After resting for a few hours in the only intact chapel in Muonio, when Wei Ran and others woke up, Markla had already ordered a sleigh to pull back a reindeer from the forest outside the village. and a cart full of firewood.
At Konon’s urging, Markla and his son carefully broke the reindeer into pieces and buried them in the snow outside the church. Then they said goodbye to the old priest and followed the other party’s instructions. Chased him.
Until Muonio behind him was completely blocked by the coniferous forest, Markla said, "According to the old priest, before the two armored vehicles we were chasing arrived, Muonio It was burned down, but the two armored vehicles did not enter Sweden, but drove northwest. If nothing else, they probably wanted to enter Norway directly."
"There were two armored vehicles. ?" Wei Ran was the first to frown. It was difficult for the four of them to deal with one of them with just the few weapons they had. Now from one car to two, the four of them might not be enough to fill each other's teeth.
"There are indeed two vehicles."
Markla wrapped the bearskin blanket tightly around her body. "Based on the old priest's description, one of them should be carrying a quadruple anti-aircraft gun. A half-track armored vehicle and a half-track ambulance seemed to have two wounded people lying inside. "How many people are there in total?" Konon asked.
"About nine people"
Makla counted on his fingers, "According to the old priest, among these people there is a doctor, four wounded. Two drivers , There may only be two people with real combat effectiveness. Even if you include the two pilots and the doctor, there are only five people."
"Even if there are only five people, it is enough for them to operate the quadruple anti-aircraft gun. "
Karl, who was in charge of driving, took over, "Our sleds have no armor, and our anti-tank guns are no match for their anti-aircraft guns."
Speed. The advancing sleigh fell silent for a moment. Although the armored vehicle they were chasing had almost lost its combat effectiveness, it could still easily crush the four of them.
"Dad, we have chased this rut for at least a hundred kilometers since the last time we surrounded and annihilated their retreating troops. If the other party's car is really just wounded people, how about we Should we let them go?" Karl thought for a while and continued, "Anyway, Muonio was not burned by the wounded." Macra did not rush to answer his son's question, but turned his head. Look at Konon sitting opposite. The latter pondered for a moment and said stubbornly and resolutely, "At least we have to destroy that self-propelled anti-aircraft gun before we can go back!"
Makra waved his hand tiredly, "Let them run faster"
Karl glanced at Konon behind him, and in the end, without saying anything, he shook the reins vigorously and shouted at the reindeer to speed up.
In the snowy coniferous forest, the heavy snow that stopped not long ago covered most of the traces., but you can still vaguely see the ruts left by the half-track armored vehicles. Moreover, there are only a few trails in this forest, and it is difficult to lose them even if you want to.
However, when the reindeer chattered until the sky got brighter and the aurora above their heads completely disappeared, after the sleigh turned a corner, an armored vehicle suddenly appeared directly in front!
Karl, who was in charge of driving, reacted very quickly and pulled the reins hard, controlling the sled to spin in a circle and stop in an almost drifting manner. Before that, Konon, who was in charge of the alert, also woke up Weiran and Markla.
"Quad anti-aircraft guns," Carl whispered while comforting the two reindeer, "There seems to be a fire near the front of the car. They are probably in the car."
Mark La and Weiran each raised their telescopes, and then they saw a half-track armored vehicle diagonally cutting through the forest path and stopping in the middle of the road. The other side blocked by the front of the vehicle was indeed still steaming with flames, but But they didn't see anyone's shadow.
"Karl, turn around"
After Markla finished speaking, he opened the anti-tank gun covered with a rabbit skin blanket, and Karl also led the two reindeer slowly. Move and aim the tail of the sled at the half-track in the distance.
"Spin a little, okay, here it is."
When Markla, who was lying on the sled and aiming, signaled, Karl immediately took out two sticks from the sleigh. A wooden drill that was about one meter long, as thick as a wrist, passed through the iron rings at the ends of both sides of the sleigh and penetrated into the thick snow.
"Armor-piercing bullets," Markla continued to whisper, while vigorously shaking the crank on the right side of the anti-tank gun to open the bolt.
With a soft "click", the ejection window cover automatically popped open. Markla immediately shook the crank on the right side of the anti-tank gun in reverse while taking a huge shell handed over by Karl. box.
The moment the magazine was loaded into the chamber of the gun, the thick, retracted barrel jumped forward slightly to complete the loading action.
However, Markla did not shoot directly, but gave up the position to his son Karl, "I will go to the armored vehicle to take a look first. You guys wait here."
p>
"I'll go with you," Wei Ran said proactively.
"Let Mark and I go," Conon said while drawing the pistol from his waist.
