Iron Powder and Spellcasters

   Chapter 59 East Camp

   A man burst into the hall, shouting; "We were attacked."

   "The wicked sue first?!" Hearing someone shouting that they were attacked, Winters was furious, and strode towards the shouting man.

   Lieutenant Colonel Contaire and Andre, who were not there, followed behind.

   It wasn't until he was only a few steps away from the man that Winters realized that the man in front of him was not the assassin with a broken chin that ran away. The visitor was wearing a colonel's uniform, and the assassin was wearing a dark green hunting suit.

   Colonel Bozukhov took the first step to the uninvited guest, handed him a glass of wine, grabbed his arm and said warmly: "Don't worry, speak slowly, what attacked?"

  The man whose hair was stuck in locks of sweat grabbed the wine glass and poured a full glass of sweet beer down his throat with his neck up. After drinking the glass of wine, he regained his strength, widened his eyes and panted, and said to Bozukhov: "Navy Dock! The duckbill fort has been lost! General Zio told all the officers who got the news to immediately Gather at the East Camp."

   There were several exclamations from the crowd around the side, and a lady almost fainted.

   Colonel Bozukhov firmly grabbed the shoulders of the person who came, and asked sharply: "Who attacked us?"

   "I don't know!" The man who came to report the letter also roared back, and he repeated it again: "General Zio's password: All army officers and soldiers who heard this password immediately went to the East Camp to gather! Make no mistake!"

  Bozukhov let go of the man who came to report the letter, glanced at the crowd of onlookers, and asked loudly: "Who can confirm the identity of this gentleman?"

   "He is from the same period as me, from the Artillery Division of the 13th period, the Ordnance Department. The 13th period should all know him." Another man stood up.

After confirming the identity of the person in front of him, Bozukhov nodded at the man who stood up, and said loudly to everyone: "The Navy Pier was attacked, the artillery fort was lost, and the enemy's situation is unknown. Please gentlemen who do not serve in the army. Take care of the ladies present. Gentlemen with army rank will follow me to East Camp!"

  The whole hall boiled, the officers ran to find their coats and saber, and the ladies asked in panic what happened to the people around them.

   "The Holy Body is up, what a **** hell." Contell scolded a **** and strode out the door: "Come with me, let's go get the horse first."

  André followed Lieutenant Colonel Comter without hesitation. Winters originally returned to the hall to look for the assassin, but suddenly received an urgent assembly order, leaving him at a loss for what to do.

   After hesitating for a few seconds, Winters kicked the stone pillar beside him fiercely and cursed angrily: "It's cheap, you son of a bitch!" Then he quickly caught up with Contell and Andre.

  The small stables of the Bozukhov Courtyard were now so crowded that officers had to stretch their heads over the shoulders of others to identify their horses. At the entrance of the stables, some people were leading their horses to go out, and some people were going to enter, which was blocked.

  The neighing of the horses mixed with the roar of the human voice, making people dizzy. From time to time, I can hear the question of "how are you holding my horse?".

  Winters, who was in a bad mood, simply kicked open a fence, opened a side door to the stable, and took a different way to lead the fortune out.

   There were already many people waiting in the front yard, talking together in twos and threes. Bozukhov sat on a tall blue horse with a gloomy face, chewing tobacco with his jaw moving, silently counting the number of people in his heart.

   He rode that spiritual warhorse and was in sympathy with his master, and at this moment was impatiently digging the lawn with his front hooves.

The sticky chewing tobacco residue was spat on the ground by Bozukhov, the colonel couldn't wait any longer, and said to the officers who were ready to go: "No wait, let's go first, the rest let them go from behind. follow."

   After saying that, he rushed out of the other courtyard first. Winters and Andre looked at each other and followed the others out.

  ——cut——

  In the eastern suburbs of Hailan City, the army barracks commonly known as "East Camp" is also in chaos at the moment, and the camp door is wide open.

   Colonel Bozukhov, without slowing down, led the officers directly through the battalion gate. Riding a horse to storm the gate of the barracks was a felony that required 15 lashes, but obviously now was not the time to investigate this issue.

  East Camp is a standard army barracks that can accommodate 6,000 to 7,000 people, which is exactly the number of a full corps plus auxiliary cavalry units.

   The overall shape of the barracks is rectangular, with three-meter-high outer walls and ditches surrounding the entire barracks. Inside, two main roads, one horizontal and one vertical, intersect vertically, and there are four main gates at the intersection of the main road and the wall.

  The building near the center of the entire barracks is more important. The outer circle near the outer wall is the barracks for soldiers, and further inside are the stables and the barracks for officers. At the very center of the intersection of the two roads are the senior officers' residences, warehouses, military council halls and legion vaults.

  East Camp is the base of the Fourth "Emerald [Hundred Flowers City]" Corps, but the Fourth Corps is currently facing off against the United Provinces in the north. There are only a few maintenance personnel left in this camp, and not a single soldier.

   Bozukhov went straight to the center of the camp without stopping. At this moment, only this part of the barracks was lit, and the other barracks were pitch-dark.

   An old soldier with gray hair and wearing a general's uniform was riding a horse and standing at the most conspicuous place at the intersection, with several guards following him. Further back, many officers had already arrived after hearing the news, and people at the intersection shouted horses neighing.

   Bozukhov stepped forward and gave a military salute, and the two said a few words. Later, Bozukhov came back and told the officer who came with him loudly: "Go back and find your own Shangguan, and gather according to the agency."

The    officers dispersed, and Winters was looking around in the chaos when someone tapped him on the shoulder. When he turned around, he found that it was Lieutenant Colonel Field.

