Chapter 332 Clues
After communicating with Argus, Chen Chen finally obtained the "preliminary authorization" from the local police. Of course, this authorization does not represent the official, but represents Argus personally.
The criteria that can enable the authorization to be implemented are to find the missing pile of nail polish remover and to understand EIM's specific plans in Sulawesi.
This is no easy task for the Dongfeng Corps, because they are good at fighting, but they are really not good at investigating cases.
Moreover, it was too late to temporarily transfer Jiang He over. Although he was good at intelligence work, he was also a clever woman who could not make a meal without straw.
What's more, he still has to run the telecommunications service, so he has no time to take care of Indonesian affairs.
In the office, Chen Chen looked at the available information on the whiteboard and couldn't help but fell into deep thought for a moment.
".So the information we have now is actually quite limited."
"The nail polish remover is imported from Kendari and cleared at Port Ferri. The person responsible for customs clearance is a completely formal customs clearance company, and the importer is also a completely formal trading company."
"The police have previously investigated the warehouse of this company called Taco Foreign Trade, but did not find any clues."
"According to Taco Foreign Trade, they only imported a batch of nail polish remover at the request of customers. They do not know the specific use and sales channels."
"Their customer is a supermarket in Kendari, named Indo Wholesale Supermarket."
"This supermarket said that they also made purchases based on the requirements of a large customer, and this large customer did later take away most of the goods for packaging and sales, but it is said that the sales situation was not good, and most of them were eventually returned. Returned to Indo Wholesale Supermarket.”
"The shipment was stored in Indo Supermarket's warehouse for less than two weeks before it was all lost."
"To be exact, stolen."
"But until now, the Kendari police have not arrested anyone, and there is basically no progress in the investigation."
"Everyone in this chain is very clean and squeaky-clean."
"The big customer responsible for terminal sales is even a Christian. He is very religious and has no reason to associate with EIM."
"Similarly, the suspicion of Indo Supermarket has also been eliminated, because if it were them, they could have disposed of the goods more covertly in the form of small-scale distribution, and there would be no need to make any excuse for theft."
"So overall, that's what it's like."
"The big customer who is the most suspected, the source of this import business, has no motive at all; the Indo Supermarket, which is the most convenient to commit the crime, does not match the means of committing the crime; the trading and customs clearance company is completely a bona fide third party, and Taco Foreign Trade even They don’t care about this batch of goods because the volume of this batch of nail polish remover is really not large compared to their trade throughput.”
"Don't talk about this kind of thing to us. Even if the Indonesian police want to investigate, they won't be able to do it."
"It's no wonder that Argus said this is an important bargaining chip, because this is indeed a long-planned action."
"How to raise it? What are your thoughts? Where do you think the problem is most likely to lie?"
After hearing Chen Chen's words, everyone in the office fell silent.
After thinking for a long time, Bao Qicai was the first to raise his hand and asked tentatively:
"Can you check the surveillance in the supermarket? Kendali is a big city, so there should be surveillance in the supermarket, right?"
"Here's the problem - Argus said the surveillance had checked and found no problem at all."
"That batch of goods seemed to have disappeared out of thin air. During an inventory, the supermarket suddenly discovered that all the returned cartons were empty."
"But they went through inspection and acceptance when returning the goods, and no problems were found at that time."
After he finished speaking, Bao Qi frowned.
"This sounds very unreasonable. First of all, there is the issue of returns. How could Indo Supermarket allow returns under such circumstances?"
"Secondly, since the returns disappeared after the acceptance was completed, doesn't the suspicion lie with the supermarket?"
"The supermarket has signed a disguised gambling agreement with its major customers, and returns are still within the normal range."
Chen Chen explained, and then said:
"However, I also think that the return acceptance process is very problematic. Maybe by that time, the goods have actually disappeared."
"After all, it's difficult to bribe the entire supermarket, but it's easy to bribe a few people responsible for acceptance."
"However, there is really no way to investigate this, because there is no monitoring and no evidence."
