Chapter 34: The Determined Brigade Commander

To the right of the middle-aged officer sat a large man, in his thirties, with a stubbled beard and a fierce face, with gauze wrapped around his forehead, and no hat, who looked like a fierce general.

"If you want me to say, everyone rushed up to fight, and if they die, they will die, and as long as those who survive can grab the materials in the convoy, we will have a much better life in the future, and it is easy to say whether we continue to fight or hide."

Sitting on the left was an elegant officer, the color of the collar badge looked like a major, his face was very poor, his eyes were bloodshot, he unbuttoned the wind and discipline buckle casually, his face was full of dark clouds in a daze, he heard the big man speak and came back to his senses, looked at the rich middle-aged officer and said: "Brigade commander, I still think we can't stop, although the enemy hasn't chased after us, it doesn't mean that there won't be other enemies passing by, we have stopped here for more than two hours, this place can't stay any longer!" ”

"Can't wait? If we can't stay here, where else can we go? We can't last even three days without food, and we can't do anything without weapons and equipment. The brigade commander seemed to be smiling, and his eyes were complicated.

"Not really...... We went west, into the mountains, and westward to find other teams. ”

Hearing this, the brigade commander stared at the hat in his hand for a while, and suddenly said, "To the west? The armies of the German Empire are also fighting to the west, and you have seen their armies, do you think our armies can hold them back? You can't go all the way west, can you? ”

"We can't fight anymore, we've wasted a long time, if we run out...... It's completely hopeless. ”

The fierce general spoke: "If you want me to say, you still have to grab the supplies in front of you, and then go to the mountains to hide for a while, and after this period of time, we will find an opportunity to go south to Sarajevo." ”

Seeing that several low-ranking officers around him spoke in agreement, Major Ruya lowered his head and was silent.

"We can't just count the casualties, if we don't have supplies, we will die if we enter the mountain, then it's decided, everyone gathers manpower, we have to take down the enemy's supply convoy at any cost this time."

After hearing the order, everyone got up and went to gather their troops, and only the brigade commander and Major Ruya were left on the scene, both of whom were relatively speechless, and they were both thinking about their own thoughts.

This group of soldiers who have just been withdrawn from the position, there are more than 700 people in total, it seems like a lot, in fact, this is the only remaining manpower of this full brigade, they belong to the defensive position before the same brigade is stationed, yesterday there were more than 4,000 strong soldiers, only one morning's work, now only these remnants of the defeated generals, the chief of staff retreated all the way, and only collected more than 700 people.

That's right, Major Ruya is the chief of staff of this brigade, if it weren't for his insistence on collecting the remnants, now let alone more than 700 people, it would be good to have 70 people, the brigade commander was injured in the arm, and at the first time when the defense line was breached, he fled with his personal guards regardless of it, and met the chief of staff who was collecting the troops on the way, so he retreated to the north with his troops.

At the beginning, the enemy also pursued for a while, so that their side lost some soldiers, and then I don't know why the enemy did not catch up, so that everyone was relieved, as for looking back to see what the situation is, whoever has the leisure to go, anyway, run away first.

Until the corner met love, and ran headlong into the vanguard of the German army's supply convoy, both sides panicked and hid on the spot to fire on the opposite side, whether to fight or turn in the other direction and continue to retreat, the commanders have not argued a result, so the stalemate has been until now.

Fortunately, now that there is finally a result, the soldiers have finally assembled, and even the clerks of the brigade headquarters have tightened their grip on their weapons, just waiting for the commander to give the order, and then make a decisive charge to the enemy two or three hundred meters ahead.

The brigade commander had a telescope in his hand to observe the enemy on the opposite side, and as soon as his hand was raised to give the order to attack on all fronts, there was a whistling sound of shells in the air, and then three shells exploded in the group of soldiers lying on the ground.

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! The smoke that began to rise from the camp made the brigade commander and the officers look blank and turn their heads to look in the direction where the shells were flying behind them. The sound of the explosion gradually increased, the sand was flying, the gravel was flying, the weeds were flying, and the eyes were instantly filled with gunsmoke, shaking this small wasteland, shaking everyone's hearts......

Soon after, a soldier stumbled to the rear and found a group of officers who were still in a daze, and the soldier fell in front of the brigade commander in embarrassment, and quickly reported before he got up: "Report to the brigade commander, four enemy tanks have appeared in the rear, which are now less than two kilometers, and it is expected that they will come into contact with us in three minutes." ”

"Give the order, brigade commander, it's too late if you don't fight" The fierce general was anxious at this time, and hurriedly said to the brigade commander.

Seeing that the brigade commander was still in a daze, he did not give an order for a long time, stomped his feet, hurried away, and after a while, led a team to rush in the direction of the supply convoy.

The camp was already in chaos, some of them were charging towards the supply convoy with them, some were turning around and running backwards to stop the tanks, and some were wounded and rolling on the ground wailing. The brigade commander, whose arm was injured and had a rich face, was blank in his eyes, and his mouth kept muttering: "It's over...... It's really over now. ”

The gunfire not far away suddenly became fierce, followed by a dense explosion, and after a while, another soldier hurriedly ran over: "Report to the brigade commander, Captain Gottlieb led his troops to charge, was blocked by the enemy with a large number of grenades, suffered heavy casualties, and has led the rest of the troops to break through to the west......"

The brigade commander was stupid, as if he had become a sculpture, and the blink of an eye became a luxury. All those who looked in the direction of the smoke were silent, some soldiers were quietly crawling away, some soldiers continued to curl up numbly, and some soldiers were wandering there at a loss.

Major Ruya pulled him off the ridge with his hands, and the brigade commander seemed to come to his senses and muttered in a low voice: "This is not what I want...... All this ...... None of the ...... I wanted."

"Now? Are you talking? Major Grace shook the brigade commander's shoulder, hoping that the distracted brigade commander would regain his strength.

The brigade commander raised his distracted face and looked at the blue sky in the distance: "Let's go, if you can still go, if you are still willing to go, let's go!" ”

He didn't seem to hear any sound anymore, just stared blankly into the distance, whether it was the sound of the wind, the gunshots, the explosions, or the shouts close by, as if they were moving away from him.

Major Ruya wanted to laugh very much, but he couldn't laugh, not that he didn't dare to laugh, but he couldn't laugh, so he took a deep breath in desperation: "Brigade commander, I'll arrange for the rear of the palace to block the attack, you hurry up and lead the team west into the mountain." ”

Seeing that the brigade commander did not react, Major Ruya shook his head helplessly, and turned around and walked towards a group of warriors who had no six gods and no masters.