The decisive battle against the Third Reich

It started with dry mouth and chapped lips, then dizziness, and the whole body became weak and exhausted.

This was a reaction to moderate dehydration. Qin Chuan had heard the doctor say it before, but he didn't expect that moderate dehydration would make people so uncomfortable... Qin Chuan felt like he was in a nightmare, and his body didn't seem to be his. , a few of them staggered forward like zombies, taking one step and another mechanically... If they fell, they didn't want to get up until someone next to them helped them up.

Sometimes Qin Chuan wonders, what will happen if there is severe water shortage?

Didn't the doctor say that he became a mummy? This is great. Hundreds of years from now, someone may still find them in the desert and put them on display in a museum!

"Zhongzhong...sergeant!" Keller handed over the kettle and said, "Drink...some water!"

"No!" Qin Chuan shook his head: "It's your turn!"

Keller has been secretly giving up his water volume to Qin Chuan, but Qin Chuan cannot accept it because he knows that if he accepts it, Keller will not survive until the end.

"Sergeant...I'm not thirsty!"

"This is an order!" Qin Chuan said, "Don't waste any more energy arguing!"

"Yes..." Keller then picked up the kettle and took a sip.

It is said that everyone is selfish at the last moment of life and death, but this does not apply to the German soldiers. They are all trying their best to control themselves and drink less water, even though their bodies are almost at their limit.

"Da da da……"

At this time, a burst of machine gun fire from the front woke up Qin Chuan and others who were still in a semi-conscious state.

"Gunshot!" Werner said with some surprise: "MG34!"

The MG34 is a squad machine gun. German soldiers are so familiar with it that they can easily tell it apart when they hear the sound of gunfire.

"One of our own!"

"We're saved!"

…

As if on stimulants, Werner and others immediately sped up and walked towards the direction of the gunfire, but were stopped by Qin Chuan.

"Everyone drinks two sips of water!" Qin Chuan ordered: "Take a rest and get ready for battle!"

The soldiers couldn't help but look at Qin Chuan in confusion. They all thought that Qin Chuan was a little too careful.

However, when they arrived at the scene of the incident half an hour later, they realized that Qin Chuan's worries were justified... There were six corpses in total, five of which were clustered together and sieved by machine gun bullets in various postures. , some of them even turned their backs to machine guns.

There was an MG34 machine gun twenty meters away from them. There were shell casings scattered next to the machine gun. Next to it lay the corpse of another German soldier. This corpse was holding a pistol. There was a bloody hole on the right side of his forehead. The blood had already It condensed into dark red.

"This is mass suicide!" Alfredo sighed: "The machine gunner killed others and then killed himself!"

"God, they are Berg's people!" Werner recognized one of them, and then confirmed this from their identity cards: "Yes, they are all from the second class!"

Berg is the squad leader of the second squad and belongs to the same platoon as Qin Chuan, but they don't interact much except for tasks.

"Their kettles are all empty!" Alfredo checked their kettles: "Maybe they really can't hold on any longer!"

"No!" Qin Chuan made the opposite judgment: "They did not commit suicide!"

Werner couldn't help but look at Qinchuan in shock: "If it's not suicide, then..."

"Think about the gunshots you heard before!" Qin Chuan said: "Did you hear another gunshot after the machine gunshot?"

The soldiers thought for a while and then shook their heads. No one heard it.

Werner quickly understood what Qin Chuan meant: "If the machine gunner shot other people and then committed suicide, there should be a pistol shot after the machine gun shot!"

"Yes!" Qin Chuan walked to the machine gunner's body, squatted down, and said, "And there should be a delay in the meantime, because he must at least make preparations, such as taking out a pistol, and then force himself Make up your mind."

"Maybe we ignored it!" Alfredo said, "We were delirious at the time!"

"Look at this again!" Qin Chuan stared at the pistol in the machine gunner's hand, then lifted it up with his weak hand and asked the others: "Did you find anything?"

After being reminded by Qin Chuan, Werner understood: "There is no blood on the muzzle of the gun!"

So everyone understood, if the machine gunner put a pistol to his head and shot, how could there be no blood on the muzzle? !

"So!" Werner analyzed: "The murderer first walked to the machine gunner, shot the machine gunner at close range, then shot other people with the machine gun as quickly as possible, and finally put the pistol into the machine gunner's hand. …”

"But why is this?" Alfredo asked: "Someone killed them and then faked the suicide scene!"

"Because the murderer is one of his own!" Qin Chuan said, "The murderer is worried that if others discover these bodies, it will cause unnecessary trouble!"

"But why did he do this?" Alfredo asked.

After a long time, Werner finally said: "It's for the water!"

Qin Chuan nodded: "For water, but also for survival!"

Alfredo looked at Qin Chuan and Werner in disbelief. He still couldn't believe this was true.

"Asshole!" Werner cursed angrily: "Who is he?"

Qin Chuan didn't say anything, just looked at a series of blurred footprints to the east... The murderer was careless, he thought the sand in the desert would quickly cover his footprints.

The soldiers didn't say much, grabbed their weapons and followed the footprints... This is not just a matter of catching the murderer, nor is it just a matter of revenge for their comrades, but also a sense of honor for German soldiers. They don't allow such a black sheep to appear in their team, a black sheep that insults the dignity of the German army.

Qin Chuan also followed with a gun. One thing that is certain is that the soldiers are more energetic than before, including Qin Chuan himself.

This should be the result of the secretion of adrenaline when people encounter danger, or the appearance of the murderer gave everyone a target.

However, the murderer obviously found that someone was chasing him from behind, so his speed became faster and faster, and the soldiers couldn't keep up.

Originally, the soldiers were not worried because there were footprints to track, unless the murderer wiped out the footprints while running, which would slow down the murderer's speed... This is obviously a loss for the murderer.

But soon, a gust of wind in the desert made this task difficult, and the footprints gradually disappeared from the soldiers' sight, but Qin Chuan and others were still chasing closely behind.