Past events in Beicheng

"It's snowing heavily today, are you going out?" Stepan asked Wang Yao while holding the door of the office.

Wang Yao nodded: "I'm going to the Decembrist Square."

"It's far away. The square is far away. Don't close the door. I'll sleep in your office for a while." Stepan came in and lay down on the sofa.

"Put the blanket on, have you explained to the workers outside? Remember to ask them to call you when the air raid comes."

Stepan closed his eyes and nodded: "Come back early, it's very cold in heavy snow, little professor."

Cold and hunger can complicate some of the simplest things. It may affect work for the first day or two, and then gradually lose the ability to run. After a while, even the simplest walking becomes difficult. .Wang Yao walked out of the gate of the factory, and the snowflakes all over the sky were rolling towards him from all directions.He had no choice but to lower his hat and walk forward with a bent body.When passing by the station, he took a lucky look. A bus with black smoke was parked not far from the station. It may be because the air raid had just passed half an hour, and the bodies on the bus were still fresh. The explosion messed up the scene, and a few people were cleaning up the mess.Wang Yao walked past them, smelling the smell of blood, and walked towards Decembrist Square, which was six platforms away.

two o'clock?Wang Yao looked at his watch, there was still half an hour before the agreed time, and he knew that the power reserve in his body was running out, so he walked to a corner of the square, found a bench and sat down.The Neva River in front of him is familiar, as is the naval headquarters building on the side. In the past so many days, he walked through these buildings and witnessed their warmth and prosperity, but now, under the wind submerged in the world, In Xueli, their appearance was as unfamiliar as meeting them for the first time.In the center of the square, the statue of Peter the Great has been protected by sandbags and wooden boards, like a standing turret, with a strange image.

Wang Yao sat on the bench in a daze, as if watching a snow opera, with a straight posture.

"Young man," the old man sitting on the other end of the chair looked back at him, "don't sit for too long, you won't be able to stand up if you sit for too long."

The old man had also been submerged in the heavy snow, if he hadn't spoken, Wang Yao wouldn't have known that he was a living person.

"Thank you." Wang Yao turned his head and smiled at him.

"Are you waiting for your lover?" The old man also showed a warm expression.

"..." Wang Yao lowered his head and was silent for a moment: "Waiting for a friend."

The two didn't talk anymore, the cold wind howled mercilessly, and only a few people dragging sleds to fetch water were walking back and forth in the empty square.

The metronome in the loudspeaker was ticking, it was ten past two o'clock, Wang Yao looked at his watch, would he come?can he come

Finally, a person stepped on this soothing beat and came through the wind and snow.

Wang Yao saw him searching in the square, he opened his mouth, but found himself speechless.

Wang Yao stood up and waved his hands vigorously.

The shadow seemed to see him just like that suddenly, and began to run towards him quickly.

"Wang Yao!"

"..."

"Are you okay?" Ivan patted the snow off his shoulders: "Are you okay?"

"I'm fine." Wang Yao wasn't sure if everything in front of him was an illusion or real.

"Look." Ivan took out something from his bag and put it in Wang Yao's hand.

"toffee?"

A small toffee, Wang Yao suddenly laughed: "Where did you get it?"

"I went to Moscow and got it in Moscow. The Germans had moved most of their heavy armored vehicles to Moscow, and I was transferred to Moscow."

It was only then that Wang Yao noticed that his collar had changed: "Ivan, are you the head of the regiment now?"

"Yes, as long as you stay in the field for a few more days, you will be promoted, because there will always be vacancies."

"how did you find me?"

"Do you still remember the officer who brought you to the military base? He is the adjutant of Marshal Zhukov, and he helped me. Of course, besides this, he also helped me a lot." Ivan took out the Another piece of paper: "Tomorrow, take your luggage to this military airport, this plane will take you to Moscow, and then someone will take you back to China."

"what?"

"Leave Leningrad, Wang Yao, and leave the Soviet Union."

"No, I won't leave." Wang Yao took his hand out of Ivan's hand and put it back into his coat bag.

"Wang Yao! This is war! This is no joke! Do you think you have seen a real war? You have never been to the front! You have no idea what a hellish scene it is! Leningrad has been besieged! Our Many raids have failed, and so many people die every day that there is no time to bury them! Do you think everyone has a chance to leave?"

"No, I won't leave." Wang Yao said coldly.

"Ah! My God! Are you out of your mind?"

"Oh, Braginsky, is this your friend?"

Ivan was so angry that he didn't notice the person walking by.

"Hi, I'm his political commissar. You are the international student? Nice to meet you. My name is Andre." This man is as tall as Ivan, with light brown hair and gray-blue eyes .

"Hello." Wang Yao reached out and shook his hand.

"You have beautiful black eyes, to be honest with you, they are more beautiful than girls', and if you were my captive, I could not resist digging them out Keep it as a souvenir. I don't know if the Germans would do that."

