It is still the forest shrouded in mist and night, and it is still the five lone troops, including Wei Ran, who are far away from their own positions. If the only difference is that the draft horse that followed them to death finally finally No more pulling a sledge. But correspondingly, the supplies they carried were already very few.
At the same time that the five of them set off to find another German artillery position, near the second shack they abandoned, there was a middle-aged German soldier with a sniper rifle under his arm. The lead wires fixed to the wooden door of the shack were removed.
Behind him, there was a young soldier with a submachine gun in one hand and a wolfdog in the other, who was casually lighting a cigarette for himself.
After the middle-aged soldier took out a small piece of blood-stained gauze from the shack and handed it to him, the young soldier immediately put it to the nose of the wolfdog.
Soon, the wolfdog twitched its big wet nose and chased the two of them in one direction.
"It seems we have met a professional hunter"
The middle-aged sniper in the lead used his toes to gently pull away a small piece of pine needles on the ground, and took a look at what was hidden underneath. After thinking for a moment, he continued, "You walk behind me and don't let it get hurt."
"I got it." The young soldier flicked the cigarette butt away and pulled the excited wolf-dog away. Slower.
The nose of the middle-aged sniper walking in front seemed to be better than that of the wolfdog. Along the way, the traces covered by Wei Ran and Danila were almost invisible. Soon, they found the location where Wei Ran and others separated from Qiao Ya in the night.
"What next?" the young soldier asked.
The middle-aged sniper shined his flashlight on the remaining footprints on the ground and said, "Look at this boot print."
"Are these our people?" The young soldier frowned, "No, the short boots worn by the patrol are the prints of the long boots."
The middle-aged sniper bent over, followed the footprints and took a few steps forward and said, "It seems we have caught a rat running from the opposite position."
"Could it be the Soviets? "The artillery observers?" the young soldier asked, "the group who commanded the artillery to blow up our artillery position during the day."
"Maybe it was them."
This one. The young soldier stood up and thought for a moment and said, "The general direction they are heading towards is our other artillery position. Let's go and catch up."
"Is the other side ignored?" The young soldier shook his head. He asked, shaking the blood-stained gauze in his hand.
"The wounded take up more resources than the dead. Leave it to them. Let's move faster." Before the middle-aged sniper finished speaking, he had already taken steps to catch up.
After the young soldier let the wolf dog sniff the remaining horse hoof prints on the ground, he was immediately pulled by it to speed up.
At the same time, Wei Ran and others, who were also rushing in the night and fog, did not know that there were more people following them behind them. At this time, they were still helping Andre with the same problem - where was the other German artillery position.
"According to the requirements you just mentioned, there are only four places I can think of at the moment."
Reveree took a bite of boiled potatoes and said vaguely, " The nearest one was a village occupied by the Germans a few months ago. Most of the people in that village were lumberjacks who made a living from wood. "
"Tell me about the situation there," Andre asked. road.
“I haven’t been there for a long time.”
Revli spit out a piece of potato peel and explained, “I heard from Joya that apart from those who escaped, the rest of the village Most of them were either dead or captured by the Germans. Of course, some of them joined the guerrillas, but I haven’t been there for a long time. I don’t know the specific situation there now.”
Andre and Daniela looked at each other and asked, "Do you know the road?"
"Yes, of course I do!" Revry raised his finger and pointed to the right. , "As long as we keep walking in this direction, we will definitely get there before dawn."
Andre gritted his teeth, "In this case, let's go to that village and have a look."
< p>"Danila, Andre."At this moment, Nurse Lano suddenly spoke and stopped the two of them, "Do you still remember what we saw when we crossed the railway line? "That train."
"Remember, what happened?" Daniela asked strangely.
"You must also remember that there were a lot of artillery on that train."
Nurse Lano said thoughtfully, "Later, we waited at that artillery position for a long time. Germany Talent transported those cannons there, but it's not far from the railway line, isn't it?"
"You mean..."
Rano nodded, "I was thinking. , is it possible that the artillery being transported on the train we saw at that time was the one we are looking for now, not the ones we blew up before?"
"What does it mean if it is? Revry asked in confusion.
"Reveli, how far is the village you just mentioned from the railway line?" Wei Ran, who had been silent just now, asked.
"Some distance"
Refrie simply stopped, and after some calculations he replied, "I used to drive a carriage from that village to the railway line, and it would take about a long walk. A whole day."
"Is that part of the road easy to walk?" Wei Ran continued to ask.
“It’s not easy to walk”
Revli unscrewed the kettle and took a big gulp of cold water. “That road is only easier to walk when it’s frozen in winter. Other times it’s like a pond. There are mud pits on the side, and there is a wooden bridge halfway up. If there is heavy rain in summer, it will definitely be washed away. "
"It seems it's not that village..." Andre asked, "Tell me about the other three places."
"The other one was burned by a forest fire the summer before last. There was an open space that was surrounded by forests on three sides, but I only knew the location and had never been there, but it was said that it was not far from the railway line. When the forest fire broke out, I remember people around me saying that even the railway line was almost affected. "What about the other two places?" Daniela asked.
“The remaining two places are left by logging camps. Both locations are on the edge of the forest, but one is on the west side of the forest and the other is on the east side of the forest. However, they both have access. The logging road toward the railway line."
Reverie raised his hand and pointed straight ahead, "But no matter where we go, we have to keep going for a long time."
Andre sighed worriedly, "Then let's keep going forward."
Revely looked at the sky above his head and the increasingly heavy fog, and bent down to pick up a cup of Chaohu. He broke off the branches with a thick wooden stick, then lit the kerosene lamp that had been hanging on the horse's back, and walked in front with the wooden stick carried horizontally.
