When Wei Ran walked into the kitchen, Vlada was cutting aspic made from fish scales, fish guts, fish heads and a small amount of flour that Wei Ran brought.
"Is there anything we can help you with?" Vlada asked enthusiastically. Compared to when Wei Ran first came, her attitude has changed a lot.
"Nothing, come here to see if you need any help." Wei Ran shook the camera in his hand, "I wanted to take some photos of you mother and daughter by the way."
"Leave the film to others." Vlada smiled, "I'm just a cook."
"The fish head soup last night was very delicious." Wei Ran chose a seat and sat down. "Just think of it as chatting with you. Is there anything I can help you make?"
"If you want to help, just watch the fireplace for me."
Vlada said, and Olga also handed Wei Ran a glass of hot water, "Victor, do you think Yulia can survive?"
"If she can be sent to Cobona as soon as possible, there shouldn't be a big problem." Wei Ran took the water glass and replied, "Our conditions here are still too simple."
"I don't know when Father Seryosha will come back," Olga said worriedly.
"He will come back, for sure."
Wei Ran replied in an almost self-hypnotic manner, and then changed the subject, "Aunt Vlada, were you a chef before?"
"certainly!"
Vlada said proudly, "I work in the canteen of the Leningrad Fire Station, and my son is a firefighter there."
"I don't know if my brother is still alive," Olga sighed worriedly.
"I would be happy if he were alive."
Vlada also said as if he was in self-hypnosis, "If he died while putting out a fire or fighting, then I would be very proud."
"He should evacuate with us," Olga couldn't help but say, "If he evacuates with us, maybe we can get Dad out of the ice..."
"Olga, what stupid thing are you saying?"
Vlada scolded, "If he withdraws, who will put out the fire? If everyone withdraws, are we going to give up Leningrad to those French smokers?"
"But..." Olga sighed, "We are also fighting here."
"In this case, it doesn't matter if we withdraw or not."
Vlada continued her work, suppressing her emotions and said, "As long as we can get rid of those magical threads, as long as we can protect our home, even if your brother is sacrificed, even if you are sacrificed, even if I die here,
I am also happy on the island."
When the topic of chatting came to this point, Wei Ran wisely chose to stop and just pointed the camera at them, trying to find an angle from which he could see their faces clearly enough.
"Comrade Journalist"
Vlada asked proactively before Weiran clicked the shutter, "Will your report be published in the newspaper?"
"Yes" Wei Ran replied subconsciously.
"Can people in Leningrad see it?" Vlada continued to ask.
"I'll see." Wei Ran nodded seriously, even though he knew in his heart that this was a lie that could only serve as a comfort.
Hearing this, Vlada stopped what she was doing and said, "In this case, please take a good picture of us. If my child is alive, I hope he can see that we are safe here and living a good life.
"
"I'll take a good picture of you"
Wei Ran stood up as he spoke, found an angle to accommodate the mother and daughter standing side by side with their arms around each other's waists, the large basin of aspic on the table, and as many ingredients as possible, and finally pressed the shutter.
On this island, or for besieged Leningrad, having enough food means living well. Even if "enough food" is just a string of fish heads and fish entrails in aspic
.
Almost at the same time he put down the camera, the air raid warning whistle sounded again outside.
Without even bothering to say hello, Wei Ran immediately rushed out of the shack and ran to the open space at the edge of the forest, looking up at the sky.
"North-west! Four planes! Attention! North-west! Four planes!" Yuri on the guard tower shouted at the top of his lungs, and the artillery position not far away was immediately prepared.
However, Weiyan soon realized something was wrong. The planes getting closer and closer in the sky did not seem to be preparing to lower their altitude.
Because of this, the artillery commanded by Jonja never fired, and it was impossible to hit at this height.
"Be careful! It's a high-altitude bomb drop!"
Zonya, Wei Ran, and Yuri on the tree shouted reminders almost at the same time.
But Zionya and her gun crew did not leave the artillery. Instead, they flattened the barrel as quickly as possible to avoid losses. As for pulling the artillery closer to the forest, it was too late at this time.
Almost as Zionya and others, as well as Wei Ran who came over to help, covered the artillery with camouflage cloth, the distinctive whistle sound of falling aerial bombs was heard in the sky.
