On the speeding sleigh, Konon's moans became weaker and weaker, and the gauze covering his eyes became more and more red.
At this time, heavy snow fell overhead again, and even the biting northeast wind became more and more violent, as if it would not stop until all the animal skin blankets were blown away by everyone.
However, this strong wind also has a good side. At least running with the wind saved the two reindeer a lot of energy, and the sleigh pulled by them became faster and faster.
However, all this was nothing to Markla who was driving. His focus at this time was entirely on the rut he had been chasing, which passed through the forest. Passing through a frozen lake, we finally entered a leeward winding canyon.
As the sleigh moved forward, the mountain walls on both sides of the canyon became higher and higher, the area of snow accumulated on them became larger and larger, and the ruts they were chasing became deeper and deeper. It's becoming clearer.
The three people who were still awake on the sleigh all became nervous. Karl was nervous about the avalanches that could happen at any time on the mountain walls on both sides, and Wei Ran was nervous about whether there would be conflicts and firefights after catching up with the Germans. As for Markla, he was nervous not only about these two points, but also about Konon who might die at any time.
"Pa!"
Markra shook the reins and slapped the two reindeer's fat buttocks hard. Under the sudden and severe pain, the two reindeer had been running for a long time. Speeded up again.
Finally, when they turned a corner in the canyon, they finally vaguely saw a half-track armored ambulance.
"Give me Conon's gun and ID, and hide his old notebook as well." Markla said while controlling the reindeer to slow down.
When Wei Ran heard this, he immediately took out his gun and ID from Konon and handed them to Markla. He then hung the camera around his neck with peace of mind, and The plastic notebook with Pravda written on it was thrown out of the sled without any pressure.
Almost at the same time that he finished his work, the sleigh slowly stopped under the muzzle of a middle-aged doctor in a white coat and a young soldier's submachine gun.
Markra glanced at the big rock that hit the hood of the half-track armored ambulance and asked with a normal expression, "My friend, do you need our help?"
< p>"Friend?"The middle-aged doctor looked at Markla sarcastically and said sarcastically in proficient Finnish, "Then what are you going to do with this friend who has betrayed our friendship?" Help me? Give us a shot with the anti-tank gun on your sled?"
Makra said as if he didn't see the submachine gun in the opponent's hand, "What if? I wanted to do that, dozens of kilometers away, instead of following you all this way." "You have been following us?" The middle-aged doctor frowned.
"I have been following you since Rociniva"
Makla said truthfully, "Originally I thought you would enter the Swedish base in Muonio, but I didn't expect you to go northwest. Here we come.”
“Why are you following us?” the middle-aged doctor asked seriously.
Markla spread his hands, "It's better than the Soviets following you, isn't it? We may not be friends anymore, but at least we're not enemies."
"Not really. "Enemies?" The middle-aged doctor pointed to the ambulance behind him, "If we are not considered enemies, how can we explain the wounded?"
Markla sighed, "I don't know. I don’t know why it suddenly became like this.”
The middle-aged doctor was stunned when he heard this. After a moment of silence, he finally put down the submachine gun in his hand and said lonelyly, “You made the right choice, quit as soon as possible. This war is the wisest choice."
In the canyon with howling cold wind and heavy snow, the young soldier standing behind the middle-aged doctor finally slowly lowered the muzzle of his submachine gun.
"Sir, can you help us see the injuries of our companions?" Karl asked, breaking the silence.
The middle-aged doctor glanced at Karl, who looked anxious, and finally walked to the side of the sleigh, reached out and untied the gauze on Konon's face.
"Where was the injury?" the middle-aged doctor asked with a frown.
"Behind you," Markla said without any concealment, "my companion was overly curious and opened the door of the half-track armored vehicle."
Middle-aged doctor Hearing this, he straightened up and said, "There is not much danger in the short term, but his eyeball needs to be removed, otherwise the other eye may also be blind. But you have also seen the current situation. There is something wrong with our ambulance. I You can't operate on him in a place like this."
"Can he still be active?" Wei Ran asked in proficient German.
“Do you speak German?” The middle-aged doctor looked at Wei Ran curiously.
Wei Ran smiled and said, "I studied for a while with a doctor named Rocky near the Moltke Bridge in Berlin."
The middle-aged doctor heard this. His attitude improved a lot, and he reached out his hand and said, "I am Jason, the doctor of the 6th Medical Company, and the young man next to me is Flory, the ambulance driver in charge of me."
"Victor"
Wei Ran shook hands with the other party, and introduced Makara, his son Karl, and Konon, who was in a coma, to the other party. Of course, Konon at this time was also from the Civil Guard.
"Dr. Jason, if..."
Markla paused here, and then continued, "If you are still willing to believe us, I know a place where you can To temporarily avoid the possible Soviet troops around and the upcoming blizzard." "Blizzard?" Dr. Jason frowned, but there were still several people lying in the ambulance behind him. Where are the wounded?
