Crisis Management Game

As the capital of the United Kingdom, an important position like the Mayor of London can be connected to the Prime Minister's Office.

The entire telephone briefing took a very short time. In less than ten minutes, the mayor called several people back to his office.

"After the Prime Minister learned of this, he asked the Air Minister to personally set up an inspection team to immediately go to the Bentwall base to investigate the matter!"

"Great!" White immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

But the next second, the mayor set his sights on Gu Ji, "This investigation team requires our city hall to send someone to participate and cooperate. Sahana, since you are the first party involved, you will be responsible for it!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the expressions of several deputy ministers suddenly became subtle.

Gu Ji naturally understood the implied meaning behind this.

Obviously, since the Prime Minister agreed so readily, it proved that he and the Ministry of Defense under him had long known that the Bentwall Air Force Base was secretly researching anthrax weapons.

The mayor knew very well that exposing this scandal would be tantamount to a slap in their faces.

So in order not to offend the Prime Minister and the Ministry of Defense, he could only push Gu Ji to the front to attract the attention of the military.

If the investigation goes smoothly, the mayor can use it as an achievement of his active handling of problems and response to the prime minister's instructions; if there are problems with the investigation or it angers the military, the mayor can also shift the blame to him to protect himself.

This old fox!

Gu Ji cursed inwardly, but remained calm on the surface, "Okay Mr. Mayor, I will do my best to cooperate with the work!"

The mayor nodded with satisfaction, indicated that the Ministry of Defense would send someone to pick him up immediately, and then waved his hand to end the meeting.

Leave the office.

White deliberately slowed down, walked over to her side, and whispered a few words of warning: "Sahana, this investigation is not an easy task, you must be careful!"

Gu Ji was slightly startled.

I couldn't tell this guy had a good heart, so I looked at him gratefully.

Following the instructions, Gu Ji arrived at the lobby of City Hall on time and waited.

In a short while, he saw a military green Land Rover Defender SUV parked at the door.

Sitting in the co-pilot seat was a tall Air Force colonel wearing a black mask. Even through the car windows and lenses, one could still feel the cold scrutiny in his eyes.

"I'm Brian, in charge of investigating this leak. Get in the car!"

Gu nodded and got into the car. Besides the driver, there were two soldiers sitting inside, all of whom were wary of him.

He simply chose to ignore it.

The vehicle then started and drove towards the Bentwall base.

Along the way, Gu Ji changed into biochemical protective clothing while observing several major traffic arteries and subway entrances. He found that the military personnel who had been searching the city for Bakken suddenly seemed to have disappeared.

Could it be that Hott became more restrained because the Prime Minister's Office and the Ministry of Defense had informed him?

While thinking.

Before we knew it, the vehicle finally arrived in Bentwall.

It was the same as last week, the entire base was shrouded in smog, visibility was extremely low, and the surrounding buildings were barely visible in the smog.

Before the vehicle came to a complete stop.

Gu Ji looked through the car window and saw a tall colonel coming towards them with several soldiers not far from the runway. It was Hott, the commander of the special team.

At this moment, he was still wearing the black training uniform, and the gas mask covered most of his face, leaving only a pair of eagle-like eyes.

"Brian, long time no see. I didn't expect it would be you who came this time."

"Time is running out, let's do the inspection first!"

As soon as he got out of the car, Brian's response to Holt's attempt to get close to him was not very enthusiastic.

He seemed to be under pressure from the task assigned by his superiors, so he went straight to the point, "I need to see the laboratory in the confidential area!"

"Okay, please follow me!"

Hott put away his smile and immediately acted as a guide.

But when his eyes fell on Gu Ji who was getting off the car, he couldn't help but ask curiously: "Who is this..."

"She is Sahana, who was sent by London City Hall to assist in the investigation."

"What!?"

The moment he heard the name, Holt stopped dead in his tracks.

The soldiers beside him also trembled all over.

Although the gas masks obscured their expressions, their anger could still be felt from their tense bodies and clenched fists. One of them even unconsciously reached for the pistol at his waist, but quickly restrained his impulse.

"So... you are Sahana. We finally meet."

