Case 22: Chapter 1: Explosion

"Bomb disposal requires God's approval, and I am very grateful to God for letting me protect life with my life, and he asked me to choose the right one every time I act."

In the auditorium of the Ningzhou Public Security Bureau, an elderly man said a very moving sentence.

Instead of putting everything down to his own experience and skills, he thanked fate.

In the next second, the applause from the audience did not stop for a long time like a tide.

On the podium, sat an old man in his seventies, his name was Zhang Fengtian, and he was the person in charge of the explosive disposal security brigade of the patrol special police detachment of the Ningzhou City Public Security Bureau. He has been a police officer for nearly 50 years, and he has defused thousands of bombs in his lifetime, and he is a veritable "bomb disposal expert."

Although he has retired, he is still active on the front line, transmitting his experience to the juniors and discussing the experience of EOD and bomb disposal with the juniors. Especially when he saw today's EOD and bomb disposal equipment, the smile on his face was extremely gratifying.

In the era when he was a police officer, both bomb disposal technology and explosive disposal equipment were far less advanced than they are now, let alone the current EOD robots.

Every time he walked to the bomb and took out the pliers in his hand, it was a gamble when he cut the red and blue lines. No bomb can be defused 100 percent, and even if there is a 1 percent probability, it is a gamble with your life.

He's a lucky man, though.

Seven years ago, the year I first joined the criminal police team, Zhang Fengtian's name had already become a spirit and a strength.

That's the spiritual power of an example.

Also seven years ago, the EOD security inspection team led by Zhang Fengtian participated in the detection of a major explosion case and defused more than 10 new bombs of various kinds, protecting the safety of people's lives and property.

As a newly hired criminal police officer, I also participated in the investigation of that case, and after the case was solved, I had the honor to take a photo with Mr. Zhang Fengtian.

Seven years later, I had the privilege of seeing Mr. Zhang Fengtian again, but he had aged a lot. Fortunately, his body is still very good, and there is still a light in his eyes, which is a sharp light.

In seven years, I also changed from a fledgling criminal police officer to the head of the serious crime team.

Today marks the seventh anniversary of the conclusion of the 18 March explosion case, and the Ningzhou City Public Security Bureau specially invited Mr. Zhang Fengtian to give a speech.

After the speech, on behalf of the Serious Crime Team, I went backstage to visit Mr. Zhang.

"Mr. Zhang, I'm ......"

"I've seen you!" After Mr. Zhang glanced at me, he immediately said seriously.

I haven't seen each other for seven years, and Mr. Zhang can still remember me, which makes me very excited.

After talking with Mr. Zhang for a few words, Mr. Zhang said that he was going home for dinner, and if he didn't go home on time, his wife would lose his temper again.

"Mr. Zhang, I'll drive you." I said immediately.

Mr. Zhang looked at me and said with a smile: "No need, I ride a bicycle, which is not only environmentally friendly, but also exercised." ”

After bidding farewell to Mr. Zhang, I left the auditorium and was about to return to the office of the Serious Crime Unit.

At the staircase, I met the captain of the criminal police team, Wang Gong, who hurriedly went downstairs to go out.

"Team Qin, I'm looking for you everywhere." Officer Wang's expression was very serious and his expression was very nervous, and he hurriedly said to me.

You don't have to ask to know that he's in trouble again.

"What are you looking for me for? There won't be another case, right? I asked casually.

"Just be mentally prepared, this time the situation is more serious, let's go to the scene with us." Officer Wang said to me very anxiously.

"Out of the scene? You criminal police team can just go, what do you want our serious crime team to do? I asked with a frown.

Officer Wang wanted to speak and stopped, he really did not have the authority to command the serious crime team, and the cases taken over by the serious crime team were directly assigned by the boss Shen Ruoshan.

He froze and suddenly asked me, "What day is today?" ”

Seeing his extremely serious expression, I was a little dazed for a while. What is today? Whose birthday is it today?

After a while, I suddenly came back to my senses, and unconsciously asked him with wide eyes, "It can't be a bombing, right?!" ”

Officer Wang nodded firmly.

Because today is the seventh anniversary of the conclusion of the March 18 explosion case......

"Fifteen minutes ago, a serious explosion occurred in a studio on the west side of Ningzhou's central business district, resulting in one person dying on the spot and three seriously injured, one of whom died after being taken to the hospital."

On the way, Officer Wang described to me the circumstances of the bombing.

"Is the cause of the explosion clear?" I fixed my mind and immediately asked.

"The specific cause of the explosion is still under investigation, but through the investigation of the scene and the direction of the explosion, this is a highly impactful directional blasting technology. The damage at the scene was extremely severe, but no open flames were left behind, and it is suspected that it was a man-made bomb. Officer Wang said in a deep voice.

Artificial bomb ......

In addition, today marks the seventh anniversary of the conclusion of the March 18 explosion case......

Don't...... This is a criminal gang from seven years ago, provoking the police?!

But all the members of the criminal gang seven years ago have been arrested and imprisoned!

It can't be a copycat, right......

With many questions, the serious crime team came to the scene of this explosion.

The technical team has arrived and is surveying the site.

In front of me was a studio of about 60 square meters, and the room was messy and pitch black everywhere.

The tables, chairs and benches were all blown to the ground, and many tables, chairs and benches had been blown apart, which showed the strong impact of the explosion.

The scene was littered with wreckage, documents and personal belongings were scattered all over the floor, computers in the studio had been blown up, and various chip parts were scattered around the room.

But unlike other blast sites, there was no sign of an open flame in the studio, and there was no smoke, no burnt smell or other smells of the explosion.

"Is this the Syrian battlefield?" Li Meng frowned, looked at the messy scene in the room, and muttered.

"In a 60-square-meter room, every corner was hit by an explosion, and it seems that the explosion is not small." Xue Hang looked around the room and said in a deep voice.

After Jiang Tingbai took out gloves and shoe covers from his pocket and put them on, he walked into the scene of the crime, where the technical team was investigating the scene, and the flash lights kept flashing.

The scene of the crime is Jiang Tingbai's home field, he is a trace examination expert, looking for clues in the room.

He stood in the four corners of the room, observing the situation, sometimes looking up at the ceiling, sometimes looking down at the remains of tables and chairs scattered on the floor.

In the case of an explosion, the first thing to determine is the cause of the explosion and the center of the explosion.

When explosives explode, they will produce a huge shock wave, and wherever the shock wave goes, the wind will sweep the clouds and destroy them.

Therefore, the location of the center of the explosion can be known by the location of the scattered objects in the room and the direction in which they were dumped.

Jiang Tingbai didn't say a word, looked carefully, and finally, he locked on the location of the center of the explosion.

"Here."

He gestured up to a ventilation duct in the corner of the ceiling.

This ventilation duct is the air outlet of the central air conditioner, and visually, the situation here is indeed more damaged than the rest of the room.