Zhang Lin held the branding iron with a cruel smile. As Li Zihao's sworn brother and capable general, he would support Li Zihao unconditionally, even if Li Zihao asked him to commit murder and arson.
The captives had fear in their eyes. What would it feel like to hold a red-hot branding iron on a person's skin?
Modern people couldn't understand this. After all, it wasn't a time of war.
Interrogation was a matter of method, and that was to use the person with the toughest bones to establish his authority.
Zhang Lin followed this method. With a sinister smile, he stuck the branding iron on the calmest of the Soviets. The smell of burnt meat filled everyone's nostrils.
However, no one had an appetite. Instead, they felt like vomiting because it was the charred smell of human flesh.
"Ah…" The captive finally couldn't take it anymore. His calm expression had long become twisted. What kind of feeling was this? It was probably pain that penetrated into his bones!
"Hahahahaha." Zhang Lin's cruel laughter made the captives tremble. In terms of the level and methods of torture, no country in the world could compare to China. In ancient times, they already had a lot of theoretical and practical abilities.
He didn't ask anything about the first person until the tortured prisoner fainted. He then prepared to attack the second person.
The second person's face was ashen as he spat out a series of Russian words. Because he did not understand Russian, Zhang Lin could only look at his subordinate who knew Russian.
The soldier communicated with the prisoner of war and quickly reported the information to Zhang Lin. In order to survive and not be tortured, the soldier readily revealed everything he knew.
"Give him some bread." Zhang Lin knew that these soldiers didn't have much power and only knew a little. It was a pity that they didn't catch a big fish. Otherwise, they would have known more information.
Originally, he wanted to report to Li Zihao, but he seemed to have thought of something and dared not go. Instead, he turned around and walked back to his residence, constantly muttering those lewd tunes. He was probably going back to ride those foreign horses.
Big brother was right. These women were stupid. They had to be careful of them. Tomorrow, they would reward their brothers. As long as they defeated these Soviets, they could go south to Pinsk. That was a city. There would definitely be more beautiful and passionate White Russian girls there.
At that time, he would be able to hug these beautiful Eastern European girls and dance in a gorgeous ballroom. Just thinking about it was exciting.
The next morning, Zhang Lin shamelessly came to Li Zihao's place for breakfast and reported the battle situation last night to Li Zihao.
When he saw the princess and Li Zihao making eyes at each other, he knew that he had not gone to the right place last night. If he had really ruined his big brother's plan, he might have been hunted down by his big brother with a knife.
"Linzi, tell me, what's the matter?”Li Zihao knew his brother's temper. He was a straightforward person, and his mind was filled with brotherhood and gratitude and hatred. He was a Li Kui type of person.
"Big brother, you are really more powerful than Zhuge Liang. Everything is right. Those Soviets have run out of food. They were hungry last night. I don't know if they have the strength to fight with us today.”
"This is a good thing. Pay attention to the back. The Soviet guerrillas will definitely try their best to contact them. We must not let them get supplies.”
Li Zihao put down the leftover bread and said again," I'm ready to go south. I'll have a better life in Pinsk.”
"Then I'll go out. Those old Russians will come up in a while.”Li Zihao and Zhang Lin were both speaking in Mandarin. They thought that the princess did not understand, but in fact, the princess did.
Before the Soviets could attack, the Russian troops behind them had already pressed forward. Li Zihao was watching from the top of the mountain with his binoculars. A group of Cossack cavalrymen had rushed into the formation of the Soviets and were constantly running left and right.
"The overall situation has been decided."
Zhang Lin leaned over and asked,"Big brother, let's join forces with them!"”
"No need. We'll go back to the Kuangqu and get the gold first.”
Li Zihao was very clear about the use of gold. As long as he didn't occupy the mine for a long time, the White Hair wouldn't fall out with him.
"Big brother, what about those laborers?”
" Let's take a look at the situation. No matter what, we're still their compatriots. We're definitely more reliable than those Russians. Take away those who are clear-headed and side with the Russians."
Li Zihao gestured at his neck. At the same time, his eyes were filled with killing intent. Zhang Lin understood what he meant. He also understood that Li Zihao had asked him to do this. After all, there were some things that Li Zihao couldn't handle personally.
Other than the ones at the back, the rest of the troops were heading towards the Kuangqu. This time, they were going to attack. The first to attack was the artillery. Other than the Soviets, a portion of the Chinese miners also joined the battle.
At the foot of the mountain, Li Zihao could see that the enemy's firepower was not very fierce. Because the garrison team that had been broken through once and could not be replenished was very weak, it was not a tough battle at all.
Soon, they rushed up, and the battle entered the most brutal stage of hand-to-hand combat. In this aspect, Li Zihao's troops had an overwhelming advantage. Not to mention the miners, even many Soviet soldiers chose to surrender.
The political commissar and special agent of the mine were also captured.
In order to find out the whereabouts of the gold nugget, Zhang Lin stuffed the broken glass into Lie Fu's mouth and punched him a few times on the chin. The taste of glass was not pleasant. The special agent's mouth was bleeding, and his tongue must have been broken.
Li Zihao, on the other hand, was maintaining his pistol, the Browning M1911 produced in the United States, commonly known as the big-eyed gun.
What was called a warlord? He had to be brutal. How could he be a warlord if he wasn't brutal? In this dog-eat-dog world, if you wanted to live more comfortably than others, you had to be worse and more ruthless than others. Only in this way could you live better than others.
The princess was making tea for him at the side. She was very supportive of Zhang Lin's actions. If she was not afraid of ruining her image, she would have done it herself.
In just a few days, she had experienced the feeling of going from hell to heaven. She also knew very well that it was this man beside her who had saved her.
"Strip him and hang him." Li Zihao put the guns together and said something. This order was equivalent to a death sentence for the other party.
Zhang Lin waved his hand, and two guards with submachine guns took this guy away. He was really tough.
Finally, there was only one political commissar left. Li Zihao raised his hand and shot him in the head. The brains of political figures were completely different from those of military officers. In Li Zihao's words, they were a group of lunatics with special beliefs.
They were all members of the Burshk Party. With such strong political beliefs, it would be difficult to achieve results by torture alone. Perhaps they would even be given the title of indomitable heroes.
Therefore, Li Zihao decided to kill them to save time.
"Big brother…" Zhang Lin was speechless. If he killed them, how could he find Gold Nugget?
"Go down and ask. Someone will know. Without money, how are we going to buy fast guns and cannons and then recruit soldiers?”
"That's right, when we become strong, we can even return to China and take down Yanjing. Then, big brother will be the emperor.”
"Go, go, go. What nonsense are you talking about? Hurry up and get lost.”Li Zihao waved the muzzle of his gun, scaring Zhang Lin so much that he ran out. It was no joke to accompany a king like accompanying a tiger. There were some things that could not be said casually.
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