Iron Powder and Spellcaster

"I found out that the people from the council took away all the boats on the island a few days ago, and the farmers don't even have large wooden boards in their hands now." Gold brought back the bad news.

All the remnants of Veneta's soldiers who jumped out of the search net turned into pirates and headed east around the port non-stop. Winters even asked Gold to go to Red Sulfur Port and come back with his head in exchange for money.

Most of the enemies are currently searching for the Veneta people in the southwest of the island, while Winters and his party have already reached the east of the island. The situation is safe for the time being, and the next step is to find a way to get a boat to go out to sea.

Bud rubbed the stubble on his chin: "As expected, the Red Sulfur Island Council has worked hard to prepare such a gift. Of course they don't want any news to be exposed. Even if there are islanders hiding ships, they will never hand it over. come out."

"Can we trust this man? Wasn't he also a pirate? Was he captured by us?" Andre's focus was not on the ship at all.

Winters was looking at the map of Red Sulfur Island carefully and said without looking up: "I don't know why he came to our side, but if he wanted to betray us, we would have died long ago, so I chose to believe him. "

First, they marched on the main road, then turned into a small road and walked for a while before Winters gave the order to stop and rest.

The team stopped by a creek. The tense spirits of the Veneta people who had escaped from death had just relaxed a little, and fatigue immediately caught up with them. Even the sentry was dozing off, and the snores of the others began as soon as their backs touched the ground.

"Fourteen people who can still walk on their own, plus a big car." Winters looked at his subordinates sleeping in the shade of the trees and thought: "This is the last remaining part of my centurion."

He tried not to think about what would have happened if he had not ordered a "forward assault" but chosen to "turn around and return."

But as the backbone of this remnant army, he can't think about "what if" now, let alone rest. Warrant Officer Montagne said to himself: "You must find a way for these people to survive."

"You two come and look at the map." Winters called Bud and Andre to his side: "The scale of this map is 1:10000. I counted the steps along the way. After leaving Red Sulfur Port, we walked on the main road. More than 4,400 steps, and another 3,200 steps on the path..."

The number of steps Winters mentioned refers to the marching step. Each step of the left and right feet is one step, and one step is about 1.2 meters.

Bud immediately calculated the result: "We have walked almost nine kilometers from noon to now, and we are walking quite fast, almost at the speed of a forced march."

"You don't even have a pot to eat, how can you not walk fast?" Andre rolled his eyes and said to Winters: "It's useless, it's useless knowing how far we have walked. Did you bring a tape measure?" "

"I didn't bring it, but I have this." Winters smiled slyly and took out a steel awl: "My steel awl is exactly fifteen centimeters long, no more, no less."

The three warrant officers tinkered around with the map for a while, refining their work on the map, and finally determined their current location on the map based on the distance traveled and the streams and roads around them.

They were traveling along the road and were almost reaching the east coast of Red Sulfur Island. The straight-line distance on the map was only about three or four kilometers.

"We can't rush around like headless flies now." Winters put away the map and said to the other two warrant officers: "The team will rest here for the time being. Bud and I will go to the east for reconnaissance..."

"I'm going too!" Andre immediately became anxious when he heard that he wouldn't be taken with him.

"Fuck you too." Winters pushed him back again: "If the three of us are not here, the remaining people still don't think that the three of us ran away? You stay behind."

When the sun set, Winters, who returned to the resting place, called everyone for a meeting.

The current situation was rather special, the composition of the team was complex, and he was not sure of his own prestige, so he could only use this method of military democratization to make the soldiers obey orders more willingly.

"Behind the hills to the east of us is the coastline, which is less than four kilometers." He said nothing nonsense and looked directly at the several navy sailors in the team: "Can any of you know how to make a raft?"

"Sir, if you want to go out to sea on a raft, I'm afraid you won't be able to do it." A bolder navy sailor explained: "The raft is not only unable to carry a heavy load, but it will capsize if there is any wind and waves, and... and we don't have the tools to make a raft. ah?"

"What if there were tools?" Winters asked.

The navy sailor counted on his fingers for a long time: "If we want to load all of us, we must cut at least fifty pieces of material, and we must have enough ropes, and preferably asphalt."

"Do you know anything about shipbuilding?" Winters asked again.

"I used to work in a shipyard." The navy sailor scratched his head.

