Chapter 45: The Village
"It's so hot, if it weren't for General Blue, who would have come to such a hellish place...", an army of hundreds of men, fully armed, drove into a village, and Colonel Hierro got out of the car with the beer he had just taken out of the refrigerator.
Looking up at the blazing sun in the sky, Colonel Hierro's expression became more and more unhappy, and he unbuttoned the small clothes he was wearing, revealing a sizable beer belly.
"Ahh It's the Red Ribbon Legion! "A hundred heavily armed soldiers got out of the car and broke into the village, and the villagers in the village were very panicked and fled in all directions, showing great fear.
The murderous reputation of the Red Ribbon Legion is enough to make the child stop crying, how can the villagers not be afraid when they see so many soldiers.
"Go over there, get out of here!" The soldiers captured the fleeing villagers, held them at gunpoint, and gathered them at the entrance of the village.
This is just an ordinary village, and even looks a little dilapidated, and the whole village combined, after counting the old and weak, women and children, there are only about 100 people, and there are only 20 or 30 young and middle-aged people.
"What are you going to do!" Some of the strong-blooded villagers were very dissatisfied with the soldiers, and they were very angry at the cruel behavior of the elderly, children, and women, pushing and shoving the soldiers.
"Don't be impulsive!" Seeing the actions of this villager, there were elderly people around him, and he hurriedly said.
However, the old man's words were a little late, and the young villager had already rushed over.
"Be honest with me, don't look for trouble!" The soldiers of the Red Satin Army were not easy to talk to, and looking at the troublesome villager, he directly hit the villager in the face with the butt of his rifle.
"Ahh The villagers let out a scream, don't look away, their cheeks swollen, their mouths spat blood, and they fell heavily to the ground.
However, the soldier did not end his action, raised his foot and kicked hard, and the unlucky villager vented his irritability from being irritated by the sun.
"Don't look...", the villagers all showed expressions of fear and fear, and reached out to block the children's eyes from seeing this sad and sad picture.
"Alas, what a wicked," the old men shook their heads and sighed.
Soon, all the villagers in the village gathered at the entrance of Panshi Village, including several young villagers who had been beaten up and embarrassed, and the villagers all looked around in fear at the muzzles of the guns aimed at them.
Colonel Hierro stepped out of the soldiers and looked at the villagers, who were poorly dressed and covered with strips of cloth to cover their private parts, and most of their bodies were exposed to the air.
Because the surrounding area is blazing with hot sunlight and high temperatures all the time, the villagers' skin is a bronze color.
Looking at the villagers, Colonel Hierro showed an undisguised expression of disgust.
"Ladies and gentlemen, I don't know, what is the matter with you coming to our village?" The head of the village, an old man with a gray beard, leaning over and holding a wooden cane as high as he wanted, walked over and asked cautiously.
"Recently, a group of people have been attacking our Red Ribbon Regiment everywhere, and I know that they must have something to do with your village, and we must hand them all over, or elseโ" Colonel Hierro threatened the villagers.
Hearing Colonel Hierro's words, the village chief's eyes shrank slightly, and his hand holding the cane clenched, but because his eyes were not big and narrowed into a slit, Colonel Hierro did not notice.
"Master Jun, what you said, we don't know, we are all ordinary farmers, how dare we trouble you." The village chief said bitterly.
Colonel Hierro obviously didn't believe it, and continued to ask, but the village chief just insisted that he didn't know anything, he didn't know, no matter how you asked, he just didn't know.
"Search me!!" Colonel Hierro was annoyed and ordered directly.
'Bang! When the soldiers heard the order, they immediately rushed into the homes of the villagers, and all kinds of beatings and looting, and the movements were very skillful, which can be described as doing it in one go.
Soldiers with red ribbons are already familiar with this kind of thing, and every time they encounter this kind of thing, it is their chance to make extra money.
When the soldiers were searching, they kept smashing, and when they encountered valuable actions, or things they liked, they kicked them directly in their arms and took them away, no one would ask anything, this was all routine, and the captains of each squad also turned a blind eye, which was not strange.
However, the village was very poor, there was nothing at all, and the soldiers did not catch anything good, which made them unhappy, and the result of their unhappiness was to smash more things.
Although they are all soldiers, after all, they are soldiers of the Red Ribbon Legion, a violent organization of the underworld, not the regular army of the government, and there is not much discipline for this kind of behavior.
And the villagers, when they heard the sound of smashing in the house, all showed expressions of fear and heartache, their village was very poor, and they cared about a pottery bowl very much, so smashed, I don't know how many things were damaged.
"Report, nothing found!" Soon, after a smash search, the soldier came back to report.
"Get me some water, it's fucking hot!" However, Colonel Hierro did not care about that, and he was drinking the last bottle of cold beer he had brought, but he still felt hot and thirsty, and said to his men.
"Yes!" The soldier answered and ran to the middle of the village, where there was a well.
"Report, this well is dry!" One soldier threw the barrel down, but when he shook it up, there was only wet sand and no sign of water.
The well was dry, and in order to meet Colonel Hierro's need for water, the soldiers again rushed into the villagers' houses, looking for water.
Soon, a soldier collected a jug of water, ran back, and presented it to Colonel Hierro.
'Goo! Goo! Colonel Hierro, who was too hot, gulped down the water from the kettle, and a lot of water fell on him from the corners of his mouth.
The villagers all looked at Colonel Hierro with distress, gulping down the water that belonged to them, and the children bit their fingers and looked at Colonel Hierro with envy, their dry mouths secreting some saliva.
"How much water is left, all of them are loaded, I knew this ghost weather, so I would have brought more water." Colonel Hierro finished drinking, wiped the sweat from his head, and spoke.
"Master Jun, our village is very short of water, especially in this dry season..."Hearing Colonel Hierro's order, the village chief hurriedly pleaded.
In this blazing area, water is a very precious thing, it can be said that water is as expensive as oil, and the villagers are precious to water, saving every drop of water, water is their lifeline.
If Colonel Hierro took all the water from the village, it would be tantamount to taking the life of the village.