50s: Starting with a storage ring

Chapter 227 Target: Bangkok
Finally, Sun Zhiwei and Director Xu broke down the skill of "disguise" into content such as "ventriloquism," "dialect," "facial expression control," "body language," "local clothing matching," and "local cultural customs."

This also requires collecting and summarizing cultural information and audio data from various places, which is not something that can be accomplished in a short period of time; it requires long-term intelligence accumulation.

Thinking of the major battle a few years later, Sun Zhiwei suggested that they start by collecting data from the southwestern jungle.

Director Xu also thought of this point. In recent years, the monkeys in the south have been growing rapidly, so they tacitly agreed to use this direction as the experimental target.

Recently, the two have realized that the reason why Commander An has not responded for so long may be because the plans they submitted were all plans without any evidence, which is why the higher-ups are hesitant.

If we can have a precedent first, it will be much easier to get the plan approved by the higher-ups.

Therefore, Sun Zhiwei decided to become the first special forces soldier in China.

The resources required for a team of special forces soldiers are incomparable to the equipment required for an individual, not to mention that Sun Zhiwei does not require such a long period of training.

Director Xu could afford to cover this amount of funding, which is why he has been working tirelessly for the past six months to find a teacher for Sun Zhiwei.

"Zhiwei, now that you've made up your mind, you need to prepare for the operation. What is your objective for this operation?"

"Commander, I'm thinking about what we really lack right now? And what are the current crises?"

"Another question is whether we are aiming to achieve short-term goals or preparing for long-term objectives in the future."

Upon hearing Sun Zhiwei's question, Xu Yimin thought for a moment before answering:
"If you ask what we lack, I can say we lack everything. After all, we have a weak foundation. Although we have caught up in some areas in recent years, we still lack everything overall."

"What's the biggest shortage? For example, strategic bombers?"

"Of course we're short of them, or rather, we don't have them at all."

"This is why, even though we have mushroom bombs, others aren't afraid of us. Because our mushroom bombs simply can't reach their core areas."

"It should be said that we have laid the foundation for Haiti's three nuclear defense lines, one in the air and one in the ground."

"We have H-6s in the air, H-submarines in the sea, and Dongfeng-3s on land, but they are all very basic and have not formed a deterrent force. At most, they can barely defend ourselves."

As the official in charge of intelligence, Xu Yimin was quite familiar with the domestic military situation.

Given our current economic and technological strength, it is not possible to make progress in all three areas simultaneously for the time being.

In particular, there is no possibility of a breakthrough in the strategic bomber project in the short term, whether in terms of funding or technology.

Therefore, he knew that the main internal demand was to temporarily suspend aircraft development and instead allocate more funds and human resources to missiles and submarines.

In fact, this strategy was indeed implemented later. The end result was that our air defense line remained weak in our three nuclear defense lines.

In Sun Zhiwei's memory, even in the 21st century when he was reincarnated, our country still did not have a strategic bomber in the true sense, which is a regrettable thing.

After understanding Xu Yimin's meaning, Sun Zhiwei made a decision in his heart.

After that, he began to catch up on his studies in a targeted manner. He returned to the interpreting group in the translation office and focused on learning Thai and Cantonese.

On December 1st, with everything ready, Sun Zhiwei, using the alias Sun Wei, boarded a flight bound for Hong Kong Island.

Shortly after his flight took off, a large plane escorted by fighter jets landed at Beijing Airport to their east. This was actually a good opportunity for advancement; the American side had a large number of personnel arriving, requiring many translators. Given Sun Zhiwei's current proficiency, becoming a translator for the delegation wouldn't be difficult.

However, he also knew that the US troops at Utaburg Airport were withdrawing, and that was where his target was.

Even now, he doesn't know if there are any target planes left at the airport, so he can only get there as soon as possible.

Because if he couldn't find his target at U-Tapao Airport, he would have to go all the way to Guam, where there are hardly any Asians, making it not a good place to operate.

Or he could only go to the United States, but it would be extremely difficult to transport the goods back from there.

A few hours later, Sun Zhiwei landed at Kai Tak Airport. He came on official business, but there was no one to receive him.

He left the airport alone and stayed at a nearby hotel.

After several hours of careful dressing and simple facial makeup, it was difficult to tell from his appearance that he was not a local when he left the hotel.

That afternoon, he contacted a contact person given to him by Director Xu and obtained a new identity document.

This new identity is that of a local grain merchant who frequently travels to Thailand and other Southeast Asian countries to purchase rice and other grains.

Sun Zhiwei then booked a flight to Bangkok under his new identity.

Two days later, Sun Zhiwei arrived in Bangkok.

Thailand is a peculiar country. Ethnic Chinese make up 12%-14% of the total population, and if mixed-race Chinese are included, this number may be as high as 40%.

Photo: Bangkok's Chinatown in the 70s
However, the Chinese here basically no longer speak Mandarin, nor do they retain the customs and habits from back home, and they even no longer use Chinese surnames.

It can be said that this is the only country in the entire East Asian region where the Chinese ethnic group has been completely assimilated by the locals.

Moreover, this was not caused by local suppression of Chinese people, but rather by the fact that the Chinese people here have actively integrated into the local population.

Many Thai politicians and tycoons are descendants of Chinese, and even the ancestors of the royal family had Chinese ancestry.

From a domestic perspective, this is certainly not a good thing. But for local Chinese residents, their lives have clearly improved after integrating into the local community.

If you really want to know who's right and who's wrong, it's hard to say.

If things really turn out like they did on Java, where we get harvested every few decades, it's not something to be thankful for.

After getting off the plane, he exchanged some local currency at a shop next to the airport and then took a taxi directly to Utaburg.

U-Tapao Airport is more than 100 kilometers away from downtown Bangkok, and he is going to go there today to see the situation in person.

The taxi traveled eastward along the coastal road, and after about halfway there, it turned right south in Manbakong district.

An hour later, the car was approaching Utaburg, and he could see planes taking off from not far away through the car window.

The roar of the planes flying overhead was deafening. Sun Zhiwei could only frown as he watched the planes while pressing his eardrums, which were throbbing from the noise.

(End of this chapter)