Animal Detective

Chapter 276 Big Brother, you've been hiding this too well!
Wan Chao told everyone to get back to their work, saying that he had prepared a welcome banquet for the evening and they could chat later, before taking Meng Fuqiang into the hotel.

Fang Weijie's gaze lingered on Tian Kui and Tian Qiao, lost in thought.

Li Yinjiang asked, "Old Fang, has your top leader arrived?"

Number one?
Shen Xin was stunned. Was this the name of a police dog? That was amazing!

Or perhaps it inherited Peng An's traditional idea of ​​wanting to take over Ningshan.

"Of course." Fang Weijie nodded proudly, then praised it as "very good," and turned to leave.

Li Yinjiang scoffed, "Pretty good?"

Do you think you're the boss?

With the same expression as Shi Xianbo, he quickly helped move the cardboard box and came over to inquire about Tian Kui and the others' situation.

I asked how they managed to train stray dogs to be police dogs in Nanjiang.

Li Yinjiang then served the dish, saying, "Old Shi, we've been friends for so many years. It's not that I'm keeping it from you, it's just that it wouldn't do you any good even if you knew."

With that, he patted Shi Xianbo on the shoulder, as if to say, "Don't ask me anything," and then went into the hotel with his things in his arms.

He knew in his heart that whether or not one was a wanderer was not important; people were the most important thing.

"Hey, this guy."

Shi Xianbo gave a light snort and told everyone to go back and move their own things.

While moving things, Shen Xin asked Li Jiahui what the situation was.

That's such a powerful name.

Li Jiahui said, "It's a German Shepherd, a four-time champion in our province's skills competition, and it even won second place in the national police dog skills competition."

"Moreover, it is the only one in Ningjiang Province, a national first-class meritorious dog."

Hey!
Shen Xin glanced at him sideways for a moment, noting his impressive number of titles, and then said he would have to meet him later.

A decorated dog.

Shen Xin knew that he had taken a shortcut, while someone like Yi Ge, who stood out from a bunch of puppies to become a police dog, was already doing very well.

It is even more difficult to continue to make contributions and become a meritorious dog.

To draw an analogy with the criminal investigation department, it's like starting from the police station and then accumulating incredible achievements, eventually becoming as terrifying as wearing a white shirt.

After all, it's a first-class merit.

Li Jiahui said, "Brother Yi is really amazing. He's a tracking dog that has been serving for almost four years. He has helped solve more than 40 criminal cases and assisted in the arrest of more than 10 suspects. He's really impressive."

Shen Xin nodded to himself. It was already frightening enough that he had assisted in solving more than 40 cases. He had never solved so many cases himself.

Thinking of this, Shen Xin patted Tian Kui's head and instructed him, "Did you hear that, Tian Kui? You have to work hard in the future and strive to earn a first-class merit and become a glorious meritorious dog."

Tian Kui probably didn't understand what "meritorious dog" meant.

I don't want to; I want to be lazy.

It's learned bad habits from the tiger stripes.

After being settled in, the police dogs, tired from their journey, also need to get some rest.

The news should have already spread by the time the hotel hosted a welcome dinner that evening.

It was obvious that very few people came over to toast Li Yinjiang.

"We've become public enemy number one."

"It's Hachi's trainer, Chen Ran, speaking in a low voice."

While everyone else was feasting and drinking, the tables at Nanjiang and Peng'an were eerily quiet.

It's understandable that Peng An is a public enemy.

But Nanjiang didn't receive this kind of treatment in previous years.

Li Yinjiang snorted and said, "They're just envious that we have wildcards. Ignore them and let's just eat our own food."

As he spoke, he took a big bite of roast duck and then complained that the hotel chef's skills had declined.

Shen Xin didn't care at all and kept eating and drinking in silence.

The next day, everyone gathered and set off to the police dog base to familiarize themselves with the venue, and then held a meeting to hear the competition arrangements.

Originally, this was a matter for a dozen or so team leaders, but this year it was changed. A special meeting was held in the small auditorium of the base, and all the trainers participating in the competition were invited together.

A real person in a white shirt also showed up at the event.

Wang Peidong, the head of the Criminal Investigation Corps of the Provincial Public Security Department and the director of the Criminal Investigation Bureau.

The small auditorium wasn't small; it comfortably seated about a hundred people.

