Chapter 6 Exhibition Doubts (1) Emergencies
"The situation is like this, one of the deputy heads of our delegation to the defense exhibition in Ankara disappeared at about 9 o'clock local time yesterday evening, and more than two hours have passed since the disappearance, and the reason why we are convening a meeting here at this time is because we have confirmed that this is a serious and uncontrollable emergency, and in addition to our external security department, there are not only the heads of the departments directly under the Ministry of Military Equipment, but also the comrades of the newly established rapid response center, The higher-level leaders have been informed of this incident and have instructed our departments to cooperate closely to ascertain the truth of the incident and find out the missing persons as soon as possible, so as to prevent national security from being threatened and undermined. ”
A middle-aged man who presided over the meeting deliberately looked at Xue Ming and Liang Qing as he spoke, he did not know what the specific functions of this rapid response center under the direct command of the senior management were, and he was not familiar with the two people who came to attend the meeting, he could only speculate that because this was an emergency involving the military, it required the involvement of the new military department.
In addition to Xue Ming, the meeting was attended by the head of the Ministry of Armament and relevant personnel of the national security department, and the meeting was held in an anti-eavesdropping conference room in the ministry without any windows and fully shielded devices.
The missing deputy head of the exhibition group is named Feng Shaolan, his identity is not only the deputy head of the exhibition team, but also a rocket artillery expert of a military research institute in China, China's latest equipment AF series rocket artillery is the result of several years of research and development team based on him, this time we brought the AS-200 mobile guided rocket launcher to the exhibition is also this series of equipment export models, Feng Shaolan's visit with the group is also for publicity, the need to promote this weapon, Minister Li, do you have anything to say? ”
Seeing that a general with the rank of major general sitting at the head of the conference table raised his hand, Meng Tong stopped the next introduction.
The general who raised his hand was over 50 years old this year, and he was a deputy director of the General Armament Department in charge of research and development, named Cheng Jianguo, and he was accompanied by a deputy director of the Ministry of Administration and Administration and a person in charge of the Army's equipment research and development department.
The Major General raised his head and glanced around at the participants, most of whom he did not know, and the Major General coughed lightly and said:
"I am familiar with this Feng Shaolan, I have a colleague relationship with him for many years, his research and development department was a department under me a few years ago, and was later stripped out of the establishment of the army, but in fact it is still a research and development institution serving the army, Feng Shaolan is relatively humble, very low-key, he is proficient in business, is the backbone of our military scientific research, I am surprised that such a thing happened today, and I am also very self-blamed, and the relevant accountability issues will be carried out in further investigations in the future. The top priority now is to determine Feng Shaolan's exact whereabouts as soon as possible, Director Meng, as far as I know, the security work of this exhibition is jointly undertaken by the staff of your bureau and the security personnel assigned by the base. Is there any other possibility for Feng Shaolan's disappearance? ”
"What Minister Cheng said is exactly what I want to inform you next."
Meng Tong opened a folder in front of him, took out a piece of paper, and continued:
"According to the preliminary judgment of the situation we can grasp at present, there are several possibilities for Feng Shaolan's disappearance, one is to defect by the enemy, one is to escape on his own initiative, and the second situation can also be regarded as defection, the difference between the two is that the former has a strong sense of purpose and premeditation and after-the-fact response, which will definitely unearth some clues in the future follow-up investigation. Although the latter is also premeditated but more out of his own subjective consciousness, its possible foothold is relatively easy to screen out, and another may be held hostage, the latter may be very uncertain, it is difficult for us to quickly lock down the mastermind behind the incident, and when we find out, the other party is almost certain to have moved people to a relatively safe location, so it is very important to quickly find out the truth, and the security personnel who accompanied us this time have followed up the investigation at the first time, No further news has come yet. ”
After Meng Tong finished speaking, he raised his hand and glanced at the time:
"Don't leave yet, we will have a telephone meeting with that side in forty-five minutes to see if there are any further discoveries, because Feng Shaolan's identity is extremely sensitive and important, and his departure also involves several relevant key departments in China, so the superiors are very concerned about the development of this situation, and ordered us to take the lead and form a temporary crisis management team with everyone here, Minister Cheng is the leader of the crisis management team, and I am the deputy leader, everyone can get acquainted with each other during this time."
Meng Tong's introduction made everyone present feel the urgency of the incident, and the rapid establishment of the crisis management team made everyone realize the seriousness of the incident.
Ankara, the capital and the second largest city of Turkey, thanks to the unique climatic conditions and geographical location, the scenery here is pleasant, the ancient castles, temples and high-rise buildings are harmoniously blended together in the city, the biennial defense exhibition has almost become a business card of the city, each session of the exhibition will attract hundreds of companies from dozens of countries with their own research and development of the latest weapons and equipment to come here to participate in the exhibition, promotion, come to visit, negotiate the people is endless, including both research and development experts, There are also professionals who buy and test weapons, and there are countless arms dealers and intelligence agents involved, and there are arms deals of different sizes and purposes, both overt and covert, all the time.
As early as more than 20 days ago, Lezi and five other team members and most of the technical engineering personnel rushed to the exhibition venue for the advance exhibition work, in addition to these security personnel sent by their military, the Security Bureau also had several relevant staff members come together, but Le Zi and others all know that the people from the Security Bureau are definitely not the ones they see on the surface, and the various equipment that needs to be protected by these people is not being arranged.
Exhibitors have already entered the venue to set up their booths, and although the show has not yet officially opened, some small-scale promotional activities have already been launched.