Alien Empire Total War - Chapter 234

The station of the Fifth Division of the First Army of Enkelan.

The fifth division commander, Gehrman Wittmann, who escaped from the ambush, sat in his commander’s tent, looked anxiously at his adjutant, and asked, “Have all the messengers been sent out?”

“It’s all dispatched, and the surrounding friendly forces will soon know what happened last night. General, what should we do next?” the adjutant asked.

“What should I do? Pack up and prepare to evacuate here!” Wittman said as a matter of course without thinking.

Just kidding, more than 8,000 people from his 5th Division dispatched more than 6,000 people directly yesterday, most of them were buried there, and now there are more than 2,000 people in the camp who have returned. Waiting for the enemy to catch up to the door?

He doesn’t think the enemy will let go of the enemy army closest to them, especially when he has already learned about the enemy’s movements, letting his own army continue to survive will only speed up the exposure of their plans time.

Therefore, whether it is to save his troops or save his life, Wittman has a reason to evacuate here with the remnants first. As for this supply station where they are stationed? My God, the enemy is about to hit the face, and you are still thinking about the pile of broken things in the warehouse?

Based on the principle of escape, Wittmann and the remnants of his 5th Division quickly packed up their personal belongings, abandoned unnecessary heavy objects, evacuated the supply station lightly, and fled to the nearest friendly army camp on the front line. .

When they were evacuating, the three divisions of the Imperial Fourth Army had just finished drawing lots and executing prisoners of war. A total of more than 500 soldiers and officers who were drawn out were executed by firing squad in front of everyone. After all the people were killed, the open space outside the stronghold was already full of blood and smoke, and the choking smoke was blown into the prisoners of war by the wind, causing a violent cough.

After seeing their comrades and officers being shot, most of the soldiers were scared out of their wits, for fear that the next person to be pulled out to be shot would be themselves. enemies, as if the latter were the incarnation of evil spirits crawling out of hell.

But at this moment, a man dressed as a general who looked like a general was surrounded by imperial soldiers and walked in front of them. Under the terrified eyes of the prisoners of war, the general said loudly:

“Under the watchful eye of the Holy Spirit, the sinful ones among you have just been singled out to be judged by the death penalty. Those of you who have survived have been confirmed as innocent by the Holy Spirit, so we will release you to return to Township, but you have to remember, don’t go back to your army and continue to resist us, if we are caught again, we will accept the death penalty like them!”

With that said, the general pointed to the pile of blood-splattered corpses, threatening the prisoners of war in front of him. After his threat, the faces of the prisoners of war suddenly changed, although the power of religion in this era was under the impact of science and gunpowder. The influence has been greatly weakened, but it still has a certain weight in the hearts of the soldiers at the bottom.

Those soldiers who were drafted into the army from the lower classes of the Enkelan Republic were convinced by the general’s words, believing that this must be the blessing of the Holy Spirit, and it was also the will of the Holy Spirit that they should not fight against the Rumont people again.

However, soldiers from middle-class or wealthy families scoffed at this. They did not believe the so-called testimony of the Holy Spirit of the Lumontese, but they were still afraid for no other reason than those comrades who were caught and shot after drawing black sticks. had a great deterrent effect.

Not only that, but what scares them even more is yet to come.

Under the watchful eyes of the prisoners of war, Commander Hernan Parker of the 7th Division turned his hand and pointed to a furnace that was temporarily built not far away. Several soldiers just took out the red-hot brand from the furnace, and one of them put the brand to the side. Put it in the water basin, and in the next second, a rustling sound was heard, and the whole basin of water boiled, and bursts of steam came out.

Looking at this scene, not only those prisoners of war, but also the surrounding imperial soldiers guarding them trembled subconsciously.

“You only need to leave a brand on your body to be free, and this brand is also a mark left for you. Anyone who is seen by us with this brand in the next battle will not be forgiven, and Killed on the spot!”

Hearing Parker’s words, the prisoners of war stirred again. They looked at the steaming brand in horror, for fear that the brand would fall on them in the next second, but if they wanted to regain their freedom, they had to let their bodies bear it. The bitterness of flesh.

“Let’s go!”

Parker said loudly, and at his signal, the surrounding soldiers stepped forward one after another, roughly pulled the gathered prisoners of war away, pushed them one by one, and let them walk towards the soldiers holding the brand. Although the prisoners of war were reluctant and did not want to leave a humiliating mark on their bodies, under the threat of the dark muzzles around them and their desire for freedom, they passively walked to the stove.

Then, the sleeves of the first captive’s clothes were pulled open, and the soldier holding the brand pressed the red-hot brand on the hairy skin mercilessly. The moment he left, a heart-piercing scream came from the prisoner of war’s throat.

“Ah ah ah ah ah–“

The shrill screams almost echoed in the open space outside the stronghold, causing the prisoners of war who had not yet accepted the brand to back away in shock, and their backs were wet with cold sweat. After the iron on the arm of the person who was the first to “eat crabs” was picked up~www.mtlnovel.com~ a black square mark was left on his arm, and there was also a faint smell of barbecue.

The smell of meat rushed into the noses of the poor prisoner of war and the other prisoners of war beside him, but it didn’t arouse even the slightest appetite in them.

The soldier standing next to him ignored his pain and discomfort, pulled the first person away and pushed him behind him, while monitoring the next person to receive the brand. The more people have left marks on their arms or elsewhere, and are freed.

After those prisoners were released, most of them chose to flee in the opposite direction to the front line, out of fear of the Imperial army and Parker’s warning to them, only a few people stopped and watched, as if they wanted to wait for the enemy Go out and probe their next move, in order to provide information for the army of the country.

The commanders of the three divisions anticipated this situation, and they sent soldiers to disperse the captives lingering on the periphery, and allowed the soldiers to shoot those who were unwilling to leave. There are several more corpses with branding on their bodies.