Atlas of Heaven and Man.

Chapter 201 Joint
Inside the operations meeting room, everyone looked in the direction that Commissioner Cao pointed.

Zhangshan.

Zhangshan?

Most people showed puzzled expressions at first. Running into the mountains? That was a deadly place, because behind Zhang Mountain was an endless wasteland.

But they soon realized that, no, judging from the current directions available for the Molan Company to evacuate, retreating to the Great Wasteland was indeed the most likely way out.

"But if that's the case, how do they get through the wilderness? How do they solve the problem of logistical supplies?" an official present at the meeting raised the question.

Zhangshan almost blocks the entire northern part of Yangzhi. There is no road there because there is no need to build one, and it is almost impossible to travel there by car.

The evacuation of Molan Company will not be carried out by just one or two people. There will definitely be a large number of company personnel accompanying them, such as the heavily invested Blood-Ink Guards, the logistics team, the technical R&D team, the management team, etc. These are the real resources and essence of Molan Company, and the capital for their comeback, which they will never abandon.

With such a large number of people entering the wilderness, logistical supplies become a big problem.

Someone added a reasonable guess: "The Molan Company branch has been deeply rooted in Yangzhi for so many years, and they must have prepared a retreat long ago. Maybe they set up a supply station in the wasteland in advance, and it is also possible that they built an underground base in the wasteland..."

There is some truth in this, but many people disagree. It is possible that there is a supply station in the wilderness, and the possibility is very high.

But to say that building an underground base in the wilderness is overestimating the Molan Company. It would be useless if it was built too close, and transporting supplies from a distance would be a big problem, and the noise would also be huge. It would be impossible for no one to notice it for so many years.

At this time, several officials in the government office whispered to each other for a while, and then one official raised a question that many people were concerned about: "Regarding the evacuation of Molan Company, Commissioner Cao, do you plan to start the operation inside the city or outside the city?"

There is a huge difference between taking action in the city or outside the city.

If it happened in the city, the officials of Yangzhi City Government Office would definitely not like to see it. Not because they care about the property and safety of the citizens, but because Yangzhi City is their political platform, and too much loss is definitely not a plus for them.

Commissioner Cao looked at them and gave a very certain reply.

"This encirclement and suppression battle will be carried out outside the city."

The officials of Yangzhi Government Affairs Office looked a little relieved. In fact, in the past few days, they had been trying to lobby Commissioner Cao not to start a war in the city, but to try to force the people of Molan Company to leave, and hinted that they would give him benefits and various supports.

Now hearing this positive answer, they believe that their efforts have paid off. In this case, they will also support Commissioner Cao in the next actions and give him the due rewards.

There were people present who had objections to this plan, but no one took the initiative to raise them. Because ignoring the deaths of civilians and placing the battlefield in the city would not sound good, and people who were determined to climb up the ladder would not do so. Those who did not care about these things had already communicated with each other before the meeting began.

Seeing that no one raised any more questions, Commissioner Cao immediately started making phone calls and arranging personnel to intercept the convoy heading to National Avenue. In order to allow Molan Company to evacuate with confidence, he also sent out real people this time, mobilizing most of his overt forces.

After arranging everything, I returned to the operations meeting room.

All that’s left is to wait. I believe that after Molan Company receives the news that the convoy is under siege and confirms the scale of the attack, it will start to act.

But in the next few hours, there was no movement at the Molan Company Building, and everyone could only sit and wait.

Some people couldn't help but begin to doubt Commissioner Cao's judgment, but most people were very certain.

Judging from the news that came back one after another, although the convoy that Molan sent out at the beginning had good armed forces and many of them were elites from the External Operations Department, they were definitely not the main force, especially the members of the Blood Ink Guard, not a single one was seen.

Molan Company must have some big moves in the future, but we haven't seen them yet.

At this time, a man hurried over and handed over a translated telegram, "Commissioner Cao, urgent telegram!"

Commissioner Cao took it and looked at it. He raised his head and glanced at everyone. "Our monitoring station found that a large number of people from the Molan Company appeared in the lower reaches of the Heihe River, near the section of the river near Lijia Goods Store in Jiuzhen."

"what?"

Everyone was shocked, and someone reacted quickly, "Is it the river?"

Commissioner Cao said: "Yes, it is risky to go by land, but Molan Company can choose to enter the river through the underground waterway. From their current location, they are heading towards Zhangshan."

Everyone looked up at the map hanging on the wall. From the direction where the Molan Company personnel were, they were very close to Zhangshan, which meant that Commissioner Cao's judgment was accurate.

But judging from the distance, these people will be able to enter Zhangshan very quickly, and it won’t take long before they can rush into the Great Wilderness.

Someone at the table asked, "Since Commissioner Cao had anticipated this, then he must have made arrangements at Zhangshan, right?"