This kerosene lamp, which is far less bright than a flashlight, is their only tool for traveling at night, and its weak light is more concealed, but even so, Revry is still a sniper in Danila. At his suggestion, he carried it with a wooden stick to avoid being hit in the body by the Germans when they fired at the kerosene lamp from a distance.
"Should we find a place to take a rest?" Revry, who was walking in front, asked in a low voice. He had already heard Nurse Lanno's heavy breathing and heavy footsteps.
At the end of the day, they barely had time to stay, and they even had to eat while walking.
Dannila glanced at Nurse Lano, who was holding her hand, and then at Andre behind them. She gritted her teeth and replied, "Keep walking."
“Let’s take a rest.”
Andre sighed and said, “Let’s find a dry and secluded place to rest for an hour, and light a bonfire to keep our bodies warm. Let’s eat something. Those German cans that were seized before are good, and it’s time to take out the vodka that the nurse kept.”
Danila looked at the sweating nurse Llano next to her, and looked to her right. Andre, who nodded slightly towards himself, finally agreed to his suggestion.
Soon, Revry led them to find two thick pine trees growing side by side. Everyone picked up some dead branches from nearby, and after digging a pit with a diameter of half a meter in the ground, A bonfire was lit, and their cloaks were placed around them, barely blocking the light of the bonfire.
"I guess you guys don't mind if I bake the foot wraps, right?"
As he spoke, Postman Reverie had already taken off the German commander he had received before departure. He took off his boots and spread the smelly foot-binding cloth beside the bonfire.
Since there was a leader, the others naturally stopped being polite. Soon, the sides of the bonfire were filled with eye-catching foot-binding cloths. At the same time, several open tin cans were placed on the charcoal fire. , even the draft horse was leisurely nibbling on the weeds everywhere.
"I remember you are getting married?" Andre asked Daniela after taking a sip of vodka.
"If we go back this time, we will be ready to get married." Daniela hugged Nurse Lano and said.
"Ready for the ring?" Andre continued to ask.
"This..." Daniela shook her head, "I found two similar ones from the Germans and made them smaller."
" Put it on for me now." Nurse Lano stretched out her left hand as she spoke, "While there is still a chance."
"This is a time worth witnessing." Andre said from his pocket. He took out a piece of melted chocolate and stuffed it into his mouth. This thing was given to him by Wei Ran.
Danila was stunned, shook her head helplessly, took off a leather rope from her neck, took off the two ordinary rings worn inside, and put one of them on Nurse Llano's hands.
At the same time, Wei Ran also took out his camera and pressed the shutter button, "Although I don't know if the light from the campfire can take this photo, but when we go back, I will help you make up for it." "It's a one-time shot."
"It's my turn now"
Nurse Lano took another ring with Daniella's question, and under the cover of the constantly beating bonfire, He put it on the latter's finger and paused for a moment, carefully giving Wei Ran a chance to take pictures.
"You are the most generous reporter I have ever seen."
Andre leaned against the pine tree behind him and joked, "The other reporters in my impression, their shutters It’s like the detonator of a bomb, and I can’t bear to press it easily.”
“Victor is indeed the most generous reporter,” Revery said, taking up the topic. “I heard that he gave it to Valian. All the soldiers under the command of Captain Jing took a photo. "
"The artist gave me a lot of film, otherwise I would be as cautious as pressing the detonator switch."
Wei Ran said and raised the camera again, "Well, as guests witnessing this wedding, how about we take a group photo?"
"Of course no problem!"
< p>The barefooted Andre and Refri immediately came to the side of Daniela and Nurse Llano. Even under Refri's greeting, even the draft horse came over to lie on the ground and pulled it over. The long, slender face stretched between Danila and Nurse Llano, and its thick lips were raised humanly, revealing teeth mixed with grass leaves.A strange photo with a horse face mixed in was taken across the bonfire, and the canned meat placed on the bonfire had begun to bubble.
Everyone who had just baked the foot-binding cloths didn’t even think of washing their hands. They each took it from their own dry food bags.I took out my spoon or fork and started eating my first hot meal in many days.
"But instead of worrying about insufficient battery, I can actually use the wireless station to receive a signal and play a piece of music for you."
Andre looked at the radio with some regret. On the radio station nearby, "Your wedding is too simple."
"Our wedding hasn't started yet, we just put on the ring in advance." Daniela explained in a dumbfounded way. But at the same time, everyone present knew that the so-called wedding of the two of them had actually become one of their beliefs in returning alive.
Using the topic of the wedding, everyone not only filled their stomachs with oil-rich cans and toasted brown bread, but also drank less than four points of the pot of vodka. one.
And this short rest also allowed them to completely refresh themselves. As for the lack of sleep these days, I can only look for opportunities to talk about it.
The feet were re-wrapped with the warm and smelly foot wrapping cloth, and they each put on the same dried German leather boots. Revry used a shovel to randomly pull the surrounding soil to cover the bonfire. , everyone who had had enough rest began to move towards an unknown destination again.
However, less than an hour after they left, a young German soldier, dragged by a wolfdog, found the still-warm bonfire mulch and the discarded tin cans around it. .
"It seems that there are only five people on the other side," the young soldier said, pointing at the remaining footprints around the remains of the campfire with a flashlight.
"We are almost catching up with them." The middle-aged soldier walking behind said while loading a bullet into the sniper rifle in his hand, "Speed up and try to deal with them before dawn. "
"Don't we take a break?" asked the young soldier holding the dog.
"Your dog doesn't feel tired, so what qualifications do you have to think that you need to rest?"
After the middle-aged sniper finished speaking, he took steps again.
"Leon, are you tired?"
The young soldier put his arms around the dog's neck and asked seriously, and then the dog helped him wash it with his big bright red tongue. Wash your face.
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