Soul to the Rhine

Chapter 51 Air Combat
At noon, Rosia called Ilana to go out to eat together. The whole morning passed quietly. The French's several counterattacks came to an end, and in turn they were defeated by the Germans.These are all small local battles, and they can't even reach the edge of the hospital.This made her feel that her guess was indeed wrong.

There is an avenue not far from the hospital, and there is a gourmet shop inside. The food in it is very delicious.The round trip only takes about 10 minutes, so the medical staff in the hospital often go there to buy food.

It's just that this time Rosia and Ilana left in joy, but came back disappointed.The son of the owner of that store was also in the French Army. He unfortunately died a few days ago, so the owner closed the store and went home.

The two had to mourn silently in their hearts, pray for the sacrificed boss' son, and then walked back hungry.

Rosia sighed, and Elana also pursed her lips. This feeling of being half-starved but having no appetite to eat was really uncomfortable.

After leaving the avenue, Rosia was walking when she suddenly felt a ringing in her left ear. There was a sound that seemed far and near, and she couldn't help but cover her ears.

"What's wrong, Sia?" Ilana quickly jumped to her left to look.

"It's okay." Rosia shook her head, a little strange: "Did you hear anything?"

"No..." As soon as he finished speaking, a strange sound passed by his ears. It was very sharp, but it was so far away that it made you feel trance-like.Ilana covered her ears strangely: "I seem to have heard something..."

Rosia frowned, but before she could think of being ugly, another sharp roar came from the distant sky, and filled her ears along with the sound of the wind, making her whole head uncomfortable.

She had never heard this voice before, but it was damn familiar.

Rosia was startled, then listened carefully again, and her face suddenly turned pale.

this sound...

This sound!
"Let's go!" Rosia already understood what it was, and immediately grabbed Elana's hand, let go and ran towards the hospital like crazy.

Yilanna was caught off guard and staggered by her, almost fell down.The whistling of the wind made her voice involuntarily increase: "Xia, what's the matter, what did you find?"

Rosia didn't look back: "Don't ask, it's a bomber, run!"

Ilana panted: "How do you know it's a bomber? Have you seen it?"

When everyone mentions bombers, they think of the sound of exploding artillery shells, but few people have heard of the frightening sound made by fighter jets when they dive, and Rosia has only heard it in movies.

Rosia was full of wind and struggled to pull Elana. She felt that her throat was as uncomfortable as being cut by a knife, and she couldn't speak at all.

The sharp whistling suddenly sounded again, this time closer.Rosia couldn't help but look up, only to find that at some point, there were many planes flying in formation in the sky, flying like moths. She couldn't tell whether they were German or British planes. She only knew that once a fight started, there would be no planes on the ground. There will be an inch of safety again.

A scream that could be called a scream suddenly came into her ears. Rosia felt that her left ear was going to be destroyed and she couldn't hear anything.But Ilana, who was holding her right hand, suddenly screamed, broke away from her hand, covered her ears, and squatted on the ground.

Rosia loosened her hand, and without Ilana's hand, she realized that it was covered in cold sweat.She paused as a bomber roared and swooped overhead, the roar louder and louder than before.The rapid speed gave her the illusion that a plane was about to hit her, and her mind went blank.

In fact, the bomber also flew past her head. At that moment, her heart almost stopped beating.The bomber was like a rocket that passed by in the blink of an eye and soared into the sky again.Rosia seemed to hear the nasty laughter of the pilot in the bomber.

Her legs went weak and she couldn't control herself and knelt on one knee.Elana covered her ears and collapsed in front of her, with an obvious look of pain on her face.

"Ilana, come here quickly, we have to go back to the hospital quickly." Rosia shouted with a trembling voice. She still feels that her scalp is numb, her legs no longer feel like her own, and her whole body can't help shaking. , can't even move.Her mind was filled with fear and fear, but this would not work. If they wanted to survive, they had to return to the hospital before the air battle started.

Elana lay on the ground shivering, covering her ears with both hands, like a wounded little animal.

"Elana!" Rosia yelled again, her voice almost shaking. She couldn't help gritting her teeth, dragging one leg and crawling over, grabbing Elana's hand and roaring: "Damn, Don’t you want to live? Get up quickly!”

