Because he was not familiar with the people in the task force, Xu Yan didn't talk to them, and he and Zhu Youxiang casually found a remote corner to sit down. As soon as he sat down, he saw Wen Xiuzhi and two civil aviation officials in white uniforms walking into the waiting room, they were arguing about something while walking briskly, and the voices of the two sides came from time to time:

"Comrade Chief, according to the regulations of the Civil Aviation Administration, only air guards can carry weapons on the plane, even military and police personnel on business trips cannot carry weapons on civil aviation flights, and the weapons must be handed over to our air crew for safekeeping...... This provision is also for the sake of aviation safety, so as to avoid flight accidents caused by weapons misfire and other reasons. ”

"Director Zhang, you haven't figured out the situation yet! From the time when the General Staff Department notified the Civil Aviation Administration, the plane of China Eastern Airlines was no longer a civil aviation flight, it had been requisitioned by our General Staff and was already a plane of our military. So, of course my people can bring weapons on board!"

Wen Xiuzhi waved his hand very powerfully: "After we arrive in Xiangcheng, we may be going into battle immediately, and there is no time to wait for you to return the weapons, so our weapons must be carried with us." ”

Seeing that the airport officials were still waiting to say more, Wen Xiuzhi waved his hand impatiently: "I decided this matter, and if there is any accident in the future, I will naturally be responsible." You don't have to say any more - is that China Eastern Airlines plane ready for us to requisition?"

"Report to the chief, the plane is refueling, and the ground technician is also checking ......"

"Then let's board the plane first, and refuel while boarding, without delay. Wait a minute, remember to inform the command station and give us priority to get out of the runway, so that we can take off first! Before 10 o'clock, we must take off! This is a political task, and whoever makes us delayed, we will hold him responsible!"

Wen Xiuzhi reprimanded sharply, and the two leaders of the airport nodded like chickens: "Comrade chief, don't worry, the Civil Aviation Administration has given us instructions, so that our airport will definitely cooperate with your mission." We've got it all set and your flight today is the highest priority!"

When Xu Yan was a child, he also traveled by plane with his parents. What impressed him the most about the trip was the long waiting time at the airport – he remembers the first time he took a flight, the flight was delayed, and the family waited at the airport for seven hours. Afterwards, Xu Yan's mother complained that it was better to drive the plane herself.

But today, Xu Yan's plane journey has given him a completely different experience. Xu Yan had been sitting in the waiting room for less than five minutes, and someone immediately arranged a special VIP channel for them to board. Sitting on the plane, not long after his butt sat down, the plane broadcast that it was going to take off immediately, please sit down in your seats and fasten your seat belts - Xu Yan looked at his watch, from his arrival at the airport to the time the plane took off, it was only twenty minutes in total.

Comparing the past and the present, Xu Yan had mixed feelings in his heart -- this is the so-called taste of privilege, right? This feels really good. It's no wonder that everyone is despising the so-called privileges, but when they can really enjoy the privileges, they don't see anyone who takes the initiative to give them up.

The plane took off, after the bumps in the ascent stage, Xu Yan was dozing off in his seat, and suddenly his shoulder was patted on the shoulder, he looked up, but it was Wen Xiuzhi, he said to Xu Yan Nunu: "Go to first class, let's have a meeting to discuss." ”

Xu Yan let out an "oh", turned his head and told Zhu Youxiang a few times, telling her not to let go of the seat belt and not to walk around, so as not to have an accident. Zhu Youxiang nodded obediently: "Don't worry, son, I know the measure." She had been looking intently at the sea of clouds outside the porthole, looking interested, Xu Yan was also relieved, he unbuckled his seat belt, stood up and walked towards the first class cabin.

There are already a few people sitting here in the first class, in addition to Wen Xiuzhi, there are two soldiers in military uniforms, one with the rank of lieutenant colonel, one with the rank of colonel, and two police officers in police uniforms, and two people in civilian clothes, looking at their temperament, like intellectuals engaged in scientific research. Everyone sat in several positions, faintly forming a circle around Wen Xiuzhi in the middle.

