Chapter 35: The Longest Night (Part II)
"Stop!" At this critical moment, with the sound of bolts, hurried footsteps, and heavy wheezing, the vanguard of the first battalion arrived. This is the most tense moment of Tang Dao in the two lives, and he was pointed at dozens of long and short guns at the same time, and if he was not careful, he would be beaten into a sieve, and the most depressed thing was that it was his subordinates who pointed the gun at him, and he was still embarrassed when he recalled this past many years later.
"Chen Daofeng, your people have been surrounded!" Tang Zhidao secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and said righteously: "If you don't put down your weapon obediently, I can suggest that the ministry deal with you lightly for the sake of your colleagues." "Battalion-level officers are not something that can be dealt with within a mixed regiment.
"Lay down your arms and raise your hands."
"Chen Daofeng's one-man rebellion has nothing to do with the brothers."
"You brutes, without a regimental leader, you would have starved to death."
"The surname Chen's deduction of military salaries and abuse of subordinates is not worth your life!" In addition to quickly surrounding Chen Daofeng and his group, the officers and men of the first battalion who arrived also launched a propaganda offensive at the appropriate time.
"Don't kill me, don't kill me! I surrender, I surrender! Soon some small soldiers couldn't hold it anymore and threw down the steel guns indiscriminately, and with the demonstration of their predecessors, more people threw away the weapons in their hands.
"You with the surname Tang won, but I will definitely get it back with interest." Chen Daofeng saw that the general trend was gone, and threw the pistol to the ground in hatred. What he didn't know was that he had lost his last chance, in fact, the vanguard of the first battalion was only a few dozen people, and the large army was still being assembled and organized. If Chen Daofeng resolutely ordered to shoot, first eliminate Tang Zhidao and his gang surrounded by them, and then reflexively defeat the vanguard of the first battalion, it may not be impossible to win in chaos. It's a pity that assumptions are assumptions after all, otherwise the story of our head Tang would end here.
"The one who knows the times is Junjie, Camp Chief Chen, I will wronged you later." Tang Zhidao smiled with satisfaction: "Let your people lay down their weapons, I may not want to have brothers killed or injured in the conflict." ”
"Captain, are you alright?" At this time, Li Dazhu and Zhou Wenruo came to Tang Zhidao's side from the crowd.
"Yes, it's okay." Tang Zhidao said indifferently: "You came very quickly!" ”
"Commander, we only gathered a few dozen people to rush over first." Zhou Wenruo said in a low voice: "Runsheng and Qianliang are sorting out the rest of the troops, and they should come over soon." ”
"Yupu, you rush back immediately." Tang Zhidao's brain turned very quickly, and since he did it, of course he had to do it once and for all.
"With me and Guozhen here, plus Chen Daofeng, they are all in our hands, there should be no problem!" Tang Zhidao quickly arranged: "You gather the remaining troops of a battalion, as well as the artillery company and machine gun company, etc., to show me the cavalry company and the engineer company, and be sure to prevent a commotion." ”
"What about the second battalion?" Zhou Wenruo asked worriedly, "They must have also sensed the movement." ”
"Leave them alone, Zhang Yuanhang is a smart man, I believe he won't take any action before dawn." Tang Zhidao said confidently: "Don't delay, rush back immediately." ”
"Yes!" Zhou Wenruo gave a military salute and left in a hurry.
"Dazhu, you quickly lead people to organize the people of the third battalion who did not participate in the turmoil, and pay attention to calming their emotions." Tang Zhidao gave Li Dazhu an order: "It's best to let them stay in the barracks." ”
"Yes!" Li Dazhu left immediately after receiving the order.
"Guozhen, I'll leave it to you here." In the end, Commander Tang gave Wang Guozhen an order, after all, he was the old man of the third battalion, and it was most appropriate for him to clean up the mess here.
"Bang bang!" I don't know where two gunshots rang out from that corner.
"Commander, be careful!" Fang Datong behind Wang Guozhen pushed Tang and Wang away, but he was shot and lay on the ground. …,
"Get down!" Tang Zhidao hurriedly pulled Wang Guozhen and the two soldiers beside him to the ground, and at this time, more gunshots rang out.
"Bang Bang Bang"
"Bang Bang Bang"
……
Because it was too dark, it was impossible to figure out who fired the gun for a while, and the scene was extremely chaotic, but because the soldiers' marksmanship was not accurate or they could not bear to injure their comrades by mistake, there were not many people who were actually shot.
"Everybody threw away their guns and walked out one by one with their hands raised." Tang Zhidao and Wang Guozhen took advantage of the chaos to sneak to the periphery and joined up with the follow-up troops of the first battalion who had heard the gunshots and rushed back to regain control of the situation.
"Captain, are you alright?" This time it was Du Shijie, the regimental staff officer, who led the troops, and when he saw Tang Zhidao in embarrassment, he hurriedly said: "It's too late for my subordinates, and I ask the regiment commander to punish him." ”
"Don't worry about it so much, hurry up and save people." Tang Zhidao said with annoyance: "At the same time, pay attention to the investigation of the arrested soldiers. ”
"Yes!" Du Shijie left a part of the soldiers on guard on the perimeter, and led people to look for the wounded and the dead at the scene. Tang Zhidao also rushed to the place where Fang Datong was shot just now, it was too dark just now, and the bullets were flying, so he couldn't see what he was injured at all.
