the end of WWII

Silent and out of place.Allen finally couldn't take it anymore, he threw away the can in his hand, stood up on his knees, and was about to leave.

"Alan." Schneider called his name in a steady voice.Allen lowered his head, Schneider met his eyes, and the two didn't speak for a while.

Schneider sighed softly, stood up as well, and said to Allen, "Come with me for a while." After speaking, Schneider turned and left, and Allen stood still for a while, and finally followed.

Allen followed Schneider to the straw house. Schneider looked around vigilantly for a while, and after making sure that there was no one, he turned to Allen.The latter was lowering his head, using his boots to pick up the straw scattered on the ground.

"Alan." Schneider's voice made Allen raise his head, and with the yellow light on the little soldier's face, Schneider suddenly realized that Allen had changed a lot.There were many fine lines and cracks on his face, the most obvious being Alan's beautiful blue eyes, which had become very tired and no longer sparkled and radiant as before. .

"If I'm not mistaken, you want to kiss me today, right?" Schneider's tone was very serious, as if he was interrogating a comrade who made a mistake.

Allen lowered his eyes and nodded weakly, "Yes."

"Do you love me?" When Schneider asked this sentence, the corners of his eyes twitched a little.But he bit the bullet and forced himself to look calm.

Allen buried his head lower, "Yeah."

Schneider took a deep breath, he looked away a little helplessly, his eyes hurriedly looked at the quiet straw pile in the corner.At noon, he turned his head back and said as gently as possible: "Do you know what will happen if your behavior is seen?"

The corpses of the stacked corpses at the gate of the factory appeared in Alan's mind, and he clenched his palms tightly, his voice a little hoarse.

"This is against the law, and you will be shot." Allen secretly raised his eyes and glanced at him, his voice became very soft, "Are you going to report me?"

"If it's this time, I'll say you're drunk." His eyes looked directly at Allen, "Listen, don't do this again in the future."

"Yeah." Alan lowered his head and replied sullenly.His mood was a little complicated, more of a loss.

"Go back." Schneider said lightly.

Allen didn't look up at Schneider again, he immediately turned around and took a few steps, then stopped suddenly.He turned around, his voice a little nasal, "Can I ask you a question?"

Allen looked at him in surprise and nodded.

"Why are you being so kind to me?" Alan said, his eyes blushing unconsciously, and he added: "You were so kind to me before, I thought, thought..." He didn't dare to continue .

"Your brother asked me to take care of you." Schneider blurted out, but he never thought that this not only reminded Alan of his sadness, but also dealt him a big blow.

Allen froze, he looked at him sadly, and said angrily, "I see, Second Lieutenant."

Then he ran away without looking back.

In the empty straw house, only the second lieutenant was left pacing in the house.An unreasonable sadness rose in Schneider's heart, and he lit a cigarette, trying to suppress such emotions.

He sat down on the straw slumped, the shock and doubt in his heart had not yet eased.He thought carefully about his relationship with Alan, and asked himself seriously: Is he really just treating him with a "care" mentality?

But Schneider had to admit that he liked Allen very much.He couldn't help hugging him, stroking his head, and kneading the back of his neck, just like treating a beloved little shepherd dog.

That's not only because of Alan's charming appearance and kind heart, but also because when a desperate war like the setting sun meets a young soul like the rising sun, the bright sparks that collide between the two are enough to make Schneider sigh dazzling.

He is a lonely ghost withered at the end of the war, struggling to survive under the gunfire.Allen broke into his world with full of enthusiasm, filling up the broken future of this country with his lonely life.

He watched this young man gradually stand up in the baptism of war, but he never imagined that Allen would have a different affection for him.

But he thought about it again, doesn't he have any responsibility in it?Wasn't it just himself who made a misleading behavior that made Allen misunderstand his intentions?

He was disturbed by his own thoughts.

Schneider ran through his hair irritably and combed it back.He decided to push through the layers of fog and face a fundamental problem.

He asked himself, then do I love him?

Chapter 10

Allen began to distance himself from Schneider.

He only talks to Schneider when there is a third person, and when the two are alone, Ai... ◎

Allen began to distance himself from Schneider.

He only talks to Schneider when there is a third party, and Alan never talks to him when the two are alone.If the eyes of two people meet, Alan must be the one who looks away first.

