After a brief exchange of fire, the location of the General Command was in a mess. People's packages and sundries were scattered on the streets, and messy bullet casings could be seen everywhere.
Because of such an incident, all the officers and soldiers sent out by the guard company gathered back. At this moment, there are three steps, one post, five steps and one sentry. They are all officers and soldiers with serious faces and loaded with ammunition.
Not only were officers and soldiers on high alert around the general command, but also from the commanding heights of the wooden building, the sniper team of the Lieyan Special Forces Brigade also rushed over.
The streets were full of armed guerrilla officers and soldiers. The commander they admired was almost killed, which made them angry and filled with murderous intent.
Jieshou Town has entered a state of martial law. The people in the town have closed their doors and dare not come out, and those who fled have been stopped everywhere.
Facing the murderous guerrilla officers and soldiers who were armed with live ammunition, the common people with their children and daughters were also terrified and worried, worried about being implicated in this incident.
After all, it was they who went to make trouble this time, which led to someone assassinating Yang Ling. Now, instead of hating Yang Ling and the others, they actually respected the officers and soldiers who had fought bloody battles with the Japanese because of Yang Ling's speech.
The people knew that they were being used, but now they were speechless. If something really happened to Yang Ling, all explanations would be in vain.
After all, Yang Ling is the commander of the Northern Jiangsu Corps. If he is assassinated, no one knows what kind of revenge he will encounter next.
While the people's faces were full of worry and fear, in the general meeting room that was riddled with bullet holes and traces of crossfire, doctors from the medical clinic were treating Yang Ling's wounds.
Because the bullet was too close to Yang Ling, it caused a penetrating wound. The bullet did not stay in the arm, so it was a blessing among misfortunes.
However, the bullet left a huge wound on Yang Ling's arm, and the muscle tissue turned into a bloody mess. Although the bleeding was stopped by timely treatment, it would take at least two or three months for the arm to fully recover.
"Twenty-five civilians were injured in the crossfire, but there were no casualties. We killed 46 gunmen and captured five alive. The Intelligence Department is conducting interrogations."
"Battalion Commander Wu issued an order to block all intersections and implement martial law. Now the frightened people who fled have been temporarily detained in the fields outside the town, waiting for further treatment."
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While the doctor was treating Yang Ling's wounds, the shocked adjutant summarized various situations to Yang Ling.
Yang Ling also secretly lamented that he was careless. Although he had been committed to fighting traitors and puppet troops, he never expected that they would take such desperate risks to assassinate him.
Fortunately, he had so many brothers to protect him, otherwise he would have really succeeded. Although he was only injured, Yang Ling was extremely angry in his heart. These traitors were too arrogant and arrogant.
"Order the Intelligence Department to conduct strict interrogations. We must dig out the accomplices of these people and kill them all!"
"Treat the injured people, and at the same time set up porridge shacks at people's gathering points outside the town to provide comfort as soon as possible."
"Let the chief officers of each battalion go to the headquarters for a meeting. All units will remain in combat status and are ready for deployment at any time."
Yang Ling also made targeted arrangements for various matters, and the adjutant hurried out to carry out the order.
The several traitors who were arrested were immediately interrogated under the personal leadership of intelligence staff officer Liu Sheng.
In a dark room, intelligence staff officer Liu Sheng sat on a bench with a gloomy expression. In front of him was a traitor with a bruised nose and face, tied behind his back.
"Tell me honestly your origins, the purpose of this operation, and your hidden accomplices!"
Intelligence staff Liu Sheng is in a very bad mood now. He has been leading intelligence work and the attack on these enemy agents, and he also has a team of agents under his command.
But this time such a big thing happened. They didn't get any information before. It can be said that it was their dereliction of duty, and it was his dereliction of duty as the intelligence staff officer.
So now he hates these people so much that he will not let these people walk out of this room alive no matter whether they can find something through interrogation.
"I can only say this if you guarantee my safety." The captured traitor was still trying to bargain when faced with the interrogation of intelligence staff Liu Sheng.
But the traitors underestimated the ruthlessness of intelligence staff officer Liu Sheng. Although Liu Sheng had not been a staff officer for a long time, he had many masters of torture and interrogation under him.
These interrogation experts were all former prison guards recruited from all over the country. Among them, Zhang Qiang, the former deputy police squadron leader who followed them from Gaoyou, was one of the best.
Although Zhang Qiang was previously the deputy squadron leader of the pseudo-police, he was actually an agent of the military commander. However, he was only a supernumerary agent temporarily appointed by the military commander during a hasty retreat from Gaoyou.
When Gaoyou evacuated, facing the favorable conditions offered by Yang Ling, Zhang Qiang also followed Yang Ling and the others, and is now a member of the intelligence department of Yang Ling and the others.
"Brother Zhang, I leave it to you."
Seeing that the traitor was about to die without realizing it, intelligence staff Liu Sheng didn't waste any time. He nodded to Zhang Qiang standing next to him and got out of the dark room, taking out a cigarette from his pocket.
Waiting for the results of Zhang Qiang’s trial.
Soon, shrill screams came from the room behind intelligence staff officer Liu Sheng. Although Liu Sheng didn't know how Zhang Qiang interrogated him, he also knew that the traitor must be uncomfortable at this moment.
Soon, the arrested traitors were escorted into the house one by one, and the blood-curdling screams continued for half an hour.
When intelligence staff officer Liu Sheng had more than a dozen cigarette butts at his feet, the door of the temporary interrogation room behind him opened, and a strong bloody smell rushed out.
Zhang Qiang, covered in blood, walked out and handed a written confession to intelligence staff Liu Sheng: "I'm sorry, I haven't interrogated people for a long time, and my hands are a bit rusty. They are all dead."
Intelligence staff officer Liu Sheng looked at the interrogation results in his hands and said with a smile: "It is not a pity for these traitors to die. If they die, they will die."
"Throw it into the wild to feed wild dogs." Liu Sheng waved his hand, and several brothers got into the house to drag the body away.
After Liu Sheng read the results of the interrogation, he patted Zhang Qiang on the shoulder and said, "Well done. I'll ask for credit for you later at Chief Yang's place. I'm leaving first."
The interrogation information was quickly sent to Yang Ling's desk, and the speed was unprecedented.
"There are Japanese soldiers planning to land at Jieshou Pier tonight?!" Yang Ling was shocked when he got the results of the interrogation.
"Yes, Zhang Qiang interrogated him personally."
He had previously felt that it was unusual for the Japanese to be silent since they captured Gaoyou. Now that he got this information, a chill went up his back.
Unexpectedly, the Japs were actually building a plank road to infiltrate Chencang in secret. If they came from Gaoyou Lake at night, they would be hard to guard against, because Yang Ling's focus had always been on land. Who knew the Japs would come from the water.
"The interrogation results also showed that these traitorous gunmen were only responsible for the operation this time. The assassination plan was planned by a Japanese spy and several leaders. They are still stranded in the town at the moment. These are the addresses of several of their footholds, but they are not sure.
Where to hide it?" Staff officer Liu Sheng added.
Now the entire town is under martial law, and everyone is ordered not to enter or leave, so Liu Sheng guesses that the Japanese has not escaped from the town yet.
Yang Ling ordered: "You must take them personally and catch them all in one go!"