In the forest, Wei Ran hid behind a pine tree and waited for a long time. Then he slowly stood up, followed Sophie's example, and hung a wooden box from the pine tree in the dark.

Opening the metal buckle on the outside of the wooden box, Wei Ran looked around, then took out the flashlight, covered the lamp head with his hand and pressed the switch.

Although the light was slightly dim, Wei Ran could still clearly see that the wooden box contained several spare dry batteries and an old-fashioned hand-cranked magnet telephone. There was also a telephone line extending from the main body of the telephone.

After thinking for a while, Wei Ran fastened the box again and dragged it back into the tree canopy with a rope, and then walked to the stone the size of a millstone.

Without any effort at all, he found two shallowly buried wires under a moss-covered stone.

It's at least two to three hundred meters from here to the mill, right?

Wei Ran muttered to himself, this distance was just a drop of rain for this kind of magnet phone, but burying such a long phone line in the forest was no small project.

However, considering that there is a waterway not far away, all this seems to make sense. After all, he has walked back and forth in that waterway several times before. Although there is no lighting equipment at all, there is a lot of light above his head.

There are lines.

And he remembered clearly that except for the entrance and exit, which were reinforced with cement, the waterway was all made of regular stones. In other words, the history of the waterway was probably as long as the castle.

It is naturally much easier to hide a telephone line.

After some thought, Wei Ran hid the phone line again and cleaned up the traces he left. Then he put away the flashlight, returned the same way in the dark, and quietly entered the room in the collapsed church.

After locking the door, Wei Ran watched the sizzling heater and secretly pondered the important information he had just heard - the village of Hürtgen was occupied by the Americans.

According to what I checked before entering this period of history, today happens to be November 28th. In other words, on the 29th after dawn, the US military will take over the towns of Kleinhau and Grosso in one go.

After these two small towns are captured, the fortress where Captain Letts is located will probably be captured soon.

As for how much "soon" there is, according to the historical records of Wei Ran Academy, it only lasts less than 7 days. If Captain Letts can escape and rush over within 7 days, maybe the father and daughter can still meet.

,if...

Secretly putting an end to another possible speculation, Wei Ran put away the cloak he was wearing, took off his clothes and shoes and lay down on the bed again.

There was nothing to say all night. When he was woken up by Dominic who got up early the next day, although the sky outside the room was not bright yet, it was already shrouded in thick fog.

This is undoubtedly good news for everyone. At the very least, with the cover of these fogs, even the weiran living on the surface can take advantage of this short period of time to unscrupulously light up the fireplace and prepare it.

With the firewood and coal, you can even cook some food and drink to suit your taste and start a small stove.

Sure enough, when they left the room, they immediately saw figures busily shuttled in the mist. The faces of these little kids also had undisguised smiles - except for those sitting on the steps.

Sophie is smoking and Qiqi is sitting next to her, who is also smoking.

"What's going on with you two?" Wei Ran motioned for Dominic to go in first, then sat next to Sophie and lit a cigarette as well.

"Yesterday, the village of Hürtgen was occupied by Americans.

Sophie explained in a low voice, "Maybe the war here will end soon, but Dominic's parents and his younger brother haven't come over yet, and neither has my father."

"My family is in Hürtgen Village," Qiqi said with the same worry, "I don't know if they are still alive, I. I want to find them.

"no!

Wei Ran and Sophie unanimously rejected each other's idea. If they go out at this time, not only Qi Qi will be in unpredictable danger, but even the children in the ruins of the castle may also be in danger.

"I also know it's not possible."

Qiqi muttered pitifully, lowered her head and took a long puff of cigarette.

After finishing a cigarette with the two girls who were worried about their families, Sophie was the first to close her short hair, exhaled a breath of white mist and said, "Okay, let's go eat, thank you for this heavy fog

It allows us to fire without restraint, so we made a lot of delicious things today."

After saying that, the girl gathered her energy, picked up the depressed Qiqi, and ran in hand in hand.

Just like she said, today's breakfast was indeed a lot richer. At least the oatmeal was replaced with vegetable soup, and everyone's lunch box also had a rainbow trout fried in butter and added with cream.

of mashed potatoes.

We had a lively breakfast together. At Sophie's call, all the children took a small tin bucket and went to the sluice in small groups to fetch cold river water. Sophie and

Qiqi also, with the help of Wei Ran, cleaned the 200-liter cooking pot on the cooking truck specifically for boiling bath water.

When all the water in the pot was boiled, the children were ready to take a bath. There were two more oil drums filled with cold water in the two cells used as bathrooms, and a rope was drawn between the cells.

Thick canvas curtains.

As the bathtubs in the two cells were filled with boiling water, the children were led into the bathroom by Horst and Heike, each holding a small tin bucket and filled half of it with cold water.

Help each other scoop up some boiling hot water and mix it in. When the temperature is right, they use various tools including lunch boxes to pour some water on their heads and bodies, talking and laughing, and then help each other, talking and laughing.

Lather.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Even across a thick stone wall, the boys and girls on both sides would chat with each other or make some naive jokes.

