The jeep followed the route the old lady had shown it for some distance and saw the location she was talking about, but the buildings were almost blown out and there were ruins everywhere. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info Borisova saw that on the ruins, someone had erected a few sheets, set up a simple tent, and put some things that could still be used in it.

"Comrade Borisova, where do we park?" The driver said to himself as he drove, "There doesn't seem to be anyone on the streets here, who should we go to inquire?" ”

Borisova looked ahead through the car window and saw a woman in a headscarf sitting under a broken wall not far from the left front. Because she was keeping her head down, it was impossible to tell her age. So Borisova pointed ahead and said to the driver: "I drove to the woman and asked her where Lida's mother lived." ”

The driver nodded, drove forward a little further, and pulled the car not far from the woman with the headscarf. As soon as Borisova waited for the car to stop, she immediately pushed the door and jumped out, she walked quickly to the woman's side, bent down and asked politely: "Hello, comrade woman, do you know where Lida's mother's house lives?" ”

The woman in the headscarf lifted up, an elderly woman with an old age and a thin face, she looked at Borisova with a pair of silent eyes, and muttered to herself: "All dead, my son was killed by the Germans, my daughter and husband were also killed, what should I do, what should I do?" ”

Hearing the words of the old woman, Borisova guessed that this should be a military martyr, whose son died in battle in the Red Army, and her husband and daughter, who remained here with her, were also killed in the bombing of enemy aircraft. She stood silently beside her, listening to the old woman's speech as she looked around to see if anyone else was passing by.

"Who are you?" Just as Borisova was looking around, someone next to her coldly asked: "Is there anything going on here?" ”

"I'm from Viazima." Borisova saw that it was a middle-aged woman in her forties who spoke, and hurriedly replied: "I came to look for the mother and child of a comrade-in-arms." ”

"Who are you looking for? Ahem, ahem..."The middle-aged woman had just said a word, and suddenly coughed violently.

Borisova hurriedly stepped forward and slapped her on the back and said: "My comrade-in-arms is called Lida, and she asked me to come here to find her mother and son. ”

"Are you Leda's comrades-in-arms?" The middle-aged woman asked in surprise. After seeing Borisova nod in the affirmative, she continued: "I am Lida's mother." ”

Borisova originally thought that Lida's mother was an old lady in her seventies and eighties, but she didn't expect it to be the middle-aged woman in front of her, who looked only in her forties, with a pale face and a constant cough. She hurriedly shook Katerina's hand and said kindly, "Hello, Aunt Katerina, it was Leda who asked me to pick you and the child up." Go back and pack up, and we'll be right away. ”

"The house has been bombed by German planes, and there is nothing left to clean up." Katerina shook her head at Borisova and said, "Please come with me." ”

When Borisova followed Katerina through the ruins and walked inside, she couldn't help but ask in a low voice: "Aunt Katerina, what is the matter with that woman outside?" ”

"You're talking about Lyuba?" Speaking of the woman sitting by the wall, Katerina couldn't help but sigh, and then said: "She's a poor person. She was supposed to have three sons and a daughter, and as soon as the war broke out, all three of her sons joined the army and went to war with the Germans in Smolensk. Yesterday morning she had just received notices of the death of her three sons, and in the afternoon we had been bombed by German planes, killing her sick husband and her daughter who was caring for her father at the bedside. She couldn't stand the blow, and the person went crazy all of a sudden. ”

Borisova and the driver, led by Katerina, came to a house without a roof, with only three walls left. There was a little boy in a room full of furniture, and when he saw a stranger coming in, he quickly hid behind a hoop chair.

Borisova bent down and asked the little boy hiding behind the chair: "Little friend, are you Kulik?" ”

The little boy did not answer, but hid himself lower, curled up behind his chair, and bowed his head without saying a word. Seeing her grandson's performance, Katerina couldn't help but blush, and explained to Borisova with a little embarrassment: "The child is afraid of life, let alone a stranger like you, even if his mother comes back to see him, he hides aside and does not dare to speak." If he keeps going like this, what will he do? ”

"Don't worry, Aunt Katerina!" Borisova comforted Katerina and said: "It will be fine slowly, and when the child grows up a little more, it will be fine." After saying that, she raised her hand and looked at her watch, and then said tactfully, "Auntie, you hurry up and pack some things, I will take you to Vyazma as soon as possible." ”

Katerina asked curiously while packing her things, "Girl, Leda asked you to pick us up, are the Germans coming here soon?" ”

Although Borisova also knew that it would be a matter of time before the Germans occupied this town, in order not to cause panic, she pretended to be calm and said: "Don't worry, our army is still fighting stubbornly, and the Germans did not come here so quickly." But for the sake of safety, I'm going to move you to a safer rear in advance. ”

Katerina didn't have much to pack, just a few clothes that she and Kulik were wearing, all in one big package. In addition, the limited food at home: a piece of black bread, a piece of cheese, a dozen slices of sausage, and an apple that Leda had delivered a few days ago, were all wrapped into a small package. Finally, she hung the package on her arm, took Kulik by the hand with her free hand, and said to Borisova: "All right, girl, we are done packing up and we are ready to go." ”

Seeing Katerina's such simple luggage, Borisova's nose couldn't help but sour for a while. She asked the driver to take the package from Katerina's hand, and then she helped Katerina to walk outside.

The driver put the package in the back of the jeep and, together with Borisova, helped Katerina and Kulik into the car, then sat on his driver's seat and turned the car back.