"Everyone has heard that the enemy has looted all the boats. Even if we want to make a makeshift raft, it will be difficult." Winters looked into the soldiers' eyes and said loudly: "And Warrant Officer Bader and I went Go to the direction of the sea for reconnaissance, there are enemy sentries everywhere, there is no way we can cut down wood and build ships under their eyes."

The soldiers' eyes dimmed.

"But we still have a way out." Winters' purpose was not to demoralize the military. He calmly stated his plan: "Lieutenant Colonel Contel's plan is to find a way to the seaside and find a ship to go to sea. But my The plan is just the opposite, not only are we not going to the seaside, we are going to the northwest, we are going further inland of the island.”

The temporary meeting hall was silent, with only the gurgling sound of the stream. Although the soldiers were surprised and confused, they said nothing and just listened attentively.

Everyone stood in a circle, and Winters placed the map in the middle, pointing at it with a branch and explaining: "Although we were trapped on the island, the Tanirians' ambush actually failed. The main force was not damaged and would land again soon. Because of this, Warrant Officer Bader and I found so many Tanirian sentries on the coastline. Their main defense direction was the coast. And the farther inside The more land there is, the fewer enemies there will be.”

Winters looked at everyone and said: "I don't want to tell you such flashy words as 'save strength and wait for victory.' We are now trying every means to survive until the day Veneta conquers this island. And in In my opinion, heading towards the hinterland of the island has the best chance of survival.”

The soldiers of the Third Army's Chief Brigade are all full-time professional soldiers. Among Winters' small team, there are several captains who have served for more than ten years, which is much longer than the three warrant officers.

But no matter veterans or recruits, no officer has ever explained "why" to them in their service career. Winters actually underestimated his authority. With the bloody battle in the forest and leading the team to jump out of the siege, he had already won the respect of the soldiers.

"Centurion Montagne, we are all following you! Just give your order and we will all do it!"

——Cut——

early morning.

Swearing and crying broke the tranquility of Tadong Village.

This small farm with only forty households in the hinterland of Red Sulfur Island encountered a group of uninvited guests.

Seven or eight fierce men armed with machetes and dressed as sailors kicked open the courtyard door of a farmer's house in the east of the village. They first beat up the man who tried to resist, and then drove the whole family of the farmer, old and young, into the yard.

"We are the food collection team under Captain Kidd!" The leader of the gap-toothed pirates made a sound with his scimitar and screamed: "Bring out any good things quickly. If you find it by yourself, Don’t blame me for not reminding you.”

"The cellar is here!" A surprised voice came from the backyard.

"Move!" Pirate Huya waved his hand.

A few pirates came out of the backyard carrying bacon, pickles, and noodles. These pirates were good at picking out good things.

"Don't be angry, we'll give you money." The Haoya Pirate shouted jokingly at the farmer's family, and then he put his scimitar on the unconscious male host: "Tell me, where is the village chief's home?"

The woman and child who were sobbing softly suddenly started crying loudly. The old lady of the family grabbed the leg of the toothless pirate and cried out: "You killed my son, you killed me today, you also killed me." Just let me go..."

The gap-toothed pirate was also surprised and took a few steps back to avoid the old lady.

The old man in the family quickly pulled his old woman back. He stood between the family and the pirates, stretching out his arms like a hen guarding its chicks, with a stiff expression: "Don't hurt my son, I will take you to the village chief's house." .”

"Okay, boss. Tell your ladies to stop crying. We're not here to kill people." The toothless pirate chuckled and looked at the farmer's family. He couldn't look away from his eyes as he looked at them. He walked over to the women and children who were clinging to each other: "Your mother-in-law is quite beautiful. Is she your daughter-in-law or your daughter..."

The old man angrily stood in front of the gap-toothed pirate, suppressing his anger and said harshly: "You... you are considered a guest when you come to my house, you can take whatever you want... But you are not allowed to touch my ladies, Unless you kill me."

Another tall pirate behind the Haoya Pirate reached out and grabbed the Haoya Pirate's shoulder: "Captain Kidd asked us to collect food, not for you to play with women. Work first, and when this is over, I'll treat you Prostitution is expensive.”

"Master, you are too angry. I just saw your mother-in-law crying pitifully, so I wanted to help you comfort her." Pirate Huya raised his hands in the air and took two steps back: "Forget it if you don't like it, Master, take us with you. Go find the village chief."

