Chapter 894: Danger is coming
The Mekong River is in a stormy water, the water is turbulent, the waves are turbulent, the law enforcement boats are up and down, and the internal organs of the people who are shaking are about to be displaced.
However, this level of turbulence is not difficult for Xu Zheng, who has been keeping an eye on the river in front of the law enforcement boat.
Unfortunately, the rainstorm was too heavy and the visibility was very low, and even though the searchlights on the ship were very powerful, the distance in front of them was less than five meters.
Tan Jianjun has a lot of experience, and while slowing down the ship, he turned on the sonar detector on the ship, which is far more realistic than the electronic signal in this weather situation.
Moreover, the sonar detector equipped on the law enforcement boat can passively scan the water surface distance of 1,200 meters, that is, it can scan the ship about two miles in front and behind.
In addition to the sonar detector, the law enforcement boat is also equipped with an infrared thermal meter as standard, but this thing is not very useful in heavy rain.
So now in addition to visual inspection, the only way to detect surrounding ships is to rely on sonar sonar detectors.
At this time, the law enforcement boat was about to patrol to Wanbai County in northwestern Thailand, and further south was the Golden Triangle.
In fact, the Golden Triangle is the junction of Myanmar, Thailand and Laos, with an area of 200,000 square kilometers, which is equivalent to the two provinces of Jiangsu and Zhejiang in China, but a large area of it is mountains and forests.
And it's the kind of primeval forest.
The Weigong River runs through the heart of the Golden Triangle, where the waterway, like the environment, has become very harsh, and today's storms and rains have caused law enforcement boats to sail very slowly.
Normally, it takes two or three hours to travel through the past, but now, it is estimated that it takes twice as long.
With a "click", a lightning bolt in the distance spread from the void into the mountains and forests like a giant snake in front of him, instantly illuminating the area.
The light flashed, and Xu Zheng, who had been paying attention to the front, seemed to see a rickety merchant ship.
Then the power of the lightning disappeared in an instant, and the area fell into darkness again, and he was busy looking at the sonar scanner, but it didn't show any ships scanned.
He looked at Zhang Haishan and wanted to say what he had just discovered, but it was just a scene he saw in a trance, and it couldn't be true, so he pondered it and still didn't say it.
Anyway, the law enforcement boat is heading ahead.
And even if a merchant ship is found moored in front of it now, the law enforcement boat can't speed up to the rescue, this kind of ghost weather, it is a blessing to be able to ensure that he does not capsize and does not hit the reef.
Under the torrential rain, the law enforcement boat walked forward for more than ten minutes, and a big red dot finally appeared on the sonar scanner.
Zhang Haishan, who had been staring at the sonar, immediately became solemn, judging from his experience, the merchant ships that could travel in such weather were anchored on the Mekong River in the Golden Triangle, close to northern Myanmar.
Then this merchant ship is eighty percent problematic.
"Attention to the teams, attention to the teams, inspection of equipment, first level alert." Zhang Haishan and Tan Jianjun glanced at each other, and immediately picked up a loudspeaker to inform all the peacekeepers on the law enforcement boat to make preparations.
Xu Zheng subconsciously touched the rifle on his waist, and the first-level alert naturally meant that there were lawbreakers on the merchant ship in front, and it could not be ruled out that the other party had guns, nor could it be ruled out that the other party would shoot first.
After all the preparations were made, the law enforcement boat continued to drive forward, until it was within 500 meters of the merchant ship, and the other party could be contacted by radio, and Tan Jianjun stopped the ship temporarily.
Of course, because the boat is not anchored and fixed, the law enforcement boat will still be carried down by the river, but this speed is negligible in a short time.
Zhang Haishan picked up the radio intercom to communicate with the merchant ship, but he didn't expect the other party to respond quickly, saying that the propeller of their merchant ship was stuck in the trunk of the tree washed down by the river.
So anchor here for now.
In addition, Zhang Haishan was provided with the information that had been registered with the ship's number, as well as the verification certificate and related procedures for this customs clearance.
Xu Zheng has been listening carefully, at first glance, these are all right, but it still cannot be ruled out that the ship is suspected of violating the law, but if you want to find out, you must go to the ship to search.
At this time, the wind and waves outside are strong, and the two boats must not get close, and the kayak will capsize when it is launched, and it is even more impossible for people to jump into the Mekong River.
In this case, Zhang Haishan's way of dealing with them is to monitor the problematic merchant ship all the way to the nearest dock for inspection.
Now that the merchant ship is anchored here, according to custom, the law enforcement boat can only take care of it on one side, and if the merchant ship leaks, the peacekeepers will need to rescue the people above.
These operations are very dangerous to think about.
