Chapter 2693 What's the Sudden Move You Made?

"Do you have any more cigarettes? Give me one."

"Hmm?"

The same words as before, but this time they came from Jill's mouth, which really surprised Mary, who had just walked out of the shabby bakery with Jill.

"There is another box, but don't you never smoke?"

What he said was indeed true, but Jill was obviously determined.

"Don't say anything, just give me one."

She wanted to dissuade him, but she thought it was unnecessary. Mary had no choice but to take out a brand new box from her coat pocket.

"Take it easy, be careful not to choke, but I'm curious what's wrong with you that you suddenly want to smoke? "

Although she said she was puzzled, her hands kept moving.

She took out a cigarette for Jill and handed it to her, and then lit it for her good sister. Before Mary finished her puzzled words, she heard a violent cough.

"Cough cough-cough cough cough-"

"Damn it, I knew you were just trying to be brave. What's wrong with you? It's been wrong since you came out just now."

Facing Jill who was coughing violently because she couldn't smoke at all, Mary, as a colleague, senior, and bestie, quickly supported Jill who was about to choke, patted her back and asked about the situation, but all she got was Jill's painful answer.

"Compared with Magman's family, what's this? Have you seen how their family lived and what they encountered? Even if there was the food we gave them, what would happen? They will die in this city, Mary, and we can only delay the arrival of this moment, and we can't change anything. ”

“”

Although it was probably guessed that it was because of this, when the little girl Jill actually said it, Mary, who had already thought of how to answer, still fell into a brief silence.

“So what do you want to change? Right?”

Mary, who really knows how to smoke, lit a cigarette for herself and asked in a calm tone as if she was talking about where to go shopping tomorrow.׺°”˜˜`”°º×

“Of course, since I have encountered it, why should I sit back and watch all this happen? I chose this line of work to expose those ugly things and help the weak who need help. Isn’t this what you taught me? It was you who told me that reporters have something that must not be lost. ”

“But do you think you have the ability to do it? Can you change the war, a war where people are stuffed into the meat grinder every moment and then crushed out? If the pen can solve all problems, Jill, then why do these men risk their lives to fight with guns? "

"The media can be a tool to uphold justice, but it is definitely not a weapon to practice justice. There are always things that are beyond our ability. This is what I told you, have you forgotten it?"

""

Mary still held the cigarette that she had only taken a puff of and was still burning, and she didn't throw it away. She knew that this stubborn little girl who was keen on upholding truth and justice did not give up so simply. She was silent only because she couldn't think of a reason to refute it for a while, but deep in her heart she was still stubborn and adhered to her own values, ideals and professional ethics.

"Many years ago, I was the same as you, Jill. I had just graduated from the journalism department of the university and entered the door of this industry with lofty ideals. I thought I was a defender of justice, a practitioner of justice and conscience, and I would definitely be able to expose ugliness and uphold justice for the weak and victims. "

"But later I found that this was not the case. ”

“It’s as if men are the masters of this world, they hold the highest power, the most money, and the best everything. True gender equality is just an overly idealized lie. It has been like this since the beginning of human civilization, and it has never changed. The same is true for our media.”

“In the final analysis, we can only do what we can, try to do more, and work harder. There are always some things we can’t change. War is the most powerful way for humans to solve problems and disputes. The power of the media is too pale and powerless in the face of war.”

“Maybe you can’t understand what I said, don’t agree with me and think I’m weak, it doesn’t matter.”

“But I beg you not to do anything stupid, Jill, promise me? You don’t have to risk your life. This is a battlefield that minimizes the value of human life, not the bustling streets and squares of New York. Please protect yourself. I hope we can go back safely together. You are the pride of your whole family. Don’t forget this. "

""

Jill remained silent. Mary, who had been talking to herself for a long time, had no way to continue. She had already said everything she should say, out of kindness and meaningful things. Talking more would only be useless.

"Think about it carefully. We're about to leave. When you've thought it through, we'll get back in the car."

Woo--

Boom--

"Explosion! Oh my god, there's an explosion! The Nazis are coming. Everyone, run away! ! ! "

"Hey, Jack! Where are you going? Wait, don't run around. Come back soon!"

Nothing happened to the two ladies. Almost as soon as the explosion, which was not close and certainly not very far away, sounded, the men on the opposite side who were holding cameras and laughing together were confused.

The young man called Jack was in a panic, shouting "The Nazis are coming" and ran towards the convoy. There was no doubt that he was planning to rob a car and escape immediately, but it was unclear whether he would drive the Russian military vehicle and what the consequences of hijacking the military vehicle would be.

