.As deputy director of operations, Hunter is not very interested in talking and attaches more importance to actions.

After the incident, he immediately issued an order to the senior intelligence officers whom he contacted directly, and made every effort to collect clues about the attack and sinking of the Trident.

Hunter did not focus on the North Carolina because he knew that there were not many submarines capable of sinking the North Carolina. Except for the Russian attack nuclear submarine that has not yet developed a complete combat capability, there was only the 095th class of the Chinese Navy.

It is not difficult to find that submarine, and it is not difficult to find the officers and soldiers on the submarine.

But, can this solve the problem?

It was definitely not the captain of the 095-class submarine that sank the North Carolina on his own initiative. At that time, there must be an intelligence officer on the submarine. It was he who commanded the attack on the Trident and let the submarine kill the tracking North Carolina when retreating.

To solve the problem, you have to find this intelligence officer.

Starting with the Trident is definitely easier to achieve than starting with the North Carolina level.

After hearing Hunter's words, Chandler nodded thoughtfully and said, "The method is right. If you want to know what the opponent has obtained on the Trident and whether our actions have been exposed, you have to find this guy, the faster the better. Unfortunately, it has been two days since the incident, and we have to make the worst plan and immediately terminate Taiwan's operation. The president has approved the plan to use it, but before that, there is still a problem to solve."

"What's the question?" Hunter asked.

"The Navy Intelligence Agency will intervene in the investigation."

Hunter immediately frowned, a little unhappy.

"There is no way, the 'North Carolina' sinking, and the Navy cannot stand by." Chandler smiled and said, "I will help you solve the above problems, but in terms of specific operations, you have to make the decision. Don't block others outside the door, and don't let them access sensitive information. No matter what we do, we cannot change the disaster that occurs. What we can do is to make the sacrifice of the 'North Carolina' valuable."

"Start the backup plan?" Hunter asked again.

"The President acknowledged our suggestion," Chandler paused for a moment, saying, "Even if the Trident was not attacked and sunk, we will launch a backup plan at the right time. The Taiwan issue is too sensitive and we never expect to achieve our goal."

"It will take some time to start the backup plan."

"how long?"

"One month, maybe a little more."

"No problem, you have to prepare immediately." Chandler nodded to Henter and said, "After the incident, China will definitely focus on Taiwan and will never compromise with us. For us, this is both a challenge and an opportunity. If Taiwan can be used to attract the attention of Chinese intelligence agencies and force China to overreact on the Taiwan issue, we can get the opportunity and make the situation good for us."

Hunter pondered for a while and said, "In this way, we cannot end our operations in Taiwan."

"Why?"

"I have been dealing with Chinese intelligence agencies for decades. Although their technical means are not as good as us, they are not inferior to us in other aspects." Hunter sighed and said, "I am not a naval expert, and I am not aware of the specific situation when the North Carolina sinks. However, according to the clues provided by the Navy, the submarine deployed a communication buoy before encountering the North Carolina. If there is no very important intelligence to report immediately, they should not do such a stupid thing to expose their whereabouts before leaving the dangerous waters. It is certain that they have obtained what they want on the Trident and even captured our senior intelligence personnel alive."

"who?"

"Roy Lynch, the best intelligence officer in my hands, the planner and implementer of the Taiwan Operation. Without him, there would be no such operation."

"So, he knows the entire plan of action?"

Heng Tae nodded, indicating that this is what it means.

"Since you are a senior spy, you shouldn't be so easy to be pried open, right?"

"It depends on who he meets." Hunter sighed and said, "I also believe that Lynch will not collapse easily, but we cannot trust someone's will too much. When encountering an interrogation expert, no matter how powerful a spy is, he cannot keep his mouth shut. There is only the difference between earlier and later."

"If Lynch said everything, continue to take action in Taiwan..."

"There are certain risks, and the possibility of failure is very high, but we have to look at this problem in reverse." Hunter glanced at Chandler and said, "If we withdraw the operation immediately, the Chinese intelligence agencies will soon know that we already know that Lynch is in their hands and that Lynch will lose its value of existence."

"A person's life and death are nothing."

"I'm not talking about the life and death of a person, but the life and death of many people." Hunter did not compromise with Chandler and continued to stick to his own ideas. "Lynch has more than ten years of experience in intelligence work and will not be afraid of death, but Chinese intelligence agencies can also find out that we have a bigger plan."

"What's the meaning?"

"The fundamental purpose of what we do in Taiwan is to attack China. If there is another option, we will adopt another method when one method doesn't work."