Lieutenant Colonel    nodded to him, turned around and led him to the back of the Military Assembly Hall, where the army headquarters basically rested. The officers gathered in small piles by department, sitting or standing, smoking cigarettes and talking in low voices.

   Winters followed Field to the eaves, sitting alone on the ground, with his back against the wall, a hat on his face, taking a nap. Looking at the figure, it is undoubtedly Major Moritz.

   All three members of the Military Police Department were there, Field moved a stone and sat down, asking Winters: "You got the order too?"

   "Someone ran to the Bozukhov Courtyard to give orders." Winters also sat on the ground: "I got something, it's in my saddle bag."

When Lieutenant Colonel   field heard the words, he got up and opened the saddle bag of Qiangyun, took out the documents inside, and exclaimed: "How much did you take?"

   "I took out everything that might be useful." Winters scratched his head embarrassedly.

   "Let's take a look tomorrow." The lieutenant colonel shoved the document back again and looked at Winters: "You don't have a weapon?"

   "I came directly from the Duelist Club, without a weapon."

   "Come with me." Lieutenant Colonel Field walked ahead: "I guess Zio is waiting for the two brigades of the Third Army, and we will set off as soon as those two brigades arrive."

   "Where is the attack on the Navy Pier? We didn't fight anyone, did we?" Winters said after the lieutenant colonel: "I ran into an assassin on the pier tonight at the Duelists Club..."

   "What?" Field stopped in surprise and turned around.

   "I had a face-to-face with an assassin on the dock in the stable."

  Field frowned and asked, "Are you sure you read it right?"

"The body and shape are very similar to that assassin, and there is still a wound on his chin. I tried him out, and he started with me directly." Winters gritted his teeth and said: "It's a pity that he ran away, that **** is playing tricks. , throwing dust and grass clippings on my face, fascinated my eyes."

   "Meet you at the Bozukhov Courtyard?"

   "That's right."

"Sure?"

   "Sure!" Winters said firmly.

Field patted Winters on the shoulder: "It doesn't matter if they run, since they appear in the Bozuhof Courtyard, it means that they have a lot of connections with the Duelist Club, which shows that we are going in the right direction. But you remember Stay, if you encounter each other again in the future, don't act rashly alone. They will really play with you, so be careful."

   "The assassin would never have beaten me if he hadn't played the next game." Winters was still indignant.

  Field sighed, turned around and continued walking, saying word by word, "Porcelain doesn't touch pottery, understand?"

   Winters let out an "oh" in disapproval and followed the lieutenant colonel.

  The key to the armory door of Dongda Camp was taken away by the Ordnance Officer of the Fourth Corps, so the three iron locks on it were forcibly pried open.

   Because most of the officers were suddenly ordered to assemble in an emergency, they arrived at the East Camp with bare hands and horses. So a high-ranking officer took over with a few men, handing out weapons and armor to officers in need.

   Winters took a breastplate, a helmet, and a saber, and only then did he realize that he might actually see blood tonight.

   He hurriedly asked Lieutenant Colonel Field: "Who the **** attacked Navy Pier... What does Navy Pier have? There's no money."

   "I don't know, I was also called by a knock on the door and didn't tell me anything." The lieutenant colonel kicked the sleeping Major Moritz up: "Don't sleep, wear armor."

Major   Moritz yawned, moved his shoulders, stood up, and slowly moved his joints.

  Field didn't get angry when he saw the major's lazy virtue. He kicked the major again: "Stop dawdling."

After    Winters helped Lieutenant Colonel Field and Major Moritz to tie the breastplates, the lieutenant colonel picked up Winters' breastplate and motioned Winters to stand in front of him.

   Servants will wear armor for knights, and junior officers will wear armor for senior officers. But high-status people don't wear armor for low-status people, it's a traditional custom.

   Winters was a little flattered: "I'll just wear it myself."

"Stop talking nonsense." Lieutenant Colonel Field rudely pulled Warrant Officer Montagne to his side, and while putting his breastplate on Winters, he said, "There are more officers and fewer soldiers in Hailan City, and now there are only two brigades of the Third Army Corps. , the station is still in the west of the city, I don’t know when I can come here. I am worried that Zio can’t wait, and he will directly use us as a leader.”

   "How can the people of the Third Legion come slower than us?"

Lieutenant Colonel Field snorted coldly: "Who wants officers to have war horses? He came on horseback when he heard the news. This is great, you people from the infantry department will be dragoons tonight. ."

   Lieutenant Colonel quickly helped Winters put on the breastplate, and carefully checked all the belt buckles for Winters. After confirming that they were all tied firmly, he patted the iron plate on Winters' back: "Okay, you can move around on your own, and see where you feel uncomfortable... How about your chopping practice right now?"

   "Not so much." Winters answered honestly: "The Infantry Division doesn't have any immediate chop lessons now."

"It's fine to chop at the head." Lieutenant Colonel Field turned on his horse and demonstrated a few chops: "The legs should be clamped. After the chop, the knife will go back to its original position from the side of the body and make small circles. Don't fight, you are now The cavalry, with four legs, can run if they can't beat it."

   Another rider galloped through the camp gate and galloped all the way to the intersection. The horseman stood up, the rider jumped off the horse, strode to the old soldier in the general's uniform, the chairman of the thirteen-member council, the five-member council member, and the governor Admiral Zio, whispering to him report.

   Five minutes later, all the officers of the Dongda Camp were ordered to immediately proceed to the Navy Pier and retake the duckbill artillery base.

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   (end of this chapter)