1049: Chapter One Thousand Thirty-Three: Real-Time Monitoring 1049: Chapter One Thousand Thirty-Three: Real-Time Monitoring Upon returning to the airport, Gao Yang’s first order of business was to find Number Thirteen and Yake.
Rushing into the military intelligence office within the main office, Yake and Number Thirteen, who were intently looking at photographs, glanced up at Gao Yang, and Yake helplessly said, “Boss, even though this is your office, could you please show some respect for your staff?
Is it so hard to knock before entering?”
Gao Yang stepped out, closed the door behind him, then knocked on the door.
After hearing Yake loudly say “come in,” Gao Yang pushed the door open agian and asked anxiously, “Any results?”
Yake shook his finger and sighed, “No results.
Tyrannosaurus piloted the helicopter last night, and I personally went to scout it out, but there was nothing special.
It just looked like an ordinary training camp.”
Gao Yang slapped Peter’s pistol he’d received onto the table, sat down, and after describing in detail what had happened at the hospital, he said with a troubled expression, “That’s the situation now, what should we do?”
Yake shrugged and said, “What else can we do but to continue to monitor closely and keep on scouting?
That’s all there is to it.”
Gao Yang said in a deep voice, “I’m thinking about directly attacking that training camp, how about that?”
Yake shook his head and replied, “Not a good idea, even quite foolish.
Continuing to wait might miss an opportunity, but a rash attack would alert the enemy.
We’ve finally found such a valuable target; a precipitate assault would have a small chance of capturing Badadi and would just result in the abandonment of that training camp.”
Gao Yang frowned and said, “So we just have to keep waiting like this?”
Yake nodded and said, “Yes, keep waiting.
What’s more frustrating than just waiting is that you need to be ready to deploy at any moment.
Once you spot a big fish at the training camp, you must be able to attack immediately.”
Gao Yang sighed and said, “Alright, continue to monitor and wait.”
Number Thirteen calmly said, “In the future, we will scout the training camp twice a day, and we will only scout that training camp.”
When conducting aerial reconnaissance, the aircraft will predetermine its flight path, and then film or photograph the areas along its path.
If a specific area needs to be closely monitored, the aircraft will fly over the target area and circle without leaving, allowing quick detection of any ground changes.
Intensive reconnaissance is obviously different from routine scouting where you just take a quick snapshot while passing by.
However, aerial scouting has its disadvantages; the noise from the planes is loud, making it virtually impossible to remain hidden.
To prevent ground personnel from realizing that reconnaissance aircraft are continuously monitoring them, some tactics are needed.
Syria has two types of reconnaissance aircraft, the MiG-21H and the MiG-25R, and there are not many of them.
If a reconnaissance plane is used daily over a fixed location—especially over a long term— the Air Force might eventually lose patience.
Also, continuous daily scouting would certainly be noticed by the enemy.
After thinking for a moment, Gao Yang said, “We can’t just use aircraft for reconnaissance.
We need to think of other methods.
How about deploying ground personnel for 24-hour monitoring?”
Yake laughed and said, “That’s the best method, so you’ll need to talk to Major Dani.
The Syrian Military Intelligence Bureau’s capabilities are so-so, but they do have a lot of personnel.
I think they definitely can arrange for a number of people to carry out surveillance at the necessary locations.”
Yake always took the opportunity to mock his peers.
In his mouth, the CIA was unprofessional, the KGB too rough, Mossad in decline, and only the UK’s MI6 maintained high standards, even though he always denied being from MI6 himself.
Of course, no one took Yake’s words seriously; anyone who dared to take the intelligence agencies he deemed worthless lightly would promptly be taught a lesson.
However, Yake wasn’t wrong this time.
The Syrian Military Intelligence Bureau’s track record was nothing to write home about, but the Military Intelligence Directorate had a lot of power and, indeed, a lot of people.
Gao spread his hands and said, “Alright, I’ll have Dani try to arrange for some people to keep watch.
If possible, we’ll use aerial reconnaissance as a secondary measure and ground reconnaissance as the primary.
But if Dani helps out, then the intelligence we have will have to be shared with the Military Intelligence Bureau.
I’m worried that this could lead to a leak and might spoil things.”
Yake smiled and said, “Ha, you’re funny.
We could keep the intelligence to ourselves if we could handle it alone, but without the help of the Syrians, we’d be accomplishing nothing.
What are you thinking?
If you ask me, other units might screw things up by trying to take credit, but the Military Intelligence Bureau?
That’s not likely.
They would consider it a great accomplishment just to cooperate well with us.
We’ll be leaving soon, so do you think the Military Intelligence Bureau would rather compete with other local forces for credit or share the credit with us, who will leave soon?”
Gao clapped his hands together and said, “You make sense.
I’ve overcomplicated the issue.
