Night explosion on the mountain
195 1 July 23rd. Anton City, Liaodong Province (now Dandong City, Liaoning Province).
After midnight, two ghostly figures appeared on the hill outside Wolong village in the southern suburbs. They were neither tall nor steep, but they had a resounding name "Wollongong". Ghostly, they flashed into the Woods on the mountain and disappeared into the darkness. After a while, as the faint light faded, there was a dull explosion on the mountain.
People in Wolongzhuang slept soundly, and almost no one heard the explosion in Wolonggang. Only Lao Zhangman, who lives outside the nearest village, was awakened by the explosion. He felt a little confused, but he didn't care. However, the next morning, when he went out for a walk and met the militia captain Mo Dazhu, he still said this. Mo Dazhu attached great importance to this and immediately called three militiamen to go out and inspect Zhuang's post. They found the scene of the explosion in the forest on the mountain, and they squatted beside it and looked puzzled.
The scene of the explosion was a clearing of several square meters in the Woods. There used to be an irregular bluestone with a large desktop. Now, this stone has been blown to pieces, and large and small rubble is flying around, smashing the surrounding trees to pieces.
Mo Dazhu was born an Orion. After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, he joined the Democratic Allied Forces (predecessor of the Four Fields), fought wars and bombed bunkers once. At the moment, he can't see anything at the scene. In the dead of night, who has nothing to do but take explosives to work to explode such a sound? What does this man want to do? The target of the explosion is bluestone, but why should it be blown up? Is the stone in his way or do you want to move the stone and take something underground? However, under the original position of bluestone, it is just a pit. You can tell at a glance that it is the prototype formed by the explosion. After the explosion, there was no inspection at all. In this way, Mo Dazhu and others are not sure what the purpose of this explosion is. Others may stop here, but Mo Dazhu was a former soldier or party member, and he has a strong organizational concept. Faced with this confusion, he chose to report to his superiors.
At that time, there was no police station or police chief at the township level. After receiving Mo Dazhu's report, the village sent a cadre Lao Xu and Mo Dazhu, who are also in charge of public security, to visit Wollongong on the spot. This person's knowledge of breaking the news is not as good as that of Mo Dazhu, so he certainly can't give an effective opinion. So, how should we look at this matter?
At that time, the state had not banned the private possession of shotguns and explosives, and there was no so-called "controlled knives". Therefore, it is understandable that Lao Xu didn't notice this. But he is a cadre after all, and his thinking nerve in this aspect is more useful than that of the militia captain, so he made a specious explanation for Mo Dazhu's confusion: this may be a measure taken by superstitious people for geomantic omen.
Mo Dazhu accepted Lao Xu's statement, and when some folks in Zhuangzi asked about it, they also said so. He doesn't care about Feng Shui, but many people in Wolong Village do. At the moment, several elderly villagers muttered: It's a pity that the old golden head is gone, or ask him to go to Ganggang to see what this feng shui is all about.
The late old Jintou was a great genius in Wolong Village. He is good at planting crops, hunting, fishing, carpentry and so on, and he also knows Feng Shui. He is mentioned here because his son will play the leading role soon.
Regarding the night explosion in Wollongong, let's stop for a while. Let's turn our attention to Schiff Hospital in Anton-
This is a private hospital with only three departments: internal and external medicine and Chinese medicine. A man limped into the hospital operating room with the help of a fat woman while checking the scene of the explosion in Wollongong, Mo Dazhu, and untied the bloody white cloth wrapped in his left calf. The doctor gasped: cut a piece of meat from his calf!
The injured person explained the formation of the wound as follows: the neighbor was a stonemason, and he passed by while working last night, and just a stone hit his calf. At that time, I bandaged it with Yunnan Baiyao and thought it would be fine, but after a night, the pain did not improve, so I came to see a doctor.
Although the doctor stayed in a small private hospital, he was born in a foreign training class in Britain and worked as a military doctor in the puppet Manchukuo army with rich experience. Now, after listening to the account of the injured, he shook his head slightly, indicating that it was impossible. A stonemason's hammer doesn't have such great lethality. This ... his words were rudely interrupted by that woman, saying what happened to one of your doctors? Let you cure you and give you money at will! What's with your big mouth? The doctor is unhappy and says I'm cured. Go to another hospital. The woman made a noise and alarmed the dean. The dean is an investor and a surgeon in this hospital, but a doctor who has never eaten foreign bread is good. Now I'll persuade him, and finally I treated the man's wound myself.
