Reborn in 1993, Dark Sea

The dinner party at Zhou Meng's house was canceled again, and it turned into a pre-battle communication and coordination meeting.

The table of food that Zhou Meng's wife prepared was left uneaten, which directly led to Captain Zhou's slightly strange mental state.

The sea blockade operation was a great success. Zhou Meng patted his chest and assured him that not even a fly could get out last night, which relieved An Xiaohai's anxiety a little.

Zhou Meng selected more than 50 armed police officers overnight. In addition to requiring them to be absolutely reliable, the additional condition was that they should not look too serious.

An Xiaohai had already seen them all. This group of armed police officers, who were deliberately dressed up, did not look like armed police officers. However, when Wang Bulai and his men stood next to them, they suddenly seemed to be something else entirely.

I still feel a bit out of place.

This made Zhou Meng's face even uglier, and a group of armed police officers scratched their heads, not daring to say a word.

Fortunately, the people Xu Congzhou brought didn't need to pretend. Wang Bulai and his group naturally sat down with them, and in no time, they were like brothers.

To avoid suspicion, the pre-war communication and coordination meeting was held at Juxianglou in Baoshan District.

The armed police, the security personnel, and the people Wang Bulai brought—more than a hundred in total—occupied more than a dozen tables. The scene looked quite intimidating, but the waiters at Juxianglou seemed to handle it with ease.

They've seen this kind of scene many times recently! They've long since realized that the local thugs aren't actually that scary; they're just a bit rude, and they always pay for their meals.

That solves all the problems. In business, as long as you can make money, that's all that matters!

Zhou Zhengguo, who is usually stingy, paid the bill as soon as he arrived at the scene, which surprised Wang Tiejun, who was standing next to him. When did Director Zhou become so generous?

Thinking about it carefully, the bureau has been acting really strange lately. Besides giving out huge year-end bonuses, all sorts of benefits have been coming out like they're free. Have they gotten rich?

An Xiaohai glanced around; everyone should be here.

On the armed police side were Zhou Meng and his bodyguard Xiao Luo, while Xu Congzhou was naturally from the security department. Yan Hong stood between him and Zhou Meng with an awkward expression, and it was unclear which side he was on.

The largest group was Zhou Zhengguo's side. Besides Wang Tiejun and Cao Yingying, there were several young police officers around him, who should all be key officers under Wang Tiejun and Cao Yingying.

Tang Xiaobo from Baoshan Public Security Bureau was among them. At this moment, he was keeping his head down, unwilling to make eye contact with An Xiaohai. Seeing how close he was to Xu Congzhou, An Xiaohai seemed to understand something.

Tang Xiaobo might also be a part-time member of the security department.

What surprised An Xiaohai the most was a person sitting diagonally behind Zhou Zhengguo. Although this person was unusually low-key, An Xiaohai had already recognized him.

This person turned out to be Liu Yusheng, the Party Secretary of Shenhai City. An Xiaohai saw him on television several years later.

An Xiaohai didn't point it out, Zhou Zhengguo didn't introduce Liu Yusheng, and the others pretended not to know him. This showed that everyone had already communicated beforehand. To point out the secretary's identity at this time would be foolish.

"Xiao Hai, tell us your plan," Zhou Zhengguo was the first to speak.

"Okay!" An Xiaohai quickly ate a few mouthfuls of rice and put down his chopsticks.

"Tonight, the foreigner Qiang is celebrating his 60th birthday at the Deep Sea International Water Club. Many members of the Hong Kong triads will come to congratulate him. The Chen brothers and Guo Xiangshui's former subordinates invited me to attend."

"Once I arrive, I'll try to create conflict and disrupt his birthday banquet. There might be a large-scale brawl."

"An Xiaohai, can you tell me why you did this?" Cao Yingying asked, frowning.

"I can't say the reason right now, at least not here," An Xiaohai said, glancing at the young police officers behind Cao Yingying and the others.

Clearly, An Xiaohai did not fully trust them.

"Captain Cao, don't ask any questions yet. Let Xiao Hai finish explaining his plan. I'll talk to you privately later. Xiao Hai, don't be too nervous. The officers here are already on the move, and their actions will be strictly monitored."

"Okay!" Cao Yingying nodded readily. Having learned from her previous experience, she was no longer stubborn when facing An Xiaohai.

"Then I'll continue," An Xiaohai nodded and took a deep breath: "The reason I created chaos was to target a Hong Kong triad called Dong Sheng."

In the chaos, I will relentlessly pursue them, creating the illusion that if they don't run away, we will kill them.

"I understand. As long as they run, they'll inevitably head towards that place!" Zhou Meng nodded. "That's indeed a good method. This way, they won't have any psychological burden, and they won't suspect that the police are behind it. So we... cough!..."

"Yes, so it's important to keep an eye on them. My only concern right now is that things will get very chaotic on site, and I'm worried I'll lose track of them."

"Don't worry, you can leave this to me. It's perfectly reasonable for me to bring people over here once things get chaotic over there. I'll keep an eye on their movements!" Zhou Meng nodded again and said.

