Soul to the Rhine

Chapter 76 The Eastern Front
Rosia stopped, turned around, and tried to put on an innocent expression.

Heinrich suffered from indirect convulsions. He didn't know where he might have been provoked again, so he'd better be careful.

"How long have you been here?"

"Uh, more than three months."

"Then how many people have you met who have a higher military rank than me?" Heinrich folded his legs and shook them.

"This..." Rosia glanced at his shoulder cautiously, it was still a major.

To be honest, there are really a lot of school-level officers in the hospital. Although there are no younger ones than him and Werner, there are also many with high positions. Occasionally, you can see a few major generals coming to see their injured subordinates. .

"Ok?"

"... quite a lot!" Rosia couldn't figure out what he meant by asking this, and she didn't dare to flatter him, so she could only tell the truth.

"Recently, many new officers have been sent to Paris to manage the Jews... You are a smart man, you don't need me to say more."

Rosia understood, and immediately raised her head and chest to show her loyalty: "I understand, you can rest in peace and recuperate, I will never cause you any trouble."

Heinrich nodded his chin as if satisfied, and took out a folded envelope from his coat pocket: "It's from Werner, bring it to Aunt Mesa."

Rosia quickly took it and glanced at him quietly. Seeing that he was not displeased, she turned around and ran away.

When she walked to the door, she suddenly found that the officer on a hospital bed in the distance got up, limped to Heinrich's side, and slapped Heinrich with his iron palm without gentleness. On the back: "When did your boy pick up a beautiful woman? She was a doctor..."

The banging sound of the palm made Rosia startled at the door. After listening to his words again, her whole body tensed up, as if she had already seen Heinrich's black face like ink. She quickly ran out and closed the door behind her. .

Normally, the hospital was too busy with work, and she didn't have time to go back. This time, she was not tired, and she knew the news about Werner's safety. She felt it was time to go home and surprise Aunt Mesa.

Aunt Mesa would visit next door when she had nothing to do at home. Pino also played well with the two neighbor children. However, Rosia did not recruit hidden patriots from that family because she worked in the German Army Hospital. I really like it, but fortunately she only comes here a few times a month.

Werner's letters are very short, perhaps because of space limitations on the battlefield, or because they are easy to lose. In short, his letters always tell his family where he is now, that he is safe, and that's it with a few simple greetings.

But even so, Aunt Mesa's eyes filled with tears, and she cooked a lot of delicious food as soon as she was in a good mood at night.

Early the next morning, she hurried back to the hospital. The morning was as busy as before. It wasn't until noon that she managed to catch her breath. She took a few bites of food and found Bettina's ward.

Bettina was not an officer, but also a woman, so it was difficult to arrange, so she was put in the ward of ordinary civilians.

It is said to be an ordinary civilian ward, but it is actually no different from other wards. This is the only one in the entire army hospital.Bettina's trauma was not serious, she only had a small area of ​​burns and fractures on her legs. She was crushed by a collapsed house during a small battle in England, and there was a fire inside. When they were rescued, Has temporarily lost the ability to move.

However, Rosia still found it a bit incredible that she went to the UK to participate in a battle in such a short period of time. She always thought that there were only air and naval battles in the UK.

"Actually, it's nothing. During the air battle, many fighter jets made an emergency landing in the UK. The pilots were all alone, so someone had to come and take care of them."

"So you're also on the response team?"

"Yes." Bettina nodded and moved her legs on the bed: "We rescued many people, but Britain is so dangerous. You can't even imagine what the entire British coast is like. We have two teams there. The whole army was wiped out. Those who were not killed by the British were all affected by their own bombers or crushed to death by collapsed houses."

Rosia was startled, and a scene from the movie appeared in her mind.London, England, has been bombed horribly. Countless civilians and soldiers were buried in the ruins. They stretched out a hand waiting for rescue, but in the end they only gained despair.Not only in London, but elsewhere, it turned out that Hitler's own troops were also suffering from the disasters he had brought about.

