Chapter 883 The treasure in the flood tunnel and the approaching battle front
In the forest, Wei Ran hid behind a pine tree and waited for a long time. Then he slowly stood up, followed Sophie's example, and hung a wooden box from the pine tree in the dark.
Opening the metal buckle on the outside of the wooden box, Wei Ran looked around, then took out the flashlight, covered the lamp head with his hand and pressed the switch.
Although the light was slightly dim, Wei Ran could still clearly see that the wooden box contained several spare dry batteries and an old-fashioned hand-cranked magnet telephone. There was also a telephone line extending from the main body of the telephone.
After thinking for a while, Wei Ran fastened the box again and dragged it back into the tree canopy with a rope, and then walked to the stone the size of a millstone.
Without any effort at all, he found two shallowly buried wires under a moss-covered stone.
It's at least two to three hundred meters from here to the mill, right?
Wei Ran muttered to himself, this distance was just a drop of rain for this kind of magnet phone, but burying such a long phone line in the forest was no small project.
However, considering that there is a waterway not far away, all this seems to make sense. After all, he has walked back and forth in that waterway several times before. Although there is no lighting equipment at all, there is a lot of light above his head.
There are lines.
And he remembered clearly that except for the entrance and exit, which were reinforced with cement, the waterway was all made of regular stones. In other words, the history of the waterway was probably as long as the castle.
It is naturally much easier to hide a telephone line.
After some thought, Wei Ran hid the phone line again and cleaned up the traces he left. Then he put away the flashlight, returned the same way in the dark, and quietly entered the room in the collapsed church.
After locking the door, Wei Ran watched the sizzling heater and secretly pondered the important information he had just heard - the village of Hürtgen was occupied by the Americans.
According to what I checked before entering this period of history, today happens to be November 28th. In other words, on the 29th after dawn, the US military will take over the towns of Kleinhau and Grosso in one go.
After these two small towns are captured, the fortress where Captain Letts is located will probably be captured soon.
As for how much "soon" there is, according to the historical records of Wei Ran Academy, it only lasts less than 7 days. If Captain Letts can escape and rush over within 7 days, maybe the father and daughter can still meet.
,if...
Secretly putting an end to another possible speculation, Wei Ran put away the cloak he was wearing, took off his clothes and shoes and lay down on the bed again.
There was nothing to say all night. When he was woken up by Dominic who got up early the next day, although the sky outside the room was not bright yet, it was already shrouded in thick fog.
This is undoubtedly good news for everyone. At the very least, with the cover of these fogs, even the weiran living on the surface can take advantage of this short period of time to unscrupulously light up the fireplace and prepare it.
With the firewood and coal, you can even cook some food and drink to suit your taste and start a small stove.
Sure enough, when they left the room, they immediately saw figures busily shuttled in the mist. The faces of these little kids also had undisguised smiles - except for those sitting on the steps.
Sophie is smoking and Qiqi is sitting next to her, who is also smoking.
"What's going on with you two?" Wei Ran motioned for Dominic to go in first, then sat next to Sophie and lit a cigarette as well.
"Yesterday, the village of Hürtgen was occupied by Americans.
Sophie explained in a low voice, "Maybe the war here will end soon, but Dominic's parents and his younger brother haven't come over yet, and neither has my father."
"My family is in Hürtgen Village," Qiqi said with the same worry, "I don't know if they are still alive, I. I want to find them.
"no!
Wei Ran and Sophie unanimously rejected each other's idea. If they go out at this time, not only Qi Qi will be in unpredictable danger, but even the children in the ruins of the castle may also be in danger.
"I also know it's not possible."
Qiqi muttered pitifully, lowered her head and took a long puff of cigarette.
After finishing a cigarette with the two girls who were worried about their families, Sophie was the first to close her short hair, exhaled a breath of white mist and said, "Okay, let's go eat, thank you for this heavy fog
It allows us to fire without restraint, so we made a lot of delicious things today."
After saying that, the girl gathered her energy, picked up the depressed Qiqi, and ran in hand in hand.
Just like she said, today's breakfast was indeed a lot richer. At least the oatmeal was replaced with vegetable soup, and everyone's lunch box also had a rainbow trout fried in butter and added with cream.
of mashed potatoes.
We had a lively breakfast together. At Sophie's call, all the children took a small tin bucket and went to the sluice in small groups to fetch cold river water. Sophie and
Qiqi also, with the help of Wei Ran, cleaned the 200-liter cooking pot on the cooking truck specifically for boiling bath water.
