Soul to the Rhine

Chapter 124 Doubt

"Xia, there is a wounded man here, with a bullet in the chest. He was sent from Kursk. The old man asked you to go and have a look. He... Xia? Xia?"

There were several screams in my ears, Rosia suddenly came back to her senses, with a dazed expression, she turned her head and asked, "What's wrong, Elana?"

"Ah -" Ilana whined, reached out and grabbed her shoulders and shook her: "What are you looking at? You are so distracted. I mean there are a few wounded people coming from Kursk. The old man asked you to go over and take a look. look……"

"Kursk? Wounded?" Rosia was startled, stood up from the chair and hurried to the medical point.

"Hey, wait for me!" Ilana caught up behind her, staring at an envelope in her hand, wondering: "What is this? Is it a letter from Heinrich?"

"No." Rosia folded the envelope in her hand and stuffed it into her pocket.

The medical center is right in front of her, and she has not lived here for free these past few months. After her body recovers, she will try her best to help there.Most of the villagers in this village are Soviets. Now that the two armies are at war again, it is inevitable that there will be some conflicts between the military and civilians. The relationship between the two is at a delicate time, and the military doctors are not willing to let the Soviets in. Rosia is quite busy during this period. .

Before she went in, she heard bursts of wailing inside. Rosia was very nervous before she came, and now she became even more nervous when she heard the sound. She opened the door and went in, and saw three soldiers lying on the bed in the ward. , there was an SS officer lying on a bed in the corner.

No Heinrich.

Rosia turned back and asked Ilana: "Are these just the wounded? Are there no others?"

Ilana shook her head: "No, these soldiers were seriously injured, and they were specially approved to come here for treatment. You know, the front line is short of supplies, they are being bombed everywhere, and the field hospitals are already full, so they have to be sent here." coming."

The medical point in this village usually treats soldiers stationed in Kharkiv, and rarely people from other fronts.Now that all the wounded in Kursk are being sent here, it shows that the fighting on the front line has reached a certain level.

Rosia's mood at this time was really indescribable. She was happy that Heinrich was not among the wounded, but she was also worried that he would be more dangerous on the front line.Since the Soviet Union's victory in the Battle of Stalingrad, the situation on the battlefield between the two armies has reversed. Whenever she saw an injured German officer being carried into the ward, her heart would twitch.

She put on her coat, briefly disinfected it, and walked over to check them one by one.

Only then did she realize that the three soldiers were not ordinary soldiers, they were all three non-commissioned officers, but they were wearing field army uniforms and helmets, so no one noticed the epaulettes on their shoulders for a moment.

Rosia pushed back the clothes on their injured parts. The wounds were bloody and bloody. The bullets had been taken out and the wounds had been simply bandaged. However, these people were still unconscious.

She had seen too many tragic injuries to soldiers and witnessed brutal fighting on the battlefield. She had no facial expression when dealing with such injuries.None of them were infected yet. After Rosia walked around in a circle, she walked towards the man wearing an officer's uniform lying in the corner.

Ilana followed her and explained: "This is SS Major Adrian MacArthur, an officer at the Second Division Headquarters."

Rosia was not interested in his name or affiliation. After nodding, she checked his wounds. Unexpectedly, after checking around, he didn't find a hole in his body. Even his uniform was clean.She couldn't help but wonder, turned around and asked, "What happened to him?"

Elana's face looked a little strange and disapproving: "He has no external injuries."

"Is the bullet out?"

"He wasn't shot either." Ilana took her a step outside and said, "He just had a concussion."

"What?" Rosia was surprised. After being surprised, she couldn't understand: "Isn't he a seriously injured person? Why is he here with a concussion?"

In modern times, concussion is still a disease that needs to be hospitalized for observation, but here, let alone concussion, as long as it is not a broken arm or leg, it is not considered a serious injury.Medical resources are so scarce and there are not enough front-line personnel. How could he be sent here because of a minor concussion?

Ilana shook her head: "I don't know either. Anyway, when the old man checked, he said he had a mild concussion and he just needs to sleep well for a few days. Oh, his two hands are also broken and he needs to rest."

