Chapter 27 Experience

The Italian lieutenant is called Alfredo, which comes from German and means smart and peaceful.

This name is very appropriate for Alfredo.

First of all, he is indeed smart, which can be seen from the fact that he knew to use camels as clues when looking for a tour guide.

Secondly:

"I am a pacifist!" Alfredo said to Qin Chuan angrily: "I am against war and violence, you can't drag me to the battlefield like this!"

"Pacifist?" Qin Chuan looked at Alfredo in disbelief, and then looked at his military uniform and rank: "Are you kidding? You are a soldier, and an officer!"

"I'm serious!" Alfredo replied: "That's why I am responsible for logistics and transportation, you see..."

Alfredo took out his pistol and removed the magazine and shook it in front of Qin Chuan: "I don't even have any bullets, not in the pistol!"

Qin Chuan really believed it, but he didn't dare to believe it was true... You know, this is a battlefield, and an Italian officer doesn't have any bullets.

"What if you meet the enemy?" Qin Chuan couldn't help asking.

Seeing Alfredo's helpless expression, Qin Chuan quickly understood that he would surrender at the first opportunity, and he would surrender with his men.

Qin Chuan shook his head and said while helping Bushira pack his luggage: "But you are not smart enough!"

"What?" Alfredo did not understand what Qin Chuan meant.

"Because you should know..." Qin Chuan lifted a sheepskin water bag to the camel's hump, took a breath and replied: "What you said to me is useless. Bushira has become the tour guide of our group, the only tour guide, and you are the only one who can communicate with Bushira. In other words, all the officers and soldiers of the group are watching you. Do you think I will let you go? Or will you refuse? If necessary, they will put a gun to your head and leave. I think you definitely don't want this!"

Alfredo couldn't help but look hopeless when he heard this, but he also knew that Qin Chuan was right and he had no choice, so he stopped thinking about it and stopped talking.

"Second Lieutenant!" Qin Chuan comforted Alfredo: "Think about it from another perspective. The whole regiment is counting on you two, so they will protect you!"

The second lieutenant nodded weakly. This was indeed good news.

But Qin Chuan did not finish his words...This is only effective in the desert. After leaving the desert, who would care about the life and death of an Italian second lieutenant?

A few minutes later, the troops set out. The scouts rode on sidecars to scout in the direction indicated by Bushira, marked along the way, and kept in touch with the command center through the radio. The large troops followed the marks and advanced under the guidance of Bushira.

Because it was Qin Chuan who found the tour guide and Alfredo, the company Qin Chuan belonged to walked in the front and was responsible for the safety of the tour guide and Alfredo.

The style of the march was a bit strange: the German army had both cannons and cars, and a whole modern armed force, but there were more than a dozen camels walking in front...They walked slowly, and the camel bells hanging on their bodies made a crisp sound, just like the sound of pots and spoons colliding when cooking.

However, Qin Chuan knew that camels were more useful in the desert than cars, even though they were living things that needed food.

The sun rose slowly from the horizon. At first, the sunlight made people feel a little eager because it could dispel the cold left over from the night, but soon the warmth turned into dryness, and soon it turned into heat, and the temperature was still rising... The troops were like walking on an uneven pot, and the heat emitted from the ground seemed to want to roast every person and every creature walking on it.

Werner drank water in big gulps while walking, sweat kept flowing down his cheeks, and his military uniform was soaked. The situation of other people was similar.

"You must drink as little water as possible!" Bushira reminded, "Otherwise, no matter how much water you have, it will not be enough for you to cross the desert!"

"But how can we do it?" Werner replied, "We must replenish water!"

Bushira replied, "The method is to make the body dehydrated!"

Werner was stunned.

What Bushira said obviously made sense. If the body is dehydrated, then the sweat will naturally be less.

However, this is easier said than done. Lack of water will reduce the oxygen content in the blood, causing dizziness or fatigue, especially when marching.

But Werner had no choice, because he knew that he could not continue like this, otherwise his water consumption would be twice or even more than that of others.

After thinking about it, Werner tightened the kettle in his hand and hung it back on his waist... German soldiers have a higher level of awareness, and most of them will consciously consider the collective.

Before they walked far, Qin Chuan saw a sidecar three-wheeler anchored on the side of the road. Several German soldiers tried hard to get it moving again, but finally gave up... Most of the equipment of the Fifth Light Armored Division was old equipment that had been used on the battlefield for several years. Now it is overloaded in a high temperature environment, and of course there will be various problems.

Qin Chuan just hoped that the car would not have too many problems.

As a result, he soon saw a car in front of him in trouble... It should be the supply vehicle of the reconnaissance unit. The wheels were stuck in the soft sand. No matter how hard the driver stepped on the accelerator, it did not move forward except for raising pieces of sand and sinking deeper and deeper.

A team of German soldiers came forward to help push the car, but the tragedy was that the wheel just climbed out of the pit and soon fell into another pit... These pits were actually dug by the wheels themselves.

Alfredo ran up and shouted to the driver in the cab, "You should let some air out of the tires!"

"Deflate? Will it work?" The driver looked skeptical.

"Of course it works!" Alfredo said, "You can try it, there is no harm to you!"

The driver thought about it, so he did what Alfredo said. Sure enough, the car that was struggling just now immediately ran as smoothly as a wild cat.

The driver happily leaned out of the cab and waved to Alfredo to express his gratitude.

"Wow!" Werner couldn't help but exclaimed, "It's amazing!"

"This is experience!" Alfredo replied, "I have been driving a car in Libya for three years!"

"I know!" Werner said, "A pacifist, isn't it?"

Then he laughed with other German soldiers.

"This is very useful!" Qin Chuan said, "We should tell other drivers about this experience!"