As night fell, Wei Ran, who was riding on a tree branch, once again used a rope to tie the Schneider telescope taken out of the metal book to the trunk of the tree to monitor the northwest direction.

From time to time, he would put on the hand-held telescope Yuri left for him to see what was happening in other directions.

Although it was dark, he could still clearly see Vasily cutting firewood near the camp through the reflection of the snow on the ground.

At present, this child, who is only about ten years old, is the only "idle labor force", and he is the only one who has time to carry out the crucial work of collecting firewood.

As for fried fish...

It was no longer important, because those companions had died continuously in battle, and because of Vlada's busy cooking before she was alive, they now had enough food reserves to last for several days.

Turning his gaze to look in the direction of the artillery position, the artillery crew members commanded by Zonya were still conducting busy drills.

The direction machine of this artillery has been completely damaged, so Ruslan, who is responsible for aiming, only needs to shake the height machine. The horizontal movement is left to old Ivan, who is responsible for firing the gun. He has to push the gun to rotate to assist aiming.

, and press the fire pedal with your hand to fire at the appropriate time.

This will undoubtedly make them busy during the battle, and this is why they need to practice over and over again before the enemy planes come.

In fact, Wei Ran knew, or everyone knew, that if Vasily came to help and was only responsible for firing cannons, then old Ivan's work would be much easier, but everyone subconsciously gave up this option.

Everyone knew that someone must survive in this position, and that person could only be Vasily.

The drills over and over again were interrupted by the sudden whistle of Wei Ran, and soon everyone heard the shouts of Wei Ran from the top of the treetops.

"West by north! Two planes! Attention! West by north! Two planes!"

After a short pause, Weiran continued to shout, "It's two He111s. There is a high probability of dropping bombs at high altitude! Be careful to avoid bombs! There is a high probability of dropping bombs at high altitude! Be careful to avoid bombs!"

While loudly reminding his companions, Wei Ran also took the time to turn around and look in Vasily's direction with his binoculars.

Fortunately, he had already run into Wei Ran's shack, which was the farthest place from the battlefield and the relatively safest place.

Using the large telescope tied to the tree to look at the direction of the enemy plane's attack, Wei Ran blew the whistle again and continued to remind loudly.

As he kept shouting, the enemy planes got closer and closer, and he even saw the accompanying fighter jets for the first time!

But whether they are bombers or fighter jets, their altitude is too high, so high that their artillery cannot hit them at all!

As he watched helplessly, the two bombers flew directly above the winding red lifeline on the ice in the distance, dropping a series of bombs in the night.

Even the few accompanying fighter jets seemed to be arrogantly firing machine guns at the ground.

But at this time, everyone on the island could do nothing. Their artillery could not reach such a high altitude!

As everyone looked up in despair, the German bombers swaggered in a circle and left the airspace, and the fighter jets also disappeared into the night sky after clearing their bullets.

He turned the telescope tied to the tree again to look in the direction of the ice road. During Wei Ran's painful wait, the red signal lights lit up one after another, eventually reconnecting to form a red lifeline.

The German planes will come again...

After Wei Ran pulled the trigger of his gun camera towards the flashing red light in the distance, he couldn't help but look to the northwest. He was convinced that the Germans would not give up this good opportunity.

While he was waiting, and while the gun crew members headed by Zonya were waiting, Wei Ran once again saw the incoming enemy plane in the night!

"North by west!"

Weiran blew the whistle vigorously, "West by north! It seems that a plane is coming! Pay attention! West by north!"

Following the whistle, Zonya and others immediately got ready. Even Vasily hid in the operating room shack closest to the position. He seemed to be ready to go and help at any time.

After a short wait, the Stuka's unique roar reached everyone's ears clearly, and Weiran tensed up his nerves. The Stuka was a dive bomber, and he would definitely lower his altitude in order to ensure accurate bombing!

He was even certain that these Stukas were most likely heading for the crawler tractors responsible for repairing the ice highway!

Suddenly, the anti-aircraft artillery commanded by Zonya opened fire. The tracer bullets mixed with it clearly drew a line in the night sky, and the Stukas that had just begun to prepare for the dive also began to pull up violently.

At the same time, the artillery on another island also opened fire - with single shots, hitting the bombers again and again in the direction of the bombers flying over the three islands.

This almost provocative counterattack also successfully angered two of the Stukas. Soon, Wei Ran could clearly see and hear an explosion coming from another island.

At the same time, several other Stukas also began to swoop towards Joniya and others, strafing, and even dropped an aerial bomb!

When the single-shot anti-aircraft artillery and the artillery in charge of Zonya stopped roaring, those Stukas also streaked across the night sky above the guards.