Rosia didn't know what to say at all. She turned around and looked over. The officer was also very young. He looked similar to Heinrich. He had his eyes closed and was motionless. His skin was very white and his face was thin, but he was not sick. He is thin, tall, and has a moderately fat and thin figure. Just by looking at him, you can tell that he lives a good life.

Having lived in this era for a long time, she could see the subtle differences between the German Junker nobles.Nobles also rise and fall. Like Heinrich, he was the only one in the entire aristocracy. Although his parents died in the war and he received high honors and praises, he was actually an empty shell. .

But this officer is obviously different. At first glance, he looks like a child who grew up in a very privileged environment. He has no worries in life. He is afraid that participating in the war in the army is just a show, or else he has to go to the battlefield because of family needs to show his family loyalty.

The family of such a person must have great power in Berlin or in front of Hitler. It is no wonder that he was sent here with broken bones and a concussion of his head.

It's all right now, it's been a hundred days of injury, if nothing unexpected, this second generation of Quan will be here for a long time to cultivate.

From the beginning, Rosia saw the kind of soldiers who were fighting on the front line for the motherland. She was saddened and moved by their experiences and responsibilities, and because of this, she couldn't help but feel sad when she saw such a relaxed person. Good impression.

After collecting the things, Rosia told Ilana: "Just watch it here. I'm going back first, and I'll come back in the afternoon."

"I'll go with you." Ilana caught up and said, "I'm not on duty today, it's Catherine."

As soon as he finished speaking, a pretty Soviet girl walked in outside. It was Katherine. She was also the only Soviet person who helped military doctors take care of patients in the medical point.

Rosia wasn't very familiar with her, but Ilana was also a nurse on duty, and the two often looked after patients together, so they were familiar with her.

"Katherine, what's wrong with you? Are you crying?"

The Soviet girl's skin was very fair, so the reddish eye sockets were obvious. When she heard the question, she raised her hand to wipe her eyes and bit her lip: "It's nothing, I just fell outside and it hurts."

Both of them are medical staff, so how could they not hear her perfunctory attitude.Ilana didn't ask any more questions, and just told her, "Then you should be careful when walking in the future. I should be on duty for you at times like this, but I really want to go to Xia's house now, so I won't help you."

Katherine smiled and shook her head: "It's okay with me. Go ahead. If anything happens here, I will call you."

"Okay." Ilana waved to her, jumped down from the steps, took Rosia's arm, and pulled her back home.

Rosia was dragged for two steps, then looked back at the Soviet girl standing at the door. For some reason, she felt strange in her heart: "How long has she been here?"

"Who? Catherine?" Ilana also looked back: "She has been here for a long time, I can't remember the specific time, but many times I forget that she is from the Soviet Union, and the old man also likes her better , what’s wrong?”

"It's nothing." Rosia shook her head. People's intuition can sometimes be wrong. She just had a feeling and couldn't prove anything.

Ilana had worked with Catherine for so long, and she didn't feel anything was wrong at all. She shook Rosia's arm and said excitedly: "Do you know how Adrian MacArthur broke his bone just now? ?”

Rosia laughed: "How would I know?"

"Haha, I heard the person who sent him here said that he suddenly wanted to drink at the headquarters, but there was no drink at the front line, so he drove his motorcycle to a nearby town to buy alcohol, and accidentally drove into a ditch on the way. , I hit a milestone, so I fainted." Ilana smiled happily: "I have never seen such an injured person, it is so stupid."

"It's quite stupid." Rosia couldn't help but laugh. She was already arriving at her home: "Elana, I'm going to buy two fish from Louisa. You go in first and wait for me."

"Ah, you want to buy fish?" Ilana's eyes lit up instantly, and she was extremely happy: "Is it because of me? Is it because of me?"

This loser, Rosia pushed away her tightly grasped hand and said, "Yes, go in quickly and prepare some condiments for me."

"As you command, sir." Ilana followed the example of those soldiers and gave a Nazi salute, with a serious and presentable face.

Rosia couldn't help laughing when she looked at her, shook her head, turned and walked towards the river.It was now more than July, when the weather was at its best in the Soviet Union. People downstream were doing laundry and people upstream were fishing.This river is shared by the village, and they usually catch their own food. However, people like Rosia, who have no time and no patience, buy it from Soviet women. Food is precious during the war, and a small fish costs more than 7 yuan. rubles.