There was a kind of suppressed tremor in Hott's voice through the gas mask, as if he was a wild beast that had caught its prey and was ready to pounce on it and bite it at any time.

Gu Ji knew that the other party must hate him to death.

Not only did he expose the scandal of the laboratory researching weapons-grade anthrax, but most importantly, he kidnapped Bakken and Paul, but he still had to pretend to be ignorant on the surface.

"Do we know each other?"

"You will soon find out..."

"Okay, let's go!"

Brian sensed that the atmosphere was not right, so he shouted and stood between the two of them.

Only then did Hott turn around and continue leading the way.

However, just as they were about to approach the confidential area.

“Buzz——!”

Suddenly, a sharp and piercing siren sounded above the base. The sound pierced through the fog like a sharp arrow, vibrating wildly on everyone's eardrums.

"Serious warning! Biological and chemical weapons leak detected! Initiate emergency response, everyone gather at runway 1 immediately! Repeat..."

Familiar alarm sounds, familiar commands.

This caught Gu Ji off guard.

He immediately raised his wrist and confirmed the time was two o'clock in the afternoon.

According to last week's inference, the anthrax leak had just begun in the secret laboratory at this time.

But this time, Gu Ji reported the matter to the Prime Minister's Office in advance. In theory, in order to deal with the investigation, Hott should have made preparations in advance. How could it still happen?

As the alarm sounded, the base fell into chaos.

Especially the direction of the confidential area laboratory.

The group of experts in white protective suits ran out in panic, some of them didn't even put on their protective suits properly. From time to time, shouts and screams came from the crowd, which seemed particularly strange in the fog.

Colonel Black turned around abruptly and rushed to Hoth in a few steps. Although the gas mask covered most of his face, his violently heaving chest and clenched fists were enough to show his inner anger.

"Hot! What the hell is going on?"

Hott did not answer, but just froze in place, his eyes full of horror, as if he was also stunned by what was happening before him.

Seeing his reaction, Gu Ji knew that his guess was correct.

Holt did take preparatory measures.

But an accident still happened in the laboratory, and the time was much earlier than last week, which confirmed his previous speculation!

Bakken was not responsible for the anthrax leak; someone else was behind it!

"Everyone, assemble at Runway 1 immediately!"

"Lock down the base! Prepare the flamethrowers immediately! Quick!"

"Wait a minute, the most important thing now is to control the source of the leak immediately. We should shut down the exhaust duct immediately and use a military-grade aerosol suppression device to spray polymer curing agent around the laboratory!"

Just as Huot was commanding the soldiers at the base.

Gu Ji hurried over and shouted loudly.

He and Brian were both stunned.

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"Yes, use curing agent! This will ensure that the leak is completely blocked!"

Brian kept mumbling something to himself, his eyes gradually shining, as if he had found the direction.

Gu Ji knew that the Ministry of National Defense had sent him here because he must be an expert in biochemicals, so he immediately struck while the iron was hot:

"The next step to block the source of infection is to set up a lockdown. It is not enough to just seal off the base. We need to set up a triple alert:

The core contaminated area of ​​the base is strictly isolated and personnel tracking is initiated. Every contact person must be confirmed. An aerosol hydrogen peroxide generator with a concentration of 35% is used to disinfect the air and flush with calcium hypochlorite solution.

At least five mobile military biological detection vehicles will be deployed in a 200-meter buffer zone outside the base to conduct real-time sampling and quality testing. Once a leak is found, it will be immediately disinfected. If necessary, a forklift can be deployed to excavate and seal the pollutants.

Finally, the outer control area. Today, London is experiencing southerly winds. We must immediately dispatch armed biochemical response forces to conduct a 24-hour cone-shaped investigation and control of the civilian activity areas in southern London. If infected people are found, they will be directly medically isolated! "

As the last sentence was finished.

Not only Brian and Holt, but even the short expert Chris who ran out of the laboratory was shocked and looked at him in disbelief, as if he were looking at a monster.

Because in these people’s perception.

Gu Ji was just a secretary working for the city hall with no background, but the emergency response measures he mentioned at this moment were clear and his professionalism was no less than that of an experienced biological expert.

