The cold wind outside the cowshed continued, and reinforcements from Luel and the others still couldn't wait.

"Hell, I can't stand it anymore, I'd rather go out and try my luck than freeze to death here!"

Bruno couldn't stand the oppressive atmosphere of waiting for death, so he stood up and stomped his feet to keep warm, his eyes sweeping over several of his companions, although he said that he was going out.

"Bruno, if you want to go, go by yourself, and don't look at the weather outside, it is estimated that you will be frozen into an ice sculpture if I eat a piece of potato."

Crete glanced at Bruno and said weakly.

"Shhh~ Don't make a sound, it seems that someone is coming outside!"

Luel saw a figure flash through the snowstorm, but he couldn't tell if it was reinforcements or local guerrillas.

Hearing his warning, everyone held their breath and clutched their guns.

The goose-feathered snow was blown sideways by the wind, and a figure stumbled to the cowshed, reaching out to push the door.

Louel's eyes were quick, and he pulled the wooden door of the cowshed, pushing the people outside into the air, and his body stumbled and almost fell.

Bruno and Crete pressed the man's arms left and right, while Sajah pressed his rifle to the stranger's forehead.

"Don't talk or move! Shoot through your head if you move! ”

Perhaps it was Sajah's threat that played a role, and the stranger who was held down did not try to resist, but nodded very obediently.

"Huh? Does he understand German? ”

Sajay sensed that something was wrong and grabbed the man's hair so that the other person's face was facing him.

"Woman? It's a woman! ”

Sajay's words surprised everyone, and even the force of grabbing her was a little lighter.

"I ...... I'm German, please don't hurt me. ”

The woman pleaded in a small voice.

"What? German? How could there be a German woman in this place? How did you end up here? ”

Bruno and Crete let go of each other's arms at the same time, not feeling that a woman could pose any threat to the four heavily armed warriors.

"I ...... My name is Catherine, my dad is German, my mom is Russian, we just went back to my mom's house for the funeral, and who knew that the war would break out all of a sudden...... We were stuck here, and the locals were so hostile to me and my dad that we had almost nowhere to go......"

A few people relaxed a little, but Louel was still leaning against the wooden door, looking at the snow-covered courtyard, and no one else seemed to have entered.

"Oh, Miss Catherine, we are sorry, but this war should be over soon, because the warriors of the Empire are brave~!"

Conspicuous Bruno showed his "muscles" to the lady he met for the first time, and the other people who looked at him rolled their eyes.

"Bruno, save it, we're cold and hungry right now, and it's not a brave ...... at all"

Crete yawned and sat back on the floor, tightening the belt around his waist.

"You...... Didn't you eat? I...... I've got some potatoes here, so don't dislike eating them. ”

Catherine looked at the group and took out seven or eight blue-yellow potatoes from her bosom and put them on the ground.

"Potatoes? Oh~God~! This is the only good news I've gotten in the past month~! Hahaha~ Thank you, you're welcome! ”

Bruno picked up a potato and put it in his mouth.

"Wait!"

"Beware!"

Luel and the woman named Catherine shouted at the same time.

The next moment, Bruno wailed and squatted on the ground with his mouth covered.

"Hmm...... It's too hard...... Are you sure this is a potato and not a stone? ”

Catherine was a little embarrassed and said, "I'm sorry, although these potatoes have been cooked, they are quickly frozen and must be heated slightly before they can be eaten." ”

Bruno looked at the potato in his hand, which was comparable to a stone, and cried with a face: "Blame me, I'm too anxious." ”

Luel walked up to him, snatched the potato, looked at Catherine and said, "Let's cover it with body heat, you eat a piece first." ”

"Huh? I'm not hungry, you eat ......"

Catherine didn't react at first, but then she seemed to understand under Louel's aggressive gaze that this man was afraid that he had done something to these potatoes.

"Huh...... Yes, I'll eat first. ”

Catherine laughed self-deprecatingly, shoved one of the potatoes under her armpit, and used her body heat to warm it up, at least until she could bite it.

"Are you being too careful, Luel? He's just a poor and helpless lady who is kind enough to give us food, what bad can she have? ”

Bruno dragged Luel aside and whispered his thoughts.

"This is a war zone, any stranger needs to be on guard, and you haven't seen the local female guerrillas, who fight fiercer than men."

"This ......"

Bruno recalls a terrible scene, that is, the local Russian women, who are not inferior to men in combat, or even fiercer, and leave him with extremely bad memories.

"It's okay, I understand...... I just hope that the war will end soon......"

Catherine seemed very empathetic and didn't get upset by the other party's vigilance.

After a few more moments, Catherine took out the potato, tried to bite down on a small piece with her back molars, and chewed it in her mouth a few times before swallowing it.

"Hey~You don't have to say it now, Luel~!"

Seeing this scene, Bruno excitedly picked up a handful of potatoes and stuffed them all into his arms, but he grinned coldly.

"Bruno, you might become the first fool in history to be frozen to death by a potato, hahaha~"

Crete smiled and picked up two potatoes and tucked them under his armpit.

Seeing that Catherine was not unwell after eating the potato, Luel picked one up and put it in his arms to cover, and whispered: "I'm just doing a routine, not against you, please don't care." ”

Catherine shook her head and whispered, "I understand...... It's just that...... Why are you here? There's no army around here. ”

"What? How do you know that there is no army? What else do you know? ”

Like a cat whose tail had been guessed, Luel immediately became alert.

Catherine seemed to be taken aback by his reaction and stammered, "I...... I live in this neighborhood and come out every day to look for food, and I know it well, and I don't find any traces of the army......"

"Luel, you've scared this lady, Catherine, haven't you? Ignore him, he's just nervous, is there really no army around here? That...... Are there any local guerrillas? ”

Bruno stopped in the middle of Louel and the lady and acted as a messenger of flowers.

"Guerrillas? That...... They are generally led by the village head, and are composed of at least one person from each family in the village. ”

"Huh? To put it this way...... There are also guerrillas in this village? Then you ......"

Bruno nervously picked up his gun again, as if they were surrounded.