Chapter 102: Bigger Trouble
With the participation of Hanta and others, the situation immediately became one-sided.

Although Sergei's machine gun accidentally injured many fleeing Soviet civilians, he could not care about that at the moment.
Several German machine gunners were named one by one by Lin Chen, and the remaining German soldiers could only scatter like birds and beasts. After all, the troops of these security divisions were too vulnerable.

After taking control of the situation, Hanta immediately organized people to release several guerrillas who were still tied up. After throwing them weapons, these people still wanted to continue chasing and killing the German army.

At this time, Lin Chen immediately called Hanta,

"Hedgehog, don't chase after a desperate enemy. We can't stay here for long. We have to leave now!"

"Lianfa (Kirilenko), hurry up with Squirrel (Lechi) to collect supplies and check the vehicles, we are leaving soon!"

"Grizzly (Sergei), bring enough bullets!"

Lin Chen quickly issued a series of orders. He understood that the German army would surely react quickly after suffering such a heavy loss. Once the surrounding troops encircled them, he would be unable to escape.

"What a pity for my MG42 machine gun, it's such a good gun!" Sergei was still regretting that he didn't have time to pick up the machine gun he had finally gotten.

"As long as there is green, there will be no shortage of firewood. I can guarantee that you will be worried about seizing too many good guns in the future!"

"Hahahaha" everyone burst into laughter.

After Hanta spoke to these guerrillas for a few words, he wanted them to evacuate together. Lin Chen naturally had no reason to refuse.

Hanta turned around and said a few words to the villagers here, telling them to escape immediately. Anyway, they should not stay here because the Germans' revenge would come soon.

Lin Chen ordered his men to pile up all the weapons that could not be taken away, pour gasoline on them, and destroy them all.

After doing all this, they immediately continued to move westward.

Lin Chen's guess was correct. Only half an hour after they left, Colonel Bode led a battalion and a battalion of the security division to form a powerful pursuit force and rushed to the small village.

When he saw that the scene was in a mess and German corpses were everywhere, he couldn't help but become furious.

It can be said that he gambled his own future on this pursuit. With his strong insistence and the clear instructions from the army group, this small Soviet unit must be eliminated at all costs.

That's why he was able to gather this understaffed battalion (more than 200 people). Although the combat effectiveness of the battalion of the Security Division was average, it had a large number of people, a full 500 people. The total combat group had more than 700 people, and was equipped with heavy weapons such as mortars. If he still couldn't destroy them, he wouldn't have to go back!
In the village, he also caught a few soldiers of the Security Division who were hiding. Facing the enemy's attack, they actually hid? Where is the face of the imperial soldiers? Where is the honor?

He would never allow such shameless cowards in the army.

So these poor guys didn't even have the chance to be sent to the "probation brigade" (an organization similar to the "punishment camp" in the German army) and were executed on the spot.

Although the officers and soldiers of other security divisions were inevitably saddened by the loss of their loved ones, it was impossible for them to plead for mercy.

It's really embarrassing.

But at this moment, a second lieutenant among them shouted loudly that he had important information to report.

Bode saw that the other party was an officer, so he at least gave him a chance to speak.

"What do you want to say?"

Bode was in a bad mood. He had lost track of the enemy and lost so many of his men. Although the losses here were mainly caused by the collaboration between the Soviet squad and the guerrillas, he had no interest in the guerrillas and hated the Soviet squad to the core.

"Can you not let me go to a military court?" Although the second lieutenant knew that this situation was unlikely to happen, he could not care less now. In fact, he was also ashamed of his own behavior, but those "comrades-in-arms" suddenly attacked at that time, and the scene was so tragic.

I was really scared.

"If you don't tell me, you'll be shot right now. If you tell me, you might survive and make up for your crime! It's up to you to decide. I don't have that much time to listen to your nonsense."

Bode frowned impatiently.

"We were able to capture the guerrillas mainly because of an undercover agent. The last thing I saw was that the undercover agent was taken away with them. He is a very experienced guy and I think he can provide us with the necessary clues. As long as we follow this clue, we can capture that damn Soviet squad."

Hearing such a good idea, Bode's eyes lit up, "Then take a quick look to see if he left any clues. Quickly!"

