Chapter 186 Van
Two cars drove out of the Municipal Bureau quickly, one driven by Chen Yan and the other by Zhou Yi.
There was no siren, but the urgency of the situation was evident from the alarming speed of the car.
In addition to the Third Brigade, other brothers from the Criminal Investigation Detachment of the Municipal Bureau also received the notice.
After Wu Yongcheng learned that Shi Tao's second team was the closest to the target location, he asked Shi Tao to go there first and set up an encirclement on the periphery to prevent the van from escaping during the process, and then take action after he arrived.
The reason for driving two cars was to facilitate deployment and pursuit. Wu Yongcheng had to consider the possibility that the other party would resist or even escape, and deal with this possibility accordingly.
When getting on the car, several people from the Third Brigade instinctively walked towards the Santana. Zhou Yi called Wu Yongcheng and said that they could ride in his car.
Wu Yongcheng got into the car without thinking too much.
The distance from the Municipal Bureau to the target location in Kaiping District is about 20 kilometers, and it takes at least ten minutes at the fastest.
After Wu Yongcheng got in the car, he carefully checked his service gun. After confirming that it was correct, he put the gun away and stared at the darkness ahead with a serious expression.
"Captain Wu, I have an idea."
"Tell me."
"I looked at the location Officer Miao mentioned on the map. That Jinqi Road is a dead-end road. From the map, it looks like it's unfinished. Logically, a dead-end road like this wouldn't be a good hiding place because it's not conducive to escape. A professional criminal wouldn't make such a stupid mistake."
Wu Yongcheng lowered his head, closed his eyes, and rubbed his brow with his fingers, as if he was trying to recall what was on the map. After receiving the information just now, he was busy issuing orders and didn't pay attention to this.
"Are you sure you didn't see it wrong?" Wu Yongcheng asked.
Zhou Yi nodded, "I'm sure."
Wu Yongcheng said: "There are two possibilities. Either the kidnappers made a mistake and didn't observe the surrounding terrain well. Or the van has been abandoned by them."
Zhou Yi frowned and said nothing. He felt that the first case was unlikely. A group of people who repeatedly committed such serious crimes might have been accidentally photographed because they did not understand the development of surveillance technology, but they would never make such a low-level mistake.
That Nana is Hu Ying, who was drugged by Liu Jianshe, most likely because she had joined the gang for a short time and lacked experience in committing crimes.
Even if she was a hostess in the sex trade, she was only twenty years old. Liu Jianshe was in his thirties after all, and he looked relatively honest, so he let his guard down.
"Don't be anxious. We'll make plans based on the situation after we get there," said Wu Yongcheng.
"Okay." Zhou Yi stepped on the accelerator.
He gradually distanced himself from Chen Yan's car behind him.
In the Santana, Jiang Biao said, "Hey, you said Qian Hongxing donated 20 mobile phones last time. Now, if we save his son this time, what will he donate?"
Qiao Jiali patted his sturdy arm and said, "No wonder Captain Wu always criticizes you. You should think before you speak. You are really a tough guy."
Wu Yongcheng and his group arrived at Jinqi Road twelve or thirteen minutes later.
In order to conceal their whereabouts, Zhou Yi and Chen Yan turned off the car lights and reduced their speed when they were about one kilometer away from Jinqi Road.
Following Wu Yongcheng's instructions, the two cars were parked directly across the intersection of Jinqi Road and Huangtong Road, one on the left and one on the right like door gods.
Because Jinqi Road is a dead-end road, if the van wants to escape, it must go through this intersection. Blocking it with a car can effectively prevent it from breaking through.
Five people got out of the car. Wu Yongcheng reminded them to check their guns. Then the five people with five guns sneaked quickly in the night.
The current time is 3:48, and the dawn in Hongcheng in April will probably arrive around 5:40.
Before dawn comes, it is the darkest moment, and you can hardly see your hand in front of you.
It takes about five to ten minutes for the human eye to fully adapt to the darkness. So when the five people walked north along Jinqi Road and vaguely saw the exterior of the building, Shi Tao, who arrived five minutes earlier than them, saw them first.
He pinched his throat and shouted, "Old Wu, is that you?"
Following the sound, several people from the Third Brigade connected with Shi Tao.
On Shi Tao's side, besides him, there were Gu Changhai, Miao Cheng and another policeman.
Miao Cheng was very excited to see Qiao Jiali and Zhou Yi, two acquaintances, and shook hands with Zhou Yi, but neither of them exchanged pleasantries.
Everything is implied.
"Captain Shi, how long have you been here?" Wu Yongcheng asked.
"Five minutes at most."
"How many of you are here?"
"Besides Lao Gu and I, there are six other brothers. As you said, I asked them to work in pairs, guarding three different directions of the building to prevent any emergencies."
Wu Yongcheng nodded: "Most of Team One are rushing here now, it will probably take another seven or eight minutes."
"Then should we wait first?" Shi Tao asked.
"We won't search the building for now. We can check on the van first."
The place where they were squatting and talking was a patch of weeds that just blocked their view. Of course, the area was overgrown with weeds, so it didn't look like there was anyone living there.
"Chen Yan, Zhou Yi, you two go and check if there's anyone in the car. Try to be quiet and don't use the flashlight."
"Okay, Captain Wu."
"Okay, Master."
Chen Yan and Zhou Yi held pistols, crouched down and quickly approached the building.
