326. Chapter 24 (2) A pool of troubled waters
As a senior intelligence officer, Danny has long deduced that the foothold of Lisa and his party must be Pakistan, and they have already found out that Faisal is very likely to be hiding in the border area of Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran, but Danny They suffer from the complex environment and many sects, so they can't specifically find out where Faisal is hidden, and even if they know where Faisal is, Danny doesn't dare to order his subordinates to take action rashly in that area, he has to find a way to lure the snake out of the hole, Forced Faisal out of the area under the control of the clan before taking action.
And in order to attract Faisal out of hiding, his wife and children are the best bait, Danny wants to control the situation in advance before Eric finds Faisal, Danny has been given a clear order, that is, to get rid of Faisal at all costs, because once Faisal is escorted back to China by Eric and brought to court for trial, there will be a large number of people who will be unlucky, this loss is unbearable for the army and some high-ranking officials and politicians, so they must not let Faisal return to China for trial.
At the same time, Danny's vital interests are also involved here, because the attack coordinates were initially provided for the Mi army and implied that the attack location was an elite force hidden in the mountains by Danny's intelligence officers, and the reason was that the elite armed forces under Sa's subordinates, through the mediation of intermediaries, quietly remitted a large amount of money to Danny's account in exchange for escaping the precision attack of the United States, and in order to allow Danny, who provided the intelligence, and the military responsible for carrying out the strike, to make a difference. The Faisal family, who had also been fighting against the Saas dictatorship in the area of the blow, became scapegoats, and the exchange of interests made the Faisal family a natural victim of this conspiracy.
With the gradual deepening of the investigation, the true face of the incident will gradually be revealed, and once Faisal is brought back to China for trial, it will inevitably cause a chain reaction, and at that time, these high-ranking military and local officials who have benefited from this incident will inevitably be investigated for the crime of dereliction of duty and negligence, and in serious cases, they will be imprisoned, which is exactly the result that some people cannot bear.
Danny, as the party and the main beneficiary, naturally knew the stakes, and the upper echelons who indirectly benefited from him issued a nirvana order to Danny to silence Faisal forever.
Through the urgent contact and consultation between the headquarters of the United States and the Syrian authorities, despite the extreme reluctance of the Syrian authorities, they still issued an order to the relevant departments to cooperate with the search.
Rushing from the Turkish military base to Syria to go through the relevant procedures, Eric arrived at the port near noon, but unfortunately, the fishing boat they were looking for had just left the port.
Maybe it was a plan to go to sea, or maybe someone deliberately leaked some information to let them avoid this inspection, compared to the two, Eric preferred to believe the latter, otherwise it would not have been such a coincidence, dozens of minutes before he brought someone to inspect, the ship had just left.
"Can you contact the maritime patrol ship to assist us, this ship has just left and should be able to be found."
Eric was anxious and asked a police officer from the Interpol office in Syria who was helping him investigate the matter.
"I'm afraid it's difficult, even if you find an official in charge of this business, they won't fully cooperate, and even if you go to sea, it will be a trip in vain."
The Interpol officer here looked helpless.
Eric was utterly desperate, and he could not imagine how many people in these countries would help Mussa, both openly and covertly.
Just as Eric and his assistant were about to return, his phone rang, and it was Tony, whom he had seen in the secret place where Atef was being held.
"Hey, Eric, Danny is afraid that you are not familiar with the situation here, and that the ship you are going to search has escaped from the port to avoid inspection, so he specially asked me to assist you in your work, I will be there soon, have you found the ship?"
Eric sighed, "Your boss is right, it's been almost an hour since the ship left port, and we ran for nothing." ”
"It doesn't matter, we'll find him, we're here, do you see us?"
Eric heard a strong motor roar from the earpiece, and he subconsciously turned to look at the road behind him, but immediately he felt that something was wrong, and quickly turned to look at the surface of the harbor.
A speedboat was coming from far and near at high speed, and Eric had already seen Tony standing on it and manipulating the speedboat, and there was another person beside him, who was the man named Frank.
Eric's spirits regained as he waved his arm at the speedboat on the sea, and Tony saw a few of them as well, and the speedboat quickly docked.
During the journey, Tony told Eric that Danny had expected someone to ventilate the ship, and that he had expected no cooperation, so he had instructed Tony to come and assist in the search.
With this speedboat it was much simpler, and they quickly intercepted the fishing boat.
