Dabru Mountain is a mountaintop less than eight kilometers away from Mara. Although this mountain has sparse vegetation, it has a mountain spring. There is also a winding road that passes through the foot of Dabru Mountain, connecting Mara and Adua.
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This kind of terrain is very suitable for defense and security, so Major General Wagman, who captured Mara, immediately sent a battalion of troops to defend here as an outpost and security point.
The third battalion where Cosenz belonged was selected and became the outpost unit stationed on Mount Daburu.
To become a front-line force, it must be an elite force. From this aspect, the commander, Major General Wagman, values them.
In this regard, Cosentz's third battalion worked together and prepared to use practical actions to let him know that their third battalion, the third regiment of the Guards, deserved this attention.
So after rushing to Dabru Mountain, the Third Battalion was carrying out extensive construction work. After a week of busy work, the defensive position on Dabru Mountain began to take shape. Trenches, parapets, sandbags, and civil fortresses can be seen everywhere on Dabru Mountain.
Standing in the fortifications on the top of the mountain, Cosentz looked at the desolate scenery around him and always felt that it had a unique flavor.
"Cosentz, Cosentz, I didn't expect you to be here."
Panting, Barry climbed up the hillside.
"What's wrong, Barry?"
Cosentz looked back at his friend and asked back.
Looking at his friend with a question mark on his face, Barry thought for a moment and then shook his head and replied, "Nothing, I didn't see you. I wanted to look for you."
Having said this, Barry stretched his neck with curiosity and looked in the direction his friend was looking.
"Let me see what you are looking at."
What he saw was a desert, with sparse bushes like embellishments on the earth.
"There's nothing to see here. I don't know why you like staying here so much."
“Because you can see further here and it’s also clean.”
Cosentz's answer made Barry look at his friend in disbelief.
"Do you plan to be a poet, writer, or artist in the future?"
Seeing that his friend was going too far, Cosentz quickly replied, "None of these."
Listening to Cosentz's answer, Barry became even more curious. "Then what are you doing here?"
"I just wanted to come up and have some cleansing."
"Sure?"
"Sure."
After receiving Cosentz's answer, Barry patted his chest and said, "That's good. I thought you were suffering from battlefield depression."
“Battlefield blues?”
Cosenz did not expect that his friends would think that he had this disease. This is a psychological symptom that occurs when soldiers experience high pressure on the battlefield.
"Why do you think that?"
When asked by his friend, Barry answered truthfully. "I saw that you just stayed by yourself when you were fine, no longer like before, and then some people said that you might have battlefield depression."
"Ha ha ha ha."
Listening to Barry's explanation, Cosentz was so happy that he couldn't stand up. "Barry, my best friend, I didn't expect you to think like this."
Seeing Cosentz's smile, Barry also started laughing for some reason.
So the two people on the top of the mountain laughed like fools.
"Thank you to my best friend for your concern, I will remember it."
Cosentz retracted his smile, patted his friend on the shoulder and said something cautiously.
"It doesn't matter, you are my best friend."
At this moment, the feeling of friendship was in the air, and the two of them felt like they were back in the good times in Palermo.
"Eh~"
Suddenly, Cosentz looked into the distance and couldn't help but exclaimed.
Barry curiously looked in the direction where his friend was looking. There were a few small black dots in the distance that were moving quickly towards this side, and more small black dots appeared behind them.
"There's a situation!"
The two expressed their judgments in unison.
"Someone is coming. Based on their speed, they should be riding horses. The people behind them should be chasing them."
After saying this, Cosentz immediately reacted. "This is one of our people who is being chased."
Then he took out his pistol and fired into the sky.
The crisp sound of gunfire seemed to be a signal, immediately causing a commotion in the position.
"What's going on? Who's shooting?"
After a while, the voice of Battalion Commander Valery came.
Cosentz immediately shouted loudly, "I'm the one shooting."
When Battalion Commander Valery reached the top of the mountain, he saw Cosentz and asked with some confusion. "Cosentz, what's going on?"
Cosentz took him to the side where he discovered the situation, pointed and said, "An enemy is coming."
Upon hearing Cosentz's words, Battalion Commander Valery immediately took out the telescope from his backpack and observed carefully.
"They are really our people. There are at least one cavalry battalion-sized enemy chasing them."
Valery, who discovered the situation, quickly said to the soldiers behind him. "Give me my order to put the position on alert."
Following Valery's order, the third battalion immediately entered combat readiness. Everyone rushed to the fortifications with weapons in hand.
The two troops chasing and escaping in the distance were also visible to everyone. The ones in front wearing the same military uniforms were friendly troops, but they were not in good condition and almost everyone was in trouble. Behind them, the brigade's
Abyssinian cavalry pursued him.
As the battalion commander, after visually checking the distance, Valery gave an order to a 57mm gun group behind him. "Fire the gun to warn those Abyssinians."
"Bang!"
A cannonball exploded in front of it on the right, causing the pursuing Abyssinian cavalry to slowly stop. They glanced at the Italian officers and soldiers who were waiting for them, and left without looking back.
Although he saw the enemy cavalry turning around and leaving, Valery did not let everyone off guard. Instead, he ordered, "Cosenz, take a few people with you to bring the friendly troops back."
"As you command, sir."
"Follow me in the second row."
Cosentz immediately rushed forward with a dozen soldiers.
"Which army are you from?"
When they were still nearly a hundred meters away, Cosentz started asking.
One of the cavalrymen, wearing the rank of sergeant, answered, "We are the second platoon of the seventh company of the cavalry regiment directly under the 3rd Army."
When the number was right, Cosentz led the people to the other people.
"How come you are being pursued by the Abyssinians?"
"Give us some water first, let me drink it and then tell you."
Cosentz didn't have a kettle with him, so he asked for one from one of his soldiers and handed it over.
This friendly soldier was not polite and immediately took the kettle and drank a few sips. Then he handed the kettle to the others. The same action was performed in the hands of other cavalrymen. After one round, the whole bottle of water was finished.
The actions of these people made Cosenz realize that these cavalrymen were elites.
However, you still have to ask what you need to ask. Cosentz immediately said, "Now you can tell me what the situation is."
"We went to Adua to investigate the enemy's situation and accidentally discovered that the enemy was gathering. Then, under the leadership of the platoon leader, we prepared to see what the enemy wanted to do and try to catch a tongue and torture it. But when we caught the tongue, something happened
There was an accident, and then the enemy chased us all the way here. Now we are the only ones left in our platoon of cavalry."
The words of the sergeant cavalry made everyone in Cosenz stand in awe. Those who dared to investigate under the enemy's nose must be elites, but they were not lucky enough to be discovered by the enemy.
"What are you going to do now?"
"Go back first and report. I feel something is wrong with these enemies. They have been chasing them all the way here."
"Okay, do you need anything else?"
"No need, we are only a few steps away from Mara City."
"Then I wish you good luck."
"Goodbye, friend."
"goodbye."
After seeing off these scout cavalry who never stopped for a moment, Cosentz informed the battalion commander of what he knew.
"Okay, I understand. They actually dare to chase us in front of our position. These Abyssinians are really brave."
