Chapter 625 Execution
"So for Peng Deren, you mean not to talk about it at all and just use your power to suppress others?"
Sitting opposite Chen Chen, Shi Dakai asked with a slightly confused tone:
"Why should we sacrifice the near and seek the far? In fact, Peng Deren is just a small character now. As long as we explain many things clearly, it is impossible for him not to understand."
"The Wa can lower their heads, why can't he?"
"In such a small area, he has neither leverage nor the ability to rebel. What qualifications does he have to make us go to war?"
Hearing Shi Dakai's words, Chen Chen shook his head and replied:
"Peng Deren's problem is not that simple. We all came from the Allied Forces. Don't you still know how unique the meaning of these three words is?"
"Call it strong, but it's not strong. It's far worse than the Wa State."
"But if you want to talk about his ability to get things done, there are really not many people who can compare with them."
"So, there's no use talking to them."
"Peng Deren is a person who is respectful on the surface, but he has many thoughts behind his back."
"If they can't make them realize that no matter what they do, they can't shake the foundation of order in Pubei, it's impossible for him to really let go of that obsession."
"So, we don't need to talk to him at all."
"Because, as long as we talk, we will definitely be able to negotiate."
"But the negotiated results will inevitably be overturned."
"What's the point of this? Three kind words are worse than a slap in the face. To solve the problem, we still have to rely on force."
“The only question that needs to be carefully considered is – where to start?”
After the words fell, Shi Dakai's brows frowned slightly.
He realized that this was indeed a question that was not easy to answer.
Where to start?
If you want to kill the Allies, it doesn't matter where you start.
The tanks opened the way, and the motorized and semi-mechanized infantry followed. It didn't require thousands or tens of thousands of people. Three hundred people and a dozen tanks and armored vehicles could bulldoze the Allied forces.
However, in this way, one's own strategic goals were completely destroyed.
What Chen Chen really wants to do is to give Peng Deren a good beating without going to war with the Allied Forces.
The range of options is much narrower.
After thinking for a moment, Shi Dakai said:
"Just a few items."
"Anti-drugs, smuggling, and counter-terrorism are all three things."
"Add another one to clean up the 'Wenbeng Organization Network', choose one of the four."
"Or, choose both?"
"If you choose them all, the intention would be a bit too obvious."
Chen Chen hesitated for a moment, but before Shi Dakai could continue to speak, he suddenly reacted.
Is it obvious?
What you want is obvious!
If there was really some hidden activity, maybe he really thought that he was helping him punish rape and eliminate evil.
The broader the goal of the task, the more obvious the target is. This is a very simple truth.
Thinking of this, Chen Chen said decisively:
"Then choose them all."
"You go organize it. I will no longer participate in this operation. I will bring all the new recruits with me and treat them as training for them."
"I only have one request."
"Don't hurt innocent people, but don't be soft either."
Shi Dakai smiled.
He looked at Chen Chen and said solemnly:
"As long as I'm here, you can rest assured."
A few days later, the operation against Kokang, or to be precise, against Peng Deren, was officially launched.
After the scale expansion, this is the first time the Dongfeng Corps has carried out large-span and large-scale mobilization in Pubei.
Two days after the order was issued, the first vanguard unit arrived at the outskirts of Lao Cai, where they formed a confrontation with the local Allied garrison and explained their intention to them.
According to Shi Dakai, who led the team, this team tracked down clues to the chemical drug manufacturing factory while conducting anti-drug activities, followed them all the way to Kokang, and finally targeted Lao Cai.
He asked Peng Deren to assist in the investigation and asked them to provide supplies for this small infantry team.
Naturally, Peng Deren readily accepted their request.
After all, there are only a few dozen people. Judging from their equipment, it is indeed in line with their previous action mode of "anti-drug + troop training".
Providing supplies to them cannot be said to be a favor, it should even be said to be some kind of obligation.
Peng Deren cannot refuse, and of course he will not refuse.
Within two days of the arrival of the vanguard, the atmosphere between the two sides was relatively harmonious.