Civilians, defenders, attackers, and even rescuers, no one can escape the huge harm caused by war.

"The British are really scary. Sometimes I'm afraid of meeting them. Fortunately, Marshal Goering gave up and I don't have to go there anymore." Bettina looked very optimistic. She moved her legs again and asked: "So , how about you, how are you in Paris?"

Rosia smiled wryly and spread her hands: "Do you think I look good? To see you, I'm still changing shifts with other doctors."

Bettina took a look at her face: "Indeed, I think you look older than before."

"..."

Her mood relaxed, and her days in the hospital became joys and sorrows. Rosia would accompany Bettina whenever she had free time, and she also met many of her colleagues there, although of course they were not familiar with each other.

She had not seen Heinrich again since the first day, but she still remembered that he was going to Nuremberg, Germany, and thought he was returning home to receive a medal.

Some time later, Bettina's leg injury healed, but she didn't even have a vacation. She received a new task as soon as she was discharged from the hospital. She hurriedly came to say goodbye to Rosia, but she disappeared again.

People around me, whether they are known or unknown, are constantly leaving and then coming back.During this period, she rarely saw Vitti, but she often received letters from her. She changed places again and again from the nursing home. There were many Jews in each place. After taking care of them for a few days, these Jews would be sorted into categories. Separately, unmarried men and women and childless couples were sent to concentration camps.

France has fallen too completely, and the government's previous vow to protect French Jews has now become a joke. The French police are aiding the evil, and the French traitors are running rampant, and they have become the Gestapo of France.Both the Jews and the French had lost all hope in them.

But these are too far away from Rosia. She lives in a world full of German soldiers. Except for Pino, she has hardly seen any Jews in the past six months.

Until May, she received a letter from Poland.

When I saw it, the letter had been placed in the mailbox outside the door for several days. It was transferred from the hospital in the Fourth District, so Aunt Mesa didn't pay attention and kept it there.

Poland can be said to be the most unforgettable place she has experienced, not even Mezieres and Dunkirk.There she made many friends, witnessed the fall of a country, saw the entanglement between the Gestapo and the Jews, saw her colleagues being shot in the square, and watched her good friends die one by one. In the end, she took in Pino.

It’s been a long time since I left Poland, but those unforgettable things seem like they were just yesterday.Now, the people there who still remember her, if you think about it carefully, the only ones who remember her are the original hospital staff and the Jewish girl Lisa.

The envelope was thick and made of fine paper, and the scent of ink was still exuding inside after it was opened.

The letter was from Dean Fritz.

"My dear little girl Rosia, I haven't seen you for a long time. Time flies so fast. I still remember the days when you were in the hospital. So, how is your current working environment?

Poland is not good.

It's so bad that I can't even have the nerve to invite you to come and play. However, I still want to solemnly extend an invitation to you. If you have time, you must come to Poland to see it.but not now.

My branch in Warsaw has been closed and I am no longer the director there.Of course, this is not because the two managers you chose before leaving are bad, but because of the situation.Germany and the Soviet Union have completely turned Poland into a pocket toy.Although one of them is my motherland, I have to tell myself seriously that Germany has gone too far. In other words, the group of SS soldiers raised in Germany made me re-understand how cruel a person can be.

Remember those four Jewish girls in the hospital?They had grown up to be good enough nurses, but were forcibly taken to concentration camps.I ended up only saving one in the snow, it was still winter, she was dying and was left outside to prevent spreading the disease to others.After being taken back to the hospital, she gradually recovered, but half of her body was unconscious.Other nurses in the hospital were willing to support her, find her a simple job, or she could stay in the laboratory to dispense medicine, but the SS came again and killed her again.

I can't figure out why they are unwilling to let go of a poor girl who has nothing to do with them.

All the Jews were taken away, and all that remained were the Poles.The Warsaw branch only lost one soldier because of ineffective treatment, but it cost the lives of seven medical staff, all of whom were Polish and did not even have any Jewish ancestry.

And I was also accused of being a collaborator.

