Amidst the dull explosion, Wei Ran, who was suddenly awake, got out of bed and lay on the cold floor without thinking.
Looking sideways at the heater that was still slowly burning, Wei Ran reached out to close it, then rushed to the door as quickly as possible, opened the door and ran out.
Almost the moment he walked out of the room, he couldn't help but shiver. He looked up at the sky, and the dense freezing rain hit his face one after another. The continuous cold touch made Wei Ran realize in an instant,
In a corner of this forest, Captain Timov, an American soldier, may have just assembled his soldiers!
"It seems we met today..." Wei Ran muttered to himself, then turned to look at Sophie who ran out of the next door.
The two looked at each other, and then looked in the direction where the explosion had just come from.
Fortunately, this explosion came from the forest outside the moat, but unfortunately, the explosion was not too far away from them. Although the explosion point was not visible from the ruins of the castle, it was still vaguely visible across the forest canopy.
I saw a flock of birds circling in the distant sky and black smoke columns steaming up in the freezing rain.
Almost from the front and back, dense whistle sounds were transmitted to the ears, and soon after, explosions came one after another in the direction of the black smoke column. Even the smoke column that originally went straight up and down turned into a black smoke column due to the shock wave of the explosion.
A shapeless puff of smoke.
"It's Germany...our artillery is killing the American camp." Wei Ran made his own judgment, "I guess that smoke column should be the American camp being lit."
"They are already so close to us..."
Sophie took a deep breath and said, "Okay, let's change clothes and go have breakfast. We have to clean up the activity room today."
"Are you going to the mill to meet that person today?" Wei Ran asked as the other person turned around and walked towards the room.
"Yes." Sophie didn't stop as she answered the question, "I need to know where my father and Uncle Jens are and what their condition is now."
"Let me go with you then?"
Wei Ran's suggestion finally made Sophie stop. After a brief thought, Sophie shook her head, "No, Victor, you have to stay. This place is too close to the front line. If you go with us
On the other side, what if this place is shelled again and someone is injured, or if Americans come in?"
Before Wei Ran could speak, Sophie continued, "So you have to stay and protect them. As long as you are here, even if we are injured on the other side, there is still a glimmer of hope as long as we escape. But if you also go to the mill
, are caught or injured together, who will save us?"
Wei Ran hesitated for a moment, and once again recalled the scene when he followed the American soldier Captain Timov and entered the waterway. In the end, he could only nod, "Okay, I will follow your arrangement, but it will be over the sluice."
"Qiqi will be waiting at the sluice," Sophie promised first, "Okay, I'm going to change clothes.
Watching the other party walk into the room, Wei Ran could only turn around and go back to the room, put on his clothes as quickly as possible, greeted Dominic, who had two dark circles under his eyes, and walked towards the entrance of the basement.
Because the windows were broken due to yesterday's shelling, the breakfast location was changed to the basement, and even the long table was moved in.
It was still a bowl of oatmeal for each person plus a few slices of bacon and ham. The only difference was that eggs and goat's milk were given to the injured patients first.
After breakfast, Wei Ran waited for everyone to clear the table, then checked the wounds of the patients one by one, and also changed the medicine.
However, by the time he finished all his work, Sophie and Qiqi had already disappeared. Even Dominic and his little girlfriend Nadia had no idea where they had gone.
After thinking about it for a while, Wei Ran took the opportunity to take out the 1911 pistol in the metal book and inspected it, then walked towards the sluice in the freezing rain.
Far away, he saw Qiqi sitting under a small shed made of waterproof canvas.
Next to her, there was an American-style oil stove with a radiator, a wine bottle that belonged to Wei Ran, and an MP40 submachine gun that also belonged to him.
Seeing Wei Ran coming over, Qi Qi, who was wearing a blanket, subconsciously smoothed her hair, and then moved to the side, making room for Wei Ran just enough to sit down.
The oil stove and the heater were placed next to the two of them. Wei Yan sat on the reed bundle and stretched out his hand towards the already red-hot heater.
"Your wine bottle." Qiqi handed the wine bottle to Wei Ran, "I'm sorry, I drank all the wine in it."
"It doesn't matter." Wei Ran took the wine bottle and put it in his pocket.
"I thought you would use a magician's method to put it away." Qiqi looked at Wei Ran with big eyes and said expectantly.
"Now is not the time for magicians to perform." Wei Ran raised his chin towards the opened water gate, "Sophie has passed?"
"Went there about five minutes ago"
Qiqi took out a pack of cigarettes from her pocket and gave one to Wei Ran with a normal expression. Then she pressed the cigarette in her hand on the red-hot radiator, lit it and put it to her mouth.
Take a sip.
Wei Ran opened his mouth and was about to say something, but a large number of dried mushrooms floated out of the waterway without any warning!
"Sophie is in danger!"
Qiqi immediately flicked the cigarette butt away, stood up with a submachine gun, and explained very quickly, "This is the signal we agreed upon. When she encounters danger, she will immediately throw the mushrooms she brought over into the water! Victor,
You guard the floodgates, I'm going to save her!"
"Let me go"
While Wei Ran was speaking, he had already pulled out the 1911 pistol he had picked up from the holster on his waist, and then stepped sideways into the dark waterway while stepping on the cold river water.
However, before he could turn on the flashlight, a shrill scream came from directly in front of him.
"Raise your hand!"
Sophie yelled in a panicked and trembling voice. Immediately afterwards, Wei Ran also heard the clang of the half-drawn oil drum used as a boat hitting the ground!
He turned on the flashlight and ran over quickly. After turning the first corner, Wei Ran saw at a glance that in the waterway directly ahead, the American soldier Timov was sitting in the cold river water with his hands raised, and behind him
On his feet, there is also a beast trap the size of a washbasin!
