Chapter 19 Countermeasures

At 1 a.m. on December 13, the conference room on the 7th floor of Building 2, Zhongjiang City Stadium was brightly lit, and almost all members of the Rat Prevention Command Center were present, including:

Qin Haichuan, governor of Yizhou Province,

Li Yuanfang, executive vice mayor of Zhongjiang City, acting mayor,

The troops stationed in Zhongjiang City of the Southwest Military Region, Major General Bao Shandong, commander of the 45th Division of the Army,

Wang Han, Director of the Provincial Forestry Department, Chen Bangxian, Acting Director of the Zhongjiang Forestry Bureau

Zhang Yuesheng, Director of the Provincial Health Department, Han Qiang, Director of the Zhongjiang Municipal Health Bureau

Xie Guoqiang, Director of the Provincial Police Department, and Gao Fei, Director of the Zhongjiang Police Department.

Zhang Jie, Minister of Propaganda of Zhongjiang City

Professor Lin Yusen and Dr. Song Qinghe.

Everyone is upright and everyone's face is hard to see.

Gao Fei reported to the members of the command center with a heavy face:

"...There are signs that a force has carefully planned and is planning to spread plague in some towns in our city. The first time they were found in Anchang Town was in Anchang Town. There were 6 people in total, three of whom held fake Thai passports. We suspected that they were overseas people, and the other three were professional soldiers. From December 9 to 10, they purchased more than 100 mice in the town in succession. Because of an accidental factor, their behavior attracted the attention of Liu Xiao, a reporter from Zhongjiang Evening News of our city, and Zhang Fang, a comprehensive public security department of the Ganshui County Police Department, and had a brief contact with them. It is precisely for this reason that the people hurriedly left Anchang Town on the afternoon of December 10. They began to implement their plan in a place called Ant Mountain, about 1,000 meters away from Anchang Town. That is, injecting the acquired mice with some unknown medicine and then put them in.

The rat fell off. It happened to be seen by Wang Xiaoshan, who was catching rats in Ant Mountain, so Wang Xiaoshan became the first victim. On December 10, the group of people rushed to Shuangqiao Town, Biyun County, and stayed at Huang Lanfen's home. They bought rats in Shuangqiao Town through Huang Lanfen's nephew Kang Wanshan. They were also found by Ma Qing, the town police station. So at 1 noon on December 12, Chen Qiang, the director of the town police station, led seven police officers from the police station to rush there.

At that time, Chen Qiang thought the arrest was just an ordinary criminal suspect, but he did not expect that the opponent was a well-equipped mercenary. As a result, seven policemen were killed. Huang Lanfen's family, including his nephew Kang Wanshan, were all killed. At 8 o'clock in the evening, the group of people were blocked by the police who set up the checkpoint when they fled to Xinhua Town, Biyun County. After the fire exchange between the two sides, one of the six suspects was beaten and injured, and six suspects abandoned their cars and fled into the Qinba Mountains."

Gao Fei finished speaking in one breath, picked up the teacup and drank water. When he raised his head, he saw everyone sitting stiffly on the chair with his face tense faces like a petrified sculpture. No one spoke, no one drank water, and there was no sound of coughing.

There was a dead silence in the conference room.

No wonder the command center members were shocked. It was really shocking that Gao Fei reported that the incident was so horrifying! In a civilized society, there were actually people spreading the plague in an organized and planned manner! This is definitely a big mistake for thousands of people to blame. Who is so crazy and doing such a bad thing? Moreover, to beware of the possibility of attacks on the villages by 2 billion rat groups at any time, the command center members were in a state of turmoil. If a large-scale plague broke out again, no one dared to continue such a disaster.

After a long silence, Li Yuanfang, executive vice mayor of Zhongjiang City and acting mayor, held a teacup and pondered, saying, "You have reached this conclusion - the suspect is spreading the plague in a planned manner, just because a policeman from Shuangqiao Town witnessed them injecting unknown liquid into mice and then letting them go. Is there any other basis?"

Gao Fei nodded: "And their behavior in Anchang Town is also the basis for us to make our judgments."

"What is Anchang Town's behavior?" Mayor Li's nasal voice contained a strong question: "You are just speculating that there is no direct evidence to prove that the suspect also injected unknown liquid into the mice in Anchang Town and then released them."

"Although it is speculation, we also have some evidence," Gao Fei calmly said his analysis: "First, Wang Xiaoshan disappeared after 4:20 pm on December 10. It is more than 1 kilometer from Anchang Town to Ant Mountain. It takes at least 30 minutes for a 9-year-old child to complete this journey. He went to Ant Mountain to catch mice. In this way, he had to stay at Ant Mountain at least for dozens of minutes, that is, from 4:50 to 5:30 pm, Wang Xiaoshan's location is near Ant Mountain. The suspect drove away from Ant Town at 5:10 and stayed at Ant Mountain. The stay time should be around 5:15 pm. From the time analysis, Wang Xiaoshan should have encountered a suspect in Ant Mountain; Second, according to Mayor Liu of Anchang Town, the suspect was reported by the suspect, the suspect,

The suspect left in a hurry, so why did they stop not far from Anchang Town? And they found Wang Xiaoshan's body just over 100 meters away! Third, we found a few rat shit on the left side of the road where the suspect's parking location. Judging from the terrain conditions around the Ant Mountain Highway, the location of these rat shit is very strange. First, the road is on the hillside, and there is a steep slope on the left side of the road, and the mice cannot go down. On the right side of the road is Ant Mountain, and the road is about 10 meters wide. No traces of food were found around the mouse shit. If there is no food, it is impossible for mice to run from Ant Mountain to the left side of the road. So, these rat shits cannot be left by mice from Ant Mountain. So, where did these rat shits come from?"

