When the patrol set off again, the girl named Kolya finally got on the sledge with Slava's persuasion. During the rest of the patrol, after getting permission, the girl kept calling in a low voice to her separated brothers and sisters and the wife named Zhenia. The guerrillas, including Wei Ran, also searched more and more seriously for all the places along the way that looked like they could hide people.
However, when they searched to the edge of the forest again, the string of corpses hanging from the barrel of a T34 tank made Koliya sluggish.
"That's Mrs. Zhenya and her son"
Kolya struggled to jump off the sledge and ran out of the forest. Following closely, she Then he was grabbed tightly by two guerrillas.
"My younger brothers and sisters. Those two children are my younger brothers and sisters." Kolya knelt on the ground weakly, her eyes fixed on the two bodies hung at the front of the barrel. Young body.
Slava sighed and waved to the guerrillas behind him, who immediately pulled Kolya back onto the sledge, then simply turned around and walked towards the camp. .
Until Kolya’s desperate cries could no longer be heard in his ears, Slava tremblingly took out a pipe from his arms, shiveringly stuffed some tobacco into it, and then He struck a match with difficulty and lit it.
In the steaming light blue smoke, Slava looked at the tank only a dozen meters away outside the forest and said nothing for a long time. Wei Ran, who had been standing behind him from beginning to end, silently raised his camera, taking in the farmland outside the forest that was dyed golden by the sunset, the tank with the body hanging in it, and Slava, who was silent with his back turned to him. viewfinder frame.
When the shutter sounded, Slava shivered subconsciously, and then asked in a hoarse cigarette voice, "What's the use of taking these pictures?"
Wei Fangfang In front of the camera, he said hard-heartedly, "We must let future generations know what happened here and what the Germans did here."
"Ha"
Sla Wa snorted noncommittally and said suddenly after a moment, "In the summer, Shula and I were both members of the tank clan."
"That tank"
Wei Ran couldn't help but look at the tank with four corpses hanging from the barrel. On the turret of this tank, the propaganda slogan "For the Soviets" could still be vaguely seen, but now this sentence was written in red paint. The slogan has been covered with a conspicuous black swastika.
"I was the driver of the tank at the time, and Shula was its electromechanical operator."
Slava sat down slowly against a thick pine tree. "At the end of the Battle of Lyuban, we all failed. The traitor who betrayed the Bolsheviks and Stalin ordered us to destroy the tank and break out."
"So you destroyed that tank yourself" Weiran asked in astonishment.
“At that time, our tanks were filled with woundedComrade, when we fled here with the large army, there was a problem with the tank's gearbox, and later the engine couldn't start. "
After a moment of pause, Slava continued, "Our comrade commander ordered me to take Shula with us to escort the wounded to escape into the forest. But he and the loader stayed. They used the tank to hold back the pursuing enemies, buying us time to escape into the forest. "
"They"
"They are still in that tank, at least they don't have to worry about being eaten by crows or wild dogs, right?"
Slava said Here he showed a bleak smile, "I would rather stay with them at that time, even if I do nothing, just die with them, it is better than being a deserter, it is better than living to experience these things. "
"So living is more painful and difficult than dying. At least you didn't choose to escape but continued to fight, right? So from this point of view, you are as much a hero as the people in the tank. ”
Slava smiled bitterly and shook his head, “Are reporters so good at comforting people?”
“Maybe I have just seen too many tragedies”
Wei Ran took out the flask in the metal book and unscrewed it and took a sip of the gin that had been put in beforehand, then handed it to Slava, "Take a sip, this is my own inventory. ”
“It seems that you are a damn rich man.” Slava looked at the gold nugget on the lid of the wine bottle, raised his neck and took a sip.
Took Slava. After Lava handed the wine bottle, Wei Ran took one last look at the corpses hanging on the barrel, changed the subject and asked, "Tell me about the freight station you are planning to capture. "
Slava also took one last look at the very familiar tank outside the forest. He turned around and walked back while explaining, "The freight station is less than ten kilometers away from here. It used to be just a Just a small village. Because it was close enough to the railroad lines, the Germans turned it into a freight station.
