With the arrival of the war, Romania's economy prospered, the city government's fiscal revenue increased significantly, and more people felt the benefits of industrialization. In addition to the benefits of the army expanding by six divisions, education, medical care, public security and
Infrastructure construction, etc., have all been improved to varying degrees, which is the result of financial prosperity. These are not only enjoyed by the people of the country, but also seen by another group of special people.
In the northern border city of Romania, Bruno, the border policeman, is preparing. He will patrol the border with his men in fifteen minutes. The reason for him to do this is that there are too many people smuggling into Romania now.
That's right, he was smuggled into Romania.
These people are basically the people of Russia and Austria in Galicia. Galicia is in the southeastern border of present-day Poland and belongs to the upper reaches of the Vistula River valley. During the third partition of Poland in 1795, Western Galicia was occupied by Austria.
, the east was also occupied by Russia in 1867. Now the war has broken out, and millions of soldiers from the two countries are fighting to the death here, which has made the local people miserable. Many people have become homeless because of the war, and the nearby neutral Romania has become these
A safe haven for fleeing people.
Romania also understands the difficulties of these people. Unfortunately, Romania’s economy has just improved and there is nothing that can be done about it. Only after accepting 110,000 refugees, Romania
The government closed the border to prevent subsequent refugees from entering, so this also led to frequent smuggling. In order to survive, these refugees often frequently tried to cross the border into Romania, which also doubled the pressure on Bruno, a border policeman.
After he checked his weapons, ammunition and equipment, he looked at his subordinates who were going to lead the inspection. Polek, who was thirty years old and still single, had the best marksmanship and eyesight in his team, so he held a Mao Zedong rifle.
98 rifle. His deputy Kamil is putting a revolver into the holster on his thick waist. Others are also preparing their own. Basque, the timidest among his subordinates, is praying before leaving. Don’t think about it.
I also know that this is to avoid encountering deserters, which is why they need to be fully armed.
In fact, in Ledeuzi, the largest port city to Galicia, all the police know that the people they hate to encounter the most are deserters. These armed men who fled the battlefield will sneak into Romania with guns.
Most of them have no other means of making a living and can only do some illegal activities or even kill people. This has also made the public security environment in Ludouzy increasingly bad recently, and their Director Albert has a big headache for this.
However, I heard that the superiors are planning to let the police and the garrison carry out a large-scale operation on the security of Ledouzi, but this is not something that he, a small police leader, can know in detail. Now he just wants to complete the patrol work this time.
Okay, so I can confidently get 3 days of vacation for everyone. After all, they haven't had a vacation for more than a month.
After seeing that everyone was ready, Bruno looked at the pocket watch he bought for 120 lei and said loudly to his subordinates. "We are leaving in five minutes. Everyone, make the final preparations. Let's
Still patrolling the border for two days."
After hearing their captain's words, the police officers who were ready responded to their superiors in various ways.
"Everything is ready, Captain."
"Got it, Captain."
"Just waiting to set off, Captain."
"..."
Looking at the different answers from his 14 subordinates, Bruno was not angry. The police are like this, and they are not like the army. It is good that they can perform like this.
Five minutes later, Bruno led his men out of the police station. After placing tents and daily necessities on three pack horses, they began their two-day inspection.
They walked along the fence on the Romanian side of the border and through the snowy wasteland in a sparsely populated and empty wilderness.
"Be careful. The snow here is so deep that it covers the pit. Don't step in it."
Bruno told the patrol behind him when passing by the hole dug by the hunter they had encountered before.
The border police team member replied, "I understand, Captain."
Looking at the sun shining on the snow-covered wilderness, Bruno felt that they should not encounter stowaways this time. Because if someone appears on the snow-white land now, it would be too conspicuous and easily discovered, so Bruno felt that the patrol was successful.
It won't be too big, and it will serve as a deterrent.
