Chapter 269 265. Sunken Cost

This incident occurred in the Otaka town escape incident on October 16, and was about to end, and was interrupted by the sudden sound of cannons.

There are five Prussian soldiers left in the south. Now something goes wrong. Even fools can guess that they must have been attacked by the Austrian army.

And this was not an ordinary artillery attack, and the sound of artillery continued to dance on their eardrums. In the first half minute, the idle break period was almost impossible to hear. The frequency of artillery bombardment was comparable to the previous gun battle in front of the church, and it was slightly worse than the previous vanguard of the First Army's vanguard attack on Gabrentz.

It feels like a crazy berserker, venting his anger after meeting an enemy.

The "result" that was about to be obtained was right in front of me, but it was drowned in the sound of bursts of cannon bombs coming out of the chamber. Mendestein's heart fell into the bottom, and failure seemed inevitable, but it was too early to say that he gave up: "So this kid is so important."

He kept wondering why the escort must be killed by Kawei.

Military doctors and soldiers are consumables of war, far from the point where they need a life-saving guard to ensure safety. What's more, the Sixth Army is still fighting to the death on the front line. It's strange that such an excellent medical team is inexplicably separated from the team.

Therefore, in his logical thinking, Kawei cannot be just a doctor, and should have a second status. For example, an extremely noble nobleman or the descendant of an important member of the royal family.

Before, this might be just an assumption, because only in this way can we explain why the other party refuses to surrender.

But now, Mendestein is firmly convinced of this, because only in this way can we explain why the other party sent such troops to attack the town.

Mendestein wanted to use Kavey to fight for his voice, but the other party did not give him a chance to speak: "As for him, your knife will not end his life. Do you know why?"

"This is impossible." The commander shook his head, "He must stay here and live."

"So I want to live and let those brothers die worthy of death."

"ah!!!"

"Big deal, Mr. Earl." Kavi also rode a horse, looked at the vast army beside him, and sighed, "I actually made such a big deal for me."

With a few more gunshots, the soldier guarding the east was easily solved.

The reinforcements surrounding the town of Otaka were the ones who returned from Italy, commanded by Count Moraso, who followed Maximilian. After hearing that Kavi had lost the news, he sent a large number of scouts around to search for his traces.

"The First Army. Prince Carl's team?"

Mendestein glanced at his subordinates and pointed his gun at Kavi not far away: "Follow me, I won't make things difficult for you."

"Where are people?"

"Duke, follow me and rush in!"

"They are really here?" The commander was very excited. "Where is Kavi? Where is Kavi?"

After changing the established battle target, the two quickly flashed out of the corner and rushed towards the dark alley.

"You really want to let us go?"

It seems that my guess is correct. The reason why Kawei is so important is entirely because of his second identity. It may be because of his personal interest or for the sake of experience, he and his teacher came to the Pu'ao battlefield.

"The cannon sound stopped." Mendestein frowned, stepped forward and grabbed Kavi and ran out of the alley, "Don't resist, and don't have the intention to escape, otherwise I can't be sure what I will do."

In order to achieve his goal, Moraso sent half a cavalry regiment, two infantry regiments, and also brought dozens of artillery pieces.

Duke's face turned cold and he had already realized: "What should I do next?"

Although the other party was holding a gun, he had already used a bayonet and had no extra movement in his hands. He held the gun tightly and headed towards his stomach.

But in fact, this speed is what the town of Otaka should look like.

The bullet directly shot through Duke's left chest, and blood soon poured out. But before Aresta could be glad that he had shot the vital point, the bloody bayonet that had just been pulled out actually passed through the smoke raised by gunpowder and pierced again.

Aresta groaned and took a few steps back with the huge impact force. After removing the force, he shook his hand and smashed the butt stock at the other party's head.

"Do you know where your First Army is?" The commander pointed to the woods to the west, "and had already retreated to Gabrents the day before yesterday."

Fortunately, the town is not too remote and not far from the Sixth Army base, but its location is very ambiguous.

"Okay, I accept your conditions!" Mendestein slowly moved the bayonet in his hand and slowly took two steps back. "Please be sure to keep your promise just now and let my soldiers and I leave here."

"I understand." Kavi followed him and stepped over Aresta's body, "Where are you going to take me?"

"We may have a chance to escape now," Mendestein said, looking back at the path to the east, "but escaping means the destruction of the entire company, meaningless."

However, the other party reacted quickly, and kicked him in the lower abdomen and avoided the attack with the rebound force.

Duke nodded and got bayonet like him.

Mendestein's idea is simple.

"Return to the First Army." Mendestein did not hide his destination. "Don't worry, your surgical skills are so good, no one will make things difficult for you. Of course, the premise is that you have to guarantee it."

"He" sighed, "He is still alive, but was tied to a hostage by a Prussian officer."

"What?"

".right."

"I understand." Duke also saw that the situation was not good. "With such a large scale of artillery fire, there may be more than one regiment of troops coming. The other party will definitely do a carpet-style search, and it is meaningless whether it is resistance or hiding."

"That's nothing to discuss."

"Because the best surgeon in Austria is in the medical team, he can sew this wound as soon as possible." The commander said with a smile, "Of course, in the end, it depends on whether your knife is faster or my bullet is faster."

The commander glanced at Kavi and asked: "What's your name?"

Aresta had three robberies in his hand, and he had no choice but to dodge with a gun. Unexpectedly, the soldier who was shot just now guessed his actions early and flashed out from behind Mendestein. It was also the same assassination action, and stabbed into his stomach with a knife.

Twenty minutes later, the commander of the troops who surrounded the town received the battle report.

"Mendstein, the commander of the cavalry reconnaissance company of the First Prussian Army, and the rank of captain."

“Everyone retreated.”

