On the nearly deserted farmland dirt road, several straggler tanks kept distance from each other and moved slowly along the clear track marks.
At the end of this group of tanks, there was a T-34 tank with the words "To Retake the Soviet Union" painted on the turret, but hanging on the barrel was a man who had changed into a full chain dog uniform.
The prisoner captured by Wei Ran and others maintained an awkward posture with his butt facing forward and his face pressed against the gun shield, with his hands and feet wrapped around the barrel. Whenever he was about to move a little distance towards the muzzle to avoid getting hit and getting a headache,
Less than one meter away from him in the lower left corner, Vadim opened the hatch and drove the tank. He then stepped on the accelerator of the tank and let the captives hit the hard mantlet again.
Inside the sweltering tank, Roman took a sip of the choking Mohe cigarette, took a big sip from the red wine bottle in Ajiafong's hand, and then said at the top of his voice, "Before we catch up with the main force, let's first
How about dividing things up?"
"I have no opinion"
Agafond was the first to respond.
"I have no objection either," Vajim responded loudly after passing the bottle to Wei Ran beside him.
"I don't have any objections." Wei Ran directly handed the red wine to Ajiafeng behind him. His gums were still aching, and drinking at this time was simply bringing trouble to himself.
"The string of gold and silver rings counts as one share, the small gold bar counts as one share, the watch and pistol count as one share, and the camera counts as one share."
Roman paused and continued, "You choose first!"
"Let Vadim come first," Agafoon suggested, taking the bottle from Wei Ran. "After all, he still owes us several bottles of vodka."
"I have no objection," Wei Ran responded simply.
"I want a ring!" Vajim did not refuse, and said with a smile, "I can choose some beautiful ones to give to my wife."
"What about you?" Ajia Feng sat back in his seat and shouted to Wei Ran.
"What do you want?" Wei Ran asked loudly.
"Gold bars!" Agafond replied, "I have several younger brothers and sisters who need money to improve their lives."
"What about you?" Roman shouted to Wei Ran.
"Camera!" Wei Ran answered without thinking. This is a key item for completing one of the return missions.
"Looks like all that's left for me is a watch and a pistol."
Roman took out what everyone wanted from the canvas bag hanging beside him and distributed it. Finally, he took out his watch and put it on his wrist, "Which of you wants a pistol? I already have one."
"I'll forget it"
Vajim first hung the string of gold and silver rings around his neck as a necklace, then patted the submachine gun hanging by his side and responded loudly, "The Bobosha is much easier to use than the pistol, and I don't want it to be around me."
There was a fire in my crotch, and I still want to have a few more children with my Valentina in the future."
"I don't need it either. I'm not interested in those small pistols that look like they are used by women."
While Agafon was speaking, he actually took out a P38 pistol in a cowhide holster from the canvas pocket next to him and shook it proudly, "And I also have a pistol. This is to repay Vic and I."
I picked it up in the trenches when I went to the village to look for food."
"What about you?" Roman looked at Wei Ran, "You didn't pick up the pistol too, did you?"
"I picked up a submachine gun"
Wei Ran, who was holding his camera bag, pointed to the top of his head, "But the space here is too small, so I lost it when I got in the car."
"In that case, you can keep it for use!" As Roman spoke, he generously handed the PPK pistol he had just taken out to Wei Ran along with the cowhide holster.
"Then you're welcome," Wei Ran took the pistol and said, "Wait until I figure out how to use this camera, and then let's take a few pictures?"
"That's a good suggestion." Roman agreed happily.
Ajiafeng collected the gold bars and pistols, lit a captured German cigarette and asked, "Roman, do you think it is possible to get a Patriot weapon after we hand over the one hanging on the barrel to the political commissar?"
medal?"
"I don't think it's possible"
Roman shook his head, "But it will be no problem for everyone to get at least one battle medal, and Vajim's identity will definitely be solved, I can guarantee it."
"Roman, listen to me Roman."
Vajim turned around and said loudly and seriously, "How about we discuss my identity at least until we take back Harqif?"
"Why?" Roman asked in confusion, "Vadjim, this is a rare opportunity."
"I know, I know this is a rare opportunity."
Vadim simply turned on the seldom-used in-car intercom system, held down the microphone on his throat with one hand, and explained on the channel, "I promised my wife that I would definitely take back our home in Kharkef.
So how about you let me continue fighting first? I don’t want to take risks at this time, so let me recapture Harqif with you and then talk to the political commissar about this matter?"
Roman looked at each other, Ajiafon and Wei Ran, who were looking over, and finally replied on the channel, "Okay, then I'll do as you said, but you also have to know, just in case..."
