Police officer Chen Shu

Chapter 299 Delaying Time, Awaiting Support

Chen Shu weighed the Type 92 rifle in his hand for a few moments, feeling a surge of emotion as he thought to himself that he had finally upgraded from a ragtag gun to a powerful weapon.

Although the Type 92 pistol has a higher failure rate, the solid feel of holding it in your hand is incomparable to the Type 64 toy guns in the police station.

Police officers also need to feel safe!

At this moment, Chen Shu, who was new to the branch's special police force, was unaware that in the city bureau's leadership's plan, Zhengming's special police brigade was only assigned to be responsible for the initial guard and maintenance work because the unit was close to the incident site, and was just waiting for the city bureau's special police detachment to provide reinforcements later.

He wiped his nose, fastened the holster on his thigh, and prepared to go all out.

I casually asked, "Dude, where are the police from the train station? I haven't seen them at all. Are they all inside?"

Security and criminal cases at train and high-speed rail stations are under the unified jurisdiction of the railway police. They are directly subordinate to the Public Security Bureau (BU) and are subject to vertical leadership. Cases like Chen Shu's fall under the jurisdiction of the local public security bureau, which operates on a separate line from the railway police.

The young police officer was unaware of this.

Chen Shu gave up on seeking further information from the familiar railway police officers. Time was of the essence; these desperate criminals could very well plunge a knife into the hostage's body in the next second.

Chen Shu borrowed a walkie-talkie from the young policeman's station, leaving the other man to clean up the mess at the main entrance, and headed around to the back door of the station waiting room.

In his mind, the waiting room was probably packed with police officers by now; one more or one less wouldn't make a difference. If he managed to sneak around to the back, perhaps an unexpected opportunity would arise.

This flanking maneuver is Chen Shu's favorite tactic in the mobile game "PUBG Mobile," though it's dangerous, the rewards are huge.

Waiting room.

The first floor had been cleared out. The empty floor was filled with a large number of police officers, and the only other people present were the criminals who were surrounded and trapped in the corner next to the escalator, along with a girl in their arms.

"Go back! Stay away from me!"

The criminal sat on the ground with his back against the wall, a large black backpack at his feet, and the girl was placed in front of him to shield him from the bullets he imagined the police would shoot.

He pulled a handheld megaphone from his backpack, tested the volume with a few "hello" sounds, and then yelled, "You all better get the hell away from me, or I'll stab her right now!"

The three policemen, who were in charge and belonged to different units, looked at each other without saying a word or moving their feet.

After a moment, Li Daxian, who always held himself in high esteem, took a few steps back. As the captain of the Zhengming District Special Patrol Police Brigade, who had extensive experience in special police work, he was well aware of the intentions of his superiors in sending him here.

Don't cause trouble, don't take on any responsibility, just show up.

We'll discuss important matters when the leaders arrive!

This is one of the secrets to how he has been able to sit safely in the position of battalion commander for so many years.

The other two deputy leaders of the police station hesitated for a moment, and felt that the highest-ranking special police officer on site was actually the most shameless.

The two exchanged a glance and quickly took about ten steps back.

Li Da looked at it and thought, "This won't do."
He immediately stepped back about twenty paces, placing the two institute leaders in front of him.

Seeing their leaders retreat so quickly, the other police officers followed closely behind.

"I want KFC and Coke, bring them to me right now!"

Seeing that the police obeyed his orders without question, the criminals nodded in satisfaction and gave another instruction in a hoarse voice.

After working for so long, he was indeed a little thirsty and hungry.

He glanced at the trembling girl sitting in front of him and felt a surge of satisfaction. "Once we've eaten and drunk our fill, let's wrap this up. Two already, plus this one, that makes three. Hehe, not a bad deal," the criminal thought to himself.

Originally intending to maintain order at the scene, upon hearing that the criminals wanted food, Li Da's years of experience immediately triggered a frantic mental alert:

This person doesn't want to die yet, so he definitely won't kill the hostage anytime soon. At the very least, he'll wait until the KFC is delivered and he finishes eating.

This was a golden opportunity to shine. When the higher-ups arrived, the credit for calming the criminals and buying time for backup would undoubtedly go to him.

Li Da called his subordinates, hesitating whether to immediately arrange for officers to comply with the criminals' demands to buy KFC, or to first call the bureau leadership, describe the situation, and await further instructions.

At this moment, the two leaders next to him had already left a group of people behind and turned around to run to the KFC store not far away.

Li Da's mind was a little foggy. He suddenly regretted that when he received the order at work, he had acted impulsively and volunteered to lead the team over without fully understanding the situation.

It wasn't his shift today!

He initially thought it would be a straightforward capture operation, which was his forte. However, he never expected the other side to take hostages.

Although he was keen to show off his skills in front of his superiors, he only did things like arresting people. He really didn't dare to touch anything involving the safety of hostages, nor could he bear the responsibility.

Now, he's the only leader in the entire waiting room. If anything happens, the responsibility will fall entirely on him.

Suddenly, Captain Li Da, a burly man, felt a little guilty. He stared at the two men huddled in the corner, his mind a complete blank, unsure of what to do next.

If Chen Shu were here, that would be great. People like him, who came from the police station, are just a bit smarter. Li Da, who had been working in the special police for over twenty years, suddenly had a flash of inspiration, walked to a corner, took out his phone, and called Chen Shu.

After a long pause, he strode back to the police ranks with an air of authority, arms crossed, waiting for the two station leaders to return. Then, in an unquestionable tone, he said:
“Give me the food, and I will personally negotiate with the criminals. I will demand a hostage exchange.”

The contrast was so stark that everyone was dumbfounded.

Chen Shu hung up the phone and anxiously searched for a fire escape.

Li Da had briefly described the situation on the ground over the phone earlier.

After repeatedly analyzing the criminals' thoughts, he confidently conveyed to Li Da that after eating KFC, the criminals would most likely kill the hostages and then commit suicide.

In country H, the saying "Eat well before you go, or you'll starve to death" has been a long-standing tradition. Furthermore, for someone to dare to repeatedly stab people to death with a dagger in a public place like a train station entrance shows they clearly don't value their own life.

Chen Shu couldn't think of a good solution right away, so he could only suggest that Li Da not give the other party food immediately, but try to delay the time by exchanging hostages.

During the process, you can negotiate with the other side by threatening not to give them food unless they exchange hostages, thus delaying time and waiting for reinforcements.

Whose support are we waiting for?

Chen Shu's meaning was definitely that he was waiting for his support.

But to Li Da, this sounded like the bureau leaders who were waiting to lead the elite special police detachment all the way here.

At that time, even if we don't show our faces in front of the bureau leaders, just making a good impression on our colleagues in the same special police unit will be worth it.

Who dares to say that Zhengming Special Police is last place again!

Let's see if Li Da doesn't slap the opponent away on the spot!
"With your tall and imposing physique, and wearing a SWAT uniform, unless they've lost their mind, they definitely won't agree to exchange hostages!"

Chen Shu's last words completely awakened Li Da.

(End of this chapter)