Soul to the Rhine

Chapter 115 Escape from Hell ([-])

When the gunshot rang in her ears, the sound was so loud that it penetrated her eardrums and shocked her so much that she couldn't recover for a long time.

When the body of the Soviet female soldier fell to the ground, she raised her head and saw the expressionless Heinrich holding the gun she had placed on the sled, pulling the trigger and firing two more shots.The body of the Soviet female soldier twitched a few times on the ground, and blood came out of the holes in her body, and then she was quickly frozen again.

After doing all this, not only Rosia was confused, but Heinrich himself didn't know what happened.

His body was weak, and his consciousness was floating like blocks in the sea. Sometimes he would completely fall into darkness and feel nothing.Sometimes he could vaguely hear subtle sounds in the cave and feel the temperature of the food on his lips, but he could never open his eyes.

This time, he was still in a coma, but he vaguely heard someone calling his name, asking him to save people.This is what you get when your body is extremely tight and moves faster than your brain.

As soon as he opened his eyes, he almost didn't understand what was happening. He already touched the gun, pulled the safety, and pulled the trigger in one go.

The two looked at each other for a long time. After a long time, Heinrich put down his gun and managed to sit up with his hands on the edge of the sled.

Rosia suddenly came to her senses and ran over to see his wounds, but Heinrich blocked her with one hand, raised his chin and pointed at the body at the door: "What happened to her?"

When mentioning this, Rosia was still in shock, her heart was beating fast, and she didn't dare to look at the door. After a moment of silence, she said: "Didn't you see everything? She is chasing me."

"Humph." He moved, leaned against the wall, and looked at her coldly: "Didn't I say I would kill her earlier?"

"I……"

Rosia was speechless. She didn't want to argue with him about human nature or moral issues, because it would be useless to argue.They live in different eras, different living environments, received different educations, and cannot communicate at all on the spiritual level.The only issue facing them now is survival. How to survive is the most important thing.

Heinrich seems to be in relatively good spirits at the moment. At least he can talk to her a few more words and point out the way forward.

"Where should we go next?" Rosia reached out and took the medicine box and shook it: "We have no food, nothing."

Staying here is not a long-term solution. Not to mention the inability to survive, there is still a war outside. As long as the German army does not surrender or escape from Stalingrad, they are not alive and will die at any time due to various reasons.

Heinrich turned his head and looked at the light snow falling outside the cave, without much expression: "You should leave by yourself."

Rosia glared.

Fortunately, he seemed to be just talking. He leaned against the wall and pondered for a while, and then said: "The Fourth Army has not completely evacuated. If we can join them, they may send us out."

Rosia frowned: "You mean we are going to find the main force of the Fourth Army?"

This is really not a good idea. Although she does not understand war, the Sixth Army has been wiped out in history, and this is indeed the reality. As the Fourth Army, which also focuses on attacking, its end may not be as miserable as that of the Sixth Army, but it will definitely It's not much better. Waiting for the army to send them away may not be as fast as them arriving on foot.

Unexpectedly, Heinrich shook his head: "No, we will go alone. If we meet them on the way, we will go with them. If we don't meet them, we will keep heading west to Rostov."

Rostov is the place where Rosia was taken to eat when he first met him in Stalingrad, on the other side of the Volga, it was all controlled by the Germans, and historically it seems that the Soviets wanted to recapture this place and cut off the Germans All the backup was used to trap the German army in the Caucasus Mountains, but it seemed to be unsuccessful in the end.

She was not very familiar with the terrain of the Soviet Union, but it seemed that Rostov's strategic position should be very high.There are logistics there, too, and if they can actually get there, they can survive.

But the route from here to Rostov is so long and dangerous, and the task is so arduous.Now Stalingrad has been completely besieged by the Soviet army. Maybe they will be discovered and shot before they can get out.

You really can't think too far ahead.

Heinrich's consciousness lasted longer than usual this time. Although the fatigue on his face was very obvious, he was able to walk with her help.

