After chatting with Vlada for a while in the shack that served as the kitchen, Wei Ran saw that the other party really didn't need his help, so he simply said goodbye and left, heading in the direction of the artillery position.

At this time, the newly replenished artillery crew members were rehearsing firing actions under the white cloth used as camouflage under the command of the gunner Jiao Niya.

Different from the larger 61K, this 25mm caliber 72K anti-aircraft gun has its height and direction gears operated by one person, and another person is required to fire the gun.

In addition, a loader and a gunner are needed to command.

In general, this is an anti-aircraft artillery that only requires four people, or even three people at critical moments to fight.

Without disturbing the young people who were busy practicing, Wei Ran walked under the pine tree where the sentry tower was built, and climbed up by climbing up the wooden crossbar nailed to the trunk.

"Comrade Yuri, I am the new reporter Victor, can I come up and have a seat?" Wei Ran stopped less than two or three meters away from the sentry tower and asked.

"Of course, please come up." Yuri in the sentry tower said enthusiastically, "Sorry, I was on guard and couldn't go down to say hello just now."

"This kind of thing is not worth apologizing for." Wei Ran climbed up the sentry tower as he spoke.

This so-called sentry tower is nothing more than a wooden platform less than two meters long built around a thigh-thick tree trunk.

This platform has no guardrails, let alone a roof. The only device that can be considered as a device is a rope tied to the trunk of a tree branch as thick as an arm.

Even without an introduction, he knew that in an emergency, the sentry could grab this rope and slide down as quickly as possible.

At this time, the young man named Yuri was sitting on the edge of the small platform, holding a telescope and observing the surrounding night sky.

The rope was placed on his shoulders. In addition, there was another rope around his waist to tie him to the tree trunk to prevent him from falling.

“Just find a place to sit”

Yuri quickly looked back at the visitor, raised the telescope again to look for targets that might appear at any time, and said, "There are extra ropes on the branches above your head. Remember to tie yourself to the trunk. This is very important. You can't pick up small things on the island."

The cans are just as important.”

"Thank you," Wei Ran said, raising his hand to take off a rope, passing it through the belt around his waist and tying it to the tree trunk.

“This is the place with the best view on the entire island”

Yuri, holding the telescope, said, "The direction my telescope is facing is the center of Lake Ladoga. German planes sometimes bypass the air defense positions from that direction. What we are on guard against are these that slip through the net."

fish."

Before Wei Ran could say anything, Yuri said like a conscientious tour guide, "In the direction behind my back, those flashing red lights are the lifeline of Leningrad, and there are others on another island closer.

There is an anti-aircraft position, but there is also only one anti-aircraft gun there."

Subconsciously looking in that direction, those flashing red lights formed a winding dotted line and disappeared at the end of the field of vision.

"Far to my left is our Leningrad"

Yuri continued, "The third air defense position on the other island on the right also has only one artillery."

After looking around in all directions according to the other party's introduction, Wei Ran pointed to a location quite far away from the artillery position and asked, "What's going on in that direction? Why is there a bonfire there?"

"That's a trap"

Yuri explained directly without even looking in that direction, "The ice there has been cut open, and the bonfire will make the fish hiding at the bottom of the lake swim up, and it will also make the German planes fly in that direction.

In short, whether it is catching fish or catching a German plane, it is good."

"Who is in charge of this?" Wei Ran asked curiously.

"Old Ivan and Sasha" two names that were too popular popped out of Yuri's mouth. "They are originally fishermen fishing on Lake Ladoga. It would be best to leave this matter to them."

"How was the harvest?" Wei Ran asked.

“Not great”

Yuri sighed, "The fishhooks they make with nails and leather ropes are often frozen, and the weather is too cold, and the fish often don't bite the hooks at all."

"Can you tell us about your work?" Wei Ran asked a new question like a serious reporter.

"Father Seryosha is our captain"

Yuri introduced, "He participated in World War I and was a machine gunner with a rifle. Aunt Vlada is our cook, and her daughter Olga is our only nurse."

