Chapter 2606 - 2670: Drone
"Continue," Li Yifei said noncommittally. What the other party said might not be true because such things could also be accomplished by the Flying Hawk Squad, at least the Flying Hawk Squad he led.
Similarly, the strongest squads from several countries can also achieve this.
"These are Huaxia people. There are very few of them, even only around ten, yet their combat power is extraordinarily strong!"
"How do you know they are Huaxia people?" Li Yifei interrupted him.
Magis immediately said, "It’s a secret. I accidentally overheard them speaking the Chinese language. You know, dealing with Huaxia people happens quite often around here, so I’m not unfamiliar with the Chinese language. They were speaking authentic Chinese, and the crucial point is that I once saw the leader among the ten of them was a Huaxia person. That person had eyes like a hawk, making people feel a shudder when looked at, as if one wants to kneel before him at any moment..."
"Like this?" Li Yifei said quietly. Magis subconsciously glanced over, his heart instantly tightened, and he nodded with chattering teeth, "Yes... like this."
A cultivator? Li Yifei frowned at the thought, and then listened to Magis carefully saying, "That time, we collaborated on something very important!"
"What was it?"
"It was a drone, a Global Hawk Drone from the United States..." Hearing this, Magis noticed the man opposite’s eyes widen somewhat and his eyebrows raise.
All the Global Hawk information resided in Li Yifei’s mind. The Americans waft around the globe with this fighter jet, representing the world’s most advanced technology. The drone is 13.4 meters long, with a wingspan of 35.5 meters, a maximum speed of 740 km/h, and can fly for 42 hours. It can take off from the United States to any location globally for reconnaissance or conduct non-stop surveillance for 24 hours over targets 5500 km away from the base, and return. A complete Global Hawk costs up to $48 million, with research and development costs even exceeding $70 million.
The Global Hawk can simultaneously carry optical, infrared sensing systems, and a synthetic aperture radar. The optical sensor operates in the 0.4 to 0.8-micron band, the infrared sensor in the 3.6 to 5-micron band. The optical system includes third-generation infrared sensors and a KODAK digital charge-coupled device (CCD). The synthetic aperture radar features an X-band, 600MHz, 3.5-kilowatt peak moving target indicator. The radar acquires strip reconnaissance photos with a precision of up to 1 meter, static reconnaissance photos with a precision of up to 0.30 meters. For ground moving targets traveling at 20 to 200 km per hour, it can be accurate up to 7 km. During a mission flight, the Global Hawk can perform wide-area radar searches and provide optical/infrared images within a range of 74,000 square kilometers, with the smallest circular error probability of target location as low as 20 meters. Equipped with a 1.2-meter diameter antenna, the synthetic aperture radar can penetrate clouds and rain, continuously monitoring moving targets.
In the war-torn Middle East, the vast Africa, Huaxia’s South Sea, and many places worldwide, there are traces of the Global Hawk, while American hegemony continuously infringes upon other countries. As a former soldier, Li Yifei led the Flying Hawk Squad to gain glory on the world stage but also knew that in military technology, Huaxia still lagged far behind, especially in high-technology precision. Take drones as an example; the Global Hawk is reputed to be the world’s most advanced drone; this claim is not an exaggeration, so it can invade airspace globally.
But Li Yifei did not expect... that those Huaxia people Magis mentioned managed to obtain a Global Hawk Drone.
It’s a great thing, capturing a complete drone is almost impossible, at such high speeds, even hitting one is very difficult. No, in fact, discovering and tracking a drone model like the Global Hawk is not easy, let alone capturing one. Even if there are occasional records of shooting down, it is damaged.
Like Huaxia, who tries every means to purchase these fallen damages, hoping to gain some crucial information through research, but such chances are very small, truly very small. Li Yifei once went on a mission to infiltrate the Middle East region and secretly negotiate the purchase of a piece of debris, even though such a fragment might yield nothing, it was immensely valuable.
"A complete drone?" Li Yifei asked.
Magis nodded forcefully, affirmatively saying, "It’s complete, a very complete drone."
"How is that possible!" Li Yifei doubted.
"I originally thought the same, so it shows their ability is truly very strong. The drone is intact, I saw it with my own eyes, although I am just a middleman."
"Explain in detail," Li Yifei said, his face unchanged.
