Chapter 577: Face to Face [2]
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The sound of footsteps in the corridor outside the door frightened Andorra even more, and he suddenly raised his shotgun and fired it at the door like a nervous one. His son's exclamation came from outside the door, which made him breathe a sigh of relief and startle at the same time.
"It's me, father, it's me, can I come in now?", the eldest son looked back at a destroyed painting on the wall of the hallway, several sharp shards tore the frame, and the shaking made the painting thousands of dollars a waste.
There are two kinds of shotgun bullets, one is general-purpose bullets, which are also the most mainstream bullets at present, including standard and non-standard firearms Most of the guns are using such general-purpose bullets. There is also a type of splitter projectile, which requires the addition of a muzzle splitter to the muzzle, and the special bullet will produce a slight vibration when passing through the splitter. The shock was very small, but it was enough for the bullet to split into six lobes and shoot out. This kind of splitting bomb is mainly used for hunting and killing large animals, as well as destructive killing at close range.
The range of the split projectile is not far, only twenty meters, but it is enough for use.
Andorra didn't say anything, he listened carefully to the voices outside the door, and after about ten seconds, he asked, "Are you the only one?"
"Yes, it's just me, what are we going to do now?", the eldest son kept looking out the window at the end of the hallway, the dense gunfire in his ears had subsided a lot, and there was even a brief pause for a few seconds.
If it weren't for the fact that the intruders had been repulsed, there was only one other possibility, the last thing he wanted to see—the Mine Guards had lost, and they had almost been cleared.
When the camp was built, it was divided into three parts, one for the slaves, one for the employees, the ore sorting area, and the living area where the villa was located. Between the three living quarters, apart from the slave living quarters, which were surrounded by high walls and barbed wire, the other two were only half-man-high low fences. If the Mine Guards were defeated, it would mean that the intruders would be outside the villa in a matter of minutes.
There is no such thing as an underground passage in the villa, and it was not thought of being threatened when it was first built. There were more than 200 guards in the entire mine, enough to suppress any behavior of the slaves, and the high wall outside the camp was enough to make Andorra very reassured of his safety.
If you want to leave now, there is no possibility, and the only way seems to be to stay here and wait for the verdict of fate.
After a while, Andorra's voice of "come in" came from the room, and the eldest son opened the door carefully, then stood outside the door with his hands raised to make sure his father could see him, and then he went inside.
"Close the door!", Andorra moved the muzzle of his gun, and his eldest son immediately closed the half-broken door again, he put down his shotgun and leaned to the side, and then beckoned his eldest son to walk towards the display case, "Come, take the handle, push the cabinet over, and the sofa ......"
The two men pushed almost everything in the room that could be moved to the door, blocking the door tightly. They all had a glimmer of hope in their hearts, if those intruders couldn't get in, maybe someone would find out about the abnormality here by dawn and call the police, then they would be saved.
The amount of food and drink that so many people in the camp eat and drink every day is a very large number, and the camp itself does not operate agriculture and animal husbandry, so food will be delivered every day. Every morning at five o'clock, two wagons would bring the camp's belongings all day, and if they found something wrong, maybe the father and son would be rescued...... I hope so!
"Do you know how to use a gun?", Andorra shoved a shotgun into his eldest son's hand and gave him a box of bullets, all of which were splitting rounds.
The eldest son nodded, he had hunted with Andorra twice, and preferred something a little more civilized than Andorra's enthusiasm for hunting. But now the situation was special, he inserted the ammunition feeder into the shotgun according to the action he remembered, and opened the safe, and the father and son looked at each other, sat in the corner of the room, and stared quietly in the direction of the door.
The gunfire outside the house became less and less, and the intermittent gunfire seemed to stop anytime and anywhere, and I don't know how long it took, the night returned to tranquility, and no more gunshots rang out, as if the previous excitement was a false illusion.
"Are there any casualties?", Durin asked as he walked through the gate with a cigarette in his mouth, and saw a bandage around Dufo's arm.
Du Fu nodded, "Seven people died...... , more than thirty people were injured. We weren't familiar with the terrain here, and they shot seven of them out with black guns. ”
It is normal to have casualties in such a battle, even Keina, who is in charge of covering snipers outside, does not dare to say that he can take care of all the places, plus there are some ore piled up in many places, and stray bullets and ricochets are also part of the cause of casualties.