When the lieutenant saw Bode's expression, he knew that his life was saved. It seemed that the colonel still valued this.

He pretended to be embarrassed and said, "Then it's my business."

"Don't worry, as long as you destroy that Soviet squad, you will not only be innocent, but also have made great contributions! I will personally report your achievements and at least promote you to the rank of lieutenant!" Bode boasted crazily. After all, bragging doesn't cost money. We'll talk about it later, haha, we'll talk about it later!
The lieutenant was immediately excited when he heard this and quickly searched around.

"Found it!" After a while, he started shouting loudly.

Bode hurried over and followed his instructions. He saw a faint arrow in the mud next to the gallows.

"Is it heading west?" He thought for a moment, "Map!"

Immediately, a subordinate handed over a detailed military map. The German army was extremely rigorous in making maps. Not only was the scale extremely accurate, but all kinds of villages, rivers, etc. were all accurately marked, which could be said to be world-class in this regard.

After carefully examining it with a magnifying glass, he decisively tapped the map and said, "Here, Courtois, they will definitely pass by here! Inform the garrison there, prepare your trap, and wait for them to enter the net. We will be there soon! This time, they won't be able to escape even if they have wings!"
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At this moment, Lin Chen and his team were rushing to Courtois at full speed. This was a small town and could not really be called a strategic location because there was only one road running through it, and this road was the only way for Lin Chen and his team to move forward.

Although this kind of place is a taboo for military strategists, because once blocked, they can only abandon the vehicle and escape. If there is no car in this kind of place, the mobility will be greatly affected and it will be easy to fall into the encirclement of the German army.

However, Lin Chen and his companions learned from the guerrillas that if they wanted to go north or south, they had to pass through this place, and there was no other way.

So I had no choice but to drive forward.

"Hedgehog, what happened after you separated from us?" Now that he had nothing to do in the car, Lin Chen began to ask about his experience.

"After I jumped from the plane, I happened to meet an enemy logistics transport team. Who would have thought that there would be people transporting supplies in the middle of the night? Although the enemy's combat effectiveness was not strong, they were waiting for us below. Several of us who fell died before we even untied our parachutes. I was lucky and was not hit, but they knocked my submachine gun away, so I was captured after landing."

"At the beginning, only you and Sergei had the documents. Facts have proved that it was a wise decision. They couldn't find any evidence from us, and they couldn't get any confession from me, so your documents can still be used. Otherwise, they would have strictly checked the troops coming from the Second Army." "You also know what happened later. We were rescued by the guerrillas. The guerrilla leader Dravich had a high prestige. All the guerrillas in the vicinity were actually under his command."

"After I was rescued, I also tried to find you, but it was too difficult to operate in the German-occupied area. I could only follow Dravich's guerrillas to conduct an attack behind enemy lines. I didn't expect to be surrounded by them this time, and the guerrillas suffered heavy casualties."

When Hanta said this, the guerrillas in the carriage lowered their heads one after another. After all, many comrades had sacrificed their lives.

"How did you get surrounded? Isn't mobility important for guerrillas?"

"We didn't want to, but we received a tip that a large amount of food looted by the Germans was stored in this village, and the guerrillas were seriously short of food. I heard that the defense here was very lax, and most of the defenders were withdrawn to the north to deal with the Soviet infiltration team, so I led a team to seize the food, but I didn't expect to encounter a large German force." Hanta blamed himself for the sacrifice of so many comrades.

"Who passed on this information? Could it be a traitor?" Lin Chen keenly felt that something was wrong here. Besides, now was not the time to pursue responsibility.

"No, the comrade who sent the message had his entire family killed by the German army. How could he help the Germans to harm us? The most important point is that he also died heroically, so I think the enemy situation must have changed."

Lin Chen felt that what he said made sense. How could there be such a traitor?

It is common that the enemy situation on the battlefield changes rapidly.

There are no mobile phones now that allow people to communicate anytime and anywhere. These guerrillas don’t even have a radio station, and their way of transmitting information is still very primitive, so their efficiency and accuracy are naturally not high.

But no one noticed that a guerrilla fighter in the corner raised the corner of his mouth slightly.

