Chapter 63: A Little Happiness Picked Up
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The rumbling sound of cannon was like rolling thunder in the sky, and there was no rain in the air. The moment when she returned to quiet in her trepidation, Lynn felt like a century had passed. Looking back at the direction from which I came, the red-hot canopy of the sky gradually faded. Although it is not known how the battle turned out, after a fierce battle, the living can finally take a good breath.
Not everyone has Lynn's mentality, and the civilians and soldiers around him naturally speculate about the outcome of the battle. Hearing their discussion, Lynn just wanted to reassure them with the phrase taught by his English teacher in junior high school, "No news is good news" - as long as there are no routs in the rear and no "fire brigade" in the direction of Königsberg, the situation will naturally not be much worse. Because of this, he still held the little girl steadily, his steps were firm and powerful, and his right hand carrying the suitcase moved a few times from time to time.
The young body naturally has the advantage of being young, but the old people, women and children who accompany them are getting weaker and weaker, and more and more people stop to rest alone or in twos and threes, and every time Lynn turns his head, he will always find that the length of the line is gradually increasing. According to the normal proportion, the number of German soldiers who were ordered to escort these civilians was actually not small, but they were wounded after all, carrying civilian luggage and carrying their own weapons on their backs. Except for the occasional support, they were unable to give more help to the civilians. When the moonlight was thinning, the sergeant who led the team finally ordered to rest in place, but did not give a time limit for rest.
Whether it was a quarter of an hour's rest, or two or three hours, Lynn didn't seem to help alleviate the embarrassing situation in front of her. Civilians are civilians after all, most of them have no military training, and their physical strength and mental will cannot be compared with those who have withstood the tempering of war, and temporary encouragement and motivation cannot play a role for a long time, even if Rommel is reincarnated, he can only stare dryly!
"Daddy...... Daddy......"
When the cannon rumbled, she was still asleep as usual, and now everything was quiet, but the little girl woke up. She rubbed her sleepy eyes, and the first thing she did was not to find her mother or grandpa, but to pat Lynn's bearded slag cheek with her little hand. Seeing that "Daddy" had not disappeared, she smiled sweetly and made a gurgling sound in her mouth - what a sweet moment it must have been for her, the sugar was still there!
Lynn, who has never been a father, is both happy and sad at this time, fatherly love is so important to this little girl, it will have an immeasurable impact on her growth, and even determine whether her spiritual world is normal or not. In this case, the best option for a single mother should be to find her a father, one who is as competent as possible. As for whether he is qualified for the role of husband, I am afraid it is only an insignificant reference standard.
No wonder the woman just ......
Thinking of this, Lynn was a little relieved, and then a little melancholy. In Germany at this time, soldiers were no longer ideal candidates for fathers and husbands, and most of them would face a terrible or terrible life as prisoners of war, and even if they could return alive, their mental outlook would be greatly devastated, and not everyone could regain confidence.
Looking back at the history I know, when the edifice of the Third Reich was about to collapse, the high-ranking officials who once called for wind and rain either followed the Führer or became prisoners of war of the Allied forces, but there were also many cunning people who fled Germany with their families and settled in Argentina and other South American countries with many German immigrants, or in Spain and Switzerland, which had special political status. With the exception of the unfortunate ones who were unfortunate enough to be discovered and hunted by Israeli agents, the rest either lived an ordinary life incognito or lived in luxury with the looted wealth of the Third Reich. Can you take this path yourself?
Evacuate besieged East Prussia, head to the southern part of the border with Switzerland, and find a way to cross the border...... After sorting out the preliminary "escape" route, Lynn suddenly found that this idea was even more difficult for a small soldier like herself, who had neither power nor money, but it was better to escape back to Denmark with this family of three. However, will you be able to live in peace when you go back to Denmark? As a newcomer to the history of World War II, Lynn also knew a little about the situation in Denmark during the war, where the extreme lack of supplies made civilian life very difficult, and the slaughter of war was inevitable in the later stages of the war. In addition, Lynn probably could not hide his experience of serving in the SS foreign troops in Denmark, and it is difficult to say whether he would be punished and liquidated by the local residents after the war.
If that's the case, the old and the young will have to endure more hardships with them, how can Lynn bear it?
