Because the military pressure from District 1 on Longcheng was too great, the armed forces of Longcheng, led by the garrison, were unable to defend the entire city. Therefore, the upper echelons decided to let the main force stay and continue to fight guerrilla warfare with the invading forces from District 1, based on the city center of Longcheng and the surrounding counties and towns.
At the same time, in order to ensure the integrity of the command systems of various institutions and their overall combat effectiveness, the leadership of each institution began to withdraw from Longcheng and conduct remote command.
This includes the National Bureau of Statistics.
Gu Baishun had returned to his office. Not long after he sat down, he received an emergency evacuation order from his superiors.
After thinking for a while, Gu Baishun called his secretary in and ordered, "Notify the senior management of each department to gather in the conference room in five minutes to prepare for the meeting!"
"Okay!" The secretary nodded, immediately left the office and began to convey orders.
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Five minutes later, in the meeting room of the National Bureau of Statistics.
Leaders of more than a dozen departments including the Intelligence Department, Communications Department, and the Action Team had all arrived, including Daxiong, who was sitting upright in his seat, waiting for orders.
There were about twenty people in total. Everyone looked very solemn, but they did not seem panicked.
Soon, Gu Baishun pushed the door open and walked in. Everyone immediately stood up and shouted respectfully, "Director Gu!"
"Everyone, please sit down."
Gu Baishun waved his hand and sat at the top seat, and then the others took their seats.
Feeling the solemn atmosphere in the conference room, Gu Baishun said with his hands inserted: "My fellow colleagues, Longcheng has reached a critical moment of survival. The upper echelons have conveyed to us the order to retreat. We must also act as soon as possible according to the pre-planned plan..."
Everyone nodded slowly. They already knew what was going on with this situation.
Gu Baishun was very satisfied to see everyone's calm reaction in the face of danger, and then he began to assign tasks: "Captain Wu, you will lead the team in person to escort the important suspects detained in the bureau to Bana City. Xiao Zhang, Lao Li, you will collect the relevant information and documents. Take away what you can take away, and burn what you can't take away as soon as possible..."
The tasks were assigned one by one, and after the meeting, everyone in the Bureau of General Affairs became busy.
The same situation was also happening inside various administrative departments in Longcheng, and everyone was preparing for evacuation.
Among them, since the National Bureau of Investigation and Statistics is the most important weapon in Longcheng’s military intelligence system, a complete evacuation plan had been prepared long ago. Therefore, the whole process was executed very quickly, taking only half an hour. The relevant matters were properly handled and the evacuated personnel were almost gathered.
Led by Gu Baishun, this group of people quickly rushed to the nearest military airport. After all, they belonged to a special department and enjoyed the highest rights during the retreat, that was for sure.
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In the departing car, Gu Baishun took out his cell phone and made a call.
The call was quickly connected, and Li Mingsheng's voice rang out: "Hello?"
Gu Baishun got straight to the point and specifically instructed: "Leader, don't tell me or anyone else about your evacuation route! You must go alone now and evacuate from Dragon City secretly."
Li Mingsheng said in a very steady voice: "Don't worry about me. Your job is to make sure you don't lose the chips in your hand!"
Gu Baishun nodded: "Okay, don't worry."
The two ended the call, and Gu Baishun and his group continued to rush to the airport.
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At the same time, Su Tianbei also received the order to retreat. His current job is to protect important family members and march to Bana City by land.
After all, the situation is critical now, and there are a large number of people to be evacuated. There are not enough planes and they are easy to be intercepted, so the only option is to march by land.
At 11:50 p.m., Su Tianbei led his troops and escaped from the pursuit of Zhang Xunchen's troops. They successfully arrived at the temporary military airport in Longkou District, where they reunited with the evacuees and replenished their equipment.
In front of a row of warehouses, soldiers of the army were constantly going in and out, moving supplies quickly, and were busy as hell.
Su Tianbei stood in front of a military vehicle, looked at his watch, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and urged in a hoarse voice: "Hurry up and take away all the military equipment! Take everything you can! And the Second Company, check the military vehicles quickly to make sure there are no problems! Quick, quick, quick! Hurry up!"
Just as he was urging, Tan Mingchao's adjutant, accompanied by several guards, quickly came to Su Tianbei.
The two men saluted each other, and Adjutant Liu said solemnly: "Captain Su, these people are very important! They are all family members of our garrison's direct generals! You also know the current situation in Longcheng. There is a shortage of helicopters and a serious lack of transportation capacity. In addition, many family members are still gathering here, and it is estimated that they will have to wait for some time before they can set off. On behalf of the garrison, I hand these people over to you! Only when these people are safe can we ensure that our front-line troops have no worries!"
Su Tianbei saluted again and promised loudly: "I will complete the task!"
"That's hard work."
Adjutant Liu expressed his gratitude.
Soon, several military vehicles drove over, filled with people, all of whom were family members of the generals.
Su Tianbei took over this group of people and began to arrange the route and plan, preparing to lead them to retreat to Bana City.
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Twelve o'clock at night, outside Dragon City.
A convoy was driving on the road, passing by a somewhat dilapidated small town.
Zhou Tonghui was sitting in one of the cars, smoking a cigarette and looking around.
“Squeak—”
At this moment, the car stopped suddenly. Zhou Tonghui's body leaned forward and he hurriedly supported the front seat with both hands.
He was stunned for a moment, then looked up and asked the driver: "What's going on? Why did you stop?"
The driver replied nervously, "Mr. Zhou, we just received intelligence that District 1 has noticed a large-scale evacuation in Longcheng, so a large number of helicopters and fighter jets were dispatched directly from the sea to conduct reconnaissance along the way... We need to hide in the town now!"
Zhou Tonghui's worries increased, so he nodded and said, "Okay, let's hide for now."
"Mr. Zhou, this way."
Everyone immediately pushed the door and got out of the car. Under the protection of the guards, Zhou Tonghui quickly crossed the street and soon came to a dilapidated building, where he took shelter.
As soon as he came in, Zhou Tonghui was stunned for a moment, because there were already many evacuees hiding in this building. In addition, there were also many ordinary refugees, all gathered together in a mess.
"Mr. Zhou, there are few people here."
Several guards took Zhou Tonghui through the lobby and walked into a room next door.
As a result, as soon as he entered the door, Zhou Tonghui saw a female acquaintance and couldn't help but asked in surprise: "Why are you here?"