Sokov was silent for a long time, thinking in his mind whether what he heard was true or an illusion of his. He raised his hand and pinched his face, and the pain in his brain was instantly felt, making him understand that what happened in front of him was not his hallucination or his dream, but actually happened.
He remembered that some time ago, Asya and Grisa, who had returned from behind enemy lines, had met the man in front of him. It is possible for you to have hallucinations, but it is impossible for others to have the same hallucinations as you. Thinking of this, he asked tentatively: "Lieutenant Grisa was brought back to Mamayev Heights by you and Captain Rogers?"
"That's right. It was Rogers and I who led them to break through several German blockades and successfully return to Mamayev Heights." Perhaps in order to make Sokov believe that what he said was true, he also He specifically emphasized: "I was injured at the time. It was Asiya, your wife, who helped me perform surgery to remove the bullets and shrapnel, and also bandaged me carefully."
After Sokov looked the other person up and down, he asked coldly: "But I see that your limbs are all fine, and there are no bandages or anything like that."
"I was injected with Captain Rogers' serum, and I can barely be considered a super soldier." Lin Hua explained to Sokov: "My metabolic function is four times that of ordinary people. Even if I am injured, I can recover in a short time. .”
"Since you can recover in a short period of time, why do you have to go to the health team at Mamayev Heights for treatment?" After hearing what Lin Hua said, Sokov asked in confusion: "Don't you Aren’t you afraid of exposing your identity?”
"Although my injuries can be healed in a very short time, the bullets and shrapnel in my body will not escape on their own and must be removed through surgery." Lin Hua continued to explain: "As for exposing your identity, as long as If you and I don't appear in the same place at the same time, we won't be able to gang up on each other."
After Lin Hua's explanation, Sokov finally figured out what happened to those inexplicable things in the past few days. But he still had questions in his mind, so he asked: "Why did Captain Rogers appear in our country?"
"Didn't I already tell you that it is to eliminate the polar regions set up by Hydra in our country. We currently know of three polar regions: Minsk, Kiev and Smolensk." Lin Hua said: "According to the agreement, the United States We can only send Rogers, Agent Kurt and military expert Stark to enter the country. They are weak and weak. If they want to eliminate Hydra Polar, they have no choice but to ask us for help. For this purpose, the superiors formed a special commando team. To assist Rogers in his mission, I am one of them.”
After understanding Lin Hua's mission, Sokov asked without hesitation: "In this time and space, I am the division commander, and you are just a member of the commando team. Your military rank must be too high. Can I ask, what is this?" What's going on?"
"Our fateful deviation was to appear in the battle at the Istria Reservoir." Lin Hua sighed softly and said: "You commanded the troops and successfully prevented the enemy's plot to blow up the reservoir; but I failed and was seriously injured. , was incorporated into the special commando team supporting Rogers shortly after recovering from his injuries, and is now just a lieutenant."
"So you didn't participate in the Battle of Stalingrad anymore?"
"Yes." Regarding Sokov's question, Lin Hua did not hide anything: "The defense of Stalingrad in my time and space was, like official history, extremely brutal. For example, the Mamayev you defended The post has long since fallen into the hands of the Germans, and Chuikov is deploying troops to carry out a non-stop counterattack in an attempt to take the high ground back from the Germans."
After Lin Hua finished speaking, he shined a flashlight on the watch on his wrist and said anxiously: "I don't have much time. If you have any questions, just ask them quickly."
After being urged by Lin Hua, Sokov really didn't know what questions he should ask. However, he accidentally saw the metal armor Lin Hua was wearing, and couldn't help but asked curiously: "I heard from my subordinates that the armor you are wearing can't even be penetrated by bullets. Is this true?" ?"
"Yes, your subordinates are right." Lin Hua nodded and replied: "The metal armor I wear is made of vibranium. Even armor-piercing bullets cannot penetrate it."
"Didn't you say that making the shield for Captain Rogers used up all the vibranium on the earth?" Sokov asked strangely: "Then where did the vibranium come from to make your metal armor?" of?"
"It can only be said that all the vibranium the United States possesses was used by Stark to make shields for Rogers. The Soviet Union, however, has a large amount of vibranium resources. Even if it makes armor or weapons for an army, it is more than enough. " Lin Hua saw Sokov's curious look and quickly emphasized: "Although the Soviet Union has abundant vibranium resources, the location of the resources is strictly confidential, and no more than twenty people know about it. In order not to give it to you To add unnecessary trouble, I won’t tell you the specific location.”
Having said this, Lin Hua took out a small bag from his backpack and handed it to Sokov: "This is another piece of armor I have. I'll give it to you for self-defense."
Sokov originally thought that the metal armor would be heavy, but when he took the small bag, he found that the folded armor inside was light and about the same weight as a military coat. He said in surprise: "Why is this metal armor so light?"
