War Photographer's Notebook

Chapter 402 Two Little Nightingales

In the forest camp under the stars, Wei Ran quietly listened to the guerrillas headed by Uncle Slava thinking about the days after the war.These guerrillas who came together to fight side by side for various reasons, their dreams are far more simple than those of the children.

Just like what Ivan said at the time, Teacher Jaina wants to stay here and continue to be a teacher after the war is over.The tank player Shura immediately said that he also planned to stay here and be a teacher with Jaina.

As for Uncle Slava, he is planning to return to his hometown of Zaporosh on the Dnieper River, and return to his old job as a construction worker.Just like him, most of the other guerrillas just wanted to go back to their hometown and reunite with their relatives.

But even with such a simple desire, there is an extremely difficult major premise-live until they successfully drive out the Germans and live until the end of the war.

For Wei Ran, he can guarantee that the Germans will definitely fail, and that the war will end soon, but he can't guarantee that how many of these ragged guerrillas will live to the day when their wishes come true .

While he was secretly worried, Shura quietly took the milk bucket that Teacher Jaina handed him, and left the camp in the dark with the half bucket of vodka they left behind and two guerrillas.

"Ivan" Shura whispered in the dark forest.

"What about here"

Before the words were finished, Ivan had already walked over leading a draft horse pulling a sledge. On this sledge, besides the heavy Maxim water-cooled machine gun, there was also a large bucket full of broth. , a basket of bread, and some small fish kept in tin buckets.

"Sergey is already ahead of us," Ivan whispered.

Shula nodded when she heard the words, and loaded the submachine gun in her hand with a "click", "Let's go!"

Ivan first looked up at the star-studded night, then took out a tin flashlight from his pocket, lit it and shook it straight ahead, then immediately extinguished the flashlight and stuffed it back into his pocket.

A moment later, a faint yellow light lit up in the place where the light beam just swept.Until this time, he shook the reins lightly, and steered the draft horse pulling the sledge to run in the dense forest.

And behind the harness horse, Shula and his two companions held weapons in their hands, cautiously staring at the surrounding situation.

Right in front of the sledge, Ivan's good friend Sergey is walking in front with a kerosene lamp on a wooden pole. Behind him is a little to the right, an area not covered by the light of the oil lamp, and Another little boy followed silently, leading a dog.

This strange combination walked left and right in the forest for almost two hours, and even walked for more than ten minutes in a creek full of cobblestones, before finally stopping without warning.

Sergey, who was walking in front, looked around and took the kerosene lamp off the pole and placed it at his feet.And the little boy leading the dog took a square-box flashlight issued by the German army from the hunting dog's neck, skillfully controlled the flashlight to turn on and off according to the agreed rhythm, and sent a safety signal.

Behind them, only Ivan himself was left on the sledge, while Shura and his other two companions were already a hundred meters behind the sledge, each hiding behind a thick tree trunk, staring at them vigilantly. the surrounding situation.

A moment later, a series of nightingales' cries came from directly in front of Sergey.After the howling, the little boy leading the dog immediately turned off the flashlight and hung it around the hunting dog's neck again.

At the same time, Ivan behind them shook the reins again, steered the horse-drawn sledge straight forward, picked up Sergey who was waiting in place, and continued to move forward in the dense forest.

The little boy with the hunting dog hung the oil lamp on a branch of a pine tree, and then hid with his hunting dog in the shadow of the other side of the pine tree and waited quietly for the return trip.

"This time we brought so much food, they must be very happy." On the horse-drawn sledge, Sergey picked up the milk bucket containing vodka, "And Victor also brought vodka, they must be even happier. "

"Shh!"

At the same time as Ivan made a sound, he poked Sergey with the small whip in his hand, and the latter also reacted and closed his mouth immediately.

Soon after, a few wooden houses that looked very old and had been covered by wanton vines suddenly appeared in front of the horse-drawn sledge. Not far from these houses was a large swamp. .

If Wei Ran followed here at this time, he would definitely be able to recognize this place at a glance. Even if he couldn't recognize the much larger swamp or the surrounding terrain, he could at least recognize the well covered with stone slabs.

"Our little nightingale is here again?"

While talking, a woman in a Soviet military uniform came over with a kerosene lamp with the brightness turned down to the lowest level, and asked with a smile, "Ivan, is your brother sent away?"

"Sent away," Ivan replied happily, "I was sent away by Sister Alisa's plane the night before yesterday."

"That's good"

The woman in military uniform breathed a sigh of relief, and moved to the side of the sledge, "What good things did you bring today?"

"Today we brought vodka! Unwatered vodka!"

Sergey lowered his voice, and handed at least half of the milk barrel to the former as if offering a treasure.

"Vodka?"

The female soldier took the milk bucket, weighed it, and asked in surprise, "Are you going to attack the Germans again?"

"no"

Ivan explained, "It was a gift from a reporter sent by Alisa's sister. His name is Victor. He is a very good person. He not only helped us dig the shack, but also taught us classes at night!"

"What did he teach you?"

The female soldier asked with a smile. While speaking, she also greeted the rest of the people who came up, and took all the soup buckets, bread, and small fish in the tin buckets off the sledge.

"We have two classes, one class is called dream"

"There is another class called the future!" Sergey rushed to answer, "He asked us what dreams we all have, and took us to imagine what we will look like 50 years from now."

"And he's a weirdo who doesn't eat meat," Ivan continued, "Uncle Slava got him a big piece of venison, and he didn't even want it."

"It seems that you like that reporter very much?"

Hearing this, Ivan and Sergey nodded in unison, "Victor is a very good person, and he even took a lot of photos for us!"

"Besides, I will be a Hero of the Soviet Union in the future!"

"I want to be a mathematician!" Sergey said not to be outdone.

The female soldier was startled when she heard the words, and said firmly, "I believe that your wishes will come true!"

"Victor said so"

Seeing that the machine gun, ammunition and water tank on the sledge had been removed, and the soup bucket and tin bucket just removed had been emptied and brought back, Ivan immediately asked, "Aunt Sasha, what else should we do?" Yes, or something we need to bring back? If not, we will go back."

"Good boy, take this to Mrs. Jaina."

The female soldier called Aunt Sasha took out a pack of cigarettes from her pocket and handed it to Ivan, "Remember to tell her that Aunt Sasha is in urgent need of these things."

"I see!"

As Ivan said, he put the pack of cigarettes into his pocket, yelled softly at the horse and pulled the sledge to turn around, and left here along the original road.

Watching the backs of the two little guys being completely swallowed by the dark forest, the female soldier Sasha immediately turned around and walked into the wooden house full of wounded people lying behind her.

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