Black Flag Army

On the morning of December 2nd, in the town of Okha, Sakhalin Island, the Russian soldiers, who had been a little lazy recently, had to tense up because Gebritsky suddenly wanted to hold a troop parade. The battalion commanders and company commanders also had to get busy. This time Gebritsky was quite annoyed. He scheduled the parade time for six in the morning, and most of the soldiers were still drowsy. Gebritsky caught a few typical ones and whipped them. Listening to the screams of other soldiers, officers at all levels could not help but feel frightened. Of course, some people thought that Gebritsky was making a fuss over nothing, and there was no need to torment the entire army for a few soldiers who made mistakes.

After beating up a few lazy soldiers, Gebriski opened the prepared manuscript and began his speech. After a few polite remarks, he changed the subject and said, "Brothers, now that Tsarist Russia is involved in the world war, the upper class is incompetent, and the country's economic situation is a mess, our troops in remote areas suffer every day. I can understand your hard work. But now is a critical moment for the country, and there are still people who are shameless and break into the Japanese territory to cause trouble and die. Most of Sakhalin Island was taken away by the Japanese. This is indeed a shame. We do have conflicts with the Japanese. , Recently, our friction with them has become increasingly frequent, but if you really have the ability to assassinate high-ranking Japanese officials or technical personnel, then I can turn a blind eye to it. Even if you can burn the Japanese army's food, as long as you can do it, even if the executor dies, I will report to the superiors to posthumously award you a medal. However, it is absolutely not allowed for a lustful person like Vasily to go to a Japanese brothel to seek pleasure. Captain Alexander has gone to the border to negotiate with the Japanese. As long as he is brought back, he will be shot on the spot. This is a very typical counterexample. You should learn from his death and be a qualified Russian soldier..."

After Gebrski said a lot, the military parade began in a tense atmosphere, and the Russian soldiers began to practice various training exercises. Soon, two Russian battalions suddenly began patrolling nearby. According to Gebrski, this was also part of the training. However, for the boring Russian soldiers, it was a good opportunity to rob the locals of their wealth and sex. Several young women were taken into the barracks as "bandits".

The Russian army's grand parade lasted for almost half a day and ended in the evening. However, this parade affected Leng Hanbing's plan. Gebriski was supposed to come to the tavern to drink at around 7 pm, but he was busy writing a summary in the evening because of the parade and was delayed for a long time. He suddenly had an idea and wanted to report some problems of the Russian army to his superiors through what he saw and heard in this parade. As a result, he was busy until 7 pm and it was not over yet. Gebriski was still busy revising his report. At this time, two of his soldiers came in. They were both Gebriski's guards and his drinking buddies. Seeing that he had not drunk until now, they were a little anxious and hoped that their superior would go to the tavern quickly. After all, this dinner was usually treated by Gebriski. Under all kinds of urging, Gebriski finally took them out of the barracks.

It was already 7:20 in the evening. Leng Hanbing, who was lying in ambush near the tavern, looked at his watch and seemed very anxious. Gebriski had not arrived at the tavern yet, and he and his action team were shivering with cold. Although they were all wearing thick cotton-padded clothes, Sakhalin Island in December was extremely cold, and there was a cold wind blowing around from time to time. The wind was as creepy as an ice knife when blowing on the face. Leng Xing, the thinnest member of the assassination team, had a few red and swollen hands. He asked tremblingly: "Chief, intelligence...could there be something wrong with the intelligence...? Why hasn't that... Russian... come yet?"

Leng Hanbing replied: "The intelligence is correct, but there were some accidents on the Russian side. According to the intelligence sent by Tang Zhan before, that guy Gebriski has some disease and suddenly held a military parade, so he may come to drink later, but the specific time cannot be determined, so we can only stay here. Please hold on for a while."

To prevent the bolt from freezing, they all put antifreeze oil in their guns.

After listening to Leng Hanbing's explanation, everyone had nothing to say and could only continue to wait. At about 7:30 in the evening, Gebriski and a dozen officers finally entered the tavern. The tavern owner was called Valentin, who was also an old acquaintance of Gebriski. When he saw Gebriski, he politely said: "Old friend, why are you so late today? I thought you were not going to come today. In addition, why are there so many people today?"

Gebriski smiled and said: "How could that be? I'm just busy today, so I'm a little late. I hope you won't be angry. By the way, my brothers are tired today, so there are a lot of people coming. Are there any extra seats? We can't let those Mongols take them away."