In view of the current conditions, Zhang Haishan ordered the merchant ships to temporarily suspend all activities and wait for the rescue to pass after the heavy rain.
The merchant ship owner is a flower grower, and he should be in his forties when he hears the voice, and while he is grateful to Zhang Haishan, he politely refuses to be rescued, saying that after the rain stops, he will contact the company to send another rescue ship over.
Xu Zheng listened to their call while observing the sonar scanner and infrared calorimeter.
As the law enforcement boat gradually approached the merchant ship, I saw a few more red light spots on the infrared thermal meter.
This is an infrared scan of how many living bodies there are on a merchant ship.
Xu Zheng counted three times, a total of six people, and he reported in a low voice, "Team Zhang, there are only six people scanned out of the merchant ship, and when they leave the customs, they reported eight people."
Now there are two less. ”
The merchant ship reported that the target was Cambodia, and before the halfway route was completed, there were two people missing from the ship, and there was obviously a problem.
But now that I know that there is a problem, I can only wait until the rain stops.
If it weren't for such a turbulent river, people's lives would be in danger if they went down.
Xu Zheng was helpless about this, he felt the power of the law enforcement boat undulating in the waves, and could probably guess how dangerous the Mekong River was at this time.
Even if he relied on himself to be the reincarnation of a flying fish, he didn't dare to go into the water alone at this time.
Just when everyone knew that there was a problem with the merchant ship but could only wait, suddenly Tan Jianjun pointed to the shore in surprise, "Look, are there two yellow lights flashing there?" ”
Xu Zheng and Tan Jianjun hurriedly looked over, only to see that the shore two hundred meters downstream from the merchant ship was flashing with two yellow lights.
And it's rhythmically flickering.
Zhang Haishan's face sank, "The yellow light has strong penetrating power, this must be a signal from the connector on the shore." ”
Xu Zheng also pondered, "Does that mean that the two people who are missing the merchant ship will swim to the shore according to the direction indicated by the signal light?" ”
Tan Jianjun shook his head slightly, "It is impossible to swim through, during this time, the river in the area is quite narrow, the water depth is urgent, and with heavy rain, ordinary people will only be washed downstream by the water when they go into the water."
In this case, the anchored merchant ship will throw a rope to the shore, and people will climb along the rope to the shore.
Of course, this method is also very dangerous, but it is still operable. ”
Zhang Haishan let Tan Jianjun drive the law enforcement boat to the bottom of the merchant ship, while carefully observing the flashing lights on the shore.
"Ten minutes have passed since we found the merchant ship, and based on the time it takes for the merchant ship to leave the country, it should take them about five hours to arrive here at normal speed.
Then it shouldn't take more than an hour for them to get here.
Now there are signal lights on the shore, which means that the two people who were not scanned by the infrared just now should be on the side of the boat.
Or already ashore.
I reckon they'll be at the traffic light in a moment and disappear into the forest..."
Just as Zhang Haishan was about to go down to analyze, Tan Jianjun suddenly slapped his thigh, pointed to the location of the signal light and said speechlessly: "Lao Zhang, look at your crow's mouth, the signal light is gone." ”
The signal light is gone, which means that the two of them have met, and if the rain stops, the daylily will be cold.
Seeing this, Zhang Haishan gritted his teeth, turned his head to look at Xu Zheng, and hesitated, as if he wanted to say something and hesitated.
Xu Zheng understood, and immediately stood up straight, "Team Zhang, please give an order." ”
According to the information transmitted from China this time, two of the three A-class wanted criminals have murder cases in hand, and it is required that they must be arrested alive.
Now they know that they may have braved the heavy rain to set foot on the land of the Golden Triangle, if Zhang Haishan watched the wanted criminals flee under his nose on the grounds that the Mekong River under the torrential rain was too dangerous.
He couldn't.
Or that no real cop can do it.
Zhang Haishan hesitated because of Xu Zheng's personal reasons, and now seeing that he took the initiative to ask for help, he no longer hesitated, and called over two more peacekeeping policemen through the loudspeaker.
One of these two people is from Myanmar and the other is from Thailand, and they are both very familiar with the Golden Triangle, Zhang Haishan is ready to take Xu Zheng and these two people to the shore immediately to arrest the two wanted criminals who have escaped.
As for the others, they had to wait until the rain had stopped before landing on the merchant ship for inspection.
In view of the turbulence of the Mekong River, Zhang Haishan asked Tan Jianjun to launch a steel cable towards the shore, as long as the steel cable could be fixed, then they could easily reach the shore.
Soon Tan Jianjun controlled the law enforcement boat to slowly approach the shore three meters, and could not get any closer, if it was too close, it might hit the bottom, and after the boat stopped, he operated the mechanical equipment to launch a steel cable to the shore.