Except for the Jews killed by the Germans and the survivors who escaped from there, the rest became slaves working for the freight station. In addition, there were about a hundred Germans and an armored train there. "
"Kelia also escaped from there," Wei Ran asked subconsciously.
"She should have escaped from the village opposite the railway, where they are also stationed. The Germans. "
Slava paused and continued, "But Ivan and his brother are the young man who was put on Alissa's plane when you first came here, and the The little guy named Sergey, the three of them are all from the village where the freight station is located. "
Wei Ran wisely did not continue to ask after hearing this. Just look at the collapsed Kolya. I am afraid that the experience of Ivan and his brother at that time will not be much better than hers.
He followed Slava back to the camp silently, and the whole day's patrol work came to an end. But what puzzled him was that until the sun went down, the old people began to distribute.At dinner, he didn't even see Kolya, who was sent back early. Instead, Shura, who he hadn't seen all day, walked into Slava's house with two middle-aged men wearing Soviet Red Army uniforms. shack.
What also puzzled him was more than that. When he woke up again the next morning, Ivan and his little friend Sergei were each carrying a Mosin Nagant rifle at the door. Waiting for him, even the boat cap was put on Ivan's head again.
"Victor, do you have any bullets?" Ivan asked in a low voice while showing off the Mosin-Nagant rifle assigned to him, "Five, no, two, only two." Bullets will do."
"Where did you get the rifle?" Wei Ran asked in surprise.
"Teacher Gianna sent it to us this morning"
While explaining, Sergey also made a gesture of aiming a gun, and at the same time he said: A "pop" sound dubbing.
"Teacher Gianna sent it to you"
Wei Ran looked around subconsciously, only to find that not only Ivan and Sergey, but also those picking wild fruits in the forest The old man washing mushrooms or the woman washing clothes also have rifles on their shoulders or in their hands.
"Gianna, what's going on?"
Wei Ran ignored Ivan who was pestering him for bullets, trotted up to Jaina who was packing her things and asked, "You plan to let these children, women and old people go with you to attack the German freight station"
"How is that possible"
Jaina shook her head and motioned to Wei Ran to sit aside. Then he explained, "Tonight we are going to take down the German freight station. During this period, the camp can only rely on these women and children, so at least they must have weapons for self-protection." "
"Tonight" Wei Ran was stunned, "It's so urgent"
Gianna opened her mouth, hesitated for a moment and then explained, "It's really urgent. We need to win as soon as possible." That freight station will not only replenish enough supplies for the three guerrillas, but also get the medicines we urgently need." "When exactly will we set off?" Wei Yan suppressed the uneasy question in his heart. road.
"After dinner"
Gianna gave a relatively accurate time, "You can have a good rest during the day today."
"They Have already set off for patrol?" Wei Ran asked again.
"Shura has already set off with some people." Jaina pointed to the distance, "But Uncle Slava is still there. You can go to his shack and ask."
"Then I'll ask him." After Wei Ran finished speaking, he walked towards the shack where Slava lived.
When he knocked on the door and explained his purpose, Uncle Slava also let him into the warm shack and explained with a smile, "Victor, don't worry, we just have to be responsible tonight." Just block the armored train and you don’t need to participate in the operation at the freight station."
"Fang."Can you tell me more specifically?" Wei Ran asked tentatively, "Of course, if you need to keep it secret, just pretend I didn't ask." ”
“Nothing needs to be kept secret”
Uncle Slava picked up a handful of pine nuts and laid out a winding curve on the table, and then made a curved line on the table. He piled three points with pine nuts on it, and then pointed to the middle point and explained, "Our task tonight is to wait for the armored train to support the train that was blocked by another guerrilla group, and then cut off its return railway. ”
“It’s just like this”
“This is also not an easy job”
Uncle Slava used a few pine nuts to line this winding curve A point was piled up on the other side, "This is the village where Kolya escaped yesterday. After we cut off the railway line, the Germans here are the most likely to support us. What we have to do is to defeat them under their offensive." Buy as much time as possible for both sides to fight. "
"What about these two points?" Wei Ran asked, pointing to the points piled with pine nuts at both ends of the curve.