"Brother Yan, slow down, it's all gravel." Zhou Yi, who was walking in front, slowed down and reminded in a low voice.
"good."
According to Miao Cheng, they found the white van on the north side of the abandoned building, parked in an open space about ten meters away from the building.
By this time, their eyes had adapted to the surrounding darkness, and a white van stood out in the darkness.
The two men raised their guns and approached the van cautiously from the front and back.
After Zhou Yi crouched down and approached the van, he slowly raised the gun in his hand and pointed it at the driver's seat. At the same time, he slowly stood up by the car door.
There was no one in the driver's seat or the passenger seat. From his angle, he couldn't see the situation in the car clearly. It was pitch black.
Chen Yan's low voice came from the back of the van: "There's no one in the back seat."
Zhou Yi replied: "There's no one in front either."
As he said this, he squatted down and reached under the car. He remembered that the engine of this kind of van should be in the middle front part of the frame, close to under the driver's seat.
He touched it and felt that there was still some warmth somewhere on the chassis of the car.
Suddenly, Chen Yan said, "Zhou Yi, there seems to be someone in the car."
Chen Yan's words immediately caught Zhou Yi's attention, and he quickly ran over.
I leaned closer to the car window and took a look. There seemed to be someone in the car, lying motionless on the floor. I couldn't see the size of the person because the rear windows were covered with film.
"Could they be hostages?" Chen Yan said.
"It doesn't look like it." Zhou Yi shook his head.
"You stay alert, I'll open the door." Chen Yan said as he reached out to open the car door.
"Click", Chen Yan reached out and grabbed the car door latch, and the car door suddenly made a light sound, which was particularly clear in the dark night.
Zhou Yi's nerves jumped and he instantly thought of something.
Chen Yan was also puzzled. It was not locked?
He was about to open the car door when Zhou Yi suddenly grabbed his hand.
"Brother Yan, you can't open it." Zhou Yi's breathing became noticeably faster.
"What's wrong?"
Zhou Yi looked at the van and said, "There might be a bomb in the car."
Chen Yan was startled and took a step back involuntarily.
"Let's go and report the situation to Captain Wu first." Zhou Yi pulled Chen Yan back.
Everyone was shocked when they heard what Zhou Yi said.
"How do you know there is a bomb in the car? Did you find anything?" Wu Yongcheng asked.
Zhou Yi shook his head: "No, it was too dark in the car and I couldn't see clearly. But when Brother Yan touched the car door just now, it was obviously not locked and could be opened. I felt something was wrong at that time."
"I immediately thought of what Sister Qiao had said to the black market dealer the traffic police had arrested. The fat man who bought the car even asked him where he could get a large amount of fireworks from informal channels."
"The kidnappers couldn't possibly be setting off fireworks to celebrate, much less trying to start a fireworks business. I've been wondering why they wanted the fireworks, until just now I figured it out. They wanted the gunpowder inside the fireworks to make bombs."
"The car door was left unlocked on purpose, waiting for us to open it and trigger the bomb."
Shi Tao said in surprise, "Are all kidnappers nowadays so ferocious? They even know how to make bombs?"
Zhou Yi said: "The kidnappers don't need to make professional bombs with extremely lethal power. They just need to make explosives that can explode, and they can use them with other things, such as gasoline."
Wu Yongcheng said: "It seems that there must be a body in the car. They want to destroy both the body and the car in this way, while also creating chaos and diverting attention."
Chen Yan was a little scared. When he opened the car door buckle, he was also surprised that the door was not locked. However, he did not stop to think about why, but was eager to open the car door to check the situation inside the car.
Fortunately, Zhou Yi went with me, otherwise something big would have happened.
"Why not just burn it down? Why make so much trouble?" said Shi Tao.
Yes, why not just set it on fire? This was also Zhou Yi's question. Was it simply to indiscriminately attack and kill a few police officers? What if the person who opened the car door was a homeless person?
At this time, a group of people arrived. In addition to the two police officers including Miao Cheng, there were already more than 20 criminal police officers in place.
Wu Yongcheng immediately ordered: "First, raid the building, and then deal with the van."
All detectives took immediate action, surrounding the abandoned building from all sides and entering, beginning to search floor by floor.
But after all the trouble, there was no sign of anyone, not even a ghost.
The more critical issue is that there is no sign that anyone has ever been here.
It is obviously not the kidnappers' destination.
Everyone was suddenly a little depressed. Such a big event ended in failure and they even went to the wrong place.
Since there was no one around, the flashlight could be turned on. For safety reasons, only Wu Yongcheng and Zhou Yi approached the van with flashlights.
Although the rear window of the van was covered with film, everything inside the car was visible when a flashlight was shone through the window.
A naked male body lay on the floor of the van, covered in blood.
There seemed to be some device behind the car door, connected to the car door, and there were two plastic buckets under the seat, and there seemed to be something inside.
Except for that door, all other car doors were locked. After repeatedly confirming that the front windshield had not been tampered with, Wu Yongcheng decided to break the windshield and then arranged for someone to go in to check and dismantle the mechanism.
Jiang Biao picked up a stone and smashed the windshield into pieces, but he was too big to do it.
In the end, it was Qiao Jiali who got in and removed the mechanism on the car door.
The plastic bucket under the seat was indeed filled with gasoline.
Looking at the two barrels of gasoline, Zhou Yi seemed to be thinking about something.
Suddenly, he understood why the kidnappers left the car here.
"I see!"
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