Chapter 60: Searching
During the video call, I asked, "Grandpa Liang, that Professor Wathan, what did you talk about?" ”
Professor Liang said: "He mainly invited me to visit Lop Nur, focusing on certain areas in the lower reaches of the Peacock River, which is similar to the area where you asked about the bronze ring, I feel that it may have a lot to do with your condition?" ”
I was shocked when I heard this, and my brain turned sharply, and I asked Grandpa Liang, did the other party ask me? Seeing Grandpa Liang shaking his head, he was very puzzled, but thinking that the other party was an archaeology professor, not a botanical professor, he might be able to understand. I asked Grandpa Liang again, how many people are needed for this expedition to Lop Nur?
Professor Liang said that the people he brought with him were his students, and two more security guards, a total of four people, and Professor Wasson did not know.
Yu team said, two security guards, they will solve. Professor Liang already knew the seriousness of this matter and nodded in agreement.
Subsequently, I asked Grandpa Liang if there were any other archaeologists besides Professor Liang who came to ask questions about Lop Nur.
Professor Liang said, except for Professor Sander, who I met that day, no one else came?
I immediately frowned and asked Grandpa Liang, who is that Sander? Feeling mysterious, huh? I felt very strange in my heart, I saw it twice in Ruoqiang County, and the location of the two is really suspicious, of course, speaking of which, there is no problem, desert exploration needs to prepare materials, and then, I listened to my advice and joined the tour group, but I always feel that he is not simple.
Professor Liang said that Sander is a foreign archaeology professor, who has studied Loulan culture very much, and is also a very powerful desert explorer.
I wondered, "Isn't he a foreigner?" How do you know the way of feng shui in China? ”
Professor Leung said he didn't know.
I didn't get any good news from Professor Liang, but I think there is still something wrong with that Sander, the whole person is very feminine, although he seems to be full of energy, but I just don't think he is very good? Busy called the rest of the team again and asked him to check on that Sander.
Beijing is intensively tracking down the information of the TMB Group, and Captain Gutu is also actively tracking down who Batur was taken away? Unfortunately, in the desert at that time, there was no satellite positioning system and no monitoring, so there was no way to know where they were going, but we still had to actively prepare and set off at any time.
Of course, we also looked for possible suspects in the surveillance video of the commercial building, however, it seemed difficult to find the answer.
We are actively preparing, but unfortunately, Director Liu still did not get a response from the Bazhou Public Security Bureau to restart the case from 16 years ago, but fortunately, with the Batur murder case, the police can be dispatched to arrest people.
Two days later, I had just walked out of my grandfather's house, and before I got out of the community, the phone rang, and I took it out to see that it was Xiao Tang calling, I hurriedly pressed the answer button, and I heard Xiao Tang's urgent voice say: "Brother Jiang, I have deciphered part of the tasks of the TMB Group." It seems that a high-level adventure group has entered the Kumtag Desert, and it has been nearly ten days, and it seems that they are looking for something in the desert? There is no sign on it, however, the mission time is actually half a month, and the difficulty is definitely not small, which means that there are high-level officials of the TMB Group who are already in the desert, and may not have left the Kumtag Desert yet. ”
I nodded, "I know what to do?" ”
Xiao Tang said on the phone: "Try to catch it alive!" ”
Needless to say, I also know the importance of grasping the high-level management of TMB Group for the case, so I hurriedly stopped a taxi at the door, went directly to the county public security bureau, found Director Liu, and told Uncle Liu about the situation first.
He immediately stood up excitedly and said to me, "We must catch it alive, so that we may have evidence for the upper echelons to reopen the case from sixteen years ago!" ”
I don't really care about the case from 16 years ago, but if I can reopen it, I'll definitely be able to know what the top management is hiding. Is it related to my medical condition? If it's true, that's great!
Director Liu immediately asked me to go back to the police station, and he immediately gave Captain Gutu an order to arrest the criminals, and at the same time, he also called the rest of the team in Beijing to discuss.
