War Photographer's Notebook

Chapter 327 Qualified Red Army Soldier

In the moist and rotten leaves, Wei Ran wrapped in a cloak quietly took out the binoculars in the metal book, let his eyes pass through the birch forest, and looked at the situation outside with difficulty through the gaps in the dead branches.

By noon, the original thick fog had all dissipated, and the situation outside this not-so-big birch forest could barely be seen clearly.

It wasn't until this time that he realized that just outside the forest, at a distance of at most a hundred meters, was the front line of the German army. The winding trenches stretched all the way to the distance, and from time to time, he could see a machine gun fire bunker coming forward. , as well as a few sporadic direct-pointing artillery modified from lying tanks buried in thick soil.

In the direction of the postman Raffle, there is a small hill that is not too high but is full of birch trees and shrubs. At the same time, he also saw that there is a road with the The positions at the foot of the mountain are connected together with winding trenches.

Even while he was peeping at the opponent with a telescope, in the trench on the hill, there was a German dressed as an officer sitting behind a stone, watching something with a gunscope.

"If you can take out the anti-tank gun at this time, you can definitely kill a commander."

Wei Ran thought it was a pity to himself, turned his eyes back to the direction he was facing, and continued to search the trenches for things that could be used to pass the time.

Soon, he discovered that behind the trench facing his body, there was a small lump of slightly protruding soil.The top of this small soil bag is covered with weeds, and there seems to be traces of sandbags around it.

Lightly kicked the artillery spotter Andre's heel, and after receiving a response, Wei Ran whispered, "I seem to have discovered the German command post."

Amid the soft rustling sounds, Andre moved his body cautiously, changed direction, and asked softly, "Where are you?"

"The direction I'm facing is a little to the left, behind the trench line, that little dirt bag full of weeds."

Under Wei Ran's guidance, Andre quickly found the location he had just discovered, but soon, he explained softly, "That may not be the command post."

"Why?" Wei Ran asked puzzled.

Andre explained in a low voice, "There are no radio antennas in the surrounding tens of meters, and it is too far in front. The command post will not be set up in that kind of place."

"How about remembering where it is first?" Wei Ran thought for a while and continued, "After we pass by, call the artillery to fire them a few shots, at least it can help us attract attention."

"I'll write that down first." Andre stopped making a sound after speaking, just took out a small notebook wrapped in a tarpaulin from his arms and started writing and drawing.

The birch forest bathed in the autumn sun soon became quiet again. As time passed, the sun above the head gradually slanted westward, and the light gradually dimmed.

The people who had been lying in the pile of fallen leaves all day did not take out the dry food they carried and ate a few mouthfuls, and moved their already numb bodies carefully.

Finally, as the sun was blocked by the horizon and a faint mist enveloped the battlefield again, the three finally sat up, and Daniela and Nurse Lano climbed out of the bear cave one after another.Everyone leaned on a big enough birch tree to move their numb bodies, and at the same time patiently waited for the sky to get darker.

"Revri, when are we going to leave?" Daniela the sniper asked again, "I'm afraid Pavel won't be able to hold on for so long."

"hold on"

Raffle whispered, "We're going down that hill later, so at least until the fog is thick enough to block the searchlights."

Daniela nodded silently when he heard the words. This road was not the route he came back and walked in the morning. All he can do now is to follow Raffle's arrangement.

While everyone was waiting, the aroma of food wafted from the German positions again, and even in the trenches closest to them, the sound of cooking utensils beating could be heard.

Finally, when the conversations of the Germans disappeared for a long time, the postman Raffle finally stood up slowly, "Okay, it's time for us to set off. Be sure to keep quiet later, and don't let the things on your body come out." Be quiet."

Hearing this, everyone immediately began to check the various pendants on their bodies, and then jumped lightly. After confirming that there was no movement, they each patted Raffle's shoulder as a signal.

The young postman let out a sigh of relief, bowed his waist, and carefully left the forest with everyone behind him.

As the distance got closer, the surrounding vegetation that could be used to hide their figures became shorter and shorter. The people who had just bent over and ran for a few steps also prostrated themselves on the ground again under the leadership of Raffle, and moved towards them a little bit. Approaching the hill a hundred meters away.

But soon, they heard the sound of military boots hitting the ground from far to near.The five of them stopped and crawled forward in unison, each covered themselves with a cloak to blur the outline of their bodies and hid in the bushes and wild grass, and secretly prepared to fire.

