Before the police could shout to disperse, the driver turned into a thug and began to attack the Star Pier. The commander of the team simply gave up shouting and directly ordered to lead people to rush at the rioters with sticks, trying to drive the rioters away by force, but the thugs showed a very purposeful performance, only attacking the pier, and did not violently resist the police at all. Once the police approached, either turn around and run away, or simply climb over the fence and jump into the sea.

The water next to the pier is shallow, and the drivers who dare to dive are very good in the water, not only are they fine, but they can also escape calmly. On the other hand, the number of police officers is limited, the equipment is heavy, and they simply diving. And the thugs were prepared, took out homemade Molotov cocktails, shook their hands and threw them at the dock.

"Bang, bang, bang!"

Sporadic fires began to burn at the Star Pier, and the fire quickly rose in the spread of the sea breeze. Although the Star Pier is a high-end pier made of cement and will not be destroyed by fire, the ticket station, drop-off area, and office are all on fire.

"Sir!"

"There are too many rioters, and if we don't take effective measures, we may not be able to stop the chaos." When the rioters discovered that the police force was limited and did not carry firearms, they became more aggressive and used random changes to organize riots. As soon as someone was injured, or ran away or fell into the water, a new driver came from the back of the street to fill the place of the previous wounded.

The front-line chief inspector received a report from his subordinates, looked at the continuous expansion of the riot at the dock, and said with a solemn expression: "Let the brothers withdraw, I will call the director to ask for support, and pay attention to the people who escaped from the dock." ”

“yes，sir！” The Senior Inspector saluted and received the order, turned around and arranged for the police officers to retreat, and sent a group of men to clear a route to pick up the staff in the dock office to escape. Because the drivers were all angry at the terminal company, mainly smashing, destroying, and burning, and did not embarrass the staff inside, there have been terminal employees who have escaped.

The reporters did not expect the riot to expand rapidly under the noses of the police, so they took photos with excitement on their faces, watched how the police force would end, and then sent the written articles back to the office. The Commissioner of Wan Chai immediately received the report from the front, and did not dare to slack off, so he called Tai Kwun to report to the Commissioner. Police Commissioner Kun first received the news of the front-line disposal, frowned, and said sharply: "The most important thing for the riot caused by a public incident is to solve the source of the incident, not to think about suppressing public opinion. ”

"Additional manpower can be sent to the dock to maintain order, no guns are allowed, and the development of the situation must be strictly controlled!"

This passage made Kunxian's position and meaning very clear, and the Commissioner of Wan Chai immediately understood it and said loudly: "Yes, sir, the Wan Chai Police Station will deal with it properly." ”

"I don't want the riots to lead to deaths, so let the Auxiliary Medical Service be ready to treat all the injured at the scene, whether it is the citizens, the police officers, or the people involved." Kun Xian said in a stern tone: "Understand! ”

"Understood, sir!" When there was only a blind voice left on the phone, the Commissioner of Wan Chai immediately hung up and called the auxiliary medical team for support, and at the same time sent the uniform team to the scene as a backup force. In fact, when the uniformed team arrived at the scene with rattan cards and police officers, the commander of the rapid response team knew that force was unlikely, and the high-level personnel had not allowed the use of firearms, which was tantamount to giving the rioters a chance to riot. The 80 uniformed crew members and 50 rapid response team officers seem to be a lot of people, but in the face of the 400-odd drivers at the scene, there is actually no force to disperse the suppression.

At 11:30 a.m., before the incident was reported, Jian Baoning, the deputy director of the Security Bureau, was in his office, looking back and forth at a stack of photos showing the riots at the Star Pier.

As a high-level executive who has just retired from the position of commissioner, he still retains a very keen sense of politics, even if he doesn't know what small movements are within the police force, just looking at the orderly progress of the incident step by step, and just the right amount of control, he can see a conspiracy in his eyes.

"There is no doubt that this conspiracy is directed against military officials, whether it is aimed at attacking the military faction, or whether it is a certain person is still unclear." Jian Baoning put down the photo, frowned, and said secretly: "But you can't let the incident continue to develop." ”

"The Wan Chai Police Station is reluctant to contribute, and the transfer of personnel from other stations will lead to an empty police force, so it is better to have other disciplinary departments deployed." He lacked details of the incident in his hands, after all, Kunxian and Patton would not report everything to him after he was promoted, and the few police officers who could directly order were only at the constitutional committee level, so they might not know the inside story. And after he was promoted, his connections were used once, less than once.

He simply used the power of the deputy chief of security to order the transfer of other disciplined forces, and now that there is a fire at the Star Pier, the best force to use is the fire department.

Without hesitation, he called the Fire Commissioner, Ge Wen, and asked the Fire Services Department to send an operational unit from Wan Chai District to the pier to extinguish the fire and assist the police force in dispersing the rioters.

