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  POPEZA NKHONDO YA STALIN-12
  MALANGIZO
  Ndi November 1942 kale. Kunayamba kugwa chipale chofewa. Asilikali achitsamunda a Britain adasamukira ku Central Asia. Koma chipani cha Nazi chinachepetsa kuukira kwawo ku Moscow. Ngakhale kuti chisanu, asungwana a Komsomol amamenyanabe opanda nsapato ndi bikinis, ndipo ngakhale anyamata apainiya amawonetsa zidendene zawo, zofiira chifukwa cha kuzizira.
  . MUTU 1
  Ndi November 1942 kale. Kumenyanako kunachepa pang'ono. Kunayamba kuzizira ndipo matalala anayamba kugwa. Zakhaladi zowopsa kumenyana, makamaka kwa migwirizano.
  Ndipo chokhumudwitsa chachikulu cha mphamvu za Axis chinasamutsidwa ku Central Asia, kumene nyengo imakhala yotentha ngakhale panthawiyi. Inde, mutha kugwiritsa ntchito mayunitsi anu atsamunda bwino kwambiri.
  Atsikana a Komsomol adapanga maulendo ang'onoang'ono, osagwirizana. Iyi inali njira yawo. Ndipo zinali ndi zotsatirapo zina.
  Natasha nawonso nawo pa nkhondo. Apa ndi gulu la iwo okha bikini kuukira asilikali German.
  Atsikanawo anaponya mabomba ndi zala zawo zopanda kanthu. Ndipo iwo adathamangira kuthawa, akuthwanima zidendene zawo, pinki kuchokera kuchisanu.
  Natasha anaimbanso mwachidwi kukondweretsa okongola omwe anali achisoni chifukwa cha nkhondo yosapambana;
  Atalowa ku Komsomol, adalumbira,
  Kulemekeza mbendera yopatulika ya Soviet ...
  Mamembala a Komsomol adzakhala nthawi yokolola,
  Chifukwa Bambo ndi amayi athu!
  
  Gulu lankhondo la Wehrmacht linaukira athu,
  Dziko lalikulu, lowala ...
  Ndipo a Kraut adasakaniza phala ndi magazi.
  Kuyitanira satana mumgwirizano ndi nyanga!
  
  Koma atsikana akufuna kulimbana ndi mdani,
  Ndipo pamodzi ndi iwo kerubi wonyezimira...
  Sitichita manyazi ndi moto wonyezimira,
  Tiyeni tigonjetse kukula kwa chilengedwe!
  
  Ndife ankhondo, ngakhale tikadali atsikana,
  Ma blondes okongola ...
  Ndipo mawu aang'ono amamveka bwino,
  Tiyeni tikondwerere kupambana kwa cosmic!
  
  Kwa ulemerero wa chikominisi, Lenin wanzeru,
  Anaika chisindikizo choyera pa ife...
  Tsoka ilo, mibadwo yambiri idzadutsa,
  Pamene tikumanga dziko la chikominisi!
  
  Stalin adatipatsa lamulo loti tithane ndi gululo,
  Kugonjetsa ma fascists pankhondo yoopsa ...
  Ndinanyamula mfuti yamakina pamodzi ndi chikwama changa,
  Ndinaphunzira pasukulupo kwa zaka zisanu zokha!
  
  Tsopano atsikana opanda nsapato kuzizira,
  Kuseka ndi kuseka, wonyada akuthamanga ...
  Kuluma, ndipatseni duwa, kukongola,
  Pakhale chitonthozo m'chilengedwe chonse!
  
  Tikulimbana opanda nsapato pafupi ndi Moscow,
  Nchifukwa chiyani atsikana okongola amafunikira nsapato?
  Ndipo mlengalenga ndi wabuluu ...
  Wachifasisti woyipa akuthamangitsidwa kumapazi ake!
  
  Ndife atsikana okongola osayerekezeka,
  Tili ndi moto, maloto amphepo ...
  Chikondi chingakhale chachilendo nthawi zina
  Pamene muli ndi mwamuna ngati kwanthawizonse!
  
  Ndimapsopsona bwino, ndimaukira,
  Kuponya bomba - Matigari adaphulitsidwa ...
  Phazi lako lozizira lopanda kanthu,
  Kutenthetsa lawi, ngakhale kwakanthawi!
  
  Ndipo a Krauts adavuta kwambiri,
  Kuchokera kwa atsikana okhala ndi chikwanje chamoto...
  Tiyeni titsilize kukhulupirira chikominisi kwa mailosi,
  Ndi phazi lanu lachikazi lopanda kanthu!
  
  Ndinamenya nkhondo molimba mtima, sindinasiye moyo wanga.
  Iye anachita zozizwitsa zotere...
  Ndipo popanda manyazi adamenya mdaniyo,
  Abwere kasupe wopambana!
  
  Zomwe Fuhrer adayiwala mwangozi ndi ife,
  Ndinkafuna kupeza malo, akapolo osavuta ...
  Koma a Fritz adalakwitsa, mukudziwa kwambiri,
  Poganizira anthu aku Russia ngati ankhanza!
  
  Poyankha, ma grenade amawuluka mu arc,
  Mtsikana amaponya bwanji phazi lopanda kanthu...
  Ndipo mfuti zamakina zimawombera molondola kwambiri,
  Ndiwe Fuhrer wopanda aliyense, phimba iye!
  
  Ndife atsikana abwino a Komsomol,
  Tigwira Moscow, mukudziwa kuti motsimikiza ...
  Ndipo tidzawoloka mzere popanda kukonzekera,
  Tiyeni timange ngakhale paradaiso wachikominisi!
  
  Padzakhala zabwino m'dziko loyera la Soviet,
  Chikominisi chowala chidzawuka...
  Ndipo Hitler adzalandira chilango ndi bayonet,
  Tiyeni tigonjetse fascism yachangu!
  
  Ndife atsikana okonda dziko lathu,
  Simungatipeze mozizira, mokweza ...
  Tili opanda nsapato, koma nsapato zikudikirira,
  Kupatula apo, palibe ngakhale makumi awiri!
  
  Unyamata wotere, ndipo ndi wokoma,
  Tidzazindikira ndikuwona utsi mwa iye ...
  Chokoleti akutiyembekezera posachedwa,
  Ndi mphatso yopenga chabe yochokera kwa Mulungu!
  
  Kondani Khristu, pembedzani Mulungu,
  Pamene Iye abwera posachedwa ndi mphatso...
  Pa Isitala padzakhala mikate ya Isitala ndi mazira,
  Onse amene adzaukitsidwa - ulemerero ndi ulemu!
  
  Chifukwa chake atsikana, pukutani misozi yanu,
  Amuna inu simuyenera kulira ...
  Ndikhulupirireni, chisanu choopsa chidzadutsa,
  Ndipo ndikhulupirireni, tidzakhala athanzi!
  
  Pamene Berlin ili ndi atsikana pansi pathu,
  Tiyenda opanda nsapato m'misewu ...
  Tsopano ndife mafumu ndi oweruza a fascists,
  Ndipo fulakesi idzapsa ndi golidi m'minda!
  Umu ndi momwe atsikana omvera amayimba mozizira komanso mokongola, mabere ndi ntchafu zawo sizikutidwa ndi nyengo yozizira yokhala ndi timinofu tating'ono.
  Chabwino, atsikana samataya mtima ndipo samagonja. Izi ndi zokongola chabe zolembedwa.
  Ndipo okoma mtima oterowo amasiya zizindikiro za miyendo yawo yokoma ndi yokopa.
  Ankhondo ndi okongola mwapang'ono. Ndipo basi wapamwamba kalasi kukongola.
  Kuopsa kwa nkhondoyi tsopano kuli kum'mwera. Asitikali amgwirizano azungulira pafupifupi Ashgabat. Ndipo nkhondo zowopsa zikuchitikira mzindawo.
  Anyamata a upainiya a ku Turkmen ndi aku Russia akumenyana kuno.
  Akmal ndi Oleg - woyamba ali ndi tsitsi lakuda ndi mdima wakuda, wachiwiri ndi tsitsi la blond, ndipo ngakhale pafupifupi wakuda ngati zoipa. Anyamata onse awiri anali opanda nsapato, atavala zazifupi, ndipo anamanga matayezi ofiira m"khosi.
  Amamenyana ndi ukali ndi kulimbika kwakukulu. Amasonyeza ubwana wawo wachibwana ndikuimba nthawi imodzi;
  Ndine mpainiya wopanda nsapato,
  Ndimakonda Russia, Dziko Loyera la Amayi ...
  Takhala chitsanzo ku dziko la Atate wathu,
  Chilakolako choyaka, ngakhale chopanda dziko!
  
  Ndi grenade, ndidzathamangira pa thanki,
  Osachita mantha ndi mtsinje wa mfuti zamakina ...
  The Fuhrer adzalandira nickel kuchokera kwa ine -
  Pakhale ntchito yofulumira posachedwa!
  
  Ndine mpainiya waku Soviet kwa anthu,
  Stalin wanzeru adatipatsa lamulo ...
  Ndipo Hitler ndi wodabwitsa,
  Mitsempha yathu ikhale yachitsulo!
  
  Ndikukhulupirira kuti tidzagonjetsa ma fascists,
  Kunena zowona, izi ndi zoona, ndikudziwa izi motsimikiza ...
  Pamwamba pathu pali kerubi wa Yesu,
  Adzakuwonetsani njira yopititsira kumwamba mwachangu!
  
  Kwa ulemerero wa Amayi athu oyera,
  Atsikana opanda nsapato adzamenyana ...
  Ndipo mukudziwa kuti mpainiya wankhondo ndi wabwino,
  Ndipo mawu a anyamatawa ndi omveka bwino!
  
  Tidzafika pamwamba pa cosmic,
  Ngati palibe ulesi ndi ulesi ...
  Kwa ife, Stalin mwiniwake akuwoneka ngati Mulungu,
  Ndipo Lenin ndi wowala popanda kulakwitsa!
  
  Ndine mpainiya, ndikhulupirireni, ndibwera ku Berlin,
  Atsikana ndi ine tikhala tikuthamanga mothamanga ...
  Ndipo Fuhrer adzawotcha ku Jahannama;
  Zikuoneka kuti burgher anali ataledzera ndi mowa!
  
  Tidzalemekeza Rus mu Orthodoxy,
  Ngakhale nthawi zina ansembe, tsoka, amakhala achinyengo ...
  Koma menyerani iye ndipo musachite mantha,
  Ndiwe mpainiya wolimba mtima mnyamata, ndikhulupirire!
  
  Ndili pafupi ndi Moscow, ndili mwana,
  Ndinali ndi zaka khumi zokha basi...
  Koma adawonetsanso a Krauts ntchito,
  Anapumira mwamphamvu mphuno ya mdaniyo!
  
  Ndipo Stalingrad ili ngati loto kwa aku Germany,
  Manda anakulira pamenepo a chipani cha Nazi...
  Tinakantha Wehrmacht,
  Akerubi amavala mapiko achitsulo!
  
  Koma mtsikanayo ndi ine tinali opanda nsapato,
  Ndipo iwo anathamanga kupyola mu chisanu ndi zidendene zopanda kanthu...
  Kutenthetsa pambuyo pake ndi madzi otentha,
  Mu kulingalira kwa chikominisi iwo anapereka!
  
  Ndinawombera a Krauts ndi mfuti yosavuta,
  Ndipo, ndikhulupirireni, adagunda molondola kwambiri ...
  Kupatula apo, kwa ine Suvorov ndiyabwino,
  Ndipo Hitler posachedwapa adzakhala mu khola lamphamvu!
  Ndikanamuzunza ndi kumuwombera.
  Ndipo mudzakhuta kwamuyaya, ana!
  Umu ndi mmene apainiya amayimba mokhudzidwa mtima kwambiri. Ndipo nyimbo yawo imakhudzadi mtima ndi kuuchititsa kunjenjemera! Ichi ndi chinthu chosayerekezeka nacho.
  Ndipo anawo amawombera mfuti. Mitu yakuda, yofiyira, ndi yofiirira, anyamata ndi atsikana akumenyana mwa ngwazi. Ndipo zikuwoneka bwino kwambiri.
  Mgwirizanowu ukupitabe patsogolo, koma ukukumana ndi kulimbikira kodabwitsa komanso kodabwitsa kwa ngwazi zaupainiya.
  Ana kuno amabweretsa zipolopolo ku mizinga, ndi malamba ku makina mfuti. Ndipo iwo okha moto. Zidendene zawo zopanda kanthu, zotuwa pang'ono ndi fumbi, zimangoti biriwiri. Anyamatawa ndizomwe timafunikira.
  Ankhondo achichepere amamenya nkhondo mowopsa kwambiri.
  Oleg anaponya grenade kwa Arabu mu gulu lankhondo British ndipo anaimba:
  Mukuwona, zipilala zimamangidwa kuchokera m'mabuku,
  Ngwazi zinatuluka ndikukhala ngwazi...
  Stalin adatumiza apainiyawo kuti awononge -
  Titsegula akaunti yopambana!
  Titsegula akaunti yopambana!
  Akmal anagwedeza mutu ndipo, akuponya bomba ndi phazi lake lopanda kanthu, lachibwana, akufuula:
  - M'dzina la malingaliro osafa a chikominisi,
  Tikuwona tsogolo la dziko lathu ...
  Ndipo mbendera yofiira, dziko la makolo owala,
  Nthawi zonse tidzakhala okhulupirika mopanda dyera!
  Choncho anyamata awiriwa amamenyana mogwira mtima komanso mwachidwi, monganso ana ena.
  Panthawi imodzimodziyo, mamembala a Komsomol akumenyana, akuwonetsa ma aerobatics awo apamwamba komanso osasunthika.
  Onse ndi olimba mtima komanso aluso. Ndipo ankhondowo ndi okongola kwambiri komanso apadera. Kodi tingayerekeze n"chiyani ndi zofanana ndi zimenezi? Ngati chinachake chiridi chofanana ndi anthu onga iwo?
  Atsikana amatchetcha mizati yomwe ikupita patsogolo ya otsutsa ndikuimba;
  Ndine membala wa Komsomol, nyimbo yanga imamveka,
  Ndine wonyadira kuti ndinabadwa m'zaka za Okutobala ...
  Mitsinje yamphepo imathamanga m'nyengo ya masika;
  Sitidzakhala ndi moyo kwa Bambo pachabe!
  
  Pamene chipani cha Nazi chinasamukira ku Russia,
  Lipenga lowopsa lidawomba...
  Ndipo iwe msungwana, khala wolimba mtima, usakhale wamantha,
  Kufera kunkhondo n"zachabechabe!
  
  Ndipo tsopano ndikulimbana kwambiri ndi mdani.
  Ndikuwombera molondola kuchokera pamfuti yamakina ...
  Kuzizira, mtsikana atavala siketi, wopanda nsapato.
  Ndi mbalame youluka molimba mtima!
  
  Ayi, sitidzadzipereka kwa a fascists, dziwani zimenezo
  Kwa ife, ndiwe nokha, Mayi Russia ...
  Tiyeni timange paradaiso wodabwitsa padziko lapansi,
  Yehova, Mulungu Wam"mwambamwamba Mesiya, adzabwera!
  
  Ndipo Lenin adzakhala nafe mpaka kalekale,
  Timapanga chifuniro champhamvu kuposa chitsulo chankhondo ...
  Mamembala a Komsomol ali achinyamata,
  Ndipo bambo athu ndi comrade wanzeru Stalin!
  
  Ndipo ndimakonda opanda nsapato mu chipale chofewa,
  Thamangani, zidendene zanu zikung'anima m'chipale chofewa ...
  Ndidula mutu wa bastard wa fascist,
  Chilango chikuyembekezera Hitler freaks!
  
  Tiyeni tigonjetse fascism iyi,
  Ndipo posachedwa mudzakhala pafupi ndi Berlin ...
  Kuti kubwezera kwankhanza sikubwere,
  Pamene Fuhrer wagona, ndi manja a wosewera!
  
  Kukonda Khristu polowa mu Komsomol,
  Atsikana, anyamata - adalonjezana limodzi ...
  Fascism idzagonjetsedwa kotheratu
  Ndipo tidzaona chikominisi patali!
  
  Tikabwera ku Berlin kuyimba,
  Ndipo ife tikwezera mbendera yofiira pamwamba pa mzinda...
  Tidzayimba molimba mtima nyimbo ya Khristu,
  Ndani adzakhala nafe lero!
  
  Ndipo Lenin, Stalin - muli m'mitima yathu,
  Tikuyenda mukupanga atsikana a Komsomol ...
  Tidzatsitsimutsa chikominisi ichi m'maloto,
  Ndipo udzakhala Edeni watsopano kwa anthu!
  Choncho mokongola ndi kumva kukongola anaitenga ndikuyimba. Ndipo zinali zabwino kwambiri.
  Chabwino, atsikana a Komsomol - ndinu akazi apamwamba. Kalasi yanu ndi yapamwamba kwambiri. Ndipo makamaka ngati amaponya mabomba ndi mapazi opanda kanthu ndikuphwanya magalimoto a Nazi.
  Koma nthawi yomweyo, pali omenyera mbali ya Germany.
  Apa Gerda akugwira ntchito ndi gulu lake pa thanki ya Panther, kuwombera zipolopolo zolondola pa adani. Ndipo makumi atatu ndi anai anaponyedwa pansi.
  Gerda amapondaponda mapazi ake opanda kanthu ndikukuwa:
  - Ulemerero kwa Fatherland - ulemerero,
  Panther rod forward...
  Magawano okhala ndi mbendera yofiira -
  Moni kwa anthu aku Russia!
  Ndipo wankhondoyo atenga ndikugwedeza abs ake ndi chokoleti chake.
  Charlotte nayenso anawombera, kuphwanya mizinga ya Soviet ndipo anati:
  - Zilowerere, zilowerere,
  Stalin wocheperako
  Zilowerereni, zilowerereni,
  Socialist ndi demokalase!
  
  Tiyeni tiphwasule dziko
  Vampire wachiwewe ali nafe ...
  Adzakwinya ku Gahena
  Ndipo cheza pa hule!
  Kenako Christina anathamangitsa mbiya Panther. Chigobacho chinatulukanso ndi mphamvu yaikulu ndikugunda matope a Soviet, kupha antchito.
  Atsikana nthawi yomweyo amalumphira pa thanki ndikukuwa. Izi zidawoneka bwino kwambiri.
  Kenako Magda anali womaliza kuwombera. Anachitenga ndikudutsa m'mabwalo a Soviet, kupha anyamatawo ndikugwedeza:
  Chinthu chachikulu, atsikana, musamakalamba mumtima mwanu,
  Ngakhale mutatero, yembekezerani!
  Umu ndi momwe kukongola kokongola kumeneku kunaperekera. Ndipo iye analira, kusonyeza mano ake.
  Chabwino, gulu lasonkhana pano - womenyana, wina anganene.
  Chabwino, atsikana ndi ozizira kwambiri.
  Koma anazunza mpainiyayo. Iwo anatenga mnyamatayo nayamba kumusungunula wamoyo mu asidi. Zinalidi zankhanza. Zoterezi ndizosayerekezeka komanso zakupha.
  Eya, akazi apa ndi abwino kwambiri. Atsikana awa ndi bedlam koyera ndipo adzakwiya kwambiri kuti sasiya.
  Ndipo kusungunula mnyamata ndi asidi ndi nkhanza zazikulu.
  Ndipo kotero iwo anayamba kutentha mpainiya ndi moto, ndipo ngakhale kuyatsa tsitsi lake pamoto. Awa ndi mahule.
  Ndipo kumalo ena, opha anthu aku Germany adafunsa membala wa Komsomol yemwe adagwidwa. Mtsikana wokongola, wovula mpaka panti. Anandimanga manja kumbuyo n"kundiyendetsa popanda nsapato kupyola chipale chofewa. Ndipo apolisi anayenda pambuyo pake ndikumukwapula iye ndi zikwapu.
  Msungwanayo anasiya mapazi ake okongola, opanda nsapato a mapazi okongola, onyezimira, achikazi.
  Ndipo zinkawoneka bwino komanso zoziziritsa kukhosi. Uyu analidi mtsikana. Ndipo mapazi ake opanda kanthu mu chisanu anasanduka ofiira ngati mapazi a atsekwe, ndipo ankawoneka wokongola kwambiri.
  Ndipo msungwana wopanda nsapato, pansi pa kukwapulidwa kwa zikwapu, akuwongola chithunzi chake monyada ndikutulutsa chifuwa chake, adayimba;
  Dziko la Abambo linatipatsa kuwala kwa ufulu,
  Nyanja yachikondi yosatha...
  Anthu agwirizane
  Pambuyo pake, alibe njira ina ...
  Pambuyo pake, alibe njira ina ...
  
  Rus 'ndi nyali yapadziko lonse lapansi,
  Motherland: chikondi chachikulu ...
  Ngakhale ana amaseka ndi chisangalalo m'menemo.
  Ngakhale nthawi zina magazi amayenda ngati mtsinje,
  Nthawi zina magazi amayenda!
  
  Panali fascism, yothamangitsidwa ndi bayonet,
  Tinagonjetsa Wehrmacht molimba mtima ...
  Dziko lapansi lidakhala chete.
  Mtsinje wa gulu lachitsulo laphwanyidwa,
  Mafunde a gulu lachitsulo laphwanyidwa!
  
  Koma kachiwiri mabingu akuwala kwambiri,
  Mvula yamkuntho ikuthamanga, mphepo yamkuntho yoipa ...
  Penapake ana akugwetsa misozi.
  Nyanja ikubuula, nyanja ikubuula,
  Ndipo nyanja ikuwira ngati phiri lophulika!
  
  Tidatsegula dziko lapansi kwa amitundu,
  Njira yopita ku zolengedwa zakumwamba kwamuyaya ...
  Ntchito za ngwazi zimayimbidwa,
  Stalin ndi nyenyezi yamuyaya ...
  Stalin ndi nyenyezi yamuyaya!
  
  Padzakhala mtendere kosatha, khulupirirani mmodzi,
  Chikominisi chopatulika chidzatigwirizanitsa!
  + Ndipo akerubi akukwera pamwamba pathu.
  Adaphwanya fascism mpaka kalekale,
  Kuwononga fascism kwamuyaya!
  
  Ndipo ku Russia mbendera ya chikominisi,
  Adzakhala pamwamba pa dziko lapansi kwamuyaya ...
  Khamu la capitalism silibwera,
  Dzikolo lapakidwa utoto wofiira,
  Dzikolo lapakidwa utoto wofiira!
  Mtsikana wa Komsomol adayimba mwachidwi komanso mwamphamvu. Ndipo izo zinkawoneka zodabwitsa kwambiri ndi zoziziritsa kukhosi. Uyu ndiye wankhondo amene mukufuna.
  Ndipo ndithudi iwo anapitiriza kumuzunza iye. Ananditengera kukhumbiko n"kundimangirira pamtengo.
  Ndipo anayamba kumupaka ndudu zamoto pachifuwa chake chopanda kanthu.
  Mtsikanayo anabuula ndi ululu, koma sananene kalikonse. Anapirira kuwotchedwa ndi moto.
  Kenako anayamba kuponya ndudu zawo m"mapazi opanda kanthu. Ndipo munasankha mfundo zomveka kwambiri pamapazi. Atsikanawo anabuula ndi ululu, ndipo milomo yake yowuma, yosweka inanong'ona:
  - Sindidzanena! sindidzanena! sindidzanena!
  Inde, anali wokongola wosasweka. Ndipo magulu atsopano owonjezereka anapita kunkhondo. Mkhalidwewo unapitirizabe kukula. Mkhalidwewo unakhala wowopsa kwambiri ndi wowopsa.
  Natasha mokwiya anati:
  - Musiyeni Fuhrer wadazi uyu afe!
  Zoya adavomereza kuti:
  - Palibe malo a chinjoka chamvula Padziko Lapansi!
  Umu ndi mmene atsikanawo ankachitira. Ndipo anachita mwaukali kwambiri ndiponso mopambanitsa.
  Ndipo ngati ayamba, palibe amene angawaletse.
  Mnyamata mpainiya Gulliver anafunsa atsikanawo kuti:
  - Kodi adzamenyana?
  Iwo anayankha mogwirizana:
  Tiyenera, tiyenera, tiyenera kukhulupirira zozizwitsa,
  M'malo mofuna kapena ayi,
  Chifuniro! Chifuniro! Chifuniro!
  Ndipo asungwana anachitenga icho ndipo anagwedeza miyendo yawo yopanda kanthu, yotsetsereka. Ndipo maso awo anali owopsa kwambiri.
  Mpainiyayo Gulliver ndiye anakunga zibakera zake nayamba kuimba;
  Kumenyera Motherland mpaka kumapeto,
  Monga momwe Stalin wonyezimira adatilamulira ...
  Tiyeni tipangitse mitima yathu kugunda limodzi,
  Minofu yathu ikhale yamphamvu kuposa chitsulo!
  
  The heroic destiny of the fatherland,
  Kumenyera Amayi anga opatulika ...
  Tili ndi zinthu zambiri zofunika kuchita,
  Kupatula apo, anthu aku Russia akhala akudziwa momwe angamenyere nkhondo!
  
  Ngakhale kuti anali mpainiya chabe,
  Koma ndipereka moni kwa Bambo anga ...
  Ndipo ine ndidzakhala wamng'ono, dziwani chitsanzo,
  Ine ndimakhulupirira mu Russia kukhala pansi pa chikominisi!
  
  Tidzamanga, ndikhulupirireni, dziko laulemerero,
  Momwe, ndikhulupirireni, sipadzakhala umphawi ...
  Timakondwerera phwando kumeneko kwaulere,
  Ndipo anthu adzakhalabe osangalala mpaka kalekale!
  
  Kenako malotowo adzakwaniritsa lonjezo lake.
  Kwa ulemerero wa mibadwo yowala...
  Stalin mwiniwake akuyaka ngati nyenyezi yowala,
  Ndipo mphunzitsi wathu wa proletarian Lenin!
  
  Ndipo ifenso timakhulupirira mwa Mulungu, tikhulupirireni,
  Pempherani kwa Khristu popanda malingaliro achiwiri ...
  Lolani chilombo kudziko lapansi la gehena
  Tidzalandilidwa ndi chithunzi chabwino kuchokera pazithunzi!
  
  Tiyeni tibwere kwa Khristu pansi pa mbendera ya chipani,
  Tidzamanga socialism ndi communism ...
  Ndikhulupirira kuwala, ndikubweretsa chiyembekezo,
  Kuti aliyense akhale ngwazi yayikulu!
  
  Mgwirizano WA CIA MOSADA NDI RUSSIA MAFIA
  MALANGIZO
  Ludzu lopeza phindu lophatikizana limakankhira maofesala azidziwitso, mitundu yosiyanasiyana ya oyenda, ndi mamembala amagulu kuti achite zolakwa. Ndipo mafia aku Russia akufalitsa mahema ake ndikupanga nthambi pafupifupi padziko lonse lapansi. Ndipo pali kulimbana koopsa kwa kugawanso magawo a chikoka.
  
  PROLOGUE
    
    
  Kubwezera ndi mtundu wa chilungamo chakuthengo.
    
  - SIR FRANCIS BACON
    
    
    
  SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA
  APRIL 2016
    
    
  "Madona ndi mabwana," wogwira ntchito m"ndegeyo anatero polankhula ndi anthu onse m"ndegeyo, "ndiloleni ndikhale woyamba kukulandirani pa bwalo la ndege la Patrick S. McLanahan International Airport ku Sacramento, kumene kuli 8 koloko 5 koloko madzulo nthaŵi yakumaloko. Anapitirizabe ndi machenjezo anthawi zonse okhudza kukhala pansi atamanga malamba ndi kuyang'anira zinthu zotayirira m'mabini apamtunda pamene ndegeyo inkafika pachipata.
    
  Mmodzi mwa okwera m"kalasi loyamba, atavala suti yamalonda ndi malaya oyera a Oxford opanda tayi, anayang"ana m"magazini yake modabwa. "Anatcha Sacramento International pambuyo pa General Patrick McLanahan?" - adafunsa mnzake yemwe amakhala pafupi naye. Analankhula mawu a ku Ulaya pang'ono, zomwe zinachititsa kuti zikhale zovuta kudziwa dziko limene ankachokera kwa anthu ena omwe anakhala nawo pafupi. Anali wamtali, wadazi, koma wa mbuzi wakuda, wokongoletsedwa bwino, komanso wowoneka bwino ngati katswiri wothamanga yemwe wangopuma kumene.
    
  Mayiyo adamuyang'ana modabwa. "Siukudziwa zimenezo?" - iye anafunsa. Kalankhulidwe kake kamafanana ndi ka ku Ulaya, koma anthu ena amene anakwera m'makutu ankavutika kuti adziwe. Monga bwenzi lake, iye anali wamtali, wokongola, koma osati wachigololo, ali ndi tsitsi lalitali la blondi atapachikika, mawonekedwe othamanga ndi mataya okwera. Anali atavala suti ya bizinesi, yokonzedwa kuti iwoneke ngati si yamalonda, yoyenda. Iwo ndithudi ankawoneka ngati banja lamphamvu.
    
  "Ayi. Mwasungira tebulo, osayiwala. Komanso, nambala ya eyapoti pa tikiti imawerengedwabe kuti 'SMF' pomwe inali Sacramento Metropolitan Field.
    
  "Chabwino, uwu ndi Sacramento-McLanahan Field tsopano," mayiyo adatero. "Zokwanira bwino mukandifunsa. Ndikuganiza kuti ndi ulemu waukulu. Patrick McLanahan anali ngwazi yeniyeni. " Anthu amene anadutsa m"kanjira kuchokera ku banjali, ngakhale kuti ankanamizira kuti sakumvetsera, anavomera ndi mutu kusonyeza kuvomereza.
    
  "Sindikuganiza kuti tikudziwa theka la zomwe mnyamatayu wachita pa ntchito yake - zonsezi zidzasankhidwa kwa zaka zosachepera makumi asanu," adatero bamboyo.
    
  "Chabwino, zomwe tikudziwa ndizokwanira kuti dzina lake lilembedwe pabwalo la ndege mumzinda womwe adabadwiramo," adatero mayiyo. "Ayenera kukhala chipilala chake ku Arlington National Cemetery." Kuvomereza kowonjezereka kuchokera kwa omwe adazungulira banjali.
    
  Kupereka msonkho kwa a Patrick McLanahan mnyumba yosungiramo zidapitilirabe atasiya ndege. Pakatikati pa bwalo lalikululo panayima chiboliboli chamkuwa cha mapazi khumi cha Patrick pa chopondapo cha mapazi asanu ndi limodzi, atanyamula chisoti chowuluka chaukadaulo m'dzanja limodzi ndi PDA m'dzanja lina. Chala chakumanja cha chibolibolicho chinanyezimira pamene anthu odutsa ankachisisita kuti apeze mwayi. Makomawo anakutidwa ndi zithunzi za Patrick, zosonyeza zochitika m"ntchito yake yonse ya usilikali ndi mafakitale. Pamapulogalamu owonetsera, ana anajambula zithunzi za mabomba a EB-52 Megafortress ndi EB-1C Vampire ndi mawu akuti "BOMBS AWAY, GENERAL!" komanso ZIKOMO POSAKHALA PATRICK MWA IFE!
    
  Akudikirira katundu wawo pamalo onyamula katundu, bamboyo anagwedeza mutu akuyang'ana chikwangwani chamagetsi. "Pali zotsatsa zaulendowu wa bar ndi nyumba ya banja la McLanahan ndi columbarium," adatero. "Ndikufuna ndiziwone izi tisanapite."
    
  "Tilibe nthawi," adatero mayiyo. "Ndege yokhayo yochokera ku New York kupita ku Sacramento inali mochedwa ndipo tikuyenera kukhala ku San Francisco pofika 10 koloko m'mawa, Manda satsegula mpaka 9, ndipo bar simatsegulidwa mpaka 11."
    
  "Makhoswe," anatero bamboyo. "Mwina tipita molawirira kuti tiwone ngati wina angatitsegulire." Mayiyo anagwedeza mapewa ake mozemba ndikugwedeza mutu.
    
  Posakhalitsa adatenga katundu wawo ndikulowera kobwereketsa magalimoto pafupi ndi ma carousel onyamula katundu. Ali mnjira, bamboyo adalowa m'sitolo ya mphatso ndipo mphindi zingapo pambuyo pake adatuluka ndi chikwama chachikulu chogulira. "Mwapeza chiyani?" Mkaziyo adamufunsa.
    
  "Ndege zachitsanzo," mwamunayo anayankha. "Mmodzi akuchokera ku EB-52 Megafortress, yomwe General McLanahan adagwiritsa ntchito pomwe adaukira Russia koyamba, ndipo winayo akuchokera ku EB-1C Vampire, imodzi mwamaphulitsa omwe adagwiritsa ntchito polimbana ndi nyumba ya Purezidenti waku Russia pambuyo pa Holocaust ku AMERICA." Kuukira kwakukulu kwa zida zoponya zankhondo zapamadzi ku America zoteteza ndege, zoponya zoponya maulendo ataliatali zidadziwika padziko lonse lapansi monga American Holocaust, pomwe aku America opitilira 15,000 adamwalira. A Patrick McLanahan adatsogolera zigawenga zolimbana ndi malo oyika zida za ICBM ku Russia ndipo pamapeto pake motsutsana ndi Purezidenti waku Russia Anatoly Gryzlov wolamulira mobisa, kupha Gryzlov ndikuthetsa mkanganowo.
    
  "Ndimaganiza kuti muli ndi zitsanzo za ndege zonse zoyesera za McLanahan," adatero mayiyo.
    
  "Ndikufuna," anatero mwamunayo, akumwetulira ngati kamnyamata m"maŵa wa Khrisimasi, "koma osati wamkulu kwambiri! Zitsanzo zanga zazikulu kwambiri ndi sikelo ya 148, koma anyamata oyipa awa ndi masikelo 124! Kawiri kuposa ena anga!"
    
  Mayiyo anapukusa mutu posakhulupirira. "Chabwino, muwanyamule," anali zonse zomwe ananena, ndipo anaima pamzere wokwera galimoto yobwereka kuti ifike ku hotelo yawo ya m"tauni ya Sacramento.
    
  M"mawa mwake onse awiri anadzuka m"mamawa. Anavala, nadya chakudya cham'mawa m'chipinda chodyera cha hotelo, adabwerera kuchipinda chawo kukalongedza katundu wawo, adatuluka, ndipo adatuluka m'galimoto yawo yobwereka hafu pasiti seveni. Misewu yapakati pa likulu la California inali chete kumapeto kwa sabata ino, ndi anthu ochepa omwe akuthamanga ndikugula.
    
  Kuyimitsidwa koyamba kwa awiriwa kunali kwa Mclanahan, kanyumba kakang'ono komanso malo odyera omwe anali otchuka ndi akuluakulu azamalamulo kuyambira pomwe adatsegulidwa kumayambiriro kwa zaka za zana la makumi awiri. Wachibale wina adagula malowo kwa alongo ake a Patrick McLanahan, achibale okhawo otsala kusiyapo mwana wamwamuna wa Patrick, Bradley, ndipo adasandutsa chipinda cham'mwamba kukhala nyumba yosungiramo zinthu zakale ya Patrick McLanahan. Pansipa panalibe bala ndi malo odyera, koma mwiniwakeyo anali ndi zithunzi mazanamazana zojambulidwa ndi zolemba zamanyuzipepala zomwe zikuwonetsa zochitika pamoyo wa Patrick McLanahan, komanso miyoyo ya omwe adatumikira ku United States Air Force panthawi ya Cold. Nkhondo. "Chatsekedwa," anatero mkaziyo. "Sikutsegula mpaka 11 koloko m'mawa, tiyenera kukhala ku San Francisco pokwana teni."
    
  "Ndikudziwa, ndikudziwa," anatero mnzake. "Tiyeni tiyese mu columbarium."
    
  Pakhomo la manda okonzedwa kumene a Sacramento's Old City Cemetery anali ndi njira yolowera yokhala ndi chikwangwani "CHOtsekedwa" pamwamba pake, koma banjali lidapeza chipata chili chotsegula ndipo bambo wina wachikulire akupukuta tebulo pafupi ndi makina a X-ray. Bamboyo anamwetulira n"kugwedeza mutu pamene banjali linkayandikira. "Mwadzuka bwanji, anyamata," iye anawalonjera mwansangala. "Pepani, koma sititsegula kwa ola lina kapena kupitilira apo."
    
  Wa ku Ulaya sanayese kubisa kukhumudwa kwake. "Tiyenera kukhala ku San Francisco pa ntchito yofunika pofika khumi, ndipo sipadzakhalanso njira yoti tibwerere. Ndinkafuna kuwona crypt ya general moyipa kwambiri. "
    
  Woyang"anirayo anagwedeza mutu, kulira kwachisoni kumawonekera m"maso mwake, kenaka anafunsa kuti, "Kodi mukuchokera kuti, bwana?"
    
  "Ndimachokera ku Vilnius, Lithuania, mbuyanga," mwamunayo anatero. "Bambo anga anali msilikali wa gulu lankhondo la Lithuanian Air Force motsogozedwa ndi General Palsikas pamene dziko langa linalengeza ufulu wake kuchoka ku Soviet Union, ndipo anaona zochitika pamene asilikali a ku Russia anaukira. Anafotokoza nkhani zambiri za nkhondo zodabwitsa zomwe Patrick McLanahan, Bradley Elliott ndi amuna olimba mtima a gulu lachinsinsi lotchedwa "Madcap Wizard" m'malo mwa dziko langa. Nthawi zambiri ankalankhula za Patrick moti ndinkaganiza kuti ndife achibale." Wosamalira anamwetulira pamenepa. "Ndipo tsopano ndili pano, ndikuyima pafupi ndi manda ake, ndikuyesera kutsanzikana ndi ngwazi yeniyeni ya banja lathu, ndipo sindingathe." Nkhope yake inachita chisoni. "Chabwino, khalani ndi tsiku labwino, bwana," ndipo anatembenuka kuti azipita.
    
  "Dikirani," anatero wosamalira. Wa Lithuania adatembenuka, nkhope yake idawala. "Ndine docent pano pa chikumbutso." Analingalira kwa kanthaŵi, kenaka anati, "Ndikhoza kukutengerani kuti mukaone chinsinsicho. Kungoyang'ana mozemba kuti tisapeze anthu ambiri omwe akufuna kulowa mkati, palibe zithunzi chifukwa cha ulemu- "
    
  "Zingakhale zabwino, bwana!" - anafuula Lithuanian. "Honey, wamva?" Mayiyo ankaoneka kuti wasangalala ndi mnzakeyo. "Kungoyang'ana, osakhudza, palibe zithunzi. Mwandipanga tsiku langa, bwana!" Woyang"anira analowetsa banjali n"kutseka chipata.
    
  "Ndiyenera kuyang"ana m"chikwama chako," anatero wosamalirayo. The Lithuanian anabwera ndi thumba lalikulu ndi zitsanzo ndege. "Makina athu a X-ray azimitsidwa ndipo zitenga nthawi yaitali kuti atenthetse-"
    
  "Inde, ndithudi," anatero mwamunayo. Anatenga bokosi limodzi lalikulu. "Model EB-52 Megafortress. Ndili naye kale-"
    
  "Pang"ono, ukutanthauza," mkaziyo analoŵererapo akumwetulira.
    
  "Inde, angapo, koma palibe imodzi mwa size izi!" Anaponya bokosilo m"chikwama chake n"kunyamula bokosi lachiwiri. "Vampire EB-1. Sindingathe kudikira kuti ndiwapange iwo pamodzi. "
    
  Wosamalira anamwetulira ndikugwedeza mutu. "Inde, anyamata," iye anatero. Nthawi yomweyo anayamba ulendo wake woloweza pamtima: "Manda a Mzinda Wakale anakhazikitsidwa mu 1849, kuchiyambi kwa California Gold Rush, ndipo ndi malo omalizira a miyoyo yoposa zikwi makumi awiri ndi zisanu," iye anayamba. "A McLanahans anali m'gulu la anthu osaka chuma ambiri ochokera ku Ireland. Koma iwo anawona tauni yawo yaing"ono yothaŵiramo ikukula mofulumira ndi kusanduka wachabechabe, chotero analeka kusaka golide ndi siliva ndi kutembenukira kwa apolisi kuti awathandize kusunga malamulo ndi bata. Opitilira mazana asanu a McLanahans anali apolisi aku Sacramento City, kuphatikiza akuluakulu apolisi asanu ndi anayi.
    
  "Chigawo ichi cha manda, choposa ekala imodzi, chili ndi zotsalira za mibadwo isanu ndi iwiri ya McLanahans, kuphatikizapo mameya a mizinda anayi, mabishopu awiri a Roma Katolika, bwanamkubwa wa chigawo chimodzi, ma Congressmen atatu a United States, akuluakulu ankhondo angapo ndi mazana a amuna ndi akazi omwe adatumikira dziko lathu mpaka nkhondo yapachiweniweni. . Abambo ndi amayi ake a Patrick ndiwo anali omalizira kuikidwa m"manda kuno chifukwa malo anatha, ndipo banja lake ndi General Patrick McLanahan Memorial Foundation anamanga bwalo la akulu ndi ena onse a m"banja lake."
    
  Anafika m"chipinda chokhala ndi mizere iwiri ya makoma a nsangalabwi. Pakhoma kumanzere kunali ma crypts mainchesi khumi ndi asanu ndi atatu, omwe anali okongoletsedwa kale ndi zolembera; Pakhoma la kumanja panali chojambula chachikulu chokongoletsedwa ndi nsangalabwi ndi mbendera ya ku America, mabomba angapo akuluakulu a ndege a ku America akuwulukira kwa wowonera kuchokera kumbali ya chiwombankhanga chapakati, ndi mawu a sonnet ya John Gillespie Magee Jr. High" yolembedwa pansi pa ndege. "Mudzawona kuti khoma lililonse ndi lalitali mamita khumi ndi zisanu ndi zitatu, kuya kwake ndi mainchesi khumi ndi asanu ndi atatu, ndipo makomawo ndi osiyana mamita khumi ndi asanu ndi atatu," adatero docent, "khumi ndi zisanu ndi zitatu kukhala chiwerengero cha zaka zomwe mkulu wa asilikali akugwira ntchito mu Air Force."
    
  Woyang"anirayo analoza khoma la kumanzere, lozunguliridwa ndi mbendera ya ku America ndipo pambali pake mbendera ina ya buluu yokhala ndi nyenyezi zitatu zasiliva. "Awa ndi malo omalizira a General McLanahan," adatero. Alendowo ankangoyang"ana ndi maso aakulu komanso mwamantha. Pakatikati pa nsonga ya khoma la nsangalabwiyo panali chipilala chosavuta chachitsulo chabuluu mu furemu yasiliva yokhala ndi nyenyezi zitatu zasiliva. Chovala cha mkazi wake Wendy chili pafupi ndi manda ake kumanja, koma urn wake ulibe kanthu chifukwa phulusa lake linabalalika panyanja. Mwa lamulo la Purezidenti Kenneth Phoenix, kwa chaka choyamba pambuyo pa kusankhidwa kwa mkulu wa asilikali, columbarium nthawi ina imayang'aniridwa maola 24 tsiku ndi asilikali - pulezidenti ankafuna malo apadera kwa mkulu wa asilikali ku Arlington National Cemetery ku Washington, koma banja silinatero. kuzifuna. Pamene kulekanitsidwa kwa McLanahan Columbarium kuchokera kumanda ena onse kunatha, alonda anachotsedwa. Pazochitika zapadera monga tsiku lobadwa la Patrick, zikondwerero za nkhondo zake zina, kapena zochitika monga Tsiku la Ankhondo Ankhondo, tili ndi alonda odzipereka kuno kulemekeza General ndi America.
    
  "Kumanzere kwa General pali chinsinsi cha mchimwene wake wa Patrick, Paul, yemwe anali wapolisi wa Sacramento Police department, wovulala ali pantchito, kenako kubwezeretsedwa ndi Sky Masters Inc. wokhala ndi miyendo ndi masensa apamwamba kwambiri, kenako adakhala membala wa gulu lachinsinsi lolimbana ndi zigawenga lotchedwa 'Night Stalkers,'" wosamalirayo anapitiriza. "Anaphedwa panthawi ya ntchito yachinsinsi ya mgwirizano wa boma ku Libya; zambiri za opareshoni imeneyo zikadali m'gulu. Ma crypts ena pamzere wapamwamba amasungidwa alongo awiri a General ndi abwenzi angapo apamtima a General ndi othandizira ake, kuphatikiza Major General David Luger, yemwe posachedwapa adapuma pantchito, ndi Brigadier General Hal Briggs, yemwe anali. kuphedwa mu kuchitapo, kumene zolengeza ndi nyenyezi imodzi siliva. Malo omwe ali pansi pa nyumba ya Patrick ndi Wendy akusungira mwana wa Patrick, Bradley, yemwe pano akuphunzira uinjiniya wamlengalenga ku Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.
    
  Pulofesa wothandizira anatembenuka ndi kuloza khoma lina la nsangalabwi. "Mkulu wa mkulu wa asilikaliyo ali ndi banja lalikulu kwambiri, choncho khomali linamangidwa kuti muzikhala anthu ena onse a m"banjamo, abwenzi a mkulu wa asilikali kapena akuluakulu a asilikali anzawo amene akufuna kuikidwa m"manda kuno," adatero. "Palinso ma crypts pano, koma mpaka khoma loyamba litadzazidwa, diorama yosema ya miyala yamchere imaphimba nkhope. Diorama idzaphwanyidwa ndi kusunthidwa pamene ... "Pokhapokha pamene wosamalirayo adawona kuti munthu wa ku Lithuania adayika chikwama chake pampando pakati pa makoma a marble ndikutulutsa mabokosi a zitsanzo za ndege. Mukuchita chiyani kumeneko, bwana? Kumbukirani, palibe zithunzi. "
    
  "Ife sitinabwere kudzajambula zithunzi, bwenzi langa," anatero mkazi kumbuyo kwa wosamalirayo. Kamphindi kakang'ono pambuyo pake, chiguduli chinakanikizidwa kukamwa ndi mphuno kwa wosamalira. Anayesetsa kuti amasule, koma mkaziyo anali wamphamvu modabwitsa. Woyang"anirayo anaturuka m"kamwa pamene akukokera mapapu a mankhwala oŵaŵa kwambiri amene amanunkhiza ngati njenjete. Patangopita masekondi angapo, anamva ngati kuti kholalo likuzungulira, ndipo maso ake anasokonezeka, kuchoka pa mtundu wakuda ndi woyera, kenako anayamba kuphulika ndi kuwala kwa mitundu. Patadutsa masekondi makumi atatu, miyendo ya munthuyo inatha ndipo anagwa pansi.
    
  Anakhala maso kwa nthawi yaitali kuti aone munthu wa ku Lithuania akutulutsa zomwe zinkawoneka ngati zitsulo m'mabokosi a ndege!
    
  "Izi zikuyenda bwino," mwamunayo anatero m"Chirasha. "Izi zimagwira ntchito bwino."
    
  "Nanenso ndiyamba kunjenjemera," anatero mayiyo, yemwenso ali m"Chirasha. Anagwiritsa ntchito chopukutira chonyowa kupukuta minyewa iliyonse yotsala pa zala zake. "Ndikumva chizungulire pang'ono kuchokera ku dimethyltryptamine."
    
  M"kamphindi kakang"ono, mwamunayo anasonkhanitsa khwangwala ziŵiri ndi chida chonga khwangwala kuchokera m"mabokosi. Pamene ankatolera zida zake, mayiyo anachoka m"chipindacho n"kubwereranso patangopita nthawi pang"ono, n"kugubuduza chobzala chachikulu cha konkire chokongoletsera. Bamboyo adakwera pa wobzala, mkaziyo adamupatsa khwangwala ndipo adayamba kugwetsa mwala wogoba wa nsangalabwi womwe unaphimba chinsinsi cha Lt. Gen. Patrick Shane McLanahan.
    
  "Makamera achitetezo ali m'njira," adatero mayiyo. "Makamera achitetezo ali paliponse."
    
  "Zilibe kanthu," mwamunayo anatero. Atathyola zidutswa zingapo za miyala yopyapyala, potsirizira pake anatha kuchotsa mwala wozokota pa crypt, kuwulula chitsulo chachitsulo chokhala ndi mabawuti aŵiri aakulu kwambiri amene anautetezera ku nsangalabwi. Pogwiritsa ntchito sikelo, anayamba kumasula mabawutiwo. "Adziwitse magulu omwe akugona kuti tinyamuka posachedwa." Mayiyo adayimba foni kuchokera pamoto woyaka moto.
    
  Sizinatenge nthawi kuti mutsegule crypt. Mkati mwake anapeza chitsulo chosavuta cha cylindrical aluminiyamu, komanso zilembo zingapo zosindikizidwa muzotengera zomveka bwino, zopanda mpweya komanso mphotho zingapo zankhondo. Munthuyo anatenga mmodzi wa iwo. "Themberero!" adalumbira. "Sindinadziwe kuti mwana wamba adalandira Air Force Cross ndi Silver Star!" Nyenyeziyo imatanthauza kulandira Air Force Cross, mphoto yapamwamba kwambiri ya Air Force kupatula Medal of Honor, kasanu. "Mmodzi wa iwo ayenera kupha Purezidenti Gryzlov. Ndikuganiza kuti sapereka mendulo zaulemu kwa zigawenga.
    
  "Tiyeni tichokemo," anatero mayiyo. "Network idayikidwa chenjezo."
    
  Mumphindi zochepa zonse zidatha. Zomwe zili mu crypt zidanyamulidwa mu thumba logula, ndipo awiri a Russia adachoka kumanda, akuyenda mofulumira kubwerera ku galimoto yawo yobwereka, koma osathamanga, kuti asakope chidwi. Iwo anayenda pang"onopang"ono n"kukalowa m"dera lodziwika kale kuti linalibe chitetezo kapena makamera apamsewu pafupi, ndipo anasintha n"kukhala galimoto ina yoyendetsedwa ndi mnyamata wina. Potenga nthaŵi yawo ndi kupeŵa maloboti aliwonse apamsewu kapena zikwangwani zoimitsa magalimoto, anayenda pagalimoto kutuluka mumzindawo kudutsa Tower Bridge kuloŵa ku West Sacramento. Anasinthanso magalimoto katatu m'madera osiyanasiyana a mzindawo asanakhazikike pamalo oimikapo miyala amiyala omwe ali ndi zipatso kumadzulo kwa Davis, California, komwe sikungakhale makamera achitetezo. Bamboyo anafika pafupi ndi galimoto yaikulu yakuda yomwe inali ndi ziphaso. Zenera linatsika; bamboyo ananyamula katundu pawindo ndi kubwerera ku galimoto yake. Sedan yakuda idatsika mumsewu mpaka inakafika potuluka yomwe idawatengera ku Interstate 80, kulowera chakumadzulo ku San Francisco.
    
  "Ndiwe chitsiru ndithu, Mtsamunda," anatero bambo wachikulire amene anali pampando wakutsogolo. Anali ndi tsitsi lalitali loyera lopangidwa mwaluso mwamafunde, khosi lochindikala, anali atavala suti yakuda yodula komanso magalasi adzuwa, ndipo analankhula mosatembenuka kuti alankhule ndi anthu okhala kumpando wakumbuyo. Munthu wina dzina lake Boris Chirkov anati: "Ilyanov ndiwe chitsiru ndithu. Chirkov anali nthumwi yoyang'anira kazembe wa Russia ku San Francisco, akuwongolera nkhani zonse zamalonda pakati pa Unduna wa Zachilendo ku Russia, US State Department ndi mabizinesi kumadzulo kwa United States. "Ukudziika pachiswe kwambiri."
    
  "Ndimatsatira malamulo a Purezidenti Gryzlov mwiniwake, Wolemekezeka," adatero bambo wapampando wakumbuyo, Bruno Ilyanov. Ilyanov anali msilikali mu Russian Air Force ndipo, mwalamulo, wothandizira ndege wotumizidwa ku ofesi ya kazembe wa Russia ku Washington. Pafupi ndi iye panali mayi wina watsitsi lakuda, mataya okwera komanso othamanga, maso akuda obisika kuseri kwa magalasi adzuwa. Koma ndine wokondwa kutsatira malamulowa. Anthu aku America awa, makamaka akumudzi kwawo, amachitira McLanahan ngati mulungu. Ichi ndi chipongwe kwa anthu onse aku Russia. Munthu amene anapha dala abambo a Purezidenti Gryzlov ndi kuphulitsa likulu lathu sayenera kutamandidwa.
    
  "Muli - kapena mwanena bwino, mudali musanakhudze zikwama izi - woimira gulu lankhondo la Russian Federation, Ilyanov," adatero Chirkov. "Ndipo iwe," iye anatembenukira kwa mkaziyo, "ndiwe mkulu wachitetezo waudindo wokhala ndi maudindo aukazembe, Korchkova. Nonse mudzataya mbiri yanu yaukazembe ndikukakamizika kuchoka mdziko muno mpaka kalekale, ndipo mudzaletsedwa kulowa m'maiko onse a North Atlantic Treaty Organisation ndi mayiko a NATO. Pasanathe miyezi isanu ndi umodzi ku United States, pamalo anu oyamba a Kremlin kunja, ndipo simuli kanthu koma wakuba wamba komanso wowononga. Kodi ntchito yanu ndi yochepa kwambiri kwa inu?
    
  "Purezidenti adanditsimikizira kuti tsogolo langa likhala lotetezeka, bwana," adatero Ilyanov. "Ngakhale nditamangidwa, zomwe anthu aku America angachite ndikundithamangitsa, zomwe ndingasangalale kuziwona, kuti ndingochoka m'dziko lachinyengo komanso losauka."
    
  Ilyanov anali chitsiru, Chirkov ankaganiza - Gennady Gryzlov anali kutaya anthu ngati zopukutira zogwiritsidwa ntchito, ndipo wakhala akuchita izi kwa zaka zambiri. Koma zochitika zapadziko lonse lapansi zinali zovuta kwambiri kuposa zomwe Ilyanov adachita zopanda ubongo. Izi zikhoza kuwononga kwathunthu ubale wa US-Russian, Chirkov ankaganiza, ngakhale, zoona, maubwenzi awa anali kale oipa. Iye ankadziwa kuti bambo ake a Gennady Gryzlov, Anatoly Gryzlov, anapereka malamulo amene anaphetsa anthu masauzande ambiri a ku America komanso ngakhale mazana a anthu a m"dziko la Russia, ndipo sankakayikira kuti mwana wake akhoza kuchita zinthu zoipa ngati zimenezi. Ngakhale kuti Chirkov anali membala wachinayi pagulu la nthumwi zaku Russia ku United States, banja la Gryzlov linali lolemera kwambiri komanso lamphamvu kwambiri pazandale kuposa lake. Chilichonse chomwe Gryzlov anali nacho m'malingaliro, kupatula kuba kumanda, Chirkov mwina sakanatha kumuletsa. Koma anayenera kuyesetsa kumuletsa mwanjira ina yake.
    
  Chirkov theka anatembenuka pampando wake. "Ndi chiyani chinanso chomwe Purezidenti Gryzlov ndi Ilyanov akukonzekera?" anafunsa. "Kudetsedwa ndi kubedwa kwa crypt ndikoyipa kwambiri."
    
  "Pamene crypt iyi inali ndi zotsalira za munthu wankhanza kwambiri ku Russia kuyambira nthawi ya Adolf Hitler, ndinali wokondwa kutenga nawo mbali pa izi," adatero Ilyanov. "McLanahan ndi chigawenga chomwe chidapha Purezidenti wa dziko langa. Sayenera kupatsidwa ulemu woterowo.
    
  "Kuukira kumeneku kunachitika kalekale, ndipo inali nthawi yankhondo."
    
  "Nkhondo yomwe idayambitsidwa ndi McLanahan, bwana, ndiyopanda chilolezo komanso yosaloledwa," adatero Ilyanov. Chirkov anakhala osasunthika, akuletsa chikhumbo chogwedeza mutu wake. Purezidenti wakale wa Russia Anatoly Gryzlov adabwezera chiwembu chomwe chidatsogozedwa ndi a Patrick McLanahan powombera zida zoponya zanyukiliya zamphamvu kwambiri komanso kuwononga zida zonse zoletsa zida zanyukiliya zaku America - pamodzi ndi anthu masauzande angapo aku America - zomwe zidadziwika kuti "Holocaust yaku America." "Kuukira kwa McLanahan kosagwiritsa ntchito zida za nyukiliya ku Russia pogwiritsa ntchito mabomba omalizira a ku America omwe anatsala aatali anali yankho lomwe linasiya mayiko onsewa ali ndi zida za nyukiliya pafupifupi zofanana. Kuukira komaliza, motsogoleredwa ndi Patrick MacLanahan mwiniwake, kunayendetsedwa motsutsana ndi lamulo lina lachinsinsi la Gryzlov. ku Ryazan, kumenyedwa komwe kunapha Purezidenti waku Russia.
    
  Aliyense amene anali ndi udindo woyambitsa nkhondo ya mabomba yomwe inatsogolera ku America Holocaust ndi kuukira kwa Ryazan, McLanahan kapena Gryzlov kunali kokambitsirana ndipo mwina kunalibe phindu, koma Gryzlov ndithudi sanali munthu wosalakwa. Mtsogoleri wakale wakale wa gulu lankhondo laku Russia lakutali, adachitapo kanthu pakuwukira kwakanthawi kochepa pa malo oteteza ndege aku Russia poyambitsa zida zanyukiliya ndikupha anthu masauzande aku America modzidzimutsa. Izi sizinali zochita za munthu wanzeru. McLanahan atalanda bwalo la ndege la ku Russia ku Siberia ndikuligwiritsa ntchito poyambitsa zida zankhondo zaku Russia, Gryzlov adalamula kuti nyukiliya iwukirenso... Kufunitsitsa kwake kupha McLanahan kudapangitsa kuti anthu ambiri aku Russia aphedwe ku Yakutsk, koma McLanahan adathawa ndikupha Gryzlov maola angapo pambuyo pake pophulitsa zosunga zobwezeretsera za Gryzlov komanso positi yachinsinsi.
    
  "Ndipatseni urn ndi zinthu zina, Mtsamunda," anaumiriza Chirkov. Ndidzawabwezera panthaŵi yoyenera ndi kuwafotokozera kuti munachitapo kanthu mokhudzidwa mtima kwambiri ndipo munabwereranso ku Moscow kuti mukalandire uphungu wachisoni kapena chinthu china chimene mwachiyembekezo chingakuchitireni chifundo."
    
  "Ndi ulemu wonse, bwana, sindidzatero," adatero Ilyanov ndi mawu opanda mtundu.
    
  Chirkov anatseka maso ake ndikugwedeza mutu wake. Ilyanov anali munthu wopanda ubongo wa Gennady Gryzlov ndipo mwina akanafa m'malo mosiya zinthu zomwe adaba. "Pulezidenti atani nawo, Colonel?" - anafunsa motopa.
    
  "Ananena kuti akufuna kuika urn pa desiki lake ndikugwiritsa ntchito ngati phulusa," adatero Ilyanov, "ndipo mwina aphike mendulo za McLanahan kwa chovala chake nthawi iliyonse akamakodzera." Sayenera kucheperapo kuposa malo ake oyenera aulemu."
    
  "Ukuchita ngati mwana, Colonel," adatero Chirkov. "Ndikukulimbikitsani kuti muganizirenso zochita zanu."
    
  "Pulezidenti Woyamba Gryzlov anakakamizika kuyankha zachiwawa za McLanahan kapena kukumana ndi ziwawa zatsopano ndi kupha kwatsopano," adatero Ilyanov. "Zochita za McLanahan mwina zidaloledwa kapena ayi, koma zidaloledwa ndi Purezidenti Thomas Thorne ndi akazembe ake. Ichi ndi chitsanzo chaching"ono chabe cha zimene Pulezidenti Gryzlov akufuna kuchita pofuna kubwezeretsa ulemu ndi ukulu wa anthu a ku Russia."
    
  "Mukufunanso kuchita chiyani, Colonel?" Chirkov anabwereza. "Ndikukutsimikizirani, mwachita kale zokwanira."
    
  "Kampeni yapurezidenti yolimbana ndi kukumbukira a General Patrick McLanahan yangoyamba kumene, Olemekezeka," adatero Ilyanov. "Akufuna kuwononga bungwe lililonse lomwe McLanahan adakhalapo nalo. M'malo mokondwerera ndi kukumbukira moyo wa Patrick McLanahan, America posachedwa idzatemberera dzina lake. "
    
  Foni yam'manja ya Chirkov inalira ndipo adayiyankha osanena kalikonse, kenako adayimitsa foniyo patapita nthawi. "Bungwe la Federal Bureau of Investigation ladziŵitsa Mlembi wa Boma la United States ponena za kuba ku Sacramento," iye anatero mopanda mawu. "Abwenzi ako mwina amangidwa pasanathe ola limodzi. Potsirizira pake adzalankhula." Theka linatembenukanso pampando wake. "Mukudziwa kuti ngati a FBI aku America alandila chikalata kuchokera kwa woweruza waboma, atha kulowa m'malo anu ku Washington, ndipo popeza zochita zanu sizinali zovomerezeka, mutha kumangidwa ndikutsutsidwa. Kutetezedwa kwa diplomatic sikugwira ntchito. "
    
  "Ndikudziwa, Olemekezeka," adatero Ilyanov. "Sindinkaganiza kuti anthu aku America atha kuchitapo kanthu mwachangu chonchi, koma ndidakonzekera kuti ndikadzadziwika. Ndinali nditakonza kale jeti yaumwini yonditenga kuchokera ku Woodland, California kupita ku Mexicali ndi kuchokera kumeneko kupita kunyumba kudzera ku Mexico City, Havana, Morocco ndi Damasiko. Mabungwe oteteza akazembe alipo kuti athandizire miyambo yakumaloko. " Adapatsa kazembeyo khadi la bizinesi. "Nayi adilesi ya bwalo la ndege; ili pafupi ndi msewu wamagalimoto. Tichotseni ndipo mutha kupitiliza kupita ku kazembe ku San Francisco ndipo tinyamuka. Mutha kukana kukhudzidwa ndi nkhaniyi. "
    
  "Mukufunanso chiyani paulendo wanuwu, Mtsamunda?" - Chirkov adafunsa atapereka khadi kwa dalaivala, yemwe adalowa adilesi mu GPS navigator yagalimoto. "Ndimaona ngati izi ndizovuta kwambiri kuposa kuba."
    
  "Sindidzayika pachiwopsezo udindo kapena ntchito yanu pokutengani mbali zina za Purezidenti, Wolemekezeka," adatero Ilyanov. "Koma mumvetsetsa mukamva za zomwe zachitika, bwana ... ndikutsimikizirani." Anatulutsa urn wa aluminiyamu m'chikwama chake chachikulu, akuyendetsa zala zake pamwamba pa nyenyezi zitatu zasiliva zomwe zinali kumbali ndi chishango cha U.S. Space Defense Force pa chivindikiro. "Ndi nthabwala bwanji," anadandaula motero. "Russia yakhala ndi gulu lankhondo lenileni lachitetezo chamlengalenga kwazaka pafupifupi khumi, pomwe gawoli silinagwiritsidwepo ntchito kupatula muubongo wopotoka wa McLanahan. N"chifukwa chiyani tinkachita mantha kwambiri ndi munthu ameneyu? Iye sanali chabe ntchito yopeka, amoyo ndi akufa." Ananyamula mkodzowo mosatekeseka, ndipo nkhope yake inali yodabwa. "Mukudziwa, sindinawonepo mitembo ya anthu yowotchedwa kale ..."
    
  "Chonde musaipitse zotsalira za munthu uyu," adatero Chirkov. "Asiyeni okha. Ndipo lingaliraninso kuwasiya iwo ndi ine. Ndikhoza kupanga nkhani ina yomwe simungatenge nawo mbali, ndipo mkwiyo wa Purezidenti udzalunjika kwa ine osati kwa inu. Mbava za ku Russia ndi zigawenga zinagwira ntchito yawo, koma pamene anayesa kuwagulitsa pamsika wakuda, tinawagwira ndipo tikuwamanga ku kazembeyo. Kupepesa moona mtima, kubwereranso kwa zinthu zakale, kulonjeza kuti adzaimba mlandu omwe ali ndi udindo, komanso kupereka malipiro kuti akonze zowonongeka ndi kubwezeretsa columbarium kuyenera kukhala kokwanira kukhutiritsa anthu a ku America. "
    
  "Sindikufunanso kukukhudzani, Olemekezeka," Ilyanov anabwerezabwereza, "ndipo sindikufuna kubwezera zinthu izi kapena kubwezeretsanso chipilalachi kwa mwana wachiwerewere. Tikukhulupirira, kutayidwa kosayenera kwa zinthu izi kupangitsa kuti mzimu wa McLanahan uziyendayenda m'chilengedwe mpaka kalekale. "
    
  Izi, Chirkov ankaganiza, ndizo zomwe ankawopa.
    
  Ilyanov anakweza urn kachiwiri. "Izi nzosavuta kuposa momwe ndimaganizira," iye anang"ung"udza, kenako anamasula chipewacho. "Tiyeni tiwone momwe General General Patrick Shane McLanahan amawonekera atasamba komaliza mu sauna kutentha kwa madigiri chikwi.
    
  Chirkov sanatembenuke kuti ayang'ane, koma anayang'ana kutsogolo ndikuyesera kubisa kuipidwa kwake. Koma posakhalitsa, atakhala chete kwa mphindi zingapo, adasokonezeka ndipo adatembenuka kuyang'ana pa phewa lake ...
    
  ... kuona nkhope ya msilikali wa asilikali a ku Russia, yoyera ngati nsalu ya tebulo patebulo lodyera la kazembe, pakamwa pake patsegula ngati akufuna kunena chinachake. "Ilyanov ...?" Mtsamunda anayang'ana m'mwamba, maso ake ozungulira komanso aakulu ngati mbale, ndipo tsopano Chirkov anaona nkhope ya Korchkov ndi mawu odabwa kwambiri - zachilendo kwambiri kwa wapolisi wophunzitsidwa bwino komanso wakupha. "Ichi ndi chiyani?"
    
  Ilyanov adadzidzimuka kukhala chete, pakamwa pake padali lotseguka. Akugwedeza mutu wake modabwa kwambiri, pang'onopang'ono anapendekera bokosi lotseguka lolowera kwa Chirkov ...
    
  ... ndiyeno kazembe waku Russia adawona kuti bokosi lovotera linali lopanda kanthu.
    
    
  MMODZI
    
    
  Pitani m'mphepete mwa thanthwe ndikudumphapo. Manga mapiko anu panjira yotsika.
    
  - RAY BRADBURY
    
    
    
  MCLANAHAN INDUSTRIAL AIRPORT, BATTLE MOUNTAIN, NEVADA
  PATAPITA MASIKU OCHEPA
    
    
  "Boomer, munthu uyu akugona?" dokotala wochita opaleshoni woyendetsa ndege yemwe ankayang'anira kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka ndege. "Kugunda kwa mtima wake sikunasinthe pang"ono kuchokera pamene tinamuika pa mamonitala. Kodi iye anafa? Mumuwone, chabwino?"
    
  "Zamveka," anayankha Hunter "Boomer" Noble, woyendetsa ndegeyo. Anaimirira pampando wake, nakwera m"mbuyo pakati pa mipando iŵiri yoyandikana ya m"chipinda cha okwera ndege, nadutsa m"chipinda chotsekera ndege pakati pa bwalo la okwera ndegeyo ndi malo ochitira okwera ndegeyo nalowa m"kachipinda kakang"ono konyamula anthu, kakonzedwe ka anthu anayi. Mosiyana ndi suti yanthawi zonse ya lalanje yothamanga kwambiri yomwe anthu awiri okwera ndegeyo amavala, thupi la Noble's lalitali, lonyowa, lothamanga linali lovala suti yowoneka bwino yotchedwa EEAS, kapena Electronic Elastomeric Sports Suit, yomwe imagwira ntchito zofanana ndi zachikhalidwe zakuthambo. suti, kupatulapo idagwiritsa ntchito ulusi woyendetsedwa ndimagetsi kuti iphanikiza khungu m'malo mwa mpweya wopanikizidwa, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti zikhale zosavuta kwa iye kuyenda mozungulira kanyumba kuposa enawo.
    
  Noble, mkulu wake wa mishoni komanso woyendetsa nawo ndege, woyendetsa ndege wa U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Jessica "Gonzo" Faulkner, ndi anthu awiri okwera ndege anali m"ndege ya Midnight S-19, yachiwiri mwa mitundu itatu ya ndege ya ku America ya siteji imodzi. zomwe zinasintha maulendo a m'mlengalenga pamene yoyamba, S-9 Black Stallion, inayamba kugwira ntchito mu 2008. Ma S-19 atatu okha ndi omwe adamangidwa, mokomera ndege zazikulu zoyesera za XS-29 Shadow. Mitundu yonse ya ndege za m'mlengalenga zitha kunyamuka ndikutera panjira zopangira ndege zamalonda, koma iliyonse idapereka ma injini atatu osakanizidwa omwe amatha kusintha kuchokera ku ma injini a turbofan oyendetsedwa ndi mpweya kupita ku injini za hypersonic ramjet kupita ku injini za rocket zomwe zimatha kuyambitsa galimotoyo kukhala yotsika. Njira yapadziko lapansi.
    
  Boomer adapita kwa munthu woyamba ndipo adamuyang'ana mosamala asanalankhule. Kupyolera m"chithunzithunzi cha chisoti chake cha m"mlengalenga, ankatha kuona kuti maso a wokwerayo anali otseka ndipo manja ake anali atapinda pachifuwa chake. Apaulendo awiriwa anali atavala ma lalanje Advanced Crew Escape Suits, kapena ACES, omwe ndi masuti opanikizidwa opangidwa kuti apulumuke kupsinjika m'nyumba yonyamula anthu kapena ngakhale kunja.
    
  Inde, Boomer anaganiza, iyi ndi nkhaka yozizira - kuthawa kwake koyamba mumlengalenga, ndipo mwina anali atagona kapena pafupi ndi izo, ngati kuti anali paulendo wandege wokonzekera kupita kutchuthi ku Hawaii. Mnzakeyo, kumbali ina, ankawoneka ngati wabwinobwino kwa munthu wokwera m'mlengalenga - mphumi yake inali kunyezimira ndi thukuta, manja ake ali ngati, kupuma kwake kunali kofulumira, ndipo maso ake adayang'ana Boomer, kenako kuchokera pawindo, kenako kwa mnzake. Boomer adamupatsa chala chachikulu ndikumubwezera, koma bamboyo adawonekabe wamantha kwambiri.
    
  Boomer adabwerera kwa wokwera woyamba. "Bwana?" - adafunsa pa intercom.
    
  "Inde, Dr. Noble?" Munthu woyamba anayankha motsika, momasuka, mokhala ngati tulo.
    
  "Ndikungoyang"anani za inu, bwana. Tsamba la ndege likuti ndinu omasuka kwambiri. Kodi mukutsimikiza kuti aka ndi nthawi yanu yoyamba mu orbit?"
    
  "Ndimamva zimene akunena. Ndipo sindikuganiza kuti ndingayiwala nthawi yanga yoyamba, Dr. Noble. "
    
  "Chonde munditchule kuti Boomer, bwana."
    
  "Zikomo, ndichita." Bamboyo anayang"ana mnzakeyo, n"kukwinyira tsinya lake chifukwa cha mantha amene anali nawo. "Kodi kuyang'anira pansi kumakhudzidwanso ndi zizindikiro zofunika za mnzanga?"
    
  "Ndi wabwinobwino kwa munthu wonenepa," adatero Boomer.
    
  "Chani"?"
    
  "Paddy ndi wamlengalenga wa rookie," adatero Boomer. "Anatchedwa Don Puddy, mnyamata wa NASA yemwe ankakonda kupatsa anthu oyenda mumlengalenga uthenga wabwino kuti avomerezedwa mu pulogalamu yophunzitsira zamlengalenga. Kukhala wamantha kwambiri ndi kwachilengedwe ngakhale kwa akatswiri a zakuthambo akale komanso othamanga omenya nkhondo - ngati ndinganene, bwana, ndizosautsa kuwona wina ali womasuka momwe mukuwonekera."
    
  "Nditenga izi ngati chiyamiko, Boomer," bamboyo adatero. "Kodi mpaka kunyamuka mpaka liti?"
    
  "Zenera lalikulu lidzatsegulidwa pafupifupi mphindi makumi atatu," Boomer adayankha. "Timaliza cheke chisananyamuke, kenako ndikufunsani kuti mupite kumalo okwerera ndege kuti mukakhale pampando wanu kuti munyamuke. Mtsamunda Faulkner adzakhala pampando wodumphira pakati pathu. Tikukupemphani kuti mubwerere kumpando wanu pano tisanapite ku hypersonic, koma tikafika pa orbit, mutha kubwerera kumpando wanu ngati mukufuna. "
    
  "Ndine wokondwa kukhala pano, Boomer."
    
  "Ndikufuna kuti mumvetsetse zonse zomwe mukufuna kukumana nazo, ndipo malo oyendera alendo ndiye malo abwino ochitira izi, bwana," adatero Boomer. "Koma mphamvu ya g ndi yokwera kwambiri tikamapita ku hypersonic, ndipo mpando wodumpha sunakwezedwe chifukwa cha kuwuluka kwa hypersonic. Koma mukadzadzimasula nokha m'chipinda chochezera, bwana, ikhala nthawi yomwe simudzayiwala."
    
  "Tidakhala ndi okosijeni kwa nthawi yayitali kwambiri, Boomer," wokwerayo adafunsa. "Maola ochepa chabe. Kodi tikhala pamalo okwerera popanda oxygen?"
    
  "Ayi, bwana," Boomer anayankha. "Mphepete mwamlengalenga wa siteshoniyi ndi yotsikirapo pang"ono poyerekezera ndi mphamvu ya madzi a m"nyanja Padziko Lapansi kapena mphamvu ya m"kanyumba ka ndege za m"mlengalenga-mumamva ngati muli pamtunda wa mamita 8,000, mofanana ndi kupanikizika kwa m"nyumba ya ndege. Kupuma mpweya wabwino kudzakuthandizani kuchotsa mpweya woipa m'thupi lanu kuti mpweya usalowe m'mitsempha, minofu, ubongo kapena mafupa anu. "
    
  "Mapiritsi"? Kodi osambira m'madzi a m'nyanja yakuya angazipeze bwanji?"
    
  "Chabwino, bwana," adatero Boomer. "Tikafika kusiteshoni, mutha kunyamuka. Kwa ife amene timapita m"mlengalenga, timabwerera kukapuma kwa maola angapo chifukwa kupanikizika kumachepa ngakhale mu masuti a m"mlengalenga. Nthawi zina timagona m"chipinda chotchinga ndi mpweya wabwino kuti titsimikizire kuti tapeza nayitrojeni wambiri."
    
  Kunyamuka kunachitika patadutsa mphindi makumi atatu, ndipo posakhalitsa anali kuwuluka chakumpoto chakumadzulo kwa Idaho. "Liwiro limodzi, bwana," Boomer adayankha pa intercom. "Kodi aka ndi nthawi yanu yoyamba kuwuluka zamatsenga?"
    
  "Inde," anatero wokwerayo. "Sindinamve chilichonse chachilendo."
    
  "Nanga bwanji kugwedezeka kwachiwiri?"
    
  "Kodi tangowirikiza kawiri liwiro la mawu? Mwachangu kwambiri?"
    
  "Inde, bwana," adatero Boomer, chisangalalo chowonekera m'mawu ake. "Ndimakonda kukopa akambuku kumayambiriro kwa ntchito iliyonse, sindikufuna kudziwa kuti pakhoza kukhala zovuta."
    
  "Leopards"?
    
  "Dzina langa lakutchulidwa la injini zosakanizidwa za turbofan-scramjet-laser pulse detonation, bwana," adatero Boomer.
    
  "Kupanga kwanu, ndikulingalira?"
    
  "Ndinali injiniya wotsogolera gulu lalikulu kwambiri la akatswiri a Air Force ndi asayansi," adatero Boomer. "Ndikulumbira kwa Mulungu, tinali ngati ana ang"onoang"ono m"sitolo ya maswiti, ngakhale chinyasi chikafika pa fani-tinkachita kuphulika kwakukulu kwa "nyalugwe" ngati kuponya moto m"bafa la atsikana kusukulu ya sekondale. Koma inde, gulu langa linapanga 'nyalugwe'. Injini imodzi, ntchito zitatu zosiyana. Uwona".
    
  Boomer anachepetsa ndege yapakati pausiku kukhala liwiro lapamwamba kwambiri ndipo posakhalitsa anatembenukira kumwera ku Nevada, ndipo Jessica Faulkner anabwerera kudzathandiza wokwerayo kulowa pampando wa mkulu wa mishoni kumanja kwa kanyumbako, kumangirira ndi kulumikiza chingwe cha umbilical cha suti yake potulukira, kenako anatsegula kampando kakang'ono pakati pa mipando iwiri mu kanyumba ndi wotetezedwa. "Kodi mukundimva, bwana?" - anafunsa Faulkner.
    
  "Mokweza ndi momveka, Jessica," wokwerayo anayankha.
    
  "Chifukwa chake, iyi inali 'gawo loyamba' la kuyika kwa magawo atatu a orbital, bwana," Boomer adalongosola pa intercom. "Tili pamtunda wamamita zikwi makumi atatu ndi zisanu, mu troposphere. Makumi asanu ndi atatu pa 100 aliwonse a mlengalenga wa Dziko Lapansi ali pansi pathu, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti zikhale zosavuta kuthamanga ikafika nthawi yolowa m'njira. Koma tanki yathu ili ndi ma injini wamba a turbofan oyendetsedwa ndi mpweya ndipo imakhala yodzaza ndi mafuta athu onse ndi oxidizer, kotero tiyenera kukhala otsika kwambiri. Tikumana pafupifupi mphindi khumi ndi zisanu."
    
  Monga momwe analonjezera, ndege yosinthidwa ya Boeing 767 yokhala ndi mawu akuti SKY MASTERS AEROSPACE INC m'mbali idawonekera ndipo Boomer adayendetsa ndege yapakati pausiku kuseri kwa mchira ndikutembenuza switch kuti atsegule zitseko zokhotera m'mwamba. "Masters Seven-Six, Midnight Zero-One, malo olumikiziranapo, okonzeka, chonde phulitsani kaye," Boomer adalengeza pamaulendo anzeru.
    
  "Tikumvetsetsa, Pakati pa Usiku, Seven-Six yakhazikika, takonzekera" bomba ", tikusunthira kumalo olumikizirana, Seven-Six yakonzeka," liwu lachikazi la makompyuta linayankha.
    
  "N"zochititsa chidwi-ndege ziwiri zikuuluka mtunda wa makilomita mazana atatu paola, motalikirana ndi mapazi oŵerengeka chabe," anatero wokwera pampando wa mkulu wa mishoni.
    
  "Mukufuna kudziwa chomwe chili chodabwitsa kwambiri, bwana?" - Boomer adafunsa. "Ngalawa iyi ndi yopanda anthu."
    
  "Chani?"
    
  "Sky Masters imapereka ntchito zosiyanasiyana zamakontrakitala kwa asitikali padziko lonse lapansi, ndipo ndege zawo zambiri, magalimoto ndi zombo zawo sizikhala ndi anthu kapena zoyendetsedwa mwakufuna," adatero Boomer. "Pali munthu woyendetsa ndege ndi woyendetsa ndege m"chipinda cha Battle Mountain akutionerera kudzera pa vidiyo ya satellite ndi zomvetsera, koma ngakhale iwo samachita kalikonse pokhapokha ngati afunikira kutero-makompyuta amagwira ntchito yonse ndipo anthu amangopenyerera. Sitima yokhayo yomwe imayendetsedwa ndi wina aliyense koma kompyuta - amadyetsa ndegeyo pakompyuta, ndipo imayimitsa kuyambira pa taxi yoyambira mpaka kuyima komaliza popanda oyendetsa ndege, ngati ndege ya Global Hawk kazitape. Mapulani oyendetsa ndege amatha kusinthidwa ngati kuli kofunikira, ndipo imakhala ndi machitidwe ambiri olephereka ngati atalephera kangapo, koma makompyuta amawongolera izi kuyambira poyambira taxi mpaka kuyimitsidwa kwa injini kunyumba. "
    
  "Zodabwitsa," anatero wokwerayo. "Ndikuopa kuti tsiku lina ntchito yanu idzasamutsidwa ku kompyuta, Dr. Noble?"
    
  "Hei, ndikanawathandiza kupanga izi, bwana," adatero Boomer. "M'malo mwake, anthu aku Russia akhala akutumiza zombo zonyamula katundu za Soyuz kwazaka zambiri komanso kupita ku International Space Station popanda munthu, ndipo analinso ndi chithunzi cha sitima yapamlengalenga ya Buran yomwe idawuluka mlengalenga popanda munthu. Ndikuganiza kuti ndingakonde kukhala ndi anthu ogwira ntchito m"ndege ngati ndikuwulukira m"mlengalenga pa chombo cha m"mlengalenga cha ku Russia, koma m"zaka zoŵerengeka umisiriwo udzakhala wotsogola kwambiri mwakuti mwina apaulendo sadzazindikira konse."
    
  Pamene wokwerayo akuyang'ana mochititsa chidwi, ndegeyo inkatsetsereka pansi pa mchira wa tanker, ndipo phokoso lalitali, lolamuliridwa ndi mapiko ang'onoang'ono, linatsika kuchokera pansi pa mchira kupita ku ndege. Motsogozedwa ndi nyali zobiriwira zobiriwira ndi mzere wachikasu wojambulidwa pansi pamimba ya tanker, Boomer adasunthira kutsogolo pansi pa mchira mpaka magetsi obiriwira azima ndipo magetsi awiri ofiira adayatsa.
    
  "Mumadziwa bwanji mukakhala pamalo abwino, Boomer?" Adafunsa motele.
    
  Boomer anayankha kuti: "Pali "chitsanzo" china pakati pa pansi pa tanki ndi chimango cha galasi la kutsogolo chimene mungaphunzire kuchizindikira." "Si zasayansi kwenikweni, koma zimagwira ntchito nthawi zonse. ngati muli pafupi kwambiri kapena patali kwambiri." ngakhale usiku ".
    
  "Kodi umachita izi usiku?"
    
  "Zowona," adatero Boomer motsimikiza. "Mishoni zina zimafunikira maopaleshoni ausiku, ndipo komwe timapita, kumakhala usiku." Pamene amalankhula, Boomer adadula gawo laling'ono lamphamvu ndipo kupita patsogolo konse kudasiya. "Midnight Zero One, yokhazikika pamalo olumikizirana, okonzeka kulumikizana," adatulutsa wailesi.
    
  "Zamveka, ziro wani," inayankha kompyutayo ndi mawu achikazi. Mphuno inatambasulidwa kuchokera kumapeto kwa muvi ndipo patapita kanthawi anamva ndikumva KUDZANI pang'ono! pamene mphuno ya tankayo idalowa munjira yotsetsereka ndikukhazikika mu thanki kuti iwonjezere mafuta. "Kusonyeza kukhudzana," liwu la pakompyuta linatero.
    
  "Kulumikizana kwatsimikiziridwa," adatero Boomer. Pa intercom, adati, "Zomwe ndimachita pano ndikuwonera ma siginecha ndikukhala pamzere wapakati wa tanki."
    
  "Ngati sitimayo ili ndi makompyuta, kodi ndege yomwe ikulandirayo siyeneranso kukumana ndi kompyuta?" - adafunsa wokwera.
    
  "Ndizotheka - ndimangokonda kuyendetsa ndekha," adatero Boomer.
    
  "Kusangalatsa ma VIP omwe ali m'bwalo, sichoncho?"
    
  "Pambuyo pa zomwe mukuwona lero, bwana," adatero Boomer, "ine ndi luso langa lochepa lowuluka likhala chinthu chosasangalatsa chomwe mungachiwone paulendowu."
    
  "Munati 'bomba', osati 'mafuta' " - adatero wokwera. "Sitikutenga mafuta?"
    
  : "Timagwiritsira ntchito mankhwala apadera amadzimadzi otchedwa BOHM, kapena kuti boron hydrogen metaoxide, "bomba" - makamaka oyeretsedwa ndi hydrogen peroxide." "Mainjini athu amagwiritsa ntchito BOHM m"malo mwa oxygen yamadzimadzi, tikamapita ku injini za rocket - n"zosatheka. ngakhale ndi luso lamakono, supercool liquid oxygen yochokera mu tanker ndege 'Bomba' si yabwino ngati cryogenic oxygen, koma ndi yosavuta kugwira komanso yotsika mtengo kwambiri. kuti tichepetse thupi; timatenga mafuta a jet komaliza kuti tithe kumaliza ntchitoyo. "
    
  Kukweza oxidizer wandiweyani kunkatenga mphindi khumi ndi zisanu, ndipo mphindi zingapo zinafunika kuchotsa njira yazakudya zonse za Bohm oxidizer musanasinthe mafuta a jet JP-8. Mafuta a jet atayamba kuyenda mu Midnight Spaceplane, Boomer adamasuka kwambiri. "Khulupirirani kapena ayi, bwana, mwina iyi inali gawo lowopsa kwambiri la ndege," adatero.
    
  "Chinachitika ndi chiyani? Mukunyamula Boma?" - adafunsa wokwera.
    
  "Ayi - kusintha kuchoka ku BOHM kupita kumafuta a jet mu tanker refueling system," adavomereza Boomer. Amaponya mabomba ndi mipope ndi helium kuti atulutse 'bomba' lonse mafuta a ndege asanafike. Zowonjezera za boron mu oxidizer zimathandizira kupanga chidwi chapamwamba kwambiri kuposa mafuta wamba ankhondo, koma kusakaniza BOM ndi mafuta a jet, ngakhale pang'ono, kumakhala koopsa nthawi zonse. Nthawi zambiri, laser imafunika kuyatsa zosakaniza ziwirizi, koma gwero lililonse la kutentha, moto, kapena kugwedezeka kwa ma frequency ena kumatha kuwayambitsa. Zoyeserera zomwe tidachita pamalo oyeserera a Sky Masters ndi Air Force zidapangitsa kuphulika kochititsa chidwi, koma taphunzira zambiri. "
    
  "Kodi ndimomwe mwapezera dzina lanu loti 'Boomer'?"
    
  "Inde, bwana. Ungwiro umafuna zolakwika. Ndinawaphika toni."
    
  "Ndiye mumawongolera bwanji izi mu injini?"
    
  "Zoyatsira ma laser zimagwira ntchito pama pulses, kulikonse kuchokera ku ma microseconds ochepa mpaka ma nanoseconds ochepa, kuti athetse kuphulika," adatero Boomer. "Zinthu zimagwira ntchito, ndikhulupirireni, ndipo ndi zamphamvu, koma chidwi chake chimangokhala kamphindi, kuti tithe kuwongolera mphamvu ..." Anapuma nthawi yayitali kuti wokwerayo atembenuzire mutu wake wa chisoti kwa iye, kenako anawonjezera, " ... nthawi zambiri".
    
  Iwo ankamva kuti munthu wachiwiri pampando wakumbuyo akunjenjemera chifukwa cha mantha, koma munthu amene anali pampando wakutsogolo anangoseka. "Ndikhulupirira," iye anatero, "kuti sindimva kalikonse ngati chinachake chikavuta, Dr. Noble?"
    
  "Bwana, kuphulika kosalamulirika kwa anyalugwe kuli kwamphamvu kwambiri," anatero Boomer, "kwakuti simudzamva kalikonse... Wokwerayo sananene kalikonse, koma adangotenga "SILP" yayikulu, yamanjenje.
    
  Kusamutsira ku JP-8 kunali kwachangu kwambiri, ndipo posakhalitsa Colonel Faulkner anali kuthandiza wokwera pampando wakutsogolo kumangirira pampando wakumbuyo pafupi ndi wokwera wina yemwe anali wamantha. Posakhalitsa aliyense adakhala pansi ndipo gululo lidakonzekera chisinthiko chotsatira. Boomer anati: "Ngalawa yathu yonyamula mafuta inanyamuka, ndipo monga momwe anakonzera, inatisiya kum"mwera chakumadzulo kwa Arizona. Titembenukira kummawa ndikuyamba kuthamanga. Zina mwazomveka zomwe timapanga zimatha kufika pansi ndikumveka pansi, koma timayesetsa kuzichita m'dera lalikulu lopanda anthu kuti tisakhumudwitse anansi. Timayang'anitsitsa makompyuta omwe ali m'bwalo pamene akulemba mndandanda wonse ndipo tikupita."
    
  "Kodi zitenga nthawi yayitali bwanji?" - adafunsa wokwera woyamba.
    
  "Posakhalitsa, bwana," Boomer anayankha. "Monga tidanenera pansi, uyenera kuthana ndi ma g-force kwa mphindi zisanu ndi zinayi, koma izi ndi zochulukirapo kuposa zomwe ungamve ngati mutakwera bizjet yothamanga kwambiri, yomangika. dragster, kapena kukwera chogudubuza chozizira kwambiri - kupatula kuti mudzamva kwa nthawi yayitali. Suti yanu ndi kapangidwe ka mpando wanu zidzakuthandizani kuti mukhale ozindikira - kwenikweni, mutha "kuchita manyazi" pang'ono chifukwa mpando wapangidwa kuti magazi azilowa muubongo wanu m'malo motulutsidwa chifukwa cha mphamvu za g, komanso Kuthamanga kwa magazi kuchulukira, m"pamenenso magazi ochuluka adzatsala."
    
  "Kodi tikhala mozungulira mpaka liti tisanathamangitse mlengalenga?" Adafunsa motele. "Ndamva kuti nthawi zina zimatenga masiku angapo kuti tigwirizane."
    
  "Osati lero, bwana," adatero Boomer. "Kukongola kwa ndege za m"mlengalenga n"koti sitinamangiriridwa ku pulaneti yowulutsira zinthu yomwe ili pamalo amodzi pa Dziko Lapansi. Titha kupanga zenera lathu loyambitsa mwakusintha osati nthawi yoyambira yokha, komanso kusintha njira yolumikizirana ndi malo okhudzana ndi ndege zomwe tikufuna. Ngati tingafunike, tinkatha kuwuluka m"kontinentiyo m"maola angapo chabe, n"kuwonjezeranso mafuta, n"kuima pamzere m"njira yolunjika. Koma popeza tidakonza ndegeyi kalekale, titha kuchepetsa nthawi yothawirako, kuthira mafuta ndikuwuluka, ndikusunga mafuta, pongokonzekera nthawi yonyamuka, nthawi ndi komwe mungawonjezere mafuta, komanso kukhala pamalo oyenera ndikupita kunjira. molondola. Pofika nthawi yomwe timamaliza kutsegulira kwathu kwa orbital ndikulowa munjira yathu, tiyenera kukhala pafupi ndi siteshoni ya Armstrong, kotero palibe chifukwa chothamangitsa kapena kugwiritsa ntchito njira yosinthira ya Hohmann. Konzekerani nonse, tikuyamba nthawi yathu. "
    
  Okwerawo sanamvepo kanthu, koma S-19 Pakati pausiku inakhotera chakummaŵa, ndipo posakhalitsa anamva kupsinjika kosalekeza pazifuwa zawo. Monga momwe analangizidwira, iwo anakhala ndi manja ndi miyendo yawo atatsamira pamipando, osadutsa zala zawo kapena mapazi. Woyamba wokwerayo anayang'ana mnzakeyo ndipo anaona kuti chifuwa chake chomwe chinali mu suti yopanikizika pang'ono chikukwera ndi kutsika kwambiri. "Yesetsani kumasuka, Charlie," adatero. "Yesetsani kupuma. Yesetsani kusangalala ndi ulendowu."
    
  "Ali bwanji bwana?" - Gonzo adafunsa pa intercom.
    
  "Kupuma pang'ono, ndikuganiza." Patangopita nthawi pang'ono, pamene kuchuluka kwa katundu kumachulukirachulukira, adawona kuti kupuma kwa mnzakeyo kwakhala kwabwinobwino. "Akuwoneka bwino," adatero.
    
  "Ndichifukwa choti akunyumba akuti sakudziwa," adatero Boomer. "Osadandaula, akumuyang'anitsitsa. Tiyenera kumuyang'anitsitsa akadzuka, koma ngati agwidwa ndi matenda oyenda monga momwe adalangizira, ayenera kukhala bwino. Sindingafune kuti awombe zingwe mu chisoti chake cha oxygen. "
    
  "Ndikadapanda tsatanetsatane womaliza, Boomer," wokwerayo adakwiya kwambiri.
    
  "Pepani, bwana, koma izi ndi zomwe tikuyenera kukonzekera," adatero Boomer. Anadabwa kuti wokwerayo akuwoneka kuti alibe vuto la kupuma chifukwa cha mphamvu za g, zomwe tsopano zidadutsa ma Gs awiri ndikuwonjezeka pang'onopang'ono pamene akuthamanga - mawu ake adamveka ngati momwe amachitira padziko lapansi. "Battle Mountain imatha kusintha mpweya wake kuti ukhale tulo mpaka azachipatala afika."
    
  "Kunyumba kwanga sikungakonde izi," adatero wokwerayo.
    
  "Zamupindulira yekha, ndikhulupirireni, bwana," adatero Boomer. "Ziri choncho, tikuyandikira mamita zikwi zitatu ndipo Leopards yayamba kusintha kuchoka ku injini za turbofan kupita ku injini za supersonic ramjet, kapena scramjets. Izi timazitcha 'splash' chifukwa kukwera kwa injini iliyonse kumapita patsogolo ndikutulutsa mpweya wopitilira muyeso mozungulira mafani a turbine kulowa munjira momwe mpweya umakanizidwa ndikusakanikirana ndi mafuta a jet ndikuyatsa. Chifukwa chakuti injini ya scramjet ilibe ziwalo zozungulira ngati injini ya turbofan, liŵiro lalikulu limene tingathe kulipeza ndi pafupifupi kuŵirikiza kakhumi ndi kasanu liŵiro la mawu, kapena pafupifupi mailosi zikwi khumi pa ola. Mainjini a jet ayamba kugwira ntchito posachedwa. Timayika mafuta m'matangi amafuta ndi helium kuti tipewe gasi wosagwiritsidwa ntchito kuti asalowe m'matangi amafuta. Khalani patsogolo pa GS. "
    
  Panthawiyi, Boomer anamva kung'ung'udza ndi kuusa mtima kwambiri pa intercom pamene patapita nthawi injini zidalowa mumsewu wa scramjet ndipo Midnight Spaceplane inathamanga mofulumira. "Kugwedezeka kasanu kenako ... Swings zisanu ndi chimodzi," Boomer adalengeza. "Chilichonse chikuwoneka bwino. Muli bwanji kuno bwana?"
    
  "Chabwino, Boomer," wokwerayo anayankha, koma tsopano zinali zoonekeratu kuti akulimbana ndi katunduyo, akugwedeza minofu yake ya m'mimba ndi ya m'miyendo ndi kutulutsa mpweya wambiri pachifuwa chake, zomwe zimayenera kuchepetsa kutuluka kwa magazi. m'munsi mwa thupi lake ndikuthandizira kuchigwira pachifuwa ndi ubongo, kumuthandiza kukhalabe chidziwitso. Wokwerayo anayang'ana mnzakeyo. Mpando wake udakhazikika pafupifupi madigiri makumi anayi ndi asanu, zomwe zidathandizira kuti magazi ake azikhala m'mutu mwake popeza sakanatha kuchita ma G-crunches ali chikomokere. "Motani ... mpaka liti?"
    
  "Ndimadana nazo kukupatsirani izi, bwana, koma sitinafikebe kumalo osangalatsa," adatero Boomer. "Mainjini a Scramjet azitipatsa liwiro komanso kutalika kokwanira pomwe tikugwiritsabe ntchito mpweya wa mumlengalenga kuwotcha mafuta. Tikufuna kusunga oxidizer yathu ya BOHM kwa nthawi yayitali momwe tingathere. Koma pafupifupi mailosi makumi asanu ndi limodzi-mamita mazana atatu ndi makumi asanu ndi limodzi-mpweya umakhala wopyapyala kwambiri kuti upangitse ma scramjets, ndipo timasinthira ku mawonekedwe a rocket. Mudzamva ... ndiye kukankhira pang'ono. Sizitenga nthawi yayitali, koma zidzakhala ... zodziwika. Konzekerani, bwana. Masekondi ena makumi asanu ndi anayi." Patangopita nthawi pang'ono, a Boomer adanenanso kuti, "Leopard imadumphira pansi kwathunthu, ma scramjets akuwonetsa kutsekedwa kwathunthu ndi chitetezo. Konzekerani kusamutsira ku rocket, ogwira ntchito ... Ndithandizeni ndi kutentha kwa pampu ya turbo ndi kuwerengera kuthamanga, Gonzo ... onjezani mphamvu, nthawi yomweyo ... kuyatsa bwino, ma roketi akuthamangira ku makumi asanu ndi limodzi mphambu zisanu peresenti, obiriwira amafuta, ma throttles akukwera ... " Wokwerayo anaganiza kuti wakonzekera izi, koma mpweya unachoka m"mapapu ake ndi "BAARK" lakuthwa! panthawiyo... "Kuyatsa koyambirira kwabwino, kuthamanga kwa pampu ya turbo, zizindikiro zonse ndizabwinobwino, konzekerani mphamvu ya 100%, tiyeni tizipita ... okonzeka ... okonzeka ... tsopano."
    
  Zinkawoneka ngati ngozi ya galimoto. Wokwerayo adamva kuti thupi lake likukankhidwiranso pampando - mwamwayi, mpando woyendetsedwa ndi makompyuta udayembekezera izi ndikutsamira mmbuyo nthawi yomweyo, kukonza zopingasa ndikusunga kulemera kwa thupi lake ku mphamvu yadzidzidzi. Uta wapakati pausiku unkawoneka ngati ukuloza molunjika, koma kumverera uku kunangokhala mphindi zochepa, ndipo posakhalitsa sanadziwe mmwamba kapena pansi, kumanzere kapena kumanja, kutsogolo kapena kumbuyo. Kwa kamphindi adalakalaka atakhala chikomokere ngati mnzake, osadziwa zamphamvu zonse zachilendo izi zomwe zikuyenda mthupi mwake.
    
  "Chimodzi ndi zisanu ndi chimodzi ... chimodzi-zisanu ndi ziwiri ... chimodzi ndi zisanu ndi zitatu," Boomer adalengeza. Wokwerayo sankadziwa kuti zonsezi zikutanthauza chiyani. "Timadutsa four-zero... five-zero... six-zero..."
    
  "Ife ... timachita ... zonse zili bwino, Boomer?" - anafunsa wokwerayo, akuvutika kupondereza mdima womwe ukukula m'maso mwake, zomwe zimasonyeza chiyambi cha kutaya chidziwitso. Ankanamizira kukhala womanga thupi, akumalimbitsa minofu yonse m"thupi mwake, kuyembekezera kutulutsa magazi okwanira m"mutu mwake kuti asagwe.
    
  "Ife tiri mu ... zone wobiriwira, bwana," Boomer anayankha. Kwa nthawi yoyamba m'ndege yowopsayi, wokwerayo adaganiza kuti atha kuzindikira kupsinjika kapena kupsinjika kwa mawu a Hunter Noble. Kamvekedwe kake kanali koyezedwabe, kwakanthawi kochepa komanso kokhazikika, koma panali zodandaula momwemo zomwe zikutanthauza, ngakhale kwa woyenda mlengalenga, kuti choyipa chinali kubwera.
    
  Damn, wokwerayo adaganiza, ngati Hunter Noble -mwina wa zakuthambo waku America yemwe amakonda kuyenda pafupipafupi, wokhala ndi mishoni zambiri komanso maulendo masauzande ambiri pansi pa lamba wake - ali ndi vuto, ndili ndi mwayi wanji? Ndatopa kwambiri, iye anaganiza, kuyesera kulimbana ndi kulemedwa kwakukulu. Ndikhala bwino ndikangopumula ndikusiya magazi kutulutsa muubongo wanga eti? Izo sizindipweteka ine. Kupanikizika kwayamba kundipangitsa kumva nseru pang'ono, ndipo chifukwa cha Mulungu sindikufuna kuyika chisoti changa. Ndingopumula, pumulani...
    
  Kenako, patangopita nthawi pang'ono, iye anadabwa kwambiri, kupsyinjika kwake kunasiya, ngati kuti zomangira zomwe zinali kugwedeza thupi lake lonse zinangowonongeka patangopita mphindi zochepa. Kenako anamva funso lodabwitsa, losayembekezereka m"pang"ono pomwe: "Kodi muli bwino m"maŵa wabwino kwambiri uwu, bwana?"
    
  Wokwerayo mwanjira ina anatha kuyankha mwachidule komanso mwachisawawa kuti: "Kodi kwacha kale, Dr. Noble?"
    
  "Kwacha kale, bwana," adatero Boomer. "Timakhala ndi m'mawa watsopano pasiteshoni mphindi makumi asanu ndi anayi zilizonse."
    
  "Tili bwanji? Tili bwino? Takwanitsa?"
    
  "Onani zambiri zanu, bwana," adatero Boomer. Wokwerayo anayang"ana m"mbuyo ndipo anaona manja a munthuyo akuyandama pafupifupi mainchesi sikisi pamwamba pa thupi lake lomwe linali litakomokabe, ngati kuti anali mtulo, akuyandama chagada m"nyanja.
    
  "Kodi ndife ... ndife opanda kulemera tsopano?"
    
  "Mwaukadaulo, mathamangitsidwe amphamvu yokoka padziko lapansi ndi ofanana ndi liwiro lathu lakutsogolo, ndiye timagwa, koma sitinagunda pansi. Tikuyenda molunjika ku Dziko Lapansi, koma Dziko lapansi limangosunthira cham'mbali tisanamenye, ndiye kuti mapeto ake amakhala ngati opanda kulemera, "adatero Boomer.
    
  "Kunena chiyani?"
    
  Boomer anaseka. "Pepani," iye anatero. "Ndimakonda kunena izi kwa Paddy. Inde bwana, ndife opanda pake. "
    
  "Zikomo".
    
  "Pakadali pano tikuwuluka ku Mach makumi awiri ndi asanu ndikukwera pamtunda wa mailosi zana limodzi ndi makumi awiri kudza asanu ndi atatu kufika pamtunda wathu womaliza wa mailosi mazana awiri ndi khumi," Boomer anapitiriza. "Kusintha kwamitengo ndi mwadzina. Tikasiya kusuntha pa liwiro la orbital, tiyenera kukhala mkati mwa makilomita khumi kuchokera ku Armstrong pa liwiro loyenera, kutalika ndi azimuth. Izi zikuwoneka bwino bwana, zabwino kwambiri. Takulandilani kumlengalenga. Ndiwe wazamlengalenga waku America. "
    
  Patangopita nthawi pang'ono, Jessica Faulkner anabwerera m'chipinda chokwera anthu, maso ake akuwonekabe kuseri kwa visor yotsekedwa ya chipewa chake. Wokwerayo anali ataona openda zakuthambo ambiri akuyandama mu mphamvu yokoka ziro pa TV ndi m"mafilimu, koma zinali ngati kuti akuzionera yekha kwa nthaŵi yoyamba-zinali zosavuta, zosaona kwenikweni. Anaona kuti mayendedwe ake anali odekha komanso mwadala, ngati kuti chilichonse chomwe wakhudza kapena chomwe akufuna kuchigwira chinali chosalimba. Sankawoneka ngati akugwira kalikonse, koma adagwiritsa ntchito zala zingapo kuti agwire pang'onopang'ono mitu, denga, kapena sitima kuti ayendetse.
    
  Faulkner adayang'ana kaye momwe Spellman alili poyang'ana kagawo kakang'ono kamagetsi kamene kali kutsogolo kwa suti yake, yomwe imasonyeza mikhalidwe mu suti ndi zizindikiro zofunika za wovalayo. "Akuwoneka bwino ndipo suti yake ndi yotetezeka," adatero. "Bola ngati ma gyros ake sazimitsidwa akadzuka, ndikuganiza kuti zikhala bwino." Anayenda kupita kwa munthu woyamba ndipo adamwetulira mokoma kwambiri. "Takulandirani ku orbit, bwana. Mukupeza bwanji?"
    
  "Zinali zovuta kwambiri pamene roketi zinayamba-ndinaganiza kuti ndingokomoka," iye anayankha akumwetulira mokomoka. "Koma ndili bwino tsopano."
    
  "Chabwino. Tikumasulani, kenako mutha kulowa nawo Boomer mu cockpit kuti mufike. Akhozanso kukulolani kuti muyimitse."
    
  Kokani ndege ya m'mlengalenga? Kumalo okwerera mlengalenga? Ine? Sindingathe kuwuluka! Ndakhala ndikuyenda movutikira kwa zaka pafupifupi zisanu ndi zitatu!"
    
  Faulkner amamasula wokwerayo pampando wake, pogwiritsa ntchito Velcro kuti zingwe zisamalende patsogolo pawo. "Kodi mumasewera masewera apakanema, bwana?" - iye anafunsa.
    
  "Nthawi zina. Ndi mwana wanga ".
    
  "Ndi masewera a pakompyuta chabe - zowongolera zili pafupifupi zofanana ndi owongolera masewera omwe akhalapo kwa zaka zambiri," adatero. "M'malo mwake, yemwe adawapanga, John Masters, mwina adachita dala - adakonda kwambiri masewera apakanema. Kupatula apo, Boomer ndi mphunzitsi wabwino.
    
  "Chifukwa chake chinsinsi chakuyenda mu zero yokoka ndikukumbukira kuti ngakhale mulibe mphamvu yokoka, mumakhalabe ndi misa ndi mathamangitsidwe, ndipo amayenera kutsutsidwa mosamala kwambiri, apo ayi mutha kukankhidwira kunja. makoma, "adatero Faulkner. "Kumbukirani kuti uku sikuli kumverera kopanda kulemera komwe mumakumana nako mukamayandama m'nyanja, komwe mutha kusuntha ndi nkhafi - apa kuyenda kulikonse kolunjika kumatha kutsatiridwa potsutsana ndi kuthamangitsidwa kwa misa ndi mphamvu yosiyana komanso yofanana.
    
  "Tikafika pasiteshoni, timagwiritsa ntchito nsapato za Velcro ndi zigamba pazovala zathu kuti tikhale otetezeka, koma sitinakhale nazo, ndiye kuti muyenera kuphunzira movutikira," adapitilizabe. "Kupepuka kwambiri, kuyenda mofatsa. Ndimakonda kungoganiza zosuntha kaye. Ngati simuganizira mozama za kayendetsedwe kake musanachite, mudzafika padenga pamene minofu yanu yapakati ikugwira ntchito. Ngati mumangoganiza zoimirira, mudzagwiritsa ntchito timinofu tating'ono. Muyenera kugonjetsa misa yanu kuti muyambe kusuntha, koma kumbukirani kuti mphamvu yokoka sikungakuthandizeni kusintha njira. Yesani".
    
  Wokwerayo anachitadi zomwe ananena. M"malo mogwiritsa ntchito miyendo ndi manja kuti adzigwetse pampandowo, anangoganiza zongoimirira pogwira pang"onopang"ono zala zingapo za dzanja limodzi pa njanji kapena popumira mkono wa mpandowo. . . . yekha kuchoka pampando. "Ayi! Zinathandiza!" - adafuula.
    
  "Zabwino kwambiri, bwana," adatero Faulkner. "Mukumva bwino? Nthawi yoyamba mu zero yokoka imakhumudwitsa m'mimba mwa ambiri. "
    
  "Ndili bwino, Jessica."
    
  "Ziwalo za m"makutu mwanu sizidzakhalanso ndi "mmwamba" kapena "pansi" ndipo zidzayamba kutumiza zizindikiro ku ubongo wanu zomwe sizikugwirizana ndi zimene mukuona kapena kumva," anatero Faulkner. Apaulendowo adauzidwa za zonsezi kunyumba, koma sanachite maphunziro ena aliwonse a zakuthambo, monga kuyerekezera ntchito ya zero-gravity pansi pamadzi. "Zikhala zoyipa pang'ono mukadzafika kusiteshoni. Mseru pang'ono ndi wabwinobwino. Pitirizani."
    
  "Ndili bwino, Jessica," wokwerayo anabwerezabwereza. Maso ake anali otambasula, ngati mwana wamng'ono pa Khirisimasi m'mawa. "O Mulungu wanga, uku ndikumverera kodabwitsa - komanso nthawi yomweyo zachilendo."
    
  "Mukuchita bwino, bwana. Tsopano chomwe nditi ndichite ndikupatuka ndikukulolani kuti muyende molunjika kokwerera ndege. Ndikhoza kuyesa kukulowetsani pampando wanu, koma ngati sindikugwirizana bwino ndikugwiritsa ntchito kuchuluka kwa mphamvu ndi njira yoyenera, ndikuponyera kunja, kotero ndibwino kuti muchite zimenezo. Apanso, tangoganizani za kusuntha. Osathamanga."
    
  Malingaliro ake anagwira ntchito. Wokwerayo adatsitsimula thupi lake ndikutembenukira kuyang'anizana ndi chikwapu chomwe chimalumikiza chipinda cha okwera ndege, ndipo, osakhudza chilichonse, adayamba kuthamangira ku hatch, ndipo Boomer adawona kupita kwake pang'onopang'ono paphewa lake lakumanja, kumwetulira kokhutitsidwa kumawonekera. chipewa chake cha oxygen cha visor. M"kuphethira kwa diso, wokwerayo anayandama molunjika kumalo otsetsereka a kavalo.
    
  "Ndinu mwachibadwa, bwana," adatero Boomer. "Tsopano Gonzo adula chingwe chako pampando wokwerapo ndikundipatsa ine, ndipo ndidzachilumikiza ku soketi ya mpando wa mkulu wa mishoni. Muyenera kugwira mosamala ku hatch pamene tikukulumikizaninso. Apanso, musamenye kapena kukankha chilichonse - kukhudza mofatsa." Wokwerayo anamva ndi kumva kuti kamphepo kakang'ono ka mpweya wokhazikika mu suti yake yamagetsi ukudulidwa, ndipo payipi yolumikizira posakhalitsa idawonekera. Boomer anafikira pa kanyumba kaja ndikulowetsamo. "Kodi mukundimva bwino bwana? Mukuona ngati air conditioner ili bwino?"
    
  "Inde ndipo inde."
    
  "Chabwino. Chovuta kwambiri kulowamo ndi mpando chifukwa ndi wothina kwambiri. Njirayi ndikumapindika pang'onopang'ono m'chiuno ndikukokera chiuno chanu pachifuwa, ngati kuti mukutambasula m'mimba. Ine ndi Gonzo tidzakuponya pakatikati pa mpando wako. Osayesera kutithandiza. Chabwino, pitirirani." Wokwerayo adachita ndendende momwe adawuzidwira, akuwerama pang'ono, ndipo pang'onopang'ono ndikutembenuka kosayembekezereka adadutsa pampando waukulu kwambiri pampando, ndipo Faulkner adamanga mawondo ake ndi zomangira mapewa kumbuyo kwake.
    
  "Kodi mukutsimikiza kuti sitinakumanane wina ndi mnzake m'mabwalo a maphunziro a zakuthambo a NASA ku Houston, bwana?" - Boomer adafunsa, kumwetulira kwake kumawonekera kudzera pa visor ya chisoti chake cha okosijeni. "Ndikudziwa akatswiri a zakuthambo akale omwe amatentha, kutuluka thukuta komanso kukwiya pochita zomwe wangochita kumene. Zabwino kwambiri. Iyi ndi mphoto yanu pa ntchito yonseyi." Ndipo analoza panja pa kanyumba kaja...
    
  ... ndipo kwa nthawi yoyamba wokwerayo adawona: dziko lapansi linafalikira patsogolo pake. Ngakhale kudzera m'mawindo ang'onoang'ono a zipinda zoyendera alendo, zinali zodabwitsa kuyang'anabe. "Izi ... izi ndi zodabwitsa ... zokongola ... O Mulungu wanga," adapuma. "Ndaonapo zithunzi zonse za Dziko Lapansi zojambulidwa kuchokera mumlengalenga, koma sizikufanana ndi zomwe ndadzionera ndekha. Ndizopambana!"
    
  "Muyenera kudumphira kuti mufike kuno, bwana?" - Gonzo anafunsa.
    
  "Ndikadachita izi maulendo zana kuti ndipeze mwayi," wokwerayo adatero. "Izi nzodabwitsa! Damn, ndikusowa mawu omasulira!
    
  "Ndiye nthawi yoti ndibwerere kuntchito yakwana," anatero Boomer, "chifukwa chatanganidwa pang'ono kuno. Yang'anani."
    
  Wokwerayo anayang'ana ... ndipo adawona komwe amapitako mokongola modabwitsa. Zinali zaka pafupifupi makumi atatu, zomangidwa makamaka pogwiritsa ntchito teknoloji ya 1970s, ndipo ngakhale kwa diso losaphunzitsidwa likuyamba kusonyeza zizindikiro za ukalamba, ngakhale kukweza kwazing'ono koma kosasinthasintha, komabe kumawoneka kodabwitsa.
    
  "Armstrong Space Station, yotchulidwa ndi malemu Neil Armstrong, ndithudi, munthu woyamba kuyenda pamwezi, koma aliyense amene amadziwa chilichonse chokhudza izo amachitcha kuti Silver Tower," adatero Boomer. "Inayamba ngati pulogalamu yachinsinsi ya Air Force kuphatikiza ndikusintha projekiti ya Skylab space station ndi Purezidenti Ronald Reagan's Space Station Freedom Project. Liberty pamapeto pake adathandizira ku America ku International Space Station, ndipo Skylab idasiyidwa ndikuloledwa kubwerera ndikuwotcha mumlengalenga wapadziko lapansi, koma pulogalamu yamalo otetezedwa ndi asitikali idapitilirabe mobisa - mobisa momwe mungasungire chilombo chofananacho. madola mabiliyoni atatu omwe amazungulira dziko lapansi. Ndi ma Skylabs anayi olumikizidwa palimodzi ndikumangidwira ku truss yapakati, yokhala ndi ma solar okulirapo komanso zida zotsogola zotsogola, masensa ndi makina owongolera omwe amapangidwira kuti azigwiritsa ntchito zankhondo m'malo mofufuza zasayansi."
    
  "Zikuwoneka zosalimba - zozungulira pang'ono, ngati ma module awa amatha kugwa pamphindi iliyonse."
    
  "Iye ndi wamphamvu monga momwe amafunikira kukhala pano mu kugwa kwaulere," adatero Boomer. "Ndithu, sichiri cholimba ngati nyumba yokulirapo padziko lapansi pano, koma siyeneranso kukhala. Ma module onse ali ndi ma motors ang'onoang'ono oyendetsedwa ndi makompyuta omwe amalumikiza mbali zonse pamodzi chifukwa siteshoni imazungulira pa axis yake kuti tinyanga zilunjike ku Dziko Lapansi. "
    
  "Kodi zokutira zasiliva zikuyenera kuteteza ku ma lasers apadziko lapansi?" Adafunsa motele. "Kodi adagundidwapo ndi laser? Ndinamva kuti Russia imamumenya ndi laser mpata uliwonse womwe angapeze. "
    
  "Zimagunda nthawi zonse, osati ku Russia kokha," adatero Boomer. "Pakadali pano zikuoneka kuti sizinawononge chilichonse; Anthu aku Russia akuti akungogwiritsa ntchito ma lasers kuyang'anira kanjira ka wayilesiyi. Zikuoneka kuti zinthu zasiliva, sputter-deposited aluminized polyimide, ndi chishango chabwino motsutsana micrometeorites, dzuwa mphepo ndi cosmic particles, komanso lasers, ndipo ndi insulator wabwino. Koma chinthu chabwino kwambiri kwa ine ndikutha kuwona station kuchokera ku Dziko Lapansi dzuwa likagunda molunjika - ndi chinthu chowala kwambiri kumwamba kupatula dzuwa ndi mwezi, ndipo nthawi zina chimawonedwa masana, ndipo chimatha ngakhale kuponyera. mithunzi usiku."
    
  "N'chifukwa chiyani umachitcha 'station' m'malo momati 'station'?" anafunsa wokwerayo kuti: "Ndamva ambiri a inu mukunena choncho."
    
  Boomer adagwedeza malamba. "Sindikudziwa - wina adayamba kunena choncho m'miyezi yoyambirira ya Skylab, ndipo zidakakamira," adatero. "Ndikudziwa kuti ambiri aife timangoganiza kuti sizongophatikiza ma module kapena malo antchito - zili ngati malo ofunikira kapena omwe mumakonda. Zili ngati ndinganene kuti, 'Ndikupita ku Tahoe.' 'Ndikupita ku siteshoni' kapena 'ndikupita ku Armstrong' zimangomveka ...
    
  Pamene amayandikira siteshoni, wokwerayo adaloza komwe kuli siteshoni. "Ndi zinthu ziti zozungulira pa module iliyonse?" anafunsa.
    
  "Maboti opulumutsa moyo," Boomer anayankha. "Ma aluminiyamu osavuta omwe amatha kusindikizidwa ndikuponyedwa m'madzi kutali ndi siteshoni pakachitika ngozi. Gawo lililonse limakhala anthu asanu ndipo lili ndi mpweya ndi madzi okwanira pafupifupi mlungu umodzi. Sangalowenso mumlengalenga, koma adapangidwa kuti akwane malo onyamula katundu a ndege iliyonse, kapena amatha kukokedwa kupita ku International Space Station ndikuperekedwa kwa opulumuka. Mutu uliwonse uli ndi imodzi; Module ya Galaxy, yomwe ili ndi galley, malo ochitira masewera olimbitsa thupi, chipinda chosangalatsa komanso chipatala chachipatala, ili ndi mabwato awiri opulumutsa anthu."
    
  Analozera ku gawo lotsika kwambiri lapakati, laling'ono kusiyana ndi enawo ndikumangiriza "pansi" la gawo lapakati lapakati, lolozera ku Dziko lapansi. "Ndiye uku ndi kupangidwa kwa Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti Tsamba, huh?"
    
  "Nazi, bwana: XSL-5 'Skybolt',   - adatero Boomer. "Laser yaulere ya elekitironi yokhala ndi klystron, kapena amplifier yamagetsi, yoyendetsedwa ndi jenereta ya magnetohydrodynamic."
    
  "Chani"?"
    
  "Mphamvu zamawayilesi amapangidwa makamaka ndi mapanelo adzuwa kapena ma cell amafuta a haidrojeni," Boomer adalongosola, "onse omwe amapanga mphamvu zokwanira ma multimegawatt class laser. Nyukiliya ya nyukiliya Padziko Lapansi imagwiritsa ntchito kutentha kwa fission reaction kuti ipange nthunzi kuti iyendetse jenereta ya turbine, zomwe sizingatheke pa malo opangira mlengalenga chifukwa turbine imagwira ntchito ngati gyroscope ndikusokoneza kayendetsedwe ka siteshoni-ngakhale ma flywheels pa njinga zathu zolimbitsa thupi amachita. izi. MHD ndi yofanana ndi jenereta yamagetsi yamtundu wa turbine, koma m'malo mozungulira maginito kuti apange ma elekitironi, MHD imagwiritsa ntchito plasma yozungulira mumlengalenga. Mphamvu yopangidwa ndi jenereta ya MHD ndi yayikulu, ndipo jenereta ya MHD ilibe magawo osuntha kapena ozungulira omwe angakhudze kanjira ka wayilesi."
    
  "Koma kugwidwa ndi ...?"
    
  "Kupanga plasma kumafuna kutentha zinthu zomwe zimapanga ion kutentha kwambiri, kuposa nthunzi," adatero Boomer. "M"mlengalenga muli njira imodzi yokha yopangira kutentha kumeneku, ndiyo kugwiritsa ntchito chida chaching"ono cha nyukiliya. Mwachilengedwe, anthu ambiri amasamala za chilichonse cha nyukiliya, ndipo izi zimachitika kawiri ngati zikuwuluka. "
    
  "Koma zida zanyukiliya zakhala zikuzungulira Dziko Lapansi kwazaka zambiri, sichoncho?"
    
  "Jenereta ya MHD inali yoyamba ya nyukiliya yaku America m'mlengalenga zaka makumi awiri, ndipo ndi yamphamvu kwambiri kuposa china chilichonse pano," adatero Boomer. "Koma bungwe la SOVIET linayambitsa ma satelayiti pafupifupi dazeni atatu omwe amagwiritsa ntchito zida zazing'ono za nyukiliya kupanga magetsi pogwiritsa ntchito ma thermocouples mpaka USSR idasowa. Sanafuule za zida zawo za nyukiliya, koma US itayambitsa jenereta imodzi ya MHD USSR italetsa pulogalamu yawo, adachita manyazi. Nthawi zambiri. Ndipo akukuwa ngakhale kuti sitinathamangitse Skybolt kwa zaka zambiri. "
    
  Wokwerayo adaphunzira moduli ya Skybolt kwakanthawi, kenako adati: "Ann Page adapanga zonsezi."
    
  "Inde, bwana," adatero Boomer. "Anali mainjiniya wachichepere komanso wasayansi pomwe adapanga mapulani a Skybolt. Palibe amene ankamulemekeza. Koma Purezidenti Reagan ankafuna kupanga chishango cha chitetezo cha mizinga ya Star Wars, ndipo adawononga ndalama zambiri, ndipo Washington ankayang'ana mwachidwi mapulogalamu oti akhazikitse kuti athe kugwiritsa ntchito ndalama zonsezo asanapite ku pulogalamu ina. Mapulani a Dr. Page adagwera m'manja oyenera pa nthawi yoyenera; adapeza ndalama ndipo adamanga Skybolt ndikuyiyika pa Armstrong mu nthawi yojambulidwa. Skybolt anali mwana wa Dr. Page. Anamuuzanso kuti achite maphunziro a zamlengalenga pang'ono kuti athe kukwera pa shuttle kuti akayang'anire kukhazikitsa. Akuti adataya mapaundi makumi atatu a 'kufalikira kwakukulu' kuti asankhidwe kuti akaphunzire zaukatswiri wa zakuthambo, ndipo sanazigwiritsenso ntchito. Mwana wake atalankhula mawu ake oyamba, dziko lonse linadabwitsa."
    
  "Ndipo zinali pafupifupi zaka makumi atatu zapitazo. Zodabwitsa. "
    
  "Akadali chipangizo chamakono, koma tikadakhala ndi njira mwina titha kuwongolera bwino komanso kulondola kwake."
    
  "Koma titha kuyambitsanso Skybolt tsopano, sichoncho?" - adafunsa wokwera. "Sinthani, isintheni, inde, koma mudzaze ndi mafuta ndikuyambitsa tsopano kapena posachedwa?"
    
  Boomer adatembenuka ndikuyang'ana yemwe adakwera naye kwakanthawi ndikudabwa. "Mukunena zoona pa zonsezi, sichoncho bwana?" - potsiriza anafunsa.
    
  "Ndikukayikira, Dr. Noble," wokwerayo anayankha. "Ndikukhulupirira kuti mukutero."
    
  Mphindi zochepa pambuyo pake, adasamuka mkati mwa mayadi mazana angapo kuchokera pa siteshoni yamlengalenga ya Armstrong. Boomer adawona kuti maso a wokwerayo akukulirakulira akuyandikira. "Zikumveka ngati uli m'bwato laling'ono lomwe likuyandikira chonyamulira ndege, sichoncho?"
    
  "Ndi momwe zimamvekera, Boomer."
    
  Boomer adatulutsa chida chopanda zingwe chomwe chimafanana ndi chowongolera masewera odziwika bwino ndikuchiyika patsogolo pa wokwerayo. "Mwakonzeka kuchita zambiri kuposa kukhala wokwera, bwana?" - anafunsa.
    
  "Mukunena zowona? Mukufuna kuti nditengere chinthu ichi kumalo okwerera mlengalenga?"
    
  "Titha kuyendetsa zokha, ndipo makompyuta ndi abwino pamenepo, koma chosangalatsa ndi chiyani pamenepo?" Anasuntha controller kutsogolo kwa passengeryo. "Ndikumva kuti mupambana."
    
  Analowetsa malamulo m'makiyi apakati pa console ndipo chandamale chinawonekera pagalasi lakutsogolo kwa wokwerayo. "Kuwongolera koyenera kumapangitsa ndege kupita kutsogolo, kumbuyo ndi mbali ndi mbali - sitigudubuza ngati ndege, timangoyenda cham'mbali," adatero Boomer. "Zowongolera zakumanzere nzosiyanako pang"ono: mwa kutembenuza kondoko, chombocho chimazungulira pakati pacho, kotero kuti mukhoza kuloza mphuno ku mbali ina yosiyana ndi ya m"mlengalenga; ndipo mutha kusintha malo oyima a ndegeyo pokoka chogwiririra kuti muyambe chopondapo kapena kukankhira pansi kuti musunthe pansi. Kuwongolera zowongolera kumayendetsa ma thrusters-mainjini a rocket ang'onoang'ono omwe amapezeka mumlengalenga. Nthawi zambiri timayang'anitsitsa kuchuluka kwamafuta omwe ma injini opangira ma docking amawononga - chifukwa china chomwe maulamuliro amatifunira kugwiritsa ntchito kompyuta pa docking, chifukwa imakhala yabwinoko komanso yotsika mtengo kwambiri kuposa ife anthu wamba , - koma chifukwa cha izi. ndege tidakweza mafuta ochulukirapo kusiteshoni kuti tiwonjezerenso matanki tisananyamuke, ndipo zonse zili bwino.
    
  "Chifukwa chake, bwana, ntchito yanu ndikuwongolera zowongolera kuti mugwire chowongolera chomwe mukuwona musanayang'ane pa chandamale chomwe chili pa siteshoni, yomwe ndi 'zero' yayikulu yomwe mumayiwona pagawo lolowera. Mukayandikira, magetsi a director amawunikira ndipo muwona zambiri zomwe muyenera kuchita. Zofunika kudziwa apa: Kumbukirani kuti siteshoni imayenda mozungulira nthawi yayitali mphindi makumi asanu ndi anayi zilizonse, kotero tinyanga ndi mazenera nthawi zonse zimalozeredwa ku Dziko Lapansi pamene zimayenda, koma bola mutatsatira ma siginecha a owongolera zimabwezera izi. Kumbukiraninso kuti simuyenera kuloza mkondo pa chandamale, komanso kugwirizanitsa ndegeyo molingana ndi momwe zowunikira zofufuzira zimayendera, komanso kuwongolera liwiro la kutsogolo kuti musathamangitse mlengalenga ndikusokoneza Pakati pa Usiku, zomwe zingakhale zoipa. kwa onse okhudzidwa. "
    
  "Ndiyesera kuti ndisatero," wokwerayo anatero mofooka.
    
  "Zikomo, bwana. Monga Jessica anakulangizani pamene mukuyenda mu zero mphamvu yokoka, mayendedwe ankhanza ndi oipa, koma mayendedwe ang'onoang'ono ndi kusintha kuli bwino. Tapeza kuti kulingalira za kayendetsedwe kake kumakhala kokwanira kuti tiyambitse kuyankha koyezera, kolondola mu minofu yaing'ono. Munkaoneka kuti mukuimvetsa bwino mfundo imeneyi mutakhala pansi pampando wanu m"mawa uno, choncho ndili ndi chidaliro chonse kuti mudzatha kuchita chimodzimodzi poyendetsa ndege yathu kuti ikakome." Adayankha monjenjemera ndimezedwe wamanjenje.
    
  "Zizindikiro za wotsogolera wanu zimakuuzani kuti mukuyandikira mainchesi khumi ndi aŵiri pamphindikati, muli mayadi makumi atatu pansi, mayadi khumi kudzanja lamanja, mtunda wa mayadi zana limodzi mphambu makumi atatu kudza atatu, ndi kulunjika madigiri khumi ndi asanu ndi limodzi kudzanja lamanzere kuti mutsike; " Boomer anapitiriza. "Tikafika mkati mwa mayadi makumi asanu, tidzachepetsa liwiro lathu lotseka pang'onopang'ono, kotero kuti pa mayadi asanu tidzakhala osakwana mainchesi atatu pa sekondi iliyonse. Muyenera kuyasamula osachepera digirii imodzi, ndendende panjira ndi kukwera, komanso pamlingo wochepera inchi imodzi pamphindikati kuti mugunde diso la ng'ombe, kapena tidzachotsa njirayo ndikuyesanso."
    
  "Kodi mukufuna kuchenjeza wayilesi, Boomer?" - Faulkner adafunsa pa intercom. Tsopano anali atakhala pampando wolumpha pakati pa Boomer ndi wokwera.
    
  "Ndikuganiza kuti zikhala bwino, Gonzo," adatero Boomer.
    
  Boomer amatha kuwona wokwerayo akumeza mate ndi mantha, ngakhale kudzera pa suti ndi chisoti chake. "Mwina kulibwino kuti tisa..." adatero.
    
  "Ndikuganiza kuti mungathe, bwana," Boomer anabwerezabwereza. "Muli ndi touch."
    
  Boomer adawona kuti wokwerayo adawongoka ndipo adagwira control panel mwamphamvu kwambiri kuposa kale ndikuyika dzanja lake kumanzere. "Dikirani, bwana," iye anatero. "Dikirani. Ingodikirani. Tengani mpweya wozama, kenako tulutsani pang'onopang'ono. Mozama. Pumirani mozama, bwana. Boomer adadikirira mpaka adamva wokwerayo akupumira kwambiri, kenako adatulutsa. "Zabwino kwambiri. Chinsinsi cha kuwongolera uku ndikuwonera. Onani m'maganizo mwanu njira musanakhudze zowongolera. Ingoganizirani zomwe zowongolera zingachite mukawakhudza ndikuwayambitsa. Kodi mungaganizire zomwe kuwongolera ndi kulowetsa kulikonse kungachite? , ngati simungathe, musayambitse. Kale musanachitepo kanthu, tsimikizirani kuti zimene mukufuna kuziganizira n"zimene mukufunadi kuchita. Lembani izi m'malingaliro anu musanagunde kusintha kulikonse. Musadabwe ndi zomwe zimachitika mukatembenuza switch. Yembekezerani kuti chilichonse chomwe chimachitika mukasindikiza chosinthira ndichomwe mumafuna; ndipo ngati sichoncho, nthawi yomweyo zindikirani chifukwa chake sichinachitike momwe mumafunira ndikukonza. Koma musachite mopambanitsa. Zochita zonse ndi zotsutsana ziyenera kukhala zolingalira, zoyezera komanso mwadala. Muyenera kudziwa chifukwa chake mukusuntha injini, osati kuti ndi mochuluka bwanji. Tichite, bwana."
    
  Wokwerayo adayankha ... pochita chilichonse, chomwe Boomer adaganiza kuti chinali chinthu chabwino kwambiri chomwe chingachitike. Pakati pausiku inali itatsala pang'ono kuyandikira pafupi, ndipo wokwerayo ankadziwa bwino kuti ukadaulo womwe udamulola kuti apite mpaka pano mwina unali wopitilira mphamvu zake zochepa, motero mwanzeru adaganiza zolola kuti makinawo amalize kusinthika kwake, phunzirani zina zomwe zimafunikira kuchita - ngati zili choncho - ndikumaliza ngati angathe.
    
  Sitima yapamtunda ya Armstrong inayandikira pafupi ndi ndege yapakati pausiku, kudzaza kanyumba kakang'ono, kakang'ono kamphepo kamene kalikonse ndi kuwononga deta ina yonse yowonekera...kupatulapo yofunika kwambiri, yomwe inali zithunzi zopangidwa ndi makompyuta pa ntchito zambiri. kuwonetsera ngati kutsogolo kwa mkulu wa ndegeyo, ndi pamaso pa wokwera. Kuyika koyenera ndi dock pamalo okwerera mlengalenga kunali kodziwikiratu - zimafunikira kulingalira kuti ndi maulamuliro ati okhudza kukhudza ndikusintha kukonza kayendedwe ka ndege.
    
  "Sindingathe kuyambitsa kusuntha kwa ndege," anadandaula motero wokwerayo, kukhumudwa kunamveka m"mawu ake. "Ndimapitiliza kukanikiza switch, koma palibe chomwe chimachitika."
    
  "Zokonzekera zomwe mwalemba zilipo - muyenera kungolola kuti zichitike, bwana," adatero Boomer. Liwu lake linayamba kumveka ngati lankhondo komanso ngati la shaman kapena wotsogolera wauzimu. "Zosangalatsa, zopepuka, zofatsa, zosalala. Kumbukirani, kungokankha pang'ono pang'ono kwa chala chanu paziwongola dzanja kumapanga mazana a mapaundi a rocket thrust yomwe imasintha njira ya chombo cholemera mapaundi masauzande, kuyenda mowirikiza makumi awiri ndi kasanu liwiro la phokoso, mamailosi mazana kumtunda kwa mlengalenga. Dziko lapansi. Yang'anani m'maganizo momwe ndegeyi ikuyendetsedwera ndikuwona zochitika zoyenera kukonza njira yowulukira, kenaka gwiritsani ntchito zowongolera zoyenera. Kuchita popanda kuganiza ndi zoipa. Landirani lamulo."
    
  Wokwerayo adachotsa manja ake pazowongolera, ndikulola wowongolera kuyandama patsogolo pake pa tether, adatseka maso ake ndikupuma pang'ono. Atatsegula adapeza kuti zonse zomwe adalowetsa zidayambadi kulowetsedwa. "Nanga bwanji izi?" - anadandaula. "Sindine chitsiru chathunthu."
    
  "Mukuchita bwino, bwana," adatero Boomer. "Kumbukirani kuti palibe mlengalenga kapena msewu woti upangitse kukangana, ndipo mphamvu yokoka imatha kusinthana kangapo kuti ichitike, kotero kusintha kulikonse komwe mungapange kuyenera kuchotsedwa. Deta iyi apa ikuwonetsa kuchuluka kwa kuwongolera komwe mwagwiritsa ntchito komanso mbali iti, ndiko kuti, kuchuluka kwa momwe muyenera kuchotsa. Kumbukiraninso kuti zidatenga nthawi yayitali bwanji kuti mugwiritse ntchito zomwe mwalowetsa, kotero izi zikupatsani lingaliro lolondola la nthawi yoti muzigwiritsa ntchito. "
    
  Tsopano wokwerayo analidi m'derali. Wolamulira ali m"chifuwa mwake, wolunjika mofanana ndi ndege ya m"mlengalenga, ankalephera kugwira zogwirira ntchito ndi nsonga za zala zake. Pamene ankayandikira diso la ng"ombeyo, liwiro la kutsogolo linkatsika pang"ono, moti pamene njovuzo zinkagunda diso la ng"ombeyo, liŵiro lakutsogolo linali pafupifupi mainchesi ziro pa sekondi imodzi.
    
  "Lumikizanani," adatero Boomer. Mapewa a wokwerayo adamasuka ndipo adatulutsa chowongolera m'manja mwake. "Zingwe zotchingira ndi zotetezeka. Chombo cha m'mlengalenga chakhazikika. Zabwino zonse bwana."
    
  "Musandichitenso izi, simusamala, Dr. Noble?" wokwerayo anafunsa, akuyang'ana mmwamba ndikupuma pang'ono , kenako ndikutulutsa chowongolera m'manja ngati chida cha radioactive. "Zomwe ndikanangoganiza zinali tsokalo komanso momwe tonsefe tidakhalira m'njira."
    
  Boomer adatenga wowongolera wina, wofanana ndi woyamba. "Ndinali ndi nsana wanu, bwana," iye anatero akumwetulira. "Koma mwachita ntchito yabwino - sindinakhudze kalikonse. Sindinakuuzeni izi, koma nthawi zambiri timafunikira liwiro lakutsogolo la zero point mapazi atatu pa sekondi imodzi kuti doko litseke - amakukokerani pang'onopang'ono. "
    
  "Izi sizingachepetse nkhawa zanga, Boomer."
    
  "Monga ndidanenera, bwana, muli ndi talente," adatero Boomer. "Gonzo atikonzekeretsa kupita ku station. Akonzekeretsa mzanuyo kaye, ndipo anthu angapo akusiteshoni amusuntha kaye, kenako tinyamuka. Nthawi zambiri timatseka airlock kuchokera pamalo owulukira ndege pomwe tikukhazikitsa njira yosinthira, ngati pakhala kudontha kapena kuwonongeka, koma aliyense ali ndi suti, ndiye ngakhale pachitika ngozi kapena zovuta, tikhala bwino.
    
  Boomer ndi wokwerayo adatembenuka ndikuwona Faulkner akutulutsa ndandanda, ndikuyiyika pamutu waukulu ndi Velcro, ndikuyamba kugwira ntchito. "Ndege yapakati pausiku ili ndi malo ang'onoang'ono onyamula katundu, okulirapo kuposa S-9 Black Stallion koma osati yayikulu ngati Space shuttle, koma sikunali koyenera kumakoka kapena kunyamula katundu kapena okwera - osati kwenikweni chinali chiwonetsero chaukadaulo. ," Boomer anafotokoza. "Kenako tinasintha kukhala kavalo wogwirira ntchito. Pali airlock kutsogolo kwa module yonyamula anthu yomwe imatilola kukwera ndi Armstrong kapena International Space Station ndi onyamula katundu kapena zonyamula katundu popanda kupita mumlengalenga. "
    
  "Pitani mu mlengalenga?" - anabwereza wokwera. Analoza mazenera a kanyumbako. "Mukutanthauza kuti mumayenera kupita kumeneko kuti mukafike ku station?"
    
  "Inali njira yokhayo yopitira kumalo okwerera mlengalenga pa S-9 Black Stallion komanso koyambirira kwa S-19 Pakati pausiku," adatero Boomer. "Sky Masters adapanga malo otsekera ndege pakati pa malo okwera ndege ndi malo onyamula katundu okhala ndi makina oponderezedwa, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti zikhale zosavuta kuchoka pandege kupita kusiteshoni. S-9 ndi yaying'ono kwambiri kuti ikhale yotseka ndege, kotero kusamutsa kumatanthauza kuyenda mumlengalenga. Ndikaulendo kakang'ono komanso kokoma. Zinali pafupi, koma zochititsa chidwi kwambiri. "
    
  "Zitseko za malo onyamula katundu zikutseguka," adatero Gonzo. Ankangomva phokoso labata m"mbali mwa ndegeyo. "Zitseko zatseguka ndithu."
    
  "Zikuwoneka ngati zitseko zako zonyamula katundu zatseguka, Boomer," liwu lidatero pa intercom. "Takulandirani ku Armstrong."
    
  "Zikomo, bwana," Boomer anayankha. Polankhula ndi wokwerayo, adati: "Uyu ndi Trevor Sheil, woyang'anira siteshoni. Onse ogwira ntchito pa siteshoni ya mlengalenga ya Armstrong pakali pano ndi makontrakitala, ngakhale kuti pafupifupi onse anali asitikali akale, omwe ali ndi chidziwitso chambiri chogwira ntchito mumlengalenga, ndipo pafupifupi theka adagwirapo ntchito pasiteshoniyi m'mbuyomu. Timatsegula zitseko za malo onyamula katundu kuti titulutse kutentha kochuluka mundege." Pa intercom anati, "Njira yabwino kwambiri, simukuganiza, bwana?"
    
  "Osadzipangitsa kukhala wopsinjika podzisisita pamsana, Boomer," Shale adauza wailesi.
    
  "Sinali ine kapena Gonzo: anali wokwera wathu."
    
  Kupuma kwautali, kochititsa manyazi kunatsatira; Kenako Sheil anayankha ndi thabwa kuti "Ndakukondani."
    
  "Iye sanawoneke wokondwa," wokwerayo anatero.
    
  "Trevor sanakonde lingaliro loti mupite pakati pausiku, bwana," adavomereza Boomer. "Woyang"anira siteshoni, Kai Rydon, yemwe anapuma pa ntchito ya Air Force, anavomereza lingalirolo; adandisiyira ine.
    
  "Ndikuganiza kuti lingakhale lingaliro loipa kukana woyang'anira siteshoni, Boomer."
    
  "Bwana, ndikuganiza kuti ndikudziwa komanso ndikumvetsetsa chifukwa chomwe mukuchitira zonsezi," adatero Boomer akuwona momwe akuyendera ndikuyika njira yosinthira ku airlock. "Mwabwera kudzafotokoza mfundo yofunika, ndipo ndikuthandizani. Ndichiwopsezo chachikulu, koma ndikuganiza kuti ndi chiopsezo choyenera kuchita. Ngati mukufuna kuchita izi, ndine wokonzeka kuchita chilichonse chomwe ndingathe kuti ndinyowetse maso anu ndikunyowetsa maso a dziko lonse lapansi. Ngati ndinganene, bwana, ndikungofunika kuti mukhale olimba mtima kuti muuze dziko lapansi zomwe munachita paulendowu ndi zomwe mudawona, mobwerezabwereza, paliponse, padziko lonse lapansi. Mawu anu adzakakamiza dziko lapansi kuti lisangalale ndi kuyenda mumlengalenga kuposa momwe ine ndikanachitira. " Wokwerayo anaganiza za izo kwa kamphindi, kenako anagwedeza mutu.
    
  "Njira yotumizira imalumikizidwa ndikutetezedwa," adatero Gonzo. "Kutseka airlock."
    
  "Ndiye Gonzo ali yekha m'malo otsekera ndege, otalikirana ndi malo oyendera alendo komanso okwera?" Adafunsa motele. "N'chifukwa chiyani mukuchita?"
    
  "Kuti tisadetse nkhawa ndege yonse ya m'mlengalenga ngati ngalandeyo yalephera kapena osamata bwino," adatero Boomer.
    
  "Koma Gonzo...?"
    
  "Iye ali ndi suti yopanikizika pang'ono ndipo akhoza kupulumuka kutaya mphamvu," adatero Boomer, "koma iye ndi Bambo Spellman amayenera kuyenda mumlengalenga kuti akafike ku siteshoni, zomwe adazichita nthawi zambiri pophunzitsa, koma ndithudi. , Bambo Spellman akanayenera kupirira paokha. Ndizowopsa, koma adazichita kale. A Spellman mwina angapulumuke - ndi munthu wathanzi labwino ... "
    
  "O Mulungu wanga," anatero wokwerayo. "Zimandidabwitsa kuti ndi zinthu zingati zomwe zingasokonekera."
    
  "Tikugwira ntchitoyo ndikuwongolera nthawi zonse, kuphunzitsa ndi kuphunzitsa ndikuphunzitsanso ena," adatero Boomer. "Koma ungoyenera kuvomereza kuti tikusewera masewera owopsa."
    
  "Zonse zakonzeka kutsegula siteshoni," adatero Sheil.
    
  "Ndimakumvetsetsa. Armstrong, "Pakati pausiku wakonzeka kutsegulidwa kuchokera kumbali ya siteshoni," adatero Boomer. Iye adalozera kuwonetsero kwamitundu yambiri pazida zopangira zida, zomwe zikuwonetsa kuthamanga kwa mpweya mu spaceplane, pagawo la siteshoni, ndipo tsopano mkati mwa Kuthamanga kwa ngalandeyo kunawonetsa ziro.. Ndipo panthawiyo, mphamvu ya mkati mwa ngalandeyo inayamba kukwera pang'onopang'ono. Zinatenga pafupifupi mphindi khumi kuti ngalandeyo ikwere kwambiri. kutsika kwamphamvu, kuwonetsa kutayikira, koma idakhazikika.
    
  "Kupanikizika kwachitika, Boomer," adatero Sheil.
    
  "Ndikuvomereza," adatero Boomer. "Kodi aliyense ndi wokonzeka ngakhale kugoletsa?"
    
  "Ndili bwino, Boomer," Gonzo anayankha. "Passenger wachiwiri nayenso."
    
  "Ndikutsegula, Gonzo."
    
  Anamva kupanikizika pang'ono m'makutu mwawo pamene kuthamanga kwapamwamba mu kanyumba ka ndege kunafanana ndi kutsika pang'ono pa siteshoni, koma sikunali kowawa ndipo kunatenga kamphindi. Kamphindi pambuyo pake: "Masewerowa atseguka, wokwera wachiwiri ali m'njira."
    
  "Ndamva, Gonzo," adatero Boomer. Anayamba kumasuka pampando wake. "Ndikumasulani kaye lamba wanu, bwana," iye anauza wokwerapo wakeyo, "kenako ndilowa m"khola la ndege pamene inu mukumasula lamba wanu, ndipo ndidzakutulutsani m"mwamba." Wokwerayo anagwedeza mutu koma sananene kanthu; Boomer adawona nkhope ya munthu woyambayo ili kutali ndipo adadabwa kuti akuganiza chiyani mozama. Chinthu chovuta kwambiri chinali kuchitika - zonse zomwe anayenera kuchita tsopano ndikuzungulira pa siteshoni yaikulu, kuyang'ana mozungulira ndi kukhala woyendera mlengalenga mpaka nthawi yobwerera kunyumba.
    
  Koma Boomer atamasula malamba pa mawondo ndi mapewa ake ndipo atatsala pang"ono kunyamuka pampando wake, munthu wina wokwera anamugwira pamkono. "Ndikufuna kuchita izi, Boomer," adatero.
    
  "Nditani, bwana?"
    
  Wokwerayo adayang'ana Boomer, kenako adagwedeza mutu wake kumanja kwa kanyumbako. "Apo. Apo."
    
  Wokwerayo amatha kuona maso a Boomer akuthwanima pachipewa chake mosakhulupirira, ngakhale ma alarm, koma posakhalitsa kumwetulira kokhutitsidwa kudawonekera pankhope pake. "Mukutsimikiza kuti mukufuna kuchita izi, bwana?" - anafunsa mopanda kukhulupilira.
    
  "Boomer, ndikuchita zodabwitsa lero," adatero wokwerayo, "koma ndikudziwa kuti ndikanadzikwiyira ndikadabwerera ku Earth nditaisiya." Takhala ndi mpweya wokwanira, sichoncho? Palibe chowopsa chotenga 'kinks', sichoncho?
    
  "Bwana, vuto la decompression decompression lingakhale gawo lowopsa kwambiri paulendo," adatero Boomer, akuthamanga m'mutu mwake kuti awone zomwe zingaletse. "Koma kuti tiyankhe funso lanu: inde, takhala tikupuma mpweya wabwino kwa maola opitilira anayi tsopano, ndiye tiyenera kukhala bwino." Inadina, ndikutsegula intercom yopita ku sitima. "General Raydon? Iye akufuna kuchita izo. Pompano. Kuchokera kumalo osungira oyendetsa ndege komanso kudzera pabwalo la ndege, osati kudzera mumsewu. "
    
  "Konzekera, Boomer," liwu lina linayankha.
    
  "Uyu ndi munthu wachiwiri pasiteshoni yemwe akuwoneka kuti wakwiyitsidwa ndikulankhula nanu, Boomer," wokwerayo adanenanso ndikumwetulira.
    
  "Khulupirirani kapena ayi, bwana, tidakambirananso," adatero Boomer. Tinkafuna kuti mukhale ndi chidziwitso chonse. Ichi ndichifukwa chake tikukuyikani mu suti yathunthu ya ACES yopulumukira ya ogwira ntchito m'malo mokhala ndi suti yomasuka kwambiri - idapangidwira mayendedwe afupiafupi kapena zochitika zapadera. Kodi mukutsimikiza kuti anyamata anu kunyumba angakonde zomwe mukuchita?"
    
  "Iwo mwina sangakonde konse, Boomer," adatero wokwerayo, "koma ali kumusi uko, ndipo ine ndiri pamwamba pano. Tichite zimenezo ". Monga ngati kusonyeza mgwirizano, mphindi pang'ono mkono wopangidwa ndi makina unatuluka pa hatch kumbali ina ya docking module, utanyamula chipangizo chonyamulira ngati mpando ndi zingwe ziwiri mu claw makina.
    
  Boomer anasintha masiwichi pang'ono, kenako adayang'ana zida za suti ya wokwerayo komanso zida zomwe adawerengera asanamugwire paphewa ndikugwedeza mutu motsimikiza kuti akuvomereza. "Ndimakonda mawonekedwe a jib yanu, bwana," adatero. "Pitani". Boomer anagunda chosinthira chomaliza, ndipo ndi kudina kokweza, kolemetsa pang'ono ndi phokoso lamphamvu lochokera kumainjini, mazenera kumbali zonse za pakati pausiku bwalo la ndege la S-19 linatseguka.
    
  Wokwerayo asanazindikire, Boomer anaimirira pampando wake, wopanda ndege ya m'mlengalenga ndi lamba limodzi lopyapyala loyigwira pachilichonse, kuwoneka ngati Peter Pan wapadziko lapansi atavala suti yake yamlengalenga komanso chisoti cha oxygen. Anatenga chingwe chimodzi pa mkono wake wa remote control ndikuchilumikiza ku suti yake. "Ndabwereranso," iye anatero. Wakonzeka kutsika. Dzanja la robotic linatsitsa Boomer pamlingo wofanana ndi kunja kwa kanyumba kumbali yokwera. "Ndikuchotsani m'sitimayo, ndikulumikizani kwa ine ndi kukweza, ndikulumikizani ndi chingwe cha umbilical, bwana," adatero Boomer. M"kuphethira kwa diso zinachitidwa. "Zonse zakonzeka. Mukumva bwanji?
    
  "Mofuula komanso momveka, Boomer," wokwerayo anayankha.
    
  "Chabwino". Boomer anathandiza wokwerayo kuchoka pampando wake, zomwe zinali zosavuta kuposa kulowa chifukwa tsopano zinali zotsegula. "Sitingakhale panja kwa nthawi yayitali chifukwa sitikutetezedwa bwino ku ma micrometeorite, kuwala kwachilengedwe, kutentha kwambiri ndi china chilichonse chomwe chimabwera ndi mlengalenga, koma kudzakhala kukwera kosangalatsa kupitilira. Zingwe za umbilical ndizomveka, Armstrong. Wakonzeka kuwuka." Dzanja la loboti lija lidayamba kuwakweza pang'onopang'ono ndikuwasuntha kutali ndi ndegeyo, kenako wokwerayo adapeza kuti akuyandama momasuka mumlengalenga pamwamba pa docking module...
    
  ... ndipo m'kamphindi zochepa mawonekedwe onse a siteshoni yamlengalenga ya Armstrong anali atayala pamaso pawo, kunyezimira mu kuwala kwa dzuwa. Amatha kuwona kutalika konse kwa nyumbayo, akuwona ma labotale akulu, ma module amoyo, makina osungira komanso kusungirako pamwamba ndi pansi pa famuyo, komanso kufalikira kosatha kwa mapanelo a dzuwa kumapeto onse a famuyo yomwe inkawoneka kuti ikupitilira mpaka muyaya - amatha kuwona. anthu amawayang'ana kudzera m'mawindo akulu owonera pama module ena. "O... mai...Mulungu," wokwerayo anadzuma. "Izi nzodabwitsa!"
    
  "Ndizowona, koma sizopanda pake," adatero Boomer. Anagwira suti ya m'mlengalenga ya passengeryo kumbuyo ndikuyikoka kuti igwe...
    
  ... ndipo wokwerayo adawona dziko lapansi pansi pawo kwa nthawi yoyamba. Onse ankamumva akudzuma modabwa kwambiri. "Mulungu Wabwino!" - adafuula. "Izi nzodabwitsa! Ndizopambana! Ndikutha kuwona pafupifupi kontinenti yonse ya South America kumunsi uko! Mulungu wanga! Zikuwoneka mosiyana kwambiri ndi mazenera apanyumba - tsopano ndikutha kumva kutalika kwake. "
    
  "Ndikuganiza kuti amazikonda, General Raydon," adatero Boomer. Analola wokwerayo kuchita chidwi ndi dziko lapansi kwa mphindi imodzi yaitali, akuyandama momasuka mumlengalenga; Kenako anati: "Sitingayerekezenso kukhala pano, bwana. Tilowetseni mu izi, Armstrong. " Wokwerayo atayang'anabe padziko lapansi, mkono wa lobotiyo unayamba kubwerera ku malo okwerera mlengalenga, ndikuwakoka amuna awiriwo. Boomer adakweza wokwerayo pamalo oongoka asanayandikire pachitseko chachikulu. Anasambira kupita ku hatch, natsegula ndi kutsegula, kusambira pamphuno, anamanga mkati mwa airlock, anamanga lamba lina kwa wokwerayo ndikumulondolera mosamala m'chipinda cha airlock cha siteshoni. Boomer adawadula onse awiri pamitsempha, kuwatulutsa, kenaka adatseka ndikugwetsera pansi. Anadzigwirizanitsa yekha ndi wokwerayo ku zingwe za umbilical mu airlock, kuyembekezera kuti kukakamizidwa kufanane, koma wokwerayo adadodoma kwambiri ndipo sananene mawu, ngakhale chitseko chamkati cha airlock chitatha. Amisiriwo adathandizira wokwerayo kuchotsa suti yake ya m'mlengalenga, ndipo Boomer adaloza potuluka pa airlock.
    
  Wokwerayo atangotuluka pa airlock, Kai Raydon, munthu wocheperako, wothamanga, wometa tsitsi lasiliva, mawonekedwe owoneka bwino komanso maso owoneka bwino abuluu, adayimilira, adakweza maikolofoni yamutu wopanda zingwe pamilomo yake ndikunena kuti: " Chenjerani ndi Station Armstrong, uyu ndiye director, kuti onse ogwira ntchito adziwe, Purezidenti wa United States of America, Kenneth Phoenix, ali pasiteshoniyi. Ogwira ntchito adayima tcheru momwe angathere, zala zawo zokokedwa, kuseri kwa mwendo kumakhala ngati zokometsera komanso zikuyenda bwino ndiyeno "Mfumu Ya Moyo Wamuyaya" idamveka pamayendedwe a anthu onse pawailesiyo.
    
    
  ZIWIRI
    
    
  Kuopa imfa kuyenera kuopedwa kuposa imfa yokha.
    
  - PUBLILIUS SYRUS
    
    
    
  ARMSTRONG SPACE STATION
    
    
  "Monga momwe mulili, amayi ndi abambo," adatero Purezidenti Kenneth Phoenix nyimboyo itatha. "Ndikadapsompsona sitimayo ndikadziwa njira yomwe ili." Ogwira ntchito pasiteshoniyo anaseka, kuombera m'manja, ndi kusangalala kwa mphindi zingapo.
    
  "Ndine Kai Rhydon, director station, Mr. Purezidenti," Kai adadziwonetsa yekha, akuyandama mpaka ku Phoenix ndikugwirana chanza. "Takulandirani ku Armstrong Space Station ndikuthokoza chifukwa chokhala ndi kulimba mtima kuti mukhale mtsogoleri woyamba wa boma kuwuluka mu Earth orbit, ndipo tsopano mtsogoleri woyamba wa boma kuyenda mumlengalenga. Mukumva bwanji bwana?"
    
  "Ndadabwa kwambiri, General Raydon," adatero Phoenix. "Ndinawona ndikuchita zomwe ndimangolakalaka, zikomo kwa inu ndi anthu anu. Zikomo pondipatsa mwayi wabwino kwambiri umenewu."
    
  "Tidakupatsani mwayi, monga Purezidenti aliyense kuyambira Kevin Martindale, koma mudasankha," adatero Kai. "Anthu ambiri amanena kuti zonsezi n"zandale, koma kulimba mtima kumene mwasonyeza lero kumandiuza momveka bwino kuti zimenezi n"zoposa ndale." Iye anatembenukira kwa amene anali pafupi naye. "Ndiroleni ndimudziwitse Woyang'anira Sitimayo Trevor Sheil, Chief of Operations Valerie Lucas ndipo, zachidziwikire, mumamudziwa a Jessica Faulkner, Director athu oyendetsa ndege." Purezidenti adagwirana chanza, koma nthawi yomweyo adazindikira kuti izi sizinali zophweka kuchita mu mphamvu yokoka ziro - mawonekedwe osavuta omwe adawopseza kumuponyera denga.
    
  "Dr. Noble ndi Colonel Faulkner adachita ntchito yabwino kwambiri kundifikitsa kuno, General Raydon," Purezidenti adatero. "Ulendo wosangalatsa. Dr Noble ali kuti?
    
  "Ali ndi ntchito yoti achite kuti mubwerere, bwana, ndipo amayang'aniranso kuthira mafuta ndi kukonza ndege," adatero Raydon. "Boomer ndi director of aerospace development ku Sky Masters Aerospace, omwe ndi kontrakitala wamkulu wa siteshoni ya Armstrong, ndipo mwina alinso ndi ntchito kwa iwo. Iyenso ndi woyendetsa ndege wamkulu wa ndege za m'mlengalenga za kampaniyo ndipo ali ndi ophunzira asanu ndi mmodzi pamaphunziro ake. Ndi mnyamata wotanganidwa."
    
  "Pomudziwa, Bambo Purezidenti, mwina anaganiza zongogona," Jessica analankhula motero akumwetulira. "Amakonda kudziwonetsa ngati jock wosangalatsa wamlengalenga, koma adakhala sabata imodzi akukonzekera maulendo apandege ndikuyesa zamlengalenga zomwe zidzachitike."
    
  "Chabwino, ntchito yake idapindula," adatero Purezidenti. "Zikomo nonse chifukwa cha ulendo wodabwitsa."
    
  "Tili ndi pafupifupi ola limodzi kuti muyambe kuwulutsa, ndiye tili ndi nthawi yoyendera komanso zotsitsimula ngati mungafune."
    
  "Ulendo ungakhale wabwino, General Raydon," adatero Phoenix. "Koma choyamba ndikufuna kuyang'ana Agent Spellman, mnzanga wa Secret Service."
    
  "Trev?" - Reidon adafunsa.
    
  "Ndamva," adatero Sheil, akukweza maikolofoni opanda zingwe pamilomo yake. Kanthawi pang'ono: "Agent Spellman akudziwa kudwala, bwana," adayankha Sheil. "Tsoka ilo, siligwira bwino ma Gs achilendo. Mwakuthupi, iye anali membala woyenerera kwambiri wa gulu lanu kuti adzipereke kuti apite nanu pa ntchitoyi, Bambo Purezidenti, koma palibe kugwirizana kwachindunji pakati pa luso la masewera ndi luso lanu logwira ntchito ndi kukakamizidwa kwachilendo ndi kinesthetic zomverera pa thupi lanu. Tidzafunika kukambirana ndi gulu lazamankhwala apamlengalenga kuti tipeze njira yabwino yomubwezera ku Dziko Lapansi. Sindikhulupirira kuti tabweretsapo munthu yemwe wakomoka polowanso m'mbuyomu. "
    
  "Iye ndi chizindikiro chenicheni cha kulimba mtima mu ntchito iyi," adatero Phoenix. "Kudzipereka pakuchita izi sikunali kokwanira, ndipo izi zikunena zambiri ku Secret Service. Ndiloleni ndikamuone kaye ndiyeno ndipite kukamuona ngati nthawi ilipo."
    
  Rhydon adatitsogolera kudzera mumsewu wolumikizira kupita ku gawo loyamba. "Ndikutsimikiza kuti Boomer ndi Jessica akufotokozerani mwatsatanetsatane zaulendo wokoka zero," adatero Raydon. "Mudzaona ena mwa anthu odziwa zambiri akuuluka mozungulira makoko akuluakulu monga Superman, koma ndapeza kuti kwa oyamba kumene ndi bwino kugwiritsa ntchito chala chimodzi kapena ziwiri kuyenda mozungulira pogwiritsa ntchito zitsulo zamanja ndi zopumira mapazi, ndikuzichita mosamala ndi kusuntha. pafupipafupi ".
    
  "Ndikukhulupirira kuti ndidzakhala ndi mikwingwirima yochepa yoti ndiwonetsere ndikafika kunyumba," adatero Phoenix.
    
  Iwo anatulukira mumphangayo wolumikizira umene unkawoneka ngati khoma lozungulira la makabati, lomwe linali ndi njira yozungulira pakati. "Iyi ndi gawo losungiramo deta ndi kukonza," Reidon anafotokoza. "Nditsateni". Anayandama pang'onopang'ono chapakati, ndikuyika manja ake m'mphepete mwa makabati, pomwe Purezidenti ndi enawo adatsatira. Purezidenti posakhalitsa adapeza mizere khumi ndi iwiri yozungulira ya makabati opangidwa mozungulira moduli ngati magawo a chinanazi mumtsuko, wokhala ndi mipata yayikulu yamunthu pakati pawo. "Zogulitsa zimabweretsedwa kudzera pama airlock pamwamba ndi pansi kumapeto, kutengedwa kapena kukonzedwa ngati pakufunika, ndikusungidwa pano. Odwala ali mu module yomwe ili pamwamba pathu. "
    
  Purezidenti adavomereza kuti: "Ndayamba kuchita chizungulire pang'ono pofotokoza za 'mmwamba' ndi 'pamwamba,'" adavomereza motero. "Sindikudziwa chilichonse."
    
  "  'Mmwamba' ndi 'pansi' akutanthauza komwe mukufuna kupita," adatero Faulkner. "Mutha kukhala ndi anthu awiri mbali imodzi, koma wina amalozera mbali ina, winayo, ndiye kuti zonse ndi zachibale. Timagwiritsa ntchito mbali zonse za ma modules kuti tigwire ntchito, kotero mudzawona oyenda m'mlengalenga 'akupachikidwa' kuchokera padenga pomwe ena akugwira ntchito 'pansi,' ngakhale kuti 'denga' ndi 'pansi' ndi mawu ofanana."
    
  "Simukundithandiza chizungulire, Gonzo."
    
  "Tiuzeni ngati chizungulire chanu chayamba kuonekera, bwana," adatero Jessica. "Tsoka ilo, ndi chinthu chomwe chimatenga nthawi kuti muchizolowere ndipo simukhala pano nthawi yayitali chonchi. Monga tanenera kale, si zachilendo kuyamba kuchita nseru mutangosuntha pang"ono mphamvu yokoka."
    
  "Ndili bwino, Jessica," Purezidenti adatero, koma nthawi ino adadabwa kuti zitenga nthawi yayitali bwanji.
    
  Panjira yopita ku Galaxy, galley yophatikizika, gawo lophunzitsira, ofesi, chipatala ndi gawo la zosangalatsa, Purezidenti adayimitsa kangapo kuti agwirane chanza ndi ogwira ntchito pasiteshoni, ndikuyimitsa ndikuyambanso bwino kwambiri luso lake loyendetsa. Ngakhale Raydon adalengeza kuti Purezidenti adakwera, ambiri mwa akatswiri omwe adakumana nawo adawoneka odabwa kwambiri kumuwona. "N'chifukwa chiyani amuna ndi akazi ena omwe ali pasiteshoni akuwoneka odabwa kundiwona, General?" Phoenix pomaliza anafunsa.
    
  "Chifukwa ndaganiza kuti ndisadziwitse ogwira ntchito mpaka nditatero mukadzadutsa pa airlock, bwana," Raydon anayankha. "Ine ndekha, Trevor, Secret Service, akuluakulu ochepa a Sky Masters Aerospace, ndi ogwira ntchito mumlengalenga wa Midnight ndi ogwira ntchito pansi omwe ankadziwa. Ndidawona kuti chitetezo ndichofunika kwambiri pamwambowu ndipo zinali zosavuta kuti ogwira ntchito pasiteshoni alankhule ndi Earth. Ndikuyembekeza kuti mauthenga opita kwa achibale ndi abwenzi adzachuluka posachedwa, koma nthawi ikadzamveka mudzakhala pa TV padziko lonse lapansi. "
    
  "Ndipo nthawi yolankhulira idasankhidwa kuti mukamapita pamlengalenga, simunali pakati pa chida chilichonse chodziwika bwino cha Russia kapena China chotsutsana ndi satelayiti panjira zingapo," adatero Trevor Sheil.
    
  Maso a Purezidenti anali odabwa - vumbulutsoli linamugwiradi chidwi. "Anti-satellite chida?" anafunsa modabwa.
    
  "Tikudziwa malo osachepera theka la khumi ndi awiri kumpoto chakumadzulo ndi kum'mawa kwa Russia ndi malo atatu ku China, bwana," adatero Raydon. "Sitimayi ili ndi zida zodzitetezera - ma lasers a mankhwala ndi zoponya zazifupi - koma zida za Kingfisher zolimbana ndi mizinga ndi ma anti-satellite mu Earth orbit sizinagwirebe ntchito mokwanira, kotero ndegeyo inalibe chitetezo ndipo sitinkafuna kuyika pachiwopsezo. ."
    
  "Bwanji sanandiuze za izi!" - anafuula pulezidenti.
    
  "Inali vuto langa, bwana," adatero Raydon. "Kunena zoona, m'malingaliro mwanga, chiwopsezo chochokera ku zida zolimbana ndi satelayiti ndizovuta kwambiri pazangozi zomwe mungakumane nazo pa ntchitoyi - sindikufuna kukupatsani zambiri zoti muganizire." A President anayesa kunena zinazake, koma pakamwa pake panangotseguka mwakachetechete. "Podzafika nthawi yochoka, mudzakhala mutakhala pafupi ndi chinthu chimodzi," adatero Raydon, "ndipo Boomer akukonzekera njira yodutsa ndegeyo kuti apewe zina zambiri. Mudzatetezedwa ku zida zotsutsana ndi satelayiti momwe tingakutetezereni. "
    
  "Mukutanthauza kuti munakonzekera ulendo uno poganiza kuti boma lina lakunja lingayesedi kuwukira ndege yamumlengalenga kapena malo okwerera mlengalenga ndikukwera?" Chete cha Trevor ndi Raydon komanso mawonekedwe a nkhope zawo zidathandizira Phoenix kuyankha kwake. Purezidenti sakanatha kuchita china kuposa kugwedeza mutu wake kwa mphindi zingapo, akuyang'ana pamalo pomwe panali bulkhead, koma kenako adayang'ana Raydon ndikumwetulira koyipa . "Kodi pali ziwopsezo zina zomwe sindinawuzidwe, General Raydon?" anafunsa.
    
  "Inde, bwana, mndandandawu ndi wautali kuposa mkono wanga," Raydon anatero mosabisa. "Koma ndinadziŵitsidwa kuti Purezidenti wa United States anafuna kuyendera siteshoni ya m"mlengalenga ya Armstrong, ndipo ndinalamulidwa kuchita zimenezo, ndipo tinapambana. Ngati ndikulamulani kuti ndikuletseni kubwera kuno, ndikuganiza kuti ndingapereke mndandanda wautali wa ziwopsezo zenizeni kwa banja lanu, oyang'anira anu ndi mamembala a Congress, zomwe zingapangitsenso kuti ntchitoyi ithe. " Analoza kumapeto kwa ngalande yolumikizira. "Motere, Mr. President."
    
  Mosiyana ndi gawo losungiramo data komanso kanyumba kakang'ono ka ndege ndi gawo la okwera, gawo la Galaxy linali lopepuka, lotentha komanso lopanda mpweya. Pafupi ndi makoma a gawoli panali madesiki osiyanasiyana amtundu wa pub ndi malo ogona usiku okhala ndi zopondaponda paliponse, makina owonera makompyuta ndi ma laputopu, njinga zochitira masewera olimbitsa thupi, ngakhale bolodi la dart. Koma ambiri mwa ogwira ntchito pasiteshoniyi anali atazungulira zenera lowoneka bwino la mapazi atatu ndi asanu, akujambula zithunzi ndikuloza dziko lapansi. Chowunikira chachikulu cha pakompyuta chidawonetsa kuti ndi gawo liti la Dziko Lapansi pomwe malowa akudutsa, ndipo chinsalu china chinawonetsa mndandanda wa mayina omwe adasunga mpando wazenera kuti ajambule kwawo kapena chizindikiro china chapadziko lapansi.
    
  "Oyenda mumlengalenga ophunzitsidwa bwino omwe amayenera kugwada cham'mbuyo kuti afike kuno - ndipo zosangalatsa zawo zazikulu ndikuyang'ana pawindo?" - Purezidenti adanena.
    
  "Izi, ndikutumiza maimelo ndi macheza amakanema ndi anyamata kunyumba," adatero Raydon. "Timakhala ndi magawo ambiri ochezera a pavidiyo ndi masukulu, makoleji, masukulu, ma Scouts, ROTs ndi magawo a Civil Air Patrol, komanso atolankhani, abale ndi abwenzi."
    
  "Ichi chiyenera kukhala chida chabwino kwambiri cholembera anthu ntchito."
    
  "Inde, ndi zankhondo komanso zopangitsa ana kuphunzira sayansi ndi uinjiniya," Reidon adavomereza.
    
  "Chifukwa chake mwanjira ina, kubwera kuno mwina linali lingaliro loipa," Purezidenti adatero. "Ngati ana adziŵa kuti munthu wathanzi aliyense angathe kuwuluka kupita ku siteshoni ya m"mlengalenga-kuti safunika kuphunzira sayansi yapamwamba kuti achite zimenezo-mwinamwake ana ameneŵa amangokhala oyendera mlengalenga."
    
  "Palibe cholakwika ndi zokopa alendo, Purezidenti," adatero Sheil. "Koma tikukhulupirira kuti ana adzafuna kupanga ndi kugwiritsa ntchito njira zatsopano komanso zapamwamba kwambiri zopitira mumlengalenga ndikuwulukira ku Mwezi kapena mapulaneti a mapulaneti athu ozungulira dzuwa. Sitikudziwa chomwe chingayambitse malingaliro achichepere. "
    
  Raydon anati: "Osadandaula, a Purezidenti. "Ndikuganiza kuti kupezeka kwanu kuno kudzakhudza kwambiri anthu padziko lonse lapansi kwa nthawi yayitali."
    
  "Ndithudi; anawo anganene kuti, 'Ngati nkhwangwa yakaleyo ingathe, ndikhoza,' eh, General?" apulezidenti sanakhumudwe.
    
  "Chilichonse chomwe chingatenge, Bambo Purezidenti," adatero Valerie Lucas. "Chilichonse chomwe chingatenge."
    
  Purezidenti adadabwa kupeza Mthandizi Charles Spellman atavala chikwa chachilendo chansalu ngati thumba logona, lopindika molunjika mpaka pamutu pake - zimawoneka ngati tizilombo tambiri kapena ma marsupial atapachikidwa pamtengo. "Bambo pulezidenti, talandirani," anatero mayi wina wokongola kwambiri watsitsi lakuda, wamaso akuda atavala jumpsuit yoyera, akusambira mwaluso n"kufika kwa iye n"kutambasula dzanja lake. "Ndine Dr. Miriam Roth, mkulu wa zachipatala. Takulandilani ku Armstrong Space Station."
    
  Purezidenti adamugwira chanza, adakondwera kuti kuwongolera thupi lake kukuyenda bwino mu zero yokoka. "Ndizosangalatsa kukumana nanu, Dokotala," adatero Phoenix. Kwa a Secret Service adafunsa kuti, "Mukumva bwanji, Charlie?"
    
  "Bambo Purezidenti, pepani kwambiri chifukwa cha izi," adatero Spellman, mawu ake akuya kwambiri osabisa kuzama kwa kupsinjika kwake. Nkhope yake inali itatupa kwambiri, ngati kuti anali m"ndewu ya m"khwalala, ndipo fungo lochepa kwambiri la masanzi pafupi nalo linali losadziŵika. "Sindinayambe ndakhalapo ndi matenda a panyanja m'moyo wanga, matenda oyenda mumlengalenga kapena m'galimoto - sindinakhalepo ndi mphuno yodzaza kwa zaka zambiri. Koma pamene mphamvu imeneyo inandigwera, ndinayamba chizungulire, ndipo ndisanadziŵe, magetsi anazima. Sizichitikanso, bwana."
    
  "Musadandaule nazo, Charlie - ndauzidwa kuti pankhani ya matenda oyenda, pali omwe ali nawo ndi omwe angatero," Purezidenti adatero. Potembenukira kwa Roth, iye anafunsa kuti, "Funso nlakuti, kodi angabwerere ku Dziko Lapansi popanda kutenga chochitika china?"
    
  "Ndikuganiza kuti avomereza, Purezidenti," adatero Miriam. Ndithu, ndi wathanzi, wofanana ndi aliyense wapasiteshoni iyi. Ndamupatsa kachidutswa kakang'ono ka Phenergan, mankhwala omwe amagwiritsidwa ntchito kwa nthawi yayitali pazovuta za mseru, ndipo ndikufuna kuwona momwe amachitira. Pafupifupi mphindi khumi ndi zisanu kapena kuposerapo, ndimulola kuti atuluke m"chikwakwa chake ndikuyesera kuyendayenda pasiteshoni." Adapatsa Spellman tsinya yonyodola. "Ndikukhulupirira kuti Agent Spellman sanamwe mankhwala omwe ndidawawuza asananyamuke monga momwe adalimbikitsira."
    
  "Sindimakonda kulira kwa mfuti," anatero Spellman mokalipa. Kupatula apo, sindingathe kumwa mankhwala ndili pantchito, ndipo sindidwala konse.
    
  "Simunakhalepo mumlengalenga, Agent Spellman," adatero Miriam.
    
  "Ndakonzeka kupita pompano, Doc. Mseru watha. Ndine wokonzeka kubwerera kuudindo wanga, a Purezidenti.
    
  "Kulibwino uchite monga adotolo akunenera, Charlie," Purezidenti adatero. "Tili ndi ndege yobwerera m'maola ochepa chabe, ndipo ndikufuna kuti udzipereke kuchita izi." Spellman ankawoneka wokhumudwa kwambiri, koma anagwedeza mutu osanena kalikonse.
    
  Anadutsa mumsewu wina wolumikizira, nthawi ino motalikirapo, ndipo adalowa gawo lachitatu lodzaza ndi makina apakompyuta komanso zowunikira zowoneka bwino. "Iyi ndiye gawo lolamula, Bambo Purezidenti, gawo lapakati pa station," adatero Raydon. Anayandama mpaka pamzere waukulu wa zotonthoza zokhala ndi akatswiri asanu ndi mmodzi. Amisiri anali kuyang'ana kutsogolo kwa zotonthoza zawo poyimirira, miyendo yawo yotetezedwa ndi zomangira za miyendo; mindandanda, zolemba ndi zotengera zakumwa zokhala ndi udzu wotuluka zinali zotchingidwa bwino pafupi. "Awa ndi malo ophatikizira masensa. Kuchokera apa, timasonkhanitsa deta ya masensa kuchokera ku zikwizikwi za ma radar ankhondo ndi ankhondo, ma satelayiti, zombo, ndege ndi magalimoto apamtunda ndikuziphatikiza kukhala chithunzithunzi chanzeru komanso chanzeru cha chiwopsezo chankhondo padziko lonse lapansi. Malo okwerera mlengalenga a Armstrong ali ndi ma radar, optical ndi infrared sensors omwe titha kugwiritsa ntchito kubweretsa mipherezero mumlengalenga komanso Padziko Lapansi mkati mosiyanasiyana, koma timalumikizana ndi masensa ena padziko lonse lapansi kuti apange chithunzi chachikulu."
    
  Anayandama m'gawoli kupita kuzinthu zinayi zazing'ono zopanda munthu kuseri kwa ma seti awiri a ma consoles atatu ndi zowonera zamakompyuta, komanso zopanda munthu. "Awa ndi malo ogwirira ntchito mwanzeru momwe timagwiritsa ntchito zida za mlengalenga," Raydon anapitiriza. Adayika dzanja lake paphewa la technician ndipo bamboyo adatembenuka ndikumwetulira kwambiri apulezidenti. "Bambo Purezidenti, ndikufuna kukudziwitsani za Henry Lathrop, Ofisala wathu wa Zida Zamlengalenga." Amuna awiri aja anagwirana chanza, Lathrop akusisima kuyambira khutu mpaka khutu. Lathrop anali pafupi zaka makumi atatu, wamfupi, woonda kwambiri, amavala magalasi okhuthala komanso atametedwa mutu. "Henry, tafotokoza zomwe ukuchita pano."
    
  Kukamwa kwa Lathrop kunali kotseguka, ngati kuti samayembekezera kunena kalikonse kwa Purezidenti - zomwe sananene - koma Raydon atatsala pang"ono kuda nkhawa, injiniya wachichepereyo anadzikoka pamodzi: "Inde, bwana. Takulandirani ku station, Mr. President. Ndine woyang'anira zida zamlengalenga. Ndimayang'anira zida zapasiteshoni, zopangidwira kuti zizigwira ntchito mumlengalenga komanso mumlengalenga wapadziko lapansi. Tili ndi zida zankhondo zomwe zilipo, koma laser ya Skybolt sikugwira ntchito molamulidwa ndi Purezidenti, ndiye chida changa chokha ndi koyilo, kapena laser ya chlorine-oksijeni-iodine."
    
  "Kodi mungatani nazo?" - anafunsa pulezidenti.
    
  Lathrop adamezera mate, mantha adawonekera mmaso mwake tsopano kuti adayankha funso lachindunji kuchokera kwa Purezidenti wa United States. Koma anali m'gulu lake ndipo adachira mwachangu kuposa kale: "Titha kuteteza ku zinyalala zamlengalenga mpaka pafupifupi mailosi makumi asanu," adatero Lathrop. "Timaugwiritsanso ntchito kuphwanyira zinyalala zazikulu - zinyalala zing'onozing'ono, zimachepetsanso ngozi zomwe zingabweretse ku ndege zina."
    
  "Ndipo mutha kugwiritsa ntchito laser kuteteza siteshoni ku zombo zina?"
    
  "Inde, bwana," anatero Lathrop. "Tili ndi masensa a radar ndi ma infrared omwe amatha kuwona ndege zomwe zikubwera kapena zinyalala kuchokera pamtunda wa mamailosi mazana asanu, ndipo titha kulumikizana ndi zida zina zankhondo kapena za anthu wamba." Adaloza pa monitor wa pakompyuta. "Dongosololi limagwira ntchito mongodziwikiratu, zomwe zikutanthauza kuti COIL ingozimitsa yokha ngati masensa awona chiwopsezo chomwe chimakumana ndi magawo ena. Zachidziwikire, tidakhazikitsa pamanja mukafika. "
    
  "Zikomo chifukwa cha izi, Bambo Lathrop," Purezidenti adatero. "Ndiye kuti laser imatha kuteteza siteshoni ndikuphwanya zinyalala, koma ndi zonse? Kodi simunakhalepo ndi luso lotha kuwukira pa Dziko Lapansi?"
    
  "Inde, bwana, tinachita," adatero Lathrop. "Laser ya Skybolt inali yamphamvu kwambiri kuwononga zowunikira monga magalimoto ndi ndege, ndikuletsa kapena kuwononga zolemetsa monga zombo. Zokambirana za zida za Kingfisher zidasungira zida zowongolera zomwe zimatha kuponya mlengalenga kapena zoponya zophonya, komanso mivi yowongoka yolondola yomwe imatha kubwerera kumlengalenga wapadziko lapansi kuti ikamenye zomwe zili pamtunda kapena panyanja. "
    
  "Kodi tidakali ndi magalasi a Kingfisher aja? Ndikudziwa kuti Purezidenti Gardner sanavomereze - adawagwiritsa ntchito ngati chida chokambirana ndi anthu aku Russia ndi achi China. "
    
  "Purezidenti Gardner adalola magalasi asanu ndi awiri kuti alowenso mumlengalenga wa Dziko Lapansi ndikuwotcha," adatero Lathrop. "Magaraji ena khumi ndi atatu apezedwa ndipo akusungidwa pafamu ya station. Magalasi khumi akadali ozungulira, koma osagwira ntchito. Ndege zapamlengalenga nthawi ndi nthawi zimazitenga, kuzifukiza, kuzisamalira, ndikuzibwezeretsanso m'njira yoti tiphunzire momwe zimagwirira ntchito kwanthawi yayitali ndikusintha kapangidwe kake, koma sizikugwira ntchito pakadali pano. "
    
  "Kodi laser coil ndi yosiyana ndi laser ya VP Page?" - Phoenix adafunsa.
    
  "Inde, bwana, ndi choncho. Sitiloledwa kugwiritsa ntchito chida chilichonse chokhala ndi kutalika kopitilira mamailosi makumi asanu ndi limodzi, ndipo Skybolt, laser electron yaulere, imatha kugunda zomwe zili mumlengalenga wa Dziko Lapansi ndi kumtunda kwa mtunda wa mamailosi mazana asanu, kotero sikugwira ntchito pakadali pano.
    
  "Osatsegulidwa?"
    
  "Zosagwira ntchito, koma zitha kukhazikitsidwa ngati kuli kofunikira," adatero Raydon.
    
  "Mukanthawi kochepa?" apulezidenti anafunsa.
    
  "Henry?" -Anafunsa Kai.
    
  "Tikufuna ukatswiri wochokera ku Sky Masters kapena makontrakitala ena," adatero Lathrop, "ndi masiku angapo kuti makina a MHD ayambe kugwira ntchito."
    
  "Ndipo dongosolo likuchokera kwa inu, bwana," Raydon anawonjezera. "Mkangano wa Skybolt watsala pang'ono kutiwonongera pulogalamu yathu yonse yankhondo."
    
  "Ndikukumbukira bwino," adatero Phoenix. "Ndadzipereka kukonza izi. Chonde pitilizani Bambo Lathrop."
    
  "Koyiloyo imagwiritsa ntchito mankhwala osakaniza kuti apange kuwala kwa laser, komwe kumakulitsidwa ndikukhazikika," Lathrop anapitiriza. "Timagwiritsa ntchito ma optics osiyanasiyana kuposa a Skybolt opanda ma elekitironi laser kuti tiyang'ane ndikuwongolera mtengo wa laser, koma ndondomekoyi ndi yofanana kwambiri. Timagwiritsa ntchito masensa a radar ndi ma infrared kuti tifufuze mozungulira potengera zinthu zomwe zitha kukhala zoopsa - timatha kuzindikira ndikuchita zinthu zazikuluzikulu za mpira wa gofu. Kuchuluka kwabwino kwa coil ndi mamailosi mazana atatu, koma tasintha mawonekedwe a laser pochotsa zowunikira zina zomwe zimawonjezera mphamvu ya laser, kotero tili pamalire ovomerezeka. "
    
  "Kodi mungandiwonetse momwe masensa amagwirira ntchito?" - anafunsa pulezidenti. "Mwina kumachita chiwembu choyerekeza pa chandamale Padziko Lapansi?"
    
  Lathrop adawonekanso wamantha ndipo adatembenukira kwa Raydon, yemwe adagwedeza mutu. "Sonyezani Purezidenti momwe zachitikira, Henry," adatero.
    
  "Inde, bwana," Lathrop anatero, chisangalalo chikuwonekera mwachangu pankhope yake. Zala zake zinawulukira pa kiyibodi pa console. "Nthawi ndi nthawi timachita masewera olimbitsa thupi kuti tiwononge mipherezero yambiri yomwe imayang'aniridwa nthawi zonse ndikuyika patsogolo." Chowunikira chachikulu kwambiri pakompyuta chidakhalapo. Idawonetsa dera lalikulu la Dziko lapansi lomwe lili ndi njira komanso malo ochitira mlengalenga akuyandikira North Pole kuchokera kummawa kwa Siberia. Panali mndandanda wa mabwalo ozungulira mfundo zingapo ku Russia.
    
  "Mabwalo awa ndi chiyani, Bambo Lathrop?" - anafunsa pulezidenti.
    
  "Timawatcha Delta Bravos, kapena bakha khungu," Lathrop anayankha. "Malo a zida zodziwika bwino za anti-satellite. Mabwalowo ndiye pafupifupi mtundu wa zida zomwe zili kumeneko. "
    
  "Tikuyandikira kwambiri izi, sichoncho?"
    
  "Timawulukira ambiri a iwo tsiku limodzi, omwe ali ku Russia, China ndi mayiko angapo oyandikana nawo," adatero Lathrop. "Iyi, makamaka, eyapoti ya Yelizovo, maziko a omenyera a MiG-31D, omwe, monga tikudziwira, ali ndi zida zotsutsana ndi satana zomwe zimatha kuyambitsa kuchokera mlengalenga. Iwo amalondera nthaŵi zonse kuchokera kumeneko ndipo ngakhale kuchita maseŵera omenya."
    
  "Amapanga?" - pulezidenti adafunsa mwachidwi. "Mukudziwa bwanji ngati uku ndi kuukira kwenikweni kapena ayi?"
    
  "Tikusanthula mzinga," adatero Kai. "Tikuwona mzinga ndipo tili ndi mphindi zosachepera ziwiri kuti tiyambitse zida zodzitchinjiriza kapena kuzimenya ndi ma laser. Timawasanthula ndikusanthula ma siginali aliwonse omwe amatumiza, ndipo titha kuwaphunzira ndi radar ndi ma optoelectronics kuti tidziwe ngati akukonzekera kuchita zinazake. Pafupifupi nthawi zonse amatitsata ndi radar yautali, koma nthawi ndi nthawi amatimenya ndi radar yolondolera ndi mizinga. "
    
  "Chifukwa chiyani?"
    
  "Yesani kutiwopseza, yesani kutipangitsa kuti tiwamenye ndi zida za Skybolt kapena Earth kuti athe kutsimikizira kuti ndife oyipa," adatero Trevor. "Zonsezi ndi zachabechabe za Cold War za mphaka ndi mbewa. Nthawi zambiri timanyalanyaza."
    
  "Komabe, zimatipangitsa kukhala osamala," adatero Valerie. "Lamulani, chandamale chankhondo iyi, yomwe idasankhidwa Gofu Seven, ikhala mumphindi zitatu."
    
  "Konzekerani kuchita zinthu mongoyerekeza ndi Skybolt," adatero Raydon. "Kuyang'ana pa siteshoni, kuyerekezera zomwe mukufuna kuchita m'mphindi zitatu. Lamulani ntchito za gawo limodzi. Onse ogwira nawo ntchito apite kumalo omenyera nkhondo kuti akapereke lipoti. Tetezani madoko onse ndi zikwapu. Ogwira ntchito, osati pa ntchito, lipoti ku siteshoni yowonongeka, masuti a masuti ndi kuyamba kupuma musanayambe kupuma.
    
  "Kodi izi zikutanthauza chiyani, General?" - anafunsa pulezidenti.
    
  "Ogwira ntchito omwe sali pantchito ali ndi udindo wowongolera zowonongeka," adatero Kai. "Pamwambapa, izi zitha kutanthauza kuyenda m'mlengalenga kukatenga zida kapena ...anthu otayika m'malo. Kupuma mpweya wabwino kwa nthawi yayitali kumawathandiza kuti avale suti ya ACES ndikugwira ntchito zawo zopulumutsa, ngakhale zikutanthawuza kupita mumlengalenga. Angafunike kuchita ntchito zambiri zokonzanso ndi kukonzanso mumlengalenga. Pazifukwa zomwezi, timamasulanso zombo zilizonse zomwe tili nazo pamalopo kuti tizigwiritsa ntchito ngati mabwato opulumutsa moyo pakagwa vuto - titha kugwiritsa ntchito mabwato opulumutsa anthu ndikudikirira kupulumutsidwa ndi ndege za m'mlengalenga kapena zoyendera zamalonda. Pulezidenti adameza mozama maganizo akudawa.
    
  "Lamulani, izi ndi Zochita, kupempha chilolezo kuti tiyesetse kufalikira kwa MHD," adatero Valerie Lucas ali pamalo ake pamutu waukulu, akuyang'ana momwe zimachitikira.
    
  "Chilolezo chalandiridwa, yerekezerani kukhazikitsidwa kwa MHD, konzekerani zonse kuti mukwaniritse zomwe mukufuna kuchita." Purezidenti adawona kuti zinali ngati kuyeserera sewero la tebulo: aliyense anali kunena mbali zake, koma palibe amene akusuntha kapena kuchita chilichonse.
    
  "Ndimakumvetsetsa. Dipatimenti ya Uinjiniya, iyi ndi dipatimenti yogwira ntchito, yerekezerani kukhazikitsidwa kwa MHD, kuyambitsa lipoti ndi kuchuluka kwa mphamvu pa makumi asanu peresenti. "
    
  "Ntchito, Uinjiniya, wakupezani, motengera kusintha kwa MHD," adatero Engineer Officer Alice Hamilton. Mphindi zochepa pambuyo pake: "Ntchito, Uinjiniya, MHD idafanizira kugwira ntchito, kuchuluka kwa mphamvu pa khumi ndi ziwiri pa zana ndikukwera."
    
  "Lamulo ndi opareshoni, MHD imapangidwa pa intaneti."
    
  "Lamulo lavomerezedwa. Menyani, cholinga chathu ndi chiyani? "
    
  "Cholinga chofananira cha Golf Seven ndi radar yozimitsa pamzere wa ROSA kumadzulo kwa Greenland," adatero Lathrop. "Zomwe zachokera ku masensa zidzachokera ku SBR. Konzekerani kuti sensa yachiwiri iwonekere. " Zala zake zinawulukiranso pa kiyibodi. "Zoyeserera zachiwiri za sensor idzakhala USA-234, satellite yojambula radar yomwe ikhala pamwamba pa Golf Seven m'masekondi makumi asanu ndi limodzi ndipo ikhala pamalo omwe mukufuna kwa mphindi zitatu."
    
  "Kodi zonsezi zikutanthauza chiyani, General?" Purezidenti Phoenix adafunsa.
    
  "Titha kuwombera Skybolt molondola ndi masensa athu," adatero Kai. "SBR, kapena radar yam'mlengalenga, ndiye sensor yathu yayikulu. Sitimayi ili ndi ma radar awiri opangira ma X-band kuti apeze zithunzi za Dziko Lapansi. Titha kuyang'ana madera akuluakulu a Dziko Lapansi mu 'stripmap' mode kapena kugwiritsa ntchito 'spotlight' kuti tipeze chandamale ndikupeza zithunzi ndi miyeso yolondola mpaka mainchesi ochepa.
    
  "Koma chifukwa tikuwombera kuchokera patali chotere, kuyenda makilomita mazana pamphindi imodzi, titha kulumikizana ndi masensa ena aliwonse omwe amapezeka m'derali panthawi imodzimodziyo molondola kwambiri," adatero Kai. "USA-234 ndi satellite ya US Air Force radar imaging yomwe imatenga zithunzi za radar ndikuzitumiza ku National Reconnaissance Office ku Washington. Tili ndi mwayi wokhala ogwiritsa ntchito zithunzi, kotero titha kupempha kuti satelayi ayang'ane pa chandamalecho. Titha kuphatikiza zithunzi za satellite ndi zathu kuti tiwone bwino zomwe tikufuna. "
    
  Lathrop adalowanso malamulo ena angapo ndipo chithunzi cha chandamale chofanizira chidawonekera pa chowunikira chachikulu kumanzere kwa chowunikira chachikulu, malo owonera akutali okhala ndi radome yayikulu pakati, makina angapo olumikizirana akulozera mbali zosiyanasiyana, komanso zingapo zazitali, nyumba zochepa zozungulira radome. "Izi ndi momwe zimawonekera pachithunzi chaposachedwa kuchokera pamwamba," adatero. Patangopita nthawi pang'ono, chithunzicho chinazimiririka ndipo chinalowedwa m'malo ndi chithunzi china, chomwe chikuwonetsa kadontho kozunguliridwa ndi rectangle yooneka ngati H kuseri kwakuda. "Ichi ndi chithunzi cha radar chochokera ku satelayiti yodziwitsa anthu. Kumbuyo kwake ndi kwakuda chifukwa matalala samawonetsa bwino mphamvu ya radar, koma nyumba zimawoneka bwino. "
    
  "Ntchito, uinjiniya, MHD pamlingo woyerekeza makumi asanu," adatero Alice.
    
  "Zamveka, injiniya," adatero Valerie. "Menyani, iyi ndi opareshoni, tili pa 50 peresenti, tikuyerekeza mawonekedwe otseguka a Skybolt, zida zokonzeka, kukonzekera nkhondo."
    
  "Ndamva, Opaleshoni, ndikuyerekeza kutsegulidwa kwa mabwalo a Skybolt, zida zakonzeka."
    
  Patangopita nthawi pang'ono, chithunzicho chinasinthanso ndipo chinkawoneka chofanana kwambiri ndi chithunzi chomwe iwo anachiwona, ndi mtambo wosadziwika womwe ukuyandama pachithunzichi. Lathrop adagwiritsa ntchito trackball kuti akhazikitse bwino chithunzicho pazenera. "Ndipo izi ndichifukwa cha masensa a telescopic electro-optical sensors omwe adawonjezedwa pachithunzi cha radar," adatero. "Ntchito, iyi ndi nkhondo, chizindikiritso chabwino cha chandamale cha Golf Seven, chotsatira chakhazikitsidwa, tatsekedwa ndipo takonzeka."
    
  "Ndakumva, mnyamata," adatero Valerie. "Lamulo, maopareshoni, timayang'ana kwambiri. State MHD?
    
  "MHD pa zana pa zana mumasekondi khumi."
    
  "Ndamva," adatero Valerie. "Ndikupempha chilolezo chotengera kusamutsidwa kwa Skybolt kumalo omenyera nkhondo ndikulowa kunkhondo."
    
  "Ili ndi Command," adatero Raydon. "Mutha kusintha mawonekedwe a Skybolt kuti mumenye ndikuyesa kumenya chandamale. Malo otchera khutu, uyu ndi director, tikuyerekeza kugunda chandamale mothandizidwa ndi "Skybolt."
    
  "Kumvetsetsa, kulamula, dipatimenti ya Opaleshoni imatsimikizira kuti timaloledwa kutengera zomwe tikufuna. Kulimbana, ntchito, "Skybolt" imaloledwa kutengera kulowa munkhondo, zida zimatengera kuthamangitsidwa.
    
  "Kumvetsetsa, ogwira ntchito, chida chowonera chatulutsidwa." Lathrop adasindikiza kiyi imodzi pa kiyibodi yake, kenako adayang'ana mmwamba. "Ndizo, Bambo Purezidenti," adatero. "Dongosololi limadikirira nthawi yoyenera kuti liwotche, kenaka pitirizani kuyatsa mpaka litazindikira kuti chandamale chawonongeka, kapena mpaka titsike pansi pomwe chandamale. Ndipotu, kuwonjezera pa laser yaikulu, ma lasers awiri akuphatikizidwa: choyamba amayesa mlengalenga ndikupanga kusintha kwa galasi kuti akonze zinthu zamlengalenga zomwe zingawononge khalidwe la laser; ndipo yachiwiri imayang'ana chandamale pomwe siteshoni ikuwulukira, ndikuthandizira kuyang'ana ndikuwongolera molondola mtengo waukulu. "
    
  "Zikomo, Henry," adatero Kai. Lathrop adawoneka osangalala kwambiri atabwerera kuchipinda chake atagwirana chanza ndi Purezidenti mwamantha. "Monga mukuwonera, a Purezidenti, malo amodzi okha odziwa bwino ntchito ali ndi anthu chifukwa malo athu opangira zida za Kingfisher sanabwezeretsedwe. Koma zikadakhala choncho, ogwiritsa ntchito ma sensor fusion amazindikira, kusanthula ndikuyika ziwopsezo zilizonse zomwe akuwona, ndipo ziwopsezozo zimawonetsedwa pazowunikira zinayi zomwe ndimagwiritsa ntchito; Valerie, mkulu wanga wankhondo; woyang'anira zida zazamlengalenga komanso woyang'anira zida zapansi. Titha kuyankha ndi zida zathu zomwe zili mumlengalenga kapena kuwongolera nthaka, nyanja kapena kuyankha mochokera mumlengalenga. "
    
  "Kodi zokambirana za zida za Kingfisher ndi ziti?" apulezidenti anafunsa. "Ndikukumbukira kuti Purezidenti Gardner sanawakonde."
    
  "Njira ya zida za Kingfisher ndi gulu la ndege zomwe timazitcha 'magalaja' omwe ali m'mphepete mwa Earth orbit," adatero Cai. "Magalasi amayendetsedwa kuchokera pano ndipo amathanso kuwongoleredwa kuchokera ku likulu la US Space Command pa Earth. Magalasi ali ndi masensa awoawo, ma motors ndi makina owongolera, ndipo amatha kukonzedwa kuti azitha kuyikapo malo oti aziwonjezera mafuta ndi kukonzanso. Galaji iliyonse ili ndi zida zitatu zotsutsana ndi satellite kapena zida zowononga mizinga ndi zida zitatu zowukira bwino pansi. "
    
  "Ndikukumbukira kuti Gardner amadana kwambiri ndi zinthu izi," adatero Purezidenti. "Pamene chiwonongekocho chinaphonya ndi kuwononga fakitale, ndinaganiza kuti apha munthu."
    
  "Chabwino, Purezidenti Gardner sanalepheretse pulogalamuyi, adangoyimitsa," adatero Kai. "Gulu la nyenyezi la Kingfisher lathunthu lili ndi magalasi makumi atatu ndi asanu ndi limodzi a Utatu m"njira, kotero kuti panthaŵi iriyonse, mbali iriyonse ya Dziko Lapansi imakhala ndi magalasi osachepera atatu pamwamba pake, mofanana ndi njira ya GPS ya panyanja. Zonse zikuwongoleredwa pano kapena kuchokera ku likulu la US Strategic Command. "
    
  "General Rhydon, ili ndi gawo la Space Defense Force lomwe sindimamvetsetsa: chifukwa chiyani zonse zimazungulira Dziko Lapansi?" Purezidenti Phoenix adafunsa. "Izi zikufanana kwambiri ndi malo olamulira omwe alipo kale pa Dziko Lapansi, ndipo kwenikweni amawoneka ofanana ndi machenjezo ndi kuwongolera kwa radar ya ndege. Bwanji kuika chinthu chomwecho m"mlengalenga?"
    
  "Chifukwa ndife otetezeka kwambiri pano mumlengalenga, zomwe zimapangitsa kukhala malo abwino kwa malo aliwonse olamulira, bwana," Raydon adayankha.
    
  "Ngakhale ndi mndandanda wazowopsa bola ngati mkono wanu, monga mukunenera, General?"
    
  "Inde, bwana, ngakhale ndi zoopsa zonse zakuyenda mumlengalenga," adatero Raydon. "Mdani sangathe kuchititsa khungu United States ndi malo olamulira a orbital. Mdani akhoza kuwononga maziko, sitima, kapena ndege ndi radar ya AWACS ndipo tikhoza kutaya sensa imeneyo, koma tikhoza kupeza deta ya sensor kuchokera kulikonse kapena kugwiritsa ntchito masensa athu ndikudzaza mwamsanga kusiyana. Kuphatikiza apo, popeza timazungulira Dziko Lapansi, sitingathe kuukiridwa bwino. Njira yathu imadziwika, ndithudi, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti zikhale zosavuta kupeza, kufufuza ndi kutsata, koma, osachepera pakapita nthawi, kuukira siteshoniyi kumakhala kovuta kwambiri kusiyana ndi kuukira pansi, sitimayo kapena malo oyendetsa ndege. Anyamata oipa amadziwa kumene ife tiri ndi komwe tidzakhala, koma nthawi yomweyo timadziwa nthawi yomwe maziko awo a ASAT odziwika adzakhala oopsa ngati chiwonongeko chikuyambika. Timayang'anira nthawi zonse masamba otchukawa. Tikuyang'ananso malo osadziwika bwino ndikukonzekera kuyankha."
    
  "Ndikuganiza mozama, bwana," adatero Trevor Sheil, "kuti kugwira ntchito pasiteshoniyi ndikuipanga kukhala malo olamulira ankhondo, m'malo mongosonkhanitsa masensa kapena ma labotale, ndikofunikira ku tsogolo la kukhalapo kwa America mumlengalenga. "
    
  "Bwanji, Bambo Sheil?"
    
  "Ndikufananiza ndi kukula chakumadzulo kwa United States, bwana," Trevor anafotokoza. "Poyamba, magulu ang"onoang"ono a ofufuza anatulukira ndi kupeza zigwa, mapiri a Rocky, zipululu ndi nyanja ya Pacific. Atsamunda ochepa anawathamangira, atakopeka ndi lonjezo la malo ndi chuma. Koma sizinali mpaka pamene asilikali a ku United States anatumizidwa ndikukhazikitsa misasa, malo ozungulira, ndi mipanda kuti midzi ndi midzi zimangidwe ndipo kukula kwenikweni kwa dziko kunayamba.
    
  "Chabwino, malo okwerera mlengalenga a Armstrong simalo ongozungulira padziko lapansi, koma ndi malo enieni ankhondo," adapitiliza Sheil. "Ndife ochulukirapo kuposa makompyuta ndi zotonthoza - tili ndi amuna ndi akazi khumi ndi awiri omwe amayang'anira ndikuwongolera zochitika zankhondo padziko lonse lapansi. Ndikuganiza kuti izi zilimbikitsa okonda kwambiri, asayansi ndi ofufuza kuti apite mumlengalenga, monga momwe kupezeka kwa linga lankhondo la US kudali chitonthozo chachikulu kwa okhalamo. "
    
  "Malo ndi aakulu kwambiri kuposa Midwest, Bambo Sheil."
    
  "Kwa ife m'zaka za zana la makumi awiri ndi limodzi, inde, bwana," adatero Trevor. "Koma kwa wofufuza malo wa m"zaka za zana la khumi ndi zisanu ndi zitatu amene anayamba kuona Great Plains kapena Rocky Mountains, ine ndikukayika kuti iye anamva ngati kuti waima m"mphepete kwenikweni mwa chilengedwe."
    
  A President anaganiza kaye, kenako anamwetulira ndikugwedeza mutu. "Ndiye ndikuganiza kuti nthawi yakwana yoti ndipite nayo pamlingo wina," adatero. "Ndikufuna kuyankhula ndi mkazi wanga ndi Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti Page, ndikukonzekera zolankhula zanga."
    
  "Inde, bwana," anatero Raydon. "Tikuyikani pampando wa director." Purezidenti adasunthira mosamalitsa kutonthoza kwa Raydon ndikumangirira mapazi ake m'mizere yomwe ili pansi, atayima kutsogolo kwa chotonthoza koma akumva ngati akuyandama chagada panyanja. Chowunikira chachikulu chomwe chinali kutsogolo kwake chidakhala ndi moyo ndipo adawona kuwala koyera pansi pa lens yaying'ono yomwe ili pamwamba pa chowunikira ndipo adadziwa kuti ali pa intaneti.
    
  "Pomaliza munasiya kuyang'ana uku ndikusankha kutiyimbira foni, bwana Purezidenti?" - Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti Anne Page adafunsa, nkhope yake ikuwoneka pazenera lomangidwa pazenera. Anali ndi zaka za m'ma sikisite, woonda komanso wamphamvu, ali ndi tsitsi lalitali lomwe linaloledwa mopanda manyazi kukhala lotuwa mwachibadwa, lomangidwa mu mfundo pa kolala yake. Mpaka posachedwa, ndi kuchepetsa bajeti yonse ya US, Anne anatenga ntchito zambiri ku White House pamodzi ndi udindo wake wachiwiri wa pulezidenti: mkulu wa antchito, mlembi wa atolankhani, mlangizi wa chitetezo cha dziko ndi mlangizi wamkulu wa ndondomeko; Pambuyo pake adagawira ena ambiri mwa maudindo owonjezerawa, koma adapitilizabe kukhala mlangizi wapadziko lonse wa ndale wa Ken Phoenix komanso womukhulupirira, komanso Chief of Staff ku White House. "Ndinayamba kukhala ndi nkhawa."
    
  "Ann, ichi ndi chodabwitsa kwambiri," adatero Ken Phoenix. "Ndi zonse zomwe ndimaganiza komanso zina zambiri."
    
  "Dziwike kuti ndinali ndi woweruza wa Khothi Lalikulu Lalikulu yemwe analipo 24/7 kuti alumbitse udindo ngati chimodzi mwa zinthu masauzande ambiri zomwe zikanalakwika chitalakwika," adatero Anne. "Ndipitiliza kulimbikira izi mukadzabweranso."
    
  "Chisankho chanzeru kwambiri," Purezidenti adatero. "Koma ndili bwino, kuthawa kunali kodabwitsa ndipo ngati ndiyenera kukhala meteorite ndikadzabwera, ndikudziwa kuti dzikolo likhala bwino."
    
  "Zikomo bwana."
    
  "Zinali zodabwitsa kwambiri, Anne," Purezidenti anapitiriza. "Dr. Noble, ndiloleni ndikhome ndege ya m'mlengalenga."
    
  Vice President anaphethira modabwa. "Iwe watero? Mwamwayi. Sindinachitepo zimenezi, ndipo ndaulutsa ndege za m"mlengalenga kangapo! Zinali bwanji?"
    
  "Monga china chilichonse m'mlengalenga: tangoganizani za chinachake ndipo chidzachitika. N"zovuta kukhulupirira kuti tinali kuuluka mtunda wa makilomita asanu pa sekondi iliyonse, koma tinali kulankhula za kusuntha ndege ya m"mlengalenga mainchesi ochepa pa sekondi imodzi. Sindinazindikire kutalika kapena liwiro mpaka tidapita mumlengalenga ndipo ndidawona Dziko Lapansi ...
    
  "Chani?" - Ndinafunsa, Ann anafuula, maso ake akutuluka ndi mantha. "Wachita chiyani?"
    
  "Ann, ndiwe amene unandiuza koyamba za momwe unafikira pasiteshoni kuchokera ku ndege zoyambirira," Purezidenti adatero. "Dokotala Noble adandiuzanso izi titatsika, ndipo ndidaganiza zopitako. Zinangotenga mphindi zingapo basi."
    
  Pakamwa pa Vice President adasegula modabwa, ndipo adachita kudzigwedeza kuti atuluke pakukhala chete. "Ine...Sindikukhulupirira," iye pomalizira pake anatero. "Kodi munene izi kwa atolankhani? Adzatembenuka ... kuposa momwe asinthira kale. "
    
  "Mwinanso momwemonso pomwe pulezidenti yemwe adakhalapo adayenda ulendo wake woyamba panyanja, kapena kukwera koyamba panjanji, galimoto, kapena ndege," Purezidenti adatero. "Takhala tikuuluka m"mlengalenga kwa zaka zambiri-chifukwa ninji kuli kovuta kulingalira Purezidenti wa United States akuyenda mumlengalenga kapena kuyenda m"mlengalenga?"
    
  Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti Paige adabwerera kwakanthawi komwe anali atatsala pang'ono kukayikira, koma adapukusa mutu posiya ntchito. "Chabwino, ndine wokondwa kuti muli bwino, bwana," anatero Anne. "Ndine wokondwa kuti mukusangalala ndi ulendowu, ndi mawonedwe, ndipo" - adamezanso mopanda chikhulupiriro asanapitirize - "...kuyenda m'mlengalenga, bwana, chifukwa ndikuganiza kuti tili m'mavuto enieni mukafika. kumbuyo." " Purezidenti adalimbikitsa Anne poyera kuti alankhule zakukhosi kwake pagulu komanso mwamseri, ndipo adatenga mwayi uliwonse kuti achite zomwezo. "Mphaka waululika kale - anthu akusiteshoni akuyenera kuti adayimba kale kunyumba kudziwitsa ena kuti mwafika, ndipo mphekesera zikufalikira ngati moto wolusa. Ndikukhulupirira kuti chosindikiziracho chidzakhala chodabwitsa kwambiri. " Monga openda zakuthambo onse, Anne adatcha malo okwerera mlengalenga a Armstrong ngati "siteshoni." Ndikukhulupirira kuti mwakonzeka kuchita izi.
    
  "Ine, Anne," adatero Purezidenti.
    
  "Mukupeza bwanji?"
    
  "Zabwino kwambiri".
    
  "Chizungulire chilichonse?"
    
  "Pang"ono chabe," pulezidenti anavomereza motero. "Ndili mwana, ndinali ndi vuto la anoblephobia - kuopa kuyang'ana m'mwamba - ndipo izi ndizomwe zimamveka, koma zimachoka mwachangu."
    
  "Nseru? Mseru?"
    
  "Ayi," anatero pulezidenti. Anne adawoneka wodabwitsidwa ndikugwedeza mutu mosilira. "Ndimamva ngati mphuno zanga zatsekeka, koma ndizo zonse. Ndikuganiza kuti ndichifukwa choti zakumwa sizimatsika monga momwe zimakhalira nthawi zonse. " Anne adagwedeza mutu - iye ndi mkazi wa Phoenix, yemwe anali dokotala, adalankhula mwatsatanetsatane za zovuta zina zomwe angakumane nazo ngakhale atakhala pawailesi kwakanthawi. Iye ankapewa kulankhula za mavuto ena a m'maganizo omwe akatswiri a zakuthambo amakumana nawo. "N'zokhumudwitsa, koma osati zoipa. Ndikumva bwino. Sindinganene zomwezo za Charlie Spellman. "
    
  "Munthu wanu wa Secret Service amene anadzipereka kukwera nanu m"chipinda cham"mwamba? Ali kuti?"
    
  "Odwala."
    
  "O, Mulungu," Anne anadandaula, akugwedeza mutu wake. "Dikirani, atolankhani apeza kuti mulipo popanda zambiri zanu."
    
  "Akuwoneka bwino. Ndikuganiza kuti zikhala bwino paulendo wobwerera. Komanso, sindikuganiza kuti wakupha aliyense angalowe muno. "
    
  "Zowonadi," anatero Anne. "Zabwino ndi msonkhano wa atolankhani. Tidzayang'ana."
    
  Purezidenti ndiye adalumikizana ndi mkazi wake Alexa. "O Mulungu wanga, ndasangalala kukuwonani, Ken," iye anatero. Alexa Phoenix anali wamng'ono kwa zaka khumi kuposa mwamuna wake, dokotala wa ana yemwe anasiya ntchito yake yachinsinsi, pamene Purezidenti Joseph Gardner mosayembekezereka anasankha mwamuna wake kuti akhale mnzake. Khungu lake la azitona, tsitsi lakuda ndi maso akuda zinamupangitsa kuti aziwoneka Kumwera kwa Europe, koma anali South Florida surfer kudutsa ndi kudutsa. "Ndinalandira foni kuchokera ku Sky Masters Aerospace ndikunena kuti mwafika pasiteshoni. Muli bwanji? Mukupeza bwanji?"
    
  "Chabwino, wokondedwa," Purezidenti anayankha. "Zovuta pang'ono, koma palibe vuto lalikulu."
    
  "Ndikuwona kutupa pang'ono pankhope pako - wayamba kukhala ndi nkhope ya mwezi," adatero Alexa, akumanga nkhope yake ndi manja ake mozungulira.
    
  "Kodi izi zikuwonekera kale?" - anafunsa pulezidenti.
    
  "Ndikuseka," anatero mkazi wake. "Mukuwoneka bwino. Mulimonsemo, ndi baji yaulemu. Ukhala bwino pambuyo pofinyidwa?"
    
  "Ndikumva bwino," adatero Purezidenti. "Ndifunira zabwino".
    
  "Ndakufunirani zabwino ola lililonse tsiku lililonse kuyambira pomwe ndidavomera ulendo wanu waung'onowu," adatero Alexa ndi mawu ake okwiya. "Koma ndikuganiza kuti uchita bwino. Akantheni."
    
  "Inde, amayi. Tikuwonani ku Andrews. Makukonda".
    
  "Tidzakhalako. Makukonda". Ndipo kulumikizanako kudasokonekera.
    
  Pafupifupi mphindi khumi ndi zisanu pambuyo pake, pamene Kai Raydon, Jessica Faulkner, ndi Trevor Sheil anaima pambali pake, dziko linachitiridwa zinthu zodabwitsa kwambiri zimene ambiri a iwo sanawonepo: chifaniziro cha Purezidenti wa United States mumlengalenga. "Mwadzuka bwanji, anzanga aku America, madona ndi madona omwe akuwonera wailesiyi padziko lonse lapansi. Ndikuulutsa msonkhano wa atolankhaniwu kuchokera ku siteshoni ya mlengalenga ya Armstrong, yozungulira mailosi mazana awiri pamwamba pa Dziko Lapansi."
    
  Zenera laling'ono pa polojekiti likuwonetsa chipinda chosindikizira cha White House ... ndipo malowo adasandulika kukhala bedlam. Atolankhani angapo adalumphira modabwa kwambiri, akugwetsa zikwangwani zawo ndi makamera; akazi angapo ndipo ngakhale amuna ochepa adachita mantha ndi mantha, atagwira mitu yawo mosakhulupirira kapena kuluma ziboda zomwe adayika mkamwa kuti atseke kukuwa kwawo. Pomaliza, m"modzi mwa ogwira ntchitowo analankhula ndi atolankhani ndikuwapempha kuti abwerere pampando wawo kuti pulezidenti apitirize.
    
  "Ndidawulukira kuno mphindi zingapo zapitazo ndikukwera Midnight Spaceplane, chombo chaching'ono kwambiri kuposa Space Shuttle koma chotha kunyamuka ndikutera ngati ndege, kenako ndikudzilowetsa m'njira ndikumaima ndi Armstrong kapena International Space Station." ", Purezidenti anapitiriza. "Mosafunikira kunena, wakhala ulendo wodabwitsa. Kwanenedwa kuti pulaneti la Dziko Lapansi siliri kanthu kena koma chombo cha m"mlengalenga chokha, ndi zinthu zonse zimene lakhala nacho kuyambira kalekale ndiponso chimene chidzakhalapo, chimene Mulungu waikapo kale m"bwalomo, ndi mmene dziko lathu lilili m"mlengalenga molingana ndi mabiliyoni a dziko lapansi. nyenyezi zimakupangitsani kuzindikira kufunikira kwathu kudzipereka kwathu pakuteteza chombo chathu chotchedwa Earth.
    
  "Ndili wothokoza kwa ogwira ntchito m'boti la Armstrong ndi anthu aku Sky Masters Aerospace chifukwa chopangitsa ulendo wanga kukhala wopambana, wotetezeka komanso wochititsa chidwi," adatero Purezidenti. "Ndili ndi ine ndi woyang'anira siteshoni, Air Force General wopuma pantchito komanso msilikali wakale wamlengalenga Kai Reidon; woyang'anira siteshoni ndi msilikali wakale wa shuttle Trevor Sheil; komanso mkulu wa ntchito zoyendetsa ndege komanso woyendetsa nawo m'ndege, Colonel Jessica Faulkner wopuma pantchito. Woyendetsa ndege, Dr. Hunter Noble, ali wotanganidwa kukonzekera kubwerera kwathu, koma ndikumuthokoza chifukwa chondipatsa malingaliro apadera ndi odabwitsa, komanso mipata yambiri yokumana ndi zovuta za kuwuluka ndi kugwira ntchito mumlengalenga. Palibe kulikonse padziko lapansi komwe mungapeze gulu la akatswiri komanso odzipereka a amuna ndi akazi kuposa omwe amayendetsa kukhazikitsidwa uku. Patha zaka pafupifupi makumi atatu kuchokera pamene siteshoniyi inayamba kugwira ntchito, koma ngakhale yayamba kuoneka zaka zake ndipo ikufunika kusinthidwa, idakalipobe, ikugwirabe ntchito, ikuthandizirabe chitetezo cha dziko lathu ndipo ikusamalabe za antchito ake.
    
  "Ndiyenera kuvomereza kuti antchito anga ndi ine takhala tikusokeretsa dala atolankhani a White House masiku angapo apitawa: Ndinkafuna kuchita msonkhano wa atolankhani, koma sindinanene komwe ungakhale," Purezidenti adatero pang'ono. kumwetulira. "Ndikudziwa kuti pakhala mphekesera zoti ndipita ku Guam mwachinsinsi kukakumana ndi anthu okhala ndi asitikali ndikuwona kukonzanso komwe kukuchitika ku Andersen Air Force Base kutsatira kuukira kwa People's Republic of China chaka chatha. Koma ndinali ndi mwayi wopanga ulendo wabwinowu, ndikukambirana ndi mkazi wanga Alexa ndi ana anga, komanso Vicezidenti Wachiwiri Paige, yemwe, monga mukudziwa, ndi katswiri wodziwa zakuthambo, antchito anga ndi nduna za boma , atsogoleri a congressional ndi madokotala anga, ndinaganiza kutenga chiopsezo ndi kuchita izo. Ndikubwerera ku Washington m'maola ochepa chabe ndikukwera pakati pausiku. Ndikuthokoza omwe ndinawafunsa chifukwa cha malangizo ndi mapemphero awo komanso kusunga ulendo wanga mwachinsinsi.
    
  "Cholinga chaulendowu ndi chosavuta: ndikufuna kuti America ibwerere mlengalenga," Purezidenti adapitilizabe. "Ntchito yathu pa International Space Station ndi Armstrong yakhala yopambana kwazaka zambiri, koma ndikufuna kuwonjezerapo. Bambo Sheil anayerekezera malo okhala kunja kwa mlengalenga ndi malinga omangidwa kumalire a America kuti athandize anthu osamukira kumadzulo, ndipo ndikuganiza kuti ndiko kuyerekezera kwakukulu. Tsogolo la America lili mumlengalenga, monganso kukula kwankhondo kumadzulo kudutsa North America kunali chinsinsi cha tsogolo la America m'zaka za zana la khumi ndi zisanu ndi zitatu, ndipo ndikufuna kuti tsogolo limenelo liyambe tsopano. Ndili pano, kuyankhula ndi inu kuchokera mumlengalenga, kuti nditsimikizire kuti munthu wamba yemwe ali ndi kulimba mtima pang'ono ndi mtima, ndi chiuno chochepetsetsa komanso chibadwa chabwino, akhoza kupita mumlengalenga.
    
  "Armstrong Space Station ndi gulu lankhondo lankhondo ndipo liyenera kusinthidwa, koma ndikufuna kubwerera kwathu kumlengalenga kukhala zambiri kuposa zankhondo-ndikufuna kuti kubwerera kwathu kuphatikizeponso kufufuza zambiri zasayansi ndi mafakitale," - Purezidenti Phoenix anapitiriza. "Ndadziwitsidwa ndikuwunikanso mapulani a machitidwe odabwitsa ndi mafakitale omwe akugwira ntchito mosalekeza padziko lapansi ndi kupitilira apo, ndipo ndikulimbikitsa Congress ndi boma kuti lithandizire ndikuthandizira makampani azinsinsi kukhazikitsa ndi kupititsa patsogolo luso lodabwitsali.
    
  "Mwachitsanzo, monga mukudziwira, zinyalala za m"mlengalenga ndi vuto lalikulu kwa ma satelayiti, ndege za m"mlengalenga ndi opita m"mlengalenga-ngakhale kachinthu kakang"ono kamene kamayenda makilomita oposa 17,000 pa ola kukhoza kuimitsa chombo cha m"mlengalenga kapena kupha woyenda m"mlengalenga. Ndawonapo mapulani ovomerezeka amakampani aku America oti apite kumalo osungira zinyalala ndikugwiritsa ntchito maloboti kuti atenge zinyalala zazikulu zomwe zimawononga. Ndawonaponso mapulani a pulogalamu yobwezeretsanso zinyalala: ma satelayiti omwe adagwiritsidwa ntchito kapena olephera komanso zida zowongolera zitha kupezedwanso, kuchotsedwa kwamafuta osagwiritsidwa ntchito, ma solar panels ndi zida zamagetsi kubwezeredwa ndikukonzedwanso, mabatire amachajitsidwa ndi kugwiritsidwanso ntchito. Amalankhulanso za kukhala ndi malo ozungulira omwe amatha kukonza zamlengalenga ndikuzibwezeretsa ku ntchito - palibe chifukwa chotaya nthawi, mphamvu, ogwira ntchito ndi madola kuti abweretse satelayiti kudziko lapansi pomwe pali ogwira ntchito pamalo okwerera mlengalenga okonzeka kuchita. ntchito.
    
  "Awa ndi ma projekiti awiri okha mwa ambiri omwe ndawawona, ndipo ndikuyenera kukuwuzani: pambuyo pazachidule, makamaka nditabwera kuno ndikuyenda mumlengalenga, ndikumva ngati ndaima pamzere woyambira ulendo waukulu kupita kudziko lina. kumadzulo, kutenga ulamuliro Boma liri m'manja mwanga, ndipo banja langa, abwenzi ndi oyandikana nawo ali pafupi ndi ine, okonzeka kuyamba moyo watsopano ndikuyembekezera zam'tsogolo. Ndikudziwa kuti padzakhala zoopsa, zolephera, zokhumudwitsa, zotayika, kuvulala ndi imfa. Zidzawononga ndalama zambiri, zachinsinsi komanso zapagulu, ndipo ndikuletsa, kuchedwetsa, kapena kudula mapologalamu ena ambiri kuti zinthu zizipezeka pamakina omwe ndikuwona kuti zidzatifikitsa mpaka zaka za zana la makumi awiri mphambu ziwiri. Koma nditabwera kuno, ndikuwona zomwe zikuchitika, ndikuphunzira zomwe zingachitike, ndikudziwa kuti ndikofunikira - ayi, ndikofunikira - kuti tiyambe nthawi yomweyo.
    
  Chifukwa chake ndege yanga yobwerera ku Washington imanyamuka m'maola angapo. Ndikufuna kukaonana ndi Special Agent Spellman, ndikuwona momwe akuchitira, kudya chakudya chamasana ndi ogwira ntchito odzipereka omwe ali pamalowa, ndifufuzenso malowa kuti ndithe kugwiritsa ntchito njira yanga ya zero-gravity freefall, ndikubwerera ku Earth, koma angasangalale kuyankha mafunso angapo kuchokera ku White House Press Office ku White House Press Briefing Room ku Washington. " Anayang'ana pa polojekiti yomwe ili kutsogolo kwake, nsagwada zofooka, mawu odabwa a olemba, ndipo adayenera kuletsa kumwetulira. "Jeffrey Connors waku ABC, bwanji osayamba nafe?" Mtolankhaniyo adadzuka mosakhazikika mpaka kumapazi ake. Anayang'ana zolemba zake ndipo adazindikira kuti sanalembe china chilichonse kupatula mafunso omwe amaganiza kuti angafunse okhudza Guam. "Jeff?"
    
  "Uh... Bambo... Mr. President... mukumva bwanji?" mtolankhaniyo pomaliza anang'ung'udza, "Pali ... pali zovuta zilizonse kuchokera pakuyambitsa ndi zero mphamvu yokoka?"
    
  "Ndafunsidwa funsoli pafupifupi ka zana m'maola angapo apitawa," Purezidenti adayankha. "Nthaŵi zonse ndimakhala ndi chizungulire pang"ono, ngati ndili m"nyumba yaitali, ndikuyang"ana pawindo ndipo mwadzidzidzi ndimadzimva ngati ndikugwa, koma chimachoka mofulumira. Ndikumva bwino. Ndikuganiza kuti ongoyamba kumene kugwa - zero mphamvu yokoka - samachitanso chimodzimodzi. Gulu langa la Secret Service, Special Agent Spellman, ali m"chipatala."
    
  "Pepani bwana?" - Connors adafunsa. Mawu odabwitsidwa, osokonezeka a olemba enawo adazimiririka nthawi yomweyo akumva fungo la magazi atsopano m'madzi. "Kodi pali Secret Service agent kumtunda uko?"
    
  "Inde," Purezidenti adatsimikizira. "N"zoona kuti n"zofunika, ndipo mmene dziko lapansi limayendera silosiyana. Mtumiki wapadera Charles Spellman anadzipereka kutsagana nane paulendo umenewu. Izi zinali zopambana kwambiri kuposa ntchito. "
    
  "Koma ali bwino?"
    
  "Ngati ndingathe, Bambo Purezidenti?" Kai Rhydon analowererapo. Purezidenti adagwedeza mutu ndikuloza kamera. "Ndine Brigadier General Kai Rydon wopuma pantchito, yemwe kale anali wa US Space Defense Force, ndipo pano ndikugwira ntchito ku Sky Masters Aerospace ndi Station Director. Kupsinjika kwa mlengalenga kumakhudza anthu mosiyanasiyana. Anthu ena, monga Purezidenti, amatha kuthana ndi ma g-force ndi kunenepa kwambiri; ena - ayi. Special Agent Spellman ali ndi thupi labwino kwambiri, mofanana ndi aliyense amene adayendapo Armstrong asanakhalepo, koma thupi lake lakhala losalolera kwakanthawi ndi mphamvu zomwe adakumana nazo. Monga adanenera Purezidenti, akuchira bwino kwambiri. "
    
  "Kodi adzatha kuthana ndi vuto lobwerera ku Dziko Lapansi?" Anafunsa mtolankhani wina.
    
  "Ndiyenera kutchula mkulu wathu wachipatala, Dr. Miriam Roth," adatero Kai, "koma Special Agent Spellman akuwoneka bwino kwa ine. Ndikuganiza kuti adzakhala bwino akadzabweranso akapuma pang'ono komanso akalandira mankhwala okhudza matenda ake."
    
  "Kodi apatsidwa mankhwala?" - adayankha mtolankhani wina. "Kodi adzachita bwanji ntchito yake ngati adamwa mankhwala osokoneza bongo?"
    
  "Awa ndi mankhwala wamba omwe amagwiritsidwa ntchito pafupifupi onse ogwira ntchito ku station omwe ali ndi zizindikiro za matenda a m'mlengalenga," adatero Kai. Zinali zoonekeratu kuti sanali womasuka kukhala chandamale cha mafunso awa ofulumira, m'malo momuneneza. "Anthu omwe amatenga Phenergan amatha kupitiliza kuchita zonse zomwe amachita kwanthawi yayitali."
    
  Tsopano olemba nkhaniwo anali akungogogoda pa tabuleti yawo mwachangu kapena kulembamo china chake mwachangu m"mabuku awo. Purezidenti Phoenix adawona kukwiya komwe kumakulirakulira pankhope ya Kai ndipo adalowererapo mwachangu. "Zikomo, General Raydon. Nanga bwanji Margaret Hastings wochokera ku NBC?" - anafunsa pulezidenti.
    
  Mtolankhani wodziwika bwino komanso wanthawi yayitali wa White House adayimilira, maso ake adatsinzina kotero kuti mamiliyoni ambiri owonera wailesi yakanema aku America adamuzindikira ngati mtolankhani wakale wokonzeka kumiza zikhadabo zake mwa iye. "Bambo Purezidenti, ndiyenera kunena kuti, ndikadachita mantha kwambiri," adatero m'mawu odziwika bwino a ku Boston omwe sanatayepo ngakhale kuti adakhala zaka zambiri ku New York ndi Washington. "Sindingathe kumvetsetsa kuchuluka kwa chiwopsezo chamtundu wadziko chomwe mudakhala nacho popita kumalo okwerera mlengalenga. Ndangotaya mtima, ndilibe mawu. "
    
  "A Abiti Hastings, moyo umabwera ndi zoopsa," Purezidenti adatero. "Monga ndidanenera kwa Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti Page, ndikutsimikiza kuti anthu ambiri amawona kuti Purezidenti samayenera kupita ulendo wake woyamba pa sitima, sitima, galimoto kapena ndege - kuti zinali zowopsa kwambiri ndipo ukadaulo udali watsopano mwakuti. sikunali koyenera kuyika pachiwopsezo, moyo wa apulezidenti uli pachiwopsezo chosafunikira. Koma tsopano zonsezi zakhala chizolowezi. Theodore Roosevelt anali pulezidenti woyamba kuwuluka mu ndege, pasanathe zaka khumi kuchokera pamene Kitty Hawk. Anthu aku America akhala akuwuluka mumlengalenga pafupifupi zaka makumi asanu ndi limodzi. "
    
  "Koma izi nzosiyana kwambiri, Mr. President!" - Hastings adafuula. "Malo ndi oopsa kwambiri kuposa kuwuluka ndege ...!"
    
  "Mutha kunena kuti tsopano, Abiti Hastings, m'zaka khumi zachiwiri zazaka za zana la makumi awiri ndi chimodzi, pomwe ndege zakhala zikuchitika kwazaka zopitilira zana," Purezidenti adasokoneza. "Koma kumayambiriro kwa zaka za zana la makumi awiri, ndikutsimikiza kuti ambiri adazindikira kuti kuwuluka kunali koopsa kwambiri kuposa kukwera ngolo kapena pahatchi, ndipo ndithudi kunali koopsa kwambiri kuti aike moyo wa Pulezidenti pachiswe pamene akanatha kukwera mosavuta. chonyamula kapena sitima. Koma ndikudziwa kuti kuyenda mumlengalenga kwapita patsogolo kwambiri moti tikufunika kuzigwiritsa ntchito kuthandiza dziko lathu komanso anthu kukula, ndipo njira yomwe ndasankha kuchitira izi ndi kupita paulendowu."
    
  "Koma si ntchito yanu, a Purezidenti," adatero Hastings mokwiya, ngati akuphunzitsa kamnyamata. "Ntchito yanu ndi kutsogolera nthambi yayikulu ya United States of America ndikukhala mtsogoleri wadziko laulere. Malo a ntchito yofunika kwambiri imeneyi ali ku Washington, DC, abwana, osati m"mlengalenga!"
    
  "A Abiti Hastings, ndakhala ndikukuwonani pawailesi yakanema kwa zaka zambiri," Purezidenti adayankha. "Ndaona malipoti anu ochokera m"mabwalo omenyera nkhondo a m"tauni, osakazidwa ndi chipwirikiti, m"zigawo zaupandu zodzadza ndi magazi, kuchokera m"madera atsoka kumene achifwamba amathamanga m"misewu, kukuopsezani inu ndi gulu lanu. Kodi mukunena kuti kulengeza kuchokera ku diso la mphepo yamkuntho kunali kofunikira pantchito yanu? Munapita kumtunda wamakilomita zana limodzi ndi makumi awiri pa ola kapena kuvala vest ndi chisoti ndikutuluka pakati pamoto pazifukwa zina, ndipo ndikuganiza kuti chifukwa chake chinali kudutsa uthenga womwe mumafuna kuwoloka. kwa omvera anu .
    
  "Chabwino, ndimachita zomwezo ndikubwera kuno," Phoenix anapitiriza. "Ndikukhulupirira kuti tsogolo la America lili m"mlengalenga, ndipo ndinkafuna kutsindika zimenezi povomera kubwera kuno kudzachita zimenezi. Ndinkafuna kumva mmene zinalili kuvala suti ya m"mlengalenga, kuuluka m"mlengalenga, kumva mphamvu za g-mphamvu, kuona Dziko Lapansi kuchokera pa mailosi mazana awiri kupita m"mwamba, kupita m"mlengalenga, kuyang"ana zokongolazi.
    
  Kudzidzimuka ndi bedlam m"chipinda chosindikizira cha White House kunabukanso, ndipo mamembala a gulu la atolankhani omwe adakhala pansi adalumphira kumapazi awo ngati kuti adakokedwa ndi zingwe ndi chidole. "Kuyenda mumlengalenga?" adakuwa onse ngati ali m'modzi. "Kodi mwayenda mumlengalenga ...?"
    
  "Zidatenga mphindi ziwiri, mwina ziwiri ndi theka," Purezidenti adatero. "Ndinachoka m"nyumba ya ndege ya m"mlengalenga, anandinyamulira padenga-"
    
  "Kodi munali m'gulu la okwera ndege?" Hastings anafuula.
    
  "Ndidakhala ndi mwayi wokhala m'malo oyendera alendo panthawi yoyikira, ndipo ndidapezerapo mwayi," adatero Purezidenti. Nthawi yomweyo anaganiza zoti asawawuze kuti ndi amene wapanga docking. "Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti Page adandiuza kuti njira yomwe adasamutsira ku siteshoni kuchokera kumitundu yoyambirira ya ndege inali kudutsa mumsewu. Tidakonzekera izi, ndipo panalibenso chowopsa kuposa zomwe zidachitika ndi oyenda mumlengalenga."
    
  "Koma sindiwe wazamlengalenga, Bambo Purezidenti!" Hastings adafuulanso. "Ndinu Purezidenti wa United States! Simukulipidwa kuchita ngozi zotere! Ndi ulemu wonse bwana President...Mwapenga kotheratu? "
    
  "Sapenga, Hastings," adayankha motero Kai Rhydon, atakwiyitsidwa ndi kupsa mtima kwake kosachita bwino. "Ndipo tsopano popeza ali ndi kulimba mtima kuti apite ku orbit, ndiye, ndithudi, wa astronaut - wabwino kwambiri, monga momwe zimakhalira. Iye anatsimikizira kuti munthu aliyense wathanzi, wophunzitsidwa bwino, wokonzeka bwino akhoza kukhala wamlengalenga ngati akufuna, popanda zaka zambiri za maphunziro a thupi kapena maphunziro a sayansi kapena uinjiniya. "
    
  Bedlam inkawoneka ngati ikucheperachepera, ngati kuti Raydon anali mphunzitsi wa kusekondale akuwuza kalasi yake kuti ikhale pansi ndikuyamba kugwira ntchito, koma Purezidenti amawona gulu la atolankhani likukwiya kwambiri ndipo anali wokonzeka kulitcha tsiku. "Kodi pali mafunso ena?" anafunsa.
    
  Wowonetsa TV wina wotchuka, atakhala kutsogolo, adayimilira. "Bambo Purezidenti, malingaliro amakampani amlengalengawa akumveka osangalatsa, koma akuwonekanso okwera mtengo, popeza ndikutsimikiza kuti chilichonse chokhudzana ndi mlengalenga chikhoza kuwoneka. Mwakhala mukuchita kampeni pazachuma kwa nthawi yopitilira chaka ndikulipira pulogalamu iliyonse yaboma. Mukuganiza zolipira bwanji zonsezi? Munati muletsa, kuyimitsa kapena kudula mapulogalamu ena. Ndi ati kwenikweni?"
    
  "Ndikukonzekera kutsata mapulogalamu omwe ndikukhulupirira kuti ndi okwera mtengo, osafunikira, otupa, akale komanso owononga," adatero Purezidenti. "Ndili ndi mndandanda wautali wamalingaliro omwe ndipereka kwa utsogoleri wa Congress. Magawo atatu omwe amapanga makumi asanu ndi atatu pa zana aliwonse a bajeti ya dziko - phindu, chitetezo, ndi kugwiritsa ntchito mwanzeru - zonse ziyenera kuganiziridwa. Kupititsa patsogolo chitetezo cha dziko lathu ndikukonzekera zovuta zazaka za zana la makumi awiri ndi ziwiri ndichinthu chofunikira kwambiri kwa ine. "
    
  "Ndiye mupanga zida zam'mlengalenga mukudula Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid ndi Affordable Care Act?" - adafunsa mtolankhani.
    
  "Ndikufuna kusiya kuwonjezera mapulogalamu atsopano a boma, ndipo ndikufuna kuwona kusintha kwenikweni kwa mapulogalamu onse oyenerera kuti athe kukhala ndi moyo zaka zana," adatero pulezidenti. "Ndikuganiza kuti tidzatha kupulumutsa ndalama tikapanga kusintha kwenikweni komwe tingagwiritse ntchito kuti titeteze chitetezo. N'chimodzimodzinso ndi asilikali. Chitsanzo chimodzi chingakhale kuchepa kwakukulu kwa zida zanyukiliya mu zida zankhondo zaku US. " Ankatha kuonanso phokoso lina lakugogoda ndi kulemba pamene zojambulira za digito zimayandikira pafupi ndi oyankhula omwe anakhazikitsidwa m'chipinda chofotokozera atolankhani. "Ndikuganiza kuti tichepetse kuchuluka kwa zida zanyukiliya zomwe zili tcheru kuchokera pakali pano pafupifupi mazana asanu ndi awiri mpaka mazana atatu."
    
  Chisangalalo m'chipinda chofotokozera atolankhani chinayamba kukweranso. "Koma, a Purezidenti, simukuganiza kuti kutengera zomwe zidachitika ku South China Sea ndi Western Pacific - China idaphulitsa chiwongola dzanja chakuya cha nyukiliya, idawombera zombo, ndikuponya ndege yathu ndikuukira Guam, osatchulanso za Russia. kuyambiranso kwankhondo, kodi tsopano ndi nthawi yolakwika kuti tichepetse zida zathu zanyukiliya?"
    
  "Mwayankha nokha funso lanu, Bambo Wells," Purezidenti adatero. "Panopa tili ndi zida za nyukiliya pafupifupi 700 zomwe zatsala pang"ono kugunda m"maola ochepa chabe, koma kodi zidalepheretsa chiyani kwenikweni? Russia, China ndi maiko ena ayankha pokhala amphamvu komanso olimba mtima. Nanga titabweza, tidagwiritsa ntchito zida zotani kuti tiletse? Zida zopanda zida za nyukiliya zotsogola kwambiri zoyambika kuchokera ku ndege ndi zakuthambo.
    
  "Ndikuwona kuti kuletsa zida za nyukiliya sikulinso kofunikira ndipo kuyenera kuchepetsedwa kwambiri," Purezidenti adabwereza. "Anthu aku Russia adasamalira mabala ambiri pa nthawi ya Holocaust yaku America, ndikutaya miyoyo yaku America. Koma pakhala pali zokamba zambiri zosintha bomba ndi zombo za ICBM, ndipo sindigwirizana nazo. Ine amati njira nyukiliya sitima zapamadzi zombo kukhala mphamvu yokha pa chenjezo okhazikika nyukiliya, ndipo izo kuchepetsedwa kuti anayi okha njira nyukiliya ballistic mizinga sitima zapamadzi ali tcheru, awiri mu Pacific ndi awiri Atlantic , ndi zina zinayi anali okonzeka. kupita kunyanja mwachangu. Chidziwitso. Asitikali angapo anzeru omwe atumizidwa pamtunda ndi panyanja adzakhala okonzeka kubweretsa mphamvuyo kuti ikhale yokonzekera nyukiliya m'masiku ochepa ngati pangafunike kutero. "
    
  Mawu odabwa, osakhulupirira adawonekeranso pankhope za olembawo - atolankhani omwe sanayankhe akonzi awo pazida zam'manja adalankhula modabwitsa kwa anzawo, phokoso likukulirakulira. Purezidenti adadziwa kuti msonkhano wa atolankhani watsala pang'ono kutha, koma anali ndi zina zingapo zoti athyole: "Sikuti zodulidwa zonse zidzakhala zokhudzana ndi chitetezo, koma zambiri zikhala," adatero. "Ndikufuna kuchepetsa asilikali ndi asilikali ankhondo ndi zida zankhondo monga akasinja ndi zida zankhondo, kuchepetsa chiwerengero cha magulu omenyana nawo mpaka asanu ndi atatu, ndikuletsa kugula zombo zamtsogolo monga Littoral Combat Ship ndi ndege monga F-fighter. - bomba. 35 Mphenzi. "
    
  "Koma, a Purezidenti, kodi mukuwona ngati mukupeputsa gulu lankhondo panthawi yomwe tiyenera kukonzekera gulu lankhondo kuti limenyane ndi adani ngati China ndi Russia, omwe akhala akutiukira mobwerezabwereza m'zaka zaposachedwa?" - adafunsa mtolankhaniyo. "Kodi musintha zida zomwe zathetsedwa ndi zina?"
    
  "Inde, pazifukwa ziwiri zazikulu zachitetezo cha dziko m'zaka za zana la makumi awiri ndi chimodzi ndi makumi awiri mphambu ziwiri: malo ndi cyberspace," Purezidenti adayankha. "Ndipereka lingaliro kuti magulu ambiri ankhondo aku America omwe amatenga nthawi yayitali atumizidwe kuchokera mumlengalenga kapena Earth orbit, komanso kuti gulu lathu lankhondo lodzitchinjiriza litumizidwe kuchokera pa intaneti. United States iyenera kulamulira madera onse awiri, ndipo ndionetsetsa kuti America ikuchita zomwezo. Ngati sitisamalira izi, tidzaluza mwachangu komanso mosapeweka, ndipo sizichitika ndili pa ntchito. America idzalamulira mlengalenga ndi cyberpace, monga momwe tinkalamulira nyanja zapadziko lonse lapansi. Uwu ndi ntchito yanga, ndipo ndiyembekezera Congress ndi anthu aku America kuti andithandize. Kodi pali mafunso ena kwa ine?"
    
  "Inde, bwana, ndili nawo ambiri," adatero Margaret Hastings. Kodi kwenikweni mukutanthauza chiyani ponena za 'kulamulira' mumlengalenga ndi pa intaneti? Kodi muwalamulira bwanji?"
    
  "Choyamba: osalekereranso zomwe zakhala zikuchitika kwa zaka zingapo zapitazi komanso zomwe zimaonedwa ngati gawo la mtengo wochita bizinesi," adatero Phoenix. "Mwachitsanzo, ndauzidwa kuti makampani a ku America, mabungwe a boma ndi makompyuta a asilikali akuona kuloŵerera ndi kuukira mwachindunji kwa maboma padziko lonse lapansi tsiku ndi tsiku, kaya mothandizidwa ndi bungwe la boma kapena kuchitidwa mwachindunji ndi boma. Izi sizingavomerezedwenso. Kuwukira kwa makompyuta kudzachitidwa ngati kuukira kwina kulikonse. Dziko la United States lidzayankha moyenerera ku cyberattack iliyonse.
    
  "Ndinauzidwanso kuti ma satellites aku US akuyang'aniridwa ndi ma laser kuti akhungu kapena kuwononga ma optics; kuti ma satelayiti a jammer amayikidwa munjira pafupi ndi ma satelayiti athu kuti asokoneze ntchito zawo; ndi kuti zizindikiro za GPS zaku America zimakhala zodzaza nthawi zonse. Ndauzidwa kuti mayiko angapo akuyang'ana malo omwewa tsiku lililonse ndi ma lasers, ma microwaves ndi mitundu ina yamagetsi yamagetsi kuyesa kuwononga kapena kusokoneza ntchito pano. Izi sizingavomerezedwenso. Kuukira kulikonse kotere kudzathetsedwera moyenerera. Tidzayang'anitsitsa mayendedwe a Dziko Lapansi kuti tiwone zizindikiro zilizonse za kusokonezedwa kapena kuwukira kwa dziko lililonse kapena bungwe. Kanema waku America mu orbit, komanso kanjira komweko, ndi gawo lodziyimira pawokha la America, ndipo tidzaliteteza monga zida zilizonse zaku America. "
    
  "Pepani, bwana," adatero Hastings, "koma mwangonena kuti mumawona orbit ya Earth Earth kukhala katundu waku America? Kodi mukunena kuti palibe dziko lina lomwe lingathe kuyika chombo m"mlengalenga ngati United States ili kale ndi satelayiti m"njira imeneyo?"
    
  "Izi ndi zomwe ndikunena, Abiti Hastings," adatero Phoenix. "Njira yanthawi zonse yowukira zinthu zakuthambo zaku US ndikuyika chida cholimbana ndi satelayiti m'njira yomweyo, kuchitsata ndikuchiwononga mosiyanasiyana. Umu ndi momwe anthu aku Russia adawonongera garaja yathu ya zida za Kingfisher, ndikuyilepheretsa ndi zida zamphamvu zowongolera, zomwe zidapangitsa kuti wofufuza zakuthambo waku America afe. Chombo chilichonse chomwe chidzalowe munjira yofanana ndi satellite ya ku United States chidzatengedwa ngati mchitidwe wankhanza ndipo chidzachitidwanso chimodzimodzi. "
    
  Bedlam yomwe idakulirakulira ndikuwopseza kuti isiya kulamulira mu chipinda chofotokozera atolankhani ku White House sichinathe nthawi ino, ndipo Purezidenti adadziwa kuti mwina sizitenga nthawi yayitali. "Zikomo, amayi ndi abambo, zikomo," Purezidenti adatero, akunyalanyaza manja omwe adakwezedwa ndikufunsa mafunso. "Ndikuganiza kuti nthawi yakwana yoti tigawane chakudya ndi oyenda m'mlengalenga omwe ali pasiteshoni..." Anatembenukira kwa Raydon, akumwetulira ndikuwonjezera kuti, "... anzanga am'mlengalenga, ndikukonzekera kubwerera ku Washington. Usiku wabwino kuchokera ku Space Station Armstrong, ndipo Mulungu adalitse United States of America. " Anaona phokoso lambiri pa monitoryo moti anakayikira ngati pali amene anamumva bwino lomwe.
    
  "Malankhulidwe abwino komanso mayankho abwino a mafunso, a Purezidenti," adatero Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti Anne Page patadutsa nthawi pang'ono chithunzi chake chikuwonekeranso pamawunivesite a director director module module. "Oyenda mumlengalenga ambiri amavutika kuchita misonkhano ya atolankhani Padziko Lapansi, osatchula mphindi zochepa atawuluka koyamba mumlengalenga. Sindinatchule tsatanetsatane wa kukonzanso usilikali monga momwe mudafunira, kotero kuti aliyense padziko lapansi adapeza zonse nthawi imodzi. Ngakhale pano mafoni akulira mosalekeza. Mukuyankha ma call aliwonse ku station?"
    
  Phoenix anaganiza za izo kwa kamphindi, kenaka anagwedeza mutu wake. "Ndiyimbira foni Alexa, ndiyeno ndikakumana ndi ogwira ntchito m'mlengalenga, kuyesa chakudya chawo, kuyang'ana osauka a Charlie Spellman, kufufuza siteshoniyo pang'ono, ndikukonzekera kubwereranso. Tidakambirana zoyankha mafunso angapo omwe tikuyembekezera kuti atolankhani ndi atsogoleri amayiko azifunsa, ndipo ndikusiyani kuti muwayankhe mpaka nditabwera kudzawona zikalata. Chinthu chomaliza chimene ndikufuna kuchita ndichocheza patelefoni kwa maola angapo apitawa."
    
  "Ndakumvani, bwana," anatero Anne. "Ndiyankha mafoni ochokera kwa atsogoleri a mayiko, kenako atolankhani ambiri. Mumakonda kumtunda uko. Palibenso maulendo apamlengalenga, chabwino bwana? Pita mumphangayo ngati tonsefe, oyenda mlengalenga osavuta. "
    
  "Ngati mulimbikira, Abiti Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti," Purezidenti Phoenix adatero ndikumwetulira. "Ngati mukulimbikira."
    
    
  ATATU
    
    
  Chidziwitso chabe cha zoipa zomwe chikubwera chaika ambiri mumkhalidwe wangozi kwambiri.
    
  - MARCUS ANNEAS LUCANUS
    
    
    
  WATERGATE HOTEL
  WASHINGTON, DC
  NTHAWI YOMWEYO
    
    
  "Zowona, ndinaziwona!" Mtsogoleri wakale wa Senate ya ku United States, Mtsogoleri wa Senate Majority ndi Mlembi wa boma Stacy Ann Barbeau anafuula pafoni, akuyang'anitsitsa kanema wawayilesi wapamwamba kwambiri mu chipinda chake cha hotelo. "Bweretsani antchito akuluakulu kuno tsopano!"
    
  Ngakhale kuti anali ndi zaka za m'ma 60, Stacy Ann Barbeau anali mkazi wokongola, wamphamvu, wofuna kutchuka komanso katswiri wa ndale. Koma odziwa adadziwa kuti Barbeau sanali wokoma wa Louisiana magnolia - anali ntchentche ya Venus, pogwiritsa ntchito kukongola kwake ndi zithumwa zakumwera kuti achotse zida za amuna ndi akazi, kuwakakamiza kuti achepetse chitetezo chawo ndikugonjera ku zilakolako zake, mofunitsitsa atayikidwa pakati pa ruby yake - milomo yofiira. Dziko lonse lapansi lidadziwa kwa zaka khumi kuti ali ndi zikhumbo zapurezidenti, ndipo tsopano zokhumbazo zidasinthidwa kukhala kampeni yamphamvu, yolipiridwa bwino yomwe idakhalabe ndi chitsogozo chaching'ono koma chosasinthika pa mpikisano wotsutsana ndi Purezidenti Kenneth Phoenix ...
    
  ...mpikisano womwe wagwedezeka kumene ndi msonkhano wa atolankhani wosayembekezereka wochokera kumlengalenga.
    
  Likulu la kampeni la Barbeau ku Washington linkakhala pansi pa Watergate Hotel ndi nyumba yamaofesi. Anali atangobwerera kuchipinda chake cha hotelo kuchokera ku chakudya chamadzulo chopezera ndalama ndikutsegula nkhani kuti awonerere msonkhano wa atolankhani, wodzala ndi mphamvu komanso chisangalalo chakuchitanso bwino. Tsopano adayimilira modzidzimuka, akumvetsera kwa othirira ndemanga omwe adadabwa kwambiri akuyesera kumvetsetsa zomwe anali atangowona kumene: Purezidenti wa United States akulankhula ndi dziko lapansi kuchokera ku Earth orbit.
    
  Luke Cohen, woyang'anira kampeni wa Barbeau komanso mlangizi wamkulu, anali woyamba kulowa m'chipinda chake cha hotelo. "Zinayenera kukhala zabodza kapena CGI," adatero mopumira. Cohen, wamtali, wowonda, wowoneka bwino ku New Yorker, anali wamkulu wa ogwira ntchito ku Barbeau pazaka zake monga mtsogoleri wamkulu wa Senate komanso mlembi wa boma. "Palibe Purezidenti wa United States amene angakhale wopusa kuti apite mumlengalenga, makamaka miyezi isanu ndi umodzi chisankho chisanachitike!"
    
  "Chete, ndikumvera," adatero Barbeau. Cohen anatembenuka kuti ayankhe foni yake ya m'manja kwinaku akumvetsera ndemangazo.
    
  "CNN," adatero Cohen panthawi yopuma. "Akufuna mphindi zisanu."
    
  "Atha kutenga awiri," adatero Barbeau. Wothandizirayo, yemwe ntchito yake yokha inali kulemba mawu aliwonse otuluka mkamwa mwa Barbeau, analowa m"chipindacho ali ndi kompyuta tabuleti yokonzeka. "Ichi chinali chiwombankhanga chamwayi, chochititsa chidwi, chowopsa komanso chosasamala kwambiri chomwe ndidachiwonapo m'zaka makumi atatu ndikugwira ntchito ku Washington," adatero. "Purezidenti Phoenix akuika pachiwopsezo chitetezo cha dziko lonse komanso dziko laulere ndi zochita zake mosasamala. Ndimakayikira kwambiri kuweruza kwake, monganso aku America onse. Kuti dzikoli lipindule, akangobwerako, ayenera kukamuyezetsa kambirimbiri zachipatala komanso m"maganizo kuti atsimikizire kuti sanavutikepo chifukwa choyenda m"mlengalenga, ndipo ngati atapezeka, ayenera kusiya ntchito nthawi yomweyo. za positi yake." Wothandizirayo adadina batani ndipo mawuwo adatumizidwa kwa wolemba wamkulu wa Barbeau, yemwe amamukonzekeretsa zolankhula ndi kampeni mkati mwa mphindi zochepa.
    
  "Luke, perekani wofufuza kuti adziwe zizindikiro za matenda aliwonse odziwika kapena zovuta zomwe openda zakuthambo angakumane nazo," adatero Barbeau, "ndipo ndikufuna kuti aziyang'anira sekondi iliyonse ya kuwonekera kwa anthu ku Phoenix kuti awone ngati akuwonetsa zizindikiro izi. " Nthawi yomweyo Cohen anatenga foni yake ndikupereka malangizo. "Ndiye, mukuganiza kuti mayankho adzakhala otani?"
    
  "Ndikugwirizana ndi mfundo zanu, Mayi Mlembi," adatero Cohen. "Poyamba, ndikuganiza kuti ovota ambiri angaganize kuti ndizosangalatsa komanso zosangalatsa kuti Purezidenti apite mumlengalenga ndikuyenda mumlengalenga ndikulankhula za kulimba mtima kwake ndi zina zotero. Koma posakhalitsa pambuyo pake, mwinamwake podzafika nthaŵi imene nkhani za m"maŵa zikayamba kukambitsirana ndipo anthu ayamba kuphunzira zambiri ponena za kuopsa kwake ndi kuopsa kwake, angakaikire chiweruzo chake ndi kuthekera kwake kukhala paudindo. Kukakamizika kusiya ntchito kungakhale kokulirapo."
    
  "Ngati akuganiza kuti ayamba kuwononga usilikali kuti alipire zida zake zapamwamba komanso nkhondo zapaintaneti, akulakwitsa kwambiri," adatero Barbeau. "Chotsani magulu awiri omenyera nkhondo? Pokhapokha pa mtembo wanga. Ndikufuna kupanga magulu omenyera nkhondo onyamula, osati kuwawononga! Ndikufuna kuyendera malo ochitira zombo, magulu apanyanja, mabwalo apamlengalenga ndi magulu ankhondo akale ndikulankhula za momwe kuthetsedwera kwa magulu awiri omenyera nkhondo kudzakhala nako pachuma komanso chitetezo cha dziko. Kuchepetsa mphamvu yoletsa nyukiliya ndi theka? Kudula akasinja ndi omenyana? Mwina akudwala kale matenda a m"mlengalenga. Anangodzipha pandale. Ndionetsetsa kuti alipira mtengo wachinyengo ichi. "
    
  "Sindikukhulupirira kuti adayamba kulankhula za kusintha kwa ufulu," adatero Cohen. "Ndibwino kuchita izi msonkhano usanachitike ngati uli pampikisano wa pulaimale, koma ndiye wasankhidwa kale. Palibe amene amamutsutsa."
    
  "Iyenso adzanong'oneza bondo," adatero Barbeau modandaula. "Pezani kuchuluka kwa ndege za m'mlengalenga ndi malo awa, ndiyeno fufuzani kuti ndi anthu angati omwe akanakhala osowa ngati aliyense atataya ngakhale khumi pazabwino zawo kuti alipire ndege ya m'mlengalenga yomwe magawo makumi asanu ndi anayi mphambu asanu ndi anayi mphambu khumi mwa anthu 100 aliwonse aku America. sadzawona nkomwe, osanenapo za kuthawa. Dziwani zomwe zimawononga kuwulutsa bulu wake uku ndi uku, ndikuwerengera kuchuluka kwa maphunziro, zomangamanga ndi kafukufuku wamankhwala omwe tikanachita ngati sikunali paulendo wosangalatsa wa Purezidenti. "
    
  Stacy Ann Barbeau anapita pagalasi lalikulu lomwe linali m'chipinda chake ndikuyang'ana zodzoladzola zake. "Kodi mukuganiza kuti mwapanga mbiri lero, Mr. President?" - adatero. "Kodi ukuganiza kuti ndiwe ngwazi wamkulu wamumlengalenga? Mwapanga cholakwika chachikulu pazandale, buster, ndipo zidzakuwonongerani ndalama zambiri. Ndisamalira." Anayang'ana Cohen pagalasi. "Luke, onetsetsani kuti m'modzi mwa anthu opanga zodzoladzola andikonzekera komanso kuti situdiyo yanga yapa TV yakonzeka kuulutsidwa, ndikuuzeni CNN kuti ndikhala wokonzeka pakatha zisanu."
    
    
  KREMLIN, MOSCOW
  RUSSIA FEDERATION
  NTHAWI YOMWEYO
    
    
  Munthuyu ndi wamisala ndithu! Purezidenti wa Russia a Gennady Gryzlov adawonekera pamaso pa TV muofesi yake ku Kremlin. "Phoenix akuganiza kuti azilamulira mlengalenga wonse? Posachedwapa azindikira kuti akulakwitsa kwambiri!"
    
  Gennady Gryzlov anali ndi zaka makumi anayi zokha, mwana wa Purezidenti wakale Anatoly Gryzlov, ndipo ntchito yake inali yofanana ndi ya abambo ake. Gennady Gryzlov anamaliza maphunziro awo ku Yuri Gagarin Air Force Academy ndipo anamaliza maphunziro oyendetsa ndege ku Baronovsky Air Base ku Armavir komanso maphunziro oyendetsa ndege ku Engels Air Base kumwera chakumadzulo kwa Russia asanasankhidwe kuti apite kusukulu ya commando ku Moscow patangopita zaka ziwiri. Sanafune china choposa kutsatira mapazi a abambo ake okondedwa, ndipo adatsimikiza kutero popanda kulumikizana ndi boma lalikulu la banja lake komanso mafakitale a petrochemical.
    
  Koma atangomaliza sukulu ya malamulo ku Moscow, koma asanabwerere ku Engels Air Base kuti akatenge ulamuliro wa 121st Guards Heavy Bomber Regiment, gulu la mabomba apamwamba a Tupolev-160 Blackjack, chochitika chomwe chikanasintha moyo wake kwamuyaya: Engels. Air Force Base idawukiridwa ndi bomba la ku America la EB-1C Vampire lopanda munthu, bomba losinthidwa kwambiri la B-1 Lancer lomwe linawononga mabomba ambiri aku Russia omwe akuyembekezera kulamulidwa kuti anyamule ndikuwononga chisa cha zigawenga ku Turkmenistan. Mazana anaphedwa pakuwombera ndege, kuphatikizapo mabwenzi apamtima a Gryzlov ndi anzake oyendetsa ndege. Bambo ndi mwana wamwamuna adakhumudwa kwambiri ndipo adakhala nthawi yopitilira mwezi umodzi kupita kumaliro ndi mwambo wamaliro ndikukonzekera momwe angamangirenso gulu lankhondo ndi mabomba.
    
  Sizinawululidwe mwalamulo, koma mkulu Gryzlov adauza mwana wake wamwamuna yemwe amakhulupirira kuti akukonzekera kuwukira: mkulu wankhondo waku US Air Force dzina lake Patrick McLanahan, akuchita popanda kulamula kapena kulamulidwa ndi US White House kapena Pentagon. Amuna onse awiri adatembenuza chisoni chawo pachiwonongekocho kukhala chikhumbo chofuna kubwezera McLanahan.
    
  Ndi chiwonongeko cha Engels Air Base, Gennady anasintha maganizo ake kuchokera ku mabomba owuluka ndipo, mothandizidwa ndi bambo ake, adalowa mu Alexander Mozhaisky Military Space Academy ku St. Star City. Koma maphunziro ake kumeneko anasokonezedwanso. Gulu la zigawenga zaku America zaukira batire yoteteza ndege yaku Russia ku Turkmenistan ...
    
  ...ndipo, posakhalitsa zidadziwika, kuukiraku kudakonzedwa ndikulamulidwa ndi Major General Patrick McLanahan, kachiwiri popanda ulamuliro woyenera kuchokera kwa akuluakulu ake.
    
  Gennady adadziwa kuti izi zidakankhira bambo ake m'mphepete. Pulezidenti Gryzlov anakumbukira anthu onse a m"gulu la oponya mabombawo n"kuwatumiza ku Belaya Air Base ku Siberia kuti akaphunzire. Gennady adatha kugwiritsa ntchito mphamvu ya abambo ake kukhalabe ku Mozhaisk, koma adayang'anitsitsa ntchito za ndege zambiri zakutali ku Belaya ndi malo ena monga Irkutsk, Aginskoye ndi Yakutsk, kuphatikizapo Tu-22 Backfires. odalirika turboprop Zimbalangondo "Tu-95, supersonic Tu-160 Blackjacks Blackjack ndi Ilyushin-62 air tanker." Gennady anadziwa kuti chinachake chachikulu chinali pafupi kuchitika.
    
  Kumapeto kwa chilimwe cha 2004 izi zidachitika. Mafunde a mabomba aku Russia otalikirapo adaukira malo oteteza ndege aku US komanso ma radar ochenjeza ku Alaska ndi Canada ndi zida za AS-17 Krypton anti-radar ndi zida za AS-16 Otkat supersonic attack, kenako zidawombera AS-17 zazitali zamtundu wa hypersonic cruise. X-19 Koala yokhala ndi zida za nyukiliya zotsika mtengo pamalo owongolera zida zankhondo za intercontinental ballistic, mabasi ophulitsira mabomba ndi zida zowongolera ndi zowongolera ku United States. Dziko la United States linataya pafupifupi asilikali ake onse opangira zida zoponya mabomba, mbali yaikulu ya zombo zake zophulitsa mabomba, ndiponso asilikali zikwizikwi, achibale, ndi anthu wamba m"kuphethira kwa diso.
    
  Posakhalitsa inadziwika kuti "American Holocaust."
    
  Gennady anali wokondwa komanso wokondwa ndi kulimba mtima kwa ogwira nawo ntchito oponya mabomba olemera, omwe ambiri mwa iwo adafera ku United States ndi Canada, ndipo adanyadira abambo ake pomaliza kumenya nkhondo yolimbana ndi Amereka. Amakhulupirira kuti McLanahan anali pansi pa imodzi mwa zida zanyukiliya. Panthawiyi, maphunziro onse ku Mozhaisk anathetsedwa ndipo Gennady analamulidwa kuti apite ku Aginskoye Air Base kum'mwera kwa Russia kuti apange gulu latsopano la mabomba, kumene mabomba atsopano a Tu-160 Blackjack, omwe anali akukonzedwa ndikubwerera kuntchito. kutumiza. Russia inali ikuyamba kusamukira ku malamulo a nkhondo, ndipo Gennady anali wokondwa kuti sangafunike kuyendayenda kusukulu pamene oyendetsa ndege ena olimba mtima a ku Russia ankamenyana maso ndi maso ndi Amereka.
    
  Zokonzekera zankhondo ndi United States zinali zisanayambike pamene zosayembekezereka zinachitika. Malo oyendetsa ndege a Yakutsk ku Siberia anagonjetsedwa ndi gulu laling'ono la asilikali a ku America, ndipo dziko la United States linayamba kuwulutsa mabomba oponya mabomba komanso sitima zapamlengalenga kuchokera kumalo ake. Kwa masiku angapo, oponya mabomba aku America adasesa madera ambiri a Russia kuchokera ku Yakutsk, kusaka ndikuwononga zoyambitsa zida za ICBM zaku Russia komanso malo oyendetsa mobisa okhala ndi mizinga yolowera pansi komanso mabomba.
    
  Gennady sanadabwe kumva kuti gulu la oponya mabomba lidalamulidwa ndi Patrick McLanahan.
    
  Purezidenti Anatoly Gryzlov adakakamizika kupanga chisankho choyipa: kuwononga Yakutsk gulu lankhondo la US Navy lisanawononge gulu lankhondo lankhondo, msana wa njira yoletsa njira yaku Russia. Analamula oponya mabomba kuti aphulitse zida za nyukiliya za AS-X-19 Koala pa malo olandidwa anthu aku America, osachenjeza kuti aku Russia adakali komweko. Ngakhale kuti mivi yambiri yapanyanjayi idawomberedwa ndi zida zankhondo zaku America zaku air-to-air komanso makina otsogola oyendetsa ndege onyamula mabomba angapo a B-52, owerengeka adakwanitsa kugunda pansi, kupha mazana, onse aku Russia ndi aku America omwe adalephera kufikira. misasa yapansi panthaka yokhala ndi mipanda yolimba kwambiri
    
  Gennady anamvera chisoni bambo ake, omwe anakakamizika kupanga chisankho choipa ndi kupha anthu a ku Russia kuti ateteze chiwonongeko chachikulu cha zida za ICBM. Iye ankafuna moipa kwambiri kukhala ndi bambo ake ndi kumuthandiza makhalidwe abwino, koma mkulu Gryzlov mosakayikira anali otetezeka mu imodzi mwa malo oposa khumi ndi awiri malamulo kumadzulo ndi pakati Russia. Chodetsa nkhaŵa kwambiri cha Gennady tsopano chinali chifukwa cha malo ake ndi gulu lake, ndipo adalamula ogwira ntchito osafunikira kuti abisale chifukwa choopa kumenyana ndi America komanso kukonzekera mofulumira kwa mabomba a Blackjack omwe ankayembekezera kuti afika posachedwa.
    
  Gennady adakhazikika pakukonza gulu lake lankhondo ndikukonzekera zomwe adachita pomwe m'mawa mwake adalandira uthenga wowopsa: gulu lankhondo laku America lophulitsa mabomba la B-1 ndi B-52, linathyola zida zoteteza ndege kumadzulo kwa Russia. anaukira likulu la asilikali la Reserve la Ryazan, makilomita 120 kum'mwera chakum'mawa kwa Moscow. Chiwonongekocho chinatha ... ndipo abambo ake a Gennady, pakati pa chilengedwe chake, munthu yemwe ankafuna kwambiri kutsanzira, adawombedwa ndi fumbi. Nthawi yomweyo anakonza zobwerera ku Moscow kukakhala ndi amayi ake ndi banja lake, koma asanachoke ku Aginskoye adamva kuti amayi ake, atamva za mwamuna wake, adadzipha chifukwa cha kumwa mapiritsi ogona ...
    
  ... ndipo, kamodzinso, adamva kuti wamkulu wa gulu lankhondo lomwe linapha abambo ake, motero amayi ake, anali General Patrick McLanahan. Woyendetsa ndege wa American Rogue adakwezedwa kukhala Lieutenant General atangoukira ndipo adasankha Mlangizi Wapadera kwa Purezidenti watsopano / wakale wa United States, Kevin Martindale, yemwe adapatsidwa ntchito yomanganso Gulu Lankhondo Lalitali Lalitali.
    
  Pambuyo pa tsiku limenelo, Gennady Gryzlov anasintha kukhala munthu wina. Anasiya ntchito yake n"kusiya usilikali. Nthawi zonse wakhala ali ndi mphamvu zambiri, koma tsopano umunthu wake wakhala ngati wa whirling dervish. Anatenga ulamuliro wa makampani a mafuta, gasi ndi mafuta a banja lake ndipo anawaika bwino pamene mitengo ya mafuta inayamba kukwera kwambiri kumapeto kwa zaka khumi zoyambirira za zaka za zana la makumi awiri ndi limodzi, ndipo anakhala mmodzi mwa anthu olemera kwambiri ku Western Hemisphere. Anakhalabe mbeta ndipo anakhala mmodzi wa playboys wotchuka ndi kuzindikira padziko lonse, kutsatiridwa kulikonse ndi akazi olemera ndi amuna. Iye anatembenuza chuma chake, kutchuka ndi maonekedwe abwino mu likulu ndale ndipo mwamsanga anaikidwa nduna ya Mphamvu ndi Makampani ndi Wachiwiri nduna yaikulu ya Russia, kenako anasankhidwa nduna yaikulu ndi Duma, ngakhale kuti sanatumikirepo mu nyumba yamalamulo, kulakalaka udindo wapamwamba. Pambuyo pake adathamangira purezidenti ndipo adasankhidwa kukhala paudindo ndi ovota oposa 80 peresenti pachisankho cha 2014.
    
  Koma tsopano nkhope ya mnyamata wamtali, wokongola, mosakayikira nkhope yamphongo yojambulidwa kwambiri pa Dziko Lapansi, inali yosakanikirana ndi kusakhulupirira, ukali ndi kutsimikiza mtima. Sergei Tarzarov, mtsogoleri wa pulezidenti, adathamangira ku ofesi ya Gryzlov atamva kukuwa kwa pulezidenti. "Tengani Sokolov ndi Khristenko pano kuti amuimbire foni kawiri," Gryzlov anafuula kwa mkulu wake wa antchito, tsitsi lake lalitali lakuda likuyendayenda m'mutu mwake pamene anali kuyenda mozungulira ofesi yake. "Ndikufuna mayankho, ndipo ndikuwafuna tsopano!"
    
  "Inde, bwana," adatero Tarzarov ndikunyamula foni muofesi ya Purezidenti. Tarzarov anali pafupifupi m'badwo wokulirapo kuposa Gryzlov, munthu wochepa thupi komanso wosadabwitsa atavala suti ya bulauni, koma aliyense ku Kremlin adadziwa kuti mkulu wakale wazamazamawu komanso nduna ya zamkati ndiye adayambitsa utsogoleri, ndipo zidakhala choncho kuyambira pomwe abambo ake adatenga mphamvu. Gennady. "Anawona kuwulutsa ndipo ali panjira, bwana," adatero mphindi zochepa pambuyo pake.
    
  "Zowonadi, wonyansa uyu, wodekha, wosadziwa - ndimuwonetsa momwe anganenere dziko," Gryzlov adawombera. "Ichi sichinali chinanso choposa chaka chazisankho. Ndikukhulupirira kuti iphulika pamaso pake! Ndikukhulupirira kuti adzaphedwa ndi moto pobwerera. Kenako boma la America likhala pachipwirikiti!"
    
  "Ndikulandira zambiri kuchokera ku Unduna wa Zachitetezo," adatero Tarzarov atayang'ana pakompyuta yake. "Minister Sokolov yalamula kuti tikonzenso zida zathu zowononga komanso zodzitchinjiriza, komanso zapansi, zamlengalenga ndi zapamadzi zomwe zimathandizira ntchito zakuthambo. Iye ndi General Khristenko akudziwitsani akangofika. "
    
  "N'chifukwa chiyani gehena sitinadziwe kuti Phoenix adzapita kumalo okwerera mlengalenga?" - Gryzlov anafuula. "Tikudziwa zomwe mwana wambayo akuchita asanadziwe, ndipo tili ndi makhazikitsidwe, zida zomvera, makamera ndi odziwitsa ku Washington konse. Itananinso Kazyanov pano. Ayi, sonkhanitsani bungwe lonse lachitetezo pano. " Tarzarov anaimbanso foni ndipo ananena kuti Viktor Kazyanov, Nduna ya Zachitetezo cha Boma, yemwe ndi mkulu wa ukazitape ku Russia, nayenso anali paulendo wopita ku ofesi ya pulezidenti.
    
  "Bambo Purezidenti, Phoenix ayenera kukhala wamisala kwambiri kuti athetse vutoli," adatero Mtumiki wa Chitetezo Gregor Sokolov, akulowa mwamsanga muofesi ya Purezidenti mphindi zingapo pambuyo pake. "Akadapanda kuonongeka asananyamuke, kuwala kwachilengedwe komanso kusowa kwa okosijeni zikanafika kwa iye - ngati akanachitadi zonse zomwe amati akuchita, ndipo sizinali chinyengo chazaka zachisankho - ndiye ku America. pulogalamu ya mumlengalenga idzakhala yakufa kuposa momwe analili pambuyo pa ngozi ya chombo cha Challenger."
    
  "Khala chete, Sokolov," adatero Gryzlov. "Zowona zake ndizakuti adazichita ndipo ndikufuna kudziwa momwe, ndikufuna kudziwa chifukwa chake sindimadziwa, ndipo ndikufuna kudziwa zomwe tingachite ngati ayamba kuchita zopusa zomwe akuti adachita." achita - ndipo ndikufuna kudziwa pompano! "
    
  Tarzarov anapita kwa Gryzlov, n"kutembenukira kwa ena m"chipindamo n"kunena mofewa kuti: "Ndi zachilendo kufuula pamene ine kapena munthu wina aliyense mulibe m"chipindamo, Gennady, koma pamene achitetezo a dzikolo afika, inuyo mukuona kuti simuli m"chipindamo. muyenera kukhala ozizira." manja anu." Mutu wa Gryzlov unadumphira kwa mkulu wa asilikali ndipo maso ake anang'anima, koma nkhope yake yokwiya itakumana ndi kuyang'ana kolimba kwa Tarzarov, chenjezo lake, adamasuka ndikugwedeza mutu. "Ndiponso musapange ndemanga zanu kukhala zaumwini. Mukufuna thandizo la nduna yanu, osati mkwiyo wawo. "
    
  "Ndikufuna mayankho, Sergei," Gryzlov adanena, akutsitsa mawu ake, koma pang'ono. "Ndikufuna mayankho omwe ndimayenera kukhala nawo masiku apitawo!" Koma adachoka ku Tarzarov, adaweramitsa mutu wake pang'ono kwa Sokolov ndikupepesa, kenako adabwerera ku desiki yake ndikunamizira kuti akuyang'ana zotumiza pakompyuta yake.
    
  Msonkhano wa alangizi a chitetezo cha dziko la Gryzlov unayamba patangopita mphindi zochepa pamene nduna ya zakunja Daria Titeneva adalumikizana ndi Gryzlov ndi ena m'chipinda chamsonkhano choyandikana ndi ofesi ya pulezidenti. Mkulu wa General Staff General Mikhail Khristenko analankhula choyamba, pogwiritsa ntchito kompyuta yam'manja kuti asonyeze zithunzi ndi zithunzi ndi masiladi opanda waya pakompyuta yaikulu yapakompyuta: "Ngati mungandikhululukire, bwana: Ndayang'ana kawiri zolembazo, ndipo kwenikweni US Strategic Command, yomwe imayang'anira ntchito zonse zankhondo, kazembe wathu ku Washington adadziwitsa kudzera ku ofesi ya air attaché kuti akhazikitsa ndege yapakati pausiku ya S-19 kupita kumalo okwerera mlengalenga a Armstrong."
    
  Gryzlov ankawoneka ngati watsala pang'ono kuphulika, koma Tarzarov anayamba kulankhula: "Mtumiki Titenev?"
    
  "Sindinadziwitsidwe," anayankha Titeneva, msilikali wakale wachilendo wa tsitsi lakuda ndi maso ndi thupi lolemera koma lokongola. "Mauthenga angozi amatumizidwa ku ofesi yanga mwamsanga, koma mauthenga okhazikika amatumizidwa ku likulu langa loyang"anira nkhani zotere, ndipo amaphatikizidwa m"malipoti achidule aŵiri amene ndimalandira tsiku lililonse. Ndegeyo imatumizidwa kumalo opangira mlengalenga kapena kuzungulira kangapo pamwezi - maulendo otere amatengedwa ngati chizolowezi. "
    
  "Mwina ofesi yanu iyenera kudziwitsidwa nthawi iliyonse ndege ngati imeneyi," adatero Tarzarov.
    
  "Ili likhoza kukhala lingaliro labwino kwa asitikali, Bambo Tarzarov, koma sindikuwona chifukwa chomwe Ofesi Yachilendo ikuyenera kufotokoza izi pokhapokha ngati asitikali ankhondo kapena chitetezo cha dziko akukhulupirira kuti kuthawa kungathe kuopseza dziko lakwawo kapena ogwirizana nawo," - adatero Titeneva, momveka bwino kuti mkulu wa antchito adamunyoza pamsonkhano wa Security Council yonse. "Chifukwa chachikulu chomwe tidafunira kuti dziko la United States litidziwitse za ndege zomwe zachitika ndikuti kuyiyika mozungulira kungafanane ndi kuwulutsa kwa mizinga yodutsa pakati pa makontinenti. Sali ndi udindo uliwonse kutipatsa mndandanda wa anthu okwera."
    
  "Mudzalangiza ofesi yanu kuti ikudziwitseni nthawi iliyonse yomwe imodzi mwa ndege za m'mlengalenga izi zikubwera, Nduna," adatero Gryzlov mokwiya. Mukatero mudzandidziwitsa tsatanetsatane wa masiku onyamuka, masiku obwerera ndi nthawi, kopita ndi kopita. Sindingalole kuti zinthu zoipazi zizingozungulira mutu ndipo sindikudziwa kalikonse za izo!" Anatembenukira kwa Minister of State Security. "Kazyanov, simukutsata komwe Purezidenti waku United States ali?" anafunsa. "Kodi gehena angatani kuti Purezidenti wa United States aulutse wailesi yakanema kuchokera mumlengalenga ndipo mwachiwonekere palibe aliyense mu mzinda wonse woipawu amene akudziwa kalikonse za izo?"
    
  "Timayesetsa kutsatira Purezidenti wa United States, akuluakulu akuluakulu ndi akuluakulu ankhondo, bwana," anayankha Victor Kazyanov, wamtali, wadazi komanso wooneka ngati wamkulu. Monga Director of National Intelligence ku United States, dipatimenti yatsopano yachitetezo cha boma iphatikiza zidziwitso zapakhomo, zapadziko lonse lapansi, komanso zankhondo, chitetezo chapulezidenti ndi kazembe, komanso chitetezo chamalire motsogozedwa ndi msilikali m'modzi yemwe adafotokoza mwachindunji ku chitetezo. khonsolo..
    
  Komabe, mabungwe azidziwitso sanafune kugawana zambiri ndipo adalephera kupita ku ofesi ya Purezidenti. Zinali zodziwika bwino kuti otsogolera a Federal Security Service (omwe kale ankadziwika kuti Committee for State Security, kapena KGB), Foreign Intelligence Service, Presidential Security Service, ndi Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff (Main Intelligence Directorate). , kapena GRU) linanena mwachindunji kwa pulezidenti kudzera kwa mkulu wa antchito. : Nthawi zambiri Kazyanov anali womaliza kuphunzira chinachake. "Koma sitingadziwe komwe pulezidenti waku America ali mphindi iliyonse tsiku lililonse," adatero Kazyanov. "Atolankhani onse aku America adakhulupirira kuti akupita ku Guam kukakumana ndi atolankhani, ndipamene timamudikirira. Ngati achoka ku likulu kwa kanthawi, tikudziwa. "
    
  "Chabwino, ndinganene kuti adachoka ku likulu, sichoncho?" Gryzlov adayankha monyoza. "Kodi simumawonera White House ndi Capitol nthawi zonse?"
    
  "Kusuntha kulikonse kwa Purezidenti, Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti, akuluakulu a nduna ndi achiwiri awo, komanso akuluakulu ankhondo ndi oimira Unduna wa Zachitetezo amatipatsa chenjezo, bwana," adatero Kazyanov. "Purezidenti ndi mkulu aliyense amene akuyenda ndi gulu lalikulu lankhondo, kapena zidziwitso zilizonse zomwe timalandira zokhudzana ndi maulendo, ndizowopsa. Ngati satero, mwina sitingadziwe za mayendedwe awo. Mwachiwonekere, ulendo uno udali wodalirika kwambiri, ndi ndondomeko zochepetsera chitetezo kuti zisamakopeke. "
    
  "Ndikofunikira kwambiri kuti mupange njira yodziwira nthawi yomwe imodzi mwa ndegezi yatsala pang'ono kuwuluka komanso ndani ndi zomwe zili m'bwalo, Kazyanov," adatero Gryzlov. Ngati amawuluka pafupipafupi, mwina njira zawo zotetezera ziyamba kulephera. Muyeneranso kuganizira za njira zodziwitsira akuluakulu aku US kuti aziyenda, kupitilira kukula kwa gulu lawo. Khalani okonzeka kufotokozera bungwelo za malingaliro anu pamsonkhano wawo wanthawi zonse sabata yamawa." Zinali zoonekeratu pa nkhope yake kuti Kazyanov sanakonde kudzudzulidwa, ngakhale pulezidenti, koma iye anagwedeza mutu kugwirizana. Gryzlov anabwerera ku General Khristenko. "Pitiriza, General."
    
  "Inde, bwana," adatero Chief of General Staff. Iye adayitanira kubwereza mwakachetechete pamsonkhano wa atolankhani wa Purezidenti Phoenix. "Ogwira ntchito anga adawunikiranso kanema wa msonkhano wa atolankhani ku Phoenix ndi makanema angapo omwe adatengedwa pambuyo pa msonkhano wa atolankhani ku Phoenix komwe adadya chakudya chamadzulo ndi openda zakuthambo angapo, ndipo kutengera zithunzi zoyambirirazi, antchito anga akukhulupirira kuti uyu ndi Purezidenti Phoenix ndipo ali m'ngalawa. chombo chozungulira padziko lapansi, chomwe chimakhala chopanda kulemera kwenikweni, ndipo chikuwoneka chathanzi kwambiri ndipo sichimavutika ndi zovuta zilizonse za kuwuluka kwamlengalenga kapena kusalemera. Anthu ena omwe ali muvidiyoyi adadziwika kuti Brigadier General Kai Raydon wopuma pantchito, injiniya komanso wamlengalenga Trevor Sheil, komanso US Marine Corps Lt. Col. wopuma pantchito komanso woyendetsa ndege Jessica Faulkner, woyendetsa ndege zamlengalenga.
    
  "Nthawi zambiri, adalowa m'malo otsika pansi pa ndege zomwe US Strategic Command idauza kazembe wathu, pa ndege ya S-19, yotchedwa 'Midnight,'" Khristenko adapitiliza, akusintha zithunzi kukhala chithunzi cha Ndegeyo inanyamula anthu awiri komanso katundu wolemera makilogalamu 5,000. Zikuoneka kuti ili ndi kachingwe kamene kali m'chipinda chonyamulirako katundu, chomwe chili ndi malo okwanira anthu anayi.
    
  "Sindisamala za kuthekera kwake, General," adatero Gryzlov mokhumudwa. "Kodi chombo cha m"mlengalengachi chikuopseza Russia chotani?"
    
  "Izi zikuimira luso lamakono lomwe tidakali zaka zingapo kuti tipangidwe: kutha kuchoka panjira iliyonse yamalonda padziko lapansi, kuwulukira m'mphepete mwa Earth orbit, doko ndi masiteshoni amlengalenga kapena kuchita zinthu zosiyanasiyana m'mlengalenga, kulowa mumlengalenga wa Dziko Lapansi ndi mlengalenga. ndikuteranso panjira iliyonse - ndikubwerezanso m'maola ochepa," adatero Khristenko. "Ili ndi njira yovuta yoyendetsera ntchito pogwiritsa ntchito mafuta a jet omwe amapezeka mosavuta komanso hydrogen peroxide oxidizer. Itha kuima ndi malo okwerera mlengalenga ndikupereka zinthu kapena antchito pafupifupi pakufunika. Ngati ikhalabe mumlengalenga, imatha kuwuluka kuchokera kumunsi kwake kumadzulo kwa United States kupita ku Moscow pasanathe maola atatu."
    
  "Maola atatu!" Gryzlov anafuula. "Ndiyeno tigwetseni zida zanyukiliya pamutu pathu!"
    
  "Monga momwe tikudziwira, bwana, ndege za m'mlengalenga zangogwiritsa ntchito zida zopanda nyukiliya m'mlengalenga," adatero Kazyanov, "koma chida chimodzi chotere, chotchedwa "Nyundo ya Thor," chinalowa bwino mumlengalenga wa dziko lapansi ndikuwononga chandamale. pansi."
    
  "Ndipamene tidalankhula mokomera mgwirizano wa Outer Space Conservation Treaty, bwana," adatero Nduna Yachilendo Titeneva. "Panganoli limaletsa chida chilichonse chopezeka mumlengalenga chomwe chingamenye pa Dziko Lapansi. Russia, China ndi mayiko ena onse okhala ndi danga avomereza panganoli, kupatula United States, ngakhale akuwoneka kuti akutsatira.
    
  "Damn it, Daria, ndikufuna zida ngati izi ziletsedwe ... motalika kokwanira kuti tizimanga tokha!" Gryzlov adati. Iye anagwedeza dzanja lake kupyola tsitsi lake lokhuthala. "Ndipo tilibe ukadaulo ngati ndege iyi?"
    
  "Tidapanga chombo chogwiritsanso ntchito zaka zambiri anthu aku America asanapange chombo chawo chamlengalenga," adatero Nduna ya Chitetezo Sokolov. "Ndege ya Elektron idayambitsidwa mozungulira ndi galimoto yoyambira ya SL-16 ndipo imatha kutera panjira - inali ndi zida zoponya zowongoleredwa. Tapanga zombo zingapo, koma momwe zimagwirira ntchito sizikudziwika. Ndege ya Buran inali yofanana kwambiri ndi American Space Shuttle. Tidamanga zisanu mwa izo ndipo tinayenda ulendo wopambana ufumuwo usanagwe. Ma Burans ena atatu ali m'magawo osiyanasiyana akumalizidwa; chombo china chomalizidwa chinawonongeka pangozi yapansi."
    
  "Ndipo onani zomwe zidachitika: tidalola anthu aku America kuti atipindulire mumlengalenga," adatero Gryzlov. "Chotero abwezereni muutumiki ndikuwuluka nthawi yomweyo, ndipo ngati titawamanga kamodzi, titha kuwamanganso. Ndikufuna ambiri aiwo kuti ayambe kupanga nthawi yomweyo. "
    
  "Phoenix ndi wopusa ngati akufunadi kunyozetsa gulu lake lankhondo ndi asitikali apamadzi m'malo mwa zida zamlengalenga," adatero Sokolov. "Ndipo atha kupanga zida zonse za cyber zomwe akufuna pomwe asitikali athu alanda mizinda yake."
    
  "Zikuwoneka kwa ine kuti Phoenix satsatira mgwirizano uliwonse wamlengalenga kwa nthawi yayitali," adatero Gryzlov. "Ngati akufuna kupanga malo opangira mafakitale, afuna kuteteza. Ngati sitingathe kumupangitsa kuti avomere kuti asachite zankhondo, ndipo apambana chisankho ndikupitiriza ndi dongosolo ili, kodi tiyenera kukana chiyani? Kodi tingagwiritse ntchito chiyani polimbana ndi chombo chake cha m"mlengalenga?"
    
  "Chida chathu champhamvu kwambiri cholimbana ndi satana chomwe tikugwiritsa ntchito pano ndi S-500 Autocrat pamwamba-to-air missile system, bwana," adatero Khristenko. "Cholinga chake chachikulu chomwe chili pamtunda wa makilomita mazana asanu ndi kutalika kwa makilomita mazana asanu ndi awiri kumapangitsa kuti ikhale pakati pa malo a asilikali a US. Dongosololi ndi lamafoni, losavuta kusuntha ndikusintha, kotero limatha kuthamangitsidwa ndikusunthidwa kuti lithawe kuukira kapena kuyika mwachangu munjira yomwe mukufuna. S-500 ndiyothandizanso kwambiri polimbana ndi mivi ya hypersonic strike, ndege zozembera, ndege zowuluka pang'ono kapena zoponya zapamadzi ndi zoponya zoponya. Ndi njira yamphamvu kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi yoponya mizinga yapamtunda ndi ndege. "
    
  "Pomaliza, nkhani yabwino," adatero Gryzlov.
    
  "Vuto lokhalo ndi S-500 ndikuti tapanga ochepa kwambiri mpaka pano, bwana," adatero Sokolov. "Pali mabatire khumi ndi awiri okha omwe akugwira ntchito, omwe ali pafupi ndi Moscow, St. Petersburg ndi Vladivostok kuti ateteze ku ndege zozembera ndi zoponya zoponya."
    
  "Khumi ndi ziwiri?" Gryzlov anatsutsa mokweza. "Ife tiyenera kukhala nawo zikwi khumi ndi ziwiri a iwo! Mudzalandira ndalama zomangira khumi pamwezi, ndipo ndikufuna angapo aiwo aziyimitsidwa pamalo aliwonse ankhondo aku Russia padziko lapansi! Ndikufuna malo okwerera mlengalenga awa ndi zombo zonse zakumadzulo zikhale munjira zaku Russia 24/7! Pitirizani".
    
  "Njira yotsatira yotsutsana ndi satellite, komanso yosinthika kwambiri, ndi MiG-31D anti-satellite missile carrier," adatero Khristenko, akusinthanso slide. Silayidiyo inali ndi chithunzi cha ndege yankhondo yaikulu, ya michira iwiri, yooneka ngati yamphamvu. "Liwiro lake lalikulu ndi pafupifupi kuwirikiza katatu kuthamanga kwa phokoso, ndipo kutalika kwake kumaposa mamita zikwi makumi atatu. Imagwiritsa ntchito mzinga wa 9K720 Osa, womwe ndi mzinga womwewo womwe umagwiritsidwa ntchito pa Iskander theatre ballistic missile. MiG-31 imawongoleredwa ku chandamale chake ndi radar yapansi ndikuyambitsa mzingawo ikafika pamtunda wamamita zikwi makumi awiri. Roketi ya Osa sikuti imanyamula zida zazing'ono za nyukiliya, kotero kuti roketi imodzi imatha kugwetsa mlengalenga waku US kuchokera kumwamba. Chombo cha Osa, choyendetsedwa ndi radar ya MiG-31, chimatha kugunda ndege zina. "
    
  "Izi ndizabwino," adatero Gryzlov. "Kodi tili ndi anthu angati omwe akugwira ntchito pompano, General?"
    
  "Pakadali pano pali zonyamula mizinga makumi atatu zokha za anti-satellite zomwe zikugwira ntchito, bwana," adayankha Khristenko. "Magulu awiri kumadzulo ndi amodzi kum'mawa kwakutali."
    
  "Kodi gehena tinasiya liti kupanga zida zankhondo?" Gryzlov anadandaula. "China ndi chiyani?"
    
  "MiG-31 inayamba kuonekera zaka zoposa makumi anayi zapitazo," adatero Khristenko. "Radar yake yasinthidwa, koma osati kwa zaka zingapo mokomera omenyera atsopano a m'badwo wachisanu. Mu gawo lake lodana ndi satana, maulendo a ndege a MiG-31 amangokhala makilomita mazana asanu ndi atatu okha. Koma mzinga wa 9K720 uli ndi utali wa makilomita mazana anayi, wokwanira kuwononga chombo chilichonse cha m"mlengalenga cha ku America chimene chili m"njira yotsika ya Earth."
    
  "Kodi tingapange zambiri?"
    
  "Pakadali pano tili ndi MiG-31s pafupifupi mazana awiri ndi makumi asanu, bwana," adatero Khristenko. Pafupifupi zana a iwo ali okangalika.
    
  "Zoposa theka la zinthu zomwe sizikugwira ntchito?" Gryzlov anadandaulanso. "Ngati dziko lathu likusambira mu ndalama zamafuta, bwanji timasiya theka la ndege zathu kukhala zopanda ntchito?" Khristenko sanayankhe. "Kenako sinthani ma MiG-31s onse omwe akugwira ntchito kuti akhale onyamula zida za satellite," adatero Gryzlov. "Ndikuganiza kuti muli ndi omenyera ena omwe atha kutenga gawo la MiG-31?"
    
  "Zowona, bwana."
    
  "Ndikufuna lipoti lathunthu la kutembenuka, ndipo ndikufuna kuyerekezera kuti zidzatenga nthawi yayitali bwanji kuti ndipange ma S-500 ambiri," Gryzlov adalamula. "Nanga bwanji za zinthu zakuthambo?"
    
  "Tili ndi ndege yonyamula katundu ya Soyuz yoyendetsedwa ndi anthu komanso ndege yonyamula katundu ya Progress yopanda munthu, bwana, limodzi ndi ma rocket okwera apakatikati a Proton ndi ma rockets a Angara." "Tili ndi chidziwitso chochuluka." poperekanso mishoni ku ku International Space Station."
    
  "Ndipo zonse? Ma mission? "
    
  "Bwana, Russia yathandizira kwambiri International Space Station, makamaka kuyambira pomwe aku America adasiya kuwuluka," adatero Sokolov. "Sitinafune gulu lina lililonse lankhondo la Earth orbit, chifukwa tili ndi mwayi wopita ku gawo la Russia la ISS loyesa zasayansi."
    
  "Koma iyi si malo aku Russia," adatero Gryzlov. "Kodi tili ndi malingaliro omanga malo athu ankhondo? Kodi zidachitika ndi chiyani pantchito zathu zamasiteshoni? Tinali ndi angapo ndipo tsopano tilibe?"
    
  "Inde, bwana," Khristenko anayankha. Ntchitoyi imatchedwa Orbital Manned Assembly ndi Experimental Complex. International Space Station isanachotsedwe ndikuloledwa kulowanso mumlengalenga, Russia idzachotsa ma module a gawo lake la orbital la Russia ndikuyiyika pa truss yapakati yokhala ndi ma solar ndi ma injini okwera. Sitimayi idzagwiritsidwa ntchito kusonkhanitsa ndege zopita ku Mwezi kapena Mars, kuchita zoyeserera ndi...
    
  "Kodi izi zikuyenera kuchitika liti?"
    
  "Pafupifupi zaka zisanu, bwana," Sokolov anayankha.
    
  "Zaka zisanu? Izi sizovomerezeka, Sokolov!" - Gryzlov anafuula. "Ndikufuna kuwona mapulani a wayilesiyi akuyenda bwino. Ndikufuna kuti izi zichitike mwachangu!
    
  "Koma tili ndi mapangano ndi mayiko asanu ndi anayi oti tigwiritse ntchito ma module awa pa International Space Station, bwana," Nduna Yowona Zakunja Titeneva adatero. Maso a Gryzlov adawala chifukwa cha kusokoneza uku. "Mgwirizanowu walipira kale Russia chifukwa chogwiritsa ntchito ndikuthandizira ISS. Sitingathe-"
    
  "Pokhapokha ngati dziko la United States lisintha ndondomeko yokhwimayi yofuna kukhazikitsa nkhondo ndi kupititsa patsogolo kayendetsedwe ka dziko lapansi, maubwenzi ndi mapangano onse okhudzana ndi mlengalenga adzakhala opanda ntchito," adatero Gryzlov. "Mukundimvetsa? Ngati Phoenix apitiliza ndi dongosolo loyipali, Russia ibwereranso. Aliyense pano amamvetsetsa bwino: Russia silola dziko lililonse kulamulira mlengalenga. Wopusa uja Kenneth Phoenix wangopereka zovuta: Russia ikuvomereza, ndipo tiyankha ...
    
  Gryzlov anatseka msonkhanowo ndi dzanja lake, ndipo posakhalitsa iye ndi Tarzarov anatsala okha. "Ndatopa ndi nthawi zonse kuyatsa moto pansi pa abulu ogwira ntchitowa," adatero Gryzlov, akuyatsa ndudu. "Tingafunike kusinthanso mndandanda wa nduna zina. Dzina la Titenov lili pamwamba pa mndandanda womwe uyenera kusinthidwa. Angayese bwanji kutsutsa zofuna zanga? Sindisamala zomwe ndondomekozo zili - ndikufuna zomwe ndikufuna, ndipo ndi ntchito yake kuti andipezere izo. "
    
  "Tsopano popeza mwawalamula, tiyeni tiwone momwe akuchitira," adatero Tarzarov. "Ngati alephera kupeza ndalama kuchokera ku Duma ndikuyamba ntchito zomanga zankhondo, muli ndi chifukwa chabwino chowasinthira. Monga ndidanenera, Gennady, musaganizire izi. "
    
  "Inde, inde," Gryzlov adayankha monyoza.
    
  Tarzarov adayang'ana foni yake yam'manja kuti apeze mauthenga. "Ilyanov ali pano."
    
  "Chabwino. Mbweretseni kuno," adatero Gryzlov. Patapita kanthawi, Tarzarov, atanyamula bokosi la zinthu, anaperekeza Bruno Ilyanov ndi Ivetta Korchkova ku ofesi ya pulezidenti, kenako anaika bokosilo pa desiki la pulezidenti. "Ndamva kuti mwachita bwino Mtsamunda, ngakhale antchito anuwo anamangidwa," iye anatero ataimirira patebulo kuwapatsa moni. Ilyanov anali atavala yunifolomu ya Russian Air Force. Popanda kuyesera kukhala wanzeru, Gryzlov anathamangitsa maso ake mmwamba ndi pansi pa thupi la Korchkova pamene ankayandikira. Anali atavala suti yamalonda yakuda, yokonzedwa kuti iwonetsere zokhotakhota ndi mabere, koma ankavala zidendene zazitali zomwe zinali zoyenera paphwando lazakudya kuposa ulendo wamalonda ku ofesi ya Purezidenti waku Russia. Korchkov adayankha kuyang'ana kwa Gryzlov popanda mawu. Anatembenukiranso kwa Ilyanov ndipo anatambasula dzanja lake. Msilikali wa ku Russia anatenga izo, ndipo Gryzlov anagwira dzanja lake, kusunga Ilyanov pafupi naye. "Kugwidwa kwa anthu ako n"zatsoka, Mtsamunda," iye anatero. "Ndikuyembekeza atha kugwira malirime awo."
    
  "Zilibe kanthu, bwana," adatero Ilyanov. "Nkhani yathu itsimikizika. Awa ndi achifwamba otchuka komanso okonda dziko la Russia omwe amafuna kubwezera General Patrick McLanahan. Zinthuzo anazipereka kwa anthu ena osadziwika. Ngati alankhula ndi kunditsutsa, ine ndikana chilichonse. Mutha kuthandizira malingaliro awo, koma yambani kufufuza, ndichotseni ntchito ndikudzipereka kuti mulipire zokonzazo. Nkhani zachipongwe zofalitsa nkhani za ku America komanso kusadziŵa chilichonse kupatulapo kugonana ndi chiwawa zidzasesa nkhani yonseyo mwamsanga."
    
  "Zingakhale bwino choncho, Mtsamunda," Gryzlov anachenjeza. Anabwerera ku desiki lake, nataya zinthu zomwe zinali m'bokosilo pa chivindikiro chake, anatenga urn, ndikuchiyeza, kenako anayang'ana Ilyanov. "Palibe?"
    
  "Ndichoncho, bwana," adatero Ilyanov. "Zikutanthauza chiyani?"
    
  "Izi zikutanthawuza kuti wina wataya kale kukhetsa," adatero Gryzlov modandaula, "kundimana mwayi wotero." Anayang'ana zinthu zotsalazo. "Ndiye. Izi ndizomwe zatsalira a Patrick Shane McLanahan wamkulu, wakupha mpweya, "adatero.
    
  "Palibe chilichonse, bwana," adatero Ilyanov. "Banja lake lapafupi. Alongo awiri ndi mwana wamwamuna."
    
  "Sindinapereke lamulo lopha akazi, Mtsamunda," adatero Gryzlov, akuyang'ananso Korchkov. Iye ankadziwa kuti kukongola kwa Russia kunali commando yophunzitsidwa kwambiri ya Vympel Special Forces, yodziwika kwambiri ndi kuphana kwapafupi ... pafupi kwambiri. Koma katundu yense wa McLanahan amapita kwa ine. Mwapeza mwana wanu?
    
  "Sayesa kubisa komwe ali, bwana," adatero Ilyanov. "Iye amalemba pafupipafupi malo ochezera a pa Intaneti - dziko lonse lapansi limadziwa komwe ali komanso zomwe akuchita. Sitinapezebe zizindikiro zosonyeza kuti pali chitetezo chozungulira mzindawo."
    
  "Chifukwa chakuti samalemba chilichonse chokhudza chitetezo pa Facebook sizikutanthauza kuti kulibe," adatero Gryzlov. "Ndikukhulupirira kuti mwasankha anthu odalirika pantchitoyi."
    
  "Palibe anthu ochepa omwe akufuna kuchita izi, bwana," adatero Ilyanov. "Tinasankha zabwino koposa. Tsopano ali m'malo ndipo ali okonzeka kumenya. Anthu anga adzamveketsa ngati mwana wanga wadzipha mwa kumwa kokeni, ndipo ndidzaonetsetsa kuti zonse zikuwonekera m'manyuzipepala ndi pawailesi yakanema padziko lonse lapansi. Ndidzafotokozanso momveka bwino kuti mwanayu anazolowera kugwiritsa ntchito mankhwala osokoneza bongo komanso kumwa mowa mwauchidakwa chifukwa cha kunyalanyaza kwa bambo ake, komanso kuti bambo akewo anali ndi zizolowezi zofananazo komanso mavuto a m"maganizo."
    
  "Zabwino kwambiri," adatero Gryzlov. Anakokera kwambiri ndudu yake, kutengera mwayi wopuma kuti ayang'anenso Korchkov mmwamba ndi pansi. "Bwanji osatumiza Captain Korchkov?" anafunsa. "Ndikutsimikiza kuti McLanahan wachichepere akadakhala ndi kumwetulira kwakukulu pankhope yake ... patatsala nthawi yochepa kuti moyo wake uchepe." Kortchkova anakhalabe wosasunthika, manja ake atapindika kutsogolo kwa thupi lake, mapazi ake pafupifupi m'lifupi ndi mapewa motalikirana mokonzeka kwambiri, masewera othamanga.
    
  "Anthu omwe ndawasankha sakhala ndi zovuta, bwana," adatero Ilyanov. "Kutumiza woyendetsa ku United States kwa McLanahan kungakhale ngati kugwiritsa ntchito nyundo kuthyola dzira."
    
  "Ingoonetsetsani kuti zachitika, Colonel," adatero Gryzlov. "Ndadikirira nthawi yayitali kuti ndibwezere kwa Patrick McLanahan. Ine ndikufuna kuti zonse zimene zinali zake zikhale zakufa ndi kuwonongedwa. Chotsalira kwa iye ndi mwana wake ndi mbiri yake, ndipo ndikufuna kuti zonse ziwonongeke.
    
  "Inde, bwana," adatero Ilyanov. "Ndinena za kupambana kwa timu yanga mawa."
    
  "Zikanakhala bwino zonse zitayenda bwino, Mtsamunda," adatero Gryzlov. "Ndikufuna kuti dzina la McLanahan liipitsidwe kwambiri." Anayang'ananso Korchkova, akumafunsa ngati amuuze kuti akhalebe kapena akumane naye pambuyo pake, kenako adagwedeza dzanja lake. "Muli ndi malamulo, Mtsamunda. Chitani iwo." Ilyanov ndi Korchkov adatembenuka ndikuchoka osanena chilichonse.
    
  "Iyi si ntchito ya Purezidenti wa Russian Federation, bwana," Tarzarov adatero awiriwa atachoka.
    
  "Mwina ayi, Sergei," Gryzlov adanena, nkhope yake yolimba komanso yoipa chifukwa cha utsi wa ndudu, "koma iyi ndi ntchito ya mwana wa Anatoly Gryzlov. Mwana wa McLanahan atachotsedwa, nditha kuyang'ana kwambiri pakumanganso dziko lathu ndikulibwezeretsanso panjira yopita ku ukulu. Takhala tikupeza ndalama kuchokera kuzinthu zachilengedwe ndikuziyika pansi pa matiresi kwa nthawi yayitali, Sergei - ndi nthawi yoti tiyambe kuzigwiritsa ntchito ndikutenga malo athu oyenerera padziko lapansi ngati wamphamvu weniweni. "
    
    
  CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY
  SAN LUIS OBISPO, CALIFORNIA
  NTHAWI YOMWEYO
    
    
  "Zinali zodabwitsa kwambiri?" - Bradley McLanahan adadandaula. Iye ndi ophunzira ena anayi anali mu ofesi ya pulofesa wawo ku Reinhold Aerospace Engineering Building pa kampasi ya California Polytechnic University ku San Luis Obispo, yemwe amadziwika kuti Cal Poly, pafupi ndi gombe lapakati la California, akuwonera wailesi yakanema pa imodzi mwamakompyuta akuofesi. "Purezidenti wa United States akuzungulira malo okwerera mlengalenga a Armstrong! Ngati iye angakhoze kuchita izo, ine ndithudi monga gehena angakhoze kuchita izo!" Ophunzira enawo anavomera ndi mutu.
    
  Brad McLanahan anali atatsala pang'ono kumaliza chaka chake choyamba ngati wophunzira waukadaulo wa zamlengalenga ku Cal Poly. Chilichonse m'moyo wake, kuyambira thupi lake mpaka maphunziro ake ndi zomwe adakumana nazo, zidawoneka kuti zidakwera pang'ono. Anali wamtali pang'ono, wolemera, komanso wokongola kuposa wapakati, ali ndi maso abuluu ndi tsitsi la blond lomwe limakula pang'ono kuposa ophunzira ambiri a engineering pa sukulupo. Magiredi ake mwina anali okwera pang'ono, ongokwanira kuti avomerezedwe ku koleji yaukadaulo ya UC Poly, yomwe idavomereza osachepera gawo limodzi mwa magawo atatu a onse omwe adalembetsa. Chifukwa chomukhulupirira mowolowa manja komanso mapindu a inshuwaransi yayikulu ya makolo ake omwe anamwalira, Brad anali ndi ndalama zambiri kuposa ophunzira ena ambiri pomwe amapita ku koleji: adakwera njinga yabwino kupita kusukulu kuchokera kunyumba kwawo ku San Luis Obispo. ndipo nthawi zina ankawuluka mu turbine ya abambo ake a Cessna P210 Silver Eagle ndege kuchokera ku eyapoti yapafupi, nthawi zonse amadziwa kuti sadzakhala ndi maphunziro a koleji kapena ngongole za ngongole za ophunzira chifukwa cha maphunziro ake apamwamba kapena omaliza maphunziro. maphunziro.
    
  "Sitikadabwera nthawi yabwinoko, Brad," adatero Lane Egan. Lane wazaka khumi ndi zisanu anali wochokera ku Roseburg, Oregon, anamaliza maphunziro awo kusukulu yasekondale atangotha zaka ziwiri zokha ndi GPA mu stratosphere, ndipo adalandiridwa ku Cal Poly ndi maphunziro a zaka zinayi. Wamng'ono, wonyezimira pang'ono, wokhala ndi magalasi okhuthala - amawoneka ngati mtundu wakale waku Hollywood wa nerd - Lane adayang'ana Brad ngati mchimwene wake wamkulu. Lane anali munthu watsopano mu College of Electrical Engineering, makamaka pakupanga makompyuta ndi ma microchip ndi mapulogalamu. "Ndikukhulupirira kuti Pulofesa Nukage akonda lingaliro lathu."
    
  "Ndikuganizabe kuti tikadakhala ndi lingaliro lopanda kanthu, Bradley," adatero Kim Jong-bae. Jung Bae-aliyense anamutcha "Jerry" chifukwa chakuti ankakonda mafilimu a Jerry Lewis, dzina lotchulidwira limene analigwiritsa ntchito monyadira-anali wochokera ku Seoul, United Korea, amene, patatha zaka ziwiri akuphunzira pa yunivesite ya Pohang ya Science and Technology, anasamutsidwa kukaphunzira mu United States. Wamtali komanso wowonda, adakhala nthawi yayitali pabwalo la basketball monga momwe amachitira mu labu ya engineering. Jerry anali wophunzira waukadaulo wamakina yemwe amagwira ntchito zama robotiki komanso ukadaulo wosungira mphamvu. "Mukudziwa Nukaga: alibe chidwi ndi zankhondo."
    
  "Starfire si pulogalamu yankhondo, Jerry," adatero Casey Huggins. Casey adalandiranso maphunziro azaka zinayi ku Cal Poly. Ngozi yochita ngozi yotsetsereka m"madzi pamene anali kamtsikana inamupuwala kuyambira m"chiuno mpaka m"mwamba, motero sukulu inakhala chinthu chofunika kwambiri pamoyo wake. Anamenyera kuti achepetse thupi lake pogwiritsa ntchito chikuku chakumanja kuzungulira malo akulu kwambiri a UCSC, maekala zikwi zisanu ndi chimodzi ndikuchita nawo masewera olimbitsa thupi monga basketball ya olumala ndi kuponya mivi. Casey anali wophunzira wa uinjiniya wamagetsi yemwe amagwira ntchito motsogozedwa ndi mphamvu zamagetsi. "Timagwiritsa ntchito zida zankhondo, koma iyi si pulogalamu yankhondo." Jung Bae ananyengerera, osatsimikiza kotheratu, koma osafuna kuyambitsa mkangano wina.
    
  "Ndimakondanso lingaliro lopanda kanthu la Jerry, koma makamaka pambuyo pakulankhula pang'ono kwa Purezidenti Phoenix, ndikuganiza kuti tiyenera kumamatira kumalingaliro athu, anthu," adatero Jodie Cavendish, akutsuka tsitsi lake lalitali pamapewa ake ndiyeno mwamantha kulizungulira pachifuwa chake. . Jodie anali wochokera ku Brisbane, ku Australia, ndipo ngakhale kuti ankawoneka ngati mtsikana wamtali, wokwanira, wa maso abuluu osambira ku Southern California, ankakhala pafupi kwambiri ndi nyanja kunyumba kwawo ndipo ankakonda kuyenda panyanja, kusefukira mafunde ndi kayaking, kuposa chilichonse chimene ankakonda kuphunzira ndi kuyesa. , ndipo angapezeke mu labotale kapena mu laibulale ya pa kompyuta. Anatsala pang'ono kumaliza maphunziro ake a zaka ziwiri osinthana ndi ophunzira pakati pa Cal Poly ndi Queensland University of Technology, akuphunzira uinjiniya wamakina ndi zida zapamwamba kwambiri ndi nanotechnology. "Kupatula apo, tidakhala nthawi yayitali ndikuyeserera macheza athu."
    
  "Monga momwe Jodi ananenera, ndili wokonzeka kuvomereza lingaliro lililonse, ndipo titha kupanganso lingaliro lopanda pake - ndife okonzeka," adatero Brad. "Koma tsopano, ndi zolankhula izi komanso zovuta izi, ndikuganiza kuti Starfire ndiye apambana."
    
  "Kodi mulipo tsopano, Bambo McLanahan?" - anamva mawu a munthu, ndipo Toshuniko Nukaga, Ph.D., pulofesa wa sayansi ya zamlengalenga ku California Polytechnic University, anathamangira mu ofesi. Wobadwira, woleredwa ndikuphunzitsidwa ku Berkeley, California, Nukaga, wodziwika m'magulu amaphunziro komanso kwa abwenzi ake apamtima monga "Toby," sanachite chilichonse pang'onopang'ono, kaya kunali kuthamanga njinga, kuphunzitsa, kapena kulemba ndikupereka pepala lotsatira lotsatira. m'dziko la sayansi yazamlengalenga. Nukaga, yemwe ali ndi zaka 60, yemwe anapuma pantchito yoyendetsa ndege, anali mmodzi mwa akatswiri omwe ankafunidwa kwambiri pakupanga ndege zatsopano ndi zouluka. Anali ndi chisankho pakati pa kukhala m'bungwe la oyang'anira kapena kutsogolera mazana amakampani ndi mayunivesite padziko lonse lapansi, koma adasankha kukhala zaka zake zotsalira zopuma pantchito ku Central Valley ku California, kupereka chidziwitso chake ndi chidwi chake pakufufuza ndikufunsa nzeru wamba kwa a. m'badwo watsopano wa mainjiniya ndi oganiza bwino. .
    
  "Mwaswera bwanji, Dr. Nukaga," anatero Brad. "Zikomo kwambiri chifukwa chakhala nafe masana."
    
  Pamene Brad amamaliza kulankhula, Nukaga anali atayang'ana imelo yake pakompyuta yake, natulutsa kompyuta yake ya tabuleti m'chikwama chake, ndikuyiyika pa charger. Anagwedeza mutu, kuvomereza chiyamikiro cha mnyamatayo, kenaka anatsamira pampando wake, akugwedeza nsonga za zala zake kuti asunthe ngakhale kuti anakhala. "Mwalandilidwa. Timve kuchokera kwa 'wopambana' wanu, Bambo McLanahan."
    
  "Inde, bwana," anatero Brad. "Posachedwapa ndaphunzira kuti Sky Masters Aerospace ku Nevada yapereka pempho la mayunivesite ndi makampani pa ntchito zam'tsogolo zam'mlengalenga. Zikuwoneka kuti makampani ngati Sky Masters akugwira ntchito ndi oyang'anira Phoenix chifukwa Purezidenti adangopereka lingaliro lomwelo mu adilesi yake kuchokera ku Armstrong Space Station. The Lords of the Sky akufuna-"
    
  "Munati Purezidenti adalankhula kudziko lonse kuchokera pamalo ankhondo?" -Nukaga adafunsa mwachidwi. "Kodi ili mu orbit pompano?"
    
  "Inde, bwana," anayankha Brad. "Iye wangomaliza kumene msonkhano wa atolankhani. Anamva bwino, wopanda kulemera komanso zonse. Ndikuganiza kuti munthu wake wa Secret Service sanachite bwino. "
    
  "Ndi chiyani chomwe Purezidenti wa United States akuchita pa siteshoni yankhondo?" Nukaga anayankhula mowawa kwambiri. "Zikuoneka kuti ndine wopanda udindo. Zochitika chikwi zikhoza kuchitika ndipo akhoza kutenga matenda zana, ena omwe angasokoneze maganizo ake, ndipo iye ndi mkulu wa asilikali a nyukiliya. Izi ndi misala". Anakhala chete kwa kamphindi, kenaka anagwedeza dzanja lake, kufufuta mutuwo m"maganizo mwake. "Chonde pitirizani, Bambo McLanahan."
    
  "Tikupempha malo a labu apakompyuta, makina ndi ndege ndi zothandizira kwa milungu khumi ndi iwiri m'chilimwechi kuti tigwire ntchito yomwe tikuyembekeza kuti idzayambika mu orbit ndikuyesedwa kumapeto kwa chaka," adatero Brad. "Timayitcha Project Starfire."
    
  Nsitsi za Nukagi zinadzuka modabwa. "Ndikuganiza kuti dzina lako ndi Bambo McLanahan?"
    
  "Zinali zanga, bwana," anatero Lane Egan monyadira.
    
  "Zoonadi, Bambo Egan," Nukaga anatero, akubisa kumwetulira pang'ono kumbuyo kwa zala ziwiri ndikugwedeza milomo yake. Poyamba sankamukhulupirira mnyamatayo - mnyamata - chifukwa makolo ake onse anali ndi ma doctorate angapo ndipo anali olemera kwambiri, achiwawa, ofufuza asayansi, ndipo ankakhulupirira kuti kupambana kwa Egan kunali makamaka chifukwa champhamvu, yoyendetsa galimoto. makolo ake. Koma izi sizinali choncho. Ngakhale Egan wachichepere amabwereranso paunyamata wake nthawi ndi nthawi, analidi mnyamata waluso yemwe mosakayikira adzapeza madotolo ake, ndikuchepetsa zomwe makolo ake adachita.
    
  Pulofesayo anachotsa zizindikiro zonse za kumwetulira, nakhalanso mwala, kenako anati: "Inde. Ndiye bwanji osapitiriza ndi nkhani yanu, a Egan?"
    
  "Inde, bwana," Lane anayankha mosaphonya. Monga choncho, wachinyamatayo adachoka, m'malo mwake ndi wasayansi wachinyamata wamtsogolo. "Monga mukudziwira, bwana, lingaliro lakukolola mphamvu kuchokera ku Dzuwa kuchokera ku chombo cha m'mlengalenga chomwe chili m'njira ya Earth orbit ndikutumiza mphamvu kudziko lapansi laperekedwa kwa zaka zambiri, koma tikuganiza kuti tagonjetsa zovuta zaukadaulo ndipo titha kupanga. fakitale yopangira magetsi adzuwa yotheka kuchita malonda."
    
  Nukaga anayang'ana Casey ndi Jody. "Popeza muli ndi Abiti Huggins pagulu lanu, ndikuganiza kuti chombo chanu chimagwiritsa ntchito mphamvu zowongoka, monga ma microwave," adatero. "Akazi a Huggins?"
    
  "Ayi, bwana," adatero Casey. "Kafukufuku wambiri wopangira mphamvu ya dzuwa mumlengalenga agwiritsa ntchito ma microwave kapena ma lasers kufalitsa magetsi omwe amatengedwa kuchokera kudzuwa kupita kudziko lapansi. Ma laser ali ndi zopinga zina zandale. Mavuni a microwave ndi othandiza kwambiri ndipo amatha kusamutsa mphamvu zambiri mwachangu kwambiri. Koma ma microwave amafunikira rectna yayikulu, kapena mlongoti wopatsira, pafupifupi kilomita imodzi m'derali, ndi mlongoti wokulirapo, kapena wolandila, mwina kuwirikiza kakhumi kuposa mlongoti wotumizira. Othandizana nawo padziko lonse lapansi komanso ife pano ku Cal Poly tapanga makina opangira makina: laser microwave. Timatha kusuntha ndi kugwirizanitsa mtandawo mu microwave spectrum kuti mphamvu zambiri zitha kufinyidwa mumtengo wawung'ono, wolunjika kwambiri. Ili ndi ma microwave abwino kwambiri komanso magwiridwe antchito a laser yowala, imagwiritsa ntchito tinyanga tating'ono kwambiri, ndipo ndiyothandiza kwambiri. Kuphatikiza apo, ma maser rectifiers, omwe amasintha mphamvu ya microwave kukhala magetsi, ndi ang'onoang'ono, osunthika ndipo amatha kuyika kulikonse. "
    
  "Kuonjezera apo, bwana, zigawo zazikulu ndi zipangizo zopangira magetsi zaikidwa kale pa siteshoni ya Armstrong," adatero Brad. Nukaga adayang'ana Brad ndikupukuta maso ake pokana kusokonezedwa, koma adamulola kuti apitirize. "Laser Skybolt ndi laser elekitironi yaulere yomwe imapopedwa ndi klystron yoyendetsedwa ndi jenereta ya magnetohydrodynamic. Titha kupanga chibowo cha microwave mu laser yokha ndikugwiritsa ntchito magetsi osonkhanitsidwa kuchokera ku Starfire kuti tiyambitse laser, kotero sitifunika kugwiritsa ntchito MHD. Titha kugwiritsa ntchito njira zowongolera ndi zowongolera za Skybolt. "
    
  "Chilombochi chimayenera kuti chichotsedwe panjira zaka zapitazo ndikuloledwa kuyaka polowanso," adatero Nukaga. Anamupatsanso tsinya Brad, ngati kuti laser yochokera mumlengalenga ndi yake. "Kodi mukuwona vuto lililonse powombera matabwa kuchokera mumlengalenga, Abiti Huggins?" anafunsa.
    
  "Pali zopinga zambiri zandale, bwana," adayankha Casey. "Pangano la 2006 la Outer Space Conservation Treaty likufuna kuthetsa zida zonse zapamlengalenga. Makamaka, imatchula machitidwe owongolera mphamvu omwe amatha kupanga mphamvu zoposa megajoule pamtunda wa makilomita oposa zana. Laser ya Skybolt pa siteshoni ya m"mlengalenga ya Armstrong inagunda mlengalenga, m"mlengalenga, ngakhalenso pa Dziko Lapansi pamtunda wa makilomita 100, ndi mphamvu zokulirapo." Nukaga anali ndi nkhope yowawa kwambiri-mwachionekere ankadziŵa bwino lomwe zimene anachita. laser adachita zotengera malo, ndipo sanakhutire ndi izi.
    
  "Ndi kukonzanso kwa laser missile defense ya Skybolt mu Armstrong Space Station ndi kutumizidwa kwa ma interceptors a Kingfisher space-based interceptors, mgwirizanowu unayambikanso ndikuvomerezedwa ndi United Nations General Assembly mu 2010," Casey anapitiriza. "Bungwe la Security Council linafuna kukhazikitsa panganolo; United States, pansi pa ulamuliro wa Gardner, inasankha kukana m'malo motsutsa, ndipo panganolo linaperekedwa. Ngakhale kuti silinavomerezedwe ndi Senate ya ku U.S., United States-mpaka lero-yasankha kuitsatira. Chifukwa chake, ngati lingaliro la kusamutsira mphamvu kwamphamvu likuwonedwa ndi United Nations kukhala chida chamlengalenga, silingagwiritsidwe ntchito pokhapokha ngati United States idangonyalanyaza panganolo. "
    
  "Zomwe ndikukhulupirira kuti sizichitika," anawonjezera Nukaga. "Kodi ndi zovuta zina ziti zomwe mudapambana pantchitoyi? Abiti Cavendish, popeza ndinu ophunzira apamwamba, bwanji osapitiliza?" Onse ankadziwa kuti Nukaga sangalole kuti membala mmodzi wa gululo apereke chidziwitso choterocho, choncho onse amayenera kukhala odziwa bwino za ndondomekoyi ndikukonzekera kupanga nthawi iliyonse.
    
  "Inde, bwana," anatero Jodi. "Kulemera kwa ma cell a silicon photovoltaic cell ndi chinthu chopha anthu - chitha kufuna mazana a ndege zazikuluzikulu zoyenda, zomwe tilibe, kupatula zamlengalenga zaku Russia zomwe mwina sitingathe kuzigwiritsa ntchito, kapena kuzigwiritsa ntchito. magalimoto onyamula katundu wolemetsa, kuti akhazikitse mapanelo okwanira a photovoltaic pa ndege kuti agwire ntchitoyi. Koma ife ndi anzathu tapanga ukadaulo wojambulira ma cell a solar pogwiritsa ntchito ma nanotubes okhala ndi latitude angapo omwe amayikidwa pagawo losinthika lomwe lingalole kuti cell ya photovoltaic yautali wa kilomita imangidwe pamtengo woyambira womwewo ngati selo limodzi lopindika la silicon solar lopangidwa kuti likwanire. mkati mwa shuttle, ndi mphamvu zochulukira kangapo zopangira magetsi."
    
  Kwa nthaŵi yoyamba pamsonkhanowo, Nukaga anasiya kunjenjemera kwa kanthaŵi, ndipo kusinthako kunawonedwa nthaŵi yomweyo ndi ophunzira onse, ngakhale Lane wachichepere. "Zosangalatsa," anatero pulofesayo, kupitiriza kukhudza chala chake. "Ndi organic carbon nanotube yomwe imagwira bwino ntchito kuposa cell ya silicon?"
    
  "Si kaboni nanotube, bwana," adatero Jodie. Anamwetulira, kutsamira patsogolo, kenaka ananena motsitsa mawu, kuti: "Iyi ndi mlongoti wowoneka bwino wokhala ndi titanium dioxide m'lifupi mwake mosiyanasiyana, wopangidwa ndi nanotubes."
    
  Ntsisi za Nukagi zinanjenjemera, kwa kamphindi chabe, koma kwa ophunzira omwe anali pafupi naye zinkamveka ngati moto waphulika m'chipindamo. "Zochititsa chidwi," iye anabwerezabwereza, ngakhale kuti ophunzira onse anatha kuzindikira kupuma pang"ono m"mawu ake. "Optical antenna".
    
  "Inde, bwana," anatero Jodi. "Pogwiritsa ntchito ma nanotubes achilengedwe, tapanga njira yosinthira kuwala kwa dzuwa kukhala magetsi mwachangu kwambiri kuposa ma cell a silicon solar. Ngakhale zili bwino, mapangidwe ake ndi opepuka komanso amphamvu kwambiri kuposa ma cell a solar a silicon. "
    
  Anayesetsa kwambiri kubisa kudabwa kwake, koma Toshuniko Nukagi ankawoneka ngati watsala pang'ono kutsika pampando wake. "Zosangalatsa," iye anatha kubwereza, koma kugogoda kwa chala kunali kosiya kotheratu. "Kodi munapanga dongosolo lotere?"
    
  "Sindinachitebe, bwana," anatero Jodie, "koma ndalankhula ndi kulemberana makalata ndi ofufuza a ku Cambridge ndi Palo Alto, ndipo tingathe kuchita zimenezi m"ma laboratories athu, mothandizidwa bwino. Ndipo, chifukwa cha mtsogoleri wa gulu lathu Brad, tili ndi mwayi wopeza ofufuza padziko lonse lapansi. "
    
  "Ndipo maubwino amtundu wa nanotube wamtundu wanji, a Kim?" Jerry amawoneka kuti anali ndi vuto pang'ono poyankha funso lokhudza zaukadaulo zomwe samazidziwa bwino monga ena mwa ena, motero Nukaga adatembenukira kwa Brad. "Mwina mukhoza kuthandiza a Kim, a McLanahan?"
    
  "Kupanga mphamvu kumakhala kokulirapo kuposa ma cell a silicon solar, koma polemera kwambiri," adayankha Brad. Komanso ma solar amadzikonza okha.
    
  "Amapanga bwanji?"
    
  "Chifukwa gawo lapansi lomwe ma nanotubes amamangidwira sizitsulo, koma zinthu zosinthika za sol-gel zomwe sizimalola kuti ma elekitironi aziyenda kuchokera ku nanostructure kupita ku dongosolo losonkhanitsira mogwira mtima, komanso amakhala ngati chododometsa," adatero Brad. . "Ngati selo ladzuwa lagundidwa ndi zinyalala za orbital, kuphulikako kumakonzedwa ndi electrochemical, ngati khungu lowonongeka. Zimapanga mtundu wamtundu wamtundu wofanana ndi khungu la munthu, lomwe silili ngati photovoltaic ngati loyambirira, koma matrix akugwirabe ntchito. Kuphatikiza apo, ma laser achitetezo omwe ali pamalo okwerera mlengalenga a Armstrong atha kugwiritsidwa ntchito kusokoneza zinyalala zomwe zitha kuwononga kwambiri zida za nantenna. "
    
  "Ma lasers oteteza? sindikuganiza choncho, "adatero Nukaga. "Pitirizani".
    
  "Titanium dioxide nanotubes ndi yosagonjetsedwa ndi kuwala kwa cosmic ndi mphepo ya dzuwa, ndipo gawo lapansi la sol-gel limatha kupirira kusintha kwakukulu kwa kutentha ndi kusintha kochepa komanso kosakhalitsa kwa conductivity," adatero Brad. Zomangamanga zomwe titha kuziphatikiza zitha kukhala zazikulu, mwina kutalika kwa makilomita angapo. Izi zitilola kuwombera mphamvu zingapo kumalo osiyanasiyana padziko lonse lapansi munjira yomweyo. "
    
  Nukaga mwachiwonekere sanasangalale ndi yankho la Brad-kunali kufewetsa kwakukulu kwa njira yovuta kwambiri yomwe gululo linafunikira kukonzekera yunivesite isanapemphedwe kuchita masauzande kapena mamiliyoni a madola kuti afufuze. "Ndipo kutumiza kwa Starfire kudzagwira ntchito bwanji?" - Anafunsa Nukaga. Anatembenukira kwa Jerry. "Yambani, Bambo Kim."
    
  Jung Bae adachita tsinya, akusonkhanitsa malingaliro ake, koma anapitiriza mochedwa pang'ono. "Chimodzi mwazofunikira pa ntchitoyi chinali malire a kukula, bwana," adatero Jerry. "Midnight S-19, galimoto yomwe timakonda yobweretsera zinthu zotengera malo, imatha kunyamula katundu wokwana mapaundi pafupifupi 9,000 m'malo ake onyamula katundu m'malo ochepa. Ili linali vuto poyamba. Ngakhale kugwiritsa ntchito zowonjezera zotsika mtengo pamodzi ndi ndege zam'mlengalenga, zingatenge zaka zambiri, mwinanso zaka makumi ambiri, kupanga Starfire. "
    
  "Ndipo mwaganiza bwanji zimenezi? Mapaundi 9,000 amawoneka ngati ochulukirapo, koma osati mukapanga chombo cham'mlengalenga kuyambira pachiyambi. "
    
  "Sizikanakhala zongoyambira, bwana," anatero Jerry. "Lingaliro lathu limafotokoza za kugwiritsidwa ntchito kwa Armstrong Space Station, International Space Station, kapena Chinese ... Chinese ..." Apanso, anali ndi vuto lokumbukiranso.
    
  Nukaga anayang'ana Brad, mwakachetechete kumulola kuti amuthandize. "China Tiangong-2 malo labotale, bwana," adatero.
    
  "Kodi masitima apamtunda awa ndi a chiyani? Bambo Egan?
    
  "Chifukwa, kupatulapo Tiangong, ena onse ndi achikale ndipo ali okonzeka kusinthidwa ndi nsanja zopanda anthu, bwana," adatero Lane. "Armstrong ali ndi zaka pafupifupi makumi atatu ndipo zaka khumi zadutsa moyo wake wopanga. ISS ili ndi zaka makumi awiri zakubadwa ndipo ikuyandikira malire ake opangira - njira yake yosinthira imakonzedwa m'zaka zisanu."
    
  "Ndi Tiangong-2?"
    
  "Anthu aku China akuyembekezeka kukhazikitsa Tiangong-3 m'masabata ochepa, bwana," adatero Lane. "Tikuganiza kuti sangasangalale kugwiritsa ntchito labu yawo pantchitoyi. Ngati Starfire igwira ntchito monga momwe idakonzera, titha kupereka magetsi kumadera akutali kwambiri ku China - ngakhale nsonga zamapiri a Himalaya!
    
  Kodi m'tsogolomu muli mavuto ena ati? Abiti Cavendish?
    
  "Ndi nkhani yopeza ma nanotennas, ma capacitor, zida zowongolera, ma microwave resonator, majenereta a maser ndi zida zofananira nazo," adatero Jodi. "Tikuyerekeza kuti titha kulowetsa mapanelo onse m'ndege khumi zokha, kapena zinayi ngati tigwiritsa ntchito miyala yamtengo wapatali."
    
  "Zikuwoneka zosaneneka," adatero Nukaga. "Mwaganiza bwanji, Abiti Huggins?"
    
  "Izi zazikidwa pa kulingalira kwa Jody kwa makulidwe a nanteni ndi kukula kwa malo onyamula katundu a ndege yapakati pausiku S-19, bwana," anayankha Casey. "Tidawerengera kuti gulu limodzi lopindika la nantenna, kutalika kwa mita mazana asanu ndi mita imodzi m'lifupi, limatha kulowa m'malo onyamula katundu apakati pausiku, omwe ali mkati mwazolemera kwambiri popeza kapangidwe ka nanotube kangakhale kopepuka kwambiri. Mapangidwe athu oyambirira amapereka mapepala asanu ndi atatu otere. Tidzafunika ndege zina ziwiri kuti tibweretse zida zowonjezera. "
    
  "Izi zikuwoneka kuti zilibe chiyembekezo, Abiti Huggins. Bambo McLanahan?"
    
  "Tikuganiza kuti tigwiritse ntchito zida zambiri zomwe zili kale pamalo okwerera mlengalenga a Armstrong, bwana," adatero Brad. "Armstrong ndiyoyenera kwambiri pulojekiti yathu chifukwa ili ndi zida zambiri zowongolera, ma capacitor ndi makina owongolera omwe timafunikira pa maser. Zonse zilipo kale - sitifunika kuziyendetsa, kungosintha mapulogalamu ndi zida zina. Izi nzabwino kwambiri kuposa kuti zonse zipse mukachoka m"njira."
    
  "Zikuwoneka ngati zambiri zimadalira ngati boma lingakulolezeni kugwiritsa ntchito malo awo opangira ntchito," adatero Nukaga.
    
  "Ndinalankhulana ndi anyamata a Sky Masters Aerospace, omwe ndi osamalira malo a Armstrong mpaka atasankha chochita nawo," adatero Brad. "Ndiwotseguka ku projekiti ya Starfire. Akufuna kuwona zomwe tidapeza ndi zotsatira zake asanadzipereke, koma amakonda lingaliro lodzigulira okha malo opangira mlengalenga, kuyipanga mwachinsinsi ndikupangitsa kuti igwire ntchito. "
    
  "Ndikuganiza kuti Sky Masters Aerospace ndi kutsogolo kwa Central Intelligence Agency kapena ngakhale chinsinsi cha akazitape a boma," adatero Nukaga. "Ndimamva zoipa m'kamwa mwanga nthawi iliyonse ndikamva dzinali." Ndipo komabe iye anagwedeza mutu, pafupifupi mosazindikira, koma kwa ophunzira chinali chizindikiro chabwino kwambiri. "Ndiuzeni za gawo la malo a polojekiti yanu, a Kim," adatero Nukaga. "Ndamva zambiri za magawo a orbit, koma zochepa kwambiri za machitidwe apansi ndi mavuto omwe mukugwira nawo ntchito."
    
  Kim adawoneka kuti walephera kuyankhanso, koma patapita kanthawi adayankha, "Bwana, njira yopezera deta pansi imaphatikizapo antenna 200-meter steerable rectifier rectifier, majenereta apano, zowongolera malo, kachitidwe ka chilengedwe, komanso njira yosungiramo zinthu. Direct current yopangidwa ndi chubu cha rectifier." , kapena kuphatikizika kwa mphamvuyo mu netiweki yamagetsi yapafupi.
    
  "Chitoliro chowongoka cha mita mazana awiri?" Nukaga anaona. "Sichoyenera kwenikweni kumapiri a Himalaya, sichoncho, a Egan?"
    
  "Kukula kwa mlongoti wakutsogolo kumatengera chiwongolero chamtengo chomwe chili pa siteshoni ya Armstrong," adatero Lane. "Uwu ndiukadaulo wazaka makumi anayi, ukhoza kusinthidwa kangapo, koma osati kumasiku ano. Sindinawonepo kachidindo kawo, koma ndikutsimikiza kuti ndikhoza kukonza mapulogalamuwa kuti awone ndikuwongolera molondola, ndiyeno tikhoza kupanga antenna yaying'ono yowongoka. Mtsinje wa maser sumakulirakulira ngati mtengo wa microwave, ndipo kufalikira kwa ma lobes am'mbali kumakhala kocheperako komanso kosavuta. "
    
  "Ngakhale zili choncho, bwana, makina apansi ndi aang'ono kwambiri kuposa mtundu wina uliwonse wamagetsi," adatero Brad. "Sitimagwiritsa ntchito zinthu zachilengedwe kupatula kuwala kwa dzuŵa, ndipo tsiku limodzi lokhala ndi kuwala kwadzuwa limatha kutulutsa magetsi ochulukirapo kuposa momwe dziko lonse limapangira chaka chonse."
    
  "Zidzawoneka bwino pa webusaitiyi, Bambo McLanahan, koma sindiri ndi chidwi ndi malonda otsatsa pakalipano," Nukaga adanena m'malo mokwiya, tsopano akuwonetsa poyera kusakondwera ndi kusokoneza kwa Brad. Anakhala kaye kaye, kuganiza, kenaka anayambanso kugunda chala chake. "Ndipo mwapita patsogolo bwanji mpaka pano?" - adafunsa patapita mphindi zingapo.
    
  "Jodie ndi Casey apanga mapulani a nantenna ndi maser ndipo akhoza kuyamba kupanga titangolandira chivomerezo cha labu la laser ndi zipangizo," adatero Brad. "Alinso ndi mapulani oti azitha kuyiyika pachombo, koma tikuyang'ana kwambiri zowonetsa kuti nanotube nanotene ndi yotheka mwaukadaulo. Ali ndi chidaliro kuti atha kuchita izi kumapeto kwa chilimwe. "
    
  "Kutha kwa chilimwe?" Nukaga anafuula. "Kupanga zomangira zovuta kuchokera ku nanotubes m'miyezi yochepa yogwira ntchito?"
    
  Jodie anati: "Ndakhala ndikugwira ntchito yopanga nanotubes kwa zaka zoposa zinayi, koma makamaka ndekha ku Australia. Brad ankandifunafuna potengera ulaliki wanga kwa zaka zambiri. Iye wasonkhanitsa gulu lathu pamodzi ndipo akuyang"anabe akatswiri ndi asayansi ochokera padziko lonse lapansi kuti athandize. Zonse zimachitika mwachangu."
    
  Nukaga anangogwedeza mutu pang'ono, kenako analozera Brad kuti apitirize. "Ine ndi Jerry tili ndi ndondomeko zogwirizanitsa machitidwe olamulira, mphamvu, chilengedwe, mauthenga ndi masensa, koma tilibe chombo cha m'mlengalenga, kotero timafalikirabe," adatero Brad. "Lane ili kale ndi mapulogalamu olembera makina owongolera ndege ndi makina owongolera pansi, ndipo ali okonzeka kuyamba kukonza zolakwika ndikuwotcha tchipisi tikangolandira chilolezo. Ali kale ndi chojambula cha mapulogalamu a Armstrong mayunitsi owongolera mtengo, koma Sky Masters sanatitulutsire mapulogalamu awo, ndiye ichi ndi chithunzi choyambirira. "
    
  "Ndipo mudachita zonsezi panthawi yanu yaulere, pakati pa makalasi ndi maudindo ena?" Nakuga anaona. "Ndipo, kupatulapo Bambo Kim, nonse ndinu oyamba, sichoncho?"
    
  "Jodie ndi wophunzira wa chaka chachitatu, bwana," anayankha Brad. "Lane, Casey ndi ine ndife ongoyamba kumene."
    
  Nakuga anagwedeza mutu pang'ono, momveka bwino. "Mukufuna kutenga kuti chombo cha m'mlengalenga, a McLanahan?"
    
  Brad anayankha kuti: "Sky Masters Aerospace ku Battle Mountain, Nevada, bwana," Brad anayankha kuti: "Ndazindikira kale gawo la Utatu ndi kulibwereketsa, ndipo tikakhala ndi malo a labotale, ndikhoza kutumiza kwa ife. 'ndiwuluke, koma ndi chombo chenicheni, osati chongoyerekeza kapena masikelo."
    
  "Utatu?"
    
  "Iyi ndi imodzi mwamitundu ingapo yamagalimoto oyenda okha a Sky Masters Aerospace omwe amagwiritsidwa ntchito ndi Space Defense Force zaka zingapo zapitazo," adatero Brad. "Anamulowetsa m'mlengalenga ndi ndege yapakati pausiku. Ili ndi masensa ake omwe akulunjika, kapena imatha kulandira deta yolunjika kuchokera ku zida zankhondo za Kingfisher kapena siteshoni ya mlengalenga ya Armstrong; ikhoza kuwonjezeredwa mafuta kuchokera ku Armstrong kapena gawo lina lautumiki lopanda munthu; akhoza...
    
  "'Kutsata'? 'Garage ya zida?'" Nukaga adamudula mawu. "Kodi zonsezi ndi zida zamlengalenga?"
    
  "Chabwino, Utatu ndi gawo la orbital lamitundu yambiri, koma inde, bwana, amagwiritsidwa ntchito mumitundu yosiyanasiyana ya zida za mlengalenga," adatero Brad. Ankayembekeza kuti sadzauza Nukuga kuti Utatu ndi chida chamlengalenga-profesayo anali munthu wodziwika bwino komanso wodekha wotsutsa nkhondo-koma chifukwa chosangalala popereka ntchitoyi ndi kupeza malo a labu, ananena mawu amene mwachiyembekezo sakanatero. t kupha polojekiti.
    
  Nukaga anayamba kuphethira mosokonezeka. "Sindinkadziwa kuti mukupanga zida za m"mlengalenga, a McLanahan," iye anatero.
    
  "Sititero, bwana," anatero Brad, chidaliro chake chinazimiririka mofulumira, monga tayala lanjinga lomwe likutuluka pang"onopang"ono. "Starfire ndi malo opangira magetsi ozungulira potengera malo okwerera mlengalenga a Armstrong. Tinkaona kuti sitiyenera kupanga zigawo za propulsion system, komanso kupeza njira zoperekera mosamala komanso moyenera zigawo zonse mu orbit pogwiritsa ntchito zipangizo zamakono. Tikhoza kusonyeza zimenezo ngati-"
    
  "Sindine womasuka kugwira ntchito ndi kampani yomwe imapanga zida zam'mlengalenga," Nukaga adatero movutikira, akuyang'ana Brad modzudzula. "Ngati kampaniyi idziwa zambiri za Starfire yanu ndikusankha kugwiritsa ntchito ukadaulo kupanga zida zamlengalenga zambiri, yunivesite iyi ikhala nawo mpikisano wankhondo mumlengalenga. Ukadaulo womwe umatha kuloza mphamvu ya maser ku mlongoti wolunjika Padziko Lapansi utha kugwiritsidwa ntchito kuletsa chombo cham'mlengalenga kapena kuwononga zomwe zili pansi."
    
  "Sky Masters Aerospace ikupereka ndalama zokwana madola 50 miliyoni kwa teknoloji yatsopano ya orbital spacecraft, Dr. Nukaga," adatero Brad. "Ndikuganiza kuti ngakhale zina mwa izi zingakhale zothandiza kwambiri ku yunivesite. Tikukhulupirira kuti kupereka malo a labotale ndi nthawi m'malo opangira mphamvu zamagetsi ndi ma labu apakompyuta kudzawonetsa kudzipereka kwa yunivesiteyo pantchitoyo ndikuthandizira kupeza gawo la ndalama zothandizira izi. "
    
  "Ndalama sizomwe zimaganiziridwa pano, a McLanahan," Nukaga adayankha mokwiya ... kutchuka kwake komwe, ndithudi. "Kodi mwapeza bwanji gawo la Utatu ili, a McLanahan?" - anafunsa.
    
  "Bambo anga anali mkulu wa opareshoni pakampanipo, bwana," anatero Brad. "Ndagwira ntchito kumeneko kwakanthawi kochepa ndipo ndikadali ndi anzanga kumeneko. Ndimalumikizana ndi anyamata a m"madipatimenti oyesa za uinjiniya ndi ndege ndipo ndikuyembekeza kudzagwira ntchito kumeneko tsiku lina."
    
  "'Zinali kale'? Bambo ako adapuma?"
    
  Brad anameza mate, ndipo pamene pakamwa pake panatseguka, palibe phokoso.
    
  "Bambo ake aphedwa, bwana," anatero Lane ndi mawu ofewa. Nukaga anayang'ana mnyamatayo, kenaka anayang'ananso pa mawu a Brad omwe sanatchulidwepo, akadali osokonezeka.
    
  "Dr. Nukaga, abambo ake a Brad anali General Patrick McLanahan," adatero Casey, kamvekedwe ka mawu ake kumveketsa bwino kuti samakhulupirira kuti sakudziwa - Bradley McLanahan, mwana wa General Patrick McLanahan, yemwe anali msilikali wamkulu wammlengalenga. chinachake cha munthu wamng'ono wotchuka pa campus.
    
  Nukaga pomalizira pake anazindikira zomwe zinali zitangochitika kumene, koma maonekedwe a mantha ndi chisokonezo pankhope yake anangotenga kanthawi. "Ine...pepani, Bambo McLanahan," iye anatero pomalizira pake, akudziwongola pampando wake ndi kuyang"ana pa phewa la Brad pamalo ena pakhoma. "Sindinadziwe zimenezo". Akuyang'anabe kumbali, anakonza kukhosi kwake, kenako analoza chikwatu chomwe chinali m'manja mwa Brad. "Ndiwunikanso pulojekiti yanu, ndikuyipereka ku komiti ya polojekiti ndikukusinthirani mwachangu," adatero Brad akumupatsa chikwatucho. "Zikomo nonse". Ophunzirawo anangonjenjemera n"kunyamuka. "Bambo Kim. Mawu ochepa chonde. "
    
  "Tikhala ku Starbucks pamsika, Jerry," Casey adanong'oneza Jung Bae akutuluka. Jerry anagwedeza mutu, kenako anabwerera pampando wake.
    
  Nukaga anadikira kamphindi pang'ono mpaka adatsimikiza kuti palibe munthu m'chipinda chodikirira; kenako: "Sindikuganiza kuti munakonzekera bwino kwambiri nkhani imeneyi, Bambo Kim," iye anatero. "Masika aliwonse, ndimalandira zopempha khumi ndi ziwiri za malo othandizidwa ndi chilimwe okhala ndi malo atatu okha. Magulu omwe ndimawaitana kuti apereke chiwonetsero chaokha atha maola mazana ambiri kukonzekera ndipo onse ali pamwamba pamasewera awo. Koma inu simunakhale choncho masana ano. Kodi mungandiuze chifukwa chake, Bambo Kim?"
    
  "Ndiopa kuti sindingathe, bwana," anatero Jerry. "Mwinamwake mantha pang'ono siteji."
    
  "Sindikuganiza choncho, Bambo Kim," adatero Nukaga. "Ngati chivomerezo chaperekedwa, iyi ikhala ntchito yanu yachitatu yothandizidwa ndi labu m'zaka ziwiri kusukulu komwe gawo limodzi mwa magawo atatu a ophunzira a uinjiniya ndi omwe amapeza imodzi. Ndiwe wophunzira wabwino kwambiri waukadaulo ku South Korea komanso m'modzi mwanzeru kwambiri padziko lapansi. Ndine wokondwa kuti mwasankha Cal Poly, koma ndinu ku MIT kapena Stanford. "
    
  Jerry anayang'ana kumbali kwa kanthawi, kenako anayang'ana Nukaga. "Zowonadi, bwana...ndinu chifukwa chimene ndakhalira," iye anatero. "Ndatsatira ntchito yanu kwa zaka zambiri."
    
  "Ndiye bwanji suli mu engineering ya zamlengalenga, mwana wanga?" - Anafunsa Nukaga. "Titha kugwira ntchito limodzi ngati simunali mbali ya uinjiniya pasukulupo. M"zaka zonse zimene mwakhala kuno, ndakhala ndi maphunziro oŵerengeka chabe ndi inu."
    
  "Makina opangira makina adandisankhira ine ndi othandizira anga komanso aboma kunyumba kwathu, bwana," adatero Jerry. Chifukwa chowalemekeza, sindinasinthe luso langa. Mkulu wanga wachiŵiri anasankhidwira ine ndi makolo anga, ndipo mwana wanga wamng"ono amayenera kukhala m"gawo losakhala la sayansi, chotero ndinasankha bizinesi. Koma ndikamaliza maphunziro anga ndi kulandira ziphaso zanga kunyumba, ndidzakhala womasuka kuchita maphunziro ena akuluakulu, ndipo ndikufuna kubwerera kuno kuti ndikalandire digiri yanga ya Master ndi Doctorate motsogozedwa ndi inu. "
    
  "Zingakhale zodabwitsa, Jung Bae," adatero Nukaga. "Nditha kukutsimikizirani kuti mukuvomera. Ndingaganize zosamukira ku Stanford ngati mukufuna kukapeza PhD kumeneko - akhala akuyesera kundipangitsa kuti ndilowe nawo gawo lawo laukadaulo kwazaka zambiri ndipo mwina ndingakhale mkulu wa koleji yaukadaulo." Meso a Jerry anali odabwa ndipo anayamba kumwetulira mosangalala kwambiri.
    
  "Koma tiyeni tibwererenso ku ntchito yotchedwa Starfire, mwana wanga," anapitiriza Nukaga. "Ndasokonekera. Uli kusukulu ya grad, koma ukucheza ndi gulu la anthu osaphunzira. Bambo Egan ali pafupi kukhala mwana wanu. Palibe wa ana awa amene ali pamlingo wanu waluntha. Amapereka chiyani? Ngakhale mutaikonda polojekitiyi, yomwe sindikuganiza kuti mumaichita, bwanji simukuitsogolera? Uli ndi mwana watsopano yemwe akuyendetsa, ndipo si wanzeru kwambiri pagululo. " Jerry anagwedezeka ndikuyang'ana kumbali. Nukaga anaima kaye kaye, kenako anagwetsera Jerry maso mwachiwembu pamene maso a wophunzirayo anabwerera kwa iye. "Kodi awa ndi Abiti Cavendish, Jung Bae? Iye ndithudi wokongola. Ndikhoza ngakhale kudzipereka kunyamula Abiti Huggins kulowa ndi kuwatulutsa panjinga yake ya olumala, ngati mukudziwa chimene ndikutanthauza."
    
  Kim sanayankhe ndemanga zaumwini za ophunzira anzake. Anadzudzulanso, kuchita mwachibwana kuti Nukaga ayambe kumukwiyitsa wophunzira waluso wotere. "Ndimalemekeza a McLanahan, bwana," iye pomalizira pake anayankha.
    
  "McLanahan? Ulemu, chavuta ndi chani? Iye ndi wophunzira wachaka choyamba wa uinjiniya wa zamlengalenga yemwe ali ndi magiredi abwino koma osadabwitsa. Sindimadziwa kuti anali mwana wa Patrick McLanahan, koma izi zilibe kanthu kwa ine - kwenikweni, zimamupangitsa kuti atsike momwe ndimaganizira. Bambo ake anali woyendetsa ndege wankhanza yemwe nthawi zonse ankawoneka kuti akupewa kutsika, ngati si ndende, atayambitsa mitundu yonse ya zochitika zapadziko lonse lapansi popanda malamulo oyenera. Ndine wotsimikiza kuti zomwe anachita ndi zomwe zidayambitsa kuwukira kwa ndege ku Russia ku United States, komwe kudapha anthu masauzande ambiri. "
    
  "Bambo McLanahan sangakhale wophunzira wabwino kwambiri wa engineering ku Cal Poly, bwana, koma iye ... amadziwa kupanga magulu," adatero Kim. "Sikuti adangobwera ndi lingaliro la Starfire, komanso adasonkhanitsa gulu labwino kwambiri, natiyendetsa magawo anayi a Tuckman akukula kwamagulu - kupanga, kukwera, kuchita bwino, ndikuchita - ndikutiphunzitsa kudzera muzofotokozera zathu kwa inu. Ngati samvetsetsa zinazake kapena akukumana ndi vuto, amapeza wina woti amufotokozere za sayansi ndipo nthawi zonse amatha kulowa nawo gulu lake. Monga muona powerenga nkhaniyi, a McLanahan apeza mndandanda wofunikira komanso wochititsa chidwi wa ophunzira, aphunzitsi, asayansi ndi mainjiniya ochokera padziko lonse lapansi omwe akufuna kuthandiza nawo pantchitoyi.
    
  "Iyi ndi koleji yaukadaulo, Jung Bae, osati abale," adatero Nukaga. "A McLanahan angachite bwino kuwalangiza kuti azilimbikira kwambiri pa magiredi ake n"kumasangalalako pang"ono." Iye anakwinya nkhope, kenako anapitiriza kuti: "Ndikusamala kwambiri za mgwirizano umene ulipo pakati pa a McLanahan ndi kampani yoteteza asilikali iyi ku Nevada. Sindingalole kuti koleji ya uinjiniya ya Cal Poly ikhale poyambira umisiri wina watsopano wa imfa ndi chiwonongeko - sindisamala ngati angatipatse ife tonse madola mamiliyoni makumi asanu." Sizinali zoona, koma Nukaga anakakamirabe. mfundo osati zandale zenizeni za yunivesite. Analingalira kwa kanthaŵi, kenaka anagwedeza mutu motsimikiza. "Ndiwunikanso zomwe akufuna ndikuzipereka ku komiti," adatero, "komanso ndikuvomereza kuvomereza chilichonse chomwe mungafune."
    
  "Zikomo kwambiri, bwana," anatero Jerry.
    
  Nukaga anagwedezanso mutu, kusonyeza kuti msonkhano watha. Jerry anadzuka n"kuimirira, monganso anachitira Nukaga. Adatambasula dzanja lake ndipo Jerry adagwedeza. "Ndikuuzani kuti chifukwa chachikulu chomwe ndikupangira ntchitoyi ndi chifukwa chakuti mukuchita nawo, Jung Bae," adatero pulofesayo. "Ndikukhumba kuti dzina lanu likanakhala pamwamba pa mndandanda wa atsogoleri a polojekiti, koma panopa ndinu okwanira pa gulu la McLanahan. Ndikuganiza kuti kutenga nawo gawo pantchitoyi kuwonetsetsa kuti tikulandira gawo lalikulu la ndalama zoyambira ku Nevada.
    
  "Zikomonso, bwana," anatero Jerry, akuwerama.
    
  "Komanso ndikupangirani mwamphamvu, Jong Bae: ngati ziwoneka kuti gulu lazamlengalenga la Sky Masters likufuna kugwiritsa ntchito ukadaulo wanu ngati chida mwanjira iliyonse, ndikukulimbikitsani kuti musiye gululi ndikundiuza, " Nukaga anatero. "Ndalama kapena ayi, sindingalole kuti yunivesite iyi ikhale fakitale yopanga zida zankhondo. Pali mayunivesite okwanira m'dziko lino omwe akufuna kuchita uhule ndi ndalama zochepa, koma sindingalole Cal Poly kukhala imodzi mwamayunivesite awo." Anaima kaye pang'ono, kenako adafunsa, "Tandiuza, Jung Bae: kodi unali ndi njira ina. kodi zingakhale zabwino kundidziwitsa za Starfire m'malo mwake?"
    
  "Inde bwana, ndachita."
    
  Maso a Nukagi adachita chidwi ndi chidwi ndipo adamuuza kuti abwerere kuofesi yake. "Ndipatseni mphindi khumi ndi zisanu za nthawi yanu, Bambo Kim," adatero. "Ndikufuna kudziwa zonse za izi."
    
    
  NDALAMA YA CHAKUDYA KOMANSO KUPANGA MASUKA AKU MAKAMPASI
  CAL POLY
  Patapita kanthawi
    
    
  "Ndawononga, anyamata," adatero Brad. Iye ndi anzake a Starfire anali atakhala patebulo pabwalo la Starbucks pa Campus Market. Nyumba ya Food Processing Building inali ngati nyumba yosungiramo zinthu zosaoneka bwino, koma mbali yake ya kum"mwera chakum"mawa inali itakonzedwanso mochititsa chidwi n"kukhala malo ogulitsira khofi ndi sitolo kumene ophunzira ankatha kugula zakudya zokonzedwa kumene ndi zinthu zina zambiri, komanso malo aakulu okhala panja adzuwa. dera lomwe linkakondedwa ndi ophunzira ndi aphunzitsi. "Sindikanayenera kutchula zambiri za gawo la Utatu. Tsopano Nukaga akuganiza kuti tipanga kuwala kwa imfa. Pepani."
    
  Jodi anati: "M"kupita kwa nthawi akawerenga zimene tinapempha, Brad, adzadziwa. "Osadandaula. Ndi maapulo".
    
  "Mukudziwa, ndazindikira kuti katchulidwe kanu komanso kalankhulidwe kanu kamasowa mukamalankhula ndi aphunzitsi ngati Nukaga," adatero Casey. "Mwaswera bwanji Jody?"
    
  Jodi anati: "Ndimatha kunena mawu ambiri kapena osachita chilichonse. Anasinthira ku Chirasha chakuda. "Mukuzikonda bwanji izi? Mumakonda bwanji izi?"
    
  "Ndikuganiza kuti katchulidwe kako ka ku Australia ndi kalankhulidwe koseketsa, Jody," adatero Lane, akuseka.
    
  "Ndine woseketsa, bwanji - mukutanthauza zoseketsa, ngati ndine woseketsa, kodi ndikukusekani? Ndikukuseka?" " Jodie adanena m'mawu ake abwino kwambiri a ku Brooklyn, akuwonetsa khalidwe la Joe Pesci, Tommy DeVito, mufilimu ya Good Boys, ndikuyesera kuti asagwiritse ntchito mawu a zilembo zinayi. " 'Kodi ndili pano kuti ndikusekeni?' " Lane adasekanso, wasayansiyo adachoka, ndipo mwana wasukulu wamng'ono adalowa m'malo mwake. Jodie adasinthira ku mawu ake aatali kwambiri a ku Australia ndikuwonjezera kuti: "Damn, anzanga, koma ndikhoza kudya kavalo ndikuthamangitsa jockey." Enawo adayang'anana wina ndi mzake. , kenako kwa Jody: "Zimatanthauza kuti "ndili ndi njala." Tiyeni tipeze chakudya."
    
  "Ndikupita ku laibulale," anatero Lane, akuimirira mwadzidzidzi ndikugwira chikwama chake cha laputopu. M"kuphethira kwa diso, mwana wasukuluyo anasowa, m"malo mwake ndi wasayansi wozama. "Tiwonana, anyamata."
    
  "Idyani nafe chakudya chamadzulo, Lane," adatero Casey. "Tingodikirira kuti tiwone ngati Jerry abwera."
    
  "Ayi, zikomo," anatero Lane. "Amayi ndi abambo anga abwera kudzanditenga kumeneko. Komanso, ndiyenera kumaliza mbiri yanga. " Brad adayang'anitsitsa mawu omalizawo, koma sananene chilichonse.
    
  "Kodi izi zikuyenera kuchitika liti?" Casey anafunsa.
    
  "Masabata angapo," anatero Lane, "koma ndimadana nazo ngati pali mapulojekiti amene sanamalizidwe ali paliponse." Iye anavala kalankhulidwe kake kabwino ka ku Australia n"kunena kuti, "Mwaswera bwanji abwenzi. Kodi simunawola pompano, si choncho?"
    
  Jodie anakwinya chopukutiracho ndikumuponyera. "Bwanji, Doug!"
    
  Msewu unalowera ku University Avenue, ku Robert E. Kennedy Library, midadada yochepa chabe. Brad adapezana naye mphindi zingapo pambuyo pake. "Ndipita nawe, Lane," Brad anatero, chikwama chake cha laputopu chidapachikidwa paphewa pake.
    
  Lane anati: "Sikuti uyenera kupita nane limodzi. "Sindine mwana".
    
  "Muli ndi zaka khumi ndi zisanu," anatero Brad. "Komanso, tidakambirana za dongosolo la mabwanawe. Nthawi zonse muzipeza wapolisi kapena munthu wina amene mumamudziwa kuti apite nanu."
    
  "Ndimawona ana akuyenda mozungulira mzindawo nthawi zonse."
    
  "Ndikudziwa, ndipo si nzeru," anatero Brad. "Pezani bwenzi. Ndiyimbireni ngati simungapeze munthu wodzipereka kapena woteteza pasukulupo. " Anayang'ana m'mwamba ndikuwona Lane akumwetulira, mwachiwonekere wokondwa kuti Brad akupita naye ndikumuphunzitsa za chitetezo chake. "Kodi zopanda pake zonsezi zinali zotani polemba mayeso a mbiri yakale? Ndikudziwa kuti munamaliza maphunziro anu onse m'makalasi anu onse kwa chaka chonse miyezi ingapo yapitayo, ndipo munali wophunzira wowongoka A kuti muyambe."
    
  "Ndikudziwa," adavomereza Lane patapita kanthawi. "Ine basi..."
    
  "Chani basi?"
    
  "Palibe".
    
  "Lavula, Lane."
    
  "Ziri chabe ... Ndikuganiza kuti anyamata inu mukanakhala ndi nthawi yabwino pa Msika ngati ine kulibe," Lane anati. "Ndimamva kuti anyamata simungatero... mukudziwa, sangalalani chifukwa 'mwana'yo ali ndi inu."
    
  "Zimenezo ndi zachiwembu, Lane," adatero Brad. "Tonse ndife mabwenzi. Timachita zomwe tikufuna kuchita. Atsikana amapita kukachita zomwe amachita nthawi zonse. Ngati akufuna kucheza nafe, amatero. Anayenda mwakachetechete kwa mphindi imodzi, kenako Brad anawonjezera kuti, "Koma ziyenera kukhala zovuta kukhala ndi zaka khumi ndi zisanu ndikukhala ndi anthu akuluakulu."
    
  "Ayi. Ndazolowera," adatero Lane. "Sindikumbukira kuti mayi ndi bambo anga ankandichitira zinthu ngati mwana wamng"ono kapena wachinyamata mmene amachitira ndi anzanga kapena ana anga. Ndimadziona kuti ndine wamkulu kuposa ine, ndipo ndakhala choncho chichokereni kusukulu ya pulaimale. Koma ndakuwonani inu anyamata ku Starbucks kapena kutawuni pomwe sindinali nanu, ndipo mukuwoneka ngati mukusangalala kwambiri. Ndikakhala ndi inu, ndinu nonse...Sindikudziwa, wodzisunga, wokakamizika, kuonetsetsa kuti simukunena kapena kuchita chilichonse chimene chingakhumudwitse kapena kumuipitsa mwanayo."
    
  "Taonani, tonse ndife mabwenzi," anatero Brad. "Ife..." Ndipo mwadzidzidzi, atangofika pamitengo ya pa University Avenue yozungulira malo oimikapo magalimoto kutsidya lina la laibulale, iye analumpha chifukwa wina anakumba misomali yawo m"nthiti zake ndi kufuula "BOO!" kumbuyo kwake. Brad anatembenuka ndikuwona Jodie Cavendish akuseka kwambiri, ndipo posakhalitsa Lane adalumikizana naye. "O Mulungu wanga, Jody, ndatsala pang'ono kupukuta mathalauza anga!"
    
  Jodie anati: "Bwenzi, uyenera kuphunzira kudziŵa bwino za malo amene ukuzungulira. "Dziko ndi malo ovuta, ngakhale California Poly yaying'ono. Ndinaganiza kuti ndiyenda nawe." Adauza Lane, "Ndimadziwa zonse za mabwenzi a Brad, ndipo ndimaganiza kuti sayenera kuyenda m'misewu yoyipa ya UCLA yekha."
    
  "The Friend Policy ndi ya Lane," adatero Brad, koma Jodi atamwetulira modekha ndikumuyang'ana, anawonjezera, "Koma kampani yabwino. Nanga bwanji Casey?
    
  "Tinasiya kucheza ndi Jerry-ndikutsimikiza kuti ali m"bwalo la basketball," anatero Jodie. "Casey adayimba foni kuchokera kwa chibwenzi chake ndipo abwerera kunyumba chifukwa Mulungu akudziwa chifukwa chake. Ndikudabwa kuti Dr. Nukaga amafuna chiyani ndi Jerry?"
    
  "Jerry akuganiza kuti Dr. Nukaga ndi wabwino," adatero Lane.
    
  "Momwemonso theka la dziko la engineering, Lane," adatero Brad. "Ndikudziwa kuti Jerry wakhumudwa kuti sitinasankhe lingaliro lake lochotsa zinyalala za m'mlengalenga ndi accelerator ya ion kuti tipereke kwa Dr. Nukage. Mwina akupereka kwa iye tsopano."
    
  "Kodi mutha kuchita ntchito ziwiri zothandizidwa ndi labu nthawi imodzi?" Jodie anafunsa.
    
  "Ngati wina angachite, ndi Jerry," anatero Brad.
    
  Adawoloka msewu waku Northern Perimeter, kulowa mulaibulale ndikulowera ku Café é pansi. "Kumbukirani, musamangoyendayenda pasukulu nokha, Lane," adatero Brad. "Imbani makolo anu kuti abwere kudzakutengani kapena kundiyimbira foni."
    
  "Inde, amalume a Brad," Lane anadandaula motero, koma anagunda nkhonya Brad ndi kumwetulira, wokondwa kuti winawake anali kumuyang"anira, ndipo anathamangira kumalo amene ankakonda kwambiri makompyuta.
    
  "Kodi ndingakugulire kapu ya khofi, Jody?" - Brad adafunsa Lane atasowa.
    
  "Bwanji sindingakupatseni kapu ya vinyo kunyumba kwanga?" - iye anayankha. "Ndinayimitsa pafupi ndi Reinhold."
    
  "Inenso. Zikumveka bwino," anayankha Brad.
    
  Panali mtunda waufupi wa midadada iwiri kupita kumalo oimika magalimoto. Iwo anakwera mu sedan yaing'ono ya Jody ndikulowera kumpoto chakumadzulo motsatira Village Drive kulowera ku nyumba ya Poly Canyon Village. Anayimitsa galimoto pamalo oimika magalimoto akuluakulu akumpoto ndipo iwo anayenda kamtunda kakang"ono kupita kunyumba kwake. Nyumbayi inkafanana ndi bwalo laling'ono la tauni yokhala ndi nyumba zingapo za nsanjika zisanu, zina zokhala ndi masitolo ogulitsa pansi, zozungulira malo ambiri omwe ali ndi mabenchi, mipando ndi picnic. Chikepecho sichinkagwira ntchito, choncho anafunika kukwera masitepe opita kuchipinda chachitatu cha nyumba ya Jodie.
    
  "Lowa, bwanawe," adatero, akumutsegulira chitseko, kenaka adayika laputopu yake patebulo ndikuyatsa kuti azitchaja. Mkati mwake, Brad adapeza kanyumba kakang'ono koma kofewa kachipinda chimodzi, bala yozungulira khitchini yaying'ono koma yogwira ntchito, komanso chipinda chochezera / chakudya cham'mawa / malo odyera. Chipinda chochezera chinalinso ofesi ya Jodie ndi chipinda cha makompyuta; Brad sanadabwe kuti analibe TV. Bwalo laling'ono loyang'ana malo wamba linkawoneka kudzera pachitseko chagalasi chotsetsereka, ndipo mumatha kuwona mzinda wa San Luis Obispo patali.
    
  "Zipindazi nzabwino kwambiri," anatero Brad.
    
  Jodi anati: "Kupatulapo pakangowomba mphepo ya kumadzulo n"kumamva fungo la nyumba zosungiramo katundu za ku yunivesite. "Titha kuchita ntchito zambiri zaumisiri pano, koma mutha kudziwa komwe UC Poly idachokera: ulimi ndi ziweto." Anathira magalasi awiri a Chardonnay m"botolo mufiriji yake ndi kumpatsa imodzi. "Kodi simunaganize zosamukira kuno chaka chamawa? Ophunzira ambiri a engineering amakhala ku Poly Canyon. "
    
  "Ndili ndi pempho pano ndi Cerro Vista, koma aliyense akufuna kufika kuno, kotero ine mwinamwake ndiri pansi pa mndandanda, ndipo kukwera njinga kudzatenga nthawi yaitali," adatero Brad. "Sindinamvepo iliyonse."
    
  "Mukukonzekera kugula galimoto posachedwa?"
    
  Brad anati: "Ndinali wotanganidwa kwambiri moti sindinkaganiza n"komwe. "Ndipo ndi njinga ndimalimbitsa thupi pang'ono tsiku lililonse."
    
  "Mumakhala kuti?" anafunsa. "Ndizoseketsa; Takhala tikugwira ntchito limodzi kwa miyezi ingapo tsopano, koma timangowonana pasukulupo. "
    
  "Pafupi. Pansi pa mapiri, kudutsa Highway 1, kudutsa Foothill Plaza.
    
  Jodi anati: "Ndikuona kuti ndi patali kwambiri. "Kodi mumakonda motani?"
    
  Brad anagwedeza mutu. "Sizoipa. Ndi malo odyetserako ziweto, pafupifupi ekala imodzi, yotchingidwa ndi dera lonselo. Madera oyandikana nawo nthawi zina amakhala osowa. Ndi ya mnzanga wa bambo anga. Ndikuganiza kuti anapuma ntchito ku Marine Corps, koma nthawi zonse amakhala panjira, choncho ndimakhala kunyumba kwake ndikumusamalira. Sindinakumanepo ndi munthu ameneyu - timangotumizirana imelo. Nthawi zambiri kumakhala chete, sindimamuwona eni ake, ndipo chilichonse chimayikidwa bwino. "
    
  "Ndiye awa ndi malo a bohemian aphwando la bachelor?" Adafunsa akumwetulira Jodi.
    
  "Sindimudziŵa mwini wake, koma ndidziŵa kuti anali mphunzitsi wa kubowola kapena chinachake," anatero Brad. "Sindimachita maphwando kunyumba kwake. Ndidangochita mwayi kuti adabwera mtawuni nthawi yaphwando ndikundimenya matako. Ine sindine munthu wachipani. Sindikudziwa kuti m'modzi mwa omwe angoyamba kumene angapange bwanji maphwando openga awa, makamaka mkati mwa sabata. Sindikadakhala ndi nthawi yochita chilichonse. "
    
  "Uli ku Cal Poly, bwanawe," anatero Jodi. "Ndife sukulu yamaphwando poyerekeza ndi ma UC kapena USC."
    
  "Nanga bwanji mayunivesite aku Australia?"
    
  "Mosakayikira anyamata inu ndinu nyama zapaphwando poyerekeza ndi sukulu zathu zapamwamba," anayankha motero Jodie. "Ife anthu aku Australia timachita mantha kuti tilowe m'masukulu apamwamba kwambiri omwe ali ndi maphunziro apamwamba, ndiyeno sitingachite chilichonse koma kukwiya tikangochoka panyumba ndi kupita ku yunivesite."
    
  "Ndiye nawenso wasanduka mtsikana wapaphwando?"
    
  "Osati ine, mnzanga," anatero Jodie. "Ndinapitadi ku yunivesite kukaphunzira. Ndinayenera kuchoka kumeneko ndi kupita kusukulu yamba ya ku America kuti ndikagwire ntchito pang"ono."
    
  "Koma mubwera posachedwa, sichoncho?"
    
  "Khirisimasi itangotsala pang"ono," anayankha Jodie akuusa moyo ndi kumwa vinyo. "Semesita yathu yoyamba kunyumba imayamba mu February."
    
  "Izi ndi zoipa kwambiri. Starfire iyenera kukhala ikuyaka ngati ntchito yathu ikupita patsogolo. "
    
  "Ndikudziwa," anatero Jodi. "Ndikhala ndikuthandizabe kudzera pa intaneti, ndipo ndikufuna kukhalapo tikamatembenuza ndi kutumiza ma watts oyamba ku Earth, koma ndikufuna kukhalabe kuti ndiwone ntchitoyo. Ndapempha ndalama zothandizira maphunziro kuti ndikonzenso, koma palibe chomwe chabwera. "
    
  "Kodi uyenera kulipira maphunziro ako, chipinda, bolodi ndi mabuku?" - Adafunsa Brad.
    
  "Inde, ndipo mayunivesite aku America ndi okwera njinga zazikulu poyerekeza ndi masukulu aku Australia, makamaka kwa alendo," adatero Jodie. "Makolo anga ndi omenyana, koma ndili ndi azichimwene ndi alongo asanu, onse aang"ono kwa ine. Ndikadayenera kupeza maphunziro kapena kusapita ku yunivesite. "
    
  "Mwina ndikanatha kuthandiza," anatero Brad.
    
  Jodie anayang'ana Brad m'mphepete mwa galasi lake. "Bwanji, Bambo McLanahan, mukundiseka?" - Iye anafunsa, kutenga sip.
    
  "Chani?"
    
  Jodie anayankha kuti: "Usadandaule, Brad. "Sindingabwereke ndalama kwa aliyense, makamaka kwa munthu woluka. Izi siziri mu chikhalidwe changa. Maso a Brad adatsinzina pafupifupi nthawi ya XNUMX miliyoni. "Kuchokera kwa bwenzi, chitsiru iwe. Sindingabwereke ndalama kwa mnzanga."
    
  "ZOKHUDZA". Anazengereza kwa kamphindi; ndiye: "Koma zikadakusungani pano mpaka Starfire itatha, ndiye kuti ingakhale ndalama mu polojekitiyi, osati ngongole, sichoncho?"
    
  Anamwetuliranso, kuyesera kuzindikira chilichonse chobisika m'mawu ake, koma pamapeto pake adapukusa mutu. "Tiyeni tiwone zomwe zikuchitika ndi zolemba zanga zonse ndi polojekitiyi, bwanawe," adatero Jodie. "Koma inu ndinu maswiti oti mupereke. Vinyo winanso?
    
  "Pang'ono pang'ono, kenako ndiyenera kubwerera ku Reinhold, ndikatenge njinga yanga ndikubwerera kunyumba."
    
  "Bwanji osakhala nditiphikire?" Jodie anafunsa. Kapena tingapite kumsika kukagula kena kake. Anayenda pafupi ndi Brad, ndikuyika galasi lake pansi, ndikuwerama ndikupsompsona pamilomo yake. Kapena titha kudumpha tiyi ndi kusangalala pang'ono.
    
  Brad anamupsompsona mopepuka, kenako anati, "Sindikuganiza kuti ndikufunika dikishonale ya Aussie slang kuti ndimvetse izi." Koma, mokhumudwa kwambiri, iye anayang'ana kumbali. "Koma ndili ndi chibwenzi ku Nevada," adatero.
    
  Jodi anati: "Ndili ndi mnyamata mmodzi kapena awiri kunyumba. "Sindikunena za maubwenzi. Ndife mabwenzi awiri kutali ndi kwathu, Brad - Ndili patali pang'ono ndi kwathu kuposa iwe. Ndikuganiza kuti ndiwe wolimba mtima ndipo ndaona momwe ukundipotozera"
    
  "Chani! Ayi, sindi...chiyani?"
    
  "Ndikutanthauza kuti ndiwe wotentha, ndipo ndaona mmene umandiyang"anira," anatero Jodie akumwetulira. "Sindikunena kuti tikwatirana, bwanawe, ndipo sindikuberani kwa anzanu ofunikira ... osati nthawi yomweyo osati kwanthawizonse ... mwina. " Anatambasula dzanja lake kuti agwire dzanja lake, akuyang'ana mwachangu mumsewu wopita kuchipinda chake. "Ndikungofuna ... kodi inu a Yankees mumachitcha chiyani, 'kugona'?" Brad anaphethira modabwa ndipo sanathe-sakhoza-kunena kalikonse. Anawerenga kukayikira kumaso ndi thupi lake ndikugwedeza mutu. "Zili bwino bwanawe. Osaimba mlandu Sheila chifukwa choyesera ... kapena kuyesanso, pambuyo pake. "
    
  Brad anati: "Ndikuganiza kuti ndiwe wotentha Jodie, ndipo ndimakonda maso ako, tsitsi ndi thupi lako," anatero Brad, "koma sindikufuna kugona, ndipo ndikufuna kuona ngati ndingathe kuchita nthawi yaitali. ntchito yolumikizana patali. Komanso, iwe ndi ine timagwira ntchito limodzi ndipo sindikufuna kuti chilichonse chisokoneze zimenezo."
    
  "Sizili bwino, Brad," iye anatero. "Ndikuganiza kuti tonse ndife okalamba mokwanira kuti tipitirize kugwirira ntchito limodzi ngakhale titakhala ndi nthawi yochepa chabe, koma ndimalemekeza malingaliro anu." Adawona nkhope ya Brad ikuseka, kenako ndikuseka. "Leka kuseketsa kalankhulidwe kanga ndi malankhulidwe anga, chitsiru iwe!"
    
  Iye anaseka mokweza mawu atsopano a slang. "Ndinkaganiza kuti ndamva mawu achipongwe a ku Australia, Jodie! Lero ndamva nyimbo zina khumi zatsopano!"
    
  "Kodi mukusekanso mawu anga, a McLanahan?"
    
  "Pepani".
    
  Jodie analoza mphuno yake, kenako n"kunena motsitsa mawu kuti, "Osapepesa: ndi chizindikiro cha kufooka."
    
  "Ayi! Mukuseweranso John Wayne! Vani yankhondo, sichoncho? " Anawomba m'manja.
    
  "Zikomo, bwana," anatero Jody, akuwerama, "kupatulapo anali atavala riboni yachikasu. Tsopano tiyeni tichoke pano ndisanakugwetseni mafupa anu, drongo!"
    
  Pamene amabwerera kumalo oimika magalimoto kutsogolo kwa nyumba ya Reinhold Aerospace Engineering, kunali kutayamba kuda. "Ndingakonde kupita nawe kunyumba n"kukakutenganso m"maŵa, Brad," anatero Jodi pamene Brad anatuluka m"galimoto yake, n"kutenga chikwama chake n"kupita pawindo la dalaivala. Zomwe muyenera kuchita ndikugula brekkie.
    
  "Ndikuganiza kuti ndiye chakudya cham"mawa," anatero Brad akumwetulira. Anaponya maso mokwiya monyoza. "Ndikhoza kukutengerani zomwe mukufuna ngati kunja kuli koipa, koma ndikhala bwino. Sikunadebe kwambiri. "
    
  "Nthawi iliyonse, bwanawe," adatero Jodie. Anadabwa kwambiri pamene Brad adatsamira kwa iye kudzera pawindo lotseguka ndikumpsompsona pang'ono pamilomo. "Nthawi iliyonse, Brad," anawonjezera akumwetulira. "'Usiku". Anaika galimoto mu gear ndikunyamuka.
    
  "Kodi ndine mwana wamwayi kwambiri wa BITCH padziko lapansi?" Adazifunsa motsitsa mawu. Anatulutsa makiyi mu jinzi yake, nachotsa maloko panjinga yake ya Trek CrossRip hybrid road/cross-country, kuyatsa nyali zakutsogolo ndi nyali zowunikira zofiira ndi zoyera za LED zomwe adaziyika panjinga yonseyo, adamangirira chisoti chake ndikutembenuka. Pamagetsi, anamanga chikwama chake ndi lamba wa m'chiuno, ndipo ananyamuka ulendo wake wa makilomita awiri kupita kunyumba.
    
  Panali anthu ambiri m"makwalala akuluakulu, koma San Luis Obispo unali mzinda wokonda njinga kwambiri, ndipo ankangozemba oyendetsa galimoto osatchera khutu kamodzi kapena kawiri pagalimoto yake yoyenda mphindi khumi ndi zisanu asanapite kunyumba. Nyumba ya nsanjika imodzi, zipinda zitatu, chipinda chosambira chimodzi ndi theka chinali pakati pa malo okwana ekala imodzi ndi garaja yotsekedwa ya magalimoto awiri moyandikana nayo; malowo anali atazunguliridwa ndi mpanda wakale wamatabwa koma wosamalidwa bwino. M'dera lotanganidwa komanso lodzaza kwambirili, chinali chikumbutso chaching'ono cha minda yayikulu yaulimi ndi madyerero ang'onoang'ono ambiri omwe anali m'derali yunivesite isanasefukire anthu.
    
  Brad anabweretsa njinga yake m'nyumba - garajayo inali itathyoledwa nthawi zambiri, kotero kuti munalibe chilichonse chamtengo wapatali m'nyumbamo - ndipo ngakhale mkati mwa nyumbayo adatseka ndi unyolo waukulu, wonyansa komanso loko yaikulu. Panalibe upandu m"derali, koma ana anali kulumpha mipanda mosalekeza, kuyang"ana m"mawindo, ndipo nthaŵi zina amayesa kutsegula zitseko kufunafuna chinachake chimene akanaba mosavuta, ndipo Brad ankayembekezera kuti ngati awona njinga yomangidwa ndi unyolo, apitirizabe kuyenda mosavuta. nyama. Pachifukwa chomwechi, adabisa chikwama chake ndi laputopu yake kuti asawoneke mu chipinda ndipo sanasiye laputopu pa desiki kapena tebulo la khitchini, ngakhale atakhala pabwalo kapena kupita ku sitolo midadada ingapo.
    
  Anafufuza mufiriji kuti apeze zotsala. Anakumbukira mozama bambo ake, bambo osakwatiwa pambuyo pa kuphedwa kwa amayi ake, omwe nthawi zambiri ankapanga macaroni ndi tchizi ndi agalu otentha kwa mwana wake ali kunyumba, ndipo nthawi zonse zinkakondweretsa Brad, choncho nthawi zonse amakhala ndi theka la mtsuko. m'firiji.
    
  Mwamwayi, Jodie nayenso anamva bwino, anadziuza yekha. Ndani ankadziwa kuti munthu wochezeka koma nthawi zambiri wabata wasayansi waku Australia angafune chinthu chonga "kulumikizana"? Nthawi zonse anali wotsimikiza kwambiri m'kalasi kapena ku labotale. Anadzifunsa kuti, ndani winanso amene anali wotero? Casey Huggins anali waphokoso pang'ono, koma anali wokongola kwambiri nthawi zambiri . Anayamba kulemba mndandanda wa akazi ochepa omwe ankawadziwa, kuwayerekezera ndi Jodi ...
    
  ...kenako adatulutsa foni yake pozindikira kuti mwina chifukwa chachikulu chomwe sanagone ndi Jodi kapena wina aliyense chinali chifukwa amadikirira kuti amuimbire. Mwachangu adayimba nambala yake.
    
