The physical exertion of the team, the loss of personnel, the disengagement of people's hearts, the caution of the opponent in deploying countermeasures and the disparity in numbers are all gradually reducing Aleister's escape space. Such dense gunfire will inevitably attract a large number of enemies. There are only two soldiers around him. It is not much easier to take Kawei out of here than to climb to the sky.
"Let's go first!" Aleister pulled Kawi forward with difficulty and managed to avoid the first wave of attacks. "Let's go to the east first and see if there is any possibility of escaping."
"...What if there is no one?" A soldier looked back and saw that there was no pursuer, so he said, "If we encounter resistance again, let's fight!"
"Yes, Captain, it would be better to be a prisoner than..."
"Don't! Don't jump to conclusions so quickly. Things can still turn around." Aleister led them around an alley. "The gunfire is so dense now. It seems like it will attract a lot of reinforcements, but it will also To mislead the Prussian soldiers who were originally guarding the town's entrance."
This sentence woke them up.
The soldiers guarding the entrance to the town were their biggest trouble during their escape. If the orders were not given resolutely enough, or if they were not resolute enough in executing the orders, they would inevitably be shaken after hearing such intensive gunfire.
If everyone comes to support, it will leave a huge hole. After all, the town of Otaka is still too big for this company.
The reality was exactly what he thought. The 12 people from the north separated eight soldiers from the beginning and rushed to the entrance of the west town. They heard gunshots as soon as they arrived, and they quickly changed direction and rushed towards the church.
The thing was the farthest away, and the first two gunshots were not very clear. Considering their own responsibilities, no one was sent.
But after discovering that the density and loudness of the gunshots suddenly increased, the squad leader here couldn't hold it any longer. Only one person was left to guard the hole, and the others were all dispatched.
This is indeed an opportunity, but if Aleister wants to avoid the reinforcements gathering towards the church, he can only take a small path, or even find another way: "Smash the door!"
A soldier glanced at the house in front of him, and without saying a word, he kicked the door: "Open! Open! Open!!!"
"Go in quickly."
Aresta plunged into the house with Kawi, whose physical strength was almost exhausted. Suddenly, a smell of wood, mold and dust poured into his nose with his breathing.
Indeed, no one has come in for a long time.
"Open the window."
"yes."
The small town has dark alleys extending in all directions, and internal connections are complicated, but there are very few external intersections. This is the only way to avoid encountering reinforcements coming from the east.
In fact, even if we don't enter the dark alley, there won't be any problems with the path we choose now. From a God's perspective, what Aleister faced was not reinforcements, but Mendelstein who was secretly following him.
Ever since he discovered the importance of Kavi at the door of the church, the Prussian cavalry company commander decided to bite them hard.
It's not that he has no chance of winning, but that the situation is now under his control, and his priority is to deal with the other Austrian soldiers who were left at the door of the church.
The Austrian army has poor equipment and poor command. The only ones who can show off are these tough soldiers who dare to fight. They suffered heavy losses in the previous blocking battle. If these guys are left alone now and attack the opponent's commander, no one can guarantee what crazy actions these soldiers will do.
As for the three little mice that escaped, just run away, as long as they don't leave your sight.
What's more, Kawei was about to run out of energy. He wasn't moving very fast to begin with, so he was just waiting to catch him alive when his energy ran out.
However, Aresta is not a vegetarian, and being able to deal with them here to this point must be something special. Although he didn't realize that he was being targeted, he still made some decisions that surprised others.
"Wait, how did they get into the house on the street?"
Mendelstein frowned and quickly realized the other party's intention. He snorted softly, "Maybe they are avoiding the reinforcements on other roads. Bauer, let's get closer first and see what they are going to do."
"yes."
"Be careful."
Bauer was a short Prussian with strong movements and good strength. After receiving the order, he immediately lowered his waist and quickly came to the window on the same side. He slowly raised his head and looked into the house: "They climbed through the window and left!"
"gone?"
Mendelstein and Duke quickly followed and immediately discovered the window that had been opened on the other side of the room: "It's a little troublesome. They must have run into a dark alley!"
