In the evening, around half past six.
The sky gradually darkened, a bright moon was already hanging in the sky, the sunset glow was illuminating the earth, and dozens of military vehicles were speeding on Highway 405, their tires kicking up clouds of dust.
Li Yuan held the intercom and kept urging, "Stop hovering over your head with the helicopter. Fly forward at a low altitude. Don't worry about whose military defense zone it is. Just shout through and keep an eye on the convoy first!"
"receive!"
"receive!"
“…!”
The helicopter fleet in the air responded immediately and began a low-altitude search.
Fifteen minutes later, the military convoy reached the end of Highway 405 and arrived at the garrison area of the 1st Regiment of the 55th Army.
“Ding ding!”
The driver of the lead vehicle kept honking the horn to remind the garrison soldiers at the defense post to pay attention to themselves.
A few seconds later, more than a dozen soldiers ran out of the defense zone tent, led by the battalion commander of the 1st Battalion of the 1st Regiment of the 55th Army.
The man was in his thirties, handsome, and with fair skin. After running out of the defense zone, he wiped the oil stains from the corners of his mouth and shouted, "What's going on?"
Li Yuan didn't want to waste time, so he pushed open the car door and rushed out, showing his ID and saying, "We are from the Regional Council Investigation Team. We received news that the suspect's family passed by your place. I have been ordered to chase them. Please open the roadblock immediately and let them pass!"
During periods of non-military tension, there is certainly no need to impose a military blockade on roads, let alone place all the camps in the wilderness. The control cannot become a regional control. At most, there will be patrol troops on duty back and forth.
But the situation in Longcheng is different now. There are turbulent internal affairs and war is going on in the old Mo region. Therefore, this kind of war-readiness-level military control has been implemented for some time. Whether it is social personnel or civil servants, they must obtain permission from the corresponding departments when passing through the military defense zone. In short, the procedures are very cumbersome.
The battalion commander of the 55th Army looked up at Li Yuan's ID and said, "OK, you guys from the investigation team can go in."
"Thank you!" Li Yuan said nothing more, turned around, waved his hand and shouted, "Let's go, keep going!"
"Hey, wait a minute!" Seeing him waving at the convoy, the battalion commander immediately stopped him and asked, "Sir, do the troops' vehicles also need to enter the defense zone?"
"Of course!" Li Yuan replied.
"That... that won't work." The battalion commander responded immediately: "The investigation team can enter, because we have received an order to cooperate with your unit unconditionally. But military forces cannot enter our defense zone, especially when they are armed. This is an iron rule."
When Li Yuan heard this, he immediately raised his eyebrows and replied: "The bandits are armed. How can we arrest them if we don't bring troops in?"
"It's like this. First of all, the general regulations for garrisoning clearly stipulate that no unit can enter the defense zone of a brother unit at will to avoid military mutiny, military friction, etc. Secondly, the order we received did not say to release the military unit." The battalion commander replied reasonably: "So... I can't let them go unless you can let the regional council notify our military department. I have received an order to let them go."
When Li Yuan heard this, he was so angry that his lungs almost exploded!
How many people are there in the investigation team? With only 40 or 50 people, it is a pipe dream to stop the family members of the officers involved? !
If the troops can't get in, what's the point of chasing them? If they are caught, they will be the ones who suffer.
Li Yuan put his hands on his waist and said, "Do you understand what unconditional cooperation means? Do you understand?!"
"I understand!" The battalion commander nodded: "Didn't I allow the members of the investigation team to go through?"
"How can I arrest people if the troops don't go in?!"
"We haven't received any orders to let friendly troops pass! You need to communicate with the higher-ups." The battalion commander said very seriously, "Sir, I'm just a low-level officer stationed there. It's useless for you to embarrass me. If I let you pass and the higher-ups investigate, I will not only have to take off my clothes, but I may also be brought to a military court."
"Stop talking nonsense to me. You must let me go now, right now!" Li Yuan pointed at the ground and shouted, "Right now!!"
"Why are you cursing?! I'm politely explaining the garrison regulations to you. What's wrong with that?" The battalion commander frowned and shouted, "Don't think you can do whatever you want just because you are in a higher-level department. No matter how powerful you are, you have to respect local rules, right?"
"I won't obey you!" Li Yuan didn't have time to waste on the other party. He turned around and shouted at the driver: "Go ahead, hurry up!"
After saying that, Li Yuan ran straight towards the car.
The battalion commander looked at his back and waved his hand and shouted, "First Battalion, assemble!!!"
“Buzz!”
As soon as he finished speaking, the soldiers in the sentry post sounded the battle alarm. A large number of soldiers who were having dinner rushed out and raised their guns at the convoy.
Li Yuan turned around to look at the battalion commander and yelled, "I'm telling you, my troops have the right to shoot. If you know what's best for you, get out of here!"
The battalion commander ignored him and shouted, "Anyone who breaks the guard post will be shot!"
“Try it!”
Li Yuan replied, opened the door and got into the car: "Go!"
“Buzz!”
The lead vehicle started and rushed directly towards the defense zone guardrail.
"Bang!!!"
The battalion commander fired a warning shot: "Come in, I will definitely open fire!"
Li Yuan poked his head out, pointed at the battalion commander and shouted, "Kill him!"
As the shouting sounded, more than a dozen soldiers instantly stood up in the bed of a military truck at the rear.
They are all grassroots fighters, and obeying orders is their duty. Now that the investigation team has given the order, there is no need to be polite.
“Bang!”
Two gunshots were heard, and the battalion commander in the defense zone was shot in the abdomen and legs and fell to the ground on the spot. He really didn't expect that the other side would dare to fire in the military defense zone.
"get off!"
A deputy regimental officer of the 77th Regiment rushed out of the car, waved his hand and shouted.
Seventy or eighty soldiers jumped out of the cars, guarded the front of the convoy, and began to charge into the defense zone.
"If you dare to fight back, you will be shot dead!"
"Get out of the way, let them pass!"
“Bang…!”
Sporadic gunshots rang out as the convoy rushed into the defense zone in an instant. A battalion commander of the 1st Battalion of the 1st Regiment of the 55th Army, a deputy battalion commander, and three soldiers near the guardhouse were all shot.
The scene was in chaos. When 70 or 80 soldiers were clearing the way in front, they had a physical conflict with the soldiers in the defense zone. Someone knocked down two soldiers stationed there with the butt of a gun. When the convoy rushed past quickly, it crushed the man to death under the vehicle.
"Faster, faster!"
Li Yuan's shouts echoed all around.
The moonlight was bright in the sky, but as night fell, the road was so dark that you couldn't see your hand in front of you.
…
Tianhong Port.
Su Tianyu arrived at the dock and saw a cargo ship slowly approaching the shore.
More than a dozen brothers from the Coast Guard cleared the way and dispersed the irrelevant personnel.
Su Tianyu stepped forward and stood on the deck, and saw Yao Doudou and a group of people coming down.
"That's awesome, buddy! Can you now pick me up and take me into the city with great fanfare?" Yao Dou Dou said with a smile.