Knowing that Nanjiang was currently unpopular, the group arrived last.

As they entered and took their seats, Shi Xianbo waved to everyone, indicating that they should sit on his side.

Li Yinjiang had already sat down over there.

The crowd gathered around.

Shen Xin looked around and found that Meng Fuqiang and his group were clearly divided and squeezed to the far right.

Then Fang Weijie and his group were surrounded.

"What's going on?" Shen Xin asked in a low voice.

At yesterday's welcome banquet, Nanjiang and Peng'an were the least welcome.

As for Ning Shan, being the host, many people went over to offer him a toast.

How come the wind direction changed again overnight?

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Yinjiang in the front row waved to Shen Xin, signaling him to come over and sit in the second row.

They were the team leaders, sitting in the first row.

After Shen Xin sat down next to Yang Lichuan, Li Yinjiang immediately pointed at Shen Xin and said to the team leaders, "Everyone, trust me, Xiao Shen is an expert in training police dogs."

He proudly gave a thumbs up and said, "I really think his training of police dogs is no less capable than the top dog's, so Xiao Shen can also contribute to the Ningshan operation this year."

All the team leaders turned to look at Shen Xin.

Shen Xin was completely confused, wondering what was going on.
What do you mean by "trouble in Ningshan"? Are you trying to cause trouble?

After Yang Lichuan explained for a few minutes, Shen Xin finally understood what was going on.

Originally, Peng An was too strong and was the public enemy of all the teams.

With everyone united in purpose, led by Ning Shan, we concentrated our efforts on Peng An.

As it turned out, Ningshan did something awful this year. They found out about the competition in advance and conducted targeted training.

Most importantly, we elected you as our leader, but you discarded us like trash. You don't share the good things with us and want to keep them all to yourself.

Therefore, the guns were turned around, and many teams prepared to concentrate their firepower on Ningshan.

Shen Xin looked at Fang Weijie with a mixture of amusement and exasperation.

No wonder they even dragged in Fang Weijie, a public enemy; they knew Peng An was powerful.

Shen Xin turned his head and glanced at Meng Fuqiang and the others.

That's right, it's not fair. They knew the exam questions in advance, but they didn't share them.

So what was the test question? Was it really that difficult? It somehow managed to turn hostility into friendship between Li Yinjiang and his team.

On the stage, Wang Peidong, who was reserved in his speech, began to speak.

Shen Xin listened carefully, and the gist of it was that the new situation required the police dog department to make new changes.

The so-called new change is that everything is based on practical application. The police dogs' combat capabilities are tested in a manner that is almost like a drill.

Shen Xin suddenly understood why Li Yinjiang and the others had teamed up to take down Meng Fuqiang.

Comrade Lao Meng is indeed dishonest.

These brand-new exam questions are almost like real-world practice; without targeted training, how could one expect to get good results?

The instructors behind him were whispering amongst themselves, wondering how the so-called practical combat-oriented test would be conducted.

Previously, it was all about fixed subjects, comparing success rates and speed.

On stage, Wan Chao tapped the microphone to signal everyone to be quiet, then smiled and said, "Comrades, I know this may be a bit sudden for you."

"But criminals won't give us time to prepare, so what they want is surprise, to test whether your usual training is adequate and whether you can meet the challenge anytime, anywhere."

Upon hearing this, Li Yinjiang and the others turned to look at Meng Fuqiang in unison.

We were caught off guard, but you seemed to have been prepared all along.

Meng Fuqiang kept his eyes straight ahead, pretending not to see anything.

Wan Chao continued, "Before announcing the specific competition events, I'd like to show you a video first."

As he spoke, he gestured for everyone to look at the big screen.

"This is a recent case study about police dogs in real-world situations, which I think is very meaningful and worth sharing with you."

"This can be described as the way we envision police dogs operating in the future."

Video footage appeared on the big screen.

A mountainous area.

Wan Chao explained, "There weren't many video recordings available at the time, so this is a demonstration video we made. Please take a look, comrades."

"In a certain city in our province, a heinous murder case occurred. After investigation, the suspect was identified. However, it was discovered that the suspect had hidden in the mountains to evade capture."

Then, he began to introduce the basic information about the mountain.

Shi Xianbo and the others watched very carefully. Wan Chao said it was a real case.