"Wait, Olga is Vlada's daughter?" Wei Ran asked in shock.

"certainly"

Yuri said matter-of-factly, "She also studied at the Military Medical College in Leningrad for a few months."

"Where are the others?" Wei Ran asked.

"Then there's Jionya. She was originally a college student in the mathematics department, but now she is the most important gun commander in our position. Only she can command that artillery in battle.

Her first gunner is Andre, her second gunner is Lisa, and her ammunition gunner...let me see"

As he spoke, Yuri pointed the telescope at the artillery position shrouded in white cloth.

"It should be Yulia, she was just selected into the artillery crew." Wei Ran said.

"That's Yulia"

After a short pause, Yuri said bravely, "I like Joniya. I have already confessed my love to her, but she did not agree."

"Maybe you should try a few more times," Wei Ran suggested kindly.

"Let's wait until the war is over"

Yuri pointed the telescope at the night sky again, "Zionya said that she has no intention of falling in love before the war is over, so I will wait until the war is over to confess to her again."

"You will succeed by then," Wei Ran said sincerely.

"I guess so"

Yuri smiled involuntarily and continued to introduce, "Old Ivan and Sasha are responsible for fishing, and they follow Aunt Vlada's command.

I forgot to mention that Sasha is the nephew of old Ivan, and he and Yulia are still lovers. I saw them hiding on the shore and kissing secretly more than once."

"What else?" Wei Ran asked.

"And Sergey, he is in charge..."

After a short pause, Yuri asked, "He is a transporter, right? I just saw him shouting and driving the horse-drawn sledge towards the traffic line, and he was still waving at me."

"That's right" Wei Ran nodded.

"Then don't talk about him"

Yuri said, "Let's talk about Vasily. He is the youngest among us, but he did not escape from Leningrad with us."

"Then where is he from?"

"He is the son of the militia political commissar who was stationed here before. His mother was a traffic officer and died of starvation three months ago.

But Vasily doesn’t know about this yet, so don’t tell him, he will cry for many days.”

"I have a very strict mouth." Wei Ran thought for a moment and asked, "How many others are there?"

"Sonia and I take turns guarding, she is my sister.

Ruslan and Igor are responsible for collecting firewood, which is as important as fighting and just as dangerous."

Yuri said, "And they are also the reserve force of this position. No matter where there are casualties at any position, they have to provide replacements."

"Is this job dangerous? I mean collecting firewood."

"certainly"

Yuri nodded and said angrily, "The Germans dropped a lot of can bombs. Some of those bombs were real cans, and some were bombs. No one knew what was inside until they were opened.

The people responsible for chopping wood not only have to work all day long to ensure that everyone does not freeze to death, but they also have to resist the temptation of those canned bombs."

"Let me give you a gift."

As Wei Ran spoke, he took out the hearth stove from the metal book, lit it and handed it to the other party.

"This hearth is so beautiful!"

Yuri praised, "Just think of it as lending it to me, waiting for me..."

"How about letting whoever keeps sentry use it?" Wei Ran suggested without waiting for the other party to finish speaking.

"Comrade Victor, you are much more normal than the last reporter."

Yuri said happily, and at the same time, he stuffed the warm hearth into his arms.

"The last reporter was abnormal?" Wei Ran asked with interest.

"He is a wartsman journalist, and he seems to be a Jewish journalist who escaped from Poland."

Yuri said distressedly, "I'm not a good smoker, and I don't have any prejudice against wartai people, but he is not as easy to talk to as you. He took a photo of all of us on the day he came, and even

group photo.

He said he was worried that we would die one day, so it was best to let him help take a picture first so as not to affect his news reports.

As a result, he himself was blown up to death the next day because he opened a can bomb he picked up."

Hearing this, Wei Ran sighed secretly. He could probably guess that the reporter was probably trying to verify the authenticity of the can bomb. He might have just overestimated his ability.

"boom!"

At this moment, an explosion suddenly came from the forest some distance away from the cemetery.
To be continued...