0p0 Chapter 861 Analysis
Chapter 861 Analysis
At the same time, huge explosions occurred on several major bridges in various districts of the island. The explosions made a huge noise, flames shot into the sky, and then the bridges collapsed one after another.
The loud noise quickly woke up the residents who were sleeping nearby. When they rushed to the bridge, they found that the bridge had been blown apart by the explosion.
The Governor's Office and the Headquarters soon received a steady stream of calls from various locations reporting that bridges had been blown up by unidentified individuals.
"What did you say? Major bridges in every district were blown up? How many bridges were blown up in total?" Zhang Yunhe asked in surprise.
The secretary replied, "A total of seven bridges were destroyed. These bridges are the main transportation routes connecting various districts. I believe this is an organized and premeditated act of sabotage, most likely done by Japanese spies!"
Zhang Yunhe thought for a moment and said, "Call the Inspection Department and have Zuo Tong handle the case. Tell them to solve the case as quickly as possible and catch the spy who blew up the bridge!"
"Yes, sir!"
In the newly established Inspection Department, Zuo Tong was standing in front of a map, looking at the locations of seven blown-up bridges marked with red pen.
He had received a call from the headquarters asking him to solve the case as soon as possible and catch the murderer. The moment he received the report, he led people to the scene of the seven blown-up bridges for investigation.
The body of the murdered farmer was naturally also found at the scene.
"report!"
"Come in!"
A young man walked in with a folder and stood at attention. "Section Chief, the identity of the old farmer who was killed has been confirmed. His name is Yan Kun, and he was a villager from Daxi Village. Every evening around nine o'clock, he would push a wheelbarrow and transport fresh vegetables picked from the vegetable garden to the city market to sell."
"The victim was stabbed seven times in the back, each one fatally, each stab entering between the ribs. The perpetrator must have been a rigorously trained killer or secret agent."
"The footprints found at the scene belonged to three people. One of them was the deceased, and the other two were likely the spies and murderers who blew up the bridge. Judging from the size and depth of the footprints, one of them was about 1.56 meters tall and weighed about 60 kilograms; the other was about 1.6 meters tall and weighed about 55 kilograms."
"From the footprints found under the other six destroyed bridges, we discovered different scores of people. After comparing the footprints, we know that there were at least nine people involved in the bridge destruction operation!"
"This is the result of an analysis of the height and weight of the owners of other footprints."
Zuo Tong took the report and read it carefully, then looked up and said, "Let's gather everyone in the conference room in 15 minutes to report the results of the investigation."
"Yes, Chief."
15 minutes later, the main investigators of the Supervision Department on this case had arrived in the conference room.
Zuo Tong looked around and said, "Is everyone here? Um... Deng Dachao, can you summarize the survey results for everyone?"
"Yes!" The young man sitting on Zuo Tong's left agreed, stood up, opened the folder and began to report.
He first introduced the identity, age, occupation and cause of death of the deceased, and then introduced the footprints found at the scene of the 7 bombed bridges. After comparison, there were a total of 9 people, which means that there were at least 9 spies involved in the bombing operation.
"Through interviews with nearby residents, we discovered that the explosions occurred at 9 p.m. sharp, and the bridge was broken in the middle. It will take at least ten days or half a month to repair and reopen it to traffic."
"Moreover, the seven bombed bridges are all major traffic arteries connecting various districts. This is definitely an organized and premeditated act of sabotage."
"Also, we extracted explosive residue from the explosion site and tested it in the laboratory. We found that it was the residue of a yellow gunpowder explosion. The choice of explosion location was quite professional. Almost all of them were bridge piers close to the water. This made it easy to install explosives. It also could blast the bridge deck above the water, making repair difficult."
"That's roughly the situation!" Deng Dachao said and sat down.
The conference room was silent, with only the sound of heavy breathing.
Zuo Tong suddenly asked, "Has the person responsible for monitoring the Japanese Fushoucao Operation Group's contact point reported back any information? Has anyone with unusual behavior visited the contact point in the past two days?"
The fourth person on the right side of the conference table stood up and replied, "Section Chief, there hasn't been any abnormality at that secret contact point these past two days. I guess the remaining members of the Fushoucao Operation Team have received the news and are in hiding!"
Zuo Tong returned to the topic of the bridge explosions. He said, "To blow up seven bridges at once, using dynamite, the amount of explosives required was not small. According to the captured Japanese spies from the Fushoucao Operation Team, they only brought guns and bullets with them when they arrived, not explosives. This means that the explosives were not brought by them, but were already on the island."
"The captured Japanese spy also confessed that there was another intelligence group on the island, but he didn't know what it was called or who was in charge."
At this point, Zuo Tong stood up and walked to the map on the wall. He pointed to the seven locations marked with red crosses and said, "Look, these seven bridges are important transportation routes connecting various districts. I infer that this is just the first step of the Japanese plan. First, they want to blow up the transportation so that our army's logistics and troop deployment cannot arrive in time."
"They may have a second, third, or even further follow-up plan. The next thing they might do is disrupt the water, electricity, and gas supplies, and even the ammunition depot, the Governor's Mansion, the airport, the military camps, and so on!"
"Regarding the need to strengthen defenses in these areas, I will report to the Governor's Office and the headquarters. Next, we must quickly solve this case and capture these Japanese spies!"
"Let's start by investigating the source of the explosives. Although we are just a few islands, we are not the private gardens of the Japanese spies. They can't bring in anything they want. Explosives are not something that can be brought in easily, especially in large quantities. Even if they are smuggled, it is impossible to transport them in large quantities!"
A man nearby asked, "Section Chief, are you saying that the Japanese spies obtained the explosives from some local place?"
"It should be!" Zuo Tong nodded.
"So where can we get dynamite?" someone asked.
Then one of them said, "Of course there are only quarries and construction projects, and arsenals!"
"It's impossible for explosives to leak out of the arsenal. The management there is strict. Workers are searched and their personal belongings are checked when entering and leaving. No one has the chance to take explosives out of the arsenal!" Zuo Tong said.
“That means there are quarries and construction sites!”
Zuo Tong immediately ordered: "Deng Dachao, take a few people to check all the quarries on the island; Huang Gui, take a few people to check all the construction sites!"
"Yes, Chief."