"Where's Uncle Otto?" Wei Ran asked in a low voice, "What else do you know?"

"Our position is lost"

Okan choked and said, "Otto...Uncle Otto is dead. He was shot in the stomach by an American machine gun. Now the Americans are not far from the fortress."

"Stop crying, now is not the time to cry." Wei Ran looked around cautiously and whispered, "Get out of here with me first."

"Where are we going?" Okan asked, trying to stop sobbing. "Just come with me."

As Wei Ran spoke, he pushed the other party's right shoulder and left the wooden house, circling in the direction of the mill.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Only when he was sure that no one was following him did he take Okan to the mill, lift up the floor and let him jump into the waterway.

"Where is this place?" Okan asked curiously. "Sh-"

Wei Ran made a silent gesture, and when he reached the first corner, under the former's horrified gaze, he carefully took out the huge animal trap from the waterway and released it.

It's ready to take a bite at any time.

Throwing the rusty animal clip with tetanus effect to Okan behind him, Wei Ran pressed against the damp wall, stuck out the head of the flashlight and flashed it three times in a row, and then asked softly, "Dominique

?are u there?"

"exist!"

Before he finished speaking, Sophie immediately responded, and then ran over on splashing water.

"Sister Sophie!"

"Okan!" Sophie immediately recognized the young man following Wei Ran, but immediately after, her expression changed and she asked nervously, "Okan, my father..."

Okan turned his head and glanced at Wei Ran. Seeing that the latter had no intention of speaking, he lowered his head and replied with difficulty, "He... He and Uncle Jens were both captured by those nasty chain dogs.

Already."

"Plop!"

The square box flashlight held in Sophie's hand spun and fell into the cold river water. Sophie's legs also went weak, and then Wei Ran, who had quick eyes and hands, supported her shoulders, so that she would not fall into the water.

inside.

"Let's go out first"

Wei Ran said before the girl's tears fell into the river, "Go out and close the floodgate first, and then discuss what to do."

"I want to go to the fort"

Sophie wiped the tears that were about to overflow from her eyes, and struggled to get away from Wei Ran's support as if she was nervous, "I want to go to the fortress to find my father!"

"Are you crazy?"

Wei Ran tightened his grip on the other party's wrist, "You can see Captain Leitz when you go to the fort? Or do you think you can take down the fort and rescue him with just the submachine gun in your hand?"

"I..."

"Let her go!" Qiqi's voice came from the darkness, "Brother Victor, let her go and let her go to the fortress."

Hearing this, Wei Ran hesitated for a moment and then decisively let go of his hand. Sophie also left and walked towards the direction of the mill.

"Good luck to you, Sophie"

Qiqi bent down and picked up the flashlight from the bottom of the water, and said casually, "After the chain dog tortures you about the existence of this waterway and our existence, we will not resist and will be honest.

Hiding in the basement, waiting for the chain dogs to come and burn us with flamethrowers, just like the Jews we saw burned to death at the intersection last spring."

As Qiqi described, Sophie's steps became slower and slower, and finally she covered her mouth and tried not to cry, but at the same time she uncontrollably sank into the cold water.

"Stupid woman"

Qiqi murmured in a moderate voice, shook the cold river water accumulated in the flashlight and said, "Sophie, since my mother died, we don't have a doctor anymore. If you catch a cold, the only thing I can think of is

All I can do to help you is give you all the medicine we have."

Having said this, Qi Qi also walked up to Sophie, pulled her up, took away the submachine gun in her hand and gave it back to Wei Ran. While walking back, she said, "Brother Victor, I'd like to trouble you with the water gate."

Now, I’ll take her back first.”

"Don't worry," Wei Ran responded while looking at Okan who looked guilty.

"Do not blame you"

Wei Ran patted the other party's shoulder, led him out of the waterway behind the two girls, and then closed the water gate himself.

"This is your birthday gift to your brother."

As Wei Ran led Okan to the ruins of the castle, he took out the two boxes of canned spiritual meat and the pocket watch-style compass he carried with him from his bag and gave them back to Okan, "You can give them to him yourself when the time comes.

.”

"Victor, Uncle Letts and..." "Leave this matter to us, you can keep it secret for now."

