Chapter 23: A Short Break

"Commander, the enemy has retreated to the direction of the bridgehead, and the battle line has been stabilized. ”

"Uh-huh. Get it. ”

"Commander, the second echelon under the command of Major Udina has come up, they have entered the position, and now they are strengthening the fortifications and preparing for a new attack by the enemy. ”

"Woo, that's good, that's good. ”

"Commander, Acting Commander Testarosa has sent a report saying that the enemy's Fourth Division is out of ammunition and will not carry out artillery bombardment anymore, so let's rest in the city. ”

"Ahhh

If Carl can turn his eyes from the bread in his hand to the faces of the soldiers surrounding him at this time, he will find that most of the soldiers have-like stars in their eyes at this time, and the soldiers who have experienced the counter-charge and reorganized the battle line with Carl still remember Carl's posture and chic combat style too well.

One man stood at the forefront of the troops, slashing bullets, slaughtering wild beasts, assaulting the chariot formation, and with a saber and several grenades, he was stunned to destroy the street corner fortress guarded by three chariots and a dozen soldiers.

And he was unharmed.

Use the darkness before dawn as a cover to kill the lone emperor ** one by one, and pull out the emperor ** soldiers lurking in the darkness and cut them down.

The sound of enemy gunfire in the night. The flash of fire from the blade on contact with the bullet and the screams of the enemy like pigs made the soldiers who charged with Karl excited.

How can it be a cool word to charge with such a bull commander?!

It just so happened that the enemy was also disorganized, and the ammunition was exhausted, which could not stop an effective fire counterattack, and all of this gave Karl in the counterattack a chance of victory.

The troops who followed Karl's counter-assault back to the line to drive away the emperor ** were the least casualties of the night.

And the big-headed soldiers who don't like analysis and judgment naturally attribute their victory and safety to the presence of the commander who pulls the wind.

"Woo ~ water! Give me water! Choke me to death!"

But at this time, Carl, who was eating a lot, didn't care about these things at all, and was completely addicted to the struggle between himself and the bread.

"Hah...... It's so comfortable, and eating a basket of bread after work is the happiest thing in life~"

Mr. Hideyoshi, can you pursue something else?

"But...... Compared to Alicia's bread, it's still far worse~"

Looking at the bread in his hand, Carl couldn't help but think of Alicia with the baker's turban

"I really want to eat the bread she makes~ I really want to eat it. ”

"Carl!!"

Sure enough, God must have loved Carl's pseudo-mother very much recently, otherwise why would he come whenever he thinks about whoever he wants?

"Alicia?!Why are you here?~"

Seeing Alicia in a militia uniform running over panting, Carl's heart immediately blossomed.

To be honest, Carl likes this cheerful and spicy baker girl very much, not only beautiful, gentle and strong, but also very loving, and most importantly, ......

'The bread is superb~' (covering his face)

"Why do you have time to come to me today, Alicia?~"

Seeing Alicia Karl smile friendly.

"Big deals! Welgin...... Ha...... Ha... Something happened to Welgin. ”

Panting, Alicia wiped the sweat from her head as she spoke, apparently she had run a considerable distance

"Welgin, isn't he acting as the chariot unit, what's wrong?"

Looking at Alicia's appearance, Karl also understood that something was probably wrong

"Those who withdrew from the northern positions, they ...... They want to execute the emperor ** captive that Virgin has captured!"

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"I mean, what the hell is going on with you?!Why don't you let us deal with such a brute?!Is your brain water?!"

"These people are our captives, and I promised to keep them safe, so I'm sorry. I cannot hand these men over to you. ”

At this time, the location of the chariot unit, Wilkin was arguing fiercely with the soldiers of the Northern Army who had generally withdrawn from the northern position, to be precise, the soldiers of the Northern Army were excited, and Vergin had been calmly arguing with these excited soldiers.

Coincidentally, it was time for the soldiers to have lunch, and there was no one else in the camp except for Wilkin and a few soldiers who had stayed behind, and the infantrymen who had come to kill them had apparently come at the right time.

"Fart!"

But it is clear that Wilkin's arguments have not worked

"Click. ”

The soldier, who had been talking for a long time, felt a little annoyed, so he simply took out his pistol and pointed it at Virgin's head.

"I'll say it again, get out of the way!

..................

At this time, in the wooden house behind Wilkin, the 63 members of the nine chariots surrendered by the 2nd Chariot Brigade of the 3rd Wing of the 6th Division of the Emperor ** were lying on the window and at the door, nervously watching the two factions outside the house with a huge disparity in strength and numbers, debating the results of their group.

"Captain, Captain Field, do you think we're going to be ...... Shot by those guys?"

Looking at the murderous appearance of those soldiers with loaded guns, many soldiers in the room showed timid and frightened looks.

Originally, they gave up their last honor and became one of the collective surrenderers on the battlefield that were absolutely unacceptable to the emperor's ** troops, and gave up senseless resistance and surrendered with the chariot for the negligible possibility of returning to their hometown in the future. But now......

"Those brutes of the Sixth Division are all cheap if they are shot!"

But now even this last bit of hope is being denied.

"Captain, let's run now! We have 63 people, and the other side has sixteen, so we may be able to run away now......

"Nonsense! What can you do if you escape?! Can you escape the blockade line of the Galia? Can you escape back to the Sixth Division? What can you say if you flee back? How can you explain the few days since we disappeared? ! We have surrendered, we have surrendered en masse, and this alone is enough for us to be dragged to the execution ground and shot!"

As the only remaining officer in the ranks, Ensign Field mercilessly reprimanded his men for this unrealistic idea.

"This is Galia, not the Empire, as long as we are angry, we are enemies, don't expect to be able to escape home here, even if we really escape back alive, do you think there are good days waiting for you?!"

That's right, at this time, they actually have no choice, if they go back, they will die, and there may be a way to live if they stay, and it is almost impossible to live if they escape, and at least no one has moved themselves if they stay here.

"And the commander still seems to be very trustworthy. ”

As he spoke, Field looked at Welgin, who was still frowning and unblinking in the face of the muzzle of the gun, and couldn't help but admire the other party's courage.

"But this kind of moment is unmoved...... I really don't know if it's brave or ......."

............

"One last time! My patience is limited!"

But in the end, the outnumbered GIs refused to back down

"One last time! I say one last time! Get out of the way! I don't want my self to get into my own head!"

The big man with a visible scar on his face was a little impatient, and simply pushed the muzzle of the gun directly to Wilkin's head.

"Get out of the way!"

"Who do you say you want to get out of the way?" Sergeant Brutt?"

At this moment, a neutral, magnetic and cold voice came from the direction of the camp gate.

"Who is it?!I didn't see Lao Tzu ......?"

Brutt, who was still grinning and about to burst into foul language, immediately became dumb as soon as he turned around.

With white hair and cold red pupils, a somewhat petite figure for a man walked leisurely towards him.

Pinned to his waist was the saber that slashed through countless bullets and the flesh of the enemy, representing the master's brutal combat power.

A 'you're annoying' look at Brut with a look

"I ask you, who do you want to get out of the way?" Sergeant Brut?"

The cold voice that made people feel the color of the ** color, but when it came to Brunt's ears, he felt a little worried from the bottom of his heart.

The counter-assault at dawn was attended by him and the guys behind him. He had seen the commander's command and terror with his own eyes.

"Answer my question sergeant!"