Chapter 101: Discovery
.“ Captain! Captain! There is a case! ”
Looking in the direction from which the voice came, a middle-aged man wearing a black hat with a high cylindrical brim, a short white jacket and fat pants, and a single-barreled shotgun on his shoulder was stumbling towards him.
"Old Five, look at your unproductive appearance! Did you see the German soldiers again? Don't be afraid, they're here to beat the little devils! ”
It was a bearded man who was stirring fire with a twig, and his outfit was basically the same as the man in front of him, except for a slightly different color of his belt, and the pair of boots on his feet, the fabric of which was obviously inferior to that of the other.
More than a dozen people sitting around the fire suddenly burst into laughter, these people's attire is also different, some are wearing traditional Korean clothes, some are wearing the old-fashioned military uniforms of the former Joseon kings, and even some people are wearing Japanese military uniforms with torn collar badges and epaulettes, and the weapons in their hands are also miscellaneous, taking Mauser 1898 and 38 style are advanced, here you can see the thick Mauser 1888 with a gun body, and even the older French Lebel 1886 rifle and hunter's musket.
The middle-aged man in charge of the sentry finally ran to him, and the whole person was out of breath.
"No, no...... Captain! Is that...... That's the Japanese! ”
"The Japanese? Hum! We have been looking for it all afternoon, and now we have sent it ourselves! The captain straightened his waist, holding the Taisho 14-style pistol seized from the Japanese army in one hand, with a nonchalant expression.
"Yes...... It's cavalry! A lot of cavalry! The middle-aged man with the shotgun on his back finally finished speaking, it didn't matter, more than a dozen people around the fire jumped up, especially the captain who was just and full of confidence, and even walked up to the middle-aged man and grabbed him by the collar.
"You read that right?"
"Captain, can't you believe that the fifth child's eyes can pull out a roe deer from the woods?" The middle-aged man was still gasping for air, but at least he didn't have to speak so hard.
"Hmm...... Alcohol? You're drinking! The captain suddenly screamed as if he had discovered a new continent.
"Wine ...... Wine...... It was a bit cold, but I did drink some! But captain, I'm definitely not drunk! The middle-aged man pointed to the captain's right hand, which was gripping his collar tightly.
"Humph!" The captain finally let go of his hand. But he still looked at him with a suspicious look, "Do you dare to swear to God?" ”
"Of course!" The middle-aged man patted his chest and said, "Just on the mountain road ahead, I saw about 20 cavalry, but I'm sure it was just a Japanese reconnaissance unit, because they were advancing in a scattered search formation rather than a marching column!" ”
"Alright, Hunter!" The captain bowed his head and pondered for a moment, then turned to the partisans who were still standing by the fire and shouted: "Put out the fire." Follow me, everyone, and we're going to the front of the mountain!" ”
The captain spoke, and the team members quickly picked up the baggage and kettle that were placed on the ground, and one of the lean men twisted his kettle, and the cold water ran down the spout, and the fire was extinguished in a burst of sizzling, leaving only a puff of smoke that was not obvious in the night.
"Lieutenant, did you find anything over there? I can't see anything here! ”
The complaints had been repeated no less than twenty times in the headset and there was nothing Schinkwitz could do about it, and it would not have been a good idea to use bombers on reconnaissance missions in the first place. What's more, it's still a night with only sparse moonlight.
"It's the same on my side. Keep watching! ”
After ending the call in displeasure, Schinkwitz turned his head to look at the world outside the cabin, except for the silver full moon. All that comes into view is endless darkness.
"Lieutenant, there will be no result if this continues, let's go back!"
The sound of the earth coming from the headphones was what Schinkwitz had in mind, just a return to the mothership, a strong cup of hot coffee, a comfortable hot bath, and a bed that was enough to soothe the fatigue of the whole body, instead of the cold wind and endless darkness here.
However, the sense of responsibility in Schinkwitz's heart did not hesitate to override everything.
"There are 10 minutes to go. Let's hold on a little longer! You can fly lower now, but be safe! ”
As he spoke, Hinkwitz glanced at his altimeter, and when he dropped from 320 to 150, it was not the limit of low-altitude flight, but it was enough to put the good pilot at a risk.
"Understood!"
"Understood!"
The pilots, who had flown no less than fifty missions and survived uneventually, carried out the captain's orders without compromise, and it was this conscientious and responsible attitude that allowed one of them to discover a tiny spark on the ground covered in night.
"Lieutenant. This is Hamburg No. 4, and I have a situation in front of the left! I can't hear anything yet, but it looks like it's probably a firefight on the ground! ”
Hearing this report, the entire team of people was interested, they didn't need to suspect the army's worries, if they could really find something, maybe they could do the army a big favor.
"Understood! Hamburg 4 keep watching, watch your height! Burger 3, watch your right! ”
In the face of this somewhat clueless search mission with the existing aircraft, Sinkwitz did not make any special deployment, but only spread out the five planes of the entire squad into a horizontal formation, because the line of sight was very unsatisfactory, and the interval between each plane was only about 3 kilometers, so that in half an hour, a large area could be searched, a circular area with Seoul as the center and the radius of the introduction and time travel.
"Lieutenant, this is Hamburg No. 3, and I saw it too! It's like someone using a damp lighter, and I think there must have been a small battle there, maybe the Koreans and a small group of Japanese troops! ”
"Anyway, let's gather here first, Hamburg 2, you fly 500 meters, Hamburg 3 flies 400 meters, 4 flies 300 meters, 5 flies 200 meters, I'll go down and have a look!" After giving this important order to avoid a collision between his four wingmen at night, Schinkwitz laboriously moved his body, and groped his way behind the back of the chair with his free left hand, where there was a canvas holster larger than the ordinary holster, in which was placed a signal gun larger than the ordinary pistol, and the spare ammunition included one red, green and blue signal flare and two gun flares, which can be said to be the standard small equipment of the German aviation unit, and the air force, army aviation unit and naval aviation unit are all equipped with it, It's just that pilots, especially ordinary pilots, rarely use them in normal times.
After finally loading the flare into the flare gun, Hinkwitz put on his windproof goggles, took a deep breath, and then pulled back the cockpit canopy, a large cold wind poured in, the fresh air suddenly freshed his brain a lot, he poked his head out of the cabin and searched hard.
When the "unreachable lighter" appeared not far ahead, Schinkwitz grasped the joystick in one hand and pointed the flare gun in the other.