Louisa was indeed by the river. She was a widow. Her husband died in Leningrad. Now she only had a two-year-old son. She could not leave her son to do other work, so she squatted here fishing every day to prepare for the winter. of food.

The Soviet people are simple and do not understand why the two countries are fighting, nor do they understand what war is.There are almost no Soviet men in this village, and these Soviet women take care of children, the elderly, and the sick every day. They have no dissatisfaction or rejection of Germans like Rosia.

"Doctor Luo is here again!" Louisa had already seen her with sharp eyes, swung the fishing rod, lifted the hooked fish out of the water, and threw it into the fish basket: "You can choose for yourself, and you can pretend to be the one you like. Walk."

She often buys fish, so the two of them are familiar with each other.Rosia knelt down, picked up two random fish in the fish basket, and said, "The fish you caught today are all big!"

"What's the use of being big? The quantity is too small." Luisa hung another bait on the hook and threw it into the water: "Just these few fish. I will send two more to Catherine in the evening. Her brother is on the front line. She was captured by the Germans and felt sad, she will definitely not eat again tonight.”

Rosia's hand holding the fish slipped, and the two fish fell into the fish basket again. She raised her head: "Her brother... was captured?"

"Yes!" Louisa was cheerful and didn't think this was any hidden secret, so she told the whole story: "Catherine's brother is an artilleryman. He is in Kursk. He was captured yesterday. I don't know. Now it's life or death. The two of them have been dependent on each other since they were young, and now Catherine may not know how sad she is."

Rosia felt as if something kept flashing through her mind. The strange feeling she had when she saw Katherine came back again. Her heart was blocked and she was a little short of breath.

She looked stunned, and Louisa felt strange: "What's wrong with you, Doctor Luo?"

"Oh, it's okay." Rosia shook her head, took out the two fish again, and stood up.

Luisa seemed to understand something, with a smirk on her face, and winked at her: "I miss your husband, I heard from these soldiers that he also went to the front line, but don't worry too much. This At this time, isn’t no news the best news?”

Yes, at this time, no news is the best news.

Rosia smiled and said goodbye to her, and turned to go home.

As soon as she turned around, the smile on her face disappeared.

Catherine's brother was captured yesterday, and she knew about it today.What makes her so well-informed?How did she do it?
Although Rosia didn't understand military affairs, she had been dealing with the German army for such a long time. How could she not know how strict the German army's military discipline was?They would never tell such a thing. Even about her relationship with Heinrich, she wouldn't get much information from the orderly.

Who is Catherine?Why did she stay in the medical center for so long?Her brother had just been captured, was she still in the mood to go on duty today and take care of the German troops?

Rosia felt that things were very strange, and there were obviously big loopholes in it.But why did the military doctor let Catherine stay there?Didn't he notice anything unusual?
She went back in a solemn mood. When she got home, Elana had already prepared everything, waiting for her to carve up the fish and put it in the pot.

Cooking is very simple. A person can master everything after living alone for a long time. It didn't take long for the two of them to prepare the meal and set it on the table.

During this period, Rosia thought about it for a long time, still feeling uneasy, so she told Ilana about it while eating.

"It's nothing strange. You don't have to be on duty, so you don't know. Those soldiers are very talkative when they are awake. Maybe Katherine listened when a few of them were talking. She happened to be on duty yesterday afternoon."

"Really? Don't you think this time is too close? There were wounded from Kursk yesterday too?"

"There are two, and they are taken care of by Catherine." Ilana devoured her food: "Don't worry, Catherine has been there for such a long time, if there is anything, it would have been there long ago, in Kharkov last month Didn't there just be a war? She's fine."

That's what I said.

Rosia took two bites of her meal. Thinking about it carefully, she probably thought too much. She was just an ordinary Soviet girl and couldn't do much.

　I will update more tomorrow. I need to check the information. That’s all for today.I just borrowed two Eastern Front books from the library tonight. There are many pictures in "Bloody Eastern Front" and "European Battlefield of World War II". If you are interested, you can take a look. There are many weapons and actual combat scenes in them.

　　
　
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