The sky is gradually getting dark, and the speed of the train is slowly increasing. However, no matter how fast the trains in the overseas dominions are, they will not exceed 40 yards per hour. The driving speed during the day is basically maintained at about 30 yards, which is already
The speed is even higher than that of running long distances on horseback, not to mention that the train does not need to run for more than half an hour and rest for half a day. You only need to add some water and coal to continue running for two days and three nights...
This train has a total of five freight carriages and nine passenger carriages. Most of the freight carriages are hung directly behind the coal carriages, and the passenger carriages are hung behind the freight carriages. Claude's special box is hung at the end.
The surface becomes the tail of the entire train.
From the small station on the banks of the Dolinibara River, it takes about two days and three nights to reach the port state of Vibato, with six stops on the way.
Claude had already had dinner at this time, walked out of the carriage and stood on the small balcony in front of the box, lit a cigarette and stuck it in his pipe, admiring the scenery of the grassland as night fell. Originally Claude did not smoke, but
After his own tobacco manufacturing workshop produced cigarettes, he began to occasionally smoke two cigarettes, and even got a pipe to put the cigarettes in. There was no other way. Nowadays, when people meet, they always hand over cigarettes first, in order to avoid inhaling other people's second-hand smoke.
Claude had no choice but to smoke first hand.
The night breeze was a bit cold. After finishing his cigarette, Claude went back to the box, closed the curtains, washed his face, blew out the candlelight and fell on the bed. Listening to the monotonous friction of wheels and rails, he gradually fell into a deep sleep.
Dreamland. However, not long after sleeping, Claude was awakened by an urgent knock on the door. The adjutant, Major Mason Hughes, pushed the door open and entered: "General, there is a fierce exchange of fire in the passenger compartment in front. It seems that some gangsters are robbing us.
what to do?"
Gangsters rob a train? Claude shook his head to make himself more awake. This is an overseas dominion, not a Western movie he watched in his previous life. How could gangsters have the idea to rob a train? How could they be so bold? This is not possible.
It's like going against the entire Dominion, not to mention that Claude's special box is still hanging at the very back of the train.
"Gemi, send two security teams to the front carriage to clear out the gangsters, calm the situation and protect the safety of the passengers." Claude gave the order directly.
Each of the five generals in the military region has a squadron of guards, with fifty-five people in each squadron. In addition to four squads of forty-eight guards, they are also equipped with two medical corpsmen, communications corpsmen, and seven other people including the squadron leader. Crowe
De Xingxing will basically lead three squads of guards, and there will be another guard squad stationed at Field Manor. The big man Germi has been promoted to major and still serves as the captain of the guard squadron next to Claude.
The big man Germi quickly arranged for the two security teams to attack, and he himself stayed with Claude: "You three go to the box to guard against someone approaching from the box. You two go to the box.
Go behind and fire a warning shot if something happens..."
The train was still running. This should be because the locomotive and the passenger carriage were separated by one coal carriage and five freight carriages, so the sound of gunfire and crossfire from behind did not reach the train driver. But Claude and others at the back were
, you can clearly hear the roar of muskets and screams, crying and wailing coming from the front...
The addition of two guard teams once made the sound of gunfire from the passenger carriage in front more intense. But soon, only the "click" sound of new rifles was heard. Perhaps it was the addition of guard teams wearing military uniforms.
It gave those train passengers a lot of support. The screams and wailings coming from the passenger carriage in front quickly stopped, and only the wailing sounds were still coming intermittently.
Not long after, news came from the front. The big man Germi led two medical soldiers and two guards to the car in front. By this time, the gunfire had stopped, and it seemed that the situation was under control. Another time passed.
After about half an hour, the big man Germi sent a guard to report that twelve gangsters were killed and five were seriously injured. Four train staff were killed and three passengers died.
There were more than a dozen injured.
What's strange is that these dozen gangsters did not rob the train passengers' belongings, but wanted to capture a woman. The woman held a revolver and shot at them while running away, so that the gun battle spread to five passenger trains.