But even at this time, Yuri still did not come down from the tree, but continued to loudly report the situation in the sky.
"Careful! It's a butterfly bomb!"
Amidst the roar of the aircraft getting closer and closer, Yuri made a firm judgment. He had already seen the launchers splitting in the air, as well as the dense butterfly bombs falling like dandelions!
"It's right above the position! Get into the shack! Hurry!"
Yuri shouted at the top of his lungs, and at the same time he grabbed the rope and slid down as fast as possible.
After being reminded, the people who were originally hiding in the artillery bunker did not dare to delay. They immediately rushed out and squeezed into the shack that served as the operating room with Yuri in no particular order.
In fact, without any discussion, everyone tacitly lay down at the table and used the upper part of their bodies to protect Yulia, who was still unconscious.
"Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!"
Almost at the same time, there were one after another volleying explosions outside the shack, as well as the sound of shrapnel embedded in tree trunks, or knocking on metal objects.
Amidst the sounds of these explosions, the roar of aircraft in the sky gradually moved away towards the ice road, but the whistle of falling aerial bombs did not stop.
"Everyone, please stay away from the door."
As Wei Ran said this, he walked carefully to the door and looked out through the breathable window.
What's terrible is that right at the door of their shack, he saw a butterfly bomb falling on the trampled snow.
What's even worse is that he has no way of telling whether the bomb is scheduled to detonate or whether it will explode when touched.
But he only knew clearly that he had to dispose of the bomb as soon as possible, otherwise the thin door panel of this shack would not be able to block the bomb fragments.
"You all lie down, and ask Yulia to lie down on the ground as much as possible."
As he spoke, Wei Ran took off the backpack he had been carrying, used the cover to pull out the engineer shovel, and then handed the backpack to Andre behind him.
"Let me go," Andre said, "I..."
"You bastard, stay away."
As Wei Ran spoke, he carefully opened the door of the shack. After a careful inspection to make sure there were no other bombs at the door, he immediately walked out, then shoveled a shovelful of snow from a distance, and carefully
Stacked between the butterfly bomb and the door of the shack.
Under his intense busyness, the snow wall less than half a meter high was soon piled up to more than one meter thick.
After looking at the roof of the shack, Wei Ran breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, there was no butterfly bomb on the roof of the shack.
Turning around and getting into the shack, he picked up a pot of warm water that was going to be used to steam surgical instruments, and carefully poured it on the snow wall that had just been piled up. Then he picked up an enamel jar that belonged to someone who didn't know who it was, and filled it with snow.
Carefully placed it on the edge of the snow wall.
"Everyone lie down"
Wei Ran glanced back, then took out a small pebble from his pocket, then took out the slingshot in his arms, lay down at the door of the shack and aimed at the enamel jar filled with snow.
He was only lucky that there was a gap of several steps between the snow nest and the ground, otherwise everyone would really have no choice but to take the risk and leave.
After taking aim for a moment, he loosened his grip on the leather bag.
"Crack!"
The stone accurately hit the enamel jar less than two meters away. Wei Ran also lay on the ground at the same time and covered his head with his hands.
"Bang!"
In the dull explosion, the snow wall he had just worked so hard to pile up exploded under the force of the shock wave. Large and small pieces of snow and fragments mixed in between also banged on the doors, windows and even his head of the shack.
superior.
Carefully, he raised his head and glanced in front and behind him. Wei Ran, whose ears were ringing from the shock, turned around and asked loudly, "Is anyone hurt?"
"No! No one was hurt!" Jonia replied loudly in the shack.
"Don't come out yet"
Wei Ran shouted a reminder, but he got up, holding the slingshot and carefully observing the surroundings.
Soon, he discovered the second, third and more butterfly bombs!
Without walking far at all, he lay down on the steps leading up from the entrance of the shack as a cover, raised the slingshot again, and detonated the dangerous butterfly bombs around him one by one.
In the explosions one after another, the butterfly bombs around the shacks were cleared one after another. However, around the camp, there were sudden and timed explosions of butterfly bombs from time to time, shaking down a lot of snow and making everyone's hearts move.
It hung up a little bit - the roar of the German planes came back!
