Tachino's roar attracted the soldiers' attention. Immediately, several officers in the marching troops rode their horses towards Tachino, shouting:

"Did General Davis order a retreat?!"

The reason why they did not turn around and leave, but asked questions, was because under normal circumstances, the retreat order must be issued by the messenger. Only when the retreat horn sounded, it meant that they were really going to evacuate. And if they were to retreat, then the generals in Factory No. 3 could not say that they would not leave now.

But now all they saw was Tachino shouting for a retreat. Although Tachino became the commander's deputy and confidant after the temporary reorganization of the military factory, the order to retreat still made people somewhat confused.

Looking at these officers chasing after him, Tachino did not answer, but turned his head and galloped away while shouting angrily:

"Are you all deaf?! Retreat quickly! Don't go any further. The Yan people have broken through the defense line. We have suffered heavy casualties. The military factory can no longer be defended!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the marching troops slowed down significantly. The soldiers looked ahead in confusion. There was war everywhere, and the sound of gunfire and artillery fire continued. Needless to say, the casualties must have been extremely horrific.

"Wait! Tachino! Explain yourself clearly! Are you really going to retreat? Why is General Davis not evacuating?" An officer turned around and shouted at Tachino who had just passed by him.

Tachino didn't even turn his head, but just roared: "Yes! Retreat! General Davis wants to take the people on the front line to cover our rear! I tried to persuade him, but he refused to leave!"

"Don't let them die in vain, retreat quickly!"

Such an answer was obviously unconvincing, and Tachino's appearance of only focusing on escaping was also really suspicious. The officer who was chasing him immediately asked in a stern voice:

"Stop! Tachino! Explain your words clearly!"

While the officer was questioning, men from another unit had already rushed to Factory No. 3 on horseback. Tachino's order to retreat needed further confirmation.

At the same time, of course Tachino knew that his lies would be discovered soon, but at this time he could no longer care about many things. The current defensive battle was basically a dead end. Davis' so-called persistence would definitely kill everyone, but did they have to die here to be considered a valuable sacrifice?

No, this is ridiculous. If we know we cannot defend it, we should retreat immediately. Although there have been serious casualties, the Yan people did not surround the entire factory. There is an escape route now. If we do not evacuate, we are complete idiots!

Tachino even felt a little regretful. He should have followed Harris when he left last night. Harris had fought head-on with the Yan people before and knew their fighting power very well. That was why he pretended to put on a good show last night. His real purpose was obvious. He just wanted to escape from the military factory as soon as possible.

How treacherous, Takiruo thought angrily.

But there was no point in thinking about these things now. He just wanted to leave quickly, and the best way was to take more people with him. If he escaped from the military factory alone, he knew that he would have no place to stand afterwards, and he might even be executed as a deserter. Escaping from the army and hiding as a civilian for the rest of his life was definitely not what Tachino wanted to see.

I am still young and cannot spend the rest of my life as a "deserter". Only by leading more people to evacuate can I slowly resolve the consequences of this disobedience to military orders.

Thinking of this, Tachino ignored the officer who was chasing him, and waved his arms towards the army marching in the opposite direction, shouting vigorously:

"Evacuate! Quickly!"

"The people in front can't hold on any longer! The damn Yan people have hundreds of thousands of troops! Factory No. 4 has been completely occupied. If you go over there now, you're just asking for death! As many people as go there will die!"

"We must conserve our military strength! We can't just die in vain at the hands of the Yan people!"

This earnest roar immediately caused an uproar among the marching troops. The soldiers could see the intensity of the battle ahead and the strength of the Yan Army's attack. At this moment, the facts described by Tachino undoubtedly made many people feel panic.

Hundreds of thousands of troops were completely defeated, and going would mean death. Although they didn't know whether these pieces of critical information were true or not, they hit them on the head like a hammer. Although the soldiers knew that the battle tonight was a life-and-death battle, knowing in advance that death would definitely befall them always magnified their inner fear.

And the phrase "Save our troops, don't die in vain" is obviously a good way to avoid a death ending.

As a result, the soldiers slowed down their pace, and some even turned around and began to communicate anxiously with their companions. The morale of the army began to waver.

Seeing that the soldiers were shaken, the officer who had been chasing Tachino suddenly became furious. In fact, Tachino's refusal to explain and the demeanor he showed at this moment had already made the officer realize that Tachino was falsely transmitting military orders.

Immediately, he gritted his teeth, took the musket from his back, and roared at Tachino in front of him:

"Tachino! Stop right there! If you run forward again, I will shoot you right now!"

"General Davis will never say evacuate! Don't even think about shaking the morale of the troops!"

When Tachino heard him say he was going to shoot him, he immediately pulled the reins. Then, he slowly turned around and shouted at the officer:

"You don't use your gun to kill the Yan people, but you want to kill me?!!"

"You're going to shoot your compatriots?!"

Hearing this, the officer's face turned pale, but he still did not put down his gun. He shouted angrily: "You are passing on false military orders! General Davis will never say that he wants to evacuate! We must fight the Yan people with all our might!"

Tachino, whose lie was completely exposed, did not panic because of this. He even showed an extremely angry look and roared at the soldiers around him:

"I'm saving your lives!"

"Everyone can see that we can't hold this place anymore! The damn Yan people will slaughter us like pigs! Even if we all die in battle, the military factory will still fall! What's the point of us becoming a corpse?!"

The officer immediately interrupted angrily: "You bastard! Stop making so many excuses! This is our duty as soldiers!"

Tachino ignored it and continued to roar:

"We can save some troops if we evacuate now. We will only abandon the military factory temporarily. When the army from Heinrich Military Base arrives, we can take it back together! This is the right decision!"

"If you don't want to die here in vain! Then follow me! Evacuate immediately!"

"We will soon retake the military factory! We will definitely avenge those who have sacrificed their lives! So we can't die!"

"At least not now!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Tachino gritted his teeth, no longer caring about the officer pointing a gun at him, but struck the horse's belly and galloped forward.

The next moment, curses and gunshots rang out at the same time.

"You deserter!!!"

"boom!"

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