Chapter 27
"ah?"
Everyone inside and outside the car was shocked by his words.
The negotiation expert on the other end of the intercom hesitated: "Captain Lin, what if the hostages' safety can't be effectively guaranteed..."
"Is one person more important, or three people more important, or a group of people more important?" Lin Jiafan asked back.
If we let the criminal take Sister Zhang away now, only Sister Zhang will be in danger. But if we don't let him leave, who can guarantee that he won't hurt the two children if time goes on?
To make matters worse, the criminals lost their minds and indiscriminately fired at the crowd. This kind of situation has happened before, and no one can bear the consequences that are too tragic.
"Tell him it will take us ten minutes to prepare the car." After he said that, he hung up the intercom and turned his head to continue staring at the map motionlessly.
Two minutes later, all the members of the Special Case Investigation Team returned to the bus.
Lin Jiafan pointed somewhere on the map. "This is the closest parking spot to the barber shop. The suspect will probably get into the car with the hostages later."
"He wanted to drive out of the area, but there were only three possible routes. The first was to go directly west. He only had to go through two traffic lights to get onto the viaduct. The viaduct is well-connected, meaning he had more possibilities for escape."
"The second option is to drive east, which is full of narrow roads and complex alleys. However, this route has a very obvious advantage: there are very few surveillance cameras along the way. As long as he is familiar with the terrain, the police will easily lose him."
"As for the third point, it's about the direction of the flower market."
Pang Guang heard this and raised his hand in confusion, interrupting him. He said uncertainly, "If I remember correctly, the flower market is a dead end. The road is blocked, and only pedestrians and electric vehicles can pass."
Luo Jingyao took the opportunity to explain, "The roadblock isn't actually fixed, otherwise how would the cars doing business get in? However, the roadblock is open at fixed times, usually between 2 and 3 in the morning and between 7 and 8 in the morning. These hours are reserved for businesses to enter and exit."
"It's already noon, the suspect must know that the road is blocked." Pang Guang was so sure because he knew that the other party had been living nearby and must be very familiar with the situation in this area.
"He has hostages in his hands. We can't miss any possibility." Lin Jiafan obviously did not agree to concentrate all forces on the other two routes. After a moment of hesitation, he began to divide the police force.
Guo Zhen led a few people to the first route, Lin Jiafan led people to be responsible for the most complicated second route, and Pang Guang and the rest of the people went to the third route.
In order to avoid alerting the suspects, they all drove their private cars. After ensuring that there were at least six cars on each route, everyone was ready to take action immediately.
Guo Zhen, Pang Guang and others got out of the car first to communicate with the traffic police department. After all, they would have to ask their traffic police colleagues to set up roadblocks and adjust the red lights at the traffic posts later. The more thorough the coordination in advance, the more tacit the cooperation would be when the time comes.
At this time, Luo Jingyao was still standing alone in the corner, watching Lin Jiafan silently as he adjusted the pistol at his waist and reminded others of some details that needed special attention.
Finally, when there were only two minutes left in ten minutes, the man walked to the car door with his long legs, apparently intending to get off.
Between breaths, he seemed to suddenly remember that there was a stranger in the car, so he stopped and looked over: "Can you drive?"
Luo Jingyao was stunned by the question and nodded subconsciously: "I know a little."
Upon hearing this, Lin Jiafan beckoned to the police officer sitting in front of the row of screens. After receiving the car keys as she wished, she actually handed them to her. "Then, please, Coach Luo, drive this car to the intersection of Yuanlin Road and Park Street."
After a quick mental reaction, Luo Jingyao hesitantly took the car keys: "That intersection should be on the route that Officer Pang is in charge of, right?"
"Due to a shortage of manpower, his route has one less car than other routes, just in case." Lin Jiafan opened his eyelids and looked at her seriously. "Even if the suspect really breaks through the police blockade, you must not take any risks. If conditions permit, follow him as far as you can."
"No matter what, always remember that you are just an ordinary citizen. Protecting yourself is the most important thing."
"Support from the city is on the way, it may not come to that." After the man said this, he gathered his coat, lowered his head slightly and left.
Luo Jingyao lowered her eyes and felt that the car keys in her hand were burning.
She blinked. If she remembered correctly, after passing the intersection of Yuanlin Road and Park Street, she would be on the Outer Ring Road. If she drove north, she would see the famous Black Wind Mountain in the suburbs of Tianjin.
Once the suspect enters the mountain...
Thinking of this, Luo Jingyao quickly gathered her thoughts, asked the police officer in front of the screen for the license plate number, and got out of the car.
Without bothering to observe what was happening on the other side of the crowd, she walked back a few hundred meters and finally found the target vehicle.