In another round of whistles, Wei Yan clearly saw that another bomb was dropped by those aircraft from a high altitude outside the range.
The only thing he was lucky about was that the landing point of those bombs was most likely not on this island.
"Victor, we need to get back to the artillery position as soon as possible!"
Behind her, Jonja shouted, "The German bombers will be coming soon!"
"Wait a mininute!"
Weiran no longer delayed and continued to clear the butterfly bombs from the operating room to the artillery position.
But as the distance got closer and the aiming distance increased, he discovered that there were actually two butterfly bombs scattered near the artillery position!
One of the two bombs landed on the edge of the snow wall serving as a bunker, and the other slipped from the edge of the camouflage net and landed less than half a meter away from the artillery tires!
There is no doubt that no matter which branch explodes, it will pose a huge threat to the only weapon on the island.
"Come and help!"
Wei Ran no longer cared about the danger at this time, and said as he walked into the position, "I need you to pull the artillery out! And fast!"
Before he finished speaking, all the people hiding in the operating room ran out. Old Ivan and others who came back from somewhere, as well as Vlada and Olga also ran over.
"Don't come in! Use a rope!"
While Wei Ran reminded everyone, he shook the two auxiliary hoes that were almost frozen with the ground as quickly as possible, and then tied the rope handed over by Old Ivan to the tow hook at the rear of the artillery.
"Pull!" Wei Ran shouted.
Under his command, everyone tightened the rope, but the four tires of the artillery had already frozen with the ground.
“Hot water!”
Before Wei Ran finished speaking, Olga ran back to the kitchen, and soon ran back with a pot of boiling water.
They took the kettle and poured it on the contact points between the tires and the ground. With the strong water vapor, everyone who had already started to use force immediately pulled the cannon out.
"Back up! Back up!"
When Wei Ran shouted, all his attention was focused on the fatal butterfly bomb.
Fortunately, the bomb did not explode until the artillery was pulled out of the bunker.
Instructing everyone to pull the artillery gun directly to the door of the operating room and hide, Wei Ran also hid behind a tree and aimed his slingshot at the bomb on the bunker.
He had to drive the bomb into the bunker and use its explosion to detonate another butterfly bomb. This was the fastest and only way.
But if you don't knock it down, it will explode...
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! The consequences of this situation under Wei Yan's pressure are to believe that the butterfly bomb was a sparrow that landed on the wall of my grandma's house when I was a child.
"Whoosh!"
The moment he released the leather bag, Wei Ran immediately retracted behind the tree trunk.
"boom!"
The two almost overlapping explosions made him sigh in relief, and then waved to Jonia who was hiding at the door of the operating room.
After receiving the signal, the latter immediately ran out with his men, worked together to push the anti-aircraft artillery back as quickly as possible, and were ready to fire.
At the same time, Wei Ran was not idle. He wanted to clear those dangerous bombs as soon as possible before the wind and snow covered them up.
"Victor, leave this job to me!"
Vasily came to him at this moment, and reached out to grab his slingshot, "I also had a slingshot before, and it was very accurate."
"This is not a child..."
"There are no children here, only soldiers." Vasily said seriously, "I will hide in advance."
"Victor, leave it to him." Old Ivan said, "Vasily is a smart boy, he will protect himself."
"Can..."
"You can't stop him"
It was Olga who said this, "He has already stolen a rubber infusion tube from the operating room. Am I right? Vasily?"
"I thought you didn't notice it," Vasily said with a silly smile as he touched the hat on his head.
"There are so many bombs here, let him try them."
Old Ivan said again, "It's better than him doing it secretly."
"This... okay..." Wei Ran gritted his teeth and handed the slingshot to Vasily.
As if to prove himself, Vasily took off his gloves, took out a small stone from his pocket, aimed at the shell shell more than ten meters away, and loosened the leather pocket.
"Crack!"
With a crisp sound, the shell shell was hit by a stone and spun in the snow.
"I will protect myself!" Vasily said confidently, holding the slingshot, as if...as if he was participating in a slingshot competition.
"Aren't you worried about his safety?" Wei Ran waited until Vasi had gone far, then asked old Ivan.
"Worried, of course I am worried."
