Soul to the Rhine

Chapter 48 The Yellow Project
In April 1940, despite her reluctance, Rosia came to a strange country.

When talking about France, Paris is the first thing many people think of. Rosia thought she would go to this internationally famous city, but in fact she was assigned to Mezieres, a city she had never heard of before.

France is a little further south than Germany and Poland, but Mézières is adjacent to Germany and the climate is similar.But the dressing style is completely different. Men here generally wear thin sweaters or shirts, while women have begun to wear long skirts.

Although Mézières is not as famous as Paris, it is still an important city. France's famous Meuse River flows here.Rosia didn't know if this river made any contribution during World War II, but it was obviously very important, because there were heavy French troops stationed on the west bank of the Meuse River.

It can be said that if a war breaks out in the Maas River Basin, Meziere will definitely bear the brunt of the first front line, and the small hospital where she is located will also become the front line in the blink of an eye.She said that the god of fate would not favor her so much.

However, things in the hospital here are more complicated than in Poland. Rosia is so busy every day that she has no time to think about it.

"General, you are so nervous. Why do you have to arrange so many checkpoints? We have already obtained the German attack plan. Victory will eventually be ours."

"Oh, Hans, I still doubt the authenticity of this plan. After all, Captain Bourne is drunk. He only said it in his sleep, so it may not be credible."

"Believe me, it's true. A stupid German major made an emergency landing in Belgium, and he took that dirty plan with him... Hiss, be gentle, ma'am." Hans couldn't help but take a breath, and spoke to Roman in French. Xia said: "Didn't you give me anesthesia?"

Rosia paused, trying to digest his question, and after figuring out what it meant, he answered in very poor French: "It's been used, sir."

Rosia doesn't know French. The original owner seemed to have learned a little but was still half-disabled. Now she is like a high school student who has learned half of the foreign language. She listened to herself half-dead before she could barely figure out what it meant. In the end, she answered with one mouthful. Full of grammatical errors.

However, the French officer named Hans had just communicated with his companions in Polish, probably because he wanted to prevent others from hearing the secret.It's a pity that this sentence that misfortune comes from his mouth is absolutely correct. When he scolded others for being stupid, he didn't expect that there was someone standing next to him who could speak Polish.

Hans blinked his eyes and said humorously: "It seems that my skin and flesh are so strong that anesthesia is helpless. Beautiful lady, I am really afraid of the needle, thread and scissors in your hands, although I am sure it saved me .”

Rosia's hand paused again. Hans's words were too long, which made her brain cramp a little.After a moment, she realized that she couldn't translate this sentence at all, so she smiled and used the universal sentence: "Thank you!"

Hans's legs shook, as if he thought Rosia's smile while holding the "murder weapon" was scary, and he immediately turned around.

His companion patted him on the shoulder and continued to ask in Polish: "Continue Hans, how is the German major?"

"Ah, oh, he was caught by the coalition forces. I have to say that this is a really cunning guy. He pretended to be asleep while waiting for the interrogation, but when the soldiers were not paying attention, he threw in a pile of paper with a pornographic plan. Hans laughed and said, "However, the interrogators came in and rescued the plan from the stove. The German major was so distraught that he even tried to commit suicide by grabbing the gun from Captain Luo Zhi. .”

Hans said proudly, without any precautions.Rosia listened calmly, and her men quickly stitched up the wound on his leg.

She had heard of this yellow plan in modern times. It was a plan that Hitler initially formulated to break through from central Belgium to attack France. It was an important military secret on the Western Front battlefield. However, this plan was later abolished and replaced with The idea came from Manstein, one of the three famous German generals.

Rosia didn't have much interest in military affairs before, so naturally she didn't know much about it.But she now understands that it was Hitler who knew that the plan was leaked, so he changed the battle plan.

Rosia used scissors to cut off the last piece of thread. She glanced at Hans who was still talking enthusiastically from the corner of her eyes, and suddenly felt that she knew why France was defeated in the war. They were all so stupid.

After the sutures were completed, the most painful moment came again. Rosia struggled to think of words, tried to hold back a few French sentences full of errors, and told him to take a good rest, at least until the anesthesia effect wore off before leaving.

It was embarrassing that Hans actually understood what she meant, thanked her with a smile, and stuffed a few francs into the pocket outside her white coat.

……

Tip the doctor?Rosia didn't know what to say, so she once again used a universal phrase, ordered the nurse to put away the surgical tools, and then turned around and went out.

There were several French soldiers standing at the door, all wearing khaki military uniforms and carrying khaki military caps.I have to say that compared with German military uniforms, French military uniforms are really terrible to a certain extent.Rosia has been here for many days, and she still can't accept that France's military uniforms, as the capital of art, look like this. Seven-tenths of a person's beauty is lost, and only three-thirds are left. It's simply unbearable to look at it.

These soldiers should be the entourage of Hans and the others. When they saw Rosia come out, they immediately gathered around to ask about the situation of their chief.

It's a pity that Rosia was so confused after hearing this that she managed to guess their questions through a few words, but she was too weak to answer them at all.Elana was standing not far away, smiling evilly at this side.

No matter how attractive a country or a city is, if the person cannot understand the language of the country, he will not be able to have the good impression he had when he first admired it.Rosia doesn't speak French, and there are no selfless people like Henry here, so her life is really difficult.But at least there is Ilana. This girl can't even tell the difference between French and Polish. She talks like a duck every day, which gives Rosia some comfort.

After dinner in the evening, two French-blind people took a walk along the banks of the Maas River to digest. The river has a unique sunset scenery, the sunset is beautiful, and the air is not polluted.

As Ilana walked, she kicked pebbles with her feet and muttered a few newly learned French words.

Rosia listened casually on the side, feeling that life was gradually returning to the peace it had long ago. There were no Jews, no German soldiers, no brutal Nazis, only the fire clouds above the head, burning in silence!

(End of this chapter)