On the evening of April 27, the night before the Soviet Red Army arrived at the Moltke Bridge, Wei Ran and others who were hiding at the end of the alley were finally free.
Although the firefight across the river became increasingly clear, the wounded who were brought here were gone. Taking advantage of this rare moment, the four young soldiers who were left to help seized the moment, under the command and leadership of Marco and Wei Ran. Carry everything that can be moved from the collapsed clinic to the entrance of the alley, and raise the ruins there as high as possible.
As for the wounded around the tent, except for a few dozen elderly people and children who were seriously injured, the rest had been sent to a movie theater not far away by the four soldiers. Even the corpses whose treatment failed were carried as far away as possible.
As night fell, the four soldiers who had finished their work carried the hastily prepared food and left the clinic under the leadership of Hans and Marco. A cinema separated by ruins of two buildings.
More than an hour later, Father Hans came back with Marco and refused to take a break to help Dr. Lodge and Wei Yan examine the seriously injured people they had left behind.
"Two more died"
Doctor Lodge sighed, motioned Wei Ran and Marco to carry away the bodies of the two old men, and then sat down On the wooden box not far away.
“The situation is not very good”
Dad Hans gave the former a cigarette, and after he lit it, he continued, “Marco and I just went to the river While looking around, the Soviets will attack soon. Maybe they will occupy this place after dawn."
Dr. Rocky looked in the direction of the ruins of the clinic and said absently, "No wonder. No wounded have been sent."
Dad Hans sighed and asked in a low voice, "Were they always down there?"
"Before you came, every morning. From two o'clock to three o'clock, they can come out for a walk. After you came, they never came out again."
Doctor Rocky explained in a calm tone, "But it will be soon, as long as it is." If they keep persisting, maybe they can see the sunshine after the Soviets occupy this place."
"I hope..."
Dad Hans meets Wei. Ran and Marco had already returned, and they lowered their voices and finally said, "Let them come out for a walk at night. Those two young men are trustworthy."
Doctor Lodge glanced at Wei Ran and Wei Ran, who were arm-in-arm. Marco, in the end, nodded slightly, agreeing with the former's suggestion.
Amidst the deafening sound of artillery and bombing that was almost within reach, the dark alley seemed to be the only safe place in this war.
In the tent that barely blocked out the moisture and mosquitoes, Mario, who had an injured butt, and Maura, a bald Jewish girl, were lying on either side of the little nurse, quietly listening to her telling Grimm's fairy tales.
When the little nurse, who was wearing a mask from beginning to end, softly finished speaking "Puss in Boots"”, Mario was already asleep, but the little girl Maura on the other side said softly with tears in her eyes, "I miss my mother. She used to tell me Grimm's Fairy Tales every night..."
< p>The little nurse who was about to get up and leave was stunned, walked to Maura's bedside, knelt on the wet ground, and gently wiped away the tears from the corners of Maura's eyes, "I will give it to you every night from now on. Telling Grimm's Fairy Tales, I will be your mother from now on.""I...can you take off the mask?" Maura said carefully, "I want to see you."
Hearing this, the little nurse hesitated for a moment, looked back at the tent door, and then at Mario who was sleeping soundly. After hesitating for a moment, he carefully took off the mask that covered most of his face. A young face was revealed in the red night.
But this pretty face was covered with large rashes and traces of flea bites.
Seeing that Maura seemed to be startled, the little nurse smiled bitterly and picked up the mask she had just taken off. Unexpectedly, Maura suddenly came over and kissed her cheek gently. By the way, the remaining tears were left on her face.
Feeling the pain of tears flowing over the scratched wounds on her face, the little nurse gently held Maura in her arms, and casually heard the sensible little girl whisper, "I used to hide on the sofa, and every time I was bitten by a flea, my mother would kiss me. From now on... you will be my mother."
"Yeah!" The little nurse said He raised his neck and tried not to let tears fall.
"Will you come out tomorrow...will you still come out tomorrow?" Maura asked secretly, "I saw you and another...another mother coming out of the bathroom yesterday..."< /p>
"It's me, and it will still be me tomorrow." The little nurse hugged the little girl tightly in her arms, and let the strength she had endured for a long time turn into tears and fall on Maura's cheek.
"Mom...Mom...will we die?" Maura hugged the little nurse tightly and asked, raising her neck.
"No, you won't die, no one will die." The little nurse explained hurriedly, "Only those who participated in the war will die."
"Mali Will O die?" Maura continued, "And Brother Marco." "Do you want them to die?" the little nurse asked, wiping her tears.
“No hope”
Mora imitated the little nurse and wiped her tears with her dirty little hands, “Although Mario is a fool, he is a fool in the house. When he was gone, he pushed me under the bed and Brother Marco. I knew he lied to that idiot to save me."
