Chapter 923: Chief, This Really Has Nothing to Do with Me

Originally, Chang Haonan was still thinking about how he could reasonably participate in the response to this incident.

After all, the situation was different from previous Allied operations.

At that time, he had started planning long ago.

The key to breaking the deadlock is the technical equipment developed by him.

With this relationship, it is natural and logical for us to join the decision-making process.

But now, after all, we are facing an emergency.

On the one hand, it is impossible for Chang Haonan to appear to be too prophetic.

On the other hand, there is really no way to prepare in advance.

Not to mention him, in fact the entire China can only make countermeasures passively.

Under such circumstances, as a manager of a central enterprise mainly responsible for technology, he seemed to have no reason to get involved.

Moreover, let’s take a step back.

Even if we don’t consider it from the perspective of making suggestions, but only consider the convenience of watching the show, it is more appropriate to stay near the decision-making center.

There is a time lag as information spreads from the inside to the outside and from the top to the bottom.

This diffusion process will inevitably lead to information distortion.

Because the incident took place in the United States, it is difficult for China to obtain "first-hand information" in the true sense.

But places closer to the source of news still have better timeliness and accuracy.

A typical example is.

In his previous life, Chang Haonan didn’t learn about the news until noon the next day through the news.

And now, he probably only knew it twenty minutes later than the other side of the Pacific Ocean.

In 2001, this was definitely a very high efficiency.

Fortunately, before Chang Haonan could figure out a solution, his superior took the initiative to tell him to stay alone.

Soon, only a few people, including Chang Haonan, were left in the huge conference room.

"Two leaders, can I ask...what happened?"

It was a complete act. Chang Haonan didn't actually hear anything just now. In theory, he shouldn't know why the meeting was suddenly suspended.

The two people sitting in the first seat looked at each other, and finally Ding Gaoheng quickly sorted out the documents while briefly explaining the current situation to Chang Haonan:

"For unknown reasons, a Boeing 767 passenger plane..."

"..."

"There have been a large number of casualties and serious fires, but there is no further news."

His voice was noticeably trembling.

At the end, he even sounded a little hoarse.

It's not because of emotions.

In other words, faced with such a complex event in such a short period of time, Ding Gaoheng had no time to consider what emotions he should have.

It's just a physiological reaction caused by extreme shock.

and.

Although the conference room had become somewhat empty.

Although Chang Haonan already knew what would happen today.

However, when the news really came out of Ding Gaoheng's mouth, the atmosphere froze for a moment.

Even Chang Haonan himself did not notice that his hands, like Ding Gaoheng who first heard the news, trembled violently.

However, this was not because of shock.

Rather, it is the sudden relaxation after "everything has settled".

Of course, Chang Haonan has been tempered over the years and doesn't really show his emotions on his face.

"so it is……"

At this time, the leader next to him took over the conversation:

"Although the public statement at the moment is that the cause is unknown, it would be too much of a coincidence to say it was a mechanical failure."

"Behind closed doors, we can say that this was most likely a premeditated attack."

"So, similar to the situation during the Allied Operation, all systems need to hold a meeting immediately to determine the current situation and what response should be made next."

"Including asking Comrade Haonan to stay, this was also a special request from President Fu Youquan just now."

Hearing that it was a leader he had dealt with before, Chang Haonan breathed a sigh of relief and leaned back in his chair:

"But... during the Allied Operation, we were at least prepared. This time..."

He pretended to be silent for a while:

"If it was an attack, who did it?"

"Now that things have just happened, there is too little information, and there are all kinds of rumors, and the accuracy is difficult to verify, so it is too early to say these things."

At this time, Ding Gaoheng had already packed up his things and stood up and walked towards the door of the meeting room:

"Comrade Haonan, come with me to the Jingxi Hotel."

By 2001, the Bayi Building on Fuxing Road had actually been completed. However, this building, which was originally intended to be used as a military office, did not actually serve its due function and only became a ceremonial venue for the military.

The actual offices and meeting places are still in those old locations.

Jingxi Hotel is one of them.

In fact, most high-level meetings take place here.

It was just a coincidence that Chang Haonan arrived at the meeting just by chance. The two internal meetings he had participated in before were all held at an extremely high level of confidentiality. They were the kind that were only accountable to the top leaders, and other people would have no way of knowing unless they were relevant personnel, even if the level of confidentiality was high enough.

They were all done directly at Sanzuomen.

