The patrol officers suddenly turned into assassins and attacked Li Zhiqun and his group, catching everyone off guard.
Just then, Li Zhiqun emerged from behind the guard and was about to get into his car when his upper body was exposed to the guard's gun. It can be said that the guard's timing was excellent.
However, Li Zhiqun was extremely lucky. He had been watching this farce the whole time and found it amusing when the patrol officers were frustrated and eventually gave up the chase.
But he was, after all, a seasoned agent with quick reflexes, especially in recent years, having been on the front lines of intelligence. His vigilance and responsiveness were far beyond what ordinary agents could match.
Just before the patrol officers took action, he noticed something amiss. Whistles and batons were standard equipment for Shanghai patrol officers, but Li Zhiqun suddenly realized that the patrol officers in front of him were holding their batons in their left hands, while their right hands were empty. This immediately made him uneasy.
Sure enough, as soon as a warning signal appeared in his mind, the other party made a move, drawing his gun in his right hand and launching an attack. At this moment, Li Zhiqun reacted quickly. He stepped back and grabbed Sun Xiangde, who was following him, pulling him into his arms. At the same time, he felt a strong push on his left shoulder, and half of his body went numb. He involuntarily fell to the ground.
But Sun Xiangde, who was being pulled in front of him, was not so lucky. In an instant, he was shot several times in the head and chest, and his body trembled from the blows.
The assassins all used Browning large-caliber pistols, which are powerful and second only to Colt pistols among all close-combat pistols. They are lethal within fifty meters. Therefore, Sun Xiangde died instantly after being hit by several bullets, and his body fell backward, landing right on top of Li Zhiqun.
These patrol officers were good marksmen, and the first round of fire was concentrated on Li Zhiqun, so the bullets landed in a dense pattern, but did not cause much damage to the guards around Li Zhiqun.
Li Zhiqun's guards were stunned when the gunfire rang out, but they were all highly skilled and handpicked soldiers. After the first round of gunfire, they all reacted and shouted in alarm, drawing their guns to return fire. The closest guards rushed forward and stood in front of Li Zhiqun.
Li Zhiqun fell to the ground, conveniently taking cover under the car, leaving the patrol officers without a target for their next attack. However, they were well-trained, and a second wave of fire continued uninterrupted, still managing to take down several guards who were unable to react in time.
But at this moment, the guards began their counterattack. Li Zhiqun had at least twenty guards around him, all of whom were agile operatives. Their reaction speed was not slow, and after enduring two rounds of attacks, they began to fight back.
Gunfire erupted immediately, and the patrol officers were injured or killed. The two officers at the front were hit in the chest by several bullets and collapsed. In an instant, bullets crisscrossed the street, and even pedestrians who could not get out of the way were hit.
Only then did the nearby crowd realize what was happening, and screams erupted everywhere. The once dense crowd scattered in all directions, and the scene descended into chaos.
"withdraw!"
The lead patrolman was also shot, but he was not yet incapacitated. Seeing that Li Zhiqun had fallen, he stopped fighting and decisively ordered a retreat.
The patrol officers immediately turned and fled, taking advantage of the chaos to hide in the crowd and quickly retreat. However, the guards were not about to let them go. They ignored the pedestrians on the street and quickly gave chase. Bullets rained down, and two more patrol officers and some pedestrians fell to the ground. The patrol officers fought and retreated. Bullets flew everywhere in the street as the patrol officers quickly retreated to the end of the street.
At this moment, Li Zhiqun, who had been knocked to the ground, was helped up by the guards. He had been shot in the left shoulder, but it was not a fatal injury, and he was still conscious. He looked at Sun Xiangde at his feet and ordered fiercely, "Hold them down and sound the alarm. I want to see where they can run to."
Just then, a hail of bullets suddenly erupted from a shop at the end of the street, attacking from the side and knocking down the closest guards. The guards were so frightened that they stopped in their tracks, lay down to take cover, or looked around for cover.
"Run!"
Several men rushed out of the shop, firing their guns in rapid succession to cover the escape of several patrol officers. They soon made it out of the street corner, where several cars sped to pick them up. The attackers jumped into the cars, floored the accelerator, and drove away at high speed.
A group of guards also refused to let up and started their vehicles to follow. They wanted to keep up with the enemy, and soon the gunfire would attract police from all over the country and agents from the 76th Special Agent Headquarters. It wouldn't be easy for the enemy to escape.
The remaining guards, seeing that Li Zhiqun's wound was bleeding profusely and his face had turned pale, did not dare to delay and quickly took him to a nearby hospital for treatment. Some of the more astute guards ran back to the headquarters and called the 76th Special Agent Headquarters for help.
News of Li Zhiqun's assassination attempt quickly reached No. 76. All the key cadres were terrified and rushed to the hospital to visit him. Everyone brought their own guards, as if facing a major enemy. The atmosphere in the entire intelligence headquarters became increasingly tense.
Luo Xingchao also rushed over immediately. At this time, Wu Shicai, who was planning a new assassination operation, also arrived with his men. A large number of people crowded into the ward and waited outside the operating room for news.
Wu Shicai grabbed Li Zhiqun's bodyguard and questioned him about the entire assassination attempt.
After the guards finished explaining the situation, Wu Shicai asked, "Have you captured anyone alive?"
"No! They disguised themselves as patrol officers, catching us off guard. Chief Sun and five of his men were killed, and two others were seriously injured. We also killed four assassins, but the rest escaped. These men were very familiar with the terrain and roads, and our men lost them around Beima Road. However, we found these leaflets on the bodies of the assassins we killed; they hadn't had time to distribute them yet!"
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