At first, my mouth was dry and my lips were chapped, then I was dizzy, and my whole body was weak and exhausted.

This is a reaction to moderate dehydration, Qin Chuan had heard the doctor say it before, but he didn't expect that moderate dehydration would make people so uncomfortable...... Qin Chuan only felt that he was in a nightmare, and his body didn't seem to be his own, and several of them staggered forward like zombies, taking one step and another step mechanically...... When they fall, they don't want to get up until someone next to them lifts them up.

Sometimes Qin Chuan wonders, what will it be like if there is a severe shortage of water?

Didn't the doctor say that he had become a mummy? It's awesome that hundreds of years from now, someone might still find them in the desert and put them on display in a museum!

"Middle-of-the-middle...... Scholar! Keller handed the kettle and said, "Drink...... Let's get some water! ”

"No!" Qin Chuan shook his head: "It's your turn!" ”

Keller has been secretly giving up his water to Qin Chuan, and Qin Chuan can't accept it, because he knows that if he accepts it, Keller won't be able to last out.

"Sergeant...... I'm not thirsty! ”

"It's an order!" Qin Chuan said: "Don't waste any more energy arguing!" ”

"Yes......" Keller took a sip from the kettle.

Everyone is selfish in the last life and death situation, but this does not apply to the German army, who are doing their best to control themselves from drinking less water, even though their bodies have almost reached their limit.

"Da Da Da ......"

At this time, a machine gun sounded in front of him, waking up Qin Chuan and the others, who were still in a semi-comatose state.

"Gunshots!" Werner was a little surprised: "MG34! ”

The MG34 was a squad machine gun, and the German soldiers were so familiar with it that they could easily distinguish it when they heard the gunshot.

"My own people!"

"We're saved!"

……

As if they had been stimulated, Werner and the others immediately sped up and walked in the direction where the gunshots came, but they were stopped by Qin Chuan.

"Two sips of water per person!" Qin Chuan ordered: "Rest, and then get ready for battle!" ”

The soldiers couldn't help but look at Qin Chuan suspiciously, they all thought that Qin Chuan was a little too careful.

However, when they arrived at the scene of the incident half an hour later, they realized that Qin Chuan's worries were justified...... There were six corpses in total, five of which were clumped together and sieveed by machine-gun bullets in various positions, some of them even with their backs to the machine guns.

Twenty meters away from them was an MG34 machine gun, with bullet casings scattered next to the machine gun, and next to it lay the body of another German soldier, who had a pistol in his hand, a bloody hole in the right side of his head, and the blood had already congealed into a dark red.

"It's a mass suicide!" Alfredo sighed: "The machine gunner killed someone else, and then he solved himself!" ”

"God, they are Berg's people!" Werner recognized one of them and then confirmed it from their ID cards: "Yes, they are all in the second shift!" ”

Berger is the squad leader of the second class, and he belongs to the same row as Qin Chuan, but he usually doesn't interact much except for tasks.

"Their kettles are empty!" Alfredo checked their kettles: "Maybe they just can't hold on!" ”

"No!" Qin Chuan made the opposite judgment: "They are not committing suicide!" ”

Werner couldn't help but look at Qin Chuan in shock: "If it's not suicide, it's ......"

"Think of the gunshots you heard earlier!" Qin Chuan said: "Did you hear another gunshot after the machine gun? ”

The soldiers thought for a moment and then shook their heads, but no one heard.

Werner quickly understood what Qin Chuan meant: "If the machine gunner shoots someone else and then commits suicide, then there should be a pistol gun after the machine gun!" ”

"Yes!" Qin Chuan walked to the body of the machine gunner, squatted down, and said, "And there should be a delay in between, because he has to at least make preparations, such as pulling out his pistol, and then force himself to make up his mind." ”

"Maybe we neglected it!" Alfredo said: "We were delirious! ”

"Look at this again!" Qin Chuan stared at the pistol in the machine gunner's hand, then picked it up with his weak hand and asked the others, "Did you find anything?" ”

Being reminded by Qin Chuan like this, Werner understood: "There is no blood on the muzzle!" ”

So everyone understood, if the machine gunner shot himself in the head with a pistol, how could there be no blood on the muzzle of the gun?!

"So!" "The killer first walked up to the machine gunner, shot the machine gunner at close range, then shot the others with the machine gun as fast as he could, and finally shoved the pistol into the machine gunner's hand......"

"But why is that?" Alfredo asked, "Someone killed them and then faked this suicide scene!" ”

"Because the murderer is his own person!" Qin Chuan said: "The murderer is worried that if these bodies are found by others, it will cause unnecessary trouble!" ”

"But why did he do that?" Alfredo asked.

After a long time, Werner said, "It's for the water!" ”

Qin Chuan nodded: "For the water, but also for survival!" ”

Alfredo looked at Qin Chuan and Werner in disbelief, he still couldn't believe it was true.

"Bastard!" Werner scolded resentfully: "Who is he? ”

Qin Chuan didn't speak, just looked at a series of vague footprints to the east...... The murderer was careless, he thought that the wind and sand in the desert would soon cover his footprints.

The soldiers didn't say anything, grabbed their weapons and followed the footprints...... This is not only a question of catching the murderer, nor is it just a question of avenging his comrades-in-arms, but also a sense of honor for the German soldiers, who do not allow such a black sheep to appear in their ranks, a black sheep that insults the dignity of the German army.

Qin Chuan also followed with a gun, one thing is for sure, the soldiers are more energetic than before, including Qin Chuan himself.

This should be the result of adrenal hormone secretion when people are in danger, or the appearance of the murderer gives everyone a goal.

However, the murderer apparently also found that someone was following him, so the speed became faster and faster, and the soldiers couldn't keep up.

Originally, the soldiers were not worried, because there were footprints to track, unless the killer erased the footprints while fleeing, which would slow down the murderer...... This is obviously more than worth the loss for the murderer.

But soon, a gust of wind in the desert made this matter difficult, and the footprints gradually disappeared from the sight of the soldiers, but Qin Chuan and the others were still in hot pursuit.