Redemption of WWII

Chapter 5 Magician's Secret This chapter is free

In Greek, "Sicily" is called trnr, which means "three heads", alluding to its triangular appearance. 【】If you pay a little attention, you will find that its three horns are facing the three continents of Asia, Africa and Europe.It's just because it's too close to the Italian peninsula, it can't help but be obedient, and its posture is slightly deflected

Palermo, capital of Sicily, Italy

lermo, located in the northwest of Sicily.Sicily, located in the southwest of the Apennine Peninsula, is a stumbling block on Italy's leather boot that stretches into the Earth Sea.It is the largest island in the Earthsea.It is vast and fertile, with a warm climate and beautiful scenery, rich in citrus, lemon and olive.Because of its good natural environment for the development of agriculture and forestry, it was called "Golden Basin" in history.

Sicily is the largest and most densely populated island in the Earth Sea. It belongs to Italy and is located in the southwest of the Apennine Peninsula.East and the Apennines Peninsula only across the 3 km wide Strait of Messina.From the eighth century BC to the sixth century BC, the Greeks established colonies on the east coast of the island.It became a province of the Roman Empire in 241 BC.Later, it was ruled by the Vandals, Byzantines, and the Normans. In 1442, it was incorporated into the Kingdom of Sicily. It was soon split and changed to Spanish rule. In 1861, it was incorporated into the Kingdom of Italy.

Nicholas and Cage were born in the southernmost town of Reggio Calabria, which faces Tunisia in northern Africa across the sea.Of course, this Cage is not the Hollywood superstar Nicholas and Cage.

Cage's father was a sailor and traveled with the fleet all the year round.The days at home are only 3 months a year. There are three brothers in Cage's family, Cage is the eldest, and there are 2 younger sisters.The huge living burden makes this family impoverished like most people in the town.Cage was forced to drop out of school at the age of 13 to help his mother work to support his younger siblings.I met an 89-year-old gypsy in my spare time.Cage often gave the old gypsy some fruit and some sugar.And the old gypsy also showed Cage some tricks.But the old gypsy found that Cage's talent was astonishing. Some simple tricks could be memorized after teaching Cage once.So the old gypsy accepted Cage as his disciple.Taught Cage many magic tricks.A few years later the old gypsy died.And Cage also became a well-known local juggler.

When Cage was 18, there was a circus performing locally.Cage went to find the circus and applied to the circus manager to join the circus.When the manager of the circus performed a few tricks performed by Cage, he immediately made a decision to let Cage join the circus.And pay Cage a sum of money as a commission.Cage gave most of the money to his mother, and then left Sicily with the circus.

In this way, Cage toured around Europe with the circus.

Every time Cage went to a new place, he would ask if there were any magicians in the area, and discuss the skills with the local magicians.Slowly Cage's magic is becoming more and more popular.But Cage was not satisfied, his dream was to become the greatest magician in the world.But as the level got higher and higher, Cage found that he could no longer make new creations.Cage was deeply troubled after each performance that remained the same.

After finally performing in Rome, Cage could no longer bear this kind of life.Resolutely signed up to join the Italian African Army.

At the beginning of recruit training, Cage quickly mastered various military skills with the quick response and sensitive hands of a magician.The training results are impressive, and demonstrating some small tricks for his comrades in his spare time also won the favor of most of his comrades.

But when it came time to assign, the bureaucratic chief assigned Cage to the logistics and fed him to the military horses when he had worked in the circus before Cage.Poor Cage became a groom for the horses.

Nesta, the guy who manages the military supplies, is a greedy guy. Not only did he embezzle supplies, but he also embezzled the salaries of his subordinates.But Nesta is the brother-in-law of an official of the Italian Ministry of the Interior.The upper echelons of the army turned a blind eye to this guy.

Cage's years of touring also brought in a lot of money.Apart from the part given to my mother, I also have a lot of money around me.

So Cage doesn't particularly care about more money and less money.But Nesta didn't know what illness he was suffering from, and kept making trouble for Cage every day.It turned out that this guy had always been jealous of Cage's popularity.There is no way Cage is popular. Not only does he often perform some small magic tricks for everyone to appreciate, but he also takes out money to help his colleagues when others are in trouble.This made Nesta mistakenly think that Cage stole military supplies to sell for money.Why, it turns out that soldiers who have just joined the army are not allowed to carry a lot of money and personal items.But this rule didn't work for Cage at all.It's all too easy for a seasoned magician to hide money and things on his person.For Cage, he could do it with his eyes closed.

