Chapter 1084 - 1082: Taking Command in a Crisis
Director Hu said on the phone, "There's nothing major, mainly assigning you some work, hurry up."
After hanging up, Li Jiangping felt uneasy, always sensing something off in Director Hu's tone.
Despite his unease, he quickly drove to the bureau, entered Director Hu's office, and said with a smile, "Hu Ju, what do you need me for?"
Director Hu looked at Li Jiangping with a serious expression and said, "Li Jiangping, I now announce the organization's decision regarding you, due to serious issues with your personal lifestyle, the organization has decided to investigate you and remove you from your position as the chief of Huai Mountain South Road police station."
Li Jiangping was stunned; there had been no prior indication of this.
"Hu Ju, this, this is a false accusation against me." Li Jiangping regained his composure and quickly defended himself.
Director Hu looked at Li Jiangping coldly, saying, "A false accusation against you, huh, this was a directive personally issued by Secretary Song of the Provincial Committee, you'd better cooperate with the bureau's investigation team and honestly confess your issues."
Upon hearing that the directive was personally issued by Secretary Song of the Provincial Committee, Li Jiangping instantly wilted, slumping into a chair.
At 10:30 in the morning, the vice commissioner of the city bureau, Lan Weiguo, personally came to the Huai Mountain South Road police station, gathered all the staff of the station for a meeting, and announced the decision regarding Li Jiangping, simultaneously announcing Zhang Wenhui's appointment as the new chief.
The announcement of this news immediately caused a big stir, with some rejoicing and others worrying.
After hearing this news, Lv Yan stayed alone in the office and didn't go out.
Her trivial issues with Li Jiangping were secondary, primarily she had some unspeakable matters with Li Jiangping, if he couldn't withstand this, she'd be finished.
She being finished wouldn't be much of an issue, but she wouldn't be able to account to the forces behind her.
Upon hearing the news, Zhang Wenhui was so surprised that his jaw nearly dropped. He'd wanted to report Li Jiangping earlier but had been hesitating.
Li Jiangping suddenly being investigated made Zhang Wenhui immediately think of Song Xiaojia.
She hadn't come to work today, and Zhang Wenhui called her cell phone, but no one answered.
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Lin Chuan finished the breakfast prepared by Nuo Xiaoxi, just as he was about to go out to find Tang Yumeng, his cell phone rang.
Seeing the caller ID, it was Everson again; it should be around 10 at night in the United States at this time.
Answering the call, Lin Chuan didn't say a word before Everson said, "Lin Chuan, you must get to Washington tomorrow, I need your help, as you promised me."
"My dear director, what is so urgent, can't you give me a hint?" Lin Chuan said slowly.
Everson paused for a while and said, "It's about the Iraq opposition, we want you to lead an assault team to destroy this Al-Qaeda."
Lin Chuan was stunned; he was just thinking of taking action against Amu Han, when Everson actually made this request. He thought for a moment and said to Everson, "Alright, I'll agree, I'll try to make it there tomorrow."
Everson was thrilled to hear Lin Chuan agreed, and thanked him repeatedly.
After hanging up, Lin Chuan first called Tang Yumeng, informing her he had to go to Washington for urgent business, and they'd talk about Xiao Xue's matters after he returned from Washington.
Then Lin Chuan called General Chen Zhenguo, informing him of Everson's request for his help in obliterating the base. The General agreed to let Lin Chuan help Everson, and also told him his promotion to colonel had been approved by the Chairman.
Helen was still in Beijing, and after careful consideration, Lin Chuan chose not to inform Helen about going to Washington.
That afternoon, Lin Chuan again boarded the plane to Washington.
Arriving in Washington, it was noon there, Lin Chuan immediately called Everson to inform him he had arrived and was at the airport.
Everson intended to send a car to pick up Lin Chuan, but Lin Chuan said he'd take a taxi instead.
Arriving at the CIA, Everson had already stationed people waiting for Lin Chuan. Entering Everson's office, Everson warmly invited Lin Chuan to sit down and began to talk business.
"Lin Chuan, surely you're aware of the recent terrorist attack on Green Street?" Everson said, looking at Lin Chuan.
Lin Chuan nodded, saying nothing.
Everson continued, "This incident was orchestrated by the Iraq opposition, their purpose was to retaliate against us. After this incident, His Excellency the President was furious, he sent a strike team over, but they were completely decimated. This left His Excellency very angry, I reached out to you for help because I had no other option."
