Chapter 362 Rossi’s Determination

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 from above, once the altitude of the passenger plane drops below 10,000 feet, I will order to open fire."

"According to the original route, Flight 61 still has at least 2 hours of flight time from Washington DC." Although Rhett 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 has radar tracking, it's impossible for him to find that the military fighter jets have caught up with the passenger plane, right?"

Major Reardon on the other side of the phone didn't understand what he wanted to express and was a little confused, "What do you mean?"

"Ask the F-22 not to accompany the aircraft, stay behind the aircraft, and do not attract the attention of 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 originally planned, so that we will have at least 2 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 give the order to fire."

As she hung up the phone, Jack subconsciously glanced at the electronic map on the navigation screen. It was less than 20 miles away from the coordinates sent by Justin.

"Reed, is it necessary for Washer to hack into the aircraft without those hardware? Satellite communication equipment and the like. Will direct destruction cause the passenger plane to lose control?"

The two cars in front of each other always maintained communication. Reid 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. Our team will be responsible for solving him himself."

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, and he followed Jack's car closely. It only took the two Suburbans more than ten minutes to enter a forest road.

After seeing a mountain cabin in the distance, the 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 had been alone in this ghost place in the wilderness for 8 years. No time was wasted 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 slightly unexpected.

At this time, the back door was opened, and Hotchner walked in with Rhett and Emily. He looked down at the body on the ground, and his expression didn't 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 him that Washer had been killed.

The invaded Flight 61 had just returned to normal, and the pilot was escorted by two F-22s and heading to the nearest airport for an emergency landing.

After that came 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 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 indirectly why they wanted to kill the Washer directly.

As usual, Rosie ordered a bottle of extremely expensive high-end red wine whose name Jack had never even heard of. After sipping a glass, 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 had not officially restored Oppenheimer's reputation.

In the world of his previous life, it would not be until the end of 2022 that Lashby would revoke the penalty of depriving Robert Oppenheimer of his security clearance many years ago and officially vindicate Oppenheimer.

"Oppenheimer was a pure scientist who invented the atomic bomb but was also an advocate against nuclear proliferation and the nuclear arms race."

Rossi's words resonated with Rhett, "In fact, I think nuclear weapons maintain peace among the world's major powers to a certain extent. It seems fragile, but in fact it is strong."