Nesta is a greedy guy, but that doesn't mean he tolerates greed in others.

When Cage was working, this guy rummaged through all of Cage's items.In the end, they still couldn't find a single lira, and in a fit of frustration, they tore up a photo of Cage's family.When Cage came back, he found that the fragments of the photo had been blown away by the wind.Cage was furious when he saw that his sister's head portrait and half of his father's body were missing.

Cage was really angry.

One night, when everyone in the barracks was half asleep, Cage sneaked into Nesta's house.The anesthetic used to anesthetize animals in circuses was poured onto the towel, and with gentle movements, the towel was placed over Nesta's face.As a result, Nesta was anesthetized directly in his sleep.After a few minutes, Cage touched Nesta lightly, but Nesta didn't respond at all.Cage picked up Nesta, opened the door to escape the patrolling sentries, and carried Nesta to the door of the medicine store in the dark.Cage took out a pin-like object from his body with one hand and inserted it into the door lock.With a slight shaking of the hand, the door opened with a slight click.I saw Cage softly half prostrate on the ground, supporting Nesta on his back with one hand, and slowly moving the other hand and two feet.At this time, the guard on duty at the outer ear door of the medicine store was lying on the table with a book, and he didn't notice Cage slipping past his table at all.

Cage climbed through the ear room outside the medicine storehouse and entered the inside of the medicine storehouse.Then open a long special gun box and take out its gun.Go over a scale and pass the weight of the cannon.Cage took out a roll of thin hemp rope that had been prepared and tied Nesta carefully from head to toe.There are only two places for the nose to breathe on the head, and enough space for the chest to rise and fall.After finishing, the whole Nesta is like a work of art.From top to bottom, there is no knot, no joint, just as perfect as a Mobius circle.It is estimated that this craftsmanship will make the sm masters of the island countries in later generations envious.Cage weighed Nesta again, put Nesta into the gun case, and added some padding to fix Nesta and the gun case around, so that Nesta could do nothing but breathe in the box Can't do it.Finally, some counterweights were added to make the Nesta box equal in weight to the other boxes.Sprinkle a long strip of paper scraps evenly inside.Covered the box.Drilled a few small holes for ventilation in the corner of the box.

Cage put the cannon he took out of the box into some rework piles far away from the cannon box, and finally took a rag to wipe off his own footprints and left the medicine store.

Nesta was not spotted until four days later when artillery units were firing their cannon.

When Nesta was sent to the field hospital, he could not be called a human being at all.Not even a ray of sunlight can be seen, and where there are any boxes and cabinets, it becomes Nesta's new residence.The doctor had no choice but to issue a certificate to send Nesta back to Italy.

But Cage was sentenced for the crime of hurting the chief.

Facing prison life, Cage did not show a look of despair.Nor did he hang out with other prisoners in a dissolute manner.Calm, extreme calm.After most people in this camp knew about Cage's deeds, they all avoided this calm and somewhat scary guy.There are also blind guys who have gone to trouble with Cage, but every time Cage has been repaired, these guys have problems the next day.Either he choked to death suddenly while eating, or his whole body was covered with asphalt while sleeping.

Cage thus became a special existence here.Even the German soldiers guarding here were unwilling to provoke Cage.Cage is one thing every day to study magic.Cage also often performed in public.Even the naked performance made everyone put forward various demands to increase the difficulty of magic.Once, he also claimed to go to the pyramids of Egypt to perform and make the pyramids of Egypt disappear.

The guards of this military control camp are all German soldiers, because the Italian military police are simply mud that cannot be pasted on the wall.In their eyes, money and life are more important than anything else.No discipline, no bravery, it doesn't matter.There are also some German soldiers among the prisoners of the North African Allied Forces.However, the Germans are already proud and arrogant, and they will not obey the Italians at all.

After Germany's defeat in World War I, it had an army of only 15 for nearly 10 years.And these 10 troops are basically non-commissioned officers, and they have never forgotten the pain and humiliation of defeat.Basically, everyone is working hard, living their lives without food, and trying their best.Therefore, it can be said that the German Army in World War II had the best military discipline in the world, and its combat effectiveness was also the strongest.But combat power alone is not omnipotent. The shortage of manpower and resources eventually became the most fundamental reason for Germany's defeat.