Valentin said with a smile: "Who dares to take your seat? I've kept it for you. Are the wine and food still the same as before?"

Gebriski nodded in agreement, then led his men to his old seat. Leng Hanbing, who observed all this, seemed extremely excited. Seeing that the opportunity for revenge was right in front of him, he said to his men, "Everyone cheer up, the enemy has appeared. Watch my gestures later, and when I give the signal, you will follow me to rush in."

Yin Quan on the side suddenly said: "Chief, the original plan was to wait until they are drunk before taking action. Now we are taking action in advance, and it is difficult to guarantee that there will be no accidents."

Leng Hanbing said: "If we delay any longer, everyone will be frozen to death. The enemy's actions have changed, and we can't stick to the rules. We must learn to adapt to the circumstances."

At 7:40 in the evening, Yin Quan led Leng Hanbing and several members of the action team into the Gray Tavern. There was harsh music playing in the tavern, and more than a hundred people were crowded inside, most of them were Tsarist Russian sailors and merchants, there were also a few Mongolian merchants, and a dozen Tsarist Russian officers led by Gebriski. Under the dim light, the air was filled with the pungent smell of cigarettes and alcohol, the laughter of sailors, and the screams of waitresses who were groped.

Yin Quan whispered to Leng Hanbing, "The tall man in the bearskin coat sitting by the window is Gebriski. We are in trouble. There are more Tsarist Russian officers coming tonight than before."

Leng Hanbing noticed a man in a bearskin coat sitting by the window. He had yellow hair, small eyes, a hooked nose, and was about fifty years old. Behind him were two guards carrying sniper rifles. He was talking to a major officer across the table. There were several bottles of vodka on the table. Leng Hanbing also noticed that many sailors also had revolvers on their waists.

Because the hall was too crowded and it was impossible to get close to the target, Leng Hanbing decided to take the risk of long-range sniping. He winked at the guard Leng Xing, who immediately took out a sniper rifle with a sheath from his back and handed it to Leng Hanbing, while blocking the view of others with his body. Leng Hanbing took the gun, removed the sheath, and loaded the bullet into the chamber with very skilled and agile movements.

Leng Hanbing raised his gun and aimed. A waitress serving plates blocked the target. Leng Hanbing held the trigger and paused for three seconds. The major sitting opposite the target saw it, shouted, and started to pull out his gun. Leng Hanbing no longer hesitated and pulled the trigger.

With a "bang", the bullet went through the waitress's neck and hit Gubriski in the chest. The gun was originally aimed at his head, but when he saw the major's reaction, he stood up and turned around to look, but was shot in the chest and fell into the chair.

The major who pulled out his pistol was shot dead by Leng Xing first. Leng Hanbing, Leng Yue and other team members also shot at the same time. These Russian officers were caught off guard. When they pulled out their guns, four or five people were killed on the spot, including the two guards. The waitress found that her neck was bleeding and screamed. The guests in the tavern were also frightened by the gunshots. The whole tavern fell into chaos in an instant, but there were also people with quick eyes and hands. A lieutenant reacted quickly and pulled out his gun and shot Leng Xing. Leng Xing was too close to Gebriski before and could not react in time. He was shot in the middle of his eyebrows and fell to the ground. The lieutenant was immediately shot dead by Leng Hanbing. Leng Hanbing took advantage of the chaos and his subordinates looked for cover and started a gunfight with Gebriski's subordinates.

Leng Hanbing began to fight and retreat, shouting to his men: "Don't get entangled with the enemy, retreat quickly!"

However, the enemies seemed to have seen through Leng Hanbing's intention. A Russian officer threw a grenade without regard for the safety of civilians, instantly overturning nearby tables and chairs. The debris was scattered everywhere, hindering the action team's progress. Three Russian officers took this opportunity to kick over the counter, using it as a cover to occupy the door, and kept shooting at people approaching the door. Civilians who wanted to escape died one after another under the Russians' guns. The Russian officers also used the chaotic situation to disrupt the action team's retreat plan, and Leng Hanbing and his men did not want to kill civilians, resulting in a stalemate.

On the other side, the sound of grenades alarmed the Russian troops in the nearby military camp. The Russian soldiers on guard noticed the explosion in the tavern. A patrol team composed of a Russian guard platoon began to rush to the tavern. Just as the Russian troops entered the black bridge deck, the pocket mines on it were suddenly detonated, and more than a dozen Russian soldiers were immediately blown to pieces. At the same time, several light machine guns suddenly opened fire, and bullets swept towards the Russian soldiers like a storm. In just a few minutes, most of the Russian platoons were killed or wounded, and the ones who ambushed them were the members of the action team led by Liu Zhendong. Liu Zhendong raised his sniper rifle, killed the sentry in the watchtower, and continued shooting with his subordinates. Soon a platoon of Russian troops was wiped out.

