Black Flag Army

The other two directors of the company, Leng Hanbing and Hong Tianlie, went to the ironware factory and the pharmaceutical factory to explain to the workers and take command. Each of the three factories was equipped with a light machine gun. When Bai Xiuling, the president of Zhengqing Association, led the students of Zhengqing School to form a stretcher team and came to the ironware factory, he saw Leng Hanbing giving a speech to the security team.

Leng Hanbing said loudly: "Although I am not the captain anymore, I have trained all the veterans among you. I know you have suffered a lot of grievances in the past. Those workers said that you get double their wages, but you just hang around every day except for training, and you don't work at all. That's because they don't understand the principle of raising soldiers for a thousand days and using them for a moment. Today is the time for you to show your value. You must use your life and blood to defend this factory. The gangsters are a mob, and you are all well-trained elites. I believe you can definitely defeat them. Do you have confidence in yourself?"

Thirty security guards answered in unison: "Confidence!"

After the lecture, Bai Xiuling handed Leng Hanbing a first aid kit and said with a smile: "I didn't realize you were so talkative. It seems that the nickname of Leng the Mute was wrong."

Leng Hanbing took the first aid kit and said, "When I was in the Flying Eagle Gang, I didn't want to talk, so it was right to call me Leng Yaba. Now that the Justice Party is so important, of course I have to be loyal to my duties. What are you doing here?"

Bai Xiuling said: "When the fight starts, there will inevitably be casualties. Brother Di asked us to do a good job of logistics and sent you a few boxes of medicine and first aid kits, and there is also a stretcher team to help you carry the wounded."

Leng Hanbing shook his head and said, "You should go to the textile factory, which is the focus of the enemy's attack. Our ironware factory has sufficient ammunition, and the casualties should be small. You just need to leave a few stretchers. There are hundreds of male workers here. If there are any wounded, you can carry them yourself."

When Leng Hanbing was giving a speech to the security team, Deputy Factory Director Guo Zhiliang and his nephew Guo Jincai were also there. Guo Jincai was the son of Factory Director Guo Zhiming, who was seventeen years old this year. He disliked Leng Hanbing and whispered to his uncle: "I heard that this guy is only sixteen years old, one year younger than me, and he speaks in an airy manner, as if he is a big official. Isn't it just because he followed the boss early that he became a small manager?"

Guo Zhiliang scolded: "Don't talk nonsense. Although he is younger than you, he is much more capable than you in all aspects."

After Leng Hanbing sent Bai Xiuling away, he saw Guo Zhiliang and several engineers coming over, so he asked, "Director Guo, what can I do for you?"

Guo Zhiliang said: "I heard that there are a lot of gangsters coming this time. The workers hope to be given guns to join the fight and do their part to protect the factory. Although I and a few engineers are old, we also want to join them. My nephew also wants to join the fight."

Leng Hanbing said: "The workers can be issued guns and ammunition, but you and a few engineers can forget about it. The chairman said that you are the pillars of the company and cannot be harmed."

Guo Zhiliang wanted to say more, but Leng Hanbing said sternly: "This is the chairman's order, don't make it difficult for me."

Guo Jincai became furious and rushed over to quarrel with Leng Hanbing. Guo Zhiliang was shocked and quickly covered his mouth and dragged him away.

Seeing that the security squadron was too small, Leng Hanbing distributed guns and ammunition to all the workers and asked them to lie in ambush and wait for the sound of his gun before shooting. Leng Hanbing entered the third-floor window of the ironware factory office building, which was an excellent sniper position. He used a rag to wipe the black tables and chairs by the window clean, brought a box of rifle bullets, sat down on a chair, and filled the chambers of the three sniper rifles with bullets.

At 8 pm, Guan Xue led more than 280 armed men to take a shortcut, bypass the Huangcaoling Pass, climb a mountain, and rush to the ironware factory in Nankou Town. They found it quiet inside and seemed defenseless. Guan Xue said to his subordinates Cheng Daleng, Zhang Ersha and others: "Pass the order, the first person who rushes into the ironware factory and opens the armory door will be rewarded with 50 dollars!"

Cheng Da was stunned and said, "President! I heard that Di has a lot of subordinates! There are more than 300 people in the patrol battalion alone, and more than 100 people in the security team. Isn't our number too small?"