Chandler nodded, indicating that he understood what Hunter meant.

"Only when we have a choice, we will take the initiative to give up the unworkable methods. If we don't have a choice, we will go all the way to the end."

"So we must continue to operate in Taiwan so that Chinese intelligence agencies think we have no other choice?"

Heng Tae nodded and said, "We can change our plans, but we cannot give up. Only in this way can Chinese intelligence agencies focus on Taiwan."

"You are right, how do you do it?"

"Imagine what if we know that Lynch has fallen into the hands of Chinese intelligence agencies and has no other choice?" Hunter said in contemplation for a while. "First of all, we have to change the action plan and let the spies involved leave Taiwan or lurk. We must do it like the real thing, so that the Chinese intelligence agencies think that we have cancelled the action. But we cannot do it in a fake role, and we must also leak some information appropriately, and even sacrifice one or two spies to make the Chinese intelligence agencies believe that we have not given up, but are waiting for the opportunity."

“When is the time?”

"The time for Chinese intelligence agencies to relax their guard."

Chandler nodded and asked Hunter to continue speaking.

"Because we have not figured out our true intentions, China's intelligence agencies will not act rashly, nor will they strike out to attack our intelligence networks with all their might. Intelligence wars are very different from regular operations. Big wars will not only not solve the problem, but will also complicate the problem."

"But in this way, the Chinese intelligence agencies will turn their attention elsewhere."

"As long as they believe that we are still staring at Taiwan and are re-planning, they will not divert their attention, but will pay more attention to Taiwan." Hunter smiled and said, "After calm, for example, half a month, maybe a month, we will take action."

"But……"

"There is no doubt that Taiwan's operation is difficult to succeed." Hunter paused for a moment and said, "I began to say that it is related to the life and death of many people. A doomed spy operation will surely ruin many spy personnel. They will all become cannon fodder for intelligence wars, but their sacrifice is meaningless. Only in this way can Chinese intelligence agencies relax their vigilance against other sensitive areas and give us valuable opportunities."

“How many people will be lost?”

"It won't be too little. If you want to make it exciting, you will even lose our entire intelligence network in Taiwan."

Chandler was silent, the price was too high.

How many intelligence personnel are lost is not the main problem. The key is to lose an intelligence network that has been around for decades, which makes Chandler unacceptable.

After the US-Taiwan broke off diplomatic relations, it took Cia more than 20 years until the end of the last century that it established an intelligence network in Taiwan. Chandler did not know how much the price it had paid for this intelligence network. He only knew that it would be a very long time to rebuild a considerable intelligence network.

"If you want to get it, you have to pay." Hunter knew what Chandler was thinking. "The more you pay, the greater you gain. This is nothing compared to the final victory."

“There is no other choice?”

Hunter shook his head and answered without words.

Chandler breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Go and arrange it. Give me a list of intelligence personnel involved in the operation. They should be remembered by future generations, not forgotten by history."

Heng Tae nodded and agreed.

"After paying such a great price, we have to use all our efforts to win the final victory." Chandler looked at Hunter and Bob and said, "The action is fully commanded by Hunter and reported to me in the form of a daily newspaper. Bob's department must cooperate fully. If you have any questions, you can directly contact me."

“We can complete the preliminary deployment within one week.”

Chandler nodded, feeling more satisfied with Hunter's answer.

"Just..." Hunter hesitated and said, "I don't think it's better to start the operation too early. It's better to delay it until a month later. Before the backup plan begins, start the operation to achieve the best results. During this period, I will arrange some irrelevant intelligence operations."

"You think it's better to do this?"

"A month later, the Kuomintang will hold a very important rally in Tainan, and the goal will speak to the public. The timing is very beneficial to us. If we reach a week in advance, we can only start when the goal is traveling, and there is little chance of success and it will be difficult to cause a sensation."

Chandler thought for a while and said, "Do as you want."

Heng Tets agreed and said nothing more.

"Is there any other problem?"

Hunter and Bob both shook their heads, and Brian said nothing.

"That's it. After the backup plan is launched, I will give me a detailed report. I have to explain the situation to the president." Chandler slapped the table and said, "Don't report to me at any time, just submit a briefing regularly. When encountering problems that cannot be solved, you can contact me at any time. In the next month, the focus of the bureau will be on this. We have suffered a failure and cannot fail again!"

At this time, on the other side of the earth, Mu Haoyang and others boarded the speedboat that came to pick it up.
Chapter completed!