I asked you to escape, but you became a soldier in World War II

Chapter 148 Your little abacus is really loud

"I'm sorry, I'm not Superman. The German troops in the camp are on high alert. We would be wasted if we go back. It's better for us to break out and disperse. The better!" Lin Chen thought that this British officer was simply crazy. He was lucky this time. The German army didn't expect them to dare to rebel, so he was lucky enough to succeed.

"Don't you, the American military, have a tradition of rescuing your compatriots? Don't you adhere to the principle of not abandoning any comrade?" George was somewhat dissatisfied with what Lin Chen and the others did.

"That has a prerequisite, which is to do it within our capabilities. We obviously don't have that ability now. So, I'll leave the two machine guns to you, and we'll leave with some light weapons." Lin Chen said, asking everyone to put the machine guns on the snow, and then took the lead to walk out of the construction site.

Mike and others followed immediately. After this battle, they were completely conquered by Lin Chen. Everyone thought that only by following Lin Chen could they survive.

Of course, there were also some American prisoners of war on the construction site who followed Lin Chen and his team. They felt that it was better to follow the Americans than the British.

Colonel George was embarrassed to see that they didn't listen to him, so he waved his hand at his men and said, "Let's go back to rescue the main force. There is strength in numbers. As long as we join forces with the main force, we may be able to launch a counterattack!"

After saying that, he glanced at the direction Lin Chen and the others were retreating and muttered, "Can you just leave that minefield whenever you want?" He had tricked several groups of people into going to die before, but it turned out that the density and width of the minefield were far beyond his imagination. Unless all these people rushed in one direction, they would definitely not be able to get through.

"Everyone, slow down. If Lieutenant Lin and his men find a way out, we will turn back!"

George’s little plan is very clear, just go and die!
Lin Chen and his companions walked not far before they arrived at the edge of the minefield.

There was a black skull painted on a warning sign at the edge of the minefield. There were many corpses in the middle and at the edge of the minefield. Some of them were still very fresh, as if they had just run in a few days ago, but most of them had turned into piles of bones.

Under the increasing snow cover, a hint of strange color is revealed.

"Commander, why didn't you bring more people with you? One more person means a greater chance of rushing over!"

After hearing what Mike said, Lin Chen understood. They all thought that Lin Chen wanted everyone to rush in one direction and create a path with human lives.

This is also a common tactic used on the battlefield, and it seems that this is the only way. After all, they do not have the German army's mine-clearing unmanned armored vehicles.

"No, I'll walk in front, and everyone just needs to follow me! Remember, don't step on places I haven't stepped on before!"

"What?" Mike couldn't believe his ears.

"Commander, you are our backbone. If anything happens to you, we will all be finished." Brown quickly spoke out to stop Lin Chen from taking the risk.

"Don't worry about me. I had a dream last night. God showed me the way forward. Just follow me and everything will be fine!"

After saying this, he strode forward, as if he was walking into his own vegetable garden.

As everyone stared in astonishment, Lin Chen took a few steps to the left, a few steps to the right, and easily walked a long distance.

"What are you still standing there for? Hurry up and catch up!"

Lin Chen began to urge them. If they didn't catch up in time, would he have to walk again? That would expose the truth.

Fortunately, so many eyes were staring at the route he was taking just now, and soon everyone followed him.

When everyone followed Lin Chen's footsteps and filed out of the minefield little by little, it felt like they were in another world.

"Sir, do you want to destroy the footprints?" Mike took out a wooden-handled grenade from his pocket.

Of course Lin Chen understood what he meant. George and the others might follow these footprints. These guys looked very righteous. They said they would go back to rescue, but in fact they just wanted Lin Chen and the others to take the risk first.

"No need, just leave it to them, we are allies!" Lin Chen's words made other American soldiers admire his character even more.

Not only is he guided by God, but he also knows how to repay evil with kindness.

Such a person is simply an angel!

The cohesion of this small team of dozens of people has been unprecedentedly enhanced.

