Chapter 148 Lies
Night has fallen, and all the children who have had enough to eat have fallen asleep.
The older teenage children took the initiative to lie on the outside, surrounding the younger ones in the middle. From time to time, the sound of clicking mouths could be heard in the room, and several children still held unfinished food in their hands. Popcorn.
The five members of He Chi's team sat together with a map spread out in the middle.
The map is filled with dense markings. Judging from the handwriting, they must have just been drawn.
"Our current location is the buffer zone of the battlefield. The nearest city is Voronezh, which is 140 kilometers away from us. It will take at least three days to walk." Beklev drew a long line on the map with his hand.
“There is a second route.” Beklev continued to draw a slightly shorter line with a pencil. “We can also take the water route. 50 kilometers to the north is the tributary of the Don River. If we march quickly, we can reach it in less than a day. , when we get there, we can look for boats to go down the river, and finally go straight to Voronezh.”
“Now I think I need to decide what to do next.”
No one else made a comment. Because everyone knows that both options actually have risks.
If they walk, they will probably be exposed to the nearby unobstructed plains for more than 48 hours. Once they encounter a German aircraft or an armored vanguard, a few people will not be able to rely on their legs. Ran over tracks and planes.
The distance is relatively short if you take the waterway, but the premise is that you must find a boat by the river. If there is no boat, it will be more troublesome.
"Can I only choose one of the two?" He Chi thought as he looked at the map in front of him.
"So..."
"Wait a minute!" Yulia on the side suddenly raised her hand, "Let me ask first, can any of you fly a plane?"
He Chi looked at a few other people and said, "I have flying experience, so I have no problem flying an ordinary plane."
Then his eyes suddenly lit up, "You mean the one in the barn?"
"That's right." Yulia gestured to the window with her thumb. "I took a look at the plane. The damage was not serious. If you dismantle the completely collapsed car, give me three days, and I'm 70% sure I can make it fly."
" It takes one hour to fly to Voronezh from here. When you land, you can take my ID and contact the local garrison, and then ask them to send a small force to pick us up, or even drive a truck to pick up the children.” Beklev also became excited.
"Are you of such great value?" He Chi asked the other party half-jokingly.
"Please don't underestimate people. Although I am not as good as the famous 007, I am still a senior intelligence officer lurking next to Guderian. I will get at least a Gold Star medal when I go back this time." Bekele The husband smiled and raised his chin.
"Three days, then let's stay here for three days." He Chi stretched out his hand and shook it.
Everyone finally decided to make a short stop in this small village and let Yulia try to repair the plane.
When the children knew that they were going to repair the airplane, they all became excited. They rushed to the car and carried the disassembled parts, large and small, to the warehouse. inside.
Looking at Yulia holding the toolbox and knocking it in front of the plane, the children beside her kept making exclamations of surprise.
The day passed quickly. During the meal, the children were still chattering about repairing the aircraft today.
"How is it?" He Chi asked Yulia, who was covered in oil.
"It went very smoothly. There were a few places in the middle that were not quite the right size. I knocked them in and stuffed them in." The girl raised the hammer in her hand.
Knock it and stuff it in. Listen, is this what someone who repairs an airplane should say?
Since there is no problem with the repair work, the rest of the team can't help but simply relax with the children.
He Chi is trying french fries, Leah is teaching some older boys how to shoot, and Tanya wants to teach the younger girls to braid rabbits, but her own braid is more like a bear. Some.
At night, when everyone was going to sleep, a figure quietly came to the warehouse holding a candle and banging on the tail of the plane.
“Damn it, no matter how hard you think, you can’t fit it in!” the person holding the candle cursed in a low voice.
Bang! The barn door was opened, and the cold moonlight shone in, reflecting a beautiful face in the warehouse. "Miss Yulia, aren't you going to bed?" He Chi walked into the barn and closed the door, and the light in the house dimmed again.
"I can't sleep and want to catch up on the progress." Yulia said softly, because she turned her back and He Chi couldn't see the expression on the girl's face.
"Really?" He Chi walked over and picked up a piece of oil-stained part on the ground. "The size difference between aviation parts and automobile parts should be very big. Even if the tolerance of Soviet-made aircraft parts is larger, it will not be casual." Can a Soviet aircraft be repaired by dismantling a German car?”
Yuliya was silent for five minutes, and the silence in the barn was eerie.
"Yuliya, how confident are you that you can repair this plane?" He Chi asked in a low voice.
"Thirty percent, maybe lower. I lied to you during the day." Yulia finally spoke.
After getting the expected answer, He Chi did not look very excited. He just found a clean place to sit down. "Why? Can you tell me?"
"Why? You ask me why?!" Yulia's voice gradually became louder, and her face began to turn red.
"Yesterday you have been discussing how to leave, but has anyone thought about what will happen to these children?!"
He Chi did not speak, but Yulia became more and more excited.
"Many children here are less than 10 years old. They had trouble eating before. If we leave, we are handing them over to the Germans!"
"Tell me! How do they survive!"
"Many of them will die! Do you know that?!"
Yuliya finally grabbed He Chi's collar and asked loudly.
He Chi let the other party pull him, and then asked softly
"I heard Beklev say, were you a war orphan before?"
Yuliya No answer.
"You don't want these children to die in this desert, and you have no other choice but to take the risk and try to repair this plane, right?"
"You are afraid that we will not agree, so you can only lie first. I lied to everyone to stay here, is that right?”
Yulia gasped and looked away, admitting it.
He Chi shook his head, patted the girl on the shoulder, and walked past her.
Yulia waited for a long time, but did not hear the sound of the warehouse door closing. She looked back and found that He Chi was squatting next to the plane with a candle and picked up a candle in his hand. Pick up a pen and start drawing quickly.
A sketch of the rear wing is already half done on the paper.
Yuliya was stunned.
"Why are you still standing there! Come here and help. If you can't fix it in three days, I won't be able to help you hide it from everyone." The Oriental said to her in a scolding tone.
The sudden change made Yulia feel mixed in her heart. She sniffed and responded softly
"Hmm~"
(End of this chapter)