"In fact, this is what Argus really wants us to do - he wants us to arrest the employees responsible for acceptance and then use our 'own' way to force out the other party's plan."
"To put it simply, let us do the dirty work."
"They have provided the list."
"But I always feel that this is too risky."
"If ordinary people are really caught, it's nonsense. We have to take the blame for torture and kidnapping. They don't have to take any risks. If things get too big, they can throw us out to block the gunfire."
Speaking of this, Chen Chen couldn't help but sigh.
It is indeed one of the most corrupt police systems in the world. Even the relatively upright Argus is very familiar with this set of machinations related to power.
You can't even say how bad he is, because he is really just paving the way for his own escape.
It's just that this retreat comes at the expense of the Dongfeng Corps.
Looking at Chen Chen's expression, Shi Dakai asked:
"Where's the mask?"
"The characteristics are too obvious, unless we don't carry guns or equipment. But in that case, safety cannot be guaranteed."
"My idea is still, if there are other ways to find clues, we should try not to take risks ourselves."
"But we really have no other option."
Li Bang took advantage of the opportunity to interject, and Chen Chen nodded slowly, finally shelving his somewhat unrealistic "conservative plan."
That's right, there really is no other way, because if there is, not only the police but also Task Force 88 should take action.
We can only go and take a look first, at least get a feel for the situation there, and then decide on the next plan.
Kendari is not far from La Bota, and the road conditions on the ring road are not bad. It used to take about two hours at most.
Even on the premise of retaining the basic security strength of Qingshan Park, Chen Chen can at least detach a team to explore the truth.
So, he made a prompt decision and said:
"Then let's go take a look first!"
"No matter what the situation is over there, at least find the target first and do some artificial intelligence."
"As for whether we should follow their ideas or not, let's find another way and adapt accordingly!"
The plan was drawn up, and Chen Chen immediately started preparations.
That afternoon, he determined the personnel who were going to Kendari. They still followed the most familiar formation, consisting of Shi Dakai, Lin He and himself.
The reason why Bao Qi was not selected is because Bao Qi is relatively the best English speaker in the Indonesian team. He stayed in Qingshan Park. If some special circumstances occur and the translator cannot be in place, he can temporarily support the situation.
Logically speaking, as a person with a medical degree, Hirakawa's English should not be too bad, but the problem is that what he knows is basically academic English in reading and writing, and speaking is not even as good as just learning English. Shi Dakai is one year old, so when quick communication is needed, his role is really not that big.
As a result, the personnel arrangement was decided, and then the four members of the reconnaissance team began to select equipment.
Pistols and turning guns are required. Although the registered gun type of everyone in the Dongfeng Corps is actually the FN57 that they lost before, and even assault rifles are not included, the gun management in Indonesia is completely abstract. If you have a gun permit, you will most likely not be embarrassed.
Because those who can get a gun license are usually rich or noble, or they are "connected households".
As long as no major incident occurs, no one will look for trouble without looking far.
In addition to the turning gun, Chen Chen decided to bring the HK416.
Although it is not convenient to carry around, it can be placed in the car as support firepower. If there is an emergency and you need to engage in a firefight, you will not have to fight with others with a pistol.
However, except for rifles and pistols, none of the light and heavy machine guns currently held by the Dongfeng Corps can be carried.
After all, Kendali is a large city. If you take out your machine gun in a place like that, you will become the biggest JD element, let alone checking for JD elements.
As for the shock bombs and smoke bombs, Chen Chen would take them with him, but he would not use them until the most urgent situation.
Just like Xiaoyu said, the Indonesian police are very sensitive to explosives. Once signs of explosives are found, the incident must be thoroughly investigated.
This is why the police paid attention to the clues about this batch of nail polish remover, because they were really afraid.
Therefore, in such a general environment, Chen Chen decided not to use throwing objects if he could.
Especially in urban areas, it is better not to take out shock bombs and smoke bombs unless it is absolutely necessary.
