More than 50,000 hours, 2190 days, a full 6 years, how long is it?
6 years is long, enough for a newborn baby to learn to walk and talk until he carries his school bag into school.
6 years is very short, just a person's youth, fleeting, too late to think about adulthood.
Imagine how long your survival limit can be in a dark air raid shelter. 48 days or 350 days?
Six German officers and men escaped from the bloody battlefield of World War II, found an air raid shelter to sleep in, woke up and found buried, and were killed by despair 6 years later.
Let us travel into their time and space together and feel this incredible historical event.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="4" > mountains and rivers are doubtful, and the willows are dark and the flowers are bright and another village</h1>
In April 1945, Germany, the culprit of World War II, was at the end of its rope.
The Soviet Union took advantage of the victory to pursue and launched a battle of annihilation against the German capital Berlin.
There was no suspense in this battle, and the Soviet army was like a bamboo, forcing the German army to retreat.
The German army that swept through Europe in the past is now like a lost dog, unable to hide.
The Zelaufer Heights, known as the "Berlin Lock", were called insurmountable bunkers by the Germans, but after being lost by the red-eyed Soviet commander Zhukov and unlocked at all costs, the Soviet Red Army captured the city of Berlin, marking the end of the six-year-long World War II.
However, the naturally arrogant German army refused to accept the status quo of defeat, and still stubbornly resisted, and various detachments came into being to engage in a cat-and-seek guerrilla war with the Soviet army.
One of them, a detachment of only 6 people, led by Captain Sue, cleverly evaded the sweep of the besieging Soviet army and fled to the deserted countryside until they came across an air raid shelter.
In a desperate situation, this highly concealed air raid shelter is like a life-saving straw, igniting the hopes of people who have almost collapsed.
The days of running away had exhausted everyone's physical strength, and they could no longer continue to flee.
Everyone hid in the cave and disguised the entrance to the cave, secretly cheering for this natural barrier.
After the pursuit of the soldiers, the worries of the uncertain future were unloaded, and the tense nerves of all the people were suddenly liberated, and one by one lay on the ground, instantly falling into a deep sleep, unconscious.
When they woke up, they were resurrected with blood, but they were happy for only 3 seconds, and then they sadly found that the opening of the air raid shelter was firmly pressed by a piece of steel reinforcement at some point, and the entire cave was completely sealed, cutting off their only passage with the outside world, leaving only a faint ray of light.
The 6-man detachment that had just left the tiger's mouth was now caught in another kind of fear: Was the cave called heaven and earth not working, a burial place assigned to them by God?
The demons who had killed people on the battlefield without blinking an eye now experienced the magic of "retribution".
The people who had nothing to do could only return to the cave to observe the situation and then think about the long term.
At this moment, the script is dramatically reversed, just as the so-called invincible road is the so-called invincible road, and what makes everyone happy is that this is not an ordinary wild cave, but a hidden supply point, and the materials and facilities are quite complete.
The cave was filled with supplies, almost everything: in addition to cans, biscuits, drinks and other abundant food that was enough to satisfy the stomach; there were also daily necessities such as cigarettes, clothes, candles and matches; bags of flour piled in the corner to form a small hill, and the availability of materials once again inspired everyone.
The most pleasing thing is that it also has an air system that can communicate fresh air, and the breeze drifts into the cave, and everyone takes a deep breath greedily, as if drunk.
The basic livelihood was solved, and everyone clapped their hands in celebration: they had enough time to figure out a way out of the cave!
This roller coaster-like situation throughout the day is simply a true portrayal of "mountains and rivers are doubtful and have no way, willows are dark and flowers are bright and another village", illusory and impermanent.
< h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="6" > test after test, but was eventually knocked down by despair</h1>
Of the 6, the youngest is called Gel, and the oldest is Captain Sue.
Long and boring cave life, waiting to test them.
Luckily, they carried a watch with them, and the ticking of gears, like beautiful music, soothed the almost desperate people.
To count the days, they drew a cross each day and made their own special calendars.
The long underground life begins.
The six soldiers built separate small bedrooms out of wooden boxes, and spread their military coats on the ground to become simple beds, and each of them lit a candle and slept on the ground.
