As minutes and seconds passed, Captain 1 was actually standing far away from the corpse pit, but he still had the illusion that he could smell the corpse odor.
He involuntarily stood further away, then rubbed his nose with his hand and looked anxiously in the direction of the corpse pit.
For this matter, he handed over the command of the landing to the commander of the 2nd Battalion, and the number of soldiers here increased from a dozen to more than thirty now.
After almost everyone saw this big pit, they were frightened by what they saw. These warriors who killed people on the battlefield without blinking their eyes were not immune to such a rotten and stench scene.
If they were allowed to kill people on the battlefield, they would not feel any burden, and Lina would not even frown. But if they were allowed to kill civilians, they would really need some psychological training.
Of course, they may actually carry out the massacre order after it is issued, but they cannot do this kind of thing where they don't even bother to deal with the people after killing them.
This is determined by the basic attributes of civilization. At least they are still human beings, possessing the most basic humanity, and are not the kind of devils who have been brainwashed by a certain idea.
Finally, when the 1st regiment leader was a little impatient, he saw the army doctor coming over with his mouth covered.
Behind this doctor was a nurse. Her mask hung on her ears and the other side hung under her chin. One look at her face showed that this little girl had vomited more than once.
The doctor took off his mask and took a deep breath before reporting: "They were killed by someone. We did a preliminary investigation and found that there were 17 children, 84 mature men and women, and 52 elderly people...
These are civilians, and there are 31 soldiers wearing Zheng Guo uniforms."
"Are you sure you were killed?" Captain 1 confirmed with a gloomy face and some unhappiness.
The doctor nodded without hesitation and replied firmly: "Yes, they were all killed."
"Why are you so sure?" the group leader continued to confirm.
"Then, this!" The doctor stretched out his hand and handed something to the 1st regimental leader.
"Bullet?" Captain 1 subconsciously reached out to pick up the thing, and then saw the doctor put a small lead pill in his palm.
The doctor curled his lips: "To be precise, it's Cyric's flintlock lead bullets, very standard."
He paused and waited for the 1st regiment leader to look at the bullet with blood stains on it for a while before continuing: "There are also knife marks on the bones of some corpses, which should be caused by chopping..."
At this time, the 1st regiment leader realized that the bullet in his hand should have been found in the minced meat of the corpse.
He wanted to throw away this unlucky and disgusting thing, but he had to change his mind. He sighed and continued to ask: "Are they crazy? No men, women, old and children have been spared?"
"Yes, it should be the civilians in the village, all of them were killed." The doctor thought about the holes or torn clothes, and felt more and more irritated.
He was not sure whether there was any bestiality such as adultery, but judging from the barbaric method of disposing of the corpse, the people who did this...if they could be called human beings, had no humanity at all.
"What's the reason for killing them?" Captain 1 rubbed his index finger hard with his thumb, making a crunching sound.
"We don't know that." The doctor shook his head: "I'm not a forensic doctor and have no experience in this area... I'm here to treat gunshot wounds and rescue the living, not to investigate the dead."
"Thank you! Lieutenant." The commander of the 1st regiment nodded, indicating that the doctor could go back. Then, he looked at his guards: "Let's go and see the prisoners of war."
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On the sea, Bernard took the telegram from his adjutant, lowered his head and read the contents carefully again.
Then, he frowned and raised his head to look at his adjutant and the captain of Wolf 1: "The 1st regimental commander said that he found a corpse pit with nearly 200 corpses in it. Most of them were from Zheng Guo.
civilian……"
"It couldn't have been done by those goblins, right?" The adjutant didn't think there was any big problem. After all, the person who died was a Zheng Guoren and had no direct relationship with their Datang Group.
There is no way to empathize with this kind of thing. If he had seen 200 corpses in Bunas, he would probably have been thinking about what kind of torture instrument he would use after catching the murderer.
"This matter can be big or small." After reading the message, the captain of Wolf 1 looked at Bernard in embarrassment: "General, if you think about it in a small way, this matter is between the Zheng Kingdom and the Mirage Kingdom.
The dispute actually has nothing to do with us."
He considered the words for a moment, and then said conversely: "But if you look at it more broadly, many of our troops are guilty... You know, that's not what I meant."
After explaining, he continued: "Master Leo from the intelligence department, and the principal... they are all descendants of Dahua with black eyes and black hair..."
