Chapter XXXVII

At four o'clock in the afternoon, Guo Ninghao, the head of the Pingchuan City Patrol Special Police Detachment, took off his police uniform and prepared to get off work, today is his daughter's birthday, and he plans to go back from work early to accompany his daughter.

Just as he walked to the door, the phone on the table suddenly rang, Guo Ninghao's figure froze, paused, and finally turned around.

When he saw that it was the red phone on the table ringing, Guo Ninghao's face immediately changed. This phone is a special line specially used to receive important instructions from the main leaders of the city, and it has basically never rang in normal times, but once this phone rings, it means that something big must have happened.

Guo Ninghao grabbed the phone and said steadily: "Hey, hello." I'm Guo Ninghao! ”

"Guo Ninghao. Immediately gather all the teams and rush to Xinpi County. Distribute live ammunition. The mayor on the other end of the phone, Qin Fengxiang, had unconcealed anxiety in his tone.

"Yes!" Guo Ninghao immediately agreed, and then repeated the order, "Immediately gather all the teams and rush to Xinpi County." Distribute live ammunition. ”

Qin Fengxiang's phone had hung up, Guo Ninghao didn't know what was going on, but he knew that it must be a big deal, otherwise it would be impossible to let the entire patrol special police detachment be dispatched. He didn't delay for a moment, and immediately picked up the phone on the table and gave the order for all to assemble.

The patrol special police detachment is a team on 24-hour standby, except for some personnel on duty on the streets, everyone else is on standby in the base at any time. After receiving the order, that is, in a few minutes, more than 400 people had already assembled and were ready to go.

The patrol special police detachment of Pingchuan City is an arrow on the public security front of the entire city, and it has sufficient funds and natural equipment. The SWAT team members are equipped with riot helmets, shields, emergency batons, tear gas, and a full set of riot protection suits, which look majestic.

"Check your gear!" The commander shouted commands.

"Checked!" "Checked!" One by one, loud echoes sounded.

"Check the weapon!" The commander shouted again.

The SWAT team members withdrew the Type 03 automatic rifle magazine hanging on their chests and reloaded it, and at the moment of retreat, the SWAT team members were shocked to find that the guns were filled with live ammunition. Immediately, a tense atmosphere of battle filled the air.

After the preparation was completed, the detachment leader Guo Ninghao also came to the scene, waved his hand, and said, "Let's go!" ”

The team members lined up in a neat queue and quickly and quietly boarded the tarpaulin-covered truck, which had already started. Everyone was very nervous and didn't know what was going on. Many of them are being distributed live ammunition for the first time. Some people speculate that there must have been a big case of using guns, some people speculate whether a death row prisoner escaped from prison, and some people speculate whether they are going to support the anti-narcotics police to deal with drug trafficking groups with heavy firepower.

Guo Ninghao, who was sitting in the command car, was also confused, he didn't know what was going on, and he was calling one by one to ask.

After asking a circle of people, they all said they didn't know, and finally called the mayor's secretary Mo Haitao to get a rough idea, "There was a group ** case in Xinpi County, and the local police couldn't hold it back, so they asked the city for help." ”

"The group ** piece needs to be dispatched by the entire detachment? Also dispensed with live ammunition? Guo Ninghao's tone involuntarily rose. He couldn't help but feel angry, damn, the movement is so big, it's actually just to deal with the people? Guo Ninghao really wanted to greet the women in Qin Fengxiang's family. , I knew it was this kind of errand, so I didn't answer the phone call and went home to celebrate my daughter's birthday.

"Guo detachment, don't take it lightly, the mob has already burned the county government. A lot of police officers were also injured, and I heard that there were also deaths. Mo Haitao said in a gossipy tone.

Guo Ninghao frowned, and asked again, "Do you know why?" ”

"I heard that it was caused by the workers of the cement factory asking for wages, and then other people got involved, and now the number of the mob has risen to several thousand, occupying several streets." Mo Chunhai said vividly.

Guo Ninghao knew that he couldn't ask for any valuable information from Mo Chunhai, so he hung up the phone. Began to search the Internet for clues of the riots in Xinpi County. But Guo Ninghao still has doubts in his heart, it is said that if there is chaos in the place, he must try his best to suppress it, and the ugliness of the family must not be publicized, and he has to ask the police from other places to help maintain stability.

Today's society is too developed, everyone has a mobile phone, and the mobile phone can not only take pictures, videos but also surf the Internet, so Guo Ninghao almost didn't have much effort to find the live broadcast of Xinpi County.

This morning, the Xinpi County Procuratorate and the Taxation Bureau jointly seized the new owner of the cement factory, the Kaida Group.