"I don't think I will become a prisoner of the Germans, or do you think Leningrad will fall?" Wang Yao looked at him with a smile.

"What a scary international student, are you going to use this sentence to send me to a military court?"

"It's more difficult. I don't think Comrade Braginsky will help me testify for your inappropriate statement just now, Comrade Andrei." Wang Yao sighed inadvertently: "Thank you for your kindness, but you didn't Can scare me, let's be alone for a while, okay?"

Andre patted Ivan on the shoulder in embarrassment: "I will go back and tell you the above. Here, I will help you fight for two hours. You can try to convince him yourself. Goodbye, international students, next time When I see you again, I hope your eyes are still there."

"Sorry, I," Wang Yao stabilized his emotions: "I didn't want to quarrel with you, send me back, Ivan, I'm sorry, I will not leave Leningrad."

"Okay, here you are." Ivan pulled a flagon from his belt: "You can't even walk steadily now, drink something."

"Not vodka?" Wang Yao took it and unscrewed the cap.

"Vodka with some sugar."

A lot of sugar has been added, but this sweet and greasy taste is a kind of enjoyment at the moment, and it is pleasant with a little alcohol.

"Drink it up."

"Thank you, then I will return to..."

Ivan grabbed Wang Yao's wrist, snatched the empty jug, and threw it on the ground: "Follow me."

Wang Yao couldn't help him at all: "Where are you going, what are you doing?"

Andrei, who was walking in front, heard the noise, turned around and saw Ivan dragging the foreign student towards the naval headquarters, and he hurried in that direction: "Hey, Braginsky, hello! Ivan! What are you doing?"

"Give me two hours, and I'll take him somewhere." Ivan ignored Andre who was chasing him.

"I don't care where you're going!? Damn it! What are you doing in the car?" Andre held the steering wheel tightly.

"These two hours are mine now, Andrei, get the hell out of here."

"You're crazy! Ivan! You're crazy!" Andre stopped him from talking, so he had to climb into the car: "Damn, foreign student! Did you see that? You damn guy! You're driving this madman crazy again !"

The open military vehicle drove very fast, Wang Yao kept trying to break free from Andre's hand, but Andre held him stubbornly: "Don't move! It's really troublesome, you are also a lunatic, I can see it! Don't you I want to jump out of the car!"

Wang Yao shook his hand angrily: "...I won't jump out of the car, I'm not crazy."

In the end, the bumpy military vehicle drove all the way to the outskirts of the city, which was already in ruins. Hearing the movement of the vehicle, several infantrymen poked their heads out of the trenches.

"Political commissar! Commander!" All the infantrymen in the trench stood up.

The instructor of the infantry company was slightly injured, and he hurried over: "May I ask the leader what instructions you have."

Andre rolled his eyes helplessly at Ivan: "Let's come over to see the terrain, you continue."

"How long ago did the enemy attack?" Ivan ignored Andre's emotions, and asked the company commander, "Is there any firepower deployed in the building behind?"

The company commander nodded quickly: "It's in that building."

"Okay, let's go to that building." Ivan grabbed Wang Yao's hand.

Andre could only shake his head: "Where is your communications soldier, I want to call the headquarters."

This building may have once been a department store, and there are still some broken counters and goods under the ruins of the explosion. The spiral staircase reminded Wang Yao of their old dormitory. The ruthless irony of the situation.

"What are you doing!" Wang Yao was full of anger.

"I want to show you the war." Ivan gave him a cold look and took him to the fifth floor.

Ambushing here is a group of machine gunners. The sudden arrival of the leader of the tank unit made them a little surprised. Fortunately, Andre caught up at this time: "We are carrying out the order, you take care of yourself."

The machine gunners had no choice but to ignore the two leaders behind them as much as possible, and returned to their respective positions.

Andrei tugged on the gray uniform on his body, and gave Ivan a teasing look: "You want him to watch the Germans kill the Soviets? Braginsky, you really know how to choose textbooks."

Standing on a tall building, you can see that the rubble in the distance is full of corpses. This is from the last raid, and the white snow has been dyed red.

"What do you want him to know? The cruelty of war? I think he knows? Didn't you say he ran back from Pushkin himself?"

Ivan picked up the binoculars and looked into the distance: "I want him to know that he is useless to stay here, except to collect the corpse for us."

"Put down the binoculars! Damn it!" Andre suddenly pulled down the binoculars from Ivan's hand: "There seems to be a sniper."

The buildings in the distance were very quiet, and there was no human habitation. Andre grabbed Wang Yao and pushed him into a corner: "Don't move! Damn, I think there are snipers! Braginsky, you too do not move!"

Hearing what he said, the machine gunners all turned their heads to look at him nervously.