When all the water in the pot was boiled, the children were ready to take a bath. There were two more oil drums filled with cold water in the two cells used as bathrooms, and a rope was drawn between the cells.
Thick canvas curtains.
As the bathtubs in the two cells were filled with boiling water, the children were led into the bathroom by Horst and Heike, each holding a small tin bucket and filled half of it with cold water.
Help each other scoop up some boiling hot water and mix it in. When the temperature is right, they use various tools including lunch boxes to pour some water on their heads and bodies, talking and laughing, and then help each other, talking and laughing.
Lather.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Even across a thick stone wall, the boys and girls on both sides would chat with each other or make some naive jokes.
Amidst the splashing water, the warm basement was gradually filled with the aroma of mist and soap. The bath water poured down by the bucket also flowed out of the castle along the drainage pipe in the corner, and flowed into the already frozen place.
In the moat with a thin layer of ice.
Before the fog dissipated, everyone, including Wei Ran, took a comfortable hot bath.
When he returned to the room in the church, the coking coals burning in the fireplace had already made the small room extremely warm. However, Duomi was not the only one who came back earlier than him to enjoy the warmth.
Nick, and the little blond girl named Nadia who was hugging him.
"Victor! Why didn't you knock on the door!" As Dominic spoke, he hurriedly pulled out his hand.
"I'm leaving, I'm leaving right now!"
Holding a bag of ingredients in his arms, Wei Ran hurriedly gave Dominic the assurance he most wanted to hear before he spoke again. Then he picked up the wooden box containing the American oil stove and Dutch oven on the table with one hand, and put this warm
The small nest was given to the two young men and women.
"It's great to be young..."
Wei Ran stood at the door and blatantly muttered something in Chinese they didn't understand. He put down what he was holding and helped the other party close the door while reminding him in German, "Next time, remember to lock the door first."
After saying that, he didn't care whether Dominic in the room heard it or not, he picked up the wooden box at his feet again and left the church in a hurry.
He finally wanted to take advantage of the "fine weather" to secretly turn on a small stove for himself, but the room was occupied by this stupid boy Dominic, and now he didn't know where to go.
While Wei Ran was thinking about whether to go to the basement to share the delicious food with the children, the girl named Qi Qi walked over from the thick fog.
"What are you going to do?" Qiqi looked at Wei Ran in confusion and asked. "The nest is occupied." Wei Ran explained with an unlucky look, "What about you?" "Originally, I wanted to go find Sophie.
"
Qiqi glanced at the bag of ingredients held in Wei Ran's arms, rolled her eyes and said, "What delicious food do you want to make? How about sharing it between me and Sophie, and I'll take you to a place?"
"
"Deal" Wei Ran agreed without thinking. "Wait for me on the other side of the bridge."
After Qiqi finished speaking, she tiptoed to the door of Sophie's room and knocked lightly. She waited for the door to open and then poked her head in.
Tan Nao said something, and then grabbed Sophie, who was about to knock on the door next door, and dragged her whispering all the way to Wei Ran, who was still waiting outside the church.
"Didn't I tell you to take a good look at Dominic?" Sophie said angrily.
"Are you sure you need me to watch him over this kind of thing?" Wei Ran asked with a helpless look, while letting Qi Qi take away the bag of ingredients in her arms.
"This will..." "Okay Sophie"
Qiqi grabbed the topic before Sophie finished speaking, and while beckoning the two of them to follow her, she said, "Who can guarantee that they can survive until tomorrow? As long as they are happy now."
"well.."
Sophie sighed heavily, scratched her tomboy-like short hair irritably, and said as if she was lying down, "Forget it, just pretend I don't know anything."
"Victor, are you going to make something delicious?" Qiqi immediately changed the subject, making it clear that they were helping the young man and woman in the room who were rubbing each other's ears.
"You'll find out later."
Wei Ran said in advance, "But it may take a long time, I hope it won't..." "It doesn't matter."
Qiqi immediately said, "Lunch has been cooked. When the time comes, Heike and Host will organize them to get food."
"That's good, where are we going now?" Wei Ran turned around and asked. Seeing Qi Qi looking at her, Sophie spread her hands helplessly, "Come with me."
Under the leadership of this girl, the three of them crossed the stone bridge across the moat, and then passed through a patch of dense reeds. Then, Wei Ran saw that there was a cave entrance hidden here, and Wei Ran was sure that this was
The hole sealed by the iron gate was definitely something he would never see in later generations.
On the other hand, although the entrance of this cave is not big, the inside is not too small, and the water in the moat is connected to here.
"This is the flood hole of the moat."
