Binjiang Police Affairs
Chapter 95 - 87 Firefighting Drill

Chapter 95: Chapter 87 Firefighting Drill

Preparing materials until our legs broke, organizing files countless sleepless nights.

As a result, they merely flipped through them, confirmed that everything was there without going through each one in detail, and then went to see the Dunship accompanied by Boss Wu and the instructor.

Han Yu and Master Zhou looked at each other, feeling played.

The Dunship hadn’t been launched, still on the riverbank.

Han Xiangning didn’t want to dirty her shoes, so she didn’t follow and said with a laugh to Han Yu, "Stop staring dumbly; this is a police boat, you don’t need to register or inspect it at our place, just having complete drawings and materials is enough."

"Xiao Han, you guys chat, I’m going next door to look for something." Master Zhou, not a man of many words, made an excuse and left.

Han Yu finally understood and asked with a wry smile, "So, should we conduct a sea trial or a towing test?"

"The test must be done since we charged you the registration and inspection fees, we need to be responsible for you." Han Xiangning smiled gracefully, looking at him and asked, "Salted Fish, do you often go back to Binjiang?"

Being alone with her made Han Yu somewhat nervous, he hesitated and replied, "Our office is short-staffed with lots of work, and Bailong Port is far from Binjiang, so I don’t really go back often."

"Find time to visit the school sometimes."

"Visit who?"

"Visit Master Wu, visit Fan Yihua. Your classmate Fan Yihua stayed at the school and is now a class teacher. One of your classmates works at the ship agency, once he came to our office to get things done, and he even sat in our exam department for a while."

Seeing others with such promising careers truly makes one feel inferior.

Talking about this was the last thing Han Yu wanted, and just as he was wondering what to say next, a burst of static came from the walkie-talkie, followed by Xu Sanye calling.

"Salted Fish, Salted Fish, can you hear me!"

"Received, received, Director Xu, please go ahead."

"How’s the inspection going, when will 001 set sail?"

"Report to Director Xu, the comrades from the ship inspection are inspecting the Dunship, I don’t know until when."

"Go check and report the departure time immediately."

"Understood."

Han Xiangning curiously asked, "Salted Fish, do you guys have something going on?"

Han Yu packed up the documents, looking embarrassed as he explained, "Our unit is poor, can’t afford fuel, although we have a small tugboat, we dare not deploy it casually. Our leaders want to use the trial run as an opportunity to carry out joint firefighting and rescue drills with the ship lock management office, the riverside gas station, and the Bailong Port Passenger Pier."

"Stop playing poor with me, who would believe that your unit has no money!"

"It’s not playing poor, we really are poor."

Xu Sanye was waiting for a report, Han Yu didn’t dare keep him waiting, picked up the walkie-talkie and walked outside.

Han Xiangning followed out, looking enviously at the magnificent Dunship on the riverbank, "If you were really penniless, could you afford such a grand Dunship? Compared to your Dunship, the stored ships at our office look like they’re floating on the river collecting scraps."

The Dunship being outfitted was indeed very beautiful and imposing—with three decks below the deck making it a total of three floors, all cabin areas summed up to seven hundred and thirty-five square meters, standing on the riverbank like a three-story office building made of steel!

"This is built by our office scraping together every last bit of metal, once towed to the riverside I will live on the Dunship." Finally having something that outdoes their unit, Han Yu felt a bit more balanced inside.

"Why live on the boat, don’t you guys have dormitories? I just visited your unit."

"This isn’t just a Dunship, it’s also a waterborne police station. We need to live and work on the Dunship, otherwise, the public wouldn’t know where to find us when reporting a crime."

"Can you solve crimes?"

"I’ve been involved in investigating two cases; besides, if I don’t know, I can learn."

East Sea for criminals..."

Han Xiangning was skeptical, smilingly asked, "Did you ever catch any criminals?"

Han Yu scratched his neck, chuckling, "Caught two, in East Sea."

Realizing he might not be entirely credible, Han Xiangning asked doubtfully, "Did you catch them with your own hands?"

