Chapter Two Hundred and Sixty-Seven

Li Xiao's speech was quickly conveyed to all parts of the Ming Dynasty through radio waves.

Nowadays, the Ming Dynasty is a large area, with Honolulu as far east as far as Corsica as far west.

Fortunately, the speed of the radio waves was fast enough, and within a day, Li Xiao's speech was printed and circulated among the Ming army at all levels.

After reading Li Xiao's speech, one by one, their blood boiled, and they couldn't wait to pick up their weapons and go to the battlefield to kill a few of them.

The most direct consequence is that the officers of the Ming army at all levels have received countless blood letters, asking to go to the front line, even if they are death squads.

There are no death squads in the Ming army!

Even the troops responsible for the first wave never had a casualty rate of more than 10 percent.

The reason is simple, the fire on the opposite side has been suppressed all the time.

The planes were constantly circling in the sky, and as soon as they saw the enemy's artillery positions, they began to bomb.

On the position, after the heavy artillery bombardment, the tank was the lead to carry out a key assault.

The number of troops deployed by the coalition forces on one front is very large, but the number of troops concentrated at one point is pitiful.

After concentrating tanks and infantry chariots, the Ming army could often easily break through a little, and could penetrate the enemy's depth, forty or fifty kilometers, in one day.

The troops who killed into the belly of the enemy army were like monkeys.

In particular, the Austro-Hungarian army, which had weak anti-tank weapons, was simply in a no-man's land.

Hundreds of thousands of people were cut into several pieces like tofu in a few days.

Also troubled by the radio message is another unexpected person, that is, the Pope.

He didn't expect Li Xiao to make such a request to him, and said that as long as he succeeded, he would let him go back to the Vatican.

After much deliberation, the Pope decided to agree to Li Xiao's suggestion.

After all, he did not want to be a prisoner in Crete.

Li Xiao has proved by his actions that he does not care about offending the whole Christian world. Nor does he care about the future of Europeans, if possible this demon would like to kill all the men in Europe.

Ignacio Cassis took one last look back at the still smoking battlefield, and reluctantly stepped onto the military tractor of the Ming army.

The tractors were bumpy and they weren't tied up. But no one escaped!

Because there were many corpses on the side of the road, all of them were shot and killed one by one after jumping out of the car and escaping.

The Swiss soldiers felt that by not tying them up, the Ming men were actually encouraging them to flee and then shoot them in the back.

Since escaping is a lifeless thing, no one wants to run away.

Moreover, the Ming army and the Russian army occupied the entire Kursk.

It is not bad to fall into the hands of the Ming army, but it is miserable to fall into the hands of the Russian army.

Those rude Slavs will treat their captured opponents in the most brutal way.

In the places where the Russian troops are stationed and assembled, there are usually strings of prisoners' corpses hanging at the door.

There was more than one scene on the battlefield, and many of the corpses were already covered with flies.

They also saw the Russian army order the prisoners of war to stack the corpses on top of each other like arhats, and then pour gasoline on them and burn them.

On the side of the road, such piles of corpses can often be seen.

The tractor dragged them for half a day, and then they arrived at a huge concentration of prisoners.

Here they saw many prisoners, enclosed in a clearing with barbed wire. The density has reached the point where it is difficult to sit down!

Before entering, there were Russians at the door, and all those who had Jewish characteristics were singled out.

Those who obey are driven away like sheep, and those who do not obey are shot in the head and thrown into a big hole by the side of the road.

There are many such large pits on the side of the road, and the dead people in them will be buried when they are full, and in some places they are buried a little shallowly, and it is common to see arms and legs exposed to the ground, and of course, sometimes half of the head will be exposed.

Most of these bodies had been burned, so the ground was black.

It looks like it has been scorched by the fire of hell, and it looks very scary.

The Swiss got into the car and drove for half a day before arriving at the train station.

Compared to the Hebrews, they were treated quite well. They lined up to receive their own white bread and hot water.

