Chapter 237 237 The situation is out of control
The Governor's official residence, Government House, the acting governor Akers-Jones (in order to gain recognition and favor from Hong Kong people, British Hong Kong bureaucrats often use Chinese names) looked at the crowd of parades from afar and couldn't help but sigh. His reign was a complete accident, in December last year, the former Governor Youde suddenly contracted an illness and died (Youde died during a visit to Beijing in the original history, due to the Malayan crisis in his own position, Sino-British relations, so Youde's visit did not take place, and died in Hong Kong), Zhong Yijie, who served as the chief secretary (second only to the governor of Hong Kong), was appointed to become the acting governor of Hong Kong.
Unlike the British mainland, Hong Kong is at the foot of the mainland, not to mention the depth, and even the mainland provides food and water, and any tension in Sino-British relations may lead to a crisis in Hong Kong. A few days ago, the news of the defeat of the British army came, and the Hong Kong Stock Exchange ushered in a comprehensive dive of British-funded stocks.
Not to mention that, some British residents even feel that Hong Kong is no longer safe, and they are planning to return to the United Kingdom, and even go to Australia, New Zealand and other places. Even those leftists in Hong Kong, who were regarded as restless by the British government, were happy to rub salt in their wounds and organized such a large-scale demonstration.
Chung could feel that British rule in Hong Kong had become shaky with the defeat of the British army. The credibility and authority of the British government in Hong Kong will inevitably begin to be challenged by more and more Hong Kong people and interest groups. Fortunately, Chung Yijie will not be the governor of Hong Kong all the time, and in a few months there will be an official governor of Hong Kong to face this mess, and he will not have to worry about it.
So at this moment, Zhong Yijie is holding the attitude of "not seeking merit, but seeking no fault", trying not to let himself have any major problems in office. Since the signing of the Sino-British Joint Declaration, Hong Kong's status has been formally determined, and the British will have to withdraw sooner or later, but it is still causing the British to suffer from gains and losses and recall the glory of their ancestors. Now there is no need to suffer from gains and losses, all the faces are torn off.
Commissioner of Police, Raymond Harry Anning, made a special trip to the Governor's Mansion to ask Chung Yat-kit for instructions: "We have deployed all the police forces that can be withdrawn, closely monitored the scene, and the stormtroopers and blue hats have also participated in the operation. ”
Zhong Yijie breathed a sigh of relief, nodded and said: "This is the best, don't take the initiative to provoke the person who explained you, try to back down, we have enough trouble now, don't take the initiative to make trouble again." ”
Yan Liguo seems to be a little dissatisfied with Zhong Yijie's weakness, but he can't be a police commissioner who is bigger than the Hong Kong governor, so he can only nod yes.
The entire law and order system in Hong Kong is a complete colonial type, and the main task of the British troops stationed in Hong Kong, which originally belonged to the defense forces, is also to suppress riots, while the units under the police force, such as the stormtroopers, blue hats, and other units, are all paramilitary troops, similar to the armed police in the mainland.
Zhong Yijie is cautious, mainly to let the police of the police force come forward, once the British troops stationed in Hong Kong are dispatched, then it will be too ugly. With the progress of the times, Britain has become more and more aware of its influence in overseas territories, especially in such a difficult time.
Looking at the procession marching in the distance, Zhong Yijie was still worried.
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The march reached its climax when it reached Admiralty, with a conservative estimate of more than 300,000 participants, a rarity for similar events in previous years. Because Admiralty is close to the Hong Kong Police Building, the old home of the police force, there are also a large number of riot police armed with shields, clubs, and firearms.
Just kidding, if this group of marchers breaks through the police building, where will the face of the Hong Kong police go? Yan Liguo repeatedly explained in advance that the march was allowed, but the marchers must not be allowed to approach the police building. So the police commissioner left his words and went to see the governor, but he didn't expect his subordinates to amplify his words, perhaps to meet his wishes, in short, the so-called police officers guarding the police building, as many as 300 people, and they did not look at the door of the police building, but actually ran to the way of the procession.
Layers of shields were erected, and all the riot police were on standby, and behind the police shields they were brandishing batons, looking really ill-intentioned.
Huang Zhonghe and Luo Chao were relatively at the front of the team, and suddenly they found that the team had stopped, and Huang Zhonghe immediately said to Luo Chao: "Let's see what's going on." ”
Luo Chao was tall and tall, jumped and saw the scene in front of him clearly, and couldn't help but gasp, "Hold your old mother, you have built a wall, blocked the road, and you can't get through." ”
Huang Zhonghe was furious when he heard this, and jumped directly on Luo Chao's back and asked him to carry himself to see the outside, so Luo Chao was unwilling to give him a camel ride and dragged him down. Huang Zhonghe also scolded: "It's so hateful, they are all Hong Kong people, how can they be the dogs of the ghosts and block our parade." ”
Like him, as more and more marchers found themselves blocked by the police, the shouts of scolding seemed to push the shield wall a few steps away.
