"Otto. Captain Wiesenberg? ”

"Sir!" Taking a step forward, standing upright, leaning on his legs, and saluting, Wiesenberg stood as straight as a steel pipe in Kurt. In front of Lieutenant Colonel Rohr, one of the two regimental commanders of the expeditionary force and Wiesenberg's superior, he waited for the lieutenant colonel's next sentence. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

"I have some questions that you need to answer seriously." The lieutenant colonel said, "Do you know what I mean?" Answer carefully, and please don't hide any facts. ”

"Understood, sir." Wiesenberg said loudly, and continued to wait.

He didn't wait long, and the problem came quickly.

"Captain Wiesenberg, according to the report you submitted, one officer, three sergeants, and eighteen enlisted men of your unit were killed in today's battle, two sergeants and sixteen enlisted men were wounded, one sergeant and three enlisted men were missing, and fifty rifles were missing." The lieutenant colonel put the report in his hand on the table, slowly raised his head, showed a face that was almost iron-plated in front of the captain, and asked, "Is that so?" ”

"Yes, sir." Despite anticipating that it would be the first problem, the captain's body shook slightly.

Rohr nodded slightly, thought for a moment, and then asked a second question: "Except for Fritz. Second Lieutenant Müzenberg, a sergeant and eleven soldiers, the rest of the losses came when you ordered the troops to pursue the Chinese army, is that so? ”

"Yes, sir." It shook again.

"Tell me, why is this happening, Captain?"

"My troops have fallen into the trap of the Chinese, sir."

"Yes, your troops have fallen into the trap of the Chinese, you mentioned this in the report, Captain." Rohr sighed, then his tone changed and became stern, "But, why is this happening? Captain, as a highly trained and experienced professional soldier, how could you lead your troops into the trap of the Chinese army without any alert? ”

"Because ......," Wiesenberg hesitated, but under the direct gaze of the Commander's stern and increasingly severe gaze, he could only answer the question correctly, "because of the repeated harassment of Chinese, and the casualties caused by these harassments, I was at that time so angry that I had lost my basic ability to observe and judge, and could not see the Chinese's scheme. I'm sorry, sir. ”

"You don't have to apologize to me, Captain." Rohr snorted, "'I'm sorry,' you should have said that word to Second Lieutenant Muetzenberg and all the relatives of the fallen soldiers. ”

"I'll write to them, sir."

"That was later. Now, let's move on to your report. Rohr picked up the report again, looked at the text on it, and said, "Based on your report and your answers, can I assume that it was your anger that caused you to lose your basic judgment that led you to give the order to pursue when the Chinese army retreated, right?" ”

"Yes, sir." If you think about it, it is. Wiesenberg admits that at that time, he, and of course others, were already burned with anger and only thought about killing every Chinese they met, so when the Chinese militants began to withdraw from their positions like the previous twelve groups of ambushers, he immediately gave the order to pursue, and the officers and soldiers carried it out without hesitation.

At that moment, no one warned or objected, no one suspected that it might be a trap...... In fact, he or someone else should have been able to spot the obvious red flag - it was the thirteenth group of ambushers. A baker's dozen! An ominous number, a bad omen of danger.

Unfortunately, no one paid attention to it, everyone was in a rush that bordered on madness, and no one could think normally.

"So you led the troops into the trap of the Chinese." Rohr's voice interrupted Wiesenberg's thoughts. Although it was extremely harsh, even more like a reprimand, Wiesenberg believed it proclaimed a truth: "Captain, you must remember that impulse is the devil." ”

"I'll remember it, sir." He promised.

But Rohr didn't seem to pay attention to his answer, and continued, more like talking to himself. "Of course, there's no point in saying that now, and you're not the only one who made the mistake." He sneered, "Let's continue to look at your report." After deciding to pursue and giving the order, you issued a supplementary order asking the soldiers to disperse the pursuit of the Chinese who were trying to flee - I wonder, Captain, what caused you to make this even more wrong decision? ”

"Because ......" is another hesitation. Wiesenberg knew that this was the truly fatal mistake he had made, rather than deciding to pursue it. However, now that he was under investigation, he could only say what he thought at that time without reservation - and he had already said so much.

"Because the Chinese are scattering and fleeing, sir."

