Knife and others who had already rushed out of the window heard the brothers behind them who were screamed by bullets. They did not dare to stop while yelling and ran along the other end of the alley.
"Quick, don't let them escape!"
The close guards belonging to the battalion commander Xie Zhengxiang had already come out of the main entrance and ran towards the alley, and their shouts could be heard in the distance.
"Batalion deputy, there are still a few brothers who haven't run out!" the first company commander shouted with a choked voice.
"Swish swish——"
The bullets had already caught up from behind, leaving a trail of smoke and dust on the ground. The knives and the others did not dare to stop.
"Run out first!"
Daozi knew that those brothers were finished, and hot tears filled his cheeks unknowingly as he ran.
The other brothers who ran out through the window were also running out of breath. Their hearts were filled with anger, and they wished they could go back and cut Xie Zhengxiang into pieces.
But they didn't take out their guns, and with their bare hands, they would die if they rushed back.
While Daozi and the others were running, the guards they brought over also felt that something was wrong and wanted to rush in. They exchanged fire with Xie Zhengxiang's guards in the direction of the main entrance.
However, Daozi and the others brought few people over, and they were quickly dispersed. Xie Zhengxiang's guards took control of the situation.
"Go back separately and bring someone here to arrest Xie Zhengxiang! You go to the commander-in-chief and find Deputy Captain Zhang and report the situation."
Now there is a sudden defection to the enemy. Daozi doesn't know if deputy captain Yuan Guangtao has also defected to the enemy, so he can only send someone to find Zhang Liechen, whom he trusts.
Daozi and the others immediately dispersed and took action separately. Xie Zhengxiang's guards did not dare to pursue them too far. Seeing that they had not caught up, they hurried back to report the situation.
"Go back quickly and capture the troops."
Xie Zhengxiang was also a little panicked now. The sudden change caught him off guard.
If the escaped Daozi and others were allowed to take control of the troops, their attempt to surrender to the enemy this time would be in vain.
And if you don't pull the troops over when you surrender to the enemy, I'm afraid all your promises will be empty words by then. If you don't have the strength, you won't have the right to speak.
"Battal Commander Xie, now we must take advantage of the fact that the General Point doesn't react and lead people to attack the General Point."
At this critical moment, when the middle-aged man in gray robe saw Xie Zhengxiang losing his square inch, he stopped watching the fun and hurriedly made suggestions.
"Yes, yes, as long as we win the general command, the Northern Jiangsu Corps will be leaderless." After Xie Zhengxiang finished speaking, he quickly became worried again.
"But I can only command one platoon, and there is always a guard company over there."
"Then bring more troops over there!" the middle-aged man in gray robe said murderously.
"The closest ones to here are the Third Company and the Machine Gun Company, but I'm worried that they won't follow us." Xie Zhengxiang said in a panic.
"Just say that there are traitors over there, and let them destroy them. As long as they kill people, they don't want to follow us."
After hearing the words of the middle-aged man in gray robe, the Fourth Battalion Commander Xie Zhengxiang's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly sent someone to notify the Third Company and the Machine Gun Company stationed against the city wall, preparing to take them to attack the General Command.
A fighting suddenly broke out at the east gate. The commander also heard the gunshots exchanged, and everyone's expressions changed.
"What's going on with the gunfire? Did the Japs also start attacking from the east gate?" Deputy Captain Yuan Guangtao stood up immediately.
A staff officer also reacted, hurried to the phone, quickly shook it, and called the headquarters of the fourth battalion.
"Hey, hey, is this the Fourth Battalion? What happened to the gunfire just now?!" The staff officer asked loudly after answering the call.
"I got it, send someone to catch them immediately! At the same time, prepare defenses outside the city!" Soon, the staff officer hung up the phone.
"Sir Yuan, the Japs are not attacking. The fourth battalion said that the deputy battalion commander Daozi and some people are going to surrender to the enemy. At this moment, they are exchanging fire with the people led by battalion commander Xie."
"What, Daozi and the others actually surrendered to the enemy?!" When he heard that it was not the Japanese who were attacking, but a mutiny, Deputy Captain Yuan Guangtao was also stunned, and then he cursed angrily: "Hurry up and call the fifth battalion to suppress and assist Xie Ying.
Stay steady, this is a critical moment, we cannot let ourselves get into trouble."
"Deputy Captain Yuan, the matter has not been clarified yet. Should we call again and ask for clarification before we make a decision? If the Fifth Battalion drives over, once a fight breaks out, it will be difficult to end."
Deputy Captain Zhang Liechen knew all about Knife. Now he heard that Knife had surrendered to the enemy and was beaten to death. He didn't believe it, so he hurriedly stood up and spoke.
"How long has this happened? How can we have time to investigate? Let's stabilize the situation first!" When such a thing happened, deputy captain Yuan Guangtao was in a bad mood.
In the past, when Yang Ling was here, everything went smoothly, and he, the deputy captain, only did some auxiliary work.
But now that Yang Ling is gone, they seem to have lost their backbone, and all kinds of messy things have happened, making his head as big as an ox.
"Then I will lead the team there myself." Deputy Captain Zhang Liechen also knew that there was no time to write now, so he said directly.
"That's fine. You go there quickly. You must ensure the stability of the east gate and don't let the Japanese take advantage of it."
Although the deputy captain Zhang Liechen is now in charge of logistics, he is still the deputy captain and has sufficient prestige.
Zhang Liechen rushed out of the headquarters with a few guards. Without waiting for the people from the fifth battalion, he directly transferred a platoon from the guard company and headed straight for the east gate along the street.
Before they reached the east gate, they saw a man from the Fourth Battalion staggering toward him along the street with a hurried look.
"Stop!" Zhang Liechen waved his hand, and several brothers with guns rushed forward.
"Sir, the man named Xie has rebelled. He is leading people everywhere to arrest the brothers who are unwilling to surrender to the enemy. Hurry and lead people to rescue him."
When the panting platoon leader saw that it was Zhang Liechen, he seemed to be grasping at a life-saving straw and hurriedly reported.
"You mean your battalion commander Xie Zhengxiang rebelled?" Zhang Liechen was stunned when he heard this and asked.
"Yes, he said he wanted us to go to a meeting, so he locked us up. We escaped through the window..." the platoon leader explained hurriedly.
After hearing what the platoon leader said, everyone looked strange. The information they just called the Fourth Battalion was that the deputy battalion commander Daozi led a rebellion.
But now it turns out that the fourth battalion commander Xie Zhengxiang led his men to rebel, and the deputy commander Zhang Liechen also turned serious, knowing that the matter was serious.
"Take him down first, let's go to the fourth camp."
It was difficult to tell who had rebelled, so Zhang Liechen decided to go and see first.
"Hey, hey, why are you arresting me?" The two brothers went up and took the platoon leader into custody, which immediately made the platoon leader confused.
"Please feel sorry for yourself first, and then we can make a decision after we figure out the whole story."
After Zhang Liechen said something to the platoon leader, he waved his hand and asked people to take him down.
"Sir, do you want to send someone back to report the new situation to Commander Yuan?" asked the platoon leader of the security company.
"No, immediately send someone to notify the First and Second Battalions and ask them to send two companies over." Zhang Liechen said with a solemn face.
The situation is now so complicated that Zhang Liechen even doubts Yuan Guangtao now. He can only trust the Blacksmith's First Battalion and Wu Changqing's Second Battalion.