"Julian, can you lend me your Volkswagen for a day? Of course, I'll give you all the gas tickets I don't need right now. ”

Julian laughed. "Of course, I would very much do."

Gasoline was one of the most scarce supplies in Germany at this time, and each vehicle had strict fuel control. Zhou Nan originally used 50 liters of gasoline every month, and according to the Beetle's fuel consumption, this 50 liters of gasoline could run more than 1,000 kilometers, which was enough for his daily use.

But for Julian, a car is used by a department, and although it can be used for official business, it cannot be used for personal affairs, because there is not much gasoline quota at all.

In the past, they would often borrow some fuel tickets from Zhou Nan and repay them with bullets or knives. However, after Zhou Nan's Beetle was blown up, there would be no fuel quota in the future, and they couldn't take advantage of it.

Zhou You calculated his remaining fuel and left himself five liters. "I've got about twenty liters here, and I'll give them all to you when I get back."

Volkswagen 82 is also one of the classic models of the World War II era, with a top speed of 100 kilometers per hour, and also has super off-road and wading functions, which is much wilder than Zhou Nan's Beetle, which can only run on flat ground. However, compared to comfort, the Volkswagen 82 is far inferior.

The car has no roof, and even if it has a soft canopy, it is very uncomfortable to drive in winter and rain. At this time, the car did not have air conditioning, and the seal was almost poor in winter, which could freeze people to death.

From Arnhem, the distance from Antwerp is about a hundred kilometers. Zhou Nan was driving the car, and there was an excited John squatting next to him, who had been locked in the room for more than half a month, and he was already tired of it. To be able to go for a ride, it has long forgotten the experience of being in a car accident.

From Arnhem to the south, we walked to Nijmegen, and then to the southwest. Walking in the low-lying areas of Western Europe, the most common places here are rivers and bridges.

After the German occupation, the concrete roads were covered with a thin layer of asphalt to protect the roads, so that tanks weighing tens of tons could pass through these roads.

But there is a lot of water underground, the foundation is very soft, and tanks weighing dozens of tons often press the entire road unevenly, and the road surface is almost completely destroyed.

When driving from such a road, you need to be vigilant at all times, otherwise it will turn your internal organs upside down. John didn't care about this at all, from time to time he looked at the beautiful fields outside, and from time to time he wagged his tail at Zhou Nan, who was driving.

The name John was given by Claudia, and there were two dogs in the family, one named Sam and the other Ivan, which were nicknames for England, the United States, and Russia. It can also be seen from these nicknames that it is very German.

The plains along the way show a kind of natural beauty in the season of May, and driving in such an environment makes Zhou Nan feel relaxed and happy. Although there were five or six checkpoints along the way, the German soldiers on duty checked Zhou Nan's pass and let him go smoothly. During his years in Arnhem, he was also a small celebrity.

It took about two hours for the car to reach the canal bridge north of the city of Antwerp, and Zhou Nan saw Hoffmann's Volkswagen 92 parked on the side of the road from a distance.

Zhou Nan parked the car in front of Hoffman's car, but did not see anyone in the car. When he looked up, he was sitting in a row of chairs by the canal, with his beloved pipe in his mouth.

In Europe, there are not many men who smoke, mainly because the economic conditions do not allow it. But strangely, the number of women who smoke is much greater than that of men. Zhou Nan has seen many women who like to light a cigarette when they are fine.

Pulling out the key, Zhou Nan descended the steps to the embankment and walked towards Hoffman, who had already stood up. Before he could get closer, Hoffman greeted him, hugged him and hugged him. "Jonas, how are your wounds healing?"

Zhou Nan enjoyed his warm and strong embrace, and even the faint body odor and tobacco smell on his body made him feel fascinated. "It should be about the same next month, but I'm afraid it will take a long time to heal."

The last time he woke up, Hoffman left Arnhem because of official business, and although he experienced the life in his dreams, Zhou Nan's eyes were still full of admiration when he looked at Hoffman.

Although Hoffman was not his father, he did everything a father could do. Compared with Zhou Dazhuang's de facto father, Hoffman is more competent.

And Hoffman, who single-handedly brought Zhou Nan up, also treats Zhou Nan as his own son, even better than his own son, because now for work, he has not seen his son who stayed in Hamburg for a long time. On the contrary, he and Zhou Nan often meet.

"Sit down and talk. It's hard to get a leisurely time by the canal, which is especially enjoyable. ”

Zhou Nan sat down and deliberately leaned his shoulder against his arm, this contact could make him feel Hoffman's body temperature, he was a real presence.

Hoffman felt Zhou Nan's intimacy and smiled happily. "What is it that makes you insist on running a hundred kilometers to meet me?"

