Arc of Gunfire

Lieutenant General Eugene finally had enough and turned his eyes to the building next to the beech.

Compared to the beech, the building is in a better condition, but it is still uninhabitable. The broken windows have no function of shielding from wind and rain. It is okay in summer, but people living in the house in winter will probably freeze to death.

Lieutenant General Eugene was suddenly a little surprised and asked Katya, "How did you spend the winter?"

"The neighbors nearby took me in in turn. The people of Prosen knew that Grandpa Panjielai had a little kid to help run errands, so no one dared to let me stay for long." Katya answered truthfully.

Lieutenant General Eugene touched Katya's head again: "Don't worry, the church came up with the army's support troops. You can go to the church cafeteria with my letter, and they will give you new clothes."

After that, Eugene walked towards the stairs of the house.

Katya: "Are you going home?"

Eugene: "Yes, I want to go home and take a look. Have the Prosons entered my house to search?"

"I don't remember. This house has been abandoned for a long time. I will hide in it when it rains. Many places on the first floor are quite comfortable on rainy days."

Eugene nodded gently and walked into the stairwell.

The first floor was still the same as he remembered, with mailboxes of residents lined up next to the upward stairs.

He found the mailbox with 201 written on it and opened it, but of course he found nothing.

Eugene closed the mailbox and walked up the stairs.

The stairwell on the second floor had a hole punched by a cannon, and the door of unit 201 was ajar.

When Eugene pushed the door, a lot of dust fell from the door. He was like pushing open a door to the past, and everything inside the door remained the same as when he left home.

Even the photo frame covering the chest of drawers remained the same.

"It wasn't robbed." Eugene muttered in surprise.

Katya, who followed in, answered: "The thieves have been recruited by the Prosons. They are only busy robbing the rich and will not come to such places."

Eugene: "Where are these 'fake soldiers' now?"

"They ran away with the Prosons."

After Katya finished speaking, the guard followed up with a sentence: "The judges seem to be arresting these traitors to the motherland with the help of locals. The first batch of traitors will be publicly hanged tonight."

Eugene nodded: "Very good, we must deal with them strictly, and never let all traitors go, otherwise it would be too unfair to the guerrillas who insisted on fighting in the occupied areas."

After speaking, he came to the chest of drawers, turned up the upside-down photo frame on it, and looked at the slightly yellowed photo in the frame.

Katya climbed onto the chair in the room, stood up with the backrest to see the person in the photo clearly, and asked: "Is this your wife?"

"Yes, my late wife."

"Why didn't you take the photo away?" the little girl asked again.

Lieutenant General Eugene: "Because I didn't expect to survive."

After that, he picked up the photo frame, put away the bracket behind it, and handed it to the guard: "Hold it for me."

"Yes."

Lieutenant General Eugene continued to walk into the room.

Katya asked curiously: "Don't you have children?"

"My wife died of dystocia, and the child was not saved. After that, I was decadent for a long time, drinking, and playing cards with Ivan in the next block. The parish priest of the parish always tried to persuade me to get back on the right track, but failed.

"Then Anastasia appeared. She pushed me back on the right track and encouraged me to work until I became the mine manager."

Eugene said as he paced in the room.

"This chest of drawers was made by myself not long after I met Anastasia. Anastasia was always by my side, handing me water and wiping my sweat.

"When I measured the size of the chest of drawers, I used the marking method in the mine. Anastasia said that this chest of drawers was made by a miner at first glance.

"Later, I made this table and the chair you are standing on, Katya!"

Katya: "Was the room empty when you married your ex-wife?"

Eugene: "Of course not, these are all new things. I put the old furniture in the warehouse over there. At that time, I thought that since I was going to start a new life, I would make more furniture so that I wouldn't think of her every day.

"It may not be fair to her, but...but I need to move forward. Do you think I am a coward?"

Katya: "I am only seven years old, Uncle Eugene, is it appropriate to ask me this question?"

Eugene smiled and continued to follow his own thoughts: "At that time, I could never have imagined that one day I would become a general, a lieutenant general, and lead an entire army.

"I only know how to mine."

At this time, the voice of the guard came from downstairs: "Which unit are you from? Comrade, you can't go over there, the commander of the army is up there! "

Eugene turned around, walked to the living room window in three steps, and shouted downstairs: "Don't be special. Do you ignore the words of the military bishop?"

"Eugene?" A female voice came from downstairs, "Eugene, is that you?"

Eugene's words stopped abruptly, and he looked down with an unbelievable look.

At the end of his sight, the female soldier wearing a boat cap was looking up.