"The only reasonable explanation for the above three suspicious points is that the suspect left Anchang Town and stopped the car in Ant Mountain, injected the acquired rats into the drug and then released them. This process was caught by Wang Xiaoshan, and Wang Xiaoshan was killed and silenced."

After a while of silence, Mayor Li frowned: "This is still a speculation. Director Gao, I don't deny that your speculation makes sense, but it is of great importance. We cannot just rely on your speculation, oh, there is also a policeman's eyewitness testimony to make a conclusion that someone is spreading the plague. Unless you can find direct evidence." Mayor Li turned his head and looked at Governor Qin for consultation: "Governor Qin, what about your opinion?"

"Well," Governor Qin said vaguely: "Let's listen to everyone's opinions first."

"Mayor Li," Gao Fei raised his eyebrows and raised his voice: "It is because it is important that we should prepare for emergency response in advance. If we have to wait until we have more direct evidence to deal with it, it may be too late!" Gao Fei took a deep breath and said word by word:

"The sutra is not far away, in the after-Xia world! The current disaster of rats is thought-provoking!"

The seat was moved, Mayor Li had a round face but was swollen and red.

Governor Qin turned to ask Zhang Yuesheng, Director of the Provincial Department of Health: "Director Zhang, how long is the general incubation period of plague?"

Zhang Yuesheng pushed his glasses on his nose and said: "In clinical practice, plague is generally divided into four types: bubonic plague, pneumococcal plague, septic plague and mild plague. Among them, the incubation period of bubonic plague and septic plague is only 2-7 days, while the mild plague is generally 2-5 days. The most severe pneumococcal plague is even shorter, usually 1-3 days, or even a few hours."

Such a short incubation period! Everyone's heart suddenly became tense.

"Comrades, we must not take it lightly against the plague. It not only has a short incubation period, but also comes fiercely. The mortality rate of pneumonia No. 7 that broke out in a certain African country last year was as high as 100%! Anyone who found this pneumonia was the death of the whole village!" Zhang Yuesheng paused and looked at Governor Qin with anxiety on his face: "Governor Qin, I agree with Director Gao's opinion very much. We must take countermeasures immediately. We would rather believe that there is than that without it. Otherwise, once the plague broke out, the consequences would be unimaginable!"

"I agree with Director Zhang's opinion! We must take countermeasures immediately!" Lin Yusen's face was extremely heavy: "The situation we are facing is very sinister! Billions of mice may attack the village at any time. If plague bacteria are allowed to spread to billions of rat groups through rat fleas, then such rat groups are almost uncontrollable pathogens. The large-scale spread of plague will be inevitable, and the situation in the future will not be described as a disaster."

Governor Qin was shocked and asked anxiously at Zhang Yuesheng: "What measures should we take now?"

"Closing the villages and towns!" Zhang Yuesheng said firmly: "All villages and towns that the suspects have stayed in must be blocked immediately! Only in and not out are allowed. Medical teams are sent to enter and close the disease status of the villagers and towns. At the same time, they organize villages and towns to carry out rat destruction campaigns, eliminate all the rats in these villages and towns as much as possible, and destroy rat corpses in concentrated areas. In addition, we must report to the central government immediately and ask the Ministry of Health to send infectious disease medical experts to provide emergency support..."

Zhang Yuesheng talked endlessly and said a series of response plans. Governor Qin kept nodding when he heard it. When Zhang Yuesheng finished speaking, Governor Qin was about to speak, but suddenly he saw Gao Fei pondering in his seat with a worried look on his face.

"Director Gao, do you have any additional opinions?" Governor Qin looked at Gao Fei with great attention.

"I have arranged police force to temporarily blockade the police force, and the troops can take over at any time. There are 5 villages and towns from Anchang Town to Shuangqiao Town, and the troops should be mobilized to blockade immediately. These are not difficult to do." Gao Fei changed his tone and said slowly: "The most difficult thing now is that the suspect must be arrested as soon as possible, otherwise all our response measures will be wasted!"

Governor Qin was stunned: "Is it difficult to arrest the suspect?"

Gao Fei nodded: "Now the six suspects have all fled into the mountainous areas. If we send people to the mountain to pursue them, how can the pursuit troops escape if they encounter a group of rats? Also, if the suspects encounter a group of rats first, if they still carry plague bacteria... the consequences will be unimaginable."

Vice President Qin was shocked and his hands holding the teacup couldn't help but tremble slightly.

Major General Bao Shandong, the commander of the 45th Division, stood up suddenly: "I will immediately mobilize the troops stationed in Biyun County and go to the mountains to search tomorrow morning. At all costs, I will arrest the suspect as soon as possible!"

"I will transfer all the helicopters here to your command." Governor Qin's urgent instructions: "You deploy overnight and mobilize powerful troops. Director Gao, you must cooperate with all your strength. You must arrest the suspect before they encounter a group of rats. You can shoot and kill the suspects at any time and burn all their personal belongings!"

Major General Bao Shandong nodded, and a layer of green air was already spread on his tense face: "These beasts! I don't plan to treat them as human beings!"

Governor Qin pondered for a moment and waved his hand: "If possible, try to capture as much as possible. We also have the responsibility to find out the entire plan of the suspect and the manipulator behind it."

Major General Bao Shandong burst out a metal tremolo from his teeth: "Yes!"
Chapter completed!