Chapter 76: Dawn
If staying in this secluded temporary shelter until dawn can completely avoid the enemy's edge, and the companions who return to the "lair" of the sewers in the northeast of the city can be safe, then Weiss would not mind taking the rearguard team here for half a day. However, these assumptions are only theoretical, and no one can guarantee anything. If the situation deteriorates, the only ones who can stand up and save the situation are Weiss and his elite team.
So, after a short break of forty minutes, Weiss returned to the journey with his brave and tenacious Union soldiers.
Until dawn arrives, the underground world of Aocheng is always in a state of being invisible unless there is an artificial light source to provide illumination, but after the baptism of blood and fire, the environment here has quietly changed. In addition to the original damp and mildew, you can capture the bitterness and sweetness, and the access walkway is not only slippery, but a bullet casing that has been left on the ground can be accidentally kicked on the ground. The bullet casings hit the ground and the walls, emitting a series of slight and crisp sounds, instantly making people feel like they were overpowered, and every hair stood on end!
The jingling sound still echoed in the ears, and even without Weiss's signal, everyone stopped in unison, raised their weapons, posed, and even held their breath, but after a while, there was still no unusual sound in the sewers. Weiss entered a special field of vision, and looked in all directions, front, back, left, and right, and was convinced that the danger alarm had been lifted.
The Normans are pulling out of the sewers?
Weiss himself felt that this assumption was unreliable. It is true that the Normans should not have stationed a large number of troops in the dark and dirty sewers until the Union army in the south of the city was completely defeated, but after being attacked by the "sewer stalkers" one after another, with the Normans' usual temperament, they will not give up easily until they take revenge. If there was anything that would have allowed the Normans to leave the area quickly, it would have been because they had engaged in exchanges with their opponents in other areas.
Could it be the "old nest" located in the northeastern city? The urban guerrillas that they managed to pull up, and the ammunition and materials that they had managed to hoard with great difficulty, should not be destroyed in one fell swoop!
Thinking of this potential possibility, Weiss's mood suddenly became anxious, and he continued to move forward with his soldiers. While keeping the speed of movement as fast as possible, they had to be careful of the objects on the ground that might make noises, and they had to be prepared for the possibility of an enemy situation that might arise at any time, and even if they were highly concentrated, they would inevitably make mistakes. Although Weiss has its own reconnaissance system, the duration of use and the number of consecutive uses depend on mental stamina, and it cannot be effective anytime and anywhere. As a result, when passing through the fourth fork, they suddenly "bumped into" a large group of Normans, to be precise, at the bend of a sewer, and saw a large number of Norman soldiers gathered in the sewer ahead. As far as the eye can see, it's like you've come to a rat's nest – no, it's a cockroach nest!
Luckily, Weiss, who was at the head of the line, stopped the car in time and took a half-step back, keeping his figure out of sight of the Normans. The Federation soldiers who followed them were fortunate not to add to the chaos, and they quickly stopped, waiting with absolute trust for the commander's next order.
Weiss steadied himself, trying to calm his breathing. He didn't have time to take a closer look at that glance just now, but it was estimated that there were hundreds of Norman soldiers. These guys sat or stood on the sides of the sewer during the repairs, not only did they not say a word, but they didn't even turn on their flashlights. If he hadn't noticed a significant change in the aura in front of him and squinted at it, Weiss and his brothers would have been planted directly into the enemy's pile. The disparity in strength is so big, do you still have to fight?
It is difficult to outwit the enemy, and the best way is to take a detour. Weiss did not hesitate at all, and walked back with the brothers, but as soon as they reached the necessary fork, they found two Norman soldiers turning into the section where they were from another fork in the road, and not only that, but they also noticed the existence of this group of Union soldiers, and immediately said: "Who is in front?" ”
Weiss hurriedly replied in Norman: "My own people! ”
"Password!" The other party said again.
Password? There is still a password!
There is no way to fool around with this kind of thing, Weiss knows it, so he doesn't take any chances, he whispers "all attack", and without giving the other party any time to react, he directly raises his gun and shoots. At this time, the distance between the two sides was only about ten meters, and although Weiss's shot was not carefully aimed, it still hit the enemy in the chest. At such a distance, the power of a large-caliber revolver was enough to blast a bloody hole in the body of a Norman soldier, and one shot could seriously injure and kill two, but the disadvantage was that the penetration was limited, and even if a shot was fired in the chest, it was difficult to penetrate the body and then kill and injure those who followed.
Weiss fired continuously, and not to be outdone, the Union soldiers in enemy territory fired explosive fire. In the dark sewers, the clatter of Grumman's rifles was particularly powerful, and the light of the muzzle flame burst into view of the painful faces and fallen postures of the enemy.
