Chapter 3: Deterrence Failure
The dozen or so mobs that had been dispersed, seeing that there were not many armed police in front of them, immediately forced them over with sticks, stones, and bricks.
At the same time, they shouted at the armed police squad, their faces hideous, and they did not show the slightest fear.
"Squad leader, what are they shouting?"
"Revenge." The squad leader's tone was solemn, "Protect the masses and pay attention to safety!" ”
The circular formation then shrank, protecting the three masses in the middle.
Looking at the mob rapidly approaching with weapons, Zhang Wei felt unprecedented pressure, both nervous and scared, but more about responsibility, three lives behind him!
"Stand back! Back off! ”
"Lay down your arms and stand back!"
The comrades-in-arms shouted and scolded with the squad leader, and at the same time raised the rubber batons in their hands, intending to deter the mob and make the other party retreat.
Unbeknownst to him, the mob gathered together had no intention of retreating, completely ignoring the armed police team, shouting and continuing to approach.
"Horizontal team, strengthen deterrence!"
Faced with the threat of confrontation, seeing that the general deterrence was ineffective, the squad leader immediately issued successive orders.
The armed police squad immediately formed a horizontal formation with the squad leader as the center, holding a shield in his left hand to protect himself, his right arm probing forward, and a baton coming out to block the mob head-on.
"Stand back! Back off! Back off! ”
The sudden change in formation and the outstretched batons made the mob hesitate for a moment, and they slowly stopped and kept a distance of more than two meters from the armed police team.
Although they stopped, their mouths were still shouting, and they were extremely fanatical.
The armed mob was in front, the seriously injured were behind, the pedestrians in the street fled, other mobs smashed shops and cars without stopping, and many onlookers in the vicinity did not want to leave.
This is the chaotic situation faced by the armed police squad.
"Squad deputy, come and help!"
"Take care to protect the wounded!"
The squad was too small to deter the mob enough, and judging by their fanatical appearance, they would definitely not leave on their own initiative, while the seriously injured people were in urgent need of medical treatment.
The squad leader can still maintain his composure in the face of this situation, but Zhang Wei and his comrades have hardly encountered this situation, so they will inevitably panic.
"Squad leader, they don't seem to be afraid!"
"What are we going to do if they rush over?"
"Don't panic, stay in formation!" After the squad leader An finished soothing the team members, he immediately urged Zhang Ning, the deputy of the squad to help, "Come and support!" ”
"Near the Party Committee of the Guangming Road Corps, one dead and two seriously injured, and they need to be sent to the hospital immediately!"
I don't know when the confrontation will end, let alone whether the mob can be dispersed, and the seriously injured must be rescued immediately, and a second late will increase the risk of death.
At present, saving lives is far more important to the armed police squad than to disperse the mob.
But seeing that other mobs were still smashing shops and cars, chasing pedestrians and clerks, Zhang Wei was angry and uncomfortable, and he wanted to rush over immediately to stop it.
In fact, not only Zhang Wei, but also his comrades-in-arms at this time.
But the dozen or so mobs in front of them and the seriously injured people behind them made them dare not act rashly, and could only watch as the mob continued to wreak havoc, threatening and harming the masses.
"Near the Party Committee of the Guangming Road Corps, a large number of troublemakers are smashing cars and shops, attacking the masses!"
Considering the complexity of the situation on the spot, it may be difficult to handle the strength of a squad properly, so the squad leader immediately reported to the authorities.
A few seconds later, the instructor's command came over the intercom: "Priority to protect the crowd, wait for support!" ”
Hearing this, Zhang Wei chuckled in his heart, it seemed that they could only face this group of mobs by themselves.
"They're going to charge, shrink the formation!"
As soon as the squad leader's words fell, he saw the mob on the opposite side move.
"U-shaped defense!"
Zhang Wei and his comrades quickly retreated, forming a U-shaped encirclement and once again surrounding the wounded in the middle.
As soon as the formation of the armed police squad was set, the mob rushed to it.
The squad leader at the front of the formation was the first to suffer the impact and was directly pushed back half a step.
However, he was experienced, so he immediately adjusted his posture, raised his right hand to protect his head, and the shield he held in his left hand retreated slightly, and then put the shield on his left shoulder, and slammed back.
"Stand back! Back off! ”
The mob moved forward without a steady footing, and was pushed back several steps at once.
After being pushed away, instead of being afraid, they became more fanatical and angry.
However, the armed police had shields to protect themselves, and they did not dare to touch them.
After a brief disengagement, they then changed their tactics and no longer fought closely, but directly attacked with sticks in their hands!
As long as the contradictions among the people do not harm the masses, whether they are ordinary police or armed police, they have always been unable to fight back or scold.
Therefore, even though the shield was smashed and the helmet was shaken, the armed police team did not dare to break through the line in the face of the attack, let alone raise a stick to fight back.
The mob may have heard that the armed police would not attack them before they dared to attack, but now that they have seen with their own eyes that the armed police do not fight back, they will immediately become even more rampant and arrogant.
The sticks could not break the shields, and the mob quickly adjusted their targets, greeting the heads and shoulders of the armed police team, and some even tried to crouch down and hit the feet and legs of the armed police team.
With limited movement, no support, and immobile wounded people to protect, Zhang Wei and his comrades-in-arms could only resist the mob attacks with their bodies.
Even if they are well-trained, they cannot avoid being injured by unrestrained sticks because they cannot dodge.
Zhang Wei was beaten with a stick on his leg and a stick on his shoulder, and the others only received a lot more sticks, but they only had patience and could only endure.
"Are they crazy!"
"What to do, squad leader?"
"If we don't think about it, we're going to be killed!"
The comrades-in-arms who were beaten were angry and aggrieved, and Zhang Wei was the same, but he didn't make a sound.
Without a clear order from their superiors, even if they are killed here, they can only admit that this is a discipline that soldiers must abide by, especially in Wushi, where any action is cautious.
"Near the Party Committee of the Guangming Road Corps, the injured people cannot be transferred, and the disposal team is under attack!"
The situation deteriorated further, and the armed police squad was no longer able to deter the mob, and the squad leader had to immediately report the situation to the platoon commander.
"Restraint! Hold on to help! ”
"Reinforcement has been requested, please be patient!"
"The higher authorities are urgently studying and judging that before the new order is issued, the first priority is to protect the lives of the masses!"
The instructor's hurried instructions came over the intercom, and it was clear that the situation on his side was not optimistic, or even worse.
Knowing that the armed police would not fight back, the mob intensified their attacks, not only attacking the armed police, but also trying to break into the squad through the U-shaped gap and continue to beat the injured people.
"Ring!"
The squad leader sensed the other party's intentions and immediately ordered the formation to be adjusted.
"Class deputy! Come to your aid! Fast! ”
Without the support of his superiors in a short period of time, the squad leader could only pin his hopes on the squad led by the deputy squad leader, as long as they could arrive and the two teams would join forces, they would be able to continue to hold out for a while.
Not long after the squad leader's words fell, he heard Zhang Zhicheng shout in surprise: "The squad deputy is here!" ”
"Shape!"
The deputy squad leader and the team rushed to support!
I saw that they were protected by riot shields, quickly stepped forward, rushed straight over, and scattered the frantically besieging mob in a moment.
The second squad joined forces, and the comrades-in-arms suddenly increased their confidence.
"Rhombus!"
"First aid!"
"Call 120!"