"It's getting dark, so let's ask them to come back."
Reger looked at the middle of the lake, where the figures of people had begun to blur.
"Try it.
Gordon, follow me."
Cheng Qianxun carefully pulled out the wood from the fire one by one and handed it to Gordon.
The two men held two or three torches in each hand and went to the center of the lake.
An ice cave has been dug, and the pit half a meter deep is filled with a mixture of ice and water.
Cheng Qianxun distributed the torches in his hands to everyone one by one.
Everyone was waiting next to the pit, swinging the torch slowly over the pit from time to time.
Rudolph suddenly stood up slowly, picked up the net bag prepared next to him, and waited. . .
Everyone watched nervously.
There was only enough food until noon tomorrow.
If there was no harvest this time, they would have to think of other ways.
Rudolf took the net bag and quickly inserted it into the ice cave, fished out a big handful, and then pulled up the net bag.
I saw something jumping inside "Fish, fish" someone couldn't help shouting.
A fish is a fish, but this fish. . .
It's a bit too small.
Seeing the fish, most of which were only as big as a finger, bouncing in the net, more people laughed bitterly.
Compared with the big fish hanging on the sled, which are more than one foot tall, this fish is like a catfish.
"No matter how small the fish is, it is still meat."
Cheng Qianxun affirmed: "Keep fishing, and catch more."
So everyone divided their work, holding torches to attract the fish, and the other two took nets to catch them.
The fish are a bit small, and there are only one or two palm-sized fish in each net bag, but there are enough small fish, and every time the net is lowered, two or three will always be caught.
From time to time it was necessary to use a chisel to break open the thin ice that had formed again.
"That should be enough."
Gordon looked at the frozen fish on the ground.
The slender fish glowed silver under the light of the torch: "These fish are enough to feed hundreds of cats."
Seeing that it was enough to hold two sacks, Cheng Qianxun asked everyone to stop.
Put the fish into a sack and drag it all the way to the campfire.
Cheng Qianxun took out a few, began to disembowel them, remove the internal organs, thread them on branches, and roast them on the fire.
Tonight was obviously about grilling small fish.
Needless to say, seeing her doing this, others started grilling fish one after another.
Even though there was a fire, Cheng Qianxun still felt cold.
She turned her head and looked at Rudolf: "Is there any way to avoid the cold?
How about making more fires?"
Although her teammates taught her a lot, she had never experienced such a temperature of forty degrees below zero.
Ice and snow.
Rudolph looked sideways at the untied dog next to him: "Let's learn from them."
Cheng Qianxun also turned his head and looked over.
He saw eight dogs digging holes in the snow one by one, and then curled up inside. . .
She was still a little confused.
The fish was small, but the bones were pretty good, and even after being seared, they were still crispy when chewed.
After eating, everyone started digging in the snow, first digging out the snow and then piling it around.
After melting the snow water, when it is no longer hot and almost frozen, I pour it on the piled snow little by little, and soon an igloo similar to that of an Eskimo is built.
Cheng Qianxun got in and took a look: "It can sleep four people."
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"Just build two more rooms and dig out the snow.
It's easier to dig out the snow."
Rudolf continued to dig out the snow, panting: "In the past, the prisoners exiled by Tsarist Russia were almost like prisoners.
They had no tents, let alone houses.
What to do without grass and branches?
Just dig a hole to live in.
It’s big enough to accommodate a dozen people.”
After working for about two hours, when the sky turned completely dark, all three igloos were built.
Cheng Qianxun, Sneijder, Regel, and Gordon lived in one room; four others lived in one room, and the dogs were divided into two in each room.
Rudolph and another soldier lived in one room with the remaining four dogs.
There was to be a night watch, with four soldiers changing shifts every two hours.
A piece of cloth was hung at the exit of the igloo.
I lay on the floor and watched the snowflakes mixed with the cold Siberian wind blowing in.
However, the temperature in the igloo was quite acceptable, only a few degrees below zero.
Unlike outside, even if you are sitting next to a campfire, if you don't stay awake, you may freeze to death just sitting there if the fire is small.
Sneijder said softly: "Tomorrow is Christmas Eve."
Is tomorrow the 24th?
Time flies so fast, and the end is getting closer and closer.
"That's good."
Cheng Qianxun was also tired.
He closed his eyes and muttered, "Go to the town tomorrow night.
I hope they will let us stay in peace for the night out of consideration for the suffering gods."
Too tired, she fell asleep quickly.
With his teammates by his side and guards outside, he didn't have to worry about anything, not to mention there was food to eat.
Let’s talk about tomorrow’s matters tomorrow.
It was dawn again, and after being called up by her teammates, she quickly took the grilled fish and ate it.
Her teammates also tolerated her "laziness" and skied every day.
At the end of the day, all men felt tired, let alone women.
In order to save the dog as much energy as possible, she never helped the sled again.
After eating, we quickly hit the road, trying to get back as close to Moscow as possible before being noticed.
In order to catch deserters, someone should start patrolling around here.
The border checkpoints have long since disappeared, everything has been covered with snow, and no one is checking the posts when passing by the original sentry posts.
