Volume 1: The Fields of the Old Hometown Chapter 8: Do You Have to Stop When You Can't Run?
"Enough! That's enough...... Alberta...... Let him go......" Alyssa put her hand on Alberta.
Alberta, on the other hand, glared at Joseph Sr...... Alberta slowly let go of him......
At this moment, there was a sudden sound of gunfire in the distance! Alberta was startled, and he said to Joseph Sr., "We must leave, I'm here for your daughter!" and your life...... As soon as the guns rang out, it meant that the defenders would not have much time to charge, and a simple charge would not be able to withstand those enemy troops at all...... You haven't seen enemy weapons, they're too powerful! By the time they rush here, we'll just die! I've run half town, half a seaport, I've got experience, I've survived! You take your daughter, follow me, and we will live together! ”
Joseph Sr. got up from the ground, he pursed his lips, and he noticed that Alberta did not use the name "Alyssa", but "your daughter......
Joseph Sr. paused, then said to Alberta, "Can you ...... Is she guaranteed to live? ”
Alberta nodded: "Yes!" But you have to trust me! ”
Old Joseph laughed hard, and the voice sounded unnatural: "Listen to the gunshots, they are far away from our house...... I can't let Alyssa get any harm...... You've traveled half the town, and at this point, I trust you. ”
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Alberta was the first to show his head, he first looked into the distance with the limit of his vision, and found that the gunshots were still far away, so Alberta came out of the basement as fast as he could, and he opened the top of the basement. Then he grabbed Joseph Sr. and pulled Elisa out.
Alberta was at the front, and when Joseph Sr. came out, he saw dead people all over the ground...... He gasped in surprise...... Then he said to Alyssa, "Child...... Don't look! ”
Alyssa had just walked up, and she had seen the same scene...... She covered her mouth and retched for a while, but she was a strong woman, she wiped the tears from her eyes and finally followed behind Alberta and Joseph Sr. Together, they left into the distance.
The streets are lined with dilapidated buildings, some of which have been bombarded by artillery fire and reduced to their strange shapes. These buildings are already dead, like the owners of these houses, and they have fallen to the ground, and some of those who have not had time to escape have also fallen to the ground, and are dying here forever......
(Oh, maybe you didn't find out, dear friend...... )
Alberta was at the forefront, he played the role of a pathfinder, and what he was thinking at this time was very simple, not complicated at all: he was using his life to find a safe path, and he thought that in this way, Alyssa and Joseph Sr. would not be in any danger, after all, he was in front of him, and if there was danger, he would be the first to have an accident.
(There's something on this battlefield that's slowly dying, and there's no turning back.) )
But at this moment, an enemy soldier, perhaps alone, ran out of which corner! This enemy soldier with a rifle appeared right next to Alyssa's father, and at the same time behind Alberta!
(They're underground, calling you!) )
The soldier shot Joseph Sr. in the stomach! In order to protect his daughter, Joseph Sr. struggled to snatch the soldier's gun, but the soldier had already loaded the second bullet at this time, and shot Joseph Sr. in the chest again! Alyssa was screaming like she was going crazy......
(The call is loud, coming from places where red flames burn and darkness fills the black.) )
Alberta barely knew how he had come back, but he was running as fast as he came to the lone enemy soldier, who was already scuffling with the tall and powerful old Joseph. Alberta approached the soldier, drew the bayonet from the soldier's waist, and stabbed him in the neck.
(They call to you, in your ears...... Always calling you, always ...... )
Alberta looked at the soldier who was about to fall, the soldier clutching his neck, the bayonet piercing his neck, and blood running down his neck...... The soldier fell to the ground, convulsed a few times, and slowly died......
Alberta didn't seem to have time to grieve, and he quickly pulled out the bayonet from the soldier's neck and put it in the harness on his back. And at that moment he suddenly heard Alyssa's cry, and he turned his head to see old Joseph, who had fallen to the ground, and was about to die...... He received fatal wounds in the chest and a shot in the stomach......
Alberta ran to Joseph Sr.'s side as fast as he could, and he took Joseph Sr.'s hand. Alyssa had been weeping beside Joseph Sr., and she could barely cry......
Joseph Sr. grabbed Alberta: "You listen to me...... Alberta, Caring for ...... Take care of Alyssa...... I know you love her...... Listen to me, kids...... I ...... before Looking down on rednecks, I was a redneck, but then I wasn't...... Therefore I look down on them...... Now, this damn war that I don't know who started it...... Told me...... At this time...... Those who love each other will be together...... Alberta, you promise me...... Take good care of ...... Alyssa ......"
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"I promise, I promise you! I promise you...... I ...... Alberta's words Joseph Sr. did not hear, because he had left this world just after Joseph Sr. had finished speaking...... Died on the scorched earth of the ruins.
Alyssa was crying so much that she couldn't stand up...... She put her arms around her father and wept bitterly...... She told Alberta: "Alberta! I don't want to run, I can't run! I want to be with my father! I'm not leaving him......"
Alberta almost stood up with Alyssa in her arms. He took Alyssa's hand and fled forward......
They walked forward, Alberta almost half-wrapped Alyssa. They walked forward, ready to flee from this damn war......
As Alberta walked, he was thinking, he longed for life not to go on in the midst of war as it is now, but there was always one thing that he could not avoid...... Alberta didn't know why the war had happened, but he remembered the soldiers, the defenders, who were brave and fearless when they died......
Alberta continued on his way, and they had just walked out of the alley where Alyssa's father had died, and it was at this time that disaster was not alone. As soon as they ran out, a field artillery shell used by enemy troops engaged the defenders in the distance landed next to Alberta......
Alberta had just yelled "be careful" and had just tried to hug Alyssa, using his body to help her...... But the concussion of the shells made him fly far...... He fell to the ground, stunned by the shock of the cannonball...... In the moment he was unconscious, he saw the smoke of the cannonballs, as well as the flying dust and dirt flying in the air......
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Alberta slowly opened his eyes, he felt a lot of pain in his stomach, he moved his arm, and found that his arm could still move. He looked at his feet and saw that he couldn't see anything...... He turned his head to the sky and to the other side, and found that it was already night...... Only then did he know that he had been in a coma for half a day...... He struggled to his feet, but felt a sharp pain in his abdomen.
He sat up, he endured the pain, he looked at the sky, the stars fell into the sea, and the sky was full of stars. He looked around again and saw that he had screamed! He saw a bloody belly...... His stomach was cut by a shrapnel and he cried out in a mournful voice: "I'm going to die...... I'm going to die......"
Suddenly, he thought of Alyssa! He struggled to his feet, he was going to find Alyssa......
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