Chapter 574 Follow the clues
This opinion proposed by Lin Nan is not nonsense. If the opponents hidden in the darkness are not driven to a dead end by the situation, then they are likely to choose to abandon the assassination operation after sensing the danger and continue to hide their tracks. In that case, the security department could only arrest Huang Zixing directly, which would most likely scare the big fish away. But the current situation is that the foundation of Haihan's rule in Qiongzhou Island is strengthening every day, and Ming's influence will only become less and less as time goes by. There is indeed not much time left for these restless people who want to resist Haihan's rule. Even if they have to take certain risks, these people will not give up this rare opportunity.
But now the reactionary scholar Huang Zixing is no longer the main target for the Ministry of Security. Those who are ready to take action behind him are the opponents that the Ministry of Security must deal with seriously. Therefore, the reactionary literati conspiracy case being investigated locally and the Jinyiwei spy case directly supervised by the Executive Committee, two cases that originally seemed to have no connection, are now being investigated together. Of course, this is a good thing for the Security Department, which can better allocate the already stretched local field manpower to monitor higher-value targets.
Half a day later, many spies who had been transferred away from the vicinity of Zhongming Academy returned to their posts a few days ago. They now not only have to monitor people entering and leaving Zhongming Academy, but also include the mountains and forests near Zhongming Academy under surveillance. In particular, the person who secretly meets Huang Zixing in the mountains and forests behind the academy every few days is an important target for them to find. Li Qingyang even believed that the person hiding in the mountains and forests was the Jin Yiwei officer who hid his whereabouts. However, Wang Baisuo felt that this could not explain the packages that Huang Zixing carried every time he returned to the academy. Even if he wanted to send food and clothing, it should be Huang Zixing who went from the academy to the mountains and forests. It makes sense to give it away.
"Are there any villages or towns near this mountain forest?" Lin Nan interrupted their argument and asked.
Wang Baisuo immediately ordered someone to bring a map and spread it on the table. He pointed at the map and explained: "The closest to Zhongming Academy is actually Danzhou City. However, Huang Zixing chose to meet outside the city. Presumably the person he was meeting with did not live in the city. And the nearest town also has to climb a mountain ridge... It's about seven or eight miles of mountain road! ”
"Send someone to monitor that town!" Lin Nan immediately ordered: "If there are former officers of the Ming Guard Army or blacksmiths in the town, they must be monitored!"
When Lin Nan mentioned this, Wang Baisuo responded with understanding: "These people will need weapons if they want to go into the city to assassinate. Even if they can buy fire guns from the black market, they can't bring them into Danzhou City, so they can only find ways to get them." Some sharp weapons that can be carried with you! The blacksmith shops in the city have been under our surveillance for a long time. If they want to make sharp weapons, they may have to find a way from the villages and towns. ”
"Moreover, if a multi-person operation does not have someone who knows how to lead troops to take the lead, it will just be a mess. Huang Zixing may be able to manage an academy, but he probably doesn't have the ability to organize an assassination operation." Li Qingyang immediately also added. He himself was born in Jinyiwei, so of course he is very aware of the gap in organizational ability and action ability between professional players and amateur players. Just relying on the bunch of rotten scholars from Zhongming Academy can't do anything. At most, like the task assigned by Huang Zixing to Zhang Qianzhi, they can try to create some chaos at critical moments to disrupt order and confuse the public. As for the actual assassination, it must be done by someone with basic skills. Soldiers who have received special training in killing skills are obviously the best choice.
Lin Nan continued: "With the way they transmit information, the people involved in the assassination plan cannot be too far away from Danzhou, otherwise it will be difficult to communicate on the details of the operation in a timely manner. Qingyang, what do you think?"
Li Qingyang naturally understood what Lin Nan meant when he asked him this question, and quickly responded: "With the training he received in the humble position in the past, in a situation like this, all the people involved in the operation will not go into the city to lurk before launching, but there must be eyes and ears in the city. Since Zhongming Academy is a den, it is very likely that the people lurking in the city are also transmitting information from the academy. We can follow the clues and find them both up and down the line. If the person in charge is the Jinyiwei officer, then... It’s easier to handle. Although Beizhi was only a hundred households before, Beizhi still basically knows the way Jinyiwei handles things.”
