Second Lieutenant Hampel shook the small white flag vigorously with his right hand, and then carefully climbed off the plane. Captain Lunt stayed on the plane, keeping the propeller spinning while watching warily at the Chinese troops not far away.

"Dashuai, there is a foreign hairman on it, and he is holding a white flag in his hand! He's coming to us, are we going to fight or not? A soldier turned his head with his gun and glanced at their commander.

Looking at the German plane and the German envoy just a few dozen meters ahead, Huang Yida kicked the soldier with a depressed face, "******, Lao Tzu is not blind, even you want to tell me!" I'm afraid of the ball! Let him come up and speak! ”

Under the attention of countless guns, Second Lieutenant Hampel slowly walked in front of Huang Yida.

"Hello, General! I am Second Lieutenant Hampel of the Far East Task Force of the German Empire, and I have come to liaise and engage with your army on the orders of our commander! ”

"Bastard, this is our commander, not a general!" The adjutant was having a seizure, but was stopped by Huang Yida.

"You foreign-haired man, you don't speak Chinese very well! Mmmm, definitely not as authentic as the guy I've met before! You, and that thing called an airplane, flew from Qingdao? ”

"Exactly! Our army is defending against the Japanese attack in Tsingtao, so my commander asked me to come and find out what ...... your army is in the vicinity of here. Uh, what's the point? Hampel carefully chose every word, lest he might anger the unsightly fellows.

Hearing that the other party was an emissary of the German army, Huang Yida smiled and asked his soldiers to put away their guns.

"What are you doing? Ha ha! We're here to the Japanese! You have been kind to me before, and this time you can be regarded as repaying the kindness! ”

Hampel looked at the Chinese marshal in disbelief, and he wondered if he had heard it wrong, but the other party's sentence was really simple, and there was nothing to cause ambiguity.

"Don't believe me? We just killed a group of Japanese soldiers on the road ahead, and they sent some money to bribe us, what a big joke! Huang Yida laughed heartily again, "In our words, this is seeking skin with the tiger, hahaha!" ”

A few Chinese soldiers shook the trophies in their hands, which were Yamamoto's saber and other Japanese soldiers' weapons.

"Oh? That's great! Mr. Marshal, can you wait a minute, I will send this news back to the headquarters first! Second Lieutenant Hampel said as he trotted all the way back to the plane, and Huang Yida and his soldiers all looked at this strange guy in a daze.

"Captain, send a telegram to Lieutenant Colonel Ahrens, this Chinese army is here to help us fight the Japanese!"

Captain Lent gave him a puzzled look, "Are you sure?" ”

"Yes! These Chinese also said that we had helped them in the past, and they wanted to repay us this time! Hampel nodded seriously, he has always believed that Chinese and Japanese are natural enemies by nature, and Chinese pay special attention to kindness, so this kind of thing is not difficult to understand.

"Okay!" Captain Lunt turned off the plane's engine, and climbed into the co-pilot's seat to tinker with the transmitter.

Hampel then trotted all the way back to Huang Yida's side.

"Mr. Dashuai, I'm very sorry to keep you waiting!"

Huang Yida looked at the plane over there in some surprise, "There is also a transmitter on that thing?" ”

"Yes! We're in contact with Command, and they'll get the instructions back later! Hample glanced back, and Bent was still working there.

"Oh! By the way, we heard that the Japanese arrested a lot of our people? Huang Yida jumped off his horse as he spoke, while his soldiers rested in place.

The adjutant placed two cushions on the grass beside him, and Huang Yida sat down with a big grin, while motioning for Hampel to sit in front of him.

Second Lieutenant Hampel sat down cross-legged as he had done the other, a position that made him feel a little awkward.

"Yes! Tens of thousands, today the Japanese are ready to attack, and those Chinese civilians are arranged by them at the forefront of the charge queue! ”

"Bastard! Brute! Beast! Dirty embryo! Huang Yida searched his stomach and used all the words that could be used to despise the Japanese.

Hampell understood most of the words, and although he felt that it seemed inappropriate for a commander to say them, the anger was definitely understandable.

"When are they attacking? I'm going to stop them! Huang Yida stood up suddenly.

"Mr. Marshal, now they are still preparing for artillery fire. As soon as the artillery stopped, their attack began! But I suggest you wait a little longer and see what our chief has to say. Perhaps our two armies cooperate in action, and there is more hope for saving those Chinese civilians! ”

The rumbling of artillery in the distance has not stopped for the time being.

Huang Yida forcibly suppressed his anger and sat down again.

"If the Japanese really drove our civilians to attack you, would you shoot?"

"That's ......," Hample found the question difficult to answer. Mr. Marshal, this is not the case in our Europe at all, and we and the German army have never embarrassed civilians on the battlefield. But in this case, as soon as the Japanese use this tactic to break through the line, our soldiers will be slaughtered by them, so it is up to our commanders to decide whether to fire at those civilians or not! ”

Huang Yida sighed helplessly, in fact, the Germans have almost done their best to say this, and it is also a headache for themselves.