In the carriage, until two security teams intervened, they suppressed the firepower of the dozen gangsters, successfully killed them, and rescued the injured woman.
Along with the soldier's report, there was also a bandit's musket. This musket looked very strange. The barrel was sawn short and there were four barrels distributed in a square shape. Judging from the four match ropes on the gun body, one charge
It can be loaded and fired four times continuously, but the gun body is relatively bulky and cumbersome.
"Strange, where have I seen such a weird musket before?" Claude thought for a long time, but he still couldn't remember where he had seen such a weird musket. However, he had a vague idea of the cause of this gun battle.
I made my own guess, maybe this woman is the missing female pharmacist published in the newspaper, and the gangsters are the same group of smugglers who have also lost their traces.
"Major Mason Hughes, go ahead and ask to see if this woman is the female pharmacist mentioned in the newspaper, and then check the identity documents of the gangsters to see where they come from. If so, take this woman
Bring the pharmacist here, I want to ask why they want to hunt her down?" Claude felt a little strange in his heart, it couldn't be because of a piece of healing ointment that they went to war like this...
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Major Mason Hughes also read the report in that newspaper. He knew exactly what Claude meant. He saluted and walked to the car in front.
About half an hour later, Major Mason Hughes came in to report. As Claude expected, the woman was the escaped pharmacist. She had been shot once in the left shoulder and left rib, and was now bandaged.
After that, she was quite conscious and had been brought here. She had also been searched and found no weapons. It was just that she was holding a small black dog and refused to let go...
Claude didn't care if there was a little black dog. He understood very well the feeling of a woman being alone. Perhaps this little black dog was the female pharmacist's only spiritual support.
"Bring her in. If there are no questions about her origins, we will let her live in our Dominion from now on. It is always good to have multiple pharmacists, who can help the people of our Dominion treat diseases and relieve their pain." Claude
He smiled and said that maybe the overseas autonomous territories could also formulate a talent introduction plan, which would greatly speed up the development of the overseas autonomous territories.
Arriving at the carriage before the female pharmacist was an exquisite revolver. The silver barrel was engraved with a delicate rose pattern and coated with gold powder. The handle was made of ivory carving, with the Stirling royal family engraved on it.
logo. In addition to this revolver, there are twenty-three golden bullets, but the bullets are made of silver.
Claude's face suddenly became serious. Being able to carry such a revolver showed that the identity of this female pharmacist was not simple. A thought popped up in his mind, could she be sent from the royal capital?
The assassin who has to deal with himself and other generals from the five autonomous military regions? But then Claude denied this idea. If it were an assassin sent by the royal family, it would be impossible to carry a weapon that reveals his identity. Not to mention making such a beautiful weapon.
A revolver is more like a valuable gift than an assassination weapon...
Picking up a bullet with a silver tip and a gold shell, Claude looked at the primer and saw that the bottom of the bullet seemed to have a very thin reddish chip embedded in the middle of the bottom of the bullet. What is this? Can it be used as gunpowder?
?But before Claude could see what was going on, there was movement outside the carriage. The female pharmacist had been brought into the carriage by Major Mason Hughes and others.
Claude turned around and took a look, only to see that the female pharmacist had several circles of white bandages wrapped around her shoulders and waist, with faint blood seeping out. She was wearing a black woolen sweater, which was wrapped in bandages.
She seemed to have a very graceful figure. Because she was standing in the shadow of the door of the carriage, she couldn't see her face clearly, and her face was a little dirty, maybe from avoiding a lot of dust during the gun battle. But she was still holding her tightly in her arms.
A little black dog about one foot long, like a puppy just two or three months old. The puppy is very well-behaved and looks around with its big round eyes.
"You are injured, please sit down first." Claude pointed to a small piece of sand beside the door: "Mason, give her a cup of milk tea."
