Qi Qingshan, who was walking towards the two men, was also stunned when he saw the pistol. Soon, his face turned pale. Although he didn't know the purpose of the two men's visit, from the fact that they were carrying weapons when visiting, it could be seen that their visit was definitely not a harmless one.
His hand unconsciously reached for the holster under his ribs, and the slight good impression he had of the other party when he heard that he might be a member of the Hongmen completely disappeared without a trace.
The commotion here naturally attracted the attention of the 14K gang members who had just conquered the territory. Seeing their boss being knocked to the ground by a rifle butt, no man of blood could endure such humiliation.
However, the powerful weapons displayed by the other side made some people afraid to use firearms. People who have experienced the chaos of war are very sensitive to firearms. People in this period know very well that holding a gun is not to deter others. When they feel threatened, they will definitely open fire without hesitation.
This is different from the Young and Dangerous gangs who later experienced a long period of peace. People who have experienced peace generally do not dare to use guns easily. Even many policemen have never fired a gun in their entire lives. Some people need a long period of psychological preparation before firing a gun.
During wartime, soldiers who have experienced war will never have this mentality.
Many of these gangsters had wielded guns before, and they knew that they could not stand up to the other side's fully armed bodyguards with the weapons in their hands. So when they saw the other side take out their weapons, they began to retreat behind the crowd without making a sound.
This is a wise move by smart people, but most gangsters do not have this insight and brains. They only know that their boss was knocked to the ground by the butt of a gun, and they cannot just stand by and watch indifferently. In a heat of the moment, everyone began to clamor and move in the direction of Fang Lang and the others.
Having just fought a great battle and won, the morale of the gangsters was high. How could they endure such humiliation at this moment?
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Fortunately, Fatty Ming knew what their boss meant and quickly stood up.
"Brothers, don't be impulsive. The boss has already told me before he came over that we should not act rashly because there are important people among these foreigners.
The boss used to be friends with them. Although there is a little accident now, if we take action, it may cost the boss his life!
Everybody calm down! "
It is not easy for the gangsters, whose morale is so high, to calm down.
"Big shots are so great! We have so many brothers, are we afraid of their dozen guns?"
"That's right, having a gun is great!"
"The boss got beaten up. If we, the younger brothers, remain indifferent, how can we survive in the underworld in the future?"
"That's right, let's go up and argue with them!"
Everyone was getting restless and talking. Although some people were willing to follow Fatty Ming's command, most of the brothers were still emotional from the fight just now. Their blood was boiling and they naturally wouldn't calm down easily.
Fatty Ming was at a loss for a moment. He could only stand in front of the crowd, trying to stop them from approaching Fang Lang, and kept shouting:
"Everyone calm down, don't be impulsive! You will kill the boss if you do this!"
But his voice alone could not suppress the excitement of a group of gangsters, so his dissuasion was doomed to be in vain.
Their restlessness naturally attracted the attention of the guards hiding nearby. Without Fang Lang's orders, the guards who had been hiding in the dark rushed out with weapons in hand.
In the dark alleys on both sides of Stanley Street, two teams of only twenty or so fully armed guards, holding MP5 submachine guns and rushing out in a combat posture, were still very deterrent.
"GO, GO, GO, Let's move! Let's move!"
At first, the group of gangsters didn't react, but the guards' hurried footsteps and commands that were different from Cantonese quickly attracted everyone's attention.
By the time everyone reacted, the group of armed guards had already surrounded them. Although the guards were smaller in number, they did surround such a large group of people with a small number of people.
After seeing the surrounding situation clearly, the group of gangsters who were just excited stopped and were a little at a loss for a moment.
Fatty Ming, who was trying to stop everyone from acting impulsively, started twitching uncontrollably when he saw a group of fully armed soldiers rushing out from nowhere and surrounding him and others. He raised his hands in surrender as if by reflex.
Those who had relevant experience in the Young and Dangerous gang also raised their hands wisely. Even the experienced ones who had just sneaked into the back of the crowd were afraid that they would get themselves into trouble if they stayed with a group of green hands who knew nothing.
They raised their hands, walked out of the crowd, leaned to one side, and squatted down with their hands on their heads.