  "Hi, uyu ndi Sondra," uthengawo unayamba. "Mwina ndikuwuluka, ndiye chitani zanu mukamva beep."
    
  "Hi Sondra. Brad," adalankhula chizindikirocho chitatha. "Zatsala pafupifupi eyiti. Ndimangofuna kunena moni. Lero takonzekera ulaliki wa Starfire. Tifunireni mwayi. Pambuyo pake."
    
  Zinapezeka kuti Sondra Eddington ndi Jodie Cavendish anali ofanana kwambiri, Brad anazindikira atapeza mtsuko wa pasitala. Onse anali atsitsi labwino ndi maso abuluu; Sondra anali wamtali pang'ono, osati woonda, komanso wazaka zingapo. Ngakhale kuti Jodi anali wophunzira, ndipo Sondra anali atapeza kale digiri ya bachelor ndi masters mu bizinesi, komanso masatifiketi angapo oyendetsa ndege, onse anali akatswiri m'magawo awo: Jodi anali katswiri mu labotale, pomwe Sondra anali womasuka komanso wodziwa bwino kwambiri zowuluka. ndege - ndipo posakhalitsa adakhala ndege, atangomaliza maphunziro ake mu cockpit kumapiri.
    
  Ndipo chofunika kwambiri, onsewa anali osazengereza polankhula zakukhosi kwawo ndikukuuzani zomwe akufuna, kaya ndi zaukadaulo kapena zaumwini, komanso pamagulu onse amunthu. Kodi gehena ndingakope bwanji akazi ngati chonchi? Brad anadzifunsa. Ziyenera kuti zinali mwayi chabe wakale wosayankhula, chifukwa iye sanatero...
    
  ... ndipo panthawiyo adamva phokoso la nsapato pansi pa khitchini yamatabwa ndipo adamva, m'malo mowona, kukhalapo kumbuyo kwake. Brad anagwetsa mphikawo pansi n"kucheuka ndipo anapeza amuna awiri ataima kutsogolo kwake! Mmodzi wa iwo anali atanyamula chikwama, ndipo wina analinso chimodzimodzi, pamodzi ndi chiguduli m'dzanja lake lamanja. Brad theka anapunthwa, theka analumphira mmbuyo kupita ku firiji modabwa.
    
  "Zabwino," mwamuna woyamba anakalipira mnzakeyo m"chimene Brad anachitenga kukhala Chirasha. "Chitsiru chopumira." Kenako mwachisawawa anakoka mfuti yokhala ndi silencer yomangidwira ku mbiya kuchokera m"chiuno cha thalauza lake, naigwira m"chiuno, n"kumulozera Brad. "Osasuntha kapena kukuwa, Bambo McLanahan, kapena mungafe," iye anatero m"Chingelezi chabwino kwambiri.
    
  "M'nyumba mwanga ukutani?" Adatelo Brad ndi mawu onjenjemera. "Kodi mukundibera? Ndilibe kalikonse!"
    
  "Tileke iwe chitsiru," anatero munthu woyamba motsitsa mawu. "Musiye apite, ndipo achite bwino nthawi ino."
    
  Poyenda ndi liwiro lodabwitsa, mwamuna wachiwiriyo anagwira chinachake pa lamba wake n"kuchizunguza. Nyenyezi zinawala pamaso pa Brad, ndipo sanakumbukire mmene chinthu chinamugwera m"kachisi kapena mmene thupi lake linagwera pansi ngati thumba la nyemba.
    
    
  ZINAYI
    
    
  Khalani ngati nkhandwe yomwe imasiya njira zambiri kuposa momwe zimafunikira, zina molakwika. Yesetsani kuuka.
    
  - WENDELL BERRY
    
    
    
  SAN LUIS OBISPO, CALIFORNIA
    
    
  "Pomalizira pake, munachita bwino," anatero mwamuna woyamba m"Chirasha. "Tsopano penyani chitseko chakumbuyo." Mwamuna wachiwiriyo anabwezeretsa ndodoyo mu thalauza lake, natulutsa mfuti ya silenced, n"kuima pamalo pomwe ankatha kuyang"ana kumbuyo kwa nyumbayo kudzera pa makatani a pawindo la khitchini.
    
  Munthu woyamba anayamba kuyala zinthu m"chikwama chake patebulo la chipinda chodyeramo: matumba ang"onoang"ono okhala ndi zidutswa zoyera zokhala ndi nandolo, spoons zokutidwa ndi mwaye, zoyatsira butane, zokulungira ndalama za madola zana, makandulo achikumbutso, botolo la 151 proof rum. , singano za hypodermic ndi ma syringe. Atawaika patebulo mmene munthu woledzeretsa angayalikire ntchito zake, mwamuna woyamba anakokera Brad patebulo, n"kumuvula nsapato yake yakumanzere yothamanga ndi sokisi, n"kuyamba kumulowetsa m"kati mwa zala zake ndi singano yothira madzi. , kutulutsa magazi. Brad anabuula, koma sanadzuke.
    
  Anamva mapazi akugwedezeka pansi kumbuyo kwake. "Khala chete, tsoka iwe," anatero woukira woyamba m"Chirasha ataluma mano. "Khala chete, chitsiru chobwebweta iwe. Kwezani mapazi anu mmwamba." Kenako anayamba kutsanulira Brad pankhope ndi pakamwa pake, komanso kutsogolo kwa malaya ake. Brad anatsokomola, kubuula, ndi kulavula madzi amphamvu. "Damn, watsala pang'ono kudzuka," adatero. Anatulutsa choyatsira ndikuyika chala chake pa choyatsira. "Lambulani njira ndipo tiyeni tichotse gehena mu-"
    
  Mwadzidzidzi munthu uja anamva thupi lake likuchotsedwa pansi, ngati kuti wamukokera m"chimphepo chamkuntho. Anangowona womuthandizira wakeyo, ali piringupiringu ndipo akutuluka magazi pansi pafupi ndi khomo lakumbuyo, asanamve kuti akutembenuzidwa ... mpaka adakumana maso ndi maso ndi imodzi mwa mitundu yowopsya, yopindika, yoipa kwambiri yomwe anali nayo. M"zaka zake makumi awiri akupha Federal Security Bureau ya boma la Russia, yomwe poyamba inkadziwika kuti KGB, kapena kuti Committee for State Security, ofesi ya chitetezo ya Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Koma anangoona nkhopeyo kwa kamphindi ndipo chibakera chachikulu chinatuluka modzidzimutsa n"kugunda kumaso kwake komweko, ndipo sanakumbukire kalikonse pambuyo pake.
    
  Kufika kwatsopanoko kunapangitsa kuti Chirasha yemwe adakomoka agwe pansi mapazi anayi, kenako adatsamira kuti ayang'ane Brad. "Yesu, mwana, dzuka," iye anatero, akuyang"ana kuti awone ngati mayendedwe a mpweya a Brad anali otsekeka komanso ngati ophunzira ake asonyeza kuti wakomoka. "Sindikokera bulu wanu wonenepa." Adatenga foni yake ndikuyimba nambala ija mwachangu. "Ndine," adatero. "Kutsuka munda. Lumikizani." Atamaliza kukambiranako, anayamba kumenya Brad nkhonya kumaso. "Dzuka, McLanahan."
    
  "Pepani, chani...?" Kenako maso a Brad anatseguka... kenaka anatsegula modabwa kwambiri ataona nkhope ya munthu wobwera kumeneyo . Anapunthwanso ndi mantha ndipo anayesa kugwetsa m'manja mwa munthuyo, koma zinali zamphamvu kwambiri. "Zopanda! Ndinu ndani?"
    
  "Zowopsa," anatero mwamunayo, ali ndi mantha. "Zinthu zako zakusukulu zili kuti?"
    
  "Ma...wanji...?"
    
  "Bwera, McLanahan, dzikonzeke," adatero bamboyo. Anayang'ana m'chipinda chodyeramo ndi m'chipinda chodyeramo ndipo adawona chitseko cha chipinda chotsekedwa ndi chikwama pa shelefu. "Pitani". Anamukokera Brad pakhomo lakumaso, natenga chikwama chake pashelefu asanatuluke pakhomo.
    
  SUV yaikulu yakuda inayimitsidwa mumsewu pafupi ndi chipata cholowera. Brad adamukakamiza ndikumuyika m'malo mwake ndikuyika dzanja pachifuwa pomwe bamboyo adatsegula chitseko chakumanja chakumbuyo kwa okwera, kenako adamugwira malaya ndikumuponya mkati. Munthu wina anamukokeranso mkati pamene munthu wooneka wochititsa mantha analowa mkati, chitseko chinatsekedwa, ndipo SUV inathamangira.
    
  "Nchiyani chikuchitika?" - Brad anafuula. Anapanikizidwa mwamphamvu pakati pa amuna awiri akuluakulu kwambiri, ndipo kufinyako kunkawoneka mwadala kwambiri. "WHO-"
    
  "Khalani chete, McLanahan!" munthuyo analamula motsitsa mawu owopsa omwe ankaoneka ngati achititsa mipando ndi mazenera kugwedezeka. "Tidakali mtawuni. Anthu odutsa angamve." Koma posakhalitsa anafika pa Highway 101, kulowera kumpoto.
    
  Mwamuna wachiwiri pampando wakumbuyo adabwerera ku mzere wachitatu, kotero Brad anali pamzere wachiwiri ndi mlendo wamkulu. Palibe amene adalankhula mawu mpaka adatuluka kunja kwa mzinda. Pomaliza: "Tikupita kuti?"
    
  "Penapake motetezeka," anatero mlendoyo.
    
  "Sindingathe kuchoka. Ndili ndi ntchito yoti ndigwire.
    
  "Kodi mukufuna kukhala ndi moyo, McLanahan? Mukatero, simungathe kubwereranso kumeneko."
    
  "Ndiyenera kutero," anaumirira motero Brad. "Ndili ndi pulojekiti yomwe ikhoza kukhala ndi malo opangira magetsi oyendera dzuwa pasanathe chaka chimodzi." Mlendoyo adamuyang'ana koma sananene chilichonse, kenako adayamba kugwira ntchito pa smartphone yake. Brad adayang'ana bamboyo pomwe kuwala kwa foni yake yam'manja kumamuunikira nkhope yake. Kuwalako kunasiya mikwingwirima yakuya pankhope ya munthuyo, mwachionekere chifukwa cha kuvulala kapena matenda, mwina moto kapena kupsa ndi mankhwala. "Ukuwoneka wozoloŵereka," iye anatero. Munthuyo sananene kalikonse. "Dzina lanu ndi ndani?"
    
  "Ng"ombe," anatero bamboyo. "Chris Wohl."
    
  Zinatenga nthawi yayitali, koma nkhope ya Brad inawala. "Ndikukumbukira," iye anatero. "Marine Corps Sgt. Ndiwe bwenzi la abambo anga.
    
  "Sindinakhalepo bwenzi la abambo ako," Wohl anatero motsika, pafupifupi kunong'oneza. "Anali mkulu wanga. Ndizomwezo".
    
  "Kodi ndiwe mwini nyumba yomwe ndikukhalamo?" Wohl sananene kanthu. "Chikuchitika ndi chiyani, Sergeant?"
    
  "Senior Sergeant," adatero Vol. "Wasiya ntchito." Anamaliza zomwe anali kuchita pa smartphone, ndipo nkhope yake yowopsa idagweranso mumdima.
    
  "Munadziwa bwanji kuti anthu awa ali m'nyumbamo?"
    
  "Kuwonera," adatero Vol.
    
  "Mukuyang'ana nyumbayi kapena mukundiyang'ana?" Wohl sananene kanthu. Brad adakhala chete kwa mphindi zingapo, kenako adati, "Anyamatawa akuwoneka ngati aku Russia."
    
  "Izi ndi Zow".
    
  "Iwo ndi ndani?"
    
  "Othandizira akale a Federal Security Bureau omwe amagwira ntchito kwa munthu wina dzina lake Bruno Ilyanov," adatero Wohl. "Ilyanov ndi wanzeru yemwe ali ndi udindo wa wachiwiri kwa air attaché & # 233; ku Washington ndi mphamvu zaukazembe. Amanena mwachindunji kwa Gennady Gryzlov. Ilyanov posachedwa anali ku West Coast. "
    
  "Gryzlov? Kodi mukutanthauza Purezidenti waku Russia Gryzlov? Zokhudzana ndi Purezidenti wakale waku Russia?"
    
  "Mwana wake wamkulu".
    
  "Akufuna chiyani kwa ine?"
    
  "Sitikudziwa," adatero Wohl, "koma akuchita nawo kampeni yolimbana ndi a McLanahans. Othandizira ake adalowa m'chipinda cha abambo anu ndikuba nkhokwe zawo ndi zinthu zina mkati. "
    
  Kodi izi zinachitika liti?
    
  "Loweruka lapita m'mawa."
    
  "Loweruka lapitali! Chifukwa chiyani sanandiuze?" Wohl sanayankhe. "Nanga bwanji azakhali anga? Kodi anauzidwa?
    
  "Ayi. Timawayang'aniranso. Tikuganiza kuti ali otetezeka.
    
  "Mu chitetezo? Ndili otetezeka ngati ine? Anyamatawo anali ndi mfuti ndipo anathyola nyumba. Ananena kuti andipha."
    
  "Iwo anayesa kuti awoneke ngati ngozi, mankhwala osokoneza bongo," adatero Wohl. "Iwo anali osasamala. Tidawapeza masiku angapo apitawo. Sitinapeze aliyense pafupi ndi alongo ako. Mwina sadziwa za iwo, kapena sangafune kuwatsata. "
    
  "Ndife ndani'? Ndiwe wapolisi? FBI? CIA?
    
  "Ayi".
    
  Brad anadikirira kamphindi kuti amveketse, koma sanalandire chilichonse. "Umagwira ntchito yandani, Sergeant Major?"
    
  Vol adapuma mozama ndikutulutsa pang'onopang'ono. "Bambo anu anali m'mabungwe angapo ... achinsinsi asanatenge Sky Masters," adatero. "Mabungwewa adagwira ntchito zaboma ndi mabungwe ena pogwiritsa ntchito matekinoloje atsopano ndi zida zankhondo zopangidwira usilikali."
    
  "Chida cha Tin Woodman chankhondo ndi chida cha cybernetic choyang'anira maloboti," adatero Brad motsimikiza. Mutu wa Vol udagwedezeka modabwa, ndipo Brad adamva m'malo mowona kupuma kwamunthu wamkuluyo pang'onopang'ono ndikuyima. "Ndikudziwa za iwo. Ndinaphunzitsidwanso ku CID. Ndinayendetsa imodzi mwa izi ku Battle Mountain. Anthu ena a ku Russia anayesa kupha bambo anga. Ndinawaphwanya m"galimoto."
    
  "Damn," Vol anadandaula pansi pa mpweya wake. "Kodi mumayendetsa ma CID?"
    
  "Ndinaterodi," anatero Brad akumwetulira kwambiri.
    
  Wohl anagwedeza mutu. "Mwakonda, sichoncho?"
    
  "Anawombera nyumba yanga kufunafuna abambo anga," anatero Brad modzitetezera pang"ono. "Ndikadachitanso ndikadayenera." Anakhala chete kwa mphindi zingapo, kenako anawonjezera kuti: "Koma inde, ndinatero. CID ndi imodzi mwazinthu zodziwika bwino. Tiyenera kupanga masauzande a izi. "
    
  "Mphamvu ikulowa mwa inu," inatero Vol. "Mnzanga wa abambo ako-ndi wanga-General Hal Briggs analedzera ndipo zinamupha. Abambo anu adandilamula kuti ndichite...mamishoni ndi gulu la CID ndi Tin Woodman, ndipo zidayenda bwino, koma ndidawona momwe mphamvuzo zidandikhudzira, kotero ndidasiya.
    
  "Abambo anga sanafe mu robot yofufuza milandu."
    
  "Ndikudziwa zomwe zidachitika ku Guam," adatero Wohl. "Ananyalanyaza chitetezo cha gulu lake komanso mwana wake wamwamuna kuti abwezere achi China. Chifukwa chiyani? Chifukwa anali ndi mabomba ndi zida, ndipo adaganiza zozigwiritsa ntchito yekha. Anali pinprick chabe. "...
    
  "A China adagonja atangonyanyala, sichoncho?"
    
  "Atsogoleri ena ankhondo aku China ndi anthu wamba adapangana mobisa m'masiku atachitika chiwembucho," adatero Wohl. "Zinalibe chochita ndi kuwukira kwanu. Zinangochitika mwangozi."
    
  "Ndikuganiza kuti ndinu katswiri," anatero Brad. Vol anapukusa mutu, koma sananene kanthu. "Kodi mumagwira ntchito ndani, Sergeant Major?" - Brad anabwereza.
    
  "Sindinabwere kuti ndiyankhe mafunso angapo, McLanahan," Vol adayankha motero. "Malamulo anga anali oletsa gulu lomenyera nkhondo ndikuwonetsetsa kuti ndinu otetezeka. Ndizomwezo ".
    
  "Sindikuchoka kusukulu, Sergeant Major," adatero Brad. Ndili ndi ntchito yambiri yoti ndigwire.
    
  "Sindikusamala," adatero Vol. "Ndinalamulidwa kuti ndikutetezeni."
    
  "Malamulo? Malamulo a ndani?" Palibe yankho. "Ngati suyankha, ndilankhula ndi abwana ako. Koma sindingathe kusiya sukulu. Ndangoyamba kumene." Vol anapitiriza kukhala chete. Patapita mphindi zingapo, Brad anabwerezanso kuti: "Kodi wagwira ntchito kwa atate wanga kwa nthaŵi yaitali bwanji?"
    
  "Kwa kanthawi," adatero Wohl patapita mphindi zochepa. "Ndipo sindinamugwire ntchito: ndinali pansi pa ulamuliro wake, sejenti wake."
    
  "Simukuwoneka ngati wokondwa ndi izi."
    
  Wohl anayang'ana mbali ya Brad, kenako anatembenuka ndikuyang'ana pawindo, ndipo anakhala chete kwa mphindi zingapo; ndiye potsiriza: "Atatha ... amayi ako ataphedwa, abambo ako ... anasintha," Vol anatero ndi mawu abata. "Kwa zaka zonse zomwe ndakhala ndikumudziwa, nthawi zonse wakhala munthu wantchito, wolimbikira komanso wolimba mtima, koma..." Anapumanso pang'onopang'ono asanapitirize, "Koma amayi ako ataphedwa, adachita zoipa kwambiri. zakupha. Sizinalinso za kuteteza fuko kapena kupambana mkangano, koma za ... kupha, ngakhale kupha kapena kuopseza Amereka, aliyense amene anayima panjira yopambana. Mphamvu zomwe adapeza zidawoneka ngati zikupita kumutu kwake, ngakhale atachoka ku Scion Aviation International ndikukagwira ntchito ku Sky Masters. Ndinapirira kwa kanthawi mpaka ndinaganiza kuti zayamba kutha, ndipo ndinasiya."
    
  "Siyani? Bwanji sunayese kumuthandiza?"
    
  "Anali mtsogoleri wanga," Vol anayankha mwamatabwa. "Sindimawalangiza akuluakulu pokhapokha atapempha."
    
  "Zimenezo ndi zopusa, Vol," adatero Brad. "Mukawona kuti abambo anga avulazidwa, mukadawathandiza, ndikumuchitira chipongwe mkuluyo. Ndipo ine sindinayambe ndaziwonapo chirichonse cha zinthu zina izi. Bambo anga anali bambo wabwino, wodzipereka komanso mtsogoleri wodzipereka yemwe ankakonda banja lawo, dera lawo, dziko lawo ndi kampani yake. Iye sanali wakupha.
    
  "Simunaziwonepo chifukwa zimakutetezani ku zonsezi," adatero Vol. "Ndi mnyamata wosiyana kwambiri ndi iweyo. Komanso, unali mwana wamba-nthawi zambiri mutu wako unkakwezedwa m"mwamba ndi kukwiriridwa pabulu wako."
    
  Brad anati: "Ndinu wosangalala, Sergeant Major. Anayang'ananso nkhope ya Vol yokhwinyata pamagetsi akutsogolo kwa galimoto yomwe imayandikira. "N'chiyani chinachitikira nkhope yako?"
    
  "Palibe ntchito yako," Vol anadandaula.
    
  "Mwakhala mukundizonda chifukwa Mulungu akudziwa mpaka liti ndipo sindingakufunseni funso limodzi lonyozeka?" - Adafunsa Brad. "Ndikuganiza kuti mwakhala mu Marines nthawi yayitali kwambiri."
    
  Vol theka adatembenukira kwa Brad, ngati akufuna kukangana naye, koma sanatero ndikubwerera pawindo. Patapita kamphindi pang"ono, anapuma mozama n"kuutulutsa pang"onopang"ono. "Holocaust yaku America," adatero pomaliza. "Ndikuganiza kuti mwamva izi?"
    
  "Mwachipongwe, Sergeant Major? Sizikugwirizana ndi inu ndipo ndizosayenera. Anthu masauzande ambiri anaphedwa."
    
  "Abambo anu adakonza ndikupha anthu aku America," adatero Vol, kunyalanyaza zomwe Brad adanena. Mafunde a mabomba anafalikira kumadzulo ndi pakati pa dziko la Russia, akumasaka mizinga yodutsa m'mayiko osiyanasiyana. Ndinali mkulu wake woyang"anira bwalo la ndege la ku Siberia lomwe ankalamulira ku Yakutsk."
    
  Zinatenga masekondi angapo, koma kenako Brad adazindikira dzina la air base ndipo nsagwada zake zidagwa modabwa. "O, zopusa," iye anapuma. "Mukutanthauza ... maziko omwe adawombedwa ndi zida zankhondo zaku Russia?"
    
  Vol sanachitepo kanthu, koma adakhala chete kwa mphindi zingapo. "Mwachiwonekere sindinalandire mlingo wakupha wa cheza-ndinali nditavala zida zankhondo za Tin Man-koma ndinakumana ndi cheza chambiri koposa aliyense kupatulapo General Briggs," iye pomalizira pake anatero. "Anthu 47 amene anapulumuka m"malo obisalamo pansi pa nthaka a ku Russia anafa ndi matenda obwera chifukwa cha cheza ndi cheza kwa zaka zambiri. Zimangonditengera nthawi yaitali."
    
  "O Mulungu wanga, Sergeant Major, pepani," anatero Brad. "Zowawa ziyenera kukhala zowopsa." Wohl anayang'ana Brad, akudabwa pang'ono kumva chisoni chochokera kwa mnyamatayo, koma sananene kalikonse. "Izi zitha kukhala zomwe zidapha General Briggs. Mwina ma radiation adamukakamiza kuti achite ngozi. Mwina ankadziwa kuti akufa ndipo anaganiza zopita kukamenyana."
    
  "Tsopano taonani katswiri wathu ndi ndani," Vol anadandaula.
    
  Anatsatira Highway 101 kumpoto, nthawi zina amayenda misewu yam'mbali ndi zobwerera m'mbuyo, kuyang'ana zizindikiro zilizonse zowayang'anira. Mphindi zochepa zilizonse, akapeza msewu waukulu wodutsa, amaima ndipo mmodzi wa amuna omwe anali mu SUV anali kutuluka, atanyamula chooneka ngati choonera chachikulu kwambiri cha magalasi ambiri. "Akuchita chiyani, Sergeant Major?" - Adafunsa Brad.
    
  "Ndikuyang'ana othamangitsa ndege," Wohl anayankha. "Tikudziwa kuti anthu aku Russia amagwiritsa ntchito ma drones kuti akazonde malo ankhondo ndi malo ena ovuta ku United States, ndipo Gryzlov anali mkulu wankhondo waku Russia. Akanakhala ndi zida zotere. Imagwiritsa ntchito ma binoculars a infrared omwe amatha kuzindikira kutentha komwe kuli mumlengalenga kapena pansi kuchokera pamtunda wa makilomita angapo. " Patangopita mphindi zochepa, bamboyo adalowanso mu SUV ndipo adapitiliza ulendo wawo.
    
  Pafupifupi ola limodzi atachoka ku San Luis Obispo, analowera kumsewu wopita ku eyapoti kunja kwa Paso Robles. Dalaivala adalowetsa code mu loko yamagetsi, ndipo chipata chachitali cha mesh chinatsegulidwa, kuwalowetsa m'bwalo la ndege. Anayenda m"makhwalala abata abata, amdima, ongoyatsidwa ndi nyali zing"onozing"ono za buluu m"mbali mwake, mpaka anakafika pamalo osungira ndege aakulu, ozunguliridwa mbali zitatu ndi mpanda wina wolumikizira unyolo, khomo loimikapo magalimoto ndi khwalala lotseguka. Panthawiyi, m'malo mwa code, dalaivala anakankhira chala chake chachikulu pa chowerengera choyang'ana, ndipo lokoyo inatsegula ndi phokoso labata.
    
  Mkati mwa nyumba yosungiramo ndege yaikulu kwambiri munali ndege yotuwa ya General Atomics MQ-1B Predator yoyendetsa patali yomwe inayimitsidwa kumanzere kwa hanger. Mawu akuti "CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION" ndi chishango cha bungweli anajambula kutsogolo kwa ndegeyo, koma ndithudi sichinkawoneka ngati bungwe la boma. Brad adapita kukayang'ana, koma mnyamata wina wovala jeans ndi T-sheti yakuda yokhala ndi mfuti yamakina atapachikidwa pa lamba wotuluka mwachangu pamapewa ake adayimilira pakati pa iye ndi Predator ndikuwoloka manja ake patsogolo pake, mwakachetechete. kumuchenjeza momveka bwino kuti asachoke.
    
  Brad anabwerera kwa Chris Wohl, yemwe anali kulankhula ndi amuna omwe anali mu SUV yake ndi ena ochepa. Mu kuwala kocheperako kwa hangar, amatha kuwona bwino zipsera zakuya pankhope ya Vol, komanso adawona kuwonongeka kwa khungu pakhosi pake ndi mikono yonse. "Malo awa ndi chiyani, Sergeant Major?" - anafunsa.
    
  "Penapake otetezeka, pakadali pano," Vol adayankha.
    
  "Kodi awa ndi ndani-"
    
  "Sindiyankha mafunso aliwonse pakadali pano," Vol adatero mokweza mawu. "Ngati pali china chilichonse chomwe muyenera kudziwa, adzakuuzani." Analoza kabati yomwe inali m'mbali mwa khoma lina lomwe linali pafupi ndi Predator. "Pali khofi ndi madzi ngati mukufuna. Osayandikiranso ndegeyo." Anapatukana ndi Brad ndikulankhulanso kwa ena.
    
  Brad anapukusa mutu ndipo anaganiza zopita kukawona ngati ali ndi chakudya, ndikunong'oneza bondo kuti sanalandire chilichonse mwazinthu zake - chakudya kapena ayi. Anapeza botolo la madzi ozizira m"firiji, koma m"malo moti amwe, analipaka m"mphepete mwa mutu wake kuti achepetseko mphamvu imene Mrashayo anam"menya ndi ndodo yake. Patangodutsa mphindi zingapo anamva ndege kunja kwa nyumba yosungiramo katunduyo ikubwera pafupi ndi malowo, chifukwa cha phokoso lake inamveka ngati ikuyenda mofulumira kwambiri. Wohl ndi azibambo ena anasiya kulankhula ndipo anatembenukira ku chitseko chotsekerako pamene kulira kwa ndege kunja kunakhala bata pang'ono pamene ma injini anali opanda ntchito. Pomwe Brad anali atatsala pang'ono kubwerera ku Vol ndikumufunsa zomwe zikuchitika, magetsi adazimiririka kwambiri ndipo zitseko ziwiri za hangar zidayamba kutseguka.
    
  Chitseko chitatha kutsegulidwa, ndege yonyamula katundu ya C-23C Sherpa yokhala ndi michira iwiri idakwera mkati. Inali ndi mbendera ya ku America ndi nambala ya N wamba pamchira wake, koma inalibe zizindikiro zina zankhondo, ndipo inali ndi penti yakuda ya jeti m'malo mwa imvi yokhazikika. Idakwera molunjika mchipindacho, ndikuzungulira ma turboprops ake akulu, ndipo Brad, Vol, ndi enawo adakakamizika kubwerera pomwe ndege idalowa mkati. Molamuliridwa ndi munthu wina amene anali ndi mfuti paphewa, iye anayenda mpaka pamene anauzidwa kuti ayime, ndiyeno injinizo zinaima. Zitseko zazikulu ziwiri za hanger zidayamba kutseka pagalimoto pomwe injini zidayamba kuyimilira. Fungo la utsi wa injini ya jeti linali lamphamvu.
    
  Patangopita nthawi pang'ono, chitseko chokwera kumanzere kwa ndegeyo, kunja kwa mazenera a cockpit, chinatsegulidwa, ndipo panatuluka munthu wamkulu yemwe amawoneka ngati msilikali, atavala suti ndi tayi - ndipo ali ndi chiphuphu chodziwika cha chida pansi pake. jekete - yemwe nthawi yomweyo amatsatiridwa ndi munthu wamfupi, wovala suti, koma wopanda tayi, wokhala ndi tsitsi lalitali laimvi komanso ndevu zoduliridwa bwino; nthawi yomweyo, hatch/ramp yonyamula katundu kumbuyo kwa ndegeyo idayamba kutseguka pogwiritsa ntchito injini. Wohl ndi amuna ena adayandikira wachiwiri watsopanoyo ndipo onse adagwirana chanza. Anacheza kwa kamphindi pang'ono , ndipo Wohl anagwedeza mutu kumbali ya Brad ndipo wachiwiri watsopanoyo adapita kwa iye, akumasula jekete lake.
    
  "Bambo Bradley James McLanahan," mlendo watsopanoyo adanena mokweza, modabwitsa, mawu omveka bwino a ndale pamene adakali masitepe ochepa kuchokera kwa ife. "Nthawi yambiri yapita. Mwina simundikumbukira. Ine ndithudi sindikanakuzindikira iwe."
    
  "Sindikukumbukirani, bwana, koma ndikutsimikiza kuti ndikukudziwani: ndinu Purezidenti Kevin Martindale," Brad anatero, osayesa kubisa kudabwa kwake komanso kusokonezeka. Martindale anamwetulira kwambiri ndipo ankawoneka wosangalala kuti Brad anamuzindikira, ndipo anatambasula dzanja lake pamene ankayandikira. Brad anagwedeza. "Ndili bwino kukudziwani, bwana, koma tsopano ndasokonezeka kwambiri."
    
  "Sindikuimba mlandu ngakhale pang'ono, mwana," Purezidenti wakale adatero. "Chilichonse chikuchitika mwachangu ndipo anthu akuvutika kuti apitirizebe kutero. Kenako zomwe zidachitika ndi inu ku San Luis Obispo zidabwera ndipo tidayenera kuyankha. " Anayang'ana pa bala lomwe linali m'mbali mwa mutu wa Brad. "Mutu wako uli bwanji mwana? Uli ndi chilonda choyipa kwambiri pamenepo."
    
  "Zonse zili bwino bwana."
    
  "Chabwino. Ine, ndithudi, ndinafunsa Sergeant wamkulu zomwe tingachite titazindikira kulowetsedwa, ndipo iye anati akutulutseni inu, ine ndinati inde, ndipo iye anatero. Ndiwothandiza kwambiri pazinthu ngati izi. "
    
  Brad anati: "Sindinaone zimene anachita, koma ndili pano, ndiye kuti ayenera kuti alidi. "Ngati sajeni major akukugwirani ntchito bwana, ndiye mungandiuze chomwe chikuchitika? Sanandiuze kalikonse.
    
  "Sakanakuuzani chilichonse ngati ali ndi batire yagalimoto yolumikizidwa ndi machende ake, mwana wanga," adatero Martindale. "Monga aliyense wa anthu omwe ali mumsasa uno. Ndikuganiza kuti ndine bwana wa bungweli, koma sindiliyendetsa. Iye amatero."
    
  "Iye? Iye nani?"
    
  "Iye," anatero Martindale ndikuloza pokwererapo katundu m"ndegemo mmene zinkawonekera. Chinali chida cha cybernetic oyendetsa makanda - loboti yokhala ndi anthu yopangidwira Asilikali aku US monga malo omenyera nkhondo m'malo mwa gulu lankhondo lokhazikika, kuphatikiza kusuntha kwa omaliza, kusinthasintha kwake, ndi zida zake zonse zozimitsa moto -koma zinali zosiyana ndi CID Brad angakumbukire . Iyi mwanjira ina inkawoneka yowoneka bwino, yopepuka, yayitali komanso yoyenga kuposa yomwe Brad adayendetsa zaka zingapo zapitazo. Loboti yamtali wa mapazi khumi ndi awiriwo inali ndi thunthu lalikulu lomwe limayenda kuchokera pamapewa otakata kupita kuchiuno chocheperako pang'ono, m'chiuno chocheperako, komanso manja ndi miyendo yowoneka yowonda yolumikizidwa kumutu. Zomverera zinkawoneka kuti zimayikidwa paliponse - pamapewa, m'chiuno ndi m'manja. Mutuwo unali bokosi la makona atatu lopindika m"mbali ndipo linalibe maso, zongokhudza mbali zonse. Zinkawoneka zazitali pang'ono kuposa zomwe Brad ankayendetsa.
    
  Malingaliro oyendetsa makina oyendetsa makanda a cybernetic sanali ngati chilichonse chomwe Brad adakumana nacho m'mbuyomu. Choyamba, iye anatenga mapu a digito a dongosolo lake la mitsempha ndi kuwaika mu loboti yoyang'anira makompyuta. Kenako anakwera loboti kupyola kumbuyo, anagona kufalikira-chiwombankhanga pa matalala ozizira, gelatinous conductive, ndi kuyika mutu wake mu chisoti ndi mpweya chigoba. Chotsekeracho chinatsekeka kumbuyo kwake, ndipo chirichonse chinagwera mumdima, mwamsanga kuchititsa mantha a claustrophobia. Koma patangopita nthawi pang'ono amatha kuwonanso ... pamodzi ndi mapiri a deta omwe adalandira kuchokera ku robot, masensawo adaperekedwa kwa iye mowonekera ndikulowetsedwa m'maganizo a thupi lake, kotero kuti sanali kungowerenga zambiri kuchokera pazithunzi. koma zithunzi ndi deta zinawonekera m'maganizo mwake monga kukumbukira kapena kulowetsa kwenikweni kuchokera kukhudza, kuona ndi kumva. Pamene anayamba kuyenda, anazindikira kuti amatha kuthamanga ndi liwiro lodabwitsa komanso mwaluso, kulumpha mapazi ambiri, kuphwanya makoma, ndi kugubuduza magalimoto okhala ndi zida. Lobotiyo inali ndi zida zankhondo zambirimbiri zomangika pa iyo, ndipo inkatha kuwongolera zonse ndi liwiro lodabwitsa komanso mwatsatanetsatane kwambiri.
    
  "Kufufuza Kwaupandu," anatero Brad. "Zikuwoneka zatsopano. Mapangidwe atsopano nawonso."
    
  "Ichi ndicho choyamba cha chitsanzo chatsopano cha CID chomwe tikukonzekera kuyika," adatero Martindale.
    
  "Zikomo," adatero Brad. Iye anagwedeza loboti. "Kodi woyendetsa ndegeyo ndi ndani? Charlie Turlock? Anandiphunzitsa kuuluka zaka zingapo zapitazo." Kwa CID adati, "Hey Charlie, uli bwanji? Kodi mungandilole kukwera?"
    
  TIE adapita kwa Martindale ndi Bradley, mayendedwe ake ngati umunthu ngakhale kukula kwake ndi miyendo ya robotic, ndipo adati ndi mawu amagetsi a humanoid, "Moni, mwana wanga."
    
  Zinamutengera mphindi zochepa kuti Brad azindikire kuti zomwe wangomvazo zinali zoona, ndipo kuzindikira kwake kunakhazikika, koma pamapeto pake maso a Brad anali odabwa komanso odabwa ndipo adakuwa kuti, "Bambo?" Anafika pa CID, osadziwa kuti aigwire pati. "Oh Mulungu wanga, bambo, ndi inu? Muli moyo? Muli moyo! "
    
  "Inde, mwana," adatero Patrick McLanahan. Brad sanathebe kudziwa komwe angagwire lobotiyo, motero adayenera kukhazikika kuti agwire m'mimba mwake. Anayamba kulira. "Ziri bwino, Bradley," Patrick potsiriza anatero, akutambasula ndikukumbatira mwana wake. "O Mulungu wanga, ndizabwino kukuwonaninso."
    
  "Koma sindikumvetsa, Atate," anatero Brad atakumbatirana ndi atate wake kwa mphindi zingapo. "Iwo ... adandiuza kuti ... wamwalira ndi kuvulala kwako ..."
    
  "Ndafadi, mwana wanga," adatero Patrick ndi mawu opangidwa mwamagetsi. "Pamene adanditulutsa mu bomba la B-1 ku Guam mutangofika ku B-1, ndinali nditafa ndipo aliyense ankadziwa ndipo mawuwo anali kunja uko. Koma inu ndi antchito ena mutasamutsidwira ku Hawaii, anandikweza m"galimoto ya ambulansi ndi kuyamba kutsitsimula, ndipo ndinabwerera."
    
  "Iwo...sanandilola kuti ndikhale nanu, Atate," anatero Brad ali kulira. "Ndinayesetsa kukhala nanu, koma sanandilole. Pepani bambo, pepani kwambiri, ndikadafunsa-"
    
  "Chabwino, mwana," Patrick anatero. "Ozunzidwa onse anadikira kuti awonedwe ndi kuwazenga mlandu, ndipo ine ndinali mmodzi wozunzidwa mwa mazana ambiri tsiku limenelo. Madokotala ndi anthu odzipereka a m'deralo ankasamalira anthu omwe anakhudzidwa ndi ngoziyi, pamene asilikali ndi makontrakitala anatengedwa. Anandisunga wamoyo kwa tsiku limodzi ndi theka m'chipatala chaching'ono, choyimitsidwa kutali ndi chilichonse. Anthu oyambirira kubwera kudzathandiza anali nzika za m"deralo, ndipo sankandidziwa. Ananditengera ku chipatala china chaching"ono ku Agana ndipo anandisunga wamoyo."
    
  "Koma bwanji...?"
    
  "Purezidenti Martindale adandipeza patadutsa masiku angapo chiwembuchi," adatero Patrick. "A Celestial Masters akadali okhoza kunditsata kudzera pa ulalo wa data wa subcutaneous. Martindale adayang'anira zochitika zonse za Sky Masters Inc. m'chigawo cha South China Sea ndikutumiza ndegeyo ku Andersen Air Force Base kuti ikasonkhanitse zidziwitso ndi zidziwitso zakuukiraku. Kenako anandipeza n"kundizembetsa kupita ku States."
    
  "Koma bwanji CID bambo?"
    
  "Linali lingaliro la Jason Richter," adatero Martindale. "Ndikukhulupirira kuti mudakumana ndi Colonel Richter ku Battle Mountain?"
    
  "Inde, bwana. Anandithandiza ndi pulogalamuyo kuti ndizitha kudziyesa ndekha mu CID piloting. Iye tsopano ndi wamkulu wa ntchito ku Sky Masters Aerospace. "
    
  "Bambo anu anali muvuto lalikulu ndipo sankayembekezeredwa kuti apulumuke ndege yobwerera ku Hawaii," adatero Martindale. Ndege yanga yomwe idamutulutsa inali ndi antchito ochepa azachipatala komanso inalibe zida zochitira opaleshoni kapena ovulala ... Jason adati CID imatha kuthandiza wovulalayo kupuma komanso kuwongolera magwiridwe antchito ena amthupi mpaka akafike kuchipatala. Richter sanadziwe kuti wozunzidwayo ndi bambo ako. "
    
  "Ndiye ... muli bwino ndiye bambo?" - Brad anafunsa, wokondwa poyamba. Koma mwachangu adazindikira kuti bambo ake ali kutali, sali bwino, apo ayi sakanakwerabe mu CID ndi mwana wake yekhayo atayima kutsogolo kwake. "Abambo...?"
    
  "Sindikuopa, mwana wanga," anatero Patrick. "Sindingathe kupulumuka kunja kwa kafukufuku waumbanda."
    
  "Chani?"
    
  "Ndikadakhala ndi moyo, Brad, koma ndikadakhala ndi mpweya wabwino komanso kugunda kwamtima ndipo mwina ndili ndi masamba," adatero Patrick. Misozi inagwa m"maso mwa Brad ndipo pakamwa pake panatseguka chifukwa cha mantha. Manja onse a robotiyo anatambasula ndi kukhala pa mapewa a Brad-kukhudza kwake kunali kopepuka, ngakhale kwaulemu, ngakhale kuti anali wamkulu. "Sindinkafuna kutero, Brad. Sindinafune kukhala cholemetsa kwa banja langa kwa zaka zambiri, mwina zaka makumi angapo, kufikira atapeza luso londichiritsa kapena mpaka nditamwalira. Mkati mwa CID ndinali wogalamuka, ndikugwira ntchito, ndikunyamuka. Kunja, ndikadakhala chikomokere, pa chithandizo cha moyo. Pamene ndinali mkati mwa CID ndikubwera, ndinali ndi chisankho chokhalabe pa chithandizo cha moyo, kukoka pulagi, kapena kukhala mu CID. Ndinaona kuti kuli bwino ndizikhala m"nyumba mmene ndikanandithandiza."
    
  "Kodi inu ... mukhala mkati ... mpaka kalekale ...? "
    
  Patrick anati: "Ndichita mantha mwana wanga, kufikira titapeza mwaŵi wa kuchiritsa kuvulala konse kumene ndakhala nako. Misozi inagwetsanso nkhope ya Brad. "Brad, palibe vuto," Patrick anatero, mawu ake ofewa ndi olimbikitsa akuonekera ngakhale m"mawu amagetsi a lobotiyo. "Ndikadafa, mwana wanga-ndinamwalira. Ndinapatsidwa mphatso yodabwitsa kwambiri. Zingawoneke ngati moyo, koma ndi choncho. Ndikufuna kuti mukhale osangalala chifukwa cha ine."
    
  "Koma sindingathe ... sindikukuwona?" Brad anatambasula dzanja ndikugwira nkhope ya lobotiyo. "Sindingakugwireni ... zoona?"
    
  "Ndikhulupirire, mwana wanga, ndikumva kukhudza kwako," adatero Patrick. "Pepani kuti simungamve zanga kupatulapo zoziziritsa kukhosi. Koma m"malo mwake zinali zosavomerezeka kwa ine. Sindinakonzekere kufa panobe, Brad. Zingaoneke ngati zachilendo komanso zosayenera, koma ndidakali moyo ndipo ndikuganiza kuti nditha kusintha."
    
  "Nanga bwanji mwambo wa chikumbutso...Urn... Satifiketi ya imfa...?"
    
  "Izi ndi zomwe ndikuchita, Brad," Purezidenti Martindale adatero. "Monga atate wako ananena, anali wakufa kwakanthaŵi, ali m"mikhalidwe yoipa, ndipo sanayembekezere kukhala ndi moyo. Palibe aliyense kupatulapo Richter amene ankaganiza kuti kuika munthu wovulala mu dipatimenti yofufuza zaupandu kungatenge masiku angapo. Titabwerera ku States, tinayesa kangapo kuti amutulutse mu CID kuti timutumize ku opaleshoni. Nthawi zonse tikamayesa ankatimanga. Zinali ... ngati kuti thupi lake silikufuna kuchoka. "
    
  "Nanenso ndinali wotanganidwa pang'ono, Brad," adatero Patrick. "Ndinawona zithunzi. Palibe zambiri zatsala za ine. "
    
  "Ndiye mukufuna kunena chiyani? Mukuchiritsidwa ndi CID? Kodi zimenezi zingagwire ntchito bwanji?
    
  "Osachiritsidwa, koma ... adathandizira, Brad," adatero Patrick. "CID imatha kuyang'anira thupi ndi ubongo wanga, kundipatsa mpweya, madzi ndi zakudya, kuwononga zinyalala komanso kuwongolera chilengedwe. Sizingandikonze. Mwina ndikhala bwino ndi nthawi, koma palibe amene akudziwa. Koma sindifunikira thupi lathanzi kuti ndiyendetse CID kapena kugwiritsa ntchito zida zake. "
    
  Brad anamvetsa zimene atate wake anali kunena, ndipo zinapangitsa khungu lake kukwawa ndi nkhope yake kunjenjemera mosakhulupirira, mosasamala kanthu za chisangalalo chimene anali nacho polankhulanso ndi atate wake. "Mukutanthauza ... mukutanthauza kuti ndinu ubongo ... ubongo umene umayendetsa makina ...?"
    
  "Ndili moyo, Brad," anatero Patrick. "Sikuti ubongo umayendetsa makinawo." Anagwira pachifuwa chake chokhala ndi zida ndi chala chophatikizana. "Ndili pano. Awa ndi abambo ako. Thupi ndi losokonezeka, koma ndidakali ine. Ndimayendetsa galimoto iyi monga momwe munachitira ku Battle Mountain. Kusiyana kwake ndikuti sindingathe kutsika nthawi iliyonse yomwe ndikufuna. Sindingathe kutuluka ndikukhala bambo wamba. Mbali imeneyi ya moyo wanga inawonongedwa ndi zipolopolo za mizinga ya msilikali wa ku China uja. Koma ndidakali ine. Sindikufuna kufa. Ndikufuna kupitiriza kugwira ntchito kuti titeteze dziko lathu. Ngati ndiyenera kuchita kuchokera mkati mwa chinthu ichi, nditero. Ngati mwana wanga sangandigwire, osawonanso nkhope yanga, ndiye kuti ndi chilango chomwe ndimalandira chifukwa chovomera moyo. Ndi mphatso komanso chilango chimene ndimachilandira mosangalala."
    
  Maganizo a Brad ankathamanga kwambiri, koma pang"onopang"ono anayamba kumvetsa. "Ndikuganiza kuti ndamvetsa, Atate," anatero atakhala chete kwa nthawi yaitali. "Ndine wokondwa kuti muli ndi moyo." Anatembenuka kuyang'anizana ndi Martindale. "Sindikukumvetsa, Martindale. Simunandiuze bwanji kuti ali moyo ngakhale anali mu CID?"
    
  "Ndimayendetsa bungwe lapadera lomwe limapanga nzeru zapamwamba, zotsutsana, kuyang'anitsitsa ndi ntchito zina zoopsa kwambiri, Brad," adatero Martindale. Adawona Chris Wall akupita kwa Brad ndikupukusa mutu, ndikumuchenjeza kuti asamuke. "Nthawi zonse ndimayang'ana ogwira ntchito, zida ndi zida kuti tigwire bwino ntchito yathu."
    
  "Mukunena za atate wanga, osati zinthu zachabechabe, bwana," anatero Brad motero. Pakamwa pa Martindale adatseguka modabwa ndi mzere wa Brad, ndipo Vol adawoneka wokwiya kwambiri kuti aluma kachidutswa kakang'ono ka ndege yonyamula katundu. Brad anaona chinachake chimene anali asanachizindikirepo kale: zingwe ziwiri za imvi zopindika pamwamba pa mphumi ya Martindale pamwamba pa diso lililonse, zooneka ngati nyanga za mdierekezi zozondoka. "Wayamba kumveka ngati wasayansi wina wamisala Dr. Frankenstein."
    
  "Pepani, Brad," anatero Martindale. Monga ndanenera, madokotala onse amene tinakambirana nawo sankayembekezera kuti bambo ako apulumuka. Sindimadziwa choti ndinene ku White House, kwa inu, kwa azakhali anu ... gehena, choti ndinene ku dziko lonse lapansi. Chifukwa chake, ndidapanga lingaliro kwa Purezidenti Phoenix: Sitiuza aliyense kuti abambo ako anali amoyo ku CID. Tinali ndi mwambo wa chikumbutso ku Sacramento. Abambo anu atamwalira, monga momwe timakhulupirira kuti sizingatheke, tikanabwezadi mtembo wake ndipo nthano ya a Patrick McLanahan ikadatha. Martindale adayang'ana chipangizo cha cybernetic chomwe chili pafupi ndi iye. "Koma, monga mukuonera tsopano, sanafe. Apanso anakwanitsa kudodometsa ndi kudabwitsa gehena mwa ife. Koma kodi tikanatani? Tamuyika kale. Tinali ndi chisankho: kuuza dziko lapansi kuti anali moyo koma amakhala mkati mwa CID, kapena osauza aliyense. Tinasankha chomaliza."
    
  "Ndiye undiuze bwanji tsopano?" Adafunsa choncho Brad uku mutu ukuzungulirabe. "Ndinkakhulupirira kuti bambo anga anamwalira. Ukhoza kumusiya atafa ndipo ndimatha kukumbukira mmene analili poyamba kuukirako."
    
  "Zifukwa zingapo," adatero Martindale. "Poyamba anthu aku Russia adaba chinsalu chowotchera mtembo wa abambo anu ndipo tikuyenera kuganiza kuti adatsegula ndikupeza mulibe - sitidalotapo kuti wina adzaba ndipo tinkaganiza kuti sitenga nthawi yayitali, ndiye mwatsoka sitinalole. musaikemo zotsalira za aliyense. Tinkaganiza kuti anthu aku Russia atha kugwiritsa ntchito izi kukakamiza Purezidenti Phoenix kapena kulengeza izi poyera, ndiyeno akakakamizika kuchitapo kanthu. "
    
  "Mumadziŵa zimene amanena ponena za kulingalira," anatero Brad mokwiya.
    
  Patrick anaika dzanja lankhondo paphewa la Brad. "Khalani bata mwana," liwu lamagetsi lija linanena motsitsa. "Ndikudziwa kuti izi ndizovuta kwambiri, koma muyenera kusonyeza ulemu pang'ono."
    
  "Ndiyesa, Atate, koma tsopano ndizovuta pang"ono," anatero Brad mwaukali. "Ndipo kachiwiri?"
    
  "A Russia akubwera kudzakutengani," adatero Patrick. "Umenewo unali udzu womaliza kwa ine. Ndinali pamalo a Utah pamene zonsezi zinachitika ndipo ndinapempha kuti ndikhale nanu. "
    
  "Chinthu?"
    
  "Palibe," adatero Patrick.
    
  "Storage?"
    
  "Tikhoza kulankhula zambiri pa ndege kubwerera ku St. George," adatero Kevin Martindale. "Tiyeni tikweze ndipo-"
    
  "Sindingachoke pano bwana," anatero Brad. "Ndikumaliza chaka changa choyamba ku Cal Poly ndipo ndangopereka chisonyezero cha ntchito ya labu yachilimwe yomwe ingapatse dipatimenti yaumisiri thandizo lalikulu kuchokera ku Sky Masters Aerospace. Sindingathe kungochoka. Ndimatsogolera gulu lalikulu la ofufuza ndi omanga, ndipo onse amandidalira. "
    
  "Ndamva, Brad, koma ngati ubwerera ku San Luis Obispo ndi Cal Poly, udzawululidwa kwambiri," adatero Martindale. "Sitingathe kuyika chitetezo chanu pachiswe."
    
  "Ndikuthokoza sajeni wantchitoyo kunditulutsa kumeneko, bwana," adatero Brad, "koma-"
    
  "Ndinapempha kuti anditulutse mwana," Patrick adamudula mawu. "Ndikudziwa kuti izi ziwononga moyo wanu kotheratu, koma sitikudziwa kuti ndi angati othandizira aku Russia kapena omwe angakhale nawo. Gryzlov ndi wopenga ngati bambo ake, ndipo amatha kutumiza magulu ambiri omenyera nkhondo. Ndine wachisoni. Tikusungani m'manja otetezedwa, tikupangirani dzina latsopano, tikutumizani kwinakwake kuti mukamalize maphunziro anu, ndi...
    
  "Ayi, Atate," anatero Brad. "Tiyenera kupeza njira ina. Mukapanda kundimanga ndi kundiponya pampando wakumbuyo wa ndege yanu yonyamula katundu yozizirira bwino, ndidzabweranso ngakhale nditakwera mtunda."
    
  "Ndikuopa kuti zimenezo sizingatheke, Brad," anatero Patrick. "Sindingalole izi. Ndizoopsa kwambiri. Ndikufuna kuti-"
    
  "Ndine wamkulu tsopano, Atate," Brad anadukizadukiza, akuona kukhala koseketsa pang"ono kukangana ndi loboti ya mapazi khumi ndi awiri. "Pokhapokha mutandilanda ufulu wanga walamulo mokakamiza, ndili ndi ufulu wochita chilichonse chomwe ndikufuna. Komanso, sindichita mantha. Tsopano popeza ndadziwa zomwe zikuchitika, zochulukirapo kuposa zomwe ndimadziwa maola angapo apitawo, ndikhala osamala kwambiri. "
    
  Kevin Martindale adatsamira kwa Patrick nati, "Ndikuganiza kuti akumveka ngati akukakamira McLanahan, ndiko kulondola," adatero akumwetulira. "Kodi tsopano mutani, General? Zikuoneka kuti chinthu chomwe sichinaimirire chagundana ndi mphamvu yosaletseka."
    
  Patrick anakhala chete kwa nthawi yaitali. Pomaliza: "Senior Sergeant?"
    
  "Bwana?" Vol anayankha nthawi yomweyo.
    
  "Kumanani ndi Bradley ndi gulu lanu ndipo bwerani ndi njira yothetsera vutoli," adatero Patrick. "Ndikufuna kudziwa kuopsa kwake komanso momwe mungachepetsere kapena kuchepetsa kuopsa kwa umunthu wa Bradley ngati angabwerere ku sukulu ino. Ndiuzeni mwachangu."
    
  "Inde, bwana," Vol anayankha, akutulutsa foni yake ndikuyamba kugwira ntchito.
    
  "Brad, simudzabwerera kusukulu mpaka izi zitakhazikika mondikhutiritsa, ndipo ngati n'koyenera, kuti muwonetsetse kuti mukumvera, ndikumanga ndikukuponyerani m'chipinda chonyamula katundu - ndipo sichikhala malo a ndegeyo. , koma chaching"ono kwambiri." - Patrick anapitiriza. "Pepani, mwana, koma ndi momwe zikhala. Zikuwoneka kuti tikukhala kuno mtsogolo momwe tikuonera. Anaima kaye, akusanthula mwakachetechete zowonera pa kompyuta yake yomwe ili pa bolodi. "Pali motelo ndi malo odyera pafupi ndi pano, Sergeant Major," adatero. "Amawonetsa ntchito zambiri. Ndipempha Kylie kuti akubwerekereni zipinda ndikutumizirani zambiri. Tigone komweko ndipo tipanga mapulani m'mawa. Tengani mmodzi mwa amunawa kuti abweretsere Bradley chakudya, chonde.
    
  "Inde, bwana," Wohl anayankha, natembenuka ndikuchoka.
    
  "Koma mutani adad?" - Adafunsa Brad. "Simungathe kulowa mumotelo."
    
  "Ndikhala bwino kuno," Patrick anatero. "Sindikufunanso mabedi a hotelo kapena malo odyera, ndizowona."
    
  "Ndiye ndikhala nanu kuno," anatero Brad. TIE inali yosasunthika komanso yopanda phokoso. "Ndikhala nanu kuno," anaumirira motero Brad.
    
  "A McLanahans akudziwananso," adatero Martindale. "Wokondedwa." Adatulutsa foni yake ya smartphone ndikuwerenga chiwonetserochi. "Ndege yanga ikutera. Akangobwera, ndibwerera ku St. George ndi kukagona pabedi langa kuti ndisinthe. Mutha kudziwa zambiri za momwe mungachitire ndi McLanahan, General. " Anaima kaye ndipo aliyense anakhala chete ndipo motsimikiza kuti anamva phokoso la ndege yoyandikira kunja kwa nyumbayo. "Galimoto yanga yafika. Ndikufunirani zabwino zonse njonda. Ndidziwitseni, General. "
    
  "Inde, bwana," mawu a Patrick opangidwa pakompyuta adayankha.
    
  "Gonani nonse," anatero Martindale, n"kutembenuka n"kuchoka, akutsatiridwa ndi alonda ake.
    
  Patrick analankhula m'mwamba kudzera mu njira yolumikizirana ya CID, "Kylie?"
    
  Kanthawi pang'ono: "Inde, bwana?" adayankha "Kylie," wothandizira wodziwikiratu wozindikira mawu yemwe adapatsidwa dzina lofanana ndi wothandizira wa Patrick pa Sky Masters Inc.
    
  "Tikufuna zipinda ziwiri za motelo kapena hotelo pafupi ndi usiku ndipo mwina zina zitatu mawa ndi mawa ku timu ya sergeant major," adatero Patrick. "Ine ndikhala pano usikuuno; 'Wapolisi' abwerera ku likulu." "Cop" linali dzina la pulezidenti Martindale.
    
  "Inde, bwana," anayankha Kylie. "Ndalandira kale njira yatsopano ya 'Cop'. Nditumiza zidziwitso zotumizidwa kwa Sergeant Major nthawi yomweyo. "
    
  "Zikomo," anatero Patrick. "Kutuluka." Kwa Brad anati, "Kokera mpando, mwana wanga. Sindingathe kudikirira kuti ndipezeke. " Brad anapeza mabotolo amadzi m"firiji yaing"ono. Wapolisiyo anatulutsa chingwe chochindikala m"thumba la lamba wake, n"kuchilowetsa m"chingwe cha ma volti 220, n"kuima molunjika, kenako n"kuundana pamalo ake. Brad anabweretsa mpando ndi madzi ku CID. Mkati mwa robot muja Patrick anangomwetulira ndi nkhope ya mwana wakeyo. "Zodabwitsa, sichoncho, Brad?" - adatero.
    
  "'Zodabwitsa' sizimayandikira n"komwe kuzifotokoza, Atate," Brad anatero, akugwedeza mutu wake, kenaka anakanikizira botolo loziziralo ku chilonda chotupa chimene chinali pamutu pake. Anaphunzira mosamala dipatimenti yofufuza milandu. "Ugona bwino kumeneko?"
    
  "Nthawi zambiri ndimagona. Sindifuna kugona kwambiri. N"chimodzimodzinso ndi chakudya. Analowa m"chipinda china chokhala ndi zida za lamba wake n"kutulutsa chidebe chopindika chooneka ngati botolo lalikulu. "Zakudya zokhazikika zimatsanuliridwa mwa ine. Dipatimenti ya Criminal Investigation Department ikuyesa magazi anga ndi kusintha kadyedwe kake." Brad anangokhala pamenepo, akupukusa mutu pang"ono. "Ndifunseni kalikonse, Brad," Patrick pomalizira pake anatero.
    
  "Munatani?" Brad adafunsa patadutsa mphindi zingapo kuti achotse malingaliro ake oyandama. "Ndikutanthauza, Purezidenti Martindale akukulangizani kuchita chiyani?"
    
  "Ndimathera nthawi yanga yambiri ndikuphunzitsidwa ndi Chris Wall ndi magulu ena achindunji pogwiritsa ntchito zida ndi zida zosiyanasiyana," adatero Patrick. "Amagwiritsanso ntchito makompyuta ndi masensa anga kukonzekera ntchito zomwe zingatheke ndikundiwunika." Anakhala kaye kaye pang'ono, kenako ananena momveka bwino kuti, "Koma nthawi zambiri ndimayima m'chipinda chogona, cholumikizidwa ndi mphamvu, mankhwala, kutaya zinyalala ndi data, kusanthula ma sensor ndi intaneti, ndikulumikizana ndi dziko lapansi. mtundu wa. Pa digito. "
    
  "Kodi mukukhala m'chipinda chosungiramo zinthu?"
    
  "Ndilibe chifukwa chokhalira pano pokhapokha ngati tili pa maphunziro kapena ntchito," adatero Patrick. "Ndikuwopseza anthu mokwanira kale, ndikuganiza."
    
  "Palibe amene amalankhula nawe?"
    
  "Panthawi yophunzitsidwa kapena maopareshoni, inde," adatero Patrick. "Ndimatolera malipoti a zomwe ndikuwona ndikuzitumiza ku Martindale kuti tikambirane. Nditha kutumizirana mameseji ndi teleconference pafupifupi aliyense. "
    
  "Ayi, ndikutanthauza ... kungolankhula nanu monga momwe tikuchitira pano," adatero Brad. "Iwe ukadali iwe. Ndiwe Patrick McLanahan."
    
  Kupuma kwina; ndiye: "Sindinakhalepo wolankhula kwambiri, mwana," iye anatero pomalizira pake. Brad sanakonde yankho ili, koma sananene kalikonse. "Kupatula apo, sindinkafuna kuti wina aliyense adziwe kuti ndine wochokera ku dipatimenti yofufuza milandu. Amaganiza kuti ali m'nyumba yosungiramo katundu ndipo gulu la oyendetsa ndege amafika kuti akaphunzitse naye. Sakudziwa kuti ali wotanganidwa maola makumi awiri ndi anayi patsiku / mphindi zisanu ndi ziwiri. " Anaona nkhope ya mwana wakeyo ili yachisoni kwambiri ndipo anafunitsitsa kumukumbatira.
    
  "Sizikukhala ... ukudziwa udindo wake?" - Adafunsa Brad.
    
  Patrick anati: "Ngati zilipo, sindingathe kuzizindikira. Koma nthawi ndi nthawi amandipititsa ku dipatimenti ina yofufuza milandu.
    
  "Amapanga? Ndiye mutha kukhala kunja kwa CID?"
    
  "Kwa kanthaŵi kochepa kwambiri, inde," anatero Patrick. Amasintha mabandeji, amandipatsa mankhwala ngati ndiwafuna, amawunika zinthu monga kamvekedwe ka minofu ndi kachulukidwe ka mafupa, kenako ndikunditsitsa mu robot yoyera.
    
  "Ndiye ndikhoza kukuwonaninso!"
    
  "Brad, sindikuganiza kuti ukufuna kundiona," Patrick anatero. "Ndinali wotopa kwambiri chifukwa chokhala pamphepo chifukwa cha bomba lomwe linagwa la B-1 kwa nthawi yayitali. Mwa njira, zikomo potibwezeretsa bwino komanso bwino. "
    
  "Mwalandilidwa. Koma ndikufuna kukuwonani."
    
  Patrick anati: "Tidzakambirana nthawi ikakwana. Amandipatsa chidziwitso kwa masiku angapo. Ndili pa chithandizo cha moyo ndili kunja. "
    
  Brad ankaoneka wokhumudwa kwambiri kuposa poyamba. "Kodi zonsezi ndi za chiyani, bambo?" - adafunsa atakhala chete kwa nthawi yayitali. "Kodi mudzakhala mtundu wina wa makina opha anthu apamwamba kwambiri monga Sergeant Major adanena kuti munakhala?"
    
  "Sergeant wamkulu amatha kukhala mfumukazi yamasewera nthawi zina," adatero Patrick. "Brad, ndinazindikira kufunika kwa mphatso ya moyo chifukwa inali itatsala pang"ono kulandidwa kwa ine. Ndikudziwa mmene moyo ulili wamtengo wapatali panopa. Koma ndikufunanso kuteteza dziko lathu, ndipo tsopano ndili ndi luso lochita izi. "
    
  "Ndiyeno chiyani?"
    
  Kwa kanthawi Brad adaganiza kuti adawona abambo ake akukweza mapewa ake akuluakulu okhala ndi zida. "Kunena zoona, sindikudziwa," anatero Patrick. "Koma Purezidenti Martindale adatenga nawo gawo pakupanga mabungwe ambiri achinsinsi omwe adateteza ndikulimbikitsa mfundo zakunja ndi zankhondo zaku America kwazaka zambiri."
    
  "Kodi pali chilichonse chomwe mungandiuze?" - Adafunsa Brad.
    
  Patrick anaganiza kaye, kenako anagwedeza mutu. "Mwawona Predator ali ndi chishango cha Customs and Border Protection, koma ndikuganiza kuti mwazindikira kuti alonda ndi antchito ena pano si CBP. Iyi ndi njira imodzi yochitira kafukufuku ku United States koma osakaniratu. Izi zimapatsa White House ndi Pentagon malo ambiri oti azichita. "
    
  "Zikumveka ngati gehena, bambo."
    
  "Izi zikhoza kukhala zoona, koma timagwiranso ntchito zazikulu zomwe ndikuwona kuti zalepheretsa dziko kumenyana kangapo," adatero Patrick. "Ine ndi Purezidenti Martindale tinkagwira ntchito ndi kampani yachitetezo yotchedwa Scion Aviation International, yomwe inkapereka ntchito zoyang'anira ndege, ndipo pamapeto pake, kuukira asilikali a US. Nditalowa nawo Sky Masters ndidasiya zomwe Scion akuchita, koma tsopano ndikudziwa kuti adapitilizabe. Amagwira ntchito zambiri zowunikira zigawenga padziko lonse lapansi mogwirizana ndi boma la US. "
    
  "Martindale wayamba kundikwiyitsa, Atate," adatero Brad. "Iye ndi mkangano pakati pa wandale wodekha ndi generalissimo."
    
  "Iye ndi mtundu wa munthu yemwe saganiza bwino ndikugwira ntchitoyo - nthawi zonse amayesetsa kupeza njira," adatero Patrick. "Monga Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti wa United States, Martindale ndiye adalimbikitsa kugwiritsa ntchito ndege zoyeserera zapamwamba komanso zida zomwe zidapangidwa pamalo oyesera achinsinsi ku Dreamland ndi kwina kulikonse komwe adatcha "ndege zoyeserera," komanso Purezidenti wa United States, adapanga bungwe la intelligence la Agency lomwe limathandizira mobisa CIA ndi mabungwe ena padziko lonse lapansi, kuphatikiza ku United States. "
    
  "Apanso, Atate, zikumveka ngati zoletsedwa."
    
  "Masiku ano, mwina," Patrick anayankha. "M"nthawi ya Nkhondo Yozizira, andale komanso akuluakulu a boma ankafunafuna njira zokwaniritsira ntchitoyi popanda kuphwanya malamulo kapena malamulo. Lamuloli lidaletsa CIA kuti isagwire ntchito ku US, koma magulu owunikira anthu wamba komanso magulu othandizira anzeru sanali oletsedwa. Tanthauzo lawo, umunthu wawo ndi cholinga chawo zasokonezedwa dala. "
    
  "Ndiye mukufuna mutani adad?" - Adafunsa Brad.
    
  "Ndinapatsidwa chinthu chimene sindingathe kubweza: mphatso ya moyo," anatero Patrick. "Ndili ndi ngongole kwa Purezidenti Martindale pondipatsa mphatsoyi. Sindikunena kuti ndikhala mercenary yake kuyambira pano, koma ndikulolera kutsatira njira iyi kuti ndiwone komwe inganditengere. " Brad anali ndi nkhope yodandaula kwambiri. "Tiyeni tisinthe theme. Chimodzi mwazinthu zomwe ndimayang'anitsitsa tsiku lililonse ndi inu, osachepera moyo wanu wa digito, womwe ndi wochulukira masiku ano. Nditha kupeza malo anu ochezera a pa Intaneti ndipo ndimatha kupeza makamera ena achitetezo pasukulupo komanso makamera achitetezo kunyumba kwanu komanso pabwalo la ndege mubwalo la ndege. Sindinachotse maso anga pa inu. Simunachite zambiri zowuluka kapena chilichonse kupatula ntchito yakusukulu. Ndikuwona kuti muli otanganidwa ndi ntchito ya Starfire."
    
  Brad anati: "Tinauza Dr. Nukaga za nkhaniyi masana ano. Zinali zabwino kumuwona atayamba kuyankhula zakusukulu, Patrick adaganiza. "Bola sindimuika m'mutu mwake kuti iyi ndi ntchito yachinsinsi yankhondo, yomwe siili, ndikuganiza kuti tili ndi mwayi wabwino. Mmodzi mwa atsogoleri a gulu lathu, Jung Bae Kim, amagwirizana kwambiri ndi Nukaga. Akhoza kukhala ace athu m'dzenje. "
    
  "Gulu lanu lonse ndi lodabwitsa," adatero Patrick. "Makolo a Lane Egan ndi ofufuza apamwamba padziko lonse lapansi, ndipo mwina ndi wanzeru kuposa onse awiri ataphatikizidwa. Jodie Cavendish anali katswiri wamaphunziro a sayansi pasukulu yasekondale ku Australia. Analandira ma patent khumi ndi awiri asanamalize chaka chake choyamba ku koleji.
    
  Nkhope ya Brad inagwanso. "Ndikuganiza kuti muli ndi nthawi yochuluka yofufuza pa Intaneti, sichoncho Atate?" - adayankha mwabata, kamvekedwe kachisoni.
    
  Panthawiyi, Patrick adamasula ndikuyandikira kwa mwana wake, ndikumukulunga ndi manja ake onyamula zida ndikumugwira pafupi. "Sindikufuna kuti undimvere chisoni, Brad," iye anatero patapita mphindi zingapo. "Sindikufuna kuti undimvere chisoni." Anabwerera pampando wake, wolumikizidwa ndi netiweki, kenako adawongoka ndikuwuma. "Chonde musatero. Monga ndidanenera, ndikumva kulumikizana kwambiri ndi inu chifukwa ndimatha kukuwonani ndikukuwonani pa intaneti. Ndakutumiziraninso ma tweet kangapo. "
    
  Monga ngati chithunzithunzi chanyezimira, nkhope ya Brad inawala modabwa. "Kodi muli ndi? Ndinu ndani? Dzina lanu la Twitter ndani?"
    
  "Ndilibe. Ine sindiri wowoneka."
    
  "Zosaoneka?"
    
  "Siziwoneka kwa wogwiritsa ntchito kapena alendo ena." Brad ankawoneka wokayikira. "Ndimaonera m"malo ochezera a pa Intaneti a munthu wina popanda "kucheza" naye, Brad. Mabungwe ambiri aboma ngakhalenso makampani ali ndi kuthekera kotere. Ndimasaka mauthenga pogwiritsa ntchito mawu osakira ndikusiyirani mauthenga. Nthawi zina amangokhala 'monga' kapena mawu amodzi kapena awiri. Ndimangokonda kukuwonani. Ndine wokhutila kumangoyang"ana ndi kuŵerenga."
    
  Ngakhale mwana wake wamwamuna anali ndi nkhawa poganiza za anthu osadziwika, makampani kapena mabungwe aboma omwe ali ndi mwayi wopeza zolemba zake pawailesi yakanema, Patrick adaganiza kuti iyi ndiye Brad wosangalala kwambiri yemwe adawoneka kuyambira pomwe adachoka ku Sherpa. "Mukudziwa chiyani, bambo? Nthawi zonse ndinali ndi kumverera, osati kwamphamvu kwambiri, koma penapake mu kuya kwa moyo wanga, kuti mumandiyang'ana. Ndinkaganiza kuti chinali chinachake chachipembedzo kapena chauzimu, monga kuti unali mzimu wako kapena unali kumwamba kapena chinachake. Ndimawaganiziranso chimodzimodzi amayi anga."
    
  "Unali kulondola. Ndakhala ndikukuwonani ... ngakhale kuyankhula nanu pa digito. Ndipo ndikuganiza kuti amayi akutisamaliranso."
    
  "Zopanda. Khulupirirani mmene mukumvera," Brad anatero, akugwedeza mutu wake mosakhulupirira.
    
  "Tiyeni tikambirane za Cal Poly."
    
  "Ndiyenera kubwerera, Atate," anatero Brad. "Ndikubwerera. Starfire ndi yayikulu kwambiri. Ngati mumandimvetsera, mukudziwa kufunika kwake."
    
  "Ndikudziwa kuti unagwira ntchito molimbika pa izi," adatero Patrick. "Koma sindikulola kuti ubwerere mpaka nditatsimikizira kuti uli bwino. Nyumba yomwe mudakhalamo ikutseka - yangokhala yokha basi. "
    
  "Ndiye ndidzakhala m"nyumba zogonamo ndi kukadyera m"malo odyera," anatero Brad. "Adzaza kwambiri. Sindikudziwa kuti ndi ntchito yochuluka bwanji yomwe ndingachite kumeneko, koma ndili ndi mwayi wofikira 24/7 ku nyumba ya Reinhold Aerospace Engineering - ndingathe kugwira ntchito kumeneko. "
    
  "Ngati wina atha kupeza njira yoti mubwerereko bwino, ndi Chris Wohl," adatero Patrick. "Ndiye mwasankha bwanji Cal Poly?"
    
  "Sukulu yabwino koposa ya uinjiniya wa zakuthambo ku West Coast imene ndingaloŵemo ndi magiredi anga," anatero Brad. "Ndikuganiza kuti mpira wochuluka, kulondera kwa ndege ndi ndege zachifundo za Angel Flight West kusukulu yasekondale zakhudza kwambiri maphunziro anga." Anaima kwa kanthaŵi, ndiyeno anafunsa kuti, "Ndiye sizinangochitika mwangozi kuti Rancherita analipo pamene ndinali kufunafuna malo okhala?" Kodi izi ndi za Sergeant Major?
    
  "Ndi ya Scion Aviation," adatero Patrick. Ndinkaona kuti kunali kosavuta kukuyang'anirani kumeneko kusiyana ndi m'nyumba zogona. Ndiye umakondadi Cal Poly?"
    
  "Cal Poly ndi sukulu yabwino kwambiri, ndimakonda maprofesa anga ambiri, ndipo ili pamtunda wa P210, kotero ndimatha kuwuluka kupita ku Battle Mountain kukacheza ndi Sondra Eddington nthawi iliyonse yomwe ndingathe."
    
  "Awiri mwakhala bwino, sichoncho?"
    
  "Inde, koma ndizovuta kupita patsogolo," adatero Brad. "Nthawi zonse amakhala kulibe ndipo ndilibe nthawi yopuma."
    
  "Mukufunabe kukhala woyesa ndege?"
    
  "Ndikukayikira kuti nditero, Atate," anatero Brad. "Nthawi zonse ndinkalumikizana ndi Boomer, Gonzo, Dr. Richter ndi Dr. Kaddiri ochokera ku Sky Masters ndi Colonel Hoffman ochokera ku Warbirds. Mwina atha kundipezera mwayi wophunzirira ku Test Pilot School ku Nevada pakati pa zaka zanga zaunyamata ndi zazikulu ngati ndisunga magiredi anga, ndipo mwina Sky Masters angandithandizire kupeza malo mkalasi monga a Warbirds amachitira Kosatha ndi maphunziro a Sondra owuluka. ndege za m'mlengalenga mu Sky Masters."Warbirds Forever" inali malo okonzera ndege pa Steed Airport ku Reno, Nevada, yomwe inaphunzitsanso oyendetsa ndege wamba pamitundu yosiyanasiyana ya ndege, kuchokera ku ndege zakale zapamwamba, ma bizjet a madola mamiliyoni ambiri ndi ndege zankhondo mpaka zopuma; Sondra Eddington anali mmodzi mwa aphunzitsi awo oyendetsa ndege.
    
  "Zikomo. Ndikuganiza kuti muli panjira yoyenera."
    
  "Zikomo bambo". Brad anaima kaye, kuyang'ana CID mmwamba ndi pansi, ndikumwetulira. "Ndizosangalatsa kulankhulanso nanu, Atate," iye anatero pomalizira pake. "Ndikuganiza kuti ndayamba kuzolowera kuti watsekeredwa m'galimoto."
    
  "Ndinadziŵa kuti poyamba zingakuvuteni, ndipo mwinanso pambuyo pake," anatero Patrick. "Ndinali kuganiza kuti ndisamusiye Sherpa kapena kukuuzani kuti ndine, kungoti mupewe ululu umene unayambitsa. Pulezidenti Martindale ndi ine tinakambirana za izo, ndipo ananena kuti azisewera momwe ine ndikufunira. Ndine wokondwa kuti ndakuuzani, ndipo ndine wokondwa kuti mwayamba kuzolowera."
    
  Brad anati: "Ndimamva kuti simuli kumeneko. "Mukunena kuti ndinu bambo anga, koma ndikudziwa bwanji?"
    
  "Ukufuna undiyese?" -Patrick anafunsa. "Pitirizani".
    
  "CHABWINO. Nthawi zonse mumandiphikira chakudya chamadzulo chomwe chinali chosavuta kwa inu komanso chathanzi kwa ine."
    
  "Macaroni ndi tchizi ndi agalu okazinga okazinga," adatero Patrick nthawi yomweyo. "Mwakonda kwambiri mtundu wa MRE."
    
  "Amayi?"
    
  "Munamwaza phulusa lake m'nyanja pafupi ndi Coronado," adatero Patrick. "Zinali zodabwitsa: phulusa linanyezimira ngati siliva, ndipo linkawoneka ngati silinakhudzepo madzi. Iwo anathamanga mmwamba, osati pansi."
    
  "Ndimakumbukira tsiku limenelo," anatero Brad. "Anyamata omwe tinali nawo anali achisoni, koma simunawoneke achisoni."
    
  "Ndikudziwa," adatero Patrick. "Ndinkakhulupirira kuti monga mtsogoleri sindiyenera kusonyeza chisoni, mantha, kufooka kapena chisoni, ngakhale kwa mkazi wanga. Izi zinali zolakwika. Nthawi zonse ndimaganiza kuti simunazindikire. Mwachionekere munatero." Patapita kanthawi pang"ono, anawonjezera kuti, "Pepani mwana wanga. Mayi ako anali mkazi wodabwitsa. Sindinakuuzenipo nkhani za zomwe adachita. Ndikunong'oneza bondo kuti nanenso. Ndidzakukhululukirani."
    
  "Zingakhale zabwino, Atate." Brad analoza paphewa pa C-23C Sherpa. "Kodi iyi ndi ndege yanu?"
    
  "Mmodzi mwa ambiri omwe adasonkhanitsa Purezidenti Martindale," adatero Patrick. "Owonjezera US Air Force ku Europe. Iyi ndiye ndege yaying'ono kwambiri yonyamula katundu yomwe ndingakwanemo. Ali ndi ndege yonyamula katundu ya Boeing 737-800 yopita kunja. Amawapaka onse akuda, ngakhale kuti ndi owopsa komanso osaloledwa, komanso amasokoneza kwambiri machitidwe owongolera zachilengedwe a ndegeyo. Iye wakhala monga chonchi kuyambira pamene ine ndinamudziwa iye: chirichonse ndi njira yodzitetezera ndi mantha, ngakhale mtundu wa utoto pa ndege, ndipo osasamalira zotsatira za makina, chikhalidwe kapena ndale. "
    
  "Kodi mumawauza Aunt Nancy ndi Aunt Margaret?" - Adafunsa Brad.
    
  "Sindidzanena konse, Brad, koma pakali pano ndikufuna kukhalako kwanga kukhale kwachinsinsi," anatero Patrick. "Iwenso sungathe kuuza aliyense. Purezidenti Martindale yekha, Purezidenti Phoenix, Chris Wall ndi ena ochepa amadziwa. Ngakhale Dr. Kaddiri ndi Dr. Richter ochokera ku Sky Masters sakudziwa, ndipo kampani yawo ndi kontrakitala wamkulu pakupanga zida za cybernetic za ana oyenda pansi. Kwa ena onse, ndine chizindikiro chabe. "
    
  "Ichi ndi chiyani?"
    
  Tinapuma pang"ono, kenako Patrick anayankha kuti: ""Kuuka kwa akufa." "
    
  "Tikuganiza kuti zitha kuchitika, bwana," adatero Chris Wall pomwe iye ndi azibambo ake adalowa mnyumbamo m'mawa kwambiri. Anaika chikwama cha masangweji am'mawa patebulo m'chipinda chamsonkhano momwe Brad amagona.
    
  Nthawi yomweyo Brad adadzuka ndikutsata Vol ndi azibambo ake kupita kumalo osungiramo zinthu zakale komwe kunali dipatimenti yofufuza milandu. "Mwapanga plan mwachangu chonchi?" iye anazindikira. "Palibe ngakhale 6 koloko m'mawa."
    
  "General adati posachedwa," Vol adati ngati palibe chomwe chidachitika. "Tinagwira ntchito usiku wonse." Polankhula ndi a Patrick ochokera ku CID, adati, "Bwana, tatsitsa mamapu a sukuluyi ndi madera ozungulira ndipo talandila zambiri za Campus Security Police Unit, City Police, San Luis Obispo County Sheriff's department, California Highway Patrol, ndi malamulo aboma. mabungwe achitetezo okhala mkati ndi kuzungulira mzinda wa San Luis Obispo. Mabungwe onse ali ndi antchito abwino kwambiri komanso ophunzitsidwa bwino. Apolisi a pasukulupo ali ndi njira yowonera makanema ambiri - pafupifupi khomo lililonse ndi kolowera m'nyumba zophunzirira ndi zoyang'anira, pafupifupi ngodya iliyonse yamisewu, ndipo khomo lililonse lakunja la nyumba ina iliyonse yamasukulu lili ndi makamera ndikujambulidwa. Milandu ikuluikulu pasukulupo sizikuwoneka ngati vuto lalikulu.
    
  "Pali ophunzira pafupifupi zikwi khumi ndi zisanu ndi zinayi pamsasa," adatero. "Ophunzirawo kwenikweni ndi ochokera ku California, makamaka azungu, Achispanic ndi Asia; ndi awiri okha pa zana aliwonse a ophunzira ochokera kumaiko ena, ndipo khumi ndi asanu okha pa zana aliwonse a ophunzira ochokera kumayiko ena akuchokera ku Eastern Europe. Derali ndi lakumidzi komanso lamapiri ndipo silikuwoneka kuti lili ndi zigawenga zazikulu, ngakhale pali malipoti ambiri okhudza ma meth labs ndi mafamu a chamba kumadera akumidzi omwe akuthetsedwa mwachangu ndi maboma, maboma ndi maboma omwe akuwoneka kuti akugwira ntchito limodzi. .ndi mnzako.
    
  "Zovuta: Kufikira kusukulu ndi nyumba zambiri nthawi zambiri kumakhala kosalamulirika, ngakhale kuti nyumba zamasukulu, ma laboratories, ndi makalasi zitha kutsekedwa patali pogwiritsa ntchito chitetezo cha pasukulupo; ndipo kulumikizana kwadzidzidzi kudzera pa mameseji ndikwabwino kwambiri, "adatero Wohl. "Komabe, popeza kulowa sikumayendetsedwa, zingakhale zosavuta kuti gulu langa lilowe m"sukulu ngati kuli kofunikira. Kuzindikira wolowerera kapena kuyang'anira pakati pa ophunzira onse kungakhale kovuta, ndipo kuphunzitsa njira zotsutsana ndi zotsutsana ziyenera kukhala zovomerezeka kuti Bradley azindikire mthunzi. Mfuti siziloledwa pasukulupo, ndipo zilolezo zobisika zamfuti ndizosatheka kuzipeza m'chigawo chino, kapena m'boma lonse pankhaniyi, koma pakhala pali malipoti ambiri a ophunzira omwe ali ndi zida. 'Wapolisi' atha kukuthandizani kuti mupeze chilolezo chonyamula mfuti yobisika. Ndende ya m'chigawocho ndi yosakwana mailosi awiri kumwera, ndipo California Men's Colony, ndende yachitetezo chocheperako komanso yapakatikati, ndi yosakwana mailosi atatu kumpoto chakumadzulo . San Luis Obispo Regional Airport ili pamtunda wamakilomita anayi kumwera.
    
  "Zolinga zanga, bwana, kutengera kusanthula kwathu koyambirira, zikhala zoti mwana wanu abwerere kusukulu posachedwa, koma osati kumaholo okhala anthu," Vol adamaliza. "Tingamulimbikitse kuti asamukire ku nyumba ina yotchedwa Poly Canyon. Zili ngati nyumba yanyumba, ili ndi ophunzira ochepa, ili kutali kwambiri ndi sukulu yayikulu, nyumba iliyonse ili ndi woyang'anira wake wanthawi zonse komanso gulu lachitetezo chanthawi zonse, ndipo pali othandizira othandizira ophunzira pagawo lililonse- okhala, ambiri. akuwoneka kuti akutsegula maso nthawi zonse. Zisanu ndi ziwiri. Tikuyerekeza kuti akanakhala ndi mwayi wopulumuka ngati akanaphunzitsidwa bwino za kulondolera, kudzitchinjiriza ndi luso la zida komanso kunyamula mfuti."
    
  "Ndikufuna kuchita zonse!" - Adadandaula Brad. "Ndiyamba liti?"
    
  TIE anakhala wosasunthika kwa mphindi zingapo, koma potsiriza anasuntha mutu wake. "Lipoti labwino kwambiri, Sergeant Major," adatero Patrick. "Zikomo".
    
  "Mwalandiridwa, bwana."
    
  "Konzani ndondomeko yolimbitsa thupi ya Bradley kumalo ochitira masewera olimbitsa thupi kapena malo ofanana," adatero Patrick. "Ndikukhulupirira kuti Chief Ratel akadali mderali. Yambani msanga. Ndilumikizana ndi "The Cop" ndikumupempha kuti agwire ntchito yovomerezeka yonyamula katundu yobisika ndikulowa ku Poly Canyon. Phunzitsani Brad za momwe angagwiritsire ntchito mfuti ndi kuinyamula nthawi zonse mpaka titapeza chilolezo chobisira chobisidwa mwalamulo."
    
  "Inde, bwana," Wohl adayankha, akutembenuka ndikulowa m'chipinda chamsonkhano ndi anzake.
    
  "Kylie." Patrick analankhula mu comm system yake.
    
  "Inde, bwana?" Adayankha choncho wothandizira makompyuta.
    
  "Ndikufuna mwachangu nthawi yachilimwe komanso chaka chonse kunyumba ya ophunzira ku Poly Canyon ku Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Campus ya Bradley McLanahan," adatero. "Ndikufunanso chilolezo chobisika cha Bradley, kuphatikizapo chilolezo chopitira ku koleji. Nenani pempholi ku likulu ndi kwa 'Wapolisi' - angafunike kuthandizidwa kuthana ndi zopinga zilizonse zaudindo kapena ndale."
    
  "Inde, bwana".
    
  "Sindikumasukabe ndi izi, Brad," Patrick adatero, akuchotsa wothandizira wake wamagetsi, "koma ngati tingakufikitseni ku Poly Canyon ndipo Staff Sergeant akhoza kukuphunzitsani, ndimva bwino. Ndikukhulupirira kuti aku Russia sakuvutitsani inu kapena azakhali anu mutakumana ndi Sergeant Major Wohl, koma tikuganiza kuti abweranso ndikuyesanso akaphatikizananso ndikukusakani, ndiye tiyesetsa kukutetezani ndikukhalabe otetezeka. kusukulu. Ndikukhulupirira kuti Gryzlov adzatumiza magulu ambiri mukangofika, kotero tili ndi nthawi yochepa yoti tikuphunzitseni, ndipo Chris ndi gulu lake sadzakhalapo nthawi zonse kuti azikuyang'anirani, choncho ndikofunika kuti muphunzire mwamsanga. momwe tingathere"
    
  "Zikomo, Atate," anatero Brad. Anayenda pafupi ndi CID ndikumukumbatira, poganizira loboti yayikulu poti bambo ake amkafewa pofika mphindi. "Zingakhale zabwino. Ndigwira ntchito molimbika pa izi, ndikulonjeza. Mmodzi mwa atsogoleri a gulu langa amakhala ku Poly Canyon, ndipo Sondra sanabwerere kunyumba, ndikadafuna kukhala naye. "
    
  "Ingokumbukirani kusunga maso ndi makutu anu ndikumvetsera mawu aang'ono kumbuyo kwa mutu wanu omwe anakuuzani kuti abambo anu akukuyang'anirani," adatero Patrick. "Izi zikuchenjezani za ngozi."
    
  "Ndichita, bambo."
    
  "Chabwino. Kambiranani ndi Sergeant Major ndikukonzereni kuti akuperekezeni ku hotel ku town mpaka tidzakupezereni chipinda pa campus. Mwinanso mukufunika kufotokoza nkhani yanu ndikulankhula ndi apolisi za zomwe zidachitika ku famuyo. Ndikubwerera ku St. George madzulo ano."
    
  "Kubwerera ku chipinda chosungiramo zinthu zakale?"
    
  "Kumene ndingayese zolinga zanga ndikugwidwanso," adatero Patrick. "Ndikulumikizana, Brad. Ndimakukonda, mwana wanga."
    
  "Inenso ndimakukondani, Atate," anatero Brad. Anakumbatiranso CID, kenako adalowa mchipinda chamsonkhano ndikupeza Chris Wall. "Zikomo kwambiri kuti lipoti ili lichitike mwachangu kwambiri, Sergeant Major," adatero. "Sindinadziwe kuti campus inali yotetezeka kwambiri."
    
  "Sizili choncho," adatero Vol, "osati kwa inu motsutsana ndi achiwembu aku Russia."
    
  Kumwetulira kwa Brad kunazimiririka. "Kunena chiyani?" Adafunsa modabwa ndi nkhope yake.
    
  "Ganizilani izi, McLanahan: Ophunzira zikwi khumi ndi zisanu ndi zinayi, mwina enanso zikwi zisanu zamaphunziro ndi othandizira, adadzaza malo osakwana ma kilomita atatu," adatero Wohl. "Aliyense akhoza kubwera ndikuyenda maola 24 patsiku kulikonse komwe akufuna. Pali wapolisi m'modzi yekha wolumbirira pasukulupo kwa ophunzira chikwi chilichonse omwe akugwira ntchito, ndipo alibe zida zolemetsa kapena maphunziro a SWAT. Mwamaliza maphunziro anu onse atsopano, kotero kuti kukula kwa kalasi yanu kudzakhala kochepa kuyambira pano, koma mudzakhala mukupitabe m'makalasi ndi ma lab omwe ali ndi ana ambiri."
    
  "Ndiye n"chifukwa chiyani unandiuza kuti ndibwerere?"
    
  "Chifukwa ndikuganiza kuti abambo ako amakuderani nkhawa kwambiri-angasangalale kwambiri kukutsekerani, kukuikani m"bokosi labwino, lotetezeka monga momwe amachitira, ndi kukupatsani mwayi wofikira dziko kudzera pa Intaneti," anatero Wohl. "Sakanasamala kuti mungakhale osasangalala bwanji, chifukwa m'maganizo mwake mungakhale otetezeka kudziko loopsa lomwe adakhalamo ndikumenyera nkhondo pafupifupi moyo wake wonse."
    
  "Ndiye bwanji ukusamala zomwe bambo anga akufuna kundichitira, Sergeant Major?" - Adafunsa Brad. "Sindikukudziwani komanso simukundidziwa. Unanena kuti sindiwe bwenzi la abambo anga. N"chifukwa chiyani ukusamala?"
    
  Vol ananyalanyaza funsolo. "Zidziwitso zomwe ndidapereka zinali zolondola: iyi ndi malo otetezeka komanso mzinda," adatero m'malo mwake. Pokonzekera pang'ono, ngoziyo imatha kuwongolera, mwinanso kuchepetsedwa. Adamwetulira kwambiri Brad, yemwe akuwoneka kuti wakwiya, ndipo adawonjezera kuti, "Kupatula apo, ine ndi anthu anga tili ndi inu, ndipo tapatsidwa mwayi wopanga pulogalamu yophunzitsira kuti bulu wanu awoneke bwino ndikuphunzitsa. inu njira yoyenera yowonera dziko. Tsiku lililonse, ola limodzi pa tsiku."
    
  "Tsiku lililonse? Sindingathe kuphunzitsa tsiku lililonse. Ndili ndi..."
    
  "Tsiku lililonse, McLanahan," adatero Vol. "Mudzaphunzitsa tsiku lililonse, mvula kapena kuwala, odwala kapena athanzi, mayeso kapena masiku, kapena ndikutumizani kwa abambo anu ndipo adzakutsekerani mosangalala m'miyala yofiira yakumwera kwa Utah. Mudzachita zolemera ndi zolimbitsa thupi zolimbitsa thupi; cane-Jah ndi Krav Maga pofuna kudziteteza; ndikuchita makalasi ndi ziwonetsero pakuwunika, kuwunikira, kufufuza, kuyang'anira ndi njira zozindikiritsa. " Adayambanso kumwetulira koyipako, ndikuwonjezera, "Mukuganiza kuti Chirombo Chachiwiri ku Air Force Academy chinali chabwino? Simunawone kalikonse pano, Bubba. Kumwetulira kwa Vol kudasowa ndipo mawonekedwe oganiza bwino adawonekera pankhope yake. "Chinthu choyamba chomwe tikuyenera kuchita ndikukupatsani chikwangwani chanu," adatero.
    
  "Chizindikiro choyimba? Chifukwa chiyani ndikufunika chizindikiro choyimbira?"
    
  Vol anati: "Chifukwa ndatopa kukutchulani kuti "McLanahan" - sillables zambiri." Kupatula apo, MacLanahan ndi bambo ako ndithu mpaka ataya mtima, ndipo sindikuganiza kuti zimenezi zidzachitika kwa nthawi yaitali. "Anayang'ana anzake omwe anali nawo m'chipinda chamsonkhano, onse atatu anali aatali, amphongo-nsagwada komanso minofu yambiri, Hollywood version ya Navy SEAL yomwe Brad ankaganiza kuti mwina analipo kale. ?"
    
  "Pussy," adatero mmodzi. Iye anali wamkulu mwa atatuwo, ataimirira kupitirira mapazi asanu ndi limodzi ndi kulemera kwa mapaundi mazana awiri, ali ndi khosi lochindikala, mapewa otakata otambasuka mpaka m"chiuno chopyapyala, otambasukanso mpaka ku ntchafu zochindikala ndi ana a ng"ombe, kenaka opindikanso ku akakolo. Ankawoneka ngati katswiri wolimbitsa thupi, Brad anaganiza. "Zili bwino, mungowapereka kwa abwana. Adzazitafuna ndi kulavula, General amutumiza ku St. George, ndiyeno sitidzalimbana naye.
    
  "Flex, tili ndi ntchito yoti tigwire," adatero Vol. "Uzisunga maganizo ako. Dice?"
    
  "Kolobok"
    
  "Weirdo," anatero wachitatu.
    
  "Khala wabwino kwa mnyamatayo," adatero Vol, akumwetuliranso. "Anali ndi zokumana nazo zomvetsa chisoni kwambiri komanso ndi wophunzira waukadaulo wolimbikira ntchito."
    
  "Mnyamata wanzeru, eti?" - adafunsa wotchedwa Dice. "Mwana wanga ankaonera pa TV katuni yopanda ubongo yotchedwa Dexter"s Laboratory komwe mwana wanzeru kwambiriyu amamenyedwa ndi mlongo wake wopusa. Tiyeni timutchule 'Dexter'. "
    
  "Ndimakondabe 'Doughboy'," anatero wachitatu.
    
  "Uyu ndi Dexter," Vol adalengeza.
    
  Brad anati: "Zimenezi ndi zochititsa manyazi. "Ndidzasankha ndekha."
    
  "Dexter, makalata oimbira foni amapezedwa ndikusankhidwa ndi anzanu, osati nokha," adatero Vol. "Simunapezebe kalikonse. Koma zizindikiro zoyimbira zimatha kusintha, poyipa komanso pabwino. Gwirani ntchito molimbika ndipo mwina tikupatsani zabwinoko."
    
  "Chizindikiro chanu cha foni ndi chiyani?"
    
  "Kwa inu, ndiye 'bwana' kapena 'wantchito sergeant,' "adatero Vol, akuyang'ana Bradley mowopsa kwambiri. "Kuyenera kuti mumvetse bwino nthawi yoyamba." Nayenso, adauza amuna ake kuti, "Dice, tipezeni munthu Flex, funsani Chief Ratel ndikumufunsa ngati angatipangire pulogalamu yophunzitsira masewera a karati, kuyang'anira, ndi mfuti kuti tiphunzire mwachangu." Kwa Brad, iye anati: " Tiye tione mmene umawombera."
    
  "Kuwombera dzanja? Ndilibe mkono wowombera. "
    
  "Ndiye ndi dzanja liti lomwe umanyamula mphuno yako, Dexter? Tiyeni, tilibe tsiku lonse kutsogolo kwathu. Ox anagwira dzanja lamanja la Brad ndipo Brad anatulutsa dzanja lake. "O mulungu wanga, manja aang'ono, monga a abambo ako. Mwina ndiye chifukwa chake adalowa nawo gulu lankhondo la Air Force - analibe manja akulu mokwanira kuti agwire mfuti ya mtsikanayo. " Anakweza dzanja lake kuti membala wachitatu wa timu awone dzanja la Brad. "Rattlesnake"?
    
  "Smith & Wesson M ndi .40 cal," membala wa gulu lachitatu anatero ndi mawu akuya, owuma. "Kapena mfuti yowombera."
    
  "Izi ndi makilomita makumi anayi," adatero Vol. "Pepani." Magulu atatu aja adatenga mafoni awo ndikulowa ntchito. "Chinthu chomaliza, Dexter."
    
  Brad anati: "Ndimadana kale ndi chikwangwani choimbira fonichi.
    
  "Ndimadana kale ndi chizindikiro ichi, bwana," Vol adamuwongolera. "Ndinakuuzani: chitani zoyenera ku gulu komanso nokha, ndipo mutha kupeza chizindikiritso chabwinoko. Ndipo yambani kusonyeza ulemu kwa mabwana anu apa. Ndikadakudumphadumpha pamalopo chifukwa cha momwe unalankhulira ndi Purezidenti Martindale dzulo. Ndidzachitanso nthawi ina, ndikulonjeza." Brad anagwedeza mutu ndipo mwanzeru anakhala chete.
    
  "Titha kuchita zinthu zingapo pompano kukuthandizani kuzindikira ndi kudziteteza ku ngozi, koma palibe zambiri zomwe tingachite kwa anzanu," Vol anapitiriza. "Tawona kuti simumacheza ndi wina aliyense kupatula gulu lanu la akatswiri ofufuza za ntchito ya Starfire iyi, zomwe ndi zabwino, koma ndikufuna kuti muchepetse nthawi yanu pagulu ndi aliyense. Gulu lolanda likayamba kuwukira anzanu kuti lifike kwa inu, zitha kukhala zovuta kwa aliyense amene sitingathe kukhala nazo. Mukumvetsa?"
    
  "Inde," anatero Brad. Anamva mkwiyo ukuwonekera pa nkhope ya Vol. "Inde, bwana," iye anadziwongolera yekha.
    
  "Chabwino. Idyani chakudya cham'mawa, nyamulani katundu wanu ndipo mukhale okonzeka kutuluka pakadutsa mphindi khumi. "
    
  "Inde, bwana," anatero Brad. Anabwerera kuchipinda chamsonkhano ndipo adawona kuti masangweji onse am'mawa atha. "Ichi ndi chiyambi cha tsiku loipa kwambiri," iye anadandaula motero. Koma anayang"ana m"mbuyo kumbali ina ya nyumba yosungiramo katunduyo n"kuona dipatimenti yofufuza zaumbanda ili ndi bambo ake mkati, ndipo anamwetulira. Koma bambo anga ali moyo. Sindingakhulupirire izi. Ndikukhala m"maloto... Koma sindikusamala chifukwa bambo anga ali moyo!"
    
    
  UBWERENGA NTCHITO YOPHUNZITSA NTCHITO YA AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
  CAL POLY
  M'M'MAWA
    
    
  "Brad! Kodi zinakuchitikirani bwanji?" Lane Egan anatero Brad akulowa m"chipindamo. Enawo adalumphira kumapazi awo ndikudzidzimuka ndi mantha ataona mabala aatali, oyipa kumbali ya mutu ndi nkhope ya Brad - palibe madzi oundana omwe akanabisabe, ngakhale kutupa kunali kutachepa kwambiri.
    
  "Hey guys," adatero Brad. Onse anabwera kwa iye ndipo anasangalala kwambiri ndi kukhudzidwa kwa Jodie. "Ndili bwino, ndili bwino."
    
  "Chakuchitikira ndi chiyani?" - Adafunsa Kim Jong-bae. "Munali kuti? Mchipatala? Tinkada nkhawa kwambiri ndi inu!"
    
  "Sungakhulupirire izi, Jerry: Ndinaloŵerera m"nyumba usiku watha titapereka nkhani yathu," ananama Brad. Maso adatuluka m'mabokosi ndipo kukamwa kutseguka modabwa kwambiri. "Anyamata awiri adalowa m'nyumba ndikundimenya m'mphepete mwa mutu ndi ndodo kapena mpira wa baseball kapena chinachake."
    
  "Palibe vuto?" adafuwula onse. "Zomwe zachitika?"
    
  "Sindikudziwa," Brad ananama. "Ndinadzuka ndipo panali apolisi paliponse. Othandizira othandizira adandiyesa, ndidapereka lipoti, ndipo zidali bwino kwambiri. Anapeza mankhwala patebulo la kukhitchini ndipo anaganiza kuti mwina anthu ena omwerekera ndi mankhwala osokoneza bongo akufuna kukwezeka kwinakwake."
    
  "O Mulungu wanga, Brad," Casey adadandaula, "zikomo Mulungu uli bwino."
    
  "Ndili bwino, Casey," Brad anawatsimikizira motero. "Ma gyros anga amapindika pang'ono nthawi ndi nthawi, koma ndimatha kukwera njinga."
    
  "Munayima pati?" Jodi anafunsa, ndipo Brad ankaganiza kuti akuona kuthwanima m"maso mwake komanso akumwetulira mwachidwi. "Simubwerera kunyumba imeneyo, sichoncho bwanawe?"
    
  "Ayi," anatero Brad. "Eni nyumbayo anakomoka. Ali ndi antchito akusuntha mipando yomwe sinathyoledwe, ndipo akwera pamalopo. Sindikudziwa kuti achita chiyani zitatha izi. Ndikukhala pa imodzi mwamahotela apamwamba pa Monterey Street. Ndikhoza kukhala kumeneko mpaka kumapeto kwa semester mpaka ophunzira atachoka mtawuni. Ndifunsira ku Cerro Vista ndi Poly Canyon ndipo ndiyesetsa kupewa ma hostel achilimwe momwe ndingathere. "
    
  "Zabwino ndi zimenezo, bwanawe," anatero Jodie. "Mapulogalamu a Cerro Vista amayenera kutuluka miyezi iwiri yapitayo, ndipo mapulogalamu a Poly Canyon amayenera kutuluka chaka chatha. Mutha kukhalanso kunja kwa sukulu ngati simukufuna kukhala m'nyumba zogona."
    
  "Chabwino, zonsezi zatha, ndiye tiyeni tiyambe kuchita bizinesi tisanasochere," anatero Brad, ndipo msonkhano wawo unayamba. Zinangotenga mphindi zochepa, nthawi yokwanira kuti aliyense asinthe mawonekedwe a gulu lawo, kuvomereza ndandanda ya labu, ndikutumiza zopempha kwa Brad kuti apeze zinthu kapena zambiri za sabata ikubwerayi, kenako adanyamuka kupita kukalasi.
    
  Jodi anayenda pafupi ndi Brad. "Kodi uli bwino, bwanawe?" - iye anafunsa. "Ndikuganiza kuti ili ndiye vuto lalikulu kwambiri lomwe ndidawonapo."
    
  "Ndili bwino Jody, zikomo," anatero Brad. Ndikanakonda ndikanati, 'Uyenera kuyang'ana mnyamata winayo,' koma ndinali chikomokere.
    
  "Bwanji sunandiyimbire foni, Brad?"
    
  "Ndilibe nthawi, Jody," ananama Brad. "Ndinali wakuda ngati lawi lamoto ndiyeno ndimayenera kuthana ndi apolisi, azachipatala kenako ndi mwini nyumba."
    
  "Ndiye munali kuti dzulo nonse?"
    
  "Ndikukhala ndi madzi oundana pamutu wanga womwe ukugunda, kumvetsera kwa mwininyumba wanga akundiuwa ndikukalipira ndi anthu omwerekera ndi mankhwala osokoneza bongo ndi upandu ndi kusokonekera kwa anthu," ananamanso Brad. "Kenako anandithandiza kupeza hotelo. Mutu wanga unapweteka kwambiri moti ndinagwadi pambuyo pake."
    
  "Bwanji osabwera kudzandiona tikamaliza class?" anafunsa. "Simukufuna kumangopita kuhotelo nokha, sichoncho, popanda amene akukuyang'anirani?" Nthaŵiyi Brad sanafunikire kulosera zolinga zake-anatambasula dzanja lake ndi kumugwira mkono. "Mukuti chiyani bwanawe?"
    
  Anali ndi chizungulire pang'ono chifukwa cha zonse zomwe zidamuchitikira m'masiku angapo apitawa, motero yankho lake linali lonyinyirika, ndipo kumwetulira kwa Jodie kudazimiririka. "Zikumveka bwino, Jodie," iye anatero, ndipo kumwetulira kwake kunabwerera. "Koma choyamba ndili ndi nthawi yokumana ndi lab yathu."
    
  "Kuwonana ndi dokotala?"
    
  Brad anaganiza kuti sakananamiza mkaziyu pa chilichonse ngati akanatha kuzipewa. "Kwenikweni, mwininyumba wanga ndi Msilikali wakale wa Marine, ndikuganiza kuti ndakuuzani, akundikonzera pulogalamu yophunzitsira. Kuphunzitsa thupi ndi kudziteteza." Sanamuuze Jody za kutsutsa nzeru ndi maphunziro ena aukazitape, kapena maphunziro a zida - Hei, adaganiza kuti, kusanena china chake ndikosiyana ndi kunama, sichoncho? "Akuganiza kuti ndine wofewa kwambiri ndipo ndiyenera kuchita zambiri kuti ndizitha kudzithandizira pamavuto ngati kulandidwa kunyumba."
    
  "Wow," anatero Jodie, akuphethira modabwa. "Ukunena zoona?"
    
  "Inde," anatero Brad. "Ndimathera nthawi yochuluka nditakhala pamatako - kuchita masewera olimbitsa thupi pang'ono kungandithandize. Ola limodzi patsiku. Ndikhoza kukhala nawe pafupi seveni."
    
  "Wabwino, Brad," anatero Jodi, mawu ake oda nkhaŵa ndi odabwitsidwawo anayamba kuzimiririka. "Nditiphikira chakudya chamadzulo. Ndikhoza kukutengani n"kupita nanu kumalo amene munakumana nawo ngati simuli bwino kukwera njinga."
    
  Brad anati: "Ndikuyenda bwino mpaka pano, Jody. Analikonda kwambiri lingalirolo, koma sankadziwa momwe masewera olimbitsa thupi angawonekere, ndipo ankafuna kupeza lingaliro kuchokera kwa Vol ndi yemwe adzakhale mphunzitsi wake asanabweretse ena. "Koma zikomo." Anamukumbatira nalandiranso kiss pa tsaya. "Tiwonana around seven."
    
  "Tionana, cum," anatero Jodie ndipo anathamangira ku kalasi ina.
    
  Anadabwa kwambiri komanso mawu odabwitsa pamene ophunzira pasukulupo adawona zilonda zake zazikulu, zonyansa, ndipo Brad adaganiza zogula zodzoladzola mpaka zitachira, koma ana pasukulupo anali omasuka komanso olekerera - ndipo iye anali gehena. sanafune , kotero kuti Chris Wall kapena mamembala a gulu lake amugwire akuvala zodzoladzola! - kotero adakankhira lingaliro m'mutu mwake ndikuyesa kunyalanyaza mawonekedwewo. Mwamwayi, sanafune mankhwala kuti athetse ululuwo, kotero adadutsa makalasi ake ndi gawo la labu la Starfire popanda vuto lalikulu, koma nthawi zina mutu unkatha atasiya kuganizira ndikuyang'ana china chake. Kenako wina. Pambuyo pake, adatsekera chikwama chake chapakompyuta mu locker, adatulutsa chikwama chake chochitira masewera olimbitsa thupi, kenako adakwera njinga yake ndikupita ku gawo lake loyamba lochita masewera olimbitsa thupi.
    
  Dzina la malowa linali Chong Jeontu Jib, lolembedwa ndi zilembo za Chikorea ndi Chiroma, kumwera kwa mzindawu, pafupi ndi bwalo la ndege. Inali nyumba yosavuta yansanjika ziwiri, yakale koma yooneka bwino kwambiri, yokhala ndi bwalo lotchingidwa ndi tcheni lotchingidwa ndi tcheni lomwe munali makina ndi masikelo m"malo ang"onoang"ono ochitira masewera olimbitsa thupi. Kuseri kwa mpanda wakumbuyo kunali chingwe chowombera chotchinga khoma lalikulu ladothi lozungulira lomwe m'mbuyomu linali litazungulira matanki amafuta omwe amanyamula mafuta pankhondo yachiwiri yapadziko lonse yophunzitsa za mabomba. Zenera lakutsogolo linali lophimbidwa mkati ndi mbendera za United States Korea ndi AMERICAN, ndipo khomo la galasi lakumaso kwake linali ndi mbendera yaikulu ya US Air Force. Mkati mwake anapeza kauntala, ndipo kumbuyo kwake kunali kochitira masewera olimbitsa thupi aakulu okhala ndi pansi ophimbidwa ndi mphasa wa buluu wa gymnastics. Makomawo anali ophimbidwa ndi mitundu yonse ya mphotho, zikho, zithunzi ndi zida zankhondo.
    
  Bambo wina wamfupi, wowonda wometedwa mutu ndi mbuzi yotuwa anayandikira kuchokera kuchipinda chakumbuyo. "Dexter?" adayitana. "Pano". Brad anazungulira pa kauntala ndipo anangogwira mphasayo pamene mwamunayo anafuula kuti, "Usakhudze mphasayo ndi nsapato zako, koma mwaulemu basi. Brad adalumpha kuchokera pamphasa kupita panjira ya linoleum. Chipinda chachiwiri chinali chaching"ono pang"ono poyerekezera ndi choyambacho, pansi chinali ndi mphasa ina ya buluu yochitira masewera olimbitsa thupi, koma m"malo mokongoletsa ndi kupereka mphoto, munali makina olemera, makina opondaponda, thumba lokhomerera la kuthamanga mofulumira, thumba lokhomerera, ndi zithunzi zokhala ndi mivi. akuloza malo osiyanasiyana pathupi la munthu Brad anali ndi chidaliro kuti posachedwa apeza zonse zomwe ayenera kudziwa ponena za zinthu izi. Pangodya ina panali njira yotulukira mwadzidzidzi komanso yooneka ngati chipinda chotsekera.
    
  "Wachedwa," mwamunayo anatero. "Lero ndikusiyani kuti mupumule chifukwa aka ndi nthawi yanu yoyamba kukhala pano, koma tsopano mukudziwa komwe kuli malowa, musachedwenso."
    
  "Sindidzatero."
    
  "Sindingatero, bwana," anatero mwamunayo. "Sajeni Major adandiuza kuti mudagwirapo ntchito ya Civil Air Patrol ndipo mudapitako mwachidule ku Air Force Academy, kotero mukudziwa kanthu kapena ziwiri za ulemu wankhondo. Gwiritsani ntchito izi pochita ndi ine kapena wina aliyense pagulu. Mudzadziwa pamene mungalumikizane nafe mwanjira ina iliyonse. Mukumvetsa?"
    
  "Inde, bwana".
    
  "Nthawi ina mubwere okonzekera kuphunzitsa. Sindikufuna kutaya nthawi ndikudikirira kuti usinthe. Iyi si kalabu yanu yachinsinsi komwe mungabwere ndi kupita momwe mukufunira."
    
  "Inde, bwana".
    
  Bamboyo anagwedeza mutu kulowera kuchitseko cha chipinda chosungiramo. "Muli ndi masekondi makumi atatu kuti musinthe." Brad anathamangira pa kapeti ya buluu kupita kuchipinda chotsekera. "Imani!" Brad anazizira. Bwererani kuno. Brad wabwerera. "Choka pamphasa." Brad anatsika kapeti ka buluu n"kukwera pa linoleum. "Dexter, uli m"gulu la dojang la ku Korea," bamboyo anatero ndi mawu otsika, opimidwa. "Pakati pa dojang, mphasa, ndi ki, kutanthauza 'mzimu.' Mumaphunzitsidwa kuphunzira kukumbatira mzimu wa masewera omenyera nkhondo, kuphatikizika kwa mtendere wamkati ndi chiwawa chakunja mukakwera pamphasa, zomwe zikutanthauza kuti muyenera kulemekeza mzimu womwe ukulamulira. Izi zikutanthauza kuti simumakhudza mphasa mutavala nsapato zanu, mwakonzekera kuphunzitsidwa ndipo simumavala zovala zapamsewu pokhapokha ngati kalasi ikufunidwa, mumapatsidwa chilolezo cholowa ndikutuluka pamphasa ndi mbuye, ndipo mumagwada kuchokera m'chiuno moyang'anizana. pakati pa mphasa musanapondepo ndi musanatsike. Apo ayi, zilambalale izo. Kumbukirani izi".
    
  "Inde, bwana".
    
  "Tsopano yambani kusuntha." Brad anathamangira pamphasa ndipo anali atavala yunifolomu yake yophunzitsira munthawi yake.
    
  "Dzina langa ndine James Ratel," mwamunayo anatero pamene Brad anabwerera, "koma simuyenera kudera nkhaŵa za maina enieni kapena zizindikiro, chifukwa kwa inu ndine "Bwana" kapena "Mkulu." Ndine wamkulu wa United States Air Force Master Master Sergeant wopuma pantchito, msilikali wazaka makumi atatu ndi zitatu, posachedwapa ndikugwira ntchito ngati Chief Master Sergeant wa Seventh Air Force ku Osan Air Base, United Korea. Ndine wodziwa bwino paratrooper ndikudumphadumpha kopitilira mazana awiri ku Panama, Iraq, Korea ndi Afghanistan, komanso malo ambiri osankhidwa, omaliza maphunziro a Army Ranger School, ndipo ndili ndi Mitima iwiri ya Purple ndi Bronze Star. Ndinenso digiri yachisanu lamba wakuda komanso mphunzitsi wamkulu ku Kane Ja, lamba wakuda wa digiri yachisanu ku Krav Maga, komanso mlangizi wovomerezeka wamfuti ndi ndodo. Kumeneko ndimaphunzitsa maphunziro a chitetezo chaumwini ndi mfuti, makamaka kwa asilikali opuma pantchito. Ndimawerengera zana limodzi ndi khumi pasekondi iliyonse yomwe muli mu dojang yanga. Perekani ulemu, ndipo mudzaulandiranso; pumulani ndipo nthawi yanu ndi ine idzakhala gehena wamoyo. "
    
  Ratel anatulutsa kachipangizo kakang'ono kokhala ndi lamba pakhosi ndikumuponyera Brad. Iye anati: "Kuphunzira kudziteteza kumatenga miyezi, nthawi zina zaka, ndipo zoopsa zimene mumakumana nazo n"zoonekeratu. "Ndiye amakupatsa chipangizochi. Valani izi nthawi zonse. Zimagwira ntchito kulikonse mdziko muno ndi chizindikiro cha ma cell. Ngati muli pamavuto, dinani batani ndipo ine, kapena membala wina aliyense watimu yemwe angakhale pafupi, nditha kukupezani ndikukuthandizani. Mwachiwonekere, kutengera adani omwe mungakumane nawo, izi zitithandiza kupeza thupi lanu mwachangu, koma mwina tikhala ndi mwayi. " Brad anayang'ana Ratel modabwa.
    
  "Chifukwa chake, popeza ndi tsiku lanu loyamba, mwina mukuvutikabe chifukwa chomenyedwa ndi ndodo m'mutu, ndipo mwabwera mochedwa, zomwe ndikupepesa, tikuyesani kuti mukhale olimba lero," Ratel. anapitiriza. "Ndikufuna kuwona kuchuluka kwanu kokoka, ma crunches, ma bend-overs, ndi kukankha mpaka kulephera kwa minofu, osapumira masekondi osapitilira makumi asanu ndi anayi, ndi nthawi yanu yabwino kwambiri pakuthamanga kwamakilomita awiri pa treadmill. ." Analoza mbali ina ya chipindacho, pomwe chopondapo ndi zida zina zolimbitsa thupi zinali kuyembekezera. "Yambani kuyenda."
    
  Brad anathamangira kumalo ophunzitsira mbali ina ya chipindacho. Iye anali woyamikira kuti wakhala akukwera njinga yake kwambiri, kotero iye ankaganiza kuti iye anali wowoneka bwino kwambiri, koma panali papita nthawi yaitali kuchokera pamene iye anali atapita ku masewero olimbitsa thupi, ndipo sankakonda nkomwe zokoka. Anayamba nawo ndipo anakwanitsa zisanu ndi chimodzi asanalephere kudzikwezanso. Kukankhirako kunali kosavuta-anatha kuchita makumi asanu ndi atatu ndi ziwiri a iwo asanaime. Zolephera zinali zatsopano kwa iye. Anaima pakati pa mizere yopingasa yopingasa yofanana, anaigwira, anatambasula manja ake, anakweza mapazi ake pa linoleum, anatsamira momwe akanathera, ndiyeno anatambasulanso manja ake. Anangokwanitsa kuchita zitatu zokha, ndipo wachitatu anafunika kulimbikira kugwirana chanza kuti amalize.
    
  Tsopano manja ake anali kulankhula ndi iye, kotero Brad anaganiza zoyesa mayeso othamanga, ndipo sanalandire madandaulo kuchokera kwa Ratel, yemwe anali kuyang'ana ndikulemba zolemba kuchokera m'chipindamo. Tsopano iye anali wochuluka mu chikhalidwe chake. Anagwedeza makina opondapondawo mpaka mtunda wa makilomita asanu ndi anayi ndipo anaupeza kukhala wosavuta. Anagwiritsa ntchito nthawiyi kupumitsa minofu yake yamanja yotopa kuti azikankha, zomwe ankaganiza kuti zingakhale zosavuta. Atathamanga makilomita awiri, manja ake anamva bwino kwambiri ndipo anasamuka kuti akankhire mmwamba, koma anapeza kuti adatha kuchita makumi awiri ndi zisanu ndi zitatu asanathe.
    
  "Dexter, sunathe kumaliza maphunziro a Air Force Basic Training ndi manambala amenewo, osasiyapo Air Force Academy," Ratel adamuuza atayenda mozungulira mphasa yabuluu kuti ayime patsogolo pake. "Mphamvu zako zakumtunda ndizochepa. Ndinkaganiza kuti ndiwe wosewera mpira wa sekondale - uyenera kuti unali wowombera malo. Ndipotu, Brad sanali chabe wosewera mpira wa sekondale, koma punter ndipo amatha kukankha mpira wa mayadi makumi awiri. "Tikhoza kugwira ntchito pa izi. Chomwe chimandikwiyitsa kwambiri pa zomwe wangochitazi ndi kununkha kwanu koyipa kwakuti 'musachite manyazi'."
    
  "Bwana?"
    
  "Mwakhala mukuchita masewera olimbitsa thupi, Dexter," adatero Ratel. "Ndimamva kuti ndiwe wopalasa njinga komanso wochita masewera olimbitsa thupi, koma kwa ine zinkawoneka ngati ukungopumula pa treadmill. Mumayendetsa liwiro la mphindi zisanu ndi zinayi-osati ngakhale 'avareji' pamaphunziro anu oyambira. Ndidati ndikufuna kuti muthamange nthawi yanu yabwino pakuthamanga kwamakilomita awiri, osati nthawi yaulesi. Chowiringula chanu ndi chiyani?
    
  Brad anati: "Ndinafunika kupumitsa manja ndisanamalize mayeso. "Ndinkaganiza kuti mphindi ya mphindi zisanu ndi zinayi inali malo abwino oyambira." Ndi mawu aliwonse amene analankhula, maso aang"ono a kamwanako kanayamba kukwiya kwambiri, mpaka ankangoona ngati atuluka m"mutu mwake. Brad adadziwa kuti pali yankho limodzi lokha lovomerezeka: "Pepani, Mfumu. Palibe zifukwa."
    
  "Ukunena zoona, Dexter, palibe zowiringula," Ratel anadandaula motero. "Ndinakuuzani za ulemu. Palibe chaulemu pochita zinthu mwa theka. Inu simumandisonyeza ine ulemu, ndipo inu ndithudi monga gehena simudziwonetsera izo kwa nokha. Nditsiku lanu loyamba kuno ndipo simunandiwonetse chilichonse chomwe ndingakulemekezeni. Munachedwa, simunali okonzeka kuphunzitsidwa ndipo munadzichepetsera nokha. Simukundiwonetsa squats, Dexter. Gawo linanso ngati ili ndipo titha kuletsa mwambowu. nyamula katundu wako ndipo uchoke pamaso panga. Brad ananyamula chikwama chake chaku bafa ndipo pomwe amabwerera, Ratel anali atapita.
    
  Brad anamva ngati wopanda pake pamene anakwera njinga yake ndikubwerera ku Cal Poly, ndipo anali akadali mumdima pamene amapita ku Poly Canyon ndi nyumba ya Jodie Cavendish. Anamukumbatira mwamphamvu pakhomo, ndipo sanabwerere. "Aaa, winawake akuchita miseche," iye anatero. "Lowani, imwani kapu ya vinyo ndipo mulankhule nane."
    
  "Zikomo, Jody," anatero Brad. "Pepani, ndikununkha ngati mapazi anga. Sindinasambe kapena kusintha nditachoka kumalo ochitira masewera olimbitsa thupi."
    
  "Ukhoza kugwiritsa ntchito shawa pano ngati ukufuna, bwanawe," anatero Jodie ndi diso. Brad sanazindikire kuperekedwa kodziwikiratu. Anayenda kupita kumodzi mwa mipando ya bar pa kauntala yozungulira khitchini ndipo adatsanulira galasi la Chardonnay ndikuliyika patsogolo pake. "Koma sizikundivutitsa. Ndimakonda anyamata omwe amanunkhiza ngati anyamata, osati ngati ma lolly. " Anadikira kwa masekondi angapo, koma Brad sananene kalikonse. "Sungafunsenso kuti ndi chiyani? Aaa, uyenera kuti unali wamanyazi lero. Ndiuze za izi, wokondedwa wanga.
    
  "Palibe vuto lalikulu," adatero Brad. "Ndinachedwa pang"ono ndi maphunzirowa, koma ananena kuti ulendo woyamba ndi wokhululukidwa. Mlangizi ndi Chief Master Sergeant yemwe anapuma pantchito yemwe ali ndi khalidwe lamphamvu. Adandipangitsa kuti ndiyesere luso. Ndinkaganiza kuti ndachita bwino, koma amandidzudzula chifukwa cha kudziletsa komanso ulesi wanga. Ndinaganiza kuti zonse ndazilingalira. Ndikuganiza kuti sindinachite zimenezo."
    
  Jodi anati: "Chabwino, nthawi zonse imakhalapo. "Aphunzitsi olimbitsa thupi amaphunzitsidwa kudabwitsa ndi kudabwitsa ophunzira awo, ndipo ndikuganiza kuti akuika Claytonian pa inu. Osadandaula, Brad, tonse tikudziwa kuti uli bwino, kupatulapo kuvulala kwamutu komweko. Mukupeza bwanji? Bulu lanu likuwonekabe likutuluka magazi. 'Mwina muyenera kudumpha masewerawa mpaka izi zitatha.'
    
  Brad anagwedeza mutu. Iye anati: "Ndinawauza kuti ndizichita, choncho ndimangoganiza kuti ndipitirizabe mpaka nditakomoka kapena mutu wanga utaphulika. Chinthu chotsiriza chimene ankafuna kuchita chinali kubweretsa mkwiyo wa Vol chifukwa chochoka patangopita tsiku loyamba. Adatsamira pampando wake ndikumuyang'ana Jody koyamba. "Pepani, Jodie. Zokwanira za mphunzitsi wanga watsopano wolimbitsa thupi. Tsiku lanu linali bwanji?"
    
  "Maapulo, bwanawe," Jody anayankha. Anatsamira kwa iye pa kauntala ya kukhitchini ndi kunena momveka bwino monga momwe amachitira akafuna kunena zosayembekezereka, "Ndachita, Brad."
    
  "Wachita chiyani?" - Adafunsa Brad. Kenako, pamene ankaphunzira nkhope ndi thupi lake, anamvetsa. "Mapangidwe a nanotubes osakhazikika ...?"
    
  "Zopangidwa," anatero Jodi motsitsa mawu, pafupifupi monong"ona, koma mosangalala kwambiri. "Mu labotale yathu ku Cal Poly. Osati ma nanotubes ochepa chabe, koma mamiliyoni. Tinatha ngakhale kupanga nantenna yoyamba. "
    
  "Bwanji?" Brad anafuula motero. "Kale?"
    
  "Bwanawe, ma nanotubes amalumikizana okha," adatero Jodi. "Izi sizinakhazikitsidwe pagawo la sol-gel, sitinawalumikizane ndi osonkhanitsa kapena kuwatengera kunja, koma nanotenna yoyamba yopangidwa ndi inorganic nanotubes, ili mu labotale mbali ina ya izi. kampasi ... patebulo langa lantchito! Ndiwoonda komanso wamphamvu kuposa momwe timayembekezera. Ndimalandira maimelo kuchokera kwa asayansi padziko lonse lapansi omwe akufuna kutenga nawo mbali. Zikuoneka kuti ichi ndi chimodzi mwazotukuka zazikulu kwambiri za nanotechnology m'zaka zaposachedwa!
    
  "Izi nzodabwitsa!" - Adadandaula Brad. Anatenga manja ake m'manja mwake ndipo adagawana kupsompsona pakhitchini. "Zikomo Jodi! Bwanji sunandiyimbire?"
    
  "Munali kale muzochita ndipo sindikufuna kukusokonezani," adatero. "Kupatula apo, ndimafuna ndikuuzeni pamasom'pamaso, osati pafoni."
    
  "Izi ndi nkhani zazikulu! Tadzipereka kupeza malo a lab ndi ndalama tsopano! "
    
  "Ndikhulupirira," anatero Jodi. "Nditha kuyenerera maphunziro a Cal Poly - sangafune kuti ndibwerere ku Australia ndikuchita bwino chonchi, angatero?"
    
  Brad anati: "Ndithu mudzapeza maphunziro, ndikudziwa zimenezo. "Tiyeni tipite kukasangalala. Kumalo ena omwe si okongola kwambiri, ndimamvabe ngati malo ochitira masewera olimbitsa thupi. "
    
  Kumwetulira mochenjera kudawonekera pankhope pake ndipo adayang'ana mwachidule pakhonde lolowera kuchipinda chake, zikuwonekeratu kuti akufuna kusangalalira. Jodi anati: "Ndakonza kale chakudya chamadzulo. "Sizikhala zokonzeka kwa mphindi khumi ndi zisanu." Anagwiranso dzanja lake ndikumwetulira mochenjera. "Mwina tikhoza kusambitsana misana mu shawa?"
    
  Brad anamwetulira kwambiri ndikuyang'ana m'maso mwake, koma anagwedeza mutu wake. "Jodie..."
    
  "Ndikudziwa, ndikudziwa," adatero. "Ndinakuuzani kuti ndiyeseranso, ndipo mwina mobwerezabwereza. Ali ndi mwayi kukhala nanu, bwanawe." Anapita mufiriji, natulutsa botolo la Chardonnay ndikudzazanso galasi lake.
    
  Brad adamva foni yake ya smartphone ikugwedezeka m'chikwama chake chochitira masewera olimbitsa thupi, adayitulutsa ndikuwerenga mesejiyo. "Chabwino, bwanji izi?" - iye anati. "Litha kukhala tsiku labwino kwambiri."
    
  "Chavuta ndi chiyani, chikondi?"
    
  "Ndinachita lendi chipinda ku Poly Canyon," adatero. Nkhope yake inali yodabwa zedi Jodie. "Pansanja yachisanu ku Aliso. Ndikhoza kusamukira mawa, ndipo ndikhoza kukhala nthawi yachilimwe ngati titalandira thandizo la labu yachilimwe, ndipo ndikhoza kukhala zaka zanga za sophomore ndi junior. "
    
  "Chani?" Jodi anatero.
    
  "Izi ndizabwino?"
    
  "Aliso ndi nyumba yofunidwa kwambiri ku UC!" Jodie anafotokoza. Ali pafupi kwambiri ndi mashopu komanso malo oimika magalimoto. Ndipo zipinda zapamwamba nthawi zonse zimadzaza poyamba chifukwa ali ndi malingaliro abwino kwambiri a sukulu ndi mzinda! Ndipo samalola ophunzira kuti azikhala ku Poly Canyon nthawi yachilimwe, ndipo muyenera kulembetsanso chaka chilichonse ndikukhulupirira kuti musunga chipinda chanu. Mwachita bwanji izi, bwanawe?"
    
  "Sindikudziwa," Brad ananama - anali wotsimikiza kuti abambo ake ndipo mwina Purezidenti Martindale adakoka zingwe kuti izi zichitike. Winawake ayenera kuti wandichitira chifundo.
    
  "Wachita bwino, mnzanga," anatero Jodie. "Mutu wako ukuzungulira apa." Anawona Brad akumwetulira kachiwiri pa slang yake ya Aussie, kotero iye anatenga chopukutira, ndikuchiponyera icho kwa iye, kenaka anayenda napsompsona iye mopepuka pamilomo. "Lekani kundivutitsa ndi zokonda zanu zonse zachibwana, abwenzi, kapena ndingokukokerani ku nyumba yosungiramo zinthu zakale ndikukuyiwalani dzina lake ku Nevada."
    
    
  ZISANU
    
    
  Sipanakhalepo mayi amene anaphunzitsa mwana wake kukhala wosakhulupirira.
    
  - HENRY W. SHAW
    
    
    
  MCLANAHAN INDUSTRIAL AIRPORT
  BATTLE MOUNTAIN, NEVADA
  M'M'MAWA
    
    
  "Masters Zero-Seven, McLanahan Range, mwaloledwa kuwuluka Romeo anayi asanu ndi atatu mmodzi atatu Alpha ndi Bravo ndi Romeo anayi asanu ndi atatu mmodzi asanu ndi limodzi November, pamalo onse okwera, lipoti zizindikiro zomwe anapatsidwa, lipoti ku Auckland Center pochoka m'madera, nsanja yolumikizana, yopambana. ndege".
    
  "Zomveka, Earth," Sondra Eddington adayankha pawailesi yoyamba ya VHF. Anawerenganso chilolezo chonse, kenako adasinthira ku frequency ya nsanja. "McLanahan Tower, Master Zero-Seven, nambala wani, msewu wonyamukira ndege wa ziro zitatu, wokonzeka kunyamuka."
    
  "Master Zero-seven, McLanahan Tower, mphepo yabata, msewu wonyamukira ndege wa zero zitatu, liwiro la ndege mpaka mfundo ziwiri zero zero, pomwe mu kalasi ya Charlie airspace, kunyamuka kunapita."
    
  Sondra anayankha kuti: "Master Zero-Seven yakonzekera msewu wonyamukira ndege wa ziro zitatu." Anakwera ndegeyo n"kulowera panjanjiyo, n"kudzigwirizanitsa ndi mzere wapakati, n"kugwira mabuleki, n"kumagwira ma throttles pang"onopang"ono komanso bwinobwino, anamva kunjenjemera pamene injini zikuyenda. ku zone one afterburner, anatulutsa mabuleki, anasuntha bwino ma throttles mu zone 5, ndipo anakwera mamita zikwi zisanu.
    
  "Kunyamuka kwabwino, Sondra," anatero Hunter Noble, mlangizi wa Sondra pa ndege yophunzitsira. Anali pampando wakumbuyo wa MiG-25UKS ya Sky Masters Aerospace, msilikali wa Mikoyan-Gurevich tandem supersonic wopanda zida zankhondo, wosinthidwa kuti aziwuluka mothamanga kwambiri komanso mokwera kwambiri. MiG-25RU yapachiyambi ya Russian MiG-25RU inali ndege yankhondo yothamanga kwambiri yomwe ilipo, yomwe imatha kuwirikiza katatu liwiro la phokoso ndi kutalika kwa mapazi zikwi makumi asanu ndi limodzi, koma itasinthidwa ndi Sky Masters Aerospace ndegeyo inali yokhoza pafupifupi kasanu liwiro la phokoso ndi kutalika mamita zana limodzi. "Nthawi yabwino yopangira mabuleki ndi mphamvu. Malo oyamba okhala ndi mabuleki ali bwino, koma chilichonse pambuyo pake chidzapangitsa kuti mabuleki alephere.
    
  "Boomer, ndakupeza," adatero Sondra. M'mawu oyendetsa ndege, "Kuvomerezedwa" pambuyo pa chidzudzulo cha mlangizi kunatanthauza kuti wophunzirayo akudziwa kale ndi kuzindikira kusiyana kwake.
    
  "Ndikuwonetsa kuti sitili kutali ndi ndege ya Charlie," adatero Boomer. "Maphunziro awiri a zero-zero adzatitengera kumalo oletsedwa."
    
  "Ndinamvetsetsa," adatero Sondra. Pasanathe mphindi ziwiri anali pa R-4813A ndi B, malo awiri otsekedwa ankhondo ku Fallon Naval Air Station complex kumpoto chapakati Nevada, obwerekedwa ndi Sky Masters Aerospace ndipo adagwirizana ndi FAA Air Traffic Control Center ku Oakland kuti ayese. ndege zogwira ntchito kwambiri. "Panopa ndikulemba mndandanda wa zinthu zofunika kuzifufuza ndisanakwere ndege pamalo okwera. Lipoti likamalizidwa."
    
  "Ndichita," adatero Boomer. Mndandandawu unathandiza kuti ogwira ntchitowo azigwira ntchito pamalo okwera kwambiri omwe ndege zankhondo zanthawi zonse sizimafikako. Zinangotengera mphindi zochepa. "Mndandanda watha. Ndikutiwonetsa zamkati mwa R-4813A. Amayeretsedwa akakonzeka."
    
  "Ndamva, Boomer," adatero Sondra. "Konzekerani." Sondra anagwiritsa ntchito mphamvu zonse, pang'onopang'ono ndi bwino patsogolo throttles pa MiG-25 mpaka anafika zone zisanu afterburner, ndiyeno pa Mach 1 iye anakweza mphuno mpaka iwo anali mphuno-mmwamba madigiri sikisite ndi akuthamangabe. Liwiro likamakula, mphamvu yokoka inakula, ndipo posakhalitsa onse anali kung"ung"udza kuchokera ku mphamvu za g-mphamvu zomwe zikukankha matupi awo, kuyesera kuti magazi asatuluke m"mapapo ndi muubongo wawo. Oyendetsa ndege onsewa ankavala masuti opanikizika pang'ono ndi zipewa zamlengalenga, kuphatikizapo suti zapamwamba zamagetsi zomwe zimaphimba miyendo yawo ndi pamimba pamimba ndi nsalu zotchinga kuti magazi asagwirizane m'miyendo yawo chifukwa cha mphamvu za G-koma zinatengabe ntchito kuti zisawonongeke. zodzaza. Posakhalitsa iwo anali pamtunda wa mapazi zikwi makumi asanu ndi limodzi ndikuwuluka kuwirikiza kanayi liŵiro la phokoso, ndi mphamvu yokoka yokokera kuŵirikiza kasanu ndi kawiri ikukankhira pansi pa matupi awo.
    
  "Ndilankhule nane, Sondra," adatero Boomer. "Muli bwino?"
    
  "Ndili bwino... Boo... Boomer," anatero Sondra, koma zinali zoonekeratu kuti akulimbana ndi nkhawa imene inali m"thupi lake. Mwadzidzidzi MiG-25 inapendekera kwambiri kumanzere ndikuthamangira pansi.
    
  "Sondra?" Palibe yankho. Mphuno ya womenyayo inaloza ku Dziko Lapansi. Atangotsala pang'ono kulamulira, Boomer anamva ndikumva kugwedezeka kwamphamvu pamene amatsika ndipo mapiko ake adagwedezeka.
    
  "Uli bwino, Sondra?" Boomer anabwereza.
    
  "Inde". Amamva pa intercom kuti kupuma kwake kunali kovutirapo, koma kunkamveka bwino. "Ndili bwino".
    
  Boomer adayang'ana ma altimeter ndikuthamanga kwambiri, ndikuwonetsetsa kuti Sondra ali ndi ulamuliro wonse wandege. Kumbuyo kwa cockpit, amatha kuwongolera ndegeyo ngati kuli kofunikira, koma kukhudza zowongolera kungakhale kulephera kwa woyendetsa ndegeyo, ndipo sanafune kutero pokhapokha ngati kunali kofunikira. Atataya mamita zikwi khumi zokha, Sondra anayamba kugwetsa mphuno chakum"maŵa, ndipo pamene ndegeyo inatsika ndipo liŵiro la ndege linatsikira ku subsonic, anawonjezera mphamvu kuti asunge mtunda ndi liwiro la ndege kukhala lokhazikika. "Muli bwanji, Sondra?" - Boomer adafunsa.
    
  "Ndili bwino, Boomer," Sondra anayankha, akumveka bwino komanso akuwongolera. "Ndibwerera mpaka mapazi zikwi makumi atatu ndipo tidzayesanso."
    
  "Tilibe mafuta okwanira pachiwonetsero china chapamwamba, chapamwamba cha G," adatero Boomer. "Titha kuchita njira zingapo zothamanga kwambiri popanda zotchinga ndikuzitcha tsiku."
    
  "Tili ndi mafuta okwanira, Boomer," adatero Sondra.
    
  "Sindikuganiza choncho, mwana," adatero Boomer. "Tiyeni tiyandikire kumtunda kwa ILS ku Battle Mountain ndikuchita njira yopanda zopindika, kuphonya pamalo okwera, kenako tiyimenso. Zikumveka?"
    
  "Chilichonse chomwe munganene, Boomer," Sondra anayankha, kukhumudwa kumaonekera m'mawu ake.
    
  Chida chothamanga kwambiri chimayandikira kutera kwa Black Stallion kapena ndege zapakati pausiku. MiG-25 inali gawo lofunika kwambiri kwa oyendetsa ndege omwe akufuna kukhala oyendetsa ndege chifukwa inali ndege yokhayo yomwe inkatha kutengera mwachidule ma g-mphamvu omwe oyendetsa ndege amakumana nawo pokwera. The Sky Masters Aerospace centrifuge ikhoza kupanga mphamvu za G za mphamvu yokoka zisanu ndi zinayi pansi, koma MiG-25 inali nsanja yabwinoko chifukwa woyendetsa ndegeyo ankayenera kuwuluka ndegeyo pamene akukumana ndi mphamvu za G. Sondra adayimba zida molunjika, ndipo kuterako kudachitika nthawi yake.
    
  Iwo anaimika jumbo jeti, anapita ku sitolo yothandizira moyo kukasiya zovala za m"mlengalenga ndi zosindikizira zamagetsi, anafunsa akatswiri okonza zinthu, anapimidwa mwamsanga ndi dokotala, kenaka anabwerera m"kalasi kukakambirana za ulendo wa pandege. Sondra anali atavala suti ya buluu yowuluka, yokonzedwa kuti iwonetsere mapindikidwe ake, ndipo nsapato zake zowuluka zimamupangitsa kuoneka wamtali kwambiri. Anatsitsira tsitsi lake lolunjika pansi pamene ankadzitsanulira yekha kapu ya khofi; Boomer, atavala suti ya Air Force olive drab, anali atatenga kale botolo lake lamadzi oundana.
    
  "Kunyamuka kusanachitike, kunyamuka, kunyamuka, kuyandikira, kutera komanso kukonzekera ndege zonse zili bwino," adatero Boomer, akuyang'ana kabuku kake. "Ndiuzeni za kukwera."
    
  "Ndinali bwino-ndikuganiza kuti ndangochoka mwamsanga," anatero Sondra. "Nthawi zonse mumanena kuti ndi bwino kusiya kuthamanga kwambiri m'malo mochedwa. Mwina ndinkachita mantha pang'ono. Ndinali bwino."
    
  "Simunayankhe nditakuitana."
    
  "Ndakumva bwino, Boomer," adatero Sondra. Ndinali ndi zambiri zoti ndichite. Chomaliza chomwe ndimafuna kuchita ndikuyimitsa kompresa kapena kupota. " Boomer adayang'ana Sondra, yemwe adatembenuka, ndikumwetulira khofi, ndipo adaganiza zovomera yankho lake. Kukambirana kwina sikunatenge nthawi. Anakambilana ma plan a tsiku lotsatira ndi ntchito zophunzitsira ndege,kenako Sondra anapita pa phone kuti akaone ma messages ndipo Boomer anapita ku ofesi yake kukakonza ma message ndi ma document komanso ma lab ambiri komanso ma office a design omwe amawayang'anira.
    
  Madzulo adayamba ndi msonkhano wa gulu loyang'anira kampaniyo, womwe Boomer sakanatha kuupirira, koma inali gawo la ntchito yake yatsopano monga woyang'anira ntchito zakuthambo. Msonkhanowo udatsogozedwa ndi wachiwiri kwa purezidenti watsopano wowona za ntchito za kampaniyo, a Jason Richter, yemwe adapuma pantchito ndi katswiri wa zama robotics ku U.S. Army yemwe adalembedwa ntchito kuti alowe m'malo mwa malemu Patrick McLanahan. Jason anali wamtali, wokwanira komanso wothamanga, wowoneka bwino wa brunette. Analembedwa ntchito ndi Sky Masters Aerospace chifukwa cha luso lake laumisiri, makamaka mu robotics, koma adapezeka kuti ali ndi luso loyang'anira, choncho adakwezedwa kukhala mtsogoleri wa kafukufuku ndi chitukuko cha kampaniyo. Ngakhale kuti anali kunyumba mu labotale kapena ofesi yokonza mapulani, ankasangalala ndi mphamvu ndi kutchuka kwa kutsogolera anthu ambiri odziwa bwino komanso omveka bwino padziko lapansi.
    
  "Tiyeni tiyambepo," anatero Richter, akuyambitsa msonkhano ndendende ndendende 1 koloko, monga mwa nthaŵi zonse. "Tiyeni tiyambe ndi gawo lazamlengalenga. Hunter, zikomo kwambiri popereka Purezidenti bwino ku siteshoni ya mlengalenga ya Armstrong ndikubwerera bwinobwino. Kupambana kwenikweni. " Anthu ena onse adaombera Boomer m'manja pang'ono - Hunter "Boomer" Noble adawonedwa ngati munthu wodziwika bwino m'bwalo lalikulu la kampaniyo, wosasamala, motero adamuchitira chifundo. "Pulezidenti sakuwoneka kuti akukumana ndi zovuta zilizonse. Zowonera?
    
  "Mnyamatayo wachita ntchito yabwino kwambiri," adatero Boomer, kuvomereza mwakachetechete mayankho abwino ochokera kwa mamembala anzake koma akuwonanso zolakwika. "Anakhala chete ndikusokoneza ndege yonse. Sindinadabwenso kwambiri atavomera kupanga docking, koma sindinakhulupirire pamene ankafuna kupanga ulendo wopita ku airlock. Anachita ngati kuti wakhala akuphunzitsidwa za astronout kwa zaka zambiri. Kulimba mtima kotereku n"kwachilendo."
    
  "Tikulandira kale zopempha za ndege za m'mlengalenga, ndipo pakhala nkhani zopezera ndalama zambiri za S-19 ndi XS-29," adatero Jason.
    
  "Ndili nazo zonse," adatero Boomer, "koma ndikuganiza kuti tifunika kukopa zothandizira kuti tiyambe ntchito yayikulu pamasiteshoni am'mlengalenga otsatirawa. Armstrong akulendewera pamenepo, koma masiku ake awerengedwa, ndipo ngati ntchito ya Starfire ya Brad McLanahan ipita patsogolo, monga momwe ndikupangira, Armstrong akhoza kutuluka mu bizinesi ya zida zankhondo palimodzi. Ndili ndi anthu awiri, Harry Felt ndi Samantha Yee, omwe akugwira ntchito yopangira zida zamlengalenga, makamaka akupanga machitidwe okweza Armstrong. Ndikufuna kuwayika kuti aziyang'anira gulu latsopano la anthu atatu kapena anayi kuti ayambe, omwe akupanga mapangidwe a malo atsopano ankhondo ndi mafakitale malinga ndi malingaliro a Purezidenti Phoenix. Tikuyeneranso kukutumizani inu ndi Dr. Qaddiri ku Washington nthawi yomweyo kuti tikakumane ndi olimbikitsa anthu kuti tidziwe yemwe wayambitsa mlengalenga watsopanowu. Anazengereza kwa kanthaŵi, kenaka anawonjezera kuti, "Mwina iwe kapena Helen muyenera kudzipereka kuchita zimenezi, Jason."
    
  "Ine?" - Adafunsa Jason. "Mu Washington? Ine kulibwino ndikakwiridwe mpaka pakhosi panga mchipululu. Koma ndimakonda malingaliro anu. Nditumizireni malingaliro ndi bajeti nthawi yomweyo ndipo ndipereka kwa Helen. "
    
  Boomer adapanga pang'ono pakompyuta yake yam'manja. "Tsopano mubokosi lanu la makalata, Comandante."
    
  "Zikomo. Ndinadziwa kuti mwabwera kale ndi chinachake. Ndionetsetsa kuti Helen wapeza lero."
    
  Panthawiyi, pulezidenti wa kampaniyo komanso mkulu wa kampaniyo, Dr. Helen Cuddiri, adalowa m'chipinda chochitira misonkhano. Aliyense anaimirira pamene mayi wamtali, wamaso akuda wazaka makumi asanu ndi ziwiri zakubadwa watsitsi lalitali lakuda lomwe linali lomangidwa mu mfundo yovuta kwambiri kumbuyo kwa mutu wake, atavala suti ya bizinesi yodera lakuda, adawonekera pakhomo. Helen Qaddiri anabadwira ku India koma anaphunzitsidwa makamaka ku United States, kupeza madigiri ambiri mu bizinesi ndi uinjiniya. Anagwira ntchito ku Sky Masters kwa zaka zambiri, akuthandizana ndi a Jonathan Masters kuti apeze kampani yazamlengalenga yomwe idasokonekera yomwe adagwirapo ntchito ndikuipanga kukhala imodzi mwamakampani otsogola padziko lonse lapansi opanga mapangidwe ndi chitukuko. "Aliyense, chonde khalani pampando wanu," anatero mayiyo ndi mawu owala komanso anthete. "Pepani kukusokoneza, Jason."
    
  "Ayi, Helen," adatero Jason. "Kodi muli ndi kalikonse kwa ife?"
    
  "Chilengezo," adatero. Anayenda kutsogolo kwa chipindacho ndikuyima pafupi ndi Jason. "Bungwe la Atsogoleri linasankha mapulojekiti atatu oti athandizidwe chaka chino, zonsezo zili m"mayunivesite: State University of New York ku Buffalo kaamba ka projekiti ya swarm satellite; Allegheny College of Pennsylvania kwa njira yolumikizirana ya laser; ndipo zochuluka za mphothoyo, madola mamiliyoni makumi awiri ndi asanu, zipita ku Cal Poly San Luis Obispo kaamba ka projekiti yochititsa chidwi yamagetsi adzuwa panjira. " Kuwomba m"manja kwina kochokera kwa oyang"anira nthambi muholoyo.
    
  "Brad McLanahan akutsogolera ntchitoyi," adatero Boomer. "Mnyamata uyu ndi wodabwitsa. Ndimufunsa mnyamatayo funso lokhudza gawo lina la polojekitiyo ndipo akuti sakudziwa ndipo adzandiyimbiranso, ndipo chinthu chotsatira chomwe ndikudziwa ndikuyimbira foni kuchokera kwa wopambana mphoto ya Nobel ku Germany ndi yankho. Ali ndi mndandanda wa akatswiri ndi asayansi pagulu lake omwe angagwetse misozi m'maso mwanu.
    
  "Tikuyika kale ndalama zambiri pantchito yawo," adatero Jason. "Tawapatsa kale gawo la Utatu, lomwe amagwiritsa ntchito poyezera komanso kuyesa mawonekedwe. Akayamba kupanga ma subsystems, adzafuna kukweza zida zamlengalenga kupita ku siteshoni ya Armstrong pa Midnight ndi Black Stallion, kotero adapempha magawo monga miyeso yonyamula katundu, machitidwe, mphamvu, chilengedwe, kutentha, kugwedezeka, ndi ndi choncho.. Adapemphanso kuti awone khodi yapakompyuta ya Skybolt direction system - akufuna kuigwiritsa ntchito popereka mphamvu ya maser ku antenna yolunjika pa Earth, ndipo wamkulu wa gulu lawo la makompyuta akuganiza kuti zitha kulondola. "
    
  "Amasewera limodzi, ndizowona," anawonjezera Boomer.
    
  Helen anati: "Ndikauza mayunivesite uthenga wabwino. "Ndizomwezo. Chilichonse kwa ine?"
    
  "Boomer anali ndi lingaliro labwino: kukumana ndi Purezidenti Phoenix ndi aliyense amene akutsogolera ntchito yatsopanoyi, agawane nawo malingaliro awo ndikuwona zomwe akufuna kuchita," adatero Jason. "Akufunanso kupanga gulu loti liyambe kupanga masiteshoni apamlengalenga, asitikali ndi mafakitale. Malingaliro ake ndi bajeti zili pa piritsi langa. "
    
  "Maganizo abwino, Boomer," adatero Helen. "Nditumizireni malingaliro ake kwa ine muofesi yanga msonkhano ukangotha."
    
  "Ndichita," adatero Jason.
    
  "Ndanenanso kuti inu kapena Jason mudzipereke kuti mutsogolere ntchito zaboma, ngati palibe amene adatchulidwa kale," adatero Boomer.
    
  "Ndili ndi ntchito, zikomo kwambiri, ndipo Jason sakupita kulikonse - ndangobwera naye kuno pambuyo ponyengerera komanso kunyengerera," adatero Helen, akumwetulira. Koma kupita ku Washington kumamveka bwino kwa ife. Anayankha mafunso ndi ndemanga zina zingapo, kenako ananyamuka. Jason anapitirizabe kutsogolera msonkhanowo, akuyendayenda patebulo akulandira malipoti kuchokera kwa otsogolera onse ogwira ntchito, ndipo unatha patapita pafupifupi ola limodzi.
    
  Jason anapita ku ofesi ya Helen patapita mphindi zingapo ndipo anagogoda pa chitseko cha chitseko cha ofesi yotsegula. "Ndili nanu lipoti ili," analankhula motero pakhomo, atagwira kompyuta yake ya tabuleti m"manja.
    
  "Lowa, Jason," Helen anatero, akugwira ntchito pa laputopu yake pa desiki lake. "Tsekani chitseko". Jason adachita zomwe adalamula, kenako adapita pa desk yake ndikuyambitsa kusamutsa mafayilo kuchokera pa tablet kupita pa laptop yake.
    
  "Ndi fayilo yayitali," adatero. "Mukudziwa Boomer - bwanji munganene china m'mawu awiri okha pomwe atha kubwera ndi makumi awiri?"
    
  "Izi nzodabwitsa," iye anatero. "Titani pamene tikudikira?"
    
  "Ndili ndi malingaliro angapo," adatero Jason, akumwetulira pomwe adawerama ndikumpsompsona kwambiri, ndipo adayankha mwachidwi chimodzimodzi. Anapsompsonana kwa mphindi zingapo zazitali zazitali. "Ndikanakonda ndikadatsitsa tsitsi lako pompano," iye anatero ndi mawu akuya, abata. "Ndimakonda kuyang'ana tsitsi lanu likuphwanyidwa mutalipachika ... Makamaka ngati likugwera pachifuwa changa chopanda kanthu." Adayankha momukokera pafupi ndikumupsopsonanso kwambiri. "Kodi mwamasuka usikuuno? Sindinakhale nawe kwa masiku angapo."
    
  "Jason, sitikadayenera kuchita izi," Helen ananong"ona. "Ndine bwana wanu, ndipo ndine wamkulu kuposa inu zaka khumi."
    
  "Sindisamala kuti muli ndi zaka zingati motsatira nthawi," adatero Jason. "Ndiwe mkazi wachilendo, wokopa kwambiri yemwe ndidakhalapo naye. Kugonana kumatuluka kuchokera kwa iwe ngati laser. Ndipo ukhoza kukhala wamkulu kwa ine, koma sindingathe kukhala nawe pabedi. "
    
  "Leka, bulu iwe," anatero Helen akumwetulira, koma anamupsompsonanso mozama, mokhalitsa monga chizindikiro choyamikira. Anagwira nkhope yake ndikumugwedeza akusewera. "Musaiwale, ndili ndi mawu pamsonkhano wa Lander County Chamber of Commerce usikuuno, ndipo manejala wa mzindawu, wapampando wa bungwe lokonzekera mapulani ndi mkulu wa apolisi akufuna kukambirana. Ndikuganiza kuti izi ndi zokulitsa zida zopangira mayunitsi owonjezera pafupi ndi bwalo la ndege ndikuwunikanso kalata yogwirizana ndi kampani yachitetezo cha eyapoti, chigawo ndi chitetezo. Ndikufuna kuwonetsetsa kuti nyumbayo ili kunja kwa bwalo la ndege laphokoso, ndipo sindikufuna kuti maofesala athu azimangidwa ndi ma sheriff ku mapangano a chitetezo cha boma ndi boma. Charles Gordon wochokera ku ofesi ya bwanamkubwa adzakhalanso komweko, ndipo ndikufuna kuti ndilankhule naye za kupeza ndalama zambewu zokulitsa bwalo la ndege. "
    
  "Zoyipa".
    
  "Bwanji osapita nane? Aliyense akukudziwani ngati munthu amene adapanga ndikumanga chipangizo cha ana cha cybernetic chomwe chidapulumutsa mzindawu kuchokera kwa Yuda Andorsen ndi Knights of the True Republic - ndikukhulupirira kuti angakonde kukumana nanu."
    
  "Sindichita ndale," anatero Jason. "Umandisangalatsa. Sindikuganiza kuti ndingathe kukulepheretsani."
    
  "O, ndikuganiza kuti uli ndi mphamvu zambiri, Jason," adatero. "Kuphatikiza apo, ndikukhulupirira kuti akufuna kukumana ndi Purezidenti wamtsogolo ndi CEO wa Sky Masters Aerospace."
    
  "Tiyenera kukambirana za izi pang'ono, Helen," adatero Jason. Anakhala pansi moyang'anizana naye. "Sindikuganiza kuti ndine woyenera kukhala CEO. Munayenera kundinyengerera kuti ndikhale Chief of Operations Patrick McLanahan ataphedwa-"
    
  "Ndipo mukuchita bwino," adatero Helen. "Gulu lanu ndilopambana pabizinesi. Mwakhala mukuchita izi kwa miyezi ingapo. Chidzakhala chikhalidwe chachiwiri musanazindikire. Mukufunika maphunziro ochulukirapo abizinesi, mwina MBA pamwamba pa madigiri ena onse omwe muli nawo, koma mwachiwonekere ndinu mtsogoleri. "
    
  "Ndimamva ndili kunyumba mu labu kuposa pa desiki langa."
    
  "Palibe amene amati uyenera kukhala patebulo," anatero Helen. "Atsogoleri amachita zinthu m"njira zosiyanasiyana. Mumadziŵa kugaŵira, kugaŵira ena ntchito, ndi kulinganiza zinthu-zimene zimakusiyani ndi nthaŵi ndi mwaŵi wokhala ndi nthaŵi yochuluka ndi mainjiniya anu ndi kuchita zonse zimene atsogoleri amakampani ayenera kuchita." Anayimilira pa desiki lake ndikupita kwa iye, akumukanikiza mabere ake momwe ankadziwira kuti amakonda. "Tiye nane usikuuno. Ndiye, ngati sikunachedwe, ndikufuna kukuitanani kuti mudzacheze."
    
  "Ndimaganiza kuti mwanena kuti tisamachite izi."
    
  "O, sitiyenera," Helen anatero akumwetulira. Jason adayimilira ndikupsompsonananso mozama komanso mwachikondi. "Ndikhoza kutaya ntchito ngati bungwelo lidziwa kuti ndinagona ndi mmodzi wa achiwiri kwa purezidenti wanga, ngakhale ndinali woyambitsa nawo kampaniyo." Kupsompsonanso kumodzi. "Mudzachotsedwa ntchito ndipo mwina mungaimbidwe mlandu chifukwa cha bonasi yosayina." Kupsompsonanso kumodzi.
    
  "Chonde, Abiti Purezidenti, siyani kuyankhula tsopano," adatero Jason.
    
  "Inde, Bambo Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti," Helen anatero, ndipo iwo anapsompsonanso, ndipo kupsompsona kumeneku kunatenga nthaŵi yaitali kuposa enawo.
    
  Dzuwa litangolowa kumene Boomer adachoka ku Sky Masters Aerospace Center ndikupita kwawo. Gulu laling'ono lokhala ndi tulo, lomwe linali lokhalokha la Battle Mountain kumpoto chapakati cha Nevada lasintha modabwitsa m'zaka zitatu kuchokera pomwe Sky Masters Aerospace Inc. anasamukira kumeneko kuchokera ku Las Vegas: chiwerengero cha anthu chinali ndi kuwirikiza katatu, ntchito zomanga zamitundu yonse zinali paliponse, ndi malo osamalidwa-zinali zodziwika bwino monga msasa wa migodi ndi njanji kuyambira pamene unakhazikitsidwa m'ma 1840, ngakhale Mpando wa Lander County-Pomaliza wakhala mzinda watsopano wa Nevada komanso umodzi mwamizinda yomwe ikukula mwachangu mdziko muno. Boomer adabwereka nyumba m'malo ena atsopano omwe ali pakati pa bwalo la ndege ndi tawuni yatsopano, pafupi mokwanira kuti azitha kukaona malo odyera atsopano ndi malo odyera apamwamba nthawi iliyonse akafuna, koma yokwanira kuti apite kuntchito, makamaka tsopano popeza m'mawa akuyenda panjira. 80 kupita ku eyapoti akuwoneka kuti akutanganidwa tsiku lililonse, chifukwa cha mabizinesi ambiri omwe ayamba kuderali kuyambira pomwe Sky Masters Aerospace idakulitsa ntchito zake.
    
  Boomer adayimitsa Lincoln MKT yake mgalimoto, akuyembekezera madzulo abwino opumula. Anali wokhazikika m'makasino angapo atsopano mtawuniyi, ndipo anali asanalipire chakudya kapena zakumwa patatha chaka chimodzi - anali wotsimikiza kuti apatsa makasino ndalama zokwanira pa matebulo a makadi kuti apange zambiri kuposa kupanga. chifukwa cha zotayika zake - koma usikuuno ukhala usiku woyipa. Mwina vinyo pang'ono, mwina kanema, mwina-
    
  "Mwabwera kunyumba nthawi yake," linatero liwu lochokera kukhitchini. Anali Sondra Eddington, atavala t-shirt imodzi yokha ya Boomer's Sky Masters Aerospace Inc., tsitsi lake lalitali la blondi likugwera bwino pachifuwa chake, ngati kuti anali atazilemba mwanjira imeneyo - zomwe, Boomer ankaganiza, mwina anali nazo. "Ndinayamba popanda iwe."
    
  "Sindinadziwe kuti mukubwera," adatero Boomer.
    
  "Ndinachita mantha pang'ono nditauluka m'mawa uno," Sondra anatero motopa, ndi mawu achipongwe. "Ndayesera kuthamanga ndi kuchita masewera olimbitsa thupi molimbika ku masewera olimbitsa thupi, koma ndidakali ... pang'ono m'mphepete." Anafika pafupi ndi kumupsompsona pamilomo. "Ndiye ndidaganiza zolowa ndikufunsa ngati mukudziwa njira iliyonse yomwe ndingawonongere mphamvu?"
    
  Boomer adayesa koma adalephera, maso ake adayendayenda pathupi lake zomwe zidamupangitsa kumwetulira. "Galimoto yanu ili kuti?" - anafunsa.
    
  Sondra anati: "Ndinaiyimika pamalo ogulitsira zinthu zapafupi. "Ndinawona anthu ambiri ochokera ku Sky Masters m'dera lanu ndipo sindinkafuna kuti aziwona galimoto yanga itayimitsidwa kutsogolo kwa nyumba yanu."
    
  Zikumveka ngati lingaliro labwino kwambiri, Boomer amaganiza. Anamugwira m"litali mwake n"kumuyang"ana m"maso molunjika. "Kapena titha kuchita zoyenera, monga tidagwirizana, osagonanso wina ndi mnzake."
    
  "O, ndikudziwa kuti tinakambirana za izi," Sondra anatero mokweza pang'ono, akuyika manja ake pamapewa ake ndi kukulunga manja ake pakhosi pake, "koma sindingathe kuchita. Uli ndi thupi lotentha kwambiri ndipo uli ndi nsewu wonyansa komanso malingaliro a satana omwe amangondipangitsa misala. Osanenanso, ndiwe nyalugwe pabedi.
    
  "Zikomo," adatero Boomer. "Nawenso ukutentha kwambiri."
    
  "Zikomo".
    
  "Koma bwenzi lako, Brad, ndi bwenzi langa, ndipo ngati angadziŵe za ife, zikanakhala zovuta kwa ife kugwira naye ntchito posachedwapa. Ntchito yake ya Starfire yangolandila ndalama. "
    
  "Ndiye ndisiyane naye."
    
  Boomer anaphethira modabwa. "Ndizophweka choncho?"
    
  "Nthawi yoti ndikusiyeni ikadzakwana, zikhalanso mwachangu," adatero Sondra. "Ndimakonda Brad, ndipo iye ndi wovuta ngati iwe, koma iye ndi wamng"ono kwambiri kwa ine, ndipo iye ali ku koleji, ndipo wakhala wotanganidwa kwambiri kuti asadzandichezere posachedwapa, ndipo ndiri wosungulumwa kukhala kutali ndi kwathu. Komanso, sindimakonda kumangidwa. Ndikufuna zomwe ndikufuna, nthawi yomwe ndikuzifuna, ndipo panopa ndikukufunani."
    
  "Ndipo pamene Brad ali pano, kodi udzamufunanso?"
    
  Sondra anagwedezeka. "Mwina. Sindikuganiza kuti akanandibwezeranso titatha kupatukana - ndi wosakhwima ponena za akazi ndi maubwenzi ndipo sindikuganiza kuti sakanatha kukhala abwenzi kapena ogonana nawo wamba." Anamukokera pafupi. "Bwanji, mnyamata? Yambitsani injini zanu ndikundikweretsa?"
    
  Boomer adamwetulira koma adapukusa mutu. "Sindikuganiza choncho, Sondra," iye anatero.
    
  Anabwerera mmbuyo ndikuyendetsa manja ake kutsitsi lake la blonde, lomwe linakhuthukira pachifuwa chake. "Simundifunanso? Ndinati ndisiyane ndi Brad."
    
  "Tidagonana kamodzi ndipo tidakambirana pambuyo pake ndipo tonse tidaganiza kuti zinali zolakwika," adatero Boomer. "Tiphunzitsa limodzi miyezi ina khumi ndi iwiri. Ndine mphunzitsi wanu. Kugona limodzi si nkhani yabwino."
    
  "Ngati watero," anatero Sondra ndi mawu ofewa. Kenako, pang'onopang'ono komanso monyengerera, adavula T-sheti yake, ndikuwulula thupi lake lopatsa chidwi, mabere olimba ndi mimba yake yosalala. Anatambasula T-shirt, kuonetsetsa kuti sichikulepheretsa Boomer kuona thupi lake lokoma. "Kodi mukufuna kuti T-shirt yanu ikubwezereni, Dr. Noble?"
    
  Boomer anatambasula dzanja lake ndikumulanda T-shirt ... "Damn, ine ndipita ku gehena," iye anatero, anakumbatira Sondra ndi kumpsompsona kwambiri.
    
    
  NYUMBA YA KHUMI INA, KREMLIN, MOSCOW
  RUSSIA FEDERATION
  PATAPITA MASIKU OCHEPA
    
    
  Maofesi akuluakulu a Purezidenti Gennady Gryzlov m'boma la Kremlin anali mu nyumba ya Senate, yomwe imadziwikanso kuti First Building, koma adakonda ofesi ya pulezidenti yomwe imadziwika kuti Fourteenth Building. Nyumbayo anali atangoikonzanso kotheratu, n"kuisintha n"kukhala chitsanzo chapamwamba kwambiri cha maofesi a kampani yake yamafuta ku St. ndipo m'njira zambiri kuposa luso lamakono la Russia; panalinso njanji yapansi panthaka yothamangitsidwa mwadzidzidzi yomwe ingamufikitse ku Chkalovsky Airport, makilomita khumi ndi asanu ndi atatu kumpoto chakum'mawa kwa Moscow, yomwe inali bwalo lake la ndege lophunzitsira za nyenyezi zakuthambo lomwe likugwira ntchito ku Star City ndipo tsopano linali ndi ndege zonyamula asilikali zomwe zingamuchotse bwinobwino ngati kuli kofunikira.
    
  Anatsimikiza mtima kuti asamangidwe m'malo olamula mobisa panthawi ya nkhondo ya ndege, monga momwe zinachitikira atate wake: pa chenjezo loyamba la ngozi iliyonse, Gryzlov akhoza kuchoka pa Nyumba ya Khumi ndi Inayi pasanathe mphindi imodzi, kuchoka mumzindawu pasanathe zisanu. , ndikukwera jeti. , okonzeka kutumiza kulikonse ku Europe pasanathe zaka makumi atatu.
    
  Gryzlov sankachita misonkhano mu Nyumba yachisanu ndi chinayi, akukonda kuti misonkhano yonse ya nduna zapamwamba ichitike mu ofesi yake mu Nyumba Yoyamba, koma adayitanira nduna ya Zachilendo Daria Titeneva ku ofesi yake ku Nyumba yachisanu ndi chinayi m'mawa kwambiri. Anaperekezedwa mu ofesi ndi mkulu wa kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe kake, Sergei Tarzarov, koma Gryzlov anachotsedwa. "Moni, Daria," Gryzlov adatero kuseri kwa desiki yake yayikulu. "Mwalandiridwa. Tiyi? Khofi?"
    
  "Ayi, zikomo, Purezidenti," adatero Titeneva. Anatenga nthawi kuyang'ana mozungulira muofesi. Desiki la Gryzlov linali ndi mazenera apansi mpaka padenga okhala ndi malingaliro odabwitsa a Kremlin ndi Moscow, ndipo pamakoma kutsogolo kwa desiki panali owunikira owoneka bwino omwe amawonetsa zidziwitso zosiyanasiyana, kuyambira nkhani zapadziko lonse lapansi kupita kumalipoti aboma kupita ku katundu. ma quotes ndi masheya ochokera padziko lonse lapansi. Gome la msonkhano wa anthu makumi awiri linali kumanzere kwa pulezidenti, ndipo malo abwino okhalamo anthu khumi ndi awiri ozungulira tebulo la khofi anali kumanja. "Sindinaone ofesi yanu pano kuyambira pomwe mudamaliza kukonzanso. Zokonda kwambiri bizinesi. Ndimakonda, Mr. President. "
    
  "Sindingathe kugwira ntchito zambiri m'nyumba ya Senate pamene ogwira ntchito ali openga," adatero Gryzlov. "Ndimapita ku First Building kuti ndikamvetsere kukulira kwa nkhuku, kenako ndikubwerera kuno ndikupanga zisankho."
    
  "Ndikukhulupirira kuti sindine mmodzi wa nkhuku zomwe mukunena, Purezidenti," adatero Titeneva.
    
  "Ayi," Gryzlov adanena, akuyenda mozungulira desiki lake, akuyandikira Titeneva ndikumpsompsona pang'onopang'ono pa tsaya, kenako ndikumupsompsona mwaulemu. "Ndiwe bwenzi lodalirika. Munagwira ntchito limodzi ndi abambo anga kwa zaka zambiri, kuyambira pamene munali limodzi mu Air Force. "
    
  "Bambo anu anali munthu wamkulu," adatero Titeneva. Ndinali ndi mwayi womutumikira."
    
  "Anakukokerani naye njira yonse, sichoncho?" Gryzlov adati. "Nonse munakwera gulu la Air Force palimodzi, kenako adakutengani m'boma, inde?"
    
  "Abambo anu adadziwa kufunika kokhala ndi anthu odalirika omwe ali pafupi nanu, msilikali ndi kunja kwake," adatero Titeneva. "Anaonetsetsanso kuti ndaphunzira kuchokera kwa akatswiri abwino kwambiri ku Kremlin."
    
  "Inu munali wamkulu wa antchito ake kwakanthawi kochepa, pamaso pa wachinyengo Nikolai Stepashin, ngati ndikukumbukira bwino," adatero Gryzlov. "Ndili ndi chidwi: chifukwa chiyani mwamusiya ndikulowa nawo ukazembe? Pofika pano mutha kukhala Prime Minister kapena Purezidenti. "
    
  "Tonse tinaganiza kuti luso langa lingagwiritsidwe ntchito bwino ku Washington ndi New York," adatero Titeneva mwachisawawa. "Panthawiyo, azimayi sankakhala ndi maudindo apamwamba ku Kremlin."
    
  "Ndikuwona," adatero Gryzlov. Iye anatembenukira kwa iye. Ndiye mphekesera zomwe ndinamva zokhudza kugonana kwa nthawi yaitali ndi bambo anga si zoona? Titeneva sananene kanthu. Gryzlov adapita kwa iye ndikumpsompsona pamilomo. "Bambo anga anali munthu wosangalala. Mwinanso ndikhala ndi mwayi womwewo."
    
  "Ndatsala pang'ono kukhala amayi anu, Bambo Purezidenti," adatero, koma Gryzlov adatsamira kutsogolo kuti amupsompsonenso ndipo sanachoke. Gryzlov adamwetulira, ndipo maso ake ayang'ana mmwamba ndi pansi pa thupi lake, kenako adabwerera ku desiki yake ndikutenga ndudu kuchokera pa desiki yake. "Mwandiitanira muofesi yanu kuti mudzandipsopsone, Mr. President?"
    
  "Sindikulingalira chifukwa chabwinoko, Daria," iye anatero, akuyatsa ndudu ndi kuwuzira mtambo waukulu wa utsi wonunkhira pamwamba padenga. "Bwanji osandiyendera pafupipafupi?"
    
  "Mwamuna wanga, mwachitsanzo."
    
  "Mwamuna wanu Yuri ndi munthu wabwino komanso msilikali wodziwika, ndipo ndikukhulupirira kuti zomwe amachita mukakhala kutali ndi Moscow sizikukukhudzani bola ngati sakuyika pachiwopsezo udindo wanu m'boma," adatero Gryzlov. Titeneva sananene kanthu. Mosatembenukira kwa mayiyo, analoza nduduyo pampando umene unali kutsogolo kwa desiki lake, ndipo iye anatenga. "Kodi mumalandira malipoti okhudza ndege zaku America?"
    
  "Inde, Purezidenti," adatero Titeneva. "Chiwerengero cha maulendo apandege opita kumalo okwerera ankhondo chakwera pang'ono, kuchoka pa atatu pamwezi kufika pa zinayi."
    
  "Uku ndikuwonjezeka kwa makumi atatu peresenti, Madam Minister Wachilendo - ndinganene kuti izi ndizofunikira, osati zochepa," adatero Gryzlov. "Katundu wawo?"
    
  "Malipoti anzeru akuwonetsa kuti siteshoniyi yasintha kwambiri, mwina mumayendedwe a laser beam control and power distribution system," adatero Titeneva. "Optical sensors amatha kuwona kusintha kochepa kunja kwa station."
    
  "Muli ndi chidwi ndi zomwe zili m'mlengalenga, inde?"
    
  "Zowonadi, Purezidenti, nditangolandira chidziwitso kuti kukhazikitsidwa kwayandikira," adatero Titeneva. "Mayankho anthawi zonse ochokera kwa anthu aku America ndi 'ogwira ntchito', 'kupatsirani' ndi 'odziwika'. Sapereka tsatanetsatane uliwonse."
    
  "Ndipo mosavomerezeka?"
    
  "Chitetezo chidakali cholimba kwambiri, bwana," adatero. "Maulendo apandege ndi zochitika zambiri pa Armstrong Space Station zimachitika ndi makontrakitala wamba, ndipo chitetezo chawo ndi chovuta kwambiri komanso chamitundu yambiri. Palibe omwe ndimalumikizana nawo ku Washington amene amadziwa kalikonse za makontrakitala, kupatula kuti, monga tawonera, ambiri a iwo anali akale ankhondo ndi akatswiri. Ndikuwopa kuti ndizovuta kwambiri kuti ndidziwe zambiri za pulogalamu ya mlengalenga ya makontrakitala. Minister Kazyanov atha kukhala ndi zambiri. "
    
  "Ndikuwona," adatero Gryzlov. Anakhala chete kwa mphindi zingapo; ndiye: "Munapatsidwa chilolezo choti mulankhule pamaso pa Bungwe la Chitetezo lisanavotere chigamulo chathu pakuchitapo kanthu koipitsitsa kwa mlengalenga kwa America, sichoncho?"
    
  "Inde, Mr. President."
    
  Gryzlov anawombera mtambo wa utsi mumlengalenga pamwamba pa desiki yake, kenaka anaika ndudu yake mu phulusa ndikuyimirira pampando wake, ndipo, monga lamulo, Titeneva nthawi yomweyo anaimirira. "Munasiya abambo anga, Daria, chifukwa simunathe kupirira udindo ndi zomwe bambo anga amafuna kukupatsani," adatero Gryzlov, akuyandikira kwa iye ndikulasa mkaziyo ndi maso oundana. "Simunali wolimba mokwanira kukhala naye, ngakhale ngati mbuye wake. Munachoka ku Moscow kupita ku maphwando a anthu ku New York ndi ku Washington, m"malo momuthandiza kumenya nkhondo m"njira zandale za ku Kremlin."
    
  "Ndani wakuwuza bodza ili, a President?" Titeneva anafunsa, maso ake akuthwanima ndi mkwiyo. "Mbuzi yakale ija Tarzar?"
    
  Mu gulu losawoneka bwino lomwe Titeneva samayembekezera, Gryzlov adamumenya kumaso ndi dzanja lake lamanja lotseguka. Anagwedezeka ndi kugunda, akugwedeza nyenyezi pamutu pake, koma Gryzlov adawona kuti sanabwerere kapena kulira, koma patapita kanthawi adawongolera nsana wake ndikuyimirira patsogolo pake mpaka kutalika kwake. Ndipo kachiwiri, m"kuphethira kwa diso, anali pamwamba pake, milomo yake itatsekeredwa pamilomo yake, akukokera mutu wake kwa iye ndi dzanja lake lamanja pamene lake lamanzere likuyendayenda pachifuwa chake. Kenako, atatha kupsompsona kwautali, anam"kankhira kutali. Anasisita tsaya lake, ndiye milomo yake, ndi kuseri kwa dzanja lake, koma anayimirira molunjika kutsogolo kwake kachiwiri, kukana kubwerera mmbuyo.
    
  "Upite ku New York ukalankhule ku United Nations Security Council," Gryzlov anatero, akumuyang'ana molunjika, "koma sukhalanso kazembe wokhwima, wanzeru, wolemekezeka, wodzisunga, kodi ukundimva? Mudzakhala nyalugwe amene bambo anga ankafuna ndi kumuphunzitsa, koma sanakhalepo. Ndikuwona kuti tigress m'maso mwanu, Daria, koma muli ndi moyo wabwino mu Unduna wa Zachilendo ndi mwamuna wanu ngwazi yankhondo, kupirira zinthu zake zazing'ono chifukwa mukufuna kusunga ntchito yanu. Ayi, ayi.
    
  "Mupita ku Security Council, ndipo Russia ipeza zonse zomwe ndikufuna, kapena sitidzakhalanso ndi chilichonse chochita ndi United Nations," adatero Gryzlov. "Mumapeza chigamulochi, kapena muphulitsa malo ano. Mudzawonetsa kusakondwa kwanga ndi kukwiya kwanga popanda kukayika konse m'malingaliro a aliyense, kapena musavutike kubwerera kuchokera ku New York. "
    
  "United States ivomereza chigamulocho, Gennady," adatero Titeneva. Gryzlov adawona kusintha kwa mawu ake ndikumwetulira - ngati ngwazi yothamanga kwambiri, adayankha bwino pakuwongolera pang'ono, adaganiza. "Inu mukudziwa bwino monga ine ndimazidziwa."
    
  "Ndiye muwononge malowa," adatero Gryzlov. "Nyumba iyi komanso dziko lonse lapansi loyipa liyenera kufotokoza momveka bwino momwe ndingakwiyire ngati chisankhochi sichichitika." Anagwira tsitsi kumbuyo kwa mutu wake, ndikumukokera kwa iye ndikumupsompsonanso kwambiri, kenako ndikumuchotsa kwa iye. "Ngati wasankha kukhala kalulu osati nyalugwe, ndikuyerekeza kubwerera ku Kremlin, ndiye ndikuwonetsetsa kuti udzakhala kalulu wa munthu wina. Mwinanso wanga. Ndipo ndikukutsimikizirani kuti simungakonde. Tsopano chotsani gehena pano.
    
  SERGEY Tarzarov analowa mu ofesi ya pulezidenti mphindi zochepa Titeneva atachoka. "Si msonkhano wanu wanthawi zonse wa antchito, ndikuganiza, bwana?" - iye anati, kukhudza milomo yake ngati chizindikiro.
    
  "Kalankhulidwe kakang'ono kolimbikitsa asanapite ku New York," Gryzlov adatero mokweza mawu, akupukuta milomo yake ndi kuseri kwa dzanja lake. "Ilyanov ali kuti?"
    
  "Ndi foni yotetezeka yochokera ku Washington, njira yachitatu," adatero Tarzarov.
    
  Gryzlov adatenga foniyo, ndikukankhira chosinthira tchanelo ndikudikirira mopanda chipiriro kuti chigawo cha decryption chikhazikitse kulumikizana. "Colonel?"
    
  "Chitetezo, bwana," anayankha Ilyanov.
    
  "Chachitika ndi chani pamenepo?"
    
  "Zinali zosayembekezereka, bwana," adatero Ilyanov. "Zikuwoneka kuti McLanahan ali ndi chitetezo chifukwa adawononga gulu langa, adatenga McLanahan ndikutseka nyumba dzuwa lisanatuluke."
    
  "Timu yako ili kuti?"
    
  "Sizikudziwika, bwana," adatero Ilyanov. "Sali m'manja mwa apolisi wamba, ndizomwe ndikudziwa."
    
  "Damn," Gryzlov analumbira. "Kaya FBI kapena chitetezo chachinsinsi. Adzayimba ngati mbalame m'nthawi yodziwika bwino, makamaka ngati atakhala m'manja mwa anthu wamba. Ndakuuzani Mtsamunda musaganize kalikonse. McLanahan ali kuti tsopano?"
    
  "Anangowonekera, bwana," adatero Ilyanov. "Analembetsa ngati wokhala m'modzi mwa nyumba zapasukulupo. Anavulala panthawi yomwe timu yanga idawukira, koma akuwoneka kuti ali bwino tsopano. Tikuphunzira mayendedwe ake, chitetezo cha nyumbayo, ndikuyang'ana kupezeka kwa achitetezo ake. Sitidzadabwanso. Mpaka pano sitinapeze kalikonse. McLanahan akuwoneka kuti adayambiranso mayendedwe ake anthawi zonse asanaukire. Sitingathe kuzindikira chitetezo chilichonse chozungulira.
    
  "Ndiye yang'anani mosamala, Mtsamunda, dala iwe!" Gryzlov anawombera. "Ndikufuna kuti chiwonongedwe. Sindisamala ngati mutumize gulu lonse lankhondo pambuyo pake - ndikufuna kuti awonongedwe. Pitirizani nazo!
    
    
  NORWEGIAN ROOM, UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL ROOM
  NEW YORK
  PATAPITA MASIKU OCHEPA
    
    
  "Kufunafuna kosaloledwa, koopsa komanso kodzutsa kulamulira kwa America mumlengalenga kuyenera kusiya nthawi yomweyo," adafuula Nduna Yowona Zakunja ku Russia Daria Titeneva. Adalankhula pamsonkhano wa United Nations Security Council ku New York, atakhala pampando wa kazembe pafupi ndi kazembe waku Russia ku UN, Andrei Naryshkin. "Russia yalemba chiwonjezeko cha makumi atatu pa zana pa kuchuluka kwa ndege za m'mlengalenga ndi ndege zopanda munthu zopita ku malo ankhondo aku US kuyambira pomwe Purezidenti Phoenix adalengeza zaku America kuwongolera mlengalenga. Russia ili ndi umboni woti dziko la United States likuyambitsanso gulu lake la nyenyezi za zida za mlengalenga zotchedwa Kingfishers, ndikuyambitsanso laser yaulere ya electron yotchedwa Skybolt yokhala ndi machitidwe otsogola otsogola komanso mphamvu yowonjezera, ndikupangitsa kuti ikhale yokhoza kuwononga zolinga kulikonse padziko lapansi. Zonsezi zikuwoneka ngati zopanda kanthu koma chiwonetsero cha mphamvu mu chaka cha chisankho, koma Purezidenti Phoenix akusewera masewera owopsa kwambiri, akuwopseza mtendere ndi bata la dziko lonse lapansi kuti angopeza mavoti ochepa.
    
  "Boma la Russia lakonza chigamulo choti chiganizidwe ndi Security Council chofuna kuti United States ichotse zolinga zake zoyambitsanso zida zake zonse ndikuwononga zida zomwe zili kale m'njira ya Earth, ndikulamula Purezidenti Kenneth Phoenix kuti asinthe zomwe ananena kuti aliyense. orbit yotengedwa ndi American spacecraft ndi gawo lodziyimira pawokha la America lomwe lingathe kutetezedwa ndi gulu lankhondo. Kunja sikuyenera kulamulidwa ndi dziko limodzi kapena mgwirizano uliwonse. Ndikupempha Khonsolo kuti lindilole kuti chigamulo cha dziko la Russia chiperekedwe ku Komiti Yoona za Kayendetsedwe ka Zinthu ndiyeno ku Bungwe la Security Council kaamba ka voti, kenako n"kuchichita mwamsanga pambuyo pa voti ya "inde". Zikomo, Mr. President." Titeneva atamaliza kulankhula, kuwomba m'manja kunali kochepa - osati chizindikiro chachikulu cha kuvomereza, koma chizindikiro chowopsya cha zovuta kwa Achimerika.
    
  Sofyan Apriyanto wa ku Indonesia, yemwe ndi pulezidenti wa bungwe la United Nations Security Council, ananena kuti: "Zikomo kwambiri Mayi Nduna Yoona Zachilendo. "Wapampando adayitanitsa Ambassador Ells kwa mphindi khumi kuti akane."
    
  "Zikomo, Bambo Purezidenti," anayankha motero Paula Ells, kazembe wa United States ku United Nations. "Sizinganditengere mphindi khumi kuti nditsutse zomwe nduna yakunja yaku Russia idanena. Zolankhula zake ndi zonena zake zilibe umboni ndipo mfundo zake sizolondola ngakhale pang"ono ndipo ndi zabodza zoipitsitsa."
    
  "Muli bwanji, Ambassador!" Titeneva anakuwa atamva kumasulira. "Kodi munganene kuti ndine wabodza! Umboniwu ndi womveka padziko lonse lapansi! Ndi inu ndi akuluakulu onse a ku Phoenix omwe ndi abodza komanso olimbikitsa pano!
    
  Kazembe Paula Ells anaphethira modabwa. Adakumana ndikukhala ndi nthawi yayitali ndi wamkulu wakale wa Kremlin nthawi zambiri pantchito yake ndipo amamudziwa ngati munthu wodekha, wanzeru, waluso kwambiri, koma kuyambira pomwe adafika ku New York adakhala wosazindikirika. Adapereka zoyankhulana zingapo kwa atolankhani padziko lonse lapansi, kudzudzula Purezidenti Phoenix ndi zomwe adachita pamlengalenga, pogwiritsa ntchito mawu omwe Ells sanamvepo kale. Mkhalidwe umenewu unapitirirabe kuno, ndi mkwiyo waukulu. "Zokha zomwe mwanena zomwe ndi zoona ndi kuchuluka kwa ndege za m'mlengalenga ndi ma roketi osayendetsedwa," adatero Ells, "koma monga mwachizolowezi, mumangonena zoona zokhazokha ndipo mumanena zabodza zomwe sizikugwirizana ndi zenizeni:
    
  "Chiwerengero cha ndege za ndege yathu chawonjezeka, ndizowona, koma chifukwa Russia, pazifukwa zosadziwika, yachepetsa chiwerengero cha ndege za Soyuz ndi Progress kupita ku International Space Station, ndipo United States yasankha kulimbikitsa ndi kuonjezera. ntchito zathu kudzaza kusiyana komwe kunapangidwa, "Ells anapitiriza. "Ndege zathu zam'mlengalenga ndi ntchito zamalonda sizingoyang'ana pa Armstrong Space Station, monga momwe Mlembi Wachilendo Wachilendo amanenera, komanso ku International Space Station. Ngati Russia ikuganiza kuti ikhoza kukhudza zochitika zapadziko lonse lapansi pochedwetsa ndi kuletsa ntchito zofunikira zowonjezera - mishoni zomwe zidagulidwa kale ndikulipiridwa, nditha kuwonjezera - akulakwitsa kwathunthu.
    
  "Ponena za chigamulochi, Purezidenti, chinenerochi ndi chachikulu komanso chosavuta kuti chikhoza kulembedwa bwino ndi wophunzira wachisanu ndi chiwiri," adatero Ells. Titeneva anamenya chikhatho chake patebulo ndipo ananena chinachake kwa Naryshkin, mokwiya akuloza chala chake choyamba kwa Ells, kenako kwa iye. "Ngati chigamulochi chikachitika, bungwe la United Nations likhoza kulepheretsa machitidwe onse a US padziko lonse lapansi, chifukwa ndi gawo lofunika kwambiri la zida zamlengalenga, koma silinatchulepo za GLONASS satellite navigation system ya Russia, yomwe ili ndi luso lomwelo .
    
  "Kuphatikiza apo, chigamulochi chikufuna kuletsa zida zilizonse zomwe zili ndi chilichonse, ngakhale chakutali, chochita ndi ndege zoyenda pamwamba pamlengalenga, zomwe zikutanthauza kuti bungwe la United Nations litha kuletsa ndege zonse zolemera zaku America chifukwa tsiku lina amayesa zida zoponya ndege, kapena kumtunda. -zombo zonyamula katundu chifukwa poyamba zinkanyamula zida za mlengalenga," Ells anapitiriza. "Lingaliroli silikukhudzana ndi mtendere ndi chitetezo komanso chilichonse chokhudzana ndi kupereka chigamulo ku Security Council chomwe chidzavotere United States kuti Russian Federation iwonetsere mantha ku America ndikuwuza dziko lonse lapansi kuti United States ikufuna kulamulira. mlengalenga . United States ikuyembekeza kuti mamembala ena a Khonsolo awona njira izi momwe zilili: chiwembu chotsika mtengo cha ndale pogwiritsa ntchito umboni wabodza, zosokoneza komanso zochititsa mantha. Ndikupempha Khonsolo kuti ikane kupereka chigamulochi ku komiti komanso osaganiziranso zina. "
    
  Ells adalankhula ndi Titeneva mwachindunji. "Abiti Nduna Yachilendo ... Daria, tiyeni tikhale pansi pa tebulo kukambirana ndi Mlembi wa boma Morrison ndi kukonza kulolerana," iye anachonderera, akukweza manja ake ngati kugonja. "Zomwe Purezidenti Phoenix adachita si kukonzanso mlengalenga. United States ndiyokonzeka kuchita chilichonse chomwe mayiko akunja akufuna kuyesa zolinga zathu ndi katundu wathu mumlengalenga. Tiyenera kutero-"
    
  Osanditenga ngati ndife alongo, Ambassador Ells! Titeneva anakwiya. "Sonyezani ulemu. Ndipo nthawi yotsimikizira yadutsa kalekale - United States iyenera kuti idaganizapo izi chilengezo cha Phoenix chisanachitike kuchokera ku malo ankhondo! United States ili ndi njira imodzi yokha yosonyezera kuwona mtima kwake, kumasuka ndi chikhumbo chenicheni cha mtendere: nthawi yomweyo phwasulani zida zonse za mlengalenga!
    
  Mapewa a Ells adagwedezeka pamene adawona mkwiyo wa Titeneva ukukula. Zinali zosatheka kulankhula naye. Zinali ngati kuti adasanduka chilombo chamtundu wina mu zovala za Daria Titeneva. Ells anatembenukira kwa Tcheyamani wa Bungwe la Chitetezo n"kunena kuti: "Ndilibenso china choti ndiwonjezere, a Purezidenti. Zikomo ".
    
  "Zikomo, Ambassador Ells," adatero Purezidenti Sofyan Apriyanto. "Kodi pali ndemanga zina pamalingaliro oti adziwitse chigamulo cha Russia ku komiti?" Panali zokamba zina zingapo zazifupi, zonse zotsutsa kapena zotsutsa. "Zikomo. Ngati palibenso ndemanga, ndiganiza zotumiza chigamulocho ku komiti. "
    
  "Ndakhudzidwa kwambiri, Purezidenti," adatero kazembe wa Russia Andrei Naryshkin.
    
  "Ndikuthandizira," kazembe wa People's Republic of China adanenanso, zikuwoneka kuti adakonzekeratu kuti China ithandizire izi.
    
  "Chigamulocho chidasunthidwa ndikuthandizidwa," adatero Apriyanto. "Ndikupereka mwayi wina wokambirana ndi maboma anu kapena kupanga zosintha zilizonse." Panalibe otenga, ndipo Mlembi Wamkuluyo mwamsanga anayamba kugwira ntchito: "Zabwino kwambiri. Ngati palibe chotsutsa, ndikupempha voti. Nonse amene mukufuna, chonde sonyezani izi mwa kukweza dzanja lanu, ndipo chonde yesani dzanja lanu kuti muwerenge molondola."
    
  Manja onse anakwera mmwamba, kuphatikizapo ochokera ku Britain ndi France...kupatulapo limodzi, la Ambassador Paula Ells waku United States. "Aliyense amene angatsutse, chonde sonyezani izi pokweza manja anu." Manja onse adagwa kupatula a Paula Ells. "Wapampando amavomereza voti ya United States of America" "ayi," adatero Apriyanto, "ndipo chifukwa chake, chigamulocho sichikukwaniritsidwa."
    
  "Izi ndi zonyansa!" Nduna Yowona Zakunja ku Russia Titeneva adafuula. "Boma la Russia likutsutsa mwamphamvu votiyi! Onse kupatulapo mtundu umodzi adavotera chigamulochi! Aliyense anavota, kupatula mmodzi! Izi sizingapitirire!"
    
  "Madam Minister of Foreign Affairs, ndi ulemu wonse, tcheyamani sanakuzindikireni," Purezidenti Apriyanto adatero. "Bungwe la Security Council lakupatsani mwayi wolankhula pamaso pa mamembala ake pankhaniyi m"malo mwa Kazembe wanu, koma silinakupatsani ufulu wonenapo chilichonse chokhudza zotsatira za voti iliyonse. Monga mukudziwira, United States of America, komanso Russian Federation ndi mamembala ena okhazikika a Bungweli, amagwiritsa ntchito mwayi wawo wokhala ndi mphamvu zambiri povota "ayi." Boma la Russia ndi Union of Soviet Socialist Republics lisanakhalepo ndi mwayi woterowo nthaŵi zambiri m"mbuyomo. Zikomo. Ndiloleni ndiwonetse chidwi cha Council pa mfundo iyi: "
    
  "Osandikana ngati mwana wina!" Titeneva anakuwa. "Bambo Purezidenti, izi sizichitikanso! Purezidenti Kenneth Phoenix watsala pang'ono kulanda malo opanda malire ndipo Security Council sichingachite chilichonse kuti amuletse? Uwu ndi misala!
    
  Apriyanto anatenga nyundo yaing'ono ndikugwedeza pang'onopang'ono phokoso la phokoso ndi chogwirira chake, kuyesera kukhazika mtima pansi nduna ya ku Russia popanda kumuyitana kuti atonthole ... kapena kuposa. "Madam Minister Foreign, mukusokoneza dongosolo. Chonde-"
    
  "Ayi, Khonsoloyi yasokonekera! Nyumba yonseyi yasokonekera!" Titeneva anakuwa. "Russia sidzalekerera izi!"
    
  "Madam Minister Foreign, please-"
    
  "Purezidenti, mawu a Purezidenti Phoenix akuphwanya momveka bwino Mutu Wachisanu ndi chiwiri wa Charter wa United Nations, womwe umaletsa mayiko a mamembala kuti asawononge mtendere kapena kuchita zachiwawa," adatero Titeneva mokweza. "Mutu wachisanu ndi chiwiri umapatsa mphamvu Bungwe la Security Council kuti lichitepo kanthu kuti likhazikitse mtendere ndi kusiya zachiwawa."
    
  "United States siwopseza aliyense, Madam Secretary of Foreign Affairs," adatero Ells. "Purezidenti Phoenix ndi labotale yaukadaulo yolimbikitsa mwayi wopezeka mumlengalenga mwamtendere. Sitikutsegula zida zilizonse zakuthambo. Tikufuna-"
    
  "Mutha kunena zonse zomwe mukufuna, Ells, koma mawu anu samapangitsa kuti zikhale choncho," adatero Titeneva. "Bambo Purezidenti, mphamvu za veto sizigwira ntchito pankhaniyi chifukwa United States ikukhudzidwa mwachindunji ndi chigamulocho, ndipo dziko lomwe ndi membala wa Security Council nthawi zonse silingavomereze chigamulo chodzitsutsa. Ayenera kudziletsa ndipo chigamulochi chaperekedwa. "
    
  "Komiti yanyumba yamalamulo yagamula kale kuti chigamulochi, ngakhale kuti chikutsutsana ndi pulogalamu yapamlengalenga ya United States yomwe yalengezedwa posachedwapa, ikugwira ntchito kudziko lililonse loyenda mlengalenga ndipo chifukwa chake liyenera kuvoteredwa," adatero Apriyanto. "Madam Minister Foreign, mukusokoneza dongosolo. Mutha kupanga zionetsero kwa Mlembi Wamkulu ndikudandaula ku Msonkhano Waukulu, koma chisankhocho sichinavomerezedwe ndipo nkhaniyo yatsekedwa. Mutha kupitiliza kuyang'ana zochita zathu, koma ...
    
  "Sindingapitirize kukhala ndikuyang'ana phokoso ili," adatero Titeneva, akudumphira kumapazi ake ndikuponyera cholembera pamutu patebulo pamaso pake. "Ndimvereni mosamala kwambiri. Ngati Security Council sichitapo kanthu, Russia itero. Russia sidzagwirizana ndi dziko lililonse lomwe limatsutsa kudzipereka kwathu pachitetezo chokhudzana ndi pulogalamu yankhondo yaku America, ndipo ngati Russia ipeza kuti United States ikuchita zankhondo pachilichonse cha zida zake zakuthambo, Russia iwona izi ngati nkhondo ndipo iyankha moyenerera.
    
  "Purezidenti waku Russia Gryzlov wandipatsa chilolezo kuti ndikudziwitse kuti dziko la Russia silidzathandiziranso mishoni za anthu kapena zopanda munthu zotumiza katundu ku International Space Station," adatero Titeneva. "Kuphatikiza apo, Russia ikufuna kuti ma module a International Space Station omwe ali ku Russia achotsedwe ndikukonzekera mayendedwe anthawi yomweyo kupita kumayendedwe awo. Ma module aku Russia pano amaonedwa kuti ndi gawo la Russia ndipo ayenera kumasulidwa ndikusamutsidwa ku Russia. "
    
  "Kodi tichotse ma module aku Russia?" Paula Ells anatsutsa. "Si chidole cha Lego kumtunda uko, Daria. Ma modules anali thandizo la Russia ku mgwirizano wapadziko lonse. Mgwirizanowu umalipira kukonzanso ma modules, ndipo mgwirizano umalipira Russia kuti agwiritse ntchito ma modules ndi ntchito zothandizira Soyuz. Simungathe kungotenga mpira wanu ndi mpira ndikupita kunyumba - tikukamba za ma modules a matani makumi awiri akuyenda makilomita zikwi pa ola mumayendedwe a mazana ...
    
  "Sindikufuna kumvera mawu anu otopetsa a ku America, Ells," adatero Titeneva, "ndipo ndakuuzani kuti musamanditchule dzina langa pamalo ano kapena kwina kulikonse! Russia sidzalola zomwe zimatchedwa mgwirizano kuti zigwiritse ntchito ma module opangidwa ndi anthu aku Russia pokhapokha ngati mayiko akunja achitapo kanthu kuti apititse patsogolo chitetezo cha dziko la Russia, ndipo sitikufuna kuti dziko lililonse lodana ndi Russia ligwiritse ntchito momasuka ma module athu. Mudzawamasula nthawi yomweyo ndi kuwapereka kwa Russia, apo ayi tichitapo kanthu." Ndipo ndi izo, Titeneva anatembenuka ndipo anachoka mu holo, kenako Naryshkin zidendene.
    
    
  SAN LUIS OBISPO, CALIFORNIA
  PATAPITA SABATA IMODZI
    
    
  James Ratel adalowa m'chipinda cham'mbuyo cha dojang kumwera kwa San Luis Obispo kuti apeze Brad McLanahan akukankha kale pa linoleum. "Chabwino, mphindi zisanu m'mbuyomo ... Zabwino kwambiri," adatero Chief Ratelle. "Ndipo munabwera okonzeka kuphunzitsa. Mwinanso mukhoza kuphunzitsidwa."
    
  "Inde, Chief," Brad adayankha, akudumpha ndikuyimirira m'mphepete mwa mphasa yabuluu.
    
  "Kodi mwatenthedwa?"
    
  "Inde, bwana."
    
  "Chabwino," adatero Ratel. "Pakadali pano takhala tikuyang'ana kwambiri pakulimbitsa thupi ndipo ndikuwona kupita patsogolo. Kuyambira pano, mupitiliza kuchita izi nokha, mu nthawi yanu yaulere. Simufunikanso kupita ku masewera olimbitsa thupi kuti mukachite masewera olimbitsa thupi. Kukankhira, crunches, kupindika ndi kukoka - zonse kulephera, ndi kupuma kwa masekondi osapitirira makumi asanu ndi anayi. Mlungu uliwonse ndidzakuyesanso, ndipo mlungu uliwonse ndimayembekezera kuona zinthu zikuyenda bwino."
    
  "Inde, Mfumu," Brad anayankha.
    
  "Lero likhala phunziro lanu loyamba lodziteteza," Ratel anapitiriza. Anamupatsa Brad phukusi lija. "Kuyambira tsopano, udzavala beol, kapena suti yophunzitsira, yotchedwa gi m"Chijapanizi. Tikangoyamba kuyeserera, tidzavala zovala za m"khwalala kuti muphunzire kumva zinthu zenizeni, koma panopa mudzavala izi. Uli ndi masekondi makumi atatu kuti usinthe." Brad ankafunikira zosakwana khumi ndi zisanu. Ratel adamuwonetsa momwe angamangire lamba woyera molondola, ndiyeno anali okonzeka.
    
  "Tiyamba ndi chida chofunikira kwambiri chodzitetezera." Ratel anatenga ndodo yamatabwa yophweka yokhala ndi kondoko komanso zogwirira ntchito ziwiri zokhomedwa m'thabwalo, imodzi pafupi ndi kondoko ndipo ina pansi pa mtengowo. "Zaka zambiri zapitazo, nkhondo yoyamba ya ku Korea itatha, mbuye wina wa ku South Korea ankaphunzitsa pasukulu yodzitetezera yotchedwa "Joseon" yomwe ankagwiritsa ntchito ndodo ndi zipangizo zaulimi pofuna kudziteteza." Kalembedwe kameneka kankaphunzitsidwa chifukwa pa nthawi imene dziko la Japan linkalamulira dziko la Japan. Korea pa nthawi ya nkhondo yachiwiri ya padziko lonse komanso pa nthawi imene dziko la North Korea linkalanda dziko la South Korea, anthu a ku South Korea sankaloledwa kunyamula mipeni kapena mfuti, koma ndodo, ndodo komanso zipangizo zaulimi monga ma raki, macheka ndi nyundo zinali zofala kwambiri. kuti anthu akumeneko ankagwiritsa ntchito ndodo monga zida zodzitetezera, ndipo anayambitsa njira yophunzitsira ena kugwiritsa ntchito ndodo kuti adziteteze. yenda ndi ndodo ndikunyamula nayo nthawi zonse, ngakhale mukuyenda pa boti, pandege kapena kulowa m'sukulu kapena m'bwalo lamilandu.Mukadziwa kuwombera nzimbe, mumapita kumitundu ina, yachiwawa kwambiri. kudziteteza, kumene ndodo singafunike kapena ingagwiritsidwe ntchito ngati itaya kapena kuithyoka."
    
  "Kane? Mukutanthauza ngati munthu wachikulire?" Brad anatsutsa. "Kodi ndikuyenera kukhala ngati wolumala wokalamba ndikuyenda ndi ndodo yopusa, Mfumu?"
    
  Ratel anati: "Usamachite ngati munthu wokalamba. "Osayesa kukhala zomwe simuli - anthu ambiri amalephera, ena ambiri amazindikira ndipo mudzakopa chidwi. Pitirizani mwachizolowezi. Simuyenera kuyenda ndi chopunthwitsa, kunyamula cholemetsa chilichonse, kapenanso kukhala ndi nsonga ya ndodo kukhudza pansi nthawi zonse, koma muyenera kuinyamula, kuisunga mokonzeka, osayiyika pansi. Iponye pa dzanja lako kapena lamba, koma osachiyika pansi chifukwa mudzayiwala. Mutha kuziyika pazingwe zachikwama chanu ngati zingatheke. Ndipo musamatchule kuti chida kapena chinthu chofunika kuti mudziteteze. Imeneyi ndi ndodo yoyendamo-mwadzidzidzi umaphunzira kuigwiritsa ntchito mwanjira ina."
    
  "Izi ndi zopusa, bwana," anatero Brad. Kodi ndiyenera kunyamula ndodo kulikonse? Panjinga? Mu class?"
    
  "Kulikonse," adatero Ratel. "Aliyense wakuzungulirani azikuphatikizani ndi ndodo, ndi ndodo ndi inu. Uyu ayenera kukhala bwenzi lanu nthawi zonse. Anthu adzawona kuti kuvulazidwa pamutu ndi kumaso kwanu, adzawona ndodo ndikuyika chimodzi chophatikiza chimodzi, ndipo ubalewu udzakhalapo nthawi yayitali chivulazocho chitatha. Komano, anthu ochita zachiwawa amaona nonsenu aŵiri n"kumaganiza kuti ndinu ofooka ndiponso osatetezeka, ndipo zimenezi zimakupatsani mwayi."
    
  Ratel anakweza ndodo yake. "Dziwani kuti ndodoyo ili ndi chogwirira chozungulira chomwe chimaloza kumapeto ndikuchidula m'malo awiri ndikudula chogwiriracho," adatero. "Palinso chitunda kumbuyo kwa bango. Tisintha ndodo iyi kuti ifike kutalika kwanu, koma ndinaganiza kuti iyi iyenera kukukwanira bwino. " Anapereka kwa Brad. "Monga ndodo iliyonse, iyenera kukhala yayitali mokwanira kuti ichirikize thupi lanu mukaitsamira, koma isakhale yaifupi kwambiri moti imachepetsa mphamvu yake kapena kukupangitsani kukhala ofooka. Isungeni pafupi ndi thupi lanu. Brad anachitadi zimene anamuuzira. "Chabwino. Dzanja lanu silinawongoke. Tikufuna kungopinda chigongono chanu pang'ono. Ngati watsamiradi pa izo, ziyenera kuwoneka zachibadwa, ngati kuti ukhoza kuzilemetsa."
    
  Ratel anatenga ndodo yake, mtundu wakale wa Brad, kuti awonetsere. "Nthawi zambiri mumayika dzanja limodzi kapena onse awiri pa bar ndi kupanga makona atatu ndi miyendo yanu, motere," adatero, akuima pamaso pa Brad. "Izi ndi mawonekedwe 'omasuka'. Simukupumula kwenikweni, koma lingaliro ndikuwoneka womasuka komanso momasuka, komabe lolani wowukira, yemwe mwamuzindikira ndi zomwe mwawona kapena mwachibadwa, kuti awone kuti muli ndi ndodo, yomwe ingamuwopsyeze kapena kumulimbitsa mtima . Mwachiwonekere, ndi mtundu wa oukira omwe tikukonzekera, kuwona ndodo sikungawaletse, koma angaganize kuti ndinu wofooka. Ngati mukufuna manja anu, mutha kudulira ndodo m'chiuno mwanu, koma bwererani pomwe mungathe. Aka ndi chenjezo loyamba kwa wowukirayo, kuwala kobiriwira. "
    
  Anakweza dzanja lake kuchokera pachipilo kutsika mtengo kupita kumtunda wapamwamba kwambiri wa zingwe zomangira, kotero kuti nsonga yotseguka ya chipilalayo inali kuloza pansi. "Tsopano wachiwembu wanu akubwera kwa inu ndipo mukumuwona, ndiye mutenge malo awa omwe timawatcha 'kudutsa', kuwala kwachikasu. Chogwirizira cha ndodo chili patsogolo panu ndipo mumagwiritsa ntchito kugwirira mopitilira muyeso. Chopingasa chayang'ana pansi. Ili ndi chenjezo lachiwiri. Kwa wowonera wamba kapena mdani, izi zitha kuwoneka ngati si chenjezo.
    
  "Kuchokera pamenepo, pali zinthu zingapo zomwe mungachite," Ratel anapitiriza. Inde, njira yosavuta ndiyo kugwiritsa ntchito ndodo kuthamangitsa munthu pongomuponya. Anagunda kangapo pa dummy yomwe idayima chapafupi. "Izi, limodzi ndi machenjezo a pakamwa, nthawi zambiri zimakhala zogwira mtima kwambiri kuletsa munthu waukali kapena wachinyamata yemwe angakhale wakuba. Mwachiwonekere, ndi otsutsa omwe tikukonzekera, izi mwina sizingakhale zokwanira. Kenako ndidzakuphunzitsani kukana munthu amene akugwira ndodo yanu.
    
  "Uli pamalo amene wadutsa, ngati wamenyedwa ndi zibakera kapena mpeni, umazembera ndodoyo kuchokera panja, n"kumamenya mwamphamvu dzanja la woukirayo pakati pa dzanja ndi chigongono mwamphamvu momwe mungathere. Izi zimachotsa thupi lake kutali ndi inu ndipo muli ndi mwayi. Mukhoza kugunda bondo, ntchafu, kapena groin ndi kumenya kokhotakhota. Dziwani kuti kumenya m"mutu ndi ndodo kungaphe kapena kuvulaza kwambiri. Kupha podzitchinjiriza ndikovomerezeka, koma zomwe kwenikweni zimatanthauza "kudzitchinjiriza" ndizotsutsana m'khoti. Dzitetezeni nthawi zonse, koma nthawi zonse muzikumbukira kuti zochita zanu zimakhala ndi zotsatirapo zake."
    
  Ratel adauza Brad kuti ayese mayendedwe ake motsutsana ndi dummy, akuchita kusuntha kulikonse monga momwe Ratel adalamula, ndikuwonjezera liwiro lake pamene amapita. Posakhalitsa panatuluka thukuta pamphumi pa Brad. Atangoyeserera masekondi ochepa chabe, manja a Brad anali atayamba kutopa. "Bwana," adatero Ratel. "Tikangogwira ntchito manja ndi mapewawa, mudzatha kufulumizitsa ndikuwonjezera mphamvu zanu zomenyetsa."
    
  "Koma sindidzamenya mdani wanga kwa nthawi yayitali, sichoncho, Chief?" - Adafunsa Brad.
    
  "Cholinga chathu ndikukulitsa kukumbukira kwa minofu kuti mayendedwe anu akhale achiwiri," adatero Ratel. "Zitenga nthawi ndikuchita." Anasuntha Brad kutali ndi mannequin, kenaka adatengera kuwala kobiriwira, atagwira mbedza ndi manja onse awiri. Kenako anadziika pamalo achikasu kenako kuwala kofiyira, n"kunena mokweza kuti "Imani!" ndipo ndodoyo inaloza pa dummyyo. M'kanthawi kotsatira, ndodoyo idayamba kuyenda pang'onopang'ono pomwe Ratel adakankhira dummy kuchokera kwina kulikonse, ndikugunda kwa mphindi yathunthu isanasunthike m'malo onse atatu mpaka pomwe panali "kuwala kobiriwira".
    
  Brad anafuula kuti: "Zoipatu. "Zodabwitsa!"
    
  "Pali kuwombera ndi njira zomwe tiphunzire," adatero Ratel. "Mpaka pamenepo, ntchito yanu yayikulu ndikungozolowera kuvala ndodo. Iyi ndiye ntchito yovuta kwambiri kwa ophunzira atsopano a Cane-Ja. Muyenera kudziwa malo abwino kwambiri osungira pamene simukugwiritsidwa ntchito, kumbukirani kuitulutsa mutayiika pa basi kapena pampando wagalimoto, ndipo muziisunga nthawi zonse. Ndikukutsimikizirani kuti mutaya ndodo yanu kangapo. Yesetsani kusatero."
    
  "Inde, Chief," adatero Brad. Ratel anali ndi Brad kuyesera kugwedezeka ndikuyenda modabwitsa pa dummy mpaka gawo lawo litatha; Kenako Brad adasinthanso kuvala zovala zake zolimbitsa thupi, nasiya beol m'bokosi laling'ono losungiramo dojang, ndikubwerera ku Cal Poly.
    
  Sabata yomaliza inali kuyandikira mwachangu, kotero atatha kusamba mwachangu ndikusintha zovala, Brad adapita ku Kennedy Library kukaphunzira. Anapeza desiki, nalumikiza laputopu yake, nayamba kuyang'ana zolemba ndi zithunzi za PowerPoint zoperekedwa ndi maprofesa ake. Anakhala akuchita zimenezi kwa pafupifupi ola limodzi pamene Jodie Cavendish anamufikira. "Hei, bwanawe," anampatsa moni. "Chabwino, tayang"anani pa sinkiyo. Ndimaganiza kuti ndikupeza pano. Mwakonzeka kusuta?"
    
  "Sindikudziwa chimene mwangondiimbira kumene," anatero Brad, "koma ndikukhulupirira kuti nzabwino."
    
  "Kungoti ndiwe munthu wolimbikira ntchito ndipo ndikuganiza kuti ndi nthawi yopuma khofi."
    
  "Ndiye ndimalowa." Brad anatsekera kompyuta yake m"kabati yaing"ono pafupi ndi desiki lake ndipo anaimirira kuti atsatire Jodie.
    
  "Kodi uyenera kuyankha izi?" Adafunsa akulozera patebulo.
    
  Brad atatembenuka adawona kuti wasiya ndodo yake patebulo. "O...inde," iye anatero, ndipo iwo analunjika ku makwerero. "Ndinadziwa kuti ndiiwala."
    
  Pamene ankatsika, Jodie anaona kuti Brad sanagwiritse ntchito ndodo poyenda. "Kodi ndodo ukufuna chiyani, mnzanga?" - iye anafunsa. "Ndikuganiza kuti ukuwoneka ngati ukuyenda bwino."
    
  Brad ananama kuti: "Nthawi zina ndimamvabe chizungulire pang"ono, choncho ndinkaganiza kuti ndingochita chizungulire.
    
  "Koma iwe umakwerabe njinga yako ndi kuthamanga, sichoncho?"
    
  "Inde," anatero Brad. "Sindichifuna nthawi zonse. M'malo mwake, chomwe ndimafunikira kwambiri ndikuti angoima nji."
    
  "Ndikukhulupirira kuti mutu wanu uli bwino, bwanawe," adatero Jodie. "Mkwingwirima watha, koma zotsatira zake zitha kukukhudzanibe."
    
  "Ndinali ndi MRI ndipo sanapeze kalikonse," adatero Brad. Anadziguguda pamutu n"kuwonjezera kuti, "M"chenicheni, iwo sanapeze kalikonse." Jodie anaseka nthabwalayo ndipo anasintha nkhaniyo, zomwe Brad anasangalala nazo. Mwina ndi nthawi yoti tisiye ndodoyo, anaganiza. Chief Ratel adati posachedwa ayamba kuchita masewera ankhondo opanda zida, ndipo atakhala waluso ngati Kane-Ja, mwina Kane samayenera kukhala naye nthawi zonse.
    
  Malo ogulitsira khofi omwe anali pansi anali pafupi kudzaza ngati masana, ndipo ankayenera kumwa khofi wawo panja. Mwamwayi nyengo inali yabwino kwambiri madzulo. "Maphunziro ako akuyenda bwanji?" Adafunsa Brad atapeza benchi.
    
  "Awa ndi maapulo," anatero Jodie. "Sindikukhulupirira kuti ndinkaphunzira mayeso omaliza popanda laputopu komanso zithunzi za PowerPoint za aphunzitsi anga onse - kalelo ndinkadalira manotsi anga kuti ndikhoza mayesowo! Misala!"
    
  "Chimodzimodzinso kwa ine," anavomereza motero Brad. "Ndimalemba manotsi." Foni yake inalira kusonyeza kuti anali ndi uthenga ndipo anayang'ana nambalayo. "Wina wakuboma, koma sindikumudziwa. Ndikudabwa chomwe chikuchitika?
    
  "N'chifukwa chiyani akuimbira mochedwa chonchi?" Jodie anaganiza mokweza. "Kulibwino umuimbirenso."
    
  Brad adayimba nambala pa smartphone yake ndikudikirira. "Moni, uyu ndi Brad McLanahan, akuyankha foni yomwe idabwera mphindi zingapo zapitazo. Ndangolandira message...ndani? Purezidenti Harris? Mukutanthauza president waku university? Inde, ndimudikirira."
    
  "Chani?" Jodie anafunsa. "Kodi Purezidenti Harris akufuna kulankhula nanu?"
    
  "Mwina izi ndi zimene takhala tikuyembekezera, Jody," anatero Brad. "Inde, inde, ndi iyeyo ... Inde bwana, kwenikweni, ndili pano ndi mmodzi wa atsogoleri a timu ... inde, zikomo." Anagwira screen ndikuyimba call pa speakerphone. "Ndili pano ndi Jodie Cavendish, bwana."
    
  "Madzulo abwino kwa nonsenu," anatero Purezidenti wa yunivesite Marcus Harris. "Ndili ndi uthenga wabwino. Nkhaniyi idatuluka pafupifupi sabata yapitayo, koma tidangomaliza mgwirizano ndikusaina zikalata. Pulojekiti yanu ya Starfire inali imodzi mwama projekiti atatu osankhidwa kuti apeze ndalama zofufuzira ndi chitukuko ndi Sky Masters Aerospace. Zabwino zonse." Jodie ndi Brad anadumphadumpha, Jodie analira mwachimwemwe, ndipo iye ndi Brad anakumbatirana. Harris adawalola kukondwerera kwakanthawi, kenako adati, "Koma si zokhazo."
    
  Ophunzirawo anakhala pansi. "Bwana?"
    
  "Ndili wokondwanso kukudziwitsani kuti pulojekiti yanu yalandira theka la ndalama zothandizira ndege za Sky Masters - madola mamiliyoni makumi awiri ndi asanu," adatero Harris. "Izi zimapangitsa Starfire kukhala pulojekiti yapamwamba kwambiri yofufuza zaukadaulo m'mbiri ya UC."
    
  "Madola mamiliyoni makumi awiri ndi asanu?" Jodie anatero. "Sindingakhulupirire izi!"
    
  "Zikomo kwa inu awiri," adatero Harris. "Brad, pezani nthawi yomwe gulu lanu lonse litha kusonkhana mwachangu, imbani foni ku ofesi yanga ndikukhazikitsa nthawi yochitira msonkhano wa atolankhani. Ndikudziwa kuti tatsala pang'ono kutha ndipo sindikufuna kukutengerani nthawi yambiri, koma tikufuna kuti tikambirane za izi aliyense asananyamuke m'chilimwe. "
    
  "Inde, bwana!" Adatero Brad. "Ndilumikizana ndi aliyense madzulo ano. Nthawi zambiri timakhala ndi msonkhano wamagulu tsiku lililonse 11 koloko m'mawa, ndiye mwina mawa nthawi yabwino idzakhala yabwino. "
    
  "Zabwino," adatero Harris, akuwoneka kuti akusangalala kwambiri ndi wachiwiri. "Nditenga ndandanda yanu ndikutumiza maimelo kwa aphunzitsi anu kuwadziwitsa kuti muchedwa m'kalasi chifukwa ndikutsimikiza kuti msonkhano wa atolankhani ndi kujambula zithunzi zitenga nthawi. Tikupita kumayiko ena ndi polojekitiyi, anyamata, ndipo tikuyembekeza kuswa mbiri yazachuma nayo. Valani chinthu chabwino. Zikomo kachiwiri. O, chinthu chinanso pamene Abiti Cavendish ali pamzere. "
    
  "Bwana?"
    
  "Abiti Cavendish adapatsidwa mwayi wophunzira ku Cal Poly kuti achite digiri yake yoyamba, kuphatikizapo maphunziro, mabuku, malipiro ndi nyumba," adatero Harris. "Sitingalole m'modzi mwa ophunzira athu apamwamba kwambiri kuti achoke pomwe adathandizira kwambiri kuti alandire thandizo lalikulu chotere, sichoncho? Ndikukhulupirira kuti muvomereza, Abiti Cavendish. "
    
  "Ndidzatero, bwana!" Jodie analira mosangalala kwambiri. "Ndithu ndikuvomereza!"
    
  "Zabwino," adatero Harris. "Tikuthokoza gulu lonse la Starfire. Ntchito yabwino. Usiku wabwino, ma mustangs. " Ndipo kulumikizanako kudasokonekera.
    
  "Sindimakhulupirira izi!" - Brad adafuula, akumangirira. "Madola mamiliyoni makumi awiri ndi asanu angogwera m'manja mwathu!" Anamukumbatira Jody mwamphamvu. "Izi nzodabwitsa! Ndipo mwalandira maphunziro omwe mumayembekezera! Zabwino zonse!
    
  "Zonsezi ndi chifukwa cha iwe, bwanawe," adatero Jodi. "Ndiwe jackaroo. Ndiwe bwenzi langa." Ndipo Jodie adayika manja ake pankhope ya Brad ndikumpsompsona mwamphamvu pamilomo.
    
  Brad anasangalala ndi mphindi iliyonse ya kupsompsonako, anachoka, ndiyeno anampatsanso imodzi. Pamene adasiyana pambuyo pa kupsompsonana, maso a Brad amauza Jodie chinachake, chinachake champhamvu komanso chaumwini, ndipo maso ake nthawi yomweyo anati inde. Koma anadabwa kwambiri atamva Brad akunena kuti: "Ndiyenera kulankhulana ndi ena. Mawa lidzakhala tsiku lalikulu. "
    
  "Inde," anatero Jodie. Iye anali wokhutitsidwa, makamaka pakali pano, kukumbatira Brad ndi kumwa khofi wake pamene iye akulembera mameseji pa foni yake.
    
  Brad adalumikizana ndi utsogoleri wonse wa gululo kudzera pa mameseji, kenaka adaphatikizanso akatswiri opanga ma Cal Poly, mapulofesa, ndi ophunzira omwe anali kuthandiza nawo ntchitoyi, kenako adaganiza zophatikizira aliyense yemwe anali kuthandiza pantchitoyo yemwe anali mkati mwa maola angapo oyendetsa. ku yunivesite, mpaka ku Stanford ndi American University-anatsimikiza mtima kudzaza chipinda cha msonkhano wa atolankhani ndi othandizira a Starfire. Atamaliza izi, adaganiza zolembera aliyense amene adathandizira ntchitoyi, mosasamala kanthu kuti atha kupita ku msonkhano wa atolankhani kapena ayi - aliyense wogwirizana ndi ntchitoyi ayenera kudziwa za msonkhano wa atolankhani komanso kulengeza padziko lonse lapansi, adaganiza kuti. Iye. Aliyense wogwirizana ndi ntchitoyi sayenera kumva za thandizoli kuchokera kwa wina aliyense kupatula mtsogoleri wa gulu.
    
  Anawerenga zonse kupatulapo mawu amodzi amene Jodi analemba. Ndilo code yokha ya dziko la Central Asia m'mauthenga onse omwe adalandira, ndipo idachokera ku Kazakhstan, yomwe inalibe olemba ku Starfire. Uthengawo unangoti: Zabwino. D.
    
  Pamene Brad anaika zilembo pa kiyibodi ya foni moyang'anizana ndi manambala omwe amawonekera pazithunzi za uthenga, dzina la wotumizayo linalembedwa kuti Chiukiriro.
    
  Masiku angapo anadutsa ndipo nyengo, yomwe inali yabwino kwambiri kwa pafupifupi mwezi wa April, sinathebe kugwedezeka m'nyengo yozizira, kotero iwo anali ndi masiku ozizira kwambiri ndi chifunga chonyowa ndi mvula. Kwa masiku atatu apitawa, Brad wakhala akukwera basi m"malo mokwera njinga yake. Unali ulendo wabwino komanso wopumula wopita ku dojang kum'mwera kwa tawuni: kuthamanga kosavuta kuchokera ku Poly Canyon kupita kumalo okwerera mabasi a Route 6B pafupi ndi Library ya Kennedy; kukwera basi kosavuta kwa mphindi zisanu ndi ziwiri kupita kumalo opita kutawuni; kupita ku njira ya basi 3; kukwera basi kwa mphindi makumi awiri kupita ku Marigold Shopping Center; ndiyeno kuthamanga kwina kosavuta kuchokera pamenepo pa Tank Farm Road kupita ku dojang yomwe inali kumpoto kwa eyapoti. Anali ndi nthawi yochuluka yowerenga kapena kumvetsera ma audiobook kapena nkhani zojambulidwa pakompyuta yake. Brad ankalakalaka kukwera basi nthawi zonse- inali yaulere kwa ophunzira a UC-koma ankafuna kuchita masewera olimbitsa thupi, choncho ankayikwera nthawi iliyonse nyengo ikamayendera.
    
  Sabata idayamba, limodzi ndi mvula, ndikuyambitsa Krav Maga. "Krav Maga idapangidwa ku Israel kuti ikhale yankhondo," James Ratel adayamba Lolemba madzulo. "Sichilango chonga karate kapena judo; si masewera ndipo sipadzakhalanso m"maseŵera a Olimpiki kapena pa wailesi yakanema. Krav Maga ali ndi zolinga zazikulu zitatu: kulepheretsa kuukira mwa kutsekereza ndikuyika manja anu, ndikusamala kuti mudziteteze; kuchoka pachitetezo kupita kunkhondo mwachangu momwe mungathere; ndipo mwamsanga muchepetse wowukirayo poyendetsa mafupa ndi kumenyana ndi malo ofooka pa thupi, pogwiritsa ntchito zida zilizonse zomwe zingakhale pafupi. Tikuganiza kuti mwathyola kapena kuyika molakwika ndodo yanu, ndiye tsopano muyenera kudziteteza wopanda zida ndipo mwina kwa wachiwembu wokwiya kwambiri.
    
  "Aphunzitsi ena amauza ana asukulu awo kuti kuchuluka kwa mphamvu zomwe zimafunika kuti munthu woukirawo asatheretu kuyenera kukhala kolingana ndi mphamvu ya chiwembucho, kutanthauza kuti, mwachitsanzo, simugwiritsa ntchito mphamvu zochepa pa woukira yemwe akugwiritsa ntchito nkhonya kuposa woukirayo. mileme kapena mpeni." - anapitiriza Ratel. "Sindimakhulupirira zimenezo. Cholinga chanu ndikutsitsa akukuukirani kuti muthawe. Pochita masewerawa muponya nkhonya zitatu kuwonetsa kuti mutha kuwaponya, koma mumsewu mumangowukira mpaka woukirayo atsike. Iwalani filimu iliyonse ya Bruce Lee yomwe mudawonapo: si parry imodzi, nkhonya imodzi, ndiyeno mulole mnyamatayo adzuke kuti akuwukireninso. Mutatsekereza wowukirayo, mumapitilizabe kugunda zofooka zake zofewa ndi zolumikizira mpaka atagwa, ndiyeno mumathamanga mwachangu momwe mungathere ndikutuluka momwemo mwachangu. Mukumvetsa?"
    
  "Inde, Chief," adatero Brad.
    
  Ratel analoza chikwatu chomwe chinakhala pa kauntala panjapo. "Iyi ndi homuweki yanu," iye anatero. "Tidzaphunzitsa kuukira malo ofooka pathupi pogwiritsa ntchito manambala, kuyambira kumutu mpaka kumapazi. Kumbukirani malo ndi manambala. Mudzaphunziranso za ziwalo zonse mazana awiri ndi makumi atatu za thupi la munthu, makamaka, momwe zimafotokozera kuti muthe kuzigonjetsa. Khalani okonzeka kuti mudzandiwonetse iwo pofika Lachitatu likudzali."
    
  "Inde, bwana."
    
  "Zabwino kwambiri. vula nsapato ndi masokosi, kenako pamphasa. Brad anavula nsapato zake ndi masokosi, anagwada pakati pa chiguduli cha buluu ndikuyenda pakati, Ratel akumutsatira. Brad anali atavala yunifolomu yake yophunzitsira beol, tsopano ali ndi lamba wofiira ndi wakuda m'malo mwa woyera, ndi zizindikiro za poom zosonyeza kuti anamaliza maphunziro ake oyambirira.
    
  "Timayamba ndi zoyambira, ndipo ku Krav Maga ndikokulira," Ratel adayamba. "Zindikirani kuti sindinanene kuti 'block'. Kutsekereza kukuwonetsa kuti mutha kuyamwa mphamvu zomwe wowukirayo amagwiritsa ntchito polimbana nanu, monga osewera mpira awiri pamzere akugundana. M'malo mwake timagwiritsa ntchito mawu oti 'parry', kutanthauza kuti mumapatutsa mphamvu zambiri kapena zonse zankhondo kuti mupite kotetezeka."
    
  "Zofanana ndi zoyambira nzimbe, bwana?" Brad anayang'ana.
    
  "Zomwezo," adatero Ratel. "Kiyi yoyambira ku Krav Maga ndikuyembekeza, ndipo izi zikutanthauza kuti muyenera kudziwa zomwe zikuchitika. Ngati woukira wina amene akubwera kudzakuyandikirani ali ndi dzanja lake lamanja m"thumba mwake, mwachionekere chidacho chili m"dzanja lake lamanja, choncho maganizo anu ndi kukonzekera kuti muteteze munthu amene ali ndi dzanja lamanja." Ratel anatenga mpeni wa rabara pa shelefu kumbuyo kwake ndikumuponyera Brad. "Yesani".
    
  Brad anayika dzanja lake lamanja ndi mpeni kumbuyo kwake ndikuyandikira Ratel, kenako adagwedeza dzanja lake. Dzanja lamanzere la Ratel lidawombera, ndikukankhira mpeni pachifuwa chake ndikupotoza thupi la Brad. "Choyamba, mpeni suli pafupi ndi thupi lako, ndipo woukirayo akanakhala ndi chida china m"dzanja lake lamanzere, sakanatha kuchigwiritsa pakali pano chifukwa ndinachikaniza. Monga momwe zimakhalira ndi ndodo, tsopano ukuwona mbali zoonekera za thupi. Ratel adaponya nkhonya kumutu ndi mutu wa Brad. Kapena ndingagwire dzanja langa lamanja ndi dzanja langa lamanja ndi kulitsekereza, ndikusunga mpeni kutali ndi ine, ndipo mwa kukhala wokhoma dzanja langa, ndimalamulira woukirayo. Ratel adagwira mkono wakumanja wa Brad kuchokera pansi, ndikuyika chikhatho chake pa triceps ya Brad ndikumukankha. Ngakhale kupanikizika pang'ono, zinkamveka ngati mkono uduka pakati ndipo Brad sakanatha kusuntha kulikonse kupatula pansi.
    
  Linali tsiku loyamba lophunzitsidwa, ndipo litatha lachitatu, Brad adayamba kukayikira ngati adzatha kuchita bwino kwambiri mayendedwe a Krav Maga awa, osasiya kuwagwiritsa ntchito. Koma anadzikumbutsa kuti nayenso anaganiza zokamba za Kane-Ja, ndipo anaona kuti anali waluso. Anatuluka mu dojang, nakoka chotchingira mphepo cha Cal Poly Mustangs chobiriwira komanso chagolide, ndikuthamangira chakum'mawa pamsewu wa Tankfarm kulowera ku Broad Street ndi poyimitsa basi. Ngakhale kuti dzuwa linali lisanalowe kwenikweni, kunali kozizira, kunali mdima mwamsanga, ndipo ankafuna kuti atuluke mumsewu wopanda magetsiwo n"kukalowa mumsewu waukulu kwambiri n"kukwera basi.
    
  Iye anali chapakati pa Broad Street, pa mbali ya mdima kwambiri ya msewu, pamene galimoto yopita kumadzulo inaima. Brad adatsika mseu ndi kulowa mu "njira yochenjeza" ya miyala yoyipa, koma adathamangabe. Galimotoyo inayenda pang'ono kumanzere ndikuyima kudutsa mzere wapakati, ndipo zikuwoneka kuti imudutsa ndi malo ambiri ...
    
  ... pamene mwadzidzidzi iye anakhotera mopitirira kumanzere, ndiye anayamba kudumphira kumanja pa msewu poterera, galimoto tsopano perpendicular msewu, mabuleki ndi matayala squeelling - ndi molunjika kwa Brad! Analibe nthawi yoti achitepo kanthu pa kayendetsedwe kadzidzidzi. Galimotoyo inayenda pang'onopang'ono, koma itagunda, inali yolimba kwambiri kuwirikiza kakhumi kuposa kugunda kulikonse komwe adagundapo pa mpira wa kusekondale.
    
  "O mulungu, pepani, Bambo Bradley McLanahan," bamboyo anatero patapita nthaŵi pang"ono mkati mwa chifunga m"maganizo mwa Brad. Brad anagona chagada m"mphepete mwa msewu, ali wodabwitsidwa ndi wosokonezeka, chiuno chake chakumanja ndi mkono wake ukupweteka ngati gehena. Ndiyeno, m"Chirasha, mwamunayo anati: "Pepani. Ndine wachisoni. Msewu wonyowa, mwina ndimayendetsa mwachangu kwambiri, nkhandwe inathamangira kutsogolo kwanga ndipo sindimakuwonani mumvula yamkuntho, blah blah blah. Nkhani yake ndiwauza aphungu akandipeza."
    
  "Ndi... Ndikuganiza kuti ndili bwino," adatero Brad, akupuma mpweya.
    
  "V samom dele? Chabwino, bwenzi langa, tikhoza kukonza izi. " Ndipo mwadzidzidzi bamboyo adatulutsa thumba lakuda la pulasitiki lakuda m'thumba mwake, ndikulisindikiza pankhope ya Brad ndikusindikiza. Brad sanathebe kupuma chifukwa mpweya unali utachotsedwa mwa iye, koma mantha anali kukwera pachifuwa chake ndi mafunde owopsya. Iye anayesa kukankhira womuukirayo kutali, koma sanathe kuti chiwalo chilichonse cha thupi lake chigwire ntchito bwino.
    
  Ingopumula, ungopumula, bwenzi langa lachinyamata," anatero mwamunayo, akusakaniza Chingelezi ndi Chirasha monga ngati anali m"bale wakunja kapena msuweni wakunja wochokera ku England wakale akusimba nkhani yogona. "Zitha usanadziwe."
    
  Brad analibe mphamvu zochotsa pulasitiki pankhope pake, ndipo adaganiza zosiya kubangula m'makutu ake komanso kumva kuwawa pachifuwa chake ... za kumenyana ndi manja ake atanyamula pulasitiki kumaso kapena kuyesera kupeza ndodo yake, iye anatambasula dzanja lake ndi kukanikiza batani pa chipangizo chomwe chinalendewera m"khosi mwake.
    
  Wowukirayo adawona zomwe adachita ndipo adatulutsa kwakanthawi kupsinjika pankhope ya Brad, adapeza chipangizocho, adang'amba pakhosi la Brad ndikuchitaya. Brad anapuma mozama. "Wayesa bwino, chimfine," wowukirayo adatero. Anakanikizira pulasitiki pankhope ya Brad Brad asanapume mozama katatu. "Mudzafa kale anamwino anu atcheru asanafike."
    
  Brad sanaziwone, koma patangopita nthawi pang'ono magetsi akuyandikira. "Achotseni," bamboyo anatero paphewa lake m"Chirasha kwa wachiwembu wachiŵiri, amene Brad anali asanamuwonepo. "Achotseni. Asiyeni iwo ayitane 911 kapena chinachake, koma iwo asapite. Auzeni kuti ndikuchita CPR."
    
  "Ndiwaletsa, comrade," wothandizira anavomereza motero. "Ndiwaletsa, bwana."
    
  Wowukira woyamba adayenera kusiya kukanikiza thumba la pulasitiki pakamwa pa Brad ndi mphuno mpaka obwera atsopanowo atachoka, koma adatsamira Brad ngati akuchita kutsitsimula pakamwa ndi pakamwa , komanso kuphimba pakamwa pake kuti Brad sakanatha kukuwa. Mphindi zochepa pambuyo pake anamva kuti: "Ndi zimenezo. Zonse zatha ".
    
  "Chimodzimodzi . Chimodzimodzinso pano, "anatero woukira woyamba ...
    
  "Yesu, Dexter, ndiwe wabuluu ngati Smurf wopusa," adatero James Ratel, akuwunikira tochi yaying'ono pankhope ya Brad. Anakokera Brad ku mapazi ake ndikumuyika pampando wakutsogolo wa galimoto yake ya Ford. Kenako adakweza zigawenga ziwiri zaku Russia zomwe zidakwera mgalimoto yonyamula katundu ndikubwerera ku Tankfarm Road kupita ku dojang. Anaika maunyolo apulasitiki m"manja, akakolo komanso mkamwa mwa anthu awiri a ku Russia aja n"kutumiza uthenga pa foni yake. Panthawiyo, Brad anali atayamba kubwera pampando wokwera galimotoyo. "Dexter!" Ratel anakuwa. "Kodi muli bwino?"
    
  "W-chiyani ...?" - Brad anadandaula.
    
  "McLanahan ... Brad, Brad MacLanahan, ndiyankheni," Ratel anafuula. "Dzukani. Uli bwino?"
    
  "Ine ... chachitika ndi chiyani ...?"
    
  "Ndikufuna kuti udzuke, McLanahan, pompano," Ratel anafuula. "Tikhoza kuukiridwa nthawi ina iliyonse, ndipo sindingathe kukutetezani pokhapokha mutadzuka n"kudziteteza. Dzukani mayi pompano. Tsimikizirani kuyitanitsa kwanga, woyendetsa ndege, nthawi yomweyo. "
    
  Zinatenga nthawi yayitali, koma pomaliza Brad adapukusa mutu, ndikuwuchotsa, ndipo adatha kunena, "Mfumu? Eya, ndadzuka...ndili bwino amfumu. W-ndiyenera kuchita chiyani? Chikuchitikandi chiyani?"
    
  "Ndimvereni," adatero Ratel. "Tilibe nthawi yochuluka. Ndikuganiza kuti tidzawukiridwa ndi gulu lankhondo losunga zobwezeretsera sekondi iliyonse tsopano. Ndife tokha ndipo tili pachiwopsezo chachikulu. Ndikufuna kuti mukhale tcheru komanso omvera. Kodi ukumva zomwe ndikunena, McLanahan?"
    
  "Inde, mfumu," Brad anadzimva yekha akuyankha. Sadadziwebe kuti ali kuti komanso chikuchitika ndi chani koma adangomuyankha mkulu Ratel. "Ndiuzeni chochita."
    
  "Lowani mkati ndikutenga mateti ndi zolemera kuti muphimbe anyamatawa," adatero Ratelle. Onse awiri adalowa. Brad anapeza matiresi ndi mabelu osambira. Ratel adatsegula chithunzithunzi chowoneka bwino kutsogolo kwa dojang; Mfuti zingapo, mfuti ndi mipeni zinabisidwa mu kabati yachinsinsi pansi pa chiwonetsero.
    
  "Ndidawaphimba, Amfumu," adatero Brad.
    
  Ratel adayika mfuti ija ndikuipereka kwa Brad, kenako adachitanso chimodzimodzi ndi mfuti ziwiri zija. "Ikani mfuti m'lamba wanu." Ananyamula mfuti ziwiri, mfuti ya AR-15 ndi zida zingapo za magazini. "Tiyesa kupita kumalo osungiramo anthu ku Paso Robles - ndikosavuta kuteteza."
    
  "Sitiyenera kuyimbira apolisi?"
    
  "Ndikufuna kupewa izi, koma sitingakhale ndi chisankho," adatero Ratel. "Pitani".
    
  Iwo anafika pa Highway 101 kumpoto. Mdima unagwa ndipo mvula inapitiriza kugwa, zomwe zinachepetsa kwambiri maonekedwe. Iwo anali atakhala mumsewu waukulu kwa mphindi zosakwana zisanu pamene Ratel anati, "Ife tikutsatiridwa. Galimoto imodzi imakhala ndi ife pafupifupi mayadi zana kumbuyo.
    
  "Titani?"
    
  Ratel sananene kanthu. Makilomita angapo pambuyo pake, pakutuluka kwa Santa Margarita, adachoka mumsewu waufulu, ndipo kumapeto kwa kutuluka adadzipangira zida ndikudikirira. Palibe galimoto ngakhale imodzi yomwe idachoka chifukwa cha iwo. "Mwina iwo sanali kutitsatira," anatero Brad.
    
  "Mwina ali ndi chipangizo cholondolera GPS kwinakwake pagalimoto yanga, kotero sayenera kuyang'anitsitsa kwambiri - ndinalibe nthawi yoyang'ana," adatero Ratel. "Mwina ali ndi magulu angapo othamangitsa amodzi. Gulu loyamba lidzapita patsogolo, kenako lidzayima kwinakwake, ndipo gulu lachiwiri lothamangitsa lidzatenga. Tipita ku eyapoti kudzera pakhomo lakumbuyo. "
    
  Anayenda mumsewu wachigawo kwa ola lina mpaka adakafika pa eyapoti ya Paso Robles. Atatha kudutsa pachipata cha chitetezo, adalunjika kumalo osungiramo timu, koma adayima pafupi ndi mtunda wa kilomita imodzi. "Kubwalo la ndege kumakhala kotanganidwa kwambiri kuti ndiwakokere anyamatawa mkati," adatero Ratel, akuyika mfuti ya AR-15 pachifuwa chake. "Tidikirira mpaka bata." Iwo anadikira, tcheru kuti asafike kwa iwo. Pafupifupi ola limodzi pambuyo pake, ndege yaing'ono ya injini ziwiri inayandikira pafupi ndipo woyendetsa anaima pafupi ndi malo ochepa. Woyendetsa ndegeyo anatenga pafupifupi ola limodzi kuti atulutse galimoto yake pamalo osungiramo ndege, kuyimitsa ndege mkati, kenako kunyamula katundu wake ndikunyamuka, ndipo bwalo la ndege linakhalanso chete.
    
  Patadutsa mphindi makumi atatu, popanda zizindikiro zina, Ratel sanathenso kudikira. Anakwera galimoto mpaka kumalo osungiramo malo, ndipo iye ndi Brad anakokera oukirawo mkati. Kenako Ratel anayendetsa galimoto yonyamula katunduyo pafupifupi mtunda wa kilomita imodzi n"kuyiimitsa, kenako anathamangiranso kumalo osungiramo katundu.
    
  "Zinagwira ntchito," adatero Ratel, akupukuta mvula pamutu pake ndi AR-15 yake. "Magulu othandizira azitsata zomwe zaperekedwa kenako ndikutsata pano. Ndiye mwina adzadikira kwa maola angapo asanaukire."
    
  "Atilondola bwanji kuno?"
    
  "Nditha kuganiza za njira khumi ndi ziwiri," adatero Ratel. "Ngati ali abwino, adzakhala pano. Ndikungokhulupirira kuti thandizo lifika nthawi imeneyo. "
    
  Pasanathe ola limodzi, mkati mwa mvula yosalekeza komanso kuwomba mphepo kwa apo ndi apo, anamva phokoso la zitsulo zopalasa zitsulo kunja kwa khomo lalikulu lolowera. "Nditsate," Ratel ananong"oneza motero, ndipo iye ndi Brad anathaŵira kumalo osungiramo malo. M'kati mwake munali ndege yaing'ono yamalonda, mtundu wakuda womwe umasonyeza kuti unali wa bungwe la Scion Aviation la Kevin Martindale. Ratel adapeza bokosi lalikulu la mawilo lokhala ngati chipinda chotchinga khoma la nyumbayo, adachikokera kutali ndi khoma, ndipo onse awiri adayima kumbuyo kwake. "Chabwino, ntchito yako ndikungoyang'anitsitsa khomo lolowera lija," adatero Ratel, akuloza chitseko chachikulu chosungiramo ndege. "Ndikhala ndikuyang"ana pakhomo la ofesi yaikulu. Kuwombera kumodzi kokha. Awerengereni."
    
  Patapita mphindi zingapo iwo anamva phokoso lina lachitsulo likukanikizidwa mkati, ndipo mphindi zingapo pambuyo pake anamva zitsulo zambiri pazitsulo zomwe zimachokera pakhomo lodutsa pakhomo la hangar, chizindikiro chakuti chitseko chatsekedwa. Patangopita nthawi pang'ono, chitseko chinatsegulidwa ndipo Brad adawona mwamuna atavala magalasi owonera usiku akuyenda pansi ndikudutsa pakhomo, atanyamula mfuti. Bizjet anali akubisa. Wachiŵiriyo analowa pakhomo, natseka, nakhala pamenepo, namuphimba. Panthawi imodzimodziyo, Ratel amatha kuona zigawenga zina ziwiri zimalowa pakhomo la ofesi, komanso atavala magalasi a masomphenya a usiku komanso atanyamula mfuti zamakina.
    
  "Shit," ananong"oneza. "Anyamata anayi. Nthawi yatha." Anatulutsa foni yake ya m'manja n'kuimba 911, n'kuisiya, n'kutsitsa voliyumuyo n'kuyiika pansi pa bokosi lake. "Gwiritsani ntchito mfuti. Mutulutse munthuyo pakhomo. Mnyamata winayo mwina abisala kuseri kwa chiwongolero chakumanja cha ndegeyo. " Brad anasuzumira kuseri kwa bokosi la zida ndikuyang'ana munthu yemwe anali pa khomo lakumaso, lomwe linali lowala pang'ono ndi chikwangwani chotuluka mwadzidzidzi. Ratel anapumira kwambiri, kenako ananong'oneza, "Tsopano."
    
  Brad ndi Ratel anawombera pafupifupi nthawi imodzi. Mkondo wa Ratel udafika ndipo wachiwembu m'modzi adagwa. Brad sanadziwe komwe kuwombera kwake kunagunda, koma adadziwa kuti sikunakhudze kalikonse kupatula mwina khoma la hangar. Mnyamata yemwe anali pakhomo anathamangira kukhoma la nyumba yosungiramo zinthu zakale kuchipinda chamsonkhano, atagwada pansi. Monga momwe Ratel adaneneratu, munthu winayo adabisala kumbuyo kwa gudumu la ndegeyo ... Ratel ndi Brad adatsamira kuseri kwa bokosi la zida.
    
  "Yatsani moto kuwombera kukayima!" Ratel anakuwa. M"bokosi la zida munali zipolopolo zodzaza ndi zipolopolo, koma zida zomwe zinali mkatimo zinkaoneka ngati zatenga zipolopolozo. Patangopita nthawi pang'ono, panali bata pang'ono powombera, ndipo Brad anayang'ana kuseri kwa bokosi lake la zida, anaona pafupi ndi tayala la ndegeyo, ndipo anawombera. Chipolopolocho chinagunda tayalalo, lomwe linaphulika nthawi yomweyo, zomwe zinachititsa kuti munthu wankhanzayo agwedezeke. Anakuwa, atagwira nkhope yake ndi ululu. Zinkawoneka kuti bizjet yatsala pang'ono kugwera kumanja, koma gudumu la magudumu silinathe kugwedezeka.
    
  Tsopano kuwomberako kunali kusintha njira - zipolopolo zambiri zinali kugunda mbali ya bokosi la zida, osati kutsogolo. Yang'anani pozungulira! Ratel anakuwa. "Ayesa... ahh! Zopusa! Brad atayang'ana adawona Ratel atagwira dzanja lake lamanja lomwe limawoneka ngati lang'ambika ndi chipolopolo. Magazi amawazidwa paliponse. "Tengani mfuti ndipo musawalole kuti ayandikira!" Ratel anakuwa, atagwira mkono wake wovulala, kuyesa kuletsa kutuluka kwa magazi.
    
  Brad anayesa kusuzumira kuseri kwa bokosilo, koma atangosuntha, zipolopolo zinayamba kuuluka, ndipo tsopano anazimva zikuyandikira kwambiri, monga ngati mileme ikulira m"mwamba. Anayesa kuloza mfutiyo pabokosi la zida ndi kuwombera, koma mphuno yamfutiyo inagunda mosatonthozeka. Ratel anakulunga chiguduli kudzanja lake lamanja ndikuombera mfuti ija ndi kumanzere koma mlomo sunakhazikike ngakhale pang'ono ndipo amaoneka ngati akhoza kukomoka nthawi ina iliyonse. Brad anamva mapazi ndi mawu akuyandikira m'Chirasha. Izi ndiye, anaganiza. Kuwombera kotsatira komwe adamva kuti kukakhala komaliza m'moyo wake, anali wotsimikiza ...
    
    
  chisanu ndi chimodzi
    
    
  Bodza silikhalapo mpaka ukalamba.
    
  -SOPHOCLES
    
    
    
  PASO ROBLES, CALIFORNIA
    
    
  Mwadzidzidzi kunamveka kuphulika koopsa kumbuyo kwa nyumbayo. Nthawi yomweyo mpweya wodzaza ndi fumbi ndi zinyalala. Mawuwo anafuula mu Chirasha... Ndipo posakhalitsa kufuulako kunayamba kukuwa, ndipo patapita kanthawi kukuwa kunakhala chete.
    
  "Zachidziwikire, Brad," kunamveka mawu opangidwa ndi makompyuta. Brad anayang'ana m'mwamba ndipo adawona chida cha cybernetic chakhanda kuseri kwa bizjet.
    
  "Abambo?" - anafunsa.
    
  "Muli bwino?" - Adafunsa a Patrick McLanahan.
    
  "Chief Ratel," adatero Brad, pamwamba pa kulira m'makutu ake chifukwa cha kuwombera kulikonse komwe kunali kotsekedwa. "Wavulala." Kamphindi, amuna awiri adathamanga ndikumunyamula Ratel. Brad anathamangira ku robot. Anaona pamene abambo ake anabowola pakhomo, akugwetsa khoma lalikulu lachitseko pakati pa nyumba yosungiramo katundu ndi ofesi yaikulu. Onse owukira asanu ndi limodzi, anayi omwe adaukira hangar ndi awiri omwe adaukira Brad pa Tankfarm Road, atengedwa kale.
    
  "Uli bwino, Brad?" -Patrick anafunsa.
    
  "Inde. Sindikumva bwino ndi kuwombera konseko, koma kupatula pamenepo ndili bwino. "
    
  "Chabwino. Tiyeni tichokemo. Olondera mumsewu waukulu ndi ma sheriffs adzakhala pafupi mphindi zisanu. " Patrick ananyamula mwana wake wamwamuna ndi kumunyamula kudutsa pabwalo lalikulu lotseguka kupita kumalo oimikapo magalimoto kumapeto kwa msewu wakumwera, komwe ndege yakuda yonyamula katundu ya Sherpa inkadikirira, ma turboprops ake akuyenda mopanda ntchito. Patrick anagwetsera Brad pansi, nalowa m"njira yonyamula katundu kumbuyo kwake, nakhala pansi pamalo onyamula katundu, Brad akukwera pambuyo pake. Wogwira ntchitoyo adakhazika Brad pansi pampando wonyamula katundu, ndikumuthandiza kumangirira, ndikumupatsa mahedifoni. Kamphindi pang'ono iwo anali mu mlengalenga.
    
  "Nanga bwanji Chief Ratel?" Adafunsa choncho Brad poganiza kuti bambo ake amamumva kudzera pa intercom.
    
  Patrick anayankha kuti: "Adzasamutsidwa n"kupatsidwa chithandizo.
    
  "Kodi apolisi atani akawona malo osungiramo malowa? Zikuwoneka ngati malo ankhondo. Inali malo ankhondo."
    
  "Purezidenti Martindale achita izi," Patrick anayankha.
    
  "Mwafika bwanji kuno mwachangu chonchi bambo?"
    
  "Ndinali ku St. George pamene alamu yanu inalira ku San Luis Obispo," Patrick anatero. "Pafupifupi maola awiri kuchokera ku Sherpa. Zikomo Mulungu Chief Ratel adakupezani munthawi yake ndikukutulutsani mutawuni. "
    
  "St. George? Kodi pano tikulowera kuti?"
    
  "Inde, Brad," Patrick anatero. CID anatembenukira kwa Brad ndikukweza dzanja lankhondo, poyembekezera ziwonetsero za Brad. "Ndikudziwa kuti mukufuna kubwerera ku Cal Poly, Brad," Patrick adatero, "ndipo popeza mwalandira thandizo kuchokera ku Sky Masters, ntchito yanu imakhala yofunika kwambiri. Ndikufunanso kukuwonani mukupitiriza maphunziro anu. Chifukwa chake, ndisankha gulu la Sergeant Major Vol kuti lipeze ndikugwira gulu lankhondo lina lililonse lomwe likubwera pambuyo panu. Adzakhala pafupi ndi sukulu, kotero simudzasowa kupita kumwera kwa tawuni kuti mukaphunzire. Adzatenga maphunziro anu mpaka Chief Ratel atakwanitsa kutero. "
    
  "Mukutanthauza kuti adzakhala onditeteza kapena chinachake?"
    
  "Ngakhale ndili ndi chidaliro kuti atha kuthana nawo, magulu a Wohl sanamangidwe kuti azigwira ntchito zachitetezo," adatero Patrick. "Amaphunzitsa zaukadaulo komanso ntchito zachindunji. Koma tsopano tikukumana ndi magulu anayi a anthu awiri akupha achi Russia. Sindilola gulu lililonse lomenyera nkhondo kuti liyende mu United States mwakufuna kwake, makamaka lomwe limayang'ana mwana wanga. Choncho tiyenera kupanga dongosolo zochita. Tifunsa ongoyamba kumene, tifufuze, ndi kupanga mapulani. "
    
  "Ndiye ndikhala ngati nyambo, kukopa anthu oipawo kuti Sergeant Major awatulutse?" Brad anazindikira. Anagwedeza mutu ndikumwetulira. "Zili bwino bola ndibwerere ku Cal Poly. Ndikhoza kubwerera ku Cal Poly, sichoncho, abambo?"
    
  "Potsutsana ndi malingaliro anga abwino, inde," adatero Patrick. "Koma osati lero. Uzani Staff Sergeant ndi magulu ake afunse akaidi atsopanowo, asonkhanitse zambiri, ndikufufuza m'sukulu ndi mumzinda. Zingotenga tsiku limodzi kapena awiri. Ndikudziwa kuti mwakhala mukuchita zambiri pokonzekera mayeso omaliza pa intaneti, ndipo makalasi anu nthawi zambiri atha kotero kuti mutha kugwira ntchito ku likulu lathu. Sabata yomaliza isanakwane, uyenera kubwerera kusukulu. "
    
  "Ndikungoyenera kupeza chowiringula chouza Team Starfire za izi," adatero Brad. "Ntchitoyi ikupita patsogolo mwachangu, bambo. Yunivesite imalandira ndalama ndi thandizo kuchokera padziko lonse lapansi. "
    
  "Ndikudziwa, mwana," Patrick anatero. "Kuyamikiridwa kwa yunivesiteyi, akusunga Starfire m'kati mwa ntchito ya Cal Poly's undergraduate project - mayunivesite ena, makampani, ngakhale maboma adzipereka kutenga udindo. Zikuwoneka kuti mupitilizabe kuyang'anira pakadali pano. Ingomvetsetsani kuti chikakamizo chopereka pulojekitiyi kwa munthu wina ngati ntchito yamalonda chidzakwera - ndikadakhala kuti Sky Masters Aerospace, popeza adayika ndalama zambiri momwemo - ndipo yunivesite ikhoza kukhala yokonda kwambiri. kutanthauza kuti ndalama zazikulu zitha kuloleza kampani ina kuti itenge. Osakhumudwa ngati zichitika. Mayunivesite amagwiritsa ntchito ndalama. "
    
  "Sindidzakhumudwa."
    
  "Chabwino". TIE adatembenuzira mutu wake waukulu wokhala ndi zida kwa Brad. "Ndimakunyadirani mwana," Patrick anatero. "Ndaziwona m'maimelo mazana ambiri padziko lonse lapansi: anthu akuchita chidwi ndi utsogoleri wanu popititsa patsogolo ntchitoyi, kupanga gulu lapamwamba kwambiri, komanso kupeza chithandizo chaukadaulo. Palibe amene angakhulupirire kuti ndiwe watsopano. "
    
  "Zikomo, Atate," anatero Brad. "Ndikukhulupirira kuti nditha kukwaniritsa ngakhale pang'ono chabe pazomwe mwachita mu Air Force."
    
  "Ndikuganiza kuti njira yanu idzakhala yosiyana kwambiri ndi yanga," adatero Patrick. Anatembenukira kumbuyo, kuyang'ana kumbuyo kwa ndege. "Nthawi zonse ndimafuna kukhala ndi luso la utsogoleri ngati inu. Moyo wanga ukanakhala wosiyana kotheratu ndikanakhala ndi luso lanu ndikuphunzira kuzigwiritsa ntchito. Mwachiwonekere munawaphunzira kwa wina osati abambo anu, kapena mwina Civil Air Patrol. "
    
  "Koma inu munali ... Ndikutanthauza, ndinu Jenerali wa nyenyezi zitatu, Abambo."
    
  "Inde, koma kukwezedwa kwanga kunali chifukwa cha zomwe ndinachita, osati chifukwa cha makhalidwe anga a utsogoleri," Patrick adatero, kulingalira m'mawu ake kukuwonekerabe ngakhale kuti CID electronic voice synthesizer. "Ndakhala ndi maudindo angapo m'zaka zapitazi, koma sindinakhalepo ngati mtsogoleri weniweni - ndidachita monga nthawi zonse: woyendetsa ndege, woyendetsa ndege, wogwira ntchito, osati mtsogoleri. Ndinaona ntchito yofunika kuchitidwa ndipo ndinatuluka ndikukagwira. Monga woyang'anira minda kapena wamkulu, ndikanapanga gulu kuti ndigwire ntchitoyo m'malo mopita kukachita ndekha. Sindinamvetse tanthauzo la kutsogolera."
    
  "Ndimaonanso kuti kugwira ntchitoyo ndi chinthu chofunika kwambiri, Atate," anatero Brad. "Ndine wophunzira wa uinjiniya wa zamlengalenga, koma sindimatha kumvetsetsa zambiri za sayansi zomwe ndimayenera kuphunzira. Ndikugwira ntchito, ndikupeza wina woti andifotokozere. Koma chomwe ndimafuna ndikuwuluka basi. Ndikudziwa kuti ndiyenera kupeza digiri kuti ndipite kukayesa sukulu yoyendetsa ndege komanso kuyendetsa ndege zotentha, koma sindisamala za digiri. Ndikungofuna kuwuluka."
    
  "Chabwino, zimagwira ntchito kwa iwe, mwana," adatero Patrick. "Khalanibe maso pa cholinga. Mutha kuchita ".
    
  Sherpa anafika pafupi maola awiri kenako ku General Dick Stout Airfield, mailosi khumi ndi anayi kumpoto chakum'mawa kwa tawuni ya kum'mwera kwa Utah ya St. George. Bwalo la ndegelo linali litakulitsidwa kwambiri m'zaka zingapo zapitazi pamene chiwerengero cha anthu ku St. George chinkakula, ndipo pamene Stout Field idakali bwalo la ndege lopanda nsanja, gawo lake lakumadzulo linachita maluwa ngati malo oyendetsa ndege ndi mafakitale. Sherpa wakuda adakwera taxi kupita ku hanger yayikulu kwambiri kumwera kwa gawo la mafakitale la eyapoti ndipo adakokedwa mkati mwa nyumbayo asanalole aliyense kutsika. Chopachika chachikulucho chinali ndi ndege yamakampani ya Challenger-5, ndege ya Reaper yokhala ndi zida zapansi pa mapiko, ndi mtundu wocheperako wa ndege ya V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor, zonse zopaka utoto wakuda.
    
  Patrick anatenga mwana wake n"kupita naye ku nyumba ina yapafupi. Nthawi yomweyo Brad adazindikira kuti denga linali lalitali, ndipo zitseko zonse ndi makomedwe zinali zazikulu komanso zazitali kuposa nthawi zonse, zonse zidapangidwa kuti zigwirizane ndi Chipangizo cha Infantry cha Cybernetic chomwe chidadutsamo. Brad anamva loko akungotsegulidwa basi pamene akuyandikira chitseko, ndipo analowa m'chipinda chapakati pa nyumbayo. "Kuno ndi kwathu," Patrick anatero. Chinali china koma chipinda chopanda mazenera chokhala ndi tebulo lokhala ndi zopatsa thanzi pang'ono, malo omwe Patrick adalowetsamo kuti awonjezerenso ...
    
  ... ndipo, pakona yakutali, chitsanzo china chatsopano cha cybernetic robotic infantryman. "Ndikuwona kuti ndili ndi wolowa m'malo," adatero Patrick ndi mawu athabwa. "Nthawi zambiri timafunikira tsiku lina kapena kupitilira apo kuti tidziwe zambiri pa CID yatsopano asanasamuke."
    
  "Ndiye ndikukuwonani, bambo."
    
  "Mwananga, ngati ukutsimikiza kuti izi ndi zimene ukufuna kuchita, ndilola," Patrick anatero. "Koma si zabwino."
    
  Brad anayang'ana mozungulira chipindacho. "Damn, sakulolani ngakhale kupachika zithunzi pamakoma?"
    
  "Ndikhoza kusewera zithunzi zonse zimene ndikufuna, nthawi iliyonse imene ndikufuna, m"maganizo mwanga," anatero Patrick. "Sindikufuna kuti azipachika pakhoma." Anasintha zotengera zamafuta mu chassis yake ndi zatsopano patebulo, kenako adayimilira pamalo omwe adasankhidwa pakati pa chipindacho, ndipo zingwe zamagetsi, deta, ukhondo, michere, ndi matenda zimatsika kuchokera padenga ndikulumikizidwa ndi malo olondola pa CID. Patrick adawuma m'malo mwake, kuyimirira mowongoka, ngati loboti yopanda munthu pakona. "Sajenti wamkulu afika patangopita maola ochepa kuti adzakufotokozereni ndikukuuzani zomwe zidachitika, kenako adzakutengerani kuhotelo kwanu," adatero. "Adzakubweretsani m'mawa ndipo tikukhazikitseni kuti mudzachite masewera olimbitsa thupi."
    
  Brad analingalira mwakachetechete zimene ati anene kwa kanthaŵi; Kenako: "Atate, munandiuza kuti mkati mwa loboti iyi muli nokha."
    
  "Inde".
    
  Brad anati: "Ndimakumbukira kuti 'iwe' unali ndi mphoto ndi zikwangwani ndi zithunzi pamakoma. "Ngakhale m"kalavani yaing"ono ya mamita asanu ndi limodzi m"litali ku Battle Mountain, munali ndi zipewa zanu zakale zothawirako, zikwangwani zosonyeza zinthu zokumbukira, ndege zachitsanzo, ndi tinthu tating"ono tating"ono tating"ono tating"ono tating"ono tomwe sindimadziŵa n"komwe kuti zinali zotani, koma . re mwachiwonekere zambiri anatanthauza kwa inu. Chifukwa chiyani ulibe chilichonse mwa izi pano?"
    
  Lobotiyo idakhala yosasunthika komanso chete kwa mphindi zingapo zazitali; ndiye, "Ine ndikuganiza ine sindinaganize kwenikweni za izo, Brad," Patrick potsiriza anati. "Poyamba ndimaganiza kuti ndichifukwa sindinkafuna kuti wina adziwe kuti ndi ine muno, koma tsopano anthu onse omwe ndimacheza nawo mnyumba muno akudziwa kuti ndi ine, ndiye kuti sizothandiza kwambiri".
    
  "Chabwino, loboti ilibe kalikonse pamakoma," anatero Brad, "koma atate anga akanakhala." Patrick sanalankhule kalikonse. "Mwina zonse zikadekha ndi kubwerera mwakale-kapena kuyandikira monga momwe zidzakhalire-ndikhoza kuwuluka kuno ndi kukonza zinthu zina. Chipangitseni kuwoneka ngati chipinda chanu komanso chocheperako ngati chipinda chosungira."
    
  "Ndikufuna zimenezo, mwana wanga," Patrick anatero. "Ndikufuna."
    
    
  OFISI YA PRESIDENT
  NYUMBA YA KHUMI NA INE, KREMLIN
  MOSCOW
  PATAPITA MASIKU OCHEPA
    
    
  "Pali ziwonetsero zakuchulukirachulukira pamalo okwerera asitikali aku America," Nduna ya Zachitetezo cha Boma Viktor Kazyanov adatero kudzera pa ulalo wa kanema kuchokera kuofesi yake yazanzeru kupita ku ofesi ya Purezidenti. Anawonetsa zithunzi zisanachitike komanso pambuyo pake za siteshoni ya mlengalenga ya Armstrong. "Panali kukhazikitsidwa kumodzi kwa roketi yonyamula katundu yolemetsa yomwe idapereka zida zazitalizi pamodzi ndi zotengera zing'onozing'ono zambiri, zonse zopanikizidwa komanso zosapanikizika. Sitikudziwa bwino lomwe zomwe zili m'mabokosi omata, koma zinthu zina zomwe sizinasindikizidwe zikufanana ndi mabatire omwe adayikidwa kale pafamuyo, ndiye tikuganiza kuti ndi mabatirenso."
    
  "Sindikufunanso malingaliro enanso kuchokera kwa inu, Kazyanov," adatero Purezidenti wa Russia Gennady Gryzlov, akuloza ndudu yake pa chithunzi cha Kazyanov pakompyuta yake. "Ndipezereni zambiri. Gwira ntchito yako. "
    
  "Inde, bwana," adatero Kazyanov. Anakonza kukhosi kwake, kenako anapitiriza kuti: "Pakhalanso chiwonjezeko chachikulu cha maulendo apamlengalenga, nthawi zina maulendo atatu kapena anayi pamwezi, bwana." Anasintha zithunzi. "Mtundu waposachedwa kwambiri waulendo wawo wapamtunda umodzi, S-29 Shadow, wamaliza kuyesa ntchito ndikumaliza ulendo umodzi wopita kusiteshoni. Kukula kwake komanso kunyamula, ndi kofanana ndi ndege yathu ya Elektron, koma, ndithudi, sifunika roketi kuti iwuluke mumlengalenga."
    
  "Ayi," adatero Purezidenti Gennady Gryzlov mwachidwi. "Ndiye. Tsopano ali ndi mthunzi umodzi wa spaceplane, womwe ndi wofanana ndi kukula kwa Electron yathu. Kodi tili ndi ma electron angati, Sokolov?"
    
  "Takhazikitsanso ndege zisanu ndi ziwiri za Elektron zakuthambo," adayankha nduna ya chitetezo Gregor Sokolov. "Imodzi mwa ndegezo yakonzeka kunyamuka ku Plesetsk, ndipo ndege zina za roketi zafika kumeneko ndipo zitha kulumikizidwa ndikuziika pamalo otsegulira mkati mwa sabata. " tili ndi..."
    
  "Wiki imodzi?" Gryzlov anagunda. "Nduna, ndinakuuzani kuti, ndikufuna kudzaza dziko lapansi ndi ndege zaku Russia ndi zida. Ndikufuna kuti ndiyambe kuyendetsa ndege ziwiri nthawi imodzi. "
    
  "Bwana, malo amodzi okha otsegulira ku Plesetsk adakwezedwa pagalimoto ya Angara-5," adatero Sokolov. "Ndalama zomwe zidapangidwa kuti amange malo ena kumeneko zidatumizidwanso pomanga Vostochny cosmodrome ndikuwonjezera kubwereketsa kwa Baikonur. Tiyenera kutero-"
    
  "Minister Sokolov, ndikuwona chitsanzo apa: Ndimapereka malamulo, ndipo mumandipatsa zifukwa m'malo mwazotsatira," adatero Gryzlov. "Kodi pali poyambira pa Vostochny yoyenera kuyendetsa galimoto ya Angara-5 kapena ayi?"
    
  "Vostochny Cosmodrome sidzatha m'zaka ziwiri zikubwerazi, bwana," adatero Sokolov. Gryzlov anagudubuza maso ake mokwiya kwa nthawi ya zana pa teleconference. "Baikonur ndiye malo okhawo otsegulira omwe akupezeka kuti achitire Angara 5 pakadali pano."
    
  "Ndiye chifukwa chiyani ku Baikonur, Sokolov kulibe ndege ya Elektron?"
    
  "Bwana, momwe ndikumvera, simunafune kukhazikitsidwanso kwankhondo kuchokera ku Baikonur, kungoyambitsa malonda," adatero Sokolov.
    
  Gryzlov analephera kuugwira mtima. "Ndinati ndikufuna, Sokolov, kuti apereke ndege zambiri zam'mlengalenga mwachangu momwe tingathere kuti tikhale ndi mwayi wotsutsa anthu aku America," adatero. "Tikulipira ndalama zabwino kugwiritsa ntchito malowa - tiyamba kugwiritsa ntchito. China ndi chiyani?"
    
  "Bwana, tikupitiliza kukonza ma Plesetsk, Vostochny ndi Znamensk cosmodromes," adatero Sokolov, "koma ntchito imachepetsedwa chifukwa cha nyengo yozizira ndipo iyenera kuyimitsidwa pakangotha mwezi umodzi, apo ayi mawonekedwe a konkriti adzawonongeka. "
    
  "Ndiye tili ndi malo awiri okha opangira ndege zathu, ndipo imodzi ilibe m'dziko lathu?" Gryzlov anatero monyansidwa. "Wangwiro".
    
  "Pali njira ina yomwe tingatengere, Bambo Purezidenti: kukhazikitsa ndege za Elektron kuchokera ku China," Nduna Yowona Zakunja Daria Titeneva adalowererapo. "Tithokoze chifukwa cha zomwe America idachita motsutsana ndi mayiko athu onse awiri, ubale wathu ndi China sunakhalepo wabwinopo. Ndidafufuza izi ndi Nduna Yowona Zakunja yaku China, ndipo ndidalankhula ndi mlangizi wake wankhondo, yemwe adapereka lingaliro la malo kumadzulo kwa China: Xichang. Ndi kutsegulidwa kwa Wenchang Satellite Launch Center yatsopano ku Hainan Island, ntchito zonse zolemetsa za rocket zasunthidwa kumeneko kuchokera ku Xichang, ndikupangitsa mazikowo kukhala otseguka, opezeka komanso okhala ndiukadaulo waposachedwa. Ali ndi mapepala awiri otsegulira operekedwa ku roketi zathu za Angara-5 komanso mndandanda wathu wa Proton. Pali nkhawa zambiri kuti kulephera kwa kukhazikitsa kungapangitse kuti zinyalala zigwere m'matauni ndi mafakitale apafupi, koma ndikuganiza kuti kusamala pang'ono kwa andale akudera komanso azigawo kungachepetse nkhawa zawo. "
    
  "Daria, ntchito yabwino," anatero Gryzlov, akumwetulira koyamba pamsonkhano. "Mukuona, Sokolov? Umu ndi momwe zimachitikira. Kuganiza kunja kwa bokosi. "
    
  "Mukukana kukhazikitsidwa kuchokera ku Baikonur, koma mukuganiza zotumiza maroketi athu ndi ndege zaku China, bwana?" Sokolov anatsutsa. "Ndili wotsimikiza kuti asitikali aku China akufuna kuyang'anitsitsa Electron ndi Angara-5.
    
  "Ndinayitanitsa ndege zaku Russia pamalo otsegulira, Sokolov!" Gryzlov anakwiya, akuloza ndudu yake pa chithunzi cha nduna ya chitetezo pa polojekiti yake. "Ngati sindingathe kuziyambitsa kuchokera ku Russia, ndizichita kwinakwake." Anabwerera ku Titeneva. "Pitiriza kukonzekera, Daria," adatero. "Ndi chiyani chinanso chomwe aku China anali kunena?"
    
  "Amalankhula za kusinthanitsa kuti agwiritse ntchito Xichang, bwana, komanso ndalama," adatero Titeneva. "Iwo anatchula zinthu zochepa, mfundo zochepa za ndondomeko, monga kuthandizira zonena zawo ku zilumba za Senkaku ndi Nyanja ya South China, ndipo mwinamwake kuyambiranso zokambirana za mapaipi amafuta ndi gasi opita ku China kuchokera ku Siberia, koma koposa zonse ali ndi chidwi. m"ma missile a m"mwamba-to-mlengalenga a S-500, mtundu waposachedwa kwambiri wotha kuukira ma satellite."
    
  "Poyeneradi?" Gryzlov anatero, akugwedeza mutu mwachidwi. "Sinthanani zoyambira ndi zoponya za S-500, zomwe ndikufuna kuziyika m'malo osungiramo zida zankhondo zaku Russia padziko lonse lapansi. Lingaliro lalikulu. Ndikuvomereza".
    
  "Bwana, S-500 ndiye chida chapamwamba kwambiri chachitetezo chamlengalenga padziko lonse lapansi," adatero Sokolov, nkhope yake itasanduka chigoba chodabwitsika ndikuwuza aliyense kuti sakukhulupirira zomwe Purezidenti wanena. "Uwu ndi m'badwo patsogolo pa chilichonse chomwe aku China kapena aku America ali nacho. Tekinoloje zamagetsi, sensa ndi zoyendetsa zomwe zimagwiritsidwa ntchito mu S-500 ndizo zabwino kwambiri ku Russia ... ayi, zabwino kwambiri padziko lapansi! Tidzawapatsa zomwe akhala akuyesera kutibera kwa zaka zambiri!
    
  "Sokolov, ndikufuna kuti ma Electrons ndi Burans akhale pamapadi otsegulira," Gryzlov adakuwa. Ngati a ku China angakwanitse, ndipo akufuna S-500, adzalandira S-500. Anachita nkhonya ataona nkhope ya Sokolov yodzidzimuka. "Kodi mapologalamu athu ena onyamula zida zankhondo akuyenda bwanji? Duma yawonjezera ndalama zathu zodzitchinjiriza ndi makumi atatu pa zana - izi zikuyenera kubweretsa mazana a ma S-500, makina odana ndi satelayiti a MiG-31D komanso kuposa ndege zisanu zokha.
    
  "Zimatenga nthawi kuyambitsanso mapulogalamu a zida zomwe zidathetsedwa zaka zambiri zapitazo, bwana," adatero Sokolov. "S-500 yayamba kale kupanga, kotero titha kuyembekezera makina awiri kapena awiri pamwezi pa lotsatira-"
    
  "Ayi, Sokolov!" Gryzlov adasokoneza. "Izi sizovomerezeka! Ndikufuna osachepera khumi pamwezi!
    
  "khumi?" Sokolov anatsutsa. "Bwana, pamapeto pake titha kufikira magawo khumi pamwezi, koma kufulumizitsa kupanga kufika pamenepo kumatenga nthawi. Sikokwanira kungokhala ndi ndalama - timafunikira antchito ophunzitsidwa bwino, malo pamzere wa msonkhano, kuyenda kosalekeza komanso kodalirika kwa zida zosinthira, malo oyesera - "
    
  "Ngati S-500 inali itapangidwa kale, bwanji zonsezi sizinachitike?" Gryzlov anagunda. "Kodi munakonza zomanga imodzi kapena ziwiri zokha pamwezi? Makina apamwamba kwambiri oteteza ndege padziko lapansi, kapena mukuti, koma sitipanga zambiri? "
    
  "Bwana, ndalama zogwiritsira ntchito chitetezo zasinthidwa kuzinthu zina zofunika kwambiri monga mivi yotsutsa zombo, zonyamulira ndege ndi ndege zankhondo," adatero Sokolov. "S-500 kwenikweni ndi chida choteteza ndege, chomwe chimapangidwa kuti chizigwiritsidwa ntchito polimbana ndi zoponya zapanyanja ndi ndege zobisika, ndipo pambuyo pake zidasinthidwa ngati 'S' yachitsanzo cha anti-satellite ndi zida zolimbana ndi mizinga. Mabomba athu ataphulitsa mabomba ku United States zomwe zidawononga mabomba ake ndi ma ICBM, chitetezo cha ndege sichinapatsidwe kufunikira kwenikweni chifukwa chiwopsezocho chinali chitasowa. Tsopano danga ndilofunika kwambiri ndipo S-500 yatsimikizira kukhala yopambana, tikhoza kuyamba kumanga zambiri, koma monga ndanenera bwana, zimatenga nthawi kuti ...
    
  "Zowiringula zinanso!" Gryzlov anafuula mu maikolofoni ya msonkhano wa kanema. "Zonse zomwe ndikufuna kumva kuchokera kwa inu, Sokolov, ndi 'inde, bwana,' ndipo zonse zomwe ndikufuna kuziwona ndi zotsatira, kapena ndidzakhala ndi wina kuti achite zofuna zanga. Tsopano gwirani ntchito! Ndipo adadina batani lomwe limadula kulumikizana ndi nduna yake yachitetezo.
    
  Pomwepo, Tarzarov adatumizira Purezidenti meseji yachinsinsi yomwe idadutsa pansi pa kanema wamsonkhano wavidiyo: idati: Tamandani pagulu, dzudzulani mwamseri. Gryzlov amayankha kuti "Fuck you," koma anasintha maganizo ake. "Daria, ntchito yabwino," adatero pa teleconference network. "Ndiuzeni zomwe muyenera kuchita kuti ndikuthandizeni."
    
  "Inde, bwana," Titeneva adayankha ndikumwetulira motsimikiza ndikudula foni. Gryzlov anaseka. Daria Titeneva wasinthadi m'masabata angapo apitawa: wankhanza, wolenga, wofuna, ngakhale wonyansa nthawi zina ... mkati ndi kunja kwa bedi. Gryzlov anapitiriza msonkhano wa kanema ndi nduna zina mu nduna yake kwa mphindi zingapo, kenaka adachotsedwa.
    
  "Mkwiyo wanu ndi mkwiyo wanu zidzakutherani posakhalitsa, Gennady," adatero Tarzarov, maubwenzi onse ndi nduna za Purezidenti atasokonezeka. "Kukuchenjezani nthawi zonse za izi zikuwoneka kuti sikuthandiza."
    
  "Zaka zoposa khumi zadutsa chiwonongeko cha ndege za ku America za mabomba ndi mizinga ya intercontinental ballistic, Sergei," Gryzlov anadandaula, kachiwiri kunyalanyaza malangizo a Tarzarov. "Anthu aku America adatsegulanso malo awo ankhondo ndikusintha zida zogwiritsa ntchito mlengalenga m'malo momanganso zida zawo zophulitsira mabomba ndi zida zophonya, ndipo sanabise chilichonse. Kodi Zevitin ndi Truznev akhala akuchita chiyani zaka zonsezi-kusewera okha?"
    
  "Nthawi zambiri, apurezidenti akale anali ndi mavuto azachuma, azandale komanso azachuma, a Gennady," adatero Tarzarov, "komanso kufunika kobwezeretsa zida zomwe zidawonongedwa ndi aku America panthawi yankhondo. Palibe ntchito kuloza zala kwa apulezidenti akale. Atsogoleri a mayiko ochepa, kuphatikizapo inu, ndi amene ali ndi mphamvu zonse zokhudza tsogolo la dziko lawo." Adayang'ana foni yake ya smartphone, kenako adapukusa mutu mokwiya. "Ilyanov ndi Korchkov akuyembekezera panja. Kodi mwamaliza ndi polojekitiyi, bwana? Ilyanov ndi chigawenga chovala yunifolomu yankhondo, ndipo Kortchkova ndi mfuti yopanda nzeru yomwe imapha chifukwa choikonda. "
    
  "Ndimaliza awiriwa ntchito yawo ikamalizidwa," adatero Gryzlov. Koma pakali pano ndi anthu oyenera kugwira ntchitoyo. Bweretsani kuno. Tarzarov anaperekeza mkulu wa ku Russia ndi womuthandizira wake ku ofesi ya pulezidenti, kenako anatenga "malo ake osadziwika" mu ofesiyo ndipo adagwirizana bwino ndi zomwe zikuchitika. Ilyanov ndi Korchkov anali yunifolomu ya asilikali, Ilyanov mu yunifolomu ya ndege, ndi Korchkov mu malaya osavuta akuda ndi thalauza, popanda malamulo kapena ndondomeko, ndi chizindikiro chokha cha epaulettes cha gulu lapadera la "Vympel". Gryzlov adawona kuti adavalanso mpeni m'chimake chakuda pa lamba wake. "Ndinkayembekezera kumva kwa iwe masiku angapo apitawo, Mtsamunda," iye anatero. "Sindinamvepo chilichonse chokhudza imfa ya mwana wa McLanahan, ndiye ndikuganiza kuti gulu lanu lalephera."
    
  "Inde, bwana," adatero Ilyanov. "Gulu loyamba lidauza Alpha Command kuti ali ndi McLanahan, kenako Alpha adasiya kulumikizana nawo. Gulu lachiwiri ndi lachitatu lidatenga McLanahan ndi bambo wina yemwe McLanahan adachita naye zodzitchinjiriza komanso kuchita masewera olimbitsa thupi ali kunja kwa tawuni. "
    
  "Kodi munthu uyu ndi ndani?" - Anafunsa Gryzlov.
    
  "Mkulu wina wopuma pantchito yemwe sanagwire ntchito dzina lake Ratel, yemwe tsopano ndi mphunzitsi wodzitetezera komanso wophunzitsa mfuti," adatero Ilyanov. "Amakumana nthawi ndi nthawi ndi anthu angapo omwe amawoneka ngati ankhondo - tsopano tikukonzekera kuwazindikira. Mwamuna wina amawoneka ngati watenthedwa ndi mankhwala kapena ma radiation. Akuwoneka kuti ndi amene amayang'anira gulu lankhondo lakale."
    
  "Izi zimakhala zosangalatsa kwambiri," adatero Gryzlov. "Alonda a McLanahan? Gulu lina la zigawenga zapadera? McLanahan Sr. akuti anali m'magulu otere, mkati ndi kunja kwa asitikali."
    
  "Malingaliro athu ndi ofanana, bwana," adatero Ilyanov. "Timu yachiwiri idachita kung"amba mchira chifukwa ankaganiza kuti wapezeka koma matimuwa ankagwiritsa ntchito chounikira chamagetsi pagalimoto ya Ratel ndiye adalamulidwa kuti azule mchira ndikudikirira kuti nyaliyo ayime. Anatera pabwalo la ndege laling"ono m"chigawo chapakati cha California. Magulu adapeza galimoto yomwe idasiyidwa, koma adatha kudziwa kuti ndi nyumba iti ya eyapoti yomwe Ratel ndi McLanahan adabisalamo, malo osungiramo ndege zazikulu. Lamulo lidalamula Magulu Awiri ndi Atatu kuti adikire kuti ntchito pabwalo la ndege ilekeke kenako ndikuwukira mbali zosiyanasiyana, zomwe adachita. "
    
  "Ndipo mwachiwonekere adalephera," adatero Gryzlov. "Ndiloleni ndiganizire zina zonse: Mamembala amagulu onse atatu akusowa, osati m'manja mwa apolisi, ndipo McLanahan sapezeka. Mtsamunda uja anali ndi ndani, Mtsamunda?" Iye anakweza dzanja lake. "Dikirani, ndiloleni ndiganizirenso: makampani ena oyendetsa ndege omwe ali ndi maofesala osadabwitsa komanso antchito ochepa omwe sanakhalepo nthawi yayitali." Maonekedwe a nkhope ya Ilyanov adauza pulezidenti kuti adaganiza bwino. "Mwina nyumba yosungiramo nyumbayo ndi likulu la gulu ili, kapena linali. Mosakayikira zidzawulukira motalikirana mbali zonse zinayi. Kodi gulu lanu latha kusaka malo osungiramo malo?"
    
  "Gulu lolamula silinathe kulowa chifukwa cha apolisi, ndiyeno chifukwa cha mlonda wachinsinsi wokhala ndi zida zambiri," adatero Ilyanov. "Koma mtsogoleri wa gululo adawona amuna ndi akazi ambiri akuchotsa mafayilo ndi zida zamagalimoto, ndipo jeti yamalonda yomwe idakhala pamalo opangira ntchitoyo idatuluka ndikunyamuka usiku pambuyo pa opaleshoniyo. Ndege yamalonda idapakidwa utoto wakuda. "
    
  "Ndinkaganiza kuti sikuloledwa m'mayiko ambiri kujambula ndege yakuda pokhapokha ngati ndege ya boma kapena yankhondo," adatero Gryzlov. "Kachiwiri, zosangalatsa kwambiri. Mwina mwakumana ndi gulu lankhondo lodabwitsa, Colonel. China ndi chiyani?"
    
  "Mtsogoleri wa gululo adatha kuzindikira kuti khomo lalikulu la ndegeyo linali litawombera mkati, mwinamwake ndi galimoto yomwe inkayenda molunjika ku ofesi yaikulu ndikugwera mu hangar yokha," adatero Ilyanov. "Komabe, panalibe chizindikiro cha galimoto yowonongeka paliponse kunja kwa hangar."
    
  Gryzlov anaganiza kwa kanthawi, akugwedeza mutu, kenako anamwetulira. "Ndiye abwenzi a McLanahan ankhondo amapulumutsa anthu mwa kugwetsa galimoto pakhomo lakumaso? Sizikumveka ngati akatswiri. Koma adagwira ntchito. " Ananyamuka pa desiki yake. "Mtsamunda, amuna khumi omwe mudawatumiza kumeneko adaphedwa kapena kugwidwa, mwina ndi gulu loyang'anira kapena loyang'anira zamatsenga lozungulira McLanahan. Ziribe kanthu kuti mumalemba ndani ku United States, ndizopanda ntchito. Mukubwerera ndipo tikudikirira kuti zinthu kumeneko zibwerere mwakale. Mwachionekere, McLanahan alibe cholinga chosiya sukuluyi, choncho zikhala zosavuta kuti abwererenso."
    
  Gryzlov anafufuza thupi la Korchkov kuyambira kumutu mpaka kumapazi. "Ndipo ikafika nthawi, ndikuganiza kuti ndi nthawi yotumiza Captain Korchkov - yekha," anawonjezera. "Magulu anu aamuna awiri ndi opusa kapena osachita chilichonse, ndipo tsopano gulu lankhondo ili lachenjezedwa. Ndikukhulupirira kuti captain agwira ntchitoyo. Angafunike kupha anthu angapo omwe kale anali ankhondo kaye asanakafike ku McLanahan. " Korchkova sananene kanthu, koma panali kumwetulira pankhope pake, ngati kuti akusangalala kale ndi chiyembekezo cha kupha anthu ambiri. "Koma osati nthawi yomweyo. Mulole McLanahan ndi amlonda ake aganize kuti tasiya kusaka. Tengani nthawi ndikuyika kaputeni pachivundikiro chabwino, pafupi ndi McLanahan komanso pafupi mokwanira kuti muwone bwino gulu lankhondo ili. Osagwiritsa ntchito mphamvu zake zaukazembe - ndikutsimikiza kuti onse ogwira ntchito ku kazembe ndi kazembe aziyang'aniridwa kwakanthawi. "
    
  "Inde, bwana," adatero Ilyanov.
    
  Gryzlov adayandikira pafupi ndi Korchkova ndikuyang'ana m'maso mwake. Anayang'ananso kwa iye ndi kumwetulira kwake kakang'ono. "Anakulowetsani muno ndi mpeni, Korchkov?"
    
  "Iwo sakanatha kukuchotsani kwa ine, bwana," anatero Korchkov, ndipo awa anali mawu oyamba omwe, mu kukumbukira kwa Gryzlov, kukongola kunamvapo. "Iwo sanayerekeze kundilanda izo. Bwana."
    
  "Ndikuwona," adatero Gryzlov. Anamuyezanso thupi lake kuyambira kumutu mpaka kumapazi, kenako anati, "Sizingandidetse nkhawa, Captain, ngati mungaganize zomuzunza McLanahan pang'ono musanamuphe. Mukatero mungabwerenso kwa ine n"kundifotokozera zonse mwatsatanetsatane."
    
  "Ndikusangalala, bwana," adatero Korchkov, "Ndi chisangalalo, bwana."
    
    
  PANJIRA YA PAFUPI NDI DZIKO LAPANSI
  OCTOBER 2016
    
    
  "Wow, yang'anani kuimba kwatsopano," adatero Sondra Eddington. Iye ndi Boomer Noble anali m'ndege yapakati pausiku S-19, kulowera kudoko la Armstrong space station, yomwe inali pafupi mtunda wa kilomita imodzi. Umenewu unali ulendo wake wachinayi wa ndege za m"mlengalenga, wachiwiri pa ndege ya m"mlengalenga ya S-19-enawo anali pa S-9 Black Stallion yaing"ono-koma ulendo wake woyamba m"njira yopita ku mlengalenga ndi doko lake loyamba ndi siteshoni ya m"mlengalenga ya Armstrong. Onse awiri ndi Boomer ankavala masuti olimba amagetsi a elastomeric ndi zipewa kuti apume mpweya wabwino ngati atakhumudwa kwambiri.
    
  "Mbali ya ntchito yamagetsi ya dzuwa ya Starfire," adatero Boomer. Adawona Sondra akugwedeza mutu pang'ono pomwe adanena mawu akuti Starfire. Iwo anali kunena za magawo awiri owonjezera a osonkhanitsa dzuwa omwe amaikidwa pa nsanja pakati pa ma modules "apamwamba" a siteshoni, omwe amayang'ana dzuwa. "Ndizovuta kukhulupirira, koma osonkhanitsa atsopanowa amatulutsa magetsi ochulukirapo kuposa ma cell a solar a silicon onse ataphatikizidwa, ngakhale kuti saposa kota ya kukula kwake."
    
  "O, ndikukhulupirira," anatero Sondra. "Nditha kukufotokozerani momwe amapangidwira ndikukujambulani momwe ma nanotubes amapangidwira."
    
  "Ndikukhulupirira kuti Brad wakuuzanipo za iwo kangapo."
    
  "Mpaka kulira m"makutu mwanga," anatero Sondra motopa.
    
  Mbali imeneyi ya maphunziro a ndege ya Sondra inali yoyendetsedwa ndi makompyuta, kotero onse awiri adakhala pansi ndikuyang'ana makompyuta akuchita zomwe akufuna. Boomer adafunsa mafunso okhudzana ndi zovuta zomwe zingachitike ndi zochita zake, adawonetsa zizindikiro zina ndikulankhula zomwe angayembekezere. Posakhalitsa iwo anangowona gawo limodzi la siteshoni, ndipo posakhalitsa chimene iwo anakhoza kuwona chinali malo okwererapo, ndipo mphindi zochepa pambuyo pake ndege yapakati pausiku inaimitsidwa. "Zotchingira ndizotetezedwa, doko lidachita bwino," adatero Boomer. "Zimakhala zotopetsa kompyuta ikamachita."
    
  Sondra anamaliza kuyang'anira kompyuta pamene amamaliza cheke pambuyo pa docking. "Postdock checklist watha," adatero kompyutayo itamaliza masitepe onse. "Sindimakonda chilichonse kuposa ndege yotopetsa - zikutanthauza kuti zonse zidayenda bwino ndipo zonse zidayenda bwino. Zabwino kwa ine. "
    
  "Ndimakonda kuyiteteza," adatero Boomer. "Ngati tili ndi mafuta owonjezera a Armstrong kapena Midnight, ndichita. Kupanda kutero, kompyuta imawononga mafuta ambiri, ndimadana nazo kuvomereza. "
    
  "Ukungodzionetsera," anatero Sondra. "Wodalirika monga nthawi zonse."
    
  "Ndine". Anakhala chete kwa kamphindi, kenako anafunsa kuti, "Kodi ndikumva bwanji podzuka? Ndikumva kuti mukuvutikabe pang'ono ndi ma Gs abwino. "
    
  "Nditha kukhala patsogolo pawo, Boomer," adatero Sondra.
    
  "Zimangokhala ngati mukulimbikira kwambiri kuti mukhale pamwamba."
    
  "Imagwira ntchito bwanji, sichoncho?"
    
  "Ndili ndi nkhawa pang'ono za kuchepa," adatero Boomer. "G-force ndi yolemetsa komanso yotalika. Umangopeza ma G awiri kapena atatu pokwera, koma anayi kapena asanu potsika.
    
  "Ndikudziwa, Boomer," adatero Sondra. "Ndikhala bwino. Ndinadutsa ndege zonse za MiG-25, ndipo ndinachita bwino pa S-9 ndi ndege zina za S-19.
    
  "Zonse zinali zocheperako - titha kupewa Gs mosavuta chifukwa sitiyenera kuchepetsa kwambiri," adatero Boomer. "Koma tsopano titsika kuchokera ku Mach makumi awiri ndi asanu. Kuti ndichepetse ma Gs, nditha kuchepetsa pang'ono pang'ono, koma muyenera kutsutsana ndi ma G kwa nthawi yayitali. "
    
  "Ndamvapo phunziroli, Boomer," adatero Sondra, mokwiya pang'ono. "Ndikhala bwino ngakhale mutasankha mtundu wotani. Ndinali ndikuchita masewera anga a M. " M-mauver inali njira yokhwimitsa minyewa ya m"mimba, kufutukula mapapu, ndiyeno kung"ung"udza chifukwa cha kupanikizika kwa pachifuwa kukakamiza magazi kukhalabe m"chifuwa ndi mu ubongo. "Komanso, EEAS imathandiza kwambiri."
    
  "Chabwino," adatero Boomer. "Kodi izi ndizofanana ndikuchita masewera olimbitsa thupi a Kegel?"
    
  "Chinachake chomwe mungafune kumva panokha?"
    
  Boomer ananyalanyaza ndemanga yapamtima ndikuloza zowonetsera pa dashboard. "Izi zikusonyeza kuti kompyuta yakonzeka kuyambitsa mndandanda wa 'Pair Tunnel Before Transmission' ," adatero. "Ndipitiliza ndikuyambitsa izi. Popeza kuti ngalandeyo idzalumikizidwa ndi makina-ndicho chifukwa chake timavala zovala za m"mlengalenga-ngati ngalandeyo ili yodetsedwa pamene tikufuna kutuluka, tingaloŵa m"mlengalenga mosatekeseka kukalumikizanso kapena kukafika kusiteshoni."
    
  "Bwanji osangoyenda m'mlengalenga kuti tikafike kusiteshoni ngati Purezidenti Phoenix adachitira masika chatha?" Adafunsa choncho Sondra. Zinamveka ngati zosangalatsa.
    
  "Tidzachita izi posachedwa," adatero Boomer. "Ntchito yanu pachisinthiko ichi ndikuphunzira kuyang'anira sitima ndi siteshoni kuchokera kumalo oyendetsa ndege, kuti muzindikire zolakwika ndikuchitapo kanthu."
    
  "Zimatenga nthawi yayitali bwanji kunyamula katundu?"
    
  "Zimadalira. Palibe magawo ambiri onyamula katundu paulendowu. Mwina posakhalitsa."
    
  Pamene msewu wosinthira unkayikidwa pamwamba pa chipinda chosinthira pakati pa bwalo la ndege ndi malo onyamula katundu, Boomer adawona zida zamakina kuchokera ku siteshoni ya Armstrong zikuchotsa ma module opanikizika kuchokera pamalo otseguka onyamula katundu ndikuwapereka komwe akupita. Ma module ang'onoang'ono anali a katundu wa ogwira ntchito - madzi, chakudya, zida zopangira zinthu, ndi zina zofunika - koma gawo lalikulu kwambiri linali lomaliza. Ichi chinali chimodzi mwazinthu zomaliza za Project Starfire kuti ziperekedwe ku Armstrong space station: jenereta ya microwave yomwe ikayikidwe mkati mwa ma elekitironi aulere omwe adayikidwa kale kuti apange mphamvu yamagetsi kuchokera ku mphamvu yamagetsi yomwe idakololedwa yopangidwa ndi Dzuwa.
    
  Beep inamveka mu zipewa za astronaut ndipo Boomer adakhudza batani la maikolofoni. "Battle Mountain, iyi ndi Third Stallion, pitirizani," adatero.
    
  "Sondra, Boomer, ndi Brad!" Brad McLanahan anatero mosangalala. "Ine ndi mamembala a gulu langa tikufuna kukuthokozani pakutulutsa kwaposachedwa kwambiri kwa Starfire."
    
  "Zikomo, bwanawe," adatero Boomer. "Chonde perekani zabwino zathu ku timu yanu. Aliyense ku Armstrong ndi Sky Masters ali okondwa kuyamba kukhazikitsa gawo lomaliza la polojekitiyi ndikukonzekera mayeso posachedwa. "
    
  "Momwemonso apa, Brad," Sondra anatero mophweka.
    
  "Ulibwanji Sondra? Kodi ulendo wanu woyamba unali bwanji mu orbit?"
    
  "Ndili ngati nanny pano: chilichonse chimangochitika zokha moti sindichita chilichonse, ingoyang'anani makompyuta akugwira ntchito yonse."
    
  "Chabwino, kunyamuka kunali kodabwitsa, tidakuwonani mukuchoka pakuwongolera mishoni ndipo msonkhano udali wabwino," adatero Brad. "Titha kuwawona akukweza microwave mu module ya Skybolt pompano, zikomo. Ndipo mwangopanga ulendo wanu woyamba munjira. Zodabwitsa! Zabwino zonse!
    
  "Iwe ukumveka ngati mwana wamng'ono, Brad," adatero Boomer.
    
  "Gulu ndi ine sitingakhale okondwa kwambiri, Boomer," adatero Brad. "Sindinagone konse usiku watha-helo, osati kwa mlungu wathawo!"
    
  "Ndiye timumasula liti mnyamata woyipa uyu, Brad?" - Boomer adafunsa.
    
  "Zinthu zikuyenda bwino, Boomer, mwina mkati mwa sabata kapena kupitilira apo," adayankha Brad. "Kumangidwa kwa rectenna yoyamba kwatha ndipo pamene tikulankhula akuyesedwa ndikukonzekera kuyesa moto ku White Sands Missile Range. Tchipisi zamakompyuta ndi pulogalamu yatsopano yowongolera zolinga zili pa intaneti ndikuyesedwa. Takumana ndi zovuta zingapo ndi ma capacitor a lithiamu-ion mu laser ya Skybolt kukhetsa kwathunthu, koma tili ndi gulu lankhondo la anyamata omwe akugwira ntchito pa iwo ndipo tikuwonjezera akatswiri ndi akatswiri pantchitoyi tsiku lililonse. Ndakali kuyanda kuti Dr. Kaddiri a Dr. Undiuze mawu abwino, chabwino?"
    
  "Zachidziwikire, Brad," adatero Boomer.
    
  "Sondra, ubwera liti?" - Adafunsa Brad.
    
  "Sindingakuuze zimenezo, Brad, osati chifukwa cha kufalitsa kosatetezedwa," adatero Sondra mokwiya. "Ndikudziwa kuti ndili ndi makalasi ndi masewera olimbitsa thupi oti ndichite pano pasiteshoni, ndipo sindikuganiza kuti tibwereranso ku Battle Mountain."
    
  "Ndiyenera kubwerera ku Cal Poly mawa m'mawa," adatero Brad ndi mawu ake okhumudwa. "Ndaphonya kale makalasi okwanira."
    
  "Nthawi ina, Brad," anatero Sondra.
    
  "Chabwino, ndikulolani anyamata inu kubwerera kuntchito," anatero Brad. "Tikulankhula ndi akatswiri a Armstrong kuti ayambe kuphatikizira microwave mu Skybolt, kenako gululi likupita kutawuni kukakondwerera kutha kwa Starfire. Ndikanakonda inu anyamata mukanakhala nafe. Zikomo kachiwiri chifukwa chaulendo wandege wosangalatsa komanso wopambana. "
    
  "Mwaganiza, bwanawe," adatero Boomer. "Ndipo ndilankhula ndi akuluakulu kuti akutengeni inu ndi gulu lanu lonse pandege kupita ku Armstrong. Uyenera kukhala pano ukawombera koyamba. "
    
  "Zikomo, Boomer," adatero Brad. "Zikomonso. Ndilankhula nanu posachedwa.
    
  "Pakati pausiku ndi free." Boomer idasokoneza kulumikizana. "Amuna inu, ndi bwino kumva mnyamata akusangalala kwambiri ndi chinachake," iye anatero pa intercom. "Ndipo ndimakonda kumva 'timu iyi' ndi 'timu yomwe'. Iye ndi manejala wa polojekiti yomwe ili ndi anthu pafupifupi zana limodzi ndi bajeti, pomaliza, yoposa madola mamiliyoni mazana awiri, koma ikadali yokhudza timu. bwino." Sondra sananene chilichonse." Boomer anamuyang"ana, koma sanathe kuwerenga chilichonse chimene chinali pankhope yake kudzera mu chisoti cha okosijeni. anafunsa.
    
  "Ndithu".
    
  Boomer lolani chete kukhala chete kwa mphindi zingapo zazitali; ndiye: "Simunasiyane naye, sichoncho?"
    
  "Sindikufunika," adatero Sondra mokwiya. "Ndangomuwona mnyamatayu kumapeto kwa sabata zitatu m'miyezi isanu ndi umodzi, ndipo tikakumana ndi zonse zomwe amalankhula ndi Starfire izi kapena Cal Poly zomwe amachita ndi ntchito za kusukulu ndi zina zokhudzana ndi Starfire, kenako amakwera njinga kapena amachita mazana akukankha ndikukhala-ups kuti agwire ntchito. Ankachita zimenezi tsiku lililonse ndikabwera kudzacheza."
    
  "Kodi amaphunzira tsiku lililonse?"
    
  "Osachepera mphindi makumi asanu ndi anayi patsiku, osawerengera nthawi yokwera njinga kupita ku kalasi kapena masewera olimbitsa thupi," adatero Sondra. "Wasinthadi ndipo ndizowopsa pang"ono. Amangogona maola anayi kapena asanu okha usiku uliwonse, nthawi zonse amakhala pafoni kapena pakompyuta-kapena zonse ziwiri-ndipo amadya ngati mbalame yoopsa. Ndabwera kunyumba kuchokera kwa iye ndipo ndikufuna kuyitanitsa pizza yayikulu ndi tchizi ndi pepperoni chifukwa cha ine.
    
  "Ndiyenera kuvomereza, adawoneka bwino nditamuwona ndisananyamuke lero, ali bwino kwambiri kuposa nthawi yomaliza yomwe ndidamuwona pomwe abambo ake anali," adatero Boomer. Waonda kwambiri ndipo akuwoneka ngati ali ndi mfuti tsopano.
    
  "Osati kuti ndinayamba kuwomberapo aliyense wa iwo," anatero Sondra mwaukali.
    
  Boomer sanamufunse kuti afotokoze zambiri.
    
    
  PADOWNTOWN BATTLE MOUNTAIN, NEVADA
  PATAPITA MAola Ochepa
    
    
  "Chidutswa chomaliza cha Starfire mu orbit!" - Brad adafuula kwa mamembala omwe adasonkhana momuzungulira. "Wangwiro!" Mamembala onse a gululo adabwereza mawu awo atsopano, omwe ndi Chilatini kutanthauza "pamwamba kwambiri."
    
  "Ndidasungitsa malo ku Harrah's Battle Mountain Steakhouse," adatero Casey Huggins pomwe amamaliza ntchito pa foni yake yam'manja. "Adzatidikirira nthawi yachisanu ndi chimodzi."
    
  "Zikomo, Casey," adatero Brad. "Ndipita kothamanga pang'ono. Tikuwonani anyamata pa desiki la concierge la kasino."
    
  "Kodi mukunyamuka kuti muzithamanga?" - Adafunsa Lane Egan. "Tsopano? Ma microwave a Casey ndi Jerry adangoperekedwa kumene kumalo okwerera mlengalenga ndipo akhazikitsidwa m'masiku angapo, pambuyo pake Starfire ikhala yokonzeka kukhazikitsidwa. Muyenera kusangalala, Brad. Starfire yatsala pang'ono kuyamba kuyesa! Munayeneradi".
    
  "Ndikasangalala, anyamata, ndikhulupirireni," adatero Brad. Koma ngati sindingathe kuthamanga, ndimakwiya. Tikuwonani mu ola limodzi pa desiki la concierge ku Harrah's. Anathawa wina aliyense asanatsutse.
    
  Brad anathamangira kuchipinda chake, nasintha zovala zake zolimbitsa thupi, anachita ma squats mazana awiri ndi ma push-ups, kenako adagwira ndodo yake, natsika ndikutuluka panja. Kumayambiriro kwa Okutobala, kumpoto chapakati cha Nevada kunali nyengo yabwino kwambiri, osati yotentha, yokhala ndi nyengo yachisanu mumlengalenga, ndipo Brad adapeza kuti mikhalidweyo inali yabwino. Mumphindi makumi atatu, adathamanga pafupifupi mailosi anayi kudutsa RV park ya hoteloyo, yomwe inali yochepa kwambiri kuposa malo oimikapo magalimoto, kenako adabwerera kuchipinda chake kukasamba ndikusintha.
    
  Atangoyamba kumene kuvula zovala anangomva phokoso kumbali ina ya chitseko. Anatenga ndodo yake, n"kuyang"ana padzenje lapachitseko, kenako n"kutsegula. Anapeza Jodi ali panja, akulemba kapepala pa smartphone yake. "ZA! Wabwerera," iye anatero, modabwa. Brad adapita pambali ndikulowa. "Ndatsala pang'ono kukusiyirani uthenga wopempha kuti mukumane nafe ku Silver Miner m'malo mwake - ali ndi gulu labwino kwambiri la jazi lomwe likusewera pompano." Maso ake anayenda pachifuwa ndi mapewa ake n"kutsegula modabwa. "Zodabwitsa, bwana, ndi chiyani chomwe ukuchita iwe?"
    
  "Chani?"
    
  "Ndi izi, bwanawe," adatero Jodie ndikuyendetsa zala zake pa biceps ndi deltoids. "Kodi mumamwa ma steroid kapena china chake?"
    
  "Gehena ayi. Sindikanagwiritsa ntchito mankhwala osokoneza bongo."
    
  "Ndiye kuti ma bender awa akuchokera kuti, Brad?" Adafunsa choncho Jodi uku zala zake zikuyenda pamwamba pa chifuwa chake. "Ndikudziwa kuti mwakhala mukuphunzitsa, koma Dooley woyera! Ulinso ndi masaya okoma a matako pamenepo." Anayendetsa dzanja lake pamimba pake. "Ndipo ndipaketi zisanu ndi imodzi zomwe ndikuwona, mzanga?"
    
  "Aphunzitsi anga ndi anyamata amphamvu," adatero Brad. "Timakweza zolemera katatu pa sabata, pakati pa kuchita masewera olimbitsa thupi. Amawonjezera chikwama chothamanga komanso ma calisthenics kuti angosakaniza zinthu. " Sanamuuzebe za ndodo, Krav Maga, ndi maphunziro a mfuti, koma adadziwa kuti akuyenera kutero posachedwa. Iwo sanali okwatirana mwalamulo ndipo sanali kwenikweni pachibwenzi, iwo ankangowonana wina ndi mzake kaŵirikaŵiri kunja kwa sukulu. Anakwera ndege zingapo pa turbine P210, koma onse anali maulendo afupiafupi kukawonera masewera a baseball ku San Francisco kapena kugula nsomba zam'madzi ku Monterey.
    
  "Chabwino, mwana wamkulu," anatero Jodi akumwetulira. Anatsitsa chikhadabo chake kutsogolo kwa chifuwa chake, koma pamene sanachite momwe amayembekezera, adachikoka. "Koma sindikumvetsa chifukwa chake mukufunikira ndodo iyi. Munati mumaganiza kuti mumazifuna nthawi ndi nthawi pambuyo pa kuukira kwa masika watha, kuti muchepetse mtima. Kodi mukugwedezekabe? Umathamanga ndi kupalasa njinga nthawi zonse."
    
  "Inde, nthaŵi ndi nthaŵi ndimakhala ndi chizungulire," Brad ananama. "Sizokwanira kundiletsa kuthamanga kapena kupalasa njinga. Ndangozolowera kukhala ndi ine, ndikuganiza. "
    
  "Chabwino, ukuwoneka wokongola kwambiri," adatero Jodie. "Ndipo ndikubetcha kuti anthu akulolani kupita patsogolo pawo pamzere wapamwamba kwambiri."
    
  "Sindilola kuti zifike patali chotero pokhapokha ngati ndilidi wofulumira," anatero Brad.
    
  Iye anayenda natenga ndodo yake, akugwedeza chogwiririra pa dzanja lake. "Zikuwoneka zonyansa, ngati piss ya mphaka, bwanawe," adatero, akuthamangitsa chala chake pansonga yosongoka ya chipilalacho komanso pazitsulo zojambulidwa patsinde. Uyu anali wokongoletsa pang'ono kuposa omwe adayamba kumuwonamo; chinali ndi ziwonetsero zambiri m'mbali mwake ndi ngalande zitatu zoyenda m'litali mwake. "Iyi si ndodo ya agogo anga, ndizowona."
    
  "Ndinadziwa za izo kuchokera kwa Chief Ratel pamene adawona kuti ndinali ndi chizungulire pang'ono," Brad ananama kachiwiri, pogwiritsa ntchito zifukwa ndi nkhani zomwe adapanga ndikubwereza miyezi ingapo yapitayo. "Sindinayambe ndagulapo ina, monga omwe amadziimira okha, ndipo sanapemphepo kuti andibwezere."
    
  Kuyang"ana nkhope yake, Brad sanadziŵe ngati Jodi amakhulupirira zimenezo kapena ayi, koma anatsamira ndodo yake pabedi, nayang"ananso thupi lake kwautali, namwetulira. "Tikuwona ku kalabu, iwe wolimba mtima," iye anatero nanyamuka.
    
  Mamembala a timuyi adakonzera chakudya chamadzulo modabwitsa. Makolo a Lane Egan atapita naye ku eyapoti kuti akatenge ndege yake kubwerera ku California, Brad, Jodie, Casey ndi ena ochepa a gululo adaganiza zoyang'ana kasino watsopano pa Route 50 yomwe inali ndi kalabu yabwino yamasewera. Kunali mdima ndipo kunkazizira, koma kunalibe bwino moti n"kumayenda. Njira yodutsamo wamba idatsekedwa chifukwa chomanga misewu, motero adayenda chakum'mawa pafupifupi theka la mdadada kupita kukhomo lachiwiri la malo oimika magalimoto a kasino, lomwe linali losawala bwino ngati khomo lalikulu.
    
  Atangoyamba kuyenda kubwerera ku kasino, amuna awiri adatulukira kuchokera mumdima ndipo adawatsekereza njira. "Ndipatseni ndalama zisanu," mmodzi wa anthuwo anatero.
    
  "Pepani," anatero Brad. "Sindingathe kukuthandizani."
    
  "Sindinapemphe thandizo lanu," mwamunayo anatero. "Tsopano zidzakutengerani khumi."
    
  "Sokera, chimfine," adatero Casey.
    
  Bambo wachiwiriyo anakalipira, akukankha chikuku cha Casey kotero kuti anamuzungulira chammbali. "Khala pansi, chibwibwi," iye anatero. Brad, yemwe anathandiza kukankha Casey pamene ankafunikira, anatambasula dzanja kukwera njinga ya olumala. Munthu wachiwiriyo ankaganiza kuti akumutsatira, choncho anatulutsa mpeni n"kuuzunguza, n"kung"amba malaya a Brad pa mkono wake wakumanja n"kutulutsa magazi.
    
  "Brad!" Jody anafuula motero. "Wina atithandize!"
    
  "Khala chete, hule," munthu wonyamula mpeni uja anakuwa. "Tsopano ponya zikwama zako pansi pompano, dala, pamene ine-"
    
  Kusunthaku sikunali kanthu kena koma kusamveka bwino. Brad anagwira ndodo ya ndodo yake ndi dzanja lake lamanzere n"kuipotokola, n"kuigwetsera pansi pa mawondo a womuukirayo ndi phokoso la kuthyola nkhuni, zomwe zinamupangitsa kugwetsa mpeniwo ndi kulira kwa ululu. Nthawi yomweyo Brad adagwira kumapeto kwa ndodoyo ndi dzanja lake lamanja ndikuliponya, ndikumenya munthu woyamba m'mbali mwa mutu. Wakubayo anagwa, koma ndodo ya Brad inathyoka pakati.
    
  "Wopusa iwe!" anakuwa wachiwiriyo. Anatenganso mpeni wake ndipo ulendo uno anaugwira m"dzanja lake lamanzere. "Ndidzakula ngati nkhumba yolusa!"
    
  Brad anakweza manja ake, manja ake ali kunja. "Ayi, ayi, ayi, ayi, chonde musandivulazenso," adatero, koma kamvekedwe ka mawu ake kamvekedwe kake - zinali ngati akuseweretsa wowukirayo, ndikumunyoza. kumwetulira.ndi mawu ngati akumulimbikitsa mnyamata wa mpeniyo kuti aukire! "Chonde, chibwibwi," anatero Brad, "usandiphe." Ndiyeno, chodabwitsa aliyense, anasuntha zala zake kwa woukirayo, ngati kuti akumunyoza, kenako anati: "Bwera udzandigwire, munthu wamkulu. Yesetsani kunditenga."
    
  "Ifa, chitsiru!" Wowukirayo anatenga masitepe awiri kutsogolo, ndipo mpeni unaloza pamimba mwa Brad...
    
  koma mukuyenda kwina kosawoneka bwino, Brad adatsekereza mkono wa wowukirayo ndi dzanja lake lamanja, ndikuyika dzanja lake pansi pa mkono wa wowukirayo ndikulitsekera molunjika, ndikugwada wowukirayo m'mimba kangapo - palibe amene amawonera nkhondoyi amatha kuwerengera kangati. adachita izi, - mpaka wowukirayo adagwetsa mpeni ndikuwerama pakati. Kenako adapotoza mkono wakumanzere wa wowukirayo m'mwamba mpaka adamva ma CLAPKS angapo mokweza pomwe minyewa ya mapewa ndi minyewa idalekanitsidwa. Wachiwembuyo anagwera panjira, akukuwa mwamisala, mkono wake wakumanzere unaweramira chammbuyo mosakhala bwino.
    
  Panthawiyo, alonda awiri a kasino okhala ndi zida anathamangira m"mbali mwa msewu, aliyense atagwira Brad pa mkono. Brad sanakane. "Moni!" Casey anakuwa. "Sanachite kalikonse! Anyamatawa anayesa kutibera!" Koma Brad anaponyedwa m"mbali mwa msewu, n"kutembenuzika ndi kumangidwa unyolo.
    
  "Zodabwitsa, apolisi, simukuwona kuti wadulidwa?" Jodie analira alonda aja atamasula Brad. Iye anakakamiza mwachindunji pabalalo. "Perekani thandizo loyamba pano, tsopano!" M'modzi mwa alonda aja adatulutsa cholozera, kuyimbira apolisi ndi ambulansi.
    
  "Zikuwoneka ngati mkono wa munthu uyu udapindika nthawi yomweyo," mlonda wachiwiri adatero pambuyo poti azachipatala afika kudzayang'ana munthu yemwe akukuwa m'mphepete mwa msewu. Anayang'ana wachifwamba woyamba. "Munthu uyu wakomoka. Ndamuwonapo munthuyu akupempha, koma sanabepo aliyense. Anawunikira tochi pazidutswa za nzimbe zosweka, kenako anayang'ana Brad. Kodi munali oledzera ndi opemphapempha, mukuyendetsa galimoto ndi ana kuti musangalatse atsikana anu?"
    
  Anayesa kutibera!" Jodie, Casey ndi enawo anakuwa pafupifupi mogwirizana.
    
  Zinatenga nthawi yopitilira ola limodzi, pomwe Brad adakhala atamanga manja kumbuyo kumbuyo kwa chitseko chagalimoto yapolisi atamangidwa bandeji chilonda chakumanja kwake, koma pomaliza, kanema wamakasino awiri osiyanasiyana komanso kamera yaku garaja yoyimitsa magalimoto adawonetsa zomwe. zinachitika, ndipo iye anamasulidwa. Onse adapereka malipoti a polisi ndipo gulu linabwerera ku hotelo yawo.
    
  Pamene enawo anapita ku zipinda zawo, Brad, Jody ndi Casey anapeza malo abata m"kasinomo ndi kugula zakumwa. "Kodi ukutsimikiza kuti uli bwino, Brad?" Casey anafunsa. "Mwana wachiwerewere uja adakuvutitsani."
    
  "Ndili bwino," Brad anayankha, akugwira mabandeji. "Sizinali zozama kwambiri. Achipatala adati mwina sindidzasowa zosoka."
    
  "Ndiye waphunzira bwanji izi, Brad?" Casey anafunsa. "Kodi izi ndi njira zodzitetezera zomwe mwakhala mukugwiritsa ntchito kuyambira pomwe zidabwera kunyumba mu Epulo?"
    
  "Inde," anatero Brad. "Mkulu Ratel ndi alangizi ake ena amaphunzitsa anthu a ku Korea kudziteteza ndi Cane-Ja, kudziteteza ndi ndodo, komanso kulimbitsa thupi. Zinafika pothandiza."
    
  "Ndikuuza," adatero Casey. "Unali usiku wosangalatsa. Ine ndikuti ndisewere makina olowetsa pang'ono, mwina ndiwone ngati mnyamata uja yemwe ndinakomana naye ku kalabu akadali pano, ndi kulitcha ilo tsiku. Tiwonana m'mawa." Anamaliza galasi lake la vinyo ndikugudubuza.
    
  Brad adamwetulira pang'ono, kenako adatembenukira kwa Jody. "Unali chete pambuyo pa ndewu, Jody," adatero. "Kodi muli bwino?"
    
  Nkhope ya Jodie inali yosanganiza chisokonezo, nkhawa, mantha ... ndipo, monga momwe Brad anazindikira posakhalitsa, kusakhulupirira. "Mkangano?" iye anati potsiriza, patapita nthawi yaitali, m'malo zowawa. "Inu mumatcha 'kukangana'?"
    
  "Jodie...?"
    
  "Mulungu wanga, Brad, unatsala pang'ono kupha mnyamata mmodzi ndipo unatsala pang'ono kuthyola dzanja la mnyamata wina!" Adalankhula mokweza mawu Jodie. "Wathyola ndodo yako pa chigaza cha munthu!"
    
  "Ndachita bwino!" Brad adabwezera. "Mnyamatayu wandidula dzanja! Kodi ndimayenera kuchita chiyani?
    
  Jodi anati: "Choyamba bwenzi, munthu amene anakubayaniyo si amene munamumenya m"mutu. "Chomwe anachita ndikupempha ndalama. Mukadampatsa zomwe adapempha, sizikadachitika chilichonse.
    
  Brad anati: "Tikuukira Jody. "Mnyamatayu anatulutsa mpeni ndikundicheka. Atha kuchita izi kwa inu kapena Casey, kapena choyipa. Kodi ndimayenera kuchita chiyani?
    
  "Mukutanthauza kuti muyenera kuchita chiyani?" - Jody adafunsa mwachidwi. "Inu ma Yankee ndinu ofanana. Wina akugunda mumsewu ndipo mukuganiza kuti muyenera kudumphira ngati Batman ndikukankha bulu. Kodi ndiwe drongo? Umo si momwe zimagwirira ntchito, Brad. Wina amakuukirani chonchi, mumawapatsa zomwe akufuna, amachoka, ndipo aliyense ali otetezeka. Tinayenera kusiya zikwama zathu, kubwerera ndikuyimbira apolisi. Tinali opusa kwambiri mwa iwo omwe adalowa m'malo amdima m'malo momamatira kumadera owala ndi otetezedwa. Ngati akanafuna kundilowetsa m"galimoto yawo, ndikanamenyana ndi mano ndi misomali, koma ndalama zandalama zisanu, khumi, kapena miliyoni sizili zoyenerera moyo wa aliyense. Sikoyenera ngakhale kudula pa dzanja lanu. Ndiyeno, mutathyola ndodo pa mutu wa munthu woyambayo, munamuukira munthuyo ndi mpeni, ndipo munalibe zida. Ndinu openga? Mumamveka ngati mukunyoza mnyamatayo kuti akuukirani! Ndi chiwembu chanji ichi?"
    
  Brad anaganiza kuti wakhumudwa kwambiri ndi izi, zomwe sanayembekezere. Kukangana naye sikungathandize ngakhale pang"ono. "Ine...Ndikuganiza kuti sindinaganize," iye anatero. "Ndinangoyankha."
    
  Ndipo zinkawoneka ngati mukuyesera kupha anyamata onse awiri! Jodi anapitiriza kulankhula mokweza, ndipo mawu ake anali okwera kwambiri moti anthu amene ankakhala naye pafupi nawonso anamuyang'ana. "Unamenya mnyamata wina uja kwambiri ndimaganiza kuti asanza, ndipo unatsala pang"ono kupotoza mkono wake! Chimenecho chinali chiyani?"
    
  "Makalasi odziteteza omwe ndimatenga ..."
    
  "O, ndizo zonse, huh?" Jodie anatero. "Mnzako watsopano Chief Ratel akukuphunzitsa kupha anthu? Ndikuganiza kuti mukatalikirana ndi munthu uyu, ndibwino. Amakupatsirani maganizo kuganiza kuti simungagonjetsedwe, kuti mutha kumenyana ndi mnyamata ndi mpeni ndikulowetsa mutu wake ndi ndodo. " Maso ake adachita chidwi pozindikira. "Ndi chifukwa chake wanyamula ndodo yochititsa mantha ija? Kodi Chief Ratel adakuphunzitsani momwe mungawukire anthu?"
    
  "Sindinawukire aliyense!" Brad anatsutsa. "Ndinali-"
    
  Jodi anati: "Mwang'amba mutu wa munthu wosaukayu ndi ndodo. "Sanachite kalikonse kwa inu. Mnyamata winayo anali ndi mpeni, kotero kunali kudziteteza-"
    
  "Zikomo!"
    
  Koma zinkaoneka ngati mukufuna kupha munthuyo! Jodie anapitiriza. "N'chifukwa chiyani umapitiriza kumumenya choncho, ndipo n'chifukwa chiyani unapotoza mkono wake kumbuyo?"
    
  "Jodie, mnyamatayo anali ndi mpeni," anatero Brad, akum"pempha kuti amvetsetse. "Wowukira ndi mpeni ndi imodzi mwamikhalidwe yowopsa kwambiri yomwe mungakumane nayo, makamaka usiku komanso motsutsana ndi mnyamata amene amadziwa kuugwiritsa ntchito. Munamuwona akubwera kwa ife ndi dzanja lake lamanzere nditamugwetsa mpeni m"dzanja lake lamanja - mwachionekere ankadziwa kulimbana ndi mpeni, ndipo ndinamugwetsa. Ine-"
    
  "Kodi ndichotse?" Anthu amene anali pamatebulo apafupi anayamba kuona mmene mawu a Jodie akukwera. "Ndiye munayesa kumupha?"
    
  "Krav Maga amaphunzitsa zowerengera, kuwongolera ndi kutsutsa, nthawi zambiri-"
    
  Jodi anati: "Ndamvapo za Krav Maga. "Ndiye mukuphunzitsidwa kuti mukhale wakupha waku Israeli?"
    
  "Krav Maga ndi njira yodzitetezera," adatero Brad mofewa, akuyembekeza kuti Jodie atengera zomwezo. "Izi zapangidwa kuti zithetse anthu omwe alibe zida. Iyenera kukhala yachangu komanso yankhanza kuti wotetezayo asa-"
    
  "Sindikukudziwanso, Brad," Jodie anatero, akuimirira. "Ndikuganiza kuti kuwukira kunyumba kwanu ku San Luis Obispo kuyenera kuti kukugwetsani pang'ono - kapena munanamiza ine ndi ena?"
    
  "Ayi!"
    
  "Kuyambira nthawi imeneyo, mwakhala munthu wotengeka maganizo kwambiri wa mtundu A, wamtundu wa kamvuluvulu, wosiyana ndendende ndi mnyamata amene ndinakumana naye kumayambiriro kwa chaka cha sukulu. Simudya, simugona, ndipo simumacheza ndi anzanu kapena kucheza nawo pasukulupo. Mwakhala ichi... makinawa, kupanga ndi kuphunzira njira kupha ma commandos a Israeli ndikugwiritsa ntchito ndodo kuthyola zigaza. Munandinamiza za ndodo. Wandinamizanso chiyani?
    
  "Palibe," Brad anayankha mwamsanga-mwinamwake mofulumira kwambiri, chifukwa anaona maso a Jody akuthwanimanso kenaka n"kusefukira mokayikira. "Jodie, sindine makina." Ndikudziwa chimodzi, Brad anaganiza, koma sindiri ndekha. "Ndine munthu yemweyo. Mwina kuwukiridwa kunyumbaku kwandisokoneza pang'ono. Koma ine-"
    
  Jodi anati: "Tamvera, Brad, ndiyenera kuganizira zinazake za ife. "Ndinkaganiza kuti sitingakhale mabwenzi, koma ndi Brad, amene ndinakumana naye kalekale. Chatsopanochi ndi chowopsa. Zikuwoneka kuti mukudya chilichonse chomwe Chief Ratel amakudyetsani, ndipo mwasanduka chilombo. "
    
  "Chilombo! sindi-"
    
  "Ndikupangira zabwino zanu kuti muuze munthu uyu, Chief Ratel, kuti achitepo kanthu ndipo mwina apite kukawonana ndi akatswiri azamisala musanachite misala ndikuyamba kuyendayenda m'misewu ndi chigoba kufunafuna anyamata omwe Mutha kundimenya, " Jodie anatero, akulozera Brad chala chake. "Pakadali pano, ndikuona kuti ndibwino kuti ndisakupezeni mpaka nditamva kuti ndinu otetezeka." Ndipo iye anathamangira kutali.
    
    
  MARICOPA, CALIFORNIA
  KENAKO USIKU UWO
    
    
  Mayi wina watsitsi lalitali lakuda, wovala jekete lachikopa, thalauza lakuda ndi magalasi apinki, anali kudzaza galimoto yake yobwereka pamalo okwera mafuta osiyidwa pomwe galimoto yatsopano yopanda mawindo idakwera pamalo oimikapo magalimoto amdima pafupi ndi ofesi ya siteshoni . Bambo wina wamtali, wooneka bwino, wovala jinzi ndi malaya otseguka a flannel anatuluka m"galimotomo, n"kuyang"ana mosirira kwa mayiyo wa pamalo okwerera mafuta, n"kulowa m"nyumbamo kukagula. Atatuluka patangopita mphindi zingapo, anapita kwa mayiyo n"kumwetulira. "Madzulo abwino, dona wokoma," iye anatero.
    
  "Mwaswera bwanji," anatero mayiyo.
    
  "Usiku wabwino, sichoncho?"
    
  "Kuzizira pang'ono, koma kwabwino."
    
  "Dzina langa ndine Tom," mwamunayo anatero, akutulutsa dzanja lake.
    
  "Melissa," mayiyo anatero, akumugwira chanza. "Ndakondwa kukumana nanu".
    
  "Chimodzimodzinso Melissa," bamboyo anatero. "Dzina lokongola".
    
  "Zikomo, Tom."
    
  Bamboyo anazengereza, koma kwa kamphindi kakang"ono, asanayandikire pafupi ndi mkaziyo n"kunena kuti, "Melissa ndili ndi lingaliro. Ndili ndi botolo la bourbon m'galimoto, mipando ina yabwino yachikopa kumbuyo, ndi madola zana akuwotcha bowo m'thumba mwanga. Mukuti tisangalale ndi chiyani tisanayambenso kuyenda panjira?
    
  Mayiyo adayang'ana Tom m'maso, kenako adangomwetulira. "Mazana awiri," iye anatero.
    
  "Tinachitapo izi kale, sichoncho?" Tom anatero. "Ndiko kutsetsereka pang'ono kwa theka la galimoto yanga." Mayiyo anavula magalasi ake adzuwa, akuwulula maso akuda, okopa ndi nsidze zazitali, kenako anamasula jekete lake lachikopa, kuwulura bulawuzi yofiyira yokhala ndi khosi lotsika ndi cleavage yachigololo. Tom ananyambita milomo yake mokhutira, akuyang'ana uku ndi uku. "Pakani pafupi ndi ine."
    
  Mayiyo adayimitsa galimoto yake yobwereka pafupi ndi van ndipo Tom adamutsegulira chitseko chakumbali. Mkati mwa galimotoyo munali ndi sofa yachikopa kumbuyo, mipando ya kaputeni wachikopa kuseri kwa mpando wa dalaivala, TV yokhala ndi satellite receiver ndi DVD player, ndi bala yonyowa. Melissa anatenga imodzi mwa mipando ya captain pomwe Tom anathira magalasi awiri a bourbon. Anapereka imodzi kwa iye, kenako anapendekera galasi lake kwa iye. "Ukhale ndi madzulo abwino, Melissa."
    
  "Zidzakhala choncho," iye anatero. "Koma choyamba?"
    
  "Inde," anatero Tom. Analowetsa mthumba la jean, natulutsa kachidutswa ka ndalama, ndikukutumula mabilu mazana awiri a madola.
    
  "Zikomo, Tom," Melissa anatero, akutenga bourbon.
    
  Tom anagwedeza dzanja lake kumbuyo kwake, ndipo pokhapo pamene mayiyo adawona kamera yamasewera pakona, yolunjika kwa iye. "Simusamala ndikayatsa kamera yanga yaying'ono, sichoncho Melissa?" - anafunsa. "Ndimakonda kusunga zikumbutso."
    
  Mayiyo anazengereza kwakanthawi, chisokonezo pang'ono m'maso mwake, kenako adamwetulira mokomoka. "Ayi, pitirirani," iye anatero. "Ndimakonda kukhala kutsogolo kwa kamera."
    
  "Ndikukhulupirira, Melissa," adatero Tom. Anatembenuka, nayenda mpaka pa kamera kumbuyo, ndikudina batani kuti ayatse. "Ndili ndi malipiro ena omwe ndikufuna kuti ndilandire." Iye anatembenuka...
    
  ...ndipo adakumana maso ndi maso ndi Melissa, akuyang'ana m'maso mwake akuda, ogodomalitsa. Anamwetulira, akusilira ma cheekbones ake okwera ndi milomo yofiira. "Hey baby, inenso sindingathe kudikira, koma ndilole ..."
    
  ... ndipo panthawiyo mpeni unamubaya pamimba, kudutsa diaphragm, mapapo ndikufika pamtima pake. Dzanja linam"tsekera pakamwa, koma sanalire-anali atafa asanagunde kapeti.
    
  Mayiyo adachotsa kamera yakumbuyo yamasewera kuchokera paphiri lake, adatenga ndalama, adatsegula chitseko cham'mbali, adawona kuti panalibe alendo, adatuluka mwachangu mgalimoto, adalowa mgalimoto yake ndikuyendetsa. Pamene anapeza mtembowo, anali atatsala pang"ono kufika.
    
    
  NYUMBA YOYERA
  WASHINGTON, DC
  PATAPITA MASIKU OCHEPA
    
    
  "Chabwino, ndiye," adatero Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti Anne Page. Iye anali mu White House Situation Room ndi Purezidenti Kenneth Phoenix; National Security Advisor William Glenbrook; Harold Lee, Mlembi Wachiwiri wa Defense for Space; ndi Air Force Gen. George Sandstein, mkulu wa Air Force Space Command, anaonera kanema wamoyo chakudya kuchokera mlengalenga pa mkulu-tanthauzo khoma polojekiti mu chipinda zinthu. Anayang'ana modabwa pamene gawo lalikulu la International Space Station likulekanitsidwa ndi nyumba yonseyo ndikuyamba kuchoka ku ISS. "Kwa nthawi yoyamba m'zaka pafupifupi makumi awiri, International Space Station ndi yaulere," Ann anapuma, "ndipo kwa nthawi yoyamba mu nthawi yonseyi mulibe zigawo za Chirasha."
    
  "Kodi chikuchotsedwa chiyani kwa ife, Anne?" - anafunsa pulezidenti.
    
  "Imatchedwa Russian Orbital Segment, kapena ROS, bwana," wachiwiri kwa purezidenti adayankha, osafunikiranso ndemanga - monga katswiri wakale wa zamlengalenga ndi zamlengalenga ndi zamagetsi, anali katswiri wazopanga zonse zaku America, kuyambira ndi Skylab. . "Pali ma modules atatu a docking ndi airlock, gawo limodzi la docking ndi yosungirako, labotale imodzi, gawo limodzi lokhalamo, gawo limodzi lautumiki, ma solar anayi ndi masinki awiri otentha."
    
  "Kodi ma modules ovuta adachotsedwa? Tikatumiza antchito kumeneko, pangakhale ngozi kwa iwo?
    
  Ann anayankha kuti: "Chigawo chofunika kwambiri cha Chirasha chinali Zvezda, kapena kuti "nyenyezi". Zvezda ndi gawo lalikulu lomwe limapezeka kwathunthu "kumbuyo" kwa ndege ya siteshoni, ndipo motero amapereka maganizo ndi kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe kake. , mpweya ndi madzi."
    
  "Ndipo tsopano?"
    
  "Zvezda potsirizira pake idzasinthidwa ndi ma modules awiri a ku America, ISS propulsion module ndi temporary control module," Ann anafotokoza. "Ma module awiriwa anamangidwa pafupifupi zaka makumi awiri zapitazo, pamene ntchito yomanga Zvezda inachedwa, ndipo inkayenera kugwiritsidwa ntchito ngati zowongolera zosunga zobwezeretsera ndi makina oyendetsa ngati Zvezda ikulephera kapena kuwonongeka; Ma module a propulsion adapangidwanso kuti achepetse ISS nthawi ikakwana. "
    
  "Nthaŵi imeneyo ingafike mofulumira kuposa mmene tinali kuyembekezera," anatero Mlangizi wa National Security William Glenbrook.
    
  "Ma module onsewa anali kusungidwa ku Naval Research Laboratory," wachiwiri kwa purezidenti adapitiliza. "Anthu aku Russia atalengeza kuti achotsa ROS ku ISS, NRL idayambitsa kuyesa ma module awiri. Izi zangotsirizidwa ndipo tsopano tikungodikira kuti ma modules agwirizane ndi accelerator ndi kutumizidwa ku ISS. Vuto ndilakuti ma module awiriwa adamangidwa kuti anyamulidwe kupita ku ISS m'mlengalenga, kotero kukonzanso kwina kumafunika kuwayika pa rocket. Izi zitha kutenga milungu ingapo."
    
  "Ndi chifukwa chake station idayenera kusiyidwa?" apulezidenti anafunsa. "Sakanatha kupanga magetsi, madzi kapena mpweya, kapena kuyendetsa siteshoni?"
    
  "Module ya Harmony pa ISS imatha kupanga zinthu zogwiritsidwa ntchito, koma kwa akatswiri a zakuthambo awiri okha, osati asanu ndi limodzi," adatero Anne. "Zombo za m'mlengalenga zopanda munthu komanso zopanda munthu zitha kubweretsanso ISS ndikuyika doko ndi ISS kuti iziwongolera ndikufulumizitsa ngati kuli kofunikira, chifukwa chake kuyang'anira masiteshoni sikuyenera kukhala vuto. Pazifukwa za chitetezo, anaganiza zochoka ku ISS mpaka ntchito yochotsa Russia itamalizidwa-" Anne anangoima mwadzidzidzi n"kuyang"ana pa makina osindikizira aja. "O Ambuye wanga! Chabwino, anzathu aku Russia akuwoneka otanganidwa kwambiri miyezi ingapo yapitayo, sichoncho?
    
  "Ichi ndi chiyani?" - Phoenix adafunsa.
    
  "Izi," Anne anatero, akudzuka pampando wake, ndikuyenda pazenera kutsogolo kwa Situation Room ndikuloza chinthu chaching'ono chowoneka ngati katatu pawindo. "Izimitseni," analamula motero, ndipo kompyutayo inayankha mwa kuyimitsa chakudyacho. "Izi, Bambo Purezidenti, ngati sindikulakwitsa, ndi ndege ya Elektron ya nthawi ya Soviet."
    
  "Kodi anthu aku Russia ali ndi ndege ngati yomwe ndidawulukira?" Purezidenti Phoenix adafunsa modabwa.
    
  "Zili ngati kavalo kakang"ono, mbuyanga," Anne anafotokoza motero, "m"lingaliro lakuti amanyamulidwa ndi chilimbikitso ndiyeno n"kubwerera m"mlengalenga n"kuyandama popanda mphamvu kupita ku msewu wonyamukira ndege. Ngakhale kuti ndi yaying'ono kuposa ya shuttle ndipo imanyamula wamumlengalenga mmodzi, malipiro ake ndi pafupifupi kuwirikiza kawiri kuposa ndege zathu za m'mlengalenga za S-19, pafupifupi mapaundi zikwi khumi ndi zisanu. Anali ndi zida zoponya zowongoleredwa zomwe zidapangidwa kuti zizitsata ndikuwononga ma satellite aku America ndi Silver Tower. Ndegeyo sinawonekere kuyambira pomwe Soviet Union idagwa. A Soviet adanena kuti amanga mazana a iwo. Mwina iwo anatero." Anne anaima kaye, atasokonezedwa ndi zokumbukira zowawa za zaka zambiri zapitazo. "Ndinali m"sitima ya m"mlengalenga ya Armstrong pamene asilikali a Soviet anaukira ndi atatu mwa zigawengazo. Anatsala pang"ono kutiwononga."
    
  "Kodi timadziwa kuti ayambitsa ndege, General?" - anafunsa pulezidenti.
    
  "Ayi, bwana," anayankha motero Mkulu wa Gulu Lankhondo la Air Force George Sandstein, mkulu wa Air Force Space Command ndi wachiwiri kwa mkulu woyang"anira danga ku U.S. Strategic Command. "Pafupifupi masiku atatu apitawo, tidalandira zidziwitso za kukhazikitsidwa kwa Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Launch Pad 41, ya roketi ya Soyuz-U yonyamula katundu wosayendetsedwa ndi Progress kuti athandizire kugwetsa kwa ROS, bwana. Palibe chomwe chidatchulidwa chokhudza ndege. Tidatsata kuchuluka kwa malipirowo ndipo tidazindikira kuti ikulowadi m'njira yopita kukakumana ndi a ISS, motero tidawayika ngati ntchito yabwinobwino. "
    
  "Kodi sizachilendo kuti anthu aku Russia agwiritse ntchito Plesetsk m'malo mwa Baikonur, General?" Anne anafunsa.
    
  "Inde, mayi-Plesetsk idasiyidwa anthu aku Russia atapangana ndi Kazakhstan kuti apitirize kugwiritsa ntchito Baikonur," Sandstein anayankha. "Plesetsk idagwiritsidwa ntchito poyesa zida zoponyera zida zankhondo zapakati pa mayiko ndi ntchito zina zankhondo zopepuka komanso zapakatikati -" Sandstein adayimilira, maso ake ali ndi mantha, kenako adati, "Kuphatikiza ndege ya Elektron ndi zinthu zoyeserera za BOR-5 Buran."
    
  "Buran"? - anafunsa pulezidenti.
    
  "Chifaniziro cha Soviet cha sitima yapamlengalenga, bwana," adatero Anne. "Buran idapangidwa kuyambira pachiyambi ngati pulogalamu yankhondo, kotero kuti kuyesa kwazinthu zazing'ono kunachitika kuchokera ku Plesetsk, yomwe ili ku Russia, osati Kazakhstan. Ndege ya m'mlengalenga ya Buran yokha idangotulutsa kamodzi kuchokera ku Baikonur Cosmodrome Soviet Union isanagwe, koma ntchitoyo idayenda bwino kwambiri - kuyambika kodziyimira pawokha, kopanda munthu, kuzungulira, kubwerera, ndi kutera. Ma Burans asanu anamangidwa; imodzi inawonongedwa ndipo atatu anali m'magawo osiyanasiyana omaliza."
    
  "Ngati anthu aku Russia awulutsanso ndege zam'mlengalenga, zitha kukhala chiyambi cha njira yatsopano yaku Russia yobwerera kumlengalenga," adatero Glenbrook. "Ali ndi ROS ndipo sichidzamangidwanso ku Western Space Station, kotero amatha kuchita zomwe akufuna popanda kuyang'anitsitsa. Ngati ayamba kuwuluka ndi ma elekitironi, amatha kukonzekera m"mbali zina zambiri, zomwe zimaphatikizapo kudzipangira luso lawo komanso kuwerengera zathu."
    
  "Mpikisano wa zida m'mlengalenga," Purezidenti adatero. "Zimene tikuzifuna pakali pano. Kodi sitiyenera kudziwitsa anthu aku Russia ngati tiyambitsa ndege yozungulira?"
    
  "Inde, bwana, ndipo timachita nthawi zonse," Sandstein anayankha. "Tsiku lokhazikitsa ndi nthawi, njira yoyambira yozungulira, kopita, chandamale, zolipira, komanso tsiku ndi nthawi yobwerera."
    
  "Kodi tiwapatsa zonsezi?"
    
  "Ndege zathu za m'mlengalenga ndi zambiri kuposa zamlengalenga za orbital, bwana," Sandstein anafotokoza. "Njira zawo zowulukira zimakhala zosinthika kwambiri kuposa zomwe zidatulutsidwa kuchokera kumalo oyambira padziko lapansi, monga momwe mwadziwira. Pofuna kupewa mikangano, tidagwirizana kuti tiziwapatsa zidziwitso paulendo uliwonse kuti athe kuyang'anira momwe ndege ikuuluka komanso kuyankha pamikondo yosadziwika bwino. "
    
  "Ndiye aku Russia adadziwa kuti ndikuwuluka m'ndege?"
    
  "Sitimawafotokozera zambiri, bwana," Sandstein anatero akumwetulira.
    
  "Ndiye tiyenera kulandiranso zidziwitso zofananira za ndege zaku Russia, sichoncho?"
    
  "Ngati tikufuna kuwonetsa kuti tikudziwa, bwana," adatero Anne. "Mwina zikanakhala bwino tikadapanda kuwulula zomwe tikudziwa za Elektron pompano. Titha kuganiza kuti akudziwa, koma sitili okakamizika kuwulula zonse zomwe timadziwa pazantchito zawo. Kukhala chete ndi golide".
    
  Purezidenti Phoenix adagwedeza mutu - tsopano kuti zokambiranazo zitayamba kuchoka ku usilikali kupita ku malo a geopolitical, adafunikira alangizi osiyana. "Kodi anthu aku Russia angachite chiyani ndi gawo ili la mlengalenga?"
    
  "ROS palokha ndi malo opangira anthu awiri kapena atatu," adatero Anne. "Mwina angagwiritse ntchito mapanelo adzuwa ochepa kuti azipatsa mphamvu, ndipo alibe malo ovuta kwambiri ndi machitidwe owonetsera pansi kapena mauthenga monga ISS, koma amatha kulumikiza ndege zina kwa izo kuti zibwerenso; imatha kusuntha, kuthamanga ikafunika, kupanga mphamvu, madzi ndi mpweya, chilichonse."
    
  "Ndipo adachimasula chifukwa chakuti Gryzlov adandikwiyira?" - Purezidenti adanena. "Zodabwitsa."
    
  "Tsoka ilo, njira zake zitha kugwira ntchito, bwana," adatero Mlangizi wa National Security Glenbrook. "Mwina European Space Agency ikanakonda kumasula gawo lake lofufuzira la Columbus m'malo mokwiyitsa anthu aku Russia - anali ndi malingaliro oti agwire ntchito ndi Russia kuti akhazikitse kukhalapo kwawo mumlengalenga asanasankhe kugwirizana ndi ISS. Ngati achita izi, kapena ngati ma modules omwe tikukonzekera kutumiza sakukwanira, a ku Japan akhoza kuchotsa ma modules awo a cyber ndikusiya ntchitoyo. Canada idakali ndi zida zakutali pamalopo, koma sitikutsimikiza ngati angasunge pa ISS ngati aku Russia, ESA ndi Japan achoka. "
    
  "Ndiye ngati ena onse a ISS achoka, tatsala ndi chiyani?"
    
  "ISS ikadali gawo lofunikira kwambiri pakufufuza kwa sayansi yaku America, ngakhale popanda cyberspace, Columbus kapena ROS, bwana," adatero Anne Page. "Tili ndi ndalama zambiri mu IT, ndipo tikupeza chidziwitso chochuluka komanso luso lokhala ndi kugwira ntchito mumlengalenga. Ngati tikufuna kubwerera ku Mwezi kapena kutumiza oyenda mumlengalenga ku Mars ndi kupitilira apo, ISS ndiye malo abwino kwambiri ochitira izi. Anthu a ku Japan makamaka ali ndi kafukufuku wochuluka kwambiri pa ISS, kotero ndikuganiza kuti akufuna kusunga ISS mlengalenga kwa nthawi yayitali mpaka atayambitsa malo awo kapena kuyanjana ndi munthu wina. ISS ndi Armstrong Space Station zikanakhala njira zabwino kwambiri zoyendetsera ntchito yanu yomwe mwalengeza kale yopititsa patsogolo ntchito zamakampani. "
    
  "Chabwino," adatero purezidenti. "Ndikufuna kuyankhula ndi Prime Minister waku Japan ndi nduna zazikulu za mayiko a European Space Agency, ndipo ndikufuna kuwatsimikizira kuti tadzipereka kuteteza ISS ndikupitiliza ntchito yonse yomwe tikuchita, ngakhale tidakwiya. anthu a ku Russia akumva."
    
  "Inde, Mr. Purezidenti," Anne anatero.
    
  "Bill, ngati anthu a ku Russia akukonzekeradi kubwerera m"mlengalenga," pulezidenti anauza mlangizi wake wa chitetezo cha dziko, "ndiyenera kupeza china chimene akupanga ndi kuchuluka kwake-zankhondo, mafakitale, sayansi, chilichonse." Sindikufuna kudabwa kuti ndege zatsopano zamlengalenga zidzawonekera mwadzidzidzi kuzungulira malo athu amlengalenga. Ndikufuna kulandila zidziwitso zaposachedwa pamadoko onse aku Russia ndi China. Anthu aku Russia adagwirizana ndi aku China kale, ku Indian Ocean ndi South China Sea - mwina akukonzekera kutero. "
    
  "Inde, bwana," Glenbrook anayankha.
    
  "General, ndikufuna kuwunika mwachangu zinthu zonse zomwe tili nazo kuti zithandizire ISS ndi Armstrong Space Station poganizira za kugwetsa uku komanso kulowa kwa Russia mumlengalenga, komanso zomwe tingafunike komanso posachedwa," Purezidenti adatero Sandstein. . "Ngati pali mpikisano wa zida m'mlengalenga, ndikufuna kupambana."
    
  "Zowona, bwana," adatero Sandstein. Pulezidenti adagwira dzanja la mkulu wa nyenyezi zinayi ndikumuchotsa.
    
  "Pokamba za ntchito yopititsa patsogolo mafakitale," Purezidenti adapitilizabe mkuluyo atachoka, "chikuchitika ndi chiyani ndi siteshoni ya mlengalenga ya Armstrong ndi ntchito zathu zina zakuthambo?"
    
  "Pa njira yoyenera, Bambo Purezidenti," Mlembi Wachiwiri Lee anatero monyadira. "Kutengera zojambula zanu, bwana, tili ndi mapulogalamu atatu omwe tikuthandizira: kuyesa bwino ndege ya XS-29 Shadow spaceplane, mtundu wokulirapo wa ndege yomwe mudawulukira; kuthandizira ma roketi akuluakulu amalonda kuti apereke malipiro okulirapo mumlengalenga, kuphatikizapo matekinoloje ena ogwiritsidwanso ntchito; ndi pulogalamu yoyamba yamafakitale: kukhazikitsa makina opangira magetsi adzuwa pabwalo la Armstrong space station. "
    
  "Chomera chamagetsi a solar?"
    
  Lidzasonkhanitsa kuwala kwa dzuŵa, kulisintha kukhala magetsi ndi kulisunga," Li anafotokoza motero. "Zikafika m'kati mwa osonkhanitsa pansi otchedwa rectenna, amasintha magetsi kukhala mphamvu yamagetsi yotchedwa maser - kuphatikiza kwa microwave ndi laser - ndikutumiza mphamvu ku Earth kukhala rectenna, yomwe imasintha maser. mphamvu kubwerera ku magetsi, kenako amasunga mphamvu mu mabatire akuluakulu kapena kudyetsa mu gridi yamagetsi. Ngati zimene akonzazo zitheka, m" mphindi imodzi yokha ya mphindi zinayi-nthaŵi yokwanira imene siteshoni ya m"mlengalenga imatengera kuulukira kutali kwambiri-iwo angatumize mphamvu yokwanira yopangira malo ofufuza akutali kapena mudzi kwa mlungu umodzi kapena kuposerapo."
    
  "Zodabwitsa," Purezidenti adatero. "Ntchito yabwino."
    
  "Ndipo monga munanenera, mbuyanga," Lee anapitiriza motero, "boma la feduro limapereka chithandizo kokha m"njira yogwiritsira ntchito zipatala za chitaganya, monga ma laboratories a dziko lonse, mapepala otsegulira, ndi maukonde apakompyuta-zinthu zimene zagwiritsiridwa ntchito kale m"ntchito zina. Sitikupereka "Makampani ndi mayunivesite omwe akukhudzidwa ndi mapulogalamuwa ayenera kuyika ndalama zambiri, ndipo amatero. Ngati atapambana, akuyembekeza kuti adzalipidwa ngati mapangano a boma kuti agwiritse ntchito machitidwe omwe amapanga."
    
  "Zabwino," adatero Purezidenti. "Chonde mundidziwitse, a Deputy Minister." Anayimilira ndikugwira chanza Lee ndikumumasula, ndipo Glenbrook atangochoka. Awiriwo atachoka, Purezidenti adauza Ann Page, "Pakangokhala vidiyo ya gawo la Russia la ISS lopatukana ndi wayilesi, Ann, tipanga zisankho pamwambo pasanathe mwezi umodzi. kutali."
    
  "Ndili ndi chiyembekezo pang'ono, Ken," Ann anatero. Anadziwa kuti inali nthawi yoti avule chipewa cha wachiwiri kwa purezidenti ndi kuvala chipewa cha mlangizi wamkulu wa ndale a Ken Phoenix, zomwe amakonda kuchita. "Mlembi Barbeau adadzudzula zomwe mwachita m'malo ngati kupusa kwa Reagan's Star Wars. Anthu akamaona anthu aku Russia akuyamba kubwerera mumlengalenga, adzazindikira kuti Barbeau ili kumbali yolakwika ya nkhaniyi. "
    
  "Ndikukhulupirira," adatero Phoenix, "koma miyezi ingapo yadutsa kuchokera pamene ndinalengeza za mlengalenga, ndipo mpaka pano anthu aku Russia okha ndi omwe akwaniritsa lonjezo lawo lochotsa ma modules awo ku ISS. Kodi pali ena mwa mapologalamu a zakuthambo amenewa kuti tigwiritse ntchito pa kampeni?"
    
  "Zowonadi, Ken," Ann anatero. "Ndege ya m'mlengalenga ya XS-29 yamaliza kuyesa kwake koyambako ndipo yamaliza kale ntchito ku ISS ndi Armstrong Space Station. Pulojekiti yamagetsi adzuwa ikhoza kubwera pa intaneti chisankho chisanachitike, ndipo tikhoza kufotokoza kuti ndi ntchito ina yomwe Barbeau sakuchirikiza, sichirikizidwa ndi okhometsa msonkho, ndipo idzakhala chitsanzo cha chinachake chomwe chidzafota ndi kufa pokhapokha mutasankhidwanso. . Zothandizira zatsopano za rocket sizikuyenda bwino, koma titha kuyendera nyumba za Msonkhano ndikukumbutsa ovota kufunika kwa zinthu izi. "
    
  "Tili kuti pamalo opangira magetsi adzuwa?"
    
  "Zonse zaphatikizidwa - akungoyesa mphindi yomaliza," adatero Anne. "Pafupifupi maulendo khumi ndi awiri a ndege za m"mlengalenga ndi roketi imodzi yonyamula katundu wolemera, zonse zolumikizidwa ndi chiwongolero chakutali m"maulendo awiri kapena atatu okha. Izi zinapangidwa kuyambira pachiyambi ndi gulu la ophunzira aku koleji mothandizidwa ndi asayansi ndi mainjiniya ochokera padziko lonse lapansi ... motsogozedwa, mwa njira, ndi Bradley James McLanahan."
    
  "Brad McLanahan?" Adadandaula Purezidenti. "Mukunena zowona! Mwana wa Patrick McLanahan? Ndinamumvera chisoni pamene anasiya sukulu ya Air Force Academy komanso pamene bambo ake anaphedwa - ndikuganiza kuti anayambiranso. Mwachita bwino." Anayima kaye, kuganiza mozama, kenako anati, "Izi ndi momwe zikumveka, Anne: tiyeni titenge Brad McLanahan ndipo mwina m'modzi kapena awiri mwa gulu lake kupita ku siteshoni ya Armstrong."
    
  "Mpaka mutandiuza kuti mukufuna kupitanso kumeneko, bwana."
    
  "Ndikuganiza kuti ndakhala ndi nkhawa pamoyo wanga wonse," adatero Purezidenti. "Kodi izi zipangitsa Brad kukhala wachinyamata woyamba mlengalenga?"
    
  "Kupatulapo agalu ndi zimpanzi zomwe zatumizidwa kale, inde," anatero Anne. "Ndamva kuti Brad wakhala akupempha kubwera ku station kwakanthawi." Mawonekedwe ake adakhala ovuta. "Zoyambira zoyamba, bwana: zowopsa. Ngati ndegeyo ikulephera, mwana wa munthu wotchuka komanso wofunika kwambiri adzafa, ndipo danga lanu likhoza kutsika, monga Challenger ndi Columbia. Zosakhala bwino."
    
  "Koma ngati zitheka, zitha kukhala zodabwitsa, sichoncho?"
    
  "Inde, izi zitha kuchitika, bwana," adatero Anne Page.
    
  "Ndiye tiyeni tichite izo," Purezidenti adatero. "Titumiza McLanahan ndipo mwina membala wa gulu lake kuti agwiritse ntchito izi koyamba." Anapukusa mutu. "Ndimakumbukira nthawi yoyamba yomwe Patrick adabweretsa Brad ku White House. Iye anayang'ana pozungulira ndipo anati, 'Mulungu, Abambo, inu ndithudi mumagwira ntchito m'malo akale.' "Mawu a Purezidenti adakhala ovuta. "Kulankhula za Brad McLanahan ..."
    
  "Inde, bwana?"
    
  "Sindinakuuzeni izi chifukwa ndimaganiza kuti anthu ochepa amadziwa bwino, koma Brad McLanahan adazindikira masika apitawa, ndiye ndikuganiza kuti nanunso muyenera."
    
  "Mwadziwa chiyani?"
    
  Phoenix adapumira kwambiri, kenako adati, "Chaka chatha, China itangoukira ku Guam, gulu lachinsinsi lotsogozedwa ndi Purezidenti wakale Martindale lidapita ku Guam kukatenga zidziwitso zokhudzana ndi zida zomwe zidabedwa ndikuwona ngati pali umboni wina uliwonse wosonyeza kukhalapo kwa China. .nzeru ku Guam."
    
  "Kuyendetsa ndege ndikwabwino," adatero Anne. "Ndimakumbukira. Kodi izi zikugwirizana bwanji ndi Brad McLanahan?"
    
  "Mmodzi mwa magulu a Scion adayika Brad kuyang'aniridwa pambuyo pa kuswa kwa Patrick McLanahan Columbarium ku Sacramento," Purezidenti adatero. "Ankafuna kuonetsetsa kuti antchito aku Russia omwewo omwe adathyola chinsinsi asamuyang'ane Brad. Zikuoneka kuti adamufuna ndipo adamuukira katatu. Anyamata a Scion adamupulumutsa."
    
  "Chabwino, zimenezo nzabwino," anatero Anne, "koma ndidakali wosokonezeka maganizo. Chifukwa chiyani Scion Aviation International ikuwunika Brad McLanahan? Kodi imeneyo si ntchito ya FBI? Ngati ali ndi cholinga cha gulu lachindunji lakunja, ayenera kukhala pansi pa chitetezo chokwanira cha FBI. "
    
  "Ndi chifukwa cha m'modzi mwa mamembala a Scion," Purezidenti adatero. Anayang'ana wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti m'maso ndipo adati, "Patrick McLanahan."
    
  Zomwe Anne adaziwona zinali kungophethira pang'ono chabe. "Sizingatheke, Ken," iye anatero ndi mawu opanda mtundu. "Mwalandira zina zolakwika. Patrick anamwalira ku China. Ukuzidziwa bwino monganso ineyo."
    
  "Ayi, sanachite," adatero Purezidenti. "Martindale adamupeza ndikumutsitsimutsa, koma anali woyipa. Kuti akhalebe ndi moyo, amamuika mu chipangizo cha ana oyenda pakompyuta, imodzi mwa maloboti akuluakulu okhala ndi anthu. " Nkhope ya Anne inayamba kusanduka chigoba chakusakhulupirira. "Akadali moyo, Anne. Koma sangakhale kunja kwa loboti. Ngati sangathe kumuchiritsa, adzakhalapo kwa moyo wake wonse.
    
  Maso a Ann anatseguka ndipo pakamwa pake anapanga O. "Sindikukhulupirira," iye anadzuma. "Ndipo atha kuwongolera loboti? Kodi amatha kuyendayenda, kulankhulana, chilichonse?"
    
  "Ali ndi luso lodabwitsa," adatero Phoenix. "Iye amalamulira masensa ndi mphamvu zonse za robot ndipo amatha kulankhulana ndi aliyense padziko lapansi - sindingadabwe ngati akutimvetsera pakali pano. Patrick McLanahan ndi lobotiyo ndi gulu lankhondo lankhondo limodzi, mwina gulu lonse lankhondo lankhondo ndi gulu la Air Force litaphatikizidwa. " Phoenix anausa moyo n"kuyang"ana kumbali. "Koma sadzatha kuyisiya galimoto yopusayi. Zili ngati watsekeredwa mu Twilight Zone. "
    
  "Zodabwitsa. Zodabwitsa, "adatero Anne. "Ndipo Martindale adamuyika kuti aziyang'anira ntchito za Scion?"
    
  "Ndili ndi chidaliro kuti akuyenda m'mphepete mwa lamulo, monga momwe amachitira nthawi zonse," adatero Phoenix.
    
  "Ken, chifukwa chiyani wandiuza izi?" Anne anafunsa. "Sindingadziwe."
    
  "Ndikudziwa kuti inu ndi Patrick ndinu abwenzi," Purezidenti adatero. "Koma chifukwa chachikulu n"chakuti ndimadziimba mlandu chifukwa chosakudziwitsani zimenezi kuyambira pachiyambi. Ndiwe mlangizi wanga wapamtima wandale komanso mnzanga wapamtima, kupatula mkazi wanga Alexa. Izi zonse za Brad McLanahan zimandikumbutsa kulakwitsa komwe ndidapanga pomwe sindinakukhulupirireni ndi chisankho changa chosunga Patrick wamoyo ndikusauza aliyense. Ndinkafuna kukonza cholakwikacho."
    
  "Chabwino, zikomo chifukwa cha zimenezo, Ken," Ann anatero. Anapukusa mutu, akadali wosakhulupirira. "Ndi chinthu chotani kuti musadzisungire nokha. Palibe wina akudziwa kupatula Brad? Ngakhale banja lake?"
    
  "Brad ndi anyamata ochepa a Martindale," adatero Phoenix.
    
  "Ndili wokondwa kuti mwachotsa pachifuwa chanu, sichoncho, bwana?"
    
  "Ndikukhulupirira kuti mutero," Purezidenti adatero. "Tsopano tiyeni tibwerere ku dziko lina losatheka: ndale ndi zisankho. Ndikufuna kukankhira patsogolo ntchito ya danga m'masiku omaliza a kampeni. Ndikufuna kuyankhula ndi achinyamata mumlengalenga, pafupipafupi ndikulankhula kwa ma hypersonic spaceplanes ndi rocket boosters, ndikuthandizira kuyatsa magetsi opangidwa ndi mlengalenga. Tikhoza kukhala tili m"mavoti pompano, Anne, koma tichita bwino-ndikumva zimenezo!"
    
    
  ZISANU NDI ZIWIRI
    
    
  Iye sali woyenera zisa. Yemwe amapewa ming'oma chifukwa njuchi zimaluma.
    
  - WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
    
    
    
  UBWERENGA NTCHITO YOPHUNZITSA NTCHITO YA AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
  CAL POLY
  TSIKU LOTSATIRA
    
    
  "Ichi ndi chipinda chathu chowongolera mishoni, chomwe chimadziwika kuti ndi amodzi mwama labu athu amagetsi," adatero Brad McLanahan. Iye anayima pamaso pa gulu la atolankhani akunja, olemba mabulogi, ojambula zithunzi ndi omasulira awo, akupereka ulendo wa polojekiti ya Starfire ku Cal Poly kwa nthawi yakhumi ndi khumi. Ndi iye anali Jodie Cavendish, Kim Jong-bae, Casey Huggins ndi Lane Egan. Chipindacho chinali chodzaza ndi makompyuta khumi ndi awiri a laputopu, zida zowongolera ndi zoyankhulirana, komanso mabokosi olumikizirana ndi netiweki okhala ndi zingwe zamtundu wa CAT5 zoyenda m'makoma ndi pansi poyendetsedwa ndi nyengo. "Sizikulu kapena zokongola ngati malo owongolera mishoni ya NASA, koma ntchito zake ndizofanana kwambiri: timawongolera zida zazikulu za Starfire monga jenereta ya microwave, nantenna ndi chiwongolero cha rectenna, kuwongolera mphamvu ndi kuwongolera mitengo, pakati pa ena ambiri. Ngakhale oyenda mumlengalenga omwe ali pa siteshoni ya Armstrong ali ndi mphamvu zonse, titha kutulutsa malamulo apa, akuti titha kutseka netiweki ngati china chake chalakwika."
    
  "Kodi mukukolola mphamvu zoyendera dzuwa tsopano, a McLanahan?" mtolankhani wina anafunsa.
    
  Brad anayankha kuti: "Takhala tikusonkhanitsa ndi kusunga mphamvu zoyendera dzuwa kwa pafupifupi milungu itatu. "Makina okolola ndi kusungirako magetsi adzuwa anali oyamba kuyikidwa pa siteshoni ya Armstrong." Adalozera chitsanzo chachikulu cha siteshoni yomwe gulu idakhazikitsa atolankhani. "Izi ndi nantennas, kapena nanotube zotengera kuwala kwa dzuwa, zopangidwa ndi Jodie Cavendish mothandizidwa ndi Kim Jong-bae, yemwe timamutcha Jerry pano. Amakhala ndi mbali ziwiri, kotero amatha kusonkhanitsa kuwala kwa dzuwa kuchokera kudzuwa kapena kuwunikira padziko lapansi. Pano pafamuyi pali ma capacitor a lithiamu-ion capacitor khumi ndi mazana awiri, iliyonse yomwe imatha kusunga ma kilowatts mazana atatu, yopangidwa ndi Jerry Kim. Sitidzawadzaza pa mayesowa, koma mukuona kuti tili ndi mphamvu zosunga ma megawati atatu a magetsi m"fakitale, pogwiritsa ntchito makina oyendetsa ndege amenewa."
    
  "Kodi mugwiritsa ntchito mphamvu zingati pamayesowa?"
    
  "Tikukonzekera kupanga megawati imodzi ndi zisanu," adatero Brad. "Stesheniyi ikhala pamtunda wa rectenna pafupifupi mphindi zitatu, kotero mutha kuwona kuti titumiza mphamvu zambiri ku Earth pakanthawi kochepa." Analoza chithunzi chachikulu chooneka ngati chithunzi chosonyeza chinthu chozungulira chitayima moyang"anizana ndi malo achipululu. "Iyi ndi rectenna, kapena kulandira antenna, yomwe idzasonkhanitsa mphamvu ya maser, yopangidwa ndi Jodie Cavendish ndi Casey Huggins," adatero. "Ndi mamita 200 m"mimba mwake, ndipo anaikidwa pamalo otchedwa White Sands Missile Range chifukwa ndi malo aakulu, otetezeka omwe angathe kuchotsedwa mosavuta ndege. Monga mukuwonera pachithunzichi, timangokhala ndi chowongolera, zowongolera, ndi zida zowunikira ma data - tiyesa kuchuluka kwa magetsi omwe akubwera, koma sitisunga kapena kuyika magetsi aliwonse mu grid pa mayeso oyamba awa. Lane Egan adalemba pulogalamuyo ndikukonza makompyuta pano Padziko Lapansi ndi ku Armstrong kuti atipatse kulondola kofunikira kuti tikwaniritse chandamale chaching'onochi kuchokera pa mtunda wa mailosi awiri mpaka mazana asanu. "
    
  Bambo McLanahan ndichifukwa chiyani mukuyenera kuyesa kudera lalikulu lakutali? - adafunsa mtolankhani. "Kodi chingachitike ndi chiyani ngati mphamvu ya maser yochokera kumlengalenga ikagunda ndege kapena chinthu pansi, monga nyumba kapena munthu?"
    
  "Zili ngati kuika chiwiya chachitsulo mu microwave," anatero Brad. "Mtsinje wa maser umapangidwa ndi mphamvu ya microwave, yopangidwa ndikupangidwa ndi Casey Huggins ndi Jerry Kim, koma idalumikizana ndi zida za Armstrong zaulere za electron laser kuti zikulitse ndikuthandizira kuwongolera mphamvu."
    
  "Kodi mukuwombera laser ya Skybolt?"
    
  "Ayi, ayi," anayankha motero Brad. "Skybolt laser system imagwiritsa ntchito ma valve a solenoid kuwongolera, kukulitsa ndi kuyanjanitsa mtengo wa laser electron waulere. Tinazimitsa laser yaulere ya elekitironi ndikuyika jenereta ya microwave ya Casey Huggins yoyendetsedwa ndi mphamvu yosungidwa ya dzuwa. Tigwiritsa ntchito ma subsystems a Skybolt kuti tichite zomwezo ndi mphamvu ya microwave: kukulitsa, kufananiza ndi kuyang'ana, ndiyeno tigwiritse ntchito ma subsystems a Skybolt, zikomo kwa Jerry Kim, kutumiza mphamvu padziko lapansi.
    
  "Koma kuti tiyankhe funso lako, sitikudziŵa kwenikweni chimene chiti chichitike, choncho sitifuna aliyense pafupi ndi mtengowo tikauwotcha," anapitiriza motero Brad. "Titseka malo ambiri apamlengalenga tisanayambitse Starfire. Mwachiwonekere, Starfire ndiyoyeneranso kupatsa mphamvu madera akutali, zombo zapamlengalenga, kapena Mwezi, kotero kuyambitsa makina opangira anthu m'malo okhala anthu sikungakhale vuto, koma tikhala tikupanga kuwongolera ndikuwunikira kufalikira bwinoko pamene tikupita. , kotero kuti mlongoti wachindunji ukhale wocheperako ndipo zoopsa zake zichepe kwambiri."
    
  Brad anafunsa mafunso enanso angapo, koma womaliza anali wopusa: "Bambo McLanahan," anayamba mtolankhani wachikazi wokongola kwambiri atayimirira kutsogolo, ali ndi tsitsi lalitali lakuda, maso akuda, milomo yofiira kwambiri, chithunzi chodabwitsa komanso chokongola kwambiri. kalankhulidwe kakang'ono ka ku Ulaya, "Inu Ndibwino kupereka ulemu kwa mamembala ena a gulu lanu pazomwe adachita kuti athandizire polojekitiyi ... koma munatani? Ndi zigawo ziti zomwe mwapanga? Mukufuna chiyani ndi polojekitiyi ndikakufunsani?"
    
  "Kunena zoona, sindinapange zigawo zilizonse," Brad adavomereza ataganizira kwambiri. "Ndimadziona ngati wopemphapempha, monga khalidwe la Flight Lieutenant Hendley mu kanema The Great Escape." Mayiyo anaphethira mosokonezeka, mwachionekere sankadziwa amene ankatanthauza, koma ankalemba kuti adziwe. "Ndidapeza lingaliro, ndidapeza ophunzira abwino kwambiri, asayansi ndi mainjiniya omwe ndidawapeza ndikuwafunsa kuti andifotokozere za sayansi, adapereka malingaliro anga anga, kuwayika ntchito ndikubwereza ndondomekoyi. Ndimapatsa gulu chilichonse chomwe chikufunikira pa gawo lawo la polojekiti: ndalama, thandizo, nthawi ya kompyuta kapena labu, zida, magawo, mapulogalamu, chilichonse. Ndimatsogoleranso misonkhano yachitukuko ndikuthandizanso kukonzekera gulu kuti tikambirane kusukulu kumalo a labu yachilimwe polojekiti yathu isanalandire ndalama kuchokera ku Sky Masters Aerospace. "
    
  "Chotero ndiwe ngati mphunzitsi kapena woyang"anira ntchito," anatero mayiyo. "Sindiwe wosewera kumbuyo kwenikweni: sumapambana mpira, koma umaphunzitsa timu, umakhala ndi zida komanso umayang'anira ophunzitsa." Sanadikire kuti amuyankhe, ndipo Brad analibe yankho loti amupatse. "Koma ndiwe wophunzira waukadaulo wachaka choyamba, sichoncho?"
    
  "Wophunzira wazaka zachiwiri zauinjiniya wamlengalenga, inde."
    
  "Mwina muyenera kuganizira gawo lina la maphunziro?" Anatero mayiyo. "Mwina bizinesi kapena management?"
    
  "Ndikufuna kukhala woyendetsa ndege woyesa," adatero Brad. "Masukulu ambiri oyesa mayeso abwino kwambiri ku United States amafuna digiri ya sayansi yolimba monga uinjiniya, makompyuta, masamu kapena physics. Ndinasankha uinjiniya wa zamlengalenga."
    
  "Ndipo mukuchita bwino, Bambo McLanahan?"
    
  Brad anadabwa pang'ono kudzipeza kuti akufunsidwa mafunso ochuluka aumwini-ankakonzekera kuyankha mafunso aukadaulo kuchokera kwa atolankhani akunja ndi atolankhani amlengalenga ndi olemba mabulogu, m'malo moyankha mafunso okhudza iye. Iye anati: "Ndinakwanitsa kumaliza kosi yoyamba n"kuyamba yachiwiri. "Ndikuganiza kuti magiredi anga ndi apakatikati. Ngati ndikufunika thandizo, ndipo nditero, ndikupempha. Ngati sindikumvetsa kanthu, ndipeza wina wondifotokozera. Anayang'ana mozungulira labu kuti apezenso manja omwe adakwezedwa, kenako adatembenukira kwa mayiyo ndikumupeza akuyang'ana molunjika ndikumwetulira pang'ono, ndipo adamubwezeranso. "Ngati zili choncho, anyamata, zikomo chifukwa-"
    
  "Ndili ndi chilengezo china chodabwitsa chomwe ndikufuna kugawana nanu nonse," Purezidenti wa UC Poly Dr. Marcus Harris adatero kumbuyo kwa chipindacho. Anapita ku lectern pafupi ndi Brad. "Mkulu wa siteshoni ya Armstrong Space Station, General Air Force General Kai Radon, yemwe adapuma pantchito, adalankhula posachedwapa ndi White House ndipo adalandira chilolezo kuchokera kwa Purezidenti wa United States kuti awuluke atsogoleri awiri a gulu la Starfire kupita ku Armstrong Space Station kuti akawone kuwombera kwa Starfire. ." Atolankhaniwo anawomba m"manja.
    
  Harris anayika mkono wake kuzungulira mapewa a Lane. "Pepani Lane, koma ndiwe wamng'ono kwambiri, koma zichitika posachedwa. Ulendowu udzachitika pakangotha sabata, ndipo adzakhala m'malo okwerera mlengalenga a Armstrong pafupifupi masiku atatu. Ponena za Brad, Jodi ndi Casey, akavomera, adzakhala achinyamata oyambilira mlengalenga, ndipo ngati Jung Bae avomereza, adzakhala munthu wachiwiri waku Korea kuwulukira mumlengalenga, komanso wocheperapo kwambiri. " Kuwomba m'manja kochulukirapo, kenako kulemba kozizira.
    
  "White House yanena kuti imakonda atsogoleri amagulu aamuna ndi akazi," adatero Harris, "koma zili kwa gulu la Starfire kuti lisankhe. Osankhidwa adzafunika kukayezetsa bwino zachipatala, koma monga tidawonera masika apitawa ndi Purezidenti Phoenix, zikuwoneka kuti muyenera kukhala munthu wathanzi komanso wolimba mtima kuti muwuluke mumlengalenga - ndipo ndine wonyadira kunena kuti ndi momwe zilili. Casey nayenso Huggins, yemwe, ngati avomereza, sadzakhala mtsikana woyamba m'mlengalenga, komanso woyamba quadriplegic mumlengalenga." Apa m"menemo m"manja mwawo munali phokoso kwambiri.
    
  "Ndilola gululo kuti lilankhule pakati pawo ndi makolo awo, ndiyeno ndikufuna ndikumane nawo ndekha," anatero Harris. "Koma uwu ndi mwayi wapadera komanso ulemu wosowa kwa ma Mustang athu, ndipo sitingakhale onyada." Kuwomba m'manja kwina, motsogozedwa ndi Harris, ndipo msonkhano wa atolankhani udatha.
    
  "Holy shit!" - Brad adafuula pomwe gulu la Starfire lidasiyidwa lokha mu labotale. "Mwayi! Kodi tiyenera kuthetsa bwanji zimenezi? Pepani, Lane."
    
  "Palibe vuto," adatero Lane. "Ndimadwalabe m'mlengalenga."
    
  "Ndani akufuna kupita?"
    
  "Uyenera kupita, Brad," adatero Lane. "Ndinu woyang"anira polojekiti. Sitikadachita popanda inu."
    
  "Chabwino," adatero Casey.
    
  "Kupatula apo, monga mnzako watsopano - mtolankhani wowoneka bwino uja yemwe anali atakunyengererani - adati, "Kodi mukuchita chiyani pano?" Jodie anachita nthabwala, ndipo aliyense ankaseka mosangalala." Jodie anamuimba Brad mlandu komanso kumufunsa mafunso, mwinanso kumuchitira nsanje? Kenako anasintha mawu ake kukhala a James Garner, yemwe amasewera khalidwe la Hendley mufilimuyi: "'Mukufuna kulankhula za ngozi? Tilankhule za ngozi. Tilankhule za inu. Ndiwe ngozi yaikulu yomwe tili nayo." " Kuseka kwina.
    
  "Chabwino, zoseketsa kwambiri," adatero Brad. "Tiyeni tione zimene zidzachitike. Ndikhala ndikupita mumlengalenga posachedwa, ndikukutsimikizirani kuti, ngati wina aliyense akufuna kugwiritsa ntchito mwayiwu, ndisiya. Jody?
    
  "Osati ine, mnzanga," anatero Jodie. "Ndimakonda mchenga, mafunde ndi mafunde a nyanja - ngakhale California Poly ili pafupi kwambiri ndi nyanja komanso ili kutali kwambiri ndi gombe kwa ine. Kupatula apo, sindikufuna kukhala kwina kulikonse koma pompano mu labu iyi, kuwonera zowunikira Starfire ikamasulidwa. "
    
  "Jerry?"
    
  Lingaliro lopita mumlengalenga silinawonekere kukhala labwino kwa Jung Bae. "Sindikudziwa," iye anatero modandaula. "Ndikufuna kupanga ndi kuyesa chombo cha m"mlengalenga tsiku lina, koma ponena za kuwuluka m"njira imodzi... Komanso, ndikufuna kukakhala ku White Sands kuti ndiyang'ane zomwe zimatuluka ndi mlongoti wakutsogolo ndi maser. Tili ndi mavuto ndi lithiamu-ion capacitors. Timasunga mphamvu zokwanira, koma nthawi zina timakhala ndi vuto losamutsa mphamvu ku microwave. "
    
  "Ndidzafunsa akatswiri ena angapo kuti akuthandizeni pankhaniyi, Jerry," anatero Brad. Anatembenukira kwa Casey. "Ndiye ndi iwe ndi ine basi, Casey. Muti chiyani? Ndi mtsogoleri wanu - muyenera kukhala kumeneko. "
    
  Nkhope ya Casey inali yosakanikirana ndi mantha komanso chisokonezo. "Sindikuganiza choncho, Brad," iye anatero. "Sindimakonda anthu akamandiyang"ana m"mabwalo a ndege kapena m"masitolo akuluakulu-olumala pakati pa openda zakuthambo khumi ndi aŵiri pa siteshoni yamumlengalenga? Sindikudziwa..."
    
  "Chabwino, tangoganizani, Casey - chinthu chomaliza chomwe mungafune mumlengalenga ndi miyendo, sichoncho?" Adatero Brad. "Mudzakhala ngati wina aliyense kumtunda uko. Palibe mipando ya olumala m'mlengalenga, mayi."
    
  Anayang'ana pa njinga yake ya olumala kwa nthawi yayitali, akutembenuza maso ake ...
    
  Gululo lidadutsa njira zoyeserera zowombera mpaka madzulo, kenako adakumana ndi Purezidenti wa yunivesite Harris ndipo adawafotokozera za yemwe adzawuluke kupita ku siteshoni ya Armstrong. Harris nthawi yomweyo adakonza zoti akamuyezetse m'ndege m'mawa wotsatira, kenako adayenera kulengeza kwa atolankhani. Koma madzulo okha ndi amene anatha kubwerera kwawo. Brad anali atangofika kumene m"nyumba yake ku Pauley Canyon ndipo anali atatsala pang"ono kunyamula njinga yake ndi kukwera masitepe pamene anamva kuti, "Moni, mlendo."
    
  Atacheuka anamuona Jody ali ndi chikwama cha laptop m'manja mwake. "Moni kwa inu," iye anatero. "Ife sife alendo. Ndimakuona tsiku lililonse. "
    
  "Ndikudziwa, koma kusukulu kokha. Timakhala m"nyumba imodzi, koma sindimakuonani kuno." Anagwedeza mutu akulunjika panjinga ya Brad. "Bwanji, bwanawe, kodi umangokoka njinga yako ndikunyamula masitepe asanu?"
    
  "Nthawi zonse ndimachita izi."
    
  "Oo. Wachita bwino, onya." Iye anamuyang'ana iye. "Ndaona kuti sunatengenso ndodo."
    
  "Sindinalowe m'malo mwake."
    
  "Kodi Chief Ratel sakukwiyirani?"
    
  "Masika apitawa adavulala, adatseka sitolo ndikusamukira ku Florida, ndikuganiza," adatero Brad. Zinali zoona - poopa kuti anthu a ku Russia sangangoganizira za Brad yekha, koma nayenso, Kevin Martindale adamuuza kuti atenge mkazi wake ndikuchoka m'tawuni, zomwe adachita monyinyirika. "Ndikadakuuzani za izi, koma ... mukudziwa momwe zidalili."
    
  "Oo. Ndikuganiza kuti papita nthawi yayitali tisanagwirizane," adatero Jodi. "Ndiye simumapitanso kochitira masewera olimbitsa thupi?"
    
  "Ndidzatenga kalasi yodzitetezera nthaŵi ndi nthaŵi kumalo ochitirako maseŵera olimbitsa thupi m"tauni," anatero Brad. Izi zinali zowona, koma kudali kuchezetsa mlungu uliwonse ndi membala wa gulu la Chris Wall, ndipo amaphunzitsidwa mfuti zotsitsimutsa milungu iwiri iliyonse. Brad anali ndi chilolezo chomwe chimamulola kunyamula mfuti pamsasa-sanauze Jody kapena wina aliyense pa Team Starfire za izi. "Ndimathera nthaŵi yanga yopumula m"chipinda changa chochezera, kukwera njinga yanga kapena kuchita zinthu monga kunyamula njinga yanga m"nyumba yanga."
    
  "Chachikulu". Iwo anayima mwakachetechete kwa mphindi zingapo zazitali; ndiye, "Hei, kodi mukufuna kutenga kapu ya khofi asanatseke?" Kulira kwanga.
    
  "Ndithu". Iwo anapita ku kasitolo kakang"ono ka khofi m"nsanjika yapansi ya nyumba yoyandikana nayo n"kumamwa khofi mumsewu. Chakumapeto kwa Okutobala, nyengo inali idakali yabwino pagombe lapakati la California, ngakhale kuti kunali kugwa. "Amuna inu, lakhala tsiku lalitali," anatero Brad atakhala chete kwa mphindi zingapo. "Muli bwino ndi maphunziro anu?"
    
  "Nthawi zambiri," adatero Jodi. "Aphunzitsi akundipatsa mpumulo mpaka mayeso owombera atha."
    
