Chapter 31 Survival

It started with dry mouth and chapped lips, followed by dizziness and weakness.

This was the reaction of moderate dehydration. Qin Chuan had heard the doctor say this before, but he didn't expect that moderate dehydration would make people so uncomfortable... Qin Chuan only felt that he was in a nightmare, and his body didn't seem to be his own. They staggered forward like zombies, taking one step after another mechanically... They didn't want to get up after falling down until someone helped them up.

Sometimes Qin Chuan wondered what severe dehydration would be like?

The doctor didn't say, would they become mummies? This is great. Hundreds of years later, someone might find them in the desert and put them in a museum for exhibition!

"Zhongzhong... sergeant!" Keller handed over the kettle and said, "Drink... some water!"

"No!" Qin Chuan shook his head: "It's your turn!"

Keller had been secretly giving his water to Qin Chuan, and Qin Chuan couldn't accept it, because he knew that if he accepted it, Keller wouldn't be able to hold on to the end.

"Sergeant... I'm not thirsty!"

"This is an order!" Qin Chuan said, "Don't waste your energy arguing!"

"Yes, yes..." Keller then took a sip from the canteen.

It is said that everyone is selfish at the last moment of life and death, but this does not apply to the German army. They are all trying their best to control themselves from drinking less water, even though their bodies are almost at their limit.

"Da Da Da..."

At this time, a burst of machine guns in front woke up Qin Chuan and others who were still in a semi-comatose state.

"Gunshot!" Werner said with some surprise: "MG34!"

MG34 is a squad machine gun. German soldiers are very familiar with it, so they can easily distinguish it when they hear the gunshot.

"Our own people!"

"We are saved!"

...

Werner and his men immediately sped up and walked towards the direction of the gunshot as if they had taken stimulants, but were stopped by Qin Chuan.

"Everyone drink two sips of water!" Qin Chuan ordered: "Rest, and then prepare for battle!"

The soldiers looked at Qin Chuan in confusion, they all thought that Qin Chuan was a little too cautious.

However, half an hour later when they arrived at the scene, they realized that Qin Chuan's worry was justified... There were a total of six bodies, five of which were gathered together, and were shot into sieves by machine gun bullets in various postures. Some of them even had their backs to the machine gun.

Twenty meters away from them, there was an MG34 machine gun, with shells scattered next to the machine gun, and another German soldier's body lying next to it. This body was holding a pistol in his hand, and there was a blood hole on the right side of his forehead. The blood had already coagulated into dark red.

"This is collective suicide!" Alfredo sighed: "The machine gunner killed others and then killed himself!"

"God, they are Berger's men!" Werner recognized one of them and confirmed it from their ID cards: "Yes, they are all from the second squad!"

Berger is the squad leader of the second squad and belongs to the same platoon as Qin Chuan, but they don't interact much except for missions.

"Their water bottles are all empty!" Alfredo checked their water bottles: "Maybe they really can't hold on!"

"No!" Qin Chuan made the opposite judgment: "They are not committing suicide!"

Werner looked at Qin Chuan in shock: "If it's not suicide, then it's..."

"Think about the gunshots you heard before!" Qin Chuan said: "Did you hear another gunshot after the machine gun?"

The soldiers thought for a while and shook their heads. No one heard it.

Werner quickly understood what Qin Chuan meant: "If the machine gunner shot other people and then committed suicide, there should be a pistol shot after the machine gun sound!"

"Yes!" Qin Chuan walked to the body of the machine gunner, squatted down, and said: "And there should be a delay in between, because he at least had to make preparations, such as taking out a pistol, and then forcing himself to make up his mind."

"Maybe we overlooked it!" Alfredo said: "We were unconscious at the time!"

"Look at this again!" Qin Chuan stared at the pistol in the machine gunner's hand, then picked it up with his weak hand and asked others: "Did you find anything?"

After being reminded by Qin Chuan, Werner understood: "There is no blood on the muzzle!"

So everyone understood that if the machine gunner shot with a pistol against his head, how could there be no blood on the muzzle? !

"So!" Werner analyzed, "The murderer first walked to the machine gunner, shot him at close range, then shot the others with the machine gun at the fastest speed, and finally put the pistol into the machine gunner's hand..."

"But why?" Alfredo asked, "Someone killed them and faked the suicide scene!"

"Because the murderer is one of them!" Qin Chuan said, "The murderer is worried that if these bodies are discovered by others, it will cause unnecessary trouble!"

"But why did he do this?" Alfredo asked.

After a long time, Werner said, "It's for water!"

Qin Chuan nodded, "For water, and also for survival!"

Alfredo looked at Qin Chuan and Werner in disbelief. He still couldn't believe it was true.

"Asshole!" Werner cursed angrily, "Who is he?"

Qin Chuan didn't say anything, just looked at a series of blurred footprints to the east... The murderer was careless, he thought the sand in the desert would quickly cover his footprints.

The soldiers didn't say much, grabbed their weapons and followed the footprints... This is not just a matter of catching the murderer, nor is it just a matter of revenge for their comrades, but also a sense of honor for German soldiers. They don't allow such a black sheep to appear in their team, a black sheep that insults the dignity of the German army.

Qin Chuan also followed with a gun. One thing that is certain is that the soldiers are more energetic than before, including Qin Chuan himself.

This should be the result of the secretion of adrenaline when people encounter danger, or the appearance of the murderer gave everyone a target.

However, the murderer obviously found that someone was chasing him from behind, so his speed became faster and faster, and the soldiers couldn't keep up.

Originally, the soldiers were not worried because there were footprints to track, unless the murderer wiped out the footprints while running, which would slow down the murderer's speed... This is obviously a loss for the murderer.

But soon, a gust of wind in the desert made this task difficult, and the footprints gradually disappeared from the soldiers' sight, but Qin Chuan and others were still chasing closely behind.