"I don't understand what you mean, Captain."

Of course, he understood perfectly, but since he didn't understand, Wiesenberg had no choice but to start over. "Because the Chinese are scattering and fleeing, in order to stop them, I can only order the soldiers to disperse the pursuit."

"So......" Rohr mused, "of course, I know you were impulsive when you made your decision, but, Captain, why would you be completely unaware of the danger of such a decision?" ”

"At that time, it didn't look dangerous."

"No?"

"Yes, no." Wiesenberg lowered his voice, "Chinese how they behaved when they lured me into their trap...... It's real, it's as if they really have collapsed, and it's impossible to regroup and launch a counterattack, so I don't think there's any danger in ordering the soldiers to separate. And ......" he began to hesitate again.

Rohr immediately approached. "And what?"

The captain sighed to himself. "Personally, I think that even if Chinese fight back, my soldiers can still defeat them...... One German soldier could easily defeat twenty Chinese. ”

"But you're not right." "And you didn't expect that your soldiers would be facing more than twenty Chinese." ”

"That's true, sir." Wisenberg said, with a bitter look on his face.

He reluctantly recalled the tragic chase: he led some soldiers to chase a group of Chinese, and in the process, Chinese kept leaving the group and running in other directions, while his soldiers kept separating and chasing these disconnected targets.

Therefore, when the group of Chinese became fewer and fewer, there were fewer and fewer soldiers following him, and in the end, he was left chasing less than twenty targets. However, at this moment, a group of angry-looking Chinese suddenly appeared in front of him, and then the object of his pursuit also stopped, turned around, and pointed the muzzles of dozens of rifles at him with their compatriots......

Of course, luckily. Wiesenberg thought. Because Chinese's shooting skills were so bad, he was lucky enough to escape and have a chance to stand here under investigation - mostly and only some...... If you deduct Frieze, who was killed in an ambush. Second Lieutenant Mützenberg and twelve others, then only nine were killed in the pursuit, sixteen were wounded, and four were missing.

And fifty rifles were also lost.

It's terrible. Wiesenberg began praying that no one would be hit by the bullets fired from the missing rifles in the later battles, and that God would forbid him not to be court-martialed for the matter.

According to Lieutenant Colonel Rohr's character, he is likely to do so......

"You're lucky, Captain." The lieutenant colonel suddenly said, "Although you have made three serious mistakes that have led to serious losses in your troops, and the loss of fifty rifles - they are all the property of the Imperial Army, mind you. Emphasizing the peculiarities of the rifle with a pause, he went on to declare: "But I can't send you to a court-martial." Since Colonel Kittel believes that your failure is not due to your incompetence and negligence, but to the Chinese being too cunning, he has decided that he will not hold you accountable—"

Wiesenberg was surprised for a moment, then became happy, and stood up straighter than before. "Thank you very much, sir."

Rohr ignored the interruption. “…… But nevertheless I have decided to carry out this inquiry, to record your answers in detail, and to submit the report to His Excellency the Marshal, asking him to deal with the matter. Therefore, Captain, don't be too happy, you just won't be punished for the time being. ”

But it's still a thankful result. Wiesenberg knew quite well that the marshal would obviously not care about his mistake if the expeditionary force was victorious, but if the expeditionary force failed...... Of course, the likelihood of such a scenario is slim, but if it does, then his mistake is even less worth mentioning, and all that has to worry is the senior officers, Colonel Kittel and, of course, Lieutenant Colonel Rohr.

And......

"And I'll put this failure, and the reasons for it, in your file, Captain. Hopefully, it won't affect your promotion. ”

In Wiesenberg's sense, the lieutenant colonel's voice became sinister—and so did his smile. Before he could think more, though, the lieutenant colonel had already given the order. "Now you can leave, by the way, please take Hinds. Lieutenant Ellefeld called in, Captain. ”

"Yes, sir." Standing upright again, leaning on his legs, and saluting, Wiesenberg walked to the door and pulled it away, then strode out.

Then, a long line of his men pushed open the door and walked in.

"Hinds. Lieutenant Ellefield. ”

"Sir."

"I have some questions that you need to answer seriously......"

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PS: This chapter is written without German flavor at all, so let's make do with it...... It seems that I can only write about the US military

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