"Mr. Marshal, you just said that we are kind to you, can you tell me what is going on?" After all, Hampel has been in Qingdao for five years, but he has not heard of the German army helping the local Chinese armed forces.

"5 years ago, I was still a revolutionary who rebelled against the Qing Dynasty! One day in July, I was hunted down by the Qing army, and it was your governor who saved me! Huang Yida recalled that night, the German who spoke fluent Chinese, and the big strong hands. However, by revolutionaries, he refers to those who oppose the Qing government, and has nothing to do with the big revolutionary party. His Ringing Horse Party was just a small group spontaneously organized by the people, and after he became a warlord, he changed this group to the Ringing Horse Army, and the Ringing Horse Party ceased to exist.

"July 1909......" Second Lieutenant Hampel struggled to recall, and patted his head for a moment, "remembering that the Governor General at that time was our German Prince of East Prussia. His Royal Highness William! ”

"Huh? Is he your prince? That is, the prince of Germany! Huang Yida looked very surprised, he originally thought that Chen Tian was just a very ordinary governor.

"Yes! He is now commanding our 8th Army in Germany, and in the previous two months of fighting, his army has annihilated millions of Russian troops! Gee! That's the pride of our country! Hampel gave a thumbs up, and despite the siege of Qingdao, news continued to reach Qingdao through the airwaves, and the great victories of the Germans on all fronts made the whole of Qingdao not have the slightest sense of frustration of being trapped.

"Good boy! Millions of Russians! Then your prince's army must be more powerful than the Japanese! Huang Yida felt that it was difficult for him to associate the young man five years ago with the general who galloped on the battlefield, and there seemed to be no murderous look on his face.

"Yes! Japanese, hum! It's all a bunch of garbage! Our Foreign Legion here was also organized and sent by the Prince of East Prussia. Although the Africans look a little strange, they are really speechless about their combat effectiveness! ”

As Hampel said this, Captain Bent shouted at him from the plane.

"Looks like there's news! Mr. Handsome, miss me! Hampel politely stood up and bowed, and walked briskly to the plane. Many Chinese soldiers were pointing around the plane, and they were even more curious to see the yellow-haired guy on the plane moving around with headphones on.

"Borrow! Borrow! "Hample had to squeeze through the crowd to get to the plane.

"Ho! This hairy man can speak Chinese! "There was another commotion among the Chinese soldiers.

"Second Lieutenant, Lieutenant Colonel has sent a telegram to make sure once again that they are here to help us! If everything is fine, he hopes that the Chinese army will be able to fight with us! Bent looked at the Chinese around him with some depression, "Also, we seem to have become animals in the zoo!" ”

For the curious Chinese, Hampel was a little embarrassed, "Leave them alone!" As long as they don't come up and touch you, it's fine! Help me get a telegram back to the lieutenant colonel, these people can be trusted! The Prince of East Prussia once saved the life of their leader when he was the governor of Jiaoao! It's just that the lieutenant colonel means to let them act together with us in a coalition? ”

Bent was a little surprised, "The Prince of East Prussia saved them?" It's incredible! But if that's the case, there's nothing to doubt about it! I guess the lieutenant colonel meant something like this, we make plans, and they cooperate! ”

"Okay, I'll try! But they may not be happy to obey our commands! Hample patted the cockpit of the plane, leaving Bent alone to continue fiddling with the transmitter.

When Hanple walked towards Huang Yida, he saw the handsome man with a sad face from afar.

"Mr. Marshal, our commander has sent a telegram asking your troops to form an alliance with us to fight the Japanese army together!"

"Oh, that's a good feeling! But for one thing, I hope you will try to ensure the safety of those Chinese civilians! Never fire at them unless absolutely necessary! Huang Yida seemed to be worried about the lives of those civilians, and Second Lieutenant Hampel couldn't help but admire the rough warlord leader a little.

"It is a proud tradition of our German army to ensure the safety of civilians on both sides of the war, not to mention the innocent civilians of third countries, so you can rest assured! It's just that our commanders want this coalition to act in unison! ”

"Then our marshal must be the commander of the coalition forces, right, marshal!" The little dog suddenly interjected next to him.

"Puppy, don't be too troublesome!" Huang Yida let out a low snort, and then turned to the German lieutenant, "Mr. Yang, although I have 50,000 horses here, I don't know as much about the situation here!" Just let your commander give the order, if I think it's reasonable, I'll let my people do it, if it's just to let my brother die in vain, I, Huang Yida, will never agree! ”

Hanple thought about it, and it was obvious that he couldn't ask for more from this Chinese army. He was about to say something when the distant cannon fire stopped.

Huang Yida and Hampel were stunned by the casual Chinese soldiers around them, who knew very well what this calm meant.

Hampel looked at his watch, 10 a.m. sharp!

