Guard company commander Huzi stood beside Yang Ling, his eyes always patrolling the crowd vigilantly. When he saw someone suddenly taking out a gun and pointing it at the steps, his pupils tightened, and he warned Yang Ling at the same time.
It crashed to the side.
"boom!"
A traitor pulled the trigger on Yang Ling, but Yang Ling was instantly knocked to the left by Huzi. The bullet grazed Yang Ling's arm and embedded in the door frame behind him with blood.
"Bang-bang-bang-"
The other traitors hiding in the crowd also took out their guns and opened fire on Yang Ling and the others. The gun flames flashed and bullets flew everywhere.
Yang Ling had been paying attention to appeasing the people's emotions. When he saw that the people had turned their attention to the Japanese, he breathed a sigh of relief.
He did not expect that these traitors were inciting the people to cause trouble this time just to cover their assassination operations.
Although Yang Ling was admitted to be the commander-in-chief of Jiangsu Province, he had always been in the army. Since he had never been assassinated, he was a little careless.
Although he was knocked down by Huzi, he was still shot. He felt a burning pain in his arm and fell to the ground together with Huzi, whose center of gravity was unstable.
"There are enemies!"
The gunshots rang out, and the surrounding guards reacted. They took off the guns on their shoulders and loaded the guns.
The sound of gunfire caused the people who were originally shouting for help to become confused and fled in all directions. In the surging crowd, screams were heard, and people were knocked over and fell.
Several traitors with guns saw that Yang Ling was knocked over, but they did not kill Yang Ling. They were so bold that they rushed forward while shooting. Several brothers who had no time to pull the bolt were pierced by bullets and fell to the ground.
"Protect the commander! Retreat to the courtyard!"
Staff officer Lei Xiong took out his rifle, pressed the trigger and fired out all twenty bullets, while turning his head and shouting.
Several brothers hurriedly lifted up the injured Yang Ling and turned around to retreat into the yard. However, the guard company commander Hu Zi ignored the pain after falling and pulled out his gun and shot down a traitorous gunman who rushed forward.
"Mom, come on for me!"
The intelligence officers of the Intelligence Office of the Northern Jiangsu Corps who were hiding in the dark were always mixed in the crowd, and they were also secretly observing the traitors.
They had been following these traitors for several days. Because they had not fully figured out their number and size, they did not alert them and had been observing secretly. However, they did not expect that they would dare to assassinate Yang Ling. The intelligence brothers were immediately angry.
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Now they didn't care about being exposed. They took out their guns one after another and rushed towards the traitors who were attacking the commander-in-chief.
There were many traitors, more than fifty in total. They hid in the crowd and suddenly attacked, leaving the commander's guards with no time to react.
"Come on! The reward for killing Yang Ling is five hundred yuan!"
Seeing that more than ten people who rushed forward were thrown to the ground by the officers and soldiers of the guard company of the corps, the leading traitor raised his arms and shouted.
The traitors concentrated their firepower and launched an attack in the courtyard, trying to rush into the headquarters, but the scattered traitors were unable to move due to the crowds running around.
When the traitors finally rushed to the door of the general command, the machine gun team of the security company had already rushed to the door from the yard.
"Machine gun crew, go up and kill them!" Staff Officer Lei Xiong shouted with a red face and a thick neck. The boat almost capsized in the ditch, making him furious.
"There are too many people outside. Don't fire your machine guns. Close the door and wait for support."
Yang Ling knew that if the machine gun opened fire now, the people crowded together would suffer heavy casualties, so he endured the severe pain and stopped the reckless actions of his staff officer Lei Xiong.
Although Staff Officer Lei Xiong wanted to cut the bastards outside into pieces, he also knew the power of the machine gun. Once it fired, it was beyond their control, so they could only force the door to be closed.
There were only about a platoon of brothers in the security company guarding the headquarters. The rest were ordered to patrol throughout the town to maintain order. At this moment, a platoon of brothers quickly built a defense line and exchanged fire with the traitors who tried to rush into the yard.