Shi Dakai and Peng Deren had a great conversation, and even talked about the previous situation in the Wa State and the subsequent development direction of Pubei.
From Peng Deren's perspective, this is also an opportunity for him to get in touch with the real "core of decision-making". Even if Shi Dakai only inadvertently reveals a trace of "inside information", it will be an important reference for his subsequent actions.
He probably thought he was lucky.
But unfortunately, starting from the third day, the situation took a turn for the worse.
Shi Dakai accused Peng Deren in person of the unfavorable investigation and publicized that according to reliable insider information, the drug manufacturing factory in Lao Cai had begun to move, but Peng Deren's troops did not respond at all.
"I suspect that you are the boss behind this factory."
These were Shi Dakai's original words, and after these words were spoken, Peng Deren had no way out.
In order to prove his innocence, he had to promise to speed up the investigation and provide the results as soon as possible.
But how could Shi Dakai give you this time?
The second unit had already quietly arrived in the Banglong area. This was a mechanized infantry company including four tanks.
If necessary, they can break through to Lao Cai within an hour and directly launch a beheading offensive.
Therefore, Shi Dakai can be said to be confident.
He demanded direct entry into Lao Cai to search on his own, required Peng Deren to unconditionally cooperate with all actions of the team, required house arrest of the military officers, police officers, and administrative officials originally responsible for the investigation, and even required Peng Deren himself not to leave Lao Cai and must be under surveillance at all times.
At this time, no matter how careless Peng Deren is, it is impossible for him to understand Shi Dakai's meaning.
The cooperation between the two parties broke down immediately. Although it had not yet reached the point of a sword-fight, Peng Deren had indeed begun to organize his team, preparing to protect him from Kokang and return to the mountains in the worst case scenario.
And just as he expected, Shi Dakai's prepared team appeared at the right time.
A team of hundreds of people is definitely not that big.
However, their equipment, which was so powerful that it could almost be said to be "terrible", formed a generation gap visible to the naked eye in front of Peng Deren's ridiculous light infantry.
The most powerful weapons of the Allied Forces are heavy machine guns and rocket launchers, while the Dongfeng Corps has tanks, armored vehicles, individual missiles and "agricultural load-bearing drones".
There is never any suspense about victory or defeat, and Peng Deren's departure again seems to have become inevitable.
But at this moment when the city was in turmoil, Shi Dakai once again took the initiative to contact Peng Deren.
He once again emphasized his intentions, emphasizing the seriousness of new drug trade, drug production, smuggling, terrorism, illegal organizations, etc., and with a burst of bloody expenditures, Peng Deren's territory was the most serious of these problems. area.
"What happened today was not a coincidence, it was inevitable."
"If we don't help you deal with these 'sores' this time, don't expect us to help you again when you encounter bigger problems in the future."
Having said this, what else can Peng Deren say?
If you don’t accept it, then have a fight.
Accepting it, they at least made it clear that they were targeting the problem itself, not themselves as the "person who caused the problem."
He had no other choice but to agree to the "in-depth cooperation plan" proposed by Shi Dakai.
So in the afternoon of that day, the special operations team organized by Shi Dakai began to enter the old street, and with the support of early intelligence, they cleared many suspicious places like a whirlwind.
That's right, these questions raised by Shi Dakai are really not "criminal offenses".
He just accumulated these problems until now and used them to advance larger goals.
In the following days, there was a lot of turmoil in Laojie.
A large number of people involved in smuggling and drug trafficking were eliminated, and even a large number of people within Peng Deren's power system were arrested.
As for Lao Burma, Shi Dakai didn't hesitate at all when he took action. He caught and killed him on the spot, then charged him with resisting arrest and sent the body back to Lao Burma. The process was simple and efficient.
After most of the clues he had previously grasped were cleared up, Shi Dakai finally slowed down his actions.
And his purpose has been completely achieved.
In the past few days, including Peng Deren, the Lao Myanmar government, and even bold ordinary people, they have been thinking about a question involuntarily:
Who is the real talker of Guo Gang?
Is it Peng Deren?
Theoretically, it should be.