Less than 2 minutes later, a small group of German soldiers passed by on their right side. From time to time, each of them would turn on their flashlights and glance around quickly, and then immediately turned off the flashlights.

"Frank, how long do you think it will take for this battle to end?" A German soldier asked his teammates while scanning left and right casually.

"how could I know?"

The soldier who answered this question stopped in his tracks, untied his belt and peed while showing off, "But I will be on vacation soon, maybe I can go home and have a look before Christmas."

“My vacation is after Christmas”

Another soldier complained, "This means that not only will I not be able to see my parents before Christmas, but I will have to spend most of the winter in this place."

"I heard that we were supposed to be sent to support Stalingrad?" Another German soldier on the patrol also untied his belt and began to pee.

"You should be glad we weren't sent to that ghostly place," said the first soldier. "My neighbor was sent to Stalingrad. I haven't heard from him for months."

"Okay, let's go. In the afternoon, Rolf told me that he and Mark found a few beautiful girls who had been hiding for a long time near the village at the foot of the mountain and a good place that is quiet enough. How about after our patrol is over? How about going to him and asking?"

"Then we have to hurry up!"

Watching the German soldiers go away, until the lights of the on and off flashlights became like the buttocks of fireflies in the mist, Raffle stood up, beckoned everyone to follow him to leave the place immediately, and crawled into the foot of the mountain bushes.

Revley led the crowd around the foot of the mountain for a long time, until he could vaguely see a machine gun fire bunker halfway up the mountain above his head, and then he stopped, and carefully pushed aside the fallen leaves beside a thick oak tree, and then unexpectedly A one-meter-square wooden board was lifted, revealing a deep and dark hole.

Under his signal, everyone walked down the wooden ladder one by one in the dark, walking in the last Leif, carefully covered the wooden boards with dead branches and leaves, and then got in, stepped on the ladder and lifted the wooden boards above their heads. Restore.

With a soft "chick", Revley lit a match, and with the faint light, he beckoned everyone to follow him, and continued to walk along the uneven ground under his feet until he had walked a distance of 30 meters. After turning a corner, the young postman lit a kerosene lamp hanging on the rock wall with the fifth match in his hand.

In the dark glass lampshade smoky with oil, the small scorched yellow flame brought a little light to everyone, but also brought more and more doubts.

This cave is not considered spacious, along the way, the widest place is only less than one meter, and the height is no more than 1.5 meters.

As if knowing what everyone was going to ask, Revley explained in a low voice, "There is a mine connected to this cave, and we used to smuggle the mined coal back home through this cave."

"Is this coal mine occupied by the Germans?" Artillery observer Andre asked nervously.

"no"

Raffle shook his head and explained in a low voice, "Before the war started, this place was abandoned. Even the entrance of the mine was mostly blown down. There are only a few ventilation holes left. Alright, let's go quickly." Bar."

After finishing speaking, Raffle walked in the front with a kerosene lamp, and led the crowd forward with difficulty in the low, narrow and extremely damp cave.

This cave is far from being as big as everyone imagined, but the forks are almost next to each other, and there are even clear and clear water accumulated in some places.As long as you step on it, the cinders that settle on the bottom of the water will turn the water black at an extremely fast speed.

However, just after they passed through this continuous waterlogged tunnel, the girl's sobs and two men's wanton laughter came from directly in front of them, and at the same time, a bright light appeared at the far end!
Raffle quickly covered the kerosene lamp with his cloak and then blew hard. The people in the darkness glanced at each other subconsciously, and then raised their weapons.

"Use a knife," Daniela whispered, and at the same time gently handed the sniper rifle and backpack to Nurse Lano who had been walking beside him.

Hearing this, Wei Ran also stuffed the submachine gun in his hand and the backpack on his shoulders into Raffles' arms, and the artillery spotter Raffles who was walking behind him also took off the radio station on his shoulders and put it on at the foot.

The three of them took off their cloaks in unison, and stepped on the wet ground lightly.As the distance got closer, the girl's whimpering, the fire, and the chirping sound of the burning kerosene lamp became more and more clear.

Finally, when they came to a corner, they immediately saw on the other side of the corner, two young girls who might be younger than the postman Raffle were huddled in the corner where the light of the kerosene lamp could reach , and on the other side of the kerosene lamp with their backs to the three of Wei Ran, there are four German soldiers who are anxiously taking off their clothes.

