Chapter Seventy-Seven: The Follow-up Train

The railway station in the eastern suburbs has been tightly sealed, the railway has been stripped off, and all trains must stop here. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 InfoTrains from the east arrived one after another, and the newly arrived team, as soon as they got off the train, went to the warehouse to collect their weapons, and then set out on the road north. They had just been regrouped, they had not undergone the necessary training, and the rifles and ammunition they had in hand were more of a transport task.

On the first train led by Liang Hong was the ten companies and his guards that had been reorganized on the Adventurer, and it was also the only team that had undergone preliminary training and had a certain combat effectiveness. Except for one company in the direction of the reinforcement barracks, three companies were deployed at the station to stand guard, and the other companies were sent to set up positions on the road to the north, responsible for covering the safe withdrawal of the follow-up troops.

The passenger train from Lorenço Marques departs at 9 a.m. and the 500-kilometre journey arrives at 7.30 p.m. at Pretoria railway station. After deducting the time spent at the stops along the way, the average speed of the train is more than 50 kilometers per hour, which is quite fast in this era. Both the Shen family and the students of the school are second-class tickets, with long soft seats with backrests, and the ticket price is two pounds. The first and second class carriages were very clean, with clean boiling water, while the third class carriages were much worse, with long wooden benches, and most of the passengers were coolies who went to the Transvaal to pan for gold.

It was already dark outside the window, but Shen Yue was still staring outside. I don't know what that guy is doing now, why does he have to go to the truck with tin cans, it stands to reason that he is a rich man, how can he still suffer that kind of hardship? She worked as Liang Hong's assistant on the steamer, translated many classified telegrams, and knew better than anyone else that this man was by no means a simple person. Why do you always think about him, Shen Yue suddenly woke up to the fact that along the way, after the freshness of getting on the train, she actually didn't stop thinking about that person in her mind. His face suddenly turned red, and he felt a little feverish, so he turned his head to look at the others, and the gas lights in the carriage were dim, so he shouldn't be able to see clearly. Weakly, he continued to look at the car window, and he couldn't see anything clearly.

The daughter's every move could not escape the mother's eyes, and Mrs. Shen had been paying attention to it since she got into the car. The couple often talked about the relationship between their daughter and Liang Hong on the boat, and it could be seen that the other party liked Shen Yue, but since they saw Liang Hong training the army on the ship, they changed from concern to complete worry. Everyone knows that raising an army to rebel is a dangerous move for the victors, princes, and losers. Shen's eyes moved to her husband, and she saw that the other party's gaze also turned from her daughter, and they both saw a ray of worry in each other's eyes.

Suddenly, the train braked suddenly, and the passengers facing the front of the train leaned forward. With a clang, the train finally stopped. Is it time to stop? Bond, who was sitting next to Shen Mingxuan, stood up and motioned to open the window to take a look, Shen Yue leaned back in his chair and watched the white man open the window and look around.

It was pitch black outside, and Bond looked in the direction of the front of the car, recognizing that he had arrived outside the Eastern Suburbs train station. Listen carefully, there was a faint sound of gunfire in front of him, and he was in his heart, the eastern suburbs were the team's scheduled drop-off location, could it be that the commander had an accident? According to the original plan, the group would get off at the train station in Pretoria, spend the night in the city, and then turn north to the base the next morning.

Bang, bang, gunshots rang out from the front of the car, and then Bond saw hundreds of soldiers with guns popping up on both sides of the tracks, and he heard the sound of Chinese orders coming from the darkness.

"Get down on your stomach."

Bond shrank back and shouted into the carriage in Chinese. In addition to the three members of the Shen family, there are also eight recruited academy students here, and his task is to escort these people to the base safely.

The conductor of the carriage apparently also noticed that something was wrong, took out a short gun, and nervously guarded the door of the carriage. The first and second class carriages were staffed by special conductors, who carried firearms and served as a police officer.

"What happened?"

Bond walked over to the conductor and asked in Dutch.

"It's not clear yet, maybe it's a robber."

The conductor said as he poked his revolver out of the window and aimed it at a rifleman who wanted to get close to the train. Suddenly, he felt a pain in his lower back, and when he turned around, he saw the white man who had just spoken to him smiling at him, the sharp knife in his hand pulling out of his waist with blood, and then quickly stabbing it again. He tried to turn the muzzle of the gun, but the continuous stabbing seemed to drain all the energy in his body at once.

Liang Hong's rifle fired a bullet, and he saw the Boer at the front of the car fall from the car. The soldiers on both sides also completely overwhelmed the resistance on the train with frantic firepower, and more than a dozen crew members were already killed or wounded. The front part of the train is a third-class car, and the exterior of the car is covered with soot falling from the front of the car, which is the dirtiest part of the whole train. Knowing that he was sitting in a second-class car, he was not worried about a battle breaking out in the front part of the car. In fact, the battle was also accidental, and the soldiers in charge of intercepting it had only planned to stop the train, but the Boers on the train were equipped with weapons, and fired the first shot from the front of the train.

"Immediately lay down your arms and stop resisting, or all those with guns will be put to death."

Liang Hong shouted at the train in Dutch and English. Then he continued to shout in Chinese.

"The students in the academy will get off immediately."

In Dutch and English, most of the passengers on the train could hear the contents. But in the latter sentence of Chinese, the whole train, except for a dozen people from distant China, is like playing the piano to a cow to others.

"It's Him"

When Shen Yue heard this, his heart trembled violently, and he ran to the car door first without waiting for the white man who was in charge of escorting them over.

"Xiaoyue, come back."

Mrs. Shen reached out to pull her daughter, but it was too late, and she could only watch her little feet in a hurry.

"Let's get out of the car too."

Stretching out his hand to support his wife, Shen Mingxuan calmed down at this time, and he also heard who the person who was shouting was. The female university did not stay, and at this moment, he inexplicably turned out a sour taste in his heart.

In the dark, the white dress is the most eye-catching. Zhao Dahu's company, which was responsible for besieging the train from the north side, immediately recognized the girl who ran out of the door, and was often seen following the commander on the boat.

"Everyone immediately stopped shooting." Zhao Dahu shouted out the order.

Liang Hong also noticed this, and looking at the slender figure from a distance, he knew who it was. Personally led people to block this train, in order to get people out safely.

"Here!"

With a gun in one hand and a wave in the other hand, Liang Hong ran while shouting.

The girl heard the voice and saw the figure running towards her. It was him, Shen Yue suddenly felt that her eyes were sour, and it was only a day after they were separated, but she felt as if a long, long time had passed. Picking up the corners of his skirt and trotting up to meet him, he let the tears on his face come out of his eyes.

The two of them got closer and closer, and Shen Yue suddenly stood up and wiped the tears from his face in a panic. Why she cried and why she wiped her tears, she couldn't figure it out. Suddenly, she found herself being held by a strong, powerful arm, and the force was so hard that she almost couldn't breathe.

"I won't let you go half a step away!"

She heard a whisper in her ear, a familiar breath in her nose.