These traitors are all agents trained by Japanese spies and have received a certain degree of military training, but they are still not enough to face real troops.
"Boom!"
Faced with the impossibility of rushing into the courtyard, the traitors had no choice but to throw grenades in an attempt to blow open the door, causing a rumble of gunpowder smoke to fill the air.
The panicked crowd also quickly fled toward both ends of the long street amidst the gunfire, leaving the traitors without cover.
"Quick! Quick!"
As soon as the gunfire rang out, patrols from all over the place rushed over. Although they didn't know what was going on, they quickly came over with reinforcements.
"Why is there a fight in the town?"
Wu Changqing and others who were training troops outside the town also had puzzled faces and looked in the direction of the town.
"It always refers to the gunfire coming from over there." Shen Biao listened carefully and judged.
Luo Feng nodded: "It must mean that there was an enemy attack over there. Let's bring reinforcements as soon as possible!"
"Hurry and gather the brothers, someone is breaking into the town!" Shen Biao also shouted anxiously.
Shen Biao and Luo Feng were both brothers who survived General Ma Yuren's first guerrilla army. Yang Ling now appointed them as the chief and deputy battalion commanders, responsible for leading the gathered skirmishers.
It can be said that Yang Ling was kind to them. Now Yang Ling is in danger, so they are eager to lead people to rescue them.
"Slow down, the situation is unclear now, we can't act rashly!" Wu Changqing saw that the two were about to take people to the town for rescue, and stopped them.
"Battle Commander Wu, what time is it now? If we leave late, Commander Yang will be in greater danger." Shen Biao shouted immediately.
Wu Changqing stared at Shen Biao and Luo Feng, his face uncertain, and said stubbornly: "Who knows if it is a Japanese plan to lure the tiger away from the mountain. Without the order of Chief Yang, no one can act rashly! Anyone who disobeys the order will be killed without mercy!"
Just when Shen Biao was still about to speak, Luo Feng, who was standing aside, reacted, pulled Shen Biao's sleeve and said, "Brother Shen, we listen to Battalion Commander Wu."
Shen Biao heard the gunshots and explosions coming from the other side of the town. Although he was anxious, facing the cold-faced Wu Changqing, he sighed heavily and turned his face to the side.
"Adjutant Wang!" Seeing that Shen Biao and Luo Feng had been stabilized, Wu Changqing turned his head and shouted at the adjutant.
"Yes!" Adjutant Wang, who was dressed sharply, rushed over and stood at attention.
"Pass my order, all troops will immediately stop training and enter combat status. The second battalion, third company, fourth company and machine gun company will set up defenses at Xiaohe Bridge to prevent Japanese sneak attacks. All intersections will be blocked and no one will be allowed to enter or exit. You will personally lead a company
Go to the town to support Chief Yang and the others!"
"The Second Battalion Special Agent Company is responsible for the security of the camp. No one is allowed to move around without orders!"
"yes!"
At Wu Changqing's order, the troops who were originally training outside the town immediately distributed ammunition and entered a state of alert. The troops performing tasks were discharged, and the rest of the troops stayed in the camp and were not allowed to move around at will.
Now the deputy captain of the corps, Zhang Liechen, remains in Huaiyin, and besides Yang Ling, the oldest and highest-ranking people here are Wu Changqing and Blacksmith.
However, the blacksmith took his brothers to the water network area near Gaoyou in the south to survey the terrain. Faced with the sudden change, Wu Changqing took over the command of the camp resolutely.
"Send someone to closely monitor Battalion Commander Shen and the others. If there is any abnormality, you can arrest them first and then report to me." After Shen Biao and the others left, Wu Changqing whispered to the knife coming over.
"yes!"
After all, Shen Biao and the others had just joined the Northern Jiangsu Corps, and Wu Changqing didn't trust them, so under such circumstances, he had no choice but to make the decision on his own.