Lucien looked around restlessly, occasionally glancing at the closed open tent not far away, which was the regimental headquarters.
This was his first time to come to the regiment headquarters. Although he had dreamed of becoming a great hero and coming to the regiment headquarters to receive commendations, in reality this was his first time approaching the regiment headquarters.
"How long do you think we have to wait?" Lucien asked in a low voice after nudging Claude with his elbow.
Although it was also Claude's first time to come to the regiment, his performance was much better than Lucien's.
Except for a trace of worry, you couldn't find any tension on his face. He was as calm as if he had returned to his own home.
"I don't know," Claude replied directly, "but I think it mainly depends on what the leader wants us to do!"
Lucien immediately asked: "What do you think it is?"
Claude glanced at him and replied calmly: "There are many possibilities. It is very likely that we will be held responsible for escaping from the battle..."
Upon hearing this, Lucien's expression immediately changed, and he said anxiously: "Then aren't we doomed?"
Claude sighed in his heart, completely speechless at the intelligence of this good friend, because the reason is very simple. If the regiment leader wanted to hold them accountable, he would not have called them to the regiment headquarters at all, but would have sent a few
The military police will solve the problem.
Now that they have been specially called to the regiment headquarters, there must be other questions to ask them, and these questions are likely to be related to the battle in the morning. As one of the few survivors who can escape from the Russian army's guns, they must be alive.
, we should be able to find something from them.
Claude was about to explain to Lucien, but before he could say anything, the tent at the regiment headquarters was opened. An officer dressed as a captain walked directly in front of them and ordered rudely: "Soldier, follow me!"
Lucien, who was startled, really didn't want to follow, but the captain's expression clearly refused to allow them to refuse, and Claude had already taken the lead, so he could only follow timidly.
The space in the tent was quite spacious, completely different from the busy regimental headquarters they imagined. Except for a map and other things placed in a small corner of the huge tent, the other parts were personal belongings of the regiment leader Gabriel.
Including slowly two cabinets of ironed military uniforms and shiny leather boots, as well as a mess of Turkish specialties and handicrafts. The most eye-catching thing is the leader's huge mahogany carved bed, which looks like an antique at first glance.
I don’t know how this level of collectible fell into Gabriel’s hands.
At this time, their leader Gabriel was putting on his military uniform with the help of the orderlies. Looking at his lazy demeanor, one might have thought he had just attended the ball at the Palace of Versailles!
Obviously, the leader had just woken up. The reason why Lucien and Claude were waiting outside the tent was probably because he was taking a nap.
"Tell me about it..."
Gabriel spoke angrily: "What happened in the morning's battle? Why can't you two companies take a small position? Maurice, what did the scout say before? How many Russians are there?"
Coming?"
Maurice is the captain who brought Lucien and Claude in before. As Gabriel's adjutant, he actually bears the important responsibility of communicating up and down.
"No more than twenty," Captain Morris replied.
"It's unreasonable that more than four hundred people didn't fight against twenty Russians!" Gabriel snorted angrily, "It's a total embarrassment to us French soldiers!"
Lucien suddenly felt embarrassed and embarrassed on his face. He lowered his head involuntarily and felt deeply ashamed of his poor performance in the morning.
But Claude is different too. Although he lowered his head and looked a little ashamed, if you look carefully you can see that he is just acting. You can even taste the strong sarcasm from the slightly raised corners of his mouth.
and a taste of ridicule.
Obviously, Claude was indifferent to this, and even thought that Gabriel was farting. However, the latter did not notice it, because he never looked at the two soldiers from the beginning to the end, and his words just now were just
Just venting casually.
After complaining about his poor performance for a while, Gabriel finally remembered the business after being reminded by Captain Morris. He snorted and said, "Tell me, what was going on in the morning's battle and why nearly half of them were killed or injured?"
Of the people, even your company commander, one is dead and the other is wounded?"
Well……
Lucien said that if you ask this, it will be a long story. How did Baudouin get injured? You really can't blame them. They just greased the soles of their feet in advance. Who would have thought that Baudouin, a fool, would go crazy and follow him.
, who would have expected that this fool would survive and be blown up by the explosives buried in the ground by the Russians!
But there is one thing to say, watching that guy holding his bloody broken leg and crying is really relieving his hatred. If God can give them another chance, he would like to make the Russian explosives more powerful. It would be best.
Blast off all three of that bastard's legs!
Of course, these words cannot be said in front of Gabriel, and even if they are said, they must be well disguised, otherwise they will definitely be left with nothing to eat.
Just when Lucien was thinking about how to answer, Claude spoke: "Reporting to the leader, at first we made good progress and rushed to the front of the barbed wire fence arranged by the Russians. Then the Russians began to concentrate their firepower to bombard us. There was a fierce battle between the security forces and the Russians.
Captain Towan died on the spot, and then Antoine Company fell into chaos..."
Gabriel nodded. This was very similar to what he learned from the officers. It showed that the dying Russian army was still very tough, but he needed more details, so he asked: "Then what? Your company
What? What happened to Baudouin?"
This question made Lucien's heart hang in the air, fearing that if he failed to answer the question, the two brothers would be turned over and sent to a military court on the spot.
Claude replied unhurriedly: "After Antoine Company collapsed, the enemy focused their firepower on us. After a stalemate for a period of time, the sacrifice was too great, and there was no way to break through the enemy's barbed wire. Captain Baudouin only
He could lead us to fight and retreat. On the way back, we encountered enemy shelling. In the chaos, Captain Baudouin had his leg blown off. Then the brothers fought desperately to snatch him and other injured brothers back...
"
Lucien almost rolled his eyes, because according to Claude, it sounds like they have done something great, but if you want to say it is not true, it is not necessarily true, but compared with the actual situation, it is not that good at all!