Bruno's feeling was right before four o'clock in the afternoon. However, after they climbed over a low hill, two people appeared in the wilderness, and after seeing the border fence that they had damaged in the distance, a group of border police
The patrol team formed still didn't know the identities of these two people.
Bruno ignored his premonition of being slapped in the face. He had the best marksmanship and the only one with a long gun, Pollack, said. "I will tell them to stop later. If these two people run away, you will shoot in the snow in front of them."
Warning, don’t hit anyone when you go there, otherwise the police station will pay another medical bill.”
Polek retorted to his captain's words. "That time it was because the wind blew sand into my eyes, and I made a mistake due to a slip. For this reason, I lost a month's salary. Don't worry, I will be very careful this time."
of."
Bruno ignored his rebuttal and turned to his deputy Camille. "You take five people and go across from the left. I will take the remaining five and go across from the right. We can't let them escape."
Camille nodded to him in agreement, and then he ordered five people to go around through the woods. Bruno also selected five people and ordered them, and we slowly walked over from the right. As for the remaining two people, of course they were responsible for watching over the horses.
and supplies.
In fact, it was very difficult to hide in the snow, not to mention that Bruno and the others were still wearing black police winter uniforms. When they sneaked to 300 meters, the two stowaways discovered the police who were slowly approaching.
"Quick, let's go separately."
An older and more experienced stowaway yelled at another stowaway next to him and quickly ran in another direction. Of course, this young stowaway would not sit still and wait for death, and began to spare no effort.
ran forward.
Bruno has been a border policeman for many years, especially since there have been so many people smuggling across the border recently, so he and his police officers are very experienced. He and his deputy Kamil led their respective teams to their nearest destinations.
The target chased after him. At this time, Pollack's gun fired, hitting the young stowaway in front of him. The stowaway who had never experienced such a situation was stunned. At this time, Bruno behind him immediately shouted loudly to scare him.
"I'll hit you if you're running. If we catch you, we'll lock you up for a few months and then you'll be released. Don't do anything stupid."
I don't know if Bruno's words had an effect, or if he knew someone was targeting him from a distance, so he didn't dare to move, so he was quickly knocked down and handcuffed by the police officers brought by Bruno. At this time, Bruno came over and saw that he had already
The young stowaway who was admitted was just a boy with a face of only 16 or 7 years old. Through his dirty clothes, panic expression, and thin body, Bruno sighed secretly, he was another war refugee.
After a brief interrogation by the police, it was indeed as he expected. This young man named Podolsky lived in a small town called Veltliner in Austrian Galicia when Russia attacked Austria-Hungary.
His home and family were destroyed by artillery fire, and he was the only one left. The other young man who was with him just now was from the same town as him, named Bebrowski.
After a while, he saw his deputy Camille and his team escorting a young man in his twenties walking towards the woods.
However, he saw an unconvinced expression from the young man named Bibunovsky. He kept trying to look back at a police officer behind him, but as a result, he was surrounded by two people on the left and right.
The police officer was unable to move, so he could only move forward.
When I got closer, I saw that the young man named Bibunovsky was bleeding from the corner of his mouth. It seemed that he had been taught a lesson. Bruno had no reaction to this. Beating someone by the police was nothing these days, let alone
They are stowaways. Now the city is getting worse and worse because of stowaways. Everyone dislikes them. Including the church, because when people are hungry, they don’t care whether you are serving God’s messengers.
, so the church was also harmed by them.
Looking at the two people who were captured, Bruno turned to two of his subordinates and shouted, "Luke, Borf, you two will escort them back early tomorrow morning."
The two police officers named Luke and Bolff replied. "Okay Captain."
"Willis, Bol, Carter, and Billil, the four of you will simply repair the damaged fence to prevent anyone from letting in again."
After giving instructions to his subordinates, Bruno looked at the sky. He felt that the delay made it impossible for them to arrive at the scheduled camping site before the sun set, so he told his deputy Camille, "We are at the front.
Let’s camp in a mountain col, just enough to be protected from the wind.”
