Fang Huai put down his hand, smiled brightly, and said:
"Previously, the leadership asked me to make some modifications to certain areas of the pilot program, and I prepared a version. After Director Chen read it, he said some parts still needed improvement, so I rushed back overnight! As a result, due to bad weather, I had to land in Chongqing and only managed to catch a connecting flight back at dawn. I just arrived!
I think this emergency response plan is very important and I should report it to the Political Commissar and the Regimental commander first, so I came to the Detachment before anywhere else!"
Since he reported the plan out of proper channels, now that he was here, he definitely had to explain the situation, conveniently shifting the blame to "leadership asking for improvements" which couldn't be more appropriate.
Moreover, he wasn't even aware of the specific time of the police dispatch.