However, the Russian support continued. A large number of cavalry rushed out with sabers waving. Liu Zhendong and his men had no time to clean up the battlefield. They set up machine guns and continued to fire. A machine gunner was suddenly shot and fell. Liu Zhendong immediately hid in the bunker. He realized that the enemy had a sniper hiding in the dark. At the same time, he looked towards the tavern, hoping that Leng Hanbing could come out earlier, because his side had too few people after all, and they could not hold off the Russians for long.

Leng Hanbing was very careful in his work. He had ten members in his team, but he only brought five with him and left five outside the tavern just in case. These five people played an important role at this time. They attacked the three Russian officers from behind. After a burst of gunfire, the three officers fell in a pool of blood. Leng Hanbing, Yin Quan and Leng Yue took the opportunity to rush out, but there were only three of them left, and the other four had all died.

In the military camp, the Tsarist Russian officers had already thought of a way to deal with the mines, which was to drive a group of pack horses pulling carts into the minefield. After hundreds of pack horses died, the mines exploded. Liu Zhendong exchanged a few shots with the last sniper of the Tsarist Russian Army and finally killed his opponent. He was also shot in the shoulder. More than half of the action team was also killed or wounded. At this time, Tang Zhan rushed over and said, "Chief Leng and his men have already rushed out. We can retreat now."

Liu Zhendong watched the Russian cavalrymen roaring over, picked up his machine gun and fired while saying, "Without the mines, the enemy will chase us without restraint. We won't be able to run a few steps before we are all hacked to death by the cavalrymen's sabers. We must leave one soldier behind to block the attack with a machine gun for a few minutes, otherwise no one will survive. I will stay behind to block the attack, and you retreat!"

Liu Zhendong's team members were vying to stay, but Tang Zhan grabbed the machine gun and said, "It's best for me to stay. You just arrived and are not familiar with the situation. Our intelligence team has lived in the town for a few days and has become familiar with some of the locals. I can hide in their homes and come to the dock to find you after the search is over."

Seeing that they were still hesitating, Tang Zhan shouted, "Captain Liu! The situation is extremely urgent now. We can't waste any more time."

Liu Zhendong had no choice but to lead the remaining members of the action team and retreat to the agreed point with the wounded on their backs, leaving a machine gun and all the bullets to Tang Zhan. After they met up with Leng Hanbing and the others, they ran from the sewer to the dock. After getting on the boat, Liu Zhendong said to the captain, "We have to wait for one more person before we can leave."

So after the fishing boat left the dock 500 meters away, it kept drifting back and forth, waiting for Tang Zhan to send a signal from the dock. However, after waiting all night, there was no news from Tang Zhan. The next morning, Yin Quan looked at the dock with a telescope, and soon, he shed tears and said to Liu Zhendong: "Captain Liu! We don't have to wait any longer. Team Leader Tang has died."

Liu Zhendong was shocked and quickly grabbed the telescope to look at the dock. He saw that the Tsarist Russians had hung several human heads on the flagpole at the dock, one of which was Tang Zhan.

Leng Yue said: "We can't let Team Leader Tang's head hang like this. We should take it down and bury it before we leave."

Liu Zhendong said calmly: "The Russians are on full alert. If we go ashore now, we will die in vain."

Leng Hanbing's eyes turned red, and he said, "Tang Zhan and Leng Xing sacrificed themselves to help me get revenge. When we take over Sakhalin Island in the future, we must build bronze statues for them on the island so that people in the future will remember them forever."

Liu Zhendong said: "They sacrificed their lives to avenge the innocent souls of more than 6,000 Chinese people. This is not only a family hatred, but also a national hatred!"

Yin Quan wiped away his tears and said, "Team Leader Tang used to have a bad temper and acted rudely. Bian Zhimei had a problem with him, so he failed in his competition with Sun Xiaotie for the position of deputy leader of the Kulun Intelligence Group. Later, he changed his ways and became more serious and careful in his work, and he was no longer rude. He said that Bian Zhimei would definitely look at him with new eyes the next time she saw him, but it's a pity that Bian Zhimei will never see him again."