Ilana finally had some reaction to what she said in German. She slowly raised her head and suddenly threw herself into her arms with a cry of "Wow" and started crying.

Rosia's eyes were dry and red, and her mouth was bitten.She also wanted to cry, the fear just now seemed to make her bones crack.She stretched out a hand to pat Elana's back and said in a hoarse voice: "Elana, get up quickly, it only takes 2 minutes. As long as we run for 2 minutes, we will be at the hospital and air-raid shelter. Do you remember? Yesterday I told you Talking about the air raid shelter.”

Ilana nodded while crying. Rosia didn't care about her feelings anymore. He grabbed her collar and pulled her up. The two turned around and found the direction of the hospital and ran away lifelessly.

"boom!"

A huge explosion suddenly sounded, and both of them froze. A bomber not far away was hit, burning with blazing flames, falling down, and hitting the ground with another earth-shattering explosion, blocking the two of them. Way to go.

It's the British Brenhem bomber!
Rosia had seen its picture in the newspaper yesterday, and today she saw it destroyed in reality.

Her heart almost stopped, her brain suddenly short-circuited, and she didn't know what to do.

There are countless planes in the sky, densely packed like moths, covering the sky.Various fighter jets were flying up and down, chasing each other. Planes were constantly being shot and burning, trailing a shocking plume of black smoke.

The sky above the Maas River in the distance was filled with flames. Bombs on the river kept sending water columns into the sky. Countless fighter jets rushed into the sky and were quickly shot down.

Why, everything in front of her was so intense that Rosia didn't understand why the two of them went to the front line like this.

"Lo, lo!" A faint shout came from the distance.

Rosia looked over blankly. She was the head nurse. She often translated for her, so the two of them were familiar with each other.

"Hurry up, here, go to the back and hide!" The sound of the bombing was so loud that the head nurse bent down when she yelled, and Rosia could barely hear a few words.

She looked back and saw that there were indeed several houses behind her, so she quickly pulled Elana and ran over.

There were bursts of sharp whistling above her head, and Rosia's ears were so disturbed that she couldn't distinguish the location of the sound.She only felt a hot flame suddenly coming from behind, and the heat wave rushed towards her like she was in an oven.

"Lie down!!"

This reminder from the head nurse was heartbreaking!Rosia's heart was suffocated suddenly, and before she had time to think about it, she quickly threw herself to the ground with Elana.A thrilling explosion rang in my ears, a hole was blown out on the ground, and a large piece of mud fell over.

"Bang!" The burning fighter jet fell beside him.

"Plop, plop..."

The heartbeat started again.

After a long time, Rosia slowly raised his head, and the mud on his head fell down rustlingly.She turned her head and searched around with her eyes. Just when she found the head nurse's position, she saw a bullet shot into her chest.

The screen freezes!

Rosia's eyes widened in disbelief, and her teeth bit her lip, causing a bloody stain.

"Ah... uh... K, K, Kerry..." She seemed to be biting her tongue instead of her lips.She opened her mouth wide and wanted to call out the head nurse's name, but it seemed like a big hand was holding her throat, making her unable to breathe.

The head nurse's body was still standing on the ground, and her snow-white nurse uniform was stained with blood.One of her hands was raised feebly, as if waving to someone, and her lips were trembling.Like the slowest shot in the movie, she tilted her body and finally fell to the ground.

Rosia's tears rolled down instantly. There were still dirt and gravel in her mouth, and her tongue was sore from being polished. She could not speak, but she could no longer hold back the tears and surged down.

Ilana got up from the ground. She did not see the death scene of the head nurse. She only thought that Rosia was injured somewhere, and kept asking her where it hurt.

In fact, it hurts everywhere!My legs hurt when I ran, my hands hurt when I fell down, and my whole body hurt when stones hit me, but what hurt the most was my heart!
We only got along with the head nurse for more than a month, and there was no deep relationship with her. Rosia didn't remember her face very much on weekdays.But at this moment, that ordinary face became alive.When Rosia performed surgery on a senior military officer, she served as a translator and helped her.She usually has a calm expression and seems not to care about anything, but she is the most responsible person in the whole hospital.

Many people cannot feel her goodness when they are alive, but they appreciate her goodness even more after they die.Live with your eyes in mind, die with your mind in mind.