Behind Timov, Sophie, who was soaked all over, had put the pistol on the back of Timov's head. Her hair, her cuffs, and even the clothes on her body were dripping with water.
Looking at the half of the oil drum next to her, Wei Ran immediately guessed that the brave and smart girl just now was probably hiding in the upside-down oil drum to deceive Timov who just saw the light!
Taking a few steps forward quickly, Wei Ran took away the only weapon in Timov's hand from his old acquaintance, and then picked up a few landmines that had fallen into the water.
Pretending to be rough, he pulled out a US military dog tag from his neck and looked at it. Wei Ran moved the beam of the flashlight to the other person's face, forcing the other person to squint his eyes and at the same time use it towards the frozen Sophie.
He winked, waited for the girl to run up behind him tremblingly, and then asked in English, "Timov? Or a sergeant? So should I call you squad leader Timov?"
"Are you an American?" Captain Timov raised his hands and tried to open his eyes a little, trying to see Wei Ran clearly.
"I'm not an American, but you are more like an American soldier, but why are you wearing a German uniform and boots?"
Wei Ran pulled the other person up as he spoke, "Next, you want to tell me that you are actually a German soldier?"
Seeing that Timov didn't know how to answer this question for a while, Wei Ransuo said very frankly, "Forget it, no matter you are a German or an American, there are no soldiers here except me. The rest are all women and
Son, so Captain Timov, do you mind being our prisoner?"
"What did you say?" Captain Timov, who was thinking about how to make up an identity, asked blankly.
"I said there are no other Germans here except me. They are all girls and children."
Wei Ran repeated it again, "So for their safety, you have only two choices, either be our prisoner, and I guarantee that you will get prisoner treatment that far exceeds the Geneva Convention, or I will kill you now and go behind you."
See if there is anyone else."
"It seems I have no choice," Timov said with a shrug. "Do you know German?"
Wei Ran pushed the trembling Sophie behind him with his arms and took a step back. At the same time, he asked Timov in German.
"You know a little better." Captain Timov also changed to German. "That's good."
After Wei Ran finished speaking, he handed all the weapons and landmines he was carrying to Sophie, "You go back and change immediately. Let Qiqi come in at the same time. Remember to call her name and explain the situation before running out."
"I, I...I know."
The pale Sophie immediately took the things in Wei Ran's hand and ran out quickly, trembling.
A moment later, Sophie ran in with a submachine gun in her hand. "Qiqi, take a few steps back and retreat to the corner."
As Wei Ran spoke, he put his pistol back into the holster on his waist, "I'm going to help him untie the animal trap on his leg. If he makes any move that makes you feel dangerous, shoot him immediately."
"Don't worry, Mr. Magician."
Qiqi obediently took a few steps back and hid in the corner, stuck out the muzzle of the gun and said, "I'm ready."
"Are you a magician?" Timov couldn't help but ask.
"I will satisfy your curiosity when I have time, but now I have to help you untie the animal trap. Finally, you put your hands on the wall and put your head against the wall and don't move."
After hearing this, Timov took the posture as Wei Ran said and allowed the other party to search his body again.
After confirming that it was safe, Wei Ran untied the animal trap on his leg. By the way, he also pulled out a Mark 2 fighting knife inserted in a leather scabbard from Timov's German boot that was caught in the animal trap.
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Not only that, on the other side of the boot, Wei Ran also found a P38 pistol issued by the German army.
Obviously, it was precisely because of the existence of these two things that he was lucky enough to block the animal trap and prevent his legs from being broken. Of course, even so, the pain is unavoidable. "You should have no other weapons on you.
Right?" Wei Ran asked in German and handed the pistol to Qi Qi behind him.
"Of course." Captain Timov sighed with his head against the wall, "Can I stand up straight now?"
"Of course." Wei Ran paused deliberately, and then asked, "Are there any companions behind you?"
Hearing this, Timov hesitated.
"Okay, I understand." Wei Ran said, deliberately taking out a grenade he had just found from Timov's body from his pocket.
"Please wait a moment!"
Timov panicked, "Buck! His name is Buck! He is outside, but he is a wounded person. He does not pose any threat."
"In that case, I'll bring him over."
Wei Ran weighed the explosive in his hand, pretended to hesitate, and put it back into his pocket, "I'd better send you out first."
"I can leave by myself"
It was only then that Timov lowered his raised hands and held on to the cold, damp wall. Under the leadership of Wei Ran, he limped out of the narrow waterway with Qiqi holding a submachine gun in his hand.
"Just take a rest here first, and I'll bring Mr. Buck over."
While Wei Ran was speaking, he had already taken out Timov's belt and tied his hands behind his back to the switch dial of the water gate.
"My companion Buck does not understand German," Timov reminded again, and then couldn't help but sneeze.
"No matter what he says, keep a distance of more than two meters from him."
Wei Ran blatantly reminded Qiqi, who was holding a submachine gun, in German, "Go ahead and stare at his back. No matter what little movement he makes, the first thing to do is to free your hands. So as long as there is any movement on his shoulder, you
You can shoot immediately."
"Okay!" Qiqi responded nervously.
"Is this the treatment you are guaranteed to enjoy that far exceeds the Geneva Convention?" Captain Timov, who had his back to Wei Ran, asked with a trace of ridicule.
"Only temporary"
As he spoke, Wei Ran once again pulled out the gun from his waist, "Just bear with it, we have to ensure our own safety first. In addition, she is just an adult girl and is very timid, so if you don't want to get yourself hurt,
, it’s best not to do anything to make her misunderstand, even if it’s just to look back.”
After saying that, Wei Ran didn't wait for the other party's response, got sideways into the waterway, and ran quickly in the direction of the mill.