I nodded, and immediately went to the police station, and when I came to the third floor, Captain Gutu had already greeted his team, armed and ready, and when he saw me, he immediately greeted me, went to the arsenal, and filled out the list for temporary use.
I looked at Captain Gutu's men with only a simple five, including himself. Others, such as Urge, also have technicians who control drones, in the desert, can not be viewed with the naked eye, and the Kumtag Desert is a semi-desert place, with ups and downs, the RMB group seems to have mercenaries and the like, and its own high-level personnel seem to be very combative, at least through the information found by Xiao Tang, the bald head named Chatai, personal combat ability is very strong, and Captain Gutu may not be able to deal with it, so he has a lot of worries about this team, but unfortunately, Captain Gutu's team was half crippled by Batur's accomplices, and now the situation is critical, and he can only rush forward.
Most of the guns in the arsenal were pistols, but two sniper rifles were mobilized to prepare lethal weapons for the other side.
By the time we walked downstairs with our weapons in hand, three SUVs were ready, loaded with supplies and tents and other items.
The two of them had an off-road vehicle, Captain Gutu and the technician sat in one, and the other two sat in one, and Urg and I actually sat in the same car, but when Ulg looked at me, his eyes didn't seem to be emotionally troubled, I don't know whether he was relieved, or temporarily let go of personal grudges, which is undoubtedly a good sign for me, so that it will not interfere with this operation.
Seeing him sit directly in the passenger seat, I was not polite, sitting in the driver's seat, holding the GPS satellite positioning system, through the phone, Xiao Tang gave me the location to make a positioning, immediately started the car, drove out of the police station, after going out of the city, first take the 315 national highway, after the 36 regimental field, after a bend, I entered the road to Lop Nur Town, this road is saline-alkali land, poured water directly pressed out of the road, the beginning of a section of the road is very good, the deeper into Lop Nur, the more sand and sand and gravel appear on the road, Fortunately, the three off-road vehicles have been modified and are very adaptable to this desert land, and the only regret is that they are not bulletproof.
Of course, we are so heavily armed because we are worried that the TMB group is really murderous and terrifying, and they have brought some weapons into the country, or purchased some weapons through underground means in the country, but I believe that they do not need to carry lethal weapons, after all, this Lop Nur Desert is the largest and strongest weapon, and if you throw it away, you will have to burp.
We drove to more than two o'clock in the afternoon, and drove into the Kumtag Desert, the sun is very poisonous, fortunately there is no wind, there are some desert plants around, such as camel thorns, Saxon grass, etc., this is not like Lop Nur, it is a sea of death, although there are some saline-alkali land, however, it is not as terrifying as Lop Nur, there are no creatures, there are still many animals living in it, there is also a Lop Nur wild camel nature reserve, however, this reserve, in the south, we are aiming for the southeast part, Almost somewhere between a desert and a semi-desert, I wonder what TMB is trying to do here?
A few of us simply set up a tent, cooked something under the tent, had lunch, and discussed some specific matters.
I have a great appetite, and when they are full, I am still eating, and I specially pick out compressed biscuits and meat with high energy, etc., those colleagues are startled, and Urg also looked at me with a frown, Captain Gutu has already gotten into the car, and when he saw me in the car, he was still eating, and hurriedly urged, Ulge frowned, and hurriedly asked me to sit in the passenger seat, and he came to drive.
At four o'clock, we finally entered the edge of the range of GPS positioning, I hurriedly asked Urg to slow down the speed of the car, through the glass window, looking into the desert, the terrain here is still relatively flat, however, a few kilometers away, there seem to be tall hills, etc., there is already any vegetation around, everywhere is full of yellow, if you don't know that there are some desert plants not far behind, I really think that I have fallen into the real desert.
