Chapter 14: Retreat
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About half an hour after the A330 took off, a violent explosion occurred at the Bern Commercial Bank. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
Although the police who entered the bank quickly withdrew, and only a few people were injured by the flying stones, the fire caused by the explosion burned for 15 minutes, reducing the entire building to rubble. After testing the ashes, the Swiss police confirmed that the fire started with napalm mixed with aluminum powder.
The fire burned all the clues at the scene, as well as the vault and data center.
Fortunately, the office center of the Bern Commercial Bank has long since been moved, and important data has been backed up, so the fire did not cause further loss of life and property.
As a result, the Swiss authorities urgently contacted France, Spain and Portugal to request assistance.
After the A330 entered French airspace, the French Air Force dispatched four Rafale fighter jets to track and monitor it. Because the robbers had already given a warning, the fighters did not enter the visual range and followed thirty kilometers from the rear. Subsequently, Spain and Portugal also sent fighter jets to track the hijacked airliner.
The problem is that it is almost impossible to rescue the hostages in the air.
In the following hours, several countries on the A330 route assisted the Swiss authorities in tracking and monitoring the plane to the South Atlantic with ground-based radar.
When the A330 reached the sky over the middle of the Atlantic, two fighter jets were dispatched by the US aircraft carrier operating in nearby waters.
It was not until eight hours after the passenger plane took off, with only enough fuel left to fly 2,000 kilometers, and the flight was located 1,500 kilometers away from the nearest airport, that the US fighter jets approached the flight, contacted the pilot with a light signal, and turned the flight to Rio de Janeiro.
Two hours later, the A330, which was about to run out of fuel, landed on Rio de Janeiro International Airport, accompanied by two Brazilian Air Force fighter jets.
Dozens of police cars, which had already been deployed in place, immediately surrounded the airliner.
After waiting for half an hour, there was still no movement on the airliner.
After consulting the Swiss authorities, a Brazilian anti-terrorist unit boarded the plane, only to find that there were only about two dozen hostages and two pilots locked in the cockpit.
Where did the robbers go?
The pilots did not know, and the hostages did not know.
The SWAT searched the airliner all over the plane, but it was almost not opened to check the fuel tank, but still did not find a clue. Sixteen robbers were as if they had never been on the plane.
Although some people thought that the robbers were parachuting halfway, there had to be a robber who stayed behind and closed the open hatch. If that happened, the robber was mixed in with the hostages. The Swiss police spent half a year interrogating the hostages one by one. Unfortunately, all the hostages were handcuffed to their seats, no one left during the flight, no one could close the door, and there could be no robbers among them.
The Swiss police could only conclude that the robbers had stolen a lot of valuable jewelry, art and shareholders from the vaults of the Bern Commercial Bank, but they did not know what they had lost.
As for claims, that's the insurance company's business, and it's not about the police.
The police were not found for nothing and finally confirmed the identities of the two robbers.
Unfortunately, this harvest doesn't make much sense. When the Swiss authorities traced Zhou Fen and Bao Liuqing, they found that all their identity information was false, and it was impossible to find out where they came from, let alone know where they went, and it was impossible to confirm their nationality.
Looks alone can't explain the problem at all, because people from those countries in East Asia all look similar.
Although the Swiss police found that the two had opened a Chinese restaurant in Bern and had been operating it for more than 10 years, it was impossible to infer that they were Chinese, let alone conclude that they were related to the mainland. It's just a disguise, so it's possible that they're from other countries in East Asia.
This robbery case has become the largest and most sensational unsolved case in Swiss history.
When the A330 landed at Rio de Janeiro International Airport, Liu Wei and the others had already boarded a cargo ship bound for Alexandria, Egypt.
A few hours later, the ship passed through the Strait of Gibraltar and entered the Mediterranean.
In the evening of the next day, the freighter entered Alexandria, and Liu Wei and his team followed the people who came to meet them, and went to Cairo with 20 travel bags.
That night, Liu Wei and Zhou Fen and his wife boarded a special plane arranged for them by Li Tingxuan.
Because the action was planned by Liu Wei, and Liu Wei played the most important role, the Xiashan Tiger and the Beauty Leopard did not compete with him.
Liu Wei was also very generous, and left the two bags of cash to them, which was regarded as buying their mom-and-pop shop.
The two of them have worked hard for more than ten years, and finally have a little family business, but it was ruined at once, and they have to be compensated somewhat.
Zhou Fen and Bao Liuqing don't value money, with their ability, they will not be short of money anywhere. After coming back, seeing their comrades-in-arms was the happiest thing for the two.
Because the action was very fast, it only took seven days, so when Liu Wei came back, Yuan Changqing was still transforming Kawano Komatsu.
Before her, Miyuki Takahara and Mai Ozora had survived. Through the first three transformations, Yuan Changqing gained more experience, improved the transformation methods, and greatly reduced the risk.
After asking about the situation, Liu Wei went to find Li Tingxuan.
