Chapter 1074: Speculations about nerve agents

Chapter 1074: Speculations about nerve agents

The pony-tailed man was sent to the US military base and handed over to the CIA for interrogation. It was the afternoon when everything was processed. The hungry Jack and Ma Xidao found a hot pot restaurant for dinner.

Anna also came over halfway, skillfully picking up the hairy belly with chopsticks and scalding it in the hot pot.

"Have you discovered anything?" Jack asked the charming proprietress in fluent Chinese for two more plates of tripe and lamb.

“Because your FBI report mentioned that these unusual poisons are of extremely high purity, and if the iconic red dye is removed, the body should appear blue, so I directly tracked the precursor materials for making this type of poison.

About a month ago, a theft occurred in the warehouse of a pharmaceutical company. A batch of aniline drugs for asthma treatment was lost, and the security guard had his neck broken.

At about the same time, the door lock of a chemical factory warehouse in Busan was broken, and a large number of chemical raw materials, including hydrochloric acid, disappeared without a trace. There were more than ten tons. These are the detailed list. "

With that said, Anna handed Jack a document bag, with a charming smile on her face that even Ma Xidao, who was sitting opposite, couldn't help but take a second look.

Although she only had some minor plastic surgery, with her current image, even if she returns to France, those in the fashion circle who were once familiar with her would no longer be able to associate her with the slender supermodel she was.

If the official agents of the FSB are carefully crafted exclusive Gundams, then field agents like Anna are probably mass-produced models like Zaku.

Although Jack firmly believes that real men play Zaku, and only sissies play Gundam.

But for the FSB, although such field agents are not disposable, they obviously do not cherish them too much.

The many hidden injuries left during high-intensity training, coupled with problems such as gastritis caused by dieting and irregular living during her modeling career in the past few years, have made Anna's seemingly glamorous appearance full of holes on the inside.

After leaving the FSB, Anna was arranged to go to Hainan. Perhaps because she ate coconut chicken for several months, she also underwent a series of acupuncture and other real health care treatments at Jack's suggestion.

After returning, the image of the hairy girl has changed drastically. Her cup size has increased by at least two sizes. In addition, when they met in Hawaii, Jack gave her a BUFF. Her whole body has been completely transformed from the inside out. change.

Dundundun drank a large glass of coconut water for himself. Anna, whose forehead was sweating and her cheeks were red from the spicy food, continued to report while adding ingredients to the hot pot.

"Justin also captured a suspicious truck full of blue chemical plastic barrels on the highway exit camera at a location that appeared to be called Longren."

Yongin City is located more than 40 kilometers south of Seoul. It was originally a small village. It was later developed into a new type of industrial zone, dotted with chemical plants and pharmaceutical factories. It is indeed suitable for hiding secret drug manufacturing dens.

"It's not easy to find in Longren. There are too many abandoned factories and warehouses there, hundreds at least." Ma Xidao frowned while biting his chopsticks after hearing this.

Jack glanced at the silent cell phone. The CIA's efficiency this time was a bit poor. It has been more than half a day and there is still no result of the investigation.

But his eyes were immediately attracted by the stolen list of chemical plant warehouses provided by Anna, and he murmured to himself, "Phosphorus trichloride, why did they steal this thing? And it's such a large amount."

Although phosphorus trichloride is also a chemical raw material, it cannot be used in the production of poison.

"Didn't you say that they are terrorists? Perhaps they intend to use them for poisoning or something like that."

Obviously, Anna, this hairy girl, doesn't have very good chemistry scores. Although phosphorus trichloride is a highly toxic chemical, its main principle is to generate hydrochloric acid mist in the air, irritating the human respiratory tract.

Although the quantity on the list is several tons, the volatility of this thing is average. Even if it is dumped in a downtown area, it will not have a very good effect. If it is put into a water source, the Han River is a river after all, and pouring several tons of chemicals may still be enough. Not as high as the Viagra content in it.

After briefly recalling the chemistry knowledge he had learned in his previous life, combined with the material he had memorized by rote during the FBI training, Jack suddenly couldn't sit still.

A large part of chemical formulas containing phosphorus are not friendly to the human body. For example, a large number of organophosphorus pesticides have been strongly associated with the word chemical weapons since their inception.

The four famous nerve agents, Tabun, Sarin, Soman and VX, are all organophosphorus or organophosphate compounds, and were originally developed as Pesticide use.

