Chapter 282: Operation
Xiao Zhuang: “Criminals are alive, they won’t act as we expect.
If they gather today, what if they go out to distribute goods tomorrow?”
“I agree with Xiao Zhuang’s view.
If criminals go out to distribute goods, sending people to tail them will increase the risk of exposure.
What if we beat the grass and startle the snake and accidentally injure the masses?
Don’t forget this is the city area.”
Lao Pao’s tone was very steady.
After everyone’s analysis, the result was already very clear.
Seeing that everyone agreed to attack immediately, Chang Ning stopped talking.
Through today’s reconnaissance, Group B discovered that the curtains of the criminals’ residence were all drawn.
This meant that the indoor situation was completely invisible from outside.
Therefore, the sniper team had no use, so Geng Jihui assigned Ostrich and the medic as assault specialists into the strong assault team.
The other arrangements were the same as usual, Chang Ning served as the main assault specialist, Xiao Zhuang and Qiang Zi assisted.
Lao Pao’s mission was to make explosives for demolition, which was a technical job; too much or too little gunpowder wouldn’t do.
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“Xiao Liu, any movement from the criminals?” Fully armed Geng Jihui walked up to Xiao Liu and asked.
“No, those five people haven’t come out since entering the room.”
Hearing Xiao Liu’s answer, Geng Jihui was relieved.
If any change caused them to temporarily modify the plan, it would be too much trouble.
“Tell the criminal police comrades to watch the surroundings and not let the criminals escape, while also taking protection to avoid accidentally injuring the masses,” Geng Jihui said.
Receiving the instruction, Xiao Liu took several criminal police to evacuate the masses, while Group B had arrived at the main entrance of the small building.
Lao Pao first carefully observed the material of the main entrance, then measured the size, and then took out explosives from the bag, divided the dosage, and installed the detonator.
After sticking the explosives on the door, Lao Pao raised three fingers to his comrades, signaling them to prepare for three seconds.
Upon receiving the signal, Chang Ning quickly heightened his attention; the next moment was his time to shine.
Three… two… one!
The explosives successfully blew open the door, and at the same time Chang Ning pulled out the pin and threw in a stun grenade, then charged into the small building first through the smoke.
Fortunately, the building’s structure was very standard: first floor was living room and kitchen, second floor for living, connected by stairs.
Seeing the familiar structure, everyone was relieved; the mission success rate was infinitely close to one hundred percent.
Boom~
The stun grenade explosion had a considerable influence on the criminals on the first floor.
They were all knocked to the ground, curling up on the floor in painful groans and wails.
The stun grenade affected their auditory and visual systems, so Chang Ning and the others entered the small building without encountering any resistance.
Lao Pao, at the rear of the group, took out prepared handcuffs and cuffed the criminals one by one, then called the criminal police to take them away.
The other members of Group B spread out on the first floor for a quick search to see if there were any hidden criminals, because they had only caught three criminals in the first floor lobby.
This didn’t match the intelligence, and Group B had clearly seen five criminals enter this small building before the operation started.
This meant the remaining criminals must be hiding on the second floor.
As the first to enter the small building, Chang Ning naturally noticed the number of criminals was off, and with his comrades’ search, he immediately judged that there were people on the second floor!
Just at that moment, Geng Jihui also quickly made an adjustment.
“Formation unchanged, go to the second floor.”
Still Chang Ning as vanguard, the seven-person group slowly advanced up the stairs to the second floor.
Their gun muzzles raised, pointing at the stairwell entrance from various directions.
Suddenly, a section of black gun muzzle appeared at the stairwell entrance.
As the vanguard, Chang Ning was the first to discover the situation.
He calmly and steadily aimed at the criminal’s right hand holding the gun and fired first, preventing the criminal from causing further harm to Group B.
After a scream, the black handgun on the second floor disappeared.
“Attention, criminals have weapons, it’s a 54 handgun.”
After sharing the intelligence with his teammates, Chang Ning led everyone cautiously and slowly continuing upstairs.
Since the opponent had weapons, Chang Ning thought using a hand grenade would be safer.
But considering the police needed live captives, he switched the hand grenade for a stun grenade.
After the previous test, the stun grenade’s lethality against criminals was quite considerable.
So he briefly communicated with his comrades and decisively threw stun grenades continuously in four directions toward the second floor.
From throwing to explosion, the interval was less than two seconds, basically exploding on landing, not giving the opponent time to react.
This was to prevent criminals from picking up the stun grenade and throwing it back at Group B, failing to harm the enemy but accidentally injuring themselves, which would be embarrassing enough that Squad Leader Gao Zhong Dui at the police would have to eat him alive.
Hearing the screams, Chang Ning knew the stun grenade worked, and led his comrades up to the second floor.
In the center of the second floor lay a criminal groaning in pain, his right hand covered in blood.
Looking closely, his entire right hand had been shot to pieces by Chang Ning.
Where was the other one?
Chang Ning’s hair stood on end instantly.
With such a commotion, the criminal’s accomplice couldn’t possibly not know, unless he was both deaf and blind.
But how would a criminal gang recruit a disabled person?
Bang~
After the gunshot, Chang Ning knew the danger was resolved.
Luckily his comrades had his back, otherwise injury would have been inevitable.
On the battlefield, encountering an underhanded tactic, either anticipate the enemy and strike first, or pray your bulletproof insert is tough enough.
Chang Ning went forward and cuffed the criminal he had wounded; the other criminal lay alone on the ground with his head exploded, the beige tiles covered in blood.
“Squad Leader, I owe you one,” Chang Ning said to Lao Pao.
The one who fired in time just now was Lao Pao.
Lao Pao punched Chang Ning’s chest and reproached, “Being formal, huh? If we keep accounts like that, there are too many between us, all muddled accounts.”
The entire Group B lived and died together, willing to take bullets for each other on the battlefield; talking thanks would be too formal.
They were lone wolves on full-time alert, not short on battlefield time.
If everyone thanked back and forth, how troublesome would that be.
Besides, they were brothers; talking thanks was too distant.
These things are kept in the heart; help each other when in trouble, no need to keep such clear tabs.
Chang Ning knew Lao Pao wasn’t really blaming him, so he said seriously, “I got it, Squad Leader.”
Lao Pao joked, “You kid, what Squad Leader? By military rank, I should call you Leader now!”
“Then we each call our own.
You call me Leader, I call you Squad Leader.”
Seeing Chang Ning in good condition, Lao Pao said no more and turned to go downstairs.
The criminals had long been hooded and dragged away by the criminal police, no need for them to worry.
Back at the Provincial Department, Chang Ning and the others received praise from the relevant leaders of the Provincial Department.
Especially Wen Keng, who praised them effusively.
He even guaranteed to Chang Ning and the others: if they transferred to the Provincial Department, he would arrange good positions for everyone.
This made Qiang Zi, who aspired to be a police officer, beam with joy.
Chang Ning knew Wen Keng’s background and wanted to tactfully advise Qiang Zi to calm down.
