winter in greenland

August clearly remembered that he had just arrived at the base for a few years, and the previous captain of Sirius intended to train him. In the spring of that year, after the previous captain applied for retirement, the new appointment documents from the headquarters came down very quickly. Became the youngest captain in the history of Sirius.

The appointment time was in May. When the key was handed over to him after the ceremony, it was light and weightless. He knew the importance of this thing, but he had no idea what it meant to him.

The earliest clues occurred in July, when he was busy with the training of new players, and he was completely in charge of these things for the first time, and he was very busy.In the second week of the training camp, he found that the door lock of the dormitory had been picked. Because there were many things, he didn't bother to check the surveillance.Four or five days later, he realized that something was wrong when he found that the things in the dormitory had been turned over by others.But after adjusting the monitoring of the base, no abnormalities were found.

There are not many personal belongings in the entire base, which are worth visiting again and again. August thinks about it and only has the key left.He guessed that the other party would find a way to go to his office to search after two failed attempts, so he deliberately set up a trap to catch the turtle.

"The person who came was an agent of country A. He was very smart. He immediately saw that there was no way to force the key out of my hand before the base's alarm was triggered. After making a judgment, he left immediately. Before leaving He only said that he would give me a gift, and I didn't catch him. I didn't pay much attention to what he said." August's voice was calm, but Dan could hear the underlying turmoil .

"A week later, I received an emergency call from the headquarters, asking me to go to Geha immediately, and the helicopter had already come to pick me up. At that time, I had a vague bad feeling in my heart. After arriving at the headquarters building, they took me directly to the The conference room of the third intelligence department on the 5th basement floor."

……

August will never forget that day.The meeting room was dimly lit, and most of the left-hand wall was occupied by a projection, with two swaying figures on it, the director of the third office and the general directly under Sirius sitting on one side of the meeting table, with solemn expressions.

"Report!" August gave a straight military salute.

The grey-haired general nodded to him, hesitating for a while, he didn't speak immediately, and nodded to the adjutant standing beside him.The adjutant pressed the remote control, and the projection on the wall moved.

"This is the video received by the three offices this morning. The situation is urgent. We will call you right away. You should take a look first." The general said.

As if the ominous premonition had been confirmed, August's heart jumped. He saluted with a "yes" and turned to look at the video.

The background of the video seems to be in a simple apartment. At the beginning, the camera swayed and swept across the corner of the living room. August noticed sharply that it was when he graduated from high school. photo.Immediately afterwards, the camera was fixed, and a voice sounded: "Captain August Field, do you know this man?"

A somewhat thin man was tied to a dining table chair, his head was tilted to one side weakly, the plaid shirt on his upper body was only buttoned a few times, revealing the gray thermal underwear underneath, and pajama pants on his lower body.

That was his father.

"As for me, we just met each other a few days ago, I hope your memory is not so bad." While speaking, a somewhat familiar face appeared in the camera.

August's pupils constricted suddenly, and he took a step forward, his fingers tightly grasping the armrest of the chair beside him.

"Captain, I think you should be in the conference room of the headquarters in Copenhagen at this time, and your chief should be next to me. I repeat my request and hand over the key. I guarantee that your father will be unharmed. My patience is limited." , 12 hours, if I don’t receive any reply, then I will regard you as rejecting the deal. Bang—” He raised his right hand, aimed at the hostage’s temple, and made a gesture of shooting, and the screen immediately It went dark.

August suddenly turned his head and looked at his officer with sharp eyes: "How much time is left?"

As if anticipating his reaction, the general gestured to him to be calm: "Since we received the video, we have sent people to locate and search for it, and now there is—" He raised his wrist and looked at his watch: "5 hours."

August seemed to remember something suddenly: "What about my sister? Where is she? Is she safe?"

"We have sent people there, don't worry, she is safe now."

"I request to join the search team." August saluted the general, with an unconcealable anxiety in his tone.