Zhou Nan had already thought of his words when he came, raised his head and asked, "Yannick, do you believe in the prophet?" ”

Hoffman froze, and before he could speak, Zhou Nan said again: "In the time when I was in a coma, I seemed to have received a revelation from fate, and fate opened a bright window on my dark life path, and I seemed to have seen a vague future. ”

Hoffman's pipe almost fell off in his mouth, so he quickly took it off, held it with his hand, and asked in surprise: "Jonas, do you know what you're talking about?" Even God is not a prophet! ”

Zhou Nan nodded and said, "Yannick, in June next year, nearly three million allied troops will counterattack the European continent. France, Belgium, and the southern part of the Netherlands will be lost. And on your way back to Arnhem, less than ten kilometers north of Antwerp, you were bombarded by the Allies and left us forever. ”

"Jonas, you're not sick, are you!" Hoffman tested Zhou Nan's forehead with his hand. "Do you know what you're talking about?"

Zhou Nan said as if he was fascinated: "Germany will lose this war, but in order to fight against the Red Soviet Union, Germany needs to be at the forefront, so this time Germany did not lose everything." However, you, I, the Hoffman family, have lost everything because of this war. You left us in June of the following year, and it was John who led me to find you in the forest not far away. I took you back to Germany and buried you in the cemetery of the Hoffmann estate. For half a year, I did not ask for the return of our property, only in exchange for stacks of military tickets and bonds that could no longer be exchanged, because Germany was defeated. Later, I was captured by the British, imprisoned in a concentration camp, and a year later sent to a purchasing mission from my home country to Europe. From then on, I endured numerous tortures, and it was not until fifty years later that I returned to Europe, but I never found a trace of the Hoffmanns. I didn't find Mother Caroline, I didn't find Claudia, Villa, or even Little Leon. ”

Hoffman's usual composure, with a hint of panic on his face. "Wait, you make me think about it, my brain is in a mess right now......" He smoked several puffs of his pipe until all the tobacco shredded to ashes.

Zhou Nan took off the tobacco pack he hung on his waist and took the pipe from his hand, he unconsciously resisted, but Zhou Nan still showed a gentle smile, and then he reacted again and handed the pipe to Zhou Nan. "I'm sorry, I was just too shocked."

Zhou Nan couldn't nod his head and replied, "It's understandable, when I woke up from this nightmare, I couldn't believe that all this was true for a full week. It wasn't until last night that I made up my mind to tell you all this. ”

Hoffman frowned and asked, "Since you said it was a nightmare, why did you say it was true?" ”

"Because what I experienced in my dreams has been confirmed in reality. At the beginning of May I knew that the Germans would fail in Tunisia, North Africa, and that the Dutch would enforce martial law before the Governor of Sess ingquart, and when these were confirmed, I had to believe the other premonitions I had from my dreams. Yannick, I'm also scared that if ignorance represents happiness, I'm overdrawn from it. ”

Zhou Nan handed him the pipe with the tobacco shreds and took out the diesel lighter to help him light it. Hoffman took a puff, lit the tobacco, and asked, "When did you dream about all this?" ”

"When I was injured and unconscious, when I woke up, it all seemed engraved in my mind." Zhou Nan said with some pain: "I don't know if this is a dream or another life, in short, I have doubts about everything about myself now." Yannick, you have also seen Lao Zhuang and know the story of Zhuang Zhou Mengdie, which part of his life is true and which one is false? ”

"So you've been in a trance for a long time, like you've become stupid!" He seemed to feel that he shouldn't pay attention to these inconsequential things now, and after a pause, he asked, "Then what else do you have a hunch?" What kind of big changes will we experience in the near future? ”

Zhou Nan thought for a while and said: "In a little more than a month, the British and American forces will land in Italy, and in October, Italy will fail and surrender, and then declare war on Germany in turn." ”

"Do you remember exactly when it was?"

"Yannick, I'm not a god, I can't know all the details."

Hoffmann let out a long sigh of relief, leaned back in his chair with some weakness, and muttered, "How could Germany have failed!" ”

Zhou Nan looked at the river flowing slowly in front of him, and said in a low voice: "Germany's potential has almost been fully tapped, but Britain, the United States and the Soviet Union have not, when an enemy who controls almost all resources launches its full potential, relying only on people, it is impossible to resist steel." ”

Yannick said uncertainly, "Maybe we can change that!" ”

"How to change? You are not a military man, you are not a Nazi leader, no one will listen to us. Besides, if my word gets out, what awaits us may only be the gallows. ”

In Europe today, the Nazis have been deified, and if Germany is defeated at this time, it will only be misled by false rumors and suffer the most brutal blow.

After calming down, Hoffman asked again: "You said I would die next June, or did John find my body?" ”

John, who was lying in the grass, heard Hoffman shouting his name and immediately raised his head, but then saw that Zhou Nan and Hoffman did not move, so he bent down again.

"What did General Falkenhausen do at that time?"

Zhou Nan shook his head and said: "Because he participated in the plan to assassinate Hitler, he was imprisoned in a concentration camp until he was released after the defeat of Germany and died 23 years later!" ”

Hoffman stood up suddenly. "He assassinated Hitler! That's impossible! ”