Durin nodded solemnly, and walked to the open space after entering the main gate, which was full of corpses, one by one, and looked a little tingling.
"Everyone is here?", Dufo nodded in response to Doolin's question, Doolin frowned and shook his head, "Go find some of the mine workers and slaves and ask them to identify them." ”
At Doolin's request, they grabbed a few of the men who looked like staff and two slaves, and asked them to identify the bodies of the mine guards and count if they had slipped through the net. After several rounds of identification, it was discovered that three people were not among them, and just as Dührin was about to order the entire non-slave living quarters to be cleared again, Ellis appeared with the three men who had slipped through the net.
"Boss!", Ellis smiled as he walked towards Durin, the three mine rangers behind him disarmed, kneeling with their hands pinched on their ears.
The three of them had thought about fighting at first, but the sudden slowdown in the frequency of the firefights gave them the feeling that something was wrong. They were well aware of the habit of the mines, and if the invaders were repulsed, Andorra would definitely call all the slaves up through loudspeakers, and brutally kill some of the invaders who were not yet dead in front of the slaves to deter them. If these things don't happen, then there may be only one - the mine guard team is defeated.
At this time, their only thought was not to avenge Andorra or other colleagues, they used to be some gold diggers, and then gave up their dangerous lives to join the mine protection team, there was no loyalty problem at all, it was purely to take money to work and eat, there was no need to accompany Andorra to the funeral. So they released Ellith and the others, and surrendered their weapons completely. Even a cow's brain can guess why these invaders are coming, so surrendering is the only way to save your life.
Seeing that Ellis appeared in good condition, Dulin breathed a sigh of relief, he stepped forward to take a closer look, and made Ellis turn around, "They didn't do anything to you, did they? Did you promise them anything?", this sentence has two points, and the last sentence refers to the three people who surrendered.
Ellis used his brain a little before he reacted, "Of course not!"
Without waiting for Durin's order, Dover stepped forward and pulled the trigger of the pistol in his hand, and the three guys fell to the ground.
"We have seven brothers dead this time, and the joy of victory cannot wash away the pain caused by the loss of these brothers, and it is my dereliction of duty that I have brought them out and not be able to bring them back alive!", Durin flicked his cigarette ash and took a hard breath, the cold winter wind made him look a little lonely, "The names of the fallen brothers will be engraved on the Heroic Monuments in all churches, and we will always worship them." Their family will have a pension of 30,000 yuan, and they will be compensated with another 200 yuan every month to support themselves!"
"My promise has been and will be valid, their parents, from today onwards, are my parents, their brothers and sisters, are my Durin's brothers and sisters, anything ......", Duhrin slammed the cigarette butt on the ground, and the sparks that sputtered out were extinguished the moment they lit up under his feet, "Anything is just a phone call, I will do it for them, this is my promise to them, and it is also my promise to everyone!"
The Guartes from other places were excited, but they didn't show anything, while the local Gualts looked a little shocked one by one.
According to the current compensation under the laws of the empire, the maximum amount of compensation for death is 8,000 yuan, but in fact, in many cases, those workers who die for whatever reason, can get a maximum of 4,500 to 5,000 or 6,000 yuan in compensation, and this is still in the case of a lawsuit. If it does not go through justice, it may be resolved purely privately, and it may only be two or three thousand yuan, or even less. Du Lin took out 30,000 yuan at once and would give each family 200 yuan a month to support their lives, and even promised to take care of the affairs of these victims' families, which made many western locals breathless.
In this land, they are accustomed to fighting and death, fighting and defeat, and human life is not worth much.
Durin's words made them completely understand why someone would be willing to die for Doolin, and even not regret it at all, afraid!
Some people even felt for a moment that even if they died now, it was worth it, at least the family could live a good life, and those younger siblings could finally fill their stomachs, put on warm clothes, and not need to be humiliated in exchange for a full meal.
"Let's go, let's meet the man who made all this!", Dührin strode forward, led by the staff, to the outside of the Andorran villa.
He looked at the searchlight-lit villa, stood outside the door for a moment, and then had a megaphone fetched for him.
"Monsieur Andorra, I'm here as promised, won't you come out to meet me?"
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