Chapter 5: The Uncooperative Pikachu

  When the emergency assembly bell rang, it was just the special police team's dinner time. Commander Gao was smiling with his eyes wide open, looking at tonight's extra dish of big chicken legs. Before he could take a bite, the bell rang piercingly in his ear. Commander Gao was taken aback and grumbled discontentedly: "What's going on?"

  "Emergency assembly, hurry up!" Peng Sizhe jumped up, patted Gao Commander's shoulder, and rushed out of the cafeteria.

  "I haven't eaten yet......" Commander Gao looked at that plump and tender chicken leg, reluctant to part with it.

  "Pack up! Pack up and take away..." Qin Xiao Yu didn't even have time to eat, he held his rice bowl while running towards the door, shoveling a few more mouthfuls in as he went. As he passed by the last table, he hastily put down his rice bowl.

  Wrapping it up was a good idea, so Captain Gao picked up the uneaten chicken leg and put it in his mouth, then grabbed a handful of paper towels from the box on the table, wrapped the chicken leg up and stuffed it into his pocket.

  When the high commander was about to assemble, he saw that all the transport vehicles of the special police team had been driven out. The four-legged comrades in the neighboring police dog squadron had already jumped onto the vehicle under the leadership of the police dog instructor. He poked Peng Si Zhe beside him: "Another big show!"

  "Shut up, the squad leader is coming down." Peng Si Zhe saw Liu Da Jin also hastily running out of the office, wearing a bulletproof vest, and De Shu quickly putting on his helmet while jogging...

  "Has the deputy captain also come out?" Qin Xiaoyu also whispered.

  Liu Dajin and De Shu ran down, waved to everyone, and jumped onto the SWAT command vehicle. The transport truck screeched to a halt in front of each team, and the SWAT officers poured in. Before they could even sit down, the transport truck accelerated out of the SWAT team's gate.

  Cheng Teli was in the driver's cab, staring at the walkie-talkie waiting for news of the case, but all he could hear from the walkie-talkie were voices from the command center mobilizing different police forces. The traffic police and riot squad had all been deployed, but as he listened, Cheng Teli felt a bit deflated - this was probably just a traffic blockade operation.

  Normally, traffic blockade is not used for special police, Cheng Te-li estimated that it should be a gun-related case and needs reinforcement from special police, but this kind of traffic blockade action is just a gamble, because no one knows whether the suspect will happen to run into their own gunfire.

  Everyone's eyes in the transport vehicle were fixed on Cheng Telie's back, the dispatcher's voice from the car radio was somewhat chaotic and had been fragmented by the noise in the transport compartment, the special police of the third team were all waiting for Cheng Telie's case report.

  "Third squad, third squad, now is the task decomposition." The walkie-talkie finally came with Liu Dajin's voice: "Your squad will set up a checkpoint at 338 National Highway Jinjiao Town, focus on checking pickup trucks and vehicles from other places. Vehicles are likely to come out of the mountainous area towards Ning direction. The opponent is very likely to have long guns and fierce firepower, must pay attention to safety."

  "Third Squad understood, our team set up a checkpoint at Jinju Town on National Highway 338, focusing on checking pickup trucks. The other party may come out from the mountainous area." Cheng Telie replied through the intercom, but still not giving up, he asked another question: "Third Squad calling, what kind of person is the other party?"

  "The other party may be a mercenary for drug trafficking." Liu Dajin actually didn't have more intelligence to support, and could only answer vaguely like this.

  "Third squad, got it." Cheng Te Li somewhat dispiritedly crawled into the transport cabin and reported on the situation: "We're setting up a checkpoint in Jinjiao Town, focusing on inspecting pickup trucks. The other side might be mercenaries smuggling drugs across the border, they have long guns, everyone be careful."

  "Ugh..." The transport bay was filled with disappointment. Such a big fuss, and it turned out to be just a simple stakeout mission. This kind of mission was dull and boring. The chances of encountering a suspect were lower than the probability of Mars colliding with Earth!

  Cheng Te Li could only shrug his shoulders in frustration. Commander Gao, seeing that the "alert" had been lifted, suddenly remembered that his stomach was still empty and pulled out a deformed chicken leg wrapped in paper towels from his pocket...

  "Gaoling! You're too cunning!" scolded Cheng Te Li.

  Commander Gao smiled at him in the morning: "Squad leader, I haven't even had a mouthful of rice... Hehe... how about you have one?"

  "Ah, can't stand you!" Cheng Te Li retreated back into the driver's cabin, out of sight, out of mind.