The head nurse left and stayed on this land forever at the beginning of the war, dying under the gunfire of her own people.

Rosia finally cried loudly. The dark cloud that had been suppressing her head made her breathless.When she wakes up from a nightmare in a foreign country, she is always alone.But at this moment, she finally felt the resonance in her soul, the resonance of death.

Love and sacrifice make up this damn war!
Before, Rosia ran away with Ilana, but now Ilana carried her back to the hospital.In just 2 minutes, the ground was paved with blood and life.When the two returned to the hospital, they found that the hospital building had been affected by the war and half of it had been blown up.

Ilana almost fell down several times, but she still gritted her teeth and found the entrance to the air-raid shelter behind her.She pulled the rope bolt, and someone immediately came out to help her.

As they staggered in, a doctor poked his head and looked behind them. After seeing no one coming for a while, he asked, "Where's Christina?"

"What?" Ilana was not good at French, but she also remembered the French names of everyone in the hospital. At this moment, she was startled and remembered that it was the name of the head nurse. "Didn't see it."

The doctor looked back at Rosia's expression and suddenly understood: "She..."

She died, and he heard the sound of bombing outside, but couldn't ask any more questions.

On May 5, the most intense air battle since the beginning of the war broke out over the Meuse River. Thousands of aircraft were involved. From noon until dark, the sound of bombing was non-stop and resounded throughout Mezières.The melee continued until nightfall, and the British and French, who suffered heavy losses, finally ended in failure and left in despair.

The air superiority in the occupied area was completely controlled by the Germans, the Meuse River defense line was lost, and the situation in France was determined.

And Rosia finally determined that the suicidal battle in the history of the Royal Air Force was this one.

The Germans want to forcefully cross the Meuse River. They have driven away the French troops stationed there, and now they have disabled the British and French air forces. They are currently building a pontoon bridge with great enthusiasm. If there are no more troops to stop them, it will be a matter of time for the Germans to land on the west bank.However, the facts after this period of time proved that even if the army came to stop it, it would be of no avail. The French army had been frightened by the Germans and could not do anything.

At night, the British and French planes had withdrawn, the sound of bombing outside was no longer there, and the previous deathly tranquility was restored.

From noon to now, many people have not had any water and cannot go out to eat.The space in the air-raid shelter is small, and the air circulation is not very good. Coupled with the heavy heart, I feel almost suffocated staying here.

A doctor stood up: "I'll go up and have a look, and find something to eat by the way."

"I'll go too, just wait for me." Another doctor followed.

Others told them to be careful, and the two doctors nodded and climbed out.

After a while they came back with a little food and water, but in addition they brought in a soldier.

Everyone immediately surrounded him. The doctors and nurses could easily see that he was an air force. He seemed to have been shot in the chest and was now unconscious.But these people also looked worried, looking at the two doctors who brought the soldiers in very puzzled.

"Brad, you should explain why you brought a German soldier here."

Yes, this is a German soldier, an officer, a lieutenant in the Wehrmacht Air Force.

Brad glanced at the doctor: "In the eyes of doctors, do we still need to distinguish between nationality and status? He is just a wounded soldier. Other than that, I can't see anything else."

"You, Brad, he's German, you saved him, what if he wakes up and kills us all?"

The doctor's worry was also the worry of everyone present. They were all afraid of becoming Mr. Dong Guo and being bitten back after saving someone.Just from the standpoint of being a doctor affiliated with the Red Cross, they should indeed save him, no matter which country he is from.

Brad looked at the people present for a while, then suddenly bent down and took off the holster from the lieutenant's waist, and then checked the places on his body where the gun might be hidden.Finally, the three guns and bullets were put away. Although the doctor was still dissatisfied, he said nothing more.

Brad looked at Rosia who was aside: "Luo, he is injured in the chest, how about you come?"

In fact, Rosia didn't want to save the German officer. She had just returned from the hell in the afternoon. She had been mentally and physically exhausted. She didn't want to do anything but sleep.But Brad's gaze did not allow her to refuse. In fact, although she had developed her own selfishness in modern times, she still had morality in her heart, and she also had the moral qualities that a doctor should have.

Rosia sighed in her heart, but agreed: "I'll get the tools."

(End of this chapter)