African Entrepreneurship Records 2

Chapter 1233 Arrest
On the other side, Talolin suddenly stopped and said, "Okay, let's go back to the place where we just stopped to see if we can find anything new."

"Sergeant, we shouldn't find anything if we suddenly turn back, right?" Makarich asked.

Tarolin scolded: "Don't say anything at this time, just do what I say."

Then the small team rushed back in a hurry.

"Stop!" Talolin suddenly ordered, "Don't destroy the scene."

The sharp-eyed Talolin immediately discovered that some changes had taken place where they had just stopped. In order to prevent his soldiers from destroying the traces, he ordered his troops to stay on the periphery.

"Someone should have passed by here just now, and he is most likely a Serbian scout." Tarolin said with certainty.

Makarich asked: "Squad leader, how do you know!"

Talolin pointed to the grass on the ground and said, "Look, is the grass here bent?"

Makarich said, "Maybe we stepped on it ourselves. After all, we walk this mountain road every day, and there are no footprints of different shoes on the ground."

Tarolin shook his head and said, "This shows that you are not careful enough. Look carefully at the direction of the bend in the grass. The grass stems here were obviously walked horizontally by people's shoes. We patrolled vertically, so there is a clear difference between the traces left by the two."

"And here, there is a fallen leaf, which looks very abrupt." As he said this, Talolin picked up a leaf from the ground.

He put the leaf in his hand and said, "This leaf is obviously still fresh. Its petiole is even green. There is juice here. It was obviously brought here by an external object. Did anyone of you break off a leaf here just now?"

Everyone shook their heads and said, "No."

"That's right!" Tarolin continued, "This leaf was not left by us, so it is likely that someone else brought him here."

"Look, someone has obviously stepped on the grass on the other side of the road. This shows that the enemy is very cunning. He directly crossed the path. But even if he crossed it, he would definitely step on the weeds on both sides."

"So the weeds on both sides of the road showed signs of damage. That's why I was able to immediately notice that something was wrong. You should pay more attention to it in the future. You never know when you can save your life."

As he spoke, Talolin began to check for clues on the roadside. After all, after confirming two points, he could basically lock down the intruder's whereabouts.

As expected, after going deeper into the jungle, he found more clues. Tarolin said, "There should be someone who passed through our jurisdiction. His direction was from south to north. In the jungle, he looked a bit rough and left a lot of footprints."

"There is also a subtle path here, which is hard to spot because of the cover of trees. This is probably the path that the locals used to go up the mountain to chop firewood. There are traces of people using machetes to clear the two sides of the road, but no one has walked on it in the past few months, so it has been covered by vegetation."

"Let's follow this road and head down the mountain quickly. Maybe we can catch him."

Afterwards, under the personal leadership of Talolin, everyone quickly went down the mountain along the trail. Although the road was winding and covered by branches and bushes, it did not affect the marching speed at all.

As members of the Kingdom of Dalmatia, a vassal state of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, this small force had extensive experience in mountain marching.

After all, the terrain of Neretva is full of mountains and coastal hills, including the capital Mostar, which is a city built in a mountain river valley.

Living in this environment, the soldiers of the Kingdom of Dalmatia had no pressure at all in dealing with this complex terrain.

While Talolin and others were chasing down the mountain, the man being chased was unaware and he was constantly clearing a path ahead with a machete.

After all, no one has walked on this road for several months, so it is inevitable that it needs to be repaired.

Of course, deep in the jungle, he did not think that such a small noise could alarm the soldiers of the Dalmatian Kingdom. After all, there were many wild animals here, and it was quite close to the daily patrol route of the Dalmatian Kingdom soldiers. Unless there were soldiers with super hearing among the Dalmatian Kingdom soldiers, no one could hear this sound.

However, he obviously underestimated the intuition and ability of the old fox Talolin, and would soon pay the price for his carelessness. Not long after, Talolin made a new discovery, and this new discovery made him feel much better.

"This guy couldn't go very fast. After all, this road hadn't been walked on for at least a few months, so he used a sharp tool to cut the bushes, weeds and branches in front of the road."

"This means that he is clearing the way ahead. His work is obviously making things easier for us. We can speed up along this route."

After about half an hour.

Makarich suddenly whispered, "There is a sound."

Tarolin nodded and said, "It looks like the people are just ahead. Next we will split into three groups to outflank them."

In the deep mountains and dense forests, a man was chopping with an axe. There was no one living in this area, so he had no idea that he had been caught up.

He also said, "I remember that this path was quite convenient last winter. As expected, it has become difficult to walk on it after no one has cleaned it for a few months."

The Kingdom of Serbia withdrew at the end of the year, and the Mediterranean climate has warm and humid winters, so it is difficult for the vegetation here not to flourish again after being baptized by the winter rains.

Suddenly, the man heard a noise.

At this time, the soldiers of the Dalmatian Kingdom were only thirty meters away from him. Going deep into the dense forest, it was impossible for him not to make any noise.

Run! This was the man's only thought.

"Chase!" Tarolin made quick arrangements.

Unfortunately, at this time, the man was already panicking and had no idea what to do. After all, it was impossible not to panic when facing an enemy with large numbers of people.

The hunt lasted only five minutes, and a bearded man was pinned down in a bush by the soldiers of the Dalmatian Kingdom. In the dense forest, running in front would definitely be a disadvantage, after all, he had to open a path, while the Dalmatian soldiers only had to follow behind him.

"Squad leader, we got it, we got it!"

Tarolin also hurried over, and by looking at the Mosin-Nagant behind the man, he confirmed the man's identity at the first time.

"Tie up this Serb."

The Mosin-Nagant rifle is a Russian weapon. Of course, the Kingdom of Serbia is also equipped with a large number of them, so through this rifle, the identity of the intruder can be basically locked. The Austro-Hungarian army has its own rifles, and the Bulgarian army is equipped with German rifles, which may be German products or East African products.

Although the man still wanted to struggle, it was obviously ineffective facing the larger numbers of Dalmatian soldiers.

The Serbian man who struggled in vain could only curse loudly, but unfortunately his sweet words did not pose any threat at all. No matter how harsh his curses were, it depended on the soldiers of the Kingdom of Dalmatia being able to understand Serbian.

Due to the long-term German education in the Kingdom of Dalmatia, or the former Neretva region, many people no longer know Chinese and can only speak fluent German.

"Behave yourself!" Although Makarich didn't understand what the man said, he knew from his ferocious face and tone that there was nothing good in the prisoner's mouth.

At this time, Tarolin said, "Makarich, you and Visen are responsible for watching him. We wasted a lot of time trying to catch him. It will probably be night by the time we get down the mountain."

In order to catch this Serbian element, Tarolin's team spent nearly two hours. Now they have to turn back and return to the camp, which will take them another three hours, which adds up to about five hours.

Of course, Tarolin and his companions were still quite excited. After all, the pursuit was inherently risky. It was because of the dense forest environment that it was difficult to deploy guns. Otherwise, the resistance fighter would definitely use bullets to greet Tarolin and his companions.

(End of this chapter)