"We've gone through a legal march that has been reported, and the route has already been determined, so why are you blocking our way?" Some of the organizers shouted at the policemen. It's just that the police are also accepting orders, and it is even more difficult to speak at this time, hiding behind the shield and not saying a word.
Their failure to respond caused more discontent, perhaps because the huge ranks of 300,000 people emboldened many people, and some began to attack the police officers with more fierce rhetoric.
"The shrunken-headed turtle has the ability to swim to the mainland to fight PLA! You have the ability to bully the locals! ”
"Hurry up and go home to wash and sleep, the ghost guy is about to get out of the battle after losing the battle, you guys are holding stinky feet now, it is better to hug CPC!"
In the end, the trade union council discussed with some of the organizers of ****, and sent representatives to the police to discuss a solution with them, hoping to persuade them to remove the barricades, and by the way to ensure that there would be no excesses.
Several negotiators walked to the police side with white flags and engaged in urgent negotiations with police officers who did not know what position they were in. Huang Zhonghe, Luo Chao and others also waited eagerly, hoping that the problem could be solved quickly. It's too hurtful to be blocked like this, and everyone thinks that they don't want to do anything illegal or bad, and it's really unreasonable for the police to embarrass people like this.
Perhaps the negotiator also used similar reasons to negotiate with the police, the content of the dispute between the two was not clear, and the quarrel lasted for about ten minutes. Several negotiators surrounded the senior police officer, as if to force him to give an explanation, but the senior police officer pushed them away with a stinking face and a rage. The same angry negotiator wouldn't let go of the bastard Chief Inspector and dragged him away.
The chief inspector with a treacherous face saw that he could not escape, and immediately called the police next to him to help him break the siege. But this guy has a bad mouth, and he is not a good brain, so he didn't directly shout to get rid of those negotiators, but shouted angrily: "them!" ”
A group of police officers who were accustomed to following the chief inspector and who may have done a lot of bad things related to organized crime actually ignored the hundreds of thousands of demonstrators present, picked up a baton and slammed it on a few negotiators. It didn't matter, when a negotiator's head was bloodied, and the police officer hit him so hard that the blood on the injured man's head was actually sprayed, and his screams made everyone even more frightened and angry.
"The police hurt someone! The police hurt someone! ”
"Save them!"
The parade was in chaos, especially the traditional radical leftists in front of the procession, who were actually terrorists in the 60s, who planted bombs everywhere in Hong Kong to attack the police, and hated these policemen who were willing to be loyal dogs in Hong Kong. At this moment, seeing the police beating people, and behind them were the support of 300,000 people on their side, they immediately turned into a fighting faction again, picked up all kinds of things that could be used as weapons, and almost no one commanded them, and rushed to the side of the police, trying to recapture the injured negotiators.
Seeing the crowd rushing up, the police also panicked, and the chief inspector of the idiot line just now immediately ordered the "shield soldiers" to stick to the line. The surging crowd slammed into the shield, pushing the shield-wielding policeman back a big step, and more and more people were like angry bulls, constantly pounding the shield like a red cloth. The pressure on riot police has increased dramatically, and some have had to swing batons at dangerous onslaughts.
More blood appeared under the batons, and the situation spiraled out of control.
Luo Chao didn't know how, he saw everyone's blood, and he couldn't control his emotions anymore, he tore off the red flag on the flagpole in his hand, handed it to Huang Zhonghe beside him, and shouted: "Enter your mother, everyone get up!" ”
This young man with great kung fu and great strength waved the flagpole like a spear, which was really majestic. Everyone didn't know whether to see him or be afraid of being reached by him, so they gave way to him, Luo Chao rushed a few steps with the flagpole, poked on the ground, and by the bend of the flagpole, he suddenly crossed over the shield of a group of policemen by a few feet.
It didn't matter if he crossed over, this guy didn't relax holding the flagpole in his hand, and "went behind enemy lines" with a weapon. He was a person who had practiced kung fu, and what happened to him behind the shield array. He limped the excessively long flagpole, and the length of the stick was just eyebrow-giving, and the flagpole danced like a tiger like a dragon, and actually swept down a piece of policemen in a few shots, and even made a gap in the originally strong shield array.
The gap in the shield array immediately became untenable, and an angry crowd rushed in, using their fists, legs and feet, and even water bottles and bricks, to bring down the policemen, and a group of people who still remembered what to do rushed over to rescue several negotiators.
The situation is out of control!