Zeus and Io - Book 3
Copyright© 2014 by Harry Carton
Chapter 15
#17, Highway of the People, Shanghai, China
Colonel Sun was a thin man – 171 cm or 5'7" in height, he disliked this team of intellectuals. Soft men and women. General Hu was no better. He was overweight. How could a fat man command troops? As he surveyed the room, his eyes came to rest on Major Feng. Here was a man he could trust to do important things.
Sun arrived as usual at 8:00 a.m. CST – China Standard Time. CST was a great simplifier: it was the same time in Kuokekuo Luoteshan, in the extreme west, as it was in Hulin Shi, on the island claimed by both China and Russia, but occupied by China – over three thousand miles to the east. Yes, the sun rose late in the morning in Kuokekuo Luoteshan and very early in the morning in Hulin Shi. So what? Time zones were invented long after people learned to rise with the sun. The cattle were not confused. Plants did not care. Nor the peasants that comprised the vast portion of the population of China.
#17 was located just a few blocks off Jungong Road, in the Shanghai University of Technology. The Colonel preferred the older name 'Highway of the People.' It was less Western. Soon, the Chaing project would spring forth on an unsuspecting world. Even the Chinese Politburo did not know of its existence. It would take secrets from Western companies, take money from Western banks. He – Chaing -- would interfere with power grids, cease water distribution, and cause oil refineries to cease function. Western governments would topple. The fools in Russia would bother China no more.
"Doctor Fa," he said to Fa Lau-sung, "everything is on schedule, yes?"
"Yes, Colonel Sun. One change to our plans however, the physical attack will take place at Hoover Dam in the Southwest of the U.S. Not in the Niagara region. On consultation with Ministry of State Security..." he gestured deferentially to Major Feng, " ... it was found that integration of our agents is easier in the Los Angeles – Las Vegas corridor than in the Northeast U.S. In the Southwest, one must only prove that he is not coming from Mexico." Dr. Fa smiled. Colonel Sun smiled. Everyone around the conference table smiled.
"Major Feng, you will attack the dam itself?" The Colonel addressed the master of the secret agents who will wreak havoc in the United States in just a few weeks.
"No, Colonel," said the burly Major Feng. "All our plans have changed. Instead of knocking the power out over the government functions and financial centers for a week, we will hit directly at the major port on the West Coast of the U.S. We will destroy the usability of the food production and importation of the Western U.S. – And it will take them months to recover. Months!
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