov chaw sib txuas lus hauv Çankaya hauv lub suab tsis muaj zog, ntoo, yam tsis tau saib los ntawm nws cov ntawv xov xwm. "Qhov kev ntxub ntxaug PKK tag kis no ntawm Jandarma lub hauv paus chaw haujlwm hauv cheeb tsam hauv Van, uas ua rau tsawg kawg nees nkaum tus neeg tuag thiab ntau tus neeg raug mob, yuam kom kuv teb sai sai.
    
  "Muaj tam sim ntawd, cov tub ceev xwm hauv nroog thiab hauv nroog yuav tau ntxiv los ntawm cov tub rog tsis tu ncua thiab khaws cia," nws hais ntxiv, tseem tsis tau saib los ntawm nws cov lus npaj. "Lawv muaj tsuas yog los pab hauv kev ua haujlwm ruaj ntseg. Qhov no yuav tso cai rau tub ceev xwm hauv nroog thiab lub xeev tuaj yeem ntes thiab tshawb xyuas kev ua txhaum cai.
    
  "Kuv yuav tsum tshaj tawm tias ntau qhov kev hem thawj los ntawm PKK tau txais los ntawm cov xov tooj cua, cov ntawv xov xwm tshaj tawm thiab tshaj tawm hauv Is Taws Nem hu rau cov neeg ua raws thiab cov neeg txhawb siab thoob ntiaj teb kom sawv thiab tawm tsam cov koom pheej ntawm Qaib Cov Txwv. Peb cov kws tshuaj ntsuam tau xaus lus tias cov lus no yog npaj los qhib lub hlwb pw tsaug zog thoob plaws hauv cheeb tsam kom muaj kev tawm tsam hnyav rau tsoomfwv lub hom phiaj thoob plaws lub tebchaws.
    
  "Tom qab Van qhov xwm txheej, kuv raug yuam kom ua raws li cov kev hem thawj no thiab teb nrog kev quab yuam. Yog li ntawd, kuv tau xaj kom kaw ib ntus ntawm tag nrho tsoomfwv cov chaw haujlwm hauv tebchaws Turkey, kev txwv nruj heev-rau- kaj ntug hauv txhua lub nroog thiab cov nroog, thiab yuav tsum tau 100% lub cev thiab tsheb tshawb nrhiav los ntawm cov neeg ua haujlwm ruaj ntseg.
    
  "Cov kev ua hauv qab no kuv tau xaj xav tau kev pab thiab kev koom tes ntawm pej xeem loj. Vim muaj kev phom sij ntawm kev tsis paub txog kev tshaj tawm cov lus qhia ua phem, kuv thov kom txhua cov ntawv xov xwm, cov ntawv xov xwm, xov tooj cua, TV thiab txhua qhov chaw tshaj xov xwm ntiag tug tau yeem tso tawm ib qho kev tshaj tawm, cov ntawv xov xwm lossis cov ntawv ceeb toom xa los ntawm tus neeg twg uas tsis yog tus kws tshaj xov xwm lossis tus editor ntawm kev tshaj tawm, lossis yog tias qhov chaw ntawm cov ntaub ntawv tsis raug txheeb xyuas lossis paub tus kheej. Kuv lub hom phiaj yog kom tsis txhob muaj kev kaw tag nrho ntawm kev tshaj xov xwm. Nws yog ib qho tseem ceeb uas kev xa xov ntawm cov lus coded rau cov neeg pw tsaug zog yuav tsum nres kiag li, thiab kuv tsoomfwv yuav tiv tauj rau txhua txoj kev los xyuas kom lawv nkag siab qhov tseem ceeb ntawm lawv txoj kev sib koom tes sai thiab meej.
    
  "Thaum kawg, kuv thov kom txhua tus neeg muab kev pabcuam hauv Is Taws Nem hauv tebchaws Turkey thiab cov uas muab kev pabcuam rau Qaib Cov Txwv yeem yeem nruab thiab hloov kho cov ntxaij lim dej thiab cov neeg xa rov qab los thaiv kev nkag mus rau cov vev xaib uas paub thiab xav tias muaj kev ua phem phem thiab cov servers. Qhov no yuav tsum tsis txhob ua rau muaj kev ua tsis tiav loj ntawm kev pabcuam Is Taws Nem hauv Turkey. Email, kev lag luam thiab kev nkag mus rau cov vev xaib thiab cov kev pabcuam tsis tu ncua yuav tsum txuas ntxiv mus li qub - tsuas yog cov servers paub tias yog cov neeg ua phem lossis cov chaw tawm tsam tsoomfwv yuav raug kaw. Peb yuav ua tib zoo saib xyuas txhua tus neeg muab kev pabcuam hauv Is Taws Nem muaj rau cov pej xeem Turkish kom ntseeg tau tias kev nkag mus rau qhov chaw raug cai tsis cuam tshuam. "
    
  Hirsiz tshee hnyo nqa ib khob dej los ntawm ib khob sab nraum lub koob yees duab, nws txhais tes visibly co, nws ob lub qhov muag tsis saib lub koob yees duab. "Kuv thov txim ua tsaug rau cov neeg hauv tebchaws Turkey uas yuav tsum tau ua cov haujlwm no," nws hais ntxiv tom qab ncua sijhawm ntev, tsis xis nyob, "tab sis kuv xav tias kuv tsis muaj kev xaiv thiab kuv thov rau koj cov lus thov, ua siab ntev thiab kev koom tes. Kuv tsoom fwv yuav ua hauj lwm tsis tu ncua kom nres cov neeg phem, rov qab muaj kev ruaj ntseg thiab kev txiav txim, thiab rov qab peb lub teb chaws mus rau qhov qub. Kuv thov kom cov pej xeem ntawm Qaib Cov Txwv yuav tsum ceev faj, pab tsoom fwv cov tub ceev xwm thiab tub ceev xwm cov koom haum, thiab yuav tsum muaj zog thiab siab tawv. Peb lub teb chaws tau dhau los ntawm qhov no ua ntej, thiab peb ib txwm tawm los muaj zog thiab ntse dua. Peb mam li ua dua. Ua tsaug ".
    
  Hirsiz pov tseg cov nplooj ntawv ntawm nws cov lus thaum Thawj Tswj Hwm Ice Akas los cuag nws. Hirsiz hais tias "Qhov no yog qhov nyuaj tshaj plaws uas kuv tau hais.
    
  "Kuv vam tias koj yuav hloov koj lub siab, Kurzat," nws hais. "Nws tsis lig dhau lawm, txawm tias tam sim no."
    
  "Kuv yuav tsum ua qhov no, Icy," Hirsiz hais. "Nws lig dhau lawm los hloov kev kawm tam sim no."
    
  "Tsis yog, qhov ntawd tsis muaj tseeb. Cia kuv pab koj ua qhov no. Thov." Tus pab muab daim ntawv no rau Akas. "Tej zaum qhov no yuav pab tau: Tebchaws Asmeskas tab tom thov lub rooj sib tham theem siab hauv Erbil. Tus Lwm Thawj Coj Phoenix nyob hauv Baghdad thiab xav tuaj nrog Tus Tuav Ntaub Ntawv Hauv Xeev. "
    
  Hirsiz hais tias "Yuav ua tsis tau," hais. "Peb tsis tuaj yeem tso tseg tam sim no." Nws xav ib pliag. "Peb tsis tuaj yeem ntsib nrog lawv: lub xeev xwm txheej ceev tau tshaj tawm hauv lub tebchaws. Peb tsis tuaj yeem lav qhov kev nyab xeeb ntawm Thawj Tswj Hwm lossis peb cov thawj coj hauv Iraq. "
    
  "Tab sis yog tias koj nyob tam sim no, kuv paub tseeb tias lawv yuav muab kev pabcuam tseem ceeb hauv kev ua tub rog, kev pabcuam thiab kev lag luam yog tias lawv tau ntsib peb - lawv tsis tshua muaj tes haujlwm," Akas hais. "Tus Ambassador Asmeskas twb tau xa xov mus rau Ministry of Foreign Affairs txog kev them nyiaj rau Patriot missile launches."
    
  "Kev them nyiaj yug? Rau dab tsi? Lawv hais li cas?"
    
  "Tus Ambassador, hais lus sawv cev ntawm Tus Tuav Ntaub Ntawv Barbeau, tau hais tias lub dav hlau soj ntsuam tsis muaj tub rog ya los ntawm lub tuam txhab ntiag tug tau cog lus los muab kev soj ntsuam ntawm thaj tsam qaum teb Iraqi ciam teb tsis tau tso tawm qhov lawv hu ua 'kev cuam tshuam hluav taws xob tsis sib xws' uas ua rau peb tso cov foob pob hluav taws. Patriot. Tus Ambassador tau thov txim heev thiab tau hais tias nws tau tso cai los them nyiaj ntau lossis hloov cov cuaj luaj, thiab tseem tau muab kev pabcuam hauv kev muab cov ntaub ntawv ntawm cov tsheb tsis paub lossis cov neeg hla ciam teb rau Turkey. " Hirsiz nodded. "Qhov no yog lub sijhawm zoo, Kurzat. Koj tuaj yeem tuav lub rooj sib tham thiab tom qab ntawd tshem lub xeev xwm txheej kub ntxhov tom qab Asmeskas Tus Lwm Thawj Coj tau pom zoo. Koj cawm lub ntsej muag thiab yuav tsis muaj tsov rog. "
    
  "Cawm los ntawm Asmeskas dua, huh, Ice?" Hirsiz hais tias dispassionate. "Koj puas paub tseeb tias lawv yuav xav pab?" Nws tau txav mus rau tus neeg pab, uas muab nws lub xov tooj ruaj ntseg. Nws tau hais tias "Lub sijhawm tau txav mus, General," nws hais tom qab hu xov tooj sai. "Txiv koj cov tub rog thiab nqa koj cov dav hlau saum huab cua, tam sim no!"
    
    
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  "Nws zoo li lub log tau npaj tawm hauv Turkey, puas yog?" Chris Thompson hais. Nws zaum ntawm tus thawj coj kev ruaj ntseg lub console hauv Tank, saib cov xov xwm tshaj tawm txog kev tiv thaiv kev nyab xeeb uas tshwm sim hauv tebchaws Turkey ntawm ib qho ntawm cov ntxaij vab tshaus loj nyob rau pem hauv ntej ntawm Lub Tank, uas ib txwm mloog rau Asmeskas xov xwm channel. Cov ntawv ceeb toom qhia tias tub ceev xwm thiab tub rog sib tsoo nrog cov neeg tawm tsam ntawm txoj kev ntawm Istanbul thiab Ankara. "Hirsiz vwm. Lub xeev xwm txheej ceev? Suab zoo li tub rog coup rau kuv. Kuv xav tias nws tseem muaj hwj chim? "
    
  "Cia koj lub suab cia, Thompson," hais tias Jack Wilhelm, uas zaum ntawm nws lub console nyob ze. "Peb txhua tus tuaj yeem pom muaj dab tsi tshwm sim. Nqa lub yim sensor rau pem hauv ntej thiab zoom hauv kaum-X. Nws kawm txog cov duab ntawm peb lub tsheb thauj khoom uas tau tsav los ntawm txoj kev, cov khoom thauj tau nrawm nrawm thaum lawv tig. "Lawv txav ceev heev, puas yog koj hais? Txhim kho daim duab kaum tsib zaug, tau txais cov lus piav qhia, xa mus rau IA. Lawv muaj leej twg nyob hauv cheeb tsam no, Major Jabbouri? Tus neeg saib xyuas kev sib tham hauv Turkish tau tso nws daim duab qhia chaw thiab phau ntawv teev npe, tom qab ntawd khaws lub xov tooj. "Los ntawm, Major, peb tsis muaj hnub ua ntej peb."
    
  "Lub Chaw Saib Xyuas Ciam Teb tab tom txav mus rau qhov tsis sib xws, kwv yees li kaum mais ntawm qhov no, tus tswv," teb Major Hamid Jabbouri, tus thawj coj saib xyuas kev sib tham rau Tub Rog Tub Rog Turkish, tom qab ncua ntev. "Lawv tau ceeb toom txog kev tshawb xyuas tsheb. Lawv thov kom peb saib xyuas ntxiv thiab tshaj tawm yog tias lawv tiv tauj peb. "
    
  "Muaj tseeb - Dab tsi ntxiv peb yuav tsum ua ntawm no dua li ua haujlwm rau IA?" Wilhelm luag ntxhi. "Ib tug liab tuaj yeem ua haujlwm." Lub sijhawm no, Patrick McLanahan tau mus cuag tus thawj coj tub rog. "Hais txog dab ntxwg nyoog. Kuv yuav tsum lees, General, koj cev xeeb tub stealth bomber yog ib tug killer. Peb tau txais kev pom sib npaug thoob plaws lub sector nrog ib lub quarter ntawm cov gliders; peb txuag lub network bandwidth, roj thiab cov neeg ua haujlwm; thiab lub ramp thiab airspace yog tsawg congested. "
    
  "Ua tsaug, Colonel. Kuv yuav xa qhov no mus rau John thiab nws cov engineers. "
    
  "Koj yuav ua qhov no". Wilhelm taw tes rau lub TV saib. "Yog li, koj puas tau tham nrog Tus Lwm Thawj Coj txog qhov kev tso dag uas tau tshwm sim hauv Turkey?"
    
  Patrick tau hais tias "Nws tab tom mus rau Erbil ntsib nrog Iraqi, Kurdish thiab tej zaum cov thawj coj Turkish," Patrick hais. "Nws hais tias nws yuav tau txais kev hloov tshiab los ntawm peb thaum nws tsaws."
    
  "Tseem xav tias Türkiye yuav ntxeem tau?"
    
  "Yog. Tam sim no ntau dua puas tau. Yog tias Hirsiz tsis txhawb kev ua tsov ua rog, tib txoj hauv kev raws cai nws tuaj yeem pib nws yog kom tshem tawm Pawg Neeg Sawv Cev thiab txiav txim nws tus kheej. "
    
  Wilhelm hais tias "Kuv xav tias qhov no yog kev vwm, General," said Wilhelm. "Kev tawm tsam hauv Zakho yog qhov yuam kev loj, yog txhua yam. Cov tub rog koom nrog vim tias cov thawj coj xav qhia tias leej twg yog tus saib xyuas thiab yuam cov neeg Kurds, Iraqis thiab Asmeskas mus rau lub rooj sib tham. "
    
  "Kuv vam tias koj hais yog lawm, Colonel," Patrick hais. "Tab sis lawv muaj lub zog loj nyob ntawd, thiab lawv cov lej tau nce ntxiv txhua teev."
    
  Wilhelm hais tias, "Nws yog kev qhia ntawm lub zog, yog txhua yam," Wilhelm hais.
    
  "Cia peb saib".
    
  "Cia li hais tias lawv ua invade. Koj xav tias lawv yuav mus deb npaum li cas?"
    
  Patrick tau hais tias "Kuv vam tias lawv tuaj yeem hla Dohuk xeev thiab tom qab ntawd nres," Patrick hais. "Tab sis nrog cov tub rog no maj nrawm mus rau ciam teb, lawv tuaj yeem ntes Erbil International Tshav Dav Hlau, nteg rau hauv nroog thiab ib nrab ntawm Erbil xeev thiab yuam tsoomfwv Kurdish khiav. Tom qab ntawd, lawv tuaj yeem taug kev mus rau Kirkuk. Lawv yuav hais tias nws yog los tiv thaiv CPC cov raj xa dej los ntawm cov neeg tawm tsam Kurdish. "
    
  "Nyob rau hauv" - Kuv tabtom mloog koj, General," said Wilhelm, chuckling thiab co nws lub taub hau. "Koj puas tau nyob rau hauv siege, General, los yog koj tsuas yog bombing qhov chaw uas tsis pom?"
    
  "Koj puas tau hnov txog qhov chaw hu ua Yakutsk, Colonel?" - Patrick nug.
    
  Wilhelm lub puab tsaig poob, thawj zaug hauv kev poob siab-ntawm nws tus kheej-thiab tom qab ntawd hauv kev txaj muag. "Auj... Huag damn, General, kuv thov txim," nws hais ntsiag to. Nws tau hnov txog Yakutsk, lub nroog thib peb loj tshaj plaws hauv Russia Siberia ...
    
  ... thiab qhov chaw ntawm lub hauv paus huab cua loj uas tau siv los ua lub hauv paus tanker rau pem hauv ntej kom refuel Lavxias teb sab ntev-ntev bombers koom nyob rau hauv lub American Holocaust - ib tug nuclear nres rau lub tebchaws United States uas tua peb caug txhiab tus neeg, raug mob yuav luag ib puas txhiab. , thiab rhuav tshem yuav luag txhua tus neeg Asmeskas cov neeg tua phom ntev ntev thiab cov foob pob hluav taws sib txuas hauv av, tsuas yog rau xyoo dhau los.
    
  Patrick McLanahan tau tsim ib lub tswv yim los ua pauj rau Lavxias teb sab av-raws li nuclear missiles los ntawm kev tsaws Tin Woodman thiab Cybernetic Infantry Commando pab pawg hauv Yakutsk, ntes lub hauv paus, thiab tom qab ntawd siv nws los tua cov huab cua tshwj xeeb los ntawm Asmeskas cov neeg tawg rog rau hauv Russia. Lavxias Thawj Tswj Hwm Anatoly Gryzlov tau ua pauj tawm tsam nws tus kheej lub hauv paus huab cua ... nrog nuclear-tipped cruise missiles. Txawm hais tias Patrick cov kev tiv thaiv tau nres feem ntau ntawm cov foob pob hluav taws thiab tso cai rau feem ntau ntawm Patrick cov neeg tawg rog thiab cov tankers khiav tawm, ntau txhiab tus neeg Lavxias thiab tag nrho tab sis ib tug puv tes ntawm cov neeg ua haujlwm hauv av tau raug hlawv.
    
  "Thaum twg koj tau txais tus cwj pwm ntawm kev hais lus ua ntej thiab xav tom qab, Colonel?" - Patrick nug. "Puas yog nws nyob hauv Iraq, lossis koj puas tau ua haujlwm rau lub sijhawm ntev?"
    
  "Kuv hais tias kuv thov txim, General," Wilhelm hais npau taws, rov hais ncaj qha rau nws tus kheej. "Kuv tsis nco qab kuv tham nrog leej twg. Thiab kuv tuaj yeem liam nws ntawm qhov tseeb tias kuv tau siv sijhawm yuav luag kaum yim lub hlis hauv lub qhov no - nws tuaj yeem tsav ib tus neeg mus rau hysterics lossis phem dua. Qhov no yog kuv qhov thib peb xa mus rau Iraq, thiab kuv yeej tsis tau ua txoj haujlwm zoo - puas tau. Lawv hloov nws ob peb lub hlis twg los xij: peb nyob ntawm no, peb tawm mus, peb nyob, peb tawm mus; peb tua neeg txawv teb chaws, peb tua Sunnis, peb tua Shiites, peb tua Al-Qaeda; Tam sim no peb tuaj yeem tawm tsam cov Turks. " Nws nres, saib Patrick thov txim, tom qab ntawd ntxiv, "Tab sis kuv yuav tsis liam nws rau lwm yam uas tsis yog kev ua phem. Ib zaug ntxiv, kuv thov txim. Tsis nco qab kuv hais li ntawd. "
    
  "Nws tsis nco qab lawm, Colonel." Patrick tau saib ntawm daim ntawv qhia kev ua haujlwm, tom qab ntawd ntawm kev tshaj xov xwm ntawm kev tsis sib haum xeeb hauv Turkey. "Thiab koj tau hais rau koj cov ntsiab lus: yog tias cov Turks taug kev mus rau Erbil thiab Kirkuk, lawv yuav tsis 'ncig' lawv - lawv yuav raze lawv mus rau hauv av thiab tua ntau pua txhiab tus neeg hauv cov txheej txheem."
    
  Wilhelm hais tias, "Yuav nkag siab, tus tswv," said Wilhelm. "Qhov kawg daws rau lawv cov teeb meem Kurdish." Lub teeb liab intercom suab nrov, thiab Wilhelm kov lub pob microphone: "Mus ... tau txais ... Roger, Kuv mam li qhia nws." Warhammer tawm lawm. Ua tib zoo mloog, cov poj niam thiab cov txiv neej. Lub koom haum tau ceeb toom rau peb tias Tus Lwm Thawj Coj yuav mus rau Erbil li ntawm ib teev los ntsib nrog cov tswv cuab ntawm Kurdistan Regional Government thaum sawv ntxov. Nws yuav ya los ntawm peb txoj haujlwm ua ntej yuav raug xa mus rau nws txoj hauv kev mus rau Erbil, tab sis Baghdad yuav tswj lub davhlau thiab lawv yuav ua raws li cov txheej txheem dav hlau VIP thiab kev tawm suab. General, Kuv raug txib - "
    
  Patrick tau hais tias "Kuv tuaj yeem saib xyuas tus lwm thawj coj txoj kev ya mus ze rau txhua qhov cim ntawm kev txav mus los," Patrick cuam tshuam. "Tsuas muab cov ntsiab lus rau kuv thiab kuv yuav teeb txhua yam."
    
  "Koj puas tuaj yeem ua qhov no thiab saib xyuas peb cov haujlwm?" Wilhelm nug.
    
  Patrick hais tias "Yog tias kuv muaj ob tus neeg poob ntxiv ntawm no, Colonel, Kuv tuaj yeem saib tag nrho Iraq, sab qab teb ntawm Turkey thiab sab qaum teb sab hnub poob Persia 24/7 thiab kuv tseem yuav muaj lub zog hauv av," Patrick hais. Nws kov nws lub pob ntseg tiv thaiv. "Boomer, koj puas tau nkag siab qhov kawg?"
    
  "Twb tau teeb tsa, tus tswv," Hunter Noble teb. "Tus neeg poob peb tau nyob hauv huab cua tam sim no tuaj yeem taug qab nws lub davhlau hauv Erbil Xeev, tab sis kuv xav tias koj xav taug qab Tus Lwm Thawj Coj ntawm Baghdad, huh?"
    
  "Lub tuam txhab A"
    
  "Kuv xav li ntawd. Peb yuav muaj tus lej thib ob ntawm qhov chaw nres tsheb ... li ntawm plaub caug feeb. "
    
  "Raws li sai tau, Boomer. Txav tus thawj poob mus rau sab qab teb kom taug qab tus lwm thawj lub davhlau, tom qab ntawd tso tus thib ob rau ntawm kev soj ntsuam mus rau sab qaum teb thaum nws tawm mus. "
    
  "Tau nkag siab."
    
  "Yog li peb tuaj yeem saib nws lub davhlau los ntawm Baghdad txhua txoj kev mus rau Erbil?" Wilhelm nug.
    
  Patrick tau hais tias "Tsis yog - peb yuav tuaj yeem taug qab thiab txheeb xyuas txhua lub dav hlau thiab txhua lub tsheb uas tsiv hauv xya lub xeev Iraqi, los ntawm Ramadi mus rau Karbala thiab txhua qhov chaw nyob nruab nrab ntawm lub sijhawm," Patrick hais. "Peb yuav tuaj yeem taug qab thiab txheeb xyuas txhua lub tsheb uas mus txog tus lwm thawj lub dav hlau ua ntej yuav tawm mus; peb yuav tuaj yeem saib nws lub dav hlau tsheb tavxij thiab saib xyuas tag nrho lwm lub dav hlau thiab tsheb hauv nws thaj chaw. Yog tias muaj tej yam tsis txaus ntseeg ua ntej nws tawm mus lossis tuaj txog hauv Erbil, peb tuaj yeem ceeb toom nws thiab nws txoj kev nyab xeeb. "
    
  "Nrog ob lub dav hlau?"
    
  "Peb yuav luag ua nrog ib qho, tab sis rau qhov tseeb peb xav tau, nws yog qhov zoo dua los faib cov kev pab cuam thiab siv qhov kev daws teeb meem siab tshaj plaws," Patrick hais.
    
  "Zoo heev," Wilhelm hais, tuav nws lub taub hau. "Kuv xav kom koj nyob ib ncig ntawm ob peb lub hlis dhau los; Kuv nco kuv tus ntxhais yau uas kawm tiav high school xyoo tas los. Qhov no yog zaum ob uas kuv tsis nco tej yam zoo li no. "
    
  Patrick hais tias "Kuv muaj ib tug tub uas tab tom npaj mus kawm high school, thiab kuv tsis nco qab txog lub sijhawm kawg uas kuv pom nws hauv tsev kawm ntawv ua si lossis ncaws pob," Patrick hais. "Kuv paub koj xav li cas".
    
  "Thov txim, Colonel," tus tub ceev xwm Turkish, Major Jabbouri, cuam tshuam nrog kev sib tham. "Kuv tau raug ceeb toom tias Turkish Air Force Air Transport Group tau xa tsib lub dav hlau Gulfstream VIP thauj los ntawm Ankara mus rau Erbil los koom nrog kev sib tham sib tham ntawm Tebchaws Meskas, Iraq thiab kuv lub tebchaws, uas yuav pib tag kis. Lub dav hlau yog dav hlau thiab yuav nyob hauv peb thaj tsam li ntawm rau caum feeb. "
    
  "Zoo heev," said Wilhelm. "Tus tauj ncov loj Cotter, qhia rau kuv paub thaum koj tau txais cov phiaj xwm dav hlau."
    
  "Tam sim no nkag siab, tus tswv," teb Cotter, tus tub ceev xwm tswj hwm huab cua hauv huab cua, ib pliag tom qab. "Lub hauv paus tau lees paub. Kuv yuav hu rau Iraqi Txawv Teb Chaws Minister thiab qhia meej nws txoj kev. "
    
  "Ua ntej muab tso rau ntawm lub rooj tsavxwm loj, ces hu rau." Ib txoj kab xiav arced hla lub vijtsam loj loj saib, mus ncaj nraim ntawm Ankara mus rau Erbil lub tshav dav hlau sab qaum teb sab hnub poob thoob ntiaj teb, qee qhov yim caum mais mus rau sab hnub tuaj, hla sab hnub tuaj ntawm Allied airbase ntawm Nala. Txawm hais tias txoj kev ya davhlau tau nkhaus es tsis ncaj, txoj kev rau-pua pua-mais "lub voj voog loj" yog txoj kev ya dav dav tshaj plaws los ntawm ib qho mus rau lwm qhov. "Nws zoo li zoo," Wilhelm hais. "Tus Thawj Tub Ceev Xwm Jabbouri, xyuas kom IAD muaj txoj kev npaj dav hlau ib yam nkaus, thiab xyuas kom Colonel Jaffar paub."
    
  "Yog lawm, Colonel."
    
  "Zoo, tsawg kawg yog ob tog tham nrog ib leeg. Tej zaum tag nrho qhov no yuav daws teeb meem thaum kawg. "
    
  Tshaj li nees nkaum feeb tom ntej no tej yam ua rau muaj kev ntxhov siab heev txog thaum: "Guppies Ob-Plaub Plaub hauv huab cua," Patrick qhia. "Nws yuav nyob ntawm qhov chaw nres tsheb hauv kaum tsib feeb."
    
  "Nws tau nrawm," Wilhelm sau tseg. "Koj cov txiv neej tsis thab nrog tau txais cov khoom no saum huab cua, koj puas, General?"
    
  "Nws yog unmanned, twb loaded thiab fueled; peb tsuas yog tso cov phiaj xwm dav hlau thiab cov sensors thiab cia nws mus, "Patrick hais.
    
  "Tsis muaj chav dej kom khoob, ntim khoom noj su los kho, parachutes los teeb, puas yog?"
    
  "Txoj cai".
    
  Wilhelm tsuas yog shook nws lub taub hau hauv kev xav tsis thoob.
    
  Lawv tau saib qhov kev nce qib ntawm Turkish VIP lub dav hlau thaum nws mus rau ntawm ciam teb Iraqi. Tsis muaj ib yam dab tsi txawv ntawm lub davhlau: ya ntawm qhov siab ntawm peb caug-ib txhiab taw, ib txwm airspeed, ib txwm transponder codes. Nrog kwv yees li kaum ob feeb ua ntej lub dav hlau hla ciam teb, Wilhelm tau hais tias: "Major Jabbouri, xyuas ob zaug tias Iraqi huab cua tiv thaiv tub rog paub txog kev ya los ntawm Qaib Cov Txwv thiab tias lawv tsis muaj riam phom."
    
  "Jabbouri tawm ntawm kab sib chaws, tus tswv," Weatherly hais.
    
  "Nrhiav nws lub nroog Yeiuxalees thiab coj nws rov qab los ntawm no," Wilhelm barked, ces Wilhelm hloov nws cov lus txib: "Tag nrho Warhammer units, qhov no yog Alpha, ib tug Turkish VIP dav hlau tuaj txog hauv kaum feeb, txhua qhov chaw tiv thaiv huab cua tau tshaj tawm cov riam phom ncaj qha rau. kuv."
    
  Huab cua hloov ib qho ntawm cov saib mus rau ib daim ntawv qhia ntawm txoj hauj lwm thiab cov xwm txheej ntawm txhua qhov chaw tiv thaiv huab cua raws thaj tsam ciam teb. Cov chav nyob muaj Avenger mobile tiv thaiv tsheb, uas yog Humvees nruab nrog lub steerable turret uas muaj ob lub reloadable pods uas muaj plaub Stinger cua sov-nrhiav cuaj luaj cuaj luaj thiab ib tug 50-caliber hnyav tshuab rab phom, nrog rau electro-optical sensors thiab ducts. . cov ntaub ntawv kis tau tus mob, tso cai rau cov pej thuam txuas nrog cov huab cua tiv thaiv radars ntawm lub thib ob regiment. Lub Avengers tau nrog lub tsheb thauj khoom Humvee nqa kev saib xyuas thiab kev ruaj ntseg, cov khoom seem thiab mos txwv, cov khoom siv, thiab ob lub foob pob hluav taws xa mus.
    
  Weatherly tau hais tias "Txhua lub chaw tshaj tawm Warhammer tau tshaj tawm txog kev tsis txaus ntawm riam phom, tus tswv," Weatherly tau hais.
    
  Wilhelm tau tshuaj xyuas lub monitor, uas pom tag nrho Avenger units nrog cov cim liab khov kho uas qhia tias lawv ua haujlwm tau zoo tab sis tsis npaj txhij los tawm tsam. "Koj tus swb thib ob nyob qhov twg, General?" nws nug.
    
  "Peb feeb mus rau qhov chaw saib xyuas." Patrick coj XC-57 lub cim rau ntawm cov khoom siv tactical kom Wilhelm tuaj yeem pom nws ntawm tag nrho lwm cov cim. "Peb dhau lub davhlau theem peb-tsib-xoom, nce mus rau plaub-ib-xoom, deb heev ntawm lub davhlau Turkish tuaj txog. Peb yuav pib tshawb xyuas thaj chaw sai sai. "
    
  "Qhia kuv tus lwm thawj lub davhlau."
    
  Lwm lub cim pib flash, lub sijhawm no nyob deb mus rau sab qab teb, hla Baghdad. "Nws nyuam qhuav tawm mus, tus tswv, kwv yees li peb caug feeb ntxov," Cotter qhia. Davhlau cov ntaub ntawv nyeem tau pom qhov nce siab heev hauv qhov siab thiab qhov ceev hauv av qis, qhia tias qhov siab tshaj plaws nce tawm ntawm Baghdad International. Nws hais ntxiv tias "Nws zoo nkaus li nyob hauv CV-22 qaij rotor, yog li nws yuav muaj txiaj ntsig zoo tom qab Turkish Gulfstream thaum nws tuaj txog," nws hais ntxiv. "TSIS TAU LUB SIJ HAWM, plaub caug tsib feeb."
    
  "Tau nkag siab."
    
  Txhua yam zoo li yuav mus zoo li qub, uas ib txwm cuam tshuam Patrick McLanahan. Nws tau tshuaj xyuas tag nrho cov saib thiab ntsuas ntsuas, nrhiav cov lus qhia vim li cas qee yam yuav tsis raug. Tsis muaj dab tsi tseem. Qhov thib ob XC-57 reconnaissance aircraft tau mus txog nws cheeb tsam saib xyuas thiab pib ib tug qauv oval patrol. Txhua yam ntsia...
    
  Tom qab ntawd nws pom nws thiab nias lub pob intercom: "Lub dav hlau Turkish tau qeeb," nws hais.
    
  "Dab tsi? Rov hais dua, General?
    
  "Gulf kwj. Qhov ceev tau poob mus rau peb puas thiab tsib caug pob caus. "
    
  "Nws puas tau npaj nqis los?"
    
  "Tom qab ntawd los ntawm Erbil?" - Patrick nug. "Yog tias nws tau ua txoj hauv kev ib txwm muaj, nws yuav ua rau muaj kev nkag siab, tab sis lub dav hlau Turkish yuav ya mus rau hauv plawv ntawm thaj chaw Kurdish ntawm ib qho kev mus kom ze? Nws tau ua txoj hauv kev nrog kev ua haujlwm siab tshaj plaws - nws tsis tau pib qhovntsej thiaj tsis mob mus txog peb caug mais, tej zaum tsawg dua. Tam sim no nws muaj txog ib puas tawm. Nws, ntawm chav kawm, kuj drifts sab qab teb. Tab sis nws qhov siab - "
    
  "Bandits! Bandits! " Nws yog Hunter Noble, saib xyuas cov ntaub ntawv los ntawm XC-57 thib ob. "Muaj ntau lub dav hlau kub ceev los ntawm Qaib Cov Txwv, mus rau sab qab teb ntawm qhov siab qis, tsib caug xya mais, mach ceev ib taw tes ib puas tsib! "Cov khoom siv tactical tau pom ntau yam ntawm cov phiaj xwm huab cua tsiv mus rau sab qab teb ntawm Turkey. "Muaj ntau lub tsheb hnyav kuj tau pom ntawm A36 thiab-" Nws lub suab dheev txiav tawm hauv lub suab nrov ntawm qhov zoo li qub ...
    
  ... lub tactical zaub yog tib yam. Tag nrho lub vijtsam tau dheev puv nrog cov xim ci ntsa iab pixels, cov cim tsis zoo, thiab tsis muaj qhov zoo li qub. "Kuv puas yuav hais dua?" Wilhelm qw. "Cov tsheb no nyob qhov twg? Thiab ua li cas rau kuv lub rooj tsavxwm?"
    
  Patrick hais tias "Poob kev sib cuag nrog Loser," Patrick hais. Nws pib ntaus cov lus qhia ntawm cov keyboard. "Boomer...!"
    
  "Kuv tab tom hloov tam sim no, tus thawj coj, tab sis cov ntaub ntawv txuas yuav luag tag, thiab kuv tau txo qhov ceev mus rau caum kilometers ib teev," Boomer hais.
    
  "Nws puas hloov tau?"
    
  "Yog tias nws pom cov ntaub ntawv txuas tawm, nws yuav, tab sis yog tias cuam tshuam los thaiv cov teeb liab processors, nws yuav tsis."
    
  "Dab tsi yog ntuj raug txim mus, McLanahan?" Wilhelm qw, dhia mus rau nws ko taw. "Dab tsi tshwm sim rau kuv daim duab?"
    
  Patrick tau hais tias "Peb tab tom raug kaw ntawm txhua zaus - UHF, VHF, LF, X, Ku- thiab Ka-bands thiab microwave," Patrick hais. "Thiab muaj zog heev. Peb tab tom sim-" Nws tsaug zog, ces ntsia ntawm tus thawj tub rog. "Turkish Gulf Kwj. Qhov no tsis yog lub dav hlau VIP - nws yuav tsum yog lub dav hlau jamming. "
    
  "Dab tsi?"
    
  Patrick hais tias "Lub tshuab hluav taws xob jammer thiab nws kaw tag nrho lub network," Patrick hais. "Peb cia nws ya hla peb, thiab nws muaj zog, yog li peb tsis tuaj yeem hla kev cuam tshuam. Zaus hopping tsis pab - nws hlawv los ntawm txhua zaus. "
    
  "Vajtswv, peb dig muag ntawm no." Wilhelm hloov mus rau cov tub ceev xwm cov lus txib: "Rau tag nrho Warhammer units, rau tag nrho Warhammer units, qhov no yog ...!" Tab sis nws lub suab tau poob dej los ntawm lub suab nrov tsis txaus ntseeg uas tawm ntawm txhua lub mloog pob ntseg uas tsis tuaj yeem muab tua. Wilhelm pov nws lub mloog pob ntseg ua ntej lub suab tawg nws lub pob ntseg, thiab txhua tus neeg hauv Tank raug yuam ua ib yam. "Dam, Kuv tsis tuaj yeem hla mus rau Avengers."
    
  Patrick qhib nws lub xov tooj ruaj ntseg. "Boomer . . . " Tab sis nws sai sai tau tshem lub pob ntseg tawm ntawm nws pob ntseg vim lub suab nrov. Patrick tau hais tias "Tau npaj txhij, Colonel," Patrick hais. "Noble yuav kaw qhov kev txawj ntse."
    
  "Koj puas kaw qhov no? Vim li cas?"
    
  Patrick tau hais tias "Kev cuam tshuam muaj zog heev uas cov ntaub ntawv txuas ntawm peb thiab XC-57 yog qhov tsis txaus ntseeg," Patrick hais. "Ib txoj hauv kev uas peb tuaj yeem ua tau qhov no dua yog kaw."
    
  "Qhov no yuav ua li cas zoo?"
    
  Patrick tau hais tias "Qhov tsis muaj kev nyab xeeb rau txhua tus neeg poob yog hloov mus rau kev sib txuas lus laser kom ruaj ntseg, thiab raws li peb paub, tsis muaj leej twg muaj peev xwm los cuam tshuam peb cov kev sib txuas lus laser," Patrick hais. "Thaum peb rov qab kho lub zog, lub kaw lus yuav tam sim ntawd ua rau muaj kev sib txuas lus meej dua thiab ruaj ntseg dua. Lub laser yog kab ntawm qhov pom thiab tsis kis los ntawm lub satellite, yog li peb yuav poob ntau lub peev xwm, tab sis tsawg kawg peb yuav tau txais daim duab rov qab ... tsawg kawg peb yuav tsum. "
    
  Lub kaw lus reboot siv tsawg dua kaum feeb, tab sis qhov tos tau ntev heev. Thaum daim duab thaum kawg rov qab los, lawv pom tsuas yog ib feem me me ntawm qhov lawv tau siv los pom - tab sis nws tseem txaus ntshai heev: "Kuv muaj peb pawg dav hlau mus txog - ib qho ntawm Mosul, Erbil, thiab thib peb, kuv xav tias. , tab tom mus rau Kirkuk, "hais tias Hunter Noble. "Muaj ntau lub dav hlau kub ceev ua ntej, thiab ntau lub dav hlau qis qis tom qab lawv."
    
  Patrick tau hais tias "Qhov no yog kev tawm tsam huab cua," "Naval aviation kom tshem tawm radars thiab kev sib txuas lus, tom qab ntawd cov tub rog tawm tsam los rhuav tshem cov dav hlau thiab cov lus txib, kaw kev txhawb nqa huab cua kom sawv saib, thiab tom qab ntawd cov tub rog thiab cov dav hlau thauj mus rau hauv av."
    
  "Dab tsi txog Nala?" - Huab cua nug.
    
  "Cov pawg sab hnub poob tau dhau mus rau sab hnub poob ntawm peb - Kuv xav tias lawv yuav tsom mus rau Mosul es tsis yog peb."
    
  Wilhelm hais tias "Qhov tsis zoo - cia peb xav tias peb nyob tom ntej," Wilhelm hais. "Zoo li huab cua, npaj ib pab neeg thiab kom lawv muab txhua tus xaj kom nrhiav chaw nyob. Ua txhua yam uas koj tuaj yeem ua tau - siv megaphones, tsheb horns lossis qw zoo li vwm, tab sis coj cov tub rog los npog. Xov tooj cua hu rau Avengers rau-"
    
  "Kuv ua tsis tau, tus tswv. Lub Scion reconnaissance aircraft tau rov qab los saum huab cua, tab sis peb cov kev sib txuas lus tseem raug kaw. "
    
  "Dam," Wilhelm foom. "Okay, cia siab tias Avengers nrhiav qhov chaw zoo los nkaum vim peb tsis tuaj yeem ceeb toom lawv. Pib nqis tes ua." Huab cua sai sai tam sim ntawd. "McLanahan, ua li cas txog tus lwm thawj?"
    
  Patrick tau hais tias "Peb tsis muaj txoj hauv kev hu rau nws lub dav hlau thaum peb raug tso tseg," "Vam tias, thaum nws hloov mus rau peb zaus, nws hnov txog kev cuam tshuam thiab txiav txim siab tig rov qab mus rau Baghdad."
    
  "Puas muaj ib txoj hauv kev uas koj tuaj yeem tua Gulf Stream lossis txawm tias nws nyob ntawd?" Wilhelm nug.
    
  Patrick xav ib pliag, ces mus rau qhov tawm. Nws hais tias, "Kuv tab tom mus rau txoj kab kev tawm mus," nws hais ntxiv: "Kuv mam li hu koj rov qab." Patrick maj nrawm sab nraud, dhia mus rau hauv ib qho ntawm Humvees tau muab rau nws pab neeg, thiab khiav tawm.
    
  Nws pom txoj kab tawm mus hauv kev chaos tiav. Cov tub rog sawv ntawm Humvees, qw ceeb toom; ib txhia muaj suab nrov; Lwm tus tsuas yog honked lawv horns. Ib nrab ntawm Scion Aviation International cov kws tshaj lij tau sawv ib puag ncig, tsis paub meej tias yuav tawm mus lossis tsis tawm.
    
  "Cia li npog, tam sim no!" - Patrick qw tom qab nws tuaj txog ntawm qhov chaw nres tsheb sab nraum lub hangar, dhia tawm thiab khiav mus rau qhov chaw hais kom ua. Nws pom John Masters thiab Hunter Noble tseem zaum ntawm lawv lub consoles, sim ua tsis tiav los tiv thaiv kev cuam tshuam npau taws. "Koj puas yog neeg vwm?" Patrick hais thaum nws pib rub lub laptops. "Tau qhov ntuj raug txim tawm ntawm no!"
    
  "Lawv yuav tsis foob peb, Mook," John hais. "Peb yog neeg Amelikas, thiab qhov no yog Iraqi airbase, tsis yog lub chaw ruaj khov. Lawv tab tom los rau-"
    
  Lub sijhawm ntawd, nws tau cuam tshuam los ntawm triple sonic booms uas dov ncaj qha saum taub hau. Nws zoo li lub hangar yog lub zais pa loj uas muaj huab cua nyob rau hauv ib qho instant. Lub khoos phis tawj saib, teeb, thiab cov txee tau tawg tawm ntawm lub rooj thiab phab ntsa, qhov muag teeb tawg, cov phab ntsa tawg, thiab huab cua dheev los ua pos huab vim tias txhua qhov plua plav hauv tag nrho chav tau wrenched dawb los ntawm lub siab dhau. "Nyob zoo, Vajtswv...!"
    
  "Kuv vam tias qhov no yog lus ceeb toom. Tsis txhob sim tua ib lub dav hlau, txwv tsis pub kev sib tw tom ntej yuav yog foob pob, "Patrick hais. Nyob rau hauv lub rooj nrog ib lub laptops tso saib lub laser radar duab los ntawm XC-57, nws kawm nws ob peb lub sij hawm, ces hais tias, "John, kuv xav kom lub dav hlau Turkish tua."
    
  "Yog siv dab tsi? Spittoons? Peb tsis muaj riam phom tiv thaiv dav hlau. "
    
  "Tus loser ua. Slingshot."
    
  "Slingshot?" John lub qhov muag nqaim hauv qhov tsis meej pem, tom qab ntawd nkag siab, ua raws li kev suav, thiab thaum kawg pom zoo. "Peb yuav tsum tau los ze zog, tej zaum nyob rau hauv peb mais."
    
  "Thiab yog tias cov Turks ntes tus swb, lawv yeej yuav tua nws ... thiab tom qab ntawd lawv yuav tuaj rau peb."
    
  Patrick tau hais tias "Kuv vam tias lawv tsis xav ua phem rau peb - lawv tom qab cov neeg ntxeev siab Kurdish," Patrick hais. "Yog tias lawv xav foob peb, lawv yuav ua tiav lawm." Qhov no tsis tau ua rau nws zoo siab heev; tab sis tom qab lwm lub sij hawm xav txog nws nodded. "Ua nws".
    
  John tawg nws lub pob tw thiab pib barking cov lus qhia, hloov XC-57 lub programmed txoj kev mus rau hauv lub Turkish aircraft qhov chaw nres tsheb, ces muaj nws ya tom qab thiab hauv qab ntawm nws tus kheej, siv nws cov laser radars kom nws nyob rau hauv meej nyob ruaj ruaj tswj. Boomer tau hais tias, "Kuv tsis pom muaj kev thauj mus los," Boomer tau hais tias, kawm txog cov duab qhia dav dav laser radar ntawm thaj chaw ncig lub dav hlau Turkish thaum XC-57 tuaj txog. "Qhov no yog ib lub nkoj. Heev cocky, puas yog lawv?
    
  "Lub dav hlau zoo li cas no?" - Patrick nug.
    
  "Kuv tsis tuaj yeem pom nws tseem - txawm tias nws me dua li Gulf Kwj."
    
  "Less?" Qhov kev xav ntawm kev puas tsuaj yuav rov qab los, nce thiab nqis Patrick tus txha nraub qaum. "Nws muaj ntau lub zog rau lub dav hlau me dua li Gulfstream."
    
  John hais tias "Nyob rau hauv kaum mais kev deb," John hais. "Kuv yuav ntaus nws ntawm tsib mais deb. Tseem sim kom tau lub cav nacelles sib nrug. " XC-57 ceev ceev kaw qhov kev ncua deb.
    
  Patrick hais tias "Kuv tsis pom ib lub gondolas - qhov no tsis yog lub dav hlau neeg caij tsheb," Patrick hais. Raws li nws tau los ze zog, nws tuaj yeem pom cov ntsiab lus ntxiv: ib lub cav me me ntxaib lub cav, tab sis nrog peb chav nyob hauv qab txhua lub tis thiab ib qho chaw hauv qab plab. Nws tau hais tias "Qhov tseeb tsis yog neeg pej xeem," nws hais. "Cia txhua yam koj ua tau, John, thiab tua sai li sai tau ..."
    
  Ua ntej nws tuaj yeem ua tiav, lub dav hlau Turkish dheev tig mus rau sab laug thiab pib nrawm nrawm - thiab nws txoj kev tig nrawm tsis zoo ib yam li lub dav hlau loj loj xws li Gulfstream. Los ntawm qhov ze, nrog nws qhov profile tag nrho tso tawm ntawm daim duab laser radar, nws tus kheej yog qhov tsis muaj tseeb: "Auj crap, nws yog F-4 Phantom fighter! "Boomer qw. "F-4 muaj peev xwm jamming? Tsis muaj qhov xav tsis thoob tias lawv tsis tau nrog lawv mus - tej zaum nws tuaj yeem nrog nws tus kheej. "
    
  "Ntaus nws, John," qw Patrick, "thiab tshem tawm ntawm qhov ntawd!" Phantom yuav tsum muaj riam phom tiv thaiv!"
    
  "Ntaus, Boomer!" John tau hais thaum nws frantically ntaus cov lus txib kom hu XC-57.
    
  "Slingshot qhib!" Boomer hais. "Lub zog tag nrho. Ntev rau mais ... nws yuav tsis txaus. "
    
  "Tsis txhob txhawj - nws yuav kaw qhov kev ncua deb sai heev," Patrick hais ominously. "Pib qhov nqis sai sai, John - F-4 yuav tsis xav nqis los. Muab nws tso rau ntawm lub lawj."
    
  "Peb mus lawm!" John Masters hais tias. Siv XC-57's "adaptive tis" thev naus laus zis, uas yuav luag txhua qhov chaw ntawm lub dav hlau mus rau hauv lub tshuab nqa, XC-57 nqis los ntawm qhov nrawm tshaj kaum txhiab taw ib feeb, tsuas yog nws cov qauv sib xyaw ua kom nws tsis txhob poob sib nrug.
    
  "Kev sib txuas tau rov qab los," tus kws tshaj lij qhia. "Txhua qhov kev cuam tshuam raug muab tua."
    
  "Nws qeeb," Boomer hais. "Peb mais ... nws yuav tsum tau hnov cua sov txog ... "Thiab lub sijhawm ntawd, cov duab laser radar pom ob lub missile tawm hauv txhua lub tis ntawm Turkish F-4E. "Sidewinders!" nws qw. Tab sis ob peb feeb tom qab pib lub davhlau, Sidewinder missiles tawg. "Lub slingshot ua tiav lawv ob leeg," Boomer hais. "Lub laser yog redirected rau Phantom. Nws tseem qeeb qeeb txawm tias nws poob qis. "
    
  John hais tias, "Kuv xav tias peb tsoo qee yam tseem ceeb," John hais. Daim duab loj loj laser radar pom meej pom cov pa taws los ntawm lub tshuab hluav taws xob txoj cai. "Nws yuav tsum rhuav tshem nws. Nws yog tsib txhiab ko taw saum av - cov dav hlau sib ntaus sib tua tsis nyiam ya ze av."
    
  "Ob mais thiab tseem tuaj," Boomer hais. "Los ntawm, aptal, qhov kev ua si dhau lawm."
    
  "Aptal?"
    
  "Nws txhais tau tias 'idiot' hauv Turkish," Boomer hais. "Kuv xav tias yog tias peb yuav ntsib cov Turks, kuv kawm tau zoo dua me ntsis Turkish."
    
  John hais tias, "Kuv yuav tso nws rau koj kom kawm cov lus phem ua ntej," John hais. Nws rov qab mus rau qhov kev sib tw nthuav tawm ntawm nws lub laptop. "Los ntawm cov phooj ywg, nws dhau lawm, nws yog -" Qhov ntawd yog thaum ib pawg ntawm cov lus ceeb toom tshwm rau ntawm John lub laptop. "Dam, cav ib thiab ob yog kaw lawm ... Lub hydraulics thiab hluav taws xob system yog nyob rau hauv disrepair! Puas muaj dabtsi?"
    
  Patrick tau hais tias "Nws tuaj hauv qhov chaw tua phom," Patrick hais. Nyob rau hauv nruab hnub nrig, nrog lub ntuj ntshiab ... XC-57 raug puas tsuaj thiab txhua leej txhua tus paub nws.
    
  "Los ntawm me nyuam," John hais tias nws tsim, "koj yuav zoo, cia li mus ..."
    
  Thiab raws li lawv tau saib, lawv pom huab cua pa taws los ntawm pem hauv ntej ntawm Turkish F-4 Phantom, lub canopy folded rov qab, thiab lub rear ejection lub rooj ya mus rau saum ntuj. Lawv tos lub rooj zaum pem hauv ntej tawm mus ... tab sis thaum lawv saib, cov lej qhov siab txuas ntxiv txo qis, thaum kawg qhia xoom vib nas this tom qab. "Cia li tau txais nws," Boomer hais ntsiag to, tsis muaj ib qho kev xyiv fab lossis kev kov yeej - saib kev tuag ntawm ib tus neeg tsav dav hlau, txawm tias tus yeeb ncuab, tsis yog qhov ua rau kev ua koob tsheej. "Nws yuav tsum tau ua rau nws mob heev thaum Slingshot tau tsom rau ntawm nws lub ntsej muag ntawm lub zog tag nrho, tab sis nws tsis yog yuav cia tus Loser tawm mus."
    
  "Koj puas tuaj yeem muab nws rov qab, John?" - Patrick nug.
    
  "Kuv tsis paub," John hais. "Qhov qis laser array ntawm lub radar tsis thim rov qab - nws yog qhov kev tiv thaiv ntau, thiab peb tsuas muaj ib lub cav sab laug. Peb kuj poob roj av. Tsuas yog peb caug mais mus, nws yuav nyob ze. "
    
  Muaj ntau tus ntiv tes hla, tab sis XC-57 tau rov qab los. "Zoo txoj haujlwm, John," Patrick hais los ntawm nws Hummer nres ntawm qhov kawg ntawm txoj kev khiav thaum nws peered ntawm lub dav hlau los ntawm nws lub koob yees duab. Nws thiab John saib thaum Loser npaj mus ncaj nraim. Muaj ib txoj kev tsaus nti ntev ntawm cov pa luam yeeb tom qab tus noog uas ploj lawm, tab sis nws txoj kev ya davhlau tau ruaj khov. "Kuv tsis xav tias nws yuav muaj sia nyob."
    
  "Kuv ib yam nkaus," John lees. "Qhov kev tsaws no yuav tsis zoo siab. Xyuas kom meej meej rau txhua tus - Kuv tsis paub tias hom braking lossis kev tswj xyuas peb tau tawm mus li cas, thiab nws tuaj yeem ..."
    
  "Scion, qhov no yog qhov thib peb!" - Boomer qw tshaj xov tooj cua hais kom ua channel. "Lub dav hlau tuaj los ntawm sab qab teb, qhov siab qis heev!" Patrick tig ib ncig thiab ntsia saum ntuj...
    
  ... thiab lub sijhawm ntawd Yauhas tau qw tias: "Nej dawb huv!" Ob qhov huab cua loj heev tau tawg mus rau pem hauv ntej ntawm XC-57. Lub dav hlau zoo li yooj yim hover saum huab cua rau ob peb lub sijhawm; Tom qab ntawd lwm qhov tawg, thiab lub dav hlau tig rau ntawm nws lub qhov ntswg thiab dhia ncaj nraim rau hauv av. Tsis muaj roj txaus nyob rau hauv lub tso tsheb hlau luam ua rau hluav taws loj.
    
  John Masters 'ob lub qhov muag xyaum tawm ntawm nws lub qhov (sockets) tsis meej pem. "Dab tsi tshwm sim rau kuv -"
    
  "Cia li nqis, John!" Patrick qw, khob nws rau hauv av. Ob tus neeg Asmeskas ua F-15E Eagle fighter-bombers streaked overhead ntawm qhov siab siab, mus rau sab qaum teb mus rau Turkey.
    
  John sim mus rau nws ko taw. "Cov neeg phem ntawd ntaus kuv-"
    
  "Kuv hais os!" Patrick qw. Ib pliag tom qab ntawd, muaj yim lub zog tawg thundered txoj cai hauv nruab nrab ntawm txoj kev khiav, qhov ze tshaj plaws tsuas yog ob peb puas yards deb. Ob tus txiv neej xav zoo li lawv Hummer tau dov saum lawv. Lawv tau da dej nrog cov khib nyiab thiab cov pa luam yeeb, qw thiab tuav lawv ob txhais tes rau ntawm lawv lub pob ntseg raws li qhov txaus ntshai tshee ua rau huab cua los ntawm lawv lub ntsws. Chunks ntawm pob zeb whizzed dhau lawv zoo li cov mos txwv thiab ces los nag rau lawv. "Tau hauv Hummer, John! Ceev faj!" Ob tug txiv neej tau nce mus rau hauv ib yam li cov pob zeb loj thiab loj dua ntawm cov pob zeb los nag los rau saum lawv. Lawv tsis muaj kev xaiv tab sis nkag mus hauv pem teb kom deb li deb tau thiab cia siab tias lub ru tsev yuav tuav. Lub qhov rais tawg thiab lub Hummer loj rocked ntawm nws lub log ua ntej lawv tawg heev.
    
  Ob peb feeb tom qab, John tseem writhing rau hauv pem teb ntawm tus Hummer, npog nws pob ntseg thiab foom phem. Patrick tuaj yeem pom cov ntshav me me ntawm cov ntiv tes npog John lub pob ntseg sab laug. Patrick tig rau nws lub xov tooj cua nqa tau los thov kev pab, tab sis nws tsis hnov dab tsi thiab tsuas yog cia siab tias nws cov lus tau dhau los. Nws tau nce mus rau lub ru tsev ntawm Humvee los tshuaj xyuas qhov kev puas tsuaj.
    
  Zoo nkauj foob pob tawg, nws xav. Nws pom yim qhov tawg, tej zaum ntau txhiab phaus, txhua qhov tsis pub ntau tshaj tsib yards los ntawm txoj kab nruab nrab ntawm txoj kev khiav. Luckily lawv tsis tau siv qhov chaw khiav tsheb-crater-piercing foob pob, tsuas yog lub hom phiaj tseem ceeb ntawm cov foob pob tawg, thiab kev puas tsuaj tsis yog phem heev - cov detonations ua qhov tab sis tsis nqa loj chunks ntawm steel reinforcement. Qhov no kuj yooj yim kho.
    
  "Diab?" John muaj teeb meem tawm ntawm Hummer. "Dab tsi tshwm sim?" Nws qw vim nws lub taub hau nrov nrov heev uas nws tsis hnov nws lub suab.
    
  Patrick hais tias, "Muaj me ntsis nyiaj rov qab," Patrick hais. Nws tau tawm ntawm tus hummer thiab pab John zaum thaum nws tshuaj xyuas nws lub taub hau rau lwm qhov raug mob. "Zoo li koj lub pob ntseg tawg thiab koj tau txais qee qhov kev txiav zoo nkauj."
    
  "Lawv ua dab tsi rau peb nrog?"
    
  Patrick tau hais tias "F-15E Strike Eagles poob siab heev GPS puag ncig, lwm cov tub rog nyiaj seem yuav los ntawm lub tebchaws United States qub qub," Patrick hais. Txawm hais tias yog ib qho ntawm lub ntiaj teb zoo tshaj plaws fighter-bombers, muaj peev xwm ntawm kev foob pob thiab huab cua superiority nyob rau hauv ib lub hom phiaj, F-15Es tsis tuaj yeem tsaws ntawm lub dav hlau thauj thiab yog li ntawd mothballed los yog muag raws li cov nyiaj seem rau AMERICA cov phooj ywg. "Lawv tau cim txoj kev khiav zoo heev, tab sis nws tuaj yeem kho tau. Nws tsis zoo li lawv ntaus Triple-C, hangars, lossis lwm lub tsev. "
    
  "Dab tsi yog 'damn assholes' txhais li cas hauv Turkish?" John Masters nug, slamming nws txhais tes rau ntawm Hummer hauv kev npau taws pom tseeb. "Kuv xav tias kuv yuav qiv Boomer cov kab lus phau ntawv thiab kawm ob peb xaiv lus Turkish foom phem."
    
  Ob peb feeb tom qab, Hunter Noble rub tawm hauv lub tsheb thauj neeg mob Humvee. "Koj puas nyob zoo?" nws nug raws li cov kws kho mob tau koom nrog Patrick thiab John. "Kuv xav tias koj ploj lawm."
    
  Patrick hais tias "Qhov zoo yog cov pab pawg ntawd tau zoo," Patrick hais. "Ib lub hlis twg ntawm ib lub thib ob ntev dua thiab peb lub hlis twg ntawm qhov kev ua yuam kev ntawm qib thiab peb yuav ua tau raws li qhov kawg."
    
  "Kuv tsis xav tias qhov no yog qhov kawg," Boomer hais. "Peb tab tom taug qab ob peb slugs thoob plaws hauv cheeb tsam; Qhov ze tshaj plaws yog nees nkaum mais mus rau sab hnub tuaj, mus ntawm no."
    
  Patrick hais tias, "Cia peb rov qab mus rau lub hangar thiab saib seb peb tshuav dab tsi," "Peb yuav tsum tau txais qhov hloov tshiab ntawm tus thib peb poob thiab lub hom phiaj twg peb tuaj yeem siv tau." Lawv txhua tus nkag mus rau hauv lawv cov humvees thiab khiav mus rau txoj kab tawm mus.
    
  Thaum lub sijhawm lawv nres ntawm lub tsev kho mob kom tso John tawm thiab tom qab ntawd mus txog lub hangar, lub suab nrov hauv Patrick lub pob ntseg tau qis txaus uas nws tuaj yeem ua haujlwm tau zoo. Thaum qhov kev cuam tshuam tau nres, lawv tau rov qab mus rau hauv tag nrho cov kev soj ntsuam thiab xa cov kev sib txuas lus nrog thawj XC-57, uas tau rov qab mus rau lub chaw soj ntsuam tshiab nyob rau sab qab teb sab hnub tuaj ntawm Allied Nala Air Base, nyob rau hauv laser radar ntau ntawm peb lub nroog loj nyob rau sab qaum teb Iraq - Mosul , Erbil thiab Kirkuk, uas tau tawm tsam.
    
  Patrick khiav ib txhais tes tshee tshee hla nws lub ntsej muag thaum nws kawm txog kev txawj ntse. Lub adrenaline taug kev los ntawm nws cov leeg pib qis, ua rau nws nkees thiab ntshai. "Koj puas nyob zoo, tus tswv?" Hunter Noble nug.
    
  "Kuv txhawj xeeb me ntsis txog John. Nws saib tsis zoo. "
    
  "Koj saib zoo nkauj heev rau hnav ib yam nkaus, tus tswv."
    
  "Kuv mam li ok". Nws luag nyav ntawm Boomer txoj kev txhawj xeeb. "Kuv tsis nco qab nws zoo li cas nyob rau hauv qhov kev foob pob tawg. Nws ua rau koj ntshai heev. "
    
  "Tej zaum koj yuav tsum so me ntsis."
    
  "Kuv yuav zoo, Boomer," Patrick rov hais dua. Nws nodded ntawm tus hluas pilot thiab astronaut. "Ua tsaug uas koj txhawj xeeb heev."
    
  Boomer hais tias "Kuv paub koj lub siab txoj haujlwm, tus tswv," Boomer hais. "Qhov tsuas yog qhov phem tshaj qhov rov qab los ntawm qhov chaw yog yuav luag puas los ntawm txoj hlua ntawm txhiab-phaus foob pob. Tej zaum koj yuav tsum tsis txhob thawb koj txoj hmoo. "
    
  "Cia rau tus Lwm Thawj Coj hauv kev nyab xeeb thiab suab thiab tau txais daim duab meej ntawm qhov tshwm sim, thiab tom qab ntawd kuv yuav pw tsaug zog." Qhov no tsis yooj yim rau Boomer qhov kev txhawj xeeb ib me ntsis thiab nws pom ntawm nws lub ntsej muag, tab sis Patrick tsis quav ntsej nws. "Puas muaj lub dav hlau thab tus neeg poob?"
    
  Tsis muaj qhov sib cav nrog tus txiv leej tub, Boomer xav tias - nws yuav mus ua haujlwm kom txog thaum nws poob, yooj yim thiab yooj yim. "Tsis yog," nws teb. "Txhua tus neeg tua rog nyob rau hauv tsib caug-mais vojvoog tau teeb tsa hluav taws, tab sis tsis muaj leej twg tawm tsam. Lawv kuj tsis thab peb cov drones. "
    
  Patrick tau hais tias "Lawv paub tias feem ntau ntawm cov dav hlau ya ntawm no yog cov dav hlau tshawb nrhiav tsis muaj riam phom, thiab lawv yuav tsis pov tseg cov mos txwv," Patrick hais. "Dab tsi qhuab ntuas. Lawv paub tias muaj kev tawm tsam tsawg heev rau qhov lawv tab tom ua tam sim no. "
    
  Boomer tau hais tias "Muaj ntau lub tsheb khiav qeeb mus txog thiab ntau lub tsheb thauj mus los tau coj peb mus," Boomer tau hais. Lawv tau saib xyuas ntau lub dav hlau qis qis, feem ntau ncig ze Kirkuk thiab Erbil. Txawm li cas los xij, ib lub dav hlau tau mus rau sab hnub poob ncaj qha rau Nala. "Puas muaj cov qauv lossis cov lej rau qhov no?" - Patrick nug.
    
  "Tsis yog," Boomer teb. "Nws qis heev thiab ceev heev. Tseem tsis tau muaj kev sib txuas. Daim duab laser radar qhia tau hais tias nws yog ob lub rooj C-130 turboprop, tab sis nws hloov ceev ntawm lub sijhawm, qeeb dua li qhov xav tau rau lub dav hlau tactical airlift. Tej zaum nws yuav muaj teeb meem kho tshuab. "
    
  "Peb puas muaj kev sib cuag nrog Avengers?"
    
  "Kuv xav tias lawv txhua tus tham nrog Colonel Wilhelm hauv Tank dua."
    
  Patrick qhib ib qho lus txib: "Scion Odin hu Warhammer."
    
  "Nws yog qhov zoo uas pom koj tseem nrog peb, Scion," Wilhelm hais los ntawm nws cov lus txib hauv Tank. "Koj tseem tab tom qw rau hauv lub microphone. Puas yog koj lub tswb nrov nyob ntawd?
    
  "Kuv qhia koj kom nug koj tus Avengers kom paub tseeb tias qhov pom kev pom tseeb ua ntej nkag mus rau hauv kev sib ntaus sib tua, Warhammer."
    
  "Cov Turks nyuam qhuav tso lub ntuj raug txim tawm ntawm kuv lub dav hlau, Scion, thiab lawv lub tsheb tab tom mus rau txoj kev no. Peb tau txais cov lus ceeb toom ntawm peb kab sib cais ntawm cov tsheb armored. Kuv yuav tsis cia lawv tsuj rau hauv lub hauv paus no tsis tua ob peb ua ntej. "
    
  "Tus uas tuaj txog sab hnub tuaj yuav tsis yog Turk."
    
  "Tom qab ntawd koj xav tias yog leej twg?"
    
  "Tawm ntawm qhib channel, Warhammer."
    
  Wilhelm nyob twj ywm rau ob peb lub sijhawm; ces: "Muaj koj, tus tub." Nws tsis paub leej twg los yog dab tsi McLanahan tab tom xav txog, tab sis tus txiv leej tub nyob rau yob; zoo dua pab nws tswj nws txoj kev sib tw. "Tuag. Tag nrho Warhammer units, qhov no yog Alpha, nco ntsoov tias peb tsis muaj lub dav hlau tshem tawm mus rau hauv lub hauv paus thiab peb yuav tsis tuaj yeem tsaws lawv ntawm no yog tias peb tau ua, tab sis kuv xav kom tau txais cov cim pom zoo rau txhua lub dav hlau tuaj. . Kuv rov hais dua, Kuv xav tau qhov zoo EO lossis tus lej pom kev ncaj qha. IR thiab tsis muaj hom thiab cov lej tsis yog, Kuv rov hais dua, zoo txaus. " Nws nres ib pliag, rov xav txog nws qhov kev txiav txim tom ntej, tom qab ntawd hais ntxiv: "Yog tias koj tsis muaj kev txheeb xyuas qhov zoo, qhia txog kev taw qhia, ceev, qhov siab thiab hom, tab sis tsis quav ntsej nws. Yog hais tias koj tsis meej, qw tab sis tuav koj riam phom kom nruj, yog tias koj tsis muaj tus ID zoo, nws yog tub sab. Warhammer tawm lawm."
    
  Nws tsis siv sijhawm ntev rau thawj daim ntawv tshaj tawm tuaj: "Warhammer, qhov no yog Piney One-Two," tuaj rau sab hnub tuaj Avenger. "Kuv muaj kev sib cuag nrog ib lub nkoj scarecrow, ib-tsib-zero degrees bullseye, mus rau sab hnub poob, ib puas yim caum pob caus, lub hauv paus qhov siab rho tawm ib-yim, tsis zoo hom thiab cov lej." Qhov "hauv paus" qhov siab yog ob txhiab feet, uas txhais tau hais tias lub dav hlau yog ob puas feet saum av. "Zoo li Yeej Ob-ob."
    
  "Auj, ua tsaug, tus Tswv," Wilhelm yws yws hauv qab nws ua tsis taus pa. Muaj pes tsawg lub ntuj raug txim haus thiab noj hmo kuv yuav tshuav McLanahan tom qab tag nrho ...? "Kev nkag siab, ib lossis ob. Txuas ntxiv mus saib xyuas, riam phom ntawm qhov npaj txhij. Tag nrho Warhammer units, qhov no yog Alpha, cov dav hlau tuaj, riam phom npaj kom txog thaum nws tsoo hauv av, ces rov qab mus rau FPCON Delta. Huab cua, coj cov lus txib ntawm no. Kuv tab tom mus rau txoj kab tawm mus. Thompson, xa koj cov tub mus rau ntawd los cuam tshuam cov lus tuaj, thiab kuv xav kom muaj kev ruaj ntseg zoo li yoov tshaj cum. Huab cua kev pab, cia tus txiv neej no nyob rau hauv thiab xyuas kom meej tias tsis muaj tails rau nws. Thompson, xa nws mus rau Alpha Security." Nws pov nws lub mloog pob ntseg thiab maj mus rau ntawm lub qhov rooj.
    
  Nws pom McLanahan thiab Chris Thompson nyob rau hauv qhov chaw nres tsheb dav hlau ruaj ntseg, ib feem ntawm lub dav hlau apron ncig los ntawm cov pa tawm sab nraud ntawm lub hangar loj. Thompson tau tso nws cov tub rog kev ruaj ntseg nyob rau sab qab teb taxiway thiab txoj kev taug kev los ntawm txoj kev tsheb tavxij mus rau lub apron. Wilhelm lub qhov muag nqaim thaum nws pom McLanahan. Tus thawj tub rog laus lub taub hau thiab nraub qaum ntawm nws txhais tes tau npog hauv qhov txhab los ntawm ya shrapnel. "Koj yuav tsum nyob hauv tsev kho mob, General," nws hais.
    
  McLanahan tau ziab nws lub ntsej muag, taub hau thiab ob txhais tes nrog ib daim phuam da dej loj, uas twb qias neeg ntawm nws tawm mus. "Nws tuaj yeem tos," nws hais.
    
  "Lub sijhawm ntev npaum li cas? Mus txog thaum koj dhau mus?
    
  "Kuv tso John tawm ntawm tus kws kho mob thiab hais kom lawv tshuaj xyuas kuv."
    
  Bullshit, Wilhelm xav, tab sis tsis hais nws nrov nrov. Nws tshum nws lub taub hau tu siab, tsis xav cam nrog tus txiv leej tub, ces nodded sab hnub tuaj. "Vim li cas nws tuaj ntawm no?"
    
  "Kuv tsis paub".
    
  "Tsis ntse heev, yog koj nug kuv." Wilhelm tau txais ib lub walkie-talkie. "Qhov thib ob yog Alpha. Lub tsheb nyob ze tshaj plaws nyob qhov twg?"
    
  "Neeg caug kilometers sab qaum teb, tseem mus."
    
  "Kuv nkag siab koj. Txuas ntxiv mus saib xyuas, qhia rau kuv paub thaum lawv nyob hauv kaum kilometers. " Tseem tsis tau nyob hauv thaj tsam ntawm lub xub pwg-hluav taws xob cuaj luaj, tab sis lub dav hlau mus txog yog nyob rau hauv kev txaus ntshai tuag yog pom los ntawm Turkish warplanes.
    
  Ob peb feeb tom qab lawv hnov qhov txawv ntawm qhov hnyav-ceev boom-boom-boom suab ntawm lub rotorcraft loj. Lub qaij-rotor CV-22 Osprey ya qis thiab nrawm dhau ntawm lub hauv paus, ua kom tig mus rau sab laug thaum nws hloov mus rau ntsug dav hlau, ces hovered raws ib kab ntawm kev ruaj ntseg tsheb raws txoj kev mus rau lub apron thiab tsaws. Nws raug coj mus rau hauv qhov chaw nres tsheb ruaj ntseg, qhov chaw nws kaw nws tus kheej.
    
  Thompson cov tub rog kev ruaj ntseg tau rov ua haujlwm thoob plaws hauv thaj chaw nres tsheb dav hlau thaum Wilhelm, McLanahan, thiab Thompson kaw nyob rau hauv Osprey. Lub tsheb thauj khoom tom qab tau qhib thiab peb tus neeg ua haujlwm zais cia hauv Teb Chaws Asmeskas, hnav lub cev armor thiab riam phom tshuab, tawm mus, ua raws li Tus Lwm Thawj Coj Kenneth Phoenix.
    
  Tus lwm thawj coj tau hnav lub kaus mom Kevlar, tsom iav, hnab looj tes thiab lub cev armor. Wilhelm tau mus cuag nws, tab sis tsis tau hais lus - nws twb tau txawv txaus. Phoenix pib tshem nws cov iav tiv thaiv, tab sis Wilhelm yov kom nws nres. "Cuav cov cuab yeej no tsuas yog nyob rau hauv rooj plaub, tus tswv," nws qw nrov nrov ntawm tus kiv cua ntxaib saum taub hau. Nws tau coj tus Lwm Thawj Coj mus rau qhov chaw tos tsheb loj Humvee, thiab lawv txhua tus tau muab tso rau hauv thiab khiav tawm mus rau chav sib tham nyob rau pem teb sab saum toj ntawm Lub Tank.
    
  Thaum lawv muaj kev nyab xeeb sab hauv thiab saib xyuas, Cov neeg ua haujlwm zais cia tau pab Phoenix tshem nws cov iav tiv thaiv. "Dab tsi tshwm sim?" Phoenix nug. Nws ntsia ntawm Wilhelm lub ntsej muag tsaus muag, tom qab ntawd ntawm McLanahan. "Tsis txhob qhia kuv, cia kuv twv: Türkiye."
    
