Around 6:30 in the morning.
Zhang Ming brought Yu Zheng to the garrison headquarters and stood outside the gate waiting.
"You have to have an attitude. If you keep going like this, I can't even support you." Yu Zheng said seriously, "The people below are panicking. It's not enough to just comfort them verbally."
"I know." Zhang Ming replied calmly.
While the two were communicating, the commander's guard came out and shouted expressionlessly: "Come in!"
…
Five minutes later, in the headquarters' independent dining room, Tan Hengqiang was drinking milk and eating fruit bread, with no unusual expression on his face.
Zhang Ming stood aside, paused for a moment and said: "Commander Tan, if there is no explanation for Zhou Peng's case, then I really can't explain it to the association. We just started to operate to protect the market, and Zhou Peng was arrested and died in his hands. Now the brothers below are in a panic."
Tan Hengqiang frowned and finally asked the first question: "Have you found out how he died?"
"It was said to be a cardiac arrest, but as far as I know, Zhou Peng was beaten to death." Zhang Ming responded immediately: "Before he went in, he had already negotiated with me and his position was definitely on our side. He even took half of the operating funds. So after he was arrested, Wang Daolin must have tortured him. I guess he used too much force and directly killed Zhou Peng."
Tan Hengqiang looked up at him and replied calmly, "Zhou Peng is a gangster who has dealt with the police the most in his life. Is he so fragile that he couldn't even survive the first round of interrogation?"
"He has a heart disease," Yu Zheng immediately added, fanning the flames. "He was never in good health. When Wang Daolin caught him, he and Wei Xiangzuo had already hit him on the head seven or eight times with an ashtray. He was already confused when he got in the car."
Tan Hengqiang was silent.
"Commander, we have to fight back! Otherwise, those fence-sitters in the association might get scared and really side with Lao Li." Zhang Ming said urgently, "If they organize a recall meeting and remove me directly, the association will be out of control."
"Okay, I get it. You guys go ahead." Tan Hengqiang waved his hand: "Just do what you need to do. As for Zhou Peng's matter, there will be an explanation."
The two looked at each other, and Zhang Ming reminded again: "Commander, I can't get out of this predicament. My position is definitely unstable. I'm sorry to bother you."
Tan Hengqiang nodded slightly without responding.
Zhang Ming winked at Yu Zheng, then turned and left the restaurant.
"Damn it, you have to look at the owner before beating the dog!" Tan Hengqiang wiped his mouth, stood up, threw the napkin on the table, and walked outside with a gloomy face.
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Half an hour later.
In the headquarters office, Tan Hengqiang was smoking a cigarette and standing at the window looking at the scenery in his small garden.
On the green lawn, lions huddled together, rubbing their ears against each other and playing with each other; in the woods, hyenas locked in cages were howling.
Two trucks drove into the center of the garden. The drivers gave an order and opened the electronic door of the cargo box, using sound to drive away the deer and antelope inside...
The animals to be slaughtered rushed out of the car and fled in all directions.
“Ouch!”
The lion howled loudly and began to charge with his tribe, and the hyenas in the cage were released and ran wildly.
Tan Hengqiang looked at the bloody animal world, frowned and said: "The Coders Association is still somewhat useful. Even if we don't consider the face of the Qingyi Bureau, we have to protect Zhang Ming."
On the sofa, the garrison chief of staff held a cup of tea and said, "Zhang Ming may have exaggerated the facts. He is feeling very uncomfortable right now, and actually hopes that our garrison will intervene."
"Whether it's provocation or exaggeration, we have to intervene." Tan Hengqiang smoked a cigarette, turned around and said, "Zhou Peng died in the Police Department, this is a fact. The Qingyi Bureau was driven away, Kang Dinghuang fled in embarrassment, and Li Mingsheng strangled the leaders of the Wharf Association one after another and completely took the initiative. If we don't give Zhang Ming a shot of adrenaline, he will be out."
The Chief of General Staff nodded in agreement.
"Old Li knew it clearly. After Kang Dinghuang left, Zhang Ming and the others all turned to me." Tan Hengqiang said calmly, "But he knew this and still didn't leave Zhang Ming any chance to survive. He had to let the police intervene in a nice dinner and beat people up on the spot. Haha, he didn't take me, Tan, seriously at all."
"Old Li has no choice. Wen Zhanbo is in trouble. If he doesn't attack, he will be dead." The Chief of General Staff analyzed very accurately.
"Dad, if you want to do it, just do it." The lieutenant colonel who had been sitting on another sofa looked up at Tan Hengqiang and said, "If they touch Zhou Peng, then we will just make him a general. The trigger for Lao Li to get involved in the dock association was Wei Xiangzuo. Without this trigger, who else can he use?"
Upon hearing this, the Chief of General Staff immediately agreed, "What Ming Chao said makes sense. Lao Li is a local authority, and we are a military authority. We will not take advantage of using judicial laws to fight. They can arrest Zhou Peng with just one word, but we can't do it, so why not do it more directly."
Tan Hengqiang turned his head to look at his son, pointed at him and said, "You are the one who will handle this."
"Okay," Tan Hengqiang's son Tan Mingchao stood up and saluted: "I promise to complete the task!"
"Go!" Tan Hengqiang waved his hand.
After the three of them finished the discussion, Tan Mingchao turned around and left the office.
Tan Hengqiang lowered his head and extinguished his cigarette, then he sighed and said to the Chief of Staff: "Alas, I didn't want to get involved, but I got involved anyway."
"Longcheng has become the center of the game. How can you, the military chief, stay out of it?" The Chief of Staff said with a smile: "We will guarantee our position and not cross the line."
Tan Hengqiang bent down and sat down, turned his head to look at the Chief of Staff and asked, "I'm not worried about others, but this Anze Cheng, I don't understand. Do you think he really wants to be with Lao Li...?"
"Report!"
Just as he was halfway through his words, a guard came in and shouted, "Commander, the head of the guard of Anze City is here."
"What?" asked the Chief of Staff.
"He... he meant that General An Zecheng wanted to set up the second headquarters next to our headquarters, and asked if we could give up two empty yards, and they would pay the rental fee." The guard looked at Tan Hengqiang with confusion: "They said... General An Zecheng has already communicated with you."
The Chief of General Staff was slightly startled, then turned to look at Tan Hengqiang: "He really wants to move the headquarters here!"
"Haha, speaking of Cao Cao, here he comes!" Tan Hengqiang stood up happily: "Notify the General Affairs Office and ask them to order the Second Army Office to vacate Courtyard No. 3 and make room. Let's welcome Lao An!"
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In the camp of the Second Regiment directly under the garrison headquarters, Tan Mingchao walked into a warehouse with his hands behind his back, turned his head and ordered the deputy regiment commander: "Find a few elites."