Seeing Xu Yan lift the curtain and walk in, Wen Xiuzhi beckoned to him: "Xu Yan, you sit here, sit next to me." Xu Yan saw that there was a vacant seat next to Wen Xiuzhi, so he walked over and sat down, and Wen Xiuzhi introduced his identity to everyone: "Everyone knows, this is a new member of our investigation team, Captain Xu Yan." ”

Looking at Xu Yan's childish face, his loose hair, and his lack of military temperament, several people present frowned, and a sturdy lieutenant colonel officer asked in a rough voice: "Team leader, Captain Xu is very fresh, I haven't seen it before, which unit is he transferred from?"

Wen Xiuzhi said calmly: "Captain Zhong, Captain Xu has just been specially recruited into our intelligence department. Previously, he was not a soldier, but a second-year student at Shudu University. ”

The Captain Zhong said "oh", he nodded, turned his head to look at the sea of clouds outside the porthole, but stopped talking.

At this time, the others did not speak, and there was an awkward silence. Everyone looked at Xu Yan, their eyes were very strange, and under the focus of everyone's eyes, Xu Yan was at a loss, and he didn't know where to put his hands.

Wen Xiuzhi knew very well what everyone was thinking: How could a second-year student of Shudu University be specially recruited into a special unit like the Ministry of Intelligence? And as soon as he entered, he was a captain? Most of everyone guessed that Xu Yan was the son of a high-ranking official or a powerful person, and that he was the kind of relational who came in through the back door and squeezed into the task force to make some credit. It's just that this kind of talk is impolite, and everyone is not easy to speak.

Wen Xiuzhi didn't say anything, he casually introduced everyone present to Xu Yan: "This is Lieutenant Colonel Zhong Shan, the squadron leader of the wolf's tooth special forces of our intelligence department, and our arrest work will depend on the squadron leader's wolf's tooth squadron; this is Colonel Gao Min, the director of the domestic intelligence department of the fourth bureau of our intelligence department, Xu Yan, when the time comes, your establishment will also fall into the domestic intelligence department, and Director Gao will be your direct leader." ”

Xu Yan bowed his head and said hello: "Hello Director Gao, I am a newcomer, I don't understand anything, and I ask Director Gao for more guidance." ”

Director Gao smiled, lifted his glasses, and his temperament looked very gentle: "Hello, Comrade Xu Yan." You're welcome, come into the task force, everyone is a family, let's learn from each other. "This high-ranking chief has fair skin, a gentle temperament, a gentle tone, and a very elegant temperament, if it weren't for the military uniform on his body, Xu Yan would have regarded him as a professor in the university.

Then, Wen Xiuzhi introduced the two men in civilian clothes present, both of whom were experts with the title of professor, one surnamed Chen and the other surnamed Lu. And the two police officers in police uniforms are Director Yu from the 18th Bureau of the Ministry of State Security, and Director Zhang from the Counter-Terrorism Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security.

Without waiting for Xu Yan to finish his polite conversation with you, Wen Xiuzhi's expression was solemn: "Okay, everyone is here, let's simply have a short meeting and report the situation." Everyone knows that Xiangcheng has informed them that there has been another case of F virus rage on their side, but this time it is different, and the case is still alive so far. According to the Xiangcheng City Public Security Report, they have forced the madman into an empty warehouse in the local area......"

"Warehouse?" several people asked in surprise.

Wen Xiuzhi smiled: "This time it's our luck." ”

He looked at the notebook in his hand and read: "According to the report of the Xiangcheng Public Security Bureau, the madman who went crazy this time was a porter in a factory, and the factory was called-uh, called the No. 2 Textile Factory in Xiangcheng Yima Town, which was a collective enterprise. At about six o'clock this morning, according to the arrangement of the factory, more than a dozen workers, including the patient, were cleaning an abandoned old warehouse, preparing to empty the goods used to stockpile, but suddenly, one of the workers suddenly went berserk and beat and bit the other workers on duty, causing two workers on duty to die on the spot and six others to suffer injuries ranging from severity to severity. Fortunately, the other workers were more clever, and when they escaped, they locked the door of the warehouse and called the police. Because they had been notified by us in advance, the Xiangcheng City Public Security Bureau, after receiving the alarm, sent personnel to the scene to deal with the matter at the same time, and also sent a report to our special case team -- well, it was 8:10 in the morning.

I immediately gave them an order, asking them to cordon off the scene and wait for us to pass, not to open the door of the warehouse, to use armed police to surround him, to seal the murderer in the warehouse, but not to hurt him.

