Battlefield Contractor

Chapter 6322 Intelligence Liaison

After arriving in New York, they succeeded in getting in touch with Aladdin's intelligence agents. And they all lived in the safe house prepared in advance.

At this time, they must reduce the possibility of any public appearances. So a good liaison is essential.

Such a person can handle some external affairs for them, and has absolutely nothing to do with them in any respect. This is obviously more conducive to their actions.

The liaison sent by Aladdin was a white man in his 40s. It can be seen that he should be Aladdin's confidant, and his work efficiency is extremely high. Everything Lin Rui and the others needed was entrusted to him.

In this material world, there are all kinds of fascinating gold stories - the world's largest vault is built at a depth of 15 meters below sea level.

It is said that when trading gold between economies there, you only need to change rooms; some people say that Europeans hide a lot of gold in the United States because they are worried that Russia will "invade Europe" one day. All of these are evidence of the mystery and importance of gold reserves.

1/4 of the world's gold exists in New York. In the financial district of lower Manhattan, New York, a building with a typical Renaissance palace style is quite eye-catching. Compared with the surrounding Nassau Street and Hayden Street, which are full of life, this castle-like building is more like a tourist attraction. But the American flag, the cameras and the heavily armed police at the gate remind people that it is clearly the seat of an institution of considerable weight. This is the office building of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

Its 5 underground floors are as deep as 15 meters below sea level, and gold reserves of many countries in the world are hidden. Some of the staff who come in and out of here are in suits and leather shoes, and some are dressed casually, but most of them are in a hurry, and they have to go through the "waist badge" inspection. Ordinary people can also visit here, but usually need to make an appointment 1 to 3 months in advance.

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York is considered to be the largest gold storage place in the world at present, and the preserved gold accounts for 1/4 of the world's total. More than 200 years ago, the Bank of England, known as the "Mother of Central Banks", was believed to store more gold than anywhere else in the world.

But these days, the biggest thing there has become a visiting gimmick in the old Bank of England pub. At the beginning of the last century, the declining British Empire continued to sell gold, and the rapidly rising United States was the largest buyer. after WWII. The gold reserves of the United States already account for more than 2/3 of the global reserves.

The gold bricks in the Federal Reserve Bank of New York are divided into many storage rooms and stacked separately. There are a total of 122 storage rooms, the largest of which can store nearly 110,000 gold bricks, stacked up to 3 meters high, 3 meters wide and 5 meters long. There are more than 7,000 tons of gold stored in the entire vault, accounting for about a quarter of the 29,300 tons of official global gold reserves.

In the New York Fed vault, the transaction is simply a room change. The reason why so many countries and international financial institutions choose the Federal Reserve Bank of New York as the official gold storage place is mainly due to the convenience of transactions.

New York is the center of global gold trading. It is said that the gold with high transportation security cost and high economic cost is traded at the Federal Reserve Bank by changing rooms.

For example, after the transaction between the two parties was concluded, the gold was moved from room 1 to room 2, but no one knew who was behind the two room numbers.

In order to gather enough information, Aladdin mobilized dozens of subordinates, divided into more than a dozen groups, and successively handled various businesses in this bank.

Taking advantage of the opportunity to enter the bank, they carefully inspected most of the accessible areas of the bank. All these materials were summarized and neatly placed in front of Lin Rui and Daniel.

"You got so much information in such a short period of time?" Lin Rui was a little surprised.

"After receiving the order from Mr. Wang, we carried out 19 reconnaissance operations on the target location. Among them, 6 times, we went deep into the vault. We obtained a lot of photos and video materials.

In addition, we conducted an in-depth analysis and investigation on the staff of the Federal Reserve Bank. These situations are all concentrated in another folder. ’ explained the liaison.

"In-depth investigation into the vault? How did you do it? And is it too dangerous to do so?" Lin Rui was a little surprised.

"Mr. Rick, don't worry, among the 19 reconnaissance operations, only two of our people were actually used. And there were no problems." The contact person explained.

"If you don't use your own people? Then the trouble will be even bigger. The less people know about this matter, the better. You actually asked other people to help you find out. This is really going to kill us." Sergey couldn't bear it Stay on the road.

"Well, it's like that. Although we asked those people to help, they didn't know what they did.

The whole time they didn't feel like they were taking advantage of us because they were just doing their own thing. "The contact person smiled.

"What do you mean? You mean they collect information for you, and they didn't know they were collecting information for you from the beginning to the end." Lin Rui frowned.

"Mr. Rick, listen to me. These people not only have nothing to do with us, but they don't even know that we have passed through them to complete inspections of various areas of the bank's vault.

The biggest reason for this is this..." The contact person took out something from his coat pocket and put it in front of Lin Rui.

"What is this?" Lin Rui felt a little strange. . The liaison person held a silver cigarette case in his hand. When he opened the case, there was a worm in it.

"This is... a drone?" Lin Rui asked in amazement.

"It's the latest, bionic type. The CIA's 4th product. High-resolution shooting, silent flight. The only shortcoming at present is that the battery life is insufficient.

However, this is not irreparable. We fly these drones, we sneak up on these guys, we follow them into the Federal Reserve Bank vault, and we take whatever footage we want. "

"So, these people are just normal bank customers. And you use micro-drones to make them your scouts without realizing it." Lin Rui nodded.

"It is true. Although it is a bit risky, those bank security guards are not experts in this field. So we have an opportunity." The contact person nodded.