Magis recounted the process, but as he said, he was just a middleman, so he didn’t know much. Li Yifei heard Magis mention a man, a guy named Laxman. The deal could be made because Laxman acted as the intermediary, with his guarantee, making the deal successful.
"Laxman? Where is he?" Li Yifei asked in a deep voice, already eager to uncover the relationship here. Even with his current strength, obtaining a fully intact Global Hawk Drone is not easy, even unlikely. The Americans are extremely careful with this type of drone, almost impossible to fall into others’ hands.
And this Laxman is the one who connects contacts. Li Yifei wants to investigate further, and he must find him.
Magis shook his head and said, "Laxman is a very mysterious person. Like you, he is one of our local gods’ apostles, possessing unimaginable power, so I don’t know how to find him. Well, to be precise, those few times, he came directly to me, but I couldn’t find him."
"There is always a way, isn’t there?" Li Yifei squinted his eyes at Magis.
Magis shook his head with embarrassment and said, "There really is no way, sir. I’ve already told you everything I know, which goes against professional ethics. If those people find out, they’ll come to silence me in minutes. So... if I knew anything about Laxman, I’d definitely tell you."
"Even if you don’t know his exact location, you surely know something, Magis."
Magis looked at Li Yifei painfully, his facial features almost squeezed together and said, "Sir, Lord Laxman is... he possesses magical powers, like a deity. If he’s angry, I... no, everyone here would bury with him."
"Perhaps you misunderstand me; the deity you mentioned... am I not the same?" Li Yifei smiled faintly.
"Yes, yes, I... I’ll speak!" Magis thought of his previous fear, nodded hastily, and said, "I know he often appears near Kirgis... or near Huaxia, I don’t know exactly. Please forgive me, I’m just an arms dealer..."
"Seen his appearance?"
"No... never seen him. Actually, what you give me the same feeling, both are so unfathomable, so mysterious, I don’t know how to describe that feeling... so I feel very afraid of you, a deep fear from the heart!"
"He must have some unique marks, otherwise how can you let me find him?" Li Yifei said.
"I really don’t know!"
"Well, another point, where was the drone transported to?"
"To the bay, delivered to a military port, then I don’t know. Uh... I can provide a clue, but I really don’t know the follow-up. However, I guess... the other party should be the Englishman, or some European country, specifically, I don’t know. Of course, there might also be those domineering Americans."
Although they have escaped British control, some places in India are still very fond of the United Kingdom, and the UK has some control over this area, so it’s quite possible the Englishman acquired the drone.
Similarly, losing a complete Global Hawk Drone is a significant blow to the Americans. If these people know the clue, they’ll undoubtedly try their best to take it back. Li Yifei nodded and said, "You’ve answered honestly!"
Magis instinctively nodded, looked at Li Yifei, and saw the other party suddenly grow extremely tall, several meters, dozens of meters high, appearing very scary. He widened his eyes in fear, and then knew nothing.
Li Yifei threw Magis onto the bed, and before leaving, he saw several bottles of good wine on the bar shelf. He picked up a bottle, opened it, drank a mouthful, made a round around the barracks, discarded the bottle, burped, and began to flicker, speeding back at extreme speed.
Initially thinking he would return empty-handed today, surprisingly he managed to gain something as soon as he arrived, which caught Li Yifei off guard. Having a gain is good. Now at least two clues are known, one is Laxman’s clue, the other is the military port...The latter is harder to investigate, the former... as long as he exists, Li Yifei is confident to find him.
Kashmir is not big but not small; Li Yifei stayed here a few days, already walked some time.
Returning to the residence, Li Yifei summarized the fragmented information and gently nodded; the Huaxia group should not be the Flying Hawk Squad. As the strongest combat squad of Huaxia, their discipline has always been the strongest and strictest. Every mission will be thoroughly recorded, and the journey completely filed. On a scale of ten-person actions, if there’s no file, it’s basically impossible, especially... involving a possibly captured complete Global Hawk Drone, which would be shocking if spread nationwide.
Capture implies the potential to break down some useful information and the complete structure, which is also a huge boost to the development of domestic drones.
Therefore, Li Yifei still doesn’t want to believe this matter involves the Flying Hawk Squad because if he acquired the Drone, he would inevitably bring it back to the country immediately, for experts to break it down...