Hangzhou, which has a history of thousands of years, has long been the most prosperous big city in Jiangsu and Zhejiang even without the addition of the name of the future capital of Haihan. Regardless of whether it is a settled population or a floating population, the scale of Hangzhou is far greater than that of Sanya.
In such a big city with hundreds of thousands of people, tracking down and arresting several target persons whose appearance is unclear is as difficult as finding a needle in a haystack.
Not to mention before tomorrow, even if you give it two or three more days, you may not be able to complete such an arduous task.
The only way to slightly improve the efficiency of the search is probably to close the city immediately.
Not only must all water and land passages in and out of the city be closed, but also the movement of people in the city must be suspended, and then door-to-door searches must be carried out. Only then can the whereabouts of these assassins be screened out in the shortest possible time.
"Master Dai, if we want to seal off the city and arrest people, what do you say?" Gong Shiqi asked Dai Chengrong, who came in a hurry.
The Security Department has limited manpower, and they are all in plainclothes. Even the previous roundup of suspects required the city defense army to send people to help blockade the block, let alone carry out the task of blocking the city.
According to Wang Yuan's confession, he was able to transport those boxes into the city precisely because of the negligence of the city defense army during the inspection. It is obvious that important tasks such as sealing off the city and arresting people cannot be left to the city defense army.
The 2nd Regiment of the 7th Lu Division under Dai Chengrong is a serious combat force, and it is also the garrison force prepared by Shi Diwen after he established the capital of Hangzhou. The quality of the soldiers is definitely more reliable than the city defense army that is only responsible for daily security.
The most important thing is that this unit is stationed just outside Hangzhou and can be mobilized most quickly. As long as an order is given, the troops can enter the city within an hour. If we want to seal off the city and arrest people now, we will definitely not be able to do without the assistance of the group leader Dai Chengrong.
But Dai Chengrong obviously still has doubts about Gong Shiqi's action plan: "Master Gong, closing the city is not a trivial matter. Once the city is closed, the entire city will stop functioning. This is not a small county town, but a place for hundreds of thousands of people." The city is not in wartime, so how can we just seal it off?”
"In addition, before our department carries out any armed action, it must first obtain clear instructions from the East China Sea Region Combat Command. Otherwise, if I privately order troops to close the city, how is this any different from rebellion in the eyes of others?"
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Of course Gong Shiqi also understood Dai Chengrong's concerns, nodded and said: "Then please send Mr. Dai a telegram immediately and ask Mr. Shi for instructions. If this matter is delayed for a moment, there will be more risks. I hope Mr. Dai can consider the stakes. Clear.”
Although the Ministry of Security is a privileged department, it has no affiliation with the Haihan Army, and it cannot direct the operations of the Haihan Army. Gong Shiqi's words actually seemed to have crossed the line. If it were anyone else, I'm afraid they wouldn't listen to his opinions at all.
However, Dai Chengrong and Gong Shiqi have been old acquaintances for many years, so they must give them some face. To be serious, Gong Shiqi can be regarded as one of the guides for Dai Chengrong to join the Haihan Army.
Twenty years ago, Gong Shiqi and Ji Yuanqing went to Yangzhou to deal with the fight between local salt merchant factions. Dai Chengrong, a son of a salt merchant, met them at that time, and the two sides cooperated to defeat the Shanshan and Shaanxi salt merchants. Dai Chengrong later became the Under their recommendation, he joined the Haihan Army.
Dai Chengrong said these words openly, but he was actually helping Gong Shiqi. As long as the military did not express opposition to this matter, it would be much easier to implement it.
When the head of the Military Intelligence Bureau saw Gong Qiqi looking at him, he immediately expressed his attitude: "If the city is to be closed, I need to ask my superiors for instructions. Please forgive me, Mr. Gong!"
Gong Shiqi frowned and said, "When can Ji Yuanqing get here?"
The man responded: "Master Ji has set off from Zhoushan early this morning and is expected to arrive in Hangzhou tonight at the earliest." Gong Shiqi snorted, not satisfied with the attitude of the Military Intelligence Bureau.
When he met with Ji Yuanqing in Zhoushan earlier, he had emphasized the importance of the Zhu Zhongyun case, but at that time Ji Yuanqing said that the information at hand was limited and the Military Intelligence Bureau was unable to conduct an in-depth investigation of the case.
It had only been more than a day since Gong Shiqi arrived in Hangzhou, but he had already found traces of Zhu Zhongyun. Although there was some luck in finding Wang Yuan as a clue, it also shows that as long as you are willing to calm down and investigate carefully, you will never find nothing.
If the Military Intelligence Bureau had paid sufficient attention to this case from the beginning and used enough resources to investigate, perhaps Zhu Zhongyun would not have had the chance to implement these follow-up actions in Hangzhou and would not have dragged this case to the current level. An unmanageable situation.
If the MIB's actions had to wait until Ji Yuanqing arrived before making a decision, it would take another half a day. On the battlefield, this is delaying the fighter plane.
Taking advantage of the presence of people from various local yamen, Gong Shiqi asked everyone to quickly calculate together how all parties should cooperate to reduce the negative impact of this case if the city was to be closed down.
If you want to ban a big city like Hangzhou, you must take into account the sentiments of the local people.
Of course, the government can use the excuse of investigating serious cases and apprehending fugitives to close down the city, but what will happen if the arrest process does not go smoothly and the task cannot be completed overnight today.
Once the city is closed, the suspects hiding in the city will definitely receive the news. After alerting the enemy, it will not be easy to arrest people in the form of a surprise arrest just now.
What is more likely to happen is that investigators will encounter armed gangsters somewhere in the city and start a fierce battle.
For example, the field team of the Ministry of Security is only equipped with a revolver as its main weapon. If it wants to fight against gangsters armed with rifles, its firepower will definitely suffer.
When the fighting starts, no one can guarantee how many casualties there will be, and innocent people may be involved.
If the case cannot be concluded by tomorrow morning, then it will be necessary to consider whether the executive committee's schedule should be rescheduled.
According to the original plan, after the executive committee arrived in Hangzhou by boat, it would openly enter the city from the east and receive a warm welcome from the local people.
Although Hangzhou has prepared a grand welcome ceremony for this, it is also very likely to become a place for gangsters to launch attacks.
For the personal safety of senior officials, it may be the most appropriate solution to cancel the welcome ceremony and arrange for the executive committee to stay directly at the guesthouse on the bank of the West Lake.
But Gong Shiqi was still worried that the executive committee would not accept such an arrangement.
This is a rare collective trip for the Executive Committee in recent years. It is also the first time to visit the future capital, and it is also here to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the founding of the country. How could such a beautiful trip have the most important greeting part canceled just because of a few silverfish causing trouble?