The first to arrive at the bank entrance was the SWAT team from the Yanjing City Bureau, led by none other than Director Lin, who had been on duty the previous night. The SWAT team had almost fully mobilized, with over a hundred officers forming an armed formation surrounding the bank from all sides, except for those who had been on duty last night.
Meanwhile, the car accident at the intersection was being cleared by some regular officers and doctors. As for the vehicles on the road, they had all already been moved back, with special police officers stationed at all four intersections to manage traffic control.
When Director Lin saw the hostages streaming out from the bank lobby’s opened doors, he was slightly puzzled. Didn’t these robbers need hostages to confront the people’s police? But he only thought about it briefly. The distance from the bank’s entrance to the SWAT team’s deployment was just over twenty meters, and the hostages quickly reached the SWAT officers.
"Police officer, the four robbers on the ground floor have been killed by a young man, you should quickly enter the first floor!" The leader was an elderly man in his seventies, whose spirit was still strong, not at all intimidated by the robbers’ previous intimidation. He was clearly someone who had seen enough of life’s storms.
"The robbers on the first floor have been killed? How many robbers are there in total inside?" Director Lin asked. Obtaining first-hand information was crucial for this case, which would greatly help in coordinating sniper deployment and all tactical command: "By the way, how many casualties are there inside?"
"We saw a total of nine robbers, with five having gone upstairs. As for casualties, only one woman was injured by a bullet, and that young man urges you to quickly send in doctors for treatment!" The elderly man explained clearly.
Listening to the old man, Director Lin and the other SWAT members around him were flabbergasted. Taking down four armed robbers barehanded? And among so many hostages, only one woman was injured? Moreover, from the elderly man’s words, there seemed to be no life-threatening injuries.
Director Lin couldn’t fathom what kind of person could take down four dispersed robbers barehanded, yet a young man’s image flashed through his mind. Could it be him? If it were indeed him, then it was not unbelievable. Instantly, Director Lin felt reassured if it were this young man; then this case would become significantly simpler.
"Thank you, old man!" Director Lin didn’t forget to thank the old man and immediately turned to the SWAT captain by his side, "Captain Fang, lead Squad One into the bank immediately. Xiao Li, get in touch with the doctors from the car accident scene, ask them to send some people into the bank for treatment!" Director Lin was indeed capable; otherwise, he wouldn’t have made it to this position, holding significant authority over the SWAT team. Compared to typical deputy directors, his power was much greater, and SWAT members generally trained alongside armed police, maintaining good ties with the military.
"Yes, Director!" The two accepted the orders and left.
Following that, Director Lin arranged for those around him to properly settle the hostages and make records, as doctors from the car accident scene had been dispatched over. After pondering, he took four SWAT team members with him to accompany doctors and nurses into the bank lobby, while believing that military police leadership would manage outside arrangements, and it wasn’t far-fetched that senior officials from the municipal and city government might also arrive on scene.
Director Lin knew well that with such a major case in Yanjing, the rescue forces deployed would not just be the hundred SWAT officers with him. It was likely that top officials had already contacted the stationed armed police in Yanjing, and perhaps even the Special Brigade, given that these robbers weren’t ordinary criminals. Based solely on the gun held by the leader moments ago, it was clear they weren’t ordinary robbers.
Now that the SWAT team had arrived first and entered the bank’s first floor first, once this case was solved, the first merit would undoubtedly belong to the SWAT team. And as their leader, he could take this opportunity to advance further. With the old director retiring next March, he could leverage this merit to vie for a position in the Yanjing City Bureau Headquarters.
Because Yanjing is a province-level city, the treatment of department heads is one grade higher. Once he assumed the director’s role, his level would be that of a full department, a level many people remain at their entire lives as deputy department heads.
Just as Director Lin led his team into the bank lobby, several hundred armed officers and soldiers were advancing from two other streets, accompanied by a battalion of military police, swiftly surrounding the area, making it impenetrable.
Captain Fang led Squad One quickly into the lobby, seeing Xiao Lin helping to bandage the injured woman. Regarding Xiao Lin, Captain Fang looked on with awe. A master who took down four armed robbers barehanded, surveying the lobby, noticed the robbers were spread eight to ten meters apart. Upon entering, Captain Fang immediately instructed his team, "Squad One, guard the stairs, Squad Two, investigate the scene!"
Xiao Lin paid no attention to the entering SWAT, as the bleeding from this woman was far more severe than he had imagined, her pulse growing weaker. Fortunately, it was him there; had it been an ordinary doctor, the hemorrhage might have been uncontrollable. Although the bullet hit wasn’t in a vital area, excessive blood loss could lead to her death.
Seeing Xiao Lin bandaging the woman, Captain Fang kindly approached, "Young man, do you need my help?" Captain Fang was a veteran, and although he wasn’t extensively trained in the military, he had learned basic first-aid bandaging, which was better than nothing.
"No need!" Xiao Lin had just finished bandaging, keeping his hand on the woman’s thigh, consistently checking her femoral artery, before raising his head, eyeing the surrounding SWAT with a stern face, "If possible, ask the Sharp Sword Special Brigade from Yanjing to send people over; you guys aren’t enough!" Xiao Lin spoke the truth. Against those terrifying robbers upstairs, these SWAT members’ combat effectiveness was akin to children playing house compared to the robbers.
However, the truth is often discomforting. Captain Fang, coming over with kind intentions, was met with Xiao Lin’s words, feeling instantly infuriated, "It’s our SWAT team’s duty to protect the citizens. For your safety, please leave the area immediately!"
"Listen to me, there’s no mistake; if you go up, all you’ll do is die!" Xiao Lin maintained his cold tone. Facing such horrifying robbers, these SWAT members’ fighting power was ludicrously inadequate.
"Xiao Liu, Xiao Zhang, escort this young man away immediately!" Captain Fang, feeling that his good intentions were blatantly insulted by Xiao Lin’s remark, restrained himself from striking Xiao Lin, priding himself on improved temper control. Just a few years ago, fresh from the military, who knows, he might have acted by now.