Soul to the Rhine

Chapter 117 New Life

The train swayed all the way through the mountains, taking the people on board out of Stalingrad and toward distant places.

Finally leaving this hell, Rosia recalled the hardships of survival for more than two months. Apart from being thrilling, she was filled with sighs.She no longer wanted to know how she felt when she went in and what kind of mood she came out with. After escaping, she just never wanted to return to this place.

A few hours later they arrived in Rostov.

The original plan was that after arriving in Rostov, they would break away from the current refugee team, go in search of the German army, and then follow the army to a safe place.

But the facts interrupted the plan again, and God forcibly made arrangements for them.

As soon as the refugees got off the bus, for the convenience of management, the Soviet army immediately classified them into refugee camps by unified numbers, and also issued food ration exchange tickets for a week.Although Rostov was not recaptured by the Soviet army, some forces have been penetrated.The German army is transferring troops to another city not far away, and they now have no way to contact the headquarters.

Not only that, there is a snowstorm in Rostov now. Even if they can get rid of the Soviet army, they will not be able to cross the snowy mountains and make a long journey to meet up with the large army, and Heinrich's injury is not enough to allow him to carry out such a mission. long journey.After all, they still have to stay here as refugees for a while.

The plan was shattered. Life in the refugee camp was nothing to Rosia. The more than two months she spent in Stalingrad was worse than a refugee.That kind of struggle for survival is over, and now there is nothing that cannot be overcome.The only inconvenience is that she doesn't speak Russian. She can at most speak a few words or some very simple daily sentences intermittently, but not much more.Here you have to be careful not to speak German, and worry about whether your living habits will arouse others' suspicion.

But it was not so good for the stinky and narcissistic Heinrich. There were a lot of refugees, and the Soviet army would not provide them with good living conditions. There were nearly a thousand people crowded into a base camp, and they were separated from each other. There is only a small house separating them, and usually they can hear clearly what the person next door is saying.At the same time, he also looked down on these people who lived a rude and aristocratic life, and even more disgusted that they were Ivan. The most annoying thing was that he had to wear rags every day, and he did not have the aura of a high-ranking Nazi official.

But on the other hand, he is still a tolerant and rational person. At least these small emotions are only shown in front of Rosia. As soon as he goes out and meets other people, he immediately looks cold and noble. The way they get along.

His wound has been repeated countless times, and after the fever subsided, the condition began to improve.Now that the mountains are covered by heavy snow, it is difficult to move, and there are almost no people outside.When he had nothing to do, he would sneak out, check the terrain here, find the way to leave, and find a way to contact the German army by the way.

Rosia's daily task is to stand in line to receive food with a ration ticket, and then memorize vocabulary.

Once, she thought she was a little genius because she could speak five languages, but now, she was looked down upon by Heinrich all the time.

"Who gave you this vocabulary book?" Heinrich lay on the bench, flipped through her small vocabulary book, and then threw it into her arms with disdain.

Rosia was shelling corn kernels and reading a vocabulary book in the house. When she saw the stinking look on his face, she didn't want to pay attention to him and just read the words according to the pronunciation marked above.

"yayesiyublyu..."

"No, it's yavasiyublyu." Heinrich slowly swung his legs, so idle that it was outrageous that he kept picking up the corn kernels on the table with his hands, sincerely adding to the chaos.

However, Rosia had the spirit of studying hard and being open-minded to be taught, so she endured it. She read the pronunciation taught by Heinrich a few times, and managed to master it. She looked down at the book again, only to find that there were no annotations on it. I couldn't help but be stunned.

"Hey, what does this word mean? Why didn't Kraft write it?" Rosia asked doubtfully. Not only that, this word was also written very conspicuously. In her opinion, some letters in Russian are very distorted. This word is written The flowers look like flowers and are hard to recognize.

Heinrich paused and turned his head quickly: "Who is Kraft?"

Rosia was speechless: "Isn't he the one who helped you fetch water last time? When you came back, you still disliked him for being slow and fetching less water. I told him that I had lived in Eastern Siberia for a long time and I didn't know how to do it here. After he pronounced it authentically, he gave me the word book.”