Maybe it was just some sloppy German army who forgot to turn off the scope, or just relying on the intuition of an old sniper with ten years of sniping experience, Andre felt the existence of the same kind.

In the silence, a gunshot shot across the sky.

The machine gunner squatting by the left window fell to the ground before making a sound.

"They are serious this time." Andre looked at the dead body on the side, his expression twitched: "Braginski, your foreign student friend watched a good show this time, maybe it can really help you collect the dead body. They It's to take out our high-rise firepower before the next raid."

"They will send armored troops this time, we have to deploy our armored firepower," Ivan kicked the soldier next to him: "Where's your communicator?"

"Yes, over there."

To everyone's surprise, this time the German army not only sent snipers, but also bombers.Stuka appeared close to the low altitude, and everyone's hearts were raised in their throats.

"Don't move! Everyone don't move!!" Andre yelled: "The opponent has a sniper! Everyone don't move!"

But when the bomb hit the building and the walls shattered, the fear of the bomb far outweighed everything!A machine gunner couldn't take it anymore, he got up and prepared to find another bunker.This time there was no gunshot, and everything was drowned in the loud explosion of the bomb. In just a second, the machine gunner who had just got up fell down, spraying his brains all over the floor.

After the first round of bombing was over, everyone simply checked the number of people and found that the messenger was killed.

"Where is there a radio station??" Ivan shouted at their platoon leader.

"The third floor! There is another one on the third floor!"

"I'm going to find the radio station." Ivan crawled over and said to Andre, "Don't let him die."

"I'm going! I'm a communications major!" Wang Yao shouted at them.

"Communications major," Andre smiled at Wang Yao, "Kick me the gun at your feet."

Under the cover of the machine gun, Ivan quickly got up from the ground, rolled and jumped down the rubble beside the stairs, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

It didn't take much time for the Stuka to re-climb. The firepower of the aircraft's machine guns was beyond the reach of ordinary machine guns. The Soviet army in the building was suppressed again.

In this bombing, the machine gunner lying next to Wang Yao was hit, and then his deputy pulled him reflexively, and another bullet precisely passed through his head.

"Kick me the gun at your feet!" Andre yelled at Wang Yao: "It's not a machine gun, you idiot! It's a gun!"

Wang Yao resisted the impact of the blood in front of him, and kicked the pistol at his feet.

Andre grabbed the gun, adjusted the front sight, and put it in the hole in the wall. The bombing continued, and the building was crumbling, but he didn't seem to be affected by it all.

His first shot fired, and then he smiled: "There are two more, foreign students, take off his helmet!"

Wang Yao touched the corpse next to him. The corpse was still warm. Wang Yao gritted his teeth and pulled the helmet off the Soviet machine gunner's head: "I got it, and then what?"

Andre made a quiet gesture, and he stared outside, waiting for the bombing to end.

When Stuka raised the height again, Andre made a gesture: "Put the gun against the helmet, yes, just like that, gently lift it out of the window, like a rash soldier trying to stick his head out. Andre licked his lips: "Come on, cunning kitten, let me guess where you are."

As if it had been calculated correctly, only half of the helmet that Wang Yao was carrying was exposed, and a bullet hit it, and the helmet was bounced high, and fell from the fifth floor.

Immediately afterwards, Andre's cock rang, and he smiled again: "There is one more. International students, retract your legs."

Wang Yao quickly retracted his legs, but the bullet that came over still almost hit him.

"The last one, here!" Andre slammed the trigger.

The bombing was over, and the Stuka formation began to return. Among the high-rise firepower of the Soviet army, two of the five machine gunners lost. In the rubble far away, the German tanks and infantry were looming, and they experienced the bombing. The Soviet trenches were in a mess, and the surviving soldiers were organizing a counterattack.

"Haven't our tank soldiers arrived yet?" Wang Yao couldn't help becoming nervous when he saw the German army getting closer.

"Who knows, the bombing was so violent just now, maybe Comrade Braginsky has died?" Andrei said with a smile: "It seems that someone is going to be promoted again. Put down the gun in your hand, my dear." You can't do anything, Braginski is right, you can only help us collect the body. Is there a lighter? I want to light a cigarette. Damn, you are useless. Your platoon leader is still alive Is it?" Andre shouted to the side: "Throw me a lighter!"

Soon, a lighter was thrown over, Andre lit his cigarette, took a puff, and then exhaled a meaningful smoke ring: "I heard that you can speak German, remember it later, don't forget to surrender!" How to say."

The German army finally arrived, and the firepower of the two sides began to stagger. Andre squatted up this time, his gun was still caught in the hole in the wall, and he aimed into the distance without blinking his eyes.

One shot, two shots, three shots...

...Wang Yao clearly saw through the cracks in the wall that each of Andre's shots hit a head, and then the man would immediately fall to the ground, his body still maintaining the posture of charging.

Another shot, this time Wang Yao saw a Soviet soldier fall down.