At nine o'clock, Xiangcheng reported that the siege had been completed and was waiting for us to come and deal with it. ”

Wen Xiuzhi closed his notebook, and he said solemnly: "That's the situation, we are flying to Xiangcheng, and the plane will arrive in Xiangcheng in about half an hour." Before the plane landed, we had to come up with a complete plan, and everyone could say whatever they had a thought - Hello Professor Chen, what do you want to say?"

Professor Chen put down his raised hand and asked, "Team Leader Wen, I would like to ask, why do you emphasize that Xiangcheng should not harm that madman? You should know how dangerous this madman is. ”

"The reason is simple, I want to catch a live specimen. ”

Several responsible persons present glanced at each other, and the senior director of the Fourth Bureau of the Ministry of Intelligence asked on behalf of everyone: "But, Team Leader Wen, we have caught a dying madman last time. Blood samples taken from him have been analysed and tested and nothing unusual has been found. Is there any point in let's catch it again this time?

You know, this kind of madman is very dangerous, and his vitality is strong, and even if we use lethal weapons, it will not be easy to destroy him. If you want to catch it alive, you are afraid that it will be very difficult, and the sacrifice will be great - of course, we all know that there will always be sacrifices in battle, but at least the sacrifice of the warrior should not be worthless.

Team Leader, if there is no special reason, my personal opinion is ...... There is no need to capture him alive, just kill him outright. ”

There was a buzz among the crowd, and they generally agreed with the high commissioner's statement that there was no need for the soldiers to take such a big risk to capture the madman alive.

Everyone discussed for a while, and Wen Xiuzhi said quietly: "I have made the opinions of the comrades clear, but I do this for a necessary reason, I need to catch a specimen alive - I need a live specimen to do a real thing." ”

"Test?" Everyone was stunned when they heard the word. The two experts in casual clothes looked at each other, and Professor Chen asked, "May I ask Team Leader Wen, what kind of test are you going to do? We remember that in the last experiment, we basically did all the routine and special items in pathology, epidemic and virus tests, and we remember not missing any items.

If you want to do a special test, you should say hello to us first, and we will prepare the equipment and reagents. Otherwise, when you go to Xiangcheng, you may not be able to find suitable equipment and reagents immediately, for fear that things will be delayed. ”

Wen Xiuzhi said politely: "Professor Chen, you don't have to worry, I have prepared the materials needed for this experiment. ”

Professor Chen looked relieved: "Oh, that's good. Team Leader Wen, what is the content of this test?"

"I'm going to test the effectiveness of a drug for people with F virus rage. ”

As soon as Wen Xiuzhi's words came out, everyone present suddenly brightened up. Professor Chen exclaimed in surprise: "What? The targeted drugs have already been developed? This is impossible! We can't even find out the virus body, where can we talk about the targeted drugs -- ah, could it be that a foreign institution has developed it first? Which company produces the medicine?"

Wen Xiuzhi waved his hand: "This is not Western medicine, it is an ancient Chinese medicine." It is not a foreign pharmaceutical company that provides medicines, but our Captain Xu Yan -- Captain Xu, take your medicine out and show it to a few experts?"

For a while, everyone's surprised eyes turned to Xu Yan, and Xu Yan silently took out a small porcelain bottle, which contained four evil exorcism pills. Everyone took the porcelain bottle and looked at a few red pills inside, all of them with strange expressions.

Professor Chen took the pill, opened the lid of the porcelain bottle, sniffed it lightly, and immediately put the cap on again, he frowned slightly: "These pills are very fragrant, but I can't smell what the ingredients are - Captain Xu, can you please ask me about the ingredients and effects of these pills?"

If you want Xu Yan to explain these elixirs, this is really killing him. Xu Yan's face was embarrassed, and he laughed dryly: "This ...... I don't know. This is the elixir I got by chance, the recipe and ingredients have long been lost, and I don't know how to make it. ”

"Well, Captain Xu, how do you know that this medicine is effective for these berserk patients? Has it been tested before? or, is there any pharmacological basis?"

"No experiments...... But I think it should work!"

Xu Yan replied very irresponsibly, making the experts present frown, and the Captain Zhong sneered, obviously disapproving with Xu Yan's statement.

At this time, Wen Xiuzhi was also worried in his heart--whether Xu Yan's medicine would work? If it didn't work, he was afraid that his trip to Xiangcheng would become a laughing stock. But he is different from Xu Yan, he is the leader of the entire investigation team, and he knows this truth: as a leader and person in charge, even if he has no bottom in his heart, he must be firm and confident, otherwise, his subordinates will be disheartened, and what combat effectiveness will there be, and they will lose without fighting.