But I know you won't think of me that way.I feel outraged by the innocent suffering of Poles and Jews, but I am still an ordinary member of a great country, and I love Germany as much as I love the hospital and all the people.

Poland has become a hell. If we continue to live in this hell that never sees the light of day, it will be a kind of never-ending torture for the soul.

Now, I will spend two years in prison. I think this is good. It will make me calm down and think carefully about what I have done in these years of living. Have I ever worked hard for what I like? I worked hard to pursue what I loved.Have you ever made even a small contribution to this home of the world? Have you ever risked your life for justice and love?

If you can read this letter, I hope you can still remember the stingy dean who was unwilling to give you a zloty increase in salary. Of course, there is no need to feel sorry for him, because it was only then that he could not forget the indescribable Fatigue and burnout, as well as that incredible, mediocre and boring life.

Fritz. "

Putting down the letter, Rosia looked out the window. After a while, she reached out and wiped her face with tears.

Poland, Poland!
Has it become hell now?Hell for the Jews!At the same time, it was also a purgatory of physical and mental suffering for countless Poles and Germans? !

Rosia felt that she couldn't imagine what kind of scene it would be, but without closing her eyes, countless unbearable scenes appeared in front of her.There are scenes from the movie, as well as her past experiences, the smell of blood, the smell of death, scenes, day by day, make up Poland now like a cemetery.

She began to think about Dean Fritz, the 50-year-old man who was always in high spirits. He was the backbone of the entire hospital and loved Germany while also protecting Poles and Jews.He is a man who truly has great love. He abandons perverted racial concepts and eliminates national barriers. He has been running for fair treatment of Poles and Jews in Warsaw, but he was sent to prison by his own compatriots.

He is also a great Schindler!

For some reason, Rosia thought of her hometown in the east and the countless compatriots who were fighting for the country.She re-opened the tear-soaked letter, and a few lines of words floated before her eyes, as if a rumbling voice was recalling in her ears.

Think carefully about what I have done in the years I have been alive.

Have I ever worked hard for what I like?
Have you ever worked hard to pursue what I love?
Have you ever made even a small contribution to this home of the world?
Have you ever risked your life for justice and love?
The words seemed to be questioning, and Rosia's nose felt sore. She held the letter and tortured herself in her heart. The result was that she still cherished her life and she still had to put herself first.But when it came to saving her life, she felt that she should do something.

Time flies by and summer is here.

Newspapers were flying all over the sky again.

On June 1941, 6, no matter that the "Soviet-German Non-Aggression Pact" previously signed was only a little longer, Hitler could no longer bear it. On this day, the Soviet Union and Germany broke out and the Eastern Front War broke out.

Newspapers, radio, and leaflets once again invaded the world of people's lives.

Unlike various news about Germany's continuous occupation of small surrounding countries, the outbreak of the Soviet-German war was like a bomb dropped into Europe.

In people’s minds, the Soviet Union was an unimaginably big and cold country.It spans Asia and Europe, its territory is almost twice the size of Europe, and it is in the extreme north. In this era of underdeveloped information, few people understand what kind of country it is.

Rosia didn't understand either, but she knew that from this moment on, Germany began to perish.No matter how good Germany's victory rate was in the previous wars and how brave and skillful the army was, the Eastern Front battlefield was their grave.

The vast expanse of barren soil, the difficult and bumpy roads, the severe shortage of supplies, and the catastrophe of Siberia's cold current.

The Soviet Union buried almost all the young adults in Germany.

But all this happened after 1942. Now, in the summer, control of the battlefield is still in the hands of the Germans.

Good news kept coming, and battles big and small passed one after another. The whole of Europe and even the world were broadcasting the news that the Germans had advanced thousands of miles. The huge army of more than 550 million people and the comprehensive encirclement of the three-pronged attack completely killed the Soviet Union that was caught off guard. , the Soviet Union suffered heavy losses, retreated steadily, and large areas of territory fell one after another, causing the European people who originally had hope for it to return to the dead silence before.

　Time is running fast, but this is not water, I just want to quickly get a plot to write~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)