Tonight, there are also many staff working all night long!
The multiple attacks and intrusions that have occurred in the past two days have seriously threatened national security and put the United States into a comprehensive state of high combat readiness!
"China and Russia are very close to our Western Pacific combat zone, and we believe the situation will soon be beyond our control!"
In a conference room inside the command center, Secretary of Defense John Keller and others looked solemn.
In the previous attacks on bases and the invasion of Air Force One, they put the target of suspicion on other countries with tense relations.
Although Maggie Madson and Glenn Whitman were captured, the Department of Defense paid little attention to the scattered information they deciphered. After all, it was just fragmentary fragments without any practical significance.
Maggie Madsen's alien remarks were regarded as nonsense by them from beginning to end.
In order to cope with possible further military attacks, they have dispatched aircraft carrier formations to the Persian Gulf and Yellow Sea for warning.
But at the same time, their sudden large-scale military mobilization also made all countries nervous. Many countries responded one after another, and the international situation became increasingly tense. If one mistake was not made, it might trigger a military conflict, or even
war!
After the meeting, Secretary of Defense John Keller came out of the conference room. A group of mid-level and senior military officers at least at the level of majors gathered around him, constantly reporting and asking for instructions on various matters.
While John Keller was dealing with one thing after another, he walked quickly toward the command area surrounded by everyone.
The conference room was right next to the door of the command center. Just a few steps after John Keller walked out, a tall, thin, middle-aged white man with a thick beard and carrying a suitcase walked into the command center from the door behind him.
Seeing John Keller surrounded by people, the middle-aged man directly called him out.
"Mr. Minister."
John Keller couldn't help but stop when he heard this, turned around and looked behind him.
"I am Tom Banachek, affiliated with District 7, Advanced Research Department!"
"Never heard of it!"
John Keller frowned and shook his head.
"I'm very busy right now, Tom, as I'm sure you can tell."
After saying that, John Keller stopped paying attention to this guy who appeared out of nowhere, turned around and continued walking towards the command area. The situation was tense now, and he had to keep abreast of all the situations at all times, so he had no time to care about anything else.
But just as he quickly arrived at the passage in the command area, the many display screens hanging on the walls suddenly lost their images one after another.
"What's going on?"
"have no idea!"
…
Faced with this unexpected situation, many staff in the command center instantly became confused and noisy, and John Keller also had a look of astonishment on his face.
Under his gaze, all the computers and monitors throughout the command center lost their images, either with blue screens or flashing randomly.
John Keller's face couldn't help but become a little flustered.
This situation has never happened in the history of the Pentagon, and this is obviously more than a simple computer failure!
"Situation briefer! Come out and say something!"
John Keller shouted to the chaos of his teammates below.
"All work is interrupted, sir!"
A bald lieutenant colonel turned to report to him.
"I can see that!"
John Keller said bluntly.
At this moment, another major wearing glasses suddenly remembered something, raised his head suddenly and said to John Keller.
"That virus is designed to interrupt all operations!"
…
Seeing that the command center was in chaos and busy, with no one paying attention to him, Tom Banacek from District 7, who was left alone, pursed his lips and said to himself.
"I'll go sit over there for a while."
However, it was clear that no one was paying attention to him at this time. Several officers in charge were gathering together to discuss the current situation. John Keller came down from the passage, walked up to several officers, and asked in a deep voice with a frown.
"What do you mean a virus interrupts operations?"
At this time, several people had basically figured out the situation, and the bald lieutenant colonel immediately explained.
"They used our website to spread the virus all over the world. This is a global network outage. Our satellite and fixed line connections around the world are interrupted!"
John Keller couldn't help but rub his neck when he heard this, and walked solemnly to the table next to him.
"You mean I can't use this phone to call my home?"
John Keller said as he grabbed the phone on the table and started dialing, but he stopped after pressing it a few times because there was always a busy tone on the phone and there was no response.
John Keller took out his mobile phone in disbelief, but there was no response either. Just as the lieutenant colonel said, all networks were cut off!
John Keller's face became extremely solemn!
The network was cut off, which meant that they lost contact with the outside world, including their most powerful aircraft carrier fleet and military bases located everywhere!
The Pentagon is the command center of all U.S. military forces and the brain of the U.S. military. But now, the brain nerves have been severed and the U.S. military has lost its command. At this time, the United States has completely lost its defense power!
Once attacked, the consequences will be disastrous!
The situation is unprecedentedly severe, but they are completely helpless and have no solution!
Just when John Keller's face was sinking, but there was nothing he could do, Tom Banacek, who was sitting on the lounge chair by the wall, suddenly spoke.
"Mr. Minister, I am here on the orders of the President."
Tom Banachek's words attracted the attention of John Keller and other officers, and they all turned to look at him.
Tom Banachek said as he put the suitcase he had been carrying on his knees and patted it twice.
"You need to see what's in my suitcase."
In an independent conference room in the command center, only Tom Banachek and John Keller were sitting in it.
The suitcase that he had been carrying was finally opened.
After entering a long series of complex passwords on a keyboard inside the box, a seemingly ordinary memory card finally popped out.
Tom Banachek said while inserting the memory card into the computer.
"You have to know that there are some things you don't understand right away."
Tom Banachek gave John Keller a shot first, because many of the things he was about to tell him sounded like fantasy!
John Keller listened to him with a serious face.
"The Seventh District is a special department within the government."
"It was established eighty years ago by secret order from President Hoover."