The director of MI5 took a deep breath: "Captain Field, we understand your feelings, but after investigation, our technicians can only locate the signal source of the video transmission in the urban area of ​​London, and cannot further narrow it down. Although Diplomatic contacts have been made, and their military has also sent five teams to assist us in the search, but we do not recommend that you go to the scene until the scope is further determined."

August was silent for a few seconds, then turned around and punched the wall of the conference room.

The general and the chief of the third department exchanged a dark look, stood up and walked to August, and patted him on the shoulder: "The matter has not reached the final step, we still have room, and the reason for calling you is to Assist their technicians in the search. Do you know where your father is usually in London? Judging from the video, your father should have been taken away in a hurry."

August was silent for a few seconds, and shook his head in pain: "I haven't contacted him for nearly two years. I only know the address of his apartment in London."

"Then is it possible for your sister to know?"

August was silent for a longer time this time. He clearly knew that if he asked Mia, no matter what the final outcome, this matter would definitely have an unchangeable impact on her life, but...

"I'm not sure, I can ask her."

The old general let out a sigh of relief, and motioned to the adjutant beside him: "Put the communication to Miss Mia Field."

The adjutant directly connected the video communication to the agent in Mia's apartment, and after a few words with the other party, the call was transferred to Mia.For a moment August couldn't look her in the eye as her face appeared in the projection on the wall.

Mia's voice was anxious: "August? What's going on? Why did so many strangers come to my apartment suddenly, saying that my current situation needs their protection? Is something wrong with you?"

August replied somewhat vaguely: "I'm fine, I'm fine."

Mia paused, and moved closer to the camera, as if trying to find some clues from his face: "Although you haven't been home since graduating from the military academy, I still know you well. What happened? thing?"

August took a breath: "Do you know where Dad often goes in London besides the university where he works and the apartment where he usually lives?"

Mia was stunned for a few seconds, and her expression changed: "Dad's social circle in London is very narrow, and he spends almost all his free time in the laboratory. Dad was the one who had the accident?"

August didn't answer her question directly: "Dad will be fine, I will go find it in person, don't worry. I will contact you again when I have news." After finishing speaking, he hung up the phone first.

There was a brief silence in the conference room.

I don't know how long it took, August gave a short laugh, and turned to the general: "Your Excellency, I request to join the search team."

The old man stared at him closely like an eagle, and did not answer.

He felt as if there was a lump in his throat, and continued to speak with some difficulty: "I know the seriousness of the matter, and I also know that the terrain resource modeling data of Greenland cannot be leaked unless it is absolutely necessary. Don't worry, I will always remember The oath I made when I took over as Captain Sirius."

The general sighed and waved his hands: "The helicopter is on standby on the roof, you can take a few agents from the third office." After a second pause, his eyes sharpened sharply: "Don't forget your responsibilities and commitments, Captain .”

August saluted on the spot, turned around and strode out.

……

"That agent is very cunning. In fact, when I set off, I knew that the possibility of successfully rescuing my father was less than 1%, but I still had such a fluke in my heart. The miracle still did not happen after all. In the environment like the headquarters Here, how can a person's life and death be compared with the interests of the entire country. I thought I had enough mental preparations when I joined, but I still overestimated myself. In fact, the relationship between me and my father has been since he and I Mother has been bad since she left, but he is still my father, let alone Mia. She will never forgive me in this matter, I know." August's voice was dry.

"Mia... your sister, do you know what happened?" Dan asked softly.

"She doesn't know the specifics, but she guesses pretty well. The last time I saw her was at my father's funeral."

……

The funeral was held in a church near the school. Mia hadn't graduated yet, so she took a leave of absence from the north to preside over the funeral.August went to the airport to pick her up, and she was escorted off the plane by several agents from the Third Division.After seeing August at the exit, she walked over in full view and slapped him on the face.

"How could you... How could you just watch Dad being... being..." Her face was contorted, and tears filled her eyes.

What really pained August more than the pain in her cheek was the heartbreak in her voice.

From that moment on, he knew that the younger sister he had always held in his palm was no longer the little girl who relied on and trusted him in everything.

The author says:

Merry Christmas~