Fortunately, because of the desperate firefight warning here, the lifeline that had just been lit in the distance was also extinguished, buying enough people a short but precious time to hide and escape.

"Attention! They're here again!"

On the treetop, Wei Ran, who was hugging the trunk with one hand and holding a telescope in the other hand, turned his head and shouted a reminder, "Coming towards us!"

Before he could finish his words, Wei Ran saw a flash of red light coming from the muzzle of the anti-aircraft artillery commanded by Jonja.

"How could I see the muzzle flash?"

Before Wei Ran could react to this problem, the shells flew through the treetops and flew into the night sky from a position no more than two meters away from him!

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Wei Ran hid behind the tree trunk without realizing it, and at the same time looked at the night sky behind him.

There was a Stuka there, and a Stuka that had already started firing towards the camp!

Just a momentary glance, but he clearly saw rounds of artillery shells covering the root of the Stuka's wings and the side of the cabin in the night sky. He saw the black smoke rising in the night sky, and he even felt

I even smelled the special smell of aerosol jet fuel!

"call--"

In the fierce wind and waves, he could very clearly see the Stuka, which had lost all its bombs, sliding with one of its wings tilted over the head, then over the head of the artillery position, and finally plunged into the distance.

The shore is only one or two hundred meters on the ice!

"boom!"

With a huge slap, the Stuka spun around, smashing through the thick ice like a dart thrown by a ninja, and finally sank into the cold lake water.

But the battle was not over. Even before the Stuka hit the ground, several others had already begun to lick the ground and dropped bombs one after another!

"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!"

Amidst the sound of successive explosions, aerial bombs exploded one after another in the open space on the edge of the island and even on the ice. The smoke, snowflakes and soil raised by the shock wave also enveloped Wei Ran's already blurry vision, making him unable to see anything.

The specific conditions of the artillery positions cannot be seen.

But there is no doubt that their artillery has also misfired. The artillery crew... life or death is unknown!

As he blew the warning whistle again and again, one of the Stukas arrogantly launched a beautiful dive and strafed again to check the results of the battle.

But what made Wei Ran feel sad was that the artillery didn't respond at all this time.

Finally, the Stuka also flew away, and Wei Ran couldn't wait to grab the rope and slide down, stumbling towards the artillery position.

As the distance got closer, the craters one after another made his heart sink to the bottom, and he subconsciously speeded up.

When he finally came to the edge of the artillery position, he found that most of the bunker that everyone had spent most of the day building with a large amount of ice and snow had been blown down, and the base of the artillery was even buried.

He also saw the body of old Ivan beaten into two sections, Ruslan who was missing half of his arm and was being bandaged urgently by Olga, and even saw the best protected Jonia.

"The artillery can still be used"

When Zionya saw Wei Ran, she said feebly, "We still have artillery shells, but Comrade Victor, I lack a gunner."

"I'll do it," Wei Ran said without thinking.

"We need a sentry more," Olga said, "and a doctor, Victor, come and help Ruslan, one of his arms..."

“No need to bother”

Ruslan interrupted Olga's request, "The German plane will arrive soon. Please tie it up for me." Wait until we hold on..."

"I will be a sentry, and I can be a good sentry."

Vasily's voice came from outside the broken artillery bunker. His childish voice was full of seriousness and earnestness, "Please believe me, I can be a good sentry, I know how to be a sentry, Yuri taught me

of!"

"Then, you become a sentinel."

Jonya said, "We don't have anti-aircraft searchlights, so we really need a sentry. Vasily, this job is left to you."

"yes!"

Vasily saluted solemnly, took the whistle handed over by Wei Ran, hung it around his neck, turned around and ran towards the direction of the guard tower.

"This is not a responsibility he should bear at his age," Olga said while tying up Ruslan's broken arm with the help of Wei Ran.

"I know"

Jonia stood up with difficulty as she spoke, "But we have no choice. Well, while we still have enough manpower, let's quickly change the position of the artillery."

Hearing this, Ruslan was the first to struggle up and let Olga help him inject a small amount of veterinary anesthetic, and skillfully lifted the hoe.

With the difficult dragging of the four people, the artillery finally left the bombed bunker and was pushed bit by bit into the last complete bunker.

"Dududu——!"

At this moment, Vasily, who had climbed to the top of the tree, blew his whistle, and then everyone heard his cry, "Southwest! There was a man on the lake who lit an oil lamp and then collapsed! Southwest! On the lake

Someone fell down after lighting the oil lamp! It seems to be Uncle Seryosha!"

"I'll go!" Wei Ran was the first to run out before he finished speaking.

He did not see, and could not see at all, that Vasily, who was sitting on a branch of a tree at this moment, was actually holding his kerosene gas lamp that was supposed to be placed in the operating room for surgical lighting.
To be continued...