Binjiang Police Affairs
Chapter 183 - 145 Binjiang Water Police!_3

Chapter 183: Chapter 145 Binjiang Water Police!_3

The second route, which I took along with Comrade Chen Zikun, one of us went to Jiangnan to request assistance from our colleagues at the Water Police Division, and the other one went looking for boats in Jiangbei.

Starting from the twenty-fifth day of the last lunar month, we searched the river until nine o’clock yesterday morning, finally locating the whereabouts of the gang suspected of robbery and intentional injury.

Then we concentrated our force, requesting assistance from Port Supervision, Customs, and Fishery Administration, and borrowed money to mobilize Basic Civilian Soldiers from two townships to rush to Jiangyin to apprehend the gang."

Only six people, doing so many things...

Mayor Cao hadn’t realized that they were as financially strained as Fishery Administration, he couldn’t help but ask: "Borrow money?"

"Deploying boats requires burning fuel, and the oil cost for just one day and night is several thousand yuan. Mobilizing Basic Civilian Soldiers during the New Year period also requires offering them a subsidy, otherwise, they would not come."

Yu Xiangqian walked over and grabbed Zhang Junyan’s arm, lifting Zhang Junyan’s hand high.

"The reason Bailong Port’s passenger transport wasn’t much affected is not just thanks to our Binjiang Water Police. The Bailong Port Police Station has been involved from the beginning to the end. Mayor Cao, take a look, Director Zhang Junyan is out on the river every day, look at how his face and hands are frozen!"

"It’s nothing."

Zhang Junyan was quite embarrassed, hurriedly broke free, and hid behind Director Chen.

Scholar Yu pointed towards the command cabin: "The female police inside is called Zhang Lan, who was just transferred to the Linghai Water Police Team. Her fiancé is called Xu Mingyuan, a criminal police officer, who was also drafted by us.

The couple had originally scheduled their wedding for the twenty-sixth of the last lunar month, all friends and relatives had been invited in advance, and the wedding dinner and dishes were already prepared at home. Because we needed to ensure the safety of the Spring Festival here and combat waterborne crime there, their wedding could only be postponed indefinitely."

Mayor Cao had known that police work was tough, but he had not realized it was this exhausting.

Scholar Yu did not know what the city leader was thinking, he pointed to the second-level cockpit, with tears in his eyes he said: "The officer driving the boat is called Salted Fish, who just turned sixteen after the New Year. An accident occurred in the Dacang Waters during the last lunar month, where a coal-carrying ship collided with a sea vessel.

At that time, the wind was strong on the river, there was fog, and it was night, the visibility was only a dozen meters or so. Receiving the call for help from the Port Supervision Bureau Traffic Control Center, Little Salted Fish bravely risked his life to dispatch unit 001 for the rescue."

Director Feng realized that he had to speak up, and interjected quickly: "He saved more than twenty people, both Binjiang Daily and the television stations reported it."

Mayor Cao had some recollection, he asked in a low voice: "The sea vessel from Tianjin?"

"Um, that’s the one."

"Mayor Cao, Little Salted Fish is still a child, but he was not only escorting vessels since the twenty-fifth of the last month like everyone else, he was also the pilot! He didn’t have a good New Year either, he almost spent it entirely on the boat."

Scholar Yu turned and pointed at the "Fishing Boat Formation" that was getting further away, and continued: "From receiving the task yesterday to now, he has not only been without rest for over thirty hours but also called his father and brother to come and help with driving the boat.

Most of the Linghai Water Police Team’s officers and Cooperative Defense Team members are over here, while the Deputy Captain, Comrade Zhang Mingyuan, who stayed behind, was hospitalized for overwork due to convoy protection in the last lunar month, and worried that there would be no one on duty on the Dunship, he himself unplugged his IV to go back to his post.

And Comrade Liu Xinmin, the instructor from Bailong Port Police Station, also collapsed from exhaustion, nearly plunged into the river, was hospitalized for three days, and now has returned to his post.

He and Comrade Zhang Junyan are officers from Binjiang Port Police Station, not exactly Water Police, but in my eyes, they are all Water Police.

To ensure the security in Binjiang Waters, to ensure the safety of the Spring transport, they have all made great contributions, regarding their workplace as home!"

