Chapter 1055: The Revolt
The pilot and aircrew on the military plane nervously watched Song Jinning search for electromagnetic frequencies. One of the crew members asked, “Director Song, can you determine where the interference is originating from?”
When an aircraft was in flight, it was constantly being exposed to different levels and types of electromagnetic interference.
Therefore, in the beginning, they had not realized that the situation was serious or that there was anything out of the ordinary. They had thought that the aircraft would filter and block it on its own.
Who would have thought that as the aircraft ascended higher and higher, that the electromagnetic interference they had encountered would strengthen?
By the time they realized that the substantial electromagnetic interference was not something that they were capable of dealing with on their own and had planned to report the situation to Huo Shaoheng, he had already taken the initiative and came to them asking about the poor network connection.
Song Jinning attentively watched the data that was appearing on her monitor and explained to them like a teacher explaining new material to her students.
“Usually, there are two primary sources of electromagnetic interference. Those are natural interference and human interference.
“Electrical static from the atmosphere or cosmic noise from outer s.p.a.ce are examples of natural interference. They are the basic components of the Blue Planet’s electromagnetic environment, but they can also interfere with radio communications,” Song Jinning explained.
She continued, saying, “Human interference, as the name implies, is electromagnetic interference generated by artificial devices.
“But human interference can be either pa.s.sive or active.
“Pa.s.sive interference occurs when some electronic devices, such as high-voltage wires or household appliances, unintentionally release a small amount of electromagnetic interference when they perform their regular functions.
“Active human interference comes from devices specifically used to generate electromagnetic interference. For aircrafts, the worst type of electromagnetic interference is usually caused by active human interference,” she said.
The pilot and the aircrew gasped. “Active human interference?! Aimed toward this aircraft?! How is that possible?”
Huo Shaoheng’s military aircraft belonged to the E-01 commander. It was a highly advanced type of aircraft that integrated ground surveillance, air command, and combat control functions. It was like a commanding bastion for flight. It also had the ability to carry and launch interstate missiles and could deploy small nuclear bombs. How could such an aircraft not have strong anti-radiation and anti-jamming capabilities?!!
Of course, it was only a first-generation command aircraft developed by the Huaxia Empire. It was not as mature as other military aircraft in terms of technology, and its anti-jamming capabilities had yet to be tested in actual combat. Therefore, it was possible for such oversights to have happened.
Song Jinning nodded and said calmly, “Active human interference is only the worst-case scenario. As far as I know, there is not yet a device so advanced that it can interfere with aircraft from a distance of 10,000 meters. Besides, this is a military aircraft, and based on the tests I just ran, it is a highly advanced one with an exceptional anti-interference coating. Logically, it should not be so strongly affected by electromagnetic interference at this level.”
In reality, it was suffering from severe electromagnetic interference. So severe that it had almost lost its sense of direction.
Losing its navigation capabilities was one of the worst things that could happen to a plane.
It not only meant that it might not be possible to reach their destination but also meant that it might collide with another aircraft at any moment because they could not tell if they were veering into another plane’s path.
Song Jinning looked up at Huo Shaoheng and saw that he was standing at the front, concentrated on watching the snowy white clouds rolling in front of him against the clear blue sky.
He was entirely relying on his intuition and the direction of the sun to determine their position.
Just as Song Jinning looked up, she noticed a bright little dot from a distance rapidly moving in the direction of their plane!
“Be careful!” she said.
“A plane is coming!” someone shouted.
Everyone in the c.o.c.kpit felt their heart leap into their throats as they watched the aircraft rush towards them.
The pilot of the other plane almost pa.s.sed out at the sight.
Why on earth was another plane on his route and making a beeline toward him!
He repeatedly attempted to call them on the radio, but the other party wouldn’t answer!
He felt a deep sense of despair and was on the verge of reporting to air traffic control that he had encountered a terrorist plane about to attack!
Just as he was about to make the call, the other party’s huge, silvery-white plane raised up into the sky like a white swan, then hurled itself upward!
The clouds were flas.h.i.+ng by quickly, and the blue sky was so close that it seemed within reach.
The elegant and beautiful swan-like aircraft rose vertically at almost a 90-degree angle, leaving a vast vortex of swirling clouds in its wake as a loud explosion could be heard!
This was the first time that the command and control military aircraft E-01 had successfully achieved supersonic flight!
In the c.o.c.kpit, a thunderous applause came from the pilots and aircrew, and it was so loud that it almost rivaled the sonic boom that had just been heard moments before.
The aircraft soared elegantly through the huge cloud vortex it had created.
“The crisis is resolved! The crisis is resolved!” the pilot of the commercial plane shouted into the loudspeaker.
The pilot almost collapsed in the c.o.c.kpit after sending the rea.s.suring message to the pa.s.sengers on the plane.
Those pa.s.sengers, who had feared for their lives, immediately broke out into cheers!
After cheering, everyone collapsed in their seat, anxious to tell their family about the dangerous situation they had just narrowly avoided.
When the captain of the commercial airliner glanced out through the window, he saw only a silver-white swan-like projection. The plane itself had disappeared.
He calmed himself down and reported what he had just experienced to air traffic control. He said, “That plane was not showing on the radar at all. If I hadn’t seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn’t have even known that it was in my path.”