  "Chimodzimodzinso kwa ine," anatero Brad.
    
  Anakhalanso chete kwa mphindi zingapo, kenako Jodie adatsitsa khofi wake, adayang'ana Brad molunjika m'maso ndipo adati, "Ndipepese chifukwa chakulankhula kwanga ku hotelo ya Battle Mountain, bwanawe. Ndikuganiza kuti ndinadabwa ndikuzichotsa pa inu. Munatitetezadi kwa mnyamata wa mpeni uja."
    
  "Iwalani zimenezo, Jody," anatero Brad.
    
  Jodie anayang'ana khofi wake, kenako pamwamba pa tebulo. "Kupita ku siteshoni ya m"mlengalenga m"masiku angapo chabe," iye anatero ndi mawu apansi, osweka, "ndinazindikira kuti... sindidzakuonanso ndipo sindidzakhalanso ndi mwayi wopepesa."
    
  Brad anatambasula dzanja lake ndikugwira manja ake. "Zili bwino, Jody," adatero. Palibe chomwe chidzachitike. Kudzakhala kuthawa kopambana ndikuyesa kuwombera, ndipo ndidzabwereranso. Kudzakhala kosangalatsa. Ichi chinali kale ulendo weniweni. Ndikufuna mubwere nane."
    
  "Brad ..." Anafinya manja ake ndikutsitsa mutu wake, ndipo ataukwezanso, Brad adawona kunyezimira m'maso mwake, ngakhale pakuwala kwa magetsi a mumsewu. "Ndi...Ndikuchita mantha, bwanawe," anatero ndi kunjenjemera pang"ono m"mawu ake. "Ndikudziwa kuchuluka kwa zomwe mukufuna kupita mumlengalenga, ndipo ndine wokondwa kuti mwapeza mwayi, koma ndikuchitabe mantha."
    
  Brad anapita pampando womwe unali pambali pa tebulo la Jody, ndikumugwira mkono wake ndikumugwira mwamphamvu kwa iye. Atasiyana, anagwira nkhope yake mopepuka n"kumupsompsona. "Jodi... Jodi, ndikufuna-"
    
  "Tiye nane," ananong"oneza pamene kupsopsonako kunkatha. Maso ake anatsegula kwambiri n"kumuyang"ana, akuchonderera chamumtima. "Bwanawe, usayerekeze kundisiyanso ndekha. Mwalandiridwa, Brad. Nditengereni musanandisiye."
    
  Nthawiyi, pakupsompsonana kwawo kotsatira, panalibe kukayikira m'malingaliro a Brad McLanahan.
    
    
  CHIPINDA CHACHIWULO CHA NYUMBA YOYERA
  WASHINGTON, DC
  M'M'MAWA
    
    
  "Ndibwino kuti mwaganiza kuti ndiyang'ane malo ena otsegulira ndi malo osungiramo mlengalenga, Bambo Purezidenti," adatero Mlangizi wa National Security William Glenbrook pambuyo pa Purezidenti Ken Phoenix ndi Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti Anne Page atalowa mu Situation Room ndikukhala mipando yawo. "A Russia analidi otanganidwa kwambiri."
    
  "Wapeza chiyani, Bill?" - Phoenix adafunsa, akuyika kapu yake ya khofi, yachiwiri m'mawa. Kumwa kwake khofi kwakula ndithu pamene Tsiku la Chisankho likuyandikira.
    
  "Pali pulogalamu yayikulu komanso yofulumira yoyendetsa zida zaku Russia zomwe zikuchitika, bwana," adatero Glenbrook. Anadina batani ndipo chithunzi choyamba chidawonekera kutsogolo kwa Situation Room, kuwonetsa mzinga wokhala ndi mapiko okweza pamwamba pomwe m'malo mwa mphuno ya mzinga. "Iyi ndi Plesetsk cosmodrome kumpoto chakumadzulo kwa Russia. Ndege yomwe tidawona pomwe ROS idachotsedwa ku ISS idatsimikizika kuti ndi Elektron spaceplane, yomwe mwina idayambika kuchokera ku Plesetsk.
    
  "Pali kale ndege ina pamalo otsegulira," Glenbrook anapitiriza, akuwerenga zolemba pakompyuta yake ya piritsi, "ndipo tikukhulupirira kuti zotengera izi ndi malo osungiramo zinthu zazikuluzikulu pafupi ndi poyambira ndi Electron ina ndi rocket- Proton chonyamulira. Tikuganiza kuti ndi Proton m'malo moyambitsa galimoto ya Angara 5 chifukwa chosowa malo osungira mpweya wa cryogenic pafupi. Angara-5 amagwiritsa ntchito okosijeni wamadzimadzi ndi RP-1 palafini, pomwe Proton amagwiritsa ntchito zakumwa za hypergolic: dimethylhydrazine ndi nitrogen tetroxide, mankhwala awiri oopsa kwambiri omwe amawotcha akasakanikirana popanda kufunikira kochokera. Galimoto yotsegulira ya Angara 5 ndi yamphamvu kwambiri, koma mpweya wake wamadzimadzi uyenera kuwonjezeredwanso ikakwera galimoto yoyambitsa chifukwa imawotcha; Proton ili ndi mafuta okwanira kuti ikhalepo kwanthawizonse, kotero imatha kukhalabe pamalo otsegulira popanda kufunika kokonza. "
    
  Zithunzi zasintha. "Iyi ndi Baikonur Cosmodrome ku Kazakhstan," anapitiliza Glenbrook, "ndipo momwe mukuwonera, zikuwoneka kuti pali Electron ina pagawo lotsegulira, nthawi ino pagalimoto yotsegulira ya Angara-5." Izi ndi ziwiri zomwe zimatha kugwira ntchito mwachangu, mwina mkati mwa masiku kapena maola. Electron, yomwe idakhazikitsidwa kale pomwe ROS idachotsedwa ku ISS, idafika panjira yopita ku Baikonur dzulo. Kotero ife tinawerengera mwina ma elekitironi anayi. Timakhulupilira kuti pali zisanu muzinthu, ngakhale pakhoza kukhala zambiri. Choncho, tinapita kukafunafuna ndege yachisanu ya ku Russia. Simuziwona kulikonse ku Russia ... "
    
  Glenbrook adasintha zithunzi ndipo chifaniziro china chinawonekera cha Electron spaceplane pamwamba pa roketi yayikulu yaku Russia. "Tinazipeza - osati ku Russia, koma ku People's Republic of China," adatero. "Ili ndi doko la Xichang kumadzulo kwa China. Xichang idagwiritsidwa ntchito pakuyambitsa zazikulu, zamphamvu komanso zodalirika zamaroketi aku China a Long March, koma mishoni zonsezi zidasamutsidwa kupita ku Wenchang Satellite Launch Center pachilumba cha Hainan, kotero Xichang sanagwiritsidwe ntchito pafupipafupi. "
    
  "Ndiye, aku China amalola kuti ndege zaku Russia zikhazikitsidwe kuchokera ku China?" Ann anazindikira.
    
  "Inde, amayi," Glenbrook anatero. Anakulitsa chithunzicho. Osati zokhazo, komanso nyumbazi ndizofanana ndi nyumba za ku Plesetsk. N'zotheka kuti nyumbazi zimakhala ndi nyumba, kapena zimapangidwira, njira yachiwiri ya Electron spaceplane, ndipo ngati ndi choncho, zikutanthauza kuti pali ma Electrons asanu ndi limodzi, ndipo mwina ena. Tikuyang'anira malo onsewa kuti tidzayambitsenso ndi kubwezeretsanso m'tsogolomu, koma kutengera nzeru zathu pamene zipangizozi zinayamba kutumizidwa, anthu a ku Russia akhoza kuyambiranso ndegeyi patatha masiku khumi mpaka khumi ndi anayi atachira. Ndi mofulumira modabwitsa. Tsopano zitha kukhala zachangu. "
    
  Anakhala ndi chithunzi cha ku China koma anakulitsa malo ena. "Pali chitukuko china chosangalatsa." Anaunikira zinthu zina ndi cholembera cha laser. Iye anati: "Anthu a ku Russia nthaŵi zambiri amaika mivi yamakono ya S-400 Triumph pamwamba-to-air m"malo awo onse amlengalenga ndi m"malo akuluakulu ankhondo," iye anatero, "koma apa tikuyang"ana pa S-500, mivi yopambana kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi. ." pamwamba-pa-mlengalenga", okhoza komanso amphamvu kangapo kuposa S-400 kapena PAC-3 Patriot yathu. S-500 ili ngati mizinga yapakatikati kusiyana ndi mzinga wamba wopita kumlengalenga, wopangidwira kugunda kwamlengalenga ndi mlengalenga pamtunda wautali kwambiri. Aka ndi kutumizidwa koyamba kwa S-500 kunja kwa Russian Federation, ndipo kuti ili pa malo ankhondo aku China ndizodabwitsa - tikuganiza kuti aku China tsopano atha kupeza chidziwitso chokhudza njira yabwino kwambiri yodzitetezera mpweya yomwe idapangidwapo.
    
  "Mtundu wa 'S' ukuwonetsa kuti udapangidwa kuti uzitha kuchita zinthu zomwe zikufuna mlengalenga - makamaka, malo osungiramo zakuthambo aku US, malo osungiramo zida zamlengalenga ndi zida zapadziko lapansi, komanso zoponya zophonya, zoponya zowuluka pang'ono komanso ndege zozembera," Glenbrook anapitiriza. "Tinafufuza malo odziwika bwino a S-500 kuzungulira Moscow ndi kwina kulikonse, ndipo zomwe tinkakayikira zidatsimikizika: akusuntha ma S-500, omwe nthawi zambiri amakhala mozungulira mizinda yawo ina, ndikumawabalalitsa pamabwalo amlengalenga. Tikuphunziranso za malo opangira zinthu a Almaz-Antni pafupi ndi Moscow ndi St. Petersburg kuti awone ngati pali umboni uliwonse wosonyeza kuti anthu a ku Russia akuwonjezera kupanga S-500. Tikuyembekeza kuti posachedwa apanga S-500 kuwirikiza kanayi ndipo adzakhala ndi batire imodzi ya S-500 yoperekedwa ku gulu lililonse lankhondo la Russia padziko lonse lapansi.
    
  "Zikuwoneka kwa ine kuti akukonzekera osati kungogwira ntchito mumlengalenga, komanso kuthamangitsanso kuwukira kwina pazigawo zawo zakutali," adatero Anne. Iye ndi Phoenix adasinthana kuyang'ana podziwa - kuwukira komaliza kwa ndege zaku America pagulu lankhondo lakunja kunali bomba la B-1B Lancer lomwe liphulitsa zida zankhondo ku People's Republic of China, motsogozedwa ndi a Patrick McLanahan, omwe amkaganiziridwa kuti adamwalira pachiwopsezocho.
    
  "Choncho anyamata anzeru ankaganiza kuti pamene tikuyang'ana zida zina zotsutsana ndi mizinga zomwe anthu a ku Russia kapena aku China akugwiritsira ntchito, akuyang'ana zida zankhondo zowombera," adatero Glenbrook. "Pali maziko atatu odziwika a ndege ya Mikoyan-Gurevich 31D, yomwe imanyamula zida zakutsogolo zaku Russia zolimbana ndi ndege komanso zida za satellite. Tidawerengera pang'ono kuposa momwe timawonera, ndipo tidawerengeranso ma tanker amlengalenga a Il-76 pagawo lililonse. Maziko onse akugwira ntchito ndipo aku Russia akulondera usana ndi usiku - ndi ndege zosachepera ziwiri zotsutsana ndi satelayiti mumlengalenga maola makumi awiri ndi anayi patsiku. /Zisanu ndi ziwiri. Zomwe zimagwira makamaka ndi zoyambira ku Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Yelizovo Air Base ku Russia Far East, Bolshoye Savino Airport kumadzulo chapakati Russia, ndi Chkalovsky Air Base pafupi ndi Moscow. Amayang'anira maulendo ambiri oyeserera, kutengera omenya nkhondo molunjika mpaka pamalo okwera kwambiri.
    
  "MiG-31 yakhala ikutha kwa zaka pafupifupi makumi anayi, koma ili ndi zosintha zina," Glenbrook anapitiriza. "Ndege yokhayo ndi imodzi mwa ndege zothamanga kwambiri padziko lapansi. Kunyamula roketi ya ASAT kumasintha kukhala nkhumba yoweta, koma dongosololi limagwirabe ntchito. Imayatsa mzinga umodzi wosinthidwa wa 9K720, wofanana ndi mzinga waposachedwa wa Iskander theatre ballistic, koma wokhala ndi zida zophulika za millimeter zowongoleredwa ndi zida zapamwamba zogwirira ntchito zakuthambo. Pali mitundu pafupifupi 100 ya D yomwe ikugwira ntchito - mwina zambiri ngati asintha mitundu ina kukhala yotsutsana ndi mawonekedwe kapena kukokera posungira." Anatseka chivundikiro cha piritsi yake, kusonyeza kuti mwachidule chatha.
    
  "Kotero zikuwoneka kuti aku Russia akuyankha zomwe ndapanga pokonzekera mlengalenga, ndipo aku China akuwathandiza ndi mapepala oyambira ndi chithandizo," adamaliza Purezidenti Phoenix. "Maganizo?"
    
  Anne anati: "Palibe amene ankayembekezera. "Taziwona zonsezi zikugwira ntchito m'zaka zingapo zapitazi, kupatula ndege za m'mlengalenga."
    
  "Tiyenera kuganiza kuti apanga zida za Electron izi monga momwe adachitira zaka khumi ndi zinayi zapitazo," adatero Glenbrook. Ananyamula mizinga khumi yotsogozedwa ndi laser yothamanga kwambiri. Palibe mutu wankhondo, koma mutu wankhondo siwofunika - ngati chinthu chikagunda siteshoni kapena satelayiti ikuyenda pamtunda wa mailosi angapo pamphindi, iwononga ndipo mwina iwononga. Ndipo zida zoponyedwa pansi zimathanso kunyamula zida zazing'ono za nyukiliya, zomwezo zomwe zidagwiritsidwa ntchito pomenya nkhondo yaku America pa Holocaust, yomwe, ikaphulitsidwa mkati mwa kilomita imodzi kuchokera pamalopo, imatha kuyitumiza molunjika. Ngakhale akanaphonya zambiri kuposa pamenepo, mphamvu ya radiation ndi electromagnetic pulse zikadawononga kwambiri siteshoniyo. "
    
  "Zombo zathu zam'mlengalenga ndizotetezedwa bwino ku radiation, Bill, makamaka zamlengalenga zomwe zili ndi anthu - zimagwira ntchito mumlengalenga kwa zaka zambiri, nthawi zina kwazaka zambiri," adatero Anne. "Koma chida chilichonse cholimbana ndi siteshoniyi chimakhala ndi chiopsezo chachikulu."
    
  "Siteshoniyi ili ndi zida zodzitetezera zomwe ingagwiritse ntchito, sichoncho?" apulezidenti anafunsa. "Ndidawona malo olamulira ku Armstrong. Ananena kuti azitha kuyatsa laser yayikulu ya Skybolt m'masiku ochepa, ndipo amalankhula za laser yaying'ono yomwe angagwiritse ntchito, koma malo osungira zida za orbital sakugwira ntchito. "
    
  "Ndiko kulondola, bwana, zinthu zoyeserera za Starfire zitachotsedwa," adatero Anne. "Mwina tiyenera kuyambitsa zokambirana za zida za Kingfisher ndikubweza omwe sanagwire ntchito."
    
  "Sindinakonzekerebe kuchita izi, Anne," adatero Phoenix, "koma ndikufuna kukhala okonzeka ngati tingazindikire kusuntha kulikonse komwe tikupita kumadera athu, makamaka Armstrong. Zoponya ndi ma air zokhala ndi ma anti-satellite ma MiGs amatha kuyang'anizana ndi zoponya zowulutsidwa ndi nyanja kapena zoponya zapamadzi, sichoncho?
    
  "Inde, bwana," Glenbrook anayankha, "koma kudzatenga nthaŵi kusuntha sitima yapamadzi pamalo ake, ndipo kuwukira kwa Russia pa siteshoni ya m"mlengalenga ya Armstrong kungachitike mofulumira kwambiri. Ngati Russia ingathe kugonjetsa chitetezo cha siteshoniyi, akhoza kuigwetsa kuchokera kumwamba. Kuphatikizika kwa kuwukira kwa Electron spaceplane, mizinga yowulutsidwa ndi mpweya, ndi zida zowulutsa pansi zowulutsa pansi zomwe zimawukira nthawi imodzi zitha kuchita izi. "
    
  Purezidenti anagwedeza mutu, koma anakhala chete kwa mphindi zingapo; ndiye: "Tiyeni tipatse mwayi wolankhulana komanso mitu yabwino tisanagwiritse ntchito zida zamlengalenga," adatero pomaliza pake. "Kugwetsa Armstrong pansi kungakhale ngati kuwukira wonyamulira ndege kapena gulu lankhondo: nkhondo. Gryzlov si wamisala choncho. "
    
  "Russia idachita zonse m'mbuyomu, bwana," Anne adakumbutsa Purezidenti. "Abambo ake a Gennady anali katswiri pa kuukira kwachisawawa ku United States pa nthawi ya nkhondo ya ku America, yomwe inapha anthu ochuluka kuwirikiza kakhumi kuposa Pearl Harbor."
    
  "Ndikudziwa, Anne, koma sindine wokonzeka kukulitsa vutoli ngati ndingapewe," adatero Phoenix. "Ndikuvomereza kugwiritsa ntchito zida zonse zodzitchinjiriza zomwe zikugwiritsidwa ntchito pano, kuphatikiza laser yamankhwala, koma palibe zida zokhumudwitsa."
    
  "Kodi ndinganene kuti mutsegule jenereta ya magnetohydrodynamic mu Armstrong space station, bwana?" Anne anafunsa. Anne Page sanali mlengi wa Skybolt missile defense system, komanso chimodzi mwa zinthu zake zamakono zamakono: MHD, kapena magnetohydrodynamic generator, chipangizo cha nyukiliya chomwe chinapanga mazana a megawatts a mphamvu kwa Skybolt free electron laser. popanda kusokoneza dongosolo la kayendedwe ka siteshoni ya Armstrong kapena njira yowuluka ya orbital. "Yakhala ikupangidwa kwazaka zingapo ndipo zimatenga tsiku limodzi kapena awiri kuti ndiyatse ndikuyesedwa. Zinthu zikafika poipa, zingakhale bwino Skybolt ikapezeka posachedwa. "
    
  "Kodi mukunena za jenereta yomwe imathandizira laser yayikulu ya Skybolt?" - Phoenix adafunsa. Anne anagwedeza mutu. "Ndikudziwa kuti sitinavomereze mgwirizano woletsa zida zamlengalenga, koma tidachita ngati kuti panganoli likugwira ntchito. Kodi izi ziphwanya mgwirizano?"
    
  Anne anaganiza kwa kamphindi, kenako anagwedeza. "Sindine katswiri wa zida kapena loya, bwana, koma kwa ine jenereta yamagetsi si chida, ngakhale ili ndi zida zanyukiliya. "Skybolt ndi chida, ndipo zina mwa zigawo zake zimagwiritsidwa ntchito ndi ophunzira a Cal Poly kuti atumize magetsi ku Earth." Adazengereza, kenako anawonjezera kuti, "Akhoza kutipatsa chitetezo chaukazembe pakafunika kufunikira, bwana."
    
  "Sagwiritsa ntchito jenereta yayikulu, sichoncho? Sindinaperekepo chilolezo cha izi. "
    
  "Starfire's microwave laser laser imayendetsedwa ndi mphamvu yotengedwa ndi mapanelo adzuwa a ophunzira," adatero Anne. "Jenereta ya MHD ikadali yolumikizidwa ku Skybolt, koma ma elekitironi aulere sangathe kuthamangitsidwa popanda kulumikiza zida za Starfire ndikulumikiza zida za Skybolt m'malo mwake. Sindikudziwa kuti zitenga nthawi yayitali bwanji, koma ophunzirawo adakhazikitsa Starfire mwachangu, ndiye ngati kuli kofunikira, ndikuganiza kuti titha kubwezeretsa Skybolt ndikuthamanga mwachangu. "
    
  Purezidenti anaganiza izi kwa mphindi zingapo, kenako adagwedeza mutu kusonyeza kuvomereza. "Malinga ngati laser yayikulu yowononga sitimayo sigwira ntchito popanda kulamula, ndimavomereza jenereta kuti iyambike ndikuyesedwa," adatero. "Ndikuganiza kuti tidikirira kudziwitsa anthu aku Russia kuti tikuyesa jenereta yayikulu mpaka posachedwa."
    
  "Ndivomereza," anatero Anne. "Koma ngati mukufuna kuthana ndi anthu aku Russia, mungafunike kuganiziranso ndondomeko yanu ya mlengalenga ndi kuchepetsa asilikali. Mwachitsanzo, kutha kwa chilengezo cha mayendedwe olandilidwa kukhala chuma chodzilamulira cha Amereka-Gryzlov anawoneka woipidwa kwambiri ndi zimenezi."
    
  "Ndichita izi ngati kuli kofunikira, mwachiyembekezo osati chisankho chisanachitike," Purezidenti adatero. "Ndizo zida zambiri za Barbeau."
    
  "Tikhoza kunena zomwe Bill watiuza kumene," adatero Anne. "Ngati tiwonetsa dziko la Russia likumanga zida zake zakumlengalenga, mfundo zanu zakuthambo ziziwoneka ngati zovomerezeka zoteteza dziko."
    
  "Koma Barbeau anganene kuti Russia ikungochita zomwe ndapanga," Purezidenti adatero. "Sindingakonde kutsata njira iyi. Ndiganiza zopumula malamulo anga, makamaka okhudzana ndi chitetezo cha malo athu ndi ma mayendedwe - mukulondola, ndikuganiza kuti ndi gawo lomwe lidavutitsa Gryzlov. Tikukhulupirira kuti izi zitha kudikirira mpaka chisankho chitatha. " Anatembenukira kwa mlangizi wake wa chitetezo cha dziko. "Bill, ndiyenera kudziwa nthawi yomwe zidzatengere kuti zida za Kingfisher ziyambe kugwira ntchito, ndipo ndikufuna kuyang'ana zolimbikitsa ndege zambiri momwe ndingathere. Sindikufuna kusamutsa mphamvu zilizonse, koma ndikufuna kudziwa kuti zidzatenga nthawi yayitali bwanji kuti ndiwononge chilichonse chomwe chikuwopseza malo athu. Ndikukumbukira kuti nthawi ina tinali ndi zida zambiri zoyambitsa mlengalenga - ndikufuna kudziwa zomwe Joe Gardner anachita nawo. "
    
  "Inde, bwana," Glenbrook anatero ndikuchoka.
    
  Atachoka, Purezidenti adathira kapu yake yachitatu ya khofi m'mawa womwewo - zomwe, m'malingaliro ake, sichinali chizindikiro chabwino. "Ndimadana ndi kubweretsa ndale pazisankho izi, Anne," adatero. "Iyi si njira yomwe iyenera kuchitikira."
    
  "Mwina ayi, koma ndi moyo weniweni, Ken," adatero Anne. "Purezidenti wa dziko la United States mwina sangathe kudzilekanitsa ndi ndale, makamaka panthawi ya chisankho. Umo ndi momwe zilili.
    
  "Ndiye tiyeni tibwerere ku kampeni, Anne," adatero Phoenix. "Lero tikambirana chiyani?"
    
  "Muli ndi tsiku lopuma, ndipo ndikukupemphani kuti mukacheze ndi banja lanu chifukwa mudzakhala pa kampeni pafupifupi tsiku lililonse mpaka tsiku lachisankho," wachiwiri kwa purezidenti adatero. "Mpikisano womaliza wa West Coast uyamba mawa m'mawa. Tasungitsa malo a Phoenix, San Diego ndi Los Angeles, koma kampeniyi yanenanso kuti kuyimitsidwa pang'ono kumpoto ndi pakati pa California. Kwachedwa - FAA ikufuna kukhala ndi chidziwitso choposa masiku awiri kuti mutseke malo ozungulira ma eyapoti omwe mukuwulukira ku Air Force One, koma tikawadziwitsa m'mawa uno, zikhala bwino.
    
  "Ndikupempha kuti tiyime katatu tisanafike ku Portland ndi Seattle," Anne anapitiriza, akuwerenga pakompyuta yake ya piritsi. "Choyamba, bungwe la NASA la Ames Research Center pafupi ndi San Jose, lomwe limayesa njira yamphepo yaukadaulo wosiyanasiyana wa zakuthambo; chomera cha Aerojet Rocketdyne kum'maŵa kwa Sacramento, chomwe chimapanga injini za kalasi yatsopano yamagalimoto onyamula katundu wolemetsa; ndi San Luis Obispo kuti akakhale nawo pamwambo woyeserera wa Starfire solar orbital power plant. Muli msonkhano umodzi mumzinda uliwonse komanso chakudya chamadzulo chopezera ndalama ku San Jose. Pambuyo pake, amapita ku Portland ndi Seattle, ku mwambo wa chikumbutso ku Fairchild Air Force Base yomwe kale inali pafupi ndi Spokane kuti adziwe chikondwerero cha ku America cha Holocaust, kenako ku Boise kukamaliza ulendo wa West Coast. Ndiye inu mupanga njira yanu kummawa. Mizinda itatu pa tsiku tsiku lachisankho lisanafike. Ndiyima pang'ono pagombe lakum'mawa ndikupita kumadzulo pamene iwe ukupita kummawa."
    
  "Pew," adatero Purezidenti. "Ndili wokondwa kuti iyi ikhala kampeni yanga yomaliza - ndizabwino kukumana ndi anyamatawa, koma zimakusokonezani kwambiri." Analingalira zosintha mapulani, koma osati motalika: "Pitirizani kuwonjezera malo oima ku Northern California, Ann. Ndidzapumula ndikadzafa."
    
  "Inde, bwana," wachiwiri kwa purezidenti adatero, adatenga foni ndikudziwitsa antchito ake kuti achitepo kanthu. Atamaliza, adafunsa, "Tisanachenjeze a FAA, bwana, ndili ndi funso: Kodi mungafune kuchedwetsa kuyesa kwamagetsi adzuwa a orbital ndi ulendo wopita ku station ya Brad McLanahan ndi Casey Huggins, ophunzira aku koleji. kuchokera ku California?" The Space Problem Situation "Yayamba kutentha, ndipo kuwombera koyesaku kukukhudzidwa kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi. kuyesa kuthetsedwa ndipo malo opangira mlengalenga adzaloledwa kuyaka mumlengalenga."
    
  "Ndawerenga za zionetsero izi," Purezidenti adatero, akugwedeza mutu wake. "Izi zikuwoneka ngati zofanana ndi zomwe takhala tikumva kuchokera ku mabungwe omasuka akutali kwa zaka makumi ambiri: kupita patsogolo kwaumisiri ndi koipa kwa anthu, nyama, mtendere wapadziko lonse, osauka ndi dziko lapansi. Armstrong makamaka amapeza makina osindikizira oipa, makamaka ndikuganiza chifukwa akuwonekera kwambiri kumwamba ndipo kumanzere kumaganiza kuti tikuzonda aliyense padziko lapansi ndipo ndi okonzeka kugwiritsa ntchito kuwala kwa imfa kuwombera aliyense. Sakudziwa zomwe akuchita pa Armstrong space station. Ndimatha kulankhula mpaka nditayamba kudandaula za zomwe ndakumana nazo komanso luso lazopangapanga zomwe zandithandiza, koma ndikhala ndikuwononga nthawi yanga.
    
  Ken Phoenix anaganiza za izo kwa kamphindi, kenaka anagwedeza mutu wake. "Ann, sindikuletsa ntchito yanga yaukadaulo wamumlengalenga ndi chitukuko chifukwa anthu aku Russia kapena mtedza wina wakumanzere amaganiza kuti ichi ndi chiyambi cha kutha kwa dziko," adatero. "Tiyeni tiyese kuyembekezera ndikukonzekera zomwe maguluwa kapena anthu aku Russia angachite pambuyo poyeserera, koma sindiwaletsa. Kungakhale kunyoza khama lomwe ophunzirawa achita pantchitoyi. Iyi ndi ntchito yamtendere: kutumiza mphamvu kwa aliyense amene akuzifuna, pafupifupi kulikonse padziko lapansi. Ichi ndi chinthu chabwino. Kumanzere akhoza kunena chilichonse chomwe akufuna pa izi, koma ndi momwe ziliri. Ayi, tikupita patsogolo.
    
    
  SAN LUIS OBISPO REGIONAL AIRPORT
  MADZULO AWO
    
    
  Brad anakhala pa desiki pamalo osungiramo ndege pa bwalo la ndege la San Luis Obispo Regional Airport, akuyang'ana zomwe zikuchitika pakompyuta yake pamene maulendo aposachedwa, mamapu, malo ndi zopinga zidawunikiridwa kudzera pa satellite molunjika ku ndege ya abambo ake ya Cessna P210 Silver Eagle yomwe idayima kumbuyo kwake. Silver Eagle inali yaing'ono koma yamphamvu kwambiri Cessna P210 yosinthidwa ndi injini ya 450-horsepower turbine injini ndi mndandanda wautali wa avionics apamwamba kwambiri ndi machitidwe ena, kupanga ndege yazaka makumi atatu kukhala imodzi mwazotsogola kwambiri padziko lapansi.
    
  Foni yake inalira ndipo anayang'ana pa ID yemwe ankamuyimbirayo, sanadabwe kuti sanaizindikire - wakhala akufunsa mafunso ambiri pawailesi yakanema moti ankangoyankha osayang'ana kuti, "Moni. Uyu ndi Brad, Project Starfire."
    
  "Bambo McLanahan? Dzina langa ndine Yvette Annikki, Wofufuza Wamkulu ku European Space Daily. Tidalankhula mwachidule pamsonkhano wanu atolankhani mu labotale yanu masiku angapo apitawa. "
    
  Sanadziŵe dzinalo, koma anazindikiradi katchulidwe kake konyansa. "Sindikuganiza kuti ndinapeza dzina lanu pamsonkhano wa atolankhani," Brad anatero, "koma ndikukumbukira kuti ndinaliona pandandanda wa atolankhani. Muli bwanji usikuuno?"
    
  "Chabwino kwambiri, zikomo, Bambo McLanahan."
    
  "Brad, chonde."
    
  "Zikomo, Brad," anatero Yvette. "Ndangobwerera ku San Luis Obispo kuti ndikakhale nawo paphwando lanu lolandiridwa usikuuno ndikuwona mayeso a Starfire, ndipo ndinali ndi mafunso ena owonjezera. Ukadali mu town?"
    
  "Inde. Koma ndikunyamuka kupita ku Battle Mountain m'mawa kwambiri. "
    
  "O, zowona, kuwuluka kupita ku siteshoni ya mlengalenga ya Armstrong m'ndege yapakati pausiku. Zabwino zonse."
    
  "Zikomo". Damn, mawu amenewo anali odabwitsa, Brad anaganiza.
    
  "Sindikufuna kukuvutitsani, koma ngati muli ndi ufulu, ndingakonde kukufunsani mafunso angapo kuti ndimve maganizo anu pankhani yopita kumalo okwerera mlengalenga," anatero Yvette. "Ndikhoza kukhala pa campus mumphindi zochepa."
    
  Brad anati: "Sindili pasukulupo. "Ndikukonzekera ndege isananyamuke pokonzekera ulendo wopita ku Battle Mountain."
    
  "Kodi uli ndi ndege yako, Brad?"
    
  "Ichi chinali cha abambo anga. Ndimawulutsa mwayi uliwonse womwe ndingapeze. "
    
  "Ndi zosangalatsa bwanji! Ndimakonda ufulu wakuthawa. Ndizosangalatsa kwambiri kukwera ndege yanu ndikunyamuka kupita kwinakwake mwadzidzidzi."
    
  Brad anati: "Ndithudi. "Kodi ndinu woyendetsa ndege?"
    
  "Ndili ndi chilolezo choyendetsa ndege ku Europe," adatero Yvette. "Sindikanatha kuwuluka kuchokera ku San Luis Obispo kupita ku Battle Mountain. Ndikukhulupirira kuti ndi ulendo wosavuta pa ndege yanu. "
    
  Brad anati: "Ulendowu umatenga pafupifupi maola 9. "Nditha kuchita pakangodutsa ziwiri."
    
  "Zodabwitsa. Iyenera kukhala ndege yabwino kwambiri. "
    
  "Mukufuna kuwona izi?"
    
  "Sindikufuna kukukakamizani, Brad," anatero Yvette. "Muli ndi masiku ofunika kwambiri patsogolo panu, ndipo ndili ndi mafunso angapo."
    
  "Si vuto," anatero Brad. "Pitani kumwera kwa Broad Street, tembenuzirani kumanja ku Airport Road ndikuyimirira potuluka pomwe palembedwa kuti 'General Aviation' kumanzere. Ndituluka ndikukutsegulirani."
    
  "Chabwino ... Ndikufuna kuwona ndege yanu, koma sindikufuna kukuvutitsani."
    
  "Ayi konse. Ndikungodikira ndege kuti isinthe yokha. Kampaniyo ingakhale yabwino. "
    
  "Chabwino, zikatero, ndingakonde kukhala nanu," anatero Yvette. "Ndikhoza kukhala komweko mkati mwa mphindi khumi. Ndikuyendetsa Volvo yoyera yobwereka."
    
  Patangotha mphindi khumi ndendende, galimoto yoyera ya Volvo inanyamuka kupita ku nyumba yofikirako. Brad anadutsa pachipata chodutsa ndi kusesa khadi lake lolowera pa owerenga, ndipo chipata chodutsa pagalimoto chinayamba kutseguka. Analumphira panjinga yake ndikubwerera kumalo ake osungiramo ndege, Volvo ili pafupi.
    
  Brad anasiya zitseko ziwiri za hangar zili zotseguka ndipo magetsi amkati akuyaka kuti Yvette azitha kuwona Silver Eagle pamene amadzuka. "Ndasangalala kukuonanso Brad," anatero akutsika m"galimotomo. Anamugwira chanza kenako n"kumupatsa business card. "I hope wandikumbukira?"
    
  "Inde, ndikufuna kutero," anatero Brad. Damn, adadziwona yekha, ndi wokonda kwambiri kuposa nthawi yapitayi. Anatembenuka n"kuloza ndegeyo. "Ndi uyu akubwera."
    
  "Izi nzodabwitsa!" Yvette anazindikira. "Ukuwoneka kuti ukusunga mumkhalidwe wabwinobwino."
    
  Brad anati: "Ndimaganizabe kuti ndi ndege ya bambo anga, choncho ndimayesetsa kuikonza mpata uliwonse umene ndingapeze ndikuiyeretsa ndikangonyamuka ulendo uliwonse.
    
  Yvette anati: "Bambo ako anali munthu wamkulu. "Pepani kwambiri chifukwa cha kutaya kwanu."
    
  Brad nthawi zonse ankayenera kukumbukira kutengera malingaliro awa omwe atolankhani amamuwuza nthawi zonse - zinali zovuta, koma akukula bwino ponamizira kuti abambo ake adamwaliradi. "Zikomo," anayankha motero.
    
  Yvette adalowa mnyumbamo ndikuyamba kusirira ndegeyo. "Ndiye. Ndiuzeni za ndege yanu yachigololo, Brad McLanahan. "
    
  "Imatchedwa Silver Eagle, Cessna P21¢ Centurion yomwe injini yake ya 310-horsepower piston yasinthidwa ndi injini ya 450-horsepower jet-fueled turboprop," adatero Brad. "Ilinso ndi zosintha zina zambiri. Liwiro loyenda pafupifupi mamailosi mazana awiri ndi makumi asanu pa ola, limayenda mamailo chikwi chimodzi, denga la mamita makumi awiri ndi zitatu.
    
  "Uwu". Adamwetulira moyipa Brad nati, "Izi zingamupangitse kuti akhale woyenera kulowa nawo Four Miles High Club, osati Miles High Club eti?" Brad anayesa kuseka barb wake, koma zidangotuluka ngati kufota kwamwano pomwe adayamba kusokonezedwa, akudabwa kuti gehena adakwanitsa bwanji kulowa nawo gululi mumsasa wa Silver Eagle. "Ndipo mwati ndegeyo yadzisintha yokha?"
    
  "Zosintha zimawulutsidwa kudzera pa satelayiti," adatero Brad, akusiya malingaliro ake. "Ndikawafuna, ndimangolumikiza ndegeyo kumagetsi akunja, kuyatsa ndikudikirira."
    
  "Izi sizili ngati njira yanthawi zonse yosinthira ma avionics ndi nkhokwe."
    
  "Ndegeyi ili ndi zowonjezera zingapo zomwe sizinapezeke kwa ena onse oyendetsa ndege," adatero Brad. "Bambo anga adagwiritsa ntchito ndege yawo ngati bedi loyesera zinthu zambiri zapamwamba." Analoza mpira wawung'ono womwe unakwera pakati pa phiko lakumanja lakumunsi. "Adagwiritsa ntchito ndegeyi poyang'anira ndi Civil Air Patrol zaka zambiri zapitazo, kotero adayika masensa awa pamapiko. Ndiwo kukula kwa mipira ya tenisi, koma amatha kuyang'ana maekala makumi awiri pamphindikati, masana kapena usiku, kuchokera kumbali zonse za ndegeyo ndi malingaliro asanu ndi limodzi. Zithunzizi zimaperekedwa kwa olandila pansi kapena zitha kuwonetsedwa pazowonetsa zamitundu yambiri mu cockpit ndi chidziwitso chowuluka kapena kuyenda. Ndatera kangapo mumdima wandiweyani popanda kuyatsa pogwiritsa ntchito sensor iyi. "
    
  "Sindinamvepo za izi ndi sensor yaying'ono ngati iyi," adatero Yvette.
    
  Brad anati: "Ndikhoza kuchita zinthu m"ndege imeneyi zimene sizidzapezeka kwa anthu wamba kwa zaka zosachepera zisanu, mwina khumi. "Zilolezo zodziwikiratu, malingaliro owongolera kayendetsedwe ka ndege, kukonzekera ndege zokha ndikuwongoleranso, ma avionics oyendetsedwa ndi mawu, malo ambiri."
    
  "Kodi ndingalembe za izi, Brad?" Yvette anafunsa. "Kodi ndingauze owerenga anga za izi?"
    
  Brad anaganiza kamphindi, kenaka ananjenjemera. "Sindikuwona chifukwa chake," adatero. "Sizikudziwika ngati 'chinsinsi chachikulu' kapena china chilichonse chonga icho - sichikupezekabe kwa oyendetsa ndege. Zonsezi zavomerezedwa ndi ma feed, koma sizinapangidwe kapena kugulitsidwa. "
    
  "Koma izi zikuyimira tsogolo la ndege zambiri," adatero Yvette. "Ndikukhulupirira kuti owerenga anga angakonde kuwerenga za nkhaniyi. Kodi ndingapeze ma satifiketi amtundu wowonjezera ndi zovomerezeka zamakina odabwitsawa?"
    
  "Zowonadi, zonsezi ndi chidziwitso cha anthu," adatero Brad. "Ndikadzabweranso, ndidzakutengerani zonsezi."
    
  "Zikomo kwambiri," anatero Yvette. "Ndikuwona kuti ndiyenera kupitanso ku San Luis Obispo mukabwerako ..." Anayang'ana m'maso mwake ndikumwetulira moyipa pang'ono. Osati kokha kuti mundiuze za kuwuluka kwanu mumlengalenga, komanso kuti mundiuze zambiri za ndege yanu yochititsa chidwi. Kodi ndingayang'ane mkati mwa likulu la kilabu lalitali mamailosi anayi?"
    
  "Inde," anatero Brad. Anamutsegulira chitseko, kenako anayang'ana pa khadi lake la bizinesi pamene amasilira mkati mwake-ndipo inde, amasilira bulu wake wokoma, yemwe anagwedezeka pamaso pake pamene akuyang'ana mkati mwa ndege. "Kodi mumakhala ku San Francisco? Iyinso ndi ndege yosavuta. Mwina ndingakutengereni ku San Carlos ndipo titha kukwera ndege yoyesa ndikudyera nkhomaliro ku Half Moon Bay?
    
  "Zikumveka bwino, Brad," adatero Yvette.
    
  "Yvette. Ndi dzina lokongola, "adawonjezera Brad.
    
  "Zikomo. Mayi anga ndi a ku France ndipo bambo anga ndi a ku Sweden." Iye anatembenukira kwa iye. "Ndiwe wowolowa manja kwambiri ndi - O!" Brad anatembenukira kumene ankayang'ana ndipo anadabwa kupeza Chris Wall ataima pafupi ndi iye, manja ake ali m'matumba a jekete yake. "Moni, bwana. Tingakuthandizeni?"
    
  "Ndi bwenzi langa," anatero Brad. "Yvette, kukumana ndi Chris. Chris, Yvette, mtolankhani waku European Space Daily. Awiriwo anayang"anana molunjika. "Chikuchitika ndi chiyani, Chris?"
    
  Vol anakhala chete kwa mphindi zingapo, kuyang'ana pa Yvette; Kenako: "Pali zinthu zingapo zofunika zimene tiyenera kukambirana musananyamuke, ngati muli ndi kamphindi."
    
  "Inde," anatero Brad, akuphethira modabwa. Panali chinachake chimene chikuchitika apa - chifukwa chiyani Brad sanachizindikire ...? "Yvette, unga-"
    
  "Ndakutengerani nthaŵi yokwanira, Brad," anatero Yvette. "Ndikhoza kukutumizirani imelo mafunso omwe ndili nawo. Ngati muli ndi nthawi musananyamuke, chonde yankhani; Apo ayi, atha kudikirira mpaka tidzakumanenso mutanyamuka ulendo wanu. Anatambasula dzanja lake ndipo Brad analigwedeza, ndiyeno Yvette adatsamira kutsogolo ndikumpsompsona pa tsaya. "Zabwino kwambiri pakuthawa kwanu komanso kuyesa kuwombera. Ndikukhulupirira kuti mukuyenda bwino komanso mukuyenda bwino. Kenako anatambasula dzanja lake kwa Ng'ombe. "Ndakondwa kukudziwani, Chris," adatero. Pambuyo pa kugunda kwamtima pang'ono movutikira, Vol pang'onopang'ono adatulutsa dzanja lake lamanja m'thumba ndikumugwira chanza, osachotsa maso ake. Yvette anamwetulira ndi kugwedeza mutu, kumwetuliranso kwachikondi kwa Brad, analowa m'galimoto yake napita.
    
  Pamene sanawonekere, Brad adatembenukira ku Vol. "Kodi chikuchitika ndi chiyani, Sergeant Major? Mwapereka mawu ochenjeza 'zinthu zofunika'. Chikuchitikandi chiyani?"
    
  "Ndi ndani?" Vol anafunsa motsitsa mawu moopseza.
    
  "Mtolankhani wa European Space Daily, blog yazamlengalenga yochokera ku Austria." Brad anam"patsa khadi la bizinesi la Yvette. "Ndidalankhula naye kale, pamsonkhano wa atolankhani."
    
  "Kodi munamuyang'ana musanamuyitane pano kuti akumaneni?"
    
  "Ayi, koma adayesedwa ndi yunivesite ndikupatsidwa zidziwitso za atolankhani komanso mwayi wopita kusukulu," Brad adayankha, akuyang'ana Vol, yemwe adawoneka kuti ali ndi nkhawa ndi zomwe adakumana nazo.
    
  "Chimp amatha kupeza zidziwitso za atolankhani komanso mwayi wopeza nthochi zokwanira, Trigger," adatero Wohl, pogwiritsa ntchito chikwangwani chatsopano cha Brad, chomwe adapatsidwa pambuyo pa kuwombera kwa Paso Robles - samadziwa ngati izi zikutanthauza kuwomberako kapena kuti iye anali bulu wa kavalo. "Simunamuyang'ane, koma mudamuyitanira kunyumba kwanu, usiku yekha?"
    
  "Abambo akundiyendera," anatero Brad. Anayiwala kuti bambo ake amatha kupeza makamera achitetezo omwe ali munyumba yosungiramo zinthu komanso kuyang'anira mafoni ake, ndipo adazindikira kuti Patrick adayimbiranso aliyense yemwe anali pafupi kuti apite ku bwalo la ndege kuti akamuwone zomwe watolankhaniyo.
    
  "Mwina mwapulumutsa bulu wanu, Trigger," adatero Vol.
    
  "Chabwino, chabwino, ndaphwanya njira zodzitetezera komanso zowunikira," adatero Brad. "Iwe ndi gulu lako munakhala mumzinda kwa miyezi ingapo popanda chenjezo limodzi, popanda chenjezo limodzi. Tsopano, chifukwa chiyani mawu ochenjeza mwadzidzidzi? Ukudziwa bwanji kuti ndi wowopsa?"
    
  "Sindikudziwa motsimikiza - komabe - koma ndikukayikira kwambiri, ndipo ndizo zonse zomwe ndikufunikira," adatero Wohl. Kwa nthawi yoyamba kuyambira pomwe Brad adagwira ntchito ndi Chris Wall, adawona sergeant wamkulu wopuma pantchito akuzengereza, ngati kuti ... wamanyazi? Chris Wohl, Sergeant wa US Marine Corps wopuma pantchito yemwe amasamala za zomwe aliyense amaganiza za iye ...?
    
  "Bwanji, Sergeant Major?" Adatero Brad.
    
  "Ndimapeza muyeso ndi ... zomwe zimayembekezeredwa kuchokera kwa anthu pamene ndinakumana nawo koyamba, makamaka ... makamaka akazi," adatero Wohl.
    
  "Ndiloleni ndiganizire: amanjenjemera m'mimba ataona kuwala kwanu kwayaka," Brad anatero modekha. Ndinachitanso chimodzimodzi nditangokuonani koyamba.
    
  "Ndi ulemu wonse, Trigger, wononga," adatero Vol. Izi, Brad adaganiza, ndiye Chris Wall weniweni yemwe amamudziwa. "Simunaona izi ndi bwenzi lanu Yvette, sichoncho? Munali osasamala mu njira zanu zotsutsana ndi nzeru, sichoncho? "
    
  "Mukunena chiyani, Sergeant Major?"
    
  "Kodi waona mmene mnzako Yvette anachitira atandiona?" - Vol anafunsa.
    
  "Inde. Anadabwa. Pang'ono." Koma Brad anakumbukira ndi kukonzanso yankho lake. "Ndipo zosangalatsa."
    
  "Mukuganiza choncho, Trigger?" - Vol anafunsa.
    
  "Ine..." Brad anaima kaye. Mulungu, iye anaganiza, ine ndaphonya kotheratu chinachake chimene chimadetsa nkhawa wamkulu wakale wa Marine, mwinamwake ngakhale ... amamuopseza? Analingalira mozama, kenaka anati, "Zowonadi, anali wosokonekera kwambiri. N"zoona kuti sanakuyankheni modabwa kapena kudabwa, monga mmene ndaonerapo ngakhale amuna akuluakulu. Koma anali waulemu."
    
  "Mwaulemu, inde," anatero Vol. "China ndi chiyani? Kodi anali kuyesera kuti akwaniritse chiyani pokhala wabwino kwa mlendo wonyansa, wowoneka modabwitsa yemwe mwadzidzidzi adawonekera kumbuyo kwake, zomwe samayembekezera? Akuganizanso chiyani, Trigger?"
    
  "Iye ..." Malingaliro a Brad anali kuthamanga, kuyesera kuti apeze zomwe Chris Wall mwachiwonekere anali atawoneratu kale, zomwe iye mwini ayenera kuti anazindikira ngati sanasokonezedwe ndi zakunja - ndiko kuti, zogonana. "Iye...anali kuyesera kuti aone mmene akanati...achite nawe," Brad potsirizira pake anatero.
    
  "Kuchita ndi ine?"
    
  Brad anazengereza kachiwiri, koma yankho linali lomvekera momvetsa chisoni: "Kuchotsa iwe," iye anadziwongolera yekha. Zopenga zoyera, Brad adaganiza, ali ndi maso ndikugwedeza mutu mosakhulupirira. Iye anati: "Ananditsatira bulu wanga, koma munabwera n"kumugwira modzidzimutsa, ndipo sankadziwa choti achite. "Anayenera kupanga chisankho chachiwiri chomaliza chokhudza kuwukira kapena kubwerera, ndipo adaganiza zobwerera. Oo iai... !"
    
  "Pomaliza, mukuganiza mwanzeru," adatero Vol. "Kodi mukuganiza kuti mutakhala miyezi ingapo popanda chilichonse, mudzakhala otetezeka? Inu simungakhoze kukhala olakwa kwambiri. Nthawi nthawi zonse imakondera mlenje wodwala. Izi zimapatsa mdani nthawi yochulukirapo yowonera, kukonzekera, kukonzanso ndikuchita. Kodi mukuganiza kuti chifukwa chakuti anyamatawo sanaukire kwa miyezi isanu ndi umodzi kuti asiya? Zolakwika. Komanso, simungathe kulakwitsa zina. " Vol anakwinya, kuchititsa makwinya pa nkhope yake kuzama. "Tandiuza, Trigger: udzamuwonanso mnzako?"
    
  "Ndithu, akamaliza kundisakaza ndi kubwera kudzandipha," anatero Brad. "Koma ngati mtolankhani? Ayi. Adzamira pansi mozama."
    
  "Ndichomwecho," adatero Vol. "Sanamalize kusaka, koma simudzamuwonanso akufunsanso aliyense, osati ku North America." Anayang'ana uku ndi uku mumdima womwe unali kukula. "Anali ndi mipata ingapo yakujambulani pano pabwalo la ndege, patali, osawonedwa ndi chitetezo kapena makamera, ndipo sanagwiritse ntchito mwayiwo. Kodi izi zikukuuzani chiyani, Trigger?"
    
  "Kuti sakufuna kuchita zimenezi ali patali," anatero Brad. "Amakonda kuchita izi pafupi."
    
  "China ndi chiyani?"
    
  Brad anaganiza kamphindi; ndiye: "Iye saopa kujambulidwa. Amakhulupirira kuti akhoza kuthawa, kapena ali ndi ukonde kumbuyo kwake komwe akutsimikiza kuti angamutulutse.
    
  "Kapena zonse ziwiri," adatero Vol. Anayang'ana khadi la bizinesi. "Sväy. Mu Swedish amatanthauza 'lupanga'. Ndikukhulupirira kuti adasankha dzinalo pachikuto chake pazifukwa zake. " Brad anameza mawu aja. "Iye ndi wamanyazi ndithu, nzotsimikizirika: anasankha chivundikiro chimene chimamusonyeza iye m"zipinda zokhala ndi makamera ambiri ndi maikolofoni, ndipo sawopa kuvala m"njira yokopa chidwi kwa iyemwini-zosiyana ndendende ndi zimene waphunzitsidwa. Iye mwina ndi wopusa kwenikweni kapena wakupha waluso kwambiri. Iye ndithudi classy nkhaka. Ine kubetcherana pali zambiri zithunzi zake mmenemo. Ndipempha timu iyambe kumutsatira." Anaganiza kwa kanthawi. "Huggins ali kale ku Battle Mountain, sichoncho?"
    
  "Casey anayenera kuchoka msanga kuti athe kukwanira suti yake," adatero Brad.
    
  "Nyengo yanji pakati pano ndi Battle Mountain madzulo ano?"
    
  "Mitambo pamwamba pa Sierra, mwina chipwirikiti pang'ono pamwamba, koma chabwino."
    
  "Muli ndi zomwe mwakonza kusukulu usikuuno, sichoncho?"
    
  "College of Engineering ikonza phwando laling'ono la Team Starfire."
    
  "Chinachake chinachitika ndipo munayenera kukanena ku Battle Mountain molawirira kuti mukonzekere kuthawira kumalo okwerera mlengalenga," adatero Wohl. "Mudzapepesa pambuyo pake. Bwenzi lako latsopano Yvette anaitanidwa kuphwando limenelo, eti?" Brad sanalankhule kalikonse, koma kuzindikira kwake kudawonekera pankhope pake. "Ndikadakhala olimba mtima kuti ndiyeserenso tsiku lomwelo, ndipamene ndikanadikirira. Simubwerera ku campus imeneyo. " Iye sanalandire kudzudzulidwa kulikonse kwa Brad-yemwe anadziŵa kuti iye akanayandikira kukhala wogwiriridwa ndi mkaziyo, ngati iye analidi amene iwo ankaganiza kuti iye anali. "Konzekerani ulendo wanu usananyamuke, kenako nyamukani panjira mwamsanga. Ndidikirira pano mpaka unyamuke."
    
  Brad anagwedeza mutu ndikulowa mnyumbamo. Koma asanayambe kukonzekera ulendo wake wonyamuka, anatembenukira ku kamera yachitetezo yomwe inali pakona n"kunena kuti, "Zikomo bambo."
    
  Masekondi angapo pambuyo pake adalandira uthenga pa smartphone yake. Anati, Takulandirani, mwana wanga. Nyamulani bwinobwino.
    
    
  OVER CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
  TSIKU LOTSATIRA
    
    
  "Kuchepetsa kuthamanga," adatero Boomer. Brad McLanahan adadula mphamvu zina ndikulola kuti ndege ya S-19 Midnight ibwerere pomwe idalumikizana kale kumbuyo ndi pansi pa sitima yapamadzi ya Sky Masters Aerospace B-767. Kuchuluka kwa mafuta kunabwereranso pansi pa mchira wa tanki.
    
  "Chilichonse chikuwoneka bwino, Seventh Midnight," liwu lachikazi la makompyuta la wogwiritsa ntchito loboti. "Kodi pali china chilichonse chomwe tingakuchitire, Seven?"
    
  "Zingakhale zabwino kumwa khofi," adatero Boomer, "koma zikakanika, tinene ma adios."
    
  Tanker 767 idayamba kutembenukira kumanzere. "Mbuye Atatu-Mmodzi akumveka, Asanu ndi awiri," liwulo linatero. "Khalani ndi tsiku labwino".
    
  Boomer adakweza visor ya oxygen ya suti yake yamagetsi ya elastomeric, adawonera makompyuta a Midnight Spaceplane akuyendetsa mndandanda wa "After Refueling" ndi "Before Hypersonic Flight", kenako adayang'ana Brad ali pampando wa wamkulu wa mishoni. Chisoti; manja ake ovala magolovesi adatsamira pa zowongolera zam'mbali ndikugwedeza pakatikati, ndipo adakhala momasuka, akuyang'ana kutsogolo, ngati akuwonera TV pampando.
    
  "Ukudziwa, Brad, ndiwe wachiwiri wokwera pamzere womwe ndakhala nawo womwe wachititsa kuti maso anga amve."
    
  "Ndinenenso?" Adatero Brad.
    
  "Purezidenti Woyamba Phoenix, ndipo tsopano inu: anyamata nonse mumachita ngati mwakhala openda zakuthambo kwa zaka zambiri," adatero Boomer. "Mumawulutsa ndege ngati katswiri. Ungoyang'ana kunyumba."
    
  "Sizosiyana kwenikweni ndi bomba la B-1B, Boomer," adatero Brad. Sky Masters Aerospace, motsogozedwa ndi a Patrick McLanahan, adakonzanso mabomba angapo a B-1B Lancer omwe anachotsedwa ntchito ndikuwabwezera, ndipo Brad adaphunzitsidwa kuyendetsa ndege kuchokera ku Battle Mountain kupita ku Guam kuti athane ndi nkhanza za People's Republic of China. oyandikana nawo ku South China. "Imasinthasintha kwambiri pama liwiro apamwamba kwambiri, koma pa subsonic imagwira ngati fupa, ndipo chithunzi chomwe chili pamalo olumikizirana pansi pa tanki chimakhala chofanana ndendende ndi B-1."
    
  "Chabwino, ndachita chidwi," adatero Boomer. "Mumayendetsa ndi dzanja nthawi zambiri pakuthawirako, kuchokera kumpando wakumanja osachepera, ndipo munavala suti ya m'mlengalenga ndi magulovu akuluakulu a mlengalenga kuti muyambe. Mwakonzekera sitepe yotsatira?"
    
  "Ndikukayikira, Boomer," adatero Brad.
    
  "Ndili wokonzeka kubetcha," adatero Boomer. "Kotero, mpaka pano mphamvu ya G-force yoyipa kwambiri yomwe mudakumana nayo idakhalapo ziwiri, koma tsopano ikulirakulira. Tidzagwiritsa ntchito pafupifupi ma G anayi, koma mudzawamva pakapita nthawi yayitali. Ndikulolani kuwuluka pamanja, koma ngati ma g-force achulukira, ndidziwitseni ndipo ndilola George autopilot kuwuwulutsa. Kumbukirani kuti zala zanu zidzalemera pafupifupi kilogalamu iliyonse. Osayesa kukana - nenani kena kake ndipo ndipita ku autopilot."
    
  "Ndichita, Boomer."
    
  "Chabwino. Casey?
    
  "Inde, Boomer?" Casey Huggins adayankha. Anali mu gawo la okwera ndege m'malo onyamula katundu ndi Jessica "Gonzo" Faulkner. Casey anali atavala suti yokakamiza pang'ono yokhala ndi visor yotsekedwa; Gonzo anali atavala zothina EEAS.
    
  "Kumbukirani zomwe tidakuuzani zakuchulukirachulukira," adatero Boomer. "Ngati munayamba mwachitapo masewera olimbitsa thupi m"mbuyomo, mumavutika maganizo mofanana ndi mmene mukumvera panopa, ndipo zimenezi zidzakhalitsa. Mpando wanu udzakuthandizani kupewa kukakamizidwa. Mwakonzeka?"
    
  "Ndakonzeka, Boomer."
    
  "Gonzo?"
    
  "Okonzeka".
    
  "Brad?"
    
  "Ndakonzeka".
    
  "Kenako konzekerani kusangalala, Mtsogoleri wa Mishoni," Boomer adauza Brad. "Wotsogolera ndege wanu ali patsogolo panu. Ine ndikukugwirani inu ndi throttles. Woyang'anira ndege ayang'ane pakati, monga momwe mungachitire mutawululira chida chotera. Tiyamba pafupifupi madigiri khumi ndi awiri ndi mphuno mmwamba, koma idzawonjezeka pamene liwiro likuwonjezeka. Monga mudanenera, S-19 imakonda kupita mofulumira, kotero kuti chiwongolerocho chimamveka chosavuta ngati chimathamanga mofulumira, mpaka titakhala pamwamba pa mlengalenga ndi ndodo zowongolera zimasinthira ku machitidwe olamulira, ndiyeno zimakhala zovuta kwambiri. Tsopano ndikuwonetsa zenera loyika. Macheke atha. Pitani."
    
  Boomer adapititsa patsogolo ma throttles pang'onopang'ono. Brad adadzikakamiza kukhala chete pomwe adamva kuti mathamangitsidwe ndi mphamvu za G zikuyamba kupanga. Anaona mapiko a woyendetsa ndegeyo akukwera mmwamba ndipo anakoka ndodo yolamulira mwamphamvu kwambiri ndipo mapikowo anatsika, zomwe zikutanthauza kuti mphuno yawo inali yokwera kwambiri. "Dekha mtima, Brad. Iye ndi woterera. Zowongolera zowala." Brad anasiya kugwira zowongolera ndi kulondolera mapiko a woyendetsa ndege mofatsa kupita ku piramidi. "Ndi zimenezo," adatero Boomer. "Musamayembekezere. Zolemba zabwino zosavuta. "
    
  Manambala a Mach adatsika mwachangu kwambiri ndipo adachoka ku turbojet kupita ku scramjet mode mwachangu kuposa momwe Brad angaganizire. "Makilomita makumi asanu ndi limodzi mphambu ziwiri mmwamba, Brad ndi Casey - zikomo, ndinu openda zakuthambo aku America," adatero Boomer. "Aliyense ali bwanji?"
    
  "Zokongola ... zabwino," adatero Casey, akudzilimbitsa mtima chifukwa cha zovuta. "Muli bwanji...motalika bwanji?"
    
  "Kwangotsala mphindi zochepa kenako tisintha kukhala zida zophonya," adatero Boomer. "Kuchulukira kudzalumpha kuchokera pa atatu mpaka anayi - kumtunda pang'ono, koma sikukhalitsa." Anayang'ana Brad, yemwe sanasunthe ngakhale pang'ono panthawi yothamanga. "Muli bwino pamenepo, mission command?"
    
  "Ndili bwino, Boomer."
    
  "Mukuchita bwino. Muli ndi mpikisano pano, Gonzo."
    
  "Sindinakhale ndi tchuthi kwa nthawi yayitali-Brad amatha kusinthana," adatero Gonzo.
    
  Mphindi zochepa pambuyo pake, injini za scramjet zinali ndi mphamvu zonse ndipo Boomer adayika Leopards mumayendedwe a rocket. Anaona kupendekeka kwina pang'ono pampando wowongolera ndege, ngakhale Brad anali atakhala mowongoka ndipo samaoneka ngati akusuntha minofu. "Kodi zonse zili bwino, Brad?"
    
  "Ndi... Ndikuganiza choncho ..."
    
  "Yendani mu paki," adatero Boomer. "Musaganize kuti ngati mutatsika madigiri opitilira awiri, mutha kutitulutsa mumlengalenga mailosi 2,000 mpaka titaphwanyika ndikubwerera ku Dziko lapansi m'zidutswa zamoto."
    
  "Zikomo ... zikomo, bwanawe," Brad anadandaula.
    
  "Ndikuwona kuti mwachotsa malingaliro anu ku GS," adatero Boomer, "ndipo maphunziro anu apita patsogolo kwambiri." Ndipo panthawiyo "akambuku" adazimitsa, ndipo kuchuluka kwake kunasiya. "Mwaona? Palibe vuto ndipo tili panjira. Ndiyatsa George kuti mupumule kwa mphindi imodzi ndikupumanso bwino. " Kwa nthawi yoyamba m'maola angapo, Brad adachotsa dzanja lake ndikuwongolera. "Zititengera pafupifupi theka la ola kuti tifike ku station."
    
  Brad adamva ngati wangotha maola awiri akumenyedwa ndi Chris Wall ndi gulu lake lomenyera masewera olimbitsa thupi. "Kodi tingakweze visor?" anafunsa.
    
  Boomer adayang'ana zowerengera zachilengedwe. "Inde, mungathe," iye anatero. "Kuthamanga kwa kabati ndi kobiriwira, kowoneka bwino kukweza visor. Tipatsa Brad mphindi imodzi kuti apume - anali ndi masewera olimbitsa thupi abwino, akuyendetsa ndege ya m'mlengalenga kuchokera pa ziro kufika pa mach makumi awiri ndi asanu. M'mphindi zingapo, ndimupempha kuti abwerere ku gawo la okwera ndikufunsa Casey kuti abwere kudzakwera. Aliyense amakhala womasuka komanso womasuka kuyenda mozungulira kanyumbako. "
    
  Brad anakweza kavalo wake, ndiyeno anapeza botolo lake lamadzi nalipereka mozama, kuonetsetsa kuti milomo yake imangirira mozungulira chubucho ndi kuthira madziwo m"kamwa mwake kotero kuti minyewa yapakhosi yake isalowe nayo m"mimba-mphamvu yokoka sinathenso. chitirani iye. Zinathandiza kuti m'mimba mwake mukhale pansi, koma pang'ono. Anayika botolo lamadzi, kenako anati, "Chabwino, Casey, ndakonzeka."
    
  Zinatengera kung'ung'udza, kubuula, kugunda ndi kumenyetsa chisoti, koma Brad adakwanitsa kuyimirira pampando wake ndikuyenda kupita kumalo otsekera ndege. "Sizoyipa kwa nthawi yoyamba, Brad," adatero Boomer, "koma Purezidenti Phoenix anali bwinoko."
    
  "Zikomonso, bwanawe," anatero Brad. Zero Gs zinkawoneka zachilendo - pafupifupi ankakonda ma Gs abwino, ankaganiza, ngakhale ophwanya. Anatsegula chitseko cha airlock, nalowa mkati ndi kutseka chitseko cha oyendera. "Chotsekeredwa chatsekedwa," adatero.
    
  "Chilichonse chikwanira apa," Boomer adatsimikiza.
    
  Chitseko cha gawo la okwera chidatseguka ndipo Casey anali mbali inayo, akuyandama mopingasa ngati nthano yovala lalanje ndikumwetulira kwakukulu pankhope pake. "Kodi izi sizodabwitsa, Brad?" - adatero. "Ndiyang'aneni ine! Ndikumva ngati mtambo!"
    
  "Ukuwoneka bwino, Casey," adatero Brad. Ndikanakonda ndikanamva chimodzimodzi, anaganiza choncho. Adachoka pachiwopsezo kuti alole Casey adutse, ndipo adalandira mphotho yakumenya mutu waukulu, kumenyedwa kangapo padenga ndi padenga pomwe amalimbana kuti akhalebe pamapazi ake, ndikumenya kwina kumutu.
    
  "Zabwino, mayendedwe osavuta, Brad," Gonzo adamuuza. "Kumbukirani ..."
    
  "Ndikudziwa, ndikudziwa: palibe mphamvu yokoka yomwe ingandiletse," adatero Brad.
    
  "Penyani Casey ndipo muphunzira," Gonzo anatero akumwetulira.
    
  "Tikuwona, Brad," anatero Casey mokondwera. Asanakhudze mutu waukuluwo, adatsetsereka ngati mzukwa kulowa m'malo otsekera ndege.
    
  "Dzionetsereni," Brad anang"ung"udza pamene ankathandiza kutseka chitsenderezo cha airlock. Sanadikire kuti alowe pampando wake, kumanga malamba ake apampando ndi zingwe zapamapewa, ndi kumangitsa zingwezo mwamphamvu momwe akanathera.
    
    
  8
    
    
  Kupambana kuli ndi mbali zambiri zamdima.
    
  - ANITA RODDICK
    
    
    
  PLESETSK COSMODROME
  CHIGAWO CHA ARKHANGELSK, CHAKUMpoto CHAKUSUKA KWA RUSSIA FEDERATION
  NTHAWI YOMWEYO
    
    
  "Atatu ... awiri ... chimodzi ... kukhazikitsa ..." adalengeza mtsogoleri wamkulu wa malo otsegulira. Ndegeyo inanjenjemera, kenako inagwedezeka, kenako inagwedezeka ngati yatsala pang"ono kusweka, koma kenako woyenda m"mlengalenga anamva kuti nsanjazo zikulekana. Mkokomowo unayima, ndipo posakhalitsa mphamvu za g zidayamba kukula pamene galimoto yoyambitsa Angara-A7P inayamba kukwera.
    
  "Mainjini akuluakulu ali ndi mphamvu zokwana zana limodzi pa zana, machitidwe onse ndi abwino," anatero wopenda zakuthambo yekhayo. Colonel Mikhail Galtin anali woyamba wa cosmonaut wokangalika ku Russian Federation komanso wamkulu wa gulu lophunzitsira astronaut ku Star City pafupi ndi Moscow. Anali msilikali wazaka makumi awiri ndi ziwiri wa Soviet and Russian Space Corps, atamaliza maulendo anayi amtundu wa anthu, kuphatikizapo kusamutsa koyamba kuchoka pa siteshoni ina kupita ku ina. Anapanganso maulendo angapo opita mumlengalenga pazinthu zachinsinsi, kuphatikizapo malo awiri a asilikali a Salyut 7 ndi Mir. Koma iye ankadziwika mu mabwalo a zakuthambo monga membala wa gulu kapangidwe, mmodzi wa oyendetsa ndege yoyamba, ndipo tsopano wodziwa kwambiri woyendetsa wa Electron spaceplane, yekha spacecraft makamaka anapangidwa makamaka ngati kuukira ndege - ndi mlengalenga womenya.
    
  Galtin anali protégé wa akatswiri odziwa zakuthambo komanso aluso kwambiri ku Soviet Union kuyambira Yuri Gagarin: Lieutenant General Alesandr Govorov, Colonel Andrei Kozhedub ndi Colonel Yuri Livy. Govorov anali mpainiya weniweni, tate wa Soviet Union's Space Defense Force, gulu loyamba lankhondo padziko lonse lapansi lodzipereka pantchito zamlengalenga poteteza dziko lawo. Palibe ngakhale gulu limodzi lankhondo lomwe linakwera chombo chilichonse cham'mlengalenga pokhapokha ngati Govorov adachita poyamba, ngakhale chinali kope lina la Electron kapena Salyut. Kozhedub ndi Libya anali "Red Barons" a Soviet Union's Space Defense Forces, mapiko a Govorov pa mishoni zomenyera komanso adani owopsa m'mlengalenga kapena Padziko Lapansi. Galtin anali wophunzira wachichepere pamene zimphona zamlengalengazi zinagonjetsa United States ndi siteshoni yamlengalenga ya Armstrong pankhondo.
    
  Chombo cha Electron chinakhala pamwamba pa galimoto yotsegulira ya Angara, yokwera pamwamba pa galimoto yotsegulira ndi mchira wake ndi mapiko opindika, mkati mwa chotchinga chotetezera chomwe chimatsegula chikafika pamtunda ndikulola ndege kuwuluka momasuka. Ngakhale Galtin anali ndi mapulani amtundu wa Elektron wokhala ndi mipando iwiri, ndege zonse zowuluka pakali pano zinali zampando umodzi, ndipo zinali zapadziko lonse lapansi zonyamula munthu m'modzi kupita mumlengalenga.
    
  Pasanathe mphindi khumi, Galtin anali akuzungulira. Anayang'ana ntchito zingapo pa ndege yake ya Electron ndi malipiro ake pamene ankayembekezera kuti cholinga chake chifike.
    
  "Electron One, uku ndiko kulamulira," wotsogolera mishoniyo anaulutsa mawola aŵiri pambuyo pake." Mtunda wopita ku Cosmos-714 sudutsa makilomita zana limodzi.
    
  "Ndavomereza," adatero Galtin. Anayatsa radar ya Electron ndipo patangopita masekondi angapo adazindikira cholinga chake. "Electron One" inalumikizana ndi radar." Kosmos 714 inali setilaiti yamagetsi yamagetsi yomwe idalephera ndipo inali panjira yowola kwa zaka zingapo - ikanapanga chandamale chabwino . anadutsana pafupifupi makilomita asanu motalikirana pa malo awo oyandikira kwambiri.
    
  Mofanana ndi woyendetsa ndege aliyense, kunali koyenera kuyeseza pang"ono kuwombera nthaŵi ndi nthaŵi.
    
  Galtin adalowa m'malamulo omwe adatsegula zitseko zonyamula katundu pamwamba pa fuselage ndikutulutsa chitini chachikulu chotchedwa Nail kapena "Nail Pull" kuchokera pamalo ake otsekedwa ndi okhoma. Ali pa mtunda wa makilomita makumi asanu, adalowetsa malamulo mu autopilot yake, yomwe ingatenge ulamuliro wa Electron's attitude thrusters ndikusintha chombocho kuti chizitsata satellite pamene chikudutsa. Zombo ziwirizo zinali kuyandikira pa liwiro la makilomita oposa 30,000 pa ola, koma zida zimenezi sizikanakhudza.
    
  Pa mtunda wa makilomita makumi atatu, adayambitsa chidacho. Kunja kwa Electron kunalibe kanthu, koma pawindo la radar, Galtin adawona kuti satelayitiyo inali yosadziwika bwino komanso yosasunthika pa radar, ndipo patatha masekondi angapo, adawona kuti zinthu zingapo tsopano zidawonekera pa radar - satelayiti idang'ambika. padera.
    
  Hobnail anali zana limodzi la kilowatt coaxial carbon dioxide laser yokhala ndi kutulutsa kwamagetsi. Mitundu yambiri ya laser inali yoposa makilomita makumi asanu, koma ngakhale pamtunda wotere, laser imatha kuwotcha masentimita achitsulo chokhazikika mumasekondi - chipolopolo cha Cosmos-714 chinali chochepa kwambiri. Mabatire a laser amawalola kuyatsa kwa masekondi pafupifupi makumi atatu, osapitilira masekondi asanu pakuphulika, komwe kumafanana ndi kuphulika kwa sikisi kapena kasanu ndi kawiri kutengera kutalika kwa laser. Izi zinali pafupifupi theka la kukula kwa chida cha Electron chamakono, mivi ya Scimitar ya hyper-velocity, koma Hobnail inali ndi mitundu yambiri komanso yolondola ndipo imatha kugunda mipherezero kumbali iliyonse, ngakhale mipherezero kuwoloka pa liwiro lalikulu kwambiri. Uku kunali kuyesa koyamba kopambana kwa Hobnail mumlengalenga, ngakhale kuti laser idagwiritsidwa ntchito bwino mu labotale kwa zaka zambiri. Ndege iliyonse ya Elektron pamapeto pake idzalandira imodzi, monganso gawo la Russian Orbital Section, gawo lomangidwa ndi Russia la International Space Station lomwe posachedwapa lasiyanitsidwa ndi ISS.
    
  Galtin adalowetsa malamulo mu kompyuta yake kuti asunthire Nail mu malo onyamula katundu ndikuyimitsa radar yake. Sikadayamba kutsika kuchokera panjira kwa maola asanu ndi awiri otsatira, koma inali ndi ntchito ina yoti imalize.
    
  Maola atatu pambuyo pake, adayatsanso radar, ndipo apo iyo inali, ndendende pomwe iyenera kukhala, makilomita makumi atatu okha, mkati mwa mtunda wa Hobnail: Armstrong, siteshoni yamlengalenga yankhondo yaku America. Zinali pamalo okwera kwambiri komanso m'njira yosiyana kwambiri - panalibe ngozi yogundana - koma ndithudi Achimereka akanapanga mkangano za ntchentche zadala zoterozo.
    
  Zoipa kwambiri, Galtin anaganiza mosangalala. Space si ya United States. Ndipo, ngati kuli kofunikira, idzakhalanso bwalo lankhondo.
    
    
  ARMSTRONG SPACE STATION
  TSIKU LOTSATIRA
    
    
  "O Mulungu wanga, sindikukhulupirira zomwe ndikuwona!" - Jodie Cavendish adafuula pomwe wowunikirayo adakhala ndi moyo. Kumbuyo kwake kunabwera kuwomba m'manja kwa owonerera omwe adaloledwa ndi American Secret Service kuti awonere mayeso akuwombera - anali kuyembekezera kubwera kwa Purezidenti wa United States m'maola angapo. Zomwe adawona zinali Brad McLanahan ndi Casey Huggins, onse ovala masuti owuluka abuluu okhala ndi Armstrong Space Station ndi zigamba za Project Starfire, akuyandama kugwa kwaulere kuseri kwa kontrakitala. Kumbuyo kwawo kunali Kai Raydon ndi Valerie Lucas. "Mwachita! Mwachita!"
    
  "Moni Jodi; moni Jerry; Hi Lane, "adatero Brad. "Moni kuchokera ku Armstrong Space Station!"
    
  "Sindikukhulupirira zimene ndikuona," anatero Jodie, misozi yachisangalalo ikutsika m"masaya mwake. "Sindikanakhulupirira kuti zimenezi zingachitike, anzanga."
    
  "Anthu inu mukuwoneka bwino," adatero Lane. "Kodi ulendo wandege unali bwanji?"
    
  "Zodabwitsa, Lane," Brad anayankha. Kuchulukitsitsa sikunali koyipa monga ndimayembekezera.
    
  "Ziyankhulire wekha, buster," adatero Casey. Zinali zodabwitsa kwambiri kuona mtsikana akuyandama mu mphamvu yokoka ziro ali ndi miyendo pansi pake, monga momwe wamlengalenga wina aliyense - zinali zachilendo kusamuwona ali panjinga ya olumala. "Ndinkaganiza kuti ndibwerera kunyumba."
    
  "Anyamata mukumva bwino?"
    
  "Si zoipa," anatero Brad.
    
  "Anali kutaya matumbo ake," adatero Casey ndikuseka.
    
  "Kawiri kokha," anatero Brad. "Ndalandira jakisoni ndipo ndikumva bwino tsopano."
    
  "Ndimamva chizungulire nthawi ndi nthawi, koma ndimamva bwino, Lane," adatero Casey. "Ngakhale kuti chikwama changa cha barf chili pafupi."
    
  "Tinamva kuti mumatha kuyendetsa ndege ya m"mlengalenga ngakhale kuimika pa siteshoni," anatero Lane. "Zabwino bwanji! Zinali bwanji?"
    
  Brad anati: "Ndinakhala ndi nthaŵi zosatsimikizirika, koma zonse zinayenda bwino. "Ndikukhumba woyendetsa Boomer akanakhala pano, koma adayenera kutenga ndegeyo kupita ku International Space Station - popeza anthu a ku Russia adatseka gawo lawo lautumiki, sangathe kutulutsa madzi ndi mpweya wambiri monga momwe ankachitira kale, kotero ena mwa akatswiri. ndiyenera kuchoka. Zikuwoneka bwanji kuchokera kumwamba uko, Jody?"
    
  "Maapulo, Brad," Jodie anayankha. "Komabe, tikupitilizabe kulephera kwakanthawi pakutulutsa kwa lithiamu-ion capacitor, yomweyi yomwe takhala tikugwira ntchito kwa milungu ingapo tsopano."
    
  "Kodi Jerry ali pa tchanelo nafe?"
    
  Jodi anati: "Akumana ndi gulu lake pavidiyo kuti apeze yankho. "Akuganiza kuti ndi vuto la kutentha - amati siteshoni ikakhala padzuwa njira yolumikizirana imagwira ntchito bwino, koma ikalowa mumthunzi vuto limayamba nthawi zina."
    
  "Tsoka ilo, izi zikutanthauza kupita kumlengalenga kuti m'malo mwa relay kapena gawo lake lowongolera kutentha," adatero Kai Rydon. "Zitha kutenga tsiku limodzi kapena awiri."
    
  "Izi sizikhudza kuyimitsidwa kwathu kwa rectenna, sichoncho, bwana?" - Adafunsa Brad.
    
  "Kuchedwa kupangitsa kuti mayesowo achuluke pang'ono, kutengera masiku angati kuti akonze," adatero Kai. "Pachiyeso ichi, timayika Armstrong m'njira yomwe imatchedwa njira ya dzuwa, zomwe zikutanthauza kuti timadutsa malo omwewo Padziko Lapansi - malo a rectenna omwe ali pa White Sand Missile Range - nthawi yofanana ndi dzuwa tsiku lililonse. . Koma chifukwa chakuti mtunda wathu ndi wotsika, timasuntha madigiri angapo kutali ndi malo abwino tsiku lililonse, kotero kuti nthawi yathu poyang'ana mlongoti wachindunji imakhala yaifupi komanso yayifupi, kutsika mpaka mphindi imodzi. Pamapeto pake zinthuzo zimasinthidwa, koma zimatenga masiku makumi awiri ndi anayi kuti zibwererenso momwe zilili. Pakali pano ife tiri pa nthawi yabwino, ndi kuwonetseredwa kwakukulu komwe kulipo pa latitude yomwe mukufuna. Tikuyenera kuyembekezera kuti mpikisanowu ugwira ntchito ikadzakwana nthawi yotsegula moto. "
    
  "Mulungu, zingakhale bwino," anatero Jodi akusisita laputopu yake. "Bwera mwana, ukhoza."
    
  "Zitha kukhala zovuta ngati sizigwira ntchito chifukwa Purezidenti ayenera kuyang'anira mayeso," adatero Brad. "Kodi pali chinanso chomwe tingayese?" Anayang'ana pozungulira malo olamulira ndipo adawona cholumikizira chowongolera cha laser cha Skybolt. "Nanga bwanji Skybolt?" anafunsa.
    
  "Skybolt ndi laser electron yaulere, Brad," adatero Kai. "Inazimitsidwa kuti tiyike microwave yanu."
    
  "Nanga bwanji gwero lamphamvu la Skybolt, jenereta ya magnetohydrodynamic?" - Adafunsa Brad.
    
  "Mukutanthauza, gwiritsani ntchito mphamvu zochokera ku MHD m'malo mwa mphamvu zadzuwa zomwe mudatolera?" Valerie Lucas adafunsa akumwetulira. "Kodi izi sizingakhale ngati kubera?"
    
  "Takolola mphamvu ndi tinyanga ndikusunga magetsi m'ma capacitor, Sergeant, kotero tikudziwa kuti zonse zimagwira ntchito," adatero Brad, "ndipo tayesa kutulutsa madzi mu microwave, kotero tikudziwa kuti tikhoza kupanga mphamvu zambiri. Zomwe tiyenera kuchita tsopano kuti titsimikizire mapangidwewo ndikugunda mlongoti wachindunji ndi maser ndikupangitsa kuti apange magetsi pansi. Mwina titha kuchita izi ndi MHD m'malo mwa mphamvu zama capacitor zomwe sitingathe kuzifikira. "
    
  Valerie anatembenukira kwa Kai ndikugwedeza. "Tinalandira chilolezo choyambitsa MHD ndikuyesa," adatero. "Tachita mayeso angapo mokwanira." Potembenukira kwa Casey, adafunsa, "Kodi mukufuna mphamvu yanji, Casey?"
    
  "Tidakonza zodutsa ma kilowatts mazana asanu pamphindi imodzi kudzera mu microwave," adayankha Casey.
    
  Valerie anagwedezeka kachiwiri. "Tinachita kuŵirikiza kakhumi, koma m"nthaŵi yaifupi kwambiri," iye anatero. "Koma sindikukayika kuti MHD ikhoza kuchita. Tidzayenera kuyang'anira kutentha mu jenereta yanu ya microwave ndi maginito owonetsera maginito, collimator ndi Skybolt magetsi, koma tatsimikiza kale kuti ma subsystems a Skybolt amatha kugwiritsa ntchito mphamvu zochokera ku lithiamu-ion capacitors - ndikukhulupirira kuti iwo imatha kuthana ndi mphamvu yofananira komanso nthawi yotulutsa ngati jenereta ya MHD. "
    
  "Ndiye pali chinthu chimodzi chomaliza: kupeza chilolezo kwa munthuyo," adatero Kai.
    
  Iwo sanachite kudikira nthawi yaitali. Pafupifupi mphindi makumi asanu ndi anayi pambuyo pake, Purezidenti Kenneth Phoenix adalowa mu labu ndikulonjera aliyense pamenepo, ndikumaliza ndi Lane ndi Jody. Purezidenti wa UC a Marcus Harris adalengeza omwe adatenga nawo gawo. Phoenix anayamba kugwira chanza Jodie. "Muli bwanji, Abiti Cavendish?"
    
  "Zodabwitsa, Mr. President. Ndine wamkulu wa gulu la nanotechnology. Lane Egan ndiye Mtsogoleri wa Gulu Lamakompyuta ndi Mapulogalamu. "
    
  Purezidenti adagwira chanza Lane. "Uli bwanji lero mnyamata?"
    
  "Chabwino, Mr. Purezidenti," adatero Lane. Anapatsa Purezidenti cholembera cha inki yasiliva, kenako adajambula malo opanda kanthu kutsogolo kwa nayiloni yake yabuluu ndi yofiira ya Project Starfire. "Chonde, Mr. President?" Phoenix adamwetulira ndikujambula kutsogolo kwa jekete la Lane ndi zilembo zazikulu zopendekera.
    
  "Kodi ndingakudziwitseni kwa atsogoleri ena a gulu la Starfire Project, a Purezidenti?" Jodie anatero. Adaloza monitor yayikulu yomwe inali pakhoma. "Cholowa m'kona yakumanzere yakumanzere ndi Jerry Kim, mtsogoleri wa gulu lamphamvu ndi machitidwe owongolera, olumikizidwa kudzera pa satellite kuchokera ku White Sand Missile Range komwe kuli mlongoti wolandila; komanso pawindo lalikulu lomwe lili pa siteshoni ya Armstrong - Casey Huggins, director of the direct energy group, ndi mtsogoleri wa gulu lathu lonse - "
    
  "Brad McLanahan, ndikudziwa," Purezidenti adasokoneza. Pafupifupi aliyense mu labu adayang'ana modabwa - kodi Brad McLanahan amamudziwa Purezidenti waku United States? "Tidakumana nthawi zambiri, ngakhale udali wachichepere ndipo mwina sukumbukira."
    
  "Ayi, bwana, ndikukumbukira," anatero Brad. "Ndakondwa kukuwonaninso bwana."
    
  "Anyamata inu mukusangalala kumeneko?" apulezidenti anafunsa. "Ndikudziwa kuti ulendo wanga uli ndi zochitika zomwe sindidzaiwala."
    
  "Tikugwedezeka, Bambo Purezidenti," adatero Casey. "Zikomo kwambiri chifukwa chotipatsa mwayi wodabwitsawu."
    
  "Chifukwa chake, pamodzi ndi ubongo, dziko lonse lapansi likudziwa kuti muli ndi kulimba mtima kwakukulu," Purezidenti adatero. "Achinyamata oyambirira aamuna ndi aakazi ndi oyamba quadriplegic m'mlengalenga, ndipo ndi Amereka. Zabwino zonse. Dziko lonse limakunyadirani, ndipo ndikutsimikiza kuti dziko lonse lapansi lachita chidwi. Tikuyesa kuti, Brad?"
    
  "Takumana ndi vuto lomwe lingakhalepo lomwe tikukhulupirira kuti mutha kulithetsa, bwana," adatero Brad.
    
  "ine? Bwanji?"
    
  "Tasonkhanitsa mphamvu zomwe tikufuna kutumiza ku Dziko Lapansi," adatero Brad, "koma tikuwopa kuti sitingathe kuzichotsa m'zida zosungiramo ndikuziika m'chipinda cha microwave kuti titumize ku Dziko Lapansi."
    
  "Izi ndi zoyipa kwambiri, anyamata," Purezidenti adatero. "Ndikukhulupirira kuti iyi ndi njira yosavuta kwa inu."
    
  "Chilichonse chimagwira ntchito, bwana, ndipo tatsimikizira kuti titha kupanga mtanda," adatero Brad. "Chinthu chokha chomwe sitinatsimikizire ndikuti mtengowo umagunda Padziko Lapansi ndikusinthidwa kukhala magetsi."
    
  Purezidenti adayang'ana woyang'anira kampeni wake komanso gulu lotsogolera la Secret Service, akuwauza mwakachetechete kuti ayambe kukonzekera kupanga ndikusuntha gulu lake, kenako adayang'ana wotchi yake. "Pepani kwambiri chifukwa cha zimenezi, anyamata," iye anatero, "koma sindidziŵa mmene ndingathandizire, ndipo tili ndi ndandanda yochitira-"
    
  "Bambo Purezidenti, tikuganiza kuti tili ndi ntchito," adatero Kai Rydon.
    
  "Ndi chiyani ichi, General?"
    
  "M'malo mogwiritsa ntchito mphamvu zosungidwa mu Starfire capacitors, tikufuna chilolezo chanu kuti mugwiritse ntchito jenereta ya Skybolt magnetohydrodynamic," adatero Kai. "MHD idalumikizidwabe ndi Skybolt, koma laser electron yaulere ndiyozimitsa, kotero jenereta ya ma microwave ya ophunzira imatha kugwiritsa ntchito makina a Skybolt. Titha kuyendetsa mphamvu kuchokera ku MHD kupita ku Starfire mulingo wofanana ndendende ndi ma capacitor. Chinthu chokha chomwe chasintha kuchokera ku dongosolo loyambirira la ophunzira ndi gwero la mphamvu. Mwatipatsa kale chilolezo choyesa jenereta ya MHD, ndipo ikugwira ntchito mokwanira. Tikufuna chilolezo chogwiritsa ntchito mphamvu ya Starfire. "
    
  Nkhope ya Pulezidenti inada ndipo anayang'ana nkhope zonse mu labotale ndi pa monitor. "General, kodi mukutsimikiza kuti laser yayikulu yalumikizidwa ndipo siyaka?" Adafunsa motele mawu ake ndi nkhawa yaikulu.
    
  "Inde sir, ndikutsimikiza."
    
  "Palibe watt imodzi ya radiation?"
    
  "Palibe, bwana," Kai anamutsimikizira motero. "Zingatenge nthawi yayitali kuti Skybolt ibwererenso pa intaneti. Ayi bwana, Skybolt siyaka. Ndili wotsimikiza ndi izi. "
    
  Anayang'ananso uku ndi uku, kenako anatulutsa foni yake yotetezedwa. "Ndiyenera kukambirana ndi anthu ochepa," adatero. "Ndikuopa kuti ena angakhulupirire kuti maser anu ndi laser ya Skybolt. Ndikufuna lingaliro lazamalamulo kale-"
    
  "Pepani bwana," anatero Jodie, "koma tiyenera kupanga chosankha mofulumira kwambiri-wailesiyo idzakwera pamwamba pa malo amene tikuonerayo m"mphindi khumi." Anayang'ana pa teleconference monitor yayikulu. "Sergeant Lucas, mungandiuze kuti zitenga nthawi yayitali bwanji kulumikiza MHD ku Starfire?"
    
  Valerie anatembenukira kwa kompyuta kutonthoza ndi kulowa malamulo. "Kulumikizana ndi mawaya kuli kale," adatero. "Kuyesa dera kuyenera kungotenga mphindi zochepa ngati sitipeza vuto. Palibe zitsimikizo, koma ndikuganiza kuti titha kuchita izi munthawi yake. "
    
  Jodi anatembenukira kwa Purezidenti. "Bwana?"
    
  Phoenix adawoneka wachisoni kwambiri kuposa kale, koma patadutsa mphindi zochepa, adagwedeza mutu nati, "Chitani. Zabwino zonse."
    
  Jodi anati: "Zikomo bwana. Manja ake adawulukira pa kiyibodi ya laputopu, ndipo Lane anali kulemba malangizo pama laputopu awiri nthawi imodzi. "Sergeant Lucas, muli ndi pulogalamu yowongolera mphamvu yamagetsi patsamba lachiwiri-khumi ndi awiri, bravo."
    
  "Ndamva," adatero Valerie. "Dipatimenti ya Uinjiniya, iyi ndi dipatimenti ya Opaleshoni, yatsani MHD, sinthani patsamba 2-12 "bravo", yatsani makina ofiira akhumi ndi chisanu ndi chiwiri ndi kasamalidwe ka mphamvu ka MHD ndikuwunika kawiri."
    
  "Kulumikizana," adayankha Alice Hamilton kuchokera kugawo la engineering, akuyembekezera kutsimikiziridwa ndi wamkulu wa station.
    
  "Engineer, ili ndi lamulo," adatero Kai pa intercom. "Wololedwa kuyambitsa MHD ndikulumikiza ku Starfire. Mundidziwitse mukakonzeka." Anadina batani la intercom pamasiteshoni onse. "Attention station, uyu ndiye director. Tidzatsegula jenereta ya MHD ndikuigwiritsa ntchito kutumiza mphamvu ya Project Starfire ku Earth kudzera pa Skybolt subsystems. Popeza tikuyambitsa MHD nthawi iliyonse, ndikufuna kuti ma modules onse apanikizidwe, ogwira nawo ntchito omwe ali pantchito kuti alandire mpweya, ndi ogwira ntchito omwe sali pantchito atumizidwe kukawononga malo owongolera ndi masuti. Nenani kumadipatimenti mukakonzeka."
    
  "Kuvomerezedwa, kulamula," Alice adatsimikizira. "Ntchito, MHD ikupita patsogolo. Konzekerani."
    
  "Ndamva," adatero Valerie. Analemba malamulo pa kiyibodi yake. "Henry, Christina, konzekerani kuchita zanu."
    
  "Inde, madam!" Henry Lathrop anatero. Iye ndi mkulu wa zida zankhondo a Christine Reyhill anali pamalo awo atavala masks okosijeni, ndikudzaza mindandanda. Mphindi zochepa pambuyo pake, woyang'anira lamulo adasintha kuchoka pa chithunzi cha satellite cha rectenna kupita ku chithunzi cha nthawi yeniyeni kuchokera ku siteshoni ya Armstrong, yomwe inasonyeza bwino chipangizo chachikulu, chakuda, chozungulira chokha m'chipululu cha New Mexico. "Nkhondoyi ili pa cholinga," adatero Rayhill. "Palibe masensa ena owonjezera omwe alipo kupatula makamera a Starfire Project."
    
  "Tikufuna izi zichitike, Christine," adatero Valerie. "Gwiritsani ntchito zonse zomwe muli nazo."
    
  Panali pafupi kwambiri. Atatulukira zolakwika zingapo ndi kukonza, ndipo pafupifupi masekondi makumi atatu kuchokera pamene siteshoniyo idadutsa m'mphepete mwa rectena, iwo anamva kuti: "Ntchito, uinjiniya, kulumikizana kwakhazikitsidwa ndikuyesedwa. Muli ndi mphamvu ndipo milingo yazakudya imakonzedwa. Mainjiniya adasinthiratu kuwongolera kwa MHD kukhala Operations mode ndipo ali okonzeka. "
    
  "Ndamva," adatero Valerie. "Gulu, ndikuloleza kuti musinthe ulamuliro wa Starfire kuti mumenye."
    
  "Onetsetsani kuti Skybolt yazizira, Valerie," adalamula Kai.
    
  Patapita mphindi zingapo, Valerie anayankha kuti, "Mwatsimikiza, bwana. "Skybolt ikuzizira."
    
  "Sinthani zowongolera moto za Starfire kuti mumenye, Valerie," adatero Kai. Anayang'ana Brad ndi Casey. "Kumasulidwa ndikololedwa. Zabwino zonse anyamata," adaonjeza.
    
  "Mnyamata, ukhoza kulamulira," adatero Valerie atapereka malangizo mu kompyuta yake.
    
  "Ndikumvetsa, zonse zili m'manja mwankhondo. Starfire, ikuwoneka bwanji?"
    
  "Chilichonse chili bwino, Armstrong, kupatula makina otulutsa capacitor, ndipo adazimitsidwa," adatero Jodi, akuyenda ndi tsitsi lalitali lablonde. "Starfire yakonzeka."
    
  "Ndamva, Starfire. Zabwino zonse." Rayhill adalowa mu lamulo. "Starfire yamoyo, anyamata."
    
  Palibe chomwe chinasintha mwina pa siteshoni ya mlengalenga ya Armstrong kapena mu labotale ku yunivesite ya California kwa mphindi zingapo zazitali. Chizindikiro chokha chosonyeza kuti chinachake chinali kuchitika chinali nkhope ya Jerry Kim yoda nkhaŵa mwadzidzidzi pamene ankayang'ana zomwe ankawerenga: "Rectenna akulandira mphamvu, ulamuliro!" anakuwa. "Mfundo yachiwiri ... mfundo inayi ... mfundo zisanu ... imagwira ntchito, anyamata, imagwira ntchito!" Malo olamulira ku Cal Poly anaphulika ndi chisangalalo ndi kuwomba m'manja, ndipo Brad ndi Casey anatsala pang'ono kugwedezeka, kuyesera kukumbatirana.
    
  "Microwave imatentha, koma tikamayimitsa, kutentha kumayenera kukhala koyenera," adatero Jodie. "Zowunikira, ma collimator ndi magawo owongolera mitengo akwera, koma akadali m'malo obiriwira. Engineering?"
    
  "Chilichonse ndi chobiriwira, Starfire," adatero Alice. "Tifika kutentha kwachikasu mkati mwa mphindi zitatu."
    
  "Megawati imodzi!" Jerry anakuwa patangopita mphindi imodzi. Anali kudumpha ndi chisangalalo kutsogolo kwa kamera kotero kuti sanawone nkhope yake. "Tangolandira kumene megawati imodzi yamagetsi kuchokera ku Starfire! Mapiritsi a kutentha kwa rectenna ali pa chandamale - ayenera kufika pamzere wachikasu pakadutsa mphindi zinayi. Jodi, wachita! Kutembenuka kunaposa kwambiri zomwe tidaneneratu! Titha kupeza ma megawati awiri tisanadutse kutentha! Tikhoza ngakhale-"
    
  "Ndalandira chenjezo kuchokera ku White Sands Range Authority, anyamata," adatero Valerie. "Kulowa mopanda chilolezo kwa ndege kumalo ophunzitsira. Zimitsani Starfire, menyani. Dipatimenti ya Engineering, onetsetsani chitetezo cha MHD ndi riyakitala. "
    
  "Ndamva," adatero Henry. Chala chake chinali kale pa "kupha batani" ndipo nthawi yomweyo adalowetsa lamulo. "Timuyi ili ndi mphuno yozizira."
    
  "Starfire yazimitsa," adatero Alice. "MHD ikupita pansi. The riyakitala ndi otetezeka. Zonse zimapakidwa utoto wobiriwira."
    
  "Zikomo, anyamata," adatero Kai, akuvula chigoba chake cha oxygen. "Inu munazigwira. Munatumiza mphamvu zamagetsi kuchokera kumlengalenga kupita kudziko lapansi." Pa intercom, adati: "Kwa ogwira ntchito onse, uyu ndiye director, mutha kulumikizana ndi masiteshoni a MHD. Chonde gwirizanani nane popereka zikomo kwa gulu lonse la Starfire pakuchita bwino pamayeso. " Module yolamula idawombera m'manja.
    
  "Sitingathe kuchita izi popanda inu ndi aliyense pasiteshoni, bwana," adatero Brad, akuchotsa chigoba chake cha okosijeni. Anamukumbatiranso Casey. "Zinagwira ntchito, Casey. Jenereta yanu ya microwave yazimitsa!
    
  "Jenereta yathu ya microwave," adatero Casey. "Nyenyezi yathu yamoto! Zinathandiza! Zinathandiza!" Ndipo kuti asangalale kwambiri, adatulutsa chikwama chake cha barf ndikusanziramo.
    
  Ngakhale kutsekeka kwadzidzidzi, zikondwerero zidapitilira mu labu ya Cal Poly, pomwe Purezidenti Phoenix akuwomba m'manja mwachidwi ngati wina aliyense. "Zikomo, Abiti Cavendish, Bambo Egan," adatero. Woyang"anira kampeni woyendayendayo anam"lozera pamene aime ndi kuyang"anizana, ndipo atsogoleri a magulu aŵiri anali pambali pake, ndi chounikira chachikulu chosonyeza ena paphewa pake pamene makamera anayamba kugubuduka.
    
  "Ndinali ndi mwayi wokhalapo ndikuwona chochitika chodabwitsa kuno ku Cal Poly: kutumiza kopambana kwa mphamvu zamagetsi kuchokera kumlengalenga kupita ku Dziko Lapansi," adatero. Ogwira ntchito ake adamukonzera zolemba zingapo, kuphatikiza zolankhula ngati Starfire italephera kugwira ntchito, ndege itatayika, kapena chipangizocho chidawononga malo. Anasangalala kwambiri-ndipo anamasuka-kupereka Baibulo limeneli. "Ngakhale kuti yangoyamba kumene, n"chinthu chochititsa chidwi kwambiri, chochititsa chidwi kwambiri ndi mfundo yakuti gulu la ophunzira aku koleji anaipanga, kuimanga, kuiika ndi kuigwiritsa ntchito. Ndine wonyadira kwambiri achinyamatawa chifukwa cha zomwe achita bwino ndipo zikuwonetsa bwino zomwe ndalama zamaphunziro, luso lazopangapanga ndi sayansi ya zakuthambo zingakwaniritse. Zabwino zonse, Jody, Brad, Casey ndi Jerry, ndi gulu lonse la Starfire. " Purezidenti adakhalanso mphindi zingapo kuti ajambule zithunzi, kenako adanyamuka.
    
    
  KUYESA KWA MISSILE KWA WHITE SANDS
  ALAMOGORDO, NEW MEXICO
  NTHAWI YOMWEYO
    
    
  "Tili kutali bwanji ndi mlongoti uwu, bwana?" - anafunsa woyendetsa ndege ya Cessna 172 Skyhawk, akutsuka mizere ya ma chestnut dreadlocks m'maso mwake. "Chilichonse apa chikuwoneka chimodzimodzi."
    
  "Mphindi khuminso," anatero mwamuna wapampando wakumanjayo. Anagwiritsa ntchito mapu pa smartphone yake kuti ayendetse ndege yaying'ono. Mofanana ndi woyendetsa ndegeyo, anali ndi tsitsi lalitali, lalitali la m"mapewa, looneka lauve, ndevu, masharubu ndi magalasi okhuthala. Woyendetsa ndegeyo anali atavala malaya a ku Hawaii, akabudula a Bermuda ofika m"mawondo ndi nsapato; Amene anakhala kudzanja lamanja anali atavala t-shirt, jinzi yoduka komanso nsapato. "Khalanibe panjira."
    
  "Chabwino, chabwino," anatero woyendetsa ndegeyo. Iwo anali atanyamuka pa Alamogordo-White Sands Regional Airport pafupifupi theka la ola lapitalo ndipo analowera kumpoto chakumadzulo, akulowa mu Holloman Air Force Base Class D airspace popanda kulankhula ndi aliyense pawailesi. "Kodi ukutsimikiza kuti uli pamalo oyenera, bwana?" - anafunsa woyendetsa ndegeyo.
    
  Munthu winanso anati: "Nkhani zokhudza mlanduwu zinanena momveka bwino. "Tiyenera kuziwona tikayandikira - ndizabwino kwambiri."
    
  "Amuna, izi ndi mtedza," woyendetsa ndegeyo anatero. "Nkhaniyi idati palibe ndege zomwe zingalole kuwuluka pafupi ndi tinyanga."
    
  "Achita chiyani, atigwetse?" - anafunsa navigator.
    
  "Sindikufuna kuponyedwa pansi, bambo, osati ndi asitikali, osati ndi ...
    
  "Sindikufuna kuwuluka mlongoti, kuyandikira kwambiri kuti aletse mayesowo," anatero woyendetsa panyanjayo. "Uku ndikuyesa zida zosaloledwa m'mlengalenga, ndipo ngati boma kapena boma la New Mexico siliyimitsa, tiyenera kutero."
    
  "Monga mukunenera," anatero woyendetsa ndegeyo. Anayesetsa kuyang'ana pawindo. "Ife tikupeza ... zoyera! "Kumeneko, kumanzere kwawo, osapitirira mamita zana, kunali helikopita yankhondo yobiriwira ya Black Hawk yokhala ndi USAF ndi zilembo zazikulu zakuda kumbali, ikuwuluka mwadongosolo. Khomo lakumanja la helikopita linali lotseguka, ndikuwulula ogwira nawo ntchito atavala suti yobiriwira yowuluka, chisoti ndi visor yakuda pansi. "Tili ndi kampani, bambo."
    
  Wogwira ntchito pa helikoputala yemwe anali pachitseko chotseguka adatenga zomwe zinkawoneka ngati tochi yayikulu ndikuyamba kuwunikira kwa woyendetsa ndege wa Cessna. "Mmodzi ... ziwiri ... chimodzi ... zisanu," adatero woyendetsa ndegeyo. "Awa ndiye ma frequency azisonyezo zadzidzidzi." Anasintha wailesi yake nambala wani ku frequency imeneyo.
    
  "Ndege ya injini imodzi yokhala ndi mapiko apamwamba a Cessna, nambala ya mchira N-3437T, iyi ndi United States Air Force pamapiko anu akumanzere, ikutumiza 'chenjezo,'" iwo anamva, ponena za nthawi yadzidzidzi ya VHF yapadziko lonse. area." airspace yankhondo yomwe ikugwira ntchito pakali pano. Sinthani njira yomweyo. Malowa akugwira ntchito ndipo muli pachiwopsezo chachikulu. Ndikubwerezanso, sinthani njira yomweyo.
    
  "Tili ndi ufulu wokhala pano, bambo," woyendetsa ndegeyo anatero pa wailesi. "Sitikuchita kalikonse. Chokani".
    
  "November 3437T, iyi ndi United States Air Force, mukudziika pachiwopsezo chachikulu," woyendetsa ndegeyo adatero. "Sinthani maphunziro nthawi yomweyo. Ndaloledwa kuchitapo kanthu kuti ndikulepheretseni kulowa mumlengalenga woletsedwa. "
    
  "Mutani, bwanawe, tiwomberani?" - adafunsa woyendetsa ndege wa Cessna. Pamphuno mwa helikopita munalidi chubu lalitali lomwe limawoneka ngati kanoni - samadziwa kuti ndi kafukufuku wongowonjezera mafuta mkati mwa mpweya. "Tawonani, tikungofuna kuyimitsa mayeso a Starfire ndiyeno tipita kwathu. Chokani".
    
  Pamawu awa, Black Hawk inathamanga mwadzidzidzi ndikulowera chakumanja, kudutsa kutsogolo kwa Cessna pa mtunda wa mamita osapitirira zana, chimbale chake cha propeller chinabisa galasi la Cessna. Woyendetsa wodzidzimukayo anakuwa ndikukankhira cholozera kumbuyo ndi kumanzere, kenako anayenera kumenya nkhondo kuti ayambenso kuwongolera ndegeyo itatsala pang'ono kuyima. Iwo amamva ma rotor a helikopita akugunda fuselage ya Cessna pamene imawazungulira.
    
  Black Hawk anawonekera kuchokera ku mapiko ake akumanzere kachiwiri, pafupi ndi nthawiyi, phokoso la ma rotor likukhala logontha, ngati nkhonya yaikulu yosaoneka ikugunda mbali ya ndege yawo yaying'ono. "N-3437T, sinthani njira yomweyo! Ndi dongosolo! Bweretsani mwamsanga!
    
  "Kodi munthu uyu ndi wopenga, bambo?" - adatero woyendetsa ndegeyo. "Ndatsala pang'ono kuwononga mathalauza anga!"
    
  "Ndikuwona! Ndikuwona, ndikuwona mlongoti! " - anati amene wakhala kumanja. "Pang"ono kumanja, m"chizimezime! Wozungulira wamkulu! "
    
  Woyendetsa ndegeyo anatsatira chala cha mlozera cha wokwera wake. "Sindikuwona kalikonse, bambo, sindikuwona - Dikirani, ndapeza, ndapeza," adatero. "Chinthu chachikulu chozungulira icho mchipululu? Ine ndipita kwa iye." Adatumiza Cessna ku banki yakumanja yakumanja ...
    
  ... ndipo atangochita izi, helikopita ya Black Hawk inakhotera chakumanzere, kugunda Cessna ndi kugunda kwamphamvu kuchokera ku rotor. Izi zidasinthiratu Cessna pamutu pake. Idalowa mozungulira mozungulira ndikugwera m'chipululu cha New Mexico masekondi angapo pambuyo pake.
    
    
  Seattle, WA
  PATAPITA MAola Ochepa
    
    
  "Zikomo, Jong Bae, pa mayeso opambana a Starfire," adatero Dr. Toshuniko "Toby" Nukaga, pulofesa wa zomangamanga ku Cal Poly, pogwiritsa ntchito mavidiyo pa kompyuta yake ya laputopu kuchokera m'chipinda chake ku hotelo yapamwamba ku Seattle, Washington. "Ndangomva nkhani. Pepani sindikanakhalako, koma ndikutsogolera msonkhano ku Seattle. "
    
  "Zikomo, bwana," anatero Jerry. Inali mu kalavani pafupifupi kilomita imodzi kuchokera pamalo oyesera a Starfire rectenna ku White Sands Missile Range kumpoto chakumadzulo kwa Alamogordo, New Mexico, atazunguliridwa ndi makompyuta apakompyuta omwe amagwiritsidwa ntchito kuyang'anira magetsi ndi chiwongolero pa siteshoni ya Armstrong. Magulu asanu ndi awiri anali naye, akukangana wina ndi mzake pamene adayamba kusanthula deta yomwe adapeza. "Pepani, inunso simukanakhala kuno, bwana. Inu mwakhala mukuyendetsa ntchito imeneyi kuyambira pachiyambi."
    
  "Chiyamikiro chikupita kwa inu ndi mamembala ena a gulu la polojekitiyi, Jung Bae - ndinali wotsogolera chabe. Ndiye mwasamutsa mphamvu zingati?"
    
  "Mfundo imodzi ma megawati anayi asanu ndi awiri, bwana."
    
  "Zabwino kwambiri! Ntchito yabwino! "
    
  "Inayenera kuthetsedwa chifukwa ndege yosaloledwa idabwera."
    
  "Ndinamva kuti ochita zionetsero ena ayesa kusokoneza mayesowo powulutsa ndege yachinsinsi pa rectenna," adatero Nukaga.
    
  Jerry anaphethira modabwa. "Mwamaliza, bwana?" - anafunsa mopanda kukhulupilira.
    
  "Jung Bae, ndili kuno ku Seattle ku msonkhano wapachaka wa International Confederation of Responsible Scientists," adatero Nukaga. "Pali magulu oposa zana limodzi a asayansi, andale, osamalira zachilengedwe ndi atsogoleri a mafakitale ochokera padziko lonse lapansi omwe akuimiridwa pano - tili ndi ngakhale woimira pulezidenti, yemwe kale anali Mlembi wa boma Stacy Ann Barbeau, akupereka nkhani yaikulu pambuyo pake lero.
    
  "Tilinso ndi magulu okongola kwambiri pano, ndipo m'modzi wa iwo, Students for Universal Peace, adabwera kwa ine ndikudandaula kuti Cal Poly adachita nawo pulogalamu ya zida ndi Starfire," adatero Nukaga. "Ndinawatsimikizira kuti sizinali choncho, koma anaumirira. Ananenanso kuti ndiudindo wawo kuchita chilichonse chomwe angathe kuti aletse Starfire kuyesedwa, ngakhale zitayika miyoyo yawo pachiwopsezo - ndikuganiza kuti akuyembekeza kuti wina agundidwa ndi maser, kungotsimikizira kuti zinalidi. chida"
    
  "Izi nzodabwitsa, bwana," anatero Jerry. "Bwanji simunatiuze za izi?"
    
  "Ndidakhulupirira theka ndekha, Jung Bae," adatero Nukaga. "Kunena zoona, anyamata omwe adandiyang'ana adawoneka ngati sakudziwa komwe chakudya chawo chidzachokera, osafunanso kukhala ndi njira yobwereka ndege kuti idutse malo oletsedwa ndi boma poyembekezera kuomberedwa. danga. Choncho. "Nukaga anali kuyesera kusintha nkhaniyi." Bambo McLanahan ndi Mayi Huggins ankaoneka bwino ali m"bwalo la asilikali. Ndinawona umodzi wa misonkhano yawo ya atolankhani usiku watha. Ali bwino?"
    
  "Zabwino kwambiri, bwana."
    
  "Chabwino. Mavuto aliwonse? Kodi mukukumana ndi zovuta ndi hardware kapena mapulogalamu anu?" Jerry anazengereza ndipo anayang'ana kutali ndi kamera kwa kanthawi kochepa, ndipo Nukaga anazindikira nthawi yomweyo. "Jung Bae?"
    
  Jerry sanali wotsimikiza ngati angalankhule chilichonse chokhudzana ndi Starfire ndi malo opangira mlengalenga pa intaneti yopanda chitetezo - atsogoleri a gulu adaganiza zokambirana zomwe zidalengezedwa ndi zomwe sizinachitike - koma Nukaga anali m'modzi mwa maprofesa awo. ndi m'modzi mwa oyamba, koma osafuna, othandizira polojekitiyi. "Panali vuto lingathe ndi kupatsirana ndinapanga kuti analola mphamvu kusamutsidwa capacitors lithiamu-ion kwa mayikirowevu jenereta, bwana," iye potsiriza anati.
    
  "Vuto likhoza kuchitika?"
    
  "Sizinalephere lerolino, koma . . . sizinali zodalirika pa zana limodzi pa zana lililonse," anatero Jerry modera nkhaŵa, "ndipo popeza Purezidenti wa United States analipo pakuyesa kuwombera ku Cal Poly, tinafuna titha kugunda rectenna ndi mphamvu ya maser."
    
  "Chabwino, watero," adatero Nukaga. "Mayesowo anapambana. sindikumvetsa."
    
  "Sitinagwiritse ntchito mphamvu zomwe tidasonkhanitsa ndi tinyanga ndikusunga ma capacitor."
    
  "Ndiye munagwiritsa ntchito mphamvu yanji?"
    
  "Tinagwiritsa ntchito mphamvu kuchokera ... jenereta ya magnetohydrodynamic," adatero Jerry.
    
  Panali chete pamzere kwa mphindi zingapo zazitali, ndipo pa kanema wowunikira Jerry amatha kuwona mawonekedwe okulirakulira akusakhulupirira pankhope ya Nukagi; ndiye: "Mukutanthauza kuti munayatsa laser pamalo okwerera mlengalenga a Armstrong, Jung Bae?" Adafunsa mopanda mpumulo, wapansi, wosakhulupirira.
    
  "Ayi, bwana," anatero Jerry. "Osati laser. Laser yaulere ya elekitironi yokha idazimitsidwa kuti titha kugwiritsa ntchito ma laser subsystems a Starfire. Tinangogwiritsa ntchito gwero lake lamphamvu kuti...
    
  "Kodi jenereta ya MHD ija ikugwirabe ntchito?" - Anafunsa Nukaga. "Ndinachititsidwa kukhulupirira kuti zida zonse za Skybolt space laser zidazimitsidwa." Jerry analibe yankho pa zimenezo. "Ndiye gawo limodzi ndi zinayi za megawati zomwe mudatola ndi rectenna zidachokera ku MHD osati Starfire?"
    
  "Inde, bwana," anatero Jerry. "Tidayesa china chilichonse: tidasonkhanitsa mphamvu zoyendera dzuwa, kusungira magetsi, kugwiritsa ntchito jenereta ya microwave, ndikutulutsa mphamvu zamagetsi pogwiritsa ntchito zowunikira za Skybolt, ma collimators ndi makina owongolera. Tinkangofunikira kugunda rectenna ndi mphamvu ya maser. Tinkafuna kuchita izi poyesa koyamba, pamaso pa Purezidenti wa United States. Jenereta ya MHD inali yathu yokha ...
    
  "Jung Bae, mwawombera mphamvu yolunjika padziko lapansi," adatero Nukaga. "Munatulutsa mphamvu ya megawati imodzi kwa mphindi zoposa ziwiri pa mtunda wa makilomita oposa mazana awiri? Izi ndi..." Anaima kaye, akumawerengera m"maganizo. "Zimenezi ndi mphamvu zoposa ma joules mamiliyoni atatu zotulutsidwa ndi MHD kuchokera kumalo ankhondo amlengalenga! Ndiko kuŵirikiza katatu malire a lamulo, patali pafupifupi kuŵirikiza kanayi mlingo walamulo! Uku ndikuphwanya kwakukulu kwa Outer Space Treaty! Uwu ndi mlandu womwe ungazengedwe ndi Khothi Lachilungamo Ladziko Lonse kapena kuunikanso ndi United Nations Security Council! Zida zapamlengalenga, makamaka zida zamphamvu zowongoleredwa, siziloledwa kugwiritsidwa ntchito ndi aliyense, ngakhale ophunzira!
    
  "Ayi, bwana, sizingakhale choncho!" Jerry adati, atasokonezeka, akuwopa kuti adanena zambiri ndikupereka anzake, ndikuwopa kukwiyitsa pulofesa wake wokondedwa ndi mphunzitsi. "Starfire ndi chopangira magetsi adzuwa, osati chida chamlengalenga!"
    
  "Izi zinali choncho, Jung Bae, mpaka munasiya kugwiritsa ntchito mphamvu ya dzuwa ndikugwiritsa ntchito gwero lamagetsi opangira zida zankhondo zosaloledwa!" Nukaga analira. "Kodi simukumvetsa, Jung Bae? Mukhoza kugwiritsa ntchito zozimitsa moto kukondwerera Chaka Chatsopano, koma ngati mugwiritsa ntchito mzinga wa Scud kuti muchite zimenezo, zimasintha ndi kuipitsa mzimu womwe mumayesa kufotokoza, ngakhale simukuukira aliyense kapena kuwomba kalikonse. N"chifukwa chake tili ndi malamulo oletsa kugwiritsa ntchito zinthu ngati zimenezi pazifukwa zilizonse." Anaona mantha ali m"maso mwa Jerry ndipo nthawi yomweyo anamumvera chisoni. "Koma munali ku New Mexico, sichoncho?"
    
  "Inde, bwana".
    
  "Kodi adakufunsani za chisankho chogwiritsa ntchito jenereta ya MHD?"
    
  "Ayi, bwana," anatero Jerry. "Panalibe nthawi, ndipo ndinali pa msonkhano ndi gulu langa kuyesera kupeza njira yothetsera vuto la relay."
    
  "Kodi mukudziwa amene adapanga lingaliro logwiritsa ntchito MHD?"
    
  "Ndikukhulupirira kuti anali a McLanahan, bwana," anatero Jerry. Nukaga anagwedeza mutu kuti amvetse - akanatha kuganiza izi. "Iye anagaŵana lingalirolo ndi General Rydon, mkulu wa siteshoni, ndi Sergeant Lucas, woyang"anira ntchito pa siteshoniyo."
    
  "Kodi awa onse ndi asitikali?"
    
  "Ndikukhulupirira kuti onse adapuma pantchito," adatero Jerry, "koma amadziwa bwino ntchito yoyendetsa mlengalenga ndipo alembedwa ntchito ndi kontrakitala wabizinesi yachitetezo kuti aziigwiritsa ntchito."
    
  "'Kontrakitala wachitetezo chachinsinsi', huh?" Nukaga adaseka, "Kodi ndi kampani yaku Nevada yomwe idapatsa yunivesite ndalama zoperekera mbewu?"
    
  "Inde ... Ine ... Inde, bwana, zinali," Jerry anatero ... ndipo patapita kanthawi kuzindikira kunayamba kundiwonekera.
    
  "Mwayamba kumvetsetsa tsopano, sichoncho, Jung-bae?" - Anafunsa Nukaga ataona kuti Jerry akusintha. "Bradley McLanahan, mwana wa General Patrick McLanahan, ofisala wopuma pantchito wa Air Force ndi amene kale anali wogwira ntchito pakampani ino ku Nevada, anatulukira lingaliro la chimene chimatchedwa kuti malo opangira magetsi oyendera dzuwa, ndipo m"kanthawi kochepa chabe. miyezi ingapo adasonkhanitsa gulu la mainjiniya ndikupanga zopambana zingapo zasayansi ndiukadaulo. Ndiye kodi zangochitika mwangozi kuti Cal Poly ipeza ndalama zothandizira? Kodi ndizongochitika mwangozi kuti Bambo McLanahan akufuna kugwiritsa ntchito malo a Armstrong a Starfire, omwe amayendetsedwa ndi Nevada chitetezo kontrakitala yemweyo? Sindikhulupirira kuti zangochitika mwangozi, Jung Bae. Ndipo simuyenera kutero.
    
  "Koma adalandira chilolezo kuchokera kwa Purezidenti wa United States kuti agwiritse ntchito MHD," adatero Jerry, "pokhapokha ngati laser yaulere ya electron ya Skybolt sikanatha kuyambitsa."
    
  "Ndithudi. Sakanatha kuyatsa laser popanda kuphwanya Pangano la Kusungirako Malo, kotero adapeza chinthu chotsatira: makina opangidwa ndi gulu la ophunzira aku koleji, onse owoneka bwino komanso olimbikitsa komanso osalakwa - ng'ombe, ng'ombe zonse," adatero Nukaga. "Zikuwoneka kwa ine kuti zomwe zimatchedwa kuti mavuto ndi relay yanu zikanatha kugwedezeka mosavuta, chifukwa chake adayenera kugwiritsa ntchito jenereta ya MHD kuwonetsa mphamvu ya chida cha maser. Mamilioni atatu joules! Ndikunena kuti asitikali adakondwera kwambiri ndi ziwonetserozi. "
    
  "Ndidapanga makina otumizirana magetsi, bwana, ndipo ine ndekha ndidayang'anira," adatero Jerry. "Ndikukutsimikizirani kuti palibe amene adasokoneza dala izi."
    
  "Jung Bae, ndine wokondwa kuti wandiuza za izi," adatero Nukaga. "Sindikukuimbani mlandu pa chilichonse. Zikuwoneka kuti Bambo McLanahan anali ndi zolinga zawozawo pamene adapanga ntchitoyi. Monga ndimakayikira kuyambira pachiyambi, a McLanahan anali kugwira ntchito ndi kontrakitala wachitetezo uyu, ndipo mwinanso asitikali omwe, monga mwana wa msilikali wodziwika komanso wodziwika bwino, kupanga zida zamlengalenga ndikuzibisa padziko lapansi. Mwachionekere, iye anathandizidwa ndi kontrakitala ameneyu ndi boma-ndipo bwanji wophunzira wa chaka choyamba akanatha kusonkhanitsa zinthu zonse zofunika kuti amalize ntchitoyi m"nthaŵi yochepa chonchi?"
    
  "Ine...Sindinkadziwa, bwana," Jerry anatero, maso ake akungoyang"ana uku ndi uku mwa chisokonezo. "Bambo McLanahan, iwo ... Ankawoneka kuti anali ndi utsogoleri wodabwitsa komanso luso la bungwe. Nthawi zonse anali womasuka komanso wowonekera pa chilichonse. Anagawana chuma chake chonse ndi membala aliyense wa timu. Tinkadziwa mphindi iliyonse ya tsiku ndi tsiku zomwe zimafunika komanso momwe amafunira kuti apeze. "
    
  "Apanso, Jung Bae, sindikukuimbani mlandu chifukwa chogwera pa izi ... huckster yodziwika bwino iyi," adatero Nukaga. Anagwedeza mutu, wokondwa kuti anali panjira yoyenera. "Zimamveka kwa ine. Yunivesite yathu idachita nawo chiwembu chogwirizana ndi McLanahan - choyamba mwina ndi abambo ake omwalira, kenako mwana wake womulera - mothandizidwa ndi kontrakitala wachitetezo, asitikali ndi othandizira aboma monga Purezidenti Kenneth Phoenix ndi Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti Anne Page kuti apange mwachinsinsi. chida champhamvu choyendetsedwa ndi mlengalenga ndikuchibisa ngati projekiti yaukadaulo ya ophunzira. Wochenjera kwambiri. Kodi ndi mayunivesite ena angati omwe akupita patsogolo, okonda mtendere omwe agwiritsapo ntchito ndondomekoyi? Zosangalatsa."
    
  Malingaliro a Nukagi adathamanga kwa mphindi zingapo asanazindikire kuti adakali pa msonkhano wavidiyo ndi Jung Bae. "Pepani, Jung Bae," iye anatero, "koma ndili ndi kanthu kena kofunika kwambiri kuchita. Muyenera kusiya ntchitoyi nthawi yomweyo. M"malo mwake, nditamva kuti yunivesiteyo inali ndi chochita ndi pulogalamu yankhondo imeneyi, kapena ngati yunivesiteyo siisiya kuchita nawo ntchitoyi ndi kubweza ndalama zomwe ndalandira kuchokera kwa kontrakitala wachitetezoyu, ndidzasiya ntchito yanga nthawi yomweyo. maudindo, ndipo ndingalimbikitse kwambiri kuti musamukire kusukulu ina. Ndikukhulupirira kuti tonse tikhala okondwa kwambiri ku yunivesite ya Stanford. Ndikuyembekezera kukumana nanu posachedwa. " Ndipo adasokoneza kulumikizana.
    
  Mulungu wanga, Nukaga anaganiza, ndi dongosolo lauchiwanda lodabwitsa! Izi zinayenera kuwululidwa nthawi yomweyo. Izi zinayenera kuyima. Iye anali tcheyamani wa msonkhanowu, ndipo unaulutsidwa padziko lonse lapansi - iye, ndithudi, anali ndi mwayi wopeza makamera, maikolofoni ndi zoulutsira mawu, ndipo ankafuna kuzigwiritsa ntchito.
    
  Komabe, adavomereza yekha kuti omvera ake, ngakhale padziko lonse lapansi, sanali ochuluka choncho. Ambiri a dziko lapansi adawona otenga nawo gawo kukhala chabe otsatira amtendere a Occupy Wall Street, ma hippies openga. Chimodzi mwa zifukwa zomwe adafunsidwa kuti atsogolere msonkhanowo chinali kuyesa kupatsa bungwe ndi conclave kukhala ovomerezeka kwambiri. Anafunika thandizo. Akufunika...
    
  ...ndipo nthawi yomweyo anakumbukira ndikutulutsa business card m'thumba mwake, kenaka anatulutsa foni yake ya m'manja ndikuyimba nambala ya Washington ya munthu yemwe amamudziwa kuti ili pamwamba pake. "Bambo Cohen, uyu ndi Dr. Toby Nukaga, tcheyamani wa mwambowu ... Wodabwitsa bwana, zikomo, ndikukuthokozaninso kwa inu ndi Mlembi Barbeau chifukwa chopezekapo.
    
  "Bwana, ndangolandira zidziwitso zosokoneza kwambiri zomwe ndikuganiza kuti Secretary of State ayenera kudziwa ndipo mwina achitepo kanthu," adatero Nukaga, atatsala pang'ono kupuma. "Izi ndi za polojekiti ya Starfire ... inde, otchedwa malo opangira magetsi a dzuwa ... inde, ndimati" otchedwa "otchedwa" chifukwa lero ndinaphunzira kuti izi siziri mphamvu ya dzuwa, koma chitsime. -disguised space equipment program ...inde bwana, chida chankhondo chowongolera mphamvu zamlengalenga chobisika ngati projekiti yaukadaulo ya ophunzira...inde bwana, chidziwitsochi chinaperekedwa kwa ine ndi munthu wina wapamwamba kwambiri pantchitoyo, wapamwamba kwambiri... inde bwana, ndikudalira kochokera. Anakokedwa mu izi, monga momwe ine, yunivesite yanga, ndi mazana a mainjiniya ndi asayansi padziko lonse lapansi adalumikizidwa kuti agwirizane naye, ndipo ndikufuna kuwulula pulogalamu yowopsa ndi yoyipayi isanawonongedwenso .. .inde bwana. ...inde bwana, ndikhoza kukhala pamwamba pa mphindi zochepa chabe. Zikomo, Bambo Cohen."
    
  Mwachangu Nukaga anayamba kusonkhanitsa kompyuta yake ya tabuleti pomwe meseji idawonekera pa skrini yake. Zinali zochokera kwa mutu wa Students for Universal Peace, mmodzi wa magulu amtendere padziko lonse lapansi ndi mtendere padziko lonse omwe akupezeka pamsonkhanowo, ndipo uthengawo unati: Ndege yathu yotsutsa idawomberedwa ndi chida cha Starfire pafupi ndi malo a rectenna. Ife tiri pa nkhondo.
    
    
  KULANKHULA KWAMBIRI KWA CONCLAVE OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONFEDERATION OF RESPONSIBLE SCIENTIST
  Seattle, WA
  KENAKO MADZULO AWO
    
    
  "Ndili wokondwa ndi ulemu wanga kudziwitsa munthu amene safunikira mawu oyamba, makamaka pamsonkhano uno," anatero Dr. Toshuniko Nukaga, akuŵerenga script imene anapatsidwa kuchokera ku ofesi ya kampeni ya Mlembi Barbeau. "Stacy Ann Barbeau amadzifotokozera yekha kuti ndi msilikali wa Air Force. Wobadwira ku Barkdale Air Force Base pafupi ndi Shreveport, Louisiana, adati kubangula kwa mabomba a B-47 ndi B-52 kunja kwa nyumba ya banja lake kunangomugonetsa tulo, ndipo fungo la mafuta a jeti liyenera kuti lidalowa m'magazi ake. Mwana wamkazi wa wamkulu wopuma wa nyenyezi ziwiri wa Air Force, adasamuka ndi banja lake maulendo khumi, kuphatikizapo maulendo awiri akunja, asanabwerere kwawo ku Louisiana kukaphunzira ku koleji. Digiri ya Bachelor mu pre-law, bizinesi ndi kayendetsedwe ka boma kuchokera ku Tulane, digiri ya zamalamulo kuchokera ku Tulane, kenako adagwira ntchito muofesi ya omenyera ufulu wa anthu ku Shreveport, Baton Rouge ndi New Orleans asanathamangire ku Congress. Mawu atatu mu Congress adatsatiridwa ndi mawu atatu mu Senate ya United States, zaka zinayi zapitazi monga Mtsogoleri Wambiri, asanasankhidwe ngati Mlembi wa boma makumi asanu ndi limodzi mphambu zisanu ndi ziwiri. Lero ndi amene akufuna kukhala Purezidenti wa United States, ndipo ngati atapambana, adzakhala mkazi woyamba kukhala ndi udindo umenewu. Sindingathe kulingalira munthu woyenera kwambiri paudindowu, sichoncho? " Kunatsatira kuyimirira modabwitsa komwe kunatenga pafupifupi mphindi yathunthu.
    
  "Uwu ndiye mbiri yake, anzanga ndi anzanga, koma ndikuuzeni zingapo zokhudza mayi wodabwitsayu zomwe mwina simungazidziwe," adatero Nukaga. "Pali mbali ziwiri kwa Secretary Barbeau. Pali woyimira woopsa koma wosamala waukadaulo wobiriwira, chilengedwe, kuchitapo kanthu motsutsana ndi kutentha kwa dziko komanso kuwongolera mpweya. Koma ndizofanana zamphamvu ndikudzipereka kulimbikitsa ndi kupititsa patsogolo luso lathu lankhondo. N'zosadabwitsa kuti iye ndi mawu amphamvu kwa Air Force, koma iyenso ndi woimira dziko lathu kusunga utsogoleri wake pa nyanja ya dziko ndi kusunga mphamvu kuti ali wokonzeka kuthandiza mayiko ena mu nthawi yawo yosowa mofulumira, mosalekeza. , ndi thandizo lamphamvu koma lachifundo. Ndimamudziwa kuti ndi munthu wamphamvu, wosamala komanso wamphamvu, koma ndithudi ndi zomwe Humphrey Bogart angatchule kuti 'wozizira bwino'. "Nukaga anatsitsimutsidwa atamva kuphulika kwa chiseko ndi kuwomba m"manja poyankha mzera uwu - ndi wakuti akanachotsa m"mawu ake oyambilira amene anakonzekera ngati akanaloledwa kutero.
    
  "Stacy Ann Barbeau amalankhula zinenero zisanu bwino. Stacy Ann ndi katswiri wa gofu. Stacy Ann amamudziwa Washington mkati ndi kunja, koma mizu yake ndi mtima wake zili ndi anthu, inu ndi ine. Stacy Ann amadziwa ndi kusamala za asilikali a US, mphamvu yomwe imateteza dziko lathu ndi dziko laufulu, koma Stacy Ann akudziwa kuti asilikali ndi gulu lankhondo osati lankhondo lokha, komanso kuteteza omwe sangathe kudziteteza. " Nukaga anakweza mawu ake pamene ankayamba nyimboyo, ndipo kuwomba m"manja kokulirakulira kwa omvera kunam"sangalatsa kwambiri moti anadzipeza akukweza manja ake n"kukuta zibakera, zomwe ankaganiza kuti sangachite. "Stacy Ann Barbeau ndi mtsogoleri, wankhondo komanso woyimira milandu, ndipo mothandizidwa ndi thandizo lathu, Stacey Ann Barbeau adzakhala Purezidenti wotsatira wa United States of America!" Mawu otsatira a Nukagi sanamveke chifukwa cha mkokomo, phokoso logonthetsa m"kutu lomwe linabuka panthaŵiyo. "Madona ndi madona, abwenzi ndi anzanga, chonde gwirizanani nane polandira mlembi wakale wa boma ndi Purezidenti wotsatira wa United States of America, Stacey Ann Barbeau!"
    
  Ndi kumwetulira kowoneka bwino komanso kugwedezeka kwa manja onse awiri, Stacey Ann Barbeau adakwera siteji. Anachita zomwe Stacey Ann Barbeau ankadziwa kuchita bwino kwambiri: kuyang'ana katswiri, pulezidenti komanso wokopa nthawi yomweyo. Tsitsi lake lopindika la blonde ndi zopakapaka zake zinali zopanda chilema; kavalidwe kake kanali kokwanira bwino kamene kamaonetsa maonekedwe ake okhotakhota osaoneka bwino; zodzikongoletsera zake zidakopa chidwi chambiri, koma zokwanira kungomupangitsa kuti aziwoneka bwino popanda kuwonekera.
    
  "Zikomo, zikomo, madona ndi madona!" Barbeau adakuwa maikolofoni atafika pa lectern. Kenako ananena mawu ake odziwika bwino komanso obwerezedwa mobwerezabwereza m'mawu omveka a Cajun: "Tiyeni tiyambe kumanga tsogolo limodzi, sichoncho?" Kuwomba m"manja ndi kukuwa kunali kogontha.
    
  Barbeau anayima mwakachetechete pa nsanja mpaka kufuula ndi kuwomba m'manja kunatha, ndiyeno kuyembekezera pafupifupi mphindi ina, kotero kuti omvera amadikirira ndi kupuma kwa mawu ake. Potsirizira pake, iye anayamba kuti: "Anzanga, pachiyambi, ndidzapatuka pa mawu anga okonzekera chifukwa pakhala zochitika zazikulu m"maola angapo apitawa zimene ndikuganiza kuti muyenera kuzidziŵa.
    
  "Ndikukhulupirira kuti nonse mukudziwa kuti sindine wokonda kwambiri Purezidenti Kenneth Phoenix yemwe amatchedwa kuti malo opangira mafakitale," adatero. "Ndimapereka ulemu kwa Purezidenti padziko lonse lapansi chifukwa chowuluka ku siteshoni yankhondo kuti akanene chilengezo chake chachikulu, ngakhale kuti okhometsa misonkho aku America adataya ndalama zokwana madola mamiliyoni makumi ambiri pakuchita zomwe zidawononga komanso zosafunikira padziko lapansi. . " , - koma kunena zoona, abwenzi anga, zonse zatsika kuchokera pano: ubale ndi anthu a ku Russia ndi mayiko ambiri ku Ulaya ndi Asia ndi otsika kwambiri ndipo akuwopseza kuphulika kwa mikangano yamtendere, ndikubwerera kudziko lina. Cold War poipa kwambiri.; Asilikali sakukhulupiriranso pulezidenti chifukwa cha madontho akulu akulu omwe akubwera omwe akufuna kuwapanga kunkhondo yathu yonyada; a Russia asiya International Space Station, European Union ndi Japan akuganiza zochita zomwezo; ndipo chuma chidakali m'mavuto zaka zinayi atayamba kulamulira, ngakhale kampeni yochepetsetsa yomwe yawona kuti m'madipatimenti onse akuchotsedwa. Kodi zimenezi n"zimene tikufuna kupitiriza kwa zaka zina zinayi?" Omverawo anayamba kuimba mawu odziŵika bwino amene anabwerezedwa mobwerezabwereza mkati mwa ndawala ya Barbeau: "Chitanipo kanthu tsopano, Ken Phoenix, kapena tulukani m"galimotomo! " kusakaniza kwa Cajun ndi Creole mawu.
    
  Atadikirira masekondi angapo, Barbeau adakweza manja ake, akumwetulira kwambiri, mpaka kuyimba kudatha. "Koma pamene adatichenjeza za mapulani ake ochepetsa usilikali pa nthawi ya ngozi yomwe ikuchulukirachulukira ku dziko lathu ndi ogwirizana athu; pamene akutichenjeza kuti ali wokonzeka kudula mapulogalamu a chitetezo cha anthu ndi zopindulitsa zomwe zimapangidwira kuti zithandize anthu omwe ali pachiopsezo kwambiri pakati pathu; pamene akuwopseza kuti apanga chiwongola dzanja chachikulu kuti ayese kuyika zinthu za danga la pie mumlengalenga, mukudziwa zomwe adachita lero, anzanga? Lero adayambitsa chida chowongolera mphamvu, laser microwave, kuchokera mumlengalenga, kuphwanya mwachindunji Pangano la Outer Space Conservation Treaty. Ngakhale kuti panganolo silinavomerezedwebe ndi Senate-kusiya zimene ndidzakonza pamene ndidzayang"anira Nyumba Yoyera, ndikukulonjezani-mfundo zake zatsatiridwa mosamalitsa m"zaka zisanu ndi zitatu zapitazi kuti mtendere ukhalepo. Ndipo inu mukudziwa chomwe chiri choyipa kwambiri? Kuti abise pulogalamu yake kudziko lapansi, adabisala izi ngati kuyesa kosalakwa kwa ophunzira aku koleji.
    
  "Zowona anzanga. Mwamva kapena kuwerenga za achinyamata oyambirira mumlengalenga, ndipo ndithudi Casey Huggins, woyamba paraplegic mu mlengalenga, asayansi achinyamata aluso amene anali ndi kulimba mtima kupita mu mlengalenga kuchita kuyesera uku. Chabwino, zonsezi ndi bodza lalikulu. Mothandizidwa ndi kontrakitala wa chitetezo cha Nevada komanso thandizo la Purezidenti Phoenix ndi Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti Page, ophunzirawa adapanga chida chowongolera chomwe chili pamwamba pamitu yathu pakali pano, ndipo adathamangitsidwa bwino lero pa chandamale padziko lapansi, zonse pansi pa mawonekedwe a fakitale yamagetsi adzuwa. , yomwe imatha kupereka magetsi kumadera aliwonse adziko lapansi kuthandiza anthu ovutika kapena ofufuza akutali padziko lapansi. Monga tikunenera pamenepo, panjira, abwenzi anga: galu uyu sasaka.
    
  "Iwo anayesa kutinyenga ife, anzanga," Barbeau anapitiriza. "Anayesa kutinyenga. Koma membala wina wa gulu lotchedwa Starfire Project sanathenso kupirira chinyengocho, ndipo anayitana wapampando wathu wa msonkhano, Dr. Tobi Nukage, ndikumuuza zoona. Mnyamata wolimba mtima uyu ndi Kim Jong-bae, wophunzira waluso wa uinjiniya wochokera ku United Korea yemwe anali mtsogoleri wa gulu la polojekitiyi koma sanaloledwe kunena zotsutsa kuwombera mayeso. Iye ndi ngwazi pophwanya khalidweli."
    
  Nkhope yake inadetsedwa. "Tinaphunziranso lero kuti panali tsoka lalikulu lokhudzana ndi chida champhamvu ichi - mwina mudamvapo," adatero Barbeau. "Limodzi mwa magulu omwe akuyimiridwa pano, Students for Universal Peace, adachita zionetsero zokhudzana ndi Starfire Test Site. Iwo adalemba ganyu amuna awiri olimba mtima kuti aziwulutsa ndege yaing'ono pafupi ndi malo omwe Starfire akufuna. Iwo ankadziwa kuopsa kwake, koma ankafuna kuchita chilichonse chimene akanatha kuti asiye mayesowo. Ndikunong'oneza bondo kunena kuti... Ndegeyo idawomberedwa ndi chida chamumlengalenga chosaloledwa. Inde, kuwomberedwa ndi mtengo wa laser wa microwave kuchokera ku Armstrong space station. Amuna awiri olimba mtima omwe anali m'sitimayo anaphedwa nthawi yomweyo. Muholo muja munali zii, kupatulapo kulira pang"ono ndi mantha, ndipo aliyense amene anali patebulo limodzi nthawi yomweyo analumpha ndi kunjenjemera ndi kumva kuwawa kwambiri ndipo analunjika kotulukira muholoyo.
    
  Barbeau adalola kuti chete ikhalepo kwakanthawi. Kenako, pang'onopang'ono, pang'onopang'ono, mawonekedwe ake adasintha: sanalinso wachisoni, koma wotentha ndi mkwiyo. "Lekani kukhala wachinyengo, Bambo Phoenix," adatero Barbeau, akufotokoza mawu ake momveka bwino ndikulozera chala chake pamanetiweki ndi makamera ankhani za chingwe omwe adayikidwa mwachangu pamalingaliro ake chifukwa cha mawonekedwe ake. "Sipadzakhalanso mabodza ndi chinyengo, osawononganso ndalama zathu zamisonkho zomwe tazipeza movutikira pamapulogalamu a zida zowopsa komanso zosaloledwa, komanso kupha anthu osalakwa aku America omwe safuna china koma kuwonetsa mkwiyo wawo ndikuchita china chilichonse, m'dzina lamtendere. Nthawi yomweyo zimitsani chida chamlengalenga ichi, chisiyeni ndikuchisiya kuti chidutse, chiwotche ndikugwera m'nyanja. Chitani tsopano". Kuwomba m'manja kowonjezereka ndi kuyimba kwa "Chitani tsopano!" Chitani tsopano! Chitani tsopano!"
    
  "Ndikadzakhala Purezidenti wa United States, anzanga," Barbeau anapitiriza pambuyo pa mphindi imodzi ya kuwomba m'manja ndikuimba, "Ndidzabwezeretsa chikhulupiriro ndi ulemu wa dziko lino, asilikali athu, White House ndi pamaso pa aliyense wozungulira. dziko lomwe likufuna ufulu ndikupempherera dzanja lotambasula. Asilikali athu adzakhala nambala wani popanda kuyesa kukhalabe nambala yachitatu. Pamene anthu oponderezedwa ndi okonda mtendere a padziko lapansi ayang'ana m'mwamba, sadzawona mizinga yoponyedwa pa iwo ndi boma lawo, ndipo ndithudi sadzawona siteshoni yamlengalenga ya asilikali a ku America itakonzeka kusandutsa mudzi wawo kukhala phulusa kapena kuwombera mfuti. ndege kuchokera kumwamba ndi kuwala kosaoneka - iwo adzawona ndege zoyendera ndi mbendera yofiira, yoyera ndi yabuluu ya United States of America yonyamula chakudya, madzi, mankhwala, madokotala ndi alonda amtendere kuti awathandize. Ndipo pamene anthu aku America apempha thandizo ndikupempha boma lawo kuti liwathandize kudyetsa ana awo ndi kupeza ntchito, sangamve kuti pulezidenti wawo akuwononga madola mamiliyoni mazana ambiri pamasewera osangalala mumlengalenga kapena kupanga mwachinsinsi kuwala kwa imfa - adzalandira chithandizo chomwe akusowa. kufunika . Izi ndi zomwe ndikulonjeza!
    
  Kukondwa ndi kuyimba kunali kokulirapo kuposa kale, ndipo nthawi ino Stacy Ann Barbeau analola kuti izi zipitirire.
    
    
  KREMLIN
  MOSCOW RUSSIA FEDERATION
  PATAPITA MAola Ochepa
    
    
  "Anzanga aku Russia, zolankhula zanga m'mawa uno zikhala zazifupi komanso zachindunji," Purezidenti Gennady Gryzlov adatero mu kamera kuchokera ku studio yapa kanema wawayilesi ku Kremlin. Nkhope yake inali yakuda, yowawidwa mtima, ngati kuti anali pafupi kulengeza za imfa ya wokondedwa wake. "Pakadali pano muyenera kuti mudamvapo za zomwe adalankhula yemwe adasankhidwa kukhala Purezidenti wa US komanso mlembi wakale wa boma a Stacey Ann Barbeau m'mbuyomu lero ponena za kuyesa kwa chida champhamvu chochokera m'mlengalenga chomwe chili pa Dziko Lapansi kuchokera kumalo ankhondo aku US komanso kuwombera. pansi pa ndege ya US yokhala ndi chida chimenecho. Atumiki anga ndi ine tinachita mantha kumva za izi. Tikuyesetsa kutsimikizira izi, koma ngati ndi zoona, izi zitha kukhala chiwopsezo chachikulu pamtendere wapadziko lonse lapansi - kwenikweni, ndikuphwanya pangano, chenjezo kwa dziko lonse lapansi, kuputa komanso kuchitapo kanthu mwachilungamo. nkhondo.
    
  "Tikaganizira zomwe tingasankhe, tinali ndi nkhawa kuti titha kuyambitsa mantha ku Russia konse, komanso padziko lonse lapansi. Koma tinaona kuti palibe chimene tingachitire, n"chifukwa chake ndikulankhula nanu masana ano. Komanso, tasankha kuchita mwanzeru komanso mwachangu kuteteza miyoyo ya anthu aku Russia ndi anzathu ndi ogwirizana nawo motere:
    
  "Choyamba: Kuyambira nthawi yomweyo, Russian Space Defense Force idzapitirizabe kuulutsa malo omwe akuyembekezeredwa kuti apite ku malo a asilikali a US komanso momwe angathere ndi azimuth a zida zake zamphamvu, komanso kupereka machenjezo okhudza nthawi ndi komwe zida zamphamvu zomwe zidzawopsyezedwe. Anthu a ku Russia, ogwirizana athu, ndi anzathu padziko lapansi," Gryzlov anapitiriza. "Zida zikakuwopsezani, tikukupemphani kuti mubisale mobisa kapena m'nyumba yolimba kwambiri yomwe mutha kuchokako mwachangu. Zida zenizeni za chidacho sizikudziwika, kotero sitikudziwa chomwe chivundikiro chabwino kwambiri chingakhale, koma mutha kukhala ndi mwayi wopulumuka ngati muli m'nyumba osati kunja. Kuopseza kumatha mpaka mphindi zinayi. Inu ndi okondedwa anu mungakhale pangozi yamfuti kangapo patsiku.
    
  "Kuphulika kwa zida zimenezi kungawononge zinthu zamagetsi, choncho konzani nyumba zanu ndi malonda anu kukhala opanda mphamvu kwa masiku kapena milungu ingapo: sungani mabulangete, chakudya ndi madzi; sonkhanitsani nkhuni zamoto; ndipo konzekerani madera anu kuti abwere pamodzi ndikuthandizana wina ndi mnzake," adapitilizabe. "Ngati n"kotheka, peŵani kuwuluka m"ndege, kukwera m"zikepe kapena masitima apamtunda amagetsi, kapena kugwiritsa ntchito makina olemera pamene chida chili m"malo oopsa, chifukwa, monga taonera, zida zimatha kugwetsa ndege mosavuta ndipo zingasokoneze kapena kuwononga magetsi. madera.
    
  "Chachiwiri: Ndikufuna kuti zida zonse zaku America zomwe zili pamalo okwerera mlengalenga a Armstrong zichotsedwe ndikuwonongeka nthawi yomweyo," adatero Gryzlov. "Izi zikuphatikizapo Skybolt free electron laser, Hydra chlorine-oxygen-iodine laser ndi Kingfisher orbital armshops workshops; Starfire, zomwe zimatchedwa kuyesa kwa ophunzira aku koleji komwe kwenikweni kunakhala chida cha laser cha microwave; ndi zida zina zilizonse za mlengalenga, magwero awo amphamvu ndi zigawo zawo zonse, kaya Amereka amaziika ngati zida zodzitetezera zokha kapena ayi. Makamaka, dziko la Russia likufuna kuti gawo la Skybolt lisiyanitsidwe ndi siteshoni ya mlengalenga ya Armstrong mkati mwa maola makumi anayi mphambu asanu ndi atatu, ndikuti ngati silikhalanso chiwopsezo kwa aliyense kapena chilichonse padziko lapansi, lichotsedwe panjira. mlengalenga wa dziko lapansi kapena kugwa m'nyanja. Tili ndi masensa amphamvu pansi kuti tiwone ngati zatheka. Ngati izi sizichitika, ndiyenera kuganiza kuti United States ikufuna kupitiriza kugwiritsa ntchito zida ndipo Russia idzachitapo kanthu mwamsanga kuti iteteze.
    
  "Chachitatu: Ndikulengeza kuti, kuyambira masiku khumi, pokhapokha ngati Achimerika awononga zida zawo zonse zamlengalenga, malo onse a ndege ozungulira Russian Federation kuchokera pamwamba mpaka pamtunda wa makilomita mazana asanu tsopano atsekedwa ndipo atsekedwa ku ndege zonse zosaloledwa, "- Gryzlov anapitiriza. "Kwa zaka zambiri, mayiko onse adziwa kuti malo oyendetsa ndege omwe ali pansi pa makilomita makumi awiri okha ndi omwe angakhale ochepa kapena olamulidwa, koma osatinso. Asayansi athu akuyerekeza kuti anthu aku America amatha kuwombera zida zawo zamphamvu zowongolera mpaka ma kilomita mazana asanu ndi mphamvu zokwanira kupha munthu pansi, ndiye iyi ndi ndege yomwe tidzateteza. Kuwuluka kulikonse kosaloledwa ku Russia Federation pansi pa mtunda wotchulidwa, mosasamala kanthu za mtundu wa ndege kapena ndege, idzaonedwa kuti ndi yonyansa komanso yosagwirizana. Ndikudziwa kuti izi zimakhudza mayiko ambiri, koma anthu aku America asintha machitidwe achitetezo padziko lonse lapansi, ndipo tilibe chochita koma kuchitapo kanthu. Masiku khumi ayenera kukhala okwanira kuti mayiko onse opanda ubwenzi asinthe mayendedwe a ndege zawo kapena kutipatsa mwatsatanetsatane za mtundu, cholinga ndi njira za ndege ndi zamlengalenga zomwe zikuwuluka ku Russia kuti zigwirizane ndi dongosololi.
    
  "Zoletsa izi ndizowona makamaka pachombo chimodzi makamaka: magalimoto aku America omwe ali ndi gawo limodzi," adatero Gryzlov. "Chifukwa cha luso lawo lothawirako mumlengalenga komanso kuthekera kwawo kuthamangira m'njira ya Earth orbit, komanso kuwonetsa luso lawo lowombera zida kapena kuyambitsa ma satellite onyamula zida m'njira yozungulira, amawopseza kwambiri Russian Federation.
    
  "Choncho, kuyambira ndi masiku khumi kuti ndege za m'mlengalenga zipereke nthawi yoti zitulutse ogwira ntchito pa International Space Station kapena Armstrong Station, ndege za m'mlengalenga za US S-series sizidzalandiridwa mumlengalenga wa Russia ndipo zidzaponyedwa ndi kuwomberedwa popanda chenjezo," Gryzlov anapitiriza. . "Ndiroleni ndibwereze izi kuti pasakhale chisokonezo kapena kukayikira: kuyambira lero, m'masiku khumi, ndege zaku America zakuthambo zidzatsegulidwa ngati ziwuluka ku Russian Federation. Kuwopseza kuwukira kwa ndege za hypersonic ndizovuta kwambiri kwa anthu aku Russia. Dziko la United States lili ndi ndege zambiri za m"mlengalenga zoyendetsedwa ndi anthu zomwe zimatha kugwira ntchito ku International Space Station ndi ntchito zina zofananira, ndipo aziloledwa kutero atapempha chilolezo chowuluka ku Russia, koma ndege zamlengalenga sizidzapatsidwa chilolezo chowuluka ku Russia mwina. M"mikhalidwe yotani?
    
  "Sindinafune kuchitapo kanthu mwamphamvu chotero, anthu anga okondedwa a ku Russia, koma nditakambirana ndi alangizi anga ndiponso nditapemphera kwambiri, ndinaona kuti palibe chimene ndingachitire ngati ndikufuna kuteteza nzika za ku Russia ku ngozi zimene zikukumana nazo panopa. " , - anamaliza Gryzlov. "Ndikulimbikitsa anthu onse a ku Russia kuti achitepo kanthu kuti atetezedwe ndi mabanja awo ku ngozi ya zida za mlengalenga. Ngati aku America sayankha zomwe ndikufuna, ndikukutsimikizirani, Russia ichitapo kanthu. Khalani odziwitsidwa ndikukhala otetezeka, okondedwa anga aku Russia. Mulungu adalitse Russian Federation. "
    
  Gryzlov ananyamuka pampando wake ndikutuluka mu situdiyo yapa kanema wa Kremlin, limodzi ndi wamkulu wa antchito ake, Sergei Tarzarov. Sanapereke moni aliyense kapena kuyima kucheza, koma mwachangu adabwerera kuofesi yake. Anamudikirira mkati mwake anali Nduna Yowona Zakunja Daria Titeneva, Nduna ya Chitetezo Gregor Sokolov ndi Chief of General Staff General Mikhail Khristenko, omwe adayimilira pomwe Tarzarov adatsegulira chitseko cha pulezidenti waku Russia. "Chithandizo chabwino, bwana," adatero Sokolov. "Ndikuganiza kuti masiku khumi adzakhala okwanira kuti aku America ayambe kukambirana za mwayi wopita ku ndege yaku Russia pazamlengalenga."
    
  Gryzlov anakhala pansi pa tebulo ndi kuyang'anitsitsa Sokolov. "Sindipatsa aliyense masiku khumi," adayankha motero, akuyatsa ndudu, "ndipo sindidzakambirana ndi aliyense za chilichonse."
    
  "Bwana?"
    
  "Maola 48, Sokolov," adatero Gryzlov. "Ndikapanda kuwona gawo la Skybolt litachotsedwa pamalo okwerera mlengalenga, ndikufuna kuti siteshoniyo ikadzadutsa dziko la Russia, iwukidwe ndi chida chilichonse chomwe chili mu zida zathu. Zomwezo ndi ndege zawo zilizonse. Sindikhala pansi osachita kalikonse pomwe aku America akuwuluka pamwamba ndi zida zowongolera mphamvu. Ndikanakonda kukokera dziko lino kunkhondo kusiyana ndi kulola kuti izi zichitike."
    
  Sergei Tarzarov anatenga cholandirira telefoni chakumapeto kwina kwa ofesi ya Gryzlov, kumvetsera, kenako n"kuchibwezeranso. "Purezidenti Phoenix ali pano, bwana," adatero.
    
  "Sizinatenge nthawi," adatero Gryzlov. Iye anakodola anthu amene anali m"chipindamo kuti anyamule zida zawo zowonjezera kuti amvetsere kumasulira, kenako ananyamula foni pa desiki lake. "Chavuta ndi chiyani, Bambo Phoenix?"
    
  "Ichi sichinali chida chowongolera mphamvu, Bambo Purezidenti," adatero Phoenix kudzera mwa womasulira. "Inali projekiti ya uinjiniya wakukoleji, malo opangira magetsi oyendera dzuwa. Ndipo ndegeyo sinawombedwe ndi Starfire - idalephera kuwongolera pomwe ikuyesera kuthawa helikopita yolondera ya Air Force itaphwanya malo oyendera ndege, patadutsa mphindi zochepa mayesowo atatha. Sindikudziwa komwe Mlembi Barbeau adapeza zambiri, koma akulakwitsa ndipo mwasokeretsedwa kuti mukhulupirire. Akuchita kampeni ya Purezidenti ndipo akufuna mitu. "
    
  "Dikirani". Gryzlov adasindikiza batani loyimilira ndikutembenukira kwa omwe anali naye m'chipindamo. "Chabwino," adatero, "Phoenix amayambitsa zokambiranazi poyesa kufotokoza. Izi zikhoza kukhala zosangalatsa."
    
  "Atha kukhala wokonzeka kukambirana," adatero Tarzarov. "Mulole akupatseni chinachake, ndipo inunso mudzalandirapo kanthu."
    
  "Ukunena chiyani, Tarzarov," Gryzlov anatero mokwiya, koma akumwetulira pankhope pake. "Sindidzapereka inchi ku mawonekedwe ofooka a mtsogoleri wa dziko." Anadinanso batani logwira. "Kodi mukunena kuti Barbeau akunama, Phoenix?" - adafunsa, osagwiritsanso ntchito mutu wa Phoenix kapena kumutchula kuti "Bambo" - Kusuntha koyamba kwa Phoenix kunali kodzitchinjiriza, ndipo Gryzlov ankafuna kuti pasakhale kukayikira kuti ndani tsopano akulamulira.
    
  "Ndikukupatsani zowona, Bambo Purezidenti: Starfire si chida chowongolera mphamvu," adatero Phoenix. "Ichi ndi malo oyesera opangira mphamvu ya dzuwa opangidwa ndi ophunzira angapo a uinjiniya aku California. Laser yaulere ya electron ya Skybolt yazimitsidwa. Kuyesera kwa ophunzirawo kunali kutumiza magetsi kuchokera kumlengalenga kupita ku Dziko Lapansi. Izi ndizo zonse. Ndege yaing"onoyo inagwa chifukwa woyendetsa wakeyo anali wopusa, osati chifukwa chakuti inagundidwa ndi maser. Makina opangira magetsi oyendera dzuwa sangawopseze aliyense padziko lapansi ndipo sangayimitse ndege, ma elevator, masitima apamtunda, kapena china chilichonse. Mukupanga mantha chifukwa cha kuyesa kosavulaza ku koleji. Ntchitoyi kapena malo okwerera mlengalenga sizikuwopsezani chilichonse."
    
  "Phoenix, sindikukhulupiriranso," adatero Gryzlov. "Pali chinthu chimodzi chokha chomwe mungachite kuti mubwezeretse chikhulupiriro changa m'mawu anu: chotsani nthawi yomweyo gawo la laser pamalo okwerera mlengalenga. Ngati muchita izi, sindidzayika ziletso zochulukira pamlengalenga waku Russia ndipo ndidzalowa mu zokambirana ndi inu kuti mupange pangano losatha pa zida zamlengalenga. Zomwe ndimasamala ndi zida zankhondo zomwe zitha kuwopseza Russia. Mwina ndalandira zambiri zolakwika za chipangizocho, koma izi sizikusinthabe kuti mudagwiritsa ntchito gawo la Skybolt kutulutsa mphamvu padziko lapansi, ndipo izi sizovomerezeka. "
    
  Gryzlov adawona bata lalitali kumbali ina ya mzere; ndiye: "Ndikambilana ndi alangizi anga, Bambo Purezidenti," Phoenix potsiriza anati.
    
  "Zabwino kwambiri," adatero Gryzlov. "Muli ndi masiku awiri, Phoenix, ndiyeno Russia idzateteza malo ake amlengalenga ndi malo otsika a Earth monga momwe tingatetezere dziko lathu, ndi mwamuna aliyense, mkazi ndi mwana ndi chida chilichonse chomwe tili nacho. Ili ndi lonjezo langa, Phoenix. "Ndipo ndi mawu awa adaponya foni m'malo mwake.
    
  Sergei Tarzarov adabweza chingwe cholumikizira cholumikizidwa pamalo ake oyamba. "Ndikuganiza kuti achita momwe mukufunsira ndikuchotsa gawo la laser pamalo okwerera ankhondo," adatero. "Ndithu akuvomereza zimenezo. Ndingapangireko-"
    
  "Ayi, simungathe, Tarzarov," Gryzlov adamusokoneza. Anatembenukira kwa Minister of Defense Sokolov ndi Chief of the General Staff Khristenko. "Ndipatsa anthu aku America masiku awo awiri kuti atulutse gawo ili la Skybolt pamalo okwerera mlengalenga, ndipo ndingowalola kuti apereke makapisozi opangidwa ndi anthu kumalo awo akumlengalenga ngati atiuza njira yawo yowulukira ndi komwe akupita asanatsegule, komanso ngati satero. Osapatuka panjira yowuluka iyi osati ndi digirii kapena mita. Ngati satidziwitsa, kapena ngati apatuka panjira yawo yowulukira, ndikufuna kuti chombocho chiwonongeke. Ndege zam'mlengalenga zizitumizidwa nthawi iliyonse zikafika mkati mwa zida zathu. "
    
  "Nanga bwanji tsatanetsatane wa katundu wawo kapena okwera, bwana?" Nduna Yachilendo Titenov adafunsa.
    
  "Sindisamala zomwe anganyamulenso," adatero Gryzlov. "Kuyambira tsopano, ndikuganiza kuti chombo chilichonse chopangidwa ndi anthu aku America chimanyamula zida zam'mlengalenga ndikuyika chiwopsezo ku Russia. Anthu aku America ndi Purezidenti wopanda spine Phoenix ndi abodza ndipo ali pachiwopsezo ku Russia. Ndidzawatenga ngati adani omwe ali, sindidzalola chilichonse, ndipo ndidzagwira ntchito poganiza kuti America ikungoyembekezera mwayi woti amenye, ndiye tiyenera kukhala okonzeka kumenya kaye. "
    
    
  ZINANANI
    
    
  Kuwomberana kumachitika ndi zigawenga, osati ndi apolisi.
    
  - JOHN F. KENNEDY
    
    
    
  WOWERA NDEGE ZOYAMBA KUPITA CHAKUMPOTI CHA CALIFORNIA
  NTHAWI YOMWEYO
    
    
  Purezidenti Phoenix adadula foni. "Zonse zinayenda bwino," anadandaula motopa. Anali kupita kumpoto ku Portland, Oregon, tsiku lotsatira loyimitsa kampeni. "Anyamata mukuzimva zonsezi?" - adafunsa mu kamera yake yamsonkhano wamavidiyo. Onse atatu omwe adachita nawo msonkhano wamavidiyo - Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti Anne Page, Mlangizi wa National Security William Glenbrook ndi Secretary of Defense Frederick Hayes - adayankha motsimikiza. "Ndinasokoneza pooch. Ndikadakuitanani anyamata ndikufunsani malingaliro anu musanalole ophunzira a Cal Poly kuti agwiritse ntchito jenereta ya nyukiliya. Chifukwa cha Barbeau, Russia ikuganiza kuti ndangowombera kumene. Ndikuona ngati ndilibe chosankha apa anyamata koma kungodula gawo ili la Skybolt. Maganizo?"
    
  "Ndikadalangiza kuyesedwa kwina kwa jenereta ya MHD ngati mutandifunsa pasadakhale, Purezidenti," adatero Anne. "Zomwe tidachita ndikulola ophunzira a UC kuwonetsa luso lawo laukadaulo - sitinaombere zida zam'mlengalenga. Starfire si chida chamlengalenga, ziribe kanthu zomwe Barbeau ndi Gryzlov anganene. "
    
  "Tsopano funso ndilakuti, kodi tikuganiza kuti Gryzlov angayerekeze kuukira ngati tiwulutsa ndege yaku Russia?" - anafunsa pulezidenti.
    
  "Akuchitapo kanthu kuti atitsimikizire kuti izi ndi zomwe angachite," adatero Glenbrook. "Kukhazikitsa ndege ya Electron iyi m'njira yomwe imadutsana ndi siteshoni yamlengalenga? Uku kunali kuchita dala."
    
  "Anali kutalikirana mailosi," adatero Hayes. "Panalibe ngozi yakugunda."
    
  "Koma kuwerengera molakwika kwa masekondi ochepa chabe ndipo kukanakhala koyipa kwambiri," adatero Anne. "Bill akulondola: uku kunali kuchita mwadala komanso koopsa."
    
  "Wanenanso chinthu chinanso chimene chinachitika nkhani ya m"ndege ija isanachitike, sichoncho Fred?" apulezidenti anafunsa. "Chinali chiyani?"
    
  "Ndege ya m'mlengalenga ya ku Russia isanadutse pa siteshoni ya m'mlengalenga ya Armstrong, tinayang'ana pamene ikuwulukira pafupi kwambiri ndi satelayiti ya ku Russia yomwe inasokonekera," adatero Hayes. "Pamene tinali kuyang'ana, tinawona kuti satellite ikugwa mwadzidzidzi."
    
  "Ndege inamuukira? Bwanji?"
    
  "Deta yoyambirira pamwambowu idapezedwa kuchokera kuzithunzi za radar, ndipo sanazindikire ma projectiles ngati mivi ya Scimitar hypervelocity yomwe adagwiritsa ntchito kale," adatero Hayes. "Tidapempha a Air Force kuti awonenso zithunzi za satellite za infrared zomwe zidatengedwa panthawiyi kuti awone ngati angazindikire laser."
    
  "Laser?" - anafuula pulezidenti. "Laser yowononga satellite pa ndege?"
    
  "Ndizotheka kwambiri, bwana," adatero Hayes. "Takhala ndi mapulani opangira ma laser ang'onoang'ono kuti awononge ma satelayiti, monga aku Russia - mwina ayika imodzi pamalo onyamula katundu a Electron spaceplane."
    
  "Titha kugwiritsa ntchito chinthu chonga ichi tsopano," adatero Anne.
    
  "Tinasankha ma satelayiti a Kingfisher, amayi, chifukwa amatha kunyamula zida za anti-satellite, anti-missile ndi zida zowukira, pomwe ma satellites a laser sakanatha kuukira dziko lapansi," adatero Hayes.
    
  "Kodi tikuvomereza kuti anthu aku Russia akuwoneka okonzeka, okonzeka komanso otha kuwukira ndege zathu?" - anafunsa pulezidenti. Funso lake silinayankhepo komanso nkhope zambiri zachisoni. "Ndimakonda kuvomereza, anyamata: Gryzlov wakwiya, ndipo ndi psychopath, ndipo ndi mayeso a Starfire, adawona mwayi wake wopititsa patsogolo zida zankhondo - ndipo amatha kukopa chidwi cha anthu padziko lonse lapansi. Akhoza kuukira imodzi mwa ndege zathu za m"mlengalenga n"kumanena kuti anakwiya nazo." Anayang'ana nkhope zododometsa pazithunzi za msonkhano wapavidiyo. "Kodi alipo akuganiza kuti Gryzlov apanga zokambirana pankhaniyi?"
    
  Glenbrook anati: "Iye analiuza kale dziko lapansi zimene adzachita. "Anapempha chitetezo cha mtundu wake wonse - adauza nzika zake kuti zibisale pomwe wayilesi ikuwuluka! Chilichonse chocheperapo kutembenuza Skybolt kukhala meteorite sichingakhale chovomerezeka. Adzawoneka ngati wofooka ngati atayamba kukambirana. "
    
  "Kodi ndingasankhe usilikali bwanji? Fred?"
    
  "Sitinatope zomwe tasankha, Bambo Purezidenti," Secretary of Defense Hayes adatero motsindika. "Palibe vuto. Laser yaulere ya elekitironi yomwe ili mu Armstrong space station ndi malo ochitirako zida za Kingfisher ndi njira zabwino kwambiri zowonongera ma Electron launch pads, MiG-31D bases ndi S-500 anti-satellite missile launchers, bwana. Ngati titumiza gulu lonse la nyenyezi la Kingfisher, titha kukhala ndi malo aliwonse oteteza mizinga yaku Russia ndi mlengalenga pachiwopsezo cha maola makumi awiri ndi anayi pa tsiku/mphindi zisanu ndi ziwiri. Anthu aku Russia ayika chida chachitetezo cha mpweya cha S-500 pamapadi awo otsegulira, koma sangakhudze mzinga wotsogozedwa wa Thor's Hammer womwe umachokera kumlengalenga pamtunda wamakilomita zikwi khumi pa ola - ndipo, ndithudi, Skybolt imawulukira pa liwiro la kuwala. . Akangoima ndi kumasuka, sangaimitsidwe."
    
  Purezidenti adalingalira izi kwa mphindi zingapo; zinali zoonekeratu kuti sanasangalale ndi kugwiritsa ntchito zida zamlengalenga. "Kodi pali zina, Fred?" Pomaliza anafunsa.
    
  "S-500 ndikusintha masewera, bwana," adatero Hayes. "Zosankha zina zomwe sizinali za nyukiliya ndi kuwukiridwa ndi mabomba athu asanu ndi limodzi otsala a B-2 ndi mizinga yomwe idatulutsidwa kuchokera ku mabomba athu ochepa a B-1 ndi B-52, kuphatikiza zida zoponya zapamadzi zowulutsidwa wamba. Kuukira mabwalo amlengalenga aku Russia ndi ku China kumatanthauza kuwuluka kudera la Russia ndi China-mivi yathu yanthawi zonse yoyenda panyanja imangokhala ndi utali wa mamailo mazana asanu ndi awiri, zomwe zikutanthauza kuti titha kugunda mipherezero yochepa ya S-500, koma osati madoko. S-500 imatha kuthana ndi mizinga yobisala komanso yotsika pang'ono, imatha kuthana ndi mabomba a B-1, ndipo ndi yakupha polimbana ndi ma B-52. "
    
  "Kodi zoponya zapanyanja ndi zoponya mabomba mozemba zili ndi mwayi wanji, General?" - Adafunsa Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti Tsamba.
    
  "Si bwino kuposa makumi asanu ndi asanu, amayi," adatero Hayes. "S-500 ndiyabwino kwambiri. Mitundu ya mizinga yathu yowulutsidwa ndi mpweya ndi yowirikiza kawiri ya S-500, koma S-500 ndi yoyenda ndipo imatha kusunthidwa ndikusinthidwa mwachangu, kotero kuthekera kwa mizinga yoyendetsedwa ndi inertial imangoyang'ana magawo angapo a malo. pa malo ake omaliza odziwika mabatire ndi amalowa mu mmodzi wa iwo si mkulu kwambiri. Mtundu wotalikirapo wa mizinga yapaulendo ya Joint Air-Launched Standoff cruise ili ndi sensa ya chithunzi cha infrared kotero ingakhale yothandiza kwambiri polimbana ndi zolinga zoyenda ndi zotulukira, koma ndi ya subsonic ndipo S-500 ingakhale yothandiza kwambiri polimbana ndi izi. Mabomba khumi ndi awiri okonzedwanso a B-1 omwe talandira ndi abwino, koma sitinakhale ndi antchito odziwa zambiri. B-52 ikanakhala ndi mwayi wa zero. Ayenera kulambalala zida zazikulu zoteteza ndege zaku Russia, S-400, ndiyeno kukwera ndi S-500, yomwe imateteza ma cosmodromes ndikuyambitsa mapadi. Anatembenukira kwa apulezidenti. "Zida zam'mlengalenga ndiye njira yabwino kwambiri, bwana. Sitiyenera kuyimitsa module ya Skybolt - kwenikweni, malingaliro anga ndikutsegula ma satellites a Skybolt ndi Kingfisher omwe ali kale mu orbit, kutumiza ndege zam'mlengalenga ndikuwulutsa magalasi osungidwa kuti abwerere kumayendedwe awo kuti amalize kupanga gulu.
    
  Zinali zodziwikiratu kuti Purezidenti sanasangalale ndi lingaliroli. "Sindikufuna kuti anthu a ku Russia aziwombera ndege zathu, Fred," anatero ataganizira kwa nthawi yaitali.
    
  "Akadachitabe izi ngati titasiya gawo la Skybolt, bwana, ndiye kuti tikadasiya zida zazikulu zomwe zingathandize kuthana ndi kuwukira kwa siteshoni kapena malo opangira zida."
    
  Purezidenti adavomera. "Zitenga nthawi yayitali bwanji kuti magalasi a Kingfisher abwerere m'njira?"
    
  "Masabata angapo, bwana," adatero Hayes, akuyang'ana zolemba pakompyuta yake. "Magalasi amasungidwa ku Armstrong. Ayenera kukweza ma module mu ndege ya m'mlengalenga, kenako kudikirira mphindi yoyenera kapena kuwuluka kupita kumalo otchedwa transfer orbit kuti alowe m'malo oyenera kukhazikitsa gawolo munjira yake. "
    
  "Ndipo aku Russia aziwonera izi nthawi yonseyi, ndikuganiza?"
    
  "Ndithu, bwana," anayankha Hayes. "Iwo amatha kuwona, monga wina aliyense, zomwe zimayenera kutengedwa kuti amalize kufalitsa - zomwe ayenera kuchita ndikutsata njirazo. Pakalipano, akhoza kuyika S-500 ndi MiG-31D m'malo oyenera kuwombera m'magalasi nthawi iliyonse yomwe akufuna, ndipo ndithudi akhoza kuchita zimenezo tsopano ndi Armstrong - kwenikweni, timakhulupirira kuti ali ndi S 6 S. - 500 ndi MiG-31D ndi zida zotsutsana ndi satana zomwe zimayang'ana Armstrong pakali pano mumayendedwe ake apano. Tikasintha kanjira ka siteshoniyi, amangosuntha zida za ASAT kupita komwe zikufunika. "
    
  "Ndiye Armstrong ali pachiwopsezo chowukiridwa?" - anafunsa pulezidenti.
    
  "Hydra COIL defensive laser ikugwira ntchito, ndipo Kingfishers pakali pano ali mu orbit ndi Skybolt laser ikhoza kutsegulidwa mwachangu," adatero Hayes. "Galaji iliyonse ya Kingfisher ili ndi zida zitatu zotsutsana ndi satellite, komanso maulendo atatu owombera pansi. Ndikukhulupirira kuti wailesiyi izitha kudziteteza bwino makina onse akabwerera pa intaneti. " Anatambasula manja ake. "Pamapeto pa masiku awiriwa, aku Russia awona kuti sitinaletse Skybolt, ndiye tiwona ngati achita zomwe akuwopseza."
    
  "Gryzlov adawonekera kale pawailesi yakanema yapadziko lonse lapansi - ngati atabwerera m'mbuyo, adzataya nkhope pamaso pa dziko lonse lapansi," adatero mlangizi wa chitetezo cha dziko Glenbrook. "Akhoza kuchitapo kanthu pang'ono kuyesa kuoneka ngati wovuta ..."
    
  "Gryzlov samandimenya ngati munthu yemwe angachite zinthu pang'onopang'ono," adatero Anne. "Sindikuganiza kuti ali ndi nkhawa kuti ataya nkhope - mnyamatayo ndi wopenga. Ndikuganiza kuti akaganiza zochoka, achita zonse zomwe angathe."
    
  "Tikataya chiyani ngati titataya Armstrong, Fred?"
    
  "Ogwira ntchito khumi ndi anayi, kuphatikiza ophunzira awiri aku koleji," adatero Hayes. "Ndalama mabiliyoni ambiri. Mitundu ingapo ya zida ndi masensa omwe ali ndi luso lapamwamba. Komabe, tikadayang'anirabe malo osungira zida ku likulu la US Space Command. "
    
  "Armstrong ndi wamphamvu kwambiri, bwana - ngati chonyamulira ndege chokhala pagombe la wina," anawonjezera Glenbrook. "Ngati titamutaya, zitha kupereka chithunzi chowopsa padziko lonse lapansi. Sitingagonjetsedwe kotheratu, koma tikanataya malo angapo."
    
  Anne amawona kuwawa kotheratu pankhope ya Purezidenti pomwe amalimbana ndi chisankho. "Bwana, chinthu chachikulu chomwe titaya ndi kutalika," adatero. "Gryzlov akufuna, ndipo akuyembekeza kuti tidzangomupatsa. Ndikukhulupirira kuti Armstrong ali ndi zida zothamangitsira anthu aku Russia. Sindikufuna kugonjera kuopsezedwa kwa Gryzlov. Starfire si chida chamlengalenga ndipo sichiwopseza Russia. Gryzlov sangathe kulamula zomwe tiyenera kuchita ndi mphamvu zathu. Adzafuna chiyani kenako - kuti tichotse zida zathu zonse zanyukiliya ndi zonyamulira ndege chifukwa zitha kuwopseza Russia? Lingaliro langa: uzani mwana wamba kuti apite kumchenga.
    
  "Bwanji," Phoenix adadandaula. Inali mphindi yomwe adachita mantha ndi moyo wake wonse wapurezidenti: tsogolo la Republic lidatengera mawu omwe anganene mumphindi zochepa. Inde kapena ayi, kupita kapena kusapita, kuukira kapena kusaukira. Ngati akanalamula asilikali ake kuti abwerere, akanatha kumenyananso. Ngati iye akanati kulamula asilikali ake kuti alimbitse mphamvu ndi kukonzekera nkhondo, mwina ndendende zimene iwo ayenera kuchita posachedwapa.
    
  "Anyamata, ndimadana ndi kumvera Gryzlov," adatero ataganizira kwanthawi yayitali, "koma ndikuwona ngati ndilibe chochita. Ndikufuna kuti laser ya Skybolt izimitsidwa ndipo gawolo lichotsedwe pa siteshoni ya Armstrong." Glenbrook ndi Hayes akuwoneka otsimikiza; Anne akuwoneka wokhumudwa. "Kodi tinatsalira ndi chiyani pasiteshoni Skybolt itazimitsidwa, Anne?"
    
  "Skybolt laser module ili ndi masensa angapo olunjika komanso ma lasers omwe adzayimitsidwa gawoli litachotsedwa," Anne adayankha, "koma siteshoniyi ikhalabe ndi ma Hydra laser, Trinity modules, omwe amasungidwa pafamu. station, ndi malo osungira zida za Kingfisher Constellation omwe ali kale m'njira."
    
  "Zida zonse zodzitetezera?"
    
  "Ma module a Utatu aliyense ali ndi anthu atatu obwera pansi ndi magalimoto atatu odana ndi satana," adatero Anne. "Ichi tingachione ngati chida chokhumudwitsa. Bwana, ndikufuna kuti muganizirenso zomwe mwasankha," adawonjezera. "Sitingathe kuletsa gulu lililonse lankhondo lomwe Gryzlov akufuna."
    
  "Mwatsoka, ndapanga chigamulo cholola kugwiritsira ntchito zida zankhondo poyesa kukoleji kumeneku," Purezidenti anatero. "Anthu ambiri amapanga nthano, akuwonetsa mkwiyo ndi mantha ndikuwopseza nkhondo, koma chowonadi ndi chakuti ndinaganiza zopanga zida zoyeserera zaku koleji. Ndiyenera kukhala ndi zotsatirapo zake. Zimitsani ndikumatula, Fred.
    
  "Inde, bwana," adatero Secretary of Defense Hayes.
    
  "Bambo Purezidenti, ndikufuna kupita ku siteshoni kuti ndikathandize kutseka Skybolt," adatero Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti Page.
    
  "Chiyani?" Maso a Phoenix anatuluka m"mphako zake ndi mantha aakulu. "Pempho ili lakanidwa, Abiti Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti! Siteshoniyi ili kale ku Russia ndipo ikhoza kuwukiridwa nthawi iliyonse!
    
  "Bwana, palibe amene akudziwa zambiri za gawoli kuposa ine. Ndinakhala zaka zitatu ndikuchipanga ndipo zaka ziwiri ndikuchimanga. Ndikudziwa mtundu uliwonse ndi rivet chifukwa ine ndekha ndidawajambula pamanja pa bolodi lojambulira ndipo ndidachita chilichonse ndekha kupatula ntchito yachitsulo chosungunulira ndi riveter. " Purezidenti sanayang'ane motsimikiza. "Ulendo wina wopita ku danga kwa gogo uja. Ngati John Glenn angakhoze kuchita, ine ndikutsimikiza kuti ndingathe. Mukuti chiyani, bwana?
    
  Purezidenti anazengereza, akuwerenga mosamala nkhope yomwetulira ya Anne. "Ndikadakonda mutakhala pafupi ndi White House kapena mukuchita kampeni yoti tisankhidwenso, Anne," adatero, "koma ndikudziwa kuti Skybolt ndi mwana wanu." Anapukusa mutu mwachisoni, kenako anagwedeza mutu. "Ndikhoza kukhala wamisala pochita izi, koma pempho lako lavomerezedwa. Purezidenti woyamba, wothandizira chinsinsi woyamba, achinyamata oyambirira, quadriplegic yoyamba, ndipo tsopano wachiwiri kwa pulezidenti woyamba mumlengalenga, onse m'chaka chimodzi. Mutu wanga ukuzungulira. Mulungu akudalitseni".
    
  "Zikomo, bwana," anatero Anne.
    
  "Ndibwerera ku Washington nthawi yomweyo," Purezidenti adatero. "Ndikukonzekera kupita pawailesi yakanema kuti ndikafotokozere Starfire sichinali chida chamlengalenga komanso kuti United States idzayimitsa ndikuchotsa gawo la laser."
    
  "Zabwino kwambiri, bwana," anatero Anne. "Tiwonana pa station. Ndikufunira zabwino". Ndipo msonkhano wamavidiyo udathetsedwa.
    
  "Tonse tifunika mwayi pang'ono," Purezidenti adatero motsika, kenako adayimba foni kuti ayimbire oyendetsa ndege a Air Force One. Patangopita nthawi pang'ono, ndege ya pulezidenti inali kulowera kum'mawa ku Washington.
    
  Kenako pulezidenti anaitana Moscow. "Waganiza chiyani, Phoenix?" Gryzlov anafunsa kudzera mwa womasulira popanda zokondweretsa kapena zoyambira.
    
  "United States ivomereza kumasula gawo la Skybolt pa siteshoni ya m'mlengalenga ya Armstrong," adatero Phoenix, "ndipo panthawi yoyenera amachotsa m'mphepete mwake ndikulola kuti alowenso mumlengalenga.
    
  "Kenako dziko la Russia likuvomera kuti lisachepetse malo ake apamlengalenga opitilira makilomita makumi awiri," adatero Gryzlov, "pazoyenda zam'mlengalenga ...
    
  "Tikufuna ndege zam'mlengalenga izi, Bambo Purezidenti," adatero Phoenix.
    
  "Amakhala pachiwopsezo chofanana ku Russia monga ma lasers anu a Skybolt ndi Phoenix," adatero Gryzlov. "Mwina zoopsa kwambiri. Ayi bwana. United States yakhala ikuwuluka mumlengalenga kwa zaka makumi ambiri popanda ndege, ndipo tsopano muli ndi ochita malonda angapo omwe amatha kukonza malo opangira mlengalenga ndi maulendo ena. Zombo za m'mlengalenga zamalonda zimaloledwa kuwuluka ku Russia bola zikufotokozera za ntchito yawo isanayambike. Koma pakatha masiku khumi kuchokera lero, tidzaona kuwuluka kulikonse kwa ndege za m"mlengalenga kapena malo osungira zida ngati mchitidwe waudani ndipo tidzayankha moyenerera. Kodi tili ndi mgwirizano, Phoenix?"
    
  "Ayi, simukumvetsa, bwana," anatero Phoenix. "Maulendo apamlengalenga amatipatsa mwayi wopita ku Low-Earth orbit komanso malo athu ozungulira. Ichi si chida chankhondo. Tivomera kupitilizabe kukudziwitsani za zomwe zidzachitike m'tsogolo komanso momwe amawulukira, ndipo tidzaletsa ndege zamlengalenga kuti zisawuluke ku Russia mumlengalenga ngati kuli kotheka, koma tikuumirira kuti magalimoto athu onse azitha kupeza mlengalenga, kuphatikiza ndege zakuthambo. Tagwirizana a President?"
    
  Titapuma kwa nthawi yayitali, Gryzlov adati, "Tikuyang'anira malo anu ankhondo kuti tiwone ngati gawo la laser lazimitsidwa ndikuchotsedwa. Ndiye tikambirananso." Ndipo kuyitana kudayitanitsidwa.
    
  Phoenix adadina batani kuti ayimbire woyang'anira mauthenga. "Inde, Mr. President?" Anayankha nthawi yomweyo.
    
  "Ndikufuna kulankhulanso ndi gulu lachitetezo ku White House," adatero. Patangopita nthawi pang'ono, wachiwiri kwa purezidenti, mlangizi wachitetezo cha dziko komanso mlembi wa chitetezo adawonekeranso pavidiyo ya msonkhano. "Ndinapangana ndi mdierekezi, anyamata," adatero. "Ndikufuna kuti gawo la Skybolt lichotsedwe pa siteshoni ya Armstrong posachedwa. Ann, nyamukani kumeneko mwamsanga."
    
    
  PA BWALO LA ARMSTRONG SPACE STATION
  Patapita kanthawi
    
    
  "Kodi wapenga?" anatero Brad. "Gryzlov akufuna kuti tidutse Skybolt ndikuyichotsa m'njira? Ndipo tsopano achepetsa ma airspace onse ku Russia mpaka kutalika kwa mailosi mazana atatu? Uwu ndi misala!
    
  "Anyamata, pepani kwambiri chifukwa cha izi," atero a Kim Jong-bae kudzera pa kanema wa satellite kuchokera ku White Sands Missile Range. "Sindinanenepo kuti ndi chida chamlengalenga - awa ndi mawu a Dr. Nukaga. Pepani ndinamuuza kuti tidagwiritsa ntchito jenereta ya MHD, koma zonse zomwe ndidachita ndikuvomereza kuti zotumizirana mphamvu zanga sizikugwira ntchito ndipo adandifunsa kuti timagwiritsa ntchito mphamvu yanji. Pepani kwambiri guys. Sindimadziwa kuti zingaphulike ngati momwe zimachitira. "
    
  "Si vuto lako, Jerry," anatero Brad. "Ndikuganiza kuti Dr. Nukaga adaganiza kuti chinali chida kuyambira tsiku loyamba. Koma iye anachirikiza ntchitoyi chifukwa cha inu, ndiyeno Cal Poly atapambana ndalama zazikuluzo n"kupita ku mayiko ena, anali nafe kotheratu." Jerry ankaonekabe wotumbululuka komanso wokhumudwa, ngati kuti wataya anzake apamtima a padziko lapansi atagwidwa akubera. "Funso ndiloti, titani tsopano?"
    
  "Ndizosavuta, Brad; Tikangotha, tidzakweza ndegeyo ndikukutengerani inu ndi Casey pamalo okwerera, "atero a Kai Rydon, Director wa Armstrong Space Station. Anakhala pamalo olamula, ndipo malo ena onse omenyera nkhondo adayendetsedwanso - kuphatikiza Skybolt Station, ngakhale jenereta ya microwave ya Starfire idayikidwabe. "Zikatha izi, ndikufuna kukonzekera siteshoni iyi kunkhondo, osati padziko lapansi, komanso mlengalenga."
    
  "Kodi gulu lililonse la orbital lingapeweretu kuwuluka ku Russia?" - Adafunsa Casey Huggins.
    
  "Njira iliyonse yokhala ndi ma degree osakwana makumi atatu ndi asanu sikuwuluka ku Russia," adatero Valerie Lucas. "Titha kuyang'anabe mkati mwa Russia, ngakhale tikusowa madera ambiri akumpoto, kutengera kutalika. Mosiyana ndi izi, tikadapereka malire omwewo, ndege zaku Russia sizikhala ndi madigiri pafupifupi makumi awiri ndi asanu. Koma, kupatula mayendedwe a geosynchronous kapena kuyang'ana nyanja, mayendedwe a equatorial alibe ntchito chifukwa anthu ochepa kwambiri padziko lapansi amakhala ku equator."
    
  "Koma sichoncho, Valerie," adatero Kai. "Pali masauzande a ndege zomwe zimawuluka ku Russia tsiku lililonse - Gryzlov sangangouza aliyense kuti azisuntha. Zonsezi ndi kudzitamandira. Ngakhale atakhala ndi zida zokwanira kuukira ma satelayiti omwe adawulukira ku Russia, akudziwa kuti atha kuyambitsa nkhondo yapadziko lonse lapansi ngati atayesa kuwombera satelayiti yakunja. A Gryzlov akunamizira kwambiri ndipo akugwiritsa ntchito zomwe akuganiza kuti apereke lamulo ladzidzidzi ndikuphwanya malamulo apadziko lonse lapansi. " Mawonekedwe ake okhwima adakhala akuda kwambiri. "Casey, zitenga nthawi yayitali bwanji kuchotsa jenereta yanu ya microwave ku Skybolt?"
    
  "Pasanathe masiku awiri, bwana," adayankha Casey, "ndikuyenda m'mlengalenga kumodzi."
    
  "Kuphatikizanso masiku ena awiri, mwina atatu, kuti apeze laser yaulere ya elekitironi, komanso kuyenda koyenda m'mlengalenga," adawonjezera Valerie Lucas. "Kuphatikizanso tsiku limodzi kapena kupitilira apo kuti muyese. Titha kugwiritsa ntchito thandizo laukadaulo komanso antchito ambiri. "
    
  "Trevor, sonkhanitsani Alice ndi anthu a Starfire ndikuyamba kugwira ntchito yochotsa jenereta ya microwave," adatero Kai. Woyang'anira wayilesi, Trevor Sheil, adatembenukira kugulu lake lolumikizirana ndikuyamba kuyimba ma intercom. "Ndiyimbira foni ku US Space Command ndikuyamba kulandira thandizo ndi zilolezo kuti ndikhazikitsenso laser yaulere ya elekitironi ndikukonzekera kuyiyambitsa."
    
  "Kodi mukuganiza kuti Gryzlov angawukire station, bwana?" - Adafunsa Brad.
    
  "Mwamumva, Brad; mnyamatayo akuganiza kuti tiyamba kuwononga mizinda, midzi ndi midzi ndi imfa," adatero Kai. "Anatipatsa chitsimikiziro cha masiku khumi okha, ndipo aliyense amene angawuluke ku Russia azitha kuchita zomwe amachitcha 'kusalowerera ndale', zilizonse zomwe zikutanthauza. Izi ndi zoopsa kwambiri. Ndikufuna kuti wailesiyi igwire bwino ntchito ngati ali ndi vuto lalikulu."
    
  Kai adamva kulira kwa foni yomwe ikubwera ndikudina batani lomwe lili pakompyuta yake. "Ndikungokonzekera kukuyimbirani, General," adatero pambuyo poti ma encryption alumikizidwa.
    
  "Ndikuganiza kuti munamva mawu a Gryzlov, Kai," adatero Gen. George Sandstein, mkulu wa Air Force Space Command.
    
  "Zoyipa kwambiri, General," adatero Kai, "koma ndimakhulupirira mawu aliwonse. Ndikufuna kuyatsanso ma elekitironi aulere ndikuyamba kubwezeretsa gulu la nyenyezi la Kingfisher pompano. "
    
  "Tsoka ilo, malamulo ochokera ku White House akuletsa Skybolt ndikuchotsa gawoli pa station, Kai," adatero Sandstein.
    
  "Ndinganenenso chiyani, General?"
    
  "Ili ndi lamulo lochokera kwa Purezidenti mwini," adatero Sandstein. "Tikukhazikitsa S-19 ndi S-29 posachedwa kuti ophunzira achoke pasiteshoni ndikubweretsa ena ogwira ntchito, kuphatikiza wopanga Skybolt."
    
  Onse okhala mu module ya command anadabwa modabwa. "Kodi akutumiza vice president?"
    
  "Wandimva bwino, Kai," adatero Sandstein. "Zikumveka zachilendo, koma ndi wodziwa zakuthambo, ndipo palibe amene amadziwa bwino Skybolt. Pepani Skybolt, Kai, koma Purezidenti akufuna kukhazika mtima pansi zinthu zisanathe. Kodi zina zonse zili zobiriwira?"
    
  "Hydra laser ikugwira ntchito," adatero Kai, akugwedeza mutu mosakhulupirira. "Titha kugwiritsanso ntchito ma module a Kingfisher pafamu yapakati podziteteza."
    
  "Zabwino," adatero Sandstein. "Zabwino kumtunda uko. Tidzayang'ana. Ndikukhulupirira kuti onse akhala bwino komanso oziziritsa ndipo zonse zichitika posachedwa. "
    
    
  MCLANAHAN INDUSTRIAL SPACEPORT, BATTLE MOUNTAIN, NEVADA
  PATAMPO TSIKU LIJA
    
    
  "Zikomo chifukwa chobwera mwachangu, anyamata," adatero Boomer akulowa m'chipinda chofotokozera antchito. Chipindacho chinali chodzaza ndi oyendetsa ndege zisanu ndi chimodzi za ophunzira ndi otsogolera anayi a ndege, komanso akatswiri othandizira ndi kukonza zinthu. "Izi zitha kumveka ngati buku la Nkhondo Yachiwiri Yapadziko Lonse, koma ndikukhulupirira kuti mwamvapo Gryzlov akuyenda, ndipo ndikuganiza kuti tikuyandikira nkhondo ndi aku Russia. Purezidenti adayimitsa kampeni yake yonse yosankhanso zisankho ndikubwerera ku Washington kuti akalankhule za nkhani ya Starfire. Analamula kuti laser ya Skybolt ichotsedwe ndikuchotsedwa ku Armstrong."
    
  Aliyense m'chipinda chofotokozeramo adawoneka wamantha. "Izi ndi zopusa!" - Sondra Eddington adadandaula. "Gryzlov akudandaula, akunena zonyansa zamtundu uliwonse ndikutiwopseza, ndipo timangokhalira kunjenjemera pamaso pake? Bwanji osangomuthamangitsa?"
    
  "Ndikugwirizana nawe, Sondra, koma tili ndi malamulo, ndipo nthawi ndi yamtengo wapatali," adatero Boomer. "Tapatsidwa ntchito yopereka katundu ndi akatswiri kuti athandize kuchotsa gawo la Skybolt, ndipo tidzaperekanso zowonjezera ku ISS. Ndikuganiza kuti tikhala tikuchita zambiri m'ndege m'masabata angapo otsatira. Anayang'ana ogwira ntchito m'ndege kutsogolo kwake. "John, Ernesto ndi Sondra, muli ndi maphunziro a chaka chimodzi kapena kuposerapo, ndipo mwayesedwa ngati olamulira a mishoni pa ndege zosachepera ziwiri, kotero mudzakhala mukugwira ntchito ndikuwuluka ngati olamulira mishoni musanamalize maphunziro." Onse atatu anamwetulira mwachimwemwe ndi kunyadirana, pamene enawo ankawoneka opsinjika maganizo. "Don, Mary ndi Kev, anyamata inu mwina simungakhale ndi nthawi yochuluka yowulukira mumlengalenga kwa milungu ingapo, koma mutha kupitiliza maphunziro anu ndikuwonjezera nthawi yanu mu simulator ndi MiG-25. Kevin, ndiwe wapafupi kwambiri ndi malire a chaka chimodzi, ndipo wayesedwa ngati wotsogolera mu S-9 ndi S-19, kotero kuti mutha kuitanidwa ngati mlanduwu ukupitirira.
    
  "Tsopano Purezidenti wa Russia Gryzlov wawopseza kuti awononga ndege zilizonse zamlengalenga zomwe zikuwuluka ku Russia m'masiku khumi," a Boomer adawakumbutsa onse. "Ndikuganiza kuti mnyamatayo sakuchita chilichonse koma kungomenya pachifuwa, koma sitikudziwa bwinobwino. Chifukwa chake ngati mukuganiza kuti pakhoza kukhala zoopsa zambiri - zochulukirapo kuposa zomwe timakonzekera nthawi zonse pa ndege iliyonse - simuyenera kuwuluka. Palibe amene angakudzudzuleni konse ngati mwaganiza zochoka. Sitili m'gulu lankhondo: ndife makontrakitala, ndipo ngakhale timayika miyoyo yathu pachiswe nthawi iliyonse tikakwera ndegezi, sitikuyembekezeka kugwira ntchito kumalo omenyera nkhondo. Timatenga kale zoopsa zokwanira popanda kuwuluka pamoto kuchokera ku mivi kapena ma laser, sichoncho? Simukuyenera kundiuza tsopano-ndiuzeni mu ofesi yanga, mwamseri, ndipo tikonza nthawi ina."
    
  "Ndikuwuzani pompano, Boomer: ndikuwuluka," adatero Ernesto Hermosillo, m'modzi mwa oyendetsa ndege asukulu. "Gryzlov akhoza kukhala mi culo peludo." Aliyense m'chipinda chofotokozeramo adawomba m'manja ndikuti nawonso apita.
    
  "Zikomo nonse," adatero Boomer. Koma ndikudziwa kuti simunalankhulepo zimenezi ndi mabanja anu, ndipo chiyenera kukhala chosankha chabanja. Mukamaliza kukambirana ndi mabanja anu, ngati mukufuna kusiya, mungondiuza. Monga ndidanenera, palibe amene angakuganizireni mochepera.
    
  "Tili ndi S-29 imodzi ndi S-19 imodzi pa intaneti, ndipo awiri ena 19 okonzeka kupita m'masiku ochepa, ndiye mishoni," Boomer adapitiliza. "Gonzo ndi Sondra ali mu S-19, ndipo culo peludo ya ine ndi Ernesto tili mu S-29. Popeza ndikuyembekeza kuchita maulendo angapo a m"mlengalenga, tikafika, ndidzapuma koyambirira." Iye anagaŵira ntchito zina, nthaŵi zonse akumangirira mkulu wa zamlengalenga wodziŵa zambiri ndi mkulu wa mishoni ya ophunzira. "Pezani zachipatala, tonse tikhala mu suti za EEAS kapena ACES ndipo mwina tikhalamo kwa masiku angapo. Ernesto, tidzakhala ndi chidule tikangovala zovala zathu zakuthambo, panthawi yanga yopuma. Mafunso?" Boomer adayankha mafunso angapo ndikuseka mwamantha ndi magulu ake. "Chabwino anyamata, kuwerengera kwayamba kwa mbalame ziwiri zoyamba. Tiyeni titchere khutu, tigwire ntchito mwanzeru, tigwire ntchito limodzi, ndipo aliyense azibwera kunyumba. Pitani".
    
  Sondra anatsalira pambuyo poti ena achoka, ali ndi mkwiyo pang"ono m"maso mwake. "N'chifukwa chiyani ndikuuluka ndi Gonzo?" - iye anafunsa. "Chifukwa chiyani sindingathe kuwuluka nawe?"
    
  "Sondra, sunalembetsedwe ngati wowonetsa pa S-29," adatero Boomer. "Ernesto ali choncho. Komanso, ndikukupatsani inu ndi Gonzo kuima ku Washington. Mukumana ndi vicezidenti ndikumutengera ku Armstrong. "
    
  M'malo modabwa kapena kukondwera ndi kuthawa kwa wachiwiri kwa pulezidenti, Sondra adakwiyabe. "Kwatsala miyezi ingapo kuti ndimalize kosi yanga yautsogoleri wa mishoni ya S-29," iye anatero moipidwa. "Tsopano ndine mtsogoleri wabwino pa ndege iliyonse kuposa Ernesto."
    
  Maso a Boomer adatembenuka modabwa. "Hey, Sondra. Sitilankhula zinthu zoipa zokhudza oyendetsa ndege anzathu, ngakhale mseri. Ndife gulu ".
    
  "Mukudziwa kuti n"zoona," anatero Sondra. "Kupatula apo, chinthu choyipa chimangouluka chokha - sichifuna ngakhale MC. Wachita izi chifukwa wakwiya kuti sitikugonanso limodzi.
    
  "Ndidachita izi chifukwa simunayesedwe ngati MC mu S-29, Sondra, kunena mwachidule," adatero Boomer. Kupatula apo, ndidapanga chisankho chosagona nanu. Ine ndi Brad tinkagwira ntchito moyandikana kwambiri pa Starfire, ndipo sindinkaganiza kuti zinali zolondola. "
    
  "Koma zinali zachilendo nditayamba maphunziro apa, sichoncho?" Sondra analavula. "Mumadziwa kuti ndimakondana naye nthawi imeneyo."
    
  "Sondra, sindisintha ndandanda," adatero Boomer. "Uwuluke ndi Gonzo kapena usawuluke." Iye anayang'ana pa wotchi yake, kenako anayang'ana iye. "Kuwerengera kwayamba. Mukupita kapena ayi?" Poyankha, adamuyang'ana mokwiya, adatembenukira chidendene chake ndikutuluka.
    
  Boomer adathamangitsa dzanja lake pankhope mokwiya, atasokonezeka komanso amakangana kuti achite chiyani pamenepa. Koma anaganiza zongosiya nkhani yaumwiniyi m"maganizo mwake ndi kuika maganizo ake pa ntchito imene anali nayo.
    
  Wogwira ntchito aliyense amayenera kukayezetsa ndege isananyamuke, kotero uku kunali kuyima koyamba kwa Boomer. Kenako anaima pa Mission Planning kuti aone nthaŵi ya ndegeyo, imene inakhazikitsidwa ndi kufufuzidwa ndi kompyuta kenako n"kuitsitsa m"makompyuta a ndegeyo. Ndege yakeyake ya S-29 Shadow inali itadzaza ndi zinthu zofunika kwambiri za Armstrong ndi ISS, kotero amafika kaye. Ndege ya Gonzo S-19 pakati pausiku inali ndi gawo la anthu okwera pamalo onyamula katundu. Anayenera kunyamuka, kufika ku Joint Base Andrews kunja kwa Washington m'maola angapo chabe, kunyamula Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti ndi gulu lake la Secret Service, ndikumuwulukira ku Armstrong pafupifupi maola anayi atafika ku Armstrong.
    
  Choyimira chotsatira chinali chithandizo chamoyo. Pomwe Hermosillo amafunikira thandizo popereka suti yake yapamwamba kuti apulumutse ogwira ntchito, Boomer anali ndi nthawi yosavuta kuti akonzekere. EEAS, kapena kuti electronic elastomeric sports suti, inali ngati suti yolemera ya m"mlengalenga, yopangidwa ndi ulusi wa carbon fiber wosagwira ndi cheza womwe umaphimba mbali iriyonse ya thupi kuyambira pamwamba pa khosi mpaka ku mapazi. Atavala zovala zamkati zoyendetsedwa ndi makompyuta zomwe zimayang'anira kutentha kwa thupi lake panthawi yoyenda mlengalenga, Boomer adavala EEAS, kenako nsapato ndi magolovesi, kuteteza zolumikizira kwa aliyense, adalumikiza suti yake ku kontrakitala yoyesera, kenako adavala chigoba chopumira.
    
  Ataonetsetsa kuti mu sutiyo mulibe makwinya akuya komanso kuti machende ndi mbolo zake zakhazikika bwino, adalumikiza sutiyo ku test console ndikudina batani. Sutiyo nthawi yomweyo idawunikidwa mozungulira mainchesi amthupi ake onse omwe adakumana nayo, zomwe zidamupangitsa kung'ung'udza mokweza - gwero la dzina lotchulidwira la sutiyo komanso dzina la EEAS: "AHHHSS!" Koma kuyendayenda, makamaka kupita kumlengalenga, kumakhala kosavuta kwa iye kuposa aliyense yemwe ali ndi mpweya wa ACES, chifukwa sutiyo imatha kusintha thupi lake kuti likhalebe ndi mphamvu pakhungu lake popanda kupanga zomangiriza kapena kuchititsa kusintha. Mitsempha ya thupi la munthu inali itatsekedwa kale, koma mu vacuum kapena kutsika kwa mumlengalenga, khungu limatha kutuluka kunja pokhapokha ngati litapanikizidwa; ACES idachita izi pansi pa kupanikizika kwa okosijeni, pomwe EEAS idachita mopanikizika ndi makina.
    
  "Nthawi zonse ndimaganiza kuti ndikufuna kuyesa zina mwazinthu izi," adatero Ernesto pa intercom, akumwetulira ndikugwedeza mutu pamene amayang'ana Boomer akukonzekeretsa suti yake, "ndipo ndimakuwona mukukankhira ku test switch ndipo zikuwoneka ngati. umakankhidwa m"mipira nthawi zonse, choncho ndinasintha maganizo anga."
    
  Boomer adazimitsa chosinthira kuti achepetse zotsatira za suti. "Pamafunika pang"ono kuzoloŵera," iye anavomereza motero.
    
  Anamaliza kuvala zovala zawo zakuthambo, kenako adakhazikika pamipando yabwino pomwe Chief Mission Planner Alice Wainwright adafotokozera ogwira nawo ntchito kudzera pavidiyo. Njira yowuluka nthawi yomweyo idakopa chidwi cha Boomer. "Pa, Alice? Poganizira chifukwa chomwe tikuchitira zonsezi, kodi iyi ndiye njira yowuluka yomwe tikuyenera kutsatira?" - adafunsa pa intercom.
    
  "Makompyuta samamvetsetsa ndale kapena Gryzlov, Boomer - zomwe akudziwa ndi malo omaliza omwe akufuna, azimuth, liwiro, mphamvu yokoka, orbital mechanics, thrust, station station ndi jazi onse," adatero Alice. "Steshoni ikufunika zida mwachangu momwe zingathere."
    
  Boomer adadziwa kuti pali njira yotchedwa "unyolo wangozi": zochitika zazing'ono komanso zowoneka ngati zosagwirizana zomwe zidapangitsa ngozi - kapena, pankhaniyi, kugundana ndi chida cha anti-satellite cha Russia. Chimodzi mwa zochitika zodziwika bwino chinali "kukwaniritsa ntchitoyo ndikofunikira; kunyalanyaza chitetezo ndi kulingalira bwino ndikungogwira ntchitoyo. " Ndizo ndendende zomwe zikuchitika pakali pano - ulalo nambala wani pagulu la ngozi anali atangowonekera kumene. "Kodi izi sizingadikire tsiku lina kapena maora ochepa?" - Boomer adafunsa.
    
  "Ndajambula mawindo onse otsegulira ndi njira zowulukira, Boomer," adatero Alice. "Aliyense akuwuluka m'malo omwe kuli anthu ambiri, ndipo anthu akhala akudandaula za ma sonic booms." Link nambala two. "Chiyambireni pamene anthu a ku Russia anadula chingwe cha ROS ku International Space Station, Canada ndi Mexico ndi mayiko ena angapo asonyeza kukayikira kwakukulu ponena za kulola ndege za m"mlengalenga kuwuluka m"dera lawo kufika pamtunda wa Ká rmá n. Ndege iyi kapena ayi kwa masiku awiri. "
    
  Mabelu a Alamu aja analira m'mutu mwake pamene Flight Three inalumikizana ndi ena, koma adadziwa kuti Armstrong ndi ISS amafunikira zinthu, ndipo omwe adatsala pa ISS amawafuna moyipa - kapena tsopano akupanga maulendo akeake mu unyolo wangozi? "Kodi tidziwitsa anthu aku Russia za ntchito yathu?" anafunsa.
    
  "Ndi njira yokhazikika," adatero Alice. "Mwachiwonekere, Space Command imakhulupirira kuti Gryzlov ndi wopusa. Tikhala tikutsatira ndondomeko zomwe zili bwino. "
    
  Ulalo wachinayi pamndandanda wangozi udangopangidwa kumene, Boomer adaganiza - sizinawoneke bwino. Anatembenukira kwa Ernesto. "Chavuta ndi chiyani, amigo? Ukuganiza bwanji bwanawe?"
    
  "Vamos, Comandante," adatero Ernesto. "Tiyeni ankhondo. Gryzlov alibe ubongo. " Kodi uyu anali ulalo wina? Boomer anaganiza za izo.
    
  "Mafunso enanso, Boomer?" Adafunsa mopanda chipiriro Alice. "Mukunyamuka pakadutsa mphindi khumi ndipo ndikufunikabe kuuza Gonzo ndi Sondra mwachidule."
    
  Ulalo wachisanu pamndandanda wangozi unali utangolumikizidwa, koma Boomer sanazindikire. Iye anali mkulu wa chombo cha m'mlengalenga - chimenecho chinali chisankho chake chomaliza ... koma sanachite izo. Analingalira kwa kamphindi, kenako anagwedeza mutu Ernesto. "Palibe mafunso, Alice," adatero pa intercom. "Tikulimbikira." Mphindi khumi pambuyo pake, Boomer adagwira mpweya wake wonyamula mpweya ndi thanki ya okosijeni, ndipo iye ndi Ernesto adapita ku galimoto yomwe ikanawatengera ku mzere wonyamukira.
    
  S-29 Shadow inali yachitatu komanso yayikulu kwambiri mumlengalenga, yokhala ndi injini zisanu za Leopard m'malo mwa zinayi komanso zolipira zokwana mapaundi zikwi khumi ndi zisanu. Amisiriwa atamaliza kukonzekera ndege isanakwane, Boomer ndi Ernesto adalowa m'ndege kudzera m'malo otseguka a cockpit, kulumikiza zingwe zawo ku sitimayo, ndikumangirira. Shadow inali yodzipangira yokha kuposa alongo ake, ndipo inali nkhani yongoyang'ana momwe kompyuta ikuyendera pamene ikukonzekera mindandanda yaulendo wapaulendo, kutsimikizira kuti mndandanda uliwonse wamalizidwa, ndikudikirira kuti aziwotcha - injini, taxi ndi nthawi zonyamuka. .
    
  Panthawi yokhazikitsidwa, injini zidayamba kukhala ndi moyo, mindandanda yama injini idayendetsedwa, njanji ya taxi idachotsedwa, ndipo ndendende momwe takisi inali kuchitikira, ma throttles adangoyambana basi ndipo Shadow idayamba kukwera taxi panjira yayikulu ku Nkhondo. Phiri ponyamuka. Ernesto anati: "Sindidzazolowera ndege yongokhala yokha basi. "Zowopsa pang'ono."
    
  "Ndikudziwa zomwe mukutanthauza," adatero Boomer. "Ndinapempha kangapo kuti andilole kuyendetsa ndekha, popanda makina, koma Richter ankandikana nthawi zonse, akundichenjeza kuti ndisayese. Atatha kupitilira mmodzi wa iwo, ndifunsanso. Kaddiri ndi Richter safuna kuti mwana wawo wamkazi watsopano komanso wowala kwambiri anyozedwe ndi munthu ngati ine. Kodi amadetsa wina ndi mnzake mokwanira, Corregir? Chibakera cha Ernesto chinagunda Boomer ndikugwedeza mutu kusonyeza kuvomereza.
    
  Astronaut awiriwa adangokhala pamenepo kwa nthawi yonse yothawirako, akucheza, kudutsa mndandanda ndikutsimikizira kukwaniritsidwa ndi kutsegulira, ndikuyang'ana Shadow ikuchita zinthu zake: idawulukira kumalo opangira mafuta, nthawi ino kumpoto kwa Minnesota; kuwonjezeredwa mafuta ndi ndege ina yonyamula mafuta yoyendetsedwa ndi kompyuta; anatembenukira ku malo olowera orbital pa Colorado, anatembenukira kumpoto chakum'mawa ndi kugunda mpweya pa nthawi yoyenera. Iwo anaunikanso zonse zimene anawerengazo n"kutsimikizira kuti ndandandayo yamalizidwa, koma pamapeto a tsikulo anali olera ana basi.
    
  Koma tsopano pamene anali kulowera mu kanjira, anasiya kucheza ndipo anali tcheru, chifukwa njira yawo inawadutsa kumpoto chakumadzulo kwa Russia.
    
  ... makilomita mazana atatu okha kumpoto chakumadzulo kwa Plesetsk cosmodrome ndipo pafupifupi molunjika pamwamba pa likulu lankhondo la Russian Red Banner Northern Fleet ku Severomorsk.
    
  "Lankhulani zokweza mchira wa nyalugwe, Comandante," adatero Ernesto. Kapena pamenepa, mchira wa chimbalangondo.
    
  "Mwamvetsa bwino, amigo," adatero Boomer. "Mwamva bwino."
    
    
  KREMLIN
  MOSCOW RUSSIA FEDERATION
  NTHAWI YOMWEYO
    
    
  "Bwana, ndege ya ku America yapezeka ikuuluka pamwamba pa Plesetsk cosmodrome!" - Mtumiki wa Chitetezo Gregor Sokolov adafuula mu telefoni pamene Gryzlov adayitenga.
    
  "Mwati bwanji?" Gryzlov anang'ung'udza chinachake pafoni m'chipinda chogona. Nduna ya Zachilendo Daria Titeneva, atagona wamaliseche pafupi ndi Gryzlov, nthawi yomweyo anadzuka, anatuluka pabedi ndipo anafulumira kuvala - sanadziwe zomwe kuyitanako kunali, koma aliyense amene adayesa kuyitanitsa Purezidenti Gennady Gryzlov pakati pawo. usiku uyenera kuti unali ndi chifukwa chachikulu chochitira izi, ndipo adadziwa kuti aitanidwa ku ofesi yake nthawi yomweyo.
    
  "Ndidati, aku America adaponya ndege m'mlengalenga - ndipo idatera makilomita mazana angapo kuchokera ku Plesetsk cosmodrome!" Sokolov anabwereza. "Inawulukira ku likulu la Red Banner Northern Fleet ku Severomorsk. Ndithu, tili m'njira yoti tidutse siteshoni ya Armstrong pasanathe ola limodzi. "
    
  "Asa!" Gryzlov analumbira. "Kodi ana aakaziwa angatani nditangopereka lamuloli? Kodi akungondinyalanyaza? Kodi tadziwitsidwa za ndege zilizonse za m'mlengalenga?"
    
  "Tikuyang'ana ofesi ya oyendetsa ndege ku Washington, bwana," adatero Sokolov. "Palibe yankho lililonse kuchokera kwa iwo."
    
  "Opusa awa!" Gryzlov anafuula. "Phoenix adzalipira izi! Sonkhanitsani bungwe lonse lachitetezo muofesi yanga nthawi yomweyo!
    
  Patapita mphindi 20, Gryzlov analowa muofesi yake, tsitsi lake lalitali lakuda likuyenderera m"khosi mwake. Tarzarov ndi Sokolov okha anafika. "Pa, Sokolov?" anakuwa.
    
  "US Space Command yalangiza Air Attaché ku Washington kuti S-29 Shadow imodzi ndi S-19 Midnight imodzi idzayambika mkati mwa maola asanu ndi limodzi otsatirawa," Mlembi wa Chitetezo adatero, akupatsa Purezidenti mamapu angapo ndi ziwembu za radar. . "S-29 idzapita ku Armstrong, kukapereka katundu ndi kunyamula okwera, kulowa m'njira yosinthira, kupita ku International Space Station kukapereka katundu ndi kunyamula anthu, kenako kubwerera tsiku lotsatira. S-19 idzawulukira ku Joint Base Andrews pafupi ndi Washington, kunyamula okwera, kenako kuwuluka kupita ku Armstrong. Adalengezanso kuti atumiza ma module angapo onyamula katundu osayendetsedwa ndi anthu kumasiteshoni onsewa maola makumi asanu ndi awiri mphambu awiri akubwera.
    
  "Ndege ziwiri za m'mlengalenga?" Gryzlov anagunda. "Kodi akuyambitsa ndege ziwiri za m"mlengalenga? Ndipo mmodzi wa iwo ali kale mu kanjira, osati mkati mwa maola asanu ndi limodzi? Izi ndizosavomerezeka! Ndipo njira zawo zowulukira?
    
  "Njira iliyonse yopita kumalo okwerera mlengalenga idzawulukira ku Russia, bwana," adatero Sokolov.
    
  "Izi ndizosavomerezeka!" Gryzlov anafuula kachiwiri. "Ndinalamula kuti ndege za m"mlengalenga zisawuluke ku Russia! Kodi pali umboni uliwonse woti akugwira ntchito yochotsa gawo la Skybolt pamalo opangira zida zankhondo?"
    
  "Ayi, bwana," adatero Sokolov. "Timasanthula siteshoniyi ikadutsa pafupi ndi malo owonera mlengalenga pafupifupi maola anayi kapena asanu ndi limodzi aliwonse, ndipo sitinazindikire kusintha kulikonse pasiteshoni."
    
  "Sipanapite nthawi yaitali kuchokera pamene mudalankhula kapena kulankhula ndi Purezidenti Phoenix, bwana," adatero mkulu wa antchito a Tarzarov. "Mwinamwake cholinga cha ndegezi ndikukwaniritsa zomwe mudalamula. Ndipo, bwana, inu munati mudzawapatsa Achimereka awiri...
    
  "Lekani kupereka zifukwa kwa aku America, Tarzarov," adatero Gryzlov. "Sindingalole kunyalanyazidwa chonchi! Sindingalole kuti ndikhale mbuzi ngati Phoenix wopusa uja!" Anayang'ana mapulaneti a radar a njira yowulukira ya ndegeyo. "Kwa ine zikuwoneka kuti uku ndi kuyesa kuyesa pa cosmodrome yathu! Izi ndizosavomerezeka! "
    
  "Kodi ndikuyikeni pa foni ndi Purezidenti Phoenix, bwana?" - Tarzarov anafunsa. "Izi ziyenera kufotokozedwa."
    
  "Palibe chifukwa, Bambo Tarzarov," adatero Daria Titeneva, akulowa mwamsanga ofesi ya pulezidenti atatha kuyembekezera modzichepetsa kwa kanthawi atachoka m'chipinda chogona cha Gryzlov. Adatenga chikwatucho. "Zolemba za pempho lomwe Phoenix adapanga pawailesi yakanema yaku America posachedwa. Iye amakananso kuti chinali chida champhamvu chochokera kumlengalenga kapena kuti ndege ya anthu wamba idawomberedwa ndi chidacho; palibe kutchula kuletsa Skybolt laser; ndipo akunena kuti palibe dziko lomwe lili ndi ufulu woletsa kuyenda kulikonse kwa ndege kapena chombo chilichonse pamwamba pa mzere wa K & # 225; rmán, komwe ndi kutalika komwe kukweza kwa aerodynamic sikungakhale ...
    
  "Ndikudziwa kuti mzere wa Ká ndi chiyani. rm & # 225;n, Daria - Ndidaphunzitsidwa ngati wamlengalenga, mukukumbukira? Gryzlov adamudula mawu monyodola. Iye anagwedeza mutu, kenako anabwerera pa desiki lake ndi kuyang'ana pawindo. Onse adazindikira kuti mwadzidzidzi akuchita modekha modabwitsa - adayembekezera kuti apitilize kuyankhula komwe kudayambitsa msonkhano uno. "Ndiye. Izi zinali zosayembekezereka. Kenneth Phoenix anali atayambanso kukhazikika m'masiku aposachedwa, ngakhale atagwirizana mosayembekezereka kuti achotse gawo la Skybolt. Tili ndi zambiri zoti tikambirane anzanga. Tiyeni tipite kuchipinda chamsonkhano. Coffee kapena tiyi?"
    
    
  JOINT BASE ANDREWS, PAFUPI NA WASHINGTON, DC.
  PATAPITA MAola Ochepa
    
    
  M'kati mwa malo osungiramo ndege, Jessica "Gonzo" Faulkner ndi Sondra Eddington anaima pansi pa ndege yapakati pausiku ya S-19 pamene galimoto yamoto inakwera. Gonzo anali atavala suti yake ya EEAS pomwe Sondra anali atavala suti yake yalanje ya ACES. Palibe aliyense wa iwo amene anavala chisoti. Kumbali zonse za iwo munali maofesala awiri a Secret Service omwe anali atayendera kale mkati ndi kunja kwa ndege ya S-19 yomwe anayima pafupi nayo - adavomereza momasuka kuti sakudziwa zomwe angayang'ane, koma ntchito yake inali yoyang'ana dera lililonse limene wolakwa angapezeke. pulezidenti akanakhoza kubwereka, kotero iwo anachita izo. Ndegeyo idayimitsidwa pamalo otetezedwa oimikapo ndege ku Joint Base Andrews, komwe kale kunali Andrews Air Force Base, bwalo lalikulu lankhondo lomwe limagwiritsidwa ntchito ndi akuluakulu aboma la US akamayenda pandege zankhondo. Njirayi idazunguliridwa ndi zigawo zingapo zachitetezo, pansi komanso pamwamba.
    
  Wothandizira Secret Service adatsegula zitseko za limousine ndipo anthu awiri adatuluka, onse atavala malaya alalanje a ACES: Wothandizira Secret Service ndi Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti wa United States, Anne Page. Ann anapita kwa Gonzo ndipo anatambasula dzanja lake lovala magalasi. "Colonel Faulkner?"
    
  "Inde, amayi," Gonzo anatero, akugwira dzanja lake. "Ndakondwa kukumana nanu. Lero ndikhala wamkulu wa zombo zanu. Uyu ndi Sondra Eddington, wamkulu wa mishoni yathu. " Sondra ndi Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti nawonso adagwirana chanza. "Takulandirani"
    
  "Zikomo. Ndikuyembekezera," anatero Anne, maso ake akuthwanima chifukwa cha chisangalalo. "Uyu ndi Special Agent Robin Clarkson, wogwira ntchito yanga ya Secret Service." Clarkson anagwirana chanza ndi oyendetsa ndege. Amawoneka wamantha pang'ono, Gonzo adaganiza, koma osati wamantha ngati Wothandizira Wapadera Charlie Spellman anali atawuluka ndi Purezidenti. Ann anaimirira ndi kusirira S-19 Pakati pa Usiku akumwetulira kwakukulu pankhope pake. "Nthaŵi yanga yoyamba pambuyo pa pakati pausiku pa S-19. Ndidayenda maulendo angapo pabwalo lakuda la S-9, koma izi zinali m'masiku oyambilira. "
    
  "Sindikuganiza kuti mupeza kusiyana kwakukulu, amayi," adatero Gonzo. "Module yonyamula anthu ndi yabwino kwambiri, koma ndimaganiza kuti mungafune kukhala m'chipinda cha okwera ndegeyi."
    
  "Hell inde," Anne anatero. "Ndikukhulupirira kuti simusamala, Abiti Eddington. Sindimakana mpata wokwera m"chipinda choyendera alendo."
    
  "Ayi, amayi," anatero Sondra, koma zinali zoonekeratu kuti anatsutsadi. Inenso sinditaya mtima nazonso, anaganiza choncho, koma ndikuganiza kuti ndilibe nazo ntchito panonso.
    
  "Tiyenera kupita?" Anne anafunsa mosangalala. "Sindingadikire kuti ndiwonenso station."
    
  "Tili ndi nthawi yambiri, amayi," adatero Gonzo. "Musathamangire konse. Zenera lathu lotsegulira limatsegulidwa pafupifupi ola limodzi. "
    
  "Zabwino kwambiri, Colonel Faulkner," adatero Anne.
    
  "Gonzo, chonde. Sindikuyankhanso pamutuwu."
    
  "Uyu ndi Gonzo." Anayang'ana suti ya EEAS. "Suti iyi ndimakonda," iye anatero. "Zikuwonetsa mawonekedwe anu bwino, bwino kwambiri kuposa zakale. Kodi mumachikonda?"
    
  Gonzo anavomereza kuti: "Zimakhala zongopeka pang"ono zikatsegulidwa, koma zimathandiza kuyenda bwino komanso kuchita bwino."
    
  Iwo anakwera makwerero kupita ku airlock access hatch padenga la Midnight Spaceplane, kenaka anatsika njira ya aft kulowa mu gawo la anthu okwera, ndipo Gonzo anathandiza Clarkson ndi Sondra kumangirira ndi kuvala zipewa zawo, kenako anawauza mwachidule za njira zabwinobwino komanso zadzidzidzi. "Ndimadziwa malamulo amasewera, Gonzo," adatero Sondra, akumveka kuti ali ndi nkhawa pamene Gonzo amayesa kumuthandiza kumanga chingwe cha umbilical.
    
  "Ndiyenera kuchita chizolowezi ndi aliyense, Sondra-ukudziwa zimenezo," Gonzo anatero ndi mawu otsika, akumuyang'ana mtsikanayo ndikuyang'anitsitsa ngati Clarkson adaziwona. "Khalani bwino, chabwino?" Polankhula ndi Clarkson, adati: "Pazifukwa zachitetezo tikhala tikuvala zipewa ndi magolovesi, koma mutha kusunga magalasi anu otseguka. Ngati kuli kofunikira, zomwe muyenera kuchita ndikutseka ndipo mudzakhala otetezeka. Sondra adzakuthandizani. Ndege yabwino". Clarkson anagwedeza mutu koma sananene kalikonse.
    
  Amisiriwo ataonetsetsa kuti zonse zomwe zili mugawo la okwera anthu zinali zotetezeka komanso zokonzeka, anathandiza Ann Page kulowa pampando wakumanja wa Pakati pa Usiku, kumumanga, kumukoka, ndi kumuthandiza kuvala chisoti chake. "Sindingathe kudikira, sindingathe kudikirira," adatero mokondwera pamene intercom inkafika. "Ndimalakalaka kwambiri kuyenda mumlengalenga. Mwina zikuwoneka ngati zachizoloŵezi kwa inu anyamata, koma kale m'masiku a shuttle ndi ndege zoyambirira, zinkawoneka ngati ulendo uliwonse unali mayeso. Ofalitsa nkhani nthawi zonse ankanena kuti ndi 'kutsegulira kwina kwa shuttle', koma tinali osadziwa. Simukudziwa. "
    
  "O, ndikukhulupirira, amayi," anatero Gonzo. "Ndimamudziwa munthu yemwe adapanga injini zathu za Leopard, ndipo nthawi zina amatha kukhala chilombo chenicheni. Miyoyo yathu ili m'manja mwa munthu uyu paulendo uliwonse wa ndege. "
    
  "Gonzo, chonde ndiyimbireni Anne m'ndege iyi," Anne anatero. "Ndikufuna kumva ngati membala wa ogwira nawo ntchito, osati wokwera wololedwa kukwera mfuti."
    
  "Chabwino, Anne."
    
  "Hunter "Boomer" Noble," Ann adatero. "Ndikukumbukira kuti ndinali mphaka wa pajama mu engineering ya zamlengalenga mpaka atabwera. Mbiri yake inadutsa pa ine ngati mphepo yamkuntho."
    
  "Ophunzira omwe akugwira ntchito ya Project Starfire posachedwa apambana Boomer, ndikutsimikizira," adatero Gonzo, "ndipo sukulu yawo, Cal Poly, sisukulu yabwino kwambiri yauinjiniya mdziko muno. Ndikuganiza kuti tiwona kupita patsogolo kodabwitsa posachedwa. "
    
  Awiriwa anapitiriza kucheza mpaka inakwana nthawi yokwera taxi ndikunyamuka. Gonzo adapeza kuti Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti amadziwa bwino mindandanda yazamlengalenga komanso malo osinthira, ndipo adagwira ntchito yake ngati wamkulu wa mishoni. "Ndachita chidwi, Anne," iye anatero. "Mumadziwa zambiri za Pakati pa Usiku monga wophunzira."
    
  "Ndinathandiza kupanga ndege za m"mlengalenga za S-9 ndi kuphunzira kuziulutsa, ngakhale kuti nthaŵi zambiri ndinali wokwera chabe," anatero Ann. "Ndikuganiza kuti zili ngati kukwera njinga: mukangochita, simudzayiwala."
    
  Kunyamuka, kusuntha kupita kumayendedwe owonjezera mafuta ndi mathamangitsidwe pogwiritsa ntchito injini za jet zidayenda bwino. Chifukwa chakuti nthawi yonyamuka inali yosiyana kwambiri ndi ya S-29, maulendo apandege aŵiriwo analekanitsidwa ndi makilomita zikwi zingapo-pamene S-19 Midnight inanyamuka pa ndege ya scramjet, inadutsa India, China, ndi Russia Far. Kum'mawa.
    
  "Ndimakonda, ndimakonda, ndimakonda," wachiwiri kwa purezidenti adayankhula motero akuyamba kukwera kwawo. Mumawu ake munalibe kalikonse komuchulukira, kungomwetulira kwakukulu pankhope pake. "Iyi ndiye njira yokha yowulukira!"
    
    
  Pamwamba pa ELIZOVO AIRPORT
  CHIGAWO CHA KAMCHATSK, CHIGAWO CHAKUMWA KWA RUSSIA
  NTHAWI YOMWEYO
    
    
  "Kuwuluka kwa hapuni," awa ndi Mphunzitsi, kulamula kwanu ndi kuwala kwa dzuwa, ndikubwerezanso, kuwala kwadzuwa, "woyang'anira wamkulu adatulutsa wailesi. "Dzuwa, kuwala kwadzuwa.
    
  "Mkulu wa ndege ya Harpoon akutsimikizira," woyendetsa ndege wamkulu wa asilikali awiri a MiG-31D Foxhound adayankha. "Kuswa. Harpoon two, mukumvetsa?"
    
  "Inde, mtsogoleri," adayankha woyendetsa ndege yachiwiri ya MiG-31. Wachiwiri ndi wokonzeka.
    
  Woyendetsa woyendetsa ndegeyo adamaliza mndandanda wake wazomwe adatulutsidwa kale, adatembenukira pakati pa malo oyendetsa ndege pachiwonetsero chake, pang'onopang'ono adawonjezera mphamvu mpaka atalowa pambuyo pake, adadikirira mpaka ndegeyo idadutsa Mach 1, kenako idayamba kukwera kwambiri ndikupitilira kuwonjezera mphamvu. mpaka sanalowe gawo lachisanu la afterburner. Kupeza liwiro la mapazi zikwi khumi pa mphindi, iye anaphimba mapazi zikwi makumi asanu. The airspeed anali kufika Mach 1.5, koma tsopano pang'onopang'ono kuchepa monga woyendetsa ndege zosiyanasiyana airspeed ndi kutalika, koma izi sizinamuvutitse iye: ntchito yake yaikulu inali kusunga singano zowongolera ndege, zomwe zimawonetsa mutu wofunikira ndi ngodya yokwera, yofalitsidwa kuchokera. likulu la tracking station
    
  "Ulalo wa data wadzaza deta yomaliza," watero mkulu wa zida zankhondo kumbuyo kwa woyendetsa. "Kutumiza kwa data ku Osa kumayamba. Kwatsala masekondi khumi."
    
  Pamtunda wa mamita zikwi makumi asanu ndi limodzi woyendetsa ndegeyo adalandira chenjezo lake loyamba la kugwiritsira ntchito mafuta ochepa - injini ziwiri zazikulu za Solovyov D30-F6 m'dera lachisanu lamoto zimadya mapaundi zikwi makumi asanu pa ola, ngakhale kuti anali ndi mapaundi zikwi makumi atatu okha. - airspeed inatsikira ku mfundo mazana atatu okha, ndipo mlingo wa kukwera unachepetsedwa kufika mamita zikwi zitatu pamphindi. "Kusamutsa deta kwatha, masekondi asanu mpaka kukhazikitsidwa," adatero mkulu wa zida zankhondo. Woyendetsa ndegeyo anapuma mpweya wabwino - mu masekondi khumi, ngati sasiya kukwera, adzaima ndikugwa ngati mwala wochokera kumwamba. "Atatu ... awiri ... chimodzi ... roketi ponyamuka."
    
  MiG-31D inakhotera pang'ono kumanzere, ndipo onse ogwira nawo ntchito adatha kuyang'ana pamene roketi ya Wasp ikuwombera galimoto yake yolimba ya rocket ndikuyamba kukwera mumlengalenga pamtambo wautali wachikasu wofiira wamoto ndi utsi. Mavu adachokera ku 9K720 Iskander short-range theatre ballistic missile. Idalandira deta yamayendedwe apandege kuchokera pamalo owonera pansi, idagwiritsa ntchito njira yake yoyendetsera ndege kutsatira njira yowulukira, kenako idayatsa kachitidwe ka infrared terminal kalozera komwe akufuna. Ngakhale akuyenda molunjika, anali kuyenda pa liwiro loposa kilomita imodzi pa sekondi imodzi. Masekondi makumi awiri pambuyo pake, yachiwiri ya MiG-31 inawombera mzinga wake wa Wasp ...
    
  ...panjira yodutsa ndege yapakati pausiku ya S-19 pamene inkathamanga mumlengalenga kudutsa Russia kukakumana ndi siteshoni yamlengalenga ya Armstrong.
    
    
  ARMSTRONG SPACE STATION
  KANTHAWI YOMWEYO
    
    
  "Rocket yapezeka!" anafuula motero Christine Rayhill, mkulu wa zida zapansi pa siteshoni ya Armstrong. "Masetilaiti awiri a mavu aku Russia atulutsidwa kuchokera ku Kamchatka!"
    
  Kai Raydon adasindikiza batani la "call all" pa console yake. "Kupambana zolemba!" - iye anafuula, kuyesera kulamulira mawu ake. "Ogwira ntchito onse ayenera kutenga nawo mbali pankhondo, uku si masewera olimbitsa thupi!" Potembenukira kwa Valerie Lucas, adati, "Zodzitchinjiriza zonse zimangochitika zokha, Valerie - tiyenera kuziyikanso pa MANUAL ndege ikayandikira. Kodi Skybolt ili bwanji?"
    
  Valerie anati: "Munazimitsabe. "Tangoyamba kutseka Starfire."
    
  "Lumikizaninso - titha kuyifuna," adatero Kai. "Ana asukulu ali kuti?"
    
  "Ndili pompano," adatero Brad, atakhazikika pamutu pake pafupi ndi chitonthozo cha Valerie. "Casey ali mu module ya Skybolt. Kodi nditani?"
    
  "Yang'anirani zowunikira ndikukuwa ngati muwona chilichonse chomwe chikuwoneka chowopsa," adatero Kai. "Loza izi kwa Sajeni Lucas kapena munthu wina ngati ali wotanganidwa. Nditha kugwiritsa ntchito maso ena. "
    
  "Kodi ndivale suti ya m"mlengalenga?" Adatero Brad atavala chigoba chake cha oxygen ndikuyatsa.
    
  "Kwachedwa kwambiri," adatero Kai. "Pakadali pano ma module onse amayenera kukhala atasindikizidwa. Ogwira ntchito pagawo lolamula ayenera kudalira ogwira nawo ntchito kuti athetse kuwonongeka. " Kai sanafune kuganiza za zomwe zingawachitikire onsewo ngati chikopacho chikathyoledwa kwambiri, ndi mpweya kapena wopanda mpweya, koma 100% oxygen inali yabwino kwambiri yomwe anali nayo. Anadinanso batani lina la intercom. "Boomer, ndiuze status yako?"
    
  "Tichoka mumphindi khumi, General," Boomer adayankha. Iye ndi Ernesto Hermosillo anaima ndi siteshoni ya m"mlengalenga ya Armstrong ndikuyang"anira ntchito yotsitsa katundu pamalo onyamula katundu ndi kuthira mafuta, ndipo alamu atangolira, anasiya kutsitsa ndikuyamba kukonzekera kumasula.
    
  "Zida zonse zodzitchinjiriza kupatula Skybolt zimayatsidwa ndipo zimangochitika zokha," adatero Valerie. "Starfire, mungandipatseko-"
    
  "Ndi S-19!" Christine Rayhill anafuula motero. "Mavu akulunjika ku S-19! Kudutsa mu mphindi ziwiri! Mivi iwiri ikubwera!"
    
  "Zopusa!" - Kai adalumbira. Anangodina batani la console yake. "Chachiwiri pakati pausiku, uyu ndi Armstrong, Wasp wofiira, ndikubwereza, Wasp wofiira." Pa intercom, iye anafunsa kuti: "Kodi ali ndi malo otani pa siteshoni?"
    
  "Kusafika kwa Hydra," Valerie anayankha.
    
  "Onjezani kuchuluka kwanu kowombera," adatero Kai. Hydra's chlorine-oksijeni-iodine laser, yomwe inali ndi maulendo ochuluka a mailosi mazana atatu, inasinthidwa kukhala mailosi makumi asanu ndi limodzi malinga ndi mgwirizano, koma Kai Rhydon analibe cholinga chomvera mapanganowo tsopano. "Konzekerani a Kingfisher kuti anyamuke kupita kusiteshoni. Adzamasulidwa mukangopeza yankho loti mutsegule. "
    
  Henry anasimba kuti: "Pakati pa usiku ukuwonjezereka ndi kukwezeka kwambiri." M"njira yoyendamo, liŵiro limatanthauza chinthu chimodzi chokha: kukwera pamwamba pa Dziko Lapansi." Pitani mofulumira ndipo mtunda wanu udzawonjezereka, chepetsani ndipo kukwera kwanu kudzatsika.
    
  "Tsopano tikupeza njira yothetsera," adatero Valerie. Magalasi a zida za Kingfisher, omwe adasungidwa pa famu yapakati ya Armstrong, adalumikizidwa ndi zida zankhondo ndipo zida zawo zidalipo kuti zitetezedwe.
    
  Kamphindi pambuyo pake Henry Lathrop anafuula, "Inde! Maphunziro a interception akhazikitsidwa! Zolumikizira zisanu ndi chimodzi zakonzeka!
    
  "Nkhondo, mabatire achepa," adatero Valerie. "Kokerani zoyamwa izo pansi!"
    
  "Choka chidacho!" - Henry anafuula. Malo awiri osungira zida pafamu ya siteshoniyi adatulutsa zida zawo zonse zitatu za satellite. Awa anali mabokosi osavuta, osakhala a aerodynamic - popeza sanawuluke mumlengalenga wa Dziko Lapansi, amatha kukhala mawonekedwe aliwonse - kutalika kwa mapazi asanu ndi limodzi, okhala ndi radar ndi infrared homing system kutsogolo, kuwongolera ma nozzles a rocket kuzungulira thupi mbali zonse, ndi injini ya roketi yayikulu kumbuyo. Ma interceptors adagwiritsa ntchito ma siginecha owongolera kuchokera ku Armstrong kuti ayendetse mpaka atatha kutsekereza pazolinga zawo pogwiritsa ntchito masensa awo. "Njira yabwino kwa Utatu wonse. Masekondi makumi asanu ndi limodzi mpaka kuthamangitsidwa. Ndikuganiza kuti tikwanitsa nthawi yake, bwana. Pakati pausiku ikukwera kwambiri komanso mwachangu. Olowa adzakhala mkati mwa Hydra mumasekondi makumi asanu ndi awiri. "
    
  Kai sakanapumula mpaka mivi yonse iwiri ya Wasp yaku Russia itawonongedwa. "Trev, funsani Space Command, auzeni zomwe zikuchitika," adalamula. "Awuzeni kuti ndikufuna chilolezo chowononga mabwalo onse a ndege olimbana ndi satana ndikuyambitsa malo omwe ife-"
    
  "Pop-up orbital scarecrow!" Henry Lathrop anakuwa. Chizindikiro chatsopano chawonekera pachiwonetsero chachikulu chaukadaulo. Inali mozungulira makilomita oposa zana kuchokera ku Armstrong ndi kutsika kosiyana kosiyana, koma inali pafupi kwambiri ndi kuphonya m'mawu a orbital. "Zinangotulukiratu bwana! Sankhani Oscar nambala wani." Sizinkawoneka ngati zowopseza siteshoni kapena S-19 Pakati pausiku, koma kuti sanazizindikire mpaka zitayandikira kwambiri zinali zokhuza, kwambiri-
    
  "Bwana, ndikutaya Utatu!" anatero Henry.
    
  "Chani?" Kai anafuula. "Nchiyani chikuchitika?"
    
  "Sindikudziwa, bwana!" - Lathrop adafuula. "Kusiya kukhudzana ndi mmodzi...awiri...atatu, bwana; Utatu, kukhudzana kolakwika!"
    
  "Kodi kubwera kwatsopano kumeneku ndi ndani?" Valerie anakuwa. "Kodi mukuwonera izi?"
    
  "Zigawo za Utatu zimagwiritsa ntchito zida zonse zowunikira ma electro-optical," adatero Lathrop. "Ndili ndi siginecha yabwino ya radar, koma sindikuwoneka bwino." Kamphindi pambuyo pake: "Kulankhulana ndi Utatu wa Utatu kwatayika. Kodi ndingathe kuchita nawo Scarecrow Oscar One, bwana?"
    
  "Izi sizowopseza siteshoni kapena S-19, sizili pamtunda kapena m'mphepete mwathu, ndipo tilibe mawonekedwe," adatero Kai. "Negative. Osamenya nawo nkhondo. Yambitsani Utatu wochulukirapo kuti mutenge zida za ASAT, tsopano. "
    
    
  ILI PA BWALO LA RUSSIA SPACE PLANE "ELECTRON"
  NTHAWI YOMWEYO
    
    
  Iwo sakanatha kusankha nthawi bwino, ndipo msilikali Mikhail Galtin ankadziwa kuti tsogolo ndi mwayi monga momwe anafunira, koma zinalibe kanthu - zonse zinayenera kuchita bwino. Pambuyo pa njira zinayi zodutsana ndi kanjira ka siteshoni ya Armstrong, koma pamalo otsika komanso otsetsereka pafupifupi makilomita makumi asanu ndi limodzi, zinali pamalo abwino kufika pamalo enieni kuti awononge zida zachitetezo za siteshoni yaku US. Iye ankadziwa kuti wangotsala ndi masekondi okha kuti achitepo kanthu... Koma masekondi anali muyaya ku chida cha laser cha Hobnail.
    
  Zida zolimbana ndi satelayiti zaku America zidangoyambika kuchokera ku siteshoni ya Armstrong, radar ya Galtin ya Elektron yowongolera moto idayamba kuwatsata kuchokera pa mtunda wa makilomita zana: ma interceptors asanu ndi limodzi aku America - palibe choposa injini ya rocket yoyendetsedwa ndi wofunafuna, koma yosavuta. komanso yothandiza ngati zida zotsutsana ndi satellite komanso zida zankhondo. Mfundo yakuti interceptors anamasulidwa ku siteshoni yokha inali yosangalatsa: lipoti lakuti Purezidenti Joseph Gardner anawononga zida zonse za gulu la nyenyezi la Kingfisher sizinali zoona kwenikweni. Zikuoneka kuti panali ena olumikizidwa ku malo opangira zida zankhondo ndipo amagwira ntchito mokwanira.
    
  Zilibe kanthu. Tsoka linam'patsa malo abwino oti azitha kulumikiza zolumikizira. Galtin anadabwa ndi mwayi umene unabwera nawo, anadabwa ndi kulimba mtima kwa pulezidenti wake, Gennady Gryzlov, polamula kuti awononge, adadabwa ndi zomwe zidzachitike. Russia inali itatsala pang'ono kuukira ndege ya m'mlengalenga yomwe mwina inali dziko lamphamvu kwambiri padziko lapansi. Iwo anaukira chombo cha m"mlengalenga cha $3 biliyoni ndi anthu wamba aku America omwe anali m"bwalo. Zinali zolimba mtima. Panalibe liwu lina la izo: kudzitsimikizira. Kunena kuti zinthu zimene zachitika pankhondo yofuna kulamulira mlengalenga zangowonjezeredwa kumene kungakhale kunyozetsa kwambiri.
    
  Galtin adakweza chivundikiro chofiyira choteteza chosinthira zida ndikusuntha chosinthira pansi pake kuchoka pamalo otetezedwa kupita pamalo a ARMED. Tsopano kuukira kompyuta anali pansi ulamuliro. Mumasekondi pang'ono zonse zitha. Zombo za m"mlengalenga zitatu ndi maroketi asanu ndi limodzi oyenda makilomita masauzande pa ola, makilomita mazanamazana pamwamba pa Dziko Lapansi, zikadumphadumpha pamalo ano mumlengalenga. Zinali zochititsa chidwi. Sayansi, ndale, kulimba mtima kotheratu ndipo, inde, mwayi zonse zinali kumbali ya Russian Federation pakali pano.
    
  Kuukira.
    
    
  PAMENE PAKATI PAKATI PA SPACEPLAYER S-19
  NTHAWI YOMWEYO
    
    
  Atangomva chenjezo la "mavu ofiira", Gonzo anawombera injini zazikulu za roketi. "Ichi ndi chiyani? Zomwe zachitika?" - Anafunsa Anne Page. "Kodi mavu ofiira ndi chiyani?"
    
  "Zida zaku Russia zolimbana ndi satelayiti," Gonzo anayankha. "Chiyembekezo chathu chokha ndikumupambana, kumuposa kapena kumuposa. Aliyense, tsitsani zowonera zanu, zitetezeni, ndipo onetsetsani kuti mpweya wanu uli pamoto. Sondra, fufuzani Agent Clarkson. " Gonzo ndi Anne anayamba kupanga mindandanda yazankho pokonzekera kukangana komwe kungatheke.
    
  "Pakati pausiku, kumbukirani, sitinalumikizane ndi zida zinayi zomwe tidayambitsa pa Wasp," adatero Kai. "Awiri akutsatiridwabe. Tili ndi chandamale chodziwika pamwambapa komanso kumanja kwanu, pafupifupi mailosi makumi anayi, sichikuwoneka ngati chili panjira yodutsa. "
    
  "Ndi ndege ya ku Russia," anatero Ann. "Tadziwitsidwa kuti aku Russia adagwiritsa ntchito laser m'boti osachepera ma electron awo. Anawombera satellite ndipo mwina akuukira Trinity interceptors. "
    
  "Damn," anatero Gonzo. "Armstrong, ndi pakati pausiku. Wokwera wathu adati chinali chowopsyeza, mwina electron, ndipo chinali kuwombera ...
    
  "Gonzo, maneuver!" Kai analowererapo. "Pali mavu kumchira wako! Maneuver!"
    
  Nthawi yomweyo Gonzo anagwiritsa ntchito zoulutsira ndegezo, ndikuponyera ndegeyo molunjika m'mbali, kenaka anamenyanso zida zina zomwe zimayithamangitsira "mmwamba" - kutali ndi Dziko Lapansi. Kenako adayamba kubwerera m'mbuyo, kuwongolera mphuno yolunjika komwe amawulukira kuti awonetse mawonekedwe otsika kwambiri ...
    
  ... ndipo mkati mwa njirayo, chida cha anti-satellite cha Wasp chidagunda. Inali ndi kamutu kakang'ono kagawanika ka mapaundi khumi kamene kanayatsa mafuta a jet ndi oxidizer ya Bohm yomwe inatuluka m'matangi amafuta ong'ambika, zomwe zinapangitsa kuphulika komwe kunalowa m'ndege.
    
  "Anagunda! Waimenya!" Valerie anakuwa. "Mavu oyamba adagunda ndege!" Ogwira ntchito pagawo loyang'anira adayang'ana modabwa ndi chithunzi cha electro-optical cha ndege yomwe idawonongeka pomwe kuphulika kowopsa kudadzaza chinsalu.
    
  "Mizinga Yachiwiri ya Wasp idalandidwa ndikuwonongeka," adatero Henry Lathrop ndi mawu abata pa intercom. "Cholinga ndi chomveka."
    
  "Boomer?" Kai adayankha.
    
  "Ndimaliza mu mphindi zisanu," adatero Boomer.
    
  "Kodi munapuma kale?"
    
  "Inde, ndatero," Boomer anayankha. "Osati mtsogoleri wanga."
    
  "Trev, fufuzani ngati pali aliyense pasiteshoniyo wavala suti yamlengalenga ndikupuma mpweya."
    
  "Konzekerani," anayankha Trevor Sheil. Kanthawi pang'ono: "Pepani, Kai. Tilipo atatu ovala zovala zakuthambo, koma palibe ndi mmodzi yemwe amene adapumapo kale. "
    
  "Apatseni okosijeni nthawi yomweyo," adatero Kai. Pawailesi adati, "Zikuwoneka ngati ndiwe, Boomer. Sitikuwona opulumuka pano, koma bwerani mudzawone. Osayiwala kukhazikitsa zida zanu zokokera."
    
  "Ndamva," adatero Boomer. Mphindi zochepa pambuyo pake: "Takonzeka kuyamba." Atangopatukana ndi siteshoni, adalandira ma coordinates a malo omaliza a Midnight Spaceplane ndikuyamba kulimbana ndi njira yake yopita kumeneko - mwamwayi, pamene S-19 inali kuyandikira Armstrong, kukonzekera doko, onse anali munjira yofanana. , chotero inali nkhani chabe yolondolera mokhotakhota kulinga ku icho, m"malo moloŵa mu kanjira kosiyana ndi utali kapena mbali ina.
    
  "Valerie, yambitsani gulu la nyenyezi la Kingfisher ndikulumikiza Starfire ku Network posachedwa," adatero Kai. "Yakwana nthawi yosaka pang'ono." Anayitana likulu la US Space Command kuchokera ku console yake. "General, tataya ndege ya S-19," adatero pomwe njira yotetezeka idalumikizidwa. "Wachiwiri kwa purezidenti adakwera. Tikuyang'ana opulumuka, koma mpaka pano zikuwoneka ngati zotayika. "
    
  "O Mulungu wanga," anabuula motero General George Sandstein. "Ndidziwitsa a White House nthawi yomweyo."
    
  "Ndikupempha chilolezo choukira gulu lonse lankhondo laku Russia, General," adatero Kai mokwiya.
    
  "Zoyipa," adatero Sandstein. "Osachita china chilichonse kupatula kudziteteza. Osawomba mpaka adzakuomberani moto."
    
  "Ndinganene kuti atiwombera, General," adatero Kai. "Sindikudziwa ngati cholinga chake chinali ndege ya m'mlengalenga kapena ngati panali siteshoni, ndipo ndegeyo idalowa m'njira. Mulimonse mmene zingakhalire, tinaukiridwa."
    
  "Ndiloleni ndidziwitse Purezidenti kaye ndikuwona zomwe ayankha, Kai," adatero Sandstein. "Pakadali pano, ndikukulamulani kuti mutsegule zida zanu zonse zodzitchinjiriza ndikuyamba kuyambitsa ma module a Utatu omwe mudasunga pa siteshoni kubwereranso. Muli ndi ndege ya m"mlengalenga tsopano, sichoncho?"
    
  "Inde, S-29," Kai anayankha. "Ikupeza opulumuka, ndiye tiyenera kutsitsa zinthu pano ndi za ISS."
    
  "Ndi ndege zina ziti zomwe zilipo?"
    
  "Ma S-19 awiri apezeka m'masiku owerengeka, ndipo tili ndi ma S-9 awiri omwe angakhale okonzeka pakatha milungu ingapo," adatero Kai poyang'ana momwe ndege yake ikuwerengera. "Zambiri, ndili ndi malo osungira zida khumi munjira, zomwe zimayika magulu ambiri ankhondo aku Russia olimbana ndi mizinga pamtanda, ndipo atsegulidwa posachedwa. Ndayamba ntchito yochotsa chida cha Starfire maser kuchokera ku Skybolt, koma magulu anga ayenera kulumikizanso. Iyenera kukhala yokonzeka posachedwa. Ndikupempha chilolezo kuti ndiwononge makina aliwonse a ku Russia odana ndi satelayiti omwe amafika mosiyanasiyana. "
    
  "Ndimamvetsetsa lingaliro la 'kutaya zinyalala', Kai," adatero Sandstein. "Ndikufuna chilolezo kuchokera ku White House musanayambe kuphulitsa mabomba aku Russia kuchokera mumlengalenga. Mwalamulidwa: tetezani siteshoni yanu ndi chilichonse chomwe muli nacho ndikudikirira zina. Bwerezani zomaliza zanga, General Rhydon. "
    
  Kai anazengereza ndipo anaganiza zoti asayankhe; m'malo mwake: "Ndamva, General," adatero pomaliza pake. "General Sandstein, uyu ndi Station Director Raydon, mu Armstrong. Ndinakopera: ndikulamula kuti nditeteze siteshoniyo ndi zonse zomwe tili nazo ndikudikirira zina. "
    
  "Ndilumikizana, Kai," adatero Sandstein. "Izi sizikhala zopanda pake. Konzekerani." Ndipo kulumikizanako kudasokonekera.
    
  "Damn," Kai anatukwana. "Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti wa United States ayenera kuti wangophulitsidwa kumene mu zinyalala za mumlengalenga, ndipo ndingoyenera 'kuima pafupi.'   Anayang'ana ma monitor ake. "Valerie, kodi Kingfishers ali munjira yotani?"
    
  "Zisanu ndi chimodzi mwa khumi zalumikizidwa kale ndi netiweki, ena onse akuyembekezeka pafupifupi ola limodzi," adatero Valerie Lucas.
    
  Linali chabe gawo limodzi mwa magawo asanu mwa gulu lonse la nyenyezi, koma linali bwino kuposa zomwe anali nazo mphindi zochepa zapitazo. "Ikani zolinga zaku Russia ndi China m'njira zosiyanasiyana zomwe tingathe kuukira pansi."
    
  "Kumvetsetsa." Mphindi pang'ono, mndandanda wa mipherezero unawonekera pachiwonetsero cha malo olamulira akuluakulu, komanso mndandanda wa zida zomwe zilipo zomwe zingathe kuteteza motsutsana nawo. Mndandandawo unaphatikizapo zolinga zina osati zotsutsana ndi mizinga: cholinga chilichonse chankhondo chinali pamndandanda, ndipo pamene malo ochitira zida za Kingfisher kapena malo osungiramo malo a Armstrong atachoka, cholingacho chinasowa, koma chinasinthidwa ndi china chomwe chinadutsa pachimake cha chidacho. kwinakwake ku mbali ina ya dziko lapansi. Pokhala ndi malo osungira zida khumi okha kuphatikiza siteshoni ya mlengalenga ya Armstrong, mndandanda wazomwe mukufuna kutsata udali waufupi kwambiri, koma mphindi zochepa zilizonse zomwe zitha kuwonekera, kukhala kwa mphindi ziwiri kapena zinayi, kenako ndikuzimiririka.
    
  Mzere umodzi pamndandanda womwe mukufuna unasintha mtundu kuchokera ku wobiriwira kukhala wachikasu. "Sichang Spaceport," adatero Kai. "Kodi chikuchitika ndi chiyani ku Xichang?"
    
  "S-500 Autocrat search radar mu echo-Foxtrot range kuchokera ku Sichan Cosmodrome idatiphimba," adatero Christine. "Chiyambireni pamene anthu aku Russia anakhazikitsa S-500 ku China, akhala akutsatira ndipo nthawi zina amatinyamula pa radar pamene tikudutsa pamwamba. Ndikuganiza kuti ndikungoyesa kapena kuphunzitsidwa - ndikungoyang'ana mitunda yayitali. Palibe chomwe chimachitika. "
    
  "'Anatitsekera," huh?" - Kai anadandaula. "Chilichonse kupatula sikani wamba?"
    
  Christine anati: "Nthawi ndi nthaŵi timamva phokoso lochokera ku radar ya 30N6E2 India-Juliet missile direction radar, ngati kuti akuombera mizinga," anatero Christine, "koma zizindikiro zonse zimazimiririka pakangopita masekondi angapo, ngakhale zizindikiro zofufuzira, ndipo Sitizindikira kuphulika kwa injini kapena mizinga mumlengalenga. Zonse ndi masewera amphaka ndi mbewa, bwana - amatitumizira zizindikiro za radar kuti atiwopsyeze, kenako amangokhala chete. Izi ndi bullshit."
    
  "Bullshit, sichoncho?" Kai anatero. "Ndidziwitse ngati izi zichitikanso."
    
  "Inde, bwana," anayankha Christina.
    
  Kai anakhala chete kwa mphindi zingapo, kuganiza mozama. Iye anati: "Christine, ndikufuna zithunzi zatsatanetsatane za gulu la S-500li. Ndipatseni scan yopapatiza ya SBR kuchokera ku radar yathu yayikulu. Maximum resolution."
    
  Christine Rayhill adazengereza kwakanthawi, kenako adati, "Bwana, scanlight ingakhale-"
    
  "Chitani, Abiti Rayhill," Kai anatero mopanda chisoni. "Kusanthula kwamitengo yocheperako, kukonza kwakukulu."
    
  "Inde, bwana," Christina anatero.
    
  Kunali chete kwa pafupifupi masekondi makumi asanu ndi limodzi; Kenako: "Bwana, radar ya S-500 yapezeka, ikuwoneka kuti ikufuna ife," adatero Christine. "Azimuth yokha, kutalika ndi mitundu - palibe ma siginecha a uplink." Izi ndi zomwe ankada nkhawa nazo: ngati batire la S-500 likuwona kuti akutsatiridwa ndi radar ya Armstrong, akhoza kuganiza kuti akuukiridwa ndipo akhoza kubwezera.
    
  "Khalani chandamale ndikupita kunkhondo, Christina," adatero Kai. Pitirizani kupanga sikani.
    
  Panali chisokonezo m'mawu a Christina: izi, ndithudi, sizinali zazikulu chotero, zosakwanira baji yozindikiritsa chandamale. "Uh ... sankhani chandamale cha Golf One, bwana," adayankha atapereka malamulo pakompyuta. "Chandamale chatsekedwa pakompyuta yowukira."
    
  "Lamulani, iyi ndi dipatimenti yogwira ntchito," adatero Valerie. "Ndikutsimikizira kuti cholinga cha Golf-one chalowa munkhondo. Ma Hummer awiri ochokera ku Kingfisher 09 ali okonzeka, m'modzi kumanzere, masekondi makumi anayi ndi asanu mpaka atachoka kumalo ophera anthu. "
    
  "Zatsimikizika," adatero Kai. "Christine, ndidziwitse ngati zomwe mukufuna zisinthe."
    
  "Wilko, bwana," Christina anatero. Manja ake adayamba kutuluka thukuta pang'ono: zidayamba kuwoneka ngati zoyambira ku-
    
  Mwadzidzidzi chizindikiro cha ID chinasintha kuchoka ku TARGET TRACK kupita ku ROCKET TRACK. Kusinthako kunachitika nthawi yomweyo, ndipo sikunakhale pachiwonetsero kwa mphindi imodzi kapena ziwiri, koma kunali kokwanira kwa Christine kukuwa kuti, "Lamula, ndili ndi mizinga itatu."
    
  "Menyani, lamulani, mabatire atulutsidwa pa Golf One," adalamula Kai. "Ndikubwerezanso, mabatire achepa."
    
  "Mabatire achepa, ndakupeza," adatero Valerie. "Menyani, cholinga cha Golf One ndikumenya nawo nkhondo!"
    
  Kingfisher Weapons Garage, yomwe ili pafupi makilomita zikwi zinayi kuchokera ku Armstrong - ngakhale malo okwerera ndege a Armstrong anali pafupi kwambiri ndi cholinga, miyalayi inkafunika nthawi ndi mtunda kuti ibwerere kumlengalenga wa Dziko Lapansi, kotero Garage ya Kingfisher Weapons Garage, yomwe ili kutali, inagwira ntchitoyo. - adasinthira ku maphunziro omwe adakhazikitsidwa ndi kompyuta, ndipo magalimoto awiri oyenda mozungulira adaponyedwa kunja kwa garaja ya zida ndi mphindi makumi atatu. Ma OMV adatembenuka mpaka adawuluka mchira kaye, ndipo ma rocket awo adanyamuka. Kuwotchako sikunatenge nthawi yayitali, kuchedwetsa chombocho ndi mailosi mazana ochepa pa ola, koma kunali kokwanira kusintha njira yawo kuchokera ku orbit ya Earth kupita kumlengalenga, ndipo ma OMV anabwerera mmbuyo, kusiya zishango zawo za kutentha zikuwonekera pamlengalenga. kusokoneza mpweya.
    
  Pamene chombocho chinkalowa m"mlengalenga, kuwala kochokera ku mphepo yowotcha mpweya kunasintha mitundu mpaka kunatentha kwambiri, ndipo mitsinje ya madzi a m"magazi otenthedwa kwambiri inkatsatira kuseri kwa galimoto iliyonse. Tizilombo tating'onoting'ono tomwe timayendetsedwa ndi ma hydraulically ndi zowongolera mumchira wa OMV zidathandizira chombocho kuchita matembenuzidwe a S mumlengalenga, zomwe zidangowonjezera nthawi yomwe idatenga kuti ichedwetse ndegeyo, komanso kusokoneza radar iliyonse yochokera mumlengalenga kutsatira zomwe akufuna. . Chimodzi mwa ziwongolero pa OMV yachiwiri sinalephereke, zomwe zidapangitsa kuti zisayende bwino, makamaka zimayaka mumlengalenga, ndipo zomwe zidatsala zidagwera m'chipululu cha Siberia.
    
  Pamtunda wa mamita zikwi zana, zotchinga zotetezera kuzungulira OMVS zinasweka, kuwonetsa pulojekiti ya tungsten carbide ya mapaundi mazana awiri ndi radar ya millimeter-wave ndi mutu wa infrared homing pamphuno. Anayang'anitsitsa zizindikiro zoyang'anira kuchokera m'nkhokwe yake ya zida mpaka radar itatsekedwa pa chandamale, ndiyeno anakonza cholinga chake poyerekezera zomwe anawona kuchokera ku masensa ake ndi zithunzi za zolinga zomwe zasungidwa m'maganizo. Zinangotenga kachigawo kakang'ono ka sekondi, koma zithunzizo zimagwirizana, ndipo mutu wankhondo umalimbana ndi cholinga chake - choyambitsa choyendetsa ndege cha S-500 anti-aircraft missile system. Inagunda chandamale chake pamene ikuyenda pafupifupi mailosi zikwi khumi pa ola. Gulu lankhondo silinafune mutu wankhondo wophulika - kugunda kwa liwiro limenelo kunali kofanana ndi kuphulika kwa mapaundi zikwi ziwiri za TNT, kuwonongeratu choyambitsa ndi china chirichonse mkati mwa mtunda wa mapazi mazana asanu.
    
  "Mnyamata wa gofu - wina wawonongeka, bwana," Christina adanenanso patapita nthawi, mawu ake samveka bwino, nthawi yoyamba yomwe adawononga chilichonse m'moyo wake wonse, ngakhale munthu wina.
    
  "Ntchito yabwino," adatero Kai ndi mawu amwala. "Trev, ndikufuna gulu la anthu awiri kuti ligwirizane ndikuyamba kukonzekera kupuma, ndikudikirira maola asanu ndi limodzi mwadzidzidzi. Ena onse omwe sali pantchito amatha kusiya ntchito zankhondo. Aliyense, maso ndi makutu atseguka - ndikuganiza kuti tikhala otanganidwa. Kodi Starfire ili bwanji? Nanga bwanji?"
    
  "Sindikudziwa, bwana," anayankha Casey Huggins kuchokera ku Skybolt module. "Mwina ola, mwina awiri. Pepani bwana, koma sindikudziwa.
    
  "Mwamsanga, Abiti Huggins," adatero Kai. Adadina batani lolumikizana ndi ma network ake. "General Sandstein, mwachangu."
    
    
  KREMLIN
  MOSCOW RUSSIA FEDERATION
  Patapita kanthawi
    
    
  "Abastadi aku America aja adagunda doko langa ndi roketi yochokera mumlengalenga!" Zhou Qiang, Purezidenti wa People's Republic of China, adachita chidwi kwambiri ndi teleconference yamawu yotetezeka. "Ndilamula kuti mzinga wa nyukiliya utulutsidwe ku Hawaii! Akapha anthu 100 a ku China, ndipha anthu a ku America miliyoni imodzi!"
    
  "Khala pansi, Zhou," adatero Purezidenti wa Russia Gennady Gryzlov. "Mukudziwanso momwe ndimachitira kuti mukakhazikitsa ICBM kapena china chilichonse chonga icho pafupi ndi United States kapena katundu wake, adzabwezera ndi chilichonse chomwe ali nacho motsutsana ndi mayiko athu onse. Tsopano atsala pang'ono kukoka mfuti, chifukwa cha kuwukira kwanu ku Guam."
    
  "Sindisamala!" - Zhou adawombera. "Adzanong'oneza bondo kutayika kwa Wachina m'modzi kambirimbiri, ndikulumbira!"
    
  "Atsogoleri anga omwe ali pansi akunena kuti batire yanu ya S-500 yatsekeka pamalo opangira mlengalenga pogwiritsa ntchito radar yowongolera mizinga," adatero Gryzlov. "Izi ndi Zow?"
    
  "Ndiye ndikuganiza kuti mukudziwa kuti aku America akuyang'ana woyambitsa S-500 ndi zida zawo za microwave?"
    
  "Ndikudziwa kuti adakusanthulani ndi radar yosavuta yopangira, Zhou, radar yochokera mumlengalenga yomwe idayikidwa pasiteshoniyo," adatero Gryzlov. "Ndili ndi amisiri ndi apolisi apamtunda, mukukumbukira? Iwo akudziwa ndendende zomwe adakusanthulani. Icho sichinali chida chowongolera mphamvu. Mwachionekere ankafuna kukukakamizani kuti muyankhe, monga mmene anachitira anthu anu opusa, osaphunzitsidwa bwino."
    
  "Ndiye tsopano akuyesera kutikakamiza kuti tiwonjezere mkanganowu, kuti ukhale kusinthana kwa nyukiliya?" - Zhou adafunsa. Ngati ndi choncho, ndiye kuti akuyenda bwino!
    
  "Ndinati, Zhou, khalani pansi," Gryzlov anabwerezabwereza. "Tiyankha, koma tiyenera kudekha ndikukonzekera izi limodzi."
    
  "Zonsezi ndichifukwa chakuukira kwanu mosasamala pa ndege yawo, sichoncho?" - Zhou adafunsa. "Mumandiuza kuti ndidekha, koma mukatero mumachita zinthu zopenga ngati kuwononga imodzi mwa ndege zawo! Tawatsata omenyerawa ndi zida zanu zolimbana ndi satana. Ndi ndani wa ife amene wapenga tsopano? Kodi mukufuna kuletsa ndege zosaloledwa kuti ziwuluke ku Russia? Izi ndizopenga kwambiri! Ndi chiyani chinalowa m'mutu mwanu, Gryzlov? Ndiwe wosakhazikika kuposa chitsiru Truznev udakhalapo kale iwe. "
    
  "Usandilankhule zankhondo zopenga, Zhou!" Gryzlov anatsutsa. "Ndife odala kuti sitili pankhondo ndi United States pambuyo poti General Zu wamisala ataukira Guam!"
    
  Ndikhoza kunena zomwezo ponena za kuukira kwa mizinga ya abambo anu ku United States komweko! Zhou adawombera. "Zikwi khumi, zikwi khumi ndi zisanu zaku America zasowa? Anthu zikwi zana ovulala? Abambo anu anali-"
    
  "Samala, ndikukuchenjeza, Zhou," Gryzlov analavula mowopseza. "Samalani zomwe mudzanene pambuyo pake ngati zikukhudza bambo anga." Kumbali ina ya mzerewo kunali chete chete. "Ndimvereni, Zhou. "Inu mukudziwa bwino monganso ine ndimadziwira kuti zida zokhazokha za ku America zomwe zingathe kufika kumalo athu osungiramo mlengalenga ndi malo ena otsegulira ASAT ndi maulendo apanyanja othamangitsidwa kuchokera ku mabomba odutsa kapena zida zotulutsidwa kuchokera kumalo awo ankhondo kapena malo osungira zida zankhondo." Gryzlov. "Siteshoni yamumlengalenga yankhondo ndiyofunikira chifukwa imayang"anira malo onse osungira zida, imagwiritsa ntchito radar yake yochokera m"mlengalenga kuti iunike ndi kulunjika, ndipo ili ndi laser ya Skybolt yomwe sitheka kuiteteza. Iyenera kuyimitsidwa kapena kuwonongedwa Achimerika asanagwiritse ntchito zida zawo. "
    
  "Wochotsedwa? Wawonongedwa? Bwanji?" - anafunsa Zhou.
    
  "Tiyenera kusankha nthawi yoyenera pamene zida zotsutsana ndi satellite za Russia ndi China zitha kukhazikitsidwa nthawi imodzi," adatero Gryzlov. "Pa siteshoniyi pali zida zodzitetezera, koma ngati tingathe kuzigonjetsa, tikhoza kupambana. Mlembi wanga wa Chitetezo ndi Chief of General Staff andidziwitse pomwe malo opangira mlengalenga aku America ali pamalo abwino, ndiyeno tiyenera kuwukira nthawi yomweyo. Mayendedwe a siteshoniyi amadziwika bwino. Asintha posachedwa kuti ayese Starfire microwave laser, ndipo akhoza kusinthanso, koma tiyang'ana ndikudikirira. Njira ikakhazikika, timawukira ndi chilichonse chomwe chili mkati.
    
  "Koma ndikufunika kudzipereka kwanu, Zhou: ndikanena kuti tiwukire, timawukira ndi zida zonse nthawi imodzi," adatero Gryzlov. "Iyi ndi njira yokhayo yomwe tingayembekezere kuletsa kapena kuwononga malo ankhondo popanda kutibwezera, chifukwa ngati zingatero, zitha kuwononga chandamale chilichonse padziko lapansi pa liwiro la kuwala."
    
  Panali chete kwanthawi yayitali kumbali ina ya kulumikizana kotetezeka; Kenako: "Ukufuna chiyani, Gryzlov?"
    
  "Ndikufuna kufotokozera molondola, luso, malo ndi malo a zida zonse zotsutsana ndi satellite mu zida zanu," adatero Gryzlov, "kuphatikizapo sitima zapamadzi zotsutsana ndi satellite. Ndipo ndikufunika kukhazikitsa njira yolumikizirana yotetezeka ndi malo aliwonse ndi sitima zapamadzi kuti ndiyambitse kuwukira komwe kuli malo ankhondo aku America. "
    
  "Nĭ t ā mā de fēng?" Zhou anakuwa chapansipansi. Gryzlov adadziwa mawu otukwana aku China kuti amvetsetse kuti adati, "Kodi ukupenga?" M"malo mwake, anamva womasulirayo achita chibwibwi kuti: "Pulezidenti akutsutsa mwamphamvu, bwana."
    
  "Russia ili ndi zida zambiri zolimbana ndi satana kuposa China, Zhou - ndikadakutumizirani kachigawo kakang'ono ka deta yathu, mutha kuthedwa nzeru," adatero Gryzlov. "Kupatula apo, sindikuganiza kuti asitikali anu kapena ukadaulo wanu wamlengalenga uli ndi kuthekera kogwirizanitsa kukhazikitsidwa kwa ma interceptors ambiri omwe amafalikira pamtunda wamakilomita masauzande ambiri, amitundu iwiri, nthawi imodzi mlengalenga. Tili ndi chidziwitso chochuluka pamakina a orbital kuposa China. "
    
  "Bwanji sindikungokupatsani zidziwitso zonse za zida zathu zonse za nyukiliya, Gryzlov?" Adafunsa monyodola Zhou. "Mwanjira iliyonse, China yafa."
    
  "Usakhale wopusa, Zhou," adatero Gryzlov. "Tiyenera kuchitapo kanthu, ndi kuchitapo kanthu mwachangu, Achimerika asanaike malo osungira zida zambiri m'mphepete mwake ndikuyambitsanso laser ya Skybolt, ngati tikhulupirira kuti pali mkhutu wokhudza wophunzira waku koleji wa microwave laser m'malo mwa ma elekitironi aulere. Ndipatseni chidziwitsocho - ndipo chikhale cholondola komanso chodalirika - ndipo ndidzadziwa nthawi yeniyeni yomwe zida zotsutsana ndi satellite zidzafika pa Armstrong ...
    
  "Ndipo bwanji, Gryzlov? Mudikire kuti zida zanyukiliya zaku America zigwere pamitu yathu yayikulu?"
    
  "Kenneth Phoenix ndi wofooka, monga andale onse aku America," adatero Gryzlov. Iye anaukira malo a S-500 aja, akumadziŵa kuti tidzabwezera. Mphindi yomwe adathamangitsa laser ya microwave kuchokera pamalopo, adadziwa kuti siteshoniyo ikhala chandamale. Anachita zonse ziwiri, poganiza kuti sitingayankhe. Tsopano ndayankha ndikuwononga ndege yake, ndipo ali ndi mwayi wosankha: kuwononga nkhondo yapakati pa dziko lapansi ndi thermonuclear, kapena kusiya malo opangira zida zankhondo pofuna mtendere. Iye ndi wodziwikiratu, wamantha ndipo akhoza kukhala wolumala m'maganizo. Iye si kanthu. Palibe chiwopsezo ku mayiko athu omwe akusowa nkhondo yanyukiliya ngati malo a Armstrong awonongedwa, ndipo sindikhulupirira kuti Phoenix kapena wina aliyense ku America ali ndi vuto lankhondo iliyonse, osasiyapo nkhondo yanyukiliya. "
    
  Zhou sananene kanthu. Gryzlov anadikirira pang'ono, kenako anati: "Sankhani tsopano, Zhou, damn iwe! Sankhani! "
    
    
  KHUMI
    
    
  Mulungu wa Nkhondo amadana ndi anthu amene amazengereza.
    
  - EURIPIDES
    
    
    
  MALO OGWIRITSA NTCHITO, MAILOSI 30 KUCHOKERA KU ARMSTRONG SPACE STATION
  Patapita kanthawi
    
    
  Kuchokera pa mtunda wa kilomita imodzi, Boomer ndi Ernesto ankangowona mtambo wandiweyani wa gasi woyera, monga ngati mtambo wa cumulus watuluka mumlengalenga wa Dziko lapansi ndipo adaganiza zoyandama kuzungulira dziko lapansi. "Palibe chomwe chikuwoneka, Armstrong," adatero Boomer. "Mtambo waukulu kwambiri wamafuta owuma, oxidizer ndi zinyalala."
    
  "Tavomera," Kai anayankha. "Yandikirani momwe mungathere, koma yang'anani mafuta ndi oxidizer - musayandikire mokwanira kuti muyatse. Ngakhale pang'ono chabe ya magetsi osasunthika mu chipwirikiti chimenechi akhoza kuzimitsa."
    
  "Kumvetsetsa."
    
  Zinatenga mphindi zingapo kuti titseke mpatawo, koma mtambowo unaphimbabe malowo. "Ndili pafupi mayadi makumi asanu kuchokera pano," adatero Boomer. "Izi zili pafupi ndi momwe ndingayerekeze kubwera. Sindingathe kudziwa chilichonse. Ernesto, ukuwona chilichonse pamenepo?"
    
  "Zoyipa," adatero Ernesto. "Izi ndi zothina kwambiri ... Dikirani! Ndikuwona! Ndikuona pakati pausiku!
    
  "Zikomo Mulungu," adatero Boomer. "Ndikupita kukawona." Anamasula zomangira zake ndikubwerera ku airlock. Kwa maulendo ataliatali, kuphatikiza kuvala EEAS kuti atetezedwe kwambiri ku ma micrometeor ndi zinyalala komanso kuti azitha kuwongolera kutentha, Boomer adavala suti yamlengalenga yopepuka, yopanda mphamvu yofanana ndi jumpsuit, kenako adavala chikwama chachikulu chonga chikwama chotchedwa primary life support. kapena PLSS, ndi kulumikiza EEAS ndi zingwe za umbilical kwa izo pofuna kuteteza chilengedwe. Chikwamacho chinali ndi mpweya, chakudya, zotsukira mpweya wa carbon dioxide, zowongolera zachilengedwe, zida zoyankhulirana ndi chipangizo chotchedwa "SAFER," kapena Simplified EVA, chomwe chinali kachipangizo kakang'ono kachipangizo kamene kamalola kuti oyenda mumlengalenga azitha kuyenda mopanda mlengalenga. SAFER idangoyenera kugwiritsidwa ntchito mwadzidzidzi kubweza woyenda mumlengalenga wosalumikizidwa kuchombo - chabwino, zinali zadzidzidzi. "Wamva bwanji, Ernesto?" - adalankhula pawailesi.
    
  "Mokweza komanso momveka, Boomer."
    
  "Chitseko cha cockpit chatsekedwa," adatero Boomer atawona zomwe zidawerengedwa. "Tiyeni tichepetse airlock." Mphindi zochepa pambuyo pake: "Kutsegula malo osungiramo katundu." Anatsegula n"kutsegula chitsekocho n"kulowa m"malo osungiramo katundu, n"kudzimangira ndi chingwe, kenako n"kutseka ndi kutseka chitsekocho.
    
  Malo onyamula katundu anali akadali odzaza chifukwa amanyamula katundu yense wa International Space Station ndipo analibe ndi katundu wina wa Armstrong. Boomer adatulutsa lamba wamtali wa mayadi zana omwe amagwiritsidwa ntchito kutengera zinthu kumalo okwerera mlengalenga, adawonetsetsa kuti kumapeto kwa lambayo kumangiriridwa bwino ndi ndege ya m'mlengalenga, ndikumangirira lamba pa clip pazingwe zachikwama chake, ndikuchimasula ku katundu bay chingwe. "Pochoka pamalo onyamula katundu," adatero, kenako adayimilira ndikutuluka pamalo onyamula katundu ndikupita ku ndege yapakati pausiku, zingwe zonyamula katundu zidatuluka kumbuyo kwake.
    
  Mphindi zochepa pambuyo pake, adalowa mumtambo wa oxidizer wamafuta - mwamwayi, injini za SAFER zidagwiritsa ntchito mpweya wa inert poyendetsa, kotero panalibe ngozi yophulika - ndipo amawona bwino ndege ya m'mlengalenga. Chapafupi kuwonongeka kumawoneka koipitsitsa, koma fuselage ndi cockpit zidawoneka bwino. "Ndili pafupi mayadi makumi awiri kuchokera pakati pausiku," adatero Boomer. "Ndilowa mkati." Pogwiritsa ntchito tinthu tating'onoting'ono ta SAFER, adasunthira kuchipinda chapakati pausiku ...
    
  ... ndipo kudzera m'mazenera a cockpit adawona Jessica Faulkner ndi Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti Anne Page, atakhalabe mowongoka ndikumanga, mitu yowerama, ngati akugona pampando wandege, koma osasuntha. "Ndikuwona Gonzo ndi Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti," adatero Boomer. "Amangidwa m"zingwe ndipo amaimirira chilili. Sindikuwona ngati maso awo ali otseguka. " Anatulutsa tochi ndikugogoda mosamalitsa pa ma visor apakati pa usiku wa cockpit - osayankha. "Masuti awo amawoneka osasunthika ndipo ndikutha kuwona ma LED pamapaneli awo a suti - heck, mwina -."
    
  Ndipo nthawi yomweyo, Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti Anne Page adakweza mutu wake, kenako dzanja lake lamanja, ngati akugwedeza. "Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti ali moyo!" Boomer adatero. "Ndikuganiza kuti akundikodola!" Iye anazindikira kuti kukhoza kungokhala kuyenda kwa chombo cha m"mlengalenga, koma anayenera kumamatira ku chiyembekezo chilichonse chimene akanatha. "Gonzo sakusunthabe, koma Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti akudziwa! Magetsi azima. The airlock hatch ndi cockpit amawoneka otetezeka popanda zizindikiro zowonongeka kapena decompression. Tikuyenera kuwabwezanso ku station."
    
  Ananyamuka pakati pausiku kuti ayang'ane malo onyamula katundu. "Kumanja kwa fuselage komwe mapiko amamangirira akuwoneka kuti awonongeka kwambiri." Anayenda mozungulira malo onyamulamo katundu ali mbali ya kudzanja lamanja. "Damn," iye anang"ung"udza patapita mphindi zingapo. "Zikuwoneka kuti gawo la okwera lawonongeka. Konzekerani. Ndiwona ngati ndingayang'ane ma passenger."
    
  Atakwera pamalo okwerera mlengalenga a Armstrong, Brad McLanahan adapumira. Adadziwa kuti Sondra anali m'ndegeyo ndipo adasinthiratu gawo la okwera kuti alole Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti kuwuluka m'chipinda chochezera.
    
  "Brad," Jodi adatulutsa wailesi kuchokera ku UC Poly - palibe aliyense wa gulu la Project Starfire yemwe adachoka pamalopo atamuneneza zomwe Stacy Ann Barbeau adachita. "Ndinamva zonse. Si...kodi bwenzi lako si Sondra...?"
    
  "Inde," anatero Brad.
    
  "Mapemphero," anatero Jodie.
    
  Boomer adatha kuyang'ana kudutsa mumpata mu gawo la hull ndi okwera. "Palibe malo okwanira kuti ndilowe mu module," adatero. Anawunikira tochi pa Sondra ndi Secret Service agent. "Akomoka, koma ndimatha kuwona nyali zapa suti zawo, ndipo ma visor awo ali pansi ndipo akuwoneka okhoma. Ife-"
    
  Ndipo panthawiyo, pamene Boomer adadutsa kuwala kwa tochi yake pamutu wa chisoti chake, Sondra adakweza mutu wake. Maso ake anali otseguka komanso ali ndi mantha. "Woyera, Sondra ali moyo!" Boomer anakuwa. "The Secret Service agent sakusuntha, koma momwe ndikudziwira, suti yake ili yonse! Titha kukhala ndi anthu anayi opulumuka kuno!"
    
  "Wangwiro!" Kai wayilesi. Iye ndi gulu lonse adawonera kupita patsogolo kwa Boomer kudzera pamavidiyo ndi ma audio kuchokera pamakamera omwe adayikidwa pa Boomer's PLSS. Bwererani kuno kawiri kawiri. Tikulitsa kuphwanya kuti tilowe mu gawo la okwera, ndiyeno titha kunyamula okwera ndikulowa m'bwalo la ndege kudzera pa airlock."
    
  "Kumvetsetsa." Boomer adapita kutsogolo kwa Midnight Spaceplane, adapeza chowongolera pamphuno, ndikutchinjiriza chingwe chonyamula katundu mkati mwake. Kenako anamangirira mphete pazingwe zachikwama chake ku lamba wake ndikubwerera ku ndege ya m'mlengalenga ya S-29 Shadow, akumangirira lamba m'mwamba. Patangopita mphindi zochepa adadutsa pa Shadow's airlock, ndikuyika PLSS muzowonjezeranso ndikubwezeretsanso, ndikubwerera kumalo ogwirira ntchito a Shadow.
    
  "Ntchito yabwino, Comandante," adatero Ernesto Boomer atamanga. Anasinthana nkhonya. "Mukuganiza titha kuwatulutsa ndikupita nawo ku station, bwana?"
    
  "Sindikudziwa," adatero Boomer, akutenga masekondi angapo kuti kupuma kwake ndi kugunda kwa mtima kuyambe kubwerera mwakale. "Moduli yonyamula anthu idawonongeka, koma malo oyendera alendo adawoneka bwino. Ndinawona ma LED pa masuti awo, koma sindinadziwe ngati anali magetsi kapena chiyani. Titha kupeza mauthenga kwa a VP okhudza momwe tingatsegulire zotchingira zotsekera ndege kapena zowonera za a cockpit, ndiyeno mwachiyembekezo atha kupulumuka kusamutsidwa. Tibwerere ku station."
    
  Zinawatengera theka la ola kuyenda mosamalitsa kukoka ndege ya m"mlengalenga ya Midnight S-19 yomwe inawonongeka kubwerera ku siteshoni ya m"mlengalenga ya Armstrong. Ogwira ntchitoyo anali ataima kale mokonzeka ali ndi zomangira zolemetsa zambiri komanso zodulira, ndipo manja a makina oyendetsa akutali adatambasulidwa momwe angathere kuti achite chilichonse chomwe chikufunika. Boomer adayimitsa S-29 ndi station.
    
  "Ntchito yabwino, Boomer," Kai adatulutsa wailesi, akuwerenga zithunzi za S-19 Midnight yomwe idawonongeka komanso ogwira nawo ntchito omwe akugwira ntchito kuti apeze gawo la okwera. "Ndinalamula kuti S-29 iwonjezeredwe mafuta ndi kutsitsa katundu wochuluka momwe ndingathere. Titha kugwiritsa ntchito imodzi mwa airlocks ngati chipinda chokakamiza. Ndikufuna kuti inu ndi mtsogoleri wanu mukhale mumlengalenga. Tili ndi pafupifupi maola atatu tisanafike kumalo ena osungiramo zinthu, kotero ngati mukufuna kutuluka ndikugwiritsa ntchito 'zingwe', chitani tsopano." Ernesto anagwedeza dzanja lake, kusonyeza kuti n"zimene ankafuna. Wicks, kapena WCS, inali njira yosungira zinyalala, kapena chimbudzi chamlengalenga, pa siteshoni ya Armstrong.
    
  "Ndamva," adatero Boomer. "Ndi bakha akhungu ati tikuyandikira?"
    
  "Choyipa kwambiri," adatero Kai. "Delta Bravo One. Pakatikati pa mzinda. M'kati mwathu." Boomer ankadziwa bwino kumene iwo anali: Moscow ndi St. Iwo anali ndi mabwalo ophatikizika ophatikizika kuchokera ku zolinga zingapo zotsutsana ndi satelayiti zomwe zidachokera ku Nyanja ya Barents kupita ku Gulf of Azov. "Popeza kuti gawo la orbital la ku Russia latha ndipo tilibe gawo lathu loyendetsa, sitingathe kusuntha siteshoni kupita kumalo owopsa kwambiri."
    
  "Ernesto amasiya kugwiritsa ntchito 'wicks'  " Boomer adalengeza pomwe Ernesto adayamba kudzimasula. "Ndikufuna kuyang'anira malo opangira mafuta. Ndikufuna wina patsamba kuti aziwunika zolakwika. "
    
  "Tikusowa oyendetsa ndege, Boomer," adatero Kai. Adatembenukira kwa manejala wa station Trevor Sheil. "Trev, ukufuna kuvala suti ndi-"
    
  "Tumizani Brad McLanahan," adatero Boomer. "Sali wotanganidwa. Tsoka ilo, iye ndi woyendetsa ndege kale. "
    
  Brad anali chete kuchokera pamene satelayiti yaku Russia idawombera Pakati pa Usiku wa C-19, akuyang'ana pawindo kwa ogwira ntchito ozungulira pakati pausiku ndikuyembekeza kuti awona Sondra, koma adawala atamva dzina lake. "Ndikukhulupirira nditero!" - adatero mosangalala pa intercom.
    
  "Pitani ku airlock ndipo wina adzakuthandizani kukhala ace," adatero Kai. "Uyenera kukhala wovala suti yodzaza ndi mpweya. Tilibe nthawi yoti tikuike ku LCVG. " LCVG, kapena Liquid Cooling and Ventilation Garment, inali suti yokwanira mawonekedwe yokhala ndi machubu amadzi odutsamo omwe amayamwa kutentha m'thupi. "Trev, thandiza Brad kuti apite kumalo otsekera ndege." Trevor adatsogolera Brad ku hatch yomwe imatsogolera kumalo osungira ndi kukonza. Popeza sakanavala LCVG, zinali zofulumira komanso zosavuta kuvala suti ya ACES, magolovesi ndi nsapato, ndipo m'mphindi zochepa chabe Brad anali panjira yopita kumsewu wolumikiza ndege ya S-29 Shadow ku siteshoni. .
    
  Ali m'njira yopita kumalo okwera ndege, Brad adadutsa Ernesto Hermosillo, yemwe amalowera kugawo la Galaxy. "Hei, nkhani yabwino ya Sondra, bambo," Ernesto anatero, akumuwombera nkhonya Brad. "Ndikukhulupirira akhala bwino. Tidziwa posachedwa, amigo."
    
  "Zikomo, Ernesto," anatero Brad.
    
  Katswiriyo anathandiza Brad kudutsa mumphangayo, ndipo Brad anadutsa pakhoma la ndege kulowa m"bwalo la ndege. Boomer adamupatsa zingwe zake. "Hey Brad," adatero Boomer pa intercom. "Zonse zomwe zingatheke kwa Sondra ndi enawo zikuchitika. Ndikuganiza kuti iye ndi Secret Service agent adzakhala usiku wonse mu airlock wopanikizika ndi mpweya wabwino. Angakhale atakomoka kwakanthaŵi, koma ngati apulumuka chiwembucho atavala masuti awo, ayenera kutuluka."
    
  "Zikomo, Boomer," adatero Brad.
    
  "Zikomo chifukwa chochita izi, Brad," adatero Boomer. "Izi sizili kanthu koma ntchito yosavuta yolerera ana, koma malamulo, omwe ndidalemba ndekha, akunena kuti munthu m'modzi ayenera kukhala paulamuliro wa S-29 panthawi yodzaza mafuta mumlengalenga, kuvala mlengalenga ndi mpweya. Mapulaneti a Space Black Stallion ndi Midnight amafunikira onse ogwira nawo ntchito chifukwa samakhala ngati Shadow. Ndikufuna kuyang'ana malo opangira mafuta ndipo mwina ndikumumenya m'mutu, ndipo Ernesto ali paulendo wopita ku Masabata, chifukwa chake mwabwera.
    
  "Mthunzi umakhala wokhazikika kwambiri, chifukwa chake udzakuwuzani m'mawu komanso pazenera ili zomwe zikuchitika," Boomer adapitiliza, akulozera chiwonetsero chachikulu chamitundu yambiri pakati pa dash. Zomwe zili pamndandandawo zidawonetsedwa zachikasu, kenako zingwe zingapo zamakompyuta, mzere wachikasu umakhala wobiriwira, ndipo pamapeto pake pamapeto pake ndi batani lachikasu lachikaso pakompyuta yofunsa ngati kompyuta ingapitirire. "Ngati china chake chachitika, chidzakudziwitsani ndikudikirira chitsimikiziro, chomwe mumachita ndikudina kiyi yofewa yomwe ikuwonekera. Nthawi zambiri, imangokonza vutolo lokha, ndikudziwitsani kuti lakonzedwa, ndikudikirira chitsimikiziro. Ngati sangathe kuzikonza yekha, akudziwitsani. Ingondiuzani ngati izi zichitika ndipo ndifunsa amisiri kuti agwire ntchito. Monga ndanenera, mumasamalira ana, kupatula kuti 'mwana' ndi wanzeru komanso wamkulu kuposa inu.
    
  "Ayi".
    
  "Chabwino. Nditha kumva kompyuta ikalengeza chilichonse. sindikhala patali. Ingoyimbirani ngati-"
    
  Ndipo nthawi yomweyo adamva: "Armstrong, uyu ndi Midnight One, ukumva bwanji?"
    
  "Gonzo?" Kai anakuwa. "Ndi iweyo?"
    
  "Inde," anatero Gonzo. Mawu ake anali achipongwe komanso ong"ambika ngati akufuna kuyankhula atalemera kwambiri pachifuwa. "Ngati mukundimva, nenani. Abiti Vice President?"
    
  "Ndi... Ndakumvani Gonzo." Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti adayankha motsika momwemo, mawu achipongwe komanso mawu odekha. "Ine ... sindingathe kupuma bwino."
    
  "Thandizo likubwera, amayi," anatero Gonzo. "Agent Clarkson." Palibe yankho. "Agent Clarkson?" Komabe palibe mawu. "Sondra?"
    
  "Mokweza ... ndi ... komanso momveka," Sondra anayankha mofooka. Brad anapuma mozama, ndipo anali woyamba m'nthaŵi zovuta kwambiri. "Ndi... Ndiyesera kuti ndifufuze za Clarkson."
    
  "Tili ndi mphamvu mpaka Pakati pa Usiku," Trevor adatero. "Tidzaona mmene chombo cha m"mlengalenga chilili, kenako n"kuona ngati tingathe kusintha njirayo kudzera mumsewu wotsekedwa kapena kuti tipite mumlengalenga. Kupuma kwawo kukuwonetsa kuti masuti awo mwina sakulandira mpweya kuchokera mumlengalenga, ndiye tiyenera kufulumira kuti tiwone ngati tingathe ...
    
  "Lamulani, kuyang'anitsitsa, ndapeza zida zambiri zophulitsa!" - Christine Rayhill adafuula pa intercom ya masiteshoni onse. "Kutulutsa kumodzi kuchokera ku Plesetsk, kumodzi kuchokera ku Baikonur! Kuyambitsa makompyuta akutsatiridwa tsopano ... konzekerani ... kukhazikitsidwa kwachiwiri kwapezeka tsopano kuchokera ku Baikonur, ndikubwereza, maulendo awiri kuchokera ... kukhazikitsa... roketi yachisanu tsopano yapezeka, nthawi ino kuchokera ku Wenchang Cosmodrome ku Hainan Island. Uku ndikukhazikitsa maroketi asanu! Palibe chidziwitso chamtsogolo cha zomwe zatulutsidwa. "
    
  "Masiteshoni omenyera nkhondo, ogwira ntchito," adalamula Kai pa intercom. "Ogwira ntchito onse atenge malo awo omenyera nkhondo."
    
  Ali m'ndege ya Shadow, Boomer adawulukira pakhoma la ndege mwachangu kuposa momwe Brad adawonerapo wina aliyense akuyenda mumlengalenga, mwaluso lodabwitsa kwa munthu yemwe adagwa mwaufulu, adakhala pampando wa woyendetsa ndege, ndikumanga zingwe zake, ndikuyamba kudzimanga. "Ndiyenera kuchita chiyani, Boomer?" - Adafunsa Brad. "Kodi ndituluke ndimulole Ernesto-"
    
  "Tachedwa kwambiri," adatero Boomer. "Airlock yakunja imatsekeka yokha tikamapita kumalo omenyera nkhondo kukonzekera kupatukana kwathu ndi siteshoni. Adzasiya kuthira mafuta ndi kutsitsa katundu, ndipo akangochita zimenezo, tinyamuka."
    
  "Mukutanthauza kuti mubwerere ku orbit?"
    
  "Inde," adatero Boomer, akumangirira mwachangu ndikuyankha zidziwitso zamakompyuta. "Timanyamuka mwachangu momwe tingathere. Pali pepala loyang'ana pa bondo lanu lakumanja kupita kumutu waukulu. Amangireni m'chiuno mwanu. Tsatirani ndi kompyuta pamene mukudutsa chinthu chilichonse. Ikakufunsani kuti mutsimikizire ndipo mukuvomereza kuti yatsatira njirazo molondola, pitirirani ndikudina batani pazenera. Ngati iwonongeka kapena mupeza uthenga wolakwika, chonde ndidziwitseni. Idzasintha liwiro la gawo lililonse kutengera momwe mumatsimikizira mwachangu chilichonse, koma imadziwanso kuti tili pamasewera omenyera nkhondo, chifukwa chake idzayesa kudutsa mwachangu. Yang'anani zingwe zanu ndi mpweya wanu ndikumanga mwamphamvu momwe mungathere - izi zitha kukhala zovuta."
    
  "Izi sizikuwoneka ngati njira yoponya mizinga," adatero Christine Rayhill, akufufuza makina ake awiri apakompyuta. "Maroketi awiri oyamba ali okonzeka ... akuwoneka ngati akupita munjira, kulamula, kubwereza, njira zowuluka."
    
  "Ndege zaku Russia," adatero Valerie. "Kuchulukirachulukira kwa zisanu pafupifupi kuyambika nthawi imodzi."
    
  "Kodi Starfire ili bwanji?" -Anafunsa Kai.
    
  "Ndikugwirabe ntchito," adatero Henry Lathrop. "Sindikudziwa kuti izi zitenga nthawi yayitali bwanji."
    
  "Mwamsanga, Henry," adatero Kai. "Valerie, zinthu zikuyenda bwanji ndi Kingfishers ndi Hydra?"
    
  "Kingfisher 9 inataya maulendo awiri a Mjolnir, ndipo ma modules atatu a Utatu pa siteshoni adagwiritsa ntchito maulendo asanu ndi limodzi oletsa satana," adatero Valerie. "Ma module ena onse pa siteshoni ali okonzeka. . Hydra yakonzeka, pafupifupi mizere makumi atatu yatsala.
    
  Mphindi zoŵerengeka pambuyo pake: "Lamulani, maroketi aŵiri oyambirira akuwoneka kuti ananyamula katundu m"njira, mwina ndege za m"mlengalenga," Christine anatero. "Njira zawo sizigwirizana ndi zathu."
    
  "Atha kukhala ndi ma module othandizira okhala ndi zolipira zomwe zingawatengere njira yosinthira," adatero Trevor Sheil. Gawo lothandizira lolipirira linali gawo lowonjezera lowonjezera lomwe limalumikizidwa ndi gawo lapamwamba kwambiri lomwe limatha kulowetsa malipirowo munjira ina panthawi yomwe mukufuna popanda kugwiritsa ntchito pulogalamu yakeyake. "Tiyenera kuyembekezera kuti ndege za m'mlengalenga izi zikuyenda modutsa ola limodzi kapena khumi."
    
  Kai Rhydon anayang'ana mozungulira gawo la lamulo ndipo adawona kuti Brad sanali m'malo ake achizolowezi, ophatikizidwa ndi bulkhead mu gawo la lamulo. "McLanahan, uli kuti?" - adafunsa pa intercom.
    
  "Malo a wamkulu wa mishoni ali pa Shadow," Boomer adayankha.
    
  "Ndinenenso?"
    
  "Anagwira mpando wa nangula pomwe Ernesto amayenera kutenga nthawi yopuma Masabata, ndipo tsopano popeza tili pa ntchito, sakonda," adatero Boomer. "Pakadali pano akuwoneka kuti ali ndi njira yabwino pa chilichonse."
    
  "Tsutsani zotsekera ndege," adatero Kai. "Bweretsani mtsogoleri wanu kumeneko."
    
  "Tilibe nthawi, General," adatero Boomer. "Pamene Ernesto adzayikanso makadi ake, tidzatsanzikana. Osadandaula. Brad akuchita bwino. Ndikuona kuti wayamba kale maphunziro a umishonale."
    
  Kai anapukusa mutu, panali zinthu zambiri zomwe zinkachitika zomwe zinali kunja kwa ulamuliro wake, anaganiza modandaula. "Mukudula bwanji, Boomer?"
    
  "Zitseko zonyamula katundu zikutseka, General," adatero Boomer. "Mwina mphindi ziwiri. Ndikupatsani malangizo."
    
  "Lamulani, maroketi atatu ndi anayi alowanso m'njira," adatero Christina patapita mphindi imodzi. "Zolipira zaku Russia chimodzi ndi ziwiri zimayikidwa munjira. Palibenso ntchito zina zilizonse zochokera kuzinthu zoyambira. " Izi zidasintha patangopita nthawi pang'ono: "Lamula, ndege zingapo zogwira ntchito kwambiri zapezeka zikunyamuka kuchokera ku Chkalovsky Air Base pafupi ndi Moscow. Awiri, mwina ndege zitatu mlengalenga. "
    
  "Ndege zolimbana ndi satelayiti zikhazikitsidwe," adatero Trevor. "Amasonkhanitsa atolankhani kutsogolo kwa bwalo lamilandu."
    
  "Uzani zonse ku Space Command, Trev," adatero Kai. "Sindikudziwa bwino lomwe amene akufunafunayo, koma ndikukayikira kuti ndife. Christine, ndikuganiza kuti cholinga chawo ndikufika pamalo okwera komanso njira yoyenera kuti atitsekereze. Ndikufuna zolosera zam'mlengalenga za ndege zonse zaku Russia izi - ndiyenera kudziwa nthawi yomwe zidzalowe m'njira zosamutsira."
    
  "Inde, bwana," anayankha Christina. "Ndimawerengera tsopano." Mphindi zochepa pambuyo pake: "Lamulani, kuyang'ana, poganiza kuti akufuna kusunthira ku ngodya yathu ya orbital ndi kutalika, ndikuyembekeza kuti chombo cha Sierra Three chidzafike poyambira pa Hohmann transfer orbit mu mphindi makumi awiri ndi zitatu, kufika pamtunda wathu ndi ndege yozungulira. mu mphindi zisanu ndi ziwiri. Sierra One idzachitanso chimodzimodzi mu mphindi makumi anayi kudza zisanu ndi zitatu. Tikugwirabe ntchito yokonza ndege zina zitatu, koma zonse zitha kukhala m'njira yathu pasanathe maola anayi. Ndiŵerengera kumene adzakhala achibale athu akadzalowa m"njira yathu."
    
  "Maola anayi: ndiyo nthawi yomwe tidzadutse Delta Bravo One," adatero Valerie, ponena za chiwonetsero cha orbital pa chowunikira chachikulu. "Anaziyika bwino nthawi yake: akanakhala ndi ndege zisanu, zomwe mwina zili ndi zida, m'njira yathu pamene tikudutsa malo oletsa zida za satellite ku Moscow ndi St. Petersburg."
    
  "Trevor, ndikufuna kusuntha siteshoniyo mwachangu momwe ndingathere," adatero Kai. "Tisintha momwe tingathere, koma ndikufuna kukulitsa mtunda - mwina titha kupitilira kuchuluka kwa S-500. Gwiritsani ntchito dontho lililonse lamafuta lomwe tatsala nalo, koma titulutseni m"malo oopsa."
    
  "Ndamva," Trevor adayankha, kenako adatsamira kuti agwire ntchito yake.
    
    
  NYUMBA YOYERA
  WASHINGTON, DC
  Patapita kanthawi
    
    
  Purezidenti Kenneth Phoenix adalowa mwachangu ku White House Situation Room, ndikuwuza ena onse omwe analipo kuti akhale pampando. Nkhope yake inali imvi komanso yowonda, ndipo ndevu zake zidamera tsiku lonse, zomwe zidachitika chifukwa chongokhala ndikukhala patebulo lake kudikirira nkhani kuchokera kwa wachiwiri kwa purezidenti, mlangizi wamkulu komanso mnzake. "Wina alankhule nane," iye analamula motero.
    
  Mlangizi wa chitetezo ku National Security Advisor William Glenbrook anati: "Anthu a ku Russia ayika m"njira zomwe zikuoneka kuti ndi ndege zisanu za m"mlengalenga za Electron." M"malo amene analipo anali mlembi wa boma James Morrison, Mlembi wa chitetezo Frederick Hayes, Wapampando wa Joint Chiefs of Staff. Gen. Timothy Spelling ndi Director Central Intelligence Agency a Thomas Torrey, kuphatikiza othandizira angapo adayima pafupi ndi matelefoni. Chowunikira chachikulu chakutsogolo kwa chipindacho chidagawidwa m'mawonekedwe angapo, omwe adawonetsa chithunzi cha mkulu wa US Strategic Command, Admiral Joseph Eberhart, ndi mkulu wa bungwe la US Space Command, Air Force General George Sandstein, alowa nawo pamsonkhanowu kudzera pavidiyo. ndege."
    
  "Pezani Gryzlov pafoni pompano," adalamula Phoenix. "China ndi chiyani?"
    
  "Tiyenera kudziwa m'mphindi zochepa ngati ndege zamlengalenga zitha kukhala zowopsa ku siteshoni yamlengalenga ya Armstrong," Glenbrook adapitiliza. "Ogwira ntchito mu Armstrong amatha kulosera nthawi yomwe ndege za m'mlengalenga zidzafunika kusintha njira yawo yozungulira kuti ifanane ndi siteshoniyo, kapena ngati alowa munjira yomwe ingadutse siteshoniyo."
    
  "Gryzlov ali pamzere, bwana," watero wapolisi wolumikizirana mphindi zingapo pambuyo pake.
    
  Phoenix adagwira foni. "Ukuganiza kuti ukuchita chiyani, Gryzlov?" anapsa mtima.
    
  "Sizabwino kwambiri kukhala ndi zombo zapamtunda za adani ambiri osadziwika, sichoncho, Phoenix?" - anatero womasulirayo. "Ndili wotsimikiza kuti makina anu ozungulira adzakudziwitsani posachedwa, koma ndikuwuzani ine ndekha, kuti ndikupulumutseni vuto: malo anu ankhondo adzadutsa mapulaneti athu onse ndi zida zotsutsana ndi satellite pafupifupi maola atatu, nthawi yomwe ndidzalamula Space Force yanga kuti igwetse malo anu ankhondo."
    
  "Chani?"
    
  "Muli ndi maola atatu oti mutuluke pasiteshoni ndikupulumutsa miyoyo ya anthu anu," adatero Gryzlov. "Sindingalole kuti chilombochi chiwulukenso ku Russia pomwe zida zake zikugwira ntchito - monga tawonera ku China, malo opangira mlengalenga ndi zida zomwe amaziwongolera zikuwopseza kwambiri Russia."
    
  "Choka pamalo okwerera mlengalenga?" Phoenix adayankha motero. M'ngalawamo muli amuna ndi akazi khumi ndi anayi! Ndiyenera kuchita bwanji izi m'maola atatu?"
    
  "Sizondidetsa nkhawa, Phoenix," adatero Gryzlov. "Muli ndi ndege zanu za m"mlengalenga ndi za anthu okwera anthu za m"mlengalenga zopanda munthu, ndipo ndauzidwa kuti siteshoniyi ili ndi mabwato opulumutsa anthu mwadzidzidzi omwe amatha kusunga anthu amoyo kwautali wokwanira kuwanyamula ndi kuwabweza ku Dziko Lapansi kapena kuwasamutsira ku International Space Station . Koma sindilo nkhawa yanga, Phoenix. Ndikufuna zitsimikizo kuti zida zamlengalenga zazimitsidwa, ndipo njira yabwino yomwe ndingaganizire kuchitira izi ndikuwononga malo opangira mlengalenga. "
    
  "Station ya Armstrong ndi katundu waku US komanso malo ankhondo," adatero Phoenix. "Kuwukira kumeneku kungakhale ngati kuwukira gulu lina lililonse lankhondo laku America kapena wonyamula ndege. Iyi ndi nkhondo."
    
  "Zikhale choncho - pitilizani kulengeza, Phoenix," adatero Gryzlov. "Ndikukutsimikizirani, Russia ndi ogwirizana nawo ali okonzeka kumenya nkhondo ndi America. Ndimaona kuti America wakhala akuwulutsa zida kudera la Russia kwa zaka zambiri ngati nkhondo - tsopano, potsiriza, chinachake chidzachitidwa pa izo. Sindikuchita china kuposa kuteteza Russia kunkhondo yaku America yomwe idayesa kudzibisa ngati kuyesa kwa ophunzira aku koleji. Chabwino, ndinapusitsidwa. Sindidzalolanso kupusitsidwa."
    
  "Kodi mwaganiza zomwe zingachitike ngati siteshoniyo sidzawonongedwa kwathunthu polowanso, Gryzlov? Ndi anthu angati padziko lapansi omwe adzafa chifukwa cha zinyalala zakugwa komanso pachimake cha jenereta ya MHD?
    
  "Zowona, ndinaganiza za izo, Phoenix," adatero Gryzlov. "Stesheniyi idzawomberedwa kumadzulo kwa Russia. Timaneneratu kuti idzafika kumadzulo kwa China, Siberia kapena North Atlantic. Ndipo ngati sichita ngozi isanafike kumpoto kwa America, mwina idzagwera kumadzulo kwa Canada kapena kumadzulo kwa United States, kumene kuli anthu ochepa. Zikukwanira, sichoncho? Popeza maiko onse ali ndi udindo pazoyendetsa zawo, ziribe kanthu momwe abwezeredwera, chilombo chanu chikhoza kubwezeredwa pakhomo panu.
    
  "Maola atatu, Phoenix," Gryzlov anapitiriza. "Ndikukulangizani kuti muwawuze amlengalenga anu kuti afulumire. Ndipo chinthu chinanso, Phoenix: ngati tiwona zida zilizonse zopezeka m'mlengalenga zikuyambitsidwa ku Russia, tiwona ngati chiyambi cha nkhondo pakati pa mayiko athu awiri. Munayambitsa nkhondoyi pamene mudawombera chida champhamvu cholunjika - mtengo womwe mumalipira ndikutayika kwa siteshoni iyi. Musaonjezere masautso amene adzakugwerani inu ndi anthu anu poyambitsa nkhondo ya zida zanyukiliya." Ndipo kulumikizanako kudasokonekera.
    
  "Bwanji mwana wapathengo uyo!" - Phoenix adafuula, ndikuponya foniyo pamalopo. "Fred, tisunthire ku DEFCON atatu. Ndikufuna kudziwa malo onse ku US komwe siteshoni iyi ingagwere. "
    
  "Inde, bwana," adayankha Secretary of Defense, ndipo wothandizira wake adatenga foni. DEFCON, kapena Defense Readiness Condition, inali njira yapang'onopang'ono yowonjezera kukonzekera kwa asilikali a US ku nkhondo ya nyukiliya. Kuyambira ku America Holocaust ndi Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy kugwiritsa ntchito zida za nyukiliya ku South China Sea, US yakhala mu Stage 4 DEFCON, sitepe imodzi pamwamba pa nthawi yamtendere; DEFCON One inali gawo lowopsa kwambiri, zomwe zikutanthauza kuti nkhondo ya nyukiliya inali pafupi. "Kodi mukufuna kuyitanitsa anthu kuti atuluke m'malo omwe angakhale mikangano, bwana?"
    
  Purezidenti anazengereza, koma kwa kamphindi: "Ndipita pawailesi yakanema ndi wailesi ndikufotokozera momwe zinthu ziliri," adatero. "Ndipereka izi kwa anthu aku America, kuwauza mwayi woti mbewuyo igunde ku North America, ndiwauze kuti tikuchita zonse zomwe tingathe kuti izi sizichitika, ndikuwasiya asankhe ngati akufuna. kusamuka kapena ayi. Zitenga nthawi yayitali bwanji kuti abwerere, Fred?"
    
  "Pafupifupi mphindi khumi ndi zisanu, bwana," anayankha Hayes. "Nthawi yabwinobwino yowuluka ya ICBM kuyambira pomwe ikuyamba mpaka kugunda ndi pafupifupi mphindi makumi atatu, ndiye theka la izo zingakhale zabwino."
    
  "Ndi maola ochepera anayi kuti achoke, ndikuganiza kuti anthu ambiri aku America akadakhalabe," mlangizi wachitetezo cha dziko Glenbrook adatero.
    
  "Ndikungokhulupirira kuti sitiyambitsa mantha," Purezidenti adatero, "koma zochitika zochepa kapena anthu ovulala chifukwa cha mantha zingakhale bwino kuposa anthu aku America kufa chifukwa cha zinyalala ndipo sitinawachenjeze kuti zichitika." Adatembenukira kwa Admiral Eberhart. "Admiral, kodi Gryzlov ali ndi chiyani chakumadzulo kwa Russia chomwe chingalepheretse mlengalenga?"
    
  "Zoponya zolimbana ndi satelayiti makamaka zidawulutsidwa ndi ndege ndi zida zolimbana ndi ndege za S-500S, bwana," adayankha Eberhart. "Moscow ndi St. Petersburg anatumiza batire imodzi ya S-500. Batire iliyonse ili ndi zoyambitsa zisanu ndi chimodzi; choyambitsa chilichonse chimakhala ndi zoponya zinayi kuphatikizanso zinayi, zomwe zitha kukhazikitsidwa mkati mwa ola limodzi. Pali malo awiri pafupi ndi Moscow ndi St.
    
  "Ndipo izi zitha kukhudza mlengalenga?"
    
  "Siteshoniyo ili pamalo okwera kwambiri a mzinga, ngati zomwe tikudziwa za S-500 ndi zoona," adatero Eberhart. "Siteshoniyi ili m'kati mwa mizinga yolimbana ndi satelayiti yowulutsidwa ndi ndege."
    
  "Kodi tingasunthire mlengalenga kupita kumalo okwera kwambiri?"
    
  "Zikuchitika pompano, bwana," adatero Eberhart. "Mkulu wa siteshoniyi a Kai Rydon alamula kuti siteshoniyi ikwezedwe mpaka kufika pamalo okwera mafuta asanathe. Akuyeseranso kusintha kanjirako kuti asadutse Moscow ndi St. Petersburg, koma izi zingatengere nthawi yaitali."
    
  "Tiyeneranso chiyani kuti tiletse mizinga iyi kuti isaphulitsidwe?" - anafunsa pulezidenti.
    
  "Kumadzulo kwa Russia: osati zambiri, bwana," Hayes anayankha. "Tili ndi sitima yapamadzi imodzi yotsogozedwa ndi mizinga mu Nyanja ya Baltic yomwe imatha kugunda mabwalo amlengalenga olimbana ndi satelayiti ku St. Petersburg, ndi momwemo. Titha kuwononga mazikowo, koma ndi maziko amodzi, ndipo sitima yathu yapamadzi pambuyo pake idzakhala nyama yagalu kwa oyang'anira sitima zapamadzi zaku Russia - aku Russia amawongolera Nyanja ya Baltic. Mtengo wotaya sitima yapamadzi ukhoza kuwirikiza kawiri kuposa kutaya malo a ku Russia."
    
  "Kuphatikizanso, tili pachiwopsezo cha kusinthana kwa zida za nyukiliya ngati zida zapanyanjazi zitapezeka," anawonjezera Glenbrook. "Tinali ndi mwayi kuti kuwukira kochokera mumlengalenga sikunabwerenso chimodzimodzi."
    
  "Ndiye tilibe njira?" apulezidenti anafunsa. "Kodi malo okwerera mlengalenga ndi mbiri?"
    
  "Tili ndi njira imodzi, bwana: kuwukira mabwalo amlengalenga ndi malo odana ndi satellite amisala kuchokera mumlengalenga," adatero Glenbrook. "Sitimayi ili ndi zida zodzitchinjiriza, koma imathanso kuwukira malo omwe amawombera pansi, monga tidawonera pamalo amisala ku China. Mwina sangapeze masamba onse, koma atha kupeza okwanira kuti adzipulumutse okha. "
    
  "Ndikuyamba Nkhondo Yachitatu Yapadziko Lonse?" - Mlembi wa boma James Morrison anatsutsa, maso ake akukula ndi mantha. "Mwamva Gryzlov, Bill - mnyamatayo adangowopseza Purezidenti wa United States ndi nkhondo yanyukiliya! Kodi alipo pano akuganiza kuti mnyamatayo sapenga mokwanira kuti achite izi? Ndingadabwe ngati sakupita kumalo osungiramo zinthu zakale pano. Bwana, ndikupempha kuti tichotse ophunzirawa nthawi yomweyo ndi mamembala onse omwe si ofunikira pa malo opangira usilikali ndikulola ena onse kuti amenye mivi yomwe ikubwera momwe angathere. Ngati siteshoni ikuwoneka kuti yadzaza, gulu lonse liyenera kuchoka. "
    
  "Sindikuvomereza, bwana," adatero Secretary of Defense Hayes. "Kuyankha funso lanu, Jim: Ndikuganiza kuti Gryzlov ndi wamisala komanso wodabwitsa, koma sindikuganiza kuti ndi wamisala kuti ayambe nkhondo ya nyukiliya ngakhale titawononga maziko ake onse odana ndi satana kuchokera mlengalenga. Gryzlov ndi wamng'ono ndipo ali ndi moyo wautali komanso wabwino patsogolo pake. Abambo ake adaphedwa pankhondo yaku America - izi ziyenera kuti zimamulemera. Ndikuganiza kuti amasamala kwambiri za kupulumuka pandale ndikusunga chuma chake kuposa kuyambitsa nkhondo yanyukiliya. Komanso mphamvu zake zanyukiliya sizili bwino kuposa zathu. "
    
  "General spelling?"
    
  "Monga gawo la DEFCON Three, tikuyika oponya mabomba ndi zida za nyukiliya otsala ochepa omwe atsala kuti adziwe za nyukiliya ndikutumiza sitima zapamadzi zambiri zomwe zikuyenda mozungulira momwe tingathere," adatero Chairman wa Joint Chiefs of Staff. Ndikuwona kompyuta yam'manja. "Zingatenge tsiku limodzi kapena atatu kuti mabomba athu ayambe kugwira ntchito, masiku atatu kapena asanu ndi awiri kwa omenyana, ndi sabata imodzi kapena itatu kuti sitima zapamadzi zomwe zilipo zigwire ntchito. Mlembi Hayes akulondola pa manambala, bwana: Asitikali aku US ndi Russia ndi ofanana kukula kwake. Tili ndi zombo zambiri zapamtunda ndi sitima zapamadzi zoponya mizinga; ali ndi ndege zambiri komanso mizinga yoponyedwa pansi."
    
  "Pambuyo pa chiwopsezo cha Gryzlov, tiyenera kuganiza kuti akubweretsa zida zawo zanyukiliya pamalo okonzeka pamene tikulankhula," adatero Hayes. "Mwinanso kuposa athu."
    
  Purezidenti adakhala chete kwa mphindi zingapo, kuyang'ana pankhope za alangizi ake. Pomaliza: "Ndikufuna kulankhula mwachindunji ndi General Rhydon," adatero.
    
  Mphindi zochepa pambuyo pake, mzere wotetezedwa wa vidiyo utatha kukhazikitsidwa: "General Raydon akumvetsera, Purezidenti."
    
  "Choyamba: udindo wa wachiwiri kwa purezidenti ndi ogwira ntchito mumlengalenga."
    
  "Tinkayesetsa kuti tilowe m'malo okwera anthu, koma ndidaletsa mayendedwe amlengalenga pomwe ma elekitironi adayambika," adayankha Kai. "Palibe yankho lililonse kuchokera kwa aliyense wa iwo."
    
  Ali ndi oxygen yochuluka bwanji?
    
  "Maola ochulukirapo, ngati zovala zawo zakuthambo kapena zachilengedwe za ndege sizinawonongeke. Tayang'ana pa zowerengera pa suti zawo ndipo tikuganiza kuti akupezabe okosijeni m'sitimayo, osati kuchokera ku suti zawo zokha. Zikapezeka kuti sizili choncho, alibe nthawi yochulukirapo. "
    
  Purezidenti adagwedeza mutu mokhumudwa. "Nayi momwe zinthu zilili, General: Gennady Gryzlov akunena mwachindunji kuti akufuna kugwetsa Silver Tower." "Anandiuza za bokosi lopha anthu komanso momwe angayikitsire ndegezi m'dera lomwelo ndi anti- zida za satellite kuzungulira Moscow ndi St. Petersburg.
    
  "Inde, bwana, tingathe," anayankha Kai nthawi yomweyo, "koma osati kwa nthawi yaitali. Tili ndi zochitika khumi ndi zisanu ndi chimodzi za ASAT komanso pafupifupi makumi atatu a Hydra COIL laser. Tilinso ndi zochitika khumi ndi zisanu ndi chimodzi ndi malo athu osungira zida mu orbit, koma mwayi woti athe kuteteza siteshoni ndi waukulu kwambiri. Akagwiritsidwa ntchito, tidzadalira kupaka mafuta ndikuwonjezeranso. "
    
  "Ndiyeno Gryzlov atha kugunda ndege zathu zonyamula katundu komanso zonyamula katundu," Purezidenti adatero.
    
  "Ndicho chifukwa chake ndikupangira kuti tiziwukira zida zilizonse za ASAT zomwe tingathe ndi zida zathu za Mjolnir," adatero Kai . , kuphatikizapo khumi ndi asanu kuchokera kumalo osungira zida za siteshoniyi. Izi zingawononge kwambiri asilikali a Gryzlov odana ndi satana."
    
  "Gryzlov adawopseza nkhondo ya nyukiliya ngati titaukira malo ake aliwonse ku Russia."
    
  Kai anayamba kudabwa, kenako anakwiya kwambiri. Iye anati: "Bambo pulezidenti, nkhaniyi yandiposa malipiro anga, koma ngati wina akuopseza dziko la United States ndi nkhondo ya nyukiliya, ndikupempha kuti tiyesetse kumutumikira m"mbale.
    
  Purezidenti adayang'ananso momwe nkhope za alangizi ake zidawonekera - zidachokera ku mantha enieni mpaka kutsimikiza mtima, kupanda pake, komanso chisokonezo. Iye anaona kuti onse anali okondwa kuti sanafunike kusankha zochita. "Secretary Hayes," Purezidenti adatero patapita nthawi, "titifikitse ku DEFCON Awiri."
    
  "Inde, bwana," adayankha Secretary of Defense, akugwira foni.
    
  "General Raydon, ndikuloleza kuti muwononge ndikuwononga zida zilizonse zaku Russia zomwe zingawononge malo a Armstrong," Purezidenti adatero mokwiya. "Mugwiritsanso ntchito zida zilizonse zomwe zilipo kuti muteteze siteshoni kuti isawukidwe. Tisungeni zatsopano ".
    
    
  PA BWALO LA ARMSTRONG SPACE STATION
  NTHAWI YOMWEYO
    
    
  "Inde, bwana," Kai anayankha. Pa intercom ya wayilesi yonse, adati, "Ogwira ntchito onse, uyu ndi Director, Purezidenti wa United States watilola kuti tiziwukira zida zilizonse zaku Russia zomwe zingatiwopseze komanso kugwiritsa ntchito zida zonse zomwe tili nazo kuteteza station. . Izi ndi zomwe ndikufuna kuchita. Ndikufuna kuti Casey Huggins atenge mpweya ndikukhala ace, ndipo ndikufuna thandizo la moyo kuti limuphunzitse kugwiritsa ntchito bwato lopulumutsira anthu. "
    
  "General, ndatsala pang'ono kulumikizanso Starfire," adayankha Casey. "Ola, mwina kucheperapo. Ndikasiya, mwina simungathe kukonzekera panthaŵi yake."
    
  Kai anaganiza za izo kwa kamphindi; ndiye, "Chabwino, pitirizani ntchito yabwino, Casey," adatero. "Koma ndikukufunani kuti mukhale ndi oxygen tsopano, ndipo mukangomaliza, ndikuvekani mlengalenga."
    
  "Sindingathe kugwira ntchito nditavala chigoba cha okosijeni, bwana," adaumirirabe Casey. "Ndikamaliza, ndivala suti ya m'mlengalenga."
    
  Kai adadziwa kuti sizabwino, koma amafuna kuti Starfire iyambitsidwenso. "Chabwino, Casey," adatero. "Mofulumira momwe mungathere."
    
  "Inde, bwana".
    
  "Bakha wathu wakhungu wotsatira ndi chiyani?" -Anafunsa Kai.
    
  "Malo oyesera aku China S-500 pachilumba cha Hainan," adalengeza Christine Reyhill. "M'kati mwa Kingfisher - Awiri mu mphindi zisanu. Yelizovo Air Base, MiG-31D Base, S-500 Range ku Yelizovo ndi S-500 Range ku Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Naval Base idzakhalapo posachedwa pambuyo pake, komanso Kingfisher-Two.
    
  "Mmodzi atatu motsutsana ndi S-500s ndipo wina motsutsana ndi air base, Valerie," adatero Kai.
    
  "Inde, bwana," anatero Valerie. "Menyani, tchulani zomwe mukufuna-"
    
  "Lamulo, kuyang'anira, ndege yoyamba ya Electron, Daddy One ikuwoneka kuti ikusintha," adatero Christina. "Izi zikuchulukirachulukira ... zikuwoneka ngati kusintha kwa orbital, bwana. Zikuwoneka ngati zikhala mosiyana ndi yathu, ndipo ndizochepa pang'ono - sindingathe kudziwa kutalika kwake. Ndikuyembekeza Papa Awiri kuti afulumire mumphindi zochepa. The Electron spaceplane Papa Three ikuyenera kunyamuka mu mphindi khumi ndi zisanu. Sindingathe kunena zachinayi ndi chachisanu panobe. "
    
  "Boomer, kodi muli ndi mafuta okwanira kuti musamukire ku ISS, doko, ndikubwerera kwa ife?" -Anafunsa Kai.
    
  "Konzekerani. "Ndiyang'ana," Boomer adayankha. Kamphindi pambuyo pake: "Inde, wamkulu, zilipo, koma osati zokwanira kubwereranso pambuyo pake osawonjezera mafuta. Kodi mafuta ndi oxidizer angati akadali pasiteshoni?"
    
  Trevor adawona zomwe adawerenga. "Mapaundi zikwi makumi awiri a JP-8 ndi 'bomba' zikwi khumi." "
    
  "Ziyenera kukhala zokwanira pokhapokha nditayendetsa kwambiri," adatero Boomer. "Ndingamve bwino ngati titha kukonza ntchito yobwezeretsanso"
    
  "Kuwombera kwa mizinga kwadziwika ndi SBIRS, bwana!" Christine anakuwa pa intercom. SBIRS, kapena Space-Based Infrared Surveillance System, inali yaposachedwa kwambiri ya United States Air Force ya satellite ya infrared, yomwe imatha kuzindikira ndi kutsatira zoponya ngakhale ndege ndi injini yawo yotentha kapena utsi wotulutsa mpweya. "Zolinga zowonekera ku Novosibirsk. Awiri ... atatu akuyambitsa, motsimikizika panjira yodutsa, popanda kuwulutsa kolimba. Kuthamangitsidwa m'mphindi zisanu ndi chimodzi!"
    
  "Zikuwoneka ngati asuntha ma MiG-31 kupita ku Russia," adatero Trevor.
    
  "Sonyezani zomwe mukufuna, Abambo-Six, - Seven ndi - Eight, Combat," adatero Valerie.
    
  "Tawonedwa ndi radar yolondolera chandamale...kusinthira ku radar yowongolera mizinga...Kuwombera zida, S-500...Mapiritsi anayi amphamvu, mphindi zisanu ndi ziwiri kuti tidutse!" Christina adatero. "Kutsata mizinga ... Salvo ina ya zinayi, chowombera chachiwiri, chikuwoneka ngati ... salvo yachitatu ya S-500s ikunyamuka, ikuwoneka ngati mphete ya S-500 zoyambitsa kuzungulira Novosibirsk! Ndikukhulupirira ... salvo yachinayi, S-500s khumi ndi zisanu ndi chimodzi ikuyandikira kuchokera ku Novosibirsk! Othandizira khumi ndi asanu ndi anayi akuyandikira, ogwira ntchito!
    
  "Izi ndi zochuluka kuposa zomwe tidachitapo pochita masewera olimbitsa thupi," adatero Trevor.
    
  "Mmene zida zathu zodzitchinjirizira, Valerie," adafunsa Kai.
    
  "Chilichonse nchobiriwira, bwana," anayankha motero Valerie. "Kumakumana khumi ndi zisanu ndi chimodzi ndi Kingfisher pa keel, kuphatikiza kuwombera pafupifupi makumi atatu pa Hydra."
    
  "Tili bwanji, Trev?"
    
  "Mazana awiri ndi makumi asanu ndi asanu ndi awiri," Trevor anayankha. "Kuwombera kwakukulu kwa S-500 kuyenera kukhala mailosi mazana asanu. Tikhala pafupi."
    
  "Mphindi zinayi pa mavu interceptors," adatero Christina.
    
  "Mabatire a zida zonse afa, Valerie," adatero Kai.
    
  "Zomveka, bwana, mabatire amamasulidwa, kumenya nkhondo, kukonzekera nkhondo ndikololedwa."
    
  "Zomveka, za-"
    
  "Zinthu!" Henry Lathrop anakuwa. "Nkhondo zankhondo pamivi ya S-500 zimagawidwa pawiri - ayi, atatu, atatu aliyense!"
    
  "Kodi ungawalekanitse, Henry?"
    
  "Palibe-pakali patali kwambiri," anatero Henry. "Akafika pamtunda wa mailosi mazana atatu, ndiwayang'ana kaye ndi sensa ya infrared kuti ndiwone ngati pali kusiyana kwa kutentha, kenako ndi sensor-electronic sensor kuti ndiwone ngati pali chizindikiro."
    
  "Mphindi zitatu pa Mavu."
    
  "Mivi yapita," adatero Henry Lathrop. "Two Trinity atuluka, akutsata. Kuyambanso mu masekondi khumi ndi makumi awiri. " Patangopita masekondi khumi ndendende: "Miviyo inawuluka. Kudzuka kwabwino pa salvo yoyamba - damn, kulephera kuwongolera pa Utatu wachiwiri pankhondo yachiwiri, kuwombera salvo yachitatu panjira yachiwiri ... salvo yachinayi panjira yachitatu, njira yabwino ... njira yabwino pambuyo pa salvo yoyamba, kutsekereza kumawoneka bwino ... Hydra wokonzeka njira zonse, njira yabwino, konzekerani... Tikupita kukakumana koyamba...
    
  Panthawiyo, magetsi onse pa siteshoni ya mlengalenga ya Armstrong adakhala kuwala kowirikiza kawiri, kenaka amanjenjemera ndikuzima. Ma terminal angapo apakompyuta adada kwakanthawi, koma patangopita masekondi angapo kuyambiransoko kunayamba. "Chinali chiyani?" - Kai adafuula. Intercom inali itafa. "Zomwe zachitika?" Ogwira ntchitoyo adakhala chete, koma adayang'ana zowonetsera zopanda pake ndikuwerengera zida kwakanthawi, kenako wina ndi mnzake - ndipo ena amayerekeza mtunda wopita kumalo opulumukirako. "Uli ndi chiyani, Valerie?"
    
  "Ndikuganiza kuti kunali kugunda kwamagetsi, bwana!" - Valerie anafuula. "Ndikuganiza kuti Wasp interceptor anali ndi zida zanyukiliya!"
    
  "Damn," Kai anatukwana. Anayang'ana zoyang'anira zonse zomuzungulira. Mwamwayi, iwo sanapse - malo okwerera mlengalenga a Armstrong anali otetezedwa bwino ku radiation ya cosmic - koma kukwera kwamphamvu kunayambitsanso makompyuta awo onse. "Kodi zonse zidzabwezeretsedwa posachedwapa?"
    
  "Ambiri adzachira pakadutsa masekondi makumi asanu ndi anayi," Trevor adafuula kudzera mugawo lolamula, "koma makina opangira makina amatha kutenga mphindi zitatu kapena kupitilira apo."
    
  "Kodi mukulumikizanabe ndi Utatu?"
    
  "Sindinapeze kalikonse mpaka makompyuta anga atayambiranso, bwana," adatero Valerie. "Pafupifupi miniti. Tikukhulupirira kuti EMP yawononga zida zolumikizira ma Wasp komanso zida zathu zonse. "
    
  Kunali kudikirira kwanthawi yayitali, koma posakhalitsa gawo lolamula lidayamba kukhalanso ndi moyo pomwe makompyuta adayambiranso ndikuyambiranso machitidwe ena. "Mizinga imodzi ya Wasp idakali m'njira!" Henry anakuwa pamene makina ake apakompyuta anayamba kusonyeza mfundo zothandiza. "Mivi yonse ya S-500 idakali panjira, pafupifupi mphindi ziwiri kuti idutse!"
    
  "Polera mzinga wa Mavu uja, Valerie!" - Kai adafuula.
    
  "Atatu kutali!" Valerie anatero. "Hydra sanapezeke pa intaneti - sitingatsimikizire kuti Hydra adakumana ndi nkhondoyi! "Utatu uyamba kuukira S-500 mumasekondi khumi ndi asanu!"
    
  "Antchito, nenani za kuwonongeka kwa lamulo," Trevor adatero pa intercom. "Casey?"
    
  "Ndangotengera kompyuta yanga yoyeserera," adatero Casey kuchokera ku gawo la Skybolt. "Mphindi makumi anayi."
    
  "Nthawi yachuluka kwambiri," adatero Kai. "Casey, yatsa mpweya, valani suti yanu ndikulowera ku ngalawa yomwe mwapatsidwa."
    
  "Ayi! Ndikhoza kuchita pa nthawi yake!" Casey adawombera. "Ndifulumira. Nditha kupanga!"
    
  Kai anawombera mpweya pamaso pake. "Fulumirani, Casey," adatero pomaliza.
    
  "Tidutsa pa Wasp wachitatu," adatero Henry. "Utatu" pamivi ya S-500 - timayambitsa motsutsana ndi chirichonse chomwe chili pawindo, kuphatikizapo zomwe zingakhale zonyenga. Dulani "Wasp" mu zitatu ... ziwiri ... chimodzi ..." Magetsi adawala kachiwiri, ndiye ambiri. za magetsi ndi zowonetsera mu module yamalamulo zidada ...
    
  ... koma nthawi ino si onse oyang'anira makompyuta omwe adayambanso kuyambiranso. "Kompyuta yoyang'anira moto ya Utatu sinayambikenso," Henry anafuula kwa ena mu Command Module. "Ndiyenera kukonzanso kwathunthu."
    
  "Kuwongolera moto kwa Starfire kukuyambiranso," adatero Christina. "Ndiyenera kukonzanso zonse pa Hydra."
    
  "Lamulo, uinjiniya, kuyambiranso kwathunthu kwa makompyuta owongolera chilengedwe ndi malo owongolera akupitilira," adatero mkulu wa injiniya. "Ndikusintha ndikusunga zosunga zobwezeretsera zachilengedwe, koma sindingathe kudziwa ngati zidawonekera. Ndilandira lipoti mu-"
    
  Panthawiyi, chivomezi champhamvu chinadutsa pasiteshoni yonse, ndipo ogwira nawo ntchito adamva kasinthasintha pang'ono. "Tikukhudzidwa?" -Anafunsa Kai.
    
  "Zowerenga zonse zikadalibe," adatero Trevor. "Tumizani uthenga kwa ma module ena kuti ayang'ane pawindo kuti awonongeke." Pakatha mphindi imodzi, anamvanso kugwedezeka kwina ndipo siteshoniyo inayamba kuyendayenda kwina. "Kodi tili ndi chilichonse, Valerie? Chinachake chikutigunda ndithu."
    
  "Ndiyenera kubweza kuwongolera moto kwa Hydra m'masekondi angapo," adatero Valerie. Panthawiyi, magetsi ambiri a module ndi intercom anabwerera.
    
  "...ndimvereni, Armstrong," iwo anamva pa wailesi. "Uyu ndi Shadow, ukundimva bwanji? TSIRIZA."
    
  "Mokweza komanso momveka tsopano, Boomer," adatero Kai. "Pitirizani".
    
  "Dzuwa lachisanu ndi chiwiri ndi truss lomwe lili pagulu lachiwiri la solar zidawonongeka," adatero Boomer. "Siteshoniyo idayamba kupendekeka pang'ono. Kodi maimidwe anu akugwira ntchito?"
    
  "Tikukonzanso kwathunthu," adatero Trevor. "Sitikudziwa momwe zilili pano."
    
  "Radar ikugwiranso ntchito," adatero Christina. "Cholinga chili chomveka. Palibe ma Contacts. Tatsala ndi nkhondo zitatu pa Kingfishers pafamu."
    
  "Ndinalandiranso chizindikiro china cha vuto la Hydra," adatero Henry. "Ndikukonzanso kwathunthu." Kai adayang'ana Trevor ndi Valerie, mawu awo mwakachetechete akupereka uthenga womwewo: tinali kutaya zida zodzitchinjiriza ndipo sitinafike ku gawo lowopsa kwambiri la njirayo.
    
  "Gonzo? Mukumva bwanji?
    
  "Mokweza ndi momveka, General," Gonzo anayankha, mawu ake akumveka ngati abwinobwino. "Timalandila mpweya ndi data kuchokera pasiteshoni, koma izi zazimitsidwa."
    
  "Tikubwezerani posachedwa, Gonzo," adatero Kai. "Khalani omangidwa. Izi zasokoneza siteshoniyo pang'ono, ndipo machitidwe athu atsika pakali pano, koma tidzawabwezera posachedwa. "
    
  "Inde, bwana".
    
  "Nkhani iliyonse pazamlengalenga izi?"
    
  Christina anati: "First Electron ili m"njira yofanana ndi yathu, pafupifupi makilomita 1,000." "Palibe kukhudzana ndi njira yachinayi ndi yachisanu. mayendedwe ake ndi osiyana ndi athu. Akhala pafupi kwambiri ndi ife pafupifupi ola limodzi..." Anatembenukira kwa Kai ndikuwonjezera, "Pafupifupi mphindi zisanu tisanawuluke pa DB-One.
    
  Valerie anafuula kuti: "Anthu a ku Russia anakonza zoti ndege za m"mlengalengazi zizidzafika pa nanosecond.
    
  "Mwina tikhala ndi mwayi ndipo aponya ndege zawo," adatero Kai. Pa intercom anati: "Khalani pa siteshoni. Ndikufuna onse omwe sali pantchito azivala zovala zakuthambo. Phunzirani njira zothamangitsira maboti opulumutsa moyo ndipo onetsetsani kuti mwakonzeka kukwera mabwato opulumutsa moyo ndikangopereka chenjezo. Tangotsala ndi zida zodzitchinjiriza zochepa chabe, ndipo Hydra sanabwerere. Casey, nthawi yatha. Ndikufuna kuti uvale mlengalenga suti nthawi yomweyo. Wina wothandizidwa ndi moyo, muthandizeni. "
    
  "Mphindi makumi atatu kupita ku DB-One," adatero Christina.
    
  "Makhalidwe a Hydra?" -Anafunsa Kai.
    
  "Ndidakali," anatero Henry. "Ndikonzanso kotheratu. Kuwongolera moto kwa Trinity kwabwezeretsedwa, koma kusinthasintha kwa siteshoni kungayambitse vuto poyambitsa zolumikizira."
    
  "Lamulani, uyu ndi Jessop wochokera ku chithandizo chamoyo," kuyitana kudabwera mphindi zingapo pambuyo pake.
    
  "Pitiriza, Larry," Trevor anayankha.
    
  "Sindingathe kutsegula gawo la Skybolt. Zikuwoneka kuti ndi zokhoma kuchokera mkati.
    
  Maso a Kai adadzuka modabwa. "Casey, ukutani?" idalira pa intercom.
    
  "Ndikhoza kukonza izi!" Casey wayilesi. "Ndinatsala pang'ono kutha kuyimitsa komaliza! Mphindi zochepa chabe!"
    
  "Zoipa! Tulukani mu gawoli pompano! "
    
  "Ndikhoza kukonza izi, bwana! Zatsala pang'ono kukonzekera! Pang'ono pang'ono-"
    
  "Kulumikizana ndi radar, chombo cha m'mlengalenga," Christine adamudula mawu. "Kukwera komweko, kanjira kosiyana, mtunda wa mailosi mazana anayi ndi makumi asanu! Idzauluka mtunda wa makilomita makumi asanu!"
    
  "Mkhalidwe wa Utatu ndi Hydra?" -Anafunsa Kai.
    
  Henry ananena kuti: "Hydra ikuwoneka ngati yatsala pang"ono kuonekera." Patatsala mphindi pafupifupi 10 kuti akonzekere. .
    
  "Kulumikizana kwachiwiri ndi radar, chombo cha m'mlengalenga," adatero Christina. "Njira zodutsana, mtunda wa mailosi mazana anayi ndi makumi asanu ndi atatu, ukuyenda pafupifupi mailosi makumi atatu!"
    
  "Yambitsani mwambo woyambitsa Utatu, Valerie," adalamula Kai.
    
  "Utatu wakonzeka, chitsimikiziro chokhazikitsa chikuwonekera," adatero Valerie.
    
  "Makilomita mazana atatu pa chombo choyamba."
    
  "Utatu umodzi patali ... Utatu wachiwiri panjira," adatero Henry. Kamphindi pambuyo pake: "Utatu wachoka ... dikirani, ndikukhazikitsanso njira ... ndikubwerera panjira, njira yabwino ... Utatu wachitatu ndi 4 uli patali kwambiri ... zabwino. tr-" Ndipo mwadzidzidzi panamveka PHIRI! Siteshoniyo inagwedezeka ndipo ma alarm angapo analira. Henry anafuula kuti: "Trinity Four inagwera pa solar panel." "Trinity Five ikubwera!
    
  "Mabatire sanaperekedwe mokwanira," atero Alice Hamilton wa gawo la engineering. "Mlingo wotulutsa ndi wotsika, koma ma solar ena sangathe kubweza izi."
    
  "Zimitsani zida zosafunikira," adatero Kai. "Casey, tuluka mu gawoli tsopano! Ndizimitsa!"
    
  "Hydra ikunena kuti yakonzeka!" Henry anatero.
    
  "Kulumikizana ndi radar ndi spaceship!" Christina anatero. "Njira yofanana, mailosi mazana anayi ndikuyandikira pang'onopang'ono."
    
  "Kulankhulana ndi Utatu woyamba ndi wachiŵiri kwatayika!" Henry anafuula motero. "Mwina adawomberedwa ndi laser kuchokera ku Electron!"
    
  "Makilomita mazana awiri ndikuyandikira spaceplane imodzi."
    
  "Pangani Hydra," adalamula Kai.
    
  "Ndamva, wamkulu wankhondo, takonzeka kumenya nkhondo ndi Hydra!" - adatero Valerie.
    
  "Menyani makope," adatero Henry. "Hydra akuwombera!"
    
  "Kuyambitsa roketi kwapezeka!" Christina adatero. "Ma S-500 angapo atulutsidwa kuchokera ku bwalo la ndege m'dera la Chkalovsky!"
    
  "Kugunda mwachindunji pa spaceplane one!" Henry adanena. "Wamukhomerera! Ndikusintha kupita ku chandamale chachiwiri! "
    
  "Gulu, uinjiniya, mphamvu ya batri mpaka makumi asanu ndi awiri mphambu asanu pa zana," adatero katswiri. "Mutha kuwombera ziwiri, mwinanso katatu pa Hydra! Ma sola athu amangolipiritsa mabatire pakati - zitenga maola ambiri kuti muwachatsenso, ngakhale simungawombenso mfuti!
    
  Kai anaganiza mofulumira; ndiye: "Tengani ndege ya m"mlengalenga yachiŵiri ija ndi Hydra ndi kugwiritsira ntchito Utatu wonse umene tatsala nawo pa ndege ya m"mlengalenga yachitatu," iye anatero.
    
  Nthawi yomweyo anamva Casey akufuula kuti: "Zonse zakonzeka! Zonse zakonzeka!"
    
  "Casey? Ndakuuzani kuti tulukani m"gawoli!"
    
  "Zonse zakonzeka!" - iye anabwereza. "Yesani!"
    
  "Hydra ikuukira ndege yachiwiri!" Henry adanena. Nthawiyi kuyatsa mu gawo lamalamulo kudachepa kwambiri.
    
  "Hydra ndi wolumala!" Valerie anatero. "Inakhetsa mabatire pansi pa 40 peresenti ndikuzimitsa yokha!"
    
  "Ndege yachiwiri ya m'mlengalenga ikufikabe."
    
  "Yesani, General!" Casey anatero pa intercom.
    
  "Valerie?"
    
  "Starfire ikupitilirabe," adatero Valerie. Anayang'ana Kai, m'maso mwake muli chiyembekezo. "Ndiloleni ndiyatse MHD, General."
    
  "Pita," adatero Kai. Pa intercom, adati: "Injiniya, gulu, ndikuvomereza kutumizidwa kwa MHD."
    
  "Makope opanga mainjiniya," Alice adatsimikizira. Kamphindi pang'ono kuwala kunathimanso. "Mabatire atsika mpaka makumi awiri ndi asanu peresenti."
    
  "Ndizomvetsa chisoni kuti sitingathe kulumikiza jenereta ya MHD ku siteshoni," adatero Kai. "Tikadakhala ndi mphamvu zonse zomwe tingafunike."
    
  "Nthawi ina tidzachita izi," adatero Trevor.
    
  "MGD ili pa makumi awiri ndi asanu peresenti," adatero Alice.
    
  "Spaceplane two ikuyandikira makilomita zana," adatero Christina. "Ndimazindikira radar yomwe ikutsata kuchokera mumlengalenga ija - idakhazikika pa ife. Spaceplane nambala yachitatu ikuyandikira mamailosi mazana awiri. Mizinga ingapo ya S-500 ikuyandikirabe."
    
  "Chenjezo la kutentha kwambiri kwa Galaxy module!" Alice adatero. "Kutentha kukupitirira kukwera!"
    
  "Aliyense mu gawo la Galaxy, lowani m'mabwato anu opulumutsa moyo!" - Kai adafuula. "Sumuka! Engineer, onetsetsani kuti gawo la Galaxy ...
    
  "Mlandu kutentha kwafika polekezera!" Alice adanenanso masekondi makumi atatu pambuyo pake.
    
  "Boti lopulumutsa moyo nambala wani lasindikizidwa," adatero Trevor.
    
  "Boti lopulumutsira lachiwiri, lisindikize tsopano! Boti lachiwiri lopulumutsira anthu, inu-"
    
  Mwadzidzidzi, ma alarm analira mu module yonse yamalamulo. "Chigawo cha galactic module chawonongeka," adatero Alice. Kai adayang'ana Trevor, yemwe adagwedeza mutu wake - bwato lachiwiri lopulumutsira silinali losindikizidwa. "Kupanikizika mu module kwatsika mpaka zero."
    
  "Spaceplane two ikupita kutali ndi ife," adatero Christina. "Nambala yachitatu ya Spaceplane ikuyandikira mamailosi zana."
    
  "Hobnail ali pa chandamale," Colonel Galtin adauza nduna yake. "Ndikupempha chilolezo choti ndichite nawo nkhondo."
    
  "Chilolezo chalandiridwa," wotumizayo adatero. "Elekitironi yachiwiri idachita bwino. Zabwino zonse."
    
  Sindikufuna mwayi, ndinaganiza Galtin-ndili ndi electron ndi msomali. Kachiwiri pambuyo pake, radar inanena za njirayo, ndipo Galtin adadina batani kuti ayatse laser ya Hobnail.
    
  "Chenjerani, kutentha kwa mlandu womwe uli mugawo lolamula kukwera!" Alice adakuwa. "Izi zifika malire ake mumasekondi makumi awiri!"
    
  "Maboti opulumutsa anthu!" anafuula motero Kai. "Sumuka!" Koma palibe amene anasuntha. Aliyense anakhalabe pampando wake... popeza Kai anali asanatuluke pampando wake, nawonso sapita.
    
  "MGD zana limodzi pa zana!" Alice adatero.
    
  "Valerie, pita!"
    
  "Menyani, Starfire, lowa! Kuwombera!"
    
  Chizindikiro choyamba chakuti chinachake chinali cholakwika chinali fungo lowawa la magetsi oyaka, ngakhale kuti Galtin adasindikizidwa mu suti yake. Chachiŵiri chinali chochitika chodabwitsa cha dashibodi yake yonyezimira, yopindika ndipo potsirizira pake ikuyaka moto, zonse m"kuphethira kwa diso. Chachitatu chinali chenjezo lochenjeza m'makutu ake, kusonyeza kulephera kwathunthu kwa dongosolo, ngakhale kuti sakanatha kuonanso momwe machitidwe ake alili. Chomaliza chomwe adakumana nacho chinali suti yake yakumlengalenga yodzaza utsi, kenako adamva mwachidule kuti mpweya mu suti yake ukuphulika ...
    
  ... mphindi zochepa ndege yake ya Electron isanaphulike kukhala zidutswa biliyoni imodzi ndikubalalika mlengalenga ngati mkondo wamoto; oxidizer ndiye adagwiritsidwa ntchito ndipo moto unazimitsa wokha.
    
  Christina anati: "Ndege yachitatu inawonongeka. "Pali mivi ingapo ya S-500 yomwe ikuyandikira, pafupifupi masekondi makumi asanu ndi limodzi."
    
  "Kutentha kwa thupi kukukhazikika," adatero Alice. "MGD ndi Starfire ali m'malo obiriwira. Mabatire amatuluka khumi pa zana. Pamene 5 peresenti yafika, siteshoniyi idzatsekedwa kotero kuti mphamvu ya batri yotsalayo igwiritse ntchito njira zoyatsira boti lopulumutsira, mapampu a mpweya, magetsi owopsa ndi ma alarm, ndi ma beacons opulumutsa."
    
  "Kodi titha kupeza ma S-500 ena onse ndi mphamvu zomwe tatsala nazo?" - Trevor anafunsa.
    
  "Tilibe chochita koma kuyesa," adatero Valerie.
    
  "Ayi, osati zoponya - S-500 radar ndi galimoto yowongolera," adatero Kai. "Mwina izi zilepheretsa zoponya."
    
  Valerie mwachangu adatcha malo omaliza oyikitsa a S-500 ku Chkalovsky Air Base kumpoto chakum'mawa kwa Moscow ndipo adagwiritsa ntchito radar yamphamvu ya siteshoni ya Armstrong ndi masensa a electro-optical kuti aone malowa. Zoyendetsa ndi zoyambira za S-500 zidasunthidwa kumwera kwa bwalo la ndege m'malo atatu owombera omwe ali patali kwambiri, koma galimoto ya radar, galimoto yolamula ndi mphamvu ndi galimoto yopangira ma hydraulic generator anali pamalo omwewo kale. olembedwa. Magalimotowo adayikidwa pagawo lomveka bwino la malo oimikapo magalimoto oyendetsa ndege, pomwe mizere yayitali ya Antonov-72, Ilyushin-76 ndi -86 ndege zoyendera zidayikidwa; Kupitilira apo, ndege zisanu za MiG-31D zolimbana ndi satellite zidayimitsidwa m'mizere iwiri, iliyonse ili ndi 9K720 anti-satellite missile yodikirira kuti ikwezedwe. "Cholinga chakwaniritsidwa!" Christina anakuwa.
    
  "Menyani, womberani!" - Valerie adalamula.
    
  "Starfire yatanganidwa!" Henry anakuwa...
    
  ... ndipo patangopita masekondi pang'ono, mphamvu zonse ku module yamalamulo zidadulidwa, ndikusiya magetsi otuluka mwadzidzidzi. Kai anadina batani pa kontrakitala yake ndipo alamu inalira limodzi ndi mawu apakompyuta "Ogwira ntchito onse m'mabwato opulumutsa anthu mwachangu! Onse ogwira ntchito kuti apite ku mabwato opulumutsa anthu mwamsanga!"
    
  Mtsinje wa maser wochokera ku siteshoni ya mlengalenga ya Armstrong unawombera pasanathe masekondi awiri ... koma, kuyenda pamtunda wa makilomita asanu pamphindi, mtandawo unatha kusesa pafupifupi kutalika kwa Chkalovsky Air Force Base isanatuluke.
    
  Malamulo a S-500, mphamvu ndi zida za radar zinayaka moto pamene mtengowo unadutsa pakati pawo, ndipo patangopita mphindi pang'ono matanki awo amafuta anaphulika, ndikuyaka moto. Kenako panali ndege zonyamulira, zomwe zinaphulika imodzi ndi imodzi ngati mavwende okhwima, ndipo nthawi yomweyo anasandutsa magaloni mazana masauzande a mafuta a jet kukhala bowa wamoto. Tsoka lomwelo linkayembekezera omenyera a MiG-31D, oyendetsedwa ndi zida khumi zophulika za 9K720 zolimbitsa ma rocket, zomwe zidayambitsa mizinga ingapo yomwe idawomba mlengalenga kwa mamailosi - ndikufalitsa zida zotulutsa ma radio kuchokera ku zida zazing'ono zankhondo ziwiri. Mtsinjewo udalepheretsa nyumba yogwirira ntchito, kuwononga ndege zingapo zoyimitsidwa komanso za taxi, ndikuphulitsa ndege zingapo m'mahanga okonza, ndikuwononga hangar iliyonse mumoto wochititsa chidwi.
    
  Casey adamva alamu ndipo mwachangu adayamba kudzichotsa pampando wake mu module ya Skybolt. Munalibe bwato lopulumutsira mu module ya Skybolt, koma adadziwa kuti yapafupi kwambiri inali mu gawo la engineering, mwachindunji "pamwamba" pake. Adavala chigoba chake cha oxygen mwadzidzidzi, kenako adayang'ana mmwamba kuti awone a Larry Jessop, wothandizira moyo, akuyang'ana pawindo la hatch, akumudikirira. Anamwetulira nkuti atsegule chitseko...
    
  ... pamene kuphulika kwamphamvu kunagwedeza siteshoni. Kuwonongeka kwa malamulo a S-500 ndi malo olamulira ku Chkalovsky kunasokoneza chitsogozo cha mizinga yonse ya 9K720 ... kupatula zinayi zoyambirira, zomwe zinayambika ndikuzindikiridwa ndi siteshoni ya mlengalenga ya Armstrong pogwiritsa ntchito masensa awo omwe amawongolera. Onse anayi adalandira kugunda kwachindunji, ndipo mzinga wachinayi unagunda module ya Skybolt mwachindunji.
    
  Casey adatembenuka ndipo sanawone kalikonse koma pulaneti Lapansi pansi pake kudzera pa dzenje lotsekeka, lomwe masekondi angapo m'mbuyomo linali la Starfire microwave ndi Skybolt. Iye anamwetulira ndipo ankaona kuti chinali chinthu chokongola kwambiri chimene sanachionepo m"moyo wake. Pamene ankayang"ana, buluu ndi zoyera zochititsa chidwi za pulaneti lozungulira pansi pa mapazi ake zinazimiririka pang"onopang"ono, m"malo ndi mithunzi ya imvi. Sizinali yokongola ngati kale, koma amasilirabe dziko lakwawo komweko - amangoganiza kuti atha kuwona kwawo, ndipo adamwetulira, poganizira za nthawi ina yomwe adzapite kwawo kukawona makolo ake, azichimwene ndi alongo ake. auzeni za ulendo wodabwitsawu. Anamwetulira, nkhope za amayi ake ndi abambo ake zikumwetuliranso, ndipo adamva chisangalalo komanso chisangalalo pang'ono mpaka masomphenya ake adazimiririka sekondi imodzi pambuyo pake pomwe mpweya womaliza unachoka mthupi lake.
    
  Makomboti a S-500S anagwera pamalo okwerera mlengalenga a Armstrong. Boomer ndi Brad adayang'ana mwamantha kwambiri pomwe ma module amawomberedwa kapena kung'ambika pomwe siteshoni idayamba kuyendayenda mumlengalenga. "Pakati pausiku, uwu ndi Shadow," Boomer adauza wailesi. "Dikirani, anyamata. Ndikhala komweko mu miniti. Tidzakutengerani m'chipinda chochezera ndi kudutsa dzenje la fuselage."
    
  Kwa mphindi zingapo zazitali panalibe yankho; Kenako mawu akutulo, otopa anatulutsa wailesi, "Sindikuganiza kuti...ngakhale... . "Sungani mafuta. Kwezani mabwato opulumutsa anthu. Ndi...Ndine hypoxic, sindikuwona... Sindikuwona magetsi pa suti ya Gonzo... Sungani mafuta ndi...ndipo tenga mabwato opulumutsa anthu, Boomer. Ndilo dongosolo."
    
  "Sindili m'gulu la malamulo anu, Abiti Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti," adatero Boomer. "Gwiritsitsani. Khalani nane ".
    
  "Brad?" - iwo anamva. "Brad, kodi ukundimva?"
    
  "Sondra!" anatero Brad. "Tidzakumana nanu! Gwiritsitsani!"
    
  Panakhala chete kwa nthawi yayitali, ndipo mkamwa mwa Brad unauma mwachangu. Kenako adamva mawu aang'ono: "Brad?"
    
  "Sondra, usadandaule," anatero Brad. "Tikafika mwachangu momwe tingathere!"
    
  "Brad? Ine... Pepani. Ine..."
    
  "Sondra!" Brad anakuwa. "Gwiritsitsani! Tidzakupulumutsani! Gwiritsitsani!" Koma pamene ankaona siteshoni ya m"mlengalenga yowonongekayo ikuzungulira, anadziwa kuti sizingatheke kuyesa kuipulumutsa.
    
    
  CHIPANGA CHA BLACK ROCKS
  KUNTHAWI YA RENO, NEVADA
  PATAPITA SABATA IMODZI
    
    
  Pokana malamulo aboma, magalimoto masauzande amitundu yonse adayimitsidwa m'mphepete mwa chipululu cha Black Rock kumpoto chakumadzulo kwa Nevada kumapeto kwa Highway 447 kuti achitire umboni zomwe palibe amene amakhulupirira kuti angawone m'moyo wawo. Dera la Black Rock linali kunyumba kwa chikondwerero cha Burning Man chodziwika bwino padziko lonse lapansi, kumene zikwi zikwi za ojambula, oyendayenda ndi mizimu yaulere ya counterculture anasonkhana m'chilimwe kuti azikondwerera ufulu ndi moyo ... koma tsiku lino pa playa lidzakhala chithunzithunzi cha imfa.
    
  "Ndikuganiza kuti ndikubwerera kwathu," adatero Brad McLanahan. Anali atakhala pampando wochezera padenga la galimoto yobwereka. Pafupi naye mbali imodzi panali Jodie Cavendish, winayo anali Boomer Noble, ndipo kumbuyo kwawo, kudzipatula momveka bwino kwa ena onse, kunali Kim Jong-bae. Iwo anali atangomaliza kumene zokambirana za atolankhani ndi mabungwe ambiri a nkhani omwe anabwera kudzawona chochitika chodabwitsachi, koma tsopano adasiyana ndi atolankhani patatsala mphindi zochepa kuti akhale okha.
    
  Jodie anatembenukira kwa Jung Bae ndikuyika dzanja lake pa mwendo wake. "Ziri bwino, Jerry," iye anatero. Jung Bae adatsitsa mutu wake. Iye anali akulira kuyambira pamene anafika panyanjapo ndipo anakana kulankhula ndi aliyense. "Si kulakwa kwako".
    
  "Ndi vuto langa," adatero Jung Bae. "Ineyo ndi amene ndikuchita izi." Ndipo kwa nthawi ya miliyoni atayesedwa, adati: "Pepani, anyamata. Ndine wachisoni ".
    
  Brad anaganizira kwambiri zimene zinachitika mlungu wathawu. Pozindikira kuti sakanatha kupulumutsa anthu amene anatsekeredwa m"ndege yapakati pausiku, iye ndi Boomer anabwerera kumalo kumene mabwato atatu opulumutsira anthu anagwetsedwa mivi ya ku Russia ya S-500 isanawombe pa siteshoni. Boomer adatuluka mumpanda, atavala suti yake yamlengalenga, nalowa m'bwalo lonyamula katundu ndikuponya katundu wotsalayo. Ndi Brad poyang'anira ndege ya Shadow, adawatsogolera ku boti lililonse lopulumutsa anthu ndipo Boomer adawatsogolera kumalo onyamula katundu. Atalumikiza zingwe za oxygen, mphamvu ndi zolumikizirana, adamaliza njira yosinthira ndikulowa mozungulira mozungulira International Space Station.
    
  Zinatenga pafupifupi masiku awiri, koma pamapeto pake adakumananso ndi ISS. A Skymasters adawulutsa akatswiri awiri apasiteshoni mu ndege zamalonda kuti alimbikitse siteshoni ndi kutumiza katundu, ndipo adagwiritsa ntchito zida za robotiki kumangirira mabwato opulumutsa anthu pamadoko. Mamembala onse a Armstrong adakhala usiku wonse mu airlock mokakamizidwa ndi mpweya wabwino kuti apewe narcosis ya nayitrogeni, koma onse adanenedwa kuti ndi oyenera kuwuluka ndikubwerera ku Earth tsiku lotsatira.
    
  Foni yamakono ya Brad idapereka chenjezo. "Nthawi yafika," iye anatero.
    
  Iwo ankayang"ana n"kumadikira. Posakhalitsa anatha kuona chimene chinkaoneka ngati nyenyezi yomwe ikukula kwambiri mumlengalenga wa Nevada wopanda mitambo. Kunayamba kuwalira, ndipo aliyense amene anayimitsidwa pa playa ankaganiza kuti akumvadi kutentha kwa chinthucho... kenaka mwadzidzidzi panamveka phokoso lochititsa mantha kwambiri, ngati kuti mfuti zikwizikwi zikuwombera nthawi imodzi. Magalasi agalimoto agalimotoyo adang'ambika ndipo magalimoto adagwedezeka pamawilo awo - Brad adaganiza kuti akankhidwira padenga la van.
    
  Nyenyeziyo inakhala moto wochititsa chidwi womwe unakula ndikukula, ndikusiya njira yamoto kwa makilomita zana mpaka mpirawo unayamba kugwa. Masekondi angapo pambuyo pake, kuphulika kwina kwamphamvu kunamveka, ndipo makilomita makumi awiri kumpoto owonerera adawona moto wawukulu wa makilomita osachepera asanu m'mimba mwake, kutsatiridwa ndi mtambo wa bowa womwe ukukula mofulumira wamoto, mchenga ndi zinyalala. Anawona khoma lalikulu la mchenga ndi utsi wa mamita masauzande akuthamangira kwa iwo, koma pamene anaganiza kuti abwerere mkati mwa magalimoto awo, khomalo linayamba kutha ndipo, mwamwayi, linazimiririka kale ndisanawafikire.
    
  "Bye, Silver Tower," adatero Boomer. Jung Bae analira mokweza komanso mokweza kumbuyo kwawo, akulira ndi ululu wosaneneka poganizira bwenzi lake Casey Huggins yemwe anali mumsewu uja. Zinali zosangalatsa kukwera nawe, bambo wachikulire.
    
    
  SAN LUIS OBISPO County REGIONAL AIRPORT
  MADZULO AMAWA
    
    
  Atatha kuyang'ana ndege yomaliza ya siteshoni ya mlengalenga ya Armstrong, Brad McLanahan ndi Jodie Cavendish adayankhulana ndi atolankhani ku Reno ndi San Francisco, kenako adatenga turbine ya P210 Silver Eagle kubwerera ku San Luis Obispo. Usiku wagwa kale. Iwo anali atangosuntha ndegeyo m'chipinda chosungiramo katundu ndipo anali kutsitsa katundu wochepa pamene Chris Wohl adawonekera pakhomo la nyumbayo. "Uyenera kukhala Staff Sergeant Vol," Jody anatero, akutulutsa dzanja lake. Patapita kanthawi, Chris adachilandira. "Brad wandiuza zambiri za iwe."
    
  Chris adayang'ana Brad mofunsa. "Inde, zambiri," adatero Brad.
    
  "Pepani za anzanu," anatero Chris. "Ndine wokondwa kuti wabweranso, Brad. Kodi mwakhala ndiulendo wokwanira kwa nthawi yayitali?"
    
  "Pakali pano," anavomereza motero Brad. "Koma ndikubwerera. Ndithu."
    
  "Kodi mwamaliza ndi zinthu zonse zapa media kwakanthawi?"
    
  "Inde ayi," adatero Jodi. "Sindikudikira kuti moyo wathu ubwerere mwakale. Hei, sindingathe kukumbukira zomwe zili bwino. "
    
  "Kodi aliyense wa inu akusowa kanthu?" Anafunsa Chris. "Timu ibweranso m"mawa. Ukadziwa bwino, ukhoza kuyamba maphunziro."
    
  Jodie anati: "Wabwerera ku zochita zake zonse. "Mwina kuyambira pano ndikhala naye limodzi."
    
  "Zingakhale bwino," anatero Chris. "Mwakonzeka kubwerera kunyumba?"
    
  "Tidzatsitsa ndiyeno nditseka izi," anatero Brad. "Ndifafaniza mawa."
    
  "Ndidzakubwezerani ku Poly Canyon ndiyeno ndipita kuhotelo," adatero Chris. "Tiwonana m'mawa. Ndikuganiza tikusintha chikwangwani chanu choyimbira." Anapatsa Brad ndi Jody kumwetulira kwa theka komwe kunali kwakukulu ndi miyezo ya Wohl, ndipo kenaka adayika manja ake m'matumba ake polimbana ndi chimfine chomwe chikukula, adatembenuza chidendene chake ndi ...
    
  ... anathamangira molunjika mu mpeni wogwiridwa ndi Yvette Korczkova, umene unagwera kwambiri m'mimba mwake. Anali ndi mphamvu zokwanira komanso njira zomenyera mutu womuukirayo asanagwere pa phula, atagwira m'mimba mwake.
    
  "Wopusa," adalumbira Korchkova, atagwira chipumi chake chikutuluka magazi. "Fuck bastar." Brad anakankhira Jody kumbuyo kwake. "Tikumananso, Bambo McLanahan. Zikomo kwambiri podziwitsa dziko komwe mudzakhale. Kukutsatirani kunali kusewera kwa ana."
    
  Brad anakokera Jody kuseri kwa nyumba yosungiramo katundu, kenako anapita ku bokosi la zida ndipo anapeza wrench yooneka ngati kanyenyezi. "Imbani 911," adamuuza. Potembenukira kwa Korchkov, iye anati: "Sv ä rd, kapena dzina lanu liri lotani, ngati simukufuna kugwidwa, kuli bwino muchoke. Pali makamera achitetezo pamalo ano ndipo asitikali a Vol akhala pano mphindi iliyonse. "
    
  "Ndikudziwa komwe othandizira onse a sergeant ali, Brad," adatero Korchkov. "Kwatsala maola ambiri ndipo ndikhala nditapita apolisi asanafike. Koma cholinga changa chidzakwaniritsidwa."
    
  "Mishoni yanji? N"chifukwa chiyani ukunditsatira?"
    
  "Chifukwa abambo ako apanga mdani woopsa ku Gennady Gryzlov," adatero Korchkov. Iye analamula kuti chuma cha atate wako chiwonongedwe, ndipo iwe uli pamwamba pa ndandanda. Ndipo ndiyenera kunena kuti pambuyo pa chiwonongeko chimene munachiwonongera pafupi ndi Moscow mlungu watha, adzakhala ndi chikhumbo chachikulu cha kukuonani mutafa."
    
  "Apolisi ali m"njira," anafuula motero Jodie.
    
  "Achedwa kwambiri," adatero Korchkov.
    
  "Chabwino, bwera udzanditenge, hule," adatero Brad, akumugwedeza dzanja. "Kodi mumakonda kukhala pafupi ndi inu nokha? Kenako ndikumbatireni, hule."
    
  Korchkova anasuntha ngati cheetah, ngakhale bala pamphumi pake, ndipo Brad anali mochedwa. Pang"ono ndi pang"ono mpeniwo anaukhotetsa ndi sikelo, koma mpeniwo unadula mbali yakumanzere ya khosi lake. Jodie anakuwa ataona kachulukidwe ka magazi pakati pa zala za Brad pamene ankayesetsa kuti magazi asiye kutuluka. Chingwecho chinagwa kuchokera m'manja mwake pamene chipindacho chinayamba kupota.
    
  Korchkov anamwetulira. "Ndine pano, woyenda mumlengalenga wokongola," adatero. "Mawu anu olimba ali kuti tsopano? Mwinamwake ndinu ofooka pang'ono paulendo wanu wa danga, ayi?" Anakweza mpeni kuti Brad awuwone. "Ndikumbatireni bwino."
    
  "Nayi kukumbatira kwako, hule," liwu linatero pambuyo pake, ndipo Chris Wohl anamenya Korczkova ndi tsache m"mutu. Anatembenuka ndipo amafuna kumubayanso, koma Chris adagwa pansi ndikuzizira.
    
  "Lekani magazi ndi kufa, bambo wachikulire," adatero Korchkov.
    
  "Si wachikulire - ndi sergeant meja," adatero Brad atangotsala pang'ono kugwedezeka kumbuyo kwa mutu wa Korchkov. Iye anagwa. Brad anamenyetsa wrench mwamphamvu m"dzanja atagwira mpeni, nakankhira kumbali, kenaka anapitiriza kumumenya kumaso ndi wrenchyo mpaka sanaizindikire. Anagwa pamwamba pa thupi lake lomenyedwa pamene Jody adathamangira kwa iye, adamuchotsa ku Korchkov ndikukankhira zala zake pachilonda chakuya cha khosi lake.
    
  Brad anatsegula maso ake kuti aone kulira kwa ma sirens kunja kwa nyumba yosungiramo katunduyo ndipo anapeza Jodi atamuweramirabe, manja ake ali m"khosi lake lomwe likutuluka magazi. "Brad?" - iye anafunsa. "Oo Mulungu wanga..."
    
  "Moni," iye anatero. Anamwetulira mofooka. "Ndani akunena kuti sindingathe kukhala ndi nthawi yabwino ndi bwenzi langa?" Ndipo iye, mwamwayi, anakomokanso.
    
    
  EPILOGUE
    
    
  Nyumba iliyonse ili ndi chigoba.
    
  - MWAMBI WA CHIITALY
    
    
    
  Malingaliro a kampani SCION AVIATION INTERNATIONAL HEADQUARTERS
  ST. GEORGE, UT
  PATAPITA MASIKU OCHEPA
    
    
  Brad adayimilira pamutu wa gulu lankhondo la cybernetic pomwe zingwezo zidayamba kutsika pang'onopang'ono kupita padenga, ndipo patangopita nthawi pang'ono Patrick McLanahan adachotsedwa pa loboti. Thupi lake linali lotumbululuka ngati chinsalu, ndipo anali wochepa thupi kuposa momwe Brad angakumbukire, koma sanali wofooka monga momwe amawopa - ankawoneka wofinya, ndi minofu yabwino pansi pa khungu lake loyera ngati chipale chofewa. Mutu wake unali wogwiriziridwa ndi pilo womangirira pazingwe zake. Madotolo ndi anamwino adathamangira kumbali yake, akumamupatsa mankhwala ndikumangirira ma sensor m'thupi lake lonse. Anamuika chigoba cha okosijeni chokhala ndi maikolofoni mkati mwake pakamwa ndi pamphuno.
    
  Patrick anatembenuka ndikutsegula maso ake, akuyang'ana Brad, ndipo adamwetulira. "Moni, mwana," iye anatero. "Ndine wokondwa kukuwonani pamasom'pamaso, osati kudzera pa sensor yamagetsi."
    
  "Moni, Atate," anatero Brad. Anatembenukira kumanja pang'ono. "Ndikufuna ndikudziwitseni Jodie Cavendish, mnzanga komanso m'modzi mwa atsogoleri a gulu langa la Starfire. Jody, chonde kukumana ndi abambo anga, General Patrick S. McLanahan."
    
  Patrick anatseka zikope zake ndipo anaweramitsa mutu pang'ono. "Ndakondwa kukudziwani, Abiti Cavendish," adatero. "Ndamva zambiri za inu."
    
  "Ndi mwayi waukulu kukumana nanu, bwana," anatero Jodi.
    
  "Pepani za Casey Huggins ndi Starfire," adatero Patrick. "Mwachita ntchito yodabwitsa."
    
  "Zikomo bwana."
    
  Patrick anayang'ana Brad. "Ndiye iwe ubwerere kusukulu," iye anatero. "Sindikutsimikiza ngati mungathe kugwira ntchito iliyonse ndi malonda onsewa omwe akuchitika pafupi nanu."
    
  Brad anati: "Timadalira nkhani zofulumira komanso nthawi yayitali. "Cal Poly ndi malo abwino kwambiri. Ndife amene tinataya malo okwerera mlengalenga. Ife sife ngwazi."
    
  "M'maso mwanga, ndi zomwe muli," adatero Patrick.
    
  Sizinatenge nthawi. Patrick ataimitsidwa pamwamba, CID yakaleyo idachotsedwa ndipo ina inalowetsedwamo kuti ilowe m'malo mwake. Thupi la Patrick lidatsitsidwa mkati, zingwe zidamasulidwa ndipo chitseko chakumbuyo chidatsekedwa. Jodie anali ndi mantha pamene TIE anaimirira, akusuntha manja ndi miyendo yake ngati kuti wadzuka pogona, ndiyeno anatambasula dzanja lake kwa mkaziyo. "Zinali zabwino kukumana nawe, Abiti Cavendish," Patrick adatero m'mawu ake opangidwa ndimagetsi. "Ndikuyembekezera kukuwonaninso."
    
  "Tikubwera mlungu wamawa kudzakongoletsa chipinda chanu," anatero Brad. "Ndidatulutsa zinthu zanu zambiri za Air Force zomwe zidasungidwa. Tipanga malo ano kukhala ngati kwathu. "
    
  "Sindingakutsimikizireni kuti ndidzakhala kuno, Brad," anatero Patrick, "koma ukhoza kuchita chilichonse chimene ukufuna. Ndikufuna zimenezo." Brad anakumbatira bambo ake ndipo iye ndi Jody ananyamuka.
    
  Mphindi zochepa atachoka, pamene Dipatimenti Yofufuza Zachigawenga idalumikizidwa ndi mphamvu, zakudya, zachilengedwe ndi ma data, Purezidenti wakale Kevin Martindale adalowa m'chipindamo. "Mwalola Abiti Cavendish kutichezera," iye anatero. "Ndadabwa".
    
  "Analonjeza kuti adzasunga chinsinsi," anatero Patrick. "Ndimamukhulupirira."
    
  "Ndizomvetsa chisoni kuti Phoenix adataya chisankho ku Barbeau," adatero Martindale. "Awa atha kukhala kutha kwa makontrakitala ambiri aboma."
    
  "Pali makasitomala ochulukirapo," adatero Patrick. "Tili ndi ma projekiti ambiri oti tiyambitse."
    
  Martindale adamugwedeza chala Patrick. "Ndiyenera kunena, wanzeru kwambiri," adatero. "Kupatsidwa nkhani za Brad ndi zambiri zokhudzana ndi zomera zamagetsi za orbital ndi ma lasers a microwave. Munapangitsa mwana wanu kukhulupirira kuti Starfire ndi lingaliro lake. "
    
  "Ndinataya malingaliro ndipo adayenera kuthamanga nawo," adatero Patrick.
    
  "Chabwino," adatero Martindale. "Koma lingalirolo litakwaniritsidwa, zinali zanzeru kwa inu kutumiza akatswiri mwachinsinsi komanso mwanzeru, ndikumulozera kwa Cavendish, Kim, Huggins ndi Egan ndikuyitanitsa Sky Masters kuti amuthandize ndi thandizoli."
    
  "Mwana wanga ndi mtsogoleri weniweni," Patrick anatero. "Atha kukhala wophunzira woyipa kwambiri woyendetsa ndege, koma ndi woyendetsa ndege wabwino komanso mtsogoleri wabwino. Zomwe ndidachita ndikuyika zida zomwe ali nazo - adayenera kuziphatikiza pamodzi ndikuzimanga. Anachita ntchito yabwino. "
    
  "Koma munagwiritsa ntchito mwana wanu kupanga zida zankhondo zosagwirizana ndi malamulo apadziko lonse lapansi," adatero Martindale. "Zanzeru kwambiri. Zinagwira ntchito. Tsoka ilo, idawonongedwa ndi aku Russia, koma idatsimikizira kufunika kwa ma lasers a microwave. Ntchito yabwino, General. " Martindale anamwetulira n"kumufunsa kuti, "Ndiye chiyani chinanso chimene mwasungira Bradley wachichepere, ndingafunse?"
    
  "Pakadali pano tiyenera kuthana ndi Purezidenti Stacy Ann Barbeau," adatero Patrick. "Mosakayikira adzasiya ntchito ya mlengalenga. Koma chabwino ndikuti ikufuna kupanga mabomba, zonyamulira ndege, zombo zankhondo, zida za hypersonic ndi chilichonse chosayendetsedwa. Ndikukhulupirira kuti Brad akhoza kupanga ndikuyesa zambiri mwazinthu izi. Ndiyamba kugwira ntchito nthawi yomweyo. "
    
  "Ndikukhulupirira mutero, General McLanahan," Martindale anatero ndikumwetulira koyipa. "Ndikukhulupirira kuti zichitika."
    
    
  KUYAMIKIRA
    
    
  Zambiri za Cane-Ja zidatengedwa m'buku la "Street Tricks" lolemba Mark Shuey Sr. ndi Mark Shuey Jr., No Canemasters.com.
    
  P210 Silver Eagle, Cessna P21¢Centurion yosinthidwa ndi chopangira mphamvu cha turboprop (kupatulapo zinthu zambiri zamakono zomwe ndidawonjezerapo), idapangidwa ndi O&N Aircraft, Factoryville, PA, www.onaircraft.com.
    
  Angel Flight West ndi chikondi chenicheni chomwe chimagwirizana ndi osowa thandizo lachipatala kapena laumunthu ndi oyendetsa ndege omwe amapereka ndege zawo, mtengo wa mafuta ndi luso lawo kuti aziwulukira kumene akuyenera kupita chifukwa chachipatala kapena chithandizo, popanda mtengo uliwonse kwa okwera. . Ndinakwera ndege ya Angel Flight West kwa zaka zinayi, ndipo ndikuganiza kuti mwina chinali chifukwa chachikulu chimene ndinakhalira woyendetsa ndege: kugwiritsa ntchito luso langa kuthandiza ena. Dziwani zambiri pa www.angelflightwest.org.
    
    
  ZA WOLEMBA
    
    
  Dale Brown ndi mlembi wa mabuku ambiri ogulitsa New York Times, kuyambira Flight of the Old Dog mu 1987, ndipo posachedwa The Tiger's Claw. Kaputeni wakale ku United States Air Force, nthawi zambiri amapezeka akuwulutsa ndege yake mumlengalenga ku Nevada.
    
  Pitani ku www.AuthorTracker.com kuti mudziwe zambiri za olemba omwe mumakonda a HarperCollins.
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
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  Shadow Team
    
    
  KUDZIPEREKA
    
    
  Bukuli laperekedwa kwa aliyense amene amapanga chisankho chovuta kuchita chinthu chimodzi chophweka: kulimba mtima. Mukawona izi zikuchitika, zimakhala zosangalatsa kwambiri kuposa kutsegulira mlengalenga komanso zamphamvu kawiri.
    
    
  AKALE
    
    
    
  AMERICA:
    
    
  JOSEPH GARDNER, Purezidenti wa United States
    
  KEN T. PHOENIX, Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti
    
  CONRAD F. CARLISLE, National Security Advisor kwa Purezidenti
    
  MILLER H. TURNER, Mlembi wa Chitetezo
    
  GERALD VISTA, Mtsogoleri wa National Intelligence
    
  WALTER CORDUS, Chief of Staff of White House
    
  STACY ANN BARBEAU, Senator Wamkulu wa US wochokera ku Louisiana ndi Senate Majority Leader; Colin Morna, wothandizira wake
    
  GENERAL TAYLOR J. BAIN, USMC, Wapampando wa Joint Chiefs of Staff
    
  GENERAL CHARLES A. HUFFMAN, Chief of Staff of the Air Force
    
  AIR FORCE GENERAL BRADFORD CANNON, Mtsogoleri, US Strategic Command (STRATCOM)
    
  ARMY GENERAL KENNETH LEPERS, Commander, US Central Command (CENTCOM)
    
  WAMKULU WAMKULU HAROLD BACKMAN, Wolamulira Wamkulu, Wachisanu ndi chinayi Air Force; Komanso Joint Functional Component Commander-Space (JFCC-S), U.S. Strategic Command
    
  Lt. GENERAL PATRICK MCLANAHAN, Mtsogoleri, Advanced Aerospace Weapons Center (HAWC), Elliott AFB, Nevada
    
  BRIGADIER GENERAL DAVID LUGER, Wachiwiri kwa Mtsogoleri wa HAWC
    
  COL MARTIN TEHAMA, mtsogoleri watsopano wa HAWC
    
  Major General REBECCA FURNESS, Commander, First Air Operations, Battle Mountain Air Reserve Base (ARB), Nevada
    
  BRIGADIER GENERAL DAREN MAYS, Ofesi ya Air Force Operations, 111th Bomb Wing Commander ndi EB-1C Mission Commander
    
  MAJOR WAYNE MACOMBER, Deputy Commanding General (Ground Operations), First Combat Air Force, Battle Mountain Air Reserve Base, Nevada
    
  MASTER SERGEANT, MARINE CORPS CHRIS WALL, Sergeant, First Air Force
    
  US ARMY NATIONAL GUARD CAPT CHARLIE TURLOCK, CID Woyendetsa ndege
    
  CAPTAIN Hunter "Boomer" NOBLE, Commander, XR-A9 Black Stallion, Elliott Air Force Base, Groom Lake
    
  US Navy Lt. Commander LISETT "FRENCHY" MOULIN, XR-A9 Commander
    
  US Marine Corps Major JIM TERRANOVA, wamkulu wa mishoni ya XR-A9
    
  ANN PAGE, Ph.D., Senator wakale waku US, woyendetsa zakuthambo komanso wopanga zida zamlengalenga
    
  Air Force MASTER Sergeant VALERIE "FINDER" LUCAS, Armstrong Space Station woyendetsa sensor
    
    
  ANTHU A IRAN:
    
    
  GENERAL HESARAK AL-KAN BUJAZI, mtsogoleri wa gulu lankhondo la Perisiya
    
  AZAR ASIA KAGEV, wodzikuza wolowa Mpando wachifumu wa Peacock wa Perisiya
    
  LIEUTENANT COLONEL PARVIZ NAJAR NDI MAJOR MARA SAIDI, adjutants a Azar Kagev
    
  COLONEL MOSTAFA RAHMATI, Commander, Fourth Infantry Brigade, Tehran-Mehrabad Airport
    
  MAJOR KULOM HADDAD, Mtsogoleri wa Bouzhazi Personal Security Group
    
  MASUD NOSHAR, Lord High Chancellor of the Royal Household of Kagewa and Marshal of the Court Military Council
    
  AYATOLLAH HASAN MOHTAZ, Mtsogoleri Wapamwamba wa Islamic Republic of Iran ku ukapolo
    
    
  RUSSIA:
    
    
  LEONID ZEVITIN, Purezidenti wa Russian Federation
    
  PETER ORLEV, Chief of Staff of the Presidential Administration
    
  ALEXANDRA KHEDROV, Minister of Foreign Affairs
    
  IGOR TRUZNEV, wamkulu wa Federal Security Bureau
    
  ANATOLY VLASOV, Mlembi wa Russian Security Council
    
  MIKHAIL OSTENKOV, Minister of National Defense
    
  GENERAL KUZMA FURZIENKO, Russian Chief of the General Staff
    
  GENERAL NIKOLAI OSTANKO, Chief of Staff of the Russian Army
    
  GENERAL ANDREY DARZOV, Chief of Staff of the Russian Air Force
    
  WOLFGANG ZYPRIES, injiniya waku Germany laser yemwe amagwira ntchito ndi Russian Air Force
    
    
  ZIDA NDI MAFUPITSO
    
    
  9K89 - chida chaching'ono chaku Russia chofikira pamwamba
    
  ARB - Air Force Reserve Base
    
  ATO - njira yokhazikitsira ntchito mumlengalenga
    
  BDU-58 Meteor ndi galimoto yoyendetsedwa bwino yomwe imapangidwa kuti iteteze katundu ku kutentha pamene akulowanso; imatha kunyamula pafupifupi 4,000 lbs.
    