  Wilhelm tau hais tias "Peb tau pom qhov kev tawm tsam huab cua, tab sis lawv tau xa lub dav hlau jamming uas tshem peb lub qhov muag thiab pob ntseg," Wilhelm tau hais. "Damn zoo sib koom tes; lawv tau npaj txhij los tawm tsam thiab tsuas yog tos lub sijhawm zoo. "
    
  "Nws yog kuv xav ntsib txhua tus hauv Erbil," Phoenix tau hais. "Kuv tsis xav tias kuv yuav yog lawv npog rau kev ntxeem tau."
    
  "Yog tias nws tsis yog rau koj, tus tswv, nws yuav yog lwm tus - lossis lawv yuav tau ua qee yam, zoo li kuv ntseeg tias lawv tau ua qhov kev tawm tsam hauv Van," Patrick hais.
    
  "Koj puas xav tias nws yog kev teeb tsa?" Chris Thompson nug. "Vim li cas? Nws yog classic PKK. "
    
  Patrick tau hais tias "Nws yog PKK classic- classic dhau lawm," Patrick hais. "Qhov ua rau kuv ntaus yog lub sijhawm. Vim li cas ib hnub kev tawm tsam, tsis muaj tsawg thaum sawv ntxov, thaum tag nrho cov neeg ua haujlwm thiab kev ruaj ntseg tau tsaug zog thiab ceeb toom? Vim li cas ho tsis tua thaum hmo ntuj? Lawv yuav muaj feem ntau ua tiav thiab poob ntau dua. "
    
  "Kuv xav tias lawv ua tau zoo heev."
    
  Patrick tau hais tias "Kuv ntseeg tias nws yog kev teeb tsa kom ntseeg tau tias tsis muaj cov tub ntxhais kawm txaus hauv cov tub rog," Patrick hais. "Lawv tau ua kom cov neeg tuag tiag tiag tsawg thiab tsuas yog nce tus lej rau cov xov xwm - txaus rau tus thawj tswj hwm kom tshaj tawm lub xeev xwm txheej ceev."
    
  Phoenix tau hais tias "Yog tias Turkey muaj tus thawj tswj hwm," "Cov lus los ntawm peb tus kws tshaj lij hauv Ankara tau hais tias tus thawj tswj hwm 'sib tham nrog nws cov kws pab tswv yim nom tswv thiab tub rog.' Ministry of Foreign Affairs yuav tsis hais dab tsi ntxiv, thiab tsis muaj leej twg teb tus Thawj Kav Tebchaws hu rau Prime Minister thiab Thawj Tswj Hwm ntawm Turkey. Hauv TV nws zoo li tus neeg hlau; tej zaum nws yuav raug quab yuam, txawm raug tshuaj. "
    
  "Tus Tswv, ua ntej peb nkim sijhawm ntxiv los sim seb cov Turks yuav ua li cas ntxiv, peb qhov tseem ceeb tshaj plaws yog kom koj tawm ntawm no thiab rov qab mus rau Baghdad - nyiam dua rov qab mus rau Tebchaws," Wilhelm tau hais. "Koj qhov Kev Pabcuam zais cia yuav muaj kev xaiv zoo dua, tab sis kuv pom zoo-"
    
  Phoenix hais tias "Kuv tseem tsis tau npaj tawm mus, Colonel," said Phoenix.
    
  "Excuse me, sir?" Wilhelm nug incredulously. "Peb nyob hauv nruab nrab ntawm kev tua hluav taws, tus tswv. Lawv nyuam qhuav tawg lub hauv paus no! Kuv tsis tuaj yeem lav koj qhov kev nyab xeeb - Kuv tsis ntseeg tias leej twg tuaj yeem ua tau tam sim no. "
    
  Phoenix tau hais tias "Colonel, Kuv tuaj ntawm no los ntsib nrog Iraqis, Turks, Kurds thiab Asmeskas kom sim daws qhov xwm txheej nrog PKK," Phoenix hais tias, "thiab kuv yuav tsis tawm mus txog thaum kuv tus thawj coj xaj kom kuv mus." Wilhelm tab tom hais ib yam dab tsi, tab sis Phoenix nres nws nrog tsa tes. "Yog txaus, Colonel. Kuv xav tau xov tooj lossis xov tooj cua hu rau Washington thiab kuv yuav xav tau ...
    
  Lub sijhawm ntawd lub tswb nrov, thiab Wilhelm maj nrawm rau hauv xov tooj. "Mus."
    
  Mark Weatherly tau tshaj tawm tias "Muaj ntau lub dav hlau siab siab tab tom los ntawm sab qaum teb, tus tswv," Mark Weatherly tau tshaj tawm. "Kev ceev qis dua, tej zaum turboprop cav. Peb xav tias cov no yog tsheb, tejzaum nws disembarking paratroopers. Cov tub rog Iraqi tseem tab tom tshaj tawm kev cuam tshuam kev sib txuas lus tshiab. Peb tseem tsis tau khaws nws. "
    
  Wilhelm tau hais tias "Txuas ntxiv mus saib xyuas thiab tawm tswv yim," Wilhelm hais. Nws tau xav ib pliag, tom qab ntawd ntxiv, "Qhia rau txhua lub Warhammer units kom lawv cov riam phom npaj, rau kev tiv thaiv tus kheej nkaus xwb, thiab kom rov qab rov qab los ntawm Avengers."
    
  "Sir? Hais dua -"
    
  William hais tias "Peb tsis tawm tsam cov Turks uas raug tsim txom, Huab cua," William cuam tshuam. "Peb cov kev txawj ntse hais tias peb twb muaj ntau tshaj kaum rau ib, yog li lawv yuav cia li tsav txoj cai hla peb yog tias lawv npau taws txaus. Kuv yuav piav qhia rau lawv tias lawv tuaj yeem buzz ncig Iraq txhua yam lawv xav tau, tab sis lawv yuav tsis coj lub hauv paus no. Nco qab lub Avengers thiab tag nrho lwm yam Warhammer units uas tsis pom. Thaum lawv rov qab mus rau lub laj kab, peb txav mus rau hauv qhov chaw tiv thaiv tag nrho, npaj txhij los tawm tsam txhua tus neeg tawm tsam. Tau txais qhov ntawd?"
    
  "Tau taub hau, sir."
    
  Wilhelm tau hais tias "Qhia rau Jaffar thiab qhia nws tias kuv xav ntsib nrog nws thiab nws cov thawj coj ntawm lub tuam txhab txog yuav ua li cas yog tias cov Turks txeeb tau," Wilhelm tau hais. "Lawv yuav xav tawm tsam, tab sis peb tsis nyob ntawm no kom nkag mus rau hauv kev sib ntaus sib tua." Nws ntsia tus lwm thawj. "Tseem xav nyob ntawm no, tus tswv? Qhov no tuaj yeem ua rau muaj kev phom sij. "
    
  Phoenix tau hais tias "Raws li kuv tau hais, Colonel, Kuv tab tom ua haujlwm hauv kev ua nom ua tswv," Phoenix hais. "Tej zaum thaum cov Turks paub tias kuv nyob ntawm no, lawv yuav tsis tshua pib tua. Tej zaum kuv tseem tuaj yeem pib sib tham txog kev tsis sib haum xeeb los ntawm no. "
    
  Wilhelm hais tias "Kuv yuav zoo dua yog tias koj tsawg kawg hauv Baghdad, tus tswv," tab sis koj muaj lub suab zoo thiab zoo, thiab kuv tuaj yeem siv qee qhov kev xav zoo ntawm no tam sim no."
    
  Lub xov tooj nrov dua thiab Wilhelm khaws nws.
    
  "Huab cua zoo nyob ntawm no, tus tswv. Peb muaj teeb meem: Kuv hu rau Jaffar lub chaw ua haujlwm - nws tsis nyob ntawm no. Tsis muaj leej twg los ntawm pab pawg tswj hwm OVR teb xov tooj. "
    
  "Nug Mavlud lossis Jabbouri lawv mus qhov twg."
    
  "Lawv tsis nyob ntawm no thiab, tus tswv. Kuv sim hu rau Jabbouri hauv xov tooj cua: tsis muaj leej twg teb. Nws txav deb ntawm lub Tank txawm tias ua ntej kev tawm tsam pib. "
    
  Wilhelm ntsia tawm ntawm lub qhov rais chav sib tham mus rau hauv pem teb loj ntawm Lub Tank; Tau kawg, tus tub ceev xwm Turkish liaison lub console yog khoob. "Nrhiav qee tus neeg saib xyuas Haji thiab qhia nws kom tuaj ntawm no ob zaug, Weatherly." Nws dai. "Thompson?"
    
  "Kuv tab tom kuaj, Colonel." Chris Thompson twb tau qhib nws lub xov tooj cua portable. "Kev nyab xeeb tshaj tawm tias lub tsheb thauj tub rog thiab cov tsheb thauj khoom tawm ntawm lub hauv paus txog ib teev dhau los, Colonel," nws hais ib pliag tom qab. "Lawv muaj tib neeg thiab khoom siv, daim ntawv tso cai tsim nyog, kos npe los ntawm Jaffar."
    
  "Tsis muaj leej twg xav qhia kuv txog qhov no?"
    
  "Cov neeg saib xyuas lub rooj vag hais tias nws zoo li niaj hnub thiab lawv tau xaj kom ua li ntawd."
    
  "Puas muaj ib tug ntawm koj cov txiv neej pom ib tug tub rog Iraqi nyob qhov twg?" Wilhelm thundered.
    
  "Kuv tab tom kuaj, Colonel." Tab sis txhua tus tuaj yeem qhia tau los ntawm kev saib cov lus tsis txaus ntseeg ntawm Thompson lub ntsej muag tias cov lus teb yog li cas: "Colonel, IA lub hauv paus hauv paus yog qhov tseeb."
    
  "Empty?"
    
  Thompson tau hais tias "Tsuas yog ob peb tus tub rog tsis khoom tshem tawm hard drives thiab nco chips los ntawm computers," Thompson hais. "Lawv zoo li tau hloov mus. Koj puas xav kom kuv tso tseg cov neeg no thiab nug lawv?
    
  Wilhelm khiav nws txhais tes hla nws lub ntsej muag, ces tshiav nws lub taub hau. "Tsis zoo," nws hais tias nkees. "Qhov no yog lawv lub hauv paus thiab lawv cov ntaub ntawv. Nqa cov duab thiab nqe lus, ces cia lawv nyob ib leeg. " Nws xyaum muab lub xov tooj rov qab rau hauv txaj. "Damn unbelievable," nws yws. "Tag nrho cov tub rog ntawm Iraqi tub rog tsuas tuaj tos thiab tawm?"
    
  "Thiab yog ua ntej qhov kev tawm tsam," Thompson ntxiv. "Lawv puas tuaj yeem tau txais cua ntawm qhov no?"
    
  Wilhelm hais tias "Tsis muaj teeb meem - lawv tau ploj mus," Wilhelm hais. "Tab sis kuv tuaj yeem qhia rau koj ib yam: lawv yuav tsis rov qab los rau hauv lub hauv paus tshwj tsis yog kuv paub txog nws ua ntej, qhov tseeb tiag. Qhia qhov ntawd rau koj cov tub."
    
  "Nws yuav ua tiav, Colonel."
    
  Wilhelm tig rov qab mus rau tus lwm thawj. "Tus Tswv, koj puas xav tau ntau yam ntxiv rov qab mus rau Baghdad?"
    
  Lub sijhawm no lub tswb nrov nrov. Wilhelm khaws lub xov tooj thiab tig mus rau cov lus qhia ntawm lub tank pem hauv ntej. "Dab tsi tam sim no, Weatherly?"
    
  Weatherly tau hais tias "Txoj kab uas ze tshaj plaws ntawm cov cuab yeej cuab tam Turkish los ntawm sab qaum teb yog kaum kilometers deb," Weatherly hais. "Lawv tau pom Piney Ob-Peb thiab tab tom tuav txoj haujlwm."
    
  Wilhelm tau khiav ceev li nws tuaj yeem qis qis rau nws lub console, lwm tus tom qab nws. Cov duab yeeb yaj kiab los ntawm Avenger anti-aircraft unit tau pom ib lub tsheb muaj zog ntsuab tsaus nti ya ib tus chij liab loj nrog lub ntsej muag dawb. Nws rab phom tshuab tau tsa. XC-57's laser radar duab pom lwm lub tsheb nyob tom qab nws. "Qhov thib ob lossis thib peb, qhov no yog Alpha, riam phom ntawm kev npaj, txoj haujlwm taug kev hauv txoj kev."
    
  "Kev lees paub, Warhammer, peb twb nyob rau lub Peb Hlis," tus thawj coj lub tsheb Avenger tau teb, ua kom nws cov riam phom muaj kev nyab xeeb thiab cov phom ntawm nws cov phom sij Stinger thiab nees nkaum-millimeter Gatling phom tau taw rau saum ntuj thiab tsis nyob ntawm Turks.
    
  "Koj puas tuaj yeem thim rov qab lossis tig rov qab?"
    
  "Kuv lees paub rau ob leeg."
    
  "Muaj maj mam, rov qab, tig ib ncig, thiab rov qab mus rau lub hauv paus ntawm qhov ceev ceev," Wilhelm hais. "Cia koj lub thoob taw kom deb ntawm lawv. Kuv tsis xav tias lawv yuav thab koj."
    
  "Kuv vam tias koj hais yog lawm, Alpha. Tsuas yog ob lossis peb daim ntawv luam, ntawm kev mus. "
    
  Nws yog ob peb feeb. Vim hais tias lub koob yees duab ntawm lub nkoj Avenger tsuas yog ntsib rau pem hauv ntej, lawv poob cov yeeb yaj kiab pub, yog li lawv tsis tuaj yeem pom yog tias cov neeg ua haujlwm tiv thaiv tub rog Turkish tau npaj cov riam phom tiv thaiv tank. Tab sis daim duab XC-57 tau pom tias cov tsheb Turkish tuav txoj haujlwm thaum Avenger tig mus, tom qab ntawd ua raws li ntawm ib puas yards deb thaum nws rov qab mus rau hauv paus.
    
  "Ntawm no lawv tuaj," Wilhelm hais tias, tshem nws lub mloog pob ntseg thiab muab pov rau ntawm lub rooj ntawm nws xub ntiag. "Mr. Tus Lwm Thawj Coj, ntawm qhov kev pheej hmoo ntawm kev hais txog qhov pom tseeb, koj yuav yog peb cov qhua nyob rau yav tom ntej, los ntawm koom pheej ntawm Qaib Cov Txwv."
    
  "Zoo kawg, Colonel," hais tias Ken Phoenix. "Cov Turks paub tias lawv tuaj yeem tshuab peb, tab sis lawv tuav rov qab. Yog tias peb tau tawm tsam rov qab, lawv yuav tau tawm tsam qhov tseeb. "
    
  "Peb yog cov phooj ywg, txoj cai?" Wilhelm hais sarcastically. "Yuav ua li cas kuv yuav luag tsis nco qab txog nws. Ntxiv rau, nws yooj yim tsis rov qab yog tias koj muaj me me los ua pauj nrog. " Nws tig mus rau Chris Thompson. "Thompson, tshem tawm qhov kev txiav txim tawm, tab sis kaw lub hauv paus, ua kom txhua tus nce thiab ruaj ntseg lub rooj vag thiab ib puag ncig. Kuv xav tau muaj zog tab sis pom riam phom tsawg heev. Tsis muaj leej twg tua tshwj tsis yog lawv tua nws. Huab cua, khaws lub qhov muag rau lwm tus tuaj txog Avengers, qhia rau lawv paub tias peb muaj qhua, riam phom ntawm kev npaj. Kuv xav tias cov Turks yuav cia lawv hla. "
    
  Nyob rau hauv tsawg tshaj li ib teev, ib pab pawg ntawm ob tug tub rog tub rog tub rog Turkish tau nres ntawm txhua qhov nkag mus rau Nakhla Allied airbase. Lawv saib tsis zoo, nrog lawv cov riam phom tau tsa, thiab cov tub rog tseem nyob ze lawv lub tsheb nrog phom rau ntawm lawv lub xub pwg ... tab sis lawv tsis pub leej twg los ze. Lub hauv paus tau raug kaw.
    
    
  Tshooj 6
    
    
  Kev tsis lees paub lub sijhawm yog qhov txaus ntshai tshaj plaws thiab ua yuam kev uas koj tuaj yeem ua.
    
  -MAE JEMISON, ASTRONAUT
    
    
    
  CHAW UA HAUJ LWM NTAWM LUB PRESIDENT, CANKAYA, ANKARA, Türkiye
  TAM SIM NO TAM SIM NO
    
    
  "Qhov no yog qhov thib peb hu los ntawm Washington, tus tswv," tus pab hais, dai. "Lub sijhawm no nws yog Tus Tuav Ntaub Ntawv ntawm Xeev nws tus kheej. Nws lub suab npau taws."
    
  Thawj Tswj Hwm Kurzat Hirsiz tau nthwv dej rau tus pab cuam kaw, tom qab ntawd hais hauv xov tooj: "Txuas ntxiv nrog koj daim ntawv tshaj tawm, General."
    
  "Yog lawm, tus tswv," General Abdullah Guzlev tau hais dhau lub xov tooj satellite ruaj ntseg. "Lub Division 1 tau nce mus rau Tal Afar, sab qaum teb hnub poob ntawm Mosul. Lawv nyob ib puag ncig cov tub rog huab cua puag thiab ntes cov raj xa dej thiab chaw nres tsheb hauv Avgan. Cov Iraqis tseem tuaj yeem thaiv cov dej ntws los ntawm Baba Gurur teb mus rau sab hnub tuaj thiab hloov cov roj los ntawm cov teb yav qab teb, tab sis cov roj los ntawm Kuale teb muaj kev nyab xeeb. "
    
  Amazing, Hirsiz xav. Kev ntxeem tau ntawm Iraq mus zoo dua li qhov xav tau. "Cov tub rog Iraqi tsis muaj kev nyab xeeb rau lub raj xa dej lossis chaw nres tsheb?" nws nug.
    
  "Tsis yog, sir. Tsuas yog cov tuam txhab kev ruaj ntseg ntiag tug, thiab lawv tsis tawm tsam. "
    
  Qhov no yog xov xwm zoo heev; nws cia siab tias cov Iraqis yuav tsum muaj zog tiv thaiv cov raj xa dej thiab kev tsim kho vaj tse. Cov roj ntws los ntawm Kirkuk-Ceyhan pipeline suav txog 40 feem pua ntawm Iraq cov nyiaj tau los. Tseeb tiag, kev nthuav dav ntawm cov xwm txheej ... "Zoo heev, General. Koj qhov kev vam meej tau zoo kawg nkaus. Ua tau zoo. Mus ntxiv."
    
  "Ua tsaug, tus tswv," Guzlev hais ntxiv. "Lub 2nd Division tau nce mus rau txhua txoj kev mus rau Mosul thiab ntes lub tshav dav hlau yav qab teb ntawm Qayyarah. Peb cov tub rog tub rog tau foob pob hluav taws ntawm Nakhla, ib lub chaw tub rog Iraqi sab qaum teb ntawm lub nroog, ze rau Tall Qaifa, thiab peb ncig lub tshav dav hlau. Tam sim no peb tab tom tsaws thauj thiab tub rog caij dav hlau ntawm Qayar South tshav dav hlau. "
    
  "Puas muaj kev tawm tsam los ntawm Iraqis lossis Asmeskas hauv Nakhla?"
    
  "Cov neeg Amelikas tsis tawm tsam; Txawm li cas los xij, peb tsis tau sib cuag nrog cov tub rog Iraqi nyob ntawd. "
    
  "Tsis muaj kev sib cuag?"
    
  "Nws zoo li lawv tau tawm ntawm lub hauv paus thiab rov qab mus rau Mosul lossis Kirkuk," Guzlev tau hais. "Peb tab tom saib xyuas yog tias lawv tshwm sim sai sai, tab sis peb ntseeg tias lawv tsuas yog tshem lawv cov khaub ncaws thiab tab tom nkaum ntawm cov pejxeem."
    
  "Qhov no yuav dhau los ua teeb meem tom qab, tab sis cia siab tias lawv yuav nyob twj ywm rau ib ntus. Yuav ua li cas txog General Ozek cov tub rog?
    
  Guzlev tau teb tias "ob lub koom haum Gendarme ua haujlwm nyob rau sab hnub tuaj ntsib kev tawm tsam ntau dua li lwm qhov kev faib tawm, feem ntau ntsib Peshmerga guerrillas," Guzlev teb, "tab sis lawv ncig Erbil lub tshav dav hlau sab hnub poob."
    
  "Peb cia siab tias yuav tawm tsam los ntawm Peshmerga - yog vim li cas peb txiav txim siab xa ob chav Gendarme mus rau sab hnub tuaj, nrog rau peb qhov kev faib tawm ntxiv npaj txav mus yog tias tsim nyog," Hirsiz tau hais. Lub Peshmerga, uas txhais tau tias "cov neeg uas ntsia kev tuag nyob rau hauv lub ntsej muag" nyob rau hauv Kurdish, pib raws li Kurdish txoj kev ywj pheej fighters uas tawm tsam Saddam Hussein cov tub rog tawm tsam nws kev lim hiam rau tshem tawm cov haiv neeg Kurdish los ntawm cov roj nplua nuj nyob rau sab qaum teb Iraq uas cov Kurds pom li. ib feem ntawm lub neej yav tom ntej. xeev Kurdistan. Tom qab Asmeskas ntxeem tau ntawm Iraq, Peshmerga tau tawm tsam Saddam cov tub rog nrog Asmeskas. zog. Ua tsaug rau xyoo ntawm Asmeskas kev cob qhia thiab kev pab, Peshmerga tau dhau los ua kev sib ntaus sib tua zoo thiab cov neeg tiv thaiv ntawm tsoomfwv cheeb tsam Kurdish.
    
  Guzlev hais ntxiv tias "Peb tseem nyob hauv cov haiv neeg tsawg yog tias peb qhov kev txawj ntse hais tias yog lub zog tag nrho ntawm Peshmerga," Guzlev hais ntxiv. "Peb yuav tsum tsiv mus rau ob lub gendarme divisions sab qab teb kom ntxiv dag zog rau cov khoom siv thiab khaws qhov kawg hauv kev cia. Yog tias General Ozek cov tub rog tuaj yeem tuav ruaj khov thiab tswj hwm txoj kev loj peb thiab plaub txoj kev coj mus rau hauv thiab tawm ntawm Erbil, ntxiv rau tshem tawm txoj hauv kev mus rau lub tshav dav hlau, peb yuav muaj kev tiv thaiv zoo los ntawm Erbil mus rau Tal Afar thiab peb yuav muaj peev xwm thawb. lub Peshmerga mus rau lub roob mus rau sab hnub tuaj ntawm Erbil."
    
  "Tom qab ntawd kuv yuav muab qhov kev txiav txim," Hirsiz hais. "Lub sijhawm no, kuv yuav sib tham txog kev tsis sib haum xeeb nrog Iraqis, Kurds thiab Asmeskas. Thaum kawg peb yuav tuaj rau qee qhov kev pom zoo ntawm thaj chaw tsis muaj, suav nrog kev saib xyuas ntau haiv neeg thiab saib xyuas, thiab thaum kawg peb yuav tawm mus ... "
    
  Guzlev tau hais tias "Thiab thaum peb thim rov qab, peb yuav rhuav tshem txhua qhov kev cob qhia PKK stinking zaum kawg peb pom," Guzlev tau hais.
    
  "Tau kawg," Hirsiz hais. "Koj puas muaj daim ntawv ceeb toom casualty?"
    
  Guzlev tau hais tias "Kev raug mob tsawg tsawg, tus tswv, tshwj tsis yog tias General Ozek tshaj tawm ob feem pua ntawm cov neeg raug mob thaum nws tsiv mus los ntawm cov cheeb tsam Kurdish feem ntau," Guzlev tau hais. Nrog Jandarma faib txog nees nkaum txhiab tus txiv neej txhua, poob plaub puas txiv neej hauv ib hnub yog qhov teeb meem loj; peb qhov chaw khaws cia ntawm Jandarma tau xav tau sai sai. "Peb tsis muaj teeb meem khiav tawm cov neeg tuag thiab raug mob rov qab mus rau Turkey. Aviation poob kuj tsawg heev. Qhov phem tshaj plaws yog qhov poob ntawm lub dav hlau thauj uas tau ya tawm ntawm Erbil los nqa cov khoom siv ntxiv - nws yuav raug tua los ntawm cov yeeb ncuab hluav taws, peb tsis paub meej. Lub dav hlau thauj hnyav tau ploj vim muaj teeb meem ntawm cov tshuab, thiab lub dav hlau RF-4E hluav taws xob jamming raug tua los ntawm US cov dav hlau tshawb nrhiav. "
    
  "American reconnaissance dav hlau? Yuav ua li cas lub dav hlau neeg soj xyuas tua ib tug ntawm peb?
    
  "Tsis paub, sir. Cov tub ceev xwm kev txawj ntse tau tshaj tawm tias lawv raug tua, uas nws tau piav qhia tias muaj hluav taws xob ntau. "
    
  "Xov tooj cua?"
    
  "Qhov ntawd yog qhov nws hais ib pliag ua ntej nws tsis tau ntsib nrog tus tsav. Tus kws tsav dav hlau thiab dav hlau tau ploj lawm. "
    
  "Vim li cas lub ntuj raug txim yog cov neeg Amelikas tua peb nrog hluav taws xob riam phom?" Hirsiz xob laim.
    
  Guzlev tau hais tias "Peb tau ceev faj kom txo qis kev raug mob, tub rog thiab pej xeem, ntawm ob sab," Guzlev hais. "Cov thawj coj hauv pawg tau raug txiav txim nruj los qhia rau lawv cov txiv neej tias lawv tuaj yeem tua tau yog tias lawv raug hluav taws, tsuas yog paub lossis xav tias PKK cov neeg phem lawv pom."
    
  "Koj tab tom ntsib dab tsi, General? Koj koom nrog dab tsi units?
    
  "Peb tab tom ntsib teeb meem thoob plaws hauv cheeb tsam, tus tswv," Guzlev tau tshaj tawm. "Cov neeg Asmeskas tsis tau koom nrog peb hauv kev sib ntaus sib tua. Lawv tau coj txoj haujlwm tiv thaiv muaj zog hauv lawv lub hauv paus thiab tab tom txuas ntxiv kev soj ntsuam huab cua tsis muaj neeg taug kev, tab sis lawv tsis tawm tsam thiab peb tsis xav kom lawv ua li ntawd. "
    
  Hirsiz ceeb toom tias "Yog lawm, General - xyuas kom koj cov units nco ntsoov qhov no," "Peb tsis muaj qhov qhia tau tias cov neeg Asmeskas yuav tawm tsam peb txog thaum peb tawm tsam lawv. Tsis txhob muab qhov laj thawj rau lawv tawm mus thiab tawm tsam. "
    
  "Kuv piav qhia kuv cov thawj coj txhua teev, tus tswv. Lawv paub, "Guzlev lees paub. "Cov tub rog Iraqi zoo li tau ploj mus, zoo li yuav khiav mus rau Baghdad lossis tsuas yog tshem lawv cov khaub ncaws, khaws lawv cov riam phom thiab tos nws zoo li lawv tau ua thaum cov neeg Asmeskas tau tawm tsam xyoo 2003."
    
  "Kuv tsis cia siab tias lawv yuav tawm tsam, General; Lawv tsis nyiam PKK ntau dua li peb ua. Cia lawv nkaum."
    
  Guzlev hais ntxiv tias "PKK cov neeg phem nyob hauv kev khiav, sim mus cuag cov nroog loj dua." "Nws yuav siv zog ua haujlwm txhawm rau khawb lawv, tab sis peb yuav ua. Peb cia siab tias yuav khaws lawv nyob hauv lub tebchaws kom lawv tsis txhob khiav mus rau Erbil lossis Kirkuk thiab sib xyaw nrog cov pejxeem. Peshmerga tseem yog ib qho kev hem thawj tseem ceeb, tab sis lawv tseem tsis tau koom nrog peb - lawv yog cov neeg tiv thaiv hnyav ntawm lawv lub nroog, tab sis lawv tsis tawm tsam peb. Qhov no tuaj yeem hloov pauv. "
    
  Hirsiz tau hais tias "Nws yuav siv txoj kev daws teeb meem kev nom kev tswv nrog tsoomfwv hauv cheeb tsam Kurdish txhawm rau nrhiav qee txoj hauv kev uas tso cai rau peb nrhiav PKK cov neeg phem yam tsis tas yuav tawm tsam Peshmerga," Hirsiz tau hais. "Washington hu txhua hmo thov kev piav qhia. Kuv xav tias tam sim no yog lub sijhawm los tham nrog lawv. Ua ntej, General. Qhia rau koj cov neeg: ua haujlwm tau zoo. Hmoov zoo thiab kev yos hav zoov zoo siab. "
    
  "Xov xwm zoo tiag tiag, tus tswv," said General Orhan Zahin, tus tuav ntaub ntawv ntawm Turkey's National Security Council. "Zoo dua li qhov xav tau. Tsis muaj leej twg tawm tsam peb tsuas yog ob peb tus neeg tua neeg Peshmerga thiab PKK cov neeg phem. " Hirsiz nodded tab sis tsis hais dab tsi; nws zoo li poob hauv kev xav. "Koj tsis pom zoo, tus tswv?"
    
  "Tau kawg," Hirsiz hais. "Peb cia siab tias yuav tau bogged hauv roob, tab sis tsis muaj kev tawm tsam, sab qaum teb Iraq tau qhib dav ... tshwj xeeb tshaj yog Erbil, lub nroog ntawm tsoomfwv cheeb tsam Kurdistan, uas tsis kam tawm tsam PKK."
    
  "Koj xav hais dab tsi, tus tswv?"
    
  Hirsiz hais tias "Kuv hais tias yog peb nyem Erbil, peb tuaj yeem yuam KRG los pab peb tua PKK cov neeg phem," Hirsiz hais. "Txhua tus paub tias cov tuam txhab uas muaj los ntawm KRG txee thiab cov thawj coj loj tshaj tawm nyiaj rau KRG. Tej zaum nws yog lub sijhawm ua kom lawv them tus nqi. Ua kom puas cov lag luam no, kaw CPC cov kav dej, kaw ciam teb hla thiab airspace rau txhua yam lossis ib tus neeg cuam tshuam nrog KRG thiab lawv yuav thov kom pab peb. " Nws tig mus rau Minister of Defense Jizek. "Tau txais cov npe ntawm cov hom phiaj hauv Erbil uas yuav tshwj xeeb rau KRG cov cuab tam thiab ua haujlwm nrog General Guzlev ntxiv rau nws cov npe phiaj xwm."
    
  Jizek tau hais tias "Peb yuav tsum tau ceev faj txog txoj haujlwm nkag mus, tus tswv," Jizek tau hais. "Peb lub hom phiaj yog los tsim thaj chaw tsis muaj nyob rau sab qaum teb Iraq thiab tshem tawm ntawm PKK. Kev tawm tsam ntawm Erbil mus deb dhau lub hom phiaj no. "
    
  Hirsiz tau hais tias "Qhov no yog lwm txoj hauv kev los rhuav tshem PKK - txhawm rau sau npe kev pab ntawm Iraqis," Hirsiz hais. "Yog tias lawv xav kom xaus peb qhov kev tawm tsam thiab peb txoj haujlwm, lawv yuav pab peb rhuav tshem PKK, zoo li lawv yuav tsum tau ua ntau xyoo dhau los." Jizek tseem saib kev txhawj xeeb, tab sis nws tau taub hau thiab sau ntawv rau nws tus kheej. "Zoo heev. Tam sim no kuv yuav mus tham nrog Joseph Gardner thiab saib seb nws puas kam pab peb. "
    
    
  OVAL OFFICE, WHITE HOUSE, WASHINGTON, DC.
  TAM SIM NO TAM SIM NO, TAM SIM NO
    
    
  Lub xov tooj nyob ib sab ntawm Tus Thawj Saib Xyuas Haujlwm Walter Cordus lub luj tshib, thiab nws tam sim ntawd khaws lub xov tooj. "Hu los ntawm Ankara, tus tswv," nws hais. "Cov cim qhia tias nws yog los ntawm tus thawj tswj hwm nws tus kheej."
    
  "Thaum kawg," Thawj Tswj Hwm Joseph Gardner tau hais. Nws zaum ntawm nws lub rooj saib xov xwm xov xwm txog kev cuam tshuam ntawm Iraq nrog nws tus kws pab tswv yim kev nyab xeeb hauv tebchaws, Conrad Carlisle, Tus Tuav Ntaub Ntawv Tiv Thaiv Miller Turner, thiab Thawj Tswj Hwm ntawm Cov Thawj Coj ntawm Cov Neeg Ua Haujlwm, US Marine Corps Gen. Taylor J. Bain. Tam sim no los ntawm kev sib tham video yog Tus Lwm Thawj Coj Kenneth Phoenix los ntawm Allied Nakhla Air Base hauv Iraq thiab Secretary of State Stacey Barbeau los ntawm Aviano Air Base hauv ltalis, qhov chaw uas nws tau mus es tsis txhob txuas ntxiv mus rau Iraq los ntawm Washington. "Txuas nws." Nws xav ib pliag, ces tuav tes. "Tsis yog, tos, kuv yuav ua rau nws tos thiab saib seb nws nyiam li cas. Qhia nws kom tos kuv thiab kuv yuav nrog nws tham hauv ib feeb. "
    
  Gardner tig mus rau lwm tus hauv Oval Office. "Okay, peb tau saib qhov shit ya txhua hnub. Peb paub dab tsi? Peb yuav hais li cas rau tus neeg ntawm lwm qhov kawg ntawm lub xov tooj?
    
  "Nws yog qhov tseeb tias cov Turks tau tsom mus rau PKK cov chaw nkaum thiab cov chaw cob qhia thiab tau ceev faj kom tsis txhob ua rau Iraqi lossis Asmeskas raug mob," Conrad Carlisle tus kws pab tswv yim hauv tebchaws tau hais. "Yog tias qhov no tshwm sim tiag tiag, peb qhia peb cov neeg kom qis qis thiab nyob ntawm nws. Peb mam li qhia cov Turks kom thim rov qab yog tias muaj qhov tshwm sim tsis tau pom dua. "
    
  "Lub suab tsim nyog rau kuv," Gardner hais. "Lawv tab tom txav mus tob rau hauv Iraq, puas yog lawv, ntau dua li lawv qhov kev tawm tsam hla ciam teb ib txwm muaj?" Txhua tus hauv Oval Office thiab ntawm lub rooj sib tham video saib xyuas nods. "Ces lo lus nug yog, lawv puas yuav nyob?"
    
  "Lawv yuav nyob ntawm no ntev txaus los tua cov PKK cov neeg ntxeev siab uas lawv pom, thiab tom qab ntawd kuv paub tseeb tias lawv yuav tawm mus," Tus Thawj Fwm Tsav Tebchaws Stacy Ann Barbeau tau hais ntawm nws txoj kev sib tham video ruaj ntseg los ntawm Ltalis. "Peb yuav tsum hu rau lub tebchaws United Nations los saib xyuas sai li sai tau yog tias Kurzat Hirciz tsis nyob hauv lub luag haujlwm ntxiv lawm thiab cov tub rog Turkish xav mus rau hauv kev tsis sib haum xeeb."
    
  Gardner hais tias "Lawv yuav tsis ua qhov ntawd ntawm kuv lub moos, Stacy," "Kuv yuav tsis zam txim rau cov ntshav thaum cov tub rog Asmeskas nyob ntawd thiab Iraqis tsis muaj zog txaus los tiv thaiv lawv tus kheej. Lawv tuaj yeem cuam tshuam nrog lawv tus kheej cov neeg tawm tsam Kurdish hauv lawv lub tebchaws yog tias lawv xav tau, tab sis lawv yuav tsis ua rau kev tua neeg nyob rau pem hauv ntej ntawm cov tub rog Asmeskas. "
    
  "Kuv xav tias lawv yuav pom zoo rau cov neeg saib xyuas thoob ntiaj teb, Mr. Thawj Tswj Hwm," said Secretary of State Stacy Ann Barbeau, "tab sis lawv yuav xav tsim ib qho chaw tsis muaj nyob rau sab qaum teb Iraq nrog 24-teev thoob ntiaj teb kev soj ntsuam nrhiav kev ua PKK."
    
  Gardner tau hais tias "Kuv tuaj yeem nyob nrog qhov ntawd ib yam nkaus." "Okay, Walter, txuas Hirsiz."
    
  Ob peb lub sijhawm tom qab ntawd: "Mr. Thawj Tswj Hwm, nyob zoo tav su, yog Thawj Tswj Hwm Hirsiz. Ua tsaug rau koj tham nrog kuv, tus tswv."
    
  Gardner tau hais tias "Kuv zoo siab heev uas pom koj nyob zoo," Gardner hais. "Peb tsis tau hnov dab tsi los ntawm koj txij li tau tshaj tawm lub xeev xwm txheej kub ntxhov hauv lub tebchaws. Koj tsis tau teb ib qho ntawm peb hu. "
    
  "Kuv thov txim, tus tswv, tab sis raws li koj tau pom, tej yam tseem ceeb heev ntawm no thiab kuv tau ua haujlwm yuav luag tsis nres. Kuv xav tias qhov kev hu xov tooj no cuam tshuam txog peb txoj haujlwm tiv thaiv kev ua phem tsis tu ncua hauv Iraq?
    
  Gardner lub qhov muag nthuav dav hauv kev tsis ntseeg ntawm qhov nws nyuam qhuav hnov. "Tsis muaj tus tswv, Kuv tab tom tham txog koj qhov kev tawm tsam ntawm Iraq!" Gardner tawg. "Vim tias qhov no tsuas yog kev ua haujlwm tiv thaiv kev ua phem, kuv paub tseeb tias koj yuav tau qhia peb thaum twg, qhov twg thiab koj yuav pib li cas, puas yog nws?"
    
  Hirsiz tau hais tias "Mr. Thawj Tswj Hwm, nrog rau kev hwm tag nrho, lub suab zoo li no tsis tsim nyog," "Yog tias kuv tuaj yeem ceeb toom koj, tus tswv, nws yog qhov tsis muaj kev hwm zoo li qhov no uas tau ua rau muaj kev tsis sib haum xeeb ntawm peb lub tebchaws thawj zaug."
    
  "Thiab kuv puas tuaj yeem nco qab koj, Thawj Tswj Hwm," Gardner tau hais tias, "cov dav hlau Turkish yog foob pob hauv paus thiab kev teeb tsa los ntawm cov neeg Asmeskas? Kuv puas tuaj yeem nco ntsoov koj tias kuv tau xa Tus Lwm Thawj Coj Phoenix thiab Tus Tuav Ntaub Ntawv Barbeau ntawm kev tshaj tawm txoj moo zoo rau Iraq kom ntsib nrog lawv cov neeg koom tes, thiab Qaib Cov Txwv tau siv lub rooj sib tham los ua lub ntsej muag haus luam yeeb los tawm tsam cov haujlwm hauv Iraq, muab Tus Lwm Thawj Coj hauv kev phom sij hauv ntiaj teb? Tus Lwm Thawj Coj yog ib tug emissary ntawm lub tebchaws United States of America thiab kuv tus kheej sawv cev. Koj tsis muaj cai los pib kev ua phem thaum tib lub sijhawm koj "...
    
  "Kuv tsis xav tau koj cov lus ceeb toom, tus tswv!" Hirsiz cuam tshuam. "Kuv tsis xav tau cov lus qhuab qhia txog thaum twg Turkey tuaj yeem ua tub rog tawm tsam cov neeg phem uas ua phem rau peb cov neeg! Lub koom pheej ntawm Qaib Cov Txwv yuav ua txhua yam tsim nyog los tiv thaiv peb thaj av thiab peb cov neeg! Nws yog America thiab Iraq uas yuav tsum pab peb kov yeej cov neeg phem! Yog tias koj tsis ua dab tsi, peb yuav tsum mus nws ib leeg. "
    
  Gardner hais tias, "Kuv tsis tau sim qhia rau leej twg, tus tswv," Gardner tau hais tias, tswj nws txoj kev npau taws, "thiab kuv pom zoo tias Qaib Cov Txwv lossis lwm lub tebchaws tuaj yeem ua txhua yam tsim nyog los tiv thaiv nws tus kheej nyiam, txawm tias ua tub rog ua ntej." Txhua yam kuv nug, tus tswv, yog tias Washington tau ceeb toom ua ntej thiab thov kev tawm tswv yim thiab kev pab. Qhov no yog dab tsi cov phooj ywg ua, kuv puas yog?
    
  Hirsiz tau hais tias "Mr. Thawj Tswj Hwm, peb muaj txhua lub hom phiaj los ceeb toom rau koj ua ntej muaj kev sib ntaus sib tua, yog tias lub sijhawm tso cai," Hirsiz tau hais. Gardner dov nws lub qhov muag hauv kev tsis ntseeg, tab sis tsis hais dab tsi. "Tab sis qhov ntawd tsis tshwm sim".
    
  "Qhov no yog tib yam uas koj tau hais ua ntej kev tawm tsam ntawm ciam teb uas tau tua ntau dua kaum tus neeg Asmeskas," tus thawj tswj hwm cuam tshuam. "Qhov tseeb, koj tsis xav tias yuav tsum tau sab laj nrog Washington raws sijhawm."
    
  "Kuv thov txim, Thawj Tswj Hwm, tab sis qhov kuv hais rau koj yog qhov tseeb - muaj kev ntxhov siab loj rau peb ua ntej yuav muaj kev tuag," Hirsiz hais. "Tab sis lub sijhawm no peb tau ceev faj heev kom txo qis cov neeg raug mob. Kuv tau hais kom kuv tus Minister of Defense ceeb toom thiab nco ntsoov peb cov thawj coj hauv cheeb tsam tias tsuas yog PKK cov neeg phem yuav tsum raug tsom. Peb tau ua cov kauj ruam txawv tshaj plaw los txo qis kev raug mob ntawm pej xeem. "
    
  "Thiab kuv paub txog cov kev siv zog ntawd," Gardner tau hais. "Raws li kuv paub, tsis muaj ib tus neeg Asmeskas lossis Iraqi raug tua. Tab sis muaj kev raug mob thiab kev puas tsuaj loj thiab kev puas tsuaj rau cov khoom siv thiab cov qauv. Yog tias muaj kev sib ntaus sib tua txuas ntxiv, kev ntshav yuav tshwm sim. "
    
  "Txawm li cas los xij, rau qhov zoo tshaj plaws ntawm kuv txoj kev paub, tus tswv, twb tau muaj qhov tseem ceeb, txhob txwm tshaj tawm thiab tsis txaus ntseeg cov khoom siv Turkish poob - thiab tsawg kawg yog ib qho kev tuag los ntawm Asmeskas rog."
    
  "Dab tsi? Neeg Asmeskas? Gardner ntsia rau hauv kev xav tsis thoob ntawm nws tus kws pab tswv yim kev ruaj ntseg hauv tebchaws thiab tus tuav ntaub ntawv tiv thaiv. "Kuv tau lees paub tias tsis muaj ib qho ntawm peb cov tub rog sib ntaus sib tua koom nrog kev sib ntaus sib tua nrog leej twg, cia ib leeg tub rog Turkish. Yuav tsum muaj qhov yuam kev. "
    
  "Yog li koj tsis lees paub tias lub dav hlau US Flying Wing nrhiav tau nyob rau hauv lub orbit tshaj sab qaum teb Iraq nrog kev txiav txim kom siv beam riam phom los tua ib tug Turkish combat aircraft txhawb nqa?"
    
  "Flying tis... scout dav hlau... beam riam phom...?"
    
  Hirsiz tau hais tias "Peb tau saib lub dav hlau no ya nyob ze ntawm ciam teb Turkish tau ntau hnub, tus tswv," Hirsiz hais. "Txawm hais tias nws zoo ib yam li Asmeskas tub rog foob pob tawg, peb cov kws tshuaj ntsuam xyuas kev txawj ntse tau lees paub peb tsoomfwv tias nws yog lub dav hlau soj ntsuam tsis muaj tub rog uas muaj thiab ua haujlwm los ntawm ib tus neeg ua haujlwm ntiag tug hauv Tebchaws Meskas. Cua Attache & # 233; ntawm Ambassy hauv Ankara tau lees paub tias qhov no yog qhov tseeb.
    
  "Qhov tseeb peb cov kws tshuaj ntsuam tsis raug thiab koj tus kws tshaj lij tau dag rau peb vim tias cov neeg coob ntawm cov pab pawg sib ntaus sib tua tau tshaj tawm tias lawv tau tawm tsam los ntawm tib lub dav hlau," Hirsiz hais ntxiv. "Cov neeg ua haujlwm tseem muaj sia nyob tau tshaj tawm tias lub npe hu ua lub dav hlau tshawb nrhiav tau raug tua qhov nws hu ua riam phom; nws tau tshaj tawm tias muaj cua sov heev, muaj zog txaus uas nws tua tus tsav thiab rhuav tshem lub dav hlau. Koj puas tsis lees paub tias lub dav hlau no ua haujlwm thaum peb ua haujlwm hla Iraq, Mr. Thawj Tswj Hwm?
    
  Thawj Tswj Hwm tau tuav nws lub taub hau hauv kev tsis meej pem. "Mr. Thawj Tswj Hwm, Kuv tsis paub dab tsi txog lub dav hlau no, thiab kuv yeej tsis tau xaj ib lub dav hlau Asmeskas los tawm tsam leej twg, cia nyob ib leeg rau Allied aircraft," nws hais. "Kuv yuav nrhiav seb nws yog leej twg thiab xyuas kom muaj qee yam zoo li no tsis tshwm sim dua."
    
  "Qhov no yog kev nplij siab me ntsis rau tsev neeg ntawm tus tsav uas tuag hauv kev tawm tsam, tus tswv."
    
  Gardner tau hais tias "Kuv yuav nrhiav cov neeg ua haujlwm, Thawj Tswj Hwm, thiab yog tias qhov no yog kev tawm tsam, lawv yuav raug txim, uas kuv tau cog lus tseg," Gardner tau hais. "Yuav ua li cas Qaib ntxhw lub hom phiaj nyob rau hauv Iraq, tus tswv? Thaum twg koj yuav pib thim cov tub rog?
    
  "Retreating? Koj puas tau hais tias 'retreat', tus tswv? Hirsiz nug hauv lub suab siab, theatrically incredulous. "Türkiye tsis thim cov tub rog, tus tswv. Peb yuav tsis tawm mus txog thaum txhua tus neeg phem PKK raug tua lossis raug ntes. Peb tsis tau pib ua haujlwm no thiab pheej hmoo ntau txhiab tus neeg txoj sia thiab ntau txhiab tus khoom siv tseem ceeb tsuas yog tig mus ua ntej txoj haujlwm tiav. "
    
  Gardner tau hais tias "Tus Tswv, Qaib Cov Txwv tau ua txhaum kev ua phem ua rog tawm tsam lub tebchaws muaj kev thaj yeeb," Gardner tau hais. "Koj tuaj yeem tua cov neeg phem, tus tswv, tab sis koj tab tom ua rau hauv av txawv teb chaws, ua phem rau cov pej xeem dawb huv thiab ua rau cov cuab yeej ntawm lub tebchaws muaj kev ywj pheej. Qhov no tsis tuaj yeem tso cai. "
    
  "Thiab peb cov kev ua txawv li cas los ntawm Asmeskas kev tawm tsam rau Iraq, Mr. Thawj Tswj Hwm?" Hirsiz nug. "Nws yog koj cov lus qhuab qhia, puas yog, mus yos hav zoov thiab rhuav tshem cov neeg phem nyob qhov twg lawv nyob, txhua lub sijhawm ntawm koj tus kheej xaiv? Peb ua tib yam. "
    
  Joseph Gardner tsis kam lees. Tus neeg phem hais yog lawm, nws xav. Yuav ua li cas kuv yuav tawm tsam rau Qaib Cov Txwv lub ntxeem tau ntawm Iraq thaum uas yog raws nraim li lub tebchaws United States ua nyob rau hauv 2003? "Um... Mr. Thawj Tswj Hwm, koj paub tias qhov no tsis yog tib yam ... "
    
  "Nws yog tib yam, tus tswv. Peb muaj cai tiv thaiv peb tus kheej, ib yam li Asmeskas ua. "
    
  Luckily rau Thawj Tswj Hwm, Walter Cordus tau tuav ib daim ntawv xa tuaj nrog cov ntawv "UN" scrawled rau nws. Gardner tau taub hau nrog kev pab, ces hais tias: "Qhov txawv, tus tswv, yog tias Tebchaws Meskas tau txais kev tso cai los tawm tsam Iraq los ntawm United Nations Security Council. Koj tsis tau nrhiav kev pom zoo li ntawd. "
    
  Hirsiz tau hais tias "Peb tau nrhiav kev pom zoo no tau ntau xyoo, tus tswv," Hirsiz hais tias, "tab sis peb ib txwm tsis kam lees. Qhov zoo tshaj plaws uas koj lossis United Nations yuav ua tau yog tshaj tawm PKK lub koom haum ua phem. Peb tau tso cai rau npe rau lawv, tab sis lawv tuaj yeem tua Turks tsis raug cai. Peb tau txiav txim siab los muab teeb meem rau hauv peb tus kheej tes. "
    
  Gardner tau hais tias "Amelikas kuj tau txais kev pabcuam los ntawm ntau lub tebchaws hauv nws txoj kev siv zog los tua al-Qaeda cov neeg phem thiab cov neeg jihadists," Gardner tau hais. "Qhov kev tawm tsam tsis txaus ntseeg no zoo li kev ntxeem tau ntau dua li kev tiv thaiv kev ua phem."
    
  "Koj puas muab kev pab, Mr. Thawj Tswj Hwm?" Hirsiz nug. "Qhov no yuav ua rau peb txoj kev vam meej sai dua thiab ua kom muaj kev tawm tsam sai dua."
    
  Gardner tau hais tias "Mr. Thawj Tswj Hwm, Tebchaws Meskas tau muab kev pabcuam hauv kev yos hav zoov PKK cov neeg phem ntau zaus yav dhau los," Gardner tau hais. "Peb tau muab kev txawj ntse, riam phom thiab nyiaj txiag pab rau xyoo. Tab sis lub hom phiaj yog kom tsis txhob qhib kev ua tsov ua rog thiab kev ua txhaum ntawm ciam teb sab hnub poob - txhawm rau tiv thaiv qhov tshwm sim, thiab lwm yam kev puas tsuaj yuav tshwm sim yog tias kev sib ntaus sib tua tsis nres."
    
  Hirsiz tau hais tias "Peb ua tsaug rau koj qhov kev pab, tus tswv," Hirsiz hais. "Türkiye yuav ua tsaug. Tab sis qhov no tsuas yog tsis txaus los nres cov neeg ua phem tawm tsam. Nws tsis yog America qhov txhaum. PKK siab phem yuam peb ua. Txhua qhov kev pab koj tuaj yeem muab tau yav tom ntej yuav yog qhov pab tau zoo thiab txaus siab heev. "
    
  Gardner tau hais tias, "Peb zoo siab los pab koj tua cov neeg phem, Thawj Tswj Hwm," Gardner tau hais tias, "tab sis yog lub cim ntawm txoj kev ntseeg zoo, peb xav nug seb lub tebchaws United Nations kev tswj hwm kev thaj yeeb puas tuaj yeem hloov cov tub rog hauv av, thiab yog tias koj tuaj yeem tso cai rau cov neeg saib xyuas thoob ntiaj teb thiab cov neeg ua haujlwm tub ceev xwm saib xyuas thaj tsam ntawm Turkish-Iraqi ciam teb. "
    
  "Kuv thov txim, Thawj Tswj Hwm, tab sis qhov no tsis tsim nyog," Hirsiz hais. "Peb ntseeg hais tias United Nations yog lub zog tsis muaj zog thiab tsis muaj kev vam meej nyob rau hauv ib cheeb tsam ntawm lub ntiaj teb uas nws cov neeg saib xyuas kev thaj yeeb raug xa mus. Qhov tseeb, peb ntseeg tias cov tub rog zoo li no yuav ua rau muaj kev tsis ncaj ncees rau Turkey thiab pom zoo rau cov neeg Kurdish tsawg, thiab tias kev yos hav zoov rau PKK cov neeg phem yuav rov qab los. Tsis yog tus tswv, Türkiye yuav tsis lees txais kev thaj yeeb nyab xeeb rau lub sijhawm no. "
    
  "Kuv vam tias koj thiab Prime Minister Akas yuav txaus siab los tham txog qhov teeb meem no, tus tswv? Los ntawm txoj kev, kuv xav tias yuav hnov los ntawm Prime Minister. Nws puas yog? Peb tsis tau pom nws lossis hnov los ntawm nws. "
    
  "Kuv xav tias koj yuav pom tias Tus Thawj Kav Tebchaws tseem ceeb ntawm qhov teeb meem no ib yam li kuv, Thawj Tswj Hwm," Hirsiz hais ncaj nraim, tsis quav ntsej Gardner cov lus nug. "Cov neeg soj ntsuam thoob ntiaj teb tsuas yog cuam tshuam rau qhov xwm txheej kev nyab xeeb, kev coj noj coj ua, haiv neeg thiab kev ntseeg tsis sib haum xeeb hauv cheeb tsam. Kuv ntshai tsis muaj chaw rau kev sib haum xeeb tam sim no. "
    
  "Kuv nkag siab. Kuv kuj xav tham txog Tus Lwm Thawj Coj Phoenix, "Gardner hais ntxiv. "Nws raug yuam kom khiav tawm cov dav hlau Turkish thiab cov tub rog hauv av thaum ya mus rau Erbil rau peb cov lus teem tseg."
    
  "Qhov no yog qhov xwm txheej tsis zoo, tus tswv. Kuv paub tseeb rau koj tias tsis muaj kev sim tawm tsam ib lub dav hlau txhua. Raws li peb paub, PKK tsis muaj tub rog. Tus Lwm Thawj Coj nyob qhov twg tam sim no, tus tswv?"
    
  Gardner tau hais tias "Tus lwm thawj coj tau ua haujlwm raug kaw ntawm tub rog Turkish thiab tub rog huab cua ntawm Iraqi lub hauv paus ntawm Tall Qaifa, sab qaum teb ntawm Mosul," Gardner tau hais tias, ua tib zoo txiav txim siab seb nws puas yuav tsum nthuav tawm cov ntaub ntawv no. "Nws nyob ib puag ncig los ntawm cov tub rog Turkish thiab tau raug tua ntau zaus los ntawm cov dav hlau Turkish. Nws yeej ntshai rau nws txoj kev nyab xeeb. Kuv thov kom tag nrho cov tub rog Turkish khiav tawm ntawm thaj chaw thiab tso cai rau Tus Lwm Thawj Coj tawm ntawm lub hauv paus thiab mus rau nws qhov chaw tom ntej. "
    
  "Nws lub hom phiaj tom ntej?"
    
  "Nws qhov chaw qub: Erbil," Gardner hais. "Tus Lwm Thawj Coj tseem muaj lub luag haujlwm: txhawm rau sib tham txog kev sib haum xeeb ntawm Iraq, Amelikas, tsoomfwv cheeb tsam Kurdish thiab Turkey kom tsoo PKK thiab rov ua kom muaj kev thaj yeeb nyab xeeb, kev nyab xeeb thiab kev coj noj coj ua hauv thaj av ciam teb."
    
  "Lub hom phiaj siab, uas yog," Hirsiz hais tias tsis lees paub. Muaj kev ncua tseem ceeb ntawm lwm qhov kawg ntawm kab; tom qab ntawd: "Mr. Thawj Tswj Hwm, Kuv thov txim, tab sis qhov xwm txheej kev nyab xeeb tsis ruaj khov thiab tsis paub meej thoob plaws sab qaum teb Iraq thiab yav qab teb Turkey. Tsis muaj leej twg tuaj yeem lav qhov kev ruaj ntseg ntawm tus lwm thawj tswj hwm hauv nroog, tshwj xeeb yog cov tswj hwm los ntawm Kurds thiab kis nrog PKK. "
    
  "Yog li koj yuav khaws tus lwm thawj coj hauv tsev lojcuj hauv Iraq? Qhov no puas yog qhov koj xav qhia rau kuv, tus tswv?"
    
  Hirsiz teb tias "Tau kawg tsis yog, tus tswv," Hirsiz teb. "Kuv tsuas yog xav txog kev nyab xeeb ntawm tus lwm thawj, tsis muaj dab tsi ntxiv." Muaj lwm qhov ncua ntev; Tom qab ntawd: "Kuv cog lus rau kuv txoj kev hwm tias kuv yuav pom nws tias Tus Lwm Thawj Coj tau coj kev nyab xeeb mus rau ntawm ciam teb Turkish nyob rau hauv kev ruaj ntseg hnyav, nrog rau kev koom tes tag nrho ntawm koj qhov Kev Pabcuam Kev Ruaj Ntseg, thiab los ntawm qhov ntawd nws tuaj yeem raug coj mus rau Asmeskas huab cua. pib ntawm Incirlik rau nws rov qab los rau Tebchaws Meskas. " Teb Chaws Asmeskas. Kuv kuj tau cog lus tias cov tub rog Turkish yuav tsis cuam tshuam me ntsis yog tias Tus Lwm Thawj Coj txiav txim siab mus rau Baghdad. Tab sis txij li cov tub rog Turkish tsis tau nce mus rau sab qab teb dua li Mosul, kuv tsis tuaj yeem lav nws txoj kev nyab xeeb. Kuv ntshai mus ncig tsuas yog tsis pom zoo tam sim no. "
    
  "Cia kuv ua qhov ncaj no, Mr. Hirsese-koj puas qhia kuv tias koj yuav hais cov lus, txoj hauv kev, thiab cov txheej txheem uas Tus Lwm Thawj Coj ntawm Tebchaws Meskas tuaj yeem mus ncig lub tebchaws uas tsis yog koj li? " Gardner nug incredulously. "Cia kuv qhia koj, tus tswv: Kuv yuav xa Tus Lwm Thawj Coj lossis lwm tus neeg thaum twg kuv xav tau, mus rau txhua qhov chaw, rau Iraq lossis lwm lub tebchaws phooj ywg, thiab kuv cog lus rau Vajtswv, yog tias kuv pom lossis tau txais qhov qhia tias yog leej twg txawm ua ib tug piav tes piav taw nyob rau hauv nws cov kev taw qhia nrog lub slightest xav ntawm kev puas tsuaj, kuv yuav pom rau nws tias nws raug thawb kaum taw rau hauv av. Kuv puas qhia kuv tus kheej kom meej, tus tswv?"
    
  Hirsiz hais tias "Rau thiab nrov li ib txwm, tab sis kuv nkag siab," Hirsiz hais hauv lub suab nruab nrab.
    
  Thawj Tswj Hwm Gardner tau hais tias "Ua kom koj ua qhov no, tus tswv," "Thiab thaum twg kuv tuaj yeem cia siab tias yuav muaj kev sib tham ncaj qha nrog Tus Thawj Kav Tebchaws txog qhov xwm txheej kub ntxhov thiab pib sib tham los daws qhov teeb meem ntawm kev tshem tub rog tawm ntawm Iraq?"
    
  "Tus Thawj Fwm Tsav Tebchaws Akas tau nkag siab tsis khoom ntau, tus tswv, tab sis kuv yuav qhia koj qhov kev thov rau nws tam sim ntawd. Kuv ua tsaug uas koj tau nrog kuv tham, tus tswv. Thov cia peb nyob hauv koj tej lus thov kom txog thaum peb hais dua-"
    
  "Qhia rau kuv, Mr. Hirsiz," Gardner cuam tshuam, "Tus Thawj Kav Tebchaws Akas puas tseem muaj sia nyob, thiab yog tias muaj, nws puas tseem muaj hwj chim?" Puas yog cov thawj coj tam sim no nyob rau hauv Turkey, thiab koj puas yog tus thawj tswj hwm ntawm lub npe?
    
  Lwm ncua ncua ntev; Tom qab ntawd: "Kuv ntxhov siab los ntawm koj qhov kev xav, tus tswv," Hirsiz hais. "Kuv tsis muaj dab tsi hais ntxiv rau koj. Nyob zoo." Thiab qhov kev sib txuas tau cuam tshuam.
    
  "Bastard," Gardner gasped, dai rau. "Nws xav tias nws tham nrog leej twg?" Nws nres, tua nrog liab-kub siv, ces yuav luag qw, "Dab tsi yog qhov ntuj raug txim yog hais txog ib tug stealth bomber ya hla Turkey nrog rab phom damn? Nws yog dab tsi?"
    
  "Tsuas muaj ib lub tsev uas ya lub dav hlau soj ntsuam zoo li ib tus Hirsiz tau piav qhia: Scion Aviation International," Tus Thawj Fwm Saib Xyuas Kev Tiv Thaiv Miller Turner tau hais.
    
  "Koj txhais tau tias ... McLanahan Lub Koom Haum?" Gardner nug incredulously. "Nws puas tau nqa riam phom nyob rau hauv Iraq?"
    
  "Kuv tsis paub dab tsi txog riam phom hluav taws xob. Nws yeej tsis raug tso cai nqa riam phom tawm tsam hauv Iraq lossis lwm qhov chaw, "Turner tau hais. "Tab sis yog tias leej twg muaj riam phom zoo li no, nws yog McLanahan."
    
  "Kuv muaj txaus - tshem nws tawm ntawm no, thiab ua nws hnub no." Gardner taw nws tus ntiv tes ntawm nws tus tuav ntaub ntawv tiv thaiv zoo li rab riam. "Tau nws lub nroog Yeiuxalees tawm ntawm Iraq thiab coj nws mus rau STATES tam sim no. Kuv xav kom nws cov ntawv cog lus raug tshem tawm thiab tag nrho cov nyiaj tshuav rau nws thiab nws lub tuam txhab khov kom txog thaum kuv muaj kev ncaj ncees tshawb xyuas nws thiab nws cov dej num. " Turner nodded thiab khaws lub xov tooj. "Tej zaum peb yuav tau txais kev koom tes ntau dua los ntawm Turks yog tias peb qhib kev tshawb nrhiav rau McLanahan."
    
  "McLanahan tau qhia kuv txog qhov tshwm sim, Mr. Thawj Tswj Hwm," Tus Lwm Thawj Coj Phoenix tau hais los ntawm Allied Nala Air Base. "Cov Turks ua rau tag nrho lub hauv paus - lawv txiav tawm tag nrho cov kev sib txuas lus thiab cov ntaub ntawv kis tau tus mob los ntawm sensors. McLanahan siv lub laser tiv thaiv ntawm lub nkoj nws lub dav hlau tsis muaj neeg saib xyuas rau ... "
    
  "Kev tiv thaiv laser? Qhov no yog dab tsi? Nws tua lub dav hlau Turkish nrog lub laser ...?
    
  Phoenix tau hais tias "Tsuas yog kom tau txais lub dav hlau Turkish los tua qhov kev sib tsoo," Phoenix tau hais. "Nws tsis paub tias nws yuav tua tus tsav. Cov Turks tau xaus rau kev tua lub dav hlau neeg soj xyuas. "
    
  "Ua haujlwm rau nws yog," tus thawj tswj hwm tau hais. "Nws yuav tsum paub tias lub laser yuav ua mob rau tus tsav; nws tab tom sim qhov no, puas yog? Nws tseem muaj lub luag haujlwm rau kev tuag ntawm tus tsav. Kuv xav kom nws raug ntes thiab raug foob. "
    
  Phoenix tau hais tias "Yog tias nws tsis tau kaw qhov kev sib tsoo ntawd, kuv tuaj yeem tau ya mus rau hauv qhov chaw ntawm kev tawm tsam Turkish," Phoenix tau hais. "Nws tau ua lub luag haujlwm tawm tsam qhov tsis paub txog kev ua yeeb yam, ua raws nraim li nws tau cog lus ua."
    
  "Nws tsis ntiav nws tus kheej tawm mus tua tib neeg, Ken," tus thawj tswj hwm tau hais. "Tsis muaj neeg Asmeskas yog lub luag haujlwm tua ib tus neeg hauv Iraq, cia nyob ib leeg ib leeg. Peb yuav tsum nyob ntawd los pab thiab cob qhia, tsis txhob tua neeg nrog lasers. McLanahan ua li nws ib txwm ua: nws siv txhua lub zog uas nws txib los daws qhov teeb meem, txawm tias muaj dab tsi tshwm sim lossis nws tua neeg lossis raug mob thaum ua. Yog tias koj xav ua tim khawv rau nws, Ken, ua kuv tus qhua, tab sis nws yuav teb rau qhov nws tau ua. " Phoenix tsis tau teb. "Miller, sai npaum li cas koj tuaj yeem tau McLanahan mus rau Tebchaws Meskas?"
    
  "Raws li cov Turks ua dab tsi, Kuv tuaj yeem xa lub dav hlau los ntawm Baghdad thiab tuaj tos nws hmo no."
    
  "Ua nws".
    
  Turner nodded.
    
  "Mr. Thawj Tswj Hwm, Colonel Wilhelm nyob ntawm no hauv Nala, khaws tag nrho nws cov tub rog hauv lub hauv paus," Tus Lwm Thawj Coj Phoenix tau hais. "Ntawm no, sab nraum lub hauv paus, muaj ib lub tuam txhab loj detachment ntawm Turks, tab sis txhua leej txhua tus tab tom sim ua kom qis profile. Peb txawm muab Turks zaub mov thiab dej. "
    
  "Nws tsuas yog qhia kuv tias cov Turks tsis xav ua tsov rog tshwj tsis yog tias koj yog ib daim npav nqa PKK tus tswv cuab," tus thawj tswj hwm tau hais. "Cov tub rog Iraqi ua dab tsi? Kuv vam tias lawv yuav tsis tawm los? "
    
  "Tsawg kawg, Mr. Thawj Tswj Hwm - qhov tseeb, lawv tau khiav tawm lub hauv paus thiab tsis pom qhov twg."
    
  "Dab tsi?"
    
  Phoenix tau hais tias "Lawv nyuam qhuav sawv thiab tawm hauv lub hauv paus," Phoenix hais. "Txhua tus neeg tawm mus thiab lawv rhuav tshem txhua yam uas lawv nqa tsis tau."
    
  "Vim li cas? Vim li cas hauv ntiajteb no lawv yuav ua li ntawd?" - tus thawj tswj hwm thundered. "Vim li cas lub ntuj raug txim peb pab lawv thaum lawv tawm mus thiab khiav tawm ntawm thawj qhov teeb meem?"
    
  "Mr. Thawj Tswj Hwm, kuv xav mus rau Baghdad thiab tham nrog Thawj Tswj Hwm thiab Prime Minister ntawm Iraq," Tus Lwm Thawj Coj Phoenix tau hais. "Kuv xav paub seb muaj dab tsi tshwm sim."
    
  "Jeez, Ken, koj tsis tau ua txaus rau ib ntus?"
    
  "Kuv xav tias tsis yog, Thawj Tswj Hwm," Phoenix hais tias, luag ntxhi. "Tsis tas li ntawd, kuv nyiam ya no qaij-rotor contraption. Marines tsis ya qeeb thiab leisurely tshwj tsis yog lawv yuav tsum tau tiag tiag. "
    
  "Yog tias koj mob siab rau mus, Ken, ntsib nrog tus thawj coj ntawm Tub Rog thiab koj cov neeg ua haujlwm zais cia thiab nrhiav txoj hauv kev nyab xeeb tshaj plaws kom koj mus rau Baghdad," tus thawj tswj hwm tau hais. "Kuv tsis nyiam lub tswv yim ntawm koj nyob rau hauv nruab nrab ntawm kev ntxeem tau, tab sis muaj koj nyob rau hauv lub teb chaws yuav pab tau. Kuv tsis ntseeg cov Turks ntau npaum li kuv tuaj yeem ua tau, yog li peb yuav tso siab rau peb tus kheej kom coj koj mus rau lub nroog nyab xeeb. Kuv cia siab tias cov Iraqis tsis tso peb tseg, txwv tsis pub nws tuaj yeem ua phem rau ntawd. Cia kuv tshaj tawm thiab ceev faj."
    
  "Yog lawm, Thawj Tswj Hwm."
    
  "Stacy, Kuv xav kom koj mus rau Ankara lossis Istanbul sai li sai tau, tab sis tej zaum peb yuav tau tos kom txog thaum muaj kev ntxhov siab," tus thawj tswj hwm tau hais. "Yuav ua li cas txog lub rooj sib tham nrog cov neeg sawv cev ntawm NATO alliance nyob rau hauv Brussels - ua ke peb tuaj yeem tso siab txaus rau Turkey kom lawv thim lawv cov tub rog."
    
  "Lub tswv yim zoo, Mr. Thawj Tswj Hwm," Barbeau hais. "Kuv yuav mus rau tam sim no."
    
  "Zoo. Qhia rau Tus Thawj Kav Tebchaws Turkish tias tus neeg raug liam hauv kev poob ntawm lawv lub dav hlau neeg soj xyuas yuav nyob hauv peb qhov kev saib xyuas tsis pub dhau ob peb teev; nws yuav tsum ua kom lawv txaus siab me ntsis ntxiv. "
    
  "Yog lawm, Thawj Tswj Hwm," Barbeau hais thiab dai.
    
  "Miller, qhia rau kuv paub thaum McLanahan tab tom taug kev rov qab mus rau Tebchaws Meskas yog li kuv tuaj yeem qhia rau Ankara," tus thawj tswj hwm tau hais. "Kuv xav muab ob peb lub carrots rau lawv ua ntej kuv yuav tsum pib ntuav lub spanner hauv kev ua haujlwm, thiab McLanahan yuav tsum tau ua ib qho zaub ntug hauv paus zoo. Ua tsaug rau sawv daws. "
    
    
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  "Kuv hais tias, qhov no yog qhov txaus ntshai heev, tus tswv," Jack Wilhelm hais tias chim siab. Nws nyob ntawm nws lub console hauv Reservoir, kawm txog dab tsi cov ntaub ntawv me me tuaj rau nws. "Cov Turks tau tso tseg txhua qhov kev tshawb nrhiav dav hlau thiab txwv tsis pub cov tub rog txav mus rau hauv thiab ib ncig ntawm lub hauv paus. Txhua yam yog nruj heev tam sim no. Yog tias peb sim tawm mus sab nraud ntawm qhov chaw sib tsoo, lawv yuav ntshai. Tsis tas li ntawd, koj tseem tsis tau saib koj qhov zoo tshaj plaws. "
    
  John Masters tau hais tias "Colonel, ib feem peb ntawm ib lab nyiaj daus las ntawm cov cuab yeej tau muab tso rau ntawd, tsawg dua ob mais ntawm lub laj kab," John Masters tau thov. "Koj tsis tuaj yeem cia cov Turks thiab cov neeg hauv zos cia li khiav tawm ntawm qhov no. Qee qhov no tau muab cais tawm. "
    
  "Qhov no yog qhov chaw sib tsoo, tus tswv. Nws raug rhuav tshem - "
    
  "Colonel, kuv cov dav hlau tsis yog ua los ntawm flimsy aluminium - lawv yog cov sib xyaw. Lawv yog ib puas npaug zog dua hlau. Tus swb ya maj mam nce mus rau hauv av. Muaj lub caij nyoog zoo uas qee lub tshuab thiab avionics dim ntawm qhov cuam tshuam. Kuv yuav tsum mus rau qhov ntawd txhawm rau kho qhov kuv ua tau ua ntej - "
    
  Wilhelm hais tias, "Masters, Kuv muaj kev txiav txim: tsis muaj leej twg mus sab nraum lub hauv paus, suav nrog koj," Wilhelm hais. "Cov tub rog Turkish tau tswj hwm qhov xwm txheej ntawd thiab kuv yuav tsis muaj kev pheej hmoo rau kev tawm tsam nrog lawv. Lawv pub zaub mov, dej thiab khoom siv coj mus rau hauv thiab tawm - qhov no txaus rau kuv tam sim no. Peb tab tom sim sib tham nrog cov Turks txog kev nkag mus rau lub wreckage, tab sis lawv pissed vim koj siv nws los tua ib tug ntawm lawv cov dav hlau. Yog li tsis txhob ua phem rau kuv kom txog thaum lawv txias thiab pib tham nrog peb, ua li cas?"
    
  "Txhua lub thawv lawv tshem tawm ntawm qhov chaw sib tsoo raug nqi kuv, Colonel."
    
  Wilhelm hais tias "Kuv thov txim rau koj cov nyiaj, Doc, tab sis kuv yeej tsis muab fuck tam sim no," Wilhelm hais. "Kuv paub tias koj tau pab kuv los ntawm kev tua lub dav hlau neeg soj xyuas, tab sis tam sim no peb tsis muaj kev xaiv."
    
  "Tom qab ntawd kuv yuav mus rau qhov ntawd thiab sim kuv txoj hmoo nrog Turks."
    