At about 12 o'clock, the staff of Kaida Group went to the cement plant to announce the group's decision to divest and terminate all employees' contracts.

At around half past twelve, the workers of the cement factory began to set out from the cement factory to petition the county government with banners saying "We want to eat" and "We want to live".

At the beginning of the march, there were only workers from the cement factory, but during the school's lunch break, when the procession passed through No. 1 Middle School, students began to join, but the number was not large, only about a dozen people.

With the students joining, the procession began to shout slogans, which at first were just general slogans such as food and life, but gradually developed into demands for explanations from the government, and then quickly changed to slogans with political demands such as demanding punishment of corrupt officials and corrupt officials.

Along the way, the slogans became louder and louder, and the number of people increased, and the procession began to consciously plan the route, making a big circle in the county seat of Xinpi County, passing through four middle schools and one technical school, and then going to the county government.

By the time they passed in front of the last school, the leading force of the procession had become the students, numbering more than five hundred, and the size of the entire procession had exceeded two thousand.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, after the news of the march spread, some landless farmers and citizens in Xinpi County, whose interests had been damaged by the government's land requisition and urban demolition, also followed behind and walked to the county government.

When the procession finally arrived at the county office, it had reached 3,000 people.

Because the procession circled the city for more than an hour, giving the government enough time to react, the Xinpi county government did not send representatives to negotiate with the people, but mobilized all the police and inspectors to confront the procession in front of the county government.

None of the leaders of the county party committee and county government showed up at the scene, and it was Zhou Dazhuang, the head of the county public security bureau, who commanded and negotiated with the marchers in front. But Zhou Dazhuang was obviously not up to the job, and under the questioning of the students in the procession, he could only keep calling and reporting to the leaders of the county party committee and county government, so after nearly an hour, the crowd of onlookers increased, but no progress was made in the negotiations, and the marchers became more and more anxious.

At three o'clock, a leader in the county finally came forward -- Lu Yan, the minister of propaganda. But the leaders did not have the sincerity to negotiate. After losing a debate with the students, Lu Yan became angry and said to his face that he wanted to arrest someone.

The students were all young and vigorous, and immediately a large group of young men patted their chests and said, "Catch me, I'm going!" ”

When there were more and more people in the crowd who were taking pictures with their mobile phones, Lu Yan gave the order to snatch the mobile phones. The police rushed up and demanded that the photo be deleted. And aggressively warned the students that it was illegal to take pictures. Physical contact began, but at first it was limited to pushing and shoving.

At about half-past three, the march began to clash with the police, and by this time the crowd of onlookers had reached tens of thousands.

Xinpi County's police force was only a mere 200 people, and there were no special police or armed police, so it could not compete with the procession of tens of thousands of people.

At this time, it is not known whether it was intentional or accidental, but in short, a policeman's gun went off, and the bullet did not fly into the sky, but hit a marcher.

As a result, the conflict immediately escalated. The county party building was quickly set on fire, and because of the large number of wooden structures in the building, the fire quickly spiraled out of control......

Seeing this, Guo Ninghao slammed his mobile phone on the ground, he was angry at the stupid behavior of the leaders of Xinpi County - it was a matter that could have been resolved peacefully, but it had developed to this point, I really don't know whether those leaders have brains or feces in their heads.

But Guo Ninghao also understands that now that the situation is out of control, this is not the time to be angry, but to try his best to calm the situation down, otherwise there will be greater losses and casualties.

Guo Ninghao gave the order to speed up through the walkie-talkie, and the convoy began to rush to the aid with full horsepower. An hour later, we arrived in Xinpi County. As an inland city, Xinpi County has a scorching summer heat, and the air is filled with the smell of burnt tires.

The members of the special police team began to get out of the car and set up camp, and Su Wenming, secretary of the municipal party committee, and Qin Fengxiang, mayor of the city, who had arrived earlier, came over to make a mobilization speech.

Qin Fengxiang's white shirt was spotless, his trousers were straight, and after he shook hands with Guo Ninghao, he immediately got into the command car to discuss the next course of action.

said that it was a discussion, but in fact, it was basically Qin Fengxiang who was talking, and he said a lot of things, "This is a very bad nature of the riot, under the instigation of a small number of people with ulterior motives, a large number of people surrounded state organs, smashed and looted, the situation is very serious, and normal order must be restored immediately." In fact, it can be summed up in one sentence - immediate suppression by force.

Although Guo Ninghao did not agree with this plan, in line with the principle of obedience, he immediately ordered the SWAT team members to put on protective gear and prepare for action. The SWAT team members helped each other to put on black armor, put on closed helmets, and start lining up with shields and batons......