In the afternoon, around four o'clock.
Three military off-road vehicles were parked in front of the gate of a detached villa in Fukuoka District, Longcheng City. A dozen officers under Tan Mingchao, dressed in casual clothes and wearing masks, walked quickly towards the compound.
Near the street, Tan Mingchao sat in the car, holding the walkie-talkie in his right hand with a cold look in his eyes.
About two minutes later, a dozen people entered the lobby of the villa. The leader said a codeword to a woman: "Mrs. Wu, the upper level has finished the call. We will send you out of the city tonight and take the 702 border line. Did you receive the call?"
"Got it." The woman nodded.
"How many people?" asked the leading officer.
"There are four of us," the woman replied softly, "including the elderly."
"Take your packed things and go now. Don't waste time." The leading officer urged.
"Okay!" The woman turned around and shouted, "Yan Yan, Ze Ze, take grandma downstairs, we're leaving."
As soon as he finished speaking, a pair of 15- and 16-year-old twins, a boy and a girl, came down from upstairs, supporting an old lady. The three of them were Chief of Staff Wu's children and his mother.
Everyone gathered in the hall, picked up their simple luggage, and followed the dozen or so people out of the villa without telling the nanny where they were going.
The group went out the door, and just as Chief of Staff Wu's family was about to get into the car, four men came over from across the street.
"Wait a minute!" The middle-aged leader asked his colleagues to stop the car in front of him, took out his work ID and hung it on his chest, and said to the other officer: "We are from the Regional Council Investigation Team. These people are under supervision. You can't take them away."
The officer glanced at the other person and still helped the old lady get into the car first.
At the street entrance, Tan Hengqiang, who had not shown his face, was also keeping an eye on the situation. When he saw the other party trying to stop him, he immediately shouted on the intercom, "Don't indulge him."
The officer had an earphone in his ear, so he could hear Tan Mingchao's instructions, so he turned his head and looked at the members of the investigation team and said, "Get out of the way!"
"I said, we are the investigation team!" As soon as the middle-aged man saw Chief of Staff Wu's family getting into the car, he immediately reached out to stop them.
“Bang!”
Tan Mingchao kicked one of his officers, then swiftly pulled out his service pistol from his waist and pulled the trigger without thinking.
"Bang!"
Gunshots rang out, and then all around became quiet. Chief of Staff Wu's children turned pale with fear.
"Get out of here, or I'll kill you!" the officer pointed his gun at the man's head and yelled.
As soon as he finished speaking, the other seven or eight officers all drew their guns.
The leading officer did not stay any longer and immediately stepped into the passenger seat of the car: "Let's go!"
"You can't leave, you are violating the order of the Regional Council...!" The four surveillance officers of the investigation team tried their best to stop them and scolded them, but it was useless because there were relatively few of them in Longcheng, definitely not as many as the garrison.
A group of soldiers simply and roughly knocked the four men down, then quickly got in the car and left.
When Tan Mingchao saw the convoy leaving, he also told the driver: "Let's go."
This situation was repeated in more than a dozen districts in Longcheng. When it came to the issue of the immediate family members of the officers involved, Tan Mingchao obviously had the advantage of location and connections. He took the lead and did not give Zhou Xian a chance to react.
About ten minutes later.
A military convoy stopped in front of the Wu family. Zhou Xian's assistant Li Yuan got off the car first and asked the four beaten investigation team members: "Where are the people?!"
"Suddenly, more than a dozen people came, all in plain clothes, and took the people away as soon as they entered the door." The middle-aged man from the investigation team covered his still bleeding nose and said with gritted teeth: "We tried to stop them, but they started shooting as soon as they came up, and they didn't care about our identities at all! I tell you, Director, this must be a collusion between Tan Hengqiang and the Xin family, otherwise these relatives would never follow them so easily!"
"Fuck it!"
Li Yuan cursed angrily, immediately called Zhou Xian, and said to him bluntly: "The other party started it first. Old Wu's wife, children, and mother were all taken away by the other party."
Zhou Xian was stunned for a moment: "That's impossible, I just talked to Old Wu on the phone."
"Our people have guns pointed at their heads!" Li Yuan gritted his teeth and said, "We think that Old Wu is causing trouble."
"Wait, I'll call him. Also, didn't the people from the 77th and 78th Regiments go over there?" Zhou Xian immediately replied, "Take the troops and chase them. Remember, if you encounter any obstruction or resistance along the way, you can fire without reporting when necessary. We have only one goal, and that is to control the immediate family members of the officers involved. Only in this way will they compromise!"
"yes!"
After the conversation ended, the two ended their conversation. Li Yuan said to a company commander of the 77th Regiment, "Send more troops over here, quickly, we are chasing them!"
"Yes!" the company commander responded while sitting in the car.
…
Inside the investigation team’s office.
Zhou Xian cursed with a gloomy look, and immediately called Chief of Staff Wu: "Hello?!"
"What's wrong?" Chief of Staff Wu asked calmly.
Zhou Xian said in a cold voice: "Are you trying to play tricks on me? You want to sell the same product to two stores?!"
"What are you talking about?" Chief of Staff Wu's voice was full of dissatisfaction: "I'm stupid, just say it!"
"Your family members were taken away, did you know that?!" Zhou Xian's voice was filled with anger: "During the process of picking them up, your family members did not resist at all and cooperated very well. If you hadn't said hello, would they be fools to just follow them?!"
Chief of Staff Wu immediately shouted angrily, "Took them away?! What are you doing? Didn't I tell you that my family will only go with you?"
Zhou Xian knew that it was meaningless to argue with the other party at this moment. He held the phone tightly and said word by word: "Listen to me! If you make trouble at this time, I guarantee that you will end up in a miserable situation!! In the end, it is very likely that your family members will flee for fear of crime or be shot on the spot! You should consider the severity of the right and wrong carefully."
"What do you mean?! Zhou Xian, you...!"
"Beep!" Zhou Xian hung up the phone and immediately shouted, "Call the leaders of the 77th and 78th Regiments over."
"yes!"
…
Inside the Xin family villa.
The anger on Chief of Staff Wu's face had disappeared. After finishing his call with Zhou Xian, he immediately called Tan Mingchao's cell phone.
"Hello, Uncle Wu?"
"Zhou Xian called me, he may have realized it." Chief of Staff Wu said concisely: "Tell Commander Tan that we have no other requirements. You send the family members out safely. On behalf of all the core officers of the Third Division, I promise you that we will surrender collectively and will never make false accusations!"
"It's a deal!"
"It's a deal!" Chief of Staff Wu nodded.
"Okay, that's it."
The two ended the call, and Chief of Staff Wu turned to look at Zhang Hao and Fei Pingsheng, who were dressed as garrison soldiers, and said, "You guys go over there and help send them off later."
"Okay!" Fei Pingsheng nodded.
…
Longcheng, inside the Anxi military headquarters.
Tan Hengqiang walked into Anze Cheng's office.
"Hey, Commander Tan!" An Zecheng immediately stood up and stretched out his hand.