  Commander Gao carefully unwrapped the paper towel around the package, a smile spreading across his face: "Does Commander Gao look like someone who can be starved so easily? I always have a trump card up my sleeve..." He opened his mouth and took a big bite, oil dripping from the corners of his mouth: "Delicious... delicious... are you jealous?"

  Commander Gao's deadpan expression caused the special police officers in the transport cabin to burst out laughing, and Peng Siche poked him: "Alright, alright, many people are starving!"

  "Or... shall we take turns, one mouthful each?" Commander Gao said with a mischievous grin.

  "Look at your depraved character..." Qin Xiaoyu sat opposite High Commander, looking at him with contempt and flipping him the bird.

  "Hey... are you going to bite me?" Commander Gao pinched the chicken leg, his body leaning towards Qin Xiaoyu, the chicken leg swinging in front of him, just about to speak, when the transport vehicle suddenly slammed on the brakes. Commander Gao was caught off guard, his head hitting the door frame between the cargo compartment and the driver's cabin with a loud "clang". The helmet and door frame made a crisp contact sound, and the chicken leg he was holding flew into the driver's cabin...

  The special police in the transport cabin all burst out laughing, Qin Xiao Yu said with a smile: "Now you know what it means to live if you don't court death..."

  "Where's Captain Gao?" Qin Xiaoyu's sarcastic remark was heard, his bulletproof vest restricted his low profile, he could only get into the cockpit with his butt up, the special police in the cargo hold heard a loud roar from Cheng Te Li: "Gao Ling! What are you doing with this plane again?!"

  The chicken leg rolled around in the driver's cabin, already covered in dust... Commander Gao looked at the chicken leg and felt a pang in his heart, "Chicken leg... my chicken leg..." He stuck out his butt to pick up the chicken leg from the floor of the driver's cabin, tightly grasping it in his hand as he sat back down in his seat. Looking at the unrecognizable chicken leg, he muttered to himself: "The cars in the auto repair class aren't even cleaned properly, my leg..." As he carefully wiped off the dust on the chicken leg with a tissue.

  The commander finally gave up the struggle with the dusty chicken leg, looking at the special police in the transport cabin laughing and smiling, the commander listlessly put down the chicken leg, his stomach growled again, the commander sighed: "Is it easy for me? Trained all day and still can't eat this chicken leg..."

  Qin Xiaoyu patted his pocket, pulled out a crumpled one hundred yuan note from his uniform and said: "Commander Gao, you have to eat this chicken leg, and I'll give you this one hundred yuan!"

  "Cut... damn it, I'm not some rich guy who can be bought off, you think a mere five dou of rice is enough to get me to open my mouth?" Commander Gao gave Qin Xiaoyu a sidelong glance, but his eyes clearly said: "Add a bit more..."

  Peng Sizhe quietly pulled out 200 from his pocket and stuffed it into Gao's hand. Gao protested discontentedly: "You're taking advantage of me! You're taking advantage of me! Peng Sizhe, I'm going to break off our friendship!"

  "Eat! Eat! Eat!" The special police in the transport cabin cheered, and Commander Gao's face turned bright red with embarrassment. He looked at the chicken leg covered in dust, and the 300 yuan temptation. He gritted his teeth: "Damn it! Five bushels of rice can't bend my waist, six bushels open a mouth just to open a mouth! Eat if you eat!" He opened his mouth and devoured the chicken leg in a few bites, without even daring to chew, swallowing it whole into his stomach.

  Willing to admit defeat, Qin Xiaoyu saw that Commander Gao really took the money and had no choice but to hand it over. Commander Gao accepted the cash in a show of dominance, raising his middle finger at him.

  "That's enough, let's arrange the shift schedule now." Cheng Te Li came out at the right time to mediate: "Three people in a group, if you encounter suspicious vehicles, stop them and have two people inspect while one person stands guard. Switch groups every two hours. Gaoling, Qin Xiaoyu, Peng Sixiao are the first group..."

  "Why is it always me first?" Commander Gao protested.

  "Didn't you write in your job report that we must always strive to be the first...?" Cheng Te Li glanced at him and continued, "Luo Huan, Liang Jianming, Chen Kuan, second group... personnel who are not on duty must also remain vigilant."

  "It's not certain if others will come this way or not..." Qin Xiaoyu finished arranging the shift and returned to the driver's cabin, while Commander Gao muttered secretly behind him.

  "Gao Ling, I've also grown ears on my back, what's the muttering about?" What kind of person is Cheng Te Li, can Commander Gao's small movements escape his ears?

  "I'm saying, Captain, your arrangement is reasonable. If the criminals dare to take a step beyond our Third Squadron's Lei Chi, I'll make sure they're crushed and never return... A thousand holes can be plugged, but flattery cannot, Commander Gao doesn't want to offend Commissar Cheng again and get scolded."