  CIC - Combat Information Center
    
  kunass - munthu wa mtundu wa Cajun
    
  E-4B - National Airborne Operations Center
    
  E-6B Mercury - US Navy air communications and command post ndege
    
  EB-1D bomba-B-1 Lancer, yosinthidwa kukhala ndege yautali yakutali yopanda munthu
    
  ETE - nthawi yoyerekeza yoyenda
    
  FAA Gawo 91 - Malamulo Olamulira Oyendetsa Oyendetsa Payekha ndi Ndege
    
  FSB - Russian Federal Security Bureau, wolowa m'malo mwa KGB
    
  HAWC - High-Tech Aerospace Weapons Center
    
  ICD - implantable cardioverter defibrillator
    
  Ilyushin - Ndege zaku Russia zakuuluka
    
  MiG-Mikoyan-Gureyvich, Russian wopanga ndege zankhondo
    
  OSO - Offensive Systems Officer
    
  RQ-4 Global Hawk - ndege zazitali, zazitali zazitali zosawerengeka
    
  SAR - kupanga kabowo radar; fufuzaninso ndikupulumutsa
    
  Skybolt - laser yoteteza mizinga yochokera mumlengalenga
    
  SPEAR ndi njira yamagetsi yodzitchinjiriza pa intaneti yokhala ndi mayankho osinthika pakudziteteza
    
  sun-synchronous - njira yapadziko lapansi yomwe satelayiti imadutsa pamalo omwewo nthawi yomweyo masana.
    
  Tupolev - awiri-injini Russian ndege mabomba
    
  USAFE - United States Air Forces ku Europe
    
  VFR - Malamulo Owoneka Pakuuluka
    
  Vomit Comet ndi ndege yomwe imagwiritsidwa ntchito popanga maulendo apaulendo kuti ayese kulemera.
    
  XAGM-279A SkySTREAK (Rapid Tactical Attack, kapena "Sky") ndi 4,000-pounds, 12-foot-walitali, 24-inch air-launch hypersonic strike missile; imagwiritsa ntchito injini ya rocket yolimba kuti ifulumizitse roketiyo kupita ku Mach 3, kenako imasinthira ku injini ya jet ya JP-7 yogwiritsa ntchito mafuta a jet ndi mpweya woponderezedwa wa mumlengalenga kuti uwuluke pa Mach 10; kuyenda kwa GPS kosalekeza komanso kolondola kwambiri; woyendetsa ulalo wa data satana amakonzedwanso pakati; Kutalika kwakukulu kwa ndege pamtunda wa ballistic ndi 600 miles; itatha kuthamangira ku Mach 10, imayambitsa mutu wankhondo wolondola kwambiri wokhala ndi radar ya millimeter-wave komanso cholumikizira cha infrared chodziwikiratu chandamale kapena kusankha chandamale ndi wogwiritsa ntchito satellite data transmission; popanda matenda; awiri akhoza kunyamulidwa pa EB-1C Vampire bomba mu aft bomba bay; zinayi zonyamula mkati kapena zinayi kunja kwa EB-52 Megafortress; anayi adanyamulidwa mkati mwa bomba lobisala la B-2
    
  XR-A9 - ndege ya "Black Stallion" ya gawo limodzi idayambika mozungulira
    
    
  MFUNDO ZA REAL WORLD NEWS
    
    
    
  STRATFOR MORNING INTELLIGENCE REPORT, January 18, 2007 At 12:16 GMT - CHINA, United States
    
  - Mabungwe azamalamulo aku US akukhulupirira kuti China idawononga satellite yanyengo ya Feng Yun 1C yokalamba panjira ya polar poyesa bwino zida za satellite (ASAT). Januware 11, China Daily idanenanso pa Januware 18, potchula nkhani yomwe idasindikizidwa mu Januware 22 ya Aviation Week & Space Technology. Mabungwe azamalamulo aku US akuyesabe kutsimikizira zotsatira za mayeso a ASAT, zomwe zingasonyeze kuti China ili ndi mphamvu zatsopano zankhondo ...
    
  ...Mtambo watsopano wa zinyalala womwe ukuzungulira Dziko lapansi ukulozera zomwe zingachitike ngati maulamuliro awiri oyendetsa mlengalenga atasemphana maganizo. Makamaka ku United States, chuma chamlengalenga chakhala chida chofunikira kwambiri kuti chipitirize kunyalanyazidwa panthawi yankhondo.
    
    
    
  STRATFOR DAILY INTELLIGENCE REPORT, Epulo 3, 2007 - USA/IRAN:
    
  Kuukira kwa US motsutsana ndi Iran sikungabweretse kugonjetsedwa kwakukulu kwa asilikali ku Tehran ndipo kungakhale kulakwitsa kwandale, adatero mkulu wa General Staff General J. Yuri Baluevsky. Ananenanso kuti dziko la United States likhoza kuwononga asilikali a Iran popanda kupambana nkhondoyi.
    
    
    
  STRATFOR INTELLIGENCE REPORT, September 7, 2007
    
  - Mgwirizano pakati pa Russian Federal Security Service ndi Unduna wa Zam'kati wa Iran udzakulitsa chitetezo cha malire a Iran, adatero Wachiwiri kwa Director General wa Russian Federal Security Service and Border Service Viktor Shlyakhtin, malinga ndi lipoti la IRNA. Shlyakhtin ali ku Iran kuti akawone ntchito za Iranian-Russian m'madera a chigawo cha Iran cha Sistan-Baluchistan chomwe chili m'malire a Afghanistan ndi Pakistan.
    
    
    
  RED OCTOBER: RUSSIA, IRAN NDI IRAQ
    
  - STRATFOR
    
  Lipoti la Geopolitical Intelligence, September 17, 2007-Copyright No Strategic Forecasting Inc.
    
  "...Anthu aku America amafunikira anthu aku Russia kuti asapereke ndege zankhondo, zida zotsogola ndi zowongolera, kapena zida zilizonse zankhondo zomwe a Russia adapanga." Choyamba, akufuna kuti aku Russia asapereke ukadaulo wa zida za nyukiliya kwa aku Irani.
    
  Chifukwa chake sizodabwitsa kuti aku Irani adati kumapeto kwa sabata kuti aku Russia adawauza kuti achita zomwezo.
    
  ...[Purezidenti waku Russia Vladimir] Putin atha kulowa nawo anthu aku Irani ndikuyika dziko la United States pamavuto akulu kuposa momwe zikanakhalira. Atha kukwaniritsa izi pothandizira Syria, kupatsa zida zankhondo ku Lebanon, kapena kuyambitsa mavuto akulu ku Afghanistan, komwe Russia imakhalabe ndi mphamvu kumpoto ...
    
    
    
  STRATFOR INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY, OCTOBER 25, 2007, No. STRATFOR INC.
    
  - Pa ulendo wa Pulezidenti wa ku Russia Vladimir Putin wa Oct. 16 ku Tehran, Mtsogoleri Wapamwamba wa Iran Ayatollah Ali Khamenei adamupempha kuti atumize akatswiri a ku Russia kuti athandize Iran kuti adziwe momwe Israeli adatsekera ma radar a ku Syria pamaso pa September 6, gwero la Hezbollah linauza Stratfor. Iran ikufuna kukonza kulephera kwa radar yaku Syria chifukwa Iran imagwiritsa ntchito zida zofanana, gwero linawonjezera.
    
    
    
  RUSSIA, IRAN: NTCHITO YOTSATIRA MU DIPLOMATIC TANGO
    
  - STRATFOR
    
  Global Intelligence Brief, October 30, 2007, No. 2007 Stratfor, Inc. - ... Russia ili ndi njira yokhazikitsidwa bwino yogwiritsira ntchito zofuna za ogwirizana nawo ku Middle East pazolinga zake zandale. Iran ndi munthu woyenera. Ndi dziko lachisilamu lamphamvu lomwe likulimbana ndi United States pa pulogalamu yake ya nyukiliya komanso Iraq. Ngakhale Washington ndi Tehran nthawi zonse amalimbana ndi zonena zankhondo pagulu la anthu, akuyenera kuchitana wina ndi mnzake chifukwa cha zokonda zawo.
    
  Russia, pakadali pano, ikulimbana ndi nkhondo yake yolimbana ndi United States, zomwe zimaphatikizapo zinthu zingapo zotentha kwambiri kuphatikiza chitetezo cha dziko, kukambirananso za mgwirizano wa Cold War komanso kulowererapo kwa Western kumadera aku Russia. Powonetsa kuti Moscow ili ndi chikoka chenicheni pa anthu aku Irani, Russia imapeza chida chothandiza pakukambirana ndi United States ...
    
    
    
  ALTAI OPTICAL-LASER DIRECTORY, December 28, 2007
    
  - Bungwe la [Russian Federation] Precision Instrumentation Research Institute lakhazikitsa nthambi yotsata satellite yotchedwa Altai Optical Laser Center (AOLS) pafupi ndi tauni yaing'ono ya Savvushka ku Siberia. Malowa ali ndi zida ziwiri, imodzi yomwe ikugwira ntchito pakali pano ndipo ina ikukonzekera kugwira ntchito mu 2010 kapena pambuyo pa tsikulo.
    
  Pamalo apano, chojambulira chamtundu wa laser chimayikidwa kuti chidziwe bwino njira yozungulira, ndipo kwa nthawi yoyamba ku Russia, telesikopu yokhala ndi kabowo ya masentimita 60 ili ndi makina osinthira owonera kuti apeze zithunzi zowoneka bwino za ma satelayiti. Malo achiwiri adzakhala ndi telesikopu yojambula setilaiti ya mamita 3.12, yofanana kwambiri ndi imene dziko la United States limagwiritsa ntchito ku Hawaii.
    
  ...Kukhazikitsa bwino kwa makina a AOLS a mamita 3.12 kungathandize kuti zithunzi za satellite zikhale ndi mphamvu ya masentimita 25 [mainchesi 9.8] kapena kupitirira apo pa mtunda wa makilomita 1000 [makilomita 621].
    
    
    
  PROLOGUE
    
    
  Musakhale amantha kwambiri ndi kuchita zinthu mosamala kwambiri. Moyo wonse ndi kuyesa. Mukayesa zambiri, zimakhala bwino.
    
  - RALPH WALDO EMERSON
    
    
    
  KU M'MAWA SIBERIA
  FEBRUARY 2009
    
    
  "Konzekerani ... okonzeka ... okonzeka ... yambani kukwera, tsopano," wolamulira pansi adatulutsa wailesi.
    
  "Zalandiridwa," anayankha woyendetsa ndege wa Russian Mikoyan-Gurevich-31BM wakutali wa Russian Federation. Anatsitsa modekha ndodoyo ndikuyamba kugwiritsa ntchito mphamvu. Ma injini amapasa awiri a Tumanski R15-BD-300, injini zamphamvu kwambiri zomwe zidaikidwapo mu ndege yankhondo, zinabangula kamodzi pamene zoyatsira pambuyo zimayaka, kenako zidakhalanso zamoyo pamene ma turbopump amafuta a injiniyo adagwira mafunde amphamvu akuthamangira mkati, kutembenuza mpweya ndi mafuta. mu mphamvu yaiwisi ndi mathamangitsidwe.
    
  Maso a woyendetsa ndege ankayang'ana mmbuyo ndi mtsogolo kuchokera ku zizindikiro za mphamvu kupita ku chiwonetsero, chomwe chinasonyeza mivi iwiri yodutsa ndi bwalo pakati, mofanana ndi chida chotera. Anapanga zowongolera zofatsa, zosaoneka bwino kuti singano zopingasazo zikhale pakati pa bwalolo. Zopereka zake ziyenera kukhala zazing'ono, chifukwa kutsetsereka pang'ono tsopano, ndi mphuno yake pafupifupi madigiri makumi anai pamwamba pa chizimezime ndi kukwera, kukhoza kusokoneza kuyenda bwino kwa mpweya m'madoko olowera injini, kuchititsa kuti kompresa kuphulika kapena kuima. Mig-31, yomwe kumadzulo imadziwika kuti Foxhound, sinali makina okhululuka - imapha anthu osasamala kapena osasamala. Omangidwa kuti azitha kuthamanga, amafunikira kuwongolera kolondola pamlingo wakunja wa magwiridwe ake odabwitsa.
    
  "Tikudutsa mamita zikwi khumi ... magawo awiri pa khumi a mach ... zikwi khumi ndi zisanu ... madigiri makumi anayi pamutu ... Airspeed ikucheperachepera pang'ono," woyendetsa ndegeyo anafuula. MiG-31 inali imodzi mwa ndege zochepa zomwe zimatha kukwera pamtunda, koma chifukwa cha ndege iyi, iwo amawuluka pamwamba pa denga lautumiki la mamita zikwi makumi awiri, ndiyeno ntchito yake idachepetsedwa kwambiri. "Tikuyenda makilomita makumi awiri, airspeed ili pansi pa Mach two... Tikuyenda makilomita makumi awiri ndi awiri ... konzekerani ... tikuyandikira liwiro lapachiyambi ndi kutalika kwake..."
    
  "Musungeni pakati, Yuri," adatero munthu wokhala pampando wakumbuyo wa Miga pa intercom. Singanozo zinasunthira pang'ono m'mphepete mwa bwalolo. Usikuuno, bwalolo lidayimira chandamale chawo, choperekedwa kwa iwo osati ndi mawonekedwe amphamvu amtundu wa MiG-31, koma ndi netiweki yamalo owonera malo ozungulira Russian Federation, omwe adatumizidwa kwa iwo ndi ndege yapafupi yotumizirana data. Sadzaona cholinga chawo ndipo mwina sadzadziwa ngati ntchito yawo inali yopambana kapena yolephereka.
    
  "Zikucheperachepera ... Zovuta kukonza," woyendetsa ndegeyo adapuma. Onse ogwira nawo ntchito ankavala masuti opanikizika ndi zipewa zoponderezedwa zomwe zinkaphimba nkhope yonse, monga astronaut, ndipo pamene kukwera kwa kanyumbako kumawonjezeka, kupanikizika mu sutiyi kunawonjezeka kuti kulipirire, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti kuyenda ndi kupuma zikhale zovuta kwambiri. "Mpaka liti......?"
    
  "Masekondi khumi ... nine ... eyiti..."
    
  "Tiyeko, nkhumba yokalamba iwe, tukuka," anadandaula motero woyendetsa ndegeyo.
    
  "Mphindi zisanu... Roketi yakonzeka... mtengo, ziwiri, adin... pajar! Yambitsani!"
    
  Mig-31 inali pamtunda wa mamita zikwi makumi awiri ndi zisanu pamwamba pa dziko lapansi, ikuwuluka pa liwiro la kilomita chikwi pa ola, mphuno inali pamtunda wa madigiri makumi asanu pamwamba pa chizimezime, pamene kompyuta ya sitimayo inapereka lamulo loyambitsa. , ndipo mzinga umodzi waukulu unaomberedwa kuchoka kwa womenyayo. Pakangotha masekondi pang'ono kutulutsa, injini ya roketi ya gawo loyamba la rocket idayaka, moto wawukulu udatuluka m'mphuno, ndipo roketiyo idasowa poyang'ana m'kuphethira kwa diso.
    
  Tsopano ndi nthawi yoti muwuluke nokha, osati ntchito, woyendetsa ndegeyo adadzikumbutsa. Anabwezera throttles pang'onopang'ono, mosamala, ndipo nthawi yomweyo anayamba mpukutu pang'ono kumanzere. Mpukutuwu ukhoza kuthandizira kuchepetsa kukweza ndi kuchepetsa kuthamanga kwambiri, komanso ungathandizenso kutsitsa mphuno popanda kuchititsa ogwira ntchito ku G-force zoipa. Kupanikizika kunayamba kutsika ndipo kunakhala kosavuta kupuma - kapena chifukwa chakuti gawo lawo la ntchitoyo linali ...?
    
  Woyendetsa ndegeyo anataya mtima kwambiri kwa mphindi imodzi yokha, koma zinali zokwanira. Mphindi yomwe inalola kutsetsereka kwa digiri imodzi, womenya nkhondoyo adawulukira mumlengalenga wosokonekera wa supersonic wopangidwa ndi mchira wotulutsa wa roketi yayikulu, ndipo mpweya wodutsa mu injini yakumanzere unatsala pang'ono kudulidwa. Injini imodzi inakhosomola, kunjenjemera, ndiyeno inayamba kukuwa pamene mafuta anali kupitirira kuthira m"matangi oyatsira, koma mpweya wotenthawo sunatulukidwenso.
    
  Ndi injini imodzi yomwe ikuyenda ndipo ina ikuyaka moto, ndipo pokhala ndi mpweya wosakwanira kuti muyambitsenso injini yoyimitsidwa, ndege ya MiG-31 inathetsedwa. Koma roketi yomwe adawombera idagwira ntchito bwino.
    
  Masekondi khumi ndi asanu pambuyo poti injini yoyamba idawombera, idasiyanitsidwa ndi roketi ndipo injini yachiwiri idawombera. Liwiro ndi kukwera kwake kunakula mofulumira. Posakhalitsa roketiyo inali mailosi mazana asanu pamwamba pa Dziko Lapansi, ikuyenda makilomita oposa zikwi zitatu pa ola, ndipo injini yachiwiri inalekanitsidwa. Tsopano gawo lachitatu lidakalipo. Kumwamba pamwamba pa mlengalenga, sikunafunikire malo aliwonse owongolera kuti ayendetse, m'malo mwake kudalira ma injini ang'onoang'ono a gasi wa nayitrogeni kuti ayendetse. Radar yomwe ili pamphuno ya gawo lachitatu idayatsidwa ndikuyamba kuyang'ana malo enieni mumlengalenga, ndipo sekondi imodzi pambuyo pake idalowanso pazida zake.
    
  Roketiyo inalibe liwiro lokwanira kuti iyambe kuzungulira dziko lapansi, kotero kuti gawo lachiwiri litapatukana, lidayamba kugwa kwake lalitali, koma silinafunikire kulowa munjira: ngati mizinga yolimbana ndi thanki yam'mlengalenga, idagwa. njira ya ballistic kupita kumalo owerengeka mumlengalenga, kumene nyama yake idzakhala mu masekondi. Zomwe zidanenedweratu, zomwe zidakonzedwa kalekale ndi oyang'anira pansi, zidatsimikiziridwa posachedwa ndi makompyuta owongolera: njira yomwe chandamale idasinthira. Kudukizako kudayenda ndendende momwe anakonzera.
    
  Masekondi 20 asanayambe kugunda, siteji yachitatu anaika ukonde wozungulira wozungulira mamita 50 m"lifupi-kumtunda kwa mlengalenga, ukondewo sunakhudzidwe ndi mphamvu ya mpweya ndipo unakhalabe wozungulira ndi wamphamvu ngakhale kuti unali liwiro la makilomita zikwi zingapo pa ola. Ukondewo unali inshuwaransi motsutsana ndi kuphonya kwapafupi... Koma nthawi iyi sinafunike. Chifukwa siteji yachitatu inali yokhomeredwa bwino pa chandamalecho ndipo sinkafunikira kuyendetsa movutikira chifukwa cha kulondola kwa njira yotsegulira ndi kuuluka, gawo lachitatu lidapeza kugunda kwachindunji pa chandamale chomwe akufuna.
    
    
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  "Kugundana, bwana," adatero katswiri. "Telemetry sinalandiridwe kuchokera pazomwe zidayesedwa."
    
  Mkulu wa asilikali, mkulu wa asilikali a ku Russia, Andrei Darzov, anagwedeza mutu. "Koma bwanji za njira ya pandege? Kodi zoyambitsa zolakwika zakhudza izi?"
    
  Katswiriyo adawoneka wosokonezeka. "A...ayi bwana, sindikuganiza choncho," iye anatero. "Kuyambitsa kumawoneka kuti kukuyenda bwino."
    
  "Sindikuvomereza, sergeant," adatero Darzov. Anatembenukira kwa katswiri uja ndikumuyang'ana mokwiya. Kuwoneka kokwiya kunali koipa mokwanira, koma Darzov adameta mutu wake kuti awonetsere bwino kuvulala kwake kwankhondo ndi kupsa pamutu ndi thupi lake lonse, ndipo adawoneka woopsa kwambiri. "Mvimbo uwu udali kutali kwambiri ndipo mwina udalunjika molakwika ndikuwukira satellite."
    
  "Bwana?" - anafunsa katswiri, wosokonezeka. "Cholinga chake ndi ... ah, satelayiti yaku America ya Pathfinder? Zinali-"
    
  "Izi ndi zomwe takumana nazo, Sergeant?" - Darzov adafunsa. "Bwanji, izi sizinaphatikizidwe mu dongosolo loyesa ndege. Pachitika zolakwika kwambiri ndipo ndiwonetsetsa kuti zafufuzidwa bwino. " Mawonekedwe ake adafewetsa, adamwetulira, kenaka adafinya phewa la katswiri. "Onetsetsani kuti mwalemba mu lipoti lanu kuti roketi yasokonekera chifukwa chakutsetsereka kwa chipangizo chotsegulira - ndisamalira zina zonse. Ndipo chandamale sichinali American SBSS, koma chandamale chathu cha Soyuz, chomwe chidayambika mwezi watha. Ndi zomveka, Sergeant?"
    
    
  MUTU WOYAMBA
    
    
  Ndi bwino kukhala wankhanza ngati m"mitima mwathu muli chiwawa kusiyana n"kuvala chovala chosachita zachiwawa kuti tibise kupanda mphamvu.
    
  - MAHATMA GANDHI
    
    
    
  ARMSTRONG SPACE STATION
  NTHAWI YOMWEYO
    
    
  "Chabwino, akuyamwa, bwerani mudzatulutse mutu wanu - pang'ono," anang'ung'uza Captain Hunter "Boomer" Noble. "Osachita mantha - sikupweteka konse." Linali tsiku lachiwiri la kulondera kwawo kwatsopano, ndipo mpaka pano palibe chomwe apindula, kupatula mutu wokhazikika chifukwa choyang'ana zowunikira kwa maola ambiri.
    
  "Khalani pamenepo, bwana," Mkulu wa Air Force Master Sergeant Valerie "Finder" Lucas anatero mokondwera. "Mukuyembekezera, ndipo mphamvu zoyipazi zimangowatsitsa mitu yawo."
    
  "Si mphamvu zoyipa, Wofunafuna, zilizonse," adatero Boomer, akusisita maso ake. "Ndi chithunzi cha TV chija - chikundipha." Hunter anasisita maso ake. Iwo adayang'ana chithunzi chowoneka bwino cha dera lakum'mwera chakum'mawa kwa Tehran, komwe kale kunkatchedwa Islamic Republic of Iran koma tsopano anthu ambiri padziko lonse lapansi akutchedwa Democratic Republic of Persia. Chithunzicho, chojambulidwa ndi kamera ya telescopic electro-optical camera yomwe idakwera mu ndege ya US Air Force RQ-4 Global Hawk yopanda anthu yomwe imayenda mozungulira mamita zikwi makumi asanu ndi limodzi pamwamba pa mzindawo, inali yokhazikika, koma kunjenjemera kulikonse, mosasamala kanthu zachisawawa, kumamveka ngati kwina. Boomer: mchenga waung'ono woponyedwa m'maso.
    
  Awiriwo sanakhazikitsidwe pa kontrakitala pamalo abwinobwino owongolera nkhondo padziko lapansi, koma mu gawo lalikulu lowongolera nkhondo la Armstrong space station, yomwe ili mamailosi mazana awiri mphambu makumi asanu ndi awiri mphambu zisanu pamwamba pa dziko lapansi munjira yopendekeka madigiri makumi anayi ndi asanu ndi awiri kummawa. . Noble ndi Lucas anali m'gulu la anthu ena anayi omwe adakwera nawo kuti akayang'ane ndikuwongolera asitikali aku US Air Force ku Democratic Republic of Persia. Ngakhale Boomer anali msilikali wakale wa mlengalenga wokhala ndi maulendo angapo ozungulira maulendo angapo komanso ulendo wopita ku ngongole yake, kuyandama mu mphamvu yokoka zero ndikuyang'ana pa polojekiti sizomwe adalowa nawo Air Force. "Tikhala pa station mpaka liti?"
    
  "Maola asanu okha, bwana," adatero Lucas, akumwetulira ndikugwedeza mutu wake monyodola pomwe Noble adabuula ndi yankho lake. Seeker anali msilikali wazaka khumi ndi zisanu ndi zitatu wa United States Air Force, koma amawoneka ngati wamkulu kuposa tsiku lomwe adalembetsa mu Januwale 1991, pamene Operation Desert Storm inayamba, ndipo ankakonda ntchito yake monga momwe ankachitira nthawiyo. Zithunzi za mabomba otsogozedwa ndi laser ndi TV akuwuluka m"mazenera ndi kulowa m"malo olowera mpweya zinam"chititsa chidwi ndi kum"sangalatsa, ndipo anayamba maphunziro oyambirira masiku aŵiri atamaliza sukulu ya sekondale. Anapita kusukulu iliyonse yaukadaulo wapamwamba komanso kosi yowonera pakompyuta yomwe angapeze, ndipo mwachangu adakhala katswiri wodziwa bwino zamakasitomala akutali. "Kupatula kuthamangitsa, zachilengedwe ndi zamagetsi, machitidwe ofunikira kwambiri munzeru zanzeru ndi kuleza mtima komanso chitsulo."
    
  "Ndingakonde kuwuluka ndekha," adatero Boomer mokwiya, ndikukhazikika m'mwamba mwake kutsogolo kwa polojekiti yayikulu. Iye anali wamtali pang"ono kuposa wa mumlengalenga wa ku America wamba, amene zida zambiri pa siteshoni ya mumlengalenga mwachiwonekere zinapangidwira, kotero iye anapeza kuti pafupifupi chirichonse chimene chinali pa siteshoniyo chinali chokwanira kukula, utali, kapena njira yolakwika kuti imukwiyitse. Ngakhale woyendetsa woyesa wazaka makumi awiri ndi zisanu, mainjiniya komanso wopita kumlengalenga anali katswiri wazamlengalenga, amathera nthawi yake yambiri mumlengalenga atamangiriridwa muchitetezo chabwino cha ndege yapamlengalenga paziwongolero m'malo moyandama mu mphamvu yokoka ziro. "Zinthu zonse zakutali izi ndi za mbalame."
    
  "Kodi mukunditcha "mbalame", bwana?" Adafunsa monamizira kuti sakuvomereza.
    
  "Sindikuchirikiza kalikonse, Master Sergeant - ndikufotokoza malingaliro anga pankhaniyi," adatero Boomer. Analoza pa sikirini. "Chithunzicho ndichabwino, koma chowongolera radar ichi chikundipangitsa misala."
    
  "Ichi ndi chojambula cha SAR, bwana," adatero Seeker. "Imayendetsedwa ndi radar yopangira ma aperture ndipo imawonetsa galimoto yayikulu kapena chida chilichonse chomwe chimabwera m'mawonedwe a sensor ndikufanana ndi zomwe timasaka. Tikanakhala kuti tinalibe, tikanayenera kuyang'ana pamanja galimoto iliyonse mumzindawu - ikanakuchititsani misala."
    
  "Ndikudziwa, Master Sergeant," adatero Boomer, "koma simungasiye kugunda ndi kugwedezeka ndi kugwedezeka pawindo lonse?" Chowunikira chinawonetsa bokosi lamakona anayi lomwe limawonekera ndikuzimiririka pafupipafupi. Likaonekera, bokosilo linkazungulira galimotoyo, n"kusintha kukula kwake kuti ligwirizane ndi galimotoyo, ndiyeno likakumana ndi kukula kwake, beep inkamveka ndipo kamera inkalowetsamo kuti anthu aone zimene makompyuta apeza. Koma idangoyang'ana pagalimoto imodzi kwa masekondi asanu isanayambitsenso sikani yamalo onse, kotero Boomer ndi Seeker adayenera kuyang'ana chinsalu nthawi zonse ndikukhala okonzeka kukanikiza batani la HOLD kuti aphunzire chithunzicho kompyuta isanatsekenso. "Zimandipweteka mutu kwambiri."
    
  "Ndikuganiza kuti n"zodabwitsa kuti amachita zimene amachita, bwana," anatero Wofunafunayo, "ndipo ndili wololera kupirira kukayikirako ngati kungatithandize kupeza-" Ndipo panthaŵiyo kompyuta inazindikira galimoto ina, zomwe zinangowonekera pamalo oimika magalimoto pafupi ndi gulu la nyumba zogona. Kachiwiri pambuyo pake, Wofufuzayo adakanikiza batani logwira. "Inde, tagwira imodzi!" - iye anafuula. "Ndi Katyusha ... koma ndikuganiza kuti ndi roketi ya Ra'ad! Tinawakakamiza kuti achite chiwembu!"
    
  "Ndiwe wanga, akuyamwitsa," adatero Boomer, kuyiwala nthawi yomweyo za mutu womwe ukuganiza. Anayang'ana pa polojekiti, koma anali atatanganidwa kale kuyang'ana kuti zolinga zomwe a Global Hawk adalandira zinali zodzaza bwino. Chithunzi chamoyo chinali cholongosoka modabwitsa. Anaona amuna anayi atanyamula rocket yaikulu, yooneka ngati chipolopolo chachikulu chokhala ndi zipsepse, kutuluka m"galaja n"kukakwera kumbuyo kwa galimoto yonyamula katundu ya Toyota - iyenera kuti inali yolemera kwambiri chifukwa ankaoneka kuti akuvutika kuinyamula. . Katoniyo inali ndi choyikapo chachitsulo chachikulu chomangidwira m'mafelemu a chotengeracho, chokhala ndi choyimira chozungulira pamwamba. Anthu aja anaika mzingawo kumbuyo kwa galimotoyo, ndipo awiri a iwo analumpha n"kuyamba kuvutika kuti anyamule mzingawo kupita kwa woulutsira.
    
  "Musataye mtima, anyamata," anatero Wofunafunayo. "Simukufuna kuwononga zosangalatsa zathu, sichoncho?" Anatembenukira ku Boomer. "Mpaka liti bwana?"
    
  "Zolinga zandalama zadzaza," adatero Boomer. "Kuwerengera kwayamba tsopano. Tili ndi nthawi yanji?"
    
  "Akangoyiyika muzoyambitsa, imatha kukhazikitsidwa pasanathe mphindi imodzi."
    
  Boomer anakweza maso ake ndikuyang'ana pa monitor. Ana angapo adathamangira pagalimoto kuti akawone ntchito ya zigawenga - poyamba adathamangitsidwa, koma patapita mphindi zochepa adaloledwa kuyang'anitsitsa. "Zikuwoneka ngati pali 'Tsiku la Ntchito' ku Tehran," adatero mokhumudwa.
    
  "Chokani ananu," anadandaula motero Wofunafunayo. "Palibe chitetezo kwa iwe kumeneko."
    
  "Osati chifukwa cha ife," adatero Boomer mozizira. Anadina batani la transmitter pa console yake. "The Ripper Amayitana Genesis."
    
  "Ndili pompano, Boomer," anayankha Lt. Gen. Patrick McLanahan, "nditaimirira" pamutu pake kumbuyo kwa Boomer ndikuyang'ana paphewa lake. Msilikali wazaka makumi awiri ndi chimodzi wa Air Force komanso wamkulu wa nyenyezi zitatu anali mkulu wa Elliott Air Force Base, Groom Lake, Nevada, nyumba ya High-End Aerospace Weapons Center, kapena HAWC. HAWC inapanga ndege ya XR-A9 Black Stallion, pamodzi ndi zida zina zambiri zamlengalenga ndi ndege, koma anali atsogoleri ngati Patrick McLanahan omwe adawona kuthekera kwa zida zoyeserazi ndikuziyika pamavuto omwe America kapena ogwirizana nawo angavutike. kuluza kwakukulu kapena kugonja. Wamfupi, wamphamvu wopanda kukhala wamkulu, wokhala ndi maso abuluu osasunthika komanso kumwetulira mwachangu, a Patrick McLanahan sanawonekere ngati katswiri wamphamvu, wotsimikiza mtima, wamantha, wozungulira padziko lonse lapansi komanso katswiri wodziwa bwino mbiri yake. Monga Boomer ndi Seeker, McLanahan anali kukhala katswiri wazoyenda zakuthambo-ulendo wake wachitatu wopita ku siteshoni yamlengalenga ya Armstrong m"miyezi ingapo.
    
  "Tili ndi njira yabwino, bwana," adatero Boomer, akugwedeza mutu wake. "Nthawi inonso, osati Kassam kapena Katyusha yaing'ono." Boomer adaphunzira nkhope ya wamkulu wa nyenyezi zitatu za Air Force, akuwona kuti maso ake akungoyang'ana uku ndi uku pa polojekiti - Boomer ankaganiza kuti sakuyang'ana pa mzinga wokha, komanso ana omwe anali atazinga chida chauchigawenga chodzipangira okha. woyambitsa. "Master Sergeant akuganiza kuti ndi mzinga wa Raad."
    
  Patrick sanamumve, koma patangopita mphindi zingapo anagwedeza mutu mosangalala. "Ndikuvomereza, Wofunafuna," adatero. "Chida cha Hezbollah chochokera ku zida zankhondo zaku Russia zankhondo. Warhead mazana awiri mapaundi, osavuta koma nthawi zambiri amagwira ntchito barometric fuze, kuphulika kwapakati pamlengalenga ndi kuphulika kwapambuyo, kuphulika kozungulira mayadi zana kapena kuposerapo, nthawi zambiri kumadzaza ndi magalasi, mayendedwe a mpira ndi zidutswa zazitsulo, komanso zophulika zamphamvu kuti zithe. kuonjezera chiwerengero cha ovulala. Chida chenicheni choopsa." Anapukusa mutu. "Koma pali anthu wamba ochuluka mozungulira. Lipoti lathu likuti panalibe anthu wamba ovulala ndipo kuwonongeka kwachikole kunali kochepa. Sankhani chandamale china, Boomer, pomwe padzakhala alendo ochepa. Tikhala ndi mwayi wambiri. "...
    
  "Sitikuwona zida zambiri za Raad, bwana," adatero Seeker. "Ichi si chida chodzipangira tokha, ndi chida chachifupi chowombera."
    
  "Ndikudziwa, Master Sergeant, koma zimene tidalamula n"zachindunji ndipo-" Panthawiyi, zigawengazo zinathamangitsanso anawo mwamphamvu, pamene woukira wina analumikiza mawaya oyatsira motowo kumchira wa roketiyo, n"kukonzekera zomaliza. kuyambitsa. "Tsopano," anatero Patrick. "Chotsani."
    
  "Inde, bwana," Boomer anayankha mwachidwi. Analowetsa malamulo mu kompyuta yake, kuyang'ana mayankho a kompyutayo, kenako anagwedeza mutu. "Tiyeni tizipita... Kuwerengera kwa roketi kutha...Zitseko zatseguka...Okonzeka... okonzeka... Tsopano yambitsani roketi." Anayang'ana nthawi yowerengera. "Osalola aliyense kuphethira, chifukwa izi sizitenga nthawi yayitali."
    
  Kudutsa pa Nyanja ya Caspian, makilomita mazana awiri mphambu makumi awiri kumpoto kwa Tehran, wophulitsa bomba wa EB-1D Vampire wopanda munthu adatsegula zitseko zake zophatikizira zapatsogolo ndi zapakati ndikuwombera mzinga umodzi waukulu. D-model Vampire inali ndege yosinthidwa ya US Air Force B-1B yosinthidwa ndi Advanced Aerospace Weapons Center kukhala sitima yankhondo yowuluka yautali yayitali yopanda munthu. Imatha kudziyendetsa yokha kuchokera pakunyamuka mpaka kukafika komaliza pogwiritsa ntchito njira yosinthira ndege, kapena imatha kuyendetsedwa kudzera pa satellite yakutali, ngati masewera a kanema a madola mamiliyoni ambiri, kuchokera pakompyuta ya laputopu yomwe ili paliponse.
    
  Chombo chomwe Vampire anali atangowombera kumene chinali chida chapamwamba kwambiri chopangidwa ndi akatswiri a HAWC. Dzina lake losadziwika linali XAGM-279A "SKYSTRICK", koma aliyense amene amadziwa kalikonse za mzinga uwu - ndipo panali anthu ochepa chabe padziko lonse lapansi omwe adachitcha "Swift". Chinali ngati mtanda pakati pa chipolopolo ndi cheza cha manta, chokhala ndi mphuno yosongoka ya carbon fiber ndi gawo lakutsogolo looneka ngati chipolopolo lotsogolera ku fuselage yopyapyala, yopyapyala ndi mchira wosongoka. Atakhazikika mumlengalenga, zida zinayi zolimba za rocket zidawombera, zomwe zidapangitsa chidacho kumtunda wopitilira Mach 3 ndi mapazi zikwi zana m'masekondi ochepa chabe.
    
  Mkati mwa masekondi asanu ndi atatu, injinizo zinazima ndipo mpweya wotambalala wosalala unatseguka pansi pa roketiyo. Mpweya wa supersonic udatengeka ndikukanikizidwa m'mawonekedwe anyumba za rocket zopanda kanthu, zosakanikirana ndi mafuta a jet ndikuyatsidwa ndi mphamvu zamphamvu za laser. Mphamvu zomwe zidapangitsa kuti mzingawo upitirire kuwirikiza kakhumi liwiro la phokoso m'masekondi ochepa chabe, ndipo mzingawo unaphimba mtunda pakati pa malo oyambira ndi chandamale m'kuphethira kwa diso, kukwera mamita mazana awiri pomwe kuchuluka kwake kumachepera. Roketiyo inawotcha mafuta ake onse a jet m"masekondi ochepa chabe, inatsika mofulumira, ndipo inayamba kutsikanso m"mlengalenga. Kutentha kwa kunja kukakhala m'malo otetezeka, gawo lakutsogolo lokhala ngati chipolopolo linasiyanitsidwa ndi gawo lothamangitsidwa, lomwe limangophulika pang'onopang'ono pakapita nthawi.
    
  Zing'onozing'ono zokhazikika zinayambira kutsogolo ndipo zinakhala zapamwamba kwambiri, zomwe zimatsogoleredwa ndi makompyuta omwe ali pa bolodi omwe amathandizidwa ndi zizindikiro zapadziko lonse lapansi. Masekondi khumi ndi asanu asanayambe kukhudzidwa, kapu yosungiramo katunduyo idatsekedwa, ndikuwulula kuphatikiza kwa ma millimeter wave radar ndi infrared scanner, ndipo warhead idayamba kutumiza ma siginecha kudzera pa satellite kupita ku Boomer ndi Seeker ku Dreamland. Chizindikiro chokhota pa chithunzi cha kanema chinali kutali ndi mayadi angapo, koma Wofufuzayo adagwiritsa ntchito trackball ndikugubuduza rectangle yokhotakhota pa chithunzicho, zomwe zidatumiza zowongolera kumutu wankhondo.
    
  Chithunzi cha kanema kuchokera pamutu wankhondo chinali chomveka bwino mpaka kukhudza. Patrick adawona mnyamata wina, wosapitirira zaka khumi ndi zisanu kapena khumi ndi zisanu ndi chimodzi, atavala chigoba ndipo atanyamula AK-47 yomwe inkawoneka ngati wamkulu ngati iye, yemwe adayang'ana molunjika pa milliseconds ya zida zomwe zinkayandikira chithunzicho chisanawonongeke. Patrick adadziwa kuti zida zankhondo zidakonzedwa kuti ziphulike gawo lakhumi la sekondi imodzi isanakhudze, ndikugawaniza zidazo kukhala zidutswa zing'onozing'ono, zothamanga kwambiri, ndikuwonjezera kuphulika kwa zida mpaka pafupifupi mayadi makumi anayi mpaka makumi asanu.
    
  "Kugunda kwachindunji!" Boomer anakuwa mosangalala. Anayang'ana pa control monitor ndikuomba m'manja. "Nthawi yonse kuyambira pakuzindikirika mpaka kukhudzidwa: masekondi makumi anayi ndi zisanu ndi zitatu mphambu zisanu ndi zinayi. Patsala mphindi imodzi yokha!
    
  Zili ngati mzinga wa Maverick, kapena chipolopolo chowombera, koma wowombera kuchokera pamtunda wa makilomita mazana awiri! - anadandaula Wofunafuna. Adasinthiranso ku chithunzi cha Global Hawk cha malo omwe akuwafunira ndikuyandikira pafupi kuti awone bwino pomwe zida za Swift zidakhudza. "Zida zabwino za mzindawo bwana, zomwe mumayembekezera. Ndi dzenje labwino kwambiri, pafupifupi mapazi khumi ndi asanu mpaka makumi awiri m'mimba mwake - zikuwoneka ngati malowo adakhomeredwa padenga la konkriti la garaja pansi - koma sindikuwona kuwonongeka kulikonse kwa nyumba zozungulira kupatula mazenera ochepa osweka. Ngakhale bomba laling'ono la mapaundi mazana awiri ndi makumi asanu likhoza kulowa m'makoma a nyumbayo moyang'anizana ndi malo ophulikawo."
    
  "Chifukwa chakuti Swift ilibe zida zophulika, palibe chomwe chingawononge chikole chilichonse," adatero Boomer. "Tidayika zida zophulika zowoneka bwino pamutu wankhondo kuti zigawike ma milliseconds zisanachitike, kuti tiwonjezere mphamvu ya chida ndikuwononga umboni wochuluka momwe tingathere. Zomwe akuyenera kupeza ndi tizidutswa ting'onoting'ono - "
    
  "O...ma...Mulungu," Wofunafunayo anapuma. Anayang'ana kunja kuti afufuze zozungulira zake mochulukira. Kunja kwa nyumbayo kunali magulu a anthu, mwina dazeni awiri, atagona m"mbali mwa msewu ndi mumsewu pamene ena ankawathandiza powayitana mwachidwi . "Chachitika ndi chani apa? Kodi anthuwa anachokera kuti, ndipo n"chifukwa chiyani akugona pansi chonchi? Kodi akuchokera m'nyumba ...?"
    
  "The Swift One ayenera kuti adayambitsa zida zankhondo za Raad," adatero Boomer. Onse adaphunzira chithunzicho mosamala pomwe Wofunafuna adagwiritsa ntchito kamera pamanja ndikuwonera. "Koma chikuchitika ndi chiyani? Anthu awa kumeneko sanali pafupi ndi malo omwe anaphulika, koma akunjenjemera ngati kuti anagundidwa. Kodi zinali zing'onozing'ono zochokera ku Ra'ad warhead? Swift ilibe zophulika - zonse ndi mphamvu ya kinetic. Kodi gulu lankhondo la Perisiya likuyandikira? Chikuchitikandi chiyani...?"
    
  "Mtambo wa zida zamagetsi," adatero Patrick.
    
  "Chani...?"
    
  "Zikuwoneka ngati mtambo wa zida za mankhwala ukufalikira kuchokera komwe mukufuna," adatero Patrick. Adaloza ku monitor. "Osaposa mapazi makumi atatu kuchokera kwa ife. Pano pali kachigawo kakang"ono ka mtambowo... Taonani, sikutuluka ngati mtambo wotuluka m"kuphulika kapena kutentha kwakukulu, koma umayenda mopingasa, ukuwombedwa ndi mafunde a mpweya." Anayang'anitsitsa. "Osagwedezeka ... ndizovuta kunena, koma zikuwoneka ngati akusisita m'maso ndi kumaso ndipo akuvutika kupuma. Ndikubetcha kuti ndizomwe zimayambitsa matuza... lewisite kapena phosgene. Mpweya wa mpiru ukhoza kutenga nthawi yaitali kuti ulepheretse munthu, ngakhale m'magulu akuluakulu ... tawonani, tsopano wina akugwa kumbali ina ya msewu. Mulungu, payenera kuti panali malita angapo a CW pankhondoyo. "
    
  "O Mulungu wanga," Wofunafunayo anadzuma. "Ndakhala ndikugwira ntchito ndi masensa akutali kwa zaka pafupifupi makumi awiri, ndipo sindinawonepo aliyense akufa chifukwa cha zida za mankhwala."
    
  "Ndikumva kuti mphamvu zomwe zilipo sizingakonde izi," adatero Patrick.
    
  "Kodi tizikumbukira Vampire, bwana?"
    
  "Ayi," Patrick anatero. "Tili ndi ma Swift ena atatu m'bwalo, ndipo Vampire ina yodzaza ndikudikirira kutumizidwa ku Mosul. Pitirizani kuyang'ana zigawenga zambiri. Zabwino kwambiri, Boomer. Kuphulika kwa mlengalenga kunagwira ntchito bwino kwambiri. Iphani opanduka ena ochepa m'malo mwathu.
    
  "Mwamvetsa, bwana," adatero Boomer mosangalala.
    
    
  ARMSTRONG SPACE STATION
  Patapita kanthawi
    
    
  Tsoka ilo, Patrick adakhala wolondola. Zithunzi za Global Hawk zidaulutsidwa kumadera angapo komanso ku Silver Tower, kuphatikiza malo ogwirira ntchito a Joint Chiefs of Staff ku Washington, ndipo kuchokera pamenepo adalandira foni yake yoyamba patangopita nthawi pang'ono: "Genesis, uyu ndi Rook." Linachokera kwa mkulu woyang'anira ntchito ku JCS operations center. "Chonde konzekerani." Kamphindi pambuyo pake, Mtsogoleri wa Air Force of Staff Gen. Charles A. Huffman anawonekera pa chakudya cha msonkhano wa kanema, akuwoneka wotumbululuka pang'ono koma akadali wokwiya kwambiri.
    
  Huffman, wamtali, wakuda komanso wachichepere kwambiri wokhala ndi mawonekedwe olimba, othamanga-ofanana ndi mzere wobwerera kumbuyo kuposa wothamanga, Boomer amaganiza - anali wofanana ndi mtsogoleri watsopano wankhondo waku America. Zaka zisanu kuchokera pamene zida za nyukiliya za ku Russia zinakantha dziko la United States, lotchedwa "American Holocaust," lomwe linapha anthu masauzande angapo, kuvulaza masauzande ambiri, kuwononga mabwalo angapo a ndege, ndi kuwononga pafupifupi mabomba onse a ku America. zida zidawonongeka, magulu ankhondo adadzaza ndi anyamata ndi atsikana amphamvu ofunitsitsa kuteteza dziko lawo, ndipo maofesala ambiri adakwezedwa pansi pazigawo zawo zazikulu ndikusankhidwa kukhala olamulira zaka zambiri izi zisanachitike. Kuonjezera apo, chifukwa atsogoleri akuluakulu omwe anali ndi chidziwitso chochuluka chomenyera nkhondo adakhalabe akuyang'anira magulu anzeru kapena malamulo akuluakulu, nthawi zambiri maofesala omwe sankadziwa bwino zankhondo amaikidwa m'malo otsogolera ndi ophunzitsira-ndipo chifukwa chakuti ofesi ya mkulu wa ogwira ntchito inkakhudzidwa kwambiri ndi kukonzekeretsa ndi kuphunzitsa. kumenya nkhondo m'malo mowatsogolera kunkhondo kunkawoneka ngati koyenera.
    
  Zomwezo zinalinso chimodzimodzi kwa Huffman: Patrick adadziwa kuti adachokera kumalo oyendetsa ndege, woyendetsa ndege, woyang'anira mapiko a Air Force ndi mapepala a layisensi, komanso mkulu wakale wa Air Force Materiel Command yemwe anali ndi nthawi yoposa zikwi khumi ndi zisanu zakuthawa paulendo wosiyanasiyana. , ndege zoyendetsa ndege ndi ndege zoyankhulirana mu mikangano iwiri, ndipo ali ndi chidziwitso chochuluka pa kayendetsedwe kazinthu, kayendetsedwe kazinthu, kuyesa ndi kuyesa. Monga mtsogoleri wakale wa Materiel Command, Huffman anali mtsogoleri wa zochitika pa Aerospace Advanced Weapons Center ku Elliott Air Force Base, ngakhale kuti ubale umenewo unali wotsogolera komanso wogwira ntchito, akuluakulu a HAWC adanena kwa Chairman wa Joint. Chiefs of Staff kapena mlembi wa chitetezo ku Pentagon, mlangizi wa chitetezo cha pulezidenti ku White House, kapena - osachepera Purezidenti wakale Kevin Martindale - mwachindunji kwa pulezidenti mwiniwake.
    
  Patrick anali asanagwirepo ntchito zogwirira ntchito, koma ankadziwa kuti maofesala oyendetsa zinthu amakonda dziko lawo kukhala laudongo, ladongosolo komanso lokonzekera momwe angathere. Ngakhale kuti anaphunzira kuyembekezera zosayembekezereka, iwo ankakonda kwambiri kuyembekezera, kuneneratu ndi kusamalira zosayembekezereka, choncho chirichonse chosayembekezereka sichinali cholandiridwa. Komabe, ankamudziwa Huffman, ndipo ankadziwa kuti ndi momwe Huffman ankakondera: palibe zodabwitsa. "McLanahan, chinachitika ndi chiyani kumeneko?"
    
  "Kuitana Genesis, bwerezaninso," anatero Patrick, akuyesa kukumbutsa mkulu wa asilikaliyo kuti ngakhale kuti kugwirizanako kunali kobisidwa mobisa ndiponso motetezereka monga momwe akanatha kukhalira, kunali maulumikizidwe a setilaiti otsegula kwambiri ndipo akanatha kumvedwa.
    
  "Ndife otetezeka kuno, McLanahan," adatero Huffman. "Kodi chikuchitika ndi chiyani? Zomwe zachitika?"
    
  "Tinawombera mfuti yophulitsa zigawenga ndipo mwachiwonekere tidaphulitsa zida zake zankhondo, bwana."
    
  "Mwamumenya ndi chiyani?"
    
  "XAGM-279 yokhala ndi kinetic warhead, bwana," Patrick adayankha, pogwiritsa ntchito nambala yoyesera ya Skystreak m'malo mwa dzina lake kuti asokoneze omvera. Lilibe pafupifupi zophulika zophulika-zongokwanira kuphwanya mutu wankhondo."
    
  Kodi XAGM-279 ndi chiyani? Mizinga yolondoleredwa mwaukadaulo?"
    
  Chifukwa cha chitetezo cha kulumikizana, Patrick adaganiza, akugwedeza mutu. Zaka zisanu zapita kuchokera ku America Holocaust ndi zaka zisanu ndi ziwiri kuyambira 9/11, ndipo anthu ambiri aiwala kapena kusiya njira zolimba zachitetezo zomwe zidakhazikitsidwa pambuyo pa ziwopsezo ziwirizi. "Inde, bwana," Patrick adayankha.
    
  "Mukukhazikitsidwa kuchokera ku B-1 yopanda anthu?"
    
  "Inde, bwana." Aliyense amene anamvetsera kukambitsirana kumeneku-ndipo Patrick sanadzinamize kuti mabungwe angapo kapena magulu osiyanasiyana padziko lonse lapansi angachite zimenezi mosavuta-akadatha kukhala atagwirizanitsa ntchito yawo yonse. "Masiku awiri apitawo ndidadziwitsa ogwira ntchito za opareshoni."
    
  "Zowopsa, McLanahan, unachenjeza za kuwonongeka kocheperako, osati azimayi ndi ana ambiri omwe agona mumsewu!" Huffman analira. "Ndi njira yokhayo yomwe tingagulitse malingaliro anu kwa Purezidenti."
    
  "Chidacho sichinawononge chilichonse, bwana. Chomwe chinachititsa kuti anthu wamba aphedwe ndi zida zankhondo zomwe zidaphulitsidwa ndi zida zoukira."
    
  "Kodi ukukhulupirira kuti pali wina amene amasamala?" Anatero Huffman. "Uku ndikulakwitsa kwakukulu, McLanahan. Atolankhani adzakhala ndi tsiku labwino kuyankhula za izi. " Patrick anakhala chete. "Pa?"
    
  "Sindikuganiza kuti ndi gulu langa lantchito kapena udindo wanga kudera nkhawa zomwe zida za adani zimachitira anthu wamba," adatero Patrick. "Ntchito yathu ndikusaka zigawenga zomwe zikuwombera miyala ku Tehran komwe kuli anthu ndikuwawononga."
    
  "Tadziwitsidwa ndi mamembala a Kagewa omwe ali mu gulu la zigawenga la Turkmen ndi azondi a Bujazi mu gulu lachitetezo la Mokhtaz kuti zigawenga zitha kugwiritsa ntchito zida zowononga nthawi iliyonse, McLanahan," adatero Huffman. Patrick adatsitsanso kuusa kwina kokwiyitsa: Huffman anali atangowulula kumene magwero awiri anzeru kwambiri - ngati wina akumva, magwerowa akadamwalira kwa masiku ochepa, mwina maola. "Mukadayenera kusintha njira zanu moyenera."
    
  "Njira zasinthidwa, bwana - ndalamulidwa kuti ndichepetse mabomba omwe amawombera pa siteshoni kuchoka pa atatu kufika pa mmodzi," Patrick anayankha. - ndi inu, adadziwonjezera yekha. "Koma tilibe chidziwitso chokwanira chokhudza mzindawu kuti tithane ndi kuchuluka kwa omwe adalembetsa. Ndikupangira kuti tikonzenso mabomba ena awiri kuti tithe kusaka zida zina zophulitsa zigawenga zigawenga zisanayambe kuphulitsa mzindawu ndi zida zankhondo."
    
  "Kodi wapenga, McLanahan?" Huffman adayankha. "Purezidenti alamula kuti pulogalamu yonse itseke chifukwa cha izi! Chinthu chomaliza chimene angachite ndi kutumiza mabomba ambiri kumeneko. Mosasamala kanthu, tidzatha sabata yonseyo kudziteteza tokha ku zoneneza za kutulutsa zida zankhondozi. Mudzakumbukira nthawi yomweyo ndege yanu, kenaka konzekerani kufunsa a CEO komanso onse ogwira ntchito zachitetezo cha dziko. Ndikufuna lipoti lathunthu la zochitika pa desiki langa mu ola limodzi. Zikumveka?"
    
  "Inde, bwana."
    
  "Ndipo zokambirana zikatha, chotsani bulu wanu pamalo okwerera mlengalenga," adatero Huffman. "Sindikudziwa chifukwa chomwe adanditsogolera adakulolani kuti mupite kumeneko, koma mulibe ufulu wodzikokera ku mulu woyandama wa mapaipi nthawi iliyonse yomwe mungafune. Ndikukufunani pano - ngati mutayankha nokha ku lamulo la dziko chifukwa cha cholakwika chinanso pa chiweruzo."
    
  "Inde, bwana," Patrick anayankha, koma pamene amalankhula, kufalitsa kunali kutatha kale. Anayimitsa kaye vidiyoyi, akuganiza kwakanthawi, kenako adati, "McLanahan akuyitanitsa Mace."
    
  Pa ngodya yakumunsi ya chinsalu chachikulu cha ntchito zambiri za Boomer, zenera lina linatsegulidwa ndipo adawona chithunzi cha Brigadier General Daren Mace, wogwira ntchito ndi wachiwiri kwa wamkulu wa Air Force Attack Wing ku Battle Mountain Air Reserve Base kumpoto kwa Nevada. Mapiko a mpweya ku Battle Mountain anali malo osungiramo nyumba komanso malo apakati oyendetsa mabomba osagwiritsidwa ntchito nthawi yaitali, ngakhale kuti akuluakulu a HAWC angaperekenso malangizo kwa oponya mabomba.
    
  "Inde, General?" Adayankha choncho Mace. Zaka zochepa chabe kuposa Patrick, Daren Mace anali wakale wakale wa B-1B Lancer Strategic Bomber OSO, kapena offense system officer, komanso wamkulu wamapiko oponya mabomba. Ukatswiri wake pamakina owukira a B-1 ndi kuthekera kwake kudapangitsa kuti asankhidwe kutsogolera gulu lankhondo la Air Force lautali wautali.
    
  "Kumbukirani ma vampire otembereredwa," Patrick adalamula mosawoneka bwino.
    
  "Koma bwana, tikadali ndi ma Swifties ena atatu mu Vampire, ndipo ali ndi maola ena osachepera awiri kuti abwerere ku bwalo la ndege la Batman ku Turkey," adatero Boomer. "Intelligence idatiuza kuti-"
    
  "Mayeso ogwirira ntchito adachita bwino, Boomer ndizomwe timafunikira kuti tidziwe," adatero Patrick, akusisita akachisi ake. Anapukusa mutu mogonja. "Kumbukirani Vampire tsopano, General Mace," adatero mwakachetechete, akutsitsa mutu wake, mawu ake akumveka otopa kwambiri.
    
  "Inde, bwana," anayankha motero woyendetsa mabomba wodziŵa bwino ntchitoyo. Analemba malangizowo mu kiyibodi pa kompyuta yake. "Vampire" pobwerera ku bwalo la ndege la Batman ku Turkey, bwana, mkati mwa mphindi makumi anayi ndi zisanu. Nanga bwanji maulendo otsatila?
    
  "Asungeni m"mahanga mpaka nditapereka lamulo," Patrick anayankha.
    
  "Nanga bwanji mthunzi wathu, bwana?" - Daren adafunsa.
    
  Patrick anayang'ana monitor ina. Inde, inali idakalipo: ndege ya ndege ya ku Russia ya MiG-29 Fulcrum, imodzi mwa zingapo zomwe zinali pafupi ndi bombalo kuyambira pomwe idayamba kulondera, nthawi zonse mkati mwa mtunda wa kilomita imodzi kapena ziwiri kuchokera ku Vampire, osachitapo kanthu. koma ndithudi angathe kuukira pa mphindi iliyonse. Iye ndithudi anali ndi mpando wakutsogolo ku chiwonetsero cha SkySTREAK. Wophulitsa bomba wa Vampire anatenga zithunzi zingapo za womenyayo ndi kamera yake ya digito yodziwika bwino kwambiri, yofotokoza zambiri kotero kuti amatha kuwerenga dzina la woyendetsayo lomwe lidalembedwa kutsogolo kwa suti yake.
    
  "Ngati akufuna Vampire, muwombereni nthawi yomweyo," adatero Patrick. "Kupanda kutero tilola izi-"
    
  Ndipo panthawiyo anamva mawu opangidwa ndi kompyuta akulengeza kuti: "Chenjerani, tcherani khutu, kuwomba roketi! SPEAR system yatsegulidwa!"
    
  Patrick anapukusa mutu ndikupumira mokweza. "Sewerani, timu," adatero. "Nkhondoyi ikuyamba lero, ndipo ilibe kanthu ndi Perisiya." Anayang'ana pakompyuta ya Battle Mountain command center. "Mubise munthu wapathengo uja, Darren," Patrick anatero pa wailesi.
    
  "Wavulala bwana," anatero Daren.
    
    
  ******
    
    
  Wophulitsa bomba wa Vampire atangozindikira kuyambika kwa mizinga, njira yake yodzitchinjiriza yatsopano kwambiri komanso yamphamvu kwambiri idayambitsidwa: ALQ-293 SPEAR, kapena Self-Defense Rapid Response Electronic System. Magawo akulu a chipolopolo cha EB-1D Vampire adakonzedwanso kuti akhale ngati mlongoti wowopsa wamagetsi womwe umatha kutumiza ndikulandila ma siginecha osiyanasiyana amagetsi, kuphatikiza radar, laser, radio, ngakhale ma code code apakompyuta.
    
  Mig radar itazindikirika, SPEAR nthawi yomweyo idayika radar, idaphunzira mapulogalamu ake, ndikupanga njira yoti isangoyimitsa ma frequency ake, komanso kulumikizana ndi digito ya radar yokha. Kuwombera kwa mizinga kutazindikirika, SPEAR idatumiza malamulo ku makina owongolera moto a MiG kuti alangize mizingayo kuti isinthe nthawi yomweyo kupita ku infrared homing mode, kenako kuyimitsa ulalo wowongolera wa digito kuchokera kwa womenyayo. Miviyo idangozimitsa ma radar awo ndikuyatsa makina awo a infrared homing, koma anali kutali kwambiri ndi bomba la Vampire kuti adziwike ndi sensor yofunafuna kutentha, ndipo miviyo idagwa mopanda vuto mu Nyanja ya Caspian osazindikira zomwe akufuna.
    
  Koma MTIMA sunali wokonzeka. Mivi itawombedwa, SPEAR idatumiza malangizo a digito ku MiG-29 kudzera pamagetsi owongolera moto kuti ayambe kutseka makina oyendetsedwa ndi makompyuta a ndegeyo. Chimodzi ndi chimodzi, kuyenda, kuyang'anira injini, kuyendetsa ndege, ndi mauthenga amadzitseka okha.
    
  Mwamphindi pang'ono, woyendetsa ndegeyo adadzipeza atakhala mu glider yopanda phokoso komanso yakuda, ngati atakhala panjira yapanyumba yake.
    
  Ku mbiri yake, woyendetsa ndege wakale sanachite mantha ndi kutulutsa - sanathe kuwongolera, komabe, koma basi ... chabwino, adakomoka. Panatsala chinthu chimodzi chokha: zimitsani masiwichi onse kuti muyambitsenso makompyuta, kenaka mutembenuzire zonse ndikuyembekeza kuti atha kuyimitsa ndege yake yolumala isanagwere mu Nyanja ya Caspian. Anasintha ndandanda yake n"kuika pamasamba akuti ASATANA NDI MPHAMVU PAmasamba ndipo anayamba kuzimitsa makina onse m"ndegemo. Chithunzi chake chomaliza pawindo chinali kuyang'ana bomba lalikulu la ku America la B-1 likutembenukira kumanzere, ngati kuti akugwedeza mapiko akutsazikana ndi Mrasha, ndikuwulukira kumpoto chakumadzulo, akuthamanga mofulumira ndikuzimiririka.
    
  Palibe m'gulu lankhondo laku Russia lomwe adamaliza mndandanda wazinthu mwachangu kuposa iye. Anatsika kuchokera pa mapazi zikwi makumi anai ndi ziwiri kufika pa mapazi zikwi zinayi pamwamba pa Nyanja ya Caspian asanathe kutseka ndege yake, kuyimitsanso, ndikupangitsanso injini kuyendanso . Mwamwayi, mizimu yoipa iliyonse yomwe inali ndi MiG-29 yake inalibenso.
    
  Kwakanthawi kochepa, woyendetsa ndege waku Russia Miga adaganiza zothamangitsa bomba la ku America mosatekeseka ndi radar ndikubzala zipolopolo za mizinga mumchira wake - akadayimbidwa mlandu wotsala pang'ono kugwa ndege yake, bwanji osapita kutchuka koopsa? - koma atangoganiza pang'ono, adaganiza kuti linali lingaliro lopusa. Sanadziwe chomwe chidayambitsa kuyimitsidwa modabwitsa-kodi chidali chida cha ku America kapena kuwonongeka mu ndege yake? Kuphatikiza apo, bomba la ku America silinayambitsenso zida zilizonse zomwe zitha "kulakwitsa" ngati kuwukira. Iyi sinali nkhondo pakati pa America ndi Russia ...
    
  ...ngakhale ankaona ngati akhoza kusanduka mmodzi nthawi iliyonse.
    
    
  ******
    
    
  "Tiyeni titengeko ndikukonzekera kubwerera ku HAWC, Boomer," adatero Patrick atatsimikiza kuti bomba la EB-1C Vampire likubwerera ku Batman AFB ku Turkey. Mawu ake ankamveka wotopa kwambiri, ndipo maonekedwe ake ankaoneka wotopa kwambiri. "Ntchito yabwino. Dongosololi likuwoneka kuti likuyenda bwino. Tatsimikizira kuti titha kuwongolera ma drones kuchokera ku Silver Tower. Izi ziyenera kutipatsa ndalama zothandizira kwa chaka china. "
    
  "General, si vuto lanu kuti opandukawo anali ndi gulu la ana pamene Skystreak anaukira, kapena kuti ananyamula mzinga wa Raad ndi mpweya wakupha," Hunter Noble anayankha, akuyang'ana Master Sergeant Lucas ndi nkhawa.
    
  "Ndikudziwa, Boomer," Patrick adatero, "komabe sizimapangitsa kuti zikhale zosavuta kuwona amuna, akazi ndi ana osalakwa akumwalira chonchi."
    
  "Bwana, ife tiri pano, Vampire yadzaza, Skystreaks ikugwira ntchito bwino, ndipo mosakayikira pali zipolopolo zomwe zili ndi zida zakupha zakupha kwinakwake," adatero Boomer. "Ndikuganiza kuti tiyenera kukhala ndipo-"
    
  "Ndakumva, Boomer, koma tidayang'ana dongosolo - ndicho chinali cholinga cha mishoni," adatero Patrick.
    
  "Cholinga chathu china chinali kuyesa kuwongolera oponya mabomba ndi zida zina," Boomer adamukumbutsa. "Tinali ndi vuto lokwanira kupeza chivomerezo ndi ndalama zothandizira ntchitoyi - kupeza chivomerezo cha ntchito ina kuti tichite zomwe tingathe kuchita paulendo wa pandege kukanakhala kovuta kwambiri."
    
  "Ndikudziwa, ndikudziwa," Patrick anatero motopa. "Ndifunsa, Boomer, koma sindikudalira. Tiyenera kusanthula deta, kukonzekera lipoti lachidule ndikudziwitsa bwana. Tiyeni tifike."
    
  "Koma bwana-"
    
  "Tikumanenso pano pakatha khumi, Boomer," Patrick pamapeto pake anatero, akudzikweza pa nangula wake ndikulunjika ku gawo logona.
    
  "Ankawoneka kuti akuvutikira," adatero Seeker pambuyo posiya gawo lowongolera. Boomer sanayankhe. "Nanenso zinandidabwitsa. Thanzi lanu lili bwino?"
    
  "Anali ndi mayendedwe ovuta kuno," adatero Boomer. "Zonse zolowera munjira zinali zovuta kwa iye, koma akupitiliza kuwuluka kuno. Ndikuganiza kuti kukankhira komaliza kunamuchotsa zambiri. Mwinanso asapitenso maulendo amenewa. "
    
  "Zikadakhala zikuwona anthu awa akuphedwa chonchi," adatero Seeker. "Ndawonapo zotsatira za kuukira kwa mizinga motsogozedwa nthawi zambiri, koma mwanjira ina kuukira kwa zida za biochemical ... ndikosiyana, mukudziwa? Zachiwawa zambiri. " Anayang'ana Boomer mwachidwi, osatha kuwerenga mawu ake osalankhula. "Kodi izi zakudabwitsani inunso, Boomer?"
    
  "Chabwino..." Ndiyeno anagwedeza mutu wake n"kuwonjezera kuti, "Ayi, zimenezo si zoona, Wofunafuna. Zomwe ndikufuna kuchita tsopano ndikusaka anthu oyipa. Sindikumvetsa chifukwa chake jeneraliyo amafuna kuthetsa izi mwachangu chotere. "
    
  "Mwamva amfumu, bwana," anatero Wofunafunayo. "General amafuna kutumiza mabomba ena awiri."
    
  "Ndikudziwa, ndikudziwa". Boomer adawunika gawoli. "Zomwe tingachite pasiteshoniyi ndizodabwitsa, Sergeant, zodabwitsa - tiyenera kuloledwa kutero. Tiyenera kutsimikizira mphamvu zomwe titha kuyika Air Force pamakutu ake. Sitingachite zimenezo ngati titulutsa ndege zathu pamene mwana wamng"ono wa mailosi zikwi khumi agwidwa ndi moto. Sindikukhulupirira kuti maso a mkulu wankhondo adachita mdima chonchi. "
    
  Master Sergeant Lucas adayang'ana Boomer mwaukali. "Kodi mungandiuzeko, bwana?" - iye potsiriza anafunsa.
    
  "Pitani patsogolo, Seeker ... kapena ndi 'Master Sergeant' tsopano?"
    
  "Sindinakhale ndi HAWC kwa nthawi yayitali - osati utali wa inu," adatero Lucas, osanyalanyaza mawu onyozawo, "ndipo sindikumudziwa General McLanahan bwino lomwe, koma munthu ameneyo ndi ngwazi yayikulu m'buku langa. Anakhala zaka pafupifupi makumi awiri akuyika bulu wake pachiwopsezo pankhondo zapadziko lonse lapansi. Anathamangitsidwa mu Air Force kawiri, koma adabwerera chifukwa adadzipereka ku dziko lake ndi ntchito yake. "
    
  "Eya, sindimulankhula moyipa munthuyo"
    
  "Mnyamata" yemwe mukumutchulayo, bwana, ndi mkulu wa nyenyezi zitatu ku United States Air Force ndipo amatsogolera malo akuluakulu komanso apamwamba kwambiri ofufuza zamlengalenga mu asilikali a US," Lucas adamudula mawu mokwiya. "General McLanahan ndi palibe choperewera ndi nthano." Anawomberedwa, kuwomberedwa, kuphulitsidwa, kumenyedwa, kunyozedwa, kumangidwa, kuchotsedwa ntchito ndi kutchula dzina lililonse lomwe linali m'buku. Anataya mkazi wake, bwenzi lake lapamtima ndi antchito ambiri omwe anali pansi pa ulamuliro wake. komano muli apolisi kale...zaka zisanu ndi ziwiri? Eight? Ndiwe mainjiniya waluso, woyendetsa ndege waluso komanso wamlengalenga-"
    
  "Koma?" - Ndidafunsa.
    
  "Koma simuli m"gulu la akazembe, bwana-kutali, kutali kwambiri ndi zimenezo," Lucas anapitiriza. "Inu mulibe chidziwitso ndipo simunasonyeze kudzipereka kofanana ndi kwa mkulu wankhondo. Simuli oyenerera kuweruza mkulu wa asilikali-ndithudi, m"lingaliro langa, bwana, simunapeze ufulu wolankhula za iye mwanjira imeneyi."
    
  "Ukukhala ngati ukuyankhula nane pompano?"
    
  "Lembani za ine ngati mukufuna, bwana, koma sindikufuna kuti mutengere wamkulu monga choncho," adatero Lucas motsimikiza. Anatuluka m'chitonthozo chake ndikusiyana ndi mutu waukulu ndi kugwedezeka kwaukali komanso kubangula kwakukulu! zopangidwa ndi Velcro. "Ndikuthandizani kutsitsa deta ya sensor ndikukonzekera lipoti la wamkulu, ndipo ndikhala wokondwa kukuthandizani kukonzekera Black Stallion kuti mutsegule ... kuti mutha kupita kunyumba mwachangu, bwana." Ananenanso mawu oti "bwana," omwe amamveka ngati "mongrel," ndipo kugunda sikunathawe Boomer.
    
  Ndi thandizo lokwiya komanso lokwiya la Seeker - osanenapo kuti sanalankhule kwambiri akugwira ntchito - Boomer adachitika mwachangu. Adatumiza zomwe adapeza komanso zomwe adapeza kwa general. "Zikomo, Boomer," McLanahan adayankha pa wailesi. "Tikukonzekera kukhala ndi msonkhano wamakanema mkati mwa mphindi makumi asanu ndi anayi. Ndinamva kuti Chairman wa Joint Chiefs of Staff ndi National Security Adviser apitako. Upumule kwa kanthaŵi ndipo upumule."
    
  "Ndili bwino, bwana," anayankha Boomer. "Ndibisala mu Skybolt, nditengere imelo yanga, ndikuyang'ana atsikana anga."
    
  "Asungwana ... ambiri?"
    
  "Sindikudziwa - tiwona zomwe maimelo anena," adatero Boomer. "Palibe aliyense ngati ine yemwe amasowa kwa masiku ndi masabata angapo, ndipo sindingathe kuwauza kuti ndakhala ndikupha zigawenga kupita kugehena."
    
  "Mwina sangakhulupirire mutawauza."
    
  "Amayi omwe ndimakhala nawo sadziwa malo opangira mafuta - ndipo ndimakonda," adatero Boomer. Sakudziwa kapena sasamala zomwe ndimachita. Zomwe akufuna ndi chidwi komanso nthawi yabwino mtawuni, ndipo ngati sachipeza, amapita kosiyana. "
    
  "Zikumveka ngati wosungulumwa."
    
  "Ndicho chifukwa chake nthawi zonse ndimakonda kukhala ndi mbedza zambiri, bwana," adatero Boomer.
    
  "Pakhoza kukhala zowombera moto ngati zitakumana wina ndi mzake, hu?"
    
  "Timalumikizana nthawi zonse, bwana," adatero Boomer. "Palibe kudzitama, zoona chabe. Monga ndidanenera, zomwe akufuna ndi chidwi, ndipo amapeza chidwi chochulukirapo ngati anthu atawawona ali m'manja ndi khanda lina lotentha. Komanso, ngati pali zokambirana. "...
    
  "Dikirani, dikirani, ndikudziwa, Boomer: 'Ngati pali zokambirana, simuyenera kutenga nawo mbali," Patrick adayankha ndikuseka. ndiuze angati akuyembekezera iwe." bwererani. Tikumane mu gawo lolamula mumphindi makumi asanu ndi limodzi kuti tiyesere galu wathu ndi pony show.
    
  "Inde, bwana," Boomer anayankha. McLanahan asanamwalire, adafunsa, "Uh, General?"
    
  "Pitirizani".
    
  "Pepani ngati ndinatuluka pamzere kale."
    
  "Ndikuyembekeza kuti mudzagawana nane malingaliro anu ndi momwe mumaonera nthawi iliyonse, Boomer, makamaka pa ntchito," adatero Patrick. "Ngati mulibe mzere, sindikayika kukudziwitsani."
    
  "Ndinakwiya kwambiri ndikuwona zigawenga zija zikuyika mzinga wokhala ndi zida zankhondo zowopsa. Zomwe ndimafuna kuchita zinali kuphulitsa ena angapo. "
    
  "Ndakumva. Koma ndikofunikira kwambiri kuti tiyambitse pulogalamuyi. Tonse tikudziwa kuti tidzatsutsidwa pazomwe zidachitika ku Tehran - kuponya zida zambiri sikukanatithandiza. "
    
  "Mwina kuwonongedwa kwa zigawenga zina zingapo kungawakakamize kugwada pansi ndikubisala m'maenje awo kwa masiku angapo."
    
  "Tili ndi zida zodabwitsa zomwe tili nazo, Boomer - tisalole kuti mphamvu zipite pamitu yathu," Patrick anatero moleza mtima. "Ichi chinali chiyeso chogwira ntchito, osati ntchito yeniyeni. Ndikudziwa kuti ndikuyesa kusewera Zeus ndi mivi yochepa ya SkySTREAK, koma sizomwe tabwera. Tikumane nane kuno mkati mwa makumi asanu ndi limodzi.
    
  "Inde, bwana," iye anayankha. A General General atangotsala pang'ono kuchoka, Boomer adadziwonetsa yekha kuti General akuwoneka wotopa kwambiri kuposa momwe analiri nthawi ina iliyonse kuyambira pomwe siteshoniyi idayamba - mwina kuphatikiza kuwonera zida za mankhwala zikutulutsidwa komanso kuwuluka kwa mwezi ndi mwezi kudayamba kumukhudza. Boomer anali theka la usinkhu wake, ndipo nthawi zina nkhawa zapaulendo, makamaka kutembenuka kwaposachedwa, njira zapamwamba za G ndi maulendo angapo omenyera omwe amawuluka, zidamufooketsa mwachangu.
    
  Boomer anasambira kubwerera ku chipinda cha ogwira ntchito, anatenga makutu ake opanda zingwe ndi maso amakanema, ndipo anasambira kupita ku Skybolt laser module "pansi" pa siteshoni. Skybolt inali chitsanzo champhamvu kwambiri komanso chotsutsana kwambiri chaukadaulo wapasiteshoniyi, laser yamagetsi yaulere ya gigawatt yamphamvu kwambiri yoboola mlengalenga wa Dziko Lapansi ndikusungunula chitsulo m'masekondi pang'ono. Polumikizidwa ndi ma radar a Silver Tower ndi masensa ena, Skybolt imatha kugunda malo akulu akulu a magalimoto ndikuwotcha zida zankhondo zonse kupatula akasinja apamwamba kwambiri omenyera nkhondo. Bungwe la United Nations lakhala likutchedwa "chida chowonongera anthu ambiri" ndi adani onse a ku America, ndipo kwa zaka zambiri, bungwe la United Nations lakhala likufuna kuti chidachi chizimitsidwa, ndipo bungwe loona za chitetezo cha ku America lokhalo ndi lomwe lachititsa kuti chikhale chamoyo.
    
  Anne Page, wopanga mapulogalamu, woyendetsa, komanso woimira wamkulu wa Skybolt, anali padziko lapansi akukonzekera kuchitira umboni ku Congress chifukwa chake ndalama za zida ziyenera kupitilira, ndipo Boomer adadziwa kuti ndi ena ochepa pasiteshoniyi omwe adayandikirapo chinthucho-" Skybolt idayendetsedwa ndi MHDG, kapena jenereta ya magnetohydrodynamic, yomwe idagwiritsa ntchito zida ziwiri zazing'ono za nyukiliya kutumiza mwachangu mtsinje wachitsulo chosungunula mmbuyo ndi mtsogolo kudzera m'maginito kuti apange mphamvu yochulukirapo yofunikira ndi laser, ndipo palibe kuchuluka kwa zishango zoteteza kapena kutsimikizira kwa Ann. akhoza kuchotsa aliyense ... kapena mantha - zomwe zikutanthauza kuti nthawi zambiri ankalowa mu gawoli kuti akhazikitse mtima pang'ono. The Skybolt module inali pafupi kotala kukula kwa ma modules akuluakulu a siteshoni, kotero inali yochepetsetsa mkati ndi yodzaza ndi mapaipi, mawaya, ndi makompyuta osiyanasiyana ndi zigawo zina, koma phokoso lofewa la mapampu oyendetsa galimoto a MHDG ndi makompyuta abwino kwambiri. ndi zida zoyankhulirana zidapangitsa kuti Boomer akhale malo omwe amakonda kwambiri kuti azicheza nawo.
    
  Boomer adalumikiza mahedifoni ake ndi maso amakanema pamakompyuta a module, adalowa ndikuyamba kutsitsa imelo. Ngakhale mahedifoni ndi magalasi otetezera zinali vuto, panalibe zinsinsi zochepa kwambiri mu Silver Tower, ngakhale m'matumba akuluakulu, kotero mawonekedwe okhawo achinsinsi anali ochepa pa malo pakati pa makutu. Aliyense ankaganiza kuti ngati ogwira ntchito pazinsinsi zapamwamba, zapamwamba za Aerospace Weapons Center anali m'malo okwerera mlengalenga, ndiye kuti zonse zomwe zikubwera ndi zotuluka zamtundu uliwonse zidajambulidwa ndikuwunikidwa, kotero "chinsinsi" chinali lingaliro lopanda kanthu.
    
  Zinali zabwino kuti adzivutitsa kuyika zida, chifukwa maimelo amakanema ochokera kwa atsikana ake sanapangidwe kuti aziwonedwe ndi anthu. Kanema wa Chloe anali wofanana: "Boomer, uli kuti gehena?" Zinayamba ndi Chloe atakhala kutsogolo kwa vidiyo foni yake ndikudzijambula yekha. "Ndayamba kutopa ndi inu kuzimiririka chonchi. Palibe amene angandiuze zoyipa. Sergeant amene amayankha foni ayenera kuchotsedwa ntchito, fagot. " Chloe adatcha mwamuna aliyense yemwe sanamugwire nthawi yomweyo kuti ndi "fagot," akukhulupirira kuti kukhala gay ndi chifukwa chokhacho chomwe mwamuna wabwinobwino sangafune kuti achite naye nthawi yomweyo.
    
  Anayimilira kwakanthawi, mawonekedwe ake akufewetsa pang'ono, ndipo Boomer adadziwa kuti chiwonetserochi chatsala pang'ono kuyamba, "Kulibwino usakhale ndi hule watsitsi latsitsi, Tammy kapena Teresa, kapena dzina lake lomwe ndi liti." Muli kunyumba kwake, sichoncho, kapena awiri inu mudawulukira ku Mexico kapena Hawaii, sichoncho? Inu nonse mwangopeka ndipo mukuyang'ana imelo yanu akusamba, sichoncho? " Chloe anayika vidiyoyo patebulo, namasula bulawuzi yake, ndikutulutsa mabere ake akulu olimba pansi pa bra wake. "Ndiroleni ndikukumbutseni, Boomer, zomwe mukusowa pano." Analowetsa chala chake mkamwa mwake, kenako anazungulira mawere ake. "Bweretsa bulu wako kuno ndipo usiye kucheza ndi mahule onunkha aja." Anamwetulira monyengerera, kenako adadula foni.
    
  "Wopenga bitch," Boomer anang'ung'udza pomwe akupitilizabe kusanthula mauthenga ake, koma adatsimikiza kuti amupeza akangobwerako. Pambuyo powonera mauthenga owonjezera, adayima ndipo nthawi yomweyo adalowetsa code kuti apeze seva ya intaneti ya satellite. Phindu linanso la njira yatsopano yapamlengalenga yaku America, yokhazikika pa siteshoni yamlengalenga ya Armstrong, inali kupezeka kwapafupipafupi kwa intaneti yapadziko lonse lapansi kudzera m'magulu a nyenyezi opitilira 100 otsika omwe amapereka intaneti yotsika kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi, kuphatikiza ma geostationary khumi. ma satellites omwe adapereka mwayi wofikira pa intaneti mwachangu kwambiri kumadera ambiri aku Northern Hemisphere.
    
  "Palibe adilesi ya IP, palibe zowonjezera, palibe ID ya seva yogwira pagulu - iyenera kukhala yochokera kumlengalenga," adayankha a John Masters, patadutsa nthawi yayitali atakhazikitsa kulumikizana kwapavidiyo ku adilesi yotetezedwa. John Masters anali wachiwiri kwa purezidenti wa Sky Masters Inc., kampani yaying'ono yofufuza ndi chitukuko yaukadaulo wapamwamba kwambiri yomwe idapanga ndikupereka zilolezo zaukadaulo wosiyanasiyana wa zakuthambo, kuchokera ku ma microsatellites kupita ku ma accelerator amlengalenga. Masters, wasayansi komanso mainjiniya omwe ali ndi ma Ph.D angapo ndipo amawonedwa kuti ndi m'modzi mwa akatswiri opanga komanso oganiza bwino kwambiri zakuthambo padziko lapansi, adayambitsa kampani yake ali ndi zaka makumi awiri ndi zisanu, ndipo adawonekabe ndikuchita zinthu ngati ngwazi, wowoneka bwino, komanso wosavuta. - kupita patsogolo. "Zikomo pondiyimbiranso, Boomer."
    
  "Palibe vuto, John."
    
  "Zili bwanji kumeneko?"
    
  "Zabwino. Chabwino."
    
  "Ndikudziwa kuti sungalankhule za izi pa seva ya satana, ngakhale zitabisidwa. Ndikungofuna kuonetsetsa kuti uli bwino. "
    
  "Zikomo. Ndili bwino ".
    
  Panali kupuma pang'ono; ndiye: "Iwe ukumveka wokhumudwa pang'ono, bwenzi langa."
    
  "Ayi".
    
  "Chabwino". Kupuma kwina. "Ndiye. Mukuganiza bwanji pamalingaliro anga?
    
  "Ndiwowolowa manja kwambiri, John," adatero Boomer. "Sindikudziwa ngati ndiyenera kuchita izi."
    
  "Sindingakuuze izi ngati sindikuganiza kuti ungavomereze."
    
  "Ndipo nditha kuchita chilichonse chomwe ndikufuna?"
    
  "Chabwino, tikukhulupirira kuti titha kukuthandizani kuti mutithandize pama projekiti ena," atero a Masters, "koma ndikufuna kuti muchite zomwe mukuchita bwino kwambiri: ganizirani zakunja ndikupanga mapulojekiti atsopano, anzeru komanso opatsa chidwi." Sindikuyesera kusewera kapena kutsitsa msika wazamlengalenga, Boomer - ndikuyesera kuupanga . Izi ndi zomwe ndikufuna kuti muchite. Simungayankhe kwa wina aliyense koma ine, ndipo mutha kusankha gulu lanu, ma protocol anu, njira yanu yopangira, ndi nthawi yanu yomaliza - pachifukwa, inde. Mukundichotsa pakiyi ndi malingaliro anu, ndipo ndikuthandizani mpaka kumapeto. "
    
  "Ndipo ichi ndiye chiŵerengero cha bajeti cha labu yanga ...?"
    
  "Inde?" - Ndidafunsa.
    
  "Kodi izi ndi zoona, John?"
    
  "Izi ndi poyambira chabe, Boomer ndiye wocheperako," Masters adaseka. "Muzifuna zolembedwa, ingonenani, koma ndikutsimikizirani kuti mudzakhala ndi bajeti yochuluka yomanga gulu lofufuza ndikuwunika ntchito zanu."
    
  "Ngakhale zili choncho, sikokwanira gulu lonse. Ndidzafunika-"
    
  "Simukumvetsa, Boomer," Masters adasokoneza mosangalala. "Ndalamazi ndi zanu ndi gulu lanu nokha ndipo sizimagawidwa kwa aliyense mu dipatimenti yanu, mapulojekiti omwe alipo, kapena mapulogalamu kapena matekinoloje ovomerezedwa ndi kampani."
    
  "Mukunena zowona!"
    
  "Ndili wowopsa ngati matenda amtima, m'bale," adatero Masters. "Ndipo sichifukwa cha zinthu monga mtengo wamakampani onse, kutsata malamulo kapena chitetezo, koma chifukwa cha ndalama zomwe gulu lanu limagwira komanso ntchitoyo. Ndikukhulupirira kupatsa mainjiniya athu abwino zida zomwe amafunikira kuti agwire ntchito yawo. "
    
  "Sindikukhulupirira izi. Sindinamvepo za kampani yaying'ono ngati iyi yomwe ikugulitsa ndalama zotere."
    
  "Khulupirirani, Boomer," adatero Masters. "Titha kukhala ochepa, koma tili ndi osunga ndalama komanso gulu la oyang'anira omwe amaganiza zazikulu ndikuyembekeza kuti zinthu zazikulu zichitike."
    
  "Opanga ndalama? Gulu la oyang'anira...?"
    
  "Tonse timayankha kwa wina, Boomer," adatero Masters. "Ndinayendetsa kampani yanga ndekha ndi gulu la otsogolera osankhidwa bwino, ndipo zonse zidayenda bwino mpaka ntchitozo zidacheperachepera komanso ndalama zidachepa. Panali osunga ndalama ambiri omwe ankafuna kukhala nawo pa zomwe tinali kuchita pano, koma palibe amene akufuna kuika mazana a madola mamiliyoni muwonetsero wa munthu mmodzi. Ndife pagulu ndipo sindinenso purezidenti, koma aliyense akudziwa kuti ndine munthu amene amachita zozizwitsa."
    
  "Sindikudziwa..."
    
  "Osadandaula za bolodi, Boomer. Inu lipoti kwa ine. Kumbukirani, ndikupangirani kuti mugwire ntchito pa senti iliyonse. Ndikuyembekezera zinthu zazikulu kuchokera kwa inu, ndipo ndikuyikani nsikidzi m'makutu mwanu pazomwe ndikudziwa kapena kupeza zopempha zaboma pazofunsira, koma monga ndidanenera, sindikufuna kuti mudikire soseji. mu Pentagon atiuza zomwe angafune - ndikufuna kuti tiwuze zomwe akufuna. Ndiye mukuti bwanji? Kodi muli mkati?
    
  "Ndikuganiza, John."
    
  "Chabwino. Palibe vuto. Ndikudziwa kuti kudzipereka kwanu ku Air Force kumatha miyezi isanu ndi itatu, sichoncho? Boomer ankaganiza kuti a John Masters amadziwa izi mpaka tsiku lomwe kudzipereka kwake kwa maphunziro ku maphunziro oyendetsa ndege a Air Force kunatha. "Ndikutsimikizirani kuti izi zisanachitike adzakupatsani ma komishoni pafupipafupi komanso bonasi yayikulu. Angayese kukuletsani ponena kuti muli ndi luso lapadera, koma tidzathana nazo ngati kuli kofunikira. Ndili ndi mapangano okwanira ndi Air Force ndi anzanga okwanira ku Pentagon kuti ndiwakakamize kuti azilemekeza zisankho zanu. Kumapeto kwa tsikulo, simupita kukagwira ntchito kukampani yandege kapena kukhala mlangizi kapena wokopa anthu-mudzagwira ntchito kukampani yomwe imawapangira zida za m"badwo wotsatira."
    
  "Zikumveka zokopa."
    
  "Ndikukayikira, Boomer," adatero John Masters. "Musadere nkhawa kalikonse. Chinthu chinanso, bwanawe. Ndikudziwa kuti ndine wamkulu kuposa iwe, mwina wamkulu mokwanira kukhala atate wako ngati ndinayamba msanga kwambiri, kotero ndingakuchenjeze pang"ono."
    
  "Ndi chiyani ichi, John?"
    
  "Ndikudziwa kuyesera kukuuzani kuti musavutike, sewerani bwino, ndipo mwina osawuluka nthawi zambiri pamaulendo kuli ngati kuyesera kuuza chonyamula changa chagolide kuti chisachoke kunyanja, koma sindingafune wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti wa kampani. R&D yakhala nyenyezi yowombera, choncho khalani pansi, chabwino?"
    
  "Wachiwiri kwa purezidenti?"
    
  "O, ndanena mokweza?" Ambuye sada nkhawa. "Simunayenera kumva zimenezo. Iwalani ndinanena zimenezo. Iwalani kuti a board adazilingalira koma sanafune kuti ndiwulule. Nthawi yoti ipite ndisanakuuzeni za chinthu china chomwe gululi lakhala likuzungulira ... oops, pafupifupi adachitanso. Pambuyo pake, Boomer. "
    
    
  ofesi ya PRESIDENT, KREMLIN, MOSCOW, RUSSIA FEDERATION
  Patapita kanthawi
    
    
  Holoyo inasonyezedwa mokweza pamene Purezidenti wa Chitaganya cha Russia Leonid Zevitin analoŵa mwamsanga m"chipinda chamsonkhano, limodzi ndi mkulu wake wa antchito Pyotr Orlev, Mlembi wa Bungwe la Chitetezo Anatoly Vlasov; Mtumiki wa Zachilendo Alexandra Khedrov; ndi mkulu wa Federal Security Bureau Igor Truznev. "Khalani mipando yanu," analamula Zevitin, ndi akuluakulu kale m'chipindamo - General Kuzma Furzienko, mkulu wa antchito; General Nikolai Ostanko, Chief of Staff of the Ground Forces; ndi General Andrei Darzov, mkulu wa gulu lankhondo la m"mlengalenga, anagwedezeka n"kupita pamipando yawo. "Ndiye. Ndinalamula msilikali wathu kuti aukire wophulitsa mabomba wa ku America wopanda munthu ngati aponya mzinga, ndipo popeza tikukumana mofulumira kwambiri, ndikuganiza kuti tinakumana, ndipo tinatero. Zomwe zachitika?"
    
  "Wophulitsa bomba waku US B-1 adaponya bwino mzinga kuchokera kutsidya lina la Nyanja ya Caspian, lomwe akuti lidawononga gulu la Hezbollah lomwe likukonzekera kuponya mizinga kuchokera kumalo okhala kumwera chakum'mawa kwa Tehran," adatero General Darzov. "Mizingayo idagunda mwachindunji gulu loyambitsa, kupha gulu lonse ..." Anaima kaye, kenaka anawonjezera, "Kuphatikizanso mlangizi wathu wamagulu apadera. Ndiye wophulitsa bombayo-"
    
  "Dikirani, General, dikirani kaye," Zevitin anatero mosaleza mtima, akukweza dzanja lake. "Anaponya mzinga kuchokera ku Nyanja ya Caspian? Kodi mukutanthauza mzinga wapanyanja, osati bomba lotsogozedwa ndi laser kapena mzinga wotsogozedwa ndi TV?" Ambiri mwa omwe adazungulira tebulo adatsinzina maso awo, osati chifukwa sanakonde kamvekedwe ka Zevitin kapena funso, koma chifukwa sanazolowerane ndi munthu yemwe amalankhula momveka bwino zaku Western pamsonkhano wachinsinsi ku Kremlin.
    
  Leonid Zevitin, mmodzi mwa atsogoleri aang'ono kwambiri ku Russia kuyambira kugwa kwa Tsars, anabadwira kunja kwa St. funani, mwachitsanzo, polankhula ndi nzika zaku Russia pamsonkhano wandale. Zevitin amawoneka padziko lonse lapansi ndi nyenyezi ndi banja lachifumu, Zevitin adachokera kudziko la mabanki apadziko lonse ndi zachuma osati ndale kapena asilikali. Pambuyo pa zaka makumi angapo, akuluakulu andale otopetsa kapena akuluakulu aboma ngati purezidenti, chisankho cha Leonid Zevitin chinawonedwa ndi anthu ambiri ku Russia ngati mpweya wabwino.
    
  Koma kuseri kwa makoma achinsinsi a Kremlin, anali wosiyana kwambiri ndi suti za silika zamtengo wapatali, masitayelo abwino, kalembedwe ka jet-setter ndi kumwetulira kwa madola milioni - anali chidole cha chikhalidwe chachikale cha Russia, chozizira, chowerengera komanso. kusowa - kapena mikhalidwe yofunda, monga momwe adachitira akale ake oyipitsitsa. Popeza analibe chidziwitso cha ndale, utsogoleri, usilikali kapena nzeru, palibe amene ankadziwa momwe Zevitin ankaganizira, zomwe ankafuna, kapena omwe adagwirizana naye kapena akapitawo mu boma - okondedwa ake angakhale aliyense, kulikonse. Izi zidasiya ambiri a Kremlin adadzidzimuka, okayikitsa, chete komanso okhulupilika poyera.
    
  "Ayi, bwana - mzingawo unawuluka mwachangu kuposa Mach four, womwe ndi liwiro lalikulu lomwe radar ya womenyera nkhondo yathu imatha kutsata chandamale. Ndinganene kuti ndi mzinga wowongoleredwa ndi liwiro lalikulu kwambiri. "
    
  "Ndiye ndikuganiza kuti mumayerekezera nthawi yotsegulira ndi nthawi yowonekera ndipo mwapeza nambala?"
    
  "Inde, bwana." M"maso mwake munali kuwawa - palibe amene akanatha kudziwa ngati n"chifukwa chakuti mkulu wa asilikaliyo ankaopa kuuza pulezidenti uthenga woipa, kapena chifukwa chakuti ankaphunzitsidwa ndi kamnyamata kakang"ono kameneka kolankhula mawu achilendo.
    
  "Koma simukukhulupirira nambala yomwe mudawerengera," adatero Zevitin kwa mkulu wa ogwira ntchito ku Air Force. "N"zoonekeratu kuti chida chimenechi chinali chimene sitinkayembekezera. Kodi liwiro linali chiyani, General?"
    
  "Average liwiro, asanu mfundo zisanu ndi ziwiri mach."
    
  "Liwiro la mawu pafupifupi kasanu ndi kamodzi? " Nkhaniyi inapangitsa wachitetezo aliyense kukhala pampando wawo. "Ndipo inali liwiro lapakati, zomwe zikutanthauza kuti liwiro lapamwamba linali Mach ... khumi? Anthu aku America ali ndi mizinga yomwe imatha kuwuluka pa Mach ten? Chifukwa chiyani sitinadziwe za izi?"
    
  "Tsopano tikudziwa, bwana," adatero General Furzienko. "Anthu aku America adalakwitsa kugwiritsa ntchito chidole chawo chatsopano ndi m'modzi mwa omenyera nkhondo athu pamapiko."
    
  Zevitin ananena kuti: "Zikuoneka kuti sankadera nkhawa kuti msilikali wathu alephere kulondera kapena kuukira.
    
  "Izi ndi zomwe aku America amachitcha 'cheke chogwira ntchito,' bwana," watero mkulu wa asilikali a Air Force General Andrei Darzov. Woyendetsa ndege wa Air Force waufupi, yemwe anali ndi zipsera pankhondo, Darzov ankakonda kumeta dazi lake chifukwa ankadziwa momwe zinalili zowopsya kwa anthu ambiri, makamaka andale ndi akuluakulu. Anali ndi zipsera zowonekera kumanzere kwa khosi lake ndi kumanzere kwake, komanso anali kusowa chala chachinayi ndi chachisanu cha dzanja lake lamanzere, zonsezi chifukwa cha kuvulala komwe kunaphulika panthawi ya bomba la Engels Air Base, yemwe anali woponya mabomba ku Russia. base, zaka zingapo m'mbuyomo pamene adatumikira monga mkulu wa gulu lakutali la ndege.
    
  Darzov sanafune china choposa kubwezera kwamagazi chifukwa cha chiwonongeko chonse chomwe chinachitikira ku likulu lake panthawi ya kuukira modzidzimutsa kwa Engels, ndipo adalumbira kubwezera kwa mkulu wa asilikali a US Air Force amene adakonza ndikuchita ... Lieutenant General Patrick McLanahan.
    
  Pansi pa wamkulu wakale wa antchito adatembenukira Purezidenti Anatoly Gryzlov, yemwe adafuna kubwezera ku United States monga Darzov, posakhalitsa adapeza mwayi wake. Patangotha chaka chimodzi, Andrei Darzov ndiye adapanga mapulani osintha mabomba aku Russia amtundu wautali wa Tu-95 Bear, Tu-26 Backfire ndi Tu-160 Blackjack okhala ndi zofufuza zapakati pamlengalenga kuti awapatse mwayi wokantha United States. . Linali lingaliro lolimba mtima, lofuna kuwononga ambiri a mabomba akutali a United States ndi malo owongolera oposa theka la zida zake za nyukiliya zokhala ndi nsonga za nyukiliya za intercontinental ballistic. Kuukira kowonongako kudapha anthu opitilira 3,000, kuvulaza kapena kudwalitsa enanso zikwizikwi, ndipo posakhalitsa kunadziwika kuti "American Holocaust."
    
  Koma Darzov sanamvere mdani wake wolumbirira Patrick McLanahan mpaka mapeto. Pomwe kuwukira kwa McLanahan kuwononga pafupifupi nambala yofanana ya zida zoponya zamphamvu kwambiri zaku Russia zokhala ndi zida zamphamvu kwambiri zaku Russia, wina adayenera kuimbidwa mlandu - kupatula Purezidenti wa Russia panthawiyo General Gryzlov, yemwe adaphedwa pakumenya ndege yaku America pa malo ake olamulira apansi panthaka a Ryazan - ndipo idatero. anali Darzov. Anaimbidwa mlandu wosankha kuyimitsa ndege zonse za Ilyushin 78 ndi Tupolev 16 pamalo amodzi akutali ku Siberia, Yakutsk, komanso kulephera kupereka chitetezo chokwanira kumeneko, kulola McLanahan ndi gulu lake lankhondo kuti agwire mazikowo ndikugwiritsa ntchito ndalama zambiri. mafuta osungidwa kumeneko, omwe amagwiritsidwa ntchito ndi oponya mabomba a McLanahan kusaka ndi kuwononga zida za nyukiliya za ku Russia.
    
  Darzov adatsitsidwa kukhala wamkulu wa nyenyezi imodzi ndikutumizidwa ku Yakutsk kuti akayang'anire kuyeretsedwa ndi kutsekedwa kwa maziko a Siberia omwe kale anali ofunika kwambiri - chifukwa, pofuna kuwononga mabomba a McLanahan pansi, Gryzlov analamula kuti ku Yakutsk kuwonongeke ndi zokolola zochepa. zida za nyukiliya. Ngakhale zida zinayi zokha mwa zida za nyukiliya zidalowa pa chishango cha zida za nyukiliya cha McLanahan mozungulira ponsepo, ndipo zonse zidathamangitsidwa kuchokera pamalo okwera kuti zichepetse kugwa kwa radioactive, maziko ambiri adawonongeka kwambiri ndipo mtima wake udawongoleredwa komanso osatha kukhalamo. Panali zongopeka zambiri kuti General Staff ankayembekezera kuti Darzov adzadwala chifukwa cha kuphulika kwa radioactivity kotero kuti asakhale ndi vuto lochotsa kazembe wachinyamata wotchuka, wanzeru. Ofisala.
    
  Koma Darzov sanafe kokha, sanakhalebe mu ukapolo ku Siberia kwa nthawi yaitali. Pazaumoyo, Darzov ndi antchito ake okhulupirika adapulumuka pogwiritsa ntchito zida zochotsera ma radioactive zomwe anthu aku America adasiya atachotsa antchito awo ku Yakutsk. Pankhani ya ntchito ndi kutchuka, anapulumuka popanda kutaya mtima pamene zinkawoneka ngati dziko lonse likumutsutsa.
    
  Ndi thandizo lazachuma ndi lakhalidwe la banki wachinyamata wotchedwa Leonid Zevitin, Darzov adabwezeretsa mazikowo ndipo posakhalitsa adabwezeretsanso kugwiritsidwa ntchito m'malo mokonzekera kuwonongedwa ndi kusiyidwa. Kusunthaku kunatsitsimutsa mafakitale amafuta ndi gasi ku Russia ku Siberia, komwe kumadalira maziko a chithandizo ndi zinthu zofunika kwambiri, ndipo boma lidapeza ndalama zambiri kuchokera kumafuta aku Siberia, ambiri mwa iwo adagulitsidwa ku Japan ndi China kudzera m'mapaipi atsopano. Mtsogoleri wachinyamatayo adakopa chidwi ndi kuyamikira kwa banki wolemera kwambiri komanso wopambana kwambiri ku Russia, Leonid Zevitin. Chifukwa cha thandizo la Zevitin, Darzov adabwezeredwa ku Moscow, adakwezedwa kukhala wamkulu wa nyenyezi zinayi, ndipo pamapeto pake adasankhidwa kukhala Chief of Staff of the Air Force ndi Purezidenti watsopano yemwe adasankhidwa Zevitin.
    
  Furzenko anati: "Anthu a ku America anachitapo kanthu n"kuonetsa chida chatsopano chochokera ku air-to-ground, ndipo izi zikusonyeza kuti amadzidalira ndipo izi zidzakhala zofooka zawo." Osati zokhazo, komanso anawononga mizinga yamtengo wapatali zingapo. madola mamiliyoni ambiri, kuwononga lole ndi mzinga wodzipangira tokha wa madola angapo."
    
  "Ndikuganiza kuti ali ndi ufulu wonse wokhala ndi chidaliro, General - angathe kuwononga mwamsanga ndi molondola chandamale chilichonse kuchokera pamtunda wa makilomita mazana awiri mosavuta monga momwe mwana amawombera malata ndi mfuti ya .22 kuchokera pamtunda wa mamita makumi awiri." , Zevitin anatero. Akuluakulu ambiri a asilikali anasokoneza maganizo awo, posokonezeka ndi mawu ena a kumadzulo a Zevitin komanso pofuna kumvetsa Chirasha chake chodziwika bwino. "Komanso, adachita izi pamaso pathu, podziwa kuti tiwona ndi kuyesa mphamvu ya chidacho. Chinali chionetsero chotikomera komanso chida chothandiza kwambiri polimbana ndi Asilamu." Zevitin anatembenukira ku Darzov. "Kodi chinachitika ndi chiyani kwa womenya yemwe ankatsatira bomba la B-1, Andrey?"
    
  "Woyendetsa ndegeyo adatera bwinobwino, koma zida zambiri zamagetsi za ndege yake zinali zozimitsidwa," mkulu wa asilikali a Air Force anayankha.
    
  "Bwanji? Zida zawo za terahertz kachiwiri?"
    
  "Mwinamwake, koma chida cha ku America chotchedwa T-ray chida ndi chida chochuluka kwambiri chomwe chimawononga mabwalo amagetsi pamtunda wopitilira makilomita mazana asanu ndi limodzi," adayankha Darzov. "Palibe mawayilesi ena omwe adanenapo za kusokonekera kulikonse. Woyendetsa ndegeyo adanena kuti atangoponya mivi yake, womenyayo ... anangotseka. "
    
  "Mukutanthauza kuti rocket idadzitsekera yokha."
    
  "Ayi, bwana. Ndege yonseyo inadzimitsa yokha, ngati kuti woyendetsa ndegeyo anazimitsa zonse nthawi imodzi."
    
  "Zitheka bwanji izi?"
    
  "Mwina zida za terahertz zidatha kuchita izi," adatero Darzov. "Sitingadziwe mpaka titayang'ana zolemba zolakwika pakompyuta za womenyayo. Koma ndikulingalira kwanga ndikuti McLanahan adatumiza makina ake a 'netrusion' pa zophulitsa mabomba za Dreamland ndipo mwinanso pa ndege zake zonse.
    
  "Nontruzia"? Ichi ndi chiyani?"
    
  "Kutha" kuthyolako" makompyuta a adani kupyolera mu sensa iliyonse kapena mlongoti umene umalandira zizindikiro za digito," Darzov anafotokoza. "Sitikumvetsa bwino zomwe zikuchitika, koma oponya mabomba amatha kutumiza chizindikiro chomwe chimatengedwa ndikusinthidwa ngati malangizo kapena uthenga wina uliwonse wa digito. Chizindikiro cha adani chikhoza kukhala zojambulajambula za radar, mauthenga osokoneza, zoyendetsa ndege, kapenanso kulamula zamagetsi ku makina a ndege ... "
    
  "Mwachitsanzo, kuyimitsa ntchito," adatero Zevitin. Anapukusa mutu. "Amati akadalamula Mig kuti awuluke molunjika pansi kapena mozungulira - mwamwayi adangoyilamula kuti iyime. Ziyenera kukhala zabwino kukhala wolemera kwambiri kotero kuti ukhoza kupanga zoseweretsa zabwino kwambiri zonyamula mundege zanu. " Anagwedeza mutu. "Zikuoneka ngati mnzako wakale akadali pamasewera, eh General?"
    
  "Inde, bwana," adatero Darzov. "Patrick McLanahan." Anamwetulira. "Ndingakonde mwayi woti ndimumenyenso ndikumubwezera m'ndende amuna ndi akazi anga, kulanda malo anga ndi kuba mafuta anga. Komabe, malinga ndi zomwe ndikumvetsa, sangakhale pano motalikirapo. Boma latsopanolo silimukonda konse. "
    
  "McLanahan akadakhala kuti akudziwa zandale, akadasiya ntchito pomwe Purezidenti watsopano adalumbirira," adatero Zevitin. "Mwachiwonekere izi sizinachitike. Mwina McLanahan ndi wodzipereka kwambiri - kapena wopusa - kuposa momwe timaganizira, kapena Gardner sangamuthamangitse, zomwe zikutanthauza kuti mwina sangakhale munthu yemwe timamuganizira. " Iye anayang'ana pa akazembe amene anamuzungulira iye. "Iwalani za McLanahan ndi zoseweretsa zake zapamwamba kwambiri zomwe sizidzapangidwa - ndiye wabwino koposa omwe ali nawo, koma ndi munthu m'modzi yekha, ndipo watsekeredwa m'malo owopsa awa m'chipululu cha Nevada m'malo mokhala ku White House kumanja. tsopano , kutanthauza kuti palibe amene ali ndi mwayi womumvetsera." Potembenukira kwa Truznev, mkulu wa Federal Security Bureau, gulu loloŵa m"malo la KGB, iye anafunsa kuti: "Nanga bwanji "mlangizi" wanu ku Iran? Mwamutulutsamo?"
    
  "Chatsala chiyani kwa iye, inde, bwana," anayankha mkulu wa FSB.
    
  "Chabwino. Chomaliza chomwe tikufunika ndi wofufuza wina waku America kapena waku Perisiya kuti apeze zovala za ku Russia kapena zida zosakanikirana ndi ziwalo za thupi zaku Iran. "
    
  "Anasinthidwa ndi wothandizira wina," adatero Truznev. Anatembenukira mokwiya kwa Alexandra Khedrov, nduna ya zakunja. "Kupereka zida zachipongwe za Hezbollah ngati 9K89 ndikungotaya nthawi ndi ndalama ndipo zidzatipweteka pakapita nthawi. Tiyenera kusiya kuwapatsa zida zapamwamba zotere ndikuwalola kuti abwerere kukawombera ma Katyushas odzipangira okha ndi matope kwa othandizira aku Persia. "
    
  "Munagwirizana ndi malingaliro a General Furzienko kuti atumize mzinga wa Hornet ku Iran, Director," adatero Zevitin.
    
  "Ndinavomera kuti mzinga wa Hornet ugwiritsidwe ntchito kuukira magulu ankhondo aku Persian ndi Air Force okhala ndi zida zankhondo zophulika kwambiri komanso zida zankhondo zoyika migodi, bwana," adatero Truznev, "osati kungowawombera mosasankha mumzinda. Malo otsegulira anali m'mphepete mwa mtunda wamtunda wa mizinga kuti igunda Doshan Tappeh Air Base, yomwe adatiuza kuti ndiyo yomwe akufuna kukantha. Ogwira ntchito ku Hezbollah akuti nawonso adakoka mapazi awo pakukhazikitsa mizinga, ngakhale kulola ana kuti abwere kudzawonera kukhazikitsidwa kwake. Izi zanenedwa nthawi zambiri. "
    
  "Mwachiwonekere tidzayenera kulangiza zigawengazo kuti zisinthe machitidwe awo tsopano popeza tikudziwa za zida zatsopano za America," adatero mkulu wa asilikali Darzov.
    
  "Kodi muwalangizanso kuti asawonjezere mowa wawo wapoizoni pamutu wankhondo?" - Truznev adafunsa.
    
  "Mukunena chiyani, director?"
    
  "Zigawenga za Hezbollah zidanyamula zida zankhondo za Hornet ndi zida zankhondo zosakanikirana, zofanana ndi mpweya wa mpiru, koma zogwira mtima kwambiri," mkulu wa FSB adatero mokwiya. "Gasiyo adapha anthu khumi ndi awiri mumsewu ndikuvulaza ena ambiri."
    
  "Kodi adapanga okha mpweya wa mpiru?"
    
  "Sindikudziwa komwe gehena adazipeza, bwana - Iran ili ndi zida zambiri zamankhwala, ndiye mwina adaziba kapena kuzisunga mwachinsinsi," adatero Truznev. "Zinthu izi zidaphulika pomwe zida zankhondo zaku America zidagunda. Koma mfundo ndi yakuti iwo anaphwanya malangizo athu ndipo anaukira chandamale chosaloledwa ndi mutu wankhondo wosaloledwa. Pali zida zoponya zochepa zoponyedwa ndi magalimoto omwe ali ndi ma fuse ofunikira kuti awononge mankhwala - aku America sangakhale ndi vuto kudziwa kuti tidapatsa aku Irani mizinga ya Hornet. "
    
  "Lumikizani Mokhtaz ku foni tsopano," Zevitin adalamula. Chief of Staff Orlev anali pa foni nthawi yomweyo.
    
  Truznev anati: "Tsopano popeza gulu la Pasdaran lakopa omenyera nkhondo akunja padziko lonse lapansi kuti alowe nawo pachiwembu cha Boujazi, sindikuganiza kuti atsogoleri achipembedzo ali ndi mphamvu zolamulira magulu awo ankhondo." Ayatollah Hassan Mohtaz, wakale. Mlangizi wa dziko la Defense of Iran - komanso membala wapamwamba kwambiri wa boma lakale la Iran kuti apulumuke kuphedwa kwachisilamu ku Boujazi - adalengezedwa kukhala purezidenti ali mu ukapolo, ndipo adapempha Asilamu onse padziko lapansi kuti abwere ku Iran ndikumenyana ndi atsopano. boma lankhondo ndi ufumu. Kuukira kotsutsana ndi Perisiya kudakula mwachangu, kolimbikitsidwa ndi makumi masauzande a Asilamu omenyera Asilamu a Shia ochokera padziko lonse lapansi omwe adayankha pa fatwa yolimbana ndi Boujazi. Ambiri mwa zigawengazo adaphunzitsidwa ndi gulu lankhondo la Iran la Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Pasdaran, motero kupambana kwawo kudali kokulirapo. Patangopita masiku ochepa Mokhtaz ataitanidwa kunkhondo, mizinda yambiri ya Perisiya yatsopano inamenyana koopsa.
    
  Koma mbali ina ya chipwirikiti ku Perisiya inayambika chifukwa chakuti mtsogoleri woukira boma, General Hesarak al-Kan Boujazi, anakana mosadziŵika kuti apange boma latsopano. Boujazi, wamkulu wakale wa antchito komanso wamkulu wakale wa gulu lankhondo lachitetezo chamkati lomwe lidamenya nawo nkhondo ya Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, adatsogolera chiwembu chodabwitsa, kupha olamulira ambiri aku Iran ndikutumiza ena onse kuthawira ku dziko loyandikana nalo la Turkmenistan. Zinkaganiziridwa kuti Boujazi, pamodzi ndi mkulu wakale wa antchito Hossein Yasini, akuluakulu a asilikali okhazikika komanso othandizira a banja lachifumu la Iran la Kagevs, akuyenera kulamulira likulu la Tehran ndikupanga boma. Dzina linasankhidwa ngakhale - Democratic Republic of Persia, kusonyeza njira yomveka bwino yomwe anthu ankafuna kutenga - ndipo dzikolo tsopano likutchedwa dzina lake lakale "Persia" m'malo mwa dzina lakuti "Iran", lomwe linali dzina loperekedwa kugwiritsidwa ntchito ndi Reza Shah Pahlavi mu 1935 Otsatira ateokrase okha adagwiritsabe ntchito dzina loti "Iran."
    
  "Koma sindikuganiza kuti tisiye kupatsa zida zigawenga," adatero General Darzov. "Kuukira kulikonse kopambana kwa Aperisi kudzawafooketsa. Timafunika kuleza mtima."
    
  "Ndipo nthawi zonse a jihadists akayambitsa roketi ina mumzinda ndikupha akazi ndi ana osalakwa, zigawengazo zimakumana ndi zomwezo - zimafooka, monga Russia, wamkulu," adatero Nduna Yowona Zakunja Alexandra Khedrov. Alexandra Khedrov anali wamtali, wakuda komanso wonyengerera monga momwe mkazi aliyense waudindo wapamwamba m"boma la Russia angakhalire. Monga Zevitin, iye ankagwira ntchito zachuma mayiko, koma monga wokhala moyo wonse wa Moscow ndi mayi wokwatiwa wa ana awiri, iye analibe mbiri ya bwana wake. Wovuta komanso wanzeru, wopanda kulumikizana kwakukulu pazandale, Khedrov adawonedwa kuti ndi omwe amatsogolera utsogoleri. "Tidzawoneka oyipa kwambiri tikawonedwa tikuthandizira opha ana."
    
  Anatembenukira kwa Zevitin. "Mohtaz ayenera kupeza njira yokhazikitsira jihadists, a Purezidenti, popanda kukakamiza Buzhazi ndi Kagev kuti adzipereke ndikusamutsa dzikolo. Sitingawonedwe ngati tikuchirikiza kuphana ndi kusakhazikika - zimatipanga ife kukhala osakhazikika. Ngati Mohtaz apitilizabe njira iyi, chisankho chokha chomwe tili nacho ndikuthandizira Boujazi. "
    
  "Boujazi?" Zevitin anafunsa modabwa kuti: "N"chifukwa chiyani ukuthandiza Bujazi?
    
  "Linali vuto lathu - adachita chifukwa cha kusimidwa ndipo sitinamuthandize pamene ankatifuna, kotero adatembenukira kwa McLanahan," adatero Khedrow. "Koma Washington sichinathandize Boujazi mosadziwika, ndipo izi zimapereka mwayi kwa Russia. Timathandizira mobisa Mokhtaz chifukwa Russia imapindula ndi kusakhazikika m'derali ndi mitengo yamafuta okwera komanso kuchuluka kwa zida zankhondo. Koma ngati titha kuthandiza wotayika, tiyenera kusintha njira ndikuthandizira omwe ndikukhulupirira kuti ndiye adzapambana: Boujazi. "
    
  "Sindikuvomereza, mtumiki," adatero Darzov. "Boujazi alibe mphamvu zokwanira kuwononga Mohtaz."
    
  "Kenako ndikukuuzani kuti musiye ndege zanu ndi ma laboratories ndikuyang'ana dziko lapansi momwe lilili, General," adatero Khedrov. "Nali funso lenileni, a President: Mukufuna kuti apambane ndi ndani, Boujazi kapena Mohtaz?" Amenewo ndi amene tiyenera kumuchirikiza. Koma ndi "Kodi Iran yateokratiki ndiyo chisankho chabwino kwambiri ku Russia? Timamudziwa Boujazi. Inu ndi ine tonse tinakumana naye; tinamuthandiza kwa zaka zambiri, asanachotsedwe, komanso atachotsedwa ntchito ngati Chief of Staff. Timaperekabe wina ndi mzake." ndi zidziwitso zanzeru, ngakhale amayang'anira mosamala zambiri zokhudzana ndi kukhalapo kwa America ku Iran, zomwe ndizokwera mtengo kupeza.
    
  Foni yomwe ili pafupi ndi Orlev inagwedezeka, adanyamula wolandirayo ndipo patapita mphindi zingapo adayiyika mumayendedwe oima. "Mohtaz ali pamzere, bwana."
    
  "Ali kuti?" - Ndidafunsa.
    
  "Embassy ya Iran ku Ashgabat, Turkmenistan," Orlev anayankha, poyembekezera funsoli.
    
  "Chabwino". Ayatollah Mokhtaz ndi alangizi ake atathawa ku Iran, mosayembekezereka anakaima ku ofesi ya kazembe wa Russia ku Ashgabat, kufuna kuti atetezedwe ku magulu ankhondo a Boujazi ndi otchedwa a monarchist death squads. Izi zadzutsa chidwi komanso mafunso ambiri padziko lonse lapansi. Zinali zodziwika bwino kuti Moscow anali mnzake wa Iran, koma kodi akanapita kutali kuti ateteze boma lakale? Nanga bwanji ngati pangakhale zisankho ndipo olamulira ateokratiki akanakanidwa? Kodi azibusa ndi Asilamu adzakhala albatross kuzungulira Russia?
    
  Monga chilolezo kwa dziko lonse lapansi, Zevitin adakakamiza Mokhtaz kuchoka ku ambassy, koma mobisa adatsimikizira chitetezo chake ndi mayunitsi a FSB aku Russia omwe ali mkati ndi kuzungulira chigawo cha Iran. Poyamba ankaganiza kuti Chisilamu sichingachoke ku ambassy - kapena, choipitsitsa, adzawopseza kuwulula kukhudzidwa kwa Russia ku Iran ngati atathamangitsidwa - koma, mwamwayi, sizinabwere. Iye ankadziwa kuti Mohtaz akhoza kusonyeza khadi limeneli m"tsogolo, ndipo ankafunika kusankha zochita ngati angayese kuisewera.
    
  Zevitin anatenga foni yake. "President Mokhtaz, uyu ndi Leonid Zevitin."
    
  "Chonde khalani okonzeka kwa Wolemekezeka, bwana," liwu lachi Persian linatero m'Chirasha. Zevitin anaponya maso ake mosaleza mtima. Anali nthawi zonse masewera ndi ofooka ngati Mohtaz, iye ankaganiza - nthawi zonse kunali kofunika kwambiri kuyesa kupeza phindu laling'ono kwambiri mwa kusunga mbali inayo kuyembekezera, ngakhale chinthu chophweka ngati foni.
    
  Patapita nthaŵi pang"ono, mawu a womasulira wachichepere wina anati: "Imam Mokhtaz ali pamzere. Chonde dzizindikiritseni."
    
  "Bambo Purezidenti, uyu ndi Leonid Zevitin akuitana. Ndiyesa muli bwino ".
    
  "Tamandani Yehova chifukwa cha chifundo chake, zitero."
    
  Zevitin ananenanso kuti sanayese kubwezera, monganso mmene Mokhtaz ankachitira. "Ndinkafuna kukambirana za kuwukira kwaposachedwa kwa ndege zaku America ku Tehran pamalo omwe akuganiziridwa kuti ndi a Hezbollah."
    
  "Sindikudziwa kalikonse za izi."
    
  "Bambo Purezidenti, ndinakuchenjezani kuti musalole zigawenga kunyamula zida zowononga," anatero Zevitin. "Tidasankha mwapadera mizinga ya Hornet chifukwa imagwiritsidwa ntchito padziko lonse lapansi ndipo zidzakhala zovuta kutsatira ku Russia. Mphamvu yoponya mivi yokhayo yomwe imadziwika kuti ili ndi luso lopangira zida zankhondo ndi Russia. "
    
  "Sindikudziwa tsatanetsatane wa zimene omenyera ufuluwo akuchita polimbana ndi magulu ankhondo amtanda, osakhulupirira ndi a Zionist," anatero womasulirayo. "Chomwe ndikudziwa n"chakuti Mulungu adzapereka mphoto kwa onse amene ayankha kuitanira kwa kubwezera koyera. Adzapeza malo kudzanja Lake lamanja."
    
  "Bambo Purezidenti, ndikukupemphani kuti musunge mphamvu zanu," adatero Zevitin. "Kukana zida zankhondo kumayiko akunja ndikovomerezeka kumitundu yonse, ngakhale kugwiritsa ntchito mivi yosayendetsedwa ndi anthu omwe akuwaganizira, koma kugwiritsa ntchito mpweya wapoizoni sikuli. Kuwuka kwanu kungapangitse kuti anthu asamachite bwino ngati- "
    
  Zevitin ankamva Mokhtaz akufuula chapansipansi ngakhale womasulirayo asanamalize kulankhula, ndiyeno mnyamata wokwiyayo anakakamizika kulimbikira kuti agwirizane ndi mawu amwadzidzidzi a mtsogoleri wachipembedzo wa ku Iran: "Ichi si chipanduko, maso ako," anatero womasulirayo. kwambiri ndi mawu odekha kuposa Mohtaz. "A Irani onyada ndi abale awo akubweza dziko lomwe lidalandidwa kwa ife mopanda malamulo komanso mwachisembwere. Uku sikupanduka - ndi nkhondo yopatulika ya ufulu wotsutsa kuponderezana. Ndipo m"nkhondo yoteroyo, chida chilichonse ndi machenjerero alionse nzolungama pamaso pa Mulungu." Ndipo kugwirizana kunasweka.
    
  Zevitin analumbira kuti, "Mwana wa dama," sanazindikire mpaka kuchedwa kuti ananena m"Chingelezi, ndipo anagwetsa foni pansi.
    
  "Bwanji mumadzivutikira ndi wotentheka wopenga uyu, bwana?" - adafunsa Nduna Yachilendo Khedrov. "Munthu uyu ndi wopenga. Sasamala za china chilichonse kupatula kubweza mphamvu - samasamala kuti aphe anthu angati osalakwa kuti achite zimenezo. Amakopa ma jihadist akunja ochokera padziko lonse lapansi, ndipo ambiri aiwo ndi openga kuposa iye. "
    
  "Kodi ukuganiza kuti ndimasamala za Mohtaz kapena wina aliyense m'dziko lowonongedwa lino, Minister?" Adafunsa mwaukali Zevitin. "Pakadali pano, ndi bwino ku Russia kuti Mokhtaz ali moyo ndikulimbikitsa Asilamu, ndikuwalimbikitsa kuti apite ku Iran kukamenya nkhondo. Ndikukhulupirira kuti dzikolo ligawika, zomwe ndi zotsimikizika ngati zigawenga zikukula. "
    
  "Ndikadakhala kuti Bujazi akanatitembenukira kwa ife m'malo mwa McLanahan pomwe amafuna kuti amuthandizire kupanduka kwake - Mohtaz komanso bulu wa monarchist Kagev akadamwalira tsopano, ndipo Bujazi akadakhala olamulira ndi ife kumbali yake." - adatero Khedrov, akuponya. kuyang'ana kosagwirizana ndi mutu wa Federal Security Bureau, Truznev. "Tikadayenera kumulembera ntchito pomwe adawonekera ku gulu lankhondo laku Iran."
    
  "Buzhazi wasowa pazithunzi zathu za radar, nduna," adatero Truznev mosasamala. Anachita manyazi ndipo anaweruzidwa kuti aphedwe. Iran yalowa m'gawo lachi China ... "
    
  "Tinawagulitsira zida zambiri."
    
  "Atakwera mitengo yamafuta, inde, adagula zachabechabe zaku China chifukwa zinali zotsika mtengo," adatero Truznev. "Koma kenako tinazindikira mwamsanga kuti zambiri mwa zida zimenezi zinathera m"manja mwa odzipatula a Chechen ndi ogulitsa mankhwala osokoneza bongo m"malire athu. China idasiya kuthandizira kwawo ku Iran kalekale chifukwa amathandizira Asilamu ku Xinjiang ndi East Turkistan - zigawenga zachisilamu zaku China zidalimbana ndi asitikali aboma ndi zida zawo zowopsa! Olamulira ateokratiki ku Iran ali opanda mphamvu konse. Sakuyenera kuwathandizira."
    
  "Chabwino, chabwino," Zevitin anatero motopa, akugwirana chanza ndi alangizi ake. "Kukangana kosatha kumeneku sikukutifikitsa kulikonse." Potembenukira kwa Truznev, adati: "Igor, ndipezereni zonse zomwe zili pa missile yaku America ya hypersonic yomwe mungapeze, ndipo muipeze mwachangu. Sindiyenera kudziwa momwe ndingatsutsire - panobe. Ndikufuna chidziwitso chokwanira kuti ndimupangitse Gardner kukhulupirira kuti ndikudziwa zonse za izi. Ndikufuna kutsimikizira kuti izi ndizowopseza mtendere wapadziko lonse lapansi, bata lachigawo, kukhazikika kwa zida, blah blah blah. Momwemonso ndi malo awo oyipa a Armstrong. Ndipo ndikufuna kusinthidwa paukadaulo watsopano wankhondo waku America. Ndinatopa ndi kumva za nkhaniyi titakumana nazo m"munda."
    
  "Kukangana ndi Achimereka, ha, Mr. President?" - Chief of the General Staff Furzienko adafunsa mwachipongwe. "Mwina tingapite pamaso pa Security Council kukanena kuti kuwala kwadzuwa komwe kumawonetsa zida zawo za radar kumatisunga usiku."
    
  "Sindikufuna mawu achipongwe kuchokera kwa inu lero, General - Ndikufuna zotsatira," Zevitin anatero mokhumudwa. "Anthu aku America adzikhazikitsa ku Iraq, ndipo atha kukhala ku Iran ngati Boujazi ndi Kagev apanga bwino boma logwirizana ndi Kumadzulo. Pamodzi ndi maziko a ku America ku Central Asia, Baltic ndi Eastern Europe, Iran ikuwonjezera gawo lina la mpanda umene umatizungulira. Tsopano ali ndi siteshoni yowopsa kwambiri imeneyi yomwe imawulukira ku Russia kakhumi patsiku! Russia yazunguliridwadi-" Ndipo atatero, Zevitin anagwetsa chikhatho chake patebulo. "-ndipo izi nzosavomerezeka! Anayang'ana aliyense wa alangizi ake m'maso, kuyang'ana mwachidule Truznev ndi Darzov asanatsamire pampando wake ndikugwedeza dzanja lake pamphumi mokwiya.
    
  "Mizinga ya hypersonic iyi idatidabwitsa tonse, bwana," adatero Truznev.
    
  "Bullshit," anayankha motero Zevitin. "Ayenera kuchita mayeso a chinthu ichi, sichoncho? Sangachite izi mu labotale yapansi panthaka. Chifukwa chiyani sitingathe kuwonera mayeso awo a mizinga? Tikudziwa bwino lomwe malo awo oyeserera kuthamanga kwambiri ali ndi zida zopangira mivi ya hypersonic - tiyenera kukhala pamasamba onsewa. "
    
  "Ukazitape wabwino umawononga ndalama, a President. Bwanji mukazonde anthu aku Russia pomwe ma Israel ndi China atha kupereka kuwirikiza kakhumi mtengowo?"
    
  "Ndiye mwina ndi nthawi yoti tichepetse malipiro ndi ndalama zapenshoni za omwe amati ndi atsogoleri athu ndikubwezera ndalamazo kuti apange nzeru zapamwamba," adatero Zevitin modandaula. "Kale pamene mafuta a ku Russia anali madola oŵerengeka chabe pa mbiya, dziko la Russia nthaŵi ina linali ndi akazitape mazanamazana m"mbali zonse za zida zankhondo za ku America - nthaŵi ina tinali ndi mwayi wopita ku Dreamland, malo awo olemekezeka kwambiri. . Ndipo kulikonse kumene sitinadziloŵerepo, tinkakhoza kugula chidziŵitso kwa mazana a ena, kuphatikizapo Achimereka. Ntchito ya FSB ndi intelligence yankhondo ndikudziwitsa izi, ndipo kuyambira oyang'anira a Gryzlov sitinachitepo kanthu, tidangolumwa ndikubuula chifukwa chakuzunguliridwa komanso kuukiridwanso ndi aku America. " Anakhalanso kaye kaye pang'ono, kenako n'kuyang'ana mkulu wa asilikali. "Tipatseni lipoti la momwe zinthu zilili ku Phanar, General Furzienko."
    
  Mkulu wa asilikali anayankha kuti: "Chigawo chimodzi chakonzekera kumenya nkhondo, bwana. "Makina a anti-satellite laser adachita bwino kwambiri kugwetsa ndege imodzi yaku America ku Iran."
    
  "Chani?" Adadandaula Chief of Staff Orlev. "Ndiye zomwe aku America adanena zinali zoona? Kodi imodzi mwa ndege zawo zakuthambo idawomberedwa ndi ife?"
    
  Zevitin anagwedeza mutu kwa Furzienko pamene ankatenga ndudu m"dirowa ya desiki yake ndi kuiyatsa, mwakachetechete akumpatsa chilolezo cha kufotokoza yekha. "Project Phanar ndi pulogalamu yachinsinsi ya anti-satellite laser, Bambo Orlev," adatero mkulu wa asilikali. "Zimachokera ku Kawaznya anti-satellite laser system yomwe idapangidwa m'zaka za m'ma 1980, koma idasinthidwa, kusinthidwa komanso kusinthidwa."
    
  "Kavaznya inali nyumba yayikulu yoyendetsedwa ndi zida zanyukiliya, ndikakumbukira bwino," adatero Orlev. Sanaphunzirepo mpaka pamene anali kusekondale-panthaŵiyo, boma linanena kuti pachitika ngozi ndipo nyumbayo inatsekedwa kuti chitetezo chitetezeke. Ndipamene adatenga udindo wake ngati Chief of Staff pomwe adamva kuti Kawaznya adaphulitsidwa ndi bomba limodzi la ku America B-52 Stratofortress, mtundu woyeserera kwambiri wa "test bed" womwe umadziwika kuti Megafortress, wopangidwa ndi wina aliyense. kuposa Patrick McLanahan , yemwe panthawiyo anali kapitawo wa Air Force ndi bombardier, dzina la McLanahan labwera nthawi zambiri pokhudzana ndi zochitika zambiri padziko lonse lapansi pazaka makumi awiri kuchokera pamene chiwonongekocho, mpaka Darzov ndi Zevitin ankawoneka. khalani ndi chidwi ndi munthuyo , makina ake apamwamba kwambiri ndi maulendo ake.
    
  "Zaka makumi awiri zafukufuku ndi chitukuko, mabiliyoni a rubles ndi ukazitape wambiri - ukazitape wabwino, osati lero," adatero Zevitin. "Pitiriza, General."
    
  "Inde, bwana," anatero Furzienko. "Mapangidwe a Phanar adatengera pulogalamu ya Israeli yaukadaulo yamphamvu yamphamvu yamagetsi komanso pulogalamu ya laser airborne yaku America, yomwe imayika laser yamankhwala pandege zazikulu monga bomba la Boeing 747 kapena B-52. Imatha kuwononga mzinga wa ballistic pamtunda wa makilomita mazana asanu. Sili ndi mphamvu ngati Kavaznya, koma ndi yonyamula, yosavuta kunyamula ndi kukonza, ndi yolimba komanso yodalirika, yolondola kwambiri, ndipo ngati itakhala pa chandamale nthawi yayitali, ikhoza kuwononga ngakhale ndege yotetezedwa bwino makilomita mazana ambiri. monga ndege yatsopano ya ku America yotchedwa Black Stallion."
    
  Chibwano cha Orlev chinagwa. "Ndiye mphekeserazo ndizoona?" Zevitin anamwetulira, kugwedeza mutu, kenako anakokanso ndudu yake mozama. Koma tinakana kuti sitinachite chilichonse ndi kutayika kwa ndege ya ku America! Anthu aku America ayenera kumvetsetsa kuti tili ndi zida zotere!"
    
  "Ndipo masewerawa akuyamba," Zevitin adatero, akumwetulira ndikumaliza kusuta fodya wake womaliza. Anaphwanya ndudu ya ndudu m"mbale, ngati kuti akusonyeza zimene akufuna kuchita kwa aliyense amene angatsutse. "Tiwona yemwe akufuna kusewera ndi yemwe sakufuna. Pitirizani, General."
    
  "Inde, bwana. Dongosololi limatha kubisala ngati kalavani yokhazikika ya thirakitala ya mita khumi ndi iwiri ndipo imatha kuyendetsedwa kulikonse ndikuphatikizana ndi kuchuluka kwazamalonda. Itha kukhazikitsidwa ndikukonzekera kuyatsa pasanathe ola limodzi, imatha kuwotcha pafupifupi khumi ndi awiri kuphulika pakudzaza, kutengera nthawi yomwe laser imathamangitsidwa pa chandamale chimodzi, ndipo chofunikira kwambiri, imatha kupasuka ndikusuntha mphindi zochepa. .mphindi zitatha kuwomberana."
    
  "Mizere khumi ndi iwiri yokha? Sizikumveka ngati ndewu zambiri."
    
  Furzienko anati: "N"zoona kuti tingatenge mafuta ambiri, koma Phanar sanapangidwe kuti azilimbana ndi zouluka zambiri kapena ndege. Chifukwa cha kutentha kwambiri, dongosololi likhoza kugwira ntchito kwa masekondi osapitirira makumi atatu panthawi, ndipo mafuta amodzi amalola laser kuti agwire ntchito kwa masekondi pafupifupi makumi asanu ndi limodzi. Salvo yotsatira ikhoza kuthamangitsidwa mphindi makumi atatu mpaka makumi anayi mutatha kuwonjezera mafuta, kutengera ngati mafuta amachokera ku injini yamoto kapena galimoto yothandizira. Zombo za m'mlengalenga zambiri zomwe zili m'munsi mwa Earth orbit zimakhala pansi kwambiri kuphulika kwina kusanayambe, choncho tinaganiza kuti zingakhale bwino kuti tisayese kuphulika kochuluka nthawi imodzi.
    
  "Kuphatikiza apo, china chilichonse chomwe chili mgululi chikukulirakuliranso - chitetezo, zinthu, zida zosinthira, majenereta amagetsi - chifukwa chake tidaganiza zochepetsa mafuta owonjezera a laser pagalimoto imodzi. Ndi lamulo limodzi ndi galimoto yozimitsa moto, galimoto imodzi yamphamvu ndi yolamulira, galimoto imodzi yopangira mafuta ndi yowonjezera, ndi galimoto imodzi yothandizira ndi ogwira ntchito, imatha kuyenda mosadziwika bwino m'misewu yotseguka kulikonse popanda kukopa chidwi. Tinabweretsanso ku Moscow kuti tikayesedwe ndi zosintha zina. Izi zitenga nthawi kuti amalize. "
    
  "Ndikuganiza kuti mwakhala ndi nthawi yokwanira, General," adatero Zevitin. "Anthu aku America akuyenera kuwona momwe malo awo opangira mlengalenga ndi ndege zingakhalire pachiwopsezo. Ndikufuna dongosolo ili liyambe tsopano. "
    
  "Ndikadakhala ndi mainjiniya ambiri ndi ndalama zambiri, bwana, ndimatha kumaliza atatu omwe akumangidwa mkati mwa chaka," adatero Furzienko. Anayang'ana General Darzov. "Koma zikuwoneka kuti pali chidwi chachikulu pa Project Lightning ya General Darzov, ndipo ndikuopa kuti chuma chathu chikuwonongeka."
    
  "Darzov adapereka zifukwa zingapo zokomera Molniya, General Furzienko," adatero Zevitin.
    
  "Ndikuopa kuti sindikudziwa kuti Mphezi ndi chiyani, a Purezidenti," adatero Alexandra Khedrov. "Ndikuganiza kuti iyi siwopanga wabwino kwambiri. Kodi iyi ndi pulogalamu yatsopano ya zida zachinsinsi?"
    
  Zevitin adagwedeza mutu kwa Andrei Darzov, yemwe adayimilira ndikuyamba kuti: "Mphezi ndi zida zolimbana ndi satana zomwe zimayambitsidwa ndi ndege, Madam Minister. Ichi ndi chida chongoyerekeza, chophatikizira mizinga ya Kh-90 hypersonic cruise, yokonzedwanso kuti iwuluke pamalo okwera kwambiri, kuphatikiza injini ya ramjet ndi kuyendetsa ndege komwe kumalola kuti iwuluke pamalo okwera mpaka ma kilomita mazana asanu kuchokera padziko lapansi. . Dongosololi linapangidwa koyamba ndi Achimerika m'ma 1980; tinali ndi dongosolo lofananalo, koma linathetsedwa zaka zambiri zapitazo. Zipangizo zamakono zakhala zikuyenda bwino kuyambira pamenepo."
    
  "Mphenzi ndi sitepe yaikulu mmbuyo," adatero Furzienko. "Laser system yatsimikizira kufunika kwake. Zida zolimbana ndi satellite zowulutsidwa ndi ndege zidakanidwa zaka zapitazo chifukwa zinali zosadalirika komanso zosavuta kuzizindikira.
    
  "Ndi ulemu wonse, bwana, sindikugwirizana nazo," adatero Darzov. Furzienko anatembenukira kuti ayang"anire wantchito wakeyo, koma kunali kovuta kuyang"ana mabala owopsa a munthuyo, ndipo anakakamizika kuyang"ana kumbali. "Vuto la zida zokhazikika za ASAT, monga zidadziwika ndi laser ya Kavaznya ASAT, ndikuti ndizosavuta kuukira, ngakhale zida zambiri zolimbana ndi ndege zimaziteteza. Ngakhale makina amtundu wa laser omwe tidapanga amakhala osatetezeka kuukira chifukwa amafunikira chithandizo chochulukirapo ndipo amatenga nthawi yochulukirapo kuyimitsa, mafuta, ndi cholinga. Tidawona momwe anthu aku America adathamangitsira mwachangu malo a laser ku Iran - mwamwayi tinali ndi nthawi yosuntha dongosolo lenileni ndikupanga chinyengo m'malo mwake. Mphenzi imatha kunyamulidwa kupita kumalo ambiri a mpweya m'mphepete mwa njira yomwe chandamalidwayo ndipo imatha kuwukira mosiyanasiyana.
    
  Darzov anapitiriza kuti: "Msilikali wina wa MiG-29 kapena Tupolev-16 amanyamula mzinga umodzi wa Molniya kupita mumlengalenga, kapena mizinga iwiri imatha kunyamulidwa ndi bomba lamphamvu la Tupolev-95 kapena Tupolev-160. Molniya amagwiritsa ntchito injini ya rocket yolimba kuti ifulumire kufika pa liwiro lapamwamba kwambiri, kumene amagwiritsa ntchito injini ya ramjet kuti ifulumire kuŵirikiza kasanu ndi katatu liŵiro la phokoso ndi kukwera kumalo okwera. Ikafika pamalo pomwe chandamale, imagwiritsa ntchito masensa ake omwe ali m'boti kuti iwunikire chandamale ndikuyatsa injini ya rocket ya siteji yachitatu kuti idutse. nyukiliya kapena x-ray laser warhead pa chida, kutengera kukula kwa chandamale. "
    
  "X-ray laser? Ndi chiyani?"
    
  "Laser X-ray ndi chipangizo chomwe chimasonkhanitsa ndi kuyang'ana ma X-ray kuchokera ku bomba laling'ono la nyukiliya ndikupanga nthiti zamphamvu kwambiri, zazitali zomwe zimatha kulowa ngakhale chombo chotetezedwa kwambiri mpaka makilomita mazana awiri," adatero Darzov. "Lapangidwa kuti liyimitse chombo cham'mlengalenga poyang'ana zida zake zamagetsi ndi zowongolera."
    
  "Kugwiritsa ntchito zida za nyukiliya m'mlengalenga kudzadzetsa mavuto padziko lonse lapansi, General," adatero Khedrov.
    
  "Anthu aku America anali ndi zida zanyukiliya zomwe zikuwuluka ku Russia kwazaka zambiri ndipo palibe amene adawoneka, Alexandra," adatero Zevitin mowawa. "Laser ya X-ray ndi njira imodzi yokha - tidzaigwiritsa ntchito ngati ikufunika."
    
  "Nyukiliya yomwe ili pamalo okwerera mlengalenga yaku America idapangidwa kuti ingopanga mphamvu, bwana," adatero Khedrov. "Inde, laser idagwiritsidwa ntchito ngati chida chokhumudwitsa, koma chowongoleracho chimawonedwa mosiyana ..."
    
  "Ichi chidakali chida cha nyukiliya," Zevitin anatsutsa motero, "chimene chikuletsedwa momvekera bwino ndi pangano-pangano limene Achimereka akulinyalanyaza mosasamala!"
    
  "Ndikugwirizana nanu, bwana," adatero Khedrov, "koma pambuyo pa kuwukira kwa ndege ku United States ndi zida za nyukiliya ndi Purezidenti Gryzlov-"
    
  "Inde, inde, ndikudziwa ... America ikudutsa, ndipo dziko likudikirira mwamantha kuti liwone zomwe Russia idzachita," adatero Zevitin, kukhumudwa kukuwonekera m'mawu ake. "Ndimadwala ndi makhalidwe oipa." Anagwedeza mutu, kenako anabwerera kwa General Darzov. "Kodi pulogalamu ya anti-satellite missile ili bwanji, General? Kodi tingagwiritse ntchito ndondomekoyi kapena ayi?"
    
  "Mayeso owonjezera mobisa a kukhazikitsa kwa Molniya anali opambana kwambiri," adapitiliza Darzov. "Akatswiri ndi mainjiniya akufuna kuyesa mayeso ochulukirapo, koma ndikukhulupirira kuti wakonzeka kumenya nkhondo, bwana. Titha kukhala zaka zambiri tikuwongolera ndikuwongolera ndikuwongolera, koma ndikuganiza kuti zakonzeka monga momwe zilili ndipo ndikupangira kutumiza mwachangu. "
    
  "Pepani bwana," Furzienko adalowererapo, akuyang'ana nduna ya National Defense Ostenkov, "koma General Darzov alibe udindo wa Molniya. Iyi ndi ntchito yachinsinsi yomwe ikuyendetsedwabe ndi bungwe langa la kafukufuku ndi chitukuko. "
    
  "Ayi, General," adatero Zevitin. "Ndinauza General Darzov kuti akhazikitse njira zothanirana ndi masiteshoni apamlengalenga aku America ndi ndege zakuthambo. Adzanena mwachindunji kwa ine ndi Minister Ostenkov. "
    
  Pakamwa pa Furzienko anatsegula ndi kutseka mwachisokonezo, kenako anaumitsa ndi mkwiyo woonekeratu. "Izi ndi zonyansa, bwana!" - adatuluka. "Ndi chipongwe! A Chief of Staff ndi amene ali ndi udindo wokonza, kuphunzitsa ndi kukonzekeretsa asilikali, ndipo ndikadauzidwa zimenezi!"
    
  "Akukuuzani tsopano, General," adatero Zevitin. "Phanar ndi Mphezi ndi za Darzov. Adzandidziwitsa za zomwe akuchita ndikupereka malingaliro ku National Security Bureau, koma amangondilamula. Pamene akugwira ntchito kutali ndi mndandanda wanu wa malamulo, zimakhala bwino. " Zevitin anamwetulira ndikugwedeza mutu momvetsetsa. "Phunziro laling'ono lomwe taphunzira kuchokera kwa bwenzi lathu General Patrick Shane McLanahan pazaka zapitazi, huh?"
    
  "Ndikukhulupirira kuti munthu uyu ndi wokonda kwambiri, wokakamiza, wosasamala komanso mwina schizophrenic, bwana," adatero Darzov, "komanso ndi wolimba mtima komanso wanzeru - makhalidwe awiri omwe ndimasirira. Chigawo chake ndi chothandiza kwambiri chifukwa chimagwira ntchito mwachangu komanso molimba mtima ndi gulu laling'ono lamphamvu komanso lamphamvu lomwe limatha kudziwa zatsopano zaukadaulo. McLanahan akuwonekanso kuti amanyalanyaza malamulo ambiri, malamulo abwinobwino ndi unyolo wa malamulo ndipo amachita mosasamala, mwinanso mosasamala. Ena amati ndi wamisala. Zomwe ndikudziwa ndikuti amaliza ntchitoyo. "
    
  "Mpaka upenga," Zevitin anachenjeza.
    
  "Tsoka ilo, ndikugwirizana ndi Mtumiki Khedrov, bwana: anthu padziko lonse lapansi sangaganizire zida za nyukiliya mumlengalenga ngati zida zodzitetezera," adatero Minister of National Defense Ostenkov.
    
  "Anthu padziko lonse lapansi akuwoneka mosiyana ndikutseka maso ndi makutu awo pomwe aku America akuyika zida zanyukiliya pamwamba pamitu yawo ndikudzaza mlengalenga ndi ma satelayiti ndi mapulaneti amlengalenga - sindikudandaula za malingaliro awo," Zevitin. anatero mokwiya. "Anthu aku America sangaloledwe kulowa ndikutuluka m'malo momwe akufunira. Laser yathu yapansi panthaka inaononga imodzi ndipo inatsala pang'ono kuwononga ina ya ndege zawo za m'mlengalenga-tinatsala pang"ono kuwononga zombo zawo zonse. Ngati titha kuwononga chilichonse chomwe atsala, titha kusokoneza dongosolo lawo lankhondo ndipo mwina kutipatsa mwayi woti tigwirenso ntchito. " Anayang'ana kwambiri Ostenkov. "Ntchito yanu ndikuthandizira chitukuko ndi kukhazikitsidwa kwa Phanar ndi Lightning, Ostenkov, osandiuza zomwe mukuganiza kuti dziko lidzanena. Zikumveka?"
    
  "Inde, bwana," anatero Ostenkov. "Mizinga yolimbana ndi satelayiti ndiyokonzeka kuyesedwa. Ichi chikhoza kukhala chida choopsa kwambiri pa zida zathu kuyambira pamene Kh-90 hypersonic cruise missile, yomwe Gryzlov anagwiritsa ntchito bwino pomenyana ndi United States. Itha kutumizidwa mwachangu komanso mosavuta kulikonse padziko lapansi, mwachangu kuposa momwe chombo cham'mlengalenga chingayambitsire kapena kusunthira mozungulira. Titha kunyamula Mphezi kulikonse ndipo sitingathe kuizindikira mpaka itayaka. "
    
  "Ndiyeno chiyani?" - Anafunsa Orlev. "Anthu aku America azibwezera ndi chilichonse chomwe ali nacho. Mukudziwa kuti amaona kuti malo ndi mbali ya dziko lawo."
    
  "Ndicho chifukwa chake tiyenera kugwiritsa ntchito Phanar ndi Mphezi mosamala - mosamala kwambiri," adatero Zevitin. "Kuthandiza kwawo ngati zida kumadalira kwambiri kuwononga mwakachetechete zinthu zaku America m'malo moyesera kuziwonongeratu. Ngati zingatheke kuti ziwoneke ngati malo awo amlengalenga, ndege zam'mlengalenga ndi ma satelayiti ndizosadalirika kapena zowononga, aku America azitseka okha. Awa si dongosolo lachiwembu kapena masewera amphaka ndi mbewa - ndi masewera okwiyitsa, kunyozeka kwachete komanso kusatsimikizika kwakukula. Ndikufuna kuthana ndi vuto la Amereka."
    
  "Ikani cholakwika mu zoyipa, bwana?" - Anafunsa Orlev. "Zikutanthauza chiyani?"
    
  "Izi zikutanthauza kuukira anthu a ku America ndi kulumidwa ndi udzudzu, osati malupanga," adatero Zevitin, nthawi ino m'Chirasha, osazindikira mpaka nthawi imeneyo kuti adabwerera ku Chingerezi chifukwa cha chisangalalo chake. "Anthu aku America salekerera kulephera. Ngati sichigwira ntchito, amachitaya ndikuchisintha ndi china chabwino, ngakhale kulephera sikuli vuto lawo. Sikuti adzangotaya mtima pa chinthu chimene sichigwira ntchito, koma adzaimba mlandu wina aliyense chifukwa cha kulephera, kuwononga madola mabiliyoni ambiri akuimba mlandu munthu wina, ndiyeno n"kuwononga mabiliyoni enanso kuyesera kupeza njira yothetsera vuto limene kaŵirikaŵiri silingapambane. kwa woyamba." Anamwetulira, kenako anawonjezera, "Ndipo chinsinsi cha ntchitoyi ndi Purezidenti Joseph Gardner."
    
  "Mwachibadwa, bwana, ndiye Purezidenti wa United States," Orlev anatero mochititsa manyazi.
    
  "Sindikunena za ofesi, koma za munthuyo," adatero Zevitin. "Atha kukhala wamkulu wa gulu lankhondo lamphamvu kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi, koma zomwe salamula ndiye njira yofunika kwambiri yopambana: kudzilamulira." Anayang'ana alangizi omwe anali pafupi naye ndipo adawona mawu ambiri opanda kanthu. "Zikomo nonse, zikomo, ndizo zonse za lero," adatero monyoza, ndikukweza ndudu ina.
    
  Chief of Staff Orlev ndi Nduna Yachilendo Khedrov adasiyidwa; Orlev sanayese ngakhale kupereka lingaliro kwa Khedrov kuti iye ndi pulezidenti aziloledwa kulankhula mwachinsinsi. "Bwana, ndili ndi malingaliro, omwe ndimagawana nawo, kuti ogwira ntchito akusokonezedwa ndi zolinga zanu," Orlev adanena molunjika. "Theka la iwo akukuonani mukupereka mphamvu kwa Amereka; ena amaganiza kuti mwakonzeka kuyamba nawo nkhondo."
    
  "Chabwino ... Ndi bwino," Zevitin anatero, akukoka ndudu yake, kenako akutulutsa phokoso. "Ngati alangizi anga achoka ku ofesi yanga akungoganizira - makamaka njira zotsutsana - sadzakhala ndi mwayi wopanga njira yotsutsa. Kupatula apo, ngati asokonezeka, aku America ayeneranso kukhala nawo. " Orlev adawoneka wakuda nkhawa. "Peter, sitingagonjetse anthu aku America pankhondo yankhondo - titha kusokoneza dziko lino tikayesa. Koma tili ndi mipata yambiri yolimbana nawo ndi kuwalepheretsa kupambana. Gardner ndiye ulalo wofooka. Muyenera kupeza chifukwa chake. Zokwanira kumukwiyitsa ndipo adzasiya ngakhale alangizi ake odalirika komanso anthu amtundu wake okhulupirika. " Zevitin analingalira kwa kanthaŵi, kenaka anawonjezera kuti: "Ayenera kukwiya tsopano lino. Kuukira wankhondo wathu... Ayenera kudziwa momwe takwiyira kuti adawombera msilikali wathu ndi chida chochepa kwambiri cha nyukiliya."
    
  "Koma ... womenyanayo sanaphedwe," Orlev anamukumbutsa, "ndipo mkulu wa asilikaliyo ananena kuti chida sichinali chida cha nyukiliya cha T-ray, koma-"
    
  "Chifukwa cha Mulungu, Peter, tiuza anthu aku America osati zomwe tikudziwa, koma zomwe timakhulupirira," adatero Zevitin ndi mawu ake okwiya, koma akumwetulira pankhope pake. "Malipoti anga akuti adawombera msilikali wathu ndi chipangizo cha nyukiliya cha T-Ray popanda kuputa. Izi ndizochitika zankhondo. Ikani Gardner pa foni nthawi yomweyo. "
    
  "Kodi Nduna Khedrov ayenera kulumikizana ndi-?"
    
  "Ayi, ndichita ziwonetsero mwachindunji kwa Gardner," adatero Zevitin. Orlev adagwedeza mutu ndikunyamula foni pa desiki la Zevitin. "Iyi si foni wamba, Peter. Gwiritsani ntchito hotline. Zonse mawu ndi data nthawi imodzi. " The hotline yadzidzidzi pakati pa Washington ndi Moscow inakonzedwanso pambuyo pa mikangano ya 2004 kuti ipereke mauthenga a mawu, deta ndi mavidiyo pakati pa mitu iwiriyi, komanso mauthenga a teletype ndi fax, ndikulola maulalo ambiri a satelayiti, kuti zikhale zosavuta kuti atsogoleri azifikirana. . "Mtumiki Khedrov, mupereka madandaulo ku United Nations Security Council komanso US State Department. Ndipo ndikufuna kuti wofalitsa aliyense padziko lapansi afalitse lipoti la zomwe zachitikazi. "
    
  Orlev adayimbira foni Unduna wa Zakunja, kenako adalumikizana ndi mkulu wa bungwe la Kremlin kuti atsegule foni ya Purezidenti. "Bwana, izi zitha kukhala ndi zotsatira zosasangalatsa," anachenjeza Orlev, akudikirira kulumikizana. "Mosakayikira woyendetsa ndegeyo ndiye anayambitsa chiwembuchi pophulitsa bomba la ku America-"
    
  "Koma pokhapokha pomwe wophulitsayo adayambitsa mizinga yake ya hypersonic," adatero Zevitin. "Mzinga uwu ukadatha kupita kulikonse. Anthu aku America mwachiwonekere anali oukira. Woyendetsa ndegeyo anali ndi zifukwa zomveka zoponya mivi yake. Zinapezeka kuti anali wolondola, chifukwa mzinga womwe aku America adawombera ku Tehran unali ndi zida zankhondo. "
    
  "Koma-"
    
  Zevitin anati: "Petulo, malipoti oyambirira angakhale osalondola, koma zimenezi sizikutanthauza kuti sitingatsutse zimene zinachitika panopa. Ndikukhulupirira kuti Gardner achitapo kanthu kaye kenako ndikuwunika zenizeni. Dikirani muwone."
    
  Alexandra Khedrov anayang'ana Zevitin mwakachetechete kwa nthawi yaitali; ndiye: "Kodi zonsezi zikutanthawuza chiyani, Leonid?" Kodi mukungofuna kukhumudwitsa Gardner? iye. Ndipo ndithudi simungafune kuti Russia ithandize anthu aku Iran. Monga ndanenera poyamba paja, nawonso angathe kutisiya akadzabweza dziko lawo."
    
  "Izi sizikukhudzana kwenikweni ndi Iran, Alexandra, ndi chilichonse chochita ndi Russia," adatero Zevitin. "Russia sidzazunguliridwanso komanso kudzipatula. Gryzlov, ndithudi, anavutika ndi chinyengo cha ukulu, koma chifukwa cha malingaliro ake openga, Russia inayambanso kuopedwa. Koma mwamantha kapena chisoni, dziko lidayamba kupatsa United States chilichonse chomwe likufuna, ndipo chinali kuzungulira ndikuyesera kuphwanyanso Russia. Sindingalole kuti izi zichitike."
    
  "Koma kutumizidwa kwa zida zolimbana ndi mlengalenga kudzakwaniritsa izi bwanji?"
    
  "Simukumvetsa, Alexandra-chiwopsezo cha nkhondo yolimbana ndi Amereka chidzangolimbitsa kutsimikiza mtima kwawo," Zevitin anafotokoza. "Ngakhale munthu wopanda msana ngati Gardner adzamenya nkhondo ngati msana wake uli pakhoma - angatitulutsire galu wake wamba McLanahan, ngakhale atakwiyira mphamvu zake komanso kutsimikiza mtima kwake.
    
  "Ayi, tiyenera kupangitsa Achimereka eniwo kukhulupirira kuti ndi ofooka, kuti ayenera kugwirizana ndi kukambirana ndi Russia kuti apewe nkhondo ndi tsoka," Zevitin anapitiriza. "Chidani cha Gardner - ndi mantha - pa McLanahan ndiye mfungulo. Kuti ndiwoneke ngati mtsogoleri wolimba mtima yemwe sangakhalepo, ndikuyembekeza kuti Gardner adzapereka mkulu wake wamkulu, kuthetsa zida zake zapamwamba kwambiri, ndikusiya mgwirizano wofunikira ndi kudziteteza, zonse paguwa la mgwirizano wapadziko lonse ndi mtendere wapadziko lonse. "
    
  "Koma chifukwa chiyani? Ndicholinga chanji bwana President? Chifukwa chiyani pachiswe nkhondo ndi Amereka monga choncho? "
    
  "Chifukwa sindingalole kuti dziko la Russia lizingidwe," adatero Zevitin mwamphamvu. "Tangowonani mapu owopsa, Nduna! Dziko lililonse lomwe kale linali la Warsaw Pact ndi membala wa North Atlantic Treaty Organization; pafupifupi lipabuliki iliyonse yakale ya Soviet ili ndi mtundu wina wa NATO kapena America. "
    
  Zevitin anapita kukayatsa ndudu ina, koma mokwiya kwambiri anaiponya patebulo. Iye anati: "Ndife olemera kwambiri kuposa zimene makolo athu ankalota, Alexandra, komabe sitingathe kulavula anthu a ku America popanda kudandaula, kuzipima, kuzisanthula kapena kuziganizira. "Ndikadzuka ndikuwona malo okwerera mlengalenga akuthamangira mlengalenga - mlengalenga wanga waku Russia! - nthawi inanso, ndikufuula! Ndipo ndikawona wachinyamata wina m"misewu ya ku Moscow akuonera pulogalamu ya pa TV ya ku America kapena kumvetsera nyimbo za azungu chifukwa chakuti ali ndi Intaneti mwaulere mothandizidwa ndi bungwe la ku America la Space Dominance, ndidzapha munthu! Zokwanira! Zokwanira! Russia sidzazunguliridwa, ndipo sitidzakakamizika kugonjera zoseweretsa zawo!
    
  "Ndikufuna kuti thambo la Russia lichotsedwe ndi ndege zaku America, ndipo ndikufuna kuti mawayilesi athu achotsedwe pawailesi zaku America, ndipo sindisamala ngati ndiyenera kuyambitsa nkhondo ku Iran, Turkmenistan, Europe, kapena mlengalenga chita izi!"
    
    
  PA BWALO LA ARMSTRONG SPACE STATION
  Patapita kanthawi
    
    
  "Stallion Zero-Seven yakonzeka kuwuluka, bwana," Master Sergeant Lucas adatero.
    
  "Zikomo, Master Sergeant," Patrick McLanahan anayankha. Adatsegula chosinthira pakompyuta yake, "Muyende bwino, Boomer." Ndidziwitseni momwe zoyeserera zotulutsa gawoli ndi njira yatsopano yoloweranso imagwirira ntchito. "
    
  "Zichitika, bwana," Hunter Noble anayankha. "Ndizodabwitsa kuti simunakwere ndege ya jet."
    
  "Osachepera mutha kuyiyendetsa nthawi ino, sichoncho?"
    
  "Ndinayenera kulimbana ndi Frenchie ndipo inali pafupi - koma eya, ndidapambana," adatero Boomer. Anayang'ana mokwiyitsa mu kamera yakumbuyo ya oyendetsa ndege ya US Navy Lieutenant Commander Lisette "Frenchie" Moulin, wodziwa bwino ntchito wa F/A-18 Hornet woyendetsa ndege komanso wotsogolera komanso woyendetsa ndege wa NASA. Anali atangoyamba kumene kukhala wamkulu wa nyenyezi ya XR-A9 Black Stallion ndipo nthawi zonse ankafunafuna mwayi wina woyendetsa Mbalame, koma palibe zotsutsana zake zomwe zinagwira ntchito pa Boomer nthawiyi. Pamene Patrick adawulukira ndikuchokera kusiteshoni - yomwe nthawi zambiri posachedwapa - nthawi zambiri amasankha Boomer pampando wakumbuyo.
    
  Patangopita mphindi zochepa, Black Stallion idasiyanitsidwa ndi docking bay yomwe ili pamalo okwerera mlengalenga a Armstrong, ndipo Boomer adayendetsa sitimayo mosamala kuchoka pa station. Atafika patali kwambiri, ananyamuka n'kuyamba kuulutsa mchirawo. "Mindandanda yowerengera yatha, tikupita kumalo omaliza owerengera," adalengeza pa intercom. "Ndi pafupifupi mailosi mazana asanu ndi limodzi mpaka titatera. Kodi mwakonzekera izi, Frenchy?"
    
  "Ndanena kale kuti mndandanda wanga watha, Captain," adayankha Moulin.
    
  Boomer adaponya maso ake mokwiya monyodola. "Frenchie, tikafika kunyumba, tifunika kukhala mu bar yabwino kwinakwake pa Strip, kumwa champagne yamtengo wapatali ndikulankhula za malingaliro anu - kwa ine, utumiki, moyo."
    
  "Captain, mukudziwa bwino kuti ndili pachibwenzi, sindimwa mowa, ndipo ndimakonda ntchito yanga ndi moyo wanga," adatero Moulin m'mawu omwewo omwe Boomer amadana nawo. "Ndikhozanso kuwonjezera, ngati simunazindikire pakadali pano, kuti ndimadana ndi chizindikiro ichi, ndipo sindimakukondani, kotero ngakhale nditakhala mfulu, kumwa mowa, ndipo ndinu munthu womaliza padziko lapansi. Ndili ndi dick wamkulu komanso lilime lalitali mbali iyi ya Vegas, sindikadawoneka nditafa mu bar kapena kulikonse ndi inu. "
    
  "O, Frenchie. Ndi nkhanza ".
    
  Iye anawonjezera kuti: "Ndikuganiza kuti ndinu mkulu wa zamlengalenga, mainjiniya komanso woyendetsa ndege wodziwa bwino ntchito yoyeserera, koma ndimakuona kuti ndiwe wochititsa manyazi yunifolomuyo ndipo nthawi zambiri ndimadabwa kuti n"chifukwa chiyani ukadali ku Dreamland ndipo ukadali membala wa Gulu Lankhondo la Air U.S.A. Ndikuganiza kuti luso lanu monga mainjiniya likuwoneka kuti likuphimba maphwando, malo ochezera a kasino, ndi kuchuluka kwa akazi nthawi zonse mkati ndi kunja kwa moyo wanu-makamaka kunja kwa kampaniyo-ndipo kunena zoona, ndimaipidwa nazo."
    
  "Musachite mantha, Mtsogoleri. Ndiuzeni mmene mukumvera."
    
  "Tsopano, ndikapereka lipoti la 'mndandanda wathunthu', Captain, monga mukudziwira bwino, izi zikuwonetsa kuti siteshoni yanga ili bwino, kuti ndaphunzira ndikuyang'ana zonse zomwe ndingathe pa siteshoni yanu ndi ngalawa yonse ndikupeza kuti zili bwino , ndi kuti ndakonzekera chisinthiko china."
    
  "Uwu. Ndimakonda mukamalankhula chinenero chapamadzi. 'Squared away' ndi 'evolution' zimamveka ngati zamadzi. Ndizodabwitsanso pang'ono zikachokera kwa mkazi."
    
  "Mukudziwa, captain, ndinakupirirani chifukwa ndinu ochokera ku Air Force, ndipo iyi ndi nthambi ya Air Force, ndipo ndikudziwa kuti akuluakulu a Air Force nthawi zonse amachita zinthu mwachisawawa, ngakhale atakhalapo. kusiyana kwakukulu pakati pawo," adatero Moulin. "Ndinunso wamkulu wa mlengalenga, zomwe zimakupangitsani kukhala ndi udindo ngakhale ndikukuposani. Chifukwa chake ndinyalanyaza zonena zanu zakugonana panthawi yantchitoyi. Koma izi sizisintha malingaliro anga okhudza inu monga munthu komanso ngati mkulu wa Gulu Lankhondo Lankhondo, kwenikweni, zimatsimikizira. "
    
  "Pepani. Sindinamve zonsezi. Ndinali wotanganidwa kuika mapensulo m"makutu mwanga kuti ndisakumvereni."
    
  "Kodi tingatsatire ndondomeko yoyeserera ndege ndikungotero, captain, popanda zachabechabe zachimuna zankhanzazi?" Tachedwa kale masekondi makumi atatu kuchokera nthawi yomwe tinakonza.
    
  "Chabwino, Frenchie," adatero Boomer. "Ndinkangoyesa kuchita ngati tili m'gulu lamagulu osagwira ntchito m'sitima yapamadzi ya m'zaka za m'ma 1900. Ndikhululukireni pondiyesa." Anadina batani lowongolera pa ndodo yake yowongolera ndege. "Ndichotsereni mu izi, Seventh Stallion. Yambani kutsika kwamphamvu. "
    
  "Kuyambira kutsika koyendetsedwa ndi mphamvu, siyani kutsika koyendetsedwa ndi mphamvu..." Pamene kompyuta sinalandire lamulo loletsa, idayamba: "Kuyamba kujambula kuchokera munjira zitatu, ziwiri, imodzi, tsopano." Laser Pulse Detonation Rocket System, kapena LPDRS, injini .kutchulidwa kuti "akambuku," anayatsidwa ndi kukhala ndi mphamvu zonse. Powotcha mafuta a jet a JP-7 ndi hydrogen peroxide oxidizer ndi mankhwala ena komanso ma laser otenthetsera kwambiri kuti awonjezere chidwi, injini zinayi za LPDRS za Black Stallion zidapanga kuwirikiza kawiri kuchuluka kwa injini zonse zomwe zidali mu Space shuttle orbiters zitaphatikizidwa.
    
  Pamene chombocho chinacheperachepera, chinayamba kutsika. Nthawi zambiri, pa liwiro linalake, Boomer amatseka injini zazikulu ndikuyika ndegeyo pamalo okwera mphuno kuti iwuluke ndikukonzekera "njira yolowera," kapena kukumana koyamba ndi mlengalenga, ndiyeno kugwiritsa ntchito aerobraking - scraping. kuchoka pansi pachitetezo ndi mpweya - kutsika pansi musanatsike. Komabe, nthawi ino Boomer anapitiriza kuuluka mchira choyamba, ndi injini LPDRS kuthamanga ndi mphamvu zonse.
    
  Zombo za m"mlengalenga zambiri sizikanatha kuchita zimenezi kwa nthawi yaitali chifukwa zinalibe mafuta okwanira, koma ndege ya Black Stallion inali yosiyana: chifukwa inawonjezeredwa mafuta pamene ikuuluka pa siteshoni ya m"mlengalenga ya Armstrong, inali ndi mafuta ochuluka ngati ikanakhala nawo. idayamba kuyenda mozungulira, zomwe zikutanthauza kuti injini zake zitha kuthamanga nthawi yayitali pobwerera. Ngakhale kuti kukwera ndege kunali kosawononga ndalama zambiri, kunali ndi ngozi zakezake, zomwe ndi kutentha kwakukulu kwa kutentha kumene kunali kumunsi kwa chombocho, motero oyendetsawo anayesa njira ina yochira.
    
  Pamene Black Stallion inkachedwetsa kwambiri, mbali ya kutsika inakula kwambiri mpaka zinkawoneka ngati akuloza molunjika. Makompyuta oyendetsa ndege ndi injini adasintha mphamvu kuti asunge mphamvu yokhazikika ya 3 G. "Sindikufuna kufunsa," Boomer anadandaula pamene ankamenyana ndi ma g-force akukankhira thupi lake pampando wake, "koma mukuyenda bwanji? uko, Frenchie?" Zili bwino?"
    
  "Green, Captain," Frenchie anayankha, akudzikakamiza kuti apume ndi minofu yapakhosi yake kuti minofu yake ya m'mimba ikhale yolimba, zomwe zinakweza kuthamanga kwa magazi m'mutu mwake. "Makina onse obiriwira, cheke chamalizidwa."
    
  "Lipoti latsatanetsatane, zikomo, Monsieur Moulin," adatero Boomer. "Nanenso ndili bwino."
    
  Akuwuluka pa Mach 5, kapena kuwirikiza kasanu liwiro la phokoso, ndipo asanalowenso mumlengalenga pamtunda wa makilomita pafupifupi makumi asanu ndi limodzi, Boomer adati, "Takonzeka kuyamba kulekanitsa ndalama." Mawu ake adamveka owopsa kwambiri tsopano chifukwa iyi inali gawo lovuta kwambiri la ntchitoyo.
    
  "Ndikumvetsa, malipiro akugawidwa ... Pulogalamuyi ikugwira ntchito," anayankha Moulin. Zitseko zonyamula katundu zomwe zili pamwamba pa fuselage ya Black Stallion zidatsegulidwa ndipo injini zamphamvu zidakankhira chidebe cha BDU-58 kunja kwa bay. Chidebe cha "Meteor" cha BDU-58 chidapangidwa kuti chiteteze ndalama zokwana mapaundi zikwi zinayi panthawi yotsika mumlengalenga. Ikadutsa mumlengalenga, Meteor imatha kuwuluka mpaka mamailosi mazana atatu kupita pamalo ake kapena kuponya katundu wake asanagunde pansi.
    
  Ntchitoyi idapangidwa kuti iwonetsere kuti ndege za Black Stallion zitha kutera mwachangu komanso molondola ndege zowunikira anthu kutali kulikonse padziko lapansi. Meteor ikhazikitsa ndege imodzi yopanda munthu ya AQ-11 Night Owl pamalo okwera pafupifupi mapazi zikwi makumi atatu pafupi ndi malire a Iran ndi Afghanistan. M'mwezi wotsatira, Night Owl idzayang'anira derali pogwiritsa ntchito radar ya infrared ndi millimeter wave pazizindikiro za zigawenga zachisilamu zomwe zikuwoloka malire kapena gulu la Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps kapena gulu la al-Quds Force lozembetsa zida kapena katundu kuchokera kumayiko oyandikana nawo.
    
  Chidebe chomwe munali meteorite chikachotsedwa, Boomer ndi Frenchie adapitilira kutsika kwawo koyendetsedwa ndi mphamvu. Mpweya unachititsa kuti ndege ya m"mlengalenga ichepe mofulumira kwambiri, ndipo posakhalitsa injini za LPDRS zinatsika pang"onopang"ono kuti zipitirire kutsika kwambiri ndi 3 G. "Kutentha kwa Hull kuli mkati mwa malire oyenera," anatero Moulin. "Ndimakondadi matsika olamuliridwa awa."
    
  Boomer adathana ndi ma g-force, adatambasula ndikusisita pamwamba pa bolodi. "Zamlengalenga zabwino, zombo zabwino za m"mlengalenga," iye anatero mwachikondi. "Amakondanso mipikisano yotsika ija - kutentha kwamimba konseko sikosangalatsa, sichoncho, wokondedwa? Kodi ndidakuwuzani, Frenchie, kuti ma injini a Leopard anali lingaliro langa?"
    
  "Kokha nthawi miliyoni, captain."
    
  "Inde".
    
  "Kuthamanga kwa mpweya pamtunda kwakwera kukhala wobiriwira ... Makompyuta akuonetsetsa kuti chitetezo cha machitidwe oyendetsera zinthu," adatero Moulin. "Malo owongolera osinthidwa ndi mishoni ali m'mayesero...Mayeso atha ndipo dongosolo la MAW likuyankha malamulo apakompyuta." Makina a MAW, kapena Mission Adaptive Wing, anali oyendetsa ting'onoting'ono pa fuselage omwe adatembenuza thupi lonse la ndege kukhala chida chonyamulira - makompyuta adapanga khungu momwe amafunikira kuti ayendetse, kukwera kapena kutsika, ndikupangitsa ndegeyo kuterera kwambiri. kapena kuchepa kwachangu. Ngakhale powuluka chakumbuyo, makina a MAW amalola kuwongolera kwathunthu kwa ndege. Pokhala ndi mphamvu zakuthambo, Boomer mwiniwakeyo adagonjetsa Black Stallion, adatembenuka kotero kuti adawulukira kutsogolo ngati ndege yamba, kenako adayendetsa ndegeyo pamanja motsatizana mokhotakhota molimba kwambiri kuti awonjezere liwiro ndikusunga liwiro. kutsika ndi kutentha kwa thupi kuli pansi pa ulamuliro.
    
  Pa nthawi yomweyo, anayesetsa kutera. Kutsetserekaku kunalonjeza kuti kudzakhala kovuta kwambiri kuposa ambiri chifukwa malo omwe adatsikira anali kum'mwera chakum'mawa kwa Turkey pamalo olumikizana ankhondo a Turkey-NATO mumzinda wotchedwa Batman. Batman AFB anali maziko a Joint Special Operations Task Force pa nthawi ya 1991 Gulf War, pomwe Asitikali Apadera a US Army ndi Air Force adapulumutsa asitikali ankhondo aku Iraq adachita ntchito zobisalira ku Iraq. Nkhondo itatha, idabwezeredwa m'manja mwa anthu wamba aku Turkey. Pofuna kuonjezera mgwirizano ndi kukonza ubale ndi abale ake Asilamu ku Middle East, Turkey inaletsa ntchito zankhondo za NATO kuchokera ku Batman, koma America inanyengerera anthu a ku Turkey kuti alole kufufuza ndi ndege zina kuti ziwuluke kuchokera ku Batman kukasaka ndi kuwononga zigawenga. Iran. Tsopano inali imodzi mwamalo ofunikira kwambiri akutsogolo kwa asitikali aku America ndi NATO ku Middle East, Eastern Europe ndi Central Asia.
    
  "Mamita zikwi makumi asanu ndi limodzi, kupsyinjika kwa mumlengalenga m"malo obiriŵira, okonzekera kuloŵerera anyalugwe," Moulin anasimba motero. Boomer grinned - kuteteza akambuku ndi kusintha kwa air turbojet mode zinkachitika basi, monga ntchito zambiri pa spaceplanet, koma Moulin nthawi zonse ankayesera kuganiza pasadakhale pamene kompyuta adzayamba ndondomekoyi. Zoonadi, kompyutayo inamudziwitsa kuti injini za LPDRS zinali zotetezedwa." Moulin anamukumbutsa kuti: "Tidakali "pamanja", Captain," anatero Moulin.
    
  "Ndiwe wabwino kwambiri pa izi, sichoncho, Frenchie?" Boomer adaseka.
    
  "Ndi ntchito yanga, captain."
    
  "Simudzanditcha 'Boomer,' sichoncho?"
    
  "Zokayikitsa, captain."
    
  "Simukudziwa zomwe mukusowa, Frenchie."
    
  "Zonse zindiyendera bwino. Takonzeka kuyambanso."
    
  Mbali ya chithumwa chake inalidi kuthamangitsa. Mwinamwake iye anali ngati bizinesi pabedi - koma izo zikanayenera kudikira mpaka iwo atakhala pansi limodzi. "Ndimazimitsa ma injini, ma injini a turbojet amakhala ndi moyo." Tsopano m'mlengalenga munali mpweya wokwanira kuti asiye kugwiritsa ntchito hydrogen peroxide kuwotcha mafuta a jet, motero Boomer adatsegulanso ma tabo osunthika pamakina a injini ndikuyamba motsatana. Patangopita nthawi pang'ono, ma injini a turbojet anali akugwira ntchito ndipo anali okonzeka kuwuluka. Njira yawo yothawira ndege inadutsa pakati pa Ulaya ndi Ukraine, ndipo tsopano anawoloka Nyanja Yakuda, kulowera kum"mwera chakum"mawa kulowera ku Turkey. Pamodzi ndi kusunga kutentha kwa thupi lawo, njira zotsika mofulumira zimawalola kuti adutse mofulumira kwambiri-amakhoza kutsika kuchokera pamwamba pa mtunda wa makilomita mazana awiri kufika pamalo oyamba otchedwa "chipata chapamwamba" pasanathe makilomita chikwi chimodzi, pamene kutsika kwabwinoko. ndi aerobraking imatha kutenga pafupifupi mailosi zikwi zisanu.
    
  Pansi pa mapazi zikwi makumi asanu ndi limodzi anali mu Class A positive control airspace, kotero tsopano anayenera kutsatira njira zonse zoyendetsera kayendetsedwe ka ndege. Kompyutayo idalowa kale ma frequency oyenerera muwailesi yoyamba ya microwave: "Pakati pa Ankara, iyi ndi Seventh Herd, chisamaliro choyenera, mamailosi zana limodzi ndi makumi awiri kumpoto chakumadzulo kwa Ankara, kudutsa mulingo wa ndege zisanu-foro-zero, kupempha kuyambitsa ndege yathu. Tidzakhala MARS ndi Four-One chevron. "
    
  "Gulu lachisanu ndi chiwiri, likulu la Ankara, khalani kunja kwa malo odziwikiratu chitetezo cha ndege ku Turkey mpaka mutadziwika ndi radar, ndikuwonetsa 4-1-seveni zachilendo." Boomer werenganinso malangizo onse.
    
  Panthawiyo, pa wailesi yawo yachiwiri yobisidwa, adamva kuti: "Stallion seven, chevron four-One pa blue Two."
    
  Boomer adapempha Frenchie kuti amvetsere kuchuluka kwa kayendetsedwe ka ndege, kenaka adasinthira ku wayilesi yothandizira: "Four-One, iyi ndi Seventh Stallion." Anasinthana ma code ovuta komanso mayankho kuti atsimikizire kuti wina ndi mnzake, ngakhale anali panjira yobisidwa. "Tidachoka ku Batman chifukwa tidamva kuchokera ku Ankara ATC kuti salola kuti ndege iliyonse idutse chitetezo chawo, ngakhale omwe ali ndi mapulani othawirako. Sitikudziwa zomwe zikuchitika, koma nthawi zambiri ndichifukwa chakuti ndege yosadziwika kapena chombo chalowa m'malo awo amlengalenga kapena m'madzi, kapena a Kurds ena adawombera matope kudutsa malire, ndipo akutseka zonse mpaka atazikonza. Tikuyandikira malo a Fishtail rendezvous. Ndikupempha kuti ndiyende motsatira mfundo yomwe ili pamenepo, kenako ndikulowera ku MK.
    
  "Zikomo chifukwa chokhala pamwamba pa zinthu, Four-One," adatero Boomer, mpumulo wowonekera m'mawu ake. Kugwiritsa ntchito mawonekedwe okulirapo kudawawonongera kwambiri mafuta omwe amasungidwa - pakali pano anali atatsala pang'ono kutha, ndipo pofika pomwe amafika ku Batman AFB amakhala ali pamalo osungiramo mafuta mwadzidzidzi ndipo mafuta amakhala opanda mafuta, kuti awuluke. kwinakwake. Malo omwe adayandikira kwambiri anali Mihail Cogniceanu Airport pafupi ndi Constanta, Romania, kapena "MK" mwachidule, gulu lankhondo loyamba la US lomwe linakhazikitsidwa m'dziko lomwe kale linali Warsaw Pact.
    
  Ndege ziwirizi zitalumikizidwa kudzera pa transceiver yotetezeka, zowonetsera zawo zamitundu yambiri zimaziwonetsa komwe zili, njira yomwe angapite kukakumana, ndi malo osinthira omwe angafunikire kuti akhazikike. Black Stallion idafika poyambira pakatikati pamlengalenga mphindi khumi ndi zisanu koyambirira, pa mfundo mazana anayi komanso kutalika kwa mapazi masauzande makumi atatu, motero Boomer adayamba kutembenuka kolimba kuti athetse kuthamanga kwa ndege. Ndimakonda-kuboola m"mwamba, kuulutsa ndege za anthu othamanga kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi."
    
  "Mmodzi akuyitanitsa Seventh Stallion," Boomer adamva pa transceiver yake ya satellite.
    
  "Ndi Mulungu wa ONANI," iye anatero moseka. "Patsogolo, Mmodzi."
    
  "Mwaloledwa kupita ku MK," atero a Patrick McLanahan wa ku Armstrong. Anayang'anitsitsa momwe ndege ikuyendera kuchokera ku gawo lolamula. "Ogwira ntchito ali okonzeka kuwonetsetsa kuti Black Stallion ili ndi chitetezo."
    
  "Kodi wina kunyumba ayenera kuyang'ana pa phewa langa kuyambira pano?" - anafunsa.
    
  "Ndikutsimikizira izi, Boomer," Patrick anayankha. "Dzolowerani."
    
  "Kumvetsetsa."
    
  "Mukudziwa chifukwa chomwe Ankara sanalole aliyense kulowa, bwana?"
    
  "Uyu ndi Genesis. Komabe, "adatero David Luger. "Tikufufuzabe."
    
  Pamapeto pake Black Stallion inatha kutsika ndikutsika kuti ikatenge malo oyenera, mamita mazana asanu pansi ndi theka la kilomita kumbuyo kwa thanki. "Gawo lachisanu ndi chiwiri lakhazikitsidwa, mndandanda wathunthu, inu mukuwona, mwakonzeka," adatero Boomer.
    
  "Roger iwe, Seven, iyi ndi Chevron Four-One," adayankha wowombera kumbuyo kwa tanki. "Ndimakuwerengerani mokweza komanso momveka bwino, monganso ine."
    
  "Mokweza komanso momveka."
    
  "Ndimakumvetsetsa. Inenso ndikukuwonani." Pa intercom adati, "Boom itsika kuti ifike pamalo olumikizirana, ogwira ntchito," ndipo adayendetsa sitimayo kuti ikhazikike, mapiko ake omwe amayendetsedwa ndi waya ndikuyikhazikitsa pakuyenda kwa tanki yayikulu. Apanso pawailesi: "Zisanu ndi ziwiri zakonzedwa kuti zipite patsogolo, Four-One yakonzeka."
    
  "Wachisanu ndi chiwiri akukwera," adatero Boomer. Iye anatsegula zitseko kutsetsereka pamwamba pa fuselage kuseri kwa cockpit, ndiye bwino anabweretsa spaceplane mu malo chisanadze kukhudzana: zogwirizana ndi centerline wa thanki, pamwamba pa windshield pamodzi pakati msoko wa gulu kuunikira ulamuliro. Mimba yaikulu ya Boeing 777 yosinthidwa inadzaza galasi lakutsogolo. "Zisanu ndi ziwiri zili m'malo olumikizana nawo, okhazikika komanso okonzeka, nthawi ino ndi JP-7 yokha," adatero.
    
  "Kutengera kukhudzana koyambirira ndikukonzekera, JP-7 yokha, yololedwa kulowa malo olumikizirana, anayi-mmodzi okonzeka," adatero woyendetsa boom. Iye anawonjezera nozzle ndi kuyatsa "kuwongolera" chizindikiro - chizindikiro kusuntha wolandirayo ku malo omwe akufuna. Boomer sanafunikire kusuntha zowongolera chifukwa ndegeyo inali yopepuka kwambiri, monga ngati ndi lingaliro chabe, analondolera Black Stallion patsogolo ndi m'mwamba mosamala. Chizindikiro chowongolera chikakhazikika, Boomer adasungabe malo ake, ngati kuti ndi mphamvu yamalingaliro, ndipo wogwiritsa ntchito boom adalowetsa mphuno muzitsulo zake. "Contact, four-one."
    
  "Wachisanu ndi chiwiri adalumikizana ndipo akuwonetsa kugwiritsa ntchito mafuta," adatero Boomer. "Ndakondwa kwambiri kukuwonani anyamata."
    
  "Ndife ogwira ntchito ku Cabernet, bwana," adatero woyendetsa sitimayo.
    
  Zinatenga KC-77 mphindi khumi kusamutsa mapaundi zikwi makumi atatu a mafuta a jet kupita ku Black Stallion. "Tiyeni tiyambe kulowera chakumadzulo, Four-One," adatero Boomer. "Tayamba kuyandikira kwambiri ku Krasnodar." Panali bwalo lalikulu la ndege la ku Russia ku Krasnodar kugombe lakum'mawa kwa Black Sea, ndipo ngakhale kuti anali kunja kwa mlengalenga wawo kapena wina aliyense, zinali bwino kuti asawuluke m'malo oterowo popanda chenjezo. Pamodzi ndi radar yawo yayikulu yodzitchinjiriza komanso mabatire ambiri amivi yakutali kupita kumlengalenga, Krasnodar inali imodzi mwankhondo zazikulu kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi, yokhala ndi mapiko osakwana atatu omenyera chitetezo chamlengalenga omwe amakhala pamenepo, kuphatikiza imodzi ndi Mikoyan's MiG-29. Gurevich "Fulcrum", amaonedwa kuti ndi imodzi mwazinthu zabwino kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi.
    
  Ngakhale zaka zinayi pambuyo pa kubwezera kwa America ku Russia, mitsempha m'dera lonselo idakalipobe, ndipo ogwira ntchito anali okonzeka kuchita chilichonse kuti omenyana nawo apite mlengalenga ndi kuyambitsa machitidwe otetezera mpweya. Mwamwayi, panalibe chizindikiro cha ntchito iliyonse yoteteza mpweya kumbuyo kwawo. "Chabwino kuchita ndikutembenukira kumanja."
    
  "Tikupita molunjika ku ziro ziwiri-zero," adatero woyendetsa sitimayo. Boomer adayendetsa mwaluso kumbuyo kwa Boeing 777 yomwe idasinthidwa pomwe idayamba kutembenukira kumwera, ndikulumikizana ndikusintha.
    
  Iwo anali atangoyamba kumene maphunziro atsopano pamene wonyamula mfuti wa tanki anati, "Chabwino, anyamata, zikuwoneka ngati tili ndi mlendo. Seveni, 3 koloko yako, yayandikira kwambiri."
    
  "Chavuta ndi chiyani, Frenchie?" Boomer adafunsa, akuyang'ana kwambiri kukhala pamalo opangira mafuta.
    
  ndi MiG-29 yaku Russia," Moulin anatero mwamantha, "maola atatu, osakwana theka la kilomita, kumapeto kwa phiko lathu."
    
  "Onani ngati ali ndi mapiko," adatero Boomer. "Anthu aku Russia samawuluka zombo zawo nthawi zambiri."
    
  Moulin anayang'ana kumwamba, kuyesera kukhala chete, kuyesera kuyang'ana mmbuyo momwe angathere. "Ndinamugwira," iye anatero patapita nthaŵi. "Pa 7 koloko, pafupifupi mailosi." Ya 3 koloko inayandikira, kukopa chidwi chake. M'zaka khumi ndi zisanu za ntchito yake ya Navy, anali asanawonepo MiG-29, kupatulapo omwe anali mu utumiki waku Germany, ndiyeno powonekera, osati paulendo. Ikhoza kukhala chithunzithunzi cha wankhondo wapamadzi wa F-14 Tomcat, wokhala ndi mapiko akulu, fuselage yayikulu komanso mphuno yayikulu chifukwa cha radar yake yayikulu yowongolera moto. Uyu anali ndi zobiriwira zobiriwira, zabuluu komanso zotuwa, zokhala ndi mbendera yayikulu yoyera, yabuluu komanso yofiyira yaku Russia pachokhazikika chokhazikika - ndipo amawona bwino mzinga umodzi wautali komanso mivi iwiri yaufupi yochokera kumlengalenga ikulendewera. phiko lakumanzere kwa mphindi. "Zimbalangondo zadzaza, nzoona," iye anatero mwamantha. "Titani?"
    
  "Ndimaliza kuthira mafuta," adatero Boomer, "kenako tiyamba kukwera MK." Iyi ndi ndege yapadziko lonse lapansi; Kuwona malo ndikololedwa. Lolani Genesis ndi Odin adziwe zomwe zikuchitika kumeneko."
    
  Boomer anamva Frenchie pa walkie-talkie nambala yachiwiri akulankhula ndi winawake, koma patapita nthaŵi anaima: "Chitsiru chimenecho chikubwera 3 koloko," anatero mwamantha.
    
  "Tikuyenda bwanji ndi petulo?"
    
  "Magawo atatu athunthu."
    
  "Kodi tili ndi ndalama zokwanira kuti tikafike ku MK?"
    
  "Zambiri za".
    
  "Ndikufuna kuwawonjezera ngati zingachitike. Kodi MiG ili pafupi bwanji tsopano?
    
  "Iye ali kumapeto kwenikweni kwa phiko lathu lakumanja," adatero Frenchie. "Kodi mukudwala, captain?"
    
  "Ayi. Ndimamuwonetsa momwe zimachitikira. Mosakayikira amafunanso kuona zam"tsogolo." Koma masewera aang'onowo sanathere pamenepo. Mig-29 idapitilira kuyandikira mpaka posakhalitsa Boomer adamva kubangula kwa injini yake ndi kunjenjemera kunja kwa kanyumbako. "Chabwino, tsopano wayamba kundikwiyitsa. Nanga petulo tikuyenda bwanji?"
    
  Watsala pang'ono kudzaza.
    
  "Mwina ali kuti?"
    
  Moulin adayamba kusuntha pampando wake kuti atembenukirenso kumanzere ... utsi wotuluka mu injini yake ndi jeti zamadzi zinagwedeza mapiko akumanzere a tanker, zomwe sizinawonekere poyamba, koma posakhalitsa mwamphamvu kwambiri pamene MiG inayandikira.
    
  "Chachisanu ndi chiwiri, ichi ndi Four-One. Zikukhala zovuta kwambiri kuziwongolera. Mukuti bwanji ndi zimenezo?"
    
  "Bastard," adatero Boomer. "Yakwana nthawi yoti timalize." Pawailesi adayankha, "Four-One, tiyeni tizime ndipo-"
    
  Koma panthawiyo, MiG yachiwiri kumanzere kwa bwalo la tanker inayatsa moto woyaka moto, mpweya wake wotulutsa mpweya unali mayadi ochepa chabe kuchokera kutsogolo kwa mapiko a kumanzere a tanker, chifukwa cha zomwe mapiko ake adagwedezeka kwambiri pansi. kenako m'mwamba, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti tanker ilembedwe kumanja. "Kuthawa, kuthawa, kuthawa!" wogwiritsa ntchito chotchinga anafuula pa wailesi. Boomer nthawi yomweyo adatsika pang'onopang'ono, ndikudina batani lolamula mawu ndikuti , "Brake liwiro makumi asanu ndi awiri!" Dongosolo la Mission Adaptive Wing nthawi yomweyo lidakhazikitsa kukokera kopitilira muyeso, ndikupanga mabuleki masauzande othamanga kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi ndikuloleza kuti izidumphira mwachangu ...
    
  ... ndipo sizinachitike mofulumira kwambiri, chifukwa woyendetsa sitima yapamadzi, akulimbana ndi kulamulira kwa ndege yake ndipo panthawi imodzimodziyo akukankhira mphamvu zonse zankhondo ndi kukwera kwa madigiri makumi atatu, pamene adamva "kukweza" chizindikiro, mopambanitsa kwambiri ndipo tsopano anagwa mwaukali kumanzere, pokhala atagwidwa ndi kuzimitsidwa kwathunthu kwa magetsi ndi pamphepete mwa tailspin. Boomer adalumbira kuti akufuna kukumana maso ndi maso ndi woyendetsa galimotoyo ataona mchira wa tanker ukutsika pansi ndikulowera kwa iye. "Bwerani, Chevron, chira, zikomo, chira ...!"
    
  Sitima yapamadzi ya KC-77 ikuwoneka ngati ikuphulika kumapeto kwa chiwombankhanga chotalikirabe, ikuyang'ana kumanzere ndi kumanja ngati kuti ikugwira mlengalenga kuti ichirikize, mapiko ake akuwuluka ngati osprey ikukwera, kupatula ngati thankiyo sinali kukwera. , ndipo anali kukonzekera kugubuduza ndi kutembenuka kuchoka pa mphamvu pa sekondi iliyonse. Pomwe Boomer adaganiza kuti agubuduza pamsana pake ndikudumphira mosadziletsa mu Black Sea, adayimitsa kugwedezeka kwake, phiko lake lakumanzere lidatsalira pansi ndipo mphuno yake idayamba kulowera chakumtunda. Pamene mphuno ya ndegeyo inatsikira pansi pa chizimezime, phiko lakumanja pang"onopang"ono, mopweteka linayamba kutsika. Ngalawayo itazimiririka, inali itatsala pang'ono kufika mapiko ake, mphuno yake itatsikira kwambiri, koma mwamsanga inapezanso liwiro lake.
    
  "Chevron, muli bwino?" Boomer wailesi.
    
  Mphindi zochepa pambuyo pake anamva liwu lachimuna lalitali, lophokosora, lotuwa likunena, "Ndachipeza, ndachipeza, mwatsoka, ndachipeza...Zisanu ndi ziwiri, izi ndi Four-One, tili bwino. Damn, damn, ndimaganiza kuti tathana nazo. Ife tiri mapazi zikwi khumi ndi ziwiri mmwamba. Tili bwino. Injini imodzi inazima, koma tsopano tikuyambiranso. "
    
  Boomer adayang'ana kumwamba ndikuwona ma MiG-29 awiri akulumikizana pamwamba pake, kulowera kummawa. Iye ankangowamva akuseka pawailesi zawo momwe ankawopsyeza Achimereka. "Opusa inu!" - adafuula mu visor yake ya okosijeni ndikusuntha ma throttles kupita kumoto wambiri.
    
  "Wolemekezeka! Mukutani?" Moulin anafuula pamene kupuma kwake kumabwerera pambuyo pogwedezeka mwadzidzidzi pachifuwa chake chifukwa cha kulemetsa. Koma posakhalitsa zidadziwika zomwe akuchita - akuwuluka pakati pa mapangidwe a MiG. Pamene ankatha kukuwa, n"kuti atadutsa ma MiG aŵiriwo, akuuluka mochepera mayadi 100 pamwamba pawo, pa liwiro la mailosi mazana asanu ndi aŵiri pa ola! "O Mulungu wanga, Noble, kodi ndiwe misala?"
    
  Boomer adawongolera Black Stallion kukwera kokwera madigiri makumi asanu ndi limodzi pomwe akupitiliza kuthamanga. "Tiwona ngati amakonda kuphatikizika ndi amphaka ena akunja kapena ngati angangopita kumagulu akuluakulu amafuta," adatero. Wolandira machenjezo owopseza adabangula - ma MiG anali akugwirabe ntchito popanda radar, chifukwa chake adatha kuzembera mapangidwe awo mosavuta, koma tsopano adayatsa radar yayikulu ya N-019 ndipo amasaka. Boomer adatsika pamtunda wamamita 40,000, adabweza zowongolera kuti athane ndi mphamvu, ndikusintha mawonekedwe ake amitundu yambiri kukhala chithunzi chowopseza chomwe chidamupatsa mawonekedwe abwino kwambiri. "Yang'anirani mafuta anga ndikundidziwitsa tikafika pafupi ndi mafuta a bingo pa MK, Frenchy."
    
  "Stallion, uyu ndi Odin," adatero Patrick McLanahan kuchokera ku Armstrong space station. "Tangolandira chenjezo lachiwopsezocho. Muli ndi ma MiG awiri kumbuyo kwanu! Mukupita kuti?"
    
  "Ndiwakokera anyamatawa mpaka kum'maŵa kuti ndiwatsekereze kutali ndi sitima yapamadzi," adatero Boomer, "ndipo ndiwaphunzitsa phunziro la momwe angagwirire ng'ombe yakuda, makamaka tanka yake."
    
  "Kodi mukumvetsa zomwe mukuchita, Boomer?" -Patrick anafunsa.
    
  "Ndikukhulupirira kuti anyamatawa andiwombera, General," adatero Boomer, "ndiye ndiwabweretsera misozi m'maso mwawo. Mafunso enanso, bwana?"
    
  Panali kaye kaye pang'ono, pomwe Moulin anali wotsimikiza kuti wamkuluyo angalumbire mpaka atatsika ndikudumphira padenga la gawo lolamula mokwiya kotheratu pazachinyamata za Noble. Chodabwitsa kwambiri, adamva McLanahan akuyankha kuti: "Zoyipa, Boomer. Ingoyesetsani kuti musakanda pentiyo."
    
  "Mphindi khumi ndi zisanu kuti tiwonjezere mafuta pa liwiro ili ndi mutu, chombo cha m'mlengalenga," adatero Moulin. "Lekani kupusa uku mutitembenukire!
    
  "Mphindi zisanunso titembenuka, Frenchie," adatero Boomer, kenako anang'ung'udza, "Bwerani, inu amantha amantha, womberani kale. Tili m'maso mwanu ndipo sitikuyambitsa zosokoneza - tengerani - "
    
  Panthawiyi, zizindikiro ziwiri za "batwing" pa chiwonetsero cha chenjezo lachiwopsezo, zomwe zikuyimira ma radar osaka a Mig, zinayamba kung'anima. "Chenjerani, tcheru, chenjezo la mizinga, maola asanu ndi limodzi, mailosi makumi awiri ndi atatu, MiG-29K ..." mphindi ino idatsatiridwa ndi: "Chenjerani, tcheru, kuwulutsa mizinga, kuyambitsa mizinga, AA-12!"
    
  "Tiyeni, Frenchy, gwiritsitsani maluwa anu," adatero Boomer. Iye anatembenuza throttles kukhala afterburner kwambiri, kenako anati: "Leopards kukhudzana."
    
  "Nyalugwe polumikizana, letsani anyalugwe ... anyalugwe adayatsidwa," kompyuta idayankha, ndipo onse ogwira nawo ntchito adaponyedwanso m'mipando yawo pomwe injini za pulse laser detonation system zidathamangitsidwa mumayendedwe athunthu a turbojet - ndi mikwingwirima ikuyenda kale. , m"malo mowawonjezera pang"onopang"ono, analandira pafupifupi mphamvu zonse za turbojet m"masekondi ochepa chabe. Airspeed idalumpha kuchokera pansi pa Mach 1 mpaka 2, kenako 3, kenako 4 m'kuphethira kwa diso. Kenako adayamba kukwera motsetsereka, kenako adawongolera mpaka pomwe adalunjika mmwamba, osangokhala makumi asanu, kenako makumi asanu ndi limodzi.
    
  "Mivi ... ikadali ... ikutsatira," Moulin anadandaula pambuyo pa pafupifupi ma Gs asanu ndi awiri. "Pakadali ... kutseka..."
    
  "Ndatsala pang'ono ... ndamaliza ... ndi abulu awa, Frenchie," Boomer adabwelera modandaula. Anabwezera mphamvu ku Mach 4 ndipo anapitiriza kukanikiza ndodo yolamulira mpaka iwo anagwedezeka. Anagudubuzika molunjika, mphuno yake tsopano ikuloza pansi pafupifupi chopondapo, kenako n"kuyang"ana pachiwonetsero choopsezacho. Monga momwe amayembekeza, ma MiG awiriwa anali akutumizabe mphamvu ya radar, kumufunafuna - missile ya AA-12, buku la American AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile, inali kuyang'aniridwa pogwiritsa ntchito ndege yake. radar.
    
  "Ndikudabwa komwe ndinapita, anyamata? Uzipeza mu sekondi imodzi." Boomer adatsogolera Black Stallion kumalo komwe amaganiza kuti MiGs idzakhala pamtima kapena ziwiri - pa liwiro lake, MiGs inkawoneka ngati ikuyendayenda mumlengalenga, ngakhale kuwopseza kunawonetsa kuti akuwuluka pafupifupi kawiri liwiro. kuposa phokoso. Atangowona madontho akuda pansi pake, adagubuduza kumanzere mpaka adalunjika pakati pa ndege ziwiri za Russia. Iye sankadziwa ngati iye anawerengetsera kusuntha molondola, koma tsopano zinali mochedwa kuti nkhawa...
    
  Kuthwanimako kunali kosaoneka bwino pamene ankauluka molunjika pakati pawo, kusowa wapafupi ndi mayadi makumi asanu okha. Atangodutsa iwo, iye anaika throttles kwa chopanda pake, anazimitsa injini LPDRS kupulumutsa mafuta, ntchito MAW dongosolo kuthandiza spaceplane mlingo popanda kusweka mu zidutswa - pa liwiro lawo panopa, iwo akanafika Black Sea mu masekondi asanu ndi atatu okha opanda ukadaulo wa Mission Adaptive Wing - ndikuyamba kulowera chakumanzere ngati mizinga ya AA-12 ikadatsatabe ...
    
  ...koma sanade nkhawa ndi mizinga ija, chifukwa patangopita mphindi pang'ono anawona kuwala kwakukulu pamwamba pawo, kenako wina. Anaweramuka, nasiya mphamvu za g-force, nasanthula thambo. Zomwe ankangoona zinali mitambo iwiri yakuda pamwamba pawo. "Payback ndi chibwibwi, sichoncho, anzanga?" Adatelo Boomer akulowera chakumadzulonso.
    
  Anayeneranso kukumana ndi tanki ndikuwonjezera mafuta chifukwa adafika pomwe panali mafuta adzidzidzi pakangotha mphindi zingapo injini za LPDRS zikuyenda. Ogwira ntchito m'sitimayo anali osangalala, koma Moulin anali wodekha komanso wabizinesi kuposa masiku onse - sananene chilichonse koma kufuula koyenera. "Kodi muli bwino, Four-One?" - Boomer adafunsa.
    
  "Mano athu a mano ndi omasuka kwambiri," anatero woyendetsa sitimayo, "koma nkwabwinopo kuposa m"malo mwake. Zikomo, wokondedwa. "
    
  "Mutha kutithokoza potipatsa mpweya wochulukirapo kuti tikafike ku MK."
    
  "Malinga ngati tili ndi mafuta okwanira kutifikitsa kunjira yapafupi, mutha kutenga ena onse," adatero woyendetsa sitima yapamadzi. "Ndipo musaganize zogulira zakumwa za malo ena aliwonse amafuta padziko lonse lapansi - sitikufunanso ndalama zanu. Zikomo kachiwiri, Seventh Stallion. "
    
  Pasanathe ola limodzi, ndege ziwirizi zidakumana ndipo zidatera pabwalo la ndege la Constanta-Mihail Cog Galniceanu ku Romania. Bwalo la ndege linali makilomita khumi ndi asanu kuchokera ku Constanta ndi makilomita asanu ndi anai kuchokera ku gombe lotchuka la Mamaia la mzindawo pa Black Sea, motero silinkakumana kaŵirikaŵiri ndi chifunga chozizira chimene chinakuta mzinda wa m"mphepete mwa nyanja m"nyengo yozizira. United States Air Force inamanga malo oimikapo magalimoto, ma hangars, ndi malo osungiramo ndi chitetezo kumpoto chakum'maŵa kwa bwalo la ndege, ndikukweza nsanja yoyendetsera bwalo la ndege, radar ndi njira zoyankhulirana, komanso malo osungirako ndege. Pamodzi ndi umembala wa NATO ndi European Union, ndalama zomwe United States idachita ku Romania zasintha mwachangu derali, lomwe kale linkadziwika chifukwa cha doko lake lotanganidwa komanso mbiri yakale, kukhala bizinesi yayikulu yapadziko lonse lapansi, ukadaulo ndi zokopa alendo.
    
  Ndege ziwirizi zidabweretsedwa kumalo otetezedwa ndi gulu laling'ono la Humvees okhala ndi zida ndipo zidayimitsidwa pamodzi munyumba yayikulu kwambiri. Nthawi zambiri antchitowo ankakumbatirana ndi kugwirana chanza potsika. Anakambitsirana za ntchito yawo ndipo kenako mosiyana, akumalonjezana kuti adzakumana kuti adzadye chakudya chamadzulo ndi zakumwa pambuyo pake ku Constanţa.
    
  Kukambirana kwa Noble ndi Moulin kunatenga nthawi yayitali kuposa ya ogwira ntchito m'sitimayo. Zinatenga maola asanu ndi anayi otopetsa kuti afotokoze kwa ogwira ntchito yosamalira ndi ofufuza, a Patrick McLanahan pa siteshoni ya Armstrong, Dave Luger ku Dreamland, ndi kukayezetsa chipatala pambuyo pa ndege. Potsirizira pake, iwo anamasulidwa, anachotsa masitomu a dziko la Romania pabwalo la ndege la anthu wamba, kenaka anakwera basi yopita ku Best Western Savoy Hotel ku Constanta, kumene asilikali a United States anachita pangano loti akhalemo kwakanthaŵi.
    
  Mphepete mwa nyanja ya Black Sea sanali otanganidwa m'nyengo yozizira, kotero kupatulapo ochepa oyendetsa ndege ochokera ku Romania, Germany ndi Austria ndi amalonda ochepa omwe adadabwa omwe sankazoloŵera kuchuluka kwa maphwando ku Constantinople m'nyengo yozizira, Achimereka adasiyidwa ku malo awo. zida zake. Ogwira ntchito m'sitimayo anali akusangalala kale ndikugulira zakumwa kwa aliyense wovala mapiko, makamaka azimayi oyendetsa ndege akunja. Boomer nayenso anali atakonzeka, koma anadabwa kuona Lisette akupita kuchipinda chake. Anadzichotsa pa kukumbatirana ndi oyendetsa ndege awiri okongola a blond, ndikulonjeza kuti abwera posachedwa, ndipo adathamangira pambuyo pake.
    
  Anangodutsa movutikira kudutsa zitseko za elevator zomwe zidatsekeka. "Hey Frenchie, ugona posachedwapa? Phwando likungoyamba ndipo sitinadyebe chakudya chamadzulo. "
    
  "Ndagonjetsedwa. Ndathana nazo lero."
    
  Anamuyang'ana ndi nkhawa. Iye anati: "Simunanene zambiri kuyambira pamene tinamenyana ndi anthu a ku Russia. "Ndili wamng'ono-"
    
  Mwadzidzidzi Moulin anatembenukira kwa iye ndikumumenya nsagwada ndi nkhonya yake yakumanja. Sikunali nkhonya yamphamvu chotere, koma idakali nkhonya - idamupweteka, koma makamaka chifukwa chodabwa. "Hey, chifukwa chiyani mwachita izi?"
    
  "Wopusa iwe! Ndiwe chitsiru! - iye anakuwa. "Chifukwa cha inu, tonsefe tikhoza kuphedwa kumeneko lero!"
    
  Boomer anasisita chibwano chake, akumuyang'anabe ndi nkhawa; kenako anagwedeza mutu n"kunena kuti, "Inde, ndingathe. Koma palibe amene akuthamanga pafupi ndi tanki yanga. " Anamwetulira, kenako anawonjezera kuti, "Kupatula apo, uyenera kuvomereza, Frenchie, zakhala zikuyenda bwino kwambiri."
    
  Moulin amawoneka ngati amumenyanso, ndipo adatsimikiza mtima kumulola kuti achite ngati zingamupangitse kumva bwino ... ndi kumpsompsona, ndi kumukankha kwa iye, kumkamiza kukhoma.
    
  "Ukunena zoona, Boomer, wakhala wokwera kwambiri," adapumira. "Ndakhala ndikuwulutsa ndege kuchokera kwa onyamula ndege m"nkhondo ziŵiri ndi kuwomberedwa kambirimbiri, ndipo sindinasangalalepo monga momwe ndikuchitira lerolino!"
    
  "O Mulungu wanga, Moulin ..."
    
  "Mfalansa. Ndiyimbireni Frenchie, damn it, "adalamula, kenako ndikumupsompsonanso. Kwa nthawi yayitali sanamulole kuti apume mpweya.
    
  "Munali chete pobwerera ndipo mukukambirana, ndimachita mantha kuti mupita ku Frenchie," adatero Boomer Moulin atayamba kupsompsona khosi lake. "Muli ndi njira yoseketsa yowonetsera chisangalalo chanu."
    
  "Ndinali wokondwa kwambiri, wokondwa kwambiri, wonyada kwambiri kotero kuti ndinachita manyazi kusonyeza," Moulin anatero pakati pa kupsompsona, manja ake akutulukira kumwera kwa chiuno chake. "Ndikutanthauza, oyendetsa ndege awiri adamwalira, koma ndinali wokondwa kwambiri moti ndinaganiza kuti ndiwonekera nditavala suti yanga ya ndege!"
    
  "Wodala Frenchy, iyi ndi imodzi mwamagawo odabwitsa anu omwe sindinayambe ndateropo."
    
  "Khala chete, Boomer, ingokhala chete," iye anatero pamene chikepe chinkatsika pansi. Panthawiyo anali atatsala pang'ono kumasula zipi ndi mabatani ake. "Ingonditengerani kuchipinda kwanga ndikukankhira ubongo wanga."
    
  "Koma bwanji za bwenzi lako ndi wako-?"
    
  "Boomer, ndati nditseke gehena ndikundipha, ndipo musayime mpaka m'mawa," adatero Moulin pomwe zitseko za elevator zidatsegulidwa. "Ine ndifotokoza izi kwa^kuti^o, vuto, kaya dzina lake ndi liti, mmawa. Kumbukirani, captain, ndakuposani, ndiye lamulo ili, bambo! Zinali zoonekeratu kuti kupereka malamulo kunali kosangalatsa kwa iye monga kuyendetsa ndege ya hypersonic.
    
    
  MUTU WACHIWIRI
    
    
  Anthu amawakonda kwambiri akakumana ndi zowawa chifukwa cha kulephera kwawo kuposa pamene apambana.
    
  -VIRGINIA WOOLF
    
    
    
  ARMSTRONG SPACE STATION
  M'M'MAWA
    
    
  Command Module inali likulu la zochitika mu Armstrong Space Station, ndipo apa ndi pamene Patrick McLanahan adapezeka pamsonkhano wavidiyo ndi mamembala osankhidwa a Purezidenti Gardner's National Security Staff: Conrad F. Carlisle, National Security Advisor kwa Purezidenti; Gerald Vista, Mtsogoleri wa Central Intelligence, yemwe adatsalira pa udindo wake kuchokera ku utsogoleri wa Martindale; Mkulu wa Marine Taylor J. Bain, Wapampando wa Akuluakulu Ogwirizana a Ogwira Ntchito; Charles A. Huffman, Chief of Staff of the Air Force; ndi Air Force General Bradford Cannon, mkulu wa asilikali a US. Strategic Command ndi-mpaka Congress ndi Pentagon afotokoze mwatsatanetsatane-woyang'anira zochitika zonse zaku US m'bwalo lamasewera ndipo ali ndi udindo wophunzitsa, kukonzekeretsa, ndi kutsogolera maulendo onse omenyera mlengalenga. Hunter Noble - wamaso pang'ono chifukwa cha kusowa tulo, onse chifukwa cha kusiyana kwa nthawi komanso Lisa Moulin - adalumikizidwa ndi teleconference kudzera pa satellite kuchokera kumalo olamulira ku Constant Air Force Base.
    
  Patrick ndi Master Sergeant Valerie Lucas anayang'ana kutsogolo kwa teleconference monitor yowonekera kwambiri, Velcroed mpaka pamutu waukulu wa module yamalamulo ndi nsapato. Patrick adameta tsitsi lake lalifupi, koma tsitsi lalitali la Lucas linalendewera mbali zonse za cholumikizira cha mahedifoni ake, ndikumupatsa mawonekedwe achilendo a wolverine. "Armstrong Space Station ili pa intaneti komanso yotetezeka, bwana," Patrick adalengeza. "Awa ndi Lt. Gen. Patrick McLanahan, Mtsogoleri, Advanced Aerospace Weapons Center, Elliott Air Force Base, Nevada. USA ali ndi ine. Mtsogoleri wa Air Force Master Sergeant Valerie Lucas, yemwe sanatumizidwe ndi woyang'anira siteshoniyi komanso wogwiritsa ntchito masensa omwe ali pantchito panthawi ya chiwembu ku Tehran. Kulumikizana nafe kudzera pa satellite kuchokera ku Constanta, Romania, ndi Air Force Capt. Hunter Noble, mkulu wa Manned Spaceflight ndi Hypersonic Weapons Division ku Advanced Aerospace Weapons Center. Iye anali mkulu woyang'anira kuukira kwa Tehran komanso wopanga zida za SKYSTREak zomwe zidagwiritsidwa ntchito poukira. Adabwerera ku Earth dzulo atamaliza ntchito yokakwera ndege yodziwitsa anthu zakum'mawa kwa Iran, zomwe tidzakudziwitsani pambuyo pake. "
    
  "Zikomo, General," adatero General Taylor Bain wochokera ku Gold Room, yemwe amadziwikanso kuti "Tank," malo ochitira msonkhano a Joint Chiefs of Staff pansanjika yachiwiri ya Pentagon. Monga momwe zinalili ndi akuluakulu ambiri ku United States pambuyo pa chipani cha Nazi, Bane anali wamng'ono kwa mkulu wa asilikali a Marine, yemwe anali ndi tsitsi lakuda lofiira "lalikulu ndi lolimba," kumwetulira kokonzeka ndi maso otuwa omwe ankasonyeza kudalira komanso kutsimikiza mtima. . "Mwalandiridwa nonse. Ndikuganiza kuti mukudziwa aliyense pano. Kulowa nafe ku White House ndi National Security Advisor Conrad Carlisle, ndi Director of Intelligence Gerald Vista akubwera nafe kuchokera ku Langley.
    
  "Choyamba, ndikufuna kunena kuti ndine wokondwa, ndipo, moona, ndikudabwa kwambiri kulankhula nanu, General McLanahan, m'bwalo lomwe zaka zochepa zapitazo linkaganiziridwa kuti ndilo gawo la Cold War. Poipitsitsa kwambiri dzenje la ndalama loyandama. "Koma tsopano tikuyang'ana kupanga madola mabiliyoni ambiri mu bajeti zisanu zotsatira kuti tipange Space Force pogwiritsa ntchito zida zomwezo. Ndikukhulupirira kuti tikuwona chiyambi cha njira yatsopano komanso tsogolo la asitikali aku America. Captain Noble, ndauzidwa za zomwe zinachitika dzulo ndipo pamene tikufunika kukambirana za luso lanu la kulingalira, ndachita chidwi ndi momwe munadzichitira nokha, ogwira nawo ntchito, ogwira nawo ndege anzanu ndi sitima yanu. Ndikukhulupirira kuti ichi chinali chitsanzo china cha luso lodabwitsa lomwe likupangidwa, ndipo njira yamtsogolo yomwe tikuyenda ikuwoneka yodabwitsa. Koma tili ndi ulendo wautali kuti tiyambe ulendowu, ndipo zomwe zachitika masiku apitawa zidzakhala zovuta kwambiri.
    
  "Choyamba, timva mwachidule kuchokera kwa a General McLanahan okhudza malo okwerera mlengalenga a Armstrong ndi kuyesa kwake kwaposachedwa, komanso zomwe zidachitika Captain Noble pa Black Sea. Tidzakambirana zina zingapo, ndiyeno antchito anga akonzekera malingaliro athu kwa akuluakulu a Dipatimenti ya Chitetezo ndi Homeland Security. Ndikukhulupirira kuti iyi ikhala nkhondo yayitali, ku Pentagon komanso ku Capitol Hill. Koma zivute zitani, Patrick, ndikufuna kunena kuti 'wachita bwino' kwa iwe ndi oyendetsa ndege anzako - kapena ndinene 'azamlengalenga' anzanga. Chonde pitilizani ".
    
  "Inde, bwana," Patrick adayamba. "M'malo mwa aliyense amene ali mu Space Station Armstrong ndi gulu lathu lothandizira ku Battle Mountain Air Force Reserve Base, Elliott Air Force Base ndi Peterson Air Force Base ku Colorado, zikomo chifukwa cha mawu anu okoma mtima ndi kupitiriza chithandizo."
    
  Patrick adadina batani lomwe limapereka zithunzi ndi zojambula pazenera lapadera kwa omvera pamsonkhano wavidiyo pomwe adapitiliza kuti: "Choyamba, mwachidule mwachidule: Malo okwerera mlengalenga a Armstrong adamangidwa kumapeto kwa 1980s ndi koyambirira kwa 1990s. Ndi gulu lankhondo la NASA laling'ono kwambiri la Skylab space station, lomangidwa kuchokera ku matanki amafuta omwe adagwiritsidwa ntchito a roketi za Saturn I ndi Saturn IV, zolumikizidwa pamodzi pamapangidwe apakati. Matanki anayi otere, aliwonse okhala ndi malo opitilira ma kiyubiki zikwi makumi atatu a malo aulere mkati, amapanga gawo lalikulu la siteshoni. Kwa zaka zambiri, ma modules ena adalumikizidwa ndi chitsiriziro cha mishoni kapena zoyeserera zapadera, pamodzi ndi mapanelo akulu adzuwa kuti awonjezere kupanga magetsi pamalo okulirapo. Titha kukhala ndi oyenda mumlengalenga ofikira makumi awiri ndi asanu kwa mwezi umodzi popanda kutumizidwanso.
    
  "Sitimayi imakhala ndi zida zingapo zapamwamba zankhondo zaku US, kuphatikiza radar yoyamba yochokera mumlengalenga, masensa apamwamba kwambiri apadziko lonse lapansi, maulumikizidwe apamwamba apadziko lonse lapansi komanso makina apakompyuta othamanga kwambiri, komanso makina oyamba otengera malo. Makina oteteza zida za laser, otchedwa 'Skybolt', opangidwa kuti aziponya pansi mivi yodutsa pakati pamlengalenga. Radar yotengera mlengalenga pa siteshoniyi ndi makina apamwamba kwambiri a radar omwe amasanthula dziko lonse lapansi kamodzi patsiku ndipo amatha kuzindikira ndi kuzindikira zinthu zazikulu ngati njinga yamoto, ngakhale pansi pa nthaka kapena pansi pa madzi.
    
  "Kuwonongeka kwa njira zathu zoyendetsera bwino komanso zowongolera komanso zida zodzitchinjiriza chifukwa cha kuwukira kwa ndege ndi Russian Federation ku United States kumatsimikizira kufunikira kwa maziko olimba komanso amakono kuti achite zinthu zingapo zofunika zachitetezo, komanso Armstrong Space Station ndi malo otere, "anapitiliza Patrick. "Siteshoniyi tsopano ndi malo oyambira kusonkhanitsa ndi kufalitsa kwa ma satelayiti apamwamba komanso otsika kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi omwe amalumikizana ndi nzeru zapadziko lonse lapansi komanso njira zolumikizirana zomwe zimasamutsa zidziwitso zambiri kwa ogwiritsa ntchito ankhondo ndi aboma padziko lonse lapansi. pompopompo. Sitimayi ndi ma satelayiti othandizira ozindikira amatha kutsata ndikuzindikira zomwe akufuna padziko, mlengalenga, pansi pamadzi, pansi pa nthaka kapena mlengalenga, ndipo imatha kutsogolera omenyera ufulu wawo komanso osayendetsedwa ndi anthu, mofanana ndi lamulo lankhondo lankhondo. dongosolo.
    
  "Makina apamwamba omwe ali pamalo okwerera mlengalenga a Armstrong amawapatsa mphamvu zina zomwe zimakwaniritsa ntchito yake yayikulu yankhondo," akutero Patrick. "Pakachitika nkhondo kapena masoka achilengedwe, malowa amatha kukhala ngati malo ena ankhondo amtundu wankhondo, ofanana ndi Air Force E-4B kapena Navy E-6B Mercury airborne command posts, ndipo amatha kulumikizana ndi sitima zapamadzi zoponya mizinga ngakhale ali mkati. kusambira mozama. Itha kulumikizana ndi mawayilesi ndi mawayilesi akanema komanso intaneti padziko lonse lapansi kuti iulutse zambiri kwa anthu; khalani ngati malo owongolera dziko lonse lapansi pamayendedwe apanyanja, panyanja kapena pamtunda; kapena kukhala ngati malo olumikizirana pakati pa Federal Emergency Management Agency. Sitimayi imathandizira International Space Station, imagwira ntchito yopulumutsa ndi kukonza malo, imathandizira kafukufuku wasayansi ndi maphunziro ambiri ndipo, ndikukhulupirira, ndikulimbikitsa kudzutsa kwa achinyamata padziko lonse lapansi kuti afufuze zakuthambo.
    
  "Station ya Armstrong pakali pano ili ndi ogwira ntchito khumi ndi awiri, akatswiri ndi maofesala, omwe ali opangidwa mofanana ndi gulu lankhondo lomwe likukwera mu ndege kapena oyendetsa ndege omwe ali mu ndege ya radar. Owonjezera amabweretsedwa m'bwalo ngati amafunikira mautumiki apadera - siteshoniyi ili ndi malo ogona antchito khumi ndi awiri ndipo imatha kukulitsidwa mwachangu komanso mosavuta ndi ma module owonjezera operekedwa ndi shuttle, SR-79 Black Stallion, gulu la Orion kapena magalimoto oyambitsa anthu akutali - "
    
  "Pepani, General," a National Security Advisor Carlisle adayankha, "koma zingatheke bwanji kubweretsa ma module owonjezera pasiteshoni ndi mlengalenga kapena magalimoto oyendetsa patali?"
    
  "Njira yofulumira komanso yosavuta ndiyo kugwiritsa ntchito inflatables, Bambo Carlisle," Patrick anayankha.
    
  Mukutanthauza kuti siwolimba ngati baluni?
    
  "Monga chibaluni cha mpweya wotentha, chibaluni chokhacho chapamwamba kwambiri. Ukadaulowu udatengera kuyesa kwa NASA kwa 'Transhab' zaka khumi zapitazo, zomwe zidapereka ma module a inflatable a International Space Station. Makoma a zitsanzo zathu makamaka amapangidwa ndi electroreactive zinthu zomwe zimasinthasintha, monga nsalu, mpaka pakali pano ikugwiritsidwa ntchito ndi kugunda, pamene imauma muzinthu zomwe zimatsutsa zimakhudza kambiri kuposa chitsulo kapena Kevlar; nkhaniyi imalimbikitsidwa ndi zinthu zina zopanda magetsi zomwe zimakhala zamphamvu kwambiri kuposa zitsulo kapena Kevlar. Zomangamanga zokhala ndi inflatable zimangokwanira kuti zitenge mphamvu kuchokera pakukhudzidwa popanda kuwonongeka - simungathyole makoma a zinthu izi.
    
  "Zinthu zake ndi zopepuka komanso zosavuta kunyamula kuti zikhazikitsidwe, kenako zimatuluka mosavuta komanso kutali m'maola ochepa chabe. Tayika kale ma module ang'onoang'ono opumira pamlengalenga ndi Orion, ndipo ukadaulo ndi wodalirika. Sitinanyamulebe gawoli ndi gulu lonse, koma likukula. Malo am'tsogolo komanso ma module okhala pa Mwezi kapena Mars atha kukhala otsika. " Carlisle sanayang'ane motsimikiza, monga momwe adachitira ena ambiri, koma sananenepo zina.
    
  Patrick anatenga madzi mu botolo lopindika kupita kumutu waukulu ndipo anadabwa kupeza mzere wa thukuta lamanjenje pamlomo wake wapamwamba. Anadzifunsa kuti, kodi ndi nkhani zingati zomwe adapereka m'zaka zopitirira makumi awiri zausilikali? Palibe, adadzikumbutsa movutikira, kuchokera mumlengalenga! Kufotokozera mwachidule akuluakulu ankhondo a nyenyezi zinayi kunali kovuta kwambiri, koma kuchita izi ndikuwuluka pamtunda wa mailosi zikwi khumi ndi zisanu ndi ziwiri pa ola ndi makilomita oposa mazana awiri pamwamba pa Dziko lapansi kunapangitsa kuti zikhale zovuta kwambiri.
    
  "Armstrong Space Station ndiye chisonyezero chachikulu chotenga malo okwera kwambiri ndipo, ndikukhulupirira, ndichofunika kwambiri pa cholinga cha America chosunga mwayi ndi kuwongolera danga," Patrick anapitiriza. "Izi ndi ndege za Black Stallion zimapanga maziko a zomwe ndimatcha US Space Defense Command, lamulo lophatikizana lothandizira lomwe limayang'anira mphamvu zonse zowononga komanso zodzitchinjiriza komanso zimathandizira malamulo a zisudzo ndi mauthenga odalirika, othamanga kwambiri, kufufuza, kuukira. ndi zoyendera kuchokera mumlengalenga. Ntchito yathu ikhala ku-"
    
  "Izi ndizosangalatsa, General McLanahan," Mlangizi wa National Security a Carlisle adayankha ndi nkhope yake modabwitsa komanso yodabwitsa, "ndiponso chosangalatsa monga momwe lingaliroli lidalili pomwe mudalipanga koyamba chaka chatha, bungwe lotere likadali bungwe. kutali kwambiri ndi kulengedwa. " Zaka - tilibe nthawi yobwezera Buck Rogers pompano. Kodi tingapitirire kukambirana za ntchito ku Iran, General Bane? "
    
  "Zoonadi, a Khansala. General McLanahan?"
    
  "Inde, bwana," Patrick anatero popanda mawu aliwonse - anali atazolowera kusamvedwa, kusokonezedwa komanso kunyalanyazidwa akamafotokoza malingaliro ake okhudza US Space Defense Command. "Pamodzi ndi luso lina lonse laukadaulo la siteshoniyi, antchito anga posachedwapa anawonjezeranso: kuthekera kowongolera ndege zamalumikizidwe zoyendetsedwa patali ndi zida zawo kuchokera mumlengalenga. Tawonetsa kuthekera kowongolera bomba lopanda munthu EB-1C Vampire supersonic bomba kwathunthu kuchokera pamalopo panthawi yonse yowuluka, kuphatikiza ma refueling angapo apakati pamlengalenga ndi kutumiza zida zolondola kwambiri za hypersonic, munthawi yeniyeni komanso ndi munthu-mu-the- loop control. Luso lathu lolumikizirana ndi maukonde limatha kukulirakulira mwachangu komanso mwachangu, ndipo ndikuwona kuthekera kowongolera magulu ankhondo amlengalenga mazana ambiri osayendetsedwa ndi ndege, kuchokera ku ma drones ang'onoang'ono ozindikira mpaka mathirakitala akuluakulu oyenda pansi, molunjika kuchokera ku Armstrong - motetezeka komanso pafupifupi osafikirika."
    
  Patrick adalumikiza zolemba zake zazifupi kumutu waukulu. "Ndikukhulupirira kuti nonse munalandira lipoti langa lotsatila pakugwiritsa ntchito mfuti ya XAGM-279 SkySTREAK hypersonic precision-guided cruise missile ku Tehran," adatero. "Kuukiraku kunali kopambana. Mayeso ogwirira ntchito adasiyidwa chifukwa chakutayika mwangozi komanso mwatsoka chifukwa cha kuphulika kwa zida zankhondo zomwe zikuganiziridwa kuti zida zankhondo pa mzinga womwe chandamale. Kuwonongekaku kudachitika chifukwa cha kuphulika kosayembekezereka kwa zida zankhondo pankhondo youkira, osati ndi mzinga wa SKYSTREak, chifukwa chake ...
    
  "Ndipo monga ndinanena m'mawu anga ku lipoti la McLanahan," adatero mkulu wa asilikali a Air Force General Charles Huffman, "ndikukhulupirira kuti SKYSTREAKE chinali chida chosayenera kuti tigwiritse ntchito ndipo chikhoza kusokoneza kuyesetsa kwathu kuti tithetse mikangano. Iran ndi kukwaniritsa kuthetsa mwa zokambirana pakati pa magulu omenyana. Iran inali malo olakwika kuyesa chida ichi, ndipo zikuwoneka kwa ine kuti General McLanahan sanafotokoze molakwika malingaliro ake ndi zomwe zida zomwe zidapangitsa kuti awonetsetse dongosolo lake. Kuwombera Skystreak pazigawo zake zochepa ku Nevada sikukanakhala ndi vuto logunda galimoto ya Rebel. Tsoka ilo, matsenga ake anapha anthu wamba ambiri osalakwa, kuphatikizapo akazi ndi ana, chifukwa cha mpweya wapoizoni."
    
  Wapampando wa Joint Chiefs of Staff Bane adagwedeza mutu, kenako adayang'ana kutsogolo pa kamera ya msonkhano wavidiyo. "General McLanahan?" Nkhope yake idasefukira pomwe amayang'ana chithunzi cha Patrick pachiwonetsero chamsonkhano wamakanema: Patrick anali kutenga chiguduli china chachitali kuchokera mu botolo lofinya ndipo akuwoneka kuti akuvutika kumamatira botolo pamutu waukulu. "Kodi ungathe kuyankha?"
    
  Patrick anagwedeza mutu, kubweretsa dzanja lake kukamwa kuti agwire dontho lamadzi losokera. "Pepani, bwana. Ngakhale ntchito zing'onozing'ono monga madzi akumwa zimafuna kuika patsogolo pang'ono pano. Pafupifupi chilichonse chimafuna khama."
    
  "Ndamva, Patrick. Ndakwerapo Vomit Comet kangapo, kotero ndikudziwa zomwe zero mphamvu yokoka zingachite kwa munthu, koma sizili ngati kukhala ndi zomwe zikuchitika 24/7. Vomit Comet inali ndege yonyamula katundu yosinthidwa ya C-135 yomwe inkawuluka panjira yoyenda mozungulira, zomwe zimalola okwera kuti azikhala opanda kulemera kwa masekondi angapo pakutsika kwake. "Ndemanga zilizonse pa lipoti la General Huffman?"
    
  "Sindinaganize kuti kunali kofunikira kuti ndiyankhe momveka bwino, bwana," Patrick anatero, "koma kunena zomveka bwino: Kusanthula kwa General Huffman ndikolakwika kotheratu. Ndinasonkhanitsa kuyesa kwa SkySTREAK ndendende monga momwe tafotokozera mu General Air Mission Order: gulu lankhondo lolunjika bwino lomwe kuti lithandizire ntchito zolimbana ndi zigawenga zaku Persia ndi kutayika pang'ono kapena kuwonongeka. Sitinapatuke gawo limodzi kuchokera pamzere wa ATO.
    
  "Ndikufunanso kunena mfundo zina zingapo, ngati ndingathe, bwana." Sanadikire chilolezo kuti apitilize: "SKYSTRICK yavomerezedwa ndi likulu la General General, komanso magulu ena asanu ndi atatu omwe amagwira ntchito ku Tehran ndi mizinda ina ya Free Persia. Pakadali pano, SKYSTREEK yakhala gulu lokhalo lomwe lachita bwino zigawenga zilizonse, ngakhale magulu ena onse amatha kuona zithunzi za Global Hawk sensor, Armstrong Space Station's automated surveillance system, komanso ma SKYSTREEK's downlinks. Mwachidule, bwana, SKYSTRICK imagwira ntchito.
    
  "Nanga bwanji zakufa kwa anthu wamba?"
    
  "Zotsatira za gulu la zigawenga zomwe zidaphulitsa, bwana - sizinayambitsidwe ndi kuphulika kwa mlengalenga."
    
  "Zidachitika chifukwa cha mzinga wanu, McLanahan," adatero Huffman. "Mwalangizidwa za kuthekera kogwiritsa ntchito zida zowononga anthu ambiri ku Tehran ndipo mwalangizidwa kuti musachite izi ndikupempha kusanthula kwazomwe mukufuna kuchita musanamenye nkhondo. Munalephera kutero, zomwe zinachititsa kuti anthu wamba aphedwe mosafunikira."
    
  "Ndikumvetsetsa kwanga, bwana, kuti tidachepetsa chiwerengero cha anthu ovulala powononga mzinga wa Raad zigawenga zisanakhale ndi mwayi woyiyambitsa."
    
  "Zikhale choncho, McLanahan, simunatsatire malangizo anga," adatero Huffman. "Tekinoloje ilibe chochita nazo. Koma chifukwa cha zolakwika zanu pakuweruza, pulogalamu yonseyi itha kuthetsedwa. "
    
  "Sindinakonzekere kutseka chilichonse panobe, Charlie," General Bane adatero. "Ine ndi antchito anga tawunikanso lipoti lomwe General McLanahan adayankha ndi yankho lanu, makamaka pankhani ya kuphedwa kwa anthu wamba. Bungwe langa lazanzeru lawunikanso zowonera zonse za Global Hawk komanso netiweki ya sensa ya space station. Chigwirizano chambiri chinali chakuti zingatheke kudziwa motsimikiza kuti mzingawo unali ndi zida zankhondo, komanso kuti anthu wamba omwe ali pafupi ndi anthu osalakwa angakhale pachiwopsezo ngati mzingawo utawombedwa ndipo zida zankhondo zidaphulitsidwa ndikuyatsidwa. " Huffman anamwetulira ndikugwedeza mutu molimba mtima ...
    
  mpaka Bain anayang'ana kwa mkulu wa asilikali a Air Force, adakweza dzanja lake ndikupitiriza kuti: "... ngati General McLanahan akanakhala ndi nthawi yophunzira zithunzi zomveka bwino kwa masekondi osachepera makumi asanu ndi anayi atakhala pa desiki yake ku Air Force Langley, Beal, kapena Lackland, m'malo mowuluka kuzungulira dziko lapansi pamtunda wa makilomita zikwi khumi ndi zisanu ndi ziwiri mphambu mazana asanu pa ola, kapena ngati atatenga nthawi kuti akambirane ndi akatswiri ofufuza pansi; ndipo pokhapokha ngati atakhala wamkulu wa nyenyezi zitatu komanso katswiri waukadaulo wa Air Force komanso katswiri wa zida zamlengalenga, samayenera kupanga zisankho zolamula ngati izi. Komabe, ngati akanatenga nthawi kuti afunse kapena kuganiza kuti asawukire, tikukhulupirira kuti kutayika kwa moyo kukanakhala kwakukulu kwambiri ngati mzingawo ukanabalalitsa katundu wake wakupha monga momwe amafunira.
    
  "Imfa za anthu wamba ndizomvetsa chisoni komanso zomwe tikufuna kuzipewa, koma pakadali pano tikukhulupirira kuti General McLanahan adapanga chigamulo cholondola motsatira malamulo ake ochita chinkhoswe ndipo alibe mlandu wotaya moyo. Chifukwa chake, likulu lalamulo silidzayitanitsa komiti yofufuza za nkhaniyi pokhapokha ngati pali umboni wina ndipo silingaganizire kuti nkhaniyi yatsekedwa. General McLanahan atha kupitiliza kuyang'anira dziko la Iran monga momwe adakonzera komanso momwe adakonzera poyamba, ndi maulendo owonjezera omwe adawonjezeredwa pa phukusi, ndipo a Joint Staff amalimbikitsa kuti National Command imulole kutero.
    
  "Mwachidziwitso changa, ndikufuna kuthokoza General McLanahan ndi antchito ake chifukwa cha ntchito yabwino," anawonjezera Bain. "Sindikudziwa momwe zovuta zogwirira ntchito komanso kukhala mumlengalenga zitha kukhala, koma ndikuganiza kuti kupsinjika kungakhale kwakukulu komanso momwe magwiridwe antchito amavutira, kunena pang'ono. Inu ndi anthu anu mukuchita ntchito yabwino pamavuto ovuta. "
    
  "Zikomo bwana."
    
  "Izi zikumaliza gawo langa la msonkhano wamakanema. Bambo Carlisle, pali ndemanga kapena mafunso?" Patrick anayang'ana chithunzi cha National Security Advisor, koma anali kalikiliki kulankhula pa foni. "Chabwino, zikuwoneka ngati a Carlisle ali otanganidwa kale ndi zina, ndiye tituluka. Zikomo, nonse-"
    
  "Dikirani pang'ono, General Bane," Conrad Carlyle adalowererapo. "Konzekerani." Carlisle adasuntha mpando wake kumbali, kamera idabwerera mmbuyo, ndikukulitsa mawonekedwe ake kukhala mipando itatu mozungulira tebulo la msonkhano wa White House ... Chief of Staff Walter Cordus, wamtali koma wowonda kwambiri yemwe amawoneka ngati akukwinya tsinya mosalekeza.
    
  Joseph Gardner ankakonda makamera-makamera amtundu uliwonse, ngakhale otchipa kwambiri ochitira misonkhano yapavidiyo. Watsitsi lakuda, woonda, wokhala ndi nsagwada, anali ndi mawonekedwe odabwitsa, pafupifupi odabwitsa omwe amakana kuyesa kulikonse kwa aliyense kuti amusankhe malinga ndi fuko - pomwe nthawi yomweyo amawoneka waku Italiya, Iberia, waku Irish wakuda, Latino, ngakhale wamaso ozungulira. Asiya - ndichifukwa chake onse amamukonda. Anatulutsa kudzidalira kwakukulu kuchokera m'mabowo onse, ndipo maso ake obiriwira obiriwira ankawoneka ngati akuwala ngati matabwa a laser. Zaka zingapo chabe m'mawu ake awiri ku U.S. Senate, aliyense amadziwa kuti idapangidwira zinthu zazikulu komanso zabwinoko.
    
  Monga mbadwa ya ku Florida komanso kuchokera pamzere wautali wa asilikali a Navy, Gardner wakhala akuthandizira kwambiri Navy wamphamvu. Atasankhidwa ndi Purezidenti panthawiyo Kevin Martindale kuti akhale Mlembi wa Navy mu nthawi yake yoyamba, Gardner adalimbikira kulimbikitsa kukula kwakukulu kwa Navy, osati pazochitika zake zapanyanja, komanso zambiri zomwe sizinali zachikhalidwe, monga nyukiliya. nkhondo, danga, ndege mwanzeru ndi chitetezo cha mizinga. Ananenanso kuti monga momwe Asitikali anali ntchito yayikulu ya asitikali aku America ndi Marine Corps ntchito yothandizira, Gulu Lankhondo lankhondo liyenera kukhala mtsogoleri pankhondo zapanyanja ndi mphamvu zamlengalenga, ndi Air Force thandizo lautumiki. Malingaliro ake opitilira muyeso "kunja kwa bokosi" adadzutsa kukayikira kwakukulu, komabe adakopa chidwi komanso chithandizo chabwino kuchokera ku Congress ndi anthu aku America ...
    
  ... ngakhale zisanachitike chiwonongeko chathunthu cha American Holocaust, momwe mabomba aku Russia otalikirapo okhala ndi zida zankhondo za nyukiliya adawononga zida zonse zoponyera zida zankhondo zaku America komanso zida zanyukiliya zautali wautali. M'maola ochepa okha, Asitikali ankhondo aku US mwadzidzidzi adakhala ntchito yokhayo yomwe ingathe kuwonetsa mphamvu zankhondo zaku America padziko lonse lapansi, ndipo nthawi yomweyo, pafupifupi woyang'anira yekha zida zanyukiliya zaku America, zomwe zidawonedwa kuti ndizofunikira kwambiri kuti apulumuke. United States of America mumkhalidwe wake wofooka.
    
  Joseph Gardner, "katswiri wapamadzi waku America wazaka za zana la makumi awiri ndi chimodzi," adawonedwa mwadzidzidzi kukhala wamasomphenya komanso mpulumutsi wa dziko. Pa nthawi yachiwiri ya Martindale, a Gardner adasankhidwa ndikutsimikiziridwa kuti ndi Mlembi wa Chitetezo, ndipo adavomerezedwa kuti akhale Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti ndi National Security Advisor adagubuduza kukhala mmodzi. Kutchuka kwake kunakula, ndipo ndi anthu ochepa chabe padziko lonse amene ankakayikira zoti akanakhala Purezidenti wotsatira wa United States.
    
  "Moni, njonda," adatero Gardner, akudziyikanso chimodzimodzi kutsogolo kwa kamera yochitira msonkhano wavidiyo. "Ndimaganiza kuti ndiyang'ane macheza anu apa."
    
  "Mwalandiridwa, Bambo Purezidenti," adatero Wapampando wa Joint Chiefs of Staff Taylor Bain. Anachita mantha kwambiri ndi kusokonezeka kosayembekezeka kotereku pamsonkhano wake, koma adayesetsa kuti asawonetse. "Tingakhale okondwa kuyambitsanso mwachidule, bwana."
    
  "Izi sizofunikira," Purezidenti adatero. "Ndili ndi zambiri zokhudzana ndi cholinga cha msonkhano uno, ndipo ndaganiza kuti njira yabwino komanso yachangu kwambiri yoti ndikufotokozereni ingakhale kungolowa."
    
  "Mwalandiridwa nthawi iliyonse, bwana," adatero Bane. "Chonde pitirizani. Mawu ndi anu."
    
  "Zikomo, Taylor," Purezidenti adatero. "Ndinangolankhula pafoni ndi Purezidenti wa Russia Zevitin. General McLanahan?"
    
  "Inde, bwana."
    
  "Akunena kuti munaombera mzinga pa imodzi mwa ndege zake za akazitape mumlengalenga wapadziko lonse lapansi, ndipo mzingawo utaphonya, munawononga kwambiri ndegeyo ndi ma radiation amphamvu otchedwa T-waves kapena zina zotero. Akunenanso kuti mzinga womwe unawombera ndi imodzi mwa ndege zanu udapha anthu wamba ambiri osalakwa ku Tehran, kuphatikiza amayi ndi ana. Kodi mukufuna kufotokoza?"
    
  "Akunama bwana," McLanahan anayankha nthawi yomweyo. Palibe mwa izi chomwe chili chowona.
    
  "Izi ndi Zow?" Anatola kapepala. "Ndili ndi lipoti la Chief of Air Staff pankhaniyi, lomwe likuwoneka kuti likunenanso chimodzimodzi. Ndiye, Purezidenti waku Russia ndi Chief of the General Staff akunama, koma mukundiuza zoona, General? Kodi izi ndi zomwe mukufuna kuti ndikhulupirire?"
    
  "Tangokambirana kumene zomwe zidachitika komanso zomwe General Huffman, bwana," adatero Bain, "ndipo ndatsimikiza kuti McLanahan adachita bwino komanso motsatira malangizo ndipo sanayankhe mlandu wakupha anthu wamba-"
    
  "Kunena za Zevitin kapena wina aliyense ku Kremlin, bwana," McLanahan adalowererapo, "sindingakhulupirire mawu omwe adanena."
    
  "General McLanahan, aku Iran ambiri osalakwa aphedwa ndi zida za mankhwala, ndipo woyendetsa kazitape waku Russia wavulala kwambiri ndi ma radiation omwe adawomberedwa ndi m'modzi mwa omwe adaphulitsa bomba," adatero Purezidenti. "Dziko likuganiza kuti mukuyambitsa nkhondo ina ndi Russia ku Middle East ndipo mukufuna mayankho komanso kuyankha. Ino si nthawi yoti mukhale ndi maganizo oipa." Patrick anapukusa mutu ndikutembenuka kwinaku akukatenga botolo lake lamadzi ndipo maso a President anali atatuluka mwaukali. "Kodi pali chinanso chomwe mukufuna kundiuza, General?" Patrick adatembenukiranso ku kamera, kenako adayang'ana dzanja lake lomwe adatambasula mosokonezeka, ngati kuti wayiwala chifukwa chomwe adakulitsira. "Kodi pali vuto ndi iwe, McLanahan?"
    
  "N-ayi, sir..." Patrick anayankha ndi mawu osamveka. Anaphonya botolo lamadzi, kulisakatulira, kuligwira, kenako anagwiritsa ntchito mphamvu zambiri kuti aling'ambe paphiri la Velcro ndikulitumiza kuzungulira moduliyo.
    
  "Chani? Sindikukumvani. " Maso a Gardner adatsinzina mosokonezeka ataona botolo lamadzi likuwuluka osawoneka. "Chikuchitika ndichani kumeneko? Muli kuti General? N"chifukwa chiyani ukusuntha chonchi?"
    
  "Ali pa siteshoni ya mlengalenga ya Armstrong, bwana," adatero General Bane.
    
  "Pa siteshoni yamumlengalenga? Kodi ali munjira? Mukunama? Ukutani kumeneko?"
    
  "Monga mkulu wa gulu lake lomwe likugwira ntchito kuchokera mumlengalenga, ndalola General McLanahan kuyang'anira ntchito kuchokera pamalo okwerera mlengalenga," Bane adalongosola, "monga momwe wamkulu aliyense angatengere gulu lake lankhondo m'sitima yapatsogolo kapena-"
    
  "Pa mlatho kapena CIC wa wowononga, inde, koma osati pa siteshoni ya mlengalenga!" Purezidenti Gardner adabwezera. "Ndikufuna kuti achokepo tsopano! Chifukwa cha Mulungu, iye ndi wamkulu wa nyenyezi zitatu, osati Buck Rogers!
    
  "Bwana, ngati ndingathe, kodi tingakambirane nkhani yowombera ndege yowombera mfuti ndikuchitapo kanthu motsutsana ndi ndege yaku Russia?" General Bane adatero akuyang'ana ndi nkhawa Valerie Lucas akuyang'ana Patrick. "Tawunikanso zanzeru ndipo tatsimikiza-"
    
  "Izi sizingakhale zowunikiranso bwino ngati zomwe zidachitika maola angapo apitawa, General," Purezidenti adatero. Anatembenukira kwa mlangizi wa chitetezo cha dziko yemwe anakhala pafupi naye. "Conrad?" - Ndidafunsa.
    
  "Ichi ndi chithunzithunzi cha data yofananira yochokera ku Global Hawk drone ndi ma radar amlengalenga omwe General McLanahan ndi gulu lake adawona zisanachitike, bwana," adayankha Carlisle. "General Bain ndi akatswiri ake ku Pentagon adawunikiranso zithunzizo ngati kuti adafunsidwa zisanachitike kuukira ngati cholingacho chinali chovomerezeka ndi malamulo okhudzana ndi zomwe tidakhazikitsa potsatira chiwembucho, monga momwe zimafunikira ngati pali kusatsimikizika kwachitetezo kwa omwe sali. -omenyera nkhondo chifukwa chokhudzidwa ndi zida kapena kuwonongeka kwa chikole. Msonkhano wa kanema udayitanidwa kuti awunikenso zomwe zachitikazo kuti awone ngati kufufuza mwatsatanetsatane kungatheke. "
    
  "Ndipo chiyani?" - Ndidafunsa.
    
  "General Bain adagamula kuti ngakhale General McLanahan akanatha kudziwiratu kuphedwa kwa anthu wamba, kulamula kwake kuti achitepo kanthu kunali koyenera komanso koyenera malinga ndi zomwe zilipo, kuwopseza kupha anthu wamba m'manja mwa zigawenga, komanso ulamuliro wake pansi pa chiwembucho." - anayankha Carlisle. "Akupangira Mlembi wa Chitetezo komanso kwa inu kuti palibe kufufuza kwina komwe kukufunika komanso kuti McLanahan aloledwe kupitiliza ntchitoyi monga momwe adakonzera ndi zida zonyamula mizinga m'malo mwa m'modzi yekha."
    
  "Izi ndi Zow?" A President anakhala kaye kaye kaye, kenako anapukusa mutu. "General Bain, mukundiuza kuti mukukhulupirira kuti ndizoyenera kuti McLanahan aukire chandamale akudziwa kuti pali anthu wamba ambiri omwe samenya nawo nkhondo pafupi, ndikuti kuwukira koteroko kukugwirizana ndi kalata komanso mzimu wa lamulo langa lololeza kusaka zigawenga ku Iran? adatsutsa. "Ndikuganiza kuti watanthauzira molakwika malamulo anga. Ndinkaganiza kuti ndinali womveka bwino komanso wachindunji: sindikufuna kuti anthu wamba aziphedwa. Kodi izi sizinali zomveka kwa inu, General Bane?"
    
  "Ndinali, bwana," anayankha motero Bane, nsagwada zake zili ndi nsagwada ndipo maso ake atsinzina podzudzula, "koma ndi zomwe General McLanahan anali nazo panthawiyo, komanso ndi kuwopseza kwa zida zowukira zija, ndidawona kuti anali wolondola. popanga chisankho-"
    
  "Tiwonetseni izi pompano, General Bane: Ine ndine Mtsogoleri Wapamwamba ndipo ndimapanga zisankho," adatero Purezidenti. "Ntchito yanu ndi kuchita zimene ndakuuzani, ndipo malamulo anga anali oti musalole kuvulazidwa ndi wamba. Njira yokhayo yolondola pankhaniyi inali kusiya chifukwa cha kuchuluka kwa anthu wamba kuzungulira woyambitsa uyu. Ngakhale atalamulidwa kuti achoke m'deralo, muyenera kuyembekezera kuti adzakhala pafupi kwambiri kuti avulazidwe kapena kuphedwa ndi kuphulika. Iwo-"
    
  "Bwana, palibe kuphulika, ngakhale ngakhale chimodzi chomwe chidachitika ndi ife," adatero Bane. "Mzinga wa SKYSTREAKE ndi chida champhamvu cha kinetic ndipo chidapangidwira -"
    
  "Sindisamala zomwe zidapangidwira, General - McLanahan adadziwa kuti kuli anthu wamba komweko, ndipo malinga ndi General Huffman, mudadziwitsidwa kuti zida zina zoponyamo zitha kukhala ndi zida za mankhwala, ndiye mwachiwonekere, ayenera . sanadziletsa. Kutha kwa zokambirana. Ndiye nkhani yake ndi yotani ndi McLanahan kuwombera mizinga pa ndege yankhondo yaku Russia? Kodi mabomba a McLanahan amanyamula zida zoponyera ndege?
    
  "Izi ndi zida zodzitchinjiriza za EB-1D Vampire, bwana, koma McLanahan si-"
    
  "Nanga bwanji mwawombera ndege ya akazitape yaku Russia, General McLanahan?"
    
  "Sitinaombere mivi, bwana," McLanahan adayankha mwamphamvu momwe angathere, ndikugwedeza mutu kwa Lucas kuti ali bwino, "ndipo sinali ndege ya akazitape: inali yankhondo yanzeru ya MiG-29."
    
  "Zinali chiyani kumeneko, McLanahan?"
    
  "Kutsata bomba lathu pa Nyanja ya Caspian, bwana."
    
  "Ndikumvetsa. Mthunzi ... monga mkati, kodi mukufufuza? Kodi ndikutanthauzira izi molondola, General?" Patrick anasisita m'maso mwake ndikumezera mate, kunyambita milomo yowuma. "Sitikukusungani, sichoncho, General?"
    
  "Ayi, bwana."
    
  "Ndiye kuti ndege yaku Russia ikungozindikira, sichoncho?"
    
  "M"malingaliro anga, ayi, bwana. Zinali-"
    
  "Ndiye munamuwombera mzinga ndipo adabweza moto, kenako munamumenya ndi mtengo wina wa radioactive eti?"
    
  "Ayi, bwana." Koma chinachake chinali cholakwika. Patrick adayang'ana kamera koma akuwoneka kuti akuvutika kuyang'ana kwambiri. "Ife siti..."
    
  "Ndiye chinachitika ndi chani?"
    
  "Bambo Purezidenti, a MiG adatsegula moto pa ife poyamba," Boomer adalowererapo. "Vampire anali kudziteteza yekha, palibenso china."
    
  "Awa ndi ndani?" Purezidenti adafunsa mlangizi wa chitetezo cha dziko. Anatembenukira ku kamera, maso ake ali ndi mkwiyo. "Ndinu ndani? Dzizindikiritseni!"
    
  "Ndine Captain Hunter Noble," adatero Boomer atadzuka, akuyang'ana modabwa ndi chithunzi cha Patrick akuthandizidwa ndi Lucas, "ndipo chifukwa chiyani helo simudzasiya kutizunza? Tikugwira ntchito yathu basi! "
    
  "Mwandiuza chiyani?" anabingula President. "Kodi iwe ndiwe ndani woti undilankhule chotere? General Bane, ndikufuna achotsedwe ntchito! Ndikufuna kuti achotsedwe!"
    
  "Master Sergeant, chikuchitika ndi chani?" Bane adakuwa, osanyalanyaza Purezidenti. "Patrick chikuchitika ndi chani?"
    
  "Akuvutika kupuma bwana." Adapeza cholumikizira chapafupi chapafupi: "Gulu la azachipatala ku gawo lolamula! Zadzidzi!" Kenako anamaliza msonkhano wa kanema podina kiyi pa kiyibodi yowongolera mauthenga.
    
    
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  "Kodi McLanahan ali ndi vuto la mtima?" Purezidenti adadandaula pambuyo poti zithunzi zamakanema zakumaloko zidadulidwa. "Ndinadziwa kuti sayenera kukhala m"chinthu chimenecho! General Bane, ali ndi zipatala zotani kumeneko? "
    
  "Kwenikweni, bwana: akatswiri ophunzitsidwa zachipatala okha ndi zida zoyambira. Sitinakhalepo ndi vuto la mtima pa ndege yankhondo yaku US."
    
  "Zabwino. Basi bwino kwambiri." Purezidenti adayendetsa dzanja lake kupyola tsitsi lake mokhumudwa. "Kodi mutha kupeza dokotala ndi mankhwala ndi zida kumeneko nthawi yomweyo?"
    
  "Inde, bwana. Ndege ya Black Stallion ikhoza kukumana ndi malo okwerera mlengalenga m'maola angapo. "
    
  "Pitirizani nazo. Ndipo kuyimitsa ndege zophulitsa mabomba ku Iran. Sipadzakhalanso kuwombera mfuti mpaka nditadziwa bwino zomwe zidachitika. "
    
  "Inde, bwana." Kulumikizana kwa msonkhano wamakanema ndi Bane kwasokonezedwa.
    
  Purezidenti adatsamira pampando wake, namasula tayi yake ndikuyatsa ndudu. "Ndi tsango bwanji, dala ilo," iye anadzuma. "Tikupha gulu la anthu wamba osalakwa ku Tehran ndi mzinga wa hypersonic wowomberedwa kuchokera kwa wophulitsa wopanda munthu yemwe amawongoleredwa kuchokera pamalo opangira zida zankhondo; Russia wakwiya nafe; ndipo tsopano ngwazi ya Holocaust yaku America ili ndi vuto lalikulu la mtima mumlengalenga! Chotsatira ndi chiyani?"
    
  "Mkhalidwe wa McLanahan ukhoza kukhala dalitso lodzibisa, Joe," adatero Chief of Staff Walter Cordus. Iye ndi Carlisle ankadziwana ndi Joseph Gardner kuyambira ku koleji, ndipo Cordus anali mmodzi mwa anthu ochepa omwe amaloledwa kulankhula ndi pulezidenti ndi dzina lake loyamba. "Takhala tikuyang'ana njira zochepetsera ndalama zothandizira malo okwerera mlengalenga, ngakhale kutchuka kwake ku Pentagon ndi Capitol Hill, ndipo mwina ndi izi."
    
  "Koma ziyenera kuchitidwa mosamala - McLanahan ndiwotchuka kwambiri ndi anthu kuti asagwiritsidwe ntchito ngati chowiringula chotsekereza pulogalamu yake yomwe amaikonda, makamaka popeza wakhala akuitcha padziko lonse lapansi ngati chinthu chachikulu chotsatira, linga losatheka , lomaliza. watchtower, blah blah blah, "adatero Purezidenti. "Tiyenera kupeza mamembala ena a Congress kuti afotokoze za chitetezo pamalowa, komanso ngati akuyenera kusamalidwa. "Tiyenera 'kuwululira' zambiri za zomwe zidachitikazi kwa Senator Barbeau, Komiti Yankhondo ndi ena angapo."
    
  "Sizikhala zovuta," adatero Cordus. "Barbeau adziwa kuyambitsa zinthu popanda kugunda McLanahan."
    
  "Chabwino. Izi zikachitika, ndikufuna kukumana ndi Barbeau mwachinsinsi kuti tikambirane njira. " Cordus anayesetsa kubisa kusasangalala kwake ndi lamuloli. Purezidenti adawona kusamvana kwa bwenzi lake komanso mlangizi wamkulu wa ndale ndipo mwachangu anawonjezera kuti: "Aliyense adzapereka ndalama kuti apeze ndalama tikangoyamba kutsatira malingaliro owononga malowa, ndipo ndikufuna kuwongolera kupempha, kulira ndi kupempha. kupotoza mkono."
    
  "Chabwino, Joe," adatero Cordus, osakhutitsidwa ndi zomwe Purezidenti adanena mopupuluma, koma osafuna kukakamiza. "Ndipanga zonse."
    
  "Mudzachita izi." Adakoka kwambiri ndudu yake, ndikuiphwanya, ndikuwonjezera, "Ndipo tikuyenera kubweretsa abakha athu motsatana, ngati McLanahan atakwiya ndipo Congress ikapha pulogalamu yake tisanagawane bajeti yake."
    
    
  MUTU WACHITATU
    
    
  Munthu amachita zomwe ali; amakhala zomwe amachita.
    
  -ROBERT VON MUSIL
    
    
    
  AZADI SQUARE, OUTSIDE MEHRABAD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, TEHRAN, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF PERSIA
  PATAPITA MASIKU OCHEPA
    
    
  "Palibe mkate, palibe mtendere! Palibe mkate, palibe mtendere! ochita zionetserowo ankaimba mobwereza bwereza. Khamu la anthu, lomwe tsopano linali pafupifupi anthu mazana awiri kapena atatu, linkawoneka kuti likukulirakulira komanso kufuula kwambiri mphindi imodzi.
    
  "Ngati alibe mkate, amapeza kuti mphamvu zambiri kuti ayime pano ndikuchita ziwonetsero?" Colonel Mostafa Rahmati, wamkulu wa Fourth Infantry Brigade, adang'ung'udza pomwe amasanthula zotchinga zachitetezo ndikuwona khamu la anthu likuyandikira. Masabata awiri okha m'mbuyomo, Rahmati, mwamuna wamfupi, wozungulira, wokhala ndi tsitsi lakuda lomwe limawoneka kuti laphimba inchi iliyonse ya thupi lake kupatula mutu wake, anali wamkulu wa gulu lankhondo, koma ndi olamulira - mwina adaphedwa ndi zigawenga - zikutha, ngakhale kuti palibe amene akanatha kuletsa kuthawa, kukwezedwa m'gulu lankhondo la Democratic Republic of Persia kunachitika mwachangu komanso mwachangu.
    
  "Utsi wawonjezereka," m"modzi wa oyang"anira malowo anauza Rakhmati. "Gasi wokhetsa misozi, osati kuphulika." Patapita masekondi angapo anamva phokoso lalikulu! amphamvu kwambiri moti anathyola mawindo a ofesi ya pabwalo la ndege mmene iye ndi akuluakulu ake anali. Woyang'anirayo adayang'ana wamkulu wake mwamanyazi. "Kuphulika kwakung'ono, bwana."
    
  "Ndamva," Rahmati anatero. Sanafune kusonyeza kusasangalala kapena kukwiya - masabata awiri apitawo sakanatha kusiyanitsa pakati pa kuphulika kwa grenade ndi kuphulika kwakukulu. "Yang'anani mizere mosamala - ikhoza kukhala hering'i yofiira."
    
  Rahmati ndi antchito ake anali mchipinda chapamwamba cha ofesi yomwe kale inali ya Unduna wa Zamsewu wa Iran pabwalo la ndege la Mehrabad International. Kutsatira kulanda kwa asitikali komanso kuwukira kwa zigawenga zachisilamu motsutsana ndi boma lankhondo ku Iran, atsogoleri achiwembuwo adaganiza zolanda bwalo la ndege la Mehrabad ndikukhazikitsa chitetezo chozungulira dera lonselo. Ngakhale ambiri a mzinda wakum'mawa kwa Tehran University adasiyidwa kwa zigawenga, kulanda bwalo la ndege chidakhala chanzeru. Bwalo la ndege linali kale lotetezeka kwambiri; malo otseguka ozungulira malowo anali osavuta kulondera ndi kuteteza; ndipo bwalo la ndege likhoza kukhala lotseguka kuti lilandire ndi kutumiza katundu ndi ndege.
    
  Kupatula apo, nthawi zambiri zakhala zikunenedwa kuti ngati zigawenga zitapambana - zomwe zingachitike tsiku lililonse - zingakhale zosavuta kuchotsa gehena m'dzikolo.
    
  Mazenera adagwedezekanso ndipo mitu inatembenukira kum'mwera chakum'mawa kwa msewu wa Me'raj, kumpoto chakum'mawa kupita ku Azadi Square, pafupifupi makilomita awiri, pomwe utsi wina unakwera mwadzidzidzi, nthawi ino ndi korona wamoto wa lalanje. Kuphulika, kutentha, ngozi zadala, chipwirikiti ndi kuphulika kwa mabomba kawirikawiri kunali kofala ku Tehran, ndipo palibe chomwe chinali chofala kwambiri kuposa dera la Mehrabad Airport, Azadi Square ndi Freedom Tower yotchuka, yomwe kale inali "Gateway to Iran." Freedom Tower, yomwe idatchedwa koyamba kuti Shahyad Tower, kapena Royal Tower, polemekeza chaka cha 2500 cha Ufumu wa Perisiya, idamangidwa mu 1971 ndi Shah Reza Pahlavi ngati chizindikiro cha Iran yatsopano, yamakono. Nsanjayo idasinthidwanso pambuyo pa Revolution ya Chisilamu ndipo, monga ofesi ya kazembe waku US, idawonedwa ngati chizindikiro chakuchepa kwa ufumuwo komanso chenjezo kwa anthu kuti asavomereze adani aku Western a Islam. Bwaloli lidakhala malo otchuka ochitira ziwonetsero ndi zolankhula zotsutsana ndi azungu ndipo motero lidakhala chizindikiro cha Revolution ya Chisilamu, mwina ndichifukwa chake chipilala chovala mwala chaufumu womaliza wa Iran sichinagwetsedwe.
    
  Popeza kuti dera lonselo linali ndi mipanda yolimba kwambiri komanso yolondoleredwa kwambiri ndi asilikali, malonda anayamba kutsitsimuka ndipo ngakhale zinthu zina zapamwamba monga malo odyera, malo odyera ndi malo owonetsera mafilimu zinatsegulidwanso. Tsoka ilo, nthawi zambiri akhala akulimbana ndi zigawenga zachi Islam. Otsatira olimba mtima ochepa ateokrase amasonkhana nthaŵi ndi nthaŵi ku Azadi Square. Chochititsa chidwi n"chakuti asilikali sanapondereze misonkhanoyi ndipo anachitapo kanthu pofuna kuwateteza kwa anthu otsutsa amene ankafuna kuchita zachiwawa kwambiri. Bujazi ndi ambiri mwa akazembe ake adadziwa kuti adayenera kuchita chilichonse chotheka kuti awonetsere anthu a Perisiya ndi dziko lapansi kuti sangasinthe mtundu wina wankhanza ndi wina.
    
  "N'chiyani chikuchitika kumeneko?" - Ndidafunsa. - Rahmati adafunsa, akupitiliza kuyang'ana njirayo pofunafuna zidziwitso zatsopano za gulu loukira. Kuukira kulikonse kwa zigawenga zomwe zangotsala pang'ono kuchitika kunachitikapo pafupi ndi pomwe panali zigawenga zing'onozing'ono, zooneka ngati zopanda vuto, zomwe zasokoneza chidwi cha apolisi ndi asilikali oyendayenda kwa nthawi yaitali moti zigawengazo zingayambitse chipwirikiti kwina.
    
  "Zikuwoneka ngati siteshoni yatsopano yamafuta ya ExxonMobil yomwe ili mumsewu waukulu wa Sai Di, kudutsa Meda Azadi Park, bwana," atero alonda. "Khamu lalikulu likuthamangira ku Azadi Avenue. Utsi ukukula - mwina akasinja apansi panthaka akuyaka."
    
  "Zachisoni, ndimaganiza kuti tili ndi chitetezo chokwanira kumeneko," adatero Rahmati. Siteshoniyi inali kuyesa koyamba kwa boma kulola kuti anthu akunja azigulitsa zinthu zakunja komanso kukhala ndi umwini wawo wa zomera ku Perisiya. Ndi malo osungiramo mafuta achinayi padziko lonse lapansi, makampani amafuta padziko lonse lapansi ayesetsa kusamukira kudziko lomwe lidamasulidwa kumene ndikutenga mwayi pachuma chake, chomwe sichinakhudzidwe kwazaka zambiri pambuyo poti mayiko akumadzulo adakhazikitsa chiletso pa boma la Iran pambuyo kulanda kulanda kwa 1979. ofesi ya kazembe wa US. Zinali zambiri, zochulukirapo kuposa malo opangira mafuta osavuta - chinali chizindikiro cha Persia wobadwanso m'zaka za zana la makumi awiri ndi chimodzi.
    
  Aliyense anamvetsa zimenezi, ngakhale asilikali ngati Rahmati, amene cholinga chawo chachikulu pamoyo chinali kudzisamalira. Anachokera m'banja lamwayi ndipo adalowa usilikali chifukwa cha kutchuka kwake ndi ubwino wake zitadziwika kuti sanali wanzeru kuti akhale dokotala, loya kapena injiniya. Pambuyo pa kusintha kwa Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, adapulumutsa khungu lake polonjeza kuti adzakhala wokhulupirika kwa ateokrase, kudzudzula akuluakulu anzake ndi anzake ku Pasdaran-i-Engelab, gulu lachisilamu la asilikali a Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, ndikusiya chuma chochuluka cha banja lake chomwe adachipeza movutikira pa ziphuphu. ndi msonkho.. Ngakhale kuti ankadana ndi ulamuliro wateokrase chifukwa chotenga chilichonse chimene anali nacho, sanachite nawo chipwirikiticho mpaka zinaonekeratu kuti chidzapambana. "Ndikufuna gulu lachitetezo kuti lipite ndi ozimitsa moto kuti azimitsa motowu," adapitilizabe, "ndipo ochita ziwonetsero akafika pafupi, ayenera kuwakankhira kumpoto kwa msewu wa Azadi ndi kumpoto chakumadzulo kwa bwaloli, ngakhale atadutsa. zigaza zingapo. sindikufuna-"
    
  Ukanena kuti, "Sindikufuna kuti izi zichokere m"manja," Mtsamunda, ndiye kuti kung"ambika kwa zigaza si njira yochitira zimenezi." Kumbuyo kwake kunamveka mawu akuti: "Rahmati anatembenuka, kenako n"kutembenuka mwamphamvu. ndipo anaitana anthu amene analipo anazindikira pamene mtsogoleri wa asilikali oukira boma, General Hesarak al-Kan Boujazi, analowa m"chipindacho.
    
  Kulimbana kuti amasule dziko lake ku ulamuliro wa theocrats ndi Asilamu wakalamba Boujazi kupitirira zaka makumi asanu ndi limodzi mphambu ziwiri. Wamtali komanso wowonda nthawi zonse, tsopano ankavutika kuti adye chakudya chokwanira kuti akhale ndi thanzi labwino pakati pa ntchito zake za maola 20 patsiku, zakudya zosawerengeka komanso zochepa, komanso kufunikira koyenda nthawi zonse kuti asokoneze adani ake - onse mkati mwa gulu lake. ndi kunja - amene mosatopa kumusaka. Anali kuvalabe ndevu ndi masharubu, koma anali atameta mutu wake kuti asataye nthawi kusunga maloko ake otuwa akale oyenda bwino. Ngakhale kuti adagulitsa yunifolomu yake yankhondo ndi suti ya Gatsby yachifalansa ndi malaya, adavala malaya ankhondo osakongoletsa ndi nsapato za paratrooper pansi pa thalauza lake, ndipo adanyamula mfuti ya PC9 ya mamilimita asanu ndi anayi mu lamba pamapewa pansi pa jekete yake. "Monga munali," iye analamula motero. Ena m"chipindamo anamasuka. "Ripoti, Colonel."
    
  "Inde, bwana". Rahmati mwamsanga anandandalika zochitika zazikulu kwambiri za maola angapo apitawo; ndiye: "Pepani chifukwa cha kukwiya kumeneku, bwana. Ndangokhumudwa pang'ono, ndizo zonse. Ndayika anthu owonjezera pamalo ano kuti izi zisachitike. "
    
  "Kukhumudwa kwanu kukumveka ngati lamulo lobwezera anthu otsutsa boma, Colonel, ndipo izi sizingathandize," adatero Boujazi. "Tithana ndi zigawenga zankhanza, osati ochita zionetsero. Zikumveka?"
    
  "Inde, bwana."
    
  Bujazi anayang'ana mosamala mkulu wake wa brigade. "Zikuwoneka ngati ukufunika kupuma pang'ono, Mostafa."
    
  "Ndili bwino bwana."
    
  Bujazi anagwedeza mutu, kenako anayang'ana mozungulira chipindacho. "Chabwino, sungathe kuyendetsa gulu lako nthawi zonse, sichoncho? Tiye tikaone zomwe zidachitika kumeneko." Rahmati anameza mate, kenako anangogwedeza mutu, monyinyirika kutsatira mkulu wa asilikali pakhomopo, kulakalaka akanavomera kuti agone. Kuyenda m'misewu ya Tehran - ngakhale masana, mkati mwa gawo lolamulidwa ndi Boujazi la mzindawo, komanso kutsagana ndi gulu lankhondo lankhondo - sikunali kotetezeka kapena koyenera.
    
  Mdadada uliwonse wa makilomita awiri kuchokera ku bwalo la ndege kupita ku Meda Azari Park unali misewu ya konkire ndi zitsulo zokonzedwa kuti zichepetse magalimoto olemera kwambiri; Panali malo ofufuzira atsopano pa midadada itatu iliyonse, ndipo ngakhale njinga yamoto ya Boujazi inkafunika kuyimitsidwa ndikufufuzidwa nthawi iliyonse. Bujazi sanawonekere kukhala ndi vuto ngakhale pang"ono, anapezerapo mwayi wopereka moni kwa asilikali ake ndi anthu ena a m"tauni panjapo. Rahmati sanafune kukhala pafupi ndi aliyense, m'malo mwake mfuti yake ya AK-74 ikhale yokonzeka. Pamene anayandikira pakiyo ndipo khamu la anthu linakula, Boujazi anayenda pansi mumsewu, akugwirana chanza ndi omwe anapereka zawo, akugwedeza ena ndi kufuula mawu ochepa olimbikitsa. Omulondera ake adachita changu kuti apite naye.
    
  Rahmati anayenera kupereka ulemu kwa mnyamatayo: kavalo wakale ankadziwa kulamulira khamu la anthu. Mopanda mantha analowa m"gulu la anthulo, n"kugwirana chanza ndi anthu amene mwina anali atanyamula mfuti kapena mfuti yotchingira zipolopolo, analankhula ndi atolankhani ndi kuchitira umboni pamaso pa makamera a wailesi yakanema, kujambula zithunzi ndi anthu wamba komanso asilikali. anapsompsona makanda ndi akazi okalamba opanda mano ndipo anakhalanso ngati woyang"anira magalimoto pamene magalimoto ozimitsa moto ankafuna kulowa m"derali, kuwabalalitsa khamu la anthu ndi kuloza oyendetsa galimoto osokonezeka. Koma tsopano anali atangotsala pang'ono kuyandikira moto wa gasi, ndipo khamu la anthu linkakulirakulirakulirabe ndipo linali lopanda bata. "Bwana, ndikupempha kuti tifunsire oyang'anira chitetezo kuti tiwone ngati pali mboni zomwe zidawona zomwe zidachitika kapena makamera achitetezo akugwira ntchito," adatero Rahmati, kuwonetsa kuti awa ndi malo abwino ochitira izi.
    
  Bujazi tanaakali kumumvwa. M"malo moima, iye anapitiriza kuyenda, akulunjika ku khamu lalikulu ndi laphokoso kwambiri la anthu kumpoto chakumadzulo kwa pakiyo. Rahmati sanachitire mwina koma kukhala naye, mfuti ili itakonzeka.
    
  Bujazi sanacheuke, koma adakhala ngati akumva nkhawa za mkulu wa brigade. "Ika chida chako kutali, Mostafa," adatero Boujazi.
    
  "Koma bwana-"
    
  "Akadafuna kundiwombera, akadachita midadada iwiri yapitayo, tisanayang'ane m'maso," adatero Boujazi. "Awuzeni alonda kuti nawonso akonze zida zawo." Mtsogoleri wa gululo, wamkulu wachinyamata wa Air Force dzina lake Haddad, ayenera kuti adamumva, chifukwa zida za alonda zinali zitasowa kale panthawi yomwe Rahmati adatembenuka kuti apereke dongosolo.
    
  Khamu la anthu lidawoneka kuti lili ndi nkhawa pamene Bujazi ndi alonda ake ankayandikira, ndipo khamu laling'ono la amuna, akazi, ngakhale ana ochepa linakula mofulumira. Rahmati sanali wapolisi kapena katswiri wa psychology ya anthu, koma adawona kuti owonerera ambiri akamayandikira kuti awone zomwe zikuchitika, enawo amakankhidwira kutsogolo kugwero la ngozi, zomwe zimawapangitsa kumva kuti ali otsekeredwa ndikuwopa moyo. Mantha atangoyamba, khamu la anthu mwachangu ndipo mwadzidzidzi linasanduka gulu la anthu; ndipo pamene msilikali aliyense kapena munthu wokhala ndi zida akuona kuti moyo wake uli pangozi, kuwomberana kunayamba ndipo chiŵerengero cha ophedwa chinawonjezeka mofulumira.
    
  Koma Boujazi ankawoneka wosalabadira zodziwikiratu: anapitiriza kuguba patsogolo - osati moopseza, koma osati ndi kulimba mtima kulikonse kapena mwaubwenzi; zonse ngati zamalonda, koma osati zotsutsana ngati msilikali kapena wansangala ngati wandale. Kodi ankaganiza kuti apite kwa anzake kukakambirana nawo za mavuto a tsikulo kapena kukhala pansi n"kumaonera mpira? Kapena ankaganiza kuti sangawonongeke? Kaya anali ndi maganizo otani, sanamvetse khamu limeneli. Rahmati anayamba kuganiza kuti afika bwanji pamfuti yake...ndipo panthawiyi nkuti akuganiza zoti athawire njira yomwe angathamangire ngati zimenezi zitangopita ku gahena.
    
  "Salaam alaykom," Boujazi anaitana motero pamene anali chifupifupi mayendedwe khumi kuchokera pa khamu lomwe linali kukula, akukweza dzanja lake lamanja popereka moni komanso kusonyeza kuti analibe zida. "Kodi pano pali wina wovulala?"
    
  Mnyamata wina, wosapitirira zaka khumi ndi zisanu ndi ziwiri kapena khumi ndi zisanu ndi zitatu zakubadwa, adapita patsogolo ndikuloza chala chake kwa mkulu wa asilikali. "Kodi msilikali wotembereredwa amasamalira chiyani ngati wina ...?" Ndiyeno anaima, chala chake chinatambasulabe. "Iwe Khesarak Buzhazi, mfumu yatsopano ya Perisiya! Kubadwanso kwina kwa Koresi ndi Alexander iyemwini! Tigwade pamaso panu, kapena uta waung'ono ukwanira, mbuyanga?
    
  "Ndinamufunsa ngati pali wina ...?"
    
  "Mukuganiza bwanji za ufumu wanu, General?" - anafunsa mnyamatayo, akuloza ku mitambo ya utsi wobiriwira womwe ukuzungulira pafupi. "Kapena ndi 'Emperor' Bujazi tsopano?"
    
  "Ngati palibe amene akufunika thandizo, ndikufunika odzipereka kuti aletse ena kuphulika, kupeza mboni ndikusonkhanitsa umboni mpaka apolisi atafika," adatero Boujazi, kusokoneza chidwi chake - koma osati kwathunthu - kuchokera ku uthenga woopsa wowotcha. Anapeza munthu wamkulu pa gululo. "Inu, bwana. Ndikufuna kuti muyitane anthu odzipereka kuti muteteze malowa. Ndiye ndikufunika-"
    
  "N"chifukwa chiyani tiyenera kukuthandizani, mbuye ndi mbuye, bwana?" - anafuula mnyamata woyamba. "Ndinu amene munatibweretsera chiwawa chimenechi! Iran inali dziko lamtendere komanso lotetezeka mpaka mudabwera, kupha aliyense yemwe sanagwirizane ndi malingaliro anu opondereza, ndikulanda mphamvu. Chifukwa chiyani tiyenera kugwirizana nanu?"
    
  "Zamtendere ndi zotetezeka, inde - pansi pa chala chachikulu cha atsogoleri achipembedzo, Asilamu ndi amisala omwe adapha kapena kutsekera m'ndende aliyense amene sanamvere malamulo awo," adatero Boujazi, osatha kupeŵa kukopeka ndi mkangano womwe adadziwa kuti subweretsa chigonjetso. "Anapereka anthu ngati mmene anachitira ine ndi aliyense m"gulu lankhondo. Iwo-"
    
  "Ndiye chinthucho, sichoncho, Bambo Emperor: inu?" - adatero mwamunayo. "Simumakonda mmene mabwenzi anu akale, atsogoleri, anakuchitirani, kotero munawapha ndi kulanda ulamuliro. Chifukwa chiyani tikusamala zomwe mukunena pano? Mudzatiuza zonse kuti tikhalebe olamulira mpaka mutamaliza kugwiririra dzikolo, kenako mudzawuluka kuchokera ku likulu lanu latsopano lomwe lili pa Mehrabad Airport. "
    
  Bujazi adakhala chete kwa mphindi zingapo, kenako adagwedeza mutu, kudabwitsa aliyense womuzungulira. "Wanena zoona mnyamata. Ndinakwiya ndi imfa ya asitikali anga omwe adagwira ntchito molimbika kuti athetse anthu omwe ali ndi maganizo oipa mu Basij ndikupeza chinachake kuchokera kwa iwo okha, gulu lawo ndi miyoyo yawo. " Boujazi atachotsedwa ntchito monga mkulu wa asilikali potsatira zigawenga za mabomba a ku America omwe ankanyamula mabomba opangidwa ku Russia zaka zingapo m'mbuyomo, adachotsedwa ntchito kukhala mkulu wa gulu la Basij-e-Mostazefin, kapena kuti Mobilization of the Oppressed, gulu la anthu wamba odzipereka. , omwe adanena za oyandikana nawo, adakhala ngati owonerera ndi azondi, ndipo ankayendayenda m'misewu ndikuopseza ena kuti agwirizane ndi gulu la Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
    
  Bujazi idachotsa zigawenga ndi zigawenga za Basij ndikusintha omwe adatsalira mu Internal Defense Forces, gulu lenileni lankhondo. Koma kupambana kwawoko kunatsutsa ulamuliro wa Asilamu Oteteza Gulu Lankhondo la Chisilamu, ndipo adayesetsa kuyesa kunyoza-kapena, makamaka, kuwononga-asilikali ankhondo atsopano a Boujazi National Guard. "Nditamva kuti ndi a Pasdarans omwe adakonza zachiwembu changa choyamba, ndikuchiyesa ngati kuwukira kwa zigawenga zaku Kurd, kungovulaza ndi kunyozetsa a Internal Defense Forces, ndinakwiya ndikukalipa.
    
  "Koma Asilamu ndi zigawenga zomwe atsogoleri achipembedzo adabweretsa m'dziko lathu ndiye vuto lenileni, mwana, osati pasdaran," adatero Boujazi. "Iwo awononga maganizo a mtundu uwu, asowetsa nzeru zawo zonse ndi makhalidwe abwino, ndipo awadzaza ndi mantha, mnyozo ndi kumvera kwakhungu."
    
  "Ndiye pali kusiyana kotani pakati pa iwe ndi azibusa, Buzhazi?" - anafuula mnyamata wina. Rahmati ankaona kuti khamu la anthulo likuchita molimba mtima, mofuula komanso mopanda mantha kuyandikira wachiwiriyo. "Mumapha atsogoleri achipembedzo ndikugwetsa boma - boma lathu, lomwe tidasankha! - ndikusintha ndi junta yanu. Tikuwona ankhondo anu akuphwanya zitseko, kuwotcha nyumba, kuba ndi kugwirira chigololo tsiku lililonse!
    
  Khamu la anthu linanena mofuula kuvomereza kwawo, ndipo Boujazi anakweza manja ake ndi kunena kuti amveke: "Choyamba, ndikukulonjezani, ngati mudzandisonyeza umboni wakuba kapena kugwiriridwa ndi msilikali aliyense amene ndili pansi pa ulamuliro wanga, ine ndekha ndiika chipolopolo m"mutu mwake." , anafuula motero. "Palibe khoti, palibe mlandu wachinsinsi, palibe mlandu - ndibweretsereni umboni, nditsimikizireni, ndipo ndidzabweretsa wopalamulayo kwa inu ndikumupha ndi manja anga.
    
  "Chachiwiri, sindikupanga boma ku Perisiya, ndipo sindine pulezidenti kapena mfumu - ndine mkulu wa asilikali otsutsa kwa kanthawi kuti athetse ziwawa ndikukhazikitsa bata. Ndikhala pampando kwa nthawi yokwanira kuti ndichotse zigawenga ndi zigawenga ndikuyang'anira kukhazikitsidwa kwa boma lamtundu wina lomwe lidzakhazikitse malamulo oyendetsera anthu, kenako ndikutula pansi udindo. Ndicho chifukwa chake ndinatsegula likulu langa ku Mehrabad - osati kuti ndithawe mwamsanga, koma kusonyeza kuti ndilibe cholinga chotenga maudindo ovomerezeka m'boma ndikudzitcha pulezidenti."
    
  "Izi ndi zomwe Musharraf, Castro, Chavez ndi mazana a olamulira ankhanza ndi ankhanza anena pomwe adachita zigawenga ndikulanda boma," adatero mnyamatayo. "Amati adamenyera nkhondo anthu ndipo achoka ukangokhazikitsa dongosolo, ndipo simunadziwe adatenga udindo wawo wonse, kuyika anzawo ndi achifwamba pampando, kuyimitsa malamulo, kulanda mabanki, kutulutsa zonse. mabizinesi, adalanda malo ndi chuma kwa olemera ndikutseka zofalitsa zonse zomwe zidawatsutsa. Mudzachitanso chimodzimodzi ku Iran. "
    
  Bujazi anaphunzira mnyamatayo kwa kamphindi, kenako anayang'ana mosamala ena omwe anali pafupi naye. Iye adawona kuti pali mfundo zabwino kwambiri - mnyamatayu anali wanzeru komanso wowerenga bwino zaka zake, ndipo amakayikira ena ambiri omwewo. Iye sanali pano pakati pa ana a nthawi zonse a m"misewu.
    
  "Ndimaweruza munthu ndi zochita zake, osati ndi mawu ake-mnzake kapena mdani," anatero Boujazi. "Ndikhoza kukulonjezani mtendere, chimwemwe, chisungiko ndi chitukuko monga wandale aliyense, kapena ndingakulonjezeni malo kumwamba monga atsogoleri achipembedzo, koma sinditero. Chomwe ndingalonjeza n"chakuti ndidzamenyana ndi mano ndi msomali kuti ndiletse zigawenga kuti zisakasule dziko lathu tisanapeze mwayi wopanga boma la anthu, kaya boma lingakhale liti. Ndigwiritsa ntchito luso langa, maphunziro ndi luso langa lonse kuti ndiwonetsetse chitetezo cha dziko lino mpaka boma la anthu litayambiranso.
    
  "Kwa ine awa akumveka ngati mawu abwino, Bambo Emperor, omwe mwangolonjeza kuti simugwiritsa ntchito."
    
  Bujazi anamwetulira ndikugwedeza mutu, kuyang'ana molunjika m'maso mwa omwe amawoneka okwiya kwambiri kapena osakhulupirira. "Ndikuwona ambiri a inu muli ndi makamera a foni yam'manja, ndiye muli ndi umboni wa kanema wa zomwe ndikunena. Ndikanakhala ine wolamulira wankhanza amene umaganiza kuti ndine, ndikanalanda mafoni onsewa ndi kukutumiza kundende."
    
  "Mutha kutero usikuuno, mutathyola nyumba zathu ndikutikokera pabedi."
    
  "Koma sindingatero," adatero Boujazi. "Mutha kutumiza kanema kwaulere kwa aliyense padziko lapansi, kuyiyika pa YouTube, kugulitsa kwa atolankhani. Kanemayo alemba lonjezo langa kwa inu, koma zochita zanga zidzakhala umboni womaliza. "
    
  "Kodi tingatumize bwanji mavidiyo aliwonse, munthu wachikulire," anafunsa motero mtsikanayo, "pamene magetsi amangoyaka kwa maola atatu patsiku? Tikhala ndi mwayi ngati mafoni agwira ntchito kwa mphindi zingapo tsiku lililonse. "
    
  "Ndimawerenga zofalitsa, ndimafufuza pa intaneti komanso ndimabisala m'mabulogu, ngati inu," adatero Boujazi. "The American satellite global wireless Internet system ikugwira ntchito bwino ngakhale ku Perisiya - ndiloleni ndikukumbutseni kuti idatsekedwa ndi atsogoleri achipembedzo kuyesa kukulepheretsani kulandira nkhani zotsutsana ndi mayiko akunja - ndipo ndikudziwa kuti ambiri a inu achinyamata ochita chidwi. mwapanga majenereta okhala ndi pedal-powered kuti azitchaja laputopu yanu mphamvu ikazima. Ndikhoza kukhala wokalamba, dona wamng"ono, koma sindikudziŵa kwenikweni." Iye anasangalala kuona kumwetulira angapo akuwonekera pa nkhope za amene anali pafupi naye - potsiriza, iye anaganiza, iye anayamba kulankhula chinenero chawo.
    
  "Koma ndikukumbutsani kuti magetsi akudulidwa chifukwa cha zigawenga zomwe zimawononga majenereta athu amagetsi ndi makina ogawa," adatero. "Penapake pali mdani amene sasamala za anthu a ku Perisiya - chimene akufuna ndicho kubwezera ulamuliro ndipo adzachita mwanjira iliyonse yomwe angaganizire, ngakhale zitapweteka kapena kupha nzika zosalakwa. Ndinawachotsera mphamvu zawo ndipo ndinalola nzika za dziko lino kulankhulananso ndi akunja. Ndinalola ndalama zakunja ndi thandizo kuti zibwerere ku Perisiya pomwe atsogoleri achipembedzo adadzitsekera kudziko lonse lapansi kwazaka zopitilira makumi atatu ndikusunga chuma ndi mphamvu za dziko lino. Izi ndi zomwe ndikunena anzanga. Palibe chimene ndinganene, ndipo zochita zimenezi zingalankhule mokweza kuposa mabingu chikwi."
    
  "Ndiye ziwawazo zisiya liti, General?" - anafunsa munthu woyamba. "Zitenga nthawi yayitali bwanji kuti athamangitse zigawenga?"
    
  Boujazi anati: "Ndikuganiza patapita nthawi yaitali nditamwalira n"kuikidwa m"manda. "Chotero ndiye zonse zidzadalira inu. Ukufuna zitenge nthawi yayitali bwanji mwana wanga?"
    
  "Hei, mwayambitsa nkhondo iyi, osati ine!" - munthuyo anabingula, akugwedeza nkhonya yake. "Musayike ichi pa mapazi anga! Ukunena kuti udzakhala wakufa kale izi zisanathe - chabwino, bwanji osangopita ku gehena ndi kutipulumutsa nthawi yambiri tonsefe!" Anthu angapo m"khamulo anaphethira ndi mkwiyo wa munthuyo, koma sananene kapena sanachite kalikonse. "Ndipo ine sindine mwana wanu, nkhalamba. Bambo anga anaphedwa mumsewu kunja kwa sitolo imene banja langa linali nalo kwa mibadwo itatu, panthaŵi ya kumenyana kwa moto pakati pa asilikali anu ndi Pasdarans, pamaso panga, amayi ndi mlongo wanga wamng"ono."
    
  Bujazi adagoma. "Ndikunong'oneza bondo. Kenako ndiuze dzina lako."
    
  "Sindikufuna kukuuzani dzina langa, mkulu," anatero mnyamatayo mowawidwa mtima, "chifukwa ndikuona kuti inuyo ndi asilikali anu mungathe kundigwira kapena kundiwombera m"mutu monga mmene anthu aku Pasdara amanenera. kukhala."
    
  "Malinga ndi chidziwitso?' Kodi mukukaikira kuti a Pasdar amapha aliyense amene amatsutsa atsogoleri?
    
  "Ndinawona chiwawa chochuluka ndi kukhetsa mwazi kumbali zonse ziŵiri m"kuwomberana kumene atate anaphedwa," mnyamatayo anapitiriza motero, "ndipo ndikuwona kusiyana kochepa kwambiri pakati pa inu ndi atsogoleri achipembedzo, kupatulapo mwina m"zovala zimene mumavala." Kodi mukulondola kapena zochita zanu zili zolondola chifukwa chakuti aku America adalowa ndikukuthandizani kuti muthamangitse a Pasdar kwakanthawi mu likulu? Kodi mukamathamangitsidwa, mudzakhala opanduka? Kodi mudzayamba nkhondo yolimbana ndi anthu osalakwa chifukwa mukuganiza kuti mukunena zoona?"
    
  "Ngati mukukhulupiriradi kuti sindine wabwinoko kapena woyipa kuposa Alonda a Revolutionary, ndiye kuti palibe mawu angakukhutiritseni mwanjira ina," adatero Boujazi, "ndipo mudzadzudzula chandamale chilichonse chomwe bambo anu amwalira. Pepani chifukwa cha kutaya kwanu." Iye anatembenuka n"kuyang"ana ena amene anamuzungulira. "Ndimaona anthu ambiri okwiya mumsewu, koma ndimamvanso mawu anzeru kwambiri. Funso langa kwa inu: Ngati ndinu anzeru kwambiri, mukuchita chiyani pano, kungoyima mozungulira osachita kalikonse? Anthu a m"dziko lanu akufa ndipo simukuchita chilichonse, mukuyenda, mukugwedeza asilikali anga nkhonya pamene zigawengazo zikupita kumalo ena."
    
  "Titani, agogo?" - anafunsa munthu wina.
    
  "Tsatirani mutu wanu, tsatirani mtima wanu ndikuchitapo kanthu," adatero Boujazi. "Ngati mumakhulupiriradi kuti atsogoleri achipembedzo ali ndi zokomera mtunduwo, gwirizanani ndi zigawengazo ndipo mumenye nkhondo kuti ine ndi anthu anga tituluke m"dzikoli. Ngati mumakhulupirira ma monarchist, gwirizanani nawo ndikupanga zigawenga zanu m'dzina la Kagewa, kumenyana ndi Asilamu ndi asilikali anga, ndikubwezera ufumuwo. Ngati mukuganiza kuti mawu ndi zochita zanga zili ndi tanthauzo, valani yunifolomu yanu, gwirani mfuti yanu ndikujowina ine. Ngati simukufuna kujowina aliyense, khalani otseguka, ndipo mukawona banja lanu kapena anansi anu akuwukiridwa, chitanipo kanthu ... chilichonse . Menyani nkhondo, dziwitsani, thandizani, tetezani-chitani chinachake m"malo momangokhalira kudandaula."
    
  Anayang'ananso nkhope zawo, kuwalola kuyang'ana m'maso mwake ndi iyenso m'maso mwawo. Ambiri a iwo anachitadi zimenezo. Anaona mphamvu zenizeni m"gululi ndipo zinam"patsa chiyembekezo. Anaganiza zowamenyera nkhondo. Kaya iwo anasankha mbali iti, iwo anali tsogolo la dzikolo. "Dziko ndi lanu, dammit...ndi dziko lathu. Ngati sikuli koyenera kumenyera nkhondo, pitani kwinakwake musanakhale wozunzidwa wina. " Anaima kaye, kulola kuti mawu ake alowe mkati; kenako: "Tsopano ndikufunika thandizo lanu kuti muteteze malo ophwanya malamulo. Asilikali anga adzakhazikitsa malo ozungulira ndikuteteza derali, koma ndikufuna ena a inu kuti muthandize opulumutsawo kuti apeze ozunzidwawo ndipo apolisi amasonkhanitsa umboni ndikufunsa mboni. Ndani atithandize?
    
  Khamu la anthulo linaima kaye n"kudikirira kuti wina ayambe kusuntha. Kenako mnyamata woyambayo anapita patsogolo n"kuuza Buzhazi kuti: "Si za iwe, Mfumu. Kodi mukuganiza kuti ndinu osiyana ndi zigawenga zomwe zimangoyendayenda m'misewu? Ndinu oyipa. Ndiwe nkhalamba yodzionetsera ndi mfuti. sizimakupangitsani kukhala olondola." Ndipo iye adatembenuka, nachoka, akutsatiridwa ndi ena.
    
  Boujazi adauza Mtsamunda Rahmati kuti:
    
  "Iwo ndi gulu chabe la oluza, bwana," anatero mkulu wa gulu lankhondo. "Mwafunsa kuti akutani kuno m"misewu? Amayambitsa mavuto, ndizo zonse. Monga tikudziwira, iwowo ndi amene anaphulitsa potengerapo mafuta. Kodi tikudziwa bwanji kuti si opanduka?"
    
  "Ndi zigawenga, Mostafa," adatero Boujazi.
    
  Rahmati adawoneka odabwa. "Ali? Mukudziwa bwanji...ndikutanthauza kuti tiyenera kuwamanga onse pompano!"
    
  "Ndi zigawenga, koma osati Asilamu," adatero Boujazi. "Ndikadakhala ndi chisankho cha omwe ndingafune kupita nawo m'misewu pompano, akanakhala iwowo. Ndimaganizabe kuti andithandiza, koma osati mmene ndikanayembekezera." Anayang'ana pa malo opangira mafuta omwe anali akuyakabe pomwe panali mabwinja a galimoto yonyamula katundu yomwe inali ikufuka yomwe inali itaphulitsidwa pamtunda wa mamita ambiri kudutsa msewu. Khalani pano ndipo zida zanu zisaoneke. Khazikitsani kuzungulira. Ndikufuna kuti pa mphambano iliyonse pasapezeke asilikali oposa awiri, ndipo aimirire pa ngodya zina, osati pamodzi."
    
  "Chifukwa chiyani, bwana?"
    
  "Chifukwa ngati alipo ambiri, odziwitsa sangawayandikire - ndipo tikufuna chidziwitso, ndipo mwachangu," adatero Boujazi. Anayenda kupita kugalimoto yosuta. Rahmati anatsatira, posafuna kuwoneka ngati amantha kuposa momwe analili kale, koma Bujazi anatembenuka ndi kukuwa, "Ndati khala pano ukhazikitse pozungulira. Rahmati anali wokondwa kwambiri kumvera.
    
  Injini yozimitsa moto idakokera kungozi yoyaka moto, ndipo ozimitsa moto awiri omwe amawoneka achichepere - mwina ana a ozimitsa moto omwe adafa kapena ovulala, zomwe zimachitika m'chigawo chino cha dziko lapansi - adayamba kuzimitsa moto pogwiritsa ntchito madzi odekha. galimoto yakale yozimitsa moto yomwe inali itasiyidwa. Inayenera kukhala ntchito yayitali komanso yowawa. Bujazi anayenda mozungulira galimoto yozimitsa motoyo, kutali kwambiri ndi utsiwo moti sakanathimidwa nawo, koma makamaka osaoneka. Tsopano ntchito yoyeretsayo itayamba, makamuwo anayamba kubalalika. Gulu linanso lalikulu la ozimitsa moto linaukira moto pamalo opangira mafuta omwewo, omwe anali akadali otentha kwambiri komanso owopsa, ndikutumiza utsi waukulu wakuda kumwamba. Zinali zodabwitsa kwa Boujazi kuti malawi amoto ankawoneka kuti akupsereza madzi ochuluka chotere - motowo unali woopsa kwambiri moti motowo unkawoneka ngati-
    
  "Palibe mawu oyipa pamenepo, General," adamva mawu kumbuyo kwake.
    
  Bujazi anagwedeza mutu ndikumwetulira - adaganiza bwino. Adatembenuka ndikugwedeza mutu kwa Her Highness Azar Asia Kagev, wolowa m'malo mwa Mpando wachifumu wa Peacock wa Perisiya. Adayang'ana kumbuyo kwa mtsikanayo ndipo adawona Kaputeni Mara Saidi, m'modzi mwa oteteza achifumu a Azar, atayima pafupi ndi choyikapo nyale, akusakanikirana mwaluso ndi chipwirikiti chomwe chawazungulira. Jekete lake linali lomasulidwa ndipo manja ake anali atapinda kutsogolo kwake, mwachiwonekere kutetezera chida chake kuti chisawoneke. "Ndinaganiza kuti ndaona kapitawo ali pagulu la anthu, ndipo ndinadziwa kuti mudzakhala pafupi. Ndikuganiza kuti Major ali pafupi ndi mfuti ya sniper kapena RPG, sichoncho?
    
  "Ndikukhulupirira kuti ali ndi zida zonse ziwiri lero - mukudziwa momwe amakonda kubwera atakonzeka," adatero Azar, akuwerama osavutikira kunena komwe mkulu wawo wachitetezo cha dziko, Parviz Najjar, amabisala ngati tsiku lina Bujazi lidali pano. msampha. Iye sakanatha kukhulupirira mwamuna ameneyu chifukwa mikangano ya ku Perisiya inasintha mofulumira kwambiri. "Ndidakweza Najjar kukhala Lieutenant colonel ndi Saidi kukhala wamkulu chifukwa cha kulimba mtima kwawo kunditulutsa ku America ndikundibweretsa kunyumba."
    
  Bujazi anavomera ndi mutu. Azar Asia Kagev, mwana wamkazi womaliza wa wopikisana ndi Mpando wachifumu wa Peacock, Mohammed Hassan Kagev, akusowabe kuyambira pomwe Boujazi adayamba kuukira boma la Iran, anali atangokwanitsa zaka khumi ndi zisanu ndi ziwiri, koma anali ndi chidaliro cha munthu wamkulu kuposa zaka zake, osati. kutchula za kulimba mtima, luso lomenyera nkhondo komanso kuwoneratu mwanzeru kwa mkulu wa kampani ya ana oyenda pansi. Bujazi sadalephere kuzindikira kuti nayenso akusintha kukhala mkazi wokongola kwambiri, watsitsi lalitali lakuda lonyezimira, zopindika mokoma zimayamba kuonekera pa thupi lake lowonda, ndi maso akuda, akuvina, pafupifupi opusa. Mikono ndi miyendo yake zinali zophimbidwa, osati ndi burqa, koma ndi bulawuti yoyera ndi thalauza la chokoleti chips kuti adziteteze kudzuwa; mutu wake unali utaphimbidwa, osati ndi hijab, koma ndi "chiguduli" cha timu ya TeamMelli World Cup.
    
  Koma maso ake anakopekanso ndi manja ake. M'badwo wachiwiri uliwonse wa amuna a mzera wa Kagev, mwinanso akazi, koma mwina anatayidwa ngati makanda obadwa kumene kuti asakule ndi chilema chilichonse, amadwala matenda obadwa nawo otchedwa bilateral thumb hypoplasia, kapena kusakhalapo kwa chala chachikulu chakuphazi. . Ali mwana, anachitidwa opaleshoni yochititsa chidwi yomwe inachititsa kuti zala zake za m"mbali zigwire ntchito ngati zala zazikulu za m"manja, n"kumusiya ali ndi zala zinayi zokha m"manja onse.
    
  Koma m'malo mokhala chopinga, Hazard adapanga kupunduka kwake kukhala gwero lamphamvu, kumulimbikitsa kuyambira ali wamng'ono kwambiri. Iye amangowonjezera kulephera kwake komwe amaganizira: kunali mphekesera kuti amatha kupikisana ndi amuna ambiri kuwirikiza kawiri msinkhu wake ndipo anali wodziwa kuimba piyano komanso katswiri wankhondo. A Hazard akuti samakonda kuvala magolovesi, zomwe zimalola ena kuwona manja ake ngati chizindikiro cha cholowa chake komanso zosokoneza kwa adani ake.
    
  Azar ankakhala mobisa ku United States of America kuyambira ali ndi zaka ziwiri motetezedwa ndi omuteteza Najar ndi Saidi, omwe ankawoneka ngati makolo ake, adasiyana ndi makolo ake enieni pazifukwa zachitetezo, omwenso ankabisala ngati alendo a US State Department. . Pamene kuukira kwa Buzhazi kunachitika, a Kagev nthawi yomweyo adasonkhanitsa bungwe lawo lankhondo ndikubwerera ku Iran. Mfumu ndi mfumukazi, omwe amayenera kukhala mobisala koma amayendetsa tsamba la webusayiti, amawonekera pafupipafupi m'manyuzipepala akudzudzula ulamuliro wateokrase wa Iran, ndipo adalumbira poyera kuti tsiku lina adzabweranso kudzalanda dzikolo, akusowabe ndipo akuti adaphedwa ndi Asilamu aku Iran. Revolutionary Guard Corps kapena zigawenga za al-Quds Force mothandizidwa ndi aku Russia ndi a Turkmen. Koma Azar adafika ku Iran, pogwiritsa ntchito nzeru zake, luso la utsogoleri wachilengedwe - komanso thandizo lochuluka kuchokera kwa asitikali aku US ndi gulu lankhondo laling'ono lankhondo - ndikulowa nawo bungwe lankhondo lachifumu ndi otsatira awo masauzande ambiri.
    
  "Ndachita chidwi, mkulu wako," anatero Bujazi uku akuchotsa chisoti chake n"kuthira madzi kumaso kwake asanamwe nthawi yaitali. "Ndinali kukufuna, koma umagwirizana bwino ndi gulu la anthulo. Zikuoneka kuti enawo sankadziwa kuti ndinu ndani, chifukwa palibe amene anayesa kupanga chishango choteteza pafupi nanu pamene ndinayandikira. Munabisa mwezi wanu bwino."
    
  "Ndakhala ndikuyendayenda m'tawuni ndikuyesera kumvera achinyamatawa kuti ndidziwe zomwe akufuna komanso zomwe akuyembekezera," adatero Azar. Kalankhulidwe kake ka ku America kanali kolimba, zomwe zinapangitsa kuti Farsi akhale wovuta kumva. Adachotsa chibonga cha timu ya mpira wa ku Irani kuti awulule ponytail yayitali, yofikira m'chiuno, yofanana ndi yachifumu yaku Perisiya kwazaka zambiri. Anagwedeza tsitsi lake, wokondwa kumasulidwa ku zomangira zake zodzipangira yekha koma zamwambo. A Major Saidi anapita kwa iye ndi nkhope yowopsya, kumuuza mwakachetechete kuti abise chikwama chake aliyense m'misewu asadazindikire. Azar adatembenuza maso ake mokwiya ndikumanga ponytail yake pansi pansaluyo. "Amandidziwa ngati m'modzi mwa othawa kwawo, ndizo zonse - monga iwo."
    
  "Kupatulapo alonda zana omwe ali ndi zida, khonsolo yankhondo, gulu lankhondo lachinsinsi lalikulu kuposa zinthu zonse zapadziko lonse la Central Asia, ndi otsatira masauzande angapo omwe angayime mokondwera kutsogolo kwa mzere wamfuti kuti adzakuwonaninso. Takht-i-Tavus, Mpando wachifumu wa Peacock "
    
  "Ndipereka chilichonse chomwe ndili nacho kuti ndikulimbikitseni inu ndi gulu lanu kuti mugwirizane nane, Khesarak," adatero. "Otsatira anga ndi okhulupirika komanso odzipereka, koma ndife ochepa kwambiri, ndipo otsatira anga ndi okhulupirika, osati omenyana."
    
  "Kodi ukuganiza kuti pali kusiyana kotani pakati pa munthu wotchedwa wokhulupirika ndi msilikali, Ulemerero Wanu?" - Anafunsa Buzhazi. "Dziko lako likakhala pachiwopsezo, palibe kusiyana. M"nthaŵi zankhondo, nzika zimakhala zankhondo kapena zimakhala akapolo."
    
  "Akufuna jenerali ... amakufunani."
    
  "Akufuna mtsogoleri, mkulu wanu, ndipo munthu ameneyo ndi inu," adatero Boujazi. Ngati theka la anthu okhulupilika anu ali anzeru, opanda mantha komanso olimba mtima ngati gulu la zigawenga lija, atha kulamulira dziko lino mosavuta.
    
  "Sadzatsatira mtsikanayo."
    
  "Mwina ayi...Koma iwo atsatira mtsogoleri."
    
  "Ndikufuna kuti uwatsogolere."
    
  "Sindikutenga mbali pano, Akuluakulu Anu - sindiri pantchito yopanga maboma," adatero Boujazi. "Ndili pano chifukwa a Pasdaran ndi zigawenga zomwe amalimbikitsa akadali oopsa m"dziko lino, ndipo ndiwatsatira mpaka aliyense wa iwo atamwalira. Koma sindikhala purezidenti. John Elton anati: 'Mphamvu imawononga, ndipo mphamvu zonse zimawononga kotheratu.' Ndikudziwa kuti mphamvu zanga zimachokera ku gulu langa lankhondo, ndipo sindikufuna kuti anthu azilamuliridwa ndi asilikali awo. Ziyenera kukhala mwanjira ina. "
    
  "Ngati simukufuna kukhala Purezidenti wawo, khalani wamkulu wawo," adatero Azar. "Tsogolerani gulu lankhondo lanu pansi pa mbendera ya Kagewa, phunzitsani anthu okhulupirika, lembani anthu wamba ambiri, ndipo tiyeni tigwirizanenso dziko lathu."
    
  Bujazi adayang'ana mwachidwi mtsikanayo. "Nanga bwanji makolo ako, Highness?" - anafunsa.
    
  Azar adameza funso lomwe sankayembekezera, koma chitsulocho chinabwereranso m'maso mwake. "Komabe, General," anayankha mwamphamvu. "Ali moyo - ndikudziwa zimenezo."
    
  "Zoona, mkulu wanu," anatero Bujazi mwakachetechete. "Ndamva kuti bungwe lanu lankhondo silikuvomereza kuti mutsogolere gulu lanu mpaka mutakula."
    
  Azar adaseka ndikupukusa mutu. "Kwa zaka zambiri, zaka zambiri zakhala zaka khumi ndi zinayi-Alexander anali ndi zaka khumi ndi zinayi pamene adatsogolera asilikali ake oyambirira kunkhondo," adalavulira. "Pamene zida zoponya zidakulirakulira, zida ndi zida zankhondo zikuchulukirachulukira, zaka zaunyinji - mawuwo amachokera kwa wamkulu, wamkulu wankhondo - adakwezedwa mpaka khumi ndi zisanu ndi zitatu, chifukwa wachichepere aliyense samatha kunyamula lupanga kapena kuvala zida. Kodi zimenezi zikutanthauza chiyani masiku ano? Masiku ano, mwana wazaka zisanu amatha kugwiritsa ntchito kompyuta, kuwerenga mapu, kulankhula pawailesi, komanso kumvetsetsa momwe zinthu zimachitikira. Koma bungwe langa lolemekezeka, lopangidwa ndi amuna okalamba ovala malaya odzaza ndi malaya opotoka, sililola aliyense wosachepera zaka khumi ndi zisanu ndi zitatu kutsogolera gulu lankhondo, makamaka wamkazi.
    
  "Ndikupempha kuti wina asonkhanitse akuluakulu a asilikali anu, asankhe mtsogoleri, apeze chivomerezo chake kuchokera ku bungwe lanu la asilikali ndikukonzekera ... mwamsanga," Boujazi anachenjeza. "Kuukira kwanu sikunayende bwino ndipo kukuwoneka kuti kulibe cholinga china koma kupha anthu mwachisawawa komanso ziwawa zomwe zimapangitsa kuti anthu azikhala pachiwopsezo."
    
  "Ndauza kale bolodi izi, koma samamvera mtsikanayo," Azar adadandaula. "Ine ndine chifaniziro chabe, chizindikiro. Angafune kukangana za yemwe ali ndi udindo, yemwe ali ndi otsatira ambiri, kapena ndani angakope olembedwa kapena ndalama zambiri. Zomwe akufuna kwa ine ndi mwamuna wolowa m'malo. Popanda mfumu, khonsolo sipanga zisankho zilizonse.
    
  "Ndiye Malika."
    
  "Sindimakonda kutchedwa 'mfumukazi', General, ndipo mukudziwa zimenezo, ndikutsimikiza," adatero Hazard mwaukali. "Makolo anga sanafe." Adalankhula mawu omalizawa mwaukali, mwachipongwe, ngati akufuna kudzitsimikizira yekha komanso wamkulu wankhondo.
    
  "Patha pafupifupi zaka ziwiri chichokereni, Mkulu Wanu - mudikira mpaka liti? Mpaka zaka khumi ndi zisanu ndi zitatu? Kodi Persia adzakhala kuti m'miyezi khumi ndi isanu? Kapena mpaka mzera wopikisana nawo udzatenga Mpando wachifumu wa Peacock, kapena mpaka munthu wina wamphamvu atalanda ndi kuthamangitsa Akages onse?
    
  Mwachionekere, Azar anali atadzifunsa kale mafunso onsewa chifukwa anali kuwawa chifukwa chosowa mayankho. "Ndikudziwa, General, ndikudziwa," adatero ndi mawu owonda, zachisoni kwambiri zomwe adamvapo kuchokera kwa iye. "Ndicho chifukwa chake ndikufunika kuti mukaonekere ku khonsolo yankhondo, mubwere nafe, mutenge olamulira athu okhulupirika ndikugwirizanitsa magulu ankhondo odana ndi Chisilamu kuti athane ndi Mohtaz ndi zigawenga zake zokhetsa magazi. Ndiwe munthu wamphamvu kwambiri mu Perisiya. Iwo angavomereze popanda kukayikira."
    
  "Sindikutsimikiza ngati ndili wokonzeka kukhala mkulu wa asilikali a monarchy, Your Highness," anatero Boujazi. "Ndiyenera kudziwa momwe a Kagevians alili ndisanawathandize." Anayang'ana Azar mwachisoni. "Ndipo mpaka makolo anu awonekere, kapena mpaka mutakwanitsa zaka khumi ndi zisanu ndi zitatu, mwina osatero, khonsolo yankhondo imalankhula m'dzina la Kagev ..."
    
  "Ndipo sangasankhe kukweza mbendera yachifumu asanayambe kapena akamaliza mapemphero a m'mawa," adatero Hazard moipidwa. "Amakangana za ndondomeko zamakhothi, maudindo ndi njira zazing'ono m'malo mwa njira, njira ndi zolinga."
    
  "Ndipo mukufuna nditengere ma order kwa iwo? Ayi, zikomo, mkulu wanu. "
    
  "Koma ngati pangakhale njira yowatsimikizira kuti akuthandizeni ngati mutalengeza kuti mupanga boma, Hesarak-"
    
  "Ndakuuzani, sindikuchita nawo maboma," adatero Boujazi. "Ndinawononga atsogoleri achipembedzo, utsogoleri wachinyengo wachisilamu ndi achifwamba a Pasdaran omwe adalemba ganyu chifukwa ndizomwe zimalepheretsa ufulu ndi malamulo mdziko muno. Koma kodi ndikukumbutseni kuti tikadali ndi Majlis-e-Shura athu osankhidwa, omwe akuyenera kuti ali ndi mphamvu mwalamulo kulamulira ndikupanga boma loyimilira? Ali kuti? Kubisala, ndi zomwe. Akuwopa kuti angaphedwe ngati atulutsa mitu yawo yaying'ono, motero amakonda kuwonera ali m'nyumba zawo zabwino, atazunguliridwa ndi alonda, dziko lawo litagawanika. "
    
  "Zikumveka ngati mukungofuna wina akufunseni kuti muwathandize, sichoncho General? Kodi mumalakalaka ulemu ndi ulemu wa wandale kapena mwana wamfumu wopempha thandizo?"
    
  "Chomwe ndikulakalaka, Wam'mwambamwamba, ndikuti anthu omwe akuyenera kuyendetsa dziko lino achotse mabulu awo ndikutenga," adatero Boujazi mokwiya. "Mpaka a Majlis, gulu lanu lankhondo kapena wina aliyense ataganiza kuti ali ndi mphamvu zothetsa zipolowe zachisilamu, kutenga udindo ndikupanga boma, ndipitiliza kuchita zomwe ndingachite bwino - kusaka ndi kupha ambiri a Perisiya. adani momwe angathere kuti apulumutse miyoyo yosalakwa. Koma ndili ndi cholinga."
    
  "Otsatira anga amagawana masomphenya anu, General ..."
    
  "Ndiye tsimikizirani izo. Ndithandizeni kuchita ntchito yanga mpaka mutakambirana ndi bungwe lanu lankhondo. "
    
  Azar ankafuna kutsutsa anthu ake ndi kulimbana kwawo, komanso kuvomerezeka kwake, koma adadziwa kuti wasowa mayankho. Boujazi anali wolondola: anali ndi chidwi chofuna kukumana ndi Asilamu, koma sakanatha kugwira ntchitoyi. Anagwedeza mutu momvera. "Chabwino, General, ndikumvetsera. Tingakuthandizeni bwanji?"
    
  "Uza okhulupirira ako kuti alowe usilikali wanga ndi kulonjeza kuti adzachita zimene ndalamula kwa zaka ziwiri. Ndidzawaphunzitsa ndi kuwakonzekeretsa. Pambuyo pa zaka ziŵiri, akhoza kubwerera kwa inu mwaufulu ndi zida zonse ndi zida zomwe anganyamule pamsana pawo."
    
  Nsidze za Azar zidadzuka modabwa. "Zopereka zabwino kwambiri."
    
  "Koma ayenera kulumbira pa zaka ziwiri za usilikali kuti amvere malamulo anga ndi kundimenyera nkhondo mpaka mapeto, kenako ena, chilango cha imfa - osati ndi bwalo lililonse lankhondo, bwalo lamilandu kapena bwalo lamilandu, koma ine. Akagwidwa akuuza wina aliyense kunja kwa gulu langa, kuphatikizapo iweyo, adzafa mwamanyazi ndi mwamanyazi.
    
  Azar anagwedeza mutu. "China ndi chiyani?"
    
  "Ngati salowa nawo gulu langa lankhondo, avomereze kundipatsa chidziwitso chomveka bwino, chapanthawi yake komanso chothandiza, mosalekeza kapena pondipempha, komanso kuthandizira gulu langa lankhondo ndi chilichonse chomwe angapereke - chakudya, zovala, pogona, madzi; ndalama, katundu, chilichonse," adapitilizabe Buzhazi. "Ndalamula kuti zidziwitso za gulu langa lachitetezo zifalikidwe kuti zikhale zosavuta kuti anthu anu azipereka zolemba, zithunzi kapena zidziwitso zina kwa iwo, ndipo ndikupatseni makalata achinsinsi komanso ma adilesi otetezedwa a mawu ndi maimelo omwe mungagwiritse ntchito tipatseni chidziwitso.
    
  "Koma muyenera kutithandiza nonse. Okhulupirika anu akhoza kutsata Kages monga inu, koma adzandithandiza, kapena adzaima pamene ine ndi anthu anga tikumenyana. Angavomereze kuti ndikumenyera nkhondo Perisiya ndipo ndikuyenera kuthandizidwa mokwanira, kapena ataya zida zawo ndikukhala m'misewu - osakhalanso zigawenga kapena kuphulitsa mabomba, sikudzakhalanso zigawenga komanso kuphana komwe kumangoopseza anthu. osalakwa ndikulimbikitsa a Pasdar ndi Asilamu kuti awonjezere kuukira anthu wamba. "
    
  "Zikhala ... zovuta," adatero Hazard. "Sindikuwadziwa atsogoleri onse otsutsa kumeneko. Ndikukayika kuti pali aliyense pa khonsoloyi akudziwa ma cell onse ndi atsogoleri awo. "
    
  "Mumapita kumisonkhano ya khonsolo yankhondo, sichoncho?"
    
  "Ndimaloledwa kupezeka pamisonkhano yayikulu ya khonsolo ya asitikali, koma sindiloledwa kuvota, ndipo ndikulefulidwa kukakhala nawo pamisonkhano yaukadaulo."
    
  Bujazi anagwedeza mutu mokwiya. "Mwina ndiwe munthu wanzeru kwambiri pa msonkhano wa khonsolo iyi - chifukwa chomwe sunaloledwe kutenga nawo mbali ndi chinsinsi chachikulu kwa ine. Ndilo vuto lanu, Ulemerero Wanu. Ndikukuuzani kuti omwe akukuthandizani ndi gawo lavuto, osati gawo la yankho. Sindikudziwa ngati munthu yemwe ali ndi mfuti kudutsa chipikacho ndi wachisilamu kapena m'modzi mwa otsatira anu, ndiye ndimuphulitsa mutu mwanjira iliyonse asanayese kundichitiranso chimodzimodzi. Izi siziri momwe ndikufunira, koma ndi momwe ndimasewera ngati ndiyenera kutero. "
    
  "Ndikumva chisoni kuti sindingathe kuthandizanso, General."
    
  "Mungathe, Mkulu Wanu, mutangodziyendetsa nokha kubwerera ku zaka za zana la makumi awiri ndi chimodzi, monga ndikudziwira kuti mungathe," adatero Bujazi, akubwezeranso chisoti chake ndikumangitsa zingwe.
    
  "Chani?" - Ndidafunsa.
    
  "Tiye, Highness - ukudziwa zomwe ndikunena," adatero Buzhazi mokwiya. "Ndiwe mkazi wanzeru komanso mtsogoleri wobadwa. Mwakhala ku America nthawi yayitali ya moyo wanu ndipo mwachiwonekere mwaphunzira kuti njira zakale sizigwiranso ntchito. Ukudziwa momwe ndimadziwira kuti bwalo lako lino komanso lotchedwa bungwe lankhondo ili ndilomwe likukulepheretsani. Munadzitsekera modzifunira m"ndende ya zaka mazana asanu ndi limodzi imeneyi yotchedwa "khoti" lanu, ndipo munavomera kupereka mphamvu kwa gulu la anthu amantha opanda msana, amene theka la iwo sali ngakhale m"dziko lino pakali pano, sichoncho? Pankhope yake ankaona kuti analidi.
    
  Bujazi anagwedeza mutu ndi kukhumudwa msanga kusanduka kunyansidwa. "Ndikhululukireni chifukwa chonena izi, Wam'mwambamwamba, koma chotsani mutu wanu wachifumu pabulu wanu wokongola kwambiri ndikupitiriza ndi pulogalamu tisanafe tonse ndipo dziko lathu lidzakhala manda ambiri," adatero mokwiya. "Ndiwe wekha apa m"misewu, Hazard. Mutha kuona mavuto ndipo mwanzeru kuti muyankhe, koma simukufuna kutenga udindo. Chifukwa chiyani? Chifukwa simukufuna kuti makolo anu aziganiza kuti mukuwatenga? Azar, chifukwa cha Mulungu, ino ndi zaka makumi awiri ndi chimodzi, osati zaka khumi ndi zinayi. Kupatula apo, makolo anu ndi akufa kapena amantha iwo eni ngati sanadzitsimikizire kuti ali pafupifupi awiri ...
    
  "Khalani chete!" Hazard anakuwa, ndipo Boujazi asanachitepo kanthu, anazungulira ndikumukankhira mwamphamvu ku plexus ya solar ndi phazi lake lakumanja, ndikugwetsa mphepo mwa iye. Bujazi anagwada pa bondo limodzi, kuchita manyazi kuti agwidwe mosadziletsa kuposa kukhumudwa. Pofika nthawi yomwe adadzuka ndikutha kupuma pang'ono, a Mara Saidi adaphimba Hazard, ndikumulozera mfuti.
    
  "Kugunda kwabwino, mkulu wako," Bujazi anang"ung"udza, akusisita mimba yake. Zikuoneka kuti ankaganiza kuti chimodzi mwa zomwe adasintha kuti azitha kupunduka m'manja ndi kuthekera kwake kulimbana ndi miyendo yake. "Mphekesera zinati ukhoza kudzisamalira - ndikuwona kuti ndi zoona."
    
  "Msonkhano watha, General," adamva mawu amunthu kumbuyo kwake. Boujazi anatembenuka ndikugwedeza mutu kwa Parviz Najjar, yemwe m'kuphethira kwa diso adathawa ndikumulozera mfuti ina. "Pitani mwachangu."
    
  "Nonse mukatsitsa zida zanu," anamva mawu ena akufuula. Onse anatembenuka kuona Major Kulom Haddad atabisala kumbuyo kwa chigalimoto chofuka, mfuti ya AK-74 ikulozetsa Najar. "Sindibwerezabwereza!"
    
  "Aliyense, ikani mfuti zanu pansi," adatero Boujazi. "Ndikuganiza kuti tonse tanena zomwe tiyenera kunena pano." Palibe amene anasuntha. "Major, inu ndi amuna anu, imirirani pansi."
    
  "Bwana-"
    
  "Mtsamunda, kaputeni, imiriraninso," Azar adalamula. Pang'onopang'ono, monyinyirika, Najar ndi Saida adamvera, ndipo zida zawo zitasowa, Haddad adatsitsa zake. "Palibe adani pano."
    
  Bujazi anatenga mpweya wake woyamba wodzaza, akumwetulira, kugwedezanso mwaulemu, kenako anatambasula dzanja lake. "Mkulu wanu, zinali zosangalatsa kuyankhula nanu. Ndikukhulupirira kuti titha kugwirira ntchito limodzi, koma ndikukutsimikizirani, ndipitiliza kumenya nkhondo.
    
  Azar anatenga dzanja lake naweramitsa mutu wake. "Zinali zabwino kuyankhula nanunso, General. Ndili ndi zambiri zoti ndiziganizire."
    
  "Musatenge nthawi yochuluka, Wamkulu Wanu. Salaam alaykom." Boujazi anatembenuka ndi kubwerera kwa asilikali ake, Haddad ndi asilikali ena awiri atabisala mosamala pafupi, atamuphimba kumbuyo.
    
  "Mtendere ukhale nanu, mkulu wankhondo," Azar anafuula pambuyo pake.
    
  Bujazi hafu yamutembenukira, akumwetulira ndi kukuwa kuti: "Zokayikitsa, Ulemerero Wanu. Koma zikomo."
    
    
  NYUMBA YOYERA
  NTHAWI YOMWEYO
    
    
  Chief of Staff Walter Cordus anagogoda pakhomo la chipinda chochezera cha pulezidenti pansanjika yachitatu ya nyumba ya banja la White House. "Bwana? Ali pano."
    
  Purezidenti Gardner anayang'ana mmwamba pa magalasi ake owerengera ndikuyika pansi zikalata zomwe anali kubwereza. Anali ndi TV yayikulu yowonekera, akusewera masewera a nkhonya, koma voliyumuyo idatsekedwa. Anali atavala malaya oyera ndi mathalauza abizinesi okhala ndi tayi yotayirira-samakonda kuvala china chilichonse kupatula zovala zantchito mphindi zochepa asanagone. "Chabwino. Kuti?"
    
  "Munati simukufuna kukumana ku West Wing, ndiye ndidamubweretsa ku Red Room - ndimaganiza kuti kunali koyenera."
    
  "Wokongola. Koma anapempha kuti akaone Malo a Misonkhano. Mbweretseni kuno."
    
  Cordus adalowa mchipinda chochezera. "Joe, ukutsimikiza kuti ukufuna kuchita izi? Ndiwapampando wa Senate Armed Services Committee, mwina mayi wamphamvu kwambiri mdziko muno kupatula Angelina Jolie. Izi ziyenera kukhalabe bizinesi. "...
    
  "Ndi bizinesi, Walt," adatero Gardner. "Ndikhala komweko mumphindi zochepa. Kodi mwapeza zolemba zomwe ndinakufunsani?"
    
  Ali mnjira.
    
  "Chabwino". Gardner adabwerera kukaphunzira mapepala ake. Mkulu wa asilikali anapukusa mutu n"kumapita.
    
  Patangopita mphindi zochepa, Gardner anayenda pansi pa Central Corridor, tsopano atavala jekete lake la suti, akuwongola tayi yake pamene akuyenda. Cordus adamugwira ndikumupatsa chikwatucho. "Nditangosindikiza kumene. Kodi mukufuna kuti ndi-?"
    
  "Ayi. Ndikuganiza kuti lero tamaliza. Zikomo, Walt. " Anathamangira kwa a Chief of Staff ndikulowa mu chipinda chochitira misonkhano. "Moni, Senator. Zikomo kwambiri chifukwa chokumana nane pa nthawi yoipayi."
    
  Anayimilira pafupi ndi tebulo lalikulu la mahogany lomwe linapangidwa mu ofesi ya ku America yopereka ndalama, ndipo mwachikondi anathamangitsa zala zake zazitali pazitsulo zamitundu ya chitumbuwa. Woyang'anirayo adayika tray ya tiyi pa tebulo la khofi kumapeto kwa chipindacho. Maso ake adachita chidwi ndipo kumwetulira kwa maginito kumawoneka pamene adawona Gardner akulowa mchipindamo. "Bambo Purezidenti, ndimwayi komanso mwayi kukhala nanu usikuuno," adatero Senator Stacy Ann Barbeau m'mawu ake otchuka a silky Louisiana. "Zikomo kwambiri chifukwa chondiitana." Anayimilira ndikukumbatira a President ndi kupsopsona mwaulemu pa tsaya. Barbeau anavala suti yoyera ya bizinesi yokhala ndi khosi lopindika lomwe limasonyeza mobisa koma mochititsa chidwi kuphulika kwake, zomwe zimakokedwa madzulo ndi mkanda wonyezimira wa platinamu ndi ndolo zolendewera za diamondi. Tsitsi lake lofiyira lidawomba ngati injini, m'kupita kwanthawi kumwetulira kwake komanso kugunda kwa nsidze zake, ndipo maso ake obiriwira adawala ndi mphamvu. "Mukudziwa kuti mutha kundilankhula nthawi iliyonse, bwana."
    
  "Zikomo, Senator. Chonde. Analoza sofa ya Victorian ndipo adagwira dzanja lake, napita naye komweko, kenako adatenga mpando wokongola womwe uli kumanja kwake, moyang'anizana ndimoto.
    
  "Ndikukhulupirira kuti mupereka zokhumba zanga zabwino kwa mayi woyamba," adatero Barbeau, akukhazikika pa sofa. "Ali ku Damasiko, ngati sindikulakwitsa, pamsonkhano wapadziko lonse wokhudza ufulu wa amayi?"
    
  "Zowona, Senator," Purezidenti adatero.
    
  "Ndikukhumba kuti ntchito zanga za Senate zindilole kuti ndipiteko," adatero Barbeau. "Ndidatumiza wogwira ntchito wanga wamkulu Colleen kuti akakhale nawo, ndipo adabweretsa chigamulo chochokera ku Nyumba Yamalamulo yonse chomwe Mayi Woyamba adzapereka kwa nthumwi."
    
  "Ndimakuganizirani kwambiri, Senator."
    
  "Chonde bwana, munganditchule kuti 'Stacy' pano mseri?" Barbeau adafunsa, akumwetulira kumwetulira kwake. "Ndikuganiza kuti tonsefe tili ndi ufulu wopuma pang'ono komanso kumasuka kumaofesi athu."
    
  "Zowonadi, Stacy," adatero Gardner. Iye sanamufunse kuti amutchule "Joe," ndipo iye anadziwa mokwanira kuti asafunse. "Koma zitsenderezozo sizitha kwenikweni, sichoncho? Osati muntchito yathu. "
    
  "Sindinaganizirepo zomwe ndimachita monga 'ntchito,' Mr. Purezidenti," adatero Barbeau. Anamuthira kapu ya tiyi, kenaka anawerama n"kupingasa miyendo yake, n"kumwetulira. "Zowona, sizosangalatsa nthawi zonse, koma kusamalira bizinesi ya anthu si ntchito yotopetsa. Ndikuganiza kuti kupanikizika ndi chimodzi mwa zinthu zomwe zimapangitsa munthu kudzimva kuti ali ndi moyo, sichoncho?
    
  "Nthawi zonse ndimaganiza kuti mukuchita bwino mukapanikizika, Senator," adatero Gardner. Adapondereza grimace atamwa tiyi. "M'malo mwake, ngati ndinganene choncho, ndikuganiza kuti mumakonda kupanga pang'ono."
    
  "Maudindo anga nthawi zambiri amafuna kuti ndizichita zinthu zomwe anthu ambiri amazitcha 'zandale," adatero Barbeau. "Timachita chilichonse chomwe tingafune kuchita mokomera madera athu komanso dziko lathu, sichoncho, a Purezidenti?"
    
  "Nditchule Joe. Chonde."
    
  Maso obiriwira a Barbeau adawalira ndipo adaweramitsa mutu wake, maso ake sanasiye ake. "Chabwino, zikomo chifukwa cha ulemu ... Joe."
    
  "Ayi, Stacy," adatero Gardner ndikumwetulira. "Mukunena zoona. Palibe amene amakonda kuvomereza, koma zotsatira zake nthawi zambiri zimatsimikizira njira ngati cholinga chake ndi dziko lotetezeka. " Anatenga foni pa desk ya Monroe. "Kodi mungasamutsire tebulo lachakudyacho ku Chipinda cha Misonkhano, chonde?" Adadula foni. "Stacey yadutsa 9 koloko madzulo ndipo sindili mumkhalidwe wa tiyi. Ndikukhulupirira kuti simusamala.
    
  "Ayi, Joe." Kumwetulira kunabweranso, koma kunali kodziwikiratu, kosungika. "Mwina ndingolumikizana nanu."
    
  "Ndikudziwa zomwe zingakutsimikizireni." Kapitawoyo anabweretsa tebulo pamawilo okhala ndi magalasi angapo. Gardner anadzitsanulira yekha galasi lakuda Bacardi ndi ayezi ndikutsanulira Barbeau chakumwa. Ndinaganiza kuti ndinawerenga m'magazini a People kuti mumakonda 'Amayi a Chikiliyo,' sichoncho? Ndikukhulupirira kuti ndapeza izi bwino...bourbon, madeira ndi grenadine ndi chitumbuwa, sichoncho? Pepani, tili ndi ma cherries ofiira okha, osati obiriwira."
    
  "Umandidabwitsadi nthaŵi zina, Joe," iye anatero. Anagwira magalasi, maso awo anakumana. Analawa zake, m'maso mwake munayambanso kunyezimira ndipo adamwetuliranso. "Ubwino wanga, a Purezidenti, ntchito yanzeru pang'ono, ngakhale pambuyo pa maola, komanso dzanja labwino pabalaza. Ndachitanso chidwi."
    
  "Zikomo". Gardner nayenso adamwa chakumwa chake chachitali. "Osati anzeru ngati Amayi a Chikiliyo, ndikutsimikiza, koma ukakhala wandale waku Florida, umadziwa bwino zomwe ukunena. Ku thanzi lanu". Anagwedeza magalasi awo ndikumwetuliranso zakumwa zawo. "Kodi ukudziwa komwe magalasi ogwira amachokera, Stacey?"
    
  "Sindikukayikira ayi," Barbeau anayankha. "Sindinadziwe ngakhale kuti pali chiyambi chake. Ndiye sikongopanga phokoso laling'ono lokongola?"
    
  "M"zaka za m"ma Middle Ages, otsutsa akamakumana kuti akambirane za mapangano kapena mapangano, akamamwa zokambitsiranazo, ankathiramo zina za m"makapu awo m"zikho za wina ndi mnzake kuti asonyeze kuti palibe amene anaphapo poizoni. Mwambowu wakhala chizindikiro cha ubwenzi ndi ubwenzi."
    
  "Wow, izi ndizosangalatsa," adatero Barbeau, akumwetuliranso, kenako ndikuyendetsa lilime lake pamilomo yake yonse. "Koma ndikukhulupirira kuti sundiwona ngati mdani, Joe. Ine sindiri wotero nkomwe. Ndakhala ndikukukondani kwa zaka zambiri, monganso bambo anga. Maluso anu andale amaposa nzeru zanu, chithumwa chanu komanso kudzipereka kwanu potumikira dziko. "
    
  "Zikomo, Stacy." Anayang'ana pathupi la Barbeau pamene ankamwetuliranso. Ngakhale pamene ankawoneka kuti akufuna kusangalala ndi chakumwa chake, adamuwona akumuyang'ananso .... "Ndidawadziwa abambo anu titatumikira limodzi ku Senate. Anali munthu wamphamvu, wanzeru kwambiri komanso wokonda zochita zake. "
    
  "Amakuonani kuti ndinu m'modzi mwa abwenzi ake odalirika, ngakhale kuti inu ndi iye panthawiyo tinali mbali zotsutsana zandale komanso malingaliro," adatero Barbeau. "Nditasankhidwa kukhala Senate, nthawi zambiri ankandikumbutsa kuti ngati ndikufuna kukambirana moona mtima ndi mbali inayo, ndisazengereze kubwera kwa inu." Anaima kaye, kutengera mawu oganiza bwino. "Ndikanakonda akadakhala pano tsopano. Ndikhoza kugwiritsa ntchito mphamvu ndi nzeru zake. Ndimamukonda kwambiri."
    
  "Anali womenya nkhondo. Wotsutsa wamphamvu. Mumadziwa zomwe angakwanitse ndipo sanawope kukuuzani. Anali munthu wabwino kwambiri. "
    
  Barbeau anayika dzanja lake pa Gardner ndikuwagwedeza iwo. "Zikomo, Joe. Ndiwe munthu wokoma. " Anatenga kamphindi kuti amuyang'ane, kenaka analola milomo yake kuti isiyane pang'ono. "Inu ... mukuwoneka ngati momwe ndimamukumbukira m'zaka zake zazing'ono, zotentha kwambiri, Joe. Tinali ndi cafeteria ku Shreveport yofanana kwambiri ndi iyi, ndipo tinathera maola ambiri pamodzi monga iyi. Ndinkafuna kulankhula za ndale ndipo ankafuna kudziwa amene ndinali naye pachibwenzi."
    
  "Abambo ndi ana aakazi amakhala pafupi nthawi zonse, sichoncho?"
    
  "Anandipangitsa kuti ndimuuze zinsinsi zanga zakuya," adatero, kumwetulira koyipa kufalikira pankhope yake. "Sindinathe kumukaniza kalikonse. Anandipangitsa kuti ndimuuze chilichonse - ndipo ndili mwana ndinali mtsikana wankhanza kwambiri. Ndakhala ndi chibwenzi ndi anyamata andale onse. Ndinkafuna kuphunzira zonse zokhudza ndale: njira, kukonzekera, kupeza ndalama, ofuna kusankhidwa, nkhani, mgwirizano. Ankafuna..." Anakhala kaye phee, akumwetuliranso mochenjera komanso m"maso. "... Chabwino, mukudziwa zomwe amafuna." Gardner anameza zolimba, akulingalira zomwe adapeza kuchokera kwa iye. "Unali ubale wopindulitsa onse awiri. Nthawi zina ndimaganiza kuti abambo anga andikhazikitse pa ena mwa masiku awa kuti ndikhale kazitape wawo-ndikuganiza kuti ndale za Cajun zothamangitsa mwana wanu wamkazi."
    
  Gardner adaseka ndikusiya maso ake kuyendayendanso pathupi lake, ndipo nthawiyi Barbeau adadzilola kuwonetsa kuti adazindikira, akumwetulira komanso kuchita manyazi - anali m'modzi mwa azimayi omwe amatha kuchita manyazi nthawi iliyonse, kulikonse, mulimonse. adzatero. Iye anatsamira pampando wake, n"cholinga choti msonkhanowu uyambike mwamsanga kuti aganizire zinthu zina ngati mpata utapezeka. "Choncho Stacy, tonse tikudziwa vuto lomwe tikukumana nalo. Kodi a White House ali ndi malingaliro otani okhudza Komiti ya Armed Services? Kodi tidzalimbana ndi bajeti yankhondo kapena tingagwirizane ndikupereka mgwirizano umodzi? "
    
  "Tsoka ilo, ndikuwopa, Joe, tasokonezeka kwambiri kuposa kale," adatero Barbeau. Iye anachotsa dzanja lake, n"kumaona pamene nkhope yake ikumva ululu wa imfa. "Kodi zonsezi ndi zachinsinsi, a Purezidenti?"
    
  "Ndithu". Anagwira dzanja lake ndipo maso ake adatuluka. "Mbali zonse ziwiri. Zachinsinsi kwambiri."
    
  "Milomo yanga yatsekedwa." Barbeau anamwetulira, kenako anakankhira milomo yake yofiyira palimodzi, ndikutseka ndi zala zake zazitali ndikuponya kiyi wosawoneka m'chigwa chachikulu pakati pa mabere ake. Gardner adatenga izi ngati chilolezo chotseguka kuti ayang'ane mabere ake nthawi ino, ndipo adachita izi mowolowa manja. "Komiti ili m"chipwirikiti Joe. Iwo, ndithudi, akukhudzidwa ndi thanzi ndi thanzi la General McLanahan. Kodi munamvapo china chilichonse chokhudza iye?"
    
  "Osati kwambiri. Madokotala poyamba anandiuza kuti ndisayembekezere kuti adzabwereranso kuntchito kwa miyezi ingapo. Zimakhala ngati matenda a mtima. "
    
  Izi zidafanana ndi zomwe adamuuza ku Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, adaganiza - mpaka Gardner adamunamiza. Ichi chinali chizindikiro chabwino. "Kuti mnyamata wamphamvu chonchi agwe modzidzimutsa monga choncho, nkhawa yokhala pamalo okwerera mlengalenga ndikuwuluka uku ndi uku kangapo pa Black Stallion iyenera kuti inali yayikulu, kuposa momwe wina aliyense akanaganizira."
    
  "McLanahan ndi munthu wovuta, koma mukulondola - ngakhale ali ndi zaka makumi asanu ndipo ali ndi mbiri yakubanja ya matenda amtima, anali wokwanira bwino. Oyenda mumlengalenga nthawi zambiri amakhala ndi masiku angapo pakati pa kunyamuka ndi kubwerera-McLanahan wayenda maulendo asanu obwerera ku malo okwerera mlengalenga m'masabata anayi apitawa. Izi sizinachitikepo, koma zakhala zikuchitika kwa miyezi ingapo yapitayi. Tikuletsa maulendo opita kumalo okwerera mlengalenga ndipo tili mkati mofufuza mosamalitsa zachipatala kwa onse omwe akutenga nawo mbali. Tikufuna mayankho pazomwe zidachitika. "
    
  Koma ndiye mfundo yanga, Joe. McLanahan ndi wolimba komanso wamphamvu, makamaka kwa bambo wazaka zapakati, ndipo ndi msilikali wakale komanso wankhondo wadziko lonse - Mulungu wanga, ndi ngwazi! - zomwe ndikutsimikiza zimayesedwa pafupipafupi. Komabe, analibe mphamvu ndipo Mulungu akudziwa kuti anavulala bwanji. Izi zikuyika chikayikiro za chitetezo ndi phindu la dongosolo lomwe akufunafuna danga lankhondo. Chifukwa cha Mulungu, Joe, n"chifukwa chiyani tikuika anthu abwino pachiswe pa ntchito ngati imeneyi? Ndikugwirizana nanu kuti ndi zamakono, zachilendo komanso zosangalatsa, koma ndi luso lamakono lomwe silinakwaniritsidwe ndipo mwina silingakonzedwenso kwa zaka khumi - osatchulapo kuti ndi ndege zinayi ndi zisanu zocheperapo ndi imodzi- chakhumi cha malipiro a ndalama zomwezo. Ngati munthu wamphamvu ngati General McLanahan amwalira akugwira ntchitoyi, kodi ndizotetezeka kwa ena ogwira nawo ntchito? "
    
  "Kodi komiti ikuganiza chiyani, Stacy?"
    
  "Ndizosavuta komanso zomveka, Joe," adatero Barbeau. "Izi sizokhudza kukopa anthu ndi intaneti padziko lonse lapansi kapena zithunzi zowoneka bwino za theka la mita za kuseri kwa nyumba ya aliyense, koma ndikulimbikitsa chitetezo cha dziko lathu. Momwe ndikudziwira, ndege zam'mlengalenga zimangopindulitsa makontrakitala ochepa omwe apatsidwa ntchitoyo, omwe ndi Sky Masters ndi makampani awo othandizira. Tili ndi malo owonjezera khumi ndi awiri omwe ali ndi mbiri yotsimikizika yomwe imatha kugwira ntchito yabwino kuposa Black Stallion. " Anaponya maso ake. "Kwa Mulungu, Joe, McLanahan ali pabedi ndi ndani?"
    
  "Zowona, osatinso Maureen Herschel," adatero Gardner moseka.
    
  Barbeau adaponya maso ake monyodola. "O, mayi woyipayo - sindidzamvetsetsa chifukwa chake Purezidenti Martindale adamusankha, mwa anthu onse, kuti akhale vicezidenti wake," adatero Barbeau. Anayang'ana mwachidwi, kenaka akuseweretsa Gardner pamphepete mwa galasi lake, kenako adafunsa, "Kapena nsomba yozizira inali chakudya chamba chodyera anthu okha, Joe?"
    
  "Tinakhala mabwenzi apamtima chifukwa cha ntchito, Stacy, bizinesi basi. Mphekesera zonse zonena za ife ndi zabodza."
    
  Tsopano akunama, Barbeau anaganiza, koma samayembekezera chilichonse koma kukana kotheratu. "Ndimamvetsetsa bwino momwe malo ogwira ntchito ku Washington amabweretsera anthu awiri, makamaka omwe akuwoneka kuti ndi otsutsana," adatero Barbeau. "Phatikizani ndale zamphamvu ndi nkhondo yomwe ikubwera ku Middle East komanso usiku wautali wanthawi yayitali komanso magawo okonzekera, ndipo moto ukhoza kuwuluka."
    
  "Osanenapo, McLanahan sakanatha kuchita zinthu kunyumba," adatero Gardner. Onse anaseka ndipo Gardner anatenga mwayi uwu kugwiranso chanza Barbeau. "Anali wotanganidwa kwambiri kusewera space cadet kuti asamvere iye." Analasa Barbeau ndi kuyang'anitsitsa mwakuya. "Taona, Stacy, tiyeni tingolunjika pa mfundo, chabwino? Ndikudziwa zomwe mukufuna - mwakhala mukuzifuna kuyambira pomwe mudaponda pa Beltway. Poganizira kuti mabomba ambiri a Air Force adawonongedwa ndi anthu aku Russia panthawi ya nkhondo ya nyukiliya ya Holocaust 04, Barkdale Air Force Base ndi nyumba yachilengedwe ya gulu latsopano la mabomba aatali-"
    
  "Ngati Pentagon sipitiliza kuthira ndalama m'chipululu chafumbi ku Battle Mountain, mapulogalamu akuda ku Dreamland, malo ena ku Nevada omwe ali kunja kwa chiwongolero cha congressional, nditha kuloza - kapena malo okwerera mlengalenga."
    
  "Si chinsinsi kuti katundu wa McLanahan wakwera kwambiri kuyambira pomwe adayesetsa kumenyana ndi Russia," adatero Gardner, "ndipo ntchito zake zoweta zikuphatikizapo mabomba a drone ku Battle Mountain, zipangizo zamakono zamakono ku Dreamland, ndipo tsopano malo opangira mlengalenga. Izi zidapatsa Martindale china chake choti aloze ndikudzitamandira kwa anthu aku America pazomwe adapanga ndikuthandizira ... "
    
  "Ngakhale Purezidenti Thomas Thorne ndi amene adalamula kuti amangidwe, osati Martindale," adatero Barbeau.
    
  "Tsoka ilo, Purezidenti Thorne nthawi zonse azidziwika ngati purezidenti yemwe adalola anthu aku Russia kuti ayambe kuukira dziko la United States komwe kudasiya amuna, akazi ndi ana zikwi makumi atatu akufa ndi ena kotala miliyoni ovulala," adatero Gardner. "Ziribe kanthu kuti anali ndi chidwi ndi zoseweretsa zapamwamba monga Martindale: Thorne nthawi zonse amaganiziridwa ngati purezidenti wofooka.
    
  Koma funso nlakuti, Stacy, tikuganiza kuti nchiyani chomwe chili chokomera anthu aku America ndi chitetezo cha dziko - ndege zapamwamba zamlengalenga zomwe sizitha kunyamula katundu wochuluka ngati madera a Secret Service, kapena matekinoloje otsimikiziridwa ngati oponya mabomba mobisa, osayendetsedwa ndi anthu. kumenyana ndi ndege ndi zonyamulira ndege? McLanahan anatsimikizira Martindale kuti ndege za m"mlengalenga zinali bwinoko, ngakhale kuti anagwiritsa ntchito mabomba oponya mabomba osayendetsedwa ndi anthu pafupifupi poukira Russia.
    
  "Ndipo monga momwe wanenera nthawi zambiri, Joe," Barbeau anawonjezera, "sitingakwanitse kuika mazira athu onse mudengu limodzi kachiwiri. Kuukira kwa Russia kunali kopambana chifukwa oponya mabomba onse anali pamagulu ang'onoang'ono osatetezedwa, ndipo ngati sanali onse mlengalenga, anali pachiwopsezo chowaukira. Koma magulu omenyera nkhondo omwe atumizidwa padziko lonse lapansi kapena kutali ndi nyanja ali ndi zida zokwanira zodzitetezera ndipo sakhala pachiwopsezo cha kuukira modzidzimutsa. "
    
  "Ndimomwene," adatero Gardner, akugwedeza mutu mokondwa kuti Barbeau watchula zonyamulira ndege. "Ndi mfundo imene ndakhala ndikuyesetsa kuifotokoza zaka zonsezi. Timafunikira kuphatikiza mphamvu - sitingathe kutaya ndalama zonse za zida zatsopano paukadaulo umodzi wosatsimikiziridwa. Gulu lankhondo lankhondo silimawononga ndalama zochulukirapo kuposa zomwe McLanahan akuti timawononga pandege izi, koma ndizosunthika kwambiri ndipo atsimikizira kuti ali pankhondo. "
    
  "Komiti ya Senate Armed Services ikuyenera kumva mkanganowu kuchokera kwa inu ndi oyang'anira anu, a Joe," adatero Barbeau, akusisitanso mkono wake ndikutsamira kwa iye mwachifundo, ndikuwulula kukhumudwa kwake. "McLanahan anali ngwazi yankhondo kubwezera kuphedwa kwa Nazi ku America, koma zinali m'mbuyomu. Maseneta ambiri atha kuchita mantha kutsutsana ndi a McLanahan, akuwopa kuti padzakhala zotsutsana nawo ngati anthu aku America afunsa chifukwa chomwe samathandizira wamkulu waku America wotchuka. Koma ndikukhala chete kwa McLanahan, ngati alandira thandizo lachindunji kuchokera kwa Purezidenti, azikhala okonzeka kuswa maudindo. Ino ndi nthawi yoti tichitepo kanthu. Tiyenera kuchita chinachake, ndipo chiyenera kuchitika tsopano, pamene McLanahan ... chabwino, ndi ulemu wonse, pamene wamkulu ali kunja. Mosakayikira, chidaliro cha komitiyi pa pulogalamu ya ndege za m"mlengalenga chagwedezeka. Iwo ali okonzeka kwambiri kulolerana."
    
  "Ndikuganiza kuti tiyenera kukumana pa izi, Stacy," adatero Gardner. "Tiyeni tipange dongosolo lomwe komiti ndi Pentagon zithandizire. Tiyenera kuwonetsa mgwirizano wogwirizana. "
    
  "Zikumveka bwino, Mr. President, zabwino kwambiri."
    
  "Ndiye ndili ndi chithandizo chonse cha Senate Armed Services Committee?" - Gardner anafunsa. "Ndili ndi ogwirizana nawo mu Nyumba ya Oyimilira omwe ndingathe kutembenukiranso, koma thandizo la Senate ndilofunika kwambiri. Pamodzi, ogwirizana, titha kuyimirira pamaso pa anthu aku America ndi Congress ndikupanga mkangano wamphamvu. "
    
  "Bwanji ngati McLanahan atuluka mu izi? Iye ndi seneta wakale, wamlengalenga, katswiri wa sayansi Anne Page apanga gulu lochititsa chidwi. "
    
  "McLanahan watuluka - mwina asiya ntchito kapena kukakamizidwa kusiya ntchito."
    
  "Munthu uyu ndi mbwali. Ngati achita bwino, sapuma."
    
  "Ngati sachita izi kuti zimupindulitse, azichita chifukwa ndikumuuza kuti achite," adatero Gardner. "Ndipo akakanabe, ndionetsetsa kuti dziko likumvetsa kuopsa kwa munthuyu kwa zaka zambiri. Iye ndi wosalamulirika - dziko silikudziwa za izo. Chifukwa cha Mulungu, munthuyu adapha anthu wamba ambiri osalakwa ku Tehran. "
    
  "Iye anatero?" Amadana nazo kuti Mtsogoleri Wachigawo cha Senate ku US sadziwa kanthu, koma palibe chomwe angachite. Zinali zodabwitsa, ndipo sankakonda zodabwitsa. Kodi Gardner angamuthandize kuti azichita zinthu mwachangu? "Liti?" - Ndidafunsa.
    
  "Pa ntchito yomweyi yomwe tidakambirana pomwe anali ndi gawoli, ntchito yoyesa ntchito yomwe adayang'anira kuchokera ku siteshoni ya mlengalenga ya Armstrong," adatero Gardner. "Anaponya mzinga womwe unatulutsa zida za mankhwala pafupi ndi nyumba yogona ku Tehran, kupha anthu ambiri, kuphatikizapo amayi ndi ana, kenako anaukira ndege ya akazitape ya ku Russia ndi mtundu wina wa imfa - mwinamwake kubisa kuukira kwa Tehran. "
    
  Zikomo Mulungu Gardner adakhala wolankhula. "Sindikudziwa...!"
    
  "Si theka la zomwe nthabwala uyu amachita, Stacy. Ndikudziwa za milandu khumi ndi iwiri yophwanya malamulo komanso zankhondo zomwe wakhala akuchita zaka zambiri, kuphatikizapo chiwembu chomwe mwina chinapangitsa Purezidenti wa Russia Gryzlov kukonzekera kuukira dziko la United States."
    
  "Chani?"
    
  "McLanahan ndi mizinga yotayirira, khadi yeniyeni," adatero Gardner mokwiya. Iye anaukira Russia popanda chilolezo; anaphulitsa malo ophulitsira mabomba ku Russia pongofuna kubwezera. Gryzlov anali woyendetsa ndege wakale waku Russia - adadziwa kuti izi zinali zomuukira, kuukira kwaumwini. "Gardner anali pa mpukutu-zinali bwino kuposa Congressional Research Service," Barbeau anaganiza. "Ndichifukwa chake Gryzlov adayang'ana malo oponya mabomba ku United States - osati chifukwa chakuti mabomba athu adaopseza Russia, koma chifukwa amayesa McLanahan."
    
  Pakamwa pa Barbeau panali potseguka chifukwa cha mantha... Adaganiza, McLanahan amawoneka ngati scout mnyamata, yemwe gehena amadziwa kuti anali ngwazi yamtundu wina? Izi zinamupangitsa kukhala wokongola kwambiri kuposa kale lonse. Ndi chiyani chinanso chomwe chinabisika pansi pa mawonekedwe abata, osadzikuza? Iye amayenera kugwedezera pakamwa pake mwadzidzidzi. "Oo..."
    
  "A Russia amamuopa, ndizowona," adatero Gardner. "Zevitin akufuna kuti ndimugwire. Amafuna kuti adziwe zomwe akuchita komanso zomwe akufuna kuchita ndi malo opangira mlengalenga ndi mapulaneti am'mlengalenga. Ndiwopenga kuposa gehena ndipo sindikumuimba mlandu. "
    
  "Zevitin amawona mlengalenga ngati chiwopsezo."
    
  "Zoona akudziwa. Koma ndiye mwayi wokhawo wa chinthu ichi? Zikutitengera magulu awiri ankhondo onyamula katundu kuti tisunge chinthucho ... chifukwa chiyani? Ndiyenera kutsimikizira Zevitin kuti zinthu zakuthambo sizikuwopseza mwachindunji ku Russia, ndipo sindikudziwa chomwe chingachite! Sindimadziwa kuti McLanahan anali m'bwalopo! "
    
  "Ngati ili ndi chitetezo chabe, sindikuwona chifukwa choti ndisamuuze Zevitin zonse zomwe akuyenera kudziwa zokhudza malo okwerera mlengalenga ngati zingathandize kuthetsa kusamvana pakati pathu," adatero Barbeau. "Mkhalidwe wa McLanahan mwina udatha."
    
  "Zikomo Mulungu," Gardner anadandaula. "Ndili ndi chidaliro kuti pamlandu uliwonse womwe ndikudziwa kuti McLanahan ndi wolakwa, pali ena khumi omwe sindikuwadziwa ... komabe," adatero Gardner. "Ali ndi zida zomwe ali nazo kuchokera ku mapulogalamu osiyanasiyana akuda omwe sindikuwadziwa, ndipo ndinali Mlembi wamkulu wa chitetezo!"
    
  Anayang'anitsitsa Gardner. "McLanahan asiya ntchito modzifunira, kapena mutha kumupumula pazifukwa zamankhwala," adatero. "Koma kunjaku atha kukhala wowopsa kwambiri kwa ife."
    
  "Ndikudziwa, ndikudziwa. Ndicho chifukwa chake Zevitin akufuna kumangidwa.
    
  "Ngati ndingathe kukuthandizani kukakamiza McLanahan, Joe, ingondiuza," adatero Barbeau moona mtima. "Ndichita zonse zomwe ndingathe kuti nditembenuke, kapena kuti aganizire za maganizo ake kwa anthu ena m"boma ndi padziko lonse lapansi. Ndimupangitsa kuti amvetse kuti izi ndi zaumwini osati bizinesi chabe. Ndidzamuwononga akapitiriza, koma ndili ndi chikhulupiriro kuti ndikhoza kumuthandiza kuona mmene ifeyo tingakhalire."
    
  "Ngati wina angamukhulupirire, Stacy, ndiwe."
    
  Anayang'anizana m'maso kwa nthawi yayitali, aliyense akufunsa ndi kuyankha mwakachetechete zomwe sanayerekeze kunena. "Kotero, Stacy, ndikudziwa kuti ino si nthawi yako yoyamba kukhala kunyumba. Ndikuganiza kuti unawonapo chipinda cha Lincoln?"
    
  Kumwetulira kwa Barbeau kunali kotentha ngati moto, ndipo mopanda manyazi adayang'ana Gardner mmwamba ndi pansi ndi maso adyera, ngati kuti akumuyesa pabalaza lonyamula katundu. Anadzuka pang'onopang'ono pampando wake. "Inde, ndachiwona," iye anatero ndi mawu apansipansi, aukali. "Ndinkasewera kumeneko ndili mwana pamene bambo anga anali ku Nyumba ya Senate. Kenako chinali bwalo lamasewera la ana. Zachidziwikire, tsopano ili ndi tanthauzo losiyana kwambiri - akadali bwalo lamasewera, koma osati la ana. "
    
  "Iyi ikadali chochitika chabwino kwambiri chopezera ndalama mu mzindawu - 25,000 pa usiku pa munthu aliyense ndiye kuchuluka kwake."
    
  "Ndizoipa kwambiri kuti tidayamba kuchita zinthu zopanda pake ngati izi, sichoncho?" - anafunsa Barbeau. "Zikuwononga kumverera kwa malo."
    
  "White House ikadali nyumba," adatero Gardner. "N"zosatheka kuti ndione zimenezi ngati malo antchito chabe. Sindinawone ngakhale gawo limodzi mwa magawo khumi a zipinda pano pano. Ndinauzidwa kuti panali mabafa makumi atatu ndi asanu - ndinawona atatu. Kunena zowona, ndilibe chikhumbo chofuna kufufuza malowa. "
    
  "O, koma uyenera kutero, Joe," adatero Barbeau. "Ndikuganiza kuti mumvetsetsa mukadzakumana ndi chipwirikiti miyezi ingapo yoyambilira ndikukhala ndi mwayi wopuma."
    
  "Ngati McLanahan angasiye kuyambitsa zoyipa, mwina ndingathe."
    
  Iye anatembenuka, manja atatambasula, kuyang'ana mozungulira chipindacho. "Ndinafunsa Bambo Cordus ngati tingakumane kuno ku Malo Ochitirako Misonkhano chifukwa sindikukumbukira kuti ndinakhalapo kuno, ngakhale kuti n"koyandikana ndi Chipinda Chogona cha Lincoln. Koma mbiri ya malowa ndi yamphamvu kwambiri moti mukhoza kuimva. Chipinda chochitira misonkhanochi chidagwiritsidwa ntchito ngati chipinda chochitiramo nduna, cholandirira alendo ndi chodikirira, komanso ngati ofesi ya Purezidenti. M'mbiri, awa akhala malo ku White House komwe bizinesi yeniyeni yandale imachitikira, kuposa Oval Office. "
    
  "Ndakhala ndi misonkhano ingapo pano, koma ndi antchito ambiri omwe amagwiritsa ntchito."
    
  "Ogwira ntchito nthawi zambiri amakhala otanganidwa kwambiri kuti asayamikire mphamvu zomwe zimayenda m'chipinda chino, Joe," adatero Barbeau. "Muyenera kutenga nthawi kuti mumve." Adakali atatambasula manja ake, anatseka maso ake. "Tangoganizani: Ulysses S. Grant akuchitira misonkhano yake ya nduna zoledzera kuno, kutsatiridwa ndi masewero a makadi ndi maseŵera olimbana ndi mikono ndi anzake; Teddy Roosevelt amisomali zikopa za nyama kumakoma; Kennedy asayina Pangano la Nuclear Test Ban Treaty pano, ndipo patatha masiku angapo akunyengerera Marilyn Monroe pamalo omwewo, kumunsi kwa holo komwe mkazi wake ndi ana ake amagona.
    
  Gardner anayimirira kumbuyo kwake ndikuyika manja ake mopepuka m'chiuno mwake. "Sindinamvepo nkhaniyi, Stacy."
    
  Anatenga mikono yake ndikuyikulunga m'chiuno mwake, ndikumukokera pafupi. "Ndangoganiza za womalizira, Joe," anatero monong"onezana, mwakachetechete mpaka kukanikizira tsaya lake ndi kumukokera pafupi naye kuti amve. "Koma ndikulolera kubetcha kuti zidachitika. Ndipo ndani akudziwa zomwe mwamuna ngati Kevin Martindale adachita pano atasudzulana - kusudzulana komwe kukadasokoneza ntchito yake yandale koma kumangolimbitsa - ndi nyenyezi zake zonse zaku Hollywood zikubwera ndikupita kuno nthawi zonse masana? Anatenga manja ake, kuwazungulira m'mimba mwake, kenako anatenga zala zake ndikuzikweza pang'onopang'ono pamabere ake, ndikuzungulira mawere ake. Anamva kuti thupi lake likunjenjemera ndipo ankangomva maganizo ake akugwedezeka pamene ankafuna kusankha choti achite ndi vuto lakelo. "Mwina anali ndi bulu wina pano usiku uliwonse pachaka."
    
  "Stacy..." Anamva kupuma kwa Gardner pakhosi pake, manja ake akusisita mabere ake mosavutikira ...
    
  Barbeau adatembenukira kwa iye ndikumukankhira kutali. "Martindale anali chitsiru, Joe, koma adakhala nthawi ziwiri ngati Purezidenti komanso magawo awiri ngati Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti ndipo adakhala gawo limodzi la White House - ndipo adakwanitsa kupha nyenyezi zaku Hollywood pano! Uchita chiyani kuti ugonjetse izi, Joe?"
    
  Gardner anazimitsidwa ndi mantha. "Chavuta ndi chiyani ndi iwe, Stacy?" pomalizira pake anatha kutulutsa mawu.
    
  "Mukufuna chiyani, Mr. President?" Barbeau anafunsa mokweza mawu. "Masewero anu ndi otani? N'chifukwa chiyani uli pano?"
    
  "Mukulankhula za chiyani?"
    
  "Ndinu Purezidenti wa United States of America. Mukukhala ku White House ... koma mumagwiritsa ntchito mabafa atatu okha? Simukudziwa zomwe zakhala zikuchitika m'chipinda chino, m'nyumba muno, m'mbiri yayikulu ya malo ano? Muli ndi wamkulu wa nyenyezi zitatu pansi pa ulamuliro wanu yemwe ali ndi chivomerezo cha ovota kuwirikiza kawiri kuposa inu, ndi matenda a mtima ochuluka, ndipo akadali bwino? Kodi pali malo ozungulira dziko lapansi omwe simukuwafuna, ndipo akadali pamenepo? Muli ndi mkazi m'manja mwanu, koma mukumugwira ngati wachinyamata wina wa thukuta, wachikondi pa tsiku lake loyamba kuyesera kuti afike pagawo lachiwiri? Mwina zonse zomwe mudachita ndi Maureen Herschel zinali 'bizinesi,' sichoncho?
    
  Gardner anasangalala, kenako anakwiya, kenako anakwiya. "Tawonani, Senator, iyi simasewera oyipa. Ndiwe wotentha kwambiri, koma ndabwera kudzakambirana za bizinesi. "
    
  "Wakhala wowona mtima ndi ine kuyambira pomwe ndinakuyitanira ku msonkhano uno, Joe - usandinamize tsopano," Barbeau adadzudzula, ndikumusiya ndikumuyang'ana ndi maso ake obiriwira. Kusintha kwake mwadzidzidzi kwa chithunzi, kuchokera ku seductress kupita ku barracuda, kunamudabwitsa. "Sindinafunikire kukuwopsezani kuti mundiyitanire kunyumba; Sindinakukokereni kuchipinda kuja. Ife sitiri ana pano. Tikulankhula za kujowina magulu kuti agwire ntchito yofunika, ngakhale zitanthauza kugwirizana ndi aku Russia ndikuwononga ntchito yodziwika bwino yankhondo. Kodi mukuganiza kuti tichite chiyani - kugwirana chanza pa izi? Saina contract? Kodi tingadutse mitima yathu ndikuyembekeza kufa? Osati za moyo wanu. Ndiye, ngati simukufuna kutero, ndidziwitseni pompano ndipo tonse titha kubwerera kumaofesi athu ndi maudindo athu ndikuyiwala kuti msonkhanowu udachitika. "
    
  "Ndi misala yanji iyi?"
    
  "Ndipo sindiyenera kudziyerekeza kukhala wosalakwa, Gardner. Ndikudziwa kuti umu ndi momwe ndale zimaseweredwa ku Louisiana - musandiuze kuti simunachitepo izi ku Florida kapena Washington. Tikuchitira pano, pompano, kapena mutha kungoyika mchira pakati pa miyendo yanu ndikukwawa kubwerera ku nyumba yanu yabwino, yotetezeka, yabwino kumusi muholoyo. Zikhala chiyani?" Sadayankhe adapumira kwinaku akupukusa mutu ndikuyesa kumuzungulira...
    
  ... koma atamva dzanja lake lili pachifuwa chake ndi chikhatho chake pachifuwa, adazindikira kuti anali naye m'manja mwake. Anamukokera pafupi, nagwira mutu wake ndi dzanja lake lina ndikukokera milomo yake kwa iye, ndikumpsompsona kwambiri, mwankhanza. Anamupsompsonanso mwamsanga, dzanja lake likupeza ndodo yake, ndikuyisisita mopanda chipiriro. Milomo yawo inagawanika ndipo anamwetulira molimba mtima, modzidalira. "Sizikwanira, a Purezidenti, ndipo mukudziwa," adatero. Anamwetulira ndi mawu ake onyoza, nthawiyi mwakuda, mwachidaliro, ndipo pakamwa pake panatseguka pamene anazindikira zomwe ankatanthauza, zomwe ankafuna. "Pa?" - Ndidafunsa.
    
  Anamukwinyira, kenako anabweza manja ake ku mabere ake, kenako n"kuwaika pamapewa ake, akumkankhira pansi. "Tiyeni tipange mgwirizano, Senator," adatero, akutsamira patebulo la msonkhano wa Grant kuti akhazikike mtima.
    
  "Chabwino mwana. Bwerani kuno." Anagwada pansi ndipo mwamsanga anayamba kumumasula lamba ndi buluku. "O Mulungu wanga, Mulungu wanga, tawonani zomwe tili nazo pano. Kodi mukutsimikiza kuti sindinu wovutitsa pang'ono, a Purezidenti?" Iye sanayankhe pamene ankayamba utumiki wake wamphamvu, molongosoka.
    
    
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  "Kulowa nafe tikukhala kuchokera ku siteshoni ya mlengalenga ya Armstrong, yozungulira makilomita oposa mazana awiri pamwamba pa Dziko Lapansi, ndi munthu yemwe sakusowa kutchulidwa: Air Force Lt. Gen. Patrick McLanahan," wotsogolera nkhani zam'mawa anayamba. "General, zikomo pobwera nafe lero. Funso lomwe aliyense akufuna kuyankhidwa, ndithudi, ndi: Muli bwanji, bwana?
    
  Panali kuchedwa kwa sekondi imodzi kapena ziwiri chifukwa cha satellite relay, koma Patrick anali atazolowera kudikirira masekondi angapo kuti atsimikizire kuti sakulankhula kudzera mwa wolandirayo. "Ndasangalala kukhala nawe, Megyn," Patrick anayankha. Monga mwa nthawi zonse, adangoyang'ana pa siteshoni ya mkulu wa siteshoni, atavala suti yake yakuda yakuda ndi chizindikiro chakuda. "Zikomo chifukwa chondipezanso pawonetsero. Ndili bwino Zikomo. Ndikumva bwino kwambiri. "
    
  "Amerika onse ndi okondwa kukuwonani, General. Kodi adziwa zomwe zidachitikadi?"
    
  "Malinga ndi Captain wa Navy George Summers ku Walter Reed National Medical Center, yemwe adandiyesa mayeso anga onse kutali ndi pano, amatchedwa matenda a QT, Megyn," adayankha Patrick. "Uku ndikutalikitsa kosowa kwa kuyatsa kwamagetsi komanso kusagwira ntchito kwa ma ventricles amtima chifukwa cha kupsinjika kapena kugwedezeka. Mwachiwonekere, kupatula masomphenya, ichi ndi chimodzi mwa zinthu zolephereka kwambiri m'gulu la astronaut."
    
  "Ndiye iwe sunayenerere kuwulukanso?"
    
  "Chabwino, ndikhulupirira sinditero," Patrick anatero. "Mwalamulo, sindine woyenda mumlengalenga mwanjira wamba. Ndichiyembekezo changa kuti mapepalawo adzatsimikizira kuti kulumala chifukwa cha Long QT Syndrome kuyenera kuchitika kwambiri paulendo wa mlengalenga ndipo sikungandiletse kuchita ntchito zina zonse."
    
  "Muli ndi mbiri ya matenda a mtima, sichoncho?"
    
  "Bambo anga anamwaliradi ndi matenda a mtima, inde," Patrick anayankha mwachisoni. "Abambo anavutika ndi zomwe iwo ankakonda kuzitcha 'mtima flutter' ndipo ankachiritsidwa chifukwa cha nkhawa ndi kupsinjika maganizo. Utali wautali wa QT umayenda m'mabanja. Zikuoneka kuti pa nkhani ya bambo anga inali dipatimenti ya apolisi ndi kuyendetsa bizinesi ya banja yomwe inatsogolera; ngati kunali kuthawira mumlengalenga."
    
  Ndipo anamwalira ali ndi zaka zofanana ndi zomwe muli nazo panopa?
    
  Mtambo unadutsa pankhope ya Patrick kwa kamphindi, womwe unawonekera bwino kwa anthu mamiliyoni ambiri padziko lonse lapansi. "Inde, patadutsa zaka zingapo nditachoka ku Dipatimenti ya Apolisi ku Sacramento ndikutsegula sitolo ya McLanahan ku Old Town Sacramento."
    
  "Pulogalamu yopanda manyazi yanyumba yabanja lanu, eh, General?" - anafunsa mwiniwake, kuyesera kuti athetse zokambiranazo.
    
  "Sindichita manyazi konse ndi McLanahan ku Old Town Sacramento, Megyn."
    
  "Pulogalamu ina. Chabwino. Chabwino, zakwana, General, mwachita bwino kwambiri, "adatero mtolankhani akuseka. "Kodi mkhalidwe wamtima uwu udadziwika kale m'mabuku anu, ndipo ngati ndi choncho, munatani mukuyenda maulendo angapo kupita ku Armstrong space station?"
    
  Patrick anayankha kuti: "Ndaika mbiri ya banja langa m"mabuku anga azachipatala, ndipo ndimanyamuka ulendo wapaulendo wa Air Force First Class kawiri pachaka, kuphatikizapo mayeso a ndege isanakwane ndi pambuyo pa ndege, ndipo palibe vuto limene linapezekapo. Ngakhale kuti matenda a QT aatali ndi omwe amalepheretsa oyendetsa ndege kuti asayenerere, sindinayesedwe chifukwa, monga ndinanena, sindine katswiri wa zakuthambo - ndine mkulu wa gulu komanso injiniya yemwe amangochitika. kukwera m'magalimoto ochita kafukufuku.
    
  "Ndiye, kodi mukuganiza kuti kusaphunzira kwanu zaukatswiri komanso kuwunika kwathandizira matendawa?"
    
  "Megyn, chimodzi mwazinthu zomwe tikuyesera kutsimikizira ndi Black Stallion ndi pulogalamu ya Armstrong space station ndikupangitsa kuti malo azipezeka kwa anthu tsiku ndi tsiku."
    
  "Ndipo zikuwoneka ngati yankho likhoza kukhala, 'Ayi, sangathe,' eti?"
    
  "Sindikudziwa zonse zokhudza matenda a QT aatali, a Megyn, koma ngati nthaŵi zambiri amangochitika mwa oyendetsa ndege azaka zopitirira 50 omwe amauluka pafupipafupi m"mlengalenga, mwina tingayesetse kuti aone ngati ali ndi vuto limeneli n"kungowaletsa. omwe akuwonetsa chizolowezi cha matendawa," adatero Patrick. "Sindikuwona chifukwa chake izi ziyenera kulepheretsa aliyense."
    
  "Koma izi zikukulepheretsani inu?"
    
  "Sindinakonzekerebe kusiya," Patrick anatero akumwetulira motsimikiza. "Tili ndi ukadaulo wodabwitsa womwe tili nawo, ndipo ukadaulo watsopano, wabwinoko ukupangidwa tsiku lililonse. Ngati ndingathe, ndipitirizabe kuwuluka, ndikhulupirireni."
    
  "Kodi simunawone nkhondo zokwanira ndikuzungulira Dziko lapansi nthawi zokwanira pano, General?" - adatero mtolankhaniyo ndikuseka mokondwera. "Ndikumva kuti mwapitako kusiteshoni kangapo m"miyezi ingapo yapitayi nokha. Ndizoposa momwe wowonera zakuthambo wa NASA amapita mumlengalenga pantchito yake yonse, sichoncho? John Glenn anawulukira mumlengalenga kawiri kokha."
    
  "Apainiya ngati Senator John Glenn nthawi zonse azikhala chilimbikitso kwa openda zakuthambo amtsogolo kuti akhale olimba mtima komanso olimba mtima kuti akonzekere bwino kupita mumlengalenga," Patrick adayankha, "koma, monga ndidanenera, chimodzi mwazolinga zamapulogalamu athu ankhondo - kuti apeze mwayi waukulu wopita ku danga. Sindimaona zochitika ngati zanga kukhala zolephera. Zonse ndi mbali ya maphunziro."
    
  "Koma uyeneranso kudziganizira wekha ndi banja lako, sichoncho, General?"
    
  "Ndithu, mwana wanga amandiona kwambiri pa TV kuposa pamaso pa maso," Patrick anatero molimba mtima. "Koma palibe woyendetsa ndege yemwe amakonda kutaya mapiko ake, Megyn - timadana kwambiri ndi madokotala, zipatala, mamba, ma chart a maso, ma sphygmomanometers ndi china chilichonse chomwe chingatilepheretse kuwuluka ..."
    
  "Chabwino, mkulu, mwandisokoneza apa. Sphygmo...
    
  "Blood pressure mita."
    
  "ZOKHUDZA".
    
  "Zidzatengera umboni wowuluka, koma mutha kubetcha kuti ndikhala ndikulimbana ndi kusayenerera njira yonse," adatero Patrick. Beep mumutu wake wa comm adamugwira ndipo adatembenuka, ndikutsegula mwachidule chowunikira chake ndikuwerenga zowonetsera. "Pepani, Megyn, ndiyenera kupita. Zikomo chifukwa chokhala nane m'mawa uno." Wokhala nawoyo adatha kunena mosokonezeka komanso modabwa "Koma General, tikukhala pa chilichonse -!" Patrick asanadule foni. "Muli ndi chiyani, Master Sergeant?" - adafunsa pa command module intercom.
    
  "Pali chenjezo la COMPSCAN m'dera lomwe mukufuna, bwana, ndipo akuti vuto ndi lalikulu, ngakhale kuti sitingakhale ndi kanthu m'manja mwathu kupatula vuto lalikulu," anayankha motero Master Sergeant Valerie "Finder" Lucas. COMPSCAN, kapena Comparative Scanning, inasonkhanitsa ndi kuyerekezera deta ya radar ndi zithunzi za infrared panthawi ya sensa ndi kudziwitsa ogwira ntchito nthawi iliyonse pamene panali anthu ambiri ogwira ntchito kapena zipangizo m'dera linalake lomwe mukufuna - chifukwa cha mphamvu ndi kukonza kwa radar ya mlengalenga ya Armstrong ndi ma satellites ena. ndi magalimoto oyendetsa ndege osayendetsedwa, dera lomwe likukhudzidwa likhoza kukhala kukula kwa kontinenti, ndipo kusiyana pakati pa zojambula zofananitsa kungakhale kochepa ngati magalimoto anayi kapena asanu.
    
  "Cholinga chake ndi chiyani?"
    
  "Soltanabad, bwalo la ndege pamsewu waukulu pafupifupi mamailo zana kumadzulo kwa Mashhad. Chithunzi chojambulidwa posachedwa ndi ndege yatsopano yoyang'anira yopanda munthu "Night Owl" yomwe Captain Noble adangoyambitsa. The Seeker adafufuzanso fayilo ya intelligence mderali asanapitirize: "Chaka chatha, gulu lankhondo la Air Force linaukira bomba la Vampire kamodzi ndi zipolopolo zomwe zidasiya mabokosi pamsewu chifukwa akukayikira kuti zidagwiritsidwa ntchito popereka zida ndi katundu. . Gawo la misewu yayikulu idatsegulidwanso ndi Asilamu a Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, kuti alole kuperekedwa kwa thandizo la anthu. Tidayika maziko onse pamndandanda wowonera ndikuwuluka a Nite Owls kudera lonselo kuti tiwonetsetse kuti sakukonza mabwalo ndi ma taxi kapena zida zankhondo zowuluka kumeneko. "
    
  "Tiyeni tione zimene akuchita," anatero Patrick. Patangopita nthawi pang'ono, chithunzi chatsatanetsatane cha malo omwe ali pamwambapa chidawonekera pamonitor yake. Imawonetsa bwino njanji yamayendedwe anayi yokhala ndi zizindikiritso za mtunda wa ndege, mizere ya taxi ndi zone yotera - imawoneka ngati njanji yankhondo wamba, yokhala ndi magalimoto ndi magalimoto oyenda motsatira. Kumbali zonse zakumpoto ndi kumwera kwa nsewu waukulu/njira yothamangiramo kunali madera opakidwa ndi matakisi a ndege, malo oimikapo ndege zazikulu, ndi mabwinja a nyumba zophulitsidwa ndi mabomba. Nyumba zambiri zowonongeka zinagwetsedwa ndipo m'malo mwawo anamanga mahema angapo amitundu yosiyanasiyana, omwe anali ndi chidindo cha bungwe lothandizira anthu la Red Crescent. "Kodi mahema awa akuwoneka ngati ali ndi mbali zotseguka kwa inu, Master Sergeant?" -Patrick anafunsa.
    
  Wofunafunayo adayang'anitsitsa chithunzicho, kenako adachikulitsa mpaka chinayamba kutayika. "Inde, bwana," adayankha, osatsimikiza chifukwa chomwe General adafunsa - zinali zomveka bwino kwa iye. Malinga ndi mgwirizano pakati pa United Nations, gulu lankhondo la Perisiya la Boujazi ndi boma la Iran lomwe lili mu ukapolo, mahema akulu omangidwa m'malo ena omenyera nkhondo kuti atumikire othawa kwawo kapena ena omwe akuyenda m'zipululu za Irani adayenera kuti mbali zawo zitsegulidwe panthawi yachidziwitso. ndege kulola aliyense maphwando angayang'ane mkati, kapena atha kudziwika ngati adani omwe amawombera ndikuwukiridwa.
    