After revealing their identities, several people boarded the ship with weapons to check, and the people on the boat did hear the wind and asked them to quickly go out to dodge, but these people didn't expect that the Interpol staff would chase those Mi people to the sea to check, but these people were also unwilling to give in easily, after a few iterations, Eric did not ask what he wanted, and when he had nothing to do, Tony and Frank couldn't help but put the captain aside.
Seeing this, the other crew members wanted to step forward, and seeing this scene, Eric, who had been depressed when he came here, was also anxious, and two assistants took out guns to force these crew members who were about to make trouble.
"I tell you that this ship is suspected of smuggling, assisting in smuggling, and smuggling prohibited weapons and explosives, and is now under investigation, and I advise you to cooperate with our operation."
Eric didn't know what Tony was doing, and he soon got exactly what they wanted.
"You guys did a good analysis, Lisa and the missile were on Rahim's cargo ship, and the destination was also a port in Pakistan, and they saw the contents of the wooden box when they were hoisting the cargo, as for whether it was the type of missile we were looking for, they didn't know."
"How many of them are there?" Eric asked.
"The captain said that there were two groups of people coming before and after, and there were twelve people including the women and children."
Tony glanced at the absence of anyone else before continuing:
"Eric, we may be in trouble, according to the captain, in addition to the mother and son, five of the remaining nine people are Persians, these five people know each other well, and the other four are unknown, the captain is not sure of their identities, these people rarely talk, the captain said that they are very mysterious, and those Persians are also very respectful to them, this is the problem."
At this time, Tony had lost his cold and fierce face before, and was replaced by a nervous expression.
"Why? Why are some unidentified people involved? Does the captain know where these people are? ”
Eric was also secretly surprised when he heard this, Eric's mission was to try to arrest Faisal and escort him back to the United States, but he never thought that he would be involved in the clues of the missile that the military was searching for, and these two things were also mixed and intertwined, which made more and more people involved in this matter, and this should have been a secret pursuit operation, with the development of the situation, there will be less and less secrets to speak of.
"The captain didn't know exactly where they were from, but he told me for sure that those four people were Orientals, and the captain guessed that these four people were likely to be Chinese, Eric, if this is the case, this matter will be in big trouble, this is not as simple and easy as our dealings with those small countries, if it is really determined that these four people are Chinese, then how to act at that time, we really can't be the master."
This is really an unexpected situation, Eric is almost certain that if those people are sure to be Chinese, then they are definitely coming for the missile, but he does not know whether these Chinese are related to the Faisal incident, and if they are also involved in this matter, how will he deal with it.
The carefully planned operation, including the arduous journey, had the desired effect, for he was to muddy the waters so that he could find room to turn around and fish in the troubled waters.
Before contacting Danny, Eric first got in touch with his boss Curt, who gave a detailed report to Director Curt on some of the conditions he had identified in the two days since his arrival, and asked for further instructions on what to do next.
After hearing Eric's account and general analysis, Director Curt fell into deep thought before he spoke:
"Eric, from now on, every step you take must be planned before moving, don't act rashly, I will report the situation you say to the superiors, and how to deal with it depends on the determination of the above."
"At present, you first proceed according to our original plan, since you already know that Lisa is on the ship, you will first stare her to death, as long as they do not dock, these people will not be able to fly, you have to find a way to find out the sailing plan of this ship, find out where he will dock next time, in addition, you also have to communicate with our military intelligence department in Turkey, we are not good at keeping an eye on every ship on the sea, but the satellite can, you ask the intelligence officer to be sure to report the accurate information of this ship in a timely manner, including the latest location report, This will allow us to act in a timely manner when necessary, and that's all we can do now, and you should not take any other action until Faisal's final whereabouts are determined. ”
"As for how the military deals with the missile, it is not up to us to control, if they act rashly and intercept this ship directly on the sea, it is possible to intercept the lost missile and avoid it falling into the hands of the enemy, but this will definitely disturb Moussa and Faisal, and in a hurry, they may take extreme actions, give up the rendezvous between Lisa and Faisal, and directly take Faisal, then we will not be able to do it, and I will have to ask the upper authorities for instructions."
Eric could hear that Director Curt also did not have a better idea, but what Eric did not hear was that Curt was also concerned about the problems of these Chinese who were mixed in, and once it was not handled well, it would be an international dispute between major powers.