However, as they walked, they discovered that Lin Chen did not go northwest, but chose to take a detour to the south.

Lin Chen could only explain, "The Germans will soon know about their prison break, and the pursuit troops will definitely deploy heavy troops on the road to the north or west, because the Germans have no battles in those two directions, and it is easy to withdraw troops. As for the south, they can pass through the neutral country of Switzerland and then go to the southern coast of France, where the German defenses are much laxer. Most of the German troops are on guard in the Apennine Peninsula, and they can't spare many people to deal with us."

After Lin Chen's guidance, everyone instantly understood Lin Chen's clever trick.

Indeed, as long as you get a ship to the southern coast of France, the sea is the Allied territory. After the Allied landing in Sicily in the second half of 1943, the control of the Mediterranean Sea was completely in the hands of the Allies.

The German army and the navy of the Italian puppet regime were hiding in the harbor, not daring to come out, and were unable to take care of themselves.

In fact, Lin Chen had already figured it out. He knew that George and the others would most likely follow his route, then head west, passing through Belgium and returning to England.

After all, the temptation to return to England was too great for them, so he decided to take them for a while and then quickly head south. Of course, all the footprints along the way had to be cleared.

As for the rest, George and the others will have to fend for themselves!
Humph, you want to use me as a gun? Your little plan may sound good, but it may not be right!

According to Lin Chen's plan, the group quickly entered Switzerland.

Because Switzerland has always pursued a policy of neutrality, there is a peaceful scene in Switzerland, with no trace of the outbreak of the world war at all.

Many local residents leisurely take their dogs along the country roads, looking very content.

Some residents also stared at Lin Chen and his group as they marched in a column with puzzled eyes. In rural Switzerland, it is rare to see people wearing American military uniforms.

Lin Chen and his men used the German marks, gold rings, necklaces and other items looted from the German soldiers' corpses to exchange for some supplies and medicines.

Otherwise, some of the sick people in his team might not be able to hold on.

Fortunately, the people here are kind. Some farmers even provided them with an abandoned warehouse and brought them some food, which touched Lin Chen and his friends very much.

Although Switzerland was a neutral country, it was surrounded by the German-occupied area after all. Privately sheltering or providing assistance to the Allied forces might very likely bring unnecessary disaster to the local people.

So after a short rest, they immediately made great strides forward.

Because the route they took was the French-Swiss border, Lin Chen and his team did not encounter much resistance. Instead, they got a batch of equipment and several old trucks at a German training supply station. As a result, their advance speed was greatly accelerated.

Lin Chen understood that the German army would soon learn of their movements and follow them. Would the German officer named Jingke tolerate him provoking trouble again and again?
What he expected was correct. The news of Lin Chen and others' successful riot was soon passed back to the POW camp. Jingke was furious when he heard it. He immediately withdrew some forces from the POW camp and obtained support from about 200 cadets from a nearby German Youth Officers School, and rushed towards the scene of the incident.

George and others did run along the route that Lin Chen and his group took.

But their luck was not good. The wind and snow were too strong. When they rushed back, the footprints on the ground were already somewhat unclear. But George was sure that Lin Chen and the others escaped from here, but he was really puzzled.

Why did the other party even take the body away?
However, when they rushed out from here, they stepped on a lot of landmines, and many people died.

George couldn't care less about all these. There were too many people in his group of prisoners and there was no food, so it was impossible for many of them to survive.

He used a lot of righteous and beautiful words to make those weak and sick guys volunteer to be pioneers for everyone.

Of course George was so moved that he cried, but he didn't agree with it in his heart.

After suffering more than a hundred casualties, they also rushed out from here.

This put George at ease. It was clear that someone had already walked this path before, otherwise it would be impossible for them to come out with only so few deaths.

After coming out, he ordered everyone to follow the footsteps heading west at all costs, hoping to follow Lin Chen and the others and find a glimmer of hope.

However, after running for a few kilometers, the snow was too heavy, they were tired and hungry, and they had lost their direction, so they were forced to come up with the idea of ​​attacking a small town nearby.

