After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the state has vigorously purged the remnants of the Kuomintang in its territory, but there are still remnant bandits in Xinjiang and other remote areas, and these people have always been the henchmen of the leaders of the Xinjiang Military Region.
Just when the leaders of the military region were preparing to launch another attack on the remnants of the bandits, a case of artillery theft in the town of Ashalkhan shocked the military region, and even Lin Shuai personally inquired about the matter.
After a month of investigation, the public security officers still had no clue about it, and finally, an old police officer in his fifties came up with a good solution"You might be able to find a suspect by starting with livestock. ”
Sure enough, according to the old police officer's method, the lost cannon was really found, so what is the relationship between the cannon and the livestock?Why did the old police look for cattle to solve the case?
The town of Asherkhan is located in the southeast of Xinjiang on the border with Qinghai, although it is said to be a town, in fact, it is the location of the local commune, Xinjiang is vast and sparsely populated, in order to be able to keep in touch with the surrounding villages, the local ** will be placed here.
It is precisely because of the sparse population here that after the "Cultural Revolution", according to the order of the ** Military Commission, a firearms repair station was moved here.
In 1967, under the instructions of the militia, the Military Commission strengthened the management of the local militia, and decided to transfer the obsolete equipment to the local militia in some important strategic areas, so that the militia could use it in practical training to help the militia improve its actual combat capability.
In July, the Aksu Military Sub-district of Xinjiang carried out the order of the Military Commission and handed over the three eliminated cannons to the local militia, but the three cannons needed to be repaired and maintained, so they needed to be sent to the firearms repair station in Ashlkhan Town for repair before handing them over to the local militia.
After receiving this task, the gun repair station quickly completed the repair work and prepared to test the gun.
According to the regulations, the test artillery must be approved by the combat department of the military region at a higher level before it can be carried out, and the shells used in the test artillery are also safe training shells, and only one round of live ammunition is allowed for each gun.
On July 22, three Jiefang cars pulled three cannons to the Gobi Desert, 12 kilometers away from the firearms station, there is no human population nearby, there is a natural test artillery site, because after the end of the test gun, the three cannons need to be handed over to the local militia, therefore, the firearms station, the military region and the militia of Asherkhan town witnessed the test gun.
Originally, it was expected that the test would end soon, but I didn't expect that this time the test time was unexpectedly long.
In order to complete the test as soon as possible, the staff of the firearms institute began to repair on the spot, but the sunshine in Xinjiang is strong, and it is not suitable for people to work outside for a long time in such an environment.
Sure enough, at about five o'clock, three militiamen had already fallen into a coma from heat stroke, and the chief of the firearms station, Lin Deciduous, decisively ordered the militia to drive the three to a nearby health center for first aid.
At seven o'clock, the maintenance master just found out the reason for the failure of the cannon, and if you want to repair it thoroughly, you need to go to the firearm to take the parts, back and forth, plus the time of maintenance, after the repair, it must be dark, and it is too late to test the gun.
As a result, it was proposed that the cannon be repaired tomorrow, and that the test session would be held tomorrow.
That's a good idea, but what about the cannons?
The three guns were pulled over by three cars, and now there are only two cars left, so there must be one gun that needs to stay in the Gobi, in order to ensure the safety of the artillery, the militia battalion commander designated four militiamen, and every two people take turns guarding the artillery.
Unexpectedly, early the next morning, Section Chief Lin of the Ordnance Institute had just finished washing up and was about to go to the canteen to eat, but he didn't expect to get it"The artillery is lost".message.
The loss of the cannon is an earth-shattering event, but the loss of it sounds uneventful:
At about nine o'clock in the evening, the four militiamen who were ordered to guard left two of them one after another, because it was dark and cold, the other two decided to drink to warm up, and fell asleep next to the cannon after getting drunk, but I didn't expect the militia squad leader called Huang Soybean to wake up and find that the "two dogs" were gone, that is, the militia who was guarding the cannon and drinking with him, and Huang Soybean guarded the cannon by himself.
However, the night in the Gobi Desert was not safe, and there were often a few wolf howls, and Huang Soybean returned home because he was afraid, and when he went to the Gobi Desert cannon again at dawn the next day, the cannon had disappeared, and Huang Soybean could not find the cannon, so he hurriedly reported to the chief of the firearms department, Lin Chief.
After Section Chief Lin learned of the incident, he quickly took Huang Soybean to report to Deputy Director Yang of the Ordnance Institute.
Deputy Director Yang had participated in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, and he was not afraid of the rain of bullets, but he didn't expect to lose the cannon under his hands, and in order to find the cannon as soon as possible, Deputy Director Yang quickly reported to his superiors.
At that time, there were still remnants of the Kuomintang in the depths of the deserts such as Xinjiang and Qinghai, and there were also many incidents of looting of military supplies by the remnants of the Kuomintang in Xinjiang.
So, when Deputy Director Yang reported the matter to the Xinjiang Military Region, the leaders of the Military Region were shocked and immediately replied:You can contact the local public security organs to get support.