"War always kills people"
In the noisy call channel, Vadim's tone was particularly calm, "Since I'm dead, what difference does it make in what capacity I die? I'm just a limping tractor driver. I have the opportunity to drive tanks and
The Germans are very satisfied with fighting. The other things are really not important. What I am dreaming about right now is to capture Kharkov as soon as possible, and then find the box of vodka I hid and treat you to a drink.
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"What you promised us, we must do it."
Wei Ran, who originally wanted to say something, changed his mind when the words came to his lips, "The three of us will watch you dig out the box of wine you mentioned. If you lie to us, we will
Tie you to the barrel of the gun too."
"Victor is right!" Agafoon joked immediately, "And when the time comes, I will definitely let the turret rotate for a day and a night before stopping."
"Then it's settled," Vajim responded happily, "but you all have to be here when the time comes."
"Do not worry!"
Roman said with a smile, "Even if it's just for the vodka, many of us will be watching you dig out the vodka, even if you don't have one bottle."
"I don't know when we can get Zaporozh back," Agafon said angrily.
"And Kiev" Roman added a place name that haunted him.
"So the three of you are actually useless people?" Wei Ran asked in hindsight.
"Of course!" Vajim answered Wei Ran's question in a loud voice, "It was also for this reason that Roman agreed to let me drive this tank."
"After all, our wishes are the same."
Roman knocked on the heavy turret, and said in unison with Agafond and Vadim, "It's too bad to take back the Soviet Union!"
After saying that, the three people laughed heartily and heartily, full of hope and confidence.
"Victor, where are you from?"
Vajim emptied the wine bottle that was passed to him again in one gulp, threw it out through the open hatch, and then asked with interest, "You are not from Ukolan too, are you?"
"If that's the case, we're already driving a tank home." Roman joked with a smile.
"I disappoint you"
Wei Ran, who was playing with the camera, smiled and replied, "I'm from Kazan. You must know Kazan, right? On the edge of the Volga River."
"Of course I know," Ajiafon replied with an envious look, "Your family must be safe in the safe rear area, right?"
"maybe..."
Wei Ran couldn't help but think of Li Hexian and others who were fighting in a bloody battle in Teng County in China, and of the elders who were still young at this moment in Baiyangdian. Is it safe? Maybe...
"My Valentina in Kirov"
Vajim said happily, "She must be safe now. When I decided to join the army, she was already going to work in a garment factory."
"My parents took my younger siblings to Sverdrovsk, and it was very safe there."
Agafoon said with a smile on his face, "Except for my youngest sister, everyone else works in the Ural factory."
"Roman, what about you?" Wei Ran turned his head and asked, but then he found that the only sound left in the tank was the engine.
Roman smiled unnaturally, and Agafond also gently kicked the tank cap on Wei Ran's head with his boot.
Realizing that he had said the wrong thing, Wei Ran lowered his head in embarrassment and absentmindedly fiddled with the camera in his hand.
As the tracks creaked and turned, the T-34 tank carrying the prisoners, driven by Vajim, moved along the track marks on the muddy road for a long time, but Roman suddenly said, "They are all dead."
In 41 years, they all died in the Battle of Kiev."
"Feel sorry"
Wei Ran turned to look at Roman again. His voice was almost completely muffled by the engine, but Roman just waved his hand.
Wei Ran sighed silently, lowered his head again, and continued to familiarize himself with the various functions and usage of the camera in his hand.
As for Vajim and Agafond, they also went to chat with each other. Only the prisoner holding the gun barrel was left, and from time to time he let out a scream that was masked by the engine noise due to the bumps of the tank.
Following the tanks in front of them along the track tracks for more than two hours, they could see tanks that had broken down or even been destroyed due to various reasons every now and then, and they could also see tanks being crushed by the torrent of armor.
Passed German positions.
It was not until the sun was about to set that everyone finally heard the sound of firefights coming from directly ahead. At the same time, they also saw the wounded brought back from the front line, and even busy transport trucks and various logistics vehicles.
"Vadjim, find a place to replenish ammunition!"
Roman, who had been silent all the way, said hello. Without waiting for Vajim in front of him to respond, he turned to look at Wei Ran again, "Victor, have you figured out how to use that camera?"
"Got it figured out"
Wei Ran quickly responded, saying that the first time he saw the photos of this camera was on some historical materials involved in the intelligence stealing course at Hongqin Forest Farm, and this was the first time he saw the real thing.
Fortunately, after this research, he has at least managed to figure out some functions necessary for shooting.
"In this case, while the prisoners are still there and before we go to the front line, let's take a group photo together later!" After Roman said, he had already grabbed the surrounding handrails and stretched his upper body out of the tank hatch that had been open.
