Chapter 56 Hemlock

When the people of the whole Soviet Union were praying for Sergey and all the other Soviet prisoners of war, Sergey and the others were sitting in the open space outside the plane enjoying their last dinner, the moon was in the sky, although this meal It's not bad, but everyone has no appetite, just silently staring at their food in a daze. Seryozha sat around with his brothers and Lebed, and none of them wanted to talk or eat.

In the ancient city of Paghman not far away, the sound of MSL chanting came from time to time. Today happens to be the night of Berat in the Islamic calendar, and it is also the "night of exchanging texts" recorded in the Qur'an. According to the scriptures The Prophet once warned his believers that those who sincerely repent, pray for forgiveness, and pray for blessings will be allowed on this night, so this night is also called the night of forgiveness. Tonight almost all of Pagman's MSL will go to the QZ temple to confess their sins for a year. Therefore, although the number of Soviet prisoners of war is as high as a hundred, there are only ten heavily armed guards around.

Although there were only ten detainees in the guerrillas, they were still invincible to the unarmed Seryozha and his comrades. The guns in their hands were always turning on the prisoners. Seryozha didn't have much time left now, but he still didn't see Karim, and Seryozha couldn't help feeling a little irritable. If Kalim didn't show up again tonight, Seryozha might really be doomed.

"How's the weather tomorrow?" Seryozha suddenly asked Lebed beside him for no reason.

"Tomorrow will be a sunny day, hot and windless all day long. Is it a good day to go to the guillotine?" Lebed sighed, even he didn't expect it, and he was still in the mood to joke at this time. Lebed suddenly wanted to talk to someone, but after waiting for a long time Seryozha said nothing. At this time, Lebed suddenly thought of Sergei and asked a question. This question has always appeared in Lebed's mind for the past few days. Even he wondered why he didn't think about it under the current situation. Thinking about the issue of escaping, instead thinking about these things that were created out of nothing. So he asked Seryozha: "Seryozha, do you think Grachev particularly wants you to die on the battlefield?"

"Why do you ask that?" Seryozha asked Lebed strangely.

"I'm a little surprised. Why does our battalion carry out dangerous missions every time? Why does Grachev call you every time? Although your platoon is not bad, it is not the sharp knife unit of the 354th Airborne Regiment after all. You are all at the bottom of the assessment, but why Grachev has a special liking for us, have you thought about this question?" Lebed threw the question that has been lingering in his mind for the past few days to Serio sand. Even Lebed didn't know why he thought so, maybe it was because of the pressure caused by the death penalty!

Lebed's question really made Seryozha feel that something was wrong. He had always thought that Grachev was a good person before, and he had never thought about the problem from this perspective. Recalling that when Chernenko sent himself and his brothers to Afghanistan, in the final analysis, it was because Seryozha threatened him, either to help him escape, or to die. Couldn't Chernenko cheat himself? Send threatening guys to the battlefield and use the hands of the enemy to get rid of them. If this is the case, then the reason why Seryozha is in the current situation is entirely because Chernenko and Grachev have joined forces to do it for themselves. It's a dead end.

Just when Seryozha fell into deep thought, there was a sudden sound of hurried footsteps under the extremely quiet moonlight. A girl dressed in traditional Afghan women's clothing and a headscarf came from a distance under the moonlight. Against the backdrop of the moonlight, the girl looked like a goddess. All the men present focused their eyes on her, whether they were guards or prisoners of war, almost everyone was fascinated by the girl's beauty. Only Seryozha was an exception,

Because the person who came was none other than Karim who hadn't seen him for many days.

Karim was followed by a few attendants carrying things. Just when Karim was about to rush towards Seryozha, the armed guards in charge blocked Karim's way.

"Who are you? What are you doing here?" The armed guard in charge probably had a good attitude because Karim was a beautiful woman, but picked up the gun in his hand with some vigilance.

"I am the daughter of former President Amin. I came here today just to see my husband. My husband is a Russian..." Before Karim could finish speaking, the armed men rejected Karim's request. ask. They waved their hands at Karim, signaling Karim to leave here quickly.

"Brothers, please do me a favor. My husband will be executed tomorrow. I just want him to taste my cooking. Can you not accommodate this request?" Karim burst into tears She said, while she was talking, she took out some money from her body and stuffed it into the hands of the armed men. The armed personnel finally waved impatiently, and finally let Karim pass.

Karim walked up to Seryozha and spread out a blanket in front of him. After a while, a pile of delicious food was placed on it, and the armed personnel in the distance couldn't help but look at this side. The food is really tempting. Karim took the opportunity of Bu Cai to wink at Seryozha, and Seryozha understood it, and he already understood it. When the food on Seryozha's side was finished, Karim beckoned to his bodyguards, and soon those bodyguards also prepared some food and drinks for the armed men. Under Karim's greeting, the armed men You are not polite, and soon they sat around and started to eat delicious food.

Among the people present, no one knew Karim except Sergesha's subordinates. Everyone looked at Sergesha with some envy, while Sergesha was eating big mouthfuls while watching the few people who were eating in full swing. armed men.

The food Karim brought was quickly swept away by Seryozha, who took a cigarette from his pocket, and Karim lit it for him. The cigarette, Seryosha, was not in his mouth, but kept in his hand, letting it burn. Seryozha did this to estimate the onset time of the toxin, and the armed men got up and started working again after eating and drinking. Seryozha's eyes were on them all the time, and his only worry now was that Karim hadn't mixed enough poison into the food.

The cigarette gradually burned to the bottom, and Seryozha couldn't help feeling a little anxious. He had already planned that if the hemlock didn't work, he would find an opportunity to fight the enemy head-on. The cigarette suddenly burned Sergei's finger, and Sergei suddenly felt a pain. At this moment, an armed man suddenly began to vomit violently, and soon fell to the ground, and then began to uncontrollably violently It twitched, followed by the second guard, and then the third guard... In less than half a minute, all ten guards were knocked down by the toxin.

Everyone present hadn't realized what was going on at this moment. At this moment, Seryozha stood up suddenly, walked slowly to a guy who was twitching violently on the ground, and squatted down with a smile on the ground with great interest. Going down, he first looked at this guy up and down for a while, and shook his finger in front of his eyes. The guy's eyes were wide open, filled with fear and helplessness. Seryozha knew that the toxin had paralyzed his central nervous system, and this guy couldn't close his eyes anymore. Seryozha decided not to waste any more time. He raised his hands and grabbed the guy's neck fiercely. The enemy's carotid artery beat regularly and transmitted to Seryozha's hand, so Seryozha added another blow. With strength, the carotid artery finally stopped beating. Sergesha picked up the gun that the guy dropped on the ground, waved at the stunned comrades, and said:

"Guys, we're going home!"