Chapter 1047 First Arrival (Double is still available, please give me a monthly ticket)

Dar es Salaam is the largest city in Tanzania and also the original capital of the country. Its population is less than 5 million, accounting for about one-tenth of the country's population.

The nominal capital of the country is Dodoma, a small city located in the interior, with a population of only 400,000. Except for Tanzanians, almost all countries and regions regard Dar es Salaam as the country's real capital.

The story began in the 1970s, when a certain Eastern power found some relatively friendly black brothers in Africa and told them that as third world countries, they should respect each other.

Everyone knows what happened afterwards. Dongda and some African countries naturally came together to keep each other warm.

When the Prime Minister of Dongda visited Tanzania for the first time, he casually talked about some wars and said that Dar es Salaam was close to the Indian Ocean and the terrain was not very good. There was almost no defense and it was easy to be invaded by foreign enemies.

Considering various other factors, in 1973, the country decided to move its capital to the inland city of Dodoma. However, after a war with Uganda, although it won, Tanzania also exhausted its original vitality.

Then came the oil crisis in 1979, which completely exhausted the country's foreign exchange reserves. Coupled with the lazy and casual nature of black people, the plan to move the capital was delayed for nearly half a century.

Until now, although some administrative departments have moved to Dodoma, due to problems such as imperfect infrastructure, almost all foreign diplomatic missions in Tanzania still remain in Dar es Salaam.

There are no direct flights from New York to Dar es Salaam. The fastest one needs to transfer through Dubai, which takes nearly 20 hours.

As usual, the FBI arranged a military C-17 "Globemaster" transport plane for everyone, but it took a lot of twists and turns and finally landed at Kilimanjaro International Airport.

When everyone arrived at the Arusha Railway Station where the missing American tourists were supposed to arrive, a day and a half had passed since the incident.

Arusha is the third largest city in Tanzania and the most famous tourist attraction in Africa. Most people's stereotypes about Africa come from here.

Here you can see wildebeests crossing the crocodile river during the great animal migration, African elephants that can crush a car with one foot, tribal warriors with only a piece of blue cloth tied around their waists and holding spears, and the majestic Uhuru Peak, the highest peak of Mount Kilimanjaro.

A local police officer wearing a black beret, a brown and yellow khaki uniform, and a slightly bloated figure received Jack and his party.

"I'm Detective Pollino."

Detective Pollino's English is very good. His attitude is neither arrogant nor deliberately flattering. Just for some reason, Jack feels an inexplicable sense of familiarity in his temperament.

He and Jubal looked at each other and secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Anyway, this is a good start. In such an unfamiliar place, having a local police officer who can communicate smoothly and is willing to cooperate is better than anything else.

Jubal introduced himself first, and then briefly introduced the identities of the people who got off the two Hummers.

There were a total of 5 people on this trip to Africa. Jiejie and Alice stayed in New York. When Jack and his party left New York on the transport plane, the BAU team led by Hotchner had just stepped into the office in Long Island.

Time was tight and the task was heavy. Rossi sent Jack and his party and also recruited the BAU team. They were responsible for comforting and questioning the families of the missing tourists.

There were a total of 23 missing persons, which meant that there might be multiple families. This work was both tedious and very important. Jiejie was too capable to do it.

Although Tanzania is also a middle-income country in Africa, its infrastructure does meet the public's stereotype of backward areas in Africa. When people go to places, let alone the Internet, the mobile phone signal is intermittent.

Therefore, Alice was also left in New York to investigate the background information of the missing persons.

Although some aspects of the local area are more advanced than those of the United States, and the ticket window in Dar es Salaam, the starting station of the train, even has electronic payment, the specific identities of more than half of them are still unknown because these American tourists used cash to buy tickets.

The information about the number of missing people and the identities of some tourists were provided by the pastor of the town church where they had previously volunteered.

"Detectives, please follow me." After a brief greeting, Detective Pollino went straight to the point and waved his hand to signal everyone to follow him to a train car parked on a branch track.

"My subordinates checked the car and found no signs of anyone forcibly breaking in. I also noticed that it seemed that the luggage of those passengers was left on the car."

Jack glanced at this gray-looking car, and a familiar sense of déjà vu came to him again. He had taken this kind of train when he was a child, not in this world, but in his childhood in his previous life.

This is a typical green-skinned hard-seat carriage, with a 3+2 seat layout, which is somewhat different from what Jack remembered, mainly in the interior color scheme. The upper half is fixed, and only the lower half of the window can be opened, which makes him smile knowingly.

The carriage is cleaner than Jack imagined, and there is no strange smell, but it is a bit messy.

An old standard green-skinned hard-seat carriage can seat 118 passengers. According to the information provided by the Tanzanian side, this carriage is considered a private compartment, with only the 23 American passengers, so they sit very spaciously.

In addition to the more than 20 suitcases stuffed on the overhead luggage rack, there were travel bags, handbags, various travel souvenirs and even water cups left on the seats.

In view of the fact that Detective Pollino said that he and his people had already checked it, don't expect to use any modern criminal investigation technology in such a place, so everyone simply didn't wear gloves, and Clay reached out and took a box from the luggage rack and opened it.

Passports, laptops, tablets, cameras, and even some valuables. Everyone opened several suitcases and frowned when they saw these.

"What kind of kidnappers would abandon valuables and even not take away passports that can prove the identity of the hostages?"

As a former member of the special forces, Clay participated in many overseas operations in hostage rescue missions, and he was quite familiar with similar kidnapping procedures.

"Kidnappers with a certain degree of organization? Maybe the conductor's statement is true. The train did not stop in the middle, so the limited window period did not allow them to delay too much time?" Aubrey guessed.

"Maybe. The benefit of taking one more hostage is much higher than keeping these valuables." Jack did not comment.

"Or maybe the kidnappers are experienced enough." Hannah pulled out a bunch of mobile phones from under a seat, a total of 23, not one less.

"In this case, we can't count on tracking through GPS positioning."