Then, the next second——
"Swoosh!!"
All eyes, filled with imnse shock and scrutiny, instantly focused on Colonel Kote.
Kote's heart was practically in his throat at that mont.
After all, it was his own idea to dispatch the Delta Squad.
At the last eting, although Austin agreed to make a final effort to salvage the situation within 48 hours, failing which they would take action against Song Heping.
After the eting, Kote had deployed a Delta Squad for an airdrop near Hulmatu, planning to prepare on two fronts: If the Pentagon decided to take military action against Song Heping, his squad would imdiately be able to locate Song Heping's position and coordinate with the Air Force to strike.
But unexpectedly, this plan fell through.
Now the CIA knew about it.
Evidently, the purpose and plan of the operation would also fall into Simon's hands.
This ant that things had truly blown up this ti and could no longer be contained within the military hierarchy.
It also ant that he might very well beco the scapegoat for the operation's failure——
After all, bureaucrats are the sa all over the world.
Minister Austin would not bear responsibility for such a failed operation; after all, he had enough reasons to shirk responsibility.
He didn't order Kote to dispatch the Delta Squad to Hulmatu, at least not explicitly; it was Kote himself who deployed prematurely to curry favor with his superiors.
"Nonsense! Complete fabrication!!"
Kote tried to cover his inner panic and guilt with a loud voice and angry emotions.
"This is Song Heping's conspiracy! A voice synthetically created through technology! A ticulously planned slander! He's trying to exonerate himself, to find an excuse for attacking the US Special Forces!"
Simon showed no surprise in response to Kote's shouting, rely glancing at the screen displaying Kote, his eyes even carrying a hint of pity.
He didn't waste words arguing but calmly and thodically swiped on his tablet screen once more.
A video began playing on the large screen.
The stability of the image was good, the lighting was adequate, and the resolution was high.
Everyone could clearly recognize the young soldier sitting on the crude iron-frad bed, wearing the standard desert camouflage uniform of the Illigo Special Forces, his face marked with fresh scars and bruises, eyes filled with fear and despair——
That was a mber of the ISOF!
In the video, the interrogator's face was not visible, only a calm questioning voice repeating similar questions could be heard.
anwhile, the ISOF soldier in the footage stamred as he repeated and supplented the task details:
"...We... our group carried an AN/PEQ laser designator and... and a satellite data link terminal... planned to... imdiately guide... guide a 'Hellfire' missile strike from the 'Grim Reaper' drone platform after confirming the exact location of Commander Song Heping... The orders we received were, at all costs, to ensure the target was thoroughly eliminated..."
A few minutes later, the video ended.
Simon did not give the people ti to catch their breath and digest the astounding information; he imdiately presented more pivotal evidence like puzzle pieces:
Among them were several fragnts of encrypted orders quickly verified by the CIA's top technical team, untouched and unaltered.
The digital signatures and transmission paths of these fragnts were traced back to a specific communication node and server address closely connected with Colonel Kote's routine office and command activities.
There was also a tiline comparison chart with minute-level precision.
It showed clearly that, in the hours before and after the ISOF squad secretly infiltrated the Hulmatu Z-7 area, a specifically numbered US MQ-9 "Grim Reaper" drone had engaged in exceptionally prolonged high-altitude loitering and reconnaissance activities over Hulmatu and its surrounding airspace, and its flight path closely matched the observation zone preset by the ISOF team.
Additionally, there was a copy of an internal defense intelligence departnt summary report from "Musician".
The report explicitly pointed out that lately, they had repeatedly detected unidentified, well-equipped small groups performing high-precision GPS location marking and unusual electromagnetic signal monitoring activities on the outskirts of the Hulmatu control area, with the report's conclusion directly suspecting——
This to be reconnaissance preparation for a targeted decapitation operation!
Audio, video, technical evidence, tiline clues, intelligence reports...
Simon, worthy as the head of spies, indeed had excellent analysts under him.
These seemingly independent information fragnts were perfectly linked into a chillingly clear chain of logic under his calm presentation, forming a complete and irrefutable picture:
The US Military, or more accurately, a faction led by Colonel Kote, had long been secretly planning and had actually launched a decapitation operation against Song Heping!
The ISOF mbers captured by "Musician" defense, what they confessed, and the equipnt they carried, were the most direct, undeniable ironclad evidence!
And everything Song Heping had done previously was entirely to confirm beyond doubt that he and his subordinates were facing a death threat from "allies", leading to his forced, fierce self-defensive counterattack for survival!
He was saving himself!
"Gentlen Generals,"
Simon said coldly:
"These original interrogation audio, video recordings, and all related technical verification docunts and intelligence corroborations from the captured mbers of the Illigo Governnt Army Special Forces, were sent to the CIA's secure mailbox through absolutely confidential channels after Song Heping was one hundred percent certain that he and his 'Musician' defense had beco targets for elimination planned by certain individuals in the US Military."
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