Heinrich stared at her for a long time, looking at her in confusion, then snorted and turned around: "It's not interesting."

"What? I asked you what this word means."

"You bastard." Heinrich said, then turned his head, glanced at her, and said, "Don't talk to him from now on, he's scolding you."

"Really?" Rosia was surprised and looked at the word again: "He also made it very big. It's strange. I don't seem to have offended him."

Heinrich snorted again, and then continued to shake his legs. Rosia raised her head and glanced at him, thinking that this guy wasn't lying to her, but after thinking about it again, it seemed unnecessary.

So she continued to read and memorize in the vocabulary book, and she was also busy picking corn.

During this period, Heinrich corrected her pronunciation several times, and Rosia took note of them carefully, but he was disgusted with her language talent.

"I advise you not to learn it. With your ability, when you learn it, we can all walk to Berlin."

Rosia was angry: "What if you don't learn? You pretend to be good outside, but those people want to talk to me."

"You can be a mute." Heinrich suggested leisurely.

Such a vicious mouth!
Rosia couldn't help but grabbed a handful of corn on the table and threw it at it: "If you continue like this, I will let you go out to collect rations tomorrow, and then let those girls talk to you."

Heinrich was lying with his hands behind his head. Since he was in his own house, he had no precautions. The handful of corns hit him in the face, leaving several small red marks.

Heinrich made a movement and immediately sat up, his blue eyes glaring over coldly.

Rosia was startled, thinking he was angry. After being stunned for a moment, she realized that his eyes were refracted outside light.She breathed a sigh of relief and was about to lower her head to continue memorizing words when she saw from the corner of her eye that he reached for the table, picked up a large handful of corn and threw it at her.

"Oh, your sister Heinrich."

The corns all hit my face, causing pain, and a few of them hit my eyelids and teeth.Rosia touched her face with one hand and inhaled hissingly, and quickly grabbed the corn kernels with her other hand and smashed them into the corn kernels.Heinrich was more agile than her. He lifted up his scarf and blocked all the corn, then grabbed it and threw it over.

"Yavasiyublyu!" Rosia was hit again and angrily cursed back in her newly learned language.

I don’t know if Heinrich was shocked by her pronunciation. Anyway, after hearing this sentence, all his movements stopped, as if someone had pressed a switch, he was stunned, his eyes were straight looked at her.

Rosia didn't care what was going on with him. She didn't miss the opportunity. She quickly lowered her body, picked up the corn on the table with both hands at the same time, and threw it all over.

There was a crashing sound, and Heinrich's whole body was covered with golden corn kernels. He was stunned for a while, then shook his head to get rid of the corn kernels on his head, and then suddenly stood up and grabbed it.

Rosia screamed in fear, turned around and ran away.After running a few steps, she suddenly realized that there was a huge difference in speed between herself and someone behind her, so she quickly bent down and got into the bed curtain.

Heinrich followed closely behind, his hands almost touching the hem of her clothes, but Rosia slipped out from the other side again.This kind of chasing and playing made her feel like she was back in college, when she was laughing and playing with her roommates.

It's a pity that her current "roommate" is someone who is many times stronger than her in physical strength. She didn't run for long, and when she circled around the room and returned to the place where she originally shucked corn, Heinli was killed. Nozomi grabbed it.

Rosia yelled again, and quickly squatted on the ground with her head in her hands, begging for mercy: "No, no, I was wrong, I shouldn't hit you, please don't tickle me..."

Heinrich didn't know what she was screaming at all, he pulled her up, and was about to say something, but Rosia suddenly screamed again.Because she had been running for a long time, her body was already hot and her skin was sensitive. At this moment, just the touch on her wrist reminded her of being "ravaged" by her roommate, and she couldn't help but struggle.

She struggled a little too hard, and when she moved her legs back, she accidentally bumped into the table. Her body tilted and fell backwards. Heinrich reached out to pull her, but she also pulled her unsteadily and fell. go down.