After all, without him, it would be really difficult to suppress the situation in Kokang, and it would also be difficult to find a second person who could smoothly take over Kokang from his hands.
But, in the final analysis, he is just an agent of power.
He is responsible for managing Kokang, but he does not own Kokang.
What else?
A team came from Shan State or Monkha and ran rampant in your control area. They entered your city and killed your people. Not only could you not resist, but you also clapped and applauded?
No matter how good their reasons are, they are too cowardly, right? ——
However, if you feel useless, it is because your status is not correct.
If you think you are the King of Guogan, then you will be humiliated at your doorstep.
But if you think you are a "Guo Gan minister", then what happens during this period is that the heavenly soldiers come to solve Guo Gan's problems.
When I think about it, many things become clear instantly.
Shi Dakai wanted this kind of effect, so after achieving his goal, he withdrew the team without hesitation.
Before leaving, he said a few words to Peng Deren politely.
"This is indeed a misunderstanding. Guokang has a big problem, but it really has nothing to do with you."
"If we have to pursue it, it's just a matter of 'the emperor is not strict'."
"You, don't have any psychological burden, work hard, courage belongs to all of us, but it still belongs to you."
After saying these words, Peng Deren could only smile bitterly.
Of course, he also understood that at this time, it might be time to wake up from his dream.
"This time, Guo Gan has truly surrendered."
Shi Dakai was completely relaxed after returning to Myitkyina. Perhaps he did not expect that the operation against Kokang would go so smoothly.
But think about it from another perspective, this kind of smoothness is what it should be.
After all, the development of all local contradictions must ultimately conform to the direction of the development of the principal contradiction.
The current situation is that the general trend of the Dongfeng Corps, the general trend of Pubei, and even the general trend of Southeast Asia have all taken shape.
Under such a premise, no one can resist the wheel rolling forward, and no one has the ability to move against the current.
It's reasonable if it goes well, but it's really hell if it doesn't go well.
"So, what's next?"
"Continue to operate Pubei, or open up a new battlefield?"
Looking at Chen Chen sitting on the sofa and drinking tea leisurely, Shi Dakai continued to ask:
"You said before that we might open up new business in Cambodia. Is that the focus of our subsequent layout?"
"It doesn't count."
Chen Chen nodded slowly and then explained:
"Cambodia is not a 'move', it is just an expanded chessboard."
"In the next period of time, we may have to place a piece on this chessboard, or we may not place it for the time being."
"It depends on how the situation develops on a larger level."
"But of course, no matter whether we fall behind or not, after getting the priority, we have already taken advantage of it."
Having said this, Chen Chen paused, suddenly looked at Shi Dakai and asked:
"Why, you can't settle down and want to go to Cambodia to do something big again?"
Shi Dakai nodded naturally and answered unabashedly:
"Yes."
"Doing big things is really addictive. The things I did before were too big. After I came back, dealing with Peng Deren felt boring."
"His role is too small. How can I express this feeling?"
"It's like you are already a figure like Zhang Sanfeng, but you still have to deal with gangsters fighting on the street."
"It's boring, isn't it?"
"really."
Chen Chen nodded funnyly, and then said:
"Don't worry, more interesting things are yet to come."
"Pubei is temporarily stable now, but don't think that this stability will last long."
"Human desires are unlimited. This land is a swamp, breeding ugly and disgusting sins all the time."
"What we are doing now is just cutting off the evils that have emerged one after another. It is still early to finally solve the problem."
“Cambodia will be very exciting in the future.”
"How exciting is it?"
Shi Dakai asked curiously.
"Then I can't go into details."
Chen Chen spread his hands, paused for a moment and then said:
"But according to the current trend."
"Fraud, money laundering, human trafficking, organ trading, cybercrime."
"All kinds of new technologies will emerge, and new forms of crime will emerge."
"And it's not just crime."
"It will inevitably become a breeding ground for certain struggles, and in the next few years, such struggles will not end easily."
"The road is long and difficult."
Shi Dakai sighed.
"Yes, the road is long and difficult."
Chen Chen nodded again and then said:
"But at least now, at least in Pubei, our mission can be said to have come to an end."