After several days of blizzards, the snow piled up so high that people walk with one foot deep and one foot shallow, and it is even more difficult for the sled to slide on it.No sooner had they been dragging the empty sled than a thick layer of snow would blow on it.

The vast snowfield stretches as far as the eye can see, and I really don’t know where to go.Rosia couldn't tell the way in a place like this, but Heinrich looked very sophisticated and didn't speak. There was no other way, so he had to follow his footsteps.

By noon, the two of them hadn't gone far. If they looked back, they could vaguely see the hilltop with the cave.

They are still in Stalingrad, and traces of war can be seen everywhere along the way.The Sixth Army has not yet surrendered, but it has been abandoned by the high-level in Berlin, and the defeat is certain.As a result, the German army, which had completely lost support, fought desperately, and the dying resistance and struggle everywhere were particularly fierce, even worse than the previous street fighting.

They kept walking in one direction, and at two or three o'clock in the afternoon they saw a town, a town occupied by the German army but about to be captured by the Soviet army.

When they were still far apart, the two of them could hear the crazy bombings, gunfire and various screams inside. This kind of noise was very unaccustomed to Rosia, who had been quiet for several days. She If you raise your head and look above the town, you can see the gray smoke and the flames of war burning on the roofs of the buildings.Many buildings have collapsed due to bombing and are full of ruins.

The good thing is that they found their army, the bad thing is that the army is about to die.

Heinrich frowned and looked for a while, then made a quick decision: "Let's go, they are going to blow up the granary, abandon their position and escape."

Is this the German army?Rosia also looked at it a few times, but she didn't understand how she came to this conclusion. She turned her head in doubt: "How do you know?"

Before he finished speaking, a huge explosion was heard somewhere in the town. Countless pieces of building fragments were thrown into the sky along with the gunpowder smoke. Then the sound of gunfire inside became extremely intense, with swords and guns screaming everywhere, as if As if responding to Heinrich's words.

At this time, on the other side, hundreds of Katyusha rocket launchers were flying in the sky. The light they fired was as dazzling as meteors, shooting straight into the sky and falling in the direction of the German army in overwhelming numbers.

This frightening scene stunned Rosia, and she immediately dragged Heinrich away. This was already a subconscious reaction.

It's a pity that one of the two was injured and the other was not physically strong, and they slowed down after running for a long time. What's worse at this time is that it started to snow again.

Bad conditions are everywhere for them, and there is little hope.But it might be because Heinrich is still sober, Rosia didn't feel much despair.Walking all the way in the predetermined direction, it didn't take long to see a long and strange team on the snowy field.

Rosia immediately stopped and looked at Heinrich worriedly.

"It doesn't matter, it's the Sixth Army." His comrade.

These are the soldiers who were fighting in the town just now. Now they are fleeing in embarrassment and walking in this vast wilderness.

Because the granary was blown up, the Soviet army was busy recovering lost ground and setting up defensive checkpoints, but they did not arrive in time to hunt down these defeated troops. This was indeed the result the German army wanted.

But it seems that the situation is not very good.

Almost everyone in this long team was injured. They staggered and were exhausted physically and mentally. When they walked through the snow, they left a series of shocking blood stains on it. No one was better than Heinrich. where to go.

They joined the battered ranks, and Heinrich's rank was high, so they got a lot of care.The German army had just bombed the granary, and they had food on them, but there wasn't much, which was better than nothing.

In the evening, they still couldn't find a place to stay, and some people in the team seemed to be unable to hold on. Their walking speed became slower and slower, their movements became more and more sluggish, and gradually some people began to fall.Their serious injuries did not receive timely treatment, some suffered from excessive blood loss, and some were unable to withstand the cold.A long journey without any purpose, in the vast snowfield, with no end or future in sight.

The cold was eroding the willpower and vitality of these soldiers little by little. Rosia and Heinrich walked at the back, so they kept seeing people falling in front of them.At first, some people helped their comrades up and continued walking, but by night, no one cared about the lives of others anymore.