Markla looked at the heavy snow that was carried by the strong wind, and said worriedly, "The blizzard is coming soon, but what is more terrifying than the blizzard is that an avalanche may occur in this canyon at any time."< /p>
Seeing that Dr. Jason was still hesitant, Wei Ran took the initiative and asked the young soldier next to him, "Flory, can your ambulance still be used?"
Flory shook his head, "The engine was damaged when we fell down the mountain just now. Before you guys came, we were trying to figure out how to dismantle the ambulance compartment and see if we could turn it into a sled."
Wei Ran turned to look at Dr. Jason, "You have the treatment technology we need, and we have the sleigh you need. At least before the Soviets surround us, how about we all give each other some trust?"< /p>
Dr. Jason glanced at Conon lying in the sleigh, then looked back at the wounded in the ambulance, and finally gritted his teeth and asked, "Where are we going?"
Markla immediately replied, "There is a fork in the road about two kilometers ahead. We followed the fork into another canyon. At the end of the canyon there is a hunter's cabin that is secluded enough. No one usually goes there. When hunting wolves, there will be hunters hiding there."
"When we get to the hunter's cabin, I will perform surgery on your companions."
Doctor Jason finished. After falling, Karl, who looked anxious, immediately said, "Then quickly put all the injured people in the ambulance onto the sled!"
"Put all other useful supplies on the sleigh!" !" Markla added, calling her son and walking towards the ambulance door.
When the young soldier Flori saw that Dr. Jason had also gone to help, he immediately slung his submachine gun on his shoulder and chased after Wei Ran in no particular order.
With everyone's busy work, a total of five wounded people, along with some blankets, gasoline and medical supplies, were all put on the sleigh.
“Are these the only people?” Markla checked with Jason one last time, but while speaking, she was already calling the reindeer to take steps.
“There are only so many.”
Jason, who was holding the sleigh on foot, replied, “The self-propelled anti-aircraft gun that escorted us not long ago hit a mine, and two people died. There are only so many people left now."
Compared with the few people who were paying attention to the casualties, Wei Ran's attention was focused on the wounded sitting or lying on the sleigh.
Except Konon who was unconscious, two of the other five wounded Germans had their faces covered with bandages, one had an abdominal injury and could only lie down, and had a dark blue scarf wrapped around his head. A pair of eyes were exposed. There is also one whose left leg has been amputated from the knee down, and the neck of the last one is tightly wrapped in gauze.
After careful identification, Wei Ran did not reveal anything about the other two. The target of this trip, Yannick, was found among the wounded in the face.
Finally, I glanced at the three people whose faces I couldn’t see clearly."Wounded," Wei Ran secretly pondered as he followed, guessing whether there was Yannick among the three of them, and if so, which one was him. If not, when will he appear?
Before Wei Ran could figure out the result, the heavily overloaded sleigh had already turned into a fork in the canyon, dragged hard by the two reindeer.
This deep canyon is even more terrifying than the one just now. The rock walls on both sides are almost straight up and down, and the snow attached to the top more than ten meters high seems to be rolling down at any time.
Under Karl's low-pitched reminder, everyone removed the magazines of their respective weapons and emptied the bullets in the chambers to prevent the sudden discharge of gunfire from triggering avalanches on the rock walls on both sides.
After arduously advancing for about a kilometer or two along this winding canyon, the terrain began to slowly rise, and the snow under our feet became deeper and deeper. If everyone wasn't wearing snowshoes or skis, most of their legs would be stuck in it. Even the two reindeer, their bellies had already touched the snow on the ground at this time, and this seemingly endless uphill road made their progress more and more difficult.
"The hunter's cabin is just above this slope."
Makla pulled the reindeer and whispered, "Let my son Carl and my companions stay here, How about I send a few wounded people and Flory up, and then come down to pick you up?"
Doctor Jason nodded without thinking, waving to Flory to help help a few lightly wounded people. Come down and help reduce the weight of the sled.
"Leave this big guy behind too?" Flory lifted up the rabbit skin blanket covering the anti-tank gun and asked Wei Ran in German.
"Stay here for now, it's still useful."
Under Weiran's translation, Markla pointed to the top of his head and said, "If by any chance someone chases you along this road, Come up, it can at least trigger an avalanche above us."
Jason waved his hand, "Take it with you, go faster!"
Markla immediately shook when he heard this. The reins in his hands signaled the reindeer to pull the much reduced sleigh up the slope.
After the sleigh and the two hard-working reindeer went back and forth, everyone finally left this scary canyon and hid in a coniferous forest in the center of the mountain range. On the small high ground of the parcel, they successfully found a log cabin inside which was not too big but was enough to accommodate everyone.