The female soldier was wearing a camouflage cloak used by snipers, carrying a Tokarev semi-automatic rifle, and wearing medals on the chest of her uniform like male soldiers. Judging from the medals, she should have participated in the Abavakhan battle last year and killed at least 20 Proson invaders.

"Anastasia?" Eugene muttered.

"Eugene!" The female soldier ran, passed the sentry, and rushed into the corridor.

Lieutenant General Eugene also turned and ran towards the door. He opened the door and rushed to the stairwell. Before he went downstairs, he met the female soldier's eyes.

Anastasia: "I thought... I thought it was just the same name! After all, the serial number is wrong!"

It is very common for people in Ant to have the same name. Even if you count the father's name, there are a lot of people with the same name.

Eugene: "I... I have been asking about your whereabouts, but Ant is too big and the situation is too chaotic. I can't find out anywhere."

Silence suddenly fell.

Because both of them had thousands of words to say, they didn't know which one to say first.

Finally, Eugene rushed downstairs and hugged the girl.

The girl also responded to him, her hands went around from under her armpits and hugged his broad back tightly.

Eugene: "I miss you every day when you're not around."

"Me too."

At this time, Chief of Staff Andrei of the Army Group came over in a jeep and asked as soon as he stopped the car: "Where is the commander?"

The sentry pointed to the dilapidated building: "Upstairs."

Andrei nodded and strode into the corridor, but suddenly stopped and stopped the staff officer who was about to move forward.

The staff officer looked puzzled: "What's wrong?"

Chief of Staff Andrei hissed: "Give the commander some time."

The staff officer tilted his head and looked over Chief of Staff Andrei's shoulder, and immediately nodded in understanding.

Eugene let go of the girl and looked at Chief of Staff Andrei: "I'm done here, what's going on?"

Chief of Staff Andrei: "I checked the situation at the cinema, there is no problem with the headquarters being set up there. Also, there is a telegram from the front headquarters asking about our progress."

"Give me the telegram."

Andrei put down his hand that was blocking the way and gestured to the staff officer, who quickly took out the telegram from his briefcase and ran up the stairs to hand it to Eugene.

Eugene glanced at the telegram and said loudly: "Reply to the front headquarters, my troops are unimpeded, and the enemy has collapsed except for the 77th Infantry Division."

Chief of Staff Andre: "Should I add another comment on the quality of the enemy's infantry divisions after the 15th wave? For example, the several divisions in the 20th wave, both the quality of the soldiers and the weapons and equipment are very poor."

Eugene thought for a while and said: "You can mention it and say that we will submit a detailed written report later. It will include the results of the interrogation of the prisoners by the court."

"Okay." Andre said and gestured to the staff, "Then we will leave first. You can go to the cinema after you are done."

Eugene: "Are there any copies of the movies shown by the Prosen people?"

"Yes, the angry locals planned to destroy the film reels, but the priests lurking in the cinema stopped them, saying that they were precious historical materials." Andre replied.

"Very good, pack all these and hand them over to the front headquarters. Maybe the general can think of a lot of good uses for them."

Andre saluted, then turned around and ran away with his staff.

Anastasia spoke at this time: "You actually became a lieutenant general and a front commander."

Eugene: "Don't you know you are under my command?"

"I don't belong to the 63rd Army. Our 2nd Sniper Division belongs to the 8th Guards Infantry Army. The combat area is next to you."

"Then you..."

Anastasia: "I got 'lost' and came here with my good friend. Isn't it normal to get separated from the troops during such a pursuit? So I have to return to my troops, otherwise they will put me on the list of missing in battle."

Eugene: "Do you need me to write a letter to explain the situation?"

Anastasia smiled: "An army commander wrote a letter to a corporal to explain the situation? No, no, dear, I'm leaving. Let's get together again after this battle is over!"

Eugene: "The 2nd Sniper Division of the 8th Guards Infantry Army, I remember it."

"You don't have to remember it, because it must be easier to find you as the army commander. I will find you. Well, goodbye." Anastasia waved gently, then turned and walked away with light steps.

The guard came up and asked Lieutenant General Eugene in confusion: "Why don't you keep her? With your current position, it should be easy to do it."

Eugene: "Because Ant's mother has not been liberated yet, isn't it natural? So it's not time to talk about love affairs. Not yet."

Little girl Katya: "I think one day is fine."

Lieutenant General Eugene glanced at the little girl: "If I hadn't seen you, I would probably think so. What's wrong with just relaxing for a day? But not now, Katya, not now! As long as there is an inch of land that has not been liberated, as long as the Proson Empire is still there, it won't work!"