Human thinking has certain limitations, especially when the situation is complex and time is limited, this limitation will become more obvious. The current situation in Otaka town is the result of this series of collisions of limitations.

If Mendestein stopped the loss in time and did not pursue it or chose to return to the military headquarters with his wounded soldiers, the two sides would not have intersections; if he could always set up an observation post next to the gravel road that was advancing east, he would be able to see the Sixth Austrian Army retreating from the front.

If Aresta gave up his mission and chose to surrender or give up his stay and escaped directly across the town, the guards would not have died; if he did not choose to disguise but escaped directly when he saw the Prussian pursuers, he might be able to get rid of the entanglement of the other party.

But there is no if in reality. Now the guards have broken two more times, and only 11 people are left with Aresta.

Fortunately, the captain had his own understanding of the route selection, and seemed to have avoided the two reinforcements who went to support. His goal was also different from the other party's prediction, not the north, but the farther east.

The first half of the route was almost the same way, avoiding a residential area to the north. The safest thing is the church now. Except for the soldiers guarding the west, no one would have thought that they had returned to the church.

The second half of the route is relatively rough, and Aresta will let the team rush to the east exit as fast as possible.

The east side is different from the west side. The road on the east side is narrow and short, and it is surrounded by ruins after the demolition of rural dirt houses, and there is almost no place to give the other party a safe and secure place to fire a cold gun. Aresta still prepared three team members to investigate and is ready to cover the departure of the large army at any time.

Now every second is necessary to compete, and all speed is preferred. If you encounter obstacles like the west side.

"Captain, if I encounter obstacles, I will stop them." This time, Ronnie, who had just returned to the main force, "Drag as long as he can."

Aresta patted his shoulder and directed the medical team behind him: "Hurry through the square in front, don't talk nonsense, speed up! Keep up, keep up, hurry up."

The Austrian Empire never lacked experienced commanders or soldiers who sacrificed themselves. Although Aresta's plan would cause casualties, it would end with his own successful escape. Of course, this was also the only opportunity for him, and he could only go on this path.

But two things were beyond his expectations.

The first point is the medical team's journey. It has been 40 minutes since the church goes out. For the guards who have been trained all year round, keeping trotting and moving quickly for a long time is a common thing. But for medical staff who lack exercise, this has become torture torture.

All doctors and nurses, including Kavey, experienced different degrees of asthma and loss of strength. Even if the guards cooperated to slow down, the entire team was still disconnected.

"Can you get faster? We don't have time!"

"Can't run anymore."

"She is panting hard, can you rest, rest for a while?"

Aresta saw them swaying behind the team like snails, full of anger: "Are you kidding? Still want to rest? Prussia may catch up at any time. If we really want to be surrounded, our previous sacrifice will be in vain!"

"But, we really can't run."

"No!" Aresta was anxious, but he could not use his strength to them. He could only shout, "If you can't run, you have to run, you must speed up!"

Maybe the captain watched his team shrink and forced the medical staff too tightly. Or maybe the medical staff suffered too much grievances these days, and the physical fatigue made their originally firm patriotic beliefs more fragile.

Suddenly a nurse fell to the ground, or it could be said that she took the initiative to sit on the ground.

She threw the suitcase aside, and the things inside were spread all over the floor, and gasped and said, "I can't walk anyway. If you want to escape, just run away, I won't run away!"

Aresta can command dozens of companies to fight, and even let the soldiers in his hands sacrifice their lives to achieve combat goals, but he can't deal with a woman working in the hospital: "What do you mean?"

"No, it's meaningless, it's just that I can't walk anymore!" The nurse took a few deep breaths, and massaged the sore and swollen calf muscles at the same time. "I'm not a soldier, I'm a nurse, how can I keep up with you? "

This is an instrument nurse who has been following Kawei since the Municipal General Hospital.

Originally, the requirements for women in the 19th century should not be used on the operating table. In surgery, other assistants are often responsible for the transmission of equipment. After all, female nurses are not a decent job, and they are willing to do people who do not have to take care of their families and are short of money.

But Kavey still gave all the female nurses a chance. The three around him received training and stood out among the many young doctors in half a month.

"Calen."

Kavi looked at her there and shook her head, not knowing what to say.

However, the matter was not over yet, and the other two nurses had already reached their limit.

One of them often handles other miscellaneous tasks with the third and fourth surgical assistants, while the other is focused on vital signs, which is an indispensable role in Kavey's surgery. After seeing Karen like this, they also stopped: "We, we can't do it anymore, we need a rest."

There are differences in physiques between men and women. It is already amazing to be able to persist until now under such high-intensity exercise. Kawei really has no way to blame them, and if you want to blame, you can only blame this troublesome war.

Aresta really unable to deal with women, but as long as he is willing to change his mind, the whole thing will be much easier: "Are you sure you want to stay?"

"yes."

"Can't walk anymore."

"Stay, take a five-minute break."

"Okay, if you can't walk, stay here." Arestala said, "Doctor Kavi, let's go first."

Kavi was a little surprised: "What? They are all my nurses, how could they leave people here!?"

"They want to stay for a rest themselves."

"As long as she slows down, she can definitely keep up."

"Do you think we can slow down now?" Aresta looked at the members of the medical team who were exhausted overall and smiled. "After all, our guards are not protecting the entire medical team, but you. The reason why we keep taking them away is entirely your request."

