Chapter Sixty-Seven: Time Turns, Fire!

"Prepare for battle!" Zhang Cheng casually dropped the phone, looked sideways at Du Feng, who was full of anticipation on his face, and ordered.

"Yes!" A smile suddenly appeared on Du Feng's face, and he immediately saluted.

After the order was given, the well-trained soldiers quickly became combat-ready. Heavy machine guns were erected, long chains of bullets loaded. Dense packs of rifles protruded from the barricades. The muzzles of the guns with death greetings were all pointed at the approaching British.

Zhang Cheng picked up a huge microphone, stepped forward, stood behind the barricade, and shouted loudly in front of the British, who were a little cowering in the face of Sen Leng's muzzle, "Listen to the people on the other side, you are invading. Invade the territory of the Ming Empire. Leave now or we will use lethal force! ”

Zhang Cheng's shouting and the actions of the defenders obviously made the British on the opposite side hesitate. Even the most fervent patriot will be equally fearful when faced with the muzzle of a black hole. There is only one life, and no matter who you are, you will choose to cherish it.

The hundreds of soldiers under Du Feng were all veterans of the original Third Regiment who had fought fiercely with Zhang Cheng in Northern Italy. These soldiers, who had fought hard battles on the battlefield and seen blood, did not care about the lives of those British students. For them, as long as they have the order of the commander, it is the same to kill anyone.

The scene gradually quieted down. The enthusiastic British students paused, hesitated in confusion and fear. The nearest of them is only a few tens of meters from the entrance of the concession area. But the muzzle of the black hole stopped them. The originally noisy and lively scene gradually quieted down.

Zhang Cheng stood behind the barricade with a cold face, holding a large microphone in one hand and pressing it on his gun with the other. There was a hint of murder in his eyes.

There are few people in this day and age. Right Movement. No one could take a demonstration of this magnitude, and also on a complex and sensitive colonial issue

After years of Confucian rule, China attaches great importance to its reputation. Stories of murder often appear in books of all kinds. Many people are afraid to do many things when they are alive for the sake of the name behind them.

Major General Huang Shengjie's disappearance may have such a reason.

The corrupt Confucians who control public opinion have always emphasized the need to practice benevolent government, especially when it comes to foreign affairs, and it cannot be better than that. This makes the face-loving Chinese people always seem to worry too much when doing something. For fear of bringing a negative reputation to yourself.

Major General Huang Shengjie is definitely not a fool to be able to sit in today's position. In the morning, he must have seen a large number of armed men in the crowd of demonstrators on the opposite side. Major General Huang Shengjie, who was full of thoughts, quickly understood that today's affairs could not be good.

It was clearly a well-planned event that was well planned, and the British were not going to give up easily. There is a high probability that shots will be fired and an armed conflict will break out.

Whatever the final outcome and causes, shooting unarmed students is definitely a discrediting thing, especially in the mouths of public opinion. If it was just a student, the soldiers would have stepped forward and waved the butts of their rifles to drive them away. But when there were armed men in it, things began to go sour.

Major General Huang Shengjie is unwilling to take a huge risk to his reputation, nor is he willing to put himself at risk. Once fired, the bullet does not have long eyes. He is a high-powered, delicate general, and he must not fall here.

With the strong support of the Zhang family, Huang Shengjie, who has been able to sit in various offices all the way and sit in the position of major general, is very smart. Whether he is in danger or has a bad reputation, he is not willing to bear it.

He didn't want to be in danger because he was afraid of death, after all, he was just an office general who had never been on the battlefield. Once you really face the rain of bullets on the battlefield, it is human nature to be afraid.

As for his reluctance to bear the notoriety, it was because he was afraid that if there was a real fight, public opinion would inevitably attack him and fire at the students. In the eyes of those scholars, the lives of foreigners are more important than the lives of the Ming people! He Huang Shengjie still wants to continue to climb up!

Various reasons were mixed together, and Major General Huang Shengjie finally chose not to say goodbye.

I left without saying a word because it was very humiliating. Desertion is an intolerable disgrace for any soldier. Once he has a solid reputation, he won't be able to mix in the army.

I want to leave, but I'm afraid to take on a reputation that I can't bear. Major General Huang Shengjie, who was in a dilemma, quickly remembered that he was only the chief of staff of the garrison at the moment, and everything in name was decided by the major Zhang Cheng who had taken a shit luck. He is the best choice to carry the black pot.

Overjoyed, Major General Huang Shengjie soon quietly left this dangerous place, and took his cronies and guards to hide back in the Zhang family's mansion in the London Concession. Leave this mess to Zhang Cheng to deal with. The reason why Zhang Cheng was not notified directly was because he couldn't pull this face!