This scene was watched from beginning to end by the nurse Mei Cai Ping who was present, and then she told it to a person as a news. So, something is coming!
Filing report
The man's name is Jin, and he is Mei's husband. He is the 29-year-old son of the late genius Lao Jintou in Wollongong. At that time, Lao Jintou was far-sighted and saved money for his son to go to school. After graduating from the provincial normal school, he returned to Anton City and became the first intellectual in the history of Wolong Village. When Jin was in the provincial capital, he had already joined the peripheral organizations of the underground party. After returning to Anton, he secretly did some work assigned by his superiors and soon joined the underground party. After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, the army of the * * * Production Party took over Anton, and Jin was transferred to Yuanbao District Government when he established political power in June165438+1October of the same year. When the Kuomintang troops occupied Anton, Jin acted with the People's Liberation Army. Anton came back after the second liberation and was transferred to the Municipal Public Security Bureau for investigation.
Kim suffers from severe tuberculosis. He has been busy with public security work since the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea. He worked day and night for a period of time, and finally vomited blood and was exhausted. He stayed in the hospital for two months and came out. The doctor told him to rest for at least half a year. He has decided to go back to his hometown Wolongzhuang to recuperate these two days. On this day, my wife came home from work and talked about the news in the hospital that day at the dinner table. Therefore, Kim left such a thing in his mind. At that time, he had no association.
The association related to this began two days later. On that day, Jin returned to his hometown in Wolongzhuang. In the afternoon, Mo Dazhu came to visit as a childhood playmate and inadvertently talked about the mysterious explosion on Wollongong on the evening of July 23rd. Jin listened curiously and visited the scene accompanied by Mo Dazhu. Kim is a criminal police officer. Although he is not a famous figure, he is of course completely different from Mo Dazhu. He is a professional. When I went to the scene, I felt the explosion was unusual. It was not that force that pulled off the big bluestone that he slept in when he was a child, but the pit left on the ground. Jin once participated in the investigation of explosion cases, and specially listened to experts to explain some professional knowledge about explosion. Now, when he looks at the pit in front of him, he thinks of the "railway bridge blasting technology" mentioned by blasting experts before. He thinks that the person who made the explosion in front of him is using the technology of blowing up railways or bridges to blow up this big bluestone, which is worth pondering.
At that time, on the battlefield to resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea, Chinese people's Volunteer Army fought fiercely with the "United Nations Army", which was dominated by the U.S. Army and the South Korean Li Chengwan Army. On the other hand, Anton is the only land port connecting the battlefields of Chinese mainland and Korea. Soldiers, arms, munitions and condolences collected from all over the country are transported into North Korea day and night through the Yalu River Bridge. Therefore, it is conceivable how important the political and military status of Anton area is at the moment. It is natural that local public security organs attach great importance to public security work. In this case, Kim's vigilance as a policeman is easy to understand.
Therefore, Jin faced this big bluestone that had been blown to pieces on Wollongong, and after meditation, he had a guess: this may be an explosion test conducted by enemy agents to destroy railway or bridge transportation lines.
So, Kim can't stay. Now I rushed to the town government, borrowed the phone there, called the Municipal Public Security Bureau and reported the matter to the leaders. After receiving a call from Kim, the leaders of the Municipal Bureau attached great importance to it and decided to investigate the site. With the current operation process, it is necessary to invite the fire department to come out for investigation and appraisal. However, the fire department at that time was limited to dealing with fires and could not undertake the task of exploring the explosion site. So, I contacted the garrison and asked them to send technicians to explore the site of Wollongong.
Kim has forgotten that he came to the countryside to recuperate and naturally took part in the exploration work. After the technicians sent by the army made a careful investigation on the site, the preliminary conclusion was consistent with Kim's previous guess. Of course, for technicians, they must extract the explosive residue from the scene and bring it back for testing to determine what substance was used in the explosion.