The cold almost froze people completely, and no one could reach out to hold others. The cold weather seemed to freeze the remaining warmth in their hearts.The snowflakes in the sky were getting bigger and bigger, and it was getting harder and harder to maintain body temperature. By the second half of the night, everyone would be unable to walk.

There is still no hope if they continue to move forward. If they stop, they will freeze to death immediately. They are struggling like zombies in this endless snow field, and every step they take is like stepping on the tip of a knife.

Heinrich's physical strength was almost exhausted, and most of his weight rested on Rosia's body.Rosia was also exhausted and wanted to lie down and stop walking.But even so, she did not give up and followed the team in front little by little.

At this time, a soldier walking in front of them fell down with a plop. The soldier next to him just glanced at it, then turned a blind eye and slowly walked over.

Rosia walked past him on the other side. Although she couldn't bear it, she couldn't help others.But as soon as she raised her legs, the soldier grabbed her trousers.

Lifting up a face that was exhausted and in extreme pain from the snow, Rosia looked at the sadness in her heart, pursed her lips, and whispered: "I'm sorry."

"Doctor, doctor, please kill me..." The soldier didn't think about asking her to save him, he just stretched out his hand tremblingly and shook her trouser legs, and the corners of his eyes froze as soon as tears overflowed: "My legs I'm unconscious, I can't go out, please give me a shot."

Rosia shook her head crazily, subconsciously took a step back, and broke away from the soldier's hand.She didn't want to kill, but letting others die in front of her eyes was already an indirect killing for the doctor. She didn't know what to do. The only thing she could think of at this time was to escape.

When human beings are at their most helpless, all they can think of is escape.

She supported Heinrich, who was getting weaker and weaker, and continued to walk forward one step at a time. With this delay, they were already some distance away from the main force, and now they were further away.

Rosia looked at it from a distance, and was about to muster up his breath and continue to move forward, but Heinrich next to him rolled his eyes, lost consciousness, and fell backwards in a daze, Rosia was shocked He quickly reached out to grab it, but she was pulled down with her and fell into the snowdrift with a thud.

The biting coldness suddenly poured into her clothes, and her face felt like needle pricks. Rosia ignored the snow on her body and hurriedly got up. Then she stretched out her hand to pull Heinrich up and patted his face anxiously. Shout: "Heinrich, Heinrich..."

Both hands and face were cold, and when they touched each other, they both shuddered. Heinrich managed to open his eyes. His eyes were facing the dark night and moonlight above. At that moment, the color disappeared and seemed to be transparent. .

Rosia was startled, but he slowly stretched out his hand and put it on her shoulder, moved his lips, and uttered a few broken words.

"You go."

When Rosia heard these words when she was close to his lips, she suddenly became angry and angry, wishing she could give him another slap in the face.But she didn't dare to do anything, so she could only grab his shoulder and ask in a cold voice: "Didn't you say that we would survive? Didn't you say so? What is it now?"

"I'm serious now..." Heinrich was very weak. His words lacked the air and sarcasm of the past. He just looked at her calmly, like a person who was reaching his twilight years and was about to die.

Looking at it, Rosia felt uncomfortable, with pain and sadness in her heart. She held back the tears in her eyes and shook her head: "I'm serious too, I won't go, I don't know the direction, and if you don't lead the way, I won't be able to go out. "

Heinrich kept looking at her, the light in his eyes flickering.After a long time, Rosia couldn't help but shed tears, hitting the back of his hand. He seemed to have just reacted, slowly stretched out his hand and put it around her back, and leaned his head on her shoulder little by little.

"Okay." She heard his voice sounding like it was about to disappear, but still with the same tone of wanting to be beaten, she said slowly and softly: "You are so worthless, you should let me show you the way."

"Ugh..." Rosia's heart seemed to be touched by something for a moment, and the tears in her eyes suddenly burst into tears. She took the hand on her shoulder and put it around Heinrich's neck, as if there was a smooth road ahead. , there will never be such a terrifying endless night.

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