Everyone involved in the operation arrived at the airport and boarded the C17 transport plane that Long Zhan was familiar with.
Mandy came last and brought some very bad news.
Because we were unable to set off in time last night, we rushed over to lock and monitor the Sagittarius as soon as possible, which resulted in a new situation happening now.
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In order to solve this unexpected situation, Mandy had to call everyone from Team B to temporarily arrange a meeting in the cabin.
He took out a regional map of Southeast Asia, spread it out on a one-meter-high combat readiness box, and drew a circle around one of the areas with a pen.
"The pirates seem to have finally figured out why the Centaur's GPS failed and we lost track of it two hours ago.
The last known location is here and it could go anywhere in the circle."
Mandy drew a larger circle outside the original circle and said: "When the plane takes you there, the area will be further expanded in the past ten hours on the way."
"Sorry to interrupt, how big is this range?" Jason asked.
"About the size of the continental United States."
"..."
The answer Mandy gave left Jason speechless.
Long Zhan and everyone else in Team B present were also speechless.
If the headquarters could do things more simply, this situation would never have happened.
But now that this situation has happened, there is no point in complaining anymore. The only thing we can do now is to find a way to solve the problem as soon as possible.
Find out where the Sagittarius is headed.
"Finding a ship in such a large area is as difficult as finding a needle in a haystack. It is impossible to find it by searching alone. We need to know which direction it is driving first so that we can narrow the search range." Long Zhan said.
"There was definite information in the operation briefing last night. It's heading to Anambas? We can investigate along the direction." Clay said.
"No, no, there's something wrong."
Jason shook his head and frowned and said: "If we were heading to the Anambas Islands before, why didn't they change the direction before disabling the GPS? Misleading is not a clever method."
"Yeah, that's weird."
Hearing what Jason said, Lei also felt there was something wrong and said doubtfully: "Changing the direction can confuse us, but his course did not change before it failed."
"Pirates should all know this common sense trick, but they didn't do it. I think there is only one possibility."
Long Zhan looked around at everyone and said firmly: "These pirates are in a hurry. They have already planned their stopping points and need to reach their destination as quickly as possible.
As long as they are fast enough, they can reach the shore in time and transfer the hostages, and there is no need to mislead them."
"The pirates are in a hurry?"
Inspired by Long Zhan's words, Mandy thought of a possibility and asked Diaz: "Is it typhoon season in the South China Sea now?"
Diaz quickly operated on the computer, locked on Southeast Asia, checked the ocean current and weather information and replied: "Yes, it is indeed typhoon season there now."
"The water speed will be faster during the typhoon season. If pirates want to get rid of the outside world as quickly as possible, the best way is to travel along the ocean current."
The possibility raised by Mandy made everyone in Team B's eyes light up when they heard it.
Jason added: "Driving along the ocean current not only allows you to sail faster, but also saves fuel, travels longer distances, and reduces the possibility of being found."
Some people agree and some hold different opinions.
"Pirates may not be interested in these, and most of them are not very qualified crew members. They don't understand these professional things."
Pirate analyst Sam has his own opinion. He doesn't think the Malacca pirates are so smart and know how to take advantage of the natural environment.
"No matter how unqualified they are, they should at least know how to turn off GPS. I think these pirates are eager to find a hiding place and will use this maritime information."
Mandy still insisted on her opinion, and then asked Diaz: "If they maximize the use of water flow, can we use the current as a navigation trajectory to calculate their landing location?"
"I'll give it a try."
Diaz worked quickly on the computer, inputting data for simulation calculations. Under the computer's rapid calculations, he quickly predicted a destination.
"the Philippines!"
Mandy smiled when she saw this location, and immediately took out her satellite phone and started to contact the bureau, who would coordinate with the Philippine government to assist in the cross-border rescue mission.
The transport plane that was originally parked at the airport and had no idea where to fly finally had a destination.
12 hours later.
The Global Overlord transport plane crossed the Pacific, passed Guam, and was about to arrive in the Philippines.
In order to be able to take action in the early hours of this morning, the AB team needs to start taking action as soon as the plane lands and rush to the mission point as quickly as possible.
This means that all preparations must be completed on the plane in advance.
When the two teams took out their equipment bags and began to put on their equipment and check the supplies, Mandy, as an intelligence officer, was not idle either.
Seize the time to publish all the information collected in these ten hours.
“According to my informant in Jinglanlao Island, the Sagittarius is heading to Iligan City in the Philippines. Of course, I prefer to call it Iligan Island.
Iligan Island has a relatively special location and environment, and has long been a major outbreak site of terrorist activities.
My informant told me that the robbers moved the scientific examination room to Gan Island, not for ransom, but to sell it to local terrorists."
Only about 10 hours later, the destination was the Philippines, and the true purpose of the shouting was found.
It must be said that the CIA is indeed very knowledgeable.
While inspecting his HK416, Jason asked, "Does your informant know who the buyer is?"
"Thurston Howell III, I guess."
The person Sonny was talking about was a character in the sitcom "Gilligan's Island". He was a very funny character who successfully made everyone laugh.
Serious comedy is Sonny's style.
It took Mandy a while to stop laughing, and she turned the computer screen towards Long Zhan and others and said: "The buyer is him, Eduardo Mercado.
We already have definite intelligence showing that he secretly orchestrated the ferry bombing that killed 70 people last month."
"Mercado is crazy!"
Sam added: "He's trying to figure out how to let the world know he's somebody, so he needs to do something big.
According to the information I have received, he wants to buy a few American hostages to be beheaded live online and make himself famous through this method."