"Vibranium is inherently light, and after processing, it becomes even lighter." Lin Hua urged: "Hurry up and put on this armor. It can save your life at a critical moment."
After Sokov handed the military coat that he took off to Lin Hua, he unfolded the folded armor and put it on outside the pullover, and then put on the military coat that Lin Hua handed back again.
Seeing Sokov put on his military coat, Lin Hua nodded and said: "This kind of armor is not only indestructible, but also has super toughness. In other words, if someone stands in front of you and shoots at you, not only the bullets will It cannot penetrate the armor, and the kinetic energy generated by the bullet will be automatically absorbed by the metal, preventing rib fractures."
Sokov had heard before that although body armor in later generations could block bullets, people wearing body armor could easily suffer fractures due to the kinetic energy generated by the bullets. After hearing Lin Hua's explanation, he was overjoyed: "That's great. , This is really great. With this armor, even if I personally lead the soldiers to charge in the future, I will not be afraid of the enemy's bullets causing me damage."
"Let me remind you," Lin Hua frowned slightly, perhaps seeing that Sokov was a little too complacent, and then said to him: "Although metal armor is invulnerable, it can only protect the location covered by the armor. , areas that cannot be covered will still be injured.”
"Okay, it's almost time." Lin Hua said, turned around, walked forward, and said to Sokov: "I'm leaving. Let's say goodbye. We'll never see you again. Goodbye!" He nodded. He waved his hand without looking back and quickly disappeared around the corner of the sewer.
After Lin Hua left, Sokov still stood there in a daze for a long time. He always felt that everything that had just happened seemed so unreal. If he hadn't been wearing the metal armor given by Lin Hua, he would have really thought that he was having a dream or a hallucination caused by a neurological problem.
"Comrade, Comrade Commander!" Just as Sokov was thinking wildly, he suddenly heard a shout from the distance: "Comrade Commander, where are you?" The voice was particularly loud due to the echo in the sewer.
When Sokov heard the shout, he instinctively stepped aside and pointed the muzzle of the gun in the direction of the sound, ready to shoot as soon as he discovered something was wrong. But after listening for a while, he felt that it sounded a bit like Samoylov's voice, so he listened carefully for a while. After confirming that it was indeed Samoilov calling him, he quickly stood up, lowered the muzzle of his gun, and responded loudly to the front: "Second Lieutenant Samoilov, I'm here!"
"Commander, is this you?" Samoylov asked tentatively when someone spoke to him.
"Yes, Samoylov, it's me." Sokov quickly replied again: "I am Sokov."
"We have found the division commander!" Sokov first heard a burst of cheers, and then heard the sound of a group of people running over on the mud. He guessed that they might be soldiers from the third platoon of guards, and hurriedly rushed forward to meet them.
"Comrade division commander," Samoilov came to Sokov, raised his hand to salute him, and said respectfully: "Second Lieutenant Samoilov, the commander of the third platoon, reports to you that we have been completely wiped out. Enemies entering the sewers.”
Hearing that all the enemies had been eliminated, Sokov was naturally happy, but when he thought that the battle just now was so fierce, the casualties among the soldiers of the guard platoon should be quite large, so he quickly asked with concern: "What are our casualties?"
"Nineteen people were killed and 8 wounded." After Samoylov reported the number of casualties to Sokov, he said hesitantly: "Comrade division commander, a very strange thing happened during the battle."
"Something strange?" Sokov said heartily, "I just encountered something strange. I have been chatting here with myself for a long time. What strange thing will you encounter?" He quickly asked: "What strange thing?"
"While we were fighting inextricably with the enemy, the gunfire from the enemy's side suddenly became sparse and finally stopped inexplicably." Samoilov scratched the back of his head and reported to Sokov: "I I sent two soldiers to check and found that more than 40 German soldiers at the other end of the sewer were dead."
"There's nothing strange about this." Sokov said disapprovingly: "He must have been killed by you during the battle."
"I thought so at first," Samoilov replied with a wry smile: "But after I checked the wounds of the enemies, except for a dozen who were shot from the front, the rest of the soldiers were shot from behind. He was shot and killed. And I sent people to search nearby, but our troops were not found, which is simply strange."
Sokov also felt strange about what Samoylov said. But he soon thought that Captain Rogers, who was supposed to be with Lin Hua, was missing. He might have appeared behind the group of German soldiers and shot them all.
After figuring out what was going on, Sokov acted as if nothing had happened and said to Samoylov: "Comrade Second Lieutenant, as long as we can eliminate the enemies sneaking into the sewers, it doesn't matter who killed them." If Moylov said anything else, he urged, "Okay, Comrade Second Lieutenant, stop talking. Let's get to Papuchenko's regiment command post as soon as possible."