Guan Xue said, "Don't worry. Today, the three major gangs are attacking together. Ding Heigui led the Beilang Gang to attack the Weili Pharmaceutical Factory, with at least 300 people. Xu Ying led the Guiying Gang to attack the Weili Textile Factory, with at least 500 people. The Guiying Gang also sent a group of people, led by Duan Gang, to attack the Weili Hotel. By then, Di will be too busy to rescue the Iron Factory."

Most of the more than 200 men under Guan Xue were armed with swords and javelins, and only one-third had guns. This was why Guan Xue was eager to attack the iron factory. The Japanese told her that there were many guns and ammunition in the iron factory's arsenal.

Hearing this, Cheng Daleng and Zhang Ersha were relieved and began to pass on the order. Guan Xue led more than 100 people to guard nearby, and Zhang Ersha led about 100 members to organize an attack. He was about to say a few words of encouragement when some of the gang members ignored the order and rushed directly to the iron factory. The iron gate of the iron factory was ajar and was easily knocked open. On both sides were blue brick walls more than two meters high. Zhang Ersha hurriedly followed and heard a gunshot. A leader of the Qinglong Society fell to the ground. Then there was a burst of gunfire, and a burst of "da da da" machine gun sounds rang in their ears. The members who rushed into the factory were immediately swept down by machine gun bullets. There were heavy casualties, and the people behind were scared and ran back quickly. Zhang Ersha quickly fired a gun to warn them not to retreat. Some people stopped running and lay down on the spot. At this time, gunshots were heard from the roofs and windows of several nearby buildings. The gunmen of the Qinglong Society were shot one after another. Zhang Ersha and his subordinates quickly opened fire. Two security guards who were located outside were shot and fell to the ground. The other security guards dragged their companions who were shot into the bunker and found that one of them had died and the other was also seriously injured. After the seriously injured were simply bandaged with first aid kits, they were sent to the rear hospital on a stretcher. The Qinglong Society threw several grenades. Zhang Ersha used the huge smoke caused by the grenade explosion to start looking for a place to hide, but he still did not find other enemies. Suddenly, accompanied by a gunshot, Zhang Ersha was shot in the head, bleeding profusely, and fell to the ground and died. The person who fired the gun was Leng Hanbing who was hiding on the third floor. Leng Hanbing was holding a Mosin-Nagant rifle with a scope, which could snipe at a distance of 500 meters. The other attacking members were in chaos again. Leng Hanbing changed his rifle and continued shooting. The security team threw grenades, and the remaining dozen or so people in the first group attacking the iron factory were all killed or injured. The seriously injured fell to the ground screaming.

Of the one hundred members of the Qinglong Society who participated in the attack, less than ten returned with injuries. A slightly injured leader of the Qinglong Society hurried to Guan Xue and nervously said to her, "Chairman... President, Hall Master Zhang is dead. The enemy had an ambush, and they also had sharpshooters who specialized in targeting leaders. Hall Master Zhang and several team leaders were killed by the sharpshooters."

Hearing this, Guan Xue felt a little doubtful. She began to suspect that there was a traitor in the Qinglong Society and turned her attention to Wang Mazi and his group. Although Wang Mazi surrendered to Guan Xue after the gunfight in the Qinglong Society, he was not convinced in his heart and was now suspected by Guan Xue.

Wang Mazi saw Guan Xue staring at him, so he said: "Why are you looking at me, Chairman Guan? Do you want me to attack? My men don't even have many guns. If they go up, they will just die. Don't you see how fierce the enemy's firepower is? These are not factory workers, they are clearly a well-trained army. We have all been tricked by the Japanese."

After failing in the fight for the presidency, Wang Mazi's faction, except for the two hall masters, had no guns even among the leaders, not to mention the ordinary members. Guan Xue said: "Vice President Wang has misunderstood. I just think that the enemy has obviously ambushed and it will be difficult to force our way in. I hope that the vice president can take some people to take a small path to the back door and attack from both sides."

