Nominal: The Handong Game, the Energy System's Counterattack

"Oh, Comrade Chu Yi, you should have come to me first for this kind of thing."

"Why didn't you bring this information out sooner? What a pity, what a pity."

Damn, whose subordinate is so brave that he directly interrupted Provincial Party Secretary Sha Ruijin?

Everyone looked on with some surprise at the anxious face of Commander Su Zhenzhong, the commander of the Handong Provincial Military Region, who rarely spoke.

Oh, it's him. It's alright then.

Even rodenticides can't do anything to him.

Wait a minute, what does this have to do with you, a provincial military commander?

"Why didn't you give me this information sooner?"

"Such a serious incident endangering public safety, along with the actions of these factory security teams, can be directly defined as acts of terrorism."

"This is something our military region should be involved in."

"If you had handed it over to me earlier, I would have taken my lads and razed Dafeng Factory to the ground."

"If everyone is arrested, the January 16 mass incident will not have happened."

Upon hearing Commander Su's words, all the Standing Committee members were speechless.

We all know that the People's Liberation Army soldiers yearn for merit.

But you can't just rush into things every time you see them.

The Dafeng Factory had over a thousand workers; they weren't class enemies or terrorists, for crying out loud.

Seeing Su Zhenzhong sighing and shaking his head while holding the documents, Sha Ruijin was speechless.

What exactly does the Dafeng Factory incident have to do with your provincial military region?

If this were to turn into a counter-terrorism operation, the entire Handong Province would become a laughing stock across the country.

However, Su Zhenzhong's words eased the atmosphere in the meeting room a bit.

"Comrade Chu Yi, please tell me more. I didn't know that the Dafeng Factory, where the mass incident on January 16th occurred, had such a big hidden danger behind it."

Sha Ruijin ignored Su Zhenzhong's words and asked Zhou Chuyi to explain the situation first.

"Secretary Sha, Governor Liu, comrades, as you all know, I have just arrived in Handong and am not very familiar with the situation here."

"After Ding Yizhen, the vice mayor of Jingzhou, fled overseas, Comrade Zhao Dehan, who succeeded him, was my colleague in the ministry."

"He may be new here and not very familiar with the situation in Jingzhou City and Guangming District."

"So after Comrade Zhao Dehan arrived in Jingzhou, he patiently familiarized himself with the situation in Guangming District."

"In Jingzhou City and Guangming District, the Guangming Peak project is an unavoidable project, so he went to take a look."

"Here, he discovered the situation in front of the Dafeng Factory."

"Comrade Zhao Dehan had worked in ministries for a long time and had never seen such a scene before, so he asked Comrade Cheng Du from the Guangming District Public Security Bureau to find out what was going on."

"Comrade Cheng Du has always been aware of the situation at Dafeng Factory, so he told Comrade Zhao Dehan about it."

He questioned Comrade Cheng Du, asking why the Public Security Bureau hadn't resolved or reported such a serious problem.

At this point, Zhou Chuyi glanced at Li Dakang.

"Comrade Cheng Du also felt wronged. He told Zhao Dehan that he had reported to the leaders of the Jingzhou Public Security Bureau several times to seek a solution, but had not received a response."

"Such a big matter, the Guangming District Police Station is not capable of handling it."

"Neither Zhao Dehan, a newly arrived district party secretary, nor the head of the public security bureau of Chengdu District, knew how to resolve the issue."

"It just so happens that I came to Handong to be in charge of the public security, procuratorate and judicial departments."

"The matter was urgent, so Comrade Zhao Dehan took it upon himself to bring Comrade Cheng Du to report to me."

"When I learned about the situation inside the Dafeng factory, I was so shocked that I could barely hold my teacup."

Zhou Chuyi chuckled self-deprecatingly and pointed to the screen: "Those oil storage tanks contain more than twenty tons of gasoline."

"To be precise, it's twenty-five tons!"

"According to Comrade Cheng Du's understanding, there are no safety measures at Dafeng Factory."

"Due to the demolition, the Dafeng Factory has lost its water and electricity."

"The so-called factory protection team established by Dafeng Factory patrols there every night with torches in hand."

"If one is not careful, the open flame could ignite the gasoline, threatening the area within several kilometers of the Dafeng factory, and putting the lives and property of hundreds of thousands of people directly at risk."

"Upon realizing the seriousness of the situation, I immediately reported it to Governor Liu, and then..."

Next, Zhou Chuyi recounted the subsequent disposal of the more than 20 tons of gasoline at Dafeng Factory.

Apart from the matter of those twenty-odd tons of gasoline.

Zhou Chuyi also emphasized that Dafeng Factory dug trenches, built walls, constructed fortifications, and even had anti-tank emplacements.

The so-called factory protection team, armed with homemade guns, was capable of confronting the government.

When these things were mentioned, Commander Su Zhenzhong became very excited.

"Comrade Chu Yi, you may not understand, but there are some intricacies to the arrangement of this position."

Su Zhenzhong's mention of "Comrade Chu Yi" once again drew everyone's attention.

This made the atmosphere in the conference room a little more cheerful.

"Look, the location of this watchtower offers a wide view."

"The depth and direction of this trench can effectively impede the impact."

"With this barbed wire, this is definitely professional work."

Su Zhenzhong took the remote control and changed the photo on the projector to the area in front of Dafeng Factory.

"Tsk tsk, if you had given me this information earlier, I would have solved the problem for everyone long ago. What a pity."

Su Zhenzhong's eyes gleamed, his face showing regret.

"Let me tell you, the layout of these fortifications is all outdated." He took a sip of tea, his interest piqued.

"It is very likely that veterans who participated in the war were providing support and guidance behind the scenes."

"Look here, the layout here is a bit lacking." He pointed to a spot on the projected photo.

"My little brats can easily handle these outdated things."

......

When Su Zhenzhong encountered something professional, he started commenting and explaining to everyone how to best arrange it.

"Commander Su, this is the Standing Committee meeting. There are thousands of workers behind the walls of Dafeng Factory, they are not terrorists."

Seeing Su Zhenzhong's excitement, Sha Ruijin's expression turned somewhat unpleasant.

If the military region were to actually be mobilized for counter-terrorism, Handong would truly have been exposed.

Su Zhenzhong's expression became even more excited when he heard that there were over a thousand people.

"Where did these thousands of workers, this fortification, this setup, and more than twenty tons of gasoline come from?"

"The mass incident at the No. 116 wind factory involved them directly setting gasoline on fire."

"If it weren't for Lao Liu and the provincial government taking away those twenty-odd tons of gasoline in advance, the entire Dafeng Factory would have been blown up that night."

"Are they workers, or armed reactionaries resisting the regime?"

"Look at that photo, there's a homemade gun. Are these workers?"

"This is a credit..."

"Pah! These are terrorists who deliberately oppose the government!"

Su Zhenzhong blurted out something he shouldn't have and quickly corrected himself.

......

Apart from Zhou Chuyi and Li Dakang, everyone else looked at Su Zhenzhong strangely.

How desperate is their military region for credit? Thousands of workers at Dafeng Factory, and they're labeled as terrorists?