Amidst the splashing water, the warm basement was gradually filled with the aroma of mist and soap. The bath water poured down by the bucket also flowed out of the castle along the drainage pipe in the corner, and flowed into the already frozen place.

In the moat with a thin layer of ice.

Before the fog dissipated, everyone, including Wei Ran, took a comfortable hot bath.

When he returned to the room in the church, the coking coals burning in the fireplace had already made the small room extremely warm. However, Duomi was not the only one who came back earlier than him to enjoy the warmth.

Nick, and the little blond girl named Nadia who was hugging him.

"Victor! Why didn't you knock on the door!" As Dominic spoke, he hurriedly pulled out his hand.

"I'm leaving, I'm leaving right now!"

Holding a bag of ingredients in his arms, Wei Ran hurriedly gave Dominic the assurance he most wanted to hear before he spoke again. Then he picked up the wooden box containing the American oil stove and Dutch oven on the table with one hand, and put this warm

The small nest was given to the two young men and women.

"It's great to be young..."

Wei Ran stood at the door and blatantly muttered something in Chinese they didn't understand. He put down what he was holding and helped the other party close the door while reminding him in German, "Next time, remember to lock the door first."

After saying that, he didn't care whether Dominic in the room heard it or not, he picked up the wooden box at his feet again and left the church in a hurry.

He finally wanted to take advantage of the "fine weather" to secretly turn on a small stove for himself, but the room was occupied by this stupid boy Dominic, and now he didn't know where to go.

While Wei Ran was thinking about whether to go to the basement to share the delicious food with the children, the girl named Qi Qi walked over from the thick fog.

"What are you going to do?" Qiqi looked at Wei Ran in confusion and asked. "The nest is occupied." Wei Ran explained with an unlucky look, "What about you?" "Originally, I wanted to go find Sophie.

"

Qiqi glanced at the bag of ingredients held in Wei Ran's arms, rolled her eyes and said, "What delicious food do you want to make? How about sharing it between me and Sophie, and I'll take you to a place?"

"

"Deal" Wei Ran agreed without thinking. "Wait for me on the other side of the bridge."

After Qiqi finished speaking, she tiptoed to the door of Sophie's room and knocked lightly. She waited for the door to open and then poked her head in.

Tan Nao said something, and then grabbed Sophie, who was about to knock on the door next door, and dragged her whispering all the way to Wei Ran, who was still waiting outside the church.

"Didn't I tell you to take a good look at Dominic?" Sophie said angrily.

"Are you sure you need me to watch him over this kind of thing?" Wei Ran asked with a helpless look, while letting Qi Qi take away the bag of ingredients in her arms.

"This will..." "Okay Sophie"

Qiqi grabbed the topic before Sophie finished speaking, and while beckoning the two of them to follow her, she said, "Who can guarantee that they can survive until tomorrow? As long as they are happy now."

"well.."

Sophie sighed heavily, scratched her tomboy-like short hair irritably, and said as if she was lying down, "Forget it, just pretend I don't know anything."

"Victor, are you going to make something delicious?" Qiqi immediately changed the subject, making it clear that they were helping the young man and woman in the room who were rubbing each other's ears.

"You'll find out later."

Wei Ran said in advance, "But it may take a long time, I hope it won't..." "It doesn't matter."

Qiqi immediately said, "Lunch has been cooked. When the time comes, Heike and Host will organize them to get food."

"That's good, where are we going now?" Wei Ran turned around and asked. Seeing Qi Qi looking at her, Sophie spread her hands helplessly, "Come with me."

Under the leadership of this girl, the three of them crossed the stone bridge across the moat, and then passed through a patch of dense reeds. Then, Wei Ran saw that there was a cave entrance hidden here, and Wei Ran was sure that this was

The hole sealed by the iron gate was definitely something he would never see in later generations.

On the other hand, although the entrance of this cave is not big, the inside is not too small, and the water in the moat is connected to here.

"This is the flood hole of the moat."

Sophie took out a key, opened the iron gate and walked in while saying, "When the water level exceeds the hole, the water in the moat will flow in and then drain out from here."

"Where does this cave lead to?" Wei Ran asked curiously. "Across the swamp."

Sophie turned around and casually re-locked the iron gate, and then walked inside and said, "But that was in the Weimar era. Now the innermost part of the cave has collapsed long ago, and everything inside is

The silt, and even if the sluice gates were opened to the maximum and there were complaints for several days in a row, the water level would not rise here, and they would all flow away along the underground river in the river bed.

At this point, Sophie had already turned on the flashlight, and at the same time, the three of them also turned around the cave.

What surprised Wei Ran was that after turning this corner, not only was there an iron fence connected to the front, but also on the other side of the iron fence, there was an old-looking four-wheeled carriage!

"My dad said that this place used to be a prison cell, and many criminals would be imprisoned here and soaked in water."

Sophie said casually as she unlocked the door, "Oh, I forgot to tell you that my family is barely a noble. But the only thing that can prove that my family is still a noble is this carriage, besides the ruins of the castle outside.
To be continued...