Continue forward, resting every two hours, and even letting the dog sit on the sled when encountering a downhill slope.
But obviously there are more uphill roads now than when we came here.
If we want to go as fast as we came here, we probably won't be able to reach it.
Besides, we can't find any vehicles that can start along the way.
But there is no need to hurry.
They just need to reach the town thirty kilometers away before night.
They move forward slowly so as not to enter the front line too quickly.
After eating at noon, we arrived in the town in just two hours.
Like any other small town, it's depressed, sparsely populated, and has almost nothing.
As the soldiers unloaded the goods, Cheng Qianxun looked around.
Behind the glass window of a house, there were some hidden eyes.
If the residents don't come out, there is no need to go up and talk to them.
Everyone is currently wearing cotton-padded clothes.
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Even if they are wearing hats, their heads, faces, and chins are wrapped with cloth, hoping that they can be mistaken for passing hunters.
In fact, there is no way to get along.
There are still ten caravans and hunters.
Entered the house and started looking for wood to make a fire.
Cheng Qianxun rubbed his hands to make them as warm as possible, then put his hand into Sneijder's quilt.
As soon as his hand reached out of his cotton pants and touched his warm legs, Sneijder's muscles tightened.
"Hiss."
The corner of his mouth said slightly: "My hands are so cold."
Cheng Qianxun also smiled: "Can you move your legs?
Try it."
"I tried it, I can move."
Sneijder moved his legs: "I just can't walk yet."
It's nice to be able to move, but amputation is annoying.
No need to check anymore, she took her hand out and breathed into it several times.
"Come" Sneijder took his hand out of his sleeve and stretched out his hand to her.
She hesitated for a moment, then stretched out her hand.
Sneijder's hands were so hot that they seemed to warm his heart.
Sitting next to the floor bunk and looking at Sneijder, Cheng Qianxun felt a feeling, that is, happiness.
He looked at his hands which were covered with frostbite, twice as thick as before, and cracked in many places.
Sneijder said with a bit of regret: "I hope the matter ends as soon as possible, so that I can prevent you from suffering like this again.
If a man makes women suffer, he is not a man."
"I'm sorry, I can't leave my cousin behind."
Cheng Qianxun said movedly.
Sneijder originally wanted to take her to the rear to recuperate: "Actually, you can go by yourself.
I will find a way to take the others to save their lives. " Sneed gently rubbed her hand.
In fact, with his explosive power, he could break an apple open, but he was so gentle at this time.
He looked deeply and smiled: "I can't leave you behind either."
Sneed sat up, tilted his head slightly, and kissed her lips gently and tenderly.
Cheng Qianxun suddenly felt slightly dizzy, and happiness was like water in a swimming pool, instantly surrounding her.
It's worth it.
It's worth all the hardship and tiredness.
"Bang" gunfire rang out outside, interrupting all the sweetness.
Cheng Qianxun could only stand up, quickly picked up the spear on the pile of supplies next to him, and ran outside.
When you get to the door, don't forget to turn around and remind: "Take out your pistol.
If the person who comes in is not one of your own, don't ask anything, just shoot."
Sneed nodded and retracted his hand into the quilt to take out his gun.
He walked to the door, opened it a crack, and looked outside.
A soldier flashed over, pushed open the door, entered the room and almost roared: "Mader, they have already killed one of us."
"Do they have guns?"
Cheng Qianxun asked.
"Yes, but not many, just two."
The soldier replied.
There were scattered gunshots outside, and they had started shooting at each other.
"Then call back, what nonsense are you talking about?"
Cheng Qianxun looked around and saw a broken mirror on the ground, so he picked it up and carefully reached out, using the mirror to see what was going on outside.
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Someone was shooting diagonally across the second floor, while Rudolph, Gordon and others hid in a corner and carefully fought back.
We all don't have many bullets, so we have to be precise before shooting.
"Ready one, two, three..."
Cheng Qianxun put down the mirror and signaled to the soldiers.
After three words were finished, the two jumped out of the door at the same time and fired a shot at the window where there was someone there.
This created conditions for others.
They saw the opportunity and rushed towards the house while the other party retracted.
Cheng Qianxun calmly took out the bullets from his pocket, loaded them, then stepped out and fired, and then hid after firing.
After some fighting, the opponent ran out of ammunition and was killed, but Cheng Qianxun and the others lost another soldier.
The body in a pool of blood on the second floor was dragged down and hung by the neck on a rope from the door beam of a house.
Looking at the two dead soldiers lying on the ground, Regel couldn't help but burst into anger: "Pull everyone out."
The entire town was originally not big, with more than twenty households.
Now only one household is still occupied, with five elderly people and one child.
Needless to say, there are only two men left who have been hung up.
They seemed to be used to it, standing in front of two hanging corpses at gunpoint.
"Sir, look what this is."
A piece of frozen, hard meat was found and brought to Reger.
The lieutenant's voice changed: "There are still more inside."
Upon closer inspection, it immediately made one's hair stand on end.
It was part of a human calf.
The remaining leg hair that had not been completely removed was clearly visible, and there were traces of being chopped by a kitchen knife at the fracture
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