"Can’t say it was just me; when they tried to run with the money, I couldn’t outfight the two of them, so I just clung to the travel bag full of money. They wanted the money more than their lives, focused on grabbing the money, and were caught by colleagues from the Binjiang Port Police Bureau who chased after them."

"How much money was in the bag?"

"Over three hundred thousand, a big full bag."

Over three hundred thousand, nobody has seen that much money, no need to ask you know it’s a major case.

Han Xiangning didn’t think he was bragging, curiously asked, "Were you scared at the time?"

Han Yu grinned, "Didn’t have time to be scared, all I knew was that we had been on the case for so long, invested so much manpower and resources, we were strangers in East Sea, if they had managed to abscond with the funds, catching them again would be difficult. Also, we weren’t just catching them, but gathering evidence; all that money was evidence."

It sounded thrilling.

Recovering her senses, Han Xiangning pressed, "Did you have a gun?"

"I was on a covert mission then, disguised as surveillance, criminals couldn’t know I was police, so I couldn’t carry a gun."

"Are you an investigator?"

"I was during missions, not now."

"Do you have a gun now?"

Just as Han Yu was unsure how to answer, he saw the instructor accompanying the Port Supervision people coming out from a cabin on the second deck, quickly looked up and said, "Commander Li, Director Xu is asking when 001 will set sail."

Li Weiguo also didn’t know, turned with a laugh, "Director Dong, towing the tugboat surely requires passing through the ship lock, Director Xu needs to notify the ship lock in advance. Also, as I reported earlier, we plan to use this chance for some training."

The ship inspection’s Director Dong turned and touched the high-grade aluminum window, overwhelmed by emotions, "This isn’t a Dunship, you’ve built an enforcement and case handling building on the river. Everything is built to standard, using the best materials, equipped with the most advanced technology, there’s nothing much to inspect, tell the pilot to prepare."

"Okay, thank you, Director Dong."

With such high praise from the ship inspection, Li Weiguo also felt a wave of pride, glanced at his watch, leaned in with a smile, "Xiao Han, notify Captain Wang to ready the ship. Report to Director Xu, 001 will set sail precisely at 9:45."

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What happened next left the four Port Supervision staff members, including Han Xiangning, utterly dumbstruck.

Just as the small tugboat had heated up, Xu Sanye drove up to the pier in a Jeep, along with Old Zhang.

Upon boarding the ship, he immediately took over the command, ordering the activation of the police lights and the sounding of the siren.

Master Zhou and Xiao Liu from the ship lock management office continued to steer 002, while Li Weiguo apologized to Director Dong, donned a life jacket, picked up a walkie-talkie, and boarded 002.

"Director Dong, sorry for the inconvenience, please make way."

Xu Sanye squeezed into the command center, opened the cabin door on the inside, and crawled into the crew cabin below.

Liang Xiaoyu followed closely behind, squeezing in and crawling down after him.

Han Yu, who had just been steering in the second-floor pilothouse, quickly ran to the bow, lifted a tarp, then opened a storage cabin and crawled in to start the firefighting pump.

The command center was too small; not wanting to get in the way, Han Xiangning stepped out and leaned on the railing, asking, "Salted Fish, what are you guys doing?"

"Firefighting drill," Han Yu looked up and reminded, "You better get back to the command center, don’t stay outside, or you’ll get soaked."

Han Xiangning had just realized this when Director Xu, looking fierce, dressed in firefighter’s gear and helmet, carrying two sets of firefighting suits, ran out.

"Salted Fish, Baogen, gear up, Old Zhang timing!"

"Yes!"

"Start!"

As the saying goes, saving a person is like putting out a fire, emphasizing the importance of speed.

Xu Sanye had emphasized a month ago that the firefighting drill was not child’s play; everything had to simulate real combat. He not only obtained a set of firefighting tutorials from the fire department but also organized several simulated training sessions on shore.

Han Yu dared not dawdle, quickly crawled out of the storage cabin, took off his shoes, and donned the firefighting suit with the help of Xu Sanye.

