After five consecutive days of enthusiastic, proactive and diligent voluntary work, the prisoners of war, headed by Prisoner of War No. 589, finally succeeded in opening a hole in the collapsed mine tunnel that was barely large enough for people to drill through as the last blast sounded.
During these five days, those prisoners of war were extremely honest. Especially after the pain in their elbows subsided, their work efficiency accelerated a lot. Even looking at it, it was as if they had rediscovered the work they had done fifteen years ago.
It's the same joy as working here.
"Captain Victor"
A dusty prisoner of war crawled out of the low hole and said, "I just went over and took a look, and there was a fork in the road behind me."
Hearing this, Wei Ran turned to look at the prisoner of war who had been bitten by the wolf. After five days of training, although he had been suffering from a fever, at least the wounds had scabbed and the gauze on his face had been removed, revealing
There are three scabbed scratches between the eyebrows, as well as a similarly scabbed bite wound at the hairline.
Seeing Wei Ran looking at him, the prisoner of war immediately forced himself to nod, "Let me lead the way."
"Do you want to come along?"
Mikita asked Yin Linni. In the past few days, this woman has been extremely honest. Not only did she do her best to provide meals and hot water for the prisoners of war, she was also responsible for taking care of those who were either tortured or tortured.
The injured were bitten by wolves or even accidentally injured in the mine tunnels.
"I..." Yin Linni swallowed, and finally nodded through gritted teeth, "I want to go in and have a look, otherwise I won't give in."
"You go ahead," Mikita said unwillingly.
"I want to accompany her," Prisoner of War No. 589 said with difficulty as he stood up.
"You stay"
There was still no room for negotiation in Mikita's tone, "Paulide, you stay here and if anyone comes out before me and Victor, shoot them."
"Kacha"
Although Paulide did not speak, the action of pulling the gun with his backhand to load the AKM in his hand already showed his attitude.
"lets go"
After Mikita and Weiran looked at each other, they each handed the assault rifles in their hands to Paulide, and then each pulled out the TT33 pistols strapped to their waists.
As the order was issued, everyone, including Yin Linni, each took a kerosene gas lamp and a small pot of spare kerosene.
In addition, the oxygen bottles that were brought in on the first day of digging the mine tunnel were also prepared and carried by prisoners of war in groups of two and two with sticks.
The wounded, including Prisoner of War No. 589, could only watch from a distance while holding on to the rusty chains around their necks.
The other ends of these chains are locked on the rusty rails. Without the key, they will never leave here.
Soon, the prisoner who was bitten by the wolf also got ready with the help of his companions. Under the gaze of everyone, he stooped like a goblin, carrying a kerosene lamp and limping.
got into the mine tunnel.
There is also a rope as thick as a thumb tied around its waist. This rope is more than ten meters long, trailing at the last end and connected to the handle of an oxygen bottle.
The two prisoners of war responsible for carrying the oxygen cylinder were the second group to enter the mine tunnel. Behind them, there were three groups of people carrying the other three cylinders, and then two prisoners of war carrying explosives on their backs.
Weiran and Mikita walked at the end with pistols. In addition to carrying kerosene lamps, the backpacks behind them also contained wires and equipment for detonation, spare flashlights and even some food. At the same time, Weiran
He also deliberately hung two more water bottles around his waist in case of emergencies.
While moving extremely slowly, Wei Ran followed Mikita and crawled through the collapsed area.
Continuing forward, the mine tunnel did not become wider or higher, but soon after, three forked roads appeared. The prisoner of war who led the way took them to the rightmost forked mine tunnel.
This place is slightly wider than the mine tunnel just now. Walking all the way in, the widest place is even enough for people to lie down horizontally without any problem. However, the height here is only a little over one meter at most, because,
Everyone had to crawl forward on their knees.
After climbing forward like this for almost half an hour, after turning on forked roads again and again and even wading through a waist-deep pool of water, the height in the mine tunnel increased little by little, and eventually even the weiran had reached the point.
You can stand up without worrying about bumping your head.
At the same time, he also noticed in the light of the kerosene gas lamp that the Japanese aunt's flag was also carved on the rock wall here, and there were also piles of stones with inscriptions stacked in the corners.
“Go forward from here”
The prisoner of war who had been bitten by the wolf sat down against the rock wall and continued breathing heavily, "Go straight ahead and you will encounter two forks in the road. Each time, go to the far left and you will see the track of Mine No. 4.
, there is an escape route sign there, I... I'll wait for you here, my thigh hurts so much, I really can't walk."
"I need to pin you here"
As Mikita spoke, he waved to a prisoner of war. The latter hesitated for a moment, but before Mikita pointed the gun at him, he took out a rusty iron chain and handed it to Wei Ran, who allowed the latter to take the
The chain was tied around the neck of the leading prisoner of war, and the other end was driven into the gap in the rock wall with a spike.