Wei Ran looked at Host standing waiting at the bridge, raised his chin and said, "That's Host, you go with him, he will arrange a place for you to stay later."

"Well, I know Host." Okan nodded, "We are from the same town."

"Have a good rest tonight and don't think about anything."

Wei Ran gave instructions again, and then

He patted Host on the shoulder and said, "O'Connell will leave it to you. Arrange a place for him to live and find him some food."

"good"

Host agreed without thinking, then lowered his voice and asked tentatively, "Victor, Sophie...is she okay?"

"It's okay, I stepped on a rainbow trout in the waterway and fell down."

Wei Ran made up a temporary excuse, waved his hand and said, "Bring Okan back quickly, and find him a pair of boots by the way, his boots are already soaked through.

"Okan, come with me." Hoster patted Okan on the shoulder and led him quickly towards the entrance of the basement.

It wasn't until he watched the backs of these two young men completely disappearing into the shadows that Wei Ran quickly followed the two girls walking towards the ruins of the church.

"I'll take her to change clothes first."

Qiqi said, pushed open the door, helped Sophie into the small room to the left of the icon, and locked the door before Wei Ran opened his mouth to respond. Wei Ran opened his mouth, turned around and walked to the next door, opened the door and looked

He glanced at Dominic who was still sleeping soundly, then closed the door and added a few pieces of firewood to the burning coals in the fireplace that he only dared to burn at night.

Kicking off his boots, Wei Ran sat on the wooden pillar beside the fireplace, warming himself while thinking about the current situation.

There is no doubt that as the American soldiers advance little by little, the ruins of this castle hidden in the forest will be discovered by the Americans sooner or later. What kind of situation will the girls and children under these ruins face by then?

But there's no way to predict it.

Just when he was thinking wildly, Qiqi opened the door and walked in.

Seeing Wei Ran pointing to the next door, the girl nodded and said softly, "Help her change her clothes. She just drank some wine and fell asleep."

"Don't you live in the basement?" Wei Ran asked curiously, "Why did you come up here?"

"I woke up when you opened the sluice and released the water."

Qiqi lit a cigarette and said, "My sleep is very light. It was difficult for me to continue sleeping due to such loud movements, so I followed you secretly. Brother Victor, what's going on now?"

"Both Captain Letz and Jens have been arrested." Wei Ran sighed and recounted in detail all the information he asked from Okan on the way back.

"We have to know if they are alive and still inside the fortress."

Qiqi frowned and said extremely calmly, "If they are still in the fortress, we might still have hope. If they are sent to Aachen, I'm afraid they will be in real trouble."

"What are you going to do?" Wei Ran asked calmly, looking at the young girl sitting next to him.

"I'll wait at the mill tomorrow."

Qi Qi, who had obviously made up her mind a long time ago, said, "Many people I know are fighting in this forest. As long as you are lucky, you can always meet someone you know well. By then, won't you know their situation?"

"I am coming too"

Before he finished speaking, Sophie, who was holding a coconut pot in her hand, opened the door and walked in. By the way, a cold wind mixed with the aroma of wine came.

"How many people do you know?" Qiqi said disdainfully, "Sophie, you should stay and be the cook. Someone must be responsible for cooking."

"Everyone who knows Dominic knows me, and everyone who knows my father also knows me." Sophie said stubbornly, "And Victor's cooking skills are also very good. He can be responsible for cooking for our friends."

or..."

"How many people do you know?"

The two girls said to Wei Ran in unison. Immediately afterwards, they couldn't help but laugh one after another. The slightly tense atmosphere before was relieved a lot.

"That `s a deal"

Sophie unscrewed the kettle that originally belonged to Wei Ran, poured out a glass of wine and took a sip, "Qiqi and I will wait at the mill tomorrow. Victor, you are responsible for cooking for the children."

"Can..."

Wei Ran, who originally wanted to say something, finally nodded, "Okay, I will be responsible for their food, but you must also pay attention to safety.

At the very least you should have weapons."

In any case, when "he was still an American soldier", when he followed Timov through the waterway, someone put a gun directly to the back of the head.

Thinking about it this way, the two girls would not be in any danger. Besides, although he didn't know when Timov would come, he at least knew what time of day it would be. The worst he could do was finish cooking and rush in early.
Chapter completed!