At the same time, Huo Shaoheng was releasing the handbrake, checking the aircraft’s data, and working hard to bring the plane back to the correct route as fast as he could.
Seeing this, Song Jinning was stunned.
During that last moment, she had the urge to rush over and hug her son as tightly as she could, and protect him from the impending danger!
But her son was more competent and capable than she could have ever imagined.
At the last moment, he did his best to lift the plane upwards, successfully avoiding having the two planes collide.
Song Jinning collected herself and wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, increasing the pace at which she issued instructions.
“The equipment we have is incomplete, and the interference cannot be eliminated or blocked. All I can do is conduct some anti-interference measures, which would cancel out the other party’s interference,” she said in a thick, nasally voice.
Anti-interference would not only cancel the effects of the other party’s electromagnetic interference on them, but it could also potentially cause the other party’s equipment to break.
Huo Shaoheng didn’t look back and simply nodded, saying, “Miss Song, please perform the anti-interference measures as soon as possible. I’m worried that more aircraft will appear on this route.”
He had already realized that this was yet another attempt on his life.
Someone wanted to end his life but didn’t have the audacity to do so personally. So, that person was instead employing highly advanced technology to eliminate him without lifting a finger.
“No problem, I have already investigated their electromagnetic frequency and immediately started the anti-jamming process,” Song Jinning said, her voice full of resentment.
Who would dare try to kill her son?!!
Song Jinning adjusted the power of her instrument to its maximum and released electromagnetic signals with the same frequency, but that was more powerful by 10,000 times.
This frequency would only interfere with the equipment that was releasing the electromagnetic interference toward them, and would not affect other aircrafts.
As time ticked by, minute by slow minute, everyone anxiously held their breath. The only noise that could be heard came from various instruments in the c.o.c.kpit.
Very quickly, Huo Shaoheng discovered that Song Jinning’s method had worked.
The electromagnetic sound in his headphones gradually began to louden, and he knew that this meant that their connection with the ground console was in the process of being restored.
The radio communications and networks were also gradually recovering.
“You guys try signaling, and try to get into contact with air control on the ground,” Huo Shaoheng said calmly. “Verify our position and see where we are.”
Glancing at his watch, he saw that it was already one o’clock in the afternoon.
At that point, four full hours had pa.s.sed since they initially took off.
That meant that they had been hovering in the air for almost four hours, and the plane’s fuel was running out.
However, as long as ground contact was restored, it wouldn’t be a problem.
Huo Shaoheng returned control of the plane to the pilot and asked him to contact the military. After determining his position, he called the air tanker to refuel.
…
Hong Kangquan sat in the surveillance room, which was situated on the same floor as the Secret Service’s execution room, and looked at the time.
When he asked a.s.sistant Minister Feng to invite the members of the Special Operations Forces there, it had been nine in the morning.
He had interrogated them for two hours, then used a torture technique he referred to as ‘black light’/ From when he had started until then, another two hours had pa.s.sed. It was almost one o’clock in the afternoon.
It should have been almost time.
Hong Kangquan thought for a moment.
He was trying to force a confession on the whereabouts of The Pink Piggy out of those people, not kill them.
If any of those people were killed during the interrogation process, no matter how much valuable information was extracted, the consequences would outweigh the rewards he would have reaped from the information.
“The operation is over. You can come out now,” Hong Kangquan calmly said into the microphone. He then turned on the execution room’s lights.
The surveillance resumed, and Hong Kangquan looked toward the execution room, antic.i.p.ating his subordinates’ masterpiece.
His eyes grew wide. When he realized what had happened in the execution room, his blood boiled with rage.
Hadn’t he explicitly instructed them to be careful not to leave any external scars during the process?!!
Why do these Special Operations Forces members have swollen faces with bruises and blood on their bodies?!!
There were 27 execution rooms in total, and, without exception, each and every member of the Special Operations Forces had conspicuous injuries on their bodies. They might as well have had ‘I was tortured by the Secret Service!’ written on their faces.
Hong Kangquan was enraged. His nostrils flared, and his face started to twitch.
A bunch of useless idiots!
They don’t even know how to properly beat someone without leaving marks behind!
Hong Kangquan rushed toward the execution room nearest to him, yanked the door open, and roared, “What are you doing?! What did I teach you?”
His subordinate sat in the execution room’s chair and merely stared at him, completely motionless. The smile on his face was stiff and unnatural.
Hong Kang was startled and suddenly thought back to the 27 execution rooms that he had seen on the surveillance monitors just then.
All of his men were sitting in chairs, while the members of the Special Operations Forces were all over the place and in all sorts of positions.
“c.r.a.p,” Hong Kangquan muttered to himself. He was about to leave quickly, but the Special Operations Forces member that had been covered in blood and lying still on the ground sprang up and lunged toward him!
Hong Kangquan managed to dodge him just in time, but the Special Operations Forces member had actually been aiming for the door. While Hong Kangquan had been busy dodging, the man had seized the opportunity to rush out the door.
In a state of panic, Hong Kangquan pulled out his gun and fired two shots toward the man’s back!
However, the man gracefully dropped to the ground and rolled about, successfully dodging the bullets that had been fired at him, then quickly sounded the floor’s alarm!
The buzzing alarm immediately started blaring throughout the Secret Service building, and even several a.s.sistant Ministers were startled.