War Photographer's Notebook

Chapter 119 Clinic Under the Ruins
When Wei Ran squeezed the brakes and Hans father got out of the car with a submachine gun, the middle-aged man with glasses finally showed a surprised look on his face, "Doctor Hans, why are you here? they are?"

"Doctor Rocky"

Father Hans glanced at Marco and Wei Ran standing behind him, then took off his helmet, lowered his voice and said close to each other's ears, "We escaped from the battlefield."

"The Soviets already," Dr. Lodge asked tremblingly.

Hans shook his head, "Soon."

Doctor Lodge glanced at Marco and Wei Ran, and finally sighed, "Put your weapons outside the door, and come in."

Hearing this, Marco quickly pulled out the pistol on his waist and threw it into the sidecar of the motorcycle.On the other hand, Father Hans took off the submachine gun hanging around his neck and handed it to Dr. Rocky who was standing on multiple sides.

"My hands are not for holding guns." Dr. Lodge took a step back, pointed to the table with a rifle at the door, turned and walked into the clinic.

Dr. Hans shook his head helplessly, put the submachine gun on the table casually, and then beckoned Wei Ran and Marco to follow into the clinic.

Although this clinic has a small appearance, the space inside is not small. There are several dentist chairs in the consulting room facing the main door on the first floor, and there is even a German soldier who is pulling teeth lying on one of the chairs.

After the soldier saw Marco walking in, he subconsciously got up and saluted, and then he was poked at the wound because the busy dentist didn't have time to remove the medical equipment in his mouth, and grinned in pain.

Marco, whose face was stained with blood and oil stains, waved his hand pretendingly. Dr. Hans, who was afraid of revealing his secrets, took the initiative to say to Dr. Lodge who was walking in front, "Major Rudy has serious dental problems, and he can't even speak now." It's gone."

Dr. Lodge, who understood, pointed to the upstairs, "Go upstairs and wait for me first, I will prepare some medicine and go up."

Led by a nurse whose face was covered by a mask and a nurse cap, Marco and Wei Ran walked up the stairs to the second floor obediently.

Compared with the first floor, although all the windows of the room on the second floor are blocked, it is much brighter because of the hole in the ceiling that is the size of a truck tire.

After the nurse left, the two found a place to sit down. Wei Ran also took advantage of Marco's position on the wall to observe the situation outside the window, quietly drew out the pistol, and replenished the magazine with the bullets that had just been consumed.

Within four or five minutes, Dr. Lodge came up with an enamel medical tray, pulled a chair over in silence, and sat down beside the table in silence.In the quiet room, the three of them stared at each other and fell silent for a moment.

Half an hour later, Father Hans also came up from downstairs, and closed the door with the quilt nailed on, "He's gone."

It wasn't until this time that Dr. Rocky asked, "Did you really escape?"

Father Hans nodded, not knowing what to say for a while.

"Where are we going next?" Dr. Lodge asked in a low voice.

"Go find his brother." Father Hans pointed to Marco who was sitting not far away. "If it's later, maybe his brother will be sent to the battlefield."

"What about after you find it?" Rocky asked the three of them anxiously about their next plan.

Father Hans shook his head blankly, "I don't know, let's find out first, Rocky, Berlin is no longer safe, and the Soviets will soon."

"It's good to call here." Rocky sighed, "This stupid war should have stopped long ago. Regardless of whether the Soviets will occupy Berlin or not, let's end it as soon as possible."

The four people in the room fell into unspeakable silence again.After a long time, Dr. Lodge asked again, "When are you leaving? Do you need my help?"

After hesitating for a long time, Father Hans asked tentatively, "After we find his brother, can you?"

Dr. Lodge frowned, finally sighed helplessly, and then nodded imperceptibly, "Just don't bring weapons in."

Father Hans was completely relaxed after hearing that, and Dr. Lodge had already got up and walked to the corner of the room, took out a few slices of dry bread from the closet and placed them on the table, "Keep quiet and don't make any noise."

Before the three of them could say anything else, Dr. Lodge opened the door with the medical tray and left the room.

"Let's eat something first"

Father Hans beckoned Wei Ran and Marco to sit around the table, took a bite of a piece of bread, chewed it a few times and swallowed it with difficulty, then said in a low voice, "Marco, after dark we will Go find your brother. Victor, are you looking for any family?"

Wei Ran was taken aback for a moment, then shook his head.For a while, the room fell into silence again.After a long time, Father Hans finally said, "In this case, do you want to act with us tonight?"

"Of course" Wei Ran gave an affirmative answer without hesitation.

Marco said quickly, "Thank you, thank you, Victor."

"Okay, let's rest first." Wei Ran didn't say much, moved a chair to the door and sat down, quietly listening to the movement downstairs.

Father Hans glanced at Wei Ran in surprise, and then signaled Marco to go to bed to rest, and he himself sat next to Wei Ran with a chair.

"You don't look like a recruit who has never been to the battlefield." Father Hans whispered as if talking to himself.

"It's just that I'm more afraid of death." Wei Ran said perfunctorily and then changed the subject, "Dr. Rocky downstairs is"

"He and I used to teach at Heidelberg University," Father Hans explained softly, "We resigned after the ridiculous book-burning campaign more than ten years ago."

"Where's Marco?"

Faced with Wei Ran's questioning, Father Hans showed pride on his face, "His parents are the most talented medical students I have ever taught, but unfortunately, they all died as invaders in other countries. land. If it wasn't for Marco, I might still be running my practice in the country."

"Then his brother"

"That's a fool!"

Father Hans' voice couldn't help but get louder, "I really don't know how such excellent parents would give birth to such a fool! It's a tragedy in the history of biological evolution! If Darwin came back to life first, I'm afraid he would be so stupid after seeing that fool. Burn your own "Origin of Species" directly!"

Uh. Wei Ran grinned, not knowing how to answer this question for a while, so he could only raise his head, let his gaze pass through the cracked ceiling above his head, and look at the sky that was still shrouded in mist.

Father Hans seemed to have realized his gaffe, and angrily stuffed the last piece of bread into his mouth, his old face was already full of helplessness.

(End of this chapter)