  "Zikuwoneka ngati mthunzi waukulu mbali inayo, ndizo zonse," adatero Patrick. "Chithunzichi chinajambulidwa usiku, sichoncho?" Lucas anagwedeza mutu. "Mbalizo zimawoneka zotseguka, koma mithunzi yomwe ili pansi kuchokera ku zowunikira zapafupi imapangitsa kuwoneka ngati ... Anakulitsanso malo oimikapo ndege akale. Madera onse opangidwa ndi miyala anali odzaza ndi mabomba ambiri oyambira m'lifupi kuchokera ku mayadi ochepa kufika mamita oposa zana, ndi zidutswa zazikulu za konkriti zotuluka m'mbali mwake. "Ndikuganiza kuti akuwonekabe wosweka. Kodi chithunzichi chili ndi zaka zingati?"
    
  "Maola awiri okha, bwana. Palibe njira yomwe akanatsekera mabokosi onsewa ndi kusuntha ndege mu maola awiri."
    
  "Tiyeni tiwone momwe kompyuta ikufananizira zotsatira za scan." Chithunzicho chinagawanika kukhala pawiri, kenako zinayi, kenako zithunzi khumi ndi zisanu ndi chimodzi za malo omwewo, zotengedwa masiku angapo. Zithunzizo zinkawoneka zofanana.
    
  "Zikuwoneka ngati glitch - chenjezo labodza," adatero Wofunafuna. "Nditsitsa zithunzizo ndikuyang'ana njira zofananira za-"
    
  "Dikirani pang"ono," Patrick anatero. "Kodi kompyuta imati chasintha chiyani?" Kamphindi pambuyo pake, kompyuta idajambula timakona anayi mozungulira ma craters angapo. Ma crater anali ofanana ndendende - kusiyana kokhako kunali kuti makokonati sanali ofanana ndendende pazithunzi zonse. "Sindikumvetsabe zomwe COMSCAN imayimira mbendera."
    
  "Inenso, bwana," anavomereza Wofunafunayo. "Kukhoza kungokhala kuwerengera molakwika kowonera."
    
  "Koma m'dera lino ladziko lapansi timagwirizana ndi dzuwa, sichoncho?"
    
  "Inde, bwana. Tili ku Tehran nthawi yomweyo - pafupifupi 2 koloko m'mawa nthawi yakomweko - tsiku lililonse. "
    
  "Choncho mbali yowonera iyenera kukhala yofanana, kupatula kusintha pang'ono pa malo a siteshoni kapena sensa, zomwe kompyuta iyenera kukonza," adatero Patrick.
    
  "Zachidziwikire kuti china chake chalakwika ndi njira yokhazikitsira, bwana," Seeker adatero mopepesa atayimirira pa terminal yake kuti ayambe ntchito. "Osadandaula, ndikonza zonse. Pepani ndi zimenezo, bwana. Zinthu izi zimafunikira kukonzanso - mwachiwonekere nthawi zambiri kuposa momwe ndimaganizira. Ndiyenera kuyang'ana momwe masiteshoni amawerengera komanso momwe amawerengera mafuta kuti ndiwone ngati pali kusintha kwakukulu komwe kukuchitika - titha kusintha kwambiri makonzedwe ake, kapena kungotaya zowerengera zonse zakale ndikubwera. ndi atsopano. Pepani, bwana."
    
  "Palibe vuto, Master Sergeant," Patrick anatero. "Kuyambira pano, tidziwa kuyang'ana zinthu ngati izi pafupipafupi." Koma anapitirizabe kuyang"ana zithunzi za pakompyuta ndi mazenera oyerekezera ndi zinthu zina. Mbendera zinasowa pamene Lucas anachotsa deta yakale yofananitsa, ndikusiya zithunzi zomveka bwino za mabomba omwe amawombera mabomba ndi ma taxiways. Anapukusa mutu. "Zithunzi za radar yam'mlengalenga ndizodabwitsa, Wofufuza - zili ngati ndikutha kuyeza makulidwe a midadada ya konkriti yokwezedwa ndi mabomba. Zodabwitsa. Ndimatha kuwona mitundu yamitundu yosiyanasiyana ya konkriti komanso komwe mauna achitsulo adayikidwa. Zabwino."
    
  "SBR ndiyodabwitsa, bwana - ndizovuta kukhulupirira kuti izi ndi zaukadaulo wazaka makumi awiri."
    
  "Mutha kuwona bwino lomwe konkireyo imathera ndipo misewu imayambira. Izi-" Patrick anayang"ana zithunzizo mosamala, kenako anavala magalasi ake owerengera ndi kuyang"anitsitsa. "Kodi mungandikulitsire chithunzichi, Wofufuza?" Anafunsa akuloza chigwa chachikulu chakumwera kwa msewu.
    
  "Inde, bwana. Konzekerani."
    
  Patangopita nthawi pang'ono, chigwacho chinadzaza ndi polojekiti. "Zodabwitsa, ndi zoona." Koma tsopano chinachake chinali kumuvutitsa. Mwana wanga wamwamuna amakonda 'I Spy' ndi 'Where's Waldo?' - mwina tsiku lina adzakhala katswiri wazithunzi. "
    
  Kapena apanga makompyuta omwe angatichitire izi.
    
  Patrick adaseka, koma adakhumudwabe. "Chavuta ndi chiyani ndi chithunzichi? N"chifukwa chiyani kompyuta inalira belu?"
    
  "Ndikuyang'anabe, bwana."
    
  "Ndinakhala kwakanthawi kochepa koma kozindikira ngati wamkulu wa gulu la Air Force Air Intelligence Agency," Patrick adatero, "ndipo chinthu chimodzi chomwe ndidaphunzira ponena za kumasulira zithunzithunzi zamitundu yosiyanasiyana sikunali kulola malingaliro anga kudzaza malonjezo ambiri. "
    
  "Kusanthula 101, bwana: Osayang'ana zomwe palibe," adatero Wofunafuna.
    
  "Koma musanyalanyaze konse kuti pali chinachake cholakwika pamenepo," Patrick anatero, "ndipo pali chinachake cholakwika ndi kuikidwa kwa maenje amenewa. Iwo ndi osiyana... Koma bwanji?" Iye anawayang"ananso. "Ndikuganiza kuti zazunguliridwa, ndipo kompyuta idati idasuntha, koma-"
    
  "Izi sizingatheke ku crater."
    
  "Ayi ... Pokhapokha ngati ali ma craters," Patrick adatero. Anayang'ananso pafupi. "Mwina ndikuwona china chake kulibe, koma zibolibolizi zikuwoneka bwino kwambiri, zofananira. Ndikuganiza kuti izi ndi nyambo."
    
  "Decoy craters? Sindinamvepo za chinthu choterocho, bwana.
    
  "Ndamva zamtundu wina uliwonse wa nyambo - ndege, magalimoto okhala ndi zida, asitikali, nyumba, ngakhale misewu yowuluka - ndiye bwanji?" Patrick anaona. "Izi zitha kufotokoza chifukwa chake COMPSCAN imawayika - ngati asunthidwa osayikidwa pamalo omwewo, mbendera ya COMPSCAN ikuwonetsa ngati chandamale chatsopano."
    
  "Ndiye mukuganiza kuti amanganso maziko awa ndipo akuzigwiritsa ntchito mobisa m'mphuno mwathu?" Lucas adafunsa, osatsimikizabe. "Ngati izi ndi zowona, bwana, ndiye kuti makina opangira zida zam'mlengalenga ndi masensa athu ena amayenera kuzindikira zinthu zina - magalimoto, njanji zamatayala, milu yosungiramo zinthu, ogwira ntchito zachitetezo akulondera m'derali ..."
    
  "Mukadziwa nthawi yomwe setilaiti idzadutsa pamwamba pake, n"zosavuta kupusitsa-ingophimbani zipangizozo ndi malaya oyamwa radar, kufufuta njanji, kapena kuzibisa ngati zimene mukufuna kuchita," Patrick anatero. "Matenti onsewa, magalimoto ndi mabasi amatha kukhala ndi gulu lonse lankhondo ndi matani mazana azinthu. Malingana ngati akutsitsa ndege, kutulutsa anthu ndi magalimoto m'deralo ndikuchotsa malo mkati mwa maola awiri kapena atatu pakati pa maulendo athu, amakhala otetezeka. "
    
  "Chifukwa chake zida zathu zonse zilibe ntchito."
    
  "Kwa aliyense amene akuchita izi, inde - ndipo ndikulolera kubetcherana kuti si atsogoleri achisilamu kapena otsalira a Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps," adatero Patrick. "Pali njira imodzi yokha yodziwira: timafunikira maso pansi. Tiyeni tikonzekere lipoti la STRATCOM ndipo ndiwonjezera malingaliro anga kuti ndichitepo kanthu ... koma choyamba ndikufuna kuti Rascal abwere ndi pulani." Pomwe Lucas adayamba kutsitsa zidziwitso za sensa ndikuwonjezera zomwe adaziwona - komanso kusungitsa - zokhudzana ndi zochitika ku Soltanabad, Patrick adasankha njira yolankhulira pamakina ake ochezera pa satellite. "Imodzi ya Scoundrel."
    
  Patangopita nthawi pang'ono, chithunzi cha munthu wamkulu, wofiirira, wamaso abuluu, komanso wowoneka wamphamvu chidawonekera pa chowunikira cha Patrick: "Pali munthu wachinyengo pano, bwana," Major Force Wayne Macomber anayankha mokwiya. Macomber anali wamkulu watsopano wa Gulu Lankhondo Lankhondo lomwe lili ku Elliott Air Force Base ku Nevada, m'malo mwa Hal Briggs, yemwe adaphedwa posaka zida zoponya zapakatikati ku Iran chaka chatha. Macomber anali munthu wachiwiri yekha yemwe adatsogolera Gulu Lankhondo. Anafunika kutenga maudindo apamwamba, ndipo izi, malinga ndi Patrick, sizikanatheka.
    
  Macomber sanali chisankho choyamba cha Patrick kulamula "Scoundrel" (chomwe chinali chizindikiro cha Hal ndipo tsopano chinali chizindikiro chatsopano chosadziwika cha Fighting Forces). Kunena mofatsa, Macomber anali ndi mavuto aakulu ndi ulamuliro. Koma mwanjira ina adatha kugwiritsa ntchito glitch ya umunthu iyi kuti adziyike m'mikhalidwe yovuta kwambiri, yomwe pamapeto pake adatha kuzolowera, kuthana nayo, ndikupambana.
    
  Anathamangitsidwa kusukulu ya sekondale ya anthu ku Spokane, Washington, chifukwa cha "zosagwirizana ndi khalidwe" ndipo anatumizidwa ku New Mexico Military Institute ku Roswell ndi chiyembekezo chakuti chilango cha usilikali cha maola 24 chidzamusintha. Zoonadi, pambuyo pa chaka choyamba chovuta, chinagwira ntchito. Anamaliza maphunziro ake pafupi ndi pamwamba pa kalasi yake pamaphunziro komanso mwamasewera ndipo adapambana mwayi wopita ku Air Force Academy ku Colorado Springs, Colorado.
    
  Ngakhale kuti anali mzere wotsatira mpira wa timu ya dziko, a Falcons, komwe adamutcha dzina lakuti "Zipper," adachotsedwa ku timuyi chaka chake chachikulu chifukwa cha masewera achiwawa komanso "mikangano yaumunthu" ndi makochi angapo ndi anzake. Anagwiritsa ntchito nthawi yowonjezereka-ndi kuyesa-kuwongolera magiredi ake ndikumaliza maphunziro ake ndi ulemu, kupeza Bachelor of Science mu physics ndi malo ophunzitsira oyendetsa ndege. Analamuliranso kalasi yake yophunzitsa oyendetsa ndege, adamaliza maphunziro ake apamwamba, ndipo adapambana imodzi mwa mipata isanu ndi umodzi yoyendetsa ndege ya F-15E Strike Eagle yomwe inaperekedwa molunjika kusukulu yoyendetsa ndege - zomwe zinali zisanachitikepo kwa mkulu woyamba panthawiyo.
    
  Koma kachiwiri, sakanatha kuwongolera kuyendetsa ndi kutsimikiza mtima kwake. F-15 Eagle air superiority fighter ndi mbalame yosiyana kotheratu yokhala ndi makina owukira, radar yayikulu, akasinja amafuta otalikirapo komanso zida zokwana mapaundi zikwi khumi, ndipo pazifukwa zina Wayne Macomber samatha kumvetsetsa kuti thupilo. ya ndegeyo inali kusinthasintha mosagwirizana ndi chilengedwe monga woyendetsa ndege wa F-15E Strike Eagle atanyamula mabomba pofuna kumenyana ndi wankhondo wina. Zilibe kanthu kuti nthawi zonse anali wopambana - adapeza zigonjetso popinda ma ndege okwera mtengo, ndipo pamapeto pake ... adafunsidwa kuti achoke.
    
  Koma sanakhalebe mwana wamasiye kwa nthawi yaitali. Bungwe lina la Air Force lidalandira ngakhale kulimbikitsa kuchita mwaukali, kuganiza zakunja, ndi utsogoleri wowopsa: Air Force Special Operations. Komabe, kukhumudwa kwake, gulu lomwe linkafuna kwambiri "Strike" linali Gulu Lakhumi Lolimbana ndi Nyengo ku Hurlburt Field, Florida: chifukwa cha maonekedwe ake, Air Force mwamsanga inamupanga kukhala paratrooper wanyengo. Analandira mapiko a parachute a Green Beret ndi Air Force Commando omwe amasirira, koma sanasangalalebe kutchedwa "woyendetsa nyengo."
    
  Ngakhale kuti iye ndi anzake a m'gulu lake ankanyozedwa nthawi zonse ndi magulu ena a commando chifukwa chokhala "olosera za nyengo" kapena "marmots", Macomber posakhalitsa anayamba kukonda kwambiri lusoli, osati chifukwa chakuti ankakonda sayansi ya meteorology, komanso chifukwa chakuti adakwera parachute. kuchokera mu ndege zabwino kwambiri ndi ma helikoputala, onyamula zida zambiri ndi zophulika, adaphunzira kukhazikitsa mabwalo a ndege ndi malo owonera kumbuyo kwa mizere ya adani ndi momwe angaphere mdani pafupi. Zipper adadumphadumpha mopitilira zana limodzi ndi makumi awiri pazaka zisanu ndi zitatu zotsatira ndipo adakwera m'magulu, ndikumatsogolera gulu lankhondo.
    
  Pamene Brigadier General Hal Briggs adakonza zachiwembu ndi ntchito ya Yakutsk Air Base ku Siberia monga gawo la yankho la a Patrick McLanahan ku Russia pambuyo pa Holocaust ku AMERICA, adatembenukira kwa katswiri yekhayo wodziwika mdziko lonse lapansi kuti athandize kukonzekera ntchito kumbuyo kwa adani: Wayne. Macomber . Poyamba, Vack sankakonda kulandira maoda kuchokera kwa mnyamata wazaka zisanu ndi zitatu yemwe anali wamng'ono wake, makamaka yemwe anamuposa iye, koma mwamsanga anayamikira luso la Briggs, luntha, ndi kulimba mtima, ndipo adapanga gulu labwino. Opaleshoniyo inali yopambana kwathunthu. Macomber adalandira Silver Star populumutsa asitikali ankhondo ambiri, aku Russia ndi America, powayika m'malo obisalapo mabomba a Purezidenti wa Russia Gryzlov asanaukire Yakutsk ndi zida zankhondo zanyukiliya.
    
  "Ndikukutumizirani zithunzi zaposachedwa kwambiri za bwalo la ndege mumsewu waukulu kumpoto chakum"maŵa kwa Iran, Wayne," Patrick anatero. "Ndikuganiza kuti ikukonzedwa mobisa, ndipo ndikupemphani chilolezo chanu kuti mulowemo, mudzayiwone, ndikuyibwezeretsanso kukhala yoyipa - zabwino zonse."
    
  "Opaleshoni yapansi? Panthaŵi yake," Macomber anayankha mwamawu. "Pafupifupi zonse zomwe ndachita kuyambira pomwe mudandibweretsa kuno ndi thukuta, mwina pochita masewera olimbitsa thupi kapena kuyesa kulowa mu imodzi mwazovala zamagulu a Tinmen."
    
  "Ndipo amadandaula."
    
  "Kodi Sergeant Major amalankhulanso za ine?" Marine Staff Sergeant Chris Wohl anali wamkulu yemwe sanatumizidwe woyang'anira Rascal, gulu la Air Force pansi, komanso m'modzi mwa mamembala apamwamba kwambiri pagululi. Ngakhale Macomber anali mkulu wa Rascal, aliyense ankadziwa ndikumvetsa kuti Chris Wall ndi amene ankayang'anira, kuphatikizapo Macomber, zomwe zinamukwiyitsa kwambiri. "Ndikanakonda mwana wachigololoyo akanapuma monga ndimaganizira, kuti ndisankhe jeresi yanga yoyamba. Wakonzeka kumuika kubusa."
    
  "Ndine mkulu wa gulu lankhondo la m"ndege, Wayne, ndipo ngakhale sindingayerekeze kunena zimenezo pamaso pa sajeni," Patrick anatero, mwa theka chabe mwanthabwala.
    
  "Ndinakuuzani, General, kuti bola Vol ali pafupi, ndiyenera kunyamula katundu wake ndi katundu wake," adatero Zipper. "Zonse zomwe amachita ndikutsata Briggs." Patrick sanathe ngakhale kwa mphindi kulingalira Vol moping, koma sananene choncho. "Anyamata amafera mu ma ops apadera, ngakhale malata amavala ngati loboti yomwe analimo, kulibwino azolowere. Musiyanitse ntchito, kapena ndimusamutsire, kuti ndithe kuyendetsa gawoli mwanjira yanga. "
    
  "Wayne, ndiwe amene umayang"anira, choncho khala wolamulira," anatero Patrick, yemwe sanasangalale ndi mmene kukambitsiranaku kunkachitika. "Iwe ndi Chris mutha kupanga gulu labwino ngati muphunzira kugwirira ntchito limodzi, koma mumayang'anirabe kaya mumamugwiritsa ntchito kapena ayi. Ndikuyembekeza kuti mukonzekere gulu lanu kuti liwuluke ndikumenya nkhondo mwachangu momwe mungathere. Ngati zinthu sizinakhazikitsidwe momwe mukufunira pa opareshoni ina, ikani Vol kutsogolera mpaka-"
    
  "Ndimayang'anira gulu, wamkulu, osati waulesi," adatero Macomber, pogwiritsa ntchito mawu ake oti "slacker" m'malo mwa Air Force acronym NCOIC, kapena wamkulu yemwe sanatumizidwe.
    
  "Ndiye tsogolera, Wayne. Chitani chilichonse chomwe mungafune kuti mumalize ntchitoyo. Chris Wall, Zida za Infantry cybernetic ndi Tin Man zida zitha kukhala gawo la vuto kapena gawo la yankho , zili ndi inu. Anthu awa ndi akatswiri, koma amafunikira mtsogoleri. Amamudziwa Chris ndipo amutsatira kugahena - muyenera kutsimikizira kuti mutha kuwatsogolera limodzi ndi ma NCO. "
    
  "Ndiwapanga pamzere, General, musadandaule nazo," adatero Macomber.
    
  Ndipo ngati simunatero, ndikulangizani kuti musagwiritse ntchito mawu akuti 'wopanda pake' pamaso pa Vol, apo ayi inu nonse mutha kuyimirira pamaso panga muli magazi komanso osweka. Chenjezo labwino. "
    
  Maonekedwe ankhope a Macomber sanasonyeze konse kuti amamvetsetsa kapena kuvomereza chenjezo la McLanahan. Izi zinali zomvetsa chisoni: Chris Wohl anali ndi kuleza mtima pang'ono kwa maofesala ambiri omwe ali pansi pa mbendera ndipo sanawope kuyika ntchito yake pachiswe ndi ufulu wake kuti athane ndi wapolisi yemwe sanapereke ulemu woyenera kwa msilikali yemwe sanatumizidwe. Patrick ankadziwa kuti zinthu zikapanda kuthetsedwa bwino, awiriwo adzayambana. "Zingakhale zosavuta ngati sindikadakhala kuti ndiphunzitse zovala za Tin Woodman."
    
  "Gear, momwe mumatchulira, imatilola kupita kumalo otentha omwe palibe gulu lina lapadera lomwe lingawaganizire," adatero Patrick.
    
  "Pepani, General, koma sindingaganize za malo otentha omwe ndimaganiza kuti ndisapiteko," adatero Macomber mokwiya, "ndipo sindimavala zovala zazitali zamkati."
    
  "Ndi amuna angati omwe mungafune kuti mupite kukawononga bwalo la ndege, Major?"
    
  "Sitiwononga" mabwalo a ndege, bwana - timafufuza kapena kusokoneza ndege za adani, kapena timamanga mabwalo a ndege athu. Timamenya ndege ngati tikufuna - "
    
  "Magulu ankhondo akuwawononga, Major," Patrick analowererapo. "Mukukumbukira Yakutsk?"
    
  "Sitinawononge bwalo la ndege, bwana, tidakhalamo. Ndipo tabweretsa anyamata zana kuti atithandize kuchita izi. "
    
  "Asilikali anali okonzeka kuwononga maziko amenewa, Major-ngati sitikanatha kuligwiritsa ntchito, anthu a ku Russia sakanateronso."
    
  "Kuwononga bwalo la ndege?" Kukayikira m'mawu a Macomber kunali koonekeratu, ndipo Patrick adamva kutentha kukwera pansi pa kolala ya suti yake yakuda yakuwuluka. Sanafune kutaya nthawi kukangana ndi wapansi, koma Macomber amayenera kudziwitsidwa zomwe amayembekezeredwa, osati kungomangidwa chifukwa chokhala wamkulu. "Kodi amuna ochepa opanda zida angawononge bwanji bwalo la ndege?"
    
  "Ndizo zimene wabwera kudzaphunzira, Wayne," Patrick anatero. "Titayamba kulankhula za kulamula, ndidakuwuzani kuti ndikufunika kuti muganize kunja kwa bokosilo, ndipo pakadali pano, sizitanthauza kuti mungophunzira kugwiritsa ntchito zida zomwe muli nazo, koma kukumbatira ndikukulitsa ukadaulo komanso kupanga njira zatsopano zogwiritsira ntchito. Tsopano ndikufunika kuti mundibweretsere mwachangu chifukwa ndili ndi bwalo la ndege ku Iran lomwe ndingafune kuwononga ... mawa."
    
  "Mawa? Izi zingachitike bwanji, General? Ndangophunzira kumene komwe chandamale - ngati tifulumira, titha kuchoka pofika mawa, ndipo palibe nzeru komanso zoyeserera momwe tingawukire chandamale! Simungathe kulowa mgulu lankhondo popanda nzeru ndi maphunziro othamanga! Zinditengera osachepera sabata kuti ndingo...
    
  "Simukumva zomwe ndikukuuzani Major: muyenera kuyamba kuganiza mosiyana pano," Patrick anaumirira. "Timapeza zomwe tikufuna ndikuziukira, nthawi - kubwereza pang'ono kapena kusakhalapo, palibe nzeru zanzeru, palibe chidziwitso chopezeka panjira, palibe ma phukusi olumikizirana ndi zida zazing'ono koma zam'manja ndi zapamwamba zothandizidwa ndi mpweya wochepa koma wowononga. Ndinakuuzani zonsezi pamene ndinakuuzani koyamba za Rascal, Wayne ..."
    
  "Ndinkaganiza kuti mwalandira zidziwitsozo ndi ntchito kuchokera ku likulu lapamwamba, bwana," anatero Macommber. "Mukutanthauza kuti mukuyamba opareshoni osatenga zidziwitso kuchokera ku-?"
    
  "Sitilandira thandizo kuchokera kwa wina aliyense ndipo timayambabe ndikuchita ntchito yabwino, Zipper," a Patrick adalankhula molunjika. "Kodi mukuchipeza chithunzichi?" Patrick anadikirira kamphindi ndipo sanalandire yankho - chifukwa cha umunthu wa Macomber, womwe umakhala wovuta kwambiri, bata linali lodabwitsa. "Tsopano ndikudziwa kuti mumazolowera njira ndi njira zapadera za Air Force, ndipo ndikudziwa kuti ndinu odziwa bwino ntchito komanso mtsogoleri, koma muyenera kukhala omasuka ndi pulogalamu yanyanjayi. Ndikudziwa kuti teknoloji ya PT ndiyofunikira, koma kudziwa zida ndi zinthu zomwe tili nazo ndizofunikira kwambiri. Iyi si ntchito yokha, komanso njira yoganizira. Mukumvetsa?"
    
  "Inde, bwana," Macomber anatero - mwina lingaliro lenileni loyamba lomwe Patrick adamva kuchokera kwa mnyamatayo. "Zikuwoneka kwa ine kuti ndidzafunabe thandizo la Vol ngati ndipita kukagwira ntchito ... mawa?"
    
  "Tsopano mwamva lingaliro, Major."
    
  "Kodi ndi liti pamene ndingalandire zambiri zomwe muli nazo, bwana?"
    
  "Ndikulemba izi tsopano. Ndikufuna ndondomeko yokonzekera, yokonzeka kukanena kwa akuluakulu a boma pasanathe ola limodzi."
    
  "Mu ola limodzi...?"
    
  "Kodi pali cholakwika ndi kulumikizana kumeneku, Major?"
    
  "Ayi, bwana. Ndakumva. Ola limodzi. Funso linanso?"
    
  "Fulumirani".
    
  "Nanga bwanji pempho langa loti ndisinthe chizindikiro cha unit, bwana?"
    
  "Ayi, Major..."
    
  "Chimenecho chinali chizindikiro cha Briggs, bwana, ndipo ndiyenera kusintha dzinalo. Sikuti ndimadana nazo, komanso zimakumbutsa anyamata za abwana awo omwe anamwalira ndipo zimawasokoneza pa ntchitoyo."
    
  "Bill Cosby adanenapo kuti zikanakhala kwa iye, sakadasankhira ana ake dzina - amangowatumiza m'misewu ndikulola ana apafupi kuti amutchule," adatero Patrick.
    
  "Bill uti?" - Ndidafunsa.
    
  "Ikafika nthawi yoti tisinthe dzina la unit, Major, gawo lonse lidzabwera kwa ine ndi pempho."
    
  "Iyi ndi unit yanga, bwana."
    
  "Ndiye tsimikizirani zimenezo," Patrick anatero. "Akonzekeretseni kuyambitsa nthawi yomweyo, aphunzitseni momwe angagwiritsire ntchito zida zomwe ndagwiritsa ntchito kuti ndipeze, ndipo ndiwonetseni dongosolo - lopangidwa ngati gawo limodzi - lomwe lingagwire ntchitoyo ndikuvomerezedwa posachedwa. Pitani kuntchito, Major. Genesis akubwera." Anathyola kugwirizanako pogunda batani ndi mphamvu kotero kuti inatsala pang'ono kumuchotsa pa Velcro yake. Chifukwa cha Mulungu, Patrick anaganiza, sanazindikire kuti anali ndi mwayi bwanji kugwira ntchito ndi amuna ndi akazi omwe anali pansi pa ulamuliro wake, osati ndi ma prima donnas enieni monga Macomber. Ayenera kuti anali m'modzi mwa akatswiri ochita bwino kwambiri ku America, koma luso lake lolumikizana ndi anthu linafunikira kuunikanso mozama.
    
  Atamwa madzi okwiyitsidwa mu chubu, anatsegulanso kugwirizana kwa setilaiti: "Wina akuimba Condor."
    
  "Condor pa kuyimba, chitetezo," adayankha mkulu wa Joint Functional Component Space Command Post (JFCC-Space) ku Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. "Ndinakuwonani pa nkhani kanthawi kapitako. Inu munayang'ana^Chabwino, bwana. Ndine wokondwa kuwona kuti mukumva bwino. Megyn uyu ndi nkhandwe, si choncho?"
    
  "Zikomo, Condor, koma mwatsoka sindinamuonepo wokamba nkhaniyo, ndiye ndiyenera kuvomereza mawu ako," Patrick anayankha. "Ndili ndi chenjezo lachidziwitso chachangu komanso pempho loti ndifotokoze za ntchito zapansi kwa abwana."
    
  "Zamveka, bwana," adayankha wotumiza wamkulu. "Mwakonzeka kukopera mukakonzeka."
    
  "Ndazindikira zotheka kukhazikitsidwanso mobisa kwa bwalo la ndege la Iran losaloledwa ku Persian Republic, ndipo ndikufunika chitsimikiziro cha 'maso okha' ndi ulamuliro kuti nditseke ngati zatsimikiziridwa." Patrick mwachangu adafotokoza zomwe amadziwa komanso zomwe amaganizira za airbase pa Soltanabad Highway.
    
  "Zamveka, bwana. Kutumiza ku JFCC malo AKUPITIRIZEKA tsopano. " DO, kapena wachiwiri kwa wamkulu wa ntchito za Joint Functional Component Command-Space, adzauza mkulu wake atawunika pempho, kuyang'ana kupezeka kwa mphamvu, kusonkhanitsa luntha, ndi kuwerengera nthawi yomwe akuyembekezeredwa komanso kuwonongeka komwe kukuyembekezeka. Izi zidatenga nthawi, koma ziyenera kuti zidapangitsa kuti mkulu wankhondo asakhudzidwe ndi pempho lothandizira. "Tiyenera kumva posachedwa ngati DO ikufuna kuchitapo kanthu. Mukumva bwanji bwana?"
    
  "Chabwino basi, Condor," Patrick anayankha. "Zowona, ndikanakonda ndikadakweza zopempha zanga mwachindunji ku STRATCOM kapena SECDEF," adatero Patrick.
    
  "Ndakumva, bwana," wotumizayo anatero. "Ndikuganiza kuti akuwopa kuti muwakwirira ndi deta. Komanso, palibe amene akufuna kusiya maufumu awo." Mukuphatikizana kosokoneza komanso kosasangalatsa kwa maudindo, kugwira ntchito ndi kuwongolera maulendo apamlengalenga okhudzana ndi malo okwerera mlengalenga a Armstrong ndi ndege za HAWC B-1 ndi B-52 zosayendetsedwa ndi ndege zowuluka ku Iran zidayenera kuyendetsedwa kudzera m'malamulo akulu awiri, omwe onse adafotokozera Purezidenti kudzera muchitetezo cha dziko la ogwira ntchito: JFCC-Space ku California, yomwe idatumiza zidziwitso ku United States. Strategic Command (STRATCOM) ku likulu losakhalitsa ku Colorado ndi Louisiana; ndi U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) ku MacDill Air Force Base ku Florida, yomwe inatsogolera ntchito zonse zankhondo ku Middle East ndi Central Asia. Mabungwe osiyanasiyana a intelligence a CENTCOM ndi STRATCOM omwe akukhudzidwa ndi ndondomeko ndi ntchito adzayang'ana deta payekha, kupanga malingaliro awo, ndi kuwapereka kwa Mlembi wa Chitetezo ndi Mlangizi wa National Security Advisor, yemwe adzapereka malingaliro kwa Purezidenti.
    
  "Sindikumvetsa chifukwa chomwe malipotiwa akuyenera kupita ku STRATCOM," Patrick anadandaula. "CENTCOM ndiye woyang"anira zisudzo-ayenera kupeza malipoti, kukonza ndondomeko yoti achite, kupeza zilolezo, kenako n"kuuza wina aliyense kuti awathandize."
    
  "Simuyenera kunditsimikizira, bwana - mukandifunsa, malipoti anu apite ku dipatimenti ya chitetezo," mkuluyo adatero. Panali kupuma pang'ono; ndiye: "Konzekerani Condor, Odin. Ndine wokondwa kuyankhulanso nanu, General. "
    
  Kamphindi pambuyo pake: "Condor One pamzere, chitetezo," kunabwera mawu a mkulu wa Gulu Lankhondo Lachisanu ndi Kina, Air Force Major General Harold Backman. Mtsogoleri wa asilikali a Air Force khumi ndi anayi a US Air Force Backman ankavala "chipewa chachiwiri" monga Joint Force Command and Space Component, kapena JFCC-S, gulu la US Strategic Command (lomwe linawonongedwa panthawi ya nkhondo ya ndege ya Russia ku United States ndipo inali kumangidwanso. m'malo osiyanasiyana padziko lonse lapansi).
    
  JFCC-S inali ndi udindo wokonza, kugwirizanitsa, kupatsa zida, ndi kuchita ntchito zonse zankhondo mumlengalenga. Pamaso pa McLanahan, Advanced Aerospace Weapons Center ndi XR-A9 Black Stallion spaceplane, "zochitika zankhondo mumlengalenga" nthawi zambiri zimatanthawuza kutumiza ma satellite ndi kuyang'anira zochitika zakuthambo za mayiko ena. Basi. McLanahan adapatsa JFCC-Space kugunda kwapadziko lonse lapansi komanso kuthekera kosunthika kopitilira muyeso, ndipo kunena zowona, samamva ngati angakwanitsebe ntchitoyi.
    
  "Mmodzi ali pano, wotetezeka," adatero Patrick. "Muli bwanji, Harold?"
    
  "Monga mwachizolowezi, mpaka kumangochita bizinesi yathu, bwana, koma ndibwino kuposa inu, ndikuganiza. Mkulu wa ntchitoyo ananena kuti anakuwonani pa TV, koma mwadzidzidzi munathetsa kuyankhulana popanda chenjezo. Kodi muli bwino?"
    
  "Ndinalandira chenjezo la COMPSCAN ndipo ndinayankha nthawi yomweyo."
    
  "Ngati izi ziwopseza m'modzi mwa oyang'anira anga, zipangitsa abwana kuchita mantha, mukumvetsa, sichoncho?"
    
  Ayenera kuphunzira kumasuka. Kodi mwalandira zambiri zanga?
    
  "Ndikuyang'ana pakali pano, Mook. Ndipatseni kamphindi". Mphindi zochepa pambuyo pake: "Mkulu wanga wanzeru akuyang'ana izi tsopano, koma kwa ine zikungowoneka ngati bwalo la ndege lomwe laphulitsidwa pamsewu waukulu. Ndikumva, simukuganiza choncho?"
    
  "Ndikuganiza kuti zibolibolizo ndi zonyansa, Harold, ndipo ndikufuna kuti anyamata anga angapo apite kumeneko kuti akawone."
    
  Kupuma kwina kwakufupi. "Chigawo cha Khorasan, chomwe chili pamtunda wa makilomita zana kuchokera ku Mashhad, derali likulamulidwa ndi Mohtaz ndi Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps," adatero Backman. "Pafupi ndi kuyankha kwa zida kuchokera ku Sabzevar, komwe anthu ambiri aku Pasdar mwina akubisala. Ngati Soltanabad ilibe kanthu, mudzakhalabe m'diso la mkuntho ngati anthu oyipa akuwonani - ndipo ngati ikugwira ntchito, monga mudanenera, idzakhala chopukusira nyama. Ndikuganiza kuti mukufuna kupita kumeneko ndi maloboti anu angapo, sichoncho?
    
  "Ndikutsimikizira."
    
  "Ndimaganizanso Choncho. Kodi zinthu zanu kumtundako sizingakupatseni zithunzi zambiri?"
    
  "Chosankha chathu chokha ndikuwuluka mwachindunji kuchokera pa satellite kapena drone, ndipo izi zitha kuchenjeza anthu oyipa. Ndikufuna kuyang'ana kaye ndisanakonzekere kuphulitsa malo, ndipo gulu laling'ono lingakhale lachangu komanso losavuta. "
    
  "Mwachangu bwanji?"
    
  "Sindinayang'ane ma geometry a orbital, koma ndikukhulupirira kuti titha kuwayambitsa anayi, kukhala pansi zaka zisanu ndi ziwiri, kubwerera mlengalenga muzaka zisanu ndi zitatu, ndikubwerera kunyumba zaka khumi ndi ziwiri."
    
  "Masiku?"
    
  "Penyani".
    
  "Zoyipa," Backman adalumbira. "Magazi odabwitsa, bwana."
    
  "Anyamata anga akadakhala pano, Harold, monga ndikufuna kutero, monga ndidakudziwitsani ndi STRATCOM, nditha kuchoka kumeneko ndikubwerera kunyumba mu maola anayi."
    
  "Damn kusokoneza. Ndili nazo zonse, Mook, koma ndikuganiza kuti lingaliro ili likungodabwitsa anthu ambiri pano padziko lapansi. Mukudziwa kuti National Command yatiuza kuti tichepetse ndege zonse zapamlengalenga kuti ziperekedwenso komanso pakagwa mwadzidzidzi, sichoncho? "
    
  "Ndimaona kuti izi ndi zadzidzidzi, Harold."
    
  "Ndikudziwa zomwe mukufuna ... Koma ndizofunikadi?"
    
  Patrick adatsitsa mkwiyo pakukayikitsa kuweruza kwake, koma adazolowera aliyense womukayikira pamalo achiwiri ndi achitatu, ngakhale omwe amamudziwa komanso kumukonda. "Sindikudziwa bwino mpaka nditatumiza anyamata anga angapo kunja uko."
    
  "Sindikuganiza kuti izi ziloledwa, bwana. Mukufuna ndikufunsenibe funso?"
    
  Patrick anayankha mosazengereza kuti: "Inde."
    
  "CHABWINO. Konzekerani." Kudikirira sikunali kotalika konse: "Chabwino, Mook, mkuwa wa STRATCOM umati mutha kutumiza anyamata anu mbali iyi, koma palibe amene akuyika nsapato - kapena chilichonse chomwe ma robot anu amavala pamapazi awo - pansi, ndipo palibe amene angadutse mizere iliyonse pama chart popanda chilolezo chochokera ku CENTCOM."
    
  "Kodi ndingakweze ndege zina za Black Stallion ndikuziyambitsa m'njira?"
    
  "Ndi angati ndipo amanyamula chiyani?"
    
  "Mmodzi kapena aŵiri okhala ndi ogwiritsira ntchito, akuzandima ndi m"njira zosiyanasiyana, kufikira nditadziŵa nthaŵi pa ola; ndege imodzi kapena ziwiri zokhala ndi zida zolondola; mwina chinyengo chimodzi kapena ziwiri kuti zigwiritsidwe ntchito ngati nkhokwe munjira; ndi bomba limodzi kapena awiri a Vampire akuwuluka kuchokera ku Iraq, okonzeka kuwononga maziko ngati titapeza kuti akugwira ntchito. "
    
  "Kuti zombo zambiri zitha kukhala zovuta, ndipo chombo chonyamula zida chikhoza kukhala chosokoneza."
    
  "Pamene nditha kusamutsa komanso kuyika zinthu zambiri zothandizira zomwe ndingathe kuziyika, zonsezi zidzatha mwachangu, Harold."
    
  "Ndikumva," adatero Backman. Nthawiyi kupuma kunali kwanthawi yayitali: "Chabwino, ndavomereza. Palibe amene amadutsa malire andale zadziko popanda chilolezo, ndipo musatulutse zida kuti zilowenso mpaka kuwala kobiriwira kuperekedwa. " Anaseka, kenako anawonjezera, "Mulungu, ndikumveka ngati Mtsogoleri wankhanza Adamu wa Battleship Galactica kapena chinachake. Sindinaganizepo m"moyo wanga kuti ndingavomereze kuwukira kochokera mumlengalenga."
    
  "Kuyambira tsopano, zonse ziyenera kukhala chonchi, bwenzi langa," Patrick anayankha. "Ndikutumizirani dongosolo lathunthu pasanathe ola limodzi, ndipo dongosolo la ndege loyendetsa chombocho litumizidwa kwa inu posachedwa. Zikomo, Harold. Mmodzi adatuluka.
    
  Kanema wotsatira wa Patrick anali kudera lake la Elliott Air Force Base: "Macomber adatidziwitsa kuti mwamupatsa opareshoni ku Iran ndikuti ali ndi nthawi yochepa yokonzekera, ndiye talumikizana kale," wachiwiri wake adatero. Mtsogoleri, Brigadier General David Luger. Oyendetsa panyanja awiriwa adagwira ntchito limodzi kwa zaka zopitilira makumi awiri, woyamba ngati anzawo a B-52G Stratofortress kenako adatumizidwa ku Aerospace Advanced Weapons Center ngati akatswiri oyesa ndege ndi zida zankhondo. maonekedwe, khalidwe labwino kwambiri la Luger linali lakuti ankakhala ngati chikumbumtima cha Patrick McLanahan pamene mbali yake yoyaka moto, yotsimikiza mtima, yothamangitsidwa inawopseza kuwononga nzeru zonse. ."
    
  "Ndinadziwa kuti uchita zimenezo, bwanawe," Patrick anatero. "Kodi mudadabwa ndi nkhani ya Zipper?"
    
  "Anadabwa? Nanga bwanji "bingu"? Luger sanachite mantha. "Aliyense m'gulu lankhondo la Airborne amayesetsa kupewa munthu ameneyu. Koma akayamba kuchita bizinesi, zonse zimamuyendera. "
    
  "Maganizo aliwonse pa Soltanabad?"
    
  "Inde, ndikuganiza kuti tiyenera kudumpha mayeso oyambilira ndikungogunda mafunde angapo mlengalenga kapena meteor ndi zophulika zamphamvu pansi pamenepo, m'malo motaya nthawi kuti tibweretse gulu lankhondo," Luger anayankha. "Ngati aku Iran akubisa china chake pamenepo, anyamata athu afika pa iwo."
    
  "Momwe ndimakonda kuwomba zinthu, Texas," Patrick adayankha, "ndikuganiza kuti tiyenera kuyang'ana kaye. Ngati ma craters awa ndi nyambo, ndiye kuti ndiabwino kwambiri omwe ndidawawonapo, zomwe zikutanthauza ...
    
  "Mwina si aku Iran," adatero Luger. "Kodi mukuganiza kuti mwina Russia?"
    
  "Ndikuganiza kuti Moscow sichingakonde china kuposa kuthandiza Mokhtaz kuwononga gulu lankhondo la Boujazi ndikuyika magulu angapo ankhondo kumeneko ngati mphotho," adatero Patrick.
    
  "Kodi mukuganiza kuti izi ndi zomwe Zevitin akufuna kuchita?"
    
  "Boma lokondana ndi AMERICA ku Iran silingakhale lovomerezeka," adatero Patrick. "Mohtaz ndi nutcase, koma ngati Zevitin angamulimbikitse kuti alole asilikali a Russia kuti alowe ku Iran kuti athandize kugonjetsa asilikali a Boujazi - kapena pazifukwa zina, monga chitetezo ku nkhondo ya America - Zevitin akhoza kutumiza asilikali kuti athane ndi ulamuliro wa America m'deralo. Ngakhale zili choncho, atha kukakamiza Purezidenti Gardner kuti asiye kuthandizira mayiko omwe kale anali a Soviet bloc omwe akupita ku America.
    
  "Zachabechabe zapadziko lonsezi zikundipweteka mutu, Mook," adatero Dave ndi kutopa. Patrick adawona kuti chidwi cha Dave chidachoka pa kamera yakuwonera kanema. "Ndili ndi pulani yoyamba yokonzekera - ndikuyikirani," adatero, ndikulowetsa malangizo pakompyuta yake.
    
  "Chabwino, Mook, nawa malipoti oyambira," adatero Luger patapita nthawi. "Tili ndi ndege ziwiri za Black Stallion zomwe zimapezeka mkati mwa maola anayi okhala ndi akasinja odzipatulira komanso mafuta okwanira komanso zinthu zina zogwirira ntchito za orbital, ndipo zitatu zimapezeka m'maola asanu ndi awiri ngati tisiya maulendo angapo ophunzitsira. Macomber akuti ikhoza kuyambiranso munthawi yake kuti iyambike. Mukufuna kupanga bwanji dongosolo la ntchito zammlengalenga?"
    
  Patrick adawerengera mwachangu, kuwerengera nthawi kuyambira pomwe adafuna kuti Black Stallion ichoke pansi ndikusiya ndege yaku Persia. "Ndikufunadi kukhala ndi ziwonetsero, zosunga zobwezeretsera, zidziwitso zambiri komanso kubwereza zambiri za Whack ndi magulu ankhondo, koma nkhawa yanga yayikulu ndikuwunika maziko awa mwachangu popanda kukopa chidwi cha Alonda a Revolutionary," adatero. "Ndiwona ngati ndingapeze chilolezo choyika ma studs awiri pompano. Ngati tiyambitsa m'maola anayi, tikhala titamaliza chandamale pofika pakati pausiku mpaka 1 koloko koloko m'nthawi yakomweko-tiyeni titchule kuti 2 koloko kuti tikhale otetezeka. Timazindikira kwa ola limodzi, timanyamuka dzuwa lisanatuluke, kukathira mafuta kwinakwake chakumadzulo kwa Afghanistan ndikubwerera kwathu. "
    
  "Woyang'anira ntchitoyo akupanga ziganizo zoyambira za mission ya ndege," adatero Luger. "Duty Officer" inali makina apakompyuta apakati pa Aerospace Advanced Weapons Center omwe amalumikizana ndi madipatimenti osiyanasiyana ndi ma laboratories padziko lonse lapansi ndipo amatha kupezeka mosavuta ndi membala aliyense wa HAWC kulikonse padziko lapansi - kapena, pankhani ya Armstrong. Space Station, mozungulira. "Funso lalikulu lomwe tili nalo pakali pano ndikuthandizira tanki ya KC-77 kuti iwonjezere mafuta. Sitima yathu yapamadzi yapafupi kwambiri yoperekedwa ku XR-A9 ili ku Al Dhafra Air Base ku United Arab Emirates, komwe ndi ulendo wa maola awiri kupita kufupi komwe mungathe kuthira mafuta ku Afghanistan. Ngati zonse zidayenda bwino - adakweza tanka popanda vuto, adalandira chilolezo chaukazembe komanso ndege munthawi yake, ndi zina zotero - akadafika pamalo oti akumane kumadzulo kwa Afghanistan monga momwe Black Stallion idathera mafuta ".
    
  "Ndipo ndi liti pamene ntchito yathu yomaliza idapita mosalakwitsa?"
    
  "Sindikukumbukira kuti izi zikuchitika," Luger anamutsimikizira motero. "Pali malo angapo obwera mwadzidzidzi m'derali omwe tingagwiritse ntchito, koma ali pafupi kwambiri ndi malire a Iran ndipo tidzafunika thandizo lalikulu kuti titeteze maziko mpaka mafuta afika. Titha kutumiza magulu ochira ku Afghanistan kuti akathandize ngati galuyo afika mwadzidzidzi, kapena titha kuchedwetsa ntchitoyi kwa masiku angapo. "
    
  "Tiyeni tipite patsogolo ndi dongosololi," anatero Patrick. "Tiziwonetsa momwe zilili ndikugwiritsa ntchito ndalama zangozi zambiri momwe tingathere - mwachiyembekezo sitidzazifuna."
    
  "Mwadziwa, Mook," adatero Dave. "Ndikufunika...ndikhale pafupi, Patrick...ndikulandira foni kuchokera kwa dokotala wanu wa zandege ku Walter Reed. Akufuna kulankhula nawe."
    
  "Ndilumikizeni ndipo mukhale pamzere."
    
  "Ndimakumvetsetsa. Konzekerani..." Patangopita nthawi pang"ono chithunzichi chinagawanika pakati, Dave ali kumanzere ndi chithunzi cha mnyamata wooneka ngati wachinyamata atavala yunifolomu ya ntchito ya Navy, yunifolomu ya digito ya buluu yobisala ngati ya asilikali onse a ku United States. Mayiko kuyambira ku Holocaust yaku America. "Pitilizani, captain, general pamzere, chitetezo."
    
  "General McLanahan?"
    
  "Muli bwanji, Captain Summers?" -Patrick anafunsa. Captain US Navy Captain Alfred Summers anali wamkulu wa opaleshoni ya mtima ku Walter Reed National Military Medical Center ndi mwamuna yemwe anayambitsa mlandu wa Patrick.
    
  "Ndawona kuyankhulana kwanu m'mawa uno," anatero dokotala wa opaleshoniyo mokwiya, "ndipo mwaulemu wonse, General, ndimadabwa kuti mwatenga kuti digiri yanu ya udokotala?"
    
  "Ndikuganiza kuti muli ndi vuto ndi zomwe ndamuuza wofunsayo?"
    
  "Munapangitsa kuti zimveke ngati matenda a QT ataliatali amatha kuchiritsidwa pomwa ma aspirin angapo, bwana," a Summers adadandaula. "Sizophweka choncho, ndipo sindikufuna kuti antchito anga aziimbidwa mlandu ngati pempho lanu loti musamayendetse ndege likanidwa."
    
  "Walakwa ndani, captain?"
    
  "Kunena zoona, mbuyanga, unyinji wa Amereka amakuonani kukhala chuma chadziko chimene simuyenera kunyalanyazidwa pa chifukwa chirichonse," dokotalayo anayankha motero. "Ine ndikutsimikiza inu mukudziwa chimene ine ndikutanthauza. Mwachidule, bwana, matenda a QT yaitali ndi kukana mwayi wopita pandege-palibe njira yodandaula."
    
  "Ogwira ntchito anga adawunikiranso momwe zilili, Captain, komanso mbiri yachipatala ya oyenda mumlengalenga angapo omwe sanayenerere kuwuluka mumlengalenga koma adasungabe mawonekedwe oyendetsa ndege, ndipo adandiuza kuti vutoli silikuyika moyo pachiwopsezo ndipo mwina silingakhale lalikulu mokwanira kukana kukana. cha-"
    
  "Monga dokotala wanu komanso katswiri wamkulu wa matendawa ku United States, General, ndiroleni ndikufotokozereni izi, ngati ndingathe," Summers adayankha. "Matendawa mwina amayamba chifukwa cha zomwe timatcha kuti myocardial stretch, pomwe kulemedwa kwambiri kumapangitsa kuti minyewa yamtima ndi minyewa isokonezeke komanso kusokoneza magetsi. Matendawa mwachionekere anagona mwakachetechete kwa moyo wanu wonse mpaka pamene munawulukira mumlengalenga, ndiyeno anadziwonekera yekha mwamphamvu. Ndizosangalatsa kwa ine kuti mukuwoneka kuti mudakumana ndi zizindikiro zina panthawi yowuluka kwanu, koma kenako zidafanso mpaka mutakumana ndi kanema wapamsonkhano - ndingayerekeze kuti zinali zolimba ngati kuwuluka mlengalenga, kapena mwina kungo wokhazikika mokwanira kuti ayambitse gawo linanso lophulika."
    
  "White House ndi Pentagon atha kuchita izi, Dokotala," adatero Patrick.
    
  "Mosakayikira, bwana," Summers anavomereza motero. "Koma simukuwona kuopsa kwa dziko lino, General? Kupsinjika kwa gawo losavuta la msonkhano wamakanemali, kuphatikiza ndi maulendo anu obwerezabwereza mu orbit, zidapangitsa kuti magetsi azimitsidwa zomwe zidadzetsa arrhythmia. Zinali zowopsa kwambiri kotero kuti zidayambitsa kugunda kwamtima, kapena kugunda kwamtima kosakhazikika, kutentha kwenikweni komwe, ngati pampu ya cavitation, kumatanthauza kuti magazi osakwanira amafika ku ubongo ngakhale mtima sunayime. bwana, kuti kupsinjika kulikonse kungayambitse gawo latsopano, ndipo popanda kuyang'anitsitsa nthawi zonse, tilibe njira yodziwira kuti zidzakhala liti kapena momwe zidzakhalire. ."
    
  "Ndikuganiza kuti muwonjezera kuti, 'osatchula za moyo wanu,' Captain?" Patrick anawonjezera.
    
  "Ndikukhulupirira kuti tonse tili ndi thanzi lanu choyamba, bwana - mwina ndikulakwitsa," Summers anatero mowuma. "Moyo wanu uli pachiwopsezo mphindi iliyonse yomwe mumakhala kumeneko. Sindingathe kutsindika kwambiri izi. "
    
  "Ndachipeza, ndachipeza, Doctor," adatero Patrick. "Tsopano tiyeni tidutse machenjezo owopsa. Kodi chithandizo cha matendawa ndi chiyani?
    
  "'Machiritso?' Mukutanthauza kungopewa kupsinjika kulikonse? Adafunsa mokwiya zoonekeratu. Anapumira mokweza. "Chabwino, titha kuyesa ma beta blockers ndikuwunika mosamala kuti tiwone ngati vuto lililonse lamagetsi likuwonekeranso, koma chithandizochi chimangoperekedwa kwa odwala omwe alibe syncope - omwe sanakomokepo ndi matendawa. Kwa inu, bwana, ndingakulimbikitseni kuti mulowetse ICD cardioverter defibrillator.
    
  "Mukutanthauza pacemaker?"
    
  "ICDS ndiyoposa pacemaker, bwana," adatero Summers. "Kwa inu, ICD idzachita ntchito zitatu: kuyang'anitsitsa momwe mtima wanu ulili, kugwedeza mtima wanu pakachitika fibrillation, ndi kupereka zizindikiro zowongolera kuti mubwezeretsenso nyimbo yachibadwa ngati tachycardia, hypocardia kapena arrhythmia. Zipangizo zamakono ndi zazing'ono, zosasokoneza, zodalirika, ndipo zimatha kuyang'anira ndi kupereka malipoti a ntchito zosiyanasiyana za thupi. Amathandiza kwambiri kuwongolera ndi kuletsa kuvulala kwamagetsi pamtima."
    
  "Ndiye sizikhudza momwe ndimakhalira pandege eti?"
    
  Summers adayang'ana maso ake mokwiya, atakhumudwa kwambiri kuti wamkulu wa nyenyezi zitatuyu sanagonje pa lingaliro lopezanso udindo wake wowuluka. "Bwana, monga ndikutsimikiza kuti mukumvetsetsa, kukhazikitsa ICD ndikuletsa ntchito zonse zowuluka kupatula FAA Part 91, ndipo ngakhale pamenepo mutha kukhala ndi maulendo apandege a VFR masana," adatero, akudabwa chifukwa chilichonse. Aliyense amene anali ndi zochitika ngati izi akhoza ngakhale kulingalira zowuluka. "Kupatula apo, iyi ndi jenereta yamagetsi ndi ma transmitter omwe amatha kuvulaza mtima kwakanthawi. Sindingaganize za membala m'modzi wa okwera ndege, asitikali kapena wamba, yemwe adaloledwa kukhalabe oyendetsa ndege atalandira ICD. "
    
  "Koma ngati zili bwino, vuto ndi chiyani?" -Patrick anafunsa. "Akakonza zolakwikazo, ndikhala wokonzeka kuchoka."
    
  "Iwo ndi abwino, abwino kwambiri kuposa zaka zapitazo, koma sizodalirika, bwana," adatero Summers. "Pafupifupi mmodzi mwa odwala 10 amakumana ndi zochitika za presyncope kapena syncope-chizungulire, kugona, kapena kukomoka-pamene ICD imatsegulidwa. Atatu mwa khumi amakumana ndi kusapeza kokwanira kowapangitsa kuyimitsa zomwe akuchita-mwachitsanzo, madalaivala amagalimoto amanjenjemera kapena osamasuka kuti ayende m'mphepete mwa msewu, kapena oyang'anira pamisonkhano amadzuka ndikutuluka. chipinda. Simungathe kukwera ndege, makamaka ndege ya m'mlengalenga. Ndikudziwa kufunika kokwera pandege kwa inu, koma sikuthandiza-"
    
  "Kodi sikoyenera kuika moyo wanga pachiswe?" Patrick anamudula mawu. "Adokotala, ndi ulemu wonse, mwalakwitsa. Kuyenda pandege ndikofunikira pantchito yanga, komanso luso lofunikira komanso gwero la chisangalalo changa. M"malo amene ndili pano, sindingakhale wothandiza."
    
  "Kodi kulibwino kufa, bwana?"
    
  Patrick anayang'ana kumbali kwa kanthawi, koma kenaka anapukusa mutu motsimikiza. "Ndi njira zina ziti zomwe ndili nazo, Doctor?"
    
  "Mulibe, General," Summers anatero mwaukali. "Titha kukuyikani pa ma beta blockers ndikuwunika pafupipafupi, koma izi sizothandiza ngati ICD ndipo mudzakhalabe ochepa pantchito zapaulendo. Zatsimikiziridwa kuti mudzakhala ndi gawo lina la LQT m'miyezi isanu ndi umodzi ikubwerayi, ndipo pali mwayi waukulu woti mudzakhala ndi chilema chofanana ndi, kapena choopsa kwambiri kuposa, chomwe mudakumana nacho kale. Ngati muli mumlengalenga kapena pakuwongolera ndege, mumakhala pachiwopsezo cha inu nokha, ogwira nawo ntchito, ndi anthu osalakwa panjira yothawa ndi ntchito yanu.
    
  "General McLanahan, mwa lingaliro langa la akatswiri, ntchito yanu yamakono, kapena pafupifupi malo aliwonse a usilikali omwe ndingaganizire, ndizovuta kwambiri kwa wina yemwe ali ndi vuto lanu, ngakhale titakhala ndi ICD. Kuposa chithandizo chilichonse kapena chipangizo chilichonse, chomwe mukufuna pakali pano ndikupumula. Pokhapokha ngati pali mbiri ya kugwiritsa ntchito mankhwala osokoneza bongo kapena kuvulala, matenda a QT aatali nthawi zonse amayamba chifukwa cha kupsinjika kwa thupi, maganizo, ndi maganizo. Kuwonongeka kwa mtima wanu ndi udindo wanu, maudindo anu, ndi kuwala kwamlengalenga kudzakhalapo kwa moyo wanu wonse, ndipo monga tawonera, kupsinjika kwa msonkhano umodzi wosavuta wa kanema kunali kokwanira kuyambitsa gawo la syncope. Tengani upangiri wanga: pezani ICD, pumani ndikusangalala ndi mwana wanu ndi banja lanu. "
    
  "Payenera kukhala njira zina, chithandizo china," adatero Patrick. "Sindinakonzekere kusiya ntchito. Ndili ndi ntchito yofunika kwambiri, ndipo kukhalabe ndi udindo woyendetsa ndege ndi mbali yaikulu ya ntchitoyo-ayi, ndi mbali yaikulu ya mmene ndiliri."
    
  Summers adamuyang'ana kwa nthawi yayitali ndi nkhope yokwiya komanso yokwiya. "Bertrand Russell nthaŵi ina analemba kuti: "Chimodzi cha zizindikiro za kusweka kwa manjenje koyandikira ndicho kutsimikizira kuti ntchito ya munthu njofunika kwambiri," iye anatero, "kupatulapo kwa iweyo, sudzakhala ndi vuto la mitsempha-mudzakhala wakufa."
    
  "Tisachite zodabwitsa apa, Captain ..."
    
  "Ndimvereni mosamala, General McLanahan: Sindikuchita chidwi - ndikukhala wowona mtima komanso womasuka nanu momwe ndingathere," adatero Summers. "Ndikuganiza kwanga kuti mwawonongeka mosadziwika bwino koma kuwonongeka kwakukulu kwa minofu ya mtima wanu ndi myocardium chifukwa cha kuwuluka kwanu komwe kumayambitsa magawo a QT kutalikitsa zomwe zimayambitsa arrhythmia ndi tachycardia zomwe zimatsogolera ku presyncoptic ndi syncoptic. Kodi izo ndizosadabwitsa mokwanira kwa inu, bwana?"
    
  "Captain-"
    
  "Sindinathe, bwana," Summers adayankha motero. "Ngakhale ndi kupumula ndi mankhwala, zovuta ndizoti mudzakhala ndi chochitika china cha syncope choopsa kwambiri kuposa chomaliza m'miyezi isanu ndi umodzi yotsatira, ndipo popanda kuyang'anira ndi chithandizo chamankhwala mwamsanga, mwayi wanu wopulumuka ndi makumi awiri pa zana. Ndi ICD, mwayi wanu wopulumuka miyezi isanu ndi umodzi ikubwerayi ukuwonjezeka kufika makumi asanu ndi awiri pa zana, ndipo patatha miyezi isanu ndi umodzi mumakhala ndi mwayi wopulumuka.
    
  Anaima kaye, kuyembekezera mkangano, ndipo patapita mphindi zingapo chete anapitiriza kuti: "Tsopano, mukanakhala wapolisi wina aliyense, amene sanakumanepo ndi Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti wa United States, limodzi ndi Secret Service, ndikanangolangiza. iweyo ndikupangira mkulu wako kuti akugoneke mchipatala miyezi isanu ndi umodzi ikubwerayi. ndidza-"
    
  "Miyezi isanu ndi umodzi!"
    
  "Ndimulangizabe mkulu wanu motero," Summers anapitiriza. "Kaya mungasankhe kukhazikitsa ICD ndi chisankho chanu. Koma ngati mukuumirira kuti musatenge ICD ndipo mulibe kuwunika kwa 24/7, mulibe mwayi wokhala ndi moyo miyezi isanu ndi umodzi ikubwerayi. Ayi. Kodi ndikudziwonetsera ndekha kwa inu, bwana?" Patrick adawoneka ngati baluni yomwe ikuphulika mwachangu kwakanthawi, koma Dave Luger adatha kuwona kukhumudwa kwake mwachangu ndikukwiya - mkwiyo wa chiyani, sanatsimikizirebe. "Kwa ine, ndikuona kuti chigamulo chomaliza chili ndi inu. Khalani ndi tsiku labwino, General. " Ndipo a Summers adatuluka pamsonkhano wamavidiyo akugwedeza mutu mwachisoni, ali ndi chidaliro kuti wamkulu wa nyenyezi zitatu alibe cholinga chotsatira zomwe adalamula.
    
  Summers atangochoka pamsonkhanowo, Patrick adatsamira pampando wake, ndikupuma pang'ono, kenako adayang'ana pa tebulo la chipinda chamsonkhano. "Zopanda pake," anapumira pambuyo patakhala chete kwa mphindi zingapo.
    
  "Uli bwino, Mook?" - Adafunsa Dave Luger.
    
  "Inde, ndikuganiza choncho," Patrick anayankha, akugwedeza mutu wake mosokonezeka. "Nthawi zonse ndimaganiza kuti ndi Will Rogers yemwe ananena mawu okhudza matenda amisala, osati Bertrand Russell."
    
  Dave anaseka; uyu anali mnyamata yemwe amamudziwa, akuseka nthabwala panthawi yomwe amuna ambiri oganiza bwino amakhala pafupi ndi misozi. "Ndikuganiza kuti Mark Twain anali wolondola pamene anati, 'Sizimene ukudziwa, ndi zomwe ukudziwa kuti sizowona.'
    
  "Sinali Mark Twain, anali Josh Billings."
    
  "WHO?" - Ndidafunsa.
    
  "Kaya," adatero Patrick, akuyambanso kukhala wotsimikiza. "Dave, ndiyenera kuphunzira zonse za matenda a QT aatali ndi chithandizo cha matenda a mtima ndisanasankhe zomwe ndingathe kuchita ndi zomwe sindingathe. Mwina pali makampani khumi ndi awiri omwe akufufuza ma ICD amakono kapena chilichonse chomwe chidzachitike m'badwo wotsatira wa zidazi - ndiyenera kudziwa za kupita patsogolo kwaposachedwa ndisanasankhe kukhazikitsa ukadaulo uliwonse wakale. John Masters mwina ali ndi labotale yonse yoperekedwa kuchiza matenda a mtima. "
    
  "Pepani kunena choncho, bwanawe, koma mwina munangokhala ndi dokotala wabwino kwambiri wamtima mdziko muno wokonzeka kuyankha mafunso aliwonse omwe mungakhale nawo, ndipo mwangomusiya."
    
  "Sanali wokonzeka kundithandiza - anali atayima pamenepo, okonzeka kukankhira tikiti yanga yopita kuchipatala," adatero Patrick. "Ndiyenera kuthana ndi izi mwanjira yanga."
    
  Dave anati: "Ndikuda nkhawa kuti utenga nthawi yochuluka bwanji kuti upange chosankha chimenechi. "Mwamva chikalatacho: Odwala ambiri omwe ali ndi matendawa amayamba kuyang'aniridwa mosalekeza ndi kumwa mankhwala kapena amalandila ICD nthawi yomweyo. Ena onse adzafa. Sindikuwona kafukufuku wina womwe muyenera kuchita pa izi. "
    
  "Sindikudziwanso, Dave, koma ndizomwe ndimachita nthawi zonse: Ndimadzifufuza ndekha, pogwiritsa ntchito magwero ndi njira zanga," adatero Patrick. "Chilimwe atha kukhala katswiri wazamtima wabwino kwambiri m'gulu lankhondo, mwina ngakhale mdziko muno, koma ngati ndi choncho, kafukufuku wanga amandiuzanso. Koma ndifotokozereni izi, m'bale: Kodi anyamata ngati Summers amachita chiyani kwa anthu omwe akudwala matenda a mtima omwe akugwira ntchito ndipo akadali ndi moyo?"
    
  "Iwo amawapumula, inde."
    
  "Amawasiya ntchito," adatero Patrick, "kenako amasamaliridwa ndi Veterans Administration kapena madotolo apadera omwe amalipidwa pang'ono ndi boma. Chilimwe amachita zomwe amachita nthawi zonse: amachotsa odwala ndikuwatumiza ku VA. Ambiri mwa odwala ake amayamikira kwambiri kuti ali ndi moyo moti saganizira n"komwe za kupuma pantchito."
    
  "Kodi sindiwe okondwa kuti udakali moyo, Mook?"
    
  "Zoonadi ndine, Dave," Patrick anatero, akukalipira mnzake wanthaŵi yaitali, "koma ngati ndimenya, ndichita mogwirizana ndi zofuna zanga, osati za Summers. Pakali pano, mwina ndiphunzirapo zambiri zokhudza matendawo komanso mankhwala amene mapepalawa sakuwadziwa, zomwe zingandithandize kukhalabe owuluka. Mwina ndili -"
    
  "Patrick, ndikumvetsa kuti kuyenda pandege n"kofunika kwa iwe," anatero Luger moona mtima, "koma sikuli koyenera kuika moyo wako pachiswe chifukwa cha-"
    
  Patrick anati: "Dave, ndimaika moyo wanga pachiswe pafupifupi nthaŵi iliyonse ndikakwera ndege yankhondo. "Sindikuopa kutaya moyo wanga chifukwa cha ..."
    
  "Mdani ... mdani wakunja," adatero Dave. "Hey Patrick, ndikungosewera ngati woyimira satana pano - sindikutsutsana nawe. Mumachita zomwe mukufuna. Ndipo ndikuvomereza: ndikoyenera kuika moyo wanu pachiswe pogwiritsa ntchito luso lanu, maphunziro anu ndi chibadwa chanu kuti mumenyane ndi mdani yemwe akufuna kuwononga United States of America. Koma mdani amene tikumukamba pano ndi inu. Simungathe kudziposa, kuchita mwanzeru, kapena kudziposa. Simunakonzekere kulamulira thupi lanu, lomwe likufuna kukuphani. Muyenera kuyandikira nkhondoyi ngati nkhondo iliyonse yomwe mudakonzekerapo ... "
    
  "Ndizo ndendende zomwe ndikufuna kuchita, Dave," Patrick anatero motsimikiza. "Ndiziphunzira, kuzisanthula, kukambirana ndi akatswiri, kusonkhanitsa zambiri ndikupanga njira."
    
  "Zabwino. Koma mukadali pamenepo, chotsani pamalo anu oyendetsa ndege ndikupita ku chipatala kuti muwonekere kwa maola 24. Musakhale opusa."
    
  Mawu omalizawa adamudabwitsa Patrick ndipo adaphethira modabwa. "Kodi ukuganiza kuti ndine wopusa?"
    
  "Sindikudziwa zomwe mukuganiza, bambo," adatero Luger. Anadziwa kuti Patrick sanali wopusa ndipo adanong'oneza bondo kuti adanena izi, koma chinthu chimodzi chomwe mnzake wakale adamuphunzitsa ndikunena zomwe zili m'maganizo mwake. Patrick anali ndi mantha, ndipo uku kunali kuyankha kwake chifukwa cha mantha, monga momwe zimakhalira m'chipinda cha wophulitsira bomba zaka zambirizo: limbanani ndi mantha, khalani maso pa cholingacho, ndipo musasiye kumenyana, ngakhale zinthu zitavuta bwanji. zingawonekere.
    
  "Tayang'anani pamalingaliro a doc, Mook," Luger anapitiriza. "Ndinamva madokotala akukuuzani kuti chinthu ichi chili ngati bomba la nthawi yogunda ndi chowombera tsitsi. Zitha kusagwira ntchito konse, koma mwayi ukhoza kugwira ntchito masekondi khumi otsatira titayima pano tikukangana. Pepani, ndikuwopa kuti mungandikwiye pamene ndikukangana nanu, ndipo palibe chimene ndingachite kuchokera pano kusiyapo kukuonani ngati mumwalira."
    
  "Mwayi wanga wofera pano m'njira ya Earth orbit ndi wabwinoko pang'ono kuposa wapakati chifukwa cha chinthu chamtima ichi - titha kung'ambika ndikuyamwa mumlengalenga ndi kachidutswa kakang'ono kakang'ono ka hypersonic nthawi iliyonse ndipo sitingadziwe." Patrick adatero. .
    
  "Ngati simukutsimikiza za ICD, pitirizani kufufuza; lankhulani ndi a John Masters kapena khumi ndi awiri kapena anyamata anzeru omwe ali pamndandanda wathu ndikuganiza za izi, "adatero Dave. "Koma chitani izi ndikutetezedwa kuchipinda chachipatala chapayekha komwe madotolo amatha kukuyang'anirani." Maso ndi mawonekedwe a Patrick adakhalabe otsimikiza, osasunthika, osakhudzidwa. "Tiyeni, Muk. Taganizirani za Bradley. Mukapitiriza kuwuluka popanda ICD, mukhoza kufa. Ngati mulibe nkhawa, mwina mupitiriza ndi moyo wanu. Funso ndi chiyani?"
    
  "Sinditaya mtima, Dave, ndipo izi ndi . Ndabwera kudzagwira ntchito yofunika kwambiri, ndipo...
    
  "Yobu? Mook, kodi ndinu wokonzeka kudzivulaza nokha chifukwa cha ntchito yanu? Izi ndizofunikira, koma anyamata ambiri ndi amphamvu amatha kuchita. Perekani ntchitoyi kwa Boomer, kapena Raydon, kapena Lucas - wina aliyense. Kodi sunadziwebe, Patrick?"
    
  "Mukudziwa chiyani?"
    
  "Ndife odalirika, General McLanahan. Tonse ndife otayidwa. Sitili kanthu koma 'ndale mwa njira zina'. Zikafika pamenepa, ndife ankhondo olimba a Type A A, asitikali ankhondo ovala suti zosayenera, ndipo palibe ku Washington amene amasamala zakuti tikhala kapena kufa. Mukasokoneza mawa, abulu ena makumi awiri oipa atenga malo anu - kapena, mwinamwake, Gardner akhoza kutiuza kuti titseke tsiku lotsatira mutamwalira ndikugwiritsa ntchito ndalama zonyamula ndege zatsopano. Koma pali ife amene umatikonda, mwana wako ndiye ali pamwamba pa ndandanda, koma sutilabadira chifukwa umangoika maganizo pa ntchito - ntchito imene ilibe nawe ngakhale pang"ono."
    
  Luger anapuma mozama. "Ndimakudziwani, bambo. Nthawi zonse mumanena kuti mumachita izi chifukwa simukufuna kuuza woyendetsa ndege wina kuti achite zomwe simunachite nokha, ngakhale oyendetsa ndege atakhala ophunzitsidwa bwino m'gulu loyesera, zabwino kwambiri. Nthawi zonse ndimadziwa kuti zinali zopusa. Mumachita izi chifukwa mumazikonda, chifukwa mumafuna kuti mukhale amene mungakoke zoyambitsa kuti mugwetse anthu oipa. Ndikumvetsa. Koma sindikuganiza kuti muyenera kuchita izi, Mook. Mukuika moyo wanu pachiswe mopanda chifukwa - osati poyendetsa makina osayesedwa, koma podziwonetsa nokha ku zovuta zomwe zingakupheni nthawi yayitali musanakafike komwe mukufuna."
    
  Patrick anakhala chete kwa nthawi yaitali; kenako anayang'ana mnzake wakale. "Ndikuganiza kuti ukudziwa momwe zimakhalira kuthana ndi imfa yako, sichoncho, Dave?"
    
  "Mwatsoka, inde," adatero Luger. Monga wachinyamata woponya mabomba pa ntchito yachinsinsi yowononga malo omwe kale anali Soviet Union ku Kavazna, Dave Luger anagwidwa ndi anthu a ku Russia, kufunsidwa mafunso, kuzunzidwa ndi kutsekeredwa m'ndende kwa zaka zingapo asanasokonezedwe maganizo kuti akhulupirire kuti anali Russian. injiniya. Zotsatira za chithandizochi zinamukhudza m'maganizo ndi m'maganizo-kupsinjika maganizo kunamupangitsa kuti alowe mwadzidzidzi kumalo akutali komwe kunamusiya atalephera kuchita mantha kwa mphindi, nthawi zina maola-ndipo adasiya mwakufuna kwake kuthawa kwake zaka zambiri zapitazo. "Inali gehena imodzi yokwera ... Koma pali ena okwera."
    
  "Simukuphonya kuwuluka?" -Patrick anafunsa.
    
  "Ayi," adatero Dave. "Ndikafuna kuwuluka, ndimawulutsa imodzi mwa ndege zankhondo zopanda ndege kapena ndege zanga zoyendetsedwa ndi wailesi. Koma ndili ndi zochita zokwanira moti sindikufunanso kuchita."
    
  "Sindikudziŵa mmene zidzandiyambukirira," Patrick anavomereza motero moona mtima. "Ndikuganiza kuti ndikhala bwino-ayi, ndikutsimikiza ndikanatero, koma kodi nthawi zonse ndimakhala ndikudandaula kuti ndipitenso ulendo wina?"
    
  "Mook, iwe ndi ine tonse tikudziwa kuti ndege zoyendetsedwa ndi anthu zikuyenda njira ya madinosaur," adatero Dave. "Kodi mwadzidzidzi mwakhala ndi lingaliro lachikondi la ndege, lingaliro lachilendo la 'kukhetsa maubwenzi oyipa' omwe mwanjira ina amakupangitsani kuiwala china chilichonse? Kuyambira liti kuyenda pandege kunakhala chinthu china choposa "kukonza zowuluka ndikukwaniritsa mapulani" kwa inu?Man, ndikanati sindimakudziwani, ndikanalumbira kuti mumasamala kwambiri zowuluka kuposa Bradley. Ameneyo si Patrick Shane McLanahan I ankadziwa."
    
  "Tiyeni tisiye zimenezo, chabwino?" Adafunsa mwaukali Patrick. Anadana nazo pamene Luger (kapena bwenzi lake lakale, Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti Maureen Herschel) anabweretsa nkhani ya mwana wake wamwamuna wazaka khumi ndi ziwiri Bradley, akuganiza kuti kunali mkangano wogwiritsiridwa ntchito kuyesa kupeza Patrick kuti asinthe maganizo ake pa chinachake. "Aliyense amadandaula za mtima wanga, koma palibe amene amasiya kukangana nane." Anaonetsetsa kuti Luger akumwetulira pamene anawonjezera kuti, "Mwina nonse mukuyesera kundigwetsa. Sinthani phunzirolo, tsoka, Texas. Nchiyani chikuchitika kunyanja?
    
  "Mphekesera zikuyenda, Mook," adatero Dave. "Tangoganizani ndani angabwerere ku HAWC?"
    
  "Martin Tehama," Patrick anayankha. Dave adaphethira modabwa; anali munthu yemwe samadabwa ndi chilichonse. "Ndidawona imelo yachilendo pa CC yochokera ku dipatimenti yachitetezo ndikuwona yemwe anali muofesiyo. Ndikuganiza kuti abwezeretsedwanso kukhala wamkulu wa HAWC. "
    
  "Ndi bwenzi lako ku White House? Mosakayikira. Msilikali wa Air Force Col. Martin Tehama adasankhidwa kukhala wamkulu wa Advanced Aerospace Weapons Center atachoka Maj. Gen. Terrill "Digger" Samson, akudutsa Patrick McLanahan. Woyesa wolemekezeka woyendetsa ndege ndi injiniya, Tehama ankafuna kuletsa ntchito za "extracurricular" zomwe HAWC nthawi zambiri zinkachita-monga ndege zoyesera zowuluka ndi zida pa "ndege zoyesa ntchito" padziko lonse lapansi-ndikubwereranso ku ntchito yaikulu yoyesa ndege. Patrick atasiya udindo wake ngati uphungu ku White House, adapatsidwa lamulo la HAWC, kuchotsa Tehama. Adayankhanso popatsa mamembala a Congress mbiri yazantchito zachinsinsi za HAWC. "Summers akadzapereka lipoti lonse la momwe mulili, adzawonekeranso ndikukhala utsogoleri mutangolengeza kuti mwapuma pantchito - kapena Purezidenti adzalengeza kuti mukupuma pantchito chifukwa chachipatala."
    
  "Purezidenti ndi Senator Barbeau agwiritsa ntchito mtima wanga kuletsa pulogalamu ya Black Stallion ponena za nkhawa, ndipo mnyamata wawo Tehama adzayimitsa m'miyezi ingapo."
    
  "Osati ngakhale motalika choncho, Mook," anatero David. "Mphekesera zomwe zikutuluka ku Senate ndikuti akakamiza White House kuti ifulumire kutitsekereza."
    
  "Barbo akufuna mabomba ake, ndizowona."
    
  "Si iye yekha, koma ali ndi mawu okweza kwambiri," adatero Dave. "Pali ochirikiza zida zilizonse zomwe mungaganizire-zonyamulira ndege, sitima zapamadzi zoponya mivi, ntchito zapadera, zilizonse zimene mungatchule. Purezidenti Gardner akufuna magulu enanso anayi omenyera nkhondo, mwina asanu ndi limodzi, ndipo mwina adzawapeza ngati pulogalamu ya danga itathetsedwa. Aliyense ali ndi zolinga zake. Malo olandirira ndege m'mlengalenga kulibe, ndipo kuvulala kwanu kumangoyambitsa mthunzi pa pulogalamuyo, zomwe zimakondweretsa olimbikitsa ena mpaka kalekale. "
    
  "Ndimadana nazo zandale izi."
    
  "Inenso. Ndikudabwa kuti mudagwira ntchito nthawi yayitali ku White House. Simunayenerere kuvala suti, kumvetsera zolankhula zopanda pake, kuthera milungu ingapo mukuchitira umboni pamaso pa komiti ina ya congressional, ndikupusitsidwa ndi olandirira alendo ndi otchedwa akatswiri. "
    
  "Ndavomereza," anatero Patrick. "Mulimonse momwe zingakhalire, kulimba kwawonjezeka, ndipo Tehama ichulukitsa kwambiri - pansi pamphuno zathu. Chifukwa chinanso chokwaniritsira ntchitoyi ku Soltanabad, bweretsani ogwira ntchito motetezeka komanso momveka bwino, ndikupeza luntha labwino - zonse mawa lisanakwane. Anthu aku Russia ali pachinthu china ku Iran - sangakhutire kungokhala ku Moscow kapena Turkmenistan ndikuwona Iran ikukhala demokalase kapena kugwa. "
    
  "Ndi zomwe ndimachita," adatero Dave. "Uthenga wa mission udzakhala utakonzeka mukadzapeza kuwala kobiriwira. Ndikutumizirani dongosolo lamasewera la orbital ndi dongosolo lamphamvu zonse nthawi yomweyo. Genesis akubwera."
    
    
  MUTU WACHISANU
    
    
  Kuona mtima kumayamikiridwa, koma kumafa ndi njala.
    
  - DECIMUS JUNIUS JUVENALIS
    
    
    
  HIGH-TECH AEROSPACE WEAPONS CENTRE, ELLIOTT AIR FORCE BASE, NEVADA
  Patapita kanthawi
    
    
  "N"zotopetsa kuŵirikiza kakhumi kuposa kuchita maseŵero apavidiyo," anadandaula motero Wayne Macomber, "chifukwa chakuti sindingathe nkomwe kuseŵera ichi.
    
  Charlie Turlock anati: "Kutsogoloku kuli mvula yambiri, Bang," adatero. "Zikuyenda bwino, ndiye pamapeto pake tiyenera kutuluka. Tiyenera kutero-"
    
  "Ndikuwona, ndikuwona," adatero Macomber. "Vol, chotsaninso masitima apamtunda awa."
    
  "Tavomereza," anayankha Marine Corps Sergeant Major Chris Wohl m'manong'onong'o ake anthawi zonse. Kanthawi pang'ono: "Nyimbo zake ndi zomveka, Major. Malipoti a Satellite akuti sitima yotsatira ili makilomita makumi awiri mphambu zisanu ndi ziwiri kum"maŵa, ikuyenda molunjika kwathu pa makilomita 25 pa ola."
    
  "Ndinavomera," Macomber anayankha, "koma ndimawonabe kubwerera ku malo anga 3 koloko, makilomita asanu, kwinakwake kutsogolo kwanu. Amawonekera kwa kamphindi kenako ndikuzimiririka. Kodi ichi ndi chiyani?"
    
  "Kukhudzana koyipa, bwana," Wohl adayankha.
    
  "Izi ndi zopenga," Macomber anang'ung'udza, podziwa kuti Turlock ndi Vol amamumvabe, koma analibe nazo ntchito. Izi sizinali momwe iye adawonera akukonzekera utumwi... Ngakhale adayenera kuvomereza, zinali zabwino kwambiri.
    
  Ngakhale zinali zodabwitsa monga momwe ndege ya m'mlengalenga inalili, ngakhale gawo la anthu okwera ndege linali chipangizo chokongola kwambiri. Sizinagwire ntchito yonyamula okwera ndi katundu mkati mwa Black Stallion, komanso ngati adaputala yolumikizira pakati pa spaceplanes ndi space station. Pazidzidzidzi, gawoli likhoza kugwiritsidwa ntchito ngati bwato lopulumutsira anthu ogwira ntchito m'mlengalenga: linali ndi injini zoyendetsa sitimayo kuti zithandize kukweza sitimayo yokonza njira ndikuyisunga mowongoka pobwerera; mapiko ang'onoang'ono kuti akhazikike ngati ataponyedwa m'mwamba mumlengalenga; munali okosijeni wokwanira kuti okwera asanu ndi mmodzi akhale ndi moyo kwa mlungu umodzi; chitetezo chokwanira kuti apulumuke kulowanso ngati gawoli linagwedezeka panthawi yoloweranso; ndi ma parachuti ndi matumba oyandama / okhudza khushoni omwe angatsatire gawoli ndi omwe akukhalamo atakhudzidwa ndi nthaka kapena madzi. Tsoka ilo, chitetezo chonsechi chinalipo kwa okwera okha - ogwira ntchito ku Black Stallion analibe njira yolowera mkati mwa gawo pambuyo ponyamuka, kupatula kupita kumlengalenga munjira ndikugwiritsa ntchito njira yosinthira.
    
  Macomber ndi Ox anali atavala zida zonse za Iron Man, suti yopepuka yopangidwa ndi BERP, kapena Ballistic Electron Reactive Process Material, yomwe inali yosinthika kotheratu, ngati nsalu, koma imateteza wovalayo poumitsa nthawi yomweyo kumphamvu kuwirikiza zana kuposa chitsulo. .pa mphamvu. Chovalacho chinali chosindikizidwa kwathunthu, kupereka chitetezo chabwino kwambiri ngakhale pazovuta kapena zoopsa, ndipo chinkaphatikizidwa ndi makina ambiri amagetsi amagetsi ndi mauthenga omwe ankatumiza deta kwa wovala pogwiritsa ntchito zowonetsera pazipewa za chisoti. Dongosolo la Tin Man lidakulitsidwanso ndi kachipangizo kakang'ono kamene kamapatsa wovalayo mphamvu, mphamvu, ndi liwiro lopitilira muyeso polimbitsa mayendedwe ake.
    
  Charlie Turlock - "Charlie" linali dzina lake lenileni, osati chizindikiro chake, mtsikanayo yemwe abambo ake adamupatsa dzina lachinyamata - sanavale chovala chamatabwa cha malata, koma amangovala suti yowuluka pamwamba pa chovala chopyapyala chamkati chotentha. ; adakwera m'chikwama chonyamula katundu kuseri kwa mipando yawo. Anali atavala chisoti chokhazikika cha ndege cha HAWC, chomwe chinkawonetsa chidziwitso ndi makompyuta pa visor yamagetsi yofanana ndi mawonedwe apamwamba a Tin Man. Wokwanira, wothamanga, komanso kutalika pang'ono, Turlock adawoneka kuti alibe malo mugawo lodzaza ndi ma commandos akulu akulu, koma adabwera ndi china chake chazaka zake mu Army Research Laboratory's Infantry Transformation Combat Lab yomwe idalipira kuchepera kwake. kukula kwa thupi.
    
  Atatuwo adawonera makanema apakompyuta olowera komwe adakonzekera mubwalo la ndege la Soltanabad Highway ku Persia. Makanemawa anagwiritsa ntchito zithunzi za sensa ya sensa ya nthawi yeniyeni kuti zijambule zenizeni za malo ndi chikhalidwe cha dera lomwe mukufuna, zodzaza ndi kulosera za zinthu monga anthu ogwira ntchito ndi kayendedwe ka galimoto kutengera zomwe zachitika kale, kuchuluka kwa kuwala, zolosera zanyengo komanso dothi. mikhalidwe. Ma commandos atatu omenyera nkhondowo adatalikirana pafupifupi mayadi makumi asanu, kuyandikira kwambiri kuti athe kuthandizana ngati kuli kofunikira, koma motalikirana motalikirana kuti asapatsane wina ndi mnzake ngati atapezeka kapena atachitidwa ndi mdani m'modzi.
    
  "Tsopano ndikuwona chotchinga, mtunda ndi mfundo imodzi mailosi asanu ndi limodzi," adatero Charlie. "Tsopano tikuyenda pamwamba pa dziwe. 'Goose' akuti kwatsala mphindi makumi atatu kuti ndegeyi inyamuke. "Goose" anali GUOS, kapena Grenade Unmanned Surveillance System, ndege yaing'ono yowuluka pafupifupi kukula kwa pini ya bowling yomwe idatulutsidwa kuchokera ku chikwama choyambitsa chikwama chomwe chimatumiza zithunzi zooneka ndi zosawoneka bwino kwa ma commandos pogwiritsa ntchito ulalo wotetezedwa.
    
  "Zikutanthauza kuti tatsalira," anadandaula motero Macomber. "Tiyeni tidule pang'ono."
    
  "Tili pa nthawi yake, bwana," ananong'oneza Vol.
    
  "Ndinati tinali kumbuyo, Sergeant Major," anatero Macomber. "Drone idzatha mafuta ndipo tikhalabe mkati mwazovuta kwambiri."
    
  "Ndakonza tsikwe wina," adatero Charlie. "Ndikhoza kuyendetsa izi-"
    
  "Liti? Kodi tidzayandikira liti kuti aku Iran amve?" Macomber anafuula. "Zinthu izi zili phokoso bwanji?"
    
  "Mukadabwera ku ziwonetsero zanga, Major, mukadadziwa," adatero Charlie.
    
  "Musandiyerekeze, kaputeni," adatero Macomber. "Ndikakufunsani funso, mundiyankhe."
    
  "Samva chilichonse kupitilira mayadi mazana angapo kuchokera pakuyatsa kwa injini," adatero Charlie, osabisa kukwiya kwake, "pokhapokha atakhala ndi zomvera."
    
  "Tikadakhala ndi chidziwitso choyenera ntchitoyi isanachitike, tikanadziwa ngati aku Iran ali ndi zomvera," a Maccomber adadandaulanso. "Tiyenera kukonzekera kuchedwetsa kukhazikitsidwa kwa drone mpaka titakhala pamtunda wamakilomita awiri m'malo atatu. Kodi mukumvetsa izi, Turlock?"
    
  "Ndamva," Charlie adatsimikizira.
    
  "Chotsatira chomwe ndikufunika ..." Macomber adayima atawona kuti chizindikirocho chidawonekeranso m'mphepete mwa mawonekedwe ake amagetsi. "Zowopsa, izi zabweranso. Vol, mwawona izi?"
    
  "Ndinaiona nthawi imeneyo, koma inazimiririka," anayankha Ng"ombe. "Ndikuyang'ana malo awa ... kukhudzana ndi zolakwika. Mwina kungowala kwakanthawi kochepa kwa sensor. "
    
  Macomber anati: "Vol, m"bukhu langa mulibe chinthu chonga "sensor spark"." "Chinachake patsogolo panu chikuchititsa kubwererako.
    
  "Ndamva," Vol anayankha. "Tikupita patsogolo." Anagwiritsa ntchito mbewa yaing"ono yokhala ndi gudumu kuti asinthe kumene kunali kanema wokajambulayo, akumadikirira mamita angapo aliwonse kuti kompyuta iwonjezere tsatanetsatane wopezeka ndi kupereka machenjezo owonjezereka a zimene zidzachitike m"tsogolo. Njirayi inali yochedwa chifukwa cha ntchito zonse zamakompyuta opanda zingwe, koma inali njira yokhayo yomwe anayenera kubwereza ntchito yawo ndikukonzekera kuthawa nthawi yomweyo.
    
  "Ife tikuyenera kukhala makomando - palibe chomwe chili ngati njanji," adatero Macomber. "Tili ndi cholinga ndi njira miliyoni miliyoni zokwaniritsira. Iyenera kukhala chidutswa cha mkate ndi zithunzi zokongola zonsezi zikuyandama patsogolo pathu - chifukwa chiyani izi zimandipweteka mutu? "Turlock kapena Vol sanayankhe - anali atazolowera kale madandaulo a Macomber. "Kodi pali chinanso, Vol?"
    
  "Konzekerani."
    
  "Zikuwoneka ngati matayala atangomaliza kuchapa," adatero Charlie. "Osati galimoto yozama kwambiri, pafupifupi kukula kwa Hummer."
    
  "Ichi ndi china chatsopano," adatero Macomber. Anayang'ana ma gwero a data. "Nzeru zatsopano zidatsitsidwa kuchokera mphindi khumi ndi zisanu zapitazi za SAR yotsika. Kuyenda mozungulira, ndingaganize. "
    
  "Palibe chizindikiro cha magalimoto."
    
  "Ndi chifukwa chake timachita izi, sichoncho ana? N"kutheka kuti mkulu wa asilikaliyo ananena zoona." Kwa onse a Vol ndi Turlock zidamveka ngati Macomber anali osamasuka kuvomereza kuti wamkuluyo atha kulondola. "Tiyeni tipitilize tione zomwe-"
    
  "Ogwira ntchito, uyu ndi MS," wamkulu wa mishoni, Marine Major Jim Terranova, adalowererapo pa intercom, "tayamba kuwerengera kuti tinyamuke, T-kuchotsa mphindi makumi asanu ndi zisanu ndi chimodzi ndikuwerengera pansi. Yambitsani mindandanda yanu yonyamuka musananyamuke ndikukonzekera lipotilo. "
    
  "Kumvetsetsa, S-One akumvetsera," Macomber anayankha ... kupatula, monga momwe iye mwini adadziwira modzidzimuka pang'ono, mawu ake adatuluka nthawi yomweyo youma, kukhosi ndi mawu, osakhoza kupuma mokwanira kuti mawuwo amveke. tuluka, milomo yake.
    
  Ngati panali chinthu chimodzi chomwe anyamatawo ku Advanced Aerospace Weapons Center ndi Air Force anali aluso kwambiri, Macomber anazindikira msanga, kunalidi kutengera makompyuta. Anyamatawa anali kuyerekezera chilichonse - pa ola lililonse la nthawi yeniyeni yowuluka, anyamatawa mwina anali ndi maola makumi awiri oyeserera pakompyuta yoyeserera kale. Makinawa anali kuchokera pamakompyuta osavuta apakompyuta okhala ndi mawonedwe azithunzi mpaka kuseketsa kokwanira kwa ndege zomwe zidachita chilichonse kuyambira kudontha madzimadzi amadzimadzi mpaka kusuta ndikugwira moto ngati mwachita cholakwika. Aliyense anali kuchita izi: oyendetsa ndege, kukonza, chitetezo, omenyera nkhondo, malo olamulira, ngakhale oyang'anira ndi othandizira nthawi zonse ankachita masewera olimbitsa thupi ndi kuyerekezera.
    
  Chiwerengero chachikulu cha ogwira ntchito ku Elliott ndi Battle Mountain AFBs, mwina gawo limodzi mwa magawo khumi mwa pafupifupi zikwi zisanu m'malo onse awiriwa, anali kuchita nawo mapulogalamu apakompyuta, ndipo malo ena apakompyuta achinsinsi ndi ankhondo omwe amagwirizana padziko lonse lapansi adapereka ma code atsopano, njira ndi ndondomeko. zipangizo; ndipo osachepera gawo limodzi mwa magawo atatu a ma code onse omwe ma super-secret super-geeks adalemba 24/7 anali okhudzana ndi zoyerekeza. Uwu unali ulendo wake weniweni wopita kumlengalenga, koma zoyerekeza zinali zenizeni komanso zambiri mwakuti adamva ngati adachitapo izi kambirimbiri m'mbuyomu ...
    
  ...mpaka pakali pano, pamene mkulu wa mishoni analengeza kuti kwatsala nthawi yosakwana ola limodzi kuti anyamuke. Anali wotanganidwa kwambiri kukonzekera kuyandikira ndikulowa ku Soltanabad - maola atatu okha okonzekera pomwe adafunikira masiku osachepera atatu ophunzitsidwa m'gulu lankhondo lanyengo! - kuti adayiwalatu kuti adzawulukira mumlengalenga kuti akafike kumeneko!
    
  Koma tsopano mfundo yochititsa mantha imeneyi yatikhudza kwambiri. Sanangonyamula zida zake mu C-17 Globemaster II kapena C-130 Hercules paulendo wamasiku angapo kupita ku bwalo la ndege lakutali pakati patali - adzaponyedwa mlengalenga pafupifupi mamailosi zana. , kenako ndikudutsa mumlengalenga mumlengalenga wankhanza musanatsike m'chipululu kumpoto chakum'mawa kwa Iran, komwe kunali kotheka kuti gulu lonse lankhondo la Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, gulu lankhondo lachigawenga laulamuliro wakale wateokratiki, likhoza kuyembekezera. iwo.
    
  M'nthaŵi yomwe zikanamutengera kuti angofika pamalo ake oyamba kudumpha polowera komwe akupita, ntchitoyi ikamalizidwa! Mfundo yosavuta imeneyi inali yodabwitsa kwambiri, pafupifupi yodabwitsa. Kupanikizana kwa nthawi kunali pafupi kwambiri kuti sikumvetsetse. Ndipo komabe, pano iye ali, atakhala mu chombo chenicheni - osati simulator - ndipo koloko ikupita. Pamene dzuŵa likutulukanso, ntchito imeneyi inali itatha ndipo anali kuŵerenga. Ikalowa m'njira yapadziko lapansi, imawulukira chapakati padziko lonse lapansi, kutera ku Iran, kuyiyang'ana, kunyamukanso, kupitanso kumalo otsika a Earth orbit, ndikuyembekeza kutera pamalo ochezeka ...
    
  ... kapena akanafa. Panali zinthu miliyoni zosayembekezereka ndi zosayerekezeka zomwe zingawaphe, limodzi ndi zinthu zana limodzi kapena zofananira zomwe amazichita tsiku ndi tsiku, ndipo ngakhale atadziwa kuti china chake chidzachitika, nthawi zina sakanatha. Kaya zonse zikhala bwino, kapena iwo adzakhala atafa...kapena zana zina zitha kuchitika. Chirichonse chimene chinachitika, zonsezo zinayenera kuchitika tsopano.
    
  Macomber ndithudi ankadzimva kuti ali pachiwopsezo ndi kusatsimikizika ... Zinkawoneka ngati mawu khumi ndi awiri - anthu ena, koma makompyuta ambiri - amalankhula naye nthawi imodzi, zonse zomwe zimafuna kutsimikiziridwa kapena kuchitapo kanthu kapena mawuwo angasinthe mofulumira kukhala "wofuna." Ngati sanayankhe mwamsanga, kompyuta. nthawi zambiri amamuwuza, ndipo m'malo mwake amakwiyitsa mawu amunthu - nthawi zambiri wamkulu wa mishoni, koma nthawi zina Brigadier General David Luger, wachiwiri kwa wamkulu, ngati zinali zovuta mokwanira - amabwereza zomwe akufuna.
    
  Iye anazolowera kuchita ndi kuchita bwino pansi pa kupsyinjika kwakukulu - icho chinali chodziwika bwino cha commando iliyonse yapadera - koma izi zinali zosiyana kwambiri: chifukwa pamapeto pa maphunziro onse osokonezeka, amatumiza bulu wake mumlengalenga! Terranova akuwoneka kuti adalengeza izi posachedwa pomwe Macomber adamva kuti Black Stallion iyamba kuyenda pomwe injini zinayi za Laser Pulse Missile System, kapena Leopards, ndi mphamvu zonse za turbofan, zidapangitsa ndegeyo kunyamuka mosavuta. Lake bed runway.
    
  Zipper samawopa kuwuluka, koma kunyamuka kunali gawo lowopsa kwambiri pakuwulukira kwa iye - mphamvu zonse kumbuyo kwawo, ma injini omwe amathamanga ndi mphamvu zonse zowononga matani amafuta pamphindi, phokoso logontha, kugwedezeka koyipa, koma ndege ikuyendabe pang'onopang'ono. Iye anali atachitapo zambiri za Black Stallion kunyamuka mu simulator ndipo ankadziwa kuti ziwerengero zomwe zimagwira ntchito ngakhale ndi chombo chomwe chinali m'mlengalenga chinali chochititsa chidwi, koma anali ndi mapini ndi singano mu gawoli.
    
  Kunyamuka koyamba kuchokera ku Dry Lake Bed Runway ku Elliott Air Force Base kunali kochititsa chidwi kwambiri - kukankha kwamphamvu pamene injini za LPDRS zinagwedezeka mpaka kukamenya nkhondo, kenako kukwera kothamanga, kokwezeka kwambiri pamtunda wopitirira mamita zikwi khumi . . Masekondi angapo oyamba onyamuka ndikunyamuka adawoneka ngati abwinobwino... koma zinali choncho. Pogwiritsa ntchito mphamvu zolimbana ndi turbojet, injini zinayi za LPDRS zidapanga mapaundi zana limodzi lililonse, zokongoletsedwa ndi zoyatsira zolimba za boma zomwe zidatenthetsa mafuta a jet isanayatse.
    
  Koma kunyamuka kochita bwino kwambiri sikunali kwachilendo kwa Whack kapena kwa ma commandos ambiri ndi ena omwe amawuluka ndikutuluka m'mabwalo a ndege a adani. Anawulutsa ndege zingapo zazikulu za C-17 Globemaster II ndi C-130 Hercules, pomwe adayenera kunyamuka pa liwiro lalikulu kuti atuluke m'mivi ya adani olimbana ndi ndege pafupi ndi njanjiyo, ndipo ndege izi zinali nthawi zambiri. zazikulu komanso zochepa kwambiri zaukadaulo kuposa Black Stallion. Panalibe chinthu china chowopsya kuposa kumverera kwa kukuwa, ndege yonyamula katundu ya C-17 Globemaster III ya mapaundi mazana asanu pa mchira wake, kumamatira ku phazi lililonse lamtunda.
    
  Magiya a Tin Man adamuthandizadi kuti thupi lake litenge zina mwazochulukira ndikumupatsanso mpweya wowona pomwe mtima wake komanso kupuma kwake kumadumpha pang'ono. Popeza kuti kukankhirako kunali kwamphamvu kwambiri komanso mpweya wochuluka kwambiri pamalo otsika kwambiri, zoyatsira ndi laser zinkafunika "kugwedezeka," kapena kuzimitsidwa ndi kuyatsa mofulumira, kuti injini zisamaphulike. Izi zidapanga "chingwe cha ngale" mumlengalenga wa Nevada omwe amachitira chiwembu ndi "Lake Hunters" -anyamata omwe adalowa mozemba m'malo oyeserera ndikuyembekeza kujambula ndege zobisika kwambiri kwa nthawi yoyamba - zogwirizana ndi kazitape wa Air Force. ndege, Aurora.
    
  Iwo anali ndi ndege yaifupi pa liwiro lapamwamba kwambiri pagombe la Pacific kupita kumalo opangira mafuta ndipo kenako adakumananso ndi tanker ya Air Force KC-77. Chinsinsi cha pulogalamu ya ndege ya Black Stallion inali kuthamangitsa ndege, komwe adalandira mafuta ochulukirapo a jet ndi oxidizer atangolowa munjira - m'malo moyambira kumtunda kwa zero kudera lakuda kwambiri la mlengalenga, adayamba kuwulukira mumlengalenga. kuchokera mapazi zikwi makumi awiri ndi zisanu ndi mfundo mazana atatu mumpweya wochepa kwambiri.
    
  Kuthamangitsa mafuta nthawi zonse kumawoneka kuti kumatenga nthawi yayitali pa ndege iliyonse yomwe Whack adawulukapo, makamaka ndege zazikulu zoyendera ma continental osiyanasiyana, koma Black Stallion idatenga nthawi yayitali chifukwa idafunikira ma refuelings atatu motsatana: woyamba kupaka mafuta akasinja, popeza sanali. kunyamuka ndi katundu wodzaza ndikufunika kuwonjezeredwa mafuta nthawi yomweyo; yachiwiri ndikudzaza zidebe zazikulu ndi boron hydrogen tetraoxide oxidizer - BOHM, yotchedwa "boom"; ndipo chachitatu - kuonjezeranso mafuta m'matanki amafuta asanayambe kukanikiza mlengalenga. Kudzaza matanki amafuta a injini ya JP-7 kunali kofulumira nthawi iliyonse, koma kudzaza matanki akuluakulu amafuta a BOHM kunatenga ola limodzi chifukwa kusakaniza kwa boron ndi hydrogen peroxide kowonjezera kunali kokhuthala komanso kwamadzi. Zinali zosavuta kumva kuti XR-A9 ikulemera komanso pang'onopang'ono pamene matanki amadzaza, ndipo nthawi zina woyendetsa ndegeyo amayenera kuyika zoyatsira pambuyo pa injini zazikulu za LPDRS kuti zigwirizane ndi tanker.
    
  Macomber adakhala nthawi akuyang'ana zosintha za intel zomwe zidatsitsidwa pamakompyuta ake omwe ali m'malo omwe akufuna ndikuwerenga mamapu ndi zidziwitso, koma adayamba kukhumudwa chifukwa zikuwoneka kuti palibe zatsopano zomwe zikubwera, ndipo kutopa kumamugwira. Zinali zoopsa. Ngakhale kuti sanafunikire kutulutsa mpweya wa okosijeni asanatuluke, monga momwe akanakhalira ngati atavala suti yokakamiza, sakanatha kuchotsa zipewa zawo panthawi yopangira mafuta; ndipo mosiyana ndi Vol, yemwe amatha kugona paliponse komanso nthawi iliyonse, monga pakali pano, Macomber samatha kugona asanayambe ntchito. Chifukwa chake adalowa mchikwama chake, cholumikizidwa ndi bulkhead, ndipo ...
    
  ... modabwa kwambiri ndi Turlock, adatulutsa mpira wa ulusi wofiira ndi singano ziwiri zolukira, pomwe zida zolukidwa zidakulungidwa kale! Anapeza kuti n'zosavuta modabwitsa kugwiritsira ntchito singano mu magolovesi a Tin Woodman onyamula zida, ndipo posakhalitsa adathamanga kwambiri ndipo anali pafupi ndi ntchito yake yachibadwa.
    
  "Ogwira ntchito, iyi ndi S-Two," Turlock anatero pa intercom, "anthu inu simukhulupirira izi."
    
  "Ichi ndi chiyani?" - adafunsa mkulu wa ndegeyo, Lieutenant Commander wa US Navy Lisette "Frenchie" Moulin, nkhawa idamveka m'mawu ake. Kaŵirikaŵiri panalibe makambitsirano ochepa kwambiri pothira mafuta m"sitimamo-kaŵirikaŵiri zimene zinkanenedwa pa intercom ya m"sitimayo zinali zamwadzidzi. "Kodi tikufuna kulumikizidwa ...?"
    
  "Ayi, ayi, SC, osati zadzidzidzi," adatero Charlie. Adatsamira pampando wake kuti awone bwino. Macomber adakhala kutsogolo kwake, mbali ina ya gawo la okwera, ndipo adalimbana ndi zoletsa zake kuti awone mawondo ake. "Komatu ndizodabwitsa. Chachikulu chikuwoneka ngati ... kuluka. "
    
  "Ndinenenso?" - Adafunsa Jim Terranova. Ndege ya Black Stallion inathamanga kwa kamphindi, ngati kuti mkulu wa zamlengalenga anadabwa kwakanthawi kotero kuti anatsala pang'ono kuwuluka m'malo opangira mafuta. "Mwati kuluka?" Kuluka...monga mkati, mpira wa ulusi, kuluka singano... kuluka ?"
    
  "Affirmative," adatero Charlie. Chris Wall, yemwe anali atakhala pafupi ndi Macomber, adadzuka ndikuyang'ana Macomber kwa masekondi pang'ono, zodabwitsa zikuwonekera ngakhale pachipewa chake ndi vest ya Tin Man, asanagone. "Ali ndi singano, mpira wofiira wa ulusi, 'ply one with two', chiwonetsero chonse. Martha wokonda Stuart ali pompano. "
    
  "Mukunama?" Terranova anatero. "Kodi nzika yathu yodya njoka ndi yoluka?"
    
  "Iye akuwonekanso wokongola kwambiri," adatero Charlie. Mawu ake anasintha kukhala a mwana wamng"ono: "Sindingathe kudziwa ngati akupanga chopukutira chokongola, kapena mwina ndi sweti yofunda ndi yabwino ya poodle yake ya Chifalansa, kapena mwina-"
    
  Mwachibwibwi chomwe Turlock anali asanachiwonepo, Macomber adatulutsa singano ina m'chikwama chake, natembenukira kumanzere, ndikuyiponya pa Turlock. Singanoyo inadutsa mbali ya kumanja ya chisoti chake ndipo inaboola mainchesi atatu kumutu kwa mpando wake.
    
  "Bwanji, mwana wapathengo...!" Anatero Turlock, akutulutsa singanoyo. Macomber adagwedeza zala zake zokhala ndi zida kwa iye, akuseka pansi pa chisoti chake chamaso, kenako adatembenuka ndikubwerera komwe adaluka.
    
  "N'chiyani chikuchitika kumeneko?" Moulin anafunsa mokwiya.
    
  "Ndimangoganiza kuti popeza woyendetsa ndegeyo amalankhula za mwana, mwina akufuna kuyesanso kuluka," adatero Zipper. "Mukufuna chinanso, Turlock?"
    
  "Vula chisotichi ndipo ndidzakubwezera pakati pa maso ako!"
    
  "Zitsiru inu siyani izi-sungani mwambo wa wailesi," analamula motero Moulin. "Chinthu chofunika kwambiri chothira mafuta ndi mpweya, ndipo zitsiru inu mumathamanga ngati ana amphuno. Macomber, ukulukadi?"
    
  "Bwanji ngati ndili amene ineyo? Zimandipumitsa."
    
  "Simunalandire chilolezo kwa ine chobweretsa zinthu zoluka m"bwato. Chotsani zoyipa zimenezo. "
    
  "Bwerera kuno udzandichitire, Frenchie." Panali chete. Macomber adayang'ana pa Vol - yekhayo pachombocho yemwe mwina atha kumukakamiza ngati akufuna - koma adawoneka ngati akugona. Zipper anali wotsimikiza kuti sizinali choncho, koma sanachitepo kanthu kuti alowererepo.
    
  "Inu ndi ine tidzakambitsirana pang"ono tikafika kunyumba, Macomber," anatero Moulin mwamantha, "ndipo ndidzakulongosolerani, m"mawu amene ndikuyembekeza kuti mungamvetse, mphamvu ndi mathayo a woyendetsa chombo-ngakhale. ngati kumafuna kumenya mathalauza mwachangu." bulu kuti athetse zimenezo."
    
  "Ndikuyembekezera izi, Frenchie."
    
  "Chabwino. Tsopano siyani chipwirikiticho, chotsani zida zonse zosaloleka mu gawo la okwera ndikuyimitsa macheza a intercom, kapena ndegeyi yatha. Kodi aliyense anamvetsa izi? Panalibe yankho. Macomber adagwedeza mutu, koma adayika pansi monga adalangizidwa, akumwetulira kumva kwa Turlock atayang'ana mokwiya kumbuyo kwa chisoti chake. Zina zonse zamafuta zidachitika ndi kuyimba kwanthawi zonse ndi mayankho.
    
  Mafutawo atamalizidwa, adayenda kumpoto m'mphepete mwa gombe pa liwiro lapamwamba kwambiri kwa ola limodzi, akuwuluka momasuka ndi KC-77 - tsopano tankayo imatha kuyenderana ndi Black Stallion chifukwa ndegeyo inali yolemera kwambiri. Adalumikizananso ndi tanki kuti ayambitsenso JP-7, zomwe sizinatenge nthawi, kenako tankiyo idabwerera kumunsi. "Mndandanda woyika ma Orbital wakonzedwa kuti ugwire, ogwira ntchito," adatero Terranova. "Mundidziwitse mndandanda wanu ukatha."
    
  "S-One, Wilco," adatero Macomber. Mndandanda wina. Anabweretsa mndandanda wamagetsi pamagetsi amagetsi a chisoti chake ndipo adagwiritsa ntchito cholozera cha maso ndi mawu kuti ayang'ane chinthu chilichonse, chomwe chimakhudza kupeza zinthu zotayirira, kuyang'ana mpweya wa okosijeni, kuwonjezereka kwa kanyumba, blah blah blah. Inali ntchito yachizoloŵezi yomwe kompyuta inkakhoza kuyang'ana mosavuta, ndiye n'chifukwa chiyani anthu amazichita okha? Mwinanso chinthu china chogwira mtima cha uinjiniya waumunthu chomwe chidapangitsa apaulendo kudzimva ngati anali chinthu china osati momwe analili: okwera. Zipper adadikirira mpaka Turlock ndi Vol atamaliza ndandanda yawo, adalemba kuti amaliza, kenako adati, "MC, S-One, mndandanda wathunthu."
    
  "Kuvomera. Mndandanda wamalizidwa apa. Ogwira ntchito, konzekerani kulowa munjira. "
    
  Zonse zinkamveka ngati zachizoloŵezi komanso zotopetsa, monganso magawo osatha a simulator omwe amamupangitsa, kotero Macomber adayambanso kuganizira za malo omwe akufuna ku Soltanabad. Zithunzi zosinthidwa za setilaiti zidatsimikiziranso kukhalapo kwa matayala olemera agalimoto, koma osawonetsa zomwe anali - aliyense amene analipo adachita ntchito yabwino kwambiri yobisa magalimoto kuti asawonekere pasetilaiti. Ma drones a Goose sanali abwinoko kuposa maukonde a radar pozindikira zigoli zing'onozing'ono, koma mwina akanayenera kukhala kutali ndi nsewu waukulu ndikutumiza ma Goose drones kuti awone mu nthawi yeniyeni isanachitike ...
    
  ... ndipo mwadzidzidzi injini za LPDRS zinayamba kuwotcha, osati mu turbojet mode, koma tsopano mu hybrid rocket mode, ndipo Macomber anaponyedwa mwadzidzidzi ndi mwankhanza kumbuyo kuno ndi tsopano. Palibe woyeserera yemwe angakukonzekereni kukankhira - zinali ngati kumenya sikelo ya mpira, kupatula kuti zinali zosayembekezereka, sikeloyo inakugundani m'malo mwa njira ina mozungulira, ndipo mphamvu yakukhudzidwa sikunasungidwe kokha, koma idakula ndi mphindi iliyonse. Posakhalitsa zinawoneka kwa iye kuti mzere wonse woukirawo ukumukakamiza, womwe posakhalitsa unalumikizidwa ndi chitetezo. Zipper adadziwa kuti atha kuyitanitsa ma data pamawu awo, kuthamanga, ndi mphamvu ya G, koma zomwe adatha kuchita ndikungoyang'ana pakuwongolera kupuma kwake kuti amenyane ndi zotsatira za G-force ndikusakomoka.
    
  Ma G-force amawoneka kuti atha kwa ola limodzi, ngakhale adadziwa kuti kulowetsa mu orbit kunatenga mphindi zisanu ndi ziwiri kapena zisanu ndi zitatu zokha. Kupsyinjika kutachepa, adatopa, ngati kuti wangomaliza kuthamanga masitepe a Academy Stadium nyengo ya mpira isanafike kapena kudutsa m'chipululu cha Iraq ndi chikwama cha mapaundi zana.
    
  Zikuoneka kuti kupuma kwake movutikira kunkamveka mokweza kwambiri pa intercom, chifukwa patapita nthawi Charlie Turlock anafunsa kuti, "Mukufunabe kulira ndi singano zanu zoluka, Macomber?"
    
  "Ndiluma ine".
    
  "Konzekerani chikwama chanu cha bafa, Major," Charlie anapitiriza mokondwera, "chifukwa sindidzakuyeretsani ngati mutalowa m"gawolo. Ndikukhulupirira kuti macho commando sanamwe mankhwala a matenda oyenda. "
    
  "Imitsani macheza ndikuyendetsa mndandanda wa 'After Orbital Insertion'," adatero Moulin.
    
  Kupuma kwa Macomber mwamsanga kunabwerera mwakale, mochuluka chifukwa cha manyazi kuposa khama la kufuna kwake. Iye anaganiza kuti zimenezi zinamukhudza mwadzidzidzi ndiponso movutirapo kuposa mmene ankayembekezera. Kubwereranso m'chizoloŵezi kungamuchotse maganizo ake pa nseru, ndipo Air Force inalibe kanthu ngati sichinayendetsedwe ndi mndandanda ndi ndondomeko. Anagwiritsa ntchito njira yake yoyang'ana maso kuti abweretse mndandanda woyenerera poyang'ana chizindikiro chaching'ono chomwe chili pamwamba kumanzere kwa visor yake yamagetsi ndi kunena ...
    
  ... koma m'malo mopereka lamulo, chomwe adatha kufinya chinali chotupa cha m'khosi mwake. Kusanthula visor yamagetsi ndi maso ake mwadzidzidzi kunamupatsa vuto lalikulu kwambiri la vertigo lomwe adakumana nalo - adamva ngati akuimitsidwa ndi akakolo ake kuchokera pa chingwe, mozondoka, mapazi zana kuchokera pansi. Iye sakanakhoza kuyimitsa kugwedezeka kwa kupota; anali atataya mphamvu zonse zokwera ndi zotsika. Mimba yake inkagwedezeka pamene kupotako kumakulirakulira, kuwirikiza chikwi kuposa kupota koipitsitsa ndi kupendekeka komwe adakhala nako paphwando loyipa kwambiri la moyo wake ...
    
  "Kulibwino vula chisoti cha Major, Frenchie," adatero Charlie, "chifukwa akuwoneka ngati watsala pang'ono kuwononga chakudya chamadzulo."
    
  "Tsatani iwe, Turlock," Macomber adafuna kunena, koma zonse zomwe zidatuluka zidangotuluka.
    
  "Ndiwe wopanda chisoti, S-One, kuthamanga kwa gawoli ndi kobiriwira," adatero Moulin. "Ndikukhulupirira kuti mwasunga thumba la masanzi - kusanza mu mphamvu yokoka ndi chinthu chonyansa kwambiri chomwe simunayambe mwachiwonapo m'moyo wanu, ndipo mukhoza kudwala kwambiri kuti musagwire ntchito yanu."
    
  "Zikomo kwambiri," adatero Macomber ndikukukuta mano, kuyesera kuchedwetsa zomwe sizingalephereke mpaka atachotsa chisoti chotembereredwa cha Tin Woodman. Mwanjira ina adatha kumasula chisoti chake - sanadziwe komwe chidayandama. Tsoka ilo, thumba loyamba lomwe adatha kufika silinali la matenda oyenda - chinali chikwama chake chomwe munali zida zake zoluka. Chodabwitsa komanso chodabwitsa, adazindikira mwachangu kuti masanzi amphamvu yokoka ziro sanachite monga momwe amayembekezera: m'malo modzaza pansi pa chikwama chake ndi chotupa chonyansa koma chowongolera, chinapindikanso kukhala mtambo wonunkha, wokhuthala kumbuyo kwake. , maso ndi mphuno.
    
  "Osatulutsa, Zipper!" - adamva Turlock akufuula kumbuyo kwake. "Tikhala ola lotsatira tikuyeretsa masanzi a module." Chifaniziro chaching'ono chimenecho sichinathandize kukhazikika m'mimba mwake ngakhale pang'ono, komanso fungo loyipa ndi kumverera kwa masanzi ofunda kufalikira nkhope yake mkati mwa thumba.
    
  "Pumula, munthu wamkulu," anamva mawu akunena. Anali Turlock. Anamasula zomangirazo n"kugwira mapewa ake, kukhazika mtima pansi kugwedezeka kwake ndipo anathandiza kumanga chikwamacho m"mutu mwake. Anayesa kukankhira manja ake kutali, koma iye anakana. "Ndinati pumulani, Impact. Zimachitika kwa aliyense, kaya ndi mankhwala kapena ayi."
    
  "Choka kwa ine, hule!"
    
  "Khala chete ndimvetsere kwa ine, bulu," anaumiriza Charlie. "Osadandaula ndi fungo. Kununkhira ndiko kuyambitsa. Chichotseni mu malingaliro anu. Chitani izi, kapena mudzakhala masamba kwa maola atatu otsatirawa. Ndikudziwa kuti inu a badass commandos mumadziwa kulamulira mphamvu zanu, kupuma kwanu, ngakhale minofu yanu yodzifunira kuti mupirire masiku osasangalatsa kumunda. Hal Briggs adapitilira kumenya nkhondo kwa mphindi zingapo atawomberedwa ndi aku Iran ... "
    
  "Fuck Briggs, ndikukuvutitsaninso!"
    
  "Samala, Macomber. Ndikudziwa kuti mukhoza kuchita. Tsopano ndi nthawi yotsegula zonse zomwe muli nazo. Muziganizira kwambiri za kununkhiza, kuzipatula n"kuzichotsa m"maganizo mwanu."
    
  "Simukudziwa zoyipa ..."
    
  "Ingochita zimenezo, Wayne. Inu mukudziwa zomwe ine ndikukuuzani inu. Ingokhala chete ndikuchita, apo ayi ukhala woledzera ngati uli pa bender masiku atatu. "
    
  Macomber anali akadali okwiya kwambiri ndi Turlock chifukwa chomuthandizira panthawi yomwe anali pachiwopsezo kwambiri, kumupezerapo mwayi, koma zomwe ananena zinali zomveka - mwachiwonekere amadziwa china chake chokhudza zowawa zomwe akukumana nazo. Kununkhira, chabwino? Iye anali asanaganizepo mozama chotero ponena za mphamvu yake ya kununkhiza-anaphunzitsidwa kukhala wosamala kwambiri ndi maso, phokoso, ndi mphamvu yachisanu ndi chimodzi yosadziŵika imene nthaŵi zonse imachenjeza za ngozi imene inali pafupi. Kaŵirikaŵiri fungo linali chinthu chosokoneza chimene sichikananyalanyazidwa. Zimitsani, phulitsa. Zimitsani.
    
  Mwanjira ina izo zinagwira ntchito. Iye ankadziwa kuti kupuma m"kamwa kumatsekereza kununkhiza kwake, ndipo atachita zimenezi, nseru yambiri inatha. M'mimba mwake munali mfundo zowawa komanso mafunde amphamvu amphamvu, zachiwawa ngati kuti wabayidwa m'mimba, koma tsopano chomwe chimayambitsa kupweteka koopsa kumeneku chinali chitazimiririka ndipo adayambanso kudziletsa. Matendawa anali osavomerezeka. Anali ndi gulu lomudalira, ntchito yoti akwaniritse - mimba yake yofooka kwambiri sinalepheretse gulu lake ndi cholinga chake. Makilogalamu angapo a minofu ndi minyewa sanathe kuwongolera. Malingaliro ndi mbuye, adadzikumbutsa, ndipo anali mbuye wa malingaliro.
    
  Patangopita nthawi pang"ono, m"mimba mwake mutatuluka ndipo fungo lake linazimiririka m"maganizo mwake, m"mimba mwake mwamsanga munayamba kubwerera mwakale. "Kodi muli bwino?" Anafunsa Charlie uku akumupatsa chopukutira.
    
  "Inde". Analandira chopukutiracho ndikuyamba kuyeretsa, koma adayima ndikugwedeza mutu. "Zikomo, Turlock."
    
  "Pepani chifukwa cha zachabechabe zomwe ndakuuzani za kuluka."
    
  "Ndimamva nthawi zonse."
    
  "Ndipo nthawi zambiri umathyola mutu wa wina chifukwa chakuseka iwe, kupatula kuti ndi ine ndipo sunandithyole mutu?"
    
  "Ndikanachita ngati ndikanakufikirani," anatero Wack. Charlie ankaganiza kuti ali serious mpaka anamwetulira ndikuseka. "Kuluka kumandipumitsa ndipo kumandipatsa mpata woti ndiwone amene akulowa mu zoyipa zanga ndi amene akundisiya ndekha."
    
  "Zikumveka ngati moyo wopanda pake, bwana, ngati simusamala kuti ndinene," adatero Charlie. Iye anagwedeza. Ngati muli bwino, imwani madzi ndikukhalabe ndi mpweya wabwino kwa kanthawi. Gwiritsani ntchito vacuum cleaner kuti muchotse masanzi aliwonse omwe mukuwona tisanabwerere, kapena sitiwapeza ndipo angasinthe kukhala ma projectiles. Ngati agwira zida zathu, anthu oipa amanunkhiza kuchokera patali mamita angapo."
    
  "Mukunena zoona, Tur ndi Charlie," adatero Wack. Pamene akubwerera kumpando wake, anawonjezera, "Uli bwino, Turlock."
    
  "Inde, ndine bwana," anayankha motero. Anapeza chisoti chake chitamatidwa penapake m'malo onyamula katundu kumbuyo kwa module yonyamula anthu ndikumubwezera. Osayiwala za izi. Kenako anatulutsa vacuum yoyeretsera pacharge station ndikumupatsanso. "Tsopano ukuwoneka ngati Martha Stewart, bwana."
    
  "Tengani nthawi, kaputeni," anakuwa, koma anamwetulira ndi kunyamula chotsukira chotsuka.
    
  "Inde, bwana." Anamwetulira, kugwedeza mutu ndikubwerera pampando wake.
    
    
  KUKANIDWA KWA PRESIDENT, BOLTINO, RUSSIA
  Patapita kanthawi
    
    
  Sikuti nthawi zonse ankakumana chonchi kuti apange chikondi. Purezidenti wa Russia Leonid Zevitin ndi Nduna Yachilendo Alexandra Khedrov ankakonda mafilimu apamwamba akuda ndi oyera ochokera padziko lonse lapansi, zakudya za ku Italy ndi vinyo wofiira wochuluka, choncho atatha tsiku lalitali la ntchito, makamaka pakakhala ulendo wautali, nthawi zambiri amakhala. antchito ena onse atathetsedwa ndikukhala limodzi. Anakhala okondana atangokumana koyamba pamsonkhano wa banki wapadziko lonse ku Switzerland pafupifupi zaka khumi zapitazo, ndipo ngakhale udindo wawo ndi kuwonekera kwa anthu zinawonjezeka, adakwanitsabe kupeza nthawi ndi mwayi wokumana.
    
  Ngati wina wa iwo adakhumudwa ndi mphekesera zonong'onezana za chibwenzi chawo, sadawonetse. Ma tabloids okha ndi mabulogu otchuka adalankhula za izi, ndipo anthu aku Russia ambiri sanamverepo chidwi - zowonadi, palibe aliyense ku Kremlin amene angagwedeze malirime awo pazinthu zotere komanso anthu amphamvu oterowo mokweza kuposa lingaliro labata. Khedrov anali wokwatiwa komanso mayi wa ana awiri akuluakulu, ndipo anali atazindikira kale kuti moyo wawo, komanso moyo wa mkazi ndi amayi wawo, tsopano unali wa boma, osati wawo.
    
  Dacha ya Purezidenti inali pafupi ndi chitetezo ndi zinsinsi monga chilichonse chomwe angayembekezere ku Russian Federation. Mosiyana ndi nyumba ya pulezidenti m'nyumba ya Senate ku Kremlin, yomwe inali yosadzikuza komanso yothandiza, dacha ya Zevitin kunja kwa Moscow inali yamakono komanso yokongola, yoyenera kwa akuluakulu onse amalonda apadziko lonse. Monga mwamuna mwiniwake, malowa adazungulira ntchito ndi bizinesi, koma poyang'ana poyamba zinali zovuta kufotokoza.
    
  Atawulukira ku Boltino kuchokera pabwalo la ndege la Purezidenti lomwe lili pafupi, alendo adasamutsidwa kupita kunyumbako ndi limousine ndikuperekezedwa kudzera pabwalo lalikulu kupita kuchipinda chachikulu chochezera komanso chodyeramo, choyang'aniridwa ndi ziwopsezo zazikulu zitatu komanso zokhala ndi zikopa zapamwamba komanso mipando ya thundu, ntchito za zojambulajambula zochokera padziko lonse lapansi, zithunzi zojambulidwa za atsogoleri a mayiko ndi zikumbukiro zochokera kwa anzake ambiri otchuka, ndi mazenera apansi mpaka pansi omwe amapereka malingaliro ochititsa chidwi a Pirogovskoye Reservoir. Alendo apadera adzaitanidwa kukwera masitepe opindika a miyala ya marble kupita kuzipinda zogona zachiwiri kapena kutsika kumalo osambira akuluakulu achiroma, dziwe lamkati, malo owonetsera mafilimu a HD okhala ndi mipando makumi atatu ndi chipinda chamasewera pabwalo loyamba. Koma zonsezi zinkangokhala gawo limodzi la chipindacho.
    
  Mlendo wodabwitsidwa ndi mawonekedwe owoneka bwino akunja kwa chipinda chachikulucho akanaphonya mdima wakuda, wopapatiza mbali yakumanja kwa bwalo, pafupifupi ngati chipinda chopanda chitseko, chomwe makoma ake opindika amapachikika zithunzi zazing'ono komanso zosawoneka bwino, zounikira ndi nyali zowala za LED. Koma ngati aliyense atati alowe m"chipindacho, akanatha kuonetsedwa mwamsanga koma mobisa kuti aone ngati ali ndi zida kapena zipangizo zomvetsera. Nkhope yake inkafufuzidwa ndipo detayo inkadutsa pakompyuta yodziwikiratu yomwe imatha kuzindikira ndi kusefa zinthu zobisika kapena zonyenga. Pambuyo podziwika bwino, chitseko chobisika mkati mwa dome chidzatsegulidwa kuchokera mkati, ndipo mudzaloledwa kulowa gawo lalikulu la dacha.
    
  Ofesi ya Zevitin inali yaikulu mofanana ndi chipinda chochezeramo ndi chipinda chodyeramo zitaphatikizidwa pamodzi, yaikulu moti gulu la akuluakulu ankhondo kapena nduna zikanatha kukambirana wina ndi mnzake kumbali imodzi ndipo osamveka ndi msonkhano waukulu wofanana wa alangizi a pulezidenti winayo-wosamveka kupatulapo ndi . Zida zojambulira zomvera ndi mavidiyo zomwe zimayikidwa m'gawo lonselo, komanso m'misewu, madera ndi misewu ya madera ozungulira. Tebulo la Zevitin, lopakidwa ndi mtedza ndi minyanga ya njovu, linkatha kukhala anthu asanu ndi atatu pa chakudya chamadzulo chokhala ndi zigongono zambiri. Makaseti a kanema ndi malipoti apawailesi yakanema ochokera m'magawo osiyanasiyana adawonekera paowunika khumi ndi awiri odziwika bwino muofesi yonseyo, koma palibe ndi imodzi yomwe inkawoneka pokhapokha Purezidenti atafuna kuwawona.
    
  Chipinda chapamwamba cha pulezidenti chinaperekedwa kuti chiwonetsedwe: chipinda chogona choyandikana ndi ofesi chinkagwiritsidwa ntchito ndi Zevitin nthawi zambiri; inalinso imene Alexandra ankaikonda, imene ankaiona kuti imasonyeza bwino munthuyo-idakali yaikulu, koma yotentha komanso mwina yapamwamba kuposa nyumba yonse yaikulu. Iye ankakonda kuganiza kuti iye anachita zimenezi chifukwa cha iye yekha, koma zimenezo zikanamuchititsa kudzikuza mopanda nzeru, ndipo nthawi zambiri ankadzikumbutsa kuti sayenera kuchita chilichonse mwa zinthu zimenezi ndi mwamuna ameneyu.
    
  Iwo anakwawira pansi pa nsalu za silika ndi duveti ya bedi lake atadya chakudya chamadzulo ndi mafilimu ndipo anangogwirana wina ndi mzake, akumwetulira ting'onoting'ono tagalasi ta brandy ndi kulankhula motsika, mawu apamtima pa chirichonse kupatulapo zinthu zitatu zomwe zinkawadetsa nkhawa kwambiri: boma, ndale ndi zachuma. Kuimba foni, akuluakulu kapena ayi, kunali koletsedwa; Alexandra sanakumbukire kuti adasokonezedwapo ndi wothandizira kapena kuyimbira foni, ngati kuti Zevitin atha kuyika dziko lonse lapansi chikomokere ali limodzi. Iwo ankagwirana wina ndi mzake nthawi ndi nthawi, kufufuza zilakolako zachete za wina ndi mzake ndikusankha popanda mawu kuti usiku uno unapangidwira kulankhulana ndi kumasuka, osati chilakolako. Anadziwana kwa nthawi yaitali, ndipo sanaganizepo zoti mwina mwamunayo sakukwaniritsa zofuna zake, kapena kuti mwina iye akumunyalanyaza. Anakumbatirana, kupsompsonana ndi kunena kuti usiku wabwino, ndipo panalibenso kukangana kapena kusasangalala. Zonse zinali momwe ziyenera kukhalira ...
    
  ... kotero zinali zodabwitsa kawiri kuti Alexandra adzuke kuchokera ku zomwe sanamvepo m'chipinda chino: kulira kwa foni. Phokoso lachilendo linamupangitsa kukhala pansi mwadzidzidzi pambuyo pa mphete yachiwiri kapena yachitatu; Posakhalitsa anazindikira kuti Leonid anali kale pa mapazi ake, nyali pa bedi anali kuyatsa, wolandirayo mbamuikha milomo yake.
    
  "Pitiriza," iye anatero, kenako anamvetsera, akumuyang"ana. Maso ake sanali okwiya kapena kunyodola kapena kuchita manyazi kapena kuchita mantha ngati kuti anali wotsimikiza kuti akewo. Mwachionekere ankadziwa bwino amene ankaimba foniyo komanso zimene ankanena. monga wolemba maseŵero akuonerera kubwereza kwa ntchito yake yaposachedwapa, iye anadikira moleza mtima zimene anadziŵa kale kuti zidzanenedwa.
    
  "Ichi ndi chiyani?" Adafunsa ndi milomo yokha.
    
  Anadabwa Zevitin atatambasula foni ija, n"kudula batani n"kuidula, n"kuyatsa speakerphone. "Bwerezani chomaliza, General," adatero, akumugwira ndikumuyang'anitsitsa.
    
  Mawu a General Andrei Darzov, akunjenjemera ndi kuzimiririka nthawi ndi nthawi chifukwa cha kusokonezedwa, ngati kuti akulankhula chapatali, amamvekabe momveka bwino: "Inde, bwana. Zolemba za KIK ndi zowongolera zoyezera zidazindikira kukhazikitsidwa kwa ndege yaku America panyanja ya Pacific. Inawulukira chapakati pa Canada ndipo idalowetsedwa bwino m'mphepete mwa Earth orbit pamwamba pa madzi oundana a Arctic ku Canada. Ngati ikhalabe momwe ilili pano, cholinga chake ndikum'mawa kwa Iran. "
    
  "Liti?" - Ndidafunsa.
    
  "Akhoza kuyambanso kulowa mu mphindi khumi, bwana," Darzov anayankha. "Atha kukhala ndi mafuta okwanira kuti akafike kumalo omwe akufuna kulowanso mukadutsa njira yonse, koma izi ndizokayikitsa popanda kukwera kwapakati pamlengalenga ku Iraq kapena Turkey."
    
  "Kodi mukuganiza kuti adazipeza?" Khedrov sankadziwa kuti "zimenezi" n"chiyani, koma ankaganiza kuti popeza Zevitin anamulola kuti azimvetsera zimene akukambiranazo, adziwa posachedwa.
    
  "Ndikuganiza kuti tiyenera kuganiza kuti adatero, bwana," adatero Darzov, "ngakhale akadazindikira dongosololi, ndikutsimikiza kuti McLanahan akadawuukira mosazengereza. Ayenera kuti angopeza kumene zomwe zikuchitika ndipo akubweretsanso luso losonkhanitsa nzeru kuti afufuze. "
    
  "Chabwino, ndikudabwa kuti zidawatengera nthawi yayitali," adatero Zevitin. "Zombo zawo zimawulukira ku Iran pafupifupi ola lililonse."
    
  "Ndipo awa ndi okhawo omwe tingawazindikire ndikutsata," adatero Darzov. "Atha kukhala ndi zina zambiri zomwe sitingathe kuzizindikira, makamaka ndege zopanda anthu."
    
  "Adzakhala liti pakati pathu, General?"
    
  Pakamwa Khedrov anatsegula, koma pansi pa chenjezo Zevitin sananene kanthu. Akuganiza chani...?
    
  "Podzafika nthawi yomwe ndegeyo idzawoloka chapansipansi, bwana, idzakhala itatha mphindi zisanu kuti ifike."
    
  Zevitin anadandaula kuti: "Damn, liwiro la chinthuchi ndi lodabwitsa. "Ndizosatheka kusuntha mwachangu motsutsana naye." Anaganiza msanga; kenako: "Koma ngati ndegeyo ikhalabe m"njira yozungulira m"malo mobwerera, idzakhala pamalo abwino. Tili ndi mwayi umodzi wokha. "
    
  "Chabwino, bwana," adatero Darzov.
    
  "Ndikuganiza kuti amuna anu akukonzekera kuukira, General?" Adafunsa mozama Zevitin. "Chifukwa ngati ndegeyo itera bwino ndikuyika magulu ake ankhondo a Tin Woodman - omwe tiyenera kuganiza kuti adzakhala nawo"
    
  "Inde bwana, tikuyenera."
    
  "- sitidzakhala ndi nthawi yonyamula katundu ndikutuluka mu Dodge."
    
  "Ngati ndikumvetsani bwino, bwana, inde, tidzataya dongosolo kwa iwo," adavomereza Darzov, osadziwa kuti "Evasion" inali chiyani kapena kuti, koma osadandaula kuti asonyeze umbuli wake. "Masewera atha."
    
  "Ndikuwona," adatero Zevitin. "Koma ngati sichibwereranso ndikukhalabe munjira, mukhala ndi nthawi yochuluka bwanji?"
    
  "Tiyenera kuyizindikira ndi masensa amagetsi amagetsi ndi zowunikira ma laser tikangodutsa m'chizimezime, pamtunda wa makilomita pafupifupi 1,800, kapena kuyenda kwa mphindi zinayi," adayankha Darzov. "Komabe, kuti tilondole bwino timafunikira radar, ndipo imakhala ndi malire amtunda wamakilomita mazana asanu. Chifukwa chake tikhala ndi mphindi ziwiri zopitilira muyeso wake wamakono. "
    
  "Mphindi ziwiri! Kodi nthawi ino yakwana?"
    
  "Ayi," adatero Darzov. "Tidzakhala ndi kufufuza kwa radar, koma tifunikabe kugunda chandamale ndi laser airborne, zomwe zingathandize kuwerengera kuwongolera koyang'ana mu kuwala kwa laser yaikulu. Izi siziyenera kutenga masekondi osapitilira makumi asanu ndi limodzi, bola ngati radar ikadalipo ndipo mawerengedwe oyenera apangidwa. Izi zitipatsa mwayi wowonekera kwa masekondi makumi asanu ndi limodzi. "
    
  "Kodi izi zidzakhala zokwanira kuzimitsa?"
    
  "Izi ziyenera kukhala, mwa zina, kutengera nkhondo zathu zam'mbuyomu," adayankha Darzov. "Komabe, nthawi yoyenera kuukira ndi pamene chandamale chili pamwamba. Pamene chandamale chikuyandikira m'chizimezime, mlengalenga umakhala wokhuthala komanso wovuta kwambiri, ndipo ma laser optics sangathe kubwezera izi mwachangu mokwanira. Ndiye-"
    
  Zevitin adati: "Zenera ndi laling'ono kwambiri. "Ndikumva, General. Chabwino, tiyenera kuchita zonse zomwe tingathe kuwonetsetsa kuti ndegeyo ikhalabe munjira yachiwiriyi. "
    
  Panali kupuma koonekera; ndiye: "Ngati ndingathandize m"njira iriyonse, mbuyanga, chonde musazengereze kundilankhula nane," anatero Darzov, mwachiwonekere samatsimikizira kotheratu za chimene akanachita.
    
  "Ndikudziwitsani, General," adatero Zevitin. "Koma pakadali pano, mutha kuchita nawo nkhondo. Ndikubwereza, mumaloledwa kuchita nawo ndewu. Chilolezo cholembedwa chidzatumizidwa ku likulu lanu kudzera pa imelo yotetezedwa. Ndidziwitseni ngati chilichonse chikusintha. Zabwino zonse".
    
  "Fortune amakonda olimba mtima, bwana. Sitingagonje tikamalimbana ndi mdani. Potulukira."
    
  Zevitin atangodula foni, Khedrov adafunsa kuti: "Kodi izi zikutanthauza chiyani, Leonid? Chikuchitikandi chiyani? Ndi chifukwa cha Phanar?
    
  "Tiyambitsa vuto m'mlengalenga, Alexandra," Zevitin anayankha. Anatembenukira kwa iye, kenako anathamangitsa zala za manja onse awiri kupyola tsitsi lake, ngati kuchotsa kwathunthu maganizo ake kuyambanso. "Anthu aku America akuganiza kuti ali ndi mwayi wopita kumlengalenga mopanda malire - tiwaponyera zopinga ndikuwona zomwe akuchita. Ngati ndimudziwa Joseph Gardner, ndipo ndikuganiza kuti ndikudziwa, ndikuganiza kuti agunda mabuleki a McLanahan, ndikuwamenya mwamphamvu. Angawononge mmodzi wa iwo eni kungoti aletse wina kupeza chipambano chimene iye sakanatha kudzinenera yekha."
    
  Alexandra anadzuka pabedi, nagwada patsogolo pake. "Kodi umakhulupirira kwambiri munthu uyu, Leonid?"
    
  "Ndikukhulupirira kuti ndamudziwa munthu uyu."
    
  "Nanga bwanji akazembe ake?" - adafunsa mwakachetechete. "Nanga bwanji McLanahan?"
    
  Zevitin anagwedeza mutu, kuvomereza mwakachetechete kukayika kwake pa izi. "Galu waku America wakuukira ali pa leash ndipo akuwoneka kuti wavulala ... panthawiyi," adatero. "Sindikudziwa kuti nditha kuyembekezera nthawi yayitali bwanji. Tiyenera kulimbikitsa Gardner kuti alepheretse McLanahan ... kapena akhale okonzeka kuchita tokha. Anatenga foni. " Ndilumikizeni kwa Purezidenti waku America Gardner nthawi yomweyo pa hotline."
    
  "Mukusewera masewera oopsa, sichoncho?" - Khedrov adafunsa.
    
  "Zowona, Alexandra," Zevitin anatero, akuyendetsa zala za dzanja lake lamanzere m'tsitsi lake pamene ankayembekezera. Anamva manja ake akutsika kuchokera pachifuwa chake mpaka pansi pa chiuno chake, posakhalitsa akukoka zovala zake zamkati kenako ndikumusisita ndi manja ake ndi pakamwa, ndipo ngakhale adamva kulira ndi kugunda kwa satellite yolumikizirana mwachangu kusamutsa kuyimbira foni ku hotline ku Washington. , sanamuletse. "Koma zowopsa ndizokwera kwambiri. Russia sangalole kuti anthu aku America azitenga ulamuliro. Tiyenera kuwaletsa ndipo uwu ndi mwayi wathu wabwino kwambiri pompano. "
    
  Posakhalitsa, kuyesayesa kwa Alexandra kunakula mu kufatsa ndi kufulumira, ndipo Zevitin ankayembekezera kuti Gardner anali wotanganidwa mokwanira kuti amulole kukhala naye kwa mphindi zingapo. Podziwa Purezidenti waku America momwe analili, adadziwa bwino kuti akhoza kusokonezedwa mwanjira imeneyi.
    
    
  PA BOARD PLANE ONE KU SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES
  NTHAWI YOMWEYO
    
    
  Atapuma pampando wake watsopano wokwezeka padesiki muofesi yayikulu m'ndege yoyamba ya Air Force panjira yopita ku "Southern White House" pafupi ndi St. Petersburg, Florida, Purezidenti Gardner adaphunzira pachifuwa chake chokwanira komanso chowoneka bwino kumbuyo. ogwira ntchito sergeant yemwe anali atangobweretsa mphika wa khofi ndi tirigu muofesi yake. Iye ankadziwa kuti ankamufufuza chifukwa nthawi ndi nthawi ankangomuyang'ana n'kumumwetulira mokomoka. Iye anali ndi nyuzipepala m"chifuwa mwake, koma iye anatsamira mokwanira kungoiwonera iyo mosazindikirika. Inde, iye anaganiza kuti sanafulumire kutaya zinthu zake. Damn, bulu bwanji ...
    
  Atangotsala pang'ono kusuntha ndikumuyitana kuti abweretse mawere ndi bulu pa desiki yake yayikulu, foni idaitana. Anayesedwa kukanikiza batani la DND, kudzitemberera kuti sanachite izi atamaliza msonkhano wake womaliza ndi ogwira nawo ntchito ndikukhazikika, koma china chake chinamuuza kuti ayankhe foniyi. Monyinyirika anatenga foni. "Inde?" - Ndidafunsa.
    
  "Pulezidenti wa Chitaganya cha Russia Zevitin akukuyimbirani telefoni, bwana," anayankha motero mkulu wa zolankhulanayo. "Akuti ndi zachangu."
    
  Anagwira batani losalankhula lomwe linali pa cholandilira, nabuula mokweza, kenako n"kulitsinzinitsa woyendetsa ndegeyo. "Bwerani pakadutsa mphindi khumi ndi zida zatsopano, chabwino, Staff Sergeant?"
    
  "Inde, bwana," anayankha mwansangala. Iye anaima momuyang"ana, akutulutsira pachifuwa chake kwa iye, asanamuwone moipa, akutembenukira pang"onopang"ono chidendene chake, nachokapo.
    
  Iye ankadziwa kuti anamukokera, iye anaganiza mosangalala pamene ankamasula batani. "Ndipatseniko kamphindi, Ma Signals," iye anatero, akuweramira ndudu.
    
  "Inde, bwana."
    
  Damn, Gardner anatemberera pansi, gehena akufuna chiyani Zevitin tsopano? Anakankha belu kuti ayimbire mkulu wake wantchito, Walter Cordus. Anati aganizirenso ndondomeko yomwe adakhazikitsa poyankha nthawi yomweyo mafoni a Zevitin, ankaganiza - anayamba kulankhula naye pafupifupi tsiku lililonse. Masekondi makumi asanu ndi anayi ndi theka pambuyo pake, ndudu: "Mulumikizeni, zizindikiro," iye analamula motero, kuzimitsa nduduyo.
    
  "Inde, Mr. President." Kanthawi pang'ono: "Purezidenti Zevitin pamzere, chitetezo, bwana."
    
  "Zikomo, zizindikiro. Leonid, uyu ndi Joe Gardner. Zikukuyenderani bwanji?"
    
  "Ndili bwino, Joe," Zevitin anayankha mwamawu osasangalatsa. "Koma ndili ndi nkhawa, bambo, ndida nkhawa kwambiri. Ndimaganiza kuti tinali ndi mgwirizano. "
    
  Gardner adadzikumbutsa kuti azikhala osamala polankhula ndi munthuyu - adamveka ngati waku America kuti atha kuyankhula ndi wina wochokera kugulu la Congress ku California kapena mtsogoleri wina wamgwirizano ku Indiana. "Mukunena chiyani, Leonid?" Mkulu wa asilikali analowa mu ofesi ya a President ndipo anatenga foni yamkati yomwe inaduka kuti amve ndipo anayatsa kompyuta yake kuti ayambe kulemba notsi ndikupereka ma order ngati kuli koyenera.
    
  "Ndinkaganiza kuti tagwirizana kuti tizidziwitsidwa nthawi iliyonse mukawuluka ndege za m'mlengalenga, makamaka ku Iran," adatero Zevitin. "Izi ndi zodetsa nkhawa kwambiri, Joe. Ndikugwira ntchito molimbika kuyesa kuthetsa vuto ku Middle East ndikusunga olimba m'boma langa kuti agwirizane, koma zochita zanu ndi Black Stallions zimangothandiza-
    
  "Dikira, Leonid, dikira," Gardner adamudula mawu. "Sindikudziwa zomwe ukunena. Ndi ntchito zotani pa ng'ombe yakuda?"
    
  "Joe, kodi ukuganiza kuti sitikuchiwona?" Ukuganiza kuti n"chosaoneka?
    
  "Kodi imodzi mwa ndege zomwe zikuwuluka ku Greenland?"
    
  "Zafika kum'mwera chakumadzulo kwa China tsopano, Joe, malinga ndi njira zathu zowunikira komanso kuyang'anira malo," adatero Zevitin. "Bwerani, Joe, ndikudziwa kuti simungalankhule za ntchito zankhondo zachinsinsi zapano, koma sizovuta kuganiza zomwe achita, ngakhale ndi ndege ya Black Stallion. Makina opangidwa ndi orbital ndi odziŵikatu monga mmene dzuŵa likutuluka ndi kulowa."
    
  "Leonid, ine-"
    
  "Ndikudziwa kuti simungathe kutsimikizira kapena kukana chilichonse - simukuyenera kutero, chifukwa tikudziwa zomwe zichitike," Zevitin anapitiriza. "Mwachiwonekere, munjira yotsatira, pafupifupi mphindi makumi asanu ndi anayi, ikhala molunjika ku Iran. Tikuyembekeza kuti iyamba kuyenda mozungulira pafupifupi mphindi makumi anayi ndi zisanu, zomwe zidzatengere molunjika ku Nyanja ya Caspian pamene injini zake zam'mlengalenga ndi kayendetsedwe ka ndege zidzayamba kugwira ntchito. Zikuwoneka kuti muli paulendo wopita ku Iran, Joe. Ndinkaganiza kuti tinali ndi mgwirizano: tichotse Iran pamene tikukonzekera njira yothetsera nkhondo ndi kupha akuluakulu osankhidwa aku Iran. "
    
  "Dikirani, Leonid. Kamphindi chabe." Gardner adadina batani losalankhula. "Mtengereni Conrad kuno," adalamula, koma Cordus anali atadina kale batani kuti atchule National Security Advisor. Gardner adatulutsa batani losalankhula. "Leonid, ukunena zowona, sindingathe kunena za maopaleshoni apano. Muyenera kutero-"
    
  "Joe, sindikuyimbira foni kuti tikambirane chilichonse. Ndikukuwuzani kuti titha kuwona imodzi mwa ndege zanu zomwe zikuzungulira pompano, ndipo sitinadziwe kuti muyiyambitsa. Pambuyo pa zonse zomwe takambirana m'masabata angapo apitawa, sindikukhulupirira kuti mungandichitire izi. Akadziwa izi, nduna yanga ndi a Duma adzaganiza kuti ndapusitsidwa ndipo adzandikakamiza kuti ndichitepo kanthu, apo ayi nditaya chilimbikitso chonse chazochita zathu pamodzi ndi ubale womwe wanditengera miyezi kuti nditukuke. Unatulutsa chiguduli pansi panga, Joe."
    
  "Leonid, ndili ndi msonkhano wofunikira ndipo ndiyenera kumaliza zomwe ndikuchita kaye," Purezidenti adanama, ndikuyimilira mopanda chipiriro ndikukana kukuwa kunja kwa chitseko kuti Carlisle ndi Cordus amuuze chomwe gehena chinali. kupitirira. "Ndikutsimikizirani kuti sitikuchitapo kanthu motsutsana ndi Russia kulikonse mwanjira ina iliyonse-"
    
  "'Ku Russia?' Izi zikuwoneka ngati zosokoneza kawiri, Joe. Zikutanthauza chiyani? Ukuyamba opareshoni ndi munthu wina?"
    
  "Ndiroleni ndikonzetse desiki langa ndimalizitse zachidulechi, Leonid, ndikuwuzani mwachangu. ndidza-"
    
  "Ndinkaganiza kuti tinali ndi mgwirizano, Joe: maulendo apandege ofunikira okha mpaka titakhala ndi mgwirizano woyendetsa ndege zankhondo," adatero Zevitin. "Monga momwe tingadziwire, ndege ya m'mlengalenga siimaima ndi malo okwerera mlengalenga, chifukwa chake iyi si ntchito yoyendera. Ndikudziwa kuti zinthu nzoyipa ku Iran ndi Iraq, koma zoyipa zomwe zimapangitsa kuti pakhale mantha poyambitsa Black Stallion? sindikuganiza ayi. Ili ndi tsoka lathunthu, Joe. Ine ndiwonongedwa ndi a Duma ndi akuluakulu ankhondo-"
    
  "Osachita mantha, Leonid. Pali kulongosola komveka komanso kosavulaza konse. Ndikuyimbiraninso posachedwa momwe ndingathere ndipo-"
    
  "Joe, uyenera kukhala wolunjika ndi ine, apo ayi sindingathe kulamulira atsogoleri otsutsa komanso akuluakulu ena amphamvu - onse adzafuna kufotokozera ndi kuyankha motsimikiza mtima womwewo," adatero Zevitin. "Ndikalephera kuwapatsa yankho lomveka bwino, ayamba kufunafuna okha. Mukudziwa kuti ndikutsamira pa ulusi pano. Ndikufuna mgwirizano wanu, apo ayi zonse zomwe takhala tikugwirirapo ntchito zitha kuwonongeka. "
    
  "Ndikuyitananso, Leonid," adatero Gardner. Koma ndikukutsimikizirani, ndikulumbirira ulemu wanga, palibe chomwe chikuchitika. Palibe chilichonse ".
    
  "Ndiye akazembe athu ndi owonera pansi ku Tehran sayenera kuda nkhawa kuti mzinga wina wa hypersonic udzagunda padenga nthawi iliyonse?"
    
  "Osachita nthabwala za izi, Leonid. Sizidzachitika. Ndikuyitananso". Anadula foni mopanda chipiriro, kenaka anapukuta mikanda ya thukuta mkamwa mwake. "Walter!" - adafuula. "Iwe gehena uli kuti? Conrad ali kuti?"
    
  Alangizi awiri adathamangira muofesi ya wamkulu patangopita nthawi pang'ono. "Pepani, Bambo Purezidenti, koma ndimatsitsa lipoti laposachedwa kwambiri la ndegeyi kuchokera ku Strategic Command," Mlangizi wa National Security Conrad Carlisle adatero. "Iyenera kukhala pa kompyuta yanu." Anapeza kompyuta ya pa desiki ya pulezidenti, natsegula malo osungiramo mafayilo otetezedwa, ndipo mwamsanga anasanthula zomwe zinali mkatimo. Inde, General Cannon, Mtsogoleri wa US Strategic Command, adavomereza kukhazikitsidwa kwa ndege ya m'mlengalenga pafupifupi maola anayi apitawo, ndipo ntchitoyo idavomerezedwa ndi Secretary Turner.
    
  "Chifukwa chiyani sindinadziwitsidwe za izi?"
    
  "Ntchitoyi ikufotokozedwa ngati 'chizolowezi,' bwana," adatero Carlisle. "Okwera awiri, atatu okwera, amazungulira 6 kuzungulira Dziko Lapansi ndikubwerera ku Elliott Air Force Base, nthawi yonse yothawirako maola khumi."
    
  "Ichi ndi chiyani, joyride yoyipa? Kodi apaulendowa ndi ndani? Ndinangoyitanitsa mamishoni akulu! Kodi chikuchitika ndi chiyani? Ndinkaganiza kuti ndatera ndege zonse za m"mlengalenga."
    
  Carlisle ndi Cordus anakambirana modabwitsa. "Ine ... sindikudziwa za dongosolo la ndege, bwana," Carlisle anayankha mofooka. "Munakumbukira ophulitsa mabomba a SKYSTREAKE kuchokera pamaulendo awo, koma osati ntchito yamlengalenga ..."
    
  "Ndinali ndi mgwirizano ndi Zevitin, Conrad: palibenso kuwulutsa kwa ndege popanda kumudziwitsa kaye," adatero Gardner. "Akuchita misala ponena za kukhazikitsidwa kwake, inenso nditero!"
    
  Pamaso pa Carlisle adasefukira ndipo pakamwa pake adatseguka ndikutseka mosokonezeka. "Pepani, Joe, koma sindikudziwa za mgwirizano womwe tapangana ndi Zevitin kuti amudziwitse chilichonse chokhudzana ndi ndege," adatero pomaliza. "Ndikudziwa kuti wakhala akufuna izi - akulankhula mokweza mawu padziko lonse lapansi za momwe ndege zilili pachiwopsezo pamtendere ndi chitetezo padziko lonse lapansi chifukwa zitha kuganiziridwa kuti ndi ICBM, ndipo akufuna kuti timudziwitse tisanayambitse imodzi mwazo - " koma panalibe mgwirizano wokhazikika pa - "
    
  "Kodi sindinauze Cannon kuti awonetsetse kuti ndege zam'mlengalenga ndi zida zilizonse zakuthambo sizilowa mumlengalenga, ngakhale zitatanthauza kuzisiya pansi?" Purezidenti anabingula. "Ayenera kukhala kunja kwa mlengalenga wa dziko lililonse nthawi zonse. Kodi sindinapereke dongosolo ili?"
    
  "Chabwino...Inde, bwana, ndikukhulupirira kuti munatero," Cordus anayankha. Koma ndege za m"mlengalenga zimauluka mosavuta m"mlengalenga wa dzikolo. Iwo akhoza-"
    
  "Kodi angachite bwanji zimenezi?" - adafunsa Purezidenti. "Tili ndi mlengalenga wokhala ndi malire kuchokera kumtunda mpaka kosatha. Ndege yodziyimira payokha ndi malo onse amlengalenga padziko lonse lapansi. "
    
  "Bwana, monga tidakambirana kale, pansi pa pangano la Outer Space Treaty, palibe dziko lomwe lingalepheretse kulowa kapena kuyenda mumlengalenga," Carlisle adakumbutsa Purezidenti. "Mwalamulo, danga limayamba pamtunda wa makilomita zana kuchokera padziko lapansi. Ndege ya m'mlengalenga imatha kukwera mumlengalenga mwachangu ikamadutsa mayiko okondana, nyanja yotseguka, kapena kunyamula ayezi, ndipo ikafika pamenepo, imatha kuwuluka popanda kuphwanya mlengalenga wa aliyense. Iwo amachita izi-"
    
  "Sindikudandaula zomwe pangano lachikale la zaka makumi anayi likunena!" - Purezidenti adagunda. "Takhala tikukambirana kwa miyezi yambiri ndi Zevitin ndi United Nations kuti tipeze njira yochepetsera nkhawa zomwe anthu ambiri padziko lonse lapansi amamva ponena za kayendetsedwe ka ndege ndi masiteshoni, popanda kuchepetsa mwayi wathu wopita kumalo kapena kuwulula. zachinsinsi. Mpaka pamene tinapezapo kanthu kena, ndinafotokoza momveka bwino kuti sindinkafuna kuti ndege za m"mlengalenga ziziyenda mozungulira, zomwe zimachititsa anthu mantha komanso kusokoneza kukambirana. Utumwi wofunikira wokha, ndipo izi zidatanthawuza kubwezeretsanso komanso ngozi zadzidzidzi - ndidayenera kuvomereza ndekha ntchito zina zonse. Kodi ndalakwitsa, kapena sindinavomereze maulendo ena apamlengalenga posachedwa?
    
  "Bwana, General Cannon ayenera kuti adawona kuti ndizofunikira kwambiri kuti ayambe ndegeyi popanda-"
    
  "Popanda chilolezo changa? Kodi akuganiza kuti akhoza kungowulukira mumlengalenga popanda chilolezo cha aliyense? Kodi ngozi ili kuti? Kodi ndege ya m'mlengalenga ikupita kudoko ndi malo okwerera mlengalenga? Kodi okwera atatuwo ndi ndani? Umadziwanso?"
    
  "Ndilumikizana ndi General Cannon, bwana," adatero Carlisle, akunyamula foni. "Ndidziwa zonse posachedwa."
    
  "Izi ndi maloto owopsa! Izi zikuchoka m'manja!" - Purezidenti adagunda. "Ndikufuna kudziwa yemwe wachititsa izi ndipo ndikufuna bulu wake atuluke! Mukundimva Kodi? Pokhapokha ngati nkhondo italengezedwa kapena kuukiridwa ndi alendo, ndikufuna kuti aliyense amene ali ndi mlandu wamatsenga awa akhale zamzitini! Ndikufuna kulankhula ndi Cannon ndekha! "
    
  Carlisle anayika dzanja lake pa foni pamene ankadikira ndipo anati, "Bwana, ndikupempha kuti tilankhule ndi General Cannon. Khalani kutali ndi izi. Ngati ndi ndege yophunzitsira kapena china chake, simukufuna kuti muwoneke ngati mukuuluka mumlengalenga, makamaka mutangolankhula ndi Purezidenti waku Russia. "
    
  "Izi ndizovuta, Conrad, ndipo ndikufuna kufotokozera akuluakulu anga kuti ndikufuna kuti ndegezi ziziyendetsedwa mwamphamvu," adatero Purezidenti.
    
  "Kodi ukutsimikiza kuti umu ndi momwe ukufunira, Joe?" Cordus anafunsa ndi mawu abata. "Kufikira mlembi wakale Turner kuti anyoze wamkulu wa nyenyezi zinayi sikunayende bwino. Ngati mukufuna kumenya wina, sankhani Turner - ndiye anali womaliza pakukhazikitsa ndege. "
    
  "O, ndipatsanso Turner malingaliro anga, mutha kubetcherana," Purezidenti adatero mokwiya, "koma Cannon ndi munthu wina wa nyenyezi zitatu uja-"
    
  "Lieutenant General Backman, Commander, CENTAF."
    
  "Zilibe kanthu. Cannon ndi Backman andimenya nkhondo molimbika komanso motalika kwambiri pamalingaliro a McLanahan's Space Defense Force, ndipo nthawi yakwana yowabwezeretsanso panjira, kapena bwino, kuwachotsa. Ndiwo omaliza mwa chikhulupiriro cha Martindale Pentagon, ndipo amafunikira zida zam'mlengalenga chifukwa zimalimbitsa maufumu awo. "
    
  "Ngati mukufuna kuti apite, tidzawachotsa - onse akugwira ntchito mwachisangalalo cha mkulu wa asilikali," adatero Cordus. "Koma akadali akuluakulu amphamvu komanso otchuka, makamaka pakati pa ma congressmen omwe amathandizira pulogalamu ya danga. Akhoza kukankhira zolinga zawo ndi zolinga zawo pamene amavala yunifolomu yawo, koma monga onyansidwa ndi onyansidwa ndi akuluakulu opuma pantchito, adzakuukirani poyera komanso payekha. Osawapatsa chifukwa. "
    
  "Ndikudziwa momwe masewerawa amaseweredwa, Walter-gehena, ndinapanga malamulo ambiri," adatero Purezidenti mokwiya. "Sindimachita mantha ndi akazembe, ndipo sindiyenera kuda nkhawa ndikuyenda mozungulira iwo - ndine wamkulu wankhondo. Lumikizani Turner pamzere nthawi yomweyo. " Adatambasula foni ija mmanja mwa National Security Advisor. "Zizindikiro, chikuchitika ndi chiyani? Cannon ali kuti?
    
  "Konzekerani, bwana, ayenera kulumikizana nthawi iliyonse." Mphindi zochepa pambuyo pake: "Mfuti ili pano, yotetezedwa."
    
  "General Cannon, uyu ndi Purezidenti. N"chifukwa chiyani munalola kuti ndege ya m"mlengalenga iyi iuke popanda chilolezo changa?"
    
  "Ah ... masana abwino, bwana," Cannon adayamba, modabwa. "Monga ndidafotokozera Mlembi wa Chitetezo, bwana, iyi ndi ndege yokhazikika pomwe tikudikirira chivomerezo chomaliza cha utumwi ku Iran. Ndi chombo chozungulira, ngati titavomerezedwa, zingakhale zosavuta kubweretsa antchito, kugwira ntchito yawo, ndi kuwatulutsanso. Izi zikadapanda kuvomerezedwa, zikadakhala zosavuta kuwabweza ku maziko. "
    
  "Sindinalamula mwachindunji kuti palibe ndege yodutsa malire akunja popanda chilolezo changa."
    
  "Bwana, monga mukudziwira, ndege ya m'mlengalenga ikafika pamtunda wamakilomita makumi asanu ndi limodzi, i-"
    
  "Musandipatse zachabechabe za Outer Space Treaty!" anabingula President. "Kodi ndikufotokozereni? Sindikufuna kuti ndege ziziyenda mozungulira pokhapokha ngati zithandizira malo okwerera mlengalenga kapena ndi ngozi yadzidzidzi, ndipo ngati kuli ngozi yadzidzidzi ndi bwino kukhala wamkulu! Dziko lonse lapansi likuganiza kuti tikukonzekera kuyambitsa ziwopsezo kuchokera mumlengalenga ... zomwe zikuwoneka ndendende zomwe mukukonzekera kumbuyo kwanga! "
    
  "Sindikubisira aliyense chilichonse, bwana," anatero Cannon. "Popanda kulamula m"malo mwake, ndinayambitsa ndege za m"mlengalenga mwakufuna kwanga ndi kulamula mwamphamvu kuti pasapezeke munthu woti adutse ndege ina iliyonse. Ili ndiye lamulo langa lochokera kwa Secretary of Defense. Malangizo awa adatsatiridwa mpaka kalata.
    
  "Chabwino, ndikuchotsani ulamuliro wanu, General," Purezidenti adatero. "Kuyambira tsopano, kuyenda kulikonse kwa chombo chilichonse kudzafuna chilolezo changa chodziwikiratu ndisanaphedwe. Kodi ndikudziwonetsera ndekha, General? Kuli bwino osatumiza khoswe m'mlengalenga popanda chilolezo changa!"
    
  "Ndamva, bwana," adatero Cannon, "koma sindikupangira izi."
    
  "KODI? Kulekeranji?"
    
  "Bwana, kukhalabe ndi ulamuliro woterewu pamtundu uliwonse wankhondo ndikowopsa komanso kowononga, koma ndikofunikira kwambiri pamakina otsegulira malo," adatero Cannon. "Magulu ankhondo amafunikira mtsogoleri m'modzi kuti achite bwino, ndipo ameneyo ayenera kukhala wamkulu wa zisudzo yemwe ali ndi mwayi wodziwa zambiri kuchokera kumunda. Ma Spaceplanes ndi makina athu onse otsegulira malo adapangidwa kuti azithamanga kwambiri komanso kusinthasintha, ndipo mwadzidzidzi ataya zonse ngati mphamvu yomaliza ikadali ndi Washington. Ndikupangira kuti musatengere lamulo la machitidwewa. Ngati simukukondwera ndi zisankho zanga, bwana, ndiye ndikukumbutseni kuti mutha kundichotsa ntchito ndikusankha mkulu wina wa zisudzo kuti aziwongolera ndege ndi zida zina zowulutsira.
    
  "Ndikudziwa bwino zaulamuliro wanga, General," adatero Gardner. "Chosankha changa chilibe."
    
  "Inde, bwana."
    
  "Ndiye, ndani ali m'ndege iyi, ndipo chifukwa chiyani sindinadziwitsidwe za ntchitoyi?"
    
  "Bwana, pamodzi ndi anthu awiri oyendetsa ndege, mamembala atatu a General McLanahan's Air Force ali m'ndege," Cannon anayankha mopanda chisoni.
    
  "McLanahan? Ndikadadziwa," adalavula Purezidenti. "Mnyamata uyu ndiye tanthauzo la mizinga yotayirira! Kodi iye anali kutani? Nanga n"cifukwa ciani anafuna kuyambitsa ndege ya m"mlengalenga?"
    
  "Iwo adayimilira m'malo modikirira kuvomerezedwa kwa ntchito yowunikira komanso yoletsa ku Iran."
    
  "'Oyimiliratu'? Mukutanthauza kuti mudatumiza ndege ya m'mlengalenga ndi ma commandos atatu ku Iran popanda chilolezo changa? Pamaziko ako okha?"
    
  "Ndili ndi ulamuliro wofotokozera ndi kutumiza magulu ankhondo kulikonse padziko lapansi kuti athandizire zomwe ndikuyimilira ndikukwaniritsa ntchito zanga, bwana," adatero Cannon mokwiya. "Ndege za m"mlengalenga zinalamulidwa mwachindunji kuti zisaloŵe m"ndege iliyonse yakunja popanda chilolezo, ndipo zinatsatira mokwanira lamuloli. Ngati salandira chilolezo choti apitilize ndi dongosolo lawo, alamulidwa kuti abwererenso komweko. "
    
  "Zachabechabe zanji zonsezi General? Iyi ndiye ndege yomwe tikukambayi - yodzaza ndi maloboti a McLanahan, ndikuganiza, sichoncho?
    
  "Izi sizopusa, bwana - umu ndi momwe lamuloli ndi malamulo onse akuluakulu a zisudzo amagwirira ntchito," adatero Cannon, akulimbana ndi mkwiyo komanso kukhumudwa. Gardner anali Mlembi wakale wa Navy ndi Mlembi wa Chitetezo, chifukwa cha Mulungu - ankadziwa bwino kuposa wina aliyense ...! "Monga mukudziwira, bwana, ndikulamula kuti akhazikitsidwe ndikutumizidwa kwa amuna ndi akazi masauzande ambiri padziko lonse lapansi tsiku lililonse, pothandizira ntchito zatsiku ndi tsiku komanso kukonzekera ntchito zadzidzidzi. Zonsezi zimagwira ntchito motsatira malamulo okhazikika, chiphunzitso cha kachitidwe, ndi zoletsa zamalamulo. Sangabwererenso gawo limodzi mpaka nditapereka lamulo lachindunji kuti apereke, ndipo lamuloli silidzaperekedwa mpaka nditalandira chilolezo kuchokera ku lamulo ladziko - kuchokera kwa inu kapena Secretary of Defense. Zilibe kanthu kaya tikukamba za ndege imodzi ndi anthu asanu kapena gulu lankhondo lonyamula ndege lomwe lili ndi zombo makumi awiri, ndege makumi asanu ndi awiri ndi anthu zikwi khumi. "
    
  "Mukuwoneka kuti mukukhulupirira kuti ndege zam'mlengalenga ndi ndege zazing'ono zongoyerekeza zomwe palibe amene amaziwona kapena kuzisamalira, General," Purezidenti adatero. "Mungaganize kuti ndizofala kutumiza ndege ku Iran kapena gulu lankhondo lonyamula ndege pagombe la munthu wina, koma ndikukutsimikizirani, dziko lonse lapansi likuwaopa kwambiri. Nkhondo zinayamba ndi magulu ang'onoang'ono. Mwachiwonekere, malingaliro anu pa zida zomwe mukuzilamulira ziyenera kusintha, General, ndipo ndikutanthauza tsopano. " Cannon sanayankhe. "Ndi mamembala ati ankhondo a McLanahan omwe ali m'bwalo?"
    
  "Tin Woodmen awiri ndi m'modzi wa CID, bwana."
    
  "Oh Mulungu wanga ... Iyi si timu yofufuza, iyi ndi timu yoopsa kwambiri! Atha kutenga kampani yonse yamakanda! Mumaganiza chiyani General? Kodi mumaganiza kuti McLanahan awuluka njira yonseyi ndi mphamvuzo osazigwiritsa ntchito? Kodi maloboti a McLanahan adzachita chiyani ku Iran?"
    
  "Masensa adazindikira zochitika zachilendo komanso zokayikitsa pamalo otsetsereka akutali pamsewu waukulu kum'mawa kwa Iran womwe m'mbuyomu unkagwiritsidwa ntchito ndi a Iran Revolutionary Guard," adatero Cannon. "General McLanahan akukhulupirira kuti mazikowo akutsegulidwanso mwachinsinsi ndi aku Iran kapena aku Russia. Zithunzi zake za satellite sizingamupatse zithunzi zolondola kuti anene motsimikiza, choncho wapempha kuti atumize gulu lankhondo la amuna atatu kuti liwone ndipo, ngati kuli kofunikira, kuwononga maziko. "
    
  "Kuwononga maziko?" adabingula apulezidenti, mokwiya ndikuponya foni m'manja mwake. "O Mulungu wanga, adalola McLanahan kutumiza ndege yankhondo ku Iran kuti iwononge gulu lankhondo ndipo sindimadziwa? Ndi wanzeru? Anatenga foni kuti: "Ndi liti mukawauza ena za dongosolo laling'ono la McLanahan, General - Nkhondo Yachiwiri Yapadziko Lonse itatha?"
    
  "Dongosolo la McLanahan ladziwitsidwa kwa ife pano ku Strategic Command, ndipo ogwira ntchito anga akuwunikanso ndipo apereka malingaliro kwa Secretary of Defense," adayankha Cannon. "Tiyenera kupanga chisankho nthawi iliyonse-"
    
  "Ndikupangirani chisankho pompano, General: Ndikufuna kuti ndegeyi ifike kunyumba kwawo posachedwa," Purezidenti adatero. "Mukundimvetsa? Sindikufuna kuti ma commandos awa atumizidwe kapena ndege yam'mlengalenga iyi itera kulikonse koma ku Nevada kapena kulikonse komwe gehena ikuchokera pokhapokha ngati ndi ngozi yamoyo kapena imfa. Ndipo sindikufuna chilichonse choyambitsa, kutulutsa, kapena kusiya chombo ichi chomwe chingatanthauzidwe ngati kuwukira aliyense... palibe. Kodi ndikudziwonetsera ndekha, General Cannon?"
    
  "Inde, bwana."
    
  "Ndipo ngati ndegeyi idutsa malire andale kulikonse padziko lapansi, mutaya nyenyezi zanu, General Cannon ... zonsezo!" A President anapitiriza mokwiya. "Mwapyola mphamvu zanu, General, ndipo ndikukhulupilira kuti sindidzathera nthawi yanga yoyamba paudindo ndikulongosola, kukonza, ndi kupepesa chifukwa chakulephera kwakukuluku. Tsopano pitani kuntchito. "
    
  A President anadula phone, kenako anakhala pampando wake uku akupsa mtima. Patangopita nthawi pang'ono akudzing'ung'udza, adabwebweta kuti, "Ndikufuna mfuti iphulike."
    
  "Bwana, mwaukadaulo ali ndi mphamvu zosuntha katundu wake kulikonse akamagwira ntchito zanthawi zonse," adatero Mlangizi wa National Security Carlisle. "Sichifuna chilolezo chochokera ku Ofesi ya National Defense - kuchokera kwa inu kapena Secretary of Defense - pazochitika zatsiku ndi tsiku."
    
  "Koma nthawi zambiri timawauza anthu aku Russia tisanasunthire zida zilizonse zomwe zitha kukhala zolakwika, sichoncho?"
    
  "Inde, bwana, nthawi zonse ndiko kusamala koyenera," adatero Carlisle. "Koma ngati mkulu wa bwalo la zisudzo anafunikira kuyika chuma chake pokonzekera ntchito yeniyeniyo, sitifunikira kunena kalikonse kwa Arasha. Sitiyeneranso kuwanamiza ndi kuwauza kuti ndi ntchito yophunzitsa kapena china chilichonse chonga icho.
    
  "Lina lavuto la ndege izi, Conrad, ndikuti zimathamanga kwambiri," adatero Chief of Staff Cordus. "Ngakhale inali ntchito wamba, iwo anamwazikana padziko lonse lapansi m"kuphethira kwa diso. Tiyenera kuwongolera mwamphamvu pa anyamatawa. "
    
  "Ngati Cannon akanachita china chake, chofunikira, akadandiuza kapena Turner asanakhazikitse ndegeyi," Purezidenti adatero. "Walter akulondola: ndege zam'mlengalengazi ndizothamanga kwambiri komanso zowopsa kwambiri kuti sizingangoyambitsa nthawi iliyonse, ngakhale ntchito yamtendere, yopanda vuto, yokhazikika - zomwe sizinali choncho. Koma ndinaganiza kuti ndinanena momveka bwino kwa aliyense kuti sindikufuna kuti ndege zamumlengalenga zizikwera pokhapokha ngati pachitika ngozi kapena nkhondo. Ndalakwa pa izi?"
    
  "Ayi, bwana, koma zikuoneka kuti General Cannon adaganiza kuti chinali chizindikiro chachikulu chifukwa adachitapo kanthu mwachangu. Iye-"
    
  "Zilibe kanthu," Purezidenti adalimbikira. "A Russia adamuwona ndipo ndikutsimikiza kuti akuwulutsa anthu aku Iran, a Turkmen ndi theka la azondi ku Middle East kuti aziyang'anira magulu ankhondo. Konsatiyo inalephera. Anthu aku Russia ayamba misala, chimodzimodzinso bungwe la United Nations, ogwirizana athu, atolankhani, ndi anthu aku America akangomva za izi-"
    
  Cordus anawonjezera kuti: "Zimenezi zikhoza kuchitika miniti iliyonse, chifukwa tikudziwa kuti Zevitin akuthamanga n"kumaulutsa nkhani zake ku manyuzipepala a ku Ulaya, omwe amafunitsitsa kutidzudzula pa nkhani yaing"ono. Chifukwa chachikulu chotere, adzakhala ndi tsiku lopambana. Atiwotcha amoyo mwezi wamawa.
    
  "Zinthu zitayamba kukhazikika," Purezidenti adatero motopa, akuyatsa ndudu ina, "Cannon, Backman makamaka McLanahan adatha kuyambitsanso."
    
  "Ndege ya m"mlengalenga idzakhala pansi atolankhani asanalankhule za zimenezo, Joe," anatero mkulu wa asilikali, "ndipo tidzangokana kutsimikizira kapena kukana chilichonse cha zonena za ku Russia. Izi zitha posachedwa. "
    
  "Zikhala bwino," adatero Gardner. "Koma ngati Conrad, ndikufuna kuti ndege za m'mlengalenga zikhazikike mpaka zidziwitso zina. Ndikufuna onse akhale m'malo. Palibe maphunziro, otchedwa ma mission wachizolowezi, palibe. " Anayang'ana m'chipindamo ndipo, akukweza mawu ake mokwanira kusonyeza kukwiya kwake ndikulola aliyense kunja kwa chipindacho kuti amve, anafunsa kuti, "Kodi izi ndi zomveka bwino kwa aliyense? Palibenso maulendo osaloledwa! Amakhala pansi ndipo ndi momwemo! " Adayankha momveka bwino kuti, "Inde, a Purezidenti".
    
  "Dziwani ndendende nthawi yomwe ndegeyi idzakhala pansi kuti ndidziwitse Zevitin aliyense asanamutsutse kapena kupha bulu wake," adawonjezera Purezidenti. "Ndipo dziwani za zikalata zowulutsira ndege pomwe McLanahan atha kuchoka pamalopo ndikubwezeredwa ku Earth kuti nanenso ndimuwombere bulu wake." Iye anakoka mozama mu ndudu yake, naitulutsa, kenaka anafikira pa kapu yake ya khofi yopanda kanthu. Ndipo ukachoka, funsani wogwira ntchito m"ndegeyo kuti andibweretsere zotentha."
    
    
  MUTU WACHISANU NDI CHIMODZI
    
    
  Ndizovuta kuthana ndi zilakolako zanu ndipo sizingatheke kuzikwaniritsa.
    
    - MARGUERITE DE LA SABLIÈRE
    
    
    
    Yambani AKWERA COSMOPLAN XR-A9 BLACK STALLION
    NTHAWI YOMWEYO
    
    
  "Mphindi ziwiri kuti tiyambenso kuyambiranso, ogwira ntchito," a Major Jim Terranova adalengeza. "Kuwerengera kwayamba. Yesetsani kuwerengera koyamba pakangotha mphindi imodzi. Mundidziwitse mndandanda wanu ukatha. "
    
  "S-One, ndamva," Macomber anayankha.
    
  "Mukumva bwanji, Zipper?" - Anafunsa Terranova.
    
  "Tithokoze chifukwa cha okosijeni wambiri, kusinkhasinkha pang'ono, kusiya zolemba zamakompyuta, komanso chizoloŵezi chododometsa chochita mndandanda wazinthu zoyipa kwambiri, ndikumva bwino," adatero Macomber. "Ndikanakonda chinthu ichi chinali ndi Windows."
    
  Ndiziyika pamndandanda wa zidebe, koma musayembekezere posachedwapa.
    
  "Ndizodabwitsa, anyamata," adatero Frenchy Moulin. "Iyi ndi ndege yanga yachisanu ndi chinayi kulowa munjira, ndipo sinditopa nayo."
    
  "Zikuwoneka chimodzimodzi pambuyo pa kutembenuka koyamba," Chris Wall adadandaula. "Ndapitako kusiteshoni katatu ndipo ndimangomva ngati waima pa nsanja ya TV yayitali kwambiri ndikuyang"ana pansi."
    
  "Sergeant wamkulu yekha ndi amene angachepetse chiwonetsero ngati ichi," adatero Moulin. "Pemphani kuti mukhale usiku angapo pasiteshoni, Bach. Bweretsani makadi ambiri a data a kamera yanu. Ndi zokongola kwambiri. Udzipeza kuti ukudzuka usiku wonse ndikukonza nthawi yazenera masana kuti ungojambula chithunzi. "
    
  "Ndikukaikira kwambiri," adatero Macomber mowuma. Analandira kulira kwa zidziwitso kudzera mu chisoti chake. "Ndikulandiranso data kuchokera ku NIRTSats, anyamata." NIRTSats, kapena Need It Right This Second satellites, anali aang'ono "microsatellites," osaposa firiji, opangidwa kuti agwire ntchito inayake, monga kuyang'anira kapena kutumiza mauthenga kuchokera kumunsi kwa Earth orbit. Chifukwa anali ang'onoang'ono, anali ndi mphamvu zochepa zamainjini oyika, ndipo anali ndi chitetezo chochepa kwambiri ku radiation yadzuwa, ma satellite a NIRTSAT adakhalabe mozungulira kwakanthawi kochepa kwambiri, nthawi zosakwana mwezi umodzi. Adawululidwa kuchokera ku ndege zokwera ma orbital boosters kapena kuthamangitsidwa kuchokera ku ndege za Black Stallion. Gulu la nyenyezi za ma satellites anayi mpaka asanu ndi limodzi a NIRTSAT ayambika m'njira yoti azitha kufalikira ku Iran, ndikudutsa maulendo angapo ku Tehran ndi mabwalo akuluakulu ankhondo m'dziko lonselo kuyambira pomwe asitikali adayamba. Malizani ndandanda yanu ndipo tiyeni tidutse zina zatsopano tisanafookenso.
    
  "Sindikuganiza kuti tikhala ndi nthawi pokhapokha titachedwetsa kulowa munjira ina," adatero Terranova. "Uyenera kuyang'ana zomwe tapeza tikafika."
    
  "Mvetserani, tili ndi nthawi ... Titenga nthawi, MC," adatero Macomber. "Tayamba kale ntchitoyi popanda kukonzekera bwino, chifukwa chake tiyenera kuwunikanso zatsopanozi mwachangu."
    
  "Uwu si mkangano wina," adatero Moulin mokwiya. "Onani, S-One, ingoyendetsani mindandanda yanu ndikukonzekera kulowanso. Mukudziwa zomwe zinachitika nthawi yomaliza yomwe simunamvere za kuthawa: mimba yanu inakupatsani chenjezo pang'ono.
    
  "Ndikhala wokonzeka, SC," adatero Macomber. "Ogwira ntchito pansi, malizitsani mndandanda wanu, lipoti mwamaliza, ndipo tiyeni tipite kumalo atsopano otaya deta. S-One yatha." Patangopita nthawi pang'ono, Turlock ndi Wall adanenanso kuti zatha, ndipo Macomber adanena kuti okwerawo anali okonzeka kubwerera. Moulin adatsimikizira kuyimbanso ndipo, atatopa kukangana ndi Zoomi pomwe gawo lofunikira la ndegeyo lisanachitike, sananenenso kanthu.
    
  Macomber anatsegula mosamala fayilo yatsopano ya satellite data, pogwiritsa ntchito malamulo a mawu m'malo mothamanga kwambiri koma modzidzimutsa kwambiri, zomwe zimalola kuti deta ikhale yodutsa pazithunzi zakale kuti athe kuwona kusintha kwa malo omwe akufuna. Zomwe analandira zinali zosokoneza zosokoneza zithunzi. "Ziri bwanji ... zikuwoneka ngati deta yawonongeka," adatero pa intercom yachinsinsi yomwe inamulola kuti alankhule ndi ogwira ntchito pansi popanda kusokoneza ogwira ntchito pa ndege. "Palibe chomwe chili pamalo abwino. Ayenera kutumizidwanso."
    
  "Dikirani nokha, bwana," anatero Vol. "Ndimayang'ana mafelemu apakompyuta pazithunzi ziwirizi ndipo amagwirizana." Momwe Macomber amawamvetsetsa - zomwe zikutanthauza kuti sanamvetsetse chilichonse chokhudza iwo - mafelemu anali zilembo zamakompyuta zomwe zimagwirizanitsa chithunzi chilichonse kuti chidziwike , zizindikiro zosasunthika, zomwe zimalipira kusiyana kwa kawonedwe ka chithunzicho ndi ma axis ndikulola kuyerekezera kolondola pakati pa zithunzi. "Ndikupangira kuti musachotse deta yatsopanoyi, bwana."
    
  "Chitani mwamsanga. Ndiwononga khola la likulu." Macomber anatemberera chisoti chake, kenaka adasinthira ku netiweki yotetezedwa ya satellite: "Soundrel akuimbira Genesis. Tumizaninso zithunzi zaposachedwa za TacSat. Tili ndi zinyalala kuno."
    
  "Konzekera, wopusa." Mulungu, ndimadana nazo chizindikiro ichi, Macomber adadandaula yekha. Mphindi zochepa pambuyo pake: "Wopusa, uyu ndi Genesis, khazikitsa Alpha 9, ndikubwereza, Alpha 9. Ndikutsimikizira."
    
  "Chani? Kodi iyi ndi code yosokoneza?" Macomber anabingula. "Kodi amatiuza kuti sitilowa?"
    
  "Khala chete, S-One, mpaka tikonze izi," adatero Moulin. "MS, mwazindikira?"
    
  "Ndikutsimikizira - ndangolandira kumene," adatero Terranova. "Ntchitoyi yathetsedwa, ogwira ntchito. Talamulidwa kukhalabe munjira yathuyi mpaka titalandira kusintha kwa dongosolo la ndege kupita ku kanjira kosinthira komwe kungatibweretserenso kuthira mafuta ndikutera mwachangu momwe tingathere. Kuletsa mndandanda wa ndondomeko yoloweranso ... "Leopards" imatetezedwa, mndandanda umachotsedwa.
    
  Macomber adamenya nkhonya yake m'manja mwake ndipo nthawi yomweyo adanong'oneza bondo - zidakhala ngati wamenya khoma lachitsulo. "Kodi chikuchitika ndi chiyani? Chifukwa chiyani sitinalandire chilolezo? Izi ndi bullshit - "
    
  "Soundrel, uyu ndi Genesis." Panthawiyi anali David Luger mwiniwake, akuitana kuchokera kumalo olamulira nkhondo ku HAWC. "Kutaya kwa data uku kunali koyenera, Scoundrel, ndikubwereza, koyenera. Tikuyang'ana, koma zikuwoneka ngati kwatentha kumalo otsetsereka. "
    
  "Chabwino, ndicho chifukwa ife timapita kumeneko, sichoncho, Genesis?" - anafunsa Macomber. "Tiyeni tipite kumeneko tikagwire ntchito."
    
  "Ntchito yanu idathetsedwa ndi White House, Zipper, osati ndi ife," adatero Luger, kusamvana m'mawu ake kukuwonekera. "Akufuna kuti mubwere kunyumba mwamsanga. Tsopano tikuwerengera ndondomeko yobwerera. Zikuwoneka kuti ukhalabe kwa tsiku lina tisanathe-"
    
  "Tsiku linanso! Uyenera kundiseka!"
    
  "Konzekera, wamwano, konzekera-"
    
  Panali kaye kaye pang'ono, ndikutsatiridwa ndi kudina kosadziwika bwino komanso kumveka kwa mawu pafupipafupi; ndiye liwu lina linati, "Soundrel, stallion, ndi Odin." Inachokera ku McLanahan, kuchokera ku Armstrong space station. "Masetilaiti ozindikira akutenga ma radar amphamvu a India-Juliet ochokera kudera lomwe mukufuna. Ikuwoneka ngati radar yofufuzira nthawi yayitali. Tikusanthula tsopano. "
    
  "Radar, si?" Macomber adayankha. Anayambanso kuphunzira zithunzi zatsopano za NIRTSat. Zoonadi, inali airbase yomweyi pa Soltanabad Highway ... koma tsopano ma craters onse anali atapita ndipo ma trailer angapo, magalimoto a asilikali ndi katundu, ma helikopita ndi ndege yaikulu yokhazikika yokhazikika inayimitsidwa pamtunda. "Zikuwoneka ngati ukunena zoona, Odin. Anthu otere akubweretsanso vuto."
    
  "Ndimvereni, anyamata," adatero McLanahan, ndipo kamvekedwe ka mawu ake, ngakhale pa ulalo wobisika wa satellite, zinali zowopsa kwambiri. "Sindimakonda momwe zimanunkhira. Mungakhale otetezeka ngati mutasintha, koma mukulamulidwa kuti mubwerere, choncho tiyenera kukusungani kumeneko. "
    
  "Chavuta ndi chiyani bwana?" - anafunsa Moulin. "Kodi pali china chomwe simunatiuze?"
    
  "Mumawoloka chandamale mumphindi khumi ndi chimodzi. Tikuyesera kudziwa ngati tili ndi nthawi yokwanira yoti tikuchotseni m'njira ndikukufikitsani ku Central Asia kapena Caucasus m'malo mowulukira ku Soltanabad. "
    
  "Central Asia! Mukufuna titsikire kuti...?"
    
  "Dinani, bang!" - Moulin adafuula. "Kodi chikuchitika ndi chiyani, Odin? Ukuganiza kuti ndi chiyani pansi pamenepo?"
    
  Panali kupuma kwa nthawi yayitali; McLanahan ndiye adayankha mophweka, "Stallion One-One."
    
  Sakanakhoza kupereka yankho lophulika kwambiri. Stallion nambala wani ndi galu wakuda XR-A9, amene anawomberedwa ku Iran m'masiku oyambirira a kulanda asilikali, pamene Air Force anali kusaka ndi kuwononga Iran mafoni sing'anga- ndi yaitali mizinga ballistic amene ankaopseza osati asilikali okha. otsutsa opanduka, komanso oyandikana nawo onse a Iran. Ndegeyo idawomberedwa osati ndi mzinga wopita kumlengalenga kapena ndege yankhondo, koma ndi laser yamphamvu kwambiri, yofanana ndi laser ya Kawaznya anti-satellite laser yopangidwa ndi Soviet Union zaka zoposa makumi awiri zapitazo ... ku Russia, koma ku Iran.
    
  "Tichite chiyani bwana?" Adafunsa moulin mantha akuwoneka m'mawu ake. "Mukufuna titani?"
    
    
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  "Tikukonza," adatero Patrick kuchokera ku Armstrong space station. "Tikuyesera kuti tiwone ngati tingayambe kutera tsopano kuti tisamawonekere kapena osayang'ana ma radar."
    
  "Titha kumasulira pompano ndikukonzekera," adatero Terranova.
    
  "Chitani," Patrick anatero nthawi yomweyo. Kenako analankhula kuti, "Ofesi ya Ntchito, ndiperekezeni kwa Purezidenti wa United States, mwamsanga."
    
  "Inde, General McLanahan," adayankha mawu achikazi opangidwa ndi makompyuta a "Duty Officer" waku Dreamland. Kanthawi pang'ono: "General McLanahan, foni yanu itumizidwa kwa Secretary of Defense. Chonde konzekerani"
    
  "Ndikufuna kulankhula ndi Purezidenti wa United States. Izi ndizofulumira ".
    
  "Inde, General McLanahan. Chonde konzekerani." Mphindi inanso yaitali pambuyo pake: "Mkulu McLanahan, pempho lanu "lachangu" latumizidwa kwa Mkulu wa Nduna za Pulezidenti. Chonde konzekerani"
    
  Mwinamwake chinali chinthu chabwino kwambiri chomwe akanachita, Patrick anaganiza, kotero sanamutumizenso woyang'anira ntchitoyo. "Mudziwitse wamkulu wa ogwira ntchito kuti izi ndi zadzidzidzi."
    
  "Pempho 'lofulumira' lasinthidwa kukhala pempho ladzidzidzi, General. Chonde konzekerani"
    
  Nthawi ikutha, Patrick anaganiza. Adaganiza zongolamula ogwira ntchito ku Black Stallion kuti alengeze zadzidzidzi mundege - panali zovuta zambiri pa ndege iliyonse zomwe zitha kukhala zadzidzidzi popanda chinyengo - koma adayenera kuwonetsetsa kuti Stallion ali ndi malo otera, asanawalamulire kuti adutse.
    
  "Uyu ndi Chief of Staff Cordus."
    
  "Bambo Cordus, uyu ndi General McLanahan. ndine-"
    
  "Sindimakonda pamene ogwira ntchito pakompyuta amandiyimbira, General, komanso Purezidenti. Ngati mukufuna kuyankhula ndi Purezidenti, khalani mwaulemu ndipo muchite nokha. "
    
  "Inde, bwana. Ndili m'bwalo la ndege la Armstrong ndipo ...
    
  "Ndikudziwa komwe muli, General - antchito anga anali kuwonera kanema wawayilesi ndi chidwi chachikulu mpaka mudayisokoneza mwadzidzidzi," adatero Cordus. "Tikakupatsirani chilolezo choti mukafunse mafunso, tikuyembekeza kuti mumalize. Kodi mungandiuze chifukwa chake mwadula chonchi?"
    
  "Ndikukhulupirira kuti anthu aku Russia ayika zida zamtundu wina, mwina laser yemweyo yemwe adawombera Black Stallion ku Iran chaka chatha, pabwalo la ndege lakutali pamsewu waukulu ku Iran womwe kale unkagwiritsidwa ntchito ndi Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. ", - Patrick anayankha. "Masensa athu adazindikira zochitika zatsopano pansi ndipo adatichenjeza. Tsopano ndege zathu zopanda munthu zoyang'anira ndege zikutenga ma siginecha amphamvu kwambiri a radar kuchokera pamalo omwewo, omwe amagwirizana ndi njira yodziwira komanso kutsatira njira ya laser. Ndikukhulupirira kuti anthu aku Russia adzaukira chombo chathu cha Black Stallion ngati chingatidutsa tikadali munjira, ndipo ndikufunika chilolezo chochotsa chombocho panjira ndikuchichotsa pamalo omwe tikufuna. "
    
  "Kodi muli ndi umboni wotsimikizirika wakuti anthu aku Russia ndiwo achititsa zimenezi? Munadziwa bwanji zimenezo?"
    
  "Tili ndi zithunzi za satellite zosonyeza kuti mazikowo akugwira ntchito mokwanira, ndi ndege, magalimoto ndi magalimoto omwe amawoneka ofanana ndi magalimoto omwe tidapeza ku Iran, komwe timakhulupirira kuti laser yomwe idawombera Black Stallion idathamangitsidwa." Zizindikiro za radar zimatsimikizira izi. Bwana, ndikufuna chilolezo kuti ndipatutse ndegeyi nthawi yomweyo. Titha kuyipangitsa kuti idutse ndikuyendetsa momwe tingathere pogwiritsa ntchito mafuta onse adzidzidzi mpaka itafika mumlengalenga, ndiyeno titha kuwuluka kuchoka pamalo omwe tikufuna kupita ku malo ena otera. "
    
  "Purezidenti wakulamulani kale kuti mutsitse ndegeyo kubwerera ku United States kunyumba kwawo, General. Kodi simunakope oda iyi?"
    
  "Ndinatero, bwana, koma kutsatira dongosololi kumatanthauza kuwulutsa ndege pamtunda wa chandamale, ndipo ndikukhulupirira kuti ngati titero. Njira yokhayo yomwe tingatetezere ogwira nawo ntchito pano ndikuchotsa ndege m'mlengalenga, kuti ikhale yotsika kwambiri mpaka titha ...
    
  "General, sindikumvetsa zomwe mwanena," adatero Cordus. "Zomwe ndikumvetsetsa ndikuti mukumva kuti ndege yanu ili pachiwopsezo, ndipo mukupempha Purezidenti kuti aletse lamulo lomwe wapereka. Izi ndi zoona?"
    
  "Inde, bwana, koma ndiyenera kutsindika kuopsa koopsa."
    
  "Ndinalankhula momveka bwino, General McLanahan," adatero Cordus, kukwiya komwe kumawonekera m'mawu ake. "Mukayamba kutsika m"mlengalenga, kodi mudzaphwanya mlengalenga wa wina aliyense, ndipo ngati ndi choncho, ndani?"
    
  "Sindikudziwa ndendende, bwana, koma ndinganene kuti maiko aku Eastern Europe, Middle East-"
    
  "Russia?"
    
  "Mwinamwake, bwana. Far Kumadzulo kwa Russia. "
    
  "Moscow?" - Ndidafunsa.
    
  Patrick anakhala kaye phee, ndipo atatero, anamva mkulu wa asilikali akunena zinazake pansi. "Sindikudziwa ngati ikhala pansi pa malire a mamailosi makumi asanu ndi limodzi mphambu zisanu ndi chimodzi, bwana, koma kutengera kuthamanga komanso momwe titha kuyendetsa bwino-"
    
  "Ndilingalira izi ngati pangano. Zangwiro, zangwiro basi. Ndege yanu yomwe ikutuluka mozungulira likulu la Russia ikutsimikiza kuti gehena idzawoneka ngati kuwukira kwa ICBM, sichoncho? Sanadikire kuti amuyankhe. "Izi ndiye vuto lomwe Purezidenti amawopa. Akung'amba pakhosi pako, McLanahan. " Anapuma pang"ono; Kenako: "Kodi Purezidenti ali ndi nthawi yochuluka bwanji kuti asankhe izi, General?"
    
  "Pafupi mphindi zisanu, bwana."
    
  "Kwa Mulungu, McLanahan! Mphindi zisanu? Zonse zili m'mavuto!" - Cordus adafuula. "Koma kusakonzekera bwino kwanu si vuto kwa ife!"
    
  "Miyoyo ikhoza kukhala pachiwopsezo, bwana."
    
  "Ndikudziwa bwino izi, General!" Cordus sanapirire nazo. "Koma mukadakhala kuti mukudikirira kuti mapulaniwo avomerezedwe ndi White House ndi Pentagon musanakhazikitse ndege, sizikadachitika izi!" Analankhula chinthu china pansi pa mpweya wake; kenako: "Nditumiza pempholi posachedwa kwa Purezidenti. Pakalipano, khalani pamzere, chifukwa mudzayenera kufotokozera zonsezi kwa National Security Adviser kuti athe kulangiza Purezidenti, chifukwa ndikukayika kuti mungathe kumufotokozera izi momveka bwino. musangalatse - kapena angakumvereni ngati mutayesa. Khalani okonzeka ".
    
    
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  "Timu, kumbukirani, tikumasulira y pokonzekera kumasulira. Konzekerani." Pogwiritsa ntchito mawonekedwe ake amitundu yambiri komanso luso loyendetsa ndege, Moulin adagwiritsa ntchito injini za Black Stallion za hydrazine kupota ndege ya m'mlengalenga kuti iyambe kuwuluka mchira. Kuwongolera kunatenga pafupifupi mphindi ziwiri - mbiri yake. Ogwira ntchito mu gawo la okwera adamva chimodzimodzi, ndipo ngakhale m'mimba mwa Macomber sanadandaule. "Kupangana kwatha, Genesis. Tiyamba kutsika liti? Ndi liti pamene tingayambitse 'nyalugwe'?
    
  "Tiyenera kudziwa ngati mutha kufikira malo otsetsereka ngati mutadutsa panjira pompano," adalowererapo a Dave Luger. "Tikuyang'ananso tanki yomwe ingakupatseni mafuta ngati simungathe kufika pa eyapoti yoyenera ndipo tikufuna chilolezo kuchokera ku White House kuti ikufikitseni malire a dziko."
    
  "Mukufuna chiyani?" Macomber anatsutsa. "Mukuganiza kuti anthu aku Russia atiwombera ndi laser ndipo mukufuna chilolezo kuti titulutse gehena?"
    
  "Tikuŵerengera, Major-loŵani m"nkhaniyi ndipo tiyeni tigwire ntchito yathu," anatero Luger mwaukali, wosazoloŵera kukalipiridwa ndi mkulu wa utumiki wakumunda. Komabe, kamvekedwe ka mawu ake kamamvekera bwino kuti nayenso sanali wosangalala ndi mmene zinthu zilili panopa. "Konzekerani."
    
  "Chitani, Frenchy," adatero Macomber pa intercom. "Tichotsereni gehena pano."
    
  "Sindingachite izi popanda chilolezo, S-One."
    
  "Zowopsa, simungathe. Ndinu wamkulu wa chombo cha m'mlengalenga - mwandimvekera bwino, mukukumbukira? Onetsani zina mwa mphamvu zanu ndipo tichotsereni gehena kuchokera pano! "
    
  Moulin anati: "Sindingangotithamangitsa kumwamba osadziwa kumene tidzapite tikalowanso mumlengalenga. "Ndiyenera kudziwa komwe tidzakhala tikadzayambiranso ndege zam'mlengalenga, momwe tingayendere bwino kwambiri, njira yomwe tidzayandikire, momwe mtunda ulili, kutalika kwa msewu wonyamukira ndege, momwe ndale, akazembe ndi chitetezo zilili. -"
    
  "Chifukwa cha Mulungu, Frenchie, siya kufunsa mafunso ndikudina batani loyipa!" Macomber anakuwa. "Musadikire kuti wandale wina agwedeze dzanja lake kapena kutipatsa chala - ingochitani!"
    
  "Khala chete ndipo konzekera, Macomber!" - Moulin adafuula. "Sitingangoyima n"kuzimitsa injini. Ingogwira lilime lako, chabwino?"
    
  Terranova adati: "Tidutsa pafupi ndi malo omwe tikufuna.
    
  "Tadziwitsa anthu angapo akuchira, zosungirako komanso zadzidzidzi ku Eastern Europe, India ndi Western Pacific," adatero Macomber. "Tikudziwa kuti tili ndi njira zina. Ingolengezani zadzidzidzi ndikufikira pa imodzi mwa izo. "
    
  "Tadutsa kale malo ambiri otetezeka," adatero Terranova. "Malo otsikira ena omwe tidasankha adapangidwa kuti athe kuthana ndi vuto la orbital, kulephera kwa injini, kapena malo ena otsikirako ngati titayamba kutsika koma osaloledwa kulowa m'dera lomwe tikufuna. Tsopano tadutsa gawo ili. Ngati sitinadutsebe, dongosolo linali loti tiwuluke pamalo amene tikufuna, kusintha mayendedwe ngati tinali ndi mafuta okwanira, kapena kukhala m"njira yozungulira mpaka kukafika ku Dreamland. Sitingangotembenuza ndalama mwanjira ina. "
    
  "Ndiye tidasokoneza," adatero Turlock. "Tiyenera kuwuluka pamalo omwe tikufuna nthawi yomweyo."
    
  "Sichoncho, koma tikadikirira kuti tiyambitse Leopards, zosankha zochepa zomwe tili nazo," adatero Terranova. "Titha kugwiritsa ntchito mphamvu zambiri nthawi zonse ndikutsika mwachangu mumlengalenga, kuyesera kukhala otsika momwe tingathere pofika pachimake, ndiye tikangobwerera mumlengalenga, titha kugwiritsa ntchito mafuta ena onse kuti tiwuluke kutali ndi radar. ."
    
  "Ndiye chitani!"
    
  Moulin anati: "Ngati titagwiritsa ntchito mphamvu zathu zonse ndipo tilibe mafuta okwanira kuti tifike pamalo abwino oti titsikire, ndiye kuti talakwitsa. Mbalameyi imauluka bwino kwambiri kuposa njerwa yoopsa. Sindidzasiya mwayi wathu wonse ngati tilibe dongosolo! Kupatula apo, sitikudziwa ngati kuli laser anti-satellite laser kumeneko. Zonsezi zitha kukhala vuto la paranoia. "
    
  "Ndiye pali njira ina ..."
    
  "Ayi, MC."
    
  "Njira yomaliza ndi iti?" - anafunsa Macomber.
    
  "Tikugwetsa gawo la okwera," adatero Terranova.
    
  "Chani?"
    
  "Module yonyamula anthu idapangidwa kuti ikhale yakeyake komanso bwato lamoyo ..."
    
  "Sinditulutsa gawoli pokhapokha pakachitika ngozi," Moulin anaumirira. "Palibe vuto".
    
  "Palibe njira yomwe tingatsikire tokha!" Macommber anali akulira.
    
  "Zojambulazi zimati ndizotheka, ngakhale sitinayesepo," adatero Terranova. "Module yonyamula anthu ili ndi njira yake yodzitetezera, zishango zotentha kwambiri, kuposa ma parachuti odzaza ndi zikwama zotsika modabwitsa, njira yabwino yotetezera chilengedwe -"
    
  "Zabwino kwambiri sizili bwino, MC - woyendetsa ndegeyo alibe zida zilizonse," adatero Chris Wall.
    
  "Zigwira ntchito, Master Sergeant."
    
  "Sindiponya kalikonse m'madzi, ndi momwemo," Moulin adalowererapo. "Iyi ndi njira yomaliza. Sindingaganizirepo mpaka mantha onsewa akwaniritsidwa. Tsopano aliyense akhale chete kwa mphindi imodzi. " Kudzera panjira yolamula: "Genesis, Odin, muli ndi chiyani kwa ife?"
    
  "Palibe," Patrick anayankha. "Ndinalankhula ndi mkulu wa asilikali ndipo alankhula ndi pulezidenti. Ndikuyembekezera kulankhula ndi Secretary of Defense kapena National Security Advisor. Muyenera kutero-"
    
  "Ndikumvetsetsa!" Dave Luger analowererapo mwadzidzidzi. "Ngati tingadutse pano ndikugwiritsa ntchito max-G owongolera kuti titsike pamtunda, tiyenera kukhala ndi mphamvu zokwanira kuti tiwuluke ku Baku pagombe la Caspian ku Azerbaijan. Ngati sichoncho, mutha kupita ku Neftchala, womwe ndi malire a Azerbaijan komanso malo oyendera m'mphepete mwa nyanja. Turkey ndi United States akukulitsa njira yawo yowulukira ndege kumeneko, ndipo mutha kukhala ndi njira yokwanira yochitira izi. Njira yachitatu -"
    
  "Ponyani gawo la okwera m'nyanja ya Caspian, kenaka mugwetse Hairpin mu Nyanja ya Caspian kapena mutulutse musanamenye madzi, kutengera momwe timalephera," adatero Moulin.
    
  "Konzekera, mwana wanga," Patrick anatero atatha kupuma pang"ono. "Genesis, ndikuphunzira zithunzi zaposachedwa kwambiri za malo omwe akhudzidwa ndipo ndikuwona kuti magalimoto ndi kukhazikitsa ku Soltanabad akufanana ndi zomwe tidaziwona ku Kabudar Ahang ku Iran. Ndikukhulupirira kuti aku Russia ayika laser yawo yolimbana ndi mizinga ku Soltanabad. Kodi munganditsimikizire?"
    
  "General, mukutsimikiza kuti chiwopsezo cha Russia ichi ndi chenicheni? Tikachita izi, palibe kubwerera.
    
  "Ayi, sindiri wotsimikiza za chirichonse cha izi," Patrick anavomereza motero. "Koma zizindikiro zimawoneka chimodzimodzi ngati galu la Mmodzi-Mmodzi. Genesis?"
    
  "Ndikuyang'ana kawiri, Odin," adatero Dave Luger. "Kumbukirani, adasokoneza kukhazikitsa ku Kabudar Ahang kuti awononge gulu lankhondo. Akhozanso kuchita zomwezo."
    
  "Tidziwa pafupifupi masekondi makumi asanu ndi limodzi, ogwira ntchito," adatero Terranova.
    
  "Sitingadikire," Patrick pomalizira pake anatero. "Stallion, uyu ndi Odin, ndikukulamulani kuti muchepetse, lowetsani mawonekedwe a mawonekedwe mwachangu kwambiri ndikuyesa kukafika mwadzidzidzi ku Baku kapena Neftchala, Azerbaijan. Genesis, tsitsani dongosolo la ndege ku Black Stallion ndikuwonetsetsa kuti latha. Mwamva?"
    
  "Mmodzi, ndamva, koma mukutsimikiza za izi?" - anafunsa Moulin. "Palibe zomveka."
    
  "Ingochitani, Frenchie," adatero Macomber. "Ngati akulakwitsa ndipo zonse zitalakwika, tikhoza kusambira mu Nyanja ya Caspian yoipitsidwa kwambiri ndi caviar. Chinthu chachikulu. Ndinali kumeneko, ndinachita zimenezo. Ngati akulondola, tikhalabe ndi moyo mu ola limodzi. Chitani ".
    
  "Ndege yadzaza," adatero Luger. "Tikuyembekezera kukwaniritsidwa."
    
  "Stallion, ndidziwitse mukadzapanga ma deorbit."
    
  "Mukuyembekezera chiyani, Frenchie?" Macomber anakuwa. "Tigwetseni pansi! Yambitsani ma roketi!
    
  "Sindikufuna kugwera mu Nyanja ya Caspian," adatero Moulin. "Ngati tilephera, sitidzachitiranso mwina koma kungosiya-"
    
  "Zoyipa, Frenchie, tigwetse pansi tsopano!" Macomber anakuwa. "Chakuchitikira ndi chiyani?"
    
  "Sindimakhulupirira General McLanahan, chifukwa chake!" Moulin anafuula motero. "Sindikukhulupirira chilichonse mwa izi!"
    
  "Stallion, ndikukhulupirira kuti uwu ndi msampha," adatero Patrick. "Ndikuganiza kuti tapunthwa pamalo a zida zankhondo zaku Russia ku Iran. Ngati simutulukamo mwanjira ina iliyonse, laser yawo idzawotcha chishango chanu chotentha ndikuwononga chombo. Sindikufuna kutenga chiopsezo chimenecho. Chotsani chombocho panjira ndikutulukamo. "
    
  "Tsopano tikuwoloka chandamale," adatero Terranova.
    
  "Stallion, ndilo linali dongosolo: chotsani chombocho panjira," adatero Patrick. "Kutsutsa kwanu kwadziwika. Ndimatenga udindo wonse. Tsopano chitani."
    
  "Ndikukhululukireni, bwana, koma ndakopera malamulo ovomerezeka ndi ovomerezeka ochokera ku National Command m'malo mwake: khalanibe mozungulira mpaka titha kubwerera ku Groom Lake," adatero Moulin. "Malamulo awa aposa anu. Ife tikukhala. Mtsogoleri, chotsani ndondomeko ya ndege ya deorbit ndikuyikanso yapitayi. "
    
  "Chifaransa"
    
  "Chitani, MC," adatero Moulin. "Ndilo dongosolo. Ndikhalabe ndi njira iyi kuti ndisunge mafuta a injini, koma timakhalabe mu orbit ndipo ndichomaliza. "
    
  Zitatha izi, mawayilesi ndi ma intercom adakhala chete, Luger ndi McLanahan akufalitsa machenjezo osalekeza akuwopseza radar ndikusintha zithunzi zanzeru kwa ogwira ntchito ndi anzawo. Nthawi inkaoneka ngati ikuyenda mosalekeza. Pomaliza, Macomber anati, "Gehena chikuchitika chiyani, Genesis, ndipo mpaka tituluke mu zoyipazi mpaka liti?
    
  Dave Luger anayankha kuti: "Mphindi zinayi ndi masekondi khumi mpaka titabwerera kudera limene tikufunafuna.
    
  "Pepani, Odin," anatero Moulin, "koma ndinafunikira kupanga chosankha. Ndimatsatira malamulo."
    
  "Ndikukhulupirira kuti ndikulakwitsa, SC," Patrick adayankha. "Inu munachita zimene mukuona kuti n"zabwino. Tidzakambilana za nkhani imeneyi ukakakhala bwino kunyumba."
    
  "Tili bwanji pamalo ofikira ku Baku, Genesis?" - Anafunsa Terranova.
    
  "Muluza mumasekondi makumi atatu. Simudzakhala ndi mphamvu zokwanira zowulukira ku Warrior's Forward Operating Base ku Kirkuk, Iraq mutalowanso mumlengalenga - Herat, Afghanistan ndiye njira yanu yabwino kwambiri, koma muyenera kuwulukabe ku Soltanabad. Njira ina ikhoza kukhala zipululu zakum'mwera kwa Turkmenistan - titha kutumiza gulu lankhondo lapadera kuchokera ku Uzbekistan kuti likuthandizeni. "
    
  "Kodi mukuganiza kuti tifike ku Turkmenistan, bwana?"
    
  "Sindinanene malo, MC."
    
  Terranova anameza. Zikuoneka kuti ndege ya Luger inali yowalola kuti "ayendetse ndegeyo"-kuilola kuti igwe m"chipululu. "Kodi chosokoneza chotsatira ndi chiyani?"
    
  "Karachi ndi Hyderabad ali kumbuyo."
    
  Terranova anati: "Takonzeka kuombera moto pa 'nyalugwe.' "Ten second checklist list sungani. Kodi ndikhazikitse kulowanso pang'onopang'ono kwambiri?"
    
  "Sitingasinthe," adatero Moulin. "A Russia sangayerekeze kutiwombera. Leonid Zevitin si wopenga. Munthu uyu akhoza kuvina, chifukwa cha Mulungu!" Mawailesiwo ananyeka ndi kuseka mwakachetechete. Koma adayang'ana kamera yake m'chipinda cha aft ndikugwedeza mutu kwa Terranova, ndikumuuza mwakachetechete kuti akonze makompyuta kuti achepetse kuthamanga kwambiri komanso kuchepetsa kutalika. "Ndikutanthauza, ganizirani zonsezi: palibe munthu amene angavine yemwe angakhale wamisala kuti-"
    
  Mwadzidzidzi anamva, "Chidwi, chidwi, laser wapezeka ... chidwi, chidwi, kutentha kwa m'chiuno chikukwera, malo mazana awiri ndi makumi asanu mpaka mazana awiri ndi makumi asanu ndi anayi ... Chisamaliro, kutentha kwa hull kukuyandikira malire ogwirira ntchito ...!
    
  "Laser Kavaznya!" - Ndinalamula. - Patrick McLanahan adadandaula. "Amawukira monyanyira. Stallion, chokani mmenemo tsopano! "
    
  "Yambitsani njira za deorbit!" - Moulin adafuula. "Ogwira ntchito, konzekerani kutsika posachedwa kuchokera ku orbit! Ma injini a Leopard akuwonjezera liwiro!
    
  chenjezo lokhudza kutentha kwa thupi, masiteshoni mazana awiri mphambu makumi asanu ndi awiri kufika mazana awiri mphambu makumi asanu ndi anayi... Chenjerani, tcheru!
    
  Ogwira ntchitoyo adaponyedwanso pamipando yawo pamene injini za laser pulse missile system zimawombera mwamphamvu kwambiri. Mphamvu zazikulu zamainjini a rocket osakanizidwa nthawi yomweyo ndikuphwanya ndege ya Black Stallion, ndipo idayamba kutsika kupita kudziko lapansi. Macomber anakuwa pamene kuchulukirako kunkachulukirachulukira, kuposa chilichonse chomwe adakumana nacho m'mbuyomu. Posakhalitsa sanathenso kupanga nyonga iliyonse kuti amveke-panafunika kuika maganizo ake onse kuti alowetse mpweya wokwanira m"mapapu ake kuti asakomoke.
    
  "Tikudutsa mamita zikwi makumi awiri mphambu zisanu ndi zitatu pamphindikati," adatero Terranova pakati pa mauthenga ochenjeza. "Tikudutsa pamtunda wamakilomita makumi asanu ndi anayi ... 'Leopards' pa mphamvu makumi asanu ndi anayi pa zana, mfundo zitatu ziro Gs ...."
    
  "Pitani ku mphamvu zana limodzi ndi khumi pa zana," Moulin analumphira pansi pa kupsyinjika.
    
  "Ndizoposa ma Gs asanu, SC," adatero Terranova. "Tiyenera kusunga izi kwa-"
    
  "Chitani, MC," adalamula Moulin. "Ogwira ntchito, SC, sakhala omasuka kwa mphindi zingapo. Yang'anirani zochitika momwe mungathere. " Patangopita nthawi pang'ono, mawu ake adadulidwa poganiza kuti chifuwa chake chatsala pang'ono kuphulika pamene mphamvu ya G inatsala pang'ono kuwirikiza kawiri. Kulira kowawa ndi kudabwa kunali kuonekera. "Gwiritsitsani ... kwa ... ogwira ntchito ..."
    
  "Mfundo zisanu ndi zitatu OB," Terranova adapuma. "Yesu...Timayendetsa makilomita makumi awiri ndi asanu, timayendetsa mailosi makumi asanu ndi atatu..."
    
  "Oh Mulungu, mpaka liti?" Wina anang'ung'udza - zinali zosatheka kudziwa amene akuyankhula.
    
    
  ULAMULIRO WA NTCHITO ZINA ZA STRATEGIC AIR FORCE, POLDOSK, RUSSIA FEDERATION
  NTHAWI YOMWEYO
    
    
  Kutsatira kuwonongedwa kwa Engels Air Base pafupi ndi Saratov ndi kuphulika kwa mabomba ku America ku Raazan, mkulu wa asilikali a Air Force General Andrei Darzov anabwezeretsanso malo osungiramo chitetezo cha anthu komanso malo osungirako asilikali omwe ali kum'mwera chakumadzulo kwa Moscow otchedwa Poldosk kuti agwiritsidwe ntchito ngati pothawa. ndi kusunga positi. Panalibe airbase kapena malo a helipad yayikulu, koma panali njanji zapansi panthaka moyandikana ndi malowo, madzi ambiri abwino (atsopano monga momwe tingayembekezere kudera la Greater Moscow)...
    
  ... ndipo - chofunika kwambiri, Darzov ankakhulupirira - kunali pafupi kwambiri ndi anthu ambiri okhala mumzinda kuti ngakhale wamisala monga mkulu wa mabomba a ku America Lt. Gen. Patrick McLanahan angaganize kawiri za kuphulitsa malo.
    
  Zikomo kwambiri chifukwa cha luso lamakono lothamanga kwambiri komanso kulumikizana, Poldosk masiku ano ikugwira ntchito ina: monga malo oyang'anira ndi kuyang'anira makina oyendetsa ndege a Molniya odana ndi mlengalenga ndi Fanar laser anti-space defense systems. Kuchokera m'chipinda chosavuta chokhala ndi makompyuta anayi, Darzov adalankhulana ndi asilikali ake m'munda kudzera pa intaneti yotetezeka kwambiri komanso mawu pa IP. Malo olamulirawo anali oyenda bwino, amatha kusonkhanitsidwa pasanathe ola limodzi ndikutumizidwa kumalo ena pafupifupi nthawi yomweyo, ndipo mwadzidzidzi amatha kuwongoleredwa kuchokera pa laputopu imodzi ndi foni yam'manja yotetezedwa kapena foni ya satellite paliponse dziko.
    
  Madzulo ano chidwi chinali pa Soltanabad. Zinali zomvetsa chisoni kuti Achimerika adapeza Phanar mwachangu kwambiri - ziyenera kuti zinali mwayi wakhungu, kapena mwina mamembala ena a Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps adasanduka achiwembu ndikuwauza kwa mtsogoleri woukira boma Hesarak Boujazi kapena aku America. Koma adayika Phanar ku Soltanabad ndendende chifukwa ndege zambiri zaku America zimawuluka mderali pafupipafupi. Anali, monga momwe Amereka ananenera, "malo okhala ndi zolinga zambiri."
    
  Darzov adachita nkhonya ataona zomwe zawerengedwa zatsopanozo ndikudina batani la TRANSFER pa kiyibodi ya pakompyuta: "Patsogolo, uyu ndiye Goalkeeper. Ndiuzeni udindo. Mwasiya kuukira ... chifukwa chiyani?"
    
  "Tinali ndi chiwongolero chathunthu chamagetsi pa zomwe tikufuna, ndipo tidatsegula moto monga tatilamula, General," adayankha mainjiniya wamkulu ndi manejala wa polojekiti ku Soltanabad, Wolfgang Zypris. Koma patangopita masekondi angapo titayambitsa chiwembucho, tinasiya kulumikizana. Zypris anali injiniya wa laser waku Germany komanso wasayansi, ndipo kale anali Colonel mu Gulu Lankhondo Lankhondo Laku Germany. Sanadziwe kuti chibwenzi cha Zipris kwanthawi yayitali chinali kazitape waku Russia yemwe adabera kompyuta yapanyumba yake ndikuzembetsa mabuku amtundu wina kupita nawo ku Moscow. Msungwana wake atamuuza kuti iye anali ndani komanso kuti gulu lankhondo la Germany ärischer Abschirmdienst, kapena gulu la intelligence la Military Security Service, linali pamchira wake, adalola kuti amunyamulire kupita ku Russia. Darzov nthawi yomweyo anam'patsa zonse zomwe ankafuna-ndalama, nyumba, ndi akazi onse amene akanatha kuwasamalira-kuti agwire ntchito yokonza ndi kulimbikitsa makina a Kawaznya anti-space laser. Pambuyo pa zaka zoposa zisanu za ntchito, iye anapindula kwambiri kuposa ngakhale Darzov analimba mtima.
    
  "Chombocho chikuwoneka kuti chikutsika mofulumira," Tsipris anapitiriza. "Tikukayikira kuti ma optics athu adachita khungu pomwe chombocho chidawombera maroketi ake."
    
  "Munandidziwitsa kuti izi zitha kuchitika, Colonel," adatero Darzov. Kuti apewe kuzindikirika, adaganiza zogwiritsa ntchito makina owonera ma telescopic electro-optical acquisition and tracking system ndikusunga radar yawo yakuzama yakuzama. Analoza ndege yaku America pamasekondi pang'ono itadutsa m'chizimezime ndikuitsata mosavuta. Monga momwe iwo ankayembekezera, sichinayambe kutsika kupyola mumlengalenga, ngakhale kuti chifaniziro chotukuka kwambiri chinasonyeza kuti chinatembenukira ku njira yoyenera kuti chiyambe kutsika, kuwuluka mchira kaye. Zinali zidakali pamalo abwino, ndipo Darzov analamula kuti kuukira kuyambike.
    
  Gawo lotsatira la kuwala kwa laser linali kugunda chandamale ndi laser yamphamvu kwambiri yoyezera mlengalenga ndikusintha ma optics a laser main, kulola kuti liziyang'ana molondola pa chandamale musanayambe kuwombera laser yayikulu ya oxygen-iodine. Darzov ndi Zipris adaganiza, pomwe chombocho chidayikidwa kuti chiwombere miyala yake, kugwiritsa ntchito laser yayikulu kupanga zosintha zawo kuti ayambe kuwombera mwachangu.
    
  Tsipris anati: "Zikuoneka kuti ogwira ntchito m"sitimayo ankayembekezera kuukira, chifukwa anaphulitsa injini zawo patangopita masekondi angapo laser yathu itagunda. Tidatha kulumikizana kwa masekondi pafupifupi khumi ndi asanu, koma ma optics anali akuyang'anabe bwino, kotero mwina tinkangowononga mphamvu makumi asanu ndi limodzi pa zana pathupi lawo. Dongosolo la optoelectronic ndiye linalepheretsa interlock. Ayenera kukhala akuphwanya mamembala awo ngati nsikidzi mkati mwa chinthucho - akutsika mwachangu katatu kuposa momwe amachitira. Ndikuwatsata ndi ma scanner a infrared, koma sizolondola mokwanira pa laser yayikulu, chifukwa chake ndikufunika chilolezo chogwiritsa ntchito radar yayikulu kutsekanso ndikuwagonjetsa. "
    
  "Kodi akadali pamlingo wokwanira kuti achite nawo?"
    
  "Iwo ali pamtunda wa makilomita zana limodzi ndi makumi atatu, okhala ndi makilomita chikwi chimodzi ndi mazana asanu ndi limodzi, akutsika mofulumira pansi pa mamita zikwi zisanu ndi ziwiri ndi mazana asanu ndi atatu pamphindikati - akutsika ngati thanthwe, koma ali mkati mwa laser. range, "Zipris adamutsimikizira. "Mapangidwe a chombo ichi ayenera kukhala amphamvu kwambiri kuti athe kupirira katundu wotere. Alowa mumlengalenga posachedwa, koma pakali pano sangathe kuthawa mwachangu. Ndikupezerani, General."
    
  "Ndiye chilolezo chalandiridwa kuti apitirize kuukira, Mtsamunda," adatero Darzov nthawi yomweyo. "Musake bwino".
    
    
  ******
    
    
  "Mfundo zisanu ndi ziwiri za Gs ... makilomita makumi awiri ndi awiri pamphindi ... mailosi makumi asanu ndi awiri mphambu asanu ... mfundo zisanu ndi zinayi Gs ... "Zinkawoneka ngati Terranova anatenga nthawi zonse kuti apereke kuwerenga kulikonse. "Tikuyenda mailosi makumi asanu ndi awiri ... mamailo makumi asanu ndi limodzi mphambu zisanu, timafika polowera, ogwira ntchito, 'akambuku' ndi olumala." Mphamvu ya G idatsika mwadzidzidzi, ndikutsatiridwa ndi kubuula ndi matemberero kuchokera m'mlengalenga. Macomber sanakhulupirire kuti sanathe kupirira kwa nthawi yayitali. Ankatha kumvabe mphamvu ya kukoka ndege pamene ndege ya m"mlengalenga ikupitirizabe kutha mphamvu, koma sizinali zoipa kwambiri ngati mmene a Leopards ankawombera. "Crew, report."
    
  "Muli bwino anyamata?" Macomber adalankhula ndi ena mu gawo la okwera. "Imbani mokweza."
    
  "T-Two, ndili bwino," adatero Turlock mofooka.
    
  "S-Three, chabwino," Vol adayankha, akumveka ngati palibe chomwe chachitika. N'kutheka kuti mwana wapamadzi uja anali atagona tulo tofa nato nthawi yonseyi, Macomber ankaganiza choncho.
    
  "S-One" ilinso bwino. KA, okwera ali bwino, mpando wonse wakumbuyo ndi wobiriwira. Zinali zabwino kwambiri."
    
  "Zamveka," adatero Moulin. "Laser ikuwoneka ngati ili ndi loko yosweka pakadali pano. Tayamba kuyenda molingana ndi malo olowera." Black Stallion inayamba kutembenukira mphuno kachiwiri, kenaka inakwera kufika madigiri makumi anayi pamwamba pa chizimezime kuti ibwererenso mumlengalenga, ndikuwonetsa zishango zake zotsika kutentha kumlengalenga wopita patsogolo kuteteza sitimayo ku kutentha kobwera chifukwa cha kukangana. "Mtsogoleri, tiyeni tifotokoze mwachidule njira."
    
  "Tavomereza," adatero Terranova. "Tidadutsa silinda yomaliza ya Baku, kotero ndidakonza Herat, Afghanistan ngati malo athu ofikira. Tidakali pachiwonetsero chathu chotsika mtengo chamagetsi, ndipo Herat ali pafupi kwambiri - pafupifupi mamailosi mazana khumi ndi atatu - kotero tili ndi mphamvu zokwanira kuti tikhazikike. Mumasekondi makumi asanu ndi limodzi, kuthamanga kwa mpweya kudzakhala kokwanira kuti malo osinthika pa spike ayambe kugwira ntchito, ndipo tidzaletsa machitidwe owongolera, kusinthana ndi mbiri yokoka kwambiri, ndikutembenukira kum'mawa ku Turkmenistan kuti tisakhale kutali ndi Soltanabad. Tikangodutsa mamita 100,000, tikhoza kusintha n"kuyamba kuuluka mumlengalenga, kuzimitsa akambuku, kuyatsa injini za turbojet, ndi kutsika mmene zilili bwino."
    
  "Tili ndi gasi wochuluka bwanji, MC?" - anafunsa Macomber.
    
  "Tikangowotcha ma turbojets, tidzakhala ndi mafuta osakwana ola limodzi, koma titsika pafupifupi Mach 5, ndiye kuti tidzakhala ndi mphamvu zokwanira kuzichotsa tisanafune ma turbojets." - Terranova anayankha. "Tidzayamba kuteteza injini ndikukonzekera kuteteza anyalugwe, ndiye tikadzati-"
    
  "Chenjerani, fufuzani radar, maola khumi ndi awiri, mailosi mazana asanu ndi anayi mphambu makumi asanu ndi limodzi, mzere wa India-Juliet," mawu apakompyuta a wolandila chenjezo lachiwopsezo adamveka mwadzidzidzi. Kachiwiri pambuyo pake: "Chidziwitso, chidwi, radar yotsata chandamale, maola khumi ndi awiri, mailosi mazana asanu ndi anayi mphambu makumi asanu ... chidwi, chidwi, radar yotsata chandamale ya pulse-Doppler, maola khumi ndi awiri, mailosi mazana asanu ndi anayi mphambu makumi anayi ... chidwi, chidwi, laser wapezeka, maola khumi ndi awiri.. .tcheru...!"
    
  "Amatimenya ndi radar pafupifupi mailosi chikwi?" Terranova anatuluka. "Izi sizingatheke!"
    
  "Iyi ndi radar ya Kawaznya, ogwira ntchito," atero a Patrick McLanahan. "Mtundu wa chinthu ichi ndi wodabwitsa, ndipo tsopano ndi mafoni."
    
  "Chidziwitso, chenjezo, njira yoziziritsira mwadzidzidzi yatsegulidwa ... chidwi, chidwi, kutentha kwa thupi kukukwera, kuyimitsa zana ndi makumi asanu ndi anayi ..."
    
  "Tichite chiyani, Odin?" Lisa Moulin analira pa wailesi. "Kodi nditani?"
    
  "Chosankha chomwe muli nacho ndikutembenuza chombocho kuti mphamvu ya laser isayang'ane mfundo imodzi kwa nthawi yayitali," adatero Patrick. "Gwiritsani ntchito reaction control poponya. Njira yanu yosinthira ndege ikayamba kugwira ntchito, mutha kugwiritsa ntchito ngodya yanu yayikulu ya banki kuti muwuluke kutali ndi laser, ndikusintha njira yanu momwe mungathere kuti mupewe laser kukugundani. Dave, ndikufuna kuti mutulutse ma vampires mu airbase ya Batman ndikuwononga malo a laser! Ndikufuna Soltanabad asanduke dzenje losuta!
    
  "Ali m'njira, Odin," Luger anayankha.
    
  Koma masekondi akudutsa, zidawonekeratu kuti palibe chomwe Moulin angachite chomwe chingagwire ntchito. Analandira machenjezo otenthedwa pafupifupi nthaŵi zonse kuchokera kumalo ambiri pachombocho, ndipo ena anayamba kunena za kutayikira ndi kutayika kwa umphumphu. Tsiku lina, Moulin mwangozi anayang'ana mwangozi mtengo wa laser womwe ukudutsa pagalasi lakutsogolo kwa oyendetsa ndege ndipo adachita khungu pang'ono, ngakhale kuti magalasi awo amdimawo anali pansi.
    
  Terranova potsiriza anazimitsa machenjezo owopseza - sanalinso othandiza kwa iwo. "Frenchie, uli bwino?"
    
  "Sindikuwona kalikonse, Jim," adatero Moulin pa intercom "yachinsinsi" kuti ogwira ntchito m'chipinda chokwera asamve. "Ndinayang'ana pamtengo wa laser kwa mphindi imodzi ndipo zonse zomwe ndikuwona ndi mabowo akuluakulu akuda m'masomphenya anga. Ndidasokoneza. Ndinapha tonsefe."
    
  "Pitirizani kuwombera, Frenchie," adatero Terranova. "Tidzachita".
    
  Moulin adayamba kusuntha ndodo yoyang'anira mbali mmbuyo ndi mtsogolo, pogwiritsa ntchito zowongolera kutembenuza chombo. Terranova amamupatsa upangiri wokhazikika akapita patali. Machenjezo a kutentha anali pafupifupi osasintha, mosasamala kanthu za momwe iye anayesera. "Tiyenera kuthamangitsa gawo lokwera," adatero Moulin, akadali pa intercom "yachinsinsi". "Iwo akhoza kukhala ndi mwayi."
    
  "Tidali opitilira mphamvu ya g-force ndi liwiro la jettison, Frenchy," adatero Terranova. "Sitikudziwa ngati apulumuka ngakhale titachedweratu - sitinagwetsepo gawo."
    
  "Pali njira imodzi yokha yodziwira," adatero Moulin. "Ndiyambitsa kutsika kwamphamvu kuyesa kutichedwetsa kuti tithe kuyendetsa gawo la okwera. Timagwiritsa ntchito dontho lililonse lamafuta lomwe tatsala nalo kuti tichepetse kugwa kwathu. Ndikufuna thandizo lanu. Ndiuzeni tikatsala pang'ono kutha." Anasalaza mapiko ake mofatsa, kenako adagwiritsa ntchito Terranova kupota Black Stallion kuti awulukenso mchira. Pa intercom wathunthu anati: "Ogwira ntchito, konzekerani kubwezera koopsa kwa mivi yowombera, mbiri yotsika ndi mphamvu. 'Leopards' ikugwirizana."
    
  "Chani?" - Ndidafunsa. - anafunsa Macomber. "Kodi mukuwomberanso 'nyalugwe'? Chani-?"
    
  Analibe nthawi yoti amalize funso lake. Moulin adayatsa ma injini a pulse laser detonation system ndipo nthawi yomweyo adawabweretsa m'malo otsetsereka kenako ndi mphamvu yayikulu, yopitilira katundu wabwinobwino kwa okwera ndi ogwira nawo ntchito. Liwiro lawo linatsika kwambiri - anali akuwulukabe pa Mach 5, koma anali opitilira theka la liwiro lomwe amawulukira nthawi zambiri. Aliyense mu gawo la okwera adagwidwa ndi mantha amphamvu komanso osayembekezeka chifukwa cholemetsa kwambiri kotero kuti nthawi yomweyo adakomoka. Jim Terranova nayenso anamwalira ...
    
  ... momwemonso Lisa Moulin, koma asanatsegule zitseko zonyamula katundu pamwamba pa fuselage ya XR-A9 Black Stallion, anatsegula ma bolts omwe anali ndi gawo mu malo onyamula katundu, ndikukweza switch yolembedwa zofiira, ndikuyatsa. izi...
    
  ...ndipo panthawi yomweyi, zitseko zitatsegulidwa kwathunthu, mabawuti okwera adatsegulidwa, ndipo roketi zoyambitsa ma module zidatulutsidwa, Black Stallion idagwiritsa ntchito mapaundi aliwonse amafuta otsala m'matangi ake ... ndipo idang'ambika. kupatula ndi laser yaku Russia ndikuphulika.
    
    
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  "Zolinga zawonongeka, General," adatero Wolfgang Zypris wa ku Soltanabad. "Kutayika kwakukulu kwa liwiro kumawonetsedwa, zolinga zazikulu zambiri, zinyalala, ndi kutayika kofulumira kwa radar ndi kukhudzana. Kupha komaliza."
    
  "Ndamva," anayankha General Andrei Darzov. Ambiri mwa amisiri ndi maofesala omwe anali m'chipindacho adakweza zibakera zawo mwachipambano ndikutulutsa chisangalalo chabata, koma adawaletsa ndikuwoneka chenjezo. "Tsopano ndikukupemphani kuti mutulukemo mwachangu momwe mungathere - aku America mosakayikira atumiza gulu lomenyera nkhondo kuti liwononge maziko awa. Atha kukhala komweko pasanathe ola limodzi ngati ayambira ku Iraq. "
    
  "Tituluka muno mumphindi makumi atatu, General," adatero Tsipris. "Potulukira".
    
  Darzov adasokoneza kulumikizana, kenako adayambitsanso wina ndikuti: "Ntchito yakwaniritsidwa, bwana."
    
  "Zabwino kwambiri mkulu wankhondo," anayankha motero Purezidenti wa Russia Leonid Zevitin. "Kodi mukuganiza kuti adzachita chiyani?"
    
  "Mosakayikira akuyambitsa mabomba a B-1 opanda anthu ochokera ku Batman Air Force Base ku Turkey omwe ali ndi mivi ya hypersonic kuti awononge ndikuwononga maziko ku Iran," adatero Darzov. "Atha kuwombera pasanathe ola limodzi - ngakhale mphindi makumi atatu ngati ali ndi ndege yokonzeka kunyamuka. Cholingacho chikwaniritsidwa pasanathe mphindi imodzi. "
    
  "O Mulungu wanga, izi nzodabwitsa - tifunika kugwiritsa ntchito ukadaulo uwu," Zevitin adadandaula. "Ndikuganiza kuti anthu anu akutsika pamabulu awo ndikutuluka pamalopo."
    
  "Ayenera kukhala patali mokwanira aku America asanaukire - ndikukutsimikizirani, amatha kumva mivi ya hypersonic kumbuyo kwa mitu yawo ngakhale pano."
    
  "Ndikukayikira kuti mukutero. Kodi ndege ya m"mlengalenga inali kuti pamene inagwa, General?"
    
  "Pafupifupi makilomita chikwi kumpoto chakumadzulo kwa Soltanabad."
    
  "Ndiye, mwamwayi, izi zikuchitika ... ku Russia?"
    
  Panali kupuma pang'ono pamene Darzov ankayang'ana makadi ake apakompyuta; ndiye: "Inde, bwana, ndi choncho. Makilomita zana kumpoto chakumadzulo kwa Machakala, likulu la chigawo cha Dagestan, ndi makilomita mazana atatu kum"mwera chakum"mawa kwa malo ophulitsira mabomba a Tupolev-95 ku Mozdok."
    
  "Nanga bwanji za ngozi?" - Ndidafunsa.
    
  "Sizingatheke kunena, bwana. Idzabalalitsidwa pamtunda wamakilomita masauzande pakati pa Nyanja ya Caspian ndi malire a Iran ndi Afghanistan. "
    
  "Ndizachisoni. Yang'anirani mosamala zinyalala izi ndipo ndidziwitse ngati zina zafika pansi. Onjezani gulu losaka la Caspian Sea Flotilla kuti liyambe kusaka. Kodi ma radar athu achenjeza za chitetezo chamlengalenga?"
    
  "Ayi, bwana. Zodzitchinjiriza zamtundu wanthawi zonse zachitetezo chamlengalenga komanso makina owonera ma radar a ndege sangathe kutsata chandamale pamalowo ndikuyenda pa liwiro lomwelo. Ndi njira yapadera yolondolera mlengalenga yomwe ingachite izi. "
    
  "Ndiye, popanda radar yotere, sitikadadziwa kuti china chake chachitika, sichoncho?"
    
  "Mwatsoka, ayi, bwana."
    
  "Kodi mukuyembekeza kuti kuwonongeka kwa radar kuzindikirike ndi makina wamba?"
    
  "Sitikutsata zinyalala pamene tikutsitsa makina a radar a Phanar ku Soltanabad," adalongosola Darzov, "koma ndikuganiza kuti m'mphindi zochepa tingayambe kutola zidutswa zazikulu pamene zikulowanso mumlengalenga. Ndilamula malo athu oteteza ndege ku Dagestan kuti anene za kupezeka kwa zinyalala. "
    
  "Zabwino kwambiri, General," adatero Zevitin. "Sindingafune kudandaula molawirira kwambiri zakuukira kwaposachedwa kwa America motsutsana ndi Russia, sichoncho?"
    
    
  WOkwera NDEGE YOYAMBA
  NTHAWI YOMWEYO
    
    
  "Mulungu wanga, Bambo Purezidenti," anatero sejenti wachikaziyo, akuimirira m"mawondo ake ndi kuyamba kubweza bulawuti yake ya yunifolomu, "ndinu mwandivotera."
    
  "Zikomo, Staff Sergeant," Purezidenti Gardner anatero, akumuyang'ana akusintha kwinaku akumenya ntchentche yake. "Ndikuganiza kuti pali kutsegulira kwanga ... kwa munthu woyenerera ngati inu." Anamwetulira ndi mawu omveka bwino. "Ndikufuna?"
    
  "M"chenicheni, bwana, ndinali kuyembekezera ntchito ku Sukulu Yophunzitsa Apolisi," iye anayankha motero, akumayang"ana mwachidwi Mtsogoleri Wankhondo m"mwamba ndi pansi. "Ndinauzidwa kuti malowo sangatsegulidwe kwa miyezi ina khumi ndi isanu ndi itatu. Ndinamaliza digiri yanga ya bachelor ndikungolemba semester yatha. Ndine wofunitsitsa kupeza ma komisheni anga. "
    
  "Digiri yako inali yotani, sweetie?"
    
  "Sayansi ya ndale," anayankha motero. "Nditenga digiri yanga ya zamalamulo kenako ndikufuna kulowa ndale."
    
  "Ndithu titha kugwiritsa ntchito munthu yemwe ali ndi chidwi chanu ku Washington, Staff Sergeant," Purezidenti adatero. Anawona kuwala kwa CALL pa foni kukung'anima-kuyimba kwachangu, koma osati kufulumira kuti athetse dongosolo la DND. "Koma OTS ili ku Alabama?"
    
  "Inde, bwana."
    
  "Izi ndizayipa kwambiri, wokondedwa," Purezidenti adatero, akuyerekeza kukhumudwa - chomaliza chomwe adafuna chinali choti wina abwere ku Washington. Maxwell Air Force Base ku Alabama ikanakhala yabwino - kutali kwambiri ndi Washington kuti apewe mphekesera, koma pafupi kwambiri ndi Florida kuti athe kuzembera ali ku Florida kwawo. "Ndikanakonda kugwira nanu ntchito pafupipafupi, koma ndimasirira kudzipereka kwanu muutumiki. Ndikukhulupirira kuti ndamva za kutsegulidwa kwa OTS m'kalasi lotsatira ndipo ndikuganiza kuti mukwanira bwino. Tilumikizana."
    
  "Zikomo kwambiri a President," mdindoyo anatero, akusalaza tsitsi lake lonse ndi yunifolomu yake, kenako n"kuchoka osayang"ana m"mbuyo.
    
  Umu ndi momwe amawakondera, Gardner adaganiza, akumwa madzi ndikuyamba kugunda kwamtima ndi malingaliro ake: molimba mtima komanso mwamakani kuti achite chilichonse chomwe angapindule nacho wina aliyense, koma anzeru mokwanira kuti abwerere kuntchito. ndikupewa kutenga nawo mbali m'malingaliro - awa anali mphamvu zenizeni ku Washington. Ena anachita izo kupyolera mwa luso, ubongo, kapena kugwirizana kwa ndale-panalibe cholakwika kapena chachilendo kwa iwo omwe anachita izo pa mawondo awo. Kuphatikiza apo, adadziwa zomwe adachita, kuti ntchito zawo zonse zikadatha ngati kayesedwe kawo kakang'ono kadzatuluka, ndiye zinali zopindulitsa kuti onse awiri achite zomwe winayo amafuna ndipo, koposa zonse, atseke pakamwa pawo. loko ndi kiyi za izi. Uyu anali kupita kutali kwambiri.
    
  Kachiwiri pambuyo pake, malingaliro ake adayang'ananso zochitika zomwe zikubwera ndi njira, adakanikiza batani la "DODODISTURB". Patangopita nthawi pang'ono, mkulu wake wa antchito ndi mlangizi wa chitetezo cha dziko anagogoda, kuyang'ana pa phalo kuti atsimikizire kuti pulezidenti ali yekha, anadikirira kamphindi, kenako analowa m'chipindamo. Onse anali ndi mafoni am'manja m'makutu mwawo. Air Force One imatha kukhala ngati malo ake oyambira mafoni, ndipo mosiyana ndi okwera ndege zamalonda, panalibe zoletsa kugwiritsa ntchito foni yam'manja pa Air Force One-ogwiritsa ntchito amatha kuyatsa nsanja zambiri zama foni zam'manja momwe amafunira. "Chikuchitikandi chiyani?" - anafunsa pulezidenti.
    
  "Zilibe kanthu ... Kapena zoyipa zangophulika, Bambo Purezidenti," watero Chief of Staff Walter Cordus. "Likulu la Air Force ku Europe lidalandira foni kuchokera ku Sixth Joint Air Operations Center ku Turkey kupempha chitsimikiziro cha kuchoka kwa bomba la EB-1C Vampire lomwe lili ndi zida ziwiri zoyambira ku Batman Air Force Base kum'mwera kwa Turkey ... zomwezi zomwe tidafika nazo. pambuyo pa kuukira kwa mizinga ku Iran. USAF idalumikizana ndi Pentagon kuti itsimikizire chifukwa panalibe maulamuliro amtundu uliwonse wa bomba la Batman."
    
  "Mukutanthauza oponya mabomba a McLanahan?" Yankho linalembedwa pankhope yamantha ya Cordus. "McLanahan adalamula mabomba ake awiri kuti anyamuke ... nditawalamula kuti atera? Kodi chikuchitika ndi chiyani?"
    
  "Sindikudziwa, bwana," anatero Cordus. "Ndinauza gulu lankhondo la US Air Force kuti palibe wophulitsa bomba yemwe adaloledwa kuyambitsa pazifukwa zilizonse, ndipo ndidawalamula kuti akane chilolezo choyambitsa. Ndikuyitana McLanahan ndi wachiwiri wake Luger ku Nevada, kuyesera kuti adziwe zomwe zikuchitika. "
    
  "Kodi oponya mabomba ali ndi zida?"
    
  "Ife sitikudziwanso zimenezo, bwana. Ntchito imeneyi inali yosaloledwa konse."
    
  "Chabwino, tiyenera kuganiza kuti ndi choncho - podziwa McLanahan, akadasiya zida m'ndege zake ngakhale zonse zitazimitsidwa, pokhapokha titamuuza mwachindunji kuti asatero, ndipo ngakhale pamenepo akanatha . Ingowasungani potsika mpaka titadziwa zomwe zikuchitika. Nkhani ya ndege ya m'mlengalenga ndi chiyani? Kodi ikadali mu orbit?"
    
  "Ndiyang'ana McLanahan akangotenga, bwana."
    
  "Zikhale motere, kapena ndikhomerere chikopa chake pachitseko cha bafa yanga," Purezidenti adatero, akumwanso madzi alalanje. "Mvetserani, za 'kukumana ndi moni' ku Orlando ..." Ndipo adamva Carlisle akutemberera pafoni yake. "Chani, Conrad?" - Ndidafunsa.
    
  "Mabomba a B-1 anyamuka," mlangizi wachitetezo cha dziko adatero. Chibwano cha Pulezidenti chidagwa modabwa. "Woyang'anira nsanja pa airbase adauza ogwira ntchito kuti azikhalabe, koma ndegezi ndizopanda anthu - zimayendetsedwa kutali ndi Elliott Air Force Base ku Nevada-"
    
  "McLanahan."
    
  "McLanahan akadali m'malo okwerera mlengalenga, kotero wachiwiri wake, Brigadier General Luger, ndi amene amayang'anira oponya mabomba ochokera ku Elliott," adatero Carlisle. "Ndiyenera kuyimbira Secretary of Defense Turner kuti alamula a Luger kuti abweze mabombawa pansi. Yesu! "...
    
  "Walephera kudziletsa!" - Purezidenti adakwiya. "Ndikufuna kuti atuluke m"mlengalenga muno ndi kumangidwa nthawi yomweyo! Tumizani a Marshal waku US kumeneko ngati muyenera kutero!
    
  "Mutumize Msilikali waku US mumlengalenga?" Cordus anafunsa. "Ndikudabwa ngati izi zidachitikapo kale ... kapena titha kufunsa wotsogolera kuti adzipereke kuchita izi?"
    
  "Sindikuseka, Walter. McLanahan ayenera kumenyedwa asanayambe nkhondo ina yoopsa pakati pathu ndi Russia. Dziwani zomwe gehena ikuchitika ndipo chitani mwachangu. Zevitin adzakhalanso pa foni tisanadziwe, ndipo ndikufuna kumutsimikizira kuti zonse zikuyenda bwino.
    
    
  COMBAT CONTROL AREA, BATTLE MOUNTAIN RESERVE AIR BASE, NEVADA
  NTHAWI YOMWEYO
    
    
  "Headbanger Two-One" ndege ya awiri ili pamtunda wa 3-one-o, chidwi choyenera, wulukira poyambira 9-1, mphindi makumi atatu kuti ifike poyambira, "adatero mkulu wa mishoni. njira zoyendetsera kayendetsedwe ka ndege ndikuwuluka popanda kuperekezedwa ndi boma kapena kuyang'anira kayendetsedwe ka ndege ... chifukwa amapita kunkhondo.
    
  Akuluakulu awiriwa adakhala mbali ndi mbali mu gawo lina la "BATMAN," kapena malo owongolera nkhondo, ku Battle Mountain Air Reserve Base kumpoto kwa Nevada, atakhala pamalo omwe amawoneka ngati makina wamba apakompyuta omwe angagwiritsidwe ntchito ndi mlonda. kapena wamalonda watsiku lachitetezo. Apolisiwo anali atatsagana ndi akatswiri awiri olembedwa ntchito okhala ndi makina awo ounikira makompyuta. Azibambo ndi amayi omwe anali mchipindamo adalankhula ndi maikolofoni awo mopanda mawu, matupi osasuntha, maso akungoyang'ana pa monitor. Kungogwira chala mwa apo ndi apo pa kiyibodi kapena dzanja losuntha cholozera ndi trackball kungapangitse aliyense kukhulupirira kuti chinachake chinali kuchitikadi.
    
  Apolisi awiriwa adayendetsa zombo ziwiri zankhondo zowuluka za EB-1C Vampire "zowuluka" zomwe zidayambira kum'mawa kwa Turkey kudzera kumpoto kwa Iran. Oyang'anira atatu okwera kwambiri adawonetsa mawonedwe a kutsogolo ndi mbali za bomba lotsogolera, pomwe oyang'anira ena adawonetsa magwiridwe antchito, machitidwe ndi zida zowerengera kuchokera ku ndege zonse ziwiri. Ngakhale kuti mabomba awiriwa anali oyenera mpweya wabwino, nthawi zambiri ankayendetsedwa ndi makompyuta, kuyankha mwachisawawa malamulo omwe adalowetsedwa asananyamuke ndikusankha okha choti achite kuti amalize ntchitoyi. Ogwira ntchito pansi ankayang'anitsitsa momwe ndege ikuyendera, kusintha ndondomeko ya ndege ngati kuli kofunikira, ndipo amatha kulamulira nthawi iliyonse, koma zosankha zonse zinapangidwa ndi makompyuta. Akatswiri amayang'anira momwe ndege ikuyendera, kuyang'anira ma electromagnetic spectrum kuti awononge zoopsa, ndikuwonanso nzeru zomwe zikubwera m'njira zomwe zingakhudze ntchitoyo.
    
  "Makope a Genesis," David Luger anayankha. Anabwerera ku likulu lankhondo ku Elliott Air Force Base kumwera chapakati cha Nevada, akuyang'ana momwe ntchito ikuyendera pa "mabokosi akuluakulu" apakompyuta kukula kwa khoma patsogolo pake. Zowonetsa zina zidawonetsa ziwopsezo za adani zomwe zazindikirika ndi ndege zonse za Aerospace Advanced Weapons Center ndi ma satellite ndi masensa ena ogwirizana omwe amagwira ntchito m'derali. Koma chidwi cha Luger chidakopeka ndi ziwonetsero zina ziwiri: choyambirira chinali chithunzi chaposachedwa cha satellite cha dera lomwe akufuna kum'mawa kwa Iran ...
    
  ... ndipo yachiwiri inali yokhudzana ndi data yolondolera mlengalenga ya satellite, yomwe inalibe kanthu.
    
  "Akuchotsa zida za laser mwachangu," adatero Dave. "Ayenera kuti ankaganiza kuti titumiza oponya mabomba kuti adzaphulitse malowa kumoto. Sindikudziwa kuti tifika nthawi yake, Mook.
    
  "Nyamulani, Dave," adatero Patrick McLanahan. Anayang'ananso ntchito kuchokera ku gawo lolamula pa siteshoni ya mlengalenga ya Armstrong. "Tengani tanker mumlengalenga kuti mukakumane ndi oponya mabomba pobwerera, koma ndikufuna kuti miviyo ili panjira mphemvu zaku Russia zisanathawe."
    
  "Ndikumva, ndi zonyansa. Konzekerani. Cutthroat, uyu ndi Genesis. Wina amafuna kuti oponya mabombawo aukire chigolicho chisanabalalike. Yendetsani oponya mabombawo ndikuwonetsa momwe ma tanki othandizira alili. "
    
  Maj. Gen. Rebecca Furness, mkulu wa gulu lankhondo la ndege la Battle Mountain Air Force . "Akhala ali mumlengalenga mphindi zisanu."
    
  "Ndimakumvetsetsa. Wina akufuna kuti pakhale ma vampire ambiri momwe angathere. "
    
  "Ngalawayo ikangofika pamtunda wotetezeka kwambiri, timathamangitsira ma Vampires ku gawo limodzi ndi magawo awiri mwa magawo khumi a mach - uku ndiko kuthamanga kwambiri kwa Skystreaks. Zabwino kwambiri zomwe tingachite ndi magawo omwe alipo pano. "
    
  "Ndikukupemphani kuti muchotse mafuta okwana ola limodzi ndikukweza ma Vampires tsopano," adatero Luger.
    
  "Zoipa-sindichita zimenezo, Dave," anatero Rebecca. Rebecca Furness anali woyendetsa ndege woyamba wachikazi ku United States Air Force komanso wamkulu wamkazi woyamba wa gulu lankhondo lanzeru. Pamene Rebecca's Air Force Reserve B-1B Lancer unit ku Reno, Nevada, idatsekedwa ndipo oponya mabombawo adasamutsidwa ku Advanced Aerospace Weapons Center kuti asanduke "zombo zankhondo zowuluka" za anthu komanso zopanda munthu, Furness adavomereza. Tsopano adalamulira magulu asanu anzeru zankhondo pamalo atsopano osungiramo zida ku Battle Mountain, Nevada, opangidwa ndi otembenuka opanda anthu ophulitsa mabomba a B-52 ndi B-1, ndege za QA-45C zosakhala zopanda anthu, ndi matanki apamlengalenga a KC-76. "Tiwapeza, osadandaula."
    
  Luger adayang'ananso chithunzi chaposachedwa cha satellite cha Highway Air Base ku Soltanabad, Iran. Zinali mphindi zisanu zokha zapitazo, koma zidawonetsa kale magalimoto akuluakulu angapo apita, ndipo zomwe zimawoneka ngati gulu lonse la ogwira ntchito akugwetsa ena onse. "Nthawi yatha mayi. mphemvu zimabalalika msanga."
    
  "Ndikudziwa, Dave, ndikuwonanso zithunzi," adatero Rebecca, "koma sindingathe kutaya mabomba anga."
    
  "Monga tataya Stallion?"
    
  "Usandichite mwamwano, Dave-ndikudziwa zimene zikuchitika kuno, ndipo ndakwiyiranso ngati iweyo," anatero Rebecca. "Koma ndikukumbutseni kuti oponya mabomba athu ndi ndege yokhayo yomwe tili nayo pakali pano, ndipo sindidzawaika pachiwopsezo pa ... ntchito yosaloledwa." Uku sikunali kukokomeza, ndipo Dave Luger ankadziwa. : Kuyambira ku America Holocaust, kuukira kwa zida zankhondo zaku Russia pa bomba la ku America ndi zida zankhondo zaku America zaka zinayi m'mbuyomo, mabomba okhawo omwe adakhalapo ataliatali anali oponya mabomba ochepa omwe adatumizidwa kutsidya kwa nyanja, ndikusintha mabomba a B-52 ndi B-1 okhala ku Nkhondo. Phiri.
    
  Posakhalitsa oponya mabomba a Furness anataya okha. Mabomba onse a Battle Mountain adatumizidwa kumalo opangira mafuta aku Russia ku Yakutsk, Siberia, komwe a Patrick McLanahan adatsogolera kuwukira kwa zida za nyukiliya ku Russia konse. Mabomba a ku America atapezeka, Purezidenti wa Russia panthawiyo, General Anatoly Gryzlov, adaukira malowo ndi zida zanyukiliya. Theka la magulu ankhondowo linatayika pa chiwonongeko chowonongacho. Oponya mabomba otsalawo adagonjetsa zida zambiri zankhondo zaku Russia, ndikuwononga kuchuluka kwa mphamvu zawo zanyukiliya; McLanahan mwiniwake, m'modzi mwa zombo zankhondo zomaliza za EB-52 Megafortress, adaukira ndikupha Gryzlov m'bwalo lake lapansi panthaka kum'mwera chakum'mawa kwa Moscow paulendo wotopetsa wa maola makumi awiri womwe unadutsa dziko la Russia.
    
  Kutsatira mkanganowo, Rebecca Furness adapatsidwa lamulo la oponya mabomba ochepa a RAF; Choncho, palibe amene ankadziwa bwino kuposa iye udindo wosaneneka umene anapatsidwa. Ndege zomwe zidatsala ndi mabomba ochepa osayendetsedwa ndi anthu omwe adamangidwa kuyambira Nkhondo Yachibadwidwe ya ku America inali ndege yokhayo yamtunda wautali yomwe idatsalira m'malo ankhondo aku America - ngati mabomba aliwonse angapangidwenso, zingatenge zaka makumi ambiri kuti amangenso magulu ankhondo kuti akhale odalirika. .
    
  Dave anati: "Amayi, ndili ndi chikhulupiriro chakuti ntchito yonyanyala ntchitoyo ivomerezedwa mwamsanga pamene National Command inalandira lipoti lathu la zimene zinachitika ku ndege yathu ya m"mlengalenga. "Laser yam'manja ya Kawaznya iyi ikuyimira chiwopsezo chachikulu chomwe dziko lathu likukumana nalo pakali pano, osati kungoyendetsa ndege zathu, komanso chilichonse chomwe chimawuluka." Anaima kaye, kenako anawonjezera kuti, "Ndipo a Russia angopha asanu mwa opambana athu, amayi. Yakwana nthawi yobwezera pang'ono."
    
  Rabeka anakhala chete kwa nthawi yaitali; kenaka, akupukusa mutu wake, ananena mowuma kuti: "Mayi atatu ochokera kwa inu m"kukambitsirana kumodzi, General Luger-ndikuganiza kuti chimenecho nchoyamba kwa inu." Analembapo malangizo pa kompyuta yake. "Ndikuvomereza kusintha kwa mphindi makumi atatu zamafuta a bingo."
    
  "Mmodzi amayimbira a Headbanger, ndidati awakankhire, General Furness," Patrick adalowererapo kuchokera ku Armstrong space station. "Atengereni ku Vmax, kenako muwachepetse mpaka pa mfundo imodzi kuti amasule chida."
    
  "Bwanji ngati safika pamalo opangira mafuta apakati pobwerera, General?" - iye anafunsa. "Bwanji ngati panali vuto pakuyenda? Bwanji ngati sangathe kulumikiza nthawi yoyamba? Tiyeni tisaiwale -"
    
  "Adzukani, General. Ndilo dongosolo."
    
  Rebecca adapumira. Iye akanatha kunyalanyaza mwalamulo malamulo ake ndi kuonetsetsa kuti oponya mabombawo anali otetezeka-imeneyo inali ntchito yake-koma anamvetsadi mmene anafunira kubwezera chilango. Adatembenukira kwa gulu lake landege la vampire nati, "Awonjezeni mpaka pa mfundo imodzi, werengeraninso bingo yamafuta pamalo oyang'anira mafuta apakati ndikulangiza."
    
  Ogwira ntchitoyo adamvera ndipo patapita kanthawi adalengeza kuti: "Gulu la Headbanger Two tsopano lafika pamtunda wa atatu-one-o, mutu, Mach one point five, chidwi, chobiriwira, mphindi makumi awiri kuti ayambire." Bingo, siteshoni ya ARCP yatha mafuta; Tatsala ndi mphindi khumi zamafuta otsala. Tili ndi mphindi zochulukirapo kuti timve titalandira ETE yatsopano ya tankayo. "
    
  "Izi ndi mphindi khumi kuchokera pamene bomba lachiwiri laphulitsa bomba, sichoncho?" Adafunsa Rabecca. Mawonekedwe okhumudwa, otuwa komanso osalankhula "ayi" pankhope ya katswiriyo adamuwuza kuti anali pachiwonetsero chakuya.
    
    
  MUTU WACHISANU NDI CHIWIRI
    
    
  Palibe asilikali osavulazidwa pankhondo.
    
  - JOSE NAROSCHI
    
    
    
  PA BWALO LA ARMSTRONG SPACE STATION
  PATAPITA Mphindi zochepa
    
    
  "McLanahan wafika, otetezeka."
    
  "McLanahan, uyu ndiye Purezidenti wa United States," adatero a Joseph Gardner. "Kodi iwe ukuganiza kuti ukuchita chiyani?"
    
  "Bwana, ine-"
    
  "Ili ndi lamulo lachindunji, McLanahan: tumizani mabombawa tsopano."
    
  "Bwana, ndikufuna ndikufotokozereni lipoti langa"
    
  "Simudzachita chinthu choyipa kupatula zomwe ndikuuzani kuti muchite!" - Purezidenti adakwiya. "Mwaphwanya lamulo la mkulu wa asilikali. Ngati mukufuna kupewa moyo wa kundende, uyenera kuchita zomwe ndikuwuza. Ndipo ndegeyi kulibwino ikhalabe ikuzungulira, kapena ndikulumbira kwa Mulungu ...
    
  "A Russia anawombera ndege ya Black Stallion," Patrick analowererapo mwamsanga. "Ndege ya m'mlengalenga yasowa ndipo imatengedwa kuti yatayika ndi mizimu yonse."
    
  Purezidenti adakhala chete kwa nthawi yayitali; kenako: "Bwanji?"
    
  "Laser yam'manja, yomweyi yomwe tikuganiza kuti idaponya ndege yathu ku Iran chaka chatha," Patrick adayankha. "Izi ndi zomwe anthu aku Russia amabisala ku Soltanabad: laser yawo yam'manja ya anti-space. Adabwera nayo ku Iran ndikuyiyika pamalo osiyidwa a Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps omwe tinkaganiza kuti awonongeka - adayikapo mabokosi abodza kuti atipusitse. Anthu aku Russia ayika laser pamalo abwino kuti aukire chombo chathu chowuluka ku Iran. Analandira mphoto yachiwiri yaikulu pa zonse: ndege ina ya Black Stallion. Malowa akusonyeza kuti cholinga chawo chinali siteshoni ya mlengalenga ya Armstrong. "
    
  Khalani chete kumbali ina ya mzere...
    
  "Panalinso azimayi awiri omwe adakwera, bwana."
    
  "...ndipo tifika kumapeto kwa izi," Purezidenti anapitiriza, "koma munaphwanya malamulo anga ndikuyambitsa mabombawa popanda chilolezo. Muwatumize nthawi yomweyo."
    
  Patrick anayang'ana nthawi yotsalayo: kupitilira mphindi zisanu ndi ziwiri. Kodi angatseke Purezidenti kwa nthawi yayitali ...? "Bwana, ndalandira chilolezo choyendetsa ndegeyi m'njira yokhazikika kuchokera ku STRATCOM," adatero. "Tinakayikira zimene a Russia anali kuchita, koma tinadikirira kuti atilole kuloŵamo. Mantha athu oyipa adatsimikizika. "...
    
  "Ndakulamulani, McLanahan."
    
  "Bwana, aku Russia akunyamula ndikusuntha laser ndi radar yawo ku Soltanabad momwe tikulankhula," adatero. "Ngati aloledwa kuthawa, laser iyi idzakhala chiwopsezo chachikulu kwa zombo zilizonse, satellite ndi ndege zomwe zili m'gulu lathu. Kwatsala mphindi zochepa kuti mutsegule, ndipo zonse zidzatha pasanathe mphindi imodzi. Mivi inayi yokha yolondola kwambiri yokhala ndi mitu yankhondo ya kinetic - palibe kuwonongeka kwachikole. Idzachotsa zigawo zomwe sizinasunthidwe. Anthu aku Russia sangadandaule za kuukiraku chifukwa ndiye kuti akuvomera kutumiza asitikali ku Iran kuti akaphe Achimerika, kotero sipadzakhalanso mayiko ena. Ngati titha kuwatengera ankhondo a Bujazi kumeneko kuti ayambe kafukufuku wazamalamulo posachedwa chiwembuchi, titha kupeza umboni kuti...
    
  "Ndati tembenuzani mabombawa, McLanahan," Purezidenti adatero. "Ndilo dongosolo. Sindidzibwereza ndekha. Zokambiranazi zalembedwa ndi kuchitiridwa umboni, ndipo ngati simutsatira, zidzagwiritsidwa ntchito motsutsana nanu m"khoti lanu lankhondo."
    
  "Bwana, ndamva, koma ndikukupemphani kuti muganizirenso," Patrick anachonderera motero. "Oyenda mumlengalenga asanu omwe anali m"ndegeyo anaphedwa. Iwo afa, atang'ambika ndi laser. Inali nkhondo. Pokhapokha titapeza umboni wachindunji woti dziko la Russia layambitsa zigawenga zachindunji ku United States of America, iwo adzatha kupha ndipo sitidzatha kubwezera imfa yawo. Ndipo ngati sitiwononga, kuwononga kapena kuletsa laser iyi, idzawoneka kwinakwake ndikuphanso. Bwana, tiyenera ...
    
  "Mukuphwanya lamulo lachindunji la Commander-in-Chief, General McLanahan," Purezidenti adasokoneza. "Ndikupatsani mwayi womaliza kuti mumvere. Chitani izi ndipo ndikulolani kusiya ntchito mwachangu komanso mwakachetechete, osayang'ana pagulu. Kana, ndipo ndidzakuchotsera udindo wako ndi kukutumiza kundende ndi ntchito yolemetsa kwa moyo wako wonse. Kodi mukundimvetsa, wamkulu? Mwayi womaliza...zikhala zotani?-"
    
  Kwatsala mphindi zisanu ndi chimodzi. Kodi adzatha kupewa mavuto chifukwa cha "wailesi yosokoneza"? Iye anaganiza kuti tsopano anali kutali kwambiri, kupitirira malirewo: analibe chochita. Patrick adasokoneza kutumiza. Ponyalanyaza mawonekedwe odabwitsidwa pankhope za amisiri omwe adamuzungulira, adati, "McLanahan akuitana Luger."
    
  "Ndangotuluka pa foni ndi Secretary of Defense, Mook," adatero Dave kuchokera ku Elliott Air Force Base kudzera panjira yawo yodutsa padziko lonse lapansi. "Analamula kuti ma vampires abwerenso nthawi yomweyo."
    
  "Foni yanga ikugunda yanu, bwanawe: ndangolandira uthenga kuchokera kwa Purezidenti," adatero Patrick. "Analamulanso chimodzimodzi. Anandipatsa ntchito yabwino yopuma pantchito kapena moyo wonse wothyola miyala ikuluikulu kukhala ana aang"ono ku Leavenworth."
    
  "Ndidzawatembenuza-"
    
  "Zoyipa ... Amapitilira," adatero Patrick. "Bomba maziko awa ku gehena."
    
  "Mook, ndikudziwa zomwe ukuganiza," adatero Dave Luger, "koma mwina kudzakhala mochedwa. Chithunzi chaposachedwa cha satelayiti chikuwonetsa kuti pafupifupi gawo limodzi mwa magawo anayi a magalimotowa asowa kale, ndipo izi zidachitika mphindi khumi zapitazo. Kuonjezera apo, tataya kale mafuta pa vampires, ndipo pali ngozi yamafuta - mwina sangafike pa tanker isanatuluke. Ndizochitika zopambana, Mook. Sikoyenera kuika pachiswe ntchito yanu ndi ufulu wanu. Tinaluza uyu. Tiyeni tibwerere ndikukonzekera kulimbana ndi lotsatira."
    
  "'Chotsatira' chikhoza kukhala kuwukira kwa ndege ina, setilaiti, ndege ya kazitape ku Iran, kapena malo okwerera mlengalenga a Armstrong," adatero Patrick. "Tiyenera kusiya izi, tsopano."
    
  "Kwachedwa kwambiri," adatero Luger. "Ndikuganiza kuti tinaphonya."
    
  "Kenako tidzawasiyira kakhadi kakang"ono kantchito m"kalirole kawo kowonera kumbuyo ngati zimenezo n"zabwino koposa zimene tingachite," anatero Patrick. "Musindikize."
    
    
  ******
    
    
  "Akupita ku chiyani?"
    
  "Mwandimva, Leonid," Purezidenti waku United States adatero pa foni yochokera ku Air Force One, patangopita mphindi zochepa kuchokera pomwe kulumikizana ndi malo okwerera mlengalenga kudatayika - adayenera kutulutsa mawu angapo kwa masekondi makumi asanu ndi limodzi zitatha izi. .pamene mzere unafa asanalankhule ndi wina aliyense. "Ndikuganiza kuti McLanahan ayambitsa kuwombera ndege pamalo otchedwa Soltanabad kumpoto chakum'mawa kwa Iran. Akuumirira kuti mudayikapo laser anti-space ndipo munaigwiritsa ntchito kuponya ndege yake ya Black Stallion mphindi zochepa zapitazo.
    
  Purezidenti wa Russia Leonid Zevitin mokwiya adalemba malangizo pa kiyibodi ya pakompyuta kwa mkulu wa asilikali a Air Force a Darzov pakulankhula kwake, ndikumuchenjeza za chiwembu chomwe chikubwera ndikumulamula kuti awononge ndege zankhondo kuti ayese kuyimitsa mabomba aku America. "Izi ndizodabwitsa, Joe, ndizodabwitsa," adatero m'mawu ake okhutiritsa, owona mtima, aukali. "Soltanabad? Ku Iran? Sindinamvepo za malo ano! Tilibe asitikali kulikonse ku Iran kupatula omwe amayang'anira kazembe wathu wakanthawi ku Mashhad, ndipo zili komweko chifukwa ofesi yathu ya kazembe ku Tehran yasanduka gehena ndipo Mashhad tsopano ndi malo okhawo otetezeka m'dziko lonselo, chifukwa cha Boujazi. "
    
  "Ndili wodabwa ngati iwe, Leonid," adatero Gardner. "McLanahan ayenera kuti wapenga. Ayenera kuti anavulala koopsa muubongo pamene anagwidwa ndi kugunda kwa mtima. Sakhazikika!
    
  "Koma bwanji wapolisi wosakhazikika akuwulutsa mabomba apamwamba kwambiri ndi mivi ya hypersonic, Joe? Mwina simungathe kufika ku McLanahan, koma mutha kumuletsa, sichoncho?
    
  "Zowona ndingathe, Leonid. Izi zikuchitika pamene tikulankhula. Koma oponya mabombawa amatha kuponya mivi ingapo. Ngati muli ndi mphamvu zilizonse pansi, ndikukupemphani kuti muwachotse mwamsanga. "
    
  "Ndikuthokoza chifukwa choyimbira foni, Joe, koma tilibe mphamvu ku Iran." Anawona kuti panalibe yankho lochokera ku Darzov - damn, ndibwino kuti atulutse laser kumeneko, mwinamwake masewera awo atha. "Ndipo tilibe zida zamatsenga zamatsenga zomwe zimatha kuponya chombo chozungulira Dziko Lapansi pamtunda wa mailosi zikwi khumi ndi zisanu ndi ziwiri pa ola ndikuzimiririka ngati utsi. United Nations idafufuza malipoti awa chaka chatha ndipo sanapeze chilichonse, mukukumbukira? "
    
  "Ndikuganiza kuti zotsatira zake zinali zosatsimikizika chifukwa-"
    
  "Chifukwa Purezidenti Martindale sanawalole kuti afunse mafunso aliyense ku Dreamland, ndipo Boujazi ndi zigawenga zake zopenga sanawalole kupita kumalo owonongeka kapena malo omwe amayenera kuti laser adayikidwa," adatero Zevitin. "Chowonadi ndichakuti palibe umboni umodzi womwe umalozera ku dzenje lalikulu kwambiri. McLanahan mwachiwonekere ndi wochititsa mantha ku Congress, atolankhani ndi anthu aku America kuti asunge mapulogalamu ake achinsinsi okwera mtengo komanso oopsa. "
    
  "Chabwino, izi ziyimitsidwa mwachangu," adatero Gardner. "McLanahan watha. Mnyamatayu adayimitsa foni ndikulamula kuti chiwembucho chipitirire. "
    
  "Wadula foni?" Zinali zangwiro, Zevitin anaganiza mosangalala. Sanangomuchotsa McLanahan, komanso kumuwonetsa ngati wamisala ... wamkulu wake wamkulu! Panalibe njira imene omutsatira ake mu Gulu Lankhondo kapena Congress akanamuchirikiza tsopano! Iye anatsekereza chisangalalo chake ndipo anapitiriza ndi mawu apansipansi kuti: "Uwu ndi misala! Ndi wopenga? Simungalole kuti izi zipitirire! Munthu wosakhazikika, wosalamulirika uyu ayenera kuimitsidwa, Joe. Mumapangitsa anthu ambiri kukhala ndi mantha kuno. Dikirani mpaka a Duma ndi nduna ya nduna amve za kuwukira kwina kwa zida za hypersonic ku Iran. Adzawononga mathalauza awo."
    
  "Awuzeni kuti asade nkhawa, Leonid," adatero Gardner. "McLanahan watha, komanso gulu lake lankhondo lachinsinsi."
    
  "Zimitsani, Joe," Zevitin anaumirira. "Ikani zonse-malo okwerera m"mlengalenga, mizinga yamphamvu ija, mabomba ophulitsira opanda munthu amene ali ndi miyale yakupha-nthawi isanathe. Ndiye tiyeni tibwere palimodzi ndikuwonetsa dziko lapansi ndi mgwirizano, wamtendere komanso wogwirizana. Iyi ndi njira yokhayo imene tingachepetsere kusamvana kuno."
    
  "Osadandaula ndi chilichonse," anaumirira motero Gardner. "Ngati zombo zanu za Caspian Sea zili pafupi, mutha kuwadziwitsa kuti oponya mabomba amatha kuponya mivi yothamanga kwambiri."
    
  "Joe, ndili ndi nkhawa ndi zomwe zikuchitika ku Iran ngati mizinga iyi igunda m'derali," adatero Zevitin. "Pomaliza ndikukumbukira, maziko awa anali kugwiritsidwa ntchito ndi Red Crescent pothandizira anthu komanso owonera United Nations."
    
  "Ayi," adatero Gardner. "Izi ndi maloto owopsa."
    
  "Ngati McLanahan aphulitsa maziko awa, apha anthu ambiri, mwina mazana a anthu osalakwa."
    
  "Damn," adatero Gardner. "Chabwino, pepani, Leonid, koma McLanahan alibe mphamvu pakadali pano. Palibenso china chimene ndingachite."
    
  "Ndili ndi lingaliro limodzi lokhazikika, mzanga - ndikukhulupirira kuti simukuganiza kuti ndine wamisala," adatero Zevitin.
    
  "Chanu ndi chiyani-?" Ndiyeno Gardner anaima, chifukwa posakhalitsa anazindikira yekha. "Mukutanthauza kuti mukupempha chilolezo changa ku-?"
    
  "Ndi njira yokhayo, Joe," anatero Zevitin, atatsala pang"ono kuyankha modabwa ndi kumene kukambiranaku kunkapita. "Inu mukudziwa, ndipo ine ndikudziwa izo. Sindikhulupirira kuti ngakhale schizoid wozunzidwa ngati McLanahan angayerekeze kuwombera mivi pabwalo la ndege zothandizira, koma sindingaganizire njira ina iliyonse yoletsera misala imeneyi, ndingathe? Palibe yankho, choncho Zevitin mwamsanga anapitiriza kuti: "Kuwonjezera apo, Joe, oponya mabombawo alibe anthu, sichoncho? Palibe amene adzavulaze pamapeto pako ndipo tidzapulumutsa miyoyo yambiri. " Panali kupuma motalika kwambiri. Zevitin anawonjezera kuti: "Pepani Joe, sindikanayenera kubwera ndi lingaliro lopenga chotere. Iwalani zomwe ndanena-"
    
  "Dikirani, Leonid," Gardner adamudula mawu. Mphindi zochepa pambuyo pake: "Kodi pali majeti pafupi, Leonid?" - adamva Purezidenti wa United States akufunsa.
    
  Zevitin pafupifupi kuwirikiza kawiri, osakhulupirira makutu ake. Anameza kugwedezeka kwake, nadzikoka mofulumira, kenako anati, "Sindikudziwa, Joe. Ndiyenera kufunsa Chief of Staff wa Air Force yanga. Nthawi zambiri, timalondera m'derali, koma popeza MiG yathu idawomberedwa ndi bomba la McLanahan lomwe linali ndi chowombera cha nyukiliya chooneka ngati EMP, tabwerera pang'ono. "
    
  "Ndamva," adatero Gardner. "Tandimverani. Mlangizi wanga wa chitetezo cha dziko anandiuza kuti mabombawo ananyamuka pa Batman Air Force Base ku Turkey ndipo mosakayikira anali kulunjika kumene anakautsirako kumwera kwa Nyanja ya Caspian. Sitingakuuze zambiri chifukwa sitikudziwa.
    
  "Ndamva," adatero Zevitin. Sanakhulupirire kwenikweni - Gardner anali atamuuzadi kumene mabombawo anayambira ndi kumene anali kupita!
    
  "Sitikudziwanso zida zawo, koma tikuganiza kuti ali ndi mivi yofananira ya hypersonic yomwe adagwiritsa ntchito kale, ndiye malo otsegulira ndi mamailosi mazana angapo kuchokera ku Soltanabad."
    
  "Ndikugwirizana ndi malingaliro ako, Joe," Zevitin anatero, kuyesera kubisa kudabwa m'mawu ake ndikukhala wodekha komanso wotsimikiza. Titha kuwafufuza komwe mungawapatse. Koma tikawapeza...Joe ndipitilize? Ndikuganiza kuti iyi ndi njira yokhayo yopewera tsoka. Koma ichi chikhale chisankho chanu a President. Ndiuzeni zimene mukufuna kuti ndichite."
    
  Kupuma kwinanso, koma ulendo uno kufupikitsa: "Inde, Leonid," anatero Gardner, moonekeratu kuti anagwidwa ndi mkwiyo waukulu. "Sindidana nazo kuchita izi, koma McLanahan wachiwerewere uja sanandichitire mwina."
    
  "Inde, Joe, ndikumvetsa ndipo ndikuvomereza," adatero Zevitin. "Nanga bwanji chida cha T-wave? Kodi adzagwiritsanso ntchito kuukira omenyera nkhondo athu?"
    
  "Muyenera kuganiza kuti achita izi ndikuwukira kuchokera pamlingo waukulu," adatero Gardner. "Pepani, koma sindingathe kuwongolera mwanjira iliyonse."
    
  "Ndikudziwa kuti si zimene ukuchita, mnzanga," anatero Zevitin mwamphamvu monga akanathera, ngakhale kuti ankasangalala kwambiri. Tsoka ilo, tsopano mnyamatayu anali kumupatsa malingaliro amomwe angachitire bwino anthu ake! "Tichita zonse zomwe tingathe kuti tipewe ngozi. Ndikulumikizana posachedwa ndi zosintha."
    
  "Zikomo kwambiri, bwenzi langa."
    
  "Ayi, zikomo chifukwa chondidziwitsa, bwenzi langa. Sindikudziwa ngati nditha kukwanitsa nthawi yake, koma ndiyesetsa kuti ndipewe kukulitsa vutolo. Ndifunira zabwino zonse. Bayi." Zevitin anapachika ... kenaka anakana chilakolako chochita kavinidwe kakang'ono kachigonjetso kuzungulira tebulo. Anagwiranso foni ndipo adapempha kuti amulumikizane naye ku Darzov. "Status, General?"
    
  "Tikuyenda mwachangu momwe tingathere," adatero Darzov. "Tikuyika zinthu zofunika kwambiri - radar, kamera ya laser ndi ma adaptive Optics - choyamba. Matanki amafuta ndi ma jenereta amagetsi adikirira. "
    
  "Kodi muli ndi omenyera nkhondo omwe akuyendayenda pa Caspian, General?"
    
  "Zowona, bwana."
    
  "Kodi mukutsatira mabomba aku America a B-1?"
    
  "Ndili ndi gulu lonse la MiG-29s mlengalenga kuti ndiyesetse kukhala nawo," adatero Darzov. "Ma Vampires Opanda anthu amathamanga kwambiri kuposa ma Lancers wamba a B-1, motero takonzekeretsa omenyera nkhondo angapo ndi zida zoponya za Molniya, zomwe zidasinthidwa kuti zizigwira ntchito pamtunda wocheperako pogwiritsa ntchito radar yowongolera moto ya MiG-29. Atha kuponya mivi yawo ya hypersonic ngati ingayambitsidwe - "
    
  "Ndangolandira chilolezo kwa Purezidenti wa United States kuti mugwetse mabombawo," Zevitin anatero mosangalala.
    
  "Purezidenti wa United States adatilamula kuti tigwetse mabomba ake?"
    
  "Samawaona ngati oponya mabomba - kwa iye tsopano ndi oponya mabomba a McLanahan, ndipo atha kukhala akuukira Martians," adatero Zevitin. "Chitani. Awomberani pansi ... koma ataponya mivi yawo. "
    
  "Pambuyo pake?" Darzov adafunsa mwachidwi. "Bwana, tikalephera kuchotsa zida zathu munthawi yake, kapena ngati zikuyang'ana zida za Phanar, titha kutaya mabiliyoni a zida zamtengo wapatali!"
    
  "Chitani zomwe mungathe, General," adatero Zevitin, "koma lolani kuti miviyo iphulike ndikugunda pansi. Kodi muli ndi zida zodzitchinjiriza monga tafotokozera poyamba?"
    
  "Inde, bwana, ndithudi," Darzov anayankha. "Komanso tili ndi ..."
    
  "Ngati gawo lililonse la Phanar lagundidwa, choyambirira chanu ndikutulutsa pomwe mukupitiriza kukonza malo monga momwe munakonzera," Zevitin anapitirizabe kupuma, "chifukwa m'mphindi zochepa chabe mivi itawomba, ndikuuzani zonse. za dziko." Oulutsa nkhani padziko lapansi adzafuna kudzionera okha, ndipo m"pofunika kuti aziona nthawi yomweyo. Mukundimvetsa, General?"
    
  "Inde, bwana," Darzov anayankha. "Ndidzachita monga mwapempha. Koma ndikukhulupirira kuti sitipereka zinthu zathu zofunika kwambiri pazaubwenzi wamba. "
    
  "Muchita zomwe ndikukuwuzani, pazifukwa zilizonse zomwe ndabwera nazo, General, kaya mukumvetsa kapena ayi," Zevitin adayankha. "Onetsetsani kuti ofalitsa akafika ku Soltanabad - ndipo ndigwira ntchito molimbika kuti ndiwonetsetse kuti izi zichitika - sawona chilichonse koma chiwonongeko chamwano, kapena ndikung'amba bulu wanu. Kodi ndikudziwonetsera ndekha?"
    
    
  ******
    
    
  "Bwana, tikunyamula chizindikiro cha locator!" - Master Sergeant Lucas adafuula kuchokera pamalo ake mu gawo lolamula la Armstrong space station. "Izi zikuchokera ku module ya okwera."
    
  "O Mulungu wanga, achita," Patrick anatero mopumira. "Kodi muli ndi data iliyonse?"
    
  "Palibe kanthu ... Inde bwana, inde, tikulandira deta ya malo ndi chilengedwe!" Lucas anatero. Ali bwino! Ma stabilizer amatumizidwa ndipo zonse zili pansi pa makompyuta! Telemetry ikunena kuti gawo lokwera anthu likadali lopanikizika! "
    
  "O Mulungu wanga, ichi ndi chozizwitsa," Patrick anatero. "Moulin ndi Terranova ayenera kuti adatulutsa gawoli Black Stallion isanawonongeke. Rebeka-"
    
  Rebecca Furness anati: "Akhala ali mumlengalenga mu mphindi makumi awiri."
    
  "Dave-"
    
  "Tikukambirana pompano ndi Special Operations Command zoyambitsa ntchito ya CSAR ku Afghanistan, Muk," adatero Dave Luger. "Tikadziwa komwe angatsikire, ayambitsa. Tikukhulupirira kuti afika kumadzulo kwa Afghanistan. Pave Hawk ali standby pa airbase ku Herat. Tikuyesera kugawanso ma Predators ndi Reapers angapo kuti aziwuluka mderali. " MQ-1 Predator ndi MQ-9 Reaper anali ndege zoyang'anira zopanda munthu, iliyonse idakonzedwa kuti inyamule zida zoponya zapamlengalenga; onse ankayendetsedwa kudzera pa satelayiti kuchokera ku malo olamulira ku United States.
    
  "Masekondi makumi asanu ndi limodzi kuti akhazikitse malo," adatero Dave Luger. "Airspeed ikubwerera ku gawo limodzi ndi magawo awiri mwa magawo khumi a Mach." Anali yekha pamlandu wa The Batman, koma adatsitsabe mawu ake ngati sakufuna kuti wina aliyense amve pamene akupitiriza, "Musk, ino ndi nthawi yabwino yoti awatumize."
    
  "Pitirizani," Patrick McLanahan anayankha.
    
  Mawu ake adamveka ngati otsimikiza komanso odzidalira monga momwe adaganiza zowukira - izi zidamupangitsa kumva bwino. Patrick akadawonetsa kukayikira pang'ono pachigamulo chake, Dave adalumbira kuti akadatumiza mabombawo mwakufuna kwake kuti awonetsetse kuti ndegezo zafika poyang'anira mafuta komanso kupulumutsa ntchito ya Patrick.
    
  M'masekondi angapo zitha kukhala mochedwa kwambiri...
    
  Pagulu lamagulu, adati: "Ndakumvetsa, Odin, ndakumvetsa, pitilizani. Masekondi makumi anayi ndi asanu. Palibe zowopseza, palibe radar yowunika. Liwiro la ndege ndi lokhazikika pa Mach two. Masekondi makumi atatu...khumi...khumi, zitseko zimatsegulidwa pa Headbanger Two-One...rocket one ipita...zitseko zimatsegulidwa pa Two-Two...rocket two ikupita, zitseko kutseka...rocket one ikuchoka " Awiri-Awiri "... missile two ikuchoka, zitseko zikutseka, kuthawa kuli kotetezeka, kulowera chakumadzulo ku ARIP."
    
  "Kodi ma vampires akuyenda bwanji ndi mafuta, Dave?" -Patrick anafunsa.
    
  "Tidzachita-movutikira," anayankha Luger. "Ngati kulumikizana kukuyenda bwino, Awiri-One atha kukwera mmwamba, kudzaza mafuta ochepera, kuzimitsa kuzungulira, ndipo Awiri-Awiri ayamba kuwonjezera mafuta ndikutsala mphindi khumi kuti atseke akasinja."
    
  "Ntchito yabwino, Cutthroat," Patrick adapumira, momveka bwino kuti watsitsimuka. Palibe yankho lochokera kwa Rebecca Furness-zinali zisanathe, ngakhale patangopita nthaŵi pang"ono, ndipo anadziŵa kuti anali adakali wokwiya kuti chigamulo chake chasinthidwa.
    
  "Masekondi makumi atatu kuti akhudze ... Liwiro la Skyward la Mach khumi mfundo zisanu ndi ziwiri, zonse zobiriwira... Kutentha kwa injini ya Scramjet, gombe lankhondo ... Kuwongolera ndege kumakhala kogwira ntchito komanso kumvera, kuyendetsa bwino ... twente TG , ulalo wa data ukugwira ntchito. " Onse ankawona ngati gulu la mamilimita radar ndi infuraredi zithunzi anakhala moyo, kusonyeza Russian zoyendera ndege ndi helikopita pa msewu wonyamukira ndege, mizere ingapo ya anthu kudutsa mabokosi ndi phukusi kuchokera mbali zosiyanasiyana za m'munsi kwa magalimoto odikirira, nyumba zingapo zazikulu osadziwika pa ngolo. ...
    
  ... ndi mahema akuluakulu angapo okhala ndi zilembo zowoneka bwino za Red Cross ndi Crescent padenga. "Yesu!" Dave Luger adachita mantha. Amawoneka ngati mahema ogwira ntchito zothandizira!
    
  "Yembekezani za ngolo zazikulu ndi nyumba zonyamulika!" Patrick anafuula motero. "Khalani kutali ndi mahema awa!
    
  "Timamva, Odin," adatero Rebecca. Anali ndi mkulu wolamulira ndipo akanatha kulamulira zida kuchokera kwa mkulu wa zida, koma sanafunikire kutero - mkulu wa zida zankhondoyo analoza chojambula pa ngolo zinayi zazikuluzikulu. SkySTREAK's millimeter wave radar idatha kuwona chipolopolo chakunja chachitsulo chagalimoto iliyonse ndikutsimikizira kuti ma trailer omwe ali pansi pa cholozeracho analidi owundana, m'malo mokhala opanda kanthu kapena opakidwa molimba ngati ngolo yonyamula katundu yopanda kanthu. Kupanda kutero, ma trailer onse amawoneka ofanana ndipo amasungidwa ndi antchito ochulukirapo.
    
  "Masekondi asanu ... kulunjika kwatsekedwa ... oyambitsa ayambika." Chithunzi chomaliza chochokera ku zida za SkySTREAK chinasonyeza pafupifupi kugunda kwachindunji pakati pa ngolo iliyonse ... zonse koma imodzi, yomwe inachoka pa chandamale ndikufika pamalo omveka kwinakwake pafupi ndi ngolo yomwe ikufuna. Kuwunika kwa makompyuta kwa dera lomwe lawonongeka, pafupifupi mamita makumi asanu m'mimba mwake, sanasonyeze kalikonse koma asilikali ochepa omwe ali ndi mfuti ndi mabokosi ndipo mwinamwake munthu mmodzi yekha atayimirira pafupi, mwinamwake woyang'anira-moto sunagwere mahema othandizira. "Zikuwoneka ngati wina waphonya, koma zidathera poyera pafupi ndi kalavani."
    
  "Kuwombera kwabwino, Cutthroat," adatero Patrick. "Makalavaniwa amawoneka ofanana ndi omwe adaukira Herd One-One."
    
  "Zimawoneka ngati ma trailer ena biliyoni padziko lonse lapansi - palibe njira yodziwira zomwe tili nazo, bwana," atero a Rebecca Furness, kukwiyitsidwa komwe kumawonekera m'mawu ake. "Sitinawone ma radar kapena chilichonse chooneka ngati matanki osungira mafuta a laser kapena laser Optics. Titha kugunda chilichonse ... kapena ayi. "...
    
  "Chofunika chathu choyamba ndikukonza opareshoni kuti tipulumutse anthu okwera ndikufufuza zowonongeka zilizonse ndi zotsalira za Black Stallion ndi ogwira nawo ntchito," Patrick adatero, kunyalanyaza zomwe Furness adalankhula. "Ndikufuna kuti gulu lankhondo litumizidwe ku Afghanistan nthawi yomweyo, limodzi ndi ndege zonse zothandizira zomwe tili nazo. Ndikufuna ma drones ndi NIRTSats kukhala okonzeka kuyika nthawi yomweyo kuti afufuze njira zonse zomwe zingatheke kwa opulumuka kapena zinyalala. Chotsani zothandizira zonse zomwe tili nazo posaka. Ndikufuna zosintha mu ola limodzi. Kodi ukumvera, Cutthroat?"
    
  "Khala wokonzeka, Odin," Rebecca anayankha, nkhawa ikuwonekera m'mawu ake. Nthawi yomweyo Patrick adabwereranso kwa oyang'anira za mishoni ... ndipo nthawi yomweyo adawona chiwopsezo chatsopano: kuchuluka kwa mizinga yomwe ikugwa pa oponya mabomba a Vampire. "Titatembenuka, tidasesa kwa nthawi yayitali LADAR ndikuwawona," adatero. LADAR, kapena laser laser radar, inali njira yamagetsi yamagetsi yamagetsi yomwe idamangidwa mu fuselage yonse ya mabomba a Vampire omwe "anajambula" nthawi yomweyo chifaniziro chapamwamba cha chilichonse chozungulira ndegeyo pamtunda wamakilomita zana, kenako ndikuyerekeza mawonekedwe atatu. chithunzi chokhala ndi kalozera wazithunzi kuti adzizindikiritse pompopompo. "Taonani liwiro la zinthu izi-ziyenera kukhala zikudutsa pa Mach 7!"
    
  "Zotsutsana nazo!" Dave Luger anafuula. "Agwetseni kuchokera kumwamba!"
    
  Koma posakhalitsa zinaonekeratu kuti kunali kuchedwa. Kuyenda pamtunda wopitilira mailosi khumi ndi anayi pamphindikati, zoponya za ku Russia zidayenda mtunda wautali kuti ma microwave emitters a Vampire asanayambe, kutseka, ndikuletsa machitidwe awo owongolera. Mivi itatu mwa inayi ya hypersonic idagunda molunjika, ndikutumiza mwachangu mabomba onsewo akuzungulira mu Nyanja ya Caspian.
    
  "Zikhululukireni," adatero Dave. "Zikuwoneka ngati aku Russia ali ndi chidole chatsopano cha MiGs yawo. Chabwino, ndikuganiza kuti sitiyenera kuda nkhawa ngati oponya mabombawo afika pa tanka yawo, sichoncho, Rebecca? "
    
  "Tangotaya gawo limodzi mwa magawo anayi a mabomba athu otsala a B-1, Dave," Rebecca Furness adatulutsa wailesi kuchokera ku Battle Mountain Air Reserve Base. "Izi si nkhani yoseketsa. Tili ndi ma vampires awiri okha ku Batman pompano. "
    
  "Atengereni mlengalenga kuti apereke chivundikiro cha mpweya kwa anyamata a CSAR ochokera ku Herat, Rebecca," Patrick adalamula. "Gwiritsani ntchito LADAR yogwira kuti mufufuze olowa. Ngati wina abwera mkati mwa mtunda wa makilomita zana kuchokera pa ndege zanu, muwatenthe."
    
  "Chikondi changa, Mook," adatero Rebecca. "Ndakonzeka kubweza pang"ono. Akhala okonzeka kukwera taxi mkati mwa zaka khumi ndi zisanu. " Koma patangopita mphindi zochepa adayankhanso kuti: "Mmodzi, uyu ndi Headbanger, tili ndi vuto. Achitetezo ayimitsidwa kutsogolo kwa hangar ndipo akuletsa Vampire kuti asatuluke. Amatilamula kuti titseke kapena ayimitsa ndegeyo. "
    
  Nthawi yomweyo a Patrick adapezeka kuti ali pamndandanda wotetezedwa wamavidiyo, koma adayimba foni: "General McLanahan, mwina ndiwe misala kapena mukudwala matenda amisala," atero Secretary of Defense Miller Turner. "Ili ndi lamulo lochokera kwa mkulu wankhondo: chotsani mphamvu zanu zonse nthawi yomweyo. Mwamasuka ku lamulo. Kodi ndikudziwonetsera ndekha?"
    
  "Bwana, imodzi mwa ndege zanga za Black Stallion idawomberedwa ndi laser anti-satellite laser yomwe ili kum'mawa kwa Iran," adatero Patrick. "Tili ndi zisonyezo zoti okwera mwina apulumuka. Ndikufuna air cover..."
    
  "General, ndikumva chisoni, koma Purezidenti ndi wokwiya ndipo samvera mikangano," adatero Turner. "Kwa Mulungu, mudadula foni! Kodi mukuyembekezera kuti akumverani tsopano?"
    
  "Bwana, gawo loyendetsa anthu silikuyenda bwino ndipo likhala pansi pasanathe mphindi khumi ndi zisanu," adatero Patrick.
    
  "Chani? Mukutanthauza kuti wina watulutsidwa m'ndege ...?"
    
  "Magawo okwera ndege ndi osavuta kuyenda ndipo amayenera kugwiritsidwa ntchito ngati bwato lopulumutsira anthu ogwira ntchito m'mlengalenga," a Patrick anafotokoza. "Imatha kupulumuka kulowanso, kuwulukira komwe imatera yokha, kuyandama bwino kuti ikatera ndikupulumutsa ogwira nawo ntchito. Gawoli silinasinthe, bwana, ndipo tikukhulupirira kuti ogwira nawo ntchito ali otetezeka. Tikuyang'ana malo omwe tingatsikire pompano, ndipo tikapeza malo enieni oti tifike, titha kutumiza gulu lopulumutsa anthu kumeneko nthawi yomweyo - ndiye mwayi wokha womwe tingakhale nawo kuposa mdani. Koma zingatenge mphindi zosachepera makumi asanu ndi anayi kuti gulu lopulumutsa anthu ndi chivundikiro cha mpweya zifike pamalo ochiritsira. Tiyenera kuyamba nthawi yomweyo. "
    
  "General, mwaphwanya kale malamulo a Purezidenti," adatero Turner. "Mukupita kale kundende, mukumvetsa zimenezo? Musaipitsenso pokangana. Nthawi yomaliza: Magetsi azima. Ndikulamula General Backman kuti atsogolere ankhondo anu onse. Ndikukuuzani-"
    
  "Ndipo ndikukuuzani, bwana," Patrick adasokoneza, "kuti ambiri a Middle East ndi Central Asia adawona Black Stallion ikugwa pa Dziko Lapansi, ndi Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, al-Quds Force, zigawenga zonse zomwe zinagonjetsa Iran pambuyo pake. kulanda zankhondo, ndipo aku Russia mwina ali paulendo wopita kumalo angozi kukalanda chilichonse chomwe angapeze. Tiyenera kutenga ndege iliyonse ndikumenyana ndi gulu losaka ndi kupulumutsa lomwe tingathe mlengalenga kuti tipeze opulumuka mdani asanatero. "
    
  "Central Command idzagwirizanitsa izi, McLanahan, osati inu. Mukulamulidwa kuti mubwerere. Osachitanso china chilichonse. Simungachite kapena kunena chilichonse kwa aliyense. Mwamasuka paulamuliro wanu ndipo mumangidwa mukangotuluka pasiteshoni ino."
    
  Kachiŵiri patsikulo, Patrick anapachika foni kwa mtsogoleri wankhondo wamba. Kuyitana kwake kotsatira kunali mwachindunji kwa Gen. Kenneth Lepers, mkulu wa asilikali a nyenyezi zinayi omwe akuyang'anira US Central Command, mtsogoleri wamkulu wa asilikali omwe amayang'anira ntchito zonse zankhondo ku Middle East ndi Central Asia, kuti ayese kumukakamiza kuti alole oponya mabomba. Nyamuka.
    
  "General McLanahan, bulu wanu ali pachiwopsezo chachikulu pompano," wachiwiri kwa akhate anatero. "General walamulidwa kuti asalankhule nanu, ndipo kuyimba kumeneku kudzanenedwa kwa Secretary of Defense. Ndikukulangizani kuti muthetse nkhaniyi ndi SECDEF dziko lonse lisanakutsekerezeni." Ndipo adadula foni.
    
  Kuyitananso kwa Patrick kunali kwa Rebecca Furness ku Battle Mountain Air Force Reserve Base. "Ndatsala pang"ono kukuitanani, bwana," anatero Rebecca. "Pepani za Black Stallion. Ndikanakonda tikanachita zambiri."
    
  "Zikomo, Rebecca. Pepani chifukwa cha ma vampire anu. "
    
  "Si vuto lanu, bwana." Zinali choncho, adadzikumbutsa kuti: akadapanda kulamula kuti ayambitse ntchito yosaloledwa, akadakhala ndi oponya mabomba. Koma a Vampires anali opanda munthu ndipo Black Stallion sanali, choncho sanaone kufunika kopaka mchere pabalapo. "Tidayenera kuyang'ana achifwamba - ndidaganiza zokhala chete. Sindikudziwa kuti anthu a ku Russia anadziwa bwanji za kufika kwathu komanso kuti ndi liti, koma adzabwezera zonse zonse, ndikutsimikizira zimenezo."
    
  "Kodi mukuyimitsidwabe ndi apolisi akumwamba?"
    
  "Ndikutsimikizira. Tasiya ntchito monga momwe adatilamula ndipo tikusunga malo athu mkati mwa hangar. "
    
  Patrick anaganiza kwa kanthawi; ndiye: "Rebecca, ndinayesera kuyitana General Lepers ku CENTCOM kuti apeze chilolezo chake choyambitsa Vampires, koma safuna kundiyankhula. Ndikuganiza kuti ndikayesa kuyimba foni ku STRATCOM ndipeza yankho lomwelo. "
    
  "Cannon ndi munthu wabwino," adatero Rebecca. Ena akuganiza kuti mukungomaliza ntchito zawo. Kapena mtedza, adadziwonjezera.
    
  "Ngati sitipeza chivundikiro cha mpweya, a Pasdarans adzang'amba anyamata athu ndipo mwina ankhondo a CSAR alekanitsa," adatero Patrick. " Ndichotsa magulu achitetezo awa pamalo osungira. Ndikufuna kuti mukhale okonzeka kuyambitsa akangochoka. "
    
  "Koma mwati Akhate salankhula nanu, ndipo simunalankhulebe ndi CENTAF, ndiye ndani ati-?" Furness anakhala chete kwa kanthawi, kenako anangoti, "Izi ndi zopenga. bwana".
    
  "Funso ndila, Rebecca: kodi muyambitsa?"
    
  Kupumako kunali kwautali kwambiri; Patrick anali atatsala pang'ono kubwereza kapena kudabwa ngati Furness akuimba Mlembi wa Chitetezo kumbali ina, anati, "Achotseni pa zombo zanga, General, ndipo ndiyambitsa."
    
  "Zikomo, General." Patrick adadula foni, kenako adalankhula kuti: "Wina akutchula Genesis."
    
  "Pitirizani, Mook," adayankha Dave Luger kudzera pa transmitter yawo yapadziko lonse lapansi.
    
  "Chotsani anyamata achitetezo awa kwa oponya mabomba."
    
  "Asunthidwa, Mook. Potulukira. Luger adatembenukira ku wayilesi yake, "Saber, iyi ndi Genesis."
    
    
  BATMAN AIR BASE, REPUBLIC OF TURKEY
  NTHAWI YOMWEYO
    
    
  "Saber akukopera, pitirizani, Genesis," anayankha motero Air Force 1st Lt. James "J.D." Daniels, mkulu wa gulu lankhondo lapansi la "Saber." Daniels anatumizidwa ku Batman AFB kukapereka chitetezo kwa EB-1C. komanso chifukwa maziko ake anali akutali, okonzeka bwino kuphunzitsa oyendetsa ndege atsopano a CID muzochitika zenizeni zenizeni. Arkansas rancher anali m'modzi mwa ma commandos oyamba a Combat Force kuyesedwa ngati woyendetsa ndege wakhanda. Atavulazidwa ndi matenda a radiation pamene akumenyana ku Yakutsk Air Base ku Russia pambuyo pa Nazi ku AMERICA, Daniels adagwiritsa ntchito nthawi yake yochira kuti apeze bachelor's. Digiri, kenako adapita ku Officer Training School ndipo adalandira ntchito yake ngati msilikali. Iye tsopano anali mkulu wa zamaphunziro komanso, kupatulapo Charlie Turlock mwiniwake, katswiri wokhala nawo pa zida zofufuzira zaupandu.
    
  "Ndili ndi ntchito yoti ndichite, Saber, koma mwina sungayikonde," adatero Dave Luger. "Wina akufuna kuyambitsa mabomba a vampire."
    
  "Inde, bwana. Mphindi yapitayi tinali okonzeka kunyamuka, koma anyamata ochokera ku Security Forces anawonekera mu hangar, ndipo ndege zinatseka okha. Mtsogoleri wamkulu watilamula kuti tithandizire achitetezo ndikuwateteza kuzinthu zilizonse zomwe mungayang'ane pa ndege. Tinatsimikizira madongosolo. Pepani, bwana. Sindingakonde chiyani kwenikweni?"
    
  "Imodzi mwa ndege zathu zakuthambo idawomberedwa kum'mawa kwa Iran, ndipo pali opulumuka. Tikufuna chivundikiro cha mpweya pa ntchito yopulumutsa. NCA imati ayi. Tikufunabe kuyendetsa ma vampires. "
    
  "N'chifukwa chiyani NCA sivomereza ntchitoyi, bwana?"
    
  "Sindikudziwa chifukwa chake, Saber, koma tikukhulupirira kuti NCA ikuda nkhawa kuti zomwe tikuchita ku Iran zikufalitsa mantha ndikuwopseza aliyense mderali."
    
  "Bwana, ndalandira maulamuliro otsimikizika oti ndibwerere, kwa ife komanso kwa ma Vampires. Base commander watilamula kuti tikuthandizeni kukutetezani. Mukundipempha kuti ndiphwanye malamulowa."
    
  "Ndikudziwa, Saber. Sindingathe kukulamula kuti usamvere malamulo ovomerezeka. Koma ndikukuuzani kuti opulumuka m"ndegeyo adzagwidwa ndi kugwidwa kapena kuphedwa ngati sitichita kalikonse."
    
  "Ndani anagwetsa ndege ya m'mlengalenga, bwana?"
    
  "Tikukhulupirira kuti aku Russia adachita izi, Saber."
    
  "Inde, bwana," Daniels anatero. Zimenezo zinali zokwanira kwa iye. Daniels adakhala chaka chimodzi mchipatala akuchira ku poizoni wa poizoni yemwe adachitika pomwe gulu lankhondo laku Russia lidagwiritsa ntchito zida zanyukiliya kuti liwononge malo awo a ndege a Yakutsk, omwe a McLanahan adagwiritsa ntchito ndi gulu lankhondo lankhondo kuti afufuze ndikuwononga ma ICBM aku Russia. anali kukonzekera kuphulitsanso dziko la United States kachiwiri. Anavutika kwambiri ndi kutaya madzi m'thupi, nseru kwa masiku ambiri, ululu wodabwitsa, ndipo pamapeto pake anamuika chiwindi - koma anapulumuka, adapeza ufulu wobwerera kuntchito, adaphunzitsidwanso kuti agwire ntchito zamunda, anabwerera kunkhondo, ndipo adalamula chigawenga. gulu lofufuza.
    
  Anapambana, kenaka anataya, kenaka anatenga zonse zomwe ankafuna kuchita m'moyo wake kupatulapo chinthu chimodzi: kubwezera zomwe a Russia anamuchitira, anzake, ndi amuna ake omwe ku Yakutsk.
    
  "Kodi ukadalipo, Saber?"
    
  "Pepani bwana, koma ndalamulidwa," adatero Daniels ndi mawu akuya, mosiyana kwambiri ndi kamvekedwe kake kamphamvu, kokweza. "Ndegezi zikanakhala kuti zikuyenda, ine ndi gulu langa tikanachita chilichonse chimene tingathe kuteteza asilikali kuti asavulale. Usiku wabwino bwana."
    
    
  ******
    
    
  "Genesis" akuitana Headbanger.
    
  "Pitiriza, Dave," Rebecca Furness anayankha.
    
  "Konzekerani."
    
  "Sindingathe. Ogwira ntchito zanga akuti apolisi akuthambo akutsekabe malo osungiramo anthu komanso ma taxi. "
    
  Mulimonse momwe zingakhalire, khalani okonzeka.
    
  "Kodi mudalamula anyamata anu kuti awononge apolisi akumwamba?"
    
  "Ayi amayi, sindinachite zimenezo. Mkulu wa asilikali alamula gulu lankhondo kuti lithandize asilikali a chitetezo ndi kuwateteza kumayendedwe a ndege osaloledwa, ndipo izi ndi zomwe adzachita. "
    
  Uwu ndi misala, Rebecca anadziwuza kwa nthawi ya zana, wamisala kwathunthu. Anatembenukira kwa mkulu wa opareshoni, Brigadier General Daren Mace, "Daren, yambitsani ndikutumiza ma vampires nthawi yomweyo." Iye anatseka maso ake n"kudziyerekezera ataimirira pamaso pa khoti la asilikali, ataweruzidwa kuti akhale m"ndende zaka zonse zabwino koposa za moyo wake; Kenako, poganiza za oyendetsa ndege anzake omwe anali pansi ku Iran, akutsatiridwa ndi opanduka a Pasdarans ndi Asilamu, adatsegula maso ake nati, "Palibe njira yoyimitsa."
    
  "Inde, amayi," adatero Mace. Adasintha maikolofoni pamakutu ake nati, "Thug, yambitsani ndikuyambitsa osazengereza. Imani pachabe. Ndikubwerezanso, musayime kalikonse. "
    
    
  ******
    
    
  "Ndikutsimikizira kuti Panther ndi asilikali a ku Ukraine akugwirabe ntchito, ndege zonse," mkulu wa gulu la chitetezo cha Air Force adanena ku likulu la NATO. Zinali zowawa kwambiri pamene APU idayamba ndikuyima yokha, koma inali yowopsya kwambiri pamene injini zinachita chimodzimodzi. Akuluakulu oyendetsa ndege ndi othandizira a ndege iliyonse anali kunja kwa nyumba zopachikapo, malinga ndi malamulo a mkulu wa asilikali.
    
  "Uyu ndi Panther. Imbani wamkulu wa gulu lankhondo," adalamula mkulu wa gulu lankhondo la Turkey, mchingerezi chabwino kwambiri.
    
  "Konzekera, Panther." Mkulu wa SF adapereka wailesi yake kwa wamkulu wa gulu lankhondo, Air Force Technical Sgt. "Uyu ndiye wamkulu wankhondo, ndipo watsala pang'ono."
    
  "Technician Sergeant Booker akumvetsera, bwana."
    
  "Ndidalamula kuti ndege izi zitsekedwe, ndipo ndikutanthauza kutsekedwa kwathunthu - Asitikali ankhondo aku Ukraine nawonso."
    
  "Inde, bwana, ndikudziwa, koma mudatilamula kuti tisalumikizane ndi magetsi apansi, ndipo popanda mphamvu, malo olamulira pa Battle Mountain sangathe kuyankhula ndi ndege, ndiye ndikuganiza kuti ndichifukwa chake APU-"
    
  "Sajenti, ndikukulamulani mwachindunji: Ndikufuna kuti ndege izi ziyime nthawi yomweyo, apo ayi ndikumangani!" - mkulu wa asilikali anafuula. "Sindisamala ngati palibe amene angalankhule ndi ndege-sindikufuna kuti aliyense azilankhula ndi ndege! Tsopano zimitsani ma APU amenewo, ndipo chitani tsopano! "
    
  "Inde, bwana," Booker anatero ndikubwezera wailesiyo kwa mkulu wa SF.
    
  "Chigawo choyamba chili pano, Panther."
    
  "Ndinangolamula katswiriyu kuti atseke ndege izi, kuphatikizapo ma APU-magawo amphamvu omwe ali pamchira," adatero mkulu wa asilikali. Ngati satsatira nthawi yomweyo, atsekereni onse." Mallory anameza mate, kenako n"kuuza anthu a m"gulu lake, chikwangwani cholembedwa kuti, "Konzekerani kuchitapo kanthu." "Kodi mukundimva, Gulu Loyamba?"
    
  "Inde bwana, ndikudziwa."
    
  "Kodi sajeni uyu akuchita chiyani pompano?"
    
  "Amayenda mpaka kwa akuluakulu ena ogwira ntchito ... akulozera ndege ... Amavala magolovesi ngati akukonzekera kupita kuntchito."
    
  Zinali zoonekeratu kuti sanachite changu, wapolisiyo ankaganiza kuti Mtsamunda sangawakonzetse kumbuyo kwawo. Zoonadi, mphindi zochepa pambuyo pake mkulu wa asilikaliyo anaimba kuti: "Kodi iwo akuchita chiyani? Kodi ndegezi zatsekedwa kale?"
    
  "Yankho ndilakuti ayi bwana. Angoyima akulankhula pompano bwana," anayankha Mallory. Mmodzi wa iwo ali ndi walkie-talkie ndipo winayo ali ndi cheke. Mwina akukambirana zotseka APU kuchokera pano. "
    
  "Chabwino, pita ukaone chomwe chawatengera nthawi yayitali."
    
  "Ndikumva, Panther. Konzekerani." Anaika wailesi ija m"chikwama chake n"kupita kwa akuluakulu a asilikali. Akuluakulu atatu aamuna ndi aakazi adamuwona akubwera ... ndipo, osayang'ana kumbuyo, adalunjika kumalo osungiramo zida zawo zomaliza, zomwe zidali likulu la Air Force. "Ee, zitsiru inu, bwererani kuno ndipo mutseke mayunitsi amagetsi awa, alamula Mtsamunda." Atangotsala pang'ono kuwakalipiranso, anadabwa kwambiri n'kuyamba kuthamangira kumalo osungiramo malo! "Kodi iwe ukupita kuti?" iye anafuula motero. Anatulutsa wailesi yake mchikwama chake. "Panther, akuluakulu a gulu lankhondo akuthawa kupita ku likulu lawo!"
    
  "Ndiziyani?" - mkulu wa asilikali anafuula. "Mangani ana aakazi awa!"
    
  "Zamveka, bwana. Kuswa. Gulu loyamba kuti muwongolere, chenjezo lofiira, malo othamangitsira Alpha Seven, kubwereza, chenjezo lofiira, Alpha-" Kenako Mallory anamva phokoso, mokweza kwambiri kuposa APU, ndipo patapita kanthawi anazindikira chomwe chinali. Dzanja lake lidanjenjemera, adakwezanso wailesi: "Control, unit one, kumbukani, zinthu zomwe zili mu Alpha Seven hangars zikuyambitsa injini, ndikubwereza, kuyambitsa injini! Ndikupempha kuti mundidziwitse ndi code Nine-nine, kuyankha kwathunthu, ndikubwereza, kumaliza - "
    
  Ndiyeno iye anawawona iwo akutuluka mu nyumba yosungiramo ndegeyo, imene akuluakulu a ogwira ntchitoyo anali atangothamangirako, akuthamanga ngati obwerera mmbuyo kuchokera ku gehena... Iye anali atawawonapo kale, ndithudi, koma kawirikawiri iwo ankangoyenda kapena kupindidwa kapena kuikidwa pafupi ndi galimoto kapena helikoputala - ndipo sanamuthamangire iye!
    
  "Ma Sabers anayi ndi asanu amayankha!" - imodzi mwa maloboti oyendetsedwa ndi zida za cybernetic infantry zidanenedwa mokweza, mawu opangidwa ndi makompyuta. "Ndiuzeni udindo!" Mallory adakali m'manja ndi maondo ake, akunjenjemera ndi mantha, pamene loboti yoyamba inathamanga molunjika kwa iye. Onse awiri adamuzungulira pakanthawi kochepa. Anali atavala zikwama zazikulu, ndipo pamapewa awo panapachika zinthu zooneka ngati zoponya mabomba, zolunjika kwa iye. "Mtsogoleri wa gulu, ndikubwereza: nenani momwe zilili!"
    
  "Ine ... uh ... oponya mabomba ... Anayambitsa injini zawo!" Mallory anayima kaye. Mlomo wa wophulitsa bombayo unali pafupi ndi mphuno yake. "Chotsani chida chimenecho pamaso panga!"
    
  Lobotiyo inanyalanyaza lamulolo. "Kodi adatenga kale taxi?" - lobotiyo inamuwawa. Mallory sanathe kuyankha. "Chachisanu, nenani kwa Alpha Seven-Two, ine ndikutenga Alpha Seven-One. Tetezani magulu achitetezo." Loboti yachiwiriyo inagwedeza mutu n"kuthawa, monga ngati wosewera mpira akutuluka pagulu la anthu, kupatulapo kuti anazimiririka m"kuphethira kwa diso. "Kodi mwavulazidwa, mtsogoleri wa gulu?"
    
  "Ine ... ayi," adatero Mallory. Anayesetsa kuti aimirire. "Lowani m'mahanga awa ndikupeza njira yoletsera izi ..."
    
  Panthawiyo, anamva phokoso lalikulu la injini za ndege komanso kuphulika koopsa kwa mpweya wotulutsa mpweya kuchokera kuseri kwa nyumba zonse ziwiri zokhalamo. "Oponya mabomba akuyendetsa!" - adatero loboti. "Chachisanu, oponya mabomba akuyenda! Tetezani magulu achitetezo!
    
  "Ayi! Letsani oponya mabomba! Pezani njira! "... Koma lobotiyo inali itathamangira kale kukhomo la nyumbayo. Chabwino, iye ankaganiza, mabomba sanali kupita kulikonse, ndipo ngati pazifukwa zina a Humvees sakanakhoza kuwaletsa iwo, ndi maloboti ndithu akanatha. "Unit One, CID units akulowera mkati mwa ma hangars. Athandizeni ngati kuli kotheka, koma fufuzani ndi kupereka lipoti ngati-"
    
  Nthawi yomweyo, Mallory adawona chinthu chikuwuluka kuchokera pamalo ofikirako pafupi. Poyamba ankaganiza kuti ndi mtambo wa utsi kapena kuphulika kwinakwake... kenaka, sekondi imodzi pambuyo pake, anazindikira kuti anali Humvee waima mkati, akutsekereza nyumbayo! Patangopita nthawi pang'ono, lobotiyo inatuluka m'chipinda chosungiramo katundu, n'kukagwira msilikali m'manja mwake, kumunyamula mosavuta monga momwe munthu anganyamulire thaulo la m'mphepete mwa nyanja. Kumbuyo kwake, wophulitsa bomba wa B-1 ananyamuka panyumba yosungiramo katunduyo ndikutsika pa chute kulowera kumsewu waukulu wa taxi.
    
  "Nchiyani chikuchitika?" - Mallory adafuula. "Zomwe zachitika? Ndinu chani...?" Koma lobotiyo inapitiliza kuyandikira. Inagwira mtsogoleri wa gulu la chitetezo ndi nkhonya yopweteka ndipo m'kuphethira kwa diso, inamuponyera mayadi zana pambali, potsirizira pake anataya apolisi atatu ododometsedwa mu mulu pafupi ndi mpanda wa chitetezo wozungulira malo a gululo. Lobotiyo inawatsamira, ngati kuwateteza ku chinachake. "Kodi iwe ukutani? Tandilekeni!"
    
  "Wophulitsayo akutumiza zida zake za microwave," adatero loboti. "Ndinachita kutulutsa Humvee mnyumbamo isanaphulike, kenako ndikukutulutsani. MPW ikhoza kupha pafupi kwambiri ndipo ndimayenera kuthawa kapena ikhoza kuwononganso magetsi anga. "
    
  "Mukulankhula za chiyani?" Mallory anavutika kuti awoneke bwino. "Wophulitsanso wachiwiri akuyendanso! Akukwera taxi kuti anyamuke! Anasakasaka wailesi ija, atazindikira kuti wayigwetsa pomwe loboti idamugwira. "Imbani chitetezo!" - adauza robot. "Chenjezani mkulu wa asilikali! Pezani mayunitsi m'misewu ya taxi ndi njanji zowulukira zinthu izi zisananyamuke!"
    
  "Ndamva," lobotiyo inayankha. Ndimuyimbira foni kenako ndione zomwe ndingachite kuti ndiwaletse. Ndipo lobotiyo idayimilira ndikuzimiririka, ndikuthawa ndi liwiro lodabwitsa, mphuno ya bomba la grenade ikutembenukira uku ndi uku kufunafuna zolinga. Anachotsa mpanda wa mapazi khumi ndi awiri wozungulira malo a asilikaliwo-anangoona kumene kuti chipata cha pakhosi pake chinali chotsegula-ndipo sanaonekenso m"masekondi angapo.
    
  "Kodi zinthu izi zikuchita chiyani? Ndani amalamulira zinthu zimenezi-ana azaka khumi zakubadwa?" Mallory anathamangira kumalo osungiramo malo oyamba ndikupeza wailesi yake. "Kuwongolera, tsatanetsatane woyamba, oponya mabomba akukwera. Magulu awiri ofufuza milandu akutitsata. Anati oponya mabombawo akutumiza zida zamtundu wina wa microwave. "
    
  "Lambulani, Mphepete mwa Mpeni kumadzulo, oponya mabomba akuwoloka msewu wa taxi wa Foxtrot popita ku Runway One-Nine," gulu lina lachitetezo linalengeza pawailesi. "Ndimayimitsa galimoto yanga pakati pa khwalala la Alpha pamzerewu ndi khwalala la hotelo. Nditsika. Anthu otere akubwera kuno mofulumira kwambiri!" Mallory ndi maofesala ena achitetezo adathamangira pakhosi mpaka kunjira yayikulu kuti akawone zomwe zikuchitika ...
    
  ...ndipo atangofika ku Taxiway Alpha, adawona Humvee akunyamuka kulowera kumpoto pomwe ma B-1 bomba amabangula! "Mpeni Kumadzulo, Mpeni Kumadzulo, mwamva?" Mallory adatulutsa mawu pomwe amawona Humvee wolemera pafupifupi mapaundi 5,000 akugunda pansi ndikugudubuzika ngati chidole cha mwana. "Zomwe zachitika? Ndiuzeni udindo!"
    
  "Maloboti aja adataya Hummer wanga pamsewu wa taxi!" msilikaliyo anatulutsa wailesi patapita nthawi. "Sayesa kuwaletsa - amawathandiza kuthawa!"
    
  "Opusa amenewo!" Mallory analumbira. Ndinadziwa kuti pali chinachake chodabwitsa! Control, fotokozani chimodzi, maloboti awa akugwiritsa ntchito chitetezo chathu! "
    
  "Chinthu cha nambala wani ndi Panther," wamkulu wankhondo adalowererapo. "Sindisamala zomwe uyenera kuchita, koma osalola oponya mabombawo kuti achoke pansi! Mukundimva Kodi? Letsani oponya mabomba amenewo! Kenako ikani gulu lonse la achifwambawa! Ndikufuna matako ndipo ndikufuna tsopano! "
    
  Koma pamene ankamvetsera, Mallory anaona bomba loyamba lopanda munthu la B-1 likunyamuka pansi n"kuyandama mlengalenga usiku, kutsata ziboliboli zinayi zakutali, ndipo patangopita mphindi zochepa chabe sekondi imodzi. "Zachabechabe," iye anafuula mokweza mawu pamene zotuluka pawiri za chowotcheracho zinali kusesa pa iye. "Nchiyani chikuchitika?"
    
  Zinatenga pafupifupi miniti imodzi kuti phokosolo lithe mokwanira kuti alankhule pawailesi: "Control, Panther, Division One, mabomba ayambitsa, ndikubwereza, ayambitsa. Magawo onse oyendera ndi kuyankha omwe alipo, afotokozeredwe kudera la Alpha-Seven Special Forces okhala ndi zoletsa komanso zoyendera. Lamulani, dziwitsani chipatala choyambira ndi magulu onse olamula kuti ntchito yapadera yachitetezo yayamba. " Makutu ake anali kulira ndipo mutu wake unkangomva ngati watsala pang"ono kuphulika chifukwa cha nyonga komanso kusakhulupirira zimene zinachitikazo. "Adziwitseni magulu onse omwe akuyankha kuti pali maloboti awiri a CID omwe adathandizira oponya mabombawo kunyamuka, ndipo ali ndi zida komanso oopsa. Osayandikira magulu ofufuza milandu, koma lipoti ndikuwonetsetsa. Mwamva?"
    
  Mabomba aŵiriwo anali madontho owala m"mwamba usiku, ndipo posakhalitsa zizindikirozo zinatuluka pamene zoyatsira motozo zinali kuzimitsidwa. Zinali zodabwitsa, Mallory adadziuza mobwerezabwereza, zodabwitsa. Anyamata a Saber akuyenera kukhala openga kapena okwera, adaganiza, akupukuta thukuta pamphumi pake. Anyamata a robot ayenera kuti anali openga ... Kapena mwinamwake maloboti anagwidwa ndi zigawenga? Mwina sanali gulu lankhondo, koma zigawenga zachisilamu, kapena zigawenga za Kurdish, kapena mwina ...?
    
  Ndiyeno anazindikira kuti sanaganizire zonsezi, koma anafuula mokweza kwambiri! Zinkawoneka ngati kuti khungu lake latsala pang"ono kupsa ndi moto, ndipo mutu wake unali wokonzeka kuphulika! Kodi m'dzina la zonse zopatulika zinali kuchitika chiyani? Iye anatembenuka...
    
  ...ndipo adawona mawonekedwe a imodzi mwa maloboti, pafupifupi mayadi makumi atatu, ikupita kwa iye pang'onopang'ono. Anakweza wailesiyo ku milomo yake yotuluka thukuta mwadzidzidzi: "Control, unit number one, imodzi mwa magulu ofufuza zaumbanda ikupita kwa ine, ndipo ndichitapo kanthu," adatero, akupukuta thukuta lina m'maso mwake. "Pemphani zolimbikitsira, Alpha Seven ndi Taxiway Alpha, landirani zilimbikitso pano tsopano." Anatulutsa mfuti yake m'chikwama chake, koma sanathe kuchita mphamvu kuti aikweze. Kutenthako kunakula kwambiri, kusokoneza kwambiri masomphenya ake ndikumupweteka kwambiri mutu, ululu wake pamapeto pake unamupangitsa kugwada. "Control...Control, ukukopera bwanji?"
    
  "Pepani, Sergeant Mallory, koma pano palibe amene angayankhe kuitana kwanu pano," anamva mawu osadziwika bwino. Koma osadandaula. Inu ndi anzanu mudzadzuka m'chipinda chofunda bwino ndipo simudzakhalanso ndi chisamaliro padziko lapansi. " Lobotiyo idasunthira kwa iye mowopsa, mlomo wa bomba lowombera mfuti udalunjika pakati pa maso ake ... zala zokondwa kwambiri. "Usiku wabwino, Sergeant Mallory," iye anamva pawailesi atagona penapake pansi, ndiyeno chirichonse chinada.
    
    
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  "Mmodzi", "Headbanger", "Genesis", iyi ndi "Saber", tili ndi ulamuliro pa maziko," Lieutenant Daniels adanena mphindi zingapo pambuyo pake. pafupifupi mayadi makumi atatu." "Zotulutsa za microwave zosapha zimatulutsa kutentha, kupweteka, kusokonezeka maganizo ndi kutaya chidziwitso, koma sizinavulaze kwenikweni zomwe anthu ankafuna. Woyang'anira wamkulu watikwiyitsa, koma waulula chinsinsi chake ndi mowa, kotero kuti sali wolankhula monga kale. "
    
  "Zamveka," anayankha Patrick McLanahan wa ku Armstrong space station. "Zikomo, Saber."
    
  "Chikondi changa, bwana," anayankha Daniels. "Mwina tonse titha kugawana selo limodzi ku Leavenworth."
    
  "Kapena Supermax ngati tilibe mwayi," Rebecca anawonjezera.
    
  Luger anati: "Tapeza chounikira chosonyeza malo komanso malo otayirapo zinthu kuchokera kugulu la anthu okwera Black Stallion," adatero Luger. ndi mailosi makumi awiri kumpoto chakumadzulo kwa Herat, Afghanistan.
    
  "Mulungu adalitse".
    
  "Palibe chomwe chikuwonetsa ngati pali wina yemwe adapangapo mkati, koma gawoli ndilabwino komanso likukakamizidwa. Tili ndi gulu lankhondo lapadera ku Herat lomwe likukonzekera ntchito yopulumutsa. "
    
  "Oponya mabomba adzakhala pamalo okwera kwambiri pakadutsa mphindi makumi asanu ndi limodzi, ndikupitilira 90 - pokhapokha atawukiridwanso ndi omenyera nkhondo aku Russia," atero a Rebecca Furness. "Nthawi ino tikhala tcheru."
    
  "Zingatengere gulu la SWAT kuti lifike ku helikopita ngati litapeza chilolezo kuti liziyambitsa," adatero Luger.
    
  "Ndilankhula ndi mkulu wa asilikali," adatero Patrick. "Ndilibe mayanjano ambiri ndi asitikali, koma ndiwona zomwe ndingachite."
    
  "Dikirani kaye, dikirani kaye-kodi mukuyiwala zina?" Rebecca Furness analowererapo. "Tidangolanda gulu lankhondo la Turkey-NATO mokakamiza ndikunyalanyaza zomwe mkulu wankhondo adatilamula. Anyamata inu mumachita ngati palibe vuto. Akubwera chifukwa cha ife, tonse - ngakhale General, ngakhale ali pa malo okwerera mlengalenga - ndipo atitumiza kundende. Mukuganiza kuti tichite chiyani pankhaniyi?"
    
  "Ndikupempha kuti tipulumutse anthu ogwira ntchito ku Iran, kenako tifufuze mbali iliyonse ya laser anti-space yomwe aku Russia anatiwombera, General Furness," Patrick anatero nthawi yomweyo. "Zina zonse ndi phokoso lakumbuyo pakadali pano."
    
  "Phokoso lakumbuyo"? Kodi mukunena zomwe maboma aku Turkey ndi US - mwina asitikali athu - akungofuna 'phokoso lakumbuyo'? Tikhala ndi mwayi ngati angotumiza gulu lankhondo loyenda kuti lititulutse muno. Mukufuna kupitiliza kunyalanyaza malamulo ndikuwononga aliyense amene angakuvutitseni, General? Ino ncinzi ncotukonzya kwiiya kuli bakwesu?"
    
  "Rebecca, sindikukulamula kuti uchite kalikonse, ndikukufunsa," adatero Patrick. "Tili ndi ogwira nawo ntchito ku Iran, aku Russia akuwombera ma laser, ndipo Purezidenti sakuchita chilichonse kupatula kutilamula kuti tiyime pansi. Tsopano, ngati simukufuna kuthandiza, ingonenani, chotsani ma vampire ndikuyimbira Pentagon."
    
  "Ndipo ukawawuze izi, Patrick-kuti unandipangitsa kuti ndiulutse ndege zimenezi?" Muli pamtunda wa makilomita 200 pamalo okwerera mlengalenga, mwina mbali ina ya dziko lapansi." Ndine wokonzeka, General. Ntchito yanga yatha."
    
  "Rebecca, wachita zomwe udachita chifukwa tili ndi abwenzi ndi ankhondo anzathu ku Iran, ndipo tikufuna kuwapulumutsa ndi kuwateteza ngati n'kotheka," adatero Patrick. "Munatero chifukwa munali ndi mphamvu zomwe zidayima pafupi ndikukonzekera kuyankha. Tikadatsatira malamulo, opulumuka akadagwidwa, kuzunzidwa ndikuphedwa - mukudziwa, ndipo ndikudziwa. Inu munachitapo kanthu. Izi ndizoposa zomwe ndinganene za Pentagon ndi wamkulu wathu wamkulu. Ngati titaya ufulu wathu, ndikadakonda chifukwa tidayesetsa kuwonetsetsa kuti anzathu achitetezo asunga wawo. "
    
  Rabecca anakhala chete kwakanthawi ndithu, kenako anapukusa mutu mwachisoni. "Ndimadana nazo mukanena zoona, General," adatero. "Mwina nditha kuwauza kuti mwandiwopseza kuti mundiphulitsa ndi Skybolt ngati sindichita momwe mudandilamulira."
    
  "Mwina angaseka kwambiri moti angaiwale zomwe tinachita."
    
  "Tikufuna dongosolo, General," adatero Rebecca. "Anthu aku Turkey atumiza asitikali kuti akatengenso Batman AFB, ndipo ngati satero, pali gulu lonse la ndege zaku US ku Germany lomwe lingagwe pamitu yathu mkati mwa theka la tsiku. Ku Batman timangokhala ndi madipatimenti atatu a CID ndi Tinmen anayi, kuphatikiza chitetezo ndi kukonza. Ndipo tonse tikudziwa kuti Battle Mountain ndipo mwina Elliott adzakhala wotsatira.
    
  "Tiyenera kusuntha magulu a Air Force kupita ku Dreamland," adatero Patrick. "Titha kukhala ndi maziko awa mosavuta kuposa Battle Mountain."
    
  "Patrick wamva zomwe ukunena?" -Anafunsa modabwa Rebecca. "Mukupanga chiwembu chokonzekera ndi kuwongolera gulu lankhondo la U.S. motsutsana ndi zomwe Mtsogoleri Wamkulu walamula, mopanda lamulo kuziyika pansi pa ulamuliro wanu popanda ulamuliro uliwonse, ndikutsutsa mwachindunji ndikuchita nawo nkhondo ndi asitikali aku US. Ichi ndi chipolowe! Ichi ndi chiwembu! Simungapite kundende, Patrick - mutha kuphedwa!"
    
  "Zikomo chifukwa chazamalamulo, Rebecca," adatero Patrick. "Ndikukhulupirira kuti sizifika pamenepo. Opulumuka akapulumutsidwa ndipo laser ya anti-space ya ku Russia iwonongedwa, kapena atapezeka, zonsezi zitha. Ndikumvetsa ngati simukufuna kuchita zomwe ndikupangira, Rebecca. Koma ngati mukufuna kukwera ndege zankhondo ndikupereka thandizo, simungathe kukhala pa Battle Mountain. Akhoza kutuluka panja kudzakugwirani pamene tikulankhula."
    
  Aliyense amene adatenga nawo mbali pamsonkhano wotetezedwa wa kanema atha kuwona nkhope ya Rebecca Furness yokhumudwa. Mwa onsewa, iye ayenera kuti analuza zambiri pa zimenezi, ndipo zinali zoonekeratu kuti sankafuna zimenezo. Koma patapita kanthawi iye anagwedeza mutu. "Zonse zili bwino. Kwa masenti khumi, pa dola - kuyambira makumi awiri mpaka moyo. Mwina bwalo la asilikali lindimvera chisoni chifukwa ndine mkazi. Nditumiza ndege zikuyenda nthawi yomweyo, Dave. Ndipatseni malo."
    
  "Inde, amayi," anayankha Dave Luger wa Elliott Air Force Base. Kenako: "Nanga bwanji ogwira ntchito ndi zida ku Batman AFB, Mook? Anthu a ku Turkey ndi anyamata athu angadikire kuti abwerere... Pokhapokha ngati dziko la Turkey litayesa kuwawombera pamene alowanso mumlengalenga wa Turkey. "
    
  "Ndili ndi lingaliro kwa iwo, Dave," Patrick adatero. "Zikhala zowopsa, koma uwu ndiye mwayi wathu ..."
    
    
  KUKHALA KWABWINO KWA LEONID ZEVITIN, BOLTINO, RUSSIA
  NTHAWI YOMWEYO
    
    
  Leonid Zevitin anati: "Khalani chete pansi, Wolemekezeka. Anali muofesi yake yachinsinsi ndi Unduna wa Zachilendo Alexandra Khedrov, akuyimba foni ndikutumiza maimelo otetezeka kumagulu ankhondo ndi akazembe padziko lonse lapansi, kuwachenjeza za zomwe zikuchitika kuzungulira Iran. Foni yochokera kwa Mtsogoleri Wapamwamba wa Iran Hassan Mokhtaz idabwera mochedwa kuposa momwe amayembekezera, koma mosakayika chifukwa mwina zinali zowopsa kuti aliyense amudzutse munthuyo ndi nkhani zoyipa.
    
  "Dzikhazikike mtima pansi? Tinamenyedwa - ndipo zinali chifukwa cha inu! " Mohtaz anakuwa. "Ndinakulola kuti uike zida zako pamalo anga chifukwa umati udzateteza dziko langa. Iye anachita zosiyana ndendende! Mabomba anayi awononga imodzi mwa malo anga a Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, ndipo tsopano asilikali anga oteteza ndege akundiuza kuti mabomba aku America akuwuluka momasuka mlengalenga mwathu!
    
  "Palibe oponya mabomba ku Iran, Olemekezeka - tidasamalira izi," adatero Zevitin. "Pankhani ya maziko anu: kumbukirani kuti dziko la Russia lidalipira kuti likonzenso ndikubisa maziko awa kuti tigwiritse ntchito kwakanthawi, ndipo tidagwirizana kuti aperekedwa kwa inu titamaliza nawo ..."
    
  "Ndipo tsopano mwatha nazo chifukwa aku America adaziwononga!" Mohtaz anatero. "Tsopano kodi mungatisiyire dzenje lofukira pansi?"
    
  "Dzikani mtima pansi, Mr. President!"
    
  "Ndikufuna chida chothana ndi ndege, ndipo ndikuchifuna tsopano!" Mohtaz anakuwa. "Munandiuza kuti mayunitsi asanu ndi limodzi a S-300 ndi zida zina khumi ndi ziwiri za Tor-M1 akudikirira kutsimikiziridwa koyambirira ku Turkmenistan. Zinali nthawi yayitali bwanji, Zevitin? Eyiti, masabata khumi? Zimatenga nthawi yayitali bwanji kuti mutulutse zida zina za rocket, kuziyatsa, ndikuwona ngati magetsi onse okongola abwera? Udzakwaniritsa liti malonjezo ako?"
    
  "Adzaperekedwa, Purezidenti, musadandaule," adatero Zevitin. Iye sanafune kupereka zida zoponya, makamaka zotsogola za S-300 strategic anti-aircraft missile system, mpaka adatsimikiza kuti sakanatha kubweza chilolezo cha Purezidenti waku America Joseph Gardner. Zevitin anali wokonzeka kulola Mohtaz kudandaula ndikudandaula ngati akanatha kuchititsa anthu a ku America kuti avomereze kuti asatumize asilikali ku Poland kapena ku Czech Republic, kapena kuvomereza kuti avomereze chisankho chilichonse ku United Nations chomwe chingalole kuti Kosovo adzipatule ku Serbia. kubwerera. Zokambiranazi zinali pa nthawi yovuta kwambiri ndipo sangalole Mohtaz kuti awawononge.
    
  "Ndikufuna tsopano, Zevitin, kapena mutha kutenga ndege zanu zonse, akasinja ndi ma radar anu kubwerera ku Russia!" - adatero Mokhtaz. "Ndikufuna S-300 ndi Tor kuti ateteze Mashhad mawa. Ndikufuna kuyika chishango chosatheka cha zida zoponya kuzungulira mzinda uno ndikadzabweranso mopambana ndi boma langa lomwe linali ku ukapolo.
    
  "Izi sizingatheke, Olemekezeka. Zimatenga nthawi kuyesa bwino zida zapamwambazi musanazitumize. Ndipempha Mtumiki Ostenkov ndi Chief of Staff General Furzienko kuti adziwitse alangizi anu ankhondo za- "
    
  "Ayi! Ayi! Palibenso zofotokozera mwachidule komanso kuwononga nthawi! " Mohtaz anakuwa. "Ndikufuna kuti atumizidwe nthawi yomweyo, kapena ndiwonetsetse kuti dziko lonse lapansi likudziwa za kubwereza kwanu! Kodi anzanu aku America anganene chiyani akadziwa kuti mwavomera kugulitsa zida zoponya ndege, zida za mankhwala ndi zida zoponya anthu ku Iran?"
    
  "Mwagwirizana kuti musagawane zambiri ..."
    
  "Ndipo mudavomera kuti mundipatse zida zowombera ndege, Zevitin," Mohtaz adalowererapo. "Bweraninso malonjezo anu ndipo tamaliza. Ana anu akhanda ndi akasinja amatha kuwola ku Turkmenistan, sindisamala. " Ndipo ndi zimenezo kugwirizana kunasweka.
    
    
  UNITED NATIONS REFUGEE CAMP TORBAT-I-JAM, IRAN
  Patapita kanthawi
    
    
  "Zosavuta, mtsikana, wavulala. Osasuntha, chabwino?"
    
  Kaputeni Charlie Turlock anatsegula maso ake ... Anachita mantha, ululuwo unawonjezeka kawiri, ndipo anakuwa kwambiri. Anamva dzanja loziziritsa likugwira pachipumi. "O Mulungu wanga, Mulungu wanga ...!"
    
  "Khulupirira kapena usakhulupirire, mtsikana, kulira kwako komvetsa chisoni ndi nyimbo m"makutu mwanga," mwamunayo anatero, kalankhulidwe kake kachi Irish kakumvekera pang"onopang"ono komanso motsitsimula, "chifukwa mukadapanda kukuwa chonchi, ndikanalira. anakhulupirira, kuti msana wanu wathyoka. Zikuwawa kuti mtsikana?"
    
  "Nsana wanga ... msana wanga," Charlie adapuma. "Zimamveka ngati ... ngati msana wanga wonse ukuyaka moto."
    
  "Pamoto ... Ndizoseketsa, mtsikana," adatero bamboyo. "Sindikudabwa konse." Charlie adayang'ana bamboyo mosokonezeka. Tsopano ankatha kuona stethoscope ikulendewera pakhosi pake. Anali wamng'ono kwambiri, ngati wachinyamata wamkulu, ali ndi tsitsi lalifupi lofiira-lofiira, maso obiriwira owala komanso kumwetulira kosalekeza, koma anali ndi nkhawa yaikulu m'maso mwake. Kuwala kochokera m"babu limodzi lokhala m"mwamba kunamupweteka m"maso, koma anali woyamikira kuti mwina maso ake anali kugwira ntchito. "Utha kunena kuti ndiwe mngelo wochokera kumwamba ... kapena mngelo wakugwa?"
    
  "Sindikumvetsa, Dokotala ... Dokotala ..."
    
  "Miles. Miles McNulty," bamboyo anayankha. "Ine sindine dokotala, koma aliyense pano akukhulupirira kuti ndine dokotala, ndipo pakali pano ndi zokwanira kwa tonsefe."
    
  Charlie anagwedeza mutu. Ululu udalipobe, koma adayamba kuzolowera ndipo adawona kuti adangotsika pang'ono ngati atasuntha mwanjira imeneyo. "Tili kuti, Bambo McNulty?" anafunsa.
    
  "Aaa mtsikana, umandipangitsa kumva ngati nkhalamba pondiitana ngati amanditchula kuti nkhalamba," anatero Miles. "Ndiyimbireni Miles, kapena Wuz, ngati mukufuna."
    
  "Wootz?" - Ndidafunsa.
    
  "Madotolo ena adandipatsa dzina lotchulidwira nditafika kuno - ndikuganiza kuti ndikanatha kuwona zamatsenga zomwe zikuchitika pano: magazi, madzi owola, kuvulala, kufa kwa makanda, njala, zoopsa. zoipa zimene "angathe kuchita kanthu kwa munthu m"dzina la Mulungu," anatero Miles, ndipo maonekedwe ake aunyamata anasanduka otuwa kwa kanthaŵi.
    
  Charlie adaseka. "Pepani". Anasangalala pamene kumwetulira kwake kunabwerera. "Ndikutcha iwe Miles. Ndine Charlie."
    
  "Charlie? Ndikudziwa kuti ndakhala ndiri kuno kuchipululu kwakanthawi, mtsikana, koma sukuwoneka ngati Charlie kwa ine."
    
  "Nkhani yayitali. Tsiku lina ndidzakuuzani."
    
  "Ndimakonda kumva izi, Charlie." Anapeza botolo m"thumba la jekete lake ndipo anakutumula mapiritsi angapo. "Pano. Awa ndi ma NSAID omwe amangopezeka m'sitolo - mankhwala onse oletsa ululu omwe ndingayerekeze kukupatsani mpaka nditayezetsanso kuti ndione ngati mukutaya magazi m'kati kapena chilichonse chasweka."
    
  Mkono waukulu wa zida zankhondo unatambasula ndikudzikulunga m'manja mwa bamboyo - Charlie sanathe kutembenuza mutu wake, koma adadziwa kuti anali ndani. "Ndiwayang'ana kaye," adamva mawu a Chris Wall opangidwa pakompyuta akutero.
    
  "O, akuti," adatero Miles. Anabwezeranso dzanja lake ndi mapiritsi. Vol anamasula chipewa chake, natambasula khosi lake. "Pepani kukuuzani, bwanawe, koma mukuwoneka bwino ndi chisoti," adaseka, akumwetulira kwambiri mpaka adawona chenjezo la Vol. Anabwezeranso mapiritsi aja m"botolo, analigwedeza, n"kutulutsa limodzi n"kulilowetsa m"kamwa mwake. "Ndikuyesera kuthandiza mayiyo, osati kumuvulaza." Ox anamulola kuti amwetse Charlie mapiritsi atatu ndi kumwa madzi.
    
  "Mukupeza bwanji?" - Vol anafunsa.
    
  "Sizingakhale zoipa ngati sindi... kusuntha," iye anatero, akutsamwitsidwa ndi funde la ululu. "Sindikukhulupirira kuti tinachita izi." Kuyang'ana kwa chenjezo kwa Vol kunamukumbutsa kuti asalankhulenso za zomwe adakumana nazo. "Kodi takhala kuno nthawi yayitali bwanji?"
    
  "Osati motalika," idayankha Vol. "Pafupifupi ola limodzi."
    
  "Wachitatu ali kuti?" - Ndidafunsa. Vol analoza kumanzere kwa Charlie. Pakamwa pa Charlie nthawi yomweyo panauma. Poyiwala zowawazo, adatsata kuyang'ana kwa Marine wamkulu pafupi naye ... ndipo adawona Tin Man wina, Wayne Macomber, atagona patebulo lina pafupi ndi iye, ngati kuti adayikidwa pa maliro. "Wamwalira?" - iye anafunsa.
    
  "Ayi, koma adakomoka kwakanthawi," adatero Vol.
    
  "Ndidafunsa mnzako ngati pali chosinthira kapena latch kapena chotsegula kuti atsegule ndikuwunika - sindikudziwa ngati ndi iye kapena makinawo."
    
  "Tiyenera kutuluka muno mwachangu momwe tingathere," adatero Vol.
    
  "Ndikuganiza kuti ndikufuna kuyang'ana pa lassi, ngati mulibe nazo vuto," Miles adanena kwa Vol. "Mphindi khumi kuti ndikuwoneni kaye, eti?"
    
  "Mphindi zisanu".
    
  "Chabwino, palibe." Anatembenukira kwa Charlie, akumwetulira molimba mtima. "Ndimadana nazo kuchita zimenezi ukapwetekedwa mtima, koma zindithandiza kukhala kutali ndi malo owonongeka. Mwakonzeka?"
    
  "Ndikuganiza inde".
    
  "Pali mtsikana wamasewera. Ndiyesetsa kuti ndisakudandanitseni ndekha, ndiye yesani kusuntha nane momwe ndingathere - ndinu woweruza wabwino kwambiri wa zomwe "zochuluka" ndi, sichoncho? Tiyambira pamutu ndikuyenda mpaka pansi. Mwakonzeka? Pitani." Ndi kufatsa kodabwitsa, McNulty anaunika mutu wake, akuutembenuza mosamala kwambiri, akuwerama ndi tochi motsika momwe angathere kuti ayang'ane kumbuyo kwa mutu wake ndi khosi lake popanda kumukakamiza kuti atembenuke mutu wake kwambiri.
    
  "Chabwino, sindikuwona kalikonse kakukakamira," Miles anatero patapita mphindi zingapo. "Muli ndi mikwingwirima yambiri komanso mabala, koma palibe chowopsa kwambiri. Ndawonapo zoyipa kwambiri pano. "
    
  "Mukuchokera kuti, Miles?"
    
  "Ndimachokera ku Khonde lakumbuyo kwa Mulungu: Westport, County Mayo." Sanafunikire kutchula "Ireland". "Nanunso?" - Ndidafunsa. Charlie anatembenuzira maso ake kumbali ndikuwatsitsa, ndipo Vol anasintha malo ake - osati mochulukira, zokwanira kuti aliyense adziwe za kukhalapo kwake ndikuletsa zokambiranazo kuti zisalowe gawo losayenera. "Aa, palibe vuto, mtsikana, ndi zomwe ndimaganiza. Azungu okha m"zigawozi ndi antchito othandiza ndi akazitape, ndipo simunavale ngati namwino."
    
  "Tili pati?"
    
  "Muli pano ku Torbat-e-Jama, msasa wa othawa kwawo wa United Nations womwe unakhazikitsidwa kuti anthu osauka akuthawa Taliban ku Afghanistan ndipo tsopano akugwiritsidwa ntchito ndi anthu osauka omwe akuthawa zigawenga zachisilamu," adatero Miles. "Ndinadzipereka kuti ndikapereke chakudya ndi katundu wonyamula katundu pafupifupi miyezi sikisi yapitayo, koma wothandizira wa dokotalayo atasowa, ndinatsala. Dokotala adasowa pafupifupi mwezi wapitawo - ngati a Taliban kapena Quds Forces akufuna dokotala, samatumiza mmodzi, amatenga mmodzi - kotero ndikudzaza mpaka ndege yotsatira itafika. Palibe amene anganene kuti izi zidzachitika liti, chifukwa chake ndimasewera chikalatacho ndikuthandizira momwe ndingathere. Ndikutaya pang'ono kuposa adotolo, koma ndikuganiza kuti ndayamba kuzimvetsetsa. "
    
  "Kupanga Bat-i-Jam?"
    
  "Iran," adatero Miles. "Apa amachitchabe 'Iran' - zigawenga sizinafikebe mpaka pano, kotero samazitchabe 'Persia'," ngakhale Asilamu a Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps ndi al-Quds Force ayamba kukongola. Amachita mantha, ngati kuti zigawenga zikuwathamangitsa.
    
  "Mu Iran?"
    
  "Ndikuchita mantha, mtsikana," anatero Miles. "Pafupifupi makilomita mazana awiri kuchokera ku Mashhad, likulu la chigawo cha Khorasan."
    
  "Mulungu, ano ndi malo omaliza omwe tikufuna kukhala," Charlie anabuula motero. Anayesa kudzuka pamatabwa olimba omwe anagonapo ndipo anangotsala pang'ono kukomoka chifukwa cha ululu womwe unaphimba china chilichonse chimene anamva kuyambira pamene anadzuka. "Sindikudziwa kuti ndingathebe," adauza Vol. "Chikwama changa...chili kuti?"
    
  "Pomwe pano," adatero Vol, osawonetsa komwe kapena zomwe amalankhula kwenikweni.
    
  Miles anati: "Palibe amene angapite kulikonse, mtsikana, komanso mnzakoyo, ngakhale mmene ndikudziwira.
    
  "Ndichita," adatero Charlie. "Tili patali bwanji ndi malo a ngozi?"
    
  "Pafupifupi makilomita khumi," anayankha Miles. "Chinthu ichi ndi chiyani ... Galeta la Mercury? Si ndege kwenikweni, monga - ngati chitini chokhala ndi mabuloni. Anapsa mtima kwambiri, koma sanavulale."
    
  "Mwatipeza bwanji?"
    
  "Sizinali vuto, msungwana - tidakuwonani mukuwoloka mlengalenga ndikugwa pansi ngati mphezi kuchokera kwa Zeus mwiniwake!" Anatero Miles, maso ake akuthwanima kwambiri kukumbukira kuti anaona zinthuzo. "Monga meteor yaikulu kwambiri yomwe sinawonepo! Ukadasiya mchira wamoto utali wa makilomita makumi asanu utali wa inchi! Zinali zodabwitsa kuwona anthu atatu akuzindikiridwabe kuti ndi otero m'ngozi, ndipo chodabwitsa kwambiri kukupeza mudakali moyo! Tatsala pang'ono kunyansitsa mathalauza athu kukuwonani mukubwera molunjika kwa ife - tinkaganiza kuti Ambuye wabwino athetsa mavuto athu onse pano ndi pano, pomwepo - koma mwaphonya. Kukupeza wamoyo kunali kozizwitsa."
    
  "Tsoka ilo, izi zikutanthauza kuti a Pasdarans mwina adatiwonanso."
    
  Miles anagwedeza mutu. "Samawonekera kawirikawiri, koma mwina akununkhiza chinachake kumbali imeneyo, ndithudi. Tikamakutulutsani mwachangu anyamata, zimakhala zabwino kwa tonsefe. Muyenera kukhala athanzi mokwanira kuyenda mankhwala opweteka atayamba kugwira ntchito. Sizikhala zophweka, koma ndikuganiza kuti ukhoza." Anatembenukira kwa Tin Woodman yemwe anali pafupi naye. "Tsopano njonda iyi, sindikutsimikizabe. Kodi mungandiuze momwe ndinga...tsegule, kumasula, kusuntha babolt, chilichonse, kuti ndiyang'ane ndikuchiyang'ana? "
    
  "Tilibe nthawi, Miles," adatero Charlie. "Timunyamula." Pothetsa ululuwo, anatha kukhala tsonga pabedi lake. "Tikunyamuka tsopano, Miles. Ndikufuna kukuthokozani chifukwa cha zonse zomwe mwatichitira."
    
  "Ndikhala wachisoni kukuwona ukupita, Charlie, koma moona mtima, ndikanakonda kuti usakhalepo pamene zigawenga za Pasdaran kapena al-Quds zimakusaka pano." Anayang'ana mosamala zovala za Ng'ombe ndi Tin Woodman. "Ndikuganiza kuti ndakhala ndikuŵerenga za zinthu zimenezi posachedwapa, sichoncho? Bungwe lolimbana ndi uchigawenga la America. " Charlie sanayankhe. "O, ndikuwona-mukhoza kundiuza, koma ndiye mundipha, eti?" Anaseka, zomwe zinapangitsa kuti msana wake ukhale ndi ululu, koma adakondwerabe ndi nthabwalazo. "Chabwino, palibenso mafunso, Charlie. Ndituluka ndikuwona ngati kugombe kuli bwino. Zabwino zonse, mtsikana."
    
  "Zikomo". Anasisima ndi ululu uku akuyamba kudzikoka koma mankhwala omwe McNulty anamupatsa ayenera kuti anayamba kugwira ntchito chifukwa pa nthawiyi ululuwo sunathe. McNulty atachoka, Charlie adatsitsa mawu ake nati, "Mmodzi, galu wachinayi."
    
  "Tikukumvani mokweza komanso momveka bwino, Chachinayi," a Patrick McLanahan adayankha kudzera munjira yolumikizira ma transceiver padziko lonse lapansi. Membala aliyense wa Air Force anali ndi njira yolumikizirana ndi data yomwe idayikidwa m'matupi awo kwa moyo wawo wonse, mwachiwonekere pamikhalidwe ngati iyi, koma kwenikweni kulola boma kuti lifufuze komwe aliyense wogwira ntchitoyo ali moyo wawo wonse. "Zikomo Mulungu kuti muli ndi moyo. Tidawerenga kuti Wachisanu ali ndi iwe.
    
  "Ndikutsimikizira - ali moyo, koma alibe chidziwitso," adatero Charlie. Vol anayamba kuvala chisoti chake, kukonzekera kuchoka. "Ndikwera kavalo wanga ndipo ife-"
    
  Mwadzidzidzi McNulty anathamangiranso muhema, atasowa mpweya. "Asilikali, kunja kwa msasa," iye anatero mothedwa nzeru. "Pali mazana aiwo."
    
  "Tokha, kodi sitinakwerepo?" Charlie adatulutsa wailesi.
    
  "Mnyamata, uyu ndi Genesis," adatero Dave Luger. "Tili ndi gulu la CSAR panjira kuchokera ku Herat, mkati mwa mphindi makumi asanu ndi anayi. Tikuyambitsa ndege zoyambira ku Batman AFB ku Turkey, koma zitenga nthawi yofanana. Muli bwanji?"
    
  "Kukhala wovuta," adatero Charlie. "Tidzakuyimbirani tikadzakhala otetezeka. Ng'ombe yamphongo yachinayi yachotsedwa. Charlie anapita pa bokosi lalikulu lomwe linali pansi pa dothi. "Zikwama zilizonse kapena mfuti, Zisanu?"
    
  "Zoipa," anayankha Wohl. "Pepani".
    
  Charlie anati: "Zili bwino, munali ndi zambiri zoti muchite. "Tiyeni tinyamuke."
    
  Miles analoza ku bokosi lalikulu limene Wohl anali atanyamula pamene analowa mumsasa. "Kodi izi ndi zida zako?" Tsopano ndi nthawi yoti uzitulutse, mtsikana."
    
  "Ayi," anatero Charlie. "CID imodzi, kutumiza."
    
  Pamene Miles ankayang"ana modabwa, bokosilo linayamba kuyenda, likusintha mofulumira kukula ndi kaonekedwe kake, monga ngati ndodo ya matsenga ikusintha kukhala maluwa. M"kamphindi kakang"ono chabe, bokosi lachitsulo lalikulu koma losaoneka bwino linasandulika kukhala loboti lalitali mamita khumi, pafupifupi kutulukira m"hema, lokhala ndi "khungu" losalala lakuda, mutu wooneka ngati chipolopolo wopanda maso kapena makutu ooneka, ndi waukulu. , manja, miyendo, ndi zala zomveka bwino.
    
  "CID One, woyendetsa ndege," adatero Charlie. Lobotiyo inkangotsamira kutsogolo, ngati malo oyambira othamanga, koma mwendo umodzi ndi manja onse awiri atalikira kumbuyo. Charlie akugonjetsa ndi ululu, anayenda mozungulira loboti ndikukwera mmwamba mwendo womwe watambasula, pogwiritsa ntchito manja ake ngati chogwirira. Analemba kachidindo kakang'ono kwinakwake kuseri kwa mutu wa lobotiyo, chiswaniro chakumbuyo kwake chinatseguka, ndipo analowa mkati. Chitseko chatsekedwa ...
    
  ... ndipo patangopita nthawi pang'ono, kudabwa kwa munthu wa ku Ireland, lobotiyo inakhala ndi moyo ndipo inayimilira, yofanana ndi munthu wamba m'chilichonse kupatula maonekedwe ake - mayendedwe ake anali osalala, amadzimadzi komanso owona kuti Miles nthawi yomweyo adapeza kuti waiwala. anali makina!
    
  Charlie adanyamula Wayne Macomber yemwe adakali chikomokere. "Ino ndi nthawi yoyipa kwambiri kuti mutuluke, Zipper," adatero. Anayatsa radar ya cybernetic infantry's millimeter wave radar ndikuyang'ana malo omwe ali kunja kwa hema. Iye anati: "Zikuoneka kuti akufuna kutizungulira. "Kum"mwera kumawoneka ngati njira yabwino kwambiri yopulumukiramo-pali galimoto imodzi yokha imene yayimitsidwa pamenepo."
    
  "Nanga bwanji kupatukira pang"ono kumpoto ndi kumadzulo?" - Vol adafunsa, akuphunzira za chithunzi cha radar chomwe adatumizidwa kuchokera ku dipatimenti yofufuza milandu ya Charlie. "Zikuwoneka ngati gulu la mfuti likuthamangira kumpoto. Ndikhoza kugwiritsa ntchito imodzi mwa izi. "
    
  "Zikumveka zokopa." Iye anatambasula chibakera chake ndipo iye anachimenya nachonso chake. "Monga momwe wosewera wokongola wa ku Australia adanenera nthawi ina mufilimu kuti: 'Unleash Hell.'
    
  "Ndili panjira. Ndibwino kumupatsa chivundikiro chamtundu wina. " Ng"ombeyo inatuluka kutsogolo kwa chihemacho. Charlie adagwetsa Miles pansi ndikumuphimba yekha ngati matalala a mfuti yamoto adaphulitsa hemayo.
    
  "Lowani, Miles," adatero mawu a Charlie opangidwa pakompyuta. Ataweramabe, adakankhira thupi losasunthika lomwe lili m'manja mwake kumbali, kokwanira kuti apange malo pakati pa thupi lake ndi Tin Woodman. Anakayika, akudabwabe ndi zomwe wangoonazi. "Simungakhale pano. Achitetezo a Revolutionary angaganize kuti ndinu m'modzi wa ife."
    
  "Kodi mungatinyamule tonse awiri?"
    
  "Ndikhoza kunyamula makumi awiri amtundu wako, Miles. Pitani." Anagona pamikono yake ndipo adagubuduzanso Macomber kwa iye ndikumugwira mwamphamvu, ndikumugwira mwamphamvu. "Gwiritsitsani."
    
  Koma atayimilira, china chake chinali cholakwika - Miles adamva kugwedezeka kwakukulu mkati mwagalimoto, ndipo kuyenda kwa Charlie kunali kosakhazikika. "Zomwe zachitika?" iye anakuwa.
    
  "Gulu lofufuza milandu lawonongeka," adatero Charlie. "Ziyenera kukhala chifukwa cha ngozi."
    
  "Ndamva," adatero Wohl pawailesi. Charlie amawona malo ake pa visor yake yamagetsi - anali kuyenda mwachangu m'malo a Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, kuyima mwachidule pamsonkhano uliwonse wankhondo. "Kankhirani mwamphamvu momwe mungathere. Ndikhala pafupi nawe pakanthawi kochepa."
    
  Mphindi zochepa zotsatira zinali kuzunzika koyera. Ng'ombeyo inabwezanso moto wawo pang'ono, koma unabwerera mwamphamvu patangopita nthawi pang'ono kuchokera pamene Charlie anatuluka muhema, akuoneka ngati akufunafuna iwo. Phokosoli linali logontha. Anamezedwa ndi mitambo yautsi, moto wamoto wa apo ndi apo, ndi kulira kwa mfuti kosalekeza. McNulty anakuwa pamene chipolopolo chinagunda mwendo wake wakumanzere, ndipo anakuwanso pamene kuphulika kowononga kunagwetsa Charlie pamapazi ake. Patangopita nthawi pang"ono, anali ataimiriranso, koma tsopano kuthamanga kwabwinoko kunali kutasintha n"kukhala kulemala kovutirapo, ngati galimoto yophulika tayala ndi mkombero wopindika.
    
  Ng'ombe inathamangira pafupi ndi Charlie, m'dzanja lake lamanja anali ndi mfuti yachi China Type 67, kumanzere kwake - chitini chachitsulo cha zida. "Kodi mungayende, captain?"
    
  "Si nthawi yayitali".
    
  "Nchiyani chikuchitika?" - iwo anamva.
    
  "Menyani!" Mwamwayi, Macomber anali maso, ngakhale kuti mawu ake ankamveka mwaulesi komanso mankhwala osokoneza bongo. "Kodi muli bwino?"
    
  "Ndikumva ngati mutu wanga wang'ambika," adatero Macomber mokweza mawu. Charlie ankakayikira kuti wagunda. "Kodi ndili moyo?"
    
  "Pakalipano, ndikukhulupirira kuti zikhala choncho," adatero Charlie. "Ukhoza kupita?"
    
  "Kodi ndikadali ndi miyendo?" Sindikumva kalikonse pansi pamenepo.
    
  "Khalani pomwe muli ndikuyesera kusasuntha - mudzaphwanya wokwerayo."
    
  "Passenger wina?"
    
  Charlie anayesa kuthawa, koma zinthu zinali kuipiraipira. Mphepete mwa roketi inaphulika kumbuyo kwake, kuwapangitsa kuwulukanso. "Mphamvu zatsika kale mpaka makumi anayi pa zana," adatero Charlie pamene Ox akuwathandiza. "Dongosolo langa lalikulu la hydraulic lalephera ndipo sindingathe kusuntha mwendo wanga wakumanja."
    
  "Kodi mungapitirire kusuntha?"
    
  "Inde, ndikuganiza choncho," adatero Charlie. Pogwiritsa ntchito mwendo wake wakumanja ngati ndodo, adadumphadumpha pomwe Vol adayika moto wopondereza ndi mfuti yake yamakina mpaka zida zake zidatha. Theka linathandizira ndipo theka linanyamula Charlie, ndipo adatha kukwera pamtunda wotsika mofulumira. Iwo ankatha kuona mosavuta otsatira awo pansi, omwe anali kupita patsogolo pang'onopang'ono pamene magulu ochulukirapo adalowa nawo.
    
  Charlie adatsitsa Macomber ndi McNulty pansi, kenako adatuluka muofesi ya CID. Iye anati: "Iko ikukonzekera kutseka. "Zatheka. Kwatsala mphamvu zokwanira kuti muyambe kufufuta firmware. Tikangochokapo, zingodziwononga tokha."
    
  "Iwo akuwoneka kuti sakudziwa komwe tili," adatero Vol, akuyang'ana chipululu chomwe chili pansi pawo ndi makina ake owonera usiku. Anayang'ana mwatsatanetsatane zina. "Tiyeni tiwone^Asilikali oyenda pansi...Eya, alipo mmodzi, gulu lina la mfuti zamakina. Ndibweranso ". Iye anathamangira mumdima.
    
  Macomber adalimbana ndi manja ndi mawondo ake. "Chabwino, ndikuyamba kunena kuchokera pansi," adatero. "Mlendo wathu ndi ndani?"
    
  "Miles McNulty, wogwira ntchito yopereka chithandizo ku UN," Charlie adayankha, akufotokozera.
    
  Mphindi zochepa pambuyo pake, Vol adabweranso akuthamanga ndi chida chokulirapo kuposa choyambirira - mfuti yaku Russia ya DShK yolemera kwambiri yokhala ndi magazini yayikulu pamwamba, komanso bokosi lamatabwa lokhala ndi magazini ena. "Zikuwoneka ngati adabweretsa zida zotsutsana ndi ndege - amayembekezera kampaniyo. Mwaswera bwanji Major?
    
  "Zabwino kwambiri, Sergeant Major," anayankha Macomber. Iye anayang'ana pa McNulty. Charlie anali kalikiliki kumanga kansalu kong'ambika pa yunifolomu yake pa mwendo wake. "Wokwerayo wavulala. Okwera pamahatchi ali kuti?
    
  "Ma maikolofoni osachepera makumi asanu ndi limodzi atuluka."
    
  "Tikupita kuti?"
    
  "Kum'mawa mpaka kumalire a Afghanistan," adatero Charlie. "Pafupi mailosi makumi atatu kuchokera pano. Malo okwera komanso otseguka. Palibe matauni kapena midzi yozungulira makilomita makumi asanu. "
    
  "Mukupeza bwanji chakudya chanu, First Sergeant?" - anafunsa Macomber.
    
  "Achepetsedwa mpaka makumi atatu pa zana."
    
  "Apa-sindingathe kuchigwiritsabe ntchito." Anamasula imodzi mwa mabatire ake a ndalama mu lamba wake ndi kuikamo imodzi mwa mabatire ofooka a Vol. "Kodi tingagwiritse ntchito gawo la CID kutchaja mabatire athu?"
    
  "Osati pamene ali mu njira yotseka, Bah," adatero Charlie.
    
  "Kodi sitingalumikizane ndi gwero lamagetsi kapena mtengo wafoni?" - anafunsa Macomber. Charlie anamuyang'ana modabwa. "Eya, ndaphunzirapo zimenezi-mwina sindingakonde, koma ndinaŵerenga mabuku olangiza. Sititsata msewu waukulu, koma tikawona bokosi lophwanyira kapena mphambano yowongolera, ndikuganiza nditha kukhazikitsa chodumphira. Tiyeni tiyambe-"
    
  "Ndikumva ma helikopita," adatero Wohl. Ankagwiritsa ntchito maso ake usiku komanso makutu amphamvu kuti afufuze m"mwamba, n"kuzindikira kumene ndegeyo ikuyandikira. "Ma helikoputala awiri opepuka, pafupifupi mailosi atatu kuchokera pano," adatero, akukweza mfuti yake yamakina ya DshK.
    
  "Tiyeni tifalitse," adatero Macomber. Koma posakhalitsa anazindikira kuti izi zinali zosatheka: Charlie anali adakali ndi ululu chifukwa cha kuvulala kwake, ndipo McNulty anavulala kwambiri ndi mantha, kotero anayenera kuwanyamula onse awiri, ngakhale kuti sanali 100 peresenti yekha, kotero kuti zinthu zinali zovuta. kuyenda pang'onopang'ono. Vol anasuntha pafupifupi mayadi khumi kuchokera kwa iwo, pafupi mokwanira kuti awathandize ngati ataukiridwa, koma osati pafupi kwambiri kotero kuti chiwombankhanga chimodzi chophulika kuchokera ku helikopita chikhoza kuwawononga onse mwakamodzi.
    
  Iwo anali atangopanga mayadi mazana angapo m'mphepete mwa phirilo pamene Vol anafuula, "Yamba!" Macomber anapeza mwala waukulu kwambiri pafupi ndi kubisa milandu yake kumbuyo kwake, ndiyeno mwiniwake, atayima pakati pa ma helikopita ndi ena kuti awateteze momwe angathere ndi thupi lake lankhondo. Zida za Tin Man zinali ndi zida zoyendetsedwa ndimagetsi zomwe zidakhalabe zosinthika koma zolimba nthawi yomweyo zikamenyedwa ndi chishango choteteza, champhamvu kuwirikiza zana kuposa chitsulo chachitsulo.
    
  Macomber ankatha kumva ma helikoputala omwe akubwera kudzera mu makina ake omveka bwino, koma maso ake sankatha kuyang'ana pamagetsi. "Sindikuwawona, Vol."
    
  Khalani pomwe muli. Kamphindi pambuyo pake adatsegula kuwombera ndi mfuti yake ya makina ya DshK, kung'anima kwa mizinga yayikulu ya 12.7mm yowunikira dera la mayadi khumi mozungulira iye. Iwo anamva phokoso lalikulu lachitsulo pamene zipolopolo zingapo zinkalowa mu injini ya turbine ya helikopita yoyamba ndi kuigwira mwamphamvu, kenako kuphulika kunachitika pamene injiniyo inkaphulika. Masekondi angapo pambuyo pake, adamva kuphulika kwinanso pomwe helikopita yachiwiri yowunikiranso idatsegula moto pamalo a Vol. Anatha kulumpha kuchoka panjira nthawi yake kuti apewe mphamvu zonse za rocket fire ya Iranian 40mm.
    
  Wohl anatsegula moto pa helikopita yachiwiri, koma motowo unasiya posakhalitsa. "Zaphwanyidwa ... Damn, cartridge yakhazikika m'chipinda ... sichidzatuluka." Iye anadabwa kuti mfutiyo inali kuwombera mochuluka monga momwe inachitira-inkawoneka ngati inali ya zaka makumi asanu ndipo inali isanatsukidwe pakati pa theka la nthaŵiyo. Anataya chida chake ndikuyang'ana dera la Pasdaran mayunitsi ena pafupi kuti akagwire mfuti ina, koma magulu atatu otsalawo adatsalira, akugwedeza phirilo ndi mfuti yachisawawa ndi moto wamatope ndi zokhutira kuti ndege ya scout ichite pang'ono. kuwamenyera nkhondo.
    
  "Magulu a ana oyenda akubwerera ndipo pakadali helikopita imodzi yokha," adatero Wohl. Ndakonzeka kuponya miyala. Sanali kuseka-chotupa chopangidwa ndi ma micro-hydraulic-powered exoskeleton mu Tin Woodman combat system chinamupatsa mphamvu zokwanira kuponya mwala wolemera mapaundi asanu pafupifupi mayadi mazana awiri ndi mphamvu yokwanira kuwononga, zomwe zingamuike pakati pa mtunda wokwanira. scout helikopita ngati iye angakhoze kuthamangira kwa iyo, kulumpha ndi nthawi kuponya kwake mwangwiro. Anapeza mwala wofanana ndi mpira wofewa ndipo anakonzekera kuchita zimenezo...
    
  ...koma kenaka masensa ake anatola helicopter ina, ndipo ulendo uno sinali ka helicopter kakang'ono. Amazindikira silhouette kulikonse: "Tili ndi zovuta, amayi," adatero Wohl. Zikuoneka ngati helikoputala ya Mi-24 Hind yayandikira." Ndege ya NATO yopangidwa ku Russia yotchedwa Mi-24, yotchedwa "Hind," inali ndege yaikulu youkira yomwe inkathanso kunyamula asilikali okwana 8 okhala ndi zida zokwanira. zida...
    
  ... woyamba anatsegula moto wachiwiri pambuyo pake, kuchokera pa mtunda wa makilomita oposa atatu. Vol nthawi yomweyo adathamangira gulu lake lonse, kenako adayimilira kuti atsimikizire kuti mzinga wotsutsana ndi tanki ukumulondolabe. Zinali choncho ndipo anazindikira kuti helikoputala yomwenso imamutsatira, zomwe zikutanthauza kuti ogwira ntchito pa helikoputala amayenera kumuyang'anitsitsa kuti asamuomberenso mzinga. Chabwino. Inayenera kukhala mzinga wakale wowongoleredwa, mwina mzinga wamoto woyendetsedwa ndi wailesi wa AT-6.
    
  Ox anadikirira kugunda kwina kwa mtima, kenaka anakwera liwiro lalikulu kupita ku gulu lapafupi la othamangitsa Pasdaran ground. Sanathenso kuwona mzinga, koma adakumbukira kuti nthawi yowuluka ya AT-6 inali kwinakwake pafupifupi masekondi khumi pamtunda waukulu. Izi zikutanthauza kuti anali ndi masekondi okha kuti achite. Gulu la Pasdaran ili linali galimoto yankhondo yokhala ndi mfuti yolemera pamwamba, yomwe inatsegula moto pamene ikuyandikira. Kuzungulira pang'ono kugunda chandamale, koma osakwanira kuti amuchepetse. Tsopano iye anali pakati pa onyamula zida ndi helikopita - ndithudi, Wohl ankaganiza, Hind wowomberayo akanayenera kusuntha mzingawo kumbali. Wotchi yake yoyimitsa maganizo idayima pa ziro ...
    
  ..monga momwe zida za AT-6 zolimbana ndi akasinja zidawomberedwa ndi chonyamulira zida zankhondo za Pasdaran, ndikuchisintha kukhala mpira wamoto wochititsa chidwi. Ng'ombeyo inaponyedwa m'mwamba chifukwa cha mantha. Wowombera wotembereredwa wa Pasdaran adakhazikika pa chandamale chake kotero kuti adafola ndikumenya anyamata ake omwe!
    
  Vol ananyamuka monjenjemera kumapazi ake, ali wamoyo ndipo makamaka osavulazidwa kupatula kuti maso ake ndi mmero zinali zodzaza ndi utsi wamafuta. Mbali yonse ya kumanzere ya chisoti chake, pamodzi ndi masensa ake ambiri ndi mauthenga, zinawonongeka ndi kuphulika. Sanachitire mwina koma kuvula chisoti chake. Kuphulikako kunawononganso makutu ake, ndipo utsi wa akridi unatentha maso ndi mmero. Iye anali chandamale chosavuta. Ntchito yake yoyamba inali yochoka pamagalimoto oyaka kumbuyo kwake omwe mwina amamuunikira ...
    
  ...koma asanasunthe, kulira kwa mfuti kunang'amba pansi kutsogolo kwake, ndipo ndege yaikulu ya Mi-24 Hind attack inawulukira kutsogolo kwake ndikuyima, mizinga yake yokwera pachibwano ya 30mm inaloza pa iye. Zida zake zikanateteza thupi lake, koma zikanapanda ntchito kwa iye wopanda mutu. Vol sanadziwe ngati angavomereze kudzipereka, koma ngati atasokonezedwa nthawi yayitali zitha kupatsa ena mwayi wothawa, kotero adakweza manja ake. Mi-24 idayamba kutsika kuti itsike, ndipo adawona zitseko za clamshell zikutseguka mbali zonse, ndipo asitikali ali okonzeka kutsika ndege yayikulu ikangotera ...
    
  ... ndipo panthawiyo kunali kung'anima kwa moto kumanja kwa helikopita yowukirayo, kutsatiridwa ndi utsi waukulu, moto wochulukirapo, kuphulika ndi kugaya zitsulo, ndiyeno helikopita yayikulu idatembenukira kumanzere ndipo inagwera pansi. Ox anathamangira pamene helikoputala inayamba kusweka chifukwa cha kuphulika kwamphamvu zingapo. Atatsala pang'ono kubwerera kwa anzakewo, anaona magalimoto angapo akubwera, kuphatikizapo onyamula zida. Galimoto yotsogolera, yonyamula mfuti kumbuyo, inali ndi mbendera ikuwuluka, koma sanayiwonebe. Anaganiza zothawa pamalo pomwe adasiya Turlock, Macomber ndi Irishman...
    
  Ng'ombe yothamanga kwambiri inathamangira galimotoyo, yomwe inali pamchira wa magalimoto asanu ndi limodzi, omwe mfuti yake inaphimba kumbuyo kwa mapangidwewo. Magalimoto ena sakanawombera magalimoto awoawo, ndipo mwachiyembekezo akanakhoza kufika kwa wowombera makina, kumulepheretsa, ndi kutenga chidacho asanawombe. Kwatsala mayadi zana kuti apite...
    
  ...ndipo adawona Turlock akutuluka pomwe adabisala manja ali mmwamba. Kodi anataya mtima? Ikhoza kukhala nthawi yabwino, pambuyo pake - ngati akanangoyang'ana pa iwo, akanakhala ndi mwayi wabwino wopita kumalo omaliza ndi ...
    
  ... N"cifukwa ciani anacita zimenezi? Tsopano anali kuloza galimoto yotsogolera, yomwe inali ndi mbendera ...
    
  ... ndipo Vol potsiriza anamvetsa zomwe ankafuna kumuuza. Mbendera yonyamulidwa ndi galimotoyo inali ndi mikwingwirima yobiriwira, yoyera ndi yofiira ya Islamic Republic of Iran, koma chizindikiro chapakati sichinali mawu oti "tulip ofiira" "Allah", koma mbiri ya mkango wokhala ndi lupanga ndi kutuluka. Dzuwa kumbuyo kwake - mbendera yoyimira nyengo yachisinthiko komanso kutsutsa Asilamu.
    
  Chris adathamangira kwa Turlock ndi Macomber, akuyang'anitsitsa kuti awonetsetse kuti palibe amene adawombera adamulozera zida. "Sikuyankha mafoni, Sergeant Major?" Anafunsa Turlock, akuloza khutu lake, kusonyeza subcutaneous transceiver system.
    
  "Belu langa linalira pamenepo," adatero Vol. Anagwedeza mutu kwa obwera kumene. "Anyamata awa ndi ndani?"
    
  "Awa ndi anthu a Bujazi," adatero Charlie. "General McLanahan adayimbiradi Bujazi ndikufunsa thandizo."
    
  "Anafika pa nthawi yake. Ndibwino kuti abwera ndi zida za Stinger."
    
  "Sanagwetse Hind, Sergeant Major." Charlie analoza kumwamba ndipo iwo anawona chopinga cha ndege yaikulu kwambiri yomwe inali pamwamba pake. "Tikuthokoza kwambiri General. Akhala pa station kwa maola ena awiri. "
    
  "Zabwino kwambiri. Izi ziyenera kutipatsa nthawi yokwanira kuti tidutse malire. "
    
  "General akuti tibwerere ku Tehran ndi anyamatawa," adatero Charlie. "Adzatumiza helikopita kuti idzatitenge, ndipo ma Vampires adzatiphimba."
    
  "Sindikuganiza kuti amenewo ndi malingaliro owopsa, amayi."
    
  "Ndifotokoza". Iye anatero^Ndipo Vol sanakhulupirire zomwe ankangomva.
    
    
  MUTU WACHISANU NDI CHIWIRI
    
    
  Simudzisunga nokha padziko lapansi poyang'anira, koma polimbana ndi kudzimenya nokha.
    
  - GEORGE BERNARD SHAW
    
    
    
  CAPITOL HILL, WASHINGTON, DC.
  Patapita kanthawi
    
    
  "Kunena zoona, Brit, sindisamala zimene anthu a ku Russia amanena," anatero Mtsogoleri Wamkulu wa Senate Stacy Ann Barbeau. Anali pansanjika yachiwiri ya Senate, yomwe nthawi zambiri amagwiritsidwa ntchito ndi atolankhani "kutsata" maseneta kuti apereke ndemanga panjira yolankhulira kapena pakati pamisonkhano ya komiti. "Akhala akudandaula zamtundu uliwonse kwa miyezi yambiri ndipo palibe chomwe chatsimikiziridwa. Ngakhale ndimaona Leonid Zevitin kukhala mtsogoleri wokhoza komanso wolankhula momveka bwino, zonena za nduna yake yakunja Alexandra Khedrov zimawoneka ngati zankhanza komanso zabodza nthawi zonse tikamamuwona pazankhani. Purezidenti Zevitin sali wotero, zomwe zimandibweretsa ku funso lodziwikiratu: ndani akunena zoona ku Kremlin masiku ano, ndipo akunama ndani ndipo ndi cholinga chotani?
    
  "Koma mawa pakhala mavoti ofunika kwambiri m"bwalo la Senate pankhani yopereka ndalama zothandizira asilikali a ku United States," mtolankhaniyo anaumirira motero, "ndipo m"kati mwa makangano onsewa ponena za komwe angagwiritsire ntchito ndalama zankhondo, mamembala a nduna ya Pulezidenti Zevitin akuwoneka kuti akutenga nawo mbali. chisangalalo chachikulu podzutsa nkhawa za mkangano winanso wamtsogolo. Kodi zochita ziwirizi zikugwirizana, ndipo ngati ndi choncho, ndi cholinga chanji?"
    
