I was a tycoon in World War I: Starting to save France

Chapter 44 Kidnapping Incident
Charles and Deyoka led the workers to work all night in the motorcycle factory.

Converting the motorcycle into a sidecar was one thing, discussing tactics with Major Brownie was another, and there was also the matter of restarting production at the motorcycle factory. There were always many unexpected things to deal with, and time passed by unknowingly.

Camille came over once during this time and was relieved to know that the two were busy in the factory. Before leaving, she told Djokovic with some distress: "Charles is still young, don't tire him out!"

Djokovic responded casually, but then became a little embarrassed: "You don't know how capable Charles is. He has to make decisions on many things! It may be difficult to make it easier for him!"

After hearing this, Camille felt both proud and worried, but in the end he could only smile happily. Charles would eventually grow up, and this day would eventually come!

After seeing off Major Browne and his men in the early morning, Charles finally had time to lie down in the staff dormitory. He fell asleep as soon as he lay down and was not awakened until the afternoon by cheers.

Before Charles could react, a large number of employees rushed in, including Guillaume, and they all shouted:

"We are victorious, Master Charles!"

"They won a great victory and pushed the Germans back!"

"It is said that they killed or injured several thousand people. God, they killed more than ten times the enemy, but their own losses were negligible!"

"You have done a great deed once again, Master Charles!"

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Charles was not fully awake yet. He half sat up and looked at the workers in a daze. It took him a while to realize that they were talking about Major Brownie's motorcycle team.

"Has there been a battle?" Charles asked. "How is Major Browne? Is he all right?"

"He is very well," replied Uncle Guillaume. "It was he who called, and said he wanted to thank you, Master Charles, for doing what you said, and it proved to be very useful."

Dejoka walked into the dormitory, looked at the tired Charles and said distressedly: "Now that the dust has settled, Charles, you should go home, have a good meal and have a good sleep. I'm here!"

The workers all echoed:
"Yes, Master Charles, go back and rest!"

"We are here!"

"We have called another group of workers to take over, and we will also go to rest in a while!"

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Charles felt that there was nothing he needed to do here, and the main point was that sleepiness was still coming like waves, so he gladly accepted the suggestion.

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Walking on the streets of the small town, the setting sun cast a long afterimage beside him.

Charles, who was not used to staying up late, felt as if he was in another world and his steps were a little unsteady.

Before he knew it, he felt someone approaching him. He turned around and saw two middle-aged men in black suits and top hats, sandwiching him between them, one on the left and one on the right.

"Master Charles?" The middle-aged man with a mustache on the left turned his head and asked.

"Who are you?" Charles asked doubtfully.

The next second, Charles realized that he was wrong.

If they were here to kidnap him, this simple response would have confirmed their identity.

"Someone wants to see you, Master Charles!" The man with the mustache raised his head towards the car parked not far ahead and said in a commanding tone, "Come with us!"

Without saying anything, the two men held Charles on both sides and walked towards the car.

Charles was instantly frightened and broke out in a cold sweat, and his consciousness became completely clear.

Is it really kidnapping?

Want money? Or a killer sent by the capitalists?
The fact that we bumped into each other here meant that they had been waiting outside the motorcycle factory for a long time, and I happened to be the only one left...

How to do?
At the critical moment, there was a sudden childish shout: "Murderer! Bad guys! They want to kidnap Master Charles!"

That was Teddy's voice. Charles was so moved that he wanted to hug Teddy's fat face and give him a kiss. The bad memories about him in his mind disappeared in an instant, and the ugly appearance of him being so fat that even his waist could not be seen was transformed into a cute one.

The two men in suits paused after hearing the shouting. They seemed to want to argue, but after looking at each other, they said nothing and walked faster.

At this, Teddy seemed to be certain that they were the "bad guys" and shouted even louder: "They are sent by the capitalists to take Charles away!"

"Help, save Master Charles!"

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Seeing Charles being put into the car, neighbors rushed over from all directions, shouting.

The bakers held table knives, the workers held wrenches, the women held kitchen knives and eggs, and Aunt Kara even held a long rolling pin for making pizza.

"Stop them!"

"Don't let them go, they want to take Master Charles away!"

"These shameless bastards actually wanted to kidnap Master Charles right under our noses! Are they looking for death?"

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Seeing that the situation was not good, the two men in suits desperately dragged Charles to the started car. Just as they were about to start, Uncle Anthony who came over grabbed them down one by one.

Uncle Anthony is a bricklayer. He is strong and fat, and he can jog along with a 50-kilogram bag of lime on his back without even taking a breath.

He remained calm, holding out his hands to stop the other neighbors who were about to rush over, and looked at Charles inquiringly:
"Do you know them, Master Charles?"

"No, I don't know him!" Charles said truthfully.

This confirmed the charge of kidnapping.

Uncle Anthony loosened his hand like a fence, and the angry neighbors surged up like a tide. They waved various "weapons" in their hands at the men in suits, beating and scolding them, as if they wanted to vent all their anger on them:

"Kill them, they are inhumane!"

"Damn capitalists, they can't stand seeing others doing well!"

"Master Charles must have blocked their path to wealth. They want to kill him!"

"They must have stolen my chicken too!"

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The two men in suits screamed and tried to explain something, but the neighbors wouldn't listen. They rushed forward and the car windows were broken.

"Bang!" A gunshot rang out.

The neighbors exclaimed and took a few steps back uncontrollably.

Uncle Anthony immediately protected Charles behind him.

However, the neighbors were only stunned for a moment, and then immediately surrounded them again. They were outnumbered, and the other side only had a revolver. How many people could they kill?

But he was still a step too slow after all. Two men in suits took advantage of this opportunity to quickly climb into the car and stepped on the accelerator. The car squeezed out of the crowd with a shrill horn.

The neighbors chased after him, spitting stones, cursing, and a few women's shoes swung in circles in the air, drawing beautiful parabolas and hitting the driver's face accurately...

"Charles, Charles!" Carmi ran towards him from the other end of the street like crazy. Her face was pale and her eyes were full of panic. She didn't even have time to untie her apron.

Apparently a neighbor rushed over to tell her everything.

"I'm fine, Mom!" Charles came out from the crowd and went to greet her.

When Carmi saw Charles, she instantly breathed a sigh of relief. She slowed down her pace and hugged Charles tightly, then burst into tears of joy. After a while, she remembered her neighbors, looked up and thanked everyone around her, tears in her eyes and full of gratitude:

"Thank you! Thank you very much!"

"Thanks to you guys!"

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(End of this chapter)