As usual, the SWAT team's vehicle arrived at the door of Chen Xin's shelter on time, bringing supplies for exchange and preparing to transport away the vegetables Chen Xin produced this month.
What made Chen Xin feel very strange was that the person following the car today was not Qin Lan, but the young special police officer who had been here before and another special police officer he didn't know.
"Why are you here today? Alan didn't come?" Chen Xin frowned as he looked at the two special police officers who came to pick up the goods.
Qin Lan had made an appointment with him to come and stay for two days every month when she came to pick up the goods. She was not a person who broke her promise. If something hadn't delayed her, Qin Lan would never have broken the promise.
Sure enough, when Chen Xin asked why Qin Lan didn't come, the two special police officers looked at each other with hesitation and uneasiness on their faces.
This made Chen Xin even more worried, and he asked the two of them nervously: "What's wrong with A-Lan? Could something have happened?"
"This... Brother Chen, don't be nervous. Sister Lan didn't come because she was injured and is in the hospital now!" The young special police officer who had been here before hurriedly comforted Chen Xin. He knew that the relationship between Chen Xin and Qin Lan was unusual, and he He quickly explained the reason for the incident: "Sister Lan went on a mission yesterday and an accident occurred. Sister Lan was injured in the shoulder by a stray bullet and is now receiving treatment in the hospital."
As if he was afraid that Chen Xin would be worried, the young special police officer also added a word of comfort to Chen Xin: "Brother Chen, don't worry too much. Sister Lan was just scratched by a stray bullet. The condition was not serious. The doctor was afraid that her wound would be infected. Let her stay in the hospital for treatment, she’s really fine!”
Listening to the explanation of the young special police officer, Chen Xin's face turned completely dark. He did not expect that such a thing would happen to Qin Lan.
Although the young special police officer said that the situation was not serious and was just scratched by a stray bullet, if you think about it with your head, you will know that such a thing will happen. It is obvious that a gunfight has already occurred. Otherwise, Where did the stray bullet come from
Although Qin Lan is a sniper, snipers should be the most concealed combat unit on the battlefield. Now that the snipers are injured, how fierce should the battle be
Chen Xin could no longer suppress his worry at this moment and wanted to go to the hospital to see Qin Lan immediately.
But he had to resolve the matter at hand before he could go to the hospital.
So Chen Xin could only suppress his nervousness and worry and help the two special police officers count the vegetables that were traded this month. He didn't see the supplies they sent? He left them piled randomly in the maintenance room at the gate. He was about to drive out to visit Qin Lan in the city.
Seeing Chen Xin so excited? Two special police officers quickly stopped him.
"Brother Chen, please calm down first. You're driving to the hospital like this. It's easy to have an accident on the way? You'd better take our car!" The young special police officer did not stop Chen Xin from going to the hospital, but just refused to let him drive by himself: "The road conditions are now So bad? Is everything okay over there, Sister Lan? Don’t worry, Brother Chen, something happened here first!”
After listening to the young special police officer's words, Chen Xin hesitated for a moment and immediately gave up the idea of driving to the city. He nodded and closed the door of his shelter, and drove to the city with them.
In the urban hospital, Qin Lan was leaning on the patient's bed with her arms hanging. The expression on her face was a little remorseful, but also a little scared.
Her coat and clothes were unbuttoned, exposing her left arm and shoulder. The shoulder was now wrapped in a thick bandage and hung around her neck.
Qin Lan never thought that she would be hit by a stray bullet? She never thought that the criminals had been subdued and she could still be hit by a stray bullet.
But recalling yesterday's mission? Qin Lan still couldn't help but feel her heart beating too fast, and she was afraid of the ferocity of those criminals.
At that time, after the temporary command group issued an ultimatum to the criminals occupying the shelter, those criminals chose to open the door. Everyone thought the mission was over.
The criminals who came out were all subdued and handcuffed, ready to be put into a prison van and sent back to the city. But no one expected that one of them actually had explosives hidden in his body and set off a detonator.
Two SWAT team members who were close by were affected by the explosion and died on the spot. More than a dozen other SWAT team members and armed police soldiers were also affected with varying degrees of injuries.
After the explosion, another group of well-prepared criminals rushed out of the shelter and snatched the guns from the injured SWAT and armed police officers with the intention of resisting or even launching a counterattack.
A fierce gun battle broke out between the two sides, and even the rotating machine gun that was not originally intended to be used roared and fired at the criminals.
As the sniper in charge of supporting, Qin Lan naturally joined the battle without hesitation. In fact, she should have been the first one to discover that there was a problem, because she saw the criminals pulling the detonator through the scope of the sniper rifle, and the first For a moment, he pulled the trigger with the intention of killing the criminal.
But when she pulled the trigger, it was already too late. Although the criminal was killed, the detonator was still triggered.
Although the gunfight did not last long, and the criminal was quickly killed at the shelter gate, which lacked cover, a stray bullet hit Qin Lan in the shoulder during the fight.
After the battle, all the wounded were immediately sent back to the urban hospital for rescue. However, three wounded were still unable to be rescued due to their serious injuries, and five seriously wounded were still undergoing rescue.
Among all the people, Qin Lan, who was hit by a stray bullet, was the least injured.
This made her feel happy and frightened, but she also couldn't help but blame herself. If she had shot even a second earlier, it might not have resulted in such tragic consequences. A total of five people died, five were seriously injured, and more than a dozen people were seriously injured. Regardless of severity, this can be said to be the heaviest loss suffered by the police system in this city since the founding of the People's Republic of China.
Qin Lan felt extremely uncomfortable when she thought of the comrades she had been with day and night who died and were injured because she was slow to fire. The pain from the wound on her shoulder was also affecting her, so much so that she had to remove the bullet from her shoulder after surgery last night. Until now, she has not slept a wink.
He just stared blankly at the lamp on the ceiling, his eyes bloodshot, while his mind replayed yesterday's scene scene by scene.
If I could have fired a second earlier, if I could have discovered the abnormality earlier, so many people would not have been sacrificed and injured!
This thought lingered in Qin Lan's mind, making her think back to yesterday's scene over and over again. She was trying to find evidence that could convince her that she did not shoot late, and she was also looking for "evidence" that she had not discovered in time. ".
But this did not have any effect, but instead deepened her self-blame and regret, making her almost swallowed up by it. It was not until Chen Xin broke into the ward that she was pulled away from this continuous cycle of memories. come out. (End of chapter)