Lin Nan nodded and said: "This time, Director Wang will be in charge of the part outside the city, and you will be in charge of the part inside the city. The special service team brought from the base camp will be temporarily handed over to your command."
"You must do your best in your humble position!" Li Qingyang quickly stood up and responded with fists clasped.
For such a big matter, even Lin Nan did not dare to arbitrarily decide. He still sent a telegram back to Sanya on the same day to report to the headquarters. The headquarters sent a reply the next day, asking Danzhou to handle the case properly. In addition to giving them sufficient authority to operate, a group of capable troops were once again mobilized from the base camp and set off by boat to Danzhou for reinforcements that day.
In addition, the military, which had been notified, was not idle. It immediately mobilized an army company from Changhua and Qiongzhou Fucheng and secretly stationed near Danzhou, ready to reinforce local operations at any time.
Before the opponent was even aware of it, the Ministry of Security had already completed its preliminary layout in Danzhou. Although it was not yet an airtight dragnet, it now had control over the node of Zhongming Academy. As long as the opponent had something inside and outside Danzhou, With these actions, it will be difficult to hide from the surveillance of the Ministry of Security. Moreover, the goal that the Ministry of Security wants to achieve now is not to defuse the assassination operation of the reactionaries, but to uproot the underground network involved in this matter and catch them all.
Of course, in addition to monitoring these people, the Security Department also has a task, which is to ensure the personal safety of the Haihan leaders currently working in Danzhou.
From a purely functional perspective, this task is not entirely the responsibility of the Security Department. After all, the Security Department is in charge of intelligence and security work, and protecting the personal safety of travelers is mainly carried out by the special service security team directly under the Executive Committee. But today's situation is quite special. In order to prevent others from taking advantage of it, the Ministry of Security has to send people to follow the travelers to avoid dangers caused by poor information.
In addition to Zhang Xin, the current travelers working in Danzhou include six or seven people from the Ministry of Commerce, Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Shipping, Ministry of Civil Affairs and other departments. The number is not large, and the establishment scale of the previous Danzhou Office has been basically maintained. The permissions are relatively enlarged. However, the standard number of security personnel for travelers stationed abroad is only two to four per capita. Because Danzhou has been deeply penetrated and has a better political situation, it is allocated two security personnel per capita. However, under the current situation, even with the addition of additional manpower from the Ministry of Security, this configuration still does not appear to be particularly stable.
In the early morning of February 10, Wang Tom led a platoon of troops to land at Baimajing Pier in Danzhou Bay. He received an order from the Executive Committee and temporarily handed over the task of leading the fleet to blockade the Qiongzhou Strait to his deputy. He led a small team disguised as a caravan and quietly sneaked into Danzhou City to station. The platoon that Wang Tom brought to Danzhou was not an ordinary naval soldier, but a Marine Corps that was undergoing secret training under the Navy's establishment. These soldiers were all "veterans" who enlisted in the army from 1627 to 1628, and generally had experience of participating in actual combat outside Qiongzhou. Their original establishment was in the Army. After the Navy was established the year before last, they were transferred to the Navy. Moreover, most of this group of people were ordered by Wang Tom himself. It can be said that he had been planning the Marine Corps since before the establishment of the Navy.
After this group of people were selected into the navy by him for "abusing power for personal gain", most of the training content was formulated and executed by him. Of course, in fact, they copied some of the more mature training methods of special forces that he knew. Since the scale of the establishment was quite limited, Wang Tom also abandoned the Army's usual rotational volley formation and adopted Qian Tiandun's approach to forming the special operations force, using close-range, highly lethal weapons as the main firepower output. Even the equipment of the individual soldiers was basically the same as that of Qian Tiandun's army.
The difference is that this unit has stronger amphibious warfare capabilities. Not only in landing operations, but also in maritime operations, these soldiers can perfectly play the roles of sailors, gunners, etc., and are not just army soldiers who are packed on board. Musketeers.
For Wang Tom, who built this force single-handedly, the Marine Corps can be regarded as his private soldier to a certain extent. In addition to commanding this elite force in combat, it requires orders from the Executive Committee and the Military Commission. It also had to be nodded in agreement by him, the commander.