Sophie took out a key, opened the iron gate and walked in while saying, "When the water level exceeds the hole, the water in the moat will flow in and then drain out from here."
"Where does this cave lead to?" Wei Ran asked curiously. "Across the swamp."
Sophie turned around and casually re-locked the iron gate, and then walked inside and said, "But that was in the Weimar era. Now the innermost part of the cave has collapsed long ago, and everything inside is
The silt, and even if the sluice gates were opened to the maximum and there were complaints for several days in a row, the water level would not rise here, and they would all flow away along the underground river in the river bed.
At this point, Sophie had already turned on the flashlight, and at the same time, the three of them also turned around the cave.
What surprised Wei Ran was that after turning this corner, not only was there an iron fence connected to the front, but also on the other side of the iron fence, there was an old-looking four-wheeled carriage!
"My dad said that this place used to be a prison cell, and many criminals would be imprisoned here and soaked in water."
Sophie said casually as she unlocked the door, "Oh, I forgot to tell you that my family is barely a noble. But the only thing that can prove that my family is still a noble is this carriage, besides the ruins of the castle outside.
This is my dad’s most precious thing besides me and my mom.”
"This carriage is so beautiful," Wei Ran praised sincerely. Although he had seen this carriage in later generations, it did not affect its luxury at all - even though it was very old.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! "It is said that it was a reward my grandfather's grandfather received when he participated in the Franco-Prussian War with Chancellor Bismarck, and he snatched it from the hands of the French."
While Sophie was speaking, she had already taken out a lighter and lit the oil lamp hanging in the corner of the carriage.
As the dim lights came on, Wei Ran also discovered that at the other end of the carriage, there were actually several wooden boxes. These wooden boxes were suspended and fixed on the stone wall, and there were also placed one by one at an angle.
A long tube wrapped in canvas. Under the wooden box, there were some marble or bronze statues, two folding beds, and a small table covered with a tablecloth.
"My dad picked those up
The paintings and statues that came back should have been placed in a museum or church in Aachen."
There was a trace of sarcasm in Sophie's tone, "According to Mr. Adolf's regulations, these degenerate works of art should be burned and smashed, but my father secretly picked them up."
Damn...
Wei Ran was stunned. Although there were not many boxes and statues here, there must be at least dozens of canvas rolls in each box, if those canvas rolls contained oil paintings.
It has to be Captain Letts. Wei Ran couldn't help but swallow his saliva. The things hidden in this cave only need to be put into operation a little after the war is over.
Wait! Wei Ran's eyes widened instantly. He finally knew how Dominic made his fortune!
"Victor, what delicious food do you want to make?" Qi Qi saw Wei Ran's stupid look on her face and couldn't help but wave her hand in front of him.
"Um, are you sure you want to light a fire and cook here?"
Wei Ran pointed at the carriage, and then at the boxes and statues. If he accidentally caught fire, the hamster-like Captain Letts might eat him alive.
"Don't worry, we come here often to sneak some delicious food.
While Sophie was talking, she opened the door of the carriage, took out a roll of canvas, and hung it on the iron fence with Qiqi in a familiar manner.
Seeing Qiqi eagerly sitting on the folding bed and lighting the cigarette in her mouth, Wei Ran could only nod and take out the ingredients one by one.
"What are you going to do?" Sophie asked curiously as she helped light the gasoline stove for heating.
"You'll find out later"
While Wei Ran was talking, he had already taken out a glass can full of sauerkraut from his pocket. Then, he took out a small bag of flour and a piece of German bacon, plus various seasonings he could find.
material.
Sophie and Qiqi looked at each other, but they only saw confusion in each other's eyes. In the eyes of the two native Germans, they really couldn't see how these things should be matched together.
But this is not the case for Weihan. Speaking of which, Germany is simply the northeastern part of Europe. In addition to drinking coffee, these Hans also love sour food.
Especially this sauerkraut, there is really not much difference in taste from the winter must-have in Northeast China. At most, the taste is crisper.
So since he discovered the bottles of sauerkraut stored in the basement yesterday and the bacon frozen outside in oil drums, Wei Ran has been thinking about making himself a sauerkraut and pork dish to try - anyway, he is free.
He always has to find something to do for himself.
As for the flour... of course he made some pancakes. For a fake cook like him who is better at braised everything, these two are also one of the few meals he knows that don't require braised food.
Under the watchful eyes of the two girls, Wei Ran first kneaded the dough in a Dutch oven that had been cleaned in advance. Then he heated the oil in the pot and added the onions. When the aroma became fragrant, he immediately added the sliced bacon and a few slices of American spaghetti.
