Vogel sat in a coffee shop on the corner of the street, looking out depressed.He had just planned to go out for a walk, but it started to rain heavily before he had gone far.His injured left leg began to throb again, so he had to sit down in a nearby cafe.

Anna must be worried, he thought, she will come out to find me again in a while, of course, if the rain can stop before then, it would be great. 'Hi!Look, isn't this Vogel? 'A familiar and exaggerated exclamation sounded from behind Vogel, and Vogel felt a little uncomfortable.The man came up to him: a familiar old man from before, it was amazing, 'You came back from the front line? '

Vogel forced a weak smile, 'Yes, good afternoon. ' He didn't quite remember the old man's name.

The old man laughed loudly, 'Let me tell you, Vogel, you are much more polite than before! He put Vogel's shoulder familiarly, "Come on, friend, there are still several old guys here who want to talk to you." '

Vogel shook his head, 'I think I need to wait for Anna somewhere obvious, she...'

'She will understand!This is a topic among men! ’ The old man laughed loudly again, but Vogel didn’t think it was so funny, ‘It’s going to rain for a while!Just in time for everyone to talk together. '

I wish the rain would stop soon.Thinking about it, Vogel knew that he couldn't refuse the invitation, so he could only smile wryly and say, 'You're absolutely right. '

He brought Vogel to a table of 'old buddies', and everyone was enthusiastic about Vogel's joining.They all stood up and shook hands with Vogel one by one, as if Vogel was not a soldier who retired due to serious injuries but a hero who returned in triumph.Vogel exchanged a few words with them, and felt a little timid about their enthusiasm—after all, he was not a hero who returned home in triumph.

Immediately afterwards, they couldn't wait to start the 'interrogation' - all the same questions as everyone else, 'how is the front line?scary right?How is morale?The food is good, right? Vogel felt that they already knew the answers to these questions, or they thought they knew, and he only needed to agree with their words to satisfy them.

'We're going to give those Frenchies and Brits a hard lesson, right?They want to learn a lesson! One of the old men whom Vogel did not know before said, shaking his fist. His words were widely recognized, and Vogel felt that he roughly understood why there were not many people in this cafe. ’ If you ask me, we should be talking over a beer in a pub now instead of sitting in a cafe like a sissy. ' said another old man, with voices of approval and 'The tavern should be open all day!' exclaimed.

Vogel agreed perfunctorily, thinking about when Anna would be able to find this place.It seemed that they were about to talk about their views on the front line and the war, but Vogel had no interest in it.Regrettably, before Anna arrived, they had already talked with great enthusiasm. The old man who led Vogel to the table seemed to be the leader of this matter. He confidently planned the steps to expand the territory, and Announced that if he went according to his plan, Germany would have occupied large chunks of France and Great Britain and knocked out Russia and the United States by July of this year. 'We will achieve these goals soon! 'He announced with high spirits, and there was applause from the side of the table.

Vogel couldn't help but interjected, 'Your plan is unrealistic-not to mention that we can't keep advancing, we have been fighting for four years, and the consumption of materials is no longer comparable to that of the enemy.And they have so many reserves that the best we can hope for is to keep what we have. '

The old man denied him without hesitation, and was angry at Vogel's negative thoughts, "You don't know the battle situation," he said smugly, "That's why you were injured here."Your heroism is commendable, but you are not very good at deploying battle lines. ' He stroked his beard and said seriously, 'by the end of this year, we can capture the whole of France! '

Vogel could hardly bear his arrogance.He felt incredible for a while at this thought, capturing France at the end of the year?Big joke! !If Anna didn't come, he thought a little grumpily, I might say something disrespectful regardless of etiquette!These old people were too enthusiastic for him, and Vogel was unwilling to reject them, but he could not bear their arrogance and stupidity.He doesn't agree with their theories and pursuits, they always pretend to know everything, talking nonsense unscrupulously.If we do fail, Vogel thinks, it makes sense.Come to think of it, if the reserves are as defiant as these old guys are, what chance do we have?

The old man who talked so much before seemed to have aroused his fighting spirit because of Vogel's opposition. He urgently showed Vogel the feasibility of his plan, "We only need to start from..."

Vogel nodded absent-mindedly, looking in the direction of the door, hoping that he could quickly end this ridiculous speech and strategic deployment. 'And at this point, we just need to...'

Vogel seemed to faintly see Anna's figure, "In this way, we can..." Vogel stood up impatiently, "I'm sorry I left first," he said hastily, "Anna is here to pick me up." '

If my future life will always be filled with these people, Vogel thought as I walked out of the cafe, what fun is there in such a life?

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