After all, he is a general, and as soon as he arrives here, he grabs power so much that he seems to be impatient. Although he really couldn't wait, how could he open his mouth for such a thing.

In desperation, Major General Huang Shengjie had no choice but to be a shrinking bird and quietly 'disappeared'.

Anyway, if there is a real fight, all the responsibility is Zhang Cheng's. If it is solved perfectly, he will not be able to run away from the credit as the chief of staff. This kind of thing is for Major General Huang Shengjie in this kind of official. People who have been fighting on the field for many years. Jing has already played well.

But what he didn't expect was that when he was sitting on the sofa drinking and chatting with Zhang Yao in the Zhang family's luxurious villa, a phone call reached the Zhang family.

"What's the matter?" Dressed in a handsome and decent white suit, holding a crystal wine glass in his hand, Zhang Yao, who was sitting on the sofa with his legs crossed, frowned. Some dissatisfied, he looked at the personal butler who was in a hurry.

The gray-haired butler's expression was a little strange, and he looked like he wanted to say something. But he soon spoke, "Your Excellency's call." After a pause, his eyes turned to the side and the two young men. Major General Huang Shengjie, who was laughing at the woman, said softly, "Looking for Major General Huang Shengjie." ”

The laughter in the living room soon stopped, and everyone looked at the butler with surprised expressions.

It wasn't strange for the Governor to call the people in the living room, after all, they were all people with status. But when I called Zhang's house, I was looking for Major General Huang Shengjie, and this kind of thing was provoked and said that it would not save face at all.

Even if everyone knows the relationship between Major General Huang Shengjie and the Zhang family, but at this time, the governor's practice of not giving face makes him an official all the year round. Major General Huang Shengjie, who was in the middle of the fight, couldn't understand. It's supposed to be a good thing, I'm good, everyone's good, what is this doing, Lord Governor?

"Huh." After a moment of silence, the handsome Zhang Yao chuckled, "It seems that this matter is very serious, and the governor's city government can't bear it." ”

"Huh." Major General Huang Shengjie, who looked a little unhappy, also quickly recovered his expression. He took his white hands back from the side (stars), took a sip of the wine glass on the table in front of him, and stood up with a smile, "I'll listen to the instructions of the Governor." ”

In fact, Major General Huang Shengjie was not afraid of the governor. First of all, the Ming Empire has long had clear regulations. In the colony, the governor could not interfere with the commander of the garrison. Major General Huang Shengjie is in the military system and has no subordinate relationship with the Governor.

Moreover, although the Governor was an important figure in the imperial family, his prestige and power were great. But he, Huang Shengjie, is a member of the Zhang family, and the powerful big family consortium is born to be the opponent of the royal family. The Governor has no control over him.

Zhang Yao took a sip of his wine glass, his eyes flickering, not knowing what he was thinking. After a while, Zhang Yao waved his hand to let a few young people. The woman left, looking at her butler, "How's it going?" ”

"Back to the young master's words." The well-dressed butler looked stunned, and then bowed slightly, "It's been arranged, tonight's dinner." ”

"Hmm." Zhang Yao nodded, lowered his eyelids and remained silent

Zhang Cheng, who had a cold face, looked solemnly at the hesitant British students not far away, and remembered the tragedies in the history of modern time and space. Countless hot-blooded youths spilled blood all over the land in order to reclaim the concession. Time turns, and now the two sides have reversed positions.

These Europa people have done countless evils in the Eastern colonies in another time and space, but in the end they have not received the retribution they deserve. When it came to this, it was their turn to protest and demonstrate, and Zhang Cheng would definitely not be soft.

You hit me on the right cheek, and I will never put my left cheek through! A deadly bullet will surely answer you!

Suddenly, the intuition cultivated on the battlefield made Zhang Cheng's heart palpitate, and a huge sense of crisis hit him instantly. Without even thinking about it, Zhang Cheng directly pounced on one side and hid behind the barricade.

'Smack! ’

A crisp gunshot rang out. The armed men hiding among the British students shot at Zhang Cheng!

"For Great Britain! Come on! After shouting with all their might, the students who were already hot under the sun suddenly shouted. Waving the slogan in his hand, he rushed straight towards the concession.

They want to take back their land!

Zhang Cheng got up from the ground, stood behind the barricade and patted the dust off his body. With a cold face, he looked at the soldiers who were staring at him. frowned slightly, and said indifferently, "What are you looking at me for?" Are you all waiting for the British to rush over and tear us all to shreds? Fire! ”

In an instant, hundreds of rifles spewed deadly bullets! A huge storm has begun!

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