A large car parked outside the yard. Seeing that everything was loaded onto the car, the Huge Tooth Pirate grabbed a handful of papers with writing on them from his belt, counted a few at random and stuffed them into the old man's hands: "Don't say we won't pay. , this is called a military ticket. Keep it, and when the war is over, use the ticket to get the money at the Gott Guild Hall in Red Sulfur Port."

The old man took the "military ticket" in humiliation and followed the toothless pirate out of the yard, turning his head three times.

The tall pirate was the last to leave. He raised his hand, and a silver coin drew an arc in the air and fell accurately into the old lady's arms: "Keep it, don't say we won't give you the money."

After saying that, he left and closed the door behind him.

Because they were in extreme panic, the family did not realize that the tall pirate was speaking Hailan Yayin with a smooth accent.

However, there are everyone in the pirate group, and it is not uncommon for Veneta people to become pirates.

The door of the village chief's house was kicked open for the second time.

The pirates repeated the process of "beating those who dared to resist--driving the whole family into the yard--requisitioning food".

"Masters, our Tadong Village quota has been paid a long time ago." The village chief lowered his head and said solemnly.

"Fart, you ate yesterday, but you won't eat today? You paid the previous quota, so you don't have to pay this quota?" The toothless pirate slapped the village chief in the face with the blade of his scimitar: "Flour , oil, meat, salt, we want everything. By the way, there are also carts, we also need six carts. I don’t want too many things from you, fill three carts for me, and I will leave the remaining three carts. Go to another village to pretend.”

The head of Tadong Village looked at his son's bruised nose and face and said bitterly: "Where can I find you six big cars?"

"Don't you know who has a big car?" The toothless pirate raised his eyebrows, pressed his scimitar on the other's neck, and said with an evil smile: "It seems you are not afraid of Captain Kidd, right? Okay, follow me Let's go, William Kidd likes to slowly torture hard bones into soft bones..."

The village chief was so frightened by his terrible laughter that he shuddered and begged for mercy. He swore that he would wet his pants every time he thought of Captain Kidd, and that Captain Kidd would give him whatever he wanted.

The toothless pirate nodded with satisfaction and asked casually: "By the way, where does the barber in your village live? Is there a doctor nearby?"

…

"My name is Captain Kidd

when i sail on the sea

I can do anything

I do a lot of evil

i killed william moore

i killed william moore

…”

The cart creaked away, and the pirates' songs like howling ghosts and howling were also gone. The carts owned by the village chief's family and several other families of rich farmers were requisitioned together with the animals pulling the carts, leaving the farmers in Tadong Village crying with "military coupons" in their hands. Several women discovered that this group of extremely vicious The pirates actually took away the iron pot as well.

"Now he really has become a robber." Winters sighed as he sat on the cart and rarely cursed: "You won't go to a military court for this matter in the future, right?"

Bud, who was driving the car, said calmly: "It's actually nothing. We mainly take non-staple food, not much staple food, and we can't starve to death. During the sovereignty war, worse things abound, and the book is just about it. Just remember the saying, 'When people are hungry every year, people eat each other'. Haven't we already discussed this? If we want to move in the countryside without suspicion, we can only pretend to be a grain collection team. If the grain collection team doesn't even have a big truck, how can it be done? What’s the name of the food collection team?”

"Let's talk about the next thing later." Winters sat up suddenly and said with a headache: "There is only one doctor who can bleed within a few miles, and he is a plantation owner. This is going to be difficult."

Lieutenant Colonel Contel's vitality was surprisingly tenacious, and thanks to the careful care of the three warrant officers, the lieutenant colonel's condition stabilized. However, another problem arose. Contel, who was in a coma, began to have a fever.

Apparently, Contel's fever was due to a foreign object getting into the wound. After inspection, everyone found that the lead bullet had even entered Contel's body along with a piece of cloth from his clothes.

But even Bard, who was familiar with the "Medical Classics" and had the best grades in health classes, did not have the ability to open his abdomen to remove lead bullets.

Help Lieutenant Colonel Contel remove the buckshot, he may still die. But if Lieutenant Colonel Contel is not helped to remove the lead bullet, he will definitely die.

Whether to watch Lieutenant Colonel Contel die, give Lieutenant Colonel Contel a happy ending, or find a doctor to do his best.

Winters, Bud and Andre are faced with a difficult decision.

In fact, the song "Captain Kidd" began to be sung after Captain Kidd was hanged.

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