Chapter 34 Suspicions
The wounded who had been hit in the thigh by the bullet before were also dragged into the alley by these men in suits, and there were only two empty cars left on the side of the street at the moment. Without a goal, Tang Cheng lost interest, and then slowly retreated from the roof, and then returned to the alley the same way. The men in suits who hid in the alley didn't know that Tang Cheng, who attacked them, had left, and they were worried for a while, until reinforcements came, and then they came out of the alley in a panic.
"This is a provocation! It's a provocation! Haruko Takagi, who has always been a hardliner, was furious when she heard the news, and although the attacker only fired three shots, she slapped the Shanghai Special High School in the face. In particular, the two people caught by the action team in the public concession also took advantage of the chaos to run away, all in all, the Shanghai special high school class was a big shame this time. Haruko Takagi acts strongly, and there is backstage support behind her, and she has never been favored by some people in the Shanghai Special High School, but the provocation she said has won the approval of many people in the Shanghai Special High School.
"The site has been surveyed, and all the traces are clear, so there is nothing troublesome about the survey." Shinichi Ikeda, who was a master of the Shanghai Special High School, presided over the on-site investigation, and as soon as he returned to the Shanghai Special High School, he was called to the conference room for a meeting. Shinichi Ikeda, who never paid attention to power, ignored Haruko Takagi's clamour, and simply expressed his judgment based on the results of the investigation.
"Like the previous cases, the attacker this time is also just one person, but compared with the previous cases, there are many doubts or differences in this case." Due to the rush of time, Shinichi Ikeda was called to a meeting when he returned to the special high school, so the photos taken during the on-site investigation could not be developed for a while, and Shinichi Ikeda could only talk about the results of the investigation at the moment.
"First of all, the first difference is that the attacker also used a weapon to attack, but this time the attacker used a Mauser rifle." As he spoke, Ikeda pulled out three bullets from a brown paper bag, one of which was still stained with blood. "This is the Mauser rifle cartridge, which is the most widely circulated rifle cartridge in China, and this bullet is the most common in Shanghai's black market, and it is very troublesome to find."
"I say differently because these three bullets are not simple, just by feeling, I can distinguish these three bullets, which are heavier than ordinary Mauser rifle bullets." As if to confirm his claim, Shinichi Ikeda immediately handed the three bullets in his hand to the person closest to him, and then after everyone looked around, the three bullets were washed back into Ikeda's hands. With their own judgment and close intuitiveness, everyone who attended the meeting also saw the difference between the three bullets.
"The attackers fired only three shots at the scene, these three shots, one of which first penetrated a car parked on the side of the street and then hit the thigh of squad leader Miyata." In front of everyone, Shinichi Ikeda drew a diagram of the scene with chalk on the blackboard, marking where the car was parked and where Captain Miyata was at the time. With the on-site diagram, the participants had a clearer understanding of what Shinichi Ikeda had said.
"It is well known that the Tomosaka rifle cartridges equipped by the Imperial Army are also very penetrating. However, the Tomosaka rifle bullet could not penetrate the car first and then hit the target. Therefore, we judge that this Mauser rifle cartridge used by the attacker should be a special bullet. When Ikeda said the words "special bullet", everyone in the conference room was in an uproar, because they knew that when it came to the word special, it would not be so simple.
"The bullet that hit the captain of Miyata's squad first penetrated the car and then hit him, and the other two bullets also pierced the car that stopped on the side of the street. However, according to the results of our investigation at the scene, the other two special bullets were more like the attacker was testing the gun, because of the situation at that time, the two bullets fired by the attacker were simply aimed at the position where no one was there. "A bullet that can penetrate a car will not be wasted in vain, and if it weren't for Shinichi Ikeda's investigation results, everyone in the conference room wouldn't believe it.
"What I just said is only the first difference, and the second difference in this case is the gunshots. The members of Captain Miyata's team all responded that when Captain Miyata was shot, they didn't hear the gunshots at all. In other words, it is strange and doubtful that the attackers fired three shots in a row at the scene, but Captain Miyata, who was just across the street, did not hear a single shot. Shinichi Ikeda deliberately pauses when he says the word "suspicion", only to be interrupted by no one to interrupt him.
