At the same time, Xu Chenyu was leading a team of rescue elites rushing to the barren mountains in the western suburbs. Along the way, he analyzed the map, identified several places where the thugs might be hiding, and made a more careful deployment arrangement.
When the car arrived at the deserted mountains in the western suburbs, they received information from the Wen family's old house that the kidnappers had demanded a ransom from the Wen family, asking for a huge sum of 100 million US dollars. Knowing that the other party was a thug who would kill without blinking an eye, the Wen family did not dare to even say a word of delay, for fear that if they angered the other party, they would directly kill the hostages.
The thugs were very cautious and the call lasted less than a minute, making it difficult to intercept the signal.
However, the rioters had not guessed that the military would intervene in the hostage rescue operation so quickly, and all the equipment used were confidential high-tech products of the military, which were far superior to those of the police.
Therefore, the rescue team quickly intercepted the mobile phone signal and used satellite to locate the specific location of the rioters, which was in an air-raid shelter in the deserted mountains.
Xu Chenyu was shocked. He immediately checked the map, the geographical location, and the surrounding environmental information. After making some arrangements, he quickly moved towards the air-raid shelter.
A man looked up and said, "Captain, the interrogation results of that woman are out. The polygraph shows that there is nothing untrue in what she said before."
He was a little confused as to why Captain Xu was so sure that the woman was related to the kidnapping of Miss Wen, and even went so far as to use high-tech means to conduct the interrogation.
Xu Chenyu was still studying the map and discussing with the scouts from time to time. After hearing his words, he was silent for a moment and then said, "Temporarily detain the person and release him after we successfully rescue the hostages and complete this mission."
He frowned tightly, not knowing what went wrong. He always felt that Ning Yuya's appointment with Xinya must be related to the kidnapping case.
Xu Chenyu asked again: "Have you checked Ning Yuya's phone call records?"
"We checked and found no strange calls. We also checked all the people Ning Yuya had called in the past few days and found nothing unusual."
Xu Chenyu nodded, his brows furrowed.
They soon arrived at the designated location. Xu Chenyu led the rescue team, went around the back of the air-raid shelter to the entrance of the cave, and quickly took control of the entrance.
The closer he got to the cave entrance, Xu Chenyu's heart began to beat wildly and uncontrollably!
Wen Xinya, I'm here to save you!
Don't worry, I will save you at all costs.
Xu Chenyu ordered the action to test the movement in the cave, but there was no movement in the cave twice.
Xu Chenyu was vaguely aware of something. In the invisible darkness, the blood drained from his face and his hand holding the gun began to tremble. As an excellent soldier, steady hands are the most important thing. However, he made such a mistake. Such a mistake would not only pose a huge threat to his own life at a critical moment, but would also most likely implicate his comrades, causing the mission to fail and causing unpredictable consequences for the country.
Xu Chenyu made a gesture.
Then everyone entered the cave at a rapid speed.
When he saw the empty cave, Xu Chenyu almost didn't believe his eyes. He only felt a thin halo of light in the cave, some of which was dazzling and made his vision a little blurry.
He rubbed his eyes subconsciously, then focused on searching the air-raid shelter. His heart sank bit by bit, his head became empty, and the bone-gnawing emotions in his heart, with an unforgettable gesture, hurt him so much that he almost cried.
He was still a step late.
Just like when Wen Xinya was kidnapped by Fu Tianyang two years ago.
"Report to the battalion commander, there is no one inside."
Xu Chenyu slapped the soldier on the head and couldn't help but feel angry: "I have eyes and can see."
The soldier was grimacing in pain from the beating, not understanding how he had offended the battalion commander. He was just making a routine report and hadn't done anything wrong.
Xu Chenyu immediately said, "Contact the Wen family and learn about the latest situation of the assistance team."
Soon, the result came out: "Reporting to the battalion commander, the Wen family is already preparing the ransom and intends to pay the ransom according to the thugs' demands before the last daybreak."
Xu Chenyu's heart sank gradually. The ransom had not been paid, but the thugs had taken Xinya away. It could only be that an unknown situation had occurred during the rescue process. This not only posed a huge threat to Xinya's life safety, but also caused great difficulties for their rescue.
Once again, they lost the clue of Wen Xinya.
Xu Chenyu said: "Search the spot to see if the other party has left any clues!"
"Reporting to the battalion commander, we found in the air-raid shelter that another group of people had been here 20 minutes ago. All of them have received professional training, and their qualities are no less than those of special forces. Moreover, there are quite a lot of them. I guess... there must be another force involved in the rescue."
Xu Chenyu's face suddenly changed, and his mind couldn't help but think of the incident two years ago when Wen Xinya was kidnapped by Fu Tianyang. At that time, it was a mysterious force that rescued Xinya. That person claimed to be Mo Gong's student.
Could it really be him
Thinking of this, his heart ached. More than two years ago, he was one step behind that person, and two years later, he still hadn't caught up with him.
Xu Chenyu immediately said, "Team one, split up into small groups and search within a 500-meter radius. The thugs must have been gone for no more than 20 minutes, so they can't go far."
"yes!"
Xu Chenyu continued: "Report the situation here, make requests to your superiors, and actively cooperate with us to detect the whereabouts of the thugs and hostages."
"yes!"
"Two people should pack up and set off immediately to the nearby villages to learn about the relevant situation and report back at any time."
"yes!"
"Let the Intelligence Bureau help investigate who was involved in the hostage rescue operation and whether the hostages were transferred because the other rescue operation alerted the enemy."
"Pay close attention to the Wen family's movements and ask them to delay the delivery of the ransom as much as possible to ensure the safety of the hostages."
"Bring the map over here, and tell the people in the car to connect to the satellite. I want to know all the detailed topography of this area."
After giving the orders one after another, Xu Chenyu seemed to be exhausted. It was a cold night in March. He was wearing a thin black camouflage suit, but his vest was already soaked with sweat. The wet clothes stuck to his vest, and it was freezing cold.
Fear eroded his calmness and rationality bit by bit. He had never felt so scared before. Whenever he thought about Xinya's uncertain life or death, his heart was filled with a wrench of pain.
As a soldier, fearlessness is the most excellent quality, but he has already made this kind of high-level mistake invisibly. At this point, he is not qualified to be a soldier at all.