Knowing how to speak positively about the work of Binjiang Port Police Station, it looks like the Director Yu cultivated by Xu Sanye is someone we can get along with.

Director Chen was very pleased and satisfied, he couldn’t help but look at Secretary Miao, his superior.

Secretary Miao was very moved, intending to shake hands with Zhang Junyan, but seeing his hands were swollen like that, he simply patted Zhang Junyan’s arm: "Well done!"

How Mayor Cao perceives it isn’t important, after all, it’s not under his jurisdiction.

Secretary Miao, on the other hand, that’s the boss’s boss.

Zhang Junyan was overwhelmed with emotion, so moved that he moved himself, choking with sobs he said: "Thank you, Secretary Miao!"

A leader who doesn’t care about their subordinates is not a good leader.

Director Zhong felt it necessary to say a few words, squeezing forward with a wry smile and said, "Xiang Qian, don’t just talk about others, think about yourself too. Once we dock, make a phone call home right away."

"Director Zhong, what happened to my family?"

"How can you have the face to ask? You’ve been missing since the 25th of the last lunar month, your spouse has been calling the bureau to no avail, and they couldn’t find you at Bailong Port either. They thought something happened to you and was so worried that they almost filed a missing persons report at the bureau!"

Thinking of his wife and children, and realizing he had not even wished his parents and parents-in-law a happy new year, Scholar Yu felt a sourness in his heart and tears sprang to his eyes.

Mayor Cao did not expect to end up uncovering such matters after all the questioning, feeling quite uncomfortable inside, while Zhang Lan came running out to stand at attention and salute.

"Reporting to Director Yu, the eel-catching boats in Tiansheng Port waters have been cleared. Director Xu, Minister Lei, and Minister Mei request permission to return."

"Permission granted for return."

Scholar Yu quickly wiped away his tears, thought for a moment, and then said, "Please thank Minister Lei and Minister Mei for their support to our work, and also, please convey to Director Xu that the 001 will return a bit later."

Return?

Return to base!

Mayor Cao was utterly shocked and stared at him intently, asking, "Comrade Yu Xiangqian, is that the end of our joint enforcement action?"

Scholar Yu hurriedly replied, "Reporting to Mayor Cao, as I’ve reported to you previously, the comrades have been operating continuously and have reached their physical and mental limits. They can’t hold on any longer, and if they don’t get to rest soon, there will be trouble."

But what about those eel-catching boats remaining on the river...

Mayor Cao was at a loss for words when Zhang Lan pressed, "Director Yu, Director Xu is asking what to do about those forty-odd criminals."

"What to do... what to do... Director Chen, could you help out by lending us a place to detain the suspects?"

"Those forty-odd individuals caught this morning?"

"Uh-huh."

"Sorry, our bureau only has a small two-story building, and the Binjiang Port Police Station has only two office rooms. We neither have the space to hold people nor sufficient officers to help you with custody."

Director Chen understood that Scholar Yu was asking their city leaders for funding and feigned confusion, asking, "Director Yu, why don’t you take the suspects back to your station?"

"Our station is nothing but a signboard. Wherever I, Yu Xiangqian, go, that place becomes the Water Police Division!"

"If you have nowhere to detain and no facility to interrogate and handle cases, why arrest so many people!"

"They were committing crimes on the waters, and as the head of the Water Police Division, I surely can’t just not arrest them."

Secretary Miao couldn’t help but ask, "The funds are borrowed, the people are borrowed, and now you’re asking to borrow a place to hold criminals, a place to handle cases, even considering borrowing officers to help with custody! Comrade Yu Xiangqian, what exactly do you have as the director?"

Scholar Yu took several deep breaths, puffed out his chest with conviction, and stated emphatically, "Reporting to Secretary Miao, I have the official seal of Binjiang Municipal Public Security Bureau Water Police Branch, and I have the determination to combat maritime crimes and ensure the safety of maritime transportation!"

"Great, well said!"

"Director Zhong, really, even if the bureau’s budgets are tight, you can’t just give Comrade Xiang Qian a seal."

"I am not fit to be a director."

Director Zhong touched his face, speaking with a mix of regret and awkwardness, "Don’t laugh, but actually, our bureau’s party committee only gave Comrade Xiang Qian a document to hang up as the Water Police Division. He had to take the document himself to get the official seal made."