Stop it, Azu! The country can barely contain it.

Chapter 80 Smuggling Illegal Nuclear Materials

A luxurious manor in the Land of the Bear.

Trotsky, with his thinning hair, listened to his subordinates' report while holding a cigar.

"Report: All 30 Su-27s are loaded and are undergoing inspection."

Upon hearing the report, Trotsky squinted, took a puff of his cigar, and looked quite pleased with himself.

"Okay, don't worry, everything's been taken care of. Let me know when you're done checking."

"yes!"

As soon as he finished speaking, another subordinate walked to the door.

"Reporting to Mr. Trotsky, the freight train has passed inspection!"

Trotsky paused for a moment.

"So fast?"

He raised his wrist to check the time. "Tsk tsk tsk, I must say, Igor is truly resourceful."

"But is this really the right thing to do?"

He smiled, stood up, picked up a glass of vodka, and drank it all in one gulp.

"I don't need to worry about the rest. Time for bed!"

After saying that, he yawned and went into the bedroom.

In Wu Zu's private laboratory at the Jiangnan Arsenal, Wu Zu was spraying paint on the casing of an aircraft engine when he suddenly heard footsteps outside.

He immediately turned his head and saw Li Zhu standing outside the door.

Wu Zu quickly put down the spray gun, took off his gas mask, and went outside.

"Did you find it?"

"Found it, but it's just a KGB branch site."

After saying this, Li Zhu showed a hint of helplessness, "This is all I can find out. I think it will be difficult to get the information out."

"Different stations—" Wu Zu pondered for a moment, "Whether it works or not, let's try making a call first."

He immediately picked up the phone and dialed the number provided by Li Zhu.

For this phone call, Wu Zu even designed a device to hide the signal, so that the call he made would be...

It will not be tracked.

Soon, a voice speaking Russian came from the other end of the phone.

Wu Zu took the text that had been marked in the Dragon Language and began to read it aloud.

In order to get the other party's attention, Wu Zu did not say that what was being smuggled was fighter jets, but deliberately said that it was nuclear materials.

After all, in this turbulent period, the Russians are extremely wary of nuclear weapons, and they will take immediate action as soon as any clues related to nuclear weapons are discovered.

The other person said a lot on the phone, but Wu Zu couldn't understand a single word and could only keep responding with "uh-huh".

After hanging up the phone, Wu Zu finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Whether it works or not depends on tomorrow. Hopefully, the KGB can act quickly!"

At this moment, Wu Zu could only wait for the trading day to arrive, unable to do anything.

Seeing Wu Zu's expectant look, Li Zhu couldn't help but pour cold water on his hopes.

"Don't get your hopes up too high. The KGB's procedures are complicated, so this news is unlikely to get to the higher-ups."

The KGB of the Russian Bear Country, specifically the Liaison Department.

An intelligence officer was compiling various pieces of information as usual.

Suddenly, a message marked "urgent" caught his eye.

"Huh? Smuggling illegal nuclear materials?!"

Upon seeing this message, the intelligence officer's eyes flashed with shock.

This is no ordinary case; smuggling nuclear materials is an extremely serious crime in any country.

He never expected that anyone would dare to transport goods by rail.

So he immediately wrote down the information, picked up the phone, and dialed a number.

"Hello, is this the intelligence headquarters?"

"Speaking!"

"Our intelligence agents have received a report that someone is smuggling nuclear materials via rail!"

An exclamation immediately came from the other end of the phone: "Which route? Where is it going?"

"Report: We only know it's a train, not the number, but the destination is China!"

"Dragon Kingdom—Okay, I understand!"

Inside the KGB Border Guard Headquarters, a tense emergency meeting is underway.

After all, the transportation of nuclear materials is of paramount importance and cannot be taken lightly, especially since the destination is China.

Everyone knows that China has already mastered nuclear bomb technology and has no possibility of participating in the transportation of nuclear materials.

Therefore, the only reasonable speculation is that someone secretly pulled strings, attempting to use China as a transit point to transfer nuclear materials to other overseas regions.

A group of KGB military experts engaged in a heated discussion about the intelligence they had on hand.

"In my opinion, this matter is most likely related to the United States. They may be trying to sow discord between us and China."

"I think the intelligence might be wrong. China's border checks have always been strict. Transporting nuclear materials to China is no different from giving them away directly."

"Since China has already mastered the technology of mining and refining nuclear materials, they probably wouldn't accept them if they knew they were nuclear materials. There's no need for them to take that risk."

Military experts offered their opinions, but they were unable to reach a definitive conclusion.

Walker, the head of the KGB's Border Directorate, frowned and glanced at the time.

"There's no point in discussing this now. We need to immediately conduct a thorough search of every train, leaving no detail overlooked!"

Once the order was given, the KGB Border Directorate acted swiftly, setting out to allocate personnel.

As a very special department, the KGB was directly controlled by the Supreme Command and could intervene directly in many action plans without reporting to other departments.

Moreover, this investigation was a covert operation and did not attract the attention of other departments.

Furthermore, the fact that there is only one route connecting the Russian Bear Country to the Dragon Country facilitated the investigation to some extent.

They quickly arrived at the border checkpoint, swiftly took control of everyone present, and then began inspecting the cargo on each train one by one.

Border checkpoints are used to these kinds of checks and don't pay much attention to them.

However, the large number of train services put considerable pressure on the KGB's inspection work.

Meanwhile, at the railway station on the transport line under Trotsky's command, Colonel Wood, who was in charge of escorting the Su-27 fighter jets, was fast asleep in a makeshift rest room.

Suddenly, a series of hurried footsteps broke the silence.

"Colonel, it's urgent!"

Wood reluctantly opened his eyes, pushed open the door, and asked with a displeased expression, "What is it now?"

"We just received news that multiple flights are delayed."

Wood frowned slightly, then said dismissively, "This is pretty normal."

It's important to understand that at that time, China and Russia had not yet established diplomatic relations, and most of the transactions between them were conducted privately.

When he encountered some departmental investigations, Wood felt that it was just someone trying to take the opportunity to solicit bribes.

The delay in the flight was most likely caused by the attempt to extort a bribe, which resulted in the flight being deliberately made difficult.

But the intelligence officer quickly explained, "This delay is quite long and has already affected our schedules."

Wood was taken aback and quickly asked, "How long was the delay?"

"Based on the information we have now, there has already been a five-hour delay!"

"Five hours—that won't do!"

Wood knew very well that this order was of great significance, worth up to one billion US dollars. This money involved various departments, and if anything went wrong, he wouldn't have enough lives to compensate for it.

So he quickly dialed Trotsky's number.