  "Doc, Kuv paub tseeb tias cov Turks yuav zoo siab los tham me ntsis nrog koj tam sim no," Wilhelm hais. "Lawv yuav muaj koj lub lasers, txhua lub thawv dub zais cia, tus txiv leej tub uas tsim thiab tsim lawv tag nrho, thiab tus uas siv lawv tua ib lub dav hlau thiab tua ib tug ntawm lawv cov tub rog. Yog tias koj tsis nyiam saj ntawm qhov tseeb ntshav lossis tsis nyiam kom koj cov ntiv tes rub tawm nrog cov pliers, kuv xav tias koj muaj kev nyab xeeb dua tom qab tuav. " Qhov no ua rau John Masters gulp, tig dawb dua li nws saib ua ntej, thiab poob ntsiag to. "Kuv xav tias tsis yog. Kuv xav tias peb muaj hmoo kawg lawv tsis tau thov kom peb muab koj rau lawv tam sim no. Kuv thov txim rau koj cov khoom, Doc, tab sis koj nyob twj ywm. " Nws saib Yauhas tig mus thiab pab tsis tau tab sis muaj kev hlub me ntsis rau nws.
    
  "Kuv xav tias koj ntshai nws, Colonel," hais Patrick McLanahan. Nws sawv nrog Tus Thawj Saib Xyuas Kev Ruaj Ntseg Chris Thompson ib sab ntawm Wilhelm lub console. "Koj puas xav tias Turks yuav tsim txom nws?"
    
  "Yuav ua li cas lub ntuj raug txim kuv paub, General?" Wilhelm nug. "Kuv tsuas yog xav kom nws tsis txhob ua phem rau kuv kom txog thaum kuv tau txheeb xyuas qhov no thiab txog thaum ib tus neeg hauv Washington lossis Ankara hais kom kuv tso tseg. Tab sis kev puas tsuaj ntawm no "Phantom" yuav tsis txaus siab rau Turks. Nws tau kawm ib qho ntawm cov ntaub ntawv cov ntxaij vab tshaus nrog cov ntaub ntawv hloov kho huab cua. "Koj puas tseem nqa ib qho ntawm koj lub dav hlau hmo no? Koj twb tsis tau poob dav hlau txaus lawm los?"
    
  Patrick hais tias "Nws tsis yog XC-57, nws yog 767 freighter tsis tu ncua," Patrick hais. "Qhov no twb tau ua kom huv si thiab tshwm sim los ntawm Turks."
    
  "Vim li cas thab? Koj paub tias koj daim ntawv cog lus yuav raug txiav tawm, puas yog? Kev tua tus Phantom no - nrog lub laser, tsis muaj tsawg - yuav tsaws koj hauv dej kub. Koj yuav muaj hmoo yog tias cov Turks tsis cuam tshuam nws thiab yuam nws tsaws hauv Turkey. "
    
  "Tom qab ntawd kuv tseem yuav xav tau lub nkoj thauj khoom pib txav kuv cov khoom tawm hauv lub tebchaws tam sim no uas lawv tau tua tus Loser."
    
  "Nws yog koj qhov kev txiav txim siab, General," said Wilhelm, tuav nws lub taub hau. "Kuv xav tias cov Turks tau pom zoo lub davhlau nkaus xwb los cuam tshuam nws, yuam nws mus rau hauv tebchaws Turkey, tuav txhua yam koj nqa mus rau Iraq, thiab tuav cov khoom thauj thiab koj lub dav hlau raug kaw kom txog thaum koj them nyiaj rov qab rau Phantom thiab tej zaum koj yuav tsis tau. sawv kev sim tua neeg. Tab sis nws yog koj xaiv." Mark Weatherly taug kev mus rau Wilhelm thiab muab ib daim ntawv rau nws. Nws nyeem nws, tuav nws lub taub hau hnyav, ces muab nws rov qab. "Xov xwm phem, General. Kuv tau txib kom ntes koj hauv koj lub tsev mus txog thaum koj tuaj yeem ya rov qab mus rau Tebchaws Meskas. Koj daim ntawv cog lus tau raug tso tseg los ntawm Pentagon, siv tam sim ntawd. "
    
  "Phantom xwm txheej?"
    
  "Nws tsis hais, tab sis kuv paub tseeb tias yog vim li cas," Wilhelm hais. "Los ntawm qhov peb tau pom, cov Turks tau ceev faj heev kom tsis txhob tawm tsam peb lossis tsis yog PKK Iraqis. Qhov kev cia siab ntawd yuav ua rau tsis muaj zog tam sim no tias lawv tau poob lub dav hlau thiab tus tsav, thiab Washington yuav tsum ua ib yam dab tsi los qhia tias peb tsis xav mus rau hauv kev sib ntaus sib tua nrog cov Turks. "
    
  "Thiab kuv yog tus neeg ntawd."
    
  "High-ranked so haujlwm tus thawj coj tub rog ua tub rog. Kuv ntxub hais tias, General, tab sis koj yog tus menyuam daim ntawv rau kev ua pauj. "
    
  "Kuv paub tseeb tias Thawj Tswj Hwm Gardner zoo siab heev rau koj thiab, Mook," John Masters ntxiv.
    
  "Thov txim, General." Wilhelm tig mus rau Chris Thompson. "Thompson, koj puas xav coj tus thawj coj mus rau nws chav haujlwm? Kuv tsis paub txawm tias koj puas tau pw hauv nws ua ntej-Kuv ib txwm pom koj hauv hangar lossis hauv koj lub dav hlau-tab sis qhov ntawd yog qhov uas kuv yuav tsum khaws koj tam sim no. "
    
  "Koj puas xav tias kuv mus nrog nws, Colonel?" John nug.
    
  Wilhelm yoj nws tawm thiab tig rov qab rau nws lub console, thiab cov pab pawg tau mus rau hauv thaj chaw nyob.
    
  Qhov chaw nyob - Chuvil - zoo li yuav luag deserted. Tsis muaj leej twg hais dab tsi thaum lawv taug kev raws kab ntawm cov thawv steel kom txog thaum lawv pom ib qho uas tau tseg rau Patrick. Chris hais tias "Kuv yuav muab koj cov khoom coj los ntawm no, tus tswv," Chris hais. Nws qhib qhov rooj, tig lub teeb thiab ntsia ib ncig ntawm chav tsev. Muaj ib chav sab hauv kom cov xuab zeb thiab plua plav tawm. Sab hauv muaj ib lub qhov me me, lub rooj thiab lub rooj zaum, lub rooj zaum rau cov qhua, lub txee dai khaub ncaws, txee cia thiab lub txaj txaj. "Peb muaj chaw txaus, yog li koj muaj Chu thiab tus kws kho tsiaj-Chu nyob nruab nrab. Peb tau nruab chav tswj thib ob ua chav sib tham rau koj thiab koj cov menyuam; sab no yog koj tus kheej qhov chaw. Koj muaj kev nkag mus rau Internet, xov tooj, TV, txhua yam koj xav tau. Yog tias koj xav tau dab tsi ntxiv, lossis yog tias koj xav tau lwm lub rooj zaum ze rau ntawm txoj kab tawm, tsuas yog hu rau. "
    
  "Ua tsaug, Chris. Txhua yam yuav zoo ".
    
  Chris hais tias, "Ib zaug ntxiv, Patrick, Kuv thov txim ntau yam uas tau ua los ntawm no," Chris hais. "Koj tau sim kom peb cov kev sib txuas lus thiab cov ntaub ntawv txuas rov qab, tsis txhob tua tus txiv neej."
    
  Patrick hais tias "Nws yog kev nom kev tswv los ua si, Chris," Patrick hais. "Cov Turks xav tias muaj kev ncaj ncees tag nrho hauv qhov lawv ua thiab lawv tsis paub lossis tsis quav ntsej vim li cas peb qhib hluav taws rau lawv lub dav hlau. Lub Tsev Dawb tsis xav kom qhov xwm txheej tawm ntawm tes. "
    
  "Tsis hais, Thawj Tswj Hwm yuav nyiam ua phem rau koj, Mook," John Masters ntxiv.
    
  Patrick hais tias "Tsis muaj ib yam dab tsi uas peb tuaj yeem ua tau ntawm no," "Kuv yuav tawm tsam sai li sai tau thaum kuv mus rau hauv lub xeev. Txhob txhawj kuv".
    
  Thompson nodded. "Tsis muaj leej twg hais ua tsaug rau qhov koj tau ua, tab sis kuv yuav. Ua tsaug, tus tswv,"nws hais, ces mus.
    
  "Zoo heev, zoo heev," John Masters hais tom qab Thompson tawm ntawm CHU. "Cov Turks yuav mus xaiv los ntawm kev puas tsuaj ntawm cov neeg poob, thiab koj tau daig ntawm no hauv tsev raug kaw nrog Thawj Tswj Hwm ntawm Tebchaws Meskas tau npaj xa koj mus rau Turks ua ib tus neeg sov siab. Lawv o. Tam sim no peb ua dab tsi?"
    
  Patrick hais tias, "Kuv tsis muaj lub tswv yim," Patrick hais. "Kuv yuav hu rau tus thawj coj thiab qhia rau nws paub tias muaj dab tsi tshwm sim - yog tias nws tsis tau paub."
    
  "Kuv twv Pres..." Patrick tam sim ntawd tsa nws txhais tes, uas ua rau John xav tsis thoob. "Dab tsi?" John nug. "Vim li cas koj ...?" Patrick muab nws tus ntiv tes rau ntawm nws daim di ncauj thiab taw rau ntawm chav tsev. John furrowed nws pob muag nyob rau hauv tsis meej pem. Rolling nws ob lub qhov muag nyob rau hauv kev ntxhov siab, Patrick pom ib tug cwj mem thiab ntawv nyob rau hauv nws lub rooj thiab sau: Kuv xav tias CHU yog bugged.
    
  "Dab tsi?" John exclaimed.
    
  Patrick dov nws ob lub qhov muag dua, ces sau tias: Tsis hais txog Thawj Tswj Hwm. Tsuas yog cov lus sib tham xwb.
    
  "Ok," John hais tias, tsis paub tseeb tias nws ntseeg nws, tab sis txaus siab ua si nrog. Nws sau, puas tau kho?
    
  Video nkaus xwb, yog tias lawv muaj, Patrick teb ua ntawv sau. John taub hau. Patrick sau tias: Qhia Zipper thiab Charlie ntawm lub freighter thiab lwm tus neeg coob hauv Las Vegas dab tsi tshwm sim rau Loser ... thiab kuv.
    
  John tau taub hau, muab Patrick saib tu siab, ces hais tias, "Okay, Mook, kuv yuav rov qab mus rau lub hangar, xa lus, xyuas thawj tus neeg poob, thiab ces mus pw. Nws yog ib hnub phem heev. Hu rau kuv yog tias koj xav tau dab tsi. "
    
  "Ua tsaug. Pom koj tom qab".
    
  Jack Wilhelm nias lub pob ntawm nws lub console thiab tshem nws lub mloog pob ntseg, mloog cov ntaub ntawv ob peb feeb tom qab Chris Thompson rov qab los ntawm Chuville. Nws hais tias, "Kuv hnov yuav luag tsis muaj dab tsi, Thompson," nws hais.
    
  "Lawv pib ceev faj heev txog qhov lawv hais, Colonel," Chris Thompson teb. "Kuv xav tias lawv xav tias lawv raug bugged."
    
  Wilhelm hais tias, "Tus txiv neej yog ntse, qhov tseeb," Wilhelm hais. "Peb puas tuaj yeem txeeb tau daim ntawv lawv sau cov lus ua ntej lawv rhuav tshem lawv?"
    
  "Yog lawm, yog tias peb xav kom lawv tshawb pom tias lawv raug bugged."
    
  "Nws yog kev txaj muag uas koj tsis tau tso cov kab mob video nyob rau ntawd tsis yog lub suab xwb. Muaj ntau cov cuab yeej siv thev naus laus zis thiab koj tsis tuaj yeem nruab ib lub koob yees duab txaj txaj yooj yim? Thompson tsis tau hais dab tsi - nws tuaj yeem kho cov kab mob video yooj yim, tab sis nws tsis xis nyob kho cov kab laum hauv chav tswj hwm dav dav; video yuam kev loj heev. "Nws hais tias 'tus thawj coj,' thiab tom qab ntawd Masters hais nws zoo li nws yuav hais tias 'tus thawj tswj hwm," Wilhelm tau hais. "President ntawm dab tsi?"
    
  "Lub tuam txhab, kuv twv," Thompson hais. Nws nres, tom qab ntawd ntxiv qhov tsis txaus ntseeg: "Kuv tsis xav tias kuv muaj cai ua kab laum ntawm lub chaw hais kom ua, Colonel."
    
  "Kuv tau txais kev txiav txim ncaj qha los ntawm Tus Thawj Saib Xyuas Tub Rog, uas tau txais lawv los ntawm tus kws lij choj thiab tus tuav ntaub ntawv tiv thaiv, kom khaws cov ntaub ntawv ntawm McLanahan cov haujlwm, suav nrog kev mloog thiab xa xov, txog thaum FBI thiab Lub Tsev Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Lub Xeev tau ua," Wilhelm hais. "Lawv nyob tom qab tus txiv neej no, qhov tseeb. Thawj Tswj Hwm xav kom nws lub taub hau ntawm lub platter. Lawv tau hais kom nws lub nkoj thauj khoom raug tshawb nrhiav thiab txhua yam khoom siv ntawm lub nkoj yuav raug tshuaj xyuas tawm tsam cov lus pom zoo. Yog tias nws nqa cov khoom tsis raug cai, lawv xav paub txog nws. Kuv tsis xav tias Turks yuav tso cai rau nws tsaws ntawm no, tab sis yog tias lawv ua, Washington xav nrhiav riam phom tsis raug cai. "
    
  "Yuav ua li cas riam phom?"
    
  "Kuv yuav tsum paub dab tsi, Thompson? Koj muaj lus tshaj tawm - yog tias nws tsis muaj, ces nws yog contraband. txeeb nws."
    
  "Tsis muaj leej twg nyob ntawm no yuav txhawb McLanahan txhua? Tus txiv neej tsuas yog sim ua nws txoj haujlwm. Nws cawm peb cov tawv nqaij thaum lub sij hawm tawm tsam thiab tej zaum kuj tau cawm tus lwm thawj coj ntawm daim tawv nqaij. "
    
  "McLanahan yuav zoo, Thompson, tsis txhob txhawj txog nws," Wilhelm hais. "Ib qho ntxiv, peb muaj kev txiav txim, thiab lawv los ntawm qhov kawg. Kuv yuav tsis cia cov txiv neej zoo li McLanahan rhuav tshem kuv txoj haujlwm. Xa cov ntaub ntawv mus rau lub tuam tsev sai li sai tau. "
    
  "Hav tus neeg loj."
    
  "Txiv?" Tsis muaj dab tsi piv rau lub suab ntawm koj tus tub lub suab hais tias "Txiv," Patrick xav; nws ib txwm ua rau nws ntshai. "Koj nyob qhov twg?"
    
  "Tseem nyob hauv Iraq."
    
  "Txog". Bradley James McLanahan, uas nyuam qhuav muaj kaum peb, tseem yog menyuam yaus ntawm ob peb lo lus - zoo li nws tus txiv neej laus, Patrick twv. "Thaum twg koj los tsev?"
    
  "Kuv tsis paub meej, tab sis kuv xav tias nws yuav tshwm sim sai sai no. Saib, Kuv paub tias koj tab tom npaj mus kawm ntawv, tab sis kuv xav tau ..."
    
  "Kuv puas tuaj yeem sim ncaws pob xyoo no?"
    
  "Football?" Qhov no yog ib yam tshiab, Patrick xav. Bradley ua si ncaws pob thiab ntaus pob tesniv thiab tuaj yeem caij ski hauv dej, tab sis tsis tau pom muaj kev txaus siab yav dhau los hauv kev sib cuag kis las. "Tau kawg, yog tias koj xav tau, tsuav koj muaj qib zoo."
    
  "Tom qab ntawd koj yuav tsum qhia tus phauj Mary. Nws hais tias nws yuav mob kuv thiab kuv lub hlwb yuav tig mush. "
    
  "Tsis yog tias koj mloog tus kws qhia."
    
  "Koj puas yuav qhia rau nws? Ntawm no." Ua ntej Patrick tuaj yeem hais dab tsi, nws tus viv ncaus Mary tau nyob ntawm kab. "Patrick?"
    
  "Nyob zoo Mar. Koj nyob li cas-"
    
  "Koj yuav tsis cia nws ua si football, koj puas yog?"
    
  "Vim li cas tsis yog, yog tias nws xav tau nws cov qhab nia ib yam nkaus -"
    
  "Nws cov qhab nia zoo, tab sis lawv tuaj yeem ua tau zoo dua yog tias nws tsuas yog yuav tsum tsis txhob npau suav nruab hnub thiab sau ntawv thiab kos duab dav hlau thiab dav hlau dav hlau," nws tus muam hais. Mary yog ib tug kws muag tshuaj uas muaj cov qhab nia zoo, zoo txaus rau tsev kawm ntawv kho mob yog tias nws muaj sij hawm los txhawb Bradley thiab ob leeg ntawm nws tus kheej. "Koj puas tau pom kev ncaws pob hauv tsev kawm ntawv theem siab?"
    
  "Tsis muaj".
    
  "Cov neeg ua si no tau loj dua txhua xyoo, lawv cov tshuaj hormones tau npau taws heev, thiab lawv muaj lub zog ntau dua li kev tswj hwm tus kheej. Bradley yog ib tug bookworm ntau tshaj li ib tug neeg ncaws pob. Tsis tas li ntawd, nws tsuas yog xav ua nws vim nws cov phooj ywg tab tom sim tawm thiab qee tus ntxhais hauv nws chav kawm yuav mus sim ua kev lom zem. "
    
  "Nws ib txwm txhawb kuv. Mloog, Kuv yuav tsum tham nrog - "
    
  "Auj, Kuv tau txais email tag kis no hais tias qhov kev tso nyiaj tsis siv neeg los ntawm koj lub tuam txhab los ntawm lub lim tiam dhau los tau raug muab tso tseg. Tsis muaj lus piav qhia. Kuv yog overspending, Patrick. Nws yuav raug nqi kuv tsib caug duas las ntxiv rau lwm qhov kev nplua los ntawm leej twg kuv tau sau daim tshev rau. Koj puas tuaj yeem ua qhov no kom kuv tsis txhob cuam tshuam nrog daim tshev bounces?
    
  "Qhov no yog lub tuam txhab tshiab, Mary, thiab cov nyiaj hli yuav muaj teeb meem." Nws tag nrho cov nyiaj hli los ntawm Scion mus rau nws tus muam los pab them nqi; nws tag nrho Air Force nyiaj laus tau mus rau hauv Bradley qhov kev ntseeg siab. Nws tus viv ncaus tsis nyiam nws vim tias cov nyiaj them los ntawm Scion tsis zoo nyob ntawm seb lub tuam txhab puas muaj daim ntawv cog lus thiab seb nws puas muaj nyiaj them rau cov thawj coj laus, tab sis Patrick hais. Qhov no ua rau Bradley ntau tus neeg tsis txaus siab tshaj li qhov nws xav tau, tab sis nws yog qhov zoo tshaj plaws uas nws tuaj yeem ua tau tam sim no. "Muab nws ib lub lis piam los yog li ntawd, ua li cas? Kuv yuav tau txais tag nrho cov nqi pov tseg. "
    
  "Koj puas tuaj tom tsev sai sai? Steve xav mus rau rodeo hauv Casper lub hlis tom ntej. "
    
  Thiab nyob rau hauv lub trailer lawv coj nrog lawv nyob rau hauv xws li mus txawv tebchaws, tsis muaj chaw rau ib tug thib peb tus me nyuam, Patrick xav. "Yog lawm, kuv xav tias kuv yuav nyob hauv tsev thiab koj tuaj yeem tawm mus. Cia kuv nrog tham. "...
    
  "Nws khiav mus caum lub npav. Nws ib txwm doodling lossis doodle lossis sau rau hauv nws phau ntawv thiab kuv yuav tsum qhia nws ntau zaus kom txav los yog nws yuav nco lub npav. Txhua yam zoo?"
    
  "Yog lawm, kuv nyob zoo, tab sis tsis ntev los no muaj qhov xwm txheej me me thiab kuv xav qhia Bradley thiab koj txog nws ua ntej-"
    
  "Zoo. Muaj ntau heev nyob rau hauv cov xov xwm tsis ntev los no txog Iraq thiab Qaib Cov Txwv, thiab peb xav txog koj txhua hmo thaum peb saib cov xov xwm. "
    
  "Kuv xav txog koj txhua lub sijhawm. Tab sis thaum sawv ntxov no - "
    
  "Qhov no ntxim hlub. Kuv yuav tsum khiav, Patrick. Tag kis no kuv tabtom xam phaj ntau tus kws kho mob hauv tsev muag tshuaj. Steve thiab cov me nyuam xa lawv txoj kev hlub. Nyob zoo". Thiab qhov kev sib txuas tau cuam tshuam.
    
  Qhov no yog qhov feem ntau ntawm lawv cov kev sib tham hauv xov tooj mus, nws xav tias thaum nws dai: kev sib tham luv luv nrog nws tus tub, kev tsis txaus siab thiab kev thov los ntawm nws tus viv ncaus lossis tus kwv tij-feem ntau yog thov rau tsev neeg lub sijhawm uas tsis yog. koom nrog Bradley-ua raws li kev hais lus nrawm nrawm. Zoo, nws tau xav li cas? Nws muaj ib tug tub hluas, uas tau siv sij hawm feem ntau ntawm nws lub neej txawm raug rub mus thoob lub tebchaws lossis nrog cov txheeb ze; nws tsis pom nws txiv ntau zaus, tsuas yog nyeem txog nws hauv ntawv xov xwm lossis hauv TV, feem ntau nrog kev thuam hnyav txog nws qhov kev koom tes tsis zoo hauv qee qhov kev puas tsuaj loj thoob ntiaj teb. Nws cov txheeb ze yeej saib xyuas Bradley, tab sis lawv muaj lawv tus kheej lub neej ua neej nyob thiab feem ntau pom Patrick qhov kev npau taws ua ib txoj hauv kev khiav tawm hauv tsev neeg lub neej hauv tsev.
    
  Nws tau hu ob peb mus rau Scion lub hauv paus hauv paus hauv Las Vegas txog nws cov nyiaj hli; lawv tau lees paub nws tias "cov tshev nyob hauv xa ntawv," txawm tias nws ib txwm hloov mus rau hauv hluav taws xob. Tom qab ntawd nws tau ntsib nrog Kevin Martindale, yav dhau los Thawj Tswj Hwm ntawm Tebchaws Meskas thiab tus tswv ntsiag to ntawm Scion Aviation International.
    
  "Nyob zoo, Patrick. Hnov koj muaj ib hnub nyuaj. "
    
  Patrick hais tias "Rough li ntawv xuab zeb, tus tswv," Patrick hais. Ib qho ntawm cov lus txib Scion Aviation International cov neeg ua haujlwm tau qhia kom siv yog cov ntawv xuab zeb-yog tias nws tau siv hauv kev sib tham lossis kev sib tham, nws txhais tau tias lawv raug kev kub ntxhov lossis raug kab mob.
    
  "Tau nkag siab. Kuv khuv xim qhov kev txiav txim siab. Kuv yuav sim ua nws tawm ntawm no, tab sis nws tsis zoo. "
    
  "Koj puas paub yog tias lawv yuav ntes kuv?"
    
  "Ib hnub tag kis lossis hnub tom qab tag kis. Kuv tsis tau pom daim ntawv tso cai, tab sis kuv cia siab tias yuav tau txais kev pab sai sai. "
    
  "Cov Turks ua rau lub ntuj raug txim tawm ntawm peb. Peb yuav tsum nres lub dav hlau. "
    
  "Tsis txhob txhawj, cia li ua raws li lawv qhia rau koj thiab nyob ntsiag to. Koj yuav tsum xa koj lub dav hlau thauj mus rau lwm qhov chaw. Nws yuav tsis muaj kev nyab xeeb hauv Iraq. "
    
  "Peb yuav xav tau qhov no los pib ntim khoom."
    
  "Nws yog qhov txaus ntshai. Cov Turks yuav xav tau qhov no. Lawv tuaj yeem sim ntes nws thaum nws ya los ntawm lawv lub dav hlau. "
    
  "Kuv paub".
    
  "Nws yog koj xaiv. Puas muaj dabtsi ntxiv rau kuv?"
    
  "Qee yam tsis meej pem nrog cov nyiaj hli. Qhov tso nyiaj uas tau ua ob peb hnub dhau los tau raug rho tawm. "
    
  Martindale tau hais tias "Tsis muaj kev ntxhov siab." "Peb cov nyiaj tau raug kaw ruaj ntseg. Kuv tab tom ua haujlwm rau nws ib yam nkaus, tab sis tam sim no peb muaj ntau lub tuam tsev thiab Tsev Dawb ua haujlwm rau nws, yog li nws yuav siv sijhawm ntev dua. Sim tsis txhob txhawj txog nws. "
    
  "Yes, sir". Thiab hu tau tam sim ntawd cuam tshuam. Zoo, nws yuav tsis tuaj yeem pw tsaug zog tam sim no, Patrick xav, yog li nws tig rau nws lub laptop. Ib yam li nws pib mus online thiab nyeem xov xwm los ntawm lub ntiaj teb sab nraud, nws tau txais xov tooj. "McLanahan mloog."
    
  "Patrick? Kuv nyuam qhuav hnov! Ua Vajtswv tsaug koj nyob zoo."
    
  Nws suab zoo li nws tus muam Mary tab tom hu nws rov qab, tab sis nws tsis paub meej. "Mary?"
    
  "Qhov no yog Gia Cazzotto, ruam... Kuv txhais tau tias, ruam, tus tswv," lub suab ntawm Lt. Col. Cazzotto, tus thawj coj ntawm 7th Air Expeditionary Squadron, hais nrog luag. "Leej twg yog Mary? Qee tus tub ntxhais hluas engineers hauv lub tsho loj thiab cov iav loj uas tig mus rau Marilyn Monroe thaum nws rub tus pin tawm ntawm nws cov plaub hau?
    
  Patrick lub luag nyav yog ntau ntau yuam thiab siab tshaj qhov nws xav. "Tsis muaj, tsis muaj," nws hais tias, txaj muag tias nws lub qhov ncauj qhuav sai sai. "Mary yog kuv tus muam. Nyob Sacramento. Kuv nyuam qhuav hais rau nws. Kuv xav tias nws yog nws hu rov qab. "
    
  Gia hais tias "Tau kawg, tau kawg, tau kawg, kuv tau hnov qhov ntawd ua ntej," Gia hais. "Mloog, Patrick, Kuv nyuam qhuav hnov txog kev tawm tsam ntawm Nala, thiab kuv xav kom koj ua tau zoo."
    
  "John thiab kuv tau hu qee lub tswb, tab sis peb tsis ua li cas, ua tsaug."
    
  "Kuv nyob hauv Dubai tam sim no, tab sis kuv tau txais kev tso cai tuaj sai li sai tau thaum lawv tso cai rau cov neeg ua haujlwm tuaj rau sab qaum teb," nws hais. "Kuv xav pom koj thiab paub tias muaj dab tsi tshwm sim."
    
  Patrick hais tias, "Qhov ntawd yuav zoo heev, Boxer, zoo heev," tab sis kuv yuav tawm sai sai no.
    
  "Peb puas tawm mus?"
    
  "Peb yuav rov qab mus rau Washington. Zaj dab neeg ntev."
    
  "Kuv muaj sijhawm ntau, Patrick. Muab nws rau kuv."
    
  "Tsis yog 'ntev' raws li lub sijhawm, tab sis 'ntev' raws li hauv ... ntau yam uas kuv tham tsis tau."
    
  "Gotcha." Muaj ib qho txawv txav me ntsis; tom qab ntawd: "Hav, peb lub dav hlau thib xya nyuam qhuav tuaj txog ntawm no hauv tebchaws United Arab Emirates hnub no, thiab peb tau txais peb lub dav hlau thib yim hnub no hauv Palmdale. Qhov no muaj txhua yam txawv txawv nyob rau hauv pem hauv ntej foob pob bay, thiab kuv xav tias nws yuav tsum yog ib tug ntawm koj. "
    
  "Koj puas tau coj qhov no mus rau tojntxas?"
    
  "Tsis yog, nws nyob ntawm lub davhlau depot hauv Tonopah." Tonopah Proving Ground yog lub hauv paus huab cua nyob rau yav qab teb Nevada siv los sim riam phom zais cia ua ntej xa dav hlau mus rau lub luag haujlwm. "Nws tau txais txhua yam roj kab khiav ntawm no thiab nyob ntawd los ntawm lub foob pob tawg, thiab zoo li lub tsheb sib dhos neeg hlau nrog caj npab thiab claws txhua qhov chaw."
    
  "Peb muaj B-1 bombers uas tuaj yeem rov qab tau, rov qab, rov ua dua thiab rov pib dua FlightHawk nkoj nkoj hauv davhlau. Qhov no yuav tsum yog ib tug ntawm lawv. "
    
  "Tsis muaj shit! Qhov no zoo heev. Tej zaum peb tuaj yeem muab qhov system no rov ua ke dua. "
    
  "Kuv paub tseeb tias kuv tuaj yeem nug John Masters los ntawm Sky Masters Inc. xa cov duab kos rau koj. "
    
  "Zoo heev. Lwm yam khoom zoo li no, thov xa lawv thiab. Kuv tsis muaj cov tub ceev xwm nrhiav tau Air Force thiab tsoomfwv cov neeg ua haujlwm tau dai rau kuv thaum kuv hu mus nug txog kev tau txais nyiaj rau cov khoom - lawv zoo li txaus siab rau kev tsim cov foob pob rau hnub no. "
    
  "Tej zaum vim lawv tab tom noj txhua yam los ntawm Tub Rog Tub Rog tsuas yog cov tsheb thauj khoom thiab thauj."
    
  "Kuv paub tseeb". Muaj ob peb lub sijhawm nyob ntsiag to; ces Gia hais tias, "Kuv vam tias koj tsis mloog kuv hu."
    
  "Kuv zoo siab koj ua nws, Gia."
    
  "Kuv kuj vam tias koj tsis mloog kuv hu koj Patrick."
    
  "Kuv zoo siab koj ua nws. Tsis tas li ntawd, nws yog kuv lub npe. "
    
  "Tsis txhob dag kuv ... Tsuas yog koj xav tau tiag tiag."
    
  Ib lub suab nrov nrov nrov hauv Patrick lub pob ntseg thiab nws hnov nws lub ntsej muag flush zoo li nws tau hais ib lo lus foom phem rau ntawm nws tus pog dawb huv. Lub ntuj raug txim yog dab tsi? Nws puas tsuas blush...? "Tsis yog... tsis yog..."
    
  "Koj tsis xav dag kuv?"
    
  "Tsis yog ... Kuv txhais tau tias, Kuv xav tau tiag tiag-"
    
  "Koj puas xav dag kuv tiag tiag? Oh, ua tau zoo."
    
  "Tsis yog ... Vajtswv, Boxer, koj ua rau kuv ruam."
    
  "Kuv kuj nyiam flirt me ntsis qee zaum, tab sis kuv nyiam teasing ntau dua li flirt."
    
  "Okay, Colonel, ok, qhov txaus."
    
  "Koj puas txhawb kuv tam sim no, General?"
    
  "Yog tias kuv yuav tsum," Patrick hais. Ib tug luag dim zoo li ib tug muffled nees luav bray.
    
  "Nyob zoo, Patrick".
    
  "Yog?"
    
  "Kuv yeej xav pom koj. Koj li cas? Koj puas xav pom kuv?"
    
  Patrick xav tias lub ntsej muag ntawm nws ob sab plhu tig mus rau hauv qhov chaw sov hauv nws lub hauv siab thiab nws ua pa rau hauv, cia nws puv nws lub cev. "Kuv xav tias, Gia."
    
  "Puas yog Mary tiag tiag koj tus muam thiab tsis yog Mrs. McLanahan?"
    
  "Qhov tseeb kuv tus muam. Kuv tus poj niam, Wendy, tuag ntau xyoo dhau los. " Qhov ntawd tsuas yog muaj tseeb yog tias koj xav tias yuav luag txiav plaub hau los ntawm tus poj niam vwm Lavxias tus neeg ua phem hauv Libya suav tias yog "dhau mus," tab sis nws yuav tsis tham txog qhov ntawd nrog Gia tam sim no.
    
  "Thov txim uas hnov qhov no. Kuv tsis tuaj yeem mus rau ntawd?
    
  "Kuv ... tsis paub ntev npaum li cas kuv yuav nyob ntawm no," Patrick hais.
    
  "Tab sis koj tsis tuaj yeem qhia kuv tias yog vim li cas?"
    
  "Tsis yog hauv xov tooj." Muaj ib qho tsis txaus ntseeg ncua ntawm kab, thiab Patrick maj nrawm hais tias, "Kuv yuav paub txog tag kis yav tsaus ntuj, Gia, thiab tom qab ntawd peb yuav pom zoo ntsib." Nws nres, ces nug, "Huh, Cazzotto tsis nyob ntawm no, puas yog?"
    
  "Kuv xav tsis thoob yog tias koj yuav nug," Gia hais nrog daim ntawv txaus siab hauv nws lub suab. "Feem ntau cov txiv neej kuv ntsib ces nug txog lawv tus txij nkawm."
    
  "Ces?"
    
  Nws luag. "Yog tias koj xav kom kuv piav qhia rau koj hauv kev nthuav dav, cowboy, ua rau koj tus kheej xis nyob."
    
  "Kuv tau txais daim duab."
    
  "Txawm li cas los xij, ua ntej kuv tsis txaus siab: Kuv muaj ib tug txiv, tab sis tsis yog txij li thaum kuv tau rov qab los rau Tub Rog Tub Rog thiab raug xa mus rau cog plaub caug-ob. Nws tseem nyob hauv Bay Area nrog peb cov hluas, ib tug tub thiab ib tug ntxhais. Koj puas muaj me nyuam?"
    
  "Ib tug tub uas nyuam qhuav muaj kaum peb xyoos."
    
  "Tom qab ntawd koj paub tias nws nyuaj npaum li cas kom nyob deb."
    
  "Yog". Muaj lwm qhov ncua, zoo li lawv tau ntsiag to lees paub qhov kev sib txuas tshiab ntawm lawv; tom qab ntawd Patrick hais tias, "Kuv yuav qhia rau koj paub tias muaj dab tsi tshwm sim thiab qhia koj txhua yam txog nws thaum peb pom ib leeg."
    
  "Kuv yuav tos kom hnov los ntawm koj."
    
  "Ib qho lus nug ntxiv?"
    
  "Kuv muaj tag nrho hmo ntuj rau koj."
    
  "Koj tau txais kuv tus lej xov tooj nyob qhov twg? Nws tsis tau luam tawm. "
    
  "Oooh, tus lej zais? Zoo ces kuv xav tias muaj cai. Kuv hu Scion Aviation thiab koj tus phooj ywg David Luger muab qhov no rau kuv. Xav tias koj yuav tsis mloog. "
    
  "Kuv nyob hauv nws cov nuj nqis."
    
  "Nyob rau hauv txoj kev zoo, kuv vam."
    
  "Hauv txoj kev zoo heev."
    
  "Zoo meej. Nyob zoo, Patrick." Thiab nws tau daig.
    
  Zoo, Patrick xav thaum nws dai, qhov no tau dhau los ua ib hnub coj txawv txawv - ntau qhov xav tsis thoob, zoo thiab phem. Lub sijhawm rov qab thiab pom dab tsi tag kis muaj hauv khw -
    
  Tam sim no tsuas muaj lub khob ntawm lub qhov rooj. "Patrick? Nws yog kuv, "nws hnov John Masters hais. "Kuv nqa ib daim ntawv qhia txog tus lej ib tus poob koj xav pom."
    
  "Los hauv, John," Patrick hais. Nws tsis tau nug kom pom ib daim ntawv qhia ... ua li cas? Nws hnov lub qhov rooj sab nrauv qhib thiab kaw, ces lub qhov rooj sab hauv qhib. "Nws tuaj yeem tos txog tag kis sawv ntxov, John, tab sis tam sim no koj -"
    
  Nws ntsia ntawm lub qhov rooj thiab pom tsis muaj lwm yam tshaj li Iraqi Colonel Yusuf Jaffar, tus thawj coj ntawm Allied Nala Air Base!
    
  Patrick muab nws tus ntiv tes rau nws daim di ncauj thiab Jaffar nodded tias nws to taub. "Yuav ua li cas txog ib khob kas fes, John? Nws tshwm sim tam sim ntawd, tab sis nws tsis muaj teeb meem loj. " Nws rub tawm daim ntawv sau thiab sau: ????
    
  "Muaj, Mook, kuv yuav sim," John hais. Ntawm daim ntawv nws sau, Tus Neeg Tshiab. Patrick lub qhov muag nthuav dav hauv kev xav tsis thoob thiab ntsia ntawm Jaffar, uas tsuas yog sawv ntawm lub qhov rooj nrog nws txhais tes tom qab, saib tsis taus. "Ntawm no yog tsab ntawv ceeb toom," nws hais. "Tus lej ib tus swb yog tus lej ib. Muaj ib tuj ntawm cov khoom seem ntawm lub tsheb thauj khoom uas peb tsis xav tau tam sim no - peb yuav xav tau chaw pib rub tawm peb cov iav. Tus swb tuaj yeem siv tau ntau, tab sis peb yuav xav tau chaw ntxiv. "
    
  "Peb yuav txhawj xeeb txog qhov ntawd thaum lub nkoj thauj khoom tuaj txog," Patrick hais. Nws sau tias: Ntiav ib tug tub? Patrick sau tias: Thaum twg? Vim li cas?
    
  John sau tias: Hmo no. Tiv thaiv Iraq los ntawm Qaib Cov Txwv.
    
  Patrick sau li cas.
    
  Coj Nahla, John sau.
    
  Kuv tsis pom li cas, Patrick hais.
    
  Jaffar lub qhov muag nthuav dav nrog kev cia siab. Nws txeeb tus cwj mem los ntawm Yauhas txhais tes thiab sau tias: Kuv lub hauv paus, kuv lub tebchaws, kuv lub tsev. Pab los yog tawm mus. Txiav txim siab. Tam sim no.
    
    
  Tshaj SOUTH TURKEY
  Ob peb teev tom qab ntawd
    
    
  "Ankara Center, Heir Xya-Seven, theem, davhlau ntawm theem peb-peb xoom dhau Afsin tswj taw tes, Simak tswj taw tes kwv yees nyob rau hauv nees nkaum rau feeb."
    
  "Tsev Neeg Xyaum Xya, cov ntawv luam ntawm Ankara Center, nyob zoo hmo ntuj. Cia siab tias yuav hloov mus rau Mosul kom txog tsib feeb ua ntej Simak. "
    
  "Seventh Scion - Xya hmuv."
    
  Cov xov tooj cua nyob twj ywm rau ob peb feeb kom txog thaum lub suab nrov: "Huab Tais Xya-Seven, hloov mus rau qhov zaus mus rau Diyarbakir VHF ib-peb-tsib taw tes xoom taw tes tsib."
    
  Qhov no yog ib qho kev thov txawv txawv - lawv tau zoo dua saum huab cua ntawm thaj chaw tswj hwm hauv zos - tab sis tus kws tsav dav hlau tsis sib cav: "Kev nkag siab, Ankara, Scion Xya-Seven tab tom txav mus rau Diyarbakir." Nws hloov qhov zaus, ces: "Tau mus rau Diyarbakir, Heir Xya-xya, qib, davhlau theem peb-peb xoom."
    
  Lub suab nrog lub suab lus Turkish muaj zog tau teb ua lus Askiv: "Tus Tswv Xya-Seven, qhov no yog mus rau Diyarbakir, nqis los thiab tswj qhov siab ntawm ib puas xya txhiab ko taw, tig sab laug, mus rau peb-plaub-tsib, vectors mus rau Irgani kev sib tshuam, nyeem ntawv altimeter. ob cuaj cuaj yim."
    
  "Cia li mus," tus kws tsav dav hlau hais los ntawm thoob plaws lub cockpit, ua pa tob tob kom tswj nws qhov kev zoo siab sai sai. Nws nias lub khawm intercom: "Lawv tsuas yog coj peb mus rau ILS mus rau Diyarbakir, tus tswv."
    
  "Nug nws, tab sis xaiv ib lub vector," David Luger tau hais dhau qhov kev sib txuas lus satellite los ntawm Scion lub hauv paus hauv Las Vegas. "Peb npaj txhij".
    
  "Tau nkag siab." Hauv xov tooj cua tus kws tsav dav hlau hais tias: "Uh, Diyarbakir, Xya-Seven, vim li cas lub vector? Peb tab tom ua haujlwm lub dav hlau tseem ceeb thoob ntiaj teb raws li tau teem tseg, qhov chaw Tall Kaif. "
    
  "Koj txoj kev hla dhau lub dav hlau Turkish tau raug tso tseg los ntawm Turkish Ministry of Defense thiab Ciam Teb Kev Ruaj Ntseg, Xya-Seven," tus tswj hwm tau hais. "Koj raug qhia kom ua raws kuv cov vectors rau kev mus kom ze thiab tsaws hauv Diyarbakir. Thaum koj lub dav hlau, cov neeg coob thiab cov khoom thauj tau raug kuaj xyuas, koj yuav raug tshem tawm mus txuas ntxiv mus rau koj qhov chaw. "
    
  "Qhov no tsis yog lawm, tuaj rau hauv av," tus kws tsav dav hlau tawm tsam. "Peb lub davhlau tsis tau pib lossis xaus rau hauv Turkey thiab peb tau ua daim phiaj xwm dav hlau. Peb tsis raug kuaj xyuas thaum peb tsuas yog ya hla koj lub dav hlau. Yog tias koj xav tau, peb tuaj yeem tawm ntawm koj lub tshav dav hlau. "
    
  "Koj raug qhia kom ua raws li kuv txoj hauv kev mus rau Diyarbakir lossis koj yuav raug suav hais tias yog tus yeeb ncuab dav hlau thiab peb yuav teb raws li," tus tswj hwm tau hais. "Muaj cov tub rog ntawm qhov npaj txhij uas yuav cuam tshuam koj thiab coj koj mus rau Diyarbakir yog tias koj tsis ua raws. kuv lees."
    
  "Thaum peb mus txog, peb tab tom tig mus rau koj qhov kev kawm thiab nqis los," tab sis kuv yuav qhia rau kuv lub hauv paus chaw haujlwm thiab qhia lawv txog koj qhov kev hem thawj. Peb yuav xa tawm tsam. "
    
  "Kuv tau raug qhia kom ceeb toom rau koj tias Asmeskas Consulate tau ceeb toom txog peb qhov kev ua thiab yuav ntsib nrog koj hauv Diyarbakir rau kev tshuaj xyuas thiab kev xam phaj," tus tswj hwm tau hais tom qab ib ntus ntev. "Lawv yuav nyob nrog koj tag nrho lub sijhawm koj nyob hauv av thiab yuav saib xyuas tag nrho peb cov haujlwm ua haujlwm."
    
  "Qhov no tseem tsis yog lawm, tuaj rau hauv kev tsaws," tus kws tsav dav hlau hais ntxiv. "Koj tsis tuaj yeem cuam tshuam peb li ntawd. Nws yog txhaum cai ". Nyob rau hauv lub intercom, tus tsav hais tias, "Koj puas xav kom peb mus txuas ntxiv nqis, tus tswv?"
    
  "Tsuas yog ib feeb ntxiv," Dave Luger hais. Lub dav hlau thauj khoom Boeing 767 yog qhov tseeb lub dav hlau sim rau cov cuab yeej siv siab thiab cov khoom xa tawm tau nruab rau ntawm XC-57. Feem ntau ntawm cov no tseem tau tsim, suav nrog kev muaj peev xwm nkag mus rau hauv network lossis "disable" - xa cov lus qhia digital mus rau tus yeeb ncuab lub khoos phis tawj lossis network los ntawm kev ntxig tus lej rau hauv lub teeb liab rov qab ntawm tus txais digital. Thaum pom qhov tsim nyog digital zaus, Luger tuaj yeem xa cov lus qhia hauv computer mus rau tus yeeb ncuab network, uas, yog tias tsis muaj kev kuaj pom thiab tiv thaiv los ntawm firewall, tuaj yeem faib thoob plaws hauv cov yeeb ncuab lub computer network thoob ntiaj teb zoo li lwm cov ntaub ntawv sib koom.
    
  "Lub Diyarbakir radar tsis yog digital, yog li peb yuav tau ua nws txoj kev qub," Luger hais ntxiv. Netrusion tsuas yog ua haujlwm nrog cov tshuab digital-yog tias tus yeeb ncuab muaj cov tshuab analog radar qub, nws yuav tsis ua haujlwm. "Cov txiv neej, buckle me ntsis nruj dua, qhov no tuaj yeem yog teeb meem." Ob tus kws tsav dav hlau thiab tus kws tsav dav hlau muaj lawv txoj siv sia thiab lub xub pwg nyom rub kom nruj li sai tau thiab tseem tuaj yeem ncav cuag txhua yam kev tswj hwm.
    
  Mam li nco dheev lub xov tooj cua zaus tawg mus rau hauv thunderous cascade ntawm squeals, pops thiab hisses. Lub suab ntawm Turkish dispatcher tau hnov, tab sis nws yog kiag li unintelligible. Luger tau hais tias "Ok cov txiv neej, lub radar raug kaw. "Koj raug tshem tawm rau Nala Ncaj, nqis mus rau kaum xya txhiab taw, tswj ceev. Peb tab tom saib xyuas koj tus neeg txais kev ceeb toom kev hem thawj. " Tus kws tsav dav hlau nqos nyuaj, tua ib qho tig, txo lub zog, thiab tig lub qhov ntswg kom txog thaum lub dav hlau nyeem ntawv yog txoj cai ntawm tus kws txiav plaub hau ceev. Ntawm lawv cov airspeed thiab tus nqi ntawm qhovntsej thiaj tsis mob, lawv poob kaum rau txhiab taw hauv tsawg dua rau feeb.
    
  "Ok cov txiv neej, ntawm no yog qhov xwm txheej," Dave xov tooj cua tom qab lawv tau nce. "Lawv nyuam qhuav pib ob peb lub F-16s los ntawm Diyarbakir - uas yog xov xwm phem. Kuv tuaj yeem kaw qhov kev mus kom ze radar, tab sis kuv tsis xav tias kuv tuaj yeem kaw qhov hluav taws kub tswj radars ntawm lub dav hlau - qhov no yog xov xwm phem heev. Peb xav tias F-16 muaj infrared sensors los txiav txim koj qhov chaw yog tiag tiag, xov xwm phem heev. Lawv kuj tau txav qee lub roj teeb cuaj luaj Patriot mus rau thaj chaw koj tab tom yuav ya hla - nws yog tiag tiag, tiag tiag - zoo, koj tau txais daim duab. "
    
  "Yog lawm, sir. Txoj kev npaj yog dab tsi?
    
  Luger tau hais tias "Peb yuav sim ua qhov chaw qis qis me ntsis thaum kuv sim txuas mus rau Patriot soj ntsuam qhov system," Luger hais. "Lub Turkish F-16s nyob rau pem hauv ntej muaj cov radars thiab cov ntaub ntawv txuas, thiab kuv xav tias kuv tuaj yeem nkag mus tau, tab sis kuv yuav tsum tau tos kom txog thaum cov ntaub ntawv txuas tau ua haujlwm, thiab nws yuav siv sij hawm ntev rau Patriot pom. koj."
    
  "Aw, sir? Nws tsaus ntuj sab nraud thiab peb tsis pom dab tsi sab nraud. "
    
  "Nws yuav yog qhov zoo tshaj," Luger hais. Tus kws tsav dav hlau furiously coj tawm nws txoj kev aviation maps rau thaj chaw uas lawv ya nyob rau hauv thiab muab tso rau ntawm qhov screen tiv thaiv. "Kuv xav tias F-16s yuav sim vector Patriot hluav taws tswj radars ntawm koj mus txog thaum lawv tuaj yeem nqa lawv nrog lawv cov radar lossis infrared."
    
  "Accepted". Hla lub nkoj intercom, tus tsav hais tias, "Mr. Macomber? Npeeg Turlock? Koj puas yuav nkag mus rau hauv lub cabin?
    
  Tsis ntev tom qab ntawd, so haujlwm US Air Force Special Operations Officer Wayne "Zipper" Macomber thiab so haujlwm tub rog National Guard engineer Charlie Turlock taug kev los ntawm lub qhov rooj thiab coj lawv lub rooj. Macomber, yav dhau los Air Force Academy football lub hnub qub thiab Air Force tshwj xeeb ua haujlwm huab cua, muaj kev nyuaj me ntsis squeezing nws lub cev loj, cov leeg mus rau hauv qhov chaw nres nkoj dhia. Ntawm qhov tod tes, Charlie - nws lub npe tiag tiag, tsis yog lub npe menyuam yaus muab rau nws los ntawm nws txiv uas xav tias nws muaj ib tug tub - pom nws yooj yim kom haum nws lub cev ntshiv, hnyav, kis las rau hauv lub rooj zaum dhia ntawm cov neeg tsav dav hlau. Ob tus neeg tuaj tshiab tau tso rau lub mloog pob ntseg.
    
  "Dab tsi yog ntuj raug txim mus, Gus?" Wayne nug.
    
  "Qhov xwm txheej uas Mr. Luger qhia peb txog? Nws tshwm sim. Cov Turks xav kom peb tsaws ntawm Diyarbakir thiab tej zaum yuav xa cov tub rog tom qab peb. "
    
  "Yog Luger-"
    
  "Siv nkag mus rau lawv cov kev tiv thaiv huab cua thiab cov ntaub ntawv sib txuas lus," tus kws tsav dav hlau hais. "Peb jammed txoj kev tswj radar thiab pib khiav lawv, tab sis Mr. Luger tsis tuaj yeem lov tes taw lawv cov tshuab analog; nws yuav tsum tau tos kom lub teeb liab ua tiav los txog. "
    
  "Kuv tsis nkag siab nws thaum Luger thawj zaug hais nws, thiab kuv tsis nkag siab nws tam sim no," Macomber yws yws. "Cia li tsis txhob cia peb tsoo lossis raug ntaus, ua li cas?"
    
  "Yog lawm, sir. Xav tias tej zaum koj yuav xav paub. Buckle me ntsis nruj dua - nws yuav tsis zoo siab. "
    
  "Koj puas tau tag nrho koj cov neeg caij tsheb buckled?" - Nug David Luger.
    
  "Koj tsuas yog tua cov Turkish radars, lossis kuv yuav rov qab los haunt koj mus ib txhis, tus tswv," Zipper xov tooj cua.
    
  "Nyob zoo, Zipper. Kuv yuav ua qhov zoo tshaj plaws. Puas yog Charlie hnav lub rooj zaum thiab?"
    
  Charlie teb tias "Kuv npaj yuav ya, David," Charlie teb.
    
  "Zoo heev, Charlie."
    
  Txawm tias thaum ntsib kev txaus ntshai taug kev mus tom ntej, Charlie tig rov los pom lub ntsej muag zoo siab ntawm Macomber lub ntsej muag. "Zoo heev, Charlie," nws ua li ntawd. "Npaj ya mus, David." Tus dav dav xav kom paub tseeb tias nws tus hlub tau muab zais zais. Zoo npaum li cas."
    
  "Tom kuv, Punch kuv," nws hais, tab sis pab tsis tau tab sis luag ntxhi.
    
  "Koj puas npaj txhij?"
    
  "Raws li npaj tau raws li peb yuav ua tau," tus kws tsav dav hlau hais.
    
  "Zoo. nqis tam sim no mus rau kaum ib txhiab ko taw thiab ya mus rau ib qho ntawm ib-tsib-xoom."
    
  Tus kws tsav dav hlau thawb tus quab rau pem hauv ntej kom pib nws qhovntsej thiaj tsis mob, tab sis tus kws tsav dav hlau txuas nws txhais tes kom nres nws. "Qhov tsawg kawg nkaus qhov siab qhov siab hauv cheeb tsam no yog kaum peb-plaub."
    
  "Qhov chaw siab hauv koj txoj haujlwm yog kaum ob teev, nees nkaum ob mais. Koj yuav yog tus tshaj txhua yam ... Zoo, yuav luag txhua yam. Kuv yuav coj koj moog ibtxhis le moog txug thaus koj moog txug thaus koj moog txug thaus koj moog txug thaus koj moog txug thaus koj moog txug thaus koj pum kev. Tus kws tsav dav hlau nqos dua, tab sis nias qhov kev tswj hwm rau pem hauv ntej kom pib nws qhovntsej thiaj tsis mob. Lub sijhawm lawv nqis mus rau kaum plaub txhiab ko taw, lub suab ntawm cov poj niam hauv computer ntawm cov lus qhia thiab cov lus ceeb toom tau nrov nrov, "Highlands, rub, rub!" thiab GPS tsiv daim ntawv qhia zaub mov nyob rau hauv lub cockpit pib flashing daj, ua ntej ntawm lawv thiab tom qab ntawd mus rau lawv sab laug qhov chaw siab tshaj.
    
  "Zoo heev, cov txiv neej," Luger xov tooj cua. "Nyob rau ntawm koj daim ntawv qhia txav koj yuav tsum pom lub hav ntawm koj txoj hauj lwm ntawm ib teev. Pem cua cuaj-xya. ntes lub hav no. Txog tam sim no, nyob ntawm kaum ib txhiab. " Cov pilots pom ib qho nqaim heev ntawm qhov tsaus ntuj nyob ib puag ncig los ntawm lub teeb daj thiab tam sim no cov duab plaub xim liab, liab qhia txog thaj av uas nyob saum lawv qhov siab.
    
  "Dab tsi yog qhov dav, tus tswv?"
    
  "Nws dav txaus rau koj. Cia li saib lub turbulence. " Lub sijhawm ntawd, cov neeg coob tau pov los ntawm lawv lub rooj zaum los ntawm nthwv dej tom qab nthwv dej ntawm kev kub ntxhov. Tus kws tsav dav hlau tau tawm tsam kom tswj tau lub taub hau thiab qhov siab. "Qhov no ... yog ... tau ... phem dua," tus kws tsav dav hlau yws. "Kuv tsis paub yog tias kuv tuaj yeem tuav qhov no."
    
  "Lub hav no yuav tsum zoo kom txog thaum koj mus txog ciam teb li ntawm kaum yim feeb," Luger xov tooj cua.
    
  "Kaum yim feeb! Kuv tuav tsis tau qhov no rau-"
    
  "Tau sawv!" Luger cuam tshuam. "Lub zog tag nrho, ntse nce mus rau kaum peb, mus rau ob-peb-xoom, tam sim no!"
    
  Tus kws tsav dav hlau tau teeb tsa lub throttles kom puv lub zog thiab rub rov qab rau ntawm kev tswj kom nruj raws li nws ua tau. "Kuv tig tsis tau! Terrain -"
    
  "Tig mus tam sim no! Ceev faj!" Cov kws tsav dav hlau tsis muaj kev xaiv tab sis tig, rub cov tswj kom txog thaum lub dav hlau hovered ntawm ntug heev ntawm lub khw muag khoom ... thiab thov Vajtswv. Lub flashing liab blocks ntawm cov lus ceeb toom struts tau kov lub ntsis ntawm lub dav hlau icon...lawv nyob deb deb ntawm kev puas tsuaj ...
    
  ...Thiab lub sijhawm ntawd cov xim liab tau hloov mus rau daj, txhais tau tias lawv nyob hauv tsib puas feet ntawm av. "Au Yexus, Au Vajtswv, peb tau ua nws ..."
    
  Thiab lub sijhawm ntawd, hluav taws kub nyhiab dhau ntawm lub qhov rais hauv tsev, tsawg dua li ib puas yards nyob rau pem hauv ntej ntawm lawv. Lub teeb daj daj ntawm lub teeb puv hauv lub tsev, zoo li lub ntiaj teb daim duab loj tshaj plaws tau tawm mus rau pem hauv ntej ntawm lawv, thiab cov kws tsav dav hlau txawm hnov mob kub thiab siab. "Nws yog dab tsi?" - tus co-pilot qw.
    
  Luger tau tshaj tawm tias "Kev kawm ob-peb-xoom, kaum ib txhiab ko taw," Luger qhia. "Txhua yam zoo? kuv lees."
    
  "Nws yog dab tsi?"
    
  "Thov txim cov txiv neej, tab sis kuv yuav tsum ua," Luger hais.
    
  "Ua dab tsi?"
    
  "Kuv tau coj koj mus rau qhov ntau ntawm Patriot missile roj teeb."
    
  "Dab tsi?"
    
  "Qhov no yog tib txoj kev uas kuv tuaj yeem tau txais cov ntaub ntawv zaus rau Patriot thiab nruab nrab ntawm Patriot thiab F-16," Luger tau hais.
    
  "Holy crap... Peb yuav luag raug ntaus los ntawm Patriot missile ...?"
    
  "Yog lawm, tab sis ib yam yog tias lawv yuav tsum tau sim cawm cov cuaj luaj," Dave hais. "Lawv tej zaum yuav nyuam qhuav tso nws ua lus ceeb toom, lossis nws tuaj yeem yog missile decoy."
    
  "Yuav ua li cas ceeb toom me ntsis thaum lwm zaus koj tuav peb ntawm rab phom, tus tswv?" Macomber poob nws npau taws.
    
  "Tsis muaj sijhawm rau kev sib tham, Zipper. Kuv tau thaiv Patriot's datalink zaus thiab kuv tab tom tos kom lawv pib tham nrog F-16. Thaum lawv ua, kuv tuaj yeem tig lawv ob leeg tawm. Tab sis kuv xav kom koj ua qhov zoo tshaj plaws, nyob ntawm ntug kev cog lus Patriot. Yog tias kuv ua rau koj qis dhau lawm, F-16 yuav hloov mus rau nws cov infrared sensor thiab tsis siv Patriot radar. Qhov no txhais tau tias kuv yuav tau muab nws saib zoo rau koj. Ya rau ntawm ib lub taub hau ntawm ib-cua-xoom thiab nce mus rau qhov siab ntawm kaum ob txhiab. Kaum tsib feeb sab laug mus rau Iraqi ciam teb. "
    
  "Qhov no yog vwm," yws tus kws tsav dav hlau 767, flexing cov pob hauv nws txhais tes thiab ntiv tes. Nws pib maj mam nce thiab tig mus rau-
    
  "Ok cov txiv neej, Patriot rov qab los thiab nws ntes koj, xya teev, nees nkaum cuaj mais," Dave hais ib pliag tom qab. "Tseem nyob rau hauv sector scanning hom... Tam sim no nws yog nyob rau hauv lub hom phiaj mus txog qhovtwg hom... Tuaj hais mav, koj tseem tos dab tsi ...?"
    
  "Yog hais tias nws hais lus tswj kev txav ntawm F-16, nws tuaj yeem nkag mus rau hauv ntau ntawm nws IR sensor yam tsis siv cov ntaub ntawv txuas, puas yog?" - nug tus tsav nkoj thauj khoom.
    
  "Kuv vam tias koj yuav tsis xav txog nws," Luger hais. "Zoo hmoo, feem ntau Patriot radar kws tshaj lij tsis yog tus tswj xyuas huab cua; lawv txoj haujlwm yog ua kom lub system ua nws txoj haujlwm. Okay, nqes mus rau kaum ib txhiab, thiab cia siab tias thaum koj nqes mus lawv yuav ... " Ib pliag tom qab: "Mov tau! Cov ntaub ntawv txuas tau nquag. Ob peb vib nas this ntxiv...Cia li los, me nyuam, los ntawm ... Tau lawm. Ceev nrooj tig mus rau chav kawm ib-rau-tsib, txuas ntxiv mus txog kaum ib txhiab. F-16 ntawm koj txoj hauj lwm rau teev yog kaum tsib mais thiab nce mus, tab sis nws yuav tsum tig mus rau koj txoj cai. Koj yuav nyob ntawm Iraqi ciam teb ntawm kaum ib teev, txog kaum peb feeb. "
    
  Daim duab saib zoo dua thiab zoo dua. "Ok cov txiv neej, F-16s nyob rau hauv rau mais, tab sis nws yog txoj kev rau koj txoj cai," Luger hais ob peb feeb tom qab. "Nws tab tom nrhiav lub hom phiaj xa mus rau nws los ntawm Patriot roj teeb. nqis mus txog kaum txhiab."
    
  "Dab tsi tshwm sim thaum nws nkag mus rau hauv ntau ntawm nws IR sensor thiab peb tsis nyob ntawd?" - nug tus tsav nkoj thauj khoom.
    
  "Kuv vam tias nws xav tias nws lub sensor ua yuam kev."
    
  "Tus Tswv Xya-Seven, qhov no yog Yukari Ib-ib-ib-peb theem thib ob, kev tiv thaiv huab cua cuam tshuam rau cov koom pheej ntawm Qaib Cov Txwv Cua Force," lawv tau hnov ntawm UHF thaum muaj xwm ceev kev ruaj ntseg zaus. "Peb nyob ntawm koj txoj haujlwm rau 6 teev thiab nyob rau hauv radar tiv tauj nrog koj. Koj raug txib kom nce mus txog kaum xya txhiab ko taw, txo cov iav tsaws thiab tig sab xis ntawm chav kawm ob-cine-xoom, ncaj nraim mus rau Diyarbakir. "
    
  "Cia li mus tom ntej thiab teb nws," Dave hais. "Nyob hauv chav kawm. Koj blip ntawm radar yuav ua raws li nws cov lus txib. "
    
  "Yukari, qhov no yog Heir Xya-Seven, peb tab tom tig ib ncig thiab nce qhov siab," tus kws tsav nkoj nkoj tau tshaj tawm xov tooj cua. "Cia li saib xyuas koj cov riam phom. Peb tsis muaj riam phom. "
    
  "Tus Heir Squad, tus thawj coj ntawm Yukari Ib-Ib-ib-Peb, yuav koom nrog koj ntawm sab laug," tus kws tsav dav hlau F-16 tau tshaj tawm. "Kuv tus wingman yuav nyob ntawm koj txoj hauj lwm thaum rau teev. Koj yuav pom peb lub teeb tswj. Tsis txhob ceeb. Txuas ntxiv koj tig thiab nce siab raws li tau hais tseg. "
    
  Dave hais tias, "Nws nyob rau mais ntawm lub hom phiaj dab," "Nyob rau hauv, cov txiv neej. Yim feeb sab laug mus rau ciam teb. "
    
  Lwm rau caum vib nas this dhau los yam tsis muaj xov tooj cua mus txog rau: "Heir Flight, koj qhov siab yog dab tsi?"
    
  "Ib puas plaub txhiab," Dave Luger hais.
    
  "Scion of Seven-Seven yog muab ib puas thiab plaub txhiab rau ib puas thiab xya txhiab," teb tus neeg tsav nkoj thauj khoom.
    
  "Xaiv tag nrho koj lub teeb sab nrauv tam sim ntawd!" - hais kom tus kws tsav dav hlau Turkish. "Tsib lub teeb sawv daws!"
    
  "Peb lub teeb tau hlawv, Yukari lub davhlau."
    
  Dave Luger tau hais tias "Nws nyob deb li ob mais ntawm qhov lwj. "Tej zaum nws muaj nws lub teeb ceeb toom rau thiab tsuas yog saib ..."
    
  Cov neeg tsav nkoj thauj nkoj tau tos, tab sis tsis hnov dab tsi. "Lub hauv paus, qhov no yog Xya-Seven, raws li koj nkag siab?" Tsis teb. "Huab Tais, Xya-Seven, koj hnov dab tsi?"
    
  Tus kws tsav dav hlau lub qhov ncauj poob qhib hauv kev poob siab. "Huag, shit, peb tau poob downlink mus rau lub hauv paus chaw ua hauj lwm," nws gasped. "Peb yog nqaij tuag."
    
  "Zoo heev. Lub sijhawm zoo rau tag nrho cov cuab yeej siv thev naus laus zis no los ua si, " yws Zipper. "Cia peb tawm ntawm no, Gus!"
    
  "Peb tab tom mus ncaj nraim rau Nala," tus kws tsav dav hlau hais tias, thawb lub throttles rau pem hauv ntej. "Kuv vam tias cov neeg no yuav tsis tua peb yog tias peb hla ciam teb."
    
  "Cia peb sim qhov camouflage terrain dua," hais tias tus kws tsav dav hlau. Cov struts uas tau pom nyob rau hauv daim ntawv qhia kev txav mus rau hauv lub cockpit tseem pom qee lub toj, tab sis nws sai sai smoothed thaum peb tsiv mus rau sab qab teb. "Peb tuaj yeem nqis mus rau cuaj-xya hauv ob peb mais, thiab hauv nees nkaum mais peb tuaj yeem mus rau txhua txoj kev mus rau-"
    
  Thaum lub sij hawm ntawd, lub cockpit tau puv nrog lub teeb dawb khaus los ntawm sab laug, kub thiab ci li thaum tav su. Lawv sim saib seb nws yog leej twg, tab sis lawv saib tsis tau qhov twg ntawm qhov kev taw qhia ntawd. "Holy shit!" - tus tsav qw. "Kuv dig muag los ntawm lub teeb, kuv tsis pom."
    
  "Txoj kev ncaj, Gus!"
    
  "Kuv hais tias kuv tswj tsis tau, Kuv tsis tuaj yeem pom dab tsi phem," tus kws tsav dav hlau hais. "Ben, rov qab lub log ...!"
    
  "Scion ntawm Xya-Seven, qhov no yog Yukari Ib-Ib-ib-peb, lub davhlau thib ob, koj nyob hauv peb qhov kev pom," tus kws tsav dav hlau Turkish hais xov tooj cua. "Koj yuav tam sim ntawd thim rov qab cov iav tsaws thiab tig sab xis ntawm chav kawm ob-cine-zero. Koj tab tom taug qab los ntawm cov roj teeb hluav taws xob hauv av-rau-huab cua Turkish. Xa tam sim ntawd. Kev siv lub zog tuag tau tso cai. "
    
  "Koj lub teeb ua rau pom tus tsav!" - tus kws tsav dav hlau thib ob. "Tsis txhob nyem qhov ntawd hauv lub cockpit! Tshem tawm qhov ntawd!"
    
  Ib pliag tom qab ntawd, lub teeb tawm mus... Thiab ib pliag tom qab, qhov hluav taws kub nyhiab thib ob tshwm sim los ntawm nees nkaum millimeter qhov ntswg cannon ntawm Turkish F-16. Lub muzzle flash yuav luag zoo li lub teeb tsom teeb pom kev zoo, thiab lawv tuaj yeem hnov cov tuab supersonic projectiles txiav los ntawm huab cua nyob ib puag ncig lawv, cov kev poob siab thaws tawm ntawm 767 lub qhov rais cockpit tsuas yog ob peb lub kaum tawm. "Qhov ntawd yog qhov kev ceeb toom zaum kawg, Scion ntawm Xya-Seven," tus kws tsav dav hlau Turkish hais. "Ua raws li kuv cov lus qhia lossis koj yuav raug tua yam tsis muaj lus ceeb toom ntxiv!"
    
  "Peb ua dab tsi tam sim no?" - Nug Zipper. "Peb poob."
    
  "Peb tsis muaj kev xaiv," tus kws tsav dav hlau hais. "Kuv tab tom tig..."
    
  Charlie hais tias, "Tsis yog, txuas ntxiv mus rau Nala," Charlie hais. Nws mus txog thiab hloov nws qhov hloov pauv hloov pauv ntawm "intercom" mus rau "UHF-2." "Yukari Davhlau Ib-Ib-peb, qhov no yog Charlie Turlock, ib tus neeg caij tsheb ntawm Scion Seven-Seven," nws hais xov tooj cua.
    
  "Koj ua dab tsi, Charlie?" - nug Macomber.
    
  Charlie hais los ntawm lub cockpit hais tias "Kev ua si ntawm poj niam txiv neej thiab nyiam phaib, ntaus - lawv tsuas yog tus peb tau tso tseg," Nyob rau hauv xov tooj cua nws hais ntxiv, "Flight Yukari, peb yog ib tug American cargo dav hlau nyob rau hauv ib tug muaj kev thaj yeeb thiab tso cai ya mus rau Iraq. Peb tsis yog tub rog, peb tsis muaj tub rog, thiab peb tsis muaj kev tawm tsam tawm tsam peb cov phoojywg, cov neeg ntawm Turkey. Muaj kaum cuaj tus ntsuj plig nyob hauv lub davhlau no, suav nrog rau tus poj niam. Cia peb mus txuas ntxiv peb lub davhlau hauv kev thaj yeeb nyab xeeb. "
    
  "Koj yuav tsum mloog tam sim ntawd. Nov yog peb qhov kev txiav txim zaum kawg."
    
  Charlie tau hais tias "Peb yuav tsis tig mus. "Peb yuav luag ntawm Iraqi ciam teb, thiab peb cov kev sib kis ntawm thoob ntiaj teb kev kub ntxhov channel yog, tau kawg, raug saib xyuas los ntawm kev mloog cov lus los ntawm Syria mus rau Persia. Peb yog lub dav hlau tsis muaj tub rog Asmeskas thauj khoom ntawm kev tso cai davhlau hla Turkey. Muaj kaum cuaj tus ntsuj plig nyob saum nkoj. Yog tias koj tua peb tam sim no, lub cev thiab cov khib nyiab yuav poob hauv Iraq thiab lub ntiaj teb yuav paub tias koj tau ua dab tsi. Tej zaum koj yuav xav tias koj muaj kev txiav txim zoo lossis qhov laj thawj zoo rau kev tua hluav taws, tab sis koj yuav muaj lub luag haujlwm rau koj tus kheej txiav txim. Yog tias koj ntseeg koj cov thawj coj thiab xav ua raws li lawv cov lus txib kom tua peb txhua tus, zoo, tab sis koj yuav tsum rub tus txhais. Tam sim no peb lub neej nyob hauv koj txhais tes. "
    
  Ib pliag tom qab, lawv pom thiab tom qab ntawd hnov tus nplaig ntawm cov nplaim taws kub hnyiab dhau ntawm lawv lub qhov rooj sab laug sab laug - tsuas yog tom qab qhov kub hnyiab los ntawm F-16 fighter. "Nws mus ncig, taug kev tom qab peb," tus kws tsav dav hlau hais. "Crap; Aw shit...!" Lawv tuaj yeem hnov qhov muaj lub dav hlau tom qab lawv, xyaum hnov cov adrenaline thiab hws tawm ntawm lub cev ntawm cov neeg tsav dav hlau Turkish thaum lawv tig mus tua. Seconds dhau lawm...
    
  ... ces ntau vib nas this, ces ib feeb. Tsis muaj leej twg ua pa rau qhov zoo li nyob mus ib txhis. Tom qab ntawd lawv hnov tias: "Cia li Xya-Seven, qhov no yog Mosul txoj kev tswj hwm ntawm kev nyab xeeb zaus, peb tab tom qhia koj txog koj txoj kev hla ciam teb. Yog tias koj hnov txog Mosul, tig rau hom peb thiab C ib txwm thiab tiv tauj kuv hauv xov tooj ob-plaub-peb-peb taw tes xya. Paub meej tam sim ntawd."
    
  Tus kws tsav dav hlau tau teb tsis txaus siab, thiab txhua tus neeg tuaj yeem tso siab rau ib leeg. "Tus txiv neej, kuv xav tias peb tau ua tiav," Macomber hais. Nws ncav tes tawm thiab patted Charlie ntawm lub xub pwg nyom. "Koj tau ua nws, zib ntab. Koj hais peb tawm ntawm no. Ua haujlwm zoo ".
    
  Charlie tig mus rau Macomber, luag nyav, ua tsaug rau ... thiab tam sim ntawd ntuav nyob rau hauv pem teb ntawm lub cabin pem hauv ntej ntawm nws.
    
    
  NAKHLA ALLIED AIR BASE, IRAQ
  Tom qab lub sijhawm luv luv
    
    
  "Koj puas yog eggheads, vwm?" Colonel Jack Wilhelm tawg thaum Wayne Macomber thiab Charlie Turlock tau coj lwm tus neeg caij tsheb thiab cov neeg coob tawm ntawm Boeing 767 lub dav hlau thauj khoom thaum nws nres ntawm lub hauv paus. "Koj tsis to taub dab tsi tshwm sim nyob ntawd?"
    
  "Koj yuav tsum yog Colonel Wilhelm," hais tias Macomber, mus txog hauv qab ntawm cov ntaiv cua. "Ua tsaug rau qhov zoo siab txais tos hauv Iraq."
    
  "Koj yog leej twg?"
    
  "Wayne Macomber, Tus Thawj Saib Xyuas Kev Ruaj Ntseg rau Scion Aviation International," Wayne teb. Nws tsis tau muab nws txhais tes rau Wilhelm, uas npau taws rau tus thawj coj tub rog ntau dua. Ob tug txiv neej nyob ntawm qhov siab thiab qhov hnyav tib yam, thiab tam sim ntawd lawv pib sizing ib leeg. "Qhov no yog Charlie Turlock, kuv tus pab." Charlie dov nws ob lub qhov muag tab sis tsis hais dab tsi. "Kuv yuav tso tus zaj-thiab tej zaum yuav hloov kuv cov ris tsho hauv qab tom qab lub davhlau no-thiab tom qab ntawd kuv yuav tsum tham nrog General thiab Chief Egghead John Masters."
    