I threw the can of rum in, and by the way, I didn’t forget to take off the coconut jug from my waist and pour some of the red wine I poured in last night.
"Is that red wine?" Qiqi, who had been watching the excitement, licked her lips and asked, "Can you pour me a glass?"
"As long as Sophie has no objection," Wei Ran handed over the kettle before he finished speaking.
Sophie took the wine bottle first, poured out a glass of red wine, took a big sip, and then handed the glass to Qi Qi.
"We used to hide in the attic and secretly drink the wine made by my father." After Qiqi finished speaking, she took the cup and took a sip.
"Once we drank too much and slept in the attic for a whole day. My mother and your mother also spent the whole day looking for us." Sophie held her hands on the bed and recalled with a smile, "That time my mother locked me up.
You’re in your room and you’re not allowed to go out for a week.”
"Me too, I don't know if my attic is still there." Qiqi sighed and said with regret, "The necklace that Mark from Lynch Street gave me is still hidden in the attic. I should have taken it with me at that time.
of."
"Is Mark still alive?" Sophie asked as she took the cup. "I don't know."
Qiqi shook her head with regret, "The last time I saw him was this time last year. He was sent to the Soviet Union to participate in the war. Later, I was also wanted, and I lost contact with him."
"So there is no possibility for you and him?" Sophie asked with a smile.
"I don't know whether he is dead or alive, and I just think he looks more handsome, but we haven't confirmed it yet..."
"I heard that the bartender's daughter said that she had slept with Mark a long time ago, including the night before he went to fight in the Soviet Union."
Sophie didn't wait for Qiqi to finish, and revealed the news with a look of gloating, "I have been hesitating whether I should tell you before, but since you said so, then I can tell you."
"Ha! What a happy news."
Qiqi, whose head suddenly turned green, snatched back the cup, poured the last sip of red wine into her mouth, then burped and said, "I will pray from now on that the Soviets will kill Mark, preferably
Use the tank to start from his toes and run over his head bit by bit."
"Crush it a few more times, cheers!" Sophie said, already unscrewing the lid of the pot and pouring some more red wine into the former's glass.
While the two little sisters were gossiping, Wei Ran, who had been ignored, had already thrown the sauerkraut into the pot, poured water on it and put in the seasonings. At this time, he was busy preparing to make pancakes.
After a lot of work, Wei Ran also used another gasoline stove and the lid of a Dutch oven to make two large pancakes. As for the hot gossip talked about by the two girls next to him who had drunk half a pot of wine,
It didn't affect him in any way.
This is no joke, there are so many girls living in his house, and he has long been immune to this kind of secretive chat.
However, when the sour smell began to fill the cave, which was not that big, and when Wei Ran put a portion of pickled cabbage and pork stew in the lunch boxes of the two young girls, ready to eat, there was a sudden sound coming from outside the cave.
The unique roar of aircraft engines!
Immediately afterwards, they heard explosions coming from very far away!
"Bang!" Wei Ran smashed the lunch box he had just picked up to the ground and was the first to run out.
After a brief period of sluggishness, the two girls, who had already had a little too much to drink, looked at each other, shuddered in unison, put down their lunch boxes in unison, and stumbled out.
However, the fog outside the cave still did not dissipate at this time. Not to mention the plane above their heads, they could not even see the ruins of the castle not far away very clearly!
"It doesn't sound like the direction of the mill, let alone the direction of the fortress." Wei Ran, who was standing at the entrance of the cave, was the first to say.
"It seems to be Kleinhau," Sophie said with certainty as she opened the lock, "It must be Kleinhau! It's not that far from here, and it's in the direction of the explosion!"
"I remember that Host seems to be from Kleinhau," Qiqi said worriedly.
"Heike will comfort him." Sophie secretly sighed. She was mostly awake from the wine, and her tone became even more worried. "The Americans are getting closer and closer to us."
"I hope they won't find us." Qiqi burped, raised her neck and looked at the foggy sky, "At least don't drop any more bombs."
"I don't know when they will arrive..."
Sophie muttered something to herself, walked towards the ruins of the castle and said, "You continue to eat, I will go and see how everyone is doing."
"You can't ask the Americans to stop firing, so let's finish eating first." Qiqi grabbed Sophie's arm before she finished speaking, "It's better to let Hoster be busy now."
"But..."
"You said it yourself, you can't appear in front of children after drinking. Brother Victor, lock the fence door quickly." Qiqi skillfully found an excuse for Sophie, and pulled her in again.