The officers and soldiers were treated as one, and those who dared to make a fuss or cut in line were all deprived of their treatment, stood aside and watched everyone eat, and they were not allowed to sit.

I don't know who invented a terrible punishment, which was to stuff a piece of paper between the back of the head, the two shoulder blades, and the calf and the wall of the person who was being punished.

As long as that piece of paper is gone, you're out of luck.

If a piece of paper falls to the ground, you will be given a hard beating with a stick to continue standing and the time will be increased by half an hour.

If two pieces of paper fall to the ground, it will be even more unlucky, and you will be stripped naked and whipped.

What awaits you is no longer a penalty stand, but hanging, the tips of your toes just enough to hit the ground, if you don't look at the handcuffs, and the ballerina has a look.

If you want your wrist not to suffer, your toe will suffer. On the contrary, if you don't want your toes to suffer, your wrists will suffer.

Generally speaking, people who hang it for a few hours will beg passing by to kill themselves.

If you drop more than three pieces of paper, you will not be beaten. Hang your hands directly!

And it's not hanging until you die, every three to five hours, you can slow down for five minutes.

No matter how fierce a man is, when he puts it on the ground, it is like a puddle of mud.

After seeing the ferocity of the Russians, no one wants to make a mistake anymore. Everyone sat honestly on the cold concrete floor, waiting for an uncertain fate.

Ignazio Cassis was the commander, and he was treated much better than an ordinary soldier.

He was given two slices of bread sandwiched with fried luncheon meat, and a glass of milk for him.

Of course, this treatment belonged only to him and a handful of high-ranking officers.

They were placed in the waiting room, where they were free to move and even had makeshift camp beds to sleep on.

"Where are they going to send us?"

"I don't know! But it was kind to us. ”

"The Russians seem to hate the Hebrews so much that they will be killed if they are identified, and one of my lieutenant colonels was shot with a big Jewish nose."

"I heard that the Russians have committed a lot of crimes in Ukraine, they have killed a lot of Russians and Ukrainians."

"No wonder they were so hostile to the Hebrews."

Ignacio Cassis listened to his subordinates talk to each other, and did not interject but looked outside smoking cigarettes.

This is another treatment for them, and every high-ranking officer who is locked up here is able to receive a pack of cigarettes every day.

I have to say that Daming's cigarettes seem to be better smoked than Swiss cigarettes.

Until now, the Ming people still treat themselves preferentially. The abuse of the Russians was also only against the Hebrews, or the Hebrews in the Swiss army.

Treat pure Swiss people with politeness.

Except for idiots who take the initiative to find trouble, no one will be punished for no reason. I just don't know where I'm going to get myself right now.

There was a knock at the door, and the Swiss officer inside immediately fell silent. Everyone is looking at the door!

The door was pushed open, and a Ming officer walked in.

He said something to the tongue man, and he heard the man beside him say in Swiss: "Generals, please go out, and get your chariot here." ”

"Where are you taking me?" Ignazio Cassis asked.

Although he did not know the rank of the officer who came, he decided that it was not as high as his.

"I don't know!" The translator didn't bother to translate at all, and just made a gesture of please.

A group of people got on the platform and waited for the approaching train.

The train is coming, it's a stuffy tank train. The Swiss soldiers, escorted by the Russians to the stuffy tank train.

Sitting inside the train, I don't know how long I have been in the boat.

The train was going so fast that when everyone got off the train again, they saw the sea.

In the distance there is a high platform with torches blazing on the high platform.

Locked in a stuffy tank train, everyone stinks to death. The smell was even worse than the salty smell of the sea.

The Swiss were imprisoned in a larger prisoner-of-war camp, where Ignazio Cassis saw almost all of his men standing and moving, even the grooms.

He secretly got people in touch, and there were 34,728 people.

That is, they lost more than fifteen thousand people in this battle.

It is a great misfortune that more than 10,000 fierce Swiss warriors have been killed, and it is not known if there will be other misfortunes among them.

This misfortune is what the Ming people will do to them.