These are all expected by Schneider, but he has nothing to do with them.He tried to ease the conflict awkwardly-he was never good at this kind of thing, but Alan didn't seem to appreciate it.

Allen blended more among his comrades in arms and became more familiar with them.Whenever Schneider heard the sound of Allen laughing and fighting with other soldiers, he felt a little uncomfortable for some reason.

After two days of rest, the team packed up their luggage and embarked on the road to trek the snow field again.At this time, there are still more than 100 kilometers away from the nearest German base. In addition to the bad weather, it is expected to march for a week.

A week later, they arrived at the base, the injured were sent to the hospital, and the dead were registered with their name tags.The soldiers thought they could breathe a sigh of relief, but they were attacked by the Soviets the next day.

Since the failure of Hitler's self-rescue operation in the Kursk tank battle, the German army has never launched an active offensive.The Soviet Union's offensive was overwhelming, forcing the German army to retreat steadily.Britain and the United States are "rampantly raging" in Europe, and Italy has surrendered under their iron heels as early as last year, that is, in 1943.

After half a day of fierce fighting, the plain near the coniferous forest was full of gunpowder and smoke. Soviet tanks were galloping like unstoppable giants, and their cavalry was even more menacing, chasing the German soldiers like stray dogs in the dusk.

The army at the base had been defeated by the Soviet army, the base was destroyed, and the remaining troops fled into the coniferous forest in a hurry.Schneider led his few remaining men, retreating into the taiga while turning back to defeat the enemy who was too close.Their air force is short of fuel, so they can only do it in a base more than 200 kilometers away.

The shells of the tanks fell in front of the team, and the air currents sent people flying in all directions.Schneider got up from the ground, stumbled forward, and another bomb fell near him again, knocking him to the ground.His face was covered with mud, his ears and nose were covered with blood, and the only thing he could hear was a humming sound, and blood from his face was flowing into his eyes.All he could do was to keep getting up after falling, and tried his best to approach the coniferous forest.

Bullets kept rubbing against his feet, and suddenly his calf went numb, and he knew he had been shot.The moment he ran to the edge of the taiga, a cannonball exploded behind his feet, knocking him out and crashing him onto the ground.

Schneider quickly struggled to get up again - he was almost numb after repeating this set of falling and standing movements.Panting heavily, he didn't even have time to open his eyes, so he wiped his bloody face vigorously, and continued to run deep into the coniferous forest with a gun in his hand.

Schneider didn't know how far he had run, but suddenly there was a heart-rending pain in his calf, his feet became as heavy as lead, and his eyes turned black. He couldn't stand it anymore, and immediately knelt down, wanting to fall on the ground.

"Hey! German!"

A voice rang in his ears, Schneider was startled suddenly, looked around, and saw a person appeared in the woods at some point, standing opposite him and pointing a gun at him.

"It's nice fighting the Soviets, isn't it, huh? You think you're safe now, deserter?"

This man was not wearing any country's military uniform, just ordinary civilian clothes.Schneider felt strange, but he could only raise his hands obediently, staring at him vigilantly.

"Do you think I'll let you go if you surrender? I'm going to kill you, you damn German!" The man's eyes suddenly became fierce, he raised the pistol in his hand, and pointed the gun at Schneider.Schneider didn't beg for mercy, he just closed his eyes silently - he was very tired.

Bang bang bang bang!

A series of gunshots exploded in the coniferous forest, but Schneider still knelt quietly on the spot.He opened his eyes in doubt, and found that the man had fallen. When he turned his head, he saw Alan standing not far behind him, pointing his gun at the front, with his finger on the trigger, his eyes widened in horror. .

"Alan?" Schneider exclaimed in surprise.

There were chaotic footsteps in the woods ahead, and Allen put down his gun and put his back on his back, and pulled Schneider in a panic, "There are still many of them, let's run!"

This is the first time they have touched each other since their conflict.

Schneider looked tired, "I'm afraid I can't, you run."

"You have to go!" Allen insisted on pulling Schneider up from the ground, and the piercing pain in his calf suddenly hit Schneider, making him frown.

"Quick, quick!" Allen put one arm on his shoulder, and in a blink of an eye, he saw many running figures appearing in the coniferous forest. At the same time, messy gunshots rang out.Allen urgent