Just as Zhu Baogen had finished arranging ropes, he ran to the bow, and Liang Xiaoyu immediately went up to help him into his firefighting gear.

Old Zhang stood in the middle of the command center, listening to the calls on the radio, timing with a stopwatch, holding the speaker, and calling out, "Thirty-two, thirty-three, thirty-four, thirty-five..."

This is the same type of speaker as the one in the second-floor pilothouse linked to the ship’s loudspeaker.

Not only those on 001 could hear, but waiting ships at the lock could also hear.

Suddenly, a tense atmosphere enveloped the river.

This was Director Dong’s first time witnessing a firefighting drill; he hadn’t expected it to be so tense. Han Xiangning was even more anxious, her heart pounding, afraid that her junior would be criticized by the leaders if he exceeded the time limit.

"Is Baogen ready?"

"Report to Director Xu, ready!"

"Pack the shoes."

"Yes!"

"Liang Xiaoyu, prepare the water cannon!"

"Yes!"

"Salted Fish, prepare the water curtain."

"Director Xu, is the fire on the port or starboard side?"

"The fire at the ship lock is on the starboard side."

Xu Sanye frequently issued commands verbally while his hands did not stop.

After helping Han Yu don the firefighting gear, he immediately opened the firefighting box, took out a heavy firefighting hose, and threw it forward; the hose rolled straight toward Han Yu on the deck, then he picked up the connector and installed it on the fire hydrant.

Han Yu installed the spray-type water cannons, taken from the storage cabin, deftly onto the steel frames on the ship’s side.

One at the bow, two on the ship’s side, one at the stern.

These brackets were installed with the help of Master Zhou’s design and were very stable. Once mounted, the crew, already limited in number, no longer had to hold them by hand, freeing up their hands for other tasks.

At the same time, Liang Xiaoyu, like operating an anti-aircraft gun, clenched the water cannon operation lever with one hand and held the valve adjusting the water pressure with the other, and shouted report, "Report to Director Xu, the water cannon is ready!"

Xu Sanye released the second roll of firefighting hose, looked up and said, "Aim towards the southwest direction, where there are no people or ships, test fire!"

"Yes!"

Liang Xiaoyu swiftly turned the cannon mouth and opened the valve.

Amidst the rumbling noise of the firefighting pump, a strong stream of water, like a white water dragon, pounced towards the riverbank south of the shipyard.

"Adjust the distance, get used to the water pressure!" Xu Sanye expertly installed the firefighting hose connector and shouted again, "Position five ready!"

Han Yu connected the hose that rolled to his feet to the bow’s water cannon, ran towards the first water cannon on the ship’s side, calling out, "Position one ready."

Zhu Baogen at the stern shouted, "Position four ready!"

The water cannon isn’t a child’s water gun; no matter how much it squirts, it will only get people wet.

The power of the water cannon is great, if the water pressure is turned to maximum, it could lift the tarpaulins of the cargo ships waiting at the lock.

In front of the water cannon, 002 had no resistance, its cabin glass would be shattered instantly.

If the angle isn’t good, the whole ship could be overturned by the water cannon.

Liang Xiaoyu was well aware of the importance of familiarizing oneself with the water cannon’s performance; otherwise, instead of extinguishing the fire, it could cause damage to others’ property.

He continuously adjusted the water pressure, controlling the speed of the water flow and the distance of the water column.

At this moment, positions two and three with the spray-type water cannons were ready.

Xu Sanye opened the valve, and four water cannons fired simultaneously, five meters outside the hull of 001, from south to north, forming a row of four water curtains, perfectly covering the entire right side of 001.

As the water pressure slowly increased, like four arc-shaped water walls, they slowly pushed further away.

The sight was spectacular.

Han Xiangning, not expecting her junior to be both a police officer and a firefighter, couldn’t help asking, "Director Dong, what is this for?"

Director Dong originally thought that the tugboat only had one water cannon installed, he didn’t expect them to be so professional, explaining, "This water curtain can to a great extent isolate the high temperatures of the fire source, protecting the tugboat, especially the firefighting personnel on the tugboat, and allowing the tugboat to get closer to the fire source."

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