"Commander, let's organize a riot. I see that the guards here are very lax, and the Ming people are too conceited. There were only a few hundred Russians who were guarding more than 30,000 of us! ”

"There are only more than 100 people in the Ming army, and we have a good chance of succeeding if we riot."

"Commander, what will they do to us."

"Commander, we can't let them slaughter."

In the midst of the agitation, there was also some opposition.

"Commander, the Ming people treated us well, not only gave us food and water, but also gave us housing.

And they didn't have to sleep on the floor, they even gave everyone a blanket. ”

"I think the Ming people are pretty good to us."

"Maybe they won't do anything to us."

When one person arrived, everyone kept their mouths shut.

Ignazio Cassis almost dropped his jaw in shock: "Your Excellency the Pope, why are you here?" ”

The high-ranking officers were also shocked to see the Pope.

The Pope had a very good relationship with the Swiss, and his guard consisted of a group of Swiss.

And because of the invention of the airship, long-distance travel is no longer a difficult task. Going to the Vatican to meet the Pope is much more convenient than ever.

Therefore, Ignazio Cassis and these high-ranking generals almost all met with the Pope.

Now the Pope actually appeared in front of them, which made them feel incredible.

Because it was the Pope's presence that led the Swiss to form an expeditionary force. Now, how did the Pope come with the Ming people?

"Pope, are you here to save us?" Ignazio Cassis's tone was tinged with excitement.

"Yes kid!" The Pope's voice was as magnetic as ever.

"O dear Father......!" Ignazio Cassis fell to his knees and drew a cross on his chest in excitement.

"Son, get up." The Pope smiled and reached out to help Ignacio Cassis.

The officers around him were very happy, no wonder the Ming army had such a good attitude towards the Swiss, it turned out that the Pope was mediating behind them.

Sure enough, at the critical moment, you have to rely on God to help you.

"When can we go home!" An officer asked boldly.

Everyone looked at the Pope, although the Ming people had good intentions towards them, but ......, the prisoner of war camp was not as comfortable as it was at home.

"Oh, my children. All of you can go home, but there are a few things you need to do before you go home. The Pope's kind voice makes people feel a sense of reverence in their hearts as soon as they hear it.

"What's the matter?" Ignazio Cassis asked.

He is very calm, the Pope can take away more than 30,000 people, it must be a deal with Daming.

The Ming people are infidels, and they will not give any face to the Heavenly Father.

Even on the battlefield, the Ming people once openly desecrated the cross.

"Ignazio Cassis, you need to take your lads and go to Baghdad to fight with Musuri.

You can't go back to Switzerland until you've defeated them. The Pope said mildly.

"Go to Baghdad and fight Mussurin?" Ignazio Cassis's eyes widened.

He did not expect that the conditions for the exchange of Swiss prisoners of war would be like this.

"Holy Father, we cannot go to Baghdad, and we will not fight Musurin.

Although we don't like Musurin either, ......, we can't fight for the Ming people. Ignazio Cassis flatly refused.

"Kid, you don't have a way to refuse. Because the Ming Dynasty is too powerful now, it is only a matter of time before the army of the gods is defeated.

Perhaps, this is the punishment of the Holy Father for the disloyalty of some of us.

The Generalissimo of the Ming Dynasty personally promised you that as long as you go to Baghdad to fight for the Ming Dynasty.

The Ming Dynasty will treat Switzerland as a neutral country, and when it counterattacks the European continent in the future, neither the Ming army nor the Russian army will occupy Switzerland.

You will all be preserved, and your families will be preserved.

In other words, your struggle will protect all Swiss.

If you don't want to, they will send you back to Daming to work as laborers. until they think that you have atoned for your sins.

Switzerland, on the other hand, will suffer the most ferocious war.

Countless Swiss will die in the war again. Whether it is the elderly, children or women, they cannot avoid the Ming army who will be harmed.

My children, I don't want to force you. But think about it, you went to Iraq to fight for Switzerland, for your loved ones.

Child! I'm sure you'll make the right decision! ”

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