We drove slowly to the bottom of the hill, stopped the car, and at the same time, guarded the surroundings to avoid TMB members being nearby, however, the possibility is very small, after all, they are well planned, if it wasn't for Xiao Tang hacking the core computer of the TMB group, I'm afraid they wouldn't know that they had entered the Lop Nur desert and found something?
As we got out of the car, we climbed to the top of a very high hill, surrounded by yellow sand, but there were quite a few undulating hills, and we were worried that the TMB members were in it, so the technician started the drone and looked around for kilometers, but saw some animals, but didn't find anyone.
We continued to drive in, though, every few kilometres we would stop and use the drone to scout our surroundings at a very slow pace, but it was a feeling that they certainly didn't notice that we were aware of their whereabouts.
In the end, we searched for three days in the area of TMB members' activities, and finally found TMB members in a desert area.
This is a somewhat strange place, there are undulating hills everywhere, however, in the center of it, it seems that a large part of the place has naturally collapsed, a huge desert basin, but it is not very high, that is, it is dozens of meters shorter than the surroundings, but it is surrounded by strange shaped hills, which are the result of perennial wind erosion.
We happened to be lying on top of one of the tall hill platforms and saw a very strange scene with our binoculars.
In this basin-like desert, we didn't see people through the telescope, after all, the distance was still too far, several kilometers away, and the surroundings looked similar, it was difficult to see if there were people at the first time, and even if someone was afraid of some camouflage, but in the desert, we saw a strange phenomenon.
On the gravel ground, there were two eagles with red and yellow feathers, of course, this is what I looked at and thought it was an eagle, and Captain Gutu and others next to him suddenly shouted in surprise: "This is a kestrel, a national second-class protected animal, this is ......"
As he spoke, Captain Gutu's voice changed, gloomy and terrifying. I also had a lot of discomfort to watch.
The two kestrels, on the gravel ground, seemed to be tied to their feet, pulling their claws on the ground and fluttering their wings, their mouths were wailing open, however, we didn't hear a sound, this is a basin-like desert, the kestrels' cries may be quieter, but this brother basin, similar to a megaphone, can't be without a little sound enhancement.
We all glanced at each other, some looked at each other, but did not act immediately, but lay on the hill, whispered discussion, and the technician Xiao Li also put the surveillance video next to everyone, I saw two Humvees are under a cliff on the opposite hill, and a tent was set up next to it, only to see two people sitting under the tent, one of them actually seemed to be lying on a soft chair for a tourist, I was busy asking Xiao Li to enlarge the video screen, and I saw that my eyes were glaring, and the person who was lying on the ground was a bald head, After the enlarged picture, it is indeed the trafficking leader Chatai who escaped in the mountains and forests of the Golden Triangle, and this is indeed the mission location of the TMB Group, obviously, this Chatai is the boss of this team, and may be in charge of this task, so it is so leisurely.
There was also a smokeless stove cooking something, the door of a Humvee was open, there seemed to be a lot of equipment inside, and there were people in the car, and it seemed that the other party was probably very well prepared. However, we didn't check whether the other party had a firearm through the drone? This must be vigilant.
I, Xiao Li, raised the drone, and never got close to the range of the Humvee, lest they find out.
We estimated that the number of Chatai is probably more than four, and it seems that they also have strong reconnaissance and monitoring equipment, I don't know if it is aimed at us, or is it looking for something? However, I remembered that the mission log deciphered by Xiao Tang also said that they seemed to be looking for something in this desert?
We didn't dare to act rashly, the other party was too well prepared, and we didn't have an advantage, so if we rounded up like this, I was afraid that we would drive away before we reached them.
We continued to look on the hill and found that the two kestrel were chirping silently on the gravel, and their mouths were chirping in horror through the binoculars, and I thought that the information that Don Jr. had told me about what they were looking for in the Kumtag Desert. Could it be that these two kestrels are what they are looking for? No, if they really need it, there is no need to look like they are tied to the gravel floor, it is more like trapping something?