Li Yinjiang suddenly turned his head and looked at Shen Xin.

Wan Chaoyi explained that something was two kilometers away, nearly eight kilometers from north to south, and that the suspect was hiding in the hinterland between A Mountain and B Mountain, which made him realize what was going on.

Shen Xin understood.

This is the Fan Lei case, isn't it?

Wan Chao said, "We launched drones, and as you all know, it is extremely difficult to search such a large area with drones."

"As for a human search, forget about it. It would be difficult to find the other party without deploying hundreds or thousands of people."

Everyone nodded.

Finding someone in such a large mountainous area is like finding a needle in a haystack.

Wan Chao continued, "However, the local police used a brand-new police dog pursuit method. Please watch our demonstration video."

"They deployed 41 police dogs, each wearing a tracking collar, without handlers, and issued commands via walkie-talkie to cooperate in the search and capture."

On the big screen, a presentation was made using 3D animation.

Forty-one police dogs set out from the foot of Mount A, then quickly dispersed, represented by red dots, gradually forming a large net that covered the entire Mount A.

The audience whispered among themselves.

Yang Lichuan muttered to himself, "Shen Xin, this is too difficult. Without a trainer, how can this police dog know what to do?"

"They even give commands via walkie-talkie. Doesn't that require a special calling device? Otherwise, the commands will all be mixed up?"

The more he analyzed it, the more impossible it seemed.

Shen Xin kept responding with "uh-huhs," feeling an urge to cover his face in embarrassment.

It's only been a short time, and it's already been made into a video?
Wan Chao continued, "Did you all see that? After confirming the scent source, the police dogs have enough autonomy to cooperate in conducting a large-scale search."

"You see, they can move quickly and conduct large-scale searches in a very short time."

"I have a video taken by a drone on site. You can take a look. I was very impressed when I saw it."

As he spoke, a video of a drone appeared on the screen.

On camera, police dogs are seen sprinting swiftly through the mountains and forests.

Everyone except Shen Xin and others who knew the inside story gasped in surprise.

"This is practically a wolf pack hunt!" Shi Xianbo couldn't help but exclaim.

Everyone nodded.

They could immediately picture this scene in their minds.

As professional trainers of police dogs, they are well aware of how difficult it is to achieve this.

You could say that they put a human brain in all the police dogs.

"Comrades, what's even more shocking is yet to come."

Wan Chao chuckled and continued, "Once a police dog spots a target, the handler immediately gives the order and then guides the other police dogs to converge on it using the lead dog's barking as the target, thus encircling the criminal."

On the big screen, the red dots began to move toward Tiankui like rivers converging.

This scene left everyone speechless.

"too exaggerated."

Shi Xianbo kept shaking his head and muttering to himself.

Even 41 people might not be able to command them effectively, let alone 41 police dogs.

Wan Chao also played some videos from the scene.

For example, there's the video of Tianyi discovering Fan Lei, and another example is the video of Tiankui calling out to his companions through a howl.

He sprinted through the mountains and forests, and then a line of police dogs appeared around him, moving towards Fan Lei like a torrent.

Ultimately, an encirclement was formed.

The scene of 41 police dogs surrounding Fan Lei, who was at his wit's end, was equally awe-inspiring.

After the video finished playing, the scene remained silent for a long time.

After a long while, Wang Peidong finally led the applause.

Then everyone started clapping.

As Yang Lichuan clapped, he kept turning his head to look at Shen Xin. The voice on the walkie-talkie sounded somewhat familiar to him.

There's also one called Tian Kui, like those two wildcard police dogs from Nanjiang, their name was something like Tian.

Shen Xin didn't look at him sideways, thinking to himself, "I hope Wan Chao doesn't mention me."

If I were to say that, I would truly become a public enemy.

As if on cue, Wang Peidong waved his hand, signaling everyone to be quiet, and then said, "This police dog operation was commanded by our criminal police officer Shen Xin from the Tingyang Branch of Nanjiang."

"It was an exploratory act of deep collaboration between criminal pursuit and police dogs, which I think is very representative and worth exploring and studying."

As soon as he finished speaking, those who didn't know who Shen Xin was, who were looking around, all turned to look at him.

"Damn, bro, you've been hiding this for ages."

Yang Lichuan's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets.

(End of this chapter)