Chapter 43: The Battle of Madrid 3

Lin Jun, who returned to the room, put his sketch on the cabinet next to the bed, opened his wife's letter from Vukinskaya, and included a photo of his wife standing in his garden with her son in her arms. The pen and fun pavilion looked at www.biquge.info beautiful wife and chubby son in the photo, and a feeling of longing arose.

The letter was written 10 days ago, and the wife just said that everything was fine at home, that there was the Arhipov family and Nova to take care of, and asked Lin Jun not to worry about the family. When it comes to the son, you can see between the lines that the wife has a strong love for the child.

Lin Jun closed his wife's letter, although she didn't say how much she missed herself, but from the letter, she felt that his wife missed him and worried about his safety.

"I'm sorry Kaya, but your husband is a soldier." Lin Jun could only say silently with his wife in his heart.

There was nothing special in Stalin's letter, that is, to take care of one's own safety, not just to fight. He also mentioned that there are more important things to do than to participate in the battle himself. Stalin also said that this was his decision, and he asked Lin Jun not to have other ideas, in order to protect him and not to make him too conspicuous.

Lin Jun, of course, understood Stalin's considerations, and this was what he said about himself as if he were his own. As for the excellent pilots under his command, Stalin also said that there will be more needs for them in the future, of course, provided that they can really withstand the test of war.

Arkhipov's letter was the longest and said a lot of things. Of course, if you can't run, you have to feel at ease, they are taking care of you at home, and you have to pay attention to your own safety, etc.

Lin Jun let himself sit comfortably on the bed, looking at the ceiling in a daze.

In his previous life, Lin Jun often liked this: in a daze, thinking about nothing, doing nothing, just enjoying that rare tranquility. It's the best way to relax and detach yourself from the world for a while.

The hand that reached into his pocket touched his "souvenir" and took out the necklace inlaid with dozens of large and small fiery red rubies. Watch the sun shine outside the window on the gemstones, scattering the sparkle of brilliance.

"Hehe, that countess will cry." Lin Jun was a little funny, the guy who could drop such a valuable necklace when he ran away was either very afraid of death, or he had a problem with his brain.

"I can't go back when I get there, Kaya must be very beautiful to wear." Putting the necklace back in his pocket, he took out the platinum pocket watch with the platinum chain on it.

Ever since he picked it up from under the bed when he checked the room, Lin Jun hadn't looked at it carefully.

The surface of the pocket watch is inlaid with dozens of small diamonds, but it is not appropriate to say that he is small, because the smallest one can only be bought by him with at least one year's salary allowance in Lin Jun's previous life, not to mention that one of them is particularly large, and it is really impossible to say how much it is worth. When I called, I found that the dial on the surface of the crystal was still inlaid with diamonds, and there was a small row of English Wildroses on the dial.

"This count's dad is really interesting, well, maybe his grandfather, who would go to Argentina and make a pocket watch, but not engrave his first name, surname, or family mark on it. Lin Jun's research on modern clocks is also at the level of understanding the Omega automatic mechanical watch given by his father, which was the envy of his comrades-in-arms at that time, but unfortunately it could only be worn on the ground. That watch was a 25th birthday gift from his father, which cost more than 200,000 yuan, and has always been Lin Jun's baby.

But Lin Jun just knows the brand "Wild Rose", in fact, the English spelling of the watch in his hand is knowledgeable, the general trademark of this brand of watch is not Wild plus rose at all, "wild" plus "rose" is not "wild rose", "wild rose" has a special English term, and the meaning is "wild rose", but how to spell Lin Jun can't remember. Therefore, the alphabet is the problem: when something new comes out, a new noun needs to be invented, rather than adding two original nouns together as in Chinese.

How could Lin Jun, who doesn't understand English, be so clear? Because Lin Jun's father had a "Wild Rose" platinum pocket watch, which was sold to him as a silver pocket watch when he was in Russia. The Russian businessman is illiterate, and it is estimated that he has also checked the dictionary, but unfortunately the "Russian-English Dictionary" is likely to only have the translation of "wild" and "rose", and the watch is precisely that special noun, which is not to say that this special name can only refer to trademarks, it still means rose, just "wild rose", not "wild rose".

Lin Jun's father didn't care about this pocket watch at the time, but he thought that the hand-carved painting on its shell was very beautiful and bought it, anyway, it was 300 yuan, which was the price of a silver pocket watch made in Russia at that time. If the peddler knew what it was worth, he would vomit blood.

Lin Jun thought this watch was good-looking, and after returning to China, he found a copy of the "English-Chinese Dictionary" and checked it, only to know that it was a pocket watch of the "Wild Rose" brand. Later, I felt that the watch was too heavy and heavy, so I went to find an uncle who was in the jewelry business. Uncle saw at a glance that it was a platinum watch.

