Simulation Game: Crisis Management-Chapter 347 - 171: Charge

The elderly Indian man’s influence among the villagers seemed to be significant, or perhaps it was due to their distrust of the Central Cabinet Government that his proposal received immediate support from the crowd.

However, due to the obstruction from the Midnapore Special Administrative Region Government, and the riots, the explosion plan had already been delayed for nearly an hour. If they waited for Mr. Anurag to meet the Prime Minister for the order, who knows how much longer it would take—by then, it would be too late.

Therefore, Gu Ji emphasized the seriousness of the situation once again.

"We are seeking a solution for the compensation issues, so rest assured. However, we can’t wait for the explosive rescue any longer. With the current water level continuously rising, the reservoir’s capacity has likely exceeded the warning threshold. From transportation, drilling holes, filling explosives, to detonation, we need at least four to five hours. It’s already very urgent!"

"We don’t care about that!"

"Without the 5,000 compensation, we absolutely won’t agree to you blowing up the dam!"

"That’s right! Stop trying to trick us! We only trust money now!"

Seeing that the villagers were unmoved, Swaraj and Marlo exchanged a glance, their gazes hardened, and ordered the latter to drive through the blockade immediately and forcefully execute the explosion.

"Colonel, a new wave of anti-riot reinforcements and firefighting teams will be arriving soon. Leave the frontline to me, I’ll find a way to create a breakthrough; when the opportunity arises, you charge forward!"

Gu Ji was afraid the military would cause casualties, so he decided to resolve it himself.

After the previous riot standoff, both Swaraj and Marlo had witnessed his emergency handling abilities. Just as both sides finalized the plan, the firefighting team and medical emergency team arrived on the scene.

He quickly instructed Fatima to command the transfer of the wounded, while he went behind the anti-riot units.

During the previous dispute, the captain of the special area’s anti-riot brigade was also injured by the villagers, thus logically, Gu Ji became the on-site commander-in-chief.

With the addition of sixty to seventy new police officers and three fire engines, Gu Ji was confident in handling this riot, as one of the courses learned by special police is riot control and stabilization.

He reiterated the urgency of the plan one last time, and seeing that the villagers still refused to yield, he raised the loudspeaker.

"Ten meters ahead, using the first squad as the reference, with a spacing of thirty centimeters between soldiers, form a wedge formation, disperse!!"

"All units form a wedge formation!"

The police in the central zone of the anti-riot brigade echoed and swiftly dispersed forward, quickly forming an inverted "V" shape, known as one of the anti-riot team formations, the wedge formation.

Compared to the previously formed single or double row shield formations, and inner and outer ring defensive formations, the wedge formation is an offensive formation. It’s easy to control, provides good safety, facilitates the deployment of firepower to the front and flanks, and is easily adaptable to other formations, suitable when concerns about enemies are significant, and contact with the enemy is expected or imminent, perfectly fitting the current scenario.

Once the formation took shape, Gu Ji’s eyes sharpened, shouting towards the villagers’ front lines.

"Advance!!"

"Ha—! Hey—!"

Instantly, the anti-riot unit police inhaled and shouted collectively, yelling and advancing three steps, forcefully pushing the transparent riot shields and long pole police forks forward.

Indeed, the collective shouting of over a hundred people was daunting.

Previously, the villagers were left with no choice but to fight desperately, believing they had a numerical advantage over Gu Ji’s smaller group. However, as more anti-riot police joined under Gu Ji’s command, the team displayed the momentum of a regular army, unstoppable in its advance.

With each step forward by the anti-riot unit, the villagers took a step back.

Until they reached the foot of the hill, with the road leading to the Farakka Dam behind them, leaving no retreat, a young man in black was instigated by the landlord, and picked up a stick.

"We can’t let them pass!"

"Yes! Fight them!!"

"Ah—!"

The villagers regrouped to charge, aiming to force back the anti-riot police, but surprisingly, as the leading group swung their sticks hitting the shields, in no time, they were seized by two police officers holding long pole police forks, one catching their necks and thighs, "Ha! Hey!"

With a collective push from the advancing units, the leading young villager was instantly knocked to the ground by the force.

Seeing him trying to resist, a police officer wielding a riot baton immediately struck down. The solid rubber baton, landing on rain-soaked clothes, was as effective as hitting flesh directly, causing the rioter to grimace in pain.

Due to the sharp wedge formation of the anti-riot police, they managed to penetrate easily, forcing the villagers to split in two like a piece of punctured flesh, despite there being six to seven hundred of them.

Fatima and the chief secretary of the special zone stood aghast at the back, unexpected that the police, who seemed overwhelmed moments ago, now had overwhelming capability.

This is the power of concentrating police forces!

Never underestimate anti-riot police, Gu Ji thought. Though rarely seeing them in Xia Kingdom, he was keenly aware of their formidable nature; in essence, he regarded "anti-riot units" as the true embodiment of a state’s violent machinery.

Throughout human history, since the formation of anti-riot units, criminal and reactionary forces have seldom triumphed over them. Even in victory, it was through numerical overwhelm, often resulting in pyrrhic victories with high casualties.