It's just that the visibility was too low, and the first launch of the wire didn't hit the tree or hook a suitable fixture.
I had to retract it and re-launch it again, and this time fortunately, the end of the steel cable should have caught a large rock on the shore during the recovery process.
It was the first time Xu Zheng had seen this kind of equipment on the ship, and he didn't expect it to be so powerful, so that he wouldn't have to cross the Mekong River at all.
After the steel cable was fixed, Zhang Haishan waved his hand, and was the first to walk out of the cabin, go to the deck, take out the rope and hang it on the steel cable, and the person hung below and slid along the steel cable towards the shore.
Xu Zheng followed behind, and as soon as he got out of the cabin, the rain fell on him, even though he was wearing equipment and a raincoat, he still felt that his body was half wet.
It was too windy and rainy.
He also took out the rope, tied one end to the wire rope, and the other end to his body, and then slid down the slope of the wire to the shore.
To be honest, this kind of operation is quite dangerous, the rain wet steel rope is very slippery, and he glides fast, but at the same time the wind on the river keeps shaking his body.
Halfway through the slide, he always felt like he was about to fall into the Mekong River.
Fortunately, in less than two minutes, he stepped on the ground, and Zhang Haishan, who landed early, helped him untie the rope, and then the two of them waited for the other two colleagues to come over while sentry.
Soon, the remaining two also quickly slid down, and then the four did not dare to delay, and after redetermining the direction, they were ready to set off.
"Team Zhang, I have experience in fighting from the company, I'm ahead of the front, right?" At this time, the Thai colleague volunteered through the wireless headset, "I have been here before, and there are many traps.
In addition, under heavy rain, swamps will form in the jungle. ”
Zhang Haishan was not reckless, he was the captain and should have been in front, but now that someone is experienced, why should he be reckless and delay everyone's task.
"Xiao Xu, you go second, I'll go last."
Xu Zhengying, in fact, he originally wanted to go to the most important front, after all, he has a system, but everyone says it, and he is a colleague, so he is not easy to earn.
The four of them turned on the searchlight above their heads, and after a while of heavy rain, the sky was not so dark and lightless.
It's just that these primeval forests, under the shade of the trees, if you don't turn on the lights, the visibility is very low.
"Da Da Da!"
The water splashed on the combat boots, and everyone marched all the way downstream, with no destination for the time being, and could only re-find the traces left by the wanted criminals in the process of tracking.
Heavy rain washed away their tracks, the rain washed away the smell they left behind, and the darkness made the tracking mission exponentially more difficult.
The four of them could only be like blind people touching elephants, constantly searching in the deep mountains and dense forests, and Xu Zheng already felt that his whole body was soaked at this time.
Originally, he felt that the weather was hot, and it was itchy and hot to wear all the equipment, but now that he was soaking wet, he felt a little cold.
And it is not easy to walk briskly in the dense forest, except for the wattles and bushes that block the way, there are many plants that carry dangers.
However, heavy rain has both disadvantages and good sides, because under the heavy rain, those famous snake and insect poisons in Southeast Asia are hidden.
So, the big guy just needs to look at his feet.
"Team Zhang, look."
After more than ten minutes of rapid marching, the Thai colleague who was walking in front suddenly stood up, made a gesture with his right hand to stop advancing, and pointed to a freshly broken branch in front of him to report to Zhang Haishan.
Zhang Haishan stepped forward, carefully observed the direction of the broken branch, judged the traces of the broken surface of the branch, and was sure in his heart that the group was indeed rushing in the direction of the downstream.
He reminded his Thai colleague, "Bang Sai, be careful, stay safe if you have a situation." ”
Bang Sai looked the same as most of the Thais, dark and thin, not tall, with big eyes, and under a combat uniform, he looked very sharp, and when he heard this, he immediately nodded, turned around and continued to drive ahead.
Xu Zheng looked at the depths of the dense forest in front of him, a black hole, which seemed to contain endless danger and fear, but he also knew one thing that the so-called wanted criminals in China, whether they were A or B, were actually a little stronger than ordinary people.
But it is definitely not comparable to the regularly trained peacekeepers like them.
Therefore, Xu Zheng felt that the road was difficult to walk, so the speed of the two wanted criminals must not be fast.
Sure enough, after a few more minutes, he noticed that there were several lights shaking eighty meters in front of him, and he quickly cheered up and was about to remind everyone to pay attention to safety.
Suddenly, his heart became alert, and he grabbed the Thai man Bang Sai in front of him and quickly moved behind a big tree next to him.
"Da Da Da!"
At the same time, there was a sound of rifle fire, and bullets rained down on the spot where the two of them had been standing. (End of chapter)