Glancing at the wooden ladder with kerosene lamps and weapons hanging on them, the three of Wei Ran looked at each other, then stretched out their hands to grab Daniela and Andre and shook their heads.

It wasn't until the four soldiers untied their belts that Wei Ran let go of his hands and was the first to rush forward.

Daniela and Andre's movements were no slower than him, and at the same time, the three of them didn't care whether the movement made by the fast running would disturb the four german soldiers with their brains on their heads.

Almost at the same time that Wei Ran's chosen target turned his head because of the movement behind him, his hand was less than half a meter away from the opponent's shoulder.

Before the German soldier could make a sound, Wei Ran's hand had already slapped him on the chin forcefully, and at the same time the other hand also hugged his forehead.

With a crisp sound of "click", when Wei Ran let go of his hands, a slender Mauser bayonet appeared in his left hand.

At the same time, the Mosin Nagant bayonets in the hands of Daniela and Andre had already penetrated the back waist and side ribs of two soldiers.

The last German soldier alive was about to rush to the ladder with weapons hanging not far away, but tripped over his pants in panic and fell to the ground.

Before he got up, Wei Ran was already riding on his back, knelt on his arms with both knees, and at the same time, the cold bayonet was pressed against the opponent's neck.

Seeing this, Daniela and Andre stopped immediately, returned to the side of the German soldier who had just been stabbed by themselves, and aimed at the back of the heart and stabbed each other again.

After Danila took down an MP40 submachine gun from the ladder and aimed it at the covered hole above his head, Wei Ran pointed to the girl in the distance with his other finger, and then pointed to the direction they came from. He whispered, "Let Nurse Lano calm them down."

Artillery observer Andre nodded when he heard the words, and immediately went to the ladder to take down the kerosene gas lamp and moved a little distance away, so that the light from the gas lamp could avoid the girls who were still huddled together and Wei Ran. and Daniela.

Taking this opportunity, Wei Ran also took a quick look at the environment here. The area of ​​this mine is not too big, but it is more than three meters high. The innermost position is made of pine needles, birch bark and animal skins. There are two sleeping nooks covered with blankets, and next to it is a wooden box containing potatoes and onions, a German helmet that seems to be used for cooking, and the remnants of a campfire.And on the other side far enough from here, is the wooden ladder leading to the hole above the head.

Soon, Nurse Lano ran over, surrounded the huddled girls with the cloaks that the three of them had just taken off, comforted them softly, and then carefully removed the cloth from their mouths and relieved them. Open the rope in their hands.

Until this time, Wei Ran asked the captive who was still under him in a low voice in German, "Who else knows here?"

Seeing that the German soldier did not speak, Wei Ran put away the Mauser bayonet in his hand and said softly, "Lano, find me something to block his mouth."

Hearing this, Lano immediately sent over the cloth strip that had just been pulled out of one of the girls' mouths.

After pinching the cheek of the struggling German soldier and stuffing the cloth strip in, Wei Ran, who hadn't gotten up from the beginning to the end, directly grabbed the opponent's arm, twisted and pulled from his back, with a crisp clicking sound. Straighten the other party's bones.

The other arm was also dislocated in the same way, Wei Ran directly pulled the other's dislocated arm and pulled it up, ignoring the suppressed screams in the other's throat, and pulled him in the direction he came and went.

Daniela and the others looked at each other in dismay, and even the sobbing of the two girls became much quieter.

After taking the kerosene lamp in Andre's hand, Wei Ran signaled him and Raffle to stay away, then held the gas lamp in one hand and dragged the dislocated arm of the German soldier with the other, and walked to the waterlogged tunnel that he had just passed.

Kicking the prisoner to the ground, Wei Ran brought the kerosene lamp to the other person's face, and said in a low voice in German, "I'll just ask you once, who knows where they are coming. When you want to say Just nod, and when I get the answer I want, I will satisfy you with one condition, whether it is to live, surrender or die immediately, it is up to you to choose."

After finishing speaking, Wei Ran ignored the other party's frantic nodding, put the kerosene lamp aside leisurely, and then began to practice the bone-setting massage taught by the metal book on the other party's body.

From the ankle to the knee, to the heel of the thigh that needs to be kicked to dislocate, and even every finger joint and wrist joint of the opponent.

