Chapter 908 "Spotted Viper" Pistol
"That guy is absolutely crazy. He took us 124 miles in less than 45 minutes." Cassel looked at the Eiffel Tower not far away, Then he clenched his fist and waved towards the taxi that was driving away.
"In France, we use the metric system, which is 200 kilometers." Jack corrected him while flipping his fingers and stuffing the business card Daniel gave him into his wallet. He didn't watch many French movies, but he didn't I thought I would see a familiar face as soon as I got here.
Neither Cassel nor Brian spoke French. Jack used the fake ID produced by the FBI to book a large suite with three bedrooms at the Four Seasons Hotel George V in the center of Paris.
The first time he landed in France, he turned on the anonymous mobile phone, including the positioning function, but he never received an incoming call.
While waiting for the call, Jack first contacted China. Jubal found some clues and figured out how the three girls were sent to France.
According to FAA records, six hours after the three girls were abducted, that afternoon, a Dassault Falcon 7X private jet flew from Teterboro Airport in New Jersey. Brussels, Belgium.
Because the private plane did not fly directly to France, the FBI spent a lot of time investigating.
A bribed Belgian immigration official admitted that he saw three apparently unconscious girls being helped off the plane and put into an ambulance. The official explained that it was food poisoning, but later His whereabouts are unknown.
The private plane belongs to a wealthy Brazilian man. According to Jubal, he most likely has nothing to do with this incident because the plane was originally supposed to be under maintenance.
"This doesn't make sense." Cassel's eyes widened. "Just to exchange hostages and ransom in Paris, they stole a private plane?"
This really doesn't make sense, a Dassault The Falcon 7X is worth $45 million. He stole such a private plane and flew across the Atlantic to Paris, France, just to extort 15 million euros.
Today, the exchange rate of the euro against the US dollar is close to 1:1. Even at its peak more than ten years ago, it was only 1:1.6. This is equivalent to driving an aircraft carrier against a group of people who are so poor that they can only Wear slippers where armed.
Well, this comparison seems to be reasonable again
CSI also made gains. They found that the background sound of the kidnapper’s phone included noises such as church bells and ventilation ducts. Pattern analysis roughly confirmed the location of the other party at that time, which almost matched the IP address tracked by Justin.
Jack was quite surprised by the richness of their database. They even collected voiceprint data in Paris. Stella Bonacilla explained that they had cooperated with some well-known crime laboratories in Europe.
The NYPD, including Beckett, are also working hard. They are further digging into the background information of Roger Hansen. The anti-drug team shared information about this person. He has a girlfriend.
When Jack finished summarizing the current progress, another hour passed. It was already 10 o'clock in the evening in Paris, but the phone still didn't ring.
“We can’t wait like this any longer.” Cassel’s mood became impatient again.
"Of course we can't wait any longer." Jack agreed, but turned his attention to Brian, "Go to that hotel?"
The latter nodded, and then the two of them looked at Cassel in unison, with a bit of ill-intention, which frightened him into thinking and quickly raised three fingers to assure him.
"Don't knock me out again, I can promise to stay in this room!" Jack sighed, "You can come too, but if danger occurs, you have to promise not to run around."
After all, this is within the urban area of Paris. The opponent should not use heavy firepower such as RPG. He is confident to protect Cassel. The protagonist’s aura must be used when it is needed. There might be some unexpected gains if you bring this guy along.
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"There are no lights, and no one can be seen from the window." Brian, pretending to be a night runner, returned to the two and said.
"They may have moved Alexis and Kim to another location after getting the ransom. There were fresh tire tracks in the underground parking lot, but no cars were there."
Jack nodded and led the two of them into the 5-story hotel building in front of them, which was closed in the name of renovation.
The first and second floors of the building are a restaurant that is still open. There are no lights above the third floor, and even the elevator is shut down.
Avoiding the careless security guards and going up to the third floor through the safety stairs, Jack listened at the safety door for a while, took out the ski mask from his pocket and put it on, then pulled out the "Spotted Viper" and installed the silencer device.
The "Spotted Viper" SR-1MP is a pure Maozi military pistol. The 9x21mm special pistol bullet it uses is widely used by Russian intelligence agencies, special forces and presidential guards.
The internal model of this gun is called "Victor", but the export model will have a spotted viper pattern on the sleeve, so it is called "spotted viper" in Europe and the United States.
Using this pistol Jack somewhat confuses the public. After all, the appearance of Maozi intelligence personnel in Paris sounds very reasonable.
Because he didn’t know the enemy’s equipment level, Jack mixed 7N28 (SP-11) lead-core ordinary bullets and SP-12 expanding bullets in the magazine. In addition to the spare magazine, he also brought two reloads There are extra magazines for 7N29 (SP-10) armor-piercing rounds.
Not to mention ordinary bullets, the SP-12 expansion bullet has a semi-armored hollow-point structure. There is a white plastic bullet tip on the head, followed by a lead core. It has a blooming deformation effect after hitting the human body. Much better than ordinary hollow point bullets.
Hollow-point bullets are the "dummy bullets" that have been so praised by some military nerds that they are said to be subject to court-martial if used. In fact, this is the most common type of ammunition in the U.S. civilian arms market. It is suitable for unarmored targets. The stopping effect is quite good.
Considering the possibility of dealing with guys wearing body armor, Jack's extra two magazines of 7N29 (SP-10) armor-piercing bullets are prepared for them.
The design of this semi-jacketed open-point armor-piercing projectile is extremely exquisite. The front end of the jacket is open, with a steel core in the middle. There is a polyethylene lining between the steel core and the jacket.
When this kind of bullet hits a lightly armored target, it will peel off the outer layer of armor, allowing the middle steel core to continue advancing, giving it extremely strong penetration capabilities.
According to Maozi's own tests, this armor-piercing warhead can penetrate a 5 mm thick steel plate at a distance of 50 meters, which is an extremely excellent performance among pistol bullets.
However, when fighting in a small space, using ammunition with excellent armor-piercing performance will easily cause ricochet after penetrating the unarmored body, so Jack used this special armor-piercing pistol bullet as a backup.
It took the three of them nearly an hour to search the three floors from bottom to top. As expected, the place was empty.
(End of this chapter)