These people are actually the backbone of the 14K. The other gangsters were also confused when they saw this situation. What's going on? Why did the most powerful group of us give in first?
When the guards who surrounded the group saw that some people had not surrendered voluntarily, the squad leader pointed his gun into the sky and pulled the trigger.
When the gunshots rang out, the gangsters, who were originally at a loss as to what to do, suddenly had an epiphany and squatted down with their heads in their hands.
The sudden sound of gunfire made Fang Lang frown. He looked at Reinhardt and said:
"Rienhart, this situation won't be a problem, right?"
He was not afraid. The main reason was that this was a special period after all and the situation was tense. If his subordinates fired guns in the urban area of Hong Kong City and caused a riot, it might cause some unnecessary trouble to his subsequent actions.
Hearing Fang Lang's question, Reinhardt said without hesitation:
"What's the problem? These damn Hong Kong police, such a big thing happened here, and so much time has passed, but they didn't react at all.
I will file a complaint against them to the Governor, this is malpractice and they should all go to court.”
Unexpectedly, before Fang Lang could say anything, Reinhardt had already taken the lead in blaming all the responsibility on the Hongcheng police.
If Fang Lang did not have some understanding of the relationship between the Hong Kong City police and the Hong Kong City underworld during this period, he might have wondered why no police had arrived for so long, and whether it was a conspiracy against him.
But as someone from later generations, although he could not be said to be very familiar with the situation of the Hong Kong City police at that time, he was definitely not completely ignorant. If things went as expected, the Hong Kong City police of this period should be even more evil than the underworld.
The four great detectives that later emerged gradually developed during this period.
If things go as expected, the battle for territory here must have been communicated with the Hong Kong City police in advance. At least the 14K side must have found the police as a backer before taking action.
Otherwise, even if they take over this territory now, they will not be able to keep it. This is the reality of Hong Kong City. The underworld must have backing from the police.
Fang Lang smiled and patted Reinhardt's shoulder.
“Don’t be angry. The Hong Kong police must have their own difficulties. After all, it is now off-duty time. These gangsters are carrying out such activities in the middle of the night, definitely to avoid the police’s sight.
It is totally unnecessary for us to blame the police at this time, but this incident does serve as a reminder to the Hong Kong police that they cannot lose control of Hong Kong at night."
As a British, Reinhardt's position determines that his perspective on this issue is completely different from Fang Lang's.
No matter what, Hong Kong City is still British territory. The occurrence of such lawless things on their own territory can only mean that it is the dereliction of duty of the Hong Kong City police. He cannot accept such a reality.
Especially when Fang Lang said that the port city must not lose control at night, his anger was completely ignited.
Isn't the meaning of this sentence telling him clearly that the port city is under British control during the day, but not at night?
"Fang, you don't have to defend these incompetent guys. They didn't do it well, and I don't know about it. Now everything is happening right under my nose. I must make these incompetent bastards give me a clear answer.
Otherwise I will be complaining to Scotland Yard."
As a lieutenant colonel in the British Royal Navy, if Reinhardt really wanted to hold on to this matter, it would be difficult for the Hong Kong police to handle the case.
However, Fang Lang estimated that even if the Hong Kong City police really began to pay attention to this matter, the situation in Hong Kong City could not be reversed directly.
The existence of the Hong Kong underworld is not an isolated case, but a characteristic of this era. Unless the British government leaders and the Governor of Hong Kong decide to carry out a thorough overhaul or hand over Hong Kong to their hometown for management, there will not be much change in Hong Kong.
Fang Lang had never thought of making any changes to the current situation in Hong Kong City. So, after hearing what Reinhardt said, he just smiled and didn't say much, but turned his attention to the two gangsters who were pinned to the ground.
At this time, Qi Qingshan had already arrived in front of the two people. Looking at the two people who were pressed to the ground and dared not move, Qi Qingshan slowly squatted in front of Brother Bing, looked at him carefully, and then slowly said:
"What do you want to do?"
Brother Bing, who was pressed to the ground and looked at his subordinates who were surrounded not far away with a look of despair, was stunned when he heard a familiar voice suddenly coming to his ear. He quickly looked at Qi Qingshan. Seeing that the other party had an obvious Chinese appearance and heard the Chinese spoken by the other party, he let out a long breath.
