Rise from eight hundred.

Chapter 134

The third platoon and the third squad that had been escorting the lieutenant colonel and the army to the bridge did not enter the concession fortifications like others.

Instead, under the leadership of the third squad leader Zhu Laosan, the army, the lieutenant colonel and the rest of the officers and soldiers who came up stood at attention and saluted.

Without waiting for everyone to react, they quickly turned around and ran along the Suzhou River Bridge towards the warehouse.

What is this for?

The always calm Lu Jun was stunned.

These brothers have already crossed the river, why did they run back?The surrounding officers and soldiers were also puzzled.

"Return!" Qin Ruoyu, who was standing at the end of the line and did not come up to greet him, stood up straight and saluted!

Watching his comrades turn around from the already safe land and leave resolutely, until their figures disappeared on the bridge, tears welled up in their eyes, and the hand raised to the brow did not let go for a long time.

Of all the people here, only he knows that his comrades will not come back.

Although they can obviously stay here.

"Qin Ruoyu, tell me, what kind of tricks are Tang Dao and Mrs. Lei Xiongte up to?" Seeing a squad of soldiers leave resolutely, after a moment of astonishment, the lieutenant colonel's expression turned extremely ugly, staring at the sad-faced second lieutenant and platoon leader ,roar.

He knew that the second lieutenant who chose to return the gift must know something, and his two capable subordinates seemed to be hiding something from him.

"Regimental Deputy, Company Commander Tang and Company Commander Lei jointly decided that they will not leave!" Qin Ruoyu reported to the enraged lieutenant colonel in a tearful voice.

"Bastard!" the lieutenant colonel roared. "You are violating military orders, you are deceiving the chief, and you must follow the military law!"

"It's Japanese!" Qin Ruoyu looked at his commander's angry eyes without fear, pointing to the distance, with grief and indignation. "The two company commanders collectively judged that the Japanese plot to ambush our army failed yesterday, and today they must use the technique of attacking halfway. After the main force of our army has successfully withdrawn, they will block the army in the rear of our army, rather than being caught by others when they pass the bridge. Instead of massacre, it is better to continue to garrison the warehouse and fight to the death."

"Bastard, that's just a judgment. What's more, the main force of our army has arrived and can cover them. How can the Japanese army kill them?" The lieutenant colonel was like an enraged lion, rarely furious.

"Sir, we are out of weapons!" Qin Ruoyu's tears finally fell from his eyes.

As soon as they entered the concession ground, according to the previous agreement, all heavy equipment was taken over by the concession. Although the dozens of people who had just entered the concession had not handed over their weapons, they only had rifles, and all the heavy equipment that followed the second company and the third company had been handed over. to the designated area.

There, there are three heavy machine gun fortifications closely guarded, and the guns are aimed at these soldiers who have only light weapons.

The lieutenant colonel's face turned pale in an instant, and he looked at Lu Jun, who had also changed his face drastically, and then the two focused their eyes on Colonel James, the adjutant of the garrison commander of the concession, who was striding towards this side.

"Zhang, why did your soldiers go back again?" Colonel James also looked bad.

"Colonel James, my soldiers think that Japanese troops may attack them. I hope you can return the heavy equipment to our army. If it is inconvenient for you, we will cover them from crossing the bridge." The responsibility of the division chief of staff.

"That's impossible! Before the concession is under attack, no act of war can take place here, even if a stone is thrown on the battlefield." Colonel James flatly refused.

"Please order your soldiers to cross the river immediately, otherwise, I will report everything that happened here to Commander Smart, and we can no longer guarantee the safety of all of you here.

If the situation is serious, Her Majesty has authorized that, for the safety of the people of the empire, we will expel all the Chinese refugees here if necessary. "

"I'm here to persuade them."

Although I really want to punch the colonel of the empire on which the sun never sets, the safety of everyone here and the threat of hundreds of thousands of Chinese refugees are real weaknesses, and the army can only swallow it.

Leaving Lieutenant Colonel Lieutenant Colonel, whose face had gradually become dull, Lu Lu strode to the riverside directly opposite Sixing Warehouse.