  "Ndikutsimikiza kuti sindikudziwa zomwe zili m'maganizo mwa munthu wa ku Russia, ngakhale mmodzi wa azungu, adziko lapansi komanso okongola monga Leonid Zevitin," adatero Barbeau. "Ndikuganiza kuti angafune kupeŵa kugwedezeka pamene ife ku Congress tikuyesera kudziwa komwe kuli gulu lankhondo lalikulu kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi."
    
  "Koma izi sizongolankhula chabe, Senator," mtolankhaniyo adapitiliza. "Pali china chake chomwe chikuchitika pamenepo, Senator, ndipo sindikunena za chipwirikiti ku Iran, komanso zankhondo zaku America, sichoncho? Mwachidule, amayi: sitikuwoneka kuti tikuchoka m'njira yathu. Nkhondo yapachiweniweni ya ku Iran ikuwopseza kutembenuza dziko lonse la Middle East kukhala gehena, komabe sitichita chilichonse kupatula kutumiza ndege za akazitape zopanda munthu kudera lonselo; mitengo yamafuta ikukwera mwachangu; chuma chikumira ngati mwala; Russia imatiimba mlandu tsiku ndi tsiku kupha anthu wamba, kuphulitsa malo othandizira anthu wamba ku Iran, ndikupanga chipwirikiti ndi chipwirikiti padziko lonse lapansi, makamaka ndi Armstrong space station ndi ndege zathu zakuthambo; pulogalamu ya mlengalenga ikuwoneka yodalirika komanso yofunikira tsiku lina, ndipo tsiku lotsatira silingagwire ntchito. Tili ndi wamkulu komanso wokondedwa waku America wamkulu wamkulu wa nyenyezi zitatu, ngwazi ya kuphedwa kwa Nazi ku America, wosokonekera mumlengalenga chifukwa palibe amene angatiuze ngati ali wathanzi kuti abwere kunyumba. Funso langa, madam: chikuchitika ndi chiyani padziko lapansi chomwe White House ndi Pentagon adauza Congress, ndipo mutani nazo?
    
  Barbeau adamupatsa kumwetulira kwake kowoneka bwino, kodabwitsa, ndikutanthauziranso mawu oti "kupanga chikondi pa kamera" kwa mamiliyoni owonera pomwe amayankha, "O, bwana, ndi chithunzi choyipa bwanji cha chiwonongeko ndi mdima chomwe mukujambula pano m'mawa uno! Ndiroleni ndikutsimikizireni inu ndi anthu onse omvera anu padziko lonse lapansi kuti United States Congress ikugwira ntchito limodzi ndi Purezidenti ndi akuluakulu a dipatimenti yake kuti asamangothana ndi zovuta zomwe zikuchitika komanso zam'tsogolo akamakweza mitu yawo yoyipa, komanso kukonza njira. zankhondo zaku America zomwe sizingafanane, zoyang'ana kutsogolo, zosinthika, zosinthika komanso zotsika mtengo. Patha zaka zosakwana zisanu kuchokera pamene kuphedwa kwa Nazi ku America, ndipo maboma atatu osiyanasiyana alimbana ndi dziko lapansi monga momwe zidakhalira pambuyo pa ziwopsezo zowopsa za dziko lathu. Tikupita patsogolo, koma zitenga nthawi. "
    
  "Chifukwa chake tiuzeni momwe mukuganiza kuti zokambiranazo zichitika, Senator. Kodi patebulo lathu ndi chiyani?
    
  "Funso lofunika kwambiri kwa ife pakali pano ndi ili: Ndi mphamvu ziti zomwe zili zoyenera kwambiri kusintha mabomba oponya mabomba amtunda wautali komanso mivi yoponyera mabomba yomwe inawonongedwa pa nthawi ya Nazi?" Barbeau adayankha, akuwalabe ngakhale nkhope yake inali yolimba, yankhawa, yotsimikiza. "Purezidenti Thorne adakondera magulu ankhondo apamtunda oyambira pansi komanso apanyanja, okhala ndi anthu komanso opanda anthu, komanso zida zodzitetezera ku mizinga. Purezidenti Martindale adalimbikitsanso zomwezo, koma, monga mlangizi wake wapadera, General Patrick McLanahan, adalimbikitsa, adafunanso "kudumpha m'badwo," monga adanenera, ndikupanga gulu la ndege zomwe zitha kugunda chandamale chilichonse, kulikonse padziko lapansi. Liwiro lodabwitsa, yambitsani ma satelayiti munjira yozungulira pakafunika, ndikutumizani magulu ankhondo ndi zida kulikonse padziko lapansi m'maola ochepa.
    
  "Monga mlembi wakale wa chitetezo, Joseph Gardner adathandizira malingalirowa ndikulimbikitsa chitukuko cha Armstrong Space Station, mphamvu yonse yochokera m'mlengalenga, ndi Black Stallion spaceplane," adatero Barbeau. Zopindulitsa kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi - zapadziko lonse lapansi Kugwiritsa ntchito intaneti koperekedwa ndi pulogalamu yathu yakuthambo, mosakayika, kwasinthadi miyoyo yathu yonse ndikugwirizanitsa dziko lathu lapansi-komanso kwakumana ndi zovuta zingapo zazikulu. Monga Purezidenti, Joseph Gardner adazindikira mwanzeru kuti mwina gulu lankhondo loyang'anira mlengalenga lomwe a Patrick McLanahan adawona, silinakhwime mokwanira kuti litumikire America. "
    
  "Ndiye izi zikutisiya kuti, Senator?" - adafunsa wowonetsa.
    
  "Purezidenti Gardner adakumana ndi utsogoleri ndipo adaganiza zokhala ndi zida zodalirika, zodziwika bwino, zotsimikizika," adatero Barbeau. "Akufuna kutenga malingaliro abwino omwe maulamuliro am'mbuyomu adafotokoza ndikuphatikiza kukhala pulogalamu yokwanira kuti apange gulu lodalirika kuti likwaniritse zosowa za dziko."
    
  "Ndipo malingaliro awa ndi chiyani, Senator?"
    
  "Sindingakuuze chilichonse, Brit, kapena ndikhala ndi njonda zambiri zokwiya kwambiri posachedwa," adatero Barbeau mokoma. "Koma mwachidule, tili ndi ntchito zapayekha zomwe zimagwira ntchito bwino kwambiri, zomwe zathandiza dziko lonse lapansi komanso dziko lonse lapansi m'mibadwo itatu yapitayi, komanso kuganizira kusintha kwaukadaulo ndi masomphenya athu amtsogolo: mokwanira. perekani ndalama ndikuthandizira gulu lankhondo lankhondo ndi Marine Corps okulirapo komanso olimbikitsidwa monga malo otsogola komanso magulu apadera ogwirira ntchito; kuthandizira kwathunthu Navy monga gulu lalikulu lankhondo la m'nyanja ndi mlengalenga; ndi Air Force monga gulu lothandizira padziko lonse lapansi komanso chitetezo chamlengalenga. "
    
  "Kodi gulu lankhondo la Air Force silikhala gulu lankhondo lalikulu lankhondo ku US? Izi sizikuwoneka bwino."
    
  "Zambiri sizinathe kufotokozedwa, ndipo ndili ndi chidaliro kuti tidzasintha ndikuwongolera momwe zinthu zilili kuti tipeze mphamvu yabwino kwambiri yomwe titha kupanga," adatero Barbeau, "koma zikuwoneka kwa Purezidenti Gardner ndi kwa ife. mu utsogoleri wa Congressional kuti Pali kubwereza kowononga komanso kokwera mtengo pakati pa Air Force ndi Navy ponena za mphamvu zamlengalenga. Zonse zimatsikira ku lingaliro loyambirira, Brit, kuti ndege za Navy zitha kuchita chilichonse chomwe ndege za Air Force zimatha, koma ndege za Air Force sizingachite chilichonse chomwe ndege za Navy zingachite, mwachitsanzo, kunyamuka ndikutera pa chonyamulira ndege, chomwe, monga aliyense amavomereza mosavuta, ndilo tanthauzo losatsutsika la kuyerekezera mphamvu m'dziko lamakono. "
    
  "Ndipo Purezidenti, monga tonse tikudziwira, ndi wothandizira wamkulu wa Gulu Lankhondo, pokhala Mlembi wakale wa Navy."
    
  "Uku ndikubwereza kwa mphamvu, zomveka komanso zosavuta, ndipo ino ndi nthawi yoti tithane nazo ngati tikufuna kukhala ndi gulu lankhondo lodalirika, lokhwima m'zaka za zana la makumi awiri ndi chimodzi," adatero Barbeau. "Tikuyesera kuganiza zamtsogolo. Air Force ndi katswiri wodziwika pa kuukira kwautali wautali komanso kubwezeretsanso mwachangu, ndipo Navy alibe mphamvu zofanana - ndizomveka kusamutsa ntchitoyi ku Air Force, ndi Navy kuti aphunzitse ndi kukonzekeretsa omenyera ufulu wa zisudzo. atsogoleri padziko lonse lapansi. "
    
  "Kodi anthu aku Louisiana angatsutse dongosololi, Senator?"
    
  "Ndikuyimira anthu abwino kwambiri, okonda dziko lawo komanso ovomerezeka kwambiri m'dzikoli, Brit: anthu abwino a Barkdale Air Force Base pafupi ndi Bossier City, Louisiana-Bomber City, USA," adatero Barbeau. "Koma ngakhale olimbikitsa mabomba olimba ngati ine awona kusintha kukubwera kwa zaka zambiri: kuchoka kwa mabomba ophulika pamtunda pa Nkhondo Yachiwiri Yadziko Lonse kupita ku kufunikira kwa kufikitsa kwapadziko lonse, kuyenda mofulumira, magalimoto osayendetsedwa ndi ndege, luso la mlengalenga ndipo, chofunika kwambiri, chidziwitso chankhondo. Air Force yakhala ndipo ipitiliza kukhala mtsogoleri m'malo awa. Takhala tikuyembekezera izi kwa zaka zambiri, ndipo Purezidenti Gardner ndi ine tikukhulupirira kuti ndi nthawi yoti tipange mphamvu zathu zazaka makumi awiri ndi chimodzi kuti ziwonetsere zatsopanozi. "
    
  "Koma nkhondozi zikungoyamba kumene, sichoncho, Senator?"
    
  "Ndi utsogoleri wamphamvu wa Purezidenti Gardner komanso lonjezo lake losasunthika logwira ntchito limodzi ndi Congress, ndikuganiza kuti nkhondo sizikhala zochepa. Pamodzi tidzapambana. Njira ina ndiyoipa kwambiri kuiganizira. "
    
  "Kodi izi zikutanthauza kuti tiwona kutha kwa ndege zapamlengalenga za Black Stallion ndi malo ankhondo omwe amatiwonera 24/7?"
    
  "Black Stallion ndichinthu chodabwitsa kwambiri paukadaulo, koma monga tawonera ndi munthu ngati General McLanahan, ili ndi zovuta zake," adatero Barbeau, mawu osonyeza kuti ali ndi nkhawa omwe adasokoneza mawonekedwe ake kwakanthawi. nditamva za matenda a General McLanahan, ndipo tikuchita zonse zomwe tingathe kuti tifikitse kunyumba ali bwinobwino. ndi ine, Brit ..."
    
  "Ndiwo omwe atsogoleri a mayiko ndi akazembe oyendera amalimbikitsa a McLanahan kuti ang'ambe mabuku amafoni a mitu yawo ndi theka?" - mtolankhaniyo adawonjezera ndikuseka. "Ndinkaganiza kuti awa anali mphekesera zochokera ku ofesi ya atolankhani ku White House."
    
  "Izi si mphekesera, ndikukutsimikizirani!" - anafuula Barbeau. "Ndaona ndi maso anga-Patrick akhoza kung"amba bukhu la mafoni a DC pakati mosavuta monga momwe iweyo kapena ine ndingakhozere kung"amba tsamba m"kabuku kanu kakang"ono. Ndipo komabe adakanthidwabe ndi china chake chovuta kuchizindikira, kuchizindikira kapena kuchiza, china chake chofooketsa kwambiri chomwe chingaike pangozi moyo wa membala aliyense wa gulu lathu lamumlengalenga. Pali nkhawa yaikulu kuti kuvulalako kwakhudza kwambiri mtima wake basi. "
    
  Mtolankhaniyo adasegula pakamwa modabwa. "Sindinamvepo kalikonse za izi, Senator. Kodi mungafotokozere? Mukutanthauza chiyani kwenikweni?"
    
  "Ndikutsimikiza kuti zonsezi ndi zongopeka chabe komanso zopanda pake," adatero Barbeau monyoza, akuwoneka ngati wanena mwangozi, koma adakopa chidwi cha wowonera aliyense poyang'ana mu kamera kwakanthawi kochepa. Koma tifunika kumvetsetsa bwino lomwe zomwe zidamuchitikira. Tili ndi mangawa kwa iye chifukwa iye alidi chuma cha dziko, ngwazi m"lingaliro lirilonse la mawu.
    
  "Komatu funso lofunika kwambiri ndiloti: Kodi tingathe kuimitsa dziko lathu lankhondo pamene tikuphunzira za tsoka loopsali?" Barbeau anafunsa motsimikiza, choyamba akuyang'ana mtolankhaniyo ndiyeno molunjika mu kamera, molunjika m'mitima ya omvera. "Monga oyang'anira odalirika ankhondo athu, olumbira kuti apange mphamvu yabwino kwambiri yotetezera dziko lathu ndi moyo wathu, yankho ndi losavuta komanso lodziwikiratu: gulu lankhondo silinakonzekere, choncho tiyenera kutembenukira ku machitidwe otsimikiziridwa omwe timawadziwa. idzagwira ntchito. Iyi ndi ntchito yathu lero, ndipo mothandizana ndi Purezidenti ndi Nyumba ya Oyimilira, tikwaniritsa. Anthu aku America sayembekezera zochepa kwa ife. "
    
  Stacey Ann Barbeau adafunsa mafunso ochulukirapo kuchokera pagulu la atolankhani mpaka pomaliza antchito atolankhani a Senate ndi wothandizira wa Barbeau adawathamangitsa ndikumumasula. Akupita kumsonkhano wausiku m'chipinda chamsonkhano wa komiti, adalandira foni pa foni yake: "Ndinkaganiza kuti mumayamika McLanahan kwambiri, Stacy Ann," Purezidenti Joe Gardner adatero. "Bulu wake asanduka udzu posachedwapa."
    
  "Zifukwa zambiri zoyimbira nyimbo zotamanda, Purezidenti," adatero Barbeau pamene akupereka moni kwa omutsatira ndi ogwira nawo ntchito pamene akuyenda ndikucheza. "Ndikukulangizani kuti muchite zomwezo, Purezidenti: lolani nduna yanu yachitetezo, akatswiri, anthu aku Russia ndi atolankhani odana ndi nkhondo anyoze iye, osati ife."
    
  "Simudzanena izi mukamva zomwe zachitika, Senator."
    
  Pakamwa pa Barbeau nthawi yomweyo panauma. "Chachitika ndi chiyani, Mr. President?" anafunsa, akutembenukira ndi mawu odabwitsidwa kwa wothandizira wake Colleen Mornay. Atafika m"chipinda chochitira misonkhano, Morna nthawi yomweyo anathamangitsa wina aliyense kuti Barbeau azilankhula mwamseri.
    
  "McLanahan watayika, ndipo ndikutanthauza kwathunthu," adatero Gardner. Adachita chidwi pang'ono m'mawu ake, ngati kuti adapeza zomwe Barbeau analibe ndipo amayembekeza kulipidwa kwamtundu wina pogawana naye. "Amuna ake adagonjetsa bwalo la ndege la Turkey, nagwira mkulu wa asilikali ndi antchito ambiri ndi maloboti omwe amawalamulira, kenako adayambitsanso ndege ina ku Iran."
    
  Barbeau anawumitsidwa ndipo pakamwa pake panatseguka ndi mantha aakulu asananene kuti, "Chani!" Nkhope yake inali yochititsa mantha kwambiri moti wothandizira wake Colleen Morna anaganiza kuti akudwala matenda a mtima. "Ine ... sindimakhulupirira izi..."
    
  "Mukuti bwanji za msilikali wanu wovala zida zonyezimira tsopano, Stacy?" - anafunsa pulezidenti. "Koma simunamve bwino lomwe. Akuluakulu atatumiza magulu angapo achitetezo kuchokera ku Incirlik Air Base kuti akagwire amuna a McLanahan, adasowa. Ndege ndi katundu wawo wambiri zinali zitapita. Sitikudziwa komwe ali. "
    
  "Iwo...ayenera kukhala akubwerera ku States, Mr. Purezidenti ..."
    
  "Osati kuti aliyense akudziwa, Stacy," adatero Gardner. "McLanahan adaba zida zinayi zoyeserera ndikuwatengera kwinakwake. Tikukhulupirira kuti ali m'njira yobwerera ku Dreamland, kwawo kumwera chapakati cha Nevada kumpoto kwa Vegas. Ngati ndi choncho, a McLanahan atha kuimbidwa mlandu wokonza chiwembu komanso kuyambitsa zigawenga motsutsana ndi boma la US. Nanga bwanji maapulo amenewo? Kodi hero yanu ikuwoneka bwanji tsopano?"
    
  "Ine ... sindingathe kukhulupirira, Bambo Purezidenti," Barbeau anagwedezeka. Damn, pambuyo pa zomwe adangonena kwa atolankhani, zinthu zabwino zonse za McLanahan ... Mulungu, izi zitha kukhala chiwonongeko chake! "Tikuyenera kukumana ndikukambirana izi mwachangu, a Purezidenti. Tiyenera kukhala ogwirizana, a Congress komanso atolankhani. "
    
  "Tikupeza zonse zomwe tingathe, ndipo tidzakhala ndi zokambirana zautsogoleri zomwe tidzapereka m'mawa," adatero Purezidenti. "McLanahan amwalira, ndikulonjeza, monganso gulu lake lonse. Iye sadzakhala wotchuka ngati anthu atadziwa zomwe iye anachita. Sitidzafunikanso kuwoneka ngati tikuwononga ngwazi yadziko - akudziwononga yekha.
    
  "Tikufuna zowona zonse kaye, Purezidenti," adatero Barbeau, malingaliro ake akuthamanga kuti amvetsetse nkhani zaphulika. "N"chifukwa chiyani kwenikweni anayambitsa mabombawa? McLanahan sachita chilichonse popanda chifukwa. "
    
  "Zilibe kanthu kwa ine, Stacy," adatero Gardner. "Iye sanamvere malamulo, ananyalanyaza ulamuliro wanga, ndipo tsopano wayamba kumenya nkhondo kunja kwa nyanja, kuba zida zankhondo, kusuntha ndi kutsogolera magulu ankhondo opanda ulamuliro, ndikutsutsa magulu athu ankhondo ndi ogwirizana nawo. Pazonse zomwe tikudziwa, atha kukhala akukonzekera kulanda boma kapena kukonzekera nkhondo yolimbana ndi Washington. Ayenera kuimitsidwa!"
    
  "Kaya yankho lathu liri lotani, Purezidenti, ndikupempha kuti tiyambe tipeze zonse zomwe tingathe, kukambirana mosamala, kupanga ndondomeko ndikuyigwiritsa ntchito pamodzi," Barbeau anabwerezabwereza. "Ndikudziwa kuti udindo wa usilikali wanu uli ndi nthambi yaikulu, koma zingakhale zosavuta kuchita zomwe tikuyenera kuchita ngati titagwirizana pasadakhale."
    
  "Ndikuvomereza," adatero Purezidenti. "Tiyenera kukumana ndikukambirana njira, Senator, titapereka zomwe tapeza. Usiku uno. Msonkhano wachinsinsi ku Oval Office. "
    
  Barbeau adaponya maso ake mokwiya. Mkulu wa asilikali wamkulu wa munthuyu anali atangobera mabomba oponya mabomba ndi kulanda bwalo la ndege la Turkey, ndipo zimene munthu ankangoganiza zinali kucheza ndi Mtsogoleri Wachigawo cha Senate. Koma mwadzidzidzi adadzitchinjiriza, makamaka atanena mawu ake kwa atolankhani, ndipo Purezidenti adapambana. Ngati angafune mwayi uliwonse wosungabe udindo wake pazokambirana pazachuma cha Space Force zomwe mosakayikira zikatulutsidwa posachedwa, amayenera kusewera ... "Seneti ili ndi nthawi yotanganidwa, Bambo Purezidenti, koma ndikutsimikiza kuti ndikhoza ... kukufinyani," adatero Barbeau, akutseka foni.
    
  "Chachitika ndi chani?" anafunsa wothandizira wake, Colleen Morna. "Ukuwoneka wotuwa ngati mzukwa."
    
  "Ikhoza kukhala chinthu choyipa kwambiri chomwe mungachiganizire ... kapena chingakhale chabwino kwambiri," adatero. "Pangani nthawi yokumana ndi Purezidenti pambuyo pa msonkhano womaliza wazomwe zikuchitika madzulo ano."
    
  "Usiku uno, tsopano ndi 5 koloko, ndipo muli ndi msonkhano 7 koloko ndi kampani yazamalamulo yomwe imayimira malo olandirira chitetezo ndiukadaulo. Anayenera kukhala mpaka naini. Purezidenti akufuna chani? Chikuchitikandi chiyani?"
    
  "Tonse tikudziwa zomwe zili m'malingaliro a Purezidenti. Konzani."
    
  "Kukhalanso usiku wina, ndipo zokambirana za Armed Services Committee kuyambira mawa, mukhala mukugwira ntchito. Chofunikira ndi chani kuti a President akufuna kukumana mochedwa chonchi? Kodi akufunabe kumutengera McLanahan kutchire?"
    
  "Osati kutchire kokha, akufuna kuyika nkhwangwa yonse pachifuwa," adatero Barbeau. Mwamsanga anamudzutsa, ndipo posakhalitsa maonekedwe a Morna anadabwa kwambiri kuposa ake. "Sindikudziwa zomwe zidachitika, koma ndikuganiza kuti ndimamudziwa McLanahan: ndiye chitsanzo chakhalidwe labwino. Ngati adaukira chinachake ku Iran, mwinamwake anali ndi nzeru kuti chinachake choipa chikuchitika ndipo sanapeze kuwala kobiriwira kuti akonze, kotero adazichita yekha. Gardner ayenera kulimbikitsa, osati kudzitengera yekha. Koma purezidenti akufuna kuwonetsa kuti akadali olamulira komanso akuwongolera, ndiye awononga McLanahan. " Iye anaganiza kwa kamphindi; ndiye: "Tiyenera kudziŵa ndendende chimene chinachitika, koma osati kuchokera ku lingaliro la Gardner. Tikufuna zambiri zathu za izi. McLanahan sapenga. Ngati tingamuthandize, ndiye kuti pamapeto pake tidzapambana."
    
  "Tsopano mukufuna McLanahan apambane, Stacy?" Morna anafunsa.
    
  "N'zoona kuti ndikufuna kuti apambane, Colin, koma ndikufuna kuti andipambane, osati yekha kapena dziko lonse!" Barbeau anatero. "Iye ndi ngwazi yeniyeni, katswiri wa zida zowala, monga Gardner amanenera. Kunyada kwa Gardner kwamupweteka ndipo sakuganiza bwino. Ndiyenera kudziwa zomwe zili m'maganizo mwake, ngakhale izi zikutanthauza kumuchitira zinthu zonyansa nthawi iliyonse Mayi Woyamba ali panjira, koma tiyenera kupeza zomwe zidachitika ndikukonzekera njira zathu. Ndiyenera kuyang'anitsitsa mphoto, wokondedwa, ndikulandira makontrakitala ndi maubwino a anzanga aku Louisiana. "
    
  "Bwanji ngati wapengadi?"
    
  "Tiyenera kudziwa zomwe zidachitikira McLanahan ndi zomwe akuchita ku Iran, komanso mwachangu," adatero Barbeau. "Sindingagwirizane ndi purezidenti ndikutsutsana ndi McLanahan, pokhapokha ngati munthuyo ali wamisala, zomwe ndikukayikira kwambiri. Dinani kumanja ndikupeza zonse zomwe mungathe pazomwe zachitika. Kodi mumalumikizanabe ndi bwenzi lake la playboy ... dzina lake ndani?"
    
  "Noble Hunter"
    
  "Inde, Captain Noble wokongola, mnyamata wamng'ono woweta ng'ombe. Muyenera kupopera zambiri kuchokera kwa iye, koma musayese kuti ndi choncho. Mukumuberabe?"
    
  "Ndine m'modzi mwa anthu am'mphepete mwa nyanja ya East Coast Hunter Noble assholes."
    
  "Ukhoza kupeza zina zabwino kuposa izi, mwana," adatero Barbeau, akumusisita pamsana kenako pang'onopang'ono pamatako. "Osangokhala bwenzi lina-khalani bwenzi lake lapamtima, wachinsinsi wake. Muuzeni kuti Senate Armed Services Committee iwona zomwe zikuchitika ku Dreamland ndipo mukufuna kuthandiza. Muchenjezeni iye. Mwina angakuuzeni mfundo zothandiza."
    
  "Zidzakhala zovuta kukumana ndi munthu ngati akuwuluka m'mlengalenga, atakhazikika pamtunda uwu m'chipululu ... kapena m'ndende."
    
  "Tingafunike kukonzekera ulendo wophunzirira ku Vegas posachedwa kuti muthe kumukakamiza. Mwina nanenso ndikhoza kujowina." Anayima kaye, kusangalala ndi lingaliro la atatu ndi "Air Force playboy." "Muuzeni kuti ngati angagwirizane nazo, titha kumuchotsa m'ndende." Anamwetulira n"kuwonjezera kuti, "Ndipo ngati sakugwirizana ndi zimenezi, ndipezereni dothi pa mnyamata amene ndingam"gwiritsire ntchito. Ngati sachita bwino, timugwiritsa ntchito kuti ayambe kuthyola McLanahan ndi ena onse ku Dreamland. "
    
    
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  Gulu la magalimoto onyamula zida za Mercedes ndi ma limousine adathamanga mumsewu wa Me'Raj kulowera ku eyapoti ya Mehrabad International, osakumana ndi zopinga m'misewu. M'njira yonse yodutsamo, a General Boujazi adalamula asitikali ake kuti agwetse malo ochezera ndi zotchinga magalimoto asanafike, alole kuti adutse, kenako ndikuyimitsanso mwachangu. Kukhalapo kwa asitikali ambiri kumadzulo kwa Tehran usiku womwewo kunapangitsa nzika ndi zigawenga kukhala kutali ndi misewu yayikulu, kotero ndi ochepa omwe adatha kuwona njira zadzidzidzi.
    
  Galimotoyo idadutsa pokwerera pomwe Boujazi adakhazikitsa likulu lake ndipo m'malo mwake adayenda mumsewu wamataxi kupita pamzere wa ma hangars aku Iran. Apa chitetezo chinkawoneka ngati chachilendo, pafupifupi chosawoneka - pokhapokha mutakhala ndi magalasi owonera usiku ndi mapu owonetsa malo ambiri a sniper ndi magulu ankhondo amwazikana kuzungulira bwalo la ndege.
    
  Boeing 727 yoyera yokhayo, yopanda chizindikiro, idakhala kutsogolo kwa imodzi mwamahanga, malo ake otsetsereka akuyang'aniridwa ndi apolisi awiri ovala masuti ndi mataye. Sedan yotsogolera idayima m'munsi mwa masitepe a airy, ndipo amuna anayi ovala masuti amdima, zipewa zakuda ngati zipewa zoyendetsa galimoto, malaya oyera, zomangira zakuda, mathalauza akuda ndi nsapato, ali ndi mfuti zazing'ono m'manja mwawo, adatuluka ndikupita kumalo. kuzungulira masitepe ndi mphuno za ndege. Imodzi ndi imodzi, ma limousine aatali awiri adakwera mpaka kuphazi kwa njanji, ndipo ena asanu ndi atatu ovala mofanana ndi achitetezo okhala ndi zida adatsika pamasedan ena kuti alondole mchira ndi mbali yakumanja kwa ndegeyo. Anthu angapo adatuluka mu limousine iliyonse, kuphatikiza bambo wachikulire wovala yunifolomu yankhondo, msungwana wozunguliridwa ndi alonda, amuna ndi akazi ovala masuti amalonda amtundu wakumadzulo ndi majekete apamwamba amtundu waku Iran.
    
  Patangopita nthawi pang'ono, anthu onse anathamangira mmwamba ndikukwera mu jetline. Achitetezowo adakhalabe m'malo awo mpaka ndegeyo idayamba injini zake, kenako adabwereranso kumaseveni awo. Magalimoto akuluakulu okhala ndi zida adapanga phokoso kumbali zonse za ndegeyo pamene inkatsika misewu yopanda kanthu panjira yayikulu, ndipo m'mphindi zochepa chabe ndegeyo idawuluka. Ma limousine anabwerera kumalo okhala ndi mpanda wotetezedwa kuseri kwa ma hangars a Iran Air ndipo anayimitsidwa kunja kwa garaja yokonza zinthu zooneka ngati zonyansa. Ma sedan a Mercedes adayang'ana mwachangu mayendedwe apamsewu ndi ma hangar, kenako adayimitsidwa m'malo otchingidwa ndi mpanda womwewo monga ma limousine. Patangotha mphindi zochepa madalaivala ndi achitetezo atatuluka ndikutseka magalimoto awo, ogwira ntchito adatuluka ndikupukuta dothi pamagalimotowo ndi matawulo ndikuphimba chilichonse ndi zophimba za nayiloni zokhala ndi zotanuka. Magetsi anazimitsidwa, ndipo posakhalitsa bata linakhala chete pabwalo la ndege, monga momwe zinalili kuyambira chiyambi cha zipolowe.
    
  Gulu la achitetezo linayenda mokwera poyimitsa magalimoto kupita kuchinyumba chachikulu, mfuti zili paphewa lawo, ambiri akusuta, onse osalankhula. Mlonda wapa khomo la terminal adayang'ana ma ID awo ndipo adaloledwa kulowa. Anadutsa m'bwalo la anthu okwera anthu kupita pachitseko cholembedwa kuti CREW MEMBERS ONLY, ma ID awo adawunikiridwanso, ndipo adaloledwa. Othandizira ena omwe anali mkatimo adatenga zida zawo, kutsitsa ndikutsuka, ndipo gululo linayenda pansi panjira yomwe inali ndi kuwala kwamdima mkati mwa chipinda chamsonkhano.
    
  "Ndikuganiza kuti aliyense anachita mbali yake monga momwe akanayembekezeredwa," anatero "mlonda" woyamba, General Hesarak al-Kan Boujazi.
    
  "Ndinazipeza kukhala zosokoneza, zosamveka, zosafunikira, ndipo ngati injini zandegezi ziwononga makutu anga, ndikuimbani mlandu, General Boujazi," adatero Masoud Noshar wokwiya, Lord High Chancellor wa Kagewa Royal Household. Iye anali wamtali ndi woonda, pafupifupi zaka makumi anayi zakubadwa, wa tsitsi lalitali ndi lopiringizika pang"ono imvi, mbuzi yamizeremizere ya imvi, ndi zazitali, zala zowoneka mokoma. Ngakhale kuti Noshar anali wamng'ono ndipo ankawoneka kuti ali ndi thanzi labwino, mwachiwonekere sanali wozoloŵera kuchita zinthu zolimbitsa thupi kwambiri, ndipo anali atatopa chifukwa choyenda mofulumira ndikukwera masitepe m'malo mogwiritsa ntchito elevator. Anavula jekete lake ndi chipewa chake ndikuchotsa tayi ngati kuti akuwotcha khungu lake ndi asidi, kenako adadula zala zake kwa mmodzi mwa amuna ena ovala masuti akuda, m'modzi mwa alonda ake enieni, yemwe anapita kukatenga ubweya wake wofika m'mapazi. ndi malaya achikopa. "Sinali chabe masewera ang'onoang'ono omwe sanapusitse aliyense."
    
  "Tikukhulupirira kuti zagwira ntchito, Lord Chancellor," watero wina wa "alonda," Mfumukazi Azar Asia Kagev. M"malo mopereka chida chake kwa mlonda, iye anachitsitsa n"kuchiyeretsa yekha, kenako anayamba kuthyola chidacho m"munda kuti chiuone ndi kuyeretsa. "Zigawenga zimalowa m'malo athu mozama tsiku lililonse."
    
  "Ndipo timawagwira ndikuwapha ambiri tsiku lililonse, mkulu wanu," Noshar adamukumbutsa. "Mulungu ndi nthawi ali kumbali yathu, mwana wamkazi, usachite mantha." Pomalizira pake, chidwi chake chinakokedwa pa kuthyoledwa kwa chida chimene chinali patsogolo pake. "Mukuchita chiyani, mkulu wanu?" - Ichi ndi chiyani? - Noshar adafunsa modabwa ngati zala zopunduka koma zaluso za Azar zidasokoneza zida ndi mapini omwe amaoneka ngati obisika. Anayang'ana mosakayika kwa mwana wamfumu uja yemwe amagwira ntchito ndi mfuti yaing'ono ndikugwedeza mutu kwa mlonda uja yemwe adapita kwa mwana wamfumuyo, adawerama mwaulemu m'chiuno, kenako adatambasula dzanja lake kuti atenge mbali za mfutiyo m'manja mwake. Anamulankhula moukali ndi kupukusa mutu pang"ono, ndipo anaweramanso n"kubwerera m"mbuyo. Masekondi angapo kenako submachine mfuti anagona disassembled patebulo pamaso pake.
    
  "Musatenge zida zosadziwika kunkhondo, Lord Chancellor," adatero Azar. "Mukudziwa bwanji ngati izi zigwira ntchito nthawi yomwe mukufuna? Mudziwa bwanji ngati idatsitsidwa ngati simukuvutikira kuyang'ana?"
    
  "Tinavala zinthu izi kuti tiwonetsere kuti tipusitse zigawenga zilizonse zomwe mwina zimatiyang'ana," adatero Noshar. "Sindikusamala kuti ili mu mawonekedwe otani. N"chifukwa chake taphunzitsa alonda achitetezo limodzi nafe. Ana aakazi sayenera kunyamula zida zoopsa."
    
  "Sizowopsa tsopano, Lord Chancellor - zikuwoneka kuti ndili bwino," adatero Azar. Anayamba kutolera zida. Pasanathe masekondi makumi atatu idalumikizidwanso, kupakidwa, kutsogola ndikukokera, ndipo adayiyika paphewa lake. "Sindinyamula mfuti modzionetsera."
    
  "Zochititsa chidwi kwambiri, mkulu wanu," adatero Noshar, kubisala kudabwa kwake kuseri kwa mawu otopa komanso osachita chidwi. Adatembenukira ku Bujazi. "Tikutaya nthawi kuno. Tsopano popeza tachita bwino, General - titawonetsa akalonga pachiwopsezo chachikulu, ndilimbikira - kodi tiyenera kuchita bizinesi? "
    
  "Tiyeni," Boujazi adayankha, akugwiritsa ntchito kalabu yakudziko yodzikuza ngati Noshar. "Ndinakupemphani kuti mubwere kuno kudzakambirana za kugwirizanitsa ntchito yathu yolimbana ndi Mohtaz ndi zigawenga zake zakunja. Kuwomberana kwadzulo ndi zomwe zidakhala gulu lakupha sikuyenera kuchitikanso. Tiyenera kuyamba kugwira ntchito limodzi. "
    
  "Mlandu unali pa inu, wamkulu," adatero Noshar. "Asilikali anu sanalole omenyera ufulu wathu kuti adzizindikiritse. Iwo anali atangobwera kumene kuchokera ku chiwonongeko chopambana pa malo obisala opanduka pamene amuna anu adawombera. Amuna anga adapeza zida zopitilira khumi ndi ziwiri zokonzeka kugwiritsidwa ntchito m'misewu, kuphatikiza zovala khumi ndi ziwiri zodzipha komanso zophulika zobisika ngati chilichonse kuyambira matelefoni mpaka oyenda ana."
    
  "Noshahr, ndakhala ndikuwunika fakitale ya bomba kwa masiku angapo," adatero Boujazi. "Tinkayembekezera kuti katswiri wopanga mabomba abwere kudzanyamula mabombawa. Zingachite ubwino wanji kupha gulu la njuchi zotsika, zopanda nzeru ndi kusiya wopanga mabomba wapamwamba kwambiri athawe? Tsopano zidzatitengera mwezi wina kapena kuposerapo kuti tipeze fakitale yatsopano, ndipo panthaŵiyo adzakhala atapanga mabomba ena dazeni atatu kapena kuposapo kuti atiwononge."
    
  "Osasintha nkhani, Buzkhazi," Noshar adayankha. "Kuukira modzidzimutsa kwa gulu lanu kudatayitsa miyoyo ya othandizira athu asanu ndi mmodzi. Tikufuna kuti mubwezedwe, ndipo tikukupemphani kuti muchotse ankhondo anu m'misewu ndi m'misewu ndikuchepetsa zochita zanu kunjira, misewu yayikulu ndi eyapoti. Kapena chabwino, dziikeni inuyo ndi asilikali anu pansi pa ulamuliro wa bungwe la asilikali, lomwe ndi boma lovomerezeka la Perisiya, ndipo tidzaonetsetsa kuti simukusokonezanso ntchito zathu zolimbana ndi zigawenga."
    
  "Ifenso tili ndi udindo pa imfa yawo, Lord Chancellor," adatero Azar.
    
  "Simuyenera kupepesa chifukwa cha zolakwa za bungwe lankhondo, Azar-"
    
  "Umulankhula Ulemerero Wake bwino, Buzkhazi!" - Noshar adalamula. "Simungayerekeze kuyankhula ndi mwana wamkazi ngati ndi wamba!"
    
  "Iye si mwana wanga wamkazi, Noshahr," anatero Boujazi, "ndiponso sindilandira kulamula kwa akazembe ongoyerekeza kapena nduna za chitetezo ngati inuyo!"
    
  "Mwaswera bwanji! Shahdokht ndiye woyenera kulowa Mpando wachifumu wa Peacock ku Perisiya, ndipo mudzamulankhula motero ndikumupatsa ulemu woyenera! Ndipo ndikukumbutsani kuti ndine Chancellor wosankhidwa wa Bwalo la Kagewa, Nduna Yachifumu Yankhondo ndi Marshal of the War Council! Muzilemekeza ofesi, ngakhale simukudzilemekeza!"
    
  "Noshar, chaka chapitacho mumacheza mu kasino wa Monaco mukupanga nkhani zotsogola omenyera ufulu wolimbana ndi Pasdaran, kuyesa kuwononga azimayi olemera kuti apeze ndalama," adatero Boujazi. "Panthawiyi, anthu okhulupilika anu anagwidwa ndi kuzunzidwa chifukwa chakuti simunatseke pakamwa panu poledzera kuti musadziwe zomwe akudziwa komanso kumene ali-"
    
  "Izi n"zosamveka!" Noshar adafusa.
    
  "Azondi a Pasdaran ku Monaco, Singapore ndi Las Vegas adalandira zidziwitso zambiri za maukonde anu atakhala pafupi nanu m'makasino, mipiringidzo ndi nyumba zahule zomwe mumapitako, ndikukumvetserani mukuwuza nkhani zanu zakutchire zakumasula Iran yokha "
    
  "Wamba iwe! Mwana wagalu wamasaya iwe! Kodi mungatani kuti mulankhule nane choncho!" Noshar anafuula. "Ndikutumikira mfumu ndi mfumukazi yake, ndatsogolera anthu okhulupirika mamiliyoni makumi awiri padziko lonse lapansi, okonzeka ndikukonzekera gulu lankhondo la amuna theka la milioni, ndikuwonetsetsa chitetezo cha chuma chachifumu kwa zaka makumi awiri zapitazi! Ndiwe woposa wakuba ndi wakupha, wochititsidwa manyazi ndi zolankhula ndi zochita zako kwazaka makumi awiri, wotsitsidwa ndikunyozedwa ndi boma lomwe mudaligwiritsa ntchito kenako ndikuperekedwa. Mukukanidwa ndi nzika zinzanu, ndipo simumayendetsedwa ndi china chilichonse kupatula kuopa kupha anthu akupha komwe mungapiteko, monga kupha koopsa ku Qom. Ukhoza kudzitcha kuti ndiwe Mperisi!"
    
  "Sindimadzitcha ndekha zomwe umadzitcha, Noshar!" - Buzhazi adakuwa. Anatembenukira kwa Azar, maso ake akuthwanima. "Sindidzakhala ndi kanthu ndi iwe, kapena chotchedwa bwalo lako, mwana wamkazi, pamene iye ali ndi ulamuliro. Ine sindiri mu mtima wosewera mavalidwe, mafumu ndi mabwalo."
    
  "General-"
    
  "Pepani, mwana wamkazi, koma uku ndikuwononga nthawi yanga," adatero Boujazi mokwiya. "Ndili ndi nkhondo yolimbana nayo. Chitsiru ameneyu, yemwe amadzitcha kuti ndi mtsogoleri wankhondo komanso nduna yankhondo, sakudziwa kuti mfutiyo ilunjika pati kwa adani. Ndikufuna omenyana, osati zinkhwe. Ndili ndi ntchito yoti ndigwire.
    
  "General, chonde khalani."
    
  "Ndikuchoka. Zabwino zonse kwa inu ndi oseka anu aang'ono okongola a khothi, mwana wamfumu."
    
  "General, ndati khalani!" - Azar adafuula. Anang'amba chipewa chake chakuda, zomwe zinapangitsa kuti yunifolomu yake yayitali iwuluke mumlengalenga. Aperisi omwe anali m"chipindacho anadabwa kwambiri ndi kuonekera kwadzidzidzi kwa chizindikiro cha ufumu pakati pawo... onse kupatulapo Bujazi, amene m"malo mwake anadabwa ndi mawu olamulira a mtsikanayo: part drill drill sergeant, part drill sergeant, part drill sergeant, part drill sergeant, part drill mother, part field. wamba.
    
  "Shahdokht ... Highness ... dona wanga..." Noshar adachita chibwibwi, kuyang'ana kwake kumayang'anitsitsa zopindika zamdima zonyezimira, ngati kuti ndodo yachifumu ya golide yangowonekera pamaso pake: "Ndikuganiza kuti nthawi yakwana yoti tichokeko. -"
    
  "Ukhala ndikutseka pakamwa pako, Chancellor!" Hazard anatulukira. "Tili ndi nkhani yofunika kukambirana."
    
  "Sitingachite bizinesi ndi izi ... zigawenga izi!" - adatero Noshar. "Iye wangokhala chitsiru chodabwitsa chakale ndi zinyengo za ukulu-"
    
  "Ndidati tiyenera kukambirana nkhaniyi ndi wamkulu," adatero Azar. Panthawiyi, mawu oti "ife" omwe adachokera pamilomo yake anali ndi tanthauzo losiyana: silinatchulidwenso kwa iye, koma limasonyeza momveka bwino kuti "ife", kutanthauza iye yekha. "Khalani chete, Chancellor."
    
  "Khalani chete...?" Noshar anang'ung'udza, kukamwa kutseguka ndikutseka mwaukali. "Ndikhululukireni, Shahdokht, koma ine ndine Ambuye Wamkulu Koposa wa Nyumba ya Ufumu, woimira mfumu iye palibe. Ndili ndi ufulu wonse wokambirana ndikuchita mapangano ndi mapangano ndi magulu ankhondo ochezeka komanso ogwirizana. "
    
  "Ayi, Chancellor," adatero Azar motsimikiza. "Patha chaka chimodzi palibe amene adamva kapena kuona mfumu ndi mfumukazi. Pakali pano, khotilo limayang"aniridwa ndi atumiki oikidwa amene, ngakhale kuti okhulupirika, samaganizira zofuna za anthu."
    
  "Ndikukupemphani chikhululukiro, Shahdokht -!"
    
  "Zowona, Chancellor, ndipo mukudziwa," adatero Azar. "Cholinga chanu chachikulu chinali kukonza, kuteteza, ndi kusunga khoti pokonzekera kuyang'anira boma mfumu ndi mfumukazi zikabwera. Mwachita bwino kwambiri ndi izi, Chancellor. Khotilo ndi lotetezeka, lotetezeka, likuyenda bwino, limapereka ndalama zambiri komanso likukonzekera kulamulira dziko lino nthawi ikadzakwana. Koma pakali pano anthu sakufuna woyang"anira-akufuna mtsogoleri ndi mkulu wankhondo."
    
  "Ndine mtsogoleri woyenera, Shahdokht, mpaka mfumu itabwerera," Noshar anaumirira. "Ndipo monga Nduna ya Nkhondo ndi Mtsogoleri wa Bungwe la Nkhondo, ndine Mtsogoleri Wamkulu wa asilikali athu. Ena saloledwa."
    
  "Mwalakwitsa, Chancellor ... ine," adatero Azar.
    
  "Inu? Koma izi ndizosakhazikika, Shahdokht, "adatero Noshar. "Chilengezo cha imfa kapena kuchotsedwa sikunalengedwe. Bungwe lopangidwa ndi ine ndekha, atsogoleri achipembedzo ndi oyimira nyumba khumi ndi chimodzi akuyenera kuyitanidwa kuti afufuze komwe kuli mfumu ndi mfumukazi ndikusankha zochita. Zimenezi n"zosatheka ndipo n"zoopsa kuchita pa nthawi ya nkhondo!"
    
  "Ndiye, monga wolowa m'malo, ndinena ndekha," adatero Hazard.
    
  "Inu!" Noshar anabwereza. "Inu...ndiko...ndikhululukireni chifukwa cha mawu otere, Shahdokht, koma uku ndi kunyoza bambo ndi mayi anu odalitsika, mfumu yathu yokondedwa ndi mfumukazi. Angakhalebe akubisala, kapena kuvulazidwa ndi kuchira, kapenanso kugwidwa. Adani athu angakhale akudikirira kuti muchite zimenezo, ndiyeno n"kuvumbula kuti akali ndi moyo, kuyembekezera kudzetsa chisokonezo pakati pathu ndi kuyambitsa kupandukira bwalo lamilandu ndi banja lachifumu. Simungathe...ndikutanthauza, simuyenera kuchita izi, Shahdokht...
    
  "Sindinenso Shahdokht, chancellor," adatero Azar. "Kuyambira tsopano udzanditcha Malika."
    
  Noshar anameza mate, maso ake akutuluka. Anayang'anitsitsa alonda ake, kenako n'kubwereranso kwa Azar, akumuphunzira mosamala, kuyesera kuti aone ngati akutanthauza zomwe wangonenazi komanso ngati angabwerere m'mbuyo kapena kulolera. "Ine...ndikuwopa kuti sindingalole kuti izi zichitike, mwana wamfumu," iye anatero, potsirizira pake alimba mtima. "Ine ndili ndi udindo woteteza bwalo la mfumu ndi mfumukazi. Kulibeko komanso popanda malangizo ochokera ku bungwe la nyumba zachifumu, ndikuwopa kuti sindingathe kuchita momwe mukufunira.
    
  Azar adatsitsa maso ake, adagwedeza mutu ndikuwoneka ngati akuusa moyo. "Zabwino kwambiri, Chancellor. Ndikumvetsa maganizo ako."
    
  Noshar anamva kumasuka. Ayenera kulimbana ndi mwana wachichepere waku America uyu, ndipo posachedwa - mwachiwonekere anali ndi zokhumba kupyola zaka zake, ndipo izi sizingaloledwe. Koma anali wokonzeka kukhala ngati amalume othandizira komanso oteteza, zonse kuti azingomuyang'ana pamene iye ...
    
  "Ndikuwona kuti nthawi yakwana yoti ndibwezeretse mpando wachifumu," adatero Hazard. Mukuyenda kosawoneka bwino, mwadzidzidzi adatola mfuti yamtundu wa Heckler & Koch HK-54 yopangidwa ndi Germany ndikuyimanga m'chiuno mwake ... Akulunjika pachifuwa cha Masoud Noshar. "Mwamangidwa, Chancellor, chifukwa chosamvera ulamuliro wanga." Anatembenukira kwa alonda aku Perisiya kumbuyo kwa Noshar. "Alonda, ikani Chancellor m'ndende."
    
  "Izi n"zosamveka!" Noshar anakuwa, modabwitsa komanso modabwa kuposa mkwiyo. "Mwaswera bwanji?"
    
  "Ndiyenera chifukwa ndine Malika, chancellor," adatero Azar molimba mtima, "ndipo mpando wachifumu sunakhalepo kwanthawi yayitali." Anayang'ana kutsogolo kwa Noshar kwa alonda omwe zida zawo zinali zitalendewerabe pamapewa awo. "Alonda, ikani Chancellor m"ndende. Saloledwa kukumana ndi anthu akunja."
    
  "Sadzakutsata, Azar Asiya," adatero Noshar. "Iwo ali okhulupirika kwa ine ndi kwa mfumu ndi mfumukazi, olamulira oyenera a Perisiya. Satsatira munthu wolodzedwa, wolodzedwa wochokera ku America. "
    
  Azar anayang'ana m'chipinda chochitiramo misonkhano, ndipo adawona kuti Lieutenant Colonel Najar kapena Major Saidi, omthandizira ake akale, sanakweze zida zawo - anali atachoka pamapewa, koma zida zotetezedwa zidaloza pansi. Chimodzimodzi ndi Khesarak Boujazi ndi omuteteza, Major Haddad, ndi mkulu wa asilikali oyenda pansi omwe ali pa Mehrabad Airport, Colonel Mostafa Rahmati, onse omwe adatsagana nawo pa ntchito yowonongayi. Ndi iye yekha amene anali ndi chida chokwezera.
    
  "Ndapereka lamulo, Master Sergeant: Gwirani Chancellor," Azar adalamula. "Musalole mauthenga aliwonse akunja. Ngati akaniza, m"mangeni ndi kum"manga." Komabe palibe amene anasuntha.
    
  "Master Sergeant... Kwa inu nonse, nthawi yakwana yoti mupange chisankho," Azar anatero, akuyang'anitsitsa aliyense wa iwo, akuyembekeza ku gehena kuti manja ake sanayambe kugwedezeka. "Mungathe kutsata Chancellor Noshar ndikupitiriza zomwe zimatchedwa kusintha kwa chaka chatha, kapena mungalumbirire kukhulupirika kwa ine ndi Mpando wachifumu wa Peacock ndikunditsatira pakusintha dziko lino kukhala dziko laulere la Perisiya."
    
  "Ndimakutsatirani?" Noshar anaseka. "Ndiwe mtsikana chabe. Mungakhale mwana wa mfumu, koma sindinu mfumukazi-ndipo ndithudi sindinu kazembe wankhondo. Okhulupirika sadzatsatira mtsikanayo kunkhondo. Utani ngati palibe amene akufuna kukuzindikira ngati mfumukazi?"
    
  "Ndiye ndisiya udindo wanga ndikulowa m'gulu lankhondo la General Boujazi," adatero Hazard, modabwitsa aliyense. "Nthawi yafika yoti tigwirizane ndikumenya nkhondo ngati dziko limodzi, ndipo ngati sizingachitike pansi pa mbendera ya Kagewa, zichitika pansi pa mbendera ya mkulu wa asilikali. Ngati mwakonzeka kunditenga ine ndi otsatira anga, General, takonzeka kulowa nanu. "
    
  "Izi sizidzakhala zofunikira," adatero Hesarak Boujazi ... ndipo modabwa kwambiri, adatenga mfuti yake ya submachine paphewa pake, naigwira kutsogolo kwake ndi manja ake atatambasula ... ndikugwada pansi pa bondo limodzi. pamaso pa Hazard. "Pakuti ndikupereka ulamuliro wa ankhondo anga ndikulonjeza kukhulupirika kwa Malika Azhar Asia Kagev, Mfumukazi yoyenerera ya Perisiya ndi mbuye wa Mpandowachifumu wa Peacock."
    
  Azar anamwetulira, akupemphera chamumtima kuti asagwe modabwa kapena kulira yekha, kenako anagwedeza mutu. "Ndife okondwa kuvomereza lumbiro lanu la kukhulupirika, Hesarak al-Kan Buzhazi." Anapsompsona pamphumi pake, kenako anaika manja ake pamapewa ake. "Dzukani bwana, nyamulani zida zanu ndi kuyang"anira Unduna wa Nkhondo ndi Bungwe la Asilikali la Nyumba Yachifumu ya Kagewa, ndi kulamula magulu ankhondo ophatikizana a Democratic Republic of Persia... Marshal Buzhazi."
    
  "Zikomo Malika," anatero Buzhazi. Anatembenukira kwa Noshar. "Chochita changa choyamba ndikulingalira kuti Masoud Noshar akhale Wachiwiri kwa Nduna ya Nkhondo, Wachiwiri kwa Marshal wa Asitikali komanso woyimilira wanga kukhothi. Mukuvomera?
    
  "Kodi ukufuna ndikutumikire iwe?" Adafunsa modabwa kwambiri Noshar kuposa kale. "Iwe tenga udindo wanga ndiye ukufuna ndibwerere? Chifukwa chiyani?"
    
  "Mfumukazi ndi woweruza wabwino komanso wanzeru wa anthu, Noshahr," adatero Boujazi. "Akanena kuti mwatumikira bwino kukhoti ngati chancellor ndikuwakonzekeretsa kutsogolera dziko nthawi ikadzakwana, ndikukhulupirira. Ndikufuna kuti mupitirize kugwira ntchito yanu, yomwe mumaidziwa bwino. Konzani bwalo lamilandu kuti ligamule pansi pa ulamuliro wachifumu ndikuwonetsetsa kuti asitikali anga aperekedwa. Ndikufuna wina wondiyimilira ku Tehran chifukwa ndikhala m'misewu ndikuyika zipolowe ndikubwezeretsa chitetezo mdziko muno. Izi ndi zomwe ndimachita bwino. Ndipo monga wachiwiri kwa mtsogoleri, mudzandiuza. Yang'anani ndipo muyenera kuthana ndi ine. Mukuvomera?
    
  Kwa kamphindi, Boujazi anaganiza kuti Noshar anena mawu achipongwe kapena okhumudwitsa; m'malo mwake, adachita zomwe Boujazi sanaganize kuti angachite: adapereka sawatcha. "Inde sir, ndikuvomera."
    
  "Zabwino kwambiri, Vice-Marshal. Ndikufuna kuti msonkhano wa bungwe lankhondo ukonzedwe nthawi yomweyo. " Anatembenukira kwa Azar. "Malik, ndi chilolezo chanu, ndikufuna kusankha Lieutenant Colonel Najar kukhala Chief of Staff ndikumukweza kukhala Colonel wamkulu. Major Saidi adzakhalabe wothandizira wanu."
    
  "Chilolezo chaperekedwa, Marshal," adatero Azar.
    
  "Zikomo, Malika. Mtsamunda, amagwira ntchito ndi Vice Marshal Noshar kukonza msonkhano wa bungwe la asilikali. Apa Major Haddad akwezedwa paudindo wa Lieutenant Colonel ndipo aziyang'anira chitetezo. Potembenukira kwa Azar, iye anati: "Malika, ndikufuna kuti upite nawo kumsonkhano wa khonsolo ya asilikali ndikupereka zothandizira ndi antchito amene tingawapeze m"misewu ya Tehran ndi matauni ndi midzi yozungulira. Tifunika thandizo lililonse lomwe tingapeze kuti tigwire ntchito imeneyi. "
    
  "Ndikusangalala, Marshal," adatero Azar.
    
  "Zikomo Malika," anatero Buzhazi. "Ngati ndingathe, Malika, Vice Marshal Noshar, ndikufuna ndikuwonetseni kanthu kaye tisanachite zomwe zingasokoneze mapulani athu. Colonel Najar, tsatirani lamulo.
    
  Hazard anayenda pafupi ndi Boujazi kudzera pabwalo la ndege kupita kotulukira. "Mwachita chidwi kwambiri kumeneko, Marshal," adatero. "Sindinaganizepo kuti ndidzakuwona iwe utagwada pamaso pa wina aliyense, ndisiye ine."
    
  "Ndidayenera kuchitapo kanthu kuti ndikhale wopambana, Highness," adatero Bujazi. "Kupatula apo, ngati zinthu zonse zapamwamba za khothi ndi zomwe anthu anu amadziwa komanso amayembekezera, ndikuganiza kuti ndiyenera kusewera nawo. Kodi usiyadi mpando wako wachifumu ndi kulowa gulu langa la zigawenga?"
    
  "Kodi ukutanthauza zimene unanena zoti upereka asilikali ako kwa ine ndi kulumbira kuti undikhululukire?" Anamwetulira limodzi podziwa yankho la wina ndi mzake. "Kodi mukuganiza kuti titha kuzichotsa, Hesarak?" - iye anafunsa.
    
  "Chabwino, mpaka lero sindinatipatse mwayi woposa umodzi mwa mwayi khumi wopambana," adatero Boujazi moona mtima. "Zinthu zayenda bwino kuyambira pamenepo. Panopa ndimatipatsa mwayi umodzi mwa zisanu. "
    
  "Zoona? Za zana peresenti kuwongolera mofulumira chotero? Sitinachite kalikonse pano, kupatula mwina kukonzanso malo olowera dzuwa m'sitima yomira! Tili ndi mphamvu zomwezo monga kale, zothandizira zomwezo - mwinamwake kulinganiza bwino komanso zolimbikitsa pang'ono. Ndi chiyani chinanso chomwe chasintha kupatulapo mayina athu, maudindo ndi zikhulupiliro zathu?
    
  Anatuluka panja ndipo anaperekezedwa ndi alonda kupita ku Iran Air hangar. Atatsimikiziridwa kuti ndi ndani, Boujazi adachoka pambali kuti alole Hazard kudutsa. "Chasintha n"chiyaninso?" Adafunsa akumwetulira. "Tingonena kuti chinachake chochokera kumwamba chinagwera m'manja mwathu."
    
  "Chani...?" Azar adalowa mu hangar ...... ndipo nthawi yomweyo adakumana ndi loboti yamunthu yotalika mamita khumi yokhala ndi chinthu chonga mizinga italendewera pamapewa ake. Robotiyo inayandikira kwa iye ndi liwiro lodabwitsa ndi agility, inawayang'ana onse kwa kamphindi, kenaka adayimilira ndipo ndi mawu omveka opangidwa ndi makompyuta adafuula kuti: "Chenjerani, nyumba khumi!", Kenako anabwereza kachiwiri ku Farsi. Anapita pambali...
    
  ... kusonyeza kuti nyumbayi inali ndi mabomba awiri akuda, akuda, akuluakulu aku America mkati. Azar adawazindikira ngati oponya mabomba a Air Force B-1, kupatula kuti mazenera a cockpit anali osindikizidwa bwino. Pansi pa nyumbayo munadzaza magalimoto, zotengera zonyamula katundu zamitundu yonse ndi mafotokozedwe, ndipo mwina mazana awiri ankhondo aku America ovala yunifolomu yanthawi zonse atayimirira.
    
  "Momwe unalili," adatero Hazard. Achimereka, onse amuna ndi akazi, anamasuka. Ambiri anafika kwa obwera kumenewo, n"kumawadziŵikitsa ndi moni ndi kugwirana chanza.
    
  Mphindi zochepa pambuyo pake, munthu wamtali atavala zida zankhondo zachilendo zotuwa zomwe Bujazi adazizindikira kuti ndi zida zankhondo zaku America Tin Woodman, wopanda chisoti, adayenda ndikuyima patsogolo pa Kagev ndi Bujazi ndikupereka sawatcha. "General Boujazi?" - Adatero kudzera mwa womasulira wamagetsi wopangidwa ndi suti yake ya Tin Woodman. "Major Wayne Macomber, USAF, Unit Commander."
    
  Bujazi adabwezanso moni wake, kenako adamugwira chanza. "Zikomo, Major. Ndiloleni ndimudziwitse Ulemerero Wake Azar Asia Kagev..." Anaima kaye mogwira mtima, akumuyang"anitsa mochenjera ndi kugwedeza mutu, kenako anawonjezera kuti, "Mfumukazi ya Perisiya."
    
  Maso a Macomber anali odabwa, koma anachira mwamsanga, ndipo anatchera khutunso, napereka sawatcha. "Ndakondwa kukudziwani, Wam'mwambamwamba." Iye anatambasula dzanja lake ndipo iye analigwedeza ilo, dzanja lake lankhondo linali lalifupi ndi lake. "Sindinakumanepo ndi mfumukazi."
    
  "Ndidakumanapo ndi Tin Woodman m'mbuyomu, ndipo zimandipatsa chisangalalo komanso chitonthozo chodziwa kuti muli pano," Azar adatero m'Chingerezi chabwino kwambiri, waku America, mpaka adadzidabwitsa. "Takulandirani ku Persia, Major."
    
  "Zikomo". Anatembenuza dzanja lake ndikuyang'ana pansi. "Hypoplastic thumb. Ntchito yabwino pakukonzekera. Mlongo wanga wamng'ono ali nayonso. Wa mbali ziwiri?"
    
  "Inde, Major," Azar anayankha mosasamala. "Mwandidabwitsa. Anthu ambiri amene ndimawapatsa moni amayang"ana dzanja langa ndiyeno n"kumayang"ana kumbali, akunamizira kuti sakuona."
    
  "Umbuli, ndizo zokha, amayi," anatero Macomber. "Ndibwino kuti musabise. Mlongo wanga nayenso samandibisa. Amakwiyitsa anthu, koma ndi dongosolo lake. Akadali ndi wosewera mpira woyipa kwambiri. "
    
  "Mukadandiwona pamalo owombera, Major."
    
  Koma komando wamkulu anamwetulira ndikugwedeza mutu, inali nthawi yake yodabwa. "Ndikuyembekezera izi, madam."
    
  "Inenso, Major." Adayang'ana pa commando wina pamakina oyandikira zida zankhondo za Tin Woodman. "Moni, Sergeant Major Vol," adatero, akutambasula dzanja lake. "Ndakondwa kukuwonaninso."
    
  "Zikomo, mkulu wanu," adatero Wohl. "Nanenso ndasangalala kukuwonani." Anayang'ana Bujazi. "Ndikukhulupirira kuti mutu wanu watsopano sukutanthauza nkhani zoipa zokhudza makolo anu."
    
  "Ndikhulupiriranso choncho, Sergeant Major," adatero Azar, "koma mkhalidwewo unandikakamiza kuti ndikwezedwe ntchito, motero tikupitiriza." Vol anagwedeza mutu movomereza, komabe anapatsa Buzhazi kuyang'ana kwa chenjezo.
    
  Loboti ya mapazi khumi inawayandikira. Macomber analozera kwa iye nati, "Amayi, ndikufuna ndikudziwitseni kwa wachiwiri kwa mtsogoleri wanga, US Army Reserve Captain Charlie Turlock, woyendetsa njira ya cybernetic robotic nkhondo ya ana omwe adathandizira kupanga. Pakali pano akulondera, ndiye sangatuluke kuti adzakupatseni moni bwino. Captain, kukumana ndi mfumukazi ya Perisiya Azar Kagev.
    
  "Nanenso ndasangalala kukumana nanu, kaputeni," adatero Azar, akugwedeza dzanja la chimphonacho, kudabwa ndi kukhudza kwake mofatsa ngakhale kukula kwa mkono wamakina. "Mtumiki wanga wa Nkhondo komanso Mtsogoleri wa Gulu Langa Lankhondo, Marshal Khesarak Boujazi."
    
  "Ndasangalala kukukumana nanu, Mkulu Wanu, Marshal," anatero Charlie wochokera ku dipatimenti yofufuza za Criminal Investigation. Macomber atuuka ku nsonga za Bujazi. "Oyang'anira onse akuwonetsa chitetezo, bwana. Pepani, koma ndipitiliza ndi ntchito yanga. " Loboti ija idapereka sawatcha ndikunyamuka mwachangu.
    
  "Zodabwitsa, zodabwitsa kwambiri," adatero Hazard. "Zikomo kwambiri chifukwa cha ntchito yabwino yomwe mudagwira potsata mivi ya Pasdaran. Koma tsopano ndasokonezeka. Marshal Boujazi anakupemphani kuti mubwere ku Tehran?
    
  "Ife tinali ndi pang'ono ... vuto, mukhoza kunena, ndi malo athu ku Turkey," Macomber anafotokoza. "Mkulu wanga wamkulu , Lieutenant General Patrick McLanahan, analankhula ndi General-er, Marshal Boujazi, ndipo anadzipereka kuti atiteteze kufikira titathetsa mkhalidwe wathu."
    
  "McLanahan? General pa mlengalenga?"
    
  "Tiye penapake tikakambirane, chabwino?" Macomber adanenanso. Anadutsa m'bwalo la ndege, ndikupereka moni kwa oyendetsa ndege ambiri, ndipo adayendera mwamsanga mabomba a EB-1 Vampire asanalowe mu ofesi kuchokera pansi pa chipinda chachikulu. Macomber analankhula ngati wopanda kanthu; patapita kanthawi, foni inalira pafupi naye. Adatenga foni ija ndikumupatsa Hazard. "Izi ndi zanu, mkulu wanu."
    
  Azar adatenga foniyo, kuyesera kuchita ngati mafoni adzidzidzi komanso osamvetsetseka anali abwinobwino kwa iye. "Uyu ndi Mfumukazi Azar Asia Kagev waku Persia," adatero mu Chingerezi. "Ndindani uyu chonde?"
    
  "Wamkulu wanu, uyu ndi Lieutenant General Patrick McLanahan. Uli bwanji usikuuno?"
    
  "Ndili bwino, General," adayankha, akuyesera kuti amveke bwino komanso ogwirizana ngakhale mphamvu zake zidasokonezeka, kuyesera kuti atsatire luso laukadaulo lodabwitsa lomwe amakumana nalo kuno mwachangu kwambiri. "Timangonena za iwe."
    
  "Ndimamvetsera, ndikhulupirira kuti simusamala," adatero Patrick. "Tikuyang'anitsitsa asilikali athu padziko lonse lapansi."
    
  "Ndamva," adatero Hazard. "Ndikukhulupirira kuti mwachira kuvulala kwanu kowuluka mumlengalenga. Kodi muli ku Perisiya?
    
  "Ayi, pakali pano ndili kum"mwera kwa Chile, m"bwalo la mlengalenga la Armstrong," Patrick anatero. "Akuluakulu, ndinali m'mavuto pang'ono ndipo ndinapempha General Boujazi kuti andithandize. Pepani chifukwa sindinakudziwitse kaye, koma nthawi inali kutha.
    
  Azar anati: "Iwe ndi magulu ako ankhondo akulandiridwa ku Perisiya nthawi zonse. "Ndiwe ngwazi komanso ngwazi ya Aperisi onse aulere, ndipo timakuona ngati m'bale wathu m'manja. Koma mwina mungafotokoze zimene zikuchitika."
    
  "Tikukhulupirira kuti dziko la Russia labweretsa magulu ankhondo ku Iran ndipo likugwira ntchito limodzi ndi boma lateokrase kuti likhale ndi mphamvu m'derali."
    
  "Chabwino, atero, General," Azar adatero ngati palibe chomwe chachitika. "Usandiuze kuti izi ndi zodabwitsa kwa iwe?" Kupuma kwake mwamanyazi kunamupatsa yankho lonse lomwe anafunikira. "Anthu a ku Russia kwa zaka zambiri akhala akulonjeza thandizo lalikulu lankhondo ndi zachuma ku boma lateokratiki posinthana ndi kukhalapo ndi kuwakakamiza kuti asiye kuchirikiza magulu odana ndi Russia opatukana mkati mwa Russian Federation ndi pafupi ndi kunja, monga ku Kosovo, Albania ndi Romania. Russia yakhala ikusangalala ndi udindo wake wa MFN kwazaka zambiri. "
    
  "Tinkadziwa kuti dziko la Russia likugwiritsira ntchito Iran, pamodzi ndi nkhondo ya Iraq, kuti asokoneze United States pazochitika zake zina m'madera ozungulira," Patrick anatero, "koma sitinkadziwa kuti kulowerera kwawo kunali kodziwika ndi kuvomerezedwa ndi anthu ambiri."
    
  "Thandizo lomwe Iran lalandira kuchokera kwa anthu aku Russia akuti ndi lalikulu kuposa zomwe United States imapereka kudziko lina lililonse m'derali, kupatula Israeli," adatero Azar. "Izi zinali zofunika kwambiri osati kungosunga olamulira a Mulungu, komanso kuthandiza anthu aku Iran. Tsoka ilo, zambiri zathandizozi zidapita kwa Asilamu Oyang'anira Chisilamu komanso gulu lawo lankhondo, lomwe adagwiritsa ntchito kupondereza kusagwirizana kulikonse m'dziko lathu. Koma kodi pali chinanso chimene chasintha posachedwapa? Kodi Russia ikusewera masewera ena?"
    
  "Tikukhulupirira kuti anthu aku Russia adabweretsa chida chatsopano ku Iran, chida champhamvu cha anti-space, ndipo adachigwiritsa ntchito kuwononga imodzi mwa ndege zathu," adatero Patrick. "Major Macomber, Captain Turlock ndi Sergeant Major Vol anapulumuka chiwembu chotere."
    
  "Mukutanthauza, imodzi mwa ndege za m'mlengalenga zomwe ndamvapo zambiri?" - Adafunsa Azar. "Amawuluka mu imodzi mwa izi mumlengalenga pomwe idagundidwa ndi laser?"
    
  "Inde, mkulu wanu. Ndikufuna thandizo kuti ndifufuze zida za Russia izi ndikuzichepetsa."
    
  "Sindikuganiza kuti zikhala zovuta ngakhale pang'ono," adatero Hazard. Adapereka foniyo kwa Boujazi, yemwe adayiyika pa speakerphone ndikufunsa Major Haddad kuti amumasulire.
    
  "Marshal Bujazi?"
    
  "Moni, General McLanahan," Boujazi adatumizira Haddad.
    
  "Moni, Marshal. Ndikuwona kuti uli ndi promotion."
    
  "Ndipo ndikuweruza kuchokera ku kuyitana kwanu kosayembekezereka, kuwonekera kwadzidzidzi kwa gulu lalikulu chotero pakhomo panga ndi kusowa koopsa kwa chidziwitso kuchokera ku mautumiki anu ankhondo kapena akunja kuti ntchito yanu sinasangalale ndi kupambana kofanana," adatero Boujazi. Koma inu munandithandiza pamene ndinali kuthawa, ndipo ndinayembekezera kuti tsiku lina ndidzakuchitiranso chimodzimodzi. Choncho. Kodi anthu aku Russia adagwetsa ndege yanu?"
    
  "Kodi ungatithandize kupeza laser iyi, Buzhazi?"
    
  "Ndithudi. Ndikukhulupirira kuti titha kuyipeza mwachangu ngati anthu anga sakudziwa komwe ili.
    
  "Ukumveka kuti umadzidalira."
    
  "Akuluakulu, sitimangodalira anthu aku Russia momwe mumachitira - makamaka, tili ndi zifukwa zambiri zokayikira anthu aku America," adatero Boujazi. "Ndife anansi a Russia ndipo malire athu akhala otetezeka kwa zaka zambiri; tinagula zida zambiri ndipo tidalandira thandizo lalikulu lankhondo, zachuma, mafakitale ndi zamalonda kuchokera ku Russia, zomwe zinali zofunika kwambiri kwa ife pazaka zonse zamalonda akumadzulo; tidakali ndi mgwirizano wotetezana womwe ukugwira ntchito mokwanira. "
    
  "Ndiye mukunena kuti munagwira ntchito ndi anthu a ku Russia, Marshal," Patrick anafunsa modabwa, "kuphatikizapo kuwapatsa chidziŵitso chokhudza ntchito yathu ku Iran?"
    
  "General McLanahan, nthawi zina kuzama kwa umbuli waku America kumandidabwitsa," adatero Boujazi. "Tiyenera kukhala kuno; mukungosonkhezera zochitika zomwe zikuchitika kuno m'zokonda za dziko la America, nthawi zina kuchokera kuchipinda cha anthu omenyera nkhondo - kapena malo okwerera mlengalenga. Zowonadi timapatsa Russia zidziwitso, monganso timakupatsirani zambiri zokhudzana ndi zochitika zaku Russia komanso kukuthandizani mukakumana... Komanso Patrick sanayankhe.
    
  "Tonse tili ndi zosowa zathu, zochita ndi zolinga zathu," Boujazi anapitiriza. Tikukhulupirira kuti mgwirizano woterewu ukuyenda bwino kwa ife tonse ndipo umakhala wopindulitsa, koma pamapeto pake, zolinga zathu ziyenera kukhala patsogolo, sichoncho? Khalani chete. "General McLanahan? Kodi mukadali pompo?"
    
  "Ndikadali pano."
    
  "Pepani kukukhumudwitsani kapena kukukhumudwitsani, General," adatero Boujazi. "Munapulumutsa moyo wanga ndi kundithandiza kuti ndigonjetse apasdara ku Qom ndi Tehran, ndipo chifukwa cha ichi ndikuthandizani mpaka masiku anga omaliza. Zomwe mumayenera kuchita ndikufunsa. Koma musadabwe kumva kuti ndipereka ulemu womwewo kwa dziko lina lililonse lomwe limathandizira cholinga changa, kuphatikiza adani anu. Choncho. Kodi mukufuna kupeza makina a laser aku Russia? Zabwino kwambiri. Ndilumikizana nanu nthawi yomweyo kudzera mwa Major Macomber ndikadziwa komwe ali. Ndi zovomerezeka?"
    
  "Inde, ndiko kulondola, Marshal," anatero Patrick. "Zikomo. Nanga bwanji anthu anga ku Tehran?"
    
  Boujazi anatembenukira kwa Hazard ndipo anayankhula motsitsa mawu kwa mphindi zingapo; Kenako: "Mfumukazi ikufuna kukupatsani chithandizo ndi chitonthozo chonse kwa inu ndi anthu anu. Nayenso akukhulupirira kuti mudzatithandiza nthawi ikadzakwana."
    
  "Ndiye ndiyenera kuda nkhawa kuti a Russia adzaukira malo ano, Buzhazi?" -Patrick anafunsa.
    
  "Patrick, ndikuganiza kuti ndadzimveketsa bwino bwino kwa iwe," anatero Boujazi kupyolera mwa womasulira wake. "Ndikukhulupirira kuti simuli m'modzi mwa okhulupirira omwe amakhulupirira kuti timathandizana chifukwa timakhulupirira kuti ndi zolondola, kapena chifukwa mbali imodzi ndi yabwino pomwe inayo ndi yoyipa. Munatumiza ankhondo anu ku Tehran pazifukwa zomwe sizinandimveke bwino, koma ndikudziwa kuti sitinakuitane. Tidzadziwa zonse posachedwapa, ndi thandizo la Mulungu. Mpaka nthawi imeneyo, ndichita zomwe ndiyenera kuchita chifukwa cha mtundu wathu komanso kupulumuka kwathu. Mudzachita zomwe muyenera kuchita chifukwa cha anthu anu, bizinesi yanu ndi inu nokha. Tikukhulupirira kuti zonsezi ndi zopindulitsa. " Ndipo anaidula osatsazika n"komwe.
    
  "Kodi zonse zili bwino, bwana?" Macomber adafunsa kudzera pa subcutaneous transmitter atapepesa kwa Boujazi ndi Hazard.
    
  "Major, ndikuganiza kuti tikuyenera kudalira Bujazi, koma sindingathe kutero," Patrick adavomereza. "Atha kukhala wokonda dziko lawo, koma choyamba amadziwa kupulumuka. Pamene anali mkulu wa antchito ndi mkulu wa Pasdaran, anali wokonzeka kumiza ndege yonyamulira ndege ya ku America ndi kupha amalinyero zikwizikwi, kuti atsimikizire momwe ankaganizira kuti anali wolimba. Ndikuganiza kuti akufuna kuchotsa zateokrase ndi Pasdaran, koma ndikuganiza kuti achita chilichonse chomwe angafune, kuphatikiza kutikakamira tonse, kuti tipulumuke. Muyenera kuyimba."
    
  "Inde, bwana," anatero Macomber. "Ndidzakudziwitsani".
    
  "Chabwino, major?" - Buzhazi adafunsa kudzera mwa womasulira wamagetsi pomwe Macomber adabwerako. "Kodi mkulu wanu akuti chiyani? Kodi akundikhulupirirabe?"
    
  "Ayi, bwana, sakutero," anatero Macomber.
    
  "Ndiye. Tichite chiyani?"
    
  Macomber anaganiza kwa kanthawi; ndiye: "Tipitako pang'ono, Marshal."
    
    
  MUTU WACHISANU NDI CHINANU
    
    
  Osatsutsana ndi munthu amene alibe chotaya.
    
  - BALTHASAR GRACHIAN
    
    
    
  PA SOUTH CENTRAL NEVADA
  M'MAWA M'MAWA
    
    
  "Nazi nkhani zaposachedwa, anyamata, mverani," adatero mtsogoleri wa gulu la SEAL, US Navy Lt. Mike Harden. Mamembala khumi ndi asanu a gulu lake la SEAL, onse akupuma mpweya watsopano m'malo onyamula katundu a C-130 Hercules ndege yonyamula katundu, adasiya kuyang'ana mamapu ndikutembenukira kwa iye. "Mnyamata wathu yemwe ali mkatimo akutiuza kuti malo ano ndi opanda anthu. Ili ndi okwana makumi awiri achitetezo achitetezo, omwe amakhala pakatikati pakompyuta pafupi ndi nyumba ya likulu. Malo amalikulu omenyera nkhondowa ali bwinja, ndi gulu lachitetezo cha mafupa a amuna pafupifupi 6 omwe ali pamenepo. Zomangamangazo zidatsekedwa kwa masiku angapo. Izi zimatsimikiziridwa kudzera mukuyang'anira kwathu. Choncho, cholinga chathu chimakhalabe maofesi anayi akuluakulu mu nyumba ya likulu: dipatimenti imodzi mwa izo imatumizidwa ku malo otetezera chitetezo, malo oyendetsa nkhondo, malo oyankhulana ndi malo oyendetsera ntchito. Bravo Unit ili kumbuyo kwathu, ndipo anyamata ake adzalanda malo osungiramo zida ndi zida.
    
  "Mnyamata wathu mkatimo akuti adangowona imodzi mwa maloboti omwe amayendetsedwa ndi CID omwe amayang'anira malo osungiramo zida komanso malo osungira zida. Tikudziwa kuti anali ndi anamwino asanu ndi mmodzi. Mmodzi adatumizidwa ku Iran, awiri ku Turkey, ndipo wina adadzipereka pamene Rangers anaukira Battle Mountain, kotero kuti amasiya awiri, ndipo tiyenera kuganiza kuti onse ali Elliott. Pafupifupi magawo khumi ndi awiri a Tin Woodman adalembedwanso kuti akusowa.
    
  "Kumbukirani, gwiritsani ntchito zida zankhondo nthawi zonse motsutsana ndi anyamata a Security Force, ngati akuwomberani - musawononge mbewu kapena mayunitsi a Tin Woodmen." Adakweza chowombera grenade cha 40mm. "Ichi ndiye chiyembekezo chathu chabwino kwambiri chochotsa zinthu izi: ma microwave pulse jenereta omwe amawoneka ngati akugunda mwachindunji kuchokera kumphezi. Amatiuza kuti izi ziyenera kutseka machitidwe awo onse nthawi yomweyo. Mwina kupha munthu mkati, koma ndiye vuto lake ngati waganiza kumenyana. Anyamata awa ndi othamanga, choncho khalani tcheru ndikuyang'anitsitsa moto wanu. Muli ndi mafunso?" Panalibe aliyense. "Zonse zili bwino. Tatsala ndi pafupi mphindi zisanu. Konzekerani kukankha bulu wina wa zoomi." Mawu osamveka bwino akuti "Wow!" anamveka ponseponse. kuvala masks okosijeni.
    
  Zomwe zinkawoneka ngati miniti yokha yadutsa pamene Harden adadziwitsidwa ndi ogwira ntchito ya cockpit kuti malo odumphira anali mphindi ziwiri. ZINSINSI zolumikizidwa mwachangu kuchokera ku makina a okosijeni wa ndegeyo, zolumikizidwa ndi matanki onyamulika a okosijeni, adayimilira ndikugwiritsitsa zomangira zolimba pamene njira yakumbuyo yonyamula katundu idatsika. Posakhalitsa njirayo idagubuduzika, kuwala kofiira kudasanduka kobiriwira, ndipo Harden adatsogolera gulu lake mumdima wachisanu. Pasanathe masekondi makumi awiri Harden adalumpha, amuna onse khumi ndi asanu ndi limodzi adayika ma parachuti awo. Harden adayang'ana ma parachuti ndi mpweya wake, ndikuwonetsetsa kuti cholembera chake cha infrared chikugwira ntchito kuti ena amutsatire mumdima, kenako adayamba kuyang'anira zowongolera pogwiritsa ntchito chipangizo cha GPS chokhazikika pamanja.
    
  Kunali HAHO, kapena kulumpha kwakukulu - kulumpha koyamba. Kuchokera pamtunda wa mapazi zikwi makumi awiri mphambu zisanu ndi ziwiri, gululi limatha kuyenda mtunda wamakilomita pafupifupi makumi atatu kuchokera pomwe adalumphira kupita komwe akufuna: Elliott Air Force Base, yotchedwa "Dreamland." Molamulidwa ndi Purezidenti wa United States, magulu awiri a SEAL adalamulidwa kuti awononge mazikowo, athetse zida za cybernetic za asilikali oyenda pansi ndi Tin Man omwe akuyendayenda m'munsi, kulanda onse ogwira ntchito, ndikuteteza ndege, zida, makompyuta, ndi ma laboratories.
    
  Mphepoyo inali yosinthika pang'ono, yosiyanadi ndi zomwe zidanenedweratu, zomwe mwina zidafotokozera kulumpha kwachangu. Harden adadzipeza akuyendetsa denga lake kudzera munjira zina zabwino kwambiri kuti apite patsogolo. Kutembenuka kulikonse kumawonjezera liwiro lopingasa, kotero kuti amayenera kusuntha pang'ono akakhala pansi. Anayenera kuuluka kwa mphindi khumi.
    
  Harden atayamba maphunziro ake, adayamba kuyang'ana malo pogwiritsa ntchito magalasi ake owonera usiku. Mwamsanga anaona kuti zinthu sizinali bwino mmene anakonzera. Cholinga choyamba chowonera chinali Nyanja ya Groom, bedi lalikulu lowuma lomwe lili kumwera kwa tsinde pomwe msewu waukulu wa Elliott wa mamita zikwi makumi awiri adamangidwa. Posakhalitsa zinaonekeratu kuti apita kutali kwambiri kumadzulo - adalumpha mofulumira kwambiri. GPS inanena kuti anali olondola, koma zizindikirozo siziname. Iwo anali atakonzekera zadzidzidzi izi, koma Harden ankati adzawamenye bwino oyendetsa ndege pamene ntchitoyo itatha. Anali ataphunzira za malo onse ozungulira pamene anali kusanthula chisanadze chandamalecho ndipo anali ndi chidaliro chakuti angapeze malo abwino otera, ngakhale atakhala pansi kwenikweni pa nyanja youma.
    
  Iye sanathe kufika pa nyanja youma njira yonseyo, koma anatha kupeza malo osalala pafupifupi mamita makumi asanu kumpoto kwa msewu wafumbi. Kutsika kunali kovuta kwambiri kuposa momwe amayembekezera - kachiwiri, GPS inanama za momwe mphepo ikulowera ndipo inatera ndi mphepo m'malo molimbana nayo, ndikuwonjezera liwiro lake pansi ndi mphamvu yotera. Mwamwayi, anali atavala zida zanyengo zoziziritsa za HAHO ndipo mphamvu yowonjezereka idatengeka kwambiri. Anasonkhanitsa gulu m"mphindi zosakwana zitatu, ndipo zinawatengera zosakwana zisanu kuchotsa ndi kuika ma parachuti, zingwe zomangira, ndi zida zina zoziziritsa kuzizira, ndi kufufuza ndi kukonza zida, mauthenga, ndi makina oonera usiku.
    
  Harden adayang'ana GPS yake ndikuloza komwe akupita, koma wapolisi woyamba, yemwe anali ndi GPS yosunga zobwezeretsera, adagwedeza dzanja lake ndikuloza mbali ina. Amayika zolandila zawo za GPS pafupi ndi wina ndi mnzake ndipo, zowonadi, kuwerenga kwawo kunali kosiyana kotheratu ... m'malo mwake, adachokapo pafupifupi mailosi atatu!
    
  Izi zidafotokoza kuti adapatuka ndikulowera kolakwika kutengera mphepo ya GPS: zolandila zawo za GPS zidasokonezedwa. Harden ankadziwa kuti makina ojambulira a GPS akupangidwa, koma cholandirira cha GPS chodzaza chitha kunyalanyazidwa ndipo njira zina zoyendera zitha kugwiritsidwa ntchito nthawi yomweyo mpaka zolakwika zazikulu zitapangidwa. Kumbali inayi, cholandila chabodza cha GPS chikuwoneka kuti chikugwira ntchito bwino. Ngakhale ma C-130 olandila GPS adasokonezedwa. Anayenera kukumbukira kuti anali kutsutsana ndi gulu lomwe likupanga ndikuyesa zida zamitundu yonse, zida zachinsinsi zomwe dziko lonse lapansi mwina silingawone kwa zaka zambiri, koma zomwe zingasinthe momwe nkhondo idakhalira. inamenya nkhondo itangofika m'misewu.
    
  Mtsogoleri wa gululo adatulutsa kampasi ya lenticular, okonzeka kuyang'ana pang'ono pansi ndikuyang'ananso malo awo pamapu ake, koma ayenera kuti adagubuduka pakutera mwachangu, chifukwa kuyimba kwa kampasi kumazungulira ngati kuti idalumikizidwa. ku mota yamagetsi. Harden sangadabwe ngati ma eggheads pano atapanganso njira yopanikizana kapena kusokoneza makampasi! Iye anaganiza kuti popeza anatera kumadzulo kwa m"mphepete mwa nyanja youma, angosamukira kum"mawa mpaka kukapeza nyanjayo, kenako apite kumpoto mpaka kukapeza mpanda wamkati wozungulira. Anasonyezanso kumene akuyenda, osanyalanyaza zopempha zonse, ndipo anachokapo.
    
  Anachotsa zida zawo zoziziritsa kuzizira ndikusiya ma parachuti awo, zomwe zidapangitsa kuti katundu wawo apepuke, koma posakhalitsa Harden adapeza kuti akupukuta thukuta m'maso mwake. Mulungu, iye anaganiza, kuyenera kuti kunali pansi pa ziro muno m"chipululu chotalikirapo, koma anali thukuta mpaka kufa! Koma sanazilabadire ndikupitilira...
    
  "Upwind," adamva m'mahedifoni ake. Anagwa pamimba n"kuyang"ana malowo. Anali mawu achinsinsi kwa membala wa timu yemwe ali pamavuto. Anakwawa mmbuyo momwe amayendera ndipo adapeza mtsogoleri wa gululi atagona chagada ndipo AOIC ikumuyang'ana. "Chachitika ndi chani?" Adanong'oneza.
    
  "Anangokomoka," anatero wachiwiri kwa mkulu woyang"anira. Anapukuta thukuta kumaso kwake. "Inenso sindikumva bwino, Lieutenant. Kodi angatigwiritse ntchito mpweya wa minyewa?"
    
  "Khalani chete," wina adatero pawailesi yotetezedwa ya FM.
    
  Harden anayang'ana mzere wa zisindikizo zomwazika m'chipululu. Mawayilesi atsekedwa! - adanong'oneza. AOIC inatumiza uthengawo kwa ena. Analangiza kuti azingogwiritsa ntchito mawu achinsinsi pawailesi paulendowu pokhapokha ngati ali pamoto ndipo gulu lonse lidasokonezeka.
    
  Mkulu wa asilikaliwo anakhala pansi. "Mukumva bwino, Chief?" -Harden anafunsa. Mkuluyo anaonetsa kuti anali wokonzeka, ndipo anakonzeka kucokanso. Koma panthaŵiyi Harden anamva chizungulire-mphindi imene anaimirira, kutentha kotentha ndi kowuma kunamugwera, ngati kuti watsegula chitseko cha uvuni wotentha. Kutengeka mtima kunachepa atagwada. Nanga bwanji...?
    
  Ndiyeno anazindikira chimene chinali. Adadziwitsidwa za zomwe zidachitika ku Turkey pomwe anyamata a Dreamland adagwiritsa ntchito chida chosawopsa cha microwave kuti agwetse ogwira ntchito zachitetezo - adanenanso kuti zimamveka ngati kutentha kwakukulu, ngati kuti khungu lawo likuyaka moto, ndipo posakhalitsa ubongo wawo udavuta kwambiri. anadandaula kuti anataya mtima. "Ng'ona, ng'ona," adatero Harden m'manong'onong'o ake, mawu oti "mdani wapafupi."
    
  "Ingokhalani pomwe muli osasuntha," onse anamva m"mahedifoni awo.
    
  Gehena, anyamata a Air Force adapeza ma frequency awo a FM, adalemba njira yobisira, ndipo amalankhula panjira yawo ngati manong'onong'ono! Anatembenuka ndikupanga chikwangwani chamanja kuti asinthe ma frequency achiwiri, ndipo mawuwo adatumizidwa kwa ena. Pakadali pano, Harden adatulutsa foni yake ya satellite ndikulumikizana ndi njira yotetezedwa ya SEAL unit: "Silver, iyi ndi Opus, ng'ona."
    
  "Kodi mumadziwa," anamva m"mahedifoni awo pa tchanelo chatsopano, "kuti palibe mawu omveka ngati "silver" ndi "opus" monga "lalanje"?" iye anatero.... ..... ....
    
  Harden anapukuta thukuta m'maso mwake. Chilango cha kulankhulana chinaiwalika kotheratu, iye mokwiya anabwerera ku kunong"onezana, "Kodi helo uyu ndani?"
    
  "Ah, ah, ah, Lieutenant, beading, beading," liwulo linanenanso, pogwiritsa ntchito mawu akale a code kuchenjeza za mawayilesi osayenera. "Tamverani anyamata, ntchito yatha. Tidatenga kale gawo lina lolunjika kumalo owulukira ndege komanso malo osungira zida - anyamata inu munachita ntchito yabwino kwambiri kuposa iwo. Takukonzerani zipinda zingapo zabwino zabwino. Imani ndi manja anu mmwamba ndipo tikwera pang'ono kubwerera koyambira. Tili ndi galimoto yobwera kudzakutengani."
    
  "Zaka iwe!" Harden anakuwa. Anagwada pansi ndikuyang'ana malowo, osanyalanyaza ululu womwe ukukula ukufalikira m'thupi lake lonse ... Anakweza mfutiyo, kumasula chitetezo ndikutulutsa grenade. Panali kung'anima kochititsa mantha, mpweya wodzaza ndi fungo la magetsi okwera kwambiri, ndipo anamva nyerere mamiliyoni ambiri zikukwawa pathupi lake... mwamsanga anataya thupi kutentha mu ozizira usiku mpweya.
    
  Anathamanga kubwerera kwa anthu ake. "Zonse zili bwino?" Adanong'oneza. Onse anasonyeza kuti ali bwino. Anayang'ana GPS yake - inali itafatu, koma kampasi ya mtsogoleri wa gululi ikugwira ntchito bwino ndipo mwamsanga anakonza malo awo pamapu ake, adapeza njira zopita kwawo ndikunyamuka.
    
  Ali m'njira adadutsa robot. Zinkawoneka ngati ziwalo zake, thunthu, ndi khosi zinali zopindika nthawi imodzi mosiyanasiyana komanso mosagwirizana ndi chilengedwe, ndipo zimamveka ngati kubowola kwamagetsi kozungulira pang'ono komanso kupsa. Harden adamumvera chisoni munthu yemwe anali mkati mwake poyamba - anali waku America komanso msilikali, pambuyo pake - koma sanadikire kuti amuyang'ane ngati angodabwitsidwa.
    
  Kunali mdima wandiweyani pamene akuyandikira mpanda wamkati wozungulira, mpanda wotalikirapo mapazi khumi ndi asanu, wansanjika ziwiri womangidwa ndi waya wamingaminga pamwamba pake. Kusowa kwa magetsi kuzungulira mpanda kumatanthauza agalu kapena masensa a infrared, Harden adadziwa. Adalamula kuti timuyi igawike m'magawo ndikuyamba kuwukira ...
    
  ...ndipo nthawi yomweyo anamva phokoso la kaphokoso, ngati fani yothamanga kwambiri, ndipo anayang'ana mmwamba. Kupyolera mu magalasi ake a masomphenya a usiku, adawona chinthu chofanana ndi chidebe cha zinyalala pafupifupi mamita makumi awiri kumwamba ndi mamita makumi atatu kapena makumi anayi okha, ndi chotchinga chachikulu chozungulira pansi, miyendo yayitali ndi manja awiri achitsulo omwe munali mbendera zoyera - ndipo, modabwitsa, , inali ndi chiwonetsero cha LED chowala pamwamba chomwe chimati "MUSAMAPONYE, NGOLANKHULANA, TIKUMVETSERA."
    
  "Hell iyi ndi chiyani?" -Harden anafunsa. Anadikirira mpaka loboti yowulukayo inali pafupi ndi mayadi khumi, kenako adayiwombera pansi ndikuphulika kumodzi kuchokera pamfuti yake yaying'ono ya MP5. Anali otsimikiza kuti amumenya, koma adakwanitsa kuwulukira pansi mosawongolera, akumatera movutikira mayadi angapo kuchokera kwa iye, akuwonabe uthenga wa LED womwe ukutuluka. Anasuntha mawu ake akunong'oneza pamilomo yake. "Awa ndi ndani?" - Ndidafunsa.
    
  "Ndi Brigadier General David Luger," adayankha mawu kumbali ina ya mzere. "Mukudziwa kuti ndine ndani. Izi ziyenera kutha, Lieutenant Harden, wina aliyense asanavulale kapena kuphedwa. "
    
  "Ndakulamulani kuti ndikusungeni kuti muteteze malowa, bwana," adatero Harden. "Sindichoka mpaka ntchito yanga itatha. M'malo mwa Purezidenti wa United States, ndikukulamulani kuti muletse chitetezo chanu chonse ndikudzipereka nthawi yomweyo. "
    
  "Lieutenant, pali ma drones ena khumi ndi awiri omwe akuwuluka m'mwamba pompano ndi ma grenade a flashbang," adatero Luger. "Titha kukuwonani ndi anzanu khumi ndi asanu, ndipo titha kugunda aliyense ndi bomba lamoto. Yang'anani mosamala. Pamaso panu, pafupi ndi mpanda." Kamphindi pang'ono, adamva phokoso lachitsulo chosalimba! phokosolo linali lolunjika pamwamba kwambiri ... ndipo patapita mphindi imodzi panali kuwala kodabwitsa kwa kuwala, kutsatiridwa ndi kamphindi kakang'ono ndi kuphulika kwakukulu kodabwitsa! phokoso ndiyeno khoma la kupsyinjika ngati mphepo yamkuntho yomwe imatenga mphindi imodzi.
    
  "Kunali pafupi mayadi zana kuchokera kwa ife, Lieutenant," adatero Luger. Kulira m'makutu kwa Harden kunali koopsa moti sankamvanso pa wailesi. "Tangoganizani momwe zingakhalire mayadi asanu okha."
    
  "Bwana, mudzanditulutsa ine ndi amuna anga onse chifukwa sitipita kulikonse," adatero Harden, ndikulola kuti kumva kwake kubwerere mwakale pang'ono. "Ngati simukufuna kukhala ndi mlandu wovulaza kapena kupha anthu aku America, ndikupemphani kuti mutsatire zomwe ndakuuzani ndikudzipereka."
    
  Panali kupuma kwa nthawi yayitali pamzere; kenako Luger ananena mowona mtima, mawu atate, "Ndimakusilirani, Lieutenant. Tinali oona mtima pamene tinanena kuti muli pafupi kwambiri kuposa mayunitsi ena a SEAL. Adadzipereka nthawi yoyamba yomwe tidawagunda ndi choyimira cha microwave, ndipo adatiwuza zomwe tidawagwira titawagwira - ndi momwe timadziwira kuti ndinu ndani. Anyamata munagwira ntchito yabwino. Ndikudziwa kuti simunafune kupha Staff Sergeant Henry. Iye anali sajeni yemwe ankayendetsa ndege ya CID. "
    
  "Zikomo, bwana, ndipo ayi, sindimafuna kupha aliyense, bwana," anatero Harden. "Tinadziwitsidwa za zida za microwave izi zomwe maloboti anu amanyamula, ndipo tidadziwa kuti tikuyenera kuwachotsa."
    
  "Tinapanga grenade yosokoneza ma microwave chifukwa tinali ndi mantha kuti ukadaulo wa CID ugwera m'manja mwa anthu aku Russia," adatero Luger. "Sindinaganize kuti zitha kugwiritsidwa ntchito ndi athu tokha."
    
  "Pepani, bwana, ndipo ndimadzitengera ndekha kuti ndidziwitse achibale ake." Iye ankayenera kumusunga iye kuyankhula kwa utali umene iye akanatha. Gulu lalikulu la ogwira ntchito, kampani ya chitetezo cha Marine kuchokera ku Camp Pendleton, inali yoti ifike pasanathe mphindi makumi atatu, ndipo ngati munthu wa Luger uyu adasintha maganizo ake ponena za kumenyana ndi Marines ambiri, mwina angachedwe nthawi yaitali kuti ena afike. "Kodi ndibwerere ndikathandize Staff Sergeant?"
    
  "Ayi, Lieutenant. Tithana nazo ".
    
  "Inde, bwana. Kodi mungafotokoze bwanji-?"
    
  "Palibe nthawi yofotokozera, Lieutenant."
    
  "Inde, bwana." Nthawi inali kutha. "Taonani, bwana, palibe amene akufuna izi. Ubwino wanu ndi kusiya kumenyana, kulemba ganyu loya, ndi kuchita izo m'njira yoyenera. Pasakhalenso kuwukira. Ameneyu si amene tiyenera kumenyana naye. Tiyeni tisiye zonsezi pompano. Ndiwe wamkulu wa gulu pano. Ndinu olamulira. Perekani lamulo, amuna anu aike manja awo pansi kuti tilowe. Sitidzavulaza aliyense. Ife tonse ndife Achimerika, bwana. Ife tiri mbali imodzi. Chonde bwana, siyani izi."
    
  Kupuma kwinanso kwa nthawi yayitali kunatsatira. Harden adakhulupiriradi kuti Luger abwerera. Izi zonse zinali misala, iye ankaganiza. Limba mtima ndikuyimitsa, Luger! iye anaganiza. Osadziyerekeza kukhala ngwazi. Siyani izi kapena...
    
  Kenako anamva phokoso laphokoso m"mwamba-maloboti ang"onoang"ono otaya nyama akubwerera-kenako Luger anati, "Uwawawo ufika poipa nthawi ino, koma sukhalitsa. Zabwino zonse, Lieutenant. "
    
  Harden adalumphira kumapazi ake ndikukuwa kuti: "Magulu onse amagulu, kuwonjezera apo, womberani mabomba ndikuthamangira kumpanda, kutsogolo, kutsogolo, kutsogolo!" Anatenga MP5 yake, nakweza bomba lomwe linaphulika mu brenade brenade, ndikuyika pamalo ake ndikukweza chidacho kuti...
    
  ...ndipo zinawoneka kwa iye kuti thupi lake lonse liyaka moto nthawi yomweyo. Iye anakuwa^Kenako chirichonse mwamsanga, mwamwayi, chinagwera mumdima.
    
    
  WHITE HOUSE OFFICE, WASHINGTON, DC.
  KENAKO M"MWA UWO
    
    
  "Sindikukhulupirira ... sindingakhulupirire!" Purezidenti Joseph Gardner adabuula. Mlembi wa chitetezo Miller Turner adamufotokozera iye ndi atsogoleri ochepa a Senate ndi a Congression pa zoyesayesa zawo kuti agwire mamembala a Air Force ndikuteteza zida zawo, ndipo chidziwitsocho sichinali chabwino. "Anagonjetsa ndi kulanda magulu awiri a Navy SEAL ku Dreamland? Sindikukhulupirira izi! Nanga bwanji malo ena?"
    
  "Gulu la SEAL lomwe linatumizidwa ku Battle Mountain linakumana ndi kukana kuwala ndipo linatha kutenga maloboti awo omwe ali ndi anthu, koma robotyo mwachiwonekere inasokonekera kapena inawonongeka ndipo inasiyidwa," adatero Turner. "Ndege ndi antchito ambiri asowa; MA SEAL adagwira anthu pafupifupi zana popanda kukana. Bungwe la FAA silinathe kutsata ndege iliyonse chifukwa chosokoneza kwambiri kapena kusagwira ntchito, kotero sitikudziwa komwe zidapita. "
    
  "Wolumala'? Kodi ichi ndi chiyani?"
    
  "Mwachiwonekere, ndege za m'badwo wotsatira zomwe zili ku Dreamland ndi Battle Mountain sizongosokoneza ma radar a adani, koma zimagwiritsa ntchito ma radar ndi makina amagetsi okhudzana ndi digito kuti alowetse zinthu mumagetsi a radar monga mavairasi, malamulo abodza kapena osagwirizana, zonyenga komanso ngakhale code. zosintha, "adayankha Mlangizi wa National Security Conrad Carlisle. "Amayitcha 'nettruding' - kulowerera pa intaneti."
    
  "Chifukwa chiyani sindinadziwe izi?"
    
  "Izi zidagwiritsidwa ntchito koyamba pa ndege ya McLanahan yomwe idatumizidwa ku Middle East," adatero Carlisle. "Analepheretsa wankhondo waku Russia polamula kuti atseke. Makina ambiri a radar a digito omwe akugwiritsidwa ntchito masiku ano, makamaka anthu wamba, alibe njira yotsekera izi. Ikhoza kuchita izi pogwiritsa ntchito njira zosiyanasiyana, monga mauthenga, intaneti, ma waya opanda zingwe, ngakhale nyengo ya radar. Kuphatikiza apo, popeza ma network ambiri a anthu wamba ali olumikizidwa ndi magulu ankhondo, amatha kuyika ma code oyipa pagulu lankhondo popanda ngakhale kuwukira gulu lankhondo mwachindunji. "
    
  Ndinkaganiza kuti anawombera msilikali wina!
    
  "Anthu aku Russia adanena kuti adawombera mzinga, koma adagwiritsa ntchito njira yatsopanoyi ya 'netrusion' kukakamiza MiG kuti izimitse," Carlisle adalongosola. "McLanahan anali ndi vuto la mtima asanafotokoze zomwe zinachitika, ndipo pambuyo pake tinagwirizana ndi anthu a ku Russia pa zomwe zinachitikazo."
    
  "Angatumize bwanji kachilombo kudzera pa radar?"
    
  "Radar imangowonetsedwa pawayilesi yanthawi yake, yosinthidwa, yojambulidwa ndikuwonetsedwa pazenera," adatero Carlisle. "Maulendo a wailesi akadziwika, mtundu uliwonse wa chizindikiro ukhoza kutumizidwa kwa wolandira, kuphatikizapo chizindikiro chokhala ndi code digito. Masiku ano, mphamvu zamawayilesi nthawi zambiri zimawonetsedwa ndikugawidwa pama digito, kotero nambala ya digito imalowa m'dongosolo ndikusinthidwa ngati lamulo lililonse lapakompyuta - imatha kukonzedwa, kusungidwa, kuseweredwa, kutumizidwa pa intaneti, chilichonse. "
    
  "Jissoos ..." Gardner adatulutsa mpweya. "Mukutanthauza kuti mwina atenga kale njira zathu zolumikizirana komanso zotsata?"
    
  "McLanahan ataganiza zolowa nawo mkanganowu, atha kulamula kuti ziwukire," adatero Miller. "Zipangizo zonse zamagetsi zamagetsi zomwe zimagwiritsidwa ntchito zomwe zimalandila deta kuchokera ku mafunde a wailesi kapena zolumikizidwa kudzera pa netiweki kupita ku makina ena omwe amatha kutenga kachilombo nthawi yomweyo."
    
  "Awa onse ndi makina apakompyuta omwe ndimawadziwa!" Adadandaula Purezidenti. Tsoka ilo, makina olowetsa m'thumba a mwana wanga wamkazi ali ndi intaneti! Izi zingachitike bwanji?"
    
  "Chifukwa tidamuuza kuti apeze njira yochitira izi, bwana," adayankha Wapampando wa Joint Chiefs of Staff General Taylor Bain. "Uku ndi kuchulukitsa kwamphamvu kodabwitsa, komwe kunali kofunikira pamene pafupifupi ndege zonse zautali zomwe zinali mu zida zathu zidawonongeka. Setilaiti iliyonse ndi ndege iliyonse, kuphatikizapo galimoto yake yopanda munthu komanso siteshoni ya mlengalenga ya Armstrong, imatha kutulutsa magetsi. Itha kuwononga makompyuta ku Russia kuchokera mumlengalenga kapena kuchokera pa drone yomwe ikuwuluka mkati mwa radar yaku Russia. Akhoza kuletsa kuyambika kwa nkhondo chifukwa mdaniyo sangadziwe kuti akubwera kapena sadzakhalanso ndi mphamvu yoyankha."
    
  Vuto ndiloti akhoza kutichitira zimenezi tsopano!" - anafuula pulezidenti. "Muyenera kupeza njira yotetezera machitidwe athu ku mitundu iyi."
    
  "Zili m'ntchito, Bambo Purezidenti," adatero Carlisle. "Mapulogalamu oteteza moto ndi antivayirasi amatha kuteteza makompyuta omwe adawayika kale, koma tikupanga njira zotsekera mipata yachitetezo pamakina omwe samawoneka kuti ali pachiwopsezo cha ma netiweki, monga radar, kuyang'ana pamagetsi monga makamera a electro-optical, kapena passive. masensa amagetsi."
    
  "Vuto lina," anawonjezera Bain, "ndilo kuti, monga dipatimenti yomwe idapanga ndi kupanga ma netrusion systems, Advanced Aerospace Weapons Center yakhala patsogolo pakupanga njira zothana nawo."
    
  "Ndiye anyamata omwe amagwiritsa ntchito chinthuchi ndi omwe amadziwa kugonjetsa," adatero pulezidenti moipidwa. "Zabwino. Zimathandiza. " Anagwedeza mutu wake moipidwa, kuyesa kusonkhanitsa maganizo ake. Pomaliza, adatembenukira kwa a Congressmen awiri mu Oval Office. "Seneta, Woyimilira, ndakuyitanirani kuno chifukwa nkhani yavuta kwambiri ndipo ndikufunika upangiri ndi thandizo la utsogoleri. Ambiri aife mu chipinda chino timaganiza kuti McLanahan wachoka mu kuya kwake. Senator, mukuwoneka kuti mukuganiza mosiyana. "
    
  "Ndikukhulupirira, Bambo Purezidenti," adatero Senator Stacy Ann Barbeau. "Ndiloleni ndiyese kulankhula naye. Amadziwa kuti ndimathandizira pulogalamu yake yamlengalenga ndipo ndimamuthandiza. "
    
  "Ndizowopsa, senator," Purezidenti adatero. "Munthu m'modzi waphedwa ndipo ena angapo avulala ndi McLanahan ndi chida chake."
    
  "Kuukira kwachindunji ndi magulu ankhondo sikungagwire ntchito pokhapokha mutaukira pa D-Day, Bambo Purezidenti," adatero Barbeau, "ndipo sitingathe kumuthamangitsira ku Dreamland ali ndi ndege za m'mlengalenga ndi ma drones ndi mabomba, akuyendayenda m'chipululu, oyendayenda ndi zipangizo zomwe palibe amene adazimvapo. Sadzandidikira. Kupatula apo, ndikuganiza kuti ndikhoza kukhala ndi anthu mkati mwanga omwe angandithandizire. Iwo akudera nkhawa za umoyo wa jenerali monga momwe ine ndikuchitira."
    
  Palibe ndemanga zina zomwe zidapangidwa - palibe amene anali ndi malingaliro ena, ndipo ndithudi palibe amene anali wokonzeka kuyika mitu yawo mkamwa mwa nyalugwe monga momwe ZINTHU ZINTHU ZINTHU ZINTHU AMAchitira. "Ndiye zasankhidwa," adatero purezidenti. "Zikomo chifukwa chakuchita izi, Senator. Ndikukutsimikizirani nonse kuti tichita chilichonse chomwe tingathe kuti mukhale otetezeka. Ndikufuna kuyankhula ndi senator mwachinsinsi kwakanthawi. Zikomo nonse ". Mkulu wa ogwira ntchito ku White House adawatulutsa onse mu Ofesi ya nduna, ndipo Gardner ndi Barbeau adasamukira ku ofesi ya Purezidenti, moyandikana ndi Oval Office.
    
  Chitseko chisanatseke, manja a Gardner adazungulira m'chiuno mwake ndipo adadzikakamiza pakhosi pake. Iye anati: "Ndiwe hule wotentha kwambiri. "Ndi maganizo openga otani amenewa? Chifukwa chiyani mukufuna kupita ku Dreamland? Ndipo ndani amene umati uli naye mkati mwako?"
    
  "Mudziwa posachedwa, Joe," adatero Barbeau. "Inu munatumiza zisindikizo ndipo sanachite - chinthu chomaliza chomwe mukufuna kuchita ndikuyambitsa nkhondo kumeneko. Nambala za kafukufuku wanu zitsika kwambiri. Ndiloleni ndiyesere kaye."
    
  "Chabwino, wokondedwa, wapeza," adatero Gardner. Anamulola kuti atembenukire m'manja mwake, kenako anayamba kuyendetsa manja ake pa mabere ake. "Koma ngati mutapambana-ndipo sindikukayika kuti mudzatero-mukufuna kubwezera chiyani?"
    
  "Takonza kale zambiri, Bambo Purezidenti," adatero Barbeau, akufinya nsonga zake mwamphamvu ndi manja ake. "Koma ndili ndi chidwi ndi chinthu chimodzi chomwe Carlisle adalankhula: lingaliro la netrusion."
    
  "Nanga bwanji izi?"
    
  "Ndikufuna," adatero Barbeau. "Ntchito yankhondo yama network imapita ku Barkdale, osati Navy, osati STRATCOM."
    
  "Kodi mukumvetsa zinthu zonsezi?"
    
  "Osati zonse, koma ndizichita posachedwa," adatero Barbeau molimba mtima. "Koma ndikudziwa kuti Furness ku Battle Mountain ili ndi mabomba onse ndi ndege zopanda anthu zomwe zimagwiritsidwa ntchito pogwiritsa ntchito ukadaulo wa netrusion - ndikuwafuna ku Barkdale, limodzi ndi zida zonse zankhondo zapaintaneti. Zonse izi. Chepetsani manambala kapena kuchotsa B-52 ngati mukufuna, koma Barkdale ikuchita nkhondo yapaintaneti pa chilichonse chomwe chimawuluka - ma drones, ma B-2, ma satelayiti, ma radar oyambira mlengalenga, chilichonse. "
    
  Zala za Barbeau zidakhazikika pa nsonga zamabele. "Simukunena zopulumutsa malo okwerera mlengalenga?" - Gardner anafunsa. "Ndikufuna kuwononga mabiliyoni asanu awa pa zonyamulira ndege ziwiri."
    
  "Malo opangira mlengalenga amatha kuyatsa zonse zomwe ndimasamala - ndikufuna ukadaulo kumbuyo kwake, makamaka ma radar otengera malo," adatero Barbeau. "Station yamlengalenga idafabe - anthu amaganiza kuti ndi manda a McLanahan, ndipo sindikufuna kuyanjana nawo. Koma mtedza ndi mabawuti kuseri kwa siteshoni ndi zomwe ndikufuna. Ndikudziwa kuti STRATCOM ndi Air Force Space Command adzafuna kugwiritsa ntchito netrusion m'kati mwazodziwitso zawo, zolemba zawo zoyendetsedwa ndi ndege ndi ndege, koma muyenera kuvomereza kulimbana nazo. Ndikufuna gulu lankhondo la Eighth Air Force ku Barkdale kuti lilamulire kusalowerera ndale. "
    
  Manja a Pulezidenti adayambanso utumiki wawo, ndipo adazindikira kuti adali naye m'manja mwake. "Chilichonse chomwe munganene, Stacey," adatero Gardner kulibe. "Kwa ine, izi ndizachabechabe - zomwe anthu oyipa padziko lonse lapansi amamvetsetsa ndi gulu lankhondo lankhondo la onyamula ndege oyimilira m'mphepete mwa nyanja, m'maso mwawo, osati kuukira kwapaintaneti komanso matsenga apakompyuta. Ngati mukufuna chinthu choyipa cha virus pakompyuta, ndinu olandiridwa. Ingopemphani a Congress kuti avomere kuti asiye kupereka ndalama pamalo okwerera mlengalenga ndikundipatsa zonyamulira ndege zanga zosachepera ziwiri ndipo mutha kuchita chinyengo chanu cha cyberwar."
    
  Anatembenukira kwa iye, ndikusiya mabere ake kukanikiza mwamphamvu pachifuwa chake. "Zikomo, mwana," anatero, akumupsompsona kwambiri. Iye anayika dzanja lake pa khola lake, kumumva iye kulumpha pa kumukhudza kwake. "Ndikadachita bwino, koma ndili ndi ndege yoti ndikagwire ku Vegas. McLanahan ndidzamutsekera m"ndende pofika mawa usiku...
    
  "Ndikufunanso kukupatsa mphatso yayikulu yolekanitsa, wokondedwa," adatero Gardner, akusisita matako a Barbeau asanakhale patebulo lake ndikuyatsa ndudu, "koma Zevitin aziyimba mphindi zochepa, ndipo ndiyenera kuyimba. ndimufotokozere kuti ndidakali kulamulira chisokonezo cha McLanahan. "
    
  "Fuck Zevitin," adatero Barbeau. "Ndikukayikira kuti zonse zomwe McLanahan adanena zokhudza anthu aku Russia omwe amabzala chowonjezera ku Iran ndikuwombera ndege ndi zoona, Joe. McLanahan atha kukhala akupita patali kwambiri ponyalanyaza malamulo anu, kuukira popanda chilolezo, ndiyeno kumenyana ndi zisindikizo, koma Zevitin ali ndi chinachake pano. McLanahan samangowuluka pachimake. "
    
  "Osadandaula ndi chilichonse, Stacy," adatero Gardner. "Tili ndi mgwirizano wabwino ndi Moscow. Zomwe akufuna ndi chitsimikizo kuti sitikuyesera kuwatsekera. McLanahan amapangitsa dziko lonse kukhala ndi mantha, osati aku Russia okha, ndipo izi ndizoyipa kwa bizinesi. "
    
  "Koma ndizabwino kupeza mavoti ku Congress pamagulu atsopano omenyera nkhondo, wokondedwa."
    
  "Osati ngati tili ndi wamkulu wankhanza m'manja mwathu, Stacy. Chotsani McLanahan, koma chitani mwakachetechete. Akhoza kutiwonongera chilichonse."
    
  "Osadandaula ndi chilichonse, Bambo Purezidenti," adatero Barbeau, akumuyang'ana ndikumuponya tsitsi. "Iye amagwa ... mwanjira ina kapena imzake."
    
  Barbeau anakumana ndi mkulu wake wa antchito, Colleen Morna, kunja kwa hotelo yayikulu, ndipo adayenda mwachangu kupita kugalimoto yomwe idadikirira. "Ulendo watha, seneta," adatero Morna akubwerera ku ofesi yake ya Capitol Hill. "Ndili ndi zikalata zolipirira ulendo wonse kuchokera ku White House, ndipo adatipatsa chilolezo cha C-37 - Gulfstream Five. Izi zikutanthauza kuti titha kutenga alendo asanu ndi atatu ku Vegas. "
    
  "Wangwiro. Ndalandira mgwirizano wapakamwa kuchokera kwa Gardner kuti ndisamutse ndikuyika pakati magulu onse ankhondo a DoD network ku Barkdale. Dziwani zomwe makontrakitala ndi okopa alendo omwe tiyenera kukonza kuti izi zichitike, ndikuwaitanira ku Vegas nafe. Zimenezi ziyenera kubweretsa misozi m"maso mwawo."
    
  "Mwachita bwino, Senator."
    
  "Chabwino. Nanga bwanji mnyamata wanu wanyama, Hunter Noble? Iye ndiye kiyi paulendowu wopita ku Las Vegas pomwe McLanahan ali pamlengalenga. Munamupeza chiyani?"
    
  "Mwakhala mukumuwona kuyambira tsiku loyamba, Senator," adatero Colleen. "Kaputeni wathu Noble akuwoneka kuti wakhazikika kusukulu ya sekondale. Poyamba, kusukulu yasekondale anapeza mkazi wamkulu kwa zaka zisanu ndi chimodzi kwa iye-namwino wapasukulu, ndikuganiza-ali ndi pakati."
    
  "Kumene ndikuchokera, izi zimachitika chaka chilichonse wokondedwa. Namwali yekha m"tauni yakwathu anali mtsikana wonyansa wazaka khumi ndi ziŵiri zakubadwa."
    
  "Anachotsedwa ntchito, koma zinalibe kanthu chifukwa anali ndi ngongole zokwanira kuti amalize maphunziro a kusekondale zaka ziwiri zisanachitike ndikuyamba sukulu ya uinjiniya," Colleen anapitiriza. "Mwachiwonekere njira yake yokondwerera kutsiriza maphunziro inali yopatsa mkazi wina pathupi, chifukwa anachitanso ku koleji ndi kusukulu yomaliza maphunziro. Anakwatira wachitatu, koma ukwatiwo unathetsedwa pamene chibwenzi china chinadziwika.
    
  "McLanahan, iye sali," adatero Barbeau.
    
  "Iye ndi woyendetsa ndege komanso injiniya wabwino kwambiri, koma akuwoneka kuti ali ndi vuto lenileni ndi ulamuliro," Morna anapitiriza. "Amakhala ndi zidziwitso zapamwamba pamalipoti ake a momwe amagwirira ntchito, koma amakhala ndi utsogoleri komanso usilikali."
    
  "Sizikuthandizira - tsopano akumvekanso ngati McLanahan," adatero Barbeau mokhumudwa. "Nanga bwanji ya juiciest?"
    
  "Zakwana," adatero Morna. "Amakhala m"chipinda cha msilikaliyo ku Nellis Air Force Base-malo okwana masikweya mita mazana asanu ndi limodzi okha-ndipo chitetezo chakhala chikumuchenjeza mobwerezabwereza za maphwando aphokoso ndi alendo amene amabwera ndi kupita maora onse usana ndi usiku. Ndiwokhazikika ku Kalabu Yamaofesi ku Nellis ndipo amapeza tabu yabwino kwambiri. Amakwera njinga yamoto ya Harley Night Rod ndipo amatchulidwa kuti amayendetsa mothamanga komanso mowonetsetsa kangapo. Layisensiyo idabwezedwa posachedwa ataletsedwa kwa miyezi itatu kuti asayendetse bwino - mwachiwonekere, adaganiza zoyendetsa ndege yophunzitsira ya Air Force T-6A panjira.
    
  "Zili bwino, koma ndikufuna zinthu zotsekemera, mwana."
    
  "Ndasunga zabwino komaliza, Senator. Mndandanda wa alendo omwe amaloledwa kuyendera mazikowo ndi wautali ngati mkono wanga. Anthu angapo - akazi a amuna okwatira, angapo otchuka bisexuals, mahule angapo - ndipo mmodzi anali mkazi wa mkulu Air Force. Komabe, maulendo oyendera malo akuwoneka kuti atsika pang'ono m'chaka chapitacho...makamaka chifukwa ali ndi ulamuliro wosayina ngongole m'makasino atatu akuluakulu ku Vegas okwana madola zikwi zana limodzi."
    
  "Chani?"
    
  "Senema, bamboyu sanalipire chipinda cha hotelo ku Vegas zaka zopitilira ziwiri - amakhala paubwenzi ndi mamanenjala, omenyera pakhomo komanso oyendetsa magalimoto mumzinda wonse ndipo amapezerapo mwayi pachipinda chaulere komanso malo ogulitsira pafupifupi sabata iliyonse," adatero Colleen. "Iye amakonda blackjack ndi poker ndipo nthawi zambiri amaitanidwa kumbuyo kuti azicheza ndi ovina, osewera nkhonya komanso osewera pamutu. Kaŵirikaŵiri pamakhala mkazi mmodzi ndipo nthaŵi zambiri amakhala aŵiri kapena atatu."
    
  "Zikwi zana!" Adazindikira Barbeau. "Amamenya woyimira malamulo aliyense wa Nevada yemwe ndimamudziwa!"
    
  "Pansi, Senator: Amagwira ntchito molimbika komanso amasewera molimbika," Colleen adamaliza. "Iye amangokhalira kunyong"onyeka koma wachita zolakwa zapamwamba kwambiri zomwe zikuoneka kuti sanachitepo kanthu chifukwa cha ntchito yomwe amagwira m"boma. Amakumana pafupipafupi ndi makontrakitala oteteza chitetezo omwe amafuna kumulemba ntchito, ena amamupatsa malipiro odabwitsa, kotero kuti mwina zimamupangitsa kudzidalira mopambanitsa komanso zimapangitsa kuti azikhala ndi malingaliro oti sayenera kusewera masewera a Air Force. "
    
  "Amamveka ngati munthu yemwe amakhala m'mphepete, zomwe ndimakonda kwa iwo," adatero Barbeau. "Ndikuganiza kuti nthawi yakwana yoti ndimuyendere pang'ono Captain Noble - komwe amakhala kwawo."
    
    
  MUTU KHUMI
    
    
  Feat ndiye chilichonse, ulemerero si kanthu.
    
  - JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE
    
    
    
  MASHHAD, ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN
  USIKU UWO
    
    
  Mzinda wa Mashhad - "City of Martyrs" mu Chingerezi - kumpoto chakum'mawa kwa Iran unali mzinda wachiwiri waukulu ku Iran ndipo, popeza unali ndi kachisi wa Imam Reza wachisanu ndi chitatu, unali mzinda wachiwiri waukulu wa Shia padziko lonse lapansi, wachiwiri ku Iran. kufunika kokha kwa Qom. Amwendamnjira opitilira mamiliyoni makumi awiri amapita ku Imam Reza Shrine chaka chilichonse, ndikupangitsa kuti ikhale yodabwitsa komanso yauzimu ngati ulendo wa Haji wopita ku Mecca. Derali lili m"chigwa cha pakati pa mapiri a Kuh-e-Mayuni ndi Azhdar-Kuh, ndipo kunkazizira kwambiri koma kwa zaka zambiri kumakhala kosangalatsa.
    
  Ili mkati mwa Iran, Mashhad analibe zofunikira zankhondo kapena zaluso mpaka boma la Taliban lidayamba kulamulira ku Afghanistan m'ma 1980. Powopa kuti a Taliban ayesa kutumiza mtundu wawo wa Chisilamu kumayiko akumadzulo, Mashhad idasinthidwa kukhala malo olimbana ndi zigawenga, pomwe gulu lankhondo la Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps likugwira ntchito zingapo zomenyera nkhondo, magulu azidziwitso, oponya mabomba ndi ma helikopita kuchokera kwa Imam Reza. International Airport.
    
  Pamene Hesarak Boujazi adagonjetsa asilikali, kufunikira kwa Mashhad kunakula mofulumira kwambiri. Otsalira a Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps adathamangitsidwa kuchokera ku Tehran kupita ku Mashhad. Komabe, Bujazi analibe ndalama zokwanira kuti apitirizebe kulamulira likululo, choncho sakanachitira mwina koma kulola opulumukawo kuti athawe popanda kuyesetsa kuthetsa akuluakulu a asilikali. Ndi akuluakulu a Revolutionary Guard omwe adapulumuka akuyenda momasuka kuzungulira mzindawo komanso kuchuluka kwakukulu kwa oyendayenda a Shia omwe sanasonyeze chizindikiro chochepa ngakhale panthawi ya ziwawa zomwe zinkakula, Pasdaran anali ndi anthu ambiri omwe angasankhe ku Mashhad. Kufuma mu mizikiti, ku misika ndi ku mashopu, ndi m"makwalala onse, kuitana jihad yolimbana ndi Bujazi ndi onyenga a Kagewa kunafalikira kutali ndi kufalikira mofulumira.
    
  Molimbikitsidwa ndi aura yamphamvu yauzimu ya mzindawu komanso mphamvu zolimbikitsidwa za Islamic Revolution Guard Corps, Purezidenti wa Iran, mtsogoleri wa Guardian Council komanso membala wamkulu wa Assembly of Experts, Ayatollah Hassan Mokhtaz, adalimbika mtima kubwerera ku Turkmenistan komwe adakhalako. ankakhala pansi pa chitetezo cha boma la Russia. Poyamba panali nkhani za zigawo zonse zakum'maŵa kwa Iran zolekanitsidwa ndi dziko lonselo ndi Mashhad kukhala likulu latsopano, koma kusakhazikika kwa chiwembucho komanso kulephera kwa a Boujazi ndi a Kagev kupanga boma kunachedwetsa zokambiranazi. Mwina zomwe Mokhtaz anayenera kuchita ndi kuitana okhulupirika ku jihad, kupitiriza kupeza ndalama zothandizira kupanduka kwake, ndikudikirira - Tehran atha kukhalanso m'manja mwake yekha.
    
  Magawo atatu athunthu a Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps opitilira 100,000, pafupifupi gulu lonse lomwe latsala la asitikali osankhika akutsogolo, anali ku Mashhad ndi madera ozungulira. Ambiri mwa magulu ankhondo a Pasdaran, magawo awiri, anali oyenda pansi, kuphatikiza ma brigades oyenda pamakina. Panali gulu limodzi loyendetsa ndege lomwe linali ndi ndege zotsutsana ndi zigawenga, ma helikoputala owukira, zoyendetsa ndi zida zotetezera ndege; gulu limodzi lankhondo lokhala ndi akasinja opepuka, zida zankhondo ndi zida zamatope; ndi gulu limodzi lapadera la opareshoni ndi intelligence, lomwe lidachita kugwetsa, kupha anthu, ukazitape, kuyang'anira, kufunsa mafunso, ndi ntchito zapadera zoyankhulirana monga zowulutsa zabodza. Kuphatikiza apo, asitikali enanso zikwi makumi atatu a al-Quds adatumizidwa mumzinda womwewo, akuchita ngati akazitape komanso azidziwitso ku Pasdaran ndi boma lateokrase lomwe lili ku ukapolo.
    
  Likulu la Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps komanso malo opangira mphamvu yokoka anali Imam Reza International Airport, yomwe ili pamtunda wa makilomita asanu kumwera kwa Imam Reza Shrine. Komabe, magulu onse ankhondo anzeru pabwalo la ndege atumizidwanso kuti akonzenso kubwera kwatsopano: gulu lachitetezo cha ndege la S-300OMU1 Favorite kuchokera ku Russian Federation.
    
  S-300 Strategic Air Defense System idawonedwa kuti ndi imodzi mwazabwino kwambiri padziko lapansi, yofanana ndi zida zankhondo zaku America PAC-3 Patriot. Batire ya S-300 inali ndi radar yautali yotalikirapo ya 3D, cholumikizira chandamale ndi radar yowongolera mizinga, ndi ma trailer khumi ndi awiri, iliyonse yodzaza ndi zida zinayi, komanso kukonza, kuthandiza ogwira ntchito, ndi magalimoto achitetezo. Batire imodzi yotereyi inaikidwa pabwalo la ndege, ina kumpoto chakumadzulo, ndipo yachitatu kumadzulo kwa mzindawu. Chombo cha S-300 chinali chogwira ntchito polimbana ndi zolinga zowuluka mpaka mamita makumi atatu pamwamba pa nthaka, pamtunda mpaka mamita zikwi zana, pa liwiro la Mach 3, pamtunda wa makilomita zana ndi makumi awiri, ndikupha ngakhale kutsika. zoponyera cruise cruise ndi zisudzo ballistic zisudzo.
    
  Ma S-300s adathandizidwa ndi chitetezo cha ndege cha Tor-M1, chomwe chidatsatiridwa ndi magalimoto okhala ndi zida zomwe zidawombera mizinga isanu ndi itatu yothamanga kwambiri, yaufupi, yowongoleredwa ndi radar kuchokera kumachubu oyambira. Tor-M1 idapangidwa kuti iteteze magalimoto oyendetsa mafoni, malo olumikizirana magalimoto, malo opangira mafuta ndi malo osungira zida zankhondo kuchokera ku ma helikoputala, magalimoto apamlengalenga osayendetsedwa ndi ndege komanso oponya mabomba otsika otsika. Ngakhale Tor-M1 inali ndi gulu la anthu atatu, idapangidwa ngati "iyikeni ndikuyiwala" dongosolo, kulola kuti pakhale nkhondo yodziyimira payokha, kapena itha kulumikizidwa ndi dongosolo lowongolera moto la S-300 kuti lipange chitetezo chophatikizika chamlengalenga. dongosolo. Onse pamodzi adapanga chishango chomwe sichingalowemo kuzungulira Mashhad.
    
  Patsiku limenelo, Mashhad inali imodzi mwa mizinda yotetezedwa kwambiri padziko lapansi ... ndipo inali pafupi kuyesedwa.
    
  Pafupifupi maola awiri kusanache, chenjezo loyamba linachokera ku radar yakutali yoteteza mpweya ya batri yachiwiri ya S-300, yomwe ili pamtunda wa makilomita makumi atatu kumpoto chakumadzulo kwa Mashhad: "Alamu, alamu, alamu, iyi ndi batire ya Siver, yothamanga kwambiri. chandamale chotsika chikuyandikira, azimuth two -eight-zero, range zana ndi makumi asanu, liwiro naini-sikisi-faifi, kutalika naini-ziro."
    
  "Sivir, iyi ndiye Center, yovomerezeka," adayankha mkulu wantchito, Captain Sokolov. Chiwonetsero chake chanzeru chinawonetsa zolinga zitatu zothamanga kwambiri, zotsika zolunjika ku Mashhad. "Ndiuzeni bwana," iye anatero kwa mkulu wa asilikali. "Zikuwoneka ngati bomba likudutsa m'derali, pomwe mumaganiza kuti angakhale."
    
  "Zodziwikiratu," adatero Colonel Kundrin, wamkulu wa gulu lankhondo lankhondo, molimba mtima. Monga ngati akuwona kuti chinachake chingachitike m'mawa umenewo, anali atavala ndi pa udindo wake mu Regimental Air Defense Command Center yomwe ili pamwamba pa Reza International Administration Building maola angapo m'mbuyomo. "Ndege zimatha kusintha pakapita zaka, koma njira zake zimakhala zofanana. Tidayika batri iyi pamalo abwino - wophulitsa bomba akuyesera kudzibisa pamalo omwe ali m'chigwacho, koma mapiri amatsetsereka komwe tidayika batire iyi. Cholakwika chachikulu mukukonzekera ntchito yawo. Sangathe kuyenda mowongoka, ndipo ngati adumpha kuchokera kuseri kwa zitunda, adziwonetsa yekha kwambiri. "
    
  "Kuthamanga kwambiri komanso kutsika kwambiri kwa wophulitsa bomba wa B-2 - ayenera kukhala wophulitsa wa B-1," adatero Sokolov. "Ndiponso sanayambitse mizinga yawo ya hypersonic cruise."
    
  "Sindikuganiza kuti ali ndi mabomba omwe atsala pambuyo poti Purezidenti Gryzlov ndi General Darzov adawombera mwaluso maziko awo ndikudabwitsa opusa omwe ali pansi," adatero Kundrin. "Kupatula apo, sitikuchita ndi US Air Force - ndi McLanahan, mkulu wankhondo yemwe adapenga mumlengalenga. Mwina waponya kale mivi yake yonse. Onetsani a Syeveers kuti atsegule moto pamalo oyenera, ndipo onetsetsani kuti mukuyang'anitsitsa ndege yomwe ikutsata. Ngati ali ndi oponya mabomba oposa mmodzi, amatsatira njira yapafupi kapena kuwukira kuchokera mbali ina. sindikufuna kuti wina azizembera."
    
  Sokolov anapereka lamulo. "Dongosolo la chibwenzi latsimikizika, bwana, kwatsala masekondi khumi ndi asanu ... dikirani imodzi! Bwana, batire la Zapat likunena kuti chandamale chatsopano chikuyandikira, chokhala ndi ziro ziwiri-zisanu, zoyambira zana, kutalika zana, kuthamanga mazana asanu ndi atatu mphambu makumi asanu ndi awiri ndikuwonjezeka! Sapat inali batire yakumadzulo kwambiri, yomwe ili mamailosi makumi asanu kumadzulo kwa Mashhad.
    
  "Ndinadziwa! Zodziwikiratu, zonse ndi zodziwikiratu, "Kundrin adatero mosangalala. "Zikuwoneka ngati tayika nambala ya batri iyi pamalo abwinonso - kuphimba phiri la Binalud chakumadzulo kwa mzindawu. Ngati ndikukonzekera kuwukira pabwalo la ndege, ndimakumbatira pansi m'mphepete mwa phirilo, kenako ndikuzungulira kumapeto kwa phirilo ndikuponya mizinga momwe ndimayika. Izi ndi zomwe McLanahan adachita - ndipo tinali pamalo oyenera kumupachika! Mabomba ake adzakhala otseguka, ndipo siginecha yake ya radar idzakhala yayikulu! Uzani Zapata kuti amenyane akakonzeka! "
    
  Batire iliyonse inali ndi ma trailer atatu oponya mizinga, olekanitsidwa ndi mailosi angapo koma olumikizidwa kwa wina ndi mnzake ndi ulalo wa data wa microwave, iliyonse itanyamula zida zinayi za 48N6 vertical-launch interceptor zomwe zidakwezedwa kale pamalo otsegulira. Lamulo loti liukire litaperekedwa ndiponso njira yoyenera yomenyera nkhondoyo itakhazikitsidwa-kuchokera pamlingo woyenera-nkhondoyo inangochitika mwangozi. Cholingacho chikafika pamtunda, phokoso la nayitrojeni linatulutsa rocket kuchokera mu chubu choyambitsa mpaka kufika pamtunda wa mamita makumi atatu, ndipo galimoto ya rocket inayaka, ndikufulumizitsa rocket kuti ifike pa liwiro la kilomita imodzi pamphindi zosachepera khumi ndi ziwiri. Patadutsa masekondi atatu, mzinga wachiwiri unaombedwa, kutsimikizira kugonja. Mivi ya S-300 inakwera kufika pamtunda wa mamita zikwi makumi awiri okha, kulunjika kumene kunanenedweratu.
    
  "Status?" Adafunsa choncho mkulu wa asilikali.
    
  "Mabatire akugunda chandamale, mivi inayi ili mumlengalenga," adatero Sokolov. "Zolinga zimangoyenda pang'onopang'ono ndipo zimasokoneza pang'ono. Kukonzekera kotetezedwa. "
    
  "Chomaliza chodzidalira kwambiri," adatero Kundrin. Mulimonse momwe zingakhalire, alibe malo oti azitha kuwongolera. Ndizomvetsa chisoni kuti awa ndi ndege zopanda munthu, eh, captain?"
    
  "Inde, bwana. Ndikuda nkhawa ndi ma T-waves awa kapena chilichonse chomwe akumenya womenya wathu. "
    
  "Tiwona posachedwa, sichoncho?"
    
  "Mivi ikuyenda bwino kwambiri...Zolinga zikuyenda movutirapo pang'ono...Chanelo likusiya kusokoneza, lokhazikika pa...tatu ... ziwiri ... chimodzi ... tsopano."
    
  Panalibe malipoti ena ochokera kwa mkulu wa tactical, zomwe zidasokoneza mkulu wa regimental. "TAO, lipoti!"
    
  "Bwana ... bwana, mivi yonse iwiri ikunena kuti yakhudza pansi!" Adatero Sokolov motsika, mwamanyazi. "Kuphulika koyipa kwa mutu wankhondo. Kuphonya kwathunthu!
    
  "Chotsani mabatire ndikuyambanso!" - Kundrin adafuula. "Kutalikirana ndi mtunda?"
    
  "Kukonza salvo yachiwiri ... Mzinga wachitatu unayambika ... Chombo chachinayi chinayambika," adatero Sokolov. "Kutalikirana ndi cholinga chake ndi ziro zisanu ndi zinayi, mayendedwe ake ndi okhazikika paziro ziwiri eyiti."
    
  "Nanga bwanji batire lachitatu? Status?"
    
  "Batire lachitatu lalowa munkhondo ..." Kenako mawu ake adadulidwa ndikutulutsa mpweya wakuthwa.
    
  Kundrin adalumpha kuchokera pampando wake ndikuyang'ana chiwonetserocho. Zinali zodabwitsa ... "Kodi iwo anaphonya?" - adafuula. "Kugunda kwina pansi?"
    
  "Battery yachitatu ikugwiranso ntchito ... Mzinga wachitatu umatulutsidwa ... missile four..."
    
  "Ndiuzeni mtunda ndi mtunda wa batire lachitatu?"
    
  "Kutalikirana ndi 8-zero, kukhazikika paziro ziwiri ndi zisanu."
    
  "Izi ... izi sizimveka," adatero Kundrin. "Kugwirizana kwa zolinga zonsezi sikunasinthe ngakhale kuti adawukiridwa? Kodi pali cholakwika?"
    
  "Bwana, mivi ya batire yachiwiri ndi yachitatu ya kugunda kwachiwiri ikuwonetsanso kugunda pansi!" Sokolov adati. "Nkhondo zonse zaphonya! Batire yachiwiri imayatsanso. Batire yachitatu-"
    
  "Yankho lake ndi lokha! Mabatire onse ali m'malo!" Kundrin anakuwa. "Letsani kuyatsa basi!"
    
  "Kodi ndibwereze chomaliza, bwana?"
    
  "Ndinati mabatire onse ali ndi chaji, zimitsani kuyatsa kwaotomatiki!" - Kundrin adafuula. "Tili pa Mekon!"
    
  "Kodi ndachenjezedwa? Mukutanthauza kuti mwasokonezeka, bwana?"
    
  "Amawulutsa zowonera paziwonetsero zathu ndikutikakamiza kuwombera mizukwa," adatero Kundrin.
    
  "Koma tili ndi njira zothanirana ndi vutoli, bwana," adatero Sokolov. "Makina athu akugwira ntchito bwino."
    
  "Sitikuvutitsidwa, tsoka," adatero Kundrin. "Chinachake chili mkati mwa dongosolo lathu. Makompyuta athu amaganiza kuti akukonza zolinga zenizeni. "
    
  Lamulo la netiweki lamya linalira; Mkulu wa asilikali yekha ndi amene akanayankha. "Center".
    
  "Uyu ndi Raiette." Anali General Andrei Darzov yekha, akuitana kuchokera ku Moscow. "Tinatengera zidziwitso zanu zobwezera, koma tsopano tikuwona kuti mwaletsa ntchito zonse. Chifukwa chiyani?"
    
  "Bwana, ndikuganiza kuti tikuwongoleredwa - tikuyankha zonyenga zomwe zimapangidwa ndi masensa athu," adatero Kundrin. "Ndaletsa mayankho odziwikiratu mpaka ..."
    
  "Bwana, mabatire awiri a S-300 ndi Thor akulandira malamulo oti achite ndipo akukonzekera kuyambitsa!" - Sokolov anafuula.
    
  "Sindinapereke malamulo otere!" - Kundrin adafuula. "Letsani maoda awa! Mabatire onse ali m'malo!"
    
  "Center, ukutsimikiza kuti awa ndi achinyengo?" - Darzov adafunsa.
    
  "Roketi iliyonse yomwe idayambitsidwa mpaka pano yagunda pansi," adatero Kundrin. "Palibe mayunitsi athu omwe adawonetsa kukhudzana ndi mawonekedwe, ma electro-optical kapena phokoso, ngakhale zomwe zolingazo zili zotsika kwambiri."
    
  "Battery yachiwiri ya S-300 ikuyamba pazifukwa zingapo zomwe zikubwera zothamanga kwambiri!" Sokolov adanena. Anathamanga ndikukankhira mkulu wa zoyankhulana panjira, ndikumumenya ma headphone ake. "Mabatire a Siver ndi Zapat, iyi ndi TAO Center, mabatire ali m'malo, ndikubwereza, mabatire ali m'malo! Musanyalanyaze kuwerenga pakompyuta!" Adalemba mwachangu deti ndi nthawi yotsimikizira - koma pomwe adatero, adawona pomwe oyambitsa S-300 ndi Tor-M1 akuponya mivi. "Magawo onse, iyi ndi TAO Center, siyani kuyambitsa! Ndikubwerezanso, siyani kuyambitsa!
    
  "Imitsani kukhazikitsidwa kwa zida zoyipazi, captain, tsopano!" - Kundrin adafuula. Tsopano zigoli zambiri zidawonekera pachiwonetsero - zidawuluka ndendende mayendedwe, liwiro, kutalika ndi azimuth monga magawo oyamba a chandamale! Posakhalitsa batire yoyamba, kampani ya S-300 pa Reza International Airport, inayamba kuwombera mizinga. "Rayette, iyi ndi Center, tikuwona zomwe adani akuyandikira, koma akuwuluka pa liwiro lomwelo, kutalika komanso njira yofananira ndi adani oyamba! Tikukulimbikitsani kuti muyimitse mayankho onse ndikupita kumayendedwe oyimilira a masensa onse. Ndikukhulupirira kuti tikupusitsidwa."
    
  Panali kaye kaye kwa nthawi yayitali, pomwe maukonde amalamulo adasweka ndikutuluka chifukwa chakusintha njira zosinthira kubisa; ndiye: "Center, iyi ndi Raietka, onjezerani Phanar. Ndikubwereza, timatumiza Phanar. Konzekerani kutsimikizira ntchitoyo. "
    
  "Kodi ndibwereze mfundo yomaliza, Raietka?" - Anafunsa Kundrin. Chifukwa cha Mulungu, mkulu wa regimental anali kulira yekha, ndinangolimbikitsa mnyamatayo kuti titseke chirichonse - tsopano Darzo akufuna kumasula mfuti yaikulu ndi sensa yaikulu yomwe anali nayo! "Kubwereza, Raiette?"
    
  "Ndidati, tsegulani Phanar ndikukonzekera kutsimikizika mukamaliza ntchitoyo," adayankha. Izi zidatsatiridwa ndi nambala yotsimikizira.
    
  "Ndamva, Raietka, ndikusuntha Phanar pamalo owombera, kukonzekera kuti ndiwone ngati kulowa kunkhondo." Darzov ayenera kukhala akugwa mu kukhumudwa, Kundrin anaganiza. Phanar, laser anti-spaceship, mwina unali mwayi wawo womaliza. Zida zankhondo zolimbana ndi ndege zomwe zidabalalika ku Mashhad zinalibe mwayi wotsutsana ndi oponya mabomba othamanga, otsika. Ananyamula telefoni yapaintaneti ya gulu lake: "Security Service, iyi ndi Center, tengani Phanar pamalo owombera ndikudziwitsa ogwira ntchito kuti akonzekere kugunda ndi ndege za adani." Anapatsa mkulu wa chitetezo chizindikiritso kuti asunthire magalimoto.
    
  "Bwana, takwanitsa kuti magawo onse ayankhe kuti achepetse zida," adatero Sokolov. "Tatsala ndi makumi awiri pa zana aliwonse a zida zathu zoyambira."
    
  "Maperesenti makumi awiri!" Tsoka ilo, adataya makumi asanu ndi atatu pa zana pamivi yawo pa mizukwa! "Ayenera kuyambiranso, zikomo!"
    
  "Tsopano tikukonzekera, bwana," adatero Sokolov. "Mayunitsi a Tor-M1 adzakhala okonzeka mkati mwa mphindi khumi ndi zisanu, ndipo mayunitsi a S-300 adzakhala okonzeka pasanathe ola limodzi."
    
  "Pitirizani nazo. Kuukira kwenikweni kungachitike nthawi iliyonse. Ndipo onetsetsani kuti sakuyankhanso zomwe akufuna pokhapokha ngati ali ndi chitsimikizo chamagetsi! " Kundrin adathamangira potuluka, pansi pakhonde, potulukira mwadzidzidzi ndikukwera padenga la nyumba yoyang'anira. Ali kumeneko, pogwiritsa ntchito ma binoculars oonera usiku, ankatha kuona mmene magulu achitetezowo akuyendera.
    
  Magalimoto anayi a Phanar anali akungotuluka kumene anabisala. Anabisidwa mumsewu womwe umayenda pansi pa misewu yowulukira ndege, kulola magalimoto kuyenda kuchokera mbali ina ya bwalo la ndege kupita kwinakwake popanda kuzungulira njanji. Iwo anali kupita kumalo ophunzitsira ozimitsa moto kumpoto kwa misewu, yomwe inali ndi matanki angapo akale opangira mafuta kuti awoneke ngati ndege yomwe ingathe kudzazidwa ndi mafuta a jet ndi kuyatsa moto kuti ayese kuwonongeka kwa ndege. Galimoto yolamula inali mkati moyika mlongoti wamkulu wojambulidwa ndi rada ndi data link mast yomwe ingalole kuti radar ilumikizane ndi netiweki yamoto ya S-300.
    
  Wailesi yotetezedwa ya Kundrin idakhala moyo: "Pakati, iyi ndi Rayetka," Darzov adalankhula. "Status".
    
  "Kutumiza kwa Phanar kuli pachimake, bwana," Kundrin anayankha.
    
  "Center" ndi "DAO," Sokolov kuwulutsa pa wailesi.
    
  "Konzekerani, TAO," adatero Kundrin. "Ndikulankhula ndi Rayetka."
    
  "Kodi akukhazikitsa kumwera chakum'mawa monga momwe zasonyezedwera?" - Darzov adafunsa.
    
  Malo akumwera chakum'mawa? Kum'mwera chakum'mawa kunali malo ochenjeza anthu omenyera nkhondo, koma adagwiritsidwabe ntchito ndi ma helikoputala ankhondo a Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps komanso ngati malo oimikapo magalimoto a Russia. Sanalangizidwe kuti agwiritse ntchito laser polimbana ndi chombo. "Yankho ndilakuti ayi bwana, tikugwiritsa ntchito dera lakumpoto pophunzitsa zozimitsa moto monga mwalangizidwa."
    
  "Ndalandira," adatero Darzov. "Pitirizani."
    
  Patangopita nthawi pang'ono, TAO idatulukira pachitseko kupita pamtengo wowonera padenga. "Imani, bwana!" - adafuula.
    
  "Nchiyani chikuchitika, Sokolov? Ukutani kuno?"
    
  "Kutsimikizika kwa Rayetka - kunali kosavomerezeka!" Sokolov adati. "Lamulo loti atumize Phanar linali losavomerezeka!"
    
  "Chani?" Kuzizira koziziritsa kudadutsa m'mutu mwa Kundrin. Iye ankaganiza kuti popeza munthu wa pawailesiyo ankagwiritsa ntchito nambala yolondola komanso ankagwiritsa ntchito nambala yake yolondola, ndiye kuti iyeyo ndi amene ananena kuti iyeyo ndi ameneyo ndipo anapereka lamulo lovomerezeka - sanadikire kuti aone ngati nambalayo yatsimikiziridwa. ..
    
  . . ndipo anazindikira kuti anali atangouza aliyense amene anali kumbali ina ya njirayo kumene kunali Phanar!"
    
  Anakweza wailesi pamilomo yake mokwiya: "A chitetezo, ndi Center, letsani kutumizidwa, bweretsani magalimotowa kumalo obisalako!" - adafuula. "Ndibwerezanso, atengereni ku-!"
    
  Koma panthawi yomweyo panali kuwala kwa kuwala, ndipo millisecond pambuyo pake kuphulika kogontha modabwitsa, kutsatiridwa ndi zina zingapo motsatizana mofulumira. Kudzidzimutsa koyamba kunagwetsa Kundrin ndi Sokolov kumapazi awo, ndipo adakwawa mosimidwa pomwe mafunde amphamvu a kutentha adawagunda. Iwo sakanatha kuchita kalikonse koma kudzipinda mumipira yotetezera ndi kutseka makutu awo pamene kuphulikako kunkapitirizabe.
    
  Zinkawoneka ngati zinatenga ola limodzi, koma kwenikweni zinali zitatha pasanathe masekondi makumi awiri. Kundrin ndi Sokolov, makutu awo akumveka phokoso logontha, anakwawira kumalo owonongeka a nyumba yoyang'anira ndikuyang'ana kunja kwa njanji za ndege . Dera lonse la kumpoto kwa misewu yowulukira ndegeyo linapsa ndi moto, womwe unali pamalo ophunzitsira anthu ozimitsa moto. Moto wapagululo womwewo-mwachiwonekere wochokera ku mankhwala oyaka ogwiritsidwa ntchito ndi laser-unawoneka wotentha kwambiri kotero kuti unali wa radioactive. Malo oimikapo ndege a Alert kum'mwera chakum'mawa nawonso adagundidwa, ndege iliyonse ndi galimoto zidayaka.
    
  Kenako anawamva, ndipo m"kuwala kowala kwa motowo posakhalitsa anawawonanso, moonekera bwino monga masana: mabomba awiri a ku America a B-1 akuwuluka molunjika munjira. Zikuoneka kuti ankadziwa kuti magulu onse otetezera ndege adalamulidwa kuti azimitsa machitidwe awo osati kutsegula. Yoyamba inakupiza mapiko ake pamene inkauluka kudutsa nyumba ya ofesiyo, ndipo yachiŵiri inaikadi ma ailerons ake, akuuluka zosakwana mamita mazana awiri kuchokera pansi. Atamaliza kawonedwe kawo kakang"ono ka ndege, anayatsa zowotchera zamoto, n"kuwulukira m"mwamba usiku ndipo posakhalitsa sanaonekenso.
    
    
  LAS VEGAS, NEVADA
  NTHAWI YOMWEYO
    
    
  Stacy Ann Barbeau ankakonda makasino, ndipo ankathera nthawi yochuluka m"maderawa m"mphepete mwa Mtsinje wa Mississippi ku Louisiana komanso ku Gulf Coast ku Mississippi yoyandikana nayo. Koma aka kanali koyamba kwa zaka zambiri kupita ku kasino wamkulu ku Las Vegas, ndipo anachita chidwi. Tsopano izi zinali zoposa nyumba zotchova njuga - awa anali malo osangalatsa, kuphulika kwamphamvu osati kokha kwa magetsi, mitundu ndi phokoso, komanso malo okongola, maonekedwe, zomangamanga ndi zojambulajambula zomwe zinali zodabwitsa kwambiri. Nthawi yomaliza yomwe iye anali pano, zokongoletsa zinkawoneka ngati zachabechabe, pafupifupi Disneyesque. Basi. Inalidi Las Vegas yokongola - yonyezimira, yowoneka bwino pang'ono, yaphokoso komanso yopambanitsa, koma yokongola.
    
  "Mukudziwa zomwe ndimakonda kwambiri malowa, wokondedwa - simungakhale osadziwika, ngakhale mutavala choncho," Barbeau adauza wothandizira wake Colleen Morna pamene amatuluka m'makwere ahotelo kudutsa mumsewu wawukulu, wosesa ndikuyenda panjira yofiyira yapamwamba . kapeti wa kasino wamkulu kwambiri waku Italy waku Las Vegas Strip. Anali atavala diresi ya silver, ndolo za diamondi ndi mkanda, ndipo atanyamula mink, koma osati kuyang'ana kawirikawiri ndi kuyamikira, ankadzimva ngati kuti anali mbali ina ya malo. "Ndiye 'Playgirl' ali kuti?"
    
  "Chipinda chachinsinsi chakumbuyo," adatero Morna. Anatulutsa zomwe zinkawoneka ngati brooch yayikulu, yokutidwa ndi ruby, ndikuyika pa diresi ya Barbeau. "Ndizo zonse zomwe muyenera kulowa."
    
  "Ndizonyansa. Kodi ndiyenera kuvala izi?"
    
  "Inde. Ichi ndi chizindikiritso ndi kutsatira transponder - RFID, kapena tag yozindikiritsa ma radio frequency," adatero Morna. "Akhala akutiyang"ana kuyambira pamene ndinamunyamula theka la ola lapitalo pamene mumavala. Amayang'anira mayendedwe anu onse; amatumiza zidziwitso kwa onse osunga ndalama, ogulitsa, mameneja, chitetezo, ogwira ntchito ku hotelo komanso makina olowetsa za omwe inu muli, zomwe mukusewera kapena kuchita, ndi - zomwe ndikutsimikiza kuti ndizofunikira kwambiri kwa iwo - ndalama zingati. zatsala mu akaunti yanu. Ogwira ntchito zachitetezo amakuyang'anirani pogwiritsa ntchito makamera awo ndikufanizira mafotokozedwe anu ndi nkhokwe yawo kuti azikuyang'anirani mukakhala pamalopo. Ndikuganiza kuti mutakhota molakwika kangapo kapena kuwiri kulikonse mozungulira malowa, angatumize anyamata angapo kuchokera kubizinesi yakuhotela kuti akakulozereni njira yoyenera."
    
  "Ndimakonda kamvekedwe kake, anyamata ochereza," anatero Barbeau.
    
  "Chabwino, sungani izi chifukwa ndi kiyi yakuchipinda chanu, mwayi wopeza ngongole yanu, kirediti kadi yanu ndi tikiti yolowera kumawonetsero onse ndi malo ochezera a VIP - komanso, simuyenera kudziwa chilichonse chifukwa anyamatawa adzakutsatani. kulikonse kumene mukufuna kupita. Kulikonse."
    
  "Koma sakudziwa kuti ndine ndani, sichoncho?"
    
  "Ndingaganize kuti akudziwa bwino lomwe, Senator," adatero Morna, "koma iyi ndi Vegas, ndiwe yemwe mukufuna kukhala. Usikuuno ndinu a Robin Gilliam ochokera ku Montgomery, pazamafoni ndi kupanga mafuta, okwatiwa koma pano okha. "
    
  "O, kodi ndiyenera kukhala wochokera ku Alabama?" - anafunsa modekha. Morna adaponya maso ake. "Zilibe kanthu. Ndiye ndidalowa bwanji mchipinda chosungiramo zachinsinsi ngati sindine yemwe ndimati ndine?"
    
  "Mzere wamadola zikwi makumi asanu ndi njira yabwino yoyambira," adatero Morna.
    
  "Kodi mudagwiritsa ntchito manambala olipira ochokera ku White House paulendowu kuti mupeze ngongole ku kasino? Mtsikana wanzeru."
    
  "Izi ndizotitulutsa pakhomo, Senator - musagwiritse ntchito izi kapena Sergeant at Arms adzakupachikani," adatero Morna.
    
  "O, kugehena naye - ndi wokalamba," adatero Barbeau.
    
  Morna adaponya maso ake, mwakachetechete akuyembekeza kuti akuseka. Ntchito ku Washington inatha nthawi zambiri. "Zonse zakonzeka. Oyang'anira ndi otchera khutu monga momwe amachitira mwanzeru. Adzakusamalirani bwino. Ndidzakhala m"chipinda choyandikana ndi chanu ngati mungandifune, ndipo ndili ndi munthu wogwira ntchito m"kasino wogulidwa ndi wolipidwa amene nthawi zonse amandiuza kumene muli."
    
  "Zikomo, koma sindikuganiza kuti ndifunikira mapiko lero, wokondedwa," adatero Barbeau m'mawu ake akupha. "Kaputeni Hunter 'Boomer' Noble atsika mosavuta ngati kugwira nsomba yam'madzi mumgolo."
    
  "Mukukonzekera kuchita chiyani, Senator?"
    
  "Ndikukonzekera kusonyeza Captain Noble njira yabwino yopitira patsogolo ku United States Air Force, yomwe ili yosavuta: musamatsutse Senator wa United States," adatero molimba mtima. Anatulutsa pachifuwa chake ndikusuntha dzenjelo kumbali. Ndimusonyeza ubwino wondisangalatsa m'malo monditsutsa. Kodi mukutsimikiza kuti ali pano?
    
  "Analembetsa dzulo usiku ndikusewera poker tsiku lonse," adatero Morna. "Iyenso akuchita bwino - wakwera pang'ono."
    
  "O, ndiwonetsetsa kuti adzuka, zonse zikhala bwino," adatero Barbeau. "Ndikhulupirire".
    
  "Ndikudziwa komwe nyumba yake ili - ndi kumusi komwe ndi kwathu - ndipo akakutengerani kumeneko, chibwenzi changa chidzandiuza," adatero Morna.
    
  "Kodi anali ndi akazi ena?"
    
  "Ndi anthu ochepa okha omwe adayima pafupi ndi tebulo mwachidule - sanaitanire aliyense wa iwo kuchipinda chake."
    
  "Tiziwona izi, sichoncho?" Barbeau anatero. "Usandidikire, sweetie."
    
  Monga Colleen adanena, ogwira ntchito pa kasino adadziwa kuti akubwera osanena chilichonse. Pamene Barbeau amachoka pabwalo lalikulu la kasino ndikupita ku khomo lokongola la golide lolowera mchipinda chochezera, bambo wina atavala tuxedo wokhala ndi cholumikizira m'khutu m'khutu limodzi adamwetulira, ndikugwedeza mutu ndikuti, "Takulandilani, Mayi Gilliam," akudutsa. .
    
  Atafika pakhomo, analandilidwa ndi mwamuna wamtali, wooneka bwino, atavala tuxedo komanso mkazi wovala chovala cha tuxedo ndi siketi atanyamula tray ya zakumwa. "Mwalandiridwa Abiti Gilliam," mwamunayo anatero. "Dzina langa ndine Martin, ndipo uyu ndi Jesse, yemwe azikuperekeza madzulo onse."
    
  "Chabwino, zikomo, Martin," adatero Barbeau m'mawu ake abwino akumwera. "Ndachita chidwi kwambiri ndi chidwi chodabwitsachi."
    
  "Cholinga chathu ndikukuthandizani mwanjira iliyonse kuti mukhale ndi usiku wabwino kwambiri ngati mlendo wa hotelo," adatero Martin. "Mwambi wathu ndi 'Chilichonse Chimene Mukufuna' ndipo ndidzakhala pano kuti ndiwonetsetse kuti zofuna zanu zonse zachitika usikuuno." Woperekera zakudyayo adamupatsa galasi. "Chitonthozo chakumwera ndi laimu, ndikuganiza?"
    
  "Chabwino, Martin. Zikomo, Jesse. "
    
  "Ntchito yanga ndiyo kukupangitsani kukhala omasuka, kusungitsa chakudya chamadzulo chilichonse kapena kusonyeza chimene mungakonde, kukupezerani mpando patebulo lililonse lamasewera limene mungakonde, ndi kukudziwitsani pamene muli m"chipinda chaumwini. Ngati pali chilichonse chomwe mungafune - chilichonse - chonde musazengereze kuuza Jesse kapena ine."
    
  "Zikomo, Martin," Barbeau anatero, "koma ine ndikuganiza ndikanafuna basi...inu mukudziwa, kuyendayenda pang"ono kuti ndimvetse. Zonse zili bwino, sichoncho?
    
  "Ndithudi. Nthawi zonse mukafuna chilichonse, ingolumikizanani nafe. Simuyenera kutifunafuna - tidzakusamalirani.
    
  Kumeneko kunali kumverera kotetezeka kwambiri, Barbeau anaganiza, podziwa kuti amamuyang'anitsitsa sekondi iliyonse. Anatenga chakumwa chake nayamba kuyendayenda mchipindamo. Zinali zokongola komanso zokongoletsedwa popanda kukhala pamwamba-pamwamba; panali utsi wochepa chabe wa utsi wa ndudu, osati woipa kwambiri, pafupifupi wosangalatsa ndi wolimbikitsa. M'chipinda cham'mbuyomo, zowonera zazikulu zowoneka bwino zokhala ndi gulu lathyathyathya zinali kuwonetsa masewera angapo amasewera ndi azimayi omwe samawonekeratu ngati okwatirana atapachikidwa pamapewa a owonera, amuna ndi akazi.
    
  Zomwe zimachitika kumaloku Stacy ankaganiza uku akumwetsa chakumwa chake ndithu chikhalabe pamalopa.
    
  Atatha kusaka pang'ono, adamupeza patebulo lakumbuyo kwake: Hunter Noble, atavala T-sheti ndi jeans, ndi unyolo umodzi wagolide pakhosi pake, chibangili chachitsulo cha POW chachikale padzanja limodzi, ndi lamba lakuda la nayiloni la velcro padzanja lina lokhala ndi chotchinga chotchinga chotchinga wotchi. Panali mulu waukulu wa tchipisi patsogolo pake, ndipo panali osewera awiri okha ndi wogulitsa patebulo naye - ndipo osewera ena amawoneka akuda nkhawa, milu yawo ya tchipisi inali yotsika kwambiri kuposa yake, ngati kuti akhumudwitsidwa. kuti anamenyedwa ndi punk wamng"ono ameneyu . Mmodzi wa osewera ena anali ndi ndudu mu phulusa pafupi naye; Noble analinso ndi chotengera cha phulusa pafupi ndi iye, koma chinali choyera komanso chopanda kanthu.
    
  Tsopano popeza anamuona "kumudzi kwawo," anasangalala ndi zimene anaona. Iye anali mtanda wabwino kwambiri pakati pa wowonda ndi minofu - thupi lopangidwa mwachibadwa lopanda kufunikira konyamula katundu wambiri, mosiyana ndi minofu ya McLanahan. Tsitsi lake linadulidwa lalifupi ndi kukonzedwa mwachibadwa, popanda kufunikira kulijambula ndi mousse, zomwe zinayenera kukhala chinthu chopanda mwamuna chomwe Stacy adachiwonapo m'moyo wake. Kuyenda kwake kunali kwapang'onopang'ono komanso kosavuta, ngakhale adawona kuyang'ana kwake mwachangu pomwe makhadi ndi tchipisi zidayamba kuwuluka patebulo patsogolo pake. Ndithudi sanaphonye zambiri...
    
  ... ndipo panthawiyo maso ake adakhazikika pa iye ... Ndipo sanaphonye kalikonse. Anamwetulira kumwetulira kwaunyamata koyipako, ndipo m'maso mwake munali kuthwanima, ndipo nthawi yomweyo adamva ngati akuvulanso - ndiye, mwachangu, chidwi chake chinabwereranso pamasewerawo.
    
  Posakhalitsa, Barbeau adawona Martin akuyang'ana gululo akuwerengera zopambana za Noble. Anamuona akumufunsa funso Martin, wopereka nkhaniyo adayankha, posakhalitsa adayandikira patebulo lake momasuka ndi chakumwa komanso ndudu m'manja mwake. "Pepani, Abiti Gilliam," adatero, akulankhula mwamwambo, koma ndikumwetulira koyipa komweko, "koma ndidakhala ndi ufulu wakufunsa Martin kuti ndiwe ndani ndikuganiza kuti ndidzidziwitse ndekha. Dzina langa ndine Hunter Noble. Ndikukhulupirira kuti sindinakusokonezeni."
    
  Barbeau adamwa chakumwa chake, koma adamuyang'ana pamphepete mwa galasi, ndikumupangitsa kuti adikire pomwe amamuyesa. Anangoima kutsogolo kwake moleza mtima n"kumwetulira ngati mnyamata, ataima momasuka komanso mwachipongwe, ngati kuti sakukayikira zoti amuitana kuti akhale pansi. Chabwino, adaganiza, mnyamatayo amakhala ndi ndege zowuluka za hypersonic - mkazi wamba sangamuwopsyeze. "Ayi, Bambo Noble. Kodi mungakhale pansi?" Barbeau adayankha momwemo, akusangalala kusewera pokhala alendo.
    
  "Zikomo, ndingakonde." Anakhala pampando wapafupi ndi iye, nakhazika chakumwa chake, kenako adatsamira kwa iye. "Senator Barbeau? Ndi iweyo?"
    
  "Captain Hunter 'Boomer' Noble," adatero poyankha. "Ndakondwa kukumana nanu pano, bwana."
    
  "Palibe chapadera, Senator. Wandilondola kuno?"
    
  "Sindikumvetsa zomwe mukutanthauza, kaputeni," adatero Barbeau. "Zinangochitika kuti wothandizira woyang'anira hoteloyo ndi mnzanga, ndipo adandiitanira kuchipinda chodabwitsachi cha VIP nditafika mtawuni." Anamuyang'ananso mmwamba ndi pansi. "Tag yanu ya RFID ili kuti, captain?"
    
  "Sindivala zinthu zimenezi-ndimakonda kupereka ndalama, ndipo ndimatha kutsegula chitseko cha chipinda changa ndekha popanda Big Brother."
    
  "Ndikuganiza kuti n"zoseketsa kukhala maso nthawi zonse. Zimenezi zimandipangitsa kumva kuti ndine wotetezeka."
    
  "Mutopa nazo izi," iye anatero mwachisoni. "Mwabwera kudzatseka Dreamland, sichoncho, Senator?"
    
  "Ndabwera kudzalankhula ndi a SEALs omwe anayesa kuwukira malo ano, lankhulani ndi General Luger za zomwe adachita ndikuwuza Purezidenti," adayankha.
    
  "Ndiye n"chifukwa chiyani uli pano? Mukundizonda?"
    
  "Chabwino, Captain Noble, ukumveka ngati munthu yemwe ali ndi chobisala," adatero Barbeau. "Koma ndikudabwa kwambiri kupeza kaputeni wachinyamata wa Air Force yemwe amapanga ndalama zosakwana madola zikwi makumi asanu ndi awiri pachaka msonkho usanaperekedwe pano m'chipinda cha masewera a VIP momwe mtengo wolowera nthawi zambiri umakhala mzere wa ngongole wa madola zikwi makumi asanu, ndi ngongole yotereyi. mulu waukulu wa chips patsogolo pake. "
    
  "Kusewera poker ndalama sikutsutsana ndi malamulo a Air Force, Senator. Palibe amene amawononga gawo lalikulu la malipiro a bachelor anga kupita kunyumba posewera makhadi. Kodi mukufufuza za anyamata omwe amawononga ndalama zochuluka chonchi pagalimoto kapena makamera?"
    
  "Sindikudziwa aliyense yemwe adayimitsidwa ndi olemba mabuku kapena obwereketsa ngongole chifukwa adagula zida zama kamera," adatero Barbeau. "Kukhala wokonda kutchova juga kumawoneka... Kuti munthu amene ali ndi ntchito yovuta ngati yanuyo, akhale wokonda kutchova njuga woteroyo-kapena mwinanso chidakwa cha juga? "Izi zitha kuwoneka zokayikitsa kwambiri kwa ena."
    
  "Sindimakonda kutchova njuga," anatero Boomer modziteteza. Maso a senema adanyezimira - adadziwa kuti wachita mantha. "Koma bwanji izi, senator? Chifukwa chiyani kampeni yowononga pulogalamuyi? Mukulimbana ndi Black Stallion ndi malo okwerera mlengalenga, zabwino. N"chifukwa chiyani timadzitengera kutsutsa ndale?"
    
  "Sindikutsutsana ndi projekiti ya XR-A9, kaputeni," adatero Barbeau, akumwa chakumwa chake. "Ndikuganiza kuti ndiukadaulo wodabwitsa. Koma malowa ali ndi otsutsa amphamvu kwambiri."
    
  "Monga Gardner."
    
  "Pali otsutsa ambiri," adatero Barbeau. "Koma matekinoloje ena omwe mumagwiritsa ntchito amandisangalatsa kwambiri, kuphatikiza Black Stallion."
    
  "Osanenapo, adapeza mfundo zingapo ndi anthu aku White House komanso makontrakitala ambiri achitetezo."
    
  "Osayesa kuchita nawo ndale, kaputeni - banja langa lidayambitsa masewerawa, ndipo ndidaphunzira kuchokera kwa opambana," adatero Barbeau.
    
  "Ndikuwona. Ndinu wofunitsitsa kuwononga ntchito ya usilikali kuti mupindule pazandale."
    
  "Mukutanthauza General McLanahan? Chitsanzo chabwino cha munthu wanzeru, wothamangitsidwa akulowa m'madzi andale omwe sakanatha kuwamvetsetsa, "adatero mozemba, akumwetuliranso. Pomalizira pake anayamba kukhala womasuka, womizidwa m'malo omwe anali omasuka kwambiri ... koma osati omasuka: momwe anali kulamulira. McLanahan adadziwononga yekha, ndipo popeza Hunter Noble amamukonda, adagwa pambuyo pake.
    
  Captain Hunter Noble anali wokongola, ndipo mwachiwonekere wanzeru komanso waluso, koma iyi inali bizinesi, ndipo akanakhala m'modzi mwa omwe adazunzidwa ... atatha kusangalala naye pang'ono!
    
  "Akhala bwino, bola angobwerera m'mbuyo ndikundilola kuti ndiuze White House zomwe zili zabwino kwa Air Force," Barbeau adapitilizabe. "McLanahan ndi ngwazi yankhondo, chifukwa cha Mulungu, aliyense amadziwa zimenezo. Ndi anthu ochepa chabe amene amadziwa zimene zinachitika ku Dreamland ndi ku Turkey." Anagwira zala zake, akugwedeza dzanja lake. "Ikhoza kuseseredwa pansi pa chiguduli chonchi. Ndi chithandizo changa komanso mgwirizano wake waukulu, atha kuthawa kukhoti lalikulu lankhondo komanso kutaya ndalama zake zapenshoni. Koma akatero akhoza kupitiriza ndi moyo wake."
    
  "Kupanda kutero, mumulola kuti avulire kundende."
    
  Stacy Ann Barbeau adatsamira patsogolo, ndikumuyang'ana bwino mabere ake pansi pa khosi lasiliva. "Sindinabwere kudzachititsa aliyense kukhala wosasangalala, kaputeni, makamaka kwa nonsenu," iye anatero. "Chowonadi ndi chakuti, ndikufuna thandizo lanu."
    
  "Thandizo langa?"
    
  "Pafupi ndi McLanahan, ndinu munthu wamphamvu kwambiri wokhudzana ndi ntchitoyi," adatero. "General watha ngati zomwe adachita ku Dreamland ndi Turkey zatuluka. Sindikuganiza kuti angagwirizane nane. Zimakusiyani."
    
  "Ichi ndi chiyani, chiwopsezo? Kodi inunso mufuna kundiwononga?"
    
  "Sindikufuna kukuukirani, kaputeni," anatero motsitsa mawu. Anamuyang'ana molunjika m'maso. "Kunena zoona, wandikopa kwambiri." Anawona kudabwa pankhope yake ndipo adazindikira kuti anali naye ndi mipira. "Ndakhala ndikukopeka nanu kuyambira nthawi yoyamba imene ndinakuonani mu Oval Office, ndipo pamene ndinakuonani pano, mukundiyang"ana ngati-"
    
  "Sindinali kuyang"ana pa iwe," iye anatero modzichinjiriza, osati mokhutiritsa kwenikweni.
    
  "O, iwe unali, Hunter. Ndinazimva. Inunso mwachita." Adameza koma osanena kalikonse. "Zomwe ndikuyesera kunena, Hunter, ndikuti nditha kutengera ntchito yanu mwanjira ina ngati mutandilola. Chomwe uyenera kuchita ndikulola ndikuwonetse zomwe ndingakuchitire."
    
  "Ntchito yanga ndi yabwino kwambiri."
    
  "Mu Air Force? Ndi zabwino kwa eggheads ndi Neanderthals, koma osati kwa inu. Ndiwe wanzeru, koma ndiwe wanzeru komanso wolamulira. Awa ndi makhalidwe apadera. M'gulu lankhondo, adzathedwa nzeru ndi ziwonetsero zakale zakusukulu komanso utsogoleri wopanda malire - osatchulanso kuthekera kwa kufa pankhondo kapena mumlengalenga woyendetsa ndege yomangidwa pamtengo wotsika kwambiri.
    
  "Ndikukupemphani kuti mutuluke mu moyo wa gehena wotchedwa ranching, Hunter," Barbeau anapitiriza ndi mawu apansi, akuyika moona mtima momwe angathere. "Kodi mukuganiza kuti amuna ndi akazi ena akukwera bwanji pamwamba pa Pentagon ndikusintha tsogolo lawo?"
    
  "Jenerali adachita izi modzipereka ku mishoni komanso anzake."
    
  "McLanahan adachita ngati mnyamata wakukwapula Kevin Martindale," adatero Barbeau mwamphamvu. "Akadamwalira pa ntchito iliyonse yomwe adamutumiza, Martindale akanangopeza loboti ina yopanda nzeru kuti ayambitse. Kodi izi ndi zomwe mukufuna? Kodi mukungofuna kukhala mwanawankhosa wansembe wa McLanahan?" Apanso, Boomer sanayankhe-anawona mawilo achikaikiro akuzungulira mutu wake. "Ndiye ndani akukuyang'anira iwe, Hunter? McLanahan sangakhoze kuchita. Ngakhale atapanda kupita kundende, mbiri yake iphatikiza kuweruzidwa ndi boma komanso kutulutsidwa kocheperako. Nanunso mudzafota pamenepo ngati mutatsatira mwachimbulimbuli ngati McLanahan. "
    
  Sananene, koma adadziwa zomwe amadzifunsa kuti: Kodi ndingachoke bwanji mu izi? Anali atayikidwa m'manja mwake, okonzekera sitepe yotsatira. "Tiye nane, Hunter," adatero. "Ndikuwonetsani momwe mungakwerere pamwamba pa dambo lomwe McLanahan wakukokeramo. Ndikuwonetsani dziko lenileni, lopitilira ndege zam'mlengalenga ndi mautumiki odabwitsa. Ndi chithandizo changa, mutha kulamulira dziko lenileni. Ndiloleni ndikusonyezeni njira."
    
  "Ndiye ndiyenera kuchita chiyani?"
    
  Anayang"ana m"maso mwake mozama, n"kupuma mozama, kenako n"kuyika dzanja lake pantchafu yake yakumanzere. "Ingondikhulupirirani," iye anatero. "Dziike mmanja mwanga. Chitani zomwe ndikuuzeni ndipo ndikutengerani malo, ndikudziwitseni kwa anthu amphamvu kwambiri omwe akufuna kumva zomwe mukunena, ndikuwongolerani m'makonde enieni amphamvu. Izi ndi zomwe mukufuna, sichoncho? Iye anamva ntchafu zolimba zija zikugunda ndi kukhudza kwake ndipo sanathe kudikira kuti miyendo yayitali ija imukwere. Iye ankangopuma pang'onopang'ono ngati wothamanga wa mpikisano wothamanga. "Pitani".
    
  Anaimirira ndipo mayiyo anamwetulira n"kugwira dzanja lake n"kumuthandiza kuti aimirire. Iye ndi wanga, iye ankaganiza^Wanga.
    
  Anachita chizungulire pang'ono pamene adadzuka - galasi limodzi la whisky atasala kudya kwa theka la tsiku pokonzekera ulendowu adamumaliza. Atatha kuchita ndi Hunter Noble, adalumbira kuti adzichitira yekha ndi Colleen chakudya chamadzulo m'chipinda chake ndikuwotcha kuti apambane. Choyamba Gardner, kenako McLanahan, ndipo tsopano wankhondo wankhondo wothamanga ali ndi thupi lolimba.
    
  "Kodi ndingakuthandizireni chilichonse, Abiti Gilliam?" - Jessie, woperekera zakudyayo, adamufunsa, akuwoneka ngati akutuluka. Iye anatambasula dzanja lake ngati kuti amuthandize kuimirira.
    
  "Ayi zikomo, Jesse, ndili bwino," adatero Barbeau. Anangoona Martin akuyenda ndikuwoneka ngati akumugwira Noble yemwe amamutsatira mosamala koma adakweza dzanja lake. "Ine ndi Bambo Noble tikupita kokayenda limodzi," iye anatero. "Zikomo, Martin."
    
  "Ngati mukufuna chilichonse, Abiti Gilliam, ingotengani foni kapena chizindikiro ndipo tikhala komweko," adatero Martin.
    
  "Zikomo kwambiri. Ndili ndi nthawi yabwino," adatero Barbeau mokondwera. Anamupatsa ndalama zokwana madola makumi asanu, kenako analunjika pakhomo. Mlenje anamtsegulira chitseko; Martin adamulanda chitseko ndipo adamuwona akumuchenjeza Noble... ndipo nayenso sanamuuze. Chabwino, iye anaganiza, mwina mbiri ya Playgirl inali yoipitsidwa pang'ono apa.
    
  Anayenda limodzi osayankhulana mpaka anakafika pa elevator, kenako anamugwira mchiuno choonda n"kumukokera pafupi n"kumupsompsona kwambiri. "Ndafuna kuchita zimenezi kuyambira nthaŵi yoyamba imene ndinakuona," anatero, akumukumbatira mwamphamvu. Ananong'oneza kenakake, koma nyimbo za mu elevator zimawoneka ngati zaphokoso kwambiri ndipo samamumva.
    
  Iwo anakumana pansi pawo ndi wantchito pansi. "Takulandirani, Bambo Noble, Mayi Gilliam," iye anatero mwachimwemwe, mwachionekere atachenjezedwa za kubwera kwawo ndi chitetezo chopezeka nthaŵi zonse cha hoteloyo. "Kodi pali chilichonse chimene ndingakuchitire usikuuno? Chilichonse?"
    
  "Ayi, ndinadzisamalira ndekha," Barbeau anadzimva akunena, akufika pakati pa miyendo yake ndikumusisita. "Koma ngati mungafune kudzabwera nafe pakapita nthawi, wokondedwa, zingakhale zabwino, zabwino kwambiri." Kenako anadzimva akuseka. Kodi ankangoseka? Chitonthozo chakummwera chimenechi chinamukhudza kwambiri kuposa mmene ankaganizira. Osachita phwando pamimba yopanda kanthu, adadzikumbutsa.
    
  Pamene amadutsa kuchipinda kwa Colleen, ananamizira kuti wapunthwa pang'ono ndikugogoda pachitseko chake, kungomudziwitsa kuti akubwerera, ndipo ali pakhomo la chipindacho. "Iwe ungomasuka ndipo undilole ndiyendetse galimoto pakadali pano, mwana wamkulu," iye anatero, akuyamba kutulutsa malaya ake mu buluku asanatsegule n"komwe chitseko. "Ndikuwonetsani momwe timakondera kusangalala m'mphepete mwa mtsinje."
    
    
  KUKHALA KWABWINO KWA PRESIDENT, BOLTINO, RUSSIA
  PATAPITA MAola Ochepa
    
    
  "Bwanji sunayankhe mafoni anga, Gardner?" Purezidenti Leonid Zevitin adagunda. "Ndakhala ndikuyesera kwa maola ambiri tsopano."
    
  "Ndili ndi mavuto anga, Leonidas," anatero Purezidenti Joseph Gardner. "Monga kuti sunazindikire, ndiyenera kuthana ndi chipolowe apa."
    
  "Gardner, McLanahan adaphulitsa Mashhad, Iran!" Zevitin analira. "Anawononga zoyendera zingapo za ku Russia ndi kupha mazana a amuna ndi akazi! Munati adzatengedwa mokakamiza! Chifukwa chiyani sunachite nayebe?"
    
  "Ndinadziwitsidwa za kuwukirako," adatero Gardner. "Ndinauzidwanso za cholinga - laser anti-space, yomwe imayenera kugwiritsidwa ntchito kugwetsa imodzi mwa ndege zathu. Simukudziwa kalikonse za izi, sichoncho, Leonid? Kodi ogwira ntchito onsewa ndi magalimoto aku Russia anali kuchita chiyani ku Mashhad?"
    
  "Osasintha nkhani!" - Zevitin adafuula. "A Duma akukumana posachedwa, ndipo alimbikitsa kusintha kosatha kwa gulu lankhondo, kuphatikiza kuyitanira malo osungirako okonzeka, kulimbikitsa magulu ankhondo apansi panthaka ndi asitikali apamlengalenga, ndikubalalitsa zida zoponya zam'manja ndi zankhondo zam'madzi. Kodi iyi inali dongosolo lanu nthawi yonseyi, Gardner, kuti McLanahan achite zinthu ngati wamisala, kuukira zida padziko lonse lapansi ndikutikakamiza kuchita ngati tikufuna kumenya nkhondo yapadziko lonse lapansi? Chifukwa ndi mmene zimamvekera!"
    
  "Mukuganiza kuti ndili pagulu ndi McLanahan? Munthu uyu ndi wamisala! Alibe mphamvu! Anaukira gulu lankhondo la ku America, kulanda gulu lankhondo lobisika kwambiri, ndikuba ndege zingapo zapamwamba komanso zida. Palibe amene amalankhula naye pafupifupi theka la tsiku - tikuganiza kuti mwina adadzipha pamalo okwerera mlengalenga. "
    
  Zevitin anaganiza kuti iyi inali nkhani yabwino kwambiri yomwe anamva kwa nthawi yaitali. "Palibe amene angakhulupirire izi," adatero Gardner. "Uyenera kundipatsa chonena kwa nduna yanga ndi atsogoleri aku Duma, Joe, kapena izi zitha kuchoka m'manja. Adachita bwanji chiwembucho pa Mashhad, Joe?"
    
  "Ndicho chomwe amachitcha kuti kusagwirizana, Leonidas," adatero Gardner. Maso a Zevitin adatuluka modabwa - Purezidenti waku America adamuuzadi! "Ndege zina za McLanahan ndi zamlengalenga zili ndi kachipangizo komwe sizimangophatikiza ma radar ndi maulumikizidwe, komanso kubaya ma code abodza ndi ma siginecha m'gulu la adani. Atha kukonzanso, kuletsa kapena kuwongolera makompyuta, kulowa pamanetiweki, kuyambitsa ma virus, chinyengo chonsecho. "
    
  "Izi ndi zodabwitsa!" - Zevitin adafuula. Inde, ndizodabwitsa kuti mukundiuza zonsezi! "Kodi umu ndi momwe mabomba adawulukira pa Mashhad?"
    
  "Anakakamiza chitetezo chamlengalenga kuzungulira mzindawo kuti achitepo kanthu," adatero Gardner. "Anyamata oteteza ndege mwachiwonekere adazimitsa zida zawo kuti asawombere zomwe kunalibe, zomwe zidapangitsa kuti oponya mabombawo alowe mozemba. McLanahan adaberanso mawayilesi awo obisika ndikuwapatsa malamulo abodza, zomwe zidapangitsa kuti oponya mabombawo azindikire kuyika kwa laser ndikuwuukira. "
    
  "Ngati zonsezi ndi zoona, Joe, ndiye kuti tiyenera kupanga mgwirizano kuti tigawane ukadaulo uwu," adatero Zevitin, "kapena kulonjeza kuti sitidzagwiritsa ntchito pokhapokha pankhondo yolengezedwa. Kodi mungaganizire ngati teknolojiyi idagwera m'manja olakwika? Izi zitha kuwononga chuma chathu! Titha kubwezeredwa ku Stone Age posachedwa! "
    
  "Onse anali a McLanahan ku Dreamland omwe adabwera ndi izi," adatero Gardner. "Nditseka Dreamland ndikumuwombera McLanahan. Ndikuganiza kuti adachoka pamalo okwerera mlengalenga ndikubwerera ku Dreamland. Kwa nthawi yaitali sanamvere malamulo anga ndi kuchita zimene akufuna. Ndili ndi mnzanga, senate wamphamvu, yemwe angayese kuwulula McLanahan, ndipo akatero, ndidzakankhira bulu wake kukhoma. "
    
  "Kodi senator ndi ndani, Joe?"
    
  "Sindinakonzekere kuulula dzina."
    
  "Izi zipereka umboni ku mikangano yanga pamaso pa a Duma, Joe."
    
  Panali kupuma pang'ono; ndiye: "Seneta Stacy Ann Barbeau, Mtsogoleri Wambiri. Adapita ku Dreamland kukayesa kukumana ndi McLanahan kapena Luger kuyesa kuthetsa vutoli. "
    
  Kodi Mtsogoleri wa Senate Majority akumuzonda? Sizikanakhala bwinoko. Malingaliro a Zevitin adathamangira kutsogolo. Kodi angayerekeze kunena kuti ...? "Sukufuna kuchita zimenezi, Joe," iye anatero mosamalitsa. "Simukufuna kudziwonetsera nokha kapena Barbeau. McLanahan ndi munthu wotchuka kwambiri m'dziko lanu, sichoncho? "
    
  "Inde, mwatsoka ndi."
    
  "Ndiye ndiloleni ndikuuzeni lingaliro ili, Joe: pa Black Sea ndi Iran, tikuchitireni izi."
    
  "Chani?" - Ndidafunsa.
    
  "Munatiuza kumene oponya mabombawa adzakhala ndi liti, ndipo tinawasamalira chifukwa cha inu; munatiuza za ndege ya m"mlengalenga n"kuzibweretsa pamalo amene tingamenye-"
    
  "Chani? Munatani ndi ndege ya m"mlengalenga...?"
    
  "Bweretsani McLanahan kumadzi oyera," Zevitin anapitiriza, pafupifupi kutsamwitsidwa. "Lolani Senator Barbeau atiuze komwe ali. Nditumiza gulu kuti limulange."
    
  "Mukutanthauza, gulu lankhondo laku Russia?"
    
  "Simukufuna magazi a McLanahan m'manja mwako, Joe," adatero Zevitin. "Mukufuna kumuchotsa chifukwa sakusokonezani - ali pachiwopsezo padziko lonse lapansi. Ayenera kuyimitsidwa. Ngati muli ndi wina mkati mwake, mufunseni kuti alankhule nafe. Tiuzeni kumene iye ali. Tichita zotsalazo ndipo simuyenera kudziwa chilichonse.
    
  "Sindikudziwa ngati ndingathe kuchita izi ..."
    
  "Ngati mumaganizira mozama za kumupha iye mwini, ndiye kuti mukutsimikiza za chiwopsezo chomwe amadzetsa osati ku mtendere wapadziko lonse, komanso chitetezo komanso kukhalapo kwa United States of America. Munthu uyu ndi wowopsa mu mawonekedwe ake oyera. Iye ndi galu wakuthengo amene akufunika kuikidwa pansi."
    
  "Ndi zomwe ndinanena, Leonid!" Gardner anatero. "McLanahan sanangowoloka malire, koma ndikuganiza kuti adakhala wosalamulirika! Adasokoneza anthu ake kuti aukire asitikali aku America ... kapena mwina adagwiritsa ntchito chinyengo cha "netrusion" kuti awasokoneze. Ayenera kuimitsidwa asanawononge dziko lonselo!"
    
  "Ndiye tikugwirizana, Joe," adatero Zevitin. "Ndikupatsani nambala yoti muyimbireni, kukhazikitsanso kotetezeka komanso mwanzeru, kapena mutha kulembetsa uthenga kudzera pa 'hotline'. Simuyenera kuchita china chilichonse kupatula kutiuza komwe kuli. Simufunikanso kudziwa kalikonse. Izi zidzatsutsidwa kotheratu."
    
  Panali kupuma kwa nthawi yayitali pamzere; ndiye: "Chabwino, Leonid. Tsimikizirani anthu anu kuti America sakufuna nkhondo ndipo alibe malingaliro otsutsana ndi Russia, ndipo tigwira ntchito limodzi kuti tiyimitse McLanahan. " Ndipo adadula foni.
    
  Zinali zabwino kwambiri kukhala zoona! Zevitin anadzifuulira yekha. Atsogoleri awiri andale ku United States ankafuna kumuthandiza kupha Patrick McLanahan! Koma ndani woti apereke ntchito imeneyi? Osati ofesi yake yazanzeru-magwirizano ochuluka osokonekera, osadziwika bwino pa ntchito yamtunduwu. Munthu yekhayo amene ankamukhulupirira anali Alexandra Khedrov. Muutumiki wake munalidi atumiki amene akanatha kugwira ntchitoyi.
    
  Anapita kuchipinda chake choyandikana ndi ofesi yake yoyang'anira. Alexandra anakhala yekha pabedi mumdima. Sipikafoni inali itatsegulidwa; ankayembekezera kuti amvetsera ndi kukhala wokonzeka kumuuza malangizo. Iye anali mlangizi wofunika komanso munthu amene ankamukhulupirira kuposa aliyense mu Kremlin yonse. "Ndiye, wokondedwa wanga," Zevitin anatero, "ukuganiza bwanji? Gardner ndi Barbeau atiuza komwe McLanahan ali! Ndikufuna kuti musonkhanitse gulu, kuwatumiza ku Nevada ndikukonzekera kumenya. " Anakhala chete. Maondo ake anali atakokedwa mpaka pachifuwa, mutu wake unali pansi utagwira mawondo ake, manja ake anali atakulungidwa m"miyendo yake. "Ndikudziwa, wokondedwa wanga, ichi ndi chinthu chonyansa. Koma uwu ndi mwayi umene sitingaphonye! Simukuvomereza?" Anakhala osasunthika. "Zokwera mtengo...?" Zevitin adayang'ana chosinthira chowunikira ... ndipo adawona kuti ali chikomokere! "Alexandra! Zomwe zachitika? Uli bwino?"
    
  "Ndikhoza kukuthandizani pa izi, Mr. President." Zevitin anatembenuka ... ndipo adawona m'chipinda chake, chobisika ndi mdima, chithunzi mu yunifolomu yakuda imvi yomwe inali yophatikizana ndi suti ya ndege ndi zida za thupi ... zida zankhondo za Tin Woodman, adazindikira. M'manja mwake munali chida chachikulu, kuphatikiza mfuti ya sniper ndi cannon. "Manja mmwamba".
    
  Iye anachita monga momwe anamuuzira. "Ndinu ndani?" - Zevitin adafunsa. Anatengapo pang'onopang'ono ... ku chosinthira magetsi, chomwe, ngati akanatha kuzimitsa mwamsanga ndikuyatsanso, angatumize chizindikiro chadzidzidzi ku gulu lake lachitetezo. "Ndiwe m'modzi wa McLanahan's Tin Woodmen, sichoncho?"
    
  "Inde," bamboyo anatero ndi mawu opangidwa ndi makompyuta.
    
  "McLanahan wakutuma kuti undiphe?"
    
  "Ayi," Zevitin anamva mawu akunena. Iye anatembenuka...ndipo apo, atavala zida zankhondo za Tin Woodman zosiyana koma wopanda chisoti, anali Patrick McLanahan mwiniwake. "Ndinaganiza kuti ndizichita ndekha, Mr. President."
    
  Zevitin anatembenuka, nakankhira McLanahan kutali, anathamangira ku choyatsira magetsi ndipo anatha kuzimitsa ndikuyatsanso. McLanahan adangoyang'ana mwachidwi pamene Zevitin akusuntha chosinthira mmwamba ndi pansi. "Ndi chinthu chochititsa chidwi kwambiri kuzembera chitetezo changa m'nyumba yanga komanso kuchipinda changa," adatero Zevitin. "Koma tsopano muyenera kumenya nkhondo yodutsa mazana ankhondo ophunzitsidwa bwino. Sudzapambana."
    
  Dzanja lakumanzere la McLanahan linawombera, kutseka dzanja la Zevitin, ndikufinya. Zevitin anamva ngati kuti dzanja lake lang"ambikatu m"manja mwake ndipo anagwada ndi ululu chifukwa cha ululu, akufuula mopweteka kwambiri. "Panali alonda pafupifupi 62 kumeneko, ndipo tidawasamalira onse popita kuno," adatero McLanahan. "Tadutsanso kulumikizana pakati pa chitetezo chanu ndi gulu lankhondo ku Zagorsk - akuganiza kuti zonse zili bwino."
    
  "Nontrusion", ndikuganiza kuti mumayitcha?
    
  "Inde".
    
  "Wanzeru. Dziko lonse lidzadziwa za izi pofika mawa, ndipo posachedwa tidzauza dziko lonse lapansi za izi tikadzasintha luso laukadaulo. "
    
  Dzanja lamanja la McLanahan lidawombera ndikutseka khosi la Zevitin. Nkhope yake inali yachiwembu kotheratu, yopanda malingaliro. "Sindikuganiza choncho, Bambo Purezidenti," adatero.
    
  "Ndiye. Kodi mwakhala wakupha tsopano? Mkulu wa Air General Patrick Shane McLanahan adakhala wakupha wamba. Sizinali zokwanira kuti upereke lumbiro lako ndi kusamvera mkulu wako, sichoncho? Tsopano uchita tchimo lalikulu kwambiri ndi kuwononga moyo wa munthu chifukwa cha kubwezera?"
    
  McLanahan anangoyima pamenepo, osalankhula, akuyang'ana molunjika pankhope ya Zevitin; kenako anangogwedeza mutu n"kungoyankha kuti, "Inde, Bambo Purezidenti," ndipo anakanikizira zala zake mosavutikira mpaka thupi lomwe linali m"manja mwake linafowoka kotheratu ndi lopanda moyo. Anthu awiri aku America adayimilira pamenepo kwa mphindi imodzi, akuyang'ana momwe magazi amathimbirira pansi pamatabwa opukutidwa ndipo thupi lidagwedezeka kangapo mpaka McLanahan adatulutsa thupilo m'manja mwake.
    
  "Sindinaganizepo ngakhale pang'ono kuti mungachite izi, bwana," adatero Major Wayne Macomber m'mawu ake apakompyuta.
    
  Patrick adalowa muchipinda chogona ndikutulutsa chisoti chake ndi mfuti yamagetsi yamagetsi. "Sindinaganizirepo china chilichonse kwa nthawi yayitali, Zipper," adatero. Anavala chisoti chake ndikukweza mfuti yake ya njanji. "Pita kunyumba".
    
    
  MAIN BOX, NAVAL SUPPORT BASE THURMONT (CAMP DAVID), MARYLAND
  NTHAWI YOMWEYO
    
    
  Izi zonse zikupita ku gehena, Purezidenti Joseph Gardner adadziwuza yekha. Koma si vuto langa lalikulu. McLanahan ayenera kuchoka posachedwa. Ngati iye anachita kupangana ndi mdierekezi kuti achite izi, zikhale chomwecho.
    
  Anachoka ku ofesi yake yachinsinsi kubwerera kuchipinda chogona cha pulezidenti ku Camp David, komwe adapeza mlendo wake - sajenti yemwe anali naye m'ndege yoyamba ya Air Force - atayima pa bala kumapeto kwa chipindacho, atavala yekha. wotseguka mpaka pansi, manja ake atagwira kumbuyo kwake mokopa. Damn, adaganiza kuti uyu anali m'modzi mwa maofesala am'tsogolo otentha kwambiri mu Gulu Lankhondo Lankhondo! "Hei wokondedwa, pepani kuti zidatenga nthawi yayitali, koma sindinadikire. Tipatseko chakumwa, chabwino?"
    
  "Konzekera wekha, mwana wapathengo iwe," iye anamva motero, "ndiye pita ndi kukankha pabulu wako." Gardner anatembenuka mwamphamvu ...
    
  ... ndipo adapeza kuti atayima patsogolo pake sanali wina koma Senator Stacy Ann Barbeau! "Stacy!" adatuluka. "Mwafika bwanji kuno?"
    
  "Zikomo kuchokera kwa General McLanahan," adamva. Anatembenukira kumbali ina ndipo adawona munthu mumtundu wina wa zida zam'tsogolo zam'tsogolo ndi chisoti ataima pakhoma. Anamva phokoso kumbuyo kwake ndipo adawona munthu wina atavala zida zamutu ndi zala komanso chisoti, atanyamula mfuti yayikulu, akulowa m'chipindamo.
    
  "Ndiwe ndani?" - anafuula pulezidenti. "Mwafika bwanji kuno?" Pomalizira pake anapeza kuti iwo anali ndani. "Iwe McLanahan Tin Woodmen! Anakutuma kuti undiphe?"
    
  "Usawadandaule, Joe!" Barbeau analira. "Kodi zonsezi zikutanthauza chiyani? Kodi mudapangana ndi Zevitin kuti nthumwi zaku Russia ziphe McLanahan?"
    
  "Izi zayamba kuwoneka ngati lingaliro labwino kwambiri, Stacy, sukuganiza?" - Gardner anafunsa. "Izi ndi zomwe ndimaopa - McLanahan apha adani ake onse ndikulanda boma!"
    
  "Chifukwa chake, kuti mukonzekere njira yoti mutuluke muvutoli, mumabweretsa mwana wankhuku ku Camp David, kusangalala naye kwakanthawi, kenako ndikupanga mgwirizano ndi Purezidenti waku Russia kuti aphe wamkulu waku America?"
    
  Gardner anatembenuka mwamphamvu. "Thandizeni! Ndithandizeni!" - adafuula. "Ndili m"chipindamo, ndipo muli anthu okhala ndi zida pano! Bwerani kuno! Thandizeni! "
    
  Mmodzi mwa anthu onyamula zida adapita kwa Gardner, ndikuyika dzanja pakhosi pake ndikufinya. Masomphenya a Gardner anaphulika mumtambo wa nyenyezi kuchokera ku ululu waukulu wadzidzidzi. Nthawi yomweyo mphamvu zake zonse zinachoka m"thupi lake n"kugwada n"kugwada. "Onse ndi olephera pakadali pano, a Purezidenti," wonyamula zida adatero. Palibe amene angamve.
    
  "Choka kwa ine!" Gardner analira. "Musandiphe!"
    
  "Ndiyenera kukupha ndekha, zoyipa iwe!" - anafuula Barbeau. "Ndinkafuna kumuchotsa McLanahan, mwina kumuchititsa manyazi kapena kumuchititsa manyazi ngati sakugwirizana, koma sindikanamupha, chitsiru iwe! Ndipo sindikanachita mgwirizano ndi anthu aku Russia kuti ndichite izi!
    
  "Ndi vuto la McLanahan," adatero Gardner. "Ndi wopenga. Ndinayenera kutero."
    
  Chithunzi chomwe chidagwira Gardner pakhosi chidachisiya. Gardner adagwa pansi pomwe zida zankhondo zidayimilira pa iye. "Ndimvetsereni bwino a President," munthu uja anatero ndi mawu achilendo apakompyuta. "Tili ndi chithunzi chosonyeza kuti mukuvomereza kuti munapanga chiwembu ndi anthu a ku Russia kuti agwetse mabomba a ku America ndi Black Stallion spaceplane, komanso kupanga chiwembu ndi Purezidenti wa Russia kuti alowetse asilikali a Russia m'dzikoli kuti aphe mkulu wa asilikali a ku America."
    
  "Simungandiphe!" Gardner analira. "Ndine Purezidenti wa United States!"
    
  Munthuyo adamenya chibakera chake chankhondo pafupi ndi mutu wa Purezidenti, kenako pansi mainchesi awiri, ndikuboola pansi pa mapulo ndi pansi pa konkire ya chipinda chogona. Gardner anakuwanso ndipo anayesa kuthawa, koma chithunzicho chinamugwira pakhosi, kubweretsa nkhope yake ya chisoti kumaso kwa Purezidenti. "Ndikhoza kukuphani mosavuta, Bambo Purezidenti," munthuyo anatero. "Tidayimitsa Navy SEALs, tidayimitsa Secret Service, ndipo tidayimitsa Gulu Lankhondo Laku Russia - titha kukuletsani. Koma ife sitikuphani."
    
  "Ndiye ukufuna chani?"
    
  "Amnesty," munthuyo anatero. "Kupanda kutsutsidwa kapena kufufuzidwa kwa aliyense amene akuchitapo kanthu motsutsana ndi United States kapena ogwirizana nawo kuchokera ku Dreamland, Battle Mountain, Batman, Tehran ndi Constanţa. Kutulutsidwa kwathunthu ndi kolemekezeka kwa onse omwe sakufuna kutumikira pansi panu ngati Mtsogoleri wawo wamkulu. "
    
  "China ndi chiyani?"
    
  "Ndizo zonse," adatero munthu wina. "Koma kuti muwonetsetse kuti mukuchita zomwe timanena, a Tin Woodmen ndi a Criminal Investigation Units atha. Mukadutsa njira yathu kapena chilichonse chingachitike kwa aliyense wa ife, tibwerera ndikumaliza ntchitoyo. "
    
  "Simungathe kutiletsa," adatero Tin Woodman woyamba. "Tikupezani kulikonse komwe mungabisale. Simudzatha kutilondolera kapena kutizindikira chifukwa titha kusintha masensa anu, maukonde apakompyuta ndi kulumikizana mwanjira iliyonse yomwe tingasankhe. Tidzatsata zolankhula zanu zonse, maimelo anu, mayendedwe anu. Mukatipereka, tidzakupezani ndipo mudzangosowa. Mwamva a President?" Anayang'ana akazi awiri omwe anali m'chipindamo. "Izi zikupitanso kwa inu awiri. Tilibe, koma tidzakhala tikukuyang'anirani. Inu nonse."
    
    
  EPILOGUE
    
    
  Wogwa yekha salira.
    
  - MWAMBI WA CHITUKEKO
    
    
    
  LAKE MOJAVE, NEVADA
  PATAPITA MASABATA OCHEPA
    
    
  Mnyamatayo anaponya chingwe chophera nsomba mu Nyanja ya Mojave kuchokera pamalo ake pamwamba pamiyala pafupi ndi khwalala lalitali lalitali la ngalawa. Nyanja ya Mojave sinali nyanja, mtunda wautali wa mtsinje wa Colorado kum'mwera kwa Las Vegas. Inali malo ochezera a m'nyengo yozizira kwa anthu okhala m'nyengo yozizira, koma ngakhale tsopano, kumayambiriro kwa masika, amamva kutentha kwachilimwe kukulowa, ndipo panali chisangalalo cha malo omwe anthu sakanatha kudikirira kuchoka. Pafupi ndi mnyamatayo anayima bambo ake, atavala zazifupi, magalasi, nsapato za nayiloni zothamanga ndi malaya a Tommy Bahama, akulemba pa kompyuta ya laputopu mumthunzi wa malo ophimbidwa ndi pikiniki. Kumbuyo kwake, mu paki ya RV, mbalame za chipale chofewa zinali kuswa malo awo amisasa ndikukonzekera kusamutsa ma trailer awo, ma campers ndi ma SUV kupita kumadera ozizira. Posachedwapa, okonda chipululu okha ndi omwe adzasiyidwe kuti apulumuke m'chilimwe chotentha kwambiri kum'mwera kwa Nevada.
    
  Ali mkati mwa msasawo, bamboyo anamva phokoso la galimoto yolemera kwambiri kuposa masiku onse. Popanda kutembenuka kapena kusonyeza kuti waona, anatuluka pulogalamu yomwe anali nayo panopa n"kuimbanso ina. Ndi kukanikiza kwa kiyi, kamera yakutali yopanda zingwe pamtengo wafoni idatsegulidwa ndipo idayamba kutsata wobwera kumene. Kamerayo inayang"ana pa nambala ya galimotoyo ndipo patangopita masekondi angapo inajambula zilembo ndi manambala ake n"kuzindikira mwini galimotoyo. Nthawi yomweyo, sensa yopanda zingwe ya RFID yomwe ili molumikizana ndi kamera imawerenga chizindikiritso chojambulidwa kuchokera mgalimoto, kutsimikizira kuti ndi ndani.
    
  Galimotoyo, yakuda ya H3 Hummer yokhala ndi magalasi owoneka bwino mozungulira ponse kupatula galasi lakutsogolo, idayimitsidwa pamiyala yoyera pakati pa malo odyera a marina ndi poyambira, ndipo amuna atatu adatuluka. Aliyense anali atavala jeans, magalasi adzuwa ndi nsapato. Mwamuna wina, atavala vest yabulauni, anakhalabe pafupi ndi galimotoyo ndipo anayamba kufufuza dera lonselo. Bambo wachiwiri anali atavala malaya abizinesi oyera otsegula kolala yotsegula ndi manja opindika, pomwe wachitatu adavalanso vest yotseguka yofiirira.
    
  Bambo yemwe anali patebulo la pikiniki adalandira kamvekedwe kakang'ono pamutu wake wopanda zingwe wa Bluetooth, ndikumuuza kuti kachingwe kakang'ono ka millimeter wave komwe kadayikidwa pakiyo adawona m'modzi mwa amuna omwe adanyamula chinthu chachikulu chachitsulo - ndipo sichinalinso bokosi. Bambo wachiwiri wovala chovalacho anaima pafupi masitepe khumi ndi awiri kuchokera pamalo ochitira pikiniki pafupi ndi msewu wopita kumalo otsegulira pafupi ndi chidebe cha zinyalala ndikuyamba kuyang'ana malowo, monga momwe adachitira woyamba. Mwamuna wachitatuyo anafikira mwamunayo patebulo la pikiniki. "Kodi kuno kukukwanirani?" - anafunsa.
    
  "Izi nzopanda pake," anatero mwamuna wa patebulo la pikiniki. Anaika pansi laputopu yake, nayimirira, natembenukira kwa wobwera kumene ndikuvula magalasi ake. "Amati idzakwera zana pofika Meyi ndikukhala pamwamba pa zana ndi khumi mu June, Julayi ndi Ogasiti."
    
  "Zabwino," anatero mlendo watsopanoyo. "Amachepetsa kuchuluka kwa alendo, eti?" Iye anayang"ana kutsogolo kwa munthuyo kwa mnyamata amene ankapha nsomba pafupi ndi khwalala la ngalawayo. "Damn, sindikukhulupirira kuti Bradley watalika bwanji."
    
  "Tsopano adzakhala wamtali kuposa wokalambayo tsiku lililonse."
    
  "Mosakayikira". Watsopanoyo anatambasula dzanja lake. "Patrick uli bwanji?"
    
  "Zabwino kwambiri, Purezidenti," adatero Patrick McLanahan. "Inu?" - Ndidafunsa.
    
  "Zabwino. Zotopetsa. Ayi, ndikudwala ndi kutopa nazo," Purezidenti wakale wa United States Kevin Martindale anayankha. Iye anayang'ana pozungulira. "Muli ndi malo amdima kuno, Muk. Izi si San Diego. Palibenso Vegas. "
    
  Patrick anati: "Chipululucho n"chochititsa chidwi, makamaka ngati mubwera kuno kumapeto kwa nyengo yachisanu ndikuwona kusintha kwa kutentha kwapang"onopang"ono," anatero Patrick.
    
  "Mukukonzekera kukhala?"
    
  "Sindikudziwa, bwana," Patrick anatero. "Ndinagula nyumba ndi bwalo la ndege kuchokera ku Searchlight. Sindikudziwa ngati ndakonzeka kusonkhana panobe. Malo akukula. Panopa ndili ndi sukulu yapanyumba ya Bradley, koma akuti masukulu akuno akuyenda bwino chifukwa anthu ambiri akusamukira kuderali.
    
  "Ndipo a John Masters angochoka ku Highway 95."
    
  "Inde, ndipo amandivutitsa pafupifupi tsiku lililonse kuti ndibwere kudzamugwirira ntchito, koma sindikutsimikiza," Patrick adavomereza.
    
  "Woyang'anira zakuthambo Hunter Noble adasaina naye. Ndinamva kuti ndi vice president kale. Koma ndikukhulupirira akupezani malo ngati ndi zomwe mukufuna."
    
  "Unali pamenepo, wachita zimenezo."
    
  "Pali chinthu chimodzi chomwe tonse tidachita kale, a Patrick," adatero Martindale.
    
  "Ndimaganiza kuti posakhalitsa mudzabweranso za izi."
    
  "Muli ndi Tin Woodmen ndi ma TIE, sichoncho?"
    
  "Chani?" - Ndidafunsa.
    
  "Ndiwe wabodza kwambiri," anatero Martindale akuseka.
    
  "Kodi pali phindu lililonse kuyesa kunama? Ndikukhulupirira kuti intelligence network yanu ndi yabwino. "...
    
  "Kodi ndi yabwino ngati yomwe munapanga? Ndikukayika. Ndikukayika kwambiri, "adatero Purezidenti wakale. "Tamvera bwenzi langa, ukufunikabe. Dziko likusowa. Ndikukufuna. Kupatula apo, zomwe mwabisa ndi katundu wa boma. Simungathe kusunga izi. " Patrick adamuyang'ana molunjika - kungoyang'ana kwakanthawi, koma tanthauzo lake linali lokwezeka komanso lomveka bwino. "Chabwino, mutha kuyisunga, koma musamangoyisunga. Pali zabwino zambiri zomwe mungachite nazo. " Patrick sanalankhule kalikonse. Martindale anavula magalasi ake adzuwa ndikupukuta ndi mkono wa malaya ake. "Kodi mwamva nkhani zaposachedwa za Perisiya?"
    
  "Za Purezidenti watsopano akuphedwa?"
    
  "Zikadzamveka, Middle East yonse idzapenganso ndipo Mohtaz adzatulukanso pansi pa thanthwe lomwe anali kubisala pamene aku Russia adachoka ndikudzitengeranso utsogoleri. Anthu akufuna kuti Mfumukazi Azhar ilamulire boma mpaka zisankho zatsopano zichitike, koma akuumirira kuti Prime Minister Noshar achitepo kanthu.
    
  "Akunena zoona".
    
  "Noshar ndi wabungwe, wogulitsa nyemba. Iye sangakhoze kulamulira dziko. Hazard kapena Boujazi akuyenera kuyang'anira mphamvu zadzidzidzi mpaka zisankho zichitike. "
    
  "Iye akhala bwino, bwana. Ngati sizili choncho, Azar apita ku nyumba yamalamulo ndikupangira wina. Bujazi sangachite izi. "
    
  "Kodi mukuganiza kuti afunsa Sakez, wachiwiri kwa nduna?"
    
  "Ndikukhulupirira ayi. Anayenda maulendo ambiri opita ku Moscow kuti agwirizane ndi ine."
    
  Martindale anagwedeza mutu kuti amvetse. Iye anati: "Ndinkadziwa kuti mumatsatira zimenezi. "Mwa njira, za Moscow - mukuganiza bwanji za m'malo Zevitin, Igor Truznev, mkulu wakale wa FSB?"
    
  "Ndi chigawenga chofuna kukhetsa magazi," anatero Patrick. "Akuyeretsako mwakachetechete. Iwo amati munthu wotsatira "adzatumizidwa" ku Siberia adzakhala Khedrov.
    
  Martindale adamwetulira ndikugwedeza mutu. "Ngakhale sindinamvepo, Patrick!" - adatero mokondwera. "Zikomo chifukwa cha malangizo. Ndili ndi ngongole yanu ".
    
  "Osanena izi, bwana."
    
  "Zoyipa kwambiri za Zevitin, huh?" Adayankha choncho Martindale. "Ngozi ya skiing," iwo anatero. Ndidamva mtengo uwu wangotuluka modzidzimutsa ndikungotsala pang'ono kumuchotsa mutu. Wosauka wamba. Kodi mwamvapo china chilichonse chokhudza izi?" Patrick analibe ndemanga. "Chodabwitsa ndichakuti izi zimachitika nthawi yomwe Boujazi akuukira Mashhad ndipo mwadzidzidzi mwabwera kuchokera ku Armstrong. Ndikuganiza kuti zinthu zodabwitsa zimachitikadi katatu, huh?"
    
  "Inde, bwana."
    
  "Inde. Inde amatero." Martindale adayika mkono wake pamapewa a Patrick. "Waona bwenzi langa, sungasiye bizinesi," iye anatero. "Zili m"magazi ako. Nditha kutchula malo otentha padziko lonse lapansi, ndipo mundiuza china chosangalatsa pa chilichonse chaiwo. "
    
  "Bwana, sindikufuna"
    
  "Mongolia," adatero Martindale. Anamwetulira ataona m'maso mwa Patrick uku akuwala. "Eya, ukudziwapo kanthu. Ichi ndi chiyani?"
    
  "Ndinamva kuti General Dorjin asinthidwa kukhala wamkulu wa antchito chifukwa ndi wochezeka kwambiri ndi United States," adatero Patrick.
    
  "Ndiye tsopano atha kuthamangira Purezidenti, sichoncho?"
    
  "Ayi, chifukwa adabadwira ku Inner Mongolia - China - ndipo ali wachinyamata adalengeza kukhulupirika ku Beijing," adatero Patrick. "Koma mwana wake adzathamanga."
    
  Martindale anawomba m'manja. "Damn, ndayiwala za Miren Dorjin ...!"
    
  "Muli."
    
  "Muli. Kulondola. Anamaliza maphunziro ake ku Berkeley zaka ziwiri zapitazo ndi digiri ya master, sichoncho?
    
  "Double Ph.D. Chuma ndi Boma."
    
  Martindale anagwedeza mutu, kukondwera kuti Patrick adapambana mayeso ang'onoang'ono awiri omwe adamupatsa. "Mwaona? Ndinadziwa kuti ukudziwa zonsezi!" Martindale anafuula mosangalala. "Bwerera, Patrick. Tiyeni tigwirizanenso. Tiyatsa dziko lapansi. "
    
  Patrick anamwetulira, kenaka anayang"ana mwana wake wamwamuna akusodza nati, "Tikuwonani, Bambo Purezidenti," ndipo anatuluka kukagwirizana ndi mwana wake m"bandakucha wofunda.
    
    
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  za wolemba
    
    
  DALE BROWN ndi mlembi wa mabuku ambiri ogulitsa kwambiri ku New York Times, kuyambira ndi Old Dog Running mu 1987. Woyendetsa wakale wa US Air Force nthawi zambiri amapezeka akuwulutsa ndege yake mumlengalenga ku Nevada.
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  Dale Brown
  Mphamvu zopanda chiyero
    
    
  AKALE
    
    
    
  AMERICA
    
    
  PATRICK S. MCLANAHAN, US Air Force Lieutenant General (Ret.), Partner ndi Purezidenti, Scion Aviation International
    
  KEVIN MARTINDALE, Purezidenti wakale wa United States, mwiniwake wachinsinsi wa Scion Aviation International
    
  JONATHAN COLIN MASTERS, Ph.D., Director of Operations, Sky Masters Inc.
    
  HUNTER NOBLE, Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti wa Development, Sky Masters Inc.
    
  JOSEPH GARDNER, Purezidenti wa United States
    
  KENNETH T. PHOENIX, Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti
    
  CONRAD F. CARLISLE, National Security Advisor
    
  MILLER H. TURNER, Mlembi wa Chitetezo
    
  WALTER CORDUS, Chief of Staff of White House
    
  STACY ANN BARBO, Secretary of State
    
  USMC GENERAL TAYLOR J. BAIN, Wapampando, Akuluakulu Ogwirizana a Staff
    
  US ARMY Major General CHARLES CONNOLLY, Division Commander ku Northern Iraq
    
  COLONEL WA ARMY WA US JACK T. WILHELM, Mkulu Wachiwiri Wachiwiri, Allied Nakhla Air Base, Iraq
    
  ARMY Lieutenant Colonel MARK WEATHERLY, Regimental Executive Officer
    
  ARMY MAJOR KENNETH BRUNO, Regimental Operations Officer
    
  U.S. Air Force LIEUTENANT COLONEL JIA "BOXER" CAZZOTTO, Commander, 7th Air Expeditionary Squadron
    
  CHRIS THOMPSON, Purezidenti ndi CEO wa Thompson Security, kampani yachitetezo payekha ku Allied Nakhla Air Base, Iraq.
    
  FRANK BEXAR, wapolisi wachinsinsi
    
  CAPT KELVIN COTTER, USAF, Wachiwiri kwa Regimental Air Traffic Control Officer
    
  MARGARET HARRISON, Mtsogoleri wa Magalimoto Opanda Maulendo Opanda Maulendo, Mgwirizano Wachinsinsi
    
  REESE FLIPPIN, Private Contract Meteorological Officer
    
    
  TURKS
    
    
  KURZAT HIRSIZ, Purezidenti wa Republic of Turkey
    
  AYSE AKAŞ, Prime Minister wa Republic of Turkey
    
  HASAN CICEK, Minister of National Defense of the Republic of Turkey
    
  GENERAL ORHAN SAHIN, Mlembi Wamkulu wa National Security Council of Turkey
    
  MUSTAFA HARAMAT, Nduna Yowona Zakunja ku Turkey
    
  FEVSI GUKLU, Mtsogoleri wa National Intelligence Organisation
    
  GENERAL ABDULLAH GUZLEV, Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Turkey
    
  GENERAL AIDIN DEDE, Wachiwiri kwa Chief of Staff
    
  MAJOR AYDIN SABASTI, wogwirizira, U.S. Second Regiment, Allied Nakhla Air Base, Iraq.
    
  MAJOR HAMID JABBURI, Wachiwiri Wogwirizanitsa
    
  GENERAL BESIR OZEK, Commander of Jandarma (Turkey National Internal Security Forces)
    
  LIEUTENANT GENERAL GUVEN ILGAZ, Wachiwiri kwa Mtsogoleri, Jandarma
    
  Lt. GENERAL MUSTAFA ALI, Shift Commander wa Jandarma
    
    
  IRAQI
    
    
  ALI LATIF RASHID, Purezidenti wa Republic of Iraq
    
  COLONEL YUSUF JAFFAR, Commander, Allied Nakhla Air Base, Tall Qaif, Iraq
    
  MAJOR JAFAR OSMAN, Iraqi Maqbara (Grave) Company, 7th Brigade Commander
    
  COLONEL NURI MAVLAUD, wogwirizira wa Gulu Lachiwiri
    
  ZILAR "BAZ" (HAWK) AZZAWI, mtsogoleri wa zigawenga za Iraq PKK
    
  SADUN SALH, wothandizira mtsogoleri wa gulu la Azzawi
    
    
  ZIDA NDI MAFUPITSO
    
    
    
  MAFUPIKO NDI TERMINOLOJIA
    
    
  AMARG-Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group ("Boneyard"), malo a U.S. Air Force pafupi ndi Tucson, Arizona omwe amasunga, kuswa, ndi kukonzanso mbali za ndege zolemala
    
  AOR - Gawo la Udindo
    
  AQI - Al-Qaeda ku Iraq, mphukira yaku Iraq ya gulu lachigawenga la Osama bin Laden
    
  "Combat Rattle" - zida zamunthu zofunika pakumenya nkhondo
    
  bullseye - malo osankhidwa omwe chidziwitso chokhudzana ndi zomwe mukufuna chimatha kutumizidwa pamayendedwe otseguka popanda kuwulula komwe muli.
    
  C4I - Lamulo, kuwongolera, kulumikizana, makompyuta ndi luntha
    
  Cankaya ndiye mpando wa boma la Republic of Turkey
    
  CHU - Container Habitation Unit, malo okhalamo oyenda ngati chidebe chonyamula katundu chomwe asitikali aku US ku Iraq amagwiritsa ntchito
    
  Chuville ndi dera lomwe lili ndi anthu ambiri a BC
    
  DFAC-Canteen
    
  ECM - Electronic Countermeasures
    
  EO-Masensa a Electro-optical omwe amatha kufalitsa pakompyuta kapena kukulitsa zithunzi zowoneka bwino
    
  FAA - Federal Aviation Administration, US Aviation Regulatory Agency
    
  FOB - Forward Operating Base, gulu lankhondo pafupi kapena mdera la adani
    
  Fobbits - slang kwa ogwira ntchito ndi othandizira
    
  Fobbitville - slang yomanga likulu
    
  FPCON - Mphamvu Yoteteza Chitetezo, Kuunika kwa Mlingo wa Udani kapena Zigawenga Kuwopseza Kukhazikitsa Asitikali (omwe kale anali THREATCON)
    
  GP - Cholinga Choyambirira (bomba lamphamvu yokoka kapena galimoto)
    
  IA - Asitikali aku Iraq
    
  IED - Chipangizo Chophulika Chowonjezera
    
  IIR - Sensa ya zithunzi za infrared, sensor yotentha yokhala ndi malingaliro okwanira kujambula
    
  ILS - Instrument Landing System, njira yolumikizira wailesi yomwe imatha kuwongolera ndege kuti zifike kumadera ovuta
    
  IM - mauthenga apompopompo, kusamutsa mauthenga pakati pa makompyuta
    
  IR - Infrared
    
  Kudina - makilomita
    
  KRG ndi Boma la Chigawo cha Kurdistan, bungwe la ndale lomwe limayang'anira dera lodzilamulira la Kurdish kumpoto kwa Iraq.
    
  LLTV - Low Light TV
    
  LRU-Line Replacement Units, zigawo za ndege zomwe zimatha kuchotsedwa mosavuta ndikusinthidwa pamzere wowuluka ngati zasokonekera.
    
  Mahdi ndi mawu a slang kwa womenya nkhondo yakunja
    
  Adaptive Mission Technology - Imaumba mokhazikika pamalo andege kuti ipereke luso lowongolera ndege
    
  Ma modes ndi ma code - zoikidwiratu zosiyanasiyana zozindikiritsa ndege transponder wailesi
    
  MTI - Moving Target Indicator, radar yomwe imatsata magalimoto oyenda pansi kuchokera patali
    
  Nonttrusion - kufalitsa deta zabodza kapena kupanga mapulogalamu mu netiweki yamakompyuta ya adani pogwiritsa ntchito kulumikizana kwa digito, maulalo a data kapena masensa
    
  NOFORN - Palibe yachilendo; Gulu lachitetezo lomwe limaletsa nzika zakunja kupeza deta
    
  PAG - Congress for Freedom and Democracy, dzina lina la Kurdistan Workers' Party
    
  PKK-Karker Party ku Kurdistan, Kurdistan Workers' Party, bungwe la Kurdish separatist lomwe likufuna kupanga dziko losiyana ndi zigawo za Kurdish za Turkey, Iran, Syria ndi Iraq; osankhidwa ngati gulu lachigawenga ndi mayiko ndi mabungwe angapo
    
  ROE - Malamulo a Chiyanjano, Njira ndi Zolepheretsa pa Ntchito Yolimbana
    
  SAM - pamwamba-to-air missile
    
  SEAD - Kuponderezedwa kwa zida zodzitchinjiriza za adani pogwiritsa ntchito zida zophatikizira ndi zida kuti ziwononge chitetezo cha mdani, ma radar kapena kulamula ndi kuwongolera zida.
    
  triple-A - zida zankhondo zotsutsana ndi ndege
    
    
  Chida
    
    
  AGM-177 Wolverine - ndege yodziyimira payokha- kapena mzinga woyambira pansi
    
  CBU-87 Combination Munition ndi chida choponyedwa ndi mpweya chomwe chimabalalitsa migodi yotsutsa-ogwira ntchito komanso yotsutsa magalimoto kudera lalikulu.
    
  CBU-97 Sensor Fuse Weapon ndi chida choponyedwa ndi mpweya chomwe chimatha kuzindikira ndikuwononga magalimoto ambiri okhala ndi zida nthawi imodzi kudera lalikulu.
    
  CID - Cybernetic Infantry Device, loboti yoyendetsedwa ndi kulimba, zida, masensa ndi kumenya nkhondo.
    
  Helikoputala ya Cobra attack ndi helikopita yopepuka, ya m'badwo wachiwiri wa US Army yokhala ndi zida.
    
  CV-22 Osprey ndi ndege yapakatikati yomwe imatha kunyamuka ndikutera ngati helikopita, koma imatha kutembenuza ma rotor ake ndikuwuluka ngati ndege yamapiko okhazikika.
    
  JDAM - Joint Direct Damage Munition, zida zomangira bomba lamphamvu yokoka lomwe limawapatsa mwayi wolunjika kwambiri pogwiritsa ntchito chidziwitso cha Global Positioning System.
    
  KC-135R ndiye mtundu waposachedwa kwambiri wa ndege ya Boeing 707 yomwe ikuwonjezera mafuta
    
  Kiowa ndi helikoputala yopepuka yokhala ndi masensa apamwamba omwe amagwiritsidwa ntchito kuti azitha kudziwa zomwe akumenyedwa ndi ma helikopita
    
  MIM-104 Patriot - makina oyendetsa ndege oletsa ndege opangidwa ndi America
    
  SA-14 ndi mzinga wachiwiri wotsutsana ndi ndege wopangidwa ku Russia wokhala ndi kukhazikitsidwa pamanja.
    
  SA-7 - zida zolimbana ndi ndege zopangidwa ku Russia zokhala ndi kukhazikitsidwa kwamanja
    
  Slingshot - njira yamphamvu yotetezera laser ya ndege
    
  Stryker ndi wonyamula zida zankhondo zamawilo asanu ndi atatu aku US Army.
    
  Tin Man ndi msirikali yemwe ali ndi zida zapamwamba zankhondo, masensa, ndi zida zolimbikitsira kuti athe kumenya nkhondo.
    
  XC-57 "Loser" ndi ndege yamapiko owuluka yomwe idapangidwa kuti iphulitse bomba la US Air Force, koma idasinthidwa kukhala ndege yamitundu yambiri pomwe polojekitiyi idataya mpikisano.
    
    
  MFUNDO ZA REAL WORLD NEWS
    
    
    
  BBC NEWS ONLINE, 30 OCTOBER 2007:
    
  Mkangano pakati pa dziko la Turkey ndi dera la Kurdish waku Iraq wakula pang'onopang'ono m'miyezi yomwe ikubwera kumavuto omwe abwera chifukwa cha zigawenga za PKK zomwe zapha asitikali makumi anayi aku Turkey m'masabata aposachedwa.
    
  ...M'mwezi wa May, dziko la Turkey linakwiya kwambiri pamene gulu lankhondo lotsogozedwa ndi dziko la United States linapereka chitetezo m'zigawo zitatu za Iraq Kurdistan ndipo mwamsanga anakweza mbendera ya Chikurdi m'malo mwa Iraq.
    
  ..."Simukufuna asitikali 100,000 [aku Turkey] kuti atenge malo anu," adatero wandale wamkulu waku Iraq waku Kurd. "Zomwe akukonzekera kuchita ndikuyambitsa kuwukira kwakukulu ndikuwongolera misewu yayikulu mkati mwa Iraqi Kurdistan yolowera kumapiri amalire kumbali ya Iraq."
    
  ... Pali mphekesera m'mabwalo a Chikurdi kuti anthu a ku Turkey angayesenso kuphulitsa mabomba kapena kusokoneza ndege ziwiri za Kurdish za Iraq, ku Erbil ndi Sulaymaniyah, zomwe Ankara akuti zalola kuti zigawenga za PKK zipeze chitetezo.
    
  ... Zomwe amapereka ndizoposa pamenepo. Akunena za kuwukira kwakukulu kwankhondo komwe kumapangitsa anthu kukhala ndi mantha kwambiri, amanjenje komanso kuda nkhawa. Anthu ambiri ali ndi nkhawa kuti zokhumba za Turkey zitha kupitilira kuwonongedwa kwa PKK ... "
    
    
    
  BBC NEWS ONLINE, 18 JANUARY 2008:
    
  ... Dziko la Turkey lakhala likuwopseza asilikali a PKK kuyambira pamene zigawenga ziwonjezetsa zigawenga za asilikali a Turkey, zomwe zachititsa kuti boma la dziko lino liyankhe mwamphamvu. Mwezi watha, boma linavomereza asilikali kuti achite ntchito zodutsa malire [ku Iraq] motsutsana ndi PKK pakafunika.
    
  Kuwombera kwa ndege pa Lamlungu usiku kunali chizindikiro choyamba chachikulu cha izi.
    
  ...Ankara yati ili ndi chivomerezo cha United States mwakachetechete pa ntchito zake mogwirizana ndi mgwirizano womwe Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan adachita ku Washington mwezi watha ndi Purezidenti George W. Bush.
    
  "Ndikukhulupirira kuti US idapereka nzeru ndipo asitikali aku Turkey adachitapo kanthu," Mneneri wa Unduna wa Zakunja ku Turkey a Levent Bilman adauza BBC ...
    
    
    
  "Asilikali A TURKISH ANAFANTHA ZIGAWO 11 KU SOUTHEAST TURKEY PAFUPI NDI IRAQ BORDER-ASSOCIATED PRESS," MARCH 12, 2007-ANKARA, TURKEY:
    
  Asitikali aku Turkey adapha zigawenga 11 zaku Kurd pamikangano kum'mwera chakum'mawa kwa Turkey pafupi ndi malire ndi Iraq, bungwe lofalitsa nkhani lachinsinsi linanena Lachitatu. Nkhondoyi ikubwera patatha milungu iwiri dziko la Turkey litaukira kumpoto kwa Iraq kwa masiku asanu ndi atatu pofuna kuchotsa zigawenga za Kurdistan Workers' Party zomwe zakhala zikulimbana ndi boma la Turkey kuyambira 1984.
    
  ...Anthu ena a dziko la Turkey akuopa kuti kukulitsa ufulu wa chikhalidwe chawo kungapangitse kuti dzikolo ligawikane motsatira mafuko. Akuda nkhawa kuti a Kurds aku Turkey atha kulimba mtima ndi dera la Kurdish lothandizidwa ndi US kumpoto kwa Iraq, lomwe lili ndi boma lawo komanso zigawenga ...
    
    
    
  ZOTSATIRA ZACHIWIRI KOKHA 2008, Palibe STRATFOR.COM, APRIL 4, 2008:
    
  Zochitika Zachigawo: Turkey ikuwoneka ngati mphamvu yayikulu m'chigawo ndipo iyamba kukhala ndi chikoka m'madera onse mu 2008, makamaka kumpoto kwa Iraq ...
    
  Dziko la Turkey likumva lamphamvu osati kumpoto kwa Iraq kokha, komanso ku Balkan ndi Caucasus, komwe likufuna kulangiza Kosovo yodziyimira payokha komanso ku Azerbaijan komwe kuli mafuta ...
    
    
    
  "IRON MAN NDI NKHOPE YATSOPANO YA AKANKHANI A ASILIKALI," JEREMY SU, SPACE.COM, MAY 6, 2008:
    
  Pamene ngwazi yayikulu Tony Stark sakupereka zida za Iron Man kuti agwetse anthu oyipa, akupereka zida zatsopano zankhondo zaku US kuti zithandizire kumenya nkhondo yolimbana ndi zigawenga.
    
  Anthu ndi makampani sangawonekere ngati ma drones akuwuluka mumlengalenga waku Afghanistan ndi Iraq, koma udindo wawo wakula kwambiri pamikangano yaposachedwa.
    
  ...Palibe amene amakayikira zoti dziko la United States silingathe kumenya nkhondo tsopano popanda kugwiritsa ntchito makontrakitala ankhondo...Izi zikutanthauza kuti makontrakitala ankhondo nawonso apitilira kugulitsa zida zankhondo. Tsopano amayang'anira mizere yoperekera katundu, kudyetsa asitikali, kumanga misasa, kulangiza za njira, komanso kumenya nkhondo ngati magulu achitetezo achinsinsi ...
    
    
    
  "IRAN: AM-IRAQI DEAL IDZAKHALA AKAPALA A Iraqi - RAFSANJANI," STRATFOR.COM JUNE 4, 2008:
    
  Wapampando wa bungwe la Iranian Expediency Council, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, adati June 4 kuti dziko lachisilamu lidzayesa kuletsa mgwirizano wachitetezo cha nthawi yayitali pakati pa Iraq ndi United States, ponena kuti zomwe zachitikazo "zidzakhala akapolo" aku Iraq, nyuzipepala ya Associated Press inati. Rafsanjani adati mgwirizano wa US-Iraq upangitsa kuti dziko la Iraq likhale lokhazikika, ndikuti ntchito yotereyi ndi yowopsa kwa mayiko onse mderali ...
    
    
    
  MAWU OGWIRITSIRA NTCHITO YACHITATU, STRATFOR.COM, JULY 8, 2008:
    
  ...Chigawo chachigawo: Turkey ikuwonekera ngati mphamvu yaikulu yachigawo ndipo mu 2008 idzayamba kukhala ndi chikoka m'madera onse ozungulira, makamaka kumpoto kwa Iraq ... Turkey ikukhala wolimba mtima pa mayiko onse: kutumiza asilikali kumpoto kwa Iraq, kuyimira pakati. Zokambirana zamtendere za Israeli-Syria, kulimbikitsa ntchito zamagetsi ku Caucasus ndi Central Asia ndipo zikupangitsa kukhalapo kwake kumveka ndi mphamvu zake ku Balkan ...
    
    
    
  "IRAQI PARLIAMENT ACHANG'ANA PA KIRKUK," ASSOCIATED PRESS, JULY 30, 2008:
    
  ... Kusamvana kudakula Lolemba kutsatira bomba lodzipha ku Kirkuk pamwambo waku Kurd wotsutsana ndi malamulo a chisankho omwe adapha anthu 25 ndikuvulaza oposa 180.
    
  Kirkuk ndi kwawo kwa Akurds, Turkmen, Arabs ndi ena ang'onoang'ono. Pambuyo pa kuphulika kwa mabomba a Kirkuk, a Kurds ambiri okwiya adalowa m'maofesi a chipani chandale cha Turkmen chomwe chikutsutsana ndi zomwe aku Kurd adanena kwa Kirkuk, kutsegulira ndi kuwotcha magalimoto pakati pa milandu yoti adani awo ndi amene adayambitsa. Anthu asanu ndi anayi a ku Turkmen, kapena amtundu wa Turks, adavulala.
    
  Prime Minister waku Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan, yemwe amateteza ufulu wa anthu aku Turkmens, adapempha akuluakulu aku Iraq kuti afotokoze nkhawa zomwe zidachitika ku Kirkuk ndipo adalonjeza kutumiza ndege kuti iwulukire ovulalawo kupita ku Turkey kuti akalandire chithandizo, ofesi ya Purezidenti waku Iraq idatero. .
    
    
    
  "TURKEY IKUDWIKITSA ZA KIRKUK CITY", ASSOCIATED PRESS, AUGUST 2, 2008:
    
  Baghdad-Boma la Turkey lati likuda nkhawa ndi mzinda wa Kirkuk ku Iraq, komwe anthu amtundu wa Turks akukumana ndi mkangano wokhudza madera, watero mkulu wina waku Iraq.
    
  Mkulu wa Unduna wa Zachilendo ku Iraq wosadziwika adati nduna yakunja yaku Turkey Ali Babican adalumikizana ndi nduna yazachilendo yaku Iraq Hoshyar Zebari za momwe zilili mumzindawu, bungwe lofalitsa nkhani ku Kuwait KUNA linanena Loweruka.
    
  Chigawo cha Kirkuk chinafuna kuti mzindawu ukhale mbali ya Kurdistan ya Iraq, pamene dziko la Turkey linatsutsa mwamphamvu zimenezi.
    
  Ngakhale mzindawu uli ndi anthu ambiri amtundu wa Turks ku Iraq, mneneri Saeed Zebari adati kuyesa kulikonse kuthetsa mkanganowu kudzachitika ndi Iraq yekha.
    
  Zebari wati aliyense amene akufuna kulowererapo pamkanganowo sangalandilidwe ndi Iraq, mneneri wa KUNA watero.
    
    
    
  "MFUTI YOYAMBA YA LASER ANAomberedwa," WAWAYA, CHIPINDA CHA NGOZI, AUGUST 13, 2008:
    
  Boeing lero yalengeza kuyesa koyamba kwamfuti ya ray yomwe ingapatse magulu apadera ankhondo aku US njira yochitira ziwopsezo mobisa ndi "kukana kotsimikizika."
    
  Poyesa koyambirira kwa mwezi uno ku Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, Boeing's Advanced Tactical Laser - ndege yosinthidwa ya C-130H - "inawotcha laser yake yamphamvu kwambiri yamankhwala kudzera panjira yowongolera matabwa. Dongosolo loyang'anira matabwa lidazindikira chandamale ndikulozera chingwe cha laser ku chandamale monga momwe gulu la ATL limauzira ... "
    
    
    
  "LEMBERANI NUMBER OF AMERICAN CONTRACTORS KU IRAQ," CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR, PETER GRIER, AUGUST 18, 2008:
    
  WASHINGTON - Asitikali aku America amadalira makontrakitala azinsinsi kuyambira pomwe "ogulitsa" adagulitsa mapepala, nyama yankhumba, shuga ndi zinthu zina zapamwamba kwa asitikali aku Continental Army panthawi ya Nkhondo Yachiweruzo.
    
  Koma kuchuluka kwa kugwiritsidwa ntchito kwa makontrakitala ku Iraq sikunachitikepo m'mbiri ya US, malinga ndi lipoti latsopano la congressional lomwe lingakhale nkhani yodziwika bwino kwambiri yokhudza mchitidwewu. Kumayambiriro kwa 2008, malinga ndi Congressional Budget Office (CBO), osachepera 190,000 ogwira ntchito payekha anali kugwira ntchito zothandizidwa ndi US ku bwalo lamasewero la Iraq. Izi zikutanthauza kuti kwa membala aliyense wovala yunifolomu wa usilikali wa U.S. m'derali, panalinso membala wautumiki wolembedwa - chiŵerengero cha 1 kwa 1.
    
  ...Otsutsa za kuchotsedwa ntchito kwa asilikali akuti vuto lenileni ndi kusinthasintha ndi kulamulira ndi kulamulira antchito apadera ...
    
    
    
    " C -300 CURIOSITY ANKARA ," STRATEGIC FORECASTING INC., AUGUST 26 , 2008:
    
    ...Turkey ili mkati mofuna kugula mitundu ingapo ya makina oteteza ndege aku Russia a S-300, lipoti latsiku ndi tsiku la Turkey Today's Zaman lati pa August 25...
    
  ...Ngati dziko la Turkey lingapambane pakupeza izi, kutsatira kwa Ankara kudzafuna njira ziwiri zofunika. Yoyamba ndi reverse engineering, momwe zigawo zikuluzikulu zimaphwanyidwa ndipo ntchito zawo zamkati zimawunikidwa bwino. Chachiwiri ndi maphunziro a nkhondo zamagetsi motsutsana ndi machitidwe enieni ...
    
    
    
  "TURKISH ARMY AMAFUNA KULIMBIKITSA MPHAMVU", ASSOCIATED PRESS, ANKARA, TURKEY - OCTOBER 10, 2008:
    
  Atsogoleri aku Turkey adakumana Lachinayi kuti akambirane zokulitsa mphamvu za asitikali kuti athe kulimbana ndi zigawenga zaku Kurd pambuyo pa zigawenga zomwe zidachitika, zina zomwe zidachokera ku malo oukira kumpoto kwa Iraq.
    
  Nyumba yamalamulo ku Turkey Lachitatu idavota kale kuti ionjezere udindo wa asitikali kuti achite ntchito zolimbana ndi zigawenga zaku Kurd kumpoto kwa Iraq, kuphatikiza ntchito zodutsa malire.
    
  Koma asitikali apempha mphamvu zambiri kuti athane ndi zigawenga za Kurdistan Workers' Party, kapena PKK. Msonkhano wa Lachinayi udayang'ana pakukulitsa luso lomwe asitikali ndi apolisi ali nazo ...
    
    
    
  PROLOGUE
    
    
    
  Kunja kwa AL-AMADYAH, DAHOK Governorate, REPUBLIC OF IRAQ
  CHIKHALIDWE CHA 2010
    
    
  Diloko, kapena kuti chikondwerero cha ukwati wamwambo, chinali chikuchitika kwa maola angapo, koma palibe amene ankaoneka wotopa kwambiri. Amunawo ankavina motengera ng'oma zazikulu, kapena ng'oma za chimango, ndi kuvinidwa ndi nyimbo zachikale zomwe zinkaimbidwa ndi zurna ndi timbura, pamene alendo ena ankasangalala nazo.
    
  Kunja kunali kofunda, kowuma, kopanda mphepo. Magulu a amuna anayima apa ndi apo m"magulu, akusuta ndi kumwa m"makapu ang"onoang"ono a khofi wandiweyani. Azimayi ndi atsikana okalamba ovala madiresi amitundumitundu ndi masikhafu ankawanyamulira thireyi ya chakudya, mothandizidwa ndi ana aamuna kapena ang"ono awo okhala ndi nyali.
    
  Atatumikira amuna kunja kwa phwando laukwati, mkaziyo ananyamula thireyiyo kutsika ndi msewu kudutsa maloboti, mwana wake wamwamuna wazaka khumi zakubadwa akutsogolera njirayo, kupita ku magalimoto aŵiri amtundu wa Toyota obisika mwa theka ndi mitengo, imodzi mbali zonse za msewu. kupita kumunda. Mnyamatayo anawunikira tochi yake pagalimoto ya kumanzere kwake, m"maso mwa mkulu wakeyo. "Allah akudalitseni ndikukupatsani moni! Ndakupeza uli m"tulo!" - adafuula.
    
  "Sindinali!" - m'baleyo anatsutsa mokweza kwambiri kuposa momwe ankafunira.
    
  "Hani, musachite izi. Tsopano mng"ono wako sadzatha kuona mumdima kwa kanthawi," amayi a mnyamatayo anam"kalipa. "Pita ukapatse m"bale wako zinthu zokoma ndipo umuuze kuti wapepesa. Tiye tipite, Mazen," anatero kwa mwamuna wake, "Ndikukupatsirani khofi wochuluka."
    
  Mwamunayo anaika AK-47 yake kutsogolo kwa galimotoyo ndipo analandira moyamikira. Anali atavala zachisangalalo, osati za ntchito yaulonda. "Ndiwe mkazi wabwino, Zilar," anatero mwamunayo. "Koma nthawi ina, utumize m"bale wako waulesi kuti adzakugwire ntchitoyo. Linali lingaliro lake kuika alonda pakhomo." Iye ankamva ululu wake. "Ndikumvetsa. Ali busy kulembanso anthu, sichoncho? Ukwati wa mwana wake wamkazi ndipo sangayime?
    
  "Amamva bwino kwambiri"
    
  "Ndikudziwa, ndikudziwa," mwamunayo anam"dula mawu, n"kuika dzanja lake pa tsaya la mkazi wake kuti akhazikike mtima pansi. "Ndiwokonda dziko lawo komanso wodzipereka ku dziko la Kurdish. Zabwino kwa iye. Koma akudziwa kuti magulu ankhondo, apolisi ndi asitikali amayang'anira zochitika zotere, kujambula zithunzi ndi ma drones, pogwiritsa ntchito maikolofoni ozindikira komanso mafoni. Chifukwa chiyani akupitiriza? Akuika pachiswe kwambiri."
    
  "Komabe, ndikukuthokozaninso chifukwa chovomera kulondera pano kaamba ka zifukwa zachitetezo," anatero mkaziyo, akuchotsa dzanja lake pankhope pake ndi kulipsompsona. "Zimamupangitsa kumva bwino."
    
  "Sindinatenge mfuti kwa zaka zambiri kuchokera pamene ndinasiya gulu lankhondo la Peshmerga ku Kirkuk. Ndimadzipeza ndikuyang'ana fuyusi masekondi atatu aliwonse. "
    
  "O, ndiwedi mwamuna wanga?" Mayiyo anafika pa AK-47 atatsamira bumper ija n"kuyipima ndi zala zake.
    
  "Ah, Los Angeles, ndiuze kuti sindine ..."
    
  "Mwatero". Anasuntha chowongolera chachitetezo kubwerera pamalo otetezeka.
    
  "Ndili wokondwa kuti azichimwene ako sakhalapo kuti adzakuwone ukuchita," mwamuna wake anatero. "Mwina ndikufuna maphunziro ochulukirapo kuchokera kwa omwe kale anali a Supreme Commune of Female Commanders."
    
  "Ndili ndi banja loti ndilerepo ndi nyumba yoti ndilisamalire-ndinathera nthaŵi yanga ku gulu lodziimira paokha la Kurdistan. Asungwana azilimbana pang"ono kuti asinthe."
    
  "Mutha kuchititsa manyazi mtsikana aliyense - pamalo owombera komanso pabedi."
    
  "O, ndipo mumadziwa bwanji luso la atsikana?" Adafunsa akuseweretsa. Anachibwezeranso chidacho nkuyenda kwa mwamuna wake, akugwedeza chiuno mokopa. "Ndili ndi maphunziro ambiri omwe ndingakonde kukuphunzitsani, mwamuna." Anamupsompsona. "Ndiye udzamusunga mpaka liti mwana wanga wamkulu?"
    
  "Osati kwa nthawi yayitali. Mwinanso ola lina." Anagwedeza mutu kwa mwana wake, yemwe anali wotanganidwa kuthamangitsa mng'ono wake kuti achoke pa baklava yochepa yotsalira pa tray. "Ndizosangalatsa kukhala pano ndi Neaz. Iye amaona kuti ntchitoyi ndi yofunika kwambiri. Iye-" Bamboyo anaima chifukwa ankaganiza kuti anamva njinga kapena njinga yamoto ikubwera, chinachake chonga kaphokoso kakang"ono kosonyeza liwiro koma osati mphamvu. Munalibe magetsi mumsewu kapena mumsewu waukulu wodutsa. Iye anakwinya nkhope, kenaka anaika chikho chake cha khofi m"dzanja la mkazi wake. "Tengani Honey kubwerera kumalo ochezera anthu."
    
  "Ichi ndi chiyani?"
    
  "Mwina palibe." Anayang'ananso msewu wafumbi ndipo sanaone zizindikiro zakuyenda kulikonse - palibe mbalame, palibe mitengo yabwinja. "Umuwuze m"bale wako kuti ndingoyendayenda pang"ono. Ndiwauza ena." Anapsompsona mkazi wake pa tsaya, kenako anapita kukatenga AK-47 yake. "Ndikhala okonzeka kulowa ndikalandira ..."
    
  Pangodya ya diso lake, pamwamba kumadzulo, iye anaziwona izo: kuwala kwakung'ono kwa chikasu, osati kowundana ngati kuwala, koma kung'anima ngati nyali. Chifukwa chiyani adachitira izi, sanadziwe, koma adakankhira mkazi wake pambali, kumitengo yomwe ili pafupi ndi chipata. "tsika! - adafuula. "Bodza! Khalani-"
    
  Mwadzidzidzi nthaka inayamba kunjenjemera, ngati kuti akavalo chikwi chimodzi agundana pafupi ndi iwo. Nkhope ya mwamunayo, maso ndi khosi lake zinali zodzaza ndi mitambo ya fumbi ndi dothi zomwe zinkawonekera mosadziwika bwino, ndipo miyala inaponyedwa kumbali zonse. Mkaziyo anakuwa ataona mwamuna wake akuphwanyika kukhala zidutswa za mnofu wa munthu. Galimoto yonyamula katunduyo inang'ambika mofananamo tanki ya gasi isanaduke, zomwe zinatumiza chiwombankhanga chachikulu m'mwamba.
    
  Kenako anamva - phokoso loopsya, mokweza modabwitsa, lomwe limatha mphindi imodzi yokha. Zinali ngati chilombo chachikulu chomwe chikufuula chili pamwamba pake ngati tcheni chaukulu ngati nyumba. Phokosolo linatsatiridwa pakanthawi pang"ono ndi mluzu waukulu wa jeti yowuluka m"mwamba, moti ankaganiza kuti mwina ikutera mumsewu wafumbi.
    
  M"kugunda kwa mtima pang"ono chabe, mwamuna wake ndi ana ake aamuna aŵiri anafa iye akuona. Mwanjira ina, mkaziyo anaimirira ndi kuthamangira kumalo ochitira phwando laukwati, osaganizira kanthu kena koma kuchenjeza ena a m"banja lake kuti athaŵe kupulumutsa miyoyo yawo.
    
  "Ubwino wake ndiwodziwikiratu," adatulutsa woyendetsa woyendetsa sitima yapamadzi atatu ya A-10 Thunderbolt II. Anadumpha mabuleki mwamphamvu kuti atsimikize kuti ali kutali kwambiri ndi ndege ina ndi mtunda. "Ziwiri, zotsukidwa potsata zotentha."
    
  "Njira yabwino, mtsogoleri," adawululira woyendetsa ndege yachiwiri ya A-10 Bingu. Yachiwiri ikugwira ntchito. Adayang'ana kanema wamtundu wa infrared wa missile ya AGM-65G Maverick, yomwe idawonetsa bwino magalimoto awiri akumapeto kwa msewu, imodzi ili pamoto ndipo ina ikadalibe, ndipo ndikukankha pang'ono kwa ndodo yowongolera adadziyika pafupi. galimoto yachiwiri. A-10 ake sanasinthidwe ndi gawo lodzipatulira la sensa ya infrared, koma kanema wa "FLIR wamunthu wosauka" kuchokera ku missile ya Maverick adachita bwino.
    
  Kuwombera mfuti usiku nthawi zambiri sikoyenera, makamaka m'mapiri oterowo, koma woyendetsa ndegeyo sangaike pachiwopsezo kuti apeze mwayi wowombera mfuti yodabwitsa ya GAU-8A Avenger, mfuti ya Gatling ya mamilimita makumi atatu yomwe idawombera mozungulira uranium yatha. mlingo wa kuzungulira zikwi zinayi pa mphindi? Kuonjezera apo, popeza kuti cholinga choyamba chinali kuyaka bwino, tsopano kunali kosavuta kuwona chandamale china.
    
  Pamene chombo cha Maverick chinatsika madigiri makumi atatu, woyendetsa ndegeyo anatsitsa mphuno ya ndegeyo, anapanga masinthidwe omalizira, ndipo analengeza pawailesi kuti, "Mfuti, mfuti, mfuti!" ndipo anakoka choyambitsa. Mkokomo wamfuti yaikulu ija yomwe inali kuwombera pakati pa miyendo yake inali kumverera kodabwitsa kwambiri. Pakuphulika kumodzi kwa masekondi atatu, zipolopolo zazikulu pafupifupi 200 zinafika pa chigobacho. Woyendetsa ndegeyo analunjika pa galimoto yonyamula katunduyo kwa sekondi yoyamba, kuwombera mozungulira makumi asanu ndi kuchititsa kuphulika kwina kochititsa chidwi, ndiyeno anakweza mphuno ya A-10 kuti alole maulendo zana limodzi ndi makumi atatu otsalawo kuwomba njira yopita kumalo othawa zigawenga.
    
  Mosamala kuti asakhazikike kwambiri pa chandamalecho, komanso podziwa malo ozungulira, adatsika mwamphamvu ndikusintha njira yolowera kumanja kuti akweze mtunda womwe chandamale. Kuwongolera kwa A-10 yopangidwa ku America kunali kodabwitsa - sikunali koyenera kutchulidwa kuti "Warthog." "Ziwiri zomveka. Chachitatu, chowotcha moto."
    
  "Wachitatu pa sitiraka," anayankha woyendetsa wachitatu A-10 mu mapangidwe. Anali woyendetsa ndege wocheperako kwambiri pakupanga zombo zinayi, kotero kuti sakanatha kuyendetsa mizinga ... koma zimayenera kukhala zosangalatsa.
    
  Anayang'ana chandamale - garaja yayikulu pafupi ndi nyumbayo - pazithunzi zowongolera za missile ya Maverick, adakanikiza batani la "lock" pa throttle , anati "Rifle one" pawailesi, adatembenuzira mutu wake kumanja kuti asawonekere. injini ya mzinga, ndikudina batani "launch" pa ndodo yowongolera. Chombo cha AGM-65G Maverick chinasiya kalozera pa phiko lakumanzere ndipo chinasowa powonekera.Anasankha mzinga wachiwiri, ndikusuntha reticle ku chandamale chachiwiri - nyumba yomweyi - ndikuthamangitsa Maverick kuchokera kuphiko lamanja.Patangopita masekondi angapo adalandira mphoto ziwiri zophulika.
    
  "Wowonetsa ali ndi chithunzi chazomwe zimawoneka ngati kugunda kwachindunji."
    
  "Wachitatu ndi waufulu," iye analankhula mokweza mawu pamene ankakwera pamwamba n"kutembenukira kumene anakonza zoti akumane. "Zinayi, zoyeretsedwa pothamangitsa."
    
  "Zitsanzo zinayi, zowuluka mwachangu," adatsimikizira woyendetsa ndege wachinayi wa A-10. Zitha kukhala kuti zinali ndi mbiri yakuukira kocheperako ndipo nthawi zambiri sizinachitike ngakhale ndi A-10, koma ma A-10 anali mamembala atsopano azombozo ndipo kuthekera kwawo konse kunali koyenera kufufuzidwa.
    
  Njirayi inali yophweka kwambiri kuposa ya mapiko ake: sungani zosintha zowongolera zomwe zimayikidwa pamasiteshoni anayi ndi asanu ndi atatu; tsatirani mayendedwe a GPS kupita kumalo otsegula; chosinthira chachikulu chokhala ndi zida chili pamalo a "mkono"; ndi kukanikiza batani lotulutsa pa chogwirira chowongolera pamalo otulutsira omwe adakonzedweratu. Mabomba otsogozedwa ndi GPS okwana 2 pounds GBU-32 akuponyedwa mumlengalenga usiku. Woyendetsa ndegeyo sanayenera kukonza kalikonse kapena kuyika pachiwopsezo cholowera m'malo: zida zomwe zidalozera zida zidagwiritsa ntchito ma GPS oyenda pa satellite kuti atsogolere mabomba ku chandamale, nyumba yayikulu pafupi ndi famu yomwe idalengezedwa ngati "malo ammudzi" koma. magwero a intelligence akuti ndiye malo osonkhanira komanso malo olembera zigawenga za PKK.
    
  Ayi, ayi. Kugunda kwachindunji kuwiri kunawononga nyumbayo, ndikupanga chigwa chachikulu chopitirira mamita makumi asanu m'mimba mwake. Ngakhale kuuluka mamita zikwi khumi ndi zisanu pamwamba pa nthaka, A-10 inagwedezeka ndi kuphulika kuwiri. "Wachinayi ndi mfulu. Gulu la zida zankhondo ndi lotetezeka komanso labwino. "
    
  "Ziwiri zabwino zimalowa," woyendetsa ndege wamkulu adalengeza. Sanawone kuphulika kwachiwiri, koma zigawengazo ziyenera kuti zinasuntha zida zazikulu ndi mabomba omwe akuti adasungidwa m'nyumbayi. "Muhtesem! Ntchito yabwino, Mphezi. Onetsetsani kuti zosinthira zida zili zotetezeka, ndipo musaiwale kuzimitsa ECM ndikuyatsa ma transponders pamalire, kapena tidzakuomberani zidutswa monga momwe adachitira ndi PKK scum kumbuyo uko. Tiwonane pamisonkhano ya anchor."
    
  M"mphindi zochepa chabe, mabingu onse anayi a A-10, ndege zankhondo zomenyedwa kumene za Gulu Lankhondo la Air Force la Turkey, zinabwerera bwinobwino kudutsa malire. Ntchito ina yopambana yolimbana ndi uchigawenga yolimbana ndi zigawenga zobisala ku Iraq.
    
  Mayiyo, Zilar Azzawi, adabuula momvetsa chisoni atadzuka patapita nthawi. Dzanja lake lamanzere linali ndi ululu woopsa, ngati kuti wathyoka chala kugwa... Kenako anazindikira ndi mantha kuti dzanja lake lamanzere silinapezekenso, linang"ambika mpaka pakati pa mkono wake. Chilichonse chomwe chinapha mwamuna wake ndi ana ake ndi kuwononga galimotoyo chinatsala pang'ono kumupha. Maphunziro ake a commando a PKK adagwira ntchito ndipo adakwanitsa kumanga nsalu kuchokera pa diresi yake pa mkono wake ngati njira yowonetsera kuti magazi asiye kutuluka.
    
  Dera lonse lomuzungulira linali loyaka moto, ndipo sakanachitira mwina koma kukhala pamene anali, m"mphepete mwa msewu, mpaka atapeza mayendedwe ake. Chilichonse chomuzungulira, kupatula kachigawo kakang"ono kamsewu kafumbi kameneka, kanali kupsa, ndipo magazi ake anali atataya kwambiri moti sankaganiza kuti akanatha kukafika patali ngakhale atadziwa njira yoti apite.
    
  Chilichonse ndipo aliyense adasowa, adawonongedwa kwathunthu - nyumba, phwando laukwati, alendo onse, ana ... Mulungu wanga, ana, ana ake ...!
    
  Azzawi anali wopanda chochita tsopano, akuyembekeza kungokhala ndi moyo ...
    
  "Koma, Mulungu, ngati mundilola kukhala ndi moyo," iye anafuula mokweza mawu, chifukwa cha maphokoso a imfa ndi chiwonongeko chomzinga, "ndidzapeza amene achititsa nkhondo iyi, ndipo ndidzagwiritsa ntchito mphamvu zanga zonse kusonkhanitsa gulu lankhondo ndi kuwononga. zawo. Moyo wanga wakale watha - adandilanda banja langa mopanda chidwi. Ndi madalitso anu , Mulungu, moyo wanga watsopano uyamba pompano, ndipo ndidzabwezera chilango onse amene anamwalira pano usikuuno."
    
    
  KUYANDIKIRA JANDARMA PUBLIC ORDER COMMANDO BASE, DIYARBAKIR, REPUBLIC OF TURKEY
  CHILIMWE CHA 2010
    
    
  "Kanak Awiri-zisanu ndi ziwiri, Diyarbakir tower, mphepo zitatu-zero-zero pa mfundo zisanu ndi zitatu, denga la makilomita chikwi pa ola limodzi, kuwoneka chisanu pamvula, njanji yowulukira ndege itatu kapena isanu, yokonzedwa kuti igwirizane ndi ILS, chitetezo ndi chobiriwira."
    
  Woyendetsa ndege yonyamula katundu yopangidwa ku US ya KC-135R adavomera kuyimba, kenako adakankhira njira yolunjika. "Titera posachedwa. Chonde bwererani pamipando yanu, onetsetsani kuti malamba anu akumangirira bwino, chotsani matebulo anu, ndipo sungani katundu wanu wonse. Tesekkur ederim. Zikomo ". Kenako anatembenukira kwa woyendetsa ndegeyo/woyendetsa ndege amene anakhala kumbuyo kwa woyendetsa ndegeyo n"kufuula modutsa pamalo okwera ndegewo, "Pitani mukaone ngati akufuna kubwera kudzatera, Master Sergeant." Engineeryo adangogwedeza mutu, ndikuchotsa mahedifoni ake ndikulowera kumalo osungiramo katundu.
    
  Ngakhale kuti KC-135R kwenikweni inali ndege yonyamula mafuta, nthawi zambiri inkagwiritsidwa ntchito kunyamula katundu ndi okwera. Katunduyo anali kutsogolo kwa mphanga ya m"kati mwa mphanga, pamene panali mapaleti anayi odzadza ndi mabokosi otchingidwa ndi mauna a nayiloni. Kuseri kwa matireyawo kunali matayala awiri amipando yokwera anthu khumi ndi awiri, yokhomeredwa pansi kotero kuti okwerawo adakhala chakumbuyo. Ndegeyo inali yaphokoso, yonunkha, yakuda komanso yosamasuka, koma ndege zamtengo wapatali zowonjezera mphamvu ngati iyi nthawi zambiri sizinkaloledwa kuwuluka popanda katundu wathunthu.
    
  Katswiri wa zantchitoyo adakanikizira katunduyo ndikuyandikira wokwera yemwe adagona kumapeto kwa mzere woyamba kumbali ya doko. Bamboyo anali ndi tsitsi lalitali komanso lometa, zotupa m'mbali zomwe zidakula kwa masiku angapo, ndipo amavala zovala zamumsewu, ngakhale aliyense woyenda pandege yankhondo amafunikira kuvala yunifolomu kapena suti yabizinesi. Wopanga injiniyo anaima kutsogolo kwa munthuyo n"kumugwira phewa mopepuka. Bamboyo atadzuka, Master Sergeant anamulonjera ndipo anaimirira n"kuwatsatira Master Sergeant uja mpaka pakati pa mapaleti aja. "Pepani kuti ndakuvutitsani, bwana," woyendetsa galimotoyo anatero pambuyo poti wokwerayo atachotsa zotsekera m'makutu zachikasu zofewa zomwe aliyense amavala kuti ateteze makutu awo kuphokoso, "koma woyendetsa ndegeyo adafunsa kuti awone ngati mungafune kukhala m'chipinda cha okwera ndege. kuyandikira." Kutera."
    
  "Kodi izi ndizabwinobwino, Master Sergeant?" - adafunsa wokwerayo, General Besir Ozek. Ozek anali wamkulu wa gulu lankhondo la Gendarma Genel Komutanligi, kapena gulu lankhondo laku Turkey, lomwe limaphatikiza apolisi adziko lonse, kulondera m'malire ndi alonda adziko. Monga commando wophunzitsidwa bwino, komanso wamkulu wa gulu lankhondo lomwe limayang'anira chitetezo chamkati, Ozek ankaloledwa kuvala tsitsi lalitali ndi zoyakira m'mbali kuti alowe ndi kutuluka m'malo mwa ntchito yachinsinsi ndikuyang'ana ena mobisa.
    
  "Ayi, bwana," wogwiritsa ntchito chotchingacho anayankha. "Palibe amene amaloledwa kulowa m"chipinda chochitira okwera ndege kupatula oyendetsa ndege. Koma..."
    
  "Ndidapempha kuti ndisanditchule m'ndegeyi, Master Sergeant. Ndinkaganiza kuti izi zinali zomveka kwa aliyense pagulu," adatero Ozek. "Ndikufuna kukhala wosawoneka bwino momwe ndingathere paulendo uno. N"chifukwa chake ndinaganiza zokhala kumbuyo ndi apaulendo ena."
    
  "Pepani, bwana," anatero wolepheretsa.
    
  Ozek anaunika mapaleti onyamula katunduwo ndipo anaona kuti anthu angapo anatembenuka kuti awone zomwe zinkachitika. "Chabwino, ndikuganiza kuti nthawi yachedwa kwambiri, sichoncho?" - adatero. "Pitani". Woyendetsa mfutiyo anagwedeza mutu ndi kulowetsa mkulu wa asilikali m"chipinda cholandirira ndegeyo, ali wokondwa kuti sanafunikire kufotokozera mkulu wa ndegeyo chifukwa chimene kazembeyo sanavomereze chiitano chake.
    
  Panali patadutsa zaka zambiri kuchokera pamene Ozek anali m"ndege yonyamula mafuta ya KC-135R Stratotanker, ndipo kanyumbako kankaoneka kocheperako, kaphokoso komanso konunkha kuposa mmene ankakumbukira. Ozek anali msilikali wankhondo ndipo sankafuna kumvetsa chimene chimakopa amuna kuti azikonda ndege. Moyo wa woyendetsa ndegeyo unali wotsatira mphamvu ndi malamulo amene palibe amene ankawaona kapena kuwamvetsa bwino lomwe, ndipo sizinali mmene ankafunira kukhalamo. KC-135R yokonzedwanso inali ndege yabwino, koma ndegeyo inali ikugwira ntchito kwa zaka zopitirira makumi asanu - iyi inali yachichepere, zaka makumi anayi ndi zisanu zokha - ndipo inali ikuyamba kusonyeza zaka zake.
    
  Komabe, ndege zapadziko lonse lapansi zikuoneka kuti ndizoopsa kwambiri ku Republic of Turkey masiku ano. Dziko lake lidangopeza omenyera nkhondo ochulukirapo komanso oponya mabomba kuchokera ku United States: F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter-womber, yomwe idamangidwanso pansi pa chilolezo ku Turkey; ndege ya A-10 Thunderbolt yolumikizana pafupi ndi ndege, yomwe imatchedwa "Warthog" chifukwa cha kunjenjemera kwake, mawonekedwe ake othandiza; Helikopita ya AH-1 ya Cobra; ndi ndege ya F-15 Eagle fighter jet yopambana mumlengalenga. Dziko la Turkey linali panjira yoti likhale gulu lankhondo lapadziko lonse lapansi, chifukwa cha chikhumbo cha United States chofuna kusiya zida zoyeserera koma zokalamba.
    
  Woyendetsa barrage adapatsa mkuluyo chomangira chamutu ndikuloza mpando wa mphunzitsi pakati pa oyendetsa ndege awiriwo. "Ndikudziwa kuti simukufuna kusokonezedwa, General," woyendetsa ndegeyo anatero pa intercom, "koma mpando unali wotseguka ndipo ndimaganiza kuti mungakonde mawonekedwewo."
    
  "Inde," Ozek anayankha mophweka, akumalemba m"maganizo kuchotsa woyendetsa ndegeyo pa ntchito pamene abwerera kulikulu; munali amuna ndi akazi ambiri mu Gulu Lankhondo Lankhondo Laku Turkey omwe ankadziwa kutsatira malamulo omwe amadikirira kuyendetsa sitima zapamadzi. "Kodi chitetezo pabwalo la ndege ndi chiyani?"
    
  "Wobiriwira, bwana," anatero woyendetsa ndegeyo. "Palibe kusintha kwa mwezi wopitilira."
    
  "Ntchito yomaliza ya PKK m'derali inali masiku makumi awiri ndi anayi apitawo, Captain," adatero Ozek mokwiya. PKK, kapena Karker Party ku Kurdistan, kapena Kurdistan Workers 'Party, inali gulu lankhondo loletsedwa la Marxist lomwe linkafuna kukhazikitsidwa kwa dziko la Kurdistan, lopangidwa kuchokera kumadera akum'mwera chakum'mawa kwa Turkey, kumpoto kwa Iraq, kumpoto chakum'mawa kwa Syria ndi kumpoto chakumadzulo kwa Iran, amene anthu amitundu yambiri aku Kurdish. PKK yagwiritsa ntchito uchigawenga ndi chiwawa, ngakhale motsutsana ndi magulu akuluakulu a asilikali ndi malo otetezedwa bwino monga ndege za anthu wamba, kuyesa kudzisunga pamaso pa anthu ndikukakamiza mayiko kuti apeze yankho. "Tiyenera kukhala tcheru nthawi zonse."
    
  "Inde, bwana," woyendetsa ndegeyo anatsimikizira ndi mawu osamveka bwino.
    
  "Kodi simukuchita bwino kwambiri, Captain?"
    
  "A...ayi, bwana," woyendetsa ndegeyo anayankha. "Chitetezo ndi chobiriwira, denga komanso mawonekedwe ake ndi otsika, ndipo nsanjayo yatilangiza kuti tichotsedwe mwanjira yabwinobwino." Anameza, kenako anawonjezera, "Ndipo sindikufuna kukukhumudwitsani inu kapena okwera ena potsika kwambiri."
    
  Ozek akanadzudzula woyendetsa ndege wachitsiru uja, koma anali atayamba kale kuyimbira zida zawo ndipo posakhalitsa zidakhala zotanganidwa kwambiri. Kunyamuka kwakukulu kogwira ntchito ndi njira zake zidapangidwa kuti zichepetse nthawi yamfuti zakupha zowombera pamapewa. A PKK nthawi zina amagwiritsa ntchito zida za SA-7 ndi SA-14 zopangidwa ku Russia polimbana ndi ndege za boma la Turkey.
    
  Komabe, kuthekera kwa kuukira koteroko lerolino kunali kochepa. Denga ndi mawonekedwe ake anali otsika kwambiri, akuchepetsa nthawi yopezeka kwa wowomberayo kuti aukire. Kuonjezera apo, ziwopsezo zambiri zidapangidwa motsutsana ndi ma helikopita akuluakulu kapena ndege zamapiko osasunthika panthawi yonyamuka chifukwa siginecha ya kutentha yomwe mizinga imayang'ana inali yowala kwambiri-panthawi yoyandikira, injinizo zinali kuyenda pamagetsi otsika ndipo zinali zoziziritsa, zomwe zikutanthauza kuti miviyo inali yowala kwambiri. zinali zovutirapo kutseka ndipo zikanatsekeredwa kapena kutsekeredwa mosavuta.
    
  Woyendetsa ndegeyo anali kutenga mwayi womwe Ozek sanakonde - makamaka popeza amangochita izi kuti asangalatse mkulu wa apolisi - koma tsopano anali pamalo olimba, ndikuchotsa njirayo panthawiyi, pafupi ndi mapiri oipa. nyengo , sichinali chisankho choyenera. Ozek anatsamira pampando wake n"kudutsa pa chifuwa chake kusonyeza kukwiya. "Pitiriza, kapitawo," iye anatero mophweka.
    
  "Inde, bwana," woyendetsa ndegeyo anayankha momasuka. "Chonde, woyendetsa ndegeyo asanayambe kutsata mndandanda wamayendedwe apamtunda." Kuyamikira kwa woyendetsa ndege, Ozek ankaganiza kuti anali woyendetsa bwino; akanakhala owonjezera kwa anthu ena oyendetsa ndege chifukwa sakhala ku Turkey Air Force kwa nthawi yayitali.
    
  Tsoka ilo, mkhalidwe wamphwayi wankhondowu udayamba kuchulukirachulukira masiku ano pomwe mkangano pakati pa boma la Turkey ndi a Kurds ukupitilirabe. Chipani cha Kurdistan Workers' Party, kapena PKK, chinasintha dzina lake kukhala PAG, kapena Congress for Freedom and Democracy, ndipo chinapewa kugwiritsa ntchito mawu akuti "Kurdistan" m'mabuku ndi zokamba zake pofuna kukopa anthu ambiri. M'masiku ano, adachita misonkhano ndi kufalitsa zikalata zolimbikitsa kukhazikitsidwa kwa malamulo atsopano a ufulu wachibadwidwe kuti achepetse kuzunzika kwa anthu onse oponderezedwa padziko lapansi, m'malo molimbikitsa kulimbana kwa zida kudziko lina la Kurd.
    
  Koma chinali chinyengo. PKK inali yamphamvu, yolemera komanso yaukali kuposa kale lonse. Chifukwa cha nkhondo ya US ndi kuwononga boma la Saddam Hussein ku Iraq, komanso nkhondo yapachiŵeniŵeni ya Iran, zigawenga za Kurdish mopanda mantha zinayambitsa zigawenga zodutsa malire ku Turkey, Iraq, Iran ndi Syria kuchokera kumisasa yambiri yotetezeka, kuyembekezera kupindula ndi chipwirikiticho. chisokonezo ndi kukhazikitsa maziko amphamvu m'mayiko onse. Nthawi zonse asilikali a ku Turkey akayankha, ankaimbidwa mlandu wopha anthu, ndipo andale ku Ankara analamula asilikali kuti asiye kuzunzidwa.
    
  Izi zidangolimbitsa mtima a PKK. Skit yaposachedwa: kutuluka kwa mtsogoleri wachigawenga wamkazi. Palibe amene ankadziwa dzina lake lenileni; Ankadziwika kuti Baz, kapena "The Hawk" m'Chiarabu, chifukwa amatha kumenya mwachangu komanso mosayembekezereka, komabe amaoneka ngati akuwuluka ndikuthawa omwe amamuthamangitsa mosavuta. Kuwonekera kwake ngati gulu lalikulu lomwe likukankhira ufulu waku Kurdish komanso kuyankha kofunda kwa maboma aku Turkey ndi Iraq pakuitana kwawo kuti pakhale nkhondo yamagazi yomwe idadetsa nkhawa General Jandarma.
    
  "Tikulowa munjira yodutsamo," adatero woyendetsa ndegeyo.
    
  "Chepetsani," anatero woyendetsa ndegeyo.
    
  "Izi," anayankha woyendetsa ndegeyo, ndipo anafika pamwamba pa bondo lakumanja la woyendetsa ndegeyo n"kusuntha chosinthira giya yozungulira n"kuchiika pamalo otsika. "Kutumiza kukuchitika... Atatu obiriwira, opanda achikasu, kanikizani pampu yamagetsi yayatsidwa, zozimitsa ndi zokhoma."
    
  Woyendetsa ndegeyo adachotsa maso ake pachizindikiro chomwe chili chopingasa motalika kokwanira kuti ayang'ane zizindikiro zosinthira zida ndikudina kuti akanikizire chizindikiro cha "giya hyd" kuti muwone. "Tawonani, kutumiza kwazimitsidwa ndikuletsedwa."
    
  "Inde, panjira yotsetsereka," adatero woyendetsa ndegeyo. "Mamita 2,000 mpaka kutalika kwa chisankho." Woyendetsa ndegeyo anatambasula dzanja lake n"kugogoda mochenjera chizindikiro cha liwiro la ndege, akuchenjeza woyendetsa ndege mwakachetechete kuti liŵiro lake latsika pang"ono-pamodzi ndi mkulu wa asilikali amene anali m"chipinda cha okwera ndegeyo, sanafune kusonyeza ngakhale kulakwitsa pang"ono. Liwiro lawo linali litatsika ndi mfundo zisanu zokha, koma zolakwa zazing'onozo zinkawoneka ngati snowball pa njira ya chida, ndipo kunali bwino kuziwona ndi kuzikonza nthawi yomweyo kusiyana ndi kuzilola kuti zibweretse mavuto aakulu pambuyo pake.
    
  "Tesekkur eder," woyendetsa ndegeyo anayankha, akuvomereza kuti anagwidwa. Mawu osavuta akuti "ndakupezani" amatanthauza kuti woyendetsa ndegeyo wazindikira kulakwitsa kwake, koma kuyamikira kunatanthauza kuti woyendetsa ndegeyo wachita njira yabwino. "Chikwi chatsala."
    
  Kuwala kwadzuwa kosasefedwa kunayamba kusefa kudzera m'mazenera a kanyumbako, kutsatiridwa pakanthawi pang'ono ndi kuwala kwa dzuwa kudutsa mitambo yamwazikana. Ozek anayang"ana panja n"kuona kuti ali mkatikati mwa msewu wonyamukira ndegeyo, ndipo nyale zoyang"anizana ndi maso zinkasonyeza kuti ali m"njira yotsetsereka. "Njira yothamanga," adatero woyendetsa ndegeyo. Singano za ILS zinayamba kuvina pang'ono, zomwe zikutanthauza kuti woyendetsa ndegeyo akuyang'ana pawindo pa msewu wonyamukira ndege m'malo moyang'ana chizindikiro cha malo opingasa. "Pitirizani kuyandikira."
    
  "Zikomo". Kugwira kwina kwabwino. "Mazana asanu mpaka kutalika kwa chisankho. Tsatirani mndandanda wa 'pre-downing' ndi..."
    
  Ozek, akuyang'ana pa zenera m'malo moyang'ana zida, adawona choyamba: utsi woyera wopindika kuchokera m'mphambano za misewu yakutsogolo ndi kumanzere, mkati mwa mpanda wa bwalo la ndege, ukulunjika komweko! "Muvi!" anafuula motero Ozek, pogwiritsa ntchito dzina lachi Russia lakuti "Zvezda" poyerekezera ndi mzinga wa SA-7. "Tembenukira kumanja, tsopano!"
    
  Chosangalatsa ndichakuti woyendetsa ndegeyo adachita ndendende momwe Ozek adalamula: nthawi yomweyo adatembenuzira gudumu lakumanja ndikuyika ma throttles onse anayi kuti azitha kumenya nkhondo. Koma anachedwa kwambiri. Ozek adadziwa kuti tsopano anali ndi mwayi umodzi wokha: kuti inalidi mizinga ya SA-7 osati SA-14 yatsopano, chifukwa mzinga wakale unkafunika malo otentha kwambiri kuti uwongolere, pomwe SA-14 imatha kutsata gwero lililonse la kutentha. , ngakhale kuwala kwadzuwa kumaonekera kuchokera ku tochi.
    
  M"kuphethira kwa diso, roketiyo inazimiririka - inawuluka mamita angapo kuchokera ku phiko lakumanzere. Koma panali chinachake cholakwika. Mtsinje unamveka m'chipinda cha oyendera; woyendetsa ndegeyo anayesa mozama kukhotetsa KC-135 kumanzere kuti ayendetse bwino ndipo mwina ngakhale kuyimitsanso panjira, koma ndegeyo sinayankhe - mapiko akumanzere anali adakali m'mwamba ndipo kunalibe mphamvu zokwanira za aileron. kuzitsitsa. Ngakhale injini zikuyenda ndi mphamvu zonse, zidayimitsidwa kwathunthu, ndikuwopseza kuti alowa mchira nthawi iliyonse.
    
  "Mukuchita chiyani, captain?" Ozek anakuwa. "Tsitsa mphuno yako ndi kulinganiza mapiko ako!"
    
  "Sindingathe kutembenuka!" - woyendetsa ndegeyo adafuula.
    
  "Sitingathe kufika panjira yowulukira ndege - kwezani mapiko ndikupeza malo oti mutsike mwadzidzidzi!" Ozek anatero. Anasuzumira pawindo la woyendetsa ndegeyo n"kuona bwalo la mpira. "Pano! Bwalo la mpira! Awa ndiye malo anu ofikira! "
    
  "Ndikhoza kuzilamulira! Nditha kupanga ...!"
    
  "Ayi, simungathe - kwachedwa kwambiri!" - Ozek adafuula. "Ikani mphuno yanu pansi ndi kupita ku bwalo la mpira, apo ayi tifa tonse!"
    
  Zina zonse zinachitika pasanathe masekondi asanu, koma Ozek ankangoona ngati akusuntha pang"onopang"ono. M"malo moyesa kunyamula sitima yapamadzi yoyimitsidwayo kubwerera kumwamba, woyendetsayo anatulutsa mphamvu yakumbuyo ya zitsulo zowongolera. Atachita izi ndipo injiniyo inali ndi mphamvu zonse, ma ailerons adayankha nthawi yomweyo ndipo woyendetsa ndegeyo adatha kukweza mapiko a ndegeyo. Ndi mphuno yotsika, liwiro la ndege linakula mofulumira, ndipo kugwedezeka kunali kokwanira kuti woyendetsa ndege akweze mphuno pafupi ndi malo otsetsereka. Anatembenuza ma throttles kukhala osagwira ntchito, kenaka kuti adulidwe kamphindi kakang'ono ka tanka yayikulu isanagwe.
    
  Ozek anaponyedwa kutsogolo pafupi ndi pakati, koma lamba wake wapaphewa ndi m'miyendo adakhazikika, ndipo adaganiza modandaula kuti adatsika movutirapo kale ... ngati kuti wathyoledwa pakati. Gearbox yakutsogolo idasweka ndipo dothi ndi turf zidatsanulidwa pagalasi lakutsogolo ngati mafunde amadzi. Anadutsa pachigoli cha mpira, kenaka anathyola mpanda ndi magalasi angapo ndi nyumba zosungiramo zinthu asanayime pamalo ochitira masewera olimbitsa thupi.
    
    
  MUTU WOYAMBA
    
    
    
  WHITE Sands MISSILE RANGE, New MEXICO
  M'M'MAWA
    
    
  "Masters Awiri-Awiri, awa ndi White Sands." Wailesi yonyamula katunduyo inakhala yamoyo, ikung'amba mphepo yam'mawa yabata. "Kunyamuka kwakonzedwa, njanji imodzi-zero, mphepo yabata, matali 2-9 9-7. Zomwe zikuwopsezazo ndi zofiira, ndikubwereza, zofiira, werenganinso. "
    
  "Zomveka, makope a Masters Awiri-Awiri, kunyamuka kwachotsedwa, msewu wonyamukira ndege ndi ziro imodzi, zowopsa."
    
  Ndege yayikulu, yowoneka modabwitsa idayambitsa mainjini ake ndikukonzekera kupita kunjira yothamanga. Zinali ngati chikumbutso cha bomba lobisala la B-2 Spirit "flying-wing", koma linali lamphamvu kwambiri kuposa bomba la intercontinental, kutanthauza kuchuluka kwa malipiro. M'malo mwa injini zomangidwa mu fuselage, ndegeyo inali ndi injini zitatu zoyikidwa kumbuyo kwa fuselage pazitsulo zazifupi.
    
  Pamene ndege ya mapiko yachilendo ya guppy inkadutsa mumsewu wodutsa pamsewu wothamanga, pafupifupi kilomita imodzi kumadzulo, bambo wina atavala kapu ya nsalu, balaclava, jekete yobiriwira yoteteza komanso magolovesi olemera adakweza MANPADS, kapena anti-ndege yonyamula munthu. chida, chowombera paphewa lake lakumanja. Poyamba analowetsa kachipangizo kakang'ono kamene kamatha kukula ngati chitini cha masamba pansi pa chowuzira, chomwe chinkapereka mpweya woziziritsa wa argon wochizira chofufumitsa cha infrared ndi kuyendetsa batire la chipangizocho.
    
  "Allah Akbar, Allah Akbar," bamboyo anatero ndi mawu abata. Kenako anaimirira n"kulozetsa chidacho kum"mawa, kumene kunali phokoso la injini za ndegeyo zimene zinkayamba kunyamuka n"kuyamba kunyamuka. Kusanachepe mokwanira kuti aone ndegeyo ili patali choncho, motero munthu wa roketiyo anatsitsa magalasi ake oonera usiku m"maso mwake, n"kusintha bwinobwino mmene mutu wake ulili kuti athe kulozabe MANPADS kudzera m"masomphenya ake achitsulo. Anayatsa chidacho mwa kukanikiza ndi kumasula chitetezo chomangidwira ndikuyendetsa galimoto. Ankatha kumva ma gyroscope akuzungulira m"malo olowera mizinga ngakhale phokoso la ndege imene ikugunda m"chipululu.
    
  Pamene ankayang'ana kwambiri chithunzi chobiriwira ndi choyera cha ndege yomwe ikubwerera, adamva phokoso laling'ono m'makutu ake, kusonyeza kuti MANPADS's infrared sensor inali itangotenga utsi wa injini ya jetliner. Kenako adakankhira ndikugwira chowongolera cha "uncage" ndipo chizindikiro chogulira chidayamba kukulirakulira, ndikumuuza kuti mzingawo ukutsata chandamale chabwino.
    
  Anadikirira mpaka ndegeyo itauluka chifukwa ngati akanaiwombera idakali pansi, ogwira ntchitoyo ayenera kuti akanatha kuyimitsa ndegeyo bwinobwino panjirayo n"kuzimitsa motowo mwamsanga, kuti ovulala asachepe. Nthawi yovuta kwambiri inali masekondi asanu itanyamuka, chifukwa ndegeyo inkathamanga pang'onopang'ono ndipo zida zake zotera zinali kuyenda; injini yake ikalephera, ogwira ntchitoyo amayenera kuchitapo kanthu mwachangu komanso molondola kuti apewe ngozi.
    
  Tsopano ndi nthawi. Ananong'oneza wina "Allahu Akbar," adakweza chowomberacho kotero kuti chandamalecho chinali pakona yakumanzere kwa chitsulo, adagwira mpweya wake kuti asapume mpweya wa rocket, kenako adakoka chowombera.
    
  Galimoto yaying'ono yotulutsa mpweya idawombera roketi kuchokera mumbiya yake pafupifupi mapazi makumi atatu kupita mlengalenga. Pamene mzingawo udayamba kugwa, gawo lake loyamba lolimba la rocket motor lidawomberedwa ndipo mzingawo udalunjika komwe akufuna, sensor itatsekedwa bwino. Kenako munthu woponya miviyo anatsitsa zipsera zake zodzitetezera ndikuyang"ana nkhondoyo mosangalala ndi magalasi ake a masomphenya a usiku, ndipo patapita nthaŵi anaona mzingawo ukuphulika mumtambo wamoto. "Mulungu akudalitseni, Akbar," adadandaula. "Zinali bwino".
    
  Koma nkhondo yolimbana ndi nkhondo inali isanathe. Phokoso la kuphulikako litangofika kwa iye sekondi imodzi pambuyo pake, munthu wa rocket mwadzidzidzi anamva kutentha kwakukulu m'thupi lake lonse. Anagwetsera pansi chowombera chomwe anachigwiritsa ntchito, atasokonezeka komanso atasokonezeka. Kwa iye zinkawoneka kuti thupi lake lonse mwadzidzidzi linapsa ndi moto. Iye anagwa pansi, n"cholinga choti azimitse lawilo pogudubuzika, koma kutenthako kumakula kwambiri sekondi iliyonse. Palibe chimene akanachita koma kudzipinda mumpira woteteza ndi kuphimba maso ake, kuyembekezera kupeŵa kuchititsidwa khungu kapena kutenthedwa wamoyo. Anakuwa pamene lawi lamoto likufalikira, likumunyeketsa ...
    
  "Aaaa bwana chachitika ndi chani?" adamva mawu m'makutu ake. "Kodi muli bwino? Tili mnjira. Gwiritsitsani!"
    
  Bamboyo adapeza kuti chifuwa chake chikugwedezeka ndipo mtima wake ukugunda chifukwa cha kukwera kwadzidzidzi kwa adrenaline m'magazi ake, ndipo zinamuvuta kulankhula kwa mphindi zingapo ... koma kutentha kwakukulu kunasiya mwadzidzidzi. Kenako anaimirira n"kudzipukuta ndi fumbi. Panalibe umboni wosonyeza kuti chinam"chitikirapo chilichonse, kupatulapo kukumbukira zowawa zowawa kwambiri zimenezo. "Ayi ... Chabwino, mwina ... chabwino, inde," anayankha wasayansi ya rocket, Dr. Jonathan Colin Masters, monyinyirika. "Mwina pang'ono".
    
  John Masters anali atangofika kumene zaka makumi asanu, koma ankawonekabe, ndipo mwina nthawi zonse ankawoneka, ngati wachinyamata yemwe ali ndi maonekedwe ake osakhwima, makutu akuluakulu, mayendedwe a thupi lovuta, kulira kokhotakhota, ndi tsitsi lofiirira mwachibadwa pansi pa mahedifoni ake. Anali mkulu woyang'anira ntchito ya Sky Masters Inc., kampani yaying'ono yofufuza ndi chitukuko yomwe adayambitsa, yomwe kwa zaka makumi awiri zapitazi yakhala ikupanga ndege zapamwamba kwambiri, ma satelayiti, zida, masensa ndi matekinoloje apamwamba a zipangizo ku United States.
    
  Ngakhale kuti analibenso kampani yomwe idadziwikabe ndi dzina lake-zochitika za kampaniyo tsopano zinkayendetsedwa ndi bungwe la oyang'anira lotsogozedwa ndi mkazi wake wakale ndi bwenzi lake la bizinesi, Helen Cuddiri, ndi pulezidenti wachinyamata wa kampaniyo, Dr. Kelsey Duffield - ndipo anali. wolemera mokwanira kuyenda padziko lapansi Kwa moyo wake wonse, ngati akufuna, John ankakonda kuthera nthawi mu labotale, kupanga zida zatsopano, kapena kuziyesa m'munda. Palibe amene ankadziwa ngati gulu la oyang'anira limamulola kuchita zinthu ngati mivi yoyaka moto kuchokera ku MANPADS kapena kukhala kunja kwa mizinga panthawi yoyesedwa kuti amuseke ... zopangidwa, zomwe zakhala zikuchitika nthawi zambiri m'zaka zapitazi.
    
  Ma Humvees angapo ndi magalimoto othandizira adafika, kuphatikiza ambulansi, zingochitika, zowunikira komanso zowunikira pa John. Bambo wina adalumpha kuchokera kwa Humvee yemwe adakhala pamalopo ndikuthamangira kwa iye. "Uli bwino, John?" Anafunsa Hunter "Boomer" Noble. Boomer anali wachiwiri kwa purezidenti wazaka makumi awiri ndi zisanu yemwe amayang'anira chitukuko cha zida zoyendetsedwa ndi ndege ku Sky Masters Inc. Woyendetsa ndege wakale wa U.S. Air Force, mainjiniya, komanso wamlengalenga, Boomer nthawi ina anali ndi ntchito yosangalatsa yopanga zida zakunja zandege ndikutha kuwulutsa yekha zomwe zidamalizidwa. Powuluka ndege yosintha ya XR-A9 Black Stallion ya siteji imodzi, yoyendetsedwa ndi kavalo wakuda, Boomer yakhala ikuzungulira nthawi zambiri mzaka ziwiri zapitazi kuposa magulu ena onse a zakuthambo aku US ataphatikiza zaka khumi zapitazi. "Mulungu, mwatiopsa kumeneko!"
    
  "Ndakuuzani, ndili bwino," anatero John, akuyamikira kuti mawu ake sanamveke ngati mmene anachitira mphindi zingapo m"mbuyomo. "Ndikuganiza kuti tadutsa pang'ono ndi mphamvu ya emitter, huh Boomer?"
    
  "Ndidayiyika pamphamvu yotsika kwambiri, abwana, ndipo ndidayang'ana ndikuyiyang'ananso," adatero Boomer. "Mwina munali pafupi kwambiri. Laser ili ndi ma kilomita makumi asanu - munali osakwana awiri pamene mudagunda. Mwina sichabwino kudziyesa nokha, bwana. "
    
  "Zikomo chifukwa cha upangiri, Boomer," John adayankha mofooka, poganiza kuti palibe amene angazindikire kugwirana kwake chanza. "Ntchito yabwino, Boomer. Ndinganene kuti kuyesa kwa Slingshot automatic anti-missile chida kunali kopambana. "
    
  "Inenso ndikanatero, Boomer," liwu lina kumbuyo kwake linatero. Amuna aŵiri anabwera kwa ife kuchokera ku Hummer wina, atavala masuti a bizinesi, majasi akuda aatali ndi magolovesi kuti atiteteze ku kuzizira kwa m"maŵa. Anatsatiridwa ndi amuna ena awiri ovala mofanana, koma malaya awo anali otseguka ... kuwapatsa mwayi wosavuta kugwiritsa ntchito zida zodziwikiratu zomwe zimapachikidwa kuchokera ku zingwe zawo pansipa. Bambo wina wa tsitsi lalitali la mchere ndi tsabola komanso mbuzi anagwedeza chala kwa John n"kupitiriza kuti, "John wangotsala pang"ono kudzipha.
    
  "Nah...zinayenda ndendende monga mwadongosolo, a President," John anayankha.
    
  Bamboyo, Purezidenti wakale wa United States Kevin Martindale, adaponya maso ake osakhulupirira. Chiwerengero cha kukhazikitsidwa kwa Washington kwa zaka makumi ambiri, Martindale adagwira ntchito zisanu ndi chimodzi ku Congress, mawu awiri monga wachiwiri kwa pulezidenti ndi nthawi imodzi monga purezidenti, asanachotsedwe paudindo; ndiye anakhala munthu wachiŵiri m"mbiri ya United States kuvoteredwanso.
    
  Analinso ndi mwayi wokhala wachiwiri kwa purezidenti woyamba kusudzulidwa ali paudindo, ndipo anali akadali mbeta yotsimikizika, yomwe nthawi zambiri imawonedwa ndi osewera achichepere komanso othamanga. Ngakhale kuti Martindale anali ndi zaka zoposa makumi asanu ndi limodzi, anali adakali wokongola, wodalirika komanso wowoneka bwino ndi mbuzi ndi tsitsi lalitali lopindika, lokongoletsedwa ndi maloko awiri asiliva a "maloto a wojambula zithunzi" otchuka omwe adawonekera pa iye. pamphumi pake nthawi iliyonse akakwiya kapena maganizo.
    
  "Amakondabe kuchita zovuta zake, a Purezidenti - ndizovuta kwambiri," adatero bambo yemwe anali pafupi naye, Lt. Gen. Patrick McLanahan wopuma pantchito. Wamfupi kuposa Martindale koma womangidwa mwamphamvu kwambiri, McLanahan anali nthano ngati Martindale, kupatula m'dziko lamdima lankhondo zammlengalenga. Anagwira ntchito kwa zaka zisanu ngati woyendetsa panyanja komanso bombardier pa B-52G Stratofortress ku United States. Air Force asanasankhidwe kuti alowe nawo gulu lachinsinsi la kafukufuku ndi chitukuko lomwe limadziwika kuti High Technology Aerospace Weapons Center, kapena HAWC, lomwe lili pabwalo la ndege lomwe silinatchulidwe m'chipululu cha Nevada chotchedwa "Dreamland."
    
  Motsogozedwa ndi mkulu wake woyamba wankhanza komanso wosalamulirika pang'ono, Lt. Gen. Bradley James Elliott, HAWC idapatsidwa ntchito ndi White House kuti igwire ntchito zobisika padziko lonse lapansi kuti aletse mdaniyo kuti ayambitse mikangano mpaka pamlingo waukulu. nkhondo, pogwiritsa ntchito matekinoloje apamwamba kwambiri oyesera omwe sangagwiritsidwe ntchito ndi magulu ena ankhondo.
    
  Katswiri wa HAWC anali kusintha ndege zakale ndi machitidwe atsopano ndiukadaulo kuti zizigwira ntchito mosiyana ndi zomwe aliyense adaziwonapo, kenako kugwiritsa ntchito zida zoperekedwa ndi HAWC pamapulogalamu oyesa achinsinsi padziko lapansi kuti athe kupondereza mwachangu komanso mwakachetechete adani omwe angakhalepo. Mishoni zambiri za HAWC sizidziwika kwa anthu; oyendetsa ndege osankhidwa kuti ayese kuwuluka ndege yatsopano sadzadziwa kokha kuti sanali oyamba kuwuyendetsa, komanso kuti ndegeyo idagwiritsidwa ntchito kale pomenya nkhondo; mabanja a oyendetsa ndege ndi mainjiniya ambiri akugwa, ankhondo ndi anthu wamba, sadzadziwa zomwe zidachitikira okondedwa awo.
    
  Chifukwa cha kutsimikiza mtima kwa Elliott kulamulira, komanso kuthekera kodabwitsa kwa HAWC, zomwe zidaposa zomwe mkulu aliyense wankhondo kapena wankhondo, gululi nthawi zambiri lidayambitsa mayankho ku ziwopsezo zatsopano popanda chidziwitso chonse kapena chilolezo kuchokera kwa aliyense. Izi zidadzetsa kusakhulupirirana komanso kutsutsidwa kotheratu kuchokera ku Washington ndi Pentagon kukhazikitsidwa, komwe kunkafuna kudzipatula komanso kusokoneza ntchito za HAWC.
    
  Pazaka khumi ndi zinayi ku HAWC, McLanahan, woyendetsa ndege wodziwa bwino kwambiri komanso wotsimikiziridwa ndi machitidwe, adatamandidwa, kulanga, kukwezedwa, kuchotsedwa ntchito, kulipidwa komanso kuchititsidwa manyazi. Ngakhale kuti ambiri amamuona ngati wamkulu wankhondo waku America kuyambira Norman Schwarzkopf, McLanahan adachoka ku Air Force mwakachetechete pomwe adafika pamalopo, popanda kunyada, kutamandidwa kapena kuyamika aliyense.
    
  Kevin Martindale, Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti ndi Purezidenti, anali wothandizira kwambiri wa HAWC, ndipo kwa zaka zambiri adadziwa kuti angadalire Patrick McLanahan kuti ntchitoyi ichitike, ngakhale zitakhala kuti sizingatheke. Tsopano popeza onse awiri anali atapuma pa ntchito yapagulu, sizinali zodabwitsa kwa John Masters kuwawona atayima pambali kuno m'zipululu za New Mexico, pamalo oyesera zida zachinsinsi.
    
  "Ndikuyamikiranso, Dr. Masters," adatero Martindale. "Ndikuganiza kuti mutha kupanga makina odziteteza a Slingshot laser mu ndege iliyonse?"
    
  "Inde bwana, titha," adatero Boomer. "Zomwe zimafunikira ndi gwero lamagetsi ndi gawo lotseguka la mainchesi khumi ndi awiri kudzera mu thanki yamphamvu ya ndege kuti kachipangizo ka infrared izindikire ndikuwongolera mtengowo. Titha kuyika ndikuwongolera chipangizochi m'masiku ochepa. "
    
  "Kodi imapanga chikwa choteteza ndege yonseyo kapena imangowongolera mtengowo kumtunda?"
    
  "Timayang'ana mtengo pa mzinga wa adani kuti tipulumutse mphamvu ndikuwonjezera kuwononga kwa mtengo wa laser," adatero John. "Chidziwitso cha infrared chikazindikira kuphulika kwa mizinga, chimatumiza nthiti yamphamvu yamphamvu ya laser yokhazikika pamayendedwe omwewo mkati mwa milliseconds. Kenako, ngati makinawo atha kudziwa komwe ayambitsire, amangogunda malo oyambitsa adaniwo kuti ayese kumuchotsa munthu woyipayo. "
    
  "Kodi kuwala kwa laser kunamveka bwanji, John?" -Patrick anafunsa.
    
  "Zili ngati kumizidwa m"mafuta ophikira owira," anayankha John akumwetulira kofooka. "Ndipo izi zinali pamlingo wotsikitsitsa wa mphamvu."
    
  "Kodi laser uyu angachitenso chiyani, John?" - Martindale adafunsa. "Ndikudziwa kuti HAWC idagwiritsa ntchito makina owopsa a laser m'mbuyomu. Kodi legeni ndi yofanana?"
    
  "Chabwino, bwana, laser, ndithudi, ndi yodziteteza," John anayankha mwachipongwe.
    
  "Monga XC-57 silophulitsanso bomba, sichoncho, John?"
    
  "Inde, bwana. Boma la US silivomereza makampani ake achitetezo kupanga zida zowononga ndi kugwiritsa ntchito ukadaulo m'njira zomwe zingawononge ubale ndi mayiko ena kapena kuphwanya malamulo aliwonse. Chifukwa chake, makina a laser ndi ochepera komanso kuthekera kwake - makamaka kuti agwiritsidwe ntchito motsutsana ndi machitidwe olimbana ndi ndege ndi omwe amawagwiritsa ntchito. "
    
  "Izi zimasiya zambiri kumasulira," adatero Patrick. "Koma mutha kutembenuza chubu ndikuwonjezera mphamvu pang'ono, sichoncho?"
    
  "Monga mukudziwa, Mook, yankho ndi ayi," adatero John.
    
  Purezidenti wakale adaloza mlengalenga momwe ndege yobwerera, yomwe panthawiyo inkalowa m'mphepete mwa mphepo, ikuyandikira kutera. "Ndizowopsa kugwiritsa ntchito imodzi mwa ndege zanu zazikulu zatsopano kuyesa makina, sichoncho, Doc?" - anafunsa Martindale. "Inali mzinga weniweni wa Stinger womwe mudawombera ndege yanu, ndatenga?" Amene akugawana nawo sangakhale okondwa kwambiri kuika pangozi ndege ya madola mamiliyoni ambiri ngati iyi. "
    
  "Ndinafunadi kugwetsa misozi m"maso mwanu, a President," John anayankha motero. "Zomwe otsogolera ndi omwe akugawana nawo sakudziwa sizingawapweteke. Kuphatikiza apo, XC-57 'Loser' ilibe munthu. "
    
  "'Wotayika', huh?" Patrick McLanahan adayankhapo. "Si dzina labwino kwambiri lomwe udabwera nalo, John."
    
  "N'chifukwa chiyani ukunena choncho?" - Martindale adafunsa.
    
  "Chifukwa adataya mpikisano wophulitsa mabomba," John adalongosola. "Sanafunikire ndege yopanda anthu; iwo ankafuna kuti chikhale chobera komanso chachangu. Ndinkangoyang'ana kwambiri zolipira komanso kuchuluka kwake, ndipo ndimadziwa kuti nditha kukhala ndi chida cha hypersonic standoff, kotero sitinafune zachinyengo.
    
  "Komanso, ndakhala ndikupanga ndi kupanga ma drones kwa zaka zambiri - chifukwa sanakonde sizitanthauza kuti sizingaganizidwe. Kodi m'badwo wotsatira suyenera kukhala m'badwo wotsatira? Kupanga sikunaganizidwe nkomwe. Kutayika kwawo. Kenako, kuwonjezera pa zonsezi, anandiletsa kupanga ndege kwa zaka khumi."
    
  "Koma iweyo unapanga?"
    
  "Iyi si bomba, Bambo Purezidenti, izi ndi zoyendera zambiri," adatero John. "Sizinalinganizike kugwetsa kalikonse; ikufuna kuikapo kanthu."
    
  Martindale anapukusa mutu mwachisoni. "Tap kuvina mozungulira malamulo... Kodi ndaninso amene ndikudziwa amakonda kuchita zimenezo?" Patrick sanalankhule kalikonse. "Ndiye mumagwiritsa ntchito ndege yoponya mabomba-imeneyo si yophulitsa mabomba-kuyesa laser, yomwe si chida choopsa, koma n"kudziika pamoto kuti muyese mmene imakhudzira anthu? Ndizomveka kwa ine, "Martindale adatero mowuma. "Koma iwe, ndithudi, wandibweretsera misozi."
    
  "Zikomo bwana."
    
  "John, ndi otayika angati omwe uli ndi ndege tsopano?" -Patrick anafunsa.
    
  "Pali ena awiri okha - tinamanga atatu ku mpikisano wa NGB, koma tinasiya kugwira ntchito yachiwiri ndi yachitatu pamene mapangidwe athu anakanidwa," anayankha John. "Iyi ikadali pulogalamu yofufuza ndi chitukuko, choncho inali yofunika kwambiri ... mpaka mudayitana, Purezidenti. Tikuganiza zoyika makina athu pa ndege zamalonda komanso ma airframe apamwamba kwambiri. "
    
  "Tiyeni tiwone bwino izi, John," adatero Martindale.
    
  "Inde, bwana. Ndimuwuza kuti awuluke pang'onopang'ono kuti tiwone, kenako ndimubweretsa kumtunda. Yang'anani nthawi iyi - simudzakhulupirira. " Ananyamula walkie-talkie yake ndikuyesa kulumikizana ndi malo ake owongolera, koma mtengo wa laser unaukazinga. "Ndinayiwala kutulutsa izi m"thumba langa mayeso asanayesedwe," iye anatero mwamwano, akumwetulira ndi kuseka kosalankhula kwa ena. "Chotero ndikutaya mafoni ambiri. Boma...?"
    
  "Ndamva, bwana," adatero Boomer. "Otsika komanso odekha?" John anagwedeza mutu ndipo Boomer anayang'anitsitsa ndikuwonetsa RV.
    
  Patapita nthawi, XC-57 anaonekera pa njira yomaliza. Inayenda pansi mamita 50, ikuwulukira pang"onopang"ono mbalame yaikulu yoteroyo, ngati kuti inali chifaniziro cha mtengo waukulu wa balsa womwe ukuuluka bwinobwino m"kamphepo kayaziyazi.
    
  "Monga bomba lomwe lili ndi pakati ndi injini kunja," adatero Martindale. "Zikuwoneka ngati ikhoza kugwa kuchokera kumwamba nthawi iliyonse. Mukuchita bwanji?"
    
  "Sichigwiritsa ntchito zowongolera ndege wamba kapena zida zonyamulira - zimawuluka pogwiritsa ntchito ukadaulo wosinthira mishoni," adatero Masters. "Pafupi inchi iliyonse ya fuselage ndi mapiko amatha kukhala chokwera kapena choboola. Ikhoza kupangidwa ndi anthu kapena osayendetsedwa. Pafupifupi mapaundi zikwi makumi asanu ndi limodzi mphambu zisanu zakulipidwa, ndipo zimatha kutenga mapaleti anayi onyamula katundu.
    
  "Koma njira yapadera yotayika ndi njira yophatikizira yonyamula katundu, kuphatikizapo kusuntha zotengera mkati mkati mwa ndege," Masters anapitiriza. "Linali lingaliro loyamba la Boomer atakwera, ndipo tidavutika kuti tisinthe ndege zonse zopanga kuti ziphatikizepo. Boomer?
    
  "Chabwino, vuto lomwe ndakhala ndikuliwona ndi ndege zonyamula katundu ndikuti katunduyo akalowa mkati, simungathe kuchita chilichonse ndi ndege, malo kapena katundu," adatero Boomer. "Zonse zimawonongeka zitangokwezedwa m'bwato."
    
  "Ndi katundu m'ndege yonyamula katundu, Boomer. Muchitanso chiyani nazo?" - Martindale adafunsa.
    
  "Mwina ndi ndege yonyamula katundu munjira imodzi, bwana," Boomer adayankha, "koma sunthani katunduyo ndikuyika chidebe chodutsa pamimba, ndipo tsopano ndege yonyamula katunduyo imakhala ngati tanker kapena nsanja yowonera. Zimatengera lingaliro lomwelo ngati sitima yapamadzi ya Navy yomwe yakwiya kwambiri pakali pano - sitima imodzi yomwe imatha kuchita ntchito zosiyanasiyana kutengera ma module omwe mumayikamo."
    
  "Pulagi ndikusewera? Chosavuta?"
    
  "Sizinali zophweka kuphatikiza kulemera ndi kusanja, makina amafuta ndi magetsi," anavomereza Boomer, "koma timaganiza kuti takonza zolakwikazo. Timasamutsa mafuta pakati pa matanki osiyanasiyana kuti tisunge bwino. Sindikuganiza kuti izi zikanatheka popanda dongosolo losinthira mishoni. Wotayikayo amatha kukweza katundu kapena ma mission module mkati kudzera pa hatch yonyamula katundu kapena hatch yapansi-"
    
  "Kutuluka m'mimba?" Martindale adadukiza ndi diso. "Mukutanthauza malo a bomba?"
    
  "Si malo a bomba, bwana, ndi malo osungiramo katundu," anatero John. "Kale munali ndi malo ophulitsiramo mabomba, ndipo sindinkaganiza kuti kungakhale koyenera kungotseka-"
    
  "Chotero chinakhala 'chotsekera katundu,'" Purezidenti wakale adatero. "Ndamva, Doc."
    
  "Inde, bwana," anatero John, akunamizira kuipidwa ndi kukumbutsa anthu nthaŵi zonse za mfundo yake. "Dongosolo la Boomer limangokonza ma module ngati pakufunika kuti amalize ntchitoyo, kuwalumikiza ndikuyatsa, zonse kudzera pakutali. Angachitenso chimodzimodzi akamauluka. Module ikafunika kapena imodzi ikagwiritsidwa ntchito, makina onyamulira katundu amatha kuyisintha ndi ina. "
    
  "Ndi ma modules ati omwe muli nawo, John?" - Martindale adafunsa.
    
  "Timapanga zatsopano mwezi uliwonse, bwana," anatero John monyadira. "Pakadali pano tili ndi ma module owonjezera mafuta m'mlengalenga pamodzi ndi mapiko a mapiko omwe amaikidwa pansi ndipo amatha kupaka mafuta ndege zokhala ndi zida zofufuzira. Tilinso ndi ma module a laser radar owunikira mpweya ndi nthaka ndi ulalo wa data satana; ma infrared ndi electro-optical surveillance modules; ndi gawo lokhazikika lodziteteza. Tatsala pang'ono kupanga ma module a netrusion ndi Flighthawk control system - kuyambitsa, kutsogolera, mwinanso kuwonjezera ndi kukonzanso FlightHawks kuchokera pansi.
    
  "Zachidziwikire, tikufunanso kupanga ma module owukira ngati titha kupeza chilolezo kuchokera ku White House," adatero Boomer. "Tikuchita bwino ndi matekinoloje amagetsi opangira ma microwave ndi laser, kotero izi zitha kuchitika posachedwa - ngati titha kukopa White House kutilola kuti tipitilize."
    
  "Boomer ndiwolimbikitsidwa kwambiri, kunena pang'ono," adawonjezera John. "Sadzakhala wokondwa mpaka atatumiza Wotayika mumlengalenga."
    
  Martindale ndi McLanahan anayang'anizana, aliyense nthawi yomweyo akuwerenga maganizo a mnzake; Kenako anayang'ana dziko lina la dziko lapansi la ndege yaikulu imene inalephera kuyenda ikuyenda pang'onopang'ono ngati mbale yowuluka.
    
  "Dr. Masters, Bambo Noble ..." Purezidenti Martindale adayamba. Pomwepo, XC-57 Loser mwadzidzidzi idathamanga ndi kubangula kwamphamvu kwa injini zake, kukwera pamtunda wokwera kwambiri ndikuzimiririka pakanthawi kochepa. Martindale anapukusa mutu, kudabwanso. "Tipite kuti anyamata tikacheze?"
    
    
  MUTU WACHIWIRI
    
    
  Njira yopita ku Gahena ndiyosavuta kuyenda.
    
  -BION, 325-255 BC.
    
    
    
  ofesi ya pulezidenti, Cankaya, ANKARA, Türkiye
  M'M'MAWA
    
    
  "Tsekani chitseko chachikulu ndisanayambe kubwebweta ngati khanda," atero a Kurzat Hirsiz, Purezidenti wa Republic of Turkey, akupukutanso maso ake asanachotse mpango wake. Anapukusa mutu. "Mmodzi mwa akufawo anali ndi zaka ziwiri. Osalakwa kwathunthu. Mwina sindingathe kutchulanso 'RPK'.
    
  Wowonda, wowoneka bwino komanso wamtali, Hirsiz anali loya, wasayansi komanso katswiri wazachuma, komanso wamkulu wamkulu wa Republic of Turkey. Adakhala ngati wamkulu wa Banki Yadziko Lonse kwa zaka zambiri ndipo adaphunzitsa padziko lonse lapansi za mayankho azachuma kumayiko omwe akutukuka kumene asanasankhidwe kukhala nduna yayikulu. Wotchuka padziko lonse lapansi komanso kunyumba, adalandira mavoti ochuluka kwambiri a mamembala a Grand National Assembly m'mbiri ya dzikolo atasankhidwa kukhala purezidenti.
    
  Hirsiz ndi alangizi ake apamwamba anali atangobwera kumene kuchokera ku msonkhano wa atolankhani ku Cankaya, nyumba ya pulezidenti ku Ankara. Anawerenga mndandanda wa mayina a anthu amene anamwalira, amene anapatsidwa kwa mphindi zingapo nkhani ya pawailesi yakanema isanachitike, ndiyeno anayankha mafunso angapo. Mtolankhaniyu atamuuza kuti m"modzi mwa omwe adamwalirawo ndi khanda, mwadzidzidzi adagwetsa misozi, kulira poyera ndipo mwadzidzidzi adasiya kukanikiza. "Ndikufuna mayina, manambala a foni ndi zina za onse omwe akhudzidwa. Ndiwaimbira foni pambuyo pa msonkhano uno, "wothandizira a Hirsiz adatenga foni kuti apereke malangizo. Ndidzakhalaponso pa misonkhano ya mabanja onse.
    
  "Musachite manyazi mukapsa mtima chonchi, Kurzat," atero Prime Minister Ayşe Akas. Maso ake anali ofiira, ngakhale kuti ankadziwika ku Turkey chifukwa cha mphamvu zake zaumwini komanso zandale, monga momwe amuna ake awiri akale amachitira umboni. "Zimawonetsa kuti ndiwe munthu."
    
  "Ndimangomva ochita zachiwerewere a PKK akuseka pondiwona ndikulira kutsogolo kwa chipinda chodzaza ndi atolankhani," adatero Hirciz. "Apambana kawiri. Amapezerapo mwayi pa zofooka zonse pazachitetezo komanso kulephera kuwongolera. "
    
  "Izi zikungotsimikizira zomwe takhala tikuwuza dziko lonse kwa zaka pafupifupi makumi atatu - PKK ndi yoopsa," adatero General Orhan Sahin, mlembi wamkulu wa National Security Council ku Turkey. Şahin, mkulu wa gulu lankhondo, adagwirizanitsa ntchito zonse zankhondo ndi zanzeru pakati pa Cankaya, likulu lankhondo ku Baskanlıği, ndi mabungwe asanu ndi limodzi azamalamulo aku Turkey. "Uku ndiye kuwukira kowononga komanso konyansa kwambiri kwa gulu la PKK m'zaka zambiri kuyambira kuukira kwa malire a 2007, komanso kwamphamvu kwambiri. khumi ndi asanu akufa, kuphatikizapo asanu ndi mmodzi pansi; makumi asanu ndi mmodzi ovulala - kuphatikizapo wamkulu wa Gendarma mwiniwake, General Ozek - ndipo ndege ya tanker inatayika. "
    
  A President anabwerera pa desk yake, namasula tayi yake ndikuyatsa ndudu, chomwe chinali chizindikiro choti aliyense mu ofesiyo achitenso chimodzimodzi. "Kafukufukuyu ali bwanji, General?" Anafunsa Hirsiz.
    
  "Liwiro lathunthu, Purezidenti," adatero Shahin. Malipoti oyambilira ndi owopsa. Mmodzi mwa wachiwiri kwa akuluakulu achitetezo pabwalo la ndege sadayankhe kuti abwerere paudindo wake ndipo sanapezeke. Ndikukhulupirira kuti ali patchuthi ndipo akangomva nkhaniyo angoyang'ana, koma ndikuopa kuti tipeza kuti inali ntchito yamkati."
    
  "O Mulungu wanga," anatero Hirsiz. "PKK ikulowa m'mayunitsi ndi maofesi athu mozama tsiku lililonse."
    
  "Ndikuganiza kuti pali mwayi waukulu kuti othandizira a PKK adalowa mu ofesi yomweyi ya Gendarma, bungwe lomwe lili ndi ntchito yoteteza dziko ku zigawenga zamagazi," adatero Sahin. "Ndikuganiza kuti mapulani oyenda a Ozek adasiyidwa ndipo a PKK adalunjika ndege iyi kuti amuphe."
    
  "Koma unandiuza kuti Ozek akupita ku Diyarbakir kuti akamuwone modzidzimutsa!" - Hirsiz adafuula. "Kodi ndizotheka kuti alowetsedwa mozama komanso okonzeka bwino kotero kuti amatha kutumiza gulu lakupha lomwe lili ndi mzinga wowombera mapewa mwachangu chonchi?"
    
  "Iyi iyenera kukhala ntchito yamkati, osati ntchito ya munthu m'modzi yokha, yomwe iyenera kudzazidwa ndi zigawenga zobisala mobisa, pamalo odalirika kwambiri, okonzeka kutsegulidwa ndi kutumizidwa m'maola angapo ndi zolinga zenizeni."
    
  "Uwu ndiye mulingo wovuta womwe timawopa koma timayembekezera, bwana," atero a General Abdullah Guzlev, wamkulu wa gulu lankhondo la Turkey. "Yakwana nthawi yoti tiyankhenso chimodzimodzi. Sitingakhutire ndi kungosewera chitetezo bwana. Tiyenera kutsutsana ndi utsogoleri wa PKK ndikuwawonongeratu.
    
  "Ku Iraq ndi Iran, ndikuganiza, General?" Adafunsa Prime Minister Akas.
    
  "Ndiko komwe amabisala, Madam Prime Minister, ngati amantha," adatero Guzlev. "Tipeza zidziwitso zatsopano kuchokera kwa othandizira athu obisala, tipeza zisa zomwe zili ndi zigawenga zopha anthu ambiri momwe tingathere, ndikuziwononga."
    
  "Kodi izi zikwaniritsa chiyani, General," adafunsa Nduna Yachilendo Mustafa Hamarat, "kupatula kukwiyitsanso anansi athu, mayiko ndi othandizira athu ku United States ndi Europe?"
    
  "Pepani, Minister," adatero Guzlev mokwiya, "koma sindisamala zomwe munthu wina ku kontinenti ina amaganiza pomwe amuna, akazi ndi ana osalakwa akuphedwa - "
    
  Guzlev adasokonezedwa ndi foni, yomwe idayankhidwa nthawi yomweyo ndi mtsogoleri wa pulezidenti. Wothandizirayo adawoneka wodabwa atadula foni. "Bwana, General Ozek ali pamalo anu olandirira alendo ndipo akufuna kulankhula ndi ogwira ntchito zachitetezo cha dziko!"
    
  "Ozek! Ndinkaganiza kuti ali m"mavuto aakulu!" - Hirsiz adafuula. "Inde, mubwere naye kuno mwamsanga, ndipo mubwere naye kuti amuyang"anire nthawi zonse.
    
  Zinali ngati zowawa kuyang'ana munthu uja akulowa muofesi. Phewa lake lakumanja ndi mbali yakumanja ya mutu wake zinali zomangika mwamphamvu, zala zingapo za manja onse aŵiri zinali zomangika pamodzi, anayenda motsimphina, maso ake anali otupa, ndipo mbali zooneka za nkhope yake ndi khosi zinali ndi mabala, mabala, ndi mikwingwirima. , koma iye anaima mowongoka ndipo anakana thandizo lililonse kuchokera kwa adongosolo akale amene anafika kwa iye. Ozek adayimilira pachitseko ndikupereka sawatcha. "Ndiloleni ndilankhule ndi Purezidenti, bwana," adatero, mawu ake akutuluka chifukwa chopuma mafuta a jet ndi aluminiyamu.
    
  "Zowonadi, General. Chotsani mapazi anu, khalani pansi, bwanawe! - Hirsiz adafuula.
    
  Purezidenti adatsogolera Ozek pa sofa, koma wamkulu wa Jandarma adakweza dzanja lake. "Pepani bwana, koma ndiyenera kudzuka. Ndikuchita mantha kuti sindingathe kudzukanso," adatero Ozek.
    
  "Mukutani kuno, General?" Adafunsa Prime Minister Akas.
    
  Ozek anati: "Ndinaona kuti n"koyenera kusonyeza anthu a ku Turkey kuti ndili moyo ndikuchita ntchito yanga, ndipo ndinkafuna kuti akuluakulu a chitetezo cha dziko adziwe kuti ndapanga dongosolo lobwezera utsogoleri wa PKK. Ino ndi nthawi yoti tichitepo kanthu. Sitiyenera kuzengereza."
    
  "Ndachita chidwi ndi kudzipereka kwanu kudziko lathu komanso ntchito yanu, General," adatero Prime Minister, "koma choyamba tiyenera-"
    
  "Ndili ndi gulu lathunthu la Ozel Tim lomwe lili ndi zida ndipo ndikukonzekera kutumizidwa nthawi yomweyo." Ozel tim, kapena Special Commands, anali gulu lankhondo losavomerezeka la dipatimenti yazamalamulo ya Jandarma, yophunzitsidwa mwapadera kuti azigwira ntchito pafupi kapena nthawi zambiri m'matauni ndi midzi yaku Kurd kuti azindikire ndikuletsa atsogoleri opanduka. Iwo anali ena mwa makomando ophunzitsidwa bwino kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi - ndipo anali ndi mbiri yoyipa yochitira nkhanza.
    
  "Chabwino, General," anatero Hirsiz, "koma mwadziŵa amene wachititsa chiwembuchi? Mtsogoleri ndi ndani? Ndani anayambitsa? Ndani walamula kuti zichitike?"
    
  "Bwana, zilibe kanthu," anatero Ozek, maso ake akutuluka modabwa kuti ayankhe funso ngati limeneli. Kuyang'ana kwake komanso mawonekedwe ake owopsa, limodzi ndi mabala ake, zidamupangitsa kukhala woda nkhawa komanso wosangalatsa, wowoneka ngati wambanda, makamaka poyerekeza ndi andale ena omwe adamuzungulira. "Tili ndi mndandanda wautali wa zigawenga zodziwika za PKK, opanga mabomba, ozembetsa, opereka ndalama, olemba ntchito ndi omvera chisoni. Homeland Security and Border Defense imatha kumanga ndikufunsa anthu omwe akuwakayikira nthawi zonse-ndiloleni ine ndi jackas Tim nditsogolere atsogoleriwo. "
    
  Purezidenti Hirsiz adayang'ana kutali ndi mkuluyo yemwe anali wokwiya. "Kuukira kwina mkati mwa Iraq ... sindikudziwa, General," adatero, akugwedeza mutu wake. "Ichi ndi chinthu chomwe chiyenera kukambidwa ndi maboma aku America ndi Iraq. Ayenera kutero-"
    
  "Ndikhululukireni chifukwa chonena izi, bwana, koma maboma onsewa ndi osagwira ntchito ndipo samasamala za chitetezo cha Turkey," adatero General Ozek mokwiya. "Baghdad ndiyokonzeka kulola a Kurds kuti achite momwe akufunira bola ndalama zamafuta zikuyenda kumwera. Anthu aku America akuchotsa asitikali ku Iraq mwachangu momwe angathere. Kupatula apo, sanakweze chala kuti aletse PKK. Ngakhale akupitirizabe za nkhondo yapadziko lonse yolimbana ndi zigawenga ndikutcha gulu la PKK gulu lachigawenga, kupatulapo kutiponyera zithunzi zingapo kapena matelefoni nthawi ndi nthawi, sanachitepo kanthu kuti atithandize. "
    
  Hirsiz anangokhala chete, n"kumakankha ndudu yake mwankhawa. "Besir akunena zoona," adatero Guzlev, mkulu wa asilikali. "Ino ndi nthawi yomwe takhala tikudikirira kwa nthawi yayitali. Baghdad ikukangamira ndi mphamvu zake zonse kuti boma lake likhazikike; alibe mphamvu zopezera likulu lawo, ngakhale malire a Kurdish. America yasiya kulowa m'malo mwa magulu omenyera nkhondo ku Iraq. Pali magulu ankhondo atatu okha kumpoto kwa Iraq, omwe ali ku Erbil ndi Mosul - pafupifupi palibe aliyense pamalire.
    
  Guzlev anaima kaye, ataona kuti palibe amene amatsutsa zomwe ananena, kenako anawonjezera kuti: "Koma ndikupereka maganizo ochuluka kuposa kungotenga nawo mbali kwa magulu apadera, bwana." Adayang'ana Minister of Defense Hassan Cizek ndi Secretary General wa National Security Council Sahin. "Ndikufuna kuwukira kwathunthu kumpoto kwa Iraq."
    
  "Chani?" Pulezidenti Hirsiz anafuula. "Kodi mukuseka, General?"
    
  "Izi sizikumveka, General," Prime Minister Akas nthawi yomweyo anawonjezera. "Tikadatsutsidwa ndi mabwenzi athu ndi dziko lonse lapansi!"
    
  "Chifukwa chanji, General?" Nduna Yachilendo Hamarat adafunsa. "Kodi tikutumiza asilikali masauzande kuti akazule zigawenga za PKK masauzande angapo? Kodi mukuganiza kuti titenge gawo la Iraqi?"
    
  "Ndikufuna kupanga malo osungira, bwana," adatero Guzlev. "Anthu aku America adathandizira Israeli kukhazikitsa malo otetezedwa kum'mwera kwa Lebanon, komwe kunali kothandiza kukhala ndi zigawenga za Hezbollah mkati mwa Israeli. Ifenso tiyenera kuchita chimodzimodzi."
    
  Hirsiz anayang'ana nduna yake ya chitetezo, mwakachetechete akuyembekeza kumva mawu ena otsutsa. "Hasan?"
    
  "N'zotheka, Bambo Purezidenti," adatero Secretary of Defense, "koma sichingakhale chinsinsi, komanso chitha kukhala chokwera mtengo kwambiri. Ntchitoyi ingafune gawo limodzi mwa magawo anayi a gulu lathu lankhondo, mwina mpaka gawo limodzi mwa magawo atatu, ndipo izi zingafunike kuyitanitsa gulu lankhondo. Zingatenge miyezi. Zochita zathu zitha kuwonedwa ndi aliyense - makamaka ndi aku America. Kaya tipambana zimadalira momwe aku America amachitira. "
    
  "General Shahin?"
    
  Mlembi wamkulu wa bungwe la chitetezo cha Turkey National Security Council anati: "Anthu aku America ali mkati mochulukitsa asilikali ku Iraq. "Chifukwa ndi bata ndipo boma lodziyimira pawokha la Kurd ndi lokonzekera bwino kuposa boma lalikulu ku Baghdad, pali asitikali zikwi makumi awiri aku America kumpoto kwa Iraq omwe akuthandiza kuteteza mapaipi ndi zida zamafuta. Zakonzedwa kuti mkati mwa chaka chimodzi mphamvu zawo zichepetsedwa kukhala magulu ankhondo aŵiri okha."
    
  "Magulu awiri omenyera nkhondo kumpoto kwa Iraq? Sizikuwoneka ngati zenizeni."
    
  "Magulu ankhondo a Stryker ndi zida zamphamvu kwambiri, bwana, zachangu komanso zosunthika - siziyenera kunyalanyazidwa," anachenjeza Shaheen. "Komabe, bwana, tikuyembekeza kuti anthu aku America azilemba ntchito makontrakitala azinsinsi kuti azipereka ntchito zambiri zowunikira, chitetezo ndi chithandizo. Izi zikugwirizana ndi ndondomeko yatsopano ya Purezidenti Joseph Gardner yopumula ndi kubwezeretsa asilikali ankhondo pamene akuwonjezera kukula ndi mphamvu za Navy yake. "
    
  "Ndiye ndizotheka, bwana," adatero Nduna ya Chitetezo Dzizek. "Asitikali aku Iraq aku Kurdish peshmerga ali ndi magawo awiri oyenda makanda komanso gawo limodzi lopangidwa ndi makina okhazikika ku Mosul, Erbil ndi minda yamafuta ya Kirkuk - gawo limodzi mwa magawo atatu a kukula kwa asitikali athu, omwe ali pamtunda woyenda kumalire. Ngakhale PKK ili ndi gawo lofanana ndi gulu la ana aang'ono, ndipo United States imatiponyera mphamvu zake zonse, tidakali ndi mgwirizano-ndipo, monga Sunzu adalembera, ngati mphamvu zanu zili zofanana ndi chiwerengero: kuukira. Titha kuchita izi, Mr.
    
  "Titha kusonkhanitsa asilikali athu mkati mwa miyezi itatu, pamene Ozek Tim adzayang'ana malo a adani ndikukonzekera kusokoneza makontrakitala apadera omwe akuyang'anira dera lamalire," General Ozek anawonjezera. "A mercenaries omwe akulemba ntchito aku America amakhalapo kuti apange ndalama zokha. Nkhondo ikayamba, amathamangira kukabisala kuseri kwa gulu lankhondo lokhazikika."
    
  "Bwanji ngati aku America akanayimilira ndikumenya nkhondo kuti athandize a Kurds?"
    
  "Timasamukira kumwera ndikuphwanya misasa ya zigawenga ndi magulu otsutsa aku Kurd mpaka anthu aku America awopseza kuti achitapo kanthu, kenako timasiya kulumikizana ndikupanga malo athu osungirako," adatero Ozek. "Sitikufuna kumenyana ndi anthu a ku America, koma sitidzawalola kuti azilamulira ulamuliro wathu ndi chitetezo chathu." Adatembenukira kwa Nduna Yachilendo Hamarat. "Timawatsimikizira kuti malo osawulukira ndege omwe amayang'aniridwa ndi United Nations athandizira chitetezo kwa magulu onse. Gardner safuna nkhondo yapansi panthaka, ndipo ndithudi samasamala za Kurds. Adzavomera chilichonse bola zithetse kumenyana."
    
  "Izi zitha kukhala zoona, koma a Gardner sangavomereze poyera," adatero Hamarat. "Adzatidzudzula poyera ndikupempha kuti asitikali achoke ku Iraq."
    
  "Kenako timapatula nthawi yathu mpaka titachotsa zisa zonse za makoswe a PKK ndikuwononga dera lamalire," adatero Ozek. "Ndi magawo asanu ndi limodzi kumpoto kwa Iraq, titha kuchotsa malowa m'miyezi ingapo pamene tikudzipereka kuchoka. Titha kuwononga PKK kwambiri kotero kuti idzakhala yosagwira ntchito kwa m'badwo.
    
  "Ndipo tikuwoneka ngati opha nyama."
    
  "Sindikusamala zomwe ena anganditchule bola ngati sindiyenera kudandaula kuti ana anga aamuna kapena aakazi osalakwa adzaphedwa m'bwalo lamasewera lomwe ndege yowombedwa ndi PKK," adatero Minister of Defense Jizzakh mowawa. Yakwana nthawi yoti tichitepo kanthu.
    
  "Sitiyenera kuthana ndi a PKK okha, bwana, komanso ndi chitetezo paipi ya Kirkuk-Ceyhan," anawonjezera Chief of Military Staff Guzlev. "A Iraq peshmerga akadali osaphunzitsidwa mokwanira kapena okonzeka kuteteza payipi kumbali yawo ya malire. Tayika mabiliyoni a malira paipi iyi, ndipo ma Iraqi sangathe kuteteza gawo lawo mokwanira ndipo sangalole magulu ena akunja kusiyapo aku America kuti apereke thandizo. Titha kupeza ndalama kuwirikiza katatu zomwe timapeza pamitengo yoyendera ngati titha kukopa opanga mafuta kumpoto kwa Iraq, kuphatikiza makampani athu, kuti awonjezere kupanga, koma sizingatero chifukwa mapaipi ndi omwe sangathe kuwopseza. "
    
  Pulezidenti Hirsiz anaika ndudu yake m"thireyi yokongoletsedwa ya phulusa pa desiki lake, kenaka anabwerera pampando wake. Anakhala chete kwa mphindi zingapo atataya mtima. Kaŵirikaŵiri akuluakulu a chitetezo cha dziko akhala akugawanika kwambiri, makamaka pankhani ya PKK ndi zigawenga zake zankhanza. Kuwonekera modzidzimutsa kwa Besir Ozek mu ofesi yake patangodutsa maola ochepa kuchokera pamene tsokalo linayenera kugwirizanitsa cholinga chawo chothetsa PKK kamodzi kokha.
    
  Koma ogwira ntchito zachitetezo mdzikolo, komanso iyemwini, Hirsiz adavomereza - adakangana ndikugawikana, ndipo utsogoleri wankhondo wamba udafuna njira yamtendere, yotsutsana ndi kuyitanidwa kwa akuluakulu ovala yunifolomu kuti achitepo kanthu mwachindunji. Kulimbana ndi malingaliro a anthu aku America ndi padziko lonse lapansi ndi bungwe logawikana chinali chinthu chopanda nzeru.
    
  Kurzat Hirsiz anadzukanso n"kuima molunjika, pafupifupi tcheru. "General Ozek, zikomo chifukwa chobwera kuno kudzalankhula nane ndi achitetezo cha dziko," adatero. "Tikambirana zosankhazi mosamala kwambiri."
    
  "Bwana..." Ozek anagwedezera kutsogolo ndi mantha, akuyiwala mabala ake komanso kukomoka chifukwa cha ululu pamene ankayesetsa kuti asasunthike. "Bwana, ndi ulemu wonse, muyenera kuchitapo kanthu mwachangu komanso motsimikiza. PKK - ayi, dziko lapansi - liyenera kudziwa kuti boma limatenga izi mozama. Mphindi iliyonse yomwe timachedwetsa imangowonetsa kuti sitili odzipereka ku chitetezo chathu chamkati. "
    
  "Ndikuvomereza, General," adatero Hirsiz, "koma tiyenera kuchitapo kanthu moganizira komanso mosamala, komanso mogwirizana ndi anzathu apadziko lonse lapansi. Ndidzawongolera General Sahin kuti apange dongosolo la magulu apadera kuti azisaka ndikugwira kapena kupha zigawenga za PKK zomwe mwina adakonzekera ndikutsogolera izi, ndikufufuza mwamphamvu kuthekera kwa azondi ku Jandarma.
    
  "Ndilamulanso Nduna Yowona Zakunja Hamarat kuti akambirane ndi anzawo aku America, NATO ndi Europe ndikuwadziwitsa za kukwiya kwa Bungwe la Security Council pazachiwembuchi komanso kufunikira kwa mgwirizano ndi thandizo kuti agwire olakwa." M"kati mwake ananjenjemera ndi mawu okayikakayika a pankhope ya General Ozek, omwe amangogogomezera kufooka kwake, kusasamala kwa udindo wake. "Tichitapo kanthu, General," Hirsiz anawonjezera mwachangu, "koma tidzachita mwanzeru komanso ngati membala wapadziko lonse lapansi. Izi zidzalekanitsa ndi kusokoneza PKK. Tikachita zinthu mopupuluma, tidzaona kuti ndife abwino kuposa zigawenga."
    
  "... Global Community?" Ozek anang'ung'udza mowawa.
    
  "Mwati chiyani, General?" Hirsiz anakwiya. "Muli ndi zomwe mukufuna kundiuza?"
    
  Wapolisi wovulalayo wa Gendarma mwachidule koma poyera adanyoza Purezidenti wa Turkey Republic, koma mwachangu adawongoka momwe angathere, adalankhula molimba mtima koma osalowerera ndale ndikuti, "Ayi, bwana."
    
  "Kenako mwachotsedwa, General, ndikuthokoza kowona mtima kwa National Security Council ndi anthu aku Turkey komanso mpumulo womwe muli nawo pambuyo pa chiwembuchi komanso mwamantha," adatero Hirciz, kamvekedwe kake kake kosagwirizana ndi mawu ake.
    
  "Ndiloleni ndiperekeze mkuluyo kumalo osakhalitsa, bwana," adatero mkulu wa gulu lankhondo, Guzlev.
    
  Hirsiz anayang'ana mkulu wake wa asilikali mofunsa mafunso, koma sanapeze mayankho. Anamuyang'ana Ozek, n"kumadzigwetseranso m"kati mwa mabala ake owopsa, koma anapeza akudzifunsa kuti ndi liti nthawi yabwino yoti asiye ng"ombe yolusayo ipite patsogolo pake. Mwamsanga bwino, koma asanatengerepo mwayi pazambiri zabodza za kupulumuka kwake kodabwitsa.
    
  "Tikumananso akuluakulu achitetezo cha dziko mumphindi makumi awiri pa msonkhano wa Council of Ministers kuti afotokoze yankho, General Guzlev," Purezidenti adatero mosamala. "Chonde bwererani ku nthawi imeneyo. Kutha."
    
  "Inde, bwana," adatero Guzlev. Iye ndi Ozek anaimirira kwa kanthawi ndithu, kenako analowera pakhomo, Guzlev atagwira dzanja la Ozek mosamala kwambiri kuti amuthandize.
    
  "Ndi chiyani padziko lapansi chomwe chidapangitsa Ozek kubwera ku Ankara atapulumuka ngozi ya ndege?" - Nduna Yowona Zakunja Hamarat adafunsa mwachidwi. "O mulungu wanga, ululuwo uyenera kukhala wosapiririka! Bambo ameneyu anakokedwa pangozi yoyaka ya ndege yotsika maola ochepa apitawo!"
    
  "Ndi wokwiya komanso waludzu la magazi, Mustafa," adatero Prime Minister Akas. Anapita kwa Hirsiz, yemwe ankaonekabe kuti waimirirabe ngati Ozek wamugwira m'manja mwake. "Osamvera Guzlev ndi Ozek," adawonjezeranso monong'onezana. "Athamangira magazi. Talankhula kale za kuwukirako nthawi zambiri ndipo timakana nthawi zonse. "
    
  "Mwina ino ndi nthawi yoyenera, Icy," Hirsiz ananong"oneza motero. "Guzlev, Dzizek, Ozek komanso Sahin ndi awa."
    
  "Simukuganizira izi, sichoncho, Mr. President?" Adabwebweta kunong'oneza Akas modabwitsa. "United States sidzavomereza. Titha kukhala okondedwa m'maso mwa dziko lapansi. "...
    
  "Ndayamba kusasamala zomwe dziko likuganiza za ife, Ice¸e," adatero Hirsiz. "Kodi ndi maliro ena angati omwe tiyenera kupita nawo dziko lisanatilole kuchitapo kanthu za a Kurds opanduka kumeneko?"
    
    
  NAKHLA ALLIED AIR BASE, TALL KAIF, NEAR MOSUL, IRAQ
  PATAPITA MASIKU AWIRI
    
    
  "Nala Tower, Scion One-Seven, mailosi asanu ndi anayi kuchokera pa chandamale, ndikupempha njira yowonekera yodutsa 2-9."
    
  "Scion One-Seven, Nakhla Tower, ndinu woyamba, mwakhazikika," adayankha wolamulira wankhondo waku Iraq mu Chingerezi chabwino kwambiri, koma ndi mawu amphamvu. "Ndikupangira njira yopitira nambala yachitatu ku Nala, malo oyambira ali pachiwopsezo cha Bravo, yemwe adavomera kuti afika nambala yachitatu, ndikutsimikizira."
    
  "Negative, Nala, Scion One-Seven ikupempha chilolezo kuti awonere pa Two-Nine."
    
  Woyang'anirayo sanazolowerane ndi munthu yemwe sanatsatire malangizo ake ndendende, ndipo adadina batani pa maikolofoni yake ndikuyankha: "Wolowa M'modzi-Zisanu ndi ziwiri, Nala Tower, njira yowonera siyiloledwa pansi pa FPCON Bravo." Pansi pa FPCON, kapena chitetezo champhamvu (chomwe poyamba chinkatchedwa Threat Condition kapena THREATCON), Bravo inali gawo lachitatu lapamwamba kwambiri, kusonyeza kuti nzeru zogwirira ntchito zidalandiridwa ponena za kuthekera kwa kuwukira. "Mudzachitanso kachitatu. Ukundimvetsa? Ndikuvomereza."
    
  Foni inaitana chakumbuyo ndipo deputy tower controller anayankha. Kanthawi pang'ono, adapereka foni kwa wotumiza: "Bwana? Deputy Base Command kwa inu."
    
  Woyang'anirayo, yemwe adakwiya kwambiri chifukwa chosokonezedwa ndi ndege yomwe ikubwera, adalanda foni kwa wachiwiri wake. "Kapiteni Saad. Ndili ndi ndege yomwe ikubwera, bwana, kodi ndingakuyimbireninso?"
    
  "Kaputeni, lolani ndege imene ikubwerayi ipange chithunzi chooneka bwino," anamva mawu odziwika bwino a msilikali wina wa ku America. Wachiwiri kwa mkulu wa asilikali anali kumvetsera pafupipafupi pansanja poyembekezera ndegeyi. "Iyi ndi maliro ake."
    
  "Inde, Colonel." Chifukwa chiyani ndege yapadera yaku America ingakhale pachiwopsezo chowotchedwa osatsata njira zofika bwino sizikudziwika, koma kuyitanitsa ndi madongosolo. Adapereka foni kwa wachiwiri wake, ndikuwusa moyo ndikukhudzanso batani la maikolofoni: "Wolandira Wolowa M'modzi-Zisanu ndi ziwiri, Nala Tower, mwayeretsedwa kuti muwone bwino komanso njira yowulukira yopita ku 2-9, mphepo ziwiri-zisanu ndi ziwiri zero pa makumi awiri ndi zisanu. mfundo." ndi mphepo mpaka makumi anayi, RVR zikwi zinayi, FPCON Bravo kwenikweni, kutera kumaloledwa.
    
  "Scion One-Seven, yokonzedwa kuti iwunikenso, ndipo pamwamba pawiri ndi zisanu ndi zinayi zakonzedwa kuti zitheke."
    
  Woyang'anira ntchitoyo adatenga foni yadzidzidzi: "Station one, iyi ndi nsanja," adatero m'Chiarabu. "Ndili ndi ndege yomaliza ndipo ndayikonza kuti ikhale yowonekera komanso mawonekedwe."
    
  "Ukunenanso choncho?" - adafunsa wotumiza ku bwalo lamoto. "Koma tili ku FPCON Bravo."
    
  "Lamulo lochokera kwa Colonel waku America. Ndinkafuna kukudziwitsani anyamata."
    
  "Zikomo poyimba. Woyendetsa ndegeyo atitumiza ku 'malo otentha' pa Taxiway Delta. "
    
  "Mukuloledwa kugwiritsa ntchito preposition pa Delta." Abwana adadula foni. Kenako adayimbanso foni yofanana ndi chitetezo komanso chipatala. Ngati chiwonongeko chinali pafupi - ndipo uwu unali mwayi wabwino kwa wina - pamene angapereke chenjezo, zimakhala bwino.
    
  Munthu amene ankayang"ana pansanjayo anayang"ana ndegeyo kudzera pa ma binoculars. Iye amakhoza kuziwona pa chiwonetsero cha radar cha nsanja yake, koma osawoneka panobe. Inali pafupi makilomita asanu ndi limodzi kuchokera pa cholinga chake, ikuyandikira molunjika koma kumadzulo, ikuwoneka ngati ikudutsa mphepo yamkuntho ya Runway 29 - ndipo inkachedwa pang'onopang'ono, ngati kuti idayikidwa kuti ifike ndi mphindi zingapo. Kodi munthu uyu anali ndi chikhumbo china cha imfa? Adanenanso za komwe kuli ndegeyo kwa chitetezo ndi ogwira ntchito zadzidzidzi kuti athe kupita pamalo abwino ...
    
  ... kapena tulukani m'njira ya ngoziyo, ngati zichitika zoopsa kwambiri.
    
  Potsirizira pake, pamtunda wa makilomita atatu, anachiwona-kapena kani, anaona mbali yake. Chinali ndi chifuko chotambalala, chabuluu, koma sichinkawona mapiko kapena mchira. Inalibe mazenera owoneka okwera komanso utoto wachilendo wa utoto - china chake ngati imvi yobiriwira, koma mithunzi idawoneka ikusintha kutengera mitambo yakumbuyo ndi milingo yowala. Zinali zovuta kwambiri kuyang'anitsitsa izi.
    
  Anayang'ana chiwonetsero cha radar cha BRITE tower, njira yowongolera radar yaku Mosul, ndipo zedi, ndegeyo inali kuwuluka ndi mfundo makumi asanu ndi anayi mphambu zisanu ndi zitatu zokha-pafupifupi mfundo makumi asanu mochedwa kuposa liwiro lanthawi zonse! Sikuti woyendetsa ndegeyo amadzipanga kukhala chandamale chosavuta kwa anthu achifwamba, komanso anali atatsala pang'ono kuyimitsa ndegeyo ndikugwa. Ndi mphepo zotere, mphepo yamkuntho yodzidzimutsa imatha kutembenuza munthuyu mwachangu.
    
  "Wolowa M'modzi-Seven, Nala Tower, kodi mukukumana ndi zovuta?"
    
  "Tower, one-seveni, negative," woyendetsa ndegeyo anayankha motero.
    
  "Kuvomera. Mwaloledwa kukwera. Tikuchita nawo FPCON Bravo. Ndikuvomereza."
    
  "Wolowa M'modzi-Zisanu ndi ziwiri amakopera FPCON Bravo ndikuloleza kutera."
    
  Zopusa, zopusa basi. Woyang"anirayo anayang"ana modabwa pamene ndege yachilendoyo ikupanga chizoloŵezi chopita kumanzere kukhala mphepo kumadzulo kwa msewu wonyamukira ndegeyo. Imafanana ndi bomba lobisala la ku America, kupatula kuti injini zake zinali pa fuselage yakumbuyo ndipo zidawoneka zazikulu kwambiri. Amayembekezera kuwona ma RPG kapena mivi ya Stinger ikuwuluka mlengalenga pamphindi iliyonse. Ndegeyo inkawomba kangapo chifukwa cha mphepo yamkuntho, koma mbali zambiri inapitirizabe kuyenda mokhazikika ngakhale kuti inali ndi liŵiro lochepa kwambiri-zinali ngati kuonera kagulu kakang"ono ka Cessna m"chithunzi m"malo mwa ndege yokwana mapaundi mazana awiri. .
    
  Mwanjira ina, ndegeyo idakwanitsa kudumphatu mawonekedwe amakona anayi popanda kugunda kapena kuwomberedwa kuchokera kumwamba. Woyang'anira nsanjayo sanawone zotchingira zilizonse zomwe zidayikidwa. Anakhalabe ndi liwiro lotsika modabwitsali mpaka kumapeto kwenikweni, pomwe adatsika mpaka mfundo makumi asanu ndi anayi ndikutsika mopepuka ngati nthenga pa manambala. Anazimitsa mosavuta msewu woyamba wa taxi; anali asanaonepo ndege ya mapiko okhazikika ikutera pa mtunda waufupi chonchi.
    
  "Tower, Heir One-Seven alibe okangalika," woyendetsa ndegeyo adatero.
    
  Woyang'anira ndendeyo anayenera kuchira chifukwa cha mantha. "Kumvetsetsa, One-Seven, khalani pafupipafupi, nenani magalimoto achitetezo omwe akuwoneka kutsogolo, akutsogolereni kumalo oimikapo magalimoto. Samalani ndi magalimoto ozimitsa moto ndi magalimoto otetezeka pamataxi. Takulandirani ku Nala."
    
  "Roger iwe, Tower One-Seven, magalimoto achitetezo akuwoneka," woyendetsa ndegeyo anayankha. Ma Humvees angapo okhala ndi mfuti okhala ndi mfuti zamakina okhala ndi mfuti zamakina 50 kapena zowombera zowombera mwachangu mamilimita makumi anayi adazungulira ndegeyo, ndipo kutsogolo kwake adayendetsa Suburban yabuluu yokhala ndi nyali zabuluu zonyezimira komanso chizindikiro chachikulu chachikasu "Nditsatireni". "Khalani ndi tsiku labwino".
    
  Gululi linaperekeza ndegeyo kupita kumalo osungira ndege akuluakulu kumpoto kwa nsanja yowongolera. The Humvees anatembenuka mozungulira pogona pamene Suburban amayendetsa mkati ndipo wolamulira anaimitsa ndege. Zithunzi zojambulidwa mundegeyo zinakokeredwa, koma zisanakhazikike m'malo mwake, chiswanyiro chapansi pa chigoba cha m'mphuno chinatsegulidwa ndipo antchito anayamba kutsika makwerero.
    
  Nthawi yomweyo, anthu angapo adatuluka mu Humvee ndikuyima kumapeto kwa phiko lakumanzere la ndegeyo, m'modzi mwa iwo akuwoneka kuti wakhumudwa. "Bwanawe, sanali kuseka - kukutentha muno!" John Masters anatero. Anayang'ana pozungulira pobisalira ndegeyo. "Hei, muli zoziziritsa kukhosi m"nyumbayi-tiyeni tiyatse!"
    
  "Tiyeni tilankhule ndi mkulu wa asilikali John," anatero Patrick McLanahan wachiwiri kuti atuluke panja. Adagwedeza mutu molunjika kwa Humvee pansi pawo. "Ndikuganiza kuti ndi Colonel Jaffar ndipo kulumikizana kwathu kuli komweko."
    
  "Jaffar akuwoneka wokwiya. Tinatani nthawi ino?"
    
  "Tiyeni tifufuze," Patrick anatero. Adayandikira msilikali waku Iraq, adawerama pang'ono ndikutambasula dzanja lake. "Msilikali Jaffar? Ndine Patrick McLanahan."
    
  Jaffar anali wamtali pang"ono kuposa Patrick, koma anatukula chibwano chake, kutukumula pachifuwa chake, naimirira ndi nsonga zake kuti awoneke wamtali ndi wofunikira kwambiri. Atatsimikiza kuti obwera kumenewo akumvetsera, pang"onopang"ono anakwezera dzanja lake lamanja kunsi yake yakumanja popereka moni. "General McLanahan. "Takulandirani ku Nala Air Base," adatero m'Chingelezi chabwino kwambiri, koma ndi mawu amphamvu. Patrick adaperekanso salute, kenako adatambasulanso dzanja lake. Jaffar anatenga pang'onopang'ono, akumwetulira mokomoka, kenako anayesa kufinya dzanja la Patrick m'manja mwake. Atazindikira kuti sizingagwire ntchito, kumwetulirako kudasowa.
    
  "Mtsamunda, ndiloleni ndidziŵitse Dr. Jonathan Colin Masters. Dr. Masters, Col. Yusuf Jaffar, Iraq Air Force, Commander, Allied Nakhla Air Base. Jaffar anagwedeza mutu, koma sanagwire chanza kwa Jon. Patrick anagwedeza mutu wake mokwiya pang"ono, kenaka anawerenga dzina la mnyamata amene anaima pafupi ndi kumbuyo kwa Jaffar. "Bambo Thompson? Ndine Patrick-"
    
  "General Patrick McLanahan. Ndikudziwa kuti ndinu ndani, bwana - tonse tikukudziwani kuti ndinu ndani." Wapolisi wamtali, wowoneka ngati wachinyamata kumbuyo kwa Jaffar adapita patsogolo, akusekerera kuchokera khutu mpaka khutu. "Ndakondwa kukudziwani, bwana. Chris Thompson, Purezidenti, Thompson International, Security Consultants. " Anamugwira chanza Patrick ndi onse awiri uku akugwedeza mosangalala ndikupukusa mutu posakhulupilira. "Sindikukhulupirira ... General Patrick McLanahan. Ndikugwira chanza Patrick McLanahan. "
    
  "Zikomo, Chris. Uyu ndi Dr. John Masters. Iye-"
    
  "Hey, Doc," adatero Thompson, osayang'ana kumbali kapena kumasula dzanja la Patrick McLanahan. "Mwalandiridwa, bwana. Ndi mwayi waukulu kukumana nanu ndikukulandirani ku Iraq. ndidza-"
    
  "Chonde siyani macheza anu, Thompson, ndipo tiyeni tiyambe bizinesi," Jaffar anatero mosaleza mtima. "Mbiri yanu imakutsogolereni, General, koma ndiyenera kukukumbutsani kuti ndinu womanga nyumba ndipo muyenera kumvera malamulo ndi malamulo anga, komanso a Republic of Iraq. Boma lanu landipempha kuti ndikupatseni ulemu ndi thandizo lililonse kwa inu, ndipo monga wogwira ntchito mnzanga, ndili ndi ulemu kutero, koma muyenera kumvetsetsa kuti lamulo la Iraqi - ndiye kuti, pankhaniyi, lamulo langa - liyenera kukhala. kulemekezedwa nthawi zonse. Ndi zomveka, bwana?"
    
  "Inde, Mtsamunda, zonse zamveka," adatero Patrick.
    
  "Ndiye chifukwa chiyani sunamvere malangizo anga okhudza kubwera ndi njira za Nala?"
    
  "Tinkaganiza kuti tifunika kudzipenda tokha, Mtsamunda," anatero Patrick. "Kufika pachimake chochita bwino kwambiri sikungatiuze chilichonse. Tinaganiza zoika pachiwopsezo ndikupanga njira yowonera komanso mawonekedwe. "
    
  "Ine ndi antchito anga timayang'ana momwe ziwopsezo zilili pa ola lililonse latsiku lililonse, General," adatero Jaffar mokwiya. "Ndimapereka malamulo omwe amalamulira onse ogwira ntchito ndi ogwira ntchito pamalopo kuti awonetsetse chitetezo cha aliyense. Sayenera kunyalanyazidwa pazifukwa zilizonse. Simungathe kuyika pachiwopsezo nthawi iliyonse pazifukwa zilizonse, bwana: udindo umakhala ndi ine nthawi zonse, ndipo sizingachitike. Muthyolenso lamulo langa ndipo mudzafunsidwa kuti mugwire ntchito yanu pamalo ena. Ndi zomveka, bwana?"
    
  "Inde, Colonel, ndizomveka."
    
  "Zabwino kwambiri". Jaffar anayika manja kumbuyo kwake, akutulutsanso chifuwa chake. "Ndikuganiza kuti muli ndi mwayi kuti simunatsutsidwe ndi adani. Ine ndi asilikali anga tinayenda ulendo wonse wa makilomita 10 kunja kwa malowo kuti tiwopsezedwe. Ndikukutsimikizirani, munali pangozi yaying'ono. Koma sizikutanthauza kuti ukhoza-"
    
  "Pepani, koma takwiya, Mtsamunda," John Masters adalowererapo.
    
  Maso a Jaffar adayang'anizana ndi kusokonezedwako, kenako pakamwa pake adatsegula ndikutseka mosokonezeka, kenako adawumitsidwa ndi mkwiyo. "Wati chiyani mnyamata?" - anafuula.
    
  "Tinakhudzidwa ndi moto wapansi nthawi zana limodzi ndi makumi asanu ndi awiri mphambu zisanu ndi zinayi pamene mkati mwa makilomita khumi kuchokera kumunsi, Colonel," adatero John. "Ndipo makumi anayi ndi chimodzi mwa zipolopolozo zidawomberedwa mkati mwa mazikowo."
    
  "Izi sizingatheke! Izi ndizopusa! Kodi mungadziwe bwanji izi?
    
  "Iyi ndi ntchito yathu kuno, Mtsamunda: kuwunika momwe ziwopsezo zilili pano komanso mabwalo ena a ndege ogwirizana kumpoto kwa Iraq," adatero Patrick. "Ndege zathu zili ndi zida zomwe zimatithandizira kuzindikira, kuyang'anira, kuzindikira ndi kuzindikira komwe kwachitika. Titha kudziwa komwe kuli, kuzindikira ndi kuyang'anira mfuti kuchokera ku zida mpaka mamilimita asanu ndi anayi mumtundu wamtundu. " Anatambasula dzanja lake ndipo John adayikamo chikwatu. "Nawa mapu a chiyambi cha zojambula zonse zomwe tapeza. Monga mukuonera, msilikali mmodzi wa salvos amphamvu kwambiri - kuphulika kwachisanu ndi chimodzi kuchokera ku cannon 12.7 mm - adathamangitsidwa m'munsi mwake. Kuchokera ku malo ophunzitsira achitetezo kuti afotokoze zolondola. " Anatenga masitepe kupita kwa Jaffar, maso ake abuluu akutopetsa ku Iraqi. "Tandiuze, Mtsamunda: ku bwalo lophunzirirako kuli ndani? Ndi zida zotani zothana ndi ndege zomwe muli nazo kuno ku Nala?" Mkamwa mwa Jaffar munasunthanso mosokonezeka. "Aliyense amene anachita izi, ndikuyembekeza kuti adzamangidwa ndikuimbidwa mlandu woloza dala ndege za Allied."
    
  "Ine...ndichita izi... pandekha, bwana," Jaffar anatero, thukuta likutuluka pamphumi pake. Anawerama pang'ono uku akubwerera. "Ndizisamalira nthawi yomweyo, bwana." Anatsala pang'ono kugundana ndi Thompson mu changu chake chothawa.
    
  "Ndi zitsiru bwanji," adatero John. "Ndikukhulupirira kuti sitiyenera kupirira zopusa zake tsiku lililonse pano."
    
  "Iye ndi m'modzi mwa olamulira odziwa bwino kwambiri kumpoto kwa Iraq, Doc," adatero Thompson. "Iye amayembekeza abulu ambiri kupsompsona ndi kugwada. Koma iye si m"modzi mwa anthu amene amachita zinthuzo - amangothyola mutu pamene mmodzi wa antchito ake walephera kugwira ntchitoyo. Ndiye, kodi ndizoona kuti mumazindikira ndikutsata ziwawa za ndege yanu?"
    
  "Ndithudi," anayankha John. "Ndipo ifenso titha kuchita zambiri."
    
  "Tikudziwitsani zambiri tikangolandira chilolezo chanu, Chris," adatero Patrick. "Zikupangitsa kuti maso ako agwe, ndikhulupirire."
    
  "Chabwino," adatero Thompson. "Mtsamunda atha kukhala ngati nkhanga, koma akapeza anthabwala omwe adakuwomberani, adzawagwetsera nyundo."
    
  "Tsoka ilo, sizinali zitsiru chabe pamalo ophunzirira - tidapeza malo ena angapo mkati ndi kunja kwa malo," adatero John. "Mtsamunda akhoza kukhala wabwino kwambiri m'derali, koma sizokwanira. Ali ndi ma sapper mkati mwa chotchinga. "
    
  "Monga ndinakulemberani pomwe mudandiuza kuti mukubwera, bwana," adatero Thompson, "ndikukhulupirira kuti FPCON pano iyenera kukhala Delta - yogwira ntchito komanso yolumikizana mosalekeza ndi zigawenga. Pamaso pa Baghdad, Jaffar akuwoneka woyipa chifukwa ali pamwamba pa Bravo. Koma anyamata anga ndi Army Security Forces akuchita ngati Delta. Chifukwa chake, ngati munganditsatire, bwana, ndikuwonetsani malo okhala ndi maofesi anu ndikukuwonetsani pang'ono poyambira. "
    
  "Ngati mulibe nazo vuto, Chris, tikufuna kufotokozera dera lathu lomwe tili ndi udindo ndikukonza maulendo athu oyambira," adatero Patrick. "Ndikufuna kumaliza ntchito yoyamba usikuuno. Othandizira adzakonzekera malo athu. "
    
  "Usiku uno? Koma mwangofika kumene kuno, bwana. Uyenera kugonjetsedwa."
    
  "Zikwi zana limodzi ndi makumi asanu ndi awiri zikugunda pandege yathu, gawo limodzi mwa magawo anayi a iwo kuchokera pano - tikuyenera kuchita bizinesi," adatero Patrick.
    
  "Ndiye tikuyenera kupita ku dipatimenti yoyang'anira ntchito ndikuwona Colonel Jack Wilhelm," adatero Thompson. "Mwalamulo, ndi wachiwiri kwa woyang'anira pansi pa Jaffar, koma aliyense amadziwa yemwe ali ndi udindo, ndiye iyeyo. Nthawi zambiri amakhala ku Triple Sea Command Center."
    
  Onse adawunjika mu Suburban ina yoyera yokhala ndi zida ndi Thompson kuseri kwa gudumu. "Nakhla, kutanthauza bumblebee m'Chiarabu, anali chilembo cha U. S. Air Force Supply Base," adatero, akuyendetsa pamsewu wonyamukira. Anawona mizere ya ndege zonyamula katundu zamitundu yonse, kuchokera ku C-5 Galaxys kupita ku bizjets. "M'nthawi ya Saddam, izi zidapangidwa pofuna kupondereza anthu aku Kurdish, ndipo idakhala imodzi mwamalo akulu kwambiri ankhondo aku Iraq mdzikolo. Amati apa ndiye maziko pomwe zida za mankhwala zomwe Saddam adagwiritsa ntchito polimbana ndi a Kurds zidasungidwa, chifukwa chake ndi cholinga chachikulu cha zigawenga zaku Kurd zomwe timakumana nazo nthawi ndi nthawi, pamodzi ndi AQI al-Qaeda ku Iraq - the Zigawenga za Shiite ndi jihadists akunja.
    
  "Kumayambiriro kwa chaka chino, Nakhla adasamutsidwa kuchokera ku ulamuliro wa US kupita ku gulu lankhondo la Iraq. Komabe, ma Iraqi alibebe gulu lankhondo lambiri, motero adayitcha kuti "allied" air base. United States, NATO ndi United Nations akubwereketsa malo ndi bwalo la ndege kuchokera ku Iraqi. "
    
  "Timachipanga ndiyeno timalipidwa pochigwiritsa ntchito," adatero John. "Zodabwitsa".
    
  "Tikapanda kulipira kuti tigwiritse ntchito, tikadakhala ngati 'occupying force' ku Iraq," adatero Thompson. "Iyi ndi mfundo yochotsa asitikali ku Iraq.
    
  "Chigawo chachikulu chomenyera nkhondo kuno ku Nala ndi Second Brigade, chomwe chimatchedwa War Hammer," Thompson anapitiriza. "The Second Brigade ndi Stryker Combat Brigade of I Corps, Second Division, kuchokera ku Fort Lewis, Washington. Ichi ndi chimodzi mwamagawo omaliza omwe adutsa miyezi khumi ndi isanu - mayunitsi ena onse amagwira miyezi khumi ndi iwiri. Amathandizira gulu lankhondo laku Iraq ndi luntha, luntha komanso maphunziro. Ayenera kuchotsedwa mkati mwa miyezi itatu, pamene aku Iraq adzalandira chitetezo chokwanira kumpoto kwa Iraq. "
    
  "Chris, kodi tili ndi theka la magalimoto onse aku America kwinakwake ku Middle East?" -Patrick anafunsa.
    
  "Ndinganene kuti theka la magalimoto a Air Force ali pansi pa zisudzo kapena akuwuluka uku ndi uku, ndipo chiwerengero chenichenicho mwina chili pafupi ndi magawo atatu," adatero Thompson. "Ndipo izi sizikuphatikiza malamulo osungitsa anthu wamba komanso ma contract."
    
  "Koma zitengabe chaka kuti tichotse mphamvu zathu?" John anafunsa. "Izi sizikuwoneka bwino. Sizinatenge nthawi kuti titulutse zinthu zathu ku Iraq pambuyo pa nkhondo yoyamba ya Gulf, sichoncho?
    
  "Dongosolo losiyana, Doc," adatero Thompson. "Dongosolo ndikuchotsa chilichonse ku Iraq kupatula malo omwe ali m'malo awiri apamlengalenga komanso nyumba ya kazembe ku Baghdad. Pambuyo pa nkhondo yoyamba ya Gulf, tinasiya zinthu zambiri ku Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar ndi United Arab Emirates, ndipo tinawonjezera njira zotetezera kuti tithe kuyendayenda popanda chopinga. Zinatenga chaka kuti titulutse zinthu zathu zonse ku Saudi Arabia pomwe US idapempha kuchoka mdzikolo ndipo tidangoyiyendetsa mumsewu waukulu wopita ku Kuwait. Pano tikutumiza katundu wathu yense kunyumba kapena kumalo atsopano ku Romania, Poland, Czech Republic ndi Djibouti."
    
  "Komabe, sizingatenge nthawi yayitali kuti ndituluke, sichoncho?"
    
  "Tinagwira ntchito mosalekeza usana ndi usiku kwa pafupifupi chaka chimodzi, ndipo chaka china tinali ndi chiyembekezo chenicheni," anavomereza Thompson. "Zimadalira makamaka momwe chitetezo chilili. Kuukira boma ku Iran kunatseka kotheratu Persian Gulf kwa chaka chimodzi, ndipo misewu yambiri ya sitima ndi misewu ikuluikulu yolowa ndi kutuluka m"dzikolo inali yosatetezeka, chotero tinayenera kuyembekezera mikhalidwe yabwino. Zinthu zomwe zimafunikira mwachangu kwina zitha kuwulutsidwa, koma kutenga C-5 Galaxy kapena C-17 Globemaster kungotulutsa akasinja ankhondo a M1A2 imodzi kapena ziwiri sizinali zomveka. Ndipo sitisiya magalimoto ankhondo opitilira 2,000 pano. " Anamuyang'ana Patrick. "Ndi chifukwa chake mwabwera, sichoncho bwana? Kupititsa patsogolo chitetezo?"
    
  "Tiyesa," Patrick anatero. "Zikuwonekeratu kuti a Iraqi sangathe kuthana ndi vuto lachitetezo, ndipo sizingakhale zolondola pandale kuti asitikali aku America, omwe sakufunika mdziko muno, apereke chitetezo, chifukwa chake amapereka mapangano kumakampani apadera kuti agwire ntchitoyi."
    
  "Chabwino, simuli nokha, bwana," adatero Thompson. "Makontrakitala amachita pafupifupi chilichonse pano masiku ano. Tili ndi gulu la Marine kuno ku Nakhla lomwe limawuluka pothandizira mishoni zaku Iraq, ndipo nthawi ndi nthawi gulu la Special Forces kapena gulu la SEAL limawuluka ndikutuluka, koma kupatula kuti asitikali pano sachita zambiri kupatula kusonkhana. zida ndikudikirira kupita kunyumba. Zambiri mwa maphunziro ndi chitetezo, nzeru, zakudya, mayendedwe, mauthenga, zomangamanga, kugwetsa, zosangalatsa zonse zimayendetsedwa ndi makontrakitala aku America. "
    
  "Pambuyo pa Holocaust ku AMERICA, zinali zosavuta komanso zofulumira kulemba ndi kukonzanso asilikali ankhondo kusiyana ndi kuphunzitsa anthu atsopano," adatero Patrick. "Ngati mukufuna kuchita zambiri ndi zochepa, muyenera kuchita ntchito zothandizira kunja ndikulola asilikali ogwira ntchito kuti agwire ntchito zapadera."
    
  "Sindinamvepo za Scion mpaka Asitikali atalengeza kuti mukubwera kuno," adatero Thompson. "Anyamata inu muli kuti?"
    
  "Las Vegas," Patrick anayankha. "Kwenikweni, awa ndi gulu la osunga ndalama omwe adagula ndege zingapo zapamwamba koma zochulukirapo kuchokera kumakampani osiyanasiyana ndikupereka chithandizo ku Pentagon. Ndinapatsidwa ntchito nditapuma pantchito."
    
  Chris anati: "Zikuoneka kuti n"chimodzimodzinso ndi kampani yanga. "Ndife gulu la ophunzitsidwa zankhondo akale komanso opuma pantchito, olankhulana komanso akatswiri oteteza deta ndi mainjiniya. Tinkafunabe kutumikira titachoka, choncho tinapanga kampani."
    
  "Mukufuna chiyani mpaka pano?"
    
  "Kunena zoona, ndinayambitsa bizinesiyo chifukwa ndinkaganiza kuti ndalamazo zikanakhala zabwino - nkhani zonsezi zokhudza makampani monga Blackwater Worldwide kupeza makontrakitala akuluakuluwa zinali zokopa kwambiri," Chris adavomereza. "Koma iyi ndi bizinesi. Makontrakitala angawoneke ngati okopa, koma timawononga ndalama zathu popeza antchito abwino kwambiri ndi zida zomwe tingapeze ndikupereka yankho logwira mtima pamtengo wotsika kwambiri. Nditha kukuuzani kuti sindinawonepo phindu lililonse kuchokera kubizinesi kupatula zomwe zimanditengera kuti ndipulumuke. Ngati pali phindu, zimabwereranso m'bizinesiyo, zomwe zimatipatsa mwayi wopereka ntchito zambiri kapena kupereka chithandizo pamtengo wotsika. "
    
  "Zosiyana ndi zankhondo," adatero John Masters. "Asilikali akugwiritsa ntchito ndalama zonse za bajeti yawo kuti awonetsetse kuti ndalama sizikudulidwa chaka chamawa. Makampani wamba amasunga kapena kuyika ndalama iliyonse. "
    
  "Ndiye mulibe vuto lililonse ndi makampani enawa, sichoncho?" -Patrick anafunsa.
    
  Thompson anati: "Ndikuwona ena mwa anyamata ankhondo akale omwe ankadya njokazi akungoyendayenda m"munsi," anatero a Thompson, "ndipo onse avala zovala zapamwamba kwambiri, zida zatsopano, zida zaposachedwa komanso zojambula. ku malingaliro awo. Ambiri mwa anyamatawa amangofuna kuoneka bwino, choncho amawononga ndalama zawo zambiri pazatsopano komanso zazikulu. Kampani yanga imapangidwa ndi akatswiri apakompyuta, akuluakulu azamalamulo, ofufuza achinsinsi, ndi alonda. Iwo makamaka amatinyalanyaza. Timakhala m"mavuto nthawi ndi nthawi anyamata anga akamawakaniza, koma timawathetsa pamapeto pake."
    
  "Izi sizikuwoneka ngati njira yabwino yopitira kunkhondo, Chris."
    
  Thompson adaseka. "Ndikukhulupirira kuti iyi si nkhondo," adatero. "Nkhondo iyenera kusiyidwa kwa akatswiri. Ndingakhale wokondwa kuthandiza akatswiri. "
    
  Bwaloli linali lalikulu kwambiri ndipo linali lofanana ndi kagulu kakang"ono ka asilikali ku United States. "Malo ano sakuwoneka oyipa kwambiri," adatero John Masters. "Ndinkamva chisoni kuti anyamata inu munatumizidwa kutali kwambiri, koma ndawonapo ntchito zankhondo zoopsa kwambiri ku States."
    
  "Sitinakhalepo ndi Burger King kapena McDonald's wamba ngati ma superbases ena," adatero Thompson, "ndipo tikadatero, ma Iraqi mwina akadawatseka atalanda. Asilikali ambiri pano akugonabe ku ChUS chifukwa sitinafike pomanga nyumba zokhazikika. Zachidziwikire, palibe mabanja pano, chifukwa chake sizingafanane ndi malo aliwonse akunja akunja monga Germany kapena England. Koma nyengo ili bwinoko pang"ono ndipo anthu akumaloko sakhala odana...
    
  "Kuti?"
    
  "Magawo a nyumba za makontena. Ndi zazikulu pang'ono kuposa ngolo yamalonda yamagalimoto. Titha kuwapatsa malo ngati tikufuna malo, koma pamene asilikali akukula timakhala ndi malo ambiri, kotero kuti tsopano onse ali pansi. Apa ndi pamene tibisa anyamata anu. Ndiabwino kuposa momwe amawonekera, ndikhulupirireni - pansi pa linoleum, zotsekera bwino, zoziziritsa kukhosi, Wi-Fi, ma TV a flat screen. Ma CU awiri amagawana 'CU yonyowa' - chimbudzi. Zabwino kwambiri kuposa zimbudzi. "
    
  Mphindi zochepa pambuyo pake, anafika pa mpanda wautali wa mapazi khumi ndi awiri wopangidwa ndi makoma a konkriti a jeresi ndi malata omangika pamwamba ndi mawaya amingaminga. Mamita pang'ono kuseri kwa khomalo panali mpanda wina wamamita khumi ndi awiri wokhala ndi waya wamingaminga, wokhala ndi zida zankhondo zamtundu wa K-9 zachitetezo zikuyendayenda pakati pa mipandayo. Kumbuyo kwa mpanda wolumikizira unyolo kunali mapazi makumi asanu. Zonsezi zinali zozunguliridwa ndi nyumba yosavuta, yowoneka bwino ya nsanjika zitatu yokhala ndi denga lotsetsereka, mbale zingapo za satelayiti ndi tinyanga pamwamba, ndipo mulibe mazenera. Nyumba zotetezedwa zazitali zazitali mamita 30 zinaima m"makona a nyumbayo. "Kodi iyi ndi nyumba ya likulu ... kapena ndende?" John anafunsa.
    
  "Lamulo ndi malo olamulira, kapena Triple C," adatero Thompson. "Anthu ena amachitcha kuti Fobbitville - kwawo kwa" fobbits, "anyamata omwe samachoka ku FOB, kapena Forward Operating Base - koma tikuchita utumwi wocheperako masiku ano, kotero ambiri aife titha kuganiziridwa ngati zopusa . Pafupifupi pakatikati pa maziko - anyamatawo amafunikira dothi lalikulu kuti afikire kuchokera kunja, ngakhale atakhala ndi mwayi ndikuponya zida zodzipangira tokha pano pakatha milungu ingapo. "
    
  "Masabata angapo aliwonse?"
    
  "Ndikuchita mantha, Doc," adatero Thompson. Kenako adamwetulira molakwika John ndikuwonjezera kuti, "Koma ndi zomwe mwabwera kuti musankhe ... sichoncho?"
    
  Chitetezo pakhomo la Triple-C chinali cholimba, koma chinali chochepa kwambiri kuposa zomwe McLanahan ndi Masters anayenera kupirira ku Dreamland kwa zaka zambiri. Panalibe asilikali achitetezo kumeneko nkomwe; Makontrakitala wamba a Thompson adayendetsa chiwonetserochi. Anayamba kumulemekeza kwambiri Patrick atayang'ana mapepala ake - ambiri a iwo anali ankhondo kapena opuma pantchito; ndi akazembe a nyenyezi zitatu, ngakhale omwe adapuma pantchito, adalandira ulemu wawo - komabe adawoneka kuti amafufuza mwachangu, nthawi zina mwankhanza ndi chidwi chogwirizana ndi chisoni. "Mulungu, ndikuganiza kuti ndiyenera kupita kuchimbudzi kuti ndikaone ngati anyamatawa anang"amba mbali zofunika kwambiri," anatero John pamene ankadutsa pamalo omalizira oyendera.
    
  "Aliyense amachitidwa chimodzimodzi, ndichifukwa chake anyamata ambiri amangokhalira kungokhala pano m'malo mobwerera kwa anzawo," adatero Thompson. "Ndikuganiza kuti adakulitsa pang'ono chifukwa abwana anali pano. Pepani chifukwa chake." Iwo anatulukira mumsewu waukulu, ndipo Thompson analoza pansi kolowera kumanzere. "Western Corridor ndi njira yopita kumagulu osiyanasiyana omwe amapanga Troika-S - kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka ndege, mauthenga, deta, kayendedwe, chitetezo, nzeru, mgwirizano wapakati ndi mayiko akunja, ndi zina zotero. Pamwamba pawo pali maofesi a akazembe ndi zipinda zochitira misonkhano. Korido yakum'mawa ndi DFAC, zipinda zopumira ndi maofesi oyang'anira; pamwamba pawo pali nsanja zadzidzidzi, zipinda zogona, zipinda zosambira, zosambira, ndi zina zotero. Makonde akumpoto ali ndi makompyuta, mauthenga, majenereta osungira mphamvu, ndi makina opangira magetsi. Pakatikati pa zonsezi ndi malo olamulira omwe, omwe timawatcha 'Tank'. Nditsateni ". Ma ID awo adafufuzidwa ndipo adafufuzidwanso pakhomo la Tank - nthawi ino ndi sergeant wa asilikali, kukumana kwawo koyamba ndi mkulu wa asilikali - ndipo adaloledwa kulowa.
    
  Sitimayi inali yofanana ndi Combat Control Center ku Elliott Air Force Base ku Nevada. Chinali chipinda chachikulu chonga holo chokhala ndi zowonera khumi ndi ziwiri zazikulu zowoneka bwino zozungulira chotchinga chokulirapo kuseri kwa chipindacho, chokhala ndi siteji yopapatiza kwa olankhula anthu. Kumbali zonse za siteji kunali mizere ya zotonthoza zamadipatimenti osiyanasiyana, zomwe zimatumiza deta kuti ziwonetse zowonera ndi olamulira. Pamwamba pawo panali malo otsekedwa owonera ma VIP ndi akatswiri. Pakatikati mwa chipindacho panali mzere wozungulira wa zotonthoza za atsogoleri a dipatimenti, ndipo pakati pa semicircle panali mipando ndi zowonetsera kwa mkulu wa asilikali a Iraq, omwe anali opanda kanthu, ndi wachiwiri wake, Colonel Jack Wilhelm.
    
  Wilhelm anali munthu wamkulu, wonga chimbalangondo, wofanana ndi wamng'ono kwambiri, watsitsi lakuda la Army General Norman Schwarzkopf wopuma pantchito. Ankawoneka ngati akutafuna ndudu, koma kwenikweni inali maikolofoni ya pamutu pake yomwe ili pafupi kwambiri ndi milomo yake. Wilhelm adatsamira patsogolo pa cholembera chake, ndikumupatsa malangizo ndi malangizo pazomwe akufuna kuti ziwonetsedwe pazithunzi.
    
  Thompson adadzilowetsa m'maso mwa Wilhelm, ndipo Wilhelm atawona wapolisiyo, adamukwiyitsa ndikumuchotsa m'makutu mwake. "Chani?"
    
  "Anyamata aku Scion Aviation ali pano, Colonel," adatero Thompson.
    
  "Awasiye ku Chuvil ndikuwawuza kuti ndiwawona m'mawa," adatero Wilhelm, akuponya maso ndikubwezeretsa m'makutu.
    
  "Akufuna kuyamba usikuuno, bwana."
    
  Wilhelm anasunthanso m'makutu m'makutu mokwiya. "Chani?"
    
  "Akufuna kuyamba usikuuno, bwana," Thompson anabwerezabwereza.
    
  "Kuyambira chiyani?"
    
  "Yambani kuyang"ana. Anena kuti ali okonzeka kunyamuka pompano ndipo akufuna kukudziwitsani za dongosolo lawo la ndege. "
    
  "Amatero, sichoncho?" Wilhelm analavula. "Awuzeni kuti tili ndi zokambirana zomwe zichitike mawa m'mawa pa ziro mazana asanu ndi awiri, Thompson. Awagoneni ndipo-"
    
  "Ngati muli ndi mphindi zochepa kuti muchepe, Colonel," Patrick anatero, akuyandikira Thompson, "tikufuna kukudzazani tsopano kuti mupite."
    
  Wilhelm anatembenuka pampando wake ndi kunyansidwa ndi obwera kumene ndi kusokoneza kwawo ... Anayimilira pang'onopang'ono, maso ake akuyang'ana pa Patrick ngati akumuyesa ndewu. Anatembenukira pang'ono kwa katswiri yemwe anakhala pafupi naye, koma maso ake sanachoke kwa Patrick. Iye anati: "Bwerani kuno kwa Weatherly, ndipo muuzeni kuti aziyang"anira ndandanda ya ndegeyo ndi kufotokoza mwachidule oyang"anira ofufuza. Ndibweranso pakangopita mphindi zochepa ". Anachotsa ma headphone ake, kenako anatambasula dzanja lake. "General McLanahan, Jack Wilhelm. Ndakondwa kukumana nanu ".
    
  Patrick anamugwira chanza. "Chimodzimodzinso, Colonel."
    
  "Sindinkadziwa kuti mukhala pa ndegeyo, General, kapena sindikanavomereza dongosolo la VFR."
    
  "Zinali zofunika kuti tizichita, Mtsamunda - zidatiuza zambiri. Kodi tingakudziwitseni inu ndi antchito anu za ntchito yathu yoyamba?"
    
  "Ndinkaganiza kuti mungafune kupuma tsiku lonse ndi madzulo kuti mukonzekere," anatero Wilhelm. "Ndinkafuna kukuwonetsani poyambira, ndikuwonetseni Triple-C ndi malo ogwirira ntchito pano, kukumana ndi ogwira ntchito, khalani ndi chakudya chabwino-"
    
  "Tidzakhala ndi nthaŵi yochuluka yochitira zimenezo pamene tili kuno, Mtsamunda," Patrick anatero, "koma tinakumana ndi zipolowe za adani m"njira, ndipo ndikuganiza kuti tikangoyamba msanga, zimakhala bwinoko."
    
  "Moto wa adani?" Wilhelm adayang'ana Thompson. "Akulankhula za chiyani, Thompson? Sindinadziwitsidwe. "
    
  "Takonzeka kukudziwitsani za izi pompano, Mtsamunda," adatero Patrick. "Kenako ndikufuna kukonza ulendo wa pandege wolunjika komanso wowongolera usikuuno kuti ndiyambe kusaka komwe moto wapansiwu udachokera."
    
  "Pepani, General," anatero Wilhelm, "koma ntchito zanu ziyenera kupendedwa bwino ndi malikulu ndiyeno mikangano imathetsedwa ndi dipatimenti iliyonse muno mu Triple C." Zimenezi zidzatenga nthaŵi yaitali kuposa maola ochepa."
    
  "Tidakutumizirani dongosolo lathu logwirira ntchito komanso buku la mgwirizano kuchokera ku Air Force Civil Enhancement Agency sabata yatha, Colonel. Ogwira ntchito anu amayenera kukhala ndi nthawi yokwanira kuti ayang'ane izi. "
    
  "Ndikutsimikiza kuti atero, General, koma zokambirana zanga ndi likulu zikukonzekera zero 530 mawa m'mawa," adatero Wilhelm. "Ine ndi iwe timayenera kukumana pa ziro-zero mazana asanu ndi awiri kuti tikambirane izi. Ndinkaganiza kuti imeneyo ndi ndondomeko yake."
    