No, it's even better than the experts!

In fact.

For Gu Ji, who has a wealth of knowledge about public health and biochemistry, saying all this in one breath is nothing.

With the example of the Sverdlovsk anthrax leak in the Soviet Union in 1979, he could easily calculate the accident pollution model for similar incidents.

However, due to the technological and biological level of this era, as well as Hott's attitude last week, Gu Ji was unable to give many effective suggestions.

But this round is different.

He had finally got such a perfect start. If he allowed the anthrax to spread and caused the mission to fail, all his efforts would be in vain.

In addition, with the presence of Brian, the "Inspector Censor", even if he also represents the military's position, at least his attitude towards dealing with problems is much more serious than Hott's.

"Aerosol suppression devices, generators... these are the latest military technologies. How could you, an administrative secretary, possibly know these!"

"Colonel Bryan, now is not the time to talk about this. You and I both know the power of weapon-grade anthrax very well. If we delay remediation by a second, the consequence may be that more people will be infected!"

"Quick! Do as she says!"

Although Brian had too many doubts.

But just this one sentence was enough to make him speechless.

After all, this guy is dealing with the problem under the pressure of Prime Minister Churchill. If something big really happens, he will definitely be held responsible!

"Get ready now!"

Hott had no choice but to command his men to carry out the orders.

Soon, everyone in the base began to carry out emergency remedial measures according to Gu Ji's plan.

All relevant personnel were also divided into two waves.

One group consisted of laboratory personnel who had close contact with the source of the anthrax leak, and the other group consisted of non-close contacts like Gu Ji.

Fortunately, he had already put on biochemical protective clothing on the way here, so he believed that he would not be infected with anthrax again this time.

"Commander Holt, could you please…"

"If you have something to say, just talk about it here!"

Just as several people were receiving concentrated disinfection spraying, suddenly, a soldier came running over in a hurry, as if he had encountered something big.

As Brian was right next to them, Hott had no choice but to pretend and let the soldiers report openly.

"yes!"

The soldier straightened his back and immediately said, "We blocked the base and found that someone escaped from the laboratory when we were counting the personnel!"

"What did you say?"

The incident happened so suddenly that Hott was so anxious that he grabbed his men's shoulders.

Gu Ji raised his eyebrows slightly, guessing that it would most likely be the real culprit behind the release of the anthrax powder.

But before the soldier had time to explain, there was a commotion in the laboratory isolation area not far away.

"Hot, is this the military secret area you manage?"

All the things that happened in the base, one after another, have made Brian more and more angry.

Hott also suppressed his anger and prepared to go over and deal with it personally.

But the next second, a figure suddenly rushed out of the isolation area.

When Gu Ji looked closely, his heart skipped a beat and his eyes were filled with disbelief.

Because the figure running out in front of him looked exactly like Paul last week!

At first he thought he was seeing things.

But until the figure was pressed to the ground by the soldiers and the gas mask was torn off, revealing the facial features, it was revealed that this was Paul!

impossible!

Absolutely impossible!!

Gu Ji shook his head slightly.

He had clearly reminded Paul and Baken to escape, and he saw with his own eyes that the two of them left Ellington Town in Henk's old car, but why was Paul still here?

Could it be that Henk is connected to the military and betrayed them?

Or was he discovered and caught by investigators while on the run?

Gu Ji imagined countless situations in a row.

But none of them can give a reasonable explanation.

First of all, he played Henk last week, so he knew this guy's identity very well. It is impossible for him to have any connection with Hoth and Bentwall Base.

Secondly, Bakken had been a soldier and had certain anti-reconnaissance capabilities, and they set out very early. Even if Hott reacted quickly, it would be impossible for him to catch them in such a short time.

And until he went to City Hall, the military still deployed a large number of personnel at subway stations and major traffic arteries to cast a wide net to catch fish.

It has been less than two hours since noon.

It is totally unreasonable to catch two people from London, a city with a population of hundreds of thousands and covered in smog.

unless……

Holt has a skill that can quickly locate Paul and Bakken! (End of this chapter)