334. Chapter 27 (2) Spatial Shift
From Rahim's account, Eric hears the answer he least wants to hear, and Rahim's answer is basically in line with what he got on the fishing boat, but Eric needs to be sure.
"It's okay to speculate, but I don't pay any responsibility, just speculate, I think these people are Chinese, because their conversations with each other are sometimes heard by our crew, and I have overheard them talking to each other a few times, it is a language that we can't understand, but I can basically be sure that it is Chinese, because some of the customers I have business with are Chinese, I know a little bit about their mysterious and advanced language, or that sentence, I am only speculating, The absolute accuracy of the information is not guaranteed. ”
Looking at the slightly stalemate faces of the people opposite, Rahim's heart was filled with a sense of victor's joy, and what he had just said made him basically get rid of this mess.
After making some further inquiries about Rahim, Eric, together with Frank and Stephen, inspected the items and boxes that had been left on the ship, and also made a careful survey of the area where the men lived, and found nothing other than a few Russian-language newspapers.
Standing on the hatch cover of the problematic bulk carrier, Eric was confused, he could not determine the whereabouts of these people and things that had suddenly disappeared, as the person in charge of the Faisal case, Eric was especially concerned about Lisa's whereabouts, and now he disappeared from under his nose.
After a long time, Eric dialed Kent's phone, after all, now he is the general coordinator of this operation, and he must inform him of the latest situation, and also tell him the latest information he has received about the contact between the Ukrainian and the Chinese, which is also a remarkable discovery.
At this time, Kent, who was already in Pakistan, was tracking a piece of information about Faisal with Danny, and they might have found Faisal's whereabouts, once it was determined, Kent could let Danny temporarily organize some mercenary soldiers from the surrounding countries and some small groups of idle soldiers to arrest Faisal, these armed men were desperate for money, and Danny was very familiar with this set.
After listening to Eric's report, Kent fell silent, he knew that the stakes were high, and he said after a long time:
"Eric, you have to further confirm the accuracy of this news, in addition, even if they move fast, they will definitely leave traces, from the information you gave me, these people have no signs of leaving this country, and now all the passages are also controlled by us, and we still have to step up the investigation, maybe these people are hiding in a dark corner and watching our movements, they want us to leave now, you still have to hold on tightly, let Frank use some connections, Or use some local police forces to intervene in the investigation. ”
After listening to Kent's instructions, Eric also felt that there was no better way at present, and he was about to beckon Frank, who was questioning the crew not far away, when a loud whistle in the distance interrupted his further movements.
Following the sound, across the river from a container terminal, a huge container ship was approaching the dock, Eric looked at it, and suddenly woke up, and he ran quickly to Frank's approach.
"Frank, I have an idea, you ask your people to go to the dispatch center of the opposite terminal immediately, and ask if there were any container ships leaving the port last night, especially to Iraq, Pakistan and China, if so, it is best to determine the timetable for their departure, in addition, try to find the surveillance footage of those ships leaving the port, this thing should be done immediately."
Frank understood what Eric meant, nodded and turned to run away with the man just now.
Eric didn't dare to slack off, and he immediately hung up the phone to Dempsey, who was far away in Turkey.
"Dempsey, you can comb through the satellite images you can search for about this ship after it docked here, see where the containers unloaded from this ship have been transferred there, or where they have been stacked, and let me know as soon as you find them."
The wait in this anxious state was long, and it felt like a long time before Frank and his assistant hurried back.