"I've seen what you brought back." Li Tingxuan handed a printed document to Liu Wei, "This is a detailed statement of the funds in Tian Jiyan's account. In the past two years, he has deposited a total of $1 billion, but remitted $980 million in batches, with only $20 million in his account. ”
"Can you find out where the money went?"
"All of them went into another account, and it was Xiong Hanxue's account." Li Tingxuan smiled bitterly and said, "It's a pity that Xiong Hanxue's account has been cancelled, and it was canceled shortly after his disappearance, so I can't follow this clue to investigate." ”
"Where do these funds come from?"
"As we judged, the money was remitted from more than a hundred secret accounts, and several of them were confirmed to be related to the CIA."
"In other words, this clue is also broken."
Li Tingxuan nodded and said, "Our guess has been confirmed, Tian Jiyan and Xiong Hanxue are both pawns, and they are both protecting a big man. ”
"Let me see Tian Jiyan alone, now he is the only clue."
"I'll arrange it for you, you need to wait a few days."
Liu Wei nodded and said, "Tell me if you have news." ”
"The other information you brought back was very useful to us, so I took it." Li Tingxuan paused and said, "It's up to you to decide what to do with the other things." ”
"Try to get rid of it, Professor Yuan needs a lot of money over there."
"I'll let Dian Bin arrange it, no problem, right?"
"Yes, let him set up a separate account, after all, the money is not so glorious."
"No problem, he knows how to do it."
Liu Wei glanced at Li Tingxuan and said, "Participating in our operation, I'm afraid Dian Bin won't be able to come back, right?" ”
"I was about to talk to you about it." Li Tingxuan took out a cigarette, "It's no problem to come back, just do a few cosmetic surgeries and change your identity." It's just that in the future, your identity will not be recognized, and you will not be able to contact me directly, and you will need an absolutely reliable intermediary. Dian Bin is the best choice, so I want him to go to the United States with you. ”
"As long as he wants to, I think it's fine."
"That's good, I'll talk to him about it."
"Nothing else, I'll go back."
"One more thing." Li Tingxuan took out a map and handed it to Liu Wei. "This small island is in the South Pacific Ocean, far from the international shipping lanes, more than 3,000 kilometers from the South American continent, and belongs to Chile; About two square kilometers, the island has fresh water, and there is a mountain peak more than 200 meters high, which belongs to the volcanic island. Except for the bad weather, everything else is ideal. Chile's political axe is in financial crisis and is severely short of foreign exchange. I estimated that 50 million dollars would be able to buy it. Another $50 million is needed to build terminals, airports and infrastructure. ”
"So remote?"
"Isn't it better to be a little off?" Li Tingxuan smiled and said, "It's just that if you want to make this place your home, you will have to spend at least twenty years on construction." The preliminary works are mainly focused on the foundations, including the construction of ports, small airports, wind farms, etc., which can be completed in about five years. ”
"Is it convenient?"
"It shouldn't be much of a problem to buy in the name of an overseas company and then use the big projects we have contracted in Chile and Argentina as a cover."
Liu Wei pondered for a while and said, "No problem, but we have to adopt the standards of a military base, don't make it a tourist resort." ”
"A military base?"
"The port is bigger, the runway of the airport is longer, and there are several underground hangars, and the installed capacity of the power station is increased, and if possible, two sets of radars are built. The air defense system is not needed, it is almost 20,000 kilometers away from the mainland, and it will definitely not be able to hold it. As long as we can provide enough warning time to give us a chance to slip away. ”
"In this case, the investment will be more than 100 million."
"How much?"
"If nothing else, just the ones you mentioned, you have to add another zero."
"So much?"
"This is just the beginning, since you don't want to defend it, you have to prepare tools for escape, the best choice is a submarine, and the cheapest submarine has to be hundreds of millions."
"I don't have that much money."
"Take your time, it's only been a long time, and you've got more than a billion." Li Tingxuan smiled and said, "Let's put it this way, if you can do a big job in the United States, I can help you find a way." ”
"What do you mean?"
"The gold stolen by the United States from Afghanistan will not see the light of day, and if it disappears one day, it will only suffer a dumb loss."
"Lao Li, are you kidding? That's hundreds of tons of cargo, not an engine. ”
"I'm just mentioning it casually, it's up to you whether to do it anyway."
"I'll have to think about it."
"There's plenty of time, so there's no rush."
Liu Wei nodded and said, "There's nothing else going on now, right?" ”
"No, you go back and talk to Zhou Fen and Bao Liuqing, they definitely can't go back to Switzerland, they can't go to Europe, if you don't want to stay in China, let's go to the United States with you." Li Tingxuan sent Liu Wei to the door and said, "Don't underestimate them, You Zhuangchen only knows how to be brutal, Chai Jinkang is a little cautious, they are my most proud subordinates." If it weren't for you, I really wouldn't want them to come back now. ”
"Why don't you talk to them directly?"
"I'm a superior, and if I talk to them, I'm giving orders. You're friends, and it's different if you tell them, isn't it? ”
Liu Wei smiled bitterly, didn't say anything more, and left.
(To be continued)