Jin had foreseen that this matter would be investigated, so he drove the army vehicle back to the city and went to the public security bureau to ask the leaders to participate in the investigation. The leader said that whether to file a case still needs to be studied until the results of the army appraisal come out.
The next day, the appraisal results of the army came out: after analysis, the explosive residue extracted at the scene was a homemade mixed explosive, and its destructive power was between civilian explosives and military explosives.
Anton Public Security Bureau initially judged that the Wollongong explosion was a test of the destructive power of enemy agents on homemade mixed explosives. Judging from the selected explosion targets, they are ready to blow up the railway or bridge after successfully manufacturing explosives that meet the standards.
Therefore, this is a premeditated explosion case with serious potential destructive consequences. It is necessary to file a case for investigation, quickly find out the culprit and stop criminal activities in the bud.
Because of Kim's insistence, the leader agreed to let him participate in the project investigation and gave him the title of consultant to the task force. They decided that he didn't need to go out to investigate or arrest people on the spot, just give advice to two young players, Zhou Zhen and Beard Kandy.
Immediately after the establishment of the task force, a case analysis meeting was held. At the meeting, Jin took out the story of the man who was treated in Xifu Hospital four days ago. The three agreed that the injured man was suspicious and might be the criminal who tried to explode in Wollongong. So I decided to go to Xifu Hospital immediately to investigate the whereabouts of the wounded.
Zhou Zhen and Hu Zikang went to Xifu Hospital and asked the doctor and dean who had chewed foreign bread. The situation is the same as they know. This is not surprising, because Kim's situation was obtained from his wife May, who was a witness who witnessed the whole conspiracy at that time. So there must be a medical record card, right? The hospital said that the medical record card is available, but it has always been kept by the patient himself. Just bring it with you when you go back to the clinic. The investigator asked the doctor if he remembered the name and address written on the medical record card. The doctor said he only paid attention to his wound and didn't look at the cover of the medical record card. Later, there was a quarrel, and the matter was handled by Dean Su. So I asked Dean Su, and he said that there was a name on the medical record card, like Xu Qinggen, but the address didn't seem to be written.
The name Xu Qinggen was immediately found out from the prescription, but it was useless to address it. In addition, the authenticity of the name is not clear. But for investigators, there are still ways to investigate, but it is more troublesome. So they went to the gate of the hospital and asked nearby merchants and roadside vendors if they saw a man with a broken leg four days ago, and a fat woman helped him to the hospital for treatment. I asked about seven or eight people in a row and said I didn't see them. When asked about the ninth place, the middle-aged woman with a big bowl of tea stall provided a clue: the couple came to the hospital on a tricycle.
What excites the investigators even more is that the woman knows the coachman and says that he is her family's neighbor, Lin Sanfu, who still lives there.
In the evening, Zhou Zhen and Hu Zikang finally arrived at Lin Sanfu's house, and they came back to have dinner at the Lins'. The coachman remembers pulling such a man and a woman four days ago. After a little recollection, he recalled that they got on the bus at the intersection of Dakang Hutong.
The investigator then decided to strike while the iron was hot. The two didn't expect this to happen!
Two suspects
Zhou Zhen and Hu Zikang went to the police station first and asked Tang Xiao, a registered policeman in Dakang Hutong, if there was such an injured person in the pipe section. Tang Xiao said it was a coincidence. I know the man you mentioned. This man's name is Xu Qinggen. I heard that he suffered a little injury these days, and I don't know how. Otherwise, I'll go to his house with you two.
The three men then went to the Xu family. Zhou Zhen and Hu Zikang both wore plain clothes when they went out to investigate, but Tang Xiao wore police uniforms. As soon as they entered the yard, they met Xu Qinggen's wife, the fat woman who quarreled with the doctor. When they saw a man in police uniform, they stood up and tried to stop him with open arms: "What are you doing? Who let you in? " When the investigator saw this scene, he felt that there must be something behind this move, so he took Tang Xiao and pushed her aside and went straight into the house. The man sitting in the cool chair at the door is Xu Qinggen. Seeing two people suddenly breaking in, he tried to stand up and was stopped by the investigator: "Don't move! Just sitting there. I have something to ask you! "
Xu Qinggen nodded: "You are ..."
