Chapter 1035 New Year's Snow Night (Fifteen)
Jack likes to deal with smart people, and now both Sheriff Roenicke and gangster Bishop belong to such smart people.
There is a saying of "isolated island mode" in the detective novel world, also known as "Snowstorm Manor", which refers to a group of people gathered in a relatively closed environment that loses contact with the outside world.
No one can escape from this environment for the time being, and at the same time, some bad things will happen among the trapped people, such as murder, which makes each other suspicious of each other.
This mode is very classic, because the conditions in the closed environment are limited and there is a lack of external intervention. Fear will spread inside, leading to mutual suspicion, and it is easy to create various dramatic conflicts.
Therefore, this mode has been borrowed by many novels and film and television works, and many derivative types have been born from it.
For example, "Ambush on All Sides", which tells the story of a group of FBI trapped in a murder mystery on an isolated island, is one of the representative works, and it is also a very distinctive psychological suspense film.
However, Jack prefers another movie with a bit of black humor, "The Fog", in which people of different identities are trapped in a supermarket, gradually dividing into factions and starting to confront each other sharply.
This is somewhat similar to the current situation at the 13th police station. As the sheriff, Ronik is trying to unite everyone to overcome the difficulties in the face of the threat of the black police.
Although Bishop has some small thoughts, as a gang leader, he is obviously a man who knows the current situation and can see the situation clearly.
Compared with freedom, saving his life first is the most important thing. After all, he may not die in prison, but the threat of the black police outside who will kill everyone here to silence him is imminent.
The natural opposition between the two sides due to their identities originally had the premise of cooperation under the external threat, and it can even be said that some trust has been established. At this time, it seems a bit brainless for the old police officer Jasper to jump out and cause trouble.
This matter has nothing to do with the sense of justice. In Jack's view, in addition to being a little bit of a senior, it is more because Ronik, the acting chief, is too salty and lacks prestige.
If Jack appeared here alone, he might have just put on the black police's equipment and sneaked out in the chaos. As long as he left the signal shielding area and called for reinforcements, the matter would have ended.
But who can blame John, the good guy? Even if Jack could take him to change clothes and leave, he would definitely not agree with his personality.
Rather than letting Jack take him outside to fight against a dozen or twenty black policemen, it would be safer to just stay inside.
So he asked John to give the extra guns and equipment to Ronik for distribution, which was a clear-cut stand. It not only helped the sheriff suppress internal dissent, but also warned the prisoners in disguise that it would be better to be quiet.
At this time, the black police outside were also a little confused. They fought hard at the main gate but couldn't get in. The teammates who broke in from other directions disappeared one by one.
Seeing that the guys in the police station had gone from the dilemma of hiding in the house and waiting for an opportunity to counterattack due to lack of weapons to being able to rely on the seized guns and ammunition to shoot at them on the second floor, the fate of those teammates who had no movement was naturally imaginable.
There were more than ten black police officers who participated in the attack. When the battle was the most intense, at least five or six assault rifles were fired at the gate and the front hall at the same time, trying to attract the attention of everyone in the police station to the greatest extent.
As a result, the raids in multiple directions all failed. Although the door-breaking explosives and stun grenades were used, only one shieldman escaped from the seven people who broke into the police station, and he was seriously burned.
This means that the number of black police officers surrounding the No. 13 police station is less than 20. Not only have they lost their absolute advantage in numbers, but their advantages in firearms and equipment have also been leveled by the previous wave.
The black police side suddenly fell into an awkward situation of riding a tiger and being unable to get off. If they can't kill Bishop, more than 20 people in their department will have to go to jail.
But if they really attack at all costs, how many lives will they have to pay?
Spend the rest of their lives in prison or die immediately. This is a question worth thinking about.
"They neither attack nor withdraw, what are they planning to do?" Alice carefully hid behind the window and looked outside, and found that only one GMC drove away, which seemed to send away the only injured person.
The two police cars painted with DPD that blocked the intersection had no intention of leaving.
"Of course, we are waiting for reinforcements." Jack bandaged Alex's feet and put on shoes, and then found the coat she wore when she came and put it on her.
At this time, the old police officer Jasper had already found various tools from the storage room with an unhappy face, and together with Ronik, he took out wooden boards from several desks and chairs and nailed them to the blown windows with nails.
The sniper ambushed on the opposite side fired a few shots to try to interfere, but it didn't work, and Jack didn't try to fight back.
Although the blizzard outside was still very strong, at a distance of more than 100 meters, Jack, with a long gun in hand, had at least 60% to 70% chance of killing the sniper across the street in seconds.
But now is not the best time to take action. The enemy does not know that we have the ability to counterattack, and has no intention of moving for the time being.
The exposed sniper is not a big threat to everyone. The police station has many windows, and avoiding the gun line does not prevent them from having enough vision to observe the situation outside.
But if the other side replaced the sniper and moved to another position after killing him, it would be inevitable that there would be another troublesome mutual test, and there might be casualties on our side.
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"I heard that you were shot at least five times, and there are still bullets in your body. Is this true? Bishop, there is a legend that you once pulled out a person's spine."
When Jack and Ronik walked into the detention area together, the drug addict who was arranged to fill the hole here was chattering to Bishop about the "heroic past" of the gangster boss.
"Shut up! That's Adam's apple. If you keep talking nonsense, I don't mind letting you experience that feeling." Bishop, who originally didn't want to answer, looked at Jack who was walking towards him with some embarrassment, turned around and roared at the other party in a low voice.
It was a strange feeling. This embarrassment was like when I was in an ordinary high school and saw my parents showing off to a national college entrance examination champion with a very proud tone that their children's scores were in the top ten of the whole grade.
Jack could only pretend that he heard nothing, threw a spare magazine to the drug addict and reminded him, "If you waste ammunition again, I don't mind wasting one more bullet on you."
The drug addict hurriedly caught the magazine, and was frightened to the point of twitching his mouth, and quickly hid his body behind Bishop.
"It's too quiet now, something is not right, I think we need to discuss it." Bishop hammered down the last nail, broke the board hard, and said to the two after confirming that it was firm.
Ronick glanced at the somewhat nervous drug addict, and gave Bishop a look, so the three of them went to the storage room at the back together.
Bishop said straight to the point, "Marcus Duval won't let us wait until dawn."
Ronick looked at Jack, then at Bishop, "We have guns and people now. As long as everyone guards their own areas, they can't attack. I don't understand what you are worried about?"
"Let me put it this way, if you were outside, would you let the people inside wait until dawn?" Bishop also looked at Jack.
Jack spread his hands to the two of them, "What you said makes sense, but I'm not that Marcus Duval. I don't know how many cards he has. Don't you know?"
Bishop scratched his head in annoyance, "I don't know, but I don't want to stay here and wait to die."
Ronick came to his senses at this moment and warned, "If you try to take advantage of the current situation to escape, then I must remind you that I won't let you succeed. When this is over, your destination will be prison."