Chapter 413: 413 The day lily is cold
Chapter 413 413 The day lilies are cold
As minutes and seconds passed, Captain 1 was actually standing far away from the corpse pit, but he still had the illusion that he could smell the corpse odor.
He involuntarily stood further away, then rubbed his nose with his hand and looked anxiously in the direction of the corpse pit.
For this matter, he handed over the command of the landing to the commander of the 2nd Battalion, and the number of soldiers here increased from a dozen to more than thirty now.
After seeing this big pit, almost everyone was frightened by what they saw. These warriors who killed people on the battlefield without blinking an eye were not immune to such a rotten and stench scene.
If they were allowed to kill people on the battlefield, they would not feel any burden, and even their Lina would not even frown. But to let them massacre civilians, they really need some psychological training.
Of course, they may actually carry out the massacre order after it is issued, but they cannot do this kind of thing where they don't even bother to deal with it after killing the people.
This is determined by the basic attributes of civilization. At least they are still human beings, possessing the most basic humanity, and are not the kind of devils who have been brainwashed by a certain idea.
Finally, when the 1st regiment commander was a little impatient, he saw the army doctor coming over with his mouth covered.
Behind this doctor was a nurse. Her mask hung on her ears and the other side hung under her chin. One look at her face showed that this little girl had vomited more than once.
The doctor took off his mask and took a deep breath before reporting: "They were killed by someone. We did a preliminary investigation and found that there were 17 children, 84 mature men and women, 52 elderly people... these They were civilians, and there were 31 soldiers wearing Zheng’s military uniforms.”
"Are you sure you were killed?" Captain 1 looked gloomy and confirmed unhappily.
The doctor nodded without hesitation and replied firmly: "Yes, they were all killed."
“Why are you so sure?” the group leader continued to confirm.
“Then, this!” The doctor stretched out his hand and handed something to the 1st regimental leader.
"Bullet?" Captain 1 subconsciously reached out to pick up the thing, and then saw the doctor put a small lead pill in his palm.
The doctor curled his lips: "To be precise, it's Cyric's flintlock lead bullets, very standard."
He paused and waited for the 1st regiment leader to look at the bullet with blood stains on it for a while before continuing: "There are also knife marks on the bones of some corpses, which should be caused by chopping..."
At this time, the 1st regiment leader realized that the bullet in his hand should have been found in the minced meat of the corpse.
He wanted to get rid of this unlucky and disgusting thing, but he had to change his mind. He sighed and continued to ask: "Are they crazy? Are men, women, old and children spared?"
"Yes, it should be the civilians in the village, all of them were killed." The doctor thought about the holes or torn clothes, and felt more and more irritated.
He was not sure whether there was any animal behavior such as adultery, but judging from the barbaric method of disposing of the corpses, the people who did this...if they could be called human beings, had no humanity at all.
"What's the reason for killing them?" Captain 1 rubbed his index finger hard with his thumb, making a crunching sound.
"We don't know that." The doctor shook his head: "I am not a forensic doctor and have no experience in this area... I am here to treat gunshot wounds and rescue the living, not to investigate the dead."
"Thank you! Lieutenant." The 1st regiment leader nodded and signaled the doctor to go back. Then, he looked at his guards: "Let's go and see the prisoners of war."
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On the sea, Bernard took the telegram from his adjutant, lowered his head and read the contents carefully again.
Then, he frowned and raised his head to look at his adjutant and the captain of Wolf 1: "The 1st regimental commander said that he found a corpse pit with nearly 200 corpses in it. Most of them were from Zheng Guo civilian…"
"It couldn't have been done by those goblins, right?" The adjutant didn't think there was any big problem. After all, the person who died was from Zheng Guoguo and had no direct relationship with their Datang Group.
There is no way to empathize with this kind of thing. If he had seen 200 corpses in Bunas, he would probably have been thinking about what kind of torture instrument he would use after catching the murderer.
"This matter can be big or small." After reading the message, the captain of Wolf 1 looked at Bernard in embarrassment: "General, if you think about it in a small way, this matter is between the Zheng Kingdom and the Mirage Kingdom. The dispute actually has nothing to do with us.”
He thought about the words for a moment, and then said in reverse: "But if you look at it more broadly, many of our troops are guilty... You know, that's not what I meant."
