The streets were full of people. When Hicks went out to do some shopping in the morning, there was no one in the whole city. Thinking about it now, people should have been hiding in their homes at that time, but now they are blocked in their homes with no way to escape.
Can escape.
There were panicked crowds and fierce-looking soldiers everywhere. The car lights flashed from the window sill of a house. A woman was leaning on the window sill and was about to jump off. However, she was pulled back by a thick palm. The big tree
In the shadows, several soldiers pushed a girl to the ground and were abusing her. The house next to her was burning.
The entire city has been reduced to hell.
"What should we do?" Thelma's hands were still shaking. She had just hit at least three people with her car.
"Go to the Rhodesian Hotel. Only the Rhodesian Hotel is safe in Macae now." Hicks was loading bullets into the shotgun, but his hands were trembling and unruly. His two daughters were still in the back seat of the car.
Screaming, Hicks turned back distractedly and yelled: "Shut up and be quiet."
The two children immediately stopped talking and looked at Hicks with a strange and shocked look on his face. Hicks had never lost his temper like this before.
"Stop, stop." A soldier wearing a Mizhou Army uniform suddenly appeared in front of the car.
This time Selma stepped on the accelerator without Hicks saying a word and crashed over.
The soldier jumped out of the way before Selma could speed up, his gun in hand instantly.
At this time, we can see the benefits of shotguns. Shotguns were called "trench sweepers" during the World War. Everyone was equal before the trolls. Hicks didn't even need to aim accurately. He just shot the soldiers who had no time to react.
Throw down.
The front of the Rhodesia Hotel is still heavily guarded. The road in front of the hotel has been blocked. The mercenaries of the Umbrella Company have built a barricade with sandbags. Two armored vehicles are on the left and right. Unless the rebels drag the tanks over, they will definitely not be able to break in.
Rhodesia Hotel.
Yes, they are the rebels.
Hicks was now certain that the soldiers wearing Michigan Army uniforms were former government troops.
Although Hicks still didn't know what happened, it was obvious that whether they were wearing government army uniforms or Mizhou Army uniforms, those people were not here to protect the Macae people.
The street in front was full of obstacles and the car could no longer move forward. Hicks and Thelma pushed open the door and got out of the car. Each of them held a child and rushed towards the armored vehicle. Most of the city behind them had begun to burn.
"Stop, don't come over, or we will shoot." The mercenaries of the Umbrella Company were very vigilant and shouted to the Hicks family from a distance.
Only then did Hicks notice that he was still holding his beloved Winchester in his hand.
Throwing away the shotguns in their hands, Hicks and Thelma continued running forward.
Boom!
The Umbrella Company mercenaries actually fired, but only as warning shots.
Hicks and Thelma stopped. Thelma was shaking with her baby in her arms.
"Please, help us," Thelma screamed with a cry. At this time, someone was chasing behind Hicks and Thelma, and then Hicks heard the sound of the gun being pulled.
"Get down, get down" Hicks is very smart, otherwise he wouldn't have made a fortune from nothing.
This time, the mercenaries of the Umbrella Company did not fire warning shots. The muzzle fire from the heavy machine gun could be ejected more than one meter long, which was extremely conspicuous in the dark night. The trajectory of the tracer bullet was even more clear in the dark.
The person chasing you will disappear immediately.
Hicks held the child in one hand and dragged Selma with the other. He hunched over and ran with his head down, rolling and crawling until he rushed to the barricade set up by the mercenaries.
"You can stay here temporarily, but you must leave after dawn." The mercenaries are also helpless. They serve the Southern African Federal Government, and the Southern African Federal Government has not yet participated in the war and cannot intervene in the war between Rio and Mizhou.
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Even rescuing civilians will not work. Any behavior during the war will be magnified and interpreted, especially when the situation is still unclear. Even if the federal government of Southern Africa is not worried about Brazil, it must always consider the reaction of the Americans.
Rescuing civilians can also be interpreted as winning people's hearts. Doesn't this objectively expand the influence of southern Africa in Brazil?
The attitude of Americans has always been very clear: If I don’t save you, you can’t either.
"Please don't do this. Those people are crazy. We will be killed by them if we leave here." Hicks begged. At this time, the gunshots still did not subside. Screams and wails resounded over the city, mixed with
Unbridled laughter.
"Mrs. Sorry" mercenaries dare not make decisions without permission.
"How can you be so heartless?" Thelma has suffered too many sins tonight.
"You can understand it this way." The mercenary was still cold and ruthless.
Why are you so passionate?