At this time, if everyone continues to dwell on issues such as the origin or effectiveness of Xu Yan's elixirs, it will only become more ridiculous and meaningless the more they are discussed. Even if Xu Yan came up with his theory of "the underworld" or "evil spirit", in the eyes of these materialist scientists and soldiers, that theory would be like a joke -- after the elixir cured those madmen, some people might believe Xu Yan's statement, but what Xu Yan said now is really not convincing at all.

Therefore, Wen Xiuzhi said calmly: "The origin and efficacy of these pills provided by Captain Xu, we will not discuss them now. Now, we're going to discuss another question: the medicine is available, but how do we get the case to take the medicine smoothly? Let's brainstorm and discuss this problem!"

Wen Xiuzhi used his authority as the head of the task force to set the tone for the meeting, and even though the scientists and officers present were reluctant, they could only obey first and discuss the issue instead.

Everyone understands that in order for the madman to take the medicine, the prerequisite is that the madman must be prosecuted. The experts, police officers, and officers of the task force present at the scene had all handled similar cases, and they knew the inside story and knew very well how difficult it would be to catch such a violent and bloodthirsty madman with great power.

Wen Xiuzhi looked at the Lieutenant Colonel Zhong: "Captain Zhong, there is a patient who has been locked in the warehouse, is there any confidence that the special combat team will arrest him alive?"

Captain Zhong pondered for a while, and then shook his head: "Team Leader Wen, our soldiers are all selected special forces elites, but if you have to compete with patients in hand-to-hand combat, the young man is afraid that it will not be enough."

If you want to catch the madman alive, you have to scuffle and grab him in close quarters, but the strength of this F-virus berserk patient is too great, we have seen the video and photos of the scene, the power of the madman's casual blow may even reach thousands of catties - that is, almost half a ton of strength.

As the saying goes, one force will drop ten, and the gap between the strength of the two sides is too big, at this time, no matter what tricks are meaningless. Such a huge force, which kills when touched and hurts when touched, is not something that grappling or fighting skills can fight against at all. If you want to capture it alive, if you don't have special equipment, I'm afraid you can't do it with manpower alone. ”

"What do you mean by special equipment......"

Captain Chung said: "Because the target is in the warehouse, I have built a stun grenade, a stun gun, a tear gas cannon, and a tranquilizer gun against him - even if we use these, we cannot guarantee that they will be effective against the target." Because judging from past cases, the target can not die by dozens of shots, their physiology is obviously different from ordinary people, and the target is not even effective with lethal weapons, we are very suspicious that the shock bombs, stun guns and tranquilizer guns that are effective against ordinary people may not be effective against him.

Either way, it's always a good idea to give it a try, and if it works, it's a surprise. ”

"Captain Zhong, you should prepare for this first--the equipment such as tranquilizer guns, stun guns, and stun grenades that may be used, the special combat team will prepare them first. ”

"Yes!"

Wen Xiuzhi turned his gaze to Director Zhang of the Ministry of Public Security, and said with a smile: "Director Zhang, when it comes to arresting people, you public security are experts at it. What are some good methods, now is a critical time, Zhang Chu can not hide his secrets, you have to teach us. ”

Director Zhang waved his hand again and again, and said with a smile: "Team Leader Wen is polite, if you want to talk about professionalism, the army is the big brother." If we want to talk about the refinement of equipment, how can we compare with the troops? I just heard Captain Zhong say that he uses tranquilizer guns, stun guns, and shock bombs, and he is very to the point, and if you want to say something, what can we ...... ?"

Director Zhang frowned and thought for a while, and said, "Perhaps, we can consider a net gun?" Now, the local public security often use this when arresting people, and when you want to arrest suspects alive, this thing is quite useful, and the public security bureau over there in Xiangcheng should also have equipment, just inform them to prepare." ”

Wen Xiuzhi asked: "How long is the range of the net gun?"

