There was actually Chen Zikun's autograph on the order, indicating that others were already in the provincial capital, and the rebels occupied an empty arsenal, which was obviously a plan.

Zheng Zeru said: "The situation is unknown, let's withdraw first." ”

Mai Ping said: "Yes, yes, yes, withdraw first." ”

The arsenal was located in a remote place outside the city, the rebels hurriedly withdrew, but did not know where to go, the fighting in the direction of the provincial capital was fierce, the gunfire was dense, and half the sky was red, everyone was waiting for Macping to come up with an idea, but he just walked back and forth, kept smoking, and could not come up with any plan.

Zheng Zeru said: "Wheat, dry waiting is not the way, now we should send someone into the city to inquire about the situation and then make a decision." ”

Mai Ping thought about it, arranged for three clever subordinates to go into the city to investigate, and asked Zheng Zeru worriedly: "Lao Zheng, what if the uprising fails?" ”

Zheng Zeru said: "Wheat, you tell me the truth, has this uprising been approved by the superiors?" ”

Mai Ping's face turned red and said: "The higher-level organs have been destroyed by the reactionaries, how can I report it!" Whether the uprising succeeds or not, we have taken the first step, which is an extremely important and meaningful step for the revolution. ”

Zheng Zeru didn't say anything anymore.

……

Outside the office of the superintendent, the battle was extremely fierce, Chen Zikun's official residence was the Qing Dynasty's Zhentai Yamen, built in the open terrain by the river, in front of the door is an open field, there are flagpoles and walls, and the four miles are far away from the houses, it is simply an independent city.

There were less than 200 guards in the office, but the firepower was extremely fierce, and the provincial police belonged to the security forces, with only pistols and rifles, no machine guns and no grenades.

Yao Yilei and Jianbing have changed their short fights, hunting breeches, pistols in their waists, commanding Ruoding, heroic and cool, the Office of the Superintendent covers a wide area, divided into front and back yards, front office and back home, and there is a Soviet-style courtyard at the back.

The four walls of the superintendent's office are all reinforced with ash, and they are reinforced from the inside, and they cannot be seen from the outside, there are corner towers built at the four corners, there are heavy machine gun firepower on them, and every 20 meters on the inside of the wall is a dark fort, the gun hole is opened at a distance of 30 centimeters from the ground, the bright and dark fire points cover each other, there is no dead end, and the bunker is built in the back garden in advance, which can prevent heavy artillery and aircraft bombing.

There are ponds and wells in the backyard of the office, there is no need to worry about drinking water, and there is even more abundant grain storage, canned French biscuits from the United States, rice, white noodles, ham and salted meat, and a flock of hens that lay eggs, and the stock of weapons and ammunition is also very sufficient.

The implementation of these projects is secret, so Mai Zilong doesn't know at all, and if he knew, he wouldn't have sent a police brigade to attack casually.

Yao Yilei is now the supreme commander of the Office of the Superintendent, she arranged for the nurse to hold Yan'er down the air-raid shelter to hide, and the rest of the people took turns to fight against the rebels' attack, after the initial panic, everyone calmed down, methodically carried the ammunition and organized a counterattack, the only mortar was also moved out, and a shot was fired at the hole, and there was no dead angle in the curved projectile, which caused a lot of pressure on the rebels.

The phone couldn't get through, looking over from the corner tower, there were fires and gunshots everywhere in the city, there was no doubt that Mai Zilong took advantage of Chen Zikun's absence to launch a mutiny, Yao Yilei was anxious, she knew that the troops were on the outside line, the provincial city was empty, and Mai Zilong's 20,000 police troops were only a matter of time before they occupied the whole province.

Hurriedly found Jianbing and said solemnly: "You take Yan'er to go first from the secret passage." ”

At this time, Jianbing couldn't fall behind, and said: "I'll stay, you take the child away." ”

Yao Yilei smiled: "Jianbing, don't fight with me, can you deal with this situation." ”

Jian Bing was speechless, so he had to take an old mother to carry Yan'er and hurriedly walked away from the secret passage of the air-raid shelter in the back garden, this secret passage was also built during Chen Zikun's reign, and few people in the whole office knew that the exit was in a private house dozens of meters away.

Walking along the damp secret passage for dozens of meters, crawling out of the big closet of the house, Jianbing came out first with a pistol, and before he got out of the bedroom door, he heard someone slamming the door in the front yard, and shouted in a rude voice: "Open the door, the police check the household registration!" ”

Jian Bing hurriedly retracted and signaled the old mother to hurry back, after breaking the gun himself, if the police found the secret passage exit, it would be all over.

The policemen, who had been fighting fiercely for half the night, had dry mouths and did not get a drop of water, and spread their anger on the surrounding houses, and they broke into the homes of ordinary people to ask for food and drink, and along the way to grab something valuable.

The house where the secret passage exit was located had been kept empty and not popular at all, and the policemen broke down the door, cursed and searched everywhere, and the large wardrobe was also opened, and a few silk horses were searched, but the careless policemen did not find a well-disguised secret passage.

Jian Bing was so frightened that he stumbled back, and as soon as he told the matter, Yao Yilei immediately sent someone to bury a mine in the tunnel, sealed the entrance with bricks and stones, and convened a meeting of the guard company commander, the chief housekeeper and others.