Currently, both military officials are in charge of Qiongbei, and Yan Chujie is in charge of Fucheng. He has to take care of many things, so he asked Wang Tom, who had recently returned from an inspection of the Natuna Islands, to lead a team to Danzhou to strengthen this Areas pass through public security efforts.
Tom Wang's arrival was like having a backbone for the anxious local garrison and security department. The Danzhou Administrative Committee had already prepared an inn for them in the city early and vacated all the rooms, just to make it easier for them to move in.
Wang Tom was also unambiguous. After arriving, he called together several local time-travelers and held a short meeting for them. The main idea was to ask them to maintain a high level of vigilance before the major case in Danzhou was concluded. There must be a 24-hour guard around you. You are not allowed to leave the city without special circumstances. You are not allowed to act alone out of the sight of the guard, and you are not allowed to have alone contact with unknown persons, etc.
Tom Wang also gave each of them a stab-proof vest, requiring them to wear it when going out or socializing in the near future. This thing was one of the munitions purchased for the Preparatory Committee before the North American Gang joined the group. It was produced by PPSS in the UK. This stab-proof vest is not made of cheap Kevlar material, but is made of some kind of black technology fabric similar to cotton fabric. Compared with ordinary stab-proof vests, it is lighter and more breathable, and it does not look too bulky to wear. At that time, only a dozen pieces were purchased in total, half of which were allocated to the Guangdong Office in advance. The remaining pieces were all sent to Danzhou by Tom Wang this time.
Zhang Xin and others also knew that this was a life-saving thing. No one dared to blame it, so they all accepted it immediately. This era is no different than the time and space before time travel. There is a lack of good medical and first aid conditions. Once you suffer a trauma, even if it is not fatal immediately, you may not be able to receive timely treatment. If someone takes a chance and stabs him in the stomach, given the local medical conditions in Danzhou, it is hard to say that he will die directly.
As for personal weapons, according to the practice of foreign service personnel, they received pistols and ammunition as early as when they left Sanya and came to Danzhou. However, before this, there were no time travelers who served as military police among the personnel stationed in Danzhou, so these things were locked in the safe of the management committee, and no one usually carried guns with them.
Not everyone likes guns, and not everyone has the talent to play with guns. Of course, Tom Wang does not expect to train these people into self-protective gunners in a short time, but only warns them to use them. Necessary scenarios and precautions for guns. As for whether to carry them with them, they can choose by themselves.
On February 15, surveillance personnel outside Zhongming Academy sent back news that they had targeted the person who met Huang Zixing in the mountains and forests outside the academy. Field personnel from the Ministry of Security disguised as woodcutter and herb collectors took turns all the way from outside Danzhou City. They followed him to Siping Town, which is twelve miles away from Danzhou. As Lin Nan guessed in the previous case analysis, the person who contacted Huang Zixing had a special identity, that is, the former military commander of the Ming Dynasty Guards.
This general manager named Wan was still on the job in the first half of last year and belonged to the Danzhou Garrison. However, after the Qiongbei Chaos, the entire guard army was completely disorganized, and Wan Baozong, who had no soldiers to lead, had no choice but to return to the countryside and become a small landowner. His identity has long been on the list of officers of the Forward Guard Army compiled by the Ministry of Security, but the town where he lives has a population of less than 1,000, and he is not very popular in the town. He has not attracted any special attention from the Ministry of Security before.
After finding this thread, the next thing seemed much smoother. The field personnel responsible for the reconnaissance soon discovered that the owner of the only blacksmith shop in the town happened to be cousins with Mr. Wanbao, who retired and returned home to farm.
The Ministry of Security immediately used all the power at hand to investigate the blacksmith shop's recent purchase of pig iron in Danzhou City. As the only pig iron purchase window in Danzhou, the Haihan Department of Commerce does not have a clear picture of the local pig iron flow. At least it remembers how much it sold and who it sold to, and the accounts are clearly remembered. The blacksmith shop located in Siping Town has obviously purchased pig iron too frequently in the past two or three months - the security department will not believe that a small town with a population of less than a thousand people consumes pig iron of up to two per capita per month. catty.
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