Commissioner Cao said slowly: "There is a gang that has been entrenched in Zhangshan for a long time. I have given them a batch of weapons. They will use the fortress fortifications left over from the great development period to help us block the Molan Company. Our people just need to follow them." He looked at everyone, "Next, I hope that all departments will cooperate as much as possible." Iron Chain Gang?
Everyone suddenly realized, but many people frowned. The Iron Chain Gang was just a gang, not an army after all. Even if they had support, it was unlikely that they could stop the Molan Company. If Commissioner Cao had expected that the Molan Company would go under the river, it would have been much more reliable to deploy some people there in advance to block them.

But now that this has been said, according to our prior communication, we can only follow this arrangement.

Then people from all departments stood up, some made phone calls, some sent telegrams, and sharp whistles continued to be heard in the headquarters of the Police Bureau. With the sound of military boots stepping on the ground and the sound of troop carriers starting up, a large number of patrolmen began to gather.

At a certain section of the lower reaches of the Heihe River, five directors came out of the river. With the help of company employees who had come ashore earlier, they peeled off the outer membrane wrapped around their bodies that was specially used for underwater diving.

Around them, there were more than two hundred Molan Guards standing, not the ninety people shown in the intelligence. Each of these people was wearing thick dark red protective uniforms, goggles on their faces, and were fully armed. In addition to the firearms they carried with them, most of them carried a black-bladed long sword on their backs.

These people have a faintly glowing black orchid implanted in their makeup on their faces, as if it is deeply embedded inside, covering the entire front face. Everyone has a blank expression at this moment, and even their standing postures are the same, as if they were cast from the same template.

The five directors are very confident in them because all members of the Molan Guard will undergo a brainwashing process after joining. They are absolutely loyal to them and will give their lives for them without hesitation.

At this time, a member of the intelligence department came over to report: "Dear directors, Zhangshan is ahead. The members of the Iron Chain Gang entrenched there seem to have made preparations."

The five directors looked at each other when they heard the news.

"There really is an arrangement here. They let us out on purpose, intending to use the old fortifications in the mountains to block us, and then chase us from behind and annihilate us here."

“Simple and effective, but they seem to have overlooked the technological gap.”

"Perhaps they also provided technical support to the Chain Gang?"

"We've already expected this. Send a telegram to activate all the insiders in the Iron Chain Gang. Have the Blood and Ink Guards dispatch their combat weapons. Give them one hour to eliminate all the people above."

As the order was passed down, boxes loaded with combat weapons were opened one by one. With the injection of high-energy nutrients, two hundred and fifty combat mantises jumped out from them, flashing their cold and ruthless compound eyes.

Under the command of a technician's gestures, the mantises spread their wings and leaped into the mountains.

Inside the Molan Company building, Manager Luo stood in the empty conference hall. Next to him was a radio station. A telegraph operator was sitting there wearing headphones, seemingly waiting for something.

At this time, he looked at his watch, and when the pointer reached the two o'clock position, the telegraph operator seemed to hear something and quickly translated a string of numbers.

Manager Luo walked over quickly, picked up the number, then quickly dragged out a safe. When he dialed the last number, the thick safe door opened with a click. He reached in and took a syringe of medicine from it, and quickly gave himself an injection in the heart.

Soon, his expression relaxed.

In addition to brainwashing, the control personnel of Molan Company also used various drugs. Before evacuating, the five directors asked him to be responsible for defending the building and delaying possible attacks, but they had to give him hope, so they left behind the clearing drugs that had been confirmed in person in advance.

At this point, even if he told the truth, even if he chose to evacuate, it wouldn't matter, because the company's directors had already arrived at where they should be.

And then, he has to think about himself.

He immediately asked the telegraph operator to send a message on a designated band:
"I will evacuate from the company's underground sewers immediately. I will take with me the information I have collected over the years. The gold notes are also ready. I hope you will do what you promised me."

After a while, the telegram replied:
"I will send someone to pick you up and give you a new identity. After you come here, I will first help you arrange a position in the local department. After one or two years, I will transfer you back to work for me."

"It's a word."

"Where are you planning to meet?"

"Wujia Town, Old Factory Cargo Terminal No. 2, 4 o'clock."

"Wait there when you get there, my people will be here soon."

In the operations meeting room of the General Police Bureau, as orders were sent out one after another, everything was being arranged busy and in an orderly manner. At this time, a staff member came over, whispered a few words to Commissioner Cao, and handed a note to him.

There was a cold look in his eyes. He put the note away and asked the people around him to take over his work temporarily. He walked to the lounge next to him and told the staff on duty, "Go and call student Chen."

A few minutes later, Chen Chuan came in with the Xuejun Knife. Without waiting for him to say hello, Commissioner Cao immediately said to him seriously, "Student Chen, I need you to do something right away. Go to the old factory dock in Wujia Town and find Luo Qi, the director of the operations department of Molan Company, to deal with him, and bring back everything he brought with him."

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(End of this chapter)