"There are dark alleys in all directions here, so we have to catch up quickly."
The two were about to open the door and enter the house, but were stopped by Mendelstein: "Don't worry..."
"It will be too late if you don't chase me!"
"I told you not to rush!!!" Mendelstein glared at Duke who spoke out, "The town is in our hands now, are you still afraid that he can run away?"
"yes......"
"Give me the map."
Bauer took out a piece of map paper folded into squares from his body, and after spreading it out, a hand-drawn map of the internal route of the town of Otaka appeared in front of them: "This is the church, we should be at this location... .Did you find the problem?”
"The route has changed again."
"Behind the church is a large residential area, which is much denser than the west side." Mendelstein said, "This is a dark alley in a residential area. It is very messy. We have not gone in to take a look. What should we do if we get lost? ?”
"They probably haven't been there either."
"Then it will be even more chaotic." Mendelstein was unwilling to give up the opportunity, but he also didn't want to take risks. "Rather than wandering around in dark alleys, it would be better to determine their goal and wait at the finish line. "
"That makes sense!"
"Where is their target? Is it still the entrance to the east town?"
This question is also something Mendelstein is thinking about.
The opponent was originally moving from west to east, but now it has changed its route and has shifted to the southeast. The next step is to make a good decision whether to maintain the original judgment and continue walking east, or to go the opposite direction and go south.
"The dark alley entrance to the east is here, and the south alley entrance is here..." Mendelstein pointed to the two alley entrances, and after thinking for a moment, he said, "Bauer, you go forward from the side road. Stop at the intersection after crossing the two paths, wait for the people from the east to come, and then take them back to their original location."
"Or go east?"
"Yes, east."
“What if it’s the south?”
"The wheat-cutting brothers will be responsible for guarding the gate." Mendelstein quickly found the fastest route. "That is the widest road in the town. There is a large wheat field at the door. It is almost impossible to escape without sight. of."
...
The situation in the small town of Otaka is increasingly tilted towards Mendelstein.
The battle at the door of the church was fierce, but this fragile balance was soon broken by reinforcements from the west without the commander.
From the beginning, the medical team was frightened by the gunfire and hid in civilian houses. Now that they can't resist from the front, the remaining soldiers of the escort can only follow their example and break into the houses to hide temporarily.
In fierce gun battles, casualties are always inevitable.
The number of the escort was reduced from 11 to 6, and the medical team also suffered 3 injuries. The number of Prussian soldiers increased from 10 to 19, leaving almost no room for resistance.
"Surrender! We surrender!!!"
The three female nurses were the first to walk out of the house. At the end of the road, it seemed that they could only do this: "Don't shoot, don't shoot. We are not soldiers, we are just nurses accompanying the army."
Soon many doctors also came out: "We surrender too! We are doctors, we have no weapons, don't shoot!!!"
Of course, these people who walked out of the room were all surgical assistants, whether they were from Vienna or other cities, they were all doctors in surgical clinics. In addition to having the same profession, they also have one thing in common: they are all ordinary civilians.
Opposite them were doctors such as Ingenac, Bergert, and Hermann.
They come from the top medical schools in Austria and enjoy the best educational resources in the empire. Most of them also have knighthoods. Out of their loyalty to the empire, they are always reluctant to surrender.
Soon, however, this grudge turned into fear.
After a brief ceasefire, silence returned at the door of the church, but suddenly several gunshots were fired, and several doctors who had just walked out of the door screamed and fell in a pool of blood.
Everyone could see clearly through the windows that the bullets did not come from Prussian soldiers. Because these soldiers had long been ordered to cease fire, facing the doctors, they were also restricted by the Geneva Convention and there was no need to do so.
Since the Prussians did not fire the gun, the bullet could only be fired from the barrel of the rifle held by the escort.
This behavior was beyond everyone's expectations, including the escort soldiers who fired the shots. They did not expect that they would be so uncool. But looking back at all the changes they encountered along the way, it would be a lie to say that they didn't have any hatred.
