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"Did the person on the other side tell him directly?"

Guo Xiaolan frowned, thinking to herself, "This is indeed a big fish."

"The fact that the classified information was given to him by the enemy means that there is at least one insider within the aviation sector."

"And the level is not low, otherwise they wouldn't have access to information like the spacecraft's orbital data."

This is what's giving Chen Limin a headache.

Simply put, there's an inside agent within the space agency, and one of them is quite high-ranking.

"We absolutely must find him, or we'll be in big trouble!"

Given the recent erratic behavior in the United States and the upcoming election, it's not impossible that some reckless actions might be taken.

Therefore, it is considered top secret orbital data for spacecraft.

This must not be leaked!

Otherwise, it will lead to a major disaster.

This is a silent war, and they absolutely cannot lose!

"This is indeed a troublesome matter; if things go wrong, the entire mission could be in danger."

Guo Xiaolan's face also turned ugly upon hearing this.

The mission of the lunar landing spacecraft is crucial.

If the enemy has the orbital data, the entire spaceship would be doomed if even a single screw appeared in orbit.

After thinking it over, Guo Xiaolan had a sudden inspiration and clapped her hands, saying, "Brother Chen, why don't we lure the snake out of its hole!"

……

The China National Space Administration is currently holding a seminar on its lunar exploration program, "Lanyue" (meaning "emerging on the moon").

Director Zhao Zhaoming sat in the main seat.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the calculation of the spacecraft's orbital data has been forced to stop due to a problem. We have now transferred the data to the Greater Bay Area Computer Center, where the staff will be in charge."

Those attending the meeting were all confidential personnel involved in the project, so it was not a problem for the director to speak directly.

As soon as he finished speaking, a middle-aged man with an honest appearance and thick black-rimmed glasses squinted in the corner.

He secretly kept this news in his heart.

"Xuemin, tell me, how's the dispatching work going?"

Just as the middle-aged man was deep in thought, Zhao Zhaoming suddenly called his name.

A flicker of panic crossed his eyes, but he quickly regained his composure, suppressed his alarm, and calmly looked at Zhao Zhaoming, meeting his gaze before replying:

"The scheduling work has been completed. This time, the manned spaceflight safety team was directly transferred over. They are meticulous and rigorous, and they completed their work very conscientiously."

"That's good!"

Zhao Zhaoming nodded in satisfaction, glanced at everyone present, and appeared very pleased, but in reality, he had already begun to have someone he suspected.

He received a message from Beijing Guoan this morning.

There's a mole within their ranks who leaked information, and they need his cooperation to lure the mole out.

Upon receiving this news, Zhao Zhaoming was filled with rage.

They wished they could tie up everyone involved and interrogate them one by one.

Damn it, I've always treated you guys pretty well, haven't I?

Salary and benefits, project status, honors and policies, family resettlement, children's education, and elderly care and support—everything is arranged perfectly in one go.

And this is what you do to me?

And they even found an inside man! He really made me look good!

If it weren't for the need to cooperate with the National Security Bureau comrades, he would have already started cursing.

Zhao Zhaoming found the meeting extremely unpleasant, so it ended very quickly.

He didn't mention anything more about the progress of the lunar spacecraft's manufacturing and testing.

They left in a hurry.

……

In the middle of the night, on the outskirts of the city, several electronic warfare aircraft were flying in the sky.

The informant was a bit bored, but his duty required him to stay highly alert.

That very morning, as the most advanced electronic warfare aircraft in the Northern Theater Command, they were given an emergency mission.

The mission was codenamed "Rats Exterminated," and the requirement was for two aircraft to be outside the capital city, with radar covering the entire Beijing municipality, to listen for suspicious signals.

It is now 3 a.m.

The informant felt it was no longer possible to detect any suspicious signals.

"This mission is about to end, wow, I can go back and catch up on some sleep now."

Rubbing his eyes, the information officer's pupils suddenly contracted when he looked at the computer screen again.

"Didi dididi——"

A shortwave radio signal suddenly appeared on the previously empty screen.

"It is a shortwave waveform from a transoceanic radio station using the metric standard. The location cannot be determined, but the signal has been collected."

The information officer was instantly terrified and immediately began monitoring the message.

The command issued above is to only listen, not to intercept.

The content of the information, after being interpreted, is: [The information should be deduced at the Greater Bay Area Computing Center]

"!"

The informant saw the message, and although he didn't know what it meant, he still sent it to the Northern Theater Command.

He had a premonition, a feeling that something big was about to happen.

……

Guo Xiaolan entered Chen Limin's office at the National Security Bureau.

She smiled slightly, and with a few leaps, happily jumped to Chen Limin's side, saying cheerfully:

"Brother Chen, the plan was a success, the fish has taken the bait."

"We monitored the 36 people at the aerospace conference this morning and identified our targets."

"Success!"

Upon hearing this, Chen Limin was overjoyed and quickly took the document, taking a closer look.

"Zhou Xuemin, dispatcher, responsible for coordinating all parties involved in the manned lunar landing..."

"it's him?"

"That's right. At 3 a.m., the military intercepted his radio messages outside the capital."

Guo Xiaolan smiled gently and continued to explain, "Our listening vehicle in Beijing located his home based on the wireless telegraph signal source. He can't escape now."

"Okay, the evidence is conclusive."

Chen Limin sneered, but his gaze toward Guo Xiaolan was full of admiration.

"Your plan is brilliant! It not only lures the snake out of its hole, but also kills two birds with one stone!"

“If Zhou Xuemin was just an inside man, then there must be others who went to the Greater Bay Area to steal data.”

"Hmph, this is a perfect opportunity to wipe this network clean!"

After decades of opening up, China has seen the emergence of many "parasites" in the face of the impact of advanced technologies from Europe and the United States, which is not surprising to Chen Limin.

This is something that we could only solve through our own development.

But now the situation has changed.

China needs to take small steps and then make rapid progress, achieving a three-stage leap.

These problems, which were originally meant to be solved over time, will naturally surface and become obstacles.

Chen Limin is determined to be the one who completely removes these obstacles.

"I'd like to see what tricks these people can pull."

"Notify the Eastern Theater Command to bring over their newly established exoskeleton armored unit."

"Do they think they can defy the heavens?!"

Chapter 19 Gathering Storm

Korean Peninsula.

The border between South and North Korea.

Under the cover of darkness, several South Korean soldiers, their faces filled with despair, cut through the barbed wire fence at the border.