Chapter 424: It's You Who Is Looking
Lusaku mechanically followed the group in the direction of the gunfire, and no matter which unit was fighting there, one of them was definitely friendly.
The roar of the outside artillery fire didn't seem to interfere with Lusaku's footsteps, and all he could hear at this moment was his own wheezing and heartbeat, and the kettle wrapped in melted snow water had accidentally fallen out of his clothes, but he had no time to pick it up, because they could already see the enemy.
"Fire! Everybody spread out in both directions! Don't be targeted by the opposing tank! ”
The commander commanded his soldiers loudly, and Lusaku realized that they were not meeting the partisans, but the regular army of the Russians.
Fortunately, the friendly forces seemed to have been prepared, digging trenches one after another not far from the riverbank.
Lusaku was a little curious, how did these people dig trenches in the frozen ground as hard as stone?
"This way, this way!"
Hancock dragged Lusaku into the crater on one side of the ground that had been blasted by a shell, pressed his helmet with his hand, and said, "I've heard that! Two shells won't fall into one crater, and we should be safest to stay here! ”
Lusaku shook off his hand and said, "Charge Hancock!" Don't be a deserter! ”
"Hey, hey, I'm kind enough to save you, and when am I going to be a deserter? I was just...... I'm just staying away from the edge for the time being. ”
"Don't avoid the edge for a while, rush with me!"
Lusaku, regardless of whether his comrades wanted to or not, dragged him and forced his way out of the crater.
However, just as they had climbed out of the crater, a long whistle suddenly remembered in the sky.
"Boom~~~~~ boom!"
Lusaku dragged Hancock to the ground, and a cannonball exploded behind them, a massive shockwave that whipped up a sky of dirt and crackled on the two of them.
"Phew, Bah, Bah, Cough ~ Cough Cough Cough ......"
Hancock shook his head and got up from the ground, only to find that the shell had landed in the crater where the two of them had just hidden.
"This ...... The rumors are not credible! ”
Hancock gave up on the search for the crater, followed Lusacura, and rushed forward.
Both sides of the battle spotted the flank, and the Russians began to mobilize the muzzles of their tanks and fire shells at the Germans.
Lusaku and Hancock ran to the trench dug by friendly troops, and a sliding shovel slipped into it.
When Lusaku looked up, he saw that nothing could be seen in the tomb-like bunker made of planks and frozen earth.
Fortunately, someone had lit a candle inside, and he could see that there were four cloaked warriors in the bunker, and they were using the reserved firing slots to fire their guns outside.
Seeing that it was their own people, the previously frightened soldiers once again turned their attention to the enemy outside.
Perhaps it was the arrival of Lusaku's army that upset the balance of the battlefield, and soon the Russian army began to retreat, eventually abandoning the original battle plan.
"Huh~ scared me to death, I thought I was going to die today...... How can there be a main force of Russians here? I thought they were as exhausted as we were. ”
One of the soldiers in the bunker saw that the other side had withdrawn and lay on the ground and let out a sigh.
"Hey, which unit are you from? Thanks to you guys today. ”
The soldier stood up and shook hands with Lusaku and Hancock, and took out his treasured cigarette rings and gave them them as a token of gratitude.
"We? We didn't know which unit we belonged to, our original army had long since been broken up, and everyone had gathered halfway through. ”
Hancock lit a cigarette with a candle flame and took a breath of intoxication.
"What the hell, we're almost ~ hehehe~"
The soldier seemed optimistic, or at least he laughed.
"My name is Hawley, and he's Radel, Pitts, Roman."
"My name is Hancock, and this is Lusaku."
Both sides briefly introduced themselves and soon became friends who had nothing to say.
When the battle was over, Lusaku and his troops were lucky that the friendly forces here had supplies left, and they could sleep in the less cold trenches tonight, filling their bellies with bread as hard as stone.
It was quickly getting dark, and the soldiers on both sides were huddled in the trenches to make them feel warmer.
"Is this top sturdy?"
Lusaku and Hancock remained in the same bunker, and Hancock asked by tapping his hand on the wall.
Hawley glanced at it and replied with a smile, "If a shell had landed next to it, it would have collapsed." ”
Roman on the other side added: "If a bomb happened to fall on it, our comrades would not have to bother to bury us." ”
"Hahaha~"
Hancock laughed knowingly, while Lusaku was a little puzzled, how could these people still have the heart to joke?
"Hehehe~ Originally, we thought you were here to send supplies, but we didn't expect that you were here to share supplies, and now I really don't know how to survive this dead winter."
Curled up in a cloak, Radel expressed a pessimistic view, which was in line with Lusaku's thoughts.
Pitts, who was writing a letter about the candle, interjected: "We probably won't survive the winter, so don't think so far, it's better to leave a will for my family when I have this time, I still have two bottles of good wine hidden under the big tree in front of my house." ”
Holly sighed and said, "You can write if you want, I don't have a family...... Lusaku, what about you? Do you have a family? If you want to leave a will, I'll find you a pen. ”
"Me? Family ......"
When Lusaku heard these two words, he couldn't help but think of his parents and younger brother, as well as the eldest brother whose impression was getting more and more blurred.
"I heard that Berlin was bombed by the Allies, and that my neighborhood was the hardest hit ......"
Lusaku spoke what he had heard, and for a moment the atmosphere in the bunker was a little oppressive.
"Uh...... Forget it~ Don't talk about this, let's say something happy~! ”
Seeing that the atmosphere was a little frozen, Holly hurriedly stood up to play a round.
"Do you know why I was in the army?"
He looked at everyone as if he asked, but no one accommodated.
Hawley asked himself, "Because they told me that Russia is full of beautiful girls!" You know, I'm a bachelor and I don't have a home, this temptation is really hard for me to refuse~! But when I got here, I found out that there was only snow in the fuck here! Endless snow! I really should have found the person who lied to me in the first place and let his ass taste my boots~! Hahaha~"
Hawley laughed to himself, but he laughed for a while and realized that he was the only one laughing.
"Hmm...... Well, since none of you want to hear jokes, then...... Go to bed! ”
On the morning of the second day, when the crowd came out of the trenches, they unexpectedly found several officers in armored vehicles.
They didn't seem to be here to deliver supplies, but to find the commander and ask him for something.
"What did those people do?"
"God knows~ Maybe it's here to comfort us."
"Just use your mouth to condole? Not even a single piece of potato! ”
A few people were complaining there, but the commander raised his hand and pointed to them, and the officers walked briskly.
"Hell, shut up! Don't get us punished! ”
They still thought that their words were heard, so they could only stand up straight and resign themselves to fate.
But when the well-dressed officers approached, they went straight to Lusaku and asked, "Are you Lusaku?" From Berlin? ”
"Yes, sir, is there any problem?"
Lusaku asked, puzzled.
"No problem, what we're looking for is you, don't ask anything now, get in the car with us immediately, General Kate from the Espionage Bureau wants to see you by name, and leave immediately."
"What? General Kate, do you want to see me? ”