At the same time, Yin Linni also helped the prisoner of war check the wound bitten by the wolf. As expected, as he walked down the road, the freshly grown wound on his butt and leg had collapsed and oozed a little blood. Not only that.
In this way, when he passed by the pool just now, his wounds were soaked in the water.
"Captain Victor..." Yin Linni hesitated and looked at Wei Ran.
After all, these prisoners of war were still needed to help with the work at this time. Wei Ran happily took out a medical bag from his bag and handed it to the other party, and waited patiently for her to re-bandage the wound of the prisoner of war.
"No matter where you want to go, it's best to come back before us."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Mikita said to Yin Linni who had finished her work, "I will give you two people and a bottle of oxygen, but not after Victor and I come back."
Wait for you."
At this point, Mikita said to the prisoner who had been bitten by the wolf, "If you leave early before Victor and I come back, I will strip you naked, smear you with ketchup and throw you into the wolf's den."
inside."
After speaking, Mikita pointed to a group of prisoners of war carrying oxygen bottles and said, "You two go with Yin Linni and follow her instructions, otherwise you and your children will be buried alive in the mine."
"Thanks"
Yin Linni lowered her head and thanked her, and was the first to set off with the prisoners of war and oxygen bottles assigned to her.
"Let's go too"
Wei Ran called on the other prisoners of war to stand up, carried the oxygen bottles, and carried the explosives on his back, and walked along the mine tunnel to Mine Lane No. 4.
Siluke.
"Captain Victor, Captain Mikita."
The last prisoner walked bravely and asked, "Can we take those stones with us when we leave?"
"Those stones with identity information carved on them?" Wei Ran asked with interest.
"Yes." The prisoner of war nodded, "Their families are still waiting for news about them, even if they are already dead."
"The families of those innocent people you killed in Northeast China are also waiting for news about them." Wei Ran stated the facts that had already happened in a calm tone.
"The war is over"
The prisoner of war who made the request said dryly after a long silence, "We have been working in Siberia for more than ten years. We have paid the due price for what we have done before, and we have surrendered long ago."
"Due to the price?"
Wei Ran snorted coldly and said mockingly, "Exchanging your more than ten years of hard work for someone else's? You are quite good at doing business."
Hearing this, the prisoner of war who made the request fell silent. But Wei Ran knew that the reason why he was silent was that he definitely recognized the mistake they had made. I am afraid it was just that he could not think of a reason to refute it for a while.
"Just work hard"
Wei Ran said abruptly, "When we find what we are looking for, you can take all those stones away if they are not too heavy."
"Really?"
The prisoner of war looked at Wei Ran in surprise, and when he saw him nodding, he immediately and hurriedly burst out a series of words of thanks from his mouth. Unfortunately, among those words of gratitude, there was not a single sentence to express gratitude for what they had done back then.
Apologies for those things.
Marshal Zhukov is right...
Wei Ran glanced at the prisoners of war left behind and the kerosene gas lamp and muttered to himself. After all, he was not fighting against the dead and those who were about to die.
On the contrary, for those prisoners of war, his cheerful attitude was undoubtedly a tempting enough... no, a carrot to lure the donkey, so even his steps were a little faster.
After turning left from the forked road twice in a row, Wei Ran and his team stepped on the footprints left by Yin Linni and the others, and finally successfully entered the No. 4 mine.
After looking at the rusty rails under his feet, and then at the escape map and numbers staring at the rock wall on the side of the mountain, Mikita thought for a while and then raised his finger and pointed in the direction, "Go there."
Wei Ran glanced at the kerosene lamp held by the person in charge of carrying the explosives in front. The flame had become much smaller. Seeing this, he stopped Mikita and said, "Open the oxygen bottle first."
Hearing this, Mikita waved his hand, and a prisoner immediately handed two oxygen masks connected to oxygen bottles to him and Wei Ran.
After the remaining prisoners of war had received oxygen, the team set out again, and under the guidance of Mikita, headed straight for the mine where the gems had been hidden.
Compared with them, Yin Linni was faster. However, when she ran all the way and finally found the mine tunnel with the help of the prisoners carrying oxygen bottles at both ends, she found that not only was the entrance to the mine tunnel small, but the
, and there is a stone the size of a gasoline barrel blocking the outside.
"Smash it! Smash it open!"
Yin Linni's crazy voice echoed in the mine for a long time. The two prisoners of war looked at each other, shook their heads, took off the pickaxe on their shoulders, rounded their arms and knocked on the piece.
On the boulder, strings of sparks also splashed out.