But everything was obviously not that simple.

Almost at the same time as Jill and Mary, who were also frightened but at least not scared to run around, anxiously wanted to know what happened, the Soviet major who was responsible for leading the team to the war zone and security and protection work had already walked to the side of the convoy and blew the whistle to signal an emergency assembly.

Of course, Jack, who ran as fast as if his feet were greased, was directly blocked by a burly soldier of the leader division holding an AK full of bullets. The "dancing" "claw" finally couldn't even touch the door handle.

"Everyone, stay calm! Listen to my command and don't run around. Now convey the latest emergency situation!"

"There is an emergency on the front line. For your safety, you must move back immediately! All the remaining interviews today are cancelled. Everyone get in the car immediately. 30 seconds! Prepare to evacuate!"

Even if the major made it clear, there were still unwilling idiots who were whining here and had other thoughts.

"Wait, wait, wait, Mr. Major, what happened in front? Can I interview you immediately? What do you think about this emergency? Does this mean..."

"Military secrets cannot be disclosed. Get in the car! Everyone, immediately! 20 seconds left!"

Opened the car door, without saying a word, raised his hand and put the whining glasses man into the car like a sack, and then slammed the car door shut without paying any attention.

The major's "ultimatum" echoed in everyone's ears, coupled with the previous set of actions and the several explosions that followed.

At this time, everyone knew that this was no joke. The distance between death and destruction had never been so close. If you didn't want to die, getting in the car and running away was obviously the best choice.

Especially after Mr. Jefferson, the "Head of Western Journalists", took the lead, there was nothing to say about what happened next.

"Huh - I was scared to death, Jill, I have never heard the sound of artillery so close to me, and I didn't encounter it when I went to France before. How are you? Are you okay?"

Mary, who was still in shock and still thinking about her little girlfriend, didn't notice that Jill's expression was a little wrong at this moment.

As the car stopped temporarily beside the small building where the leader division's front-line headquarters was located not long ago, the major leading the team got off the first car immediately and chatted with an officer waiting on the street, as if confirming some orders and news.

Jill, who thought the time was right and had made up his mind, suddenly pushed open the car door and rushed out of the car without saying hello to anyone, and rushed straight to the door of the headquarters building guarded by armed guards.

"Hey, hey! What is that woman doing!? Guards, stop her! Quick!"

The sharp-eyed major noticed the abnormality at the first time and shouted for people to intercept. If there was a mess in this place, it would be a big deal. There was no room for negligence.

Fortunately, the guards who could guard the brigade-level command of the leader's division were not ordinary people. Kulbarov's guard company was also considered to be the best elite light infantry in the whole division.

Jill, who was unarmed and a weak woman, obviously could not break through the cordon. The big and strong, fully armed guards did not have to fight with an American woman, but it was inevitable to suffer a little.

Just two grasping hands pressed up, and then they pressed on the shoulders one by one, like catching a chicken, and pressed Jill to her knees and unable to move.

"You hurt me! Let go! Let me go!"

Gill, who had trespassed into the military stronghold of the brigade as a foreigner, was still struggling after being controlled, although it was useless. But the major who was walking towards him with big strides still spoke angrily.

"What are you doing!? Is this woman crazy? American, where is your boss? Come out and explain what you want to do and what's going on!?"

Jefferson, who had never expected such a thing to happen, felt dizzy and dizzy. He silently said in his heart that the "damn young man" was a son of the beach for eighteen generations. He had no choice but to get out of the car and prepare to wipe his ass.

But at the same time, before the major's angry questioning on the street was finished, a steady voice with a steady and steady attitude suddenly came from the door of the command building, accompanied by the tall and familiar figure.

"Let her go, and lift the alert. This lady is my acquaintance, and she has no ill intentions."

It's not that Comrade Ma was horny and infatuated with beauty, but if the little girl who was pressed to her knees in front of him wanted to harm him, there would never be a better opportunity than the last face-to-face interview. There was really no need to wait until this time, and it was almost a death-seeking move to force a head-on attack in front of a bunch of soldiers with guns and live ammunition.

Malashenko, who had fought in countless battlefields and always believed in his intuition, was no exception this time.

Besides, even the Nazi devil dared to confront the division commander comrade face to face. If he was afraid of a little American female reporter, it would be a bit unpleasant to spread. Comrade Ma still cares about his reputation.

As for now, looking at the little girl who had been released by two soldiers and had not had time to get up from the ground, Malashenko couldn't help but blurt out his curiosity.

"But you, Miss Jill, what's the sudden incident?"