Wang Mazi was about to refuse, but he noticed that Guan Xue's two confidants, Meixiang and Lanyan, had pointed their guns at him, so he had to say, "How dare I not work hard when the president has given orders?" So, Guan Xue asked Cheng Daleng and several other confidants to follow Wang Mazi's men to attack the ironware factory by detour, with a total of more than 40 people, while Guan Xue himself led the remaining more than 100 people to continue the frontal attack.

When Guan Qier heard that there was a sharpshooter in the iron factory, he hurriedly moved away from Guan Xue's position, because Guan Xue was definitely the sharpshooter's target. Guan Qier knew that the Justice Party had three sharpshooters. The first one was Liu Zhendong, but he had gone to Guangdong and had not returned yet. The second one was Di Xiong, but as the chairman, it was more likely that he was in the textile factory. Then the sharpshooter in the iron factory could only be Leng Hanbing. Thinking that he was an intelligence agent of the Justice Party, it would be too unfair if he was killed by the sharpshooter of the Justice Party.

Just when the Qinglong Society's attack on the ironware factory was not going smoothly, a gunfight broke out at the pharmaceutical factory. Hong Tianlie's arrangement for the ambush was not very good, and he fell into chaos after the battle started. The machine gunner was in a bad position and was unfortunately killed by Ding Heigui's grenade. The machine gun was also blown up, and the two sides entered a chaotic gunfight. Fortunately, Ding Heigui was also a reckless person. He only knew to lead people to rush forward. Therefore, the casualties of the Beilang Gang were also increasing. The attacks had been repelled again and again. In addition, there were only more than 100 real armed personnel in the Beilang Gang. The others were temporary hired rogues. Many of them did not know how to use guns, and even accidentally shot their own people. In addition to a squadron of security guards, Hong Tianlie's subordinates also had more than 50 people from the Sharp Knife Society's death squad. Therefore, the total number of people exceeded Leng Hanbing's side, and the pressure was relatively smaller than that of the ironware factory.

After several chaotic exchanges of fire, the North Wolf Gang had suffered heavy casualties and was forced to withdraw from the factory area. There were wounded and wailing wounded and corpses everywhere. However, due to blind shooting, both sides began to have problems with insufficient ammunition, and the gunshots began to become sparse. Ding Heigui's North Wolf Gang obviously had the advantage in numbers, so he led his men to charge again. After another batch of casualties, this time, he finally rushed into the gate of the pharmaceutical factory, but the North Wolf Gang had no order at all and crowded at the door in a mess. At this moment, a huge explosion came from behind Ding Heigui. It turned out that the people of the Sharp Knife Society went around the side of the North Wolf Gang and used grenades to disrupt the attacking team of the North Wolf Gang. Several leaders under Ding Heigui were also killed. Then, the workers of the pharmaceutical factory and the people of the Sharp Knife Society picked up their swords and started a hand-to-hand fight with the chaotic North Wolf Gang. At this time, Ding Heigui himself noticed that the retreat was about to be cut off. He was careless for a moment and was hit by a javelin on the pistol in his right hand, and the pistol flew out of his hand. Ding Heigui felt something was wrong, so he quickly pulled out his machete and hid behind a wall. At this moment, he noticed the sound of the wind and quickly leaned back to avoid a knife attack. He saw that the person who swung the machete at Ding Heigui was Hong Tianlie.

Unlike Leng Hanbing who likes to shoot from behind, Hong Tianlie prefers hand-to-hand combat and likes to rush to the front, which causes him to get injured every time.

On the other side, unlike the North Wolf Gang, which was about to be driven to the brink of extinction, the Ghost Shadow Gang's attack was quite fierce and cautious, and the situation at the textile factory was not optimistic. Except for Duan Gang, the other four leaders of the Ghost Shadow Gang were brought by Xu Ying, and most of the elite members of the Ghost Shadow Gang also arrived. After being ambushed by Di Xiong and the security team, the Ghost Shadow Gang suffered dozens of casualties, and the leader Duan Zhi was also killed by Di Xiong with a sniper rifle, but the leader Duan Yong took over the command under Xu Ying's order. In the subsequent exchange of fire, both the Ghost Shadow Gang and the security team suffered casualties.

