69novels Chapter 946
Chapter 946
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North America, southwest of the Eagle Sauce, outside the town of Saikin, fifty kilometers east of San Antonio, a transportation hub in Texas, several American soldiers rode horses and were heading west along the railway line.
They were messengers sent by the US military to deliver the news of the army’s imminent arrival to Saikin Town and San Antonio in the west, so that these two places would be prepared to receive them, prepare accommodation, food, medicines and treatment facilities in advance to accommodate the hundreds of thousands of exhausted troops of the US military.
This work can be considered tedious, but several US soldiers did not feel tired at all.
Because they can rest in advance after arriving at these places. After a hard journey of escape, the entire US military has a sense of relief for surviving the disaster. In this case, the closer they are to the safe area behind their own rear, the more relaxed the soldiers’ spirits will be.
Unlike the scouts who were responsible for investigating the movements of the German pursuit troops, the area where these messengers were active could not have any enemies, so their own safety would not be threatened at all!
In this situation, the spirits of these American soldiers were extremely relaxed, without any sense of crisis or urgency along the way, and they slowly moved forward.
“”The train station of Saijin Town is in front of us, right?”
After approaching the town of Saijin, a messenger took a look at the train station in the distance and said to his companions.
Another messenger took a look through the telescope and confirmed that the name of the train station was Saijin Town, so he nodded and said,”This is it!”
“Everyone must be tired after walking all the way. Anyway, we have to notify the train stations along the way, so why not go here to rest first, and tell them the news that the army is about to arrive, so that they can prepare for the reception!”
The other people nodded, and they all had no objection. They were indeed a little tired after walking all the way. Texas is located in the south, which is different from the north. The north is still the coldest season of the year, but in the south, the sun in Texas makes them dry and thirsty. They urgently need to find a cool place to rest, drink water, and eat something to replenish their physical strength.
Anyway, the army has arrived here, and it is only more than 50 kilometers away from their destination, San Antonio. Even if the German army starts to catch up now, it can’t catch up with them, not to mention that the main force of the German army is gone, so several American soldiers did not take their tasks too seriously. As long as they complete the task, it doesn’t matter if they delay a little time and rest more!
With this idea in mind, several soldiers rode to the train station!
“”Hello, is anyone there?”
The train station looked very deserted. There was no one outside. The station staff were nowhere to be seen. They had gone to some place to slack off! The
American soldiers had seen this kind of scene many times along the way and were used to it!
Affected by the war, the local economic activities in Texas were greatly affected. A large number of people fled westward, causing the local transportation industry to fall into depression.
The small town of Saikin is located between San Antonio and Houston. The trains coming and going here are mainly trains between these two cities. However, there is a war in Houston, so the trains between the two places have been suspended for a long time. When the trains are suspended, the train station naturally looks particularly depressed.
For American soldiers, as long as there are staff at the train station, the problem is not very serious. If they are not there, it will be a bit troublesome.
“No one?”
Several people shouted a few times, but there was no response. Several soldiers looked at each other. Saikin was hundreds of kilometers away from Houston. Could it be that all the people here had run away?
They really could run faster than rabbits!
“Let’s go in and look for it! If there’s really no one here, then we can only continue westward to San Antonio!”
Several American soldiers felt unlucky. They thought they could take a rest here and replenish food and water, but they didn’t expect that the place was already deserted!
Bang!
Suddenly, when several American soldiers entered the train station, the big iron gate outside slammed shut with a loud noise!
“What’s going on?”
The American soldiers were startled, their hairs stood up, they looked at each other, all of them were terribly frightened!
“”Click, click!”
Just when they were confused about the situation, the originally dark train station suddenly lit up with lights. Under the stimulation of the strong light from the ceiling chandelier, several American soldiers could hardly open their eyes. When they finally got used to the strong light, they were horrified to find that countless soldiers with live ammunition appeared around them!
They have been surrounded!
……
“Is Saikin Station ahead?”
Ridgway sat in the jeep, pursed his cracked lips, and asked the chief of staff beside him.
“Well, this is it. This is the sixth train station we passed. It should be Saijin!”
The chief of staff understood what Li Qiwei meant. They arrived here safely and they finally got away.
The huge threat that had been hanging over their heads before was finally gone!
“This place is so close to San Antonio, the people here shouldn’t run away, right?”
Li Qiwei thought of another thing and suddenly asked
“Uh, this, this shouldn’t be possible, right?”
The chief of staff was stunned for a moment, not too sure. They had passed five train stations along the way, four of which were empty, and only the train station in Gonzales had people. Saikin Town was closer to the west than Gonzales, so it should be safer in theory. There shouldn’t be anyone here, right?
“Did you send a messenger before?”
Li Qiwei was not satisfied with this answer, so he asked
“Yes, we always send messengers in advance!”
“Then why didn’t they send any news back?”
Li Qiwei’s question made the chief of staff unable to answer, because he didn’t know what was going on.
“Is it really that this place is empty? They didn’t find anyone, so they continued to go west?”
Because he couldn’t figure out the situation, the chief of staff could only make such an inference.
Ridgway nodded and agreed with this explanation. Radio stations in this era were relatively expensive, and ordinary messengers certainly couldn’t carry them themselves, so it was normal that their messages could not be delivered back in time.
However, although there was a reasonable explanation, for some reason, Ridgway always had a bad feeling in his heart.