  Wilhelm tau hais tias "Ua ntej tshaj, koj yuav tsis mus qhov twg kom txog thaum peb tshawb xyuas koj cov ntaub ntawv thiab cov khoom thauj," Wilhelm hais. "Koj tsis tas yuav tsum tau tawm ntawm lub dav hlau phem ua ntej kev lis kev cai kuaj koj."
    
  "Kev lis kev cai? Qhov no yog lub dav hlau Amelikas tsaws ntawm lub hauv paus Asmeskas. Peb tsis cuam tshuam nrog kev lis kev cai. "
    
  "Koj yog lub dav hlau ntiag tug nyob ntawm Iraqi lub hauv paus, yog li koj yuav tsum raug tshem tawm los ntawm kev lis kev cai."
    
  Macomber ntsia William. "Kuv tsis pom ib tug Iraqis ntawm no, Colonel, tsuas yog kev ruaj ntseg ntiag tug ... thiab koj." Nws coj daim ntawv tais ceev tseg los ntawm tus kws tsav dav hlau txhais tes. "Ntawm no yog peb cov ntaub ntawv, thiab ntawm no yog tus tsav. Nws yuav ua txhua yam kev lis kev cai nrog koj thiab txhua yam uas Iraqis xav coj nrog lawv. Peb tsis muaj sijhawm rau kev lis kev cai. Wb ua peb li. Koj nyob deb ntawm peb thiab peb yuav nyob deb ntawm koj."
    
  Wilhelm tau hais tias "Kuv raug yuam kom tshuaj xyuas lub dav hlau no, Macomber, thiab qhov ntawd yog qhov peb yuav ua," Wilhelm hais. "Cov neeg coob yuav nyob hauv nkoj mus txog thaum kev tshuaj xyuas tiav. Thompson thiab nws cov txiv neej yuav ua qhov kev tshuaj ntsuam, thiab koj zoo dua koom tes nrog lawv, los yog kuv yuav xa koj tag nrho mus rau lub brig. Ntshiab?"
    
  Macomber ntsia zoo li nws yuav tawm tsam, tab sis nws tau taub hau me ntsis rau Wilhelm, luag ntxhi, thiab xa rov qab cov ntaub ntawv rau tus tsav. "Ben, mus nrog Gus." Wilhelm tab tom yuav tawm tsam, tab sis Macomber tau hais tias: "Tus tsav tau raug mob thaum ya hauv. Nws xav tau kev pab. Ua kom sai, cov txiv neej, "thiab hais kom lwm tus ua raws nws rov qab rau saum huab cua staircase. Lawv tau ua raws los ntawm ob tug Thompson tus neeg saib xyuas kev ruaj ntseg thiab ib tug neeg yug yaj German ntawm ib txoj hlua khi tawv. Thompson pab pawg neeg saib xyuas kev nyab xeeb tau pib qhib lub qhov rooj thauj khoom thiab lub hnab ntim khoom kom pib lawv qhov kev tshuaj xyuas.
    
  Hauv lub dav hlau, ib tus neeg saib xyuas kev ruaj ntseg tau pib tshawb xyuas lub cockpit thaum lwm tus muab Macomber thiab lwm tus neeg caij tsheb hauv lawv lub rooj thiab tshuaj xyuas lub dav hlau sab hauv. Nyob rau pem hauv ntej ntawm lub dav hlau thauj khoom ntawm Boeing 767, tom qab lub davhlau ya davhlau ya nyob twg, muaj ib tug tshem tau thiab tso quav tso rau ntawm ib sab, thiab nyob rau sab laug, nyob rau sab ntawm lub qhov rooj, muaj ob lub thawv fiberglass sau "LIFE RAFTS" nrog ntxiv dag zog. daim kab xev qhwv ib ncig ntawm lawv. Hauv qab lawv yog ib qho kev tshem tawm pem hauv ntej-fab neeg nrog lub rooj zaum nrog lub rooj zaum rau kaum yim neeg caij tsheb. Tom qab lawv muaj yim lub thawv ntim khoom ntim khoom, plaub ntawm txhua sab ntawm lub dav hlau, nrog rau txoj hauv kev nqaim ntawm lawv, thiab tom qab lawv yog lub tais ntawm lub hnab ntim nrog nylon mesh thiab ruaj ntseg nrog nylon straps.
    
  Tus tub ceev xwm saib xyuas kev ruaj ntseg thib ob muab nws lub xov tooj cua rau nws daim di ncauj: "Kuv suav kaum yim neeg coob thiab cov neeg caij tsheb, ob lub thawv rau lub neej, lub qhov dej thiab chav dej, thiab yim lub thawv A1N. Lub liferaft tshuaj xyuas cov ntsaws ruaj ruaj yog txuas nrog. "
    
  "Kuv nkag siab," lo lus teb tuaj. "Tus naj npawb ntawm cov neeg caij tsheb raug kuaj xyuas. Tab sis qhov tshwm sim tsuas yog sau rau A1Ns. " Tus tub ceev xwm saib cov neeg caij tsheb tsis txaus ntseeg.
    
  Macomber tau hais tias "Tsis xav tias nws tau siv sijhawm ntev heev los ntawm no - peb ntxhov siab," Macomber hais. "Leej twg nqa cov thawv ntxiv? Puas yog tag nrho koj cov pleev rov qab rau ntawd, Charlie?
    
  "Kuv xav tias nws yog koj knitting, Zipper," Turlock teb.
    
  "Kuv yuav taug kev ntawm txoj kev nrog K-9," tus tub ceev xwm hais. "Tsis txhob ua ib qho kev txav tam sim ntawd."
    
  "Kuv puas tuaj yeem mus tso zis ua ntej?" - nug Macomber.
    
  "Tom qab lub txee dai khaub ncaws tau tshawb nrhiav thiab K-9 tau dhau mus hauv chav tsev," tus tub ceev xwm teb.
    
  "Nws yuav mus ntev npaum li cas?"
    
  "Tsuas koom tes." Tus neeg saib xyuas kev nyab xeeb pib taug kev tus dev mus rau ntawm txoj kab, kov lub hnab ris lub rooj thiab ua haujlwm hauv qab thiab nruab nrab ntawm cov rooj zaum kom qhia qhov chaw nws xav kom tus dev hnia.
    
  "Zoo aub," Wayne hais thaum tus dev los ze nws.
    
  "Tsis tham nrog K-9," tus tub ceev xwm hais. Macomber luag nyav, ces frowned rov qab.
    
  "Lub cabin yog qhov tseeb," thawj tus neeg saib xyuas kev ruaj ntseg hais. Nws pib saib ib ncig ntawm lub galley thiab chav dej, ua tiav hauv ob peb feeb.
    
  "Los ntawm txiv neej, kuv yuav tawg ntawm no."
    
  "Tsis hais lus," tus tub ceev xwm thib ob hais. Nws siv peb feeb ntxiv rau K-9 kom tiav. "Koj tuaj yeem sawv thiab tawm hauv lub dav hlau," tus tub ceev xwm thib ob tshaj tawm. "Koj yuav tsum mus ncaj qha mus rau tus tub ceev xwm sab nraud uas yuav kuaj xyuas koj daim ntawv hla tebchaws thiab cov ntaub ntawv pov thawj. Cia tag nrho koj cov khoom nyob rau hauv lub dav hlau. "
    
  "Kuv puas tuaj yeem siv lub thawv ua ntej?"
    
  Tus neeg saib xyuas thib ob zoo li nws yuav hais tsis tau, tab sis thawj tus neeg saib xyuas tau yoj tes. Nws hais tias "Kuv yuav saib xyuas nws," nws hais. Macomber maj mus rau hauv chav dej thaum lwm tus tawm mus. Tus tub ceev xwm thib ob txuas ntxiv nws txoj kev tshawb nrhiav hauv qab ntawm lub alarm ntawm cov thawv ntim khoom.
    
  Nws tau tswj bedlam sab nraum lub dav hlau. Cov tub ceev xwm kev ruaj ntseg tau siv lub forklifts los thauj cov thawv los ntawm cov khoom thauj khoom hauv qab lub dav hlau, uas tau hnov los ntawm K-9s. Cov neeg coob tuaj yeem pom K-9s sawv ntsug ntawm qee qhov ntim; lawv tau tagged thiab tsiv mus rau ib qho chaw sib cais ntawm lub hangar uas nyob ib sab. Lwm tus tub ceev xwm tau tshuaj xyuas txhua daim ntawv hla tebchaws tawm tsam nws tus neeg tuav, tom qab ntawd ua rau txhua tus neeg tos nrog lwm tus nyob ze, nyob rau hauv lub qhov muag saib xyuas ntawm tub ceev xwm tiv thaiv tub rog.
    
  Chris Thompson tuaj txog me ntsis tom qab thiab saib cov pab pawg neeg caij tsheb. "Macomber nyob qhov twg?"
    
  Charlie Turlock teb tias "Tseem nyob hauv chav dej," Charlie Turlock teb. "Nws tsis yog tus tsav tsheb uas muaj zog heev."
    
  Thompson ntsia saum lub stairs airy. "Chuck? Dab tsi tshwm sim nyob ntawd?
    
  "Ntau ntawm kev yws yws thiab yws thiab huab cua daj," teb thawj tus neeg saib xyuas kev ruaj ntseg tos Macomber.
    
  "Ntawm nws." Thompson tig rov qab rau Charlie. "Koj puas tuaj yeem pab kuv nrog kev tshaj tawm, nco?" nws nug. "Muaj qee qhov tsis sib xws uas kuv vam tias koj tuaj yeem tshem tawm rau kuv."
    
  "Muaj tseeb. Kuv paub txhua yam ntawm lub nkoj. " Nws ua raws Thompson mus rau ntau pawg ntawm cov thawv.
    
  Nyob rau hauv lub cabin, thawj tus tub ceev xwm hais tias, "Cia peb mus, phooj ywg."
    
  "Yuav luag tiav". Tus tub ceev xwm hnov cov suab nrov nrov, tom qab ntawd dej ntws, thiab lub qhov rooj chav dej tau xauv. Txawm tias ua ntej lub qhov rooj qhib tag nrho, cov ntxhiab tsw tsw ntxhiab hauv sab hauv ua rau tus tub ceev xwm choke. "Jeez, phooj ywg, dab tsi ntuj raug txim koj noj ntawm qhov no-"
    
  Macomber ntaus nws ib zaug hauv lub tuam tsev sab laug nrog nws lub nrig sab xis, khob nws tsis nco qab tsis muaj suab. Nws sai sai rub tus tub ceev xwm mus rau pem hauv ntej, muab nws tso rau hauv pem teb ntawm lub cabin, kaw qhov rooj, ces rov qab mus rau lub cabin thiab rub tawm daim kab xev tiv thaiv nyob ib ncig ntawm thawj lub thawv ntawm lub nkoj lub neej.
    
  Sab nraum lub dav hlau, Thompson taw tes rau ntau pawg ntawm cov thawv. Nws hais rau Charlie tias "Lawv tau meej thiab ua raws li cov lus tshaj tawm," tab sis cov no tsis zoo ib yam. Nws taw tes rau ib pawg loj ntawm cov thawv thoob plaws lub tsheb tavxij hauv lub hangar, tam sim no nyob rau hauv tub ceev xwm. "Cov dev tau ceeb toom ntawm cov tshuaj lossis cov khoom tawg hauv lawv, thiab lawv kuj tsis ua raws li cov lus tshaj tawm. Cov lus tshaj tawm tsis tau hais tias koj tab tom xa cov khoom tawg. "
    
  Charlie hais tias, "Zoo, nws yeej tsis yog tshuaj," Charlie hais. "Muaj lus piav qhia zoo rau tag nrho cov thawv tsis muaj ntaub ntawv no."
    
  "Zoo".
    
  Charlie taw tes rau lub thawv square. "Cov no yog cov roj teeb CID," nws piav qhia. "Txhua rooj plaub muaj plaub khub roj teeb. Txhua khub yog txuas rau cov indentations qab lub duav. Lwm cov thawv no kuj muaj cov roj teeb pob, tab sis lawv yog tsim los rau Tin Man li. Lawv hnav ua khub ntawm txoj siv. "
    
  "Kev tshawb nrhiav txhaum cai? Tin Woodman? Qhov no yog dab tsi?"
    
  Charlie hais tias "CID sawv cev rau Cybernetic Infantry Device," Charlie hais tias qhov tseeb. "CID yog ib tug neeg ua haujlwm sib ntaus sib tua. Tus txiv neej Tin yog lub npe menyuam yaus ntawm tus thawj coj uas hnav ris tsho hu ua BERP, lossis Ballistic Electron Reactive Process. Cov khaub ncaws muaj ib qho exoskeleton uas ua rau cov commandos muaj zog, thiab BERP cov khoom ua rau nws invulnerable rau ... zoo, txhua yam infantry thiab pab tub rog qib riam phom thiab txawm tias qee lub teeb artillery. Cov khoom ntawd muaj lub luag haujlwm pob rau cov tub ceev xwm tshawb nrhiav, qee qhov muaj cov foob pob tawg thiab UAV launchers. " Nws luag nyav ntawm Thompson txoj kev xav tsis thoob. "Koj puas to taub tag nrho cov no?"
    
  "Koj puas yog ... koj kidding kuv, nco?" Thompson nres. "Qhov no puas yog qee yam kev tso dag?"
    
  Charlie tau hais tias "Qhov no tsis yog lus dag. "Saib. Kuv mam qhia koj." Nws tig mus rau lub tshuab loj, tsis zoo li lub tub yees thiab hais tias, "CID One, qhib." Raws li Thompson tau saib hauv kev tsis ntseeg, lub cuab yeej pib nthuav tawm ib qho los ntawm ib qho mus txog rau ob peb feeb tom qab tus neeg hlau siab kaum-taw tau tshwm sim rau ntawm nws xub ntiag. "Qhov no yog kev tshawb nrhiav txhaum cai." Nws tig thiab taw tes rau saum tus ntaiv airy. "Thiab qhov no yog Tin Woodman." Thompson ntsia thiab pom ib tug txiv neej hnav khaub ncaws los ntawm lub taub hau mus rau ntiv taw hauv cov khaub ncaws grey tsaus nti, nws hnav lub kaus mom ntau lub ntsej muag tsis muaj qhov muag hauv cov duab ntawm cov mos txwv, ib txoj siv nrog ob lub voj voog txuas nrog. rau nws, tuab lub hauv caug-ntev khau boots thiab hnab looj tes nrog tuab mittens ncav cuag lub luj tshib.
    
  "CID Ib, tus tsav," nws hais. Tus neeg hlau crouched down, stretched nws ob txhais ceg thiab ob txhais tes rov qab, thiab ib tug hatch qhib rau nws nraub qaum. Charlie hais tias, "Nyob zoo hnub no," patting Thompson rau ntawm lub xub pwg nyom, ces nce lub outstretched txhais ceg mus rau hauv tus neeg hlau. Lub hatch kaw, thiab tom qab ob peb vib nas this tus neeg hlau tuaj rau hauv lub neej, txav ib yam li tib neeg nrog zoo kawg li fluidity thiab animation.
    
  "Tam sim no, tus tswv," tus neeg hlau hais hauv ib tug txiv neej lub suab los ntawm ib tus neeg hais lus zais nrog lub suab qis, hauv tshuab hluav taws xob, "kom koj cov neeg tsis txhob cuam tshuam nrog kuv lossis Tin Woodman. Peb tsis xav ua phem rau koj. Peb yuav mus-"
    
  Lub sijhawm ntawd, ib tug neeg nyob hauv lub dav hlau qw: "Nres, lossis kuv yuav xa kuv tus dev!" Tin Woodman tig mus rau hauv lub nkoj thauj khoom thiab txhaj tshuaj tau hnov dhau tam sim ntawd. Thompson pom Tin Woodman flinch, tab sis tsis poob.
    
  "Au tus Tswv, qhov ntawd tsis yog lub tswv yim zoo," tus poj niam hauv CID neeg hlau hais. "Zipper yeej ntxub raug tua."
    
  Tus txiv neej Tin tsis tau tsa riam phom, tab sis Thompson pom lub teeb ci ntsa iab luv luv ua rau lub dav hlau thauj khoom thauj mus los. Tsis muaj kev txhaj tshuaj ntxiv lawm. Tin Woodman tau dhia tawm ntawm lub dav hlau mus rau ntawm txoj kev khiav yooj yim raws li nws tau nqis los ntawm txoj kab. Nws hu ib tug ntawm cov tub ceev xwm thiab taw nws tus ntiv tes ntawm lub dav hlau. "Terry, hnav khaub ncaws. José, tuaj ntawm nkoj. " Nws tau tshawb xyuas hluav taws xob ntawm nws cov npe ntawm cov xov tooj cua zaus khaws cia hauv lub computer on-board. "General? Ntaus ntawm no. "
    
  "Nyob zoo, Zipper," Patrick teb. "Zoo siab txais tos rau Iraq."
    
  "Peb poob trou thiab qhov no shit yog paub tseeb tias yuav ntaus cov kiv cua sai sai no. Ua ib yam dab tsi kom ntsiag to cov neeg yws yws yog tias koj tsis xav tau tawm tsam. "
    
  "Kuv nyob ntawm kuv txoj kev mus rau qhov chaw siab. Kuv mam li hais kom Masters, Noble thiab lwm tus Scion hais mav pab koj. Kuv paub tseeb tias tsis ntev peb yuav ntsib Colonel Wilhelm nyob ntawd. "
    
  "Tsis muaj kev poob siab. Peb tab tom cuam tshuam nrog - "
    
  "Sawv!" - Tus tub ceev xwm saib xyuas cov neeg caij tsheb tau qw, tsa nws rab phom MP5 submachine.
    
  "Thov zam txim rau kuv, ib pliag xwb, General," Macomber xov tooj cua. Ib zaug ntxiv, Tin Woodman tsis txav los sis txawm saib tus tub ceev xwm, tab sis Thompson pom xiav xob laim tawm ntawm Tin Woodman lub xub pwg sab xis thiab ntaus tus tub ceev xwm xwm txheej hauv siab, tam sim ntawd khob nws tsis nco qab.
    
  Tin Woodman tuaj cuag Thompson. Lwm tus neeg saib xyuas kev ruaj ntseg nyob ib puag ncig lawv khov rau hauv kev xav tsis thoob; ib txhia thim rov qab mus ceeb toom rau lwm tus. Tsis muaj leej twg txawm tsis kam mus cuag lawv tej riam phom. Tus txiv neej Tin tuav Thompson los ntawm lub tsho thiab rub nws tawm hauv av, thawb nws lub taub hau armored rau hauv Thompson lub ntsej muag. "Charlie nug koj kom qhia koj cov neeg tias peb yuav tsis ua mob rau leej twg ntawm no tsuav koj tso peb nyob ib leeg?" Thompson xav tsis thoob los teb. "Kuv xav kom koj rub koj lub taub hau tawm ntawm koj lub nroog Yeiuxalees, tshaj xov tooj cua thiab qhia koj cov neeg thiab cov tub rog kom nyob hauv lawv cov tub rog thiab cia peb nyob ib leeg lossis peb yuav ua rau qee tus neeg raug mob. Thiab lawv zoo dua tsis ua txhaum ib qho ntawm peb cov khoom, txoj kev uas lawv ua haujlwm cov forklifts. " Nws tso Thompson thiab cia nws khiav mus.
    
  Macomber electronically scanned lub xov tooj cua zaus kuaj pom los ntawm nws cov sensors ua rau hauv Lub Tsev Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Kev Ua Phem Txhaum Cai thiab muab piv rau lawv nrog cov npe uas tau muab los ntawm International Scion Aviation pawg hauv Nala, xaiv ib qho, tom qab ntawd hais tias: "Colonel Wilhelm, qhov no yog Wayne Macomber. Koj puas hnov kuv?"
    
  "Qhov no yog leej twg?" Wilhelm teb ib pliag tom qab.
    
  "Koj lag ntseg los yog ruam?" - nug Macomber. "Cia li mloog. Kuv cov txiv neej thiab kuv unload peb cov cuab yeej mus rau lub ramp thiab npaj rau lub davhlau. Kuv tsis xav pom koj cov neeg nyob qhov twg pom, lossis peb yuav rhuav koj tus tshiab. Koj nkag siab kuv?"
    
  "Koj hais dab tsi?" Wilhelm thundered. "Qhov no yog leej twg? Koj tau txais li cas ntawm qhov zaus no?
    
  "Colonel, qhov no yog Charlie Turlock," Charlie cuam tshuam ntawm tib zaus. "Thov zam txim rau Mr. Macomber cov lus qhia, tab sis nws tau muaj hnub ntev. Qhov nws txhais tau hais tias peb nyob ntawm no ntawm txoj kev pib peb txoj haujlwm cog lus tshiab thiab peb yuav txaus siab rau nws yog tias koj cov neeg tsis tshwm sim ntawm no. Qhov ntawd puas yuav zoo?" Tsis muaj lus teb. "Zoo heev, Zipper," Charlie xov tooj cua. "Tam sim no nws npau taws heev thiab nws yuav coj tag nrho cov tub rog."
    
  "Tsis yog tias nws ntse," Wayne hais. Tab sis nws paub tias yog qhov nws yuav ua. "Koj thiab José, muab koj lub hnab ev ntawv thiab npaj txhij. Terry, cia peb sib sau cov phom rail thiab npaj txhij mus rumble."
    
  Charlie maj nrawm mus rau lub hangar uas cov hnab ev ntawv riam phom tau tso tawm, tsis ntev tom qab ntawd los ntawm lwm chav CID thiab lawv xaiv thiab txuas cov hnab ev khoom loj zoo li ib leeg. Cov hnab ev ntawv muaj plaub caug-millimeter grenade launchers, txhua tus nrog ntxaib txav cov thoob, uas tuaj yeem tua tau yuav luag txhua qhov kev taw qhia, txawm hais tias lawv tab tom ntsib txoj kev twg, thiab tuaj yeem tua tau ntau yam mos txwv, nrog rau kev tawg siab, tiv thaiv tank thiab tiv thaiv cov neeg. . Zipper thiab lwm tus txiv neej Tin nrhiav tau thiab sib sau ua ke lawv cov riam phom - loj heev electromagnetic rail rail, txhua tus uas hluav taws xob tua ib tug peb caug-millimeter plhaub ntawm depleted uranium ntau txhiab ko taw ib ob sai tshaj ib lub mos txwv.
    
  Nws tsis ntev rau Wilhelm tuaj txog hauv Humvee. Nws rub mus rau hauv qhov chaw nres tsheb, nyob deb txaus kom pom zoo ntawm qhov chaw. Thaum nws tshawb xyuas thaj chaw hauv kev tsis ntseeg siab, peb tus tub rog nrog M-16 dhia tawm ntawm Humvee, ib tug nkaum hauv qab Humvee, thiab lwm tus ob tus kiv cua tawm thiab coj los npog tom qab cov tsev nyob ze.
    
  "Warhammer, qhov no yog Alpha, cov Scion no tsis raug ntes," Wilhelm xov tooj cua los ntawm Hammer. "Lawv tab tom thauj lawv cov dav hlau. Tsis muaj kev ruaj ntseg kiag li. Lawv tau siv cov cuab yeej tsis muaj npe zoo li neeg hlau nrog cov riam phom pom. Nqa Thawj Pawg Tub Rog tuaj ntawm no los ua ob npaug. kuv xav-"
    
  "Tuav, Colonel, tuav ntawm," Macomber tsoo rau ntawm qhov hais kom ua zaus. "Peb tsis xav sib cav nrog koj. Hu rau cov tub rog thiab pib tua hluav taws tsuas yog npau taws rau Turks sab nraud. "
    
  "Warhammer mus rau Delta."
    
  Tab sis ntawm qhov thib ob channel, Macomber txuas ntxiv: "Koj tuaj yeem hloov pauv txhua hnub, Colonel, tab sis peb tseem yuav pom nws. Saib, Colonel, peb yuav tsis thab koj, yog li tsis txhob thab peb, tsis yog?"
    
  "Tus tswv, lub tsheb tab tom los, tsib teev!" - ib tug ntawm cov tub rog qw. Ib tug Hummer mus cuag Macomber txoj hauj lwm.
    
  "Tsis txhob tua, Colonel, tej zaum McLanahan," Macomber xov tooj cua.
    
  "Tau lub ntuj raug txim, koj yog leej twg," Wilhelm xov tooj cua, rub ib rab phom .45 caliber los ntawm nws lub hnab.
    
  Tus neeg tshiab nres thiab Patrick McLanahan taug kev tawm nrog nws txhais tes. Nws hais tias, "Nyob ntsiag to, Colonel, peb txhua tus nyob ib sab ntawm no," nws hais.
    
  "Lub ntuj raug txim nrog nws," Wilhelm qw. "Sergeant, coj McLanahan mus rau hauv kev saib xyuas thiab muab nws tso rau hauv Triple C nyob rau hauv tus neeg saib xyuas."
    
  "Ua tib zoo!" - ib tug ntawm cov tub rog qw. Wilhelm nyuam qhuav ntes tau qhov muag plooj ntawm kev txav ntawm lub ces kaum ntawm nws lub qhov muag - thiab, zoo li yog los ntawm khawv koob, ib daim duab hauv ib lub tsho grey uas tau nyob ze ntawm lub hangar tau tshwm sim saum ntuj los ntawm ib sab ntawm cov tub rog nyob ze McLanahan. Nyob rau hauv ib lub sijhawm, nws txeeb M-16 rab phom los ntawm cov tub rog ntshai ob txhais tes, khoov nws hauv ib nrab thiab xa rov qab rau nws.
    
  "Tam sim no tso tseg qhov kev dag no, nej txhua tus," Macomber qw, "lossis kuv yuav tsoo M-16 tom ntej rau hauv ib tus neeg lub taub hau."
    
  Lwm cov tub rog tub rog tau tsa lawv cov riam phom thiab tsom lawv ntawm Macomber, tab sis William tsa nws txhais tes thiab qw: "Muaj phom muaj zog, riam phom muaj zog, muab lawv tso." Tsuas yog tom qab ntawd nws puas pom tias ib qho ntawm cov neeg hlau loj tau tshwm sim nyob ib sab ntawm nws, hla qhov nees nkaum lossis peb caug yards uas sib cais lawv nrog kev ceev thiab stealth. "Vajtswv...!" - nws gasped, xav tsis thoob.
    
  "Nyob zoo, Colonel," Charlie hais hauv nws lub suab hluav taws xob. "Zoo hu. Wb sib tham, ok?"
    
  "McLanahan!" - Wilhelm qw. "Dab tsi yog ntuj raug txim mus ntawm no?"
    
  "Lub luag haujlwm hloov pauv, Colonel," Patrick teb.
    
  "Lub hom phiaj dab tsi? Leej twg lub hom phiaj? Koj txoj haujlwm tiav lawm. Koj daim ntawv cog lus raug muab tso tseg lawm. Koj nyob hauv kuv txoj cai kom txog thaum ib tus neeg coj koj lub nroog Yeiuxalees rov qab mus rau Washington. "
    
  "Kuv muaj daim ntawv cog lus tshiab, Colonel, thiab peb tab tom yuav tso tawm tam sim no."
    
  "Cov ntawv cog lus tshiab? Nrog leej twg?"
    
  "Nrog kuv, Colonel," lub suab hais, thiab ua rau Wilhelm xav tsis thoob, Iraqi Colonel Yusuf Jaffar tau tawm ntawm lub rooj zaum tom qab ntawm Patrick's Hummer, ua raws li Tus Lwm Thawj Coj Ken Phoenix thiab ob tus neeg ua haujlwm zais cia.
    
  "Jaffar...Kuv txhais tau tias, Colonel Jaffar... yog dab tsi? Puas muaj dabtsi?"
    
  "Lub tuam txhab General McLanahan tau ntiav los ntawm tsoomfwv ntawm Republic of Iraq los muab ... cia peb hu nws cov kev pabcuam tshwjxeeb," Jaffar tau hais. "Lawv yuav nyob ntawm no hauv Nala, hauv qab kuv saib xyuas."
    
  "Tab sis qhov no yog kuv lub hauv paus ...!"
    
  "Koj yuam kev, tus tswv. Qhov no yog Iraqi airbase, tsis yog Asmeskas, "Jaffar tau hais. "Koj yog cov qhua ntawm no, tsis yog tswv tsev."
    
  "McLanahan tsis tuaj yeem ua haujlwm rau koj! Nws yog neeg Amelikas".
    
  Patrick tau hais tias "Scion Aviation International tau txais kev pom zoo los ntawm Lub Tsev Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Kev Ua Haujlwm hauv peb lub tebchaws thoob ntiaj teb, suav nrog Iraq," "Cov ntawv cog lus thawj zaug yog daim ntawv cog lus koom tes nrog ob lub US Central Command thiab Republic of Iraq - Kuv nyuam qhuav qhia rau koj. Tam sim no kuv qhia rau Colonel Jaffar. "
    
  "Tab sis koj raug ntes, McLanahan," Wilhelm tawm tsam. "Koj tseem nyob hauv kuv qhov kev tiv thaiv."
    
  Jaffar tau hais tias "Txawm tias tus thawj coj tseem nyob hauv kuv lub tebchaws thiab ntawm kuv lub hauv paus, nws yuav ua raws li kuv txoj cai, tsis yog koj li," Jaffar tau hais. "Koj tuaj yeem ua nrog nws raws li koj xav tau thaum nws mus, tab sis tam sim no nws yog kuv li."
    
  Wilhelm qhib nws lub qhov ncauj, ces kaw nws thiab qhib nws dua nyob rau hauv tag nrho tsis meej pem. "Qhov no yog vwm," nws hais thaum kawg. "Koj xav tias koj yuav ua li cas, McLanahan?"
    
  Patrick tau hais tias "Baghdad xav pab txhawb kom cov Turks tawm hauv Iraq," "Lawv xav tias cov Turks yuav pib rhuav tshem lub tebchaws, sim rhuav tshem PKK, thiab tom qab ntawd tsim thaj chaw tsis nyob raws ciam teb kom nyuaj rau PKK rov qab los."
    
  Wilhelm tau hais tias "Txhua yam peb yuav ua tiav yog kev npau taws rau Turks thiab nthuav dav kev tsis sib haum xeeb," Wilhelm tau hais. "Koj vwm yog tias koj xav tias Thawj Tswj Hwm Gardner yuav cia koj ua qhov no."
    
  "Thawj Tswj Hwm Gardner tsis yog kuv tus thawj tswj hwm, thiab nws tsis yog Iraq," Jaffar tau hais. "Thawj Tswj Hwm Rashid tab tom ua qhov no vim tias Asmeskas yuav tsis pab peb."
    
  "Pab koj? Kuv puas tuaj yeem pab koj nrog dab tsi, Colonel? - Wilhelm nug, yuav luag thov. "Koj puas xav kom peb pib ua tsov rog nrog Turkey? Koj paub tias cov kev tawm tsam Turkish ua haujlwm li cas, Colonel. Lawv tuaj, lawv tawm tsam qee qhov chaw nyob ib leeg thiab cov chaw nyob, thiab lawv rov qab los tsev. Lub sijhawm no lawv mus tob me ntsis. Yog li cas? Lawv tsis nyiam mus txeeb tej av."
    
  "Thiab General McLanahan yuav nyob ntawm no kom paub tseeb tias tsis tshwm sim," Jaffar tau hais. "America yuav tsis cuam tshuam rau qhov no."
    
  "Koj puas yuav hloov kuv cov tub rog nrog McLanahan thiab nws lub dav hlau neeg hlau thiab neeg hlau ... Txawm li cas los xij? Wilhelm nug. "Nws lub tuam txhab me tawm tsam tsawg kawg yog plaub pawg tub rog Turkish?"
    
  Jaffar tau hais tias "Lawv hais tias cov neeg Amelikas tsis muaj kev ntseeg tsawg - lawv tsuas ntseeg qhov uas nyob hauv qab lawv lub qhov ntswg," Jaffar hais. "Kuv pom tias qhov no muaj tseeb rau koj, Colonel Wilhelm. Tab sis kuv saib General McLanahan lub dav hlau thiab riam phom zoo kawg nkaus, thiab txhua yam kuv pom yog lub sijhawm. Tej zaum, raws li koj hais, cov Turks yuav tsis txeeb peb lub tebchaws thiab tua cov neeg dawb huv Iraq, thiab peb yuav tsis xav tau cov riam phom loj. Tab sis qhov no yog pab pawg coob tshaj plaws uas tau nkag mus hauv Iraq, thiab kuv ntshai tias lawv yuav tsis nres ntawm kev rhuav tshem ob peb lub chaw pw. "
    
  Jaffar taug kev mus rau Wilhem thiab sawv ntawm nws xub ntiag. Nws hais tias, "Koj yog tub rog zoo thiab tus thawj coj, Colonel," thiab koj lub koom haum yog siab tawv thiab tau txi ntau yam rau kuv cov neeg thiab kuv lub tebchaws. Tab sis koj tus thawj tswj hwm tawm hauv Iraq. "
    
  "Qhov ntawd tsis muaj tseeb, Colonel," said Wilhelm.
    
  Jaffar tau hais tias "Tus Lwm Thawj Coj Phoenix tau hais rau kuv tias nws raug yuam kom mus rau Baghdad thiab tham nrog kuv tsoomfwv txog kev tawm tsam Turkish," suav nrog kev tsim thaj chaw tsis muaj kev nyab xeeb hauv Iraq. Gardner tsis tsuas yog tso siab rau qhov kev tawm tsam no, tab sis txaus siab tso tseg Iraqi av kom txaus siab rau Turks. Qhov no yog qhov tsis txaus ntseeg. Kuv saib koj thiab koj cov tub rog ntawm no ntawm kuv lub hauv paus thiab kuv pom tsuas yog kev nyuaj siab rau kuv cov neeg. "
    
  Nws taug kev mus rau Patrick thiab saib tus txiv neej Tin thiab CID chav nyob rau ntawm qhov chaw. "Tab sis kuv saib General McLanahan thiab nws cov riam phom, thiab kuv pom kev cia siab. Nws npaj txhij mus tua. Tej zaum nws yuav yog hais txog cov nyiaj, tab sis tsawg kawg nws txaus siab coj nws cov txiv neej mus rau hauv kev sib ntaus sib tua hauv Iraq. "
    
  Wilhelm qhov kev qhia tau hloov ntawm kev npau taws mus rau qhov xav tsis thoob thiab tsis meej pem. "Kuv tsis ntseeg qhov kuv hnov," nws hais. "Kuv muaj tag nrho cov tub rog ntawm no ... Thiab kuv yuav tsum ua dab tsi hauv nruab nrab ntawm kev tawm tsam Turkish? Kuv yuav tsum zaum rov qab saib thaum koj ua tiav cov haujlwm thiab xa tawm cov no ... cov khoom ua si tin no? Puas yog Baghdad mus ua rog nrog cov Turks? Tsib xyoos dhau los koj tsis muaj ib pab tub rog! Ob xyoos dhau los, koj lub tsev tseem tsis tau muaj. "
    
  "Thov txim rau kuv, Colonel, tab sis kuv tsis xav tias koj tab tom pab koj tus kheej ntawm no," Tus Lwm Thawj Coj Phoenix tau hais. Nws mus cuag tub rog Colonel. "Cia peb mus rau koj qhov chaw hais kom ua, cia kuv qhia Washington txog qhov tshwm sim thiab nug cov lus qhia."
    
  "Koj tsis tau yuav qhov tsis muaj tseeb, koj puas yog tus tswv?"
    
  "Kuv tsis pom tias peb muaj kev xaiv ntau tam sim no, Colonel," Phoenix hais. Nws muab nws txhais tes rau ntawm Wilhelm lub xub pwg nyom thiab coj nws rov qab mus rau nws Humvee. "Zoo zoo li saib koj tus ntxhais mus kawm ntawv qib siab, puas yog? Lawv npaj txhij rau lub neej tshiab, tiam sis koj tsis tau npaj kom pom lawv tawm. "
    
  "Yog li, General McLanahan," said Yusuf Jaffar tom qab William thiab nws cov txiv neej tawm mus, "raws li koj cov neeg Asmeskas hais, lub pob tam sim no nyob hauv koj lub tsev hais plaub. Koj paub Baghdad lub siab xav. Tam sim no koj yuav ua dab tsi?
    
  Patrick tau hais tias "Kuv xav tias nws yog lub sijhawm los tshuaj xyuas lub hom phiaj tiag tiag ntawm Turks," Patrick hais. "Txhua tus neeg tau koom tes zoo heev txog tam sim no, uas yog qhov zoo, tab sis lawv tseem nyob hauv koj lub tebchaws nrog ntau pab tub rog thiab dav hlau. Cia peb pom lawv ua dab tsi thaum koj hais. "
    
    
  Tshooj 7
    
    
  Ua siab loj yog tus nqi uas lub neej them rau muab kev thaj yeeb nyab xeeb.
    
  - AMELI EARHART
    
    
    
  NAKHLA ALLIED AIR BASE, IRAQ
  TAM SIM NO
    
    
  "Kev tsheb khiav ntawm lub rooj vag loj, tus tswv!" - Tus thawj tub rog Turkish ntawm cov tub rog nyob ib puag ncig Nakhla airbase hnov ntawm nws lub xov tooj cua nqa tau. "Cov tsheb sib ntaus sib tua tab tom npaj rau kev tawm!"
    
  "Lub foob pob!" - tus thawj coj tau cog lus. "Dab tsi tshwm sim?" Nws pov nws lub kas fes tawm ntawm qhov rais thiab tawm ntawm nws cov neeg ua haujlwm armored. Lub Humvee nrog tus chij Asmeskas thiab lub tsheb thauj khoom tau tsav mus rau hauv thaj chaw ntes, thiab lwm Humvee nrog lub trailer tos sab nraud. Txhua lub tsheb muaj rab phom tshuab thiab grenade launchers ntsia rau hauv cov riam phom turrets , tab sis lawv tseem muaj cov ntaub npog npog, raug kaw rau hauv qhov chaw stowed, thiab cov phom sij tsis tau nruab.
    
  "Lawv xav tias lawv yuav mus qhov twg?" nug tus thawj tub rog Turkish infantry.
    
  "Peb puas yuav tsum nres lawv?" - thawj tub rog nug nws.
    
  "Peb tsis muaj lus txib los cuam tshuam rau lawv qhov kev ua tshwj tsis yog tias lawv tawm tsam peb," tus thawj coj hais. "Tsis tas li ntawd, peb tsuas yog saib thiab tshaj tawm."
    
  Cov Turks tau saib thaum thawj Humvee rub tawm, ces khiav tawm ntawm lub rooj vag loj thiab nres tos qhov thib ob. Tus thawj tswj hwm Turkish tau mus txog lub rooj zaum pem hauv ntej ntawm tus neeg caij tsheb. "Zoo thaum sawv ntxov, tus tswv," nws hais. Nws pom tias yog pej xeem. Nws paub tias cov neeg Amelikas tau ntiav ntau tus neeg pej xeem los ua haujlwm ntawm lawv cov tub rog hauv paus, tab sis pom ib tus ntawm no yog qhov txawv txawv.
    
  "Zoo thaum sawv ntxov ... yog kuv txhais tau tias, jiünaydin," tus txiv neej hais tsis txaus ntseeg tab sis nkag siab Turkish. "Koj nyob li cas?"
    
  "Zoo heev, tus tswv,"tus thawj coj hais hauv lub suab qis. Tus neeg Amelikas tsuas yog luag nyav thiab nodded. Lub Turk tau siv sijhawm los saib hauv Hummer. Muaj ob tug pej xeem nyob rau hauv lub rooj zaum rov qab, thiab nyob rau hauv lub rooj zaum rov qab muaj ntau yam khoom siv nyob rau hauv ib tug ntsuab tarp. Ib tug pej xeem neeg caij tsheb tau tshwm sim los ua tub rog thiab hnav cov cuab yeej coj txawv txawv uas zoo li tus neeg dhia dej da dej lub tsho uas npog los ntawm lub tsho. Nws ntsia ncaj nraim rau pem hauv ntej thiab tsis teb rau Turk lub ntsia. Nees nkaum-ko taw flatbed trailer yog khoob.
    
  Tus neeg Amelikas tau ncua nws sab tes xis. "John Masters"
    
  Tus thawj coj Turkish frowned, tab sis tuav nws txhais tes thiab tuav nws. "Tus tauj ncov loj Evren."
    
  "Zoo siab tau ntsib koj," John hais. Nws ntsia ib ncig. "Koj puas nyob ntawm no? Puas muaj ib yam dab tsi uas peb tuaj yeem muab rau koj?
    
  "Tsis yog, efendim," Evren hais. Nws tos rau qee qhov kev piav qhia, tab sis tus txiv neej zoo li tsis txaus siab rau kev muab lwm yam tsis yog kev sib tham. "Kuv tuaj yeem nug koj mus qhov twg, tus tswv?"
    
  "Tsuas yog tsav tsheb ncig."
    
  Evren ntsia cov pab yaj ntawm Humvees, tom qab ntawd rov qab los ntawm John nrog lub ntsej muag tawv ncauj. "Lub sijhawm no thiab nrog trailers?"
    
  "Vim li cas tsis? Kuv tau nyob ntawm no hauv Iraq tau ob peb lub lis piam thiab kuv tsis tau pom dab tsi hauv lub tebchaws. Xav tias nws yuav zoo dua ua nws thaum txhua yam tab tom nrhiav. "
    
  Evren tsis nkag siab ib nrab ntawm qhov uas tus txiv leej tub nyuam qhuav hais, thiab nws tab tom pib nkees ntawm nws ruam ruam. "Kuv puas tuaj yeem nug koj yuav mus qhov twg, tus tswv, thiab koj xav ua dab tsi nrog cov trailer?" nws rov hais dua, ntau ntau insistently.
    
  "Zoo heev." John kos ib lub voj voog nrog nws tus ntiv tes. "Ib puag ncig. Ib qho ntawm no."
    
  Evren tab tom pib npau taws rau tus txiv neej, tab sis nws tsis muaj cai los ntes nws. "Thov ceev faj txog lwm lub tsheb tub rog, tus tswv," nws hais. "Ib txhia ntawm peb lub tsheb loj muaj qhov txwv tsis pub tsav tsheb pom. Kev sib tsoo nrog lub tank sib ntaus sib tua tseem ceeb yuav tsis muaj hmoo rau koj. "
    
  Qhov kev hem thawj uas tau npog zoo li tsis muaj kev cuam tshuam rau Asmeskas. "Kuv mam li qhia rau lwm tus," nws hais tias lazily. "Ua tsaug rau cov lus qhia. Thiab tam sim no nyob zoo." Thiab lub convoy tawm mus.
    
  "Peb yuav ua li cas, tus tswv?" - nug thawj tub rog.
    
  Evren hais tias, "Muaj cov chaw kuaj xyuas qhia kuv lawv qhov chaw nyob thaum lawv mus," Evren hais tias, "ces xa ib tus neeg los ua raws lawv." Thawj tub ceev xwm sai sai tam sim ntawd.
    
  Lub Humvee convoy tsav tsheb ncig lub hauv paus los ntawm sab qaum teb raws txoj kev loj pej xeem. Lawv dhau lub chaw kuaj tub rog Turkish ntawm ib qho kev sib tshuam uas lawv tau nres kom cov tub rog tuaj yeem saib hauv lub tsheb tab sis tsis tau nres lossis tshawb nrhiav. Lawv tsav tsheb mus rau sab qaum teb ob peb mais ntxiv, tom qab ntawd tau tawm ntawm txoj kev loj thiab tsav mus rau sab qaum teb dhau los ntawm cov av nkos qhib. Ua ntej lawv pom cov ceg txheem ntseeg tau tsav mus rau hauv av nrog daj "Ceev" thiab "Tsis Txhob Ua Phem" daim kab xev stretched nruab nrab ntawm lawv, thiab ob peb puas yards qab lawv yog lub wreckage ntawm Scion Aviation International XC-57 Loser. Lub Turkish missiles pom meej tias tsis muaj dav hlau ncaj qha. , tab sis qhov sib thooj fuses detonated warheads nyob ze ntawm lub cav mounted rau ntawm lub fuselage, shearing tawm ob ntawm lawv thiab xa cov aircraft mus rau hauv av. Nws tsaws rau sab laug pem hauv ntej, crushing feem ntau ntawm sab laug tis thiab sab laug ib feem ntawm lub qhov ntswg, thiab muaj. yog hluav taws, tab sis tus so Lub dav hlau raug kev txom nyem dab tsi yuav piav raws li kev puas tsuaj me ntsis; feem ntau ntawm sab xis ntawm lub dav hlau tsis tshua muaj kev puas tsuaj.
    
  Lub tsheb ib leeg Lavxias IMR engineering tau nres ntawm Lenta ciam teb, nrog ob tug tub rog Turkish ua haujlwm. Lub IMR muaj ib tug crane mounted nyob rau hauv lub rear thiab ib tug hniav nyob rau hauv pem hauv ntej, reminiscent ntawm ib tug bulldozer. Cov tub rog muab luam yeeb thiab kas fes thiab tig rau lawv cov walkie-talkies thaum lawv pom lub rooj sib txoos tuaj. "Khair, khais!" - ib tug ntawm lawv qw, waving nws txhais tes. "Durun! Gidin!"
    
  John Masters nce tawm ntawm Humvee thiab taug kev hla av nkos ntawm cov tub rog. "Zoo thaum sawv ntxov! Gunaydin!" - nws qw. "Koj nyob li cas? Puas muaj leej twg hais lus Askiv?
    
  "Tsis txhob tuaj ntawm no! Tsis txhob nyob!" - tus tub rog qw. "Thov txim! Nws yog qhov txaus ntshai ntawm no! Yasaktir! Txwv tsis pub!"
    
  "Tsis yog, nws tsis txaus ntshai," John hais. "Koj pom, qhov no yog kuv lub dav hlau." Nws patted nws lub hauv siab. "Kuv. Nws yog kuv. Kuv nyob ntawm no los khaws ob peb daim thiab xyuas nws. "
    
  Tus thawj tub rog yov nws ob txhais tes nyob rau hauv pem hauv ntej ntawm nws lub ntsej muag nyob rau hauv ib tug cross motion, thaum lub thib ob tsa nws rab phom, tsis taw tes nws, tab sis ua rau nws pom rau txhua leej txhua tus. "Tsis muaj kev nkag," thawj tus hais sternly. "Forbidden".
    
  John hais tias "Koj tsis tuaj yeem txwv kuv ntawm kev tshawb nrhiav kuv tus kheej lub dav hlau," John hais. "Kuv tau tso cai los ntawm tsoomfwv Iraqi. Koj hais mav tsis yog Iraqis. Koj muaj cai dab tsi los txwv kuv?"
    
  "Tsis muaj kev nkag mus," thawj tub rog hais. "Tawm. Rov qab mus." Nws rub tawm nws lub walkie-talkie thiab pib hais lus thaum tus tub rog thib ob tau tsa nws rab phom mus rau ntawm qhov chaw nres nkoj hauv qhov taw qhia pom tseeb. Thaum thawj tub rog tshaj xov tooj cua hais xov tooj cua tas lawm, nws yuag ob txhais caj npab zoo li sim tua tus tub hluas tam sim no, qw hais tias, "Tawm tam sim no. Sib git! Tom ntej!"
    
  "Kuv tsis tawm mus yam tsis saib kuv lub dav hlau ... koj ua dab tsi rau kuv lub dav hlau," John hais. Nws taug kev sai sai dhau ob tug tub rog, ces taug kev rov qab mus rau lub dav hlau. Cov tub rog ua raws nws, qw cov lus txib hauv Turkish, tsis meej pem thiab npau taws los ntawm qhov thib ob. John tsa nws txhais tes thiab taug kev sai dua. "Kuv yuav tsis ntev, cov txiv neej, tab sis kuv yuav mus saib kuv lub dav hlau. Cia kuv nyob ib leeg!" John khiav ntawm lub dav hlau.
    
  "Dur! Nres!" Tus txiv neej dav thib ob tau tsa nws rab phom mus rau txoj haujlwm tua, tab sis tsis tau tsom rau John, pom meej tias yuav tua phom ceeb toom. "Nres los yog kuv -"
    
  Mam li nco dheev, rab phom raug snatched ntawm nws ob txhais tes nyob rau hauv lub blink ntawm lub qhov muag. Tus tub rog tig mus ... thiab pom ib tug txiv neej hnav ris tsho grey tsaus ntuj ntawm lub taub hau mus rau ntiv taw, lub kaus mom tsis pom qhov muag ncaj nraim tawm ntawm cov ntawv dab neeg txog kev tshawb fawb comic, ib lub thav duab ntawm cov hlab ntsha nyias nyias thoob plaws nws daim tawv nqaij, hnab looj tes tuab thiab khau looj plab hlaub. "Aman Allahim...!"
    
  "Tsis txhob dag," daim duab tau hais hauv tshuab hluav taws xob sib txuas lus Turkish. "Tsis muaj riam phom," nws ncav tes nrog qhov ceev tsis txaus ntseeg thiab txeeb lub xov tooj ntawm tes los ntawm tus tub rog thib ob, "thiab tsis muaj walkie-talkies. Kuv tsuas yog xa lawv rov qab yog tias koj qhia kuv tias koj tuaj yeem coj koj tus kheej. " Cov Turks tau thim rov qab, ces pib khiav tawm thaum lawv paub tias lawv yuav tsis raug ntes.
    
  "Los ntawm cov txiv neej, cia peb mus," John hais tias, mus rau lub XC-57 puas. "Saib, kuv hais rau koj tias nws yuav tsis phem heev."
    
  Patrick McLanahan tau tshaj tawm xov tooj cua rau Wayne Macomber tias "Tus neeg phem tus lej ib, qhov no yog Chivkeeb." "Muaj ob peb lub tsheb mus rau koj txoj kev, kwv yees li kaum feeb." Patrick tau tsim lub dav hlau me me uas tsis muaj neeg tuaj yeem, AGM-177 Wolverine, uas tau nqa los ntawm 767 freighter. Nws feem ntau yog huab cua-launched, tab sis muaj lub peev xwm los ntawm lub tsheb-mounted catapult. Wolverine nqa infrared thiab millimeter-yoj duab thiab tsom cov sensors kom nws tuaj yeem nrhiav tau, tawm tsam thiab rov tawm tsam cov phiaj xwm rau nws. Nws muaj peb lub riam phom sab hauv rau kev tawm tsam ntau hom phiaj, thiab tuaj yeem tawm tsam plaub lub hom phiaj los ntawm ya mus rau hauv nws style kamikaze. "Lub radar tau khaws lub nyoob hoom qav taub txog kaum feeb mus rau sab hnub tuaj," nws hais ntxiv. "Peb tsis paub tias nws tab tom taug kev no lossis tsuas yog taug kev, tab sis nws nyob ze."
    
  Macomber teb tias, "Tau paub, Chivkeeb," Macomber teb. Nws yov kom cov Hmoob tuaj nrog. "Los ntawm, peb muaj tuam txhab, mus rau ntawd thiab pab lub qe," nws hais. "Kuv xav tawm ntawm no sai li sai tau." Cov Humvees rub tawm thiab cov kws tshaj lij tau pib tshem cov cuab yeej hluav taws xob los pib qhib lub dav hlau.
    
  "Kuv yuav nyob ntawm no tsawg kawg ib hnub, tej zaum yog ob hnub tom ntej," John Masters hais hauv xov tooj cua.
    
  "Masters, Kuv tsis nyob ntawm no los ferry tag nrho lub dav hlau rov qab mus rau hauv paus," Macomber teb hauv xov tooj cua. "Cia li muab tag nrho cov ntaub ntawv cais thiab tsuas yog lub thawv dub tseem ceeb uas tseem tsis tau kov, thiab cia peb tawm ntawm no. Peb tab tom ua haujlwm qhib, nrog peb puas tus tub rog Turkish qab peb thiab lwm tsib caug txhiab hauv cheeb tsam. " Qhov kev ceeb toom no zoo li ua rau txhua tus ua haujlwm sai dua.
    
  Patrick xov tooj cua hais tias, "Lub nyoob hoom qav taub no yeej yog koj txoj hauv kev." "Nyob li ntawm xya feeb. Tus naj npawb ntawm cov tub rog hauv av tau nce - tam sim no zoo li muaj rau lub tsheb, plaub lub tsheb tub rog thiab ob lub tsheb tub rog. Lub dav hlau zoo li cas?"
    
  "Masters hais tias nws tsis zoo li ntawd," Zipper hais. "Kuv xav tias nws yuav tau hais tias yog tias nws tsis muaj dab tsi ntau tshaj qhov haus luam yeeb hauv av."
    
  "Koj hais yog lawm. Okay, lawv tab tom teeb tsa txoj kev thaiv sab qaum teb thiab sab qab teb ntawm txoj kev loj, thiab tag nrho rau lub tsheb tau coj koj txoj kev. "
    
  "Accepted".
    
  "Tsis muaj kev sib ntaus tshwj tsis yog tias tsim nyog, Scoundrel. Peb tseem yog phooj ywg, nco ntsoov."
    
  "Kuv paub. Kuv tau zoo siab heev thiab qab zib heev txog tam sim no. "
    
  "Lawv yuav tsum pom ntawm txoj kev loj tam sim no."
    
  Wayne tig mus pom tag nrho txog nees nkaum tus tub rog nrog phom phom raug tshem tawm ntawm lub tsheb thauj khoom, cov neeg ua haujlwm armored cov neeg ua haujlwm sawv ntsug ntawm ob sab ntawm cov tsheb thauj khoom thiab thauj lawv cov khoom siv, thiab tib tus Thawj Tub Rog Evren John uas tau hais rau ntawm lub rooj vag loj. tau tshuaj xyuas lawv nrog lub koob yees duab. "Nyob rau hauv pom. Txog tam sim no kuv tsuas pom cov riam phom infantry xwb. Soundrel, qhov no yog ib qho, peb muaj bloodhound, npaj txhij." Ob peb feeb tom qab, Zipper pom ntau tus tub rog thiab Tus Thawj Tub Rog Evren tau nkag mus rau hauv lawv cov neeg ua haujlwm armored thiab maj mam tsav mus rau lawv. "Ntawm no lawv tuaj."
    
  Evren's APC nres txog peb caug yards nyob rau hauv pem hauv ntej ntawm Zipper, thiab tsib tus tub rog tau nce, kiv cua tawm li ntawm rau yards sib nrug, thiab pw hauv av nrog lawv cov phom loj. Zipper pom tias muaj ib tug txiv neej nyob rau hauv lub phom phom turret ntawm lub ru tsev ntawm lub armored neeg ua hauj lwm cab kuj, thiab lub chim ntawm 12.5 hli tshuab rab phom tau taw qhia ncaj qha rau nws; Lavxias teb sab AT-3 Sagger anti-tank missile tau teeb tsa rau ntawm daim ntawv qhia pib, tsom rau ib qho ntawm Humvees. Cov neeg ua haujlwm armored thib ob tau txav mus deb, tig mus rau XC-57.
    
  "Koj!" Evren qw in English. "Tsa koj txhais tes thiab tig ib ncig!"
    
  "Hayir," Zipper teb ua lus Turkish los ntawm nws tus txhais lus hluav taws xob. "Tsis muaj. Cia peb nyob ib leeg."
    
  "Koj tsis raug tso cai rau lub dav hlau."
    
  "Peb tau tso cai los ntawm tsoomfwv Iraqi thiab tus tswv ntawm lub dav hlau," Wak hais. "Qhov no yog txoj haujlwm cawm tau raug cai. Cia peb nyob ib leeg."
    
  "Kuv rov hais dua, tsa koj txhais tes thiab tig ib ncig, lossis peb yuav qhib hluav taws."
    
  "Kuv yog neeg Amelikas, kuv tsis muaj riam phom, thiab kuv tau tso cai los ntawm tsoomfwv Iraqi. Koj yog tub rog Turkish. Kuv tsis ua raws li koj tej lus txib."
    
  Tam sim no Evren zoo li tsis meej pem. Nws tshem tawm nws lub tshuab xa hluav taws xob thiab hais lus rau hauv nws. "Nws tau pom tseeb txog qhov txwv ntawm nws txoj cai ntawm kev koom tes," Vak tau hais dhau ntawm cov lus txib. "Qhov no yog qhov uas nws pib nthuav. Saib xyuas cov neeg ua haujlwm armored thib ob; Nws tab tom npog kuv lub ntsej muag thiab tab tom mus rau ntawm koj. "
    
  "Caught in pom, Ua ntej," teb los ntawm Charlie Turlock.
    
  Patrick hais tias "Lub nyoob hoom qav taub nyob li ntawm tsib feeb, tus neeg phem," Patrick hais.
    
  " Txais. Cia siab tias nws tsuas yog xov xwm TV xwb. " Zipper xav ib pliag. Nws tau hais tias "Kuv tab tom pib ntxhov siab txog lub tshuab rab phom no thiab lub foob pob hluav taws Sagger ntawm cov neeg ua haujlwm armored, cov txiv neej," nws hais. "Txhua tus, nrhiav qee qhov npog ntawm Humvee." Los ntawm nws tus txhais lus, nws hais tias, "Cia li muab koj cov riam phom pov tseg tam sim ntawd!"
    
  "Koj yuav tso siab rau tam sim ntawd, lossis peb yuav qhib hluav taws!" Evren qw rov qab.
    
  Zipper hais tias "Kuv ceeb toom koj, muab koj cov riam phom tso tseg thiab cia peb nyob ib leeg, lossis kuv yuav nrog koj," Zipper hais. "Kuv tsis quav ntsej txog NATO cov phooj ywg no - tso koj rab phom thiab taug kev mus, lossis koj yuav sawv hauv tsev kho mob."
    
  Los ntawm rhiab microphones ua rau hauv Tin Woodman's suit, Vak hnov Evren hais lo lus noj. Ib rab phom peb-puab tawg tau raug rho tawm haujlwm, thiab tag nrho peb lub mos txwv tau ntaus Macomber tus ncej puab sab laug. "Vajtswv foom koob hmoov rau nws," Macomber qw nrov nrov. "Tus txiv neej no tua kuv ntawm damn ceg."
    
  Charlie hais tias "Nws tsuas yog sim ua phem rau koj xwb." "Nyob ntsiag to, Zipper."
    
  Evren tau pom meej meej pom tias daim duab tseem sawv, txawm hais tias nws pom tau meej tias tag nrho cov mos txwv tau raug ntaus. "Lwm ceeb toom, phooj ywg," Zipper qw hauv Turkish. "Yog tias koj tsis tso koj cov riam phom, kuv yuav ua si me ntsis ntawm koj lub pob txha taub hau nrog kuv lub nrig."
    
  Nws hnov Evren hais tias: "Nyob rau hauv ekey, bebe, sikak!", uas txhais tau tias: "Kaum ob thiab me nyuam mos, mus tom ntej," thiab Zipper xov tooj cua: "Cia li npog, khob tawm cov tub rog tub rog, tam sim no!" Tsuas yog nyob rau lub sijhawm thaum 12.5 hli tshuab rab phom rab phom qhib tua.
    
  Pov tawm cov kwj deg ntawm huab cua super-compressed, Zipper ya mus rau saum huab cua thiab tsaws ntawm cov neeg ua haujlwm armored. Tus neeg tua phom sim ua raws nws thaum nws ua luam dej ntawm nws, ze li khob nws tus kheej tawm ntawm lub dome. Tom qab Zipper tsaws, nws khoov lub chim ntawm lub tshuab rab phom kom txog thaum riam phom tawg los ntawm lub siab ntawm cov roj uas tsis tau tso tawm. Tab sis nws tsis ceev txaus kom nres AT-3. Lub foob pob hluav taws xob xaim tau tawg thiab ntaus ib qho ntawm Humvees, xa nws ya mus rau hauv huab hluav taws. "Txhua yam zoo?" nws radio.
    
  John Masters tau hais tias "Nws yog qhov tseeb rau txhua tus," John Masters tau hais. "Ua tsaug rau qhov ceeb toom".
    
  "Kuv puas tuaj yeem tawg qee lub taub hau tam sim no, General?" - nug Macomber.
    
  Patrick tau hais tias "Kuv tsis xav kom leej twg raug mob, koj tus neeg phem, tshwj tsis yog lawv tawm tsam John thiab cov kws tshaj lij," Patrick hais. "Tsuas nqa lawv riam phom."
    
  "Thaum twg peb yuav xaus qhov 'Kumbaya' niaj hnub no, tus tswv?" - Macomber nug hauv lub suab qis. "Scoundrel ob, koj puas tuaj yeem tshem tawm kaum ob lub ntsiab lus tsib thiab Sagger yam tsis ua rau muaj kev phom sij ..." Tab sis lub sijhawm ntawd, qhov tawg me me tau tshwm sim rau ntawm lub ru tsev ntawm cov neeg ua haujlwm armored thib ob, thiab tus neeg tua phom dhia tawm ntawm lub dome, khob. tawm sparks thiab nplaim me me los ntawm koj lub tsho. "ua tsaug".
    
  "Tsis txhob hais nws," Charlie hais.
    
  Cov Turks tau qhib cov phom ntev ntev ntawm Zipper thaum nws dhia tawm ntawm APC thiab mus txog Evren; Lawv tsis tso tseg kom txog thaum Zipper rub Evren los ntawm lub tsho thiab rub nws tawm hauv av. Zipper hais tias "Kuv hais kom koj tso peb tseg ib leeg," "Tam sim no kuv yuav tsis zoo, Arcadas." Raws li yooj yim li pov pob ntaus pob, qhov cuam tshuam xa Evren ya ib puas yards los ntawm huab cua, yuav luag txhua txoj kev mus rau txoj kev loj. Tom qab ntawd nws tau khiav thiab ua ib yam rau lwm cov tub rog Turkish nyob ib puag ncig nws uas tsis khiav tawm. "Puas yog qhov qub, Chivkeeb?"
    
  Patrick teb tias, "Ua tsaug rau koj qhov kev txwv, tus neeg phem," Patrick teb.
    
  Macomber dhia mus rau lwm lub APC, tab sis cov tub rog Turkish twb tau khiav lawm ... vim tias lawv pom Charlie Turlock nyob rau hauv ib lub cybernetic infantry ntaus ntawv tiv thaiv sab nraud ntawm qhov chaw sib tsoo. Nws nqa nws tus kheej cov phom hluav taws xob hluav taws xob thiab lub hnab ev ntawv nrog lub foob pob hluav taws plaub caug millimeter, uas muaj yim lub foob pob hluav taws uas muaj cov tawg tawg loj heev, cov foob pob tawg thiab cov pa taws ua rau lub taub hau, ntxiv rau lub hnab ev ntawv rov qab rau hauv Humvee. "Puas yog txhua yam zoo, Thib ob?"
    
  Charlie teb tias "Txhua yam yog qhov tseeb rau kuv." Nws taw tes rau sab hnub tuaj. "Lub nyoob hoom qav taub no tau pom. Zoo li tus qauv Huey. Kuv pom lub qhov rooj tua neeg, tab sis tsis muaj lwm yam riam phom. "
    
  "Yog hais tias nws taw tes phom ntawd nyob qhov twg ze peb cov txiv neej, tau txais nws."
    
  "Kuv twb tua nws lawm. Nws zoo li muaj ib tug kws yees duab ntawm lub qhov rooj nrog nws. Luag ntxhi - koj tab tom ua yeeb yaj kiab ntawm lub koob yees duab zais. "
    
  "Zoo kawg nkaus. Cov tswv...?"
    
  "Kuv tseem tsis tau muaj txhua lub qhov rooj nkag tau qhib, Wayne," John hais. "Nws yuav siv sij hawm kuv tsawg kawg ib teev xwb thiaj paub tias yog dab tsi. Tshem tawm cov khoom tseem ceeb thiab LRU yuav tsum tsis txhob siv sij hawm ntau - peb teev feem ntau. Tab sis kuv xav yam tsawg yim teev kom ...
    
  Zipper tau hais tias "Kuv tsis paub yog tias koj muaj yim feeb, txawm tias yim teev, tab sis txav mus thiab peb yuav tuav lawv kom ntev li ntev tau," Zipper hais.
    
  "Tej zaum yog tias koj pab peb, peb yuav ua tiav sai dua," John hais.
    
  Zipper sighed nyob rau hauv nws armor. "Kuv ntshai koj yuav hais li ntawd," nws hais. "Charlie, koj muaj kev ruaj ntseg. Kuv yuav ua tus kws kho tsheb ib ntus. "
    
  "Kuv nkag siab koj. Lub nyoob hoom qav taub no nkag mus rau peb lub orbit. Zoo li lawv tab tom thaij duab. Tus neeg tua lub qhov rooj tsis taug qab dab tsi hauv av. "
    
  "Yog tias nws zoo li nws yuav tawm tsam, khi nws."
    
  "Nrog kev zoo siab".
    
  "Peb yog engineers, tsis yog mechanics," John kho nws. "Tab sis koj yuav yog tus foob pob."
    
  "Zoo, qhov ntawd zoo li qhov tseeb," Zipper hais.
    
    
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  Thawj Tswj Hwm khaws lub xov tooj. "Nyob zoo, Thawj Tswj Hwm Hirsiz. Nov yog Thawj Tswj Hwm Gardner. Kuv tuaj yeem ua dab tsi rau koj hnub no?
    
  "Koj tuaj yeem thim koj cov dev sib ntaus ib zaug, tus tswv," Kurzat Hirciz hais los ntawm Ankara, "tshwj tsis yog koj tab tom nrhiav kev ua rog."
    
  "Koj txhais li cas qhov xwm txheej ntawm qhov chaw sib tsoo sab qaum teb ntawm Mosul?" - Gardner nug. "Raws li kuv nkag siab, peb ntawm koj cov tub rog tau raug mob thiab ob lub tsheb tub rog raug puas tsuaj. Qhov ntawd yog qhov tseeb?"
    
  "Koj puas muaj lus piav qhia rau qhov kev txiav txim siab tawm tsam no?"
    
  "Koj yuav tsum tham nrog tsoomfwv Iraqi. Tsoomfwv Meskas tsis muaj dab tsi ua rau qhov no. "
    
  "Nws tsis muaj tseeb. Cov no... cov no yog American riam phom systems. Tag nrho lub ntiaj teb paub nws. "
    
  Gardner tau hais tias, "Tus neeg hlau thiab cov armored commando yog kev sim tsim thiab tsis tau siv ncaj qha los ntawm tsoomfwv Meskas," Gardner tau hais, siv ib zaj dab neeg uas nws thiab nws cov neeg ua haujlwm tuaj txog lub sijhawm lawv tau txais kev hu los ntawm Tus Lwm Thawj Coj Ken Phoenix los ntawm Nala. "Lawv koom nrog lub tuam txhab ntiag tug uas tau cog lus los ntawm US Army los muab kev ruaj ntseg rau nws cov tub rog hauv Iraq."
    
  "Yog li lawv yeej ua haujlwm rau tsoomfwv Meskas!"
    
  "Tsis yog, vim tias tom qab qhov xwm txheej nrog koj lub dav hlau neeg soj xyuas, lawv daim ntawv cog lus nrog kuv tsoomfwv tau raug txiav tam sim ntawd," Gardner tau hais. "Lub tuam txhab tom qab ntawd tau txais daim ntawv cog lus los ntawm tsoomfwv Iraqi. Lawv tau ua haujlwm rau Iraqis thaum qhov xwm txheej no tshwm sim. Ua ncaj ncees, kuv tsis paub tias yog vim li cas koj cov tub rog tau mus txog ntawm qhov chaw sib tsoo. Lawv tsis tau nyiag lub dav hlau, puas yog?
    
  Hirsiz tau hais tias "Kuv npau taws los ntawm qhov kev xav tsis zoo no, tus tswv," Hirsiz hais. "Cov tub rog Turkish tsis yog neeg txhaum cai. Lub dav hlau tau koom nrog hauv kev poob ntawm lub dav hlau Turkish thiab tua tus neeg tsav dav hlau Turkish; cov tub rog tsuas yog saib xyuas lub dav hlau kom txog thaum kev tshawb nrhiav thawj zaug tuaj yeem pib. "
    
  "Kuv nkag siab. Koj yuav tsum tau tshaj tawm koj cov kev xav zoo dua rau Iraqis thiab rau peb. Tab sis qhov ntawd yuav nyuaj nyob nruab nrab ntawm kev ntxeem tau, puas yog?
    
  "Yog li, qhov no puas yog koj txoj kev npaj tam sim no, Mr. Gardner: kom cia cov Iraqis raug liam rau Asmeskas kev ua haujlwm?"
    
  "Mr. Thawj Tswj Hwm, koj cov tub rog nyob rau hauv Iraqi av, foob pob Iraqi zos thiab tua Iraqi civilians -"
    
  "Peb tsuas yog tsom mus rau PKK cov neeg phem, tus tswv, cov neeg phem uas tua neeg dawb huv Turks!"
    
  "Kuv nkag siab, tus tswv, thiab kuv pom zoo tias ib yam dab tsi yuav tsum tau ua txog PKK, thiab Tebchaws Meskas tau cog lus tias yuav muaj kev pab ntxiv rau Turkey rau qhov no. Tab sis peb tsis pom zoo kom muaj kev cuam tshuam hauv av tag nrho ntawm Iraq. Kuv ceeb toom rau koj txog qhov tshwm sim uas tsis xav tau.
    
  "Raws li cov neeg cog lus hauv Nakhla: lawv ua haujlwm rau Iraqis thiab tsis nyob hauv peb txoj kev tswj hwm, tab sis peb tseem yog cov phooj ywg ntawm Iraq thiab tuaj yeem sawv ntsug rau koj. Lub tebchaws United States yuav zoo siab los zaum nrog Qaib Cov Txwv, Tsoom Fwv Teb Chaws Kurdish, thiab Iraq los pab kom muaj kev sib tua tam sim ntawd los ntawm txhua tog, suav nrog cov neeg cog lus; lub sij hawm tshem tawm tub rog; thiab kev ntsuas kev nyab xeeb ntau dua ntawm Iraqi-Turkish ciam teb, suav nrog cov neeg saib xyuas thoob ntiaj teb, txhawm rau tiv thaiv PKK cov neeg phem hla ciam teb. Tab sis tsis muaj dab tsi yuav tshwm sim thaum cov tub rog Turkish koom nrog kev sib ntaus sib tua hauv Iraq, tus tswv. "
    
  "Yog li qhov no yog kev sib koom ua ke: Asmeskas siv cov neeg hlau no tawm tsam cov tub rog Turkish, ua piv txwv tias lawv tsis koom nrog, tab sis tom qab ntawd muab kev kho kom haum rau kev sib tham ntev li ntev tau tias muaj kev sib tua," Hirsiz hais npau taws. "Ib zaug ntxiv Turkey yog tus neeg raug tsim txom, yuam kom muab rau txhua yam, thawb ib sab thiab tsis quav ntsej. Tom qab ntawd tsis muaj leej twg ceeb toom thaum lwm lub dav hlau Turkish raug tua lossis lwm lub chaw tub ceev xwm raug tsoo rau smithereens. "
    
  "Ntseeg kuv, Thawj Tswj Hwm, peb xav pab Turkey," Gardner hais. "Türkiye yog ib qho ntawm Asmeskas cov phooj ywg tseem ceeb tshaj plaws thiab cov phooj ywg. Kuv nkag siab koj txoj kev npau taws. Peb tuaj yeem xa cov neeg soj ntsuam, thev naus laus zis, txawm tias cov neeg ua haujlwm saib xyuas ciam teb. Tab sis tsis muaj dab tsi yuav tshwm sim ntev npaum li kev sib ntaus sib tua txuas ntxiv mus. Lawv yuav tsum nres tam sim ntawd thiab cov tub rog Turkish yuav tsum tawm hauv Iraq. Tsis muaj lwm txoj kev. "
    
  "Tsuas muaj ib txoj hauv kev uas peb yuav pom zoo rau cov neeg saib xyuas thoob ntiaj teb nyob ntawm peb ciam teb, Mr. Gardner: Tsoomfwv cheeb tsam Kurdistan yuav tsum tsis pom zoo rau PKK thiab txhua txoj kev npaj los tsim ib lub xeev ywj pheej ntawm Kurdistan," Hirsiz tau hais. "KRG yuav tsum tshem nws tus chij los ntawm txhua qhov chaw pej xeem, ntes PKK cov thawj coj thiab muab lawv rau peb rau kev sim, rhuav tshem txhua lub hauv paus kev cob qhia PKK thiab kaw txhua lub tuam txhab uas txhawb nqa PKK."
    
  "Mr. Thawj Tswj Hwm, qhov koj thov yog ua tsis tau," Thawj Tswj Hwm Gardner tau hais tom qab tsis meej pem. "KRG tswj hwm thaj av uas tau tso cai Kurdish nyob rau sab qaum teb Iraq. Raws li kuv paub, lawv yeej tsis txhawb PKK. "
    
  "Raws li KRG tseem muaj thiab sim cais nws thaj chaw los ntawm lwm tus ntawm Iraq, PKK yuav siv kev ua phem los sim ua kom tiav qhov no," Hirsiz tau hais. "Koj paub zoo li kuv ua tias qee tus tswvcuab ntawm KRG kev coj noj coj ua muaj cov lag luam uas nyiag nyiaj ntxhua khaub ncaws thiab thauj riam phom thiab khoom siv los ntawm Iraq thiab txawv teb chaws mus rau Turkey. Ntau tus, tsis yog Qaib Cov Txwv, xav txog Iraqi PKK los ua tub rog zais cia ntawm KRG. "
    
  Gardner hais tias "Qhov no yog qhov tsis muaj tseeb, Mr. Thawj Tswj Hwm," Gardner hais. "Tsis muaj kev sib raug zoo ntawm KRG thiab PKK."
    