  "Imeneyi ndi ndondomeko yake, Mtsamunda, koma tsopano ndikufuna tiyambe ntchito yathu yoyamba usikuuno, ndege yathu ina isanabwere."
    
  "Mapulani ena? Ndinkaganiza kuti tangotenga imodzi basi."
    
  Patrick anati: "Adani atatiukira popita kuno, ndinapempha ndipo ndinalandira chilolezo kwa kampani yanga kuti ndibweretse ndege yachiwiri yogwira ntchito yokhala ndi katundu ndi zipangizo zapadera. "Iyi ikhala ndege ina yocheperako-"
    
  "'Yona'?"
    
  "Pepani. Dzina la ndege yathu. Ndifunika malo osungiramo izi ndi mabanki a anthu ena makumi awiri ndi asanu. Iwo adzakhala ali muno mu pafupi maora makumi awiri. Ikafika ndidzafunika-"
    
  "Pepani bwana," Wilhelm anamudula mawu. "Kodi ndingakupatseni mau pang'ono?" Adaloza kukona yakutsogolo kwa tanki, ndikulozera Patrick kuti amutsatire; Lieutenant wachinyamata wa Gulu Lankhondo Lankhondo mwanzeru anachoka panyumba yake yapafupi ataona chenjezo la msilikaliyo akuyandikira.
    
  Pamene amayandikira chotonthozacho kuti alankhule mwamseri, Patrick anakweza chala, kenaka anatambasula dzanja lake kuti agwire kabatani kakang"ono ka m"makutu komwe kanali kosaoneka m"ngalande ya khutu lake lakumanzere. Maso a Wilhelm anali odabwa. "Kodi iyi ndi foni yam'makutu yopanda zingwe?" anafunsa.
    
  Patrick anagwedeza mutu. "Kodi mafoni am'manja ndi oletsedwa kuno Mtsamunda? Ndikhoza kupita nayo kunja-"
    
  Ayenera kukhala chete kuti asalandire kapena kuwayimbira foni - kutetezedwa ku zida zopangira zida zakutali. Ndipo nsanja yapafupi ya cell ili pamtunda wa makilomita asanu ndi limodzi.
    
  "Ili ndi gawo lodzipatulira - lobisika, lotetezeka, losalimbana ndi kupanikizana, komanso lamphamvu chifukwa cha kukula kwake," adatero Patrick. "Tiwona kukweza zida zanu zojambulira kapena kuzisintha ndi masensa olunjika omwe aziwonetsa komwe kuli mbali zonse za zokambirana." Wilhelm anaphethira mosokonezeka. "Ndiye zilibwino ndikatenga izi?" Wilhelm anadabwa kwambiri kuti sanayankhe, chotero Patrick anagwedeza mutu m"chiyamikiro ndi kukanikiza batani la "kuyitana". "Hi Dave," adatero. "Inde... Inde, muloleni ayimbe foni. Munali olondola. Zikomo." Anagwiranso khutu lija kuti athetse kuyimba. "Pepani chifukwa chosokoneza, Colonel. Muli ndi funso kwa ine?"
    
  Wilhelm mwamsanga anatulutsa chisokonezocho m"maganizo mwake, kenaka anaika zibakera m"chuuno mwake natsamira kwa Patrick. "Inde, bwana, ndikudziwa: mukuganiza kuti ndiwe ndani?" Adatelo Wilhelm ndi mawu apansipansi, osamveka, akubangula . Anakwera pamwamba pa McLanahan, akutulutsa chibwano chake ngati akutsutsa aliyense amene akufuna kumumenya, ndikumubaya ndi maso molunjika. "Awa ndi malo anga olamulira. Palibe amene akundilamula pano, ngakhale haji yemwe akuyenera kukhala woyang'anira chipwirikitichi. Ndipo palibe chomwe chimabwera mkati mwa mailosi zana kuchokera kwa ife popanda kuvomereza ndi chilolezo changa, ngakhale nyenyezi zitatu zomwe zidapuma pantchito. Tsopano popeza muli pano, mutha kukhala, koma ndikutsimikizira kuti mwana wotsatira wa hule yemwe sapeza chilolezo changa kuti alowemo adzathamangitsidwa m'munsimu mofulumira komanso mwamphamvu kuti azifunafuna bulu wake. ku Persian Gulf. Mukundimva, General?
    
  "Inde, Colonel, ndikudziwa," adatero Patrick. Iye sanayang"ane kumbali, ndipo amuna awiriwo anatseka maso. "Mwamaliza, Colonel?"
    
  "Simuyenera kukhala ndi chilichonse chochita ndi ine, McLanahan," adatero Wilhelm. "Ndawerengapo mgwirizano wanu, ndipo ndachita ndi zikwi za inu owonjezera wamba, kapena makontrakitala, kapena chilichonse chomwe mumadzitcha nokha. Mutha kukhala munthu waukadaulo wapamwamba, koma momwe ndikudziwira, mukadali m'modzi mwa ophika ndi ochapira mabotolo pano.
    
  "Ndi ulemu wonse, General, ili ndi chenjezo: pamene muli m"gulu langa, mumandimvera; ukachoka pamzere, ndidzakupatsa gehena; sumvera malamulo anga ndipo ine ndekha ndikukankhira mipira pakhosi pako." Anakhala kaye kaye kaye, kenako anafunsa, "Kodi pali chinachake chimene mukufuna kundiuza tsopano, bwana?"
    
  "Inde, Colonel." Patrick anamwetulira Wilhelm zimene zinatsala pang"ono kukwiyitsa mkulu wa asilikaliyo, kenako anapitiriza kuti: "Mukuyembekezera foni yochokera ku likulu la gululo. Ndikupangira kuti utenge izi." Wilhelm adachewuka ndipo adawona mkulu wantchito akuyenda molunjika kwa iye.
    
  Adayang'ana kumwetulira kwa McLanahan, ndikumuyang'ana, kenako adapita ku kontrakitala yomwe inali pafupi, navala mahedifoni ake ndikulowa. "Wilhelm. Chani?"
    
  "Konzekerani kugawanika, bwana," adatero katswiri wa mauthenga. Wilhelm anayang'ana McLanahan modabwa. Patapita nthawi: "Jack? Connolly akumvetsera. " Charles Connolly anali wamkulu wankhondo wa nyenyezi ziwiri wokhala ku Fort Lewis, Washington, yemwe adalamulira gulu lomwe linatumizidwa kumpoto kwa Iraq.
    
  "Inde, bwana?"
    
  "Pepani Jack, koma ndangomva ndekha mphindi zingapo zapitazo ndikuganiza kuti ndibwino ndikuyimbire ndekha," adatero Connolly. "Kodi kontrakitala uyu wapatsidwa ntchito yowunikira ndege kumalire a Iraqi ndi Turkey m'gawo lanu? Pali VIP m'bwalo: Patrick McLanahan."
    
  "Ndikulankhula naye pompano, bwana," anatero Wilhelm.
    
  "Alipo kale? Zopusa. Pepani Jack, koma mnyamatayu ali ndi mbiri yongobwera ndikuchita chilichonse chomwe angafune.
    
  "Izo sizichitika kuno, bwana."
    
  "Tawonani, Jack, gwirani munthu uyu ali ndi magolovesi aana mpaka titazindikira kuti ali ndi mphamvu zotani kumbuyo kwake," adatero Connolly. "Iye ndi wamba komanso makontrakitala, inde, koma a Corps adandiuza kuti amagwira ntchito ndi anyamata amphamvu omwe amatha kuyimba mafoni mwachangu, ngati mukudziwa zomwe ndikupeza."
    
  "Anangondiuza kuti abweretsa ndege ina kuno. Ogwira ntchito ena makumi awiri ndi asanu! Ndikuyesera kuwononga maziko awa, bwana, osasonkhanitsa anthu wamba ambiri pano. "
    
  "Inde, nanenso ndidauzidwa," adatero Connolly, mawu ake oyipa akuwonetsa kuti samadziwa kuposa wamkulu wa gululo. "Tawonani, Jack, ngati aphwanya kwambiri malamulo anu, ndikuthandizani 100 ngati mungamufune kuti achoke kutali ndi inu. Koma ndi Patrick yemwe akukakamira McLanahan, ndipo wapuma zaka zitatu. Akuluakulu akuti mupatseni chingwe chokwanira ndipo adzidzimangirira - adachitapo kale, ndichifukwa chake salinso bwino. "
    
  "Sindimakondabe, bwana."
    
  "Chabwino, thana nazo mwanjira iliyonse imene ukufuna, Jack," anatero mkulu wa gululo, "koma langizo langa ndi ili: pirirani ndi mnyamata uyu pakadali pano, muchitireni zabwino ndipo musamupangitse misala. Ngati simuchita izi ndipo zikuwoneka kuti pali mphamvu zambiri kumbuyo kwa munthuyu, tonse tikhala okhumudwa.
    
  "Ingoyang'anani pa ntchito, Jack," Connolly anapitiriza. "Ntchito yathu ndikusintha bwalo lankhondo ili kuti likhale lachitetezo cha anthu wamba. Makontrakitala ngati McLanahan ndi omwe adzayike mabulu awo pamzere. Ntchito yanu ndi kubweretsa asilikali anu kuti abwerere kwawo ali otetezeka komanso omveka mwaulemu-ndipo, ndithudi, mundipangitse kuti ndiwoneke bwino pochita zimenezi."
    
  Potengera kamvekedwe ka mawu ake, Wilhelm anaganiza kuti sanali nthabwala. "Ndikumvetsa, bwana."
    
  "Chilichonse kwa ine?"
    
  "Yankho ndilakuti ayi bwana."
    
  "Zabwino kwambiri. Pitirizani. Dzipatule."
    
  Wilhelm adasokoneza kulumikizana, kenako adayang'ananso McLanahan, yemwe amalankhula pafoni yake. Akanakhala kuti anali ndi luso lothimitsa zipangizo zawo zonse zolumikizira mafoni a m'manja, zomwe zimayikidwa kuti azimitsa zida zophulika zakutali, ayenera kuti anali ndi mainjiniya apamwamba komanso ndalama kumbuyo kwake.
    
  Wilhelm analankhula pa chitonthozocho kuti: "Woyang"anira Ntchito, sonkhanitsani likulu la ntchito pompano m"chipinda chachikulu cha misonkhano kuti mukambirane za dongosolo loyang"anira Wolowa M"malo."
    
  "Inde, bwana".
    
  McLanahan anamaliza zokambirana zake pomwe Wilhelm adachotsa mahedifoni ake ndikuyandikira kwa iye. "Munadziwa bwanji kuti dipatimentiyo idzandiyimbira foni, McLanahan?"
    
  "Nkhani yamwayi."
    
  Wilhelm anakwinya nkhope atamva yankho limeneli. "Inde," iye anatero, akupukusa mutu wake mosonyeza kuti sakuvomereza. "Zilibe kanthu. Ogwira ntchito adzatidziwitsa nthawi yomweyo. Nditsateni". Wilhelm anatsogolera Patrick ndi John kutuluka mu Reservoir ndi kupita nawo m"chipinda cham"mwamba kupita ku chipinda chachikulu chochitiramo chiŵerengero, chipinda chochitiramo chotsekeredwa ndi magalasi, chosamveka mawu chimene chimayang"anizana ndi zitseko ndi zowonera zapakati zamakompyuta za m"madzimo. M'modzi ndi m'modzi, maofesala adafika ndi zolemba zachidule ndi ma flash drive okhala ndi maulaliki awo a PowerPoint. Sanataye nthawi kupeleka moni kwa maofesala awiri omwe adali mchipindamo.
    
  Wilhelm anatenga botolo la madzi m"firiji yaing"ono yomwe inali pakona, kenako anakhala pampando kutsogolo kwa mazenera oyang"anizana ndi Tankiyo. "Choncho, General, ndiuzeni za bungwe lapadziko lonse lomwe mumagwira ntchito, la Scion Aviation," adatero akudikirira kuti ena abwere ndikukonzekera.
    
  "Palibe zambiri zonena," adatero Patrick. Anatengera botolo lamadzi kuti adye ndi iye yekha John, koma sanakhale pansi. "Anaphunzira pang'ono chaka chapitacho-"
    
  "Nthawi yomweyo mudasiya ntchito chifukwa cha malonda?" Wilhelm anafunsa. Patrick sanayankhe. "Mukuchita bwanji ndi izi?"
    
  "Zodabwitsa".
    
  "Panali miseche yomwe Purezidenti Gardner akufuna kukutsutsani pazinthu zina zomwe zidachitika ku Iran."
    
  "Sindikudziwa kalikonse za izi."
    
  "Chabwino. Mumadziwa kuti ndilandila foni yotetezeka kuchokera ku likulu langa mailosi zikwi khumi, koma simunadziwe ngati munafufuzidwa ndi White House and Justice Department. " Patrick sanalankhule kalikonse. "Ndipo simukudziwa za mphekesera zoti mukukhudzidwa ndi imfa ya Leonid Zevitin, kuti sinali ngozi ya ski?"
    
  "Sindinabwere kudzayankha mphekesera zopenga."
    
  "Ayi," Wilhelm anamwetulira mwaukali. "Ndiye. Ndalamazo ziyenera kukhala zabwino kuti zikusungeni mumasewera mukuyenda padziko lonse lapansi ndi vuto la mtima. Anyamata ambiri amakhala ku Florida akutolera ndalama zawo zopuma pantchito ndikusudzulana. "
    
  "Mtima uli bwino bola ngati sindiyenda mumlengalenga."
    
  "Chabwino. Ndiye kodi ndalama za bizinesi yanuyi zikuyenda bwanji? Ndikudziwa kuti bizinesi ya mercenary ikupita patsogolo. " Wilhelm ananamizira kuchita mantha, ngati kuti amawopa kuti wakhumudwitsa mkulu wa asilikali wa nyenyezi zitatu wopuma pantchito. "O mulungu, pepani, General. Kodi mumakonda kuyitcha 'kampani yankhondo' kapena 'katswiri wachitetezo' kapena chiyani?"
    
  "Sindikumvetsa zomwe mukufuna kuzitcha, Colonel," adatero Patrick. Akuluakulu angapo omwe akukonzekera kuyankhulana mwachidule adayang'ana kwa abwana awo, ena ndi nthabwala pankhope zawo, ena mwamantha.
    
  Wilhelm adamwetulira pang'ono, wokondwa kuti adakwezedwa kuchokera kwa mlendo wake wa VIP. "Kapena ili ndi dzina lina la 'Night Stalkers'? Limenelo ndi dzina la bungwe limene munamveka kuti muli nalo zaka zingapo zapitazo, sichoncho? Ndikukumbukira china chake chokhudza zigawenga zaku Libya, sichoncho? Ndi liti pamene munathamangitsidwa mu Air Force?" Patrick sanayankhe zomwe zinapangitsa kuti William amwetulirenso. "Chabwino, ine ndekha ndikuganiza kuti 'Scion' imamveka bwino kuposa 'Night Stalkers'. Zikuwoneka ngati chovala cha mlangizi weniweni wa chitetezo kuposa chiwonetsero chazithunzi za ana opusa." Palibe yankho. "Ndiye ndalama zikuyenda bwanji General?"
    
  "Ndikuganiza kuti mukudziwa ndendende kuchuluka kwa kontrakitiyi, Colonel," adatero Patrick. "Sizidziwika."
    
  "Inde, inde," anavomereza motero Wilhelm, "tsopano ndikukumbukira: chaka chimodzi, ndi kusankha kwa zaka zina zitatu, kaamba ka chindapusa cha madola mamiliyoni makumi asanu ndi anayi mphambu anayi pachaka!" Ndikukhulupirira kuti iyi ndiye mgwirizano waukulu kwambiri m'bwalo la zisudzo pokhapokha dzina lanu ndi Kellogg, Brand & Root, Halliburton kapena Blackwater. Koma ndikutanthauza, General, gawo lanu ndi lotani? Ngati sindipeza nyenyezi muzaka zingapo zikubwerazi, mwina ndisiya kugwira ntchito, ndipo ngati ndalama zili bwino, mwina mutha kugwiritsa ntchito zachinsinsi ngati ine ku Scion Aviation International. Nanga bwanji, General, bwana?"
    
  "Sindikudziwa, Colonel," Patrick anatero popanda mawu aliwonse. "Ndikutanthauza, ukutani pano kuwonjezera pakuchita ngati woyimba ng'oma wamkulu?"
    
  Nkhope ya Wilhelm inasanduka chigoba chaukali ndipo analumphira kumapazi ake, kutsala pang'ono kung'amba botolo lamadzi munkhonya yake chifukwa cha mkwiyo. Analowa mkati mwa mainchesi a Patrick, maso ndi maso kachiwiri. Pamene Patrick sanayese kum"kankhira kutali kapena kubwerera pansi, kawonekedwe ka Wilhelm kasintha kuchoka ku mkwiyo kukhala kumwetulira kwa ng"ona.
    
  "Lingaliro labwino, General," adatero, akugwedeza mutu. Adatsitsa mawu ake. "Chomwe ndichita kuyambira pano, General, ndikuwonetsetsa kuti mukuchita zomwe mwapatsidwa - osatinso, ngakhale zochepa. Mupanga cholakwika chomwe chili choyenera tsitsi la kamwana kakang'ono kofiira, ndipo ndionetsetsa kuti mgwirizano wanu ndi kalulu wokoma kwambiri watha. Ndikumva kuti simukhala pano nthawi yayitali. Ndipo ngati muika aliyense wa anthu anga pachiwopsezo chilichonse, ndidzathetsa vuto lanu laling"ono la mtima mwa kulichotsa pachifuwa chanu ndi kuliponya kukhosi kwanu." Theka linatembenukira kwa ena omwe anali m'chipindamo. "Kodi nkhani yanga yachidule yakonzeka, Weatherly?"
    
  "Takonzeka bwana," mmodzi wa apolisiwo anayankha mwamsanga. Wilhelm ananyozanso Patrick china, kenaka anathamangira pampando wake kutsogolo. Akuluakulu angapo akumunda ndi akampani adafola mbali imodzi, okonzeka kusuntha. "Masana abwino, madona ndi madona. Dzina langa ndine Lieutenant Colonel Mark Weatherly ndipo ndine Executive Officer wa Regiment. Chidulechi chagawidwa, PALIBE zinsinsi, magwero achinsinsi ndi njira zomwe zikukhudzidwa, malo ndi otetezeka. Chidulechi chidzayang'ana zotsatira za kafukufuku wa Regimental Headquarters za pulani yowunikira yomwe idaperekedwa ku Scion Aviation International kwa- "
    
  "Inde, inde, Weatherly, sitikuchepera pano," Wilhelm adamudula mawu. "Msilikali wabwino kuno safunikira chizoloŵezi chonse cha koleji ya nkhondo ya agalu ndi mahatchi. Tiyeni tifike pamfundo."
    
  "Inde, bwana," anatero wapolisiyo. Mwamsanga adabweretsa slide ya PowerPoint yomwe akufuna. "Mapeto, bwana, ndikuti sitikudziwa bwino zaukadaulo wa Scion kuti tidziwe momwe zidzakhalire."
    
  "Anazifotokoza momveka bwino, sichoncho, Weatherly?"
    
  "Inde, bwana, koma ... moona, bwana, sitikhulupirira," Weatherly anatero, akuyang'ana McLanahan mwamantha. "Ndege imodzi yoyenda pamtunda wa makilomita 12,000 ndi ma cubic mailosi oposa 100,000 amlengalenga? Izi zingafune kuti akambawu awiri padziko lonse lapansi - ndipo akawomba padziko lonse lapansi sangathe kuyang'ana mlengalenga, mwina ayi. Ndipo izi zili mu mawonekedwe owonera kwambiri a MTI. Scion akufuna kuti nthawi zonse azikhala ndi chithunzi cha theka la mita m'dera lonse lolondera ... ndi ndege imodzi? Sizingatheke."
    
  "General?" Wilhelm anafunsa ndi kuseka pang'ono pankhope yake. "Kodi ungathe kuyankha?" Potembenukira kwa akuluakulu a antchito ake, adadzidula mawu ponena kuti, "O, pepani amayi ndi abambo, uyu ndi Lt. Gen. Patrick McLanahan, wopuma pantchito, wachiwiri kwa pulezidenti wa Scion Aviation. Mwina munamvapo za iye? Mawu otutumuka komanso nsagwada za anthu ena omwe anali m"chipindamo zinasonyeza kuti anachitadi zimenezo. "Lero adaganiza zotidabwitsa ndi kupezeka kwake kwaukulu. General, likulu langa la ntchito. Mawu ndi anu."
    
  "Zikomo, Mtsamunda," Patrick anatero, akuimirira ndikuwonetsa Wilhelm mokwiya. "Ndikuyembekezera kugwira nanu ntchito imeneyi. Ndikhoza kulankhula za teknoloji yopangidwa ndi Dr. Jonathan Masters kuti apititse patsogolo kusamvana ndi mitundu yosiyanasiyana ya masensa omwe amawunikira pansi ndi ndege, koma ndikuganiza kuti zingakhale bwino kukuwonetsani. Tichotsereni ma airspace usikuuno ndipo tikuwonetsani zomwe tingathe."
    
  "Sindikuganiza kuti ndizotheka, General, chifukwa cha opareshoni yomwe taphunzira madzulo ano." Wilhelm anatembenukira kwa kaputeni wachichepere kwambiri, wowoneka wamanjenje. "Kotere?"
    
  Woyendetsa ndegeyo adachitapo kanthu mochenjera. "Captain Calvin Cotter, bwana, Mtsogoleri wa Air Traffic Management. Tangomva za ntchito yokonzekera yaku Iraq yomwe apempha kuti awalimbikitse, bwana. Amapita kumudzi wina kumpoto kwa Zahuk kukaukira malo omwe akuganiziridwa kuti akupanga mabomba aku Kurdish komanso malo ozembetsa mobisa - omwe akuti ndi malo akulu kwambiri olumikiza midzi ingapo ndikudutsa malire. Iwo adapempha thandizo loyang'aniridwa mosalekeza: odzipereka a Global Hawks, Reapers, Predators, Strykers, ntchito, ndi chithandizo chapafupi cha mpweya ndi zida zankhondo kuchokera ku Air Force, Marines, ndi Army. Sipekitiramu yodzaza. Ife ... Pepani bwana, koma sitikudziwa momwe masensa anu angagwirizanirana ndi wina aliyense."
    
  "Kenako tulutsani ma drones ena onse ndipo tiyeni tipereke chithandizo chonse," adatero John Masters.
    
  "Chani?" Wilhelm anagunda.
    
  "Ndinati musataye nthawi yonseyi ya gasi ndi nthawi yowuluka pama drones onsewa ndipo tiyeni tichite zonse zowunikira," adatero John. "Tili ndi kuwirikiza katatu kwa chithunzi cha Global Hawk, kasanu kaphatikizidwe ka electro-optical sensor, ndipo titha kukupatsani malamulo abwinoko, othamanga kwambiri kuti muthandizire pansi. Titha kutumizirana maulumikizidwe, kukhala ngati rauta ya LAN pamateshoni masauzande ambiri ...
    
  "Ma terminals chikwi?" - wina anafuula.
    
  "Kuposa katatu kuposa ulalo wa khumi ndi zisanu ndi chimodzi, zomwe sizili zovuta kuzigonjetsa," adatero John. "Tamverani, anyamata, sindikufuna kukukhumudwitsani, koma mwakhala mukugwiritsa ntchito zida zaposachedwa pano kuyambira tsiku loyamba. Kuletsa ma hawks khumi padziko lonse lapansi? Ena a inu mwina simunali m'gulu lankhondo pomwe adayamba kugwiritsa ntchito ma dinosaur awa! Predator? Kodi mukugwiritsabe ntchito TV yopepuka yocheperako? Ndani amagwiritsa ntchito LLTV zambiri...Fred Flintstone?"
    
  "Kodi mukuganiza kuti mulumikize bwanji ndege zosiyanasiyanazi ndi netiweki yanu yolumikizirana ndi Tank ... pofika lero?" Wilhelm anafunsa. "Zimatenga masiku kuti mulumikizane ndikutsimikizira zomwe zikugwiritsidwa ntchito."
    
  "Ndinati, Mtsamunda, mukugwiritsa ntchito zida zachikale - zowona, zopangidwa zaka khumi kapena kupitilira apo zimatenga nthawi yayitali," adayankha John. "Masiku ano m'madera ena otukuka zonse ndizovuta. Mumangoyatsa ndege yanu, kuwabweretsa mkati mwa ndege zathu, kuyatsa zida, ndipo zatha. Titha kuchita pansi, kapena ngati ndegeyo ilibe, titha kuuluka. "
    
  "Pepani ana, koma ndiyenera kuziwona ndisanakhulupirire," adatero Wilhelm. Anatembenukira kwa mkulu winayo. "Harrison? Kodi ukudziwapo kanthu pa zomwe akunena?"
    
  Mayi wina wokongola watsitsi lofiira anatulukira kutsogolo, n"kumusiya Cotter pamene ankathawa mofulumira. "Inde, Mtsamunda, ndawerengapo za mabwalo othamanga kwambiri a ndege zoyendetsedwa patali ndi masensa awo, koma sindinawonepo." Anayang'ana Patrick, kenaka adatsika papulatifomu mwachangu ndikutambasula dzanja lake. Patrick anayimirira ndikulola kuti dzanja lake ligwedezeke mwachidwi. "Margaret Harrison, bwana, yemwe kale anali mkulu wa Third Air Force Special Operations Squadron. Ndine kontrakitala yemwe amayendetsa ntchito za drone kuno ku Nala. Ndizosangalatsa kukumana nanu, bwana, chisangalalo chenicheni. Ndinu chifukwa chake ndidalowa nawo gulu lankhondo la Air Force, bwana. Ndiwe weniweni-"
    
  "Muloleni bamboyu apite ndipo tiyeni timalize nkhani yachidule iyi, Harrison," Wilhelm anamudula mawu. Kumwetulira kwa mayiyo kunazimiririka ndipo mwamsanga anabwerera pamalo ake papulatifomu. "General, sindiika pachiwopsezo chopereka ntchitoyo pogwiritsa ntchito ukadaulo wosadziwika komanso wosayesedwa."
    
  "Colonel-"
    
  "General, AOR yanga ndi chigawo chonse cha Dohuk kuphatikiza theka la zigawo za Ninewa ndi Erbil," adatero William. "Ndilinso ndi ntchito yothandizira ntchito kumpoto kwa Iraq. Operation Zahuk ndi imodzi mwa maopaleshoni asanu ndi atatu omwe ndimayenera kuyang'anitsitsa mlungu uliwonse, kuphatikizapo maopaleshoni ena ang'onoang'ono asanu ndi limodzi ndi zochitika zambiri zomwe zimachitika tsiku ndi tsiku. Mukufuna kuyika miyoyo ya zikwi za asilikali aku Iraq ndi America ndi ndege zambiri ndi zida zapansi pachiwopsezo kuti mukwaniritse mgwirizano wanu wolemera, ndipo sindilola zimenezo. Cotter, zenera lotsatira lidzatsegulidwa liti?"
    
  "Zenera lothandizira mpweya pakuukira kwa Zahuk limatha maola khumi ndi awiri, ndiye kuti, 3 koloko masana nthawi yakomweko."
    
  "Ndiye mutha kuyesa mayeso anu, General," adatero Wilhelm. "Ukhoza kugona usiku wonse. Harrison, ndi ma drones amtundu wanji omwe mungawalole kusewera nawo?
    
  "Opaleshoni Zahuk ikugwiritsa ntchito gulu lathu la Global Hawks ndi onse kupatula amodzi mwa Okolola ndi Predators a gululi, bwana, ndipo adzakhala atachoka ndipo akonzekera kuwuluka kwa maola osachepera khumi ndi awiri atatera. Nditha kupanga Global Hawk kuchokera kummwera.
    
  "Samalirani. Cotter, sungani malowa kwa nthawi yonse yomwe akufunika kukhazikitsa. " Wilhelm adatembenukira kwa kontrakitala wachitetezo. "Thompson, tengani wamkulu ndi gulu lake kuti awathandize ndikuwagoneka."
    
  "Inde, Colonel."
    
  Wilhelm adadzuka ndikutembenukira kwa McLanahan. "General, mutha kufunsa ogwira ntchito pano za china chilichonse chomwe mungafune. Tumizani zopempha zanu zokonzetsera ndege kwa anyamata omwe ali pamzere wowuluka posachedwa. Tiwonana pa chakudya usikuuno." Adalunjika chakukhomo.
    
  "Pepani, Mtsamunda, koma ndikuwopa kuti tikhala otanganidwa," Patrick anatero. "Koma zikomo chifukwa chondiyitana."
    
  Wilhelm anaima n"kutembenuka. "Inu 'alangizi' ndi olimbikira kwambiri, General," adatero motsimikiza. "Ndikukhulupirira kuti mudzasowa." Weatherly adachita chidwi pamene William akutuluka pakhomo.
    
  Monga ngati amasulidwa ku unyolo wosaoneka, antchito onse anathamangira kwa Patrick kuti akadzionetsere kapena kudzidziwitsanso. "Sitikukhulupirira kuti muli pano, mwa malo onse, bwana," anatero Weatherly atatha kugwirana chanza.
    
  "Tonse tinkaganiza kuti munamwalira kapena munadwala sitiroko kapena china chake mutasowa mwadzidzidzi pamalo okwerera mlengalenga a Armstrong," adatero Cotter. "Osati ine - ndimaganiza kuti Purezidenti Gardner adatumiza mwachinsinsi gulu lolanda FBI paulendo wapamlengalenga kuti amalize," adatero Harrison.
    
  "Zabwino kwambiri, makapu."
    
  "Ndi Margaret, iwe katsabola," Harrison adayankha ndikumwetulira. Apanso kwa McLanahan: "Kodi ndi zoona, bwana-kodi munanyalanyaza lamulo la Purezidenti wa United States kuti aphulitse malo a Russia ku Iran?"
    
  "Sindingathe kulankhula za izo," anatero Patrick.
    
  "Koma mudalanda malo aku Russia ku Siberia pambuyo pa chiwonongeko cha ku America ndikuchigwiritsa ntchito kuukira malo oponya zida zaku Russia, sichoncho bwana?" Adafunsa Reese Flippin, kontrakitala wowonda modabwitsa, wowoneka ngati wachichepere wokhala ndi kanenedwe kaku Southern komanso mano otchuka. "Ndipo anthu aku Russia adawombera zida zanyukiliya pamalopo, ndipo mudapulumuka pamenepo? Zisiyeni...!" Ndipo pamene enawo ankaseka, mawuwo anazimiririka, ngakhale mano amawoneka ngati abwerera m'malo awo, ndipo Flippin anawonjezera kuti: "Ndikutanthauza, zabwino, bwana, zabwino kwambiri." Kusekako kudakulirakulira.
    
  Patrick anaona mtsikana wina atavala suti ya ndege yotuwira m"chipululu ndi nsapato zotuwira zouluka akutola laputopu yake ndi zolemba zake, atayima padera ndi enawo koma akuyang"ana mwachidwi. Anali ndi tsitsi lalifupi lakuda, maso akuda ndi nsonga yoyipa yomwe imabwera ndikupita. Ankawoneka ngati wodziwika bwino, monga momwe akuluakulu a Air Force ndi oyendetsa ndege Patrick ankadziwa. Wilhelm sanamudziwitse. "Pepani," iye anatero kwa ena amene anali pafupi naye, koma mwadzidzidzi iye sanachite nazo ntchito. "Sitinakumanepo. ndine-"
    
  "Aliyense amadziwa General Patrick McLanahan," adatero mayiyo. Patrick anadabwa kuona kuti anali mkulu wa asilikali ndipo ankavala mapiko oyendetsa ndege, koma panalibe zigamba zina kapena mayunitsi pa suti yake ya ndege, mabwalo opanda kanthu a Velcro. Iye anatambasula dzanja lake. "Gia Cazzotto. Ndipo kwenikweni, tinakumana. "
    
  "Tili ndi?" Chitsiru iwe, adadzichenjezera yekha, wamuyiwala bwanji? "Pepani, sindikukumbukira."
    
  "Ndinali mu 111th Engineer Squadron."
    
  "O," Patrick anatha kunena zonse. Gulu la 111 la Bomb Squadron linali gulu lankhondo la Nevada Air National Guard B-1B Lancer lomwe Patrick adazimitsa ndikukhazikitsanso ngati Gulu Loyamba Lolimbana ndi Nkhondo ya Battle Mountain Reserve Air Force Base ku Nevada - ndipo popeza Patrick sanakumbukire, anasankha membala aliyense wa Air Force, mwamsanga zinaonekera kwa iye kuti sanadulidwe. "Unapita kuti pambuyo ... pambuyo ..."
    
  "Mutatseka gawo lachitetezo? Palibe vuto kunena, bwana, "adatero Cazzotto. "Ndinachita bwino - mwina kutseka kwagawo kunali dalitso lobisika. Ndinabwerera kusukulu, ndinapeza digiri ya master mu engineering, kenako ndinapeza udindo pa Factory Forty-Two, woyendetsa ma vampire opita ku Battle Mountain.
    
  "Chabwino, zikomo chifukwa cha zimenezo," Patrick anatero. "Sitingathe kuchita izi popanda inu." The 42nd Air Force Plant inali imodzi mwamafakitale angapo opangidwa ndi boma koma omwe amakhala ndi makontrakitala. Ili ku Palmdale, California, Plant 42 imadziwika popanga ndege monga Lockheed B-1 bomba, Northrop B-2 Spirit stealth bomba, Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird ndi F-117 Nighthawk stealth fighters, ndi Space Shuttle.
    
  Pambuyo potseka mizere yopangira, mafakitale nthawi zambiri amagwira ntchito yokonzanso ma airframe omwe alipo, komanso ntchito zofufuza ndi chitukuko pama projekiti atsopano. Bomba la Air Force la B-1, lomwe linasinthanso EB-1C Vampire, inali imodzi mwazinthu zovuta kwambiri zamakono zomwe zachitikapo ku Plant 42, kuwonjezera teknoloji yosinthira mishoni, injini zamphamvu kwambiri, laser radar, makompyuta apamwamba ndi machitidwe otsogolera, komanso. monga kuthekera kogwiritsa ntchito zida zambiri, kuphatikiza zida zankhondo zowulutsa ndege ndi anti-satellite. Pamapeto pake inali ndege yopanda munthu komanso yochita bwino kwambiri.
    
  "Ndipo ukuwulukabe B-1, Colonel?" -Patrick anafunsa.
    
  "Inde, bwana," Gia anayankha. "Pambuyo pa chiwonongeko cha ku America, adatenga mafupa khumi ndi awiri kuchokera ku AMARC ndipo tidawakonza." AMARC, kapena Aircraft Maintenance and Regeneration Center, yomwe imadziwika kwa aliyense kuti "Bone Graveyard," inali yovuta kwambiri ku Davismontan Air Force Base pafupi ndi Tucson, Arizona, kumene ndege zikwi zambiri zinatengedwera kusungirako ndikuphwanyidwa mbali zina. "Sindi anthu ochita masewera olimbitsa thupi, koma amatha kuchita zambiri zomwe inu munachita."
    
  "Kodi ukuwuluka ku Nala, Colonel?" -Patrick anafunsa. "Sindinadziwe kuti ali ndi ma B-1 pano."
    
  "Boxer ndiye wamkulu wa 7th Air Expeditionary Squadron," adatero Chris Thompson. "Amakhala m'malo osiyanasiyana - Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Diego Garcia - ndipo ali okonzeka kuchita utumwi pomwe magulu amgwirizano adzawafuna kumalo owonetsera. Ali pano chifukwa cha opareshoni yamasiku ano ku Iraq - timukonzekeretsa B-1 ngati zingachitike. "
    
  Patrick anagwedeza mutu, kenako anamwetulira. "Boxer"? Kodi foni yanu ndi chiyani?"
    
  "Agogo anga aamuna anabwera ku United States ku Ellis Island," Gia anafotokoza motero. "Cazzotto silinali dzina lake lenileni - linali Inturrigardia - chovuta ndi chiyani pamenepo? - koma akuluakulu olowa ndi otuluka sanathe kutchula. Koma anamva ana ena akumutchula kuti cazzotto, kutanthauza kuti "nkhonya" ndipo anamupatsa dzina limeneli. Sitikudziwa ngati ankamenyedwa nthawi zonse kapena kuti iyeyo ndiye ankamenya."
    
  "Ndinamuona ali pa punching bag ku gym; ndiye woyenera kuyimba foni," adatero Chris.
    
  "Ndikuwona," adatero Patrick, akumwetulira Gia. Adamwetuliranso, maso awo adakumana ...
    
  ... zomwe zinapatsa ena mwayi wochitapo kanthu. "Kodi tingawone liti ndege yanu, bwana?" - Anafunsa Harrison.
    
  "Kodi angathedi kuchita zonse zomwe wanena ...?"
    
  "Kodi mukuyang'anira magulu onse ankhondo ku Iraq ...?"
    
  "Chabwino, anyamata ndi atsikana, chabwino, tili ndi ntchito yoti tichite," Chris Thompson adalowa, akukweza manja ake kuti aletse mafunso omwe adagwa pa Patrick. "Mukhala ndi nthawi yoti mudzavutitse wamkulu pambuyo pake." Onse adakangana kuti agwirenso chanza kwa Patrick, kenako adatenga ma flash drive awo ndi zolemba zawo ndikutuluka muchipinda chofotokozeramo.
    
  Gia anali womaliza kuchoka. Anagwira chanza cha Patrick, ndikuchigwira m'manja mwake kwakanthawi. "Ndizosangalatsa kwambiri kukumana nanu, bwana," adatero.
    
  "Zilinso chimodzimodzi kuno, Colonel."
    
  "Ndimakonda Gia."
    
  "Chabwino, Gia." Pamene ankanena zimenezi anali akusisitabe dzanja lake, ndipo nthawi yomweyo anamva kutentha m"thupi mwake-kapena ndi dzanja lake lomwe linatuluka thukuta mwadzidzidzi? "Osati Boxer?"
    
  "Simungathe kusankha zikwangwani zanu zoimbira foni, sichoncho, bwana?"
    
  "Ndiyimbireni Patrick. Ndipo anyamata ogwetsa analibe zizindikiro pamene ndinali. "
    
  "Ndikukumbukira kuti mkulu wanga wakale wa opareshoni pa One Hundred and Eleven anali ndi mayina angapo oti musankhe," iye anatero, kenako anamwetulira n"kuchokapo.
    
  Chris Thompson adaseka Patrick. "Ndi wokongola, mwanjira ya Murphy Brown, huh?"
    
  "Inde. Ndipo pukuta kusekererako kumaso pako."
    
  "Ngati zimakupangitsani kukhala osamasuka, inde." Anapitiliza kulira. "Sitikudziwa zambiri za iye. Timazimva pawailesi nthawi ndi nthawi, kotero zimawulukabe. Amabwera nthawi ndi nthawi kudzachita utumwi, monga usikuuno, kenako amabwerera kumalo ena olamulira. Nthawi zambiri amakhala nthawi yayitali kuposa tsiku limodzi. "
    
  Patrick anakhumudwa mwadzidzidzi, ndipo mwamsanga anakankhira pambali malingaliro osasangalatsawo. Kodi izi zachokera kuti...? "B-1s ndi ndege zazikulu," adatero. "Ndikukhulupirira kuti adzutsanso zambiri kuchokera ku AMARC."
    
  "Anyamata oyenda pansi amakonda mafupa. Angathe kuchita nawo nkhondo mofulumira monga omenyana; oyendayenda kwa nthawi yayitali ngati Predator kapena Global Hawk, ngakhale popanda kupititsa patsogolo mpweya; ali ndi masensa abwino ndi optics ndipo amatha kutumiza deta yambiri kwa ife ndi ndege zina; ndipo ali ndi malipiro olondola monga ndege ya F/A-18." Thompson anaona nkhope ya Patrick yadekha, yolingalira pang"ono ndipo anaganiza zosintha nkhaniyo. "Ndinu olimbikitsa kwenikweni kwa anyamata awa, General," adatero. "Awa ndi anthu osangalala kwambiri amene sindinawaonepo chikhalireni kuno."
    
  "Zikomo. Zimapatsirana - ndimamvanso mphamvu zambiri. Ndipo mundiyimbire Patrick, chabwino?"
    
  "Sindingatsimikizire kuti ndichita izi nthawi zonse, Patrick, koma ndiyesetsa. Ndipo ndine Chris. Tiye tikukhazikitseni."
    
  "Sindingathe. Ine ndi John tili ndi ntchito yambiri yoti tigwire ndege yathu yoyeserera mawa masana isanakwane. Ogwira ntchito atikonzera zipinda zogona, koma mwina ndigona m'ndege."
    
  "Zimodzimodzinso apa," John anawonjezera. "Zowona akakanati akakhale koyamba."
    
  "Kenako tidzapempha makasitomala kuti abweretse chakudya mundege."
    
  "Chabwino. Chris, ndikufuna chilolezo chikhale mu Reservoir ntchito ya Zahuk ikayamba. "
    
  Chris anati: "Nthawi zambiri Mtsamunda salola anthu amene sali pa ntchito kulowa m"thanki, makamaka wamkulu chonchi, koma ndikukhulupirira akulolani kuti mumvetsere kuyambira pano."
    
  "Zidzakhala zodabwitsa".
    
  "Komabe, sindikutsimikiza ngati ndikufuna kukhala pafupi ndi Wilhelm," anatero John. "Ndinali wotsimikiza kuti azimitsa magetsi anu, Mook ... kawiri."
    
  "Koma sanatero, kutanthauza kuti ali ndi nzeru pang"ono," anatero Patrick. "Mwina ndikhoza kugwira naye ntchito. Tiyeni tiwone".
    
    
  MUTU WACHITATU
    
    
  M"dzanja limodzi wagwira mwala, ndipo m"dzanja lina akusonyeza mkate.
    
  -TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTIUS, 254-184 BC
    
    
    
  NAKHLA ALLIED AIR BASE, IRAQ
    
    
  Thompson adatsogolera Patrick ndi John kubwerera kumalo osungiramo malo komwe akuluakulu a gulu la ogwira ntchito ndi othandizira amatsitsa zikwama ndikuthandiza Wotayika. Izi zinapatsa Thompson mwayi woyang'anitsitsa ndegeyo. "Ichi nchokongola," iye anatero. "Zikuwoneka ngati bomba lachiwembu. Ndinkaganiza kuti mungochita kafukufuku."
    
  "Izi ndi zomwe tinalembedwa kuti tichite," adatero Patrick.
    
  "Koma ndi bomba?"
    
  "Anali bomba."
    
  Thompson anaona amisiri akugwira ntchito pansi pa mimba ya ndegeyo ndipo anaona dzenje lalikulu. "Kodi ichi ndi chiyani, malo a bomba? Kodi chinthu ichi chidakali ndi bomba? "
    
  "Uwu ndiye mwayi wofikira gawoli," atero a John Masters. "Sitichotsa chilichonse mwa izi - timatsitsa ndikutsitsa ma module kudzera mwa iwo."
    
  "Wotayikayo anali ndi mabomba awiri, ofanana ndi mabomba obisala a B-2, okulirapo," Patrick anafotokoza. "Tidaphatikiza magombe aŵiriwo kukhala gombe limodzi lalikulu, koma makomo onse aŵiri anatsika. Kenako tinagawa chipindacho kukhala ma decks awiri. Titha kusuntha ma module ndi pakati pa ma desiki ndikuwongolera gawo lililonse m'mwamba kapena pansi kudzera pamahatchi a module, zonse kudzera patali. "
    
  "Ndege yowuluka yowuluka?"
    
  "Mapangidwe a mapiko owuluka ndi oyenera kugwiritsidwa ntchito ngati ndege yayitali, yokhala ndi maudindo ambiri," adatero John Masters. "Ndege zamtsogolo zidzakhala mapiko owuluka."
    
  "Ndege za Scion zidapangidwa ngati nsanja zamitundu yambiri; timagwirizanitsa ma modules osiyanasiyana kuti tigwire ntchito zosiyanasiyana, "adatero Patrick. "Ndege iyi ikhoza kukhala yonyamula mafuta, ndege yonyamula katundu, nkhondo zamagetsi, kuwunikira zithunzi, kutumiza mauthenga, kulamula ndi kuwongolera - ngakhale zingapo mwa izi nthawi imodzi.
    
  "Pakadali pano takonzedwa kuti tiziwonetsa chandamale, kuzindikiritsa chandamale ndikutsata, kuyang'anira pandege, kulumikizana ndi data ndi kulamula ndi kuwongolera," Patrick anapitiriza. "Koma tikabweretsa ma module osiyanasiyana, titha kuwakweza ndikuchita ntchito zosiyanasiyana. Mawa tiyika ma emitters a mlengalenga pamwamba pake. "
    
  Kenako adalowa pansi pa ndegeyo ndikumuwonetsa Thompson dzenje lalikulu m'mimba. "Apa tiyimitsa gawo la emitter kuti tidziwe ndikutsata zomwe tikufuna. Ma module onse ndi 'plug and play' kudzera m'sitima yolumikizirana ndi digito, yomwe imatumiza deta kudzera pa satelayiti kwa omaliza. Ma module ena omwe tawayika adapangidwira ma network akulu kwambiri, kuzindikira ziwopsezo ndi kuyankha, komanso kudziteteza. "
    
  "Kuyankha kuwopseza"? Mukutanthauza kuukira? "
    
  "Sindingathe kuloŵadi m"dongosolo lino chifukwa siliri mbali ya mgwirizanowo ndipo likadali loyesera," Patrick anatero, "koma tikufuna kuchita zochulukira pang"ono kaamba ka oipawo koposa kungotchera zida zawo mumsampha. "
    
  Patrick adamukweza Chris ndikumusandutsa woluza. Malo oyendera alendo ankawoneka otakasuka komanso omasuka. Chidacho chinali ndi zowunikira zisanu zazikulu zokhala ndi ma geji ochepa a "steam" obisika osawoneka.
    
  "Woyang'anira ndege ndi wamkulu wa mishoni ali patsogolo monga mwanthawi zonse," adatero Patrick. Anayika dzanja lake pampando wakumbali kumbuyo kwa mpando wa woyendetsa ndegeyo. "Tili ndi injiniya woyendetsa ndege pano yemwe amayang'anira machitidwe onse a zombo ndi ma module a mishoni."
    
  Chris adaloza pa kauntala kuseri kwa msewu wokwera. "Ulinso ndi ngalawa pano!"
    
  "Kusambitsanso mutu wako; izi zitha kukhala zothandiza paulendo wautali wotere," adatero John.
    
  Analowa m"kachingwe kakang"ono kuseri kwa kanyumbako, n"kutsika kanjira kakang"ono kakang"ono, n"kutulukira m"chipinda chomwe munali anthu ambiri mmene munali zotengera zonyamula katundu zamitundumitundu, n"kungosiya tinjira tating"ono tomwe timayendamo. "Ndinkaganiza kuti inu makontrakitala mumaulutsa ndege zokhala ndi zipinda zogona komanso matepi okutidwa ndi golide," anatero Chris moseka.
    
  Patrick anati: "Sindinaonepo ngakhale galasi lagolide, ngakhalenso kukhala nawo m"ndege. "Ayi, phazi lililonse lalikulu ndi mapaundi onse ayenera kuwerengera." Analoza theka la gawo lonyamula katundu, locheperako kwambiri lomwe Chris adawona atayikidwa mundege. "Ichi ndi chidebe cha katundu wathu ndi katundu wathu. Aliyense wa anthu makumi awiri ndi asanu omwe tinapita nawo paulendowu analibe katundu woposa mapaundi makumi awiri, kuphatikizapo laptops zawo. Mosafunikira kunena, tikhala tikuchezera commissariat yanu pafupipafupi panthawiyi. "
    
  Iwo anayenera kuyendayenda mozungulira chinthu chachikulu chotuwa chooneka ngati torpedo chomwe chinatenga mbali yaikulu yapakati pa ndegeyo. "Iyo iyenera kukhala mlongoti womwe utuluka pamwamba, ndikuganiza?" -Chris adafunsa.
    
  "Ndi zimenezotu," Patrick anatero. "Iyi ndi gawo la laser radar. Mitunduyi imagawidwa m'magulu, koma timatha kuona bwino mumlengalenga, ndipo ndi yamphamvu kwambiri moti imatha kuona ngakhale pansi pa madzi. Laser yojambulidwa pakompyuta imatulutsa "kupaka" zithunzi za chilichonse chomwe amawona nthawi mamiliyoni pa sekondi imodzi yokhala ndi lingaliro labwinopo katatu kuposa Global Hawk. Palinso ina m'munsiyi yomwe yakonzedwa kuti ifufuze zolinga zapansi."
    
  "Zikuwoneka ngati rocket," Chris adatero. "Ndipo dzenje lija pansi likuwonekabe ngati bomba kwa ine." Anamuyang'ana Patrick mwachidwi. "Kuyankha kuopseza", sichoncho? Mwina simunachoke pabizinesi yoponya mabomba, General? "
    
  "Kontrakiti yathu ikuphatikiza kuyang'anira ndi kupereka malipoti. Monga msilikali adanena: ayinso, ayi. "
    
  "Eya, nkulondola, General-ndipo ndikatsegula thumba la tchipisi ta mbatata, ndikhoza kudya imodzi yokha," anatero Chris moseka. Iye anayang'ana pozungulira. "Sindikuwona mipando yokwera pa chinthu ichi. Kodi mudawawononga kale?
    
  "Ngati mutiuza ku FAA chifukwa chosowa mipando ndi malamba ovomerezeka kwa aliyense wokwera, inde, Chris, tawakoka kale," adatero Patrick.
    
  "Mulungu mukuwonongadi chithunzi cha makontrakitala anu apandege bwana," anatero Chris uku akupukusa mutu. "Nthawi zonse ndimaganiza kuti anyamata inu mumakhala zazikulu."
    
  "Pepani kuphulitsa thovu lako. Pali ma berths awiri owonjezera mu cockpit ndi mainjiniya ena opangira ma module apamwamba ndi otsika, omwe timawagawa malinga ndi omwe akufunika kupuma kwenikweni, koma aliyense amabweretsa zikwama zogona ndi mphasa za thovu ndikutambasula kulikonse komwe akufuna. Ineyo pandekha ndimakonda chonyamulira katundu - wabata komanso wothira bwino kwambiri. "
    
  "Ndikuganiza kuti zotengera zathu ziwoneka ngati zapamwamba poyerekeza ndi izi, bwana," adatero Chris. "Mulibe ogwiritsa ntchito radar?"
    
  "Njira yokhayo yomwe tingakwaniritsire zonsezi m'ndege ndi kukhala ndi oyendetsa radar, olamulira zida ndi asilikali ogwira ntchito pansi ndikuwapatsa chidziwitso pa ulalo wa data," adatero Patrick. "Koma ndiye gawo losavuta. Titha kulumikizana ndi netiweki iliyonse mwachangu kwambiri ndipo titha kutumiza zidziwitso pafupifupi aliyense padziko lapansi - kuchokera ku White House mpaka mpaka kumakoma a kangaude - pogwiritsa ntchito njira zosiyanasiyana. Ndikuwonetsani usikuuno m'chipinda chofotokozera."
    
  Ndi amisiri akuzungulira ndegeyo ngati nyerere, Thompson posakhalitsa adamva ngati ali m'njira. "Ndikubwerera ku Reservoir, Patrick," adatero. "Ndiyimbireni ngati mukufuna chilichonse."
    
  Sanamuonenso Patrick mpaka 9 madzulo aja. Thompson adamupeza ndi John Masters m'chipinda chamsonkhano moyang'ana Tank, atakhala kutsogolo kwa ma laputopu awiri akulu akulu. Zowonetsera zidagawidwa m'mawindo ambiri osiyanasiyana, ambiri omwe anali akuda, koma ena amawonetsa zithunzi zamavidiyo. Anayang'anitsitsa ndipo anadabwa kuona zomwe zinkawoneka ngati chakudya cha vidiyo kuchokera papulatifomu ya mlengalenga. "Kodi chithunzichi chikuchokera kuti bwana?" - anafunsa.
    
  "Uyu ndi Kelly Awiri-Awiri, Wokolola akupita ku Zahuk," Patrick anayankha.
    
  Thompson anayang'ana pa laputopu ndipo anazindikira kuti analibe kugwirizana kwa deta - zingwe zomwe zimathamangira kwa iwo zinali zochokera ku ma adapter a AC. "Chaneliyo mwaipeza bwanji? Simunalumikizidwa ndi njira yathu ya data, sichoncho? "
    
  "Tayambitsa zotayika ndipo tikusanthula ma data," adatero John. "Ikasokoneza ulalo wa data, imalumikizana ndi ulalo wa data."
    
  "Chinthu chanu cha "Wi-Fi hotspot", sichoncho?"
    
  "Zowona".
    
  "Ndipo muli ndi ma waya opanda zingwe pano?"
    
  "Inde."
    
  "Bwanji? Timaletsa ma netiweki opanda zingwe mkati mwa Triple-C ndipo thanki iyenera kutetezedwa. "
    
  John adayang'ana Patrick yemwe adagwedeza mutu kuti afotokoze. "Poyang'anizana ndi njira imodzi, mutha kugwiritsa ntchito chishango kuti mutseke chilichonse," adatero John. "Sinthani njira ina ndipo chishangocho chingagwiritsidwe ntchito kusonkhanitsa zinthu."
    
  "A?"
    
  "N"zovuta ndipo si zodalirika nthawi zonse, koma nthawi zambiri timatha kuloŵa zishango zambiri zazitsulo," anatero John. "Nthawi zina timatha kupangitsa kuti chitetezo chikhale ngati mlongoti kwa ife. Zishango zokhala ndi ma electromagnetic zimakhala zovuta kulowa, koma mumadalira makoma a thanki yachitsulo, konkire yolimba, komanso mtunda wapakatikati kuti muteteze Triple-C. Zonse zimagwira ntchito m'malo mwathu. "
    
  "Uyenera kufotokozera anyamata anga otetezeka momwe munachitira izi."
    
  "Ndithudi. Ifenso tikhoza kukuthandizani kukonza."
    
  "Talowani mudongosolo lathu ndiyeno mutikonzere kutayikira, General?" Thompson anafunsa mwamwano chabe. "Njira yopezera ndalama."
    
  "Mwana wanga wamwamuna amachoka pa nsapato zake miyezi isanu ndi umodzi iliyonse, Chris," Patrick anatero ndi maso.
    
  "Ndipereka," adatero Thompson. Sanamve bwino podziwa kuti zinali zosavuta kulumikiza maulalo awo a data. "Mukugwirizana ndi ndaninso?"
    
  John adayang'ananso Patrick yemwe adagwedeza mutu kusonyeza kuvomereza. "Mochuluka opareshoni yonse," adatero John. "Tili ndi maukonde onse olamulira a VHF ndi mawayilesi a microwave ndi mauthenga a intercom kuno ku Triple-C olumikizidwa ndi netiweki yapadziko lonse lapansi yokhazikitsidwa ndi Gulu la Stryker Combat, ndipo timalandira mauthenga pompopompo pakati pa zochita zamagulu, magulu ankhondo ndi oyang'anira zisudzo."
    
  "IMS?"
    
  "Mauthenga apompopompo," adatero Patrick. "Njira yosavuta yoti olamulira azigawana zidziwitso, monga zolumikizira chandamale kapena kusanthula zithunzi, ndi ogwiritsa ntchito ena omwe ali pamanetiweki omwewo koma sangathe kugawana maulalo azidziwitso ndikutumiza mauthenga pafupipafupi."
    
  Monga mwana wanga wamkazi amatumizira anzake mameseji pa kompyuta kapena pa foni yake?
    
  "Ndimomwene," anatero Patrick. Anakulitsa zenera, ndipo Thompson adawona mauthenga ochezera-owongolera omenyera nkhondo akufotokozera malo omwe akufuna, kutumiza makonzedwe a malo, komanso ngakhale kubweza nthabwala ndi ndemanga pamasewera a mpira. "Nthawi zina njira zosavuta zimakhala zabwino kwambiri."
    
  "Kuzizira". Pamene zenera lotumizira mameseji pompopompo lidasunthidwa kuti Chris aziwone, zenera lina pansi pake lidatsegula ndipo adadabwa...kudziwona akusuzumira paphewa la Patrick! "Ayi!" - adafuula. "Kodi mwalumikiza ku CCTV system yanga?"
    
  "Sitinayese kuchita - zidangochitika," adatero John, akuseka. Thompson sanawoneke odabwa. "Izi si nthabwala, Chris. Makina athu amasaka maukonde onse akutali kuti alumikizike, ndipo adapezanso iyi. Iyi ndi makanema chabe, ngakhale takumana ndi maukonde ena okhudzana ndi chitetezo ndipo tinakana kulowa. "
    
  "Ndingayamikire ngati mungawakane onse, General," Thompson adatero mwachidwi. Patrick anagwedeza mutu kwa John, yemwe adalembapo malangizo ena. Kanemayo wasowa. "Zinali zopanda nzeru, General. Ngati pali vuto lachitetezo pambuyo pa izi, ndiyenera kukuwonani ngati gwero lakuba."
    
  "Ndamva," adatero Patrick. Anatembenuka kuyang'ana mutu wa chitetezo. "Koma mwachiwonekere pali kusiyana kwina chifukwa wina ku Nala Air Base amawombera ndege zabwino. Popeza tinalembedwa ntchito kuti tilimbikitse chitetezo m'gawoli, nditha kunena kuti nditha kugwiritsa ntchito mwalamulo zina monga makanema amakanema. "
    
  Thompson anayang'ana McLanahan mwankhawa, pakamwa pake pachita chisanu. Patapita nthawi pang"ono, iye anati, "Mtsamunda ananena kuti ndinu munthu wokonda kupempha chikhululukiro m"malo mongolola chilolezo."
    
  "Chifukwa chake ndimakwaniritsa zambiri, Chris," Patrick anatero mosabisa. Koma patangopita nthawi pang'ono anaimirira ndipo anakumana maso ndi maso ndi Thompson. "Ndikupepesa chifukwa cha izi, Chris," adatero. "Sindinkafuna kuoneka wosasamala za chitetezo. Iyi ndi ntchito yanu ndi udindo wanu. Ndidzakudziwitsani nthawi ina tikakumananso ndi zinthu ngati izi, ndipo ndidzalandira chilolezo chanu ndisanachipeze. "
    
  Thompson anazindikira kuti ngati Patrick akanathyola chitetezo kamodzi, akanatha kuchitanso mosavuta, popanda chilolezo chake. "Zikomo, bwana, koma kunena zoona, sindikukhulupirira."
    
  "Ndikunena zoona, Chris. Mukundiuza kuti nditseke ndipo zatha .... "
    
  Bwanji ngati sanazimitse? Adazifunsa choncho Thompson. Ndi chitetezo chanji chomwe anali nacho motsutsana ndi kontrakitala wamba? Analumbira kuti nthawi yomweyo apeza yankho la funsoli. "Sindingatsutsane nazo, bwana," anatero Chris. "Koma mwabwera kuti mundithandize kuteteza gawo ili, kuti mutha kubwerera ngati mukuganiza kuti ndikofunikira pantchito yanu. Ingondiuzani mukabwerako chifukwa chake komanso zomwe mwapeza."
    
  "Zopangidwa. Zikomo ".
    
  "Ndi madera ena otani okhudzana ndi chitetezo omwe mudafikirako?"
    
  "Colonel Jaffar's Internal Security Network."
    
  Thukuta lozizira linatuluka pansi pa kolala ya Chris. "Chitetezo cham"kati? Ilibe ogwira ntchito zachitetezo mkati. Mukutanthauza alonda ake?"
    
  "Zitha kukhala zomwe mukuganiza, Chris, koma zikuwoneka kwa ine kuti ali ndi likulu lonse la mthunzi J - ntchito, nzeru, mayendedwe, ogwira ntchito, maphunziro ndi chitetezo," adatero John. "Iwo amachita zonse mu Chiarabu ndipo sitikuwona alendo mmenemo."
    
  "Izi zikutanthauza kuti ali ndi anthu ake omwe amayang'anira zigawo zonse za gulu lankhondo ndi dongosolo lamalamulo," Patrick anamaliza motero, "kotero amadziwa zonse zomwe mumachita, komanso ali ndi gulu lonse la J lomwe likugwira ntchito kumbuyo." plan, yofanana ndi ntchito za likulu la regimental. " Anatembenukira kwa Chris ndikuwonjezera, "Ndiye ngati, mwachitsanzo, chinachake chikachitika kwa Triple-C ..."
    
  "Atha kuwongolera nthawi yomweyo ndikupitiriza kuchita maopaleshoni payekha," adatero Chris. "Zowopsa kwambiri."
    
  "Zingakhale zokayikitsa, kapena zingakhale zanzeru kwa iye," adatero John. "Atha kunenanso kuti mgwirizano wanu wamgwirizano umamulola kukhala ndi malamulo ake ake."
    
  "Kupatula apo," Patrick anawonjezera motero, "anyamata inu mukuyesera kuthetsa ntchito zankhondo ku Iraq ndi kuzipereka kwa anthu akumeneko; izo zikhoza kungothandizira kwa izo. Palibe chifukwa chongoganiza kuti chinachake choyipa chikuchitika. "
    
  "Ndakhala wotetezeka kwa nthawi yayitali kuti ndidziwe kuti ngati kuwala kwa 'oh crap' kukayamba kunjenjemera, pali china chake choyipa chikuchitika," adatero Chris. "Kodi mungalumikizanenso ndi netiweki ya Jaffar ndikundidziwitsa ngati mukuwona zachilendo, bwana?"
    
  "Ndikukhulupirira kuti tikhoza kumangiriranso izi, Chris," adatero Patrick. "Tikudziwitsani."
    
  "Ndikumva chisoni pokuneneza kuti unabera zida zathu zachitetezo kenako ndikukupemphani kuti mundizitape, bwana."
    
  "Palibe vuto. Tikhala tikugwira ntchito limodzi kwakanthawi, ndipo ndimakonda kuchitapo kanthu kenako ndikufunsa mafunso pambuyo pake.
    
  Patangopita mphindi zochepa zokambirana za mishoni zidayamba. Zinali zofanana kwambiri ndi zomwe Patrick adapereka mu Gulu Lankhondo Lankhondo: nthawi, mwachidule, nyengo, nzeru zamakono, mawonekedwe a magulu onse okhudzidwa, ndiyeno mwachidule kuchokera kugawo lililonse ndi dipatimenti ya zomwe angachite. Onse omwe adatenga nawo mbali adakhala pamalo awo ndikuwuzana mwachidule pa intercom system pomwe amawonetsa PowerPoint kapena ma slide apakompyuta pamakina kumbuyo kwa thanki komanso pazowonetsa payekhapayekha. Patrick adawona Gia Cazzotto pa imodzi mwazotonthoza zakutali kwambiri ndi nsanja, akulemba zolemba ndikuwoneka wozama kwambiri.
    
  "Nachi chidule cha ntchito ya Iraqi Army, bwana," anayamba "Combat Major" Kenneth Bruno. "A Iraq Seventh Brigade akutumiza gulu lonse la ana akhanda la Maqbara, pafupifupi mazana atatu a mfuti, pamodzi ndi Major Jafar Osman mwiniwake ngati gawo la likulu. Kampani ya Maqbar mwina ndi gawo lokhalo la ana akhanda mu Seventh Brigade - ena onse amayang'ana kwambiri zachitetezo, apolisi ndi nkhani zachiwembu - ndiye tikudziwa kuti ndizovuta.
    
  "Cholingacho, chomwe timachitcha kuti Parrot reconnaissance center, ndi malo obisika kumpoto kwa mudzi wawung'ono wa Zahuk. Nthawi yolumikizana ndi maola mazana atatu ziro-ziro nthawi yakomweko. Osman atumiza magulu awiri a asitikali aku Iraq kuti apereke chitetezo kuzungulira mzindawo kum'mawa ndi kumadzulo, pomwe magulu awiri adzalowa mumsewu kuchokera kumwera ndikuchotsa. "
    
  "Nanga bwanji kumpoto, Bruno?" Wilhelm anafunsa.
    
  "Ndikuganiza akuyembekeza kuti athamangira kumpoto kotero kuti aku Turkey aziwasamalira."
    
  "Kodi anthu aku Turkey akukhudzidwa ndi nkhaniyi?"
    
  "Yankho ndilakuti ayi bwana."
    
  "Kodi alipo adawauza kuti IAD igwira ntchito pafupi ndi malire?"
    
  "Iyi ndi ntchito ya ma Iraqi, bwana."
    
  "Osati pamene tili ndi anyamata kumunda."
    
  "Bwana, sitiloledwa kuyankhulana ndi anthu a ku Turkey ponena za ntchito ya Iraq popanda chilolezo kuchokera ku Baghdad," adatero Thompson. "Izi zimawonedwa ngati kuphwanya chitetezo."
    
  "Tiwona zoyipa izi," Wilhelm adalavulira. "Kulumikizana, gwirizanitsani magawano - Ndikufuna kulankhula ndi wamkulu mwachindunji. Thompson, ngati muli ndi anthu ena ku Turkey, aimbireni foni ndikuwawuza kuti chinachake chichitike ku Zahuk usikuuno. "
    
  "Ndizisamalira, Colonel."
    
  "Pangani izi," Wilhelm adayankha. "Anthu aku Turkey ayenera kukhala amanjenje pambuyo pa zomwe zidawachitikira. Chabwino, bwanji Warhammer?"
    
  "Ntchito ya Warhammer ndikuthandizira gulu lankhondo laku Iraq," adatero Bruno. "Special Operations Squadron Three idzawulutsa ma MQ-9 Reapers awiri, iliyonse ili ndi sensa ya infrared image, laser designator, matanki awiri akunja a 160-gallon ndi mizinga isanu ndi umodzi yotsogoleredwa ndi laser ya AGM-114 Hellfire. Pansi, Warhammer amatumiza gulu lachiwiri, Bravo Company, kuti liyang'ane kumbuyo kwa mizere yaku Iraq. Adzakhala kumwera, kum'mawa ndi kumadzulo kwa gulu la Maqbar ndipo adzakhala akuyang'ana. Ntchito yayikulu ya omenya ndikudzaza chithunzi cha malo omenyera nkhondo ndikupereka thandizo ngati kuli kofunikira. Gululi limatumiza Global Hawk kuti iyang'anire malo onse omenyera nkhondo. "
    
  "Mawu ofunikira apa ndikuwona, ana," Wilhelm adalowererapo. "Zida zidzakhala zothina pantchito imeneyi, mukudziwa? Ngati muli ndi vuto, bisalirani, zindikirani, lipoti ndikudikirira madongosolo. Sindikufuna kuimbidwa mlandu wojambula abwenzi ngakhale IA itatembenuka ndikuwombera. Pitirizani."
    
  "Ku Nala, Warhammer ali ndi ma helikopita awiri a Apache ochokera ku 4th Air Regiment, okhala ndi zida, zopangira mafuta komanso okonzeka kuwuluka, zodzaza ndi mizinga ndi Hellfires," adatero Bruno. "Foxtrot patrol orbit. Mtsamunda Cazzotto ndi woyang'anira ndege."
    
  "Chigawenga chenicheni, chabwino," Wilhelm anafuula motero. "Ndizo zonse zomwe timafunikira kuti Air Farce ifuule ndikuyamba kugwetsa JDAM pa IAS - imatha kupondereza ma Stryker athu akamayika mchira pakati pa miyendo yawo ndikuthawa." Patrick anadikirira kuti Gia atani, koma anaweramitsa mutu ndikupitiriza kulemba manotsi. "Chabwino: chitetezo. Zinthu zili bwanji pamalopo, Thompson?"
    
  "Bravo pakadali pano, Colonel," Chris adayankha, akudula foni m'khutu, "koma patatsala ola limodzi kuti titsegule zipata ndikutembenuka, tingonyamuka kupita ku Delta."
    
  "Sizili bwino. Pitani ku Delta tsopano."
    
  "Colonel Jaffar akufuna kudziwitsidwa zisanachitike kusintha kulikonse pamlingo wa THREATCON."
    
  Wilhelm anayang'ana pa siteshoni ya Thompson ndipo pakamwa pake anathina ataona kuti palibe. Anatembenukira kwa wachiwiri wake. "Tumizani uthenga kwa Jaffar womuuza kuti ndikupangira kuyambitsa THREATCON tsopano," adatero, "ndiye chitani, Thompson. Musadikire kuti akuvomerezeni." Weatherly adafika pamfundoyi. Anaona Wilhelm akuyendera thankiyo. "Uli kuti, Thompson?"
    
  "Pamwambapa, pamalo owonera, ndikuyang'ana komwe kuli wamkulu."
    
  "Tengani bulu wanu kuno komwe muli, titumizeni ku THREATCON Delta, kenako mugawire wina kuti aziyang'anira makontrakitala. Ndikukufuna pa positi yako. "
    
  "Inde, Colonel."
    
  "General, ndege yanu ndi anyamata anu ali kuti?" Wilhelm anafunsa, akuyang'ana pamalo owonera. "Ndi bwino kuwachotsa."
    
  Patrick anayankha kuti: "Ndege ndi zipangizo zanga zonse zili pamalo osungiramo katundu. Anasangalala kuona kuti Gia nayenso amamuyang'ana. "Ndegeyi imakhala ndi mphamvu zakunja ndipo imalumikizana kwathunthu."
    
  "Kaya zikutanthawuza chiyani," Wilhelm adayankha, akuyang'ana McLanahan. "Ndikungofuna kuwonetsetsa kuti iwe ndi zinthu zako sizikuyenda bwino tikamayamba."
    
  "Tonse tili mnyumbamo, monga mwapemphedwa, Mtsamunda."
    
  "Sindikupempha chilichonse pano, General: ndikuyitanitsa, ndipo zachitika," adatero Wilhelm. "Iwo amakhala mpaka ziro-zero mazana atatu pokhapokha nditanena mosiyana."
    
  "Kumvetsetsa".
    
  "Intelligence service. Ndani akuyambitsa nkhawa kwambiri pamenepo - kuphatikiza abwenzi athu a Haji, Bexar?
    
  "Chiwopsezo chachikulu m'gawo lathu chikupitilizabe kukhala gulu lomwe limadzitcha kuti Islamic State of Iraq, lomwe lili ku Mosul komanso motsogozedwa ndi Jordanian Abu al-Abadi," adatero Frank Bexar, wogwira ntchito zachinsinsi pagululi. "A Iraqi akuganiza kuti maukonde a ngalande pafupi ndi Zahuk ndiye linga lawo, ndichifukwa chake akutumiza magulu akuluakulu otere. Komabe, ifeyo tilibe nzeru zodalirika kuti al-Abadi alipo. "
    
  "Haji ayenera kukhala ndi chidziwitso chabwino kwambiri, Bexar," Wilhelm adakwiya. "Bwanji osachita izi?"
    
  "A Iraqi akuti ali kumeneko ndipo akufuna kuti akhale wakufa kapena wamoyo, bwana," adatero Bexar. "Koma Zahuk ndi madera akumidzi akulamulidwa ndi Akurds, ndipo al-Qaeda ndi yamphamvu kwambiri m'mizinda ngati Mosul. Sindingakhulupirire kuti al-Abadi aloledwa kukhala ndi "malo achitetezo" m'derali.
    
  "Chabwino, amatero, Bexar," Wilhelm adayankha. "Muyenera kulimbikitsa kulumikizana kwanu ndikulumikizana ndi ma haji kuti tisamayamwe mawere am'mbuyo nthawi zonse pankhani yanzeru. Kena kalikonse?"
    
  "Inde, bwana," Bexar anayankha mwamantha. "Chiwopsezo china chachikulu kwa mabungwe amgwirizano ndi mkangano womwe ukupitilira pakati pa Turkey ndi zigawenga zaku Kurd zomwe zikugwira ntchito ku AOR yathu. Akupitiliza kudutsa malire kuti akawukire zigoli ku Turkey ndikubwerera ku Iraq. Ngakhale kuti zigawenga za Kurdish sizitiwopseza mwachindunji, kubwezera kwa Turkey nthawi ndi nthawi kudutsa malire a PKK omwe amabisala ku Iraq nthawi zina kwawonetsa asilikali athu pangozi.
    
  "Anthu aku Turkey adatiuza kuti ali ndi asitikali pafupifupi 5,000 omwe atumizidwa kumalire a Turkey-Iraqi moyandikana ndi AOR yathu. Izi zikugwirizana ndi zomwe tikuwona. A Gendarma anali atachita zigawenga zingapo zobwezera m'maola khumi ndi asanu ndi atatu apitawa, koma palibe chachikulu kwambiri - angapo mwa magulu awo omenyera ufulu wawo adatulutsidwa pofuna kubwezera. Nzeru zawo zaposachedwa zikuwonetsa kuti mtsogoleri wa zigawenga omwe amamutcha kuti Baz, kapena Hawk, waku Iraq waku Kurd, mwina ndi mzimayi, akukonzekera ziwopsezo zankhondo zankhondo zaku Turkey, mwina kuphatikiza kugwa kwa tanki yaku Turkey ku Diyarbakir.
    
  "Mkazi, hu? Ndinkadziwa kuti azimayi apa ndi oyipa, koma nawonso ndi olimba?" Wilhelm anatero akuseka. "Kodi tikulandira zidziwitso zaposachedwa kuchokera kwa anthu aku Turkey zokhuza gulu lawo lankhondo komanso ntchito zolimbana ndi uchigawenga?"
    
  "Unduna wa chitetezo ndi zamkati ku Turkey ndi wabwino kwambiri kutidziwitsa za zomwe akuchita," adatero Beksar. "Tidalumikizana ndi ena mwa ndege zawo pafoni kuti ateteze ndegeyo."
    
  "Osachepera mudachita ndi aku Turkey, Behar," adatero Wilhelm. Wopanga ma intelligence adamezera mate ndikumaliza mwachidule momwe adathera.
    
  Msonkhano womaliza utatha, Wilhelm adayimilira, ndikuchotsa mahedifoni ake, ndikutembenukira ku likulu lake lankhondo. "Chabwino, ana, mvetserani mosamala," iye anayamba mwaukali. Ogwira ntchito anavula mahedifoni awo modzionetsera kuti amvetsere. "Ichi ndi chiwonetsero cha IA, osati chathu, kotero sindikufuna ngwazi zilizonse, ndipo ndikutsimikiza kuti gehena sakufuna zowononga. Iyi ndi ntchito yayikulu kwa ma Iraqi, koma chizolowezi kwa ife, chifukwa chake chipange kukhala chabwino, chosalala komanso cholemba. Khalani otsegula maso ndi makutu komanso pakamwa panu. Chepetsani malipoti a zochita za mawu kuti azingochitika mwachangu. Ndikakufunsani kuti muwonere kena kake, kulibwino muyike pa skrini yanga kamphindi kakang'ono, kapena ndibwera ndikupatseni chakudya cham'mawa kudzera m'mphuno mwanu. Khalani maso ndipo tiyeni tipatse IA chiwonetsero chabwino. Pitani kwa izo."
    
  "Omar Bradley weniweni," John Masters adaseka. "Msilikali weniweni wa asilikali."
    
  "Iye amalemekezedwa kwambiri m'magulu ndi magulu ndipo adzalandira nyenyezi posachedwa," adatero Patrick. "Iye ndi wovuta, koma akuwoneka kuti akuyendetsa sitimayo bwino ndikugwira ntchitoyo."
    
  "Ndikukhulupirira kuti atilola kuchita zomwe timachita."
    
  "Tidzachita naye kapena kutsutsana naye," adatero Patrick. "Chabwino, Dr. Jonathan Colin Masters, ndijambulani chithunzi cha khamu ili ndikundisokoneza."
    
  Mainjiniya wachichepereyo anakweza manja ake ngati dokotala wa opaleshoni ya minyewa amene akuyesa ubongo umene anali pafupi kuchitapo opareshoni, anatenga kachidutswa kakang"ono kolingaliridwa, kenaka anayamba kutaipa pa kiyibodi yake ya pakompyuta. "Konzekera kudabwa, bwenzi langa. Konzekerani kulephera."
    
    
  NEAR INTELLIGENCE TARGET PARROTT, NEAR ZAHOQ, IRAQ
  PATAPITA MAola Ochepa
    
    
  "Ndinali kuyembekezera Grand Central Station kapena Tora Bora, osati Hobbit House," anadandaula motero Lt. Ted Oakland, mkulu wa gulu la magalimoto anayi omenyana ankhondo a Stryker. Anayang'ana malo omwe amawonekera kutsogolo kwa mtunda wa kilomita imodzi ndi makina ake opangira matenthedwe ausiku, omwe amangobwereza zomwe wowombera mfutiyo adawona. Khomo lakumwera kwa Al-Qaeda lotchedwa tunnel citadel linali kanyumba kakang'ono kamene Stryker wa matani makumi awiri amatha kuswa mosavuta. Izi sizinafanane ndi zomwe adalandira kuchokera kwa nzika zaku Iraq ndi anzawo aku Iraq, omwe adazifotokoza mosiyanasiyana ngati "linga" komanso "linga".
    
  Oakland adasintha kuchoka pa chithunzi chotentha kupita pakuwombera komwe adatengedwa ndi gulu lankhondo lankhondo la MQ-9 Reaper lomwe likuwuluka mamita 8,000 pamwamba. Chithunzichi chikuwonetsa bwino momwe asitikali aku Iraq ali pafupi ndi kanyumbako. M"derali munali tinyumba tambirimbiri, tinyumba ta kunja ndi makola ang"ombe. Pafupifupi magulu asanu ndi atatu a asitikali aku Iraq adalowa mderali pang'onopang'ono.
    
  "Pali phee, bwana," wowombera mfutiyo anatero.
    
  "Kwa malo achitetezo a anyamata oyipa, ndingavomereze," adatero Oakland. "Koma momwe aku Iraq akudumphira, ndizodabwitsa kuti chigawo chonsecho sichinathawebe."
    
  M'malo mwake, kupezeka kwa gulu lachidziwitso la Stryker mwina kudachenjeza anthu oyipa kuposa momwe adachitira ma Iraqi. Gululi linali ndi zida zinayi zonyamula zida za Stryker. Magalimoto a matani 20 anali ndi mawilo asanu ndi atatu ndi injini ya 350-horsepower turbodiesel. Anali ndi zida zamfuti zamtundu wa 50-caliber kapena mamilimita makumi anayi oponya mabomba othamanga mofulumira, olamulidwa chapatali mkati mwa magalimoto. Chifukwa zidapangidwa kuti ziziyenda m'malo mongopha, Strykers anali ndi zida zocheperako ndipo sakanatha kupirira kuwombera wamba; Komabe, kunjako, magalimoto ameneŵa anali ataphimbidwa ndi zida zankhondo-machubu achitsulo onga ngati khola opangidwa kuti atenge mphamvu zambiri kuchokera ku kuphulika kwa bomba la rocket, kuzipangitsa kuwoneka zolemera kwambiri.
    
  Ngakhale mawonekedwe awo owopsa komanso kukula kwa magudumu otsika, Strykers adabweretsa luso lenileni lazaka makumi awiri ndi chimodzi kubwalo lankhondo: kulumikizana. The Strykers atha kupanga node mu netiweki yamakompyuta opanda zingwe padziko lonse lapansi kwa mailosi ozungulira, kotero kuti aliyense kuyambira pagalimoto imodzi kupita kwa Purezidenti wa United States azitha kuyang'anira komwe ali komanso momwe alili, kuwona zonse zomwe ogwira ntchito angawone, ndikupereka chidziwitso kwa aliyense. zina m'derali. Iwo adabweretsa chidziwitso chomwe sichinachitikepo muntchito iliyonse.
    
  Pamodzi ndi mkulu wa asilikali, dalaivala, ndi wowombera mfuti, a Strykers ananyamula asilikali otsika asanu ndi mmodzi-mtsogoleri wa gulu lankhondo kapena wachiŵiri kwa mkulu wa asilikali, asilikali achitetezo aŵiri, ndi asilikali oyenda pansi atatu. Oakland adawalamula kuti atsike kuti akayang'ane malowo akuyenda wapansi. Pamene magulu achitetezo adakhazikitsa malo ozungulira galimoto iliyonse ndikuyang'anira dera lonse pogwiritsa ntchito magalasi owonera usiku, mtsogoleri wa gululi ndi asitikali amakayendera mosamala m'njira yomwe akufuna, kuyang'ana misampha, chivundikiro, kapena zizindikiro zilizonse za adani.
    
  Ngakhale anali kuguba kumbuyo kwa ma Iraqi ndipo samayenera kulumikizana, Oakland adatsikira pamenepo chifukwa asitikali aku Iraq nthawi zambiri amachita zinthu zopanda tanthauzo. Adapeza asitikali aku Iraq "otayika" - amuna akuyenda molakwika, makamaka kutali ndi mizere ya adani - kapena asitikali akupuma, kudya, kupemphera kapena kudzipulumutsa okha kumagulu awo. Oakland nthawi zambiri ankanena kuti ntchito yaikulu ya gulu lake kumbuyo kwa gulu lalikulu inali kuwongolera ma Iraqi kunjira yoyenera.
    
  Koma lero ma Iraqi akuwoneka ngati akupita patsogolo. Auckland anali ndi chidaliro kuti ichi chinali chifukwa chinali ntchito yayikulu, chifukwa kampani ya Maqbar inali kutsogolera, komanso chifukwa Major Othman anali pabwalo lankhondo m'malo mobisala pansi pa abaya nthawi iliyonse opaleshoni ikayamba.
    
  "Pafupi ma maikolofoni khumi ndi asanu tisanakumane," adatero Oakland pagulu lotetezeka la gululo. "Khalani tcheru." Komabe palibe chizindikiro choti apezeka. Izi, a Oakland ankaganiza, zitha kuyenda bwino, kapena adapunthwa pobisalira. Maminiti otsatirawa anena...
    
    
  COMMAND AND CONTROL CENTRE, ALLIED AIR BASE NAKHLA, IRAQ
  NTHAWI YOMWEYO
    
    
  Patrick McLanahan anati: "Ndichita chidwi, John, kuchita chidwi kwambiri. "Makinawa amagwira ntchito monga momwe amalengezera."
    
  "Kodi mumayembekezera zochepa?" John Masters adayankha monyasa. Iye ananyengerera, kenako anawonjezera kuti, "Zowonadi, inenso ndadabwa. Kulumikiza zida zamagetsi pa netiweki kunali vuto lalikulu kuposa kulumikiza masensa athu, ndipo zonse zidayenda bwino. "
    
  "Izi zitha kukhala zoyipa: siziyenera kukhala zophweka kulumikiza maukonde a gulu," adatero Patrick.
    
  "Zathu sizili zophweka kuthyolako ngati za regimental," anatero John molimba mtima. "Zingatenge gulu lankhondo la Sandra Bulloxes kuti liwononge malamulo athu." Adaloza zenera limodzi lopanda kanthu pa monitor yake ya laputopu. "Global Division hawk ndiye wosewera yekhayo yemwe sanalowe nawo."
    
  Patrick anavomereza kuti: "N"kutheka kuti ndinachititsa zimenezi. "Ndidauza Dave kuti tikhala okonzeka kuti tiyambe kuyang'anira usikuuno, ndipo mwina adatumiza kwa Purezidenti Martindale, yemwe mwina adatumiza ku Likulu la Corps. N"kutheka kuti dipatimentiyi inagaŵiranso ntchito ya "Global Hawk."
    
  "Si vuto lanu, ndi vuto la William," adatero John. "Akatilola kuti tiziuluka, tikanakhala pa iye ngati fungo loipa. Eya, ali ndi maso ochuluka mmenemo."
    
  Patrick anagwedeza mutu koma ankaonekabe wankhawa. Iye anati: "Ndikuda nkhawa ndi mbali ya kumpoto ya ngalandezi. "Ngati ma AQI aliwonse athawa, tiyenera kuyang'anitsitsa kuti titha kutumiza aku Turkey kuti akawagwire kapena agwiritse ntchito Reaper kuthana nawo." Anabweretsa zenera la laputopu ya John pa chionetsero chake, anaiphunzira kwa kamphindi, nalemba malamulo angapo pa kiyibodi, ndipo analankhula. "Akazi a Harrison?"
    
  "Harrison. Awa ndi ndani?"
    
  "General McLanahan."
    
  Iye ankawona woyendetsa ndegeyo akuyang'ana uku ndi uku mosokonezeka. "Muli kuti General?"
    
  "Pamwambapa, pamalo owonera."
    
  Anayang'ana m'mwamba ndipo adamuwona kudzera m'mawindo akuluakulu otsetsereka. "O, moni, bwana. Sindimadziwa kuti muli pa network iyi."
    
  "Sindine wovomerezeka, koma Chris adati zili bwino. Ndikufuna ndikufunseni kanthu".
    
  "Inde, bwana?"
    
  "Muli ndi Kelly Awiri-Awiri pa ntchito kumwera kwa opareshoni, ndipo Kelly Two-Six ali wokonzeka kupita ngati chivundikiro. Kodi mungasunthire Awiri-Awiri kumpoto kuti atseke khomo lakumpoto ndi kusuntha Awiri-Sikisi kuti atseke lakumwera?"
    
  "Chifukwa chiyani, bwana?"
    
  Global Hawk ilibe station, kotero tilibe kufalitsa kulikonse kumpoto. "
    
  "Ndiyenera kuwuluka Wokolola m'mphepete mwa mizinga ya malire a Turkey, ndipo zikanafunika chilolezo kuchokera ku Corps ndipo mwina Dipatimenti Yaboma. Titha kunyamula chida kuchokera ku Two-Six ndikuchitumiza. "
    
  "Mwina zonse zikhala zitatha, Lieutenant."
    
  "Ndiko kulondola, bwana."
    
  Patrick anati: "Ngati tingamvetse zimenezi, ndikhala womasuka kwambiri. "Nanga bwanji titumize Awiri-Awiri mpaka nditalumikizana ndi a Corps?"
    
  "Ndiyenera kutulutsa Two-Six kuti anyamuke," adatero Harrison. "Konzekerani." Patrick adasinthira ku chithunzi cha radar cha njira ya Nala Air Base ndipo adapeza kuti ilibe magalimoto ambiri, mosakayikira chifukwa ndegeyo idatsekedwa chifukwa cha opareshoni kumpoto. Kamphindi pambuyo pake: "Airspace akuti titha kunyamuka tikakonzeka, bwana. Ndiloleni ndipeze chilolezo kwa wamkulu wankhondo. "
    
  "Linali lingaliro langa, Lieutenant, kotero ndikanakonda kumuyimbira foni ndikumufotokozera zomwe ndikutanthauza."
    
  "Simuyenera kukhala pa netiweki iyi, bwana," Harrison adatero, akuyang'ana Patrick ndikuseka. "Komanso, ngati simusamala, ndikufuna kutengera lingaliro lanu."
    
  "Ndikhala ndi mlandu ngati pali chisokonezo, Lieutenant."
    
  "Palibe vuto bwana. Khalani okonzeka." Adasiya kulumikizana, koma Patrick adatha kumva zomwe adakambirana ndi Major Bruno komanso zokambirana pakati pa Bruno ndi Lt. Col. Weatherly pankhani yotsegulira. Onse adagwirizana kuti kusuntha Wokolola kunali lingaliro labwino bola ngati sikuphwanya mgwirizano wapadziko lonse lapansi, ndipo posakhalitsa Kelly Two-Six anali woyendetsa ndege ndipo Awiri-Awiri anali kusunthira kumpoto kuti akatenge njira yolondera pafupi ndi malire a Turkey.
    
  "Lingaliro la ndani linali kusuntha Wokolola kumpoto ... Wow," adatero Wilhelm pamtundu wa thanki.
    
  "Lingaliro la Harrison, bwana," adatero Weatherly.
    
  "Kodi ndidakhala ndi 'wow' wamkulu pa kontrakitala?" Adatero Wilhelm, akuwonetsa kudzinyansidwa. "O, chabwino, ndikudziwa kuti tiyenera kuponya fupa la mercenaries nthawi ndi nthawi. Ndikukuchenjezanitu, Harrison."
    
  "Zikomo, Colonel."
    
  "Kodi iyi ndi njira yake yoperekera matamando?" John anafunsa. "Ndi munthu wabwino bwanji."
    
  Chithunzi cha opaleshonicho chinkawoneka bwino kwambiri pamene Wokolola adalowa m'mphepete mwa malire a Turkey, ngakhale kuti kunali kutali kwambiri kum'mwera kuti akwaniritse chithunzicho. "Linali lingaliro labwino, bwana," Harrison adauza a Patrick, "koma zopinga za ROE sizingatipatsebe lingaliro la komwe akuyenera kutulukira. Ndiyang'ana Global Hawk."
    
  "Tikadatseka dera lonseli njira zisanu ndi ziwiri Lamlungu ndi anthu ocheperako," adatero John. "Dikirani mpaka anyamatawa atiwone tikuchita."
    
  "Ndikufuna kuti usinthe dzinalo, John."
    
  "Ndichita, koma choyamba ndikufuna kupaka nkhope ya Air Force kwa kanthawi," John anatero mosangalala. "Ndikuyang'anira".
    
    
  NTELLIGENCE CHOLINGA - PARROT
  PATAPITA KANTHAWI YOCHEPA
    
    
  "Abwera, bwana," adatero wowombera mfuti yemwe anali m'bwalo la Lt. Oakland's Stryker, akuyang'ana chithunzi cha khomo la ngalandeyo kudzera pakuwona kwake. Kuwala kowala kangapo kunawala pa sikirini, ndipo pa sekondi imodzi pambuyo pake phokoso la kuphulika linamveka pa iwo. "Zikuwoneka kuti magulu otsogola akuyenda."
    
  Oakland anayang'ana wotchi yake. "Ndipo mu nthawi yake. Ndachita chidwi. Zingakhale zovuta kuti timalize ntchitoyi panthaŵi yake." Anayang'ana chosinthira pa polojekiti yake, kuyang'ana madera ozungulira Strykers ake omwe adayikidwa mozungulira derali, kenako anayatsa maikolofoni yake. "Zida zokonzeka ndipo khalani tcheru, anyamata," adauza gulu lake lankhondo. "OVR ikuyenda." Mtsogoleri wa gawo lililonse adasindikiza inde.
    
  Onse atangolowa, Auckland adatumiza uthenga ku Tank ku Nala, kunena za kayendedwe ka magulu ankhondo. Adasinthira mwachidule ku wayilesi ya kampani ya Maqbar ndipo adalandilidwa ndi phokoso lachisangalalo komanso losamvetsetseka la kukuwa kosangalatsa mu Chiarabu. Anazimitsa mwamsanga. "Makhalidwe abwino a wailesi, anyamata," adatero pansi pa mpweya wake.
    
  "Akubwera, bwana," adatero wowombera mfuti wa Stryker. Iye ndi Oakland adawona gulu la asitikali asanu ndi atatu aku Iraq likuyandikira nyumbayo. Asilikali aŵiri anatsegula chitseko pogwiritsa ntchito zida zophulitsira mabomba, n"kutsanulira matabwa ndi miyala chifukwa chakuti anayandikira kwambiri.
    
  "Tabwerani guys, timu yanu yolowera ili kuti?" Oakland adanena mokweza. "Muyenera kudziwa kuti anyamata omwe anaphulitsa chitseko sangalowe popanda choletsa. Gulu limodzi likuphwanya chitseko pamene gulu lina, lotetezedwa ku kuwala ndi mantha, likulowa mkati. Mwana wanga wazaka zisanu ndi ziwiri akudziwa izi. " Koma posakhalitsa anaona sajentiyo akukonzanso gulu lake loloŵereramo ndi kuchotsa gulu loloŵereralo panjira, kotero kuti pambuyo pa chibwibwi chaching"ono ntchitoyo inawoneka kuti ikupita patsogolo.
    
  Kubwerera ku Tank, Patrick ndi John adawonera zomwe zikuchitika kudzera pa Stryker ndi drone feeds... Kupatula kuti Patrick sanali kuyang'ana kuwukira komwe amayenera kulowa, koma kumpoto chakumadzulo kumalire a Iraq ndi Turkey. Maonekedwe a makina ojambulira a infrared a MQ-9 Reaper adawonetsa mapiri opindika, matanthwe atali, amiyala ndi zigwa zakuya zankhalango.
    
  Margaret Harrison, wogwira ntchito pagulu la Reaper, adamuuza pa intercom . "Okolola adapangidwa kuti aziyang'ana pansi motsetsereka, m'malo modutsa m'chizimezime."
    
  "Tavomera," Patrick anayankha. "Pangotsala masekondi angapo." Anagwira kiyi ina pa kiyibodi yake nati, "Bambo Bexar?"
    
  "Bexar akumvetsera," anayankha motero wapolisi wina waganyu.
    
  "Uyu ndi McLanahan."
    
  "Muli bwanji General? Kodi muli ndi ufulu wokhala pa intaneti pano?"
    
  "A Thompson adati zonse zili bwino. Ndili ndi funso."
    
  "Ineyo sindikudziwa chilolezo chanu, General," adatero Bexar. "Ndikuganiza kuti mwasankhidwa kukhala Chinsinsi Chapamwamba, apo ayi simudzatha kupezeka pamwambowu, koma mpaka nditsimikizire, ndiyenera kukana kuyankha mafunso aliwonse omwe angasokoneze chitetezo."
    
  "Kumvetsetsa. Kodi mudadziwitsidwa kuti a Turks ali ndi asitikali zikwi zisanu m'dera lomwe lili pafupi ndi gawo lankhondo?"
    
  "Inde, bwana. Zofanana ndi magulu awiri ankhondo oyenda pamakina, limodzi lililonse m'zigawo za Sirnak ndi Hakkari, kuphatikiza magulu atatu ankhondo a Jandarma."
    
  "Ndizochuluka, sichoncho?"
    
  "Potengera zomwe zachitika posachedwa, sindikuganiza choncho," adatero Bexar. "Kwa zaka zingapo zapitazi, ayesa kufananiza kuchuluka kwa asitikali aku US ndi Iraq. M'mbuyomu, gendarme idakhalabe ndi mphamvu yayikulu kwambiri kum'mwera chakum'mawa kwa Turkey malinga ndi kuchuluka kwa ntchito za PKK. Vuto ndilakuti nthawi zonse sitilandira zosintha pafupipafupi za kayendedwe ka mayunitsi a Jandarma. "
    
  "Chifukwa chiyani?"
    
  "Unduna wa Zam'kati ku Turkey ndiwosungika - mgwirizano ndi NATO suwakakamiza kugawana zambiri, monga momwe Unduna wa Zachitetezo umachitira."
    
  "Koma kuyenda kwa asilikali oyenda pamakina m'derali ndi chinthu chatsopano?"
    
  "Inde".
    
  "Zosangalatsa. Koma funso langa ndilakuti, Bambo Bexar: ali kuti?"
    
  "Ali kuti?"
    
  "Asilikali onse aku Turkey ali kuti? Gulu la asilikali oyenda pamakina ndi lovuta kubisala."
    
  "Chabwino, ndikulingalira..." Funsolo mwachionekere linamudabwitsa wapolisiyo. "Iwo ... atha kukhala kulikonse, General. Ndikuganiza kuti amasungidwa m'maboma akuluakulu. Ponena za ma gendarms, amatha kuzemba zomwe timawawona m'derali. "
    
  "Kelly Two-Two wakhala akuyang'ana malire kwa mphindi zingapo zapitazi ndipo sindinawonepo chizindikiro chilichonse," adatero Patrick. "Ndipo malinga ndi mamapu anga, Two-Two akuyang'ana mzinda wa Uludere, sichoncho?"
    
  "Konzekerani." Kanthawi pang'ono, nditayang'ana zowerengera za telemetry kuchokera ku sensa ya infrared ya Reaper: "Inde, General, mukulondola."
    
  "Timayang"ana mumzindawu, koma sindikuona kuwala kulikonse kapena zizindikiro za moyo kumeneko. Kodi ndikusowapo kanthu?
    
  Panali kupuma pang'ono; Kenako: "General, bwanji mukufunsa za Turkey?" Anthu aku Turkey sakuchita nawo ntchitoyi.
    
  Inde, Patrick anaganiza, chifukwa chiyani ndikuyang'ana Turkey? "Mwachidwi chabe, ndikuganiza," iye pomalizira pake anayankha. "Ndikulola kuti ubwerere kuntchito. Ndipepese chifukwa cha-"
    
  "Harrison, Two-Two akuyang'ana chiyani?" Wilhelm anafunsa pa intercom. "Iye akuyang'ana mailosi khumi ndi asanu kumbali yolakwika. Yang'anani dongosolo lanu loyang'anitsitsa."
    
  Patrick adadziwa kuti akuyenera kulowererapo - silinali lingaliro la Harrison kuyang'ana kudutsa malire ndi Turkey. "Ndimangofuna kuyang'ana kudutsa malire, Mtsamunda."
    
  "Awa ndi ndani?"
    
  "McLanahan."
    
  "Mukuchita chiyani pa network yanga, General?" Wilhelm anagunda. "Ndidati mutha kuwonera ndikumvetsera, osalankhula, ndipo ndikutsimikiza kuti sindinakuloleni kuti muyang'anire oyendetsa ma sensor anga!"
    
  "Pepani, Colonel, koma ndinali ndi malingaliro odabwitsa pazachinthu ndipo ndidayenera kuyang'ana."
    
  "Ndibwino kupempha chikhululukiro kuposa kupempha chilolezo, eh, General?" Wilhelm adaseka. "Ndinamva za iwe. Sindisamala za 'malingaliro anu odabwitsa', McLanahan. Harrison, tengani Wokolola uyu kuti atseke.... "
    
  "Simundifunsanso zomwe ndikufuna kuwona, Mtsamunda?"
    
  "Sindili choncho chifukwa palibe chilichonse ku Turkey chomwe chimandisangalatsa pakadali pano. Ngati mwaiwala, General, ndili ndi gulu lodzidzimutsa lomwe likugwira ntchito ku Iraq, osati Turkey. Koma kuyambira pomwe mudabweretsa, ndiwe yani ...
    
  "Kuyambitsa roketi!" - wina adalowererapo. Pa polojekiti yomwe ikuwonetsa zithunzi zochokera ku Kelly Two-Two, mikwingwirima yambiri yowala yamoto idadutsa mlengalenga usiku - kuchokera kumalire a Turkey!
    
  "Hell iyi ndi chiyani?" Wilhelm anakwiya. "Imanyamukira kuti?"
    
  "Izi ndi miyala yamtengo wapatali yochokera ku Turkey! "Patrick anakuwa. "Chotsani anthu anu mmenemo, Mtsamunda!"
    
  "Khalani chete, McLanahan!" Wilhelm anakuwa. Koma adalumpha kuchokera pampando wake mwamantha, adaphunzira chithunzicho kwa mphindi zingapo, kenako adasindikiza batani la network network ndikufuula kuti: "Kwa osewera onse a Warhammer, kwa osewera onse a Warhammer, uyu ndi Warhammer, zida zankhondo zikuyandikira kuchokera kumpoto, kumbali ina, tsopano chokani pa Parrot! "
    
  "Kubwereza?" - imodzi mwa zigawo zowunikiranso idayankha. "Nenaninso, War Hammer!"
    
  "Ndikubwerezanso, osewera onse a Warhammer, uyu ndi Warhammer, muli ndi masekondi makumi awiri kuti musinthe mayendedwe kutali ndi cholinga cha Parrot, kenako masekondi asanu kuti mubisale!" Wilhelm anakuwa. Kumpoto kukubwera zida zankhondo! Sunthani! Sunthani!" Pa intercom ya thankiyo anafuula kuti: "Wina atengere gulu lankhondo la Turkey loopsa kwambiri kuti liyime pamzere ndi kuwauza kuti asiye kuwombera, tili ndi asilikali pansi!" Yang'anani ma helikopita a ambulansi ndikupeza zolimbikitsira pamenepo! "
    
  "Tumizani B-1 kudutsa malire kumalo otsegulira awa, Mtsamunda!" Patrick anatero. "Ngati pali oyambitsa enanso, atha -"
    
  "Ndinati khalani chete ndikutuluka mu network yanga, McLanahan!" Wilhelm anakwiya.
    
  Oyang'anira oyang'anira a Stryker adayenda mwachangu, koma osati mwachangu ngati mivi yomwe ikubwera. Zinangotenga masekondi khumi okha kuti mizinga iwiri iyende mtunda wa makilomita makumi atatu ndikusamba m'dera la Zahuk tunnel complex ndi zikwi zambiri za mabomba otsutsana ndi ogwira ntchito komanso otsutsa magalimoto. Migodi ina inaphulika mayadi angapo m"mwamba, ndipo m"munsi mwake munali matumba a tungsten oyera otentha; migodi ena amaphulitsidwa pokhudzana ndi nthaka, nyumba kapena magalimoto okhala ndi zida zankhondo zophulika kwambiri; ndipo ena anali pansi, pomwe amaphulika akasokonezedwa kapena mwangozi pakapita nthawi.
    
  Kuphulitsa kwachiŵiri kunachitika mphindi zochepa pambuyo pake, kulunjika mayadi mazana angapo kumadzulo, kum"maŵa, ndi kum"mwera kwa malo amene chandandale choyamba, kolinganizidwa kugwira aliyense amene akanathaŵa kuphulitsidwa koyambako. Unali kuwukira komwe kunagwira ambiri mwa mamembala obwerera kwawo a gulu lankhondo laku America. Migodiyo idalowa m'mwamba mwa zida za Strykers kuchokera pamwamba, ndikuzing'amba ndikuzisiya kuti zitsegukire zida zina zophulika kwambiri. Ambiri a iwo amene anatsika ndi kuthaŵa kuphedwa m"magalimoto awo anaphedwa ndi ziboliboli zomwe zinaphulika pamwamba kapena pansi pa mapazi awo pamene ankayesa kuthaŵa kuti apulumutse miyoyo yawo.
    
  Patadutsa masekondi makumi atatu zonse zidatha. Ogwira ntchito odabwitsidwa adaziwona zonse mowopsa kwambiri, zikuwulutsidwa live ndi ma drones a Reaper ndi Predator pamwamba.
    
    
  WHITE HOUSE, WASHINGTON, DC.
  PATAPITA KANTHAWI YOCHEPA
    
    
  Purezidenti Joseph Gardner akutuluka pakompyuta yake muofesi yapayekha moyandikana ndi Oval Office ndipo amangofikira jekete lake kuti liyitane tsiku limodzi ndikulowa mnyumba pomwe foni idayimba. Anali mlangizi wake wa chitetezo cha dziko, bwenzi lake lalitali komanso mlembi wothandizira wakale wa Navy, Conrad Carlisle. Anadina batani la sipikala: "Ndinali pafupi kumaliza, Conrad. Zingathe kudikira?"
    
  "Ndikanakonda, bwana," anatero Carlisle pa foni yotetezedwa, mwina m"galimoto yake. Mnzakeyo sankamutchula kuti "bwana" akamalankhulana wina ndi mnzake pokhapokha ngati zinali zadzidzidzi, ndipo zimenezi zinakopa chidwi cha Purezidenti. "Ndikupita ku White House, bwana. Malipoti okhudza kuukira kwa Turkey ku Iraq."
    
  Kugunda kwa mtima wa Gardner kunatsika ndi maperesenti angapo. Ngakhale dziko la Turkey, makamaka Iraq, silinamuwopsyeze pakali pano - ngakhale zomwe zinkachitika ku Iraq sizinkachititsa kuti asagone. "Kodi pali anyamata athu omwe akukhudzidwa ndi izi?"
    
  "Pamwamba."
    
  Kugunda kwa mtima kunabwereranso. Kodi chinachitika ndi chiyani? "Oo iai". Anatha kulawa kapu ya ramu ndi ayezi yomwe ankaganizira ali kunyumbako. "Kodi adandipangira kale mu Situation Room?"
    
  "Ayi, bwana."
    
  "Muli ndi chidziwitso chochuluka bwanji?"
    
  "Zochepa kwambiri".
    
  Nthawi yoti mutenge chakumwa isanayambe kuchitapo kanthu kuti mutenge nthunzi. "Ndidzakhala mu Oval Office. Bwerani mudzanditenge."
    
  "Inde, bwana".
    
  Gardner anayika ma ayezi angapo mumtsuko wa khofi wa Old Navy, anatsanuliramo ramu ya Ron Caneca, ndikupita nayo ku Oval Office. Panali vuto kwinakwake, ndipo kunali kofunika kuti owonerera padziko lonse lapansi ayang'ane m'mawindo awo ndikuwona Purezidenti wa United States akugwira ntchito mwakhama - koma izi sizinatanthauze kuti anayenera kudzimana.
    
  Anasintha TV mu Oval Office kupita ku CNN, koma panalibe kanthu pa zomwe zinachitika ku Turkey. Amatha kupeza chakudya kuchokera kuchipinda chochezera muofesi yake, koma sanafune kuchoka mu Oval Office mpaka vuto ladzidzidzi litaulutsidwa padziko lonse lapansi ndipo aliyense adawona kuti akuwonera kale.
    
  Zonse zinali za fano, ndipo Joe Gardner anali katswiri popereka chithunzi chodziwika bwino, chopangidwa mwaluso. Nthaŵi zonse ankavala malaya ndi tayi ya kolala kupatulapo popita kokagona, ndipo ngati sanavale jekete, manja ake ankapinda m"mwamba ndi tayi yake kumasuka pang"ono kuti apereke chithunzi chakuti akugwira ntchito molimbika. Nthawi zambiri ankagwiritsa ntchito lamya yolankhula, koma anthu akamamuona, ankagwiritsa ntchito foniyo kuti aliyense athe kumuona akulankhula ali wotanganidwa. Sanagwiritsenso ntchito makapu abwino kwambiri, amakonda makapu olemera, okhuthala, akuda khofi wakuda pazakumwa zake zonse chifukwa amaganiza kuti amamupangitsa kuti aziwoneka ngati wachimuna.
    
  Kupatula apo, monga Jackie Gleason pa TV ndi chikho chake chodzaza ndi mowa, aliyense angaganize kuti amamwa khofi.
    
  Chief of Staff of White House Walter Cordus adagogoda pachitseko cha Oval Office, adadikirira masekondi angapo ngati pangakhale chizindikiro chotsutsa, kenako adalowa yekha. "Conrad wandiyimbira foni, Joe," adatero Cordus. Anali atavala jeans, sweatshirt ndi nsapato za ngalawa. Mnzake wina wanthawi yayitali komanso mnzake wa Gardner, anali kupezeka pakanthawi kochepa ndipo mwina anali atatsekeredwa kwinakwake ku West Wing m'malo mokhala kunyumba ndi mkazi wake komanso ana ambiri. Anayang'ana TV ya flat screen yobisika m'chipinda. "Kodi pali chilichonse kale?"
    
  "Ayi". Gardner anakweza chikho chake. "Imwani chakumwa. Ndatsala pang'ono kukhala patsogolo panu." Mkulu wa antchito momvera adadzitsanulira yekha chikho cha ramu, koma, monga mwa nthawi zonse, sanamwe dontho.
    
  Sipanatenge nthawi mpaka Carlisle adadutsa zitseko za Oval Office, fayilo yachidule ili m'manja, pomwe china chake chidawonekera pa CNN, ndipo idangotchulidwa pampukutu womwe uli pansi pazenera za "chochitika chowombera" kumpoto kwa Iraq. . "Izi zikuwoneka ngati moto waubwenzi, bwana," adatero Carlisle. "Gulu lankhondo linali kuthandiza gulu lankhondo laku Iraq pochotsa anthu omwe akuwaganizira kuti a Al-Qaeda ku Iraq pomwe malowa adawukiridwa ndi miyala yapakatikati ya Turkey."
    
  "Shit," Purezidenti anadandaula. "Bweretsani Stacy Ann kuno."
    
  "Ali m'njira, komanso Miller," adatero Carlisle. Stacey Ann Barbeau, yemwe kale anali senator wa ku United States wochokera ku Louisiana yemwe anali wofunitsitsa kwambiri monga momwe analili wodzikuza, posachedwapa anatsimikiziridwa kukhala Mlembi Watsopano wa boma; Miller Turner, mnzake wina wanthawi yayitali komanso wachinsinsi wa Gardner, anali Secretary of Defense.
    
  "Zotayika?"
    
  Anthu khumi ndi mmodzi amwalira, khumi ndi zisanu ndi chimodzi avulala, khumi ali muvuto lalikulu.
    
  "Inde".
    
  M'mphindi khumi zotsatira, alangizi a pulezidenti kapena nduna zinalowa mu Oval Office mmodzimmodzi. Womaliza kufika anali Barbeau, akuwoneka ngati anali wokonzeka kugona mtawuni. "Ogwira ntchito anga alumikizana ndi ofesi ya kazembe wa Turkey ndi Unduna wa Zachilendo ku Turkey," adatero, akulunjika pa tray ya khofi. "Ndikuyembekeza kuyitana kuchokera kwa aliyense wa iwo posachedwa."
    
  "Chiwerengero cha ovulala chakwera kufika khumi ndi atatu ndipo chikuyembekezeka kukwera, bwana," adatero Turner atalandira foni kuchokera kwa mkulu wa Army Corps. "Sanganene kuti gululo ndilomwe likufuna, koma zikuwoneka kuti ma Iraqi ndi aku Turkey anali kutsata cholinga chomwecho."
    
  "Ndiye ngati anyamata athu amathandizira ma Iraqi, adawukiridwa bwanji?"
    
  "Makontilakitala oyesa oyambira akuti mzere wachiwiri wa miviyo udapangidwa kuti ugwire opulumuka omwe akuthawa komwe akufuna."
    
  "Makontrakitala?"
    
  "Monga mukudziwira, bwana," atero National Security Advisor Carlisle, "takwanitsa kuchepetsa kwambiri asitikali athu ovala yunifolomu ku Iraq, Afghanistan ndi madera ena ambiri otsogola padziko lonse lapansi, m'malo mwawo ndi makontrakitala wamba. Pafupifupi ntchito zonse zankhondo zomwe sizimaphatikizapo kuchitapo kanthu kwachindunji-chitetezo, kufufuza, kukonza zinthu, kulankhulana, ndi mndandanda wazinthu-zimachitidwa ndi makontrakitala masiku ano."
    
  Purezidenti adagwedeza mutu, akusunthira kale kuzinthu zina. "Ndikufuna mayina a omwe akhudzidwa kuti nditha kuyimbira mabanja."
    
  "Inde, bwana".
    
  "Kodi aliyense wa makontrakitalawa adavulazidwa?"
    
  "Ayi, bwana."
    
  "Ziwerengero," Purezidenti adatero mwaulesi.
    
  Foni yomwe inali pa desiki ya Purezidenti inalira, ndipo Chief of Staff Walter Cordus adayinyamula, kumvetsera, kenako kuipereka kwa Barbeau. "Prime Minister waku Turkey Akash mwiniwake, Stacey, adatenga nawo mbali m'malo mwa boma."
    
  "Ichi ndi chizindikiro chabwino," adatero Barbeau. Anayatsa womasulirayo pa kompyuta ya pulezidenti. "Moni, Madam Prime Minister," adatero. "Uyu ndi Secretary of State Barbeau."
    
  Nthawi yomweyo foni ina inaitana. "Purezidenti waku Turkey Hirsiz ali pamzere wanu, bwana."
    
  "Kulibwino afotokoze," adatero Gardner, akunyamula foni. "Bambo Purezidenti, uyu ndi Joseph Gardner."
    
  "Pulezidenti Gardner, usiku wabwino," Kurzat Hirsiz anatero m'Chingerezi chabwino kwambiri, mawu ake akunjenjemera ndi nkhawa, "Pepani kukuvutitsani, koma ndangomva za tsoka lalikulu lomwe lidachitika kumalire ndi Iraq, komanso m'malo mwa To. anthu onse aku Turkey, ndimafuna kuyimbira foni nthawi yomweyo ndikuwonetsa chisoni, chisoni komanso chisoni kwa mabanja a amuna omwe adamwalira pamwambo wowopsawu. "
    
  "Zikomo, Purezidenti," adatero Gardner. "Ndiye, chinachitika ndichani?"
    
  "Kulakwitsa kosakhululukidwa kwa gulu lathu lachitetezo chamkati," adatero Hirsiz. "Analandira zidziwitso kuti zigawenga za Kurdish PKK ndi zigawenga zikuchulukana mumsewu ku Iraq ndipo zikukonzekera kuukira kwina pabwalo la ndege la Turkey kapena ndege yankhondo, zazikulu komanso zowononga kwambiri kuposa zomwe zachitika posachedwa ku Diyarbakir. Chidziŵitsocho chinachokera ku magwero odalirika kwambiri.
    
  "Ananena kuti chiwerengero cha omenyana ndi PKK chinali mazana ambiri mumsewu, womwe ndi waukulu kwambiri ndipo umadutsa malire a Iraq kudera lalikulu. Zinatsimikiziridwa kuti tinalibe nthawi yokwanira yosonkhanitsa magulu ankhondo okwanira kuti awononge gulu lalikulu chotero m'dera lowopsa chotero, kotero anaganiza zoukira pogwiritsa ntchito rocket fire. Ndinalamula kuti ndiukire ndekha, choncho ndikulakwitsa kwanga komanso udindo wanga. "
    
  "Kwa Mulungu, a Purezidenti, bwanji simunatiuze kaye?" - Gardner anafunsa. "Ndife ogwirizana ndi abwenzi, mukukumbukira? Mukudziwa kuti m'derali tili ndi mphamvu zogwira ntchito usana ndi usiku kuti titeteze dera lamalire ndikusaka zigawenga, kuphatikizapo PKK. Foni imodzi yofulumira yomwe ingatichenjeze ndipo tikhoza kuchotsa asilikali athu popanda kuchenjeza zigawenga. "
    
  "Inde, inde, ndikudziwa, Purezidenti," adatero Hirsiz. Koma mtolankhani wathu anatiuza kuti posachedwapa zigawenga ziyamba kuyenda, ndipo tifunika kuchitapo kanthu mwamsanga. Panalibe nthawi - "
    
  "Palibe nthawi? Anthu khumi ndi atatu aku America omwe adamwalira omwe adangothandizira, Mr. President! Ndipo sitinawerengenso anthu ovulala aku Iraq! Ukadayenera kupeza nthawi!
    
  "Inde, inde, ndikuvomereza, Bambo Purezidenti, ndipo chinali chosowa choyipa chomwe ndimadandaula nacho kwambiri komanso chomwe ndikupepesa," adatero Hirsiz, nthawi ino ndi mkwiyo womveka m'mawu ake. Panali kupuma pang'ono; ndiye: "Koma ndikukumbutseni, bwana, kuti sitinadziwitsidwe za ntchito ya Iraq ndi inu kapena boma la Iraq. Chidziwitso choterechi chikadalepheretsanso ngoziyi. "
    
  "Osayamba kuloza tsopano, Bambo Purezidenti," adatero Gardner. "Anthu khumi ndi atatu aku America afa chifukwa cha zida zanu zankhondo, zomwe zidalunjika kudera la Iraq, osati nthaka yaku Turkey! Izi nzosakhululukidwa!"
    
  "Ndikuvomereza, ndikuvomera, bwana," Hirsiz anatero mwamwano. "Sinditsutsa zimenezo, ndipo sindikufuna kuimbidwa mlandu kumene sikuyenera kukhala. Koma malowa anali pansi pa malire a Iraq ndi Turkey, zigawenga zinkasonkhana ku Iraq, ndipo tikudziwa kuti zigawenga zikukhala, zikukonzekera, ndikusonkhanitsa zida ndi katundu ku Iraq ndi Iran. Chinali chandamale chovomerezeka, mosasamala kanthu za mbali ya malire. Tikudziwa kuti Kurds ku Iraq akusunga ndikuthandizira PKK, ndipo boma la Iraq silikuchita pang'ono kuti liwaletse. Tiyenera kuchitapo kanthu chifukwa ma Iraqi satero. "
    
  "Pulezidenti Hirsiz, sindidzakangana nanu pazomwe boma la Iraq likuchita kapena silikuchita ndi PKK," adatero Gardner mokwiya. "Ndikufuna kulongosola bwino zomwe zidachitika, ndipo ndikufuna kuti lonjezo lanu lichite chilichonse chomwe mungathe kuti zisachitikenso. Ndife ogwirizana, bwana. Masoka ngati awa atha ndipo akuyenera kupewedwa, ndipo zikuwoneka kuti mukadakwaniritsa ntchito yanu monga woyandikana naye komanso wochezeka wa Iraq ndikulumikizana nafe bwino, zitha ... "
    
  "Bir saniye! Pepani bwana?" Hirsiz anatero. Panali kupuma kwa nthawi yaitali kumbali ina ya mzerewo, ndipo Gardner anamva wina kumbuyo akunena mawu akuti sik, omwe, malinga ndi womasulira pakompyuta, amatanthauza "mutu wa mbolo." koma, monga ndinakufotokozerani, , tinkaganiza kuti tikuukira zigawenga za PKK zomwe posachedwapa zinapha pafupifupi amuna, akazi ndi ana osalakwa pafupifupi khumi ndi awiri mumzinda waukulu wa Turkey. ndikupepeseni kwa inu, mabanja a ozunzidwa komanso kwa anthu a ku America. Koma izi sizikupatsani ufulu wopempha chilichonse ku boma ili.
    
  "Palibe chifukwa chonyansa, Purezidenti Hirsiz," adatero Gardner, wokwiya komanso wokwiya kotero kuti mitsempha idawonekera pamphumi pake. Adanenanso kuti Hirsiz sanakane kapena kutsutsa zomwe zidanenedwazo kapena adadabwa kuti Gardner amadziwa za izi. "Tifufuza mokwanira za chiwembuchi ndipo ndikuyembekeza mgwirizano wanu waukulu. Ndikufuna chidaliro chonse kuchokera kwa inu kuti mtsogolomu mudzalumikizana bwino ndi ife ndi anzanu a NATO kuti ziwawa ngati izi zisachitikenso. "
    
  "Uku sikunali kuwukira kwa asitikali anu kapena ma Iraqi, koma motsutsana ndi zigawenga za PKK ndi zigawenga, bwana," adatero Hirsiz. "Chonde sankhani mawu anu mosamala kwambiri, a Purezidenti. Inali ngozi, kulakwitsa koopsa komwe kunachitika poteteza dziko la Turkey Republic. Ine ndikutenga udindo wa ngozi yowopsayo, bwana, osati kuwukira.
    
  "Chabwino, Purezidenti, zonse zili bwino," adatero Gardner. "Tikulumikizani posachedwa za kubwera kwa ofufuza milandu, ankhondo komanso ofufuza milandu. Usiku wabwino bwana."
    
  "Ndine wokondwa. Usiku wabwino, Mr. President."
    
  Gardner adadula foni. "Damn, ungaganize kuti wataya anthu khumi ndi atatu!" - adatero. "Stacy?"
    
  "Ndapeza zokambirana zanu pang'ono, Bambo Purezidenti," adatero Barbeau. "Prime Minister adapepesa, pafupifupi mopitilira muyeso. Ndinaona kuti anali woona mtima, ngakhale kuti amaona kuti imeneyi ndi ngozi imene iwowo amagawana nawo."
    
  "Inde? Ndipo ngati kunali kuukira kwa mizinga yaku America ndipo asitikali aku Turkey adaphedwa, tikanapachikidwa osati ndi Turkey kokha, koma ndi dziko lonse lapansi - tikadakhala ndi mlandu wonse, "adatero Gardner. Anatsamira pampando wake ndikuyendetsa dzanja lake pankhope mokwiya. "Chabwino, wonongani anthu aku Turkey pompano. Winawake apa ndipo ndikufuna kudziwa ndani, ndipo ndikufuna abulu - Turkey, Iraqi, PKK kapena America, sindisamala, ndikufuna abulu. " Adatembenukira kwa Minister of Defense. "Miller, ndisankha wapampando kuti azitsogolera kafukufukuyu. Ndikufuna kuti ziwonekere pagulu, pamaso panu, zankhanza, zolimba komanso zolunjika. Ichi ndiye chiwopsezo chokwera kwambiri ku Iraq kuyambira pomwe ndidakhala paudindo, ndipo sindikufuna kuti utsogoleriwu ukhale wovuta ku Iraq. " Anayang'ana mwachidule Stacy Barbeau, yemwe adachita kukomoka kwambiri ndi maso ake. Nthawi yomweyo Gardner adazindikira izi ndipo adapita kwa Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti Kenneth T. Phoenix. "Ken, bwanji izi? Muli ndi chidziwitso. "
    
  "Ndithu, bwana," anayankha mosanyinyirika. Ali ndi zaka makumi anayi ndi zisanu ndi chimodzi zokha, Kenneth Phoenix akanatha kukhala m'modzi mwa akatswiri andale omwe akukwera kwambiri ku America - akanapanda kugwira ntchito molimbika. J.D. wochokera ku UCLA, zaka zinayi monga Woweruza milandu ku United States Marine Corps, zaka zinayi mu Ofesi ya Loya wa U.S. ku District of Columbia, kenako maofesi osiyanasiyana mu Dipatimenti Yachilungamo asanasankhidwe kukhala Attorney General.
    
  M'zaka zotsatira zoopsa za kuphedwa kwa Nazi ku America, Phoenix adagwira ntchito molimbika kutsimikizira anthu aku America ndi dziko lonse lapansi kuti United States silowa m'gulu lankhondo. Anali wankhanza kwa ophwanya malamulo ndipo ankaimba mlandu aliyense, mosasamala kanthu za ndale kapena chuma, amene ankafuna kupindula ndi anthu omwe anazunzidwa ku Russia. Analinso wankhanza pochita zinthu ndi Congress komanso White House kuti awonetsetse kuti ufulu wamunthu ukuphwanyidwa pomwe boma lidayamba ntchito yomanganso dzikoli ndikubwezeretsanso malire ake.
    
  Iye anali wotchuka kwambiri pakati pa anthu a ku America kotero kuti panali nkhani yoti athamangire Pulezidenti wa United States motsutsana ndi munthu wina wotchuka kwambiri, yemwe anali Mlembi wa Chitetezo, Joseph Gardner. Gardner anasintha mgwirizano wa chipani chifukwa cha kusiyana kwake ndi kayendetsedwe ka Martindale, kusuntha komwe kunapweteka mwayi wake wopambana. Koma m"malo mwa katswiri wa ndale, a Joseph Gardner anapempha Phoenix kuti akhale mnzake womuimira, ngakhale kuti sanali a chipani chimodzi. Njirayi inagwira ntchito. Ovota anaona kuti kusunthaku ndi chizindikiro champhamvu cha umodzi ndi nzeru, ndipo anapambana kwambiri.
    
  "Kodi mukuganiza, Purezidenti, kodi ndi lingaliro labwino kutumiza Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti ku Iraq ndi Turkey?" - anafunsa mkulu wa ndodo. "Akadali owopsa kunja uko."
    
  "Ndakhala ndikuyang'anira chitetezo ku Iraq, ndipo ndikuganiza kuti ndizotetezeka kwa ine," adatero Phoenix.
    
  "Zimene wanena ndi zomveka, Ken," Purezidenti adatero. "Ndinkaganizira za ziyeneretso zanu ndi luso lanu, osati chitetezo chanu. Ndine wachisoni."
    
  "Palibe chifukwa, bwana," anatero Phoenix. "Ndichita. Ndikofunikira kuwonetsa momwe tikuwonera izi - kwa osewera onse ku Middle East, osati aku Turkey okha. "
    
  "Sindikudziwa..."
    
  "Ndikhala pansi, bwana, musadandaule," adatero Phoenix. "Ndisonkhanitsa gulu kuchokera ku Pentagon, Dipatimenti Yachilungamo ndi National Intelligence Service ndikunyamuka usikuuno."
    
  "Lero?" Gardner anagwedeza mutu ndikumwetulira. "Ndinkadziwa kuti ndasankha munthu woyenera. Chabwino, Ken, zikomo, mwalowa. Stacy apeza zilolezo zonse zomwe mungafune ku Baghdad, Ankara komanso kulikonse komwe kufufuza kwanu kumakufikitsani. Ngati tikukufunani kuti mubwerere ku Senate kuti mukathyole tayi, mwina ndikutumizirani ndege ya Black Stallion.
    
  "Ndingakonde kukwera imodzi ya izi, bwana. Nditumizireni imodzi, ndipo ndidzatenga."
    
  "Samalani zomwe mukufuna, Mr. Vice President." Gardner anaimirira ndikuyamba kuyenda. "Ndikudziwa kuti ndidati ndikufuna kuchotsa asitikali athu ku Iraq m'miyezi khumi ndi isanu ndi umodzi, koma zidatenga nthawi yayitali kuposa momwe ndimaganizira. Chochitikachi chikusonyeza zoopsa zomwe asilikali athu amakumana nazo kumeneko tsiku ndi tsiku, ngakhale pamene sitikukhudzana mwachindunji ndi adani. Yakwana nthawi yoti tilankhule zakuchepetsa mphamvu zathu mwachangu ndikuchotsa zambiri. Maganizo?"
    
  Mlembi Barbeau ananena kuti: "Anthu aku America avomerezadi, a Purezidenti," anatero mlembi Barbeau, "makamaka nkhani za tsokali zitamveka m"mawa."
    
  "Talankhula za izi nthawi zambiri, bwana," adatero Mlangizi wa National Security Carlisle. "Gulu lina la asilikali oyenda pansi lopangidwa ndi makina ku Baghdad linazungulira miyezi khumi ndi iwiri; gulu limodzi la maphunziro pa kasinthasintha wa miyezi isanu ndi umodzi; ndipo nthawi zambiri timachita masewera olimbitsa thupi limodzi ndi magawo omwe amatumizidwa kuchokera ku States kwa mwezi umodzi kapena iwiri mdziko lonse. Chitetezo chatsiku ndi tsiku ndi kuwunika koperekedwa ndi makontrakitala azinsinsi, okhala ndi ntchito zapadera zomwe zimachitika pafupipafupi m'dera lonselo ngati pakufunika. "
    
  "Zikumveka bwino kwa ine," Purezidenti adatero. "Msilikali m'modzi waphedwa ndipo ndi nkhani patsamba loyamba, koma pamafunika makontrakitala osachepera asanu ndi limodzi kuti afe asanazindikire. Tikonze tsatanetsatane ndikupanga mapulani osazengereza." Potembenukira kwa alangizi ake ena, adati, "Chabwino, ndikufuna zosintha zakuwukira ku Iraq ku likulu lachidule 7 m'mawa uno. Zikomo nonse ". Pamene gululo linkatuluka mu Oval Office, Pulezidenti anafunsa kuti, "Secretary Barbeau, kodi ndingakambirane nanu mawu ochepa mu ofesiyi?"
    
  Chitseko chitatha, Purezidenti adatsanulira yemwe kale anali senate wa ku Louisiana bourbon ndi madzi. Iwo adawomberana wina ndi mzake, ndiye adamupsompsona pang'onopang'ono pamilomo, kusamala kuti asamutengere kwambiri lipstick - pambuyo pake, Mkazi Woyamba anali pamwamba pa nyumbayo. "Zikomo chifukwa cha malingaliro a Phoenix, Stacy," adatero Gardner. "Kusankha bwino - izi zimuchotsa pano kuti asinthe. Nthawi zonse amandiletsa. "
    
  "Ndikuvomereza - nthawi zina amakhala wotopa kwambiri," adatero Barbeau. Anakweza milomo yake yakumunsi. "Koma ndikufuna mundifunse kaye. Nditha kutchulanso ena khumi ndi awiri oyenerera ku chipani chathu omwe angatsogolere timuyi. "
    
  "Walter adandiuza kuti panali mphekesera ku Washington kuti Phoenix idakankhidwira kumbuyo ndipo ikuwononga tsogolo lake landale," adatero Gardner.
    
  "Chabwino, ndizomwe zimachitika kwa vicezidenti."
    
  "Ndikudziwa, koma ndiyenera kumusunga pa tikiti ndikadzayimbanso chisankho, ndipo sindikufuna kuti abwanamkubwa azipani zomulimbikitsa kuti asiye kuti adziyimire yekha," adatero Gardner, akudzikhuthulira makapu ena. Rikan ramu ndi ayezi. "Ndi ntchito yabwino yapamwamba yomwe ingasangalatse omutsatira, koma ndi kunja kwa dziko komwe kulibe ma TV ambiri; zidzasonyeza kuti ndilidi ndi chidwi chofufuza zomwe zachitika, koma palibe chomwe chidzachitike, choncho ngati wina avulazidwa, adzakhala iyeyo; koma chofunika kwambiri, ndi mutu umene udzazimiririka mwamsanga kwa anthu chifukwa umakhudza asilikali aku America omwe akugwa. Tumizani mayina a akatswiri anu ku Phoenix, ndipo tiwone ngati angavomereze aliyense wa iwo.
    
  "Mwina," adatero Barbeau, maso ake akuthwanima ndi chiwembu, "wachiwiri kwa purezidenti aiwala kubakha kapena kuvala chovala chotchinga zipolopolo, ndipo monga choncho, tidzafunika wachiwiri kwa purezidenti."
    
  "Yesu, Stacey, osachita nthabwala zachabechabe ngati chimenecho," adatero Gardner. Maso ake adadzuka modabwa ndi mawu ake; adadikirira kuti awone ngati angamwetulire ndikuseka malingaliro amdimawo, koma sanadabwe kuwona kuti sanatero.
    
  "Sindingafune kuvulaza Kenneth Timothy Phoenix wokoma mtima komanso wogwira ntchito molimbika," adatero. "Koma akuyenda pachiwopsezo, ndipo muyenera kuganizira zomwe tingachite zikavuta kwambiri."
    
  "Zowona, ndiyenera kusankha wina m"malo mwake. Ndili ndi mndandanda. "
    
  Barbeau adayika bourbon patebulo ndipo pang'onopang'ono, monyodola, adayandikira Purezidenti. "Kodi ndili pa mndandanda wanu, Mr. President?" - adafunsa ndi mawu otsika, okonda, akuyendetsa zala zake pansi pa zingwe za jekete lake, akusisita pachifuwa chake.
    
  "O, uli pamndandanda wambiri, wokondedwa." Koma ndiye ndiyenera kubwereka munthu wokonda kulawa kwanuko, sichoncho? "
    
  Iye sanasiye-ndipo anaonanso kuti nayenso sanakane nthabwala zake. "Sindikufuna kutengera udindo, Joe - ndikudziwa kuti ndikhoza kudzipezera ndekha," adatero motsika, m'malo mwa mawu oimba. Anamuyang'ana ndi maso ake okongola obiriwira ... ndipo Gardner sanawone kalikonse koma kuopseza mwa iwo. Anamupsompsonanso pang"onopang"ono pamilomo, maso ake akutsegula ndi kuyang"ana m"milomo yake, ndipo pambuyo pa kupsompsona anawonjeza kuti, "Koma ndingochita momwe ndingathere."
    
  Pulezidenti adamwetulira ndikupukusa mutu mwachisoni akulowera pakhomo. "Sindikudziwa yemwe ali pachiwopsezo chochulukirapo, Mlembi Wachiwiri: Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti ku Iraq ...
    
    
  KUKHALA KWA PRESIDENT WA REPUBLIC OF TURKEY
  NTHAWI YOMWEYO
    
    
  "Akhala bwanji?" Nduna ya chitetezo mdziko la Turkey Hasan Cizek adakwiya pomwe Purezidenti Hirsiz adatenga foni. "Ndi chipongwe ! Gardner ayenera kupepesa kwa inu, ndipo chitani nthawi yomweyo! "
    
  "Dzika mtima pansi, nduna," adatero Prime Minister Aise Akas. Ndi iye, Hirsiz ndi Cizek anali onse ogwira ntchito zachitetezo cha dziko: Secretary General wa Turkey National Security Council General Orhan Sahin, Nduna Yachilendo Mustafa Hamarat, Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces General Abdullah Guzlev ndi Fevsi Güclu, Director wa National Intelligence Organisation. , yomwe inkagwira ntchito zonse zanzeru zamkati ndi zakunja. Gardner anakwiya ndipo anali ndi vuto loganiza. Ndipo adamva zotukwana izi. Ndinu openga?"
    
  "Musapepese chifukwa choledzera Lech, Prime Minister," Nduna Yowona Zakunja Mustafa Hamarat adatero. "Purezidenti wa United States sayenera kudzudzula mtsogoleri wa dziko kapena wothandizana naye-sindisamala kuti watopa kapena wokhumudwa bwanji. Anaduka mutu panthawi yamavuto ndipo zinali zolakwika. "
    
  "Aliyense khalani pansi," anatero Purezidenti Kurzat Hirsiz, akukweza manja ake ngati kuti akufuna kugonja. "Sindinakhumudwe. Tinayimba foni yofunikira ndikupepesa - "
    
  "Kukwawa ndikofanana kwambiri!" Jizek analavula.
    
  "Mivi yathu inapha anthu khumi ndi awiri aku America ndipo mwina angapo a Iraqi, Hassan; mwina kuli koyenera kulira pang'ono pano. Hirsiz adakwiyira Minister of National Defense. "Zomwe anena kapena kuchita pambuyo pake ziwonetsa." Anatembenukira kwa Mlembi Wamkulu wa National Security Council. "General, mukutsimikiza kuti zomwe mwalembazo zinali zolondola, zotheka kuchitapo kanthu ndipo zimafunikira kuyankha mwachangu?"
    
  "Ndikutsimikiza, bwana," anamva liwu likunena. Anatembenuka n"kuona General Besir Ozek, mkulu wa asilikali a ku Jandarma, ataima pakhomo la ofesi yake, ali ndi womuthandiza wamantha kumbuyo kwake. Ozek anachotsa mabandeji onse kumaso, m"khosi ndi m"manja, ndipo zimene anaonazo zinalidi zonyansa.
    
  "General Ozek!" Hirsiz adalankhula, adadabwa kwakanthawi ndi kupezeka kwa mkulu wankhondo ndipo adadwala ndi mawonekedwe ake. Anamezera mate, akupenyetsetsa kunyansidwa kumene anali nako kenako kuchita manyazi kuti ena aone. "Ine sindinakuitane inu, bwana. Simukumva bwino. Uyenera kukhala m'chipatala."
    
  "Ifenso tinalibe nthawi yodziwitsa anthu a ku America-ndipo tikadakhala nawo, chidziwitsochi chikadadumphira kwa otsatira PKK ndipo mwayi ukadatayika," adatero Ozek, ngati kuti pulezidenti sanalankhulepo kanthu.
    
  Hirsiz anagwedeza mutu, kuthawa zilonda zoopsa za Ozek. "Zikomo, General. Mwachotsedwa ntchito".
    
  "Ngati ndingalankhule momasuka bwana, mtima wanga ukusweka ndi zomwe ndamva," adatero Ozek.
    
  "General?"
    
  "Zimandipweteka m'mimba kangati zomwe ndamva Purezidenti wa Republic of Turkey akupepesa ngati kamnyamata kogwidwa akudyetsa mphaka. Ndi ulemu wonse, a Purezidenti, zinali zonyansa.
    
  "Zakwana, General," adatero Prime Minister Akas. Sonyezani ulemu.
    
  "Sitinachite china chilichonse kuposa kuteteza mtundu wathu," anatero Ozek mokwiya. "Palibe choti tipepese bwana."
    
  "Anthu aku America osalakwa adamwalira, General ..."
    
  "Ankaganiza kuti akutsatira zigawenga za al-Qaeda ku Iraq, osati PKK," adatero Ozek. "A Iraqi akadakhala ndi ubongo, akadadziwa monga momwe timachitira kuti msewuwu unali malo opatulika a PKK, osati al-Qaeda."
    
  "Kodi mukutsimikiza za izi, General?"
    
  "Zabwino, bwana," anaumirira motero Ozek. "Zigawenga za Al-Qaeda zimabisala ndikugwira ntchito m'mizinda, osati kumidzi ngati PKK. Anthu a ku America akadadzivutitsa kuti adziwe za izi-kapena ngati a Iraq akanasamala-chochitikachi sichikanachitika."
    
  Purezidenti Hirsiz adakhala chete ndikutembenuka - kuganiza, komanso kuti asayang'ane mabala owopsa a Ozek. "Komabe, General, chochitikachi chadzetsa mkwiyo ndi mkwiyo ku Washington, ndipo tiyenera kukhala oyanjana, opepesa komanso ogwirizana," adatero patapita nthawi. "Atumiza ofufuza ndipo tiyenera kuwathandiza kuti afufuze."
    
  "Bwana, sitingalole izi kuchitika," Ozek anafuula motero. "Sitingalole anthu aku America kapena mayiko ena kutiletsa kuteteza dziko lino. Mukudziwa komanso momwe ndimachitira kuti cholinga cha kafukufuku uliwonse chidzakhala zolakwika zathu ndi ndondomeko zathu, osati PKK kapena kuukira kwawo. Ife tiyenera kuchitapo, tsopano. Chitanipo kanthu, bwana!"
    
  Maso a Prime Minister adachita kunyezimira ndi mkwiyo. "Momwemonso, General Ozek!" - iye anafuula. Maso a Veteran Officer Jandarma adawala, zomwe zidapangitsa mawonekedwe ake kukhala owopsa kwambiri. Prime Minister adamukweza chala kuti aletse zomwe amayembekezera. "Musanenenso, General, kapena ndilamula Minister Jizek kuti akuchotseni paudindo wanu ndikuchotsani udindo pa yunifolomu yanu."
    
  "Ngati aliyense amene tidagunda anali zigawenga za PKK, anthu ochepa kunja kwa dziko lathu angasamale," adatero Ozek. "Anthu athu akadawona izi momwe zinalili: chigonjetso chachikulu pa PKK, osati chitsanzo cha kusadziŵa bwino zankhondo kapena tsankho."
    
  "Minister Dzizek, mukumasula General Ozek ku lamulo," adatero Akas.
    
  "Ndikupangira kuti mukhale chete, Madam Prime Minister ..." Jizek adasisima. "Panali ngozi yowopsa, inde, koma tinali kuchita ntchito yathu yoteteza dziko lathu ..."
    
  "Ndati, ndikufuna Ozek achotsedwe ntchito!" - adafuula Prime Minister. "Chitani tsopano!"
    
  "Khalani chete!" Purezidenti Hirsiz anakuwa, pafupifupi kuchonderera. "Onse, khalani chete!" Purezidenti ankawoneka ngati kuti nkhondo yake yamkati inali yokonzeka kumugawanitsa. Anayang'ana alangizi ake ndipo ankawoneka kuti alibe mayankho. Potembenukira kwa Ozek, adati motsika, "Anthu ambiri osalakwa aku America ndi ma Iraqi aphedwa usikuuno, General."
    
  "Pepani, bwana," anatero Ozek. "Ndimatenga udindo wonse. Koma kodi tidziwa kuti ndi zigawenga zingati za PKK zomwe tapha usikuuno? Ndipo ngati anthu aku America kapena aku Iraq omwe akutsogolera kafukufukuyu atiuza kuti ndi zigawenga zingati zomwe zidaphedwa, kodi tidzapeza mwayi wouza dziko lonse zomwe adachita kwa anthu a ku Turkey osalakwa?" Hirsiz sanayankhe anangoyang'ana malo omwe anali pakhoma ndipo Ozek anatchera khutu n'kutembenuka kuti azipita.
    
  "Dikirani, General," Hirsiz adatero.
    
  "Sitingalingalire lingaliro ili, Kurzat!" Prime Minister Akas adatero, pakamwa pake pakutseguka modabwa.
    
  "Jenerali akulondola, Icy," adatero Hirsiz. "Ichi ndi chochitika chinanso chomwe dziko la Turkey lidzanyozedwa ..." Ndipo ndi mawu awa, adatsamira, nagwira mpando wake ndi manja onse ndikuugwetsa ndikukankha mwachangu: "Ndipo zimandidwalitsa! Sindidzayang'ana amuna ndi akazi aku Turkey m'maso ndikupanga malonjezo atsopano ndi zifukwa! Ndikufuna izi zithe. Ndikufuna kuti a PKK aziopa boma ili ... ayi ndikufuna kuti Amereka, ma Iraqi, dziko lonse lapansi lizitiopa! Ndatopa kukhala mbuzi ya aliyense! Minister Jizek!"
    
  "Bwana!"
    
  "Ndikufuna kuwona ndondomeko ya ntchito pa desiki yanga mwamsanga yomwe ikufotokoza ntchito yowononga misasa ya maphunziro a PKK ndi zipangizo ku Iraq," adatero Hirsiz. "Ndikufuna kuchepetsa kuvulala kwa anthu wamba, ndipo ndikufuna kuti izikhala zachangu, zogwira mtima komanso zatsatanetsatane. Tikudziwa kuti dziko lonse lapansi litigwera, ndipo kuyambira tsiku loyamba padzakhala chikakamizo chochotsa asilikali, choncho ntchitoyo iyenera kukhala yachangu, yogwira mtima komanso yaikulu. "
    
  "Inde, bwana," anatero Jizek. "Mwachimwemwe".
    
  Hirsiz anapita kwa Ozek ndipo anaika manja ake pamapewa a mkulu wa asilikaliyo, ulendo uno sanachite mantha kuyang'ana nkhope yake yovulala kwambiri. Iye anati: "Ndikulumbira kuti sindidzalola mmodzi wa akuluakulu a asilikali anga kutenga udindo wa opaleshoni imene ndinavomera. Ine ndine mkulu wa asilikali. Opaleshoni ikayamba, General, ngati mwakonzeka, ndikufuna mutsogolere gulu lankhondo lomwe lidzakantha pamtima pa PKK. Ngati muli ndi mphamvu zokwanira kuti mutuluke mundege yomwe yagwa ndikubwera kuno ku Ankara kudzakumana nane, ndinu amphamvu moti mungathe kuphwanya PKK."
    
  "Zikomo, bwana," anatero Ozek.
    
  Hirsiz anatembenukira kwa alangizi ena omwe anali m'chipindamo. "Ozek ndi yekhayo amene adapereka maganizo ake kwa pulezidenti - uyu ndiye munthu amene ndikufuna kumuwona ngati mlangizi wanga kuyambira lero. Konzani ndondomeko yogonjetsera PKK kamodzi kokha."
    
    
  MUTU WACHINAYI
    
    
  Zifukwa kapena ubwenzi sizifunikira kuti tikangane.
    
  -IBICUS, 580 BC
    
    
    
  NAKHLA ALLIED AIR BASE, IRAQ
  PATAPITA MASIKU AWIRI
    
    
  Mawu a Tank anali osamveka kwambiri kuposa kale; palibe amene adayankhula koma kudziwitsa kapena kunena. Ngati sakuchita zina, akuluakulu a dipatimenti, ogwira ntchito ndi akatswiri adakhala molunjika pamipando yawo ndikuyang'ana kutsogolo - osalankhulana ndi anzawo, osatambasula, osachita chilichonse.
    
  Mtsamunda Wilhelm adalowa m'chipinda chomenyera nkhondo, adatenga malo ake pagulu lankhondo ndikuyika zomvera zake. Mosayang"ana ku likulu lake, iye analankhula pa intercom kuti: "Tikulamulidwa kuimitsa ntchito zonse kupatulapo za mayendedwe, nzeru ndi luntha. Palibe chithandizo chankhondo cha IA mpaka chidziwitso china. "
    
  "Koma zonsezi zimachitidwa ndi makontrakitala, bwana," wina adatero pa intercom. "Titani?"
    
  Wilhelm anayankha kuti: "Tiphunzitsa ngati zinthu zitavuta ku Turkey.
    
  "Kodi tili pankhondo ndi Turkey, bwana?" - anafunsa mkulu wa asilikali, Mark Wetherby.
    
  "Zoipa," anayankha Wilhelm mopanda mtundu.
    
  "Ndiye chifukwa chiyani tikubwerera, bwana?" Anafunsa Regimental Operations Officer Kenneth Bruno. "Sitinachite nkhanza. Tiyenera kumenya anthu aku Turkey ku gehena chifukwa- "
    
  "Ndinafunsanso mafunso omwewo ndikunenanso zomwezo," adasokoneza Wilhelm, "ndipo Pentagon idandiuzanso kuti ndikhale chete, ndiye ndikukuuzani: khalani chete. Mvetserani ndipo perekani mawu kwa ankhondo anu:
    
  "Timakhala muchitetezo cha Delta nthawi zonse. Ndikakuona padzuwa popanda kumenya nkhondo, ndipo sunafe, ndikupha ndekha. Pansi pake pakhala wotsekedwa mwamphamvu kuposa kutaya zinyalala za utitiri. Tsoka limagwera aliyense amene akuwoneka popanda chizindikiritso chowoneka ndikuwonetsedwa pamalo oyenera, ndipo izi zikuphatikizapo akuluakulu komanso makamaka anthu wamba.
    
  "Kuyambira pano, maziko awa akuyikidwa pansi pa malamulo ankhondo - ngati sitiloledwa kuteteza gulu lankhondo la Iraq lomwe limakhala ndikugwira nafe ntchito, tidzadziteteza," Wilhelm adapitilizabe. "Sitikhala pansi ndi zala zathu - tipitilizabe kuphunzitsa bola titaloledwa mpaka titapumula. Kenako, Triple-C idzasamutsidwa ku IA posachedwa- "
    
  "Chani?" - wina anafuula.
    
  "Ndati chete," Wilhelm adayankha. "Uthenga wovomerezeka wochokera ku Pentagon: sitipeza mpumulo. Tikutseka sitolo ndikusintha Triple-C kukhala Internal Affairs. Asitikali onse omenyera nkhondo akuchotsedwa ku Iraq nthawi isanakwane. Homeland Security ikugwira ntchito. " Linali tsiku lomwe anthu ambiri mchipindamo adalipempherera, tsiku lomwe amachoka ku Iraq mpaka kalekale, koma chodabwitsa, palibe amene amakondwerera. "Pa?" Wilhelm anafunsa, akuyang'ana mozungulira thanki. "Kodi ndiwe Mokes wokondwa?"
    
  Kunakhala chete kwa nthawi yayitali; ndiye Mark Weatherly anati, "Zimapangitsa ife kuwoneka ngati tikuthamanga, bwana."
    
  "Zimatipangitsa kuwoneka ngati sitingathe kumenya," wina adayankha motero.
    
  "Ndikudziwa," adatero Wilhelm. "Koma tikudziwa mosiyana." Izi sizinawonekere kukhutiritsa aliyense - kukhala chete kunali komveka. "Tichotsa zida zonse zamagulu, zomwe, monga momwe ndikumvera, popanda malangizo atsatanetsatane azipanga zida zathu zambiri, koma zina zonse zidzasamutsidwa kunkhondo yaku Iraq. Tidzakhalabe pano kuti tiphunzitse ndi kuthandiza IA, koma osati pazochitika zankhondo. Sizikudziwika ngati lingaliro lawo la 'chitetezo chachitetezo' likufanana ndi lathu, kotero titha kuwonabe zochita, koma sindikabetcherapo. McLanahan ali kuti?
    
  "Ndakonzeka, Mtsamunda," Patrick anayankha pamanetiweki. "Ndili mu hangar."
    
  "Ntchito yayikulu ya gululi tsopano ndikuthandizira asitikali ankhondo," adatero Wilhelm, mawu ake osasangalatsa komanso osamva chisoni, "chifukwa iwo amayang'anira zonse ndi chitetezo. Asilikali tsopano ndi gulu lamphamvu lomwe tinali ku Korea tisanagwirizane, ndipo mwina tikhala ochepa kwambiri kuposa tisanayambe kuchoka kumeneko. General McLanahan, kukumana ndi Captain Cotter ndikukonza njira zoyendetsera ndege ndi maulendo apandege, ma drones ndi ndege zomwe zimakuwonerani."
    
  "Inde, Colonel."
    
  "McLanahan, kukumana nane mu malo osungiramo anthu asanu. Wina aliyense, Executive Director adzakumana nanu kuti mukambirane zochotsa zida zamagulu ndikuyamba pulogalamu yophunzitsira. O, chinthu chimodzi chinanso: msonkhano wachikumbutso wa Platoon Wachiwiri uli usikuuno; Mawa m'mawa adzatumizidwa ndi ndege ku Germany. Ndizomwezo ". Adaponya ma headphone ake patebulo ndikutuluka osayang'ananso wina aliyense.
    
  XC-57 idasamutsidwira kuhema wamkulu wakunja kuti malo osungiramo mpweya agwiritsidwe ntchito kukonzekera mamembala omwe adagwa a Second Platoon kuti achoke ku Iraq. Ndege yonyamula C-130 Hercules idapereka ma aluminium kuchokera ku Kuwait ndipo adatulutsidwa pokonzekera kukweza. Matebulo a mitembo ya asilikali m'matumba a mitembo anaikidwa m'mizere, ndipo ogwira ntchito zachipatala, odzifunira osungira mitembo ndi olembetsa, ndi asilikali anzawo anayenda uku ndi pansi kuti athandize, kuwapempherera kapena kutsanzikana. Galimoto ya furiji inakhazikitsidwa pafupi kuti isunge mabwinja a asilikali ovulala kwambiri.
    
  Wilhelm anapeza Patrick ataima pafupi ndi chimodzi mwa zikwama za thupi pamene munthu wodzipereka akudikirira kuti azitseke chikwamacho. Patrick ataona mkulu wa asilikali ataimirira moyang"anizana naye, anati, "Gamaliyeli waluso anabwera dzulo usiku umishonale usanachitike. Iye ananena kuti akufuna kudziwa mmene zimakhalira kuwulutsa mabomba aakulu kwambiri komanso ndege za m"mlengalenga. Anandiuza kuti nthawi zonse ankafuna kuuluka ndipo ankaganiza zolowa nawo gulu lankhondo la Air Force kuti apite mumlengalenga. Tidacheza kwa mphindi khumi ndi zisanu kenako adanyamuka kukalowanso gulu lake. "
    
  Wilhelm anayang'ana thupi lopunduka ndi lamagazi, anati zikomo mwakachetechete, msilikali, ndiyeno ananena mokweza kuti: "Tiyenera kulankhula, General." Anagwedeza mutu asilikali omwe ankadikirira, omwe mwaulemu anamaliza kuzika zikwama za thupi. Anamutsatira Patrick motsatizana ndi zikwama zamthupi, kenako kupita kumalo akutali a hala. "Tikhala ndi ma VIP akuwuluka mtsogolo lero mu CV-22 Osprey," adatero.
    
  "Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti Phoenix. Ndikudziwa".
    
  "Hell ukudziwa bwanji zonsezi mwachangu, McLanahan?"
    
  "Akuwulukira pa XC-57 yathu yachiwiri, osati Osprey," adatero Patrick. "Akuopa kuti Osprey ndi chandamale chachikulu."
    
  "Amuna inu muyenera kukhala olumikizidwa kwambiri ku White House kuti muchotse izi." Patrick sanalankhule kalikonse. "Kodi muli ndi chochita ndi chisankho chosiya kumenyana?"
    
  "Mumadziwa kuti mukumaliza ntchito zankhondo, Mtsamunda," adatero Patrick. "Zochitika ku Zakho zidangowonjezera zochitika. Ponena za momwe ndimadziwira zinthu zina ... ndi ntchito yanga kudziwa kapena kuphunzira zinazake. Ndimagwiritsa ntchito chida chilichonse chomwe ndili nacho kuti ndipeze zambiri momwe ndingathere. "
    
  Wilhelm anatenga sitepe kwa Patrick ... koma ulendo uno sikunali kuopseza. Zinali ngati kuti anali ndi funso lofunika kwambiri, lachindunji, ndiponso lofulumira limene sankafuna kuti ena amve, mwina lingasonyeze mantha ake kapena kusokonezeka maganizo. "Ndinu ndani anyamata?" Adafunsa motsitsa mawu ngati kunong'ona. "N'chiyani chikuchitika kuno?"
    
  Kwa nthawi yoyamba, Patrick anafewetsa maganizo ake pa mkulu wa asilikali. Iye anadziŵadi mmene zinalili kutaya amuna m"nkhondo ndi kulephera kulamulira mkhalidwe, ndipo anamvetsetsa mmene Wilhelm anamvera. Koma sanapezebe yankho kapena kufotokozera.
    
  "Pepani chifukwa cha kutaya kwanu, Mtsamunda," Patrick anatero. "Tsopano ngati mungandikhululukire, ndili ndi ndege ikubwera."
    
  Ndege yachiwiri yomwe idalephera ya XC-57 idatera pamalo opangira ndege a Allied Nala nthawi ya 8 koloko madzulo. Izi zidatsatiridwa ndi ndege ya CV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor transport, yomwe atolankhani ndi olemekezeka amderali adauzidwa kuti azinyamula wachiwiri kwa purezidenti. CV-22 inachita kufika kwa "high-performance" - mpukutu wothamanga kwambiri m'munsi kuchokera kumtunda wapamwamba, wotsatiridwa ndi bwalo lotsetsereka pamtunda kuti muchepetse liwiro ndi kukwera - ndipo sanakumane ndi zovuta. Pofika nthawi yomwe achitetezo amaperekeza Osprey kulowa mnyumbamo, XC-57 inali itatera kale ndikuyendetsa bwino mbali ina ya malowo.
    
  Jack Wilhelm, Patrick McLanahan, John Masters, Chris Thompson ndi Mark Weatherly, onse ovala zovala zamtundu womwewo - ma jeans abuluu, nsapato, malaya owoneka bwino, magalasi adzuwa ndi malaya abulauni monga momwe achitetezo a Chris Thompson nthawi zambiri amavala - adayima pafupi ndi XC-57 pomwe Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti adatsika.
    
  Yemwe adavala yunifolomu anali Colonel Yusuf Jaffar, wamkulu waku Iraq wa Allied Nakhla Air Base. Anali atavala yunifolomu yake yanthawi zonse yotuwira m"chipululu, koma ulendo uno anali atavala bereti yobiriŵira ndi mendulo zambiri zokhomeredwa pa bulawuzi yake, nsapato zakuda zakuda, nsapato zopukutidwa bwino kwambiri, chosungira mfuti ndi mfuti yodziŵika bwino ya .45 caliber. Sanayankhule kalikonse kwa wina aliyense kupatula wothandizira wake, koma ankawoneka kuti akungoyang'ana Patrick, ngati akufuna kulankhula naye.
    
  Palibe aliyense kupatula Jaffar yemwe adalonjera pomwe Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti Kenneth Phoenix adatsika pansi. Phoenix anali atavala mofanana ndi Achimereka ena - zinkawoneka ngati gulu la alonda wamba. Amuna ndi akazi ena angapo ovala mofanana anatuluka.
    
  Phoenix adayang'ana pozungulira, akumwetulira pakuwona, mpaka maso ake adafika pa nkhope yodziwika bwino. "Zikomo Mulungu ndazindikira munthu. Ndinayamba kumva ngati ndikulota maloto achilendo." Adapita kwa Patrick ndikutambasula dzanja lake. "Ndasangalala kukuwonani, General."
    
  "Nanenso ndasangalala kukuwonani, a Vice President. Takulandirani ku Iraq."
    
  Ndikanakonda zikanakhala kuti zinali zosangalatsa. Chifukwa chake tsopano mukugwirira ntchito "mbali yamdima": makontrakitala oyipa achitetezo. Patrick sanayankhe. "Ndidziwitseni kwa aliyense."
    
  "Inde, bwana. Colonel Yusuf Jaffar, Commander of Allied Air Base Nala.
    
  Jaffar anachita sawatcha mpaka pamene anam"dziŵitsa, ndiyeno anaimirira mwatcheru mpaka Phoenix anatambasula dzanja lake. "Ndasangalala kukudziwani, Colonel."
    
  Jaffar adagwira dzanja lake mowuma ndikuyimirira. "Ndili wolemekezeka kuti mwayendera malo anga komanso dziko langa, bwana," adatero mokweza mawu, mawu ake adawabwereza bwino. "Es-salaam alekum. Takulandirani ku Republic of Iraq ndi Nakhla Allied Air Base. "
    
  "Es-salaam alekum," Phoenix adatero modabwitsa modabwitsa mwachiarabu. "Pepani chifukwa cha kutaya kwanu, bwana."
    
  "Amuna anga anatumikira mwaulemu ndipo anafa monga ofera chikhulupiriro m"dziko lawo," anatero Jaffar. "Akhala kudzanja lamanja la Mulungu. Koma amene anachita zimenezi adzalipira ndalama zambiri." Adachita chidwi ndikuchoka ku Phoenix, ndikumaliza zokambirana zawo.
    
  "Bambo Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti, Colonel Jack Wilhelm, Regimental Commander."
    
  Phoenix anatambasula dzanja lake ndipo Wilhelm anatenga. Iye anati: "Pepani kwambiri chifukwa cha zimene mwataya, Mtsamunda. "Ngati mukufuna chilichonse, chilichonse, bwerani kwa ine molunjika."
    
  "Pakadali pano, pempho langa lokha ndilokuti mukakhale nawo pamwambo wa Second Platoon, bwana. Zikhala m'maola angapo. "
    
  "Zoona, Colonel. Tidzakhalako ". William adafotokozera malamulo ake onse, ndipo Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti adauza ena onse omwe adabwera nawo. Chris Thompson ndiye adawatsogolera kumagalimoto okhala ndi zida.
    
  Patrick asanalowe mu Suburban yokhala ndi zida, wothandizira Jaffar adamuyandikira ndikumupatsa sawatcha. "Pepani chifukwa cha kusokoneza, bwana," wothandizira anatero m'Chingelezi chabwino kwambiri. "Msilikali akufuna kulankhula nawe."
    
  Patrick adayang'ana Jaffar yemwe adamusiya pang'ono. "Kodi izi zingadikire mpaka kukambirana kwathu ndi Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti kutha?"
    
  "Mtsamunda sapezeka pamwambowu bwana. Chonde?" Patrick anagwedeza mutu ndikumulozera driver kuti achoke.
    
  Aku Iraq adayang'ana chidwi ndikupereka sawatcha pomwe Patrick adayandikira kwa iye. Patrick adabwezanso moni wake. "General McLanahan. Pepani chifukwa chondisokoneza."
    
  "Simukhala nawo pamsonkhanowu ndi Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti, Colonel?"
    
  Jaffar anafotokoza kuti: "Kungakhale chipongwe kwa mkulu wanga ndi mkulu wa asilikali a Iraq ndikapita ku msonkhano woterewu. "Ma protocol awa ayenera kutsatiridwa." Anayang'anitsitsa McLanahan, ndikuwonjezera kuti: "Ndikuganiza kuti akuluakulu anu ndi akazembe anu ku Baghdad akhumudwitsidwa motere."
    
  "Ili ndi lingaliro la wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti, osati lathu."
    
  "Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti samasamala za ndondomeko zotere?"
    
  "Wabwera kuti adziwe zomwe zidachitika komanso momwe boma lathu lingathandizire kuti zinthu zisinthe, m'malo motsatira ndondomeko."
    
  Jaffar anagwedeza mutu. "Ndikumvetsa".
    
  "Atha kuganiza kuti kusakhalapo kwanu pamsonkhanowu ndikuphwanya malamulo, Colonel. Kumapeto kwa tsiku, ali pano kuti athandize Iraq ndi Asitikali aku Iraq. "
    
  "Ndi choncho, General?" Adafunsa motele Jaffar mawu ake akuthwa. "Amabwera osaitanidwa kudziko lathu ndipo akuyembekeza kuti ndipite nawo pamsonkhano womwe Purezidenti wathu sanamvepo?" Anakhala ngati akuganizira mfundo yake, kenako anagwedeza mutu. "Chonde perekani kupepesa kwanga kwa vice president."
    
  "Ndithudi. Ndikhoza kukudzazitsani pambuyo pake ngati mungafune."
    
  "Zingakhale zovomerezeka, General," adatero Jaffar. "Bwana, ndingalole kuti ndiyang'ane ndege yanu yodziwitsa anthu nthawi yomwe ndingathe?"
    
  Patrick anadabwa pang"ono: Jaffar sanasonyeze chidwi ndi ntchito zawo m"nthaŵi yochepa imene anakhala kumeneko. "Pali machitidwe ndi zida zina zomwe zili m'gulu ndipo sindingathe-"
    
  "Ndamva, bwana. Ndikukhulupirira mumachitcha NOFORN - palibe nzika zakunja. Ndikumvetsa ndithu.
    
  "Ndiye ndingakhale wokondwa kukusonyezani," Patrick anatero. "Nditha kukudziwitsani mwachidule zaulendo wamasiku ano wozindikira, ndikuwonetseni ndegeyo musananyamuke ndege isananyamuke, ndikuwonanso zomwe sizikudziwika pamene tikuzilandira kuti tikuwonetseni zomwe timatha kuchita. Ndiyenera kupeza chilolezo kwa Mtsamunda Wilhelm ndi kampani yanga, koma sindikuganiza kuti lingakhale vuto. Maora mazana khumi ndi asanu ndi anayi muofesi yanu?"
    
  "Izi ndizovomerezeka, General McLanahan," adatero Jaffar. Patrick anagwedeza mutu ndi kutambasula dzanja lake, koma Jaffar anatchera khutu, kupereka sawatcha, kutembenukira chidendene chake ndikuyenda mofulumira kupita ku galimoto yodikirira, kutsatiridwa ndi wothandizira wake. Patrick adagwedeza mutu wake mosokonezeka, kenako adalumphira mu Hummer yodikirira, yomwe idamutengera ku Command Post.
    
  Wilhelm anali kumuyembekezera m"chipinda chochitira misonkhano moyang"anizana ndi Reservoir. Mark Weatherly adayambitsa VP kwa antchito ena ndikufotokozera momwe Triple-C ndi thanki zimapangidwira. "Jaffar ali kuti?" Adafunsa motsitsa mawu Wilhelm.
    
  "Sabwera kudzacheza. Anati zingakhumudwitse akuluakulu ake ngati atayamba kulankhula ndi wachiwiri kwa purezidenti. "
    
  "Haji woipidwa-zinayenera kukhala kaamba ka ubwino wake," anatero Wilhelm. "Chifukwa chiyani sanandiuze yekha?" Patrick sanayankhe. "Kodi awirinu munali kulankhula za chiyani?"
    
  "Akufuna kuyendera Loser, adziwe mwachidule zomwe tingathe, ndikuwonanso ntchito yotsatira yowunikira."
    
  "Kuyambira liti ali ndi chidwi ndi zonsezi?" Wilhelm anafuula. "Zinali lero, masiku onse, titangomenyedwa ndi abulu ndipo Washington idakwawa m'mbuyo."
    
  "Ndinamuuza kuti ndikufuna kaye chilolezo chako."
    
  Wilhelm anali atatsala pang"ono kukana, koma anangopukusa mutu n"kuyamba kung"ung"udza. "Ali ndi ufulu wokhala mu Thanki nthawi yonse yogwira ntchito - chifukwa cha Mulungu, timasiya mpando wa mkulu wa asilikali utamutsegukira, ngakhale sanakhalepo - choncho ndikuganiza kuti ndilibe chochita. Koma sangathe kuwona zinthu za NOFORN. "
    
  "Ndinamuuza zomwezo ndipo akumvetsa. Amadziwa ngakhale mawuwo. "
    
  "Mwina anaziwona mufilimu ndipo amakonda kuzibwereza nthawi iliyonse. Ndikadakhala kuti adakhala pakhosi pake. " Wilhelm anapukusanso mutu, mokhala ngati akufufuta nkhani yonse m"maganizo mwake. "Kodi mukuwuzabe Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti malingaliro anu?"
    
  "Inde".
    
  "Mungaphatikize ziwiri ndi ziwiri ndi kutenga zisanu. Iyi ndi maliro ako. Chabwino, tiyeni tithe. " Wilhelm adagwedeza mutu kwa Weatherly, yemwe adasokoneza zolankhula zake ndikupempha Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti kuti akhale m'chipinda chodikirira.
    
  Wilhelm anayima movutikira pa bwalo pomwe aliyense atakhala pampando. "Bambo Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti, alendo olemekezeka, zikomo chifukwa chaulendowu," adayamba. "Kupezeka kwanu posachedwa pambuyo pa tsoka la usiku watha kumapereka uthenga womveka komanso wofunikira osati kwa gulu lokha, komanso kwa onse omwe ali nawo pankhondoyi. Ine ndi antchito anga takonzeka kukuthandizani pakufufuza kwanu.
    
  "Ndikudziwa kuti pali anthu ambiri ofunikira - Prime Minister waku Iraq, Ambassador, wamkulu wa magulu ankhondo aku Iraq - omwe akuyembekezera kukupatsani moni, omwe adzakwiya kwambiri atamva kuti mwabwera kuno m'malo mopita Wilhelm anapitiriza, "koma General McLanahan ndi ine tinaganiza kuti munafunikira kutimva kaye. Tsoka ilo, mkulu wankhondo, Colonel Jaffar, sakhala pano.
    
  "Anati bwanji, Colonel?" - anafunsa vicezidenti.
    
  "Anandiuza kuti sizingagwirizane ndi malamulo kuti ndilankhule nanu akuluakulu ake asanalankhule, bwana," Patrick anayankha. "Amatumiza zodandaula zake."
    
  Anthu ake ndi amene anaphedwa ndipo dziko lakwawo linaukiridwa. Zikupanga kusiyana kotani amene ayamba kumva kuchokera kwa ife?"
    
  "Kodi mukufuna ndibweretse kuno, bwana?"
    
  "Ayi, tiyeni tipitilize," Phoenix anatero. "Panopa sindikudandaula kwenikweni za kupondaponda m"mapazi kusiyapo okhawo amene ali ndi udindo wopha asilikali athu, ndiyeno ndidzaonetsetsa kuti mwana wachiwerewere awonongedwa.
    
  "Chabwino, abambo, ndimafuna ndikuuzeni mwachidule izi chifukwa ndikudziwa kuti ma Iraqi, Akurds ndi Turkey akufuna kundifotokozera mwachidule, ndipo ndikudziwa kuti asintha njira yawoyi; Ndinkafuna kumva mawu anu oyamba. Anthu a ku Turkey akunena kuti sakuchita chilichonse koma kuteteza dziko lawo ku PKK komanso kuti kuphulika kwa mabomba kunali koopsa koma kulakwitsa. Tiye timve maganizo ako."
    
  "Ndikumvetsa, bwana." Chiwonetsero chamagetsi kumbuyo kwa Wilhelm chinakhalapo, kusonyeza mapu a dera lamalire pakati pa kumpoto kwa Iraq ndi kum'mwera chakum'mawa kwa Turkey. "Kwa chaka chatha kapena kupitilira apo adawonjezera mphamvu zawo zamalire ku Jandarma, kuphatikiza magulu ankhondo apadera, komanso mayunitsi ena angapo amlengalenga, kuti athandizire kuthana ndi kukwera kwa malire a PKK. Anatumizanso magulu angapo ankhondo okhazikika kumwera chakumadzulo, mwina gulu limodzi kapena awiri."
    
  "Zochuluka kuposa zomwe zatumizidwa, ndikuganiza?" Adafunsa choncho vice president.
    
  "Zambiri, bwana, ngakhale poganizira za zigawenga zaposachedwa za PKK ku Diyarbakir," adayankha Wilhelm.
    
  "Ndipo tili ndi chiyani mbali iyi?"
    
  "Pamodzi ndi a Iraqi, bwana, pafupifupi gawo limodzi mwa magawo atatu a magulu awo ankhondo ndi gawo laling'ono la gulu lankhondo la ndege," Wilhelm anayankha. "Chiwopsezo chachikulu ndi gulu lawo lankhondo lanzeru mderali. Diyarbakir ndi kwawo kwa Second Tactical Air Force Command, yomwe imayang'anira chitetezo chakumalire a Syria, Iraq ndi Iran. Ali ndi mapiko awiri a F-16 oponya mabomba ndi phiko limodzi la F-4E Phantom fighter-bombers, kuphatikizapo mapiko atsopano a ndege ziwiri zothandizira ndege za A-10 Thunderbolt ndi phiko limodzi la F-15E Strike Eagle fighter- oponya mabomba omwe angopezedwa posachedwa kuchokera ku United States monga zida zowonjezera."
    
  "Kuchuluka kwa F-15 ndichinthu chopenga kwambiri chomwe ndidamvapo," wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti adatero, akupukusa mutu. "Kodi sanagonjetsedwe pankhondo?"
    
  "Ndikukhulupirira, bwana," anatero William. "Koma ndi kuchepetsedwa kwaposachedwa kwa omenyera nkhondo a US Air Force mokomera omenyera ankhondo a Navy ndi Marine Corps, pali zida zambiri zabwino zaku America pamsika wogulitsa kunja."
    
  "Ndikudziwa, ndikudziwa-ndinalimbana kwambiri kuti ndiletse kutuluka kwa zipangizo zamakono," adatero Phoenix. "Koma Purezidenti Gardner ndi katswiri weniweni wankhondo komanso wothandizira wamkulu wa Navy, ndipo Congress yathandizira kwambiri mapulani ake osintha ndi amakono. Gulu lankhondo la ndege lakonzedwa ndipo mayiko ngati Turkey akupeza phindu. Ngati sitingathe kusintha F-22 kuti igwire ntchito zonyamulira, Turkey ipezanso ma Raptors. Chabwino, bokosi la sopo latha. Chonde pitilizani Mtsamunda. Ndi ziwopsezo zina ziti zomwe mumakumana nazo?"
    
  "Njira zawo zazikulu zolimbana ndi ndege, monga zida za Patriot, zida zazikulu zotsogozedwa ndi radar-A ndi zida za British Rapier zapamtunda ndi ndege, zolunjika ku Iran ndi Syria," Wilhelm adapitiliza. "Titha kuyembekezera kuti asunthire machitidwe ena kumadzulo, koma ndithudi Iraq siwopseza mpweya, choncho ndikuganiza kuti adzasunga ma SAM awo ku Iran ndi Syria. Mizinga yaing'ono ndi maroketi a Stinger amatha kupezeka paliponse ndipo amagwiritsidwa ntchito kwambiri ndi magulu ankhondo ankhondo.
    
  "Asitikali ankhondo aku Turkey a Gendarma akutumiza magulu angapo apadera omenyera nkhondo, makamaka kusaka ndi kuwononga zigawenga za PKK ndi zigawenga. Iwo ndi ophunzitsidwa bwino ndipo timawaona ngati ofanana ndi gulu la Marine reconnaissance unit-yopepuka, yachangu, yoyenda ndi yakupha."
    
  "Mtsogoleri wawo, General Besir Ozek, anavulazidwa kwambiri panthawi ya nkhondo yaikulu yomaliza ya PKK ku Diyarbakir," Patrick anawonjezera, "koma akuwoneka kuti akukwera ndikutsogolera asilikali ake pofufuza ndi kuwononga m'madera a malire. Mosakayika, iye ndi amene wachita chiwembu cha rocket pa Zakhu."
    
  "Ndiyenera kulankhula naye," wachiwiri kwa purezidenti adatero. "Ndiye Mtsamunda, mukuti chiyani pazochitika zonsezi?"
    
  "Si ntchito yanga kusanthula, bwana," adatero Wilhelm, "koma akukonzekera kuukira PKK. Amathandizira Jandarma ndi magulu ankhondo okhazikika powonetsa mphamvu. PKK idzabalalika ndikusunga mutu wake pansi; Anthu a ku Turks angakhudze maziko angapo, ndiyeno zonse zidzabwerera mwakale. Gulu la PKK lakhala likuchita izi kwa zaka zopitirira makumi atatu-Türkiye sangathe kuwaletsa."
    
  "Kutumiza magulu ankhondo okhazikika ndichinthu chomwe sanachitepo," adatero Phoenix. Anamuyang'ana Patrick. "General, mwadzidzidzi munakhala chete." Anayang'ana kumbuyo kwa Wilhelm. "Pakuwoneka kuti pali kusagwirizana pano. Mtsamunda?
    
  "Bwana, General McLanahan akuwona kuti kuchuluka kwa asitikali aku Turkey mderali ndi chiyambi chakuukira kwathunthu ku Iraq."
    
  "Kuukira Iraq?" Phoenix adafuula. "Ndikudziwa kuti achita zigawenga zambiri m'malire kwazaka zambiri, koma bwanji kuwukira kotheratu, General?"
    
  "Bwana, ndichifukwa chakuti achita zigawenga zambiri ndipo alephera kuyimitsa kapena kuchepetsa kuchuluka kwa ziwawa za PKK zomwe ziwapangitsa kuti ayambe kuukira gulu la PKK ku Iraq - osati pa malo olimba, maphunziro. maziko ndi malo osungira katundu m'malire, komanso pa utsogoleri wa Kurdish womwewo. Ndikuganiza kuti afuna kuthetsa vuto la PKK ndi kugunda kwa mphezi kumodzi ndikupha anthu ambiri momwe angathere asanawakakamize kuchoka ku America ndi mayiko ena. "
    
  "Colonel?"
    
  "Anthu aku Turkey alibe antchito, bwana," adatero Wilhelm. "Tikukamba za ntchito yofanana ndi Desert Storm - asilikali osachepera mazana awiri ndi makumi asanu. Pali anthu pafupifupi 400,000 mu gulu lankhondo la Turkey, makamaka olembedwa. Ayenera kupereka gawo limodzi mwa magawo atatu a magulu ankhondo awo okhazikika ndi theka lina la ndalama zawo kuti agwire ntchito imodziyi. Izi zingatenge miyezi ndi mabiliyoni a madola. Asilikali aku Turkey si gulu lankhondo - adapangidwa kuti azilimbana ndi zigawenga komanso kudziteteza, osati kulanda mayiko ena. "
    
  "General?"
    
  "Anthu aku Turkey akadakhala akumenyera kwawo okha ndikumenyera kudziteteza komanso kunyadira dziko," adatero Patrick. "Akadatumiza theka la gulu lawo lankhondo lokhazikika komanso losungitsa chitetezo, atha kukhala ndi asitikali pafupifupi theka la miliyoni, ndipo ali ndi gulu lalikulu la omenyera nkhondo ophunzitsidwa bwino omwe angatengerepo. Sindikuwona chifukwa chomwe sakanalamula kusonkhanitsa mphamvu zonse kuti akhale ndi mwayi wowononga PKK kamodzi kokha.
    
  "Koma wosintha masewerawa pano ndi gulu lankhondo laku Turkey," Patrick anapitiriza. "M'zaka zapitazi, asitikali aku Turkey anali gulu lankhondo lamkati lomwe limagwira ntchito ngati NATO tripwire motsutsana ndi Soviet Union. Asitikali ake apamadzi ndi abwino, koma cholinga chake ndikuteteza Bosphorus ndi Dardanelles ndikulondera Nyanja ya Aegean. Gulu lankhondo la ndege linali laling'ono chifukwa limadalira thandizo la United States Air Force.
    
  "Koma m'zaka ziwiri zapitazi zinthu zasintha, ndipo dziko la Turkey lili ndi gulu lankhondo lalikulu kwambiri ku Europe, kupatula Russia. Adagula zambiri kuposa ma F-15 otsala, bwana - adagula mitundu yonse ya ndege zowononga zomwe sizinali zonyamulira, kuphatikiza mabomba anzeru a A-10 Thunderbolt, AC-130 Specter ndi ma helikoputala aku Apache, pamodzi ndi zida ngati mizinga. " Mivi ya Patriot yopita ku mlengalenga, mivi ya AMRAAM yopita kumlengalenga ndi Maverick ndi Hellfire yolondola kwambiri yopita kumtunda kupita kumtunda. Amapanga zida za F-16 pansi pa chilolezo ku Turkey; ali ndi magulu ankhondo ambiri a F-16 omwe akupezeka kuti achitepo kanthu monga momwe tinalili ku Desert Storm, ndipo onse azimenyera kwawo komweko. Ndipo sindikanachepetsa chitetezo chawo chamlengalenga mosavuta: amatha kugwiritsa ntchito Patriot ndi Rapiers awo kuti athane ndi chilichonse chomwe timachita. "
    
  Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti Phoenix adaganiza kwakanthawi kenako ndikugwedeza mutu kwa amuna onsewa. "Nonse mumapereka mfundo zogwira mtima," iye anatero, "koma ndimakonda kugwirizana ndi Mtsamunda Wilhelm." Phoenix adayang'ana Patrick mosamala, ngati akuyembekezera kutsutsa, koma Patrick adangokhala chete. "Zimandivuta kukhulupirira zimenezo-"
    
  Nthawi yomweyo foni inalira, ndipo zinali ngati klaxon yazimitsidwa - aliyense amadziwa kuti palibe mafoni omwe amaloledwa panthawi yachidulechi pokhapokha ngati zinali zachangu kwambiri. Weatherly adatenga foniyo ... ndipo patapita kanthawi, mawonekedwe a nkhope yake adapangitsa aliyense m'chipindamo kuzindikira.
    
  Weatherly anayenda pafupi ndi makina apakompyuta omwe anali pafupi, adawerenga mawuwo mwakachetechete ndi milomo yonjenjemera, kenako anati, "Uthenga wofulumira kuchokera ku dipatimenti, bwana. Dipatimenti Yaboma yatidziwitsa kuti Purezidenti wa Turkey atha kulengeza za ngozi.
    
  "Damn, ndimaopa kuti izi zingachitike," adatero Phoenix. "Sitingathe kukumana ndi aku Turkey kuti afufuze za zipolopolo. Colonel, ndiyenera kulankhula ndi White House. "
    
  "Nditha kuyiyika pompano, bwana." Wilhelm anagwedeza mutu kwa Weatherly, yemwe nthawi yomweyo anaimbira foni ndi mkulu wa zoyankhulana.
    
  "Ndipeza zambiri kuchokera kwa kazembe, ma Iraqi ndi aku Turkey, koma malingaliro anga kwa purezidenti akhale okhwimitsa malire." Vice President anatembenukira kwa Patrick. "Sindikukhulupirirabe kuti dziko la Turkey linalanda Iraq ndi asilikali zikwi zitatu aku US ali m'njira," adatero, "koma mwachiwonekere zinthu zikusintha mofulumira ndipo tiyenera kulabadira zimenezo. Ndikuganiza kuti izi ndi zomwe bomba lanu lachiwembu likufuna, General?"
    
  "Inde, bwana".
    
  "Ndiye ndikanakonzekera kuti ndizipita," Phoenix adatero pamene Wilhelm adamuuza kuti kulumikizana kwake ku White House kwakonzeka, "chifukwa ndikuganiza kuti tidzafunikira ... posachedwa. Posachedwapa". Weatherly adamuuza kuti kukhazikitsa kwake kulumikizana kwakonzeka, ndipo iye ndi Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti adachoka.
    
  Patrick adatsalira Wilhelm pomwe ena onse adatuluka m'chipinda chamsonkhano. "Ndiye mukutanthauza chiyani, General?" Wilhelm anafunsa. "Kodi mukukonzekera kutumiza bomba lanu loyimba lomwe lili ndi pakati ku Turkey nthawi ino, osati gawo lathu lokha? Izi zidzathetsa nkhawa za aliyense pano. "
    
  "Sinditumiza munthu wotayika kudzera ku Turkey, Colonel, komanso sindidzalola anthu aku Turkey kuti apumule," adatero Patrick. "Ndikufuna kuwona zomwe aku Turkey akulingalira ngati ndege iliyonse iyandikira kwambiri malire. Tikudziwa kuti adzabwezera mwaukali kuukira kulikonse kwa PKK. Atani ngati ziyamba kuwoneka ngati United States ikuuluka mozungulira kwambiri kumalire awo? "
    
  "Kodi ukuganiza kuti ndi zanzeru, McLanahan? Izi zitha kukulitsa mikangano kuno kwambiri. "
    
  "Tili ndi asilikali ambiri akufa m"nyumba mwako, Mtsamunda," Patrick anamukumbutsa. "Ndikufuna kuwonetsetsa kuti aku Turkey akudziwa kuti tawakwiyira kwambiri pompano."
    
    
  Kum'mwera kwa SOUTHEASTERN TURKEY
  MADZULO AMAWA
    
    
  "Lumikizanani, lembani chandamale cha bravo!" mkulu wa MIM-104 Patriot control tactical control anafuula mu Turkish. "Ndikuganiza kuti ndi yemweyo yemwe adawonekera ndikusowa nafe." Gulu lankhondo la Turkey la AN/MPQ-53 Patriot radar lidazindikira ndegeyo ndikuwonetsa chandamale kwa oyang'anira zida za Patriot. Woyang'anira zanzeru adazindikira mwachangu kuti chandamalecho chinali pamalire a Iraq ndi Turkey, koma popeza sichimalumikizana ndi oyang'anira magalimoto aku Turkey ndipo sichimatumiza ma code a transponder, adawona kuti ndi kuphwanya ma kilomita makumi atatu. malo otetezedwa ndi chitetezo cha mpweya waku Turkey; anali otsika kwambiri kuti asafike ku bwalo lililonse la ndege m'derali, ndipo anali kutali ndi njira zilizonse zandege za anthu wamba. "Bwana, ndikupangira kuti cholinga cha 'bravo' chikhale chankhanza."
    
  Wotsogolera wanzeru adayang'ana chiwonetsero cha radar - mosakayikira. "Ndikuvomereza," iye anatero. "Pangani cholinga cha Bravo ngati chankhanza, perekani machenjezo pazochitika zonse zadzidzidzi ndi zankhondo komanso maulendo oyendetsa ndege, ndikukonzekera kuchitapo kanthu." Director of Tactics adatenga foni yotetezedwa yolumikizidwa kudzera pa microwave molunjika kwa Air Defense Sector Commander ya Fourth Border Defense Regiment ku Diyarbakir. "Kamyan, Kamyan, uyu ndi Ustura, ndazindikira kuti Bravo ndi wankhanza, wokonzeka."
    
  "Ustura, kodi iyi ndi chandamale chomwe mwakhala mukuwonera maola awiri apitawa?" - adafunsa mkulu wa gawo.
    
  "Tikuganiza choncho, bwana," adatero wotsogolera njira. "Iyi ndi pafupifupi drone yomwe imayendera anthu, kutengera liwiro lake komanso njira yowulukira. Sitinathe kuwerengera zolondola m'mbuyomu, koma zikuwoneka kuti takwera pamwamba kuti tiwone bwino kumpoto."
    
  "Civil transport?"
    
  "Timaulutsa mauthenga ochenjeza nthawi iliyonse yomwe chandamale chikuwonekera, ndipo tsopano tikuwulutsidwa pazochitika zonse zadzidzidzi ndi zankhondo komanso maulendo apandege. Palibe mayankho konse. Ngati woyendetsa ndegeyo sanazimitse mawailesi ake, ndiye mdani wake."
    
  "Ndikuvomereza," adatero mkulu wa chitetezo cha ndege. Amadziwa kuti magulu ena oteteza ndege m'malo otanganidwa kwambiri amagwiritsa ntchito ma laser amitundu yosiyanasiyana kuti achenjeze oyendetsa ndege akamachoka mumlengalenga woletsedwa, koma analibe ulemu wotero - ndipo sanafune kuzigwiritsa ntchito ngakhale atakhala nazo. Woyendetsa ndege aliyense wosalakwa yemwe anali wopusa kuti awuluke m'derali panthawi ya nkhondoyi, ankayenera kuwomberedwa bulu. "Khalani okonzeka". Adalamula wogwirizira wake kuti: "Ndilumikizeni ndi gulu lachiwiri ku Nakhla ndi Ankara."
    
  "Gulu lachiwiri pamzere, bwana, Major Sabasti."
    
  Izi zinali zachangu, wamkulu wa gawolo adaganiza - nthawi zambiri mafoni olunjika ku American Command and Control Center amasefedwa ndikuwongolera kangapo asanalumikizidwe, ndipo izi zidatenga mphindi zingapo. "Sabasti, uyu ndi Kamyan. Sitikuwonetsa maulendo aliwonse amlengalenga aku US omwe akuyenera kuchitika usikuuno. Kodi mungatsimikizire kuti ndege yaku America imadutsa malire?"
    
  "Ndikuyang'ana pa mapu a gawoli tsopano, bwana," mkulu wogwirizanitsa anayankha, "ndipo ndege yokhayo yomwe ili m'malo osungiramo ndege yomwe mudagwirizana nayo kale, nambala yovomerezeka ya Kilo-Juliet-ziwiri-zitatu-ziwiri-zimodzi, amagwira ntchito ku Peynir."
    
  "Tikuwona ndege yotsika kwambiri ikuwonekera m'mwamba ndi pansi kunja kwa ma radar. Kodi iyi si ndege yaku America kapena yaku Iraq?"
    
  "Ndikuwonetsa ndege zitatu zaku America ndi Iraq imodzi mumlengalenga, bwana, koma imodzi yokha ili m'malo otetezedwa."
    
  "Ichi ndi chiyani?"
    
  "Chizindikiro chake choyimba ndi Guppy Two-Two, ndege yoyang'anira ku America yomwe imayendetsedwa ndi makontrakitala achitetezo apadera." Anawerenga momwe ndegeyo ikugwirizanirana ndi komwe kuli bokosi la orbital - zonse zinali ndendende monga momwe zidagwirizanirana kale, mkati mwa malo achitetezo a Peynir, koma mailosi makumi anayi kuchokera pomwe chandamale.
    
  "Ndi ndege yanji iyi, Major?"
    
  "Pepani bwana, koma mukudziwa kuti sindingakuuzeni zimenezo. Ndinaona izi ndi maso anga, ndipo ndikudziwa kuti iyi ndi ndege ya akazitape yopanda zida. "
    
  "Chabwino, Major, mwina mungandiuze zomwe siziri," mkulu wa gawolo adatero.
    
  "Bwana..."
    
  "Kodi mukugwirira ntchito ndani, Major - aku America kapena Turkey?"
    
  "Ndikukhululukireni bwana," liwu linaloŵererapo. "Uyu ndi womasulira waku America. Ndimagwira ntchito kwa Bambo Chris Thompson, Thompson Security Service, Second Regiment, Allied Nakhla Air Base, Iraq.
    
  "Ndikudziwa kuti ndinu helo wotani komanso komwe muli," mkulu wa gululo anadzudzula motero. "Mukuyang'anira mauthenga anga a wailesi?"
    
  "Bambo Thompson akunena kuti mgwirizano wa mgwirizano pakati pa United States, Iraq ndi Turkey umalola kuyang'anira kayendedwe ka wailesi nthawi zonse komanso mwadzidzidzi pakati pa magulu ankhondo omwe akugwira nawo mgwirizano," adatero womasulirayo. "Akuti mutha kuyang'ana ku Ofesi Yanu Yakunja ngati kuli kofunikira."
    
  "Ndikudziwa bwino za mgwirizanowu."
    
  "Inde, bwana. Bambo Thompson akufuna kuti ndikuuzeni kuti zambiri zokhudzana ndi machitidwe omwe akugwira ntchito mkati mwa Iraq ndizololedwa kumasulidwa malinga ndi mgwirizano wa mphamvu. Mgwirizanowu umalola wowonerera kuwona ndege yomwe idzagwiritsidwe ntchito ndikuitsatira nthawi yonse ya ntchitoyo, koma sangaulule zina zilizonse. "
    
  "Thompson, ndikuponya ndege yosadziwika yomwe ikuphwanya malo otetezedwa ku Turkey," adatero mkulu wa gululo. "Ndinkafuna kudziwa zambiri kuti ndisaukire ndege ya ku America kapena yaku Iraq. Ngati mukufuna kusewera mawu kapena kunyoza mgwirizano wamakhalidwe amphamvu pamaso panga m'malo mondithandiza kutsimikizira chomwe chandamalechi, zikhale choncho. Major Sabasti."
    
  "Bwana!"
    
  "Adziwitseni anthu aku America kuti tikutsata ndege yosadziwika m'malo otetezedwa ndipo tikuwona kuti ndi yonyansa," mkulu wa gawolo adatero ku Turkey. "Ndikuwapangira kuti ndege zonse zoyendera limodzi ndi oyang'anira pansi azikhala patali mokwanira, ndipo ndege zowunikiranso zitha kufuna kuchotsa malo oyendera."
    
  "Ndipereka uthengawo nthawi yomweyo, bwana."
    
  "Zabwino kwambiri". Mkulu wa gawolo adasokoneza kulumikizana ndi kumenya kwaukali kwa mpeni. "Kodi Ankara ali kale pamzere?" kunagunda.
    
  "Mwakonzeka, bwana."
    
  "Uyu ndi Mat," liwulo linayankha. Mkulu wa gawoli ankadziwa kuti Mat, kutanthauza "checkmate" m'Chituruki, anali woyang'anira ntchito wa mkulu wa asilikali. "Tikutsata ma radar anu ndipo mkulu wa a Nahla watidziwitsa kuti mwalumikizana nawo kuti mugwirizane ndi kukudziwitsani ndipo akuti si m"modzi mwa iwo. Malangizo?"
    
  "Chitani nthawi yomweyo, bwana."
    
  "Khalani okonzeka". Mawu awiri owopsa awa ... Koma patapita kanthawi: "Tikuvomereza, Kamen. Pitirizani monga mwalangizidwa. Kutuluka."
    
  "Makope a Kamyan, amatsatira malangizo. Kamen kunja." Woyang'anira gawolo adasinthira njira yake yaukadaulo: "Ustura, uyu ndi Kamian, chitani monga mwauzira."
    
  "Makope a Ustura, amachita nawo nkhondo monga momwe adawauzira. Ustura amachoka. " Tactics director adadula foni. "Talamulidwa kuti tichite nawo ndewu monga mwatiuzira," adatero. "Kodi pali kusintha kulikonse pamayendedwe kapena kutalika kwa cholingacho? Kodi pali yankho lililonse pamawayilesi athu?"
    
  "Ayi, bwana."
    
  "Zabwino kwambiri. Lowani nawo ndewuyi."
    
  "Ndinazindikira kuti 'ndilowa nawo ndewu.' Woyang'anira wanzeru adafikira, nakweza chivindikiro chofiyira, ndikudina batani lalikulu lofiira, lomwe lidayatsa alamu ya mabatire onse anayi a Patriot line amwazikana kum'mwera chakum'mawa kwa Turkey. Batire ya mzere uliwonse inali ndi magulu anayi a Patriot, iliyonse ili ndi choyambitsa chimodzi cha Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) chokhala ndi mizinga khumi ndi isanu ndi umodzi, kuphatikiza mivi yowonjezereka khumi ndi isanu ndi umodzi yokonzeka kutsegulidwa. "Lowani nawo ndewu."
    
  "Ndikumvetsa 'kuchita nawo nkhondo,'" wowongolera mwanzeru adabwerezanso. Anayang'ana malo omwe chandamale ndi mabatire omwe adatumizidwa a Patriot battalion, adasankha yomwe ili pafupi kwambiri ndi adani ndikudina batani lolumikizana ndi batire iyi. "Ustura awiri, Ustura Two, this is Ustura , act, act, act.
    
  "Makope awiri 'amagwira ntchito'. Panali kupuma pang'ono, kenaka lipoti la momwe batire lachiwiri likuwombera linasintha kuchoka ku "standby" kukhala "on," zomwe zikutanthauza kuti mizinga ya batriyo inali yokonzeka kuyaka. ."
    
  "Kuvomerezedwa". Mkulu wa tactical control officer uja anapitiriza kukanikiza chizindikiro chochenjeza kwinaku akuyang'ana momwe kompyuta yake ikuwerengera. Kuyambira pamenepo, kuukira konseko kunali koyendetsedwa ndi makompyuta - palibe chomwe anthu akanachita kupatula kuzimitsa ngati akufuna. Mphindi zochepa pambuyo pake, Battle Management Computer inanena kuti idapatsa gulu limodzi lankhondo lomwe lili kumadzulo kwa tawuni yamapiri ya Beitusebap kuti lichite nawo nkhondo. "Gulu lachisanu latsegulidwa ... Rocket yoyamba imawombera." Patapita masekondi anayi: "Mzinga wachiwiri wachotsedwa. Radar ikugwira ntchito."
    
  Mizinga ya Patriot, yoyenda makilomita oposa 3,000 pa ola, inatenga zosakwana masekondi asanu ndi limodzi kuti ifike kwa ozunzidwa. "Mzinga umodzi wolunjika wagunda, bwana," adatero wothandizira wowongolera mwanzeru. Kamphindi pambuyo pake: "Mizinga yachiwiri igunda chachiwiri, bwana!"
    
  "Chigoli chachiwiri?"
    
  "Inde, bwana. Kukwera komweko, kuthamanga kwa ndege kumachepera... Kugunda kwa mdani wachiwiri, bwana!"
    
  "Kodi panali ndege ziwiri?" Tactical director adaganiza mokweza. "Kodi iwo akanatha kuwuluka mwadongosolo?"
    
  "Mwina bwana," wapolisi wowongolera mwanzeru anayankha. "Koma chifukwa chiyani?"
    
  Tactical director adapukusa mutu. "Sizomveka, koma zilizonse zomwe ali, tazipeza. Zitha kukhala zinyalala kuyambira kugunda koyamba. "
    
  "Zinkawoneka zazikulu kwambiri, bwana, ngati ndege yachiwiri."
    
  "Chabwino, chilichonse chomwe chingakhale, tili ndi merde. Ntchito yabwino nonse. Zolinga ziwirizi zinali kumwera kwa malire, koma pachitetezo chachitetezo, sichoncho? "
    
  "Zowonadi, bwana, kwakanthawi kochepa inali mumlengalenga waku Turkey, osapitilira mailosi angapo, koma kwenikweni kumpoto kwa malire."
    
  "Kupha bwino ndiye." Mtsogoleri wa Tactics adatenga foni ina yolumikizidwa ku likulu la Jandarma ku Diyarbakir, pomwe wina amayenera kukhala ndi udindo wokonza gulu lofufuza zinyalala, ozunzidwa ndi umboni. "Kuruk, uyu ndi Ustura, tinalowa kunkhondo ndikuwononga ndege ya adani. Tsopano ndikutumiza zolumikizira zomwe mukufuna. "
    
  "Sizinawatengere nthawi yayitali," adatero John Masters. Anali m'chipinda chowonera Tank pansanjika yachiwiri, akuwonera nkhondoyi pa laputopu yake. "Mphindi ziwiri kuchokera pomwe tidasintha kutalika kwa chandamale kuti chitsike. Ndi mofulumira."
    
  "Ife mwina sitinawombera pansi decoy mofulumira mokwanira ... iwo ankatha kuona chandamale ngakhale pambuyo woyamba Patriot 'kugunda,'" Patrick McLanahan anati.
    
  John anati: "Ndinayesa kuyerekezera chiwonongekocho mwa kusunga chithunzicho kwa masekondi angapo. "Ndachepetsa kwambiri."
    
  "Tiyeni tikhulupirire kuti aganiza kuti agunda onse awiri," adatero Patrick. "Chabwino, tikudziwa kuti anthu aku Turkey asuntha okonda dziko lawo kufupi ndi malire a Iraq, ndipo tikudziwa kuti akutanthauza bizinesi - sazengereza kuyatsa moto, ngakhale pachinthu chaching'ono ngati chilombo kapena nkhanu."
    
  "Kapena ndi netrusion decoy," John Masters anatero mosangalala. "Tinatha kuwononga njira yoyendetsera nkhondo ya Patriot system ndikuyika chandamale cha drone mu dongosolo lawo. Titakweza kutalika kwa decoy, adachita ngati mdani weniweni. "
    
  Patrick anati: "Akapita kumeneko osapeza zinyalala zilizonse, nthawi ina adzakhala osamala komanso osamala. "Tikudziwanso chiyani pankhondoyi?"
    
  "Tikudziwanso kuti amatha kuwona ndikuchita nawo mpaka mita chikwi kuchokera pansi," adatero John. "Zili bwino m'malo ovuta kwambiri. Ayenera kuti asintha radar ya Patriot kuti ipititse patsogolo kuchotsedwa kwake komanso kuzindikirika kotsika.
    
  "Tiyeni tikhulupirire kuti ndizo zonse zimene anachita," Patrick anatero. Anagwira batani la intercom: "Kodi waiona nkhondoyi, Mtsamunda?"
    
  "Ndikutsimikizira," Wilhelm anayankha. "Chifukwa chake aku Turkey adatumizadi okonda dziko lawo kumadzulo. Ndidziwitsa gulu. Koma sindikuganizabe kuti Turkey idzaukira Iraq. Tiyenera kuwafotokozera zonse zomwe tili nazo zokhudzana ndi kayendetsedwe ka PKK, kuwatsimikizira kuti asilikali athu ndi a Iraqi alibe cholinga chobwezera, ndikulola kuti vutoli lizizizira.
    
    
  KUMPOTI KWA BEITUSEBAP, REPUBLIC OF TURKEY
  MADZULO AMAWA
    
    
  Gulu la zigawenga zisanu ndi zitatu za ku Kurdish la Iraq linagwiritsa ntchito njira za gulu la zigawenga, kudziphunzitsa, kuwerenga mabuku, kugwiritsa ntchito intaneti, ndi kuphunzira zomwe zidaperekedwa kwa omenyera nkhondowo - kuti akwaniritse zomwe akufuna. nthawi, popanda kudzuka pazifukwa zilizonse pamwamba pa bondo; kusintha chobisalira pa zovala nthawi iliyonse malo akusintha; kusamala kufafaniza chizindikiro chilichonse chosonyeza kukhalapo kwawo pamene amanyamula zikwama zolemera ndi migolo ya mabomba opangidwa ndi roketi kumbuyo kwawo.
    
  Mmodzi wa zigawengazo, yemwe kale anali wapolisi wa ku Erbil dzina lake Sadoun Salih, anathyola chidutswa cha maswiti a mkuyu, namenya nsapato ya munthu amene anaimirira patsogolo pake, naipereka kwa iye. "Chomaliza, kazembe," ananong"oneza motero. Munthuyo adasuntha "chete" pomuyankha - osati ndi dzanja lake lamanzere, koma ndi chipangizo chonga nkhanu chomwe chimamangiriridwa padzanja lake pomwe dzanja lake limakhala. Kenako chotengeracho chinapatuka ndi mgwalangwa wotseguka ndipo wankhondoyo anam"ponyera maswiti aja. Anagwedeza mutu kuthokoza ndipo anapitiriza kuyenda.
    
  Iwo anangobweretsa chakudya ndi madzi kwa masiku asanu okha kuti ayendere gulu la ofufuzawo, koma ndi ntchito yonse ya m"deralo, iye anaganiza zotsalira. Chakudya chimene anabweretsa chinatha masiku atatu apitawo. Anachepetsa chakudya chawo chatsiku ndi tsiku mpaka kufika pamlingo wotsikirapo kwambiri n"kuyamba kudya chakudya chimene anapeza m"minda-zipatso, mizu, ndi tizilombo, nthaŵi zina kulandira zogaŵira kuchokera kwa mlimi wachifundo kapena mbusa wachifundo amene iwo analimba mtima kufikako-ndikumwetsa madzi a m"mitsinje osefedwa m"masikala akuda.
    
  Koma tsopano adapeza kuti ntchito zonse zankhondo zinali zotani, ndipo zinali zambiri kuposa magulu ankhondo a Jandarma omwe akuukira midzi ya Kurdish akufuna kubwezera ku Diyarbakir: gulu lankhondo la Turkey limamanga mabwalo amoto ang'onoang'ono kumidzi. Kodi Türkiye wabweretsa magulu ankhondo okhazikika kuti alimbikitse Jandarma?
    
  Anasintha dongosolo lawo lolondera chifukwa cha kuwulutsa kodabwitsa kwa mizinga iwiri yomwe adawona usiku watha. Ankazolowera kuwona zida zankhondo ndi ndege zochokera ku Turkey kumidzi yaku Kurdish ndi misasa yophunzitsira ya PKK, koma izi sizinali zipolopolo zankhondo - izi zinali zida zowongolera, zogwira mtima kwambiri zomwe zidayenda pokwera, m'malo modutsa njira yowuluka, ndipo zidaphulika. pamwamba kumwamba. Anthu a ku Turkey anali ndi zida zatsopano pansi ndipo mwachiwonekere anali ndi chochita ndi ntchito yonse yomangayi m'malire a Turkey-Iraqi. Zinali kwa iye ndi asilikali ake kuti ayese.
    
  Pamodzi ndi madzi ndi kubisala, chithandizo chofunikira kwambiri kwa omenyanawo chinali kusunga maso usiku. Omenyera nkhondo onsewo ankavala magalasi okhala ndi ma lens ofiira, ndipo akayandikira pafupi ndi cholinga chawo, m"pamenenso ankafunika kuwagwiritsa ntchito kuti asawononge maso awo ausiku, chifukwa mbali ya chandamale chawocho inkawalitsidwa ndi mizere yoyang"ana kunja. magetsi omwe anamiza msasawo kupitirira mumdima wathunthu. Inali njira yosangalatsa, mtsogoleri wa gululo adaganiza kuti: gulu lankhondo la Turkey linali ndi ukadaulo wowonera usiku, koma sanagwiritse ntchito pano.
    
  Ukhoza kukhala msampha, koma unali mwayi womwe sakanatha kuusiya.
    
  Mtsogoleri wa gululo, Zilar Azzawi, adalozera mfuti zake kuti zipite patsogolo. Pamene ankafalikira n"kuyamba kukhazikikamo, iye ankayang"ana m"mbali mwake ndi ma binoculars ake. Chisa chamoto cha matumba a mchenga chinayikidwa pakati pa nyali iliyonse yonyamula, yolekanitsidwa ndi mayadi makumi awiri. Mayadi makumi asanu ndi awiri kumanja kwake kunali khomo la galimoto lopangidwa ndi zikwama za mchenga ndi matabwa, lotsekedwa ndi galimoto yonyamula asilikali , yomwe mbali yake yamanja inali ndi khoma lolimba la mapepala obiriwira a plywood kupanga chipata chosavuta kusuntha. Pakati pa zikwama za mchenga panali mpanda umodzi wachitsulo wopyapyala, wamtali wa mapazi asanu wothandizidwa ndi zipilala zopepuka. Unali ndithu msasa wachikhalire, mwina osati panobe.
    
  Ngati iwo akanati atengepo mwayi, ino inali nthawi.
    
  Azzawi adadikirira mpaka gulu lake lidakonzeka, kenako adatulutsa wailesi yoyendera yopangidwa ndi Korea yaku Korea ndikudina batani la maikolofoni kamodzi, kenako ndikusindikiza kawiri. Patangopita nthawi pang'ono adalandira kudina kawiri poyankha, kenako ndikudina katatu. Anadinanso wailesi yake katatu, naiika pambali, kenako n"kugwira manja a amuna aŵiri kumbali yake ndi mawu abata akuti "konzekerani."
    
  Anatsitsa mutu wake, kutseka maso ake, kenako anati "Mal esh - palibe kanthu" ndi mawu otsika, odekha. Anapuma pang'ono kugunda kwamtima, akuganizira za mwamuna wake ndi ana ake omwe anamwalira - ndipo pamene ankatero, mkwiyo mkati mwake unatumiza mphamvu ya jet kupyolera mu thupi lake, ndipo anayimirira bwino komanso mosavuta, anakweza bomba la RPG-7 ndikuwombera. Mfutiyo idakwera kuchokera m'matumba a mchenga moyang'anizana naye. Atangoyamba kumene, anthu ena a m'gulu lake anawombera malo ena, ndipo patangopita masekondi pang'ono dera lonselo linatseguka. Panthawiyi, magulu ena awiri pansi pa ulamuliro wa Azzawi kumbali zosiyana za maziko nawonso adatsegula moto ndi oyambitsa mabomba.
    
  Tsopano magetsi omwe adalepheretsa owukirawo kuti asawone malo oyambira adawapatsa mwayi chifukwa amawona opulumuka ndi asitikali ena aku Turkey akukonzekera kuthamangitsa chiwembucho. Magulu achifwamba a Azzawi adayamba kuwatenga m'modzi-m'modzi, zomwe zidakakamiza anthu aku Turkey kuti abwerere kudera lamdima wa msasa wawo. Azzawi adataya chowombera grenade pambali, ndikutulutsa mawu ake ndikufuula kuti: "Ala tūl!" Sunthani!" Anakweza mfuti yake ya AK-47, nafuula kuti: "Ilha'ūn ī! Nditsateni!" - ndipo adathamangira kumunsi, kuwombera kuchokera m'chiuno.
    
  Panalibe njira ina koma kuthamangira kudutsa malo owunikiridwa opanda munthu kupita kumunsi - anali chandamale chosavuta kwa aliyense mkati. Koma popanda chikwama chake ndi choyambitsa RPG, komanso kuthamanga kwa adrenaline kosakanikirana ndi mantha omwe amadutsa mthupi mwake, kuthamanga mayadi makumi asanu kumawoneka kosavuta. Koma chodabwitsa n"chakuti panalibe kutsutsa kwenikweni.
    
  Panali matupi angapo mu zisa zamfuti zomwe zinawonongedwa, koma sanawone chizindikiro cha zinthu monga fuse za mgodi, zida zotsutsana ndi akasinja, mfuti zolemera zamakina kapena zowombera mabomba, zida zopepuka zokha za ana. Zikuoneka kuti sanayembekezere mavuto ambiri, kapena analibe nthawi yokonzekera bwino. Lingaliro limenelo linalimbikitsidwa patapita nthawi pamene adapeza zipangizo zomangira, konkire, matabwa a nkhungu ndi zida mu milu pafupi.
    
  Pasanathe mphindi zisanu zakumenyana kwapang'onopang'ono, magulu atatu a Azzawi adakumana. Onse atatu anapita patsogolo mosavuta. Anayamikira aliyense wa omenyana nawo pogwirana chanza ndi amayi, kenako anati, "Lipoti langozi."
    
  "Mmodzi waphedwa, atatu avulala," anatero mkulu wa gulu loyambalo. "Akaidi khumi ndi asanu ndi awiri, kuphatikiza wapolisi." Mtsogoleri wina wa gululo adanenanso zomwezo.
    
  "Tili ndi akaidi anayi ovulala komanso asanu ndi atatu," adatero Salih, wothandizira wamkulu wa gulu la Azzawi. "Kodi malo ano ndi chiyani, mkulu wa asilikali? Zinali zophweka kwambiri."
    
  "Zinthu zoyamba, Sadoun," adatero Azzawi. "Ikani mlonda mozungulira pozungulira ngati omwe amawayendera abwerera." Salih anathawa. Iye anauza mkulu wa asilikali aŵiriwo kuti: "Bweretsa msilikali kwa ine," akumangirira mpango kumaso kwake.
    
  Mkaidiyo anali kaputeni wa gulu lankhondo la Turkey. Anakanikizira dzanja lake lamanzere pa bala lomwe linali pa bicep yake yakumanja, ndipo magazi ankatuluka momasuka. "Bweretsani zida zothandizira koyamba kuno," Azzawi adalamula mu Chiarabu. Mu Turkish adafunsa kuti: "Tchulani gululo ndi chandamale apa, kaputeni, ndipo mwachangu."
    
  "Achibwana inu munatsala pang"ono kundiwombera nkono wanga! - adafuula.
    
  Azzawi adakweza mkono wake wakumanzere, ndikulola kuti dzanja la hijab ligwe pansi, ndikuwulula prosthesis yake yakunyumba. "Ndikudziwa momwe zilili, captain," adatero. "Tawonani zomwe Air Force yaku Turkey idandichitira." Ngakhale mumdima wandiweyani, ankangoona msilikaliyo akutulutsa maso modabwa. Ndipo izi nzabwino kwambiri kuposa zomwe mudachitira mwamuna wanga ndi ana anga.
    
  "Iwe Baz! ... - mkuluyo adatuluka. "Mphekeserazo ndi zoona ...!"
    
  Azzawi adachotsa mpangowo kumaso kwake, ndikuwulula mawonekedwe ake onyansa, koma onyada komanso okongola. "Ndinati dzina, gawo ndi ntchito, Captain," adatero. Iye anakweza mfuti yake. "Uyenera kumvetsetsa kuti ndilibe chikhumbo kapena kuthekera kotenga akaidi, kaputeni, ndiye ndikulonjeza kuti ndikupha pompano ndipo ngati sundiyankha." Wapolisiyo anatsitsa mutu wake n"kuyamba kunjenjemera. "Mwayi Womaliza: Mutu, Chigawo ndi Ntchito." Anakweza chidacho m'chiuno mwake ndikuchitulutsa pamalo otetezeka ndikukweza mokweza. Mtendere ukhale nanu, kapitao-"
    
  "Chabwino!" - mkuluyo anafuula. Zinali zoonekeratu kuti sanali wodziwa ntchito kapena wodziwa ntchito-mwinamwake wopalasa pampando kapena khoswe wa labu yemwe anaitanidwa kukagwira ntchito mphindi yomaliza. "Dzina langa ndine Ahmet Yakis, Twenty-third Signal Company, Delta Platoon. Cholinga changa chinali kupanga mgwirizano, ndizo zonse. "
    
  "Njira zolumikizirana?" Ngati akanakhala malo otumizira mauthenga, ndiye kuti akhoza kufotokozera chitetezo chodetsedwa komanso kusakonzekera bwino. "Zachiyani?"
    
  Nthawi yomweyo, wothandizira wamkulu wa gulu Azzawi Sadoun Salih adathamanga. "Mtsogoleri, muyenera kuwona izi," adatero mopumira. Analamula kuti mkaidiyo amange bandeji ndikuonetsetsa kuti watetezedwa, kenako anathawa. Anayenera kudumpha zingwe zambiri zomwe zinakhomeredwa mumsasa wonsewo ndipo anaona lole yaikulu itanyamula chinthu chooneka ngati chotengera chachitsulo chomwe chili ndi zingwe zambiri. Anatsatira mtolo wa zingwe zokwera pang'ono kupita ku mpanda wawukulu wotchingidwa ndi mauna obisala.
    
  Mkati mwa mpanda, Azzawi adapeza galimoto yayikulu yonyamula katundu yokhala ndi squat, thupi lalikulu lachitsulo papulatifomu, komanso ma antenna awiri omwe adatsitsidwa pamtunda wagalimotoyo ndikupindika mumsewu woyenda. "Chabwino, nazi tinyanga zolumikizirana zomwe kaputeni adati amayika," adatero Azzawi. "Ndikuganiza kuti akunena zoona."
    
  "Ayi, ankhondo," adatero Salih. "Ndimazindikira zida izi chifukwa kunyumba ndidayang'anira gulu la anthu aku America omwe adanyamula zinthu zofananira zomwe zidakonzedwa kuti ziteteze kunkhondo yaku Irani ku Iraq. Izi zimatchedwa magulu a antenna masts, omwe amatumiza ma siginecha a ma microwave kuchokera pa radar kupita kumalo opangira zida zoponya. Kumbuyo kwa galimotoyo kuli jenereta yamagetsi... ya batire yolimbana ndi ndege ya Patriot."
    
  "Patriot missile batire?" - Adadandaula Azzawi.
    
  "Ayenera kukhala gulu lakutsogolo lomwe likukhazikitsa malo opangira zida za Patriot," adatero Salih. "Abweretsa radar yayikulu yokhala ndi sikirini yayikulu komanso malo owongolera kuti athe kuwongolera zoyambitsa zingapo zomwe zimafalikira pamtunda wamakilomita ambiri. Izo zonse kwambiri kunyamula; akhoza kugwira ntchito kulikonse."
    
  "Koma chifukwa chiyani anthu aku Turkey padziko lapansi akukhazikitsa zida zowombera ndege pano?" - Anafunsa Azzawi. "Ngati boma la Kurdish ku Iraq silinapange gulu lankhondo, akuteteza ndani?"
    
  "Sindikudziwa," adatero Salih. "Koma kaya anali ndani, ayenera kuti anali akuwuluka kudera la Turkey ndipo aku Turkey adawawombera usiku watha. Ndikudabwa kuti anali ndani?"
    
  "Sindisamala kwenikweni kuti ndi ndani - ngati akumenyana ndi aku Turkey, ndizokwanira kwa ine," adatero Azzawi. "Tiyeni titenge magalimotowa kunyumba. Sindikudziwa kuti ali ndi mtengo wanji, koma amawoneka atsopano ndipo mwina titha kuwagwiritsa ntchito. Osachepera sitiyenera kuyenda mtunda wautali chotere kuti tikafike kunyumba. Ntchito yabwino lero, Sadoun. "
    
  "Zikomo, mkulu. Ndine wokondwa kutumikira pansi pa mtsogoleri wamphamvu wotere. Ndikukhumba tikadawononga kwambiri anthu aku Turkey, ngakhale ... "
    
  "Kudula kulikonse kumawafooketsa pang'ono," adatero Zilar. "Ndife owerengeka, koma ngati tipitilizabe kudulira pang'ono izi, tidzapambana."
    
    
  ÇANKAYA K Ö ŞK Ü, ANKARA, REPUBLIC OF TURKEY
  PATAMPO TSIKU LIJA
    
    
  "Malipoti oyambilira anali oona, bwana," atero a General Orhan Sahin, mlembi wamkulu wa National Security Council ku Turkey, akudutsa tsitsi lake lakuda lamchenga. "Zigawenga za PKK zidaba zida zingapo za batire ya Patriot yopita kumlengalenga, monga gulu la tinyanga, jenereta ndi zingwe."
    
  "Zodabwitsa, zosaneneka," anadandaula motero Purezidenti Kurzat Hirsiz. Anaitanitsa bungwe lake la National Security Council kuti lisinthe ndondomeko ya ntchito ya Iraq, koma zinthu zinkawoneka kuti zikuipiraipira tsiku ndi tsiku ndipo adawopseza kuti sangalamulire. "Zomwe zachitika?"
    
  "Dzulo usiku m'mawa kwambiri, gulu la PKK, lomwe limatsogozedwa ndi gulu lachigawenga lomwe limatcha Hawk, linaukira likulu la Patriot lomwe linali kukhazikitsidwa pafupi ndi tawuni ya Beitusebap," adatero Shahin. "Zigawenga zinapha asanu, kuvulaza khumi ndi aŵiri ndi kumanga ena onse. Asilikali athu onse ndi zida zathu zimawerengedwa - sanatenge akaidi, zomwe zikutanthauza kuti mwina anali gulu loyang'anira kapena kulondera, osati gulu lankhondo. Anathawa ndi zigawo zazikulu za batire ya Patriot missile, yomwe inali yokwera pamagalimoto kuti ikhale yosavuta, zigawo zomwe zimalola likulu kuti lilankhule ndi malo otsegulira akutali. Mwamwayi, galimoto ya ogwira ntchitoyo komanso oyendetsa misisi analibe. "
    
  "Kodi ndiyenera kumasuka ndi izi?" Hirsiz anakuwa. "Chitetezo chinali kuti? Izi zingachitike bwanji?"
    
  "Pansi pake panalibe zida zonse, kotero kunalibe mipanda kapena zotchinga kuzungulira kuzungulira," adatero Sahin. "Asilikali achitetezo okha ndi omwe anali pamalopo - ena onse adatumizidwa kuti akafufuze zinyalala zomwe zidachitika usiku watha."
    
  "O Mulungu wanga," Hirsiz adachita mantha. Adatembenukira kwa Prime Minister Akas. "Tiyenera kuchita izi, Icy, ndipo tiyenera kuchita tsopano," iye anamuuza iye. "Tiyenera kufulumizitsa ntchito ku Iraq. Ndikufuna kulengeza za ngozi yapadziko lonse. Muyenera kunyengerera a Grand National Assembly kuti alengeze nkhondo pa Chipani cha Kurdistan Workers 'Party ndi magulu onse ogwirizana nawo m'chigawo choyandikana ndi Turkey ndikulamula kuti anthu othawa kwawo alembetse usilikali.
    
  "Uku ndi misala, Kurzat," adatero Akas. "Palibe chifukwa cholengeza za ngozi. Aliyense amene amafalitsa mphekesera imeneyi atsekedwe m"ndende. Ndipo mungalengeze bwanji nkhondo pa fuko? Kodi iyi ndi Germany ya Nazi?"
    
  "Ngati simukufuna kutenga nawo mbali, Prime Minister, muyenera kusiya ntchito," adatero Minister of National Defense Hasan Jizek. "Mabungwe ena onse ali kumbali ya pulezidenti. Muli m'njira yoti opareshoniyi ichitike kwathunthu. Tikufuna mgwirizano wa National Assembly ndi anthu aku Turkey. "
    
  "Ndipo sindikugwirizana ndi dongosololi, komanso aphungu omwe ndidalankhula nawo popanda zitseko," adatero Akas. "Tonsefe timanyansidwa ndikukhumudwitsidwa ndi kuwukira kwa PKK, koma kuwukira Iraq si njira yothetsera vutoli. Ndipo ngati wina atule pansi udindo, Minister ndi inuyo. PKK yalowa mu Jandarma, kuba zida zamtengo wapatali, ndipo ikuyendayenda m'dziko lonselo. Ine sindisiya ntchito. Ndikuwoneka kuti ndi mawu okhawo oganiza pano. "
    
  "Chifukwa?" Jizek anali akulira. "Mumayima pamenepo ndikuyitanitsa misonkhano ndi zokambirana pomwe aku Turkey akuphedwa. Kodi chifukwa chake chili kuti? Iye anatembenukira kwa Hirsiz. "Tikuwononga nthawi kuno, bwana," anakalipa kwambiri. "Sadzatsatira. Ndinakuuzani kuti ndi chitsiru chopanda ubongo. Ayenera kukana m'malo mochita zoyenera kupulumutsa dziko. "
    
  "Muli bwanji, Dzizek?" Adakuwa modabwa ndi mawu ake akas. "Ndine Prime Minister waku Turkey!"
    
  "Ndimvereni, Icy," anatero Hirsiz. "Sindingachite izi popanda iwe. Takhala limodzi kwa zaka zambiri ku Ankara, ku National Assembly komanso ku Cankaya. Dziko lathu lazingidwa. Sitingathenso kulankhula."
    
  "Ndikukulonjezani, Purezidenti, ndidzachita zonse zomwe ndingathe kuti dziko lapansi lizindikire kuti tikufunikira thandizo kuti tiletse PKK," adatero Akas. "Musalole chidani chanu ndi kukhumudwa kwanu kukutsogolereni pa zosankha zoipa kapena kuchita zinthu mopupuluma." Anayandikira pafupi ndi Hirsiz. "Republic ikudalira ife, Kurzat."
    
  Hirsiz ankaoneka ngati munthu amene anamenyedwa ndi kuzunzidwa kwa masiku ambiri. Anagwedeza mutu. "Ukunena zoona, Icy," iye anatero. "Republic ikudalira ife." Anatembenukira kwa mkulu wa asilikali, General Abdulla Guzlev: "Chitani, General."
    
  "Inde, bwana," adatero Guzlev, adapita patebulo la Purezidenti ndikunyamula foni.
    
  "Tichite chiyani, Kurzat?" Anafunsa Akas.
    
  "Ndikufulumizitsa kutumiza magulu ankhondo," adatero Hirsiz. "Tikhala okonzeka kuyamba opareshoni m'masiku ochepa."
    
  "Simungathe kuyambitsa zankhondo popanda kulengeza zankhondo ndi National Assembly," adatero Akas. "Ndikukutsimikizirani, sitinavotebe. Ndipatseni nthawi yambiri. Ndikukhulupirira kuti ndikhoza kutsimikizira-"
    
  "Sitidzafunika mavoti, Ice," adatero Hirsiz, "chifukwa ndikulengeza zadzidzidzi ndikuthetsa Nyumba Yamalamulo."
    
  Maso a Akas adatuluka m'mabokosi ndi mantha. "Ndinu chani...?"
    
  "Tilibe chochita, Ice ¸e."
    
  "Ife? Mukutanthauza alangizi anu ankhondo? General Ozek? Ndi alangizi ako tsopano?"
    
  "Zimenezi zimafuna kuchitapo kanthu, Hei, osalankhula," adatero Hirsiz. Ndinkakhulupirira kuti mutithandiza, koma ndili wokonzeka kuchitapo kanthu popanda inu.
    
  "Osachita izi, Kurzat," adatero Akas. "Ndikudziwa kuti zinthu zavuta, koma musamachite zinthu mopupuluma. Ndiloleni ndipemphe thandizo la Amereka ndi United Nations. Amatimvera chisoni. Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti waku America amvera. Koma mukachita izi, tidzataya thandizo lililonse kwa aliyense. "
    
  "Pepani, Icy," anatero Hirsiz. "Zatheka. Mutha kudziwitsa a National Assembly ndi Supreme Court ngati mukufuna, kapena nditero. "
    
  "Ayi, ndi udindo wanga," adatero Akas. "Ndiwauza za ululu umene mukukumana nawo chifukwa cha imfa ya nzika zambiri za Turkey chifukwa cha PKK."
    
  "Zikomo".
    
  "Ndidzawauzanso kuti mkwiyo wanu ndi kukhumudwa kwanu zakuchititsani misala ndi kuledzera magazi," adatero Akas. Ndidzawauza kuti alangizi anu ankhondo akukuuzani zomwe akufuna kuti mumve m'malo mwa zomwe muyenera kumva. Ndiwauza kuti sindiwe wekha pompano."
    
  "Usachite izi, Icy," anatero Hirsiz. "Zingakhale zosakhulupirika kwa ine ndi Turkey. Ndimachita izi chifukwa zikuyenera kuchitika ndipo ndi udindo wanga. "
    
  "Kodi sichoncho, monga amanenera, chiyambi cha misala, Kurzat: kunena kuti muli ndi udindo?" Anafunsa Akas. "Kodi izi ndi zimene olamulira ankhanza onse ndi anthu amphamvu amanena? Izi ndi zomwe Evren adanena mu 1980 kapena Tagma & # 231; ananena pamaso pake pamene iwo anathetsa Nyumba Yamalamulo ndi kulanda boma mu kulanda asilikali? Pitani ku gehena ".
    
    
  MUTU WACHISANU
    
    
  Musadikire kuti kuwala kuwoneke kumapeto kwa ngalandeyo - tulukani kumeneko ndikuyatsa chinthu choyipa nokha.
    
  -DARA HENDERSON, WOLEMBA
    
    
    
  NAKHLA ALLIED AIR BASE, IRAQ
  TSIKU LOTSATIRA
    
    
  "Ndi chipwirikiti ndi chisokonezo kunja uko ku Ankara, Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti," Secretary of State Stacy Ann Barbeau adatero kuchokera ku ofesi yake ku Washington kudzera pa msonkhano wapakanema wotetezedwa. Panalinso Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti Ken Phoenix pamsonkhano ndi atsogoleri a Iraq ndi kazembe wa US ku Baghdad; ndi Col. Jack Wilhelm, mkulu wa asilikali a US kumpoto kwa Iraq ku Nakhla Allied Air Base pafupi ndi mzinda wakumpoto wa Mosul. "Prime Minister waku Turkey mwiniwake adayitanira kazembe wathu pamphasa kuti atikankhire bulu chifukwa chakuphwanya malo a ndege ndi ndege yaku America, koma tsopano adakhala ndikudikirira pamalo olandirira alendo ali ndi chitetezo chambiri chifukwa chaphokoso lachitetezo."
    
  "Amati chiyani ku ambassy, Stacy?" Phoenix anafunsa. "Kodi akukumana ndi kazembe?"
    
  "Mafoni am'manja pakadali pano ali pansi, koma kuzimitsa kwakhala chizolowezi kwa masiku angapo kutsatira mphekesera za ngozi, Bambo Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti," adatero Barbeau. "Wailesi ya boma ndi wailesi yakanema inafotokoza zionetsero zambiri zosonyeza kutsutsa komanso zotsutsa boma la Hirsiz, koma kwakukulukulu zinali zamtendere ndipo apolisi anali kulimbana nazo. Asilikali anachita mwakachetechete. Panali zochitika zina zowomberana ku Pink Palace, koma a Guard a Purezidenti akuti Purezidenti ali otetezeka ndipo alankhula ndi mtunduwo lero lino. "
    
  "Ndizo zomwe ndidauzidwa ku ofesi ya kazembe kuno ku Baghdad," adatero Phoenix. "Baghdad ili ndi nkhawa ndi nkhani zosokoneza koma sizinakweze chenjezo."
    
  "Ndikufuna kufotokozera zomwe zidachitika kumalire a Iraq ndi Turkey, Colonel Wilhelm," adatero Barbeau. "Anthu aku Turkey akuti adaponya ndege ya kazitape yaku America kudera lawo ndipo apenga."
    
  "Ndingatsimikizire aliyense kuti ndege zonse zaku America, zopanda munthu kapena ayi, zimawerengedwa, amayi," adatero Wilhelm, "ndipo palibe ndege imodzi yomwe sitinaphonye."
    
  "Kodi awa akuphatikizapo makontrakitala anu, Colonel?" Barbeau anafunsa molunjika.
    
  "Ndiko kulondola, madam."
    
  "Ndani amawongolera ndege zowunikira anthu zomwe zikuyenda m'malire? Kodi ili ndi bungwe lapadziko lonse la Scion Aviation?"
    
  "Inde, amayi. Amawulutsa ndege ziwiri zazikulu komanso zaukadaulo wapamwamba kwambiri, ndipo amakopa ma drones ang'onoang'ono kuti athandizire ntchito yawo. "
    
  "Ndikufuna kulankhula ndi nthumwi pompano."
    
  "Wakonzeka, amayi. General?
    
  "General"?
    
  "Mnyamata wa Scion ndi wamkulu wa Air Force wopuma pantchito, amayi." Maso a Barbeau adaphethira ndi chisokonezo; mwachiwonekere analibe chidziwitso chimenecho. "Ambiri mwa makontrakitala athu adapuma pantchito kapena akale ankhondo."
    
  "Chabwino, ali kuti? Kodi samagwira nanu kumeneko, Mtsamunda?"
    
  "Nthawi zambiri samagwira ntchito kuchokera ku Command and Control Center," Wilhelm anafotokoza, "koma paulendo wa pandege. Analumikiza ndege yake ndi netiweki ya Triple-C ndi zinthu zathu zochepa zomwe zidatsala.
    
  "Sindikudziwa zomwe wanena, Mtsamunda," Barbeau adadandaula, "ndipo ndikhulupilira kuti munthu wa Scion atha kuyang'anitsitsa ndikutipatsa mayankho. Lumikizani ndi mzere tsopano. "
    
  Pomwepo, zenera latsopano lidatsegulidwa pazenera la msonkhano wa kanema ndipo a Patrick McLanahan, atavala chovala chotuwa chotuwa pamalaya oyera, adagwedeza mutu pa kamera. "Patrick McLanahan, Scion Aviation International, ali otetezeka."
    
  "McLanahan?" Stacy Barbeau anaphulika, akukwera pang'ono pampando wake. "Kodi a Patrick McLanahan ndi kontrakitala wachitetezo ku Iraq?"
    
  "Nanenso ndasangalala kukuwonani, Abiti Secretary," adatero Patrick. "Ndimaganiza kuti Secretary Turner adakudziwitsani za kasamalidwe ka Scion."
    
  Adaletsa kumwetulira pomwe amawona Barbeau akuvutikira kuwongolera malingaliro ake ndi minofu yake yodzipereka. Nthawi yomaliza yomwe adamuwona anali osakwana zaka ziwiri zapitazo, akadali senate wamkulu ku Louisiana komanso wapampando wa Komiti ya Senate Armed Services. Patrick, yemwe adabwerako mwachinsinsi kuchokera ku Armstrong Space Station, komwe adamangidwa, adayang'anira kukwezedwa kwa Barbeau m'ndege ya XR-A9 Black Stallion kuti amutenge kuchokera ku Elliott Air Force Base ku Nevada kupita ku Naval Air Station Patuxent River. Maryland - ndege yomwe idatenga maola ochepera awiri.
    
  Zachidziwikire, Barbeau sanakumbukire chilichonse mwa izi chifukwa Patrick adamunyengerera Hunter "Boomer" Noble kenako adamupatsa mankhwala mu hotelo ya kasino ku Las Vegas pokonzekera ulendo wake waufupi kupita mumlengalenga.
    
  Patrick yemwe anali ndi matabwa onyamula zida zankhondo ndi zida zankhondo za cybernetic kenako adamulowetsa kunyumba ya Purezidenti ku Camp David, ndikugonjetsa Secret Service ndi asitikali achitetezo aku US Navy, ndikuyambitsa mkangano pakati pa iye ndi Purezidenti Joseph Gardner pazatsogolo la amuna ndi akazi. omwe adapanga US Space Defense Force. , yomwe Purezidenti anali wokonzeka kupereka nsembe kuti apange mtendere ndi Russia. Posinthana ndi kusaulula zomwe Gardner adachita mwachinsinsi ndi aku Russia, Purezidenti adavomera kuti aliyense wapansi pa McLanahan yemwe sanafune kutumikira pansi pa Gardner kuti achotsedwe mwaulemu pantchito yankhondo ...
    
  ...ndipo Patrick anaonetsetsa kuti Pulezidenti apitirize mgwirizano, kutenga nawo gulu lonse lotsala la amuna asanu ndi limodzi a malata ndi machitidwe awiri omenyana ndi makanda a cybernetic, komanso zida zosinthira, zida zankhondo ndi mapulani opangira. Njira zotsogola zotsogola zankhondo zidatsimikizira kale kuti zitha kugonjetsa asitikali aku Russia ndi aku Iran, komanso US Navy SEALs, ndikulowa m'malo okhala apulezidenti omwe amatetezedwa kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi-Patrick adadziwa kuti ali ndi chithandizo chodalirika ngati Purezidenti angayesetse kupeza. kuchotsa vuto lake ndi McLanahan.
    
  "Kodi pali vuto pano, Abiti Secretary?" Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti Phoenix adafunsa. "Ndikudziwa kuti mudakumanapo ndi General McLanahan."
    
  "Ndikutsimikizirani, takonzekera zidziwitso zonse zoyenera ndi zofunsira - ndidazichita ndekha kudzera mu Air Force Civil Support Agency," adatero Patrick. "Palibe kutsutsana ndi-"
    
  "Kodi tingathe kuthetsa izi?" Stacy Ann Barbeau adatuluka mokwiya. Patrick anamwetulira yekha; ankadziwa kuti katswiri wandale ngati Barbeau amadziwa kukhala muno ndi pano, ngakhale atadabwa bwanji. "General, ndizabwino kukuwonani wathanzi komanso wansangala. Ndikadadziwa kuti kupuma pantchito sikungatanthauze mpando wogwedezeka pakhonde kwa munthu ngati inu. "
    
  "Ndikuganiza kuti umandidziwanso bwino, Abiti Secretary."
    
  "Ndipo ndikudziwanso kuti simuchita manyazi kulowa m'mizere, ndipo nthawi zina mumadutsa phazi limodzi kapena awiri, pofuna kuti ntchitoyo ithe," Barbeau adapitilizabe. "Talandira madandaulo kuchokera kwa anthu aku Turkey okhudza ndege zozembera, mwina zopanda munthu, zikuwuluka mumlengalenga waku Turkey popanda chilolezo. Pepani bwana chifukwa chonena izi, koma zala zanu zili paliponse. Munatani kwenikweni?"
    
  "Mgwirizano wa Scion ndikupereka zowunikira zophatikizika, kusonkhanitsa zidziwitso, kuwunikira komanso kutumiza ma data kumalire a Iraq ndi Turkey," adatero Patrick. "Njira yathu yayikulu ya ntchitoyi ndi ndege ya XC-57 yonyamula magawo ambiri, yomwe ndi ndege ya turbofan yokhala ndi anthu kapena yopanda anthu yomwe imatha kukhala ndi ma module osiyanasiyana kuti isinthe magwiridwe ake. Timagwiritsanso ntchito ma drones ang'onoang'ono omwe ...
    
  "Pepani, General," adatero Barbeau. "Kodi mudawoloka malire a Iraq ndi Turkey kapena ayi?"
    
  "Ayi, amayi, sitinachite zimenezo-ndipo osati ndi iliyonse ya ndege zathu."
    
  "Kodi izi zikutanthauza chiyani?"
    
  "Anthu aku Turkey adawombera pamwala womwe tidawamwetsera kuti adziwe Patriot ndikutsata makompyuta kudzera pa radar yawo," adatero.
    
  "Ndinadziwa! Munakwiyitsadi anthu a ku Turkey kuti aziponya mivi yawo!"
    
  "Mbali ina ya ntchito yathu yaukadaulo ndikusanthula ndikuyika ziwopsezo zonse paudindowu," adatero Patrick. "Pambuyo pa kuwukira kwa Second Regiment ku Zakho, ndimawona kuti gulu lankhondo la Turkey ndi alonda akumalire akuwopseza."
    
  "Sindikuyenera kukukumbutsani, General, kuti dziko la Turkey ndilofunika kwambiri ku NATO komanso m'chigawo chonse - si adani," adatero Barbeau mwachidwi. Zinali zoonekeratu kwa aliyense amene ankaganiza kuti mdaniyo analidi. "Ogwirizana sakusinthana ma radar, kuwakakamiza kuwononga mizinga yamtengo wa madola mamiliyoni awiri kuthamangitsa mizukwa, ndikufalitsa mantha ndi kusakhulupirirana m'dera lomwe lili ndi mantha akulu. Sindikulolani kuti musokoneze zoyesayesa zathu zaukazembe kuti mutha kuyesa chida chatsopano kapena kupanga ndalama kwa omwe akukugulitsani. "
    
  "Madam Secretary, aku Turkey asuntha mabatire awo a Patriot kupita kumadzulo kuti akakumane ndi Iraq, osati Iran yokha," adatero Patrick. "Kodi aku Turkey adatiuza za izi?"
    
  "Sindinabwere kudzayankha mafunso anu, General. Mwabwera kudzayankha mafunso anga! "...
    
  "Madam Secretary, tikudziwanso kuti a Turks ali ndi zida zazitali zazitali zofanana ndi zomwe adagwiritsa ntchito pomenya nkhondo ya Second Regiment ku Zakho," adatero Patrick. "Ndikufuna kuwona zomwe aku Turkey akukonzekera. Kugwedezeka mu ulamuliro wawo waukulu wankhondo, ndipo tsopano kutayika kwa kuyankhulana kuchokera ku ambassy, kundiuza kuti chinachake chikuchitika, mwinamwake chinachake chachikulu. Ndikupangira ife-"
    
  "Ndikhululukireni, General, koma sindiri pano kuti ndimvere malingaliro anu," Secretary of State Barbeau adalowererapo. "Ndiwe makontilakitala, osati nduna kapena wogwira ntchito. Tsopano ndimvereni, General: Ndikufuna zonse zomwe mwatsata, zithunzi za radar ndi china chilichonse chomwe mwatolera kuyambira pomwe kampani yanu idasaina mgwirizano. Ndikufuna-"
    
  "Pepani amayi, koma sindingathe kukupatsani," Patrick anatero.
    
  "Mwandiuza chiyani?"
    
  "Ndinati, Madam Secretary, sindingakupatseni chilichonse mwa izi," Patrick adabwereza. "Zidziwitsozo ndi za US Central Command - muyenera kuwafunsa."
    
  "Osasewera ndi ine, McLanahan. Ndiyenera kufotokozera zomwe mudachita ku Ankara. Zikuwoneka kuti iyi ikhala nkhani ina ya makontrakitala omwe adutsa malire awo ndikudziyimira pawokha. Ndalama zilizonse zomwe a Turks apanga pazochita zanu zichokera m'thumba lanu, osati ku US Treasury."
    
  "Izi zidzagamulidwa ndi khoti," adatero Patrick. "Pakadali pano, zomwe timasonkhanitsa ndi za Central Command kapena aliyense amene angafune kuzilandira, monga Second Regiment. Ndiwo okha amene angasankhe amene adzalandira. Chidziwitso china chilichonse kapena zinthu zomwe sizinalembedwe ndi mgwirizano ndi boma ndi za Scion Aviation International ndipo sindingathe kuulula kwa aliyense popanda mgwirizano kapena khothi. "
    
  "Mukufuna kusewera nane masewera olimba, abambo, chabwino," adatero Barbeau. "Ndikusumira iwe ndi kampani yako mwachangu kwambiri mutu wako udzazungulira. Pakalipano, ndikupempha Mlembi wa boma Turner kuti asiye mgwirizano wanu kuti titsimikizire ku boma la Turkey kuti izi sizidzachitikanso. Patrick sanalankhule kalikonse. "Colonel Wilhelm, ndikupangira Pentagon kuti muyambirenso ntchito zachitetezo m'malire mpaka titalemba ntchito wina woti atilowe m'malo. Dikirani malamulo ena okhudza nkhaniyi."
    
  "Inde, madam." Barbeau adathamangira kumbuyo kwa dzanja lake pa kamera yake ndipo chithunzi chake chidasowa. "Zikomo, General," anatero Wilhelm mokwiya. "Ndili pachimake pano. Zinditengera milungu kuti nditumize zina, kubwerera ndi kumasula zida, ndi kulinganizanso kulondera."
    
  "Tilibe masabata, Colonel, tili ndi masiku," adatero Patrick. "Bambo Vice President, ndikunong"oneza bondo chifukwa cha mkangano womwe ndinayambitsa, koma taphunzira zambiri. Türkiye akukonzekera chinachake. Tiyenera kukonzekera izi. "
    
  "Monga chiyani? Kodi malingaliro anu ndi otani okhudza kuwukira Iraq?"
    
  "Inde, bwana".
    
  "Chachitika ndi chiyani kuti uganize kuti kuwukira uku kwayandikira?"
    
  "Zambiri zachitika, bwana," Patrick anayankha. "Kuwunika kwa Scion komwe kukuwonetsa kuti a Turks tsopano ali ndi asitikali ankhondo a Gendarma zikwi makumi awiri mphambu zisanu mkati mwaulendo wamasiku atatu wa Mosul ndi Erbil, ndi magawo ena atatu - oyenda oyenda pansi 100,000, zida zankhondo ndi zida zankhondo - mkati mwa ulendo wa sabata."
    
  "Magawo atatu?"
    
  "Inde, bwana, ndi asilikali ochuluka monga momwe United States inalili ku Iraq panthawi ya Operation Iraqi Freedom, kupatulapo anthu a ku Turkey ali kumpoto," adatero Patrick. "Ankhondo apansi awa amathandizidwa ndi gulu lankhondo lalikulu kwambiri komanso lotsogola kwambiri pakati pa Russia ndi Germany. Wolowa nyumbayo amakhulupirira kuti ali okonzeka kumenya. Kusiya ntchito kwaposachedwa kwa utsogoleri wa gulu lankhondo la Turkey komanso chisokonezo chaposachedwa komanso kutayika kwa ofesi ya kazembe ku Ankara zikutsimikizira mantha anga. "
    
  Panali kupuma kwa nthawi yayitali pamzere; Patrick adawona Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti atatsamira pampando wake ndikusisita kumaso ndi maso - mwa chisokonezo, mantha, kukayikira, kusakhulupirira, kapena zonse zinayi, sanadziwe. Kenako: "General, sindimakudziwani bwino mukamagwira ntchito ku White House," adatero Phoenix. "Zambiri zomwe ndikudziwa ndi zomwe ndidamva ku Oval Office ndi Cabinet Room, nthawi zambiri munthu akakukwiyirani. Muli ndi mbiri ya zinthu ziwiri: kukwiyitsa anthu ambiri ... ndikupereka nthawi yake, kusanthula kolondola.
    
  "Ndilankhula ndi Purezidenti ndikupangira kuti Mlembi Barbeau ndi ine tipite ku Turkey kukakumana ndi Purezidenti Hirsiz ndi Prime Minister Akash," adatero. "Stacy atha kukhala ndi udindo wopepesa. Ndifunsa Purezidenti Hirsiz zomwe zikuchitika, zomwe akuganiza, momwe zinthu zilili pazandale komanso mwanzeru zachitetezo, komanso zomwe United States ingachite kuti ithandizire. Zinthu zikuwonekeratu kuti sizikuyenda bwino, ndipo kungolengeza kuti PKK ndi gulu lachigawenga sikokwanira. Tiyenera kuchita zambiri kuti tithandizire Republic of Turkey.
    
  "Ndikupangiranso, General, kuti muloledwe kupitiriza kuyang'anira malire a Iraq ndi Turkey," Phoenix anapitiriza. "Sindikuganiza kuti agula, koma ngati Mtsamunda Wilhelm anganene kuti patenga milungu ingapo kuti abwererenso, tilibe zosankha zambiri. Mwachiwonekere, sipadzakhalanso zochita zotsutsana ndi a Turkey popanda chilolezo chapadera kuchokera ku Pentagon kapena White House. Chabwino?"
    
  "Inde, bwana".
    
  "Chabwino. Colonel Wilhelm, Secretary of State Barbeau sali mgulu la olamulira anu, inenso sindili. Muyenera kumaliza seti yanu yomaliza yamaoda. Koma ndingalimbikitse kutenga malo odzitchinjiriza ndikukonzekera chilichonse, ngati chiphunzitso cha general chikachitika. Sindikudziwa kuti mudzalandira machenjezo angati. Pepani chifukwa cha chisokonezo, koma nthawi zina ndi momwe zimakhalira."
    
  "Ndizimene zimachitika nthawi zambiri, bwana," adatero Wilhelm. "Uthenga wamveka."
    
  "Ndidzalumikizana. Zikomo mabwana." Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti adagwedeza mutu wina wopanda kamera, ndipo mawonekedwe ake oda nkhawa komanso osagwirizana adasowa.
    
    
  OVAL OFFICE, WHITE HOUSE, WASHINGTON, DC.
  PATAPITA KANTHAWI YOCHEPA
    
    
  "Patrick McLanahan ku Iraq!" - Mlembi wa boma a Stacey Ann Barbeau adafuula pamene akulowa mu Oval Office. "Ndinangolankhula naye pamsonkhano ndi Phoenix ndi Asitikali. McLanahan amayang'anira zowunikiranso zamlengalenga kumpoto kwa Iraq! Kodi gehena angawoneke bwanji ku Iraq popanda ife kudziwa za izo?"
    
  "Upumule, Stacy Ann, masuka," adatero Purezidenti Joseph Gardner. Anamwetulira, namasula tayi yake natsamira pampando wake. Umawoneka wokongola kwambiri ukakhala wokwiya.
    
  "Mutani ndi McLanahan, Joe? Ndinkaganiza kuti asowa, kusamukira m'nyumba ina ku Vegas, kusewera ndi mwana wake, kupita kukapha nsomba kapena zina. Sikuti sanangosowa, koma tsopano akusokoneza madzi pakati pa Iraq ndi Turkey. "
    
  "Ndikudziwa. Ndinalandira mwachidule kuchokera kwa Conrad. Izi ndi zomwe Stacy uyu amachita. Osadandaula za iye. Chakutalilaho, ahanjikilenga lwola lwosena, oloze tunahase kumulweza. Ilibenso gulu lake lankhondo laukadaulo laukadaulo lomenyera nkhondo. "
    
  "Wamva zomwe anandiuza? Amakana kupereka deta yake ku Dipatimenti ya Boma! Ndikufuna kuti aponyedwe m'ndende, Joe!"
    
  "Ndinati, pumula, Stacy," adatero Gardner. "Sindichita chilichonse chomwe chingabweretse dzina la McLanahan m'manyuzipepala. Aliyense anamuiwala, ndipo ndimakonda njira iyi. Tiyesetsa kumutengera kukhothi la federal chifukwa choyika zithunzi zabodza za radar kuti anyenge anthu aku Turkey, ndipo tidzamupanganso kukhala ngwazi yapa media. Tidikirira mpaka achite china chake choyipa kwambiri ndiyeno timugwetse pansi."
    
  "Mnyamata uyu ndi nkhani yoyipa, Joe," adatero Barbeau. "Anatinyazitsa tonse, zanyansi pa ife ndi kutisisita mphuno zathu mmenemo. Tsopano ali ndi mgwirizano waukulu waboma ndipo akuwuluka kumpoto kwa Iraq. " Anakhala kaye kaye pang'ono, kenako adafunsa, "Kodi akadali ndi maloboti omwe ...?"
    
  "Inde, monga ndikudziwira, akadali nawo," Purezidenti adatero. "Sindinaiwale za iwo. Ndili ndi gulu logwira ntchito ku FBI lomwe likuwunika malipoti apolisi padziko lonse lapansi kufunafuna mboni. Tsopano popeza tikudziwa kuti akugwira ntchito ku Iraq, tikulitsa kusaka kwathu kumeneko. Tiwapeza."
    
  "Sindikumvetsa kuti mungamulole bwanji kusunga zinthu zimenezi. Ndi a boma la US, osati McLanahan. "
    
  "Ukudziwa bwino chifukwa chake, Stacy," adatero Gardner mokwiya. "McLanahan ali ndi dothi lokwanira tonsefe kuti tithe kumaliza ntchito zathu m'kuphethira kwa diso. Maloboti ndi mtengo wochepa wolipira chifukwa chakukhala chete kwake. Ngati mnyamatayo akuwononga mizinda kapena kuba mabanki nawo, ndimayika patsogolo kuwapeza, koma gulu la FBI silinanene zowona kapena kupeza malangizo okhudza iwo. McLanahan ndi wanzeru ndikusunga zinthu izi. "
    
  "Sindikukhulupirira kuti ali ndi zida zamphamvu ngati maloboti ndi zida zankhondo kapena chilichonse ndipo sanazigwiritse ntchito."
    
  "Monga ndinanena, iye ndi wanzeru. Koma nthawi yoyamba imene aulula zinthu zimenezi, gulu langa lantchito lidzamuukira."
    
  "N"chifukwa chiyani akutenga nthawi yaitali chonchi? Malobotiwo anali aatali mamita 10 ndipo anali amphamvu ngati akasinja! Anawagwiritsa ntchito kupha Purezidenti waku Russia kunyumba kwake ndipo kenako adawagwiritsa ntchito kuthyola Camp David!
    
  "Pali owerengeka chabe, ndipo malinga ndi zomwe ndauzidwa, amakhazikika ndipo ndi osavuta kubisala," Purezidenti adatero. "Koma ndikuganiza chifukwa chachikulu chomwe sanatero chifukwa McLanahan ali ndi anzawo amphamvu omwe akusokeretsa ofufuza."
    
  "Monga ndani?"
    
  "Sindikudziwa ... komabe," adatero Gardner. "Wina wokonda ndale, wamphamvu zokwanira kuti amagulitsa ndalama kuti agule zida zamakono monga ndege ya akazitape iyi, komanso wodziwa bwino ku Capitol Hill ndi Pentagon kuti apeze makontrakitala aboma ndikutsata malamulo otumiza kunja kwaukadaulo."
    
  "Ndikuganiza kuti muthetse makontrakitala ake ndikumutumizira katundu. Munthu uyu ndi woopsa."
    
  "Samatiletsa, akugwira ntchito ku Iraq zomwe zimandilola kuti nditulutse asilikali kumeneko mofulumira - ndipo sindikufuna kudzuka m'mawa wina ndikupeza imodzi mwa malobotiwa itaima pamwamba panga m'chipinda changa," adatero Gardner. "Iwalani za McLanahan. M'kupita kwa nthawi adzachita manyazi ndiyeno tikhoza kumutulutsa ... mwakachetechete."
    
    
  LIKULU KU chigawo cha GANDARMA, VAN, REPUBLIC OF TURKEY
  M'MAWA M'MAWA
    
    
  Likulu lachigawo chakum'mawa la chitetezo cha mkati mwa Turkey, Candarma, linali pafupi ndi Van Airport, kum'mwera chakum'mawa kwa mzindawu komanso pafupi ndi Nyanja ya Van. Likulu lalikulu linali ndi nyumba zinayi zosanjikizana zitatu zomwe zinali ndi bwalo lalikulu, malo odyera, ndi malo okhala pakati. Kutsidya lina la malo oimikapo magalimoto chakumpoto chakum"maŵa kunali nyumba imodzi yansanjika zinayi imene inali m"ndendemo. Kum"mwera chakum"maŵa kwa likululo kunali nyumba za asilikali, sukulu yophunziriramo, mabwalo amasewera ndi malo oombera.
    
  Nyumba ya malikulu inali pa Ipek Golu Avenue, msewu waukulu wolumikiza mzindawu ndi bwalo la ndege. Chifukwa chakuti likululo linamenyedwa kaŵirikaŵiri ndi anthu odutsa-kaŵirikaŵiri miyala kapena zinyalala zoponyedwa panyumbayo, koma nthaŵi zina mfuti kapena kanyumba ka Molotov akumawombera pawindo-mbali ya nyumbayo moyang"anizana ndi Avenue NW, Summerbank Street SE kumadzulo. ndi Ayak Street kumpoto chakum'mawa, adazunguliridwa ndi khoma la konkriti lolimba la mapazi khumi, okongoletsedwa ndi zojambula ndi zojambulajambula, komanso ma graphite otsutsana ndi Jandarma. Mazenera onse a mbali imeneyo anali opangidwa ndi magalasi osaloŵerera zipolopolo.
    
  Kumbali ya kum'mwera chakum'mawa kunalibe makoma oteteza ngati amenewo; Phokoso lamfuti pamayendedwe usana ndi usiku, kupezeka kosalekeza kwa apolisi ndi ophunzitsidwa ku Jandarma, komanso mtunda wawukulu wotseguka pakati pa nyumbayo ndi nyumba zazikuluzikulu zimatanthauza kuti malo ozungulirawo anali mpanda wowala wa mapazi khumi ndi awiri wokhala ndi mingaminga. waya, wolondera ndi makamera ndi kulondera panyanja m'magalimoto onyamula katundu . Malo ozungulira malowa anali mafakitale opepuka; Malo okhala pafupi kwambiri anali nyumba yogona midadada inayi, komwe kumakhala maofesala a Jandarma ndi ogwira ntchito kusukulu ndi aphunzitsi.
    
  Sukuluyi inaphunzitsa akuluakulu azamalamulo ku Turkey konse. Omaliza maphunzirowa adatumizidwa m'madipatimenti apolisi amzinda kapena zigawo, kapena adapitilira maphunziro opitilira apo kuti akhale maofesala a Gendarma, kapena adachita maphunziro apamwamba owongolera zipolowe, zida zapadera ndi njira zamaukadaulo, kutaya mabomba, ntchito zolimbana ndi uchigawenga, nzeru, kuletsa mankhwala osokoneza bongo ndi zina zambiri. zapadera.. Sukuluyi inali ndi antchito ndi aphunzitsi zana limodzi, ndipo chiwerengero cha ophunzira okhalamo chinali pafupifupi chikwi.
    
  Pamodzi ndi mfuti zochokera m'magulu amfuti, wina wokhazikika ku Jandarma complex ku Van anali otsutsa. M'ndendeyi munali akaidi pafupifupi 500, ambiri omwe akuwaganizira kuti ndi achikudi, ozembetsa komanso alendo omwe adagwidwa m'malire. Malowa sanali ndende ndipo sanapangidwe kuti akhale m"ndende kwa nthawi yaitali, koma mmodzi mwa akaidi mmodzi pa asanu alionse anakhala m"ndendemo kwa nthawi yoposa chaka chimodzi, kudikirira kuzengedwa mlandu kapena kuthamangitsidwa. Zionetsero zambiri zinali zazing"ono-amayi kapena akazi ankanyamula zikwangwani zokhala ndi zithunzi za okondedwa awo, pofuna chilungamo-koma zina zinali zazikulu, ndipo zina zinasanduka zachiwawa.
    
  Chionetsero chimene chinayamba m"maŵa umenewo chinayamba chachikulu ndipo chinakula mofulumira. Mphekesera zinafalikira kuti gulu lankhondo lagwira Zilar Azzawi, mtsogoleri wodziwika bwino wa zigawenga zaku Kurdish yemwe amadziwika kuti Hawk, ndipo amamuzunza kuti adziwe zambiri.
    
  Anthu ochita zionetsero adatseka msewu wa Ipek Golu ndikutseka zipata zonse zolowera kuofesi ya Jandarma. Gendarma idachitapo kanthu mwachangu komanso mwamphamvu. Sukuluyi idavala zida zaphokoso ophunzira onse ndikuzungulira nyumba zazikulu ziwirizo, ndikungoyang'ana malo omwe amatsekeramo anthu ngati gulu la anthu likufuna kulowa mnyumbamo ndikumasula Azzawi ndi akaidi ena. Magalimoto adapatutsidwa mozungulira malo ochitira ziwonetsero m'misewu ya Sumerbank ndi Ayak kupita kumisewu ina yayikulu kuti apewe kutsekedwa kwathunthu kwa magalimoto opita ku Van Airport.
    
  Chisokonezo komanso kusokonekera kwa ophunzira, aphunzitsi, ogwira ntchito komanso ambiri achitetezo kupita mumsewu waukulu womwe ochita ziwonetserozo zidapangitsa kuti zikhale zosavuta kulowa mnyumbamo kuchokera kumwera chakum'mawa.
    
  Mtsinjewo unadutsa mosavuta pazipata zakunja ndi zamkati za utumiki wa Samerbank Street, kenako n'kudutsa zida zankhondo ndikudutsa m'mabwalo amasewera. Alonda ochepa adathamangitsa ndikuwombera ndi zida zokha, koma palibe chomwe chikanalepheretsa. Galimotoyo inayenda molunjika ku nyumba ya academy Barracks ...
    
  ...pomwe mabomba amphamvu okwana mapaundi 3,000 opakidwa padayipo anaphulitsa nyumba ya ana asukulu yansanjika zitatu komanso kuwononga koopsa nyumba yophunzirira yomwe inali pafupi.
    
    
  PUBLIC COMMUNICATION CENTRE, CANKAYA, ANKARA, Türkiye
  PATAPITA KANTHAWI YOCHEPA
    
    
  "Lero, ndikudandaula kulengeza kuti ndikulengeza za ngozi ku Republic of Turkey," adatero Purezidenti Kurzat Hirsiz. Adawerenga mawu ake kuchokera kuofesi yolumikizirana ndi boma ku Çankaya ndi mawu osamveka, athabwa, osayang'ana m'nyuzipepala yake. "Kuukira koyipa kwa PKK m'mawa uno ku likulu la dera la Jandarma ku Van, komwe kudasiya anthu osachepera makumi awiri kumwalira ndi kuvulala ambiri, kumandikakamiza kuti ndiyankhe mwachangu.
    
  "Kuyambira nthawi yomweyo, mabungwe achitetezo am'deralo ndi azigawo azithandizidwa ndi asitikali okhazikika komanso osungika," adapitilizabe, osayang'ana zomwe adakonza. "Zilipo kuti zithandize pachitetezo. Izi zipangitsa kuti apolisi a m"madera ndi azigawo azigwira komanso kufufuza zaumbanda.
    
  "Ndiyenera kunena kuti ziwopsezo zingapo zochokera ku PKK zalandilidwa kudzera mu mauthenga a pawailesi, zotsatsa zamanyuzipepala komanso zolemba pa intaneti zomwe zimayitanitsa otsatira ndi achifundo padziko lonse lapansi kuti adzuke ndikuukira dziko la Turkey. Akatswiri athu apeza kuti mauthengawa akufuna kuyambitsa ma cell ogona m'dera lonselo kuti ayambitse ziwonetsero zomwe boma likufuna m'dziko lonselo.
    
  "Pambuyo pa zomwe zachitika kwa Van, ndikukakamizika kumvera ziwopsezozi ndikuyankha mwamphamvu. Chifukwa chake, ndikulamula kuti kutsekedwa kwakanthawi kwamaofesi onse aboma ku Turkey, kuletsa kwanthawi yofikira m'mawa mpaka m'bandakucha m'mizinda ndi matauni onse, ndikukakamiza 100% kufufuzidwa kwamagulu ndi magalimoto ndi ogwira ntchito zachitetezo.
    
  "Zotsatirazi zomwe ndalamula zimafuna thandizo ndi mgwirizano wa anthu onse. Chifukwa cha kuopsa kwa kufalitsa malangizo a zigawenga mosadziwa, ndikupempha kuti manyuzipepala, magazini, wailesi, wailesi yakanema ndi zofalitsa zonse zachinsinsi zileke dala kufalitsa zotsatsa zilizonse, zolemba kapena zidziwitso zoperekedwa ndi aliyense amene si mtolankhani kapena mkonzi wa bukuli, kapena ngati gwero lachidziwitso silinatsimikizidwe kapena lodziwika. Cholinga changa ndikupewa kutseka kwathunthu kwa media. Ndikofunikira kuti kufalitsa mauthenga olembedwa m'maselo ogona kuimitsidwe kotheratu, ndipo boma langa lidzalumikizana ndi njira zonse kuti zitsimikizire kufunikira kwa mgwirizano wawo wachangu komanso wokwanira.
    
  "Pomaliza, ndikupempha kuti onse opereka intaneti ku Republic of Turkey ndi omwe akupereka chithandizo ku Turkey akhazikitse dala ndikusintha zosefera ndi zowongolera kuti aletse mwayi wopezeka ndi mawebusayiti omwe amadziwika komanso omwe akuganiziridwa kuti ndi achigawenga. Izi siziyenera kuyambitsa kulephera kwakukulu kwa ntchito za intaneti ku Turkey. Imelo, malonda ndi mwayi wopezeka pamasamba okhazikika ndi ntchito zikuyenera kupitilirabe monga zachizolowezi - ma seva okhawo omwe amadziwika kuti amakhala ndi zigawenga kapena zotsutsana ndi boma ndi omwe adzatsekedwa. Tidzayang'anitsitsa onse omwe amapereka intaneti omwe akupezeka kwa anthu a ku Turkey kuti awonetsetse kuti kupeza malo ovomerezeka sikukhudzidwa. "
    
  Hirsiz mwamantha anatenga madzi kuchokera pagalasi lomwe linali kunja kwa kamera, dzanja lake likugwedezeka, maso ake sakuyang'ana kamera. "Ndipepesa kwambiri anthu aku Turkey chifukwa chochita izi," adapitilizabe kupuma kwanthawi yayitali, koma ndikuwona kuti palibe chomwe ndingachitire ndipo ndikupempha mapemphero anu, kuleza mtima ndi mgwirizano. Boma langa ligwira ntchito molimbika kuletsa zigawenga, kubwezeretsa chitetezo ndi bata, ndikubwezeretsa dziko lathu kukhala labwinobwino. Ndikupempha nzika za Turkey kuti zikhale tcheru, kuthandizira akuluakulu a boma ndi mabungwe azamalamulo, ndikukhala amphamvu komanso olimba mtima. Mtundu wathu wakhala ukukumana ndi izi m'mbuyomu, ndipo nthawi zonse tatuluka mwamphamvu komanso mwanzeru. Tizichitanso. Zikomo ".
    
  Hirsiz adataya masamba amawu ake pomwe Prime Minister Ice Akas adamuyandikira. Hirsiz anati: "Awa ndi mawu ovuta kwambiri amene ndalankhulapo.
    
  "Ndinkakhulupirira kuti usintha maganizo ako, Kurzat," iye anatero. "Sitinachedwe, ngakhale pano."
    
  "Ndiyenera kuchita izi, Icy," adatero Hirsiz. "Kwachedwa kwambiri kusintha njira tsopano."
    
  "Ayi, zimenezo si zoona. Ndiroleni ndikuthandizeni kuchita izi. Chonde." Wothandizira adapereka chikalatacho kwa Akas. "Mwina izi zithandiza: ofesi ya kazembe waku America ikupempha msonkhano wapamwamba ku Erbil. Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti Phoenix ali ku Baghdad ndipo akufuna kukakhala ndi Secretary of State. "
    
  "Sizingatheke," adatero Hirsiz. "Sitingathe kuletsa izi tsopano." Anaganiza kwa kanthawi. "Sitingathe kukumana nawo: mkhalidwe wadzidzidzi walengezedwa mdziko muno. Sitingatsimikizire chitetezo cha Purezidenti kapena nduna zathu ku Iraq. "
    
  "Koma mukadakhalapo, ndikutsimikiza kuti apereka thandizo lankhondo, ukadaulo komanso zachuma akakumana nafe - samabwera chimanjamanja," adatero Akas. "Kazembe waku America watumiza kale uthenga ku Unduna wa Zachilendo za chipukuta misozi chifukwa cha zida za Patriot."
    
  "Compensation? Zachiyani? Anati chiyani?"
    
  "Kazembeyo, polankhula m'malo mwa Mlembi Barbeau, adati ndege yopanda zida yoyang'anira ndege yomwe idayendetsedwa ndi kampani yabizinesi yomwe idachita nawo ntchito yoyang'anira dera lakumpoto kwa Iraqi idatulutsa mosadziwa zomwe adazitcha 'kusokoneza mwachisawawa pakompyuta' zomwe zidatipangitsa kuponya miviyo. Patriot. Kazembeyo adapepesa kwambiri ndipo adati adaloledwa kupereka chipukuta misozi kapena kubweza miviyo, komanso adapereka thandizo popereka zidziwitso zamagalimoto osadziwika kapena anthu omwe akuwoloka malire ndi Turkey. " Hirsiz anagwedeza mutu. "Uwu ndi mwayi wabwino, Kurzat. Mutha kuchita msonkhano ndikukweza mkhalidwe wadzidzidzi Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti waku America atapanga mgwirizano. Mumapulumutsa nkhope yanu ndipo sipadzakhala nkhondo."
    
  "Anapulumutsidwanso ndi aku America, huh, Ice?" Hirsiz anatero mopanda chisoni. "Kodi mukutsimikiza kuti akufuna kukuthandizani?" Analoza womuthandizira yemwe anamupatsa foni yam'manja yotetezeka. "Ndondomeko yasunthidwa, General," adatero atayimba nambalayo mwachangu. "Sungani ankhondo anu ndikukweza ndege zanu mlengalenga, tsopano!"
    
    
  COMMAND AND CONTROL CENTRE, ALLIED AIR BASE NAKHLA, IRAQ
  MADZULO AWO
    
    
  "Zikuwoneka ngati mawilo akukonzekera kunyamuka ku Turkey, sichoncho?" Chris Thompson adatero. Anakhala pachitetezo cha woyang'anira chitetezo ku Tank, ndikuwonera nkhani zachitetezo zomwe zikuchitika ku Republic of Turkey pa imodzi mwazithunzi zazikulu kutsogolo kwa Tank, yomwe nthawi zonse imayang'aniridwa ndi njira yaku America. Malipoti akuwonetsa apolisi ndi asitikali akulimbana ndi ziwonetsero m'misewu ya Istanbul ndi Ankara. "Hirsiz ndi wopenga. State of emergency? Zikumveka ngati chiwembu chankhondo kwa ine. Ndikudabwa ngati akadali mu mphamvu? "
    
  "Sungani mawu anu, Thompson," adatero Jack Wilhelm, yemwe anali atakhala pafupi ndi nyumba yake. "Tonse tikutha kuona zomwe zikuchitika. Bweretsani sensa yachisanu ndi chitatu kutsogolo ndikuwonera teni-X. Anaphunzira chithunzi cha magalimoto atatu onyamula katundu akudutsa mumsewu, magawo onyamula katundu akugwedezeka mowonekera pamene akutembenuka. "Zikuyenda mwachangu kwambiri, sichoncho inu? Kulitsani chithunzicho nthawi khumi ndi zisanu, pezani kufotokozera, tumizani ku IA. Ali ndi ndani mdera lino, Major Jabbouri?" Msilikali wa ku Turkey anayala mamapu ake ndi mabuku ake, kenako anatenga foni. "Bwerani, Major, tilibe tsiku lathunthu."
    
  "Gulu la Border Patrol likulowera kwina, pafupifupi makilomita khumi kuchokera pano, bwana," anayankha Major Hamid Jabbouri, wachiwiri kwa mkulu wa asilikali a Turkey, atachedwa. "Adadziwitsidwa za kafukufuku wagalimoto. Adatipempha kuti tipitilize kuyang'anira ndikupereka malipoti ngati atilumikizana."
    
  "Zedi - ndi chiyani chinanso chomwe tikuyenera kuchita pano kupatula kutumikira IA?" Wilhelm anadandaula. "Nyani akhoza kugwira ntchitoyi." Panthawi imeneyi, Patrick McLanahan anapita kwa mkulu wa asilikali. "Lankhulani za mdierekezi. Ndikuvomereza, General, bomba lanu lokhala ndi pakati ndi wakupha. Timapeza malingaliro ofanana pagawo lonse ndi kotala la zowongolera; timasunga bandwidth ya netiweki, mafuta ndi antchito; ndipo malo otsetsereka ndi ndege sizimadzazana kwambiri. "
    
  "Zikomo, Mtsamunda. Ndipereka izi kwa John ndi mainjiniya ake."
    
  "Mudzachita izi". Wilhelm analoza pa televizioni. "Ndiye, mwalankhula ndi Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti za zoyipa zomwe zikuchitika ku Turkey?"
    
  "Akupita ku Erbil kukakumana ndi aku Iraq, Kurdish komanso mwina atsogoleri aku Turkey," adatero Patrick. "Anati apeza zosintha kuchokera kwa ife akafika."
    
  "Mukuganizabe kuti Türkiye adzaukira?"
    
  "Inde. Tsopano kuposa kale. Ngati Hirsiz sakuchirikiza nkhondo, njira yokhayo yovomerezeka yomwe angayambitsire ndikuthetsa Nyumba Yamalamulo ndikuyitanitsa payekha. "
    
  "Ndikuganiza kuti uku ndi misala, General," adatero Wilhelm. "Kuukira kwa Zakho kunali kulakwitsa kwakukulu, ndizo zonse. Asilikali akutenga nawo mbali chifukwa akuluakulu ankhondo akufuna kuwonetsa yemwe ali ndi udindo ndikukakamiza aku Kurds, Iraqi ndi America kuti abwere pa zokambirana. "
    
  "Ndikukhulupirira kuti mukulondola, Mtsamunda," Patrick anatero. "Koma ali ndi mphamvu zazikulu kumeneko, ndipo chiwerengero chawo chikuwonjezeka ola lililonse."
    
  "Ndi chiwonetsero champhamvu, ndizo zonse," Wilhelm anaumirira.
    
  "Tiyeni tiwone".
    
  Tinene kuti akulowa. Mukuganiza apita mpaka pati?"
    
  "Ndikukhulupirira kuti angotenga chigawo cha Dohuk ndikusiya," adatero Patrick. "Koma ndi magulu ankhondowa akuthamangira kumalire, atha kulanda bwalo la ndege la Erbil, kuzinga mzinda ndi theka la chigawo cha Erbil ndikukakamiza boma la Kurd kuthawa. Pambuyo pake, amatha kuguba mpaka ku Kirkuk. Atha kunena kuti ndikuteteza payipi ya CPC kwa zigawenga zaku Kurdish. "
    
  "Besiege" - Ndikukumverani, General," adatero Wilhelm, akuseka ndikugwedeza mutu wake.
    
  "Kodi munamvapo za malo otchedwa Yakutsk, Colonel?" -Patrick anafunsa.
    
  Wilhelm anagwa chibwano, choyamba anadzidzimuka-ndipo atadzidzidzimutsa-kenako anachita manyazi. "Oh... O damn, General, pepani," iye anatero mwakachetechete. Anali atamvadi za Yakutsk, mzinda wachitatu waukulu kwambiri ku Russia Siberia ...
    
  ndi komwe kuli bwalo lalikulu la ndege lomwe lidagwiritsidwa ntchito ngati malo oyendetsa sitima zapamadzi kuti lipititse patsogolo mabomba aku Russia akutali omwe adachita nawo ku America Holocaust - kuwukira kwa nyukiliya ku United States komwe kudapha anthu zikwi makumi atatu, kuvulaza pafupifupi 100,000. , ndi kuwononga pafupifupi munthu aliyense wa ku America wophulitsa mabomba akutali ndi mabomba oponya pansi, zaka zisanu ndi chimodzi zapitazo.
    
  Patrick McLanahan adakonza njira yobwezera zida za nyukiliya zaku Russia pofika gulu la Tin Woodman ndi Cybernetic Infantry Commando ku Yakutsk, ndikugwira maziko ake, kenako ndikuzigwiritsa ntchito poyambitsa ziwopsezo za ndege zaku America ku Russia. Purezidenti wa Russia Anatoly Gryzlov adabwezeranso bwalo lake la ndege ... ndi zida zankhondo zanyukiliya. Ngakhale chitetezo cha Patrick chinayimitsa zida zambiri zapanyanja ndikulola oponya mabomba ambiri a Patrick ndi akasinja kuthawa, zikwi za anthu aku Russia ndi onse kupatula ochepa chabe a ogwira ntchito pansi ku America adawotchedwa.
    
  "Kodi chizolowezi cholankhula kaye ndi kuganiza pambuyo pake, Mtsamunda unayamba liti?" -Patrick anafunsa. "Kodi ndikungokhalira ku Iraq, kapena mwakhala mukugwira ntchito zaukadaulo kwa nthawi yayitali?"
    
  "Ndinati pepani, General," anatero Wilhelm mokwiya, akudzilankhulanso yekha. "Ndimayiwala amene ndikulankhula naye. Ndipo nditha kudzudzula chifukwa ndidakhala pafupifupi miyezi khumi ndi isanu ndi itatu mu dzenje ili - zitha kuthamangitsa aliyense m'malingaliro kapena moyipa. Uku ndi kutumizidwa kwanga kwachitatu ku Iraq, ndipo sindinachitepo ntchito yabwino. Iwo amasintha izo miyezi ingapo iliyonse mulimonse: ife tiri pano kuti tikhale, ife tikuchoka, ife tikukhala, ife tikuchoka; timamenyana ndi alendo, timamenyana ndi Sunni, timamenyana ndi ma Shiite, timamenyana ndi Al-Qaeda; tsopano titha kumenyana ndi anthu a ku Turkey. " Anaima kaye, n"kuyang"ana Patrick mopepesa, kenako n"kuwonjezera kuti, "Koma sindingaimbe mlandu pachilichonse kupatula kukhala chitsiru. Apanso bwana ndikupepesa. Iwalani kuti ndanena zimenezo."
    
  "Zayiwalika, Colonel." Patrick adayang'ana mapu achidule a gawoli, kenako ndi nkhani za zipolowe ku Turkey. "Ndipo mudanenapo mfundo yanu: ngati anthu aku Turkey apita ku Erbil ndi Kirkuk, 'sadzawazungulira' - adzawagwetsera pansi ndikupha anthu masauzande ambiri panthawiyi."
    
  "Mwamva, bwana," anatero Wilhelm. "Yankho lomaliza la vuto lawo la Kurdish." Chizindikiro cha intercom chinamveka, ndipo Wilhelm anagwira batani la maikolofoni: "Pita ... ndapeza ... Roger, ndimuuza." Warhammer watuluka. Mvetserani mosamala, amayi ndi abambo. Gululi lidatiuza kuti Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti apita ku Erbil pafupifupi ola limodzi kukakumana ndi mamembala a Boma la Kurdistan m'mawa. Idzawuluka m'gawo lathu isanaperekedwe kuti ifike ku Erbil, koma Baghdad aziwongolera ndegeyo ndipo azitsatira njira zanthawi zonse za VIP ndi ma diplomatic. General, ndalamulidwa - "
    
  "Ndikhoza kuyang'anitsitsa momwe wachiwiri kwa pulezidenti akuyendetsa ndege kuti aone ngati akuyenda," Patrick analowererapo. "Ingondipatsani njira zolowera ndipo ndikonza zonse."
    
  "Kodi mungachite izi ndikuyang'anitsitsa gawo lathu?" Wilhelm anafunsa.
    
  "Ndikadakhala ndi otayika ena awiri pano, Colonel, nditha kuyang'ana Iraq, kum'mwera chakum'mawa kwa Turkey ndi kumpoto chakumadzulo kwa Persia 24/7 ndipo ndikadakhala ndi gulu lankhondo," adatero Patrick. Iye anagwira khutu lake lotetezedwa. "Boomer, mwamvetsa zomaliza?"
    
  "Mwayikhazikitsa kale, bwana," Hunter Noble anayankha. "Wotayika yemwe tili nawo mlengalenga atha kutsata ndege yake mkati mwa Chigawo cha Erbil, koma ndikuganiza kuti mukufuna kutsatira Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti kuchokera ku Baghdad, huh?"
    
  "kampani A"
    
  "Ndimaganizanso Choncho. Tikhala ndi woluza wachiwiri pa station... mu mphindi makumi anayi. "
    
  "Mwamsanga, Boomer. Sunthani woluza woyamba kum'mwera kuti akalondole ndege ya wachiwiri kwa purezidenti, kenako ikani wachiwiri panjira yoyang'anira kumpoto pamene akunyamuka."
    
  "Kumvetsetsa."
    
  "Ndiye titha kuwona kuthawa kwake kuchokera ku Baghdad mpaka ku Erbil?" Wilhelm anafunsa.
    
  "Ayi - titha kutsata ndikuzindikira ndege iliyonse ndi galimoto iliyonse yomwe imayenda m'zigawo zisanu ndi ziwiri za Iraq, kuchokera ku Ramadi kupita ku Karbala komanso kulikonse komwe kuli pakati, munthawi yeniyeni," adatero Patrick. "Titha kutsata ndikuzindikira galimoto iliyonse yomwe imayandikira ndege ya wachiwiri kwa purezidenti isananyamuke; tidzatha kuyang'anira taxi yake ya ndege ndikuyang'anira ndege zonse ndi magalimoto omwe ali pafupi naye. Ngati pali zochitika zokayikitsa asananyamuke kapena kufika ku Erbil, titha kumuchenjeza komanso chitetezo chake. "
    
  "Ndi ndege ziwiri?"
    
  "Titha kuchita ndi imodzi, koma kuti tichite zomwe tikufuna, ndi bwino kugawanitsa ndikugwiritsa ntchito njira yabwino kwambiri," adatero Patrick.
    
  "Zabwino kwambiri," adatero Wilhelm, akugwedeza mutu wake. "Ndikanakonda inu anyamata mukanakhala miyezi ingapo yapitayo, ndinaphonya mwambo womaliza wa sukulu ya sekondale wa mwana wanga wamkazi wotsiriza chaka chatha. Aka ndi kachiŵiri kuphonya zinthu ngati izi."
    
  Patrick anati: "Ndili ndi mwana wamwamuna amene akukonzekera kupita kusukulu yasekondale, ndipo sindikukumbukira nthawi yomaliza imene ndinamuona kusukulu kapena kumasewera a mpira. "Ndikudziwa zomwe ukumva".
    
  "Pepani, Mtsamunda," mkulu wa bungwe la Turkey, Major Jabbouri, analowererapo pa intercom. "Ndadziwitsidwa kuti gulu la Turkey Air Force Air Transport Group likutumiza ndege zisanu za Gulfstream VIP kuchokera ku Ankara kupita ku Erbil kukachita nawo zokambirana pakati pa United States, Iraq ndi dziko langa, zomwe zidzayamba mawa. Ndegeyo ndi ya ndege ndipo ikhala mkati mwa mphindi makumi asanu ndi limodzi. "
    
  "Zabwino kwambiri," adatero Wilhelm. "Captain Cotter, mundidziwitse mukalandira ndege."
    
  "Zamveka tsopano, bwana," anayankha motero Cotter, mkulu woyang"anira zamayendedwe apandege, patapita nthaŵi pang"ono. "Chiyambi chatsimikizika. Ndilumikizana ndi Unduna wa Zakunja waku Iraq ndikulongosola njira yake. "
    
  "Choyamba ikani pa bolodi lalikulu, kenako imbani." Mzere wa buluu unadutsa chowunikira chachikulu, cholunjika kuchokera ku Ankara kupita ku eyapoti yapadziko lonse ya Erbil, pafupifupi mamailosi makumi asanu ndi atatu kummawa, kudutsa chakum'mawa kwa Allied airbase ku Nala. Ngakhale kuti ulendo wa pandege unali wokhotakhota m"malo mowongoka, njira ya "bwalo lalikulu" ya makilomita mazana asanu ndi limodzi inali njira yachindunji kwambiri yochokera kumalo ena kupita kwina. "Zikuwoneka bwino," adatero Wilhelm. "Major Jabbouri, onetsetsani kuti IAD ilinso ndi ndondomeko ya ndege, ndipo onetsetsani kuti Colonel Jaffar akudziwa."
    
  "Inde, Colonel."
    
  "Chabwino, maphwando amalankhulana. Mwina zonsezi zikhala bwino pamapeto pake. "
    
  M'mphindi makumi awiri zotsatira zinthu zidakhazikika mpaka: "Guppies Awiri-Four mumlengalenga," Patrick adatero. "Akhala ali pa station pakadutsa mphindi khumi ndi zisanu."
    
  "Zinali zofulumira," Wilhelm anatero. "Anthu inu simumavutika ndi kutengera zinthuzo m'mlengalenga, sichoncho, General?"
    
  "Zilibe munthu, zonyamulidwa kale komanso zatenthedwa; timangolowetsa mapulani oyendetsa ndege ndi masensa ndikusiya, "atero a Patrick.
    
  "Palibe zipinda zopumira zopanda kanthu, zodzaza nkhomaliro zokonza, ma parachuti oti akhazikitse, sichoncho?"
    
  "Zowona".
    
  Wilhelm anangopukusa mutu modabwa.
    
  Iwo adawona momwe ndege ya Turkey VIP ikuyendera kumalire a Iraq. Palibe zachilendo pakuthawirako: kuwuluka pamalo okwera mamitala 31,000, liwiro loyenda bwino, ma transponder code abwinobwino. Kwatsala mphindi pafupifupi 12 kuti ndegeyo idutse malire, Wilhelm analamula kuti: "Major Jabbouri, fufuzani kaŵirikaŵiri kuti asilikali a ku Iraq akudziwa za kuyandikira kwa ndegeyo kuchokera ku Turkey ndiponso kuti alibe zida."
    
  "Jabbouri sali pagulu, bwana," adatero Weatherly.
    
  "Pezani bulu wake ndikumubweretsa kuno," Wilhelm adakuwa, kenako Wilhelm adasintha njira yake: "Magawo onse a Warhammer, uyu ndi Alpha, ndege yaku Turkey VIP ikufika mphindi khumi, malo onse oteteza ndege akuwonetsa kupezeka kwa zida mwachindunji ine."
    
  Weatherly anasintha imodzi mwa zowunikira kuti ipange mapu a malo ndi mawonekedwe a magulu onse otetezera ndege omwe ali m'malire. Magawowo anali magalimoto oteteza ndege a Avenger, omwe anali a Humvees okhala ndi turret yowongoka yomwe inali ndi ma pod awiri otha kubwezanso okhala ndi mizinga inayi yolimbana ndi ndege ya Stinger yofunafuna kutentha ndi mfuti yolemera ya 50-caliber, pamodzi ndi masensa a electro-optical ndi duct. Kutumiza kwa data, kulola kuti nsanjayo ilumikizane ndi ma radar oteteza ndege a gulu lachiwiri. Avengers adatsagana ndi katundu wa Humvee atanyamula zosamalira ndi chitetezo, zida zosinthira ndi zida, zida, ndi malo awiri otumizira mizinga.
    
  "Madipatimenti onse otsatsa a Warhammer akuwonetsa kusowa kwa zida, bwana," adatero Weatherly.
    
  Wilhelm adayang'ana chowunikira, chomwe chidawonetsa magawo onse a Avenger okhala ndi zithunzi zofiira zokhazikika zomwe zikuwonetsa kuti zinali zogwira ntchito koma osakonzeka kuwukira. "Ali kuti woluza wanu wachiwiri, General?" anafunsa.
    
  "Mphindi zitatu kufika pamalo oyendera." Patrick adabweretsa chithunzi cha XC-57 pachiwonetsero chaukadaulo kuti Wilhelm azichiwona pakati pa zolembera zina zonse. "Timadutsa mulingo wapaulendo wachitatu-kasanu-ziro, kukwera mpaka inayi-imodzi-ziro, kutali kwambiri ndi ndege yomwe ikufika yaku Turkey. Tiyamba kuyang'ana malowa posachedwa."
    
  "Ndiwonetseni ndege ya wachiwiri kwa purezidenti."
    
  Chizindikiro china chinayamba kung'anima, nthawi ino chakum'mwera, ku Baghdad. "Zinangonyamuka, bwana, pafupi mphindi makumi atatu," adatero Cotter. Kuwerengera kwa data ya ndege kunawonetsa kukwera kofulumira kwambiri komanso kuthamanga kwapansi, zomwe zikuwonetsa kukwera kwakukulu kuchokera ku Baghdad International. "Zikuwoneka kuti zili m'gulu la CV-22 tilt rotor, kotero zidzakhala kwambiri kumbuyo kwa Turkey Gulfstream ikafika," anawonjezera. "NTHAWI YOFIKA, mphindi makumi anayi ndi zisanu."
    
  "Kumvetsetsa."
    
  Chilichonse chinkawoneka kuti chikuyenda monga mwachizolowezi, zomwe zinkavutitsa Patrick McLanahan nthawi zonse. Anayang'ana zowunikira zonse ndi zida zowerengera, kufunafuna chidziwitso chilichonse chomwe chingakhale cholakwika. Palibe panobe. Wachiwiri XC-57 reconnaissance ndege anafika malo awolondera ndi kuyamba muyezo chowulungika kulondera. Zonse zidawoneka ...
    
  Kenako anaiona n"kudina batani la intercom: "Ndege ya ku Turkey ikucheperachepera," iye anatero.
    
  "Chani? Bwerezani, General?
    
  "Gulf Stream. Liwiro linatsika mpaka kufika pa mfundo mazana atatu ndi makumi asanu."
    
  "Kodi akukonzekera kutsika?"
    
  "Pali patali ndi Erbil?" -Patrick anafunsa. "Zikadakhala kuti zikuyenda bwino, zikadakhala zomveka, koma ndi ndege yanji yaku Turkey yomwe ingawulukire mkati mwa gawo la Kurdish mwanjira yabwinobwino? Anachita njirayo ndi mphamvu zambiri - sanayambe kutsika mpaka mailosi makumi atatu, mwina pang'ono. Tsopano iye watsala pang'ono kutuluka. Iye, ndithudi, amapitanso kummwera. Koma kutalika kwake - "
    
  "Achifwamba! Achifwamba! " Anali Hunter Noble, kuyang'anira deta kuchokera ku XC-57 yachiwiri. "Ndege zingapo zothamanga kwambiri zikubwera kuchokera ku Turkey, zolowera kum'mwera pamtunda wotsika, mailosi makumi asanu ndi asanu ndi awiri, mach speed point zana limodzi ndi zisanu! "Chiwonetserocho chinawonetsa maulendo angapo a ndege zomwe zikuyenda kumwera kwa Turkey. "Magalimoto ambiri olemera apezekanso pa A36 ndipo-" Mawu ake adadulidwa mwadzidzidzi ndi mkokomo wa static ...
    
  ... chiwonetsero chanzeru chinali chofanana. Chinsalu chonsecho mwadzidzidzi chinadzazidwa ndi ma pixel amitundu yonyezimira, zizindikiro zopanda pake, ndi mafunde osasunthika. "Ndinenenso?" Wilhelm anakuwa. "Magalimoto amenewa ali kuti? Ndipo chinachitika ndi chiyani kwa gulu langa?"
    
  "Tasiya kulumikizana ndi Loser," adatero Patrick. Anayamba kulemba malangizo pa kiyibodi. "Boma...!"
    
  "Ndikusintha tsopano, abwana, koma ulalo wa data watsala pang'ono kutsika, ndipo ndachepetsa liwiro mpaka makilomita makumi asanu ndi limodzi paola," adatero Boomer.
    
  "Kodi isintha zokha?"
    
  "Ngati iwona kutsika kwa ulalo wa data, itero, koma ngati kusokonezedwa kukulepheretsa ma processor azizindikiro, sizingatero."
    
  "Kodi chikuchitika ndi chiyani, McLanahan?" Wilhelm anakuwa, akudumphira kumapazi ake. "Chachitika ndi chiyani pa chithunzi changa?"
    
  "Tikutanganidwa ndi ma frequency onse - UHF, VHF, LF, X, Ku- ndi Ka-band ndi ma microwave," adatero Patrick. "Ndipo wamphamvu kwambiri. Tikuyesera-" Anakhala chete, kenako anayang"ana wamkulu wa regimental. "Turkey Gulf Stream. Iyi si ndege ya VIP - iyenera kukhala ndege yodutsa. "
    
  "Chani?"
    
  "Jammer yamagetsi ndipo idatseka maukonde onse," adatero Patrick. "Timazilola kuti ziwuluke pamwamba pathu, ndipo ndi zamphamvu, kotero sitingathe kuthana ndi zosokoneza. Kudumphadumpha pafupipafupi sikuthandiza - kumayaka pafupipafupi. "
    
  "Mulungu, ndife akhungu pansi apa." Wilhelm adasinthira ku njira yolamula ya gululo: "Kwa mayunitsi onse a Warhammer, mayunitsi onse a Warhammer, izi ndi...!" Koma mawu ake adazimitsidwa ndi mawu amphamvu kwambiri otuluka m'mahedifoni onse omwe samatha kuzimitsidwa. Wilhelm anataya mahedifoni ake phokosolo lisanang"ambe m"makutu ake, ndipo ena onse mu Tank anakakamizika kuchita chimodzimodzi. "Damn, sindingathe kupita ku Avenger."
    
  Patrick anayatsa foni yake yotetezedwa. "Boomer..." Koma mwamsanga anangotulutsa earphone m"khutu chifukwa cha phokoso. "Konzekerani, Mtsamunda," Patrick anatero. "Noble adzatseka dongosolo la intelligence."
    
  "Kodi mukutseka izi? Chifukwa chiyani?"
    
  "Kusokoneza ndikwamphamvu kwambiri kotero kuti kulumikizana kwa data pakati pathu ndi XC-57 sikuli bwino," adatero Patrick. "Njira yokhayo yomwe tingathandizire kuti izi zitheke ndikutseka."
    
  "Kodi izi zithandiza bwanji?"
    
  "Kulephera kwa onse otayika ndikusinthira ku njira yolumikizirana ndi laser, ndipo monga tikudziwira, palibe amene angathe kusokoneza kulumikizana kwathu kwa laser," adatero Patrick. "Tikangobwezeretsa mphamvu, makinawo amangosintha kukhala njira yolumikizirana yomveka bwino komanso yotetezeka. Laser ndi mzere wowonera komanso wosatumizidwa kuchokera ku satellite, kotero titaya mphamvu zambiri, koma tipeza chithunzicho ...
    
  Kuyambiransoko kunatenga mphindi zosakwana khumi, koma kudikirira kunali kwautali kwambiri. Chithunzicho chikabweranso, adangowona gawo laling'ono chabe la zomwe adazolowera kuwona - koma zidali zowopsa: "Ndili ndi magulu atatu a ndege omwe akuyandikira - imodzi ku Mosul, Erbil, ndi yachitatu, ndikuganiza. , akupita ku Kirkuk," anatero Hunter Noble. "Pali ndege zambiri zothamanga kwambiri kutsogolo, ndi ndege zambiri zotsika kwambiri kumbuyo kwawo."
    
  "Uku ndi kuwukira kwa ndege," adatero Patrick. "Ndege zapamadzi kuti zitulutse ma radar ndi mauthenga, ndiyeno oponya mabomba anzeru kuti awononge mabwalo a ndege ndi ma posts, kutseka ndege kuti ayang'anire, kenako oyendetsa ndege ndi ndege zonyamula katundu kuti ziwukire pansi."
    
  "Nala bwanji?" - Weatherly anafunsa.
    
  "Gulu lakumadzulo likudutsa kumadzulo kwa ife - ndikuganiza kuti alunjika ku Mosul m'malo mwa ife."
    
  "Zoyipa - tiyerekeze kuti ndife otsatira," adatero Wilhelm. "Nyengo, pangani gulu ndikuwawuza kuti apatse aliyense dongosolo loti apeze pogona. Chitani momwe mungathere - gwiritsani ntchito ma megaphone, nyanga zamagalimoto kapena kukuwa ngati wamisala, koma tengani gululo kuti muphimbe. Wailesi lankhulani ndi Avengers kuti-"
    
  "Sindingathe, bwana. Ndege ya Scion reconnaissance yabwereranso mlengalenga, koma mauthenga athu akadali osokonezeka. "
    
  "Bwanji," anatero Wilhelm. "Chabwino, tiyembekezere kuti Avenger apeza malo abwino obisala chifukwa sitingathe kuwachenjeza. Yambani kuchitapo kanthu." Weatherly ananyamuka mofulumira. "McLanahan, nanga vice president?"
    
  Patrick anati: "Tilibe njira yolumikizirana ndi ndege yake titasowa chochita. "Mwachiyembekezo, akasintha ma frequency athu, amva kusokoneza ndipo aganiza zobwerera ku Baghdad."
    
  "Kodi pali njira iliyonse yomwe mungawomberere Gulf Stream kapena chilichonse chomwe chili kumtunda uko?" Wilhelm anafunsa.
    
  Patrick anaganiza kaye pang'ono, kenako analunjika kotulukira. "Ndikupita ku mzere wonyamukira," iye anatero, ndipo anawonjezera kuti: "Ndidzakulumikizaninso." Patrick anatuluka mwachangu, nalumphira m'modzi mwa a Humvees omwe adatumizidwa ku timu yake, ndikuthamangira.
    
  Anapeza mzere wonyamuka uli chipwirikiti. Asilikali anaima pa Humvees, akufuula machenjezo; ena anali ndi zokuzira mawu; ena ankangolira malipenga. Theka la akatswiri a Scion Aviation International anayimirira mozungulira, osatsimikiza kuti achoke kapena ayi.
    
  "Lowani pachikuto, tsopano!" -Patrick adakuwa atafika poyimitsa kunja kwa nyumbayo, adalumpha ndikuthamangira kumalo olamulira. Anapeza John Masters ndi Hunter Noble atakhalabe pazitonthozo zawo, akuyesera kuti asalole kusokonezedwa koopsa. "Kodi ndinu openga?" Adatelo Patrick uku akuyamba kugwira ma laptop. "Chotsani gehena muno!"
    
  "Sadzatiphulitsa bomba, Mook," adatero John. "Ndife Achimereka, ndipo iyi ndi ndege yaku Iraq, osati malo achitetezo a zigawenga. Akubwera ku-"
    
  Panthawiyo, adasokonezedwa ndi ma sonic booms atatu omwe adagubuduza mwachindunji. Zinali ngati kuti nyumbayo inali chibaluni chachikulu chomwe chinadzaza mpweya m"kanthawi kochepa. Zounikira zamakompyuta, nyale, ndi mashelufu zinawombedwa ndi matebulo ndi makoma, mababu anaphwanyika, makoma anang"ambika, ndipo mwadzidzidzi mpweya unachita chifunga pamene fumbi lililonse m"chipinda chonsecho linaphwanyidwa ndi kupsyinjika kwakukulu. "Moni, Mulungu ...!"
    
  "Ndikukhulupirira kuti ili linali chenjezo. Osayesa kuponya ndege iliyonse, apo ayi ulendo wotsatira udzakhala woponya bomba," adatero Patrick. Pansi pa tebulo lomwe lili ndi laputopu imodzi yowonetsa chithunzi cha radar cha XC-57, adachiphunzira kwa mphindi zingapo, kenako adati, "John, ndikufuna kuti ndege yaku Turkey igwe."
    
  "Mukugwiritsa ntchito chiyani? Spittoons? Tilibe zida zodziwira ndege."
    
  "Woluza amatero. Slingshot."
    
  "Slingshot?" Maso a John adatsinzina mosokonezeka, kenako adamvetsetsa, kenako adawerengera, ndipo pamapeto pake adavomereza. "Tiyenera kuyandikira, mwina mkati mwa mailosi atatu."
    
  "Ndipo ngati aku Turkey agwira wotayikayo, adzamuwombera ... ndipo adzabwera kwa ife."
    
  "Ndikukhulupirira kuti sakufuna kusokonezana nafe - akutsatira zigawenga zaku Kurd," adatero Patrick. "Akadafuna kutiphulitsa bomba, akadachita kale." Izi sizinamveke zokhutiritsa ngakhale kwa iye; koma atalingaliranso kamphindi kena kake adagwedeza mutu. "Chitani".
    
  John anathyola ziboda zake ndikuyamba kuuwa malangizo, kusintha njira yowulukira yokonzedwa ndi XC-57 kuti ilowe m'malo oimikapo magalimoto a ndege ya ku Turkey, kenako ndikuwulukira kumbuyo ndi pansi payokha, pogwiritsa ntchito ma radar ake a laser kuti isamayende bwino . "Sindikuwona woperekeza aliyense," adatero Boomer, akuwerenga chithunzi cha radar chatsatanetsatane cha dera lozungulira ndege yaku Turkey pomwe XC-57 idayandikira. "Ichi ndi sitima imodzi. Zosangalatsa kwambiri, sichoncho?
    
  "Ndi ndege yanji iyi?" -Patrick anafunsa.
    
  "Sindingathe kuziwona - ngakhale ndizocheperako kuposa Gulf Stream."
    
  "Zochepa?" Kumva kuyandikira kwa chiwonongeko kuja kunabweranso, kumakwera ndi kutsika msana wa Patrick. "Ili ndi mphamvu zambiri pa ndege yaying'ono kuposa Gulfstream."
    
  "Mkati mwa utali wa makilomita khumi," anatero John. "Ndimumenya kuchokera patali mamailosi asanu. Ndikuyeserabe kulekanitsa ma nacelles a injini. " The XC-57 mwamsanga anatseka mtunda.
    
  "Sindikuwona gondola - iyi si ndege yonyamula anthu," adatero Patrick. Pamene ankayandikira, ankatha kuona zambiri: bizjet yaing'ono ya injini ziwiri, koma yokhala ndi zipinda zitatu pansi pa phiko lililonse ndi chipinda chimodzi pansi pa mimba. "Si anthu wamba," iye anatero. "Tengani chilichonse chomwe mungathe, John, ndikuwombera posachedwa momwe mungathere ..."
    
  Asanamalize, ndege ya ku Turkey mwadzidzidzi inatembenukira kumanzere n"kuyamba kukwera mofulumira-ndipo liŵiro lake lokhota silinali lofanana ndi la ndege yaikulu yonyamula anthu monga Gulfstream. Kuchokera apa, mbiri yake yonse ikuwonetsedwa pa chithunzi cha radar ya laser, adadziwika bwino: "O, ndi wankhondo wa F-4 Phantom! "Boomer anakuwa. "F-4 yokhala ndi luso lophatikizira? Nzosadabwitsa kuti sanatenge operekeza aliwonse - akhoza kutsagana naye yekha."
    
  "Menya, John," anafuula motero Patrick, "ndi kuchotsa wotayikayo pamenepo!" Phantom iyenera kukhala ndi zida zodzitetezera!
    
  "Pepani, Boomer!" Anatero John uku akulemba monyanyira kuti aitane XC-57.
    
  "Slingshot yatsegulidwa!" Boomer anatero. "Mphamvu zonse. Kuyenda mailosi asanu ndi limodzi sikukwanira. "
    
  "Osadandaula - atseka mtunda womwewo mwachangu kwambiri," adatero Patrick mowopsa. "Yambani kutsika mwachangu, John - F-4 mwina sakufuna kutsika. Iyikeni pamsitimayo."
    
  "Tikupita!" John Masters anatero. Pogwiritsa ntchito luso la XC-57 la "adaptive phiko", lomwe linatembenuza pafupifupi malo onse a ndege kukhala chipangizo chonyamulira, XC-57 inatsika pa liwiro la mamita zikwi khumi pa mphindi imodzi yokha, ndikupangitsa kuti isagwe.
    
  "Kulumikizana kwabwezeretsedwa," adatero katswiri. "Zosokoneza zonse zazimitsidwa."
    
  "Akuchepetsa," adatero Boomer. "Makilomita atatu ... ayenera kumva kutentha kwa ..." Ndipo panthawiyi, chithunzi cha radar cha laser chinasonyeza mizinga iwiri ikuchoka ku phiko lililonse la Turkey F-4E. "Pambuyo pake!" anakuwa. Koma masekondi angapo ndege itayamba, zida za Sidewinder zidaphulika. "Legeni inamaliza onse awiri," adatero Boomer. "Laser imatumizidwa ku Phantom. Ikucheperachepera ngakhale ikucheperachepera. "
    
  "Ndikuganiza kuti tachita chinthu chofunikira," adatero John. Chithunzi chokulitsa cha laser radar chinawonetsa utsi wochokera ku injini yakumanja ya womenyayo. "Ayenera kuswa. Ndi mamita zikwi zisanu pamwamba pa nthaka-ndege zankhondo sizikonda kuwuluka pafupi ndi dothi."
    
  "Mailosi awiri ndikubwerabe," adatero Boomer. "Bwerani, aptal, masewera atha."
    
  "Aptal?"
    
  "Kutanthauza 'chitsiru' mu Turkish," anatero Boomer. "Ndinkaganiza kuti ngati tikufuna kukumana ndi anthu aku Turkey, ndibwino kuti ndiphunzire Chiturkey pang'ono."
    
  "Ndikusiyirani inu kuti muphunzire kaye mawu oipa," anatero John. Anabwerera kuthamangitsa akutsegula pa laptop yake. "Bwerani bwanawe, zatha, zatha-" Apa m"pamene mauthenga ochenjeza anaonekera pa laputopu ya John. "Zowopsa, injini imodzi ndi ziwiri zikuzima... Ma hydraulic ndi magetsi akuwonongeka! Zomwe zachitika?"
    
  "Anafika pamalo owombera," adatero Patrick. Masana, ndi thambo lowala ... XC-57 idathetsedwa ndipo aliyense adadziwa.
    
  "Bwera mwana," John adalimbikitsa chilengedwe chake, "mukhala bwino, pitirizani ..."
    
  Ndipo pamene ankayang'ana, adawona mtambo wa utsi ukutuluka kutsogolo kwa F-4 Phantom ya ku Turkey, denga likulungidwa kumbuyo, ndipo mpando wakumbuyo wotulutsiramo unawulukira kumwamba. Anadikirira kuti mpando wakutsogolo uchoke ... "Ndamupeza," adatero Boomer mwakachetechete, osasangalala kapena kupambana - kuyang'ana imfa ya woyendetsa ndege aliyense, ngakhale mdani, sikunali chifukwa chosangalalira. "Ziyenera kuti zidamupweteka kwambiri pomwe Slingshot idalunjika pankhope yake mwamphamvu, koma sanafune kuti Wotayikayo achoke."
    
  "Kodi ungamubwezere, John?" -Patrick anafunsa.
    
  "Sindikudziwa," anatero John. "Ma laser otsika a radar sabwereranso - ndizovuta kwambiri, ndipo tatsala ndi injini imodzi yokha. Ifenso tikutaya mafuta. Kwatsala mamailosi makumi atatu okha kuti apite, ikhala pafupi.
    
  Panali zambiri zowoloka zala, koma XC-57 idabweranso. "Ntchito yabwino, John," Patrick anatero kuchokera ku Hummer yake yomwe inayimitsidwa kumapeto kwa msewu wonyamukira ndege pamene ankasuzumira ndegeyo kudzera pa ma binoculars. Iye ndi John adangoyang'ana Loser akukonzekera kulowa. Kumbuyo kwa mbalame yolumalayo kunali utsi wautali wautali wakuda, koma njira yake yowulukira inali yokhazikika. "Sindinkaganiza kuti apulumuka."
    
  "Inenso," anavomereza motero John. "Kutera uku sikukhala kosangalatsa. Onetsetsani kuti zikuwonekera kwa aliyense - sindikudziwa mtundu wanji wa braking kapena kuwongolera komwe tasiya, ndipo zitha ... "
    
  "Scion, uyu ndi Wachitatu!" - Boomer adafuula pawailesi yolamula. "Ndege yobwera kuchokera kumwera, yotsika kwambiri!" Patrick anatembenuka ndikuyang'ana kumwamba...
    
  . . . ndipo pa nthawiyo John anafuula kuti: "Oyera! Mitambo ikuluikulu iwiri yamoto idaphulika kutsogolo kwa XC-57. Ndegeyo inkaoneka ngati ikungoyandama m"mwamba kwa mphindi zingapo; kenako kuphulika kwina, ndipo ndegeyo inatembenuzira pamphuno pake ndi kugwera pansi molunjika. Munalibe mafuta okwanira m"matanki kuti ayambitse moto waukulu.
    
  Maso a John Masters adatuluka m'mabokosi ake mosokonezeka. "Chachitika ndi chani kwa ine-"
    
  "Bwera pansi, John!" Patrick anakuwa, kumugwetsera pansi. Mabomba awiri a F-15E Eagle opangidwa ku America anadumphira m'mwamba pamalo otsika, akulowera kumpoto ku Turkey.
    
  Yohane anayesa kuyimirira. "Opusa aja adagunda changa-"
    
  "Ndati bakha!" Patrick anakuwa. Patangopita nthawi pang'ono, kuphulika kwamphamvu kotsatizana kotsatizana kunaphulika pakati pa msewu wonyamukira ndegeyo, wapafupi kwambiri womwe unali pamtunda wa mayadi mazana ochepa chabe. Amuna onsewa adamva ngati kuti Hummer wawo wagubuduza pamwamba pawo. Iwo anavumbidwa ndi zinyalala ndi utsi, akufuula ndi kuika manja awo m"makutu mwawo pamene kugwedezeka koopsako kunagwetsa mpweya m"mapapo awo. Mitsuko ya konkire inawadutsa ngati zipolopolo ndipo kenako inawagwera. "Lowani mu Hummer, John! Fulumirani!" Amuna onse awiri anakwera mkatimo monga momwe zidutswa zazikulu ndi zazikulu za konkriti zimawagwera kuchokera pamwamba. Sanachitirenso mwina koma kukwawira pansi momwe akanatha ndipo ankayembekezera kuti denga liwagwira. Mazenera anasweka ndipo Hummer wamkulu anagwedezeka pa mawilo ake iwonso asanaphulike.
    
  Patangopita mphindi zochepa, John anali adakali pansi pa Hummer, kutseka makutu ake ndi kutukwana mokweza. Patrick ankangoona kamagazi kakang'ono kakang'ono kakang'ono kakang'ono kamagazi kamene kanadutsa pakati pa zala zomwe zinali kutseka khutu lakumanzere la John. Patrick anayatsa wailesi yake yam'manja kuti apemphe thandizo, koma samamva kalikonse ndipo amangoyembekezera kuti uthenga wake watheka. Anakwera padenga la Humvee kuti awone zomwe zidawonongeka.
    
  Kuwombera kwabwino kwambiri, adaganiza. Anawona zipilala zisanu ndi zitatu, mwina mapaundi masauzande, iliyonse yosaposa mayadi asanu kuchokera pakati pa msewu wonyamukira ndege. Mwamwayi iwo sanagwiritse ntchito mabomba oboola mumsewu wothamangitsira ndege, mabomba ophulika kwambiri ongochitika mwachizoloŵezi, ndipo kuwonongeka sikunali koipa kwambiri - kuphulitsako kunapanga mabowo koma sikunabweretse zitsulo zazikulu zolimbitsa zitsulo. Izi zinali zosavuta kukonza.
    
  "Dothi?" John anali ndi vuto lotuluka mu Hummer. "Zomwe zachitika?" Anakuwa chifukwa mutu wake unkalira kwambiri moti sankamva mawu ake.
    
  "Kubweza pang'ono," adatero Patrick. Anatsika pa hummer ndikumuthandiza John kukhala tsonga kwinaku akumuyeza mutu wake ngati wavulala kwina. "Zikuwoneka ngati khutu lanu laphulika ndipo mwadulidwa bwino."
    
  "Atimenya ndi chiyani?"
    
  "F-15E Strike Eagles ikuponya maulendo a GPS ophulika kwambiri, zotsalira zina zankhondo zogulidwa ku United States of America yabwino," adatero Patrick. Ngakhale anali m'modzi mwa oponya mabomba abwino kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi, omwe amatha kuphulitsa bomba komanso kukwera ndege paulendo umodzi, a F-15Es sanathe kutera pachonyamulira ndege motero adawomberedwa kapena kugulitsidwa ngati owonjezera kwa ogwirizana ndi AMERICA. "Alemba bwino kwambiri msewu wonyamukira ndege, koma ukhoza kukonzedwa. Sizikuwoneka ngati agunda Triple-C, ma hangars, kapena nyumba zina zilizonse. "
    
  "Kodi 'abulu owopsa' amatanthauza chiyani mu Turkish?" Anafunsa John Masters uku akugwetsera dzanja lake pa Hummer mosonyeza mkwiyo. "Ndikuganiza kuti ndibwereka buku la mawu a Boomer ndikuphunzira mawu otembereredwa achi Turkey."
    
  Patangopita mphindi zochepa, Hunter Noble adakwera ambulansi ya Humvee. "Muli bwino anyamata?" Adafunsa motele ma paramedics aja akuwasamalira Patrick ndi John. "Ndinkaganiza kuti wasowa."
    
  "Chabwino ndi chakuti maguluwa anali abwino," adatero Patrick. "Kotala la sekondi lalitali ndi kotala la cholakwika chamutu wa digiri ndipo tikadakhala pansi pomwepa."
    
  "Sindikuganiza kuti awa ndi mathero," adatero Boomer. "Tikutsata ma slugs angapo m'derali; yapafupi ndi makilomita makumi awiri kum"maŵa, kulunjika kuno."
    
  "Tiyeni tibwerere ku nyumba yosungiramo zinthu zakale kuti tikaone zimene tatsala nazo," Patrick anatero mwachisoni. "Tidzafunika kudziwa za otayika wachitatu ndi ma module omwe tingagwiritse ntchito." Onse adalowa m'mahumvee awo ndikuthamangira ku mzere wonyamukira.
    
  Pomwe amakaima pachipatalapo kuti amusiye John ndikukafika pamalo osungiramo katundu, kulira m'makutu mwa Patrick kunali kutachepa moti ankatha kugwira ntchito bwinobwino. Pamene kusokonezedwa kunayima, iwo anali kubwerera mu mode zonse kuzindikira ndi relayed mauthenga ndi XC-57 woyamba, amene anabwerera ku kanjira kawolondera latsopano kum'mwera chakum'mawa kwa Allied Nala Air Base, mkati mwa laser radar osiyanasiyana mizinda itatu ikuluikulu kumpoto kwa Iraq - Mosul. , Erbil ndi Kirkuk, omwe anaukiridwa.
    
  Patrick anathamangitsa dzanja lake lonjenjemera pankhope yake pamene ankawerenga zanzeru. Adrenaline yomwe imayenda m'mitsempha yake idayamba kuchepa, ndikumusiya wotopa komanso wamanjenje. "Muli bwino, bwana?" Hunter Noble anafunsa.
    
  "Ndikuda nkhawa pang'ono ndi John. Anawoneka woyipa kwambiri. "
    
  "Nanunso mukuwoneka oyipa kwambiri, bwana."
    
  "Ndikhala bwino". Adamwetulira Boomer akuwonetsa nkhawa. "Ndinayiŵala mmene zinalili kuzunzidwa kotereku. Zimakuchititsani mantha kwambiri."
    
  "Mwina upume pang'ono."
    
  "Ndikhala bwino, Boomer," Patrick anabwereza. Iye anagwedeza mutu kwa woyendetsa ndege wamng'ono ndi wa mumlengalenga. "Zikomo chifukwa chokhudzidwa kwambiri."
    
  "Ndikudziwa zomwe zili mu mtima mwanu, bwana," adatero Boomer. "Chinthu chokhacho choipitsitsa kuposa kubwerera kuchokera mumlengalenga ndicho kutsala pang"ono kuwonongedwa ndi mabomba okwana mapaundi chikwi. Mwina simuyenera kukankhira mwayi wanu. "
    
  "Tiyeni tiyike Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti kuti akhale bwino ndikuwona bwino zomwe zikuchitika, kenako ndipita kukagona." Izi sizinachepetse nkhawa za Boomer ndipo zidawonekera pankhope pake, koma Patrick adazinyalanyaza. "Kodi majeti aliwonse akuvutitsa wotayika?"
    
  Palibe chifukwa chotsutsana ndi mnyamatayo, Boomer ankaganiza kuti adzagwira ntchito mpaka atagwa, momveka bwino komanso mophweka. "Ayi," anayankha motero. "Wankhondo aliyense amene anali pamtunda wa makilomita 50 anauwotcha, koma palibe amene anaukira. Komanso samavutitsa ma drones athu. "
    
  "Iwo amadziŵa kuti ndege zambiri zowulukira kuno ndi ndege zaukazembe zopanda zida, ndipo sizidzawononga zida," Patrick analingalira motero. "Ndilangidwe. Amadziwa kuti pali kutsutsa kochepa pa zomwe akuchita pakali pano. "
    
  "Pali magalimoto ambiri oyenda pang'onopang'ono akuyandikira ndipo magalimoto angapo akubwera," adatero Boomer. Amayang'anitsitsa ndege zingapo zothamanga kwambiri, zomwe zimazungulira pafupi ndi Kirkuk ndi Erbil. Komabe, ndege ina inali kulowera chakumadzulo molunjika ku Nala. "Kodi pali mitundu kapena ma code a izi?" -Patrick anafunsa.
    
  "Ayi," Boomer anayankha. "Iye ndi wotsika kwambiri komanso wachangu. Palibe kulumikizana pano. Chithunzi cha laser radar chikuwonetsa ngati C-130 turboprop yokhala ndi mipando iwiri, koma imasintha liwiro nthawi ndi nthawi, pang'onopang'ono kuposa momwe amayembekezerera ndege yanzeru yonyamula ndege. Zitha kukhala ndi zovuta zamakina. "
    
  "Kodi timalumikizana ndi Avenger?"
    
  "Ndikuganiza kuti onse akulankhulanso ndi Mtsamunda Wilhelm mu Tank."
    
  Patrick adatsegula njira yolamula: "Scion Odin akuyimbira Warhammer."
    
  "Ndili bwino kuwona kuti mukadali nafe, Scion," adatero Wilhelm kuchokera pagulu lake lolamula mu Tank. "Mukali kukuwa mu maikolofoni. Kodi belu lanu lingalire pamenepo?"
    
  "Ndikukulangizani kuti mufunse ma Avenger anu kuti awonetsetse kuti mawonekedwe ake ndi olondola musanalowe kunkhondo, Warhammer."
    
  "A Turkey angophulitsa gehena pabwalo langa la ndege, Scion, ndipo magalimoto awo akupita uku. Talandira malipoti a magulu atatu osiyana a magalimoto okhala ndi zida. Sindilola kuti angothamangira m'munsimu popanda kupha ochepa poyamba. "
    
  "Obwera kuchokera kum'mawa sangakhale wa ku Turkey."
    
  "Ndiye ukuganiza kuti ndindani?"
    
  "Panjira yotseguka, Warhammer."
    
  Wilhelm anakhala chete kwa mphindi zingapo; Kenako: "Ndikumva, mwana." Iye sankadziwa yemwe kapena chimene McLanahan ankaganizira, koma mnyamatayo anali pa mpukutu; bwino kumuthandiza kuti apitirizebe kuyenda. "Sweka. Magawo onse a Warhammer, uyu ndi Alpha, dziwani kuti tilibe ndege iliyonse yomwe yakonzedwa kuti ifike pansi ndipo sitingathe kuwafikitsa pano tikadatero, koma ndikufuna kupeza zozindikiritsa zowoneka bwino za ndege zonse zomwe zikubwera. . Ndikubwereza, ndikusowa EO yabwino kapena chizindikiritso chowonekera. IR ndipo palibe mitundu ndi ma code si, ndikubwereza, zabwino zokwanira. " Anaima kaye pang"ono, akumalingaliranso za dongosolo lake lotsatira, kenaka anapitiriza kuti: "Ngati mulibe chizindikiritso chotsimikizirika, nenani kumene kuli kumene, liŵiro lake, liŵiro, kutalika kwake ndi mtundu wake, koma nyalanyazani. Ngati simukudziwa, fuulani koma gwirani mwamphamvu chida chanu, ngati mulibe ID, ndi chigawenga. Warhammer watuluka."
    
  Sizinatenge nthawi kuti lipoti loyamba libwere: "Warhammer, iyi ndi Piney One-Two," idabwera gawo lakum'mawa kwa Avenger. "Ndimaona sitima yapamadzi imodzi yokha, imodzi ndi zisanu-zero madigiri bullseye, yopita kumadzulo, mfundo zana ndi makumi asanu ndi atatu, kutalika kwapansi kuchotsera wani-eyiti, mitundu yolakwika ndi ma code." Kutalika kwa "pansi" kunali mamita zikwi ziwiri, zomwe zikutanthauza kuti ndegeyo inali mamita mazana awiri pamwamba pa nthaka. "Zikuwoneka ngati Winner Two-Two."
    
  "O, zikomo, Ambuye," Wilhelm adang'ung'udza pansi. Ndi zakumwa ndi chakudya chamadzulo zingati zomwe ndidzakhale nazo kwa McLanahan izi zikatha ...? "Zamveka, mmodzi kapena awiri. Pitirizani kulondera, zida zili zokonzeka. Magawo onse a Warhammer, uyu ndi Alpha, ndege zomwe zikubwera, zida zokonzeka mpaka zitafika pansi, ndikubwerera ku FPCON Delta. Weatherly, tsatirani lamulo apa. Ndikulunjika pamzere wonyamukira. Thompson, tumizani anyamata anu kumeneko kuti akagwire uthenga womwe ukubwerawu, ndipo ndikufuna chitetezo cholimba ngati bulu wa udzudzu. Utumiki wa ndege, lolani munthu uyu alowe ndikuwonetsetsa kuti palibe michira pa iye. Thompson, mperekeni kwa Alpha Security." Adataya ma headphone ake ndikuthamangira kuchitseko.
    
  Anapeza McLanahan ndi Chris Thompson m'malo otetezedwa oimikapo magalimoto oyendetsa ndege, gawo la apuloni yandege yozunguliridwa ndi zotchinga zotsekera kutsogolo kwa hala yayikulu. Thompson anayika asilikali ake achitetezo mumsewu wakummwera wa taxi ndi njira yochokera ku msewu wa taxi kupita ku apuloni. Maso a Wilhelm adatsinzina atawona McLanahan. Mutu wa mkulu wa asilikali wopuma komanso kumbuyo kwa manja ake anali ndi zilonda zouluka. "Uyenera kukhala m'chipatala, General," adatero.
    
  McLanahan anali kuumitsa nkhope yake, mutu ndi manja ake ndi thaulo lalikulu lonyowa loyera, lomwe linali lodetsedwa kale kuchokera pomwe adachoka. "Ikhoza kudikira," iye anatero.
    
  "Motalika bwanji? Mpaka kukomoka?"
    
  "Ndidamusiya John kwa sing'anga ndikuwapempha kuti andiyese."
    
  Bullshit, Wilhelm anaganiza, koma sananene mokweza. Anagwedeza mutu momvetsa chisoni, posafuna kukangana ndi mnyamatayo, kenako anagwedeza mutu kummawa. "N'chifukwa chiyani amabwera kuno?"
    
  "Sindikudziwa".
    
  "Osati wanzeru kwambiri, ukandifunsa." Wilhelm anatenga walkie-talkie. "Wachiwiri ndi Alefa. Magalimoto apafupi kwambiri ali kuti?"
    
  "Makilomita makumi awiri kumpoto, ndikuyandikirabe."
    
  "Ndimakumvetsetsa. Pitilizani kuyang'anira, mundidziwitse akafika pamtunda wa makilomita khumi. " Osati mkati mwa mivi yowombera pamapewa, koma ndege yoyandikirayo inali pachiwopsezo cha kufa ngati itawonedwa ndi ndege zankhondo zaku Turkey.
    
  Mphindi zochepa pambuyo pake adamva phokoso laling'ono lothamanga kwambiri la rotorcraft yayikulu. CV-22 Osprey yopendekeka idawulukira pansi komanso mwachangu pamunsi, idakhotera chakumanzere pomwe idasinthira ndikuwuluka molunjika, kenako ndikudumphira pamzere wamagalimoto achitetezo panjira yopita pa apuloni ndikutera. Anamulowetsa m"malo oimikapo magalimoto otetezeka, mmene anadzitsekera.
    
  Asitikali achitetezo a Thompson adatumizanso malo onse oimikapo ndege pomwe Wilhelm, McLanahan, ndi Thompson adatseka pa Osprey. Njira yakumbuyo yonyamula katundu idatsegulidwa ndipo othandizira atatu a US Secret Service, atavala zida zankhondo komanso okhala ndi mfuti zamakina, adatuluka, ndikutsatiridwa ndi Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti Kenneth Phoenix.
    
  Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti anali atavala chisoti cha Kevlar, magalasi, magolovesi ndi zida zankhondo. Wilhelm adayandikira kwa iye, koma sanachite moni - anali atadziwika kale mokwanira. Phoenix adayamba kuchotsa zida zake zodzitetezera, koma Wilhelm adamugwedeza kuti ayime. "Bwana, sungani kachipangizo kameneka kuti mungoyaka," anakuwa motero chifukwa cha mkokomo wa zipolopolo zomwe zinali m"mwamba. Anaperekeza Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti kwa Humvee yemwe anali ndi zida zodikirira, ndipo onse adawunjikana mkati ndikuthamangira kuchipinda chamsonkhano chomwe chili pamwamba pa Tank.
    
  Atakhala otetezeka mkati ndikutetezedwa, Othandizira a Secret Service adathandizira Phoenix kuchotsa zida zake zodzitetezera. "Zomwe zachitika?" Phoenix anafunsa. Anayang'ana nkhope yachisoni ya Wilhelm, kenako McLanahan. "Osandiwuza, ndiloleni ndiganizire: Türkiye."
    
  Wilhelm anati: "Tinazindikira kuti ndege yaphulitsidwa, koma adatumiza ndege yomwe idatichotsa maso ndi makutu." "Kulumikizana kwabwino kowopsa; zinali zoonekeratu kuti anali okonzeka kunyanyala ntchito ndipo ankangoyembekezera kuti apeze mpata woyenerera."
    
  "Ndinali kufuna kukumana ndi aliyense ku Erbil," adatero Phoenix. "Sindinaganize kuti ndingakhale chivundikiro chawo cha kuwukira."
    
  "Pakadapanda inu, bwana, akadakhala wina - kapena akadapanga zina, monga ndikukhulupirira kuti adachita chiwembucho ku Van," adatero Patrick.
    
  "Kodi ukuganiza kuti kunali kupanga?" Chris Thompson anafunsa. "Chifukwa chiyani? Inali PKK yachikale."
    
  "Inali PKK yapamwamba kwambiri," adatero Patrick. "Chomwe chidandidabwitsa chinali nthawi yake. Chifukwa chiyani kuukira kwa masana, mocheperapo m'mawa, pamene onse ogwira ntchito ndi chitetezo ali maso ndi tcheru? Bwanji osaukira usiku? Akanakhala ndi mwayi wochuluka woti zinthu ziyende bwino komanso zotayika zambiri."
    
  Ndinkaganiza kuti anali opambana kwambiri.
    
  "Ndikukhulupirira kuti kunali kukhazikitsidwa kuti kuwonetsetse kuti kulibe ophunzira okwanira m'misasa," adatero Patrick. "Adawonetsetsa kuti chiwerengero cha anthu omwe amwalira chinali chochepa ndikungowonjezera atolankhani - zokwanira kuti Purezidenti alengeze zavuto."
    
  "Ngati Turkey ili ndi Purezidenti," adatero Phoenix. "Uthenga wochokera kwa kazembe wathu ku Ankara unanena kuti Purezidenti 'adakambirana ndi alangizi ake andale ndi ankhondo.' Unduna wa Zachilendo sudzanenanso chilichonse, ndipo palibe amene adayankha kuitana kwa Purezidenti kwa Prime Minister ndi Purezidenti wa Turkey. Pa wailesi yakanema ankawoneka ngati loboti; angakhale atapanikizidwa, ngakhale kumwa mankhwala osokoneza bongo."
    
  "Bwana, tisanatayenso nthawi kuyesa kudziwa zomwe a Turks achite, choyamba ndikuchotsani pano ndikubwerera ku Baghdad - makamaka kubwerera ku States," adatero Wilhelm. "Ntchito Yanu Yachinsinsi ikhoza kukhala ndi zosankha zabwinoko, koma ndikupangira-"
    
  "Sindinakonzekere kuchoka pano, Mtsamunda," adatero Phoenix.
    
  "Pepani bwana?" Wilhelm anafunsa modabwa. "Tili mkati mozimitsa moto bwana. Angophulitsa maziko awa! Sindingakutsimikizireni kuti ndinu otetezeka-sindikukhulupirira kuti pali aliyense amene angakutetezeni panopa."
    
  "Mtsamunda, ndabwera kuno kudzakumana ndi a Iraqi, aku Turkey, aku Kurds ndi aku America kuti ndiyese kuthetsa vutoli ndi PKK," adatero Phoenix, "ndipo sindichoka mpaka abwana anga andilamula." Wilhelm anali pafupi kunena chinachake, koma Phoenix anamuimitsa ndi dzanja lokwezedwa. "Zakwana, Mtsamunda. Ndikufuna mwayi wopeza foni kapena wailesi kuti ndilumikizane ndi Washington ndipo ndifunika ...
    
  Nthawi yomweyo belu linalira, ndipo Wilhelm adathamangira foni. "Pita."
    
  "Ndege zingapo zamtunda zikubwera kuchokera kumpoto, bwana," Mark Weatherly anatero. "Liwiro lotsika, mwina injini za turboprop. Tikukayikira kuti awa ndi magalimoto, mwina akutsika paratroopers. Asilikali aku Iraq akuperekanso lipoti la kusokoneza kwatsopano kwa mauthenga. Sitinatengebe.
    
  "Pitirizani kuyang'anira ndi kulangiza," adatero Wilhelm. Anaganiza kwakanthawi, kenaka anawonjezera, "Langizani magulu onse a Warhammer kuti akonzekere zida zawo, kuti adziteteze okha, ndikukumbukiranso Avengers kumbuyo."
    
  "Bwana? Nenaninso - "
    
  "Sitikulimbana ndi anthu aku Turkey, Weatherly," adasokoneza William. "Nzeru zathu zimati tachuluka kale kuposa khumi ndi mmodzi, kotero kuti akhoza kungotithamangitsa ngati akwiya mokwanira. Ndiwafotokozera kuti atha kuzungulira Iraq zonse zomwe akufuna, koma satenga maziko awa. Kumbukirani ma Avenger ndi magawo ena onse a Warhammer omwe sakuwoneka. Atangobwerera kumpanda, timapita kumalo otetezera, okonzeka kuthamangitsa onse omwe akuukira. Mwamva zimenezo?"
    
  "Ndikumvetsa, bwana."
    
  "Langizani Jaffar ndikumuuza kuti ndikufuna kukumana ndi iye ndi akuluakulu a kampani yake kuti ndichite chiyani ngati anthu aku Turkey ataukira," adatero Wilhelm. "Atha kufuna kumenya nkhondo, koma sitinabwere kuti tilowe munkhondo yowombera." Anamuyang'ana wachiwiri kwa president. "Mukufunabe kukhala pano, bwana? Izi zitha kukhala zoopsa. "
    
  "Monga ndidanenera, Colonel, ndili pa ntchito yaukazembe," adatero Phoenix. "Mwina anthu aku Turkey akadzazindikira kuti ndili pano, sangayambe kuwombera. Nditha kuyamba kukambirana zothetsa nkhondo kuyambira pano. "
    
  "Ndikadamva bwino mukadakhala ku Baghdad, bwana," adatero Wilhelm, "koma muli ndi mawu abwino komanso abwino, ndipo nditha kugwiritsa ntchito mawu omveka pano pompano."
    
  Foni inaitananso ndipo Wilhelm anayigwira.
    
  Kuno kunja kuli bwino bwana. Tili ndi vuto: Ndinayimbira ofesi ya Jaffar - kulibe. Palibe aliyense wa gulu loyang'anira OVR amayankha mafoni. "
    
  Afunseni Mavlud kapena Jabbouri komwe anapita.
    
  "Iwonso kulibe, bwana. Ndinayesa kuyimbira Jabbouri pa wailesi: palibe amene amayankha. Anachoka ku Tank ngakhale zigawenga zisanayambe."
    
  Wilhelm anayang'ana kunja kwa zenera la chipinda chamsonkhano kumunsi kwakukulu kwa Tanki; ndithudi, kutonthoza kwa msilikali wa ku Turkey kunalibe kanthu. "Pezani Haji yemwe ali woyang'anira ndikumuuza kuti abwere kuno mwadongosolo, Weatherly." Adadula foni. "Thompson?"
    
  "Ndikuyang'ana, Colonel." Chris Thompson anali atatsegula kale wailesi yake yam'manja. "Achitetezo akuti gulu la mabasi ankhondo ndi magalimoto adachoka pamalopo pafupifupi ola lapitalo, Mtsamunda," adatero patangopita nthawi pang'ono. "Anali ndi anthu ndi zida, zilolezo zoyenera, zosainidwa ndi Jaffar."
    
  "Palibe amene anaganiza zondidziwitsa za izi?"
    
  "Alonda a pachipata adanena kuti zikuwoneka zachizoloŵezi ndipo adalamulidwa kutero."
    
  "Kodi anyamata anu adawonapo asitikali aku Iraq kulikonse?" Wilhelm anagunda.
    
  "Ndikuyang'ana, Colonel." Koma aliyense anatha kuona poyang"ana nkhope ya Thompson yokayikitsa kuti yankho lake linali lakuti: "Mtsamunda, likulu la IA likuwonekeratu."
    
  "Palibe?"
    
  "Asilikali ochepa chabe otanganidwa kuchotsa ma hard drive ndi ma memory chips pamakompyuta," adatero Thompson. "Zikuwoneka kuti zazimitsa. Kodi mukufuna kuti ndiwayimitse anyamatawa ndikuwafunsa mafunso?"
    
  Wilhelm anagwedeza dzanja lake pankhope pake, kenako anagwedeza mutu wake. "Negative," anatero motopa. "Awa ndiye maziko awo ndi zida zawo. Tengani zithunzi ndi ziganizo, kenako zisiyeni. " Anaponyanso foni ija pa bedi. Iye anang'ung'udza kuti: "N'zosatheka kukhulupirira. "Gulu lonse lankhondo laku Iraq likungonyamuka ndikunyamuka?"
    
  "Ndipo zisanachitike," Thompson anawonjezera. "Kodi iwo akanatha kumva izi?"
    
  "Zilibe kanthu - apita," adatero Wilhelm. "Koma ndikuuzeni chinthu chimodzi: sabwereranso pamalopo pokhapokha nditadziwa kaye, ndizotsimikizika. Uwawuze anyamata akowo."
    
  "Zichitika, Colonel."
    
  Wilhelm adabwerera kwa wachiwiri kwa purezidenti. "Bwana, mukufuna zifukwa zinanso kuti mubwerere ku Baghdad?"
    
  Panthawiyi alarm inalira. Wilhelm adatenga foni ndikuyang'ana zowonetsera kutsogolo kwa thanki. "Bwanji tsopano, Weatherly?"
    
  "Chigawo chapafupi cha zida zankhondo zaku Turkey zomwe zikuyandikira kumpoto ndi makilomita khumi," adatero Weatherly. "Awona a Piney Awiri-Atatu ndipo ali ndi udindo."
    
  Wilhelm anathamanga mofulumira momwe angathere kutsika mpaka kutonthoza kwake, ena akutsatira pambuyo pake. Makanema a gulu lolimbana ndi ndege la Avenger adawonetsa galimoto yakuda yobiriwira yobiriwira ikuwulutsa mbendera yayikulu yofiyira yokhala ndi koyera koyera. Mfuti zake zamakina zidakwezedwa. Chithunzi cha XC-57 cha laser radar chinawonetsa magalimoto ena ali pamzere kumbuyo kwake. "Wachiwiri kapena wachitatu, uyu ndi Alefa, zida zomwe zili zokonzeka kuguba mumsewu."
    
  "Tavomereza, Warhammer, tili kale paulendo," mkulu wa galimoto ya Avenger anayankha, akuonetsetsa kuti zida zake zinali zotetezeka ndipo migolo ya mizinga yake ya Stinger ndi mfuti ya Gatling ya millimeter makumi awiri inali italoza kumwamba osati ku Turkey.
    
  "Kodi mungabwerere kapena kutembenuka?"
    
  "Ndikutsimikizira onse awiri."
    
  "Pang'onopang'ono, bwererani, tembenukani, kenaka mubwererenso pa liwiro labwino," Wilhelm adalamula. "Migolo yanu ikhale kutali ndi iwo. sindikuganiza kuti angakuvutitseni."
    
  "Ndikuyembekeza ukulondola, Alpha. Makope awiri kapena atatu okha, popita."
    
  Panali mphindi zochepa chabe. Chifukwa kamera yomwe inali m'bwalo la Avenger idangoyang'ana kutsogolo, idataya kanemayo, kotero sanathe kuwona ngati gulu lankhondo laku Turkey lonyamula zida zankhondo likukonzekera zida zilizonse zolimbana ndi akasinja. Koma chithunzi cha XC-57 chikuwonetsa kuti magalimoto aku Turkey adakhala pamalo pomwe Wobwezera adatembenuka, kenako adawatsatira kuchokera pamtunda wa mayadi zana pomwe amabwerera kumunsi.
    
  "Awa abwera," adatero Wilhelm, akuchotsa zomvera zake ndikuziponya patebulo patsogolo pake. "Bambo Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti, pachiwopsezo chonena zodziwikiratu, mudzakhala mlendo wathu posachedwa, mwachilolezo cha Republic of Turkey."
    
  "Wachita bwino, Colonel," adatero Ken Phoenix. "Anthu aku Turkey akudziwa kuti akhoza kutiphulitsa, koma akubwerera. Tikadabweza, akadaukira ndithu.
    
  "Ndife ogwirizana, sichoncho?" Adatelo Wilhelm mwachipongwe. "Mwanjira ina ndinangotsala pang"ono kuiwala za izo. Komanso, n"zosavuta kuti musabwezere ngati mulibe kubwezera." Anatembenukira kwa Chris Thompson. "Thompson, letsani lamulo lochotsa, koma tsekani maziko, kwezani aliyense ndikuteteza zipata ndi kuzungulira. Ndikufuna kukhalapo kwamphamvu koma zida zowoneka zochepa. Palibe amene amawombera pokhapokha atamuwombera. Zanyengo, yang'anirani ma Avenger ena omwe akubwera, adziwitse kuti tili ndi alendo, zida zokonzeka. Ndikuganiza kuti aku Turkey awalola. "
    
  Pasanathe ola limodzi, gulu la anthu awiri onyamula zida zankhondo zaku Turkey adayimitsidwa pakhomo lililonse la Nakhla Allied airbase. Iwo ankawoneka osachezeka kwambiri, atakweza zida zawo, ndipo asilikali oyenda pansiwo anakhalabe pafupi ndi magalimoto awo atanyamula mfuti pamapewa awo... Maziko adatsekedwadi.
    
    
  MUTU WACHISANU NDI CHIMODZI
    
    
  Kulephera kuzindikira mwayi ndiye cholakwika chowopsa komanso chofala chomwe mungapange.
    
  -MAE JEMISON, WA ASTRONAUT
    
    
    
  ofesi ya pulezidenti, Cankaya, ANKARA, Türkiye
  M'MAWA M'MAWA
    
    
  "Iyi ndi foni yachitatu kuchokera ku Washington, bwana," wothandizira adatero, akudula. "Nthawi ino ndi Secretary of State iyemwini. Mawu ake ankamveka okwiya."
    
  Purezidenti Kurzat Hirsiz anagwedeza kwa womuthandizira kuti atseke, kenako analankhula pafoni kuti: "Pitirizani ndi lipoti lanu, General."
    
  "Inde, bwana," General Abdullah Guzlev anatero pafoni yotetezeka ya satellite. "Gawo loyamba lidapita ku Tal Afar, kumpoto chakumadzulo kwa Mosul. Adazungulira bwalo lankhondo lankhondo ndipo adalanda mapaipi ndi popopera ku Avgan. A Iraqi amathabe kuletsa kutuluka kwa minda ya Baba Gurgur kummawa ndi kutumiza mafuta kuchokera kumadera akumwera, koma mafuta ochokera kumunda wa Kuale ndi otetezeka.
    
  Hirsiz anaganiza modabwitsa. Kuukira kwa Iraq kunayenda bwino kuposa momwe amayembekezera. "Asitikali aku Iraq sanateteze mapaipi kapena popopera?" anafunsa.
    
  "Ayi, bwana. Makampani achitetezo okha, ndipo sanakane. "
    
  Izi zinalidi nkhani yaikulu; akuyembekeza kuti ma Iraqi ateteze mwamphamvu mapaipi ndi zomangamanga. Mafuta oyenda paipi ya Kirkuk-Ceyhan adatenga 40 peresenti ya ndalama zamafuta aku Iraq. Zowonadi, chitukuko chosangalatsa cha zochitika ... "Zabwino kwambiri, General. Kupita patsogolo kwanu kwakhala kodabwitsa. Mwachita bwino. Pitirizani."
    
  "Zikomo, bwana," Guzlev anapitiriza. "Chigawo chachiwiri chidapitilira mpaka ku Mosul ndikulanda bwalo la ndege lakumwera la Qayyarah. Gulu lathu lankhondo lapandege linaphulitsa bwalo la ndege ku Nakhla, malo ochitira ndege za ku Iraq kumpoto kwa mzindawu, pafupi ndi Tall Qaifa, ndipo tinazungulira bwalo la ndege. Pakadali pano tikutera ndege zoyendera komanso zolondera zida pa Qayar South Airport. "
    
  "Kodi panali kukana kulikonse kwa ma Iraqi kapena aku America ku Nakhla?"
    
  "Anthu aku America sakutsutsa; komabe, sitikulumikizana ndi gulu lankhondo la Iraq lomwe lili kumeneko. "
    
  "Osalumikizana?"
    
  "Zikuwoneka ngati adachoka pamalopo ndikubwerera ku Mosul kapena Kirkuk," adatero Guzlev. "Tili tcheru kuti awonekere mwadzidzidzi, koma tikukhulupirira kuti angovula mayunifolomu awo ndikubisala pakati pa anthu."
    
  "Izi zitha kukhala vuto pambuyo pake, koma tikukhulupirira kuti zibisika kwakanthawi. Nanga asilikali a General Ozek?"
    
  "Magawo awiri a Gendarme omwe akugwira ntchito kum'mawa adalimbana kwambiri ndi magulu awiriwa, omwe amakumana ndi zigawenga za Peshmerga," adatero Guzlev, "koma adazungulira bwalo la ndege la Erbil kumpoto chakumadzulo."
    
  "Tinkayembekezera kukana kwa Peshmerga - ndichifukwa chake tidaganiza zotumiza magawo awiri a Gendarme kum'mawa, magawo atatu otsalawo ali okonzeka kusuntha ngati kuli kofunikira," adatero Hirsiz. Peshmerga, kutanthauza "omwe amayang'ana imfa pamaso" m'Chikurdi, adayamba ngati omenyera ufulu waku Kurdish omwe adalimbana ndi gulu lankhondo la Saddam Hussein polimbana ndi zoyesayesa zake zankhanza zothamangitsa ochepa aku Kurd kumadera olemera amafuta kumpoto chakum'mawa kwa Iraq komwe aku Kurds amawona ngati. gawo la tsogolo, dziko la Kurdistan. Pambuyo pa nkhondo ya US ku Iraq, Peshmerga anamenyana ndi asilikali a Saddam pamodzi ndi US. mphamvu. Chifukwa cha zaka za maphunziro aku America ndi thandizo, a Peshmerga akhala gulu lomenyera nkhondo komanso oteteza boma la Kurdish.
    
  "Tikadali ochepa ngati zomwe nzeru zathu zimanena ndi mphamvu zonse za Peshmerga," adatero Guzlev. "Tiyenera kusuntha magawo awiri a gendarme kumwera kuti tilimbikitse mizere yogulitsira ndikusunga yomaliza. Ngati magulu ankhondo a General Ozek atha kugwira mwamphamvu ndikuwongolera misewu yayikulu itatu kapena inayi yolowera ndikutuluka ku Erbil, komanso kuwongolera njira zopita ku eyapoti, tidzakhala ndi chitetezo champhamvu kuchokera ku Erbil kupita ku Tal Afar ndipo titha kukankha. ku Peshmerga kumapiri a kum"mawa kwa Eribil."
    
  "Ndiye ndipereka lamulo," anatero Hirsiz. "Pakadali pano, ndidzakambirana zothetsa nkhondo ndi aku Iraq, aku Kurds ndi aku America. Tidzafika pa mgwirizano wina wokhudza malo otetezedwa, kuphatikiza kulondera ndi kuyang'anira mayiko osiyanasiyana, ndipo pamapeto pake tidzachoka ... "
    
  "Ndipo tikabwerera, tidzawononga malo aliwonse omaliza ophunzitsira a PKK omwe tingapeze," adatero Guzlev.
    
  "Zowona," adatero Hirsiz. "Kodi muli ndi lipoti langozi?"
    
  "Ovulala akhala ochepa, bwana, kupatula kuti General Ozek anena kuti anthu awiri mwa anthu 100 aliwonse ovulala akamadutsa madera ambiri aku Kurd," adatero Guzlev. Ndi magawano a Jandarma a amuna zikwi makumi awiri aliyense, kutaya amuna mazana anayi tsiku limodzi linali vuto lalikulu; magawo atatuwa a Jandarma anali ofunikira mwachangu. "Sitikuvutikira kuchotsa akufa ndi ovulala kubwerera ku Turkey. Kutayika kwa ndege kunalinso kochepa. Choyipa kwambiri chinali kutayika kwa ndege yonyamula katundu yomwe inali kuwuluka kuchokera ku Erbil kuti ibweretse zinthu zambiri - mwina idawomberedwa ndi moto wa adani, sitikudziwabe. Helikoputala yonyamula katundu idatayika chifukwa cha zovuta zamakina, ndipo ndege yamagetsi ya RF-4E idawomberedwa ndi ndege yaku US yozindikira. "
    
  "Ndege yowunikira zaku America? Kodi ndege ya kazitape ingagwetse bwanji mmodzi wa ife? "
    
  "Zosadziwika, bwana. Ofesi ya intelligence system inanena kuti iwo akuwukiridwa, zomwe adazifotokoza ngati kuchuluka kwa radiation. "
    
  "Radiation?"
    
  "Izi ndi zomwe ananena atatsala pang'ono kuyanjana ndi woyendetsa ndegeyo. Woyendetsa ndi ndege zidatayika. "
    
  "N'chifukwa chiyani gehena akutiwombera ndi zida za ray?" Hirsiz anagunda.
    
  "Tidasamala kuti tichepetse ovulala, asitikali ndi anthu wamba, mbali zonse ziwiri, bwana," adatero Guzlev. "Akuluakulu amagawidwe akulamulidwa kuti auze amuna awo kuti akhoza kuwotcha ngati atawotchedwa, kupatulapo zigawenga zodziwika kapena zomwe akuwaganizira za PKK."
    
  "Kodi mukukumana ndi mphamvu zotani, General? Mukuchita nawo ma units ati?"
    
  "Tikukumana ndi zovuta kudera lonselo, bwana," adatero Guzlev. "Anthu aku America sanachite nawo nkhondo. Atenga malo odzitchinjiriza mwamphamvu m'mabwalo awo ndipo akupitilizabe kuyang'anira mlengalenga, koma sakuukira ndipo sitikuyembekezera kuti atero. "
    
  "Ndiko kulondola, General - onetsetsani kuti mayunitsi anu amakumbukira izi," Hirsiz anachenjeza. "Tilibe chosonyeza kuti aku America atiukira mpaka titawaukira. Musawapatse chifukwa choti apite kukamenyana."
    
  "Ndimafotokozera akuluakulu anga ola lililonse, bwana. Akudziwa, "adavomereza Guzlev. "Asitikali aku Iraq akuwoneka kuti asowa, mwina akuthawira ku Baghdad kapena kungovula yunifolomu, kubisa zida zawo ndikudikirira monga momwe adachitira pomwe aku America adaukira mu 2003."
    
  "Sindikuyembekezera kuti nawonso angamenyane, General; Sakonda PKK kuposa momwe ife timakonda. Asiyeni abisale."
    
  "Zigawenga za PKK zikuthawa, kuyesera kufikira mizinda ikuluikulu," adatero Guzlev. "Zidzatengera khama kuti tifufuze, koma tizichita. Tikukhulupirira kuti tidzawasunga kumidzi kuti asathawire ku Erbil kapena ku Kirkuk ndikusakanikirana ndi anthu. A Peshmerga amakhalabe pachiwopsezo chachikulu, koma sanafikebe - ndi oteteza mizinda yawo, koma samatiukira. Izi zitha kusintha. "
    
  "Zidzatenga njira yothetsera nkhondo ndi boma la Kurdish kuti tipeze njira yomwe imatilola kuyang'ana zigawenga za PKK popanda kulimbana ndi Peshmerga," adatero Hirsiz. "Washington adayimba usiku wonse kufuna kufotokozera. Ndikuganiza kuti ino ndi nthawi yolankhula nawo. Pitirizani, General. Uzani anthu anu: ntchito yabwino. Zabwino zonse komanso kusaka kosangalatsa. "
    
  Mlembi wamkulu wa National Security Council ku Turkey anati: "Bwana, nkhani yabwino kwambiri. "Zabwino kuposa momwe timayembekezera. Palibe amene akutitsutsa kupatula omenyera ochepa a Peshmerga ndi zigawenga za PKK. Hirsiz anagwedeza mutu koma sananene kalikonse; "Simukuvomereza, bwana?"
    
  "Inde," adatero Hirsiz. "Tinkayembekezera kuti tidzakhala m'mapiri, koma popanda kutsutsidwa mwadongosolo, kumpoto kwa Iraq kuli kotseguka ... makamaka Erbil, likulu la Boma la Kurdistan, lomwe likukana kuthana ndi PKK."
    
  "Mukufuna kunena chiyani bwana?"
    
  "Ndikunena kuti ngati tifinya Erbil, tikhoza kukakamiza KRG kuti atithandize kusaka zigawenga za PKK," adatero Hirsiz. "Aliyense akudziwa kuti makampani omwe ali ndi nduna ya KRG komanso utsogoleri wamkulu amapereka ndalama ku KRG. Mwina ndi nthawi yowapangitsa kuti alipire mtengo. Kuwononga mabizinesi awa, kutseka mapaipi a CPC, kutseka malire ndi malo opangira ndege kwa chilichonse kapena aliyense wogwirizana ndi KRG ndipo apempha kuti atithandize. " Adatembenukira kwa Minister of Defense Jizek. "Pezani mndandanda wazomwe mukufuna ku Erbil zomwe zimayang'ana kwambiri chuma cha KRG ndikugwira ntchito ndi General Guzlev kuti awawonjezere pamndandanda womwe akufuna."
    
  "Tiyenera kusamala za zomwe zikuchitika, bwana," adatero Jizek. "Cholinga chathu ndikupanga malo otetezedwa kumpoto kwa Iraq ndikuchotsa PKK. Kuukira kwa Erbil kumapitilira cholinga ichi. "
    
  "Iyi ndi njira ina yowonongera PKK - kupempha thandizo la Iraq," adatero Hirsiz. "Ngati akufuna kuthetsa zigawenga zathu ndi ntchito yathu, atithandiza kuwononga PKK, monga adayenera kuchita zaka zapitazo." Jizek ankaonekabe wankhawa, koma anangogwedeza mutu n"kudzilembera yekha manotsi. "Zabwino kwambiri. Tsopano ndipita kukalankhula ndi Joseph Gardner kuti ndione ngati ali wokonzeka kutithandiza."
    
    
  OVAL OFFICE, WHITE HOUSE, WASHINGTON, DC.
  PATAPITA KANTHAWI, MADZULO
    
    
  Foni yomwe inali pafupi ndi chigongono cha Chief of Staff Walter Cordus inalira, ndipo nthawi yomweyo anayitenga foniyo. "Ndiyimba kuchokera ku Ankara, bwana," adatero. "Zizindikirozi zikuti zikuchokera kwa Purezidenti mwiniwake."
    
  "Pomaliza," anatero Purezidenti Joseph Gardner. Anakhala patebulo lake akuwonera nkhani zakuukira kwa Iraq ndi mlangizi wake wachitetezo cha dziko, Conrad Carlisle, Secretary of Defense Miller Turner, komanso Chairman wa Joint Chiefs of Staff, U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Taylor J. Bain. Opezeka kudzera pa videoconference anali Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti Kenneth Phoenix wochokera ku Allied Nakhla Air Base ku Iraq ndi Secretary of State Stacey Barbeau wochokera ku Aviano Air Base ku Italy, komwe adapita m'malo mopitilira ku Iraq kuchokera ku Washington. "Mgwirizano." Analingalira kwa kamphindi, kenaka anamgwira chanza. "Ayi, dikirani, ndimupangitsa kuti adikire ndikuwona momwe akukondera. Muuzeni kuti andidikire ndipo ndilankhula naye pakapita nthawi. "
    
  Gardner anatembenukira kwa ena mu Oval Office. "Chabwino, takhala tikuwonera zoyipa izi zikuwuluka tsiku lonse. Kodi tikudziwa chiyani? Kodi tinganene chiyani kwa munthu amene ali kumbali ina ya foni?"
    
  "Zikuwonekeratu kuti anthu a ku Turkey akuyang'ana malo obisalamo a PKK ndi misasa yophunzitsira ndipo akusamala kwambiri kuti asawononge anthu aku Iraq kapena America," adatero mlangizi wa chitetezo cha dziko Conrad Carlisle. "Ngati zili choncho, timauza anyamata athu kuti adzichepetse ndikupewa. Kenako timauza aku Turkey kuti abwerere ngati pangakhale zotsatira zosayembekezereka. "
    
  "Zikumveka zomveka kwa ine," adatero Gardner. "Akuyenda mozama kwambiri ku Iraq, sichoncho, kuposa momwe amachitira nthawi zonse kudutsa malire?" Aliyense mu Oval Office komanso pamisonkhano yamakanema amayang'anira mitu. "Ndiye funso ndilakuti, atsala?"
    
  "Akhala pano nthawi yayitali kuti aphe zigawenga zilizonse za PKK zomwe angawapeze, ndiye ndikutsimikiza kuti achoka," Mlembi wa boma Stacy Ann Barbeau adatero pamndandanda wake wotetezedwa wavidiyo waku Italy. "Tiyenera kuyitanitsa bungwe la United Nations kuti liwunikire mwachangu ngati Kurzat Hirciz sakuwongoleranso ndipo gulu lankhondo la Turkey likufuna kuchita zipolowe."
    
  "Sangachite izi pa wotchi yanga, Stacy," adatero Gardner. "Sindingalole kupha anthu pomwe asitikali aku America alipo ndipo ma Iraqi alibe mphamvu zokwanira kuteteza anthu awo. Atha kuthana ndi zigawenga zawo zachikurdi m'dziko lawo ngati angafune, koma sangachite nkhanza pamaso pa asirikali aku America. "
    
  "Ndikuganiza kuti agwirizana ndi oyang'anira mayiko, Bambo Purezidenti," adatero Mlembi wa boma Stacy Ann Barbeau, "koma iwo akufuna kupanga malo otetezedwa kumpoto kwa Iraq ndi maola 24 padziko lonse kuyang'ana ntchito za PKK."
    
  "Inenso ndikhoza kukhala nazo," adatero Gardner. "Chabwino, Walter, gwirizanitsani ndi Hirsiz."
    
  Mphindi zochepa pambuyo pake: "Bambo Purezidenti, masana abwino, uyu ndi Purezidenti Hirsiz. Zikomo polankhula nane, bwana."
    
  "Ndine wokondwa kukuwonani muli bwino," adatero Gardner. "Sitinamvepo kalikonse kuchokera kwa inu kuyambira pomwe dziko lino lidalengeza za ngozi. Simunayankhe iliyonse mwa mafoni athu."
    
  "Pepani bwana, koma monga mukuonera, pano zinthu zavuta ndipo ndakhala wotanganidwa pafupifupi mosalekeza. Ndikuganiza kuti foniyi ikukhudza ntchito zathu zolimbana ndi uchigawenga ku Iraq? "
    
  M"maso mwa Gardner adangotuluka posakhulupirira zomwe wangomvazi. "Ayi bwana, ndikunena za kuwukira kwanu ku Iraq!" Gardner anaphulika. "Chifukwa ngati imeneyi ikanakhala ntchito yolimbana ndi uchigawenga, ndikukhulupirira kuti mukanatiuza kuti mudzayiyambitsa liti, kuti komanso bwanji, sichoncho?
    
  "Bambo Purezidenti, ndi ulemu wonse, kamvekedwe kotere sikofunikira," adatero Hirsiz. "Ndikakukumbutseni, bwana, ndi kupanda ulemu ngati uku komwe kwadzetsa chidani pakati pa mayiko athu poyambirira."
    
  "Ndipo kodi ndikukumbutseni, Purezidenti," adatero Gardner, "kuti ndege zankhondo zaku Turkey zikuphulitsa malo okhala ndi anthu aku America? Kodi ndikukumbutseninso kuti ndinatumiza Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti Phoenix ndi Mlembi Barbeau pa ntchito yaukazembe ku Iraq kukakumana ndi anzawo, ndipo Turkey idagwiritsa ntchito msonkhanowo ngati chiwombankhanga chautsi kuukira malo mkati mwa Iraq, ndikuyika Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti pachiwopsezo cha kufa? Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti ndi nthumwi ya United States of America komanso nthumwi yanga. Mulibe ufulu woyambitsa nkhondo panthawi imodzimodziyo ... "
    
  "Sindikufuna zikumbutso zanu, bwana!" Hirsiz adamudula mawu. "Sindikufunika maphunziro oti dziko la Turkey lidzachitapo kanthu polimbana ndi zigawenga zomwe zimawopseza anthu athu! Republic of Turkey ichita chilichonse chofunikira kuteteza dziko lathu ndi anthu athu! Ndi America ndi Iraq zomwe ziyenera kutithandiza kugonjetsa zigawenga! Ngati suchita kalikonse, tiyenera kupita tokha.
    
  "Sindikufuna kulangiza aliyense, bwana," adatero Gardner, poletsa mkwiyo wake, "ndipo ndikuvomereza kuti dziko la Turkey kapena dziko lina lililonse lingachitepo kanthu kuti liteteze zofuna zake, ngakhale kumenya nkhondo modzidzimutsa." Zomwe ndikupempha, bwana, ndikuti Washington adziwitsidwe kaye ndikupempha upangiri ndi chithandizo. Izi ndi zomwe ogwirizana amachita, sichoncho? "
    
  "Bambo Purezidenti, tinali ndi cholinga chilichonse chakudziwitsani nkhondo isanayambike, ngati nthawi ilola," adatero Hirsiz. Gardner adaponya maso ake osakhulupirira, koma sananene chilichonse. "Koma sizinachitike".
    
  "Izi ndi zomwe mudanena zisanachitike kuukira kumalire komwe kudapha anthu aku America opitilira khumi," Purezidenti adasokoneza. "Zachidziwikire, simukuwona kufunika kokambirana ndi Washington munthawi yake."
    
  "Pepani, Purezidenti, koma zomwe ndikukuuzani ndi zoona - pali chitsenderezo chachikulu choti tichitepo kanthu imfa ina isanachitike," adatero Hirsiz. Koma ulendo uno tidasamala kwambiri kuti tisavulale anthu wamba. Ndalamula Mtumiki wanga wa Chitetezo kuti adziwitse ndikukumbutsa nthawi zonse akuluakulu a magulu athu kuti zigawenga za PKK zokha ziyenera kuyang'aniridwa. Tachitapo kanthu modabwitsa kuti tichepetse kuvulala kwa wamba."
    
  "Ndipo ndikuzindikira zoyesayesa izi," adatero Gardner. "Monga momwe ndikudziwira, palibe m'modzi wa ku America kapena waku Iraq yemwe adaphedwa. Koma panali kuvulala ndi kuwonongeka kwakukulu ndi kuwonongeka kwa zipangizo ndi zomangamanga. Udani ukapitirira, kukhetsa mwazi."
    
  "Komabe, monga momwe ndikudziwira, bwana, zidatayika kale, mwadala komanso mochititsa mantha kwambiri ku Turkey, komanso imfa imodzi yomwe idachitika chifukwa cha asitikali aku America."
    
  "Chani? Achimerika? Gardner adayang'anitsitsa modabwa mlangizi wake wa chitetezo cha dziko komanso mlembi wa chitetezo. "Ndinatsimikiziridwa kuti m"gulu lathu lankhondo mulibe aliyense, ngakhalenso gulu lankhondo la Turkey. Payenera kuti panali cholakwika."
    
  "Ndiye mukukana kuti ndege ya US Flying Wing yodziwitsa anthu inali ikuzungulira kumpoto kwa Iraq ndikulamula kuti igwiritse ntchito zida zankhondo kuti igwetse ndege yothandizira ku Turkey?"
    
  "Mapiko owuluka ... ndege yoyendera ... chida chamtengo ...?"
    
  "Takhala tikuwona ndege iyi ikuuluka pafupi ndi malire a Turkey kwa masiku ambiri, bwana," adatero Hirsiz. "Ngakhale ikufanana ndi bomba la bomba la ku America, akatswiri athu azanzeru adatsimikizira boma lathu kuti ndi ndege yoyang'anira yopanda zida yomwe imayendetsedwa ndi kontrakitala wankhondo waku United States. Air Attache & # 233; ku ofesi ya kazembe waku America ku Ankara adavomereza kuti izi ndi zoona.
    
  "Mwachiwonekere ofufuza athu adalakwitsa ndipo kazembe wanu adatinamizira chifukwa ogwira ntchito mundege yothandizirana nawo adanenanso kuti adawukiridwa ndi ndege yomweyo," adapitiliza Hirsiz. "M"gulu la ogwira ntchito m"sitimayo amene anapulumuka ananena kuti ndegeyo ija inali kuwomberadi chida chomwe anachitcha kuti chitsulo; iye ananena kumverera kutentha kwambiri, wamphamvu moti anapha woyendetsa ndi kuwononga ndege. Kodi mukukana kuti ndege yotereyi inkagwira ntchito ku Iraq, Purezidenti?"
    
  A President anapukusa mutu mosokonezeka. Iye anati: "Bambo Pulezidenti, sindikudziwa chilichonse chokhudza ndege yotereyi, ndipo sindinalamulenso ndege iliyonse ya ku America kuti iukire munthu aliyense, ngakhalenso ndege ya mayiko ogwirizana ndi mayiko ena. "Ndipeza kuti anali ndani ndikuwonetsetsa kuti izi sizichitikanso."
    
  "Ichi ndi chitonthozo chaching'ono kwa banja la woyendetsa ndege yemwe adamwalira pachiwembucho, bwana."
    
  "Ndipeza omwe ali ndi udindo, Purezidenti, ndipo ngati uku kunali kuukira mwadala, adzalangidwa, zomwe ndikulonjeza," adatero Gardner. "Kodi zolinga za Turkey ku Iraq ndi zotani, bwana? Mudzayamba liti kuchotsa asilikali?"
    
  "Kubwerera? Kodi mwati 'kubwerera', bwana?" Hirsiz anafunsa mokweza mawu mopanda kukhulupirira. "Türkiye sikuchotsa asitikali, bwana. Sitichoka mpaka chigawenga chilichonse cha PKK chiphedwa kapena kugwidwa. Sitinayambe ntchitoyi ndikuyika miyoyo ya anthu masauzande ambiri ndi mabiliyoni a zida zamtengo wapatali kuti tingotembenuka ntchitoyo isanathe. "
    
  "Bwana, dziko la Turkey lachita zachiwawa kudziko lamtendere," adatero Gardner. "Mwina mukusaka zigawenga bwana, koma mukuchita kumayiko akunja, kuopseza anthu wamba osalakwa komanso kuwononga katundu wa dziko lodziyimira pawokha. Izi sizingaloledwe."
    
  "Ndipo zochita zathu zikusiyana bwanji ndi kuukira kwa America ku Iraq, Purezidenti?" Anafunsa Hirsiz. "Ndi chiphunzitso chanu, sichoncho, kusaka ndi kuwononga zigawenga kulikonse kumene iwo ali, pa nthawi iliyonse imene mungafune? Ifenso timachita chimodzimodzi."
    
  Joseph Gardner anazengereza. Mnyamatayo anali wolondola, ankaganiza. Kodi ndingakane bwanji kuukira kwa Turkey ku Iraq pomwe ndizomwe United States idachita mu 2003? "Um... Mr. Purezidenti, mukudziwa kuti izi siziri zofanana ... "
    
  "Ndi chinthu chomwecho, bwana. Tili ndi ufulu wodziteteza, monga momwe America imachitira. "
    
  Mwamwayi Purezidenti Walter Cordus anali atanyamula positikhadi yolembedwapo zilembo "UN". Gardner anagwedeza mutu ndi mpumulo, kenaka analankhula kuti: "Chosiyana, bwana, nchakuti United States inalandira chilolezo cholanda Iraq kuchokera ku United Nations Security Council. Simunali kufunafuna chivomerezo chamtunduwu. "
    
  Hirsiz anati: "Takhala tikufunafuna chivomerezo chimenechi kwa zaka zambiri, koma takhala tikukanidwa. Chinthu chabwino kwambiri chomwe inu kapena bungwe la United Nations mungachite ndikulengeza kuti PKK ndi gulu lachigawenga. Tinaloledwa kuwatchula mayina, koma amatha kupha anthu aku Turkey popanda chilango. Tinaganiza zopanga zinthu m"manja mwathu."
    
  "America yapatsidwanso thandizo ndi mayiko ena ambiri poyesa kusaka zigawenga za al-Qaeda komanso zigawenga," adatero Gardner. "Kuukira modzidzimutsa kumeneku kumawoneka ngati kuwukira kuposa ntchito yolimbana ndi uchigawenga."
    
  "Mukupereka thandizo, Mr. President?" Anafunsa Hirsiz. "Izi zitha kufulumizitsa kupita kwathu patsogolo ndikuonetsetsa kuti tibwereranso mwachangu."
    
  "Bambo Purezidenti, United States yapereka thandizo posaka zigawenga za PKK nthawi zambiri m'mbuyomu," adatero Gardner. "Tapereka zidziwitso, zida ndi chuma kwazaka zambiri. Koma cholinga chake chinali kupewa nkhondo yotseguka komanso kuphwanya malire odziyimira pawokha - kupewa ndendende zomwe zidachitika, komanso masoka ena omwe angachitike ngati zida sizisiya. "
    
  "Ndife othokoza chifukwa cha thandizo lanu, bwana," adatero Hirsiz. "Türkiye azidzathokoza nthawi zonse. Koma zimenezi sizinali zokwanira kuletsa zigawengazo. Si vuto la Amereka. PKK yankhanzayo idatikakamiza kuchitapo kanthu. Thandizo lililonse lomwe mungapereke m'tsogolomu lingakhale lothandiza kwambiri komanso loyamikiridwa kwambiri. "
    
  "Tingakhale okondwa kukuthandizani kusaka zigawenga, Bambo Purezidenti," adatero Gardner, "koma ngati chizindikiro cha chikhulupiriro chabwino, tikufuna kufunsa ngati gulu la United Nations losunga mtendere lingalowe m'malo mwa asitikali aku Turkey, ndipo ngati zitha kulola owonera padziko lonse lapansi komanso mabungwe achitetezo kuti aziyang'anira malire a Turkey ndi Iraq. "
    
  "Pepani, Purezidenti, koma izi sizoyenera konse," adatero Hirsiz. "Ndife otsimikiza kuti bungwe la United Nations ndi gulu losagwira ntchito ndipo silinapite patsogolo m'dera lililonse padziko lapansi komwe alonda ake amtendere akutumizidwa. M'malo mwake, timakhulupirira kuti magulu ankhondo oterowo akanakhala atsankho ku Turkey komanso mokomera ochepa aku Kurdish, komanso kuti kusaka zigawenga za PKK kudzakhala kumbuyo. Ayi bwana, Türkiye savomereza osunga mtendere pakadali pano. "
    
  "Ndikukhulupirira kuti inu ndi Prime Minister Akas mukhala okonzeka kukambirana nkhaniyi, bwana? Mwa njira, ndimayembekezera kumva kuchokera kwa Prime Minister. Ali bwino? Sitinamuone kapena kumva kuchokera kwa iye.
    
  "Ndikuganiza kuti mupeza kuti Prime Minister ndi wolimba pankhaniyi ngati ine, Bambo Purezidenti," Hirsiz adanena mosabisa, kunyalanyaza mafunso a Gardner. "Owona padziko lonse lapansi angosokoneza mkhalidwe wachitetezo, mikangano yachikhalidwe, mafuko ndi zipembedzo mderali. Ndikuwopa kuti palibe mpata wonyengerera pakali pano."
    
  "Ndikumvetsa. Ndikufunanso kukambirana Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti Phoenix," adatero Gardner. "Anakakamizika kuthawa ndege zankhondo zaku Turkey ndi magulu ankhondo apansi pomwe amawulukira ku Erbil kukakamba nkhani zomwe tidakonza."
    
  "Izi ndizochitika zomvetsa chisoni, bwana. Ndikukutsimikizirani kuti palibe kuyesa komwe kunapangidwa kuukira ndege iliyonse. Monga tikudziwira, PKK ilibe gulu lankhondo. Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti ali kuti, bwana?"
    
  "Wachiwiri kwa purezidenti ndi mkaidi wa asitikali aku Turkey komanso gulu lankhondo laku Iraq ku bwalo la ndege la Iraq ku Tall Qaifa, kumpoto kwa Mosul," adatero Gardner, ataganizira mozama ngati akuyenera kuwulula izi. "Ili itazunguliridwa ndi asitikali aku Turkey ndipo yawombera mobwerezabwereza ndi ndege zankhondo zaku Turkey. Iye ndithudi amawopa chitetezo chake. Ndikupempha kuti asitikali onse aku Turkey atuluke mderali ndikulola Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti kuti achoke pamalopo ndikupita komwe akupita. "
    
  "Komwe akupitako?"
    
  "Komwe akupita koyambirira: Erbil," adatero Gardner. "Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti akadali ndi ntchito: kukambirana zamtendere pakati pa Iraq, America, Boma la Chigawo cha Kurdish ndi Turkey kuti aphwanye PKK ndikubwezeretsa mtendere, chitetezo ndi dongosolo m'malire."
    
  "Zolinga zazikulu, ndiye," Hirsiz anatero monyoza. Panali kupuma kwakukulu kumbali ina ya mzere; ndiye: "Bambo Purezidenti, pepani, koma mkhalidwe wachitetezo ndi wosakhazikika komanso wosatsimikizika konse kumpoto kwa Iraq ndi kum"mwera kwa Turkey. Palibe amene angatsimikizire chitetezo cha wachiwiri kwa purezidenti m'mizinda, makamaka yomwe imayang'aniridwa ndi a Kurds komanso omwe ali ndi PKK. "
    
  "Ndiye musunga vicezidenti kundende ku Iraq? Kodi izi ndi zomwe mukufuna kundiuza, bwana?"
    
  "Ayi, bwana," Hirsiz anayankha. "Ndimangoganizira zachitetezo cha wachiwiri kwa purezidenti, palibe china." Panali kupuma kwinanso kwautali; ndiye: "Ndikulumbirira ulemu wanga kuti ndidzawona kuti Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti akuperekezedwa bwino kumalire a Turkey pansi pa chitetezo cholimba, ndi mgwirizano wonse wa Secret Security Service yanu, ndipo kuchokera kumeneko akhoza kuperekezedwa ku ndege ya ku America. ku Incirlik kuti abwerere ku United States." States. Ndikulonjezanso kuti asilikali a ku Turkey sangasokoneze ngakhale pang'ono ngati Pulezidenti Wachiwiri asankha kupita ku Baghdad. Koma popeza asitikali aku Turkey sanapite kumwera kuposa Mosul, sindingathe kutsimikizira chitetezo chake. Ndikuwopa kuti kuyenda sikuloledwa panopo."
    
  "Ndiloleni ndimveketse izi, a Hirsese-kodi mukundiuza kuti mudzalamulira malamulo, njira, ndi njira zimene Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti wa United States of America angayendere dziko lodziimira lomwe si lanu? " Adafunsa modabwa Gardner. "Ndiroleni ndikulangizeni, bwana: Nditumiza Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti kapena wina aliyense nthawi iliyonse yomwe ndikufuna, kumalo aliwonse, ku Iraq kapena dziko lina lililonse laubwenzi, ndipo ndikulumbira kwa Mulungu, ngati ndiwona kapena kulandira chizindikiro chilichonse aliyense apanga ngakhale manja kumbali yake ndi lingaliro laling'ono lovulaza, ndidzaonetsetsa kuti amukankhira pansi mapazi khumi. Kodi ndikudziwonetsera ndekha, bwana?"
    
  "Zamwano komanso mokweza monga nthawi zonse, koma ndamva," Hirsiz adatero mopanda tsankho.
    
  "Onetsetsani kuti mwachita izi, bwana," Purezidenti Gardner adatero. "Ndipo ndingayembekezere liti kukambirana mwachindunji ndi Prime Minister zadzidzidzi ndikuyamba kukambirana kuti athetse nkhani yochotsa asitikali ku Iraq?"
    
  "Prime Minister Akas ndizomveka kuti ali otanganidwa kwambiri, bwana, koma ndimuuza pempho lanu nthawi yomweyo. Ine ndikukuthokozani inu poyankhula kwa ine, bwana. Chonde tisungeni m"mapemphero anu kufikira tidzalankhulanso-"
    
  "Ndiuzeni, Bambo Hirsiz," Gardner adamudula mawu, "kodi Prime Minister Akas akadali moyo, ndipo ngati ndi choncho, akadali ndi mphamvu?" Kodi akuluakulu ankhondo tsopano akulamula ku Turkey, ndipo kodi ndinu pulezidenti m'dzina lokha?"
    
  Kupuma kwina kwautali; ndiye: "Ndakhumudwa ndi zonena zanu, bwana," Hirsiz anatero. "Ndilibenso choti ndikuuze. Khalani ndi tsiku labwino". Ndipo kulumikizanako kudasokonekera.
    
  "Bastard," Gardner adadzuma, ndikudula. "Akuganiza kuti akulankhula ndi ndani?" Anayima kaye, akuwombera mwamphamvu kwambiri, kenako anatsala pang'ono kufuula, "Kodi zinali zotani kuti bomba lachiwembu likuwuluka ku Turkey ndi mfuti yowopsa? Chinali chiyani?"
    
  "Pali gawo limodzi lokha lomwe limawulutsa ndege yowunikira ngati yomwe Hirsiz adafotokoza: Scion Aviation International," adatero Mlembi wa Chitetezo Miller Turner.
    
  "Mukutanthauza ... McLanahan Organisation?" Adafunsa modabwa Gardner. "Kodi adabweretsa zida za ray ku Iraq?"
    
  "Sindikudziwa chilichonse chokhudza zida za radiation. Sanaloledwe kubweretsa zida zilizonse zokhumudwitsa ku Iraq kapena kwina kulikonse," adatero Turner. "Koma ngati wina ali ndi zida zapamwamba ngati izi, ndi McLanahan."
    
  "Ndakhala ndi zokwanira-mutulutse pano, ndipo chitani lero." Gardner analoza chala chake kwa mlembi wake wa chitetezo ngati lupanga. "Chotsani bulu wake ku Iraq ndikumubweretsa ku STATES tsopano. Ndikufuna kuti ma kontrakitala ake athetsedwe komanso ndalama zonse zomwe iye ndi kampani yake adalipira ziyimitsidwe mpaka nditapeza chilungamo kuti ndifufuze zomwe akuchita. " Turner anagwedeza mutu ndikunyamula foni. "Mwina tipeza mgwirizano wambiri kuchokera ku Turkey ngati titatsegula kafukufuku wa McLanahan."
    
  "McLanahan adandifotokozera zomwe zidachitika, Purezidenti," Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti Phoenix adatero kuchokera ku Allied Nala Air Base. "Anthu aku Turkey adasokoneza maziko - adadula njira zonse zolumikizirana ndi data kuchokera ku masensa. McLanahan adagwiritsa ntchito laser yodzitchinjiriza m'ndege yake yopanda anthu kuti ... "
    
  "Laser chitetezo? gehena ndi chiyani ichi? Adawombera ndege yaku Turkey ndi laser ...?"
    
  "Kungofuna kuti ndege yaku Turkey izimitse kuthamanga," adatero Phoenix. Iye sankadziwa kuti aphe woyendetsa ndegeyo. Anthu a ku Turkey adatha kugwetsa ndege ya akazitape ija. "
    
  "Amamutumikira bwino," Purezidenti adatero. "Ayenera kuti anadziŵa kuti laser akanavulaza woyendetsa; iye anali kuyesa chinthu ichi, sichoncho iye? Iye amakhalabe ndi mlandu wa imfa ya woyendetsa ndegeyo. Ndikufuna kuti amutseke ndi kuimbidwa mlandu."
    
  "Akadapanda kuzimitsa kuponderezana kumeneku, ndikadawulukira pakati pankhondo yaku Turkey," adatero Phoenix. "Adachita bwino motsutsana ndi zomwe sizikudziwika m'bwalo la zisudzo, akuchita ndendende zomwe adapatsidwa ntchito."
    
  "Sanadzilembetse kuti aphe anthu, Ken," adatero Purezidenti. "Palibe waku America yemwe ali ndi mlandu wopha aliyense ku Iraq, osasiya mnzake. Tiyenera kukhalapo kuti tithandize ndi kuphunzitsa, osati kuwombera anthu ndi lasers. McLanahan anachita zomwe amachita nthawi zonse: amagwiritsa ntchito mphamvu iliyonse yomwe amalamula kuti athetse vuto, ziribe kanthu zomwe zimachitika kapena amene amapha kapena kuvulaza pamene akuchita. Ngati mukufuna kuchitira umboni m"malo mwake, Ken, khalani mlendo wanga, koma adzayankha chifukwa cha zimene anachita." Phoenix sanayankhe chilichonse. "Miller, mungafikitse bwanji McLanahan ku States?"
    
  "Kutengera zomwe a Turks achita, nditha kutumiza ndege kuchokera ku Baghdad ndikumutenga usikuuno."
    
  "Chitani".
    
  Turner anagwedeza mutu.
    
  "Bambo Purezidenti, Colonel Wilhelm ali pano ku Nala, akusunga mphamvu zake zonse mkati mwa maziko," Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti Phoenix adatero. "Apa, kunja kwa maziko, pali gulu la anthu aku Turks, koma aliyense akuyesera kuti asakhale ndi mbiri yabwino. Tinapatsanso anthu a ku Turkey chakudya ndi madzi."
    
  "Zimangondiwonetsa kuti anthu a ku Turkey sakufuna nkhondo pokhapokha ngati muli membala wa PKK wonyamula makadi," adatero pulezidenti. "Kodi gulu lankhondo laku Iraq likuchita chiyani? Ndikukhulupirira kuti nawonso asiya?
    
  "Otsika kwambiri, a Purezidenti - m'malo mwake, adachoka pamalopo ndipo sapezeka."
    
  "Chani?"
    
  "Iwo anangonyamuka ndikusiya maziko," adatero Phoenix. "Aliyense adachoka ndipo adawononga chilichonse chomwe sakanatha kunyamula."
    
  "Chifukwa chiyani? N"cifukwa ciani acita zimenezo padziko lapansi?" - Purezidenti adagunda. "N'chifukwa chiyani gehena tikuwathandiza pamene anyamuka ndikuthawa pachizindikiro choyamba cha vuto?"
    
  "Bambo Purezidenti, ndikufuna kupita ku Baghdad kukalankhula ndi Purezidenti ndi Prime Minister waku Iraq," Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti Phoenix adatero. "Ndikufuna ndidziwe zomwe zikuchitika."
    
  "Jeez, Ken, sunachitepo kanthu kwakanthawi?"
    
  "Sindikuganiza, Bambo Purezidenti," adatero Phoenix, akumwetulira. "Komanso, ndimakonda kuwulutsa njira yopendekera iyi. Asilikali apanyanja sawuluka pang'onopang'ono komanso momasuka pokhapokha ngati akuyenera kutero. "
    
  "Ngati mukufuna kupita, Ken, kukumana ndi wamkulu wa Gulu Lankhondo ndi antchito anu a Secret Service kuti mupeze njira yabwino yopititsira ku Baghdad," Purezidenti adatero. "Sindimakonda lingaliro loti muli pakati pa ziwawa, koma kukhala nanu mdziko muno kungathandize. Sindikhulupirira anthu aku Turkey momwe ndingathere, kotero tidalira anyamata athu kuti akufikitseni ku likulu. Ndikungoyembekeza kuti ma Iraqi sangatisiye kumbuyo, apo ayi zitha kukhala zoyipa pamenepo. Ndidziwitseni ndipo samalani. "
    
  "Inde, Mr. President."
    
  "Stacy, ndikufuna ndikufikitseni ku Ankara kapena Istanbul posachedwa, koma titha kudikirira mpaka zinthu zitakhazikika," Purezidenti adatero. "Nanga bwanji msonkhano ndi oimira mgwirizano wa NATO ku Brussels - palimodzi titha kukakamiza dziko la Turkey kuti liwakakamize kuchotsa asitikali awo."
    
  "Lingaliro labwino, Bambo Purezidenti," adatero Barbeau. "Ndifika pompano."
    
  "Chabwino. Uzani Prime Minister waku Turkey kuti wokayikira pakugwetsa ndege yawo ya akazitape adzakhala m'manja mwathu mkati mwa maola ochepa; ziyenera kuwapangitsa kukhala osangalatsa kwambiri. "
    
  "Inde, Purezidenti," adatero Barbeau ndikudula foni.
    
  "Miller, ndidziwitse pamene McLanahan akubwerera ku States kuti ndikadziwitse Ankara," Purezidenti adatero. "Ndikufuna kuwapatsa kaloti pang'ono ndisanayambe kuponya sipanela mu ntchito, ndipo McLanahan ayenera kukhala karoti wabwino. Zikomo nonse. "
    
    
  COMMAND AND CONTROL CENTRE, ALLIED AIR BASE NAKHLA, IRAQ
  PATAPITA KANTHAWI YOCHEPA
    
    
  "Ndinati, izi ndizowopsa, ambuye," adatero Jack Wilhelm mokwiya. Iye anali pa nkhokwe yake mu Reservoir, akuphunzira pang'ono zimene ankamudziwa. "Anthu a ku Turkey adayimitsa kufufuza konse kwa ndege komanso kuletsa asilikali kulowa ndi kuzungulira malo. Chilichonse chiri chovuta pakali pano. Ngati tiyesa kutuluka panja pomwe pachitika ngozi, atha kuchita mantha. Komanso, sukuwoneka bwino kwambiri. "
    
  "Mtsamunda, zida zokwana madola mabiliyoni ambiri zawunjika pamenepo, zosakwana mailosi awiri kuchokera kumpanda," adatero John Masters. "Simungalole anthu aku Turkey ndi am'deralo kuti angosiya izi. Zina mwa izi zimagawidwa m'magulu."
    
  "Awa ndi malo ochita ngozi, ambuye. Zinawonongedwa - "
    
  "Mtsamunda, ndege zanga sizopangidwa ndi aluminiyamu yopepuka - ndizophatikizika. Iwo ndi amphamvu kuwirikiza zana kuposa chitsulo. Woluzayo anali kuuluka mwapang"onopang"ono n"kufika pansi. Pali mwayi wabwino kuti machitidwe ena ndi ma avionics adapulumuka zotsatirapo. Ndiyenera kupita kumeneko kukabwezeretsa zomwe ndingathe kale-"
    
  "Ambuye, ndili ndi malamulo: palibe amene amapita kunja, kuphatikizapo inu," Wilhelm anaumirira. "Asitikali aku Turkey ndi omwe akuwongolera momwe zinthu zilili kumeneko ndipo sindidzakumana nawo pachiwopsezo. Amalola kuti chakudya, madzi ndi zinthu zibweretsedwe ndi kutuluka - ndizokwanira kwa ine pakali pano. Tikuyesera kukambirana ndi anthu a ku Turkey za mwayi wopita ku zowonongeka, koma adakwiya chifukwa mudagwiritsa ntchito kuponya ndege imodzi. Ndiye musiye kundivutitsa mpaka atatsitsimuka ndikuyamba kulankhula nafe, chabwino?"
    
  "Bokosi lililonse limene amachotsa pamalo a ngoziyo limandiwonongera ndalama, Mtsamunda."
    
  "Pepani chifukwa cha ndalama zanu, Doc, koma sindikudandaula pakali pano," adatero Wilhelm. Ndikudziwa kuti munandithandiza pogwetsa ndege ya akazitape ija, koma pakali pano palibe chomwe tingachite.
    
  "Ndiye ndipita kumeneko kukayesa mwayi wanga ndi aku Turkey."
    
  "Doc, ndikutsimikiza kuti aku Turkey angasangalale kucheza nanu pang'ono pompano," adatero Wilhelm. "Akadakhala ndi ma lasers anu, mabokosi akuda achinsinsi apamwamba, munthu yemwe adawapanga ndikumanga onse, ndi amene adawagwiritsa ntchito kuponya imodzi mwa ndege zawo ndikupha m'modzi mwa asirikali awo. Ngati simukonda kukoma kwa seramu yowona kapena simukufuna kutulutsa zikhadabo zanu ndi pliers, ndikuganiza kuti ndinu otetezeka kuseri kwa mipiringidzo." Izi zidapangitsa John Masters kumeza, kuyera kuposa momwe amawonera, ndikungokhala chete. "Sindinaganize ayi. Ndikuganiza kuti ndife odala sakufuna kuti tikuperekeni kwa iwo pompano. Pepani chifukwa cha zinthu zanu, Doc, koma musadandaule. " Anamuyang'ana John akutembenuka ndipo sadachite koma kumumvera chisoni pang'ono.
    