No one spoke, so Ikeda continued, "I had a classmate from a military academy who was sent to Germany two years ago to study, and at a party, he told me that there was a technique in Germany that could be used on firearms to reduce the sound of gunfire when fired. I just thought he was talking nonsense after drinking, but now it seems that what he said at the time was true, and there is really technology in this world that can lower the sound of gunshots. Shinichi Ikeda's words caused an instant stir in the conference room, and if this technique was in the hands of the special high school, their arrest operation would be much smoother in the future.
It's a pity that Shinichi Ikeda, who faced everyone's questions, spread his hands. "I just listened to what my classmates said, and I don't know the specific content at all!" When asked where the classmate was, Ikeda was bitter. "It's a pity that my classmate, as early as the attack on Nanjing, died in the field hospital outside Nanjing because of the recurrence of old injuries." The person who said this was no longer there, and Shinichi Ikeda didn't know much about it, so everyone had to scold and stop paying attention to it.
"Now for the third difference, in the previous attacks, the attackers had a clear goal, either to save people or to disrupt our arrest operations. This time, however, we could not find the purpose of the attacker's shooting, especially since the last two shots were in a place where no one was around. Shinichi Ikeda turned around and pointed to the large blackboard, and the volume increased. The attacker and Captain Miyata were only separated by a street more than ten meters wide, and if they wanted to kill Captain Miyata and all of them, it was not impossible to do it. ”
However, according to Captain Miyata's men, after they caught someone, they stopped on the side of the street and waited for the vehicle to pick them up, with at least five or six minutes in between. There was no cover, Captain Miyata and they were just waiting on the side of the street, and if the attackers took advantage of this gap to shoot continuously, I think it would not be as simple as Captain Miyata who was shot. However, the attacker did not shoot in this gap, but only shot and wounded Captain Miyata after the receiving vehicle was in place, which is unreasonable. ”
Unconscionable! When Shinichi Ikeda said these words, everyone in the conference room nodded slightly, they were all veterans of front-line arrest operations, and naturally knew when it was best to save people. Whether the target is protected or not is very important to the rescuer, but according to Shinichi Ikeda's argument, the attacker's behavior at the time was indeed unreasonable. Haruko Takagi, who was at the back of the position, was also nodding secretly at the moment, but she was focusing on other directions.
"Based on the above points, I boldly make an inference, but this inference is not shared by the rest of the Traces Section." At this point, Shinichi Ikeda gently closed the results of the on-site investigation and threw out an inference that was temporarily unacceptable to everyone. "My inference is that the attacker in this case may have just passed by the scene of the incident, and based on the attacker's behavior at the time, he may have just needed an opportunity to test that special bullet, as evidenced by the fact that Captain Miyata was shot but did not die."
"How can you be sure that the attacker must have been experimenting with a special bullet? Don't forget, the two targets captured by Miyata's team also took advantage of the chaos to escape! Haruko Takagi, who had been sitting without making a sound, spoke at this moment. The Miyata team's losses were small, or it was also due to their slow reaction speed, as long as they hid in the alley behind them, the attackers had no way to shoot them. Everyone in the conference room, because of Haruko Takagi's speech, focused their attention on Shinichi Ikeda again.
"If I can make such an inference, I naturally have to have a certain judgment to support it!" Shinichi Ikeda, who was watched by everyone, didn't seem to be stumped by Haruko Takagi's question. "Actually, my basis is very simple, that is, the number of killings! The attacker's performance in this case is completely different from the previous cases! From the New Asia Hotel case to the attack on Takagi's team, the attackers have always been deadly. But in this case, he only injured Captain Miyata, but he didn't kill on a large scale. ”
Shinichi Ikeda's explanation sounded reasonable, but Haruko Takagi didn't want to let Ikeda Shinichi go, "But how can you be sure that the attacker in this case is the mysterious person we have been looking for?" According to the results of your on-site investigation, although the attacker in this case used a special bullet, the traces and clues found at the scene are not related to the previous cases at all, how can you determine that the attacker in this case is the mysterious person? ”
Haruko Takagi's words made Shin Ikeda, who was originally holding Jizhu, stunned for a moment, yes! There is no conclusive evidence that today's attacks in the Public Concession are linked to previous attacks. The reason why Ikeda Shinichi made that inference was entirely because of preconceived reasons, and Takagi Haruko's question at the moment, Ikeda Shinichi had no way to explain it clearly.