"Bang!" With a sound, the two of them hit the table together, making a huge noise. Then Heinrich pulled her to the side, and the two of them rolled to the ground.Rosia was so stung by the corn kernels on the ground that she couldn't help but scream again.

She quickly stretched out her paws and rubbed her waist, but when she turned her head, she found that Heinrich was just above her, looking at her quietly but sharply.

"Uh..." Rosia was speechless for a moment. The distance between the two was really close, making it hard for her to breathe.Her eyes dodged for a while, but she still met his eyes. At that moment, the boundless blue seemed to surround her whole body, causing the strings in her brain to break silently, as if there was something. Things passed by little by little.

There was a healthy blush on her face from running, and she was panting slightly. When she raised her head, she could see a transparent outline in his eyes, shadowy, and her black eyes also reflected the other person's figure.

A quiet and charming aura surrounded this small area. Heinrich didn't know why, but after a brief pause, he slowly lowered his head.

Rosia stared blankly into his eyes, completely stunned, but at this moment, a loud voice suddenly floated in from outside the door.

"France, are you at home? Can you go to the medical center with me?"

The voice was majestic and loud, and it shook Rosia out of the charming atmosphere just now. A little panic and shyness flashed across her face, and then she quickly pushed Heinrich away, stood up, and walked quickly to the door. , opened the door.

"Aunt Anglia." Rosia smiled and plucked her messy hair with both hands: "I'm free. Are you sick?"

"It's not me, it's Daniel. He's started to have diarrhea again recently. He seems to have caught a cold. I need to get him some medicine." Anglia was holding a basket in her hand, covered with a white cloth. She took a step forward and walked When he got to the door, he looked inside and said, "Ah, your husband is at home now."

Rosia couldn't help but think of what happened just now, her face turned slightly red, and she nodded: "Yes, he is resting at home today."

Anglia looked at her face carefully and suddenly smiled with a meaningful look: "It's time to take a good rest. I heard that his injury is not healed yet, so you should be careful."

"..." Rosia reached out and slammed the door, blocking the view inside: "Aunt Anglia, let's go first."

Although life in the refugee camp is not good and there is a lot of suffering, to be fair, getting along with these simple civilians who do not understand war is as warm as family.Heinrich didn't say anything outside, but everyone in the refugee camp knew that he came from Stalingrad and was injured. In their hearts, they regarded him as a hero who defended his country and his country. Will help him carry water and deliver things.

Rosya and he are part of the same family here. The Soviet farmers are simple and live a pure life. They regard them as a real couple in words and deeds. All supplies are distributed according to the family, although it is a bit concealed. Things were convenient, but it still caused her a lot of trouble in life.

For example, there is only one bed in the house, or there is only one tub for them to take a bath...

But overall, these little troubles are nothing compared to the cruel war life.

Not far to the north of the refugee camp is the Rostov train station, which is already guarded by the Soviets. However, currently, the entire Rostov is still in the hands of the Germans. Apart from the allocated supplies, it is very inconvenient for the refugees to go out to find food. .

The Soviet army wanted to seize the city from the German army, retake the Volga River Basin, and completely encircle the German Sixth Army and the Fourth Armored Army in the Caucasus Mountains. However, for this reason, the German army refused to let go. Although there is no large-scale war, local fights will inevitably hurt these refugees.

So in the entire refugee camp, there was no one who didn't hate the German army.For this reason, Rosia and Heinrich had to keep their spirits up in this tight rhythm of life to prevent their identities from being discovered.

On February 2, Marshal Paulus of the German Sixth Army surrendered, and the Sixth Army was completely wiped out. This half-year-long bloody war finally ended with the Soviet army's victory in Stalingrad, and then World War II began on this day. A major turning point in the situation.

The victory of the war filled the Soviet Union with nationwide joy, injecting new strength into this cold winter and vast barren land.The morale of the Soviet soldiers was unprecedentedly high. Even the people in the refugee camp were running around telling each other, ecstatic. The only one who was unhappy was probably Heinrich.

(End of this chapter)