  "Cut the crap!"

  When the third team arrived at Jinju Town, the local police station and traffic police had made preparations to wait for the special police team. After a few pleasantries, the traffic police began to set up checkpoints and block roads. Two traffic police officers wearing reflective vests directed vehicles into the inspection area. The special police transport vehicle stopped in the blockade zone, and fully armed special police officers stood guard in the inspection area, which was indeed very intimidating to criminals.

  Jinju Town is located at the junction of mountainous and plain areas, originally named Shanbianjie Town. Later, the local government vigorously developed kumquat planting, and it became the largest kumquat production area in the country, so it was renamed Jinju Town. The surrounding hills and plains are all planted with kumquats, and pickup trucks are a common means of transportation here. After National Highway 338 exits from the mountainous Pan Shan Road, it becomes flat and straight, and many drivers speed up when they arrive here. At this time, it is near dusk, and many drivers are eager to return home, so there are countless speeding vehicles. Before long, dozens of pickup trucks lined up waiting for inspection at the checkpoint. The sky quickly darkened, and at night, large trucks were busy on the road. Originally, the national highway was not very wide, and a few large trucks stopped and occupied half of the road surface. Some private cars that did not follow the rules swerved and changed lanes, making the congestion worse.

  The traffic police blocked off half of the road as a checkpoint, leaving only one lane open for two-way slow traffic. The traffic police and special police worked together to speed up the inspection of vehicles, but the cars were still getting more and more congested.

  If the driver cooperates, the inspection is usually quick. The driver rolls down the window, hands over the driver's license and vehicle registration, answers a few simple questions, and it can be determined if there are any problems with the car. However, if you encounter some uncooperative drivers, you can't avoid arguing with the police for a while. What was originally a problem that could have been solved in a few minutes becomes a 10-minute argument. The police can only hold back their temper and not lose it, but as time goes on, their facial expression and tone of voice become increasingly stern.

  "Hello, please roll down the window and turn off the engine." Just now, a fellow traffic police officer had just gotten into an argument with a driver. In order to avoid conflict, he let him pull over to the side of the road to calm down for a bit. Commander Gao was getting hungry, and looking at the time, their two-hour patrol shift was almost over. If they could just finish inspecting this car, they could head back to the special police transport vehicle to rest and get out of this miserable weather. He tried his best to use a polite tone as he spoke to the driver, who still refused to roll down the window.

  There were three people in the pickup truck, but the driver remained silent and uncooperative, neither rolling down the window for inspection nor turning off the engine, engaging in a "cold war" with the checkpoint commander.

  Peng Sizhe and Qin Xiaoyu felt that something was not quite right, the two of them stood on either side of the front of the car, Qin Xiaoyu said into the intercom: "Head, it seems like something's off."

  Cheng Te Li quickly instructed two special police officers to set up roadblocks in front, but he was not sure if this was the target that needed to be captured. He brought the two special police officers to the pickup truck.

  "It's up to you now." Commander Gao said irritably, feeling that his patience had reached its limit. If Cheng Te Li didn't come over soon, he was afraid he wouldn't be able to help smashing the car window.

  "Hello, this is a police temporary checkpoint. Please roll down your window, turn off the engine and show your documents." Cheng Te Li had one hand on the gun in its holster and the other hand knocked on the pickup truck's window.

  Several people in the car looked a bit panicked, the driver's right hand reached for the key, hesitated for a moment, and suddenly floored it.

  Peng Sizhe and Qin Xiaoyu saw the car move forward slightly, raised their guns, and quickly pulled the bolt: "Halt!"

  The pickup truck didn't stop, but instead continued to move forward slowly. Cheng Te-li jumped aside and drew out his handgun, ordering the driver to stop the car.

  When Commander Gao turned his head, he saw the pickup truck moving, but it didn't seem to be rushing towards them. The driver seemed hesitant and the speed of the car did not increase. Commander Gao cursed in his heart: "Damn..."

  The pickup truck almost crawled forward for tens of meters, Qin Xiaoyu and Peng Sizhe were forced to retreat repeatedly by the car, but their task was to block the vehicle in front of the car head, and they couldn't leave their post, The police's order excited the vehicles behind, many drivers got out of the car, stretched their necks to see several special police officers surrounding this suspicious pickup truck.

  The other party refused to accept the inspection, but did not make any overly radical moves. The special police could not open fire, and this standoff was not a solution either. Cheng Te Li loudly commanded: "Battering ram! Bring the battering ram!"

  A SWAT officer took out a battering ram from the transport vehicle, and upon seeing this, the pickup truck driver suddenly floored it, accelerating rapidly towards Peng Si Zhe.