Only 1/5 of the escort team is left, in order to ensure that the medical team is brought back to the northern front.
But these doctors, who wore military rank badges, shamelessly chose to surrender at the last moment. So what were their previous efforts for?
This kind of hatred will swallow up a lot of negative emotions in an instant, and then quickly ferment in the bursts of surrender, greatly affecting the mood of the remaining five members of the guard.
When they came to their senses, the situation became what it is now.
what to do?
Things have long been irreversible.
They were the only ones in the town now, and the Prussians were far more outnumbered and had more firepower. In fact, they had already recognized the reality since Aresta said "disperse", but they just didn't want to admit it.
This battle is certain to be lost.
But surrender?
Obviously these people were unwilling to surrender, otherwise all the comrades who had fallen under the enemy's guns would have died in vain. Anyway, the captain and Kawei have left here. There is still hope for the mission. They can delay it for a while and kill one more person.
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With this belief, the second round of gunfight began, with an even greater disparity of 5:19 in the number of people.
The Prussian soldiers were not idle either. After discovering that there was internal strife on the other side, they immediately took the doctors who were not shot to the rear of the team and immediately launched a charge against the two residential buildings where the escort team was located...
...
On the other side, Aleister had already forgotten the sound of gunfire.
He thought over and over in his mind what it would look like during the battle, but he really couldn't think of any picture of victory. From the moment he decided to abandon the team members, these people had become abandoned by the mission, just like Smith and Derleth.
"Where are we now?"
"I don't know. The paths here are too complicated. There are piles of things everywhere. It's impossible to walk properly."
"Don't worry, you have to find the right direction." Aleister looked at the sun in the sky, "Just follow the position of the sun and go forward. There shouldn't be any mistakes in the general direction."
The two team members explored the path in front, while Kawei was pulled forward by the captain. In fact, his escape speed had returned to brisk walking, but the narrow paths and the debris that appeared at his feet from time to time were still further squeezing his physical energy.
"Is there any water?"
Aleister sighed, shook his head and said, "No."
"I just can't walk anymore."
"Just be patient, it will be here soon."
"How much longer?"
At this time, the two pathfinding team members seemed to have discovered something in front, and said with a smile: "I found it, the exit was found!"
"The direction should be right. After you go out, go around the main road and you can see the town entrance to the east."
After saying that, they were ready to move forward.
Even Aleister felt uncomfortable living in a dirty and closed environment for a long time, so he felt much relieved when he first heard these conversations. But he immediately noticed something strange and realized something was wrong.
I successfully escaped here from under the nose of the Prussians. I didn't encounter any obstacles or encounter any pursuers along the way. It was too smooth!
The other party is obviously not that easy to deal with, there must be something wrong!
At first glance, this was his unfounded guess, but it was more of the "experience" accumulated after these days of intrigue with the opposing commander. The experience turned into a command on his lips, and he blurted out: "Wait a minute!!!"
By the time the words came out, it was already too late, almost the same script, the same result. Two bullets were fired into their faces, shattering large pieces of skulls, causing blood to scatter, and the people fell straight to the ground.
"Made!!!"
At this time, Mendelstein's voice sounded not far away: "Austrians, it's not too late to surrender now."
Aleister did not show up, and Kavi was still in his hands. If he returned to the dark alley now, it would definitely take a while. But when things got to this point, Aleister knew that his fate was over.
The battle in front of the church was bound to be lost. He was blocked again here, and there was no point in escaping.
"Do you think it's possible?" Aleister held Kawai behind his back and took out bullets from his pocket. "Have you seen my soldiers surrender?"
"You are indeed a good commander." Mendelstein had to admit this. "If you were born in Berlin, Frankfurt or other Prussian cities, we should be able to become good friends."
There was a smile on Aleister's lips, and he murmured: "Humph, come on."
After saying that, he left Kawei behind for the first time, and he raised his gun and was about to break out.
However, just when he took two or three steps and was still three to five meters away from the two team members, a huge explosion suddenly sounded behind him.
"This direction is..." Aleister suddenly turned around to look at the place where the explosion came from, "...is the south gate???"