"Let Konon follow me. His pistol has an advantage over your rifle at close range."
As he spoke, Markla loaded the submachine gun with bullets and raised his hand. Konon, who was holding a pistol, covered each other and cautiously walked toward the half-track armored vehicle blocking the road more than a hundred meters away.
Under the gaze of the telescope held by Weiran, the two men were getting closer and closer to the half-track armored vehicle. After they walked around the vehicle, Markla was even more direct. He put his submachine gun behind his back and waved at them. Conon, who was beside him, also put away his pistol, picked up his camera and walked around to the other side of the armored vehicle.
"Let's go there!" Wei Ran said as he put away his telescope.
After hearing this, Karl immediately skillfully removed the magazine of the anti-tank gun and took out the bullets in the chamber. When Wei Ran pulled out the wood drills on both sides of the rear of the sleigh, he immediately shouted to the reindeer. Ran over.
However, when the distance between the two sides was only twenty or thirty meters, there was a sudden explosion on the other side of the half-track armored vehicle! Then they heard Konon's screams!
"It's broken!" Wei Ran's heart sank. When Karl told the reindeer to stop, he immediately jumped out of the sleigh and rushed over!
When he walked around the half-track armored vehicle carrying a quadruple anti-aircraft gun, he saw at a glance that Markla, who had run over a step ahead, had hugged Conon, whose face was covered in blood!
"What's going on?" Wei Ran asked nervously.
Makra pointed to the opened right armored door of the half-track armored vehicle. In addition to a large amount of blood stains remaining in the cab, there was also thick smoke. The right tire under the door was still on fire, but on the inside of this tire, just below the front of the car, a big hole had been blown out of the thick snow, and the fire was leaking from the blown engine. The lubricant has stained it black.
Turning around to look at Konon, who was lying in Markla's arms, Weiran had already guessed that the half-track armored vehicle had probably hit a mine, and the engine and axle were damaged by the mine. After that, the car had to be abandoned, and the German soldiers who abandoned it installed a booby trap in the cab. It was obvious that Konon was the unlucky guy who got caught after he let his guard down.
After coming back to his senses, Wei Ran quickly helped Konon check his injuries. At this time, his face was covered with a large number of small wounds. The most serious wound was undoubtedly bleeding. Right eye.
Seeing this, Wei Ran frowned. If it was just a limb or even a bullet in the chest and abdomen, he would be sure to cure him, but the injury to his eyes happened before he had time to study at the Hongqi Forest Farm. Over the field! However, luckily among the misfortunes, maybe because of the resistance of the armored car door, at least Konon still had the strength to scream in pain for the time being. It was obvious that he would not die for a while.
"Do we have a first aid kit?" Wei Ran turned to Karl who was running over and asked.
"Yes! I'll get it!" Karl heard this and ran back to the sleigh, and soon retrieved a small bag that was not too big.
"Hold him down!"
As Wei Ran spoke, he took out a pair of tweezers from the first aid bag and roughly cleaned up the small wounds embedded in Konon's face. There were pieces of copper skin, but he didn't dare to do anything to his injured eye. It could only be temporarily wrapped with dressings and gauze.
"Markla, we must find a doctor who can treat eye injuries as soon as possible!"
Faced with Weiran's request, Markla frowned, "The one closest to here The hospital is at least 70 to 80 kilometers away, and he may not be able to hold on for that long."
"Dad, those Germans," Karl said without thinking, "didn't the old priest say there was a doctor among them?"
"Looking for them?" Markla hesitated.
"No, we can't find them" Konon tremblingly rejected Karl's proposal.
But the latter did not stop at all. While helping Wei Ran carry him into the sleigh, he said, "Remember? Last winter, I accidentally stepped on the animal trap, and they cured it for me. Yes, I believe they are still willing to help us."
"It's better than watching Kanon die of pain, isn't it?" Karl pointed to Kanon who had fainted, "Or you think he is. Can you hold on until we rush back to the hospital?"
Makra glanced at her son, then at Wei Ran, who looked calm, and finally gritted his teeth and sat at the front of the sleigh, shaking hard. Reins, the two reindeer ran and shouted loudly, "Sit tight!"
With Markla's shouts, the two reindeer pulled the sleigh into the coniferous forest on the edge of the trail, Following the track marks not far away, he sped up and caught up.
In the sleigh, Wei Ran used the wolfskin blanket wrapped around him to cover himself, and carefully took out the medical kit in the metal book, took out a few bottles of morphine and put them in his pocket. Then he immediately took it back into the book.
While Karl, who was sitting in front of him, was not paying attention, Wei Ran inserted one of the morphine into Konon's body to help him relieve the heartbreaking pain caused by his eye injury.