Chapter 242: Tiger of Xinaluo

Zhao Weihu had brought three hundred warriors from Xinaluo this time, infiltrating Dragon City in groups over two days by breaking into smaller units.

Dragon City didn't have the special district walls from the Little Ice Age period, and being adjacent to war-torn areas had considerable population movement, so personnel infiltration was relatively easy to carry out. Since the Chi Army were all Chinese and Dragon City had many unregistered residents, the police system found it hard to screen them.

Though gathering people was easy, coordinating weapons and equipment was a major problem. After Vice Mayor Guo's attack, Dragon City's main internal roads had checkpoints every three steps and patrol posts every five steps - if people openly drove carrying weapons, once searched the plan might be exposed early.

Therefore, Zhao Weihu's weapons coordination plan was all implemented through Dragon River. He had over fifty people swim across the border at night from the outskirts, slowly advancing to Dragon City's edge and lurking in the surrounding dense forest wearing anti-infrared combat uniforms.

The Chi Army had cultivated some informants in Dragon City, mainly for basic military intelligence collection, but for this plan, Zhao Weihu didn't use a single inside contact. He understood very clearly that after the Mofi regime and Zone One entered cold war, these people might all be watched by military intelligence - contacting them early still risked the plan leaking.

Several days of preparation for this moment!

Zhao Weihu understood clearly in his heart that he had a high chance of not getting out, but he still chose to go all in.

The Chi Army's foundation came from their strong internal cohesion and the soldiers' unconditional trust in Zhao Weihu. If nearly a hundred soldiers and over ten high-level investors were all massacred, couldn't be rescued, and the Mofi official army couldn't stand up for them, questioning emotions would easily arise within the Chi Army.

How was Zhao Weihu serving as commander? He led everyone to join the Mofi official army but faced retaliation from Dragon City and Zone One, and he had no countermeasures - hadn't his decision-making ability become problematic?

For all these reasons, Zhao Weihu personally led the team into Dragon City. He couldn't prepare for too long, because the longer they delayed, the more likely the plan would leak.

To act meant to be decisive, to be fast!

......

At the Supervision Assembly compound entrance, sixty Chi Army men pushed to the main building, followed by the remaining forces rushing in from the perimeter, blocking all front and back doors, sealing off the scene.

You Yifan, Yu Mingyuan, Dog Six and others were a step too late to escape by car and were finally forced into the hall at gunpoint by Chi Army men.

In the hall's corner, sixty to seventy social elites attending the reception were coerced to squat at the wall's edge, all holding their heads, not daring to shout.

You Yifan stopped putting on airs, squatting beside Su Tianyu in extremely standard posture, cursing softly: "Damn it, the Chi Army has definitely gone crazy, doesn't want to live!"

"Can you confirm it's the Chi Army doing this?" Yu Mingyuan asked frowning.

Hearing his question, Su Tianyu explained softly: "You haven't served in the military, won't observe details. These people all speak Chinese, have mixed weapons and equipment, and their build and physique don't look like Old Mo. Around here, only the Chi Army could pull off something this big."

"Fuck, has Zhao Weihu gone crazy? What does he want to do?!" Yu Mingyuan cursed softly. "Carry out terrorist attacks?"

"Who the fuck knows what he's thinking!" Su Tianyu also didn't understand Zhao Weihu's motives, only lowering his head to remind: "Wait for rescue, don't talk much."

Everyone nodded.

......

In the compound.

The masked Chi Army soldiers locked the compound's iron gates and parked the arriving cars one by one according to defensive fortification positions.

Meanwhile, many soldiers orderly pulled out adhesive explosives and detonator tubes from their bags, placing blast charges one by one along points around the building where special police might attack.

Inside.

The guard battalion commander wearing an easily recognizable Zhu Bajie mask carried his gun walking upstairs while softly instructing the group leaders behind him: "Search all floors, gather any stragglers. Put signal jammers on first and third floors, lock down surrounding communication equipment - our people use local shared network to communicate."

"Yes!"

Everyone nodded and went their separate ways.

In corridors on each floor, Chi Army personnel used steel plates they had brought to seal all windows that could be observed from outside, and set up trap zones around the windows.

Once windows were sealed, many floors became pitch black - only the first floor hall had lights on and could observe the surroundings.

The vast majority of hostages were held on the first floor, including Secretary-General Lu who hadn't left, Karl who had temporarily come from the hospital, and city council high-level leaders.

......

Five minutes after the hostage situation occurred.

The riot squad, Police Bureau special police team, Dragon City anti-terror squad, Dragon City urban garrison troops, and nearby navy - a total police force of over 1,500 people - successively arrived on scene and tightly surrounded the Supervision Assembly inside and out.

Today's most unlucky person was Dragon City Police Bureau Director Lin You - under his management, the church was taken hostage, the Supervision Assembly was also taken hostage - whether he was willing or not, after today he could no longer serve as bureau director.

Outside the compound.

Lin You directed negotiation experts with sweating forehead: "Go in, ask what their demands are, stabilize their emotions. Tell them everything is negotiable as long as no bloodshed occurs."

"Yes, yes!"

Four or five negotiation experts nodded repeatedly.

About three minutes later.

In a spacious office on the reception's third floor, Zhao Weihu stood at the window smoking with narrowed eyes.

"Commander, the negotiation team requests dialogue," the guard battalion commander walked in.

"Have the people been selected?" Zhao Weihu asked.

"Not yet, just gathered on first floor."

"Select them," Zhao Weihu took a drag on his cigarette, replying flatly.

"Yes!" The commander replied, giving orders on his walkie-talkie.

......

"Bang!"

In the first floor hall, a crisp gunshot rang out as over ten masked Chi Army soldiers walked to the hostage area, without discussion grabbed white Supervision Assembly staff members, regardless of status or age, only selecting by gender to pick out over twenty men.

These people wailed begging for mercy, some speaking words, some shouting in English.

The Chi Army soldiers didn't communicate with them at all - after gathering the people, they directly took them to the compound interior.

The negotiation team members stood among the Chi Army soldiers shouting loudly: "Everything is negotiable as long as no bloodshed occurs!"

The Chi Army forces at the entrance didn't reply, only directly pushing the over twenty white hostages to the bottom of the steps.

"Bang!"

The commander fired a shot on the third floor.

"Clatter!"

All Chi Army soldiers below raised their guns.

"Don't!" The negotiation team members shouted with panicked expressions: "Doing this, you'll...!"

"Rata-tat-tat..."

Intense gunfire rang through the compound - over twenty people all fell amid wailing, each hit by at least four or five shots - even immortals couldn't save their lives.

Before negotiations could begin, the compound was already flowing with blood - over twenty people all dead.

"Make announcement!" Zhao Weihu stood in a third floor visual blind spot looking down at the situation below, saying flatly.

Below, a Chi Army officer shouted loudly: "These twenty-plus people, pay tribute to the senseless massacre at Xinaluo harbor days ago! The Chi Army's actions always clearly distinguish grudges! Our orders are, no talk first - kill a batch every ten minutes! After killing for an hour, then we'll chat!"

Hearing this, Lin You had a heart attack on the spot, leaning against a car shouting with red face and sweating forehead: "Tell them I'm willing to go in to exchange for hostages! I'm willing to go in!!"

On the third floor, Zhao Weihu stubbed out his cigarette saying: "Within 100 meters outside the Supervision Assembly, any enemy infiltrators discovered, shoot to kill. After repelling them, throw out another twenty corpses from the first floor hall."

"Yes!"