"! The Japanese are going to do it! Brothers, we must not let the Japanese use our folks to block guns for them! Let's go, the Japanese go! ”

Huang Yida shouted almost frantically, and under the surprised gaze of everyone, he was the first to turn over and get on his horse, and then rode his horse in the direction of the battlefield.

After unable to stop these Chinese, Second Lieutenant Hampel hurriedly ran back to the plane, "Captain, there is no news from the command yet?" ”

Bent shook his head.

Hample glanced back at the Chinese troops on the road with no end in sight, the soldiers trotting all the way forward at a rapid pace.

"The Chinese have begun to move to the battlefield! We must keep up with them, send their movements back to Command at any time, and relay the deployment of Command to them! ”

"But do you know how to use a transmitter?" Bent said and gestured to the transmitter in the passenger seat.

Hample sighed, "I won't!" ”

"If we take off now, then I won't be able to sit in the back and receive telegrams during the flight!" Bent was helpless, the cockpit of this kind of aircraft was small enough, and in order to carry the transmitter, there was not even a control stick in the co-pilot position, so it was needless to say that the plane was operated in this position.

"But we need to report the movements of this Chinese army to the command!" Hampel suddenly said firmly: "I'll fly the plane!" ”

"You? Will you fly an airplane? ”

"No, I can drive a car! But the situation is urgent, and we can only try this! ”

Bent stared at Hample for a long moment, "Alright! I'll show you how to do it later! ”

Hampel sat in the cockpit, which was very different from the co-pilot position in the back, with a lot more gauges, joysticks and pedals.

"That's the throttle, that's the brake for take-off and landing, it's kind of similar to the one in a car! And this joystick, you have to hold it all the time, pull it back when you take off, press forward when you lower the altitude, be very, very careful when landing, the nose of the aircraft should not be pressed too low, the plane should be as level as possible, the throttle should be light, and you should also pay attention to the ground conditions at the landing site. Teben explained quickly, and he couldn't help but be a little worried when he saw Hampell's scrambled appearance.

When the tail of the Chinese army was about to disappear from sight, Hample also launched the plane under Bent's direction.

"Throttle, throttle!" Bent shouted in the back, and the noise of the engine forced him to turn the volume up to the max.

Hample nodded, and the plane's engine spewed out puffs of smoke again and again.

"Release the brakes! Boost the throttle! Bent felt even more nervous than his first flight, and the fate of him and the plane was in the hands of a guy who could only drive a car.

"Novice on the road, please take care of me!" Hampel shouted, and the plane moved slowly. After taxiing more than twice the usual take-off distance, the plane finally bounced off the ground. Bent is glad that the plane doesn't require a long glide, and the terrain is mostly flat.

After the plane took off, it tossed up and down a few times, scaring both of them enough, and under Bent's loud guidance, the plane finally stabilized, and Bent felt that his saliva was about to run out.

When the ranks of the Chinese army appeared under the plane, Bent also began to send the situation here back to the command.

While the Japanese artillery fire had subsided, Lieutenant Colonel Ahrens and his staff were working on a new battle plan, but the ensuing Japanese attack forced them to turn their attention back to the battlefield.

The German soldiers were still running quickly from the concealed trenches to the positions of the defensive line, and Lieutenant Colonel Ahrens was also observing the movement in front of the line through binoculars.

Everything was as expected, and Japanese soldiers used bayonets and leather whips to slowly move tens of thousands of Chinese civilians towards the German lines. Although they advanced slowly, the atmosphere was like a mountain that oppressed every German soldier.

Even the most ferocious and ruthless African soldiers in the battle watched the scene in amazement.

In the eyes of the German soldiers, there is hardly a country in the world whose armies use third-country civilians as meat shields to make a way for themselves. Everyone remembered those guys in yellow uniforms at this moment, and that kind of despicable and shameless behavior was simply outrageous.

In the forward command of the German army, an officer took the phone and turned back to Ahrens for instructions: "Lieutenant colonel, the artillery is ready to shoot, Captain Lenk asks if to fire!" ”

"Oh God! Those are civilians! Let the Captain be on standby! Without my orders, the artillery units are not allowed to open fire! Ahrens didn't know where to go, and it was a difficult decision for any commander.

As a German soldier, Ahrens should have given the order to open fire, and he had to keep the line and the soldiers safe; As a German soldier, Ahrens should not have given the order to open fire, only the devil would mercilessly kill these unarmed civilians.

No matter how cruel the war is, no one can watch tens of thousands of innocent civilians turn to ashes.

Ahrens' hands trembling with binoculars, and there were gray-haired old men in the crowd, many of whom were about the same age as their parents; There were poor women in the crowd who were supposed to be as weak as their wives; There are also snotty children in the crowd, and if they have children in the future, they will be as cute as they are.

Yellows, whites, and blacks have red blood flowing in their bodies, and their hearts are all red.

"Are those Japanese really human?" Ahrens couldn't help but be suspicious.