  "Lawv ob leeg xav kom muaj kev ywj pheej Kurdistan, muab faib ua cov xeev ntawm Turkey, Iraq, Persia thiab Syria," Hirsiz hais npau taws. "Tsoomfwv cheeb tsam Kurdistan pom meej tias tsis xav qhib qhib lees paub pab pawg neeg ua phem zoo li PKK, yog li lawv txhawb nqa lawv zais cia thiab tawm tsam txhua qhov kev siv zog los kaw lawv. Qhov no yuav nres tam sim ntawd! KRG tuaj yeem tswj hwm peb lub xeev Iraqi ntawm Dohuk, Erbil thiab Sulaymaniyah, tab sis lawv yuav tsum ua li ntawd yam tsis muaj kev tawm tswv yim ywj pheej Kurdistan lossis sim nthuav mus rau hauv Turkmen-feem ntau lub xeev sab hnub poob. Txwv tsis pub, peb txoj kev nce qib txuas ntxiv mus. "
    
  Joseph Gardner khiav nws txhais tes hla nws lub ntsej muag hauv kev poob siab. "Yog li koj yuav pom zoo sib tham, Mr. Thawj Tswj Hwm?"
    
  Hirsiz tau hais tias "Tsis muaj kev sib tham txog thaum KRG pom zoo kom tsis txhob txhawb lub xeev Kurdistan ywj pheej thiab pom zoo rau txim rau PKK thiab muab nws cov thawj coj mus sim rau kev ua txhaum cai rau tib neeg," Hirsiz tau hais. "Yog tias Baghdad thiab Erbil tswj tsis tau PKK hauv Iraq thiab yuam kom lawv tsis txhob tua cov neeg dawb huv Turks, peb yuav ua txoj haujlwm. Nyob zoo tav su, sir." Thiab nws tau daig.
    
  Thawj Tswj Hwm tau kaw. "Tib neeg yuav tsum tsis txhob tso cai kom muaj kev lom zem ntau," nws hais. Nws hais rau nws cov kws pab tswv yim hauv Oval Office. "Kuv puas yuav tsum hais kom KRG txwv txhua txoj kev npaj rau kev ywj pheej?" Nws snapped nws tus ntiv tes. "Qhov tseeb peb tuaj yeem ua tau. Tsuas yog ib feem ntawm Iraq qhov twg txhua yam zoo, thiab Hirsiz xav kom kaw. Zoo heev".
    
  "Tab sis nws qhib qhov rooj rau kev sib tham, tus tswv," said Chief of Staff Walter Cordus. "Ib txwm nqa qhov chaw siab thiab cia siab tias txhua tus neeg ntsib qhov chaw hauv nruab nrab." Thawj Tswj Hwm ntsia nws ib sab. "Tam sim no yog qhov pib ntawm kev sib tham."
    
  "Kuv twv koj tuaj yeem hu nws," tus thawj tswj hwm tau hais. "Koj puas hnov tag nrho cov no, Ken? Stacey?
    
  "Yog lawm, Thawj Tswj Hwm," said Ken Phoenix los ntawm Nala Allied Air Base. "Lub Turkish Tub Rog Tub Rog tau ua tawm tsam nyob rau sab qaum teb sab hnub tuaj ntawm Iraq, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog nyob rau hauv cov xeev ntawm Erbil thiab Dohuk. Kuv tsis ntseeg tias KRG lossis Baghdad yuav sib tham thaum cov Turks tawm tsam lawv lub nroog thiab cov zos. "
    
  "NATO yuav ntsib tom qab hnub no los tham txog kev daws teeb meem kom Turkey kom tsis txhob tua hluav taws," Tus Thawj Fwm Tsav Tebchaws Stacy Anne Barbeau tau hais los ntawm Brussels, Belgium, lub hauv paus chaw haujlwm ntawm North Atlantic Treaty Organization. "Tab sis qhov kev daws teeb meem twb raug txo mus rau qhov kev thov kom muaj kev tso tseg. Cov Turks muaj kev txhawb nqa tseem ceeb ntawm pawg sab laj ntawm no - lawv muaj kev khuv leej rau PKK qhov kev tawm tsam txuas ntxiv, txawm tias Qaib Cov Txwv tau sim muab cov neeg Kurds hauv Turkey nrog kev pab ntau dua, lub suab muaj zog hauv tsoomfwv thiab kev txwv kev coj noj coj ua thiab kev ntseeg tsawg dua. Kuv tsis xav tias Qaib Cov Txwv yuav ntsib kev kub ntxhov ntau los ntawm NATO lossis European Union. "
    
  "Lawv tsis tau txais ntau los ntawm Congress," tus thawj tswj hwm tau hais. "Feem ntau tsis nkag siab tag nrho cov teeb meem Kurdistan, tab sis lawv nkag siab txog kev ua phem, thiab tam sim no lawv pom PKK yog qhov teeb meem. Qaib ntxhw yuav xaus nyob rau hauv Iraq thiab pej xeem lub tswv yim yuav hloov, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog yog hais tias lawv sim nthuav qhov teeb meem. "
    
  "Thiab qhov kawg uas lawv xav tau yog ib qho kev zam rau kom muaj kev tsis sib haum xeeb ... uas coj kuv rov qab mus rau McLanahan," Barbeau tau hais kom ceev faj. "Nws ua dab tsi nyob rau ntawd, Mr. Tus Lwm Thawj Coj?"
    
  Phoenix teb tias "Nws pom meej tias nws yuav pab Iraqis tiv thaiv cov Turks," Phoenix teb. "Lub luag haujlwm no rau nws lub dav hlau poob yog qhov kev sim kom pom tias cov tub rog Turkish yuav ua li cas. Lawv zoo li tsis ua dab tsi txog thaum lawv mus rau qhov chaw sib tsoo. Cov Turks tau npaj txav lossis rhuav tshem lub dav hlau, thiab lawv tau sim tsav lawv mus. "
    
  "Thiab McLanahan tau tawm tsam."
    
  Phoenix hais tias, "Kuv tab tom saib cov duab los ntawm drone tshaj qhov xwm txheej," thiab kuv tau mloog lub suab thaum nws tshwm sim. McLanahan cov tub rog tsis tawm tsam kom txog thaum cov Turks tau ua, thiab lawv txawm tau ceeb toom zaum ob tom qab ib tug tub rog tua Tin Woodman commando. Tom qab nws pom tseeb tias cov Turks yuav tawm tsam cov neeg ua haujlwm, Tin Man thiab Tub Ceev Xwm Kev Tshawb Fawb tau mus ua haujlwm. "
    
  "Yog li cas tam sim no?"
    
  Phoenix tau hais tias "Qee lub Turks nyob ib puag ncig Nakhla Air Base ntawm no tau xa mus ze ntawm qhov chaw sib tsoo," Phoenix tau hais. "Dr. Masters thiab nws cov neeg ua haujlwm tseem nyob ntawm qhov xwm txheej ntawm kev puas tsuaj, khaws cov thawv dub thiab cov cuab yeej siv tau zoo. McLanahan's drones tau kuaj pom ntau qhov chaw hauv av hauv Turkish hauv txoj kev, tab sis lawv ntshai tsam Turkish Air Force tawm tsam. Cov Turks tau txo qis nyoob hoom qav taub ze ntawm qhov chaw thiab tua ob peb lub mortars rau lawv, sim ua kom lawv rov qab los. "
    
  Gardner tau hais tias "Koj paub, kuv tsis muaj kev khuv leej ntau rau McLanahan tam sim no," Gardner hais. "Nws txiav txim siab muab tus Tsov tus Tsov tus tw ntawm nws ob txhais ceg, thiab tam sim no nws yuav raug nws lub nroog Yeiuxalees tom. Peb sim nrhiav txoj hauv kev los txo qhov kev tsis sib haum xeeb, thiab nws tsuas yog mus thiab nrhiav txoj hauv kev tshiab los nce nws. "
    
  Phoenix tau hais tias "Peb yuav pom dab tsi tshwm sim tom ntej thaum Masters pib rov qab los ntawm no rau Nala," Phoenix tau hais. "Muaj li ntawm ib puas tus tub rog thiab rau lub tsheb tub rog tos nws ntawm txoj kev loj, thiab kuv twv lawv tau chim."
    
  "Kuv xav kom peb cov neeg nyob deb ntawm qhov no," tus thawj tswj hwm tau hais. "Cov neeg Asmeskas yuav tsum tsis txhob cuam tshuam. Qhov no yog McLanahan kev sib ntaus . Yog tias nws cov txiv raug mob lossis raug tua vim nws, nws yog nws qhov txhaum. "
    
  Phoenix tau hais tias "Peb yuav tsum hu rau Tus Thawj Kav Tebchaws Turkish thiab hais kom txwv tsis pub, tus tswv," Phoenix tau hais. "McLanahan cov txiv neej muaj ntau dua. Txawm hais tias Tin Woodman thiab SID ntawm qhov xoob, tsis muaj txoj hauv kev uas lawv tuaj yeem tau txais los ntawm cov tub rog Turkish. Cov Turks yuav xav ua pauj me ntsis. "
    
  "Kuv vam tias McLanahan ntse txaus kom tsis txhob sim tawm tsam cov Turks," tus thawj tswj hwm tau hais. "Stacy, hu rau Akas lub chaw ua haujlwm dua, piav qhia qhov xwm txheej thiab hais kom nws hu rau Lub Tsev Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Kev Tiv Thaiv kom cov tub rog txwv nws tus kheej."
    
  "Yog lawm, Thawj Tswj Hwm."
    
  "McLanahan tau nqis los rau lub sijhawm loj," tus thawj tswj hwm tau hais tias, mus rau lwm yam teeb meem. "Hmoov tsis zoo, nws yog nws cov neeg uas yuav raug kev txom nyem rau qhov no."
    
    
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  "Lawv tuaj!" Charlie Turlock qw. "Ntaus...?"
    
  "Kuv nkag siab," Wayne Macomber teb. Nws tau khaws nws rab phom hluav taws xob hluav taws xob ntawm qhov npaj tau txij li thawj lub pob zeb tawg tau raug rho tawm hauv lawv cov kev taw qhia txog ib teev dhau los. Charlie Turlock's millimeter yoj radar system ua rau nws CID neeg hlau luam theej duab lub ntuj nyob ib ncig ntawm lawv tau mais, tso cai rau nws mus ntes projectiles thiab xa cov ntaub ntawv taug qab thiab tsom mus rau Wayne lub hom phiaj computers.
    
  Charlie Turlock kuj nqa nws rab phom electromagnetic rail, tab sis tag nrho nws cov rounds twb tau siv los rhuav tshem cov mortars, thiab nws reload tau tshuab thaum lub Sagger puas thawj Humvee. Lub foob pob hluav taws plaub caug-millimeter hauv nws pob yuav tsis tau nrawm txaus los cuam tshuam cov mortar shells, tab sis Macomber's rail phom muaj peev xwm ntau dua. Nws tsuas tsa nws rab phom, siv nws lub tsho uas siv lub zog exoskeleton ua lub platform rau lub hom phiaj meej, thiab ua raws li cov ntaub ntawv taug qab los ntawm CID. Nws tsis tas yuav tsum tau coj ntau qhov hluav taws kub mortar - cov phom hluav taws xob hluav taws xob hluav taws xob tau ya mus rau kaum tawm lub sij hawm sai dua li cov mos txwv los ntawm rab phom sniper thiab yooj yim rhuav tshem lub plhaub.
    
  "Salvo!" Charlie qw. "Plaub ntxiv tab tom los!"
    
  "Bastards," Zipper yws. Nov yog thawj zaug uas lawv tua ntau dua ib zaug. Nws yooj yim ntaus tag nrho plaub ntawm lawv, tab sis tam sim no muaj teeb meem. Nws tau hais tias "Kuv tabtom khiav qis ntawm cov mos txwv-Kuv poob rau hauv kuv phau ntawv xov xwm kawg, rau rau ntxiv," nws hais. "Kuv tseem yuav xav tau roj teeb tshiab rau rab phom thiab rau kuv tus kheej."
    
  Ib tus kws tshaj lij tau khiav mus rau Humvee ntxiv, tshawb nrhiav ob peb lub sijhawm, ces khiav mus rau Macomber. "Tsis muaj roj teeb tshiab ntxiv lawm," nws hais. "Peb yuav tsum tau koom nrog koj."
    
  "Zoo heev," hais tias Zipper. Tus kws tshaj lij tau txiav cov hlua hluav taws xob los ntawm qhov chaw cia khoom nyob rau sab nraum qab ntawm Macomber lub tsho, khiav rov qab mus rau Humvee, thiab ntsaws rau hauv lub qhov hluav taws xob. "Charlie, koj yuav tsum sim cuam tshuam qee cov mos txwv ntxiv. Kuv yuav nce kuv lub zog ua ntej peb pib tawm mus. Kuv tsuas muaj nqi txaus nyob rau hauv kuv rab phom los tua lub xeem seem. "
    
  "Muaj tau," Charlie teb. "Kuv tsis tau pom ib qho ntawm cov plhaub tawg no thiab cov phiaj xwm phiaj xwm qhia tau tias lawv nco peb. Tej zaum nws tsis yog mos txwv nyob. Lawv muab pov rau hauv tsuas yog saib seb peb yuav ua dab tsi. "
    
  Zipper hais tias "Zoo siab peb muab qee yam kev lom zem rau lawv. "Koj puas tuaj yeem txheeb xyuas qhov chaw ntawm kev tawm tsam?"
    
  "Tau ua. Lawv tsis thab nws. Kuv tuaj yeem rhuav tshem lawv yog tias koj xav tau, lossis tso lub foob pob hluav taws rau lawv. "
    
  Zipper tau hais tias "Kuv tsis xav kom cov neeg no poob lawv txoj kev npau taws tam sim no, thiab peb yuav tsum khaws peb cov ammo," Zipper hais.
    
  Patrick McLanahan tau hais tias "Muaj lwm qhov nyoob hoom qav taub los, cov txiv neej," "Lub sijhawm no los ntawm Qaib Cov Txwv, qhov nrawm dua. Tej zaum qhov no yog ib lub nkoj tub rog. Hauv li kaum feeb. "
    
  Wayne Macomber teb hais tias "Kom paub," Wayne Macomber teb. "Okay, Doc, lub sijhawm npaj txhij."
    
  "Patrick hais kaum feeb? Kuv yuav coj nws ".
    
  Zipper tau hais tias "Tsis yog, vim tias hauv kaum feeb peb yuav nyob hauv thaj tsam ntawm cov cuaj luaj uas lub nyoob hoom qav taub tuaj yeem nqa tau, thiab tom qab ntawd nws yuav lig dhau lawm," Zipper tau hais.
    
  "Ok," John hais tu siab. "Peb tau txais lub laser radar thiab satellite kev sib txuas lus units. Kuv xav tias qhov no yuav tsum txaus. Muaj ntau yam rau ib tug Humvee; peb yuav tsum haum nws tag nrho rau hauv ib qho trailer. "
    
  Nws tsis tau siv sij hawm ntev rau cov pab pawg los sau lawv cov cuab yeej. Zipper taug kev nyob rau hauv pem hauv ntej, tuav nws rab phom rail siab kom tag nrho cov tub rog Turkish tuaj yeem pom nws. Charlie nqa nws lub hnab ntim khoom seem rau hauv nws txhais tes sab laug armored thiab nws unloaded electromagnetic rail phom nyob rau hauv nws sab xis, vam tias qhov pom ntawm nws yuav ntshai qee tus Turks. Tag nrho cov engineers tau sib sau ua ke hauv Humvee uas tseem muaj sia nyob, thiab tag nrho lawv cov cuab yeej, khoom siv, thiab cov thawv rov qab tau nyob hauv qhov trailer.
    
  "Yuav ntev npaum li cas peb txoj kev pab yuav tuaj txog, General?" - Zipper nug txog nws txoj kev ruaj ntseg channel.
    
  "Lawv zoo li lawv tab tom hloov kev tsim, Zipper," Patrick nug. "Sim kom nyob twj ywm ntev li ntev tau."
    
  "Yuav ua li cas txog qhov helicopter?"
    
  "Ib ob peb feeb ntxiv."
    
  Zipper hais tias "Cov lej no tsis sib xws, General," Zipper hais gloomily. Tshaj li cov lus txib Turkish nws pom, nws hais tias, "Mloog, Tus Thawj Tub Rog Evren. Peb tawm mus. Peb tsis xav nrog nej sib cav. Peb yuav rov qab peb cov khoom rau hauv paus. Ua txoj kev."
    
  "Tsis yog, Neeg Asmeskas," Evren teb ib pliag tom qab, nws lub suab qhia xav tsis thoob tias nws lub xov tooj cua tau raug siv los ntawm cov neeg hlau. "Koj yuav raug ntes thiab cov cuab yeej no yuav raug txeeb. Koj tau tawm tsam cov tswv cuab ntawm kuv lub tsev thiab kuv tus kheej. Rau qhov no koj yuav tsum raug txim. "
    
  Qhov cuam tshuam tau nres lub rooj sib txoos. "Tus tauj ncov loj, ua tib zoo mloog kuv hais," nws hais. "Koj paub peb ua tau dab tsi. Tej zaum koj yuav tsis paub yog tias muaj ib lub drone ncig saum taub hau. Yog tias koj tsis ntseeg kuv, saib." Thaum lub sijhawm no, Patrick kaw thiab rov pib lub cav AGM-177 Wolverine nws tau khaws cia hauv lub voj voog hla thaj chaw, ua rau txoj kev taug ntawm cov pa luam yeeb xim av pom tau ob peb feeb. "Qhov no yog kev tawm tsam drone, thiab nws tuaj yeem rhuav tshem tag nrho koj cov cuab yeej cuab tam thiab koj cov neeg nrog cov foob pob. Kuv mam li xaj ib lub dav hlau hla koj txoj haujlwm ua ntej peb tsiv mus nyob ntawd, thiab thaum ua tiav peb yuav saib xyuas leej twg tseem sawv. Tam sim no nqis ib sab."
    
  Evren hais tias "Kuv muaj kev txiav txim, Asmeskas," Evren hais. "Koj yuav tso koj cov riam phom, tua lub zog rau cov neeg hlau thiab cov drone, thiab tso siab rau. Yog tias koj tsis ua, peb yuav tawm tsam. "
    
  Charlie tau hais tias "Muaj ib tus ID rau lub nyoob hoom qav taub uas tuaj, Zipper," Charlie hais. "Warship "Cobra". Ntau tshaj tawm hauv Teb Chaws Asmeskas. Kuv tsis pom nws riam phom, tab sis kuv twv nws yog loaded rau dais.
    
  "Lub caij nyoog kawg, tus thawj coj," said Zipper. "Lwm yam peb yuav pib tua. Kauj ruam ib sab ".
    
  "Kuv yuav tsis. Surrender los yog raug tua. Nyob rau hauv rooj plaub koj tsis tau pom, peb muaj peb tus kheej huab cua pab txhawb nqa. Nws tsis zoo li koj lub dav hlau drone, tab sis kuv paub tseeb tias koj, nws yog qhov tuag taus. Tom qab nws tawm tsam, yuav tsis muaj dab tsi tshuav ntawm koj, raws li koj hais, yuav tsum tau saib xyuas. "
    
  Zipper hais tias "Kuv yuav tsum rhuav tshem tus Cobra ua ntej, Charlie," Zipper hais. "Saib kuv nraub qaum - lawv yuav qhib hluav taws thaum -"
    
  Dheev Charlie qw, "Rocket launch!"
    
  "Qhov twg los, Charlie?"
    
  "Tom qab peb!" Thaum ntawd lawv hnov ib lub suab nrov nrov! Zipper thiab Charlie tig ib ncig ntawm lub sijhawm pom cov pa luam yeeb dawb tua thiab ntaus Cobra. Lub nyoob hoom qav taub pib dov mus rau sab xis, zoo li wobble, tom qab ntawd pib qis qis autorotating kiv kom txog thaum nws poob rau hauv av hauv ib qho nyuaj tab sis muaj sia nyob.
    
  "Tau tua! Tsis txhob qhib hluav taws!" Zipper lub suab qw tau hnov dhau ntawm Turkish command channel. Ntawm lawv cov channel cais, nws tau tshaj tawm: "Kuv vam tias nws yog koj, Jaffar."
    
  "Yog lawm, Macomber," Colonel Yusuf Jaffar teb dhau ib qho kev hais kom ua ke. Nws lub battalion sab qaum teb tau tua Cobra rab phom nrog lub xub pwg nyom Stinger missile. "Thov txim peb tuaj lig, tab sis kuv twv koj tuaj ntxov. Tsis muaj teeb meem. Peb txhua tus nyob ntawm no thiab npaj los tawm tsam cov Turks. "
    
  Zipper tau hais tias "Kuv vam tias tsis muaj leej twg tawm tsam leej twg ntawm no," Zipper hais. Nws tau muab Jaffar ntau zaus ntawm lub tuam txhab Turkish, tom qab ntawd hais hauv cov channel no: "Cov phom phom Cobra raug tua los ntawm Iraqi tiv thaiv dav hlau missile, Captain Evren," nws hais. "Lub Iraqi Nakhla Brigade tab tom nce mus rau txoj haujlwm no." Lub sijhawm no nws tuaj yeem pom yuav ua li cas cov tub rog Turkish ntawm sab xis pib fidget thiab rustle; lawv pom tau tias muaj ib tug sawv cev ntawm sab qaum teb battalion. "Tus tauj ncov loj Evren?"
    
  Tom qab ib ntus ntev thiab tsis xis nyob: "Yog, Asmeskas."
    
  Wak hais tias "Kuv tsis yog tus thawj coj ntawm Iraqi tub rog, thiab koj tau txeeb lawv lub tebchaws," tab sis kuv cov tub rog yuav tsis tawm tsam tshwj tsis yog peb raug tawm tsam ua ntej." Kuv thov Colonel Jaffar tsis txhob tawm tsam ib yam. Nws yog eavesdropping. Nws yuav coj kuv pab neeg rov qab mus rau Nala Air Base. Kuv yaum kom txhua tus nyob twj ywm thiab tsis txhob rub tus taw. Tus tauj ncov loj, yog tias koj xav xa ib pab neeg los tshuaj xyuas tus Cobra poob, koj tuaj yeem ua tau. Colonel Jaffar, qhov ntawd puas yuav ua tau?
    
  Jaffar teb tias "Qhov ntawd yuav ua tau," Jaffar teb.
    
  "Zoo. Captain, peb tab tom tawm mus. Ua txoj hauv kev thiab txhua tus nyob twj ywm. "
    
  Nws yog ib qho impressive pom. Rub tawm ntawm txoj kev loj sab qaum teb ntawm Nala, Tin Man thiab forensic neeg hlau, tam sim no nqa phom tsheb ciav hlau ntawm lawv lub xub pwg nyom, tsav tsheb Humvee, rub lub trailer tag nrho ntawm cov khoom thiab cov cuab yeej, hla qhov chaw qhib. Turkish platoons tau nyob rau ntawm ob sab ntawm txoj kev loj nyob rau hauv pem hauv ntej ntawm lawv. Ib pab tub rog puv ntawm Iraqi infantry tau nce los ntawm sab qaum teb hnub poob, thiab lwm pab tub rog Iraqi tau nce mus raws txoj kev loj sab qaum teb ntawm lub hauv paus. Lawv txhua tus tau sib sau ua ke ntawm kev sib tshuam ntawm ob txoj kev loj.
    
  Wayne pom tus tauj ncov loj Evren nyob rau sab ntawm txoj kev loj, nres thiab salute nws. Tus thawj coj tau hais lus rov qab, tab sis khaws nws ob lub qhov muag ntawm kaum-taw CID chav nyob uas taug kev ntawm nws, thiab ua kev zoo siab. "Kuv tus Vajtswv...!"
    
  Charlie hais tias, "Charlie Turlock, Tus tauj ncov loj Evren," Charlie hais tias, txuas lub tes tsho loj loj tom qab txo qhov kev qhuas. "Koj nyob li cas? Ua tsaug rau koj tsis tua. "
    
  Evren xav tsis thoob los ntawm tus neeg hlau qhov yooj yim thiab qhov tseeb txav. Nws coj nws ob peb lub sijhawm ntev, lom zem los coj tus neeg hlau tes thiab co nws. "Nws ... nws yog lub tshuab, tab sis nws txav zoo li tus neeg ...!"
    
  "Poj niam, yog tias koj tsis xav," Charlie hais.
    
  Colonel Jaffar tuaj txog ob peb feeb tom qab. Evren saluted, tab sis Jaffar tsis rov qab los. "Yog li, koj puas yog tus thawj coj ntawm lub tuam txhab no, Turk?"
    
  "Yog lawm, sir. Captain Evren, Saya Company, 41st Security Division -
    
  "Kuv tsis quav ntsej koj yog leej twg lossis koj nyob hauv chav tsev twg, Turk," Jaffar hais. "Txhua yam kuv txhawj xeeb yog thaum koj los tsev thiab tawm hauv kuv lub tebchaws ib leeg."
    
  "Nws nyob ntawm thaum Iraq nres tiv thaiv cov neeg tua neeg Kurdish uas tsav tsheb foob pob rau hauv tub ceev xwm cov tsev thiab tua cov neeg dawb huv Turks, tus tswv!"
    
  "Kuv tsis nyob ntawm no los mloog koj cov lus nug nom tswv, Turk! Kuv yuav tsum paub thaum twg koj yuav tau txais koj cov neeg phem tawm ntawm kuv lub tebchaws!"
    
  Zipper ntsia Charlie. Nws tsis tas yuav txav mus los ntau, tab sis tus neeg hlau kaum-taw tsuas yog tsa nws cov armored caj npab hauv kev tso siab tau txaus kom tau txais txhua tus neeg mloog. "Peb txhua tus tsis tuaj yeem koom nrog?" - nws hais. Nws nias nws ob txhais tes rau ntawm nws ob sab plhu. "Darling, thov?" Qhov pom ntawm kev sib ntaus sib tua neeg hlau loj ua yeeb yam zoo li tus tub ntxhais kawm txaj muag ua rau txawm tias tus Colonel Jaffar luag, thiab ntau pua tus tub rog, ob qho tib si Turkish thiab Iraqi, koom nrog luag.
    
  Zipper hais tias "Qhov no tsis yog lub sijhawm lossis qhov chaw sib cav, cov txiv neej," Zipper hais. "Vim li cas peb tsis muab qhov no rov qab los rau hauv paus? Yog tias kuv tsis yuam kev, nws yuav luag lub sijhawm noj su. Vim li cas peb txhua tus tsis zaum, noj khoom txom ncauj thiab tshem tawm?
    
    
  ERBIL, IRAQ
  LUB SIJ HAWM
    
    
  "Kuv lub siab nyob qhov twg?" General Besir Ozek qw. "Lawv lig kaum feeb!" Nws txeeb lub microphone los ntawm tus tub ceev xwm kev sib txuas lus txhais tes. "Resim, qhov no yog Sicansky ib. Koj tub rog zoo dua tau tuav lossis kuv yuav rov qab los ncaws koj lub nroog Yeiuxalees!"
    
  Ozek yog nyob rau hauv lub cockpit ntawm ACV-300 hais kom ua lub tsheb uas yog ib feem ntawm Lub Tuam Txhab Lub Tuam Txhab ntawm Lub Tuam Txhab Thib Peb, uas tau kov yeej sab hnub tuaj Iraq. Ozek cov tub rog tau raug yuam kom nce mus txog tsuas yog nyob deb ntawm Erbil lub tshav dav hlau sab qaum teb sab hnub poob, ntes nws kom rov muab thiab txiav tawm kev lag luam nrog Kurdistan lub peev thiab tuav, tab sis nws tau txib ib pab tub rog ntawm cov tub rog tub rog mus rau sab nrauv ntawm lub nroog nws tus kheej.
    
  Lub battalion tau tsim kom muaj kev ruaj ntseg perimeter nyob rau hauv ib cheeb tsam loj uas tau raug tshem tawm ntawm cov vaj tse qub los ua txoj hauv kev rau cov vaj tsev siab tshiab, sab hnub poob ntawm lub nroog nws tus kheej. Nws tuaj yeem pom meej nyob ib puag ncig nws cov cim ntawm kev tawm tsam los ntawm Peshmerga, PKK, tsis tu ncua Iraqi rog lossis Asmeskas; Txog tam sim no, tsis muaj ib lub koom haum sib ntaus sib tua no tau hem nws cov tub rog tiag tiag, tab sis nws zoo dua kom muaj kev nyab xeeb dua li thov txim. Peshmerga yog qhov kev hem thawj loj tshaj plaws. Cov ntawv ceeb toom txawv ntawm qhov loj ntawm Peshmerga, tab sis txawm tias qhov kev cia siab zoo tshaj plaws tau muab tso rau ntawm ob npaug ntawm qhov loj ntawm plaub pawg Ozek tau txib, thiab lawv kuj muaj ob peb lub tsheb armored.
    
  Thiab muaj cov lus ceeb toom ntawm kev tawm tsam loj zuj zus hauv Iraq. Zoo li cov nas mloog lus, PKK yog, ntawm chav kawm, tob tob, tab sis cov neeg Amelikas tau pib nyob tsis tswm, thiab Iraqi cov tub rog uas tau ploj mus tsis zoo ua ntej qhov kev tawm tsam pib tshwm sim. Ozek tau hnov ntau cov lus ceeb toom txog kev sib cuag nrog cov tub rog Asmeskas thiab Iraqi nyob ze Mosul, tab sis tseem tsis tau muaj lus hais txog kev raug mob.
    
  Ozek xaiv thaj chaw rau lwm qhov laj thawj: nws yog sab qaum teb ntawm Sami Abdul Rahman Park, qhov chaw nco txog rau tus neeg tua neeg Kurdistan Regional Government nom thiab PKK tus txhawb nqa; nws kuj yog nyob rau hauv mortar ntau yam ntawm Kurdistan Regional Government lub parliament tsev, yog li ntawd Kurdish politicians yuav tsum tau saib zoo ntawm nws cov tub rog mus rau hauv lawv lub nroog.
    
  Ozek tau tawm ntawm lub tsheb hais kom ua thiab qw tias: "Tus Loj!" Ib tug tub hluas uas saib infantry loj sai sai tuaj cuag nws. "Peb qhov kev tshaj tawm yog lig, yog li koj yuav tsum nyob ob peb feeb ntxiv."
    
  "Peb ntaus txhua lub hom phiaj ntawm daim ntawv teev npe, tus tswv," tus thawj coj tub rog tau hais. "Peb tau tawm tsam kaum sab saum toj ntawm cov npe dua."
    
  Ozek rub tawm ib daim ntawv ntawm nws lub tsho. "Kuv tau ua ib daim ntawv teev npe tshiab. Ministry of Defense tab tom tham txog kev tawm tsam kev lag luam hauv Erbil uas txhawb nqa PKK ... Zoo, txog thaum lawv tso cai rau kuv, kuv pom ib pawg ntawm lawv tus kheej. Cov no yog lawv qhov chaw nyob. Nrhiav lawv ntawm daim ntawv qhia thiab muab pov rau lawv. "
    
  Tus loj kawm daim ntawv thiab nws ob lub qhov muag widened nyob rau hauv surprise. "Uh, tus tswv, qhov chaw nyob no nyob hauv Citadel."
    
  "Kuv paub qhov ntawd," Ozek hais. "Nov yog lub khw muag khoom uas muaj cov khw muag khoom los ntawm qee tus tib neeg uas peb twb tau tsom mus lawm. Vim li cas lawv yuav tsum raug tso tseg?
    
  "Tab sis qhov no yog nyob rau hauv lub Citadel, tus tswv," tus Major hais. Lub Erbil Citadel yog ib lub pob zeb qub phab ntsa nyob rau hauv nruab nrab ntawm lub nroog nyob ib ncig ntawm lub archaeological ruins ntawm lub qub nroog, uas hnub rov qab mus rau 2300 BC. Txawm hais tias lub nroog tau nyob los ntawm ntau haiv neeg nyob rau ntau pua xyoo, Citadel tau suav tias yog thaj av dawb huv rau lawv txhua tus, thiab qee ntu ntawm nws muaj hnub nyoog ib txhiab xyoo. "Yuav ua li cas yog tias peb ntaus archaeological chaw?"
    
  Ozek tau hais tias "Kuv tsis txhawj xeeb txog ob peb lub tsev adobe thiab cov tsheb thauj mus los," Ozek hais. "Kuv tuaj yeem saib tawm thiab pom tus chij Kurdistan yoj ntawm sab hauv qhov chaw no, yog li kuv paub tias PKK tau nkaum nyob ntawd. Kuv xav kom cov khw muag khoom puas tsuaj. Ua li ".
    
  "Txhua yam kev hwm, tus tswv," tus loj hais tias, "peb lub luag haujlwm yog txhawm rau tshem tawm PKK. Tej zaum lawv yuav khiav thiab nkaum hauv nroog, tab sis lawv tsis nyob hauv Erbil. Peb cov tub ceev xwm thiab cov tub ceev xwm tawm tsam qhia peb tias Peshmerga tab tom ua raws peb, tab sis lawv tsis twv ua kev sib cuag. Peb yuav tsum tsis txhob muab qhov laj thawj rau lawv ua qhov no. Peb twb raug rho tawm haujlwm ntawm lub hom phiaj hauv nroog; kev foob pob ntawm Citadel tej zaum yuav yog lub straw kawg. "
    
  "Kuv nkag siab tias koj ntshai Peshmerga, Major," Ozek hais. "Lub sijhawm kuv ua haujlwm, kuv tau ntsib lawv ntau dua ib zaug hauv ciam teb. Lawv yog cov zoo nyob rau hauv lub roob thiab nyob rau hauv outback, tab sis lawv tsis muaj dab tsi ntau tshaj li glorified partisans. Lawv yuav tsis mus tawm tsam ib pab tub rog tsis tu ncua hauv kev tawm tsam pem hauv ntej. Lawv yeej tsis tawm tsam ib yam li lwm tus uas tsis yog pab pawg tub ceev xwm. Lawv yeej sib ntaus sib tua ib yam li peb thiab. Qhov tseeb tiag, kuv zoo siab tos txais lub sijhawm los yuam ob peb ntawm lawv cov tub rog mus rau hauv kev sib ntaus sib tua nrog peb - rhuav tshem qee qhov ntawm lawv cov tub rog siab tawv, thiab tag nrho cov koom haum Kurdistan tuaj yeem tuaj ua ke ib zaug thiab rau tag nrho. "
    
  "Yog lawm, tus tswv," Tus Thawj Coj tau hais tias, "tab sis kuv puas tuaj yeem hais kom peb tso cov pa luam yeeb rau hauv Citadel nkaus xwb? Koj paub yuav ua li cas qee tus neeg hwm qhov chaw no, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog nyob rau thaj tsam Kurdish. Lawv-"
    
  "Kuv tsis xav tau zaj lus qhia keeb kwm los ntawm koj, Major," Ozek snapped. "Pib ua daim ntawv teev npe tam sim no. Cov txheej txheem zoo ib yam li ua ntej: cov pa luam yeeb kom tshem tawm cov neeg nyob hauv thiab kos rau qhov tseeb, cov khoom tawg los ua rau lub ru tsev, thiab cov phosphorus dawb los hlawv qhov chaw rau hauv av. Mus nrog nws. "
    
  Sai li nws tso tus thawj tub rog tua phom nrog nthwv dej ntawm nws txhais tes, ib tug tub rog tau khiav mus rau nws thiab qhuas. "Lub phom yog txav mus rau hauv txoj haujlwm, tus tswv."
    
  "Thaum lub sijhawm ua phem tshaj plaws." Nws rov qab mus rau lub tsheb hais kom ua thiab tuav lub xov tooj cua microphone. "Hloov Ib-Yim, qhov no yog Sikan Ib, koj nyeem li cas?"
    
  "Lub suab nrov thiab meej, Sikan," qhia tus kws tsav dav hlau ntawm AC-130H Spectre nres nyoob hoom qav taub. "Ib feeb kom txog thaum peb tuaj txog ntawm qhov chaw nres tsheb."
    
  "Qhia kuv Tango tus lej ib," Ozek hais. Lub TV saib tau muaj sia nyob, qhia cov duab sensor kis tau los ntawm kev phom sij. Nws pom qhov dav dav ntawm sab qab teb Erbil, txog yim puas yards sab qab teb ntawm Citadel. Tus neeg teb xov tooj sensor hloov mus rau qhov nqaim ntawm qhov pom thiab zoomed hauv Erbil Bazaar los ntawm saum toj no. Nws taug txoj kev loj nyob rau sab qab teb raws ntug bazaar mus txog thaum nws hla txoj kev loj, ces pib suav cov tsev thaum nws mus rau sab qab teb. "Sab qab teb ntawm lub tsev noj mov, sab qaum teb ntawm lub tsev apartment ... Qhov no yog ib qho," Ozek xov tooj cua. Tus neeg teb xov tooj sensor tau ntes lub hauv paus ntawm Masari Bank ntawm Kurdistan, yog ib lub tsev txhab nyiaj loj tshaj plaws nyob rau sab qaum teb Iraq ... thiab paub dav rau kev txhawb nqa PKK los ntawm kev ntxhua khaub ncaws, kev sib pauv nyiaj thoob ntiaj teb thiab sau nyiaj pub dawb thoob ntiaj teb.
    
  "Resim kaw thiab npaj txhij, Sikan," tus kws tsav dav hlau tau tshaj tawm. Lub AC-130 nkag mus rau sab laug orbit nyob ib ncig ntawm lub hom phiaj, nrog ib sab-mounted cov ntaub ntawv qhia thiab cov cuab yeej tsaws system zoo li cov xub tswj uas qhia tus tsav raws nraim qhov chaw ntawm lub dav hlau.
    
  "Txuas ntxiv," Ozek hais tias, tom qab ntawd tawm ntawm lub tsheb hais kom ua thiab saib sab qab teb sab hnub tuaj. Nov yog nws thawj zaug pom AC-130 tawm tsam ntawm tus neeg ...
    
  ... thiab nws tau poob siab me ntsis. Feem ntau AC-130 tawm tsam tshwm sim hauv qhov tsaus ntuj, thaum lub teeb ci ntawm lub dav hlau 40mm cannon thiab 105mm howitzer teeb hmo ntuj zoo li tsis muaj dab tsi ntxiv. Nws pom ib lub pob zeb casitzer ntaus thiab cov pa taws nce saum ntuj ua ntej nws hnov ROOM! hais txog rab phom thiab tawg rau hauv av, thiab nws khuv xim nws tsis nyob twj ywm saib qhov ntaus ntawm qhov screen - nws yuav tsum tau tos rau cov video replay.
    
  Nws rov qab mus rau lub tsheb hais kom ua thiab saib cov duab sensor. Cov pa luam yeeb tseem feem ntau tsis pom qhov pom, tab sis lub tsev txhab nyiaj tau tshwm sim raug puas tsuaj, ib yam li cov khoom noj khoom haus thiab cov tsev tsev nyob thoob plaws lub tsev txhab nyiaj. Qhov tseeb ntawm lub nkoj tub rog no yog qhov tsis txaus ntseeg - qhov kev txhaj tshuaj raug rho tawm los ntawm qhov siab tshaj nees nkaum txhiab ko taw!
    
  "Zoo li txhaj tshuaj zoo, Resim," Ozek xov tooj cua. "Tsis muaj cov cim qhia txog kev tiv thaiv dav hlau teb. Yog tias koj npaj mus, peb muaj ob peb lub hom phiaj ntawm cov npe. Peb yuav tua ob peb lub mortar shells ntawm peb txoj hauj lwm mus rau sab qaum teb ntawm lub nroog; lawv yuav tsum tsis muaj teeb meem rau koj. Cia wb mus saib Tango ob."
    
    
  CHAW UA HAUJ LWM NTAWM PRESIDENT, PINK PALACE, ANKARA, REPUBLIC OF TURKEY
  TAM SIM NO
    
    
  "Qhov no yog thawj zaug kev koom tes nrog ib pab tub rog Iraqi," said National Defense Minister Hasan Cizek thaum nws nkag mus rau Thawj Tswj Hwm Kurzat Hirsiz lub chaw ua haujlwm. "Qhia los ntawm Tall Qayfa, sab qaum teb ntawm Mosul. Cov tub rog nyob hauv Nala tau rov tshwm sim thiab rov ua lawv lub hauv paus. "
    
  "Puas muaj kev sib cuag nrog peb cov tub rog?" Hirsiz nug.
    
  "Yog lawm, sir. Tus neeg tsav dav hlau dav hlau thiab cov neeg coob tau raug mob thaum nws lub dav hlau raug tua los ntawm Iraqi txiv neej-portable anti-aircraft missile. "
    
  Hirsiz tos, tab sis qhov ntawd yog txhua yam Jizek tuaj yeem hais. "Thiab yog txhua yam? Puas muaj lwm tus neeg raug tsim txom? Yuav ua li cas txog Iraqis?
    
  "Tsis muaj casualties, tus tswv."
    
  "Lawv ua dab tsi, pov pob dej rau ib leeg? Koj txhais li cas, tsis muaj neeg raug mob?
    
  Jizek hais tias "Lawv tsis tau sib ntaus, tus tswv," Jizek hais. "Peb lub koom haum tau tso cai rau Iraqis thiab Asmeskas cov kws tshaj lij uas nyob hauv lawv lub dav hlau tshawb nrhiav rov qab mus rau Nakhla Air Base."
    
  "Lawv puas cia lawv rov qab los? Neeg Amelikas thiab? Kuv hais kom lub dav hlau no rhuav tshem thiab xa rov qab mus rau Turkey! Puas yog cov neeg Amelikas tau tso cai rov qab mus rau hauv paus nrog qee qhov ntawm lub dav hlau?
    
  "Tus thawj coj ntawm pawg tab tom yuav txwv lawv, tab sis cov tub rog commando thiab neeg hlau tau hem tias yuav ua pauj rau lawv cov riam phom thiab los ntawm lub orbiting drone. Tom qab ntawd Iraqi tub rog tuaj txog. Tus thawj coj ntawm pawg pom tias nws muaj ntau dua thiab txiav txim siab tsis koom nrog. Cov Iraqis thiab Asmeskas kuj tsis koom nrog kev sib ntaus sib tua. Lawv nkag mus rau hauv lub hauv paus thiab lub chaw ruaj ntseg rov qab mus rau lawv cov haujlwm. "
    
  Qhov npau taws Hirsiz xav tias nws cov lus txib tsis quav ntsej sai sai thiab nws tau taub hau. "Nws yog qhov kev txiav txim siab zoo ntawm tus thawj coj," nws hais. "Xa 'ua tau zoo' rau nws chav tsev niam txiv."
    
  Jizek tau hais tias "Peb lub tsev nyob ntawd tau tshaj tawm tias cov neeg Amelikas tau tsim lub dav hlau tsis muaj neeg taug kev los txhawb lawv cov ncauj lus kom ntxaws soj ntsuam ntawm lub dav hlau," Jizek tau hais. "Tus thawj coj ntawm Asmeskas kev pabcuam kev ruaj ntseg ntiag tug, McLanahan, tau piav qhia tias nws yog lub dav hlau ntev uas muaj peev xwm tua tau ntau hom kev ua kom raug thiab thaj chaw mos txwv. Pom tau tias nws tau xa mus rau lub dav hlau thauj khoom Boeing 767 uas eluded peb interceptors. "
    
  "McLanahan. Yog lawm, "Jizek hais. "Nws yog daim npav qus hauv txhua qhov no. Nco ntsoov, nws tau hais kom cov neeg tawg rog siab heev hauv Teb Chaws Asmeskas Tub Rog Tub Rog, thiab nws tau paub txog qee qhov kev ua haujlwm zoo nkauj thiab ua tiav - ntau qhov pom tau ua tiav yam tsis muaj kev txiav txim siab, yog tias peb tuaj yeem ntseeg US media pundits. Tam sim no, thaj, nws tab tom ua haujlwm rau Iraqis. Kuv xav tias yog tias nws hais tias nws muaj lub foob pob hluav taws, ces nws ua, thiab tej zaum ntau tshaj ib qho. Lo lus nug yog: raws li lub cuab yeej ntawm Iraqis tam sim no, nws puas siv nws tawm tsam peb?
    
  Jizek tau hais tias "Kuv vam tias peb yuav tsis paub txog," Jizek hais. "Txawm li cas los xij, kuv xav saib ntawm lub dav hlau tshawb nrhiav no. Tus Thawj Fwm Tsav Tebchaws Asmeskas tau hais tias peb lub dav hlau tau ua tsis taus haujlwm los ntawm lub tshuab tiv thaiv tus kheej, thiab tsis yog los ntawm riam phom. Nws yuav tsum yog lub laser muaj zog. Yog tias peb tuaj yeem saib cov kab ke no thiab txhim kho nws, peb yuav yog kaum xyoo ua ntej ntawm feem ntau European thiab tag nrho cov tub rog Middle East. "
    
  "Kuv pom zoo," Hirsiz hais. "Zoo dua rov qab lub dav hlau no mus rau Turkey. Xa cov tub rog ntau npaum li sai tau los ntawm qhov nyoob hoom qav taub hmo no. Xa tag nrho Pawg Thawj Coj yog tias tsim nyog. Lawv zoo li tsis muaj teeb meem hauv lawv cheeb tsam ntawm lub luag haujlwm; Kuv txhawj xeeb txog thaj tsam Kurdish, tsis yog cov Arab. "
    
  "Tab sis dab tsi txog Iraqi Nakhla Brigade?"
    
  Hirsiz tau hais tias "Cia li saib seb lawv puas xav muaj kev pheej hmoo nkag mus rau hauv kev sib ntaus sib tua ntawm Asmeskas lub dav hlau," Hirsiz tau hais. "Kuv xav tias lawv yuav xav ob zaug. Tej zaum peb yuav tau nrog Asmeskas cov neeg hlau thiab cov tub rog armored, tab sis lawv muaj pes tsawg ntawm cov khoom no? Cia peb kawm paub. Kuv xav tias lub dav hlau thiab nws cov thev naus laus zis yuav tsim nyog nws. "
    
  "Peb muaj cov ntaub ntawv ntau ntxiv txog cov neeg hlau thiab cov tub rog commando; peb yuav tsis xav tsis thoob li peb lub tsev me me, thiab peb yuav ua tib zoo saib xyuas lawv lub dav hlau tsis muaj neeg tuaj yeem tawm tsam, "Jizek tau hais. Tus pab cuam maj nrawm nrog cov lus thiab muab rau nws. "Kuv tuaj yeem tau txais qee cov ntsiab lus hais txog lub dav hlau, XC-57," nws hais thaum nws nyeem. "Nws nkag mus rau tiam tom ntej kev sib tw foob pob tab sis tsis raug xaiv, yog li nws tau rov ua dua rau hauv ...lanet olsun!" - nws swore.
    
  "Dab tsi?"
    
  Jizek hais tias, "Lub 3rd Brigade foob pob Erbil," Jizek hais tias, xav tsis thoob. Hirsiz tsis hnov qab. "General Ozek, tus kheej hauv kev tswj hwm ntawm pawg tub rog mortar, tau tsiv mus rau sab nrauv ntawm Erbil, tsawg dua ib mais ntawm Kurdistan Parliament lub tsev, thiab pib tua lub nroog nrog mortars," nws hais ntxiv. "Nws txawm tua phom rau ntawm Citadel, qhov chaw qub ntawm lub nroog. Rau lub hom phiaj nws tsis tuaj yeem ncav cuag nrog mortars, nws hu ua AC-130 phom thiab rhuav tshem ntau lub hom phiaj nyob rau sab qab teb ntawm lub nroog nrog cov phom loj loj los ntawm saum toj no! "
    
  Es tsis txhob npau taws lossis xav tsis thoob, Hirsiz luag nyav thiab tig rov qab rau hauv nws lub rooj zaum. Nws tau hais tias "Zoo, nws zoo li peb lub cev pob txha-ntsej muag berserker tau txiav txim siab tawm tsam Erbil rau peb," nws hais.
    
  "Tab sis yuav ua li cas-" Jizek nres, txhawj xeeb hla nws lub ntsej muag. "Cov npe thov ntawm lub hom phiaj uas Pawg Thawj Coj Kev Txawj Ntse tau teeb tsa ...?"
    
  Hirsiz hais tias "Kuv muab nws rau Ozek." "Nws ua raws nraim li kuv vam tias nws yuav." Kev qhia txog kev txhawj xeeb ntawm Jizek lub ntsej muag muab txoj hauv kev rau ib qho kev tsis ntseeg tseeb. "Lub Rooj Tsav Xwm Saib Xyuas Kev Ruaj Ntseg tsis tau txiav txim siab seb peb puas yuav tsum ua kom muaj kev tsis sib haum xeeb los ntawm kev tawm tsam lub peev ntawm tsoomfwv cheeb tsam Kurdistan; Ozek ua nws rau peb. "
    
  Jizek tau hais tias "Qhov no yog qhov teeb meem loj, tus tswv," Jizek hais. "Erbil yog lub nroog uas muaj neeg nyob ntawm ib lab. Txawm tias thaum siv hluav taws xob precision, uas mortars feem ntau yeej tsis yog, cov neeg dawb huv yuav raug mob. Thiab lub tshuab loj loj ntawm AC-130s tuaj yeem rhuav tshem tag nrho lub tsev nrog ib qho kev txhaj tshuaj! "
    
  Hirsiz tau hais tias "Ib ob peb cov neeg pej xeem raug mob tsuas yog pab peb xwb." "Qhov kev sib ntaus sib tua no yooj yim heev, tsis muaj txiaj ntsig. Cov PKK thiab cov tub rog Iraqi tab tom khiav thiab nkaum, Peshmerga tseem nyob tsis tau, cov neeg Amelikas tau kaw lub qhov rooj rau lawv lub hauv paus, thiab cov neeg Iraqi tig rau lawv lub TV thiab saib peb tsav tsheb hla lawv txoj kev. Qhov no tsis yog tsov rog, qhov no yog kev ua yeeb yam ... txog tam sim no. " Ces ib qho kev txhawj xeeb tshwm rau ntawm nws lub ntsej muag. "Ozek tsis tua ib lub tsev kawm ntawv lossis tsev kho mob, puas yog nws?"
    
  Dzizek tau thov kom muaj cov npe tseeb dua ntawm lub hom phiaj ntaus thiab tau txais lawv ob peb feeb tom qab. "Ib lub txhab nyiaj Kurdish... lub khw me me ... ob peb lub khw hauv Citadel ... lub tiaj ua si memorial ... Ib lub mortar txawm tsaws ntawm ib sab ntawm lub tsev hais plaub hauv qhov chaw nres tsheb, kaw txaus kom tawg ob peb lub qhov rais- "
    
  Hirsiz tau hais tias "Nws yog nyob rau hauv daim ntawv teev npe - qhov chaw nres tsheb rau ib tus kws tshaj lij PKK tus nom tswv," Hirsiz tau hais. "Nws ua raws li daim ntawv teev npe kawg. Strike the Citadel... Nws yog nws lub tswv yim, tab sis nws qiv lub tswv yim los ntawm cov npe ntawd. Kuv paub tseeb tias lub khw yog tus tswv ntawm tib lub lag luam uas yog tus tswv ntawm lwm lub khw hauv nroog ntawm daim ntawv teev npe. Ozek ntshai thiab vwm me ntsis, tab sis nws kawm tau sai. "
    
  Jizek tau hais tias "Lub Tsev Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Kev Ruaj Ntseg tsis tau txiav txim siab txog kev tawm tsam Erbil vim peb xav pom lub ntiaj teb cov tshuaj tiv thaiv ua ntej," Jizek tau hais. "Txog tam sim no cov tshuaj tiv thaiv tau nyob twj ywm heev ... Ua rau xav tsis thoob. Muaj ob peb qhov kev tawm tsam ntawm kev npau taws, feem ntau yog los ntawm cov tub rog Muslim pawg thiab tib neeg cov cai. Nws yog tacit pom zoo ntawm qhov peb tau ua. Tab sis tam sim no peb tau tawm tsam ncaj qha rau cov neeg Iraqi, cov neeg Kurds. Koj yuav tsum tau txais kev pom zoo ntawm Pawg Saib Xyuas Kev Ruaj Ntseg Ua ntej muab qhov kev txiav txim, Kurzat! "
    
  "Kuv tsis tau xaj dab tsi, Hasan," Hirsiz hais. Tus Minister of Defense zoo li tsis ntseeg. "Tsis txhob ntseeg kuv yog tias koj xav tau, tab sis kuv tsis tau xaj Ozek rau plhaub Erbil. Kuv muab nws daim ntawv teev npe, yog tag nrho. Tab sis kuv paub tias nws yuav tsis poob siab. " Nws ntsia nws lub moos. "Kuv xav tias kuv yuav tsum hu rau Washington thiab piav qhia txhua yam rau lawv."
    
  "Koj puas yuav qhia lawv tias cov kev tawm tsam no tau ua los ntawm tub sab tub nyiag?"
    
  "Kuv yuav qhia lawv raws nraim li qhov tshwm sim: peb tau sib tham txog kev tawm tsam kev lag luam thiab cov koom haum paub tias ua phooj ywg zoo rau PKK, thiab ib tus thawj coj ntawm peb pawg tau coj nws tus kheej los ua qhov ntawd." Hirsiz yoj nws txhais tes ntawm Jizek qhov kev qhia tsis txaus ntseeg thiab taws luam yeeb. "Tsis tas li ntawd, tam sim no koj thiab lwm tus hauv pawg sab laj kuj muaj lub sijhawm los tsis lees paub txhua yam. Yog tias qhov no tsis yuam cov neeg Asmeskas thiab Iraqis los pab peb, koj tuaj yeem liam Ozek thiab kuv. " Nws rov mob hnyav dua. "Nco ntsoov Ozek rov qab mus rau tshav dav hlau. Yog tias peb txhawb nws ntau dhau, tej zaum nws yuav sim tswj hwm tag nrho lub nroog. "
    
  "Yog lawm, tus tswv," Jizek hais. "Thiab peb yuav xa ib qho kev faib thib ob ntawm cov dav hlau Asmeskas no."
    
  "Zoo heev". Hirsiz khaws lub xov tooj. "Kuv yuav hu Gardner thiab teem caij nrog nws thiab kom nws tham txog kev tawm tsam ntawm Erbil."
    
    
  COMMANAND THIAB CONTROL CENTER, ALLIED AIR BASE NAKHLA, IRAQ
  TAM SIM NO
    
    
  "Tsuas yog tawm hauv xov tooj nrog Thawj Tswj Hwm," Tus Lwm Thawj Coj Ken Phoenix tau hais thaum nws nkag mus rau hauv lub Reservoir. Colonel Jack Wilhelm zaum ntawm nws lub rooj nyob rau pem hauv ntej ntawm chav ua haujlwm laus, tab sis nyob ib sab ntawm nws, hauv lub rooj zaum hais lus tiag tiag, yog Colonel Yusuf Jaffar. Lub tank muaj neeg coob heev vim tias ob tus neeg Asmeskas thiab Iraqi tam sim no tau zaum ntawm txhua qhov kev tswj hwm kev sib ntaus sib tua hauv chav. Tsis tas li ntawd hauv chav yog Patrick McLanahan, Wayne Macomber thiab John Masters. "Nws tau tham nrog Thawj Tswj Hwm Turkish Hirsiz thiab Iraqi Thawj Tswj Hwm Rashid.
    
  "Ua ntej tshaj, nws xav kom kuv qhuas koj rau "txoj hauj lwm ua tau zoo" rau koj qhov kev ua hnub no. Nws hais tias thaum nws tsis xav tias qhov kev pheej hmoo puas tsim nyog, nws ua tsaug rau txhua tus uas qhia kev txwv thiab ua siab loj. Nws yog qhov xwm txheej tawg thiab koj tau ua haujlwm zoo. "
    
  Jaffar tau hais tias, "Kuv kuj tau hais lus nrog Thawj Tswj Hwm Rashid," thiab nws xav kom kuv qhia cov kev xav zoo sib xws rau txhua tus.
    
  "Ua tsaug, Colonel. Txawm li cas los xij, peb tseem muaj qhov xwm txheej. Qaib ntxhw xav nkag mus rau XC-57 qhov kev puas tsuaj los sau cov pov thawj rau kev sim ua txhaum cai tawm tsam Scion Aviation International. Lawv tab tom thov kev tso cai rau cov kws tshaj lij los tshuaj xyuas lub dav hlau, suav nrog qhov koj tshem tawm ntawm lub dav hlau, Dr. Masters. "
    
  John hais tias "Cov khoom no tau muab cais tawm thiab muaj tswv, Mr. Vice President," John hais. "Cia cov Turks kawm nws muab sijhawm rau lawv rov qab ua haujlwm rau nws. Yog vim li cas peb thiaj pheej hmoo peb lub neej kom tau cov khoom no tawm ntawm qhov ntawd! Lawv tsis quav ntsej txog kev foob - lawv tsuas yog xav tau kuv lub tshuab. Tsis muaj txoj hauv kev uas kuv yuav cia cov Turks tau lawv cov paws qias neeg ntawm qhov no!"
    
  Phoenix tau hais tias "Koj yuav tsis muaj kev xaiv, Dr. Masters." "Thaum lub sijhawm tawm tsam, Scion yog tsoomfwv Meskas tus neeg cog lus. Tsoomfwv yuav muaj cai xaj kom koj rov qab cov khoom siv. "
    
  "Kuv tsis yog kws lij choj, tus tswv, thiab kuv tsis nyiam lawv, tab sis kuv paub tag nrho cov tub rog ntawm lawv," John hais. "Kuv yuav cia lawv tuav nws."
    
  Patrick tau hais tias "Kuv txhawj xeeb ntxiv txog qhov Turks yuav ua li cas, Mr. Tus Lwm Thawj Coj," Patrick tau hais.
    
  "Kuv paub tseeb tias lawv yuav mus rau Lub Tsev Hais Plaub Ntiaj Teb lossis NATO, tej zaum Lub Tsev Hais Plaub International Admiralty, coj mus rau txim txhaum cai thiab sim yuam koj - "
    
  "Tsis yog, kuv tsis txhais hais tias kev sim. Kuv txhais tau tias, cov tub rog Turkish yuav ua li cas?
    
  "Koj txhais li cas?"
    
  "Tus Tswv, koj puas xav kom cov tub rog Turkish tsuas hnov qab txhua yam uas tau tshwm sim ntawm no hnub no?" Patrick teb. "Lawv muaj nees nkaum txhiab tus tub rog tawg nyob nruab nrab ntawm ciam teb thiab Mosul, thiab tsib caug txhiab tus tub rog nyob rau hauv ib hnub lub peb hlis ntuj ntawm no. Qhov no yog thawj zaug swb lawv raug kev txom nyem hauv lawv txoj haujlwm Iraq. Kuv xav tias John yog lawm: lawv xav tau cov tshuab hauv lub dav hlau no, thiab kuv xav tias lawv yuav rov qab los thiab nqa nws. "
    
  "Lawv yuav tsis twv!" - Jaffar exclaimed. "Qhov no tsis yog lawv lub tebchaws, qhov no yog kuv li. Lawv yuav tsis ua raws li lawv xav tau!"
    
  "Peb tab tom sim tiv thaiv qhov kev tsis sib haum xeeb no kom tsis txhob nce ntxiv, Colonel," Tus Lwm Thawj Coj Phoenix tau hais. "Hais ncaj ncees, kuv xav tias peb muaj hmoo hnub no. Peb ntes cov Turks los ntawm kev xav tsis thoob nrog rau Tin Woodman thiab CID units. Tab sis yog tias Jaffar lub pab tub rog tsis tau tshwm sim thaum nws ua, lossis yog tias cov Turks tau txiav txim siab tawm tsam tam sim ntawd tsis txhob tos cov lus qhia, cov txiaj ntsig tuaj yeem ua rau hnyav dua. "
    
  Wayne Macomber tau hais tias "Peb tuaj yeem tswj hwm lawv zoo, tus tswv," Wayne Macomber tau hais.
    
  "Kuv zoo siab koj xav li ntawd, Mr. Macomber, tab sis kuv tsis pom zoo," Phoenix hais. "Koj tus kheej tau hais rau kuv tias koj tsis tshua muaj mos txwv thiab lub zog. Kuv txaus siab rau qhov kev ntshai cuam tshuam nrog Tin txiv neej thiab CID, tab sis cov tub rog Turkish no taug kev yuav luag ob puas mais mus rau hauv Iraq. Lawv yuav tsis khiav tawm. " Zipper txo nws lub qhov muag thiab hais tsis muaj dab tsi teb; nws paub tus lwm thawj coj yog lawm.
    
  Jaffar tau hais tias "Mr. Tus Lwm Thawj Coj, Kuv xav tias General McLanahan yuav yog." "Kuv tsis paub txog tej yam tsis pub leejtwg paub uas Dr. Masters hais txog, tab sis kuv paub cov thawj coj hauv av, thiab lawv yeej tsis swb zoo. Niaj hnub no peb hla ib lub chaw ruaj ntseg me me thiab yuam kom lawv rov qab, tab sis ntawm no lawv tshaj peb.
    
  "Cov Turks muaj ob lub tub rog nyob ib puag ncig Mosul thiab xa mus rau sab qab teb ntawm peb," Jaffar hais ntxiv. "Cov tub rog Iraqi muaj cov chaw txaus hauv lub vaj tse los tuav lawv tawm yog tias tsim nyog. Tab sis kuv pab tub rog yog tib lub zog tseem ceeb tawm tsam ob lub Turkish tub rog mus rau sab qaum teb ntawm peb. Nws nyob ntawd kuv yuav tsom mus rau kuv lub zog thiab npaj rau txhua qhov kev ua ntawm Turks. " Nws sawv thiab muab nws lub kaus mom hlau. "General McLanahan, koj yuav tso koj lub dav hlau tshawb nrhiav thiab pab pawg hauv av nyob rau sab qaum teb mus rau sab qaum teb, mus rau sab qaum teb kom deb li deb tau yam tsis muaj kev sib cuag, thiab ceeb toom ntawm Turkish ua ntej."
    
  "Yog lawm, Colonel," said Patrick. "Kuv kuj tseem txhawj xeeb txog cov tub rog Turkish, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog F-15E, A-10 thiab AC-130 nres helicopters ntawm Thib Ob Tactical Air Force nyob hauv Diyarbakir. Yog tias lawv txiav txim siab coj lawv los, lawv tuaj yeem rhuav tshem peb lub zog. "
    
  "Koj xav li cas, Patrick?" Tus Lwm Thawj Coj Phoenix nug.
    
  "Tus Tswv, koj yuav tsum tau hais rau Thawj Tswj Hwm Gardner tias peb xav tau kev soj ntsuam ntawm Diyarbakir thiab cov phiaj xwm teb yog tias cov Turks tau tawm tsam loj rau peb." Patrick rub tawm daim npav cim xeeb digital ruaj ntseg hauv rooj plaub yas. "Qhov no yog kuv lub sijhawm nrhiav kev tshawb nrhiav thiab kev npaj tawm tsam. Peb lub chaw tshawb nrhiav thawj zaug yog lub hnub qub ntawm microsatellite uas Sky Masters Incorporated tuaj yeem tso rau hauv lub voj voog kom muab kev pabcuam txuas ntxiv ntawm Qaib Cov Txwv. Lawv tuaj yeem nce thiab khiav hauv ob peb teev. Txoj kev npaj tua yog ua raws li kev siv cov qauv tshwj xeeb hauv peb lub dav hlau XC-57 uas tuaj yeem cuam tshuam thiab rhuav tshem cov lus txib thiab tswj cov chaw hauv Diyarbakir. "
    
  "Kuv xav tias XC-57 tsuas yog lub dav hlau thauj thiab tshawb nrhiav, Patrick," Phoenix hais nrog kev paub txog luag nyav.
    
  Patrick tau hais tias "Txawm li cas los xij peb tsis tawm tsam Diyarbakir, tus tswv, yog txhua yam muaj," Patrick hais. "Qhov kev tawm tsam yuav ua ke nettrusion - network intrusion - kom tsis meej pem thiab overload lawv cov tes hauj lwm, ua raws li los ntawm ib tug high-powered microwave riam phom los rhuav tshem hluav taws xob nyob rau hauv lub board ua hauj lwm aircraft los yog chaw. Peb tuaj yeem txuas ntxiv nrog kev foob pob tawg yog tias tsim nyog. "
    
  "Bomber attacks?"
    
  Patrick tau hais tias "Cov Tub Ceev Xwm Huab Cua 7," hais. "Qhov no yog ib chav me me ntawm B-1B Lancer bombers, tsim los ntawm ib pawg engineering hauv Palmdale, California, uas tso lub dav hlau mus rau hauv lub davhlau cia thiab coj lawv rov qab los rau hauv kev npaj kev sib ntaus sib tua. Tam sim no lawv muaj xya lub foob pob xa mus rau hauv tebchaws United Arab Emirates. Lawv tau siv los ua txoj haujlwm pabcuam thaum muaj xwm txheej ceev rau Lub Tsev Haujlwm Thib Ob thiab lwm cov tub rog hauv Iraq. "
    
  "Qhov no puas yog Air Force unit, Patrick?"
    
  Patrick teb hais tias "Lawv muaj lub npe Tub Rog Tub Rog, Kuv ntseeg tias lawv tau tsim raws li cov lus txib ntawm Air Force Materiel, thiab lawv raug txib los ntawm Tub Rog Tub Rog Tub Rog," Patrick teb tias, "tab sis feem ntau ntawm cov tswvcuab yog pej xeem." "
    
  "Puas yog tag nrho cov tub rog coj los ntawm cov neeg cog lus, Patrick?" - Phoenix luag nyav crookedly. Nws nodded grimly. "Kuv tsis nyiam lub tswv yim ntawm kev foob pob Turkey txawm tias lawv ntaus peb ncaj qha, tab sis yog tias qhov no yog qhov kev xaiv kawg, nws zoo li me me thiab muaj zog txaus kom tau txais txoj haujlwm tsis ua rau muaj kev tsov rog ntiaj teb ntawm NATO cov phooj ywg."
    
  "Kuv txoj kev xav yeej ib yam nkaus, tus tswv."
    
  Phoenix tau hais tias, "Kuv yuav nthuav qhia koj txoj kev npaj rau Washington, Patrick," tab sis cia siab tias peb yuav tsis mus nyob qhov twg ze qhov kev nce qib ntawd." Nws tig mus rau Iraqi tus thawj coj. "Colonel Jaffar, Kuv paub qhov no yog koj lub tebchaws thiab koj cov tub rog, tab sis kuv yaum kom koj ua tib zoo saib xyuas koj tau qhia hnub no. Peb tsis xav mus rau hauv kev sib ntaus sib tua nrog cov Turks. Qhov no nrog lub thawv zais cia los ntawm qhov kev puas tsuaj tsis muaj teeb meem yog tias lub neej muaj feem cuam tshuam. "
    
  Jaffar tau hais tias "Txhua yam kev hwm, tus tswv, koj ua yuam kev ntawm ob qho," Jaffar hais. "Zoo li kuv hais, kuv tsis paub txog lub thawv dub thiab kuv tsis quav ntsej. Tab sis peb tsis tau hais txog lub thawv dub - peb tab tom tham txog ib pab tub rog txawv teb chaws tuaj txeeb kuv lub tsev. Thiab hnub no kuv tsis tau qhia kev txwv rau Turks. Peb tshaj lawv; tsis muaj laj thawj sib ntaus tshwj tsis yog lawv xav tau. Lawv yog cov uas qhia kev txwv tsis pub kuv. Tab sis yog tias cov Turks rov qab los, lawv yuav tuaj coob, thiab tom qab ntawd peb yuav tawm tsam. General McLanahan, Kuv cia siab tias yuav muaj kev qhia luv luv ntawm koj txoj kev npaj xa tawm hauv ib teev."
    
  Patrick hais tias "Kuv yuav npaj txhij, Colonel,"
    
  "Thov zam txim rau kuv, tus tswv, tab sis kuv yuav tsum npaj kuv cov tub rog rau kev sib ntaus sib tua," Jaffar hais, nyo hau rau Tus Lwm Thawj Coj Phoenix. "Colonel Wilhelm, Kuv yuav tsum ua tsaug rau koj ua kom Nala muaj kev nyab xeeb thaum kuv tsis tuaj. Kuv puas tuaj yeem tso siab rau koj thiab koj cov txiv neej kom Nala muaj kev nyab xeeb thaum peb xa mus, zoo li koj tau ua lawm? "
    
  Wilhelm hais tias "Tau kawg," "Thiab kuv xav tuaj koom koj cov lus qhia txog kev xa tawm yog tias kuv ua tau."
    
  "Koj ib txwm txais tos, Colonel. Koj yuav tau ceeb toom. Nyob zoo hmo ntuj." Thiab Jaffar sab laug, ua raws Patrick, Wayne thiab John.
    
  "Koj puas tseem xav tias qhov no yog lub tswv yim zoo, General?" Wilhelm nug ua ntej lawv tawm mus. "Jaffar tab tom tawm tsam rau nws lub tebchaws. Koj tab tom ntaus dab tsi tam sim no? Nyiaj?"
    
  Jaffar khov, thiab lawv tuaj yeem pom nws tuav thiab tuav nws lub nrig thiab ncab nws nraub qaum hauv kev npau taws, tab sis nws tsis ua dab tsi thiab tsis hais dab tsi. Tab sis Patrick nres thiab tig mus rau William. "Koj paub dab tsi, Colonel?" Patrick hais nrog luag ntxhi. "Cov Iraqis tsis tau them kuv ib xees. Tsis yog ib xees. " Thiab nws tawm mus.
    
    
  QHOV TSEEB
    
    
  Tsis muaj cov neeg zoo nyob hauv lub ntiaj teb no, tsuas yog cov teeb meem loj uas tib neeg ntsib.
    
  -ADMIRAL WILLIAM FREDERICK HALSEY JR (1882-1959)
    
    
    
  NEAR NAKHLA ALLIED AIR BASE, IRAQ
  TAM SIM NO TAM SIM NO
    
    
  Ob yim-txiv neej pab pawg ntawm Turkish tshwj xeeb tub rog rangers, bordo bereliler, los yog "Bordo Bereliler", los yog "Burgundy Berets", tuaj txog ntawm qhov chaw nres tsheb nyob ib ncig ntawm peb teev sawv ntxov. Lawv tau ua qhov zoo tshaj plaws HALO skydive, lossis siab-siab, qis-qhib skydive, mus rau thaj tsam li tsib mais sab qaum teb ntawm Tall Qaifa. Tom qab tsaws thiab khaws lawv cov parachutes, lawv tau lees paub lawv qhov chaw, tshuaj xyuas cov neeg ua haujlwm, riam phom thiab khoom siv thiab mus rau sab qab teb. Ib zaug nyob ze ntawm qhov chaw kuaj xyuas kwv yees li ob mais ntawm qhov chaw sib tsoo ntawm XC-57, lawv tau faib ua pab pawg neeg tshawb nrhiav ntawm ob thiab mus rau lawv lub hom phiaj ntawm tus kheej.
    
  Nws siv Burgundy Berets tsawg dua li peb caug feeb los txiav txim siab tias txhua qhov kev txawj ntse uas lawv tau txais los ntawm Tus Thawj Tub Rog Evren lub chaw nyob sab nraud ntawm Allied Nala Air Base yog qhov tseeb: cov Iraqis tau xa mus rau plaub lub infantry platoons nyob ib ncig ntawm XC-57 qhov chaw sib tsoo thiab tau teeb tsa. tshuab rab phom zes tawm ntawm beanbags nrog xuab zeb los tiv thaiv nws. Lwm tus ntawm cov tub rog tsis pom qhov twg. Evren tseem hais tias cov neeg Amelikas tseem nyob hauv lub hauv paus, tab tom kawm thiab ua kom txias, tab sis tseem tseem muaj kev txawj ntse.
    
  Cov Iraqis pom tseeb tias yuav muaj qee yam tshwm sim, tus thawj coj ntawm Ranger platoon xav, tab sis lawv tsis muaj dab tsi ntau tshaj li kev tiv thaiv token. Lawv pom tseeb tsis tau nrhiav kev sib ntaus sib tua ntawm lub dav hlau neeg soj xyuas. Cov Rangers tuaj yeem hu tawm lawv txoj haujlwm yog tias Iraqis tau xa tawm ntau lub zog hauv cheeb tsam, tab sis lawv tsis ua. Kev ua haujlwm tseem tab tom ua.
    
