Chapter 193: Complete City Closure
"Policeman? Do you know his name?" Zhou Yi asked hurriedly.
The nurse shook her head. "I heard the person who brought him here call him Director Jin."
"Director Jin!" Zhou Yi was shocked and asked the nurse to lead the way quickly.
Dr. Qiu asked Qian Hongxing and his wife to go upstairs and find the nurse by themselves, and said that he had given his permission.
Then run back quickly.
Although the two buildings were only a few dozen meters apart, Zhou Yi wished he could fly over there.
Why was Director Jin shot? Did he meet the fugitive kidnapper leader Brother Long?
But aren't all police officers conducting searches done in pairs? How did he get injured? And why wasn't there any notification over the police radio?
"Is he the only one injured?" Zhou Yi asked the nurse.
"yes."
"Who sent him?"
"He should be a policeman too."
Soon, Zhou Yi returned to the door of the emergency room, but there was no one at the door. Director Qiu followed the nurse in hurriedly.
Zhou Yi really wanted to go in and take a look, but he knew that the rescue was crucial now, and he couldn't get in anyway.
Before closing the door, Director Qiu said to him, "Don't worry, police officer. We will do our best to rescue him."
"Hey, how could this happen!"
Turning his head, Zhou Yi saw a familiar figure.
"Master?"
It was Zhang Ning, the master from the police station.
"Zhou Yi?" Zhang Ning, who was originally dejected, quickly ran over.
"Master, were you the one who brought Director Jin here? What's going on?"
"It's all my fault, it's all my fault. If I hadn't left, this wouldn't have happened." Zhang Ning's face was full of self-blame, and he almost slapped himself.
"Master, don't worry, what's going on?"
Zhou Yi knew that it was useless to blame himself at this time. The most rational way was to figure out the problem and then deal with it.
Through Zhang Ning's description, Zhou Yi roughly understood the situation at that time, but the key part was missing.
At that time, Jin Lei and Zhang Ning were in a team, driving a police car to conduct patrol and search.
After all, they had been busy with the case ever since they received Zhou Yi's call. The continuous fatigue caused Jin Lei, who was driving, to have a stomachache. The pain was so severe that beads of sweat the size of beans kept dripping down his face, and he had no choice but to stop the car.
Zhang Ning found a factory a few dozen meters away and the lights in the guard room were still on, so he got out of the car to ask for a cup of hot water so that Jin Lei could drink it to calm down.
He had just asked someone for hot water and was about to walk back when he heard a gunshot.
He immediately dropped the cup and ran as fast as he could, then he saw Jin Lei lying in the grass by the roadside and the police car driving away.
He asked the security guard who came after hearing the noise to call 120, and he kept pressing on Jin Lei's wound until the ambulance arrived and took him to the hospital.
Zhou Yi asked them about the specific location of the accident and estimated that it was more than five kilometers away from the dock.
Sure enough, the worst happened and the fugitive escaped before the police encirclement was closed.
It seems that the only possibility for him to escape so quickly was that motorcycle.
But he already had a motorcycle, so why did he want to steal a police car? The police car was so obvious, wouldn't this increase his risk of exposure?
It took Zhang Ning no more than two minutes to leave the police car and ask for hot water.
What happened in those two minutes? It seems only Jin Lei knows.
"Master, have you reported the situation to the command center?"
"I just remembered it when Director Jin was sent to the emergency room, so I quickly reported it to the command center." Zhang Ning said guiltily.
Zhou Yi also understood that after Director Jin was shot, Zhang Ning panicked and only wanted to call an ambulance to press on Jin Lei's wound to prevent excessive blood loss.
There is nothing wrong with this operation, but after the ambulance arrives, he should immediately report the situation to the command center, which takes time.
This is why grassroots police officers cannot participate in core operations in major cases like this. Most people lack the ability to respond when faced with serious emergencies.
Zhou Yi patted Zhang Ning's shoulder and said soothingly, "Master, don't blame yourself too much. This is not your fault."
Despite this, Zhang Ning still sighed heavily. "If anything happens to Director Jin, I... I... How will I have the face to go back to the institute?"
Zhou Yi took out his cell phone and immediately called Wu Yongcheng, telling him what happened in the hospital.
Wu Yongcheng asked, "How is Director Jin now?"
Although he had only officially met Jin Lei today, Jin Lei had stepped forward without hesitation at the critical moment before, even for Zhou Yi's sake, but Wu Yongcheng was very grateful for this courage.
Zhou Yi said gravely, "We're still trying to save him. We don't know yet. The doctor said the gunshot wound caused a ruptured liver and massive bleeding. It's very dangerous."
"Damn it!" Wu Yongcheng cursed, "How can this bastard run so fast!"
"Captain Wu, he stole Chief Jin's police car."
"I know. After the command center reported to me, I asked them to notify all police forces to strictly inspect this police car."
"No, Captain Wu, I'm wondering why he robbed the police car. Since he had already prepared a getaway motorcycle, and was able to escape five kilometers away from the dock so quickly, he could have continued to run."
"You mean he abandoned the motorcycle to hide his tracks?"
"Yes. It's very likely that he happened to run into Chief Jin after hiding and abandoning the motorcycle. I think we can search the area near where Chief Jin was shot to see if we can find the motorcycle."
"You're right. I'll arrange it right away. But according to this logic, maybe he had no means of transportation, so he chose to rob the police car?"
"But a police car is too obvious a target, there's no way he didn't understand that. Judging by the fact that he was able to evade capture at the dock and escape, this Long Ge has a very strong anti-reconnaissance awareness and wouldn't make such a low-level mistake."