"No, you can't come so fast. If you come too quickly and block their escape route, it will only cause more trouble."

"Should I arrange for some soldiers in civilian clothes to join in advance?"

"No need, leave it to us!" Xu Congzhou, who had been completely oblivious, interjected.

"Okay, then I'll leave this to you, Mr. Xu."

Xu Congzhou shrugged and didn't say anything more.

"So how do we need to cooperate?" Cao Yingying couldn't help but ask again.

"Crackdown on prostitution."

"An crackdown on prostitution?"

"Yes, Pig Dragon runs an underground casino, and Sea Hawk is a drug dealer. We've already taken care of both of them. Now we only have this foreigner Qiang left."

Tonight, as soon as chaos broke out at the Deep Sea Royal Water Club, the police immediately launched a large-scale operation to thoroughly raid all brothels in Deep Sea City.

This not only catches them off guard, but also allows for the legitimate preemptive transfer of most of the police force from various branches and police stations.

Even if members of the public call the police, the various branches and police stations will not be able to organize effective police forces to maintain order at the scene. This will be more conducive to our operation. If someone investigates afterward, they will not suspect the police. They will think it is a coincidence.

Moreover, we've tied up the foreigner Qiang. Captain Cao, you guys go and clean up his place; he can't react at all. We can take this opportunity to completely wipe out the brothel that the foreigner Qiang runs.

"I understand, but the problem is that I don't have many brothels under my control, so it's difficult to support such a large operation."

"That's not a problem. We should have already figured out all the brothels that the foreigner is running, Mr. Xu... Mr. Xu!"

"Hey!" Xu Congzhou responded, then reluctantly pulled a list from his inner pocket and handed it to Cao Yingying, his expression truly one of deep reluctance.

Cao Yingying took the list, glanced at it, raised an eyebrow, and carefully put it away.

"I have some questions," Tang Xiaobo, who had been keeping his head down, suddenly spoke.

"What if a fight breaks out, the situation gets out of control, and there are mass casualties? What if it affects civilians? What if uninformed police officers arrive at the scene and cause injuries or fatalities?"

"Casualties are inevitable!" An Xiaohai gently placed the teacup in his hand on the table.

"With foreigners celebrating their birthdays and so many members of the Hong Kong triads showing up, the scene must be chaotic. I believe the average person would just stay far away unless they're out of their mind."

Therefore, when a conflict breaks out, there won't be many ordinary people at the scene. If there are, they will run away as soon as they see that something is wrong, instead of standing there foolishly.

As for the police officers who arrive at the scene, that depends on how Captain Cao arranges them. The capable officers are all transferred away, and some less dedicated officers are left in the various branches and police stations.

Not every police officer would work as hard as Captain Tang, right?

Tang Xiaobo gritted his teeth and remained silent.

"What if those gang members get pushed to the limit and take the crowd hostage?" Cao Yingying asked again.

"Impossible. We're not the police. What use would they have taking people hostage? Their only option is to run away as fast as possible."

But when they run, they'll definitely head towards crowded places, and I'm worried I won't be able to keep up.

"Don't worry, I'll take all of this into account. Leave it to me," Xu Congzhou said with a slight frown.

"We can cooperate too!" Zhou Meng said after thinking for a moment. "How about we set up some snipers on nearby high ground to observe the direction those people are escaping in? That should be fine, right?"

"That's a good idea!" An Xiaohai agreed.

"Xiao Hai, I have a little worry," Zhou Zhengguo said, letting out a soft breath. "What if we push them too far and they attack first?"

"Probably not," An Xiaohai shook his head.

"I've carefully considered this with Captain Zhou. They won't make a move here. They don't have enough manpower. They'll only be able to make a move after the others have finished attending the birthday banquet and the two sides have reunited."

Director Zhou, think about it. The people who attended the birthday banquet were being chased and attacked by us. If they wanted to escape, the best way would be to rejoin those people.

Once those people get the news, they will most likely try to trick those they've lured here into joining them against us.

Only in this way can they have the best chance of saving their lives.

Moreover, if those they want to eliminate are killed by us in the fight, it will save them trouble.

"I understand, that's indeed the most likely scenario!" Zhou Zhengguo nodded slightly. "So you must stay close behind them so you can take advantage of the chaos to rescue them."

"Yes, once I succeed, it will be up to you, Captain Zhou. You need to lead your men to quickly quell this chaos and skillfully separate our people from them."

"Okay, I will do my best!" Zhou Meng nodded vigorously.

"That's my whole plan. I'm done."

An Xiaohai lowered his head and continued eating. The others exchanged glances, but Zhou Zhengguo was the first to make a decision: "I have no objection. We can proceed with this plan."

"I have no objection either!" Zhou Meng was the second to agree.

Xu Congzhou shrugged; clearly, he had no objections.

Wang Tiejun kept his head down. Cao Yingying looked at An Xiaohai, her brows furrowing and relaxing in turns. It was unclear what she was thinking.

Party Secretary Liu Yusheng maintained a smile throughout and did not say a word.