"Five to ten meters - a little farther is fine, but beyond fifteen meters, there is no guarantee of accuracy. ”

Wen Xiuzhi shook his head slightly: "This distance is closer." The madman soared very fast, a distance of a few meters was only a blink of an eye, and at this distance, our comrades who fired net guns were very dangerous. ”

Director Zhang shook his head: "Danger, we are not afraid, but we don't know if this thing can still work against those violent madmen." Captain Zhong said that that kind of madman can have half a ton of strength at hand, and I am worried that the nets may not be able to entangle him, because those nets are used to deal with ordinary murderers, but I am really a little worried about dealing with such a huge maniac, maybe he will break it at once, and he will collapse the net, and then it will be troublesome.

My idea was that it would be better to fire multiple net guns at the same time and entangle him to death. Even if he broke a net or two, he couldn't break free so quickly. At this time, the comrades of our unit also gave him a tranquilizer gun, a stun gun, and a shock bomb.

Then we prepared ten eight electric batons, as long as this guy seemed to be no good, we immediately rushed up, used all the electric batons, turned on the maximum power to push him up, electrocuted him out, and then quickly handcuffed this guy - one pair of handcuffs is not enough, at least five or six pairs of handcuffs and leg cuffs to cuff him at the same time, so that even if this guy is really an elephant, he is afraid that he will not be able to move. ”

Wen Xiuzhi agreed: "Zhang's construction is very good, everyone see, do you have any other opinions?"

Everyone present discussed for a while--at this time, in front of this group of experienced veterans from various security departments, Xu Yan, a young and hairy head, was basically ignored by everyone. After discussing for a while, they added another clause to Director Zhang's advice: At the beginning of the arrest, the military and police personnel should not go into the warehouse, but open a hole in the roof and shoot at the madman in the room from the hole. This is to ensure that the captors have a way out, and if the arrest is not successful, they can also be allowed to retreat, and the patient will not be able to follow out.

After discussing this for a few minutes, everyone said that they had no opinion and agreed with Director Zhang's plan, but Captain Zhong still added: "Team Leader Wen, I think that even if it is a precautionary measure, we must still prepare anti-personnel weapons - automatic rifles must be prepared!"

In case those capture measures fail, we must have a backup measure in case the monster rushes out and escapes. Team Leader, the Special Operations Team asks for permission to destroy the monster with powerful lethal weapons after the failed capture attempt. ”

Wen Xiuzhi pursed his lips tightly, and even Xu Yan could see that he was bent on grasping the target alive, and he was very dissatisfied with this Captain Zhong's statement, but the other party said it was reasonable, and he couldn't refute it, so he could only nod reluctantly: "Well, just in case, this idea is still okay." Captain Zhong, you can make preparations first, but you must remember that in this operation, we must still focus on grasping alive, and we must not give up until we fail completely -- the special combat team cannot use its guns without my explicit order. ”

The corners of Captain Zhong's mouth twitched, his eyes narrowed slightly, and a look of displeasure appeared on his face.

He pursed his lips and nodded, "Understood!"

"Okay!" Wen Xiuzhi looked at the watch in his hand and said, "Now there are fifteen minutes before the plane lands, let's go back to our respective seats and prepare." Team Zhong, wait a minute, your special combat team is the main force of the arrest, according to the idea just discussed, you go back and discuss with the soldiers a plan for the capture with a variety of equipment, what equipment you need to prepare, and report to me later.

Director Zhang, we went into the cockpit, and there we used the communication device on the bridge to contact the Xiangcheng City Bureau and inform them to prepare more net guns and other commonly used arrest equipment. After getting off the plane, we went straight to the scene. ”

Everyone obeyed the order and dispersed to make preparations. Xu Yan was fine, and was about to go back to his seat to chat with Zhu Youxiang, but was stopped by Wen Xiuzhi.

"Well, Team Leader Wen......" (Xu Yan originally wanted to call Brother Wen, but seeing that the atmosphere was so strict, this title didn't seem to be very appropriate, and if he was called 'chief', he felt that it was too contrived, and in the end, he simply called Wen Xiuzhi's position "team leader" like everyone else) "Do you have anything to tell me?"

Wen Xiuzhi took off his military hat and unbuttoned the collar of his collar, he lowered his head, rubbing his forehead and the top of his head with both hands, looking very troubled. He didn't speak for a long time, just lowered his head and pressed his forehead.

After a long while, Wen Xiuzhi raised his head, he looked at Xu Yan, and he said slowly: "Brother, you have seen what happened just now, and many comrades have different opinions. I was also under a lot of pressure to make this decision. Can you give me a thorough understanding of whether this medicine of yours is going to cure that madman, is it sure that it will cure that madman?"