I originally thought that I didn't check the calendar before going out today, and I offended someone I shouldn't have offended. This time, I and the people I brought with me might be doomed, and my own gang might even be implicated.
Unexpectedly, someone who could understand what he was saying suddenly came at this time. This was undoubtedly a glimmer of hope in despair. He hurriedly said in a pleading tone:
"Sir, this is a misunderstanding. There is a misunderstanding here. I have no ill intentions! Please talk to them. I really have no ill intentions."
Qi Qingshan obviously didn't come to listen to his explanation, and he interrupted him without any hesitation, saying:
"What do you want to do here, I ask?"
"Ah! I... I saw a few bosses sitting here eating supper from afar, and I was worried that our actions just now had disturbed their enjoyment, so I came here specially to apologize to you!"
"Apologizing with a weapon?"
Qi Qingshan's tone was cold, and he obviously didn't believe what Bing Ge said.
At this moment, Brother Bing really wanted to kill this ignorant bastard Haozi. Who knew that he would come with a pistol? Now yellow mud has fallen into his crotch, which is either shit or nothing.
However, he certainly had no choice but to resist, and he dared not lie, so he could only bite the bullet and smile bitterly:
"Boss, I said I didn't know this bastard had a pistol. Do you believe me?"
Upon hearing this, Qi Qingshan became even angrier and said in a cold tone:
"Guess whether I believe it or not."
Hearing this, Brother Bing could only dejectedly reveal a look of despair. Soon, he didn't know if he had figured something out, he raised his right foot with all his strength and kicked Haozi, who was lying beside him and looked a little at a loss.
"F**K, you bastard, you killed me today."
Not satisfied with just one kick, he raised his foot and kicked the other person a few more times with all his strength.
Haozi was stunned at first and was unable to react, but by the time Brother Bing kicked him the second time, he had already reacted.
Although he was a little terrified that he was pinned to the ground by fully armed soldiers, in his mind, Brother Bing was of similar status to him. He could accept being pointed at by these soldiers with guns and he dared not move, but he didn't think he could accept being kicked so hard by Brother Bing.
I couldn't help but dodge and yelled:
"Brother Bing, are you crazy? I carry my gun for self-defense, and you didn't say I can't carry a gun! Why didn't you tell me earlier? Now that something happened, you put all the blame on me, right?
Just wait, I will tell Brother Xiong when I get back, and you will see how he will deal with you."
At this point, Haozi showed no remorse at all and even refuted his words without any politeness, which made Bingge even angrier.
"You still have the nerve to say that you will complain to Brother Xiong when you get back. Now we don't even know if we can get back alive. You are such a fool, how come you didn't even realize that you are killing Brother Xiong, and you still have the nerve to yell here."
After saying that, he couldn't help but raise his foot and kick the guy again.
Qi Qingshan, who was standing by, watched the two's performance and said directly to them, regardless of whether what they said was true or false:
"Okay, stop fighting. I don't care whether what you said is true or not. Your actions seriously threaten the safety of our boss. Do you understand?
If it weren't for the fact that you're both Chinese, I would have shot you to death a long time ago."
When Brother Bing heard this, he felt like he had grabbed a life-saving straw and hurriedly said:
"Boss, we really didn't mean it. I just wanted to pay my respects to your boss and express my apologies to him.
After all, we didn't expect to disturb his dining pleasure today. We deserve to die. Please, for the sake of being Chinese, please help us beg for mercy.
If I am lucky enough to survive this time, I will definitely give you a generous gift to express my gratitude."
Hearing the other party's words, Qi Qingshan curled his lips in disdain. He even gave him a generous gift. He thought he had seen all kinds of things, so why did he need you to give me a generous gift?
"Why? You still want to bribe?"
Qi Qingshan rolled his eyes at the other person with some disdain, but the other person was Chinese after all, so he didn't want to kill him directly. Seeing that the other person looked pitiful and didn't seem to have any malicious intent, he couldn't help but glance in the direction of Fang Lang behind him, hoping to get instructions from Fang Lang.
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