"Do you hate them?" the little nurse continued to ask. .
"Don't hate" Mora shook her head again, "Mario told me that his parents are also dead, so he is not much better than me."
"If you don't hate, just Okay..." The little nurse patted Maura's back gently, put her to sleep, and then againWearing a thick mask, her beautiful eyes looked particularly strong at this time.
Amidst the noisy and fierce exchange of fire, time passed by minute by second. After Marco, who was on night duty, woke up Wei Ran, Father Hans and Dr. Lodge also opened their eyes one after another.
"Let them come out and move around." Father Hans whispered.
Dr. Lodge nodded and gently knocked on the canvas curtain of the tent. Soon after, the little nurse also came out.
"Leni, let them come up and let them relax." Dr. Lodge whispered.
The little nurse looked at Father Hans, Wei Ran and Marco standing behind Dr. Lodge in surprise. After hesitating for a moment, he nodded, turned around and got into the ruins of the clinic.
Not long after, children and women wearing hospital gowns or nurse uniforms carefully walked out of the ruins under the leadership of the little nurse, opening their mouths and breathing in the smell of gunpowder smoke. of air.
The condition of these children and women who have been hiding in the basement for a long time is not very good. Many of their bodies are covered with eczema. Although the hospital gowns on their bodies are relatively clean, there is a sense of discomfort. It smells bad.
"How big is your basement?" Father Hans asked with a frown.
“It was expanded several times in the middle,” Dr. Lodge said bitterly. “Even so, it’s just barely enough for them to lie down.”
“I don’t think we need to let them go down. ”
Wei Ran couldn’t help but say, strictly speaking, it is already April 28th. To be more precise, at eight o’clock tonight, the Soviets will seize the Moltke Bridge. At this time, the surrounding German soldiers no longer cared about the Jews.
"Wait a little longer"
Professor Rocky shook his head and said cautiously, "I have persisted for such a long time, and we cannot have any accidents in the last few days."
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"At least let them take a shower and change into some clean clothes." Father Hans said here and turned to look at Marco, "Go and take your idiot brother out of the tent and give it to these children and Girl. Nurse Leni, do you still have the boiling water during the day?"
"Also"
The little nurse quickly pointed to the bucket not far away, "It's all boiled. Yes, but if you use it, you will have to boil water again to clean the gauze after dawn."
"Let them take a bath first"
Dad Hans. Seeing that Marco and the little nurse had taken the sleeping Mario and Mora out of the tent and placed them on the simple hospital bed, Hassan immediately whispered, "Marco, go and guard the entrance of the alley. No matter who comes over, Shoot. Nurse Leni, you and I will find some medicine and clean clothes for them. Victor, you and Rocky go to the basement and try to kill the fleas in there."
Rocky hesitated for a moment after hearing this, and finally nodded. Only then did the children and women who had been listening to their conversation look at each other excitedly, each carrying a smallTong Shui got into the tent which was not that big.
While they were bathing inside, Father Hans took the little nurse to look for clean clothes, blankets and ointment to treat eczema in the supply box, while Wei Ran, under the leadership of Dr. Lodge, Taking insecticide and disinfectant, he got into the bathroom in the ruins and got into the hole under the bathtub.
Before his feet even touched the ground, Wei Ran could smell the unignorable smell of feces and the rising tide of moisture.
After his feet touched the ground, he could see the whole picture of this pitiful basement with the help of a flashlight.
In a basement of less than 20 square meters, the distance between the ceiling and the floor is only two meters. When walking around, be careful to avoid the kerosene lamp hanging in the middle.
On the surrounding cement walls, three layers of folding beds made of wooden boards and iron chains were placed like cells. In the gap between the bottom bed board and the floor, there are wooden boxes.
Some of these boxes contain bottles of kerosene, some contain sheets or hospital gowns waiting to be mended, and some contain uneaten bread and fish, but most of them are Some ointments for eczema.
At this moment, Dr. Lodge lifted up a wool blanket hanging on the wall, revealing a one-meter-square hole.
The light of the flashlight shines through this narrow hole, and you can see a compartment made of bricks. This compartment is not big, and there are only a few boxes with lids inside. Just a tin bucket. And that unpleasant smell wafted out from here.
On the opposite side of the hole, there was a vent equipped with a hand-operated exhaust fan. However, when the flashlight beam shone through, a mouse ran along the vent and disappeared.
"They persisted in this environment for four years?" Wei Ran asked in disbelief.
"At least you're alive, right?"
Doctor Lodge took out the bucket of excrement and urine in a natural manner, suppressing his emotions and said, "This place was originally prepared for my wife. But she was taken away before she could use it, and I haven't seen her since."
Wei Ran was stunned, "Sorry..."
"It's not you who should say sorry." Dr. Lodge stopped and said without looking back, "I should say thank you to you."