"You hit the wrong person!" Wang Yao shouted.

"We don't accept cowards and traitors, comrade overseas students." Andre bit his cigarette and changed the clip: "I am a sniper, but I am also a political commissar."

Another Soviet soldier who was running back was shot dead. Andrei dropped his gun, grabbed the horn from the platoon leader and shouted at the position: "Don't retreat! Don't retreat! Don't retreat without orders! You guys Help cowards, idiots!! Don't back down!!"

"Come on!!" With the sound of a whistle, the Soviet army in the trench began to charge, and the machine gunners on both sides were firing fiercely. The snow on the ruins seemed to be boiling and exploded piece by piece.Crowds of people fell down, and there was a loud noise.

The tanks were advancing mercilessly, running over corpses and people who were still alive.

boom!

A shell hit the building, and the building shook violently again. There were not many people left in the Soviet trenches, and the Germans began to climb into the trenches and advance towards the building.

Andre dropped the gun and raised the machine gun beside him: "Don't retreat! Shoot! Shoot! Find someone to deliver the ammunition to me!"

A wounded soldier crawled over, his leg was shot, he struggled to straighten his upper body, and loaded the bullet into the machine gun.The machine gun rang violently in Wang Yao's ear again.

Da da da!Da da da!

The smell of gunpowder makes it hard to breathe, boom!Another cannon shot, this time the building did not tremble.

"Our armored troops have arrived!" The injured platoon leader shouted excitedly!

kv!Wang Yao glanced outside, and then a stray bullet flew over, and the wounded soldier also fell at Wang Yao's feet.

New forces were injected, and it took another half an hour of confrontation between the two sides before the trenches occupied by the Germans were taken back.Andre dropped the hot machine gun handle and sat on the ground: "Damn! The tank is too slow."

The seven or eight surviving people were carried away by the military doctor, Wang Yao pushed away the corpses on his body, and stood up with difficulty.

"Wang Yao!" Ivan rushed upstairs.

"He's still alive," Andre said coldly, "We should thank him. If he hadn't made you go crazy, this position would have belonged to the Germans today."

"Are you still alive?" Ivan glanced at Andre.

"What else? Are you talking to dead people?"

"Thank you Comrade Andre, he is the one who protected me." Wang Yao stretched out his hand, ready to pull him up.

Andre hesitated for a moment, then held out his hand to accept.

"Tomorrow, don't forget to go to the airport." Ivan gave Wang Yao another cold look.

"I'm not going, as I said, I won't leave."

Andre looked at Wang Yao in surprise: "Are you sure you're not joking?"

"No, Comrade Andrey, thank you."

"Okay." Andre spit out the cigarette butt in his mouth, took out his pistol/gun, and pressed Wang Yao's head: "I will give you three seconds at the end, foreign students, either leave or die now."

"What are you doing?! Andrei!" Ivan yelled, "Put the gun down! You bastard!"

Andre smiled, took out another gun, pointed it at Ivan's head, and pulled the safety catch: "Braginsky, if he stays here, you will go crazy sooner or later, let alone you I was originally a lunatic, and I don't want to be with a lunatic, so now I want to change to a team leader as a partner."

"Well, what's your name?"

"Wang Yao."

"Three seconds, three..."

"...two, one."

□□ rang, and Ivan twisted Andre's finger to point to the ceiling, and the decorative glass on the ceiling suddenly shattered into a large piece.

"Andrei! You bastard!"

"I won't leave." Wang Yao looked into Andre's gray-blue eyes calmly: "I said, I won't leave."

"Okay." Andre smiled, shook off Ivan's hand, and put the pistol back into the holster.

Then he punched Ivan in the face violently.

"I'll wait for you in the car, if the car is still there." Andre stepped over Ivan's body and walked downstairs through the ruins.

This punch may have used all of Andre's strength. When Wang Yao helped Ivan up from the ground, he spit out a tooth from his mouth.

"Are you okay?" Wang Yao quickly blocked his nose with a handkerchief.

"..."

"..."

"Damn it!" Ivan grabbed the handkerchief from Wang Yao's hand and blocked the wound himself: "Why don't you leave! I can't accept you dying in the Soviet Union! I can't! Why do you torture me like this!"

"Ivan, don't make noise, let me be quiet for a while." Wang Yao knelt down beside him. The battlefield after the war was very quiet, so quiet that it was uncomfortably quiet.

Ivan sat on the ground and turned his face away, his mood was complicated and depressed.

"Ivan, do you know what Torres said to me before he died?"

"..."

"He said...for the motherland." Wang Yao spoke with difficulty.

Ivan covered his eyes with his handkerchief.

"Do you still remember what you said to me?" Wang Yao held Ivan's hand: "You said to me: Your motherland is my motherland. Yes, your motherland is my motherland, Ivan , I can't leave."