Seeing that the old man and the woman had gone to the side of the road to find a birch tree to rest, Lynn put aside these nonsense for a moment, walked over with the little girl in her arms, put down the suitcase, and then sat down next to the woman lightly.
"Mom...... Mommy ......"
The little girl smiled happily in Lynn's arms, and the woman pulled the shawl back slightly, then turned her head and gave her child a faint smile. In Lynn's opinion, this expression is like a delicate flower bone blooming in the cold wind, and it is so beautiful that it is distressing.
"Come to Mommy!" The woman's voice was soft, and she stretched out her hands, but the little girl shrank into Lynn's arms and shook her head desperately.
"Good, Katri, let Daddy rest for a while, just for a while!" The woman coaxed.
Hearing the word "Daddy" come out of the woman's mouth, Lynn felt an indescribable vanity in his heart, and he could imagine the wonderful scene of a handsome and straight soldier standing with a woman in a white gauze dress, coupled with a cute and beautiful little girl like a toy and a kind and knowledgeable old man, how enviable it must be!
After the woman said this, the little girl looked at Lynn with some hesitation, then turned her head to look at the woman, and finally reluctantly opened her hand. The same hands were raised, but the woman's posture seemed a little difficult - if it wasn't for Lynn to hold it, the child would probably be exhausted along the way.
Picking up her daughter, the woman lowered her head and whispered to her, only to hear the little girl's giggles from time to time. To Lynn, who was bathed in the flames of war at the end of the day, such a sound made him feel like he was in heaven.
In the middle of the night, Lynn unloaded the assault rifle and bag from her back, because the moisture was contaminated, the military blanket was heavier than when it was dry, and the smell was a little unpleasant. He stood up and tugged at the blanket a few times, then gently covered them with the eyes of the woman and the little girl, and even carefully tucked the hem of the blanket under the woman's feet.
"Daddy is so nice!" The little girl murmured happily, and at this time, Lynn clearly saw crystal tears in the corners of the woman's eyes.
Sigh...... In this evil war, how many originally happy families will be broken up?
Lynn smiled at the little girl and got up to look. The soldiers who were brought in to escort the civilians had no problem keeping up with the group, some of them spread out their guards, and the rest either gathered together to smoke and chat, or sat down with the civilians to rest. Despite the muddy and difficult journey, the two carriages had arrived, but the bad road conditions had weighed on the horses, and they were both snorting and panting. Looking back at the road he had walked, the scattered figures in the moonlight were like apples spilled along the way in a broken bag, and they were still there at the end of the line. To ensure that everyone can reach Königsberg safely, the pace of travel seems to have to be much slower.
After resting for a while, seeing that the soldiers in charge had no intention of starting again, some civilians took off their blankets and bedding from the carriage, or directly unfolded the warm items they carried with them. The old man also got up and walked to a carriage, and unhurriedly pulled out a folded and tightly bound blanket from the carriage, and Lynn decisively stepped forward to help.
Although the blanket was very light, the old man did not shirk it and let Lynn carry it.
"It's been a long time since I've seen Catrili so happy!"
He whispered.
"Oh!" Lynn answered, and although she wanted to say something, she couldn't express it in English or German.
"It's been a long time since I've seen Alice smile!" The old man said again.
Lynn was still just "oh".
The old man no longer thanked him, nor did he ask Lynn what his plans were for the future—and when he did, Lynn didn't know how to answer. In such a brutal war, ordinary people are always involuntarily.
When they returned, the woman and the little girl were huddled under the blankets, revealing only two pairs of eyes under the shawl and hat. They had extremely similar silhouettes, both smiled nicely, and stared at Lynn in fairly unison.
"Huddle together and warm up!"
As he said this, the old man asked Lynn to unfold the blankets he had just brought, and one of them pulled one side and sat on one side with the woman and the little girl as the center, which was equivalent to letting them cover two blankets. The old man sat next to his daughter-in-law, and Lynn sat next to the little girl, and this arrangement was obviously the most reasonable at the moment. However, the woman moved under the blanket to change the little girl's position from her left hand to her folded legs, thus giving Lynn more place.
This small gesture Lynn saw in his eyes, although the other party may not have superfluous thoughts, his youthful heart still throbbed uncontrollably.