"No problem, Captain."
Then a group of police officers carried two trophies and headed towards the direction pointed by Bruno. They patrolled the border line for more than a day or two. They knew the mountainous terrain along the way very well, and they all knew where to rest on this stretch of road.
Good location.
Not long after, the mountain col that Bruno pointed to appeared before. This is actually not a very good camping spot. The east side is not covered, but it is not likely to have an east wind on this day, so I chose this place.
.
Of course, after arriving here, the group started to collect firewood, make fires, set up tents, and feed the horses. They all had a great time. Even the two stowaways they captured were assigned to the side to kill. Of course, this was with the police.
Officers were working and monitoring on the side.
After they finished all this, the four police officers who repaired the border fence also came back. This was the most relaxing moment for these hard-working Border Patrol members. They sat together and watched the campfire cooking food in the pot.
, holding a cup in hand and sipping hot coffee, feeling sincerely relaxed. By the way, they also chatted about light topics. It was nothing more than that they encountered ridiculous things when they went out to the police, and Podolsky was arrested by them.
and Bibunovsky were also sitting two or three meters away from them.
At this time, the captain Bruno took the coffee pot and walked to them with three cups. When the two of them saw him coming, they both stared at the steaming coffee pot. Seeing their eyes, Bruno put the coffee pot in his hand.
He handed them the cups, and then he poured the coffee from the pot into the cups they were holding.
After doing all this, Bruno raised the coffee in his hand and said to the two young refugees, "Here's to this damn war, keep it away from us."
Podolsky and Bibunovsky also raised their glasses and replied, "Here's to the damn war."
After tax, the two of them picked up the coffee and drank it in large gulps. It seemed that they were both hungry and freezing.
"Cough cough cough"
Because he drank so quickly, Podolsky couldn't help coughing.
Looking at Podolsky who was coughing, Bruno tried to persuade him. "Drink slowly, no one will touch your coffee."
Bruno then gave them a portion of the food. There was only so much Bruno could do with these refugees. Bruno already knew exactly what would happen to them. They would be detained in Romania for a short time and then be sent back.
After being sent back, they will be sentenced to three years of hard labor by Russia and Austria. Considering that this is a war period, the place where they serve is basically certain to be dangerous, and there is a half chance that the two of them will not survive the hard labor period.
However, Bruno has no way to do this. Now a large number of refugees have entered Romania through various methods, which has greatly strained the already small police force. Unless the government can allow refugees to enter, this method can be avoided. It depends on the government
How do decision makers think?
After dinner, except for one person who stayed to watch the night, Bruno and his party hid in tents early to sleep. Even Podolsky and Bibunovsky were assigned a small tent. Soon everyone was there
Falling asleep from exhaustion, even the two young men who smuggled into the country were no exception. However, it was not that Bruno was completely reassured by the two of them. How could he be so ignorant as a police officer? Instead, there was an iron chain connected to the feet of the two of them.
A few bells, this is why Bruno is bold and relieved.
It was a very quiet night. Except for the change of watchmen, nothing happened. In the early morning, after collecting their belongings, Bruno and his party continued to set off, while Podolsky and Bebunov were captured.
Ski will be sent to the bureau to be temporarily detained.
After leaving this mountain col, Bruno and his team members continued to set off. They needed to go all the way to a small river called Naluya and then return to Ledouzi. This place will intersect with another border city, Botoshani. If they
If I'm lucky, I can sit by the river and drink coffee with my colleagues in Botosani.
"It's coming soon. It's best to see Botoshani's patrol team then so you can taste their coffee. It's much better than our police station."
While climbing over a vast white hill, deputy Camille told Bruno, who was walking at the front, about his desire to reach the finish line. However, the deputy's words did not arouse his interest at all. He stood on the top of the hill and was stunned. Seeing
The captain remained motionless, and Camille stepped forward curiously, but he was also stunned. Then the police officers from the patrol team were stunned when they came forward.
