Barannikov knew that Anton had always been at odds with Shouhou, but he thought that the relationship between the two was just some minor conflicts caused by different personalities. After all, Shouhou's intelligence was obvious to everyone. He had been beaten by Germans several times in the past.
He was able to successfully evade the encirclement and suppression in the end. This was all due to Slender Monkey's idea and plan. Normally, Slim Monkey didn't seem to have anything unusual.
Anton suddenly said that Slender Monkey had been wanting to rebel for more than a year, which immediately stunned Baranikov and made him unable to react.
But if this is true, then Anton's move is too vicious and clever.
He led the team out for an operation and killed all of Shouhou and his loyal subordinates. He also used Shouhou's death to win over people's hearts and gathered all the remaining people under his control.
Aside from the heavy losses, Baranikov couldn't think of any shortcomings in Anton's move. This was simply too clever to be true.
"Then this is really great, but aren't our losses a bit too great? Especially the losses in human hands, which are difficult to make up for."
Baranikov always spoke his mind directly in front of Anton, and this time was certainly no exception.
"I know what you are thinking, but the loss of manpower this time is actually part of my plan. I must lose these people. But I can't do it too much. I have to create an opportunity. I still have to deceive people.
mean."
"Winter has just passed, and we don't have much food reserves. Last winter, the Germans and their lackeys were searching for food supplies and scraping the land. In the end, we didn't get much, and we even had to go through middlemen to get money.
Buying grain from the German lackeys."
"During this evacuation, our food is particularly in short supply. We simply can't feed so many mouths to consume it all the way. If nothing happens, it's better to say that as soon as spring comes, we can go out and find ways to get food. These more than 800 people
It’s not a problem to eat and drink.”
"But the reality is that we have to evacuate soon, and there is no time to get food anymore, so we must cut off some unnecessary troops so that we can evacuate quickly and lightly without being a drag along the way. You can understand what I say.
What do I mean?"
Baranikov, who had been following Anton for so many years, had somewhat improved. His mind was no longer as stupid as when he was in prison. After Anton's more detailed explanation, he understood it quickly.
"I understand, this is what we should do. If we don't do this, none of us will be able to leave. But, what should we do now? What do you need me to do?"
Baranikov knew that Anton was so anxious to call him over, so there must be something big going on. Instead of waiting for Anton to tell him, he might as well ask first. What Anton said next was actually true.
"I'm calling you here to prepare you to lead the team and set off immediately. This evacuation will be more troublesome. I don't know if those Russians will catch up. I originally wanted to lead the team out and find other ways to get rid of the Russians.
Sonov and his dead dogs had an accident and encountered a small but capable and very important Bolshevik convoy."
"Who knows what is going on in that convoy! Although there are not many troops escorting them, they are very powerful. The guns in their hands are not bolt-action. At least they are semi-automatic weapons, and there are more fully automatic weapons! There must be people escorting them in that car.
What precious materials, absolutely! And soon a large army of Bolshevik tanks came over, and there were a lot of them, and they directly defeated and wiped out our people."
"I think we may have provoked this group of Bolsheviks. They have just defeated the Germans. Their morale has been greatly increased and their fighting spirit is high. They may launch an encirclement and suppression against us soon! Encircle us! So we can't delay any longer.
It’s time, we must act as soon as possible and get out of here!”
"I have already ordered the preparations for evacuation and arranged for people to do it. The main problem now is that we have a lot of things and they are all important and must be taken away. I called you here to tell you that I will take care of us over the years.
I will leave the valuables such as jewelry, gold, silver and antiques to you. You are the person I trust most. Take these and meet me at this place. There is someone there who can connect with you."
"I will give you all the trucks, and your speed will be much faster than the people and horses I bring! Going with me will only slow down your speed. When you get to this place, settle down and wait for me to pass. Then we will be together
Cross the border and go to Eastern Europe. I heard that the resistance to the Germans in Poland was very strong. There should be room for us to survive. Let’s go there first and then settle down.”
After taking Anton's letter on the ground and taking a look at what was written on it, Baranikov couldn't help but blink in a daze.
"This place is the border, but it's far away from here. Even if I get there with my people, what will you do? If you give me all the trucks, you'll only have cars and horses, and you won't be able to go any faster! Now Ukraine is everywhere
We are all at war. Neither the Germans nor the Bolsheviks are easy to mess with. If we meet one of them, we will be finished. Are you really going to do this?"
Facing Baranikov's repeated words, Anton just shook his head with a wry smile.
"What else? Tell me a better way, if you have one."
"..."
Barannikov stopped talking and was speechless by Anton's rhetorical question.
Anton is right, you can only do this in the current situation, there is no other better way than this.
After all, they are just bandits and not regular troops. If the situation is stable, they can still have fun and do business without money. But if the situation changes and they encounter a large-scale war with millions of people fighting at every turn, especially against
They hate bandits so much that they will definitely eradicate the banditry once the Soviet army has the upper hand.
The only thing you can do is to escape. Whether you can escape or not depends entirely on your skills, luck, and your luck. It is as sad and cruel as a rootless duckweed.
The silent Baranikov finally nodded in agreement and was about to do as he was told. Anton stood up from his chair, picked up the armed belt on the table and the holster of the gun, ready to tie it back to his waist, and was about to start.
The appearance of action.
But at this moment, there were suddenly several violent explosions and loud noises in the camp outside the house. The noise was very loud. It definitely sounded like the explosion of artillery shells rather than the noise caused by grenades!
Anton, who was shocked for a moment, didn't have time to rush out of the house to see what was going on. The fat Baranikov also followed behind Anton more slowly than Anton, and ran towards the door, but...
Some soldiers had already broken into the house and reported loudly to Anton.
"Brother Anton, your horse is gone! The Bolsheviks used the cannon on the tank to blow your horse away!"