So, I have never been to this "crown of conference venues" which belongs to the General Staff Headquarters.

……

When Chang Haonan and Ding Gaoheng finally arrived at the hotel conference hall after passing through layers of security checks, there were already quite a few people sitting inside.

Most of them were familiar faces that Chang Haonan had met last time.

However, because some people have not arrived yet, or the current information is not complete enough, the meeting has not officially started yet.

As usual, General Zhang sat in the first seat.

Although it is called a meeting, it is actually still in the internal discussion stage and does not involve the decision-making process at all. Higher-level leaders are not from military backgrounds and have to deal with external affairs first, so it is normal for them to be unable to attend.

In accordance with the meeting guidelines, Chang Haonan and Ding Gaoheng sat on both sides of the conference table.

"Dear leaders and comrades, I am here to report the latest news."

Just then, Luo Yudong, head of the Second Department of the General Staff, who was in charge of presiding over the meeting, or strictly speaking, was only responsible for real-time reporting of the situation, walked behind the small desk and prepared to report the latest information.

Of course, it has only been an hour and a half since the incident occurred, so this notification still does not involve any truly non-public information.

Mostly routine updates on the situation.

The conference hall, which had been a little noisy just now, suddenly became quiet.

After experiencing the initial confusion and chaos, everyone present thought that their mentality had become more stable.

However, it turns out that they underestimated what was to come:

"At around 9:767 a.m., another Boeing 9 attacked the South Tower (Building 40) in a similar manner, and then, around 757: a.m., a third Boeing ..."

"..."

Just having said this, Luo Yudong had to stop midway, picked up the teacup and drank a sip of water.

Then came the more important news:

"Around 10 o'clock, that is, about... 15 minutes ago, Building No. had completely collapsed, and the situation of Building No. was also precarious..."

There was a collective gasp in the entire conference room.

Although I was not at the scene and no reliable photos or videos have been sent back yet, it is not difficult to imagine this catastrophic scene even through verbal descriptions.

In order to appear more sociable, Chang Haonan also symbolically expressed some shock.

But in fact, his heart regained its calm.

In addition to these three successful ones, he even knew that another hijacked plane crashed prematurely due to resistance from the passengers.

Otherwise it's bigger.

However, even the Americans themselves have not had the time to put the crash of United Airlines Flight 93 together with the other three incidents.

Just as Chang Haonan was thinking about what the outcome of the upcoming discussion would be, Fu Youquan, who was sitting a few seats away from him, came over at some point.

"Xiao Chang, please explain to me."

The latter looked around and asked in a low voice, somewhat mysteriously:

"This matter...should have nothing to do with you, right?"

"what?"

Chang Haonan felt that he was calm just a second ago, but he was frightened by a sentence and almost jumped out of his chair.

What happened today can be regarded as the biggest blame in the post-Cold War era. Not only him, but even several others cannot bear the responsibility.

So after calming down a little, he quickly shook his head:

"Commander, I guarantee with my Party character that I really had no idea..."

"You...how could you...have such an idea?"

He wanted to say that he didn't like America, but he wasn't anti-human. Not to mention that he didn't have the ability, even if he had the ability, he wouldn't do such a cruel thing.

It will only make the other side more united.

The six months after today will definitely be the period with the strongest cohesion among the opposing sides since World War II.

As for stepping into the quagmire and being unable to pull out, that is purely asking for trouble.

However, in his extreme astonishment, he was unable to express this complex logical relationship.

Therefore, after asking a rhetorical question, although he opened his mouth, no other sound came out in the end.

Fortunately, Fu Youquan didn't really suspect Chang Haonan, he was just so shocked that his mind was confused for a moment.

After seeing the latter's expression of having seen a ghost, he realized that there was something wrong with his thinking, so he adjusted the hem of his uniform awkwardly:

"Ah... I was just confused for a moment... just pretend I didn't ask."

"It's mainly because during the previous Allied Operation, Xiao Chang, your calculations were too accurate and far-sighted. This time, I subconsciously felt that..."

After hearing this explanation, Chang Haonan was stunned.

He actually explained last time that the landing points of those bombs were not calculated in advance. In fact, since JDAM has no gliding capability, it is technically impossible to calculate it in advance.

But apparently no one believed it.

Originally, he held the principle that it is better to save trouble than to worry about it, and thought that the matter was over once it was over.

So I didn't insist on taking myself out of it.

Who would have thought that there would be a sequel waiting here...