In the slightly swaying buoy, as the game progressed, Wei Ran also said in German that only Julian could understand after enough preparation, "Julian, if this buoy eventually floats back to France, what will you do?"

What to do with us?”

"Do you mean you and Phil, or do you include the absent-minded French lady and the Jew on the deck?" Julian asked without raising his head, as if he had focused all his attention on watching.

on the card.

"Everyone, of course everyone." Wei Ran replied in a matter-of-fact tone.

"Like you, I am a bomber pilot, not a military policeman or a policeman."

Julian replied seriously, "I am not responsible for the trial. Mr. Victor, do you need me to be more direct?"

"Of course." Wei Ran nodded and said inquiringly, "If it's convenient."

"Like I just said, I'm not a military policeman or a police officer."

When it was Julian's turn to play his cards, he stopped and said very formally, "If the buoy we boarded returns to the French border, and if there are no gendarmes or policemen on the coastline, you can go wherever you want.

It's none of my business.

If there are military police or police on the coastline, don't expect me to help you when you are arrested. Finally, I reiterate, I am a bomber pilot, and only a bomber pilot."

"Okay, why don't we change the topic."

Wei Yan took out a cigarette from his cigarette case, lit it and took a puff, "What if this buoy eventually floats to the British coastline? What will you do?"

As this question was asked, Julian, who still had not played his cards, fell silent, and Heidi, who did not understand German, also fell into an inexplicable panic because of the tense atmosphere.

This time, after the cigarette on Wei Ran's fingertips was more than half burned, Julian played a late card and answered Wei Ran's question head-on, "I am already a shameful invader, and I will not allow it."

I will become a shameful prisoner again."

"Since you define yourself as an aggressor, why..."

"Because I am a professional soldier"

Julian's calm tone was filled with real pain, "I am determined to become an excellent soldier and an excellent bomber pilot. For this reason, I would rather wear the identity of an invader to complete my mission."

dream.

The price I have paid is enough, becoming a prisoner of war or betraying the honor of a soldier, or betraying my motherland, are not within the price range I can bear."

Having said this, Julian also lit a cigarette and asked almost certainly, "So the Jew on the deck is going to attack me?"

"This is just a casual chat between the cards," Wei Ran denied with a normal expression while playing the cards.

"That means I'm overthinking it."

Julian smiled and asked, "Same question, Victor, what about you? If this buoy eventually returns to the French coast, what are you going to do?"

"Run if you can; surrender if you can't."

Wei Ran said simply, "I can speak German and French, and I can speak both fairly well. There's no big problem if I want to hide in France."

"You lose," Heidi added in French after throwing out a card, "Victor, you lose."

"It seems that is indeed the case. I hope you have a good time."

While Wei Ran was talking, he took out another cigarette and threw it into the lunch box in the center of the table. He stood up and walked to the ladder and climbed up.

At this time, Spear was still sitting on the edge of the deck, busy writing and drawing with Wei Ran's pen, while Phil was standing on the edge of the deck on the other side of the watchtower, holding a telescope to observe everything in the thick fog.

.

"Did you find anything?" Wei Ran walked to Phil's side and asked.

"No, nothing was found."

Phil put down the telescope and shook his head, "And Mr. Spear hopes to have some private space, so I can only come here."

"Is there any tidbit you want to share?" Wei Ran asked in a joking tone in a low voice, and at the same time handed the other party a cigarette.

"This place is so big, how can there be any private information."

Phil took the cigarette, but only thought Wei Ran was joking. Even so, he still whispered, "To tell you the truth, Julian and I set up a wife's mailbox."

"What? My wife's mailbox? What is that?" Wei Ran was confused for a moment.

"It's a German lunch box"

Phil said with a puff of smoke, "Although Mr. Julian and I belong to different camps, we have a lot in common."

"Tell me, what do they have in common?" Wei Ran asked absently, but in fact, he focused all his attention on Spear opposite the watchtower.

"We are both married and planning to have children. We have even prepared names for our children."

When talking about this, Phil's face could no longer suppress the joy and happiness, "This buoy means a gamble for those of us who are about to become fathers. The winner will go home to reunite with his wife.

, the loser will be thrown into a prisoner of war camp. It just depends on where this buoy will stop in the end."

"So you set up a...wife email?"

"right"

Phil nodded, "We each wrote a letter to our wives and put it in the mailbox. The winner is responsible for finding an opportunity to deliver the letter to the other's wife. How about it? Captain Victor, you want

Write a letter to your wife?"

"I don't have a wife yet"

Wei Ran declined the other party's kindness. He couldn't imagine how horrifying Suisui would be after receiving a letter he sent more than half a century ago - if the lunch box mailbox was reliable.

"Speer just rejected my proposal too."

Phil spread his hands and said, "He also has enough reasons. If he wants to say anything, he can tell Ms. Heidi directly. Speaking of this, who were you eliminated by?"

"Ms. Heidi," Wei Ran replied with a smile.

"Your poker skills are so bad"

"I just don't have good luck," Wei Ran said, imitating his opponent's behavior at the previous poker table.

"Come on Victor, there is no such thing as luck at the gambling table."

Phil waved the hand holding the cigarette, "Just like when we were in the sky, luck would never help us drop another bomb."

"Yes" Wei Ran responded absently.

"Actually, that's what my brother often says."

Phil took a puff of his cigarette and said, "He is a firefighter. He often says that luck never matters in fires, and luck never helps him save one more person."

"I see that you admire your brother very much, right Mr. William?" Wei Ran asked with a smile.

"Yes, Mr. William Harrington, fireman of Winchester."

Phil sat down against the outer wall of the watchtower and said nonchalantly, "He is two years older than me."

"Does he already have a child?" Wei Ran also asked, sitting down against the watchtower.

"Yeah, he's going to have a baby soon."

Phil looked at the cigarette butt on his fingertips and said happily, "His wife, like Julian's wife, is also pregnant, and her due date is Christmas this year. She was sent to the safer rear more than half a year ago.

.

The day after she was sent away, a bomb dropped by the Germans hit the roof of his house. It was a five-story red brick building. My brother William applied for a loan for 20 years before buying it.

It. But now it has become a ruin. You will not believe that the fire there was put out by my brother William himself. "

“So lucky”

Wei Ran spread his hands and said, "Mr. William's wife is not in danger, and I guess he doesn't have to repay his loan."

"yes"

Phil smiled bitterly, "You are indeed very lucky if you think so, but our parents live downstairs, and they..."

"Sorry..." Wei Ran realized later that he had made a joke that was not funny.

"It doesn't matter, it's not your fault."

Phil took two strong puffs of cigarette, "It is also because of these that I chose to become a navigator. I only hope that one day in the future, I will have the opportunity to personally drop bombs on the heads of the Germans, so that they can also taste the pain of losing their families."

taste."

"It's time to let them have a taste of that." Before Wei Ran finished speaking, the hatch of the watchtower behind him was opened by Heidi from the inside.

"Sorry, I lost."

Heidi said apologetically, "Gentlemen, Mr. Julian, please let me ask you, do you want the card game to continue?"

"Of course, of course, the card game must continue." Phil stood up first, handed the telescope to Heidi, and then got into the watchtower first, climbing the ladder and sliding down.

"Mr. Victor, thank you for lending me a pen."

Spear also stood up with the support of Heidi, handed over the pen borrowed from Wei Ran, and said at the same time, "I also want to participate in the card game, but please wait for a moment while I say a few words to Heidi.

talk."

"It doesn't matter." Wei Ran took the pen and put it in his pocket, turned around and got into the watchtower.

"Julian, why are you so good at poker?"
To be continued...