Major Mason Hughes signaled the two soldiers who were supporting the female pharmacist to place her on the sand. Then the two soldiers went out and closed the door and stood guard outside. Major Mason Hughes poured a cup of milk tea for the female pharmacist and put her on the sofa.
on the coffee table in front of her, and then stood aside waiting for Claude's instructions.
"I'm sorry, madam, I have to express my deep apologies to you." Claude said: "When you come to the overseas autonomous territories, we have the responsibility to protect your life and safety, as long as you abide by the laws of our autonomous territories.
It is a pity that you do not trust the security environment and social order of our autonomous territory. If you can seek help from our patrol department as soon as possible, I believe you will not encounter such trouble again, which will cause such serious casualties.
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The female pharmacist sat on the sofa and said nothing, but the puppy in her arms was very curious and struggled hard in her arms, as if he wanted to put his head in to taste the cup of milk tea placed on the coffee table in front of him.
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"In fact, the Dominion welcomes every talented person to live and work in peace and contentment and become a part of the Dominion." Claude continued: "As a pharmacist, I believe your talents will be fully utilized here. But I think
What I know is, where did your revolver come from? In other words, what is your relationship with the Sterling royal family?"
The female pharmacist lowered her head and did not answer, but the little black dog in her arms finally broke away from her embrace, fell to the ground with a clatter, rolled on the carpet and walked towards Claude. The female pharmacist
She said "Oh!" and wanted to catch the little black dog, but because of the injuries on her body, she was slowed down and the little black dog had already run out of the range that she could catch.
Claude glanced at the little black dog and ignored the little guy on the ground. Instead, he picked up the exquisite revolver on the table and said, "A revolver like this should be a well-made firearm gift.
For the use of the Stirling royal family of the Kingdom of Ovelas. As a female pharmacist, if you have a background of the Stirling royal family, those smugglers will not have the idea of your rheumatism ointment. I hope
Can you tell me how this revolver came into your hands?"
The female pharmacist still said nothing.
"Report." The voice of the big man Germi came from outside the door.
"Come in." Claude said.
"General, we found this on the corpses of several gangsters. Three of the five seriously injured gangsters died, and the remaining two are still unconscious." The big man Gemi put the things in his hands on the table.
Up there, there are three black iron medals and one silver medal.
Claude picked up the iron plate. On one side of the iron plate was engraved the word "preparation" and the numbers 2207. On the other hand, there was a line of small characters. Under the light of the candlelight, Ovelas could be clearly identified.
The words "Public Special Security and Security Inspection Office of the Kingdom" were written on it. Claude's eyes tightened, he dropped the metal plate and grabbed the silver medal. Sure enough, the side of the silver medal also had the words "Public Special Security and Security Inspection Office of the Kingdom of Orvilas" written in small letters,
The other side is engraved with the numbers 2123 of the SWAT team.
It turned out that those were not smugglers, but operatives of the kingdom's special department. Claude finally recalled when he had seen that strange-looking musket. When he went to join the Blue Feather Legion to participate in the non-commissioned officer training, he passed by Baimu.
When he was in the city, he was misunderstood by the operators of the special department, thinking that he was an evil magician from Shigros Island, and he was almost arrested. It was at that time that Claude saw all kinds of weird muskets held by the operators, and also looked at
Their identity plates were exactly the same as the silver medals in their hands...
There seemed to be something under his feet. Claude lowered his head and saw the little black dog rubbing his feet and sniffing there. After withdrawing his thoughts, why did the Kingdom's special department come to the overseas autonomous territories? Their responsibilities
It is to deal with those wild magicians who endanger the security of the kingdom. So this female pharmacist is a magician?
The female pharmacist sitting on the sofa had actually noticed Claude's actions and shocked expression when he looked at the silver medal. Just when Claude was about to turn around to look at her, she had already taken the initiative and sat on the sofa with her hands.
Fingers crossed quickly, and several dense vines appeared out of nowhere on the carpet of the carriage, binding Claude, the big man Germi and Major Mason Hughes so tightly that they could not move.
