Chapter 432: The Mercenary's Retreat (2)
"What is in heaven?" William?? Hesse asked the surveyor in a low voice. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info At this point, the mercenaries withdrew from the town on the grounds that they 'didn't want to disturb the people'. In fact, the head of the mercenary issued a gag order, and all the contents of the flying objects in the sky were not allowed to be told to the public. As one of the members who saw that flying machine with their own eyes, William?? Hesse and the rest of the witnesses were gathered together separately.
The Centurion replied, "I think it could be a small airship." ”
"How could it be a small airship!" The surveyor exclaimed, "Do you know how fast that thing is? As far as I've observed, that thing has to fly at least 100 kilometers an hour. ”
No one wanted to challenge the surveyor's authority, so the personnel who saw the aircraft were silent. More than 100 kilometers per hour, this speed is only slower than bullets among the moving objects known to mercenaries, and those slow-flying airships are nothing compared to this weapon.
William?? Hesse subconsciously swallowed his saliva, and then asked unconfidently, "Everyone, are you sure you haven't seen dazzling?" ”
"Humph! Everybody's dazzled, you're really funny. The Ten-Captain replied with a sneer.
Are you sure you read that right, William?? Hesse asked, "So what's next?" ”
"Evacuate next." The voice of the mercenary head in William?? Hesse sounded behind him.
Although startled by the voice of the head, William?? Hesse had a smile on his face. In the face of such a terrifying Chinese, William?? Hesse had no intention of continuing the fight.
"Can you evacuate safely?" The Ten-Captain frowned.
"Why can't you leave?" The surveyor was puzzled.
"What is the purpose of the Chinese in developing such a machine?" The ten-captain asked the surveyor.
"This ......, probably, is it to check the terrain?" The surveyor replied unconfidently.
"How big is that machine?" The Captain of Ten then asked.
The surveyor frowned and thought for a while before he said, "Every time I do that kind of measurement, I can't judge." As far as I think, it's probably less than ten meters. ”
"Good!" The Centurion first expressed his approval of the data provided by the surveyor, and he continued: "They must be used in the same way as hot air balloons, to observe the terrain and see where the enemy is moving. Now that this machine is on top of our heads, what do you think the Chinese will do next? It was a guy about ten meters long, and couldn't there be a radio transmitter in it? As long as they have a radio transmitter, they can command thousands of troops at will. ”
The surveyor was silent, he understood the meaning of the words of the Ten-Captain. If a large number of Chinese troops are coming now, it is indeed a question whether the mercenary group can retreat safely.
The leader of the mercenary group did not think deeply, nor was he at a loss. He gave the order, "Everyone immediately prepare luggage, water, food, ammunition and so on." Let's get out of here as soon as possible. Hurry up and do it, and reassemble in forty minutes. ”
There's something in my heart, William?? Hesse didn't bother to negotiate the price anymore, so he and everyone went into town after a brief division of labor. Someone was filling up a military kettle bought from China at the well, someone was buying something to eat. William?? Hesse, who was in charge of some of the logistical supplies, ran into the largest store in town and found tobacco inside. Tobacco is probably the best supply for a tense march, and it does make everyone relax as much as possible.
The deal was done quickly, William?? Hesse found that, as he thought, Americans did not accept paper money, and the price of trading silver coins was much lower than the price intelligence had been gathered earlier. It seems that the Yankees' economy has really been greatly affected.
After the troops gathered again, the head of the mercenaries showed everyone the return route on the map. Instead of following the railroad along the route they had come, they moved first to the southeast and then to the north. If you can go back to the railroad to retrieve your luggage, you can get your luggage back and flee along the railway. Now it seems that it must have been the Chinese troops who sabotaged the railway, and the reason for their sabotage was naturally not to be attacked by American reinforcements when they attacked the American towns in this area.
"Let's go!" After briefly explaining the route, the leader immediately ordered action. The leader ordered the mercenaries to bring the American official with him, not because everyone thought the official's life and death were important, but because with this guy with the official letter of Wardenton, the movement of the troops could reduce a lot of problems. A group of German mercenaries marching on American soil always feels wrong.
The officials didn't know what the mercenaries were trying to do, but he was really given preferential treatment this time. The mercenaries put him on the horse they bought. He was accompanied by two mule carts hired at a high price, and the luggage was piled on top of the mule carts. Without the slightest hesitation, the mercenary leader, like everyone else, left the town and set off with only the necessary items such as rifles and water bottle cartridge belts.
"What the hell is going on?" Officials have been asking.
The mercenary leader calmly told the officer, "We're going back to get our luggage." The terms you came up with are completely different from what we talked about before. ”
"We were talking about you helping those towns train vigilantes, what's the difference?" The officials haven't figured out the problem yet, and they are still stubborn.
"What we said was that you were going to transport us to our destination by train. Now that the Chinese have been able to destroy the railway line, you still say that it is the same as before. We're here to train your troops, not to fight for you! The mercenary leader's voice was very relaxed, at this time he actually did not have the slightest need to be hostile to the officials, but at this time he just needed to negotiate the conditions with the officials slowly.
"That's not right!" The officer did not give in, but he sat on his horse and walked forward with the troops. After all, the official received an order to act with this force, and if he left this unit to act alone, the official could go back directly to his life. And the direction of reinstatement is actually the same as the direction of action of these mercenaries.
After these people walked for an hour, the guards shouted, "The Chinese are coming!" The Chinese rushed over! ”
Everyone knew that they should run away at this time, but no one ran away, and everyone turned their heads to look. I saw smoke and dust in the distance of the field, and there were some vague huge figures inside. The targets of these figures seem to be the direction of these people.
After confirming the situation, the head shouted: "Speed up the march!" Then take the lead and run forward, get up and run. ”
The U.S. official was so frightened that he immediately asked condescendingly, "What's that?" ”
"That's the stuff that can kill us." The mercenary leader replied, and then quickened his pace.