Lin Chuan could imagine the scene of Everson being scolded by Omama, and said with a smile: "I understand. What do you want me to do, Director?"
Everson said: "I want you to personally lead an assault team to Iraq and completely destroy this base. It would be best if you could capture Amu Han alive to face the judgment of the law."
Lin Chuan said: "I will try my best, but I would like to request someone from you, Director."
Everson said: "Sure, as long as I can find them, I will certainly help you."
Lin Chuan smiled slightly and said: "This person is very easy to find; he is Officer Slyx from the Washington Police Department."
Regarding this officer with whom he had a few encounters, Lin Chuan always felt that Slyx was not simple. Besides knowing Lin Chuan's identity as Dark Soldier, he also discovered that Officer Slyx was quite skilled, capable of competing with him.
Lin Chuan wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to uncover Slyx's true identity.
Everson looked a little surprised but didn't ask for any further explanation and directly agreed to Lin Chuan's request.
The assault team was quickly formed, mostly consisting of top Sea Lion Assault Team members from the United States, totaling twenty people, plus Lin Chuan and Slyx, making twenty-two in total.
The team's equipment was extremely advanced, each member was equipped with a portable submachine gun, a Dense Forest MT pistol, and ten powerful grenades. In addition to these, there were automatic navigating rocket launchers, infrared binoculars, military knives, and more.
Lin Chuan carefully studied the surroundings of the base and found that the surrounding area was almost entirely desert for hundreds of miles. He secretly considered that if their action failed, they should quickly retreat to avoid losing their lives in the desert.
For this reason, he asked Everson to equip the assault team with a specialized GPS locator communication device.
This product from the United States intelligence agency is the most advanced; even in areas with no signal, it can communicate with the CIA through satellite connection.
Officer Slyx arrived as scheduled, and as soon as he saw Lin Chuan, he furrowed his brows and said: "Lin Chuan, you really find things for me to do."
Lin Chuan laughed heartily and said: "I'm not causing trouble for you, but I think you are very suitable for this mission."
Slyx didn't say another word, looking somewhat unwilling.
Going to Iraq was specially arranged with a plane to take them there. As per Lin Chuan's request, the plane would arrive near the base at eleven-thirty at night, after which everyone would parachute down and launch a surprise attack.
Two kilometers in front of the opposition base in Iraq, two Osprey transport helicopters hovered in mid-air. Under the cover of night, twenty-odd figures parachuted down from the transport helicopters.
Within minutes, all personnel successfully completed their parachute landing, and all equipment successfully reached the ground. The two Osprey transport helicopters roared off into the night.
These individuals were Lin Chuan and others coming to attack the base, and they all gathered together at this moment.
Lin Chuan held a mini flashlight, shining on a spread-out map in front of him, and said to the gathered assault team members: "Look, this is the Al-Qaeda headquarters, and this is where we are now. Officer Slyx, you lead a team to attack from the rear while I lead a team to launch an attack from the front."
Slyx furrowed his brow and said: "Lin Chuan, I think your arrangement is somewhat unreasonable. First, we can't launch a large-scale attack; we need to silently eliminate all the surrounding sentries before concentrating our strength and firepower on the core area."
It seems Slyx is indeed no ordinary person. Just the few words he said showed that he is someone with absolute combat experience.
Lin Chuan smiled slightly and said: "You're absolutely right, so I plan to go with you to deal with the surrounding sentries first, while everyone else stays put and waits for our signal."
Slyx looked deeply at Lin Chuan without speaking, seeing it as an agreement.
Since Slyx didn't object, Lin Chuan directed the other team members to advance about five hundred meters away from the base and lay low, awaiting his signal.
The opposition base was set up in a desert, surrounded by numerous raised sand dunes that looked like monsters in the night.
Lin Chuan and Slyx took advantage of the night and quietly moved quickly towards the base.
After crossing a few sand dunes and walking for about five minutes, several dozen houses appeared ahead, along with a five-story building with a large searchlight constantly moving back and forth atop it.
As the searchlight moved, a few figures could be seen on the top floor of the building.
Lin Chuan took a deep breath and took out the infrared binoculars, looking for a while, then handed them over to Slyx who was next to him and said in a low voice: "Take a look."
Slyx took the binoculars from Lin Chuan and looked for a while and said: "About 200 meters ahead of us, there's a guard, and 10 meters to the left of that guard, there's another guard. Lin Chuan, we each take one."
Lin Chuan laughed and said: "Alright, I'll take the one on the left. Let's see who's faster."