After peeling the situation apart, as long as the most core motivation is revealed, the next operation will become clear.

In fact, before it was absolutely necessary, Aresta was unwilling to play this bad card. It was also the mission of the Imperial soldiers to protect these military medical nurses. But now at the last moment, he had to make a choice. As long as he could keep Kawei, the "cool" of the game, it didn't matter even if he gave up the entire game.

"I don't agree!"

"I know you won't agree, but it's useless to disagree." This time the threat was replaced by Aresta. "Please be sure to follow us. If you can't walk, we will take turns carrying you on your back. But if you choose to stay, you will be at your own risk."

Kawei believed that he could deal with many emergencies, but the situation was too special now, and the other party's purpose had deviated in the confrontation between the town. He seemed to have no choice but to leave the others and follow them.

"As long as others keep up with the team, we will definitely protect you." Since Aresta chose this path, it is impossible for him to manage the medical team anymore. "If I want to stay, I will respect your wishes and not force them."

After saying that, he led the rest of the guards and Kavi to a path behind the church.

Aresta thought that this choice was correct. As long as Kavi returned to Ormitz Hospital to a minimum, their mission would be completed. As for the others, they were all optional accessories.

But he did not realize that the people who stayed behind would expose their escape direction, nor did he realize that another key point was missing in the entire layout plan, that is, Mendestein's judgment.

Just like when arranging troops to the town entrance, the commander of the Prussian cavalry reconnaissance company was steady. After hearing gunshots at the southern intersection, he brought 10 people with him to support the west.

However, he did not pursue speed, but because of the weak troops in the west, the opponent might run around in the town, so he chose a more stable support route.

Back to church.

When Aresta led his guards through the open space in front of the church, a hearty laughter rang out around him: "Thank you so hard these days."

Everyone in the escort knew that things were in trouble, but they followed their captain and wanted to walk a few more steps forward through the open space. However, a bullet shot from a distance shot the stone brick at Aresta's feet, bounced away and quickly brushed over his ankle, leaving a deep blood mark.

"Whoever moves will die," Mendestein pointed at them and said, "Surrender obediently and will be good to you and me."

The sudden appearance of the Prussians completely cut off their escape route, and for all members of the Aresta and the Guard, the mission was basically equivalent to failure.

According to the verbal "agre" set by Franz and them before, since the task is rewarded with great reward, failure of the task means the end of life, and it is even a devastating blow to the family.

This is a small matter for the king to move his fingers, but it is a huge matter for them.

The other party doesn't have many people, so it is obviously not their style to surrender now.

"Distract quickly!!!"

Aresta took the lead in attacking and pulled Kavi directly to the church. The other team members also decisively followed the orders and ran to the house, trees or other covers closest to him at full speed.

Mendestein really didn't expect the other party to do this.

The distance between the two sides is not far, and the action is so fast and there is no chance for them to shoot. But not shooting does not mean not shooting. The current position is so special that a single gunshot may not have much impact, but if the sound is denser, it will become the best mark and attract everyone else here.

"Adam, August, go up this building and find the shooting location."

"yes."

"Erich, go to the front house and observe the other person's location."

"yes."

"Bauer, Duke, come with me. The others continue to shoot, each person only needs to leave 5 bullets, and all the others will be knocked out, leading everyone else to come over."

"yes!!!"

Just like Aresta's purpose was deviated, during these three days, Mendestein's purpose of surrounding them also had a significant deviation.

Originally, he thought this was a guard team that protected important officers. By arresting officers, he could get promoted, so that those brothers who had been following him could get promoted. So his purpose was very clear, to capture enemy officers.

Of course, there is also a little meaning of avenging the dead soldiers in our side.

But later he found that there were no officers here at all. Apart from doctors with medical knowledge and multilingual knowledge, the ones that need to be paid attention to were the "patients" who stayed in the church.

The conditions in the church are very bad and the food is poor. In the end, they can only rely on dry marching food, and the amount is not enough to fill their stomachs. However, the so-called tuberculosis patients living in the church are very natural, and no one complains.

The mood changes caused by the huge gap in living conditions are difficult to conceal. The only explanation is that there are no important officers here.

Without officers, who is the guard protecting? Did they really die in the previous blocking battle as they said?

This is obviously impossible. With the medical team members' understanding of the surrounding terrain routes, it is impossible for the town to be so accurate without the guards. So the answer has become extremely simple, and the guards are naturally the doctors who are protected by these doctors.

But are they really these "those" doctors?

After observations these days, especially the first aid surgery that afternoon when I first came to the town, Mendestein's attention was all focused on Kavey and Ignaz.

Ignaz is much older, and his medical skills are indeed good. He can preside over the surgery and is called a teacher by everyone. Kawei is very young and can only be the most ordinary assistant according to common sense, but he can handle troublesome maxillofacial trauma alone, and his ability is self-evident.

Craig's right leg surgery proved his judgment. Judging from the gap between the military doctors on both sides, this medical team is indeed worthy of protection from a whole guard.

However, Mendestein had never studied medicine and only thought the surgery was powerful, but he didn't know who the real one was. He could only temporarily set his target on Kavey and Ignaz by relying on his repeated harassment of the other party and his judgment on this.

Now, his purpose has changed from intercepting officers to intercepting military doctors.

When the gunfire just now rang out, the difference in treatment between the two directly showed the object that the other party really wanted to protect.

"So it's really you. Dr. Kavey."
Chapter completed!