With the crisp sound of each joint dislocation, the prisoner would also twist his body and scream crazily, but Wei Ran deliberately controlled the rhythm, always after he fully experienced the pain caused by a dislocation, Will do it a second time.

In less than 5 minutes, the prisoner, who had fainted several times and recovered from the pain several times, had already smelled a fishy smell from his crotch, and there were large areas of urine stains. Wei Ran seemed to have just noticed that he was nodding his head. , deliberately asked in an apologetic tone, "Did you nod just now? Sorry, I was too focused and enjoying the process, so I didn't notice. Now let me help you restore the dislocated joint to its original shape, and then answer my question How about it?"

While talking, Wei Ran has already restored the other party's dislocated wrist to its original state amidst the other party's frantic nodding and subsequent shaking of the head.

"So do you want to answer my question, or do you not want to answer my question?" Wei Ran said, and put the dislocated thumb back to its original position.

Looking at the tearful prisoner, Wei Ran continued to straighten the other four dislocated fingers, and then said slowly, "Okay, now I will give you a chance to answer the question, but the premise is that if your voice Too big, I will massage your other leg and arm, understand? I speak German very well."

After the prisoner nodded wildly, Wei Ran unhurriedly pulled out the cloth strip from the opponent's mouth, and said slowly while the opponent was panting violently, "You can answer the question now."

"There are only five people who know about it, and the other one is Patrol Captain Frank."

The prisoner endured the pain and gritted his teeth and said, "As far as the five of us know, Frank won't come until after the patrol ends at [-]:[-] in the evening."

Is it the patrol just now?

Wei Ran grabbed the opponent's wrist and took off the watch the opponent was wearing. It was less than half an hour before ten thirty.

"How long have you found this place?" Wei Ran let go of his wrist under the terrified eyes of the other party, and asked while putting the watch on his wrist.

"We only discovered this place when we were laying the telephone lines this afternoon." The prisoner quickly replied, "I haven't, never touched those girls. I swear I really haven't touched them."

"What's your password?" Wei Ran didn't continue the topic just now, but asked another question instead.

"For inquiries, use Lily, and for answers, use Marlene under the street lamp," the prisoner said quickly.

Hearing this, Wei Ran blocked the opponent's mouth again, slowly picked up the opponent's other arm to artificially dislocate it, and at the same time let him savor the accompanying pain carefully.

It wasn't until the knee joint of his other leg became dislocated that Wei Ran leaned into the other's ear and said, "I'll ask you one last time, what's the password? I'll ask those patrol members later, if If the password you gave is correct, you have a chance of surviving, so think carefully."

When Wei Ran pulled out the cloth strip from the other party's mouth, the prisoner who was almost collapsed immediately said tremblingly, "What I said is true, ask Lily, and answer Ma Lian under the street lamp. At least tonight! I did not lie to you."

"Hope you survive"

Before Wei Ran finished speaking, he pinched the opponent's chin again, stuffed the piece of cloth into the opponent's mouth, then pulled out the prisoner's belt, and tied his mouth tightly to prevent him from spitting out his mouth. blockages.

Ignoring the prisoner, Wei Ran quickly ran back to the other side of the corner with the kerosene lamp in hand.

After such a short time, the two girls had calmed down under the comfort of Nurse Lano, but they still shrank in the shadows in the corner as if they were afraid of the kerosene lamp in Wei Ran's hand.

"How's the situation?" Daniela asked first.

"Someone will come over around ten thirty, the patrol team we just met." Wei Ran glanced at the girls in the shadows, and asked softly, "How are they doing?"

Nurse Lano shook her head, "It's not too bad, we came in time. But the most important thing now is to get them out of here as soon as possible."

"Before that, we have to deal with the German patrols." Revley said with suppressed anger, "or when we come back."

“We are not going back”

Artillery observer Andre said abruptly, "In fact, all of us know that it is difficult for us to go back. The most important thing now is to find the opponent's artillery position as soon as possible to guide our artillery."

"Let's leave as soon as possible and take those girls away." Daniela followed up and asked, "Revri, you must know these girls, right?"

Revley sighed, "They and I are from the same village"

"If the decision is made, let's go as soon as possible." Wei Ran glanced at the watch he had just seized, "The patrol team will come soon."

"Lano, you take those girls to the end." Daniela said.

"Raffle, you and I put on German clothes." Wei Ran said, "Let me deal with it if we meet Germans later."