"Then what about the other information, how did you get it?" Daniel asked when he saw the thick documents on the table. "Don't get me wrong, it's not that I don't believe the sources. I just want to make sure they come from reliable sources.

After all, it's a big deal, and I don't want any surprises. "

"Of course. Mr. Aladdin has ordered in advance that whatever you need, we will try our best to provide.

In fact, these materials, including those over there, are all about the security rules of the Federal Reserve Bank, including many aspects.

It even includes which security guards are responsible for which areas, as well as their movement rules and habits. The liaison explained, "This is actually due to the security guards themselves."

Their security system was upgraded two months ago. All previous monitoring equipment has been replaced. After these old-fashioned monitoring equipment were eliminated, they were recycled in a unified manner.

Although basically all the data inside was wiped out, no physical damage was done. As long as you find some people who understand technology, you can recover the monitoring data in it.

It is because of these data that we have mastered all the monitoring positions of this bank. And from these surveillance files, we can see the actions of security personnel.

You know it's a big place. They have a large number of security personnel, and each security personnel is responsible for a different area. From these data, we can decipher many things.

Don't forget that we do intelligence analysis. There is a thing called big data analysis. "The contact person smiled.

"Big data analysis?" Lin Rui frowned.

The contact person nodded, "That's right. We have recovered the monitoring data here. From these data, we can see the security situation of each area, even down to the area that each guard is in charge of.

These are not the results of a video analysis. Because the storage of this surveillance video data is set to cover once every six months. That is, our analytical sample is based on a semi-annual basis. In half a year, each guard's patrol habit and work attitude will be summarized and analyzed with big data.

With 80-90% certainty, we can know the patrol route and time of each security guard, as well as their respective habits.

For example, when walking a distance of the same distance, some people have long strides, while others have a high frequency of legs. Then the time they pass may differ by more than ten seconds or even tens of seconds.

These high-level details will be analyzed and deconstructed by us with data, which has formed the different characteristics of each guard. These can be used as an important reference for your actions. "

"It sounds very useful. What about the other information? I found that a lot of the information you provided should be highly confidential. How did you know? Do you have other insiders?" Lin Ruirui asked with a sigh road.

The contact person shook his head, "We have our own information channels. We actually got the information about the Federal Reserve Bank a few years ago."

"You don't want to vote too, do you?" Sergey looked at them in surprise. "Otherwise, what are you spending so much time on? And you have already noticed the situation here a few years ago."

"It's not. Mainly since the September 11 terrorist attack, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York has always been worried that it will become a target of terrorist attacks. Whenever the US government issues a terrorist attack warning, the entrance to the underground vault of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York is sometimes closed. Shut up for days.

At that time, some U.S. officials suggested that the gold be transferred to some less conspicuous places.

Although the Federal Reserve Bank did not do this later, it was prepared as a backup plan at the time.

At that time, a total of seven very professional security companies were preparing for a joint operation. Although due to various reasons, the gold in these underground vaults was not transferred in the end.

But during the joint operation, the companies participated in their security enhancement plan. It can be said that their current security plan was drawn up at that time.

So we did some tricks and got the full security plan that they're currently implementing. "The liaison officer smiled.

"All of this was done within a few days?" Lin Rui asked in a low voice. "It's all done by your team?"

"Yes, sir." The contact person nodded, and then said very respectfully, "Mr. Aladdin ordered me to cooperate with all your actions no matter what. So these are what I should do.

In addition, if you need any equipment and utensils for this operation, you can tell me and let me handle it. For example, weapons and the like. "

Lin Rui shook his head, "This operation is a special case, the best way is not to use weapons.

For if it came to the point of using weapons, we would not only have failed our mission, but we would have been in great trouble ourselves. "

The contact person looked at Lin Rui, "I understand. I'm just giving an example, if you need it, let me know."

In the next few days, Lin Rui and several of his subordinates. Buried in the piles of intelligence materials. Hope to find the best path to the vault from so many intricate clues.

Daniel has been fiddling with a computer, and it took a few days to get the 3D model of the entire Federal Reserve Bank.

And he asked his liaison to help him get a large 3D printer. Using resin materials, a model of the Federal Reserve Bank was made.

On the surface, it looks like a house, but after opening, the internal architectural pattern can be seen clearly.

All monitored locations are restored one by one.

Looking at such a complex and precise 3D model, Lin Rui couldn't help shaking his head. "The model is very beautiful, but unfortunately it may not be useful. This thing is too heavy, not as light as a map. I don't understand why you made such a model."

"This is called the Memory Palace." Daniel looked back at Lin Rui and smiled. "By making this model, I forced myself to remember all the architectural patterns of the place.

When the time comes I will dismantle it all and put it back together again. Use this method to get familiar with the building structure.

When I act in the future, I have such a model in my mind.

On which side is there a passage, on which side is there a room, and in which area does the guard operate? These basic data will be in the model in my head. "

"I've learned a lot, no wonder everyone says you are the best. This dedication alone surpasses everyone else." Sergey gave a thumbs up.

Daniel glanced at his fingers, as if realizing something. He asked in a low voice, "A locksmith?"

"Yes, I'm in charge of unlocking. Most of the mechanical locks are done by me. However, if there are some electronic locks, Cobain's assistance may be needed." Sergey also smiled at him.

"Very good. In this case, our chances of success will be 10% higher." Daniel nodded.