Old Ivan sighed, "But can you stop him? His father used to be the political commissar of this position, and he has always been proud of it. This island is like his home.
If you don't give him a slingshot and a job, this stubborn little guy will definitely secretly find a way to make a slingshot.
Instead of waiting unprepared for him to appear in danger, it is better to give him some encouragement and let him do it openly."
"Bang!"
At this moment, Vasily had successfully detonated a butterfly bomb in the cemetery while hiding behind a tree, and waved to them.
"Look, I just said he is a smart kid." Old Ivan said proudly.
"Yes," Wei Ran sighed, "but children shouldn't be so sensible, nor should they take these risks."
"That would be true if there had been no war"
Old Ivan took off his tattered hat and patted the snow on his body, "My grandson is as old as him."
"he..."
"I have no idea"
Old Ivan put on his hat again, "We got separated when we escaped from Leningrad. I don't know where he is, let alone whether he is still alive."
"He must still be alive"
Wei Ran couldn't remember how many times he said this, "Old Ivan, let me take a photo of you. If I have a chance, I will publish your photo in the newspaper. Maybe
Your grandson will be able to see you."
"That's a good idea!"
Old Ivan stood up straight as he spoke, "Just shoot here. I'm going to chop wood immediately after the shooting, otherwise everyone might get cold tonight."
“It will be ready soon”
Wei Ran took a few steps back, and once again took a photo of the old guy seriously with the artillery re-entering the position not far away as the background.
"Okay, thank you for taking pictures for me, comrade reporter, it's time for me to go to work."
Old Ivan shook hands with Wei Ran solemnly, pulled out the saw from his waist, and dragged the sledge towards Vasily.
Obviously, he was not so relieved to let Vasily do the explosive disposal work by himself.
Just at this moment, Yuri, who had climbed up to the treetop sentry tower, blew the whistle again!
"The German planes are coming again! West by north! West by north!"
Yuri shouted, "There are five! West by north! Five!"
"Others, please take cover!" Zonia shouted, raising the rangefinder at the same time.
Amidst the roaring sound that was getting closer and closer, Wei Ran also saw the German bombers roaring in the sky. It was a Stuka again! A Stuka in an attack posture!
"This is for us!"
There was no fear in Zonia's tone, but only excitement!
"Attention! Elevation 1500!" Jonia shouted and gave the instruction.
"Elevation 1500!" Lisa, the ammunition hand, and Andre, the aiming officer, shouted at the same time.
At this time, Wei Ran, who had taken out the gun camera, was lying behind a birch tree, connecting the lens with the anti-aircraft artillery and the aircraft in the sky, and focusing on the artillery crew members.
The trigger was pulled!
"Thud, tug, tug, tug—"
Amidst the long-sounding roar, the Stuka in the air was the first to fire. The bullets hit the bunker made of ice and snow, exploding large and small debris.
"Fire!"
Amid Zonya's roar, Igor, who had an injured hand, stepped on the pedal hard!
Amidst the rumbling sound of artillery, the first, second, and third Stukas all dodged the exploding shells. By the time the fourth one came, the artillery emptied the first magazine. They were already prepared.
Lisa immediately inserted the next magazine.
"alright!"
Just as Lisa shouted the signal, a cloud of blood mist burst out from her chest, neck and Andre's chest when Wei Ran pulled the trigger again!
"Ammunition hand! I need an ammunition hand!" Jonia shouted, and she pushed Andre away and sat in the first gunner's position.
Almost as Wei Ran was about to get up, Sasha had already ran over, skillfully picked up a magazine from the ammunition box and got ready.
Immediately afterwards, Yuri, who had just slipped down from the tree, ran over and pulled up Jonja to take over the gunner's position.
"You should go on sentry duty!" Zonia angrily picked up the rangefinder.
"I want to die with you!" As Yuri spoke, he had already turned the steering wheel and height and started chasing the enemy who was retreating in the sky.
Seeing this, Wei Ran immediately ran to the guard tower, climbed up as fast as he could, and after some observation, he shouted, "They are bombing the artillery position on another island!"
Before he finished speaking, everyone including him heard a dense explosion coming from another island!
This is a targeted killing...
Wei Ran sighed in despair. He knew that those bombers would come again until the meager air defense force here was completely eliminated.