At the intersection among the ruins, in the shadow of a building less than twenty meters away from the M113 armored vehicle, Wei Ran crouched down and observed carefully, and then carefully touched the armored vehicle.

As the distance got closer, when he touched the cold body of the armored vehicle again, he found that there was no movement at all inside the armored vehicle.

After a moment's hesitation, he carefully climbed onto the roof of the car by climbing on to the car body, only to find that all the armored hatches, whether it was the driver's seat or the machine gun tower at the back, were locked.

Could it be that he left it here because he was lying down? Wei Ran couldn't help but feel happy, this was definitely unexpected good news.

Not daring to waste time, he climbed to the roof of the car as quickly as possible and used wire cutters to easily cut off the extra padlock on the armored fuel tank lid. When he unscrewed the lid, he immediately smelled the rich and mellow smell of gasoline.

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After a final inspection and listening for a moment against the hatch on the top of the armored vehicle, Weiran put away the wire cutters as quickly as possible, jumped out of the car, and quickly ran back along the shadow of the building to join the sewing machine and others.

"Come with me"

Wei Ran took the oil extraction pipe from the sewing machine and hung it around his neck. He picked up two empty oil barrels with one hand and greeted in a low voice, "Edelweiss, you and your little helpers are here to stand sentry and wait for response."

Although there was no response, Sewing Machine and his wife Cradle each picked up four oil barrels, followed Wei Ran nervously, and quickly ran along the shadow of the building to the intersection, hiding on the car body and on the street.

In the shadow of building ruins.

Climbing back onto the roof of the car, Weiran stuffed the three oil suction pipes into the fuel tank one by one. At the same time, Sewing Machine and Cradle each held an oil suction pipe to their mouths and sucked hard, and caught up with the gasoline.

Before putting it in my mouth, I stuffed it into the oil drum I brought in the dark.

When Wei Ran jumped off the roof of the car, the third oil extraction pipe was also stuffed into the oil drum with a sewing machine.

On a dark and quiet street corner, the three oil thieves hiding in the shadows almost held their breath and listened to the sound of fuel flowing into the oil drum, and used this sound to determine whether the oil drum was full.

Almost at the same time, the three of them pulled out the oil extraction pipe and replaced it with an oil drum.

"Looks like we can get a lot today..."

"Hush -" the cradle stopped and lowered the volume to the lowest level, but could not suppress the surprise and excitement from the sewing machine's mouth.

In the quiet night again, the three of them quickly filled the second oil barrel and stuffed it into the third oil barrel.

Without any hesitation or discussion, the three of them each picked up two filled oil drums and trotted back to meet Edelweiss. After handing the heavy oil drums to them, they hurried back.

Isn't it enough?...

Wei Ran muttered secretly, calculating that he had collected at least seventy or eighty liters of fuel, but the dizziness in his brain that he had been guarding against did not appear.

Without enough time to think about the weirdness here, Weiran quickly put down the empty oil drum in his hand, waited a moment and replaced the oil pump pipe with a new oil drum.

Unfortunately, the last three oil barrels were not filled up, so fuel no longer flowed out of the oil suction pipe.

"You go back first"

As Wei Ran spoke, he had already pulled out three oil pumping pipes, rolled them up and hung them around his neck. He bent down and picked up a handful of yellow sand mixed with construction debris from the ground. He tiptoed and raised it over his head and put it into the fuel tank. He kindly said

He helped me cover the fuel tank cap and hung it with a cut padlock, then picked up the two oil drums left for me and ran back.

Reunited with Edelweiss and others who were waiting in the distance, Wei Ran whispered, "Go back quickly, now is not the time to be happy."

After hearing this, everyone who had just relaxed immediately tightened their nerves.

Each carried two large barrels of fuel, and under the cover of darkness, the group returned to the hospital via the original route.

After getting back into the garage and locking the car door, everyone's faces showed a look of uncontrollable surprise.

"How much do we get back?" Cradle asked still in disbelief.

"At least two hundred liters!" The sewing machine gave the answer that it had already estimated on the way back.

"Those Falangists won't find us, will they?" Edelweiss seemed to have not remembered to be afraid until this moment, and asked a question that had long been meaningless.

"Will not"

Wei Ran shook his head, but sighed secretly in his heart. Of course he was confident that he would not leave any traces and be found.

But he knew even more clearly that tomorrow, September 11, the international forces responsible for ensuring the safety of refugees would leave Beirut.

Waiting until the 14th, the newly appointed chief of the Puppet Army, Fennelen, will be sent to receive a box lunch by a 200 kilogram bomb.

Even before entering this historical episode, he specifically asked Culp, who happened to be at the forest farm, about the 200 kilogram bomb.

According to the old handsome guy, "Those Jews would never mind killing an obedient dog as an excuse to launch an invasion."