  Lub sij hawm yog rab chais nyias, tab sis txhua leej txhua tus ua nws zoo kawg nkaus. Aviation cov ntsiab lus ntawm Thawj thiab Thib Ob Cheeb Tsam tau xa cov tub ceev xwm tub ceev xwm nyob rau hauv qis-yas UH-60 Black Hawk thiab CH-47F Chinook helicopters los ntawm rau qhov sib txawv, tag nrho cov converged rau thaj tsam Nala nyob rau hauv kev tiv thaiv ntawm AH-1 Cobra nres helicopters. . Cov nyoob hoom qav taub tsaws hauv qab daim pam ntawm kev cuam tshuam thoob plaws lub tshuab hluav taws xob electromagnetic, uas cuam tshuam tag nrho cov radar thiab kev sib txuas lus uas tsis yog cov bands lawv xav siv. Nyob rau tib lub sijhawm, cov tub rog hauv av tau maj nrawm los txhawb lawv. Nyob rau hauv tsawg dua peb caug feeb - nyob rau hauv lub blink ntawm ib lub qhov muag, txawm nyob rau hauv ib tug niaj hnub battlefield - plaub Iraqi platoons nyob ib ncig ntawm lub XC-57 crash site lawv tus kheej nyob ib ncig ntawm ... thiab outnumbered.
    
  Cov neeg tiv thaiv Iraqi, siv cov tsom iav hmo ntuj, tuaj yeem pom cov kab liab ntawm Turkish laser pointers hla lub teb nyob rau hauv pem hauv ntej ntawm lawv, thiab lawv squatted qab tshuab phom zes ua los ntawm sandbags thiab XC-57 khib nyiab. Kev tawm tsam tuaj yeem pib thaum twg los tau.
    
  "Kev ceev faj, cov tub rog Iraqi," lawv hnov hauv Arabic los ntawm lub suab nrov ntawm lub tsheb tub rog Turkish armored infantry. "Qhov no yog Brigadier General Ozek, tus thawj coj ntawm lub luag haujlwm no. Koj tau nyob ib puag ncig, thiab kuv tab tom nqa kev txhawb nqa ntxiv thaum kuv hais. Kuv txib koj-"
    
  Thiab nyob rau lub sijhawm ntawd, ib lub nyoob hoom qav taub Chinook, uas nyuam qhuav tsaws rau thauj cov tub rog, ploj mus hauv lub foob pob hluav taws loj, tom qab ntawd los ntawm Cobra rab phom, uas hovered ob peb puas yards los ntawm kev saib xyuas, thiab Black Hawk nyoob hoom qav taub, uas nyuam qhuav tawm mus. . Tag nrho lub qab ntug qaum teb thiab sab qaum teb sab hnub tuaj ntawm XC-57 qhov chaw sib tsoo tam sim ntawd tshwm sim los ntawm hluav taws.
    
  "Karsi, Karsi, qhov no yog Kuvet, peb raug hluav taws kub hnyav, kev taw qhia tsis paub!" - tus thawj coj ntawm pawg ua haujlwm ntawm pawg thib ob hauv xov tooj cua. "Hais nws. Xaus!" Tsis teb. Tus thawj saib xyuas nws sab laug xub pwg ntawm Txoj Kev Loj 3, nrog rau nws cov tub rog sab hnub tuaj yuav sib tw los tawm tsam Iraqis ...
    
  ... thiab dhau los ntawm nws lub tsom iav hmo ntuj nws pom lub ntsej muag ci ntsa iab ntawm lub qab ntug txog peb mais qab nws - thiab flickering ntawm qee yam khoom loj heev, hlawv thiab tawg. "Karsi, qhov no yog Kuvet, hais koj lub npe!"
    
  Patrick McLanahan tau hais tias "Zoo tua, Boomer," Patrick McLanahan tau hais. Thawj AGM-177 Wolverine nres missile tau tua lub CBU-97 sensor-fuse munition ntawm cov tsheb ua haujlwm ntawm cov tub rog sab hnub tuaj tshaj plaws mus rau sab qab teb ua ib feem ntawm Kev Ua Haujlwm Nala. Poob los ntawm qhov siab ntawm kaum tsib txhiab ko taw, CBU-97 dispenser tso kaum submunitions, txhua tus ntiav plaub skits thiab laser thiab infrared nrhiav. Raws li cov foob pob hluav taws poob mus rau sab ntawm lub tsheb, lawv pib tig, thiab thaum lawv ua li ntawd, lawv tau tshawb pom thiab cais tag nrho cov tsheb hauv qab no. Ntawm qhov siab xav tau, txhua lub saucer tawg saum lub tsheb, los nag los ntawm cov tooj liab poob rau nws cov neeg raug tsim txom. Cov tee dej ntawm cov tooj liab superheated tau yooj yim nkag mus rau feem ntau thinner sab sauv armor ntawm cov tsheb Turkish, rhuav tshem txhua lub tsheb ntawm txoj kev hauv ib lub quarter-mais vojvoog.
    
  Hunter Noble tau hais tias "Kev nkag siab, General," said Hunter Noble. "Wolverine" maneuvers mus rau sab hnub poob rau GBU-97 qhov thib ob hla, tom qab ntawd tawm tsam cov tub rog ze tshaj plaws rau Nala nrog rau yim caum-Seventh. Lub CBU-87 Combined Action Munition yog ib lub mine-explosive ntaus ntawv uas muaj peev xwm nqa tau ntau tshaj li ob puas lub foob pob nyob ib ncig ntawm peb txhiab square feet, siv tau rau cov tub rog thiab lub teeb tsheb. Cov neeg Iraqis yuav muaj teeb meem nrog Mosul brigades. "
    
  "Kuv vam tias peb tsis xav tau nws," Patrick hais. "Qhia rau kuv paub yog tias-"
    
  "Qhov teeb meem, Patrick-Kuv xav tias peb poob thawj Wolverine," Boomer cuam tshuam. "Kev sib cuag ploj. Nws tuaj yeem raug tua yog tias nws tau kuaj pom ntawm radar thaum nws ua nws tawm tsam. "
    
  "Xa ob Wolverine mus rau sab hnub poob battalion," Patrick hais.
    
  "Lawv tsiv. Tab sis Jaffar cov tub tuaj yeem tiv tauj ua ntej nws tuaj txog. "
    
  Sab hnub tuaj ntawm Turkish infantry tsheb tau pib nres los ntawm thawj qhov kev tawm tsam Wolverine, tab sis cov neeg muaj sia nyob sai sai pib txav mus. Raws li lawv tau sib tw rau pem hauv ntej kom tau raws li Lub Chaw Pabcuam Tub Rog, ntau pab pawg Iraqi tiv thaiv lub tank zais rau hauv kab laug sab qhov ntawm txoj kev loj qhib hluav taws, rhuav tshem tsib Humvees thiab M113 cov neeg ua haujlwm armored. Tab sis cov Iraqis sai sai tau los nyob rau hauv qhov hluav taws kub hnyav los ntawm lwm cov tub rog Turkish, thiab lawv tau los rau hauv lawv "kab laug sab qhov." Ib kab ntawm peb Humvees tau pom peb qhov kab laug sab thiab sai sai ua rau thawj zaug ntawm lawv nrog hluav taws los ntawm plaub caug millimeter tsis siv neeg grenade launchers.
    
  "Women hena! Yog lawm! Nres!" - Cov Turks qw hauv Arabic. Lawv tawm ntawm lawv cov Humvees, riam phom tsa. "Tawm tam sim no, tes ntawm ...!"
    
  Mam li nco dheev lawv hnov ib qho kev sib tsoo! thiab ib tug ntawm cov Humvees tawg nyob rau hauv lub blink ntawm lub qhov muag. Ua ntej qhov tawg tawg, lawv hnov ib lub suab nrov! thiab ib tug thib ob Humvee tawg, ua raws li los ntawm peb. Cov Turks nteg lawv lub plab, nrhiav tus yeeb ncuab uas nyuam qhuav tshuab lawv lub tsheb ...
    
  ... thiab ob peb lub sij hawm tom qab ntawd lawv pom nws yog leej twg: ib tug kaum-taw-siab American neeg hlau nrog ib tug zoo kawg nkaus sniper phom loj thiab ib lub hnab ev khoom loj. "Nws yog lub sij hawm mus poob," tus neeg hlau hais nyob rau hauv electronically synthesized Turkish. Nws tsom ib rab phom loj thiab hais tias: "Tau koj riam phom." Cov Turks tau ua raws li lawv tau hais, tig mus thiab khiav tom qab lawv cov phooj ywg. Cov Iraqis tau tshwm sim los ntawm lawv qhov kab laug sab, khaws cov Turks cov riam phom thiab lawv cov foob pob hluav taws uas tseem tshuav, thiab mus nrhiav lub hom phiaj tshiab.
    
  Charlie Turlock tau hais tias "Cov txiv neej Jaffar ua tau zoo nyob rau sab hnub tuaj," "Kuv xav tias tus so ntawm lub battalion no swb lawm, ua tsaug rau Wolverine. Cov khoom nyob rau sab hnub poob zoo li cas, Zipper?
    
  "Tsis zoo li ntawd," Wayne Macomber hais. Nws "tawm nws lub tso tsheb hlau luam" ntawm txhua lub tsheb loj armored uas tuaj nyob rau hauv ntau, tab sis kem ntawm Turkish tsheb mus txog rau lawv zoo li tsis muaj qhov kawg.
    
  "Kev pab yog xav tau?"
    
  "General?"
    
  Patrick hais tias "Tib ob Wolverine hauv tsib feeb," "Thawj ib tug hnav ris tsho tango. Tab sis peb tseem muaj ob lub tuam txhab nyob rau sab hnub tuaj uas kuv xav xa mus ua ntej. Peb yuav tsum vam tias Iraqis yuav tuav tawm. "
    
  "Colonel Jaffar?"
    
  "Kuv thov txim kuv tau tso lub zog me me tom qab lub dav hlau tshawb nrhiav," Jaffar tau hais xov tooj cua thaum lub suab nrov ntawm lub cav thiab ntau tus neeg gasping. "Ib txhia ntawm peb lub tsheb kuj tawg lawm."
    
  Patrick tuaj yeem pom qhov twg Jaffar lub battalion nyob rau hauv kev sib raug zoo nrog plaub platoons guarding lub XC-57, thiab zoo li tus thib ob Wolverine, nws tsis muaj lub hom phiaj ntawm ua ua ntej cov Turks tawm tsam. Charlie Turlock tau hais xov tooj cua tias "General, Kuv nyob ze dua," "Zipper thiab kuv ua ke yuav txaus kom tsawg kawg ncua lub Turks ntev."
    
  "Tsis yog, koj muaj sab hnub tuaj, Charlie; Peb tsis xav kom leej twg nyob ntawm qhov kev taw qhia ntawd, "Patrick hais. "Martinez, Kuv xav kom koj ua ntej ntawm Jaffar cov txiv neej thiab koom nrog."
    
  "Nrog kev zoo siab, General," teb Angel Martinez, tus thawj coj ntawm pawg tshawb nrhiav kev ua txhaum cai nrog Yusuf Jaffar cov tub rog. Martinez yog ib tug jack ntawm tag nrho cov lag luam ntawm Scion Aviation International: nws muaj kev cob qhia tub ceev xwm; nws kho thiab tsav tsheb thauj khoom thiab cov khoom siv tsim kho; nws txawm paub ua noj thiab. Thaum lawv tab tom nrhiav kev pab dawb mus rau Iraq, nws yog thawj tus tsa tes. Thaum lub caij dav hlau ntev, Wayne thiab Charlie tau muab nws cov lus qhia hauv tsev kawm ntawv txog kev ua haujlwm ntawm cybernetic infantry ntaus ntawv; thaum Wayne Macomber kom nws mus rau hauv lub eeb tom qab lawv tuaj txog hauv Nala thiab tab tom yuav rhuav tshem cov tub rog kev ruaj ntseg hauv zos, nws yog thawj zaug uas tau tsav CID.
    
  Tam sim no nws tsuas yog zaum thib ob - thiab nws tab tom yuav ntsib tag nrho cov tub rog ntawm cov tub rog Turkish.
    
  "Mloog ntawm no, Angel," Charlie xov tooj cua. "Cov cuab yeej cuab tam thiab rab phom phom yog qhov zoo, tab sis koj cov riam phom tseem ceeb hauv CID yog kev ceev, kev txav mus los thiab kev paub txog xwm txheej. Koj qhov kev qaug zog tseem ceeb yog pawg platoon lossis tuam txhab qib riam phom vim tias lawv tuaj yeem tso koj lub zog sai sai. Koj yuav tsum txav mus kom cov riam phom hnyav tsis tuaj yeem tsom hluav taws rau koj. Tua, txav, scan, txav, tua, txav."
    
  Martinez tau hais tias "Charlie, koj tau qhia kuv cov lus qhia no ntev heev uas kuv rov hais dua hauv kuv pw tsaug zog," Martinez hais. Nws tau sib tw ua ntej ntawm Jaffar lub battalion ntawm ib tug breathtaking ceev, tshaj li tsib caug mais ib teev nyob rau hauv lub qhib teb. "Lub hom phiaj ntawm qhov pom."
    
  Zipper hais tias, "Cov Turks tau tsom mus rau pem hauv ntej platoons," tab sis lub feeb koj qhib hluav taws, lawv - "
    
  "Projectile deb," Martinez hais. Nws muab nws tus kheej pov rau hauv av nyob rau hauv ib txoj hauj lwm yooj yim, xaiv ib tug Turkish armored neeg ua hauj lwm cab kuj nyob rau hauv nws pom thiab raug rho tawm haujlwm. Cov neeg ua haujlwm armored tsis tawg lossis txawm nres thaum raug ntaus los ntawm tungsten steel alloy projectile vim hais tias cov hnyuv ntxwm-loj mos txwv hla txoj cai los ntawm nws zoo li nws tsis tau muaj - tab sis txhua tus neeg hauv lub tsheb raug torn mus rau hauv cov khoom tawg ntawm cov armored. Cov neeg ua haujlwm nqa lub cev nyias nyias, tsis tuaj yeem ya hauv lub tsheb. Martinez hais tias "Damn, Kuv yuav tsum tau plam," Martinez hais.
    
  Zipper tau hais tias "Tsis yog, tab sis koj yuav tsum nco ntsoov hais txog lub cav lub cav, kev sib kis, cov ntawv xov xwm lossis cov lem, tsis yog cov neeg ua haujlwm hauv pawg," Zipper hais. "Lub projectiles yuav yooj yim dhau los ntawm nyias hlau lossis txhuas. Txhua tus tub rog nyob hauv lub nkoj yuav tuag, tab sis lub tsheb tseem tuaj yeem sib ntaus yog tias tus tsav tsheb lossis tus thawj coj tseem muaj sia nyob. "
    
  "Muaj nws, Zipper," Martinez hais. Thaum nws sawv ntsug, lawv qhib hluav taws rau nws, suav nrog tsis siv neeg plaub caug millimeter grenade launchers. Nws maj nrawm mus rau ib puas yards, nrhiav qhov chaw ntawm cov mos txwv no. Tsis ntev nws pom nws - tsis yog ib tug, tab sis ob tug armored neeg ua hauj lwm nqa.
    
  "Angel, txuas ntxiv mus!" Charlie qw. "Ob tug tub rog tub rog caij nkoj no tau muab koj tso tseg!"
    
  "Tsis ntev," Martinez qw rov qab. Nws coj lub hom phiaj thiab raug rho tawm haujlwm ncaj qha los ntawm pem hauv ntej ntawm ib tus neeg ua haujlwm armored. Nws tam sim ntawd tshee thiab nres, thiab tsis ntev muaj hluav taws kub hnyiab tawm hauv lub cav chav tsev. Tab sis Martinez tsis tuaj yeem txaus siab rau qhov kev pom vim tias ob lub tsheb tub rog ntxiv tau tsom rau nws. Nws tam sim ntawd rub tawm lawv qhov chaw nyob rau hauv nws lub hom phiaj computer lub cim xeeb, coj lub hom phiaj, thiab raug rho tawm haujlwm. Tab sis lawv tau tsiv mus sai thiab nws tsuas yog ntes tau ib tus ua ntej nws yuav tsum tau khiav vim nws raug rho tawm los ntawm lwm tus. "Cov txiv neej, kuv muaj kev xav tias lawv xav pom peb ntawm no," nws hais. "Lawv ntaus kuv."
    
  Zipper hais tias "Tim thaum koj khiav thiab tua ntau npaum li koj tuaj yeem ua tau thaum koj nres," Zipper hais. "Tsis txhob tsom mus txog thaum koj nres."
    
  Charlie hais tias "Zoo li lawv tej zaum tom qab peb," Charlie hais. Nws tau tua plaub lub foob pob hluav taws los ntawm nws lub hnab ev ntawv, uas muaj infrared thiab millimeter-yoj radars uas tsom lawv ntawm ib pab pawg ntawm plaub lub nkoj tub rog Turkish uas tau tshwm sim los ntawm qhov tsis muaj qhov chaw sab hnub tuaj. "Tsawg kawg qhov no muab sijhawm rau Jaffar cov tub rog-"
    
  "Lub nyoob hoom qav taub los ze, mus rau sab hnub poob, tsib mais!" - Patrick qw. "Lawv zoo li cov nkoj ua rog nrog cov neeg saib xyuas! Tsawg dhau los pom lawv ntxiv!" Ua ntej Martinez tuaj yeem pib tshawb nrhiav cov neeg tuaj tshiab, cov tub rog Turkish Cobra tau tua lub Hellfire laser-guided missile.
    
  "Kev khiav tawm mus, Angel!" Zipper qw. Tam sim no hais tias US-tsim ntawv tso cai tab sis Turkish-tsim Kiowa Scout nyoob hoom qav taub yuav tsum khaws nws cov laser ntawm Martinez, nws tau los ua ib lub hom phiaj yooj yim rau Macomber's rail phom, thiab nws tshuab lub touchpad ntawm lub nyoob hoom qav taub lub mast sib nrug ib pliag tom qab ... tab sis tsis ua ntej. Hellfire missile ntaus Martinez ntawm sab laug hauv siab.
    
  "Angel swb lawm! Tus tim tswv yeej swb lawm!" Zipper qw. Nws sim khiav ntawm nws, tab sis txuas ntxiv hluav taws los ntawm lub battalion nyob rau hauv pem hauv ntej ntawm Jaffar txoj kev ruaj ntseg platoons pinned nws mus rau hauv av. Nws hais tias, "Kuv mus tsis tau nws," nws hais tias, tua lwm tus APCs, ces reloaded nws rab yaj phom rail. "Kuv tsis paub meej tias peb tuaj yeem tuav cov neeg no ntev npaum li cas. Kuv muaj tsib caug feem pua lub zog thiab ammo tshuav. "
    
  Patrick hais tias, "Wolverine yuav nyob rau hauv ib feeb," "Ntau lub nyoob hoom qav taub tuaj!"
    
  Zipper hais tias "Kuv yuav sim mus rau Martinez."
    
  Patrick hais tias "Cov Turks nyob ze dhau lawm, Wayne," said Patrick.
    
  "Peb yuav tsum tau tawm mus, tab sis kuv yuav tsis tawm yam tsis muaj Martinez." Zipper tua ob peb zaug ntxiv, tos kom rov qab tua hluav taws kom tuag, ces hais tias, "Kuv nyob ntawm no-"
    
  Lub sijhawm ntawd, ob peb lub kaum os lub teeb ci ntsa iab los ntawm sab hnub poob, thiab ob peb lub sijhawm tom qab ntawd, cov tsheb tub rog Turkish pib tawg zoo li lub foob pob hluav taws. "Thov txim kuv tuaj lig dua, cov txiv neej," Yusuf Jaffar xov tooj cua, "tab sis kuv tseem tsis tau siv rau koj qhov nrawm. Kuv xav tias koj tuaj yeem tau txais koj tus khub, Macomber. "
    
  "Ntawm kuv txoj kev!" Zipper pib lub cav ntawm cov khau ntawm nws Tin Man armor thiab hauv peb leaps nws nyob ib sab ntawm Martinez. Lub sijhawm ntawd, hauv av pem hauv ntej ntawm nws pib kub hnyiab thiab tawg zoo li dej splattered hauv lub lauj kaub kub li Wolverine pib tso cov foob pob thiab av rau ntawm cov tub rog Turkish. Cov huab cua ua tuab nrog cov pa taws thiab lub suab nrov ntawm cov Turks uas raug kaw. "Koj puas nyob ntawd, Angel?" Zipper paub los ntawm nws cov ntaub ntawv biometric uas Martinez tseem muaj sia nyob, tab sis feem ntau ntawm cov neeg hlau sab laug raug rhuav tshem thiab nws tsis tuaj yeem txav lossis sib txuas lus. Zipper khaws tus neeg hlau. "Thov, Martinez. Tej zaum nws yuav mob me ntsis thaum koj tsaws. "
    
  Ib yam li nws tig lub cav, lub foob pob hluav taws Hellfire raug rho tawm los ntawm lub nkoj tub rog Turkish Cobra tawg rau ntawm qhov chaw nws nyuam qhuav tawm mus, thiab Zipper thiab Martinez tau tsoo saum ntuj zoo li av nplaum pigeons raug tua los ntawm kev tua noog.
    
  BERP armor tiv thaiv Zipper los ntawm kev tawg, tab sis tom qab nws tsaws, nws pom tias tag nrho nws lub kaus mom hlau lub tshuab tau ploj mus thiab nyob ntsiag to. Nws tsis muaj kev xaiv tsuas yog tshem nws lub kaus mom hlau. Illuminated los ntawm cov hluav taws kub ntawm cov tsheb uas nyob ze, nws pom tau Martinez dag txog tsib caug yards deb thiab khiav ntawm nws. Tab sis sai li sai tau thaum nws nkag mus rau hauv nees nkaum yards, hauv av tawg nrog loj caliber shells, littering thaj tsam ib ncig ntawm tus neeg hlau. Cobra rab phom tau los ze rau hauv kev tua ntau yam thiab tau txau nws nrog nees nkaum-millimeter plhaub. Zipper paub tias nws nyob tom ntej. Yog tsis muaj lub hwj chim, nws BERP armor yuav tsis tiv thaiv nws.
    
  Nws ntsia ib ncig ntawm qhov chaw nkaum. Qhov ze tshaj plaws Iraqi tshuab rab phom zes nyob ib puag ncig ntawm XC-57 yog li ntawm ib puas yards deb. Nws tsis xav tawm Martinez, tab sis tsis muaj txoj hauv kev uas nws nqa tau nws, yog li nws khiav mus. Damn nws, nws xav grimly, tej zaum khiav tawm ua rau nws nyuaj me ntsis rau tus Cobra pilot tua nws. Nws hnov lub tshuab rab phom qhib thiab nws sim duck thiab dodge me ntsis zoo li nws tau ua ib tus neeg ncaws pob hauv Air Force Academy. Leej twg paub zoo npaum li cas cov tub rog Turkish no, nws xav tias, tos kom lub plhaub tawg hauv nws. Tej zaum yog-
    
  Thiab tom qab ntawd nws hnov ib qho kev tawg txaus ntshai, muaj zog txaus thiab kaw txaus kom khob nws tawm ntawm nws txhais taw. Nws tig thiab ntsia mus rau hauv lub sijhawm pom Cobra rab phom sib tsoo rau hauv ib thaj teb tsuas yog ob peb lub kaum os. Raws li lub suab thiab hnov ntawm cov hlau kub hnyiab nws, nws dhia mus rau nws txhais taw thiab khiav. Thaum tshav kub kub thiab nqhis cov pa luam yeeb ua rau nws mus rau duck thaum nws khiav, thiab nws tuaj yeem hnov thiab hnov cov foob pob hluav taws thiab mos txwv nyob rau ntawm qhov kub nyhiab nyoob hoom qav taub tawg rau hauv qab nws. Puas yog nws tsis yog dev, nws xav tias, kom tsis txhob raug hloov mus rau hauv Swiss cheese los ntawm Cobra nres nyoob hoom qav taub tsuas yog kom lub nyoob hoom qav taub siv ammo mus rau nws? Tau kawg, qhov no yog kuv txoj hmoo, nws xav tias, qhov no yog qhov kuv yuav tsum-
    
  Mam li nco dheev nws zoo li tias nws tau khiav taub hau mus rau hauv ib lub barricade steel. "Hav, nyob, maj mam nyob ntawd, Mr. Rabbit," nws hnov cov suab hauv hluav taws xob ntawm tus tub ceev xwm tshawb nrhiav kev ua txhaum cai. Nws yog Charlie uas khiav nws txoj hauj lwm mus rau sab hnub tuaj. "Txhua yam yog qhov tseeb nrog koj. Siv sijhawm ib pliag. Koj puas tau plam koj lub taub hau?
    
  Zipper hais tias "Kuv poob txhua yam ... Lub foob tuag," Zipper hais. "Mus thiab tau txais Martinez." Charlie tos ob peb lub sijhawm, tiv thaiv Zipper nrog nws cov cuab yeej tiv thaiv kom txog rau thaum cov khoom tawg tau nres ntawm tus Cobra poob, ces khiav mus ncig ntawm qhov hluav taws kub. Nws rov qab ob peb feeb tom qab, nqa lwm chav CID. Tom qab ntawd nws rub Martinez nrog ib txhais tes thiab rub Macomber rov qab mus rau qhov chaw ruaj ntseg ze ntawm XC-57 nrog rau lwm tus.
    
  Charlie hais tias, "Ntau rab phom tuaj ze," Charlie hais tias, tsa nws rab phom thiab tshuaj ntsuam lub ntuj nrog CID cov sensors. "Feem ntau yog tom qab Jaffar cov tub rog, tab sis muaj ob peb tus tom qab peb." Nws nres ib pliag, kawm cov duab hluav taws xob ntawm kev sib ntaus sib tua. Nws hais tias, "Kuv yuav cuam tshuam lawv," nws hais tias, ces khiav mus rau sab hnub tuaj.
    
  Zipper peeked tawm ntawm qab lub hnab xuab zeb bunker ... thiab thaum nws ntsia saum ntuj, nws pom lub teeb tsis pom kev ntawm lub foob pob hluav taws xob hluav taws xob, nws dhia mus rau nws txhais taw thiab khiav tawm ntawm lub bunker sai li sai tau-
    
  Nws raug tsoo tam sim ntawd, qhov muag tsis pom, lag ntseg, ib nrab kib thiab pelted nrog supersonic shrapnel li lub missile tsaws tsuas yog ob peb yards qab nws. Hmoov tsis zoo rau nws, nws tsis dhau mus, yog li txhua yam nws ua tau yog pw hauv av hauv qhov mob, nws lub taub hau tag nrho zoo li lub pob zeb ci ntsa iab. Tab sis ob peb vib nas this tom qab ntawd nws raug tshem tawm hauv av. "C-Charlie...?"
    
  Charlie hais tias "Kuv rab phom rail yog DOA," Charlie hais thaum nws khiav. "Kuv tabtom muab koj tawm ntawm-" Nws dheev nres, tig thiab crouched, tiv thaiv Wak los ntawm lub suab nrov nrov ntawm Cobra cannon hluav taws. Nws hais tias, "Kuv yuav tso koj tseg thiab tau txais qhov no," nws hais. "Nws tsis xav tau koj, nws xav tau-" Tus kws tsav dav hlau Cobra raug rho tawm haujlwm dua. Zipper xav tias lub plhaub loj-caliber thawb nws thiab Charlie zoo li lawv nraub qaum rau nag xob nag cua. "Kuv ... Kuv poob lub zog," nws hais tom qab qhov kev foob pob kawg kawg. "Qhov kawg tawg tsoo ib yam dab tsi... Kuv xav tias nws yog lub roj teeb. Kuv tsis xav tias kuv tuaj yeem txav mus. " Cobra qhib hluav taws dua ...
    
  Lub sijhawm ntawd, lawv hnov ib lub suab nrov nrov tom qab lawv, cov hluav taws kub nyhiab nres, thiab lawv hnov lub suab ntawm lwm lub nyoob hoom qav taub ntog. Nkawd ob leeg tsis txav mus txog thaum lawv hnov lub tsheb tuaj txog. "Charlie?"
    
  "Kuv tuaj yeem txav tau, tab sis nws qeeb heev," nws hais. "Koj puas nyob zoo?"
    
  "Kuv nyob zoo". Zipper mob heev wriggled tawm ntawm cov neeg kho tshuab txhais tes ntawm lub txim txhaum kev soj ntsuam chav tsev thiab saib ib ncig ntawm lub Turks. "Nyob qhov koj nyob. Peb muaj tuam txhab. " Cov tsheb yuav luag rau ntawm lawv. Nws tsis muaj riam phom, tsis muaj dab tsi uas nws yuav sib ntaus. Tsis muaj dab tsi nws ua tau -
    
  "Tsa koj ob txhais tes thiab tsis txav," nws hnov ib lub suab hais tias ... ib tug American lub suab. Zipper ua raws li nws tau hais. Nws pom tias lub tsheb yog lub chaw tiv thaiv huab cua mobile Avenger. Ib tug tub rog tub rog tuaj cuag nws hnav looj tsom iav dub hmo ntuj, uas nws tsa. "Koj yuav tsum yog ob peb tug txiv neej Scion vim kuv tsis tau pom ib yam dab tsi zoo li koj ob tug ua ntej."
    
  "Macomber, qhov no yog Turlock," Zipper hais. "Kuv muaj lwm tus txiv neej nyob ntawd." Tus tub ceev xwm xuav xuav thiab yoj, thiab ob peb lub sijhawm tom qab ib tug Hummer rub nrog lub nraub qaum qhib. Zipper pab thauj Charlie rau hauv Hummer. Thaum nws raug coj rov qab mus rau Nala, nws coj lwm tus humvee, rov qab los thiab pom Martinez, kom ntau tus tub rog thauj nws thiab coj nws rov qab mus rau hauv paus.
    
  Martinez tsis nco qab, muaj ob peb pob txha tawg thiab me me los ntshav, thiab raug coj mus rau lub tsev kho mob rau kev phais xwm txheej ceev; Charlie thiab Zipper raug kuaj xyuas thiab zoo, Zipper muaj ntau qhov kev txiav, kub hnyiab thiab nqaij tawv. Nws thiab Zipper tau raug coj mus rau qhov chaw ruaj ntseg ntawm qhov kawg ntawm txoj kev khiav, qhov twg ob lub Humvees, Stryker wheeled armored command post, thiab Avenger unit tau muab zais ib nrab los ntawm cov teeb pom kev ntawm qhov kawg ntawm txoj kev khiav thiab cov twj tso kua mis tso tawm. lub tsev. Sawv ntsug sab nraum Stryker, saib kev sib ntaus sib tua los ntawm cov duab thaij duab zoo nkauj, yog Patrick McLanahan, Hunter Noble, John Masters, Captain Calvin Cotter, tus thawj coj saib xyuas huab cua, thiab Tus Lwm Thawj Coj Kenneth Phoenix thiab nws pab pawg Secret Service.
    
  Patrick hais tias, "Zoo siab koj nyob zoo," Patrick hais. Nws muab cov pas dej thiab lub zog. "Nws nyob ze."
    
  "Vim li cas nej cov nyob ntawm no?" - nug Macomber.
    
  Cotter tau hais tias "Kev cuam tshuam cuam tshuam tag nrho peb cov radar thiab feem ntau ntawm peb cov kev sib txuas lus," Cotter hais. "Muaj qhov tsaus ntuj me ntsis hauv Triple-C. Kuv tuaj yeem tau txais kev sib txuas lus ntawm kev pom laser los ntawm no. "
    
  "Cov lus no yog dab tsi, General?" Wayne nug. "Peb raug mob npaum li cas?"
    
  Patrick hais tias "Lawv hais tias txhua yam yuav xaus," Wayne dai nws lub taub hau poob siab... Txog thaum Patrick ntxiv, "Nws yuav luag tag, thiab zoo li peb yeej."
    
  "Tsis yog qhov phem?"
    
  Patrick hais tias "Nrog kev pab ntawm CIDS, koj thiab Wolverines, peb yuav luag tag nrho cov Turks," Patrick hais. "Cov Turks tsis xav kom cov Iraqis tawm tsam hnyav, thiab Jaffar cov tub tau tawm tsam lawv nrog kev npau taws. Tom qab ntawd, thaum William koom nrog lawv, cov Turks tig mus rau sab qaum teb. "
    
  Zipper tau hais tias "Kuv muaj kev xav tias Wilhelm yuav tsis cia li zaum rov qab thaum Jaffar rov qab mus," Zipper hais.
    
  "Nws yog plaub pab tub rog rau ob, ntxiv rau koj cov tub rog thiab nkoj nkoj, tab sis nws txaus rau Turks," Tus Lwm Thawj Coj Phoenix tau hais. "Kuv xav tias zoo li lawv lub siab tsis nyob hauv nws. Lawv tuaj rau Iraq los tua PKK, tsis yog mus tua cov Iraqis thiab cov neeg Amelikas. Tom qab ntawd lawv pib sib ntaus sib tua neeg hlau thiab cov tub rog armored tua Buzz Lightyear cov phom rail thiab lawv sib cais. "
    
  "Kuv vam tias yog li ntawd, tus tswv," hais tias Patrick. "Tab sis kuv tsis ntseeg Hirsiz ib me ntsis. PKK twb thawb nws hla ntawm ntug, thiab tam sim no peb tau kov yeej nws. Nws yuav zaum lash tawm. Kuv tsis xav tias nws zoo li yuav tsum tso tseg ntawm qee qhov kev xav tias PKK-phooj ywg kev lag luam hauv Erbil. "
    
  "Nws zoo li Jaffar yuav ntxiv dag zog rau nws cov tub rog tom ntej thiab pib coj nws cov kev poob rov qab mus rau hauv paus," Cotter tau hais thaum nws tawm ntawm Stryker thiab kuaj xyuas thaj chaw sab qaum teb ntawm lawv txoj haujlwm nrog nws lub koob yees duab. "Colonel Wilhelm thiab Major Weatherly yuav khaws lawv cov battalions ntawm kab nyob rau hauv rooj plaub ... yog! " Cotter qw zoo li lub teeb ci zoo kawg nkaus ntawm lub teeb dawb tau tho lub ntuj hmo ntuj, raws nraim qhov nws tab tom saib.
    
  Thawj qhov flash tau ua raws li ntau pua leej lwm tus, txhua qhov ci dua li qhov kawg, thiab tom qab ntawd tuaj lub suab nrov tawg thiab lub suab nrov ntawm huab cua superheated. Cov huab hluav taws tau nce ntau pua taw rau saum ntuj, thiab tsis ntev lawv hnov cov cua sov los ntawm lawv, zoo li dej hiav txwv nthwv dej tsoo rau ntawm lub puam.
    
  "Lub ntuj raug txim yog dab tsi?" Phoenix quaj. Nws thiab John Masters tau pab Cotter, uas tau pom qhov muag tsis pom kev, rau hauv av thiab nchuav dej rau ntawm nws lub ntsej muag.
    
  Macomber tau hais tias "Nws tsw zoo li napalm lossis lub foob pob hluav taws kub," Nws coj Cotter's binoculars, reconfigured optical-electronic circuits kom lub flashes yuav tsis ua rau nws dig muag ib yam nkaus, thiab tshuaj xyuas qhov chaw. "Je...sus..."
    
  "Leej twg raug ntaus, Wayne?" - Patrick nug.
    
  "Zoo li Jaffar ob pab tub rog tom ntej," Zipper hais ntsiag to. "Vajtswv, qhov no yuav tsum yog qhov ntuj txiag teb tsaus zoo li nyob ntawd." Nws tau tshuaj xyuas thaj tsam ib ncig ntawm thaj chaw tawg. "Kuv tsis pom peb cov txiv neej. Kuv yuav sim hu rau Wilhelm thiab-"
    
  Tsuas yog tom qab ntawd, ob lub teeb ci ntsa iab loj tshwm sim, ua raws li ib pliag tom qab los ntawm ob lub zog tawg ... lub sijhawm no, tom qab lawv, hauv lub hauv paus. Lub crushing tremors pov txhua leej txhua tus mus rau hauv av thiab lawv nkag mus rau txhua yam kev nyab xeeb lawv nrhiav tau. Ob tug huab cua daj cua dub loj heev tau sawv saum ntuj. "Cia li npog!" Patrick qw tshaj qhov cua daj cua dub zoo li kev kub ntxhov raws li cov pa taws ua rau saum lawv. "Cia li nqis hauv qab Stryker!" Cov neeg ua haujlwm zais cia tau rub Phoenix rau hauv nws Hummer thiab txhua tus neeg nkag mus hauv qab Stryker ib yam li lawv tau raug ntaus los ntawm cov khoom loj ntawm cov khib nyiab poob.
    
  Nws siv sijhawm ntev rau cov khib nyiab uas tuag taus yuav tsum tsis txhob ntog, ntev dua ua ntej leej twg tuaj yeem ua pa zoo txaus los ntawm cov huab cua ntawm plua plav thiab pa taws, thiab ntev dua ua ntej leej twg pom lub siab tawv sawv thiab tshawb xyuas thaj chaw. Ib qho chaw hauv nruab nrab ntawm lub hauv paus muaj hluav taws kub.
    
  "Kuv tau nyob ze rau lub foob pob tawg ob zaug lawm!" John Masters qw. "Tsis txhob qhia kuv - muaj cov neeg tawg rog Turkish dua, puas yog?"
    
  Patrick hais tias, "Qhov ntawd yuav yog kuv qhov kev kwv yees," "Lawv ua dab tsi rau hauv?"
    
  Ib tug ntawm Stryker cov neeg ua haujlwm tau tawm ntawm nws lub tsheb, thiab thaum txhua tus neeg pom nws lub qhov muag nthuav dav thiab nws lub puab tsaig poob, qhov kev ntshai ntawm kev ntshai tau poob rau hauv lawv cov pob txha. "Holy crap," nws ua pa, "Kuv xav tias lawv nyuam qhuav ntes tau Triple-C."
    
    
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  "Koj txhais li cas lawv rov qab?" Thawj Tswj Hwm Kurzat Hirsiz nug. "Vim li cas lawv thiaj rov qab los? Lawv tshaj cov Iraqis tsib rau ib tug!"
    
  "Kuv paub nws, Thawj Tswj Hwm, kuv paub nws," said Minister of Defense Hassan Dzizek. "Tab sis lawv tsis yog tawm tsam Iraqis xwb. Cov tub rog Asmeskas tau pab lawv. "
    
  "Vajtswv ... yog li peb kuj tau tawm tsam cov neeg Asmeskas," Hirsiz hais. Nws tuav nws taub hau. "Nws yog qhov phem txaus uas peb txiav txim siab koom nrog Iraqis hauv kev sib ntaus; Kuv yeej tsis xav kom cov neeg Amelikas teb ib yam nkaus. "
    
  Jizek hais ntxiv tias "Thiab ob tus neeg Asmeskas neeg hlau thiab ib qho ntawm cov tub rog commandos ... cov tub rog Tin Woodman," Jizek tau hais ntxiv.
    
  "Dab tsi?" Hirsiz tawg. "Peb raug mob npaum li cas?"
    
  "Zoo heev, tus tswv," Jizek hais. "Tej zaum nees nkaum feem pua lossis ntau dua."
    
  "Neeg feem pua ... nyob rau hauv ib qho kev sib ntaus sib tua?" ib lub suab qw. Nws yog Prime Minister Ice ¸e Akas. Nws tsis tau tshwm sim rau pej xeem txij li tau tshaj tawm lub xeev xwm txheej kub ntxhov thiab kev tshem tawm ntawm Pawg Neeg Sawv Cev Hauv Tebchaws, tab sis tau siv sijhawm feem ntau los ntsib cov neeg tsim cai lij choj. "Mr. Thawj Tswj Hwm, koj xav tias koj ua dab tsi?"
    
  Hirsiz tau hais tias "Kuv tsis tau hu koj ntawm no, Prime Minister," "Peb kuj tau ua phem heev rau Iraqis. Koj xav li cas? Txhawm rau tawm, kuv vam. "
    
  "Kurzat, thov tso tseg qhov kev npau taws tam sim no ua ntej nws nce mus rau hauv kev ua tsov rog puv nrog Iraq thiab Tebchaws Meskas," Akas tau thov. "Cia li nrog. Tshaj tawm yeej thiab coj cov tub rog mus tsev."
    
  Hirsiz hais tias "Tsis yog txog thaum PKK raug rhuav tshem, Ace,"
    
  "Tom qab ntawd yog vim li cas koj thiaj tawm tsam High Kaif?" Akas nug. "Muaj ob peb PKK hauv cheeb tsam no."
    
  Hirsiz tau hais tias "Muaj qhov xwm txheej ntawm lub hauv paus huab cua no uas yuav tsum tau daws,"
    
  Akas tau hais tias "Kuv paub txog lub dav hlau neeg soj xyuas Asmeskas - koj tseem tso cai rau kuv saib TV, txawm tias koj nqa kuv lub xov tooj thiab phau ntawv hla tebchaws thiab khaws kuv hauv qab 24-teev saib xyuas," Akas hais. "Tab sis vim li cas koj thiaj li nkim lub neej Turkish rau ib daim hlau hlawv?" Nws ntsia Jizek. "Los yog cov thawj coj tam sim no?"
    
  Hirsiz tau hais tias "Kuv tseem nyob ntawm no, tus thawj tswj hwm, koj tuaj yeem paub tseeb txog qhov ntawd,"
    
  "Yog li koj tau xaj kom foob pob Erbil?"
    
  "Koj xav tau dab tsi, Prime Minister?" Hirsiz nug chim heev, nrhiav ib tug luam yeeb.
    
  "Kuv xav tias koj yuav tsum cia kuv ntsib nrog Tus Lwm Thawj Coj Phoenix hauv Erbil lossis Baghdad."
    
  Hirsiz hais tias, "Kuv hais rau koj tias tsis yog." "Thaum muaj xwm txheej kub ntxhov, Thawj Tswj Hwm yuav tsum txiav txim siab txog txhua qhov kev ua, thiab kuv tsis muaj sijhawm ntsib nrog Phoenix lossis lwm tus kom txog thaum daws teebmeem. Tsis tas li ntawd, Phoenix tseem nyob hauv Nala thiab nws txaus ntshai heev rau nws mus ncig. "
    
  "Kuv yuav tsis mus raws li tus neeg sib tw ntawm kev ua tsov ua rog, tab sis raws li tus thawj tswj hwm ntawm Qaib Cov Txwv, uas, raws li koj tau hais, muaj hwj chim me me thaum muaj kev tsov rog thaum National Assembly raug rhuav tshem thiab cov tub rog council hloov lub txee," Akash tau hais. Nws nres thiab ntsais muag ntawm kev tsis ntseeg. "Koj hais tias Phoenix tseem nyob hauv Nala? Puas yog nws nyob ntawm Nala Air Base? Tsis yog qhov chaw sib ntaus sib tua, cov neeg no tag nrho cov tuag nyob qhov twg? Nws pom Hirsiz thiab Jizek pauv glances. "Puas muaj lwm yam? Dab tsi?"
    
  Hirsiz tsis kam qhia nws, ces shrugged thiab nodded rau Jizek. "Txawm li cas los xij, nws yuav nyob hauv xov xwm sai sai no."
    
  "Peb tau foob pob Nala Air Base," Dzizek tau hais. Akas lub puab tsaig poob rau hauv kev xav tsis thoob. "Peb tau tsom mus rau Iraqi thiab Asmeskas tub rog lub tsev hauv paus."
    
  "Koj ua dab tsi? Puas yog lawv lub tsev hauv paus tau foob pob? Akas qw. "Koj chim, neb ob leeg. Phoenix tuag lawm?
    
  "Tsis yog, nws tsis nyob hauv lub tsev thaum lub sijhawm," Hirsiz hais.
    
  "Koj muaj hmoo!"
    
  "Kuv tsis tau pib tua cov Iraqis thiab Asmeskas kom txog thaum lawv pib tua ntawm Turks!" Hirsiz qw. "Kuv tsis tau pib ua tsov rog no! PKK tua cov txiv neej dawb huv, poj niam thiab me nyuam, thiab tsis muaj leej twg hais ib lo lus rau peb. Zoo, tam sim no lawv yuav nrog peb tham, puas yog? Lawv yuav qw, yws thiab hem kuv! kuv tsis quav ntsej! Kuv yuav tsis tso tseg kom txog thaum Iraq nres harboring PKK thiab cog lus tias yuav pab tau lawv tawm. Tej zaum tom qab ntau tus neeg Asmeskas tuag hauv Iraq ntawm peb txhais tes, lawv yuav tham nrog peb txog kev rhuav tshem PKK. "
    
  Akas ntsia Hirsiz zoo li nws tab tom kawm txog roj pleev xim lossis tsiaj hauv lub vaj tsiaj, sim nrhiav qee qhov kev nkag siab zais lossis lub ntsiab lus ntawm qhov nws pom. Txhua yam nws pom tau yog kev ntxub ntxaug. Nws tsis txawm ntsia rov qab rau nws. "Puas muaj pes tsawg tus neeg Asmeskas raug tua ntawm lub hauv paus, Minister?"
    
  "Neeg lossis nees nkaum tsib, kuv tsis nco qab; txog ib puas tus raug mob, "Dzizek teb.
    
  "Kuv tus Vajtswv ..."
    
  "Hav, tej zaum nws yog ib lub tswv yim zoo rau koj ntsib Phoenix thiab tham nrog Gardner," Cizek hais. Hirsiz tig ib ncig, nws ob lub qhov muag dav hauv surprise thiab nws lub puab tsaig clenched hauv npau taws. Jizek tsa nws txhais tes. "Kurzat, Kuv ntshai tias cov neeg Amelikas yuav tawm tsam rov qab - tej zaum tsis yog tub rog, tsis yog tam sim ntawd, tab sis nrog rau lwm txoj hauv kev ntawm lawv pov tseg. Yog tias peb tsis sib tham nrog lawv, lawv feem ntau yuav tawm tsam rov qab. Tshaj tawm kev tso tseg, hais kom peb cov tub rog tuav lawv txoj haujlwm thiab tso cai rau Ice mus rau Baghdad. Lub sijhawm no, peb yuav rov ntxiv peb cov tub rog, coj peb cov neeg raug mob thiab tuag rov qab los, thiab pib sau cov kev txawj ntse ntawm qhov chaw nyob ntawm PKK thiab lawv cov neeg txhawb nqa. Peb yuav tsum ua kom peb tsis txhob poob kev txhawb nqa ntawm peb cov phoojywg, tab sis peb tsis tas yuav tso txhua yam peb tau ua tiav. "
    
  Hirsiz cov lus qhia yog qhov sib xyaw ntawm kev npau taws thiab tsis meej pem, thiab nws lub taub hau tig rov qab rau nws ob tus kws pab tswv yim zoo li nws tau tawm ntawm kev tswj hwm. "Xav? Xaus tam sim no? Puas yog peb nyob ze rau kev rhuav tshem PKK dua li peb tsib txhiab lub neej dhau los? Yog tias peb tsis ua tiav qhov no, tsib txhiab tus tub rog uas ploj lawm yuav tuag tsis muaj dab tsi."
    
  Akas tau hais tias "Kuv xav tias peb tau qhia lub ntiaj teb peb qhov teebmeem, Kurzat," "Koj kuj tau qhia lub ntiaj teb, thiab tshwj xeeb tshaj yog PKK thiab lawv cov neeg txhawb nqa Kurdish, tias Qaib Cov Txwv tuaj yeem thiab yuav ua los tiv thaiv nws cov neeg thiab kev txaus siab. Tab sis yog tias koj tso txhua yam los ntawm kev tswj hwm, lub ntiaj teb yuav xav tias koj vwm. Koj tsis xav kom tshwm sim. "
    
  Hirsiz kawm ob leeg ntawm nws tus kws pab tswv yim. Akas tuaj yeem pom tias tus thawj tswj hwm tau saib ntau thiab kho siab dua los ntawm qhov thib ob. Nws rov qab los rau ntawm nws lub rooj thiab zaum hnyav heev, ntsia lub qhov rais duab loj. Lub hnub tab tom nce thiab zoo li hnub yuav txias thiab drizzly, Akas xav, uas yuav tsum muaj tseeb ua rau Hirsiz xav tias nyob ib leeg.
    
  "Txhua yam kuv tau sim ua yog tiv thaiv cov neeg Turkish," nws hais ntsiag to. "Txhua yam kuv xav ua yog nres kev tua."
    
  "Peb yuav ua nws, Kurzat," Akas hais. "Peb yuav ua qhov no ua ke - koj lub txee, tub rog, Asmeskas thiab Iraqis. Peb yuav koom nrog txhua tus. Koj tsis tas yuav ua qhov no ib leeg. "
    
  Hirsiz kaw nws ob lub qhov muag, ces nodded. Nws tau hais tias "Tshaj tawm kev sib tua tam sim ntawd, Hassan," nws hais. "Peb twb tau teeb tsa lub phiaj xwm tshem tawm ib ntus: ua kom tiav theem thawj thiab thib ob."
    
  Tus Minister of Defense lub puab tsaig poob rau hauv surprise. "Pib ob?" nws nug. "Tab sis, tus tswv, qhov no yog rub cov tub rog rov qab mus rau ciam teb. Koj puas paub tias koj xav rov qab ntau npaum li cas? Kuv pom zoo rau peb - "
    
  "Ice, koj tuaj yeem ceeb toom rau Tus Thawj Kav Tebchaws Txawv Tebchaws tias peb xav ntsib tam sim nrog Asmeskas thiab Iraqis sib tham txog cov neeg soj ntsuam thoob ntiaj teb thiab cov neeg saib xyuas kev thaj yeeb nyab xeeb los saib xyuas ciam teb," Hirsiz hais ntxiv. "Koj tseem tuaj yeem ceeb toom rau Tus Thawj Kav Tebchaws ntawm Lub Tebchaws tias, tos kom muaj kev thaj yeeb nyab xeeb thiab ua tiav kev tshem tawm ntawm Iraq, Kuv tabtom tshem lub xeev xwm txheej kub ntxhov thiab rov tsim tsa Parliament."
    
  Ice Akas mus cuag Hirsiz thiab puag nws. "Koj tau xaiv qhov yog, Kurzat," nws hais. "Kuv yuav mus ua haujlwm tam sim ntawd." Nws luag ntxhi ntawm Jizek thiab maj nrawm tawm ntawm tus thawj tswj hwm lub chaw haujlwm.
    
  Hirsiz tau sawv ntev ntev ntawm nws lub rooj thiab ntsia ntawm lub qhov rais; Tom qab ntawd nws tig mus thiab xav tsis thoob thaum pom nws tus Minister of National Defense tseem nyob hauv nws lub chaw haujlwm. "Hasan?"
    
  "Koj ua dab tsi, Kurzat?" - Nug Jizek. "Ceasefire: zoo heev.
    
  Qhov no yuav muab sijhawm rau peb los txhawb nqa, ntxiv dag zog thiab rov pab pawg. Tab sis thim rov qab txhua txoj hauv kev mus rau ciam teb ua ntej peb muaj sijhawm los tsim thaj chaw tsis muaj zog thiab rhuav tshem PKK?
    
  "Kuv nkees nkees, Hassan," Hirsiz hais tias nkees. "Peb tau ploj ntau tus neeg ..."
    
  "Cov tub rog tuag tiv thaiv lawv lub tebchaws, Mr. Thawj Tswj Hwm!" Jizek hais. "Yog tias koj thim rov qab ua ntej kev ua haujlwm tiav, lawv yuav tuag tsis muaj dab tsi! Koj hais li ntawd koj tus kheej!"
    
  "Peb yuav muaj lwm txoj hauv kev, Hassan. Tam sim no peb muaj kev saib xyuas thoob plaws ntiaj teb. Lawv yuav nkag siab tias peb mob hnyav thaum tawm tsam PKK. Tam sim no muab koj cov lus txib. "
    
  Jizek zoo li nws tab tom yuav sib cav ntxiv, tab sis nws hloov nws lub taub hau curtly thiab tawm mus.
    
    
  NAKHLA ALLIED AIR BASE, IRAQ
  Tom qab lub sijhawm luv luv
    
    
  Colonel Jack Wilhelm tau hais tias "Kuv ntseeg tias nws tuaj yeem ua phem rau peb," Nws rov sawv rov los nyob rau hauv lawv lub tsev teev ntuj nyob rau hauv lub dav hlau loj hangar, saib xyuas kev npaj cov seem ntawm cov tub rog tua nyob rau hauv yav dhau los kev sib ntaus sib tua. "Neeg-ib tus tub rog raug tua hauv Triple C, suav nrog kuv tus tub ceev xwm ua haujlwm, ntxiv rau peb caug-ob hauv kev tawm tsam cov Turks, nrog rau ntau tshaj li ob puas tus neeg raug mob, ob lub kaum os nyob rau hauv qhov mob hnyav." Nws tig mus rau Patrick McLanahan. "Thov txim rau Martinez, General. Kuv hnov tias nws tuag ib pliag dhau los. "
    
  "Yog. Ua tsaug ".
    
  "Koj cov txiv neej thiab koj cov khoom siv tau ua haujlwm zoo, General. Koj yeej tau dhau los lawm. "
    
  "Hmoov tsis zoo, tsis yog rau peb cov neeg siv khoom," Patrick hais. "Cov Iraqis poob ntau dua ob puas thiab tsib caug."
    
  Wilhelm hais tias, "Tab sis Jaffar thiab nws cov neeg tau tawm tsam zoo li miv qus," Wilhelm hais. "Kuv ib txwm xav tias tus txiv neej no yog txhua yam bluff thiab bluster. Nws tau dhau los ua ib tus thawj coj zoo thiab tus tub rog tawv. " Nws walkie-talkie beeped thiab mloog los ntawm nws lub pob ntseg, teb, thiab dai. Nws tau hais tias "Tus Thawj Kav Tebchaws Turkish tau tshaj tawm kev tso tseg thiab hais tias cov tub rog Turkish tau rov qab mus rau ciam teb," nws hais. "Zoo li tag nrho. Dab tsi yog lub ntuj raug txim yog cov Turks xav? Vim li cas lawv thiaj pib qhov no?
    
  Patrick hais tias "Kev chim siab, npau taws, ua pauj: ntau ntau yam," Patrick hais. "Türkiye yog ib lub tebchaws uas tsuas yog tsis tau txais kev hwm. Lawv tsis yog European, tsis yog Neeg Esxias, tsis yog Caucasian, tsis yog Middle Eastern; lawv yog Muslim tab sis secular. Lawv tswj hwm txoj kev loj hauv av thiab dej hiav txwv, muaj ib lub tebchaws loj tshaj plaws thiab cov tub rog hauv ntiaj teb, muaj zog txaus kom muaj lub rooj zaum ntawm United Nations Security Council, tab sis lawv tseem tsis tau tso cai rau hauv European Union thiab raug kho raws li liab- plaub tug tub. Kuv xav tias kuv yuav poob siab ib yam. "
    
  Wilhelm tau hais tias "Lawv yuav tsim nyog tau txais kev hwm, tab sis lawv kuj tsim nyog tau txais lawv lub asses ncaws," Wilhelm hais. "Yog li, kuv xav tias koj daim ntawv cog lus tiav ... lossis puas yog? Tej zaum cov Iraqis xav tau koj tam sim no ntau dua puas tau?
    
  "Peb yuav nyob tam sim no," Patrick hais. "Kuv yuav pom zoo kom peb saib xyuas qhov kev txiav txim siab Turkish thiab kev tshem tawm cov tub rog, thiab peb yuav nyob ntawm no rau qee lub sijhawm kom txog thaum Iraqis tsim lawv tus kheej lub zog soj ntsuam. Lawv muaj ib lub nkoj me me ntawm Cessna Caravans uas tau hloov kho rau kev soj ntsuam hauv av thiab kev sib txuas lus, thiab muaj kev sib tham txog lawv xauj ob peb lub drones. "
    
  "Yog li koj yuav sai sai no tawm haujlwm?"
    
  "Kuv xav tias yog". Patrick ua tsis taus pa tob tob, yog li ntawd Wilhelm pom. "Nws yog ib txoj hauj lwm zoo thiab ib pab neeg zoo ntawm cov txiv neej thiab cov ntxhais, tab sis kuv tau nyob deb ntawm tsev ntev dhau lawm."
    
  Wilhelm tau hais tias "hais qhov tseeb rau koj, nws yog qhov zoo uas tau tawm ntawm lub tank thiab coj ib pab tub rog mus rau hauv kev sib ntaus sib tua dua," Wilhelm hais. "Kuv tau saib kuv cov txiv neej ua qhov no ntawm cov ntxaij vab tshaus video thiab lub computer saib ntev dhau lawm." Nws luag nyav me ntsis ntawm McLanahan. "Tab sis qhov no yog ib tug tub hluas kev ua si, txoj cai, General?"
    
  "Kuv tsis tau hais li ntawd." Patrick nodded mus rau lub rooj ntawm lub cev lub hnab lined dua nyob rau hauv lub hangar. "Tab sis kuv tau daws qhov no ntev dhau lawm."
    
  Wilhelm tau hais tias "Koj cov neeg tsav dav hlau pom kev ua tsov rog txawv txawv li cov tub rog hauv av," Wilhelm hais. "Rau koj, kev sib ntaus sib tua yog hais txog computers, satellites thiab drones."
    
  "Tsis yog, qhov ntawd tsis muaj tseeb."
    
  "Kuv paub tias koj tau ua thiab pom ntau heev, General, tab sis qhov no txawv," Wilhelm hais ntxiv. "Koj tswj cov tshuab, sensors thiab tshuab. Peb tswj cov fighters. Kuv tsis pom cov txiv neej thiab poj niam tuag nyob ntawm no, General-Kuv pom cov tub rog uas hnav ris tsho hnav ris tsho, nqa lawv rab phom, raws kuv qab, thiab leej twg poob hauv kev sib ntaus sib tua. Kuv tsis tu siab rau lawv. Kuv tu siab rau lawv tsev neeg thiab cov neeg hlub, tab sis kuv zoo siab rau lawv. "
    
    
  PINK PALACE, CANKAYA, ANKARA, REPUBLIC OF TURKEY
  Hmo ntawd
    
    
  Lub xov tooj ntawm tus thawj tswj hwm lub rooj nrov nrov. "Aw... Mr. "Tus Thawj Kav Tebchaws, Tus Thawj Fwm Tsav Tebchaws Dzizek thiab General Guzlev nyob ntawm no los ntsib koj," tus thawj tswj hwm tau yws yws, hais lus tsis txaus siab.
    
  Thawj Tswj Hwm Kurzat Hirsiz ntsia nws lub moos, tom qab ntawd ntawm daim ntawv qhia hnub ntawm nws lub computer. "Peb puas tau npaj lub rooj sib tham, Nazim?"
    
  "Tsis yog, sir. Lawv...lawv hais tias tseem ceeb heev. Kev ceev heev. "
    
  Hirsiz sighed. "Zoo heev. Qhia rau kuv tus poj niam tias kuv yuav lig me ntsis." Nws pib npaj cov ntaub ntawv ntawm nws lub rooj, ua ntej nws cov dej num rau hnub tom qab, thaum nws hnov lub qhov rooj rau nws lub chaw ua haujlwm qhib. Nws hais tias, "Cia li los rau hauv, cov txiv neej," nws hais tias tsis tuaj, tab sis peb puas tuaj yeem ua qhov no sai sai? Kuv tau cog lus rau kuv tus poj niam tias kuv - "
    
  Thaum nws ntsia, nws pom tus Minister of Defense, Hasan Cizek, thiab Tus Thawj Coj Tub Rog Tub Rog, General Abdullah Guzlev, sawv hauv nruab nrab ntawm lub chaw ua haujlwm, ua siab ntev tos nws - thiab ob tus txiv neej hnav khaub ncaws ntsuab camouflage combat khaub ncaws. thiab cov khau looj plab hlaub uas ci ntsa iab, thiab ob qho tib si tau nqa rab yaj phom M1911 Asmeskas ua.
    
  "Dab tsi yog ntuj raug txim mus ntawm no?" Hirsiz nug incredulously. "Vim li cas koj hnav khaub ncaws tub rog, Hassan, thiab vim li cas koj thiaj nqa riam phom hauv Pink Palace?"
    
  "Zoo hmo ntuj, Kurzat," said Dzizek. Nws yoj nws txhais tes hla nws lub xub pwg sab xis, thiab ntau tus tswvcuab ntawm tus thawj tswj hwm tus neeg saib xyuas tau maj nrawm nrog tus neeg txais tos, Hirsiz, tuav lub hnab yas tes. Cov neeg saib xyuas tau tuav Hirsiz thiab tseem tuav nws lub dab teg nrog lub hnab yas.
    
  "Qhov no yog dab tsi?" Hirsiz qw. "Koj ua dab tsi? Kuv yog Thawj Tswj Hwm ntawm lub koom pheej Turkish!"
    
  "Koj tsis yog tus thawj tswj hwm ntawm Qaib Cov Txwv, Kurzat," Dzizek hais. "Kuv tau ntsib nrog General Guzlev, cov thawj coj ntawm cov neeg ua haujlwm thiab Ministry of Internal Affairs, thiab peb tau txiav txim siab tias koj tsis muaj peev xwm muab xaj. Koj hais li ntawd koj tus kheej, Kurzat: koj nkees. Zoo, koj txoj kev qaug zog ua rau muaj kev phom sij rau cov txiv neej siab tawv thiab cov poj niam hauv av uas pheej hmoo lawv txoj sia ntawm Thawj Tswj Hwm lo lus. Peb ntseeg tias koj tsis tuaj yeem tso siab tau los tshaj tawm cov lus txib ntxiv thaum lub xeev muaj xwm txheej ceev. Prime Minister Akas, ntawm chav kawm, tsis nyob rau hauv qhov zoo tshaj plaws zoo. Yog li, peb tau txiav txim siab los tswj hwm koj. "
    
  "Dab tsi? Koj hais dab tsi? Koj ua dab tsi?
    
  "Koj paub dab tsi tshwm sim ntawm no, Hirsiz," Jizek hais. "Cov lus nug tsuas yog, koj yuav ua li cas? Koj puas yuav ua tus thawj tswj hwm tsis meej pem thiab tawm tsam, lossis koj puas yuav lav ris rau koj qhov ua tsis tiav thiab ua lub luag haujlwm?
    
  "Koj hais dab tsi hauv ntuj txiag teb tsaus? Koj puas yog ... koj puas yuav ua kom muaj kev tawm tsam?"
    
  "Qhov ntawd yuav tsis tsim nyog," Jizek hais. "Thaum muaj xwm txheej ceev, koj tuaj yeem xaiv leej twg los ua tus thawj coj ntawm cov tub rog. Koj tsa kuv thiab tau txais kev so zoo rau ob peb xyoos kom txog thaum koj zoo txaus rov qab ua koj txoj haujlwm; Kuv tab tom thim qhov kev txiav txim rau theem thib ob ntawm kev tshem tawm thiab peb tab tom txhim kho peb cov txiaj ntsig hauv Iraq. "
    
  "Qhov no yog kev npau taws! Kuv yuav tsis mloog! Kuv yuav tsis tso kuv tus ncej! Kuv yog Thawj Tswj Hwm ntawm Qaib Cov Txwv! Kuv tau raug xaiv los ntawm Grand National Assembly ...! "
    
  Dzizek tau hais tias "Koj tau cog lus cog lus los tiv thaiv cov neeg ntawm Qaib Cov Txwv, tab sis koj sawv ntawm thiab tsis ua dab tsi tab sis quaj thiab quaj thaum cov Iraqis thiab Asmeskas tua ntau txhiab tus tub rog," Dzizek qw. "Kuv yuav tsis zam qhov no ntxiv lawm. Tsuas yog cov lus teb kom raug yog tub rog, tsis yog kev nom kev tswv, thiab yog li ntawd cov tub rog yuav tsum muaj kev ywj pheej los daws qhov teebmeem no. Koj ntshai tso tub rog thiab Jandarma: Kuv tsis yog. Yuav ua li cas, Thawj Tswj Hwm? Ua raws li kuv cov lus txib thiab koj thiab koj tsev neeg yuav raug tso cai nyob hauv qhov chaw nyob zoo heev hauv Tarsus lossis tej zaum txawm nyob hauv Dipkarpaz, nyob rau hauv tus neeg saib xyuas thiab kev ceev ntiag tug - "
    
  "Raws li koj tus menyuam dev?"
    
  Jizek tau hais tias "Raws li Thawj Tswj Hwm ntawm Republic, Hirsiz, koj tau txais cov lus qhia ceev thiab ceev los ntawm koj cov kws pab tswv yim tub rog kom xaus rau kev tawm tsam ntawm peb lub tebchaws," Jizek tau hais. "Yog tias koj tsis pom zoo rau qhov no, koj yuav mob plawv txaus ntshai thiab peb yuav tshem koj thiab koj tsev neeg los ntawm Ankara mus ib txhis."
    
  "Koj ua tsis tau qhov no!" Hirsiz tawm tsam. "Kuv tsis tau ua dab tsi txhaum! Koj tsis muaj cai ...! "
    
  Jizek tau hais tias, "Kuv tau cog lus los tiv thaiv lub tebchaws no, Hirsiz," thiab kuv yuav tsis zaum nyob ib leeg thaum koj tshem tawm txhua qhov kev ua tiav peb cov tub rog siab tawv tau ua rau lub tebchaws no. Koj tso kuv tseg tsis muaj kev xaiv!"
    
  Hirsiz hesitated dua, thiab Guzlev rub tawm nws .45 thiab taw tes rau tus thawj tswj hwm. "Kuv hais rau koj tias nws yuav tsis ua li ntawd, Hassan ...!" - nws hais.
    
  Hirsiz ob lub qhov muag bulded, nws txhais caj npab thiab lub xub pwg nyom mus limp, thiab nws lub hauv caug tshee - nws zoo li yog tag nrho cov kua hauv nws lub cev tau tso nws tseg. "Tsis muaj, thov,"nws ntxhi. "Kuv tsis xav tuag. Qhia kuv yuav ua li cas. "
    
  "Kev txiav txim siab zoo, Hirsiz," Dzizek pov ib co ntawv rau ntawm lub rooj. "Sau cov ntawv no." Hirsiz tau kos npe rau lawv yam tsis tau nyeem lossis txawm nrhiav, tsuas yog nrhiav cov kab kos npe. "Peb yuav coj koj mus rau lub chaw sib txuas lus hauv tebchaws, qhov chaw koj yuav hais lus rau cov neeg hauv tebchaws." Hauv nws txhais tes yog ib pawg ntawm cov ntawv. "Nov yog qhov koj hais. Nws yog ib qho tseem ceeb rau koj mus cuag cov neeg ntawm Qaib Cov Txwv kom sai li sai tau. "
    
  "Thaum twg kuv tuaj yeem pom kuv tus poj niam, kuv tsev neeg ...?"
    
  "Kev lag luam ua ntej, Hirsiz," Jizek hais. Nws nodded rau tus tub ceev xwm ntawm tus thawj tswj hwm tus neeg saib xyuas. "Cia nws mus." Hirsiz yws ib yam dab tsi thaum nws thiab nws tus pab cuam raug coj tawm ntawm qhov chaw ua haujlwm nyob rau hauv cov tub rog hnyav.
    
  Guzlev, nrog rau qhov tsis xis nyob, muab nws lub .45 caliber rau hauv nws lub hnab. "Damn, Kuv xav tias kuv yuav tsum tua tus neeg phem ntawd, Jizek," nws cem. "Nws yuav zoo li crap hauv TV."
    
  Jizek hais tias "Zoo ntau qhov zoo dua," "Yog tias nws ua tsis tau lossis ua tsis tau, kuv yuav nyeem nws tus kheej." Nws nce mus rau Guzlev. "Tshem tawm qhov kev txiav txim kom thim theem ib thiab ob thiab npaj txhij mus taug kev ntawm Erbil. Yog hais tias ib tug peshmerga fighter, Iraqi tub rog los yog neeg Amelikas - tshwj xeeb tshaj yog cov neeg hlau thiab tin lumberjacks - lo nws lub taub hau tawm txawm ib nti, kuv xav kom ib pab tub rog ntawm dav hlau xa lawv mus rau ntuj raug txim. " Nws xav ib pliag, ces hais tias, "Tsis yog, kuv yuav tsis mus tos cov neeg hlau thiab Tin Woodmen tuaj rau peb. Kuv xav kom Nala Air Base raug kaw. Puas yog lawv xav tias lawv tuaj yeem tua ib txhiab Turks thiab cia li tawm? Kuv xav kom qhov chaw no razed rau hauv av, koj puas to taub kuv? Aligned!"
    
  "Nrog zoo siab, Hassan...Kuv txhais tau tias, Thawj Tswj Hwm," Guzlev hais. "Nrog kev zoo siab".
    
    
  NAKHLA ALLIED AIR BASE, IRAQ
  TAM SIM NO
    
    
  Tom qab ua kev nco txog rau cov tub rog poob ntawm Pawg Tub Rog Thib Ob, Patrick McLanahan, Jack Wilhelm, John Masters thiab Tus Thawj Saib Xyuas Kev Ruaj Ntseg Chris Thompson tau coj Tus Lwm Thawj Coj Ken Phoenix mus rau txoj kab tawm mus, qhov chaw uas nyuam qhuav tuaj txog CV-22 Osprey rotary-tis aircraft yog. tos kom coj nws mus rau Bahrain.
    
  Tus Lwm Thawj Coj tuav Wilhelm txhais tes. Phoenix tau hais tias "Koj tau ua haujlwm zoo nag hmo, Colonel," said Phoenix. "Kuv thov txim rau koj qhov kev poob."
    
  "Ua tsaug, tus tswv," said William. "Kuv tsis xav pom peb teeb tsa zoo li no, tab sis kuv zoo siab tias Turks tau txiav txim siab tshaj tawm kev tso tseg, thim rov qab thiab pib kev sib tham. Qhov no yuav ua rau peb muaj sijhawm los coj peb cov tub mus tsev. "
    
  Phoenix tau hais tias "Kuv yuav zoo dua thaum koj nyob hauv tsev, nyab xeeb," "Ua tsaug rau koj coj cov txiv neej thiab poj niam zoo li no."
    
  "Ua tsaug, tus tswv," said William, saluting.
    
  Phoenix rov qab los txais tos. Phoenix hais tias, "Kuv tsis nyob hauv koj txoj hlua ntawm kev hais kom ua, Colonel," Phoenix hais. "Kuv tsis txaus siab rau kev tos txais."
    
  Wilhelm tau hais tias "Koj tau sawv nrog kuv cov tub rog, koj tau tua cov yeeb ncuab tua hluav taws, thiab koj tsis tau quaj, quaj qw, hais kom peb lossis mus rau hauv peb txoj kev," Wilhelm hais. "Koj tsim nyog nws, tus tswv. Yog tias kuv hais li ntawd, koj saib heev ... tus thawj tswj hwm. "
    
  "Zoo, ua tsaug, Colonel," Phoenix hais. "Los ntawm koj, qhov no yog kev qhuas siab. Txoj cai tsis zoo, tab sis cov qhab nia siab. "
    
  Wilhelm hais tias "Nws yog qhov zoo uas kuv tsis koom nrog kev nom kev tswv, tus tswv," Wilhelm hais. "Muaj ib qho kev mus ncig zoo."
    
  "Ua tsaug, Colonel." Phoenix tig mus rau Patrick thiab tuav nws txhais tes. Patrick hais tias, "Kuv tsis paub tias thaum twg kuv yuav ntsib koj dua, Patrick," tab sis kuv xav tias koj thiab koj pab neeg tau ua haujlwm tsis zoo nag hmo.
    
  Ua tsaug rau koj, "Patrick hais. "Hmoov tsis zoo, kuv tseem tsis xav tias qhov no yog qhov kawg, tab sis kev tso tseg thiab tshem tawm cov tub rog yog qhov xov xwm zoo."
    
  Phoenix tau hais tias "Kuv tau nyeem koj txoj kev npaj tawm tsam Diyarbakir," "Kuv tsis xav tias muaj lub sijhawm uas Thawj Tswj Hwm yuav pom zoo rau qhov no, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog thaum nws pom tias nws tuaj ntawm koj. Tab sis kuv yuav tham nrog nws txog nws. "
    
  "Peb tuaj yeem ua qhov no nce thiab khiav hauv tsawg dua ib hnub, thiab tsawg kawg nws yuav ua kom pom tseeb tias peb mob hnyav."
    
  "Qhov ntawd yog qhov tseeb," Phoenix pom zoo. "Kuv kuj xav tham nrog koj txog lub tuam txhab ntawm koj li no thiab koj cov riam phom zoo kawg li CID, Tin Man thiab cov phom hluav taws xob hluav taws xob. Kuv tsis paub vim li cas peb tsis nthuav tawm ntau txhiab leej. Nws ntsia Patrick nrog cov lus tsis txaus ntseeg, tom qab ntawd ntxiv, "Thiab kuv xav paub vim li cas koj muaj lawv thiab tsis yog US Army."
    
  Patrick hais tias "Kuv yuav piav qhia txhua yam, tus tswv," said Patrick.
    
  "Kuv tsis ntseeg nws," Phoenix hais nrog luag ntxhi, "tab sis kuv tseem xav nrog koj tham txog lawv. Nyob zoo, General."
    
  "Muaj ib qho kev mus ncig zoo, tus tswv." Tus Lwm Thawj Coj ntawm nodded, boarded CV-22, thiab nyob rau hauv ib lub sij hawm lub loj ntxaib propellers pib tig.
    
  Thaum xub thawj nws nyuaj rau Patrick hnov dab tsi dhau lub suab nrov ntawm Osprey ob lub kiv cua ntawm VTOL lub zog tag nrho, tab sis nws hnov thiab qhib lub xov tooj cua. Wilhelm tau ua tib yam nyob rau lub sijhawm ntawd. Nws hais tias, "Ua ntej, Boomer," nws hais.
    