"The point on the left represents ten kilometers. At the freight station outside, another guerrilla group with a far larger number than us will be responsible for attacking there. Their leader is called Antip. ”
Slava explained in detail, “The point on the right represents the location where the third guerrilla group stopped the train. There are forests on both sides of the railway there, and it is more than 30 kilometers away from the freight station. The best place to get your hands dirty. The leader of this guerrilla group is called Ofdey. Although they only have more than fifty people, they have two 45mm anti-tank guns. "
Slava paused for a moment, "This time everyone has a big appetite. We are going to take over the village across the railway and rescue all the people there. Antip and the others are going to After taking the freight station, Ofjei planned to keep the train. "
"But the danger is also very high"
Wei Ran couldn't help but remind him, "Three teams, three goals, once any one fails to complete the set goal, the other Both teams will probably be affected. ”
Slava nodded first, and then asked, “Think about it on the other hand, as long as any one of us completes the set goal, it will be considered a success, right?”
< p>"Well, it's not wrong to think so. "Wei Ran hesitated for a moment, but finally did not express his inner speculation.Slava smiled, "Okay, Comrade Victor, if you want to act with us tonight, go and do it now. Let's rest."
Leaving Slava's shack with some doubts, Weiran was blocked again by Ivan and Sergey before he could go far.
"Victor, can you help us find two bullets?" Ivan continued to plead.
Wei Ran asked knowingly, "Teacher Gianna didn't give you any bullets."
"No one has fired any bullets," Ivan said with a grimace, giving an answer that Wei Ran already knew.
"Since no one has fired bullets, why do you want bullets?"What?"
"I just want two bullets."
Ivan scratched the back of his head, "I can't wait until night, but we won't fight out, we just want to Practice the speed of loading. Shula told us that a qualified guerrilla must not only shoot accurately, but also shoot quickly, and "
Before he could finish speaking, Wei Ran reminded us with a smile. He said, "Ivan, believe it or not, if I give you bullets, or even let Teacher Gianna know that you are asking me for bullets, not only will the military cap on your head be taken away again, but also the military cap in your hand will be taken away again." The gun will also be taken away. "
Ivan and Sergey looked at each other with pale faces. The two little brothers quickly waved their hands, "Then let's wait for night, wait for night."
"You won't go there today." Catch fish or dig shacks." Seeing that the two of them had no idea of asking for bullets, Wei Ran also changed the topic.
"Teacher Gianna asked us to have a good rest during the day. Sergey said with a grimace, "But none of us can sleep." "
Hearing this, Wei Ran looked at Teacher Gianna in the distance, lowered his voice and asked, "Have you seen Koliya who was sent back by the guerrillas on a sledge yesterday afternoon? Do you know where she went? Where is it?"
Ivan and Sergey were both stunned, and then shook their heads in unison, basically giving the two words "never seen" and "don't know" Answer.
Although he could tell at a glance that these two little guys were lying, Wei Ran did not pursue the question further, but walked towards his shack, "Let's go, since you can't sleep, come to me." In the shack, although I can't give you bullets, I can help you clean the rifle. "
Ivan and Sergey looked at each other, waved their hands in unison and said, "No, no, no."
Before they finished speaking, the two little guys carried each other. The rifle that was too long for them disappeared in a flash.
Shaking his head in confusion, Wei Ran simply returned to his shack and took apart the sand submachine gun that Slava gave him yesterday. He wiped it carefully while secretly analyzing his guess.
Obviously, there are secrets in this camp that he doesn't know, or that Slava and others don't want outsiders to know. The eagerness to cause trouble for the Germans is obviously related to the secret that they can hide.
But this brings up another question, what kind of secret is it that needs to be kept from them? Reporters in name only have to hide it
On the other hand, where did the girl named Kolya who was rescued yesterday go?
Ivan and his partner Sher Guy chose to lie to himself, was it because Teacher Gianna had said hello in advance that he could not tell him, or he could not tell anyone, please remember:, free and fastest update, no anti-theft, no anti-theft