"Captain, the town of Courtois is ahead, and there seems to be a German checkpoint!" Lechi in the cab turned around to report.

"Are they on guard?" Lin Chen was very worried about this. If the enemy was in a state of emergency, he would have to think of another way. If they were to storm a small town by force, it would be like an old man eating arsenic - they would be dying.

"No, there are only a few people at the checkpoint. Captain, should we charge through or sneak through?"

"Go try it first! Everyone get ready for battle."

The truck quickly arrived at the roadblock and Lin Chen jumped out of the car swiftly.

At this time, an older veteran came over and saluted lazily.
"Mr. Lieutenant, please show me your ID!"

Lin Chen handed over the ID, but the other party barely even looked at it. "What's behind it?"

"We have an urgent mission, and behind us are the troops retreating from the battlefield."

The old soldier walked to the back suspiciously, lifted the canvas, and took a look. Sure enough, there were German soldiers with bloodstains all over their bodies, and many of them were still wearing bandages.

The rest is empty and has nothing.

There was naturally no reason to continue blocking them, so several people brought roadblocks, allowing the military vehicle of Lin Chen and others to enter the town smoothly.

Lieqi and his companions were feeling smug about having passed the checkpoint so smoothly.
"Captain, it looks like we'll be out of town soon. Should we go north or south next?"

However, Lin Chen felt somewhat uneasy. Logically, they had done such a big deal in that village before, so it was unlikely that they would be so lax here.

"I feel like something is wrong!" Lin Chen looked at the street with a heavy heart, "It's too quiet. It's not even dark yet, why is there no one on the street?"

"Could it be that the German army has driven away all the people who have been causing trouble here?" a guerrilla answered cautiously, because they had seen many uninhabited villages and towns.

"If this is really an uninhabited village, how come the ground is so clean?" Kirilenko was careful and saw the problem at a glance.

"Something seems to be wrong, Captain. Why don't we turn around and go back? Just now, there were a few old, weak and sick people rushing back!" Sergei also felt a little guilty.

"If there really is a problem, the retreat route would have been cut off long ago. Now even anti-tank guns have probably been deployed behind us. Going back would be suicide!" Lin Chen answered coldly. He had already felt an unprecedented sense of crisis at this moment. He even had a feeling that the enemy might have set a trap, waiting for him to rush in!

The loose checkpoint at the door was a bit strange, but he had no other choice. If he retreated, he would be pursued.

"Captain, there are German troops!" At this time, Lech issued a desperate warning.

The truck turned right urgently, and an anti-tank shell hit the truck right where it was originally. The splashed brick and stone fragments ricocheted onto the tailgate of the truck, making a clanging sound.

The truck turned behind a church and everyone jumped out.

"Get off the car, enter the building and hold it! Hold on until dark!" Lin Chen made a judgment quickly. Sergei and others were well-trained and quickly picked up their weapons and rushed into the church. The last two guerrillas who got off the car were a step slower and were hit by machine gun bullets fired by the German army. They fell down without a sound.

"Hurry up!" Lin Chen kept urging.

"Boom!" At this time, some soldiers encountered a booby trap, and two guerrillas and a commando were killed.

Everyone was shocked, because it turned out that the German army had already set a trap here, and even hung a booby trap.

"Everyone guard the door, I'll go ahead!" Lin Chen didn't have any good ideas at this time. The other party had anticipated his attack and knew that he would rush into the church. Now he could only rely on his own experience to at least eliminate the booby traps on the first floor.

As long as we can hold on until dark, there is still a way, and it is almost dark now.

"Captain, I'll go ahead!" Hanta stood up at this time. If they went ahead, they would be more likely to encounter booby traps, and the captain was the soul of the team, so nothing could happen to him.

"Shut up, I'm better than you at this, just obey orders!" Lin Chen got angry, which was rare. It was not because he was arrogant, but because Lieqi and others had never received training in this area, and the time for building the team was too tight.

With the support of the system, the mine-clearing ability must be much more reliable.

Sure enough, with his careful observation, he quickly eliminated two booby traps, which made Lieqi and others tremble with fear.

It seems that the German commander here is a master!
Lin Chen knew that they were in big trouble.

(End of this chapter)

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