Although he couldn't figure out whether the old handsome guy's meaningful words were a guess or whether he knew some inside information, although this guess, which could be regarded as a "guess", was very different from the historical records he knew.

But regardless of the facts of the explosion that occurred four days later, for Wei Ran, no, for every Chinese who understands history, is it not Beirut's version of the "lost soldiers of Marco Polo Bridge"?

Seeing that chaos was about to break out, Wei Ran had no way of reminding the people who were busy lighting the kerosene lamps. He could only watch the lamps emit dazzling light, and watch them pour buckets of stolen gasoline into the air.

It entered the dry fuel tank of the emergency vehicle, which had a capacity of 125 liters, and the fuel tank of the two-stroke generator at the front of the vehicle.

"There are four and a half barrels left."

The sewing machine tightened the fuel tank cap and said happily, "This gasoline and the two barrels brought back by the veterinarian in the evening are enough to last all the operating rooms for a week."

"One week...I'm afraid..." Wei Ran sighed silently. The next week may not be easy.

While he was secretly nervous, Edelweiss had skillfully stepped on the front bumper of the car and pulled the generator's starting rope with both hands.

Suddenly, the roar of the engine sounded from the front of the car.

Amidst the cheers of the children, Edelweiss opened the cab door and got in. After a while, the lights in the car came on one after another, especially the car radio started to work, playing a French news program.

programme.

With the help of the light in the car, the cradle extinguished the kerosene lamp, and soon after, the lights in the car also went out. Even the thick curtains and the front and rear doors of the garage were opened by the children one after another.

For a moment, the draft took away the exhaust gas emitted by the generator, and Edelweiss also opened the driver's and passenger's doors, letting the sound from the radio come out.

Without any conversation, everyone walked to the garage door and sat on the bench under the cedar tree, listening to the French news on the radio and listening to 11-year-old Rama translate the French news into something they could not understand.

of Arabic.

"Vet, do you still have cigarettes?" the sewing machine asked in a low voice.

"have"

Wei Ran nodded, took out a box of "picked up" cigarettes and handed it to the other party, "Take it and smoke it."

"Thanks"

The sewing machine thanked him, couldn't wait to tear open the cigarette, took one out and gave it to his wife, then took one in his mouth and let the cradle light it for him.

"Want one?"

Wei Ran took out another pack of unfinished cigarettes and asked Edelweiss not far away.

"I don't smoke." Edelweiss waved his hands absentmindedly, as if all his attention was focused on the radio program.

Unfortunately, until nearly half an hour later, when everyone stood up and walked into the garage, the midnight news program on the radio did not mention even a word related to "Beirut" or even "Fence Nen".

"The battery should be full"

Edelweiss said as she turned off the generator at the front of the car, and then turned off the radio in the car.

At the same time, the children worked together to lock the iron door of the garage and relight the candles.

With this faint light, the sewing machine took Ed and Hanward into the tent where men's leather shoes were hung, while Edelweiss took Rama and Dalal into the tent where high heels were hung.

"Veterinarian, aren't you still asleep?" the cradle asked while yawning.

"I'll smoke another cigarette and go to sleep."

Wei Ran shook the cigarette case in his hand and watched the other party walk into the tent with men's leather shoes. Then he lit a cigarette again and held it in his mouth. He walked towards the passage while holding the still burning lighter.

The small door to the courtyard.

After passing through the wooden door and lighting the candle lamp, he took a shower first and washed the remaining oil on his hands. Then he took out an oil bucket from the metal book and moved it to the faucet to fill it with cold water.

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He took out an extra British kettle from the metal book and filled it with water. Then Wei Ran quietly returned to the garage.

However, as he went and came, he noticed that a weak light was shining in the cab of the emergency vehicle.

After a moment's hesitation, he walked over with the burning lighter in hand, patted the car body gently, and then opened the passenger door and got in.

Before he even sat down on the seat, he smelled the rich aroma of wine.

"Would you like a drink?" Just as he closed the car door, Edelweiss next to him also asked.

Through the candle light hanging on the rearview mirror, Wei Ran could clearly see that Edelweiss was wearing a cute pink nightgown and a white hairband on her head to pin her golden hair.

short hair.

Compared to the slightly childish bedtime clothes, there was not only a bottle of wine and a goblet placed on the hood between the two, but also an open glass can, which was filled with

Brown-red dried dates.

"Where did it come from?"

While Wei Ran was asking, Edelweiss had pinned the ballpoint pen in his hand to the hard-cover notebook originally placed on the steering wheel and put it on his lap. Then he reached out and took out another wrapped pen from the mesh bag above his head.

Goblet with newspaper.

"What are you asking?"

While she was talking, Edelweiss had stuffed the newspaper wrapped around the goblet back into the mesh bag above her head, then moved to the bedside and puffed out her mouth to blow out any dust that might be in the cup.
To be continued...