The United States finally chose to give up cooperation.
Since the failed negotiations at the business meeting two years ago, the American business department and major technology companies had not given up their intention to continue to seek cooperation.
With the gradual growth of Monster Industries, their influence on the world's technology became deeper and deeper, and their intention became firmer step by step.
During this period, there were threats.
There were also compromises.
There were also more than one failed attempt to threaten the White House.
No company had ever enjoyed this kind of treatment, and of course, no company could be as hard as Monster Industries.
But …
All the victories of Monster Industries would become history in the next action.
At least that was what Assistant to the President, Wez, and several Pentagon officers who had taken over the action plan, thought.
Whether it was underestimating the opponent or Monster Industries was too lucky. In the past, the action was led by the intelligence department and the business department, specifically transferred to Monster Industries. In the eyes of these military masters who controlled the world's most powerful forces, they were just some "sissy" things.
So after the meeting, Wez returned with the report and asked the President to sign it for a look.
The officers returned to the Pentagon, reviewing the military information related to Nigeria while waiting for the personnel of the intelligence department to come and hand over the task to them.
The intelligence department was very efficient.
The generals only got a general idea of the situation here, and the intelligence department came to the door with two large boxes of information.
"So many?" The officers were shocked by the two large boxes in front of them.
Although most departments had now entered paperless office, departments like them that dealt with intelligence and military affairs were always used to keeping some important documents in paper files because of confidentiality regulations.
Of course, there were also electronic files, but in the process of transferring files between different departments, no one would like to use electronic files.
Because their departments would become very cumbersome when it came to the transfer of electronic files. Many of the regulations were simply ridiculous or even pedantic in the eyes of outsiders.
This was by no means a problem that could be solved by handing over a hard disk. They had to carry out strict electronic file detoxification during the transfer. In addition to the strict format requirements of the electronic file to prevent it from being stolen or destroyed by viruses or programs. They also had to go through a lot of procedures and let the chief officer sign them. Then the file was backed up and transferred many times on the physically isolated host computer for thorough verification.
Only after verification could it be sent to the archive.
Since the electronic file is so cumbersome, we might as well use a paper file. Even the gods wouldn't be able to hide a Trojan virus on this thing.
Wouldn't it be more convenient for his subordinates to print it out and run errands?
Of course, because the matter this time was too serious, the people who came to hand over the information were not only his subordinates, but also the head of the intelligence department who was in charge of investigating the Monster Industries.
…
The Pentagon and the intelligence department were naturally at odds with each other. They looked down on each other and thought highly of each other.
When a few military officers were reviewing the information, they had just finished flipping through the information of two operations. They smiled mockingly at the people in front of them who came from the intelligence department.
"Tsk, tsk ~"
"I won't say much about the failure of the first operation, but in the second operation, even the IAEA's investigators had a gun pointed at their heads."
"The way your intelligence department does things is really unique."
The head of the intelligence department, Burbridge, became agitated. He snorted and glared at the head officer who was of the same rank as him. "Madix, I advise you not to act all high and mighty in front of your next opponent."
"Although I'm very happy to see you make a fool of yourselves."
"But this is related to the future of our technology and the internet. I have the responsibility and obligation to remind you."
The military officer named Matticus did not say anything. Instead, it was another officer from Keziah who opened his eyes and stared at Burbridge with surprise.
"What's going on?"
"Why is the content of the third operation related to the sinking of the Hamilton-class patrol ship in Gretl Strait?"
Hearing Keziah's question, the other three officers put down the information in their hands and looked at the third operation report in their hands.
"You can find the specific reason at the end of the report." The head of the intelligence department, Burbridge, shrugged.
The sinking of the Hamilton-class patrol ship?
Gretl Strait?
When these two keywords were put together, it quickly brought back the memories of the four military officers in the Pentagon.
That incident was the most serious ship accident in the UA Navy in the past two years. The higher-ups had many meetings to summarize and severely punish the people responsible.
