Just like that, Sir Forbes, along with his adjutant, chief of staff, and two captains, followed the Italian major's team and walked out of the cabin where they were guarded.
At the front of the team is an Italian major wearing an Italian navy blue summer military uniform with straight officer shoulder straps.
Behind the major, there were two lines of soldiers also wearing Italian military uniforms, 4 people in each line, 8 people in total.
What, why do you need to bring 8 people? Of course it is to move things.
Didn’t Forbes say that 4 people can move half of it?
If the Italian major brings eight people with him, he can just move all the valuables.
Of course, these are all the major's wishful thinking.
Further back in the procession, the epaulettes have been taken off, and Sir Forbes and his entourage with high military rank cannot be seen.
As for the epaulettes of Forbes and other officers, they were all taken away under Leifer's order.
Leifer, who had always hoped to defeat the British Royal Navy, had long wanted to add a row of British generals' epaulettes to his collection.
Now that he had this opportunity, Leifer took away the epaulettes of all the British officers without any reason, in order to use his reputation to make statistics on British captured officers at all levels and arrange corresponding treatment.
Although there is no epaulette to prove his level, Forbes' temperament still allows people to recognize his identity at a glance.
On the one hand, Sir Forbes has some gray hair on his temples, revealing his age and experience.
On the other hand, the other four British officers and soldiers who did not wear epaulettes, although their military rank was unknown, marched behind Forbes in two columns, two to a column.
Forbes' adjutant led one column, and his chief of staff led another column. The two columns advanced abreast and followed the Italian column.
"Commander..." Forbes's chief of staff called contemptuously behind him.
"Huh!" Forbes quickly raised his hand and made a silencing gesture, telling the chief of staff to shut up.
Yes, Forbes also saw it without the chief of staff reminding him.
Right in front of them, a group of Italian sailors, led by a lieutenant, was walking towards them.
After all, they were all on the deck, and you couldn't see them without looking up. The Italian lieutenant on the opposite side quickly discovered the British people here.
"Hi, Major." The lieutenant waved to the front of Forbes and his team, then pointed at Forbes and his team and said in Italian: "Why are those British prisoners traveling here?"
"Commander..." Forbes' adjutant also couldn't bear it anymore and reminded him nervously.
"I know, don't move yet." Forbes once again raised his right hand that he had just put down, with his palm facing outward, making a hissing gesture: "We are on Italian territory and cannot mess around."
People are fighting for their own good, and others are fighting for their own good, which is what Forbes and his colleagues are in now.
If you're not careful, the 14 of them alone are definitely no match for the more than 20 people facing them.
Even if the opponent couldn't subdue them in a few attacks, it wouldn't take long for the surrounding Italian soldiers to rush over after hearing the news.
Furthermore, their team is just a temporary combination of interests.
Forbes and the other five were British soldiers who were bent on carrying out the "British version of Operation Rainbow". The other nine Italians were superficial teammates who were controlled by the major's selfish desires and only wanted to make a profit.
After all, they are still Italian soldiers.
"Them?" the Italian major pointed at Forbes and others behind the team, and said unabashedly: "I wanted to get some benefits from them, so I temporarily brought them out of the detention room."
Taking two steps forward, the Italian major patted the shoulder of the leading lieutenant and said with a smile: "Don't worry about it so much. Are you afraid that I can't watch it with five people?"
"That's not true. After all, this is already our territory. There is no need to worry." The lieutenant nodded and replied.
"Then it'll be fine," the major took his hand back from the lieutenant's shoulder, and then lowered his voice and said to him: "If I get enough benefits, I'll treat you to pasta for a month after I return home."
"And the Italian macaroni restaurant next to our Port of Naples." The lieutenant chuckled, reaching a consensus.
After all, he doesn't have to fight with the other party to get away with it.
Why don't you just take 5 British people out for some fresh air and take a walk? How can we turn the world upside down?
Furthermore, the person facing him is his own commander after all. He is a lieutenant. If he can't get along with the school officer, what good will he gain?
Therefore, due to the deliberate dereliction of duty by two Italian officers, 24 Italian officers and soldiers, with nearly a platoon of troops, did nothing but were divided into two columns and passed by Forbes and his team on both sides.
There were already two glistening beads of sweat on Forbes' temples.
Because they did not understand Italian, Forbes and his party did not know the outcome of the Italian officers' deliberations.
Now, the Italian soldiers walking past them on both sides were lazily lined up and their uniforms were loose, but after all, they each had a weapon and they had an absolute advantage in numbers.
Once the Italians figure it out, they will kill Forbes and the others.
With numbers at a disadvantage and without guns or ammunition, Forbes and others are no longer lambs to be slaughtered.
Not only Forbes, but also his adjutant, his chief of staff, and the two staff officers following him were equally nervous.
Especially the two staff officers who were temporarily pulled in, almost invariably dug their fingernails into their palms at this moment, and when they pinched them out, they turned blue.
They are still young, not calm enough, and their lack of experience makes them lack of accumulation, and some of them cannot hide their inner guilt.
In addition, this anti-Japanese drama-like plot of sneaking behind enemy lines has appeared for the first time in this time and space.
There are fucking enemies all around, and they all carry guns. On my side, there are just five unarmed people.
Seriously, let them sneak into the Ark Royal, sink it, and then get angry looks from the Italians at most, and their lives are not in danger, right?
And in this way, the humiliation caused by their surrender will be immediately washed away by a heroic "British version of Operation Rainbow".
In this way, they will not be sinners of the British Royal Navy, but will become persevering heroes.
It's not that blowing up the ship after surrender can really atone for one's sins and offset the losses caused by the surrender.
The reason why he became a hero was entirely because of government propaganda needs.
Rather than saying that the members of a fleet of the Royal Navy are all cowards who surrendered and surrendered their ships, it is certainly better to say that they are all unyielding heroes who cut ships, which can better inspire the morale of the domestic resistance.
Forbes, who was accustomed to the government's tendency to report good news but not bad news, knew very well that as long as they could sink the Ark Royal, the government would forcibly turn them into heroes for the sake of publicity.
As long as he can succeed, as long as he can get past the eyes of the Italians, he, the majestic Sir Forbes, will not become the target of thousands of people in the country!