Under the instructions of the leaders of the military region, the public security organs sent eight investigators to Asher Khan, led by Deputy Director Ma Wenxin, and the military also sent five security personnel, led by Zhong Tie, chief of the security section, to carry out an investigation together with the two departments.
The military obviously lacks experience in investigating cases, so the investigation of this case is mainly carried out by the public security department.
Ma Wenxin immediately drove to the scene of the crime after meeting with the military, but due to the special climate of the Gobi Desert, the traces of the underground could no longer be distinguished, and this scene made Ma Wenxin, who has always been good at solving the case, at a loss.
Now that the scope has been locked, the public security police immediately launched an investigation into the four militiamen involved in the case.
After a series of investigations, Ma Wenxin and others believed that "Ergou" was suspected of committing a major crime, so they conducted a surprise interrogation of "Ergou", but when the public security officers conducted an in-depth investigation, the suspicion of "Ergou" was ruled out.
While the "two dogs" were being interrogated, the vice chairman of the Beijing Military Commission and the minister of national defense, Marshal **, also issued the latest instructions on this special case.
In the middle of July, it was the moment of the "Million Lion Incident" in Wuhan, and all the leaders were paying attention to the Wuhan incident, and it was no exception.
As a general who came out of the war, he has a different kind of feelings for **equipment, and ** wrote instructions in the blank space of the document"Be sure to investigate and recover the cannon!”
Under the intervention of **, three investigators from the Autonomous Region Public Security Department arrived in Asher Khan, and Zuo Xiankun, who was in his fifties, was an adviser to the Autonomous Region Public Security Department, and the leaders sent him here in the hope that he could crack the case in the shortest possible time.
After Zuo Xiankun learned about the situation of this case from the members of the task force, he put forward a key opinion:
"I think we should start with the car, the cannon is heavy, and it will definitely not go far by relying on manpower alone, and after so many days of investigation, there is no place to hide the cannon nearby, if you want to transport the cannon away in a grand manner, you can only rely on the car, in this place, the number of cars is very small, and all in the hands of each unit, it should not be difficult to find out the whereabouts of a car. ”
On the evening of August 5, the task force quickly found out that a car was missing in a fruit processing factory in the county near Asherhan, but the processing plant did not report the case and was organizing forces to search for it on its own.
The task force that finally found the clue immediately drove to the processing plant, but when asked, it was found that the car in the processing plant had been stolen for nearly half a month, which coincided with the time when the cannon was lost.
In order to find the car, the autonomous regional public security department issued an urgent investigation notice to the whole of Xinjiang, and finally found the whereabouts of the car on August 10.
On August 18, the special case group held another case analysis meeting, at which Zuo Xiankun once again put forward a new idea: Criminals are using cattle to pull cannons.
As soon as this idea came out, the members of the task force instantly found the direction and began to visit the various production brigades under the commune to visit the livestock breeding situation.
After five days of work, the clue was finally found that four animals were sick in Fumaogou, and these four animals were the strongest in the group.
After discovering the suspicions, Zuo Xiankun, accompanied by the other three, went to Fumao Village again and directly found the production captain to understand the situation of the breeder.
According to the production team chapter, the breeder of the brigade is named Wang Ziling, who is Chinese New Year's Eve one year old today and is from a poor background.
While speaking, Zuo Xiankun and his party have arrived at the farm, Wang Ziling was a little surprised to see so many strangers, when he learned that everyone went back because of the illness of the livestock, he rode away under the gaze of everyone, and said while riding"You guys wait a while, I'll go find someone." ”
In the confusion of everyone, Zuo Xiankun said:"Brother, are these four animals usually sick?
The production captain replied"These four animals are the best in the village, they never get sick, and now they are like this, I am afraid that they will delay the farming time. ”
Immediately after, Zuo Xiankun glanced around and asked casually"When did these animals get sick?"”
The production captain counted his fingers and said, ".It seems to be the 23rd of last month. ”
Hearing the words of the production captain, Zuo Xiankun was overjoyed, this corresponds to the lost time of the cannon, but it is not these animals that need to be confirmed.
Under the inspection of the local veterinarian, it was found that the four animals were diarrhea and unable to eat after doing excessive physical activities, and they drank cold water too much.
During the investigation of Zuo Xiankun and others, it was found that the breeder Wang Ziling was seriously suspicious, and he was immediately detained for interrogation, and under strong interrogation, Wang Ziling confessed to two accomplices and confessed to the facts of his crime.
When the police asked him"Why steal the cannonsAt that time, I didn't expect that Wang Ziling and the other three just wanted to disassemble and sell the cannon for money.
Under the testimony of Wang Ziling and others, the cannon was successfully found, and Wang Ziling and the other three were also sentenced to death by the military court.
Artillery is the most important weapon of the country, once lost, it is a serious threat*** This incident also sounded the alarm for a military region.
After the case was solved, the military department no longer issued ** to the militia, and all ** were uniformly distributed by the local troops to prevent such things from happening.