The investigator showed his certificate: "We are from the Municipal Public Security Bureau. What happened to the injury on your leg? "
"I was injured by a bouncing stone while others were working."
"Where is it? Who is it? "
Xu Qinggen's face changed and he snapped, "I'm a victim. I didn't complain. Why should the police intervene? "
The investigator knew what was hidden in this fellow's injury, so he said, now we have something to talk to you about at the police station. Can you go? If not, we will rent a car for you.
Xu Qinggen sneered: "Hey hey! Can't I go with you? "
Taking his word, Tang Xiao's screams came from behind. Zhou and Hu looked back and got a fright. It turned out that Xu's wife was cutting at her with a bright kitchen knife! Tang Xiao subconsciously flashed, the knife fell on his left shoulder, and blood immediately spilled into the classroom. Hu Zikang stepped forward quickly and knocked the fat woman to the ground with one punch, preventing another more violent attack. At the moment, the attention of the three policemen naturally focused on the attacker's side, and no one noticed that Xu Qinggen also made some moves. Afterwards, when three policemen recalled the consequences of his behavior, they couldn't help feeling scared.
Xu Qinggen is still sitting in the cool chair, but there is one more thing in his hand. This is a porcelain bottle, and he is trying to twist the lid. If you think this fellow is an alcoholic, want to take a sip at this moment and then yell at the police, it's all wet. As the bottle cap was unscrewed, white fog emerged from the crack of the bottle cap-that was nitric acid, which was Xu Qinggen's secret weapon against the police. At this moment, Zhou Zhen's brain nerve seems to be like a flash, giving instructions to let him turn around and look at Xu Qinggen. Then, with a roar, Zhou Zhen suddenly flew the bottle into the yard with one hand, and the nitric acid flowing out after breaking corroded the slate.
There are wounds smashed by stone explosion, and nitric acid can be used as raw material for making explosives. When the task force interrogated Xu Qinggen and his wife after they were arrested, they were naturally full of confidence. I thought the case was finally won, so I waited for the criminals to give up their accomplices and arrest them.
However, the fact disappointed them: Xu Qinggen's leg injury was definitely caused by an explosion, but the explosion he participated in had nothing to do with Wollongong. He and two other associates went to Xiajiaku in the northern suburb to steal the ancient tomb, and the crime time was 3 am on July 23. Xu Qinggen worked as a miner and knew something about explosions, so he waited for explosives. Unexpectedly, what they got was the military explosive left by the Kwantung Army, which was so powerful that it was blown to the selected safe area and broke his calf. But the injury is still worth it, because they stole the tomb of a monarch of Liao country, which is quite rewarding. When Xu Qinggen was treated in Xifu Hospital accompanied by his wife, the doctor saw the flaw and his wife made it in a rage. After the incident was near misses, the couple thought that their hearts were always uneasy and decided that if someone came to inquire, they would simply fight for it and prepare nitric acid.
The task force immediately went to Xu Qinggen's house to search, and sure enough, some antiques were dug up from the ground. Then, two accomplices were arrested, and the confession was exactly the same as that of Xu Qinggen. In this way, although a small theft was accidentally solved, it had nothing to do with their project tasks.
At this point, there is nothing to say, only to re-analyze the case and find a breakthrough. Jin proposed an investigation direction: the criminals chose Wollongong as the test site, which was definitely not randomly decided out of thin air, but was based on certain evidence, such as the forest there was relatively safe, there were stones with proper weight for comparison, there was no military station nearby, and there was no need to worry about whether they would disturb the military or send troops to search, so they should be familiar with Wollongong and have been there in advance. In that case, why not go to Wolongzhuang to find clues?
Zhou and Hu thought that Jin's idea was correct, so they went to Wolong village to investigate. Because of the appearance of Jin, the investigation in Wolong village went on quickly and smoothly. Soon after the joint meeting between the village committee and the farmers' association, someone came to provide clues, saying that a few days before the explosion in Wollongong, Erlazi was seen wandering around Wollongong several times.
