A distance of 15 kilometers is nothing in normal times. But in the bumpy and difficult valley, it's a different story.
The special service team drove carefully and walked for two hours before gradually approaching the village full of armed forces that Yuri had mentioned.
Unexpectedly, just when everyone parked their cars in a secret area and prepared to explore the situation. Pu Jiayou suddenly received a message from Chief Li Jing.
"Detective Zhao," Pu Jiayou hurriedly introduced to Zhao Yu after reading the information, "after the accident of the exploration team, the local police conducted a detailed investigation of the car images captured at nearby intersections.
"Because the initial focus was all on large vehicles, the early investigation was biased and no suspicious vehicles were found.
"However, when we focused on the hot air balloon, the local police also shifted the focus of the investigation and focused on ordinary vehicles that may carry the hot air balloon!"
"Yes!" Zhao Yu nodded, "Hot air balloons move with the wind. It is impossible for the gangsters to go there in a hot air balloon and tie up people and then return in a hot air balloon!
"They must use a car to drive the hot-air balloon to the exploration team's camp beforehand, and then assemble it on the spot. After tying up the people, they have to take back the racks and the like."
"Two hot air balloons that can carry at least 10 people cannot be done with one or two ordinary cars! So..." Pu Jiayou pointed to his satellite phone and said, "The local police adopted the most primitive method. They I checked all the vehicles that could be captured in the video!
"As a result, a total of 10 suspicious vehicles were found. These vehicles were either not registered or have disappeared. Well..." He handed the photos on his phone to Zhao Yu, "They are all here!"
Zhao Yu browsed through it and found that all these vehicles were pickup trucks.
He knew that because the area is located on a plateau, many residents rely on animal husbandry for a living. Therefore, when choosing to buy a car, pickup trucks are the first choice. It can carry people as well as cargo and animals.
"Although Yilmaz has a checkpoint in the Suya Valley," Pu Jiayou said, "because the valley in that area is relatively open and the terrain is complex, there are still many small roads that can bypass the checkpoint! So..."
"So, after so many days, the car transporting the hot air balloon may have returned to its destination!" Zhao Yu said.
"Yes!" Pu Jiayou shrugged, "In the eyes of local people, cars are very valuable possessions and they will not be given up easily!"
"Oh... that is to say..." Gao Ya pointed straight ahead, "If we can find the vehicle in the photo from the village in front, can we determine the whereabouts of the exploration team?"
"It's not that simple!" Yang Feng said, "The Ukrainian just said that fortifications were built in the village and our drones are gone, so it's not that easy to get in!"
"I think..." Gao Ya blinked and said shrewdly, "It is precisely because they are covered with armed fortifications that they are even more sinister! There is no three hundred taels of silver here!"
"Besides, I have checked the information," Gao Ya said, "On the map, there is indeed a village marked at that place, but it is the kind of small village that is so small that it can be ignored, even bigger than the nameless town we saw before. It’s the smaller half!”
"Indeed!" Yang Feng nodded and agreed, "Suddenly so many armed forces appeared, there is indeed something ghostly! The missing exploration team members may really be here!"
"Don't say it so early!" Pu Jiayou said cautiously, "Now that Vakria and Talstan are all armed, it is very possible that those armed forces have political purposes!
"So... let's stop talking about it on paper!" Captain Pu pointed resolutely to the front, "Let's go ahead and take a look at the situation first!"
So, everyone parked the car in a hidden corner, leaving Wu Diqiu and the injured Guanying behind, while the others were fully armed and walked towards the target along the grass on the roadside.
In order to obtain detailed information, they had no choice but to take the arms dealer Yuri with them. Before that, they had obtained the box of weapons from the arms dealer through Yuri.
There are the latest mass-produced weapons in Russia, most of which are rifles, submachine guns, grenades and the like.
According to Yuri, their contract also included many heavy weapons. However, due to the inconvenience of carrying it, I only brought picture samples and did not bring the real thing.
In this way, under the leadership of Yuri, everyone arrived at the target village smoothly. As a result, when they looked forward, everyone couldn't help but frown, and they all felt the seriousness of the situation.
Is this some kind of village? It has simply turned into a fortress!
But in front of the valley, there was a small city tower about three meters high. The tower was full of people with guns and ammunition patrolling back and forth.
"Holy shit," Gao Ya couldn't help but cursed when she saw this scene, and said to Yuri, "What are you looking at? What kind of villagers are here? They are clearly soldiers!"
After Gao Ya reminded everyone, everyone realized. Indeed, even though those people with rifles in their hands and bullets on their backs were dressed very shabbily and in inconsistent clothing, judging from the way they held the guns, they should have received formal training.
"Gao Ya, can you tell which faction he belongs to?" Pu Jiayou asked.
“It’s not certain,” Gao Ya said, “According to Vakriya’s original data, this section of the valley is within the jurisdiction of the Sacru Sect!
"However, the Banner Organization and the Kashmiri Gang are also active in this area. There is no precise information. It's hard to say! The only thing I can be sure of is," Gao Ya said, "These people are definitely not regular troops of Vakria! At least, there are no See the tanks!”
"Captain," at this time, Tang Long, who was in charge of the reconnaissance mission, came back from the front and reported, "No, the obstacles near the village have been manually removed, and we can't get close at all!
"Here!" He gestured with his hands, "The entire valley has been blocked by them!"
"Well..." Pu Jiayou thought for a while and said, "In this case, we can only wait until night to act! Tang Long..." He pointed to the cliff on the right and asked Tang Long, "You can see the situation in the city from there. Can you climb up there? I'm talking about night..."
"No problem!" Tang Long nodded, "Don't worry!"
"Okay, let's wait until night... um... um..." Unexpectedly, as Pu Jiayou was talking, he suddenly discovered that there was one less person in the team. He couldn't help but frowned and asked, "Everyone, where is Zhao Yu? Ours Where is the great detective? Why is he missing again? "
"This..." Everyone looked at each other, and sure enough, Zhao Yu was nowhere to be seen.
"Damn!" Pu Jiayou cursed angrily, "Who did I let look at him before? Why is this guy so..."
"Captain, captain... look..." As a result, before Pu Jiayou finished speaking, Gao Ya suddenly saw a figure jumping down from the cliff on the right.
Then, as the figure quickly approached, people saw that the person was Zhao Yu! Zhao Yu also held a telescope in his hand.
"No way?" Tang Long looked at the steep cliff and exclaimed, "Can he fly? How can he go up to the end?"
"Captain Pu!" Not long after, Zhao Yu suddenly appeared in front of everyone and said to Pu Jiayou extremely excitedly, "I finally understand what the hell is going on!" As he said that, he pointed to the tower in front of him. , "Hurry up and apply for support from Captain Li! The missing exploration team members are inside!!!"
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