Okay, I’ll talk to Dani.
Is there anything else?”
Yake sighed and said, “After today’s intelligence comes in, I need to personally sort it with Leonard.
Boss, where’s the orderly I asked for?
Please, if you don’t want to be tailed, can you arrange an orderly for us?
I really don’t mind someone helping out with the work.
In fact, I’d be more than happy to have someone help me with binding and categorizing chores.”
Gao Yang waved his hand and said, “Alright, alright, I’ll mention it, but whether they arrange someone or not, I don’t know.
Anything else?”
Yake shrugged, indicating that he had nothing else to discuss, but Number Thirteen pointed to the pistol in front of Gao Yang and calmly said, “That’s the very proud and tough Russian guy’s pistol, why do you have it?
Did you win it in a bet?
Or did you forcibly take it?
Or did you kill him?”
Number Thirteen had keen observational skills; Gao Yang wouldn’t be surprised as to how he recognized whose gun it was.
Picking up the pistol, he said casually, “Oh, this.
He gave it to me.
I didn’t want it, but he insisted, crying and shouting, so I couldn’t refuse and accepted it.”
Number Thirteen and Yake both made a disdainful expression, and then Yake said very bluntly, “Who would believe that?
How did you really get it?
Did you steal it?
I don’t believe that Russian guy would give you his pistol just because the Dragon Knight saved a comrade from his unit, and besides, it wasn’t you that the Dragon Knight saved.”
Gao Yang gave a wry smile and said, “It really was a gift from him, okay, didn’t I tell you?
The Russian that Dragon Knight saved, he’s the best friend of that guy, Peter, and moreover, Dragon Knight wanted the GSH-18 and I wanted the Yarygin, so it went like that.”
Number Thirteen shook his head and said, “It’s hard to imagine what actually happened.”
Suddenly interested, Gao Yang whispered, “Hey, Leonard, that Russian guy, do you think you could beat him?”
“Beat him?
You must be joking, he’s so tough, how could I possibly beat him?
Uh, I could only kill him, but definitely can’t win in a fight.”
After speaking indifferently, Number Thirteen gestured across his neck with his hand and said, “Like fighting a Toad, can’t beat him for sure, but if I wanted to kill him, then he’d be as good as dead.
Are you planning to take him out?”
Gao Yang shook his head repeatedly and said, “No, why would I kill him?
I’m just curious to know, that’s all.
Carry on, I’ve got to talk to Dani now.”
Leaving his own office, Gao Yang walked a few steps to Dani’s office, knocked and went in.
Without any niceties, he immediately said to Dani, “There’s important intelligence; you gotta help to see if we can dispatch someone to a Rebel Army controlled area for focused monitoring.”
Dani perked up and said, “Let’s hear it.”
Gao Yang talked about the relationship between Iron Wall Mercenary Corps and IS, then described the sightings by the reconnaissance drone, the encounter of the Russians, and the training received by the Rebel Army, trying to connect the dots.
Dani, as an intelligence officer, was very sensitive.
After pondering with furrowed brows for a long time, he nodded and said, “Okay, until there is more valuable intelligence, the current leads are worth pursuing.
Maybe following the training camp could lead us to Badadi.
I’ll report this immediately and arrange for surveillance to be deployed.”
Gao Yang spread his hands and said, “How long might it take?
I think this needs to be expedited.”
“It won’t be too slow; we have quite a few informants in the Rebel Army’s ranks.
Relying on them to send back very valuable intelligence might not be feasible, but they can definitely handle surveillance.
Moreover, there isn’t a suitable person to dispatch immediately.
It’s fine, these affairs are not under my control, I need to report to the higher-ups and then assign the task.
I think, at the latest, we can have the intelligence personnel in place in two days.”
It might take at most two days, or if it’s faster, who knows, maybe a call could bring a report in a few minutes.
It’s hard to say, but for Gao Yang, the sooner the better.
After discussing the main points, Gao Yang didn’t forget what Yake had tasked him with.
He said gravely, “Shadow has requested an assistant to help with miscellaneous tasks.
Whom should I contact for this, you or someone else?”
Dani waved his hand and said, “Shadow needs someone familiar with intelligence work.
I’ll arrange it, it’ll be done today.
One is enough, right?
Let’s make it two.”
Gao Yang said very seriously, “Make sure it’s a male, not a female.”
Dani smiled and said, “What about you?
You’re going to be busier, and according to your rank, you should be assigned an orderly, shouldn’t you?”
Gao Yang thought for a moment and felt that he should indeed have an orderly.
It certainly wasn’t pleasing to have to get water himself when he was busy, even though an orderly assigned by Dani, the spy chief, would certainly also be a spy, it didn’t matter.
There was nothing in his work here that he needed to worry about leaking.
(To be continued.
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