Phosphorus trichloride is the main raw material for the production of organophosphorus.

Then think of the bad things that country in the north once did in Malaysia, nerve agents, chemical experts who can make high-purity citrin, the lost phosphorus trichloride, and the hundreds of "little wings" that someone once tried to buy. Individual anti-air missile.

"I have to make a phone call."

A terrible suspicion arose in Jack's heart, and he couldn't contain it anymore. He picked up the phone and left quickly, leaving the two people looking at each other in shock.

There was a 13-hour time difference between Seoul and Los Angeles. At this time, Rosie was having a good dream. She was awakened by the sudden ringing of the phone. The old man stared at Jack's name on the screen for a while before he answered the call.

"You better have a reasonable reason, otherwise I will tell Jie Jie and Hannah the true identity of Joan Doe they have been tracking down recently."

The words Jack was about to blurt out were slightly stalled, and then he realized that he had ignored the time difference between the two places, but he couldn't care less at this time.

"In addition to the raw materials for making citrus poison, Zhang Mingjun's people also stole a large amount of phosphorus trichloride. Their purpose of frantically dumping high-purity citrus poison in South Korea this month is not to make money, but probably to prepare for the upcoming plan. Financing chemical weapons attacks.”

Rosie, who was still a little sleepy, suddenly sat up straight from the bed and almost doubled over, but then she remembered that Jack was currently in South Korea, and she breathed a sigh of relief.

"Are you sure? How likely is it?" He picked up a water glass from the bedside table to moisten his somewhat tight throat, and then asked in a deep voice.

“It’s just speculation without any concrete evidence at the moment, but several tons of phosphorus trichloride were lost, and there is news that there was a military chemical expert who defected with Zhang Mingjun.

This can be verified from those high-purity citrin products. Ordinary people may be able to synthesize them in batches, but it is impossible to achieve such a high purity. "

The little cuties who have watched "Breaking Bad" have all seen Lao Bai's craftsmanship, but that is actually just the result of the TV series' interpretation.

Although in theory, high-purity citrus poison is indeed a beautiful blue color, in fact, due to equipment and process problems, this high-end product has never been circulated on the market.

The poison that addicts can come into contact with is garbage with a content of less than 20% and mixed with impurities such as talcum powder and flour.

In the UK, citrin poison has been found with a purity of 80%, which is the limit of what can be achieved under informal laboratory conditions.

In other words, the chemical expert in Zhang Mingjun's hands was at least 1.5 Laobai. Taking into account his military background, it was difficult to say whether he was better at making poisons or nerve agents.

"Related to the other party's original intention to purchase the 'Little Wings' missile, I think they initially planned to modify the missile to release nerve agents on a large scale."

After hearing what his disciple said very fast, Rossi could no longer sit still on the bed. He quickly got up, put on his pajamas and walked to the study. His knowledge of chemical weapons was no worse than Jack's, and he even knew the situation better. terrible.

"If it is a nerve agent, simply using explosives to detonate it would be a disaster. As long as the wind direction is right, it can cause 100,000 casualties in a densely populated city like Seoul."

He paused and ordered, "Continue to investigate according to your ideas. I will contact experts to provide you with support. If confirmed, you'd better evacuate directly after notifying South Korea."

The reason why chemical weapons are called the nuclear bombs of poor countries is that, in addition to being relatively cheap and easy to produce, depending on their type, some chemical weapons have horrific lethality and difficult-to-clean legacy that are comparable to nuclear weapons.

The "Agent Orange" spread by the United States during the Vietnam War caused 4.8 million victims, 400,000 of whom died directly as a result, and a large number of newborns died. About hundreds of thousands of surviving babies had congenital malformations or physical defects.

Even the Korean army that went to Vietnam as a slave army to burn, kill and loot could not escape the poison of this chemical weapon. It is said that at least one-third of the total 300,000 Korean slave soldiers at that time were contaminated, and at least 20,000 people died. for related illnesses.

The so-called "Agent Orange" that caused this result is "merely" a "herbicide" containing a large amount of dioxins in the mouth of the United States, and cannot be regarded as a chemical weapon.

So for nerve agents whose lethal dose is measured in milligrams, there is no need to worry about sequelae.

So Rossi's first reaction was to ask his closest disciples to evacuate directly. That thing was really too dangerous.

Although Jack doesn't like sticks very much, unless such an incident involves large-scale civilian casualties, unless it reaches an irreversible level, he really needs to stand by and let the top management of the country handle it.