"Captain, are you alright?" As soon as he walked out, he saw Fang Datong walking out of the crowd with his left arm covered.
"Fang Datong, you're okay!" Tang Zhidao said excitedly: "I'm worried about us to death." ”
"Nothing was scratched by bullets, and when I saw the gunshot, I lay on the ground and pretended to be dead!" Fang Datong said nonchalantly: "The year before last, I escaped by pretending to be dead. ”
"Your kid has a big life, and Lord Yama doesn't dare to accept you!" Tang Zhidao nodded and said lovingly: "Hurry up and bandage it." ”
A cursory examination shows that the casualties are not large, especially since only two soldiers of the first battalion were seriously wounded and several were slightly wounded. However, the joy did not last long, and soon Du Shijie walked to Tang Zhidao's side with a solemn face and whispered a few words at him.
"Did you see clearly?" Tang Zhidao frowned and asked in a low voice, "Who else is besides him?" ”
"Yes!" Du Shijie whispered: "Zhu Laosan is also dead, and Zhen Youcai is slightly injured. ”
"Don't make a noise yet, put the body in place." Tang Zhidao hesitated twice and said, "Immediately follow our previous plan to control all Chen Daofeng's dead friends in the three battalions." ”
"Whoever dares to resist, all of them!" Tang Daoxin made a gesture of "killing", since Chen Daofeng had been shot indiscriminately, he didn't have to scruple about doing things, he simply didn't do anything, and completely cleaned up all the factors that hindered the strength of the mixed group.
"Yes!" Du Shijie was stunned in his heart, but he didn't expect that Instructor Tang, who has always been gentle and elegant, is also a decisive master, and it seems that he will have to be more careful in doing things in the future.
"Grandma's, it's really not the right time for this Chen Daofeng to die." Tang Zhidao said to himself, originally if there was no bloody conflict, the goal of driving out Chen Daofeng and purging the three battalions could be achieved, but it would not cause much turmoil, and it would be completely controlled within the second mixed regiment; If there is a bloody conflict, but the casualties are not too large, and no officers are killed, the purpose of the Tang Way should also be achieved, but it may also cause some side effects, and the department will doubt your ability to control, and you will inevitably be punished; The worst is the current situation, and the expulsion of Chen Daofeng is naturally completely achieved, but in the event of such a major mutiny in the Gyeonggi capital (a battalion commander, a company, several soldiers were killed, and more than a dozen soldiers were injured), the commander of your regiment will naturally bear a lot of responsibility, and will even be removed from his post and sent to a military court for trial.
"Fuck, who's shooting the guns in the dark!" Tang Zhidao blamed himself indignantly, it seems that he is still careless, but if he wants to find out the black hand, it will definitely be too late tonight. …,
"Li Dazhu, do you know the way to the capital?" Tang Zhidao said to Li Dazhu, who had just rushed back to his side.
"Recognize! I went there with a few companions at the beginning of the year. Li Dazhu nodded and responded: "I was still in the capital for two days. ”
"Good! You still remember the one who sent me to office that day! Tang Zhidao took out a pen and paper from his jacket pocket and asked as he wrote quickly.
"Yes!" Li Dazhu didn't dare to ask more questions when he saw Tang Zhidao's solemn face, but just waited quietly aside.
"Send this note to the hand of the eldest prince of Zengfu, No. 18 Sixi Hutong in the capital." Tang Zhidao thought about it, added two more sentences to the paper, and then handed it to Li Dazhu.
"Go to the regimental headquarters and ride my horse." Tang Zhidao patted Li Dazhu's shoulder and said heavily: "Be careful all the way, rush back as soon as the news arrives, don't stay." ”
"Don't worry, the head of the regiment, I will definitely deliver the news safely." Li Dazhu gave a military salute and quickly disappeared into the darkness.
"I hope that this kid Cao Lu can mobilize forces in time to resolve this turmoil." Looking at Li Dazhu in the disappearing night, Tang Zhidao thought secretly. His most reliable buddies in the capital are only Cao Lu, Hu Bingtao, and Liu Ruxian. Hu Bingtao is in a high position, so naturally he can't make a move at the first time, Liu Ruxian is very good in the Ordnance Department, but he can't help at all in this kind of thing. Only Cao Lu is just a midshipman officer, but he is sociable, and he is in the General Affairs Department, and he has a wide range of friends in the Zeng family, so it is most suitable to do this kind of initial work of threading the needle.
Except for the small and small clash that happened in the three battalions just now, the entire mixed regiment was relatively safe everywhere, several companies directly under the central government were not alarmed, the artillery company and the machine gun company were all under the iron control of the Tang regiment commander, although Song Hualong of the cavalry company was relatively close to Chen Daofeng, but before he could react, he was surrounded by Xiang Qianliang and his people, and the cavalry, which was already seriously short of formation, could not even touch the horses and had a fart, as for the two companies of engineers and baggage, they had no combat effectiveness, and I heard that there was really a fight outside. The frightened barracks door did not dare to go out. As for the second battalion, which was in a pivotal position, it was really as Tang Zhidao expected, not a single soldier ran out of the barracks, as if nothing had happened.