The four military officers remembered the details of the accident very clearly. According to the internal announcement, before the accident happened, the Hamilton-class patrol ship belonging to the Fifth Fleet was ordered to Grete Strait to perform a patrol and interception mission.
The specific interception target was not announced to other departments except the Navy because it involved confidential information.
But the incident itself was full of mystery and conspiracy.
A Hamilton-class patrol ship with a displacement of more than 3,200 tons, equipped with rapid-fire cannons, radars, dolphin helicopters, dense arrays, and so on, was actually hit and sunk by an unknown yacht during a mission?
The internal announcement didn't disclose the details of the collision. It only emphasized that the accident was caused by a major mistake by the relevant commanders and the captain of the patrol ship.
Not only did the accident cause the Hamilton-class patrol ship to sink in the deep sea, but several crew members also died in the collision. The surviving crew members were all injured, and more than a dozen were seriously injured.
What was even more bizarre was that the yacht that caused the accident also sank with the accident. There was no information left behind.
Different positions, of course, they received different information.
These officers didn't participate in the operation plan, nor were they specifically responsible for naval operations. Of course, they didn't know the truest information. They only confirmed by experience that there must be a "story" behind the accident that must be strictly confidential.
Now they knew the truth.
It turned out that the Hamilton-class patrol ship was to cooperate with the interception of the Horizontal cargo ship that was detained by the Atomic Energy Agency.
The cargo ship belonged to Monster Industries.
For the purpose of deterrence, and to leave room for negotiation.
Before the interception, the captain of the Hamilton-class patrol ship sent a radio call to the president of Monster Industries.
As a result, according to the testimony of the surviving crew members and the dolphin helicopter pilot, the Hamilton-class patrol ship actually didn't make any mistakes when it encountered the yacht. It was the yacht that hit the Hamilton-class patrol ship at an astonishing speed of 90 knots.
That collision pushed the more than three thousand tons Hamilton-class patrol ship more than twenty meters away. Then the survivors watched the yacht and the Hamilton-class patrol ship sink together.
All the post-incident investigation reports pointed to Monster Industries.
But all the spearheads were guesses, and there was no evidence.
The report finally gave a conclusion:
Monster Industries was likely to have mastered the construction technology of ultra-high-speed ships at that time, and it may have been the technology of unmanned ships.
This conclusion seemed ridiculous at the beginning, but it seemed reasonable when combined with the inference of the "nuclear submarine" at the end.
There was also the fifth mysterious incident that happened in the Prunus Thunbergius Canyon.
The sixth incident happened in Russia where the plane was hijacked and the two pilots mysteriously disappeared …
These incidents, the investigation results of the intelligence department all pointed to Monster Industries.
"This … this is impossible." Military Officer Matticus put away his previous contempt for these intelligence personnel. His eyes and fingers trembled slightly together. "Is the direction of your investigation wrong? We have summarized the fifth canyon incident many times, and we all think that Hua Xia is involved in it."
"They have good reasons to prevent the most advanced vertical take-off and landing aircraft technology from falling into our hands."
"I'm sorry." Burbridge, the head of the intelligence department, had a cold expression. "You are just a group of reckless people who are good at formulating tactical operations. Of course you can't do this kind of investigation mission that requires you to sort out the details and discover the truth."
"Of course, we can't rule out Hua Xia's direct involvement in this matter."
"But I can tell you clearly that even if they were involved, the technology of Monster Industries played a decisive role in it."
"So put away your arrogance and contempt, and use your greatest strength."
"Hmph …" "Hmph …"
The four commanders in charge of the cooperation between different military forces snorted coldly.
Even if the investigation data gave them too much shock, it still didn't change their confidence in the intelligence department and the powerful strength of Monster Industries.
This confidence came from the brilliant results of their cooperation in battle time and time again.
It came from the absolute confidence in controlling the most powerful armed forces on Earth.
"Monster Industries?" Military Officer Matticus put down the report in his hand. His eyes were like lightning. "From now on, we will be your opponents. I hope you won't let us win without any sense of accomplishment."
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