After investigation, "Erlazi", surnamed Tang, is a bachelor in Tangjiatun, a neighboring village. In his thirties, he studied as a mason, but he refused to make a living by it. He went to the village to wait for a guest to steal, and he had a bad reputation. During the Puppet Manchuria, he worked as a "national army" for a while, running errands to maintain society. After liberation, the government found out what the owner had done in history and arrested him. It was supposed to be sentenced, but at this moment, the troops came up to inform the local authorities that Comrade Tang Yi of Tangjiatun joined the Anti-Union on 194 1 and joined the Central Committee the following year. At the end of 1945, he was transferred to the Northeast Democratic Allied Forces as the company commander of the Anti-Allied Forces. 1946165438+10 died heroically in the battle of xinkailing at the beginning of October, and was then the battalion commander. According to the regulations, if Comrade Tang Yi is recognized as a revolutionary martyr, his family members should enjoy the treatment of martyrs. After receiving the letter, the civil affairs department found that the martyr Tang Yi had only one immediate family member, that is, Tang Zhong, who was squatting in a "fence" (detention center, prison) at the moment, and reported the situation to the Military Management Committee. As a result, Tang Zhong was released from prison and enjoyed the treatment of the families of martyrs. The government also arranged for him to work in a factory downtown.
Originally, this kind of treatment has been gratifying for Tang Zhong. But he is still not satisfied, because he thinks that the killed brother is a battalion commander and should at least be treated as a family member of a martyr at the battalion commander level. So I talk nonsense everywhere and don't go to work normally. I always spend half my time wandering around the city in January, and I will go to every yamen. In today's words, it is constantly petitioning. And Anton city was the capital of Liaodong province at that time, so there are not only municipal party and government organs, but also provincial party and government organs, and there are seven district governments under the city. After a period of time, every organ was extremely headache by him. At the beginning of the year, Tang Zhong petitioned the Railway Bureau, and the leader of the Military Control Group was worried about transporting military supplies. In a rage, he ordered him to be handcuffed and sent to the public security bureau. After Tang Zhong came out, he stopped petitioning, but threatened to "give the railway some color."
According to the above situation, the task force believes that Tang Zhong is suspected of committing a crime: First, there is a criminal motive; Second, masons are born, and local masons have fried stones, so they should know something about the explosion. On this basis, I decided to invite this professional household to eat a paper arrest warrant.
However, Comrade Jin, our consultant, disagrees with this!
Waiting for unexpected gains
Jin's objection is that the distance between Tangjiatun and Wolonggang is similar to that between Wolongzhuang and Wolonggang, and it is also very close. I remember when I was a child, children from two villages often teamed up to fight on the job. At that time, "Erlazi" was the main force of Tangjiatun team. Therefore, the familiarity with Wollongong is similar to his familiarity with Jin. I want to ask: if I want to blow up the big bluestone on Wollongong, do I need to visit it several times? Besides, Tang Zhong is a stonemason, and he is very familiar with the distribution of local caves. If he wants to try explosives, he won't choose Wollongong, but he will definitely go to a very secret cave in remote Shan Ye.
Therefore, Jin reminded the task force that it is unlikely to be a suspect. If you arrest him rashly, you'd better be cautious for fear that the gate of the public security bureau will be blocked after the situation is released.
The task force accepted Kim's suggestion and decided to conduct an external investigation first. After investigation, the principal did not have time to commit the crime on July 23. I went to Fengcheng with a Jianghu friend the day before and returned to Anton on the 25th, during which more than one person testified in all activities. Therefore, the task force gave up this suspected goal.
Among them, there are several situations reflected by Wolong Village, but they can be ruled out after a simple investigation. At this time, Zhou and Hu of the planning team had a headache. They asked Jin Laojin what he thought of the case. Looks like it's time to cook a pot of raw rice. Just because we haven't made progress doesn't mean that our opponents will stand still. In case they are ready to start work, the consequences will be unimaginable! Kim said, you dare not imagine, and I dare not imagine, but it's no use worrying. Let's calm down and think. I want to think about it. To solve the knot of this case, we still have to count on Wolong village. You know what? Let's go to Wolong Village.
Just then, the leader sent a policeman named Hao to support him, so four people went to Wolong Village, and they visited the villagers in pairs. Jin and Hao wandered around the village for a long time, and finally got something: a girl 13 years old, who lives in Anton with her grandfather, returned to Wolong Village in the summer vacation. She told investigators that she had seen Miss Park and another person from her school wandering around Wollongong twice in mid-July.