  "Ndikuganiza kuti wamuwopseza, Mtsamunda," adatero Patrick McLanahan. Anayimilira ndi Director wa Security Chris Thompson pafupi ndi Wilhelm's console. "Kodi mukuganiza kuti anthu aku Turkey angamuzunze?"
    
  "Ndikudziwa bwanji, General?" Wilhelm anafuula. "Ndinkangofuna kuti asiye kundivutitsa mpaka nditakonza izi mpaka wina ku Washington kapena Ankara atandiuza kuti ndisiye. Koma kuwonongedwa kwa "Phantom" sikudzakondweretsa anthu a ku Turkey. Adaphunzira chimodzi mwazowonera zama data ndi zambiri zamaulendo apamlengalenga. "Kodi mukubweretsabe imodzi mwa ndege zanu usikuuno? Simunataye kale ndege zokwanira?"
    
  "Si XC-57, ndi yonyamula 767 wamba," adatero Patrick. "Izi zidayeretsedwa kale ndikuwonetseredwa ndi aku Turkey."
    
  "Mumadzivutikiranji? Mukudziwa kuti mgwirizano wanu utha, sichoncho? Kuwombera Phantom iyi - ndi laser, osachepera - idzakulowetsani m'madzi otentha. Mudzakhala ndi mwayi ngati anthu aku Turkey samugwira ndikumukakamiza kuti abwere ku Turkey. "
    
  "Ndiye ndifunikabe sitima yonyamula katundu kuti ndiyambe kusamutsa katundu wanga kunja kwa dziko popeza awombera Wotayikayo."
    
  "Ndi chisankho chanu, General," adatero Wilhelm, akugwedeza mutu wake. "Ndikuganiza kuti a Turks adavomereza ndegeyo kuti ingoyimitsa, kuikakamiza kuti ifike ku Turkey, kulanda zonse zomwe mukubwera nazo ku Iraq, ndikusunga katundu ndi ndege yanu mpaka mutapereka malipiro a Phantom ndipo mwina simungatero. kuyimba mlandu wakupha. Koma ndi kusankha kwako." Mark Weatherly anapita kwa Wilhelm ndikumupatsa kalata. Analiŵerenga, akupukusa mutu motopa, kenako n"kulibweza. "Nkhani zoyipa, General. Ndalamulidwa kuti ndikutsekerezeni m"nyumba mwanu mpaka mutanyamuka kubwerera ku States. Mgwirizano wanu wathetsedwa ndi Pentagon, wogwira ntchito nthawi yomweyo. "
    
  "Zochitika za Phantom?"
    
  "Sakunena, koma ndikutsimikiza ndichifukwa chake," adatero Wilhelm. "Kutengera zomwe tawona, aku Turkey ali osamala kwambiri kuti asatiwukire ife kapena omwe si a PKK Iraqi. Izi zitha kufooka chifukwa ataya ndege ndi woyendetsa, ndipo Washington akuyenera kuchitapo kanthu kuwonetsa kuti sitikufuna kumenyana ndi anthu aku Turkey. "
    
  "Ndipo ndine munthu ameneyo."
    
  "Mkulu woponya mabomba yemwe anapuma pantchito adasanduka mercenary. Sindikufuna kunena, General, koma ndiwe mwana wobwezera."
    
  "Ndikukhulupirira kuti Purezidenti Gardner anali wokondwa kukukakamizani inunso, Mook," a John Masters anawonjezera.
    
  "Pepani, General." Wilhelm adatembenukira kwa Chris Thompson. "Thompson, ungakonde kutenga wamkulu ku dipatimenti yake? Sindikudziwa ngati munagonapo m"menemo-ndimakupezani m"bwalo la ndege kapena m"ndege yanu-koma n"kumene ndikuyenera kukusungani tsopano."
    
  "Kodi ndingapite naye, Colonel?" John anafunsa.
    
  Wilhelm adamugwedeza ndikubwerera kunyumba yake, ndipo gululo linalowera kumalo okhalamo.
    
  Malo okhalamo - Chuvil - adawoneka ngati chipululu. Palibe amene ananena kalikonse pamene ankayenda m"mizere ya makontena achitsulo mpaka anapeza yomwe inasungidwa kwa Patrick. "Ndibweretsa zinthu zanu kuno, bwana," anatero Chris. Iye anatsegula chitseko, anayatsa nyali ndi kuyang'ana mozungulira chipindacho. Panali chipinda chamkati chosungiramo mchenga ndi fumbi. Mkati mwake munali kabwalo kakang'ono, tebulo ndi mipando, mipando ya alendo, chipinda chosungiramo zinthu, mashelefu osungiramo zinthu ndi bedi la sofa. "Tili ndi malo okwanira, kotero muli ndi Chu ndi vet-Chu pakati. Takukonzerani chipinda chachiwiri chowongolera ngati chipinda chamisonkhano cha inu ndi anyamata anu; mbali iyi ndi malo anu enieni. Muli ndi intaneti yonse, foni, TV, chilichonse chomwe mungafune. Ngati mukufuna china chilichonse, kapena ngati mukufuna mpando wina pafupi ndi mzere wonyamukira, ingoimbirani."
    
  "Zikomo, Chris. Zonse zikhala bwino ".
    
  Chris anati: "Komanso, Patrick, pepani kuti zinthu zikhala motere. "Mumayesa kubweza maulalo athu ndi ma data, osamupha munthuyo."
    
  "Ndi ndale zomwe zikubwera, Chris," adatero Patrick. "Anthu aku Turkey amadziona kuti ndi olondola pazomwe akuchita ndipo sakudziwa kapena kusamala chifukwa chomwe tawombera ndege yawo. White House sikufuna kuti zinthu zichoke. "
    
  "Osanenapo, Purezidenti angakonde kukuvutitsani, Mook," a John Masters anawonjezera.
    
  "Palibe chimene tingachite pano," anatero Patrick. "Ndidzamenya nkhondo ndikangofika kumayiko. Osadandaula za ine ".
    
  Thompson anagwedeza mutu. "Palibe amene ananena kuti zikomo chifukwa cha zimene mwachita, koma nditero. Zikomo bwana," anatero, kenako n"kuchokapo.
    
  "Zabwino, zabwino kwambiri," John Masters adatero Thompson atachoka ku CHU. "Anthu aku Turks athana ndi kuwonongeka kwa munthu wotayika, ndipo mwatsekeredwa m'ndende pano ndi Purezidenti wa United States wokonzeka kukuperekani kwa anthu aku Turkey ngati berserker warmer. Iwo amatupa. Titani tsopano?"
    
  "Sindikudziwa," adatero Patrick. Ndilankhulana ndi abwanawo ndikumuuza zomwe zikuchitika, ngati sakudziwa kale.
    
  "Ndabetchera aPres..." Patrick anakweza dzanja lake mwadzidzidzi zomwe zinamudabwitsa John. "Chani?" John anafunsa. "Chifukwa chiyani ...?" Patrick anayika chala pamilomo yake ndikuloza kuchipinda kuja. John anakwinya nsidze zake mosokonezeka. Akuponya maso mokwiya, Patrick adapeza pensulo ndi pepala patebulo lake ndikulemba kuti: Ndikuganiza kuti CHU ali ndi vuto.
    
  "Chani?" John anafuula.
    
  Patrick adaponyanso maso ake, kenako adalemba kuti: Palibe kutchula Purezidenti. Kukambitsirana wamba.
    
  "Chabwino," adatero John, osatsimikiza ngati amakhulupirira, koma wokonzeka kusewera. Iye analemba, kodi cholakwikacho chakonzedwa?
    
  Kanema kokha, ngati ali nayo, Patrick adayankha molemba. John anagwedeza mutu. Patrick analemba kuti: Uzani Zipper ndi Charlie pa wonyamula katundu ndi ena onse ogwira ntchito ku Las Vegas zomwe zinachitika kwa Loser ... ndi ine.
    
  John anavomera mutu, namuyang'ana Patrick mwachisoni, kenako anati, "Chabwino, Mook, ndibwerera ku nyumba yosungiramo zinthu zakale, kutumiza mauthenga, kuyang'ana woyamba kutayika, kenako ndikugona. Linali tsiku loipa kwambiri. Ndiyimbireni ngati mukufuna chilichonse."
    
  "Zikomo. Tiwonana nthawi yina ".
    
  Jack Wilhelm adasindikiza batani pa kontrakitala yake ndikuchotsa mahedifoni ake, kumvetsera zojambulidwa mphindi zochepa Chris Thompson atabwera kuchokera ku Chuville. "Sindinamve chilichonse, Thompson," adatero.
    
  "Anayamba kusamala kwambiri ndi zomwe ananena, Mtsamunda," Chris Thompson anayankha. "Ndikuganiza kuti akuganiza kuti akulakwitsa."
    
  "Mnyamatayo ndi wanzeru, ndizowona," adatero Wilhelm. "Kodi tingawalande mapepala omwe amalembapo mauthenga asanawawononge?"
    
  "Zachidziwikire, ngati tikufuna kuti adziwe kuti akuzunzidwa."
    
  "Ndi zamanyazi kuti simunayike cholakwika chamavidiyo pamenepo m'malo mongomvetsera. Pali zida zambiri zaukadaulo wapamwamba kwambiri ndipo simungathe kuyika kamera imodzi yosavuta? Thompson sananene kalikonse - amatha kukonza cholakwika cha kanema, koma sanamve bwino kukonza cholakwika cha audio mu chipinda chowongolera wamkulu; vuto la kanema linali lalikulu kwambiri. "Anatchula 'bwana,' kenako Masters ananena ngati akuti 'pulezidenti,'" Wilhelm anatero. "President wa chani?"
    
  "kampani, ndikuganiza," adatero Thompson. Anaima kaye, kenaka anawonjezera monyanyira kuti: "Sindikuona ngati ndili ndi ufulu wosokoneza mkulu wa asilikali, Mtsamunda."
    
  "Ndidalandira malangizo kuchokera kwa Chief of Staff of the Army, omwe adawalandira kudzera kwa loya wamkulu ndi mlembi wa chitetezo, kuti atenge zambiri pazantchito za McLanahan, kuphatikiza kumvetsera komanso kutumizirana mauthenga pawayilesi, mpaka FBI ndi State Department atatenga," Wilhelm. adatero. "Akufuna munthu ameneyu, nzoonadi. Purezidenti akufuna mutu wake m'mbale. Iwo analamula kuti chombo chake chonyamula katundu chifufuzidwe ndiponso kuti chilichonse chimene chinali m'sitimamo chifufuzidwe ndi chikalata chosonyeza kuti chinali chaufulu. Ngati akubweretsa zinthu zosaloledwa, akufuna kudziwa za izo. Sindikuganiza kuti aku Turkey angamulole kuti abwere kuno, koma akatero, Washington ikufuna kufufuzidwa zida zosaloledwa. "
    
  "Chida chanji?"
    
  "Ndiyenera kudziwa bwanji, Thompson? Muli ndi chilengezo - ngati palibe, ndiye kuti ndi chinyengo. kulanda."
    
  "Kodi palibe amene angathandizire McLanahan pano? Munthuyo akuyesera kuti agwire ntchito yake. Anapulumutsa khungu lathu panthawiyi ndipo mwina adapulumutsanso khungu la wachiwiri kwa purezidenti. "
    
  "McLanahan akhala bwino, Thompson, osadandaula za iye," adatero Wilhelm. "Kupatula apo, tili ndi maoda, ndipo amachokera pamwamba kwambiri. Sindingalole kuti anyamata ngati McLanahan awononge ntchito yanga. Tumizani zolembedwa ku dipatimenti mwamsanga."
    
  "Hey munthu wamkulu."
    
  "Abambo?" Palibe chomwe chingafanane ndi mawu a mwana wanu akunena kuti "Abambo," Patrick anaganiza; nthawi zonse zinkamuchititsa mantha. "Muli kuti?"
    
  "Akadali ku Iraq."
    
  "ZOKHUDZA". Bradley James McLanahan, yemwe anali atangokwanitsa zaka khumi ndi zitatu, anali adakali mwana wa mawu ochepa-monga nkhalamba yake, Patrick analingalira. "Mubwera liti kunyumba?"
    
  "Sindikudziwa, koma ndikuganiza kuti zichitika posachedwa. Taonani, ndikudziwa kuti mukukonzekera kupita kusukulu, koma ndimafuna..."
    
  "Kodi ndingayesere mpira chaka chino?"
    
  "Mpira?" Izi zinali zatsopano, Patrick anaganiza. Bradley adasewera mpira ndi tennis ndipo amatha kusefukira, koma anali asanasonyezepo chidwi chamasewera olumikizana nawo. "Zowona, ngati mukufuna, bola mutakhala ndi magiredi abwino."
    
  "Ndiye ukawawuze Aunt Mary. Akunena kuti zindipweteka ndipo ubongo wanga udzakhala nsima. "
    
  "Osati ngati mumvera mphunzitsi."
    
  "Mumuuza? Pano." Patrick asananene kalikonse, mlongo wake Mary anali pa mzere. "Patrick?"
    
  "Hi Mar. Muli bwanji-"
    
  "Simumulola kuti azisewera mpira, sichoncho?"
    
  "Bwanji, ngati akufunanso magiredi ake -"
    
  "Magiredi ake ali bwino, koma akanakhala bwino akanangosiya kulota ndikulemba zolemba ndi kujambula zombo ndi ndege zankhondo," adatero mlongo wake. Mary anali katswiri wazamankhwala wokhala ndi magiredi abwino, wokwanira kusukulu ya zamankhwala ngati akanakhala ndi nthawi pakati pa kulera Bradley ndi awiri ake. "Kodi mudawonapo masewera a mpira wa kusekondale?"
    
  "Ayi".
    
  "Osewerawa akukulirakulira chaka chilichonse, mahomoni awo akuchulukirachulukira, ndipo ali ndi mphamvu zambiri kuposa luso lodziletsa. Bradley ndi wokonda mabuku kuposa wothamanga. Kupatula apo, amangofuna kutero chifukwa chakuti mabwenzi ake adzayesa ndipo atsikana ena a m"kalasi mwake adzayesa kuchezetsa."
    
  "Zinkandilimbikitsa nthawi zonse. Tamverani, ndiyenera kulankhula ndi-"
    
  "O, ndalandira imelo m'mawa uno yonena kuti ndalama zomwe kampani yanu yasungirako sabata yatha zathetsedwa. Palibe kufotokoza. Ndikuwononga ndalama zambiri, Patrick. Zinditengera ndalama zokwana madola makumi asanu kuphatikiza chindapusa china chilichonse kuchokera kwa aliyense amene ndidamulembera macheke. Kodi mungakonze izi kuti ndisamangidwe ndi ma cheke? "
    
  "Iyi ndi kampani yatsopano, Mary, ndipo malipiro atha kukhala vuto." Malipiro ake onse kuchokera kwa Scion adapita kwa mlongo wake kuti amuthandize ndi ndalama; kupuma kwake konse kwa Air Force kunalowa mu thumba la trust la Bradley. Mchemwali wake sanasangalale nazo chifukwa malipiro ochokera ku Scion anali osakhazikika malingana ndi kampaniyo ili ndi contract komanso ngati ili ndi ndalama zolipirira akuluakulu akuluakulu, koma Patrick anaumirira. Izi zinapangitsa Bradley kukhala wocheperapo kuposa momwe amafunira, koma chinali chinthu chabwino kwambiri chomwe angachite pakali pano. "Ndipatseni sabata kapena apo, chabwino? Ndidzachotsa milandu yonse."
    
  "Mwabwera kunyumba posachedwa? Steve akufuna kupita ku rodeo ku Casper mwezi wamawa. "
    
  Ndipo m"kalavani yomwe anapita nawo pa maulendo oterowo, munalibe malo a mwana wachitatu, Patrick anaganiza. "Eya, ndikuganiza kuti ndidzakhala nditafika kunyumba ndipo inu mutha kutuluka. Ndiloleni ndilankhule naye..."
    
  "Akuthamanga kukakwera basi. Nthawi zonse amangojambula kapena kulemba kapena kulemba mu kope lake ndipo ndimayenera kumuuza maulendo angapo kuti asamuke apo ayi adzaphonya basi. Zonse zili bwino?"
    
  "Inde, ndili bwino, koma panali chochitika pang'ono posachedwa ndipo ndimafuna ndikuuze Bradley ndi iwe za izi m'mbuyomu-"
    
  "Chabwino. Pakhala pali zambiri m'nkhani za Iraq ndi Turkey, ndipo timaganizira za inu usiku uliwonse tikamawonera nkhani. "
    
  "Ndimaganizira za inu nthawi zonse. Koma m'mawa uno - "
    
  "Izi ndi zokongola. Ndiyenera kuthamanga, Patrick. M'mawa uno ndikufunsana ndi akatswiri azamankhwala angapo. Steve ndi ana amatumiza chikondi chawo. Bai bai". Ndipo kulumikizanako kudasokonekera.
    
  Umu ndi mmene zokambirana zawo zambiri za patelefoni zinkayendera, ankaganiza pamene ankadula foniyo: kukambirana kwaufupi kwambiri ndi mwana wake wamwamuna, dandaulo komanso pempho lochokera kwa mlongo wake kapena mlamu wake-kaŵirikaŵiri pempho la nthaŵi ya banja limene silinatero. kukhudza Bradley-kenaka kusanzika mopupuluma. Chabwino, kodi iye ankayembekezera chiyani? Iye anali ndi mwana wamwamuna wachinyamata, amene anathera nthaŵi yaikulu ya moyo wake akukokedwa m"dziko kapena kumusiyidwa ndi achibale; sanali kuwaona atate wake kaŵirikaŵiri, ankangoŵerenga za iwo m"manyuzipepala kapena pawailesi yakanema, kaŵirikaŵiri limodzi ndi chidzudzulo chaukali ponena za kuloŵerera kwake kokayikitsa m"tsoka lapadziko lonse lotsala pang"ono kuwononga. Achibale ake amamusamaliradi Bradley, koma anali ndi moyo wawo ndipo nthawi zambiri amawona zonyansa za Patrick ngati njira yopulumutsira moyo wabanja wamba kunyumba.
    
  Anayitana maulendo angapo ku likulu la Scion ku Las Vegas za malipiro ake; iwo anamutsimikizira kuti "chekecho chinali m"makalata," ngakhale kuti nthaŵi zonse ankatumizidwa pakompyuta. Kenako adalumikizana ndi Kevin Martindale, Purezidenti wakale wa United States komanso mwiniwake chete wa Scion Aviation International.
    
  "Hi, Patrick. Ndamva kuti unali ndi tsiku lovuta. "
    
  "Zoyipa ngati sandpaper, bwana," Patrick adatero. Limodzi mwa mawu a code omwe antchito a Scion Aviation International adaphunzitsidwa kugwiritsa ntchito anali sandpaper-ngati idagwiritsidwa ntchito pazokambirana zilizonse kapena m'makalata, zikutanthauza kuti anali pampanipani kapena ali ndi vuto.
    
  "Kumvetsetsa. Ndikudandaula kuti ndathetsa mgwirizano. Ndiyesetsa kukonza kuyambira pano, koma sizikuwoneka bwino. "
    
  "Kodi ukudziwa ngati akufuna kundimanga?"
    
  "Tsiku lina mawa kapena mawa. Sindinawone chikalatacho, koma ndikuyembekeza kuti chidzaperekedwa posachedwa. "
    
  "Anthu aku Turkey adasokoneza gehena mwa ife. Tinayenera kuyimitsa ndegeyo. "
    
  "Osadandaula, ingochita zomwe akuwuza ndipo ukhale chete. Muyenera kutumiza ndege yanu yonyamula katundu kupita kumalo ena. Sizikhala zotetezeka ku Iraq. "
    
  "Tifunika izi kuti tiyambe kunyamula."
    
  "Ndizowopsa. Anthu aku Turkey adzafuna izi. Akhoza kuyesa kuigwira pamene ikuuluka mumlengalenga wawo."
    
  "Ndikudziwa".
    
  "Ndi kusankha kwako. Pali chinanso kwa ine?"
    
  "Kusokonezana kwina ndi malipiro. Ndalama zomwe zidapangidwa masiku angapo apitawa zachotsedwa. "
    
  "Palibe chisokonezo," adatero Martindale. "Maakaunti athu adayimitsidwa bwino. Ndikugwiranso ntchito, koma tsopano tili ndi madipatimenti angapo komanso a White House akugwira ntchitoyo, chifukwa chake zitenga nthawi yayitali. Yesetsani kusadandaula nazo."
    
  "Inde, bwana". Ndipo kuyimbako kudayitanitsidwa mwadzidzidzi. Chabwino, sikutheka kugona tsopano, Patrick anaganiza, choncho anayatsa laputopu yake. Atangoyamba kupita pa intaneti ndikuwerenga nkhani zakunja, adalandira foni. "McLanahan akumvetsera."
    
  "Patrick? Ndangomva! Tithokoze Mulungu kuti muli bwino."
    
  Zinkamveka ngati mlongo wake Mariya akumuitananso, koma sankadziwa. "Mary?"
    
  "Uyu ndi Gia Cazzotto, wopusa ... Ndikutanthauza, wopusa, bwana," liwu la Lt. Col. Cazzotto, mkulu wa 7th Air Expeditionary Squadron, anatero akuseka. "Mary ndi ndani? Katswiri wina wachichepere wovala jasi la labu ndi magalasi aakulu amene amasandulika kukhala Marilyn Monroe pamene atulutsa pini m"tsitsi lake?"
    
  Kuseka kwa Patrick kunali kokakamizika komanso kokweza kwambiri kuposa momwe amafunira. "Ayi, ayi, ayi," iye anatero, akuchita manyazi kuti m"kamwa mwake munawuma mwadzidzidzi. "Mary ndi mlongo wanga. Amakhala ku Sacramento. Ndinangolankhula naye. Ndinkaganiza kuti ndi amene akuimbanso."
    
  "Zowona, inde, ndidamvapo kale," adatero Gia. "Tamvera, Patrick, ndangomva za kuwukira kwa Nala, ndipo ndimafuna kuonetsetsa kuti uli bwino."
    
  "Ine ndi John tinaliza mabelu, koma tili bwino, zikomo."
    
  "Ndili ku Dubai tsopano, koma ndapatsidwa chilolezo choti ndibwere mwamsanga akalola ogwira ntchito kubwera kumpoto," adatero. "Ndikufuna ndikuwone ndikudziwa zomwe zachitika."
    
  "Zingakhale zabwino, Boxer, zabwino kwambiri," Patrick adatero, "koma ndikhoza kuchoka posachedwa."
    
  "Tikunyamuka?"
    
  "Tikubwerera ku Washington. Nkhani yayitali."
    
  "Ndili ndi nthawi yochuluka, Patrick. Tayikeni pa ine."
    
  "Osati 'nthawi yayitali', koma 'yatali' monga ... zinthu zambiri zomwe sindingathe kuzifotokoza."
    
  "Gotcha." Panali kupuma pang'ono kovuta; ndiye: "Hei, ndege yathu yachisanu ndi chiwiri yangofika kumene kuno ku United Arab Emirates lero, ndipo talandira ndege yathu yachisanu ndi chitatu lero ku Palmdale. Iyi ili ndi mitundu yonse yazinthu zachilendo kutsogolo kwa bomba, ndipo ndinaganiza kuti iyenera kukhala yanu. "
    
  "Mwatenga izi kumanda?"
    
  "Ayi, kunali kumalo osungirako ndege ku Tonopah." Tonopah Proving Ground inali malo opangira ndege kum'mwera kwa Nevada omwe ankayesa zida zachinsinsi asanatumize ndege kuti zigwire ntchito. "Ili ndi mitundu yonse ya mizere yamafuta yomwe ikuyenda uku ndi uku kudzera m'malo ophulitsira mabomba, komanso chowoneka ngati loboti yolumikiza galimoto yokhala ndi mikono ndi zikhadabo kulikonse."
    
  "Tinali ndi mabomba oponya mabomba a B-1 omwe amatha kuchira, kubwezeretsanso, kuwonjezera mafuta ndikuyambitsanso mizinga ya FlightHawk pothawa. Uyu ayenera kukhala mmodzi wa iwo. "
    
  "Palibe zoyipa! Izi ndizabwino. Mwina tingathe kubwezeretsa dongosololi. "
    
  "Ndili wotsimikiza nditha kufunsa John Masters kuchokera ku Sky Masters Inc. ndikutumizirani zojambulazo."
    
  "Zabwino. Zina zilizonse zabwino ngati izi, chonde tumizaninso. Ndilibenso apolisi ogula zinthu za Air Force ndi ogwira ntchito m"boma amandiimbira foni ndikuwafunsa za ndalama zogulira zinthu-akuwoneka kuti akufunadi kumanga mabomba ophulitsa mabomba masiku ano."
    
  "Mwina chifukwa akutenga china chilichonse ku Air Force kupatula akasinja ndi zonyamula."
    
  "Ndikukhulupirira". Panakhala chete mphindi zochepa; Kenako Gia adati, "Ndikukhulupirira kuti simusamala kuti ndimuimbire foni."
    
  "Ndine wokondwa kuti wachita izi, Gia."
    
  "Ndikukhulupiriranso kuti simusamala kuti ndikuyitaneni Patrick."
    
  "Ndine wokondwa kuti mwachita. Komanso, ndi dzina langa. "
    
  "Osandinyoza ... Pokhapokha ngati ukufunadi."
    
  M'makutu mwa Patrick munali kaphokoso kokwezeka kwambiri ndipo nkhope yake idatuluka ngati walankhula mawu otukwana pamaso pa agogo ake oyera mtima. Kodi gehenayo inali chiyani? Anangochita manyazi...? "Ayi...ayi..."
    
  "Simukufuna kundiseka?"
    
  "Ayi ... Ndikutanthauza, ndikufunadi ku-"
    
  "Mukufuna kundisekadi? O, mwachita bwino. "
    
  "Ayi, Mulungu, Boxer, mukundipanga chitsiru."
    
  Nthawi zina ndimakonda kukopana, koma ndimakonda kuseka m'malo mokopana.
    
  "Chabwino, Colonel, zakwana."
    
  "Kodi mukundikweza tsopano, General?"
    
  "Ngati ndiyenera kutero," Patrick anatero. Chiseko chinatuluka ngati bulu wosamveka.
    
  "Hi, Patrick".
    
  "Inde?"
    
  "Ndikufunadi kukuwonani. Nanga iwe? Ukufuna undione?"
    
  Patrick anamva manyazi m'masaya mwake kukhala malo otentha pachifuwa ndipo adaupumira, ndikuwulola kuti udzaze thupi lake lonse. "Ndikufuna kwambiri, Gia."
    
  "Kodi Mary ndi mlongo wako osati Mayi McLanahan?"
    
  "Zoonadi mlongo wanga. Mkazi wanga, Wendy, anamwalira zaka zingapo zapitazo." Zinali zowona ngati mukuganiza kuti kutsala pang'ono kudulidwa mutu ndi wachigawenga wachikazi waku Russia ku Libya amawerengedwa ngati "chiphaso," koma sangakambirane ndi Gia tsopano.
    
  "Pepani kumva izi. sindingathe kupita kumeneko?"
    
  "Sindikudziwa kuti ndikhala kwa nthawi yayitali bwanji," Patrick anatero.
    
  "Koma simungandiuze chani kapena chifukwa chiyani?"
    
  "Osati pafoni." Panali kupuma movutikira pamzere, ndipo Patrick mwachangu adati, "Ndidziwa mawa madzulo, Gia, ndiye tivomera kukumana." Anaima kaye, kenako anafunsa kuti, "Aa, Bambo Cazzotto palibe, si choncho?"
    
  "Ndimafunsa ngati mungafunse," adatero Gia ndi mawu osangalatsa m'mawu ake. "Anyamata ambiri amene ndimakumana nawo amafunsa za mwamuna kapena mkazi wawo."
    
  "Ndiye?"
    
  Iye anaseka. "Ngati mukufuna ndikufotokozereni mwatsatanetsatane, woweta ng'ombe, khalani omasuka."
    
  "Ndikupeza chithunzi."
    
  Komabe, ndisanasiye: Ndinali ndi mwamuna, koma osati kuchokera pamene ndinabwerera ku Air Force ndipo ndinatumizidwa ku Plant Forty-Two. Akadali ku Bay Area ndi achinyamata athu, mnyamata ndi mtsikana. Kodi muli ndi ana?"
    
  "Mnyamata yemwe wangokwanitsa zaka khumi ndi zitatu."
    
  "Ndiye ukudziwa momwe zimavutira kukhala kutali."
    
  "Inde". Panali kupuma kwina, ngati kuti akuvomereza mwakachetechete kugwirizana kwatsopano pakati pawo; kenako Patrick anati, "Ndikudziwitsani zomwe zikuchitika ndikuwuzani zonse tikawonana."
    
  "Ndidikirira kumva kuchokera kwa iwe."
    
  "Funso linanso?"
    
  "Ndili ndi usiku wonse kwa inu."
    
  "Nambala yanga ya m'manja munaitenga kuti? Sizinasindikizidwe."
    
  "Oooh, nambala yachinsinsi? Chabwino ndiye ndikumverera mwayi. Ndinayimbira Scion Aviation ndipo bwenzi lanu David Luger anandipatsa izi. Ndinaganiza kuti simudzadandaula. "
    
  "Ndili ndi ngongole yake."
    
  "Munjira yabwino, ndikukhulupirira."
    
  "M'njira yabwino kwambiri."
    
  "Wangwiro. Usiku wabwino, Patrick." Ndipo adadula foni.
    
  Chabwino, Patrick anaganiza pamene amapachika foni, ili likusintha kukhala tsiku lachilendo kwambiri - zodabwitsa zambiri, zabwino ndi zoipa. Yakwana nthawi yoti mudzuke ndikuwona zomwe mawa lakonzera-
    
  Pa nthawiyi nkuti kugogoda pachitseko. "Patrick? Ndi ine, "anamva John Masters akunena. "Ndabweretsa lipoti la wotayika nambala wani womwe umafuna kuwona."
    
  "Lowani, John," Patrick anatero. Sanafunse kuti awone lipoti lililonse...chachitika ndi chani? Anamva chitseko chakunja chikutseguka ndi kutseka, kenako chitseko chamkati chikutseguka. "Zikhoza kudikira mpaka mawa m"mawa, John, koma panopa iwe-"
    
  Adayang'ana pakhomo ndipo adawona palibe wina koma Colonel Yusuf Jaffar waku Iraq, wamkulu wa Allied Nala Air Base!
    
  Patrick anayika chala chake ku milomo yake ndipo Jaffar anagwedeza mutu kuti wamva. "Nanga bwanji kapu ya khofi, John? Zimachitika nthawi yomweyo, koma palibe vuto. " Anatulutsa kope ndikulemba kuti: ????
    
  "Zedi, Mook, ndiyesera," John anatero. Papepala lomwe adalemba lija, New Client.Patrick maso ake adatuluka modabwa ndipo adangoyang'ana Jaffar yemwe adangoyima pakhomo ndi manja kumbuyo akuoneka kuti alibe chipiriro. "Lipoti ndi ili," iye anatero. "Wotayika nambala wani ndi code one. Pali matani azinthu zosinthira pachonyamula katundu zomwe sitikufuna pakadali pano - tifunika malo oti tiyambe kutulutsa zida zathu. Woluza atha kutenga zambiri, koma tifunika malo ochulukirapo. "
    
  "Tidzadandaula za zimenezo pamene sitima yonyamula katundu ifika," anatero Patrick. Iye analemba kuti: "Kubwereka mwana?" Yohane anagwedeza mutu. Patrick analemba kuti: Liti? Chifukwa chiyani?
    
  Yohane analemba kuti: "Masiku ano. Tetezani Iraq kuchokera ku Turkey.
    
  Patrick analemba.
    
  Tengani Nahla, John analemba.
    
  Sindikuwona momwe, Patrick anatero.
    
  Maso a Jaffar anali ndi chiyembekezo. Analanda pensulo m"manja mwa Yohane nalemba kuti: "Maziko anga, dziko langa, kwathu. Thandizani kapena tulukani. Sankhani. Tsopano.
    
    
  Ku South TURKEY
  PATAPITA MAola Ochepa
    
    
  "Ankara Center, Wolowa Nyumba Zisanu ndi Ziwiri, mulingo, kuwuluka pamtunda wa ziro zitatu-zitatu pamwamba pa Afsin control point, Simak control point ikuyerekeza mphindi makumi awiri ndi zisanu ndi chimodzi."
    
  "Wolandira Seven-Seven, makope ochokera ku Ankara Center, usiku wabwino. Yembekezerani kusamutsidwa ku Mosul kukafika mphindi zisanu Simak isanachitike. "
    
  "Seventh Scion - Mikondo Isanu ndi iwiri."
    
  Mawayilesi adakhala chete kwa mphindi zingapo mpaka adamveka kuti: "Wolowa Nyumba Zisanu ndi Ziwiri, sinthani ku Diyarbakir VHF gawo limodzi mwa magawo atatu ndi asanu zero point 5."
    
  Ili linali pempho lachilendo - anali pamwamba pa airspace ya nsanja yoyang'anira njira - koma woyendetsa ndegeyo sananene kuti: "Zamveka, Ankara, Scion Seven-Seven akupita ku Diyarbakir." Adasintha pafupipafupi, kenako: "Yandikirani Diyarbakir, Wolowa M'malo Seven-seven, level, flight level three-three zero."
    
  Mawu okhala ndi mawu amphamvu aku Turkey adayankha m'Chingerezi: "Wolowa Seven-Seven, uku ndikuyandikira Diyarbakir, tsikirani ndikukhala pamtunda wa mapazi mazana asanu ndi awiri, tembenukira kumanzere, mutu wachitatu-foi-faifi, ma vectors kupita ku Irgan intersection, kuwerenga altimeter. awiri asanu ndi anayi asanu ndi anai asanu ndi atatu."
    
  "Tiyeni tizipita," woyendetsa ndegeyo anatero ali m"chipinda cha okwera ndegeyo, akupuma mozama kuti aletse chisangalalo chake chomwe chinali kukula mofulumira. Adadina batani la intercom: "Angotilozera ku njira ya ILS ya Diyarbakir, bwana."
    
  "Funso, koma sankhani vekitala," David Luger adatero pa ulalo wobisika wa satellite kuchokera ku likulu la Scion ku Las Vegas. "Takonzeka".
    
  "Kumvetsetsa." Pawailesi woyendetsa ndegeyo anati: "Uh, Diyarbakir, Seven-Seven, chifukwa chiyani vector? Tikuyendetsa ndege zapadziko lonse lapansi monga takonzekera, komwe tikupita ku Tall Kaif. "
    
  "Kudutsa kwanu mumlengalenga waku Turkey kwathetsedwa ndi Unduna wa Zachitetezo ku Turkey ndi Border Security, Seven-Seven," wowongolera njirayo adatero. "Mukulangizidwa kuti muzitsatira ma vector anga kuti mufike ndikufika ku Diyarbakir. Ndege, ogwira ntchito ndi katundu wanu zikawunikiridwa, mudzaloledwa kupita komwe mukupita. "
    
  "Izi ndi zolakwika, bwerani mudzatsike," woyendetsa ndegeyo anadandaula motero. "Ndege yathu siinayambike kapena kutha ku Turkey ndipo tidalemba ndondomeko ya ndege. Sitiyenera kuyang'aniridwa pomwe tikungowuluka pamlengalenga wanu. Ngati mukufuna, titha kusiya ndege yanu. "
    
  "Mukulangizidwa kuti muzitsatira ma vectors anga kupita ku Diyarbakir kapena mudzatengedwa ngati ndege ya adani ndipo tidzayankha moyenera," adatero wolamulirayo. "Pali asitikali okonzeka omwe angakugwireni ndikukuperekezani ku Diyarbakir ngati simutsatira. Ndikuvomereza."
    
  "Pamene tikuyandikira, tikutembenukira ku njira yanu ndi kutsika," woyendetsa ndegeyo anayankha motero, "koma ndidzanena ku likulu langa ndi kuwadziwitsa za kuwopseza kwanu. Tidzipereka motsutsa. "
    
  "Ndalangizidwa kuti ndikudziwitse kuti Kazembe waku America adadziwitsidwa za zomwe tachita ndipo tidzakumana nanu ku Diyarbakir kuti muunike ndikufunsa mafunso," adatero wolamulirayo atayima kwa nthawi yayitali. "Akhala nanu nthawi yonseyi mutakhala pansi ndipo aziyang'anira ntchito zathu zonse zokakamira."
    
  "Izi zikadali zolakwika, bwerani mudzatsike," woyendetsa ndegeyo anapitiriza. "Simungathe kutisokoneza chonchi. Ndizosaloledwa ". Pa intercom, woyendetsa ndegeyo anafunsa kuti, "Kodi mukufuna kuti tipitirire kutsika, bwana?"
    
  "Mphindi imodzi yokha," adatero Dave Luger. Ndege yonyamula katundu ya Boeing 767 inalidi ndege yoyesera kwa masensa apamwamba kwambiri komanso ma transmitter omwe adayikidwa pa XC-57. Zambiri mwa izi zidakhazikitsidwabe, kuphatikiza kuthekera kolumikizirana kapena "kuletsa" -kutumiza malangizo a digito ku kompyuta ya adani kapena netiweki mwa kuyika kachidindo mu chizindikiro chobwerera cha wolandila digito. Mafupipafupi oyenerera a digito atapezeka, Luger amatha kutumiza malangizo apakompyuta ku netiweki ya adani, omwe, ngati sazindikirika ndikutetezedwa ndi firewall, amatha kugawidwa pamaneti onse apakompyuta a adani padziko lonse lapansi monga gawo lina lililonse la data.
    
  "Radar ya Diyarbakir si digito, kotero tidzayenera kuchita mwachikale," adatero Luger. Netrusion idangogwira ntchito ndi makina a digito - ngati mdaniyo ali ndi makina akale a radar, sizingagwire ntchito. "Amuna inu, limbitsani pang'ono, izi zitha kukhala vuto." Woyendetsa ndege ndi woyendetsa nawo ndege ali ndi malamba awo apampando ndi zomangira pamapewa zimakokedwa zolimba momwe angathere ndipo amatha kufikira kuwongolera konse.
    
  Mwadzidzidzi mawayilesi adaphulika ndikumveka kwaphokoso, mapope ndi mluzu. Liwu la wotumiza waku Turkey linamveka, koma silinamveke konse. "Chabwino anyamata, radar yasokonekera," adatero Luger. "Mwayeretsedwa ku Nala Straight, tsikirani bwino mpaka mapazi zikwi khumi ndi zisanu ndi ziwiri, sungani liwiro. Tikuyang'anira wolandila zidziwitso zanu." Woyendetsa ndegeyo anameza kwambiri, n"kutembenuka, kutsitsa mphamvu, ndi kutembenuza mphunoyo mpaka kuŵerenga kwa liŵiro la ndege kufika pa mlingo wa liŵiro la wometayo. Pakuthamanga kwawo komanso kutsika kwawo, adataya mamita zikwi khumi ndi zisanu ndi chimodzi pasanathe mphindi zisanu ndi chimodzi.
    
  "Chabwino anyamata, momwe zinthu ziliri," adayankha Dave atasiya. "Angoyambitsa ma F-16 angapo kuchokera ku Diyarbakir - ndiye nkhani yoyipa. Nditha kuyimitsa njira ya radar, koma sindikuganiza kuti ndingathe kuyimitsa ma radar oyendetsa ndege - imeneyo ndi nkhani yoyipa kwambiri. Tikuganiza kuti F-16 yokhala ndi masensa a infrared kuti tidziwe komwe muli ndi nkhani zoyipa kwambiri. Asunthanso mabatire a missile a Patriot kudera lomwe mwatsala pang'ono kuwulukiramo - ndiyedi, mwapeza chithunzicho. "
    
  "Inde, bwana. Ndi pulani yotani?
    
  "Tiyesa kupanga malo otsika pang'ono kubisala pamene ndikuyesera kugwirizanitsa ndi Patriot surveillance system," adatero Luger. "Ma F-16 aku Turkey omwe ali kutsogolo ali ndi ma radar a digito ndi maulalo a data, ndipo ndikuganiza kuti nditha kulowa, koma ndiyenera kudikirira mpaka ulalo wa data uyambe kugwira ntchito, ndipo zingatenge kanthawi kuti Patriot awone. inu."
    
  "Aa, bwana? Kunja kuli mdima ndipo sitikuona chilichonse panjapo."
    
  "Zingakhale bwino," adatero Luger. Woyendetsa ndegeyo mokwiya adatulutsa mamapu ake amayendedwe apandege adera lomwe amawulukiramo ndikuyika pa skrini yoteteza. "Ndikuganiza kuti a F-16s ayesa kukuwonetsani ma radar owongolera moto a Patriot mpaka atha kuwanyamula ndi radar kapena infrared."
    
  "Kuvomerezedwa". Pa intercom ya sitimayo, woyendetsa ndegeyo anati, "Bambo Macomber? Abiti Turlock? Kodi mungalowe mu kanyumbako chonde?"
    
  Patangopita nthawi pang'ono, Wayne "Zipper" Macomber yemwe adapuma pantchito wa US Air Force Special Operations ndi injiniya wopuma wa Army National Guard, Charlie Turlock anadutsa pakhomo ndikukhala pampando. Macomber, yemwe kale anali katswiri wa mpira wa Air Force Academy komanso katswiri wa zanyengo zapadera za Air Force, anali ndi vuto pang'ono kufinya thupi lake lalikulu, lamphamvu pampando wodumphira padoko. Kumbali inayi, Charlie - dzina lake lenileni, osati dzina lotchulidwira lomwe adapatsidwa ndi abambo ake omwe amaganiza kuti ali ndi mwana wamwamuna - adapeza kukhala kosavuta kuti agwirizane ndi thupi lake lotsamira, lopindika, lothamanga pampando wodumphira pakati pa oyendetsa ndege. Onse obwera kumene amavala mahedifoni.
    
  "Kodi chikuchitika ndi chiyani, Gus?" Wayne anafunsa.
    
  "Zomwe Bambo Luger anatiuza? Zimachitika. Anthu aku Turkey akufuna kuti titsike ku Diyarbakir ndipo mwina atitumiza omenyera nkhondo pambuyo pathu. "
    
  "Ndi Luger-"
    
  "Kuyesera kulowetsa chitetezo chawo chamlengalenga ndi njira zoyankhulirana za data," woyendetsa ndegeyo adatero. "Tinasokoneza makina owongolera njira ndikuyamba kuwazemba, koma a Luger sangathe kuletsa makina awo ofananira; ikuyenera kudikirira kuti chizindikiro cha digito chifike."
    
  "Sindinamvetse pamene Luger ananena koyamba, ndipo sindikumvetsa tsopano," anadandaula motero Macomber. "Musatilole kuti tigwe kapena kugunda, chabwino?"
    
  "Inde, bwana. Ndinaganiza kuti mungafune kudziwa. Mangirirani pang'ono - sizingakhale zosangalatsa. "
    
  "Kodi apaulendo anu onse amangirira?" - Adafunsa David Luger.
    
  "Ingozimitsani ma radar aku Turkey, kapena ndibweranso ndikukuvutitsani kwamuyaya, bwana," adatero Zipper.
    
  "Hi, Zipper. Ndichita zonse zomwe ndingathe. Kodi Charlie wavalanso lamba?"
    
  "Ndakonzeka kuuluka, David," anayankha Charlie.
    
  "Chabwino, Charlie."
    
  Ngakhale atayang'anizana ndi ulendo wowopsa womwe ukubwera, Charlie adatembenuka kuti awone nkhope ya Macomber yosangalala. "Chabwino, Charlie," adatsanzira. "Wakonzeka kuuluka, David." Kazembeyo akufuna kutsimikizira kuti wokondedwa wake wabisika. Zabwino bwanji."
    
  "Ndilume, Ndikhome," iye anatero, koma sanachitire mwina koma kumwetulira.
    
  "Mwakonzeka anyamata?"
    
  Woyendetsa ndegeyo anati: "Monga tidzakhala okonzeka nthawi zonse.
    
  "Chabwino. Tsikirani tsopano kufika pa mapazi zikwi khumi ndi chimodzi ndikuwulukira pamutu wa ziro imodzi kapena zisanu.
    
  Woyendetsa ndegeyo anakankhira goli kutsogolo kuti ayambe kutsika, koma woyendetsa ndegeyo anatambasula dzanja lake kuti amuletse. "Kutsika kochepa m'derali ndi khumi ndi zitatu ndi zinayi."
    
  "Malo okwera m'gawo lanu ndi maola khumi ndi awiri, mailosi makumi awiri ndi awiri. Mudzakhala pamwamba pa china chirichonse... Chabwino, pafupifupi china chirichonse. Ndidzakutsogolerani kuzungulira malo okwera mpaka mapu anu osuntha ayamba kusonyeza mtunda." Woyendetsa ndegeyo anamezanso mate, koma anakankhira kutsogolo kuti ayambe kutsika. Pomwe iwo adatsikira ku mapazi zikwi khumi ndi zinayi, mawu aakazi a makompyuta pa upangiri wa mtunda ndi machenjezo adabangula, "Highlands, tukumulani, nyamukani!" ndipo mawonekedwe a mapu a GPS oyenda m'chipinda cha oyendetsa ndege anayamba kung'anima chikasu, choyamba patsogolo pawo kenako kumanzere kwawo komwe malo anali apamwamba kwambiri.
    
  "Ntchito yabwino, anyamata," adatero Luger. "Pamapu anu osuntha muyenera kuwona chigwacho pomwe muli pa ola. Pansi pachisanu ndi chiwiri. Gwirani chigwa ichi. Pakali pano, khalani pa zikwi khumi ndi chimodzi. Oyendetsa ndegewo anaona mdima wopapatiza kwambiri wozunguliridwa ndi chikasu chonyezimira ndipo tsopano makona ofiira ofiira, kusonyeza malo omwe anali pamwamba pa msinkhu wawo.
    
  "Kodi m"lifupi mwake ndi chiyani, bwana?"
    
  "Ndilo lalikulu mokwanira kwa inu. Yang'anani chipwirikiticho." Nthawi yomweyo, ogwira ntchito m'sitimayo anaponyedwa m'malamba awo ndi mafunde chifukwa cha chipwirikiti. Woyendetsa ndegeyo anavutika kuti asunge mutu ndi kutalika kwake. "Izi...zi...zikuipiraipira," woyendetsa ndegeyo anadandaula. "Sindikudziwa ngati ndingagwire izi."
    
  "Chigwachi chiyenera kukhala chabwino mpaka mutafika kumalire mkati mwa mphindi khumi ndi zisanu ndi zitatu," Luger anatero.
    
  "Mphindi khumi ndi zisanu ndi zitatu! Sindingathe kupirira izi kwa-"
    
  "Imilirani!" Luger adasokoneza. "Mphamvu zonse, kukwera kwakuthwa mpaka khumi ndi zitatu, kulowera ziwiri-zitatu-ziro, tsopano!"
    
  Woyendetsa ndegeyo adayika ma throttles kuti akhale ndi mphamvu zonse ndipo adakokera kumbuyo paziwongolero molimbika momwe angathere. "Sindingathe kutembenuka! Dziko-"
    
  "Tembenukani tsopano! Fulumirani!" Oyendetsa ndegewo sanachitire mwina koma kutembenuka, kukoka zowongolera mpaka ndegeyo idazungulira m'mphepete mwa khola ... ndikupemphera. Mipiringidzo yonyezimira yonyezimira pachiwonetsero chochenjeza za mtunda inali kukhudza nsonga ya chithunzi cha ndege...
    
  ...ndiyeno panthawiyo mtundu wofiira unasintha kukhala wachikasu, kutanthauza kuti anali mkati mwa mamita mazana asanu kuchokera pansi. "O, Yesu, Mulungu, tachita ..."
    
  Ndipo pa nthawiyo, kuwala kwa moto kunathamanga kudutsa mazenera a kanyumbako, osakwana mayadi zana patsogolo pawo. Kuwala kochititsa mantha kwachikasu kunadzaza kanyumbako, ngati kuti chithunzithunzi chachikulu kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi changotulukira patsogolo pawo, ndipo oyendetsa ndegewo anamva kutentha ndi kupanikizika. "Chinali chiyani?" - woyendetsa ndegeyo adafuula.
    
  "Maphunziro awiri-atatu-zero, mapazi zikwi khumi ndi chimodzi," adatero Luger. "Zonse zili bwino? Ndikuvomereza."
    
  "Chinali chiyani?"
    
  "Pepani anyamata, koma ndimayenera kutero," adatero Luger.
    
  "Ndichite chiyani?"
    
  "Ndakubweretsani mumtundu wa batri ya missile ya Patriot."
    
  "Chani?"
    
  "Iyi ndi njira yokhayo yomwe ndingapezere kuchuluka kwa data kwa Patriot komanso pakati pa Patriot ndi F-16," adatero Luger.
    
  "Holy crap... Tinatsala pang'ono kugundidwa ndi mzinga wa Patriot ...?"
    
  "Inde, koma chinthu chimodzi ndichakuti akuyenera kuyesa kupulumutsa mivi," adatero Dave. "Ayenera kuti angoyambitsa kumene ngati chenjezo, kapena mwina ndi mzinga wonyenga."
    
  "Nanga bwanji chenjezo laling'ono nthawi ina mukadzatilozetsa mfuti, bwana?" Macomber anapsa mtima.
    
  "Palibe nthawi yocheza, Zipper. Ndaletsa mafupipafupi a Patriot's datalink ndipo ndikuyembekezera kuti ayambe kulankhula ndi F-16. Akatero, ndikhoza kuzimitsa zonse ziwiri. Koma ndikufunika kuti mukhale ochita bwino, pamphepete mwa kudzipereka kwa Patriot. Ndikakusungani otsika kwambiri, F-16 ikhoza kusinthira ku sensa yake ya infrared osagwiritsa ntchito radar ya Patriot. Izi zikutanthauza kuti ndiyenera kumuwonanso bwino. Kuwulukira pamutu wa 1-9-zero ndikukwera mpaka pamtunda wa zikwi khumi ndi ziwiri. Kwatsala mphindi khumi ndi zisanu kuti tifike kumalire a Iraq. "
    
  "Izi n"zamisala," anadandaula motero woyendetsa 767, akutembenuza mfundo m"manja ndi zala zake. Anayamba kukwera pang'onopang'ono ndikutembenukira ku-
    
  "Chabwino anyamata, Patriot wabwerera ndipo adakugwirani, maola asanu ndi awiri, mailosi makumi awiri ndi asanu ndi anayi," adatero Dave patapita nthawi. "Ikadali m'machitidwe ojambulira ... Tsopano ili m'njira yolondolera chandamale... Come on guys, mukuyembekezera chiyani...?"
    
  "Ngati angayang'anire pakamwa pa F-16, atha kulowa mu sensa yake ya IR osagwiritsa ntchito ulalo wa data, sichoncho?" - adafunsa woyendetsa sitima yonyamula katundu.
    
  "Ndinkakhulupirira kuti simungaganize," anatero Luger. "Mwamwayi, akatswiri ambiri a radar a Patriot sali owongolera ndege; ntchito yawo ndi kupanga dongosolo kuchita ntchito yake. Chabwino, pitani mpaka zikwi khumi ndi chimodzi, ndipo tiyeni tiyembekeze kuti pamene mukupita pansi iwo ... "Mphindi pang'ono: "Ndamvetsa! Masekondi angapo owonjezera^Bwera, mwana, bwera^Ndamvetsa. Mwamsanga tembenuzirani ku maphunziro asanu ndi limodzi ndi asanu, pitirizani mpaka zikwi khumi ndi chimodzi. F-16 pamalo anu 6 koloko ndi mailosi khumi ndi asanu ndikuyandikira, koma iyenera kutembenukira kumanja kwanu. Mudzakhala pamalire a Iraq 11 koloko, pafupifupi mphindi khumi ndi zitatu. "
    
  Chithunzicho chinkawoneka bwinoko. "Chabwino anyamata, ma F-16 ali mkati mwa mailosi asanu ndi limodzi, koma ali kumanja kwanu," adatero Luger mphindi zingapo pambuyo pake. "Akutsata chandamale chomwe adatumizidwa ndi Patriot batire. Tsikirani kwa zikwi khumi.
    
  "Kodi chimachitika ndi chiyani akafika pa sensa yake ya IR ndipo ife kulibe?" - adafunsa woyendetsa sitima yonyamula katundu.
    
  "Ndikukhulupirira akuganiza kuti sensor yake ndi yolakwika."
    
  "Wolowa Seven-Seven, uyu ndi Yukari One-One-Three second level, air defense interceptor fighters of the Republic of Turkey Air Force," iwo anamva pa pafupipafupi UHF chitetezo chadzidzidzi. "Tili pamalo anu 6 koloko ndipo tikulumikizana nanu. Mukulamulidwa kukwera mamita zikwi khumi ndi zisanu ndi ziwiri, kutsitsa zida zotsikira ndikutembenukira kumanja paziro ziwiri-ziro, molunjika ku Diyarbakir. "
    
  "Pitirizani kumuyankha," anatero Dave. "Khalanibe njira. Blip yanu pa radar idzatsatira malamulo ake. "
    
  "Yukari, uyu ndi Wolowa M'malo Seven-Seven, tikutembenuka ndikukwera," woyendetsa sitima yonyamula katundu adalankhula. "Samalirani zida zanu. Ndife opanda zida."
    
  "Heir Squad, mtsogoleri wa Yukari One-One-Three, adzalumikizana nanu kumanzere," woyendetsa ndege wa F-16 adalengeza. "Mapiko anga adzakhala pa malo anu 6 koloko. Mudzawona kuwala kwathu kolamulira. Musachite mantha. Pitirizani kutembenukira kwanu ndikukwera monga mwalamulidwa."
    
  "Ali mailosi asanu ndi limodzi kuchokera pomwe chandamale," adatero Dave. "Khalani pamenepo, anyamata. Kwatsala mphindi zisanu ndi zitatu kuti tifike kumalire.
    
  Masekondi ena makumi asanu ndi limodzi adadutsa popanda anthu ambiri pawailesi mpaka: "Heir Flight, kutalika kwako ndi kotani?"
    
  "Zikwi zana limodzi ndi zinayi," adatero Dave Luger.
    
  "Scion of Seven-Seven akupereka zikwi zana limodzi ndi zinayi kwa zikwi zana limodzi ndi zisanu ndi ziwiri," anayankha woyendetsa sitima yonyamula katundu.
    
  "Yatsani magetsi anu onse akunja nthawi yomweyo!" - adalamula woyendetsa ndege waku Turkey. Yatsani magetsi onse!
    
  "Nyali zathu zikuyaka, ndege ya Yukari."
    
  "Ali mailosi awiri kuchokera ku decoy," adatero Dave Luger. "Mwina ali ndi nyali yochenjeza ndipo akungoyang'ana ..."
    
  Oyendetsa zombo zonyamula katundu anadikirira, koma sanamve kanthu. "Olowa m'malo, awa ndi Seven-Seven, monga mukumvetsetsa?" Palibe yankho. "Heir Base, Seven-Seven, mukumva chiyani?"
    
  Kukamwa kwa woyendetsa ndegeyo kunatseguka chifukwa cha mantha. "O, zoyipa, tasiya kulumikizana ndi likulu," adachita mantha. "Ndife nyama yakufa."
    
  "Zabwino. Nthawi yabwino yoti zida zonse zapamwambazi ziyambe kugwira ntchito, "adadandaula Zipper. "Tichotsereni muno, Gus!"
    
  "Tikulunjika ku Nala," woyendetsa ndegeyo anatero, akukankhira zingwe kutsogolo. Ndikukhulupirira kuti anyamatawa sadzatiwombera tikawoloka malire.
    
  "Tiyeni tiyesenso chinthu chobisala malowa," anatero woyendetsa ndegeyo. Malo osonyezedwa pamapu oyenda m"chipinda cha okwera ndege akusonyezabe mapiri, koma anayenda mofulumira pamene tinali kusamukira kum"mwera. "Titha kupita ku naini-seveni mailosi angapo, ndipo mu mailosi makumi awiri titha kupita mpaka ku-"
    
  Panthawiyo, kholalo linali lodzaza ndi kuwala koyera koyera kochokera kumanzere, kotentha komanso kowala ngati masana. Iwo anayesa kuona kuti anali ndani, koma sanathe kuyang"ana kulikonse kumene kunali. "Holy shit!" - woyendetsa ndegeyo adafuula. "Ndinachititsidwa khungu ndi kung"anima, sindingathe kuona-"
    
  "Wongolani, Gus!"
    
  "Ndinati sindingathe kuwongolera, sindikuwona chilichonse," adatero woyendetsa ndegeyo. "Ben, bwera kumbuyo kwa gudumu ...!"
    
  "Scion of Seven-Seven, iyi ndi Yukari One-One-Three, ndege yachiwiri, muli m'maso mwathu," woyendetsa ndege waku Turkey adalengeza. "Nthawi yomweyo mubweza zida zotsikira ndikutembenukira kumanja paziro ziwiri naini. Mukutsatiridwa ndi mabatire a missile aku Turkey. Tumizani mwamsanga. Kugwiritsa ntchito mphamvu zakupha kunaloledwa. "
    
  "Kuwala kwanu kunachititsa khungu woyendetsa ndegeyo!" - woyendetsa wachiwiri wailesi. "Osawalitsa m'chipinda chochezera! Zimitsani chinthucho!"
    
  Kamphindi pang'ono, kuwala kunazima ... Ndipo kachiwiri pambuyo pake, kuphulika kwachiwiri kwa mizinga kunatsatira kuchokera pamphuno ya millimita makumi awiri ya mphuno ya Turkey F-16. Kung'anima kwa pakamwa kunali kowala kwambiri ngati kuwala koyang'ana, ndipo amatha kumva ziboliboli zazikuluzikulu zomwe zimadutsa mumlengalenga mozungulira iwo, mafunde akunjenjemera akuwomba mawindo a 767's cockpit mayadi ochepa chabe. "Ili linali chenjezo lomaliza, Scion of Seven-Seven," adatero woyendetsa ndege waku Turkey. Tsatirani malangizo anga kapena muphedwe popanda chenjezo lina!
    
  "Titani tsopano?" - Adafunsa Zipper. "Takhumudwa."
    
  "Tilibe chochita," anatero woyendetsa ndegeyo. "Ndikutembenuka..."
    
  "Ayi, pitilizani kulowera ku Nala," adatero Charlie. Anafika pafupi ndikusintha masinthidwe ake ozungulira kuchokera ku "intercom" kupita ku "UHF-2." "Yukari Flight One-One-Three, uyu ndi Charlie Turlock, m'modzi mwa omwe adakwera pa Scion Seven-Seven," adatulutsa wailesi.
    
  "Ndi chiyani chomwe ukuchita, Charlie?" - anafunsa Macomber.
    
  "Kusewera jenda ndi makadi okonda, kugunda - ndi okhawo omwe tatsala nawo," adatero Charlie kuchokera pamalo oyendera. Pawailesi adapitiliza, "Flight Yukari, ndife ndege yonyamula katundu yaku America paulendo wamtendere komanso wololedwa kupita ku Iraq. Sitili ndege zankhondo, tilibe zida, ndipo tilibe zolinga zotsutsana ndi ogwirizana athu, anthu aku Turkey. Pali anthu khumi ndi asanu ndi anayi omwe ali m'ndegeyi, kuphatikiza azimayi asanu ndi mmodzi. Tipitirize kuthawa mwamtendere.
    
  "Muyenera kumvera nthawi yomweyo. Ili ndiye dongosolo lathu lomaliza."
    
  "Sititembenuka," adatero Charlie. "Tatsala pang'ono kufika kumalire a Iraq, ndipo mauthenga athu pa njira yadzidzidzi yapadziko lonse lapansi akuyang'aniridwa ndi mauthenga ochokera ku Syria kupita ku Persia. Ndife ndege yonyamula katundu yaku America yopanda zida paulendo wovomerezeka kudutsa Turkey. Pali anthu khumi ndi asanu ndi anayi omwe ali m'bwalo. Mukatiwombera pansi pano, matupi ndi zinyalala zidzagwa ku Iraq ndipo dziko lidzadziwa zomwe mwachita. Mungaganize kuti muli ndi malamulo omveka kapena chifukwa chabwino chothamangitsira moto, koma mudzakhala ndi udindo pa chiweruzo chanu. Ngati mumakhulupirira atsogoleri anu ndipo mukufuna kutsatira malamulo awo kuti atiphe tonse, chabwino, koma muyenera kukoka. Tsopano miyoyo yathu ili m"manja mwanu."
    
  Kamphindi pang'ono, adawona ndikungomva lirime lamoto woyaka moto kudutsa mazenera awo akumanzere akumpanda - chowotcha chokhacho chochokera kwa womenya F-16. "Akuzungulira, akuyendetsa kumbuyo kwathu," adatero woyendetsa ndegeyo. "Zoyipa; Oo iai ...!" Amatha kumva kukhalapo kwa ma jets kumbuyo kwawo, kumva adrenaline ndi thukuta lotuluka m'matupi a oyendetsa ndege aku Turkey pomwe amatembenukira kupha. Sekondi zinadutsa...
    
  ... ndiye masekondi ochulukirapo, kenako miniti. Palibe amene ankapuma kwamuyaya. Kenako adamva kuti: "Wolowa m'malo asanu ndi awiri ndi asanu ndi awiri, uku ndikuwongolera njira ya Mosul pa SECURITY pafupipafupi, tikukuwonetsani kuwoloka kwanu komwe mwakonzekera. Ngati mumva kuyandikira ku Mosul, tsegulani ma modes atatu ndi C wamba ndikunditumizira foni 2-4-3 point seven. Tsimikizirani nthawi yomweyo.
    
  Woyendetsa ndegeyo anayankha monyinyirika, ndipo ena onse anatulutsa mpumulo. "Amuna, ndimaganiza kuti tamaliza," adatero Macomber. Anafikira ndikumusisita paphewa Charlie. "Wachita, wokondedwa. Munatiuza za izi. Ntchito yabwino ".
    
  Charlie anatembenukira kwa Macomber, akumwetulira, akugwedeza mutu moyamikira ... ndipo mwamsanga anasanza pansi pa kanyumba kutsogolo kwake.
    
    
  NAKHLA ALLIED AIR BASE, IRAQ
  PATAPITA KANTHAWI YOCHEPA
    
    
  "Kodi ndinu openga, openga?" Mtsamunda Jack Wilhelm anaphulika pamene Wayne Macomber ndi Charlie Turlock akuperekeza anthu ena okwera ndi ogwira ntchito mu ndege yonyamula katundu ya Boeing 767 pamene inkayimitsidwa kumunsi. "Simukumvetsa zomwe zikuchitika kumeneko?"
    
  "Uyenera kukhala Mtsamunda Wilhelm," anatero Macomber, akufika pansi pa masitepe apamlengalenga. "Zikomo chifukwa cholandira bwino ku Iraq."
    
  "Ndinu ndani?"
    
  "Wayne Macomber, Chief of Security for Scion Aviation International," Wayne anayankha. Iye sanapereke dzanja lake kwa Wilhelm, zomwe zinakwiyitsa kwambiri mkulu wa asilikali. Amuna awiriwa anali ofanana msinkhu ndiponso kulemera kofanana, ndipo nthawi yomweyo anayamba kukulana. "Uyu ndi Charlie Turlock, wothandizira wanga." Charlie anaponya maso koma osanena kalikonse. "Ndichotsa chinjokacho - ndipo mwina ndisinthe zovala zanga zamkati pambuyo pa ndegeyi - kenako ndiyenera kulankhula ndi General ndi Chief Egghead John Masters."
    
  "Choyamba, simukupita kulikonse mpaka titawona zikalata zanu ndi katundu," adatero Wilhelm. "Simukuyeneranso kutsika mundege yoyipa isanakufufuzeni."
    
  "Kasitomu? Iyi ndi ndege yaku America yomwe ikutera pamalo ena aku America. Sitichita za miyambo."
    
  "Ndiwe jeti yapayekha yomwe ili pamtunda waku Iraq, ndiye muyenera kuchotsedwa pamilandu."
    
  Macomber adayang'ana William. "Sindikuwona aku Iraqi aliyense pano, Colonel, chitetezo chachinsinsi ... ndi iwe." Anatenga chikwatucho m'manja mwa woyendetsa ndegeyo. "Zikalata zathu ndi izi, ndi woyendetsa ndegeyo. Adzakuchitirani zamwano ndi zilizonse zomwe ma Iraqi akufuna kupita nazo. Tilibe nthawi ya kasitomu. Tiyeni tichite zinthu zathu. Inu mukhale kutali ndi ife ndipo ife tidzakhala kutali ndi inu.
    
  "Ndalamulidwa kuyendera ndege imeneyi, Macomber, ndipo n"zimene tichite," Wilhelm anatero. "Ogwira ntchito akhala m'boti mpaka kuyendera kukamalizidwa. A Thompson ndi anthu ake azichita kuyenderako, ndipo mugwirizane nawo, apo ayi ndikutumizani nonse kwa brig. Chabwino?"
    
  Macomber ankawoneka ngati atsutsa, koma anagwedeza mutu pang'ono kwa Wilhelm, akumwetulira, ndikubwezera chikwama cha zikalata kwa woyendetsa ndegeyo. "Ben, pita ndi Gus." Wilhelm anali atatsala pang"ono kutsutsa, koma Macomber anati: "Woyendetsa ndegeyo anavulala pamene akuuluka. Akufunika thandizo. Chitani changu, anyamata," ndipo anakodola enawo kuti amutsatire pokwereranso masitepe apamlengalenga. Anatsatiridwa ndi apolisi awiri achitetezo a Thompson ndi m'busa waku Germany pa leash yachikopa. Gulu la alonda a Thompson adayamba kutsegula zitseko zonyamula katundu ndi zitseko zonyamula katundu kuti ayambe kuyendera.
    
  M"ndegemo, wapolisi wina anayamba kusecha m"chipinda choyendera ndege pamene wina anaika Macomber ndi anthu ena okwera m"ndegemo n"kumayang"ana mkati mwa ndegeyo. Kutsogolo kwa ndege yonyamula katundu ya Boeing 767, kuseri kwa bwalo la ndege, kunali bwalo lochotsamo ndi chimbudzi mbali imodzi, ndipo mbali inayo, pafupi ndi khomo lakumaso, panali zotengera ziwiri za fiberglass zolembedwa kuti "LIFE RAFTS" zolimbikitsidwa. Zosindikizira za tepiyo zidakulungidwa mozungulira. Kumbuyo kwawo kunali thireyi yonyamulika yoyang'ana kutsogolo yokhala ndi anthu okwera khumi ndi asanu ndi atatu. Kumbuyo kwake kunali zotengera zonyamula katundu 8 zozungulira, zinayi mbali iliyonse ya ndegeyo, zokhala ndi tinjira topapatiza pakati pawo, ndipo kumbuyo kwake kunali thireyi ya katundu yokutidwa ndi mauna a nayiloni ndi omangika ndi zingwe za nayiloni.
    
  Msilikali wachiŵiri wachitetezo anaika wailesi yake pakamwa pake kuti: "Ndinaŵerengera antchito khumi ndi asanu ndi atatu ndi apaulendo, makontena aŵiri onyamula moyo, bwalo lamadzi ndi chimbudzi, ndi makontena asanu ndi atatu onyamula katundu a A1N. Zosindikizira zowunikira moyo zimamangiriridwa motetezedwa. "
    
  "Ndamva," anayankha motero. "Chiwerengero cha okwera chikuwunikidwa. Koma chiwonetserochi chimangotchula ma A1N asanu ndi limodzi. " Wapolisiyo anayang"ana anthu amene anakweramo mowakayikira.
    
  "Nzosadabwitsa kuti zidatenga nthawi yayitali kuti tifike kuno - tathedwa nzeru," adatero Macomber. "Ndani wabweretsa zotengera zowonjezera? Kodi ndizo zodzoladzola zako zonse kumbuyo uko, Charlie?"
    
  "Ndimaganiza kuti ndi kuluka kwako, Zipper," adatero Turlock.
    
  "Ndiyenda pansi ndi K-9," watero wachitetezo. "Musapange mayendedwe adzidzidzi."
    
  "Ndikakome kaye?" - anafunsa Macomber.
    
  "Kabatiyo itafufuzidwa ndipo K-9 idadutsa m'kanyumba," adatero mkuluyo.
    
  "Zikhala nthawi yayitali bwanji?"
    
  "Ingogwirizanani." Mlondayo anayamba kumuyendetsa galuyo m"kanjirako, n"kumagwira m"matumba a mipandoyo n"kumalowetsa pansi ndi pakati pa mipandoyo kusonyeza kumene ankafuna kuti galuyo akanunkhire.
    
  "Galu wabwino," anatero Wayne pamene galuyo anayandikira kwa iye.
    
  "Palibe kulankhula ndi K-9," wapolisiyo adatero. Macomber adamwetulira, kenako adakwinya kumbuyo.
    
  "Nyumbayo ndi yoyera," anatero wapolisi woyamba. Anayamba kuyang'ana mozungulira galley ndi lavatory, akumaliza mu mphindi zochepa.
    
  "Bwerani man, ndiphulika apa."
    
  "Palibe kulankhula," anatero wapolisi wachiŵiriyo. Zinatenganso mphindi zitatu kuti K-9 ithe. "Ukhoza kunyamuka ndi kusiya ndege," wapolisi wachiŵiri analengeza motero. "Muyenera kupita kwa mkulu wakunja yemwe adzayang'ane mapasipoti anu ndi zikalata zanu. Siyani katundu wanu yense m"ndege."
    
  "Kodi ndingagwiritse ntchito botolo kaye?"
    
  Mlonda wachiwiriyo ankaoneka ngati akufuna kukana, koma mlonda woyamba anagwedeza dzanja lake. Iye anati: "Ndimuyang"anitsitsa. Macomber anathamangira kuchimbudzi pomwe ena akuchoka. Wachiwiriyo anapitiriza kufufuza kumbuyo kwa kanyumbako pakati pa zotengera zonyamula katundu.
    
  Imayendetsedwa bedlam kunja kwa ndege. Apolisi adagwiritsa ntchito mafoloko kutsitsa zotengera m'malo onyamula katundu pansi pa ndegeyo, zomwe zidanunkhidwa ndi a K-9. Ogwira ntchitoyo amatha kuona ma K-9 atayima kutsogolo kwa zotengera zina; adayikidwa chizindikiro ndikusamukira kudera lina lapafupi ndi nyumba yosungiramo anthu. Msilikali wina ankayang'ana pasipoti iliyonse ndi mwini wake, kenaka anapangitsa munthu aliyense kuti adikire ndi ena pafupi, kuyang'aniridwa ndi wapolisi wokhala ndi zida.
    
  Chris Thompson anafika patangopita nthawi pang'ono ndikuyang'ana gulu la okwera. "Macomber ali kuti?"
    
  "Ndikadali mchimbudzi," anayankha Charlie Turlock. "Iye si woyendetsa ndege wamphamvu kwambiri."
    
  Thompson anayang'ana mmwamba pamakwerero a airy. "Chuku? Kodi chikuchitika ndi chiyani kumwambako?
    
  "Kung'ung'udza ndi kubuula ndi mitambo yofiirira," anayankha motero wapolisi woyamba kudikirira Macomber.
    
  "Mufulumireni." Thompson anabwerera kwa Charlie. "Kodi mungandithandize ndi chidziwitso, Abiti?" anafunsa. "Pali zosagwirizana pang'ono zomwe ndikukhulupirira kuti mutha kundifotokozera."
    
  "Ndithudi. Ndikudziwa zonse zomwe zili m'bwalo. " Anatsatira Thompson kupita ku milu yosiyanasiyana ya zotengera.
    
  M"kanyumbako, wapolisi woyamba anati, "Tiyeni bwenzi."
    
  "Mwatsala pang'ono kumaliza". Msilikaliyo anamva phokoso la kutulutsa madzi, kenako madzi akutuluka, ndipo chitseko cha chimbudzi chinatsegulidwa. Ngakhale chitseko chisanatsegulidwe mokwanira, fungo losapiririka lomwe linali mkatimo linapangitsa mkuluyo kutsamwitsidwa. "Jeez, bwanawe, wadya chiyani pa izi-"
    
  Macomber anamumenya kamodzi kukachisi wakumanzere ndi nkhonya yake yakumanja, ndikumugwetsa chikomokere popanda phokoso. Mwamsanga anakokera msilikaliyo kutsogolo, namugoneka pansi m"kanyumbako, natseka chitseko, kenaka anabwerera ku kanyumbako ndi kung"amba tepi yodzitetezera yozungulira chidebe choyamba cha chotengera cha moyo.
    
  Kunja kwa ndegeyo, Thompson analoza milu yosiyanasiyana ya makontena. "Zikumveka bwino komanso zimagwirizana ndi zomwe zanenedwazo," adauza Charlie, "koma zomwe zili pano sizili zofanana." Analoza mulu wawukulu wa makontena kudutsa msewu wa taxi mu hala, tsopano ali ndi zida. "Agaluwo anachenjeza za mankhwala osokoneza bongo kapena zophulika mmenemo, ndipo iwonso sanatsatire chilengezocho. Chilengezochi sichikunena kuti mukuitanitsa zida zophulika kuchokera kunja.
    
  "Chabwino, si mankhwala," adatero Charlie. "Pali kufotokoza kwakukulu kwa makontena onse osalembedwawa."
    
  "Chabwino".
    
  Charlie analoza zotengera masikweya. "Awa ndi mapaketi a batri a CID," adatero. "Mlandu uliwonse uli ndi mapaketi anayi a batire. Gulu lirilonse limamangirizidwa ku indentations kumbuyo kwa chiuno. Zotengera zinazi zilinso ndi mapaketi a batri, koma zidapangidwira zida za Tin Man. Amavala awiriawiri pa lamba."
    
  "Kufufuza zaumbanda? Kodi Woodman? Ichi ndi chiyani?"
    
  "CID imayimira Cybernetic Infantry Device," adatero Charlie. "CID ndi loboti yolimbana ndi anthu. Tin Man ndi dzina lakutchulidwa la commando yemwe amavala zida zotchedwa BERP, kapena Ballistic Electron Reactive Process. Sutiyi ili ndi exoskeleton yomwe imapatsa ma commandos mphamvu zowonjezera, ndipo zinthu za BERP zimapangitsa kuti zisawonongeke ... bwino, zida zilizonse zamagulu ankhondo ndi zida zankhondo komanso zida zina zopepuka. Zinthu zomwe zili pamenepo ndi mapaketi amisonkhano yamagulu ofufuza zaupandu, ena omwe amakhala ndi zowombera mabomba ndi oyambitsa ma UAV. " Adamwetulira modabwa Thompson. "Kodi mukumvetsa zonsezi?"
    
  "Kodi iwe ... ukundiseka, Abiti?" Thompson anaima kaye. "Kodi iyi ndi nthabwala ina yake?"
    
  "Izi si nthabwala," adatero Charlie. "Taonani! Ndikuwonetsani." Anatembenukira ku chipangizo chachikulu, chosawoneka bwino chofanana ndi firiji nati, "CID One, yambitsani." Pamene Thompson ankayang'ana mosakhulupirira, chipangizocho chinayamba kuwululidwa pang'onopang'ono mpaka masekondi angapo pambuyo pake loboti lalitali mamita khumi linaonekera patsogolo pake. "Uku ndi kufufuza kwaumbanda." Iye anatembenuka n"kuloza pamwamba pa masitepe a airy. "Ndipo uyu ndiye Tin Woodman." Thompson adayang'ana ndipo adawona mwamuna wovala kuchokera kumutu mpaka kumapazi atavala zovala zotuwa zowoneka bwino, adavala chisoti chamitundu yambiri chopanda maso ngati chipolopolo, lamba wokhala ndi zida ziwiri zozungulira. kwa izo, nsapato zazitali za bondo ndi magolovesi okhala ndi nsabwe zakuda zofika m'zigongono.
    
  "CID One, woyendetsa ndege," adatero. Lobotiyo inagwada pansi, n"kutambasulira mwendo wake ndi manja ake onse kumbuyo, ndipo chiswe chinatseguka pamsana pake. "Mukhale ndi tsiku labwino," adatero Charlie, akusisita Thompson paphewa, kenako kukwera mwendo wotambasulidwa mu robot. Chotsekeracho chinatsekedwa, ndipo patadutsa masekondi angapo lobotiyo idakhalanso ndi moyo, ikuyenda ngati munthu wokhala ndi madzimadzi komanso makanema ojambula.
    
  "Tsopano, bwana," lobotiyo idalankhula ndi mawu achimuna kudzera pa sipika yobisika yokhala ndi mawu otsika, opangidwa mwamagetsi, "lamulani anthu anu kuti asasokoneze ine kapena Tin Woodman. Sitikufuna kukuvulazani. Tikupita ku-"
    
  Panthaŵiyo, munthu wina m"ndegemo anafuula kuti: "Imani, kapena nditumize galu wanga!" Tin Woodman anatembenukira mkati mwa malo onyamula katundu ndipo kuwombera kunamveka nthawi yomweyo. Thompson adawona Tin Woodman akugwedezeka, koma sanagwe.
    
  "Oh mulungu, limenelo silinali lingaliro labwino," anatero mayi yemwe anali mkati mwa loboti ya CID. "Zipper amadana kwambiri ndi kuwomberedwa."
    
  Tin Man sanakweze zida zilizonse, koma Thompson adawona kuwala kowala komwe kumawunikira mwachidule malo onyamula katundu a ndegeyo. Palibenso kuwombera komwe kunamveka. Tin Woodman adalumpha kuchokera mundege kupita munjira yowulukira mosavuta momwe adatsikira mmphepete. Anaitana m"modzi mwa alonda aja n"kuloza chala chake pa ndegeyo. "Terry, vala. José, bwera kuno." Anafufuza pakompyuta pamndandanda wa mawailesi omwe amasungidwa pakompyuta. "General? Muno kumeneko."
    
  "Hi, Zipper," Patrick anayankha. "Takulandirani ku Iraq."
    
  "Tagwetsa trou ndipo zoyipa izi zikutsimikizika mafani posachedwa. Chitanipo kanthu kuti mutontholetse ong'ung'udza ngati simukufuna kumenyana."
    
  "Ndili panjira yopita kumalo otsetsereka. Ndipempha Masters, Noble ndi anyamata ena onse a Scion kuti akuthandizeni. Ndikukhulupirira kuti posachedwapa tidzakumana ndi Mtsamunda Wilhelm kumeneko.
    
  "Mosakayikira. Tikulimbana ndi-"
    
  "Imani!" - wapolisi yemwe amawayang'anira okwerawo adakuwa, akukweza mfuti yake yaying'ono ya MP5.
    
  "Pepani, kamphindi kakang'ono, General," adatero Macomber. Apanso, Tin Woodman sanasunthe kapena kuyang'ana msilikaliyo, koma Thompson adawona mphezi yabuluu ikuwombera kuchokera paphewa lakumanja la Tin Woodman ndikugunda bwalo lachitetezo pachifuwa, ndikumugwetsa chikomokere.
    
  Tin Woodman adayandikira Thompson. Achitetezo ena omwe adawazungulira adagwidwa ndi mantha; ena anabwerera m"mbuyo nathamanga kukachenjeza ena. Palibe ngakhale mmodzi yemwe anayerekeza kufikira zida zawo. Tin Man adagwira Thompson ndi jekete ndikumuchotsa pansi, ndikukankhira mutu wake wokhala ndi zida kumaso a Thompson. "Charlie adakufunsa kuti uwawuze anthu ako kuti sitivulaza aliyense pano bola utisiye tokha?" Thompson anali odabwa kwambiri kuti asayankhe. "Ndikukupemphani kuti mutulutse mutu wanu, mulowe pawailesi ndipo muuze anthu anu ndi anyamata ankhondo kuti akhale m"nyumba zawo zankhondo atisiye tokha kapena tikhoza kuvulaza wina. Ndipo asamathyole chilichonse cha zinthu zathu, momwe amagwirira ntchito mafoloko." Anamusiya Thompson ndikumusiya athawe.
    
  Macomber adayang'ana pakompyuta mawayilesi omwe adapezeka ndi masensa ake omwe adapangidwa mu dipatimenti ya Criminal Investigation ndikufanizira ndi mndandanda womwe gulu lapadziko lonse la Scion Aviation ku Nala adasankha, kenako adalankhula kuti: "Colonel Wilhelm, uyu ndi Wayne Macomber. Mukundimva Kodi?"
    
  "Awa ndi ndani?" Wilhelm anayankha patapita kanthawi.
    
  "Ndiwe wogontha kapena wopusa?" - anafunsa Macomber. "Ingomvetserani. Ine ndi azibambo anga timatsitsa zida zathu panjira ndikukonzekera kunyamuka. Sindikufuna kuwona aliyense wa anthu anu kulikonse, kapena tikung'ambani wina watsopano. Mukundimvetsa?"
    
  "Mwati bwanji?" Wilhelm anagunda. "Awa ndi ndani? Wakhala bwanji pa frequency imeneyi?"
    
  "Colonel, ndi Charlie Turlock," Charlie adasokoneza pafupipafupi. "Pepani mawu a Bambo Macomber, koma anali ndi tsiku lalitali. Zomwe amatanthawuza ndikuti tili pano panjira tikuyamba ntchito yathu yatsopano ya kontrakitala ndipo tingayamikire ngati anthu anu sanabwere kuno. Zingakhale bwino?" Panalibe yankho. "Ntchito yabwino, Zipper," adatero Charlie. "Tsopano wakwiya ndipo abweretsa gulu lonse."
    
  "Osati ngati ali wanzeru," anatero Wayne. Koma anadziŵa kuti zimenezo n"zimene akanacita. "Iwe ndi José, valani zikwama zanu ndipo khalani okonzeka. Terry, tiyeni tisonkhanitse mfuti za njanji ndikukonzekera kulira. "
    
  Charlie anathamangira kumalo osungiramo zikwama komwe zidayikidwako zikwama za zida, posakhalitsa zidatsatiridwa ndi gulu lina la CID ndipo adasankha ndikumangirira zida zazikulu zonga chikwama. Zikwamazo zinali ndi zida zowombera mamilimita makumi anayi, iliyonse ili ndi migolo iwiri yosunthika, yomwe imatha kuwombera pafupifupi mbali iliyonse, mosasamala kanthu kuti ikuyang'ana njira yotani, ndipo imatha kuwombera zida zosiyanasiyana, kuphatikizapo kuphulika kwakukulu, anti-tank ndi anti-personnel. . Zipper ndi Tin Man wina adapeza ndikusonkhanitsa zida zawo - njanji zazikulu za njanji yamagetsi, iliyonse yomwe idawombera chipolopolo cha mamilimita makumi atatu cha uranium yomwe idatha mamita masauzande pamphindi imodzi mwachangu kuposa chipolopolo.
    
  Sizinatenge nthawi kuti Wilhelm afike ku Humvee. Analowa m'malo oimika magalimoto, kutali kwambiri kuti ayang'ane bwino malowo. Pamene ankayang'ana derali modabwa kwambiri, asilikali atatu omwe anali ndi M-16 analumpha kuchokera mu Humvee, mmodzi anabisala kuseri kwa Humvee, ndipo ena awiriwo anatuluka ndikubisala kuseri kwa nyumba zomwe zinali pafupi.
    
  "Warhammer, uyu ndi Alpha, anyamata a Scion awa sanamangidwe," adatero Wilhelm kuchokera ku Hammer. "Akutsitsa ndege zawo. Palibe chitetezo konse. Iwo anatumiza mayunitsi osadziwika ngati maloboti okhala ndi zida zowoneka. Bweretsani Gulu Loyamba pano kuti lichuluke. Ndikufuna-"
    
  "Dikirani, Mtsamunda, gwirani," Macomber adalumphira pafupipafupi. "Sitikufuna kukangana nanu. Kuyitanira magulu ankhondo ndikuyatsa moto kumakwiyitsa anthu aku Turkey omwe ali kunja. "
    
  "Warhammer amapita ku Delta."
    
  Koma pa tchanelo chachiŵiricho, Macomber anapitiriza kuti: "Mutha kusintha tchanelo tsiku lonse, Mtsamunda, koma tipezabe. Taonani, Mtsamunda, sitikuvutitsani, ndiye musativutitse, chabwino?"
    
  "Bwana, galimoto ikuyandikira, 5 koloko!" - mmodzi wa asilikali anafuula. Hummer adayandikira malo a Macomber.
    
  "Osaombera, Mtsamunda, mwina ndi McLanahan," Macomber anatero pa wailesi.
    
  "Khalani chete, kaya ndinu ndani," anatero Wilhelm, akutulutsa mfuti yamtundu wa .45 m"chikwama chake.
    
  Woyimilirayo adayimilira ndipo Patrick McLanahan adatuluka manja ali mmwamba. "Dzika mtima pansi Mtsamunda, tonse tili mbali imodzi pano," adatero.
    
  "Hell with it," Wilhelm anafuula motero. "Sergeant, tengerani McLanahan m'ndende ndikumuyika ku Triple C ali alonda."
    
  "Mosamala!" - mmodzi wa asilikali anafuula. Wilhelm anangochita kusayenda pang'onopang'ono kuchokera pakona ya diso lake - ndipo, ngati kuti ndi matsenga, munthu wovala suti yotuwa yemwe anali pafupi ndi nyumbayo adawonekera kuchokera kumwamba pafupi ndi msilikali wapafupi kwambiri ndi McLanahan. Mwamsanga, analanda mfuti ya M-16 m"manja mwamantha a msilikaliyo, anaipinda pakati naibwezera kwa iye.
    
  "Tsopano lekani kupusa kumeneku, nonsenu," Macommber anafuula motero, "kapena ndiphwanya M-16 yotsatirayo m"mutu mwa munthu wina."
    
  Asilikali ena okhala ndi zida anakweza zida zawo ndi kuloza Macommber, koma William anakweza manja ake ndi kufuula kuti: "Mfuti zamphamvu, zida zamphamvu, zigwetseni pansi." Ndipamene anangoona kuti loboti imodzi ikuluikulu yaonekera pafupi ndi iye, ikudutsa mayadi makumi awiri kapena makumi atatu omwe amawalekanitsa ndi liwiro lodabwitsa komanso mozemba. "Mulungu...!" - anadabwa, anadabwa.
    
  "Moni, Colonel," adatero Charlie m'mawu ake opangidwa mwamagetsi. "Kuyimbira bwino. Tiye ticheze, chabwino?"
    
  "McLanahan!" - Wilhelm anafuula. "N'chiyani chikuchitika kuno?"
    
  "Sintha ntchito, Colonel," Patrick anayankha.
    
  "Mishoni yanji? Ntchito ya ndani? Ntchito yanu yatha. Kontrakiti yanu yathetsedwa. Muli pansi pa ulamuliro wanga mpaka wina atakubwezerani bulu wanu ku Washington. "
    
  "Ndili ndi contract yatsopano, Colonel, ndipo tiyiyambitsa pompano."
    
  "Kontrakiti yatsopano? Ndi ndani?"
    
  "Ndili ndi ine, Colonel," liwu lidatero, ndipo chodabwitsa Wilhelm, Colonel Yusuf Jaffar waku Iraq adatulukira pampando wakumbuyo wa Patrick's Hummer, wotsatiridwa ndi Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti Ken Phoenix ndi awiri a Secret Service.
    
  "Jaffar...ndikutanthauza, Colonel Jaffar...chavuta ndi chiyani? Chikuchitikandi chiyani?"
    
  "Kampani ya General McLanahan idalembedwa ntchito ndi boma la Republic of Iraq kuti lipereke ... tiyeni tizitcha ntchito zapadera," adatero Jaffar. "Akhala kuno ku Nala, moyang'aniridwa ndi ine."
    
  "Koma izi ndiye maziko anga ...!"
    
  "Mwalakwitsa, bwana. Iyi ndi ndege yaku Iraq, osati yaku America," adatero Jaffar. "Ndinu alendo kuno, osati eni nyumba."
    
  "McLanahan sangagwire ntchito! Iye ndi waku America".
    
  "Scion Aviation International yalandira chilolezo cha State Department kuti igwire ntchito m'maiko khumi ndi awiri padziko lonse lapansi, kuphatikiza Iraq," adatero Patrick. "Mgwirizano wapachiyambi unali mgwirizano wa mgwirizano ndi US Central Command ndi Republic of Iraq - ndangokufotokozerani. Tsopano ndipita kwa Mtsamunda Jaffar."
    
  "Koma wamangidwa, McLanahan," Wilhelm anatsutsa. "Muli pansi pa chitetezo changa."
    
  "Malinga ngati mkulu wankhondo ali mdziko langa komanso chifukwa changa, amamvera malamulo anga, osati anu," adatero Jaffar. Mutha kuchita naye momwe mukufunira akachoka, koma tsopano ndi wanga.
    
  Wilhelm anatsegula pakamwa pake, kenaka anatseka n"kutsegulanso mosokonezeka kwambiri. "Izi ndi zopenga," iye anatero pomalizira pake. "Kodi ukuganiza kuti uchita chiyani, McLanahan?"
    
  "Baghdad ikufuna kuthandiza anthu aku Turkey kuti achoke ku Iraq," adatero Patrick. "Akuganiza kuti anthu aku Turkey ayamba kuwononga dzikolo, kuyesera kuthetsa PKK, kenako ndikupanga malo otchinga m'malire kuti zikhale zovuta kuti a PKK abwerere."
    
  "Zomwe tingakwaniritse ndikukwiyitsa anthu aku Turkey ndikukulitsa mikangano," adatero Wilhelm. "Mwapenga ngati mukuganiza kuti Purezidenti Gardner akulolani kuchita izi."
    
  "Purezidenti Gardner si Purezidenti wanga, komanso si Iraq," adatero Jaffar. "Purezidenti Rashid akuchita izi chifukwa aku America sangatithandize."
    
  "Thandizo? Kodi ndikuthandizeni chilichonse, Mtsamunda?" - Wilhelm anafunsa, pafupifupi kupempha. "Kodi mukufuna kuti tiyambe nkhondo ndi Turkey? Mukudziwa momwe kuwukira kwa Turkey uku kumagwirira ntchito, Colonel. Iwo amabwera, akuukira misasa yakutali ndi malo okhala, ndipo akubwerera kwawo. Nthawi imeneyi anazama pang'ono. Ndiye? Safuna kulanda malo alionse."
    
  "Ndipo a General McLanahan akhala pano kuti awonetsetse kuti sizichitika," adatero Jaffar. "Amerika sidzasokoneza izi."
    
  "Kodi musintha gulu langa ndi McLanahan ndi ndege zake ndi loboti ... Wilhelm anafunsa. "Kampani yake yaying'ono motsutsana ndi magulu anayi a ana aku Turkey?"
    
  "Amati anthu aku America ali ndi chikhulupiriro chochepa - amangokhulupirira zomwe zili pansi pamphuno," adatero Jaffar. "Ndinaona kuti izi ndi zoona kwa inu, Mtsamunda Wilhelm. Koma ndimayang'ana ndege ndi zida za General McLanahan, ndipo zonse zomwe ndikuwona ndi mwayi. Mwina, monga mukunenera, a Turks sadzalanda malo athu ndikupha ma Iraqi osalakwa, ndipo sitidzafunikira zida za wamkulu. Koma ili ndi gulu lalikulu kwambiri lomwe lidalowapo mu Iraq, ndipo ndikuopa kuti sasiya kuwononga misasa yochepa.
    
  Jaffar anapita kwa Wilhem ndipo anaima kutsogolo kwake. Iye anati: "Ndiwe msilikali komanso mkulu wabwino, Mtsamunda, ndipo gulu lako ndi lolimba mtima ndipo ladzipereka kwambiri chifukwa cha anthu anga ndi dziko langa. Koma Purezidenti wanu akuchoka ku Iraq. "
    
  "Zimenezo si zoona, Mtsamunda," anatero Wilhelm.
    
  "Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti Phoenix adandiuza kuti adalamulidwa kuti apite ku Baghdad kukalankhula ndi boma langa za kuwukira kwa Turkey," adatero Jaffar, "kuphatikizanso kukhazikitsa malo otetezedwa ku Iraq. Gardner samangovomereza kuwukiraku, koma ali wokonzeka kusiya nthaka yaku Iraq kuti asangalatse aku Turkey. Izi ndizosavomerezeka. Ndikuyang'ana iwe ndi mphamvu zako pano pa malo anga ndipo ndikuwona zovuta kwa anthu anga."
    
  Anayenda kupita kwa Patrick ndikumuyang'ana Tin Man ndi CID unit yomwe ili pamtunda. "Koma ndimayang'ana General McLanahan ndi zida zake, ndipo ndikuwona chiyembekezo. Wakonzeka kumenya nkhondo. Zitha kukhala zandalama, koma ali wokonzeka kutsogolera amuna ake kunkhondo ku Iraq. "
    
  Mawu a Wilhelm anasintha kuchoka ku mkwiyo kufika ku kudabwa ndi kusokonezeka kotheratu. Iye anati: "Sindimakhulupirira zimene ndikumva. "Ndili ndi gulu lonse lankhondo pano ... Ndipo sindiyenera kuchita chilichonse pakati pa kuukira kwa Turkey? Ndiyenera kukhala ndikuyang'ana pamene mukumaliza ntchito ndikutumiza izi ... zoseweretsa za malata izi? Kodi Baghdad apita kunkhondo ndi aku Turkey? Zaka zisanu zapitazo munalibe gulu lankhondo lolinganiza! Zaka ziwiri zapitazo, gawo lanu linalibe. "
    
  "Pepani, Mtsamunda, koma sindikuganiza kuti mukudzithandiza pano," Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti Phoenix adatero. Anapita kwa mkulu wa asilikali uja. "Tiyeni tipite kumalo anu olamulira, ndiloleni ndikudziwitse Washington zomwe zikuchitika ndikufunsa malangizo."
    
  "Simukugula zamkhutu izi, sichoncho, bwana?"
    
  "Sindikuwona kuti tili ndi zosankha zambiri pakadali pano, Mtsamunda," adatero Phoenix. Anayika dzanja lake pamapewa a Wilhelm ndikubwerera naye kwa Humvee wake. "Zimakhala ngati kuwonera mwana wanu wamkazi akupita ku koleji, sichoncho? Iwo ali okonzekera moyo watsopano, koma simunakonzekere kuwasiya.
    
  "Choncho, General McLanahan," adatero Yusuf Jaffar atachoka William ndi anyamata ake, "monga momwe aku America mumanenera, mpira tsopano uli m'bwalo lanu. Mukudziwa zofuna za Baghdad. Kodi tsopano mutani?
    
  "Ndikuganiza kuti nthawi yakwana yoti tifufuze zolinga zenizeni za anthu aku Turkey," adatero Patrick. "Aliyense wakhala akugwirizana kwambiri mpaka pano, zomwe ziri bwino, koma akadali m'dziko lanu ndi asilikali ambiri ndi ndege. Tiye tiwone zomwe amachita ukaumirira."
    
    
  MUTU WACHISANU NDI CHIWIRI
    
    
  Kulimba mtima ndi mtengo umene moyo umalipira popereka mtendere.
    
  -AMELIA EARHART
    
    
    
  NAKHLA ALLIED AIR BASE, IRAQ
  M'M'MAWA
    
    
  "Magalimoto pachipata chachikulu, bwana!" - mkulu wa asilikali aku Turkey ozungulira bwalo la ndege la Nakhla anamva pa wailesi yake yonyamula. "Magalimoto ankhondo ali pamzere kuti atuluke!"
    
  "Bomba!" - captain adalumbira. "Chikuchitikandi chiyani?" Anaponyera khofi wake pawindo ndikutuluka m'galimoto yake yonyamula zida. Humvee wokhala ndi mbendera yaku America ndi kalavani adapita kumalo ogwidwa, ndipo Humvee wina wokhala ndi ngolo adadikirira panja. Galimoto iliyonse inali ndi mfuti zamakina ndi zowombera ma grenade zomwe zidayikidwa mu zida zankhondo , koma zidali ndi zovundikira, zotsekeredwa pamalo otsekeredwa, ndipo malo owombera analibe zida.
    
  "Akuganiza kuti akupita kuti?" anafunsa mkulu wa asilikali oyenda pansi aku Turkey.
    
  "Kodi tiwaletse?" - Sergeant woyamba adamufunsa.
    
  "Tilibe lamulo loti tisokoneze zochita zawo pokhapokha atatiukira," adatero mkuluyo. "Kupatula apo, timangowona ndikupereka lipoti."
    
  A Turks adawona Humvee woyamba akutuluka, kenako adachoka pachipata chachikulu ndikuima kudikirira wachiwiri. Woyendetsa dziko la Turkey adayandikira mpando wakutsogolo wagalimoto yotsogolera. "Mwadzuka bwanji, bwana," iye anatero. Anaona kuti anali munthu wamba. Iye ankadziwa kuti Achimereka adalemba ganyu anthu wamba ambiri kuti azigwira ntchito m'malo awo ankhondo, koma kuwona mmodzi wa iwo pano kunali kwachilendo.
    
  "Chabwino m'mawa ... ndikutanthauza, jiünaydin," bamboyo anatero movutikira koma chomveka ChiTurkey. "Muli bwanji?"
    
  "Zabwino kwambiri, bwana," anatero captain ndi mawu otsika. Wa ku America anangomwetulira ndikugwedeza mutu. Anthu a ku Turkey adatenga mwayi kuti ayang'ane mkati mwa Hummer. M"mipando yakumbuyo munali anthu wamba awiri, ndipo pampando wakumbuyo kwenikweni munali zinthu zambiri pansi pa phula lobiriwira. Mmodzi wa anthu wamba wokwerapo ankaoneka ngati wankhondo ndipo anali atavala zida zachilendo zomwe zinkawoneka ngati suti ya scuba diver yokutidwa ndi jekete. Anayang'ana kutsogolo ndipo sanayankhe a Turk akuyang'ana. Kalavani ya flatbed ya mapazi makumi awiri inali yopanda kanthu.
    
  Wa ku America anatambasula dzanja lake lamanja. "John Masters"
    
  Kapitao waku Turkey adachita tsinya, koma adagwira dzanja lake ndikuligwedeza. "Captain Evren."
    
  "Ndasangalala kukudziwani," anatero John. Iye anayang'ana pozungulira. "Anyamata muli bwino kuno? Kodi pali chilichonse chomwe tingakupatseni?"
    
  "Ayi, efendim," adatero Evren. Anadikirira kuti afotokoze, koma munthuyo ankaoneka kuti sakufuna kupereka china chilichonse kupatulapo macheza. "Ndingakufunseni kuti mukupita kuti, bwana?"
    
  "Kungoyendetsa galimoto."
    
  Evren anayang'ana gulu la a Humvees, kenaka anayang'ananso John ndi nkhope yake mwaukali. "Pa ola lino komanso ndi ma trailer?"
    
  "Kulekeranji? Ndakhala kuno ku Iraq kwa milungu ingapo ndipo sindinawone kalikonse kumidzi. Ndinaganiza kuti zingakhale bwino kuchita izi zinthu zikuyenda bwino. "
    
  Evren sanamvetse theka la zomwe mnyamatayo anali atangonena kumene, ndipo anayamba kutopa ndi kumwetulira kwake kopusa. "Ndingakufunseni komwe mukupita, bwana, ndipo mukufuna kuchita chiyani ndi ma trailer?" anabwereza, molimbika kwambiri.
    
  "Pafupi kwambiri." John anajambula bwalo ndi chala chake. "Kuzungulira. Penapake pano."
    
  Evren anayamba kukwiyira mnyamatayo, koma analibe ulamuliro womutsekera. "Chonde dziwani za magalimoto ena ankhondo, bwana," adatero. "Magalimoto athu ena akuluakulu sakhala ndi madalaivala ochepa. Kugundana ndi thanki yayikulu yankhondo kungakhale kwachisoni kwa inu. "
    
  Chiwopsezo chophimbidwacho chinkawoneka kuti chinalibe mphamvu pa Amereka. "Ndikawauza enawo," iye anatero mwaulesi. "Zikomo chifukwa cha malangizo. Ndipo tsopano bwino. " Ndipo convoy inanyamuka.
    
  "Tichite chiyani bwana?" - anafunsa Sergeant woyamba.
    
  Evren anati: "Awuzeni malo oti afufuzeko kumene akupita, kenako mutumize wina kuti awatsatire." Sajenti woyamba ananyamuka mofulumira.
    
  Gulu la Humvee lidayenda mozungulira malowo kuchokera kumpoto motsatira msewu wawukulu. Anadutsa malo oyendera asilikali a ku Turkey pamphambano ina pamene anaimitsidwa kuti asilikali ayang"ane m"galimotozo koma sanaimitsidwe kapena kusecha. Analowera chakumpoto kwa makilomita angapo, kenako anatsika mumsewu waukulu n"kulowera chakumpoto kudutsa m"tchire lamatope. Patsogolo pake anaona zikhomenyera pansi ndi tepi yachikasu ya "Chenjezo" ndi "Musalowe", ndipo mayadi mazana angapo kumbuyo kwawo kunali kuwonongeka kwa Scion Aviation International XC-57 Loser. Mizinga ya Turkey ikuwoneka kuti inaphonya ndege mwachindunji. , koma ma fusesi oyandikira anaphulitsa mitu yankhondo pafupi ndi injini zoikidwa pa fuselage, kumeta ziŵirizo n"kuzigwetsa pansi. unali moto, koma zina zonse Ndegeyo inawonongeka zomwe tinganene kuti zinawonongeka pang'ono; mbali yaikulu ya kumanja kwa ndegeyo inali yosawonongeka.
    
  Galimoto yokhayo yaku Russia ya IMR yaukadaulo idayimitsidwa kumalire a Lenta, ndi asitikali awiri aku Turkey omwe anali alonda. IMR inali ndi crane yoyikidwa kumbuyo ndi tsamba kutsogolo, zomwe zimafanana ndi bulldozer. Asilikaliwo anasiya ndudu ndi khofi ndipo anayatsa ma walkie-talkies awo ataona gulu la anthu likuyandikira. "Khayir, Khair!" - mmodzi wa iwo anafuula, akugwedeza manja ake. "Durun! Gidin!"
    
  John Masters adatuluka mu Humvee ndikudutsa mumatope kupita kwa asilikali. "M'mawa wabwino! Gunaydin!" - adafuula. "Muli bwanji? Kodi pali aliyense wa inu amene amalankhula Chingerezi?"
    
  "Musabwere kuno! Osakhala!" - msilikaliyo anafuula. "Tehlikali! Ndi zoopsa apa! Yasaktir! Zoletsedwa!"
    
  "Ayi, sizowopsa konse," anatero John. "Mwaona, iyi ndi ndege yanga." Anasisita pachifuwa chake. "Mai. Ndi za ine. Ndabwera kudzatenga zidutswa zingapo ndikuziwona. "
    
  Msilikali woyamba anagwedeza manja ake kutsogolo kwa nkhope yake modutsana, pamene wachiwiri anakweza mfuti yake, osailoza, koma kuti iwonekere kwa aliyense. "Palibe kulowa," anatero woyamba mwaukali. "Zoletsedwa".
    
  "Simungandiletse kufufuza ndege yanga," anatero John. "Ndili ndi chilolezo kuchokera ku boma la Iraq. Inu anyamata simulinso ma Iraqi. Uli ndi ufulu wanji wondiletsa?"
    
  "Palibe malo," anatero msilikali woyamba. "Chokani. Bwererani." Anatulutsa nsonga yake ya walkie-talkie ndikuyamba kuyankhula pamene msilikali wachiŵiri anakweza mfuti yake kumbali ya doko mosonyeza kuwopseza. Msilikali woyamba atamaliza kutulutsa lipoti lake pawailesi, anagwedeza manja ake ngati akufuna kuthamangitsa wachinyamatayo, akumafuula kuti, "Choka tsopano. Zikomo! Patsogolo!"
    
  "Sindikuchoka popanda kuyang'ana ndege yanga ... zomwe anyamata munachitira ndege yanga," adatero John. Anayenda mofulumira kudutsa asilikali onse awiri, kenako anayenda kubwerera ku ndege. Asilikaliwo anamutsatira, akufuula kulamula mu Chituruki, akusokonezeka ndi kukwiya kwambiri ndi wachiwiri. John adakweza manja ake ndikubwerera mwachangu. "Sindichedwa, anyamata, koma ndiyang'ana ndege yanga. Tandilekeni!" John anathamangira ku ndege.
    
  "Dr! Imani!" Mkulu wachiwiriyo anakweza mfuti yake n"kuyamba kuwombera, koma sanaloze kwa John, zikuoneka kuti anawombera chenjezo. "Imani kapena ine-"
    
  Mwadzidzidzi, mfutiyo inalandidwa m"manja mwake m"kuphethira kwa diso. Msilikaliyo anatembenuka ... ndipo anawona mwamuna atavala suti yotuwa yoderapo kuyambira kumutu mpaka kumapazi, chisoti chopanda maso cholunjika kuchokera m'buku lazithunzithunzi zasayansi, chimango cha machubu opyapyala pakhungu lake lonse, magolovesi okhuthala ndi nsapato. "Aman Allahim...!"
    
  "Musamachite mwano," munthuyu anatero m"chinenero cha ku Turkey chopangidwa ndi makompyuta. "Palibe zida," iye anatambasula dzanja lake ndi liwiro lodabwitsa ndi kulanda cholumikizira chonyamulika kwa msilikali wachiwiri, "ndipo palibe ma walkie-talkies. Ndidzawabwezera kokha ngati mutandisonyeza kuti muli ndi khalidwe labwino." Anthu aku Turkey adabwerera kwawo, kenako adayamba kuthawa atazindikira kuti sagwidwa.
    
  "Tabwerani anyamata, tiyeni tizipita," John anatero akulunjika ku XC-57 yomwe inawonongeka. "Mukuona, ndinakuuzani kuti sizingakhale zoipa kwambiri."
    
  "Soundrel nambala wani, uyu ndi Genesis," a Patrick McLanahan adauza Wayne Macomber. "Pali magalimoto angapo akubwera, pafupifupi mphindi khumi." Patrick adayambitsa ndege yaing'ono yopanda munthu, AGM-177 Wolverine, yomwe inkanyamulidwa ndi sitima yapamtunda ya 767. Imafanana ndi mtanda pakati pa mizinga yapamadzi ndi bwalo losambira. Nthawi zambiri idayambitsidwa ndi mpweya, koma inali ndi kuthekera kotulutsidwa kuchokera pagulu lokwera pamagalimoto. Wolverine ankanyamula zithunzithunzi za infrared ndi millimeter-wave ndikuloza masensa kuti azipeza okha, kuwukira ndi kuwukiranso zolinga zomwe adazikonzera. Inali ndi zida zitatu zamkati zowukira mitundu yosiyanasiyana ya chandamale, ndipo imathanso kuukira chandamale chachinayi powulukira momwemo kamikaze. "Radar idanyamula helikopita pafupifupi mphindi khumi kum'mawa," adawonjezera. "Sitikudziwa ngati ikupita chonchi kapena ikungoyendayenda, koma yayandikira."
    
  "Wavomereza, Genesis," Macommber anayankha. Anamugwedeza humvee kuti abwere. "Tiyeni, tili ndi kampani, pitani kumeneko mukathandize mutu wa dzira," adalamula. "Ndikufuna ndituluke muno mwachangu." A Humvees adanyamuka ndipo akatswili adayamba kutsitsa zida zamagetsi kuti ayambe kutsegulira ndegeyo.
    
  "Ndikhala pano osachepera tsiku lonse, mwina kwa masiku awiri otsatirawa," a John Masters adatero pawailesi.
    
  "Mabwana, sindibwera kudzanyamula ndege yonse kuti ibwerere," adatero Macomber pawailesi. "Tengani zida zonse zamagulu ndi mabokosi akuda okha ofunikira omwe sanakhudzidwe, ndipo tiyeni titulukemo. Tikugwira ntchito poyera, tili ndi asirikali mazana atatu aku Turkey kumbuyo kwathu ndi enanso zikwi makumi asanu mderali. " Chikumbutsochi chinkawoneka kuti chimapangitsa aliyense kugwira ntchito mofulumira.
    
  "Helikoputala iyi ikupita kumene," adatero Patrick. "Pafupifupi mphindi zisanu ndi ziwiri. Chiwerengero cha asitikali apansi chawonjezeka - tsopano zikuwoneka kuti pali magalimoto asanu ndi limodzi, zonyamula zida zinayi zankhondo ndi magalimoto awiri okhala ndi zida. Kodi ndegeyo ikuwoneka bwanji?"
    
  "Masters akuti sizikuwoneka zoyipa," adatero Zipper. "Ndikuganiza kuti akanati anene kuti kukanakhala kuti dothi linali dothi."
    
  "Mukunena zoona. Chabwino, akhazikitsa zotchinga kumpoto ndi kumwera kwa msewu waukulu, ndipo magalimoto asanu ndi limodzi akupita kwanu."
    
  "Kuvomerezedwa".
    
  "Palibe kumenyana pokhapokha ngati kuli kofunikira, Scoundrel. Ndife abwenzi, kumbukirani."
    
  "Ndikudziwa. Ndakhala wachifundo komanso wokoma mpaka pano. "
    
  "Ayenera kuwonekera pamsewu waukulu tsopano."
    
  Wayne anatembenuka ndikuwona asilikali pafupifupi makumi awiri omwe anali ndi mfuti akutsitsa m'galimoto, onyamula zida zankhondo ataima m'mbali mwa magalimoto ndikutsitsa zida zawo, ndi Captain Evren John yemweyo yemwe adalankhula naye pachipata chachikulu. anali kuwayendera ndi ma binoculars. "Mukuwona. Mpaka pano ndikungowona zida zankhondo. Scoundrel, iyi ndi imodzi, tili ndi magazi, konzekerani. " Patangopita mphindi zochepa, Zipper adawona asitikali angapo ndi Captain Evren akulowa m'magalimoto awo onyamula zida ndikuyendetsa pang'onopang'ono kwa iwo. "Awa akubwera."
    
  APC ya Evren inaima pafupi ndi mayadi makumi atatu kutsogolo kwa Zipper, ndipo asilikali asanu anatsika, akuthamanga pafupi mamita asanu ndi limodzi, ndipo anagona pansi ndi mfuti zawo. Zipper adawona kuti padenga la chonyamulira zida zankhondo padenga la wonyamula zida panali munthu wina, ndipo mbiya yamakina 12.5 mm idalozedwera kwa iye; chida cholimbana ndi tanki chopangidwa ndi ku Russia cha AT-3 Sagger chinayikidwa pa kalozera woyambitsa, wolunjika pa imodzi mwa Humvees. Wachiwiri onyamula zida onyamula zida anachoka, kutembenukira kwambiri ku XC-57.
    
  "Inu!" Evren anafuula mu Chingerezi. "Kwezani manja anu ndi kutembenuka!"
    
  "Hayir," Zipper anayankha mu Turkish kudzera mwa womasulira wake wamagetsi. "Ayi. Tisiyeni ife."
    
  "Simuloledwa kulowa mundege."
    
  "Tili ndi chilolezo kuchokera ku boma la Iraq komanso mwini ndegeyo," adatero Wak. "Iyi ndi ntchito yovomerezeka yopulumutsa anthu. Tisiyeni ife."
    
  "Ndikubwerezanso, kwezani manja anu ndikutembenuka, kapena titsegule moto."
    
  "Ndine waku America, ndilibe zida, ndipo ndili ndi chilolezo kuchokera ku boma la Iraq. Ndiwe msirikali waku Turkey. Sindimvera malamulo anu.
    
  Tsopano Evren anaoneka wosokonezeka. Anatulutsa transmitter yake yam'manja ndikuyankhuliramo. "Mwachiwonekere wafika pamalire a malamulo ake ochita chibwenzi," adatero Vak pamaneti olamula. "Apa ndipamene zimayamba kukhala zosangalatsa. Samalani ndi chonyamulira chachiwiri cha zida zankhondo; Wandiphimba kumbali yanga ndipo akupita kwa iwe.
    
  "Ndinawoneka, Choyamba," anayankha Charlie Turlock.
    
  "Helikoputala ili pafupi mphindi zisanu, scoundrel," adatero Patrick.
    
  "Kuvomera. Tiyerekeze kuti ndi nkhani zapa TV basi. " Zipper anaganiza kwakanthawi. "Ndayamba kuchita mantha ndi mfuti yamakina iyi komanso mzinga wa Sagger womwe wanyamula zida zankhondo izi, anyamata," adatero. "Aliyense, pezani zobisika za Humvee." Kudzera mwa womasulira wakeyo, iye anati, "Chotsani zida zanu nthawi yomweyo!"
    
  "Mungodzipereka nthawi yomweyo, apo ayi titsegula moto!" Evren anafuulanso.
    
  "Ndikukuchenjezani, ikani zida zanu ndipo mutisiye tokha, kapena ndithana nanu," adatero Zipper. "Sindisamala za chinyengo cha ogwirizana nawo a NATO - ikani mfuti zanu pansi ndikuchokapo, kapena nonse mukadzuka kuchipatala."
    
  Kupyolera mu ma maikolofoni omveka omangidwa mu suti ya Tin Woodman, Vak adamva Evren akunena kuti mawuwo amadya. Mfuti yozungulira katatu inaphulika, ndipo zipolopolo zonse zitatu zinagunda ntchafu yamanzere ya Macomber. "Mulungu akudalitseni," adatero Macomber. "Mnyamata uyu wandiwombera mwendo woyipa."
    
  "Anangofuna kukuvulazani," anatero Charlie. "Khala pansi, Zipper."
    
  Evren anadabwa zedi ataona kuti chiwerengerocho chidakalipo, ngakhale ankaona bwinobwino kuti zipolopolo zonse zagunda. "Chenjezo lina, bwanawe," adatero Zipper mu Chituruki. "Ngati suponya chida chako, ndikuyimba kayimbidwe kakang"ono pamutu pako ndi zibakera."
    
  Anamva Evren akunena kuti: "Pa ekey, bebe, sikak!", kutanthauza kuti: "Tsopano 12 ndi mwana, pitirirani," ndipo Zipper anatulutsa wailesi kuti: "Kuphimba, gwetsani onyamulira zida zankhondo, tsopano!" Pa nthawi yomwe wowombera mfuti wa 12.5 mm adatsegula.
    
  Potulutsa mpweya wopanikizika kwambiri, Zipper adawulukira mumlengalenga ndikugwera pa chonyamulira chankhondo. Mfutiyo anayesa kumutsata pamene ankasambira kumene kunali iye, ndipo anatsala pang'ono kudzigwetsa panja. Zipper atatera, adapinda mbiya yamfuti mpaka chida chiphulike chifukwa cha kukanikiza kwa mpweya womwe sunatuluke. Koma sanali wothamanga mokwanira kuti ayimitse AT-3. Mviyo yoyendetsedwa ndi mawaya idasokonekera ndikugunda mmodzi wa Humvees, ndikuwuluka mumtambo wamoto. "Zonse zili bwino?" adatulutsa wailesi.
    
  "Zinali zomveka kwa aliyense," adatero John Masters. "Zikomo chifukwa cha chenjezo".
    
  "Kodi ndingathyole mitu tsopano, General?" - anafunsa Macomber.
    
  "Sindikufuna kuti wina aliyense avulazidwe, wonyansa iwe, pokhapokha ataukira John ndi amisiri," Patrick anatero. "Ingotenga zida zawo."
    
  Kodi tithetsa liti chizolowezi cha 'Kumbaya', bwana?" - Macomber adafunsa motsitsa mawu. "Soundrel awiri, mutha kutulutsa mfundo khumi ndi ziwiri ndi Sagger popanda kuvulaza ..." Koma panthawiyo, kuphulika kwakung'ono kunachitika padenga la wonyamula zida zankhondo, ndipo wowomberayo adalumphira kunja kwa dome, akugogoda. kutulutsa moto ndi lawi laling'ono kuchokera ku yunifolomu yanu. "Zikomo".
    
  "Osanenapo," Charlie anatero.
    
  Anthu a ku Turks adatsegula mfuti yopitirirabe pa Zipper pamene adalumpha kuchokera ku APC ndikuyandikira Evren; Sanasiye kuwombera mpaka Zipper adagwira Evren ndi jekete ndikumuchotsa pansi. "Ndakufunsani mwaulemu kuti mutisiye," adatero Zipper. "Tsopano sindikhala wabwino, Arcadas." Mosavuta monga kuponya mpira wa tennis, Impact idatumiza Evren kuwuluka mayadi zana mumlengalenga, pafupifupi mpaka kumsewu waukulu. Kenako anathamanga n"kukachitanso zomwezo kwa asilikali ena a ku Turkey omwe anali pafupi naye amene sanathawe. "Kodi izi ndizabwinobwino, Genesis?"
    
  "Zikomo chifukwa cha kudziletsa kwako, wamwano," Patrick anayankha.
    
  Macomber adalumphira ku APC ina, koma asilikali a ku Turkey anali atathawa kale ... chifukwa adawona Charlie Turlock atakwera chipangizo cha cybernetic infantry akuyang'anira mbali ina ya malo a ngozi. Ananyamula mfuti yakeyake ya njanji yamagetsi ndi chikwama chokhala ndi roketi ya mamilimita makumi anayi, yomwe inali ndi zida zisanu ndi zitatu zowuluka molunjika zophulika kwambiri, mabomba odana ndi anthu komanso zida za utsi, kuphatikiza chikwama chotsitsiranso ku Humvee. "Kodi zonse zili bwino, Chachiwiri?"
    
  Charlie anayankha kuti: "Zonse zamveka bwino kwa ine. Iye analoza kummawa. "Helikoputala iyi ikuwoneka. Zikuwoneka ngati Huey wamba. Ndikuwona wowombera pakhomo, koma palibe zida zina. "
    
  "Akaloza mfutiyo paliponse pafupi ndi anyamata athu, itenge."
    
  "Ndinamuwombera kale. Zinkawoneka ngati pakhomo pake panali cameraman. kumwetulirani - mukujambulidwa pa kamera yobisika. "
    
  "Zodabwitsa basi. Eni...?"
    
  "Ndilibe ngakhale zitseko zonse zotsegula, Wayne," anatero John. "Zinditengera kwa ola limodzi kuti ndidziwe kuti ndi chiyani. Kuchotsa zigawo zikuluzikulu ndi LRU sikuyenera kutenga nthawi yochuluka - maola atatu kwambiri. Koma ndikufuna osachepera maola asanu ndi atatu kuti...
    
  "Sindikudziwa ngati muli ndi mphindi zisanu ndi zitatu, ngakhale maola asanu ndi atatu, koma sunthani ndipo tidzawaletsa momwe tingathere," adatero Zipper.
    
  "Mwina mutatithandiza, tikanatha kumaliza mofulumira," anatero John.
    
  Zipper adausa moyo mkati mwa zida zake. "Ndinkaopa kuti munganene zimenezo," iye anatero. "Charlie, uli ndi chitetezo. Ndikhala makanika kwakanthawi."
    
  "Ndimakumvetsetsa. Helikopita iyi ikulowa munjira yathu. Zikuwoneka ngati akujambula zithunzi. Wowombera pakhomo satsatira kalikonse pansi. "
    
  "Ngati zikuwoneka kuti amenya nkhondo, mukanizeni."
    
  "Mwachimwemwe".
    
  "Ndife mainjiniya, osati amakanika," John anam"dzudzula. "Koma udzakhala woponya bomba."
    
  "Chabwino, ndizo zowona," adatero Zipper.
    
    
  OVAL OFFICE, WHITE HOUSE, WASHINGTON, DC.
  PATAPITA KANTHAWI YOCHEPA
    
    
  A President anatenga phone. "Moni, Purezidenti Hirsiz. Uyu ndi Purezidenti Gardner. Lero ndikuchitire chiyani?
    
  "Mutha kuchotsa agalu anu omenyera nkhondo kamodzi, bwana," atero a Kurzat Hirciz wa ku Ankara, "pokhapokha ngati mukufuna nkhondo."
    
  "Mukutanthauza zomwe zidachitika pamalo a ngozi kumpoto kwa Mosul?" - Gardner anafunsa. "Monga momwe ndikumvera, atatu mwa asitikali anu avulala ndipo magalimoto awiri okhala ndi zida awonongeka. Ndi zoona?"
    
  "Kodi muli ndi chifukwa cha kuwukira mwadala kumeneku?"
    
  "Muyenera kulankhula ndi boma la Iraq. Boma la United States linalibe chochita ndi izi. "
    
  "Sizowona. Izi ... zinthu izi ndi zida zankhondo zaku America. Dziko lonse lapansi likudziwa. "
    
  "Loboti ndi zida zankhondo zinali zoyeserera ndipo sizinagwiritsidwe ntchito mwachindunji ndi boma la US," adatero Gardner, pogwiritsa ntchito nkhani yomwe iye ndi antchito ake adabwera ndi mphindi yomwe adalandira foni kuchokera kwa Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti Ken Phoenix kuchokera ku Nala. "Ndi a kampani yabizinesi yomwe idapangidwa ndi Asitikali aku US kuti ipereke chitetezo kwa asitikali ake ku Iraq."
    
  "Chifukwa chake amagwirira ntchito boma la America!"
    
  "Ayi, chifukwa zitachitika ndi ndege yanu ya akazitape, mgwirizano wawo ndi boma langa udatha nthawi yomweyo," adatero Gardner. "Kenako kampaniyo idalandira kontrakiti kuchokera ku boma la Iraq. Iwo anali kugwira ntchito kwa aku Iraq pamene chochitika ichi chinachitika. Kunena zowona, sindikudziwanso chifukwa chomwe ankhondo anu adafikira pamalo angozi. Sanabe ndege, sichoncho? "
    
  Hirsiz anati: "Ndakwiyitsidwa ndi bodza lotere, bwana. "Asilikali a ku Turkey si zigawenga. Ndegeyo inakhudzidwa ndi kugwa kwa ndege ya Turkey ndi kupha woyendetsa ndege wa Turkey; asilikaliwo ankangoyang"anira ndegeyo mpaka atayamba kufufuza."
    
  "Ndikumvetsa. Munayenera kutiuza zolinga zanu bwino kwa ma Iraqi ndi kwa ife. Koma zingakhale zovuta pakati pa kuwukira, sichoncho? "
    
  "Ndiye, kodi iyi ndi dongosolo lanu tsopano, a Gardner: kulola ma Iraqi kuti aziimba mlandu pa zomwe America adachita?"
    
  "Bambo Purezidenti, asitikali anu ali pamtunda wa Iraq, akuphulitsa midzi yaku Iraq ndikupha anthu wamba aku Iraq-"
    
  "Tikungolimbana ndi zigawenga za PKK, bwana, zigawenga zomwe zimapha anthu a ku Turkey osalakwa!"
    
  "Ndikumvetsa, bwana, ndipo ndikuvomereza kuti chinachake chiyenera kuchitika pa PKK, ndipo United States yalonjeza thandizo lina ku Turkey pa izi. Koma sitikuvomereza kuukira kwathunthu ku Iraq. Ndinakuchenjezani za zotsatira zosayembekezereka.
    
  "Koma za makontrakitala ku Nakhla: amagwira ntchito ku Iraqi ndipo sali pansi pa ulamuliro wathu, koma ndife ogwirizana ndi Iraq ndipo tikhoza kukuyimirirani. United States ingasangalale kukhala pansi ndi Turkey, Boma la Chigawo cha Kurdish, ndi Iraq kuti athandize kuthetsa nkhondo mwamsanga ndi magulu onse, kuphatikizapo makontrakitala; ndondomeko yochotsa asilikali; ndi njira zowonjezereka zachitetezo pamalire a Iraq ndi Turkey, kuphatikizapo oyang'anira mayiko, kuteteza zigawenga za PKK kuwoloka malire. Koma palibe chomwe chidzachitike pomwe asitikali aku Turkey akugwira ntchito zankhondo mkati mwa Iraq, bwana. "
    
  "Choncho ichi ndi chiwembu: America imagwiritsa ntchito malobotiwa motsutsana ndi asitikali aku Turkey, amadzinamiza kuti sakukhudzidwa, koma amadzipereka kuti athetsere zokambiranazo bola ngati pali kutha," adatero Hirsiz mokwiya. "Anthu a ku Turkey adazunzidwanso, kukakamizidwa kuchita chilichonse, kukankhidwira pambali ndikunyalanyazidwa. Ndiye palibe amene amaona ndege ina ya ku Turkey ikawomberedwa kapena polisi ina yathyoledwa n"kuphwanyidwa."
    
  "Ndikhulupirireni, Bambo Purezidenti, tikufuna kuthandiza Turkey," adatero Gardner. "Türkiye ndi m'modzi mwa abwenzi ofunikira kwambiri ku America komanso ogwirizana nawo. Ndikumvetsa mkwiyo wanu. Titha kutumiza owonera, ukadaulo, ngakhale ogwira ntchito kuti azilondera malire. Koma palibe chimene chidzachitike malinga ngati nkhondoyo ikupitiriza. Ayenera kuyima nthawi yomweyo ndipo asitikali aku Turkey ayenera kuchoka ku Iraq. Palibe njira ina. "
    
  "Pali njira imodzi yokha yomwe tingavomerezere owonera mayiko omwe ali m'malire athu, Bambo Gardner: Boma la Kurdistan liyenera kutsutsa PKK ndi zolinga zonse zopanga dziko lodziimira la Kurdistan," adatero Hirsiz. "A KRG iyenera kuchotsa mbendera yake m'malo onse a anthu, kumanga atsogoleri a PKK ndikuwapereka kwa ife kuti tikawazengere mlandu, kuphwanya maziko onse a maphunziro a PKK ndikutseka makampani onse omwe amathandizira PKK."
    
  "Bambo Purezidenti, zomwe mukufunsa sizingatheke," Purezidenti Gardner adatero pambuyo pa chisokonezo kwa mphindi. "KRG imayang'anira dera lovomerezeka la Kurdish kumpoto kwa Iraq. Monga ndikudziwira, sanagwirizane ndi PKK. "
    
  "Malinga ngati KRG ilipo ndipo ikuyesera kulekanitsa dera lake ndi dziko lonse la Iraq, PKK idzagwiritsa ntchito uchigawenga kuti ikwaniritse izi," adatero Hirsiz. "Mukudziwa monganso ine ndikudziwa kuti mamembala ena a utsogoleri wa KRG ali ndi mabizinesi omwe amabera ndalama mwachinsinsi ndikunyamula zida ndi katundu kuchokera ku Iraq ndi kunja kupita ku Turkey. Ambiri, osati dziko la Turkey lokha, amaona kuti PKK yaku Iraq ndi gulu lankhondo lachinsinsi la KRG. "
    
  "Izi ndizachabechabe, a Purezidenti," adatero Gardner. "Palibe ubale pakati pa KRG ndi PKK."
    
  "Onsewa akufuna Kurdistan yodziyimira pawokha, yogawidwa m'zigawo za Turkey, Iraq, Persia ndi Syria," adatero Hirsiz mokwiya. "Boma la Chigawo cha Kurdistan mwachiwonekere silikufuna kuzindikira gulu lachigawenga ngati PKK, choncho amawathandiza mwachinsinsi ndikutsutsa zoyesayesa zilizonse zowatseka. Izi zisiya nthawi yomweyo! KRG ikhoza kulamulira zigawo zitatu za Iraq za Dohuk, Erbil ndi Sulaymaniyah, koma ziyenera kutero popanda kulimbikitsa Kurdistan yodziimira kapena kuyesa kufalikira kumadera akumadzulo kwa Turkmen. Kupanda kutero, kutsogola kwathu kupitilirabe. "
    
  Joseph Gardner anathamangitsa dzanja lake pa nkhope yake mokhumudwa. "Ndiye mukuvomera kukambirana, Mr. President?"
    
  "Palibe zokambirana mpaka KRG ivomereza kusiya kuthandizira dziko lodziimira la Kurdistan ndikuvomera kutsutsa PKK ndikuyika atsogoleri ake pamilandu yolimbana ndi anthu," adatero Hirsiz. "Ngati Baghdad ndi Erbil sangathe kulamulira PKK ku Iraq ndikuwakakamiza kuti asiye kupha anthu a ku Turkey osalakwa, tidzagwira ntchitoyo. Masana abwino, bwana." Ndipo adadula foni.
    
  Pulezidenti adadula foni. "Anthu sayenera kuloledwa kusangalala kwambiri," iye anadandaula motero. Analankhula ndi alangizi ake ku Oval Office. "Kodi ndiuze a KRG kuti asiye mapulani onse odziyimira pawokha?" Adadula zala zake. "Zowona tingathe. Gawo lokhalo la Iraq pomwe chilichonse chili bwino, ndipo Hirsiz akufuna kuti chitsekedwe. Zodabwitsa".
    
  "Koma adatsegula chitseko cha zokambirana, bwana," adatero Chief of Staff Walter Cordus. "Nthawi zonse tengani malo okwera ndikukhulupirira kuti aliyense adzakumana penapake pakati." A President anamuyang'ana chammbali. "Osachepera uku ndiko kuyamba kwa zokambirana."
    
  "Ndikuganiza kuti mutha kuyitcha," Purezidenti adatero. "Kodi wamva zonsezi Ken? Stacey?
    
  "Inde, Purezidenti," adatero Ken Phoenix wochokera ku Nala Allied Air Base. "Asitikali ankhondo aku Turkey akumenya zigawenga kumpoto chakum'mawa kwa Iraq, makamaka m'zigawo za Erbil ndi Dohuk. Ndikukayika kuti a KRG kapena Baghdad akambirana pomwe aku Turkey akuukira mizinda ndi midzi yawo. "
    
  "NATO ikumana pambuyo pake lero kuti akambirane chigamulo cholamula dziko la Turkey kuti lisiye moto," Mlembi wa boma Stacy Anne Barbeau adatero ku Brussels, Belgium, likulu la North Atlantic Treaty Organization. "Koma chigamulochi chachepetsedwa kale kukhala pempho la kuyimitsa moto. Anthu a ku Turks ali ndi chithandizo chachikulu pa bungweli pano - amamvera chisoni PKK kuti apitirizebe kuukira, ngakhale kuti Turkey ikuyesa kupereka Kurds ku Turkey ndi chithandizo chochuluka, mawu amphamvu mu boma ndi zoletsa zochepa za chikhalidwe ndi chipembedzo. Sindikuganiza kuti dziko la Turkey lidzakumana ndi zovuta zambiri kuchokera ku NATO kapena European Union.
    
  "Sapezanso zambiri ku Congress," Purezidenti adatero. "Ambiri samamvetsetsa nkhani yonse ya Kurdistan, koma amamvetsetsa za uchigawenga, ndipo pakali pano akuwona PKK ngati vuto. Turkey ikhalabe ku Iraq ndipo malingaliro a anthu asintha, makamaka ngati ayesa kukulitsa mikangano. "
    
  "Ndipo chinthu chomaliza chomwe amafunikira ndi chifukwa chowonjezera kusamvana ... zomwe zimandibweretsanso ku McLanahan," adatero Barbeau modandaula. "Akuchita chiyani kumeneko, Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti?"
    
  "Zikuoneka kuti athandiza ma Iraqi kuteteza anthu aku Turkey," anayankha Phoenix. "Ntchitoyi ku ndege yake yomwe inagwa inali kuyesa kuona zomwe asilikali a Turkey adzachita. Iwo sanawonekere kuti achite kalikonse kufikira atapita kumalo angoziwo. Anthu a ku Turkey anali akukonzekera kusuntha kapena kupasula ndegeyo, ndipo anayesa kuwathamangitsa."
    
  "Ndipo McLanahan adawukira."
    
  "Ndimawonera zithunzi zomwe zikuchokera pa drone pamalopo," adatero Phoenix, "ndipo ndimamvetsera zomvera momwe zimachitikira. Asilikali a McLanahan sanawukire mpaka a Turks adachita, ndipo adawapatsanso chenjezo lachiwiri msilikali wina atawombera commando wa Tin Woodman. Zitadziwika kuti a ku Turkey aukira ogwira ntchito, a Tin Man ndi a Criminal Investigation Unit adayamba kugwira ntchito.
    
  "Ndiye chitani tsopano?"
    
  "Ena mwa anthu aku Turkey ozungulira Nakhla Air Base pano adayikidwa pafupi ndi malo a ngozi," adatero Phoenix. "Dr. Masters ndi ogwira nawo ntchito akadali pamalo pomwe ngoziyi idachitika, akutola mabokosi akuda ndi zida zovutirapo. Ma drones a McLanahan apeza magawo angapo aku Turkey ali panjira, koma akuwopa kuti gulu lankhondo la Turkey likuukira. Anthu aku Turkey adatsitsa ma helikoputala pafupi ndi malowo ndikuwawombera matope angapo, kuyesera kuwawopseza kuti abwerere. "
    
  "Mukudziwa, sindikumva chisoni kwambiri ndi McLanahan pakadali pano," adatero Gardner. "Anaganiza zoika mchira wa nyalugwe pakati pa miyendo yake, ndipo tsopano akhoza kulumidwa ndi bulu wake. Timayesa kupeza njira zochepetsera mkanganowo, ndipo amangopita kukafufuza njira zatsopano zoukulitsira."
    
  "Tidziwa zomwe zichitike pambuyo pake Masters akadzayamba kubwerera kuno ku Nala," adatero Phoenix. "Pali asilikali pafupifupi 100 ndi magalimoto onyamula zida 6 akumudikirira mumsewu waukulu, ndipo ndikunena kuti akwiya."
    
  "Ndikufuna kuti anyamata athu asakhale ndi izi," adalamula Purezidenti. "Anthu aku America sayenera kusokoneza. Iyi ndi nkhondo ya McLanahan . Ngati anyamata ake avulazidwa kapena kuphedwa chifukwa cha iye, ndiye chifukwa chake. "
    
  "Tiyenera kulumikizana ndi Prime Minister waku Turkey ndikulimbikitsa kudziletsa, bwana," adatero Phoenix. "Anyamata a McLanahan ndi ochuluka. Ngakhale a Tin Woodman ndi SID ali omasuka, palibe njira yomwe angadutse gulu lankhondo la Turkey. Anthu aku Turkey akufuna kubwezera pang'ono. "
    
  "Ndikukhulupirira kuti McLanahan ndi wanzeru kuti asayese kukumana ndi aku Turkey," Purezidenti adatero. "Stacy, funsaninso ofesi ya Akas, fotokozani zomwe zikuchitika ndikumupempha kuti alumikizane ndi Dipatimenti ya Chitetezo kuti asitikali adziletse."
    
  "Inde, Mr. President."
    
  "McLanahan adachitapo kanthu mwachangu," Purezidenti adatero, ndikupita kuzinthu zina. "Tsoka ilo, ndi anyamata ake omwe angavutike chifukwa cha izi."
    
    
  PAFUPI NAKHLA ALLIED AIR BASE, IRAQ
  PATAPITA KANTHAWI YOCHEPA
    
    
  "Iwo akubwera!" Charlie Turlock anakuwa. "Kumenya...?"
    
  "Ndamva," anayankha Wayne Macomber. Anali atasunga mfuti yake ya njanji yamagetsi pamalo okonzeka popeza chipolopolo choyamba chinali chitaomberedwa komwe kunali komweko pafupifupi ola lapitalo. Charlie Turlock's millimeter wave radar system yomwe idamangidwa mu loboti yake ya CID idayang'ana mlengalenga mozungulira mailosi, ndikumulola kuti azindikire ma projectiles ndikutumiza uthenga wolondolera ndi kulunjika kumakompyuta omwe Wayne akulunjika.
    
  Charlie Turlock adanyamulanso mfuti yake yamagetsi yamagetsi, koma zozungulira zake zonse zidatha kale kuwononga matope, ndipo kuyambiranso kwake kudawomberedwa pomwe Sagger adawononga Humvee woyamba. Maroketi a mamilimita makumi anayi omwe anali mu paketi yake mwina sanali othamanga kwambiri kuti atseke zipolopolo zamatope, koma mfuti ya njanji ya Macomber inali yoposa mphamvu. Anangokweza mfuti yake, pogwiritsa ntchito ma exoskeleton opangidwa ndi suti yake ngati nsanja yolunjika, ndikutsata zomwe CID idatsata. Sanafunikire kutsogolera moto wambiri wamatope - zipolopolo zamfuti za njanji za electromagnetic zidawuluka mwachangu kwambiri kuposa chipolopolo chochokera mumfuti yowombera ndikuwononga chipolopolocho mosavuta.
    
  "Salvo!" Charlie anakuwa. Enanso anayi akubwera!
    
  "Bastards," adatero Zipper. Aka kanali koyamba kuwombera maulendo angapo nthawi imodzi. Anagunda mosavuta zonse zinayi, koma tsopano panali mavuto. "Zipolopolo zikuchepa-ndatsala pang"ono kufika ku magazini anga omalizira, enanso asanu ndi mmodzi atsala," iye anatero. "Ndifunanso mabatire atsopano amfuti ndi ine ndekha."
    
  M'modzi mwa amisiriwo adathamangira kwa Humvee yemwe adatsalayo, adayisaka kwa mphindi zingapo, kenako adathamangira ku Macomber. "Palibenso mabatire atsopano," adatero. "Tiyenera kukulumikizani."
    
  "Zabwino," adatero Zipper. Katswiriyo adadula chingwe chamagetsi m'chipinda chosungirako kumbuyo kwa suti ya Macomber, ndikuchibwezera ku Humvee, ndikuchilowetsa mumagetsi. "Charlie, uyenera kuyesa kutsekereza zipolopolo zina. Ndiwonjezere mphamvu zanga tisanayambe kutuluka. Ndili ndi mtengo wokwanira mumfuti yanga kuti ndiwombe zipolopolo zomaliza zomwe zatsala. "
    
  "Ndamva," Charlie anayankha. "Sindinaonepo chilichonse mwa zipolopolo zimenezi chikuphulika ndipo njanji yosonyeza kuti inatiphonya. Mwina si zida zamoyo. Amawaponyera mkati kuti aone zomwe tingachite. "
    
  "Ndikusangalala kuti tikuwapatsa zosangalatsa," adatero Zipper. "Kodi ungadziwe komwe kuchitikire?"
    
  "Mwachita kale. Iwo sanamugwedeze iye. Ndikhoza kuwawononga ngati mukufuna, kapena kuponya roketi ya gasi pa iwo. "
    
  "Sindikufuna kuti anyamatawa apse mtima pano, ndipo tikuyenera kuteteza zida zathu," adatero Zipper.
    
  "Pali helikoputala ina ikubwera, anyamata," a Patrick McLanahan adalengeza. "Nthawi ino kuchokera ku Turkey, liwiro lakwera kwambiri. Mwina iyi ndi ngalawa yankhondo. Pafupifupi mphindi khumi. "
    
  "Ndavomereza," Wayne Macomber anayankha. "Chabwino, Doc, nthawi yokonzekera."
    
  "Patrick wati ten minutes? Nditenga ".
    
  "Ayi, chifukwa mu mphindi khumi tidzakhala mkati mwa mizinga yomwe helikopita inganyamule, ndiye kuti idzakhala mochedwa," adatero Zipper.
    
  "Chabwino," anatero John mwachisoni. "Tinalandira makina a laser radar ndi ma satellite communication unit. Ndikuganiza kuti izi ziyenera kukhala zokwanira. Zinthu zambiri kwa Humvee mmodzi; tikuyenera kuziyika zonse mu kalavani."
    
  Sipanatenge nthawi kuti gulu lija litenge zida zawo. Zipper adayenda kutsogolo, atanyamula mfuti yake ya njanji kuti asitikali onse aku Turkey amuwone. Charlie adanyamula chikwama chake chakumanzere kudzanja lake lamanzere ndi mfuti yake yakumanja ya njanji yakumanja, akuyembekeza kuti kungowona kutha kuwopseza anthu aku Turkey. Mainjiniya onse adasonkhanitsidwa mu Humvee yemwe adapulumuka, ndipo zida zawo zonse, zida, ndi mabokosi omwe adalandilidwa anali mu ngoloyo.
    
  "Kodi thandizo lathu lifika liti, General?" - Zipper adafunsa panjira yake yotetezedwa.
    
  "Akuwoneka ngati akusintha mapangidwe, Zipper," Patrick adafunsa. "Yesetsani kuyimirira kwa nthawi yayitali momwe mungathere."
    
  "Nanga bwanji helikopita ija?"
    
  "Mphindi zingapo."
    
  "Zinambalazi sizikufanana, General," adatero Zipper mokhumudwa. Panjira yaku Turkey yomwe adapeza, adati, "Mverani, Captain Evren. Timatuluka. Sitikufuna kukangana ndi inu anyamata. Tibweza zinthu zathu ku maziko. Pangani njira. "
    
  "Ayi, Achimereka," anayankha Evren patapita nthaŵi pang"ono, mawu ake akusonyeza kudabwa kuti wailesi yake inali kugwiritsidwa ntchito ndi maloboti. "Mutsekeredwa ndipo zida izi zilandidwa. Munaukira mamembala a gulu langa ndi ine ndekha. Chifukwa cha ichi uyenera kulangidwa.
    
  Kugundako kunayimitsa convoy. "Kaputeni, ndimvereni mosamala kwambiri," anatero. "Mukudziwa zimene tingachite. Zomwe simungadziwe ndikuti pali drone yomwe ikuzungulira pamwamba. Ngati simundikhulupirira, yang'anani mmwamba." Panthawiyi, Patrick anatseka ndikuyambitsanso injini ya AGM-177 Wolverine yomwe amayendetsa m'derali, zomwe zinachititsa kuti utsi wa bulauni uwoneke kwa masekondi angapo. "Iyi ndi drone yowukira, ndipo imatha kuwononga zida zanu zonse ndi anthu anu ndi mabomba omwe amawongoleredwa. Ndiitanitsa flyover pamwamba pa malo anu tisanasamukire kumeneko, ndipo zikachitika tidzasamalira aliyense amene wayimirira. Tsopano chokani pambali."
    
  "Ndili ndi malamulo, American," adatero Evren. "Mudzayika zida zanu, kuzimitsa mphamvu ku loboti ndi drone, ndikudzipereka. Ngati simutero, tidzaukira."
    
  "Pali ID ya helikopita yomwe ikubwerayi, Zipper," adatero Charlie. "Nkhondo Yankhondo" Cobra. Zowonjezera zambiri ku US. Sindikuwona chida chake, koma ndikubetcha kuti chapakidwa chimbalangondo.
    
  "Mwayi womaliza, kaputeni," adatero Zipper. "Kupanda kutero tiyamba kuwombera. Khalani pambali ".
    
  "Sindidzatero. Kudzipereka kapena kuphedwa. Ngati simunazindikire, tili ndi chithandizo chathu chamlengalenga. Sizikuyenda bwino ngati ndege yanu ya drone, koma ndikukutsimikizirani, ndiyowopsa. Ikadzaukira, sipadzakhalanso chilichonse kwa inu chomwe, monga mukunenera, tiyenera kuchisamalira. "
    
  "Ndiyenera kuwononga Cobra kaye, Charlie," adatero Zipper. "Yang'anani kumbuyo kwanga - adzatsegula moto pamene -"
    
  Mwadzidzidzi Charlie anafuula, "Kuyambitsa roketi!"
    
  "Kuchokera kuti, Charlie?"
    
  "Pambuyo pathu!" Pomwepo adamva KUBWERA kwakukulu! Zipper ndi Charlie adatembenuka nthawi yake kuti aone utsi woyera ukuphulika ndikugunda Cobra. Helicoptersyo inayamba kugubuduza mwamphamvu kumanja, ikuwoneka ngati ikugwedezeka, kenako inayamba kuyendayenda mpaka inagwera pansi pa ngozi yolimba koma yopulumuka.
    
  "Imani kuwombera! Osatsegula moto!" Kukuwa kwa Zipper kunamveka panjira yolamula yaku Turkey. Pa tchanelo chawo chosiyana, iye anaulutsa wailesi kuti: "Ndikukhulupirira kuti unali iwe, Jaffar."
    
  "Inde, Macomber," Colonel Yusuf Jaffar adayankha panjira ina. Gulu lake lankhondo lakumpoto linawombera mfuti ya Cobra ndi mzinga wowombera paphewa wa Stinger. "Pepani tachedwa, koma ndikuganiza kuti mwabwera msanga. Zilibe kanthu. Tonse tili pano ndipo takonzeka kumenya nkhondo ndi anthu aku Turkey. "
    
  "Ndikukhulupirira kuti palibe amene angawukire aliyense pano," adatero Zipper. Adapatsa Jaffar kuchuluka kwa kampani yaku Turkey, kenako adati panjira iyi: "Mfuti ya Cobra idawomberedwa ndi mzinga wotsutsana ndi ndege waku Iraq, Captain Evren," adatero. "A Iraqi Nakhla Brigade akupita patsogolo." Panthawiyi ankatha kuona momwe asilikali a ku Turkey omwe ali kumanja anayamba kugwedezeka ndi kugwedeza; mwachiwonekere anapeza chithunzithunzi cha gulu lankhondo lakumpoto. "Kapiteni Evren?"
    
  Pambuyo pakupuma kwanthawi yayitali komanso kosasangalatsa: "Inde, waku America."
    
  "Sindili woyang'anira gulu lankhondo la Iraq, ndipo munalowa m'dziko lawo," adatero Wak, "koma asilikali anga sangaukire pokhapokha titawukiridwa kaye." Ndikupempha Mtsamunda Jaffar kuti nayenso asaukire. Iye akumvetsera. Aperekeza timu yanga kubwerera ku Nala Air Base. Ndikulimbikitsa aliyense kuti akhazikike mtima pansi komanso osakoka choyambitsa. Captain, ngati mukufuna kutumiza gulu kuti liwone Cobra yomwe ili pansi, mutha kutero. Colonel Jaffar, kodi zimenezo zingakhale zovomerezeka?"
    
  "Zingakhale zovomerezeka," anayankha Jaffar.
    
  "Chabwino. Captain, tikutuluka. Pangani njira ndipo aliyense akhale chete. "
    
  Zinali zochititsa chidwi kwambiri. Kuchotsa msewu waukulu kumpoto kwa Nala, Tin Man ndi loboti yazamalamulo, tsopano atanyamula mfuti za njanji pamapewa awo, adayendetsa Humvee, kukoka ngolo yodzaza ndi zida ndi zida, kudutsa poyera. Magulu ankhondo aku Turkey adafola mbali zonse ziwiri za msewu waukulu kutsogolo kwawo. Gulu lankhondo lankhondo laku Iraq likuyenda kuchokera kumpoto chakumadzulo, ndipo gulu lina lankhondo laku Iraq likuyenda mumsewu waukulu kumpoto chakum'mawa kwa mazikowo. Onse anasonkhana pamphambano za misewu iŵiri.
    
  Wayne anapeza Kaputeni Evren m"mphepete mwa msewu waukulu, anaima n"kumuchitira sawatcha. Woyendetsa ndegeyo adabwezeranso sawatcha, koma adayang'anitsitsa gulu la CID la mapazi khumi lomwe likupita kwa iye, naperekanso sawatcha. "Mulungu wanga...!"
    
  "Charlie Turlock, Captain Evren," adatero Charlie, akutulutsa dzanja lalikulu lankhondo atatsitsa sawatcha. "Muli bwanji? Zikomo chifukwa chosawombera. "
    
  Evren anadabwa kwambiri ndi kusinthasintha kwa lobotiyo komanso mayendedwe ake enieni. Zinamutengera nthawi yayitali kuti agwire dzanja la lobotiyo ndikuligwedeza. "Ndi ... ndi makina, koma amayenda ngati munthu ...!"
    
  "Mkazi, ngati mulibe nazo vuto," adatero Charlie.
    
  Mtsamunda Jaffar anafika patadutsa mphindi zingapo. Evren anapereka sawatcha, koma Jaffar sanabweze. "Ndiye, kodi ndiwe woyang'anira kampani iyi, Turk?"
    
  "Inde, bwana. Captain Evren, Saya Company, 41st Security Division -
    
  "Sindisamala kuti ndiwe ndani kapena uli gawo lotani, Turk," adatero Jaffar. "Chomwe ndimasamala ndi mukabwera kunyumba ndikusiya dziko langa."
    
  "Zimatengera nthawi yomwe Iraq idzasiya kuteteza akupha achi Kurd omwe amayendetsa magalimoto a bomba m'nyumba za apolisi ndikupha anthu aku Turkey osalakwa, bwana!"
    
  "Sindinabwere kudzamvera zipolowe zanu zandale, a Turk! Ndiyenera kudziwa nthawi yoti mutulutse zigawenga zanu m'dziko langa!"
    
  Zipper adayang'ana Charlie. Sanafunikire kusuntha kwambiri, koma loboti yotalika mapazi khumi kungokweza zida zake kuti igonjetse kunali kokwanira kuti aliyense amvetsere. "Kodi tonse sitingagwirizane?" - adatero. Anakanikizira manja ake kumasaya. "Darling, chonde?" Kuwona loboti yayikulu ikuchita ngati mwana wasukulu wamanyazi kunapangitsa ngakhale Mtsamunda Jaffar wokwiya kuseka, ndipo mazana ankhondo, aku Turkey ndi aku Iraq, nawonso adaseka.
    
  "Ino si nthawi kapena malo otsutsana, anyamata," adatero Zipper. "Bwanji osangobweza izi poyambira? Ngati sindikulakwitsa, nthawi ya nkhomaliro yatsala pang'ono. Chifukwa chiyani tonsefe sitikhala pansi, ndikudya zokhwasula-khwasula ndikuchotsa katundu?"
    
    
  ERBIL, IRAQ
  NTHAWI YOMWEYO
    
    
  "Mpweya wanga woopsa uli kuti?" General Besir Ozek anakuwa. "Achedwa ndi mphindi khumi!" Adalanda maikolofoni m'manja mwa mkulu wa zoyankhulana uja. "Resim, iyi ndi Sicansky imodzi. Kulibwino gulu lanu ligwire kapena ndibweranso kuti ndikukankhireni!
    
  Ozek anali m'chipinda cha oyendetsa galimoto ya ACV-300 yomwe inali gawo la Headquarters Company of the Third Division, yomwe inagonjetsa kum'maŵa kwa Iraq. Asilikali a Ozek adalamulidwa kuti apite ku eyapoti ya kumpoto chakumadzulo kwa Erbil, kuti akagwirenso ndikuletsa malonda ndi likulu la Kurdistan ndikugwira, koma adalamula gulu lankhondo loyenda pamakina kuti lipite kunja kwa mzindawo.
    
  Gulu lankhondolo linakhazikitsa malo otetezera chitetezo m"dera lalikulu lomwe anachotsamo nyumba zakale kuti apeze nyumba zatsopano, kumpoto chakumadzulo kwa mzinda womwewo. Anatha kuona mozungulira mozungulira zizindikiro zilizonse zotsutsana ndi Peshmerga, PKK, asilikali a Iraq nthawi zonse kapena Achimerika; Pakadali pano, palibe gulu lililonse lankhondo lomwe lidawopseza gulu lake lankhondo, koma zinali bwino kukhala otetezeka kusiyana ndi chisoni. A Peshmerga anali owopsa kwambiri. Malipoti anali osiyana pa kukula kwa phiri la Peshmerga, koma ngakhale kuyerekezera koyembekezeka kwambiri kumawaika kuwirikiza kawiri kukula kwa magawo anayi omwe Ozek adalamula, komanso anali ndi magalimoto ochepa okhala ndi zida.
    
  Ndipo panali malipoti akukula kukana ku Iraq. Monga makoswe omvera, PKK, ndithudi, inali yobisika kwambiri, koma Achimereka anayamba kukhala osakhazikika, ndipo magulu a Iraq omwe anali atasowa modabwitsa nkhondoyo isanayambe kuonekera. Ozek adamvapo malipoti angapo okhudzana ndi asitikali aku America ndi Iraq pafupi ndi Mosul, koma palibe chomwe chikunena za anthu omwe avulala.
    
  Ozek anasankha malowa pazifukwa zina: kunali kumpoto kwa Sami Abdul Rahman Park, malo okumbukira chikumbutso cha boma la Kurdistan Regional Government lomwe linaphedwa ndi wothandizira PKK; nayenso anali mkati mwa matope a nyumba yamalamulo ya Boma la Kurdistan, kotero andale aku Kurdish ayenera kuyang'ana bwino gulu lake lankhondo lomwe likupita ku mzinda wawo.
    
  Ozek anatuluka m"galimoto ya positiyo n"kufuula kuti: "Akuluakulu!" Mnyamata wina wamkulu wa asilikali oyenda pansi yemwe ankaoneka kuti anali wamng'ono kwambiri anafika kwa iye. "Kuwulutsa kwathu kwachedwa, ndiye muyenera kukhala kwa mphindi zingapo."
    
  "Tinagunda chandamale chilichonse pamndandanda, bwana," wamkulu wa gulu lankhondo adatero. "Tinaukiranso khumi apamwamba pamndandandawo."
    
  Ozek anatulutsa kapepala mu jekete lake. "Ndinapanga mndandanda watsopano. Unduna wa Zachitetezo unkanena za kuukira mabizinesi ku Erbil omwe amathandizira PKK ... Chabwino, mpaka atandipatsa chilolezo chovomerezeka, ndinapeza gulu la iwo ndekha. Awa ndi ma adilesi awo. Apezeni pamapuwo ndi kuwaponya."
    
  Mkuluyo anaphunzira mndandandawo ndipo maso ake anatuluka modabwa. "Aa, bwana, adilesi iyi ili mkati mwa Citadel."
    
  "Ndikudziwa," adatero Ozek. "Iyi ndi sitolo yomwe ili ndi mashopu a anyamata omwe tidawafuna kale. Chifukwa chiyani ayenera kusiyidwa?"
    
  "Koma izi zili mkati mwa Citadel, bwana," Major anabwerezabwereza. Erbil Citadel inali khoma lamwala lakale pakatikati pa mzinda wozungulira mabwinja ofukula zakale a mzinda wakale, womwe unayambira 2300 BC. Ngakhale kuti mzindawo munakhala anthu amitundu yambiri kwa zaka mazana ambiri, Citadel inkaonedwa kuti ndi malo opatulika kwa onsewa, ndipo mbali zina zake zinali zaka chikwi chimodzi. "Bwanji ngati titagunda malo ofukula mabwinja?"
    
  "Sindikuda nkhawa ndi nyumba zochepa za adobe ndi njira zamangolo," adatero Ozek. "Nditha kuyang'ana kunja ndikuwona mbendera ya Kurdistan ikugwedezeka mkati mwa malo ano, kotero ndikudziwa kuti PKK ikubisala kumeneko. Ndikufuna masitolo awa awonongeke. Chitani ".
    
  "Ndi ulemu wonse, bwana," mkuluyo anatero, "ntchito yathu ndi kuthetseratu gulu la PKK. Atha kuthawa ndi kukabisala m"mizinda, koma sakhala ku Eribili. Magulu athu anzeru ndi otsutsa amatiuza kuti a Peshmerga anali kutitsatira, koma sanayese kulumikizana. Sitiyenera kuwapatsa chifukwa chochitira izi. Tawombera kale zigoli mumzinda; kuphulitsidwa kwa Citadel kungakhale udzu womaliza. "
    
  "Ndikumva kuti mukuwopa a Peshmerga, Major," adatero Ozek. "Panthawi ya ntchito yanga, ndakumana nawo kangapo m"malire. Iwo ndi abwino kumapiri ndi kumidzi, koma sali kanthu koma ochita zigawenga olemekezeka. Sadzaukira gulu lankhondo lokhazikika mwachindunji. Sadamenye nkhondo ngati wina aliyense kupatula okakamiza mafuko. Iwo ndi othekera kumenyana wina ndi mzake monga momwe ife tiriri. M'malo mwake, ndingakonde mwayi wokakamiza magulu awo ankhondo ochepa kuti achite nafe nkhondo - kuwononga magulu awo olimba mtima ochepa, ndipo gulu lonse la Kurdistan litha kubwera palimodzi kamodzi kotheratu. "
    
  "Inde, bwana," adatero Major, "koma ndingapangire kuti tingotulutsa utsi wokha mu Citadel? Mukudziwa momwe anthu ena amalemekezera malowa, makamaka m'chigawo cha Kurdish. Iwo-"
    
  "Sindikufuna phunziro la mbiriyakale kuchokera kwa inu, Major," anatero Ozek. "Yambani kupanga mndandanda uwu mwamsanga. Njira zomwezo monga kale: utsi wobalalitsira anthu okhalamo ndikuyika chizindikiro cholondola, zophulika kuti zigwetse madenga, ndi phosphorous yoyera kuwotcha malowo pansi. Pitirizani nazo."
    
  Atangotulutsa mkulu wa zida zankhondoyo ndi dzanja lake, msilikali wina anathamangira kwa iye ndi kupereka sawatcha. "Mfuti ikupita patsogolo, bwana."
    
  "Panthawi yovuta kwambiri." Anabwerera pagalimoto yolamula ndikukagwira maikolofoni ya wailesi. "Sinthani One-Eight, iyi ndi Sikan One, mumawerenga bwanji?"
    
  "Mofuula komanso momveka, Sikan," adatero woyendetsa ndege ya AC-130H Specter attack. "Mphindi imodzi mpaka titafika ku station."
    
  "Ndiwonetseni nambala ya Tango," adatero Ozek. Woyang'anira kanema wawayilesi adakhala ndi moyo, akuwonetsa zithunzi za sensa zomwe zimaperekedwa kuchokera pamfuti. Inasonyeza maonekedwe a mbali yaikulu ya kum"mwera kwa Erbil, pafupifupi mayadi mazana asanu ndi atatu kum"mwera kwa Citadel. Wogwiritsa ntchito sensor adasinthira ku gawo locheperako ndikuwonera Erbil Bazaar kuchokera pamwamba. Anatsata msewu waukulu kum"mwera m"mphepete mwa m"mphepete mwa msikawo mpaka anawoloka msewu waukulu, kenako anayamba kuwerengera nyumba pamene ankapitirira kum"mwera. "Kum'mwera kwa malo ophika buledi, kumpoto kwa nyumbayo ... Iyi ndi yomwe," Ozek adalengeza. Wogwiritsa ntchito sensor adagwira likulu la Masari Bank of Kurdistan, imodzi mwa mabanki akuluakulu kumpoto kwa Iraq ... ndipo amadziwika kwambiri pothandizira PKK pogwiritsa ntchito ndalama zowonongeka, kusinthanitsa ndalama zapadziko lonse ndi kusonkhanitsa zopereka padziko lonse lapansi.
    
  "Resim yokhoma komanso yokonzeka, Sikan," adatero woyendetsa ndegeyo. AC-130 inalowa mozungulira kumanzere mozungulira chandamale, ndi chiwonetsero chazidziwitso chokwera m'mbali ndi mivi yowongolera ngati chida chowonetsa woyendetsa ndendende pomwe angayime ndegeyo.
    
  "Pitirizani," anatero Ozek, kenaka anatuluka m"galimoto yolamula n"kuyang"ana kum"mwera chakum"mawa. Aka kanali nthawi yake yoyamba kuwona kuwukira kwa AC-130 payekha ...
    
  ...ndipo anakhumudwa pang'ono. Zowukira zambiri za AC-130 zimachitika mumdima, pomwe kuwala kwa mizinga ya 40mm ya ndegeyo ndi 105mm howitzer kumawunikira usiku ngati china chilichonse. Anaona chigoba cha howitzer chikugunda ndipo utsi utatuluka kumwamba asanamve CHIPINDA! za mfuti ndi kuphulika pansi, ndipo iye ananong'oneza bondo kuti sanakhale kuonera kugunda pa zenera - anayenera kuyembekezera replay kanema.
    
  Adabwerera kugalimoto yolamula ndikuyang'ana chithunzi cha sensor. Utsiwo udaphimbabe mawonekedwewo, koma nyumba yakubanki idawoneka yowonongeka, monganso mbali zina zanyumba yophika buledi ndi nyumba yomwe ili pafupi ndi bankiyo. Kulondola kwa ngalawa yankhondo iyi kunali kodabwitsa - kuwomberako kunathamangitsidwa kuchokera kutalika kwa mamita oposa zikwi makumi awiri!
    
  "Zikuwoneka ngati kuwombera bwino, Resim," Ozek adayankha. "Palibe zizindikiro zotsutsana ndi ndege. Ngati mwakonzeka kupita, tili ndi zolinga zingapo pamndandanda. Tidzawombera zipolopolo zingapo zamatope kuchokera pamalo athu kupita kumpoto kwa mzindawo; iwo asakhale ndi kanthu kwa inu. Tiyeni tiwone Tango awiri."
    
    
  OFFICE YA PRESIDENT, PINK PALACE, ANKARA, REPUBLIC OF TURKEY
  KENAKO MADZULO AWO
    
    
  "Aka ndi koyamba kuchita nawo gulu lankhondo laku Iraq," adatero Nduna ya Zachitetezo ku National Hasan Cizek akulowa muofesi ya Purezidenti Kurzat Hirsiz. "Lipoti lochokera ku Tall Qayfa, kumpoto kwa Mosul. Gulu lankhondo lomwe lili ku Nala lidawonekeranso ndikukhazikitsanso maziko awo. "
    
  "Kodi pali kulumikizana kulikonse ndi magulu athu?" Anafunsa Hirsiz.
    
  "Inde, bwana. Woyendetsa ndege ya helikoputala ndi ogwira nawo ntchito adavulala ndege yake itawomberedwa ndi mzinga woletsa ndege waku Iraq. "
    
  Hirsiz anadikira, koma ndi zokhazo zomwe Jizek akanatha kunena. "Ndipo zonse? Kodi pali enanso omwe akhudzidwa? Nanga bwanji ma Iraqi?"
    
  "Palibe ovulala, bwana."
    
  "Kodi anali kuchita chiyani, kuponyerana mabuloni amadzi? Mukutanthauza chiyani, palibe ovulala?"
    
  "Iwo sanamenyane bwana," anatero Jizek. "Gulu lathu lidalola a Iraqi ndi mainjiniya aku America omwe anali pa ndege yawo yodziwitsa anthu kubwerera ku Nakhla Air Base."
    
  "Kodi anawalola kuti abwerere? Achimerika nawonso? Ndinalamula kuti ndegeyi ithyoledwe ndi kubwerera ku Turkey! Kodi aku America adaloledwa kubwerera ndi mbali zina za ndege?"
    
  "Mkulu wa gululi anali atatsala pang'ono kuwaletsa, koma commando yankhondo ndi loboti adawopseza kubwezera ndi zida zawo komanso ndege yozungulira. Kenako gulu lankhondo laku Iraq linafika. Mkulu wa gululo anaona kuti ndi wochepa kwambiri ndipo anaganiza zoti asachite nawo. Anthu aku Iraq ndi aku America nawonso sanachite nawo nkhondo. Analowa m'malo ndipo gulu lachitetezo linabwerera kumalo awo. "
    
  Mkwiyo umene Hirsiz anaumva ponyalanyaza malamulo ake unatha mwamsanga ndipo anagwedeza mutu. "Mwina chinali chisankho chabwino kumbali ya mkulu wa asilikali," adatero. "Tumizani 'mwachita bwino' ku gulu la makolo ake."
    
  "Gulu lathu kumeneko likuti anthu aku America akhazikitsa ndege yopanda anthu kuti ithandizire kuyang'anira ndegeyo," adatero Jizek. "Mtsogoleri wa bungwe lachitetezo chachinsinsi ku America, McLanahan, adalongosola kuti inali ndege yakutali yomwe imatha kuwombera mitundu ingapo ya zida zankhondo zolondola komanso zam'deralo. Zikuoneka kuti zidaperekedwa pa ndege yonyamula katundu ya Boeing 767 yomwe idathawa zida zathu.
    
  "McLanahan. Inde," adatero Jizek. "Iye ndi wankhanza mu zonsezi. Kumbukirani, adalamula gulu lankhondo lapamwamba kwambiri ku United States Air Force, ndipo adadziwika ndi ntchito zina zolimba mtima komanso zopambana - zambiri zomwe zidachitika popanda chilolezo, ngati tingakhulupirire akatswiri azama TV aku US. Tsopano, mwachiwonekere, akugwira ntchito kwa ma Iraqi. Ndingaganize kuti ngati akunena kuti ali ndi mizinga yoyenda, ndiye kuti ali nayo, ndipo mwina kuposa imodzi. Funso ndilakuti: ngati chida cha ma Iraqi tsopano, kodi angachigwiritse ntchito motsutsana nafe?
    
  "Ndikukhulupirira kuti sitidzazindikira," adatero Jizek. "Komabe, ndikufuna kuyang'ana ndege yowunikirayi. Mlembi wa boma wa ku America adanena kuti ndege yathu idayimitsidwa ndi njira yodzitchinjiriza ya laser, osati ndi chida chamtengo. Inayenera kukhala laser yamphamvu. Ngati titha kuyang'ana dongosololi ndikulimanganso, tikhala zaka zambiri patsogolo pa magulu ankhondo ambiri aku Europe ndi Middle East. "
    
  "Ndikuvomereza," adatero Hirsiz. "Yeseraninso kubweza ndegeyi ku Turkey. Perekani magulu ankhondo ambiri momwe mungathere ndi helikopita usikuuno. Tumizani Gawo Loyamba Lonse ngati kuli kofunikira. Iwo sakuwoneka kuti ali ndi vuto lililonse mdera lawo laudindo; Ndikuda nkhawa ndi madera aku Kurdish, osati Aarabu. "
    
  "Koma bwanji za Iraq Nakhla Brigade?"
    
  "Tiyeni tiwone ngati akufuna kumenya nkhondo ndi ndege yaku America," adatero Hirsiz. "Ndikuganiza kuti akhoza kuganiza kawiri. Titha kukumana ndi loboti yaku America komanso zida zankhondo, koma ndi zinthu zingati zomwe angakhale nazo? Tiyeni tifufuze. Ndikuganiza kuti ndege ndiukadaulo wake ukhala wothandiza. "
    
  "Tili ndi zambiri zokhudzana ndi loboti komanso gulu lankhondo lankhondo; Sitidzadabwitsidwa monga momwe gulu lathu laling'ono lidakhalira, ndipo tikhala tikuyang'anitsitsa ndege zomwe akuganiza kuti ndi zopanda anthu," adatero Jizek. Wothandizirayo adathamanga ndi uthengawo ndikumupatsa. "Ndinatha kudziwa zambiri za ndege, XC-57," adatero akuwerenga. "Inalowa nawo mpikisano wophulitsa bomba wotsatira koma sanasankhidwe, motero idasinthidwa kukhala...lanet olsun!" - adalumbira.
    
  "Chani?"
    
  "A 3rd Brigade adawombera Erbil," adatero Jizek, ali wodabwa. Hirsiz sanachitepo kanthu. "General Ozek, yemwe anali woyang'anira gulu lankhondo, adasamukira kunja kwa Erbil, pamtunda wa kilomita imodzi kuchokera ku Nyumba Yamalamulo ya Kurdistan, ndikuyamba kuphulitsa mzindawu ndi matope," adatero. "Anawomberanso zipolopolo ku Citadel, likulu lakale la mzindawo. Pazifukwa zomwe sakanatha kuzifikira ndi matope, anaitanitsa ndege ya AC-130 ndi kuwononga anthu ambiri kumwera kwa mzindawo ndi mizinga yoopsa kuchokera pamwamba pake!"
    
  M"malo mokwiya kapena kudabwa, Hirsiz anamwetulira n"kuwerama pampando wake. "Chabwino, zikuwoneka ngati berserker yathu ya nkhope ya mafupa yaganiza zomenyera Erbil chifukwa cha ife," adatero.
    
  "Koma bwanji-" Jizek anaima kaye, n"kukhudzidwa ndi nkhope yake. "Mndandanda wazolinga zomwe bungwe la Intelligence Directorate lapanga ...?"
    
  "Ndinapereka kwa Ozek," adatero Hirsiz. "Zinachita ndendende zomwe ndimayembekezera." Kuda nkhawa kwa nkhope ya Jizek kunapangitsa kuti asakhulupirire. "Bungwe lachitetezo silinasankhe ngati tiwonjezere mkanganowu poukira likulu la Boma la Chigawo cha Kurdistan; Ozek anatichitira."
    
  "Iyi ndi nkhani yayikulu bwana," adatero Jizek. "Erbil ndi mzinda wokhala ndi anthu miliyoni imodzi. Ngakhale mutagwiritsa ntchito zozimitsa moto zolondola, zomwe sizili choncho, anthu wamba osalakwa adzavulazidwa. Ndipo kuwulutsa kwakukulu pa ma AC-130 amenewo kumatha kuwononga nyumba yonse ndi mfuti imodzi!
    
  Hirsiz adati: "Anthu ochepa omwe avulala watithandiza. "Nkhondoyi inali yosavuta, yopanda phindu. PKK ndi asilikali a Iraq akuthamanga ndikubisala, a Peshmerga akukhalabe osafikirika, Achimereka akutseka zipata ku maziko awo, ndipo anthu aku Iraq akutsegula ma TV awo ndikuwona ife tikuyendetsa m'misewu yawo. Iyi si nkhondo, iyi ndi parade ... mpaka pano. " Kenako nkhope yake inali yodandaula. "Ozek sanawukire sukulu kapena zipatala zilizonse, sichoncho?"
    
  Dzizek adapempha mndandanda wolondola wa zolinga zomwe zidagunda ndipo adazilandira patangopita mphindi zochepa. "Banki yaku Kurdish ... malo ogulitsira ang'onoang'ono ... mashopu ochepa mkati mwa Citadel ... paki ya chikumbutso... Mtondo umodzi unatera pafupi ndi nyumba ya nyumba yamalamulo pamalo oimikapo magalimoto, kuyandikira kwambiri kuswa mazenera angapo- "
    
  "Zinali pamndandanda - malo oimikapo magalimoto kwa wandale wa pro-PKK," adatero Hirsiz. "Anatsatira mndandandawo mpaka kalata yomaliza. Menyani Citadel... Linali lingaliro lake, koma adabwereka lingaliro kuchokera pamndandandawo. Ndili wotsimikiza kuti sitoloyo inali ya wabizinesi yemweyo yemwe anali ndi masitolo ena mumzinda omwe ali pamndandanda. Ozek ndiwowopsa komanso wopenga pang'ono, koma amaphunzira mwachangu."
    
  "Bungwe la Security Council silinasankhe kuukira Erbil chifukwa tinkafuna kuti tiyambe kuona zomwe dziko likuchita pa ntchitoyi," adatero Jizek. "Kufikira pano kachitidweko kakhala kodekha kwambiri... Modabwitsa modekha. Panali zodandaula zochepa, makamaka kuchokera ku magulu ankhondo achisilamu ndi mabungwe omenyera ufulu wachibadwidwe. Kunali kuvomereza mwakachetechete zimene tinali kuchita. Koma tsopano taukira mwachindunji anthu aku Iraq, aku Kurds. Ukadalandira chilolezo cha Security Council musanapereke lamulo lotere, Kurzat!
    
  "Sindinayitanitsa kalikonse, Hasan," adatero Hirsiz. Minister of National Defense adawoneka osatsimikiza. "Musandikhulupirire ngati mukufuna, koma sindinamulamule Ozek kuti awononge Erbil. Ndinamupatsa mndandanda, ndizo zonse. Koma ndinkadziwa kuti sizingandikhumudwitse." Iye anayang'ana pa wotchi yake. "Ndikuganiza kuti ndimuimbire Washington ndikuwafotokozera zonse."
    
  "Kodi muwawuze kuti zigawenga izi zidachitidwa ndi mkulu wa akuba?"
    
  "Ndiwafotokozera zomwe zidachitika: tidakambirana za mabizinesi ndi mabungwe omwe amadziwika kuti ndi ochezeka ndi a PKK, ndipo m'modzi mwa akuluakulu athu adachita zomwezo." Hirsiz anagwedeza dzanja lake poona zimene Jizek ankanenazo ndipo anayatsa ndudu. "Kupatula apo, inu ndi akulu onse tsopano muli ndi mwayi wokana chilichonse. Ngati izi sizikakamiza anthu aku America ndi aku Iraq kuti atithandize, mutha kuimba mlandu ine ndi Ozek. Anakhalanso serious. "Onetsetsani kuti Ozek wabwereranso ku eyapoti. Tikamulimbikitsa kwambiri, mwina ayesa kulanda mzinda wonse. "
    
  "Inde, bwana," anatero Jizek. "Ndipo titumiza gawo lachiwiri pa ndege zaku America izi."
    
  "Zabwino kwambiri". Hirsiz adatenga foni. "Ndiyimbira a Gardner ndikuyambitsa naye kuti alankhule za kuwukira kwa Erbil."
    
    
  COMMAND AND CONTROL CENTRE, ALLIED AIR BASE NAKHLA, IRAQ
  KENAKO MADZULO AWO
    
    
  "Ndinangotuluka pa foni ndi Purezidenti," Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti Ken Phoenix adatero akulowa mu Reservoir. Mtsamunda Jack Wilhelm anakhala pa desiki lake kutsogolo kwa chipinda cha antchito akuluakulu, koma pafupi ndi iye, pampando weniweni, panali Colonel Yusuf Jaffar. Thanki inali yodzaza kwambiri chifukwa onse aku America ndi aku Iraq anali atakhala pamalo aliwonse owongolera nkhondo mchipindamo. M"chipindamo munalinso Patrick McLanahan, Wayne Macomber ndi John Masters. "Analankhula ndi Purezidenti wa Turkey Hirsiz ndi Purezidenti wa Iraq Rashid.
    
  Choyamba, amafuna kuti ndikuyamikireni chifukwa cha "ntchito yabwino" chifukwa cha zochita zanu lero. Iye ananena kuti ngakhale kuti ankaona kuti kuopsa kwake sikunali koyenera, anakuthokozani nonse chifukwa chosonyeza kudziletsa komanso kulimba mtima. Zinali zovuta kwambiri ndipo munazigwira bwino. "
    
  "Ndinalankhulanso ndi Purezidenti Rashid," adatero Jaffar, "ndipo amafuna kuti ndifotokoze malingaliro ofananawo kwa aliyense."
    
  "Zikomo, Mtsamunda. Komabe, tidakali ndi vuto. Dziko la Turkey likufuna mwayi wopita ku ngozi ya XC-57 kuti ipeze umboni wokhudza mlandu wa Scion Aviation International. Akupempha chilolezo kwa akatswiri kuti awunikenso ndegeyo, kuphatikizapo zomwe mudachotsa mundege, Dr. Masters."
    
  "Zinthu izi ndizodziwika komanso zaumwini, Bambo Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti," adatero John. "Kulola anthu aku Turkey kuti aziphunzira kumawapatsa mwayi woti asinthe mainjiniya. Ndicho chifukwa chake tinaika miyoyo yathu pachiswe pochotsa zinthu izi! Iwo sasamala za mlandu - akungofuna luso langa. Palibe njira yomwe ndingalolere anthu aku Turkey kukhala odetsedwa pa izi! "
    
  "Simungakhale ndi mwayi, Dr. Masters," adatero Phoenix. "Panthawi ya chiwembuchi, Scion anali womanga boma la US. Boma likhoza kukhala ndi ufulu wakulamula kuti ubweze zidazo."
    
  "Sindine loya, bwana, ndipo sindimawakonda kwenikweni, koma ndikudziwa gulu lonse lankhondo," adatero John. "Ndiwalola kuti azichita."
    
  "Ndikuda nkhawa kwambiri ndi zomwe anthu aku Turkey adzachita, a Vice Prezidenti," adatero Patrick.
    
  "Ndikutsimikiza kuti apita ku Khothi Lapadziko Lonse kapena NATO, mwina Khothi Lalikulu Lapadziko Lonse, kukakuimbani mlandu ndikuyesera kukukakamizani-"
    
  "Ayi bwana, sindikutanthauza mlandu. Ndikutanthauza, gulu lankhondo la Turkey lichita chiyani?
    
  "Mukutanthauza chiyani?"
    
  "Bwana, mukuyembekeza kuti gulu lankhondo la Turkey liyiwala zonse zomwe zachitika lero?" Adayankha choncho Patrick. "Ali ndi asilikali zikwi makumi awiri omwazikana pakati pa malire ndi Mosul, ndi asilikali zikwi makumi asanu mkati mwa ulendo wa tsiku limodzi kuchokera pano. Uku ndiko kugonjetsedwa koyamba komwe adakumana nako pantchito yawo yaku Iraq. Ndikuganiza kuti John akulondola: akufuna machitidwe omwe ali mundege iyi, ndipo ndikuganiza kuti abweranso kudzatenga. "
    
  "Iwo sanayese!" - Adatero Jaffar. "Ili si dziko lawo, ili ndi langa. Sangachite zimene akufuna!"
    
  "Tikuyesera kuti mkanganowu usakule, Colonel," adatero Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti Phoenix. "Kunena zoona, ndikuganiza kuti tinali ndi mwayi lero. Tidawadabwitsa a Turkey pamodzi ndi Tin Woodman ndi CID mayunitsi. Koma ngati gulu lankhondo la Jaffar silinawonekere pomwe lidawonekera, kapena ngati aku Turkey akanaganiza zoukira nthawi yomweyo m'malo modikirira malangizo, zotsatira zake zikadakhala zoyipa kwambiri. "
    
  "Tikhoza kuwasamalira bwino, bwana," anatero Wayne Macomber.
    
  "Ndine wokondwa kuti mukuganiza choncho, Bambo Macomber, koma sindikuvomereza," anatero Phoenix. Inuyo munandiuza kuti mulibe zida komanso mphamvu. Ndikuthokoza chifukwa cha mantha okhudzana ndi Tin Man ndi CID, koma asitikali aku Turkey awa adayenda pafupifupi mailosi mazana awiri kupita ku Iraq. Sanali oti athawe. Zipper adatsitsa maso ake osayankha kalikonse; anadziwa kuti wachiwiri kwa president anali olondola.
    
  "Bambo Vice Prezidenti, ndikuganiza kuti General McLanahan akhoza kulondola," adatero Jaffar. "Sindikudziwa zachinsinsi izi zomwe Dr. Masters amakamba, koma ndikudziwa akuluakulu ankhondo omwe ali pansi pano, ndipo safuna kugonja. Lero tinalambalala gulu laling'ono lachitetezo ndikuwakakamiza kuti abwerere, koma apa akutiposa.
    
  "Anthu aku Turkey ali ndi magulu awiri ozungulira Mosul ndipo atumizidwa kumwera kwa ife," adatero Jaffar. "Asitikali aku Iraq ali ndi magawo okwanira m'malo obisalamo kuti awaletse ngati kuli kofunikira. Koma gulu langa ndi gulu lokhalo lokhalo lomwe limatsutsana ndi magulu awiri ankhondo aku Turkey kumpoto kwa ife. Ndiko komwe ndimayang'ana kwambiri zankhondo zanga ndikukonzekera chilichonse cha anthu aku Turkey. " Anaimirira ndi kuvala chisoti chake. "General McLanahan, muyimitsa ndege zanu zowunikira komanso magulu oyendetsa ndege kumadera akumpoto, kumpoto momwe mungathere osalumikizana, ndikuchenjeza za kupita patsogolo kwa Turkey."
    
  "Inde, Colonel," adatero Patrick. "Ndikukhudzidwanso ndi gulu lankhondo laku Turkey, makamaka ma helikoputala a F-15E, A-10 ndi AC-130 a Second Tactical Air Force okhala ku Diyarbakir. Akaganiza zowabweretsa akhoza kuwononga asilikali athu."
    
  "Mukutanthauza chiyani, Patrick?" Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti Phoenix adafunsa.
    
  "Bwana, muyenera kutsimikizira Purezidenti Gardner kuti tikufunika kuyang'aniridwa ndi Diyarbakir ndi njira yoyankhira ngati aku Turkey atiukira kwambiri." Patrick anatulutsa memory card yotetezedwa mu kapu yapulasitiki. "Iyi ndi ndondomeko yanga yowunikiranso komanso ndondomeko yowukira. Pulatifomu yathu yayikulu yowunikiranso ndi kuwundana kwa ma microsatellites omwe Sky Masters Incorporated imatha kuwulutsa mu orbit kuti iwonetsere dziko la Turkey mosalekeza. Zitha kukhala zikuyenda mkati mwa maola angapo. Dongosolo lowukirali lidakhazikitsidwa ndikugwiritsa ntchito ma module apadera mu ndege yathu ya XC-57 yomwe imatha kusokoneza ndikuwononga zida zowongolera ndi kuwongolera ku Diyarbakir. "
    
  "Ndinkaganiza kuti XC-57 ndi ndege yoyendera komanso yodziwitsira anthu, Patrick," adatero Phoenix ndikumwetulira kodziwa.
    
  "Bola tikapanda kuukira Diyarbakir, bwana, ndizo zokha," adatero Patrick. "Kuwukiraku kudzaphatikiza ma nettrusion - kulowerera kwa netiweki - kusokoneza ndi kudzaza maukonde awo, kutsatiridwa ndi chida champhamvu cha microwave chowononga zida zamagetsi m'ndege iliyonse yogwira ntchito kapena malo. Titha kupitiliza kuphulitsa bomba ngati kuli kofunikira. "
    
  "Kuukira kwa bomba?"
    
  "Air Expeditionary Squadron 7," adatero Patrick. "Ichi ndi gawo laling'ono la ophulitsira mabomba a B-1B Lancer, opangidwa ndi gulu la akatswiri ku Palmdale, California, lomwe limayika ndegeyo m'malo osungira ndege ndikuzibweretsanso kukonzeka kumenya nkhondo. Pakali pano ali ndi mabomba asanu ndi awiri omwe atumizidwa ku United Arab Emirates. Anagwiritsidwa ntchito pochita ntchito zothandizira mwadzidzidzi ku Second Regiment ndi magulu ena ankhondo ku Iraq. "
    
  "Kodi iyi ndi gulu la Air Force, Patrick?"
    
  "Ali ndi dzina la Air Force, ndikukhulupirira kuti adapangidwa motsogozedwa ndi Air Force Materiel, ndipo amalamulidwa ndi Lieutenant Colonel wa Air Force," Patrick adayankha, "koma ambiri mwa mamembalawo ndi anthu wamba."
    
  "Kodi gulu lonse lankhondo lilandidwa ndi makontrakitala, Patrick?" - Phoenix adamwetulira molakwika. Anagwedeza mutu mokhumudwa. "Sindimakonda lingaliro lakuphulitsa dziko la Turkey ngakhale atatimenya mwachindunji, koma ngati iyi ndi njira yomaliza, ikuwoneka yaying'ono komanso yamphamvu kuti ntchitoyi ichitike popanda kuyambitsa nkhondo yapadziko lonse lapansi pakati pa ogwirizana ndi NATO."
    
  "Maganizo anga ali ofanana ndendende, bwana."
    
  "Ndipereka mapulani anu ku Washington, Patrick," adatero Phoenix, "koma tiye tikukhulupirira kuti sitifika kulikonse komwe kukukweraku." Anatembenukira kwa mkulu wa Iraq. "Mtsamunda Jaffar, ndikudziwa kuti dziko lino ndi lanu komanso gulu lanu lankhondo, koma ndikupemphani kuti musonyeze kudziletsa komwe munasonyeza lero. Sitikufuna kumenyana ndi anthu aku Turkey. Izi zomwe zili ndi mabokosi achinsinsi omwe adawonongeka zilibe kanthu ngati miyoyo ili pachiwopsezo. "
    
  "Ndi ulemu wonse, bwana, mwalakwitsa pazinthu ziwiri," adatero Jaffar. "Monga ndidanenera, sindikudziwa za mabokosi akuda komanso sindisamala. Koma sitikunena za mabokosi akuda, tikunena za gulu lankhondo lakunja lomwe likubwera kunyumba kwanga. Ndipo lero sindinasonyeze kudziletsa kwa a Turkey. Tidawaposa; panalibe chifukwa chomenyera nkhondo pokhapokha atafuna. Iwo ndi amene anasonyeza kudziletsa, osati ine. Koma anthu a ku Turkey akabwerera adzabwera mwaunyinji, ndiye ife tidzamenyana. General McLanahan, ndikuyembekeza mwachidule za dongosolo lanu lotumiza anthu pakadutsa ola limodzi. "
    
  "Ndikhala wokonzeka, Mtsamunda," Patrick anatero.
    
  "Pepani bwana, koma ndiyenera kukonzekera asilikali anga kunkhondo," adatero Jaffar, kugwadira Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti Phoenix. "Mtsamunda Wilhelm, ndikuyenera kukuthokozani poonetsetsa kuti a Nala ali otetezeka ine kulibe. Kodi ndingadalire inu ndi amuna anu kuti muteteze Nala panthawi yomwe tikutumizidwa, monga mwachitira kale? "
    
  "Inde," anatero Wilhelm. "Ndipo ndikufuna ndikakhale nawo pazokambirana zanu ngati ndingathe."
    
  "Mwalandiridwa nthawi zonse, Mtsamunda. Mudziwitsidwa. Usiku wabwino." Ndipo Jaffar adachoka, akutsatiridwa ndi Patrick, Wayne ndi John.
    
  "Kodi ukuganizabe kuti ili ndi lingaliro labwino, General?" Wilhelm anafunsa asananyamuke. "Jaffar akumenyera dziko lake. Mukumenyera chiyani tsopano? Ndalama?"
    
  Jaffar anazimitsidwa, ndipo anamuona akukukuta ndi kupukuta zibakera zake ndi kuwongola msana wake mokwiya, koma sanachite kalikonse ndipo sananene kanthu. Koma Patrick anayima ndikutembenukira kwa William. "Mukudziwa chiyani, Colonel?" Adatelo Patrick uku akumwetulira pang'ono. "A Iraqi sanandipatse kasenti. Palibe cent." Ndipo adachoka.
    
    
  MUTU WACHISANU NDI CHIWIRI
    
    
  Palibe anthu akuluakulu padziko lapansi pano, koma zovuta zazikulu zomwe anthu wamba amakumana nazo.
    
  ADMIRAL WILLIAM FREDERICK HALSEY JR (1882-1959)
    
    
    
  PAFUPI NAKHLA ALLIED AIR BASE, IRAQ
  M'MAWA M'MAWA
    
    
  Magulu awiri a anthu asanu ndi atatu a asilikali apadera a ku Turkey, bordo bereliler, kapena "Bordo Bereliler", kapena "Burgundy Berets", anafika pa siteshoni cha m'ma 3 koloko m'mawa. Iwo anachita bwino kwambiri HALO skydive, kapena high-high, low-opening skydive, kudera la makilomita pafupifupi asanu kumpoto kwa Tall Qaifa. Atatera ndikuyika ma parachuti awo, adatsimikizira malo awo, adayang'ana antchito, zida ndi zida ndikulowera kumwera. Atangotsala pang'ono kufika pafupi ndi malo oyendera anthu pafupifupi mamailosi awiri kuchokera pamalo a ngozi a XC-57, adagawanika kukhala magulu awiri ofufuza ndikupita ku zolinga zawo.
    
  Zinatengera a Burgundy Berets pasanathe mphindi makumi atatu kuti adziwe kuti nzeru zonse zomwe adalandira kuchokera ku gulu la Captain Evren lomwe lili kunja kwa Allied Nala Air Base zinali zoona: a Iraqi adatumiza magulu anayi ankhondo kuzungulira malo a ngozi ya XC-57 ndipo anali kukhazikitsa. zisa zamfuti zamakina zokhala ndi mchenga kuti zitetezeke. Ena onse a brigade sanawonekere. Evren adanenanso kuti aku America akadali pamunsi, akuphunzitsidwa ndikuwongolera, koma amakhalanso ochenjera kwambiri.
    
  Anthu aku Iraq mwachiwonekere amayembekezera kuti china chake chichitike, mtsogoleri wa gulu la Ranger adaganiza, koma sanayike china choposa chitetezo cha chizindikiro. Iwo mwachiwonekere sanali kufunafuna ndewu ya akazitape. A Rangers akadatha kuyimitsa ntchito yawo ngati aku Iraq akanatumizanso magulu ena ankhondo mderali, koma sanatero. Ntchitoyi inali ikuchitikabe.
    
  Ndondomekoyi inali yopyapyala kwambiri, koma aliyense adachita bwino. Magulu oyendetsa ndege a Gawo Loyamba ndi Lachiwiri adatumiza magulu ankhondo opepuka amtundu wa UH-60 Black Hawk ndi ma helikoputala a CH-47F Chinook kuchokera mbali zisanu ndi imodzi, zonse zomwe zidakumana kudera la Nala motetezedwa ndi ma helikoputala a AH-1 Cobra. . Ma helikoputala anatera pansi pa bulangeti la kusokoneza ma electromagnetic spectrum, zomwe zinayimitsa makina onse a radar ndi mauthenga kupatulapo magulu omwe ankafuna kugwiritsa ntchito. Panthawi imodzimodziyo, asilikali apansi panthaka anathamangira kukawalimbikitsa. Pasanathe mphindi makumi atatu - m'kuphethira kwa diso, ngakhale pabwalo lankhondo lamakono - magulu anayi a Iraq omwe adazungulira malo a ngozi ya XC-57 adazingidwa ... ndi kuchulukitsa.
    
  Oteteza ku Iraq, pogwiritsa ntchito magalasi owonera usiku, amatha kuwona mizere yofiira ya zolozera za laser yaku Turkey ikudutsa m'munda kutsogolo kwawo, ndipo adakhala kumbuyo kwa zisa zamfuti zamakina zopangidwa ndi matumba a mchenga ndi zinyalala za XC-57. Kuukira kungayambe nthawi iliyonse.
    
  "Chenjerani, asilikali a ku Iraq," iwo anamva m"Chiarabu kuchokera pa chowuzira mawu m"galimoto ya asilikali onyamula zida a ku Turkey. "Awa ndi Brigadier General Ozek, wamkulu wa gululi. Mwazingidwa, ndipo ndikubweretsa zolimbikitsa zambiri pamene ndikulankhula. Ndikukulamulani-"
    
  Ndipo panthawiyo, imodzi mwa ma helikoputala a Chinook, yomwe inali itangofika kumene kuti itsitse asilikali, inasowa mumoto waukulu, ndikutsatiridwa ndi mfuti ya Cobra, yomwe inkayenda mayadi mazana angapo kuchokera pachitetezo, ndi helikopita ya Black Hawk, yomwe itangoyamba kumene. . Mbali yonse ya kumpoto ndi kumpoto chakum'mawa kwa malo a ngozi ya XC-57 mwadzidzidzi inawoneka ngati ikuyaka moto.
    
  "Karsi, Karsi, uyu ndi Kuvet, tili pamoto woopsa, kolowera sikudziwika!" - Mtsogoleri wa gulu logwira ntchito lachigawo chachiwiri adawulutsa. "Nenani. TSIRIZA!" Palibe yankho. Mkulu wankhondoyo adayang'ana paphewa lake lakumanzere ku Highway 3, pomwe gulu lake lakum'mawa lidathamangira kuthamangitsa ma Iraqi ...
    
  ... ndipo kudzera m'magalasi ake a masomphenya a usiku adawona kuwala kowopsa m'chizimezime pafupi makilomita atatu kumbuyo kwake - ndi kuthwanima kwa zinthu zazikulu kwambiri, zoyaka ndi kuphulika. "Karsi, uyu ndi Kuvet, nena dzina lako!"
    
  "Kuwombera kwabwino, Boomer," atero a Patrick McLanahan. Chombo choyamba cha AGM-177 Wolverine chinawombera mfuti ya CBU-97 sensor-fuse munition pamagalimoto otsogolera ankhondo akum'mawa omwe akuyenda kumwera monga gawo la Operation Nala. Atatsika kuchokera pamalo okwera mapazi zikwi khumi ndi zisanu, wopereka CBU-97 adatulutsa ma submunitions khumi, chilichonse chimagwiritsa ntchito ma skits anayi ndi laser ndi infrared. Magalimotowo atatsika molunjika pamzere wa magalimotowo, adayamba kuzungulira, ndipo m'mene amatero, adazindikira ndikuyika magalimoto onse omwe ali pansipa. Pautali womwe ankafuna, mbale iliyonse inaphulika pamwamba pa galimotoyo, n'kugwera mkuwa. Kadontho kakang'ono ka mkuwa wotentha kwambiri kanalowa mosavuta pa zida zankhondo zaku Turkey zomwe nthawi zambiri zimakhala zowonda kwambiri, ndikuwononga galimoto iliyonse yomwe ili m'msewu mkati mwa mtunda wa kilomita imodzi.
    
  "Zamveka, General," adatero Hunter Noble. "Wolverine" imayenda chakumadzulo chakumadzulo kwa GBU-97 yachiwiri, kenako ikuwukira asitikali omwe ali pafupi kwambiri ndi Nala ndi Makumi asanu ndi awiri. CBU-87 Combined Action Munition inali chida chophulitsira migodi chomwe chimatha kunyamula mabomba opitilira 200 kudera la makontena 3,000, mogwira ntchito motsutsana ndi asitikali ndi magalimoto opepuka. mlandu A Iraqi adzakhala ndi mavuto ndi magulu ankhondo a Mosul."
    
  "Ndikukhulupirira kuti sitifunikira," anatero Patrick. "Ndidziwitseni ngati-"
    
  "Vuto, Patrick - ndikuganiza kuti tataya Wolverine woyamba," adatero Boomer. "Kulumikizana kwatayika. Akanatha kuphedwa ngati atapezeka pa radar pomwe amaukira."
    
  "Tumizani Wolverine wachiwiri ku gulu lankhondo lakumadzulo," Patrick adalamula.
    
  "Akuyenda. Koma anyamata a Jaffar akhoza kulankhulana naye asanabwere."
    
  Chigawo chakum'maŵa cha magalimoto a ana a ku Turkey poyamba chinaimitsidwa ndi kuukira koyamba kwa Wolverine, koma opulumuka posakhalitsa anayamba kusuntha. Pomwe amathamangira kutsogolo kuti akakumane ndi Center Battalion, magulu angapo odana ndi akasinja aku Iraq obisika m'mabowo a akangaude mumsewu waukulu adawombera, kuwononga ma Humvees asanu ndi chonyamula zida za M113. Koma anthu aku Iraq posakhalitsa anawotchedwa kwambiri ndi asilikali ena a ku Turkey, ndipo anatsekeredwa mu "maenje a kangaude" awo. Mzere wa ma Humvees atatu adapeza mabowo atatu a kangaude ndipo mwachangu adawononga oyambawo ndi moto kuchokera ku zowombera ma grenade mamilimita makumi anayi.
    
  "Mkazi hena! Wa'if hena! Imani!" - Anthu aku Turkey adafuula mu Chiarabu. Iwo adatuluka mu Humvees awo, zida zokwezeka. "Tulukani tsopano, manja pa ...!"
    
  Mwadzidzidzi anamva chiphokoso chachikulu! ndipo mmodzi wa Humvees anaphulika m'kuphethira kwa diso. Kuphulikako kusanagwe, anamvanso kuphulika kwina! ndipo Humvee wachiwiri anaphulika, kutsatiridwa ndi wachitatu. Anthu a ku Turkey anagona chafufumimba, kufunafuna mdani yemwe anali atangophulitsa magalimoto awo ...
    
  ... ndipo patangopita nthawi pang'ono adawona kuti anali ndani: loboti yaku America yayitali mapazi khumi yokhala ndi mfuti yayikulu modabwitsa komanso chikwama chachikulu. "Yakwana nthawi yotayika," lobotiyo idatero mu Chituruki chopangidwa mwamagetsi. Analoza mfuti yaikulu ndi kulamula kuti: "Ponya chida chako." Anthu a ku Turkey anachitadi zimene anawauzira, n"kutembenuka n"kuthamangira anzawo. Anthu a ku Iraq anatuluka m'mabowo a kangaude, anatenga zida za anthu a ku Turkey ndi mivi yawo yotsalira ya anti-tank, ndipo anapita kukafunafuna zatsopano.
    
  "Anyamata a Jaffar akuchita bwino kum'mawa," adatero Charlie Turlock. "Ndikuganiza kuti gulu lonseli lagonjetsedwa, chifukwa cha Wolverine. Kumadzulo kuli bwanji, Zipper?"
    
  "Sizili bwino," adatero Wayne Macomber. "Anawombera akasinja ake" pagalimoto yaikulu iliyonse yokhala ndi zida yomwe inkafika pafupi, koma magalimoto amtundu wa Turkey omwe amawayandikira ankawoneka osatha.
    
  "Thandizo likufunika?"
    
  "General?"
    
  "Wolverine Wachiwiri mu mphindi zisanu," adatero Patrick. "Woyamba anali atavala yunifolomu ya tango. Koma tikadali ndi makampani awiri kummawa omwe ndikufuna kuyika kaye. Tikukhulupirira kuti ma Iraqi apitilizabe. "
    
  "Msilikali Jaffar?"
    
  "Pepani kuti ndasiya gulu lankhondo laling"ono chotere kumbuyo kwa ndege yofufuza," Jaffar analankhula mokweza mawu mkati mwa phokoso lamphamvu la injiniyo ndi anthu ambiri akukalipa. Magalimoto athu ena anawonongekanso.
    
  Patrick ankatha kuona pamene gulu lankhondo la Jaffar linali logwirizana ndi magulu anayi omwe ankayang'anira XC-57, ndipo monga Wolverine yachiwiri, analibe cholinga chochita zimenezi anthu a ku Turkey asanaukire. "General, ndili pafupi," adatero Charlie Turlock. "Ine ndi Zipper pamodzi titha kukhala okwanira kuchedwetsa anthu aku Turkey kwa nthawi yayitali."
    
  "Ayi, uli ndi mbali ya kummawa, Charlie; sitikufuna kuti wina achedwe ku mbali imeneyo," adatero Patrick. "Martinez, ndikufuna kuti utsogolere anyamata a Jaffar ndikuchita nawo."
    
  "Ndizosangalatsa, General," adayankha Angel Martinez, wamkulu wa gulu lofufuza milandu lomwe limatsagana ndi gulu lankhondo la Yusuf Jaffar. Martinez anali jack wa malonda onse ku Scion Aviation International: anali ndi maphunziro apolisi; adakonza ndikuyendetsa magalimoto ndi zida zomangira; ankadziwanso kuphika. Pamene ankafuna anthu odzipereka kuti apite ku Iraq, iye anali woyamba kukweza dzanja lake. Paulendo wautali wothawa, Wayne ndi Charlie adamupatsa maphunziro apansi pa momwe angagwiritsire ntchito chipangizo cha cybernetic infantry; Pamene Wayne Macomber adamulamula kuti alowe mu chishalo atafika ku Nala ndipo anali pafupi kuwononga asilikali a m'deralo, inali nthawi yake yoyamba kuyendetsa ndege ya CID.
    
  Tsopano iyi inali nthawi yake yachiwiri - ndipo anali pafupi kukumana ndi gulu lonse lankhondo la Turkey.
    
  "Mvetserani apa, Angel," Charlie adauza wailesi. "Mfuti zankhondo ndi njanji ndizabwino, koma zida zanu zazikulu zomwe muli mu CID ndizothamanga, kuyenda komanso kuzindikira momwe zinthu zilili. Zofooka zanu zazikulu ndi zida zazikulu zamagulu kapena zida zamakampani chifukwa zimatha kutha mphamvu zanu mwachangu. Muyenera kusuntha kuti zida zolemera zisayang'ane pa inu. Kuwombera, sunthani, jambulani, sunthani, womberani, sunthani. "
    
  "Charlie, mudandiphunzitsa mantra iyi kwa nthawi yayitali kuti ndibwereze ndikugona," adatero Martinez. Anathamanga patsogolo pa gulu lankhondo la Jaffar pa liwiro lochititsa chidwi, kupitirira makilomita makumi asanu pa ola kudutsa bwalo lotseguka. "Target in sight."
    
  "Anthu aku Turkey akuyang'ana kwambiri magulu akutsogolo," adatero Zipper, "koma mukangotsegula moto, iwo-"
    
  "Projectile kutali," adatero Martinez. Anadzigwetsa pansi pamalo osavuta, adasankha wonyamula zida zankhondo zaku Turkey m'maso mwake ndikumuwombera. Wonyamula zida zankhondoyo sanaphulike kapena kuyima pomwe adagundidwa ndi chitsulo cha tungsten chifukwa chipolopolo chaching'ono cha soseji chidadutsamo ngati sichinakhalepo - koma munthu aliyense mgalimotomo adang'ambika ndi zidutswa za zida zankhondo. chonyamulira antchito woonda zitsulo fuselage, mosadziletsa akuwuluka mkati galimoto. "Damn, ndiyenera kuti ndaphonya," adatero Martinez.
    
  "Ayi, koma muyenera kukumbukira kuwongolera gawo la injini, kutumiza, magazini kapena nyimbo, osati chipinda cha ogwira ntchito," adatero Zipper. "Ma projectiles amadutsa mosavuta muzitsulo zopyapyala kapena aluminiyamu. Mnyamata aliyense amene ali m"sitimayo angakhale atafa, koma galimotoyo ikhoza kumenyabe nkhondo ngati dalaivala kapena mkulu wa asilikali apulumuka."
    
  "Ndamva, Zipper," adatero Martinez. Atangoimirira, adamuwombera, kuphatikizapo zida zowombera mamilimita makumi anayi. Anathamangira chammbali mayadi 100, kufunafuna kumene zipolopolozi zinachokera. Posakhalitsa adapeza - osati imodzi, koma zonyamulira ziwiri zankhondo.
    
  "Angel, pitirizani kuyenda!" Charlie anakuwa. "Onyamula zida zankhondo ziwirizi anakufolani!"
    
  "Osati kwa nthawi yayitali," Martinez adayankha motero. Iye anatenga cholinga ndi kuwombera kutsogolo kwa gulu limodzi lonyamula zida. Nthawi yomweyo inagwedezeka ndikuyima, ndipo posakhalitsa moto unabuka m"chipinda cha injini. Koma Martinez sanasangalale ndi mawonedwewo chifukwa zida zina ziwiri zonyamula zida zinali kumulunjika. Nthawi yomweyo anakopera malo awo m'chikumbukiro cha kompyuta yake, ndipo anatenga cholinga, ndipo anawombera. Koma adayenda mwachangu ndipo adangogwira imodzi asanathawe chifukwa amamuwombera ndi mnzake. "Anyamata, ndikumva kuti amayembekezera kutipeza kuno," iye anatero. "Akundimenya."
    
  "Yembekezani pamene mukuthamanga ndikuwombera momwe mungathere mukayima," adatero Zipper. "Osafuna mpaka utayimitsidwa."
    
  "Zikuwoneka ngati akutithamangitsa," adatero Charlie. Anaponya mizinga inayi kuchokera mchikwama chake, chomwe chinali ndi ma radar a infrared ndi millimeter-wave omwe amawaloza pagulu la zida zinayi zankhondo zaku Turkey zomwe zidawonekera kuchokera kum'mawa. "Osachepera izi zimapereka mwayi kwa asitikali a Jaffar-"
    
  "Ma helikopita akubwera, akulowera kumpoto chakumadzulo, makilomita asanu!" -Patrick adakuwa. "Zikuoneka ngati ngalawa zankhondo zotsatiridwa ndi munthu wozonda! Zatsika kwambiri kuti ndisawazindikirenso!" Martinez asanayambe kufunafuna obwera kumene, gulu lankhondo laku Turkey la Cobra lidawombera mzinga wotsogozedwa ndi laser wa Hellfire.
    
  "Kuzemba kusuntha, Angel!" Zipper anakuwa. Tsopano kuti helikopita ya Kiowa Scout yokhala ndi chilolezo cha US koma yomangidwa ku Turkey idayenera kusunga laser yake pa Martinez, idakhala chandamale chosavuta chamfuti ya njanji ya Macomber, ndipo adaphulitsa cholumikizira pamtengo wa helikopita kamphindi pambuyo pake ... chida chamoto cha Hellfire chinagunda Martinez pachifuwa chakumanzere.
    
  "Mngelo wagonjetsedwa! Mngelo wagonjetsedwa!" Zipper anakuwa. Anayesa kuthamangira kwa iye, koma moto wosalekeza wochokera ku gulu lankhondo lomwe linali kutsogolo kwa magulu achitetezo a Jaffar unamukhomerera pansi. "Sindingathe kufika kwa iye," adatero, akuwombera ma APC ena oyandikira, kenaka adakwezanso mfuti yake ya njanji. "Sindikudziwa kuti tingawaletse mpaka liti anthuwa. Ndili ndi mphamvu makumi asanu pa zana limodzi ndipo zida zatsala. "
    
  Patrick anati: "Wolverine adzakhala ali pamwamba pakapita mphindi imodzi." "Ma helikoputala enanso akubwera!"
    
  "Ndiyesera kupita ku Martinez," adatero Zipper.
    
  "Anthu aku Turkey ali pafupi kwambiri, Wayne," adatero Patrick.
    
  "Titha kuthawa, koma sindichoka popanda Martinez." Zipper adawomberanso kangapo, kudikirira kuti moto wobwerera utsike, kenako adati, "Ndine pano-"
    
  Panthawiyo, kuwala kokwanira khumi ndi ziwiri kudawala kuchokera kumadzulo, ndipo mphindi zochepa pambuyo pake, magalimoto okhala ndi zida za Turkey adayamba kuphulika ngati zowombera moto. "Pepani, ndachedwanso, mabwana," adayankha motero Yusuf Jaffar, "koma sindikuzolowera liwiro lanu. Ndikuganiza kuti ukhoza kutenga mnzako, Macomber. "
    
  "Ndanyamuka!" Zipper adayambitsa ma injini pa nsapato za zida zake za Tin Man ndipo pakudumpha katatu anali pafupi ndi Martinez. Panthawiyi, nthaka yomwe ili kutsogolo kwake inayamba kuphulika ndikuphulika ngati madzi ophwanyika mu poto yotentha yotentha pamene Wolverine anayamba kuponya mabomba ndi mabomba kwa asilikali a Turkey. Mpweya udadzaza ndi utsi komanso kukuwa kwa anthu aku Turkey omwe adatsekeredwa. "Uli bwino pamenepo, Angel?" Zipper adadziwa kuchokera ku datalink yake ya biometric kuti Martinez anali moyo, koma mbali yakumanzere ya loboti idawonongeka ndipo sanathe kusuntha kapena kulumikizana. Zipper adanyamula loboti. "Dikirani, Martinez. Zitha kukupweteka pang'ono ukatera. "
    
  Atangoyatsa injini, mzinga wa Hellfire wothamangitsidwa kuchokera ku mfuti ya ku Turkey Cobra unaphulika pamalo omwe anali atangochoka kumene, ndipo Zipper ndi Martinez anagwetsedwa kuchokera kumwamba ngati nkhunda zadothi zomwe zinawomberedwa ndi mbalame.
    
  Zida za BERP zidateteza Zipper kuphulikako, koma atafika, adapeza kuti zida zake zonse zidada ndipo zinali chete. Sanachitire mwina koma kuvula chisoti chake. Ataunikiridwa ndi moto wapafupi wa magalimoto oyaka, adawona Martinez atagona pamtunda wa mayadi makumi asanu ndikuthamangira kwa iye. Koma atangofika mkati mwa mayadi makumi awiri, nthaka inaphulika ndi zipolopolo zazikulu zamtundu, zomwe zinadzaza malo ozungulira loboti. Mfuti ya Cobra inayandikira pafupi ndi kuwombera ndipo inali kupopera ndi zipolopolo za millimita makumi awiri. Zipper adadziwa kuti atsatira. Popanda mphamvu, zida zake za BERP sizikanamuteteza.
    
  Anayang'ana pobisalira. Chisa chapafupi cha Iraq cha mfuti chozungulira XC-57 chinali pafupi mayadi zana. Sanafune kumusiya Martinez, koma panalibe njira yomwe akanatha kumunyamula, choncho anathamanga. Adaganiza modandaula, mwina kuthawa kudapangitsa kuti woyendetsa ndege wa Cobra amuphe. Anamva mfuti yamagetsi ikutsegula ndipo adayesa kuthawa ndikuthawa pang'ono monga momwe adachitira ngati wosewera mpira ku Air Force Academy. Ndani akudziwa momwe zida zankhondo za ku Turkey zilili zabwino, iye ankaganiza kuti akuyembekezera kuti zipolopolo ziphulike mwa iye. Mwina-
    
  Ndiyeno anamva kuphulika koopsa, kwamphamvu kwambiri ndiponso koyandikira moti n"kumugwetsa. Atatembenuka ndikuyang'ana m'mwamba nthawi yomweyo adawona ndege ya Cobra ikugwera pamunda womwe unali patali ndi mayadi khumi ndi awiri. Pamene phokoso la chitsulo choyaka chinkamukuta, iye analumpha n"kuthawa. Kutentha ndi utsi wotsamwitsa zinamukakamiza kuti abakha pamene ankathamanga, ndipo ankamva ndi kumva mizinga ndi zipolopolo zomwe zinali pa helikopita yoyaka moto zikubalalika kumbuyo kwake. Kodi sichingakhale chibwana, iye anaganiza, kupeŵa kusandutsidwa tchizi ku Swiss ndi helikoputala yakuukira kwa Cobra kuti zipolopolo za helikopita zifike kwa iye? Zachidziwikire, uwu ndi mwayi wanga, adaganiza, umu ndi momwe ndiyenera-
    
  Mwadzidzidzi anangoona ngati wathamangira m'chingala chachitsulo. "Hey, hey, chepetsani pamenepo, Bambo Kalulu," anamva mawu apakompyuta a mkulu wofufuza milandu. Anali Charlie yemwe anathawa malo ake kummawa. "Zonse zimveka bwino ndi inu. Tengani kamphindi. Wataya chovala chako kumutu?"
    
  "Ndataya chirichonse ... Suti yafa," adatero Zipper. "Pita ukatenge Martinez." Charlie anadikirira kamphindi pang'ono, akutchinjiriza Zipper ndi zida zake mpaka kuphulika kunayima pa Cobra yomwe idagwa, kenaka adathamanga mozungulira chiwonongeko choyaka. Anabwerako patadutsa mphindi zingapo atanyamula CID ina. Kenako adakoka Martinez ndi dzanja limodzi ndikukweza Macomber kubwerera pamalo otetezedwa pafupi ndi XC-57 ndi linalo.
    
  "Mfuti zambiri zikuyandikira," adatero Charlie, akukweza njanji yake ndikusanthula mlengalenga ndi masensa a CID. "Ambiri akutsatira gulu la Jaffar, koma pali banja lomwe likutitsatira." Anakhala kaye kaye pang"ono, n"kumaphunzira za zithunzi za pakompyuta za m"bwalo lankhondo. "Ndiwasokoneza," iye anatero, kenako anathamangira kum"mawa.
    
  Zipper adasuzumira kuseri kwa chikwama cha mchenga...
    
  Nthawi yomweyo adagwetsedwa, kuchititsidwa khungu, kugontha, kukazinga ndikuponyedwa ndi ziboliboli zapamwamba pomwe chidacho chidatera mayadi ochepa kumbuyo kwake. Tsoka lake silinakomoke moti chomwe anangochita chinali kugona pansi ndikumva kuwawa mutu wonse ukungomva ngati briquette ya malasha. Koma patangopita masekondi angapo anamukweza pansi. "C-Charlie ...?"
    
  "Mfuti yanga ya njanji ndi DOA," adatero Charlie uku akuthamanga. "Ndikukutulutsani-" Mwadzidzidzi anaima, kutembenuka ndi kugwada, kutetezera Wak kuphulika kogonthetsa m"kutu kwa mizinga ya Cobra. "Ndikuika pansi ndikutenga chinthu ichi," adatero. "Sakukufuna, akufuna-" Woyendetsa ndege wa Cobra anawomberanso. Zipper anamva zipolopolo zazikulu zikumukankhira iye ndi Charlie ngati kuti ali ndi misana yawo ku mphepo yamkuntho. "Ine...ndikutha mphamvu," adatero pambuyo pa kutha kwa zipolopolo zaposachedwa. "Kuphulika kotsiriza kunagunda chinachake ... Ndikuganiza kuti inali batri. sindikuganiza kuti ndingathe kusuntha. " Cobra anatsegulanso moto...
    
  Nthawi yomweyo anamva kuphulika kumbuyo kwawo, kulira kwa mizinga kunasiya ndipo anamva kulira kwa helikoputala ina ikugwa. Palibe amene anasuntha mpaka anamva magalimoto akuyandikira. "Charlie?"
    
  "Ndikhoza kusuntha, koma ndikuchedwa," iye anatero. "Kodi muli bwino?"
    
  "Ndili bwino". Zipper adatuluka mopweteka m'manja mwa makina ofufuza zaupandu ndikuyang'ana aku Turkey. "Khalani pamene muli. Tili ndi kampani. " Magalimoto anali pafupi kuwafika. Iye analibe zida, palibe chimene akanatha kumenyana nacho. Palibe chomwe akanatha -
    
  "Kwezani manja anu osasuntha," adamva mawu akuti ... liwu la America. Zipper adachita monga adawuzidwa. Adawona kuti galimotoyo inali gulu lachitetezo cha air air Avenger. Msilikali wina wa asilikali anabwera kwa iye atavala magalasi oonera usiku, amene anakweza. "Muyenera kukhala anyamata angapo a Scion chifukwa sindinawonepo chilichonse chonga inu awiri."
    
  "Macomber, uyu ndi Turlock," adatero Zipper. "Ndili ndi mnyamata wina pamenepo." Sajentiyo anayimba mluzu ndikugwedezera, ndipo patangopita nthawi pang'ono hummer adayimilira ndikutsegula kumbuyo. Zipper adathandizira kukweza Charlie mu Hummer. Atabwezedwa ku Nala, adatenga humvee wina, adabweranso ndipo adapeza Martinez, adalamula asitikali angapo kuti amukweze ndikubwerera naye ku base.
    
  Martinez anali atakomoka, anali ndi mafupa angapo othyoka komanso magazi ochepa m'kati mwake, ndipo anatengedwera ku chipatala kuti akachite opaleshoni yadzidzidzi; Charlie ndi Zipper adayesedwa ndipo anali bwino, Zipper anali ndi mabala angapo, amawotcha ndi mikwingwirima. Iye ndi Zipper adatengedwa kupita kumalo otetezera kumapeto kwa msewu wonyamukira ndege, pomwe a Humvees awiri, positi yankhondo ya Stryker, ndi gulu la Avenger zidabisidwa pang'ono ndi zowunikira kumapeto kwa msewu wonyamukira ndege komanso cholumikizira cholumikizira zida. kumanga. Atayima kunja kwa Stryker, akuyang'ana nkhondoyi pogwiritsa ntchito ma binoculars opangidwa ndi zithunzi, anali Patrick McLanahan, Hunter Noble, John Masters, Captain Calvin Cotter, woyang'anira kayendetsedwe ka ndege, ndi Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti Kenneth Phoenix ndi gulu lake la Secret Service.
    
  "Odala inu muli bwino," Patrick anatero. Anapereka mipiringidzo ya madzi ndi mphamvu. "Kunali pafupi."
    
  "N'chifukwa chiyani muli pano?" - anafunsa Macomber.
    
  "Kusokonezako kudasokoneza radar yathu yonse komanso mauthenga athu ambiri," adatero Cotter. "Ku Triple-C kuli mdima pang'ono. Nditha kupeza njira yolumikizirana ndi laser kuchokera pano. "
    
  "Mawu awa ndi chiyani, General?" Wayne anafunsa. "Tinavulazidwa bwanji?"
    
  "Amati zonse zatsala pang"ono kutha," anatero Patrick. Wayne anapachika mutu wake mokhumudwa ... Mpaka Patrick anawonjezera kuti, "Zatsala pang'ono kutha, ndipo zikuwoneka ngati tapambana."
    
  "Palibe vuto?"
    
  "Ndi chithandizo cha CIDS, inu ndi a Wolverines, tinatsala pang'ono kuletsa anthu a ku Turkey," Patrick anatero. "Anthu a ku Turkey sankayembekezera kuti anthu a ku Iraq angamenye nkhondo kwambiri choncho, ndipo anyamata a Jaffar anawaukira mokwiya. Kenako, William atalowa nawo, aku Turkey adatembenuka ndikupita kumpoto. "
    
  "Ndidamva kuti Wilhelm sangokhala kumbuyo pomwe Jaffar amapita uku ndi uku," adatero Zipper.
    
  "Zinali ma brigade anayi kwa awiri, kuphatikiza inu anyamata ndi zoponya zapamadzi, koma zinali zokwanira kwa aku Turkey," adatero Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti Phoenix. "Ndimaona ngati mitima yawo inalibe mmenemo. Anabwera ku Iraq kudzasaka PKK, osati kumenyana ndi Iraq ndi America. Kenako adayamba kumenyana ndi maloboti ndi asitikali okhala ndi zida omwe amawombera mfuti za njanji za Buzz Lightyear ndipo adagawana. "
    
  "Ndikhulupirira, bwana," anatero Patrick. "Koma sindimakhulupirira Hirsiz ngakhale pang'ono. PKK yamukankhira kale pamphepete, ndipo tsopano tamugonjetsa. Iye mwina adzakalipira. Sindikuganiza kuti angayime kuphulitsa mabizinesi ena omwe amati ndi ochezeka ku PKK ku Erbil. "
    
  "Zikuwoneka ngati Jaffar akulimbitsa magulu ake omenyera kutsogolo ndikuyamba kubweza zomwe adaluza," adatero Cotter pomwe amatuluka mu Stryker ndikuwunika dera lakumpoto kwa malo awo ndi ma binoculars. "Mtsamunda Wilhelm ndi Major Weatherly asunga magulu awo ankhondo pamzere ngati ... inde! " Cotter anakuwa pamene kuwala koyera modabwitsa kunapyoza thambo la usiku, ndendende pamene iye ankayang"ana.
    
  Kuwala koyambirira kunatsatiridwa ndi mazana a ena, chirichonse choŵala kuposa chomalizira, ndiyeno panamveka phokoso la kuphulika kwamphamvu ndi mkokomo wa mpweya wotentha kwambiri. Mitambo yamoto inakwera mamita mazanamazana kupita kumwamba, ndipo posakhalitsa anamva kutentha kumawaphimba ngati mafunde a m"nyanja akuwomba m"mphepete mwa nyanja.
    
  "Chimenecho chinali chiyani?" Phoenix anali kulira. Iye ndi John Masters anathandiza Cotter, yemwe anachititsidwa khungu ndi kung'animako, kuti agwe pansi ndi kumuthira madzi kumaso.
    
  "Zimamveka ngati bomba la napalm kapena thermobaric," adatero Macomber. Anatenga ma binoculars a Cotter, n"kukonzanso mabwalo amagetsi a magetsi aja kuti nayenso asamuchititse khungu, n"kuunikanso malowo. "Yesu... Yesu..."
    
  "Ndani wamenyedwa, Wayne?" -Patrick anafunsa.
    
  "Zikuwoneka ngati magulu awiri akutsogolo a Jaffar," adatero Zipper mwakachetechete. "Mulungu, izi ziyenera kukhala momwe gehena amawonekera kumusi uko." Anayang'ana malo ozungulira malo ophulikawo. "Anyamata athu sindikuwaona. Ndiyesetsa kulumikizana ndi Wilhelm ndipo-"
    
  Pomwepo, kung'anima kuwiri kwakukulu kowala kunachitika, kutsatiridwa mphindi pang'ono ndi kuphulika kuwiri kwamphamvu ... nthawi ino, kumbuyo kwawo, mkati mwa maziko. Chivomezicho chinagwetsa aliyense pansi ndipo anakwawa kuti atetezeke. Kumwamba kunakwera mitambo iwiri ikuluikulu ya bowa. "Chibisani!" Patrick anafuula motero chifukwa cha chipwirikiti chonga chimphepo chamkuntho pamene utsi unatuluka pamwamba pawo. "Pitani pansi pa Stryker!" Othandizira Secret Service adakokera Phoenix mu Hummer yake ndipo wina aliyense adakwawa pansi pa Stryker pomwe adagundidwa ndi zinyalala zazikulu zomwe zidagwa.
    
  Zinatenga nthawi yaitali kuti zinyalala zakuphazo zisiye kugwa, kwanthaŵi yaitali munthu asanapume mokwanira m"mitambo yotsamwitsa yafumbi ndi utsi, ndipo ngakhalenso nthaŵi yotalikirapo munthu asanapeze kulimba mtima kuti aimirire ndi kufufuza malowo. Penapake pakati pa mazikowo panali moto wamphamvu.
    
  "Ndakhala pafupi kwambiri ndi bomba lomwe laphulika kawiri kale!" John Masters anakuwa. "Osandiwuza - palinso mabomba aku Turkey, sichoncho?"
    
  "Kungakhale kulingalira kwanga," adatero Patrick. "Anagunda chiyani?"
    
  M'modzi mwa ogwira nawo ntchito a Stryker adatuluka mgalimoto yake, ndipo wina aliyense atamuwona maso ake akutuluka ndi nsagwada zake, mantha adayenda m'misana yawo. "Zoyipa," adapuma, "ndikuganiza kuti angogwira Triple-C."
    
    
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  "Mukutanthauza chiyani iwo abwerera?" Purezidenti Kurzat Hirsiz adafunsa. "N"chifukwa chiyani anabwerera? Anaposa ma Iraqi asanu mpaka mmodzi!
    
  "Ndikudziwa, a Purezidenti, ndikudziwa," adatero Nduna ya Chitetezo Hassan Dzizek. "Koma sanali kulimbana ndi ma Iraqi okha. Asilikali a ku America adawathandiza."
    
  "Mulungu ... kotero ifenso tinamenyana ndi Amereka," adatero Hirsiz. Anapukusa mutu. "Zinali zoyipa kuti tidaganiza zopanga nawo ma Iraqi pankhondoyi; Sindinkayembekezera kuti anthu aku America nawonso achitepo kanthu."
    
  "Komanso maloboti awiri aku America ndi amodzi mwa asitikali a Tin Woodman," adawonjezeranso Jizek.
    
  "Chani?" Hirsiz anaphulika. "Tinavulazidwa bwanji?"
    
  "Zoyipa kwambiri, bwana," adatero Jizek. "Mwina makumi awiri pa zana kapena kupitilira apo."
    
  "Maperesenti makumi awiri ... pankhondo imodzi?" liwu linakuwa. Anali Prime Minister Ice ¸e Akas. Sanawonekere pagulu chilengezo chaboma komanso kuthetsedwa kwa Nyumba Yamalamulo, koma wakhala nthawi yayitali akukumana ndi opanga malamulo. "Bambo President, mukuganiza kuti mukutani?"
    
  "Sindinakuitane pano, Prime Minister," adatero Hirsiz. "Tinachitanso zoyipa kwambiri kwa ma Iraqi. Mukufuna chiyani? Kuti ndisiye ntchito, ndikukhulupirira. "
    
  "Kurzat, chonde siyani misala iyi tsopano isanakhale nkhondo yayikulu ndi Iraq ndi United States," adachonderera Akas. "Zithetseni. Nenani za chipambano ndipo tengerani ankhondo kunyumba.
    
  "Osati mpaka PKK itawonongedwa, Ace," adatero Hirsiz.
    
  "Ndiye n'chifukwa chiyani ukuukira High Kaif?" Anafunsa Akas. "Pali ma PKK ochepa m'derali."
    
  "Panali vuto pamalowa omwe amayenera kuthetsedwa," adatero Hirsiz.
    
  "Ndikudziwa za ndege ya akazitape yaku America - mumandilolabe kuwonera TV, ngakhale mudatenga foni yanga ndi pasipoti ndikundisunga maola 24," adatero Akas. "Koma bwanji mukuwononga miyoyo yaku Turkey chifukwa cha chitsulo choyaka?" Anayang'ana Jizek. "Kapena ndi akuluakulu ankhondo tsopano?"
    
  "Ndikadali woyang'anira pano, nduna yayikulu, mutha kutsimikiza za izi," adatero Hirsiz.
    
  "Ndiye mwalamula kuti aphulitse Erbil?"
    
  "Mukufuna chiyani, Prime Minister?" Hirsiz anafunsa mwaukali, kufunafuna ndudu.
    
  "Ndikuganiza kuti undilole ndikumane ndi Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti Phoenix ku Erbil kapena Baghdad."
    
  "Ndinakuuzani kuti ayi," anatero Hirsiz. "Panthawi yadzidzidzi, Purezidenti ayenera kusankha zochita zonse, ndipo ndilibe nthawi yokumana ndi Phoenix kapena wina aliyense mpaka vutoli litathetsedwa. Kupatula apo, Phoenix akadali ku Nala ndipo ndizowopsa kuti ayende. "
    
  "Sindidzapita monga wotsutsa nkhondo, koma monga nduna yaikulu ya Turkey, yemwe, monga mudanenera, ali ndi mphamvu zochepa panthawi ya nkhondo pamene Nyumba Yamalamulo itatha ndipo bungwe la asilikali limalowa m'malo mwa nduna," adatero Akash. Anaima ndikuphethira mopanda kukhulupirira. "Munati Phoenix akadali ku Nala? Ali ku Nala Air Base? Kodi si kumeneko kumene kumenyanako, kumene anthu onsewa anafera?" Anaona Hirsiz ndi Jizek akuyang'anana. "Kodi pali chinanso? Chani?"
    
  Hirsiz anazengereza kumuuza, kenaka anagwedeza mutu ndi kumugwedeza Jizek. Komabe, izikhala m'nkhani posachedwa.
    
  "Tinaphulitsa Nala Air Base," adatero Dzizek. Chibwano cha Akas chidagwa modabwa. "Tidalunjika ku likulu lankhondo laku Iraq ndi America."
    
  "Mukutani? Kodi likulu lawo linaphulitsidwa ndi bomba?" Anakuwa Akas. "Mwapenga nonse nonse. Kodi Phoenix wamwalira?
    
  "Ayi, sanali m'nyumba panthawiyo," adatero Hirsiz.
    
  Ndiwe mwayi!
    
  "Sindinayambe kuwombera anthu aku Iraq ndi aku America mpaka atayamba kuwombera anthu aku Turkey!" Hirsiz anakuwa. "Sindinayambitse nkhondo imeneyi! PKK ikupha amuna, akazi ndi ana osalakwa, ndipo palibe amene amatilankhula. Chabwino, tsopano alankhula nafe, sichoncho? Adzakuwa, kudandaula ndi kundiopseza! Sindisamala ! Sindidzaima mpaka Iraq itasiya kusunga PKK ndikulonjeza kuti idzawachotsa. Mwina pambuyo pa imfa zingapo zaku America ku Iraq m'manja mwathu, adzalankhula nafe za kuwononga PKK. "
    
  Akas anayang"ana Hirsiz ngati kuti akuphunzira zojambula za mafuta kapena nyama m"malo osungiramo nyama, akuyesa kupeza kumvetsetsa kobisika kapena tanthauzo la zimene anaona. Chomwe ankatha kuzindikira chinali chidani. Sanayang"ane n"komwe m"mbuyo. "Ndi anthu angati aku America omwe adaphedwa pamalopo, Minister?"
    
  "Makumi awiri kapena makumi awiri ndi asanu, sindikukumbukira; pafupifupi zana ovulala," a Dzizek anayankha.
    
  "Mulungu wanga..."
    
  "Hei, mwina ndi lingaliro labwino kuti mukumane ndi Phoenix ndikulankhula ndi Gardner," adatero Cizek. Hirsiz anatembenuka, ali ndi maso modabwa ndipo nsagwada zake zitagwira ndi mkwiyo. Jizek anakweza dzanja lake. "Kurzat, ndikuopa kuti aku America abwereranso - mwina osati mwankhondo, osati nthawi yomweyo, koma ndi njira zina zonse zomwe ali nazo. Ngati sitikambilana nawo, akhoza kubwezera. Lengezani kuyimitsa moto, lamulani asitikali athu kuti agwire malo awo ndikulola Ice kupita ku Baghdad. Pakali pano, tidzadzazanso asilikali athu, kubweretsa ovulala ndi akufa athu, ndikuyamba kusonkhanitsa nzeru za PKK ndi omwe amawathandiza. Tiyenera kuwonetsetsa kuti tisataye thandizo la ogwirizana nawo, koma sitiyenera kusiya zonse zomwe tapeza. "
    
  Maonekedwe a Hirsiz anali osakanikirana ndi ukali ndi chisokonezo, ndipo mutu wake unagwedezeka kumbuyo kwa alangizi ake awiri ngati kuti walephera kulamulira. "TSIRIZA? Kuthetsa izo tsopano? Kodi tili pafupi kuwononga PKK kuposa momwe tinalili zikwi zisanu zapitazo? Ngati sitimaliza kuchita zimenezi, asilikali 5,000 amene anataya miyoyo yawo adzafa pachabe.
    
  "Ndikuganiza kuti tawonetsa dziko lapansi zovuta zathu, Kurzat," adatero Akas. "Mwawonetsanso dziko lapansi, makamaka a PKK ndi othandizira awo aku Kurdish, kuti dziko la Turkey litha kuchitapo kanthu kuti liteteze anthu ndi zokonda zake. Koma mukalola kuti zinthu zisamayende bwino, dziko lidzangoganiza kuti ndinu wamisala. Simukufuna kuti izi zichitike. "
    
  Hirsiz adaphunzira alangizi ake onse awiri. Akas adawona kuti apulezidenti akuwoneka kuti ali yekhayekha ndi wachiwiri. Anabwerera pa desiki lake nakhala pansi movutikira, akuyang'ana pawindo lalikulu lazithunzi. Dzuwa linali likungotuluka ndipo zimawoneka ngati tsikulo kuzizira komanso kozizira, Akas adaganiza, zomwe ziyenera kupangitsa Hirsiz kudzimva yekhayekha.
    
  "Zomwe ndimayesera kuchita ndikuteteza anthu aku Turkey," adatero mwakachetechete. "Zomwe ndinkafuna kuchita zinali kusiya kupha."
    
  "Tidzachita, Kurzat," adatero Akas. "Tidzachita izi limodzi - nduna yanu, asitikali, aku America ndi aku Iraq. Tiphatikiza aliyense. Simuyenera kuchita izi nokha. "
    
  Hirsiz anatseka maso ake, kenako anagwedeza mutu. "Lengezani kuyimitsa moto posachedwa, Hassan," adatero. "Tapanga kale dongosolo lochotsamo magawo: malizitsani gawo loyamba ndi lachiwiri."
    
  Nduna ya chitetezo cha dziko inagwa modabwa. "Phase two?" anafunsa. "Koma, bwana, uku ndikokokera asilikali kubwerera kumalire. Mukutsimikiza kuti mukufuna kusiya zambiri? Ndikupangira ife-"
    
  "Ice, mutha kudziwitsa Nduna Yachilendo kuti tikufuna kukumana nthawi yomweyo ndi aku America ndi aku Iraq kuti tikambirane za oyendera mayiko ndi oteteza mtendere kuti aziyang'anira malire," adatero Hirsiz. "Muthanso kudziwitsa Spika wa Nyumba Yamalamulo kuti, podikirira kuti achoke ku Iraq mwamtendere komanso bwino, ndikuchotsa vuto ladzidzidzi ndikukhazikitsanso Nyumba yamalamulo."
    
  Ice Akas adayandikira Hirsiz ndikumukumbatira. "Wasankha bwino, Kurzat," iye anatero. "Ndigwira ntchito nthawi yomweyo." Adamwetulira Jizek ndikutuluka mwachangu muofesi ya apulezidenti.
    
  Hirsiz anaima kwa nthawi yaitali pa tebulo lake nasuzumira pawindo; kenako anacheuka ndipo anadabwa kuona nduna yake ya National Defense idakali mu ofesi yake. "Hasan?"
    
  "Ukuchita chiyani, Kurzat?" - Anafunsa Jizek. "Kusiya moto: chabwino.
    
  Izi zidzatipatsa nthawi yoti tikonzenso, kulimbikitsana ndikuphatikizananso. Koma bwererani kumalire tisanakhale ndi mwayi wopanga malo osungira ndikuwononga PKK?
    
  "Ndatopa, Hassan," Hirsiz anatero motopa. "Tataya anthu ambiri ..."
    
  "Asilikali amwalira poteteza dziko lawo, Purezidenti!" Jizek anatero. "Mukabwerera m"mbuyo opaleshoniyo isanathe, afera pachabe! Wanena wekha!"
    
  "Tikhala ndi mwayi wina, Hassan. Tsopano tili ndi chidwi cha dziko lonse lapansi. Adzamvetsetsa kuti ndife ozama pankhani yolimbana ndi PKK. Tsopano perekani malamulo anu.
    
  Jizek amawoneka ngati apitiliza kukangana, koma m'malo mwake adangogwedeza mutu ndikutuluka.
    
    
  NAKHLA ALLIED AIR BASE, IRAQ
  PATAPITA KANTHAWI YOCHEPA
    
    
  "Ndikukhulupirira kuti zikadakhala zoyipa kwambiri kwa ife," adatero Mtsamunda Jack Wilhelm. Anayimiliranso m'malo awo osungiramo mitembo mu malo akuluakulu osungiramo ndege, kuyang'anira kukonzekera mabwinja a asilikali omwe anaphedwa pa nkhondo yapitayi. "Asilikali makumi awiri ndi mmodzi aphedwa ku Triple C, kuphatikizapo mkulu wanga wa ntchito, kuphatikizapo makumi atatu ndi awiri omwe akugwira ntchito yolimbana ndi a Turkey, komanso oposa mazana awiri ovulala, awiri omwe ali ovuta kwambiri." Adatembenukira kwa Patrick McLanahan. "Pepani Martinez, General. Ndinamva kuti anamwalira kalekale."
    
  "Inde. Zikomo ".
    
  "Anyamata anu ndi zida zanu zidachita bwino, General. Mwadutsadi."
    
  "Tsoka ilo, osati kwa kasitomala wathu," adatero Patrick. "A Iraqi adataya oposa mazana awiri ndi makumi asanu."
    
  "Koma Jaffar ndi amuna ake adamenyana ngati amphaka amtchire," adatero Wilhelm. "Nthawi zonse ndimaganiza kuti munthu uyu ndi wopusa komanso wopusa. Anakhala mtsogoleri wabwino komanso msilikali wolimba mtima." Walkie-talkie wake analira ndipo anamvetsera kudzera m'makutu ake, kuyankha, ndikudula. "Prime Minister waku Turkey adalengeza za kuyimitsa moto ndipo adati asitikali aku Turkey akubwerera kumalire," adatero. "Zikuoneka ngati zonse zatha. Kodi anthu a ku Turkey ankaganiza chiyani? Chifukwa chiyani anayamba izi?"
    
  "Kukhumudwa, kukwiya, kubwezera: zifukwa zambiri," adatero Patrick. "Türkiye ndi amodzi mwa mayiko omwe sapatsidwa ulemu uliwonse. Iwo si Azungu, osati Asiya, osati a Caucasus, osati Middle East; iwo ndi Asilamu koma osapembedza. Amayang'anira njira zazikulu zapamtunda ndi zapanyanja, ali ndi imodzi mwazachuma zazikulu kwambiri komanso zankhondo padziko lonse lapansi, ali ndi mphamvu zokwanira kukhala ndi mpando ku United Nations Security Council, koma sanaloledwe kulowa mu European Union ndipo amawonedwa ngati ofiira- mwana wopeza tsitsi. Ndikuganiza kuti nanenso ndingakhumudwe."
    
  "Ayenera kulemekezedwa, koma akuyeneranso kuthamangitsidwa," adatero Wilhelm. "Ndiye ndikuganiza kuti mgwirizano wanu watha ... kapena? Mwina ma Iraqi akukufunani tsopano kuposa kale? "
    
  "Tikhala pano," adatero Patrick. "Ndikulangizani kuti tiwunikire kutha kwa nkhondo yaku Turkey ndikuchotsa asitikali, ndipo tikhala pano kwakanthawi mpaka ma Iraqi atakhazikitsa gulu lawo loyang'anira. Ali ndi gulu laling'ono la Cessna Caravans lomwe lasinthidwa kuti liziyang'anira pansi komanso kulumikizana ndi mauthenga, ndipo pali zonena za iwo kubwereketsa ma drones ochepa. "
    
  "Ndiye ukhoza kutha ntchito posachedwapa?"
    
  "Ndikuganiza inde". Patrick anapuma mozama kwambiri moti Wilhelm anazindikira. Ndi ntchito yabwino komanso gulu labwino la anyamata ndi atsikana, koma ndakhala nditalikirana ndi kwathu.
    
  "Kunena zoona, zinali zabwino kutuluka mu thanki ndikutsogolera gulu lankhondo kunkhondo kachiwiri," adatero Wilhelm. "Ndakhala ndikuwona anyamata anga akuchita izi pazithunzi zamakanema ndi zowunikira pakompyuta kwa nthawi yayitali." Anamwetulira pang'ono McLanahan. "Koma awa ndi masewera a wachinyamata, sichoncho, General?"
    
  "Sindinanene zimenezo." Patrick anagwedeza mutu ku magome a zikwama za thupi zomwe zinafolanso mu hala. "Koma ndakhala ndikuchita izi kwa nthawi yayitali."
    
  "Inu oyendetsa ndege mumawona nkhondo mosiyana kwambiri ndi asilikali omwe ali pansi," adatero Wilhelm. "Kwa inu, nkhondoyi ikukhudza makompyuta, ma satellite ndi ma drones."
    
  "Ayi, zimenezo si zoona."
    
  "Ndikudziwa kuti mwachita ndikuwona zambiri, General, koma izi ndi zosiyana," Wilhelm anapitiliza. "Mumawongolera machitidwe, masensa ndi makina. Timalamulira omenyana. Sindikuona amuna ndi akazi akufa pano, General-ndikuona asilikali amene anavala mayunifolomu awo, anatenga mfuti zawo, kunditsatira, ndi amene anagwa pankhondo. Sindine wachisoni chifukwa cha iwo. Ndine wachisoni chifukwa cha mabanja awo komanso okondedwa awo, koma ndimawanyadira. "
    
    
  PINK PALACE, CANKAYA, ANKARA, REPUBLIC OF TURKEY
  MADZULO AWO
    
    
  Foni yomwe inali pa desk ya a president inalira. "Aa, Mr. "Purezidenti, Nduna Dzizek ndi General Guzlev abwera kudzakuwonani," wothandizira Purezidenti anang'ung'udza, ali chibwibwi.
    
  Pulezidenti Kurzat Hirsiz anayang"ana wotchi yake, kenaka anayang"ana kalendala pa kompyuta yake. "Kodi tinali ndi msonkhano wokonzekera, Nazim?"
    
  "Ayi, bwana. Iwo...akuti ndi changu. Mwachangu kwambiri. "
    
  Hirsiz adapumira. "Zabwino kwambiri. Uwawuze mkazi wanga kuti ndichedwa pang'ono." Anayamba kulinganiza mapepala pa desiki lake, kuika patsogolo ntchito zake za tsiku lotsatira, pamene anamva chitseko cha ofesi yake chikutsegulidwa. "Lowani, mbuyanga," iye anatero alibe, akupitiriza kugwira ntchito, "koma tingatero mwamsanga? Ndinalonjeza mkazi wanga kuti-"
    
  Atayang'ana m'mwamba, adawona Minister of National Defense, Hasan Cizek, ndi Chief of Military Staff, General Abdullah Guzlev, atayima pakati pa ofesiyo, akumuyembekezera moleza mtima - ndipo amuna onsewa anali atavala mayunifolomu omenyera obiriwira. ndi nsapato zonyezimira za paratrooper, ndipo onse anali atanyamula mfuti za M1911 zopangidwa ku America.
    
  "N'chiyani chikuchitika kuno?" Adafunsa modabwa Hirsiz. "N'chifukwa chiyani wavala yunifolomu yankhondo, Hassan, ndipo chifukwa chiyani wanyamula zida ku Pinki Palace?"
    
  "Mwaswera bwanji, Kurzat," anatero Dzizek. Anagwedeza dzanja lake paphewa lake lakumanja, ndipo mamembala angapo a mlonda wa pulezidenti anathamangira ndi Hirsiz, wolandira alendo, atamangidwa maunyolo apulasitiki. Alonda aja anagwira Hirsiz ndikumanganso m"manja ndi maunyolo apulasitiki.
    
  "Hell iyi ndi chiyani?" Hirsiz anakuwa. "Mukutani? Ndine Purezidenti wa Republic of Turkey! "
    
  "Simulinso Purezidenti wa Turkey, Kurzat," adatero Dzizek. "Ndidakumana ndi a General Guzlev, akuluakulu a antchito ndi Unduna wa Zam'kati, ndipo tidaganiza kuti simunathenso kulamula. Wanena choncho wekha, Kurzat: watopa. Chabwino, kutopa kwanu kumabweretsa chiwopsezo kwa amuna ndi akazi olimba mtima omwe ali pansi omwe akuyika miyoyo yawo pachiswe chifukwa cha mawu a Purezidenti. Tikukhulupirira kuti simungakhale odalirika kuti mungaperekenso maoda enanso pakagwa ngozi. Prime Minister Akas, zachidziwikire, sizili bwino. Choncho taganiza zoyamba kulamulira m"malo mwa inu."
    
  "Chani? Mukulankhula za chiyani? Mukuchita chiyani?"
    
  "Ukudziwa zimene zikuchitika kuno, Hirsiz," Jizek anatero. "Funso ndiloti, mutani? Kodi mudzasewera pulezidenti wosokonezeka komanso wosokonezeka, kapena mudzakhala ndi udindo pazolephera zanu ndikuchita mwanzeru? "
    
  "Mukunena za chiyani? Kodi...mupanga coup?"
    
  "Sizidzafunika," anatero Jizek. "Panthawi yadzidzidzi, mutha kusankha aliyense kukhala wamkulu wa gulu lankhondo. Mumandisankha ndi kulandira mpumulo wabwino kwa zaka zingapo mpaka mutachira kuti mupitirize ntchito yanu; Ndikusiya lamulo la gawo lachiwiri lochoka ndipo tikuphatikiza zomwe tapeza ku Iraq. "
    
  "Uwu ndi misala! sindimvera! Sindidzasiya post yanga! Ndine Purezidenti waku Turkey! Ndasankhidwa ndi Grand National Assembly! "...
    
  "Munalumbira kuti muteteze anthu a ku Turkey, koma m'malo mwake mumangoima osachita chilichonse koma kubuula ndi kugwedera pamene a Iraq ndi America akupha asilikali zikwizikwi," adatero Dzizek. "Sindidzalekereranso izi. Yankho lokhalo loyenera ndi lankhondo, osati ndale, choncho asilikali ayenera kukhala omasuka kuthetsa vutoli. Mukuwopa kumasula gulu lankhondo ndi Jandarma: sindine. Zikhala zotani, Mr. President? Mverani malamulo anga ndipo inu ndi banja lanu mudzaloledwa kukhala m"nyumba yabwino kwambiri ku Tariso kapena mwina ku Dipkarpaz, mosungidwa mwachinsinsi kwambiri-"
    
  "Ngati chidole chako?"
    
  "Monga Purezidenti wa Republic, Hirsiz, mukutenga upangiri wabwino komanso wachangu kuchokera kwa alangizi anu ankhondo kuti athetse kuukira dziko lathu," adatero Jizek. "Ngati simuvomereza izi, mudzakhala ndi vuto la mtima ndipo tikuthamangitsani inu ndi banja lanu ku Ankara kosatha."
    
  "Simungathe kuchita izi!" Hirsizi adatsutsa. "Sindinalakwe chilichonse! Ulibe ulamuliro! "...
    
  "Ndinalumbira kuti ndidzateteza dziko lino Hirsiz," Jizek anafuula motero, "ndipo sindikhala chete pamene mukukonza zonse zimene asilikali athu olimba mtima apanga m"dziko lino. Simundisiyira chochita ayi!"
    
  Hirsiz adazengereza kachiwiri, ndipo Guzlev adatulutsa .45 yake ndikulozera Purezidenti. "Ndinakuuza kuti sangachite zimenezo Hassan...!" - adatero.
    
  Maso a Hirsiz adatuluka, manja ake ndi mapewa ake adalefuka, ndipo mawondo ake adagwedezeka - zinali ngati kuti madzi onse a m'thupi mwake adachoka. "Ayi, chonde," anadandaula motero. "Sindikufuna kufa. Ndiuzeni chochita."
    
  "Waganiza bwino, Hirsiz," Dzizek anaponya mapepala patebulo. "Saina mapepala awa." Hirsiz adasaina popanda kuwerenga kapena kuyang'ana mmwamba, kupatula kupeza mzere wosayina. "Tikuperekezani kumalo olumikizirana ndi dziko, komwe mukalankhule ndi anthu aku Republic." M"manja mwake munali mulu wa mapepala. "Ndi zomwe ukunena. Ndikofunikira kuti mufikire anthu a ku Turkey mwamsanga."
    
  "Kodi ndingawone liti mkazi wanga, banja langa ...?"
    
  "Bizinesi choyamba, Hirsiz," adatero Jizek. Adagwedeza mutu mkulu wa alonda apulezidenti. "Muchotseni." Hirsiz anang'ung'udza zinazake pamene iye ndi wothandizira wake akutulutsidwa mu ofesiyo ali ndi asilikali amphamvu.
    
  Guzlev, ndikuyenda mokwiya, adayika .45 caliber yake m'chikwama chake. "Zamwani, ndimaganiza kuti ndimuwombera mwana wachiwerewere uja, Jizek," iye anatemberera. "Adzawoneka ngati wopanda pake pa TV."
    
  "Zabwino kwambiri," adatero Jizek. "Ngati sangathe kapena sangachite, ndiwerenga ndekha." Anapita ku Guzlev. "Letsani kuyitanitsa kuti muchotse gawo loyamba ndi lachiwiri ndikukonzekera kuguba ku Erbil. Ngati msilikali mmodzi wa peshmerga, msilikali waku Iraq kapena waku America - makamaka maloboti ndi odula matabwa awa - atulutsa mutu wake ngakhale inchi imodzi, ndikufuna gulu la jeti kuti liwatumize onse ku gehena." Anaganiza kwa kanthawi, kenako anati, "Ayi, sindidikira kuti maloboti ndi Tin Woodmen abwere kudzatitenga. Ndikufuna Nala Air Base itsekedwa. Kodi akuganiza kuti atha kupha anthu aku Turkey chikwi ndikungochoka? Ndikufuna malowa aphwanyidwe pansi, mwandimva? Zogwirizana!"
    
  "Ndizosangalatsa, Hassan ... ndikutanthauza, Purezidenti," adatero Guzlev. "Mwachimwemwe".
    
    
  NAKHLA ALLIED AIR BASE, IRAQ
  M'M'MAWA
    
    
  Pambuyo pa chikumbutso cha asitikali omwe adagwa a Gulu Lachiwiri, a Patrick McLanahan, Jack Wilhelm, John Masters ndi Chief of Security Chris Thompson adaperekeza Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti Ken Phoenix kupita kumalo onyamukira, komwe ndege ya CV-22 Osprey rotary-wing idafika posachedwa. kuyembekezera kuti amutengere ku Bahrain.
    
  Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti adagwira chanza Wilhelm. "Mwachita ntchito yabwino usiku watha, Colonel," adatero Phoenix. "Pepani chifukwa cha zotayika zanu."
    
  "Zikomo bwana," anatero William. "Sindingafune kutiwona tikukhazikitsa chonchi, koma ndine wokondwa kuti aku Turkey adaganiza zoletsa kuletsa, kuthawa ndikuyamba zokambirana. Izi zitipatsa mwayi woti titengere anyamata athu kunyumba. "
    
  "Ndimva bwino nonse mukakhala kunyumba, otetezeka," anatero Phoenix. "Zikomo chifukwa chotsogolera bwino amuna ndi akazi awa."
    
  "Zikomo, bwana," adatero William, akupereka sawatcha.
    
  Phoenix adabweza moni. "Sindili m'gulu lanu la olamulira, Mtsamunda," adatero Phoenix. "Sindikuyamikira moni."
    
  "Munayimilira ndi ankhondo anga, munatenga moto wa adani, ndipo simunalire, kudandaula, kutilamulira kapena kutilowetsa," adatero Wilhelm. "Mukuyenera, bwana. Ngati ndinganene choncho, umawoneka ngati pulezidenti. "
    
  "Chabwino, zikomo, Colonel," adatero Phoenix. "Kuchokera kwa inu, uku ndikutamandidwa kwakukulu. Mfundo zopusa, koma zotsika kwambiri. "
    
  "Ndi chinthu chabwino kuti sindilowerera ndale, bwana," adatero Wilhelm. "Ulendo wabwino."
    
  "Zikomo, Colonel." Phoenix adatembenukira kwa Patrick ndikumugwira chanza. "Sindikudziwa kuti ndidzakuwonanso liti, Patrick," adatero, "koma ndimaganiza kuti iwe ndi gulu lako munachita ntchito yodabwitsa usiku watha."
    
  Zikomo bwana," adatero Patrick. "Tsoka ilo, sindikuganizabe kuti awa ndi mathero, koma kuyimitsa moto ndi kuchotsedwa kwa asitikali ndi nkhani yabwino."
    
  "Ndawerenga zomwe mukuchita motsutsana ndi Diyarbakir," adatero Phoenix. "Sindikuganiza kuti pali mwayi uliwonse Purezidenti angavomereze izi, makamaka akadzazindikira kuti zikuchokera kwa inu. Koma ndilankhula naye za nkhaniyi."
    
  "Titha kuchita izi pasanathe tsiku limodzi, ndipo ziwonetsetsa kuti ndife otsimikiza."
    
  "Zowona," Phoenix adavomereza. Ndikufunanso kulankhula nanu za kampani yanuyi ndi zida zanu zodabwitsa monga CID, Tin Man ndi mfuti za njanji zamagetsi. Sindikudziwa chifukwa chake sitiwulula masauzande aiwo. Adayang'ana Patrick ndi mawu odabwitsidwa, ndikuwonjezera, "Ndipo ndikufuna kudziwa chifukwa chake muli nawo osati Asitikali aku US."
    
  "Ndifotokoza zonse, bwana," anatero Patrick.
    
  "Ndikukayika," anatero Phoenix akumwetulira, "koma ndikufunabe kulankhula nanu za iwo. Chabwino, General."
    
  "Muyende bwino bwana." Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti adagwedeza mutu, adakwera CV-22, ndipo patangopita nthawi pang'ono ma propellers akulu amapasa adayamba kupota.
    
  Poyamba zinali zovuta kuti Patrick amve chilichonse chifukwa cha kubangula kwa mapasa a Osprey ndi mphamvu zonse za VTOL, koma adamva ndikutsegula wailesiyo. Wilhelm anali kuchita zomwezo panthawi yomweyi. "Pitirirani, Boomer," adatero.
    
  "Achifwamba!" Mlenje wolemekezekayo anakuwa. Panthawiyo, ma siren ankhondo a ndege anali kulira. "Magulu awiri a mabomba khumi amphamvu kwambiri angowoloka malire a Turkey-Iraqi, akulowera kuno mphindi zisanu!"
    
  "Chotsani Osprey muno!" Patrick anakuwa. Anakweza dzanja kuti John Masters ndi Chris Thompson amutsatire. "Muchotsereni gehena kuchokera pansi!"
    
  Wilhelm nayenso anafuula m"wailesi yake kuti: "Malo, malo okhala, malo okhala!" - adafuula. "Aliyense apite kumalo obisala mabomba, tsopano!"
    
  Pamene amathamangira poyera, adawonabe CV-22 pamene idanyamuka ndikulowera kumwera. Poyamba, njira yake yothawirako inkawoneka ngati yabwinobwino - kukwera kokhazikika, kuthamanga kwapang'onopang'ono, kusuntha kosalala kuchokera panjira yowongoka kupita ku turboprop. Koma patapita nthawi, Osprey analowera kumanzere ndikulowera pansi, ndipo adamva injini zikulira motsutsa pamene mayendedwe akuluakulu adasintha kuchoka ku turboprop kupita ku helikopita. Anazembera kumanzere ndi kumanja ndikusunthira pansi kupita ku gulu la nyumba ku High Kaif, akuyembekeza kubisala muzambiri za radar.
    
  Koma zinali mochedwa kwambiri - mizinga yaku Turkey inali kale mumlengalenga. Ma F-15 a Turkey anali atatseka kale CV-22 pamtunda wopitilira 100 ndipo adawombera zida ziwiri za AIM-54 zosinthidwa ku Turkey, zomwe zimatchedwa "Phoenix," ku Osprey. M'mbuyomu adagwira ntchito ku US Navy kuti apereke chitetezo chautali kwa magulu omenyera nkhondo, AIM-54 inali msana wa mapiko amlengalenga a US Navy, omwe amatha kuwononga magulu akuluakulu a mabomba aku Russia asanalowe mkati mwa anti. -mivi yoyenda panyanja. Itatha kuchotsedwa mu 2004, asilikali a S. Military adasunga mizinga yayitali kwambiri, yoopsa kwambiri yopita kumlengalenga inagulitsidwa, ndipo asilikali a ku Turkey adawawombera.
    
  Pambuyo poyambitsa, mizinga ya Phoenix inakwera kufika pamtunda wa mamita zikwi makumi asanu ndi atatu pafupifupi kuwirikiza kasanu liwiro la phokoso, ndipo kenako inayamba kudumphira kumalo omwe mukufuna, motsogoleredwa ndi radar yamphamvu ya Turkey F-15E. Pakangotha mphindi zochepa chabe, AIM-54 idayambitsa radar yake kuti itseke kuti iwonongedwe. Mzinga umodzi unasokonekera ndikudziwononga yokha, koma mzinga wachiwiri udagunda pa rotor disk yoyenera ya CV-22 Osprey pomwe ndegeyo idayenda kukatera pamalo oimika magalimoto. Injini yakumanja idaphulika, ndikupangitsa kuti ndegeyo ikhale yozungulira mwamphamvu kumanzere kwa masekondi angapo isanagwe pansi ndikugwedezeka mozondoka kuchokera ku mphamvu ya kuphulikako.
    
  Kumeneko, ku Nala, kunali chipwirikiti. Popeza kuti Command Post inali itawonongedwa kale, zolinga zazikulu za mabomba a Turkey zinali bwalo la ndege ndi nyumba za asilikali. Nyumba iliyonse, kuphatikizapo XC-57 Loser yosungirako ndi malo osungiramo mitembo omwe amasungirako mabwinja a asilikali a ku America ndi Iraq, adawombedwa ndi bomba limodzi la mapaundi zikwi ziwiri la Joint Direct Attack, njira yotsogozedwa ndi satellite pa nthawi wamba. bomba lamphamvu yokoka linapereka radar Panthawiyi, mabwalo oimikapo magalimoto ndi ma taxi adawonongeka, omwe anali asanaukirepo anthu aku Turkey panthawi yomwe adaukira koyamba.
    
  Asilikali a ku Nala anali atatsala pang'ono kuchita chilichonse pambuyo pa nkhondo ya usiku wathawo, choncho pamene kulira kwa ndege ku Nala kunali kulira, amunawo nthawi yomweyo anatuluka m'zitseko za nyumbayo n'kupita kumalo obisalirako . Asilikali angapo adachedwa nthawi yayitali kuti atole zida kapena zovuta zawo ndipo adaphedwa ndi mabomba, ndipo asitikali ena angapo omwe adathandizira ovulala kuti asamuke mnyumbayo adagwidwa poyera. Zonsezi, zotayika zinali zochepa.
    
  Koma chiwonongekocho chinali chotheratu. M'mphindi zochepa, ambiri a Allied airbase ku Nala adawonongedwa.
    
    
  SITUATION CENTRE, WHITE HOUSE, Washington, DC.
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  Purezidenti Gardner anathamangira ku Situation Room, chipinda chamsonkhano chapamwamba kwambiri ku West Wing chomwe chimagwiritsidwa ntchito pamisonkhano yapamwamba yachitetezo cha dziko, ndipo adakhala pampando wake. "Khalani mipando yanu," iye anatero. "Wina alankhule nane, pompano. Zomwe zachitika?"
    
  "Turkey idalengeza zachitetezo chankhondo ndikuyambitsa ziwopsezo zingapo kumpoto kwa Iraq," adatero mlangizi wachitetezo cha dziko Conrad Carlisle. "Mtumiki wa chitetezo ku Turkey Jizek akuti adasankhidwa kukhala woyang'anira asilikali ndipo adalamulidwa kuti awononge PKK ndi othandizira awo ku Iraq ndi Turkey." Mapu apakompyuta a kumpoto kwa Iraq adawonetsedwa pakompyuta yayikulu, yapakhoma kutsogolo kwa chipindacho. "Mizinda ndi matauni makumi awiri adawukiridwa ndi oponya mabomba, kuphatikiza Kirkuk, Erbil, Dohuk ndi Mosul. Ziwonetserozi zidachitika m'malo atatu ankhondo aku Iraq ndi America ku Erbil, Kirkuk komanso pafupi ndi Mosul. Panopa pali malipoti a anthu ovulala. Maziko ake anali ndi chenjezo la mphindi zochepa. " Anapuma nthawi yayitali kuti atenge chidwi cha Purezidenti, ndikuwonjezera kuti, "Ndipo ndege ya Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti idasowa."
    
  "Mukusowa?" - pulezidenti anafuula.
    
  "Wachiwiri kwa purezidenti adawulukira ku Baghdad mphindi zochepa zisanachitike," adatero Carlisle. "Woyendetsa ndegeyo ankachita zinthu mozemba ndipo ankafuna kuti atsike mwadzidzidzi atalephera kuwakhudza. Mkulu wa Allied airbase ku Nala adakonza gulu lofufuza ndi kupulumutsa, koma mazikowo adawonongeka kwambiri ndipo adatsala pang'ono kuwonongedwa. Iwo anali atagonjetsedwa kale ndi ndege ya ku Turkey usiku watha. Gulu lofufuza ndi kupulumutsa la Air Force likutumiza kuchokera ku Samarra, koma zidzatenga maola angapo kuti afike kumeneko. "
    
  "Mulungu wabwino," Purezidenti adadandaula. "Imbani Hirsiz kapena Cizek kapena aliyense amene ali ndi udindo ku Ankara. Sindikufunanso ndege zaku Turkey zowuluka ku Iraq - ayi! Onyamula ali kuti? Tikwere bwanji kumeneko?
    
  "Tili ndi Gulu Lankhondo la Abraham Lincoln Carrier ku Persian Gulf," adayankha Wapampando wa Joint Chiefs of Staff General Taylor Bain. "Sizikhala zophweka chifukwa cha mtunda, koma titha kuyambitsa maulendo apamlengalenga ku Iraq ndi E-2 Hawkeye radar ndege zowuluka C4I ndi awiriawiri a F/A-18 Hornet omenyera munjira zolondera."
    
  "Chitani," adalamula Purezidenti. "Asungeni ku Iraq mpaka ataukiridwa." Secretary of Defense Miller Turner adatenga foni kuti apereke lamulo.
    
  "Turkey ili ndi gulu lankhondo lalikulu kwambiri, lomwe lili ndi ndege zambiri zankhondo zaku America ndi zida," adatero Carlisle. "Ena aiwo, monga F-15 Eagles, amatha kufanana ndi ma Hornets."
    
  "Ngati dziko la Turkey likufuna kulimbana ndi United States, ndili wokonzeka kusewera," adatero Gardner mokwiya. Nanga bwanji zida zowukira pansi? Tomahawks?
    
  "Mivi yodzidzimutsa yapanyanja yapanyanja ili kutali kwambiri ku Persian Gulf," adatero Bain. "Tiyenera kusuntha zombo ndi sitima zapamadzi pafupi ndi nyanja ya Mediterranean kuti zikhale m'malo osiyanasiyana am'mlengalenga aku Turkey."
    
  "Sitima iliyonse kapena sitima zapamadzi mu Black Sea?"
    
  "Palibe sitima zapamadzi, malinga ndi pangano," anawonjezera Bain. "Tili ndi gulu lokhalo lankhondo lomwe limayang'anira Nyanja Yakuda, komanso pansi pa mgwirizanowu, ndipo ali ndi ma T-LAM, komanso ndi zombo zomwe zili pachiwopsezo kwambiri pakali pano. Titha kuganiza kuti ngati anthu aku Turkey akufuna kumenya nkhondo, aukira gululi kaye. "
    
  "Tili ndi chiyani china?"
    
  "Tili ndi ndege zingapo zanzeru zomwe zili m'malo osiyanasiyana ku Europe - Greece, Romania, Italy, Germany ndi UK - koma izi sizikhala zosankha zachangu," adatero Bain. "Chosankha chathu chokha ndi mabomba obisala a B-2 Spirit omwe akhazikitsidwa ndi Diego Garcia. Tili ndi ndege zisanu ndi imodzi zomwe zatsala zokonzeka kuwuluka.
    
  "Akonzekeretseni ndikuwakonzekeretsa," Purezidenti adatero. "Ndi zomwe tili nazo basi? Six?"
    
  "Ndikuchita mantha, Purezidenti," adatero Bane. "Tili ndi ndege ziwiri za XR-A9 Black Stallion zomwe zimatha kuyambitsa zida zolondola ndipo zimatha kukhala ndi zida ndikugunda zolinga mkati mwa maola angapo, komanso tili ndi ma ICBM angapo omwe ali ndi zida omwe amatha kugunda mwachangu ku Turkey ".
    
  "Alangize ndi kuwakonzekeretsanso," adatero Gardner. "Sindikudziwa zomwe Ankara akuganiza, kapena ali ndi chilichonse m'malingaliro, koma ngati akufuna kutiukira, ndikufuna kuti zonse zichitike."
    
  Foni yomwe inali pafupi ndi Walter Cordus, wamkulu wa ogwira ntchito ku White House, idangoyang'ana ndikuyiyankha. "Prime Minister waku Turkey akupatsani moni, bwana."
    
  Nthawi yomweyo a President anatenga phone. "Prime Minister Akas, uyu ndi Purezidenti Gardner. Kodi chikuchitika ndi chiyani kumeneko? Maola khumi ndi awiri apitawo mudalengeza kuti kutha. Tsopano mwaukira magulu atatu ankhondo aku America! Ndinu openga?
    
  "Ndikuopa kuti Minister of National Defense Dzizek ndi General Abdullah Guzlev angakhale, Purezidenti," adatero. "Dzulo usiku adamanga Purezidenti Hirsiz, adachita chiwembu chankhondo ndikulanda Nyumba ya Purezidenti. Sanasangalale ndi chisankho cha pulezidenti chobwerera kumalire a PKK ndi otsatira awo asanawonongedwe.
    
  "Ndiye bwanji mukuukira maziko aku America?"
    
  "Kubwezera chifukwa chakugonja pafupi ndi Tall Kaif," adatero Akas. "Anthu a ku Turkey okwana 2,000 anaphedwa kapena kuvulala pankhondo imeneyo. A Dzizek ndi akuluakulu ankhondo ankaona kuti ndi mantha kuthawira kumalire ataluza motere."
    
  "Kodi mukadali Prime Minister, Mayi Akas?"
    
  "Ayi, sindine choncho," adatero Akas. "Ndimaloledwa kugwiritsa ntchito foni yanga ya m"manja, yomwe ndikutsimikiza kuti yajambulidwa, koma sindingathe kuyenda momasuka kapena kupita ku ofesi yanga. Pansi pazidzidzi, Nyumba Yamalamulo ya National Assembly idathetsedwa. Dzizek ndi akuluakulu a asilikali ndi amene ali ndi udindo."
    
  "Ndikufuna kulankhula nawo nthawi yomweyo," adatero Gardner. "Ngati mutha kupeza uthenga kwa Jizek, muuzeni kuti United States ikhazikitsa malo osawuluka kumpoto kwa Iraq ndipo ndikuwachenjeza kuti asaphwanye kapena kuyesa kuukira ndege yathu iliyonse, apo ayi tikambirana. iyi ndi nkhondo ndipo nthawi yomweyo Tiyeni tibwerere. Tikukonzekera zida zathu zonse zankhondo ndipo tidzayankha ndi zonse zomwe tili nazo. Zikumveka?"
    
  "Zikuwonekeratu kwa ine, a Purezidenti," adatero Akas, "koma sindikudziwa ngati Jizek angatenge ngati china chilichonse kupatula chiwopsezo chodziwika kuti chikubwera. Mukutsimikiza kuti mukufuna ndikufotokozereni uthenga uwu, bwana?"
    
  "Sindikufuna kuukira dziko la Turkey pokhapokha ataphwanya ndege ya Iraq," adatero Gardner. "Mayankho athu ena onse adzakhala mwa njira zina. Koma ngati Türkiye akufuna kumenyana, tidzamenyana nawo. Ndipo adadula foni.
    
    
  OUTSIDE TALL QAIFA, IRAQ
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  A Humvees awiri adathamangira pamalo owonongeka a CV-22 ndipo nthawi yomweyo adazungulira malowa ndi achitetezo pomwe Chris Thompson ndi dokotala adathamangira ku ndegeyo. Mwamwayi, dongosolo lopondereza moto la Osprey linayimitsa moto waukulu, ndipo anthu wamba aku Iraq anazimitsa ena onse. Anapeza wachiwiri kwa purezidenti, ogwira ntchito m'ndege ndi Secret Service agent akuthandizidwa ndi dotolo wakumaloko, pomwe wothandizira Secret Service anali ataphimbidwa ndi chiguduli. "Zikomo Mulungu kuti muli ndi moyo, bwana," anatero Chris.
    
  "Zikomo kwa anthu awa," adatero Ken Phoenix. Akadapanda kutithandiza, mwina tonse tikadafa ndi moto. Zomwe zachitika?"
    
  "Anthu aku Turkey adaphulitsanso mazikowo," adatero Chris. Nthawi ino zonse zidawonongeka. Ozunzidwa angapo; talandira chenjezo lokwanira. Anthu a ku Turkey akuphulitsa mabomba kumpoto kwa Iraq."
    
  "Ndizothetsa nkhondo ngati pakhalapo," adatero Phoenix.
    
  "Tikukhazikitsa malo opulumukirako muno mumzinda," anatero Chris. "Mtsamunda akufuna kulowa nawo gulu lankhondo ku Mosul. Ndidzakutulutsani pano ndiyeno tipeza njira yopitira ku Baghdad."
    
  Mphindi khumi pambuyo pake anakumana ndi ena opulumuka ku Nala, kuphatikizapo Patrick McLanahan, Hunter Noble, John Masters ndi ochepa makontrakitala ndi asilikali, ambiri mwa iwo anavulala. "Ndili wokondwa kuti mwabwera, Mr. Vice President," Patrick anatero.
    
  "Kolonel ali kuti?"
    
  "Ndikuwona kusamutsidwa," adatero Patrick. "Atitumiza ku Mosul ndikudikirira kuti convoy ichoke. Pafupifupi nyumba zonse zomwe zidalipobe usiku wathawu sizinayimenso."
    
  "Ndege yanu, XC-57?"
    
  "Analanda malo onse osungiramo mitembo, ngakhale yomwe tinkagwiritsa ntchito ngati nyumba yosungiramo mitembo."
    
  Ken Phoenix analozera Patrick kuti abwere naye ndipo iwo anachoka kwa ena. Phoenix analowetsa m"thumba mwake ndikutulutsa thumba lapulasitiki lokhala ndi khadi lotetezedwa lomwe Patrick adamupatsa. "Nanga bwanji izi?" - anafunsa. "Kodi tingathebe kuchita izi?"
    
  M'maso mwa Patrick adatuluka. Adaganiza mwachangu ndipo mutu wake udayamba kugwedezeka. "Sitidzakhala ndi ma netrusion systems," adatero, "ndipo ndiyenera kuyang'ana momwe a Lancers ku UAE alili."
    
  "Pezani foniyo ndikuchita," adatero Phoenix. "Ndikulankhula ndi Purezidenti."
    
    
  PRESIDENTIAL PALACE, Cankaya, ANKARA, Türkiye
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  "Wati chiyani?" Hasan Dzizek anakuwa. "Kodi Gardner akuwopseza nkhondo ndi Turkey?"
    
  "Unayembekezera kumva chiyani kwa iye Hassan?" Adafunsa Prime Minister waku Turkey Ays Akash. Ndi iwo anali Chief wakale wa General Staff of Turkey, General Abdullah Guzlev. "Munapha anthu ambiri aku America lero dziko la Turkey litalengeza kuti zithetsa nkhondo! Kodi munkayembekezera kuti anganene kuti "Ndamva" kapena "Osadandaula"?
    
  "Zomwe ndidachita ndikubwezera zomwe iye, maloboti ake ndi achifwamba ake aku Iraq adachita kwa asitikali anga!" Jizek anali akulira. "Anapha zikwizikwi!"
    
  "Khala pansi, Hasan," adatero Akas. "Purezidenti adati akhazikitsa malo osawuluka kumpoto kwa Iraq, ndipo sakufuna kuti muwoloke. Ngati mungayese, aziona ngati nkhondo. "
    
  "Kodi akuwopseza nkhondo ndi Turkey? Kodi ndi wamisala kapena ndi megalomaniac? Alibe mphamvu zokwanira m"dera lino la dziko lapansi kuti aukire dziko la Turkey!"
    
  "Kodi akufuna kugwiritsa ntchito zida za nyukiliya polimbana nafe?" - Adafunsa Guzlev.
    
  "Hasan, khalani chete ndipo ganizani," adatero Akas. "Tikulankhula za United States of America. Atha kukhala opanda mphamvu chifukwa cha nkhondo zaku Iraq ndi Afghanistan, koma akadali makina ankhondo amphamvu kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi. Mutha kuthawa ndikumenya maziko awiri kapena atatu ku Iraq, koma simungathe kulimbana ndi mphamvu zawo zonse zankhondo. Iwo akanatha kusamalitsa nyumbayi m"njira 100 zosiyanasiyana m"kuphethira kwa diso. Inu mukudziwa izo. Bwanji ukukana?"
    
  "Sindikukana, koma sindibwerera m"mbuyo pa ntchito yangayo mpaka itamalizidwa," adatero Dzizek. "United States iyenera kugwiritsa ntchito mphamvu zake zankhondo kuti andiletse." Anaima kaye kuti aganizire kwa kanthawi, kenako anauza Guzlev kuti: "Njira yachangu kwambiri yomwe angakhazikitsire malo osawuluka ntchentche kumpoto kwa Iraq ndikudutsa ndege zochokera ku Persian Gulf."
    
  "Inde," adatero Guzlev. "Nyanja ya Mediterranean ndi mabwalo aku Europe ali kutali kwambiri."
    
  "Motalika bwanji?"
    
  "Omenyera nkhondo, akasinja, ndege zokhala ndi radar - zidzatenga maola angapo kuwafotokozera ndikuwakonzekeretsa kuti atumize, mwina motalikirapo, kenako ola limodzi kapena awiri kuwuluka kumpoto kwa Iraq," adatero Guzlev.
    
  Izi zikutanthauza kuti tili ndi maola ochepa, mwina asanu kapena asanu ndi limodzi, oti tichitepo kanthu. Kodi tingachite izi?
    
  "Pafupifupi theka la magulu ankhondo akubwezeretsedwanso ku Diyarbakir ndi Malatya," adatero Guzlev, akuyang'ana wotchi yake. "Theka lina lili ndi zida. Ngati palibe kuchedwa kapena ngozi... Inde, ndikuganiza kuti tikhoza kuzipezanso m"maola asanu kapena asanu ndi limodzi."
    
  "Ndiye mutani?" Anafunsa Akas.
    
  "Sindikufuna kuphwanya madera a ku America omwe palibe ntchentche; Ndingowonetsetsa kuti ntchito zanga zatha asanaziyike, "adatero Jizek. Kwa Guzlev: "Ndikufuna ndege zonse zomwe zilipo zinyamulidwe ndikukhazikitsidwa kuti zikwaniritse zolinga zomaliza ku Erbil, Kirkuk ndi Mosul. Malo aliwonse odziwika kapena omwe akuganiziridwa kuti a PKK ndi Peshmerga, othandizira onse a PKK, ndi gulu lililonse lankhondo laku Iraq ndi America lomwe lingathe kuopseza kulanda dziko la Turkey ku Iraq lidzawonongedwa mwamsanga.
    
    
  PA PACIFIC OCEAN, MALO MAKUMI ATATU KUmadzulo kwa LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
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  "Konzekerani kumasulidwa," anatero mkulu wa mishoniyo. Anali m'bwalo la Sky Masters Inc. Ndege yonyamula Boeing DC-10 pamwamba pa nyanja ya Pacific. "Tiyeni tipange bwino ndipo ndigula round yoyamba."
    
  Ndegeyo, yomwe idamangidwa koyamba ndi McDonnell Douglas Aircraft isanagulidwe ndi Boeing, idasinthidwa kwambiri pazinthu zambiri, kuphatikiza kukwera kwapakati pamlengalenga ndi kuyesa zida, koma kusinthidwa kwake kwakukulu kudapangitsa kuti ipangitse zida za satana mumlengalenga. Galimoto yotsegulira, yotchedwa ALARM kapena Air Launched Alert Response Missile, inali yofanana ndi mzinga waukulu wapamadzi. Chinali ndi ma injini atatu olimba a roketi ndi mapiko opinda kuti chinyamuke mumlengalenga. ALARM idagwiritsa ntchito DC-10 ngati injini yake yoyamba.
    
  Zothandizira ma signal zidanyamula ma satelayiti anayi mkati mwake. Ma satellites, otchedwa NIRTSats, kapena Need It Right These Second Satellites, anali ma satelayiti ozindikira zinthu zambiri amtundu wa makina ochapira, opangidwa kuti azikhala mozungulira kwa nthawi yosakwana mwezi umodzi; anali ndi zowongolera zochepa kwambiri zowongolera ndipo anayenera kukhalabe munjira imodzi yokhazikika, ndi masinthidwe ang'onoang'ono ang'onoang'ono ololedwa kapena kusinthanso. Ma satelayiti awa adayikidwa munjira kuti atumikire omenyera nkhondo ku Afghanistan.
    
  "Ndizodabwitsa kwambiri," adatero mkulu wa mission, wamkulu wa U.S. Air Force kuchokera ku Thirtieth Space Wing ku Vandenberg Air Force Base ku California. "Pasanathe maola khumi ndi awiri apitawa ndidalandira zondilamula kuti ndiyambitse gulu la nyenyezili. Ife tichita izo tsopano. Nthawi zambiri zimatengera Gulu Lankhondo Lamlungu sabata kuti lichite izi. "
    
  "Ndicho chifukwa kuyambira pano muyenera kungotiyimbira foni," adatero woyendetsa ndege, wamba wolembedwa ntchito ndi Sky Masters Inc., monyadira.
    
  "Eya, koma anyamata inu ndi okwera mtengo kwambiri."
    
  "Mukufuna kuti ntchitoyi ichitike mwachangu komanso moyenera, muyenera kulipira zabwino," adatero woyendetsa ndegeyo. "Kupatula apo, si ndalama zanu, ndi ndalama za Air Force."
    
  "Chabwino, anyamata, ziribe kanthu momwe mungazigwiritsire ntchito ndipo mosasamala kanthu kuti tikulipirani ndalama zingati, ndizofunika," anatero mkulu wa mishoniyo.
    
  "Timayesetsa kusangalatsa," anatero woyendetsa ndegeyo. Anatembenuza tsambalo pachiwonetsero chake cha multifunction atalandira uthenga wonyezimira wa Annunciation, kuwerenga uthenga wa satellite womwe ukubwera, ndikuubweza patsamba lalikulu loyang'ana, adasinthira intercom yake kukhala "yachinsinsi" ndikulankhula.
    
  "Chinali chiyani?" - anafunsa mkulu wa mishoni.
    
  "Palibe, kungopempha mwachangu kwa ogwira ntchito kuti amasule," woyendetsa ndegeyo adatero. Mkulu wa Air Force sanamuzindikire, koma woyendetsa ndege yemwe anakhala kumbuyo kwake mwadzidzidzi anatulutsa mapu ndikuyamba kulemba pa kompyuta yake yokonzekera ndege. "Mpaka bwanji mpaka kumaliza maphunziro?" - anafunsa woyendetsa ndegeyo.
    
  "Masekondi makumi asanu ndi limodzi... tsopano," mkulu wa mishoniyo anatero. Anayang'ana chiwonetsero chake cha multifunction, chomwe chikuwonetsa deta ya mishoni. Anawulukira kumalo enieni ndi njira yomwe ikanayika alamu panjira yoyenera kuti atumizidwe bwino. Chifukwa ma NIRTSats anali ndi mafuta ochepa kwambiri, kuyandikira komwe akanatha kuyifikitsa galimoto yoyambira munjira yabwino, ndikwabwinoko.
    
  "Konzekerani, oyendetsa ndege," anatero woyendetsa ndegeyo. "Nenani za kumaliza kwa mindandanda kwa otsogolera."
    
  "Ndege ya ndege yakhazikitsidwa ndipo ikukonzekera kunyamuka, MS," adatero woyendetsa ndege.
    
  "Nyumbayo yakonzeka, MC," wamba yemwe amayang'anira kanyumbako adatero pambuyo poti mnzake wa Air Force adamupatsa chala chachikulu pomwe amawonera kutulutsidwa. Malo oyendera a DC-10 omwe adasinthidwa adagawidwa m'zipinda zopanikizidwa komanso zopanda mphamvu. Mu chipinda chosindikizidwa munali amplifier yachiwiri ya ALARM yoyimitsidwa pazingwe zonyamula katundu; chipindacho chimatha kukhala ndi ma alarm awiri, kuphatikiza imodzi m'chipinda chopanda mphamvu.
    
  Chiwongolero choyamba chadzidzidzi chinali chitakwezedwa kale pamalo otsegulira opanda mphamvu, pomwe amakaponyedwa mumtsinje wapansi pa DC-10. Ikatulutsidwa, roketi yake yoyamba yolimba imawombera ndipo inkawulukira pansi, kenako kutsogolo kwa DC-10, kenako nkuyamba kukwera kwambiri. Ma injini a siteji yachiwiri ndi yachitatu adzawotcha mosiyanasiyana mpaka galimoto yoyambitsa galimotoyo ifika pa liwiro la orbital ndipo ili pamtunda wofunidwa mumlengalenga - pamenepa, makilomita makumi asanu ndi atatu mphambu zisanu ndi zitatu pamwamba pa Dziko Lapansi - ndiyeno idzayamba kutulutsa ma satellite a NIRTSAT.
    
  "Konzekerani," anatero mtolankhaniyo. "Zisanu ... zinayi ... zitatu ... ziwiri ... chimodzi ... ponya." Anadikirira mpaka kutsika kwakanthawi kochepa komwe kudachitika chifukwa cha amplifier yadzidzidzi ya DC-10 italumikizidwa ndi makina amafuta ndi zomangira ndegeyo asanathe kukonzanso ndegeyo. Izi nthawi zonse zakhala gawo lovuta kwambiri lazotulutsa izi; ngati ndegeyo siinayambenso kuyenda bwino ndikuyamba kuyenda mwachangu, ndipo ngati amplifier ya HARNER itagwidwa ndikuyenda kosokoneza, imatha kuchoka kapena kuyendayenda. Izi zinali zosowa, koma ...
    
  Kenako woperekayo adazindikira kuti sangamve kusuntha kwa mtumikiyo. Anayang'ana chiwonetsero chake cha multifunction ... ndipo adawona kuti amplifier ya ALARM sinagwire ntchito! "Hey, chachitika ndi chiyani?" Anayang'ana zizindikiro zake ... ndipo adawona kuti woyendetsa ndegeyo adayimitsa kuyendetsa. "Eya, mwayimitsa kutsegulira! Mwaletsa kutulutsa! Chikuchitikandi chiyani?"
    
  "Talandira maoda," anatero woyendetsa ndegeyo. "Tiwonjezera mafuta ndiyeno tisamukira kumalo ena otsegulira."
    
  "Malamulo? Kukhazikitsa kwina? Simungachite zimenezo! Iyi ndi ntchito yankhondo yapamlengalenga! Ndani wakuwuza kuti uchite izi?
    
  "Bwana".
    
  "Bwanji bwana? WHO? Eni ake? Sangasinthe ntchito imeneyi! Ndikupita ku post post yanga. "
    
  "Mutha kuwauza zomwe tidachita titayambitsa chowonjezera ichi."
    
  "Galimoto yotsegulira iyi, ntchito imeneyi ndi ya US Air Force! Sindikulolani kuti mubere mfuti ya Air Force."
    
  "Pepani kumva zimenezo, Major," woyendetsa ndegeyo anatero mokoma mtima... Woyendetsa ndegeyo atangofika kumbuyo kwa MC, anaika mfuti yododometsa ija pakhosi pa mkulu wa asilikali a Air Force ndi kukanikiza switch, ndipo nthawi yomweyo anakomoka.
    
  "Akhala panja nthawi yayitali bwanji, Jim?" - anafunsa woyendetsa ndegeyo.
    
  "Ndikuganiza maola angapo."
    
  "Yakwana," anatero woyendetsa ndegeyo. Anadina pa intercom kuti: "Chabwino, John, mumtumize pamwamba." Patangopita nthawi pang'ono, katswiri wa Air Force yemwe anapatsidwa ntchito yoyang'anira ntchito yoyendetsa ndegeyo adalowa m'bwalo la ndege ndipo nayenso adakomoka ndi injiniya woyendetsa ndegeyo. "Chabwino, pomwe ma NIRTSats akukonzedwanso ndi likulu la Vegas kudzera pa satellite, ndikufunika kupuma tisanakumane ndi tanker. Yang'ananinso dongosolo lanu latsopano loyambitsa. Ntchito yabwino nonse. Zikomo poganiza pamapazi anu. Zitatha izi, tonse tikuyenera kukwezedwa ndalama... pokhapokha ngati titamangidwa."
    
  "Ntchito yatsopano ili kuti?" - adafunsa katswiri wazoyambira.
    
  "Türkiye," anatero woyendetsa ndegeyo. "Zikuwoneka ngati pali zoyipa zambiri zomwe zikuchitika kunjaku."
    
    
  MARDIN PROVINCE, SOUTHEAST Türkiye
  MADZULO ATSIKU LOMWENSO
    
    
  "Lumikizanani ndi radar! Kulumikizana ndi radar!" anafuula mkulu wa asilikali ochenjera, kapena TAO, wa gulu lankhondo lolimbana ndi ndege la Patriot lomwe linali m'derali. "Obwera angapo, okwera apakatikati, ocheperako, akulunjika kwa ife. Ilowa mumlengalenga waku Syria mumphindi zitatu. "
    
  Woyang'anira wanzeru, kapena TD, adaphunzira chiwonetsero cha radar cha Patriot. "Kuthamanga kwapakatikati, osayendetsa, kutalika kwapakatikati - mwina ma drones ozindikira," adatero. "Muli bwanji?"
    
  "Eyiti. Iwo akulunjika kumalo athu a radar. "
    
  "Sindikufuna kuwononga zoponya pama drones," adatero, "koma tiyenera kutseka gawoli." Anaganiza kwa kamphindi, kenako anati, "Ngati asintha kutalika, gwiranani. Kupanda kutero tidzayesa kuwamenya ndi zida zotsutsa ndege. "
    
  "Bwanji ngati akudumphira pa radar yathu, bwana?" - TAO adafunsa.
    
  "Sindikudziwa za zida zilizonse zapamadzi zomwe zimangoponyedwa pamalo osatetezeka kenako ndikulowera komwe akufuna," adatero mkulu waukadaulo. "Mivi yowombera idzawuluka motsika kwambiri kapena mokwera kwambiri. Izi ndizomwe zimafunikira pa zida zotsutsana ndi ndege. Hei, ngakhale zida zankhondo zachibwana zaku Syria zitha kukhala ndi mwayi wowatsitsa. Yang'anani pakali pano. Ngati ayamba kufulumira kapena kuchepetsa, ife- "
    
  "Bwana, Gawo Lachinayi likunenanso za zoopsa zingapo zomwe zikuyandikira!" - mkulu wa mauthenga adafuula. Gawo limeneli ndi lomwe lidalumikizana nawo chakum"mawa. "Owopsa ena asanu ndi atatu, okwera, othamanga kwambiri, nawonso adalunjika kumalo athu a radar!"
    
  "Ma drones khumi ndi asanu ndi limodzi ozindikira, onse akuwulukira ku Turkey nthawi imodzi ... ndipo kuchokera kuti?" - wotsogolera tactical adanena mokweza. "Türkiye adaukira mabungwe onse aku America m'mawa uno. Panalibe njira yomwe akanatha kuyambitsa ma drones ambiri mwachangu motero. Ayenera kuwululidwa kuchokera mumlengalenga. "
    
  "Kapena atha kukhala achinyengo ngati nthawi yomaliza yomwe tidayambitsa," idatero TAO.
    
  Zolinga khumi ndi zisanu ndi chimodzi ... zomwe zinatanthauza Patriots makumi atatu ndi awiri, popeza Patriot nthawi zonse ankawombera mizinga iwiri pa cholinga chilichonse kuti atsimikizire kugonjetsedwa. A Patriots makumi atatu ndi awiri adayimira aliyense woyambitsa gululi. Ngati ataponya mivi yawo yonse pa drones kapena decoys, kungakhale kutaya kwakukulu kwa mivi ndikuwasiya osatetezeka mpaka kuyambiranso, zomwe zingatenge pafupifupi mphindi makumi atatu.
    
  Director of Tactics adatenga foni ndikutumiza zidziwitso zonse kwa Wogwirizanitsa Gawo la Air Defense ku Diyarbakir. "Agwetseni," adatero wogwirizira gawolo. "Ali pachiwopsezo. Yang'anani machitidwe anu kuti muwone ngati akusokoneza."
    
  "Zalandiridwa," anatero wotsogolera waluso. "TAO, konzekerani-"
    
  "Bwana, alowa m'njira," TAO anafuula motero. "Iwo ali m'malire, ena ku Syria. Zikuwoneka kuti zikuzungulira. "
    
  "Drones ozindikira," adatero TD ndi mpumulo. "Pitirizani kuyang"ana. Nanga bwanji za mantha a Gawo lachinayi?"
    
  "Tikulowanso m'njira, bwana," idatero TAO.
    
  "Zabwino kwambiri". TD anafunikira ndudu, koma anadziŵa kuti zimenezo sizikanatheka kufikira zolengedwa zimenezi zitachoka m"dera lake. "Yang'anirani zinthu izi ndi ..."
    
  "Achifwamba!" - DAO mwadzidzidzi anafuula. "Zolinga zinayi zikuyandikira, zocheperako, zotsika kwambiri, zimayenda mamailosi makumi anayi!"
    
  "Lowani nawo nkhondoyi!" - DAO adanena nthawi yomweyo. "Mabatire azima! Mabatire onse! "...
    
  "Ma drones akusiya njira zawo, akuthamanga ndikutsika!"
    
  Damn it, adaganiza choncho Director of Tactics, adangotuluka tcheru kuukira m'kuphethira kwa diso. "Ikani patsogolo achifwamba othamanga kwambiri," adatero.
    
  "Koma ma drones akubwera!" - adatero DAO. "Patriot amaika patsogolo ma drones!"
    
  "Sindiwononga zoponya pama drones," adatero TD. "Anthu othamanga ndi oopsa. Sinthani zofunika zanu ndikulowa nawo nkhondoyi! "
    
  Koma lingalirolo mwachiwonekere silinayime, chifukwa posakhalitsa zinaonekeratu kuti ma drones akupita molunjika ku ma radar a Patriot. "Kodi ndisinthe zomwe ndimakonda, bwana-"
    
  "Chitani! Chitani izo! "- adatero TD.
    
  TAO inalowetsa mokwiya malamulo mu kompyuta yake yolunjika, ndikulamula Patriot kuti aukire chapafupi, chapang'onopang'ono. "Patriot Alowa Nkhondo!" - adatero. "Zombo zothamanga kwambiri zimathamanga kwambiri mpaka kuthamanga kwambiri ... bwana. Gawo lachinayi likuti ma drones asiya njira zawo, akutsika, akuthamanga ndikupita ku gawo lathu!
    
  "Kodi angamenyane?" Koma adadziwa kale yankho lake: radar imodzi ya Patriot sinathe kugunda inayo chifukwa cha kusokoneza, zomwe zidapangitsa kuti makompyuta aziwombera. Radar imodzi yokha ndi yomwe ingapirire nkhondoyi. Batire yawo iyenera kugunda zolinga zonse makumi awiri ndi ziwiri ...
    
  ...zimene zinkatanthauza kuti akadzafika othamangawo adzatha! "Konzaninso kompyuta yankhondo kuti iphulitse mzinga umodzi wokha!" - adalamula wotsogolera njira.
    
  "Koma tilibe nthawi yokwanira!" - adatero tactical operations officer. "Ndiyenera kuthetsa mgwirizano uwu ndi ..."
    
  "Osakangana, ingochita zimenezo!" DAO sanayimbepo mwachangu momwe amachitira nthawiyo. Anatha kukonzanso makompyuta ankhondo ndikulumikizanso mabatire ...
    
  ... koma sanathe kuchita izi mwachangu, ndipo radar imodzi idawomberedwa ndi mizinga yapamadzi. Zoponya, zomwe zinali AGM-158A JASSMs, kapena Joint Air to Surface Standoff Missiles, zinali zida zapanyanja zoyendetsedwa ndi turbojet zokhala ndi zida zankhondo zophulika kwambiri zolemera mapaundi chikwi ndi kutalika kwa mailosi mazana awiri.
    
  Tsopano radar imodzi inayenera kulamulira nkhondo yonseyo. Ma radar a Patriot sanayang'ane ngati ma radar wamba osakanizidwa mwamakina ndipo samafunikira kuwongoleredwa, koma anali ndi malo enaake akumwamba omwe adapatsidwa kuti apewe zovuta zosokoneza. Radar yotsala, yomwe ili ku Batman Air Force Base mailosi makumi asanu ndi limodzi kummawa kwa Diyarbakir, idapatsidwa ntchito yoyang'ana kumwera ku Iraq osati kumadzulo ku Diyarbakir. Kutsatira njira yawo yamakono - kutsatira Syria - anali pamphepete mwa mlengalenga wa radar.
    
  "Lamulani radar ya Batman kuti itembenukire kumadzulo-kum'mwera chakumadzulo kuti iletse njira iyi yothawira ndege," adalamula mkulu wanzeru. DAO idapereka dongosolo. Dongosolo la radar la AN/MPQ-53 nthawi zambiri linali lokhala ndi ngolo, ndipo ngakhale zinali zosavuta kuyisuntha kuti ifike kumlengalenga watsopano, nthawi zambiri izi sizinachitike, makamaka akamawukiridwa. Komabe, malo a Batman anali osiyana: ngakhale kuti Patriot idapangidwa kuti ikhale yothamanga, malo a Batman adayikidwa mokhazikika, kutanthauza kuti makina ake a radar amatha kusuntha mosavuta ngati pakufunika.
    
  "Kukonzanso radar, njira yabwino yamainjini othamanga," TAO idatero mphindi zingapo pambuyo pake. "Okonda Ankhondo Alowa Nkhondo"
    
  Koma panthawiyo zowerengera zonse za radar zidatuluka. "Chinachitika ndi chiyani?" - anafuula wotsogolera tactical.
    
  "Radar ya Batman yazimiririka," inatero TAO. "Kuwomberedwa ndi mzinga wapaulendo." Patangopita nthawi pang"ono: "Oonerera pansi akusimba za ndege ziŵiri zothamanga kwambiri zimene zikuuluka m"mwamba pamalo otsika kuchokera kum"maŵa." Tsopano zinali zodziwikiratu zomwe zidachitika: kusinthira radar kumadzulo kunachepetsa kufalikira kwakummawa. Majeti awiri adangodumphadumpha pakati pa Radar pakati pa Batman ndi Van ndikuukira radar.
    
  Tsopano Diyarbakir inali yotseguka.
    
    
  PA BOARD "FRACTURE ONE-NINE"
  NTHAWI YOMWEYO
    
    
  "Kuthawa kwa ziphuphu, iyi ndi 109, muli ndi mchira wowoneka bwino," Lt. Col. Gia "Boxer" Cazzotto adalengeza kwa gulu lake laling'ono la B-1B Lancer mabomba. "Tiyeni titenge, mukuti chani?"
    
  "Fracture One-Nine, iyi ndi Genesis," a Patrick McLanahan adawulutsa kudzera pa transmitter yawo yotetezeka. "Kodi mukupeza zotsitsa zaposachedwa kwambiri?"
    
  "Buckeye?"
    
  "Ndamva, ndawapeza," atero mkulu wa OSO. "Zithunzizi ndizabwino kwambiri kuposa radar." Ankayang'ana zithunzi za radar zokwezeka kwambiri za Diyarbakir Air Base ku Turkey zotengedwa ndi ma satellite ozindikira a NIRTSat m'mbuyomu. Zithunzi zomwe zidatsitsidwa kuchokera ku ma satelayiti zitha kukonzedwa ndi bomba la AN/APQ-164 B-1 ngati kuti chithunzicho chidatengedwa ndi radar yakeyo. Iwo anali oposa makilomita makumi anayi kuchokera pa chandamalecho, kupitirira malire a radar yotsika kwambiri, koma OSO inkatha kuona ndi kuwerengetsera zogwirizanitsa zomwe chandamale isanayambe kuwulukira.
    
  The OSOs anayamba kusonkhanitsa chandamale kugwirizana ndi kulongedza iwo m'mivi yawo eyiti otsala JASSM kumenyedwa, ndipo pamene mizinga onse atadzaza chandamale, iwo anagwirizanitsa kuulutsa mu nthawi ndi azimuth ndi kuwamasula kuthawa. Panthawiyi, zoponya zoyendetsedwa ndi turbojet zidawulukira pansi, kupewa zopinga zomwe zimadziwika, kugwiritsa ntchito kuyenda mopanda mphamvu ndi zosintha zapadziko lonse lapansi. Mabomba asanu ndi limodzi a B-1 adawombera ma JASSM asanu ndi atatu iliyonse, ndikudzaza mlengalenga ndi mizinga makumi anayi ndi eyiti.
    
  Panalibe nthawi yosankha zida zankhondo zosiyanasiyana zoponya miviyo, motero onse anali ndi zida zankhondo zogawikana za mapaundi chikwi chimodzi, koma zina zidakwezedwa kuti ziphulike, pomwe zina zidaphulitsidwa pakati pamlengalenga zikafika zomwe akufuna. . Mivi ya air-burst inaponyedwa pamtunda wa ndege, kumene kuphulika kwamphamvu kunawononga chirichonse ndi chirichonse kwa mayadi mazana awiri kumbali zonse, pamene mizinga yowononga imayang'ana nyumba, malo osungira zida, malo osungira mafuta ndi ma hangars. Ma OSO amatha kuwongolera chandamale cha mizingayo pogwiritsa ntchito ulalo wa data wanthawi yeniyeni wa infrared, womwe udapatsa ogwira nawo ntchito chithunzi cha chandamalecho ndikuwalola kutsogolera miviyo molondola komwe akufuna.
    
  Cazzotto anatulutsa mawu pawailesi kuti, "Genesis": "Zida zonse zatha.
    
  Patrick adayankha kuti: "Tipeza zotsitsa za NIRTSat mu ola limodzi, koma potengera zithunzi zomwe ndidalandira kuchokera ku ma JASSM, mwachita ntchito yabwino kwambiri. Ma radar onse a Patriot ndi olumala; Ndikukuwonetsani kuti kukwera ndi RTB ndi zaulere. Chiwonetsero chabwino. "
    
  "Tikuwonani ... chabwino, tsiku lina, Genesis," adatero Gia.
    
  "Ndikuyembekezera, Fracture," adatero Patrick. Ndipo iye ankatanthauzadi zimenezo.
    
    
  EPILOGUE
    
    
  Pita misala. Ndiye thana nazo.
    
  -COLIN POWELL
    
    
    
  OVAL OFFICE, WHITE HOUSE, WASHINGTON, DC.
  M'M'MAWA
    
    
  "Mukutanthauza chiyani mukamati United States idaukira Turkey usiku watha?" - Purezidenti Joseph Gardner adafuula. Mu Oval Office limodzi ndi iye anali mkulu wake wa antchito, Walter Cordus; National Security Advisor Conrad Carlisle; ndi Secretary of Defense Miller Turner. "Sindinapereke lamulo loti ndiukire! WHO? Kuti...?"
    
  "Cholinga chake chinali Diyarbakir, bwalo lalikulu la ndege lomwe dziko la Turkey lidagwiritsa ntchito poyambitsa ziwonetsero zaku Iraq," adatero Turner. "Mabomba asanu ndi limodzi a B-1B a Lancer atulutsidwa kuchokera ku United Arab Emirates-"
    
  "Ndi ulamuliro wa ndani?" Purezidenti anabingula. "Ndani wawapatsa order?"
    
  "Sitikudziwa, bwana ..."
    
  "Simukutsimikiza ? Mabomba asanu ndi limodzi olemera kwambiri odzaza ndi mabomba amachoka pamalo ena ku Middle East ndikuphulitsa bwalo la ndege ku Turkey, ndipo palibe amene akudziwa amene adavomereza? Kodi mkulu wa asilikaliyo anali ndani?
    
  "Dzina lake ndi Cazzotto."
    
  "Iye? Mkulu wachikazi wamapiko ophulitsa mabomba?"
    
  "Zikuwoneka kuti ili ndi gulu la akatswiri okonza," adatero Turner. "Akuchotsa ndege mu njenjete ndikuzipangitsanso kugwira ntchito. Anapatsidwa ntchito yopereka chithandizo cha ndege ku Afghanistan ndi Iraq. "
    
  "Ndipo adangonyamuka ndikuphulitsa Turkey? Kodi izi zingatheke bwanji? Ndani anawalamula kuti achite zimenezi?
    
  "Mtsamunda Cazzotto akukana kulankhula kupatula kunena kuti munthu amene wathamangitsa ntchitoyi alumikizana," adatero Turner.
    
  "Izi sizovomerezeka, Miller," Purezidenti adatero. "Pezani munthu ameneyu ndi kumuponya m"ndende! Izi ndi misala! Sindilola kuti mabomba asanu ndi limodzi a B-1 aziwuluka nthawi iliyonse wina akafuna kuwononga nyumba zingapo. " Analandira chikalatacho kuchokera kwa Cordus, nachiŵerenga, kenaka anachikwinya ndi kuchiponya patebulo lake. "Ndiye adakumana ndi chiyani?"
    
  "Panjira, adawononga malo awiri a Patriot radar," adatero Turner, "kenako adakantha magulu osiyanasiyana ankhondo ku Diyarbakir, kuphatikizapo ndege zoyimitsidwa ndi taxi, ma hangars, malo osungira mafuta ndi malo olamulira ndi olamulira. Kusankha chandamale kothandiza kwambiri. Adagwiritsa ntchito zida zoponya za Joint Air to Surface, zomwe nthawi zambiri zimakhala ndi zida, zowongoleredwa molongosoka za subsonic cruise. Ndege zonse zinabwerera bwinobwino."
    
  "Ndipo ikani katundu, ndikukhulupirira!"
    
  "Inde, bwana. Zikuwoneka kuti aku Turkey akukonzekera kuwukira kwakukulu ku Iraq. Iwo anali ndi ndege zopitilira zana zokonzekera kuwuluka ku Diyarbakir. Zikuwoneka ngati akuyesera kuyamwa pang'ono tisanakhazikitse malo osawuluka kumpoto kwa Iraq. "
    
  Izi zidafewetsa mkwiyo wa apulezidenti, koma adapukusa mutu. "Ndikufuna mayankho, Miller, ndipo ndikufuna bulu!" - adafuula. Cordus anayankha foni yonyezimirayo, n"kuyang"ana Purezidenti mpaka anayang"ana kumbali, kenako n"kugwedeza mutu chakukhomo la ofesi ya Purezidenti yomwe ili pafupi ndi Oval Office. "Yesu, zomwe ndikufunika zikayamba - mlendo wa VIP."
    
  "Awa ndi ndani?" - Carlisle adafunsa.
    
  "Pulezidenti Kevin Martindale."
    
  "Martindale? Kodi akufuna chiyani?
    
  "Zimandidabwitsa kuti adadikirira ola limodzi," adatero Gardner. "Ndimuchotsa. Ndiyankheni mafunso angapo, Miller!" Analowa muofesi yake yachinsinsi ndikutseka chitseko. "Pepani, Bambo Purezidenti," iye anatero. Chinachake chachitika mwachangu.
    
  "Izi zimachitika kwambiri mu bizinesi iyi, Bambo Purezidenti," adatero Kevin Martindale, atayimirira ndikugwirana chanza ndi mlembi wake wakale wa chitetezo. "Ndipepese chifukwa chobwera mwadzidzidzi, koma pali zomwe ndimayenera kukuuzani."
    
  "Kodi izi zingadikire mpaka nkhomaliro, Kevin?" - Gardner anafunsa. "Mukudziwa, zinthu zonse zaku Turkey izi zikuwopseza kugwa -"
    
  "Zikugwirizana ndi Turkey," adatero Martindale.
    
  "KODI? Nanga bwanji izi?"
    
  "Kugunda kwa ndege ku Diyarbakir usiku watha."
    
  Maso a Gardner adachita mantha. "Air strike...O Mulungu wanga, Kevin, ndazindikira za izi mphindi ziwiri zapitazo! Mukudziwa bwanji za izi?
    
  "Chifukwa ndinathandizira kukonzekera," adatero Martindale. Maso a Gardner adatuluka kwambiri. "Ndinakopa mkulu wa Minhad Air Base ku United Arab Emirates, General Omair, kuti amasule mabomba. Anali ndi ngongole yanga." Gardner anadabwa kwambiri. "Tamvera, Joe, uyenera kundilonjeza kuti sindidzachita izi," Martindale anapitiriza. "Osafufuza Cazzotto, Omair kapena wina aliyense."
    
  "Musafufuze? Gulu la zigawenga zisanu ndi chimodzi za ku America zidaukira bwalo la ndege ku Turkey, ndipo sindiyenera kufufuza?
    
  "Zingakhale bwino ngati sunachite izi, Joe," adatero Martindale. Kupatula apo, kuwukira kwa ndege mwina kunayimitsa nkhondo pakati pathu ndi Turkey. Malinga ndi zomwe ndauzidwa, tidawononga gawo limodzi mwa magawo anayi a gulu lankhondo lankhondo laku Turkey paulendo umodzi womwewo. Akukonzekera kumenyanso Iraq, mwina kuwononga Erbil ndi Kirkuk.
    
  "Kevin ... ukudziwa bwanji zonsezi?" - Gardner anafunsa. "Munatani?"
    
  Martindale adayang'ana Gardner kwakanthawi, kenako adamwetulira ndikuti mwakachetechete, "Ndine Scion Aviation International, Joe. Kodi munamvapo za iwo?
    
  Maonekedwe otukumuka, osakhulupirira anabwerera. "Ndege za mbadwa? Scion...Mukutanthauza, bungwe la McLanahan? "
    
  "Zovala zanga, Joe."
    
  "Inu ... muli ndi maloboti ... Tin Woodman ...?"
    
  Martindale anati: "Zocheperapo kuposa zomwe tinali nazo m'mbuyomu, chifukwa cha Hirsiz ndi Jizek, koma tidakali ndi zina zonse. Anamuyang'ana Gardner ndipo anakhala chete mpaka a President anamuyang'ana. "Ndikudziwa zomwe mukuganiza, Joe: mumagwira McLanahan ku Iraq ndikumukakamiza kuti aulule komwe maloboti ena ali, kenako ndikumupereka ku Uzbekistan kwa moyo wake wonse. Usachite zimenezo ".
    
  "Chifukwa chiyani sindiyenera kutero?" Gardner anatero. Izi n"zimene akuyeneradi!
    
  "Joe, uyenera kuchita zomwe ndinachita: kusiya kumenyana ndi mnyamatayo ndikuphunzira kugwira naye ntchito," adatero Martindale. "Munthu ameneyu anapita kumeneko, ndipo anakonza zoti adzawukire dziko limodzi lamphamvu kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi, ndipo anasonkhanitsa ndege, zida ndi zipangizo za satellite zimene anafunikira, ndipo anakwanitsa. Kodi uyu si mnyamata amene mukufuna kuti akugwireni ntchito?"
    
  "Mnyamata uyu adatumiza amuna awiri a malatawa pambuyo panga ku Camp David, ndipo m'modzi wa iwo adandigwira pakhosi ...!"
    
  "Ndipo ndikudziwa chifukwa chake, Joe," adatero Martindale. "Ndili ndi umboni wonse wobisidwa basi. Tsopano si McLanahan yekha amene muyenera kutsitsa: tsopano ndi ine ndi kagulu kakang'ono ka maloya omwe akudziwa komwe makope onse a umboni wonsewu abisidwa . " Adayika dzanja lake paphewa la Gardner. "Koma sindinabwere kudzakuopsezani, Joe," anapitiriza motero. "Ndikukuuzani, McLanahan sakufuna kumenyana nanu, akufuna kukumenyerani nkhondo, ku America. Ali ndi mphatso, bambo. Amaona vuto ndipo amasuntha kumwamba ndi dziko lapansi kuti zithetse. Chifukwa chiyani sukufuna kukhala kumbali yako?"
    
  Anamusisita Gardner paphewa, kenako ananyamula malaya ake. "Taganizani, Joe, chabwino?" Adatelo uku akukonzeka kunyamuka. "Ndipo kuyimitsa kufufuza, kapena kujambula, kapena kugawa, chitani chilichonse. Ngati izi zikukakamiza aku Turkey kuti abwerere, zonse zikhala bwino. Mukhoza ngakhale kutenga mbiri chifukwa cha izo. Ndikhala ndikukuyang'anirani, Mr.
    
    
  Palm Jumeirah, DUBAI, UNITED ARAB Emirates
  PATAPITA MASIKU OCHEPA
    
    
  Kuchokera pamalo odyera padenga la New Trump International Hotel ndi Tower ku Dubai, Patrick McLanahan ndi Gia Cazzotto adatha kuwona mitengo ikuluikulu yodabwitsa, akorona, nthambi ndi madzi osweka a Palm Jumeirah, chimodzi mwa zisumbu zitatu za kanjedza, zisumbu zopanga komanso matanthwe omwe ndi amodzi mwa malo odabwitsa kwambiri komanso malo okhalamo komanso zosangalatsa zamtunduwu padziko lapansi. Wopangidwa ngati khungu lalikulu la kanjedza, amawonjezera makilomita mazana atatu kugombe la Gulf la United Arab Emirates.
    
  Gia adakweza galasi lake la champagne kwa Patrick ndipo adakhudza galasi lake. "Ndiuzeni, General," adafunsa, "munakwanitsa bwanji kukupezerani hotelo inu, ine ndi gulu lanu lonse mu hotelo yapadera kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi yomwe siyingasungidwe?"
    
  "Zikomo kwambiri bwana," Patrick anatero.
    
  "O, zachinsinsi kwambiri. Ndindani? Kapena simukudziwa? Kodi ali ngati Charles Townsend, wolemera komanso wamphamvu koma akusankha kukhalabe pamithunzi? "
    
  "Chinthu chonga icho".
    
  Iwo anayima ndi kusilira maonekedwe kwa mphindi zochepa; Kenako anafunsa kuti, "Kodi mubwerera liti ku States?"
    
  "Mawa m'mawa".
    
  "Sungathe kukhalanso?"
    
  "Ayi". Anamuyang"ana, kenako anafunsa kuti, "Kodi mubwerera liti ku Palmdale?"
    
  "Tsiku ndi tsiku. Ndinkaganiza kuti ndikupita ku Fort Leavenworth, koma mwadzidzidzi zonsezi zinazimiririka." Anamuyang"ana mosamala. "Simungadziwe chifukwa chomwe ofufuza a State Department and Defense Intelligence Agency adasowa mwadzidzidzi, sichoncho?"
    
  "Ayi".
    
  "Mwina Charlie wanu wakhala mngelo wanga wondiyang'anira?" Patrick sanalankhule kalikonse. Anasisita nkhope monyodola. "Simumalankhula zambiri, sichoncho bwana?" - iye anafunsa.
    
  "Ndinakufunsa kuti usanditchule 'bwana' kapena 'general'."
    
  "Pepani, sindingachitire mwina." Anamwa champagne, kenako analumikiza zala zake ndi zake. "Koma mwina mutachita zinazake zochepa, ndikhala womasuka nazo." Patrick anamwetulira, ndikuwerama ndikumupsopsona pang'ono pamilomo.
    
  "Ndizomwe ndikunena, Patrick." Anamwetulira moyipa, ndikumukokera pafupi, ndiyeno asanamupsompsonenso, "Koma sindizo zonse zomwe ndikunena."
    
    
  KURKA BORDER COSSING, HAKKARI PROVINCE, REPUBLIC OF TURKEY
  MASIKU OMWEWO
    
    
  Podutsa malire a Ukurca pamalire a Turkey-Iraqi, kagulu kakang'ono ka anthu ofuna zabwino adasonkhana, akugwedeza mbendera za Turkey ndikukondwera pamene magalimoto otsogolera a Gendarma aku Turkey akubwerera kwawo. Alonda a m"malire anawaletsa pamene agalu olondera ankawatsogolera uku ndi uku motsatira mzerewu.
    
  Inali itayenda ulendo wautali, wotopetsa komanso wochititsa manyazi pobwerera kunyumba, General Bezir Ozek anaganiza motero pamene amatuluka m"galimoto yake yokhala ndi zida atangowoloka malire, koma zimenezo zinapangitsa kugonja kochititsa manyazi konseko kukhala koyenera. Mkulu wa positi yamalire anachita sawatcha ndipo gulu laling'ono loimba mwamwambo linayamba kuimba nyimbo ya fuko la Turkey. "Takulandirani kunyumba, General," mkulu wa asilikaliyo anatero.
    
  "Zikomo, Major," anatero Ozek, "ndipo zikomo polandira bwino."
    
  "Osandithokoza, zikomo anthu," adatero mejayo. Iwo anamva kuti mukubwerera kwanu, ndipo anafuna kuti adzakulandireni inuyo pamodzi ndi anthu anu kuchokera kunkhondo yopambana yolimbana ndi PKK."
    
  Ozek anagwedeza mutu osanena zomwe ankaganiza: kampeni yake yalephera, yosokonezedwa ndi wamantha Hasan Jizek. Pambuyo pa nkhondo ya ku America ku Diyarbakir, Cizek inasowa kotheratu, ndikusiya boma lotseguka. Kurzat Hirsiz adasiya ntchito ndikupereka mphamvu kwa Ais ¸e Akas, ndipo ntchito yogonjetsa PKK inatha. Wakhala sabata yatha akulimbana ndi zigawenga za PKK ndi Peshmerga pomwe amabwerera kwawo.
    
  "Chonde bwerani mudzakumane ndi akufunirani zabwino," anatero mejayo. Anatsamira Ozek nati, "Njira zonse zatsatiridwa, bwana."
    
  "Zikomo, Major," anatero Ozek. Iye anatembenukira kwa anthuwo n"kuwevetsa manja, ndipo khamu la anthulo linafuula mosangalala. Chabwino, iye anaganiza, izo zikumveka zenizeni mokwanira. Anayamba kugwirana chanza. Amuna ndi akazi ankamuyang'ana ndi maso a Google ngati kuti anali nyenyezi ya rock. Mazana a manja anafikira kwa iye.
    
  Atatsala pang"ono kufika kumapeto kwa khamu la anthulo, anaona mayi wina akumugwedeza ndi dzanja lake lamanja, atanyamula mwana kumanzere. Anali wokongola kwambiri, zomwe zinagogomezedwanso ndi mfundo yakuti anali kuyamwitsa khanda lake, ndi bulangete lowala lowoneka bwino lophimba mabere ake opanda kanthu. Anagwira dzanja lake laulere. "Zikomo, wokondedwa wanga, zikomo chifukwa cha kulandiridwa kumeneku," iye anatero.
    
  "Ayi, zikomo, General," mayiyo anatero mosangalala. "Zikomo chifukwa cha nkhondo zanu zolimba."
    
  "Ndimayesetsa kuthandiza anthu aku Turkey, makamaka azimayi odabwitsa ngati inu." Anagwira dzanja lake ndi kupsyopsyona. "Iyi ndi ntchito yomwe ndimasangalala nayo, monganso ndimasangalala kukumana nanu."
    
  "Chabwino, zikomo, General." Chofunda chopyapyalacho chinasuntha pang'ono ndipo Ozek anaseka akuyang'ana mabere ake. Mwamwayi, iye anaganiza, iye wakhala ali m'munda nthawi yaitali kwambiri. "Ndipo," iye anatero, akuphethira kwa iye, "Inenso ndili ndi ntchito yoti ndichite."
    
  Chobvala chopyapyalacho chinagwa kuti chiwulule bere lokongola, lolimba, lachigololo ... ndi phewa lakumanzere lophwanyika mowopsya, theka la mkono wakumanzere ... ndi ndodo yamatabwa yokhala ndi mapeto ngati khansa yomwe imagwirizanitsidwa ndi chitsa. "Ntchito yanga yobwezera anthu aku al-Amadiyah yatha, General, ndi yanunso ... zikomo kwa Base."
    
  Ndipo ndi izi, Zilar Azzawi adakoka chowombera cha munthu wakufayo paziboliboli zolumikizidwa ndi mapaundi makumi awiri a zophulika zobisika mu chidole chomwe adanyamula ngati khanda, kupha aliyense mkati mwa utali wa mapazi makumi awiri.
    
    
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  Mphamvu zopanda chiyero
    
    
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  AMERICA
    
    
  PATRICK S. MCLANAHAN, US Air Force Lieutenant General (Ret.), Partner ndi Purezidenti, Scion Aviation International
    
  KEVIN MARTINDALE, Purezidenti wakale wa United States, mwiniwake wachinsinsi wa Scion Aviation International
    
  JONATHAN COLIN MASTERS, Ph.D., Director of Operations, Sky Masters Inc.
    
  HUNTER NOBLE, Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti wa Development, Sky Masters Inc.
    
  JOSEPH GARDNER, Purezidenti wa United States
    
  KENNETH T. PHOENIX, Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti
    
  CONRAD F. CARLISLE, National Security Advisor
    
  MILLER H. TURNER, Mlembi wa Chitetezo
    
  WALTER CORDUS, Chief of Staff of White House
    
  STACY ANN BARBO, Secretary of State
    
  USMC GENERAL TAYLOR J. BAIN, Wapampando, Akuluakulu Ogwirizana a Staff
    
  US ARMY Major General CHARLES CONNOLLY, Division Commander ku Northern Iraq
    
  COLONEL WA ARMY WA US JACK T. WILHELM, Mkulu Wachiwiri Wachiwiri, Allied Nakhla Air Base, Iraq
    
  ARMY Lieutenant Colonel MARK WEATHERLY, Regimental Executive Officer
    
  ARMY MAJOR KENNETH BRUNO, Regimental Operations Officer
    
  U.S. Air Force LIEUTENANT COLONEL JIA "BOXER" CAZZOTTO, Commander, 7th Air Expeditionary Squadron
    
  CHRIS THOMPSON, Purezidenti ndi CEO wa Thompson Security, kampani yachitetezo payekha ku Allied Nakhla Air Base, Iraq.
    
  FRANK BEXAR, wapolisi wachinsinsi
    
  CAPT KELVIN COTTER, USAF, Wachiwiri kwa Regimental Air Traffic Control Officer
    
  MARGARET HARRISON, Mtsogoleri wa Magalimoto Opanda Maulendo Opanda Maulendo, Mgwirizano Wachinsinsi
    
  REESE FLIPPIN, Private Contract Meteorological Officer
    
    
  TURKS
    
    
  KURZAT HIRSIZ, Purezidenti wa Republic of Turkey
    
  AYSE AKAŞ, Prime Minister wa Republic of Turkey
    
  HASAN CICEK, Minister of National Defense of the Republic of Turkey
    
  GENERAL ORHAN SAHIN, Mlembi Wamkulu wa National Security Council of Turkey
    
  MUSTAFA HARAMAT, Nduna Yowona Zakunja ku Turkey
    
  FEVSI GUKLU, Mtsogoleri wa National Intelligence Organisation
    
  GENERAL ABDULLAH GUZLEV, Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Turkey
    
  GENERAL AIDIN DEDE, Wachiwiri kwa Chief of Staff
    
  MAJOR AYDIN SABASTI, wogwirizira, U.S. Second Regiment, Allied Nakhla Air Base, Iraq.
    
  MAJOR HAMID JABBURI, Wachiwiri Wogwirizanitsa
    
  GENERAL BESIR OZEK, Commander of Jandarma (Turkey National Internal Security Forces)
    
  LIEUTENANT GENERAL GUVEN ILGAZ, Wachiwiri kwa Mtsogoleri, Jandarma
    
  Lt. GENERAL MUSTAFA ALI, Shift Commander wa Jandarma
    
    
  IRAQI
    
    
  ALI LATIF RASHID, Purezidenti wa Republic of Iraq
    
  COLONEL YUSUF JAFFAR, Commander, Allied Nakhla Air Base, Tall Qaif, Iraq
    
  MAJOR JAFAR OSMAN, Iraqi Maqbara (Grave) Company, 7th Brigade Commander
    
  COLONEL NURI MAVLAUD, wogwirizira wa Gulu Lachiwiri
    
  ZILAR "BAZ" (HAWK) AZZAWI, mtsogoleri wa zigawenga za Iraq PKK
    
  SADUN SALH, wothandizira mtsogoleri wa gulu la Azzawi
    
    
  ZIDA NDI MAFUPITSO
    
    
    
  MAFUPIKO NDI TERMINOLOJIA
    
    
  AMARG-Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group ("Boneyard"), malo a U.S. Air Force pafupi ndi Tucson, Arizona omwe amasunga, kuswa, ndi kukonzanso mbali za ndege zolemala
    
  AOR - Gawo la Udindo
    
  AQI - Al-Qaeda ku Iraq, mphukira yaku Iraq ya gulu lachigawenga la Osama bin Laden
    
  "Combat Rattle" - zida zamunthu zofunika pakumenya nkhondo
    
  bullseye - malo osankhidwa omwe chidziwitso chokhudzana ndi zomwe mukufuna chimatha kutumizidwa pamayendedwe otseguka popanda kuwulula komwe muli.
    
  C4I - Lamulo, kuwongolera, kulumikizana, makompyuta ndi luntha
    
  Cankaya ndiye mpando wa boma la Republic of Turkey
    
  CHU - Container Habitation Unit, malo okhalamo oyenda ngati chidebe chonyamula katundu chomwe asitikali aku US ku Iraq amagwiritsa ntchito
    
  Chuville ndi dera lomwe lili ndi anthu ambiri a BC
    
  DFAC-Canteen
    
  ECM - Electronic Countermeasures
    
  EO-Masensa a Electro-optical omwe amatha kufalitsa pakompyuta kapena kukulitsa zithunzi zowoneka bwino
    
  FAA - Federal Aviation Administration, US Aviation Regulatory Agency
    
  FOB - Forward Operating Base, gulu lankhondo pafupi kapena mdera la adani
    
  Fobbits - slang kwa ogwira ntchito ndi othandizira
    
  Fobbitville - slang yomanga likulu
    
  FPCON - Mphamvu Yoteteza Chitetezo, Kuunika kwa Mlingo wa Udani kapena Zigawenga Kuwopseza Kukhazikitsa Asitikali (omwe kale anali THREATCON)
    
  GP - Cholinga Choyambirira (bomba lamphamvu yokoka kapena galimoto)
    
  IA - Asitikali aku Iraq
    
  IED - Chipangizo Chophulika Chowonjezera
    
  IIR - Sensa ya zithunzi za infrared, sensor yotentha yokhala ndi malingaliro okwanira kujambula
    
  ILS - Instrument Landing System, njira yolumikizira wailesi yomwe imatha kuwongolera ndege kuti zifike kumadera ovuta
    
  IM - mauthenga apompopompo, kusamutsa mauthenga pakati pa makompyuta
    
  IR - Infrared
    
  Kudina - makilomita
    
  KRG ndi Boma la Chigawo cha Kurdistan, bungwe la ndale lomwe limayang'anira dera lodzilamulira la Kurdish kumpoto kwa Iraq.
    
  LLTV - Low Light TV
    
  LRU-Line Replacement Units, zigawo za ndege zomwe zimatha kuchotsedwa mosavuta ndikusinthidwa pamzere wowuluka ngati zasokonekera.
    
  Mahdi ndi mawu a slang kwa womenya nkhondo yakunja
    
  Adaptive Mission Technology - Imaumba mokhazikika pamalo andege kuti ipereke luso lowongolera ndege
    
  Ma modes ndi ma code - zoikidwiratu zosiyanasiyana zozindikiritsa ndege transponder wailesi
    
  MTI - Moving Target Indicator, radar yomwe imatsata magalimoto oyenda pansi kuchokera patali
    
  Nonttrusion - kufalitsa deta zabodza kapena kupanga mapulogalamu mu netiweki yamakompyuta ya adani pogwiritsa ntchito kulumikizana kwa digito, maulalo a data kapena masensa
    
  NOFORN - Palibe yachilendo; Gulu lachitetezo lomwe limaletsa nzika zakunja kupeza deta
    
  PAG - Congress for Freedom and Democracy, dzina lina la Kurdistan Workers' Party
    
  PKK-Karker Party ku Kurdistan, Kurdistan Workers' Party, bungwe la Kurdish separatist lomwe likufuna kupanga dziko losiyana ndi zigawo za Kurdish za Turkey, Iran, Syria ndi Iraq; osankhidwa ngati gulu lachigawenga ndi mayiko ndi mabungwe angapo
    
  ROE - Malamulo a Chiyanjano, Njira ndi Zolepheretsa pa Ntchito Yolimbana
    
  SAM - pamwamba-to-air missile
    
  SEAD - Kuponderezedwa kwa zida zodzitchinjiriza za adani pogwiritsa ntchito zida zophatikizira ndi zida kuti ziwononge chitetezo cha mdani, ma radar kapena kulamula ndi kuwongolera zida.
    
  triple-A - zida zankhondo zotsutsana ndi ndege
    
    
  Chida
    
    
  AGM-177 Wolverine - ndege yodziyimira payokha- kapena mzinga woyambira pansi
    
  CBU-87 Combination Munition ndi chida choponyedwa ndi mpweya chomwe chimabalalitsa migodi yotsutsa-ogwira ntchito komanso yotsutsa magalimoto kudera lalikulu.
    
  CBU-97 Sensor Fuse Weapon ndi chida choponyedwa ndi mpweya chomwe chimatha kuzindikira ndikuwononga magalimoto ambiri okhala ndi zida nthawi imodzi kudera lalikulu.
    
  CID - Cybernetic Infantry Device, loboti yoyendetsedwa ndi kulimba, zida, masensa ndi kumenya nkhondo.
    
  Helikoputala ya Cobra attack ndi helikopita yopepuka, ya m'badwo wachiwiri wa US Army yokhala ndi zida.
    
  CV-22 Osprey ndi ndege yapakatikati yomwe imatha kunyamuka ndikutera ngati helikopita, koma imatha kutembenuza ma rotor ake ndikuwuluka ngati ndege yamapiko okhazikika.
    
  JDAM - Joint Direct Damage Munition, zida zomangira bomba lamphamvu yokoka lomwe limawapatsa mwayi wolunjika kwambiri pogwiritsa ntchito chidziwitso cha Global Positioning System.
    
  KC-135R ndiye mtundu waposachedwa kwambiri wa ndege ya Boeing 707 yomwe ikuwonjezera mafuta
    
  Kiowa ndi helikoputala yopepuka yokhala ndi masensa apamwamba omwe amagwiritsidwa ntchito kuti azitha kudziwa zomwe akumenyedwa ndi ma helikopita
    
  MIM-104 Patriot - makina oyendetsa ndege oletsa ndege opangidwa ndi America
    
  SA-14 ndi mzinga wachiwiri wotsutsana ndi ndege wopangidwa ku Russia wokhala ndi kukhazikitsidwa pamanja.
    
  SA-7 - zida zolimbana ndi ndege zopangidwa ku Russia zokhala ndi kukhazikitsidwa kwamanja
    
  Slingshot - njira yamphamvu yotetezera laser ya ndege
    
  Stryker ndi wonyamula zida zankhondo zamawilo asanu ndi atatu aku US Army.
    
  Tin Man ndi msirikali yemwe ali ndi zida zapamwamba zankhondo, masensa, ndi zida zolimbikitsira kuti athe kumenya nkhondo.
    
  XC-57 "Loser" ndi ndege yamapiko owuluka yomwe idapangidwa kuti iphulitse bomba la US Air Force, koma idasinthidwa kukhala ndege yamitundu yambiri pomwe polojekitiyi idataya mpikisano.
    
    
  MFUNDO ZA REAL WORLD NEWS
    
    
    
  BBC NEWS ONLINE, 30 OCTOBER 2007:
    
  Mkangano pakati pa dziko la Turkey ndi dera la Kurdish waku Iraq wakula pang'onopang'ono m'miyezi yomwe ikubwera kumavuto omwe abwera chifukwa cha zigawenga za PKK zomwe zapha asitikali makumi anayi aku Turkey m'masabata aposachedwa.
    
  ...M'mwezi wa May, dziko la Turkey linakwiya kwambiri pamene gulu lankhondo lotsogozedwa ndi dziko la United States linapereka chitetezo m'zigawo zitatu za Iraq Kurdistan ndipo mwamsanga anakweza mbendera ya Chikurdi m'malo mwa Iraq.
    
  ..."Simukufuna asitikali 100,000 [aku Turkey] kuti atenge malo anu," adatero wandale wamkulu waku Iraq waku Kurd. "Zomwe akukonzekera kuchita ndikuyambitsa kuwukira kwakukulu ndikuwongolera misewu yayikulu mkati mwa Iraqi Kurdistan yolowera kumapiri amalire kumbali ya Iraq."
    
  ... Pali mphekesera m'mabwalo a Chikurdi kuti anthu a ku Turkey angayesenso kuphulitsa mabomba kapena kusokoneza ndege ziwiri za Kurdish za Iraq, ku Erbil ndi Sulaymaniyah, zomwe Ankara akuti zalola kuti zigawenga za PKK zipeze chitetezo.
    
  ... Zomwe amapereka ndizoposa pamenepo. Akunena za kuwukira kwakukulu kwankhondo komwe kumapangitsa anthu kukhala ndi mantha kwambiri, amanjenje komanso kuda nkhawa. Anthu ambiri ali ndi nkhawa kuti zokhumba za Turkey zitha kupitilira kuwonongedwa kwa PKK ... "
    
    
    
  BBC NEWS ONLINE, 18 JANUARY 2008:
    
  ... Dziko la Turkey lakhala likuwopseza asilikali a PKK kuyambira pamene zigawenga ziwonjezetsa zigawenga za asilikali a Turkey, zomwe zachititsa kuti boma la dziko lino liyankhe mwamphamvu. Mwezi watha, boma linavomereza asilikali kuti achite ntchito zodutsa malire [ku Iraq] motsutsana ndi PKK pakafunika.
    
  Kuwombera kwa ndege pa Lamlungu usiku kunali chizindikiro choyamba chachikulu cha izi.
    
  ...Ankara yati ili ndi chivomerezo cha United States mwakachetechete pa ntchito zake mogwirizana ndi mgwirizano womwe Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan adachita ku Washington mwezi watha ndi Purezidenti George W. Bush.
    
  "Ndikukhulupirira kuti US idapereka nzeru ndipo asitikali aku Turkey adachitapo kanthu," Mneneri wa Unduna wa Zakunja ku Turkey a Levent Bilman adauza BBC ...
    
    
    
  "Asilikali A TURKISH ANAFANTHA ZIGAWO 11 KU SOUTHEAST TURKEY PAFUPI NDI IRAQ BORDER-ASSOCIATED PRESS," MARCH 12, 2007-ANKARA, TURKEY:
    
  Asitikali aku Turkey adapha zigawenga 11 zaku Kurd pamikangano kum'mwera chakum'mawa kwa Turkey pafupi ndi malire ndi Iraq, bungwe lofalitsa nkhani lachinsinsi linanena Lachitatu. Nkhondoyi ikubwera patatha milungu iwiri dziko la Turkey litaukira kumpoto kwa Iraq kwa masiku asanu ndi atatu pofuna kuchotsa zigawenga za Kurdistan Workers' Party zomwe zakhala zikulimbana ndi boma la Turkey kuyambira 1984.
    
  ...Anthu ena a dziko la Turkey akuopa kuti kukulitsa ufulu wa chikhalidwe chawo kungapangitse kuti dzikolo ligawikane motsatira mafuko. Akuda nkhawa kuti a Kurds aku Turkey atha kulimba mtima ndi dera la Kurdish lothandizidwa ndi US kumpoto kwa Iraq, lomwe lili ndi boma lawo komanso zigawenga ...
    
    
    
  ZOTSATIRA ZACHIWIRI KOKHA 2008, Palibe STRATFOR.COM, APRIL 4, 2008:
    
  Zochitika Zachigawo: Turkey ikuwoneka ngati mphamvu yayikulu m'chigawo ndipo iyamba kukhala ndi chikoka m'madera onse mu 2008, makamaka kumpoto kwa Iraq ...
    
  Dziko la Turkey likumva lamphamvu osati kumpoto kwa Iraq kokha, komanso ku Balkan ndi Caucasus, komwe likufuna kulangiza Kosovo yodziyimira payokha komanso ku Azerbaijan komwe kuli mafuta ...
    
    
    
  "IRON MAN NDI NKHOPE YATSOPANO YA AKANKHANI A ASILIKALI," JEREMY SU, SPACE.COM, MAY 6, 2008:
    
  Pamene ngwazi yayikulu Tony Stark sakupereka zida za Iron Man kuti agwetse anthu oyipa, akupereka zida zatsopano zankhondo zaku US kuti zithandizire kumenya nkhondo yolimbana ndi zigawenga.
    
  Anthu ndi makampani sangawonekere ngati ma drones akuwuluka mumlengalenga waku Afghanistan ndi Iraq, koma udindo wawo wakula kwambiri pamikangano yaposachedwa.
    
  ...Palibe amene amakayikira zoti dziko la United States silingathe kumenya nkhondo tsopano popanda kugwiritsa ntchito makontrakitala ankhondo...Izi zikutanthauza kuti makontrakitala ankhondo nawonso apitilira kugulitsa zida zankhondo. Tsopano amayang'anira mizere yoperekera katundu, kudyetsa asitikali, kumanga misasa, kulangiza za njira, komanso kumenya nkhondo ngati magulu achitetezo achinsinsi ...
    
    
    
  "IRAN: AM-IRAQI DEAL IDZAKHALA AKAPALA A Iraqi - RAFSANJANI," STRATFOR.COM JUNE 4, 2008:
    
  Wapampando wa bungwe la Iranian Expediency Council, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, adati June 4 kuti dziko lachisilamu lidzayesa kuletsa mgwirizano wachitetezo cha nthawi yayitali pakati pa Iraq ndi United States, ponena kuti zomwe zachitikazo "zidzakhala akapolo" aku Iraq, nyuzipepala ya Associated Press inati. Rafsanjani adati mgwirizano wa US-Iraq upangitsa kuti dziko la Iraq likhale lokhazikika, ndikuti ntchito yotereyi ndi yowopsa kwa mayiko onse mderali ...
    
    
    
  MAWU OGWIRITSIRA NTCHITO YACHITATU, STRATFOR.COM, JULY 8, 2008:
    
  ...Chigawo chachigawo: Turkey ikuwonekera ngati mphamvu yaikulu yachigawo ndipo mu 2008 idzayamba kukhala ndi chikoka m'madera onse ozungulira, makamaka kumpoto kwa Iraq ... Turkey ikukhala wolimba mtima pa mayiko onse: kutumiza asilikali kumpoto kwa Iraq, kuyimira pakati. Zokambirana zamtendere za Israeli-Syria, kulimbikitsa ntchito zamagetsi ku Caucasus ndi Central Asia ndipo zikupangitsa kukhalapo kwake kumveka ndi mphamvu zake ku Balkan ...
    
    
    
  "IRAQI PARLIAMENT ACHANG'ANA PA KIRKUK," ASSOCIATED PRESS, JULY 30, 2008:
    
  ... Kusamvana kudakula Lolemba kutsatira bomba lodzipha ku Kirkuk pamwambo waku Kurd wotsutsana ndi malamulo a chisankho omwe adapha anthu 25 ndikuvulaza oposa 180.
    
  Kirkuk ndi kwawo kwa Akurds, Turkmen, Arabs ndi ena ang'onoang'ono. Pambuyo pa kuphulika kwa mabomba a Kirkuk, a Kurds ambiri okwiya adalowa m'maofesi a chipani chandale cha Turkmen chomwe chikutsutsana ndi zomwe aku Kurd adanena kwa Kirkuk, kutsegulira ndi kuwotcha magalimoto pakati pa milandu yoti adani awo ndi amene adayambitsa. Anthu asanu ndi anayi a ku Turkmen, kapena amtundu wa Turks, adavulala.
    
  Prime Minister waku Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan, yemwe amateteza ufulu wa anthu aku Turkmens, adapempha akuluakulu aku Iraq kuti afotokoze nkhawa zomwe zidachitika ku Kirkuk ndipo adalonjeza kutumiza ndege kuti iwulukire ovulalawo kupita ku Turkey kuti akalandire chithandizo, ofesi ya Purezidenti waku Iraq idatero. .
    
    
    
  "TURKEY IKUDWIKITSA ZA KIRKUK CITY", ASSOCIATED PRESS, AUGUST 2, 2008:
    
  Baghdad-Boma la Turkey lati likuda nkhawa ndi mzinda wa Kirkuk ku Iraq, komwe anthu amtundu wa Turks akukumana ndi mkangano wokhudza madera, watero mkulu wina waku Iraq.
    
  Mkulu wa Unduna wa Zachilendo ku Iraq wosadziwika adati nduna yakunja yaku Turkey Ali Babican adalumikizana ndi nduna yazachilendo yaku Iraq Hoshyar Zebari za momwe zilili mumzindawu, bungwe lofalitsa nkhani ku Kuwait KUNA linanena Loweruka.
    
  Chigawo cha Kirkuk chinafuna kuti mzindawu ukhale mbali ya Kurdistan ya Iraq, pamene dziko la Turkey linatsutsa mwamphamvu zimenezi.
    
  Ngakhale mzindawu uli ndi anthu ambiri amtundu wa Turks ku Iraq, mneneri Saeed Zebari adati kuyesa kulikonse kuthetsa mkanganowu kudzachitika ndi Iraq yekha.
    
  Zebari wati aliyense amene akufuna kulowererapo pamkanganowo sangalandilidwe ndi Iraq, mneneri wa KUNA watero.
    
    
    
  "MFUTI YOYAMBA YA LASER ANAomberedwa," WAWAYA, CHIPINDA CHA NGOZI, AUGUST 13, 2008:
    
  Boeing lero yalengeza kuyesa koyamba kwamfuti ya ray yomwe ingapatse magulu apadera ankhondo aku US njira yochitira ziwopsezo mobisa ndi "kukana kotsimikizika."
    
  Poyesa koyambirira kwa mwezi uno ku Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, Boeing's Advanced Tactical Laser - ndege yosinthidwa ya C-130H - "inawotcha laser yake yamphamvu kwambiri yamankhwala kudzera panjira yowongolera matabwa. Dongosolo loyang'anira matabwa lidazindikira chandamale ndikulozera chingwe cha laser ku chandamale monga momwe gulu la ATL limauzira ... "
    
    
    
  "LEMBERANI NUMBER OF AMERICAN CONTRACTORS KU IRAQ," CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR, PETER GRIER, AUGUST 18, 2008:
    
  WASHINGTON - Asitikali aku America amadalira makontrakitala azinsinsi kuyambira pomwe "ogulitsa" adagulitsa mapepala, nyama yankhumba, shuga ndi zinthu zina zapamwamba kwa asitikali aku Continental Army panthawi ya Nkhondo Yachiweruzo.
    
  Koma kuchuluka kwa kugwiritsidwa ntchito kwa makontrakitala ku Iraq sikunachitikepo m'mbiri ya US, malinga ndi lipoti latsopano la congressional lomwe lingakhale nkhani yodziwika bwino kwambiri yokhudza mchitidwewu. Kumayambiriro kwa 2008, malinga ndi Congressional Budget Office (CBO), osachepera 190,000 ogwira ntchito payekha anali kugwira ntchito zothandizidwa ndi US ku bwalo lamasewero la Iraq. Izi zikutanthauza kuti kwa membala aliyense wovala yunifolomu wa usilikali wa U.S. m'derali, panalinso membala wautumiki wolembedwa - chiŵerengero cha 1 kwa 1.
    
  ...Otsutsa za kuchotsedwa ntchito kwa asilikali akuti vuto lenileni ndi kusinthasintha ndi kulamulira ndi kulamulira antchito apadera ...
    
    
    
    " C -300 CURIOSITY ANKARA ," STRATEGIC FORECASTING INC., AUGUST 26 , 2008:
    
    ...Turkey ili mkati mofuna kugula mitundu ingapo ya makina oteteza ndege aku Russia a S-300, lipoti latsiku ndi tsiku la Turkey Today's Zaman lati pa August 25...
    
  ...Ngati dziko la Turkey lingapambane pakupeza izi, kutsatira kwa Ankara kudzafuna njira ziwiri zofunika. Yoyamba ndi reverse engineering, momwe zigawo zikuluzikulu zimaphwanyidwa ndipo ntchito zawo zamkati zimawunikidwa bwino. Chachiwiri ndi maphunziro a nkhondo zamagetsi motsutsana ndi machitidwe enieni ...
    
    
    
  "TURKISH ARMY AMAFUNA KULIMBIKITSA MPHAMVU", ASSOCIATED PRESS, ANKARA, TURKEY - OCTOBER 10, 2008:
    
  Atsogoleri aku Turkey adakumana Lachinayi kuti akambirane zokulitsa mphamvu za asitikali kuti athe kulimbana ndi zigawenga zaku Kurd pambuyo pa zigawenga zomwe zidachitika, zina zomwe zidachokera ku malo oukira kumpoto kwa Iraq.
    
  Nyumba yamalamulo ku Turkey Lachitatu idavota kale kuti ionjezere udindo wa asitikali kuti achite ntchito zolimbana ndi zigawenga zaku Kurd kumpoto kwa Iraq, kuphatikiza ntchito zodutsa malire.
    
  Koma asitikali apempha mphamvu zambiri kuti athane ndi zigawenga za Kurdistan Workers' Party, kapena PKK. Msonkhano wa Lachinayi udayang'ana pakukulitsa luso lomwe asitikali ndi apolisi ali nazo ...
    
    
    
  PROLOGUE
    
    
    
  Kunja kwa AL-AMADYAH, DAHOK Governorate, REPUBLIC OF IRAQ
  CHIKHALIDWE CHA 2010
    
    
  Diloko, kapena kuti chikondwerero cha ukwati wamwambo, chinali chikuchitika kwa maola angapo, koma palibe amene ankaoneka wotopa kwambiri. Amunawo ankavina motengera ng'oma zazikulu, kapena ng'oma za chimango, ndi kuvinidwa ndi nyimbo zachikale zomwe zinkaimbidwa ndi zurna ndi timbura, pamene alendo ena ankasangalala nazo.
    
  Kunja kunali kofunda, kowuma, kopanda mphepo. Magulu a amuna anayima apa ndi apo m"magulu, akusuta ndi kumwa m"makapu ang"onoang"ono a khofi wandiweyani. Azimayi ndi atsikana okalamba ovala madiresi amitundumitundu ndi masikhafu ankawanyamulira thireyi ya chakudya, mothandizidwa ndi ana aamuna kapena ang"ono awo okhala ndi nyali.
    
  Atatumikira amuna kunja kwa phwando laukwati, mkaziyo ananyamula thireyiyo kutsika ndi msewu kudutsa maloboti, mwana wake wamwamuna wazaka khumi zakubadwa akutsogolera njirayo, kupita ku magalimoto aŵiri amtundu wa Toyota obisika mwa theka ndi mitengo, imodzi mbali zonse za msewu. kupita kumunda. Mnyamatayo anawunikira tochi yake pagalimoto ya kumanzere kwake, m"maso mwa mkulu wakeyo. "Allah akudalitseni ndikukupatsani moni! Ndakupeza uli m"tulo!" - adafuula.
    
  "Sindinali!" - m'baleyo anatsutsa mokweza kwambiri kuposa momwe ankafunira.
    
  "Hani, musachite izi. Tsopano mng"ono wako sadzatha kuona mumdima kwa kanthawi," amayi a mnyamatayo anam"kalipa. "Pita ukapatse m"bale wako zinthu zokoma ndipo umuuze kuti wapepesa. Tiye tipite, Mazen," anatero kwa mwamuna wake, "Ndikukupatsirani khofi wochuluka."
    
  Mwamunayo anaika AK-47 yake kutsogolo kwa galimotoyo ndipo analandira moyamikira. Anali atavala zachisangalalo, osati za ntchito yaulonda. "Ndiwe mkazi wabwino, Zilar," anatero mwamunayo. "Koma nthawi ina, utumize m"bale wako waulesi kuti adzakugwire ntchitoyo. Linali lingaliro lake kuika alonda pakhomo." Iye ankamva ululu wake. "Ndikumvetsa. Ali busy kulembanso anthu, sichoncho? Ukwati wa mwana wake wamkazi ndipo sangayime?
    
  "Amamva bwino kwambiri"
    
  "Ndikudziwa, ndikudziwa," mwamunayo anam"dula mawu, n"kuika dzanja lake pa tsaya la mkazi wake kuti akhazikike mtima pansi. "Ndiwokonda dziko lawo komanso wodzipereka ku dziko la Kurdish. Zabwino kwa iye. Koma akudziwa kuti magulu ankhondo, apolisi ndi asitikali amayang'anira zochitika zotere, kujambula zithunzi ndi ma drones, pogwiritsa ntchito maikolofoni ozindikira komanso mafoni. Chifukwa chiyani akupitiriza? Akuika pachiswe kwambiri."
    
  "Komabe, ndikukuthokozaninso chifukwa chovomera kulondera pano kaamba ka zifukwa zachitetezo," anatero mkaziyo, akuchotsa dzanja lake pankhope pake ndi kulipsompsona. "Zimamupangitsa kumva bwino."
    
  "Sindinatenge mfuti kwa zaka zambiri kuchokera pamene ndinasiya gulu lankhondo la Peshmerga ku Kirkuk. Ndimadzipeza ndikuyang'ana fuyusi masekondi atatu aliwonse. "
    
  "O, ndiwedi mwamuna wanga?" Mayiyo anafika pa AK-47 atatsamira bumper ija n"kuyipima ndi zala zake.
    
  "Ah, Los Angeles, ndiuze kuti sindine ..."
    
  "Mwatero". Anasuntha chowongolera chachitetezo kubwerera pamalo otetezeka.
    
  "Ndili wokondwa kuti azichimwene ako sakhalapo kuti adzakuwone ukuchita," mwamuna wake anatero. "Mwina ndikufuna maphunziro ochulukirapo kuchokera kwa omwe kale anali a Supreme Commune of Female Commanders."
    
  "Ndili ndi banja loti ndilerepo ndi nyumba yoti ndilisamalire-ndinathera nthaŵi yanga ku gulu lodziimira paokha la Kurdistan. Asungwana azilimbana pang"ono kuti asinthe."
    
  "Mutha kuchititsa manyazi mtsikana aliyense - pamalo owombera komanso pabedi."
    
  "O, ndipo mumadziwa bwanji luso la atsikana?" Adafunsa akuseweretsa. Anachibwezeranso chidacho nkuyenda kwa mwamuna wake, akugwedeza chiuno mokopa. "Ndili ndi maphunziro ambiri omwe ndingakonde kukuphunzitsani, mwamuna." Anamupsompsona. "Ndiye udzamusunga mpaka liti mwana wanga wamkulu?"
    
  "Osati kwa nthawi yayitali. Mwinanso ola lina." Anagwedeza mutu kwa mwana wake, yemwe anali wotanganidwa kuthamangitsa mng'ono wake kuti achoke pa baklava yochepa yotsalira pa tray. "Ndizosangalatsa kukhala pano ndi Neaz. Iye amaona kuti ntchitoyi ndi yofunika kwambiri. Iye-" Bamboyo anaima chifukwa ankaganiza kuti anamva njinga kapena njinga yamoto ikubwera, chinachake chonga kaphokoso kakang"ono kosonyeza liwiro koma osati mphamvu. Munalibe magetsi mumsewu kapena mumsewu waukulu wodutsa . Iye anakwinya nkhope, kenaka anaika chikho chake cha khofi m"dzanja la mkazi wake. "Tengani Honey kubwerera kumalo ochezera anthu."
    
  "Ichi ndi chiyani?"
    
  "Mwina palibe." Anayang'ananso msewu wafumbi ndipo sanaone zizindikiro zakuyenda kulikonse - palibe mbalame, palibe mitengo yabwinja. "Umuwuze m"bale wako kuti ndingoyendayenda pang"ono. Ndiwauza ena." Anapsompsona mkazi wake pa tsaya, kenako anapita kukatenga AK-47 yake. "Ndikhala okonzeka kulowa ndikalandira ..."
    
  Pangodya ya diso lake, pamwamba kumadzulo, iye anaziwona izo: kuwala kwakung'ono kwa chikasu, osati kowundana ngati kuwala, koma kung'anima ngati nyali. Chifukwa chiyani adachitira izi, sanadziwe, koma adakankhira mkazi wake pambali, kumitengo yomwe ili pafupi ndi chipata. "tsika! - adafuula. "Bodza! Khalani-"
    
  Mwadzidzidzi nthaka inayamba kunjenjemera, ngati kuti akavalo chikwi chimodzi agundana pafupi ndi iwo. Nkhope ya mwamunayo, maso ndi khosi lake zinali zodzaza ndi mitambo ya fumbi ndi dothi zomwe zinkawonekera mosadziwika bwino, ndipo miyala inaponyedwa kumbali zonse. Mkaziyo anakuwa ataona mwamuna wake akuphwanyika kukhala zidutswa za mnofu wa munthu. Galimoto yonyamula katunduyo inang'ambika mofananamo tanki ya gasi isanaduke, zomwe zinatumiza chiwombankhanga chachikulu m'mwamba.
    
  Kenako anamva - phokoso loopsya, mokweza modabwitsa, lomwe limatha mphindi imodzi yokha. Zinali ngati chilombo chachikulu chomwe chikufuula chili pamwamba pake ngati tcheni chaukulu ngati nyumba. Phokosolo linatsatiridwa pakanthawi pang"ono ndi mluzu waukulu wa jeti yowuluka m"mwamba, moti ankaganiza kuti mwina ikutera mumsewu wafumbi.
    
  M"kugunda kwa mtima pang"ono chabe, mwamuna wake ndi ana ake aamuna aŵiri anafa iye akuona. Mwanjira ina, mkaziyo anaimirira ndi kuthamangira kumalo ochitira phwando laukwati, osaganizira kanthu kena koma kuchenjeza ena a m"banja lake kuti athaŵe kupulumutsa miyoyo yawo.
    
  "Ubwino wake ndiwodziwikiratu," adatulutsa woyendetsa woyendetsa sitima yapamadzi atatu ya A-10 Thunderbolt II. Anadumpha mabuleki mwamphamvu kuti atsimikize kuti ali kutali kwambiri ndi ndege ina ndi mtunda. "Ziwiri, zotsukidwa potsata zotentha."
    
  "Njira yabwino, mtsogoleri," adawululira woyendetsa ndege yachiwiri ya A-10 Bingu. Yachiwiri ikugwira ntchito. Adayang'ana kanema wamtundu wa infrared wa missile ya AGM-65G Maverick, yomwe idawonetsa bwino magalimoto awiri akumapeto kwa msewu, imodzi ili pamoto ndipo ina ikadalibe, ndipo ndikukankha pang'ono kwa ndodo yowongolera adadziyika pafupi. galimoto yachiwiri. A-10 ake sanasinthidwe ndi gawo lodzipatulira la sensa ya infrared, koma kanema wa "FLIR wamunthu wosauka" kuchokera ku missile ya Maverick adachita bwino.
    
  Kuwombera mfuti usiku nthawi zambiri sikoyenera, makamaka m'mapiri oterowo, koma woyendetsa ndegeyo sangaike pachiwopsezo kuti apeze mwayi wowombera mfuti yodabwitsa ya GAU-8A Avenger, mfuti ya Gatling ya mamilimita makumi atatu yomwe idawombera mozungulira uranium yatha. mlingo wa kuzungulira zikwi zinayi pa mphindi? Kuonjezera apo, popeza kuti cholinga choyamba chinali kuyaka bwino, tsopano kunali kosavuta kuwona chandamale china.
    
  Pamene chombo cha Maverick chinatsika madigiri makumi atatu, woyendetsa ndegeyo anatsitsa mphuno ya ndegeyo, anapanga masinthidwe omalizira, ndipo analengeza pawailesi kuti, "Mfuti, mfuti, mfuti!" ndipo anakoka choyambitsa. Mkokomo wamfuti yaikulu ija yomwe inali kuwombera pakati pa miyendo yake inali kumverera kodabwitsa kwambiri. Pakuphulika kumodzi kwa masekondi atatu, zipolopolo zazikulu pafupifupi 200 zinafika pa chigobacho. Woyendetsa ndegeyo analunjika pa galimoto yonyamula katunduyo kwa sekondi yoyamba, kuwombera mozungulira makumi asanu ndi kuchititsa kuphulika kwina kochititsa chidwi, ndiyeno anakweza mphuno ya A-10 kuti alole maulendo zana limodzi ndi makumi atatu otsalawo kuwomba njira yopita kumalo othawa zigawenga.
    
  Mosamala kuti asakhazikike kwambiri pa chandamalecho, komanso podziwa malo ozungulira, adatsika mwamphamvu ndikusintha njira yolowera kumanja kuti akweze mtunda womwe chandamale. Kuwongolera kwa A-10 yopangidwa ku America kunali kodabwitsa - sikunali koyenera kutchulidwa kuti "Warthog." "Ziwiri zomveka. Chachitatu, chowotcha moto."
    
  "Wachitatu pa sitiraka," anayankha woyendetsa wachitatu A-10 mu mapangidwe. Anali woyendetsa ndege wocheperako kwambiri pakupanga zombo zinayi, kotero kuti sakanatha kuyendetsa mizinga ... koma zimayenera kukhala zosangalatsa.
    
  Anayang'ana chandamale - garaja yayikulu pafupi ndi nyumbayo - pazithunzi zowongolera za missile ya Maverick, adasindikiza batani la "lock" pa throttle, anati "Rifle one" pawailesi, adatembenuzira mutu wake kumanja kuti asawonekere. injini ya mzinga, ndikudina batani "launch" pa ndodo yowongolera. Chombo cha AGM-65G Maverick chinasiya kalozera pa phiko lakumanzere ndipo chinasowa powonekera.Anasankha mzinga wachiwiri, ndikusuntha reticle ku chandamale chachiwiri - nyumba yomweyi - ndikuthamangitsa Maverick kuchokera kuphiko lamanja.Patangopita masekondi angapo adalandira mphoto ziwiri zophulika.
    
  "Wowonetsa ali ndi chithunzi chazomwe zimawoneka ngati kugunda kwachindunji."
    
  "Wachitatu ndi waufulu," iye analankhula mokweza mawu pamene ankakwera pamwamba n"kutembenukira kumene anakonza zoti akumane. "Zinayi, zoyeretsedwa pothamangitsa."
    
  "Zitsanzo zinayi, zowuluka mwachangu," adatsimikizira woyendetsa ndege wachinayi wa A-10. Zitha kukhala kuti zinali ndi mbiri yakuukira kocheperako ndipo nthawi zambiri sizinachitike ngakhale ndi A-10, koma ma A-10 anali mamembala atsopano azombozo ndipo kuthekera kwawo konse kunali koyenera kufufuzidwa.
    
  Njirayi inali yophweka kwambiri kuposa ya mapiko ake: sungani zosintha zowongolera zomwe zimayikidwa pamasiteshoni anayi ndi asanu ndi atatu; tsatirani mayendedwe a GPS kupita kumalo otsegula; chosinthira chachikulu chokhala ndi zida chili pamalo a "mkono"; ndi kukanikiza batani lotulutsa pa chogwirira chowongolera pamalo otulutsira omwe adakonzedweratu. Mabomba otsogozedwa ndi GPS okwana 2 pounds GBU-32 akuponyedwa mumlengalenga usiku. Woyendetsa ndegeyo sanayenera kukonza kalikonse kapena kuyika pachiwopsezo cholowera m'malo: zida zomwe zidalozera zida zidagwiritsa ntchito ma GPS oyenda pa satellite kuti atsogolere mabomba ku chandamale, nyumba yayikulu pafupi ndi famu yomwe idalengezedwa ngati "malo ammudzi" koma. magwero a intelligence akuti ndiye malo osonkhanira komanso malo olembera zigawenga za PKK.
    
  Ayi, ayi. Kugunda kwachindunji kuwiri kunawononga nyumbayo, ndikupanga chigwa chachikulu chopitirira mamita makumi asanu m'mimba mwake. Ngakhale kuuluka mamita zikwi khumi ndi zisanu pamwamba pa nthaka, A-10 inagwedezeka ndi kuphulika kuwiri. "Wachinayi ndi mfulu. Gulu la zida zankhondo ndi lotetezeka komanso labwino. "
    
  "Ziwiri zabwino zimalowa," woyendetsa ndege wamkulu adalengeza. Sanawone kuphulika kwachiwiri, koma zigawengazo ziyenera kuti zinasuntha zida zazikulu ndi mabomba omwe akuti adasungidwa m'nyumbayi. "Muhtesem! Ntchito yabwino, Mphezi. Onetsetsani kuti zosinthira zida zili zotetezeka, ndipo musaiwale kuzimitsa ECM ndikuyatsa ma transponders pamalire, kapena tidzakuomberani zidutswa monga momwe adachitira ndi PKK scum kumbuyo uko. Tiwonane pamisonkhano ya anchor."
    
  M"mphindi zochepa chabe, mabingu onse anayi a A-10, ndege zankhondo zomenyedwa kumene za Gulu Lankhondo la Air Force la Turkey, zinabwerera bwinobwino kudutsa malire. Ntchito ina yopambana yolimbana ndi uchigawenga yolimbana ndi zigawenga zobisala ku Iraq.
    
  Mayiyo, Zilar Azzawi, adabuula momvetsa chisoni atadzuka patapita nthawi. Dzanja lake lamanzere linali ndi ululu woopsa, ngati kuti wathyoka chala kugwa... Kenako anazindikira ndi mantha kuti dzanja lake lamanzere silinapezekenso, linang"ambika mpaka pakati pa mkono wake. Chilichonse chomwe chinapha mwamuna wake ndi ana ake ndi kuwononga galimotoyo chinatsala pang'ono kumupha. Maphunziro ake a commando a PKK adagwira ntchito ndipo adakwanitsa kumanga nsalu kuchokera pa diresi yake pa mkono wake ngati njira yowonetsera kuti magazi asiye kutuluka.
    
  Dera lonse lomuzungulira linali loyaka moto, ndipo sakanachitira mwina koma kukhala pamene anali, m"mphepete mwa msewu, mpaka atapeza mayendedwe ake. Chilichonse chomuzungulira, kupatula kachigawo kakang"ono kamsewu kafumbi kameneka, kanali kupsa, ndipo magazi ake anali atataya kwambiri moti sankaganiza kuti akanatha kukafika patali ngakhale atadziwa njira yoti apite.
    
  Chilichonse ndipo aliyense adasowa, adawonongedwa kwathunthu - nyumba, phwando laukwati, alendo onse, ana ... Mulungu wanga, ana, ana ake ...!
    
  Azzawi anali wopanda chochita tsopano, akuyembekeza kungokhala ndi moyo ...
    
  "Koma, Mulungu, ngati mundilola kukhala ndi moyo," iye anafuula mokweza mawu, chifukwa cha maphokoso a imfa ndi chiwonongeko chomzinga, "ndidzapeza amene achititsa nkhondo iyi, ndipo ndidzagwiritsa ntchito mphamvu zanga zonse kusonkhanitsa gulu lankhondo ndi kuwononga. zawo. Moyo wanga wakale watha - adandilanda banja langa mopanda chidwi. Ndi madalitso anu, Mulungu, moyo wanga watsopano uyamba pompano, ndipo ndidzabwezera chilango onse amene anamwalira pano usikuuno."
    
    
  KUYANDIKIRA JANDARMA PUBLIC ORDER COMMANDO BASE, DIYARBAKIR, REPUBLIC OF TURKEY
  CHILIMWE CHA 2010
    
    
  "Kanak Awiri-zisanu ndi ziwiri, Diyarbakir tower, mphepo zitatu-zero-zero pa mfundo zisanu ndi zitatu, denga la makilomita chikwi pa ola limodzi, kuwoneka chisanu pamvula, njanji yowulukira ndege itatu kapena isanu, yokonzedwa kuti igwirizane ndi ILS, chitetezo ndi chobiriwira."
    
  Woyendetsa ndege yonyamula katundu yopangidwa ku US ya KC-135R adavomera kuyimba, kenako adakankhira njira yolunjika. "Titera posachedwa. Chonde bwererani pamipando yanu, onetsetsani kuti malamba anu akumangirira bwino, chotsani matebulo anu, ndipo sungani katundu wanu wonse. Tesekkur ederim. Zikomo ". Kenako anatembenukira kwa woyendetsa ndegeyo/woyendetsa ndege amene anakhala kumbuyo kwa woyendetsa ndegeyo n"kufuula modutsa pamalo okwera ndegewo, "Pitani mukaone ngati akufuna kubwera kudzatera, Master Sergeant." Engineeryo adangogwedeza mutu, ndikuchotsa mahedifoni ake ndikulowera kumalo osungiramo katundu.
    
  Ngakhale kuti KC-135R kwenikweni inali ndege yonyamula mafuta, nthawi zambiri inkagwiritsidwa ntchito kunyamula katundu ndi okwera. Katunduyo anali kutsogolo kwa mphanga ya m"kati mwa mphanga, pamene panali mapaleti anayi odzadza ndi mabokosi otchingidwa ndi mauna a nayiloni. Kuseri kwa matireyawo kunali matayala awiri amipando yokwera anthu khumi ndi awiri, yokhomeredwa pansi kotero kuti okwerawo adakhala chakumbuyo. Ndegeyo inali yaphokoso, yonunkha, yakuda komanso yosamasuka, koma ndege zamtengo wapatali zowonjezera mphamvu ngati iyi nthawi zambiri sizinkaloledwa kuwuluka popanda katundu wathunthu.
    
  Katswiri wa zantchitoyo adakanikizira katunduyo ndikuyandikira wokwera yemwe adagona kumapeto kwa mzere woyamba kumbali ya doko. Bamboyo anali ndi tsitsi lalitali komanso lometa, zotupa m'mbali zomwe zidakula kwa masiku angapo, ndipo amavala zovala zamumsewu, ngakhale aliyense woyenda pandege yankhondo amafunikira kuvala yunifolomu kapena suti yabizinesi. Wopanga injiniyo anaima kutsogolo kwa munthuyo n"kumugwira phewa mopepuka. Bamboyo atadzuka, Master Sergeant anamulonjera ndipo anaimirira n"kuwatsatira Master Sergeant uja mpaka pakati pa mapaleti aja. "Pepani kuti ndakuvutitsani, bwana," woyendetsa galimotoyo anatero pambuyo poti wokwerayo atachotsa zotsekera m'makutu zachikasu zofewa zomwe aliyense amavala kuti ateteze makutu awo kuphokoso, "koma woyendetsa ndegeyo adafunsa kuti awone ngati mungafune kukhala m'chipinda cha okwera ndege. kuyandikira." Kutera."
    
  "Kodi izi ndizabwinobwino, Master Sergeant?" - adafunsa wokwerayo, General Besir Ozek. Ozek anali wamkulu wa gulu lankhondo la Gendarma Genel Komutanligi, kapena gulu lankhondo laku Turkey, lomwe limaphatikiza apolisi adziko lonse, kulondera m'malire ndi alonda adziko. Monga commando wophunzitsidwa bwino, komanso wamkulu wa gulu lankhondo lomwe limayang'anira chitetezo chamkati, Ozek ankaloledwa kuvala tsitsi lalitali ndi zoyakira m'mbali kuti alowe ndi kutuluka m'malo mwa ntchito yachinsinsi ndikuyang'ana ena mobisa.
    
  "Ayi, bwana," wogwiritsa ntchito chotchingacho anayankha. "Palibe amene amaloledwa kulowa m"chipinda chochitira okwera ndege kupatula oyendetsa ndege. Koma..."
    
  "Ndidapempha kuti ndisanditchule m'ndegeyi, Master Sergeant. Ndinkaganiza kuti izi zinali zomveka kwa aliyense pagulu," adatero Ozek. "Ndikufuna kukhala wosawoneka bwino momwe ndingathere paulendo uno. N"chifukwa chake ndinaganiza zokhala kumbuyo ndi apaulendo ena."
    
  "Pepani, bwana," anatero wolepheretsa.
    
  Ozek anaunika mapaleti onyamula katunduwo ndipo anaona kuti anthu angapo anatembenuka kuti awone zomwe zinkachitika. "Chabwino, ndikuganiza kuti nthawi yachedwa kwambiri, sichoncho?" - adatero. "Pitani". Woyendetsa mfutiyo anagwedeza mutu ndi kulowetsa mkulu wa asilikali m"chipinda cholandirira ndegeyo, ali wokondwa kuti sanafunikire kufotokozera mkulu wa ndegeyo chifukwa chimene kazembeyo sanavomereze chiitano chake.
    
  Panali patadutsa zaka zambiri kuchokera pamene Ozek anali m"ndege yonyamula mafuta ya KC-135R Stratotanker, ndipo kanyumbako kankaoneka kocheperako, kaphokoso komanso konunkha kuposa mmene ankakumbukira. Ozek anali msilikali wankhondo ndipo sankafuna kumvetsa chimene chimakopa amuna kuti azikonda ndege. Moyo wa woyendetsa ndegeyo unali wotsatira mphamvu ndi malamulo amene palibe amene ankawaona kapena kuwamvetsa bwino lomwe, ndipo sizinali mmene ankafunira kukhalamo. KC-135R yokonzedwanso inali ndege yabwino, koma ndegeyo inali ikugwira ntchito kwa zaka zopitirira makumi asanu - iyi inali yachichepere, zaka makumi anayi ndi zisanu zokha - ndipo inali ikuyamba kusonyeza zaka zake.
    
  Komabe, ndege zapadziko lonse lapansi zikuoneka kuti ndizoopsa kwambiri ku Republic of Turkey masiku ano. Dziko lake lidangopeza omenyera nkhondo ochulukirapo komanso oponya mabomba kuchokera ku United States: F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter-womber, yomwe idamangidwanso pansi pa chilolezo ku Turkey; ndege ya A-10 Thunderbolt yolumikizana pafupi ndi ndege, yomwe imatchedwa "Warthog" chifukwa cha kunjenjemera kwake, mawonekedwe ake othandiza; Helikopita ya AH-1 ya Cobra; ndi ndege ya F-15 Eagle fighter jet yopambana mumlengalenga. Dziko la Turkey linali panjira yoti likhale gulu lankhondo lapadziko lonse lapansi, chifukwa cha chikhumbo cha United States chofuna kusiya zida zoyeserera koma zokalamba.
    
  Woyendetsa barrage adapatsa mkuluyo chomangira chamutu ndikuloza mpando wa mphunzitsi pakati pa oyendetsa ndege awiriwo. "Ndikudziwa kuti simukufuna kusokonezedwa, General," woyendetsa ndegeyo anatero pa intercom, "koma mpando unali wotseguka ndipo ndimaganiza kuti mungakonde mawonekedwewo."
    
  "Inde," Ozek anayankha mophweka, akumalemba m"maganizo kuchotsa woyendetsa ndegeyo pa ntchito pamene abwerera kulikulu; munali amuna ndi akazi ambiri mu Gulu Lankhondo Lankhondo Laku Turkey omwe ankadziwa kutsatira malamulo omwe amadikirira kuyendetsa sitima zapamadzi. "Kodi chitetezo pabwalo la ndege ndi chiyani?"
    
  "Wobiriwira, bwana," anatero woyendetsa ndegeyo. "Palibe kusintha kwa mwezi wopitilira."
    
  "Ntchito yomaliza ya PKK m'derali inali masiku makumi awiri ndi anayi apitawo, Captain," adatero Ozek mokwiya. PKK, kapena Karker Party ku Kurdistan, kapena Kurdistan Workers 'Party, inali gulu lankhondo loletsedwa la Marxist lomwe linkafuna kukhazikitsidwa kwa dziko la Kurdistan, lopangidwa kuchokera kumadera akum'mwera chakum'mawa kwa Turkey, kumpoto kwa Iraq, kumpoto chakum'mawa kwa Syria ndi kumpoto chakumadzulo kwa Iran, amene anthu amitundu yambiri aku Kurdish. PKK yagwiritsa ntchito uchigawenga ndi chiwawa, ngakhale motsutsana ndi magulu akuluakulu a asilikali ndi malo otetezedwa bwino monga ndege za anthu wamba, kuyesa kudzisunga pamaso pa anthu ndikukakamiza mayiko kuti apeze yankho. "Tiyenera kukhala tcheru nthawi zonse."
    
  "Inde, bwana," woyendetsa ndegeyo anatsimikizira ndi mawu osamveka bwino.
    
  "Kodi simukuchita bwino kwambiri, Captain?"
    
  "A...ayi, bwana," woyendetsa ndegeyo anayankha. "Chitetezo ndi chobiriwira, denga komanso mawonekedwe ake ndi otsika, ndipo nsanjayo yatilangiza kuti tichotsedwe mwanjira yabwinobwino." Anameza, kenako anawonjezera, "Ndipo sindikufuna kukukhumudwitsani inu kapena okwera ena potsika kwambiri."
    
  Ozek akanadzudzula woyendetsa ndege wachitsiru uja, koma anali atayamba kale kuyimbira zida zawo ndipo posakhalitsa zidakhala zotanganidwa kwambiri. Kunyamuka kwakukulu kogwira ntchito ndi njira zake zidapangidwa kuti zichepetse nthawi yamfuti zakupha zowombera pamapewa. A PKK nthawi zina amagwiritsa ntchito zida za SA-7 ndi SA-14 zopangidwa ku Russia polimbana ndi ndege za boma la Turkey.
    
  Komabe, kuthekera kwa kuukira koteroko lerolino kunali kochepa. Denga ndi mawonekedwe ake anali otsika kwambiri, akuchepetsa nthawi yopezeka kwa wowomberayo kuti aukire. Kuonjezera apo, ziwopsezo zambiri zidapangidwa motsutsana ndi ma helikopita akuluakulu kapena ndege zamapiko osasunthika panthawi yonyamuka chifukwa siginecha ya kutentha yomwe mizinga imayang'ana inali yowala kwambiri-panthawi yoyandikira, injinizo zinali kuyenda pamagetsi otsika ndipo zinali zoziziritsa, zomwe zikutanthauza kuti miviyo inali yowala kwambiri. zinali zovutirapo kutseka ndipo zikanatsekeredwa kapena kutsekeredwa mosavuta.
    
  Woyendetsa ndegeyo anali kutenga mwayi womwe Ozek sanakonde - makamaka popeza amangochita izi kuti asangalatse mkulu wa apolisi - koma tsopano anali pamalo olimba, ndikuchotsa njirayo panthawiyi, pafupi ndi mapiri oipa. nyengo , sichinali chisankho choyenera. Ozek anatsamira pampando wake n"kudutsa pa chifuwa chake kusonyeza kukwiya. "Pitiriza, kapitawo," iye anatero mophweka.
    
  "Inde, bwana," woyendetsa ndegeyo anayankha momasuka. "Chonde, woyendetsa ndegeyo asanayambe kutsata mndandanda wamayendedwe apamtunda." Kuyamikira kwa woyendetsa ndege, Ozek ankaganiza kuti anali woyendetsa bwino; akanakhala owonjezera kwa anthu ena oyendetsa ndege chifukwa sakhala ku Turkey Air Force kwa nthawi yayitali.
    
  Tsoka ilo, mkhalidwe wamphwayi wankhondowu udayamba kuchulukirachulukira masiku ano pomwe mkangano pakati pa boma la Turkey ndi a Kurds ukupitilirabe. Chipani cha Kurdistan Workers' Party, kapena PKK, chinasintha dzina lake kukhala PAG, kapena Congress for Freedom and Democracy, ndipo chinapewa kugwiritsa ntchito mawu akuti "Kurdistan" m'mabuku ndi zokamba zake pofuna kukopa anthu ambiri. M'masiku ano, adachita misonkhano ndi kufalitsa zikalata zolimbikitsa kukhazikitsidwa kwa malamulo atsopano a ufulu wachibadwidwe kuti achepetse kuzunzika kwa anthu onse oponderezedwa padziko lapansi, m'malo molimbikitsa kulimbana kwa zida kudziko lina la Kurd.
    
  Koma chinali chinyengo. PKK inali yamphamvu, yolemera komanso yaukali kuposa kale lonse. Chifukwa cha nkhondo ya US ndi kuwononga boma la Saddam Hussein ku Iraq, komanso nkhondo yapachiŵeniŵeni ya Iran, zigawenga za Kurdish mopanda mantha zinayambitsa zigawenga zodutsa malire ku Turkey, Iraq, Iran ndi Syria kuchokera kumisasa yambiri yotetezeka, kuyembekezera kupindula ndi chipwirikiticho. chisokonezo ndi kukhazikitsa maziko amphamvu m'mayiko onse. Nthawi zonse asilikali a ku Turkey akayankha, ankaimbidwa mlandu wopha anthu, ndipo andale ku Ankara analamula asilikali kuti asiye kuzunzidwa.
    
  Izi zidangolimbitsa mtima a PKK. Skit yaposachedwa: kutuluka kwa mtsogoleri wachigawenga wamkazi. Palibe amene ankadziwa dzina lake lenileni; Ankadziwika kuti Baz, kapena "The Hawk" m'Chiarabu, chifukwa amatha kumenya mwachangu komanso mosayembekezereka, komabe amaoneka ngati akuwuluka ndikuthawa omwe amamuthamangitsa mosavuta. Kuwonekera kwake ngati gulu lalikulu lomwe likukankhira ufulu waku Kurdish komanso kuyankha kofunda kwa maboma aku Turkey ndi Iraq pakuitana kwawo kuti pakhale nkhondo yamagazi yomwe idadetsa nkhawa General Jandarma.
    
  "Tikulowa munjira yodutsamo," adatero woyendetsa ndegeyo.
    
  "Chepetsani," anatero woyendetsa ndegeyo.
    
  "Izi," anayankha woyendetsa ndegeyo, ndipo anafika pamwamba pa bondo lakumanja la woyendetsa ndegeyo n"kusuntha chosinthira giya yozungulira n"kuchiika pamalo otsika. "Kutumiza kukuchitika... Atatu obiriwira, opanda achikasu, kanikizani pampu yamagetsi yayatsidwa, zozimitsa ndi zokhoma."
    
  Woyendetsa ndegeyo adachotsa maso ake pachizindikiro chomwe chili chopingasa motalika kokwanira kuti ayang'ane zizindikiro zosinthira zida ndikudina kuti akanikizire chizindikiro cha "giya hyd" kuti muwone. "Tawonani, kutumiza kwazimitsidwa ndikuletsedwa."
    
  "Inde, panjira yotsetsereka," adatero woyendetsa ndegeyo. "Mamita 2,000 mpaka kutalika kwa chisankho." Woyendetsa ndegeyo anatambasula dzanja lake n"kugogoda mochenjera chizindikiro cha liwiro la ndege, akuchenjeza woyendetsa ndege mwakachetechete kuti liŵiro lake latsika pang"ono-pamodzi ndi mkulu wa asilikali amene anali m"chipinda cha okwera ndegeyo, sanafune kusonyeza ngakhale kulakwitsa pang"ono. Liwiro lawo linali litatsika ndi mfundo zisanu zokha, koma zolakwa zazing'onozo zinkawoneka ngati snowball pa njira ya chida, ndipo kunali bwino kuziwona ndi kuzikonza nthawi yomweyo kusiyana ndi kuzilola kuti zibweretse mavuto aakulu pambuyo pake.
    
  "Tesekkur eder," woyendetsa ndegeyo anayankha, akuvomereza kuti anagwidwa. Mawu osavuta akuti "ndakupezani" amatanthauza kuti woyendetsa ndegeyo wazindikira kulakwitsa kwake, koma kuyamikira kunatanthauza kuti woyendetsa ndegeyo wachita njira yabwino. "Chikwi chatsala."
    
  Kuwala kwadzuwa kosasefedwa kunayamba kusefa kudzera m'mazenera a kanyumbako, kutsatiridwa pakanthawi pang'ono ndi kuwala kwa dzuwa kudutsa mitambo yamwazikana. Ozek anayang"ana panja n"kuona kuti ali mkatikati mwa msewu wonyamukira ndegeyo, ndipo nyale zoyang"anizana ndi maso zinkasonyeza kuti ali m"njira yotsetsereka. "Njira yothamanga," adatero woyendetsa ndegeyo. Singano za ILS zinayamba kuvina pang'ono, zomwe zikutanthauza kuti woyendetsa ndegeyo akuyang'ana pawindo pa msewu wonyamukira ndege m'malo moyang'ana chizindikiro cha malo opingasa. "Pitirizani kuyandikira."
    
  "Zikomo". Kugwira kwina kwabwino. "Mazana asanu mpaka kutalika kwa chisankho. Tsatirani mndandanda wa 'pre-downing' ndi..."
    
  Ozek, akuyang'ana pa zenera m'malo moyang'ana zida, adawona choyamba: utsi woyera wopindika kuchokera m'mphambano za misewu yakutsogolo ndi kumanzere, mkati mwa mpanda wa bwalo la ndege, ukulunjika komweko! "Muvi!" anafuula motero Ozek, pogwiritsa ntchito dzina lachi Russia lakuti "Zvezda" poyerekezera ndi mzinga wa SA-7. "Tembenukira kumanja, tsopano!"
    
  Chosangalatsa ndichakuti woyendetsa ndegeyo adachita ndendende momwe Ozek adalamula: nthawi yomweyo adatembenuzira gudumu lakumanja ndikuyika ma throttles onse anayi kuti azitha kumenya nkhondo. Koma anachedwa kwambiri. Ozek adadziwa kuti tsopano anali ndi mwayi umodzi wokha: kuti inalidi mizinga ya SA-7 osati SA-14 yatsopano, chifukwa mzinga wakale unkafunika malo otentha kwambiri kuti uwongolere, pomwe SA-14 imatha kutsata gwero lililonse la kutentha. , ngakhale kuwala kwadzuwa kumaonekera kuchokera ku tochi.
    
  M"kuphethira kwa diso, roketiyo inazimiririka - inawuluka mamita angapo kuchokera ku phiko lakumanzere. Koma panali chinachake cholakwika. Mtsinje unamveka m'chipinda cha oyendera; woyendetsa ndegeyo anayesa mozama kukhotetsa KC-135 kumanzere kuti ayendetse bwino ndipo mwina ngakhale kuyimitsanso panjira, koma ndegeyo sinayankhe - mapiko akumanzere anali adakali m'mwamba ndipo kunalibe mphamvu zokwanira za aileron. kuzitsitsa. Ngakhale injini zikuyenda ndi mphamvu zonse, zidayimitsidwa kwathunthu, ndikuwopseza kuti alowa mchira nthawi iliyonse.
    
  "Mukuchita chiyani, captain?" Ozek anakuwa. "Tsitsa mphuno yako ndi kulinganiza mapiko ako!"
    
  "Sindingathe kutembenuka!" - woyendetsa ndegeyo adafuula.
    
  "Sitingathe kufika panjira yowulukira ndege - kwezani mapiko ndikupeza malo oti mutsike mwadzidzidzi!" Ozek anatero. Anasuzumira pawindo la woyendetsa ndegeyo n"kuona bwalo la mpira. "Pano! Bwalo la mpira! Awa ndiye malo anu ofikira! "
    
  "Ndikhoza kuzilamulira! Nditha kupanga ...!"
    
  "Ayi, simungathe - kwachedwa kwambiri!" - Ozek adafuula. "Ikani mphuno yanu pansi ndi kupita ku bwalo la mpira, apo ayi tifa tonse!"
    
  Zina zonse zinachitika pasanathe masekondi asanu, koma Ozek ankangoona ngati akusuntha pang"onopang"ono. M"malo moyesa kunyamula sitima yapamadzi yoyimitsidwayo kubwerera kumwamba, woyendetsayo anatulutsa mphamvu yakumbuyo ya zitsulo zowongolera. Atachita izi ndipo injiniyo inali ndi mphamvu zonse, ma ailerons adayankha nthawi yomweyo ndipo woyendetsa ndegeyo adatha kukweza mapiko a ndegeyo. Ndi mphuno yotsika, liwiro la ndege linakula mofulumira, ndipo kugwedezeka kunali kokwanira kuti woyendetsa ndege akweze mphuno pafupi ndi malo otsetsereka. Anatembenuza ma throttles kukhala osagwira ntchito, kenaka kuti adulidwe kamphindi kakang'ono ka tanka yayikulu isanagwe.
    
  Ozek anaponyedwa kutsogolo pafupi ndi pakati, koma lamba wake wapaphewa ndi m'miyendo adakhazikika, ndipo adaganiza modandaula kuti adatsika movutirapo kale ... ngati kuti wathyoledwa pakati. Gearbox yakutsogolo idasweka ndipo dothi ndi turf zidatsanulidwa pagalasi lakutsogolo ngati mafunde amadzi. Anadutsa pachigoli cha mpira, kenaka anathyola mpanda ndi magalasi angapo ndi nyumba zosungiramo zinthu asanayime pamalo ochitira masewera olimbitsa thupi.
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