"Eric, as you expected, there was indeed a container ship leaving this dock at midnight last night, I specially checked the dock surveillance video at that time, and found the traces of the containers unloaded from here before, although the cars here are all the same, and the vehicles are also very busy, but I can basically determine that these containers are the boxes that were unloaded from this ship, Because the hazard warning signs pasted on the exterior of these boxes are highly consistent with the images I have seen here, I went to the back deck to look at these boxes on the ship, although these things are all the same, but these are the ones that have been transferred, because they don't have those hazard warning signs at all, we ignored this before. ”
After listening to Frank's report, Eric firmly believed that these people were with those containers, boarded another ship, and then calmly left this dock, the people who planned this operation cleverly used people's habitual thinking, so that the people who tracked here mistakenly thought that these people and things were transferred from the ship to the land, and they must want to continue to transfer by land, so that the pursuers shifted their attention to the boundless vast continent, and they returned to another ship as if they were transferring at the airport, Almost non-stop, he continued his sea voyage, which was a typical golden cicada shelling, and the other party's trick made Eric and the others spend nearly a day here in vain.
"Have you determined where the ship is? Where is he going to stop next? Eric asked tightly.
"It's confirmed, this is a large ocean-going container ship from China, and their next dock is the port of Pakistan."
After hearing the intelligence officer's reply, Eric's head almost exploded with a 'boom', what a rigorous serial set.
It was at this point that Dempsey's call reached Eric.
"Eric, I found some satellite scan images from the time period you mentioned, but because each scan has a certain time interval, the information may not be complete, the satellite did not capture the image of unloading the cargo from the cargo ship, but you can see the change in the position of the cargo loaded in front of and behind the cargo ship, the earliest images are just docked in, there are four cargo boxes in the rear of the cargo ship, and some of the images scanned after that are missing this part, but there is a scan image that shows, There was a picture of the trucks loaded with these containers leaving the dock parked at the pier. ”
"After that, there was a period of fixed imagery, and after about two hours, our satellites captured images that were being reloaded onto the ship, two boxes had been hoisted to their original positions, and there were two containers on the trailer below, waiting to be loaded, and I tried to find out where the boxes were delivered, but I couldn't find them, and there was a picture showing that these trucks loaded with containers drove into a large container yard, where there were countless identical trucks coming in and out. But in the next image we lose the exact location of these cars, and that's all I can find about these boxes so far, I don't know if it will help you. ”
Dempsey's tone was a hint of disappointment.
"Thank you, you have done your best, I think we already know where these boxes went, it may have been loaded onto a large Chinese container ship, we found their traces in the dock surveillance, but unfortunately this ship has left the port last night, you can find the whereabouts of this ship, see what area it is currently traveling, because we already know that his next port of call is a port in Pakistan, we want to try to intercept it before it enters the port again, I'll call Kent and Danny right away. ”
Eric put down the phone and waved to Stephen and Frank not far away, who ran down the ship's ladder to the docks, and Eric knew that every minute was precious.
"Hey! Officer Eric, what do we do? Is the review of us over? Do you continue to deal with my question about being held hostage? ”
Raheem stood on the edge of the ship, pretending to be anxious and asked in a loud voice to Eric who was running towards the helicopter not far away.
Hearing this, Eric glared at Rahim fiercely, then turned and continued towards the helicopter.
On the cargo ship behind him, Rahim smiled smugly.
As soon as a few people boarded the helicopter, Dempsey's call arrived.
"Eric, I found the ship you mentioned, yes, that ship is the port where it left at that time last night, and we have found the traces of the boxes unloaded from the cargo ship through the comparison of details, the reason why we can be sure is because the top of one of these boxes has been repaired, and the repaired position is different from the color of the other positions, so we can be sure that the boxes unloaded from the Rahim ship are on this Chinese container ship bound for Pakistan."
"Great, Dempsey, that's exactly what I wanted, I'm on my way to the airport right now, trying to get there before this ship comes in."
It was the only piece of good news that Eric heard, who had been depressed for nearly a day, but Dempsey immediately poured cold water on him.
"Don't be happy with Eric just yet, I'm afraid you'll be too late."
"What? What do you say I'm too late? Eric asked hurriedly.
"The latest images captured by our satellites show that the ship is already heading to the port terminal under the guidance of a tugboat, and it is about to dock, maybe it has already docked at the dock while we are talking, Eric, we are still one step late."