Looking at the equipment that was selected one by one, Li Bang beside Chen Chen couldn't help but sigh.
“I don’t know when was the last time we fought a poor battle like this.”
"There are no heavy machine guns, no automatic grenades, no grenades and smoke grenades."
"Just a pistol and a rifle. There were so few things. I even felt like I was running naked."
Hearing his words, Chen Chen couldn't help but roll his eyes.
"Don't forget, when we fought the first battle in Pubei, we didn't even have a pistol in our hands."
"Pistols were so expensive for us at that time. Look at now, there are a lot of pistols. Why are you dissatisfied?"
"Captain, we didn't have pistols at that time, but we had SVDs, grenades, and gas cannons."
Chen Chen glared at Li Bang and continued:
"We are not here to capture points. To put it bluntly, the most intense conflict is probably the CQB attack on the building. You still want gas cannons? How about I give you the TATP of those JD elements?"
"Forget it, I'd rather use ANFO than TATP."
Li Bang waved his hands quickly and said with lingering fear:
"Bao Qi did it once when we were in Mengka. That thing was simply terrifying."
"The materials are safe when stored separately, but once they crystallize, they can explode with the slightest friction."
"This thing is just like throwing a cannon. There is no way to transport it."
"If it was really manufactured and then transported, there might be a manhole cover on the road and the whole vehicle would be blown up."
"really."
Chen Chen nodded in amusement, but suddenly, his brows wrinkled again.
Li Bang's words gave him an important reminder, that is
TATP is very unstable in nature and is indeed impossible to transport over long distances.
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No, not only is long-distance transportation impossible, but based on the prevailing road and traffic conditions in Indonesia, even short-distance transportation is very difficult.
Therefore, the EIM extremists here must be like all other JD elements and will never start the manufacturing process before actually starting to take action.
After determining the attack target and reconnaissance of the attack route, they should use the limited equipment in their hands to quickly complete manufacturing, rapid deployment, and rapid detonation.
The quantity of this batch of nail polish remover, or acetone, was too large, and it was impossible for them to rely on family handicraft workshops to complete the manufacturing.
Yes, although this thing can indeed be made with a pressure cooker, a gas stove, a water bath bottle and a refrigerator, the manufacturing speed of this process is very slow.
How many people do you need to work at the same time to complete manufacturing in a short time after setting the goal?
Dozens? Hundreds?
No, the total amount of nail polish remover exceeding one ton may require hundreds of people to operate at the same time to consume it.
And these hundreds of people must have a certain knowledge of chemistry and be able to conduct chemical experiments independently.
Otherwise, what EIM is engaging in is not a suicide attack, but a pure suicide.
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But how is this possible?
If he really had so many high-end talents, would he still need to hide in the dark and be a mouse? ?
The answer is very clear, that is, EIM must have one or several large-scale manufacturing bases.
And this kind of manufacturing base highly overlaps with the facilities of a common type of uncontrolled local workshops in Indonesia, that is.
Turkish oil refinery.
This kind of thing is everywhere in Sulawesi. Cheap homemade kowtow machines are all over the suburbs of Kendari, and even in the urban area of Kendari, there are many homemade diesel processing workshops!
This kind of place is really suitable for making bombs.
Chen Chen stood up suddenly and immediately led the team to the Qingshan Park Clinic.
He met Argus again and asked him a question.
“Which home-made diesel processing workshop is there in Kendari and is also near the cold storage?”
"Or, is there any diesel processing workshop that recently purchased a large freezer?"
Two hours later, Chen Chen got the information he wanted.
There are a total of 9 locations that meet his requirements. In theory, the target is not clear.
However, one of them is near the Indo Wholesale Supermarket, and there is a constant-temperature cold storage in the Indo Wholesale Supermarket.
Without a doubt, this is the answer.
The series of intelligence the police had seen before were nothing more than fog.
No matter what means those people used to make the situation so confusing.
But one thing is almost certain.
That is.
Now, that batch of nail polish remover is probably in the cold storage of the supermarket!