Moonlight as water.

The nearest distance between the two sides of the strait is only more than [-] meters, which is enough for the army to see the general scene in the warehouse.

The young lieutenant stood in front of the window on the second floor with seven or eight soldiers, his figure straight.There were soldiers standing in the other rooms.

"Salute!" Tang Dao took the lead to stand at attention and salute.

The soldiers in all other rooms stood at attention and saluted.

Lu Lu standing on the riverside only felt a sudden chill, and before he could say anything, he felt that it seemed that there was no need for it.

"Chief of Staff Zhang, Chief Xie, Battalion Commander Yang, Battalion Commander Shangguan, Tang Dao is sorry for you." Tang Dao's voice came from afar.

"This time, I'm afraid Tang Dao won't be able to listen to your military orders. I can't leave a brother behind in a row. If I die, I have to die together!"

"It's the same with my machine gun company! I, Lei Xiong, will never leave another brother behind." Lei Xiong's loud voice came from the third floor.

"Tang Dao, Lei Xiong, you two bastards, do you know what you are doing?" Lu Lu was furious, pointing in the direction of the warehouse and shouting:

"You are not only disobeying the military order, but you are also pushing the elite of the more than 100 army to death. You will become the sinners of the 524 regiment."

"Chief of Staff Zhang, I'm sorry! I know what we are doing, but I still want to do it." Tang Dao's slightly sad voice came.

"Because, I know that once the Japanese army attacks, I have to make the choice of a strong man cutting off his wrists. The brothers who rush out may not live, but the brothers who stay behind will surely die."

Then, Tang Dao's voice became lower, so low that only those around him could hear his murmur clearly.

"In that case, even those who survived will still be living in a nightmare, because his own life was exchanged for the lives of several brothers. I have experienced it once, and I don't want to have such a nightmare again."

The army was at a loss for words.

He knew that even though the Japanese army hadn't moved until now, this was the most suspicious thing. The probability of what Tang Dao said was as high as 90.00%.

In front of so many people, he couldn't even say that he could live alone.

Even if it's the truth.

No one wants to be an outcast. Although they are not afraid of death, they are afraid of being abandoned.

"Lei Xiong, you bastard, get out of here quickly." That was the roar of battalion commander Yang Ruifu.

Among those present, besides the lieutenant colonel, he is the only one who has the right to scold the veteran Lei Xiong like that.

"Tang Dao, hurry up and come here with Lao Lei, your judgment may not be accurate every time. Don't waste time." Seeing the lieutenant colonel's face pale, Shangguan Yun could only bite the bullet and persuade him from the sidelines.

To be honest, at this point, Shangguan Yun, like many soldiers who have reacted, is still holding a little bit of luck.

Will the Japanese army be beaten or subdued last night, or will the Westerners negotiate with them?The attack may not necessarily be launched, Tang Dao and the others are simply thinking too much.

Only the lieutenant colonel's face was ashen and he didn't say anything.

Holding a horse in front of him with one hand, the veins on the back of the hand that no one can see are exposed.

It can be seen that his mood is agitated at this time.

Perhaps, it wasn't because the two generals under him violated the order on their own initiative, but because, as the leader of an army, he couldn't guarantee the safety of his subordinates.

Not only the ones facing each other, but even those who have already passed.

The concession garrison not only took away the heavy equipment first, but also dispatched at least one infantry battalion, fully armed and loaded with live ammunition, to divide the personnel of the two infantry companies and a part of the machine gun company that had already crossed the river into four groups, and surrounded them in a guarding manner. .

Can he not be angry?
"I don't care how many reasons you have, you can't violate the military order of the theater command!" The army had no choice but to show the majesty of the officer.

"You are now leading the team across the river. Nothing has happened. Otherwise, it will be a violation of the order. Not only the two of you will be punished by military law, but everyone else will also be held accountable!"

In a room on the third floor of the opposite warehouse building, a lantern was suddenly lit.

Although it was still dim, it was enough to clearly see the sadness on Lei Xiong's face standing by the window.

(End of this chapter)