There are one hundred and fifty soldiers in the guard company of the office, of which fifty are White Russian mercenaries, this is still the measure taken by Chen Zikun after the last time the soldiers were in trouble, the Russian soldiers have no roots, and they are more loyal, the Russian captain is called Petrov, when he was a non-commissioned officer, he once defended the Winter Palace, fought to the death with the Red Army, and had sufficient experience in fortress operations, Yao Yilei handed over the command task to him.

"Madam, I assure you, with the rank of Russian baron, that the rebels will never be able to step into the office even a single step." Wearing a crooked military hat and a beautiful mustache, Petrov was a standard European gentleman-type officer.

"Thank you, Captain Petrov." Yao Yilei looked around at everyone and said slowly: "The provincial capital is in rebellion, the news will soon reach the marshal, we must guard the office, as long as it takes three days, the reinforcements will definitely arrive." ”

Suddenly, Liu Ting pushed the door in, and Yao Yilei looked at her directly: "Why are you still here?" ”

Liu Ting said: "I was working overtime, and I didn't have time to leave...... Madam, there are gunboats from the Marine Police Corps on the river, and you can ask for their support. ”

Yao Yilei's eyes lit up: "Yes, Zeng Jiao's water police can use it, but how to contact them." ”

Liu Ting said: "Use the language of lights." ”

Yao Yilei immediately sent someone to carry a lantern to the corner tower to send a signal to the gunboat, but today the river was foggy, and the lights could not pass through at all.

Half an hour later, a person came out with a white flag and a sad face, waving the flag and shouting: "Don't shoot, I'm Zhang Pengcheng." ”

It was Zhang Pengcheng, deputy director of the Police Department, who was Chen Zikun's person, and was sent to the Police Department to share Mai Zilong's power, but he was no match for the treacherous and cunning Mai Zilong, who had been the deputy director for more than a year to make money, and he didn't seize the military power at all.

Zhang Pengcheng walked into the superintendent's office at gunpoint from both sides and conveyed Mai Zilong's meaning to Mrs. Chen.

"Madam, Chairman Mai said, as long as you lay down your arms, immediately arrange a boat to send you to Shanghai, and all the family property will be fine."

Yao Yilei sneered: "Who is the chairman of Mai Zilong?" ”

"He is the provincial chairman of the Wuhan National Government." Zhang Pengcheng said.

"You go back and tell him, just one word: Phew." Yao Yilei waved her hand, "Send off!" ”

……

After waiting for two hours, the inquirer came back in a hurry, saying that the uprising in the city had been successful, and the police force had taken control of the whole city.

Mai Ping happily found Uncle Mai Zilong to discuss the establishment of a coalition government, but Mai Zilong refused on the spot, "Listen, the gunfire on the riverside is still so dense, and the Governor's Office has not yet taken it, so you tell me what kind of coalition government, it's just nonsense!" ”

Mai Zilong was dressed in a black police uniform, his shoulders were full of stars, and he looked like the lord of a province in his gestures, Mai Ping was not stupid, thinking that this uprising had not achieved an inch, and the party's seat in the coalition government would definitely be affected, so he immediately said: "The task of attacking the office will be entrusted to us." ”

"Ping'er, stay safe." Mai Zilong didn't say anything, personally gave the gun to his nephew, and dispatched 500 policemen to cooperate with him in attacking the fortification, and a team of people went straight to the old superintendent's office.

There was a dawn in the east, the sky was dawning, the gate of the superintendent's office was full of holes, but there was no movement, the policemen hid in the alley in the distance and did not dare to raise their heads, the other party's fire was too fierce, the outcrop was a rain of bullets, and in the middle of the night you could take advantage of the darkness to dodge, and it was even more difficult to attack when it was dawn.

Mai Ping rushed to the scene with his subordinates, and was immediately stunned, the ground was full of yellow, orange and orange bullet casings, the walls were riddled with bullet marks, and dozens of corpses lay in front of the gate of the Governor's Office, which showed the fierceness of the battle last night.

"Why haven't you captured it yet?" Mai Ping asked with a frown.

The captain of the police brigade in charge of the main attack said with a sad face: "Don't mention it, the firepower in the office is too fierce, and the bullets are as if they don't need money, so they can't go up at all." ”

Mai Ping said: "Look at me, brothers, rush me!" ”

One hundred and ten people rushed out in a swarm, the gunshots on the high wall rang out like beans, the daredevils followed one after another, and dozens of people fell in an instant, Zheng Zeru was anxious, grabbed Mai Ping and said: "You can't fight like this, leave some seeds!" ”

Mai Pingtie's face was blue: "I am the secretary of the special committee, and I am responsible!" ”

Zheng Zeru shouted angrily: "Can you take responsibility, this is not how the battle is fought." ”

Mai Ping was silent for a moment, and finally blew the whistle for retreat, more than a hundred people rushed out, and only seventy people returned, the bloody and cruel battle made these hot-blooded young men grow up in a short time, and the resolute faces were full of contempt for death.

"Secretary Mai, wrap it up with explosives." A graduate of the Department of Chemistry at the University of Tokyo suggested.