There was no resistance in the town, and soon George rushed into the town with a large number of prisoners, then looted some food and got a batch of clothes.

However, because their whereabouts were exposed by attacking the small town, they were given priority "care" by the German army.

When Jingke and his men arrived at the scene, they immediately launched an attack on George and his men.

Although George and his men had heavy machine guns and were well fed and watered, they were no match for the well-equipped troops brought by Jingke.

After just a few encounters, the Allied forces suffered heavy losses and George was forced to lead his troops to continue retreating westward.

Jingke had experienced the bloody battle of Stalingrad, so he naturally knew how to deal with such an enemy.

He did not pursue them directly, but instead stabilized the situation in the town and interrogated the prisoners.

When he learned that an Allied officer had led his men to break through the minefield, and that was why they followed him out, he couldn't help but become very curious.

After hearing about this man's legendary deeds and the fact that he was a Chinese-American American military officer, he suddenly had a feeling that this man might be the "ghost" that gave him nightmares.

But isn’t the “ghost” with the Soviet army?
He had no interest in what happened next and ordered his men to take the prisoners back to the camp.

After a short rest, he led his men to continue the pursuit.

Thanks to the assistance of the hounds, their tracking was very efficient, which was why he was not in a hurry to pursue them, in order to put the enemies in a state of desperate escape and destroy them mentally and physically.

After several gunfights, there were fewer and fewer people around George, and he was angry and frightened.

Because the German troops behind them seemed to be playing tricks on them. Every time they were about to annihilate them, they would let them run away, and then catch up with them again not long after.

After repeating this several times, George's side had run out of bullets. Everyone had no morale and could only run westward desperately.

But how could they, who had been lacking nutrition for a long time, be a match for the ferocious German troops behind them?

Finally, they were caught up again and all captured.

Colonel George wanted to ask for officer treatment, but he was hit on the back of his head with the butt of a rifle by an angry cadet soldier next to him, and he fainted.

When I woke up again, it was already night.

The German army tortured him and forced him to confess. This guy's arrogance was soon shattered and he confessed everything.

From him, Jingke confirmed that there were still a group of fish that slipped through the net, but he was skeptical about George's words.

Would the other party be so stupid as to tell him their marching direction?

He looked at the map for a long time and immediately contacted his superiors via the radio. When he learned that a small Allied force appeared on the French-Swiss border, his judgment was immediately confirmed.

He glanced at Colonel George with disdain and said, "Colonel, please forgive me for being blunt, but with your intelligence, it would be hard for you to be a signalman under that American lieutenant!"

Then, he walked out quickly amid the laughter of other German soldiers, ordered his signalman to report his idea to his superiors in the hope of getting approval, and urgently assembled the troops. He wanted to go south overnight to pursue Lin Chen.

Although Lin Chen and his companions also had a car, they were in the German-occupied area after all, so they had to stop and hide all the time. But Jingke was different, he could walk in a straight line.

He was very happy after receiving a reply from his superior quickly.

Because his superiors approved his idea of ​​leading the pursuit, and could also provide him with air reconnaissance support, but they were unable to support him in terms of manpower because there were no troops available in the surrounding area.

Jingke looked back at the troops that followed him. There were already more than two hundred people. Couldn’t they deal with more than forty prisoners of war?
He smiled and ordered the driver,
"Go at full speed, and make sure to catch up with those Americans by tomorrow evening!"

At this moment, Lin Chen and his men were marching at full speed, but because they were unfamiliar with southern France and had to avoid the main roads, their speed was not fast.

At this point Lin Chen was extremely worried, because he had a strong premonition that the enemy was chasing him and was not far away.

But he had no choice but to study the map over and over again, hoping to come up with a good idea.

Mike and others were very puzzled. Since leaving the Franco-Swiss border, they had not encountered any decent German armed forces. At this rate, they would reach the south coast of France by tomorrow night.

What is this powerful Lieutenant Lin Chen of mine worried about?
(End of this chapter)