Chapter 1159: Reorganization

"Is this Ren Kuangshan?" The image investigation police officer knew he shouldn't question, but he still did.

Although he only contacted a little bit of case-related materials, this image investigation police officer also knew that 12 hours after the case, no one found Ren Kuangshan again.

And finding Ren Kuangshan 12 hours after the case was very important for determining his escape route.

Even if this guy has extraordinary anti-reconnaissance awareness—normal criminals actually don't have it—a person with a little reason wouldn't turn around 12 hours later.

Jiang Yuan also watched it several times, confirmed and nodded, and said: "It's Ren Kuangshan, no mistake. He deliberately avoided the surveillance of the gas station. This guy probably stepped on the spot."

He had already watched the several main surveillance videos of this gas station, but at that time, he mostly watched the surveillance facing the oil gun and the entrance and exit, and didn't watch the surveillance of the supermarket and convenience store.

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Jiang Yuan went back to check the same gas station's surveillance footage from a short while ago, and sure enough, he saw that not long before, a gas station employee had taken a fuel nozzle and gone outside the surveillance range to refuel a vehicle.

"Bring this gas station employee in for questioning, including the manager and others. Also, retrieve all the gas station's surveillance footage. Look for vehicles that entered or exited the station during the same period, and get video footage from any vehicles that have dashcams or similar devices from their owners..." Jiang Yuan quickly made the arrangements.

Wang Wang Chuanxing came over, nodding while writing "D21" in his notebook, followed by the name of the gas station. This was a numbering system he had created himself; after all, most orders from superiors were actually repetitive, and Jiang Yuan's cold case task force had a mature process for how to comprehensively and systematically retrieve relevant surveillance and evidence once a suspect was confirmed.

And most of the time, Jiang Yuan's requirements were actually identical.

Jiang Yuan didn't concern himself with these trivial matters. Once he found traces of Ren Kuangshan, he immediately began searching for more surveillance footage based on the time and location. Whether official or private, as long as there were no special anti-surveillance measures, and with a confirmed time and location, even an individual holding a mobile phone could be found.

The police officers borrowed from the Meiyang Municipal Bureau's Image Reconnaissance Detachment all sprang into action.

Detachment Captain Jin Sijun, who had been coordinating with Jiang Yuan, also rushed over immediately and applied to the detachment leader to call in a few more people to help.

Searching aimlessly versus finding a target and then expanding the results were clearly two different concepts.

Wang Wang Chuanxing wore his headset, making phone calls while messaging on WeChat, and also had to send text messages to certain elderly authorities who cared about the "experience." He was as busy as a chief of staff.

Before long, a call came in from the Changyang side as well.

Since they couldn't reach Jiang Yuan for the moment, they naturally looked for Wang Wang Chuanxing.

Then, Huang Huang Qiangmin also rushed over; that was because Wang Wang Chuanxing's phone line was busy, so they had called his mobile instead.

"Did you find Ren Kuangshan?" Huang Huang Qiangmin asked as soon as they met.

"Surveillance 16 hours after the incident. What I found should be the place where Ren Kuangshan refueled on the first day." Jiang Yuan pointed to the map on the desktop and said, "Shipozi Gas Station."

"Good, good, good. This lead is very important." Huang Huang Qiangmin had also been a criminal investigation detachment captain for many years, and a smile immediately appeared on his face.

Watching Jiang Yuan solve a case was much more relaxing than presiding over one himself.

"Political Commissar Huang, Detachment Leader Yu's call has come through too." Wang Wang Chuanxing reported with a bitter face. If he kept answering calls like this, he wouldn't be able to do anything else.

Huang Huang Qiangmin understood what Wang Wang Chuanxing meant. After thinking for a moment, he said, "I'll have the task force hold a conference call."

As soon as he said this, Wang Wang Chuanxing immediately felt the burden on his shoulders lighten and hurriedly helped with the operation.

Soon, Yu Yu Wenshu, Ge Wang Zhibing, and others logged on one after another.

The Changyang Municipal Bureau had called in 8 direct external support teams this time, plus their own criminal investigation detachment, image reconnaissance detachment, domestic security detachment, and leaders from the provincial department and ministries. The scale of the conference call exceeded 20 people in minutes.

Huang Huang Qiangmin and the others waited for the numbers to stabilize, said a few polite pleasantries, and then turned it over to Jiang Yuan.

Jiang Yuan then briefly described the results, without mentioning a single word about the process.

Yu Yu Wenshu's avatar lit up immediately: "Shipozi? I remember this place. The mountain-running team Ren Kuangshan participated in before organized activities here."

The skill of having a photographic memory is sometimes just that unreasonable. Parents who urge their children to study all day and pressure them to compete have likely never seen such people.

Ge Wang Zhibing's voice was somewhat heavy as he said, "This also makes sense. Looking at it this way, Ren Kuangshan might indeed have run off to the Northeast... I was barking up the wrong tree."

Regarding Ren Kuangshan's escape method, the task force's opinions were relatively unified, with most leaning toward him fleeing abroad. However, this was the only team that followed the video surveillance like Jiang Yuan, while other teams headed straight for the borders.

The task force had sufficient personnel, so the Southeast, Northwest, and other directions could all be arranged. And after Jiang Yuan and the others chose the Northeast direction, Ge Wang Zhibing naturally chose the Southwest.

Domestic management was strictest in the Northwest direction. Although the Southeast and South also had mature cross-border schemes, both sides basically required traveling by boat. Considering Ren Kuangshan was a former truck driver, Ge Wang Zhibing guessed that the probability of him taking the Southwest route was higher.

Unfortunately, there was only one Ren Kuangshan. Now that he had been seen appearing in the Northeast, Ge Wang Zhibing, who was investigating in the Southwest, had essentially made a wasted trip.

At this time, the director of the Changyang Municipal Bureau, who was in charge of the task force, said, "Trial and error is a sacrifice made for the overall situation... Well, next, I suggest rearranging the tasks for each team."

"Agreed." Everyone nodded in response.

This was also one of the important values of Jiang Yuan confirming Ren Kuangshan's tracks. Since it had been determined that Ren Kuangshan was fleeing to the Northeast, the teams in the other directions could naturally be recalled.

"Jiang Yuan, what do you think?" The director specifically asked Jiang Yuan, something that hadn't happened in previous meetings.

"I'm still looking at the surveillance." Jiang Yuan looked at Huang Huang Qiangmin opposite him and said, "I'm prepared to start from Shipozi and continue pushing forward to see if I can find Ren Kuangshan."

"Good! Jiang Yuan is very good like this, very proactive..." The director praised him a couple of times, then added, "What about the others? What ideas do you have?"

"I can go to the China-Russia border to set up defenses." Ge Wang Zhibing still had the mindset of blocking the national border. Although it seemed a bit like "waiting for a rabbit," he was extremely experienced in this area and had plenty of ways to conduct forward investigations.

People who want to cross the national border always have to make many preparations. Keeping a close eye on these things gave a higher probability of catching the person.

Ge Wang Zhibing's tone was solemn; clearly, he wasn't very reconciled to this failure.

The director naturally agreed.

The task allocation within the task force was quickly reorganized, but it would still take quite some time for everyone to get into position.