Binjiang Police Affairs-Chapter 887 - 600: Is Having Power So Impressive?

"Of course give it to me, I paid for it upfront."

"Yes!"

Deputy Chief of Staff Han was famously frugal, not budging an inch on money owed to him. Squad Leader Tang quickly ran off, stifling a laugh, fearing being caught by him.

Han Yu didn’t know even the soldiers realized he had no money, so naturally, he wasn’t thinking along those lines. He turned and said, "Director Zhao, Captain Guan."

"Here, Secretary Han, what do you need us to do?"

Deputy Director Zhao Hongxing of the Water Police Station and Captain Guan from the Port Authority’s freight vehicle fleet dropped their cigarette butts and hurriedly jogged over to the office.

Han Yu pointed to Sun Youyi from the Road and Bridge Company, who had just caught up, "Captain Guan, we have an excavator, a loader, a bulldozer, and some materials for bridge construction to transport. It will roughly require five large trucks, please arrange for the trucks to be loaded immediately."

Captain Guan asked, "Where to load?"

"To a construction site for transport, the site is in Linghai, not far from here. Master Sun will lead you there."

"Does the construction site have lifting equipment?"

"The excavator can be used for lifting. The site has ramps, so after loading the bridge construction materials and other equipment onto the truck, the excavator, loader, and bulldozer can drive onto the trucks using the ramps."

"What about securing them?"

"The site has securing ropes and a welding machine, securing them is not an issue, but considering road safety, they should be checked after being secured."

"Alright."

"Director Zhao, could you arrange for a police escort?"

"No problem."

The fact that the Port Authority’s truck drivers could fulfill the flood prevention equipment transport task, even if it was just to deliver the equipment to the local area and come back, was impressive. Drivers from the Military District and Armed Forces Departments of various counties and districts looked on with envy. After all, military vehicles couldn’t compare to imported ones—not only were they in poorer condition, but they couldn’t carry loads as heavy as excavators and loaders.

While they were quietly wondering when they might get to drive better vehicles, Han Yu pointed at them and said, "Who’s in charge here?"

"I am!" A lieutenant officer raised his hand.

"Lieutenant, could you organize moving all these vehicles out? Our camp is too small; we’ll need to gather soon and make space."

"Yes!"

The regular army being outdone by the guerrillas was one thing, but to also feel like a nuisance to them while at it was quite another.

The lieutenant officer from the Military District felt deeply uncomfortable but could only comply with orders and quickly instructed drivers from the Military District system to execute the task.

Vice Mayor Qin put down his phone and saw that Hao Qiusheng and others were packing their luggage into a Santana from the Road and Bridge Company. He immediately shouted, "Salted Fish, President Hao, come over for a moment!"

"Mayor Qin, what’s the matter?"

"Mayor Qin, any instructions?"

"Since you’re the advance team, you should carry the demeanor of one, not let others make a mockery of you." Vice Mayor Qin turned to point at the Mitsubishi Pajero he had arrived in that afternoon, "President Hao, you all should take that car. I’ll talk to Commander Wang from the Military District about it later."

"Thank you, Mayor Qin!"

"No need for thanks, just hurry and get ready."

Just after Vice Mayor Qin had sent off Hao Qiusheng, a Leopard off-road vehicle from the Linghai Armed Forces Department drove in.

Vice Minister Li from the Linghai Armed Forces Department, dressed in a camouflage uniform and bearing the rank of active-duty major, got out of the car and jogged over to stand at attention and salute Vice Mayor Qin, Secretary Lu, Mayor Qian, and Deputy Mayor Shen.

After Captain Xia had completed arranging tasks for all the military personnel and returned to the camp, he saw the three local party and government leaders engaging fully-equipped Deputy Mayor Shen and Vice Minister Li from the Linghai Armed Forces Department, along with Salted Fish, in discussions. He suddenly realized that Old Li from the Linghai Armed Forces Department might be going with Deputy Mayor Shen to Beihu!

Though Old Li held a deputy regiment-level active-duty position and primarily reported to the Military District, he also had to follow the leadership of the Linghai Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government.

Deputy Mayor Shen was a Linghai city leader and a member of the standing committee, so Old Li definitely had to listen to him...

A whole battalion’s military power had thus been usurped and turned into a reserve battalion under the Linghai Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government, and even the Linghai Armed Forces Department. Captain Xia couldn’t have been more frustrated, secretly thinking that if it were him, he too would heed Deputy Mayor Shen’s orders.

But now, nothing could be done; rank has its privileges, forcing him to stand aside.

"Salted Fish, once Mayor Shen and Vice Minister Li have gone, the main tasks of coordinating with the local party and government departments and the 404th Division will fall on you. Plans cannot keep up with changes, with two battalions becoming one; will there be confusion in management?"

"Reporting to Secretary Ye, we never had any so-called management before. This is our first actual deployment, so there’s naturally no issue of confusion due to reorganization."

Fearing city officials might not understand, Han Yu added with a smile, "Moreover, it’s still the same people doing the same tasks. It doesn’t matter who’s company commander or deputy company commander. In fact, we previously decided against the traditional military structure of having several platoons under a company and squads under each platoon, as it was not conducive to emergency engineering operations. So we only structured companies with sub-teams under them."

"With you saying that, my mind is at ease." Secretary Ye nodded in satisfaction and with a smile asked, "After recomposing, how many people will go?"

"Currently, we can confirm one hundred and eighty-six people." 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝙬𝙚𝓫𝒏𝓸𝓿𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝙤𝓶

"Are there any uncertainties?"

"The uncertainty mainly lies with the water transport team; the team’s tugboats, barges, and crew all come from the shipping company."

Since Vice Mayor Qin wasn’t an outsider, Han Yu saw no need to conceal matters and continued, "Initially, Manager Jiang from the shipping company might have thought that our battalion wouldn’t have to carry out tasks beyond the local area, or even if it did, the timeline wouldn’t be very long. Thus, he readily agreed and even took on the role of water transport team leader himself. But now that we’re headed to Beihu for the emergency task, he’s unable to dispatch so many people or boats."