"Please, at least let the two children go in and hide. I can pay. I will give you all the money." Hicks took off his watch and ring.
Next to her, Thelma woke up from a dream. She had more valuable things on her, including necklaces, rings, earrings, and two large golden bracelets.
Now Thelma can only be thankful that she didn't take off her makeup when the chaos happened.
"Sorry" the mercenary said with a mocking smile on his face. This amount of money was far from enough to pay for the evacuation of two children.
"Please," Hicks suddenly knelt on the ground and begged.
Hicks could swear that before this, he had only knelt before God in church.
Now for the sake of his two children, Hicks is willing to give up his pride.
"Mr. Hicks?" At this time, Hicks suddenly heard Chen Jing's voice.
Chen Jing is still with the girl from the day. Both of them have changed clothes now. Chen Jing is wearing an iron-gray men's shirt and the same overalls as the mercenaries. She is carrying a kettle in her hand.
Hicks looked shocked.
"Quiet, it's great to see you. Please help me bring Sarah and Betty into the Rhodesia Hotel." Hicks was as excited as if he was seeing God himself.
"Oh my God, Thelma, Sarah, Betty, how could you do this?" Chen Jing was shocked. Only now did she know what war means to civilians.
"Those government troops are crazy. They put on the uniforms of the Michigan Army and kill everyone they see and set fires everywhere." Thelma kept crying. As a housewife, she had never experienced anything like this.
"You said the government troops put on the uniforms of the Mizhou Army?" the girl with Chen Jing suddenly asked.
"Yes, I'm sure I know some of them." Hicks seized the opportunity keenly.
"Okay then, follow me." Li Qing is also very sensitive. The government troops put on the uniforms of the Mizhou Army. This sentence contains a lot of information.
Later facts proved that it was precisely because of Hicks' discovery that the conspiracy of the Rio military government was confirmed.
The military government in Rio tried to use this method to drag the United States into trouble because the government troops stationed in Macae suddenly rebelled and joined the Mizhou Army and created the appalling "Makaae Massacre."
On the night of the massacre and in the three days that followed, at least 1,500 people died in the massacre, most of them innocent civilians.
When the news reached Rio, Jones and Hopman blamed each other, each believing that the other was responsible for the massacre.
"If it weren't for the instigation of the Mizhou Army, there would not have been a rebellion by Macae's troops. At least 25 American citizens died in the Macae massacre. The Mizhou Army should be responsible for this and give Washington a decent explanation."
Hopman made it clear from the beginning that if the United States was dissatisfied with the Mizhou Army's explanation, then the United States would have sufficient reasons to join the war.
"Come on, we all know what happened. This is just a farce written and staged by the Rio military government. You are bringing it upon yourself. If you did not support the Rio military government in launching a war, today's tragedy would not have happened.
"Jones sneered. Americans are good at calling thieves to catch thieves. In this regard, we can refer to the American influenza pandemic.
The American Flu is the Spanish Flu from another time and space.
In this time and space, only the United States still insists on using the term "Spanish Flu". At the initiative of Southern Africa, most countries use the term "American Flu". Taking into account the strong opposition of the United States, the League of Nations used the term "American Flu" in official documents.
It’s the “1918 Flu”.
This is very funny. The American logic is that since the flu was the first to be positively recognized by the Spanish government, it should be the Spanish Flu. The origin of the flu is not important, even though the League of Nations has determined that the flu first broke out in the United States.
Yes, but the United States firmly denies this.
"It is still unclear what the truth is, but the death of 25 American citizens has been confirmed, so the responsibility lies with your Southern African Federation. If the Southern African Federation did not support Minas Gerais, today's tragedy would not have happened.
."Hopman is a standard American. I don't listen to what you say. I only say what I think.
"So what does Washington want to do?" Jones sneered, giving up arguing with Hopman on the issue.
"Washington is considering sending troops to mediate the conflicts between Rio de Janeiro and Minas Gerais." Hopman said with a poker face, the United States is actively preparing to enter the war.
"Haha, if Washington wants to join the war, the southern African federal government may also have to send troops to protect the interests of southern African companies in Brazil." Jones responded tit-for-tat. With the little army you Americans have, who are you trying to scare?
Southern Africa is not scary.
However, the United States is not incapable of participating in the war. Although the U.S. Army was disbanded after the World War, the Marine Corps was retained and became the standing force of the United States.
So if the United States sends troops to Brazil, most of them will be the Marine Corps.
Coincidentally, if southern Africa sends troops to Brazil, the most likely troops it will send are Marine Corps.