Since the "Sewol" incident had already been dealt with, he thought it would be better for him to work on it himself.

At the same time, on the other side of the phone, although Rosie believed in Jack's judgment, she still had doubts because the whole thing didn't sound very logical.

"Hasn't it been confirmed before that Zhang Mingjun defected from that country? Why did he carry out a terrorist attack in the south? If he was really a soldier, he should know that it is impossible to provoke a war between the two countries in this way. ”

A piece of common sense that goes against common sense is that for more than half a century after the end of the Peninsula War, the wartime command of the Southern Army was always in the hands of the Joint Command.

The commander of the Joint Command is concurrently served by the commander of the U.S. Forces in Korea, and the entire combat command system of the Southern Army is also in the hands of the U.S. military.

In other words, if one day the President of the South wakes up with a convulsion and wants to declare war directly on the North, then among the more than 600,000 Southern troops currently on duty, the only ones he can mobilize are those directly under the Capital Defense Command. of thousands of people.

At the moment, the one in the north is unable to get erect in any part of his body except his mouth, and the one in the south is even more so "entrusting his wife and son" that he can't wait to shake his tongue like a pug.

So even if there is a terrorist attack with heavy casualties caused by defectors from the north, the United States will still have a headache. As for pressure from the people, in addition to the usual street protests and finger-cutting, the people may also be able to make a few more movies. Remember it.

To sum up, as long as Zhang Mingjun can still think normally, he knows that it is impossible to trigger a peninsular war in this way.

But the latest intelligence Jack got from Jiang Zhentai today gave him a hint of inspiration. "I heard that someone from the north will come for talks next week. I suspect that there are targets that Zhang Mingjun wants to deal with."

"An assassination using indiscriminate attacks?" Rossi thought for a moment and understood what Jack wanted him to do. "I will immediately ask someone to ask the Korean side for the list of the delegation and investigate the identities of the relevant personnel. Jack, be careful."

"Don't worry. I will immediately find a dephosphorizing needle and atropine after hanging up the phone."

Although in theory Jack will not die as long as he is not locked in a secret room and people keep injecting poison gas into him, emergency medicines are still prepared.

Organophosphorus nerve agents are different from the poison gas that people generally know. Although they will die if they inhale them, gas masks are completely useless against the former.

Because nerve agents can poison people with just a slight skin contact, and ordinary clothes not only have no isolation effect, but are very easy to absorb.

The poisoning mechanism of this thing is to block nerve signals, so the poisoned person will neither bleed from all seven orifices nor fester all over the body, but will die from nerve "power failure"

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"Why do I encounter this kind of dangerous incident every time I meet you?" Although he said so, Ma Xidao still had a nonchalant expression on his face.

Jack's Audi S6 was declared dead after less than a day of driving. In the afternoon, the embassy sent another Saab class. At this time, Anna, who was sitting in the passenger seat, also had a very calm expression.

"You should be thankful that every time you encounter a dangerous incident, you have a good partner like me who is both wise and brave."

Jack corrected this guy's statement and parked the car on the side of the road. The door of a military Hummer that had been waiting here for a long time opened, and a US lieutenant with a red cross armband got out.

The lieutenant walked to the side of the car and saluted Jack, then took off a first aid kit from his back and handed it to him, "Sir, everything you want is in there. Do you need me to teach you how to use it?"

Jack was not a military officer and could not return the salute, so he took the initiative to reach out and shake hands with the other party, thanking him, "No, I have received relevant training, thank you very much."

After saying goodbye to the lieutenant who should be a military doctor, Jack opened the first aid kit and saw that it was filled with boxes of standard doses of first aid medicines, mainly antiphosphating needles and atropine syringes.

Because the attack speed of nerve agents is extremely fast, these antidotes are directly encapsulated in disposable syringes. Pull out the needle cap and pierce the muscle, break the thin neck mark of the ampoule, and the liquid can be automatically injected.

"I hope I won't use these things." After listening to Jack's explanation of the usage, even a nerve-thick man like Ma Xidao couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

The Suburban started again and drove towards Yongin City.

There has been no news since the ponytail man was taken away by the CIA and the military. Rossi shared Jack's speculation with the other party and asked them to speed up the interrogation.

Interestingly, it was Jiang Zhentai and Lin Zheling who took the slightly fat man away who brought good news. They have found the suspected hiding place of Zhang Mingjun, which is indeed in Yongin City.