Who is Miss Park? The investigator asked the little girl and learned that it was Park Yun-biao, her Chinese teacher in primary school, who was in her twenties and single. I heard that she belongs to Anton, but she usually stays at school and doesn't go home. The task force thinks that there seems to be a problem with this person coming to Wollongong. Wollongong is not a scenic spot and has no tourist value. What do you want to do when you come here twice in a row? So I decided to conduct an external investigation on Park immediately.
The little girl's school is in yuanbao district. The investigator first went to the district education department, where he found the file of Park Yun-biao: Park Yun-biao, Korean, Changdian, 25 years old, graduated from high school, and was born as a landlord. His father is a famous bully landlord in Changdian area. When the democratic government launched the land reform movement, it was killed by poor farmers and all its property was divided up. Park Yun-biao was very dissatisfied with this and was given an administrative warning for spreading remarks against the new regime. Because of the shortage of teachers at that time, I continued to stay in the teaching staff.
Yun Biao's address was not recorded in the file, so the investigator copied the address of the primary school principal from the district education department and went to visit. When asked, the headmaster said that Parker Yun Biao lived in the school. So I asked the headmaster to accompany me to the school to interview him. When I got to school, there was only a wooden old doorman. Fortunately, the headmaster came together, which made the communication between investigators smoother.
The old janitor put it this way: Parker Yun Biao also lived on campus during holidays, but he seldom came to live during holidays. It's just that I was on campus from beginning to end this summer vacation, and I stayed in the dormitory most of the time and didn't know what to do. So, are there any friends visiting? Oh! There is a teacher Tu who often comes here and sometimes stays in school.
Speaking of which, suddenly someone knocked at the door. The headmaster motioned the old janitor to open the door. Investigators believe that Park Yun-biao is back, and make preparations to prevent him from running away when he sees something bad. But instead of Parker Yun Biao, a man dressed as a countryman came with a heavy ceramic jar in his hand. Investigator Hu Zikang saw his cautious appearance when he put it down, and a judgment flashed in his mind: there was explosives inside!
Sure enough, before he could open it, people from the suburbs answered the inquiry, saying that the explosives were taken out of the spent shells and bought from him by Mr. Park. Investigators detained the licensee and immediately went to Park Yun-biao's bedroom for a search. Soon, a pack of black and yellow explosives, more than 50 kilograms of * * *, and several detonators were found in the corner opposite Yang. In addition, among the messy items on the table, two clockwork timers modified from the alarm clock being developed in Yun Biao Park were found.
That night, when Park Yun-biao returned to school from the outside, he was caught by the investigators waiting there.
After his arrest, Park Yun-biao confessed that he was extremely resentful that his father was killed by farmers in the land reform movement and all his property was divided up. After the Korean War broke out, he began to flee to North Korea to join the US military. In order to attract the attention of the U.S. military, and at the same time, to give a bad breath, he decided to carry out a major sabotage before defecting. After much consideration, I decided to explode the arms train. So, he wooed his cousin Tu Bin to implement it together. Tu Bin worked as an engineer, studied blasting and worked in a railway marshalling station, all of which are suitable for their plot. He can not only blast, but also inquire about the cargo of the train and get in and out of the marshalling area smoothly.
Since the summer vacation, Park Yun-biao and Tu Bin have been making intense preparations together. Without explosives, they bought them from fishermen, hunters and farmers in the four townships in the name of "frying fish and hunting". Because there are two kinds of explosives, black for civilian use and yellow for military use, I don't know how they will behave when mixed together, so I decided to find a remote place to try first. After some reconnaissance, I chose Wollongong, so I slipped to test the explosion on the evening of July 23. After obtaining the data, start making timers, so that you can have time to escape after placing explosives.
According to Park Yun-biao's account, the task force immediately went to arrest another criminal, Tu Bin. Tu Bin's confession is exactly the same as Park Yun's. At this point, the case was finally successfully solved.
Three months later, Park Yun-biao and Tu Bin were sentenced to death and executed by Anton Military Management Committee.