Chapter 37: Controlling Hatred
With the arrival of this armed police mobile division, the mobile squadron, which had been fighting continuously for nearly 20 hours, was finally able to withdraw from the front line.
Zhang Wei and his comrades-in-arms returned to the station in batches to rest and recuperate.
Looking at Zhou Yang's empty bed, the atmosphere in the dormitory was very depressing.
"Zhou Yang sacrificed and couldn't be rescued."
This is what Yao Yi said to the squad leader Zou Yitian, and also to the rest of the second class, when he said this, his eyes were still crying.
Yao Yi was not the only one who shed tears, Zhang Ning and Zou Yitian were the saddest, and Zhang Wei and his comrades-in-arms also had moist eyes.
"There will always be people who sacrifice to defend the country, and he is a hero."
It wasn't until the instructor came over to comfort them that everyone stopped crying.
At dinner, the squadron made an exception and let everyone drink beer, because it was good to rest because of the wine.
When I returned to the dormitory after eating, no one spoke, they all sat on the bed, didn't want to take a bath, didn't want to rest, felt uncomfortable, and couldn't do anything.
"Zhang Zhicheng, go wash your feet, one basin per person." Zhang Ning's eyes were red, and his tone was cold.
Zhang Zhicheng is a veteran of more than a year, if they definitely won't go in normal times, not only will they not go, but they will stand up to Zhang Ning, because in his eyes, the deputy squad leader is not a squad leader at all, how can he be qualified to give orders and let him do private things.
But today Zhang Zhicheng didn't say a word, got up and went out, and after a while, he brought a basin of hot water and put it in front of the bed of Zou Yitian, the squad leader.
"I'll wash it myself, I don't need you to fetch water."
Zou Yitian was about to get up as he spoke, but was held down by Zhang Zhicheng, "Soak your feet and rest early, there may be tasks tomorrow." ”
"Just let him fetch water for everyone." Zhang Ning was very unhappy.
In Zhang Ning's opinion, if Zhang Zhicheng had returned to the team early last night and had one more person, maybe Zhou Yang would not have sacrificed.
Zou Yitian didn't insist, to be honest, it would be false to say that he had no opinion on Zhang Zhicheng.
After a short time, Zhang Zhicheng brought hot water to everyone, including Zhang Wei and other recruits.
After soaking his feet, Zhang Zhicheng took out the water one by one and poured it out.
"Lights out."
In the dull atmosphere, Zhang Wei and his comrades-in-arms quickly fell asleep.
This night I slept very soundly, there was no sudden assembly whistle, and there was no disturbance.
In one night, Zhang Wei's energy and physical strength recovered, but the bruises and purple injuries on his body seemed to be worse than before.
The comrades-in-arms are the same, almost everyone has external injuries, and this kind of injury is not uncommon in training, so if there is no trouble to avoid, it will basically not be deliberately treated, unless it is a relatively large wound.
Some comrades-in-arms had been smashed by the mob's bricks the night before, and the bleeding had long since stopped, but they were still pulled by the hygienists to disinfect and treat the wounds.
There can be injuries, but they cannot be infected, otherwise the wounds will not be good for a long time, which will affect military training and delay the performance of tasks.
After the morning exercise, after breakfast, Zhang Wei and his comrades-in-arms set off on time at half past seven to carry out patrol and martial law tasks on the main streets of the city.
According to squadron leader Wu Sheng, when necessary, the mobile unit will also assist the public security people's police in searching for and arresting key elements who participated in the trouble.
The troublemakers were not caught red-handed that night, and their identities were difficult to determine, and it was even more difficult to arrest them, which was likely to lead to mass incidents.
Before Zhang Wei and his comrades-in-arms boarded the car and set off, instructor Tang Wenyi stressed to them that the backbone elements who made trouble were extremely vicious and that they must protect themselves when carrying out their tasks.
The night before yesterday was a night of fighting, and the entire squadron suffered heavy losses, which still makes Tang Wenyi and Wu Sheng unacceptable.
There were no pedestrians on the streets, and when they encountered pedestrians, they would immediately be questioned by patrolling policemen and persuaded them to return.
Some of the armed police force is stationed at the intersection of the main street and is responsible for blocking the road, and part is responsible for patrolling the street to assist the public security police in dealing with mass travel conflicts.
In the whole of Wushi, the road siege and street control in most areas were under the responsibility of the mobile divisions who rushed to support, and they did not contact the masses and only carried out martial law tasks.
Because they are not familiar with the city, their mission area is fixed, while the urban mobility task continues to be carried out by the armed police force stationed in the city.
In addition to the mobile detachment directly under the Xinjiang Armed Police Corps, the main mobile force is the mobile squadron under the Wushi Detachment of the Armed Police.
The martial law in the whole city has a great impact on the lives of the masses, and it is normal for the masses to complain and even confront.
Once a large group gathers, Zhang Wei's mobile unit must act, either stopping or dispersing.
In fact, it is very difficult to disperse, because the vast majority of the people want to go out into the streets, not to make a noise, they will not have any weapons in their hands, and it is not the strength of the armed police force to use their mouths, and every such incident will cost them a lot of time.
There are, of course, exceptions.
Since more than 100 people were killed and thousands were injured in this incident, the vast majority of whom were Han people, some of them went out of their living quarters to seek revenge, and they did not hide their purpose at all, let alone hide the weapons in their hands!
During the martial law period, Zhang Wei and his comrades-in-arms handled several revenge leave, but because they were discovered early, they arrived in time, and most of them were persuaded to retire at the initial stage.
The most dangerous time, the two communities were separated by a road, and the angry revenge seekers directly broke into the other party's community, and the other party was not to be outdone, picking up sticks, knives and axes.
Just before the scuffle between the two sides was about to break out, Zhang Wei and his comrades-in-arms arrived in time, straddled between the two groups of people, and used a human wall to prevent a flash-off weapon fight, preventing the hatred from further expanding and spreading.
Because the people and their families who were killed and injured in the smashing, looting, and burning incidents did not receive satisfactory answers, they were resentful and ready to take revenge by their own means at all times.
In addition, the Uyghur masses were originally instigated, and the two sides had a strong taste of meeting, and they would do it if they disagreed.
As long as the two sides see each other and do not confront each other for three or four hours, it is generally difficult to get right.
Zhang Wei and his comrades-in-arms were very patient, and would use shields to slowly separate the two sides, two, three, four, and five meters......
The masses who seek revenge are just looking for an explanation, they are not bad people, let alone enemies, and besides, there is enough hatred to be exacerbated!
Zhang Wei and his comrades-in-arms could not intervene in the final determination of the above and who to arrest, all they could do was to do their best to maintain peace and stability.
In the unremitting efforts and continuous fighting of Zhang Wei and his comrades-in-arms, there was not a single group conflict in the area they were responsible for.
At the same time, the public security people's police and grassroots party members and cadres went deep into the community to carry out extensive mass work, and the masses and their families who were injured in the July Five-Year Plan incident were finally appeased.
However, on the surface, everything has calmed down because of the martial law in the whole city, but with the arrival of various media and the fermentation of various information on the Internet, including Wushi, where the incident broke out, the entire southern and northern Xinjiang are surging.
A bigger storm is inevitable!