50s: Starting with a storage ring

Chapter 264 Listen carefully
While Sun Zhiwei was engrossed in his calculations, he completely forgot about something important.

That is, from the last time he appeared in public, when the grain ship left port until now, he has not contacted the country for 26 consecutive days.

This was something that had never happened during his previous missions.

In fact, attempts had been made to contact Sun Zhiwei in China two weeks after he went missing.

That day happened to be a day off for the shipyard, a day when the workers were allowed to go home and rest.

However, at the time, Sun Zhiwei was busy making smoke generators and collecting submarine materials, and he didn't think about contacting the country.

At the time, his transmitter was still stored in the storage space and he couldn't receive messages from China, so he missed the opportunity to make contact due to a series of unforeseen circumstances.

When he returned to the shipyard for his holiday, they left port the next day and never had a chance to contact each other again. This delay lasted for 26 days.

He didn't take it to heart, but Xu Yimin back home was extremely worried. He tried to contact Sun Zhiwei almost every other day, but each time there was no response.

On the 24th day after they went missing, which was the day before yesterday, the batch of flour from the United States arrived at the port. The scientists at the fighter jet research institute went wild with excitement after seeing what they found.

Today, the higher-ups personally called to commend Sun Zhiwei, but now he's nowhere to be found, or has he been seen?

Xu Yimin was on the verge of despair. After being out of contact for 26 consecutive days, it was basically safe to assume something had happened, but he still clung to a sliver of hope.

Because Sun Zhiwei is always mature and prudent in his work, he never does anything he is not confident about.

Since there's a plan this time, there shouldn't be any problems. It's very likely that he's in a location where he can't be contacted, which has happened before.

Although he felt that Sun Zhiwei would be fine, someone from above would soon be coming to commend Sun Zhiwei, and if they asked about Sun Zhiwei's situation, he couldn't lie to the organization; the truth couldn't be hidden at all.

Therefore, after much deliberation, he made a confidential call to his superiors and explained Sun Zhiwei's current situation.

"So, the current situation is: Sun Zhiwei is carrying out an important mission. Although he has been out of contact for 26 days, your judgment is that he is fine now, but it is just inconvenient to contact him."

"Yes, sir, that's exactly what I mean."

"I trust your judgment, but just in case, his family should still be protected secretly."

"I understand, sir. I'll make the arrangements right away," Xu Yimin assured his superior.

"Also, keep in touch. Try to get in touch with Comrade Sun Zhiwei as soon as he is out of trouble."

"Yes, I have had people on duty 24 hours a day since last week."

"That's settled then. Give me a call if you hear anything, and I'll keep an eye on it."

"By the way, let's give him a code name. It's not safe to use his real name directly."

"Well, why don't you give him a name, Chief? Just in case that kid pulls some kind of trick again. If he comes up with some weird code name, we won't know what to call him."

"Hehe, is our Comrade Sun usually quite lively?"

"No way, completely the opposite. He's incredibly mature; people would believe he's 60."

"However, Comrade Sun Zhiwei has a rather broad perspective."

"I heard that when he named his son and daughter, he gave them names like Sun Dasheng, Sun Xiaoshan, and Sun Quan and Sun Bin's grandsons."

"I think we should just give him a name and stop letting him decide." "Hahaha, okay, let's call him 'Di Ting' then. Being able to hear all things in the universe is exactly what we intelligence agents dream of."

"Yes, sir. I will keep his real name hidden from now on."

“That’s the right thing to do. We need to protect intelligence personnel. I’ve heard of local people coming to our door asking for information on intelligence personnel before. We can’t let that happen again.”

"Yes, sir! This situation will absolutely not happen under my supervision."

Just as Xu Yimin was talking to the leader, the telegraph operator in charge of monitoring the communication frequency received a telegram from Sun Zhiwei.

Soon, the telegram was translated and delivered to Xu Yimin.

"Sir, it's a telegram from 'Di Ting'. I guessed right, he's indeed alright."

"It's alright. You go and deal with the 'Listening' matter first, and report back to me when you have the results. That's all." Then, the phone was hung up.

Xu Yimin then had time to carefully examine the telegram: "Victory, 6th, West 25.24, North 17.13."

The telegram was very clear: the operation was successful, they would meet in six days, and the address followed.

After thinking for a moment, Xu Yimin took out a military world map from the safe and found the place marked on the telegram by matching the latitude and longitude: Cape Verde Islands.

As per his agreement with Sun Zhiwei, once the operation was successful, he would dispatch a group of submarine pilots to the rendezvous point.

Of course, the success of the operation here means that Sun Zhiwei obtained the intelligence they wanted.

But this location is in Africa, not the Americas. If he's going to Africa in 6 days, where is he now?
Since he said he succeeded, it means he found the submarine. But why did he send someone from his family to Africa? Is the submarine in Africa?

Xu Yimin was completely baffled, simply because he had never imagined that Sun Zhiwei could capture an entire H submarine, and Sun Zhiwei himself had never mentioned it.

If someone actually said that to Xu Yimin, he would treat it as an international joke.

At the time, he made an agreement with Sun Zhiwei to send a submarine driver to meet him, thinking it was just to allow the driver to obtain firsthand intelligence nearby.

He might still have a slight idea in his mind, but he subconsciously dismissed it.

Telegrams cannot be lengthy and explain the cause and effect. Xu Yimin felt that he understood Sun Zhiwei's meaning.

So he didn't ask any further questions, but instead prepared a reply: "Listen carefully, yes, 6th, Bird's Nest."

Soon, this message, containing just a few words, traveled more than 1 kilometers through embassy relay stations around the world and arrived over the Atlantic Ocean.

1000 kilometers from the site of the submarine accident, the USS Memphis surfaced close to the water's surface, with only the hatches and antennas visible above the water.

At the open hatch, Sun Zhiwei stood on the metal stairs, half of his body protruding from the hatch, wearing headphones and with a small radio transmitter about the size of a briefcase hanging on his chest.

This is Nissan's latest telegraph machine, which he took from the equipment warehouse when he left Beijing.

This transmitter can send information thousands of kilometers away with very low power, and can also receive weak signals.

At this moment, he was staring intently at the transmitter in front of him, waiting for a signal, and from time to time, he would also observe the situation on the surrounding sea.

(End of this chapter)