Acting gang leader Xu Ying, also known as Yokota Sakurako, was only in her twenties, but she already had the aura of a local tyrant. She was thin, pale, and fierce-looking. She felt that this attack was too slow, so she asked the leader Duan Ren to prepare cluster grenades and bomb the weak points on the side walls of the textile factory. Yokota Sakurako could do this because the Ghost Shadow Gang had the support of the Japanese. The largest number of guns and grenades. After detonating nearly a batch of grenades, a gap was blown open on the side of the textile factory. Some members of the Ghost Shadow Gang, led by their leader Duan Ren, also began to attack from the gap. In order to block the gap, Di Xiong asked Ma Tiehan and Wu Chunfeng to bring 15 people to defend. There were only 30 security guards in a squadron, and half of them were sent out. In this way, the pressure on Di Xiong became even greater. The squadron leader of the security team was also shot and killed. Di Xiong's guard Di Chun was also shot in the forehead and bleeding. Di Xiong dropped his sniper rifle, picked up a five-round rifle, and quickly fired at the Ghost Shadow Gang's attackers, knocking down three leaders in succession. There were also dozens of male workers such as mechanics and porters in the textile factory, but they were untrained and could only shoot randomly with their guns, wasting bullets in vain.

When a gap was blown open on the side of the textile factory, some female workers in the factory also noticed it. Some of them screamed loudly, and some sat on the ground shaking. At this time, the workshop director Ji Fang shouted: "Don't be afraid, everyone. The boss gave us weapons to deal with situations like this."

Then, she raised her gun and aimed it at the gap, then shot and knocked down two members of the Ghost Shadow Gang. Lu Cainiang and some other brave female workers also raised their guns and fired indiscriminately at the gap. The members of the Ghost Shadow Gang were also shooting, knocking down several workers. At this time, Ma Tiehan had arrived with a dozen security team members, and Wu Chunfeng also picked up the machine gun from the dead machine gunner and began firing at the enemies in the gap.

At this time, the situation at the main entrance of the textile factory became increasingly difficult. The casualties of the Ghost Shadow Gang had reached hundreds, but more than 300 people still rushed in. The number of members of the defending security team was decreasing, and they retreated step by step. Zhang Kuwa had run out of bullets in his hand, and he quickly moved to the position of the ammunition box to replenish ammunition, but Duan Yong of the Ghost Shadow Gang noticed his figure. He shot Zhang Kuwa's leg. Zhang Kuwa was unstable and quickly rolled into a pit to bandage his wound. Duan Yong gestured to command two of his men to approach the pit with guns to kill Zhang Kuwa, while he hid in the dark to observe. Di Xiong, who was nearby, saw that Zhang Kuwa was about to be killed, so he leaned forward and risked shooting and killing Duan Yong's two men. Duan Yong was sharp-eyed and saw Di Xiong shooting, and quickly shot back, but was dodged by Di Xiong. Duan Yong, who was eager to make a contribution, did not call other members of the Ghost Shadow Gang, and slowly moved to Di Xiong's position.

At this time, Sakurako Yokota, who was far away, observed the actions of Duan Yong and Di Xiong with a telescope, and said to a man with a tile-knife face behind her: "Mr. Shiraishi, the location of the Chinese man named Di has been found. He is shooting at Duan Yong on the right side of the central building. I don't think Duan Yong can kill him, you can go out."

The man with a tile knife face wearing the Ghost Shadow Gang uniform was named Shiraishi Hiroshi. He was one of the Black Dragon Society members sent by Kawashima Naniwa to kill Di Xiong. After hearing what Yokota Sakurako said, he replied, "Hi!" Then he and three other disguised Black Dragon Society members ran straight to where Di Xiong was.

At this time, at the gap, Ma Tiehan finally found an opportunity and shot the leader Duan Ren with a rifle. The members of the Ghost Shadow Gang immediately lost their fighting spirit and retreated.

At this time, a worker rushed over to report: "Captain Ma, many people from the Ghost Shadow Gang rushed in over there. Several people from the security team were killed, the squadron leader was also killed, and the boss's two bodyguards were also injured. The boss is in great danger."

Ma Tiehan was shocked and said to Wu Chunfeng, "Mr. Di must not get into trouble. You stay at the gap and I will go to support Mr. Di."

He snatched the machine gun from Wu Chunfeng's hand and rushed towards the gate.