Chapter 797 - 740 Suck
The wilderness breeze, blowing gently, penetrated deep into the forest, deep into the air-raid shelters, eliciting their plaintive wails, stirring the trembling leaves, sweeping the dampness in and out of the shelters...
The heavy door of the air-raid shelter was pulled open, and squad after squad of riflemen entered in single file, proceeding to search in turn.
Dogs, life detection devices, and other equipment were also distributed methodically.
This time, too many elements were involved: there were standard-issue rifles, civil defense works, and the potential involvement of fringe sect members. Coupled with insufficient manpower, Director Chu simply called in the riflemen.
Even though the means by which the three teenagers obtained the firearms was questionable and did not necessarily mean that fringe sect members could replicate it, the fact that a gun of considerable size had just been discovered in a solved case, along with over 600 remaining bullets, meant that to say there wasn’t any worry at all would be unconvincing.
Being a bureau chief, even if one can’t provide the same food and clothing as the lowest-ranking soldiers, nor be without ceremonial mats... it is also very necessary to reduce the chances of casualties. In an environment like an air-raid shelter, if a group entered without rifles and then encountered a heavily fanatical member armed with a Type 56 carbine, the consequences would be unthinkable.
Qi Changye waited with Tao Lu at the assembly area for news.
This round of inspections inevitably required his and the headquarters’ involvement; it was just that the murder case that had emerged in the middle had somewhat disrupted the rhythm of Qi Changye and the others.
"Has Captain Jiang arrived?" Qi Changye looked at the moving markers on the map, feeling no sense of relief.
"He’s here, working on the computer in the car, probably comparing fingerprints or something," someone in the know reported.