The postman Raffle was stunned, and immediately found the body of the thinnest German soldier, took off his clothes and put it on his body.

And Wei Ran also walked to the side of the corpse whose neck was broken by himself first, took off his uniform and put it on his body, and even took off the Soviet helmet on his head and threw it in the corner, and put it on the other side german helmet.

Putting the Bobosha submachine gun into the bag, Wei Ran and Raffle each took the MP40 submachine gun hanging on the ladder, and climbed up the ladder one after the other.

The walls around the ladder have obviously been carefully built, so that it looks more like a wellhead.

Carefully climbed out of the hole, the thick fog made Wei Ran and others unable to see the surrounding environment clearly, only a newly buried carbonized wood telephone pole not far away was particularly conspicuous.

When Nurse Lano finally crawled out of the well-shaped hole, Andre immediately took out a lemon grenade from the ammunition bag, and fixed it on the ladder with a steel wire trip wire skillfully.

"Follow me," the postman Raffle greeted softly, lying on the cold and wet ground again, leading everyone to slowly crawl in one direction.

Soon, searchlight beams swept from time to time appeared directly in front of them.The scorched yellow light beam easily tore through the thick fog, making them have to stop again and again, waiting for the light beam to move to another position.

Gradually, everyone heard the faint roar of the engine, heard the snoring from the machine gun tower not far away, and even smelled the smell of nicotine coming from nowhere.

Led by Revley, the group of people moved their bodies in fear, and gradually left the range covered by the searchlights, then climbed over a barbed wire fence, and got into a red pine forest.

Until this time, they also heard the muffled vibrations and the approaching roar of the train rolling over the rails.

"Good opportunity, let's hurry up!"

Revley urged, and stood up while speaking, leading the crowd to move quickly through the dense fog and dense forest.

Almost at the same time as they found the railway passing through the forest, a train full of artillery also roared past slowly, and they could even see the soldiers on duty on the train and the constantly moving figure pointing at the night sky. Muzzle and searchlights.

When the decelerating train passed by, Daniela said worriedly, "It's the artillery. Those artillery must have been transported to the position that Pavel and I discovered."

"Let's cross the railway first"

Revley urged, "After the pass, the German blockade will be relaxed a lot, and we will be able to reach our destination tomorrow morning at the latest. Of course, if you want to hurry up, I can also ask my friend to borrow a car." Horse-drawn sledge."

"Let's go there first, at least make arrangements for those two girls." Nurse Lano reminded, and then motioned for the two girls to follow.

"Andre, do you want to blow up the railway here?" Wei Ran asked in a low voice.

"That's the job of the bombers. Our artillery doesn't have many chances to fire. Let them leave such conspicuous targets." Although Andre said so, the emotion in his tone couldn't be hidden at all. .

After crossing the railway line without any risk, after Raffle led them into another red pine forest opposite, the speed was obviously much faster, and even the two girls in cloaks began to be willing to answer everyone's questions.

It was also the chat along the way that everyone knew that the sentry tower and searchlight they encountered just before entering the forest on the other side of the railway was originally the village where these two girls and Raffle grew up, but now that The people in the village fled to death, and the only ones left were some old people who were forced to serve the German troops stationed there.

And what they are going to now is the place where a friend of Raffles is hiding in the forest. As for the two girls, they have been hiding in the abandoned mine for a long time, and Raffles even I will send them some food and drink every now and then.

And they were discovered only because a German soldier who was erecting telephone lines accidentally discovered the abandoned wellhead hidden in the weeds.

After walking in the forest for nearly an hour, Raffle stopped abruptly, and then climbed up an unremarkable pine tree, pulling a thin rope on the tree from time to time.

Soon, a small group of scorched yellow flames appeared not far in front of him.After the flame flickered for a few times, Revley also lit the oil lamp in the mine, and a series of signals were emitted from the cover of his clothes.

It wasn't until the lights on the other side went out that he walked forward and shouted softly, "Joya, it's me, Revley, I'm wearing a German dog skin now, don't give me a shot."

"Have you defected to the Germans?" In the darkness opposite, an equally young voice asked with disgust.

"How is it possible! I am a Red Army soldier."

"Swear to your mother," the voice on the other end continued.

Revley said immediately, "I swear to my mother, I really didn't join the Germans, and I brought a few Red Army soldiers with me."

"I believe you, come here."