As soon as the jeep left the town, Borisova heard a strange sound in the distance, and she hurriedly ordered the driver to stop. After the unknown driver stopped the car, he asked curiously: "Comrade Borisova, why did we stop?" ”

"Don't talk," Borisova interrupted the driver and said to herself: "I just heard a strange sound, so I asked you to stop and make sure." ”

After a few moments, Borisova finally heard what was being heard, and every year in May and November, she had the opportunity to watch the military parade on Red Square, and she could distinguish what she was hearing from the roar of a tank motor. "Tank," she said loudly, "I hear a tank coming towards us!" ”

"Comrade Borisova, you must know that this is in our defense zone, since it is a tank," the driver said disapprovingly, "it can be seen, it must be ours." ”

"Hell, the sound of this tank is coming from the woods to the north." Borisova has not been on the front line for a short time, so she can immediately hear from which direction the tanks are coming from, "there are no troops of ours in that direction at all, they must be German tanks, quickly turn around and drive south." ”

The driver agreed, slammed the steering wheel to turn the car, stepped on the accelerator to the end, and slammed towards the south.

At this time, a German tank drove out of the woods, saw a Soviet military jeep, was fleeing south at full speed, and immediately turned its gun and opened fire. The shell landed not far from the jeep and exploded, covering the jeep with flying sand and rocks, but when the dirt fell, the Germans saw that the jeep was still driving forward unscathed.

The Germans thought there should be some big man in the jeep, so they slammed the accelerator and chased after it at full speed. Since the tank guns had almost zero hits on the march, the cunning German tankmen did not open fire, but fired wildly at the jeep in the distance with their on-board machine guns.

"You're talking about Lyuba?" Speaking of the woman sitting by the wall, Katerina couldn't help but sigh, and then said: "She's a poor person. She was supposed to have three sons and a daughter, and as soon as the war broke out, all three of her sons joined the army and went to war with the Germans in Smolensk. Yesterday morning she had just received notices of the death of her three sons, and in the afternoon we had been bombed by German planes, killing her sick husband and her daughter who was caring for her father at the bedside. She couldn't stand the blow, and the person went crazy all of a sudden. ”

Borisova and the driver, led by Katerina, came to a house without a roof, with only three walls left. There was a little boy in a room full of furniture, and when he saw a stranger coming in, he quickly hid behind a hoop chair.

Borisova bent down and asked the little boy hiding behind the chair: "Little friend, are you Kulik?" ”

The little boy did not answer, but hid himself lower, curled up behind his chair, and bowed his head without saying a word. Seeing her grandson's performance, Katerina couldn't help but blush, and explained to Borisova with a little embarrassment: "The child is afraid of life, let alone a stranger like you, even if his mother comes back to see him, he hides aside and does not dare to speak." If he keeps going like this, what will he do? ”

"Don't worry, Aunt Katerina!" Borisova comforted Katerina and said: "It will be fine slowly, and when the child grows up a little more, it will be fine." After saying that, she raised her hand and looked at her watch, and then said tactfully, "Auntie, you hurry up and pack some things, I will take you to Vyazma as soon as possible." ”

Katerina asked curiously while packing her things, "Girl, Leda asked you to pick us up, are the Germans coming here soon?" ”

Although Borisova also knew that it would be a matter of time before the Germans occupied this town, in order not to cause panic, she pretended to be calm and said: "Don't worry, our army is still fighting stubbornly, and the Germans did not come here so quickly." But for the sake of safety, I'm going to move you to a safer rear in advance. ”

Katerina didn't have much to pack, just a few clothes that she and Kulik were wearing, all in one big package. In addition, the limited food at home: a piece of black bread, a piece of cheese, a dozen slices of sausage, and an apple that Leda had delivered a few days ago, were all wrapped into a small package. Finally, she hung the package on her arm, took Kulik by the hand with her free hand, and said to Borisova: "All right, girl, we are done packing up and we are ready to go." ”

Seeing Katerina's such simple luggage, Borisova's nose couldn't help but sour for a while. She asked the driver to take the package from Katerina's hand, and then she helped Katerina to walk outside.

The driver put the package in the back of the jeep and, together with Borisova, helped Katerina and Kulik into the car, then sat on his driver's seat and turned the car back.

As soon as the jeep left the town, Borisova heard a strange sound in the distance, and she hurriedly ordered the driver to stop. After the unknown driver stopped the car, he asked curiously: "Comrade Borisova, why did we stop?" ”

"Don't talk," Borisova interrupted the driver and said to herself: "I just heard a strange sound, so I asked you to stop and make sure." ”

After a few moments, Borisova finally heard what was being heard, and every year in May and November, she had the opportunity to watch the military parade on Red Square, and she could distinguish what she was hearing from the roar of a tank motor. "Tank," she said loudly, "I hear a tank coming towards us!" ”

"Comrade Borisova, you must know that this is in our defense zone, since it is a tank," the driver said disapprovingly, "it can be seen, it must be ours." ”

"Hell, the sound of this tank is coming from the woods to the north." Borisova has not been on the front line for a short time, so she can immediately hear from which direction the tanks are coming from, "there are no troops of ours in that direction at all, they must be German tanks, quickly turn around and drive south." ”

The driver agreed, slammed the steering wheel to turn the car, stepped on the accelerator to the end, and slammed towards the south.

At this time, a German tank drove out of the woods, saw a Soviet military jeep, was fleeing south at full speed, and immediately turned its gun and opened fire. The shell landed not far from the jeep and exploded, covering the jeep with flying sand and rocks, but when the dirt fell, the Germans saw that the jeep was still driving forward unscathed.

The Germans thought there should be some big man in the jeep, so they slammed the accelerator and chased after it at full speed. Since the tank guns had almost zero hits on the march, the cunning German tankmen did not open fire, but fired wildly at the jeep in the distance with their on-board machine guns. (To be continued.) )