Chapter 362 Rossi’s Decision
The voice of the commander, Major Reardon, then came on the phone.
"The F-22 has caught up with Flight 61. According to the orders above, once the altitude of the passenger plane drops below 10,000 feet, I will order to open fire."
"Follow the original route Calculated, Flight 61 still has at least 2 hours of flight time from Washington DC." Although Reid did not use questions on the phone, he was obviously questioning whether the military was too eager.
Jack can answer this question, "Back then, there were four candidate cities for the bombing of Footbath, Hiroshima, Kokura, Niigata, and Nagasaki. The military was obviously worried that Washer was also a candidate target."
I have the impression that Hiroshima was bombed according to the established plan, and the one originally ranked before Nagasaki was Kokura. On the day of the launch, the cloud cover was too thick, so it was temporarily changed to Nagasaki.
As he was talking, an idea suddenly flashed in his mind, "The F-22 is a stealth fighter, right? Even if Washer had radar tracking, he wouldn't be able to find out that the military fighter jets had caught up with the passenger plane, right?" ?”
Major Rearden on the other side of the phone didn’t understand what he wanted to express and was a little confused, “What do you mean?”
“Let the F-22 not fly with you and stay on the passenger plane. Rear, don't attract the attention of the passengers or pilots above.
As long as Washer thinks that the military is not aware of his purpose, he will direct the passenger plane to Washington DC as planned, so that we will have at least 2 more people. hours of safety time.”
Major Reardon was silent for a few seconds, seeming to accept Jack's statement, "I will order the F-22 to remain on standby behind Flight 61, and I'll leave the Washer to you, but once the altitude of the passenger plane drops below ten thousand feet, I will still order to fire."
As she hung up the phone, Jack subconsciously looked at the electronic map on the navigation screen, which was less than 20 miles away from the coordinates sent by Justin.
"Red, what hardware is indispensable for Washer to hack into the plane, right? Satellite communication equipment and the like, will direct destruction cause the passenger plane to lose control?"
Two people one after the other. The car always maintained communication, and Rhett in the car behind him immediately replied, "Of course not. Once the invasion is aborted, the pilot can immediately resume manual operation."
"Then the destruction work will be left to you, Distribution boxes, backup generators, direct destruction of satellite antennas, use all means you can think of to stop him, and our team will be responsible for getting rid of him."
Jack raised Saboban's speed to 100 miles per hour. Thanks to the vast area and sparse population around him, there were almost no vehicles on the road heading towards the mountains. If the road quality hadn't been so poor, he would have really wanted to step on the accelerator. .
Hotchner's driving skills were also good. He followed Jack's car closely. It only took the two Saberbans more than ten minutes to enter a forest road.
After seeing a mountain cabin in the distance, two cars stopped. Jack got out of the car, took out the rifle from the trunk, and then carefully checked along the way.
As he expected, the path leading to the wooden house was equipped with animal traps, trip ropes and other small devices. It seemed that Washer was alone in this ghost place in the wilderness. Staying there for 8 years was really a waste of time and I learned a lot of survival skills.
Jack pointed out these small traps to the three Hotchners who were following him. The latter nodded and took Red and Emily around to the back of the cabin.
There were satellite and radar dishes, and a rumbling generator.
"FBI! Hyman Washer, put your hands up!" Jack confirmed that there were no more small traps at the door, roared, and kicked the wooden door open.
At the same time as he kicked the door, gunshots rang out from behind the wooden house. It was the Hotchners and the three who were destroying the equipment. As the sound of the generator stopped, the figure that appeared in front of Jack froze on the spot. Several computers and radar oscilloscopes and other equipment in front of him had black screens due to the power outage.
"What are you doing! You bastards, do you know what you have done? You have destroyed a great experiment!"
The figure turned around, and it was Vasher, with white hair and a messy beard covering most of his face. He was also holding a flight remote control in his hand, which fit the stereotype of a mad scientist very well.
Just as Jack was about to speak, the gun in Rosie's hand went off, and Vasher fell to the ground with a bloody hole in his forehead.
Is it so direct? He looked at Rosie in shock, wondering why he suddenly took away his job.
Jiejie on the side also looked surprised. The other party did not hold a weapon, and the remote control in his hand was no longer a threat after other devices were destroyed. Rossi's shot was a little abrupt.
At this time, the back door was opened, and Hotchner walked in with Rhett and Emily. He lowered his head and glanced at the body on the ground, his expression did not seem to be at all surprised.
These two guys must have communicated something in private, Jack complained in his heart, there were all smart people present, no one was talking nonsense or questioning on the spot.
Hotchner directly contacted the command center and informed that Washer had been killed.
The invaded Flight 61 has just returned to normal, and the pilot is escorted by two F-22s and heading to the nearest airport for an emergency landing.
What followed was a series of finishing touches. Washer's cabin was quickly taken over by the military. It seemed that many people were interested in his technology for remotely hacking into civilian airliners.
Jack was worried that Justin would leave any electronic footprints that would expose his identity. He made a phone call to confirm and was told that it was fine. All of Justin's operations were under the cover of Garcia.
After everything was over, everyone in the BAU found an unknown small bar in the local area to relax as usual. Then everyone asked Rossi and Hotchner why they wanted to kill the Washer directly.
As usual, Rosie ordered a bottle of expensive high-end red wine that Jack had never even heard of. After a sip, she spoke slowly.
“Oppenheimer was not a madman. The success of the atomic bomb gave him unimaginable fame and honor, and the subsequent persecution also plunged him into unparalleled pain for the rest of his life. "
Jack nodded silently. Judging from the time, Ami officials at this time have not officially restored Oppenheimer's reputation.
In the world of his previous life, it would not be until the end of 2022 that Lashbai would revoke the penalty of depriving Robert Oppenheimer of his security clearance many years ago and officially vindicate Oppenheimer.
"Oppenheimer was a pure scientist. He invented the atomic bomb, but he was also an advocate against nuclear proliferation and the nuclear arms race."
Rosie's words resonated with Rhett, "Facts On the whole, I feel that nuclear weapons maintain peace among the major powers in this world to a certain extent, which seems fragile but is actually strong.”
(End of Chapter)