Luo Jingyao walked forward, opened the car door, bent down and got into the driver's seat. Holding the steering wheel, she carefully turned around on the spot, and without delay, she ran to the place Lin Jiafan had just mentioned.
After about seven or eight minutes, she drove the car to a relatively secluded place at the intersection and parked it under the shade of a tree.
Looking at the constantly changing traffic lights at the intersection, and the leisurely pedestrians and vehicles coming and going, she felt that the scene before her was full of the calm before the storm.
Just as Luo Jingyao was feeling emotional, the cell phone on the passenger seat suddenly rang.
After frantically pressing the connect button, Lin Jiafan's somewhat hurried voice came from the other end: "Have you arrived?"
"arrive."
"There's good news and bad news." Lin Jiafan calmed his breath and spoke in a focused voice, "The bad news is that the suspect chose the road leading to the flower market where Pang Guang was. He drove through the roadblocks and then rampaged through the square in front of the flower market, nearly causing widespread casualties."
"To protect the lives of the people, Pang Guang and his colleagues had no choice but to abandon their car to evacuate the crowd and did their utmost to stop the suspect's vehicle. Unfortunately, he escaped and the hostages were still in the car."
"The good news is that there was a brief exchange of fire when Pang Guang and his men tried to stop him. Thermal imaging scans confirmed that he only had one gun on him, and it should be out of bullets now."
"Coach Luo..."
While the person on the other end of the phone was still talking, Luo Jingyao saw a gray sedan whizzing past her car and running a red light.
"Officer Lin, I think I saw him!" Before she could hear the reply from the other end, she threw her phone away, stepped on the accelerator hard, and the car under her rushed out with a "whoosh".
However, Luo Jingyao was still cautious. After following the gray car at a moderate speed for a few minutes, they successfully got on the outer ring road.
However, there are not as many vehicles on the outer ring road as in the city. If this continues, it will probably not take long for the other party to notice something is wrong.
At this time, she saw several large trucks lined up in a row not far ahead and moving forward at a constant speed.
At their current speed, they would be able to overtake those large trucks in about two minutes.
His brows moved and a plan came to his mind.
Luo Jingyao gritted her teeth and gave it a try!
Soon, just as she expected, the gray car in front began to approach the long line of trucks. She saw the right moment and swung the steering wheel to the left. The next second, the black car she was driving completely disappeared from the suspect's rearview mirror.
Not daring to relax for a moment, Luo Jingyao stepped on the accelerator to the bottom and frantically overtook the truck next to her in the outer lane, while calculating in her mind the speed of the silver car in the innermost lane.
Finally, she saw the front of the truck.
Close, equal, surpass!
Without reducing the pressure on the accelerator, she frantically turned the steering wheel to the right, and suddenly appeared in front of the gray car like a flash.
Before the suspect behind her noticed anything was wrong, Luo Jingyao raised her foot slightly and then put it down again.
An unexpected brake application prevented the car behind from reacting in time, and the front of the car collided with the rear of her car!
Bang!
Luo Jingyao gripped the steering wheel tightly, stepped on the accelerator again and rushed forward to relieve the huge force coming from the rear of the car. Then she moved the car slightly to the left and aimed the rear of the car at the main driving direction of the car behind.
Then there was another brake!
Bang!
Because of the collision just now, the speed of the two cars has slowed down a lot, so this time she did not choose to accelerate again to relieve the force. Instead, she stepped on the brakes hard, controlled the steering wheel, and used the body of her car to stick firmly to the gray car.
The friction between the tires and the asphalt road made a harsh sound.
Then, due to inertia, the two cars continued to slide forward for dozens of meters, and finally both rushed out of the lane and crashed into the pile of weeds on the side of the road.
Beep, beep, beep——
For a moment, the loud sound of car horns filled the entire sky.
When Lin Jiafan and his men arrived, they saw Luo Jingyao struggling to climb out of the car in front. "Quick! Check on the hostages... I deliberately avoided the passenger seat, but I'm not sure..."
Upon hearing this, a group of policemen swarmed over like bees.
"The person in the passenger seat is fine. The airbags here didn't deploy. He's conscious and has no obvious external injuries!" Someone shouted, and then everyone worked together to rescue the hostage, Sister Zhang, from the passenger seat of the gray car and immediately sent her to the ambulance.
On the other hand, the driver's side was in a terrible situation. Not only did the airbag pop out, but the suspect was lying on the steering wheel and the vehicle's horn was still honking.
Pang Guang stood by and watched as his colleagues and medical staff worked together to carry away the suspect, who hadn't yet completely fainted. He hunched his shoulders and turned his head to ask curiously, "What the hell? Coach Luo, you're a little too amazing, aren't you? Have you practiced this before?"
"How did that sentence come about?"
"The force is just right, it's confusing but not brain-wrenching!"
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