Spy Wars: Get the Predator equipment at the beginning

At the foot of the mountain, the road leading up the mountain was blocked, and there were Japanese sentry posts everywhere, so no outsiders could get close.

There were more than a dozen cars parked next to an open space, and a large group of Japanese officers were standing next to the cars, discussing something. Among this group of officers, the highest-ranking ones were the military police commander Sato and the air force commander.

At this time, Japanese soldiers kept coming out of the mountains and forests carrying pieces of plane wreckage, and then piled the wreckage on the open ground.

At this time, a second lieutenant officer walked up to Commander Sato and reported: "Your Excellency, Commander, the convoy of Lord Matsui has arrived!"

Upon hearing this, Sato and the surrounding Japanese officers turned their heads to look behind them, and sure enough, they saw a convoy coming on the road, which should be Commander Matsui's convoy.

Under the watchful eyes of dozens of Japanese officers, the convoy drove to an open space. The guards jumped out of the cars to keep watch. The doors opened and Commander Matsui got out.

Sato and the Air Force Commander immediately went up to him and said, "Mister Matsui!"

Matsui, wearing white gloves and long combat boots, nodded, walked over and said, "Tell me about the situation!"

Sato stood at attention and said immediately, "An hour ago, the military police headquarters received a telegram requesting help from a military police squad. This military police squad is..."

"Then I called the Air Force Command, and they sent a fighter and two bombers to bomb the hill where the Chinese were hiding. My military police squad saw three flashes of light appear in the forest ahead, and then three planes exploded in mid-air. None of the three pilots had time to parachute out. That's basically what happened!"

After hearing this, Matsui's eyes flashed with a strange look. He remembered several incidents that happened two years ago. After a long investigation, there was no result, and they were eventually left unresolved.

He still remembered what happened over Qiantang at the end of three years ago. More than a dozen fighter planes and bombers suddenly and mysteriously exploded continuously during flight. No fighter plane survived and no pilot had time to parachute.

In each of these incidents, someone saw a flash of light, and then something happened. Either a truck or a car was blown up by an unknown weapon, or an airplane exploded during flight.

Matsui asked, "Is this forest blocked off now?"

Sato immediately said, "Yes, sir. After the incident, I mobilized a large battalion of troops as quickly as possible to block off this mountain forest, but I am worried that the enemy has already escaped before the arrival of the imperial army!"

"After the three planes exploded, the wreckage was scattered all over the mountains and forests. I have ordered the soldiers to collect the wreckage and the bodies of the pilots."

"So far, a lot of the wreckage of the plane has been found, and the search is still ongoing, but the bodies of the three pilots have not been found. I guess they were blown into pieces in the explosion, making it difficult to find them all!"

After listening to Sato's report, Matsui turned to look at the Air Force Commander and asked, "Kato-kun, before these three planes crashed, didn't your Air Force airport control station receive any reports from the pilots?"

Kato Nobuo stood at attention and replied, "Mr. Matsui, I have already checked with the airport control tower. These three planes did not contact the control tower before the accident. I guess the attack was too sudden, and they were destroyed before they could report the situation to the control tower."

Matsui pondered for a few seconds before saying, "At the time of the accident, there should have been radio communication between the three planes. Are there any recording devices on the fighter planes that can record the communications between the pilots and between the pilots and the control tower?"

Kato Nobuo immediately replied, "Yes, sir. Every fighter jet has a device that records communications between pilots and control towers, as well as the pilot's operational records of the aircraft. This device is called a flight recorder, also known as a flight data recorder. It's also known as a black box!"

"As long as we find the black box on the plane and read the contents recorded inside, we can figure out what happened at that time!"

Matsui immediately ordered: "No matter the cost, we must find the black boxes from these three planes!"

"Hayi!"

Matsui saw soldiers carrying plane wreckage down the mountain one after another. He walked to where the wreckage was piled, and other Japanese officers followed.

Picking up a piece of aircraft wreckage, Matsui observed it and asked, "Have the weapons experts arrived?"

"Sir, weapons experts are inspecting the wreckage over there!" Commander Sato said, pointing to several Japanese soldiers in white coats not far away.

There was a long table in front of the Japanese soldiers in white coats, with dozens of debris of various sizes on the tables. Some of them used magnifying glasses to examine the traces of the explosion, while others used chemicals to test them.

Matsui dropped the wreckage in his hand and walked towards the weapons experts.

"Any conclusion?" Matsui walked up to a middle-aged weapons expert and asked.

The middle-aged weapons expert looked up at Matsui upon hearing this. When he saw the shoulder straps and collar insignia on Matsui's uniform, he immediately stood at attention and said, "Hello, sir!"

Sato stepped forward and said, "This is Commander Matsui. Commander, you must answer your questions truthfully!"

"Ha!" the middle-aged weapons expert nodded in agreement, standing at attention. He then began to explain, "Your Excellency, Commander, our preliminary inspection has revealed tear marks from gunpowder explosions on the wreckage, and some of the damaged edges of the debris have traces of fuel burns!"

"These should all be caused by bomb explosions and burning aviation fuel, but..."

"But what?" Matsui asked.

The middle-aged weapons expert reached over and picked up two small pieces of fuselage debris from the table. He said, "Look at these two pieces, sir. The edges are very neat and smooth. They don't look like marks from a gunpowder explosion, nor do they look like they were caused by aviation fuel burning. These injuries seem to have been caused instantly by the fuselage being subjected to extremely high temperatures!"

"I've been studying weapons for over twenty years and have some knowledge of weapons from all over the world, but I can't imagine any weapon that could cause such damage!"

Matsui was a little disappointed, but still said: "Continue the research, I need you to submit a detailed report to me!"

"Hayi!"

Matsui then asked Sato, "How is the search of this forest going? Have you found any traces of the enemy?"

Sato shook his head and said, "Not yet. Before you came, I sent troops to conduct a thorough carpet search of this forest. We found no trace of the enemy. We are still searching, and I hope to find further!"

5 p.m., Special High Technology Department, Section Chief’s Office.

Sakata Tadayoshi sat on the chair and looked at Li Qun with a gloomy face. Li Qun, who had survived the disaster, was now standing in front of the desk trembling with fear and not daring to breathe.

"Li Sang, didn't you say there was absolutely no problem? What about now? Not only did the trap you set fail to catch any big fish, but it also caused us heavy losses. Not only did your men from Unit 76 die, but the military police also lost dozens of men. How do you expect me to explain this to the military police headquarters?"