Binjiang Police Affairs-Chapter 883 - 598: You’re Not the Right Person to Go! (Part 3)

Having Deputy Mayor Shen Fan lead the team means you don’t have to worry about these issues. After all, the entire camp’s soldiers mainly come from Linghai. Who dares not listen to him, a standing deputy mayor? It’s no exaggeration to say that his words are more effective than yours or mine!"

Everyone knows that Deputy Mayor Shen is your old subordinate, so of course, you think of him for any good opportunities.

As for Secretary Lu and Mayor Wang, they must want to credit the Binjiang Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government for the support of Beihu.

Although Deputy Mayor Shen is not a vice mayor of Binjiang, he is a city-managed cadre of Binjiang and, in some sense, can represent Binjiang.

It’s easier to understand why Secretary Ye and Mayor Qian of Linghai support this. Having Deputy Mayor Shen lead the team means that the Binjiang Flood Control Rescue Camp still belongs to the Linghai Reserve Camp...

The local party and government are strong.

The military district has to respect the opinions of the city committee and city government, let alone the reserve regiment, which has nothing.

Captain Xia felt more and more frustrated, thinking to himself that having someone on top really makes a difference. Shen Fan has the strong support of Vice Mayor Qin, almost needing to do nothing to stand out.

Salted Fish has the support of Vice Mayor Qin and so many units on the river, being so young and yet capable of leading the team independently, not overshadowed by Shen Fan’s presence. After all, it is possible that the superior may deploy the Flood Control and Rescue Camp, and Salted Fish is the camp commander.

"Comrade Jianqiang, Comrade Jianqiang!"

"Mayor Qin, sorry, I was distracted. Please go on."

"Do you have any thoughts? If you do, feel free to speak out."

"No, I have no thoughts, no opinions."

"Really none?"

"Really none, I’ll follow orders and heed commands."

"Comrade Jianqiang, your lack of thoughts and opinions doesn’t mean others don’t have them."

"Mayor Qin, rest assured, I’ll make sure to do a good job with the ideological work of the regiment’s cadres."

"Comrade Jianqiang, there’s another key reason why we aren’t sending you over. According to the latest report from the flood control department, the second flood peak has already appeared in the middle and upper reaches of the Yangtze River. The city committee and government, along with the military district, have decided to dispatch a few other camps to participate in flood fighting on several Jiangxin islands."

Is this a slap followed by a sweet date?

Captain Xia was bemused, realizing that this too was a military order, quickly stood up: "Mayor Qin, when do we head to the floodfront?"

"There’s no rush, the flood peak is still far from us."

Vice Mayor Qin motioned for him to sit down, smiling as he said: "There were originally two camps in Sanhe, and their organization was primarily structured around receiving inspections from superiors. Now, to go to the frontline, Han Yu is reorganizing the lower levels of the camp with actual combat as the primary focus. I’m familiar with his work style; he will certainly make bold cuts in the current organization and personnel."

Captain Xia instinctively asked: "Cuts?"

"Too many squads, too many people. You see, they are a mechanized camp, to put it plainly, they’re an engineering team. If an engineering team is keeping idle people, it increases costs; if Salted Fish keeps idle people, it doesn’t just increase logistical pressure, but when conducting rescue tasks locally, it may even lead to a situation where one person works while many watch. So any reducible parts should be cut down, aiming to streamline to two hundred people."

"What about the remaining hundred or so?"

"Entrust them to you, in which case there are still two camps, and by then, you can lead the remaining camp to support our flood control in Binjiang."

One can imagine if there were ideas or opinions just now, there might not even be this streamlined "reduced camp." Indeed, an authority level higher can suppress people.

The camouflage uniforms were all changed into, and luggage was all brought, yet they couldn’t go.

Captain Xia felt very disheartened, but didn’t dare show it, only able to follow orders.

Seeing Vice Mayor Qin about to answer a call, he took the initiative to dismiss himself and walked out of the dormitory, unexpectedly running into Chief of Staff Cui as soon as he stepped out the door.

"Captain, has my wife helped me send the luggage to the unit?"

"It’s been sent."

"Then did she help me bring them over?"

"Brought over, in car number 3, but even bringing it over won’t be of use."

"Not of use, does the superior not require us to go to Beihu for flood fighting?"

Captain Xia walked a few steps, looked back behind him, and bitterly smiled: "The superior didn’t say they don’t need us to go to Beihu for flood fighting, it’s that the Binjiang Municipal Party Committee and Government don’t need us."

Chief of Staff Cui asked in surprise: "Not letting us go, who are they letting go?"

Captain Xia lit a cigarette, helplessly said: "Mayor Shen and Salted Fish, isn’t Mayor Shen also concurrently our regiment’s Deputy Political Commissioner, he represents our regiment. Salted Fish is the camp commander, representing the camp level."

"But they’re not active-duty officers!"

"Does it matter if they are on active duty? If city leaders say they are capable, then they are!"