Wu Yongcheng understood instantly: "He deliberately drove away the police car in order to disrupt our search and focus our attention on the police car!"
"Right!" Analyzing the case with Wu Yongcheng was truly a pleasure; it clicked instantly. "Captain Wu, he'll definitely use his old tricks again, hiding or abandoning the police car, and then finding another way to escape."
"This guy is so cunning! He's outsmarting us every step of the way."
"Captain Wu, it's almost dawn. Once daylight arrives, we're going to be in trouble."
"Yes." Wu Yongcheng was also worried about this.
Today is Monday. After dawn, children go to school, adults go to work, and the elderly go out for a walk. The two million people of Hongcheng begin to move around in this city.
These people are not only tools for the criminals to hide themselves, but also hostages. Because the criminals have guns in their hands, these two million people may become his hostages again.
Hongcheng has less than two thousand police officers. For a city with a population of two million, these two thousand police officers are like drops of ink poured into a bottle of water.
What's more, most of these two thousand policemen are grassroots police officers who are not equipped with guns. Even if Wu Yongcheng wants to equip each of them with guns, the Municipal Bureau does not have so many guns available.
Moreover, the Jin Lei incident has already happened, and his life or death is still unknown. How can the safety of these police officers be guaranteed?
"Captain Wu, haven't you contacted Director Xie yet?" Zhou Yi asked.
Zhou Yi's reminder made Wu Yongcheng slap his thigh and said, "Damn it! I've been so busy that I've lost my mind. Forget about thanking Director Xie. I haven't even called that guy named Ni since he left."
"Captain Wu, we can only ask Director Xie to intervene now," Zhou Yi said solemnly. "Have him request the local armed police to completely seal off Hongcheng and dig deep to find this guy!"
…
Wu Yongcheng hung up the phone and was about to try to call Director Xie again when the phone suddenly rang.
He was immediately startled and took a closer look. The number was unfamiliar, but the area code was that of the provincial capital.
So he quickly answered the phone, "Hello, this is Wu Yongcheng."
"I'm Xie Guoqiang!" Director Xie's voice on the other end of the phone was as loud as a bell.
"Thank you, Director. You finally answered the phone. If I couldn't find you, I would have wanted to jump into the Nansha River." Wu Yongcheng almost wanted to cry. This night was really not a living night for him.
"Wu Yongcheng, be serious!" Xie Guoqiang said sternly, "Director Xu is next to me!"
When Wu Yongcheng heard this, his expression instantly became serious, his back automatically straightened, and he said loudly: "Yes!"
"Xiao Wu, how far has the case progressed now? It seems that Captain Ni doesn't have a full understanding of the progress of the case." A gentle but powerful voice asked.
"Report to the Director! We have successfully rescued the hostages, captured three kidnappers, and killed one!"
The voice on the other end was surprised but also relieved: "Very good, very good. How are the hostages doing now?"
"Director! The hostage is out of danger and is currently receiving observation and treatment in the ICU. The hospital says there's still a 24-hour critical period before they can be confirmed as completely safe."
Wu Yongcheng paused and said, "However... Director Xu, Director Xie, the kidnapper's principal has escaped, and the current situation is rather difficult."
Wu Yongcheng immediately gave a comprehensive report of the current situation to Director Xu and Director Xie.
After the report, there was a moment of silence. After a moment, Director Xu said, "Guoqiang, it seems you need to go back and organize the work. Immediately mobilize the five police units stationed there to completely blockade Hongcheng and impose a high level of martial law. We must not let this criminal escape from Hongcheng! We must not allow the lives and property of ordinary people to be threatened! Regarding the issue of insufficient police force mentioned by Xiao Wu, I will transfer some criminal police from several cities near Hongcheng to support your work."
Finally, Director Xu said on the phone, "This case can be classified as a major criminal offense! Don't worry, go ahead and handle it boldly. I will stand with you on the same front."
This sentence is undoubtedly a stabilizing force for Wu Yongcheng!
Because a formal lockdown is a major event, it will easily cause social panic and involve all aspects.
This is also the reason why Wu Yongcheng had formulated Plan A and Plan B before. He hoped to solve all the problems when the city was closed at night.
Otherwise, it would be impossible to seal it off during the day, and we would have to deploy defenses around the issue of Qian Hongxing paying the ransom.
…
On the other side, in the hospital, Zhou Yi and Zhang Ning waited for a long time and finally waited for Director Qiu to come out.
Director Qiu, who was in his fifties, took off his mask. His forehead was covered in sweat. He nodded tiredly at Zhou Yi.
"At least he was saved."
This one sentence made Zhou Yi and Zhang Ning feel relieved.
Then the unconscious Jin Lei was pushed out and also sent to the intensive care unit.
The nurse also gave Zhou Yi a big bag containing Jin Lei's cut clothes and personal belongings. Because they needed to be disinfected during the operation, they had to be cut off.
Zhou Yi took the bag and followed the bed while rummaging through the contents.
"Master, does Chief Jin have a gun?" Although ordinary police officers are not equipped with guns, he knows that those at the chief level are basically equipped with guns.
"I remember he brought it with him. Isn't it in the bag?" Zhang Ning's face changed drastically.
Zhou Yi's face also changed. If it wasn't here, then either Jin Lei's service gun was stolen or it was in the police car.
Either way, it's a pretty bad situation.
Zhou Yi rummaged through the clothes again and suddenly saw a golden object in the pile of clothes. It looked like a lighter.
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