After explaining, he continued: "Master Leo from the intelligence department, and the principal... they are all descendants of Dahua with black eyes and black hair..." After Bernard heard this sentence, he was also caught up in it. In the midst of contemplation. After all, he had never seen the corpse pit. If you want to say how angry or annoyed he was at this moment, it would definitely be an exaggeration.
As the naval commander of the Datang Group that spans the world, thousands of enemies died at his hands, and the corpse pit of 200 people was just a small scene.
But killing enemies on the battlefield and killing civilians are two different things. Bernard felt that he really needed to consider Tang Mo's mood.
As the senior commander of Datang Group, although he did not fully understand the purpose of this battle, he had heard a rough idea.
Different from previous wars, the Datang Group expanded its territory this time, so what happens on this land is indeed closely related to the Datang Group.
"Send the telegram back to Bunas..." Thinking of this, Bernard finally decided to take the matter seriously: "At least this matter makes us stand on the side of morality. Even if it is just as a person , I can’t watch such a crime happen in front of my eyes!”
After giving the order, Bernard continued: "In addition, now that we have exchanged fire with the enemy, the exposure of the landing site has become a fact... The enemy fleet will probably arrive here soon, right?"
“According to time estimates, the enemy may appear on our flanks tomorrow morning.” The staff reported the results of their calculations.
"Are you ready?" Bernard was more interested in the location of the enemy's main fleet than the corpse pit.
“Wolf 3 and Wolf 4 will go out early tomorrow morning to seize advantageous positions and destroy the enemy fleet outside the landing area.” The staff officer circled a sea area on the chart and assured.
Just kidding, those are 2 Wolf-class cruisers! There is no pressure to fight against dozens of sail battleships. The opponent doesn't even have a chance to fire, and none of them can escape.
“Leave the Bunas-class ironclads to protect the landing site, and let’s get over there too!” Bernard pondered for a few seconds before making a decision.
He decided to strengthen the forces to intercept the enemy fleet, and the reason was very simple - he was prepared to use thunderous momentum to crush the mirage fleet.
"After all, it's very uncomfortable to find out about the massacre... Although I'm not sure it must have been done by Mirage, I still need to vent my anger." Bernard explained, and then walked out Walked to the bridge: "If Bunas' call comes back, notify me as soon as possible, and... urge the transport ship to hurry up..."
“Yes!” Everyone in the bridge stood at attention and saluted, watching Bernard leave.
During this period of time, the navy did not do anything. In fact, they are also making great efforts to transfer the troops to the beach as soon as possible.
They sent soldiers with good water skills to risk diving to check the conditions of nearby reefs, and finally moved their transport ship forward more than 300 meters.
Even though it is only such a short distance, this has allowed the landing craft to shorten its journey and speed up the transportation.
With the expansion of the landing site, some heavy equipment has also landed on the beach. Dozens of vehicles and more than a dozen large-caliber artillery have landed. At the same time, there are also reconnaissance cavalry and more signal troops.
The beach was overcrowded, and the formations of various units began to be completed. The regimental headquarters moved a bit, moving closer inland.
The subsequent landing work was carried out slowly without enemy interference, and the strength of the 1st Battalion was quickly expanded to 600 men, which was not too far away from full strength.
The 3rd Battalion has also been replenished, and now has a strength of more than 300 men, and can now stand alone.
The 2nd Battalion is very interesting. They have more than 400 troops ashore, and subsequent weapons have also been sent to the beach, so the 2nd Battalion has been re-armed and restored its combat effectiveness.
Having been on the boat for a whole month, the 1st Regiment is actually in a very bad state now, but the enemy is too weak to even refresh them.
Mirage Wuyuan's troops only appeared nearby accidentally. In fact, Mirage's military strength here was very empty and it was impossible to organize a second counterattack.
According to the speculation of the staff of the 1st Regiment, the news of their landing on Dongwan Island will be spread to Fengshun City at night tonight. As for Dongwan Port, the time to know the news is estimated to be delayed to noon or even the afternoon of the next day. .
Not everyone in the world has wireless telegraph equipment. Obviously, whether it is the Zheng Kingdom or the Mirage Kingdom, including the Dahua Empire... their technology is far inferior to those countries and regions next to the Datang Group. .
1 Whether it was the regiment commander, Bernard, or even the staff officers as far away as Bunas, they were all sure that it would be 72 hours before Mirage could respond and assemble its troops.
By that time...the day lilies are already cold!
(End of this chapter)