The commander smiled, took out his pistol from his pocket and pressed it on his forehead: "I'm not negotiating terms with you, you have no choice at all. I pity you now and want to let you live with your dog. Of course, you have the right to give up, and I will break your head as soon as possible."

As soon as he stepped out of the alley, he didn't finish his words when he heard the dense sound of horse hooves coming from the entrance of the town to the east. Mendestein, as the captain of the cavalry, quickly guessed the number of people on the other side, and his head buzzed.

"Why?"

"My patience is very limited, I only count to 3." The commander stared at his right hand holding the bayonet, "12"

".What did you say?"

This came too quickly.

It takes less than 5 minutes to run in front of the horse's hooves. A division-level unit with a large number of cavalry can surround Otaka in the blink of an eye.

"Prussian soldiers were found ahead!!!"

"Duke, get out of here, let me do it!"

Mendestein was ready, but the other party didn't play according to the routine: "I didn't say I won't let you go."

As he said that, he used a little force in his hand, and the bayonet blade slowly embedded into the skin on Kawei's neck.

Mendestein realized that he would definitely not be able to run away, so he took off the bayonet, pulled Cavey in front of him, and walked slowly towards the opponent's cavalry team: "It depends on you whether I can survive. If I dare to move around, I will cut your throat!"

This time there was the ground behind him, and he could no longer rely on the power to reduce the damage. The severe pain forced him to scream, and at the same time he shook the stock and smashed it into Duke's head.

Mendestein took two deep breaths, calmed down his mood, and said, "I want to take him out of here, and I will let him back when I set a distance between you."

Mendestein was unable to accept this fact and felt that the other party was deceiving himself: "How could we withdraw our troops? This is impossible, absolutely impossible!"

"Do you think it's possible?"

Maybe the damage of the shot just now was too high, Duke did not dodge or let him go, but lay on Aresta, holding his last breath to continue to insert and pull out. In just over ten seconds, one skull burst, and the other was tied into a sieve, and they all fell into a pool of blood.

Mendestein is indeed a very excellent commander. It is not easy to immediately think of dealing with a backup plan when the situation changes and he is extremely passive.

This is indeed the best solution at the moment, but unfortunately Mendestein didn't believe it: "I can't believe you."

Aresta threw away the rifle in his hand, immediately picked up the gun of the dead soldier beside him and fired again. This time the bullet seemed to have hit the soldiers beside Mendestein, but it only hit his shoulder. After staggering two steps, he took another step and continued to rush towards him.

Opportunities flew in a flash. He endured the wound on his stomach and raised his gun and shot it.

Duke really couldn't think of the possibility of the failure of the First Army: "Did you admit your mistake when you met?"

He raised his gun and fired, but unfortunately the bullet that had not been aimed slightly out.

The commander asked Kavi to take away his bayonet and put down his gun: "Prepare them dry food and water."

At this time, Aresta in the dark alley had just analyzed the situation in the town. As soon as he realized that he should run away and delay time instead of killing him, the other party rushed over at full speed.

"I will let you leave, including those surrendered and injured Prussian soldiers." The commander said, "of course the weapons must be left, and it is impossible to give you horses, at most dry food and water for you to use on the road."

"yes!"

Kawei has a special identity and only one person around him. As long as he gets rid of the commander and catches Kawei, he will have more chips in his hand. At that time, he can choose the treatment method according to the attack speed of the Austrian troops at any time. It is best if he can escape. If he can't escape, he can take Kawei as a hostage. It really doesn't work.

If it really doesn't work, just solve this guy, as it will definitely be beneficial for Prussia to win this war.

"Company Commander, is it the enemy?" Duke squatted in the corner aside and was a little unbelievable. "No, it should be our troops to come first. How could it be Austrians?"

When he was about to pick up the third gun, Mendestein had already arrived within ten steps and had no time to make a shooting move.

Mendestein looked at the dark alley not far ahead and said, "We have to get that 'doctor' as soon as possible."

"40 Prussian soldiers were found in the town, including 5 surrendered, 8 injured, and the rest died. 13 soldiers from our army have all died in battle. In addition, Dr. Kawi's medical team was found, including 8 injured and 2 dead."

Kawei had no choice, had exhausted his energy, and had no combat qualities, so he could only admit defeat.

At this time, the three of them had already entered the dark alley. The narrow street made Mendestein unable to fight with Duke and could only stand behind him. However, Aresta was kicked to the ground, but he happened to be far away from the other party.

As for whether the wound can be treated, he actually doesn't need to think too much about it. The tracheostomy that Kavey did for Oper and the surgery on Craig's thigh proved this.

"How could I be here if they don't withdraw their troops?" the commander smiled and asked again, "Don't go around the corner, tell your request. I will meet your request and then release me immediately!"

Mendestein bayonets his rifle: "Don't worry about that."

The captain waved behind him, and Mendestein and Kavi in ​​front of him came to him, surrounded by everyone: "You can't retreat a little? You're almost holding my head over the tube!"

"A mere town, only one cavalry company is enough. The others are all prepared to prevent sneak attacks from happening on the other side. You don't understand these things." The count looked at him, and the stone in his heart finally fell to the ground. "Didn't you stay in the north all the time? Why did you come here?"

Kavi said the letter from Grand Duke Brecht, and Moraso had no choice but to do it: "Oh, it's really troublesome!"

"When I return to the base, I have to set off to Ormitz as soon as possible. It's too messy here." Kavey was still scared of what had happened before, and didn't know what to say to the guards who had already sacrificed all. "If they hadn't protected me, I might have become a prisoner."

"If you think too much, the northern line will not be smooth." Moraso said, "If the attack on the Western Front is blocked, they will definitely change the direction of the main attack. Ormitz is much closer to Vienna than the Western Front."
Chapter completed!