Police officer Chen Shu

Chapter 358: Chen Shu was in charge of the on-site command.

Seeing that Chen Shu had fallen into the trap, Ren Guoqing smiled and shook his head, then gave the order to carry out the arrest at the restaurant, and then told Chen Shu to go back and prepare the team for the operation.

Chen Shu nodded without saying another word.

After he got out of the car and left, Li Meng turned to Ren Guoqing and asked, "Master, why didn't you contact the Special Police Detachment? Their assault team is much more reliable than our own Special Police Brigade."

He paused, glanced back at the two Ford Transit troop carriers parked not far behind, and sneered, "They're just for show, only good for patrolling. They even set up some kind of patrol base with the neighborhood committee a while ago, aren't they afraid of being laughed at!"

The Criminal Investigation Brigade where Ren Guoqing and Li Meng worked, and the Special Police Brigade where Chen Shu worked, both belonged to the Zhengming District Public Security Bureau. The Special Police Detachment, however, was a subordinate unit of the Donghai City Public Security Bureau.

Ren Guoqing coughed twice, glanced at the driver who was sitting in the driver's seat with his eyes closed, and then glared at Li Meng.

This patrol base was a project personally approved by Director Zhang, and it's said that a large sum of money was allocated to it. Is this a topic that can be discussed casually?

He didn't mince words as he berated this disciple who was both his right-hand man and the apprentice he had personally trained:
"Hey kid, do you have something going on with Chen Shu? Why do you always make things difficult for him wherever he goes? I knew you weren't right when he was at the police station. You always liked to compare yourself to him all the time."

"He used to be a community police officer at the local police station, now he's a special police officer. Your units are different, and your functions are different too, so how can you compare? Just focus on doing your job well!"

Upon hearing this, Li Meng blushed and wanted to retort, but when she saw Ren Guoqing looking thoughtfully at the SWAT team convoy parked behind him through the rear window of the car, she immediately lost the will to argue.

Ren Guoqing took out cigarettes from his shirt pocket, tore off the transparent film, and patted the cigarette pack as he recalled the incident a few months ago when Director Zhang and Zhang Xuming got drunk and started nagging him.

They were reminiscing about their fun times in the army. In their day, guns weren't banned in society, and the military fed soldiers bullets like food, as if afraid they wouldn't have enough to eat.

Soldiers have a sense of honor, a fighting spirit, and, more importantly, they have all seen blood. As border defense troops in the southwest, some exceptionally outstanding comrades are even assigned important missions.

It is said that he has taken several lives on his hands.

Back then, excellent training results were not a standard that could convince your comrades.

Unlike now, although the police recruitment exam has raised the bar for police officers' educational background to a much higher level than in the past, these college graduates, while possessing some cultural refinement, actually lack a certain roguishness and courage.

Therefore, veteran police officers generally look down on those who come in later. To put it jokingly, without rigorous training, these people are just sheep in tiger's skin.

The veteran comrades have their own pride, and Zhang Xuming and Ren Guoqing, who were both quite drunk at the moment, indeed shared the same sentiment.

As the conversation was ending, Zhang Xuming suddenly blurted out, "That kid is really ruthless; he probably has a few lives on his hands!"

The old comrades next to him didn't understand, but Ren Guoqing, who had been arguing with Zhang Xuming every day during that period about transferring Chen Shu to the Criminal Investigation University, knew exactly what was going on.

Therefore, as soon as Zhang Xuming opened his mouth, he immediately realized that the 'kid' the other person was talking about must be Chen Shu.

Then, recalling the previous meeting of the branch office leadership (when the criminal investigation captain joined the branch office leadership), it seems that it was mentioned that a file was to be made later regarding Chen Shu's undercover investigation in a certain place in the southwest.

With these two pieces of information combined, even a fool would know that something incredibly serious has happened.

You should know that the Zhengming District Police Station hasn't created files for undercover agents for over a decade. He, a criminal investigation captain with over ten years of experience, understands this better than anyone else.

But speaking of which, what exactly did that kid do in the southwest?
In the end, Director Zhang had to step in and bail him out.

"Cough cough."

Ren Guoqing was momentarily distracted and accidentally choked on his cigarette. Refocusing his gaze, he tossed the cigarette butt out the open car window and said solemnly, "This is settled. Don't argue anymore. During the operation, Xing Da, you'll lead the team, but Chen Shu will be the on-site commander."

"what!"

Li Meng reacted unusually strongly; a blush slowly rose to his face, it was hard to tell whether it was from excitement or anger.

He retorted loudly, "In all my years at the Criminal Investigation Department, I've never heard of the SWAT team being in command! They're just here to lend a hand; what do they know!"

Ren Guoqing kept hearing Zhang Xuming's words, "That kid is really ruthless," echoing in his mind. That tone was exactly the same as the envy they felt when they were in the army discussing the reconnaissance soldiers who went on missions.

He squinted and pressured, "Comrade Li Meng, obey orders!"

Knowing her objections were futile, Li Meng leaned back in her chair and murmured, "Why do you all believe him so much? Why?"

Ren Guoqing remained expressionless, though he himself didn't know the answer.

That kid, how come he's so reliable?

Chen Shu returned to the troop transport vehicle he had been sitting in and used the walkie-talkie to call the people in the other vehicle together.

Ten people were crammed together, but fortunately the air conditioning in the car was quite powerful, and no one felt uncomfortable or anything was wrong.

Special police officers have a much higher ability to adapt to different environments than other police units. It is said that this skill is inseparable from their daily training in mud and haystacks.

Chen Shu stood inside the car door, his expression grave: "Brothers, this is an arrest mission. Six suspects are eating in the restaurant lobby, one of whom is a fugitive with a murder charge against him."

He paused, glanced at the young special police officers huddled together, and saw that they were all intently waiting for the next part of the sentence.

Yang Chang from the second squadron and Ma Bowen from the fourth squadron were the most nervous. One of them sat on the long bench in the last row, and the other sat on the floor behind the driver's seat to Chen Shu's right.

They all craned their necks and stared wide-eyed at Chen Shu.

Chen Shu took a deep breath, composed himself, and continued, "A person who kills with a gun has a gun and a life. This time, we will be the assault team to carry out the arrest, and the Criminal Investigation Department will only assist us in completing this operation."

"Here!"

There was a pause in the carriage for a second, and then everyone gasped.

Even veteran special police officers who had been with the brigade for many years were extremely nervous at this moment.

Because they had long been accustomed to the comfort of following behind the special police detachment or criminal police, for many years they had only been responsible for simple guarding of the surrounding area or cleaning up the battlefield afterward.

Yang Chang, the squadron leader of the second squadron, squeezed his way up from the back row. His chubby body rolled through the crowd, and he looked somewhat excited.

"Chen Da, we used to just be his assistants, why are we rushing to the front this time?"

"How dare those guys from the Criminal Investigation Department pin their own problems on us!"

“Yes! These tasks should be done by the brigade’s people!” Zhao Mingfeng, deputy squadron leader of the second squadron, echoed from a corner.

(End of this chapter)