  "Bandits!" Tus neeg yos hav zoov tau qw nrov nrov. Thaum lub sij hawm ntawd, huab cua raid sirens suab. "Ob qhov tsim ntawm kaum lub foob pob hluav taws xob tau hla ciam teb Turkish-Iraqi, mus ntawm no hauv tsib feeb!"
    
  "Tau Osprey tawm ntawm no!" Patrick qw. Nws yoj rau John Masters thiab Chris Thompson ua raws nws. "Cia nws lub ntuj raug txim deb ntawm lub hauv paus!"
    
  Wilhelm kuj tau qw rau hauv nws lub xov tooj cua: "Cov chaw nyob, chaw nyob, chaw nyob!" - nws qw. "Txhua tus mus rau lub foob pob tawg, tam sim no!"
    
  Thaum lawv khiav tawm mus rau qhov qhib, lawv tseem tuaj yeem pom CV-22 thaum nws tawm mus thiab mus rau sab qab teb. Thaum xub thawj, nws txoj kev ya davhlau zoo li qub - tus qauv nce, maj mam acceleration, kev hloov pauv ntawm ntsug davhlau mus rau turboprop. Tab sis ib pliag tom qab Osprey banked sharply mus rau sab laug thiab nquab mus rau hauv av, thiab lawv hnov cov cav whine nyob rau hauv kev tawm tsam raws li cov loj thauj mus los ntawm turboprop mus rau hom helicopter. Nws dodged sab laug thiab sab xis thiab tsiv qis mus rau ib pawg ntawm cov tsev nyob hauv High Kaif, vam tias yuav nkaum hauv qhov radar clutter.
    
  Tab sis nws lig dhau lawm - cov foob pob hluav taws Turkish twb nyob hauv huab cua. Turkish F-15s twb tau thaiv lub CV-22 ntawm ntau tshaj li ib puas mais thiab tau tua ob tug Turkish-hloov AIM-54 missiles, ironically nicknamed "Phoenix," ntawm Osprey. Yav dhau los ua haujlwm hauv Teb Chaws Asmeskas Navy los muab kev tiv thaiv ntev rau cov pab pawg sib ntaus sib tua, AIM-54 yog lub caj qaum ntawm US Navy lub dav hlau thauj khoom-raws li huab cua tis, muaj peev xwm ua kom puas tsuaj loj ntawm Lavxias teb sab foob pob ua ntej lawv tuaj yeem tau txais nyob rau hauv ntau yam ntawm kev tiv thaiv. - nkoj cruise missiles. Tom qab nws raug tshem tawm hauv xyoo 2004, S. Tub Rog cov khoom khaws cia ntawm qhov ntev tshaj plaws, siab tshaj plaws-tua cua-rau-air missiles tau muab tso rau kev muag khoom, thiab Turkish Air Force snapped lawv.
    
  Tom qab tso tawm, Phoenix missiles tau nce mus rau qhov siab ntawm yim caum txhiab taw ntawm ze li tsib npaug ntawm lub suab nrawm, thiab tom qab ntawd pib dhia mus rau thaj chaw lub hom phiaj, coj los ntawm lub zog radar ntawm Turkish F-15E. Tsis pub dhau lub vib nas this ntawm qhov cuam tshuam, AIM-54 tau qhib nws tus kheej lub hom phiaj radar kom kaw rau kev puas tsuaj. Ib lub foob pob ua haujlwm tsis zoo thiab ua rau nws tus kheej raug puas tsuaj, tab sis lub foob pob hluav taws thib ob ntaus lub rotor disk ntawm CV-22 Osprey thaum lub dav hlau maneuvered mus rau hauv qhov chaw nres tsheb. Lub cav sab xis tau tawg, xa lub dav hlau mus rau sab laug sab laug rau ob peb feeb ua ntej tsoo rau hauv av thiab tom qab ntawd tig rov qab los ntawm lub zog ntawm qhov tawg.
    
  Nyob ntawd, nyob rau hauv Nala, tag nrho chaos reigned. Txij li thaum Command Post twb raug rhuav tshem lawm, lub hom phiaj tseem ceeb ntawm cov neeg tawg rog Turkish yog lub dav hlau thiab cov tub rog. Txhua lub hangar, suav nrog XC-57 Loser lub hangar cia thiab lub tsev khaws puav pheej nyob hauv qhov seem ntawm cov tub rog Asmeskas thiab Iraqi poob, raug ntaus los ntawm tsawg kawg ib ob txhiab-phaus Joint Direct Attack foob pob, ib qho kev tshaj xov tooj cua-kev coj ua zoo tshaj li cov paib. gravity foob pob xa radar Lub sijhawm no, qhov chaw nres tsheb thiab cov tsheb tavxij raug puas ntsoog, uas yav dhau los tsis tau raug tawm tsam los ntawm Turks thaum lawv pib ua phem.
    
  Cov tub rog hauv Nala tau nyob ntawm ntug thiab npaj txhij rau txhua yam tom qab kev sib ntaus sib tua yav dhau los, yog li thaum lub suab nrov cua tawm suab, cov txiv neej tam sim ntawd taug kev tawm ntawm lub qhov rooj barracks thiab mus rau cov chaw nyob. Ntau tus tub rog nyob ntev dhau los khaws riam phom lossis cov teebmeem ntawm tus kheej thiab raug tua los ntawm cov foob pob, thiab ob peb lwm cov tub rog pab cov neeg raug mob khiav tawm lub tsev raug ntes nyob rau hauv qhov qhib. Zuag qhia tag nrho, kev poob tsis tseem ceeb.
    
  Tab sis qhov kev puas tsuaj tau tiav. Hauv feeb, feem ntau ntawm Allied airbase ntawm Nala raug rhuav tshem.
    
    
  SITUATION CENTER, WHITE HOUSE, Washington, DC.
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  Thawj Tswj Hwm Gardner maj nrawm mus rau Chav Tsev Teeb Meem, chav sib tham ua haujlwm siab hauv West Wing siv rau cov rooj sib tham txog kev ruaj ntseg hauv tebchaws, thiab tau los zaum. Nws hais tias "Cia koj zaum," nws hais. "Ib tug neeg tham nrog kuv, tam sim no. Puas muaj dabtsi?"
    
  "Turkey tshaj tawm txoj cai tswjfwm thiab tau pib tawm tsam huab cua thoob plaws sab qaum teb Iraq," tus kws pab tswv yim kev ruaj ntseg hauv tebchaws Conrad Carlisle tau hais. "Turkish Defense Minister Jizek hais tias nws tau raug tsa los saib xyuas cov tub rog thiab tau hais kom tawm tsam tag nrho tawm tsam PKK thiab lawv cov neeg txhawb nqa hauv Iraq thiab Turkey." Daim ntawv qhia hluav taws xob ntawm sab qaum teb Iraq tau tso tawm rau ntawm lub khoos phis tawj loj, phab ntsa-loj saib ntawm sab xub ntiag ntawm chav. "Neeg lub nroog thiab cov nroog tau tawm tsam los ntawm cov neeg tua neeg tua neeg, suav nrog Kirkuk, Erbil, Dohuk thiab Mosul. Kev tawm tsam tau ua tiav ntawm peb qhov sib koom ua tub rog Iraqi-American hauv Erbil, Kirkuk thiab ze Mosul. Tam sim no muaj cov lus ceeb toom ntawm cov neeg raug mob. Lub hauv paus tsuas muaj ob peb feeb ntawm kev ceeb toom. " Nws ncua ntev txaus kom tau txais Thawj Tswj Hwm txoj kev saib xyuas tag nrho, tom qab ntawd ntxiv, "Thiab Tus Lwm Thawj Coj lub dav hlau ploj lawm."
    
  "Tsis nco?" - tus thawj tswj hwm qw.
    
  Carlisle tau hais tias "Tus Lwm Thawj Coj tau ya mus rau Baghdad feeb ua ntej qhov kev tawm tsam tshwm sim," Carlisle tau hais. "Tus kws tsav dav hlau tau ua haujlwm tawm tsam thiab tab tom nrhiav kev tsaws thaum muaj xwm txheej ceev thaum lawv tsis sib cuag. Allied airbase commander ntawm Nala tau teeb tsa pab pawg tshawb nrhiav thiab cawm, tab sis lub hauv paus tau raug mob hnyav thiab ze li kev puas tsuaj. Nws twb tau raug kev tawm tsam huab cua Turkish nag hmo. Pab neeg tshawb nrhiav thiab cawm Air Force tab tom xa tawm los ntawm Samarra, tab sis nws yuav siv li ob peb teev kom mus txog qhov ntawd. "
    
  "Zoo Vajtswv," tus thawj tswj hwm chim. "Hu rau Hirsiz lossis Cizek lossis leej twg yog tus saib xyuas tiag tiag hauv Ankara. Kuv tsis xav kom muaj dav hlau Turkish ya hla Iraq - tsis yog ib qho! Cov neeg nqa khoom nyob qhov twg? Peb tuaj yeem nce li cas?
    
  "Peb muaj Abraham Lincoln Carrier Battle Group nyob rau hauv Persian Gulf," teb Thawj Tswj Hwm ntawm Cov Thawj Coj ntawm Cov Neeg Ua Haujlwm General Taylor Bain. "Nws yuav tsis yooj yim vim qhov kev ncua deb, tab sis peb tuaj yeem pib taug kev huab cua hla Iraq nrog E-2 Hawkeye radar aircraft ya C4I thiab khub ntawm F / A-18 Hornet fighters nyob rau hauv patrol orbits."
    
  "Ua li ntawd," tus thawj tswj hwm hais kom. "Cia lawv hla Iraq kom txog thaum lawv raug tawm tsam." Secretary of Defense Miller Turner khaws lub xov tooj los muab qhov kev txiav txim.
    
  Carlisle tau sau tseg tias "Turkey muaj lub dav hlau loj heev, nrog rau ntau tshaj li Asmeskas kev sib ntaus sib tua dav hlau thiab riam phom," Carlisle tau sau tseg. "Ib txhia ntawm lawv, zoo li F-15 Eagles, tuaj yeem phim Hornets."
    
  Gardner hais tias "Yog tias Qaib Cov Txwv xav nkag mus rau hauv kev tua nrog Tebchaws Meskas, kuv txaus siab ua si," Gardner hais npau taws. "Dab tsi txog riam phom hauv av? Tomahawks?
    
  Bain tau hais tias "Cov foob pob hluav taws xob hauv hiav txwv tau tso tawm tsis tau ntau hauv Persian Gulf," Bain tau hais. "Peb yuav tsum tau tsiv nkoj thiab cov nkoj nkoj mus ze dua hauv Mediterranean kom nyob hauv thaj tsam ntawm thaj chaw huab cua Turkish sab hnub tuaj."
    
  "Ib lub nkoj los yog submarines hauv Hiav Txwv Dub?"
    
  "Tsis muaj submarines, raws li kev cog lus," Bain ntxiv. "Peb tsuas muaj pab pawg sib ntaus sib tua saum npoo av uas taug kev hauv Hiav Txwv Dub, tseem nyob hauv kev cog lus, thiab lawv muaj T-LAMs, tab sis lawv kuj yog cov nkoj uas muaj kev phom sij tshaj plaws tam sim no. Peb yuav tsum xav tias yog cov Turks xav tawm tsam, lawv yuav tawm tsam pab pawg no ua ntej. "
    
  "Peb muaj dab tsi ntxiv?"
    
  "Peb muaj ntau lub dav hlau tactical raws li nyob rau hauv ntau qhov chaw hauv Tebchaws Europe - Tim Nkij teb chaws, Romania, Ltalis, Lub teb chaws Yelemees thiab UK - tab sis cov no yuav tsis yog kev xaiv tawm tsam sai," Bain tau hais. "Peb tsuas yog lwm qhov kev xaiv yog cov cuab yeej ua rog B-2 Ntsuj Plig stealth bombers pib los ntawm Diego Garcia. Peb muaj rau lub dav hlau tseem muaj sia nyob npaj ya mus. "
    
  Tus thawj tswj hwm tau hais tias "Pob tub thiab npaj lawv," "Qhov ntawd yog txhua yam peb muaj? Rau?"
    
  Bane hais tias "Kuv ntshai li, Mr. Thawj Tswj Hwm," Bane hais. "Peb muaj ob lub XR-A9 Black Stallion spaceplanes uas tuaj yeem tua cov riam phom zoo thiab lawv tuaj yeem ua tub rog thiab ntaus lub hom phiaj nyob rau hauv ib teev, thiab peb kuj muaj ob peb cov tub rog ICBMs uas tuaj yeem ntaus lub hom phiaj sai sai hauv Turkey ".
    
  "Qhia lawv thiab npaj lawv ib yam nkaus," Gardner hais. "Kuv tsis paub tias Ankara muaj dab tsi hauv siab, lossis yog tias lawv tseem muaj dab tsi hauv siab, tab sis yog tias lawv xav tawm tsam peb, kuv xav kom txhua yam npaj mus."
    
  Lub xov tooj nyob ib sab ntawm Tsev Dawb Tus Thawj Saib Xyuas Haujlwm Walter Cordus ntsais muag thiab nws tuaj tos. "Tus Thawj Fwm Tsav Tebchaws ntawm Turkey tos txais koj, tus tswv."
    
  Thawj Tswj Hwm tam sim ntawd khaws lub xov tooj. "Prime Minister Akas, qhov no yog Thawj Tswj Hwm Gardner. Lub ntuj raug txim mus rau qhov twg? Kaum ob teev dhau los koj tau tshaj tawm tias muaj kev tsis sib haum xeeb. Tam sim no koj tau tawm tsam peb lub hauv paus tub rog Asmeskas! Koj puas vwm?
    
  "Kuv ntshai tias Minister of National Defense Dzizek thiab General Abdullah Guzlev tej zaum yuav yog, Thawj Tswj Hwm," nws hais. "Nag hmo lawv tau ntes Thawj Tswj Hwm Hirsiz, ua tub rog tawm tsam thiab tuav tswj hwm Thawj Tswj Hwm Palace. Lawv tsis txaus siab rau tus thawj tswj hwm qhov kev txiav txim siab rov qab mus rau ciam teb ua ntej PKK thiab lawv cov neeg txhawb nqa raug rhuav tshem. "
    
  "Yog li vim li cas thiaj tua Asmeskas cov hauv paus?"
    
  Akas hais tias "Kev ua pauj rau qhov swb nyob ze ntawm Tall Kaif," Akas hais. "Ob txhiab Turks raug tua lossis raug mob hauv kev sib ntaus sib tua ntawd. Dzizek thiab cov thawj coj tau txiav txim siab tias nws ua siab tawv kom thim rov qab mus rau ciam teb tom qab qhov kev poob ntawd. "
    
  "Koj puas tseem yog Prime Minister, Mrs. Akas?"
    
  "Tsis yog, kuv tsis zoo li ntawd," Akas hais. "Kuv raug tso cai siv kuv lub xov tooj ntawm tes, uas kuv paub tseeb tias yog tapping, tab sis kuv tsis tuaj yeem mus ncig dawb lossis mus ntsib kuv lub chaw haujlwm. Raws li lub xeev xwm txheej kub ntxhov, National Assembly tau tawg. Dzizek thiab cov thawj coj yog lub luag haujlwm. "
    
  Gardner tau hais tias "Kuv xav tham nrog lawv tam sim ntawd," "Yog tias koj tuaj yeem tau txais cov lus rau Jizek, qhia nws tias Tebchaws Meskas yuav tsim kom muaj thaj chaw tsis muaj ya nyob rau sab qaum teb Iraq thiab kuv tau ceeb toom lawv tsis txhob ua txhaum nws lossis sim tawm tsam ib qho ntawm peb lub dav hlau, txwv tsis pub peb yuav txiav txim siab. qhov no yog ib qho kev ua tsov rog thiab tam sim ntawd Cia peb tawm tsam rov qab. Peb tab tom npaj tag nrho peb cov peev txheej tub rog thiab yuav teb nrog txhua yam peb muaj. Nws puas meej?
    
  "Nws yog qhov tseeb rau kuv, Thawj Tswj Hwm," Akas tau hais tias, "tab sis kuv tsis paub tias Jizek yuav ua dab tsi ntau tshaj li qhov kev hem thawj ntawm kev tawm tsam uas yuav tshwm sim. Koj puas paub tseeb tias koj xav kom kuv tshaj tawm cov lus no, tus tswv?
    
  Gardner tau hais tias "Kuv tsis xav tawm tsam Turkey tshwj tsis yog lawv ua txhaum Iraqi airspace dua," Gardner tau hais. "Tag nrho peb lwm cov lus teb yuav yog los ntawm lwm txoj kev. Tab sis yog tias Türkiye npaj siab tawm tsam, peb yuav muab kev sib ntaus rau lawv. " Thiab nws tau daig.
    
    
  Sab nraum TALL QAIFA, IRAQ
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  Ob tus Humvees tau maj nrawm mus rau qhov chaw sib tsoo ntawm CV-22 thiab tam sim ntawd ncig thaj chaw nrog kev ruaj ntseg thaum Chris Thompson thiab tus kws kho mob maj nrawm rau lub dav hlau qaij-rotor. Hmoov zoo, Osprey hluav taws tua hluav taws tau nres qhov hluav taws kub loj, thiab Iraqi cov pej xeem tua tus so. Lawv pom tus lwm thawj, cov neeg tsav dav hlau thiab tus neeg saib xyuas Kev Pabcuam zais cia raug kho los ntawm tus kws kho mob hauv zos, thaum lwm tus neeg saib xyuas Secret Service tau npog nrog ntaub pua plag. Chris hais tias, "Ua Vajtswv tsaug uas koj tseem muaj sia nyob, tus tswv," Chris hais.
    
  "Ua tsaug rau cov neeg no," Ken Phoenix hais. "Yog tias lawv tsis tau pab, tej zaum peb txhua tus yuav tuag hauv hluav taws. Puas muaj dabtsi?"
    
  Chris hais tias "Cov Turks tau tawg lub hauv paus-dua," Chris hais. "Lub sijhawm no txhua yam tau xyaum ua kom puas tsuaj. Ntau tus neeg raug tsim txom; peb tau txais kev ceeb toom txaus. Cov Turks tab tom ua kev foob pob tawg thoob plaws sab qaum teb Iraq. "
    
  Phoenix tau hais tias "Qhov ntawd yog nws rau kev tso tseg yog tias muaj ib qho," Phoenix tau hais.
    
  Chris hais tias "Peb tab tom teeb tsa lub chaw khiav tawm ntawm no hauv nroog," Chris hais. "Tus Colonel npaj yuav koom nrog cov phooj ywg hauv Mosul. Kuv yuav coj koj tawm ntawm no thiab tom qab ntawd peb mam li nrhiav txoj hauv kev coj koj mus rau Baghdad. "
    
  Kaum feeb tom qab lawv tau ntsib nrog qee tus neeg dim ntawm Nala, suav nrog Patrick McLanahan, Hunter Noble, John Masters thiab ib tug puv tes ntawm cov neeg cog lus thiab tub rog, feem ntau ntawm cov neeg raug mob. "Zoo siab koj tuaj, Mr. Tus Lwm Thawj Coj," Patrick hais.
    
  "Tus Colonel nyob qhov twg?"
    
  "Saib kev khiav tawm," Patrick hais. "Nws yuav xa peb mus rau Mosul thiab tos kom lub nkoj tawm mus. Yuav luag txhua lub tsev uas tseem sawv tom qab nag hmo tsis sawv lawm. "
    
  "Koj lub dav hlau, XC-57?"
    
  "Lawv tau tuav tag nrho cov hangars, txawm tias ib qho uas peb siv los ua morgue."
    
  Ken Phoenix tau hais kom Patrick tuaj nrog nws thiab lawv taug kev deb ntawm lwm tus. Phoenix nkag mus rau hauv nws lub hnab ris thiab rub tawm lub hnab nqa khoom uas muaj daim npav digital ruaj ntseg Patrick tau muab rau nws. "Dab tsi txog qhov no?" - nws nug. "Peb puas tuaj yeem ua qhov no?"
    
  Patrick ob lub qhov muag widened. Nws xav sai thiab nws lub taub hau pib nod. Nws tau hais tias "Peb yuav tsis muaj cov tshuab netrusion khiav," thiab kuv yuav tau kuaj xyuas cov xwm txheej ntawm Lancers hauv UAE."
    
  "Nrhiav lub xov tooj thiab ua nws," Phoenix hais. "Kuv yuav tham nrog tus thawj tswj hwm."
    
    
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  "Nws hais li cas?" Hasan Dzizek qw. "Puas Gardner hem ua tsov rog nrog Turkey?"
    
  "Koj xav tias yuav hnov dab tsi los ntawm nws, Hassan?" Nug Turkish Thawj Kav Tebchaws Ays Akash. Nrog lawv yog tus thawj coj ntawm General Staff ntawm Qaib Cov Txwv, General Abdullah Guzlev. "Koj tau tua ntau tus neeg Amelikas niaj hnub no tom qab Qaib Cov Txwv tau tshaj tawm tias tsis muaj kev sib tua! Koj puas xav kom nws hais tias 'Kuv nkag siab' lossis 'Tsis txhob txhawj'?
    
  "Qhov kuv tau ua yog ua pauj rau qhov nws, nws cov neeg hlau thiab nws cov neeg phem Iraqi ua rau kuv cov tub rog!" Jizek quaj. "Lawv tua ntau txhiab leej!"
    
  Akas hais tias, "Nyob ntsiag to, Hasan," Akas hais. "Tus Thawj Kav Tebchaws tau hais tias nws yuav tsim thaj chaw tsis muaj ya nyob rau sab qaum teb Iraq, thiab nws tsis xav kom koj hla nws. Yog tias koj sim, nws yuav xav tias nws yog kev ua tsov rog. "
    
  "Puas yog nws hem ua tsov rog nrog Turkey? Puas yog nws vwm lossis tsuas yog megalomaniac? Nws tsis muaj zog txaus nyob rau hauv lub ntiaj teb no los tawm tsam Turkey! "
    
  "Nws puas npaj siv riam phom nuclear tawm tsam peb?" - Nug Guzlev.
    
  "Hasan, kaw thiab xav," Akas hais. "Peb tab tom tham txog Tebchaws Meskas. Tej zaum lawv yuav muaj zog tsawg dua vim muaj kev tsov rog hauv Iraq thiab Afghanistan, tab sis lawv tseem yog lub tshuab tub rog muaj zog tshaj plaws hauv ntiaj teb. Koj tuaj yeem tawm mus nrog kev tawm tsam ob lossis peb lub hauv paus hauv Iraq, tab sis koj yuav tsis tuaj yeem tawm tsam tag nrho lawv cov tub rog lub zog. Lawv tuaj yeem ua kom lub tsev no nyob hauv ntau pua txoj kev sib txawv hauv ib lub qhov muag. Koj paub nws. Vim li cas koj tsis kam lees nws?
    
  Dzizek tau hais tias "Kuv tsis lees paub, tab sis kuv yuav tsis thim rov qab los ntawm kuv txoj haujlwm mus txog thaum nws ua tiav," Dzizek hais. "Tebchaws Meskas yuav tau siv nws cov tub rog vaunted los txwv kuv." Nws nres los xav ib pliag, tom qab ntawd hais rau Guzlev: "Txoj kev nrawm tshaj plaws uas nws tuaj yeem tsim thaj chaw tsis muaj ya nyob rau sab qaum teb Iraq yog los ntawm cov neeg nqa khoom siv dav hlau ya los ntawm Persian Gulf."
    
  "Yog," hais tias Guzlev. "Lub Mediterranean thiab lub hauv paus hauv Tebchaws Europe nyob deb dhau lawm."
    
  "Lub sijhawm ntev npaum li cas?"
    
  Guzlev tau hais tias "Cov neeg tua rog, cov nkoj thauj khoom, cov dav hlau nrog radar - nws yuav siv sijhawm ob peb teev los piav qhia lawv thiab npaj lawv kom xa mus, tej zaum ntev dua, tom qab ntawd tsawg kawg ib teev lossis ob zaug ya mus rau sab qaum teb Iraq," Guzlev tau hais.
    
  "Qhov no txhais tau tias peb tsuas muaj ob peb teev, tej zaum tsib lossis rau rau, ua. Peb puas tuaj yeem ua qhov no?
    
  Guzlev tau hais tias "Hais txog ib nrab ntawm cov tub rog tsuas yog rov qab los hauv Diyarbakir thiab Malatya," Guzlev tau hais, saib ntawm nws lub moos. "Lwm ib nrab yog tub rog. Yog tias tsis muaj kev ncua lossis kev sib tsoo ... Yog, kuv xav tias peb tuaj yeem tau txais lawv hauv huab cua dua hauv tsib lossis rau teev. "
    
  "Koj yuav ua dab tsi?" Akas nug.
    
  "Kuv tsis muaj lub hom phiaj ntawm kev ua txhaum lub tebchaws Asmeskas tsis muaj ya; Kuv tsuas yog ua kom paub tseeb tias kuv cov haujlwm tiav ua ntej lawv nruab nws, "Jizek hais. Rau Guzlev: "Kuv xav kom tag nrho cov dav hlau muaj nyob rau hauv lub nkoj thiab tso tawm kom tawm tsam lub hom phiaj kawg hauv Erbil, Kirkuk thiab Mosul. Txhua tus paub lossis xav tias PKK thiab Peshmerga lub hauv paus, txhua tus neeg txhawb nqa PKK paub, thiab txhua lub hauv paus tub rog Iraqi thiab Asmeskas uas tuaj yeem hem cov neeg Turkish txoj haujlwm ntawm Iraq yuav raug rhuav tshem sai li sai tau. "
    
    
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  "Tau npaj kom tso tawm," tus thawj coj tub txib hais. Nws tau nyob hauv Sky Masters Inc. Boeing DC-10 lub dav hlau thauj khoom siab tshaj plaws ntawm Dej Hiav Txwv Pacific. "Cia peb ua kom zoo thiab kuv yuav yuav thawj zaug."
    
  Lub dav hlau, tsim los ntawm McDonnell Douglas Aircraft ua ntej lub tuam txhab tau txais los ntawm Boeing, tau raug hloov kho rau ntau lub hom phiaj, suav nrog kev siv hluav taws xob nruab nrab thiab ntsuas ntsuas, tab sis nws qhov kev hloov pauv tseem ceeb tau muab nws lub peev xwm los tso tawm satellite boosters rau hauv qhov chaw. Lub tsheb pib, hu ua ALARM lossis Air Launched Alert Response Missile, zoo li lub nkoj loj loj. Nws muaj peb lub tshuab foob pob hluav taws thiab folding tis kom muab nws nqa hauv qhov chaw. ALARM yeej tseem ceeb siv DC-10 ua nws thawj theem cav.
    
  Cov teeb liab boosters nqa plaub satellites hauv lawv. Cov satellites, hu ua NIRTSats, los yog Xav Tau Nws Txoj Cai Cov Satellites Thib Ob, yog ntau lub luag haujlwm tshawb nrhiav satellites qhov loj ntawm lub tshuab ntxhua khaub ncaws, tsim kom nyob hauv orbit tsawg dua ib hlis; lawv muaj me me propellant rau maneuvering thiab yuav tsum nyob twj ywm nyob rau hauv ib tug tsim orbit, tsuas yog ob peb me me orbital hloov los yog realignments tso cai. Cov satellites no tau muab tso rau hauv lub voj voog los ua haujlwm rau cov tub rog hauv Afghanistan.
    
  "Nws zoo nkauj heev," hais tias tus thawj coj tub txib, ib tug US Air Force loj los ntawm Thirtieth Space Wing ntawm Vandenberg Air Force Base hauv California. "Tsawg dua kaum ob teev dhau los kuv tau txais kev txiav txim kom tso lub hnub qub no. Peb yuav ua li ntawd tam sim no. Nws feem ntau yuav siv Air Force ib lub lim tiam los ua tej yam zoo li no. "
    
  "Yog vim li cas txij no mus koj yuav tsum hu rau peb," said tus kws tsav dav hlau, ib tug pej xeem ua haujlwm los ntawm Sky Masters Inc., tau hais khov kho.
    
  "Yog, tab sis koj hais tias kim heev."
    
  "Koj xav kom txoj haujlwm ua tiav sai thiab raug, koj yuav tsum them nyiaj rau qhov zoo tshaj plaws," tus kws tsav dav hlau hais. "Tsis tas li ntawd, nws tsis yog koj cov nyiaj, nws yog Air Force cov nyiaj."
    
  "Zoo, cov txiv neej, txawm koj ua li cas thiab txawm tias peb them koj npaum li cas, nws tsim nyog," tus thawj coj tub txib hais.
    
  "Peb sim ua kom txaus siab," tus kws tsav dav hlau hais. Nws tig nplooj ntawv ntawm nws cov khoom siv ntau yam thaum nws tau txais cov lus tshaj tawm flashing, nyeem cov lus xa los ntawm satellite, xa rov qab mus rau nplooj ntawv tseem ceeb, hloov nws lub intercom rau "private" thiab hais lus.
    
  "Nws yog dab tsi?" - nug tus thawj coj tub txib.
    
  "Tsis muaj dab tsi, tsuas yog thov ceev rau cov neeg ua haujlwm kom tso tawm," tus kws tsav dav hlau hais. Lub Air Force loj tsis pom nws, tab sis tus kws tsav dav hlau zaum tom qab nws dheev rub tawm daim ntawv qhia thiab pib ntaus ntawv ntawm nws lub davhlau npaj lub computer. "Nyob ntev npaum li cas txog kev kawm tiav?" - nug tus tsav.
    
  "Sau caum vib nas this... tam sim no," tus thawj coj tub txib hais. Nws tau tshuaj xyuas nws tus kheej cov khoom siv ntau yam, uas tau nthuav tawm cov ntaub ntawv tshaj tawm txoj haujlwm. Lawv tau ya mus rau qhov chaw meej thiab cov chav kawm uas yuav ua rau lub tswb nrov ntawm qhov zoo tshaj plaws rau kev xa mus ua tiav. Vim tias NIRTSats muaj roj tsawg, qhov ze dua lawv tuaj yeem tau txais lub tsheb tso rau hauv qhov chaw zoo tshaj plaws, qhov zoo dua.
    
  "Tau npaj txhij, cov neeg tsav dav hlau," tus kws tsav dav hlau hais. "Qhia ua tiav daim ntawv teev npe rau tus kws pab tswv yim."
    
  "Lub davhlau ya davhlau tau teeb tsa thiab npaj rau kev tawm mus, MS," tus kws tsav dav hlau hais.
    
  "Lub lawj hauv tsev tau npaj txhij, MC," tus neeg saib xyuas lub tsev hais plaub tau tshaj tawm tom qab nws cov npoj yaig Tub Rog tau muab nws tus ntiv tes xoo thaum nws saib qhov kev tso tawm. Lub cockpit ntawm kev hloov kho DC-10 tau muab faib ua cov khoom siv uas tsis muaj zog thiab tsis muaj zog. Nyob rau hauv lub kaw lus kaw muaj ib tug thib ob ALARM amplifier raug tshem tawm ntawm cargo ropes; lub compartment tuaj yeem haum ob lub tswb, ntxiv rau ib qho hauv ib qho chaw tsis muaj zog.
    
  Thawj qhov kev txhawb nqa thaum muaj xwm txheej ceev tau raug thauj mus rau hauv qhov chaw tsis muaj zog tshaj tawm, los ntawm qhov chaw uas nws yuav raug tshem tawm mus rau hauv cov dej ntws hauv qab DC-10. Thaum tso tawm, nws thawj lub foob pob hluav taws lub cev muaj zog yuav tua thiab nws yuav ya hauv qab, tom qab ntawd nyob rau hauv pem hauv ntej ntawm, DC-10, ces pib nce siab. Lub tshuab theem thib ob thiab thib peb yuav tua hluav taws sib hloov mus txog thaum lub tsheb pib mus txog qhov nrawm thiab nyob ntawm qhov siab xav tau hauv qhov chaw - qhov no, yim caum yim mais saum ntiaj teb - thiab tom qab ntawd nws yuav pib tso NIRTSAT satellites.
    
  "Tau npaj," hais tias tus presenter. "Tsib ... plaub ... peb ... ob ... ib ... pov." Nws tos kom txog thaum lub suab nrov poob los ntawm DC-10 lub teeb liab amplifier thaum muaj xwm ceev tau txiav tawm ua ntej cov roj thiab cov tshuab txiav tuaj yeem rov qab tau lub dav hlau sib npaug. Qhov no yeej ib txwm yog qhov nyuaj tshaj plaws ntawm cov kev tso tawm no; Yog hais tias lub dav hlau tsis tau txais kev sib npaug thiab pib nrawm nrawm, thiab yog tias HARNER amplifier tau ntes tau nyob rau hauv qhov cuam tshuam tsis zoo, nws tuaj yeem tawm mus lossis tig tawm ntawm kev tswj. Qhov no yog qhov tsis tshua muaj tshwm sim, tab sis ...
    
  Tom qab ntawd tus neeg nthuav qhia pom tau hais tias nws tsis tuaj yeem hnov qhov kev txav ntawm kev pabcuam. Nws ntsia nws cov khoom siv ntau yam ... thiab pom tias lub tswb nrov nrov tsis ua haujlwm! "Hav, ua li cas?" Nws tau tshuaj xyuas nws cov ntsuas ... thiab pom tias tus tsav tau ua tsis taus lub tso tawm. "Hav, koj nres lub community launch! Koj tau tso tseg qhov kev tso tawm! Puas muaj dabtsi?"
    
  "Peb tau txais kev txiav txim," tus kws tsav dav hlau hais. "Peb yuav refuel thiab tom qab ntawd peb yuav tsiv mus rau lwm qhov kev tso tawm."
    
  "Kev txiav txim? Lwm qhov kev tso tawm? Koj ua tsis tau li ntawd! Nov yog lub hom phiaj ntawm kev ua tub rog! Leej twg hais kom koj ua qhov no?"
    
  "Boss".
    
  "Tus thawj coj twg? WHO? Cov tswv? Nws hloov tsis tau txoj haujlwm no! Kuv yuav hais qhia rau kuv cov lus txib. "
    
  "Koj tuaj yeem qhia lawv tias peb tau ua dab tsi tom qab tso lub tshuab nrawm no."
    
  "Lub tsheb tso tawm no, lub luag haujlwm no yog rau US Air Force! Kuv yuav tsis cia koj nyiag lub Air Force missile."
    
  "Kuv thov txim uas tau hnov qhov ntawd los ntawm koj, Major," tus kws tsav dav hlau hais tias ua siab zoo... Ib yam li tus kws tsav dav hlau mus txog tom qab MC, tso rab phom stun tiv thaiv tus tub ceev xwm Air Force lub caj dab thiab nias qhov hloov, ua rau nws tsis nco qab.
    
  "Nws yuav nyob sab nraud ntev npaum li cas, Jim?" - nug tus tsav.
    
  "Kuv xav tias ob peb teev."
    
  "Nyob ntev," tus kws tsav dav hlau hais. Nws nyem rau ntawm lub intercom: "Okay, John, xa nws mus rau pem hauv ntej." Tsis ntev tom qab ntawd, Air Force tus kws tshaj lij tau muab los saib xyuas qhov kev tso tawm nkag mus rau hauv lub davhlau ya dav hlau thiab nws kuj tau tsoo tsis nco qab los ntawm tus kws tsav dav hlau. "Okay, thaum lub NIRTSats tau reprogrammed los ntawm Vegas lub hauv paus chaw ua hauj lwm ntawm satellite, kuv xav tau ib tug potty so ua ntej peb ntsib lub tanker. Muab ob npaug rau xyuas koj qhov kev npaj pib tshiab. Ua haujlwm zoo txhua tus. Tsaug rau kev xav ntawm koj txhais taw. Tom qab no, peb txhua tus yuav tsim nyog tau txais kev txhawb nqa ... tshwj tsis yog, tau kawg, peb mus rau hauv tsev lojcuj. "
    
  "Txoj haujlwm tshiab nyob qhov twg?" - nug tus tshaj tawm lawj kws tshaj lij.
    
  "Türkiye," hais tias tus tsav. "Zoo li muaj ntau shit tawm mus."
    
    
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  "Kev sib cuag nrog radar! Radar tiv tauj!" qw tus tub ceev xwm tactical, lossis TAO, los ntawm Patriot anti-aircraft missile regiment nyob hauv cheeb tsam. "Ntau tus neeg tuaj sib cuag, nruab nrab qhov siab, nruab nrab subsonic, mus ncaj nraim ntawm peb. Nws yuav nkag mus rau Syrian airspace hauv peb feeb. "
    
  Tus thawj coj tactical, lossis TD, tau kawm txog Patriot radar zaub. Nws tau hais tias "Kev nrawm nrawm, tsis muaj kev sib tw, qhov siab nruab nrab - tej zaum kev tshawb nrhiav drones," nws hais. "Puas muaj pes tsawg tus muaj?"
    
  "Yim. Lawv tab tom mus ncaj nraim rau peb cov chaw radar. "
    
  Nws hais tias "Kuv tsis xav pov tseg missiles ntawm drones," tab sis peb yuav tsum kaw qhov haujlwm no. Nws xav ib pliag, ces hais tias, "Yog lawv hloov qhov siab, koom nrog. Txwv tsis pub peb yuav sim ntaus lawv nrog cov phom tiv thaiv dav hlau. "
    
  "Yuav ua li cas yog tias lawv dhia mus rau peb lub radar, tus tswv?" - TAO nug.
    
  "Kuv tsis paub txog cov foob pob hluav taws uas tau tso tawm ntawm qhov siab tsis muaj zog thiab tom qab ntawd dhia mus rau lawv lub hom phiaj," tus thawj coj ntawm kev tawm tsam tau hais. "Strike missiles yuav ya tsawg heev los yog siab heev. Qhov no yog raws nraim qhov yuav tsum tau rau anti-aircraft artillery. Heck, txawm tias cov neeg phem Syrian artillerymen tuaj yeem muaj lub sijhawm los rub lawv. Saib lawv tam sim no. Yog tias lawv pib nrawm lossis qeeb, peb - "
    
  "Sir, Sector Plaub kuj tau tshaj tawm ntau qhov scarecrows tuaj txog!" - tus tub ceev xwm kev sib txuas lus tau qw. Qhov no sector yog ib tug uas adjoined lawv mus rau sab hnub tuaj. "Yim ntau scarecrows, nruab nrab qhov siab, ntawm nruab nrab subsonic ceev, kuj tau mus rau peb cov ntsiab lus radar!"
    
  "Kaum ib lub drones tshawb nrhiav, txhua yam ya mus rau Turkey tib lub sijhawm ... thiab los ntawm qhov twg?" - tus thawj coj tactical hais nrov nrov. "Türkiye tau tawm tsam tag nrho Asmeskas cov hauv paus rau tag kis no. Tsis muaj txoj hauv kev uas lawv tuaj yeem tso ntau lub drones sai sai. Lawv yuav tsum raug tso tawm los ntawm huab cua. "
    
  "Lossis lawv tuaj yeem raug dag zoo li lub sijhawm kawg peb pib," TAO hais.
    
  Kaum rau lub hom phiaj ... uas txhais tau tias peb caug-ob Patriots, txij li Patriot yeej ib txwm tua ob lub foob pob hluav taws ntawm txhua lub hom phiaj kom ntseeg tau tias swb. Peb caug-ob tug Patriots sawv cev rau txhua tus launcher hauv cov tub rog. Yog hais tias lawv tua tag nrho lawv cov missiles ntawm drones los yog decoys, nws yuav yog ib tug loj loj pov tseg ntawm missiles thiab cia lawv yooj yim mus txog rau thaum reloading, uas yuav siv li peb caug feeb.
    
  Tus Thawj Coj ntawm Tactics tau khaws lub xov tooj thiab xa tag nrho cov ntaub ntawv mus rau Air Defense Sector Coordinator hauv Diyarbakir. "Kau lawv," tus kws saib xyuas haujlwm tau hais. "Lawv nyob hauv qhov profile tawm tsam. Tshawb xyuas koj lub tshuab kom paub tseeb tias muaj kev cuam tshuam. "
    
  "Tau txais," tus thawj coj tactical hais. "TAO, npaj rau-"
    
  "Tus Tswv, lawv mus rau hauv lub voj voog," TAO qw. "Lawv nyob ntawm ciam teb, qee qhov hauv Syria. Lawv zoo li yog orbiting. "
    
  "Reconnaissance drones," TD hais nrog kev pab. "Cia li saib. Yuav ua li cas txog Plaub Sector scarecrows?
    
  "Peb tseem tab tom nkag mus rau lub ntiaj teb, tus tswv," said TAO.
    
  "Zoo heev". TD xav tau luam yeeb, tab sis nws paub tias yuav ua tsis tau kom txog thaum cov tsiaj no tawm ntawm nws thaj chaw. "Cia ib saib ntawm cov khoom no thiab ..."
    
  "Bandits!" - DAO tam sim ntawd qw. "Plaub lub hom phiaj mus txog, subsonic, qhov siab tsis tshua muaj siab, muaj plaub caug mais!"
    
  "Koom nrog kev sib ntaus!" - DAO hais tam sim ntawd. "Cov roj teeb tawm! Txhua lub roj teeb ...! "
    
  "Lub drones tab tom tawm hauv lawv lub orbit, nrawm thiab nqis!"
    
  Damn nws, xav tias Tus Thawj Coj ntawm Tactics, lawv nyuam qhuav mus los ntawm kev ceeb toom mus tua nyob rau hauv ib lub qhov muag. Nws tau hais tias "Ua qhov tseem ceeb ntawm cov tub ceev xwm siab ceev," nws hais.
    
  "Tab sis cov drones tuaj!" - hais tias DAO. "Patriot muab qhov tseem ceeb rau drones!"
    
  TD hais tias "Kuv yuav tsis nkim missiles ntawm drones," TD hais. "Cov neeg ceev ceev yog qhov kev hem thawj tiag tiag. Hloov koj qhov tseem ceeb thiab koom nrog kev sib ntaus! "
    
  Tab sis qhov kev txiav txim siab pom tau tias yuav tsis sawv, vim tias tsis ntev nws tau pom tseeb tias cov drones tau mus ncaj nraim rau Patriot's phased array radars. "Kuv puas yuav tsum hloov kuv qhov tseem ceeb, tus tswv-"
    
  "Ua nws! Ua nws! "- hais tias TD.
    
  TAO furiously nkag mus rau hauv nws lub hom phiaj lub computer, hais kom tus Patriot mus tua ze dua, qeeb lub hom phiaj. "Tus Patriot nkag mus rau hauv kev sib ntaus sib tua!" - nws qhia. "Cov nkoj loj nrawm nrawm mus rau supersonic ceev ... sir. Qhov thib plaub tshaj tawm hais tias cov drones tau tawm ntawm lawv lub orbits, tab tom nqis, nrawm thiab mus rau peb cov haujlwm!
    
  "Lawv puas tuaj yeem sib ntaus?" Tab sis nws twb paub cov lus teb: ib lub Patriot radar tsis tuaj yeem ntaus rau lwm qhov vim muaj kev cuam tshuam, uas tsim decoys uas lub computer sib ntaus sib tua tuaj yeem tua. Tsuas yog ib lub radar tuaj yeem tiv nrog kev sib ntaus sib tua. Lawv lub roj teeb yuav tsum ntaus tag nrho nees nkaum-ob lub hom phiaj ...
    
  ... uas txhais tau tias lawv yuav khiav tawm ntawm cov foob pob hluav taws thaum lub sijhawm cov neeg ceev ceev tuaj txog! "Reprogram lub computer sib ntaus sib tua kom tua tsuas yog ib lub missile!" - txib tus thawj coj tactical.
    
  "Tab sis peb tsis muaj sijhawm txaus!" - hais tias tus tub ceev xwm ua haujlwm tactical. "Kuv yuav tsum tau txiav tawm qhov kev pom zoo no thiab ..."
    
  "Tsis txhob sib cav, cia li ua nws!" DAO yeej tsis ntaus ntawv sai li nws tau ua thaum ntawd. Nws tswj kom reprogram lub computer sib ntaus sib tua thiab reconnect lub roj teeb ...
    
  ... tab sis nws ua tsis tau nws sai txaus, thiab ib lub radar raug tua los ntawm cruise missiles. Cov cuaj luaj, uas yog AGM-158A JASSMs, lossis Joint Air to Surface Standoff Missiles, yog turbojet-powered air-launched cruise missiles nrog ntau txhiab phaus high-explosive fragmentation warheads thiab ntau tshaj li ob puas mais.
    
  Tam sim no ib lub radar yuav tsum tswj tag nrho kev sib ntaus sib tua. Patriot radars tsis tau luam theej duab zoo li cov khoom siv hluav taws xob scanned radars thiab tsis tas yuav tsum tau tswj, tab sis lawv tau muaj ib cheeb tsam tshwj xeeb ntawm lub ntuj faib rau lawv kom tsis txhob muaj teeb meem cuam tshuam. Qhov seem radar, nyob ntawm Batman Air Force Base rau caum mais sab hnub tuaj ntawm Diyarbakir, tau ua haujlwm saib sab qab teb rau hauv Iraq es tsis yog sab hnub poob mus rau Diyarbakir. Ua raws li lawv txoj kev kawm tam sim no - qhov tseem ceeb taug qab Syria - lawv nyob ntawm ntug hiav txwv huab cua ntawm radar.
    
  "Qhia Batman's radar tig rau sab hnub poob-sab hnub poob los cuam tshuam txoj kev ya dav hlau no," tus thawj coj tswj hwm tau hais. DAO kis qhov kev txiav txim. Lub AN / MPQ-53 radar system feem ntau yog trailer-mounted, thiab txawm hais tias nws yooj yim haum rau txav nws los npog thaj chaw tshiab ntawm lub ntuj, qhov no feem ntau yeej tsis ua tiav, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog thaum muaj kev tawm tsam. Txawm li cas los xij, Batman qhov chaw sib txawv: txawm tias Patriot tau tsim los ua lub xov tooj ntawm tes, Batman qhov chaw tau nruab ib nrab mus tas li, txhais tau tias nws cov radar array tuaj yeem txav tau yooj yim raws li xav tau.
    
  "Radar rov pib dua, taug qab zoo rau lub cav nrawm," TAO tau tshaj tawm ob peb feeb tom qab. "Tus Patriot nkag mus rau hauv kev sib ntaus sib tua" -
    
  Tab sis lub sijhawm ntawd tag nrho cov radar nyeem tau tawm mus. "Dab tsi tshwm sim?" - qw tus thawj coj tactical.
    
  "Batman's radar tawm ntawm huab cua," TAO qhia. "Tau tua los ntawm lub nkoj nkoj." Tsis ntev tom qab ntawd: "Cov neeg soj ntsuam hauv av qhia ob lub dav hlau nrawm nrawm ya saum taub hau ntawm qhov siab qis ntawm sab hnub tuaj." Tam sim no nws tau pom tseeb tias muaj dab tsi tshwm sim: hloov lub radar mus rau sab hnub poob ua rau txo qis hauv kev pab cuam sab hnub tuaj. Ob lub dav hlau tsuas yog hla dhau qhov sib txawv hauv radar kev pab cuam ntawm Batman thiab Van thiab tawm tsam lub radar.
    
  Tam sim no Diyarbakir tau qhib dav.
    
    
  NTAWM BOARD "FRATURE ONE-NINE"
  LUB SIJ HAWM
    
    
  "Txoj kev tsis ncaj ncees, qhov no yog 109, koj muaj tus Tsov tus tw tseeb," Lt. Col. Gia "Boxer" Cazzotto tau tshaj tawm xov tooj cua rau nws cov tub rog me me ntawm B-1B Lancer bombers. "Cia peb coj lawv, koj hais li cas?"
    
  "Fracture One-Nine, qhov no yog Chivkeeb," Patrick McLanahan tau tshaj tawm xov tooj cua los ntawm lawv lub tshuab xa hluav taws xob ruaj ntseg. "Koj puas tau txais cov downloads tshiab kawg?"
    
  "Buckeye?"
    
  "Tau tau lawm, kuv tau txais lawv," tus tub ceev xwm tawm tsam, lossis OSO, teb. "Cov duab zoo heev - txawm zoo dua li radar." Nws tau saib ultra-high-resolution radar dluab ntawm Diyarbakir Air Base nyob rau hauv Qaib Cov Txwv coj los ntawm NIRTSat reconnaissance satellites cia li ib pliag dhau los. Cov duab rub tawm los ntawm satellites tuaj yeem ua tiav los ntawm AN / APQ-164 B-1 lub foob pob tawg zoo li yog cov duab tau raug coj los ntawm tus foob pob ntawm nws tus kheej radar. Lawv tau ntau tshaj li plaub caug mais ntawm lub hom phiaj, zoo tshaj qhov ntau ntawm qhov siab qis radar, tab sis OSO tuaj yeem pom thiab suav cov phiaj xwm kev sib koom ua ke ntev ua ntej ya hla lub hom phiaj.
    
  OSOs tau pib sau cov phiaj xwm phiaj xwm thiab thauj lawv mus rau hauv lawv yim lub JASSM ntaus missiles, thiab ib zaug tag nrho cov missiles tau thauj cov hom phiaj, lawv tau sib koom ua ke cov phiaj xwm hauv lub sijhawm thiab azimuth thiab tso lawv mus rau hauv davhlau. Lub sijhawm no, turbojet-powered cruise missiles ya mus qis, zam kev paub txog kev cuam tshuam, siv inertial navigation nrog lub ntiaj teb qhov chaw hloov tshiab. Rau B-1 cov foob pob hluav taws tau tua yim JASSMs txhua, sau lub ntuj nrog plaub caug yim lub foob pob hluav taws.
    
  Tsis muaj sij hawm los xaiv cov tub rog sib txawv rau cov cuaj luaj, yog li lawv txhua tus tau nruab nrog tib txhiab-phaus fragmentation warheads, tab sis qee qhov raug thauj mus rau tawg ntawm qhov cuam tshuam, thaum lwm tus tau teem rau tawg hauv nruab nrab huab cua thaum ncav cuag lawv lub hom phiaj kev tswj hwm. . Cov cua daj cua dub tawg tau raug rho tawm ntawm cov chaw dav hlau, qhov chaw muaj zog tawg tau rhuav tshem txhua yam thiab txhua yam rau ob puas yards nyob rau hauv tag nrho cov lus qhia, thaum muaj kev cuam tshuam cov foob pob hluav taws rau cov tuam tsev, riam phom chaw cia khoom, roj depots thiab hangars. Lub OSOs tuaj yeem kho lub foob pob hluav taws lub hom phiaj siv cov ntaub ntawv sib txuas ntawm lub sijhawm tiag tiag, uas muab cov neeg ua haujlwm pom cov duab ntawm lub hom phiaj thiab tso cai rau lawv coj cov missile mus rau lub hom phiaj.
    
  "Chivkeeb", qhov no yog lub ntsiab lus tig, lub cheb huv si," Cazzotto xov tooj cua. "Txhua yam riam phom siv. Peb ua li cas?"
    
  Patrick teb tias "Peb yuav tau txais NIRTSat tom ntej uploads nyob rau hauv ib teev," tab sis txiav txim los ntawm cov duab kuv tau txais los ntawm JASSMs, koj ua tau zoo heev. Tag nrho Patriot radars yog neeg xiam; Kuv tabtom qhia koj tias kev nce thiab RTB yog dawb. Kev ua yeeb yam zoo. "
    
  "Saib koj ... zoo, muaj ib hnub, Chivkeeb," Gia hais.
    
  Patrick tau hais tias "Tom ntej rau nws, Fracture," Patrick hais. Thiab nws yeej txhais tau tias.
    
    
  EPILOGUE
    
    
  mus vwm. Ces nrog nws.
    
  -COLIN POWELL
    
    
    
  OVAL OFFICE, WHITE HOUSE, WASHINGTON, DC.
  TAM SIM NO
    
    
  "Koj txhais li cas thaum koj hais tias Tebchaws Meskas tau tawm tsam Turkey nag hmo?" - Thawj Tswj Hwm Joseph Gardner tau qw. Hauv Oval Office nrog nws yog nws tus thawj coj ntawm cov neeg ua haujlwm, Walter Cordus; National Security Advisor Conrad Carlisle; thiab Secretary of Defense Miller Turner. "Kuv tsis tau hais kom tawm tsam! WHO? Qhov twg...?"
    
  Turner tau hais tias "Lub hom phiaj yog Diyarbakir, lub hauv paus dav hlau tseem ceeb uas Qaib Cov Txwv tau siv los tua huab cua tawm tsam Iraq," Turner tau hais. "Rau B-1B Lancer bombers tau pib los ntawm United Arab Emirates -"
    
  "Los ntawm nws txoj cai?" Thawj Tswj Hwm thundered. "Leej twg muab lawv qhov kev txiav txim?"
    
  "Peb tsis paub meej, tus tswv ... "
    
  "Tsis paub meej? Rau lub foob pob loj tshaj plaws uas tau ntim nrog cov foob pob tawm ntawm lub hauv paus hauv Middle East thiab foob pob hauv lub hauv paus cua hauv Turkey, thiab tsis muaj leej twg paub leej twg tso cai rau nws? Leej twg yog tus thawj coj?
    
  "Nws lub npe yog Cazzotto."
    
  "Nws? Ib tug poj niam bomber tis commander?
    
  Turner tau hais tias "Zoo tias qhov no yog tub rog engineering, tus tswv," Turner hais. "Lawv tau txais cov dav hlau tawm ntawm cov npauj npaim thiab ua kom lawv rov ua haujlwm dua. Lawv tau ua haujlwm los muab kev txhawb nqa huab cua rau kev ua haujlwm hauv Afghanistan thiab Iraq. "
    
  "Thiab lawv nyuam qhuav tawm thiab foob pob Turkey? Qhov no txawm ua tau li cas? Leej twg yuam kom lawv ua li no?
    
  Turner tau hais tias "Colonel Cazzotto tsis kam tham lwm yam dua li hais tias tus neeg uas tau tshaj tawm txoj moo zoo yuav hu rau," Turner hais.
    
  Tus thawj tswj hwm tau hais tias "Qhov no tsis tuaj yeem lees txais, Miller. "Nrhiav tus txiv neej no thiab muab nws pov rau hauv kaw! Qhov no yog kev vwm! Kuv yuav tsis cia rau 6 tus neeg foob pob B-1 ya ib ncig txhua zaus ib tus neeg xav rhuav tshem ob peb lub tsev." Nws txais cov ntawv sau los ntawm Cordus, nyeem nws, tom qab ntawd rub nws thiab muab pov rau ntawm nws lub rooj. "Yog li cas lawv tsoo rau hauv?"
    
  Turner tau hais tias, "Txoj kev, lawv tau rhuav tshem ob lub Patriot radar chaw," ces lawv tau ntaus ntau lub hom phiaj tub rog hauv Diyarbakir, suav nrog cov chaw nres tsheb thiab caij tsheb tavxij, hangars, roj depots thiab cov chaw tswj hwm thiab chaw tswj hwm. Kev xaiv lub hom phiaj zoo heev. Lawv tau siv Cov Cuab Yeej Cuab Yeej Cuab Yeej rau Nto Ntaus Cov Hluav Taws Xob, uas yog cov cuab yeej ua tub rog, cov lus qhia ceev ceev subsonic cruise missiles. Txhua lub dav hlau rov qab los nyab xeeb. "
    
  "Thiab muab tso rau hauv ib lub stockade, kuv vam!"
    
  "Yog lawm, sir. Nws zoo nkaus li tias cov Turks tau npaj rau kev tawm tsam huab cua loj rau Iraq. Lawv muaj ntau tshaj li ib puas tactical aircraft npaj ya mus rau hauv Diyarbakir. Zoo li lawv tau sim nqus me ntsis ua ntej peb teeb tsa thaj chaw tsis muaj ya nyob rau sab qaum teb Iraq. "
    
  Qhov no ua rau tus thawj tswj hwm npau taws me ntsis, tab sis nws tau tuav nws lub taub hau. "Kuv xav tau qee cov lus teb, Miller, thiab kuv xav tau qee lub nroog Yeiuxalees!" - nws qw. Cordus teb tus xov tooj flashing, ntsia ntawm Thawj Tswj Hwm kom txog thaum nws ntsia mus deb, ces tau taub hau ntawm lub qhov rooj mus rau Thawj Tswj Hwm lub chaw haujlwm ntiag tug uas nyob ib sab ntawm Oval Office. "Yexus, tsuas yog qhov kuv xav tau thaum lub shit pib - tus qhua VIP."
    
  "Qhov no yog leej twg?" - Carlisle nug.
    
  "Thawj Tswj Hwm Kevin Martindale."
    
  "Martindale? Nws xav tau dab tsi?
    
  Gardner tau hais tias "Nws ua rau kuv xav tsis thoob tias nws tau tos ib teev." "Kuv yuav tshem nws. Teb kuv ob peb lo lus nug, Miller!" Nws nkag mus hauv nws lub chaw haujlwm ntiag tug thiab kaw qhov rooj. "Kuv thov txim, Thawj Tswj Hwm," nws hais. "Ib yam xwm txheej ceev tau tshwm sim."
    
  "Qhov no tshwm sim ntau heev hauv kev lag luam no, Thawj Tswj Hwm," hais Kevin Martindale, sawv thiab tuav tes nrog nws tus qub tub rog tiv thaiv. "Kuv thov txim rau qhov kev xav tsis thoob, tab sis muaj qee yam uas kuv xav tau los qhia rau koj."
    
  "Qhov no puas tuaj yeem tos kom txog thaum noj su, Kevin?" - Gardner nug. "Koj paub, tag nrho cov qaib ntxhw no tau hem tias yuav poob ntawm nws cov pob khawm -"
    
  Martindale tau hais tias "Nws yuav tsum ua nrog Turkey,"
    
  "Txog? Yuav ua li cas txog qhov no?
    
  "Kev tawm tsam huab cua ntawm Diyarbakir nag hmo."
    
  Gardner lub qhov muag nthuav dav hauv kev poob siab. "Air strike...Au kuv tus Vajtswv, Kevin, kuv paub txog qhov no ob feeb dhau los! Koj paub li cas txog qhov no?
    
  Martindale tau hais tias "Vim tias kuv tau pab npaj nws." Gardner lub qhov muag bulged ntau dua. "Kuv tau hais kom tus thawj coj ntawm Minhad Air Base hauv tebchaws United Arab Emirates, General Omair, tso cov foob pob tawg. Nws nyob hauv kuv cov nuj nqis. " Gardner yeej ruam tiag tiag. "Mloog, Joe, koj yuav tsum cog lus rau kuv tias tsis txhob ua qhov no," Martindale hais ntxiv. "Tsis txhob tshawb nrhiav Cazzotto, Omair lossis lwm tus."
    
  "Tsis txhob tshawb nrhiav? Ib pawg ntawm 6 tus neeg Asmeskas cov neeg foob pob hluav taws tau tawm tsam lub hauv paus huab cua hauv Turkey, thiab kuv yuav tsum tsis txhob tshawb xyuas?
    
  "Nws yuav zoo dua yog tias koj tsis ua qhov no, Joe," Martindale hais. "Ib qho ntxiv, kev tawm tsam huab cua tej zaum yuav nres kev tsov rog ntawm peb thiab Turkey. Los ntawm qhov kuv tau hais, peb tau rhuav tshem ib lub hlis twg ntawm Qaib Cov Txwv lub dav hlau tactical nyob rau hauv qhov kev tawm tsam ib leeg. Lawv tab tom npaj tawm tsam Iraq dua, tej zaum yuav rhuav tshem ntau ntawm Erbil thiab Kirkuk. "
    
  "Kevin... Ua li cas lub ntuj raug txim koj paub tag nrho cov no?" - Gardner nug. "Koj ua dab tsi?"
    
  Martindale ntsia Gardner ib pliag, ces luag ntxhi thiab hais ntsiag to, "Kuv yog Scion Aviation International, Joe. Koj puas tau hnov txog lawv?
    
  Lub bulging, incredulous qhia rov qab. "Aviation ntawm cov xeeb leej xeeb ntxwv? Scion... Koj txhais tau tias, McLanahan lub koom haum? "
    
  "Kuv lub tsho, Joe."
    
  "Koj...koj muaj robots...Tin Woodman...?"
    
  Martindale tau hais tias "Tsawg dua li peb muaj ua ntej, ua tsaug rau Hirsiz thiab Jizek," Martindale hais tias, "tab sis peb tseem muaj qhov seem." Nws ntsia Gardner thiab nyob twj ywm kom txog thaum Thawj Tswj Hwm ntsia rov qab rau nws. "Kuv paub koj xav li cas, Joe: koj ntes McLanahan hauv Iraq thiab yuam kom nws qhia qhov twg lwm tus neeg hlau nyob, thiab tom qab ntawd muab nws mus rau Uzbekistan tas li ntawm nws lub neej. Txhob ua li ntawd".
    
  "Vim li cas lub ntuj raug txim yuav tsum tsis kuv?" Gardner hais. "Qhov no yog qhov nws tsim nyog!"
    
  Martindale tau hais tias "Joe, koj yuav tsum ua qhov kuv tau ua: tsis txhob tawm tsam tus txiv neej thiab kawm ua haujlwm nrog nws," Martindale hais. "Tus txiv neej no tau mus rau ntawd, npaj kev tawm tsam huab cua tawm tsam ib lub tebchaws muaj zog tshaj plaws hauv thaj av ntawd ntawm lub ntiaj teb, sib sau ua ke lub dav hlau, riam phom thiab kev txhawb nqa satellite uas nws xav tau, thiab ua tiav. Tsis yog tus txiv neej uas koj xav ua haujlwm rau koj?
    
  "Tus txiv neej no xa ob tug txiv neej tin tom qab kuv mus rau Camp David, thiab ib tug ntawm lawv rub kuv los ntawm caj dab ...!"
    
  "Thiab kuv paub vim li cas, Joe," Martindale hais. "Kuv muaj tag nrho cov pov thawj pov tseg tsuas yog nyob rau hauv rooj plaub. Tam sim no nws tsis yog McLanahan xwb koj yuav tsum tau tshem tawm: tam sim no nws yog kuv thiab ib pab pawg kws lij choj uas paub qhov twg tag nrho cov ntawv luam ntawm tag nrho cov pov thawj no tau muab zais . " Nws muab nws txhais tes rau ntawm Gardner lub xub pwg nyom. "Tab sis kuv tsis nyob ntawm no los hem koj, Joe," nws hais ntxiv. "Kuv hais rau koj, McLanahan tsis xav tawm tsam koj, nws xav tawm tsam koj, rau Asmeskas. Nws tau txais khoom plig, txiv neej. Nws pom ib qho teeb meem thiab txav saum ntuj thiab lub ntiaj teb los kho nws. Vim li cas koj tsis xav kom nws nyob ntawm koj sab?
    
  Nws patted Gardner ntawm lub xub pwg nyom, ces khaws nws lub tsho loj. "Xav txog nws, Joe, ua li cas?" nws hais tias, npaj tawm mus. "Thiab nres qhov kev tshawb nrhiav, lossis sau nws, lossis faib nws, ua dab tsi. Yog tias qhov no yuam cov Turks kom thim rov qab, txhua yam zoo. Koj tseem tuaj yeem muab credit rau nws. Kuv yuav saib xyuas koj, Thawj Tswj Hwm. "
    
    
  Palm Jumeirah, DUBAI, United Arab Emirates
  Ob peb hnub tom qab
    
    
  Los ntawm lub tsev noj mov saum ru tsev ntawm lub tsev tshiab Trump International Hotel thiab Ntauwd hauv Dubai, Patrick McLanahan thiab Gia Cazzotto tuaj yeem pom ntau lub cev zoo kawg nkaus, crowns, ceg thiab cov dej tawg ntawm Palm Jumeirah, ib qho ntawm peb lub xibtes Islands tuaj, cov Islands tuaj cuav thiab. reefs uas tsim ib qho tshwj xeeb tshaj plaws thiab tsuas yog thaj chaw thiab kev lom zem complexes ntawm nws hom hauv ntiaj teb. Zoo li lub xibtes loj loj, nws ntxiv tshaj peb puas mais mus rau Gulf ntug dej hiav txwv ntawm United Arab Emirates.
    
  Gia tsa nws lub khob champagne rau Patrick thiab nws kov nws lub khob rau nws. "Yog li qhia rau kuv, General," nws nug, "Koj tau tswj xyuas lub tsev so rau koj li cas, kuv thiab koj pab neeg hauv lub tsev so tshwj xeeb tshaj plaws hauv ntiaj teb uas tsis tuaj yeem booked?"
    
  "Tus thawj coj ua tsaug ntau," Patrick hais.
    
  "Auj, mysterious heev. Nws yog leej twg? Los yog koj qhia tsis tau? Puas yog nws zoo li Charles Townsend tus cwj pwm, nplua nuj thiab muaj zog tab sis xaiv nyob hauv qhov ntxoov ntxoo?
    
  "Ib yam li ntawd".
    
  Lawv sawv thiab qhuas qhov kev pom rau ob peb lub sijhawm; ces nws nug hais tias, "Thaum twg koj rov qab los rau Teb Chaws?"
    
  "Tag kis sawv ntxov".
    
  "Koj tsis tuaj yeem nyob ntev dua?"
    
  "Tsis muaj". Nws ntsia nws, ces nug tias, "Koj rov qab los rau Palmdale thaum twg?"
    
  "Hnub tom tag kis. Kuv xav tias kuv tab tom mus rau Fort Leavenworth, tab sis tam sim ntawd nws tag nrho ploj mus. " Nws ua tib zoo saib nws. "Koj yuav tsis tshwm sim vim li cas tag nrho cov Xeev Lub Tsev Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Kev Ruaj Ntseg thiab Cov Kws Tshawb Fawb Txog Kev Tshawb Fawb tau ploj mus, koj puas yuav?"
    
  "Tsis muaj".
    
  "Tej zaum koj Charlie tau dhau los ua tus saib xyuas kuv?" Patrick tsis tau hais dab tsi. Nws frowned mockingly. "Koj tsis tham ntau, koj puas yog tus tswv?" - nws nug.
    
  "Kuv thov kom koj tsis txhob hu kuv 'sir' lossis 'general'."
    
  "Thov txim, kuv pab tsis tau nws." Nws noj ib khob ntawm champagne, ces intertwined nws ntiv tes nrog nws. "Tab sis tej zaum yog tias koj ua qee yam tsis tshua muaj dav, kuv yuav tau txais kev nplij siab ntau dua." Patrick luag ntxhi, leaned rau pem hauv ntej thiab hnia nws maj mam ntawm daim di ncauj.
    
  "Qhov ntawd yog qhov kuv tab tom tham txog, Patrick." Nws luag ntxhi rau nws, rub nws los ze zog, ces hais ua ntej hnia nws dua, "Tab sis qhov ntawd tsis yog txhua yam kuv hais txog."
    
    
  UKURKA ciam teb hla, HAKKARI PROVINCE, REPUBLIC OF TURKEY
  TAM SIM NO
    
    
  Ntawm txoj kev hla Ukurca ciam teb hla ntawm ciam teb Turkish-Iraqi, cov neeg coob coob ntawm cov neeg zoo siab tau sib sau ua ke, yoj tus chij Turkish thiab qw nrov nrov raws li cov tsheb loj ntawm Turkish Gendarma rog rov qab los rau lawv lub tebchaws. Cov tub ceev xwm ciam teb tuav lawv rov qab thaum cov dev saib xyuas raug coj rov qab mus rau ntawm kab.
    
  Nws tau ntev, qaug zog thiab txaj muag mus tsev, General Bezir Ozek xav thaum nws tawm ntawm nws lub tsheb armored sai li sai tau thaum nws hla ciam teb, tab sis qhov ntawd ua rau tag nrho cov txaj muag poob qis me ntsis. Tus thawj tswj hwm ciam teb tau hais lus qhuas thiab lub suab paj nruag me me pib ua si lub suab nkauj Turkish. "Zoo siab txais tos tsev, General," tus thawj coj hais.
    
  "Ua tsaug, Major," said Ozek, "thiab ua tsaug rau qhov kev txais tos no."
    
  "Tsis txhob ua tsaug, ua tsaug rau cov neeg," tus loj hais. "Lawv hnov tias koj tau rov qab los tsev, thiab lawv xav tos txais koj thiab koj cov neeg rov qab los ntawm kev sib tw yeej tawm tsam PKK."
    
  Ozek noded yam tsis tau hais tias nws xav li cas: nws txoj kev sib tw tau ua tsis tiav, cuam tshuam los ntawm tus neeg lim hiam Hasan Jizek. Tom qab Asmeskas kev tawm tsam huab cua ntawm Diyarbakir, Cizek ploj mus, ua rau tsoomfwv qhib dav. Kurzat Hirsiz tau tawm haujlwm thiab muab lub zog rau Ais ¸e Akas, thiab kev sib tw los yeej PKK tau xaus. Nws tau siv lub lim tiam dhau los tawm tsam kev tawm tsam los ntawm PKK thiab Peshmerga guerrillas thaum lawv rov qab los tsev.
    
  "Thov tuaj ntsib koj cov neeg xav tau kev pab," tus loj hais. Nws tsawm rau Ozek thiab hais tias, "Txhua yam kev ceev faj tau raug coj los lawm, tus tswv."
    
  "Ua tsaug, Major," Ozek hais. Nws tig mus rau cov neeg coob coob thiab yoj tes, thiab cov neeg coob coob tau zoo siab. Zoo, nws xav tias, lub suab tiag tiag txaus. Nws pib tuav tes. Cov txiv neej thiab poj niam ntsia nws nrog Google ob lub qhov muag zoo li nws yog qee yam ntawm lub hnub qub pob zeb. Pua pua txhais tes ncav tes rau nws.
    
  Nws yuav luag nyob ntawm qhov kawg ntawm cov neeg coob coob thaum nws pom tias muaj ib tug poj niam tab tom waving ntawm nws sab tes xis thiab tuav ib tug me nyuam nyob rau hauv nws sab laug. Nws yog qhov txaus nyiam heev, uas tau hais ntxiv los ntawm qhov tseeb tias nws pub niam mis rau nws tus menyuam, tsuas yog lub teeb, pob tshab daim pam npog nws lub mis liab qab. Nws tuav nws tes dawb. "Ua tsaug, kuv tus hlub, ua tsaug rau qhov kev txais tos no," nws hais.
    
  "Tsis yog, ua tsaug, General," tus poj niam hais zoo siab. "Ua tsaug rau koj qhov kev sib ntaus sib tua nyuaj."
    
  "Kuv ua qhov zoo tshaj plaws los pab cov neeg Turkey, thiab tshwj xeeb tshaj yog cov poj niam zoo li koj." Nws tuav nws tes thiab hnia nws. "Qhov no yog ib txoj hauj lwm uas kuv muaj nqis, ib yam li kuv yuav muaj nqis ntsib koj."
    
  "Zoo, ua tsaug, General." Daim pam nyias txav me ntsis thiab Ozek luag ntxhi thaum nws ntsia nws ob lub mis. Damn nws, nws xav tias, nws nyob hauv teb ntev dhau lawm. "Thiab," nws hais tias, blinking nws ob lub qhov muag ntawm nws, "Kuv muaj hauj lwm ua, thiab."
    
  Daim pam nyias tau poob los nthuav tawm lub mis zoo nkauj, khov kho, tau ntxim hlub ... thiab lub xub pwg nyom sab laug txaus ntshai, ib nrab ntawm caj npab sab laug ... thiab ib lub pas ntoo uas muaj mob qog noj ntshav zoo li qhov kawg txuas nrog lub pob. "Kuv txoj hauj lwm los pauj kua zaub ntsuab rau cov neeg ntawm al-Amadiyah yuav xaus, General, thiab yog li ntawd yog koj li ... ua tsaug rau lub Base."
    
  Thiab nrog rau qhov ntawd, Zilar Azzawi rub tus txiv neej tuag qhov ua rau ntawm lub detonators txuas nrog nees nkaum phaus ntawm cov khoom tawg zais zais rau hauv tus menyuam roj hmab uas nws nqa zoo li menyuam mos, tua txhua tus hauv nees nkaum ko taw vojvoog.
    
    
  txog tus sau
    
    
  DALE BROWN yog tus sau ntau phau ntawv New York Times zoo tshaj plaws, suav nrog Edge of Battle thiab Shadow Command. Tus qub tub rog US Air Force tus thawj coj feem ntau tuaj yeem pom ya nws tus kheej lub dav hlau nyob rau saum ntuj ntawm Tebchaws Meskas.
    
    
  Ua tsaug rau koj rub tawm phau ntawv los ntawm lub tsev qiv ntawv hluav taws xob dawb Royallib.com
    
  Cia ib saib txog phau ntawv
    
  Txhua phau ntawv los ntawm tus sau
    
    
  Ua tsaug rau koj rub tawm phau ntawv los ntawm lub tsev qiv ntawv hluav taws xob dawb Royallib.com
    
  Txhua phau ntawv los ntawm tus sau
    
  Tib phau ntawv hauv lwm hom ntawv
    
    
  Txaus siab rau kev nyeem ntawv!
    