Bernard heard this and fell into deep thought. After all, he had never seen the corpse pit. If you want to say how angry or annoyed he was at this moment, it would definitely be an exaggeration.
As the naval commander of the Datang Group that spans the world, thousands of enemies died at his hands, and the corpse pit of two hundred people was nothing more than a small scene.
But killing enemies on the battlefield and massacring civilians are two different things. Bernard felt that he really needed to consider Tang Mo's mood.
As the senior commander of the Datang Group, although he did not fully understand the purpose of this battle, he had heard a rough idea.
Different from previous wars, the Datang Group is expanding its territory this time, so what happens on this land is indeed closely related to the Datang Group.
"Send the message back to Bunas..." Thinking of this, Bernard finally decided to take the matter seriously: "At least this matter makes us stand on the side of morality. Even if it is just as a simple
Man, I can’t watch such a crime happen in front of my eyes!”
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! After giving the order, Bernard continued: "In addition, since we have exchanged fire with the enemy, it has become a fact that the landing site has been exposed... the enemy
The fleet will probably arrive here soon, right?"
"According to time estimates, the enemy may appear on our flanks tomorrow morning." The staff reported the results of their calculations.
"Are you ready?" Bernard was more interested in the location of the enemy's main fleet than the corpse pit.
"Wolf 3 and Wolf 4 will go out early tomorrow morning to seize advantageous positions and destroy the enemy fleet outside the landing area." The staff officer circled an area of the sea on the chart and assured.
Just kidding, those are two Wolf-class cruisers! There is no pressure to fight against dozens of sail battleships. The opponent doesn't even have a chance to fire, and none of them can escape.
"Leave the Bunas-class ironclad to protect the landing site, and let's get close to it!" Bernard pondered for a few seconds before making a decision.
He decided to strengthen the forces to intercept the enemy fleet, and the reason was very simple - he was prepared to use thunderous momentum to crush the mirage fleet.
"After all, it's very uncomfortable to find out about the massacre of corpses... Although I'm not sure that this thing must have been done by Mirage, I still need to vent my anger." Bernard explained, and then
Walked out of the bridge: "If Bunas' call comes back, notify me as soon as possible, and... urge the transport ship to hurry up..."
"Yes!" Everyone in the bridge stood at attention and saluted, watching Bernard leave.
During this period of time, the Navy did not do anything. In fact, they also made great efforts to transfer the troops to the beach as soon as possible.
They sent soldiers with good water skills to risk diving to check the conditions of nearby reefs, and finally moved their transport ship forward more than 300 meters.
Although it is only such a short distance, this has already shortened the trip of the landing boat and accelerated the transportation speed.
With the expansion of the landing site, some heavy equipment has also landed on the beach. Dozens of cars and more than a dozen large-caliber artillery have landed. At the same time, there are also reconnaissance cavalry and more communications troops ashore.
The beach was overcrowded, and the organization of each unit began to be completed. The regiment headquarters moved a bit and moved closer to the inland.
The subsequent landing work was carried out slowly without enemy interference, and the strength of the 1st Battalion was quickly expanded to 600 men, which was not too far away from full strength.
The 3rd Battalion has also been replenished, and now has a strength of more than 300 men, able to take charge on its own.
The 2nd Battalion was very interesting. They had more than 400 troops ashore, and subsequent weapons were also sent to the beach, so the 2nd Battalion was re-armed and restored its combat effectiveness.
After being on the ship for a whole month, the 1st Regiment was actually in a very bad condition, but the enemy was too weak and couldn't even refresh them.
Mirage Wuyuan's troops only appeared nearby accidentally. In fact, Mirage's military strength here was very empty and it was impossible to organize a second counterattack.
According to the speculation of the staff of the 1st Regiment, the news of their landing on Dongwan Island will be spread to Fengshun City at night tonight. As for Dongwan Port, the time to know the news will probably be delayed to noon or even the afternoon of the next day.
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Not everyone in the world has wireless telegraph equipment. Obviously, whether it is the Zheng Kingdom or the Mirage Kingdom, including the Dahua Empire... their technology is far inferior to those countries next to the Datang Group.
area.
1st Regiment Commander, Bernard, and even the staff officers as far away as Bunas were all sure that it would be 72 hours before Mirage could respond and assemble its troops.
