ACT225: Life and Death Differ
Coming to Marta in the Spanish colony again, the atmosphere here is completely different from the last time Zhao Jian came!
At its peak, there were more than 300,000 troops, and Republican generals and Soviet military advisers were actively planning a counteroffensive. Many Republican soldiers firmly believe that the final victory of this war will be theirs, but now there are less than 20,000 remnants left here, and those soldiers who believed in victory have either been struck by the cruel reality to the point of collapse, or have given their young lives in a bloody battle.
By this time, the news of the surrender of the republican government had already spread throughout the colonies, and the morale of the republican army was also crumbling, and many troops chose to abandon their weapons and surrender to the national army, while others chose to abandon their weapons and take off their uniforms and flee. The rest of the diehards spontaneously rallied to Marta, the former stronghold, and prepared to make a final standout here.
Of these troops who refused to surrender, about 5,000 belonged to the international column, 12,000 to the Spanish GCD, and only about 400 were abandoned Soviet soldiers. Dragovich, who had already returned to China by boat, did not want these people to return alive and spread rumors to darken the glory of his "famous general".
These Spanish party members clearly knew that if they fell into the hands of Franco alive, what awaited them would definitely be a more terrible torture than death, and it was better to live than to live like that, but to have a dignified grand end in the artillery fire like a soldier at the last moment of their lives.
When the fleet landed in the harbor, there was a huge artificial lake, except for a few small dilapidated wooden boats, there was no shadow of a spaceship in sight, and the cluttered dock was empty, not even a ghost shadow.
Zhao had to send people down to tie the ropes and fix the suspension ladder, and it was not until 15 minutes after they docked at the port that some soldiers arrived at the scene. Zhao Jian looked at it from afar. Not only did he see his acquaintance Rezenov, but even Chrysgar was with him. Except for the fact that their faces looked a little haggard, their bodies did not seem to be in serious trouble.
However, as soon as the other party arrived, Chrisjia angrily pulled out his gun and pointed it at his head after seeing Zhao Jian.
"You shameful traitor, you dare to appear in front of us!?"
As soon as Chrisgar pulled out her pistol, the atmosphere at the scene became tense in an instant.
Without saying a word, Zhao's men picked up the MP5 tied to their waists, and the Soviets responded with their Mosingana raised, and there was a great momentum to open fire at the slightest disagreement. Seeing this, Zhao Jian hurriedly waved his hand at his own people, asking them not to be so nervous. Then asked Chrisgar with an innocent face.
"Hey, hey, hey! Miss Bachenova, where did you start with that? ”
"Don't pretend anymore, we already know about your arms sales to the rebels! What else do you want to quibble? ”
Facing the angry Chrisjia, Zhao Jian sighed with a wry smile, and then looked at Rezenov, who was silent, and said.
"I said Daddy Victor, it's almost there! Miss Bachenova doesn't understand, don't you understand? ”
Looking at Zhao Jian with a fearless expression, and then looking at the fully automatic weapons around him, Rezenov walked to Chrysga's side. Reaching out and pressing her pistol down, he said in a voice that betrayed exhaustion.
"Chrisgar, put your guns away! He really can't be considered a traitor, because the object of his allegiance was not the same as ours from the beginning. ”
"But not Franco." Zhao Jian added with a smile.
The abandoned Soviet soldiers were almost all pilots and repositors. There were 425 people in total, and there were 22 active armored planes on their hands, all of which were T-26 types. Reznov is currently the supreme commander of these soldiers and the only colonel-level officer who did not leave with the evacuated destroyer, before Dragovich fled. full of malice, let him stay and "sit", and even wanted to transfer Chrisgar.
Although Rezenov despised this opportunist, he still agreed to the other party's arrangement. Rezenov did not want to leave these soldiers behind. I don't want Chrisga, who is young and has a lot to do in the future, to accompany them here to die. However, his temper is stubborn, and Chrisga, who is deeply influenced by him, has never let him do much!
As soon as she heard that Rezenov had told her to "escape", the girl took out a pistol on the spot and put it to her temple, saying that if she was not allowed to stay, she would "go first". Rezhnov was angry and moved by this, and scolded Chrysgar with a wry smile, and Dragovic, who was present at the time, saw this and understood that he couldn't poach this "genius pilot", so he decided to slip away.
However, although Rezenov stayed, he did not give up hope of living.
This is Spain, not his native Soviet Union, and Rezenov does not see himself obligated to give his life for this country, so he has been thinking about how to escape. At this time, the "savior" was finally sent to the door by himself, of course he couldn't let Chrisjia collapse Zhao Jian.
In fact, at this time, Marta, except for those Spaniards, the Soviets and a part of the international community did not want to die, and the arrival of the Zhao ship undoubtedly gave them hope for life, and many people began to gather at the dock!
"Daddy Victor, how about bothering your people to maintain discipline? They're such a mess, I can't get them on board. ”
"No problem!"
Rezenov said, took out his pistol and hit the sky with a "bang", and the dock, which was still messy just now, suddenly quieted down, and Rezenov shouted in his loud voice before the crowd became chaotic again.
"Hey! Are you noisy guys trying to stay alive? ”
"That's right!" xN
"Then if you want to live, why can't you line up? Can't such a big freighter fit your bunnies!? Look at what you look like now, how can you still look like a soldier, like a group of frightened refugees! ”
Rezenov's words made many people present feel ashamed and embarrassed, they are also soldiers who have experienced the baptism of war, and they also have a sense of honor as a soldier in their hearts.
So the crowd, which was still chaotic just now, quickly formed into ten teams according to Rezenov's command. After standing on the deck and counting it, Zhao Jian found that there were less than 3,000 people in total, that is to say, only half of the remaining international columns were willing to leave, which was even less than he expected at the beginning.
At this time, Zhao Jian found that there was another group of people not far away, watching this side, and it was expected that they should be the Spanish GCD and the international column that were unwilling to leave Marta. Although they used to be comrades-in-arms, those who want to live can't go together with those who want to die, and in order to avoid embarrassment, the two sides maintain a considerable distance. Some of them glanced at their comrades in the distance with nostalgia, and this may be the last time they can see each other.
There are a total of 2,888 people who want to leave, a very auspicious number, Zhao Jian let the wave number team, a ship with 250, and the rest is in charge of the hydrangea. However, when Zhao Jian asked these people to lay down all their weapons and board the ship, many people quit.
After all, Zhao Jian was a businessman who had sold weapons to Franco, and many of the people present lacked trust in him, and no one dared to guarantee that after they laid down their weapons and boarded the ship, the other party would sell them to the national army as piglets.
In this regard, Zhao Jian sneered and explained to these nervous lost dogs.
"Look up at the heavens! Do you see those little black dots in the east? Those are the armed gunboats of the National Army, and for you who have little air defense, just a few of them will easily destroy all of you. Franco is just worried that killing too many foreigners will have a bad international impact on himself, and he doesn't need to hire me to trick you out of town, it's no different from taking off your pants and farting! ”
Directly told the truth, although this embarrassed the nearly 3,000 people present and looked at him with hostile eyes, Zhao Jian did not feel that he was obliged to please these guys.
So after fearlessly staring at these 2888 people for 3 minutes, Zhao Jian became the final winner, some people angrily threw their rifles into the water, while others who were a little more rational put their weapons and ammunition on the ground on the side and put them on the ground, the people who stayed behind would definitely need this more than them! (To be continued......)
PS: The little black house does help to improve the concentration and efficiency of codewords, but the frequency of crashes is unbearable!