At this time, Lin Jun came to the Xinhua bookstore and library to check all the books that could be found in the collection of clocks and watches, and finally knew that this was a famous watch made in Argentina around 1840, and this brand of pocket watches has not been produced since the mid-19th century. In 1992, Christie's auction house in Hong Kong auctioned a gold-textured "wild rose", which was no longer able to move, and sold for more than 1.8 million Hong Kong dollars.

When Lin Jun's father learned the news, he was very happy, he didn't expect this watch to be so valuable, and it was still an antique-level famous watch. He picked the Swiss "plum blossom" in his hand, and has since used this pocket watch as his own timekeeping tool. Many people only know that Switzerland is famous for watches, but in fact, many countries in the world have produced world-class famous watches.

Later, Lin Jun once went to Hong Kong with his father to discuss business, and Lin Jun's father's business partner saw Lin Jun's father taking a watch from the pocket of his suit jacket to check the time, and thought that he was a very interesting person, because very few people use pocket watches, so they borrowed it curiously to look at it. It just so happened that this Hong Kong businessman was a friend of Mr. Qiao (a world-class expert on clocks in the real world, I won't name it), and he also studied watches.

At that time, he liked it at first sight and wanted to buy it, but Lin Jun's father didn't sell it, saying that it was an ancestral heirloom. Now the business partner was embarrassed to buy it, but talked about the origin of this brand of pocket watches, one of which is that it has two trademarks: the smaller production is Wildrose, which is specially customized for some European royalty and nobles, and the other trademark is more, which is the trademark in the hands of Lin Jun's father. However, this "more" is also relative, and there are only 2 watches in Hong Kong, and in the 19th century, the people who could afford them were either rich or expensive, and the number was very small. And it is generally the texture of the silver shell, followed by gold, and the least platinum. Lin Jun, who was also present at the time, remembered these words.

"Mr. Lin's ancestors must be a good family, I don't have such a good life!" At that time, the Hong Kong businessman exclaimed, he is a true watch lover.

"Nonsense, of course my family was born into a good family, but the proletariat!" Lin Jun, who was sitting next to his father at the time, thought.

"Hehe, this watch alone is worth tens of millions in the 21st century, let alone that necklace, haha." Lin Jun, who was lying on the bed, thought with a smile, "This earl is really a rich man, and the primitive accumulation of the Spanish Empire really lives up to its reputation, but now it is in decline." ”

Making some "souvenirs" during the war is Lin Jun's deep-rooted thought, but he didn't have a chance in his previous life. He didn't care about the value of the souvenir, this was a "commemoration" meaning, if it weren't for these two things, maybe Lin Jun would "take" an earl's soup spoon as a souvenir. It's just that the earl's tableware is all silver, and it is not cheap, and it is estimated that it is also antique-level tableware, but it is now used by the comrades in the command.

Having said that, it is more convenient to get a soup spoon than to take these two things of your own, because Xie Weijin has already sent someone to count all the property in the "requisitioned" house here, and also put on a detailed account to prevent the loss. The only place where the "clerk" has not been is Lin Jun's current bedroom, he does not dare to come, and the battalion commander has repeatedly emphasized in the army: it is absolutely not allowed to disturb Comrade Andrei's rest!

Besides, comrades who are heroes of combat will not have the habit of casually "taking" other people's things, right? So no one knew what was in Lin Jun's room. It's a pity that Comrade Lin Jun just likes to make some "souvenirs".

"It seems that I have to turn it over well, I don't know what other small things there are" Lin Jun thought, but it is inconvenient for him to be injured now, and he can't climb up and down yet, and it takes effort to turn over things, "It seems that I will have to wait a few days." ”

Is Lin Jun greedy? He is not greedy. He often thinks of the old man Vasily Mikhailovich Yankov, and he has to think about his future and future generations, and he must not let such a tragedy happen again.

At this time, the voice of the guards came from outside: "Comrade Andrei, the battalion commander and several visiting comrades invite you to dinner." ”

"Okay, right away."

Just now, Lin Jun apologized after drawing the sketch, left everyone in the restaurant, and went back to the room to read the letter first. Others, of course, understood what he did: it was absolutely important for a man in war to read the letter of the supreme leader and the lover of his family!

put the three letters and photos into the rucksack sent by Xie Wei, and after thinking about it, he still didn't put the sketch in it, but took it out of the room to eat.

Lin Jun was a victim of those war film directors in his previous life! Many of the protagonists of those films would always want to look at the letters or photos of their relatives before they died, or their comrades-in-arms found photos of the wives and children of the fallen comrades in their jacket pockets or notebooks while sorting through the relics of the fallen comrades. Therefore, our Lin Jun will never keep the letters and photos of his relatives close to him when he is fighting, "I still have to go back to see my wife and children alive!" ”

You say he's superstitious or nervous, he's just that.