The output of his companions was strong, and Weiss quickly dodged after emptying the five rounds in the pistol wheel. As soon as the guns rang out, the Norman soldiers who had been assembled on standby before would definitely rush to this side, they were so numerous that non-machine guns or grenades would not be effective in trying to stop them. With this in mind, Weiss held the gun in his left hand and took a pineapple bullet from his back waist with his right hand, pulled the pull tab, and threw it violently behind him. The pineapple bullet fell and exploded, just at the bend where they had stopped, and several Norman soldiers rushed there, unaware that the Grim Reaper was standing in front of them because they were out of sight and there was no one to warn them.
When the first thunder he threw out exploded, Weiss felt another one from behind him, saw the right moment, threw it with just the right amount of force, and then roared: "All assault! ”
Attack means fighting, assault means battle rush. At this moment, Weiss's soldiers had neatly dealt with the enemy in front of them. They leaped past the corpses of their enemies, quickly and decisively through the forks, and then ran wildly, oblivious to the anger of the Normans, who roared and shouted, and vented their anger with bullets.
Turning into a remote fork in the road at two forks, Weiss led his soldiers to slow down until they came to a complete stop. As their breathing had calmed, they reloaded their ammunition and took out the pinefish bullets from their battle bags and hung them in the vacant position of their belts, alerting them to the intricate sounds of the sewers......
After a moment of calm observation, Weiss whispered, "Attention! Follow me! ”
After speaking, he held a gun in one hand and a bullet in the other, stepped on the running water that did not reach the surface of his feet, and walked forward cautiously.
The sewer system of Aocheng not only draws on the historical experience of other cities, but also gives full play to the technical advantages of industrial cities, and is large in scale and complete in design, which is enough to be listed as one of the symbols of this era. Of course, on this relatively cold planet, most areas are frozen and snowy for more than half of the time, and there are not many cities like Okujo that have a rainy season of three or four months a year, and the need for flood drainage is not widespread. In addition, people's first impression of the city is often its surface architecture, almost everyone who has visited the city will be amazed by the majesty of the Grumman Building, few people are interested in the city's underground world, but they do not know that the layout of the passage here is not at all simpler than the city. The main drainage road that runs through the city is wide enough for a truck, and the branch roads criss-crossing it are like blood vessels all over the body, thick and thin, long and short. In order to avoid the Norman army as much as possible, so as not to engage in an unfavorable situation, Weiss led his soldiers into the fork in the road. To get to a narrow place, you even need to pass sideways, and for such a deep and narrow fork, the Norman soldiers often only glance at it with a flashlight, and on two occasions, their gaze is only a few positions away from the small detachment of the Union Army.
After more than half an hour of traversing, Weiss and his squad had basically broken away from the search and capture nets laid by the Norman army in the sewers in the central area of the city, but the route they envisaged was not to return directly to the "nest", but to prepare to return to the area where the main army was stationed in a tortuous route first east and then north. As he walked, he suddenly heard a dense sound of gunfire and explosions coming from the sewers behind him, as if someone was fighting fiercely with the Norman army.
Did friendly forces encounter the Normans, or was it a deliberate trick by the Normans?
Weiss's mind raced fast, judging the realistic probabilities of these two possibilities in combination with the change in sound. After a while, he noticed that the exchange of fire was coming from far and near, so he ordered the soldiers to move to a fork in the crossing, created two explosion points on the spot with the little explosives they had with them, and set up machine guns in the fork. When the deployment stopped, Weiss stepped forward alone, followed the sound of the firefight for a while, and crouched down at the adjacent fork......
Ahead, in the dark sewers, there was a rush of footsteps. Weiss waited silently, and when the footsteps were close enough, he narrowed his eyes, and at this moment, he saw three green void frames in a state of residual blood.
It only takes a glance to judge friend and foe, but it takes extraordinary courage and wisdom to help friendly troops get out of trouble. He got up slightly and called, "Hey, guys, your own people!" ”
Hearing this voice, the three of them did not have time to hesitate and hesitate, even if they were suspicious, and they quickly came to Weiss's side. Saying that it was too late, Weiss tore off the tabs of the pineapple bullets, threw them behind them with all his might, and then turned around and ran with them, throwing thunder as he ran, and slowing down the pursuers with three pineapple bullets.
After throwing off the thunder, Weiss accelerated to catch up with the three of them and called, "Follow me!" ”
At this moment, one of the three responded: "Is that you?" Captain Clumber-Hazen? ”
This voice, tired, weak, but also light and pleasant, who else but the goddess Baston could be?