Free Web NovelChapter 610: Chapter 447 Awakening, Saving People
"Regimental commander!"
Fang Huai caught Detachment Captain Li just before he hustled out the door, blocking his way at the entrance.
"Little Fang? Why haven’t you gone back?"
Detachment Captain Li glanced at the time—it was almost 11 o’clock.
Had Political Commissar Cheng kept him this long?
Fang Huai immediately followed Li Zhi outside, saying as they walked:
"I was studying the system at the Command Center! I just heard the alarm, Regimental commander, I want to go with you to the police dispatch!"
Detachment Captain Li sized him up: "An oil tanker has overturned, and you’re not even in your combat uniform. What are you going to do?"
"...Aren’t you also not wearing it?"
"Mine is in the car!"
"Mine, too, is in the car!"
Li Zhi was taken aback for a moment: "Which car?" frёewebnoѵēl.com
Fang Huai promptly replied: "Our squadron’s car! Regimental commander, I’m volunteering the Second Squadron for duty!"
Li Zhi stopped in front of the elevator and pressed the button to go down.
He also had a moment to think.
The Second Squadron was actually quite close.
Originally, two squadrons from the Baiyun Squad were to provide assistance, but a few kilometers away lay the Second Squadron.
Fang Huai was also considering this and quickly added:
"Regimental commander, actually our squadron is closer to the Bypass Expressway! It’s very quick to reach Pingba from the Bypass Expressway station!"
This incident happened in Anshun, so why call for backup from the Guiyang Regiment?
Fang Huai finally understood the roads in Guiyang.
Because the incident occurred in Pingba, the location inside Anshun territory closest to Guiyang, only about forty or fifty kilometers away.
Moreover, since it happened on the Shanghai-Kunming Highway, the Pingba stretch heading from Guiyang to Anshun, many counties in Anshun still lacked highway access or were far from highway exits, making it much closer for Baiyun or Huaxi in Guiyang to respond than for other counties in Anshun.
The highway from Huaxi to Anshun wasn’t finished yet that year, and from Baiyun it was faster to take the Bypass Expressway.
It was even closer than the Pingba Squadron.
Because to respond to the incident on the Shanghai-Kunming Highway, Pingba had to get on the highway and then head to the incident location inside Guiyang territory to turn around, effectively having to make a slight detour.
The Second Squadron could directly access Pingba by heading west on the Bypass Expressway.
The elevator doors opened, and Li Zhi nodded.
"You make a call, have the Second Squadron dispatch... You know the situation of the accident, right?"
Fang Huai puffed out his chest and said:
"I know! The tanker has overturned, and there were collisions behind it. Regimental commander, our squadron can handle this! Baiyun can stay and cover our jurisdiction’s alarm. Actually, our Full Attendance Command doesn’t need to be deployed! Just arrange a car to take me there!"
Fang Huai spoke with conviction.
Li Zhi hesitated for a moment.
If it had been the Second Squadron from before, he definitely wouldn’t have considered it.
But the Second Squadron of today was different; the strength of one squadron was worth an entire big team—no problem at all.
"Our regiment’s Full Attendance Command is closer to the incident site, and the backup forces we can mobilize are closer than those from the Anshun Brigade, so we certainly need to go! However, Baiyun doesn’t need to. Call now and inform your squadron to set off!"
"...Yes! So, I’ll ride in your car?" freewebnøvel.coɱ
"Ride your uncle’s car! Hurry up and make the call!"
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In less than fifteen minutes, the car had entered the Shanghai-Kunming Highway.
The troops’ drivers, when they get wild, drive almost like they’re piloting a plane.
In the car, the rear row.
Li Zhi was on the left, Fang Huai on the right.
The driver, it turned out, was his uncle’s driver, Squad Leader Qiu.
Fang Huai didn’t look too pleased.
Damn it, was there some kind of fate to this?
Li Zhi’s car had broken down and was being repaired, which explained why he came with Political Commissar Cheng this morning.
Now they had requisitioned his uncle’s car, and since the leading officers of the regiment had dedicated cars and drivers, the driver had been requisitioned as well.
Meaning, the car they were sitting in now was the same one that had been squashed into a sandwich in his former life, and the driver was the same as well.
As Li Zhi received several phone calls, he asked Squad Leader Qiu to drive faster from time to time, and Qiu was indeed speeding forward. Fang Huai’s right eyelid twitched uncontrollably; he had a vague feeling that this vehicle might just be on the same doomed path as in his previous life.
The only relief now was that he had rushed back in time, with the presence of someone who knew what was coming.
"Uh... Regimental commander, there’s no need to panic; this speed is too fast. It’ll take a while for the Second Squadron to catch up, and the vehicles from the Full Attendance Command have been left far behind."
But Li Zhi furrowed his brow deeply, "The situation is urgent, you should contact the Second Squadron again to see where they are now. Pingba Squadron is currently making a U-turn at the toll station entrance. We might be the first rescue force to arrive."
Fang Huai, hearing this, became concerned under his calm exterior:
"Regimental commander, haven’t the traffic police arrived?"
Li Zhi shook his head: "I’m not sure, the first emergency call should have gone to the Anshun Brigade, and their Command Center should have been notified."
Fang Huai rubbed his head, clicked his tongue, and dialed Cao Yi’s number.
The worst thing was this kind of boundary area that could be managed by several authorities.
The Guiyang Regiment was first on the scene, the highway patrol was involved, and the 120 emergency services belonged to Anshun. Even Li Zhi wasn’t clear if other departmental forces had arrived yet.
A Joint Defense System was imperative.
The phone connected.
Fang Huai picked up the phone and said, "Where are you guys?"
It was somewhat noisy on Cao Yi’s end, with the sound of alarm bells.
"We went up to the station five minutes ago, with the sirens blaring. Where are you? Don’t you hear the sound?"
Fang Huai looked back, cracked the window a bit more, and a burst of cold air came in.
"I’m on the road with Li Zhi, didn’t hear any alarms! You must be behind us!"
At that moment, a layer of mist had started to form on the front window, and a bit of rain was drifting in from the window that was left open on the side.
Fang Huai took note of the road conditions, his brows furrowing.
"There is rain on the road ahead of us! It must have just stopped raining recently, making it very slippery. Watch the road conditions closely! Slow down in advance when you arrive!"