Hearing this, Raffle immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and beckoned the people behind to follow quickly, and led them to the middle of three pine trees that could almost form an equilateral triangle.

It wasn't until they walked in that they saw a young man who seemed to be the same age as Raffle standing behind one of the trees, but this young man was holding an unknown gun in his hand. Where did the Mauser rifle come from, and on his shoulder, there is still an MP40 submachine gun equipped by the Germans.

"This is Joya, my most trusted friend."

After Raffle introduced the owner of the place to everyone, he immediately introduced Wei Ran and the others, and then he told what happened to the two girls and the idea of ​​wanting them to come to him for refuge. .

"Come in"

The young man named Joya limped and led them to the edge of a pine tree, then opened a small door that was disguised very well, and was the first to get in.

"What's the matter with Qiao Ya's feet?" Wei Ran grabbed Raffle and asked.

"Naturally, that's how he was born."

Revley said in a low voice, "Before the war started, everyone looked down on him. Apart from me, he didn't have any friends. He usually worked as a forest ranger in the forest farm."

"It was him?"

Wei Ran looked at the small door with a little light, and in his heart he had already matched the number of this young man who was born with a disability with the person mentioned in the information provided by Dalia before entering this war.

Following Raffle, he finally entered this almost semi-underground shack, but the environment here was far better than he had imagined.

The relatively spacious triangular space is surrounded by walls built of logs, and even the top of the head is pine wood next to each other. There is even a small stone fireplace at the corner, and in the second On Zhou's wall, there were some bacon and extremely clean animal traps.Even the floor was covered with a thick layer of wolf fur carpet.

"Joya, are your horse and sledge still there?"

Revli sat on a single bed against the wall with a natural expression, while taking off his German uniform to reveal the Soviet uniform inside, he continued, "We are going to the abandoned forest farm in the north tonight, if If you want to avoid the Germans, you have to go around a long way in the forest, Joya, you have to help me this time."

"here I am"

While talking, Joya picked up a glass jar and several wooden cups from the table next to the wall, and poured a glass of water for everyone, "Wait here, I'll bring you the horse right now."

"this is for you"

Revley took off the pistol and holster given to him by Company Commander Valentin before departure and handed it to the other party, "I told you I would get you a pistol, how about it? Didn't I lie to you?"

Joya glanced at the TT33 pistol in Raffle's hand in surprise, picked it up and looked at it with excitement, and then returned it to Raffle, "You can keep it for now, and leave it for you when you go back. I'll do it."

"Take it!" Revley took out the Bobosa submachine gun from his canvas pocket bag, "I have this."

"so good"

Joya looked enviously at the submachine gun in Raffle's hand, and then at the MP40 submachine gun he had just hung on the wall, with an undisguised expression of disgust on his face, "Okay, I'll show you off after you're done. Weapons, I'll get you a horse."

"Joya"

Wei Ran called to Qiao Ya, who was about to limp and was about to go out, and then took out the Bobosha submachine gun and the matching bullets from his pocket backpack and handed it to the other party, "This submachine gun is for you!"

"Will you give it to me?!"

Joya's face showed a flash of surprise, but then he shook his head, "Forget it, they won't work in my hands at all. If you kill a few more Germans with them, I'll take them!" Enough."

"German guns can kill Germans"

Wei Ran put the submachine gun and bullets on the single bed against the wall, "So you can give me your submachine gun."

"This"

Qiao Ya subconsciously looked at Revley who was standing under the kerosene lamp. The latter turned his head to look at the smiling Wei Ran, and then nodded, "Since the reporter comrade is willing to exchange with you, you can take it."

"thanks, thanks!"

Qiao Ya limped to the bedside and picked up the Bobosha submachine gun, "You wait, I'll go and lead the horses for you!"

Watching Joya leave, Revley closed the narrow and low wooden door, sighed and said, "He dreamed of becoming a Red Army soldier to fight the Germans, but his disability made him even a postman No, in his words, he can only hide in this dark forest like a mole, secretly watching the Germans outside the forest ruin our village."

"He is already a Red Army soldier," Daniela said firmly.

"Yes, he is already a Red Army soldier, or at least a guerrilla." Artillery observer Andre finished speaking and looked at Wei Ran, "Comrade reporter, what do you think?"

Wei Ran sighed, nodded in agreement and said, "He is indeed a qualified Red Army soldier."

(End of this chapter)