    
    
    
  Dale Brown
  Lub zog tsis dawb huv
    
    
  CEEB TOOM
    
    
    
  AMERICANS
    
    
  PATRICK S. MCLANAHAN, US Air Force Lieutenant General (Ret.), Tus khub thiab Thawj Tswj Hwm, Scion Aviation International
    
  KEVIN MARTINDALE, yav tas los Thawj Tswj Hwm ntawm Tebchaws Meskas, tus tswv zais cia ntawm Scion Aviation International
    
  JONATHAN COLIN MASTERS, Ph.D., Tus Thawj Coj Kev Ua Haujlwm, Sky Masters Inc.
    
  HUNTER NOBLE, Tus Lwm Thawj Coj ntawm Kev Txhim Kho, Sky Masters Inc.
    
  JOSEPH GARDNER, Thawj Tswj Hwm ntawm Tebchaws Meskas
    
  KENNETH T. PHOENIX, Tus Lwm Thawj Coj
    
  CONRAD F. CARLISLE, Tus Kws Saib Xyuas Kev Ruaj Ntseg Hauv Tebchaws
    
  MILLER H. TURNER, Secretary of Defense
    
  WALTER CORDUS, Tus Thawj Saib Xyuas Tsev Dawb
    
  STACY ANN BARBO, Secretary of State
    
  USMC GENERAL TAYLOR J. BAIN, Thawj Tswj Hwm, Tus Thawj Coj ntawm Cov Neeg Ua Haujlwm
    
  US Army Major General CHARLES CONNOLLY, Division Commander nyob rau sab qaum teb Iraq
    
  US Army COLONEL JACK T. WILHELM, 2nd Wing Executive Officer, Allied Nakhla Air Base, Iraq
    
  ARMY Lieutenant Colonel MARK WEATHERLY, Regimental Executive Officer
    
  ARMY MAJOR KENNETH BRUNO, Regimental Operations Officer
    
  US Air Force LIEUTENANT COLONEL JIA "BOXER" CAZZOTTO, Tus Thawj Coj, 7th Air Expeditionary Squadron
    
  CHRIS THOMPSON, Thawj Tswj Hwm thiab CEO ntawm Thompson Security, lub tuam txhab kev ruaj ntseg ntiag tug ntawm Allied Nakhla Air Base, Iraq.
    
  FRANK BEXAR, tus tub ceev xwm ntiag tug
    
  CAPT KELVIN COTTER, USAF, Tus Lwm Thawj Coj Tus Thawj Saib Xyuas Kev Tswj Xyuas Huab Cua
    
  MARGARET HARRISON, Tus Thawj Coj ntawm Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, Private Contract
    
  REESE FLIPPIN, Private Contract Meteorological Officer
    
    
  TURKS
    
    
  KURZAT HIRSIZ, Thawj Tswj Hwm ntawm Qaib Cov Txwv
    
  AYSE AKAŞ, Tus Thawj Kav Tebchaws ntawm Tebchaws Turkey
    
  HASAN CICEK, Minister of National Defense ntawm koom pheej ntawm Qaib Cov Txwv
    
  GENERAL ORHAN SAHIN, Secretary General ntawm National Security Council ntawm Qaib Cov Txwv
    
  MUSTAFA HAMARAT, Minister of Foreign Affairs ntawm Qaib Cov Txwv
    
  FEVSI GUKLU, Tus Thawj Coj ntawm National Intelligence Organization
    
  GENERAL ABDULLAH GUZLEV, Tus Thawj Coj ntawm Cov Tub Rog Tub Rog ntawm Koom pheej ntawm Qaib Cov Txwv
    
  GENERAL AIDIN DEDE, Tus Lwm Thawj Coj Tub Rog Tub Rog
    
  MAJOR AYDIN SABASTI, tus tub ceev xwm sib tham, US Second Regiment, Allied Nakhla Air Base, Iraq.
    
  MAJOR HAMID JABBURI, Tus Lwm Thawj Saib Xyuas Kev Sib Txuas Lus
    
  GENERAL BESIR OZEK, Tus Thawj Coj ntawm Jandarma (Turkish National Internal Security Forces)
    
  LIEUTENANT General GUVEN IGAZ, Tus Lwm Thawj Coj, Jandarma
    
  Lt. GENERAL MUSTAFA ALI, Shift Commander of Jandarma
    
    
  IRQI
    
    
  ALI LATIF RASHID, Thawj Tswj Hwm ntawm Republic of Iraq
    
  COLONEL YUSUF JAFFAR, Tus Thawj Coj, Allied Nakhla Air Base, Tall Qaif, Iraq
    
  MAJOR JAFAR OSMAN, Iraqi Maqbara (Grave) Company, 7th Brigade Commander
    
  COLONEL NURI MAVLAUD, tus tub ceev xwm ntawm Lub Tsev Haujlwm Thib Ob
    
  ZILAR "BAZ" (HAWK) AZZAWI, tus thawj coj ntawm Iraqi PKK insurgents
    
  SADUN SALIH, pab pawg thawj coj ntawm Azzawi
    
    
  riam phom thiab ABBREVIATIONS
    
    
    
  ABBREVIATIONS THIAB TERMINOLOGY
    
    
  AMARG-Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group ("Boneyard"), ib lub chaw US Air Force ze ntawm Tucson, Arizona uas khw muag khoom, dismantles, thiab refurbishes qhov chaw los ntawm cov neeg tsis taus lub dav hlau.
    
  AOR - Thaj Chaw ntawm Lub Luag Haujlwm
    
  AQI - Al-Qaeda hauv Iraq, Iraqi offshoot ntawm Osama bin Laden lub koom haum ua phem
    
  "combat rattle" - tus kheej cov cuab yeej tsim nyog rau kev sib ntaus sib tua
    
  bullseye - ib qho taw qhia los ntawm cov ntaub ntawv hais txog ntau yam thiab kev coj tus kheej mus rau lub hom phiaj tuaj yeem xa mus rau qhov qhib ntau zaus yam tsis tau nthuav tawm ib tus kheej qhov chaw.
    
  C4I - Hais kom ua, tswj, kev sib txuas lus, khoos phis tawj thiab kev txawj ntse
    
  Cankaya yog lub rooj zaum ntawm tsoom fwv ntawm lub koom pheej ntawm Qaib Cov Txwv
    
  CHU - Container Habitation Unit, qhov chaw nyob mobile zoo li lub thawv ntim khoom siv los ntawm Asmeskas cov tub rog hauv Iraq
    
  Chuville yog thaj chaw uas muaj ntau tus BC
    
  DFAC - Tsev noj mov
    
  ECM - Kev ntsuas hluav taws xob
    
  EO-Electro-optical sensors uas tuaj yeem siv hluav taws xob nthuav tawm lossis txhim kho cov duab kho qhov muag
    
  FAA - Federal Aviation Administration, US aviation regulatory agency
    
  FOB - Forward Operating Base, lub hauv paus tub rog nyob ze lossis ntawm cov yeeb ncuab thaj chaw
    
  Fobbits - slang rau cov neeg ua haujlwm thiab cov neeg ua haujlwm txhawb nqa
    
  Fobbitville - slang rau lub tsev hauv paus
    
  FPCON - Kev Tiv Thaiv Kev Ruaj Ntseg, Kev Ntsuam Xyuas ntawm Qib Kev Ua Phem lossis Kev Ua Phem Txhaum Cai rau Kev Ua Tub Rog (yav tas los THREATCON)
    
  GP - Lub Hom Phiaj Tseem Ceeb (lub ntiajteb txawj nqus los yog lub tsheb)
    
  IA-Iraqi Army
    
  IED - Improvised Explosive Device
    
  IIR-Infrared duab sensor, lub thermal sensor nrog txaus daws teeb meem rau kev yees duab
    
  ILS - Instrument Landing System, lub xov tooj cua kab hluav taws xob uas tuaj yeem coj dav hlau mus rau hauv av hauv huab cua nyuaj
    
  IM - instant messaging, hloov cov ntawv nyeem ntawm computers
    
  IR-Infrared
    
  Nyem - kilometers
    
  KRG yog tsoom fwv cheeb tsam Kurdistan, ib lub koom haum nom tswv tswj hwm thaj av Kurdish nyob rau sab qaum teb Iraq.
    
  LLTV - Tsawg Lub Teeb TV
    
  LRU-Line Replacement Units, Cheebtsam ntawm cov tshuab dav hlau uas tuaj yeem tshem tau yooj yim thiab hloov ntawm txoj kab dav hlau thaum muaj kev ua haujlwm tsis zoo
    
  Mahdi yog ib lo lus slang rau txhua tus neeg txawv teb chaws fighter
    
  Adaptive Lub Hom Phiaj Technology - Nws tuaj yeem tsim cov dav hlau qhov chaw kom muaj peev xwm tswj tau dav hlau
    
  Hom thiab cov lis dej num - chaw rau ntau yam dav hlau txheeb xyuas cov xov tooj cua transponder
    
  MTI - Qhov taw qhia Tsiv Lub Hom Phiaj, lub radar uas taug qab cov tsheb txav hauv av los ntawm qhov deb
    
  Nontrusion - kis ntawm cov ntaub ntawv tsis tseeb lossis programming rau hauv cov yeeb ncuab lub computer network siv cov kev sib txuas lus, cov ntaub ntawv txuas lossis cov sensors
    
  NOFORN - Tsis muaj neeg txawv teb chaws; kev nyab xeeb kev faib tawm uas txwv cov pej xeem txawv teb chaws nkag mus rau cov ntaub ntawv
    
  PAG - Congress for Freedom and Democracy, lwm lub npe rau Kurdistan Workers' Party
    
  PKK-Karker Party nyob rau hauv Kurdistan, Kurdistan Workers 'Part, ib lub koom haum Kurdish cais nrhiav los tsim ib lub teb chaws cais los ntawm cov haiv neeg Kurdish cheeb tsam ntawm Qaib Cov Txwv, Iran, Syria thiab Iraq; raug xaiv los ua ib lub koom haum ua phem los ntawm ntau lub tebchaws thiab cov koom haum
    
  ROE - Cov Cai ntawm Kev Koom Tes, Cov Txheej Txheem thiab Cov Kev Txwv rau Kev Ua Haujlwm Sib Tw
    
  SAM - nto-to-air missile
    
  SEAD - Tiv thaiv cov yeeb ncuab huab cua tiv thaiv siv lub peev xwm jamming thiab riam phom los rhuav tshem cov yeeb ncuab huab cua tiv thaiv, radars lossis cov lus txib thiab tswj chaw.
    
  triple-A - anti-aircraft artillery
    
    
  riam phom
    
    
  AGM-177 Wolverine - autonomous air- lossis av-launched nres nkoj cruise missile
    
  Lub CBU-87 Combination Munition yog ib qho cuab yeej cua-tso pov tseg uas cuam tshuam cov neeg ua haujlwm thiab cov mines tiv thaiv tsheb hla ntau thaj chaw.
    
  Lub CBU-97 Sensor Fuse Riam phom yog cov cuab yeej cua-tso uas tuaj yeem ntes thiab rhuav tshem ntau lub tsheb armored ib txhij nyob rau thaj tsam dav.
    
  CID - Cybernetic Infantry Device, tus neeg hlau tswj nrog txhim khu kev ruaj ntseg, armor, sensors thiab muaj peev xwm sib ntaus sib tua
    
  Lub Cobra nres nyoob hoom qav taub yog lub teeb, thib ob tiam US Army nyoob hoom qav taub nruab nrog riam phom.
    
  CV-22 Osprey yog lub dav hlau thauj nruab nrab uas tuaj yeem tawm thiab tsaws zoo li lub nyoob hoom qav taub, tab sis tuaj yeem tig nws lub rotors thiab ya zoo li lub dav hlau ruaj khov.
    
  JDAM - Joint Direct Damage Munition, ib qho khoom siv rau kev sib txuas cov foob pob hluav taws xob uas muab rau lawv nrog cov phiaj xwm ze-txheej uas siv thoob ntiaj teb Kev Pom Zoo Qhov System navigation cov ntaub ntawv
    
  KC-135R yog tus qauv tshiab ntawm Boeing 707 tsev neeg refueling aircraft
    
  Kiowa yog lub teeb nyoob hoom qav taub uas muaj cov cuab yeej siv siab tshaj plaws siv los ntsuas lub hom phiaj los ntawm kev tawm tsam helicopters
    
  MIM-104 Patriot - Asmeskas tsim hauv av tiv thaiv lub dav hlau missile system
    
  SA-14 yog Lavxias teb sab tsim thib ob-tiam anti-aircraft missile nrog phau ntawv tso tawm.
    
  SA-7 - Lavxias teb sab-ua thawj tiam anti-aircraft missile nrog phau ntawv tso tawm
    
  Slingshot - lub zog tiv thaiv laser rau lub dav hlau
    
  Stryker yog yim-wheeled ntau lub hom phiaj armored cov neeg ua haujlwm ntawm US Army.
    
  Tus txiv neej Tin yog ib tug tub rog uas tau nruab nrog lub cev muaj zog, cov cuab yeej ntsuas, thiab cov cuab yeej siv dag zog los txhim kho nws lub peev xwm sib ntaus sib tua.
    
  Lub XC-57 "Loser" yog lub dav hlau ya dav hlau uas yog tsim los rau US Air Force cov neeg tawg rog tiam tom ntej, tab sis hloov mus rau ntau lub luag haujlwm thauj dav hlau thaum lub phiaj xwm poob kev sib tw nrog kev cog lus.
    
    
  TXOJ CAI LOS NTAWM LUB NTIAJ TEB TSHIAB
    
    
    
  BBC NEWS ONLINE, 30 Lub Kaum Hli 2007:
    
  ... Kev nruj nruj ntawm Qaib Cov Txwv thiab thaj av Iraqi Kurdish tau nce tsis tu ncua nyob rau hauv lub hlis ua rau muaj kev kub ntxhov tam sim no tshwm sim los ntawm PKK tawm tsam uas tau tua qee cov tub rog Turkish hauv lub lis piam tsis ntev los no.
    
  ...Lub Tsib Hlis, Qaib Cov Txwv tau npau taws heev thaum US-coj ntau lub tebchaws tau muab kev tswj hwm kev nyab xeeb hauv peb lub xeev ntawm Iraqi Kurdistan thiab sai sai tsa tus chij Kurdish nyob rau hauv qhov chaw ntawm Iraqi.
    
  ... "Koj tsis xav tau 100,000 [Turkish] cov tub rog los tuav koj txoj haujlwm," said ib tug laus Iraqi Kurdish cov nom tswv. "Yuav ua li cas lawv tau npaj kom meej meej ua yog tsim kev tawm tsam loj thiab tswj hwm thaj av tseem ceeb hauv Iraqi Kurdistan coj mus rau ciam teb roob ntawm Iraqi sab."
    
  ... Muaj lus xaiv nyob rau hauv Kurdish lub voj voog uas cov Turks kuj yuav sim foob pob lossis txwv tsis pub muaj ob lub tshav dav hlau Iraqi Kurdish, hauv Erbil thiab Sulaymaniyah, uas Ankara thov tau tso cai rau PKK cov tub rog nrhiav chaw nkaum.
    
  ... "Cov Turks tuaj yeem rhuav tshem lawv lossis foob pob rau lawv, ib yam li lawv tau ua yav dhau los. Qhov lawv muab yog ntau tshaj qhov ntawd. Lawv tab tom tham txog kev ua tub rog loj heev uas ua rau tib neeg tsis tshua muaj siab, ntshai heev thiab ntxhov siab. Ntau tus neeg txhawj xeeb tias Qaib Cov Txwv lub ambitions yuav ntev tshaj qhov kev puas tsuaj ntawm PKK ... "
    
    
    
  BBC Xov Xwm ONLINE, 18 Lub Ib Hlis 2008:
    
  ... Qaib ntxhw tau hem ua tub rog tawm tsam PKK txij li thaum cov neeg tawm tsam tau tawm tsam lawv cov tub rog Turkish, ua rau muaj kev cuam tshuam loj heev rau tsoomfwv ntawm no los teb nrog kev quab yuam. Lub hli tas los, tsoomfwv tau tso cai rau cov tub rog ua haujlwm hla ciam teb [hauv Iraq] tawm tsam PKK thaum tsim nyog.
    
  Kev tawm tsam huab cua nyob rau hmo Sunday yog thawj qhov tseem ceeb ntawm qhov no.
    
  ...Ankara hais tias nws tau txais kev pom zoo los ntawm Teb Chaws Asmeskas rau nws txoj haujlwm raws li kev pom zoo hauv Washington lub hli tas los los ntawm Thawj Tswj Hwm Recep Tayyip Erdogan thiab Thawj Tswj Hwm George W. Bush.
    
  "Kuv ntseeg tias Asmeskas tau muab kev txawj ntse ua tau zoo thiab cov tub rog Turkish tau nqis tes ua," Tus Thawj Fwm Tsav Tebchaws Turkish Txawv Tebchaws Levent Bilman tau hais rau BBC ...
    
    
    
  "TURKISH TROOPS tau rhuav tshem 11 tus neeg ntxeev siab nyob rau sab qab teb qaib ntxhw nyob ze ntawm IRAQ ciam teb-Associated Press," March 12, 2007-ANKARA, Turkey:
    
  Cov tub rog Turkish tua 11 tus neeg tawm tsam Kurdish thaum muaj kev sib cav nyob rau sab qab teb Turkey nyob ze ciam teb nrog Iraq, lub koom haum xov xwm ntiag tug tshaj tawm rau hnub Wednesday. Kev sib ntaus sib tua tuaj ob lub lis piam tom qab Qaib Cov Txwv lub yim-hnub ntxeem tau ntawm sab qaum teb Iraq kom tshem tawm Kurdistan Workers' Party cov neeg ntxeev siab uas tau tawm tsam tsoomfwv Turkish txij li xyoo 1984.
    
  ...Ib txhia neeg teb chaws Turkish ntshai tias kev nthuav dav txoj cai kab lis kev cai tuaj yeem ua rau muaj kev sib cais hauv lub teb chaws raws li haiv neeg. Lawv txhawj xeeb tias Turkish Kurds tuaj yeem txhawb nqa los ntawm Teb Chaws Asmeskas txhawb nqa Kurdish cheeb tsam nyob rau sab qaum teb Iraq, uas muaj nws tus kheej tsoomfwv thiab tub rog ...
    
    
    
  TSEV KAWM NTAWV RAU QHOV CHAW UA HAUJ LWM 2008, Tsis muaj STRATFOR.COM, Plaub Hlis 4, 2008:
    
  Kev Lag Luam Hauv Cheeb Tsam: Qaib ntxhw tau tshwm sim los ua lub zog loj hauv cheeb tsam thiab yuav pib ua kom muaj kev cuam tshuam thoob plaws nws thaj chaw hauv xyoo 2008, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog nyob rau sab qaum teb Iraq ...
    
  Qaib ntxhw xav tias muaj zog tsis yog nyob rau sab qaum teb Iraq xwb, tab sis kuj nyob ze Balkans thiab Caucasus, qhov chaw nws nrhiav kev cob qhia tshiab ywj pheej Kosovo thiab cov roj nplua nuj tshiab Azerbaijan ...
    
    
    
  "Tus txiv neej hlau yog lub ntsej muag tshiab ntawm MILITARY CONTRACTORS," JEREMY SU, SPACE.COM, Tsib Hlis 6, 2008:
    
  Thaum tus superhero Tony Stark tsis muab Iron Man armor rau tus kheej tshem tawm cov neeg phem, nws tau muab cov tub rog Asmeskas cov cuab yeej tshiab los pab tawm tsam kev ua tsov rog ntawm kev ntshai.
    
  ... Cov tib neeg thiab cov tuam txhab yuav tsis pom zoo li cov drones hovering saum ntuj ceeb tsheej ntawm Afghanistan thiab Iraq, tab sis lawv lub luag hauj lwm tau nce ntau heev thaum muaj kev tsis sib haum xeeb tsis ntev los no.
    
  ...Tsis muaj leej twg nug txog qhov tseeb tias Tebchaws Meskas tsis tuaj yeem ua tsov rog tam sim no yam tsis muaj kev siv cov tub rog cog lus ... Qhov no txhais tau hais tias cov tub rog cog lus tau dhau mus dhau ntawm kev muag khoom siv tub rog. Tam sim no lawv tswj hwm cov kab xa khoom, pub tub rog, tsim cov chaw pw hav zoov, qhia txog lub tswv yim, thiab txawm tawm tsam li kev ruaj ntseg ntiag tug ...
    
    
    
  "IRAN: AM-IRAQI DEAL WILL 'ENSLAVE' Iraqis - RAFSANJANI," STRATFOR.COM Lub Rau Hli 4, 2008:
    
  Iranian Expediency Council Thawj Tswj Hwm Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani tau hais rau lub Rau Hli 4 tias lub ntiaj teb Islamic yuav sim tiv thaiv daim ntawv cog lus ruaj ntseg ntev ntawm Iraq thiab Tebchaws Meskas, hais tias cov nqe lus ntawm kev cog lus yuav "ua qhev" cov Iraqis, Cov Xov Xwm Sib Tham tau tshaj tawm. Rafsanjani tau hais tias US-Iraq deal yuav ua rau muaj kev ua haujlwm ruaj khov ntawm Iraq, thiab tias txoj haujlwm zoo li no txaus ntshai rau txhua lub xeev hauv cheeb tsam ...
    
    
    
  Peb lub hlis twg OUTLOOK, STRATFOR.COM, Lub Xya hli ntuj 8, 2008:
    
  ... Cov qauv hauv cheeb tsam: Qaib ntxhw tau tshwm sim los ua lub zog loj hauv cheeb tsam thiab xyoo 2008 yuav pib muaj kev cuam tshuam thoob plaws hauv nws thaj chaw, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog nyob rau sab qaum teb Iraq... Qaib ntxhw tau dhau los ua neeg siab tawv nyob rau theem thoob ntiaj teb: xa cov tub rog mus rau sab qaum teb Iraq, kev sib kho hauv Israeli-Syrian kev sib tham txog kev thaj yeeb nyab xeeb, txhawb nqa cov phiaj xwm hluav taws xob hauv Caucasus thiab Central Asia thiab ua rau nws muaj kev xav nrog nws lub zog hauv Balkans ...
    
    
    
  "IRAQI PARLIAMENT CONVENS Lub Rooj Sib Tham ntawm KIRKUK," ASSOCIATED PRESS, Lub Xya Hli 30, 2008:
    
  ... Kev ntxhov siab tau nce ntxiv rau hnub Monday tom qab muaj kev tua tus kheej hauv Kirkuk thaum muaj kev tawm tsam Kurdish tawm tsam txoj cai xaiv tsa uas tau tua 25 tus neeg thiab raug mob ntau dua 180.
    
  Kirkuk yog lub tsev rau Kurds, Turkmen, Arabs thiab lwm haiv neeg tsawg. Tom qab Kirkuk foob pob, ntau tus neeg Kurds npau taws tau tawm tsam lub chaw haujlwm ntawm Turkmen nom tswv tog uas tawm tsam Kurdish thov rau Kirkuk, qhib hluav taws thiab hlawv tsheb thaum muaj kev iab liam tias lawv cov neeg sib tw yuav raug liam. Cuaj Turkmen, los yog haiv neeg Turks, tau tshaj tawm raug mob.
    
  Tus Thawj Kav Tebchaws Turkish Recep Tayyip Erdogan, uas tiv thaiv cov cai ntawm Turkmens, tau hu rau Iraqi cov tub ceev xwm qhia kev txhawj xeeb txog qhov xwm txheej hauv Kirkuk thiab tau hais kom xa lub dav hlau ya mus rau cov neeg raug mob mus rau Turkey rau kev kho mob, lub chaw haujlwm ntawm Iraqi tus thawj tswj hwm tau hais. .
    
    
    
  "TURKEY NYEEM NTAWM KIRKUK CITY", ASSOCIATED PRESS, Lub Yim Hli 2, 2008:
    
  Baghdad - Tsoomfwv Turkish tau qhia txog kev txhawj xeeb txog Iraqi lub nroog Kirkuk, qhov chaw uas haiv neeg Turks tau koom nrog kev tsis sib haum xeeb ntawm thaj chaw, ib tus neeg ua haujlwm Iraqi hais.
    
  Ib tus neeg tsis paub txog Iraqi Tus Thawj Fwm Tsav Tebchaws Txawv Tebchaws tau hais tias Tus Thawj Kav Tebchaws Turkey Tus Thawj Kav Tebchaws Ali Babican tau hu rau Iraqi Tus Thawj Kav Tebchaws Txawv Tebchaws Hoshyar Zebari txog qhov xwm txheej hauv nroog, Kuwait xov xwm KUNA tau tshaj tawm rau hnub Saturday.
    
  Kirkuk Xeev tau thov kom lub nroog los ua ib feem ntawm Iraqi Kurdistan, thaum Qaib Cov Txwv tau tawm tsam qhov kev txav no.
    
  Txawm hais tias lub nroog muaj qhov loj tshaj plaws ntawm cov haiv neeg Turks hauv Iraq, tus kws tshaj lij Saeed Zebari tau hais tias kev sim daws qhov kev tsis sib haum xeeb tsuas yog ua los ntawm Iraq.
    
  Zebari tau hais tias ib qho kev sim sab nraud los cuam tshuam qhov kev tsis sib haum xeeb yuav tsis txais tos los ntawm Iraq, KUNA tus cev lus tau hais.
    
    
    
  "Thawj LASER Phom Tua," WIRED, DANGER ROOM, Lub Yim Hli 13, 2008:
    
  Boeing hnub no tshaj tawm qhov kev sim thawj zaug ntawm lub neej tiag tiag ntawm rab phom hluav taws xob uas tuaj yeem muab Asmeskas cov tub rog tshwj xeeb nrog txoj hauv kev los ua kom muaj kev tawm tsam nrog "kev tsis lees paub."
    
  Hauv kev sim ua ntej lub hlis no ntawm Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, Boeing's Advanced Tactical Laser - hloov kho C-130H lub dav hlau - "tawm nws lub zog hluav taws xob tshuaj laser los ntawm kev tswj cov kab teeb. Cov kab hluav taws xob tswj tau pom lub hom phiaj hauv av thiab coj lub teeb ci laser mus rau lub hom phiaj raws li qhia los ntawm ATL kev tswj hwm kev sib ntaus sib tua ..."
    
    
    
  "SAU NTAU NTAU NTAU NTAU NTAU NTAU NTAU NTAWM AMERICAN CONTRACTORS IN IRAQ," CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR, PETER GRIER, Lub Yim Hli 18, 2008:
    
  WASHINGTON - Cov tub rog Asmeskas tau tso siab rau cov neeg ua haujlwm ntiag tug txij li "sutlers" muag ntawv, nqaij npuas kib, qab zib thiab lwm yam khoom kim heev rau cov tub rog Continental Army thaum Tsov Rog Tsov Rog.
    
  Tab sis qhov ntsuas ntawm kev siv cov neeg cog lus hauv Iraq yog qhov tsis tau muaj dua nyob hauv keeb kwm Asmeskas, raws li tsab ntawv tshaj tawm tshiab uas yuav yog cov ncauj lus kom ntxaws tshaj plaws ntawm kev coj ua. Raws li thaum ntxov 2008, raws li Congressional Budget Office (CBO), tsawg kawg 190,000 tus neeg ua haujlwm ntiag tug tau ua haujlwm ntawm US-nyiaj pab cov haujlwm hauv Iraqi theatre. Qhov no txhais tau hais tias rau txhua tus tswv cuab ntawm cov tub rog hauv Teb Chaws Asmeskas cov tub rog hauv cheeb tsam, kuj tseem muaj cov neeg ua haujlwm tau cog lus - qhov piv ntawm 1-rau-1.
    
  ... Cov neeg thuam ntawm tub rog outsourcing hais tias qhov teeb meem tiag tiag yog kev yoog raws thiab kev tswj hwm ntawm cov neeg ua haujlwm ntiag tug ...
    
    
    
    " C -300 CURIOSITY ANKARA ," STRATEGIC FORECASTING INC., Lub Yim Hli 26 , 2008:
    
    ... Qaib ntxhw yog nyob rau hauv tus txheej txheem ntawm tau txais ntau yam txawv ntawm Lavxias teb sab S-300 huab cua tiv thaiv system, Turkish hnub no tus Zaman qhia rau lub yim hli ntuj 25 ...
    
  ...Yog tias Qaib Cov Txwv ua tiav hauv qhov kev yuav khoom no, Ankara txoj kev taug qab yuav xav tau ob txoj hauv kev tseem ceeb. Thawj qhov yog thim rov qab engineering, uas cov khoom tseem ceeb yog disassembled thiab lawv cov kev ua haujlwm sab hauv raug tshuaj xyuas zoo. Qhov thib ob yog kev cob qhia hauv kev ua tsov rog hluav taws xob tawm tsam cov tshuab tiag tiag ...
    
    
    
  "TURKISH Army nrhiav kom nthuav dav zog", ASSOCIATED PRESS, ANKARA, TURKEY - Kaum Hli 10, 2008:
    
  Qaib ntxhw cov thawj coj tau ntsib hnub Thursday los tham txog kev nce cov tub rog lub zog los tawm tsam cov neeg ntxeev siab Kurdish tom qab muaj kev tawm tsam, qee qhov ntawm cov neeg tawm tsam nyob rau sab qaum teb Iraq.
    
  Qaib ntxhw lub rooj sib tham rau hnub Wednesday tau pov npav los txuas ntxiv cov tub rog txoj haujlwm los ua haujlwm tawm tsam cov neeg tawm tsam Kurdish nyob rau sab qaum teb Iraq, suav nrog kev ua haujlwm hla ciam teb.
    
  Tab sis cov tub rog tau thov kom muaj hwj chim ntau dua los tawm tsam cov neeg ntxeev siab los ntawm Kurdistan Workers' Party, lossis PKK. Hnub Thursday lub rooj sib tham tau tsom mus rau kev nthuav dav lub peev xwm muaj rau cov tub rog thiab tub ceev xwm ...
    
    
    
  PROLOGUE
    
    
    
  Sab nraum AL-AMADYAH, DAHOK Governorate, REPUBLIC OF IRAQ
  PIB 2010
    
    
  Lub dilok, los yog kev ua koob tsheej kab tshoob kev cai, tau mus rau ob peb teev, tab sis tsis muaj leej twg zoo li nkees me ntsis. Cov txiv neej ua las voos ntawm cov defas loj, lossis cov nruas nruas, thiab kais-danced rau pej xeem suab paj nruag ua yeeb yam nrog zurna thiab timburas, thaum lwm tus qhua qhuas lawv.
    
  Nws yog ib qho sov, qhuav, ntshiab yav tsaus ntuj sab nraum. Cov txiv neej sawv ntawm no thiab nyob rau hauv cov pab pawg, haus luam yeeb thiab haus los ntawm khob me me ntawm kas fes tuab. Cov poj niam laus thiab cov ntxhais hauv cov khaub ncaws muaj yeeb yuj thiab cov phuam qhwv caj dab nqa cov tais zaub mov rau lawv, pab los ntawm cov tub lossis cov kwv yau nrog lub teeb.
    
  Tom qab ua hauj lwm rau cov txiv neej sab nraum lub tshoob txais tos, tus poj niam nqa lub tais los ntawm txoj kev hla lub teeb tsheb, nws tus tub muaj kaum-xyoo coj txoj kev, mus rau ob tug Toyota pickups ib nrab-pob ntoo, ib tug ntawm txhua sab ntawm txoj kev. coj mus ua liaj teb. Tus tub tau teeb nws lub teeb nyem ntawm lub tsheb thauj khoom mus rau nws sab laug, ncaj qha rau hauv nws tus tij laug lub qhov muag. "Thov Allah foom koob hmoov rau koj thiab tos txais koj! Kuv ntes tau koj tsaug zog dua!" - nws qw.
    
  "Kuv tsis yog!" - tus tij laug tawm tsam ntau dua li nws xav.
    
  "Hani, tsis txhob ua qhov no. Tam sim no koj tus kwv yuav tsis pom qhov tsaus ntuj ib pliag, "tus tub leej niam cem nws. "Cia li mus kho koj tus tij laug rau tej yam qab thiab hais rau nws tias koj thov txim. Cia peb mus, Mazen,"nws hais rau nws tus txiv, "Kuv muaj kas fes ntxiv rau koj."
    
  Tus txiv muab nws lub AK-47 tso rau ntawm lub tsheb pem hauv ntej ntawm lub tsheb thiab ua tsaug txais kev kho mob. Nws hnav khaub ncaws rau kev ua koob tsheej, tsis yog rau lub luag haujlwm saib xyuas. "Koj yog ib tug poj niam zoo, Zilar," tus txiv neej hais. "Tab sis lwm zaus, xa koj tus tij laug tub nkees ntawm no los ua haujlwm rau koj. Nws yog nws lub tswv yim kom tso cov neeg saib xyuas ntawm qhov nkag. " Nws tuaj yeem hnov nws qhov mob hnyav. "Kuv nkag siab. Nws tibneeg hu tauj coob recruiting dua, tsis yog? Nws tus ntxhais tshoob thiab nws tsis tuaj yeem nres?
    
  "Nws xav tias muaj zog heev-"
    
  "Kuv paub, kuv paub," tus txiv cuam tshuam, maj mam muab nws txhais tes rau ntawm nws tus poj niam lub plhu kom nws siab. "Nws yog ib tug neeg nyiam thiab ua rau neeg Kurdish nationalist. Zoo rau nws. Tab sis nws paub tias cov tub rog, tub ceev xwm thiab tub rog tau saib xyuas cov xwm txheej zoo li no, thaij duab nrog drones, siv lub microphones rhiab heev thiab tapping xov tooj. Vim li cas nws thiaj txuas ntxiv mus? Nws txaus ntshai heev. "
    
  "Txawm li cas los xij, kuv ua tsaug rau koj ntxiv rau qhov pom zoo sawv ntawm no kom muaj kev nyab xeeb," tus poj niam hais tias, tshem nws txhais tes ntawm nws lub ntsej muag thiab hnia nws. "Nws ua rau nws zoo dua."
    
  "Kuv tsis tau khaws rab phom ntev xyoo txij li thaum kuv tawm hauv Peshmerga tub rog hauv Kirkuk. Kuv pom kuv tus kheej kuaj lub fuse txhua peb vib nas this. "
    
  "Auj, puas yog koj, kuv tus txiv?" Tus poj niam taug kev mus rau AK-47 ntsoos ntawm lub bumper thiab tshuaj xyuas nws cov ntiv tes.
    
  "Ah, Los Angeles, qhia kuv tias kuv tsis yog ..."
    
  "Koj tau ua". Nws tau txav lub pas nrig rov qab mus rau qhov chaw nyab xeeb.
    
  "Kuv zoo siab tias koj cov kwv tij tsis nyob ib puag ncig pom koj ua," nws tus txiv hais. "Tej zaum kuv xav tau cov lus qhia ntxiv los ntawm yav dhau los Supreme Commune ntawm Poj Niam Commanders."
    
  "Kuv muaj tsev neeg los tsa thiab muaj tsev saib xyuas-Kuv tau mob siab rau kuv lub sijhawm rau kev ywj pheej ntawm Kurdistan. Cia cov ntxhais hluas sib tw me ntsis kom hloov pauv. "
    
  "Koj tuaj yeem ua rau txhua tus poj niam hluas - ntawm qhov chaw tua thiab hauv txaj."
    
  "Auj, thiab koj paub li cas txog kev txawj ntawm cov ntxhais hluas?" nws nug ua si. Nws muab riam phom rov qab thiab taug kev ntawm nws tus txiv, swaying nws lub duav seductively. "Kuv muaj ntau zaj lus qhia ntxiv uas kuv xav qhia koj, tus txiv." Nws nwj nws. "Yog li cas koj yuav khaws kuv tus tub hlob nyob ntawm no ntev npaum li cas?"
    
  "Tsis ntev. Tej zaum lwm teev." Nws nodded rau nws tus tub, uas yog tibneeg hu tauj coob shooing nws tus kwv me deb ntawm ob peb seem ntawm baklava ntawm lub tais. "Nws zoo heev uas tau nyob ntawm no nrog Neaz. Nws siv txoj haujlwm no tiag tiag. Nws-" Tus txiv neej nres vim nws xav tias nws hnov lub tsheb kauj vab lossis lub scooter me me los txog, qee yam zoo li lub suab qis uas qhia tau hais tias ceev tab sis tsis muaj zog. Tsis muaj teeb pom kev ntawm txoj kev lossis ntawm txoj kev loj tshaj . Nws frowned, ces muab nws lub khob kas fes rau hauv nws tus poj niam txhais tes. "Cia li muab zib ntab rov qab rau hauv lub zej zog center."
    
  "Qhov no yog dab tsi?"
    
  "Tej zaum tsis muaj dab tsi." Nws rov qab saib ntawm txoj kev av thiab pom tsis muaj cov cim ntawm kev txav mus los - tsis muaj noog, tsis muaj ntoo rustling. "Hais rau koj tus tij laug tias kuv yuav mus ncig ib pliag. Kuv yuav qhia rau lwm tus. " Nws hnia nws tus poj niam ntawm sab plhu, ces mus nqa nws AK-47. "Kuv yuav npaj nkag mus tom qab kuv tau txais ..."
    
  Tawm ntawm lub ces kaum ntawm nws lub qhov muag, siab nyob rau sab hnub poob, nws pom nws: ib tug luv luv flash ntawm daj, tsis ntom zoo li lub tsom teeb, tab sis flickering zoo li lub teeb. Yog vim li cas nws ua li ntawd, nws tsis paub meej, tab sis nws thawb nws tus poj niam cia, ntawm cov ntoo ntawm lub rooj vag. "Cia li nqis!" - nws qw. "Luag! Nyob-"
    
  Mam li nco dheev hauv av pib vibrate, zoo li yog ib txhiab nees tau bolted sab xis ntawm lawv. Tus txiv lub ntsej muag, ob lub qhov muag thiab caj pas tau puv nrog cov huab ntawm cov plua plav thiab av uas tshwm sim los ntawm qhov tsis pom, thiab cov pob zeb tau muab pov rau txhua qhov chaw. Tus poj niam qw thaum nws pom nws tus txiv cia li tawg mus rau hauv daim tawv nqaij ntawm tib neeg. Lub tsheb thauj khoom zoo sib xws tau tawg ua ntej lub tank roj tawg, xa cov pob hluav taws loj rau saum ntuj.
    
  Tom qab ntawd nws hnov nws - lub suab txaus ntshai, nrov heev, kav ntev li ob peb feeb xwb. Nws zoo li ib tug tsiaj snarling loj sawv saum nws zoo li ib tug chainsaw loj ntawm ib lub tsev. Lub suab tau ua raws li ib pliag tom qab los ntawm lub suab nrov nrov ntawm lub dav hlau ya saum taub hau, yog li qis nws xav tias nws yuav tsaws rau ntawm txoj kev av.
    
  Tsuas yog ob peb lub plawv dhia, nws tus txiv thiab ob tug tub tau tuag ua ntej nws ob lub qhov muag. Ib yam li ntawd, tus poj niam tau sawv ntawm nws ko taw thiab khiav rov qab mus rau qhov chaw txais tos tshoob, xav tsis muaj dab tsi tab sis ceeb toom rau lwm tus hauv nws tsev neeg kom khiav mus rau lawv lub neej.
    
  "Qhov kom zoo dua yog qhov tseeb," hais xov tooj cua tus thawj coj ntawm peb lub nkoj A-10 Thunderbolt II bomber. Nws nres nyuaj kom paub tseeb tias nws nyob deb txaus ntawm lwm lub dav hlau thiab thaj av. "Ob, tshem tawm hauv kev kub ntxhov."
    
  "Zoo mus kom ze, tus thawj coj," hais xov tooj cua tus tsav ntawm lub thib ob A-10 Thunderbolt. "Qhov thib ob yog ua haujlwm." Nws tau tshawb xyuas cov yeeb yaj kiab infrared ntawm AGM-65G Maverick missile, uas pom meej meej pom ob lub tsheb thauj khoom thaum kawg ntawm txoj kev, ib qho hluav taws kub thiab lwm qhov tseem tsis zoo, thiab nrog lub teeb nyem ntawm tus tswj tuav nws tso nws tus kheej ntawm ib sab. lub tsheb thauj khoom thib ob. Nws A-10 tsis tau hloov kho nrog lub siab infrared sensor module, tab sis "tus txiv neej pluag FLIR" yees duab los ntawm Maverick missile tau ua haujlwm zoo.
    
  Kev tua phom thaum hmo ntuj feem ntau tsis pom zoo, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog nyob rau hauv toj roob hauv pes, tab sis dab tsi tus kws tsav dav hlau yuav tsis pheej hmoo rau lub caij nyoog tua hluav taws tsis txaus ntseeg GAU-8A Avenger cannon, peb caug-millimeter Gatling rab phom uas tau tua cov uranium loj loj ntawm ib puag ncig. tus nqi ze li plaub txhiab rounds ib feeb? Tsis tas li ntawd, txij li thawj lub hom phiaj tau kub hnyiab tau zoo, tam sim no nws yooj yim pom lub hom phiaj tom ntej.
    
  Thaum Maverick's reticle poob peb caug degrees, tus kws tsav dav hlau txo qis lub qhov ntswg ntawm lub dav hlau, tau hloov kho zaum kawg, thiab tshaj tawm hauv xov tooj cua, "Pob zeb, phom, phom!" thiab rub tus txhais. Lub suab nrov ntawm rab phom loj tua ntawm nws ob txhais ceg yog qhov kev xav zoo kawg nkaus. Hauv ib qho thib peb thib ob tawg, yuav luag ob puas lub plhaub loj loj tau mus txog lawv lub hom phiaj. Tus kws tsav tsheb tau tsom mus rau lub tsheb thauj khoom rau thawj thib ob, tua tsib caug puag ncig ntawm nws thiab ua rau muaj kev tawg zoo nkauj ntxiv, thiab tom qab ntawd tsa A-10 lub qhov ntswg kom tso cai rau ib puas thiab peb caug puag ncig kom tawg txoj hauv kev mus rau lub hom phiaj khiav tawm.
    
  Ua tib zoo kom tsis txhob raug teeb tsa ntau dhau ntawm lub hom phiaj, thiab paub txog qhov chaw nyob ib puag ncig, nws nres nrawm thiab hloov kev coj mus rau sab xis kom nce lub hom phiaj qhov siab. Lub maneuverability ntawm Asmeskas-ua A-10 yog qhov xav tsis thoob - nws tsis tsim nyog nws lub npe tsis raug cai, "Warthog." "Ob qhov tseeb. Peb, kub peeled. "
    
  "Peb ntawm kev tawm tsam," teb tus kws tsav dav hlau thib peb A-10 hauv kev tsim. Nws yog tus kws tsav dav hlau tsawg tshaj plaws hauv kev tsim plaub lub nkoj, yog li nws tsis mus ua lub cannon khiav ... tab sis nws yuav tsum tau ua kom zoo siab.
    
  Nws tsom mus rau lub hom phiaj - ib lub chaw nres tsheb loj nyob ib sab ntawm lub tsev - ntawm Maverick missile qhov kev taw qhia screen, nias lub "lock" khawm ntawm lub throttle, hais tias "Rifle ib" nyob rau hauv xov tooj cua, tig nws lub taub hau mus rau sab xis kom tsis txhob lub glare ntawm. Lub foob pob hluav taws lub cav, thiab nias lub pob "lag luam" ntawm tus tswj tuav. Lub AGM-65G Maverick missile tau tso cov lus qhia pib ntawm sab laug tis thiab sai sai ploj ntawm qhov pom, nws xaiv lub missile thib ob, txav lub reticle mus rau lub hom phiaj thib ob - Lub tsev nws tus kheej - thiab raug rho tawm haujlwm Maverick los ntawm sab xis tis ob peb feeb tom qab nws tau txais nqi zog nrog ob qhov tawg tawg.
    
  "Tus neeg nthuav qhia muaj cov duab pom ntawm qhov zoo li yog ob qho kev cuam tshuam ncaj qha."
    
  "Qhov thib peb yog dawb," nws hais xov tooj cua thaum nws nce siab thiab tig mus rau qhov kev npaj sib tham. "Phau plaub, tshem tawm hauv kev kub ntxhov."
    
  "Pib piv txwv, ya nrawm," lees paub tus neeg tsav dav hlau thib plaub A-10. Tej zaum nws yuav muaj qhov kev tawm tsam tsawg tshaj plaws thiab feem ntau tsis tau ua los ntawm A-10, tab sis A-10s yog cov tswv cuab tshiab ntawm lub nkoj thiab lawv cov peev xwm tag nrho tseem tsis tau tshawb nrhiav.
    
  Cov txheej txheem tau yooj yim dua li ntawm nws cov wingmen: tuav tswj cov keyboards ntsia ntawm chaw nres tsheb plaub thiab yim; ua raws li GPS navigation cov lus qhia mus rau qhov qhib qhov rooj; lub ntsiab arming hloov yog nyob rau hauv "arm" txoj hauj lwm; thiab nias lub khawm tso tawm ntawm tus tswj tuav ntawm qhov kev npaj tso tawm ua ntej. Ob txhiab phaus GBU-32 GPS-guided foob pob raug muab tso rau hauv hmo ntuj. Tus kws tsav dav hlau tsis tas yuav kho dab tsi lossis pheej hmoo dhia mus rau hauv qhov chaw: riam phom lub hom phiaj cov khoom siv siv GPS satellite navigation signals coj cov foob pob mus rau lub hom phiaj, ib lub tsev loj nyob ib sab ntawm thaj chaw uas tau tshaj tawm tias yog "chaw nyob hauv zej zog" tab sis. Cov chaw txawj ntse hais tias yog qhov chaw sib sau ua ke thiab chaw nrhiav neeg ua haujlwm rau PKK cov neeg phem.
    
  Zoo, tsis yog lawm. Ob qhov kev sib tsoo ncaj qha tau rhuav tshem lub tsev, tsim kom muaj lub qhov dej loj tshaj li tsib caug ko taw hauv txoj kab uas hla. Txawm tias ya kaum tsib txhiab ko taw saum av, A-10 tau shaken los ntawm ob qhov tawg. "Qhov plaub yog dawb. Lub vaj huam sib luag riam phom muaj kev nyab xeeb thiab suab. "
    
  "Ob tug zoo infiltrates," tus thawj tsav dav hlau xov tooj cua. Nws tsis pom muaj qhov tawg thib ob, tab sis cov neeg ua phem yuav tau txav ib qho chaw loj ntawm riam phom thiab cov khoom tawg uas tau tshaj tawm tias khaws cia hauv lub tsev. "Muhtesem! Ua haujlwm zoo, xob laim. Xyuas kom cov arming switches muaj kev ruaj ntseg, thiab tsis txhob hnov qab tua ECM thiab tig rau cov transponders ntawm ciam teb, los yog peb yuav tshuab koj rau tej daim zoo li lawv tau ua rau cov PKK scum rov qab rau ntawd. Pom koj ntawm anchor rendezvous. "
    
  Nyob rau hauv feeb, tag nrho plaub A-10 Thunderbolts, lub Turkish Cua Dag Zog Yuam tus tshiab tau txais kev sib ntaus sib tua aircraft, tau nyab xeeb rov qab hla ciam teb. Lwm qhov kev ua tau zoo los tiv thaiv kev ua phem tawm tsam cov neeg tawm tsam nkaum hauv Iraq.
    
  Tus poj niam, Zilar Azzawi, quaj quaj thaum nws sawv ib pliag tom qab. Nws sab laug txhais tes tau mob heev, zoo li nws tau tawg ib tug ntiv tes thaum lub caij nplooj zeeg... Thiab tom qab ntawd nws pom tau hais tias nws sab laug tes tsis nyob ntawd lawm, rub tawm mus rau nruab nrab ntawm nws lub hauv pliaj. Txhua yam tua nws tus txiv thiab cov tub thiab rhuav tshem lub tsheb yuav luag ua tiav hauv kev tua nws. Nws qhov kev cob qhia PKK commando tau dhau los thiab nws tau tswj hwm los khi ib txoj hlua ntawm nws hnav khaub ncaws nyob ib ncig ntawm nws caj npab ua ib qho kev sib tw kom tsis txhob los ntshav.
    
  Tag nrho thaj chaw nyob ib ncig ntawm nws tau nyob hauv nplaim taws, thiab nws tsis muaj kev xaiv tab sis nyob qhov twg nws nyob, ntawm sab ntawm txoj kev, txog thaum nws tuaj yeem tau txais nws cov kabmob. Txhua yam nyob ib ncig ntawm nws, tshwj tsis yog qhov me me ntawm txoj kev av, tau kub hnyiab, thiab nws tau poob ntshav ntau heev uas nws tsis xav tias nws tuaj yeem mus deb txawm tias nws paub tias yuav mus qhov twg.
    
  Txhua yam thiab txhua tus tau ploj mus, raug rhuav tshem tag nrho - lub tsev, kev txais tos tshoob, tag nrho cov qhua, cov me nyuam ... kuv tus Vajtswv, cov me nyuam, nws cov me nyuam ...!
    
  Azzawi tsis muaj kev pab tam sim no, vam tias yuav nyob twj ywm ...
    
  "Tab sis, Vajtswv, yog tias koj cia kuv nyob," nws hais nrov nrov, dhau lub suab ntawm kev tuag thiab kev puas tsuaj nyob ib puag ncig nws, "Kuv yuav nrhiav cov neeg ua haujlwm rau qhov kev tawm tsam no, thiab kuv yuav siv tag nrho kuv lub zog los sau ib pab tub rog thiab rhuav tshem. lawv. Kuv lub neej dhau los dhau lawm - lawv tau coj kuv tsev neeg los ntawm kuv nrog kev ua phem tsis zoo. Nrog koj txoj koob hmoov, tus Tswv, kuv lub neej tshiab yuav pib tam sim no, thiab kuv yuav ua pauj rau txhua tus uas tau tuag hmo no."
    
    
  TSEEM CEEB JANDARMA PUBLIC COMMANDO BASE, DIYARBAKIR, REPUBLIC OF TURKEY
  SUMMER 2010
    
    
  "Kanak Ob-xya, Diyarbakir ntauwd, cua peb-xoom-xoom ntawm yim lub pob, qab nthab ib txhiab mais ntawm ib teev, pom tsib hauv nag los nag, khiav peb-tsib, tshem tawm rau ib txwm qeb ILS mus kom ze, kev nyab xeeb yog ntsuab."
    
  Tus kws tsav dav hlau ntawm US-ua KC-135R tanker / cargo aircraft lees paub qhov kev hu, tom qab ntawd nias lub hom phiaj neeg caij tsheb. "Peb yuav tsaws sai sai no. Thov rov qab mus rau koj lub rooj zaum, xyuas kom koj lub rooj zaum siv tau ruaj khov, tshem koj lub tais tais, thiab khaws tag nrho cov hnab nqa mus. Tesekkur ederim. Ua tsaug ". Tom qab ntawd nws tig mus rau tus tswj hwm tus neeg tsav tsheb / tus kws tsav dav hlau zaum tom qab tus kws tsav dav hlau thiab qw hla lub cockpit, "Mus saib seb nws puas xav tuaj tsaws, Master Sergeant." Tus engineer nodded, tshem nws lub mloog pob ntseg thiab mus tom qab mus rau hauv lub cargo bay.
    
  Txawm hais tias KC-135R feem ntau yog lub dav hlau refueling, nws tau siv los thauj cov khoom thauj thiab cov neeg caij tsheb. Cov khoom thauj yog nyob rau hauv pem hauv ntej ntawm lub cavernous sab hauv - nyob rau hauv cov ntaub ntawv no, plaub pallets ntim nrog lub thawv ruaj nrog nylon mesh. Hauv qab lub tais yog ob lub tais rau kaum ob tus neeg caij tsheb hauv chav kawm kev lag luam, bolted rau hauv pem teb kom cov neeg caij tsheb zaum tom qab. Lub davhlau tsis nrov, tsis hnov tsw, tsaus thiab tsis xis nyob, tab sis muaj txiaj ntsig lub zog-augmenting aircraft zoo li no tsis tshua muaj kev tso cai ya yam tsis muaj kev thauj khoom tag nrho.
    
  Cov neeg ua haujlwm ua haujlwm tau nyem ib ncig ntawm cov khoom thauj thiab mus cuag cov neeg caij tsheb dozing zaum ntawm qhov kawg ntawm thawj kab ntawm qhov chaw nres nkoj. Tus txiv neej muaj plaub hau ntev thiab zoo li tousled, sideburns uas tau loj hlob nyob rau hauv ob peb hnub, thiab nws hnav khaub ncaws raws li txoj kev, txawm hais tias ib tug neeg mus rau lub dav hlau tub rog yuav tsum hnav ib tug hnav ris tsho los yog ib tug ua lag ua luam ce. Tus engineer sawv ntawm tus txiv neej thiab maj mam kov nws lub xub pwg nyom. Thaum tus txiv neej sawv los, Xib Hwb Sergeant taw qhia rau nws, thiab nws sawv thiab ua raws li tus Xib Hwb Tub Ceev Xwm mus rau qhov chaw nruab nrab ntawm cov pallets. "Thov zam txim rau koj, tus tswv," tus neeg tsav tsheb boom tau hais tias tom qab tus neeg caij tsheb tau tshem cov pob ntseg daj ua npuas ncauj uas txhua tus hnav los tiv thaiv lawv lub suab tsis hnov tsw, "tab sis tus kws tsav dav hlau nug seb koj puas xav zaum hauv lub cockpit rau mus kom ze." tsaws."
    
  "Puas yog qhov txheej txheem ib txwm muaj, Master Sergeant?" - nug tus neeg caij tsheb, General Besir Ozek. Ozek yog tus thawj coj ntawm Gendarma Genel Komutanligi, lossis Turkish lub teb chaws tsis muaj tub rog, uas ua ke nrog tub ceev xwm hauv tebchaws, tub ceev xwm ciam teb thiab tub ceev xwm hauv tebchaws. Raws li ib tug kws txawj commando, nrog rau tus thawj coj ntawm ib tug paramilitary unit nyob rau hauv lub saib xyuas ntawm kev ruaj ntseg sab hauv, Ozek tau tso cai rau hnav ntev plaub hau thiab sideburns kom zoo dua nyob rau hauv thiab tawm ntawm lub luag hauj lwm ntawm ib tug undercover tus neeg saib xyuas thiab saib lwm yam subtly.
    
  "Tsis yog, tus tswv," tus neeg teb xov tooj barrier teb. "Tsis muaj leej twg raug tso cai nyob rau hauv lub cockpit tsuas yog cov neeg tsav dav hlau. Tab sis ..."
    
  "Kuv thov kom kuv tsis txhob raug cais tawm ntawm lub davhlau no, Master Sergeant. Kuv xav tias qhov ntawd yog qhov tseeb rau txhua tus hauv pab pawg, "Ozek hais. "Kuv xav kom nyob twj ywm tsis meej li sai tau ntawm qhov kev mus ncig no. Yog vim li cas kuv thiaj txiav txim siab zaum nraub qaum nrog lwm tus neeg caij tsheb. "
    
  "Thov txim, tus tswv," hais tias tus neeg teb xov tooj barrier.
    
  Ozek tau tshuaj xyuas cov khoom thauj khoom pallets thiab pom tias ntau tus neeg caij tsheb tig mus saib seb puas muaj dab tsi tshwm sim. "Zoo, kuv xav tias nws lig dhau lawm, puas yog?" - nws hais. "Mus". Tus neeg ua haujlwm phom tau taub hau thiab coj tus thawj coj mus rau hauv lub cockpit, zoo siab tias nws tsis tas yuav piav qhia rau tus thawj coj dav hlau vim li cas tus thawj coj tsis tau txais nws qhov kev caw.
    
  Nws tau ntau xyoo txij li thaum Ozek tau nyob hauv lub dav hlau KC-135R Stratotanker tanker, thiab lub alarm zoo li ntau dua, nrov nrov thiab tsis hnov tsw dua li nws nco qab. Ozek yog ib tug tub rog qub tub rog thiab tsis xav nkag siab txog dab tsi nyiam cov txiv neej mus rau aviation. Tus kws tsav dav hlau lub neej tau raug quab yuam thiab kev cai lij choj uas tsis muaj leej twg pom lossis nkag siab tag nrho, thiab nws tsis yog qhov uas nws xav ua neej nyob. Lub KC-135R tau kho dua tshiab yog lub dav hlau zoo, tab sis lub dav hlau tau ua haujlwm tau ntau tshaj li tsib caug xyoo - qhov no tseem hluas, tsuas yog plaub caug tsib xyoos - thiab nws tau pib qhia nws lub hnub nyoog.
    
  Txawm li cas los xij, aviation zoo li yog txhua qhov npau taws hauv tebchaws Turkey niaj hnub no. Nws lub teb chaws nyuam qhuav tau txais kaum ob ntawm cov neeg tawm tsam tshaj tawm thiab cov foob pob tawg los ntawm Tebchaws Meskas: tus hlub F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter-bomber, uas kuj tau tsim nyob rau hauv daim ntawv tso cai nyob rau hauv Qaib Cov Txwv; lub A-10 Thunderbolt nyob ze-hauv huab cua txhawb nqa dav hlau, lub npe menyuam yaus "Warthog" vim nws cov hulking, utilitarian tsos; AH-1 Cobra nres helicopter; thiab F-15 Eagle fighter dav hlau rau huab cua superiority. Qaib ntxhw yog nyob rau hauv nws txoj kev los ua ib tug ntiaj teb no-chav kawm ntawv nyob rau hauv lub regional tub rog lub hwj chim, ua tsaug rau lub tebchaws United States 'xav tau rau divest nws tus kheej ntawm kev sib ntaus sib tua-tested khoom tab sis laus.
    
  Tus neeg tsav tsheb barrage tau muab lub taub hau dav dav thiab taw qhia rau tus kws qhia lub rooj zaum ntawm ob tus neeg tsav dav hlau. "Kuv paub tias koj tsis xav kom muaj kev ntxhov siab, General," tus kws tsav dav hlau hais rau lub intercom, "tab sis lub rooj qhib thiab kuv xav tias koj yuav nyiam qhov kev pom."
    
  "Tau kawg," Ozek teb yooj yim, ua ib qho kev xav kom tshem tawm tus tsav ntawm lub luag haujlwm thaum nws rov qab mus rau lub hauv paus chaw haujlwm; muaj ntau tus txiv neej thiab poj niam nyob rau hauv Turkish Cua Force uas paub yuav ua li cas ua raws li cov lus txib tos rau pilot tankers. "Txoj kev ruaj ntseg ntawm lub tshav dav hlau yog dab tsi?"
    
  "Ntsuab, tus tswv," tus tsav qhia. "Tsis muaj kev hloov pauv ntau dua ib hlis."
    
  "Qhov kawg ntawm PKK kev ua haujlwm hauv cheeb tsam no tsuas yog nees nkaum plaub hnub dhau los, Tus tauj ncov loj," Ozek hais tias chim siab. PKK, los yog Karker Party nyob rau hauv Kurdistan, los yog Kurdistan Workers 'Part, yog ib tug txwv Marxist lub koom haum tub rog uas nrhiav kev tsim ntawm ib tug cais lub xeev ntawm Kurdistan, tsim los ntawm ib feem ntawm yav qab teb Qaib ntxhw, qaum teb Iraq, qaum teb sab hnub tuaj Syria thiab qaum teb hnub poob Iran, tag nrho cov. uas yog haiv neeg Kurdish feem ntau. PKK tau siv kev ua phem thiab kev ua phem, txawm tias tawm tsam cov tub rog loj thiab cov chaw muaj kev tiv thaiv zoo xws li cov tshav dav hlau pej xeem, los sim tswj nws tus kheej hauv qhov muag ntawm pej xeem thiab xav kom cov xeev mus txog kev daws teeb meem. "Peb yuav tsum ceev faj ib txwm."
    
  "Yog lawm, tus tswv," tus kws tsav dav hlau tau lees paub hauv lub suab nrov.
    
  "Koj puas tsis ua qhov kev ua tau zoo tshaj plaws, Tus tauj ncov loj?"
    
  "Uh... tsis yog, tus tswv," tus tsav teb. "Qhov xwm txheej kev nyab xeeb yog ntsuab, lub qab nthab thiab qhov pom tau qis, thiab tus pej thuam tau qhia tias peb tau raug tshem tawm rau ib qho kev mus kom ze." Nws nqos, tom qab ntawd ntxiv, "Thiab kuv tsis xav ua rau koj chim siab lossis lwm tus neeg caij tsheb los ntawm kev nqis los ntawm qhov ua tau zoo tshaj plaws."
    
  Ozek yuav tau cem tus tub hluas uas tsis txawj tsav tsheb, tab sis lawv twb tau pib lawv cov cuab yeej cuab tam thiab nws yuav tsis ntev heev. Qhov kev ua tau zoo tshaj plaws ntawm kev tawm mus thiab txoj hauv kev tau tsim los txo lub sijhawm nyob rau hauv kev ua kom tuag ntau ntawm cov phom tua phom tua dav hlau. PKK qee zaus siv Lavxias-ua SA-7 thiab SA-14 missiles tawm tsam tsoomfwv Turkish dav hlau.
    
  Txawm li cas los xij, qhov tshwm sim ntawm qhov kev tawm tsam niaj hnub no yog me me. Lub qab nthab thiab kev pom tau qis heev, txwv lub sijhawm muaj rau tus neeg tua phom tua. Tsis tas li ntawd, kev tawm tsam feem ntau tau ua rau lub dav hlau loj lossis lub dav hlau ruaj khov thaum lub sij hawm tshem tawm vim tias lub tshav kub kos npe ntawm cov cuaj luaj tau tsom mus rau qhov ci dua - thaum lub sij hawm mus kom ze, cov cav tau khiav ntawm qhov chaw qis zog thiab kuj txias, uas txhais tau hais tias cov cuaj luaj. muaj lub sij hawm nyuaj xauv rau thiab yuav tau jammed los yog daig yooj yim dua.
    
  Tus kws tsav dav hlau tau siv sijhawm uas Ozek tsis nyiam - tshwj xeeb tshaj yog txij li nws tsuas yog ua nws los sim ua rau cov tub ceev xwm zoo siab - tab sis tam sim no lawv tau nyob rau hauv qhov chaw nruj, thiab tshem tawm txoj hauv kev ntawm lub sijhawm no, nyob ze cov roob hauv qhov phem. huab cua, tsis yog ib qho kev xaiv zoo tagnrho. Ozek tig rov qab rau hauv nws lub rooj zaum thiab hla nws txhais tes hla nws lub hauv siab, qhia nws txoj kev npau taws. "Txuas ntxiv, tus thawj coj," nws hais yooj yim.
    
  "Muaj, tus tswv," tus kws tsav dav hlau teb nrog kev nyem. "Co-pilot, thov, ua ntej ua daim ntawv txheeb xyuas cuam tshuam ntawm txoj kev glide." Rau tus kws tsav dav hlau, Ozek xav tias, nws yog tus tsav tsheb zoo; nws yuav yog qhov zoo ntxiv rau qee tus neeg caij dav hlau vim tias nws yuav tsis nyob hauv Turkey Air Force ntev heev.
    
  Hmoov tsis zoo, tus cwj pwm tsis txaus ntseeg no hauv cov tub rog tau dhau los ua ntau niaj hnub no vim qhov kev tsis sib haum xeeb ntawm tsoomfwv Turkish thiab cov Kurds txuas ntxiv mus ntxiv. Lub Kurdistan Workers 'Part, los yog PKK, tau hloov nws lub npe rau PAG, los yog Congress for Freedom thiab Democracy, thiab zam tsis txhob siv lo lus "Kurdistan" nyob rau hauv nws cov ntaub ntawv thiab hais lus nyob rau hauv ib qho kev sim kom nyiam cov neeg tuaj saib. Nyob rau hnub no, lawv tau muaj kev tawm tsam thiab tshaj tawm cov ntaub ntawv tawm tswv yim txog kev lees txais tib neeg txoj cai lij choj tshiab los daws kev txom nyem ntawm txhua tus neeg raug tsim txom hauv ntiaj teb, tsis yog tawm tsam kev tawm tsam tub rog nkaus xwb rau lub xeev Kurdish.
    
  Tab sis nws yog ib tug dag. PKK tau muaj zog dua, nplua nuj dua thiab hnyav dua li qub. Vim yog Asmeskas kev ntxeem tau thiab kev puas tsuaj ntawm Saddam Hussein tsoomfwv hauv Iraq, nrog rau Iranian kev tsov kev rog, cov neeg tawm tsam Kurdish tsis ntshai ua rau muaj kev tawm tsam hla ciam teb rau Turkey, Iraq, Iran thiab Syria los ntawm ntau lub chaw nyab xeeb, vam tias yuav ua rau muaj kev kub ntxhov thiab. tsis meej pem thiab tsim kom muaj lub hauv paus muaj zog hauv txhua lub tebchaws. Txhua zaus cov tub rog Turkish teb, lawv raug liam tias yog kev tua neeg, thiab cov nom tswv hauv Ankara tau hais kom cov tub rog txwv kev tsim txom.
    
  Qhov no tsuas yog txhawb nqa PKK. Qhov tseeb skit: qhov tshwm sim ntawm ib tug poj niam neeg ua phem thawj coj. Tsis muaj leej twg paub nws lub npe tiag tiag; Nws lub npe hu ua Baz, lossis "The Hawk" hauv Arabic, vim tias nws muaj peev xwm tawm tsam sai sai thiab npaj txhij txog, tab sis zoo li ya mus thiab tshem tawm nws cov neeg nrhiav tau yooj yim. Nws tshwm sim raws li lub zog tseem ceeb thawb rau Kurdish kev ywj pheej thiab cov lus teb tsis txaus siab ntawm tsoomfwv Turkish thiab Iraqi rau nws hu rau kev ua tsov rog ntshav txhawj xeeb General Jandarma.
    
  "Peb tab tom nkag mus rau txoj kev cuam tshuam," tus kws tsav dav hlau hais.
    
  "Slow down," tus kws tsav dav hlau hais.
    
  "Ntawm no yog," tus kws tsav dav hlau teb, thiab nws mus txog saum tus tsav lub hauv caug sab xis thiab txav lub iav hloov mus rau qhov chaw qis. "Kev sib kis tau zoo ... Peb lub ntsuab, tsis muaj xim daj, khawm lub twj tso kua mis xyuas lub teeb rau, kis tawm thiab kaw."
    
  Tus kws tsav dav hlau coj nws ob lub qhov muag tawm ntawm qhov taw qhia txoj haujlwm kab rov tav tsuas yog ntev txaus los xyuas cov iav hloov pauv thiab nias kom nias lub "gear hyd" qhov taw qhia los xyuas. "Xim, kis tau tus mob raug kaw thiab thaiv."
    
  "Tau kawg, ntawm txoj kev glide," tus kws tsav dav hlau hais. "Ob txhiab taw rau kev txiav txim siab qhov siab." Tus kws tsav dav hlau tau ncav tes tawm thiab ntsuas qhov ntsuas huab cua nrawm, ntsiag to ceeb toom tus kws tsav dav hlau tias nws lub dav hlau tau poob qis me ntsis - nrog rau cov dav dav hauv lub cockpit, nws tsis xav hais txog qhov yuam kev me ntsis. Lawv qhov ceev tsuas yog poob los ntawm tsib pob, tab sis qhov yuam kev me me zoo li snowball ntawm qhov ntsuas ntsuas, thiab nws yog qhov zoo dua los pom lawv thiab kho tam sim ntawd dua li cia lawv ua teeb meem loj tom qab.
    
  "Tesekkur eder," tus tsav teb, lees paub qhov ntes. Ib qho yooj yim "tau txais koj" txhais tau hais tias tus tsav tau pom nws qhov yuam kev, tab sis kev ris txiaj txhais tau tias tus kws tsav dav hlau tau ua txoj hauv kev zoo. "Ib txhiab tshuav."
    
  Lub hnub ci lim tau pib lim los ntawm lub qhov rais cabin, ua raws li ib pliag tom qab los ntawm lub hnub ci tawg los ntawm cov huab uas tawg mus thoob plaws. Ozek ntsia tawm thiab pom tias lawv nyob hauv nruab nrab ntawm txoj kev khiav, thiab cov teeb pom kev pom pom tau hais tias lawv nyob ntawm txoj kev glide. "Khiav hauv qhov pom," tus kws tsav dav hlau tshaj tawm. Cov koob ILS pib seev cev me ntsis, uas txhais tau hais tias tus kws tsav dav hlau tau saib lub qhov rais mus rau txoj kev khiav es tsis txhob saib qhov taw qhia txoj haujlwm kab rov tav. "Cia li mus ze dua."
    
  "ua tsaug". Lwm zoo ntes. "Tsib puas rau kev txiav txim siab siab. Ua raws li 'ua ntej tsaws' daim ntawv txheeb xyuas thiab ..."
    
  Ozek, tsom ntsoov rau lub qhov rais es tsis yog cov twj paj nruag, pom nws ua ntej: ib kab dawb curling ntawm cov pa taws los ntawm kev sib tshuam ntawm txoj kev ua ntej thiab sab laug, sab hauv lub tshav dav hlau lub laj kab ib puag ncig, mus ncaj nraim rau lawv! "Xwb!" qw Ozek, siv lub npe Lavxias teb sab "Zvezda" rau SA-7 lub xub pwg-launched missile. "Tig, tam sim no!"
    
  Rau nws qhov credit, tus tsav tau ua raws nraim li Ozek tau hais tseg: nws tam sim ntawd tig lub log tswj kom nrawm rau sab xis thiab teeb tsa tag nrho plaub lub throttles kom muaj zog sib ntaus sib tua. Tab sis nws tau ntau, lig heev. Ozek paub tias tam sim no lawv tsuas muaj ib lub caij nyoog xwb: tias nws yog SA-7 missile tiag tiag thiab tsis yog SA-14 tshiab, vim hais tias lub missile qub xav tau qhov chaw kub kub los coj nws, thaum SA-14 tuaj yeem taug qab txhua qhov cua sov. , txawm lub hnub ci reflected los ntawm lub teeb nyem.
    
  Nyob rau hauv ib lub qhov muag, lub foob pob hluav taws ploj mus - nws ya ob peb meters los ntawm sab laug tis. Tab sis muaj lwm yam tsis raug. Ib lub suab nrov hauv lub cockpit; Tus kws tsav dav hlau tau sim tig KC-135 mus rau sab laug kom theem nws tawm thiab tej zaum txawm tias nws rov qab los ntawm txoj kev khiav, tab sis lub dav hlau tsis teb - sab laug tis tseem nyob saum ntuj thiab tsis muaj lub zog aileron txaus. coj nws los. Txawm hais tias cov cav khiav ntawm lub zog tag nrho, lawv nres tag nrho, hem tias yuav mus rau hauv lub tailspin txhua lub sijhawm.
    
  "Koj ua dab tsi, tus thawj coj?" Ozek qw. "Cia koj lub qhov ntswg thiab theem koj tis!"
    
  "Kuv tsis tuaj yeem tig rov qab!" - tus tsav qw.
    
  "Peb tsis tuaj yeem ncav cuag txoj kev khiav - theem tis thiab nrhiav qhov chaw rau kev tsaws thaum muaj xwm txheej ceev!" Ozek hais. Nws ntsia tawm ntawm tus kws tsav dav hlau lub qhov rais thiab pom lub tshav ncaws pob. "Ntawm no! Football teb! Nov yog koj qhov chaw tsaws!"
    
  "Kuv tswj tau nws! Kuv tuaj yeem ua tau ...!"
    
  "Tsis yog, koj tsis tuaj yeem - nws lig dhau lawm!" - Ozek qw. "Cia li tso koj lub qhov ntswg thiab lub taub hau rau qhov chaw ncaws pob, lossis peb txhua tus yuav tuag!"
    
  Qhov seem tau tshwm sim hauv tsawg dua tsib vib nas this, tab sis Ozek saib nws zoo li hauv kev qeeb qeeb. Tsis txhob sim nqa lub tanker stalled rov qab mus rau saum ntuj, tus tsav tau tso lub zog rov qab rau ntawm tus tswj levers. Thaum nws ua li no thiab lub cav muaj zog tag nrho, cov ailerons teb tam sim ntawd thiab tus kws tsav dav hlau tuaj yeem ntsuas lub dav hlau tis. Nrog lub qhov ntswg qis, lub dav hlau nrawm nrawm nrawm, thiab qhov kev poob siab txaus rau tus tsav los tsa lub qhov ntswg yuav luag mus rau qhov chaw tsaws. Nws tig lub throttles kom tsis muaj zog, ces txiav tawm lub sijhawm ua ntej lub tanker loj kov.
    
  Ozek tau muab pov rau pem hauv ntej yuav luag rau hauv nruab nrab lub console, tab sis nws lub xub pwg nyom thiab lub duav siv tau tuav, thiab nws xav nrog kev khuv xim tias nws tau ntsib kev nyuaj nyuaj ua ntej ... zoo li nws tau tawg tag ib nrab. Lub pem hauv ntej gearbox tsoo thiab av thiab turf poured los ntawm lub windshield zoo li ib tug tidal yoj. Lawv tsoo los ntawm lub hom phiaj ncaws pob, tom qab ntawd tsoo los ntawm lub laj kab thiab ntau lub chaw nres tsheb thiab chaw cia khoom ua ntej nres ntawm lub hauv paus gymnasium.
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