This move is actually very correct, not only is the division famous, but also can interfere in the internal affairs of the police force, if there is an unfavorable result, the fire department is separated by a layer, and the negative impact will not fall on him. After doing all this, Jian Baoning called Kunxian to ask about the incident, but Kunxian's phone waited for a while, and finally no one answered. This made Jian Baoning have an ominous premonition in his heart, and immediately called Barton, the deputy director of operations, but Barton's phone was still unanswered.

"The crux of the matter is the rickshaw association." Jian Baoning put down the phone, calmed down for a moment, and then peeled back the cocoon in a thousand things, found the most important link, and called his subordinates to instruct: "Check who the president of the rickshaw union is." ”

"Hold his family down, and bring them to me."

As the deputy chief of security of one of the thirteen bureaus, although his power is not as strong as that of the police force, it is not a showmanship, and moving an ordinary person is a matter of one sentence. However, the rickshaw union is too high-profile, and he really doesn't know who the president is.

Tai Kwun.

Chen Li, the chief inspector of the anti-corruption room, wearing a white shirt and a certificate around his neck, walked into the office of the deputy director of operations with more than 20 police officers of the anti-corruption unit. ”

"Sir Chen?"

Barton recognized the short Chinese man with gray temples and wrinkled face in front of him, and knew that the other party had an extraordinary relationship with He Sir.

After all, he is over 50 years old, and if the anti-corruption room is not easy to mobilize, the Chinese below will not allow him to occupy a position all the time. At this time, he walked into the office with a group of subordinates, which really startled Barton, but after Barton reacted, he immediately became angry and shouted: "Sir He is helping Kun do things first?" ”

"The Anti-Corruption Office has no comment." Chen Li still smiled very kindly: "I just did what I was ordered to do, please don't make it difficult for me to do it, besides, the director made coffee in the office, who are you going to drink?" ”

"The Commissioner is not in the mood to wait too long for you."

Seeing Chen Li's expression of imminent action, Barton knew that the other party would not bring more than 20 people to joke with him, so he glared at Chen Li coldly, then picked up his police hat and put it on, and strode out of the deputy director's office.

When he walked into the police commissioner's office under the leadership of a group of Chinese police officers from the anti-corruption room, Kun Xian was standing behind the large desk, drinking a cup of hot coffee unhurriedly.

"Kunxian sir!"

"What do you mean by asking the Anti-Corruption Unit to invite me?"

Barton stood at his desk, his expression extremely angry.

Kun Xian put down the coffee cup, stepped to the sofa in the reception area and sat down, stared at him in a condensed voice, meticulous and clear: "I let you deal with the incident at the Star Wharf, not for you to expand the incident again and again." ”

"What the police force should do is first to protect the public interest, and secondly, to pay attention to the interests of the police officers, and the interests of the police force do not exist at all!"

"Patton, as the deputy director of operations and the chairman of the Police Fund, you actually interfered with the freedom of the commercial market for the benefit of a project of the Police Fund, which led to a large-scale riot of more than 500 people at the Star Pier.

Barton's chest rose and fell, his breathing was very rapid, he looked at Kun Xian quietly, and the corners of his mouth suddenly provoked a sneer: "In less than three hours before and after, you have completely changed your position, it seems that the whole incident was organized by you and He Dingxian." ”

"The purpose is to remove me from power?"

Kun Xian glanced at him calmly, and said lightly: "I have no sense of mission and honor as a police officer, I resist the review of the police force, and I don't cherish the opportunity, now I will dismiss you from the position of deputy director of operations as the police commissioner." ”

Patton said forcefully: "The appointment of the Commissioner of Police requires the Governor to sign a document and the Security Bureau to approve it, you have no right to remove me from my position!" ”

"Jian Sir will not agree!"

Kun Xian was ruthless: "Temporarily lifted, and then approved." ”

"Picked up his robbery."

"Received his papers!" He gestured with his hand.

Two anti-corruption room police officers immediately stepped forward and detained the five big and three thick Barton, Chen Li stepped forward to remove the gun bag and retrieve the documents, the whole process Barton did not struggle, just stared at Kun Xian and said: "You betrayed us, Jian Sir will not let you go!" ”

Kun first took the gun and certificate handed by Chen Li, waved his hand to let the police station let go of the person, and said indifferently: "Whoever controls the situation will take the initiative, and Jian Sir will not fight with me for a person who has lost power." ”

"Besides, he can't fight for a long time, and now, he needs a decent ending more than a bloody defeat."

"You're stupid and you're fooling around with an old guy who is about to retire."

All kinds of thoughts rolled in Barton's head, and his heart suddenly became a little flustered, and when he saw Kun first stand up and open a cabinet, he took out a cup and put it in front of him: "Remember to finish the morning coffee before leaving, don't waste it anymore." ”

That cup of coffee is long outdated.

It's cold.

(End of chapter)