The female pharmacist let out a muffled groan after casting the spell. It seemed that the spell put a heavy burden on her body, especially when she was still injured. However, although Major Mason Hughes and the big man Gemmy were tied by vines,
It was strong, but its mouth could still move, and she immediately shouted a warning. But before the soldiers outside the door rushed in, the female pharmacist used vine magic to seal the front and rear doors of the carriage. The soldiers outside could not see what was going on in the carriage, and could only
Use the butt of the gun to smash the door of the carriage.
Claude didn't panic, he was thinking about what spells to use to get out of his predicament. But he didn't have a magic book with him, so he had to think carefully about what spells would be useful in this situation, and the basic spells burned on the three hexagrams in the mental space
, it is not suitable to be cast in such a situation where it is tightly tied by vines...
However, before Claude could remember the spell he used, or whether he could construct the spell's talisman structure out of thin air, he heard a "bang", a burst of green smoke rose in front of his eyes, and the little black dog at his feet disappeared.
, was replaced by a giant black wolf comparable to a calf. It opened its big mouth and showed its sharp teeth and pounced on Claude. It immediately crushed Claude and the vines tied to him to the ground. The wolf's mouth
He reached towards Claude's face.
The big man Germi was shocked. While struggling hard, he yelled: "Get away! You beast, don't touch the general!"
The female pharmacist, oh, it was a female magician, was also shocked. She stood up from the sand: "Black Wind, don't bite him to death..."
But Claude couldn't stand it anymore: "Don't, don't lick, eh? Black Wind? Sheila..."
The black giant wolf pounced on Claude, not to bite him at all, but to stick out his tongue and lick Claude's face. Claude had just been frightened by the little black dog turning into a black giant wolf.
He jumped, and was immediately thrown to the ground. He was so frightened that even if there were any spells, it was useless. He was tied so tightly that he couldn't even move his fingers. But he didn't expect that the black giant wolf would lick himself with his tongue.
, suddenly remembered the memory buried deep in his mind, and when he heard the female magician call out Black Wind, he was extremely pleasantly surprised.
"Are you Sheila?" Claude shouted: "I am Claude, let me go..."
"Claude?" The female magician was stunned: "Is it really you?"
"It's me, tell Heifeng to stop licking me, bah, bah, bah..." As he spoke, Heifeng's big tongue almost stuck into his mouth.
"Claude, I, I finally found you..." The female magician's body softened and she fainted on the ground.
Claude was immediately dumbfounded: "Hey, Sheila, wake up first and let me go, you dead dog, bite the vines away for me, don't lick it..."
Five or six minutes later, Claude finally got out of the vines. He first slapped the big black wolf sitting next to him, wagging his tail desperately, and then ran over to pick up the female magician who fell to the ground. He found that she was just unconscious.
I felt relieved after passing by, and gently put her on the bed to lie down. Then I used a knife to cut off the vines wrapped around the door, and opened the door to let the guards who were crowding outside and smashing the door to be quiet. It's okay. Let's all go home.
Everyone, go about your duties...
After returning to the carriage, I went to the bathroom to wash my face well and wipe off Hei Feng's saliva. Then I used a knife to free the big man Germi and Major Mason Hughes who were tied up like rice dumplings. The two of them escaped from the vines.
The lingering fear of climbing out was not gone, but Claude didn't care, because if he didn't use a knife to cut off these vines, they would disappear automatically in about ten minutes. The spell has a time limit, but Claude couldn't wait to do it now.
When he was with Sheila, he wouldn't let Big Germi and Major Mason Hughes stay in his carriage as light bulbs.
After making the two people swear to keep it secret, Claude kicked his adjutant and the guard squadron leader out of the carriage. However, before the big man went out, Claude pulled him into his ear and whispered a few words, meaning that from there
The two seriously injured people who were not yet awake obtained the inside story of why they were chasing Sheila, and then sent them both to the kingdom of the God of War...