Mr. Ji Yang and his team managed to return smoothly to the city in the rear.
As soon as they entered the camp, Tao Guangming came to greet them.
"How’s everything? Are you all okay?" At this moment, Tao Guangming didn’t look like a deputy governor; he was clearly anxious. Thɪs chapter is updatᴇd by novel{f}ire.net
"Deputy Governor Tao, we are all fine, no casualties among our people," Mr. Ji Yang reported. "However, there were several losses among the escort personnel."
"That’s good to hear, good to hear."
In Tao Guangming’s view, as long as the people from Hua Country were unharmed, he couldn’t care less about the others.
Taking Mr. Ji Yang’s hand, Tao Guangming said, "Let’s go inside and talk."
The escort personnel naturally had someone responsible for them, so Mr. Ji Yang and his team didn’t need to involve themselves.
Mr. Ji Yang glanced over at those men but didn’t say anything.
Soon after, Mr. Ji Yang followed Tao Guangming into an office.
Once seated, Tao Guangming looked at Mr. Ji Yang and said, "The situation this time is not very good, and we need comrades who are in charge of each group, like yourself, to take on more tasks."
"Please give me my assignment, Deputy Governor Tao."
Tao Guangming nodded slightly and said, "Three teams have returned this time, but the conditions of the other two teams are not good with casualties. Moreover, there are four other teams from which we haven’t received any news, including one led by your China Merchants Bureau’s Lu Wanli."
Lu Wanli indeed had some backing—it turned out she had managed to secure a team leader position and led a team herself. Most of her team consisted of people from the China Merchants Bureau, and they were heading to another hydroelectric power station.
"Leader, I’m a bit puzzled as to why we didn’t equip everyone with satellite phones this time for easier contact."
Tao Guangming immediately looked somewhat embarrassed and replied, "Originally, there were signal towers and such, but then we suddenly lost signal. Satellite phones are a bit more expensive, so we didn’t prepare them."
Mr. Ji Yang understood from Tao Guangming’s reaction that the preparations for the situation here were probably insufficient.
"Do we need to go looking for them now?" Mr. Ji Yang asked.
Tao Guangming replied, "Although the people from Myanmar have agreed to help us search, we also need to do something ourselves. They suggested that we need to send some people to accompany their team. I think so too, we don’t need to send female comrades; it should be voluntary for those who are willing to go with their people to search, that would be best."
Mr. Ji Yang could tell that he had caught Tao Guangming’s attention—being a leader and team manager whose own department’s personnel were missing, it wouldn’t look right for him to not go.
"I’ll take part in the search."
Mr. Ji Yang was confident in his abilities.
"Good, good. The task of searching for Lu Wanli and her team will be entrusted to you, Mr. Ji Yang. The Myanmar side will dispatch a squad of soldiers to assist you in the search."
A thought came to Mr. Ji Yang’s mind, and he asked, "Do they take orders from me or from someone else?"
Tao Guangming said, "They have a team captain leading the team, and all actions will be under the command of their captain. You just have to cooperate. The main thing is to ensure good communication when the time comes. We are also short on translators right now, and your translator is a woman, so there’s no need for her to follow."
Mr. Ji Yang acknowledged with a nod.
Soon enough, a squad of Myanmar soldiers arrived. Mr. Ji Yang looked them over and realized that although they were dressed in military uniforms, they didn’t have the kind of aura that soldiers usually possess—probably just recruited recently.
He knew he couldn’t rely on them, so Mr. Ji Yang insisted on being armed as well.
Tao Guangming naturally supported Mr. Ji Yang’s request. Not only was body armor provided, but they were also equipped with guns.
This time, they had two Zhongxing Grand Tiger trucks, with only five personnel, but some heavy weapons were also provided, suggesting a measure of strength.