Going to the toilet is a top priority, otherwise the smelly cave will be disgusting and impossible to live normally.
At the end of the cave, far from the rest zone, they built a "toilet", and the filth gathered to a certain extent and was covered with flour.
At first, under the command of Captain Sue, they organized life in the cave with great morale.
Every day, they would take turns shouting for help at the entrance of the cave, or artificially making some abnormal sounds, expecting passers-by outside the cave to hear and rescue them.
But this time, God didn't favor and treat them well again.
It turned out that after the air raid shelter was blown up and blocked, the Soviet army, for the sake of safety, actually surrounded the entire cave with barbed wire, and specially erected a wooden sign: Dangerous, do not approach!
The poor 6 German soldiers were thus cut off from the world.
Even if the voice is broken, in this already sparsely populated wilderness, everything is in vain.
Food and clothing are originally quite a wonderful thing.
However, eating and drinking Lazarus were confined to this except stones, and between the heavens and the earthless inches, spiritual destruction gradually prevailed.
As the crosses gradually increased, the likelihood of their rescue dropped dramatically, and the morale of the crowd was like a leaking balloon, less full every day.
As everyone gradually fell to the brink of collapse, the captain could no longer do anything about it.
In just 48 days, tragedy struck the bomb shelter for the first time.
Young Gel was the first to collapse, and after the onset of the disease, he continued to grow and roar uncontrollably for several days, venting his ever-expanding depression and irritability.
In the end, Gore even took up his bayonet and mutilated himself, trying to use the bloody pain of flesh and skin to take away the demons that tormented him.
Suddenly, one day, Gel cut his own throat while the others were not paying attention, and escaped from the suffocating and unbearable cave world.
The rest of the people are grief-stricken, but they can't talk about their panic and helplessness, maybe it wouldn't be a good thing to be relieved sooner?
Ger could only be buried at the end of the burrow, flour wrapped around his young body, silently soothing him.
Gel's death hit everyone mercilessly, and the shadow of death hung over the crippled team all day long, and there was no escape.
Soon, another member of the team fell ill, his abdomen aching severely, and soon he died and followed Gehr away.
The remaining 4 members of the team continued to draw one cross after another like the walking dead.
When the time node reached the 350th, the other 2 team members could not bear to be trapped in this kind of cave life without heaven and earth, and chose to give up their lives.
Only Sue and Bauer remained in the cave, and the situation became more and more serious.
The deceased is dead, the living are like this, and the only two remaining people can only rely on tenacious perseverance to continue to bear the unfulfilled wish of their comrades-in-arms: to bring out their news.
They clung to strict schedules, eating, sleeping, exercising, and communicating mechanically.
Their bodies were scruffy, their hair and beards mixed in an indistinguishable, thick and fluffy mess; their noses had long since lost their sense of smell and could not smell the fragrance.
At this time, the two were like two rats that had long been accustomed to the dark life, they were surviving in the cave, in a state of complete duty and obedience to fate.
Especially in 1950, their candles were used up, and even the flame of hope could not survive, abandoning them. Darkness enveloped them like a sleeping demon, waking up and devouring them at any moment.
When the number of crosses was increased to 2190th, a voice finally came from the mouth of the cave: a Polish detachment passed through the cave and faintly heard a faint cry for help coming from inside the cave.
The dawn of salvation finally took care of these two poor "savages."
The opening of the cave was eventually opened by explosives, and with a loud bang, the reinforcing barrier that had been blocked for many years was cleared, and they were finally saved.
After 6 years of inhuman life, the two were able to see each other again.
Sadly, their eyeballs were permanently blinded by the inability to withstand the stimulation of the sunlight outside the cave.
Bauer was even more emotionally uncontrollable, and he left the world a few days later, no longer able to bear the suffering of life.
Only Sue, who eventually survived with super willpower, restored the miracle they had suffered and announced it to the public.
This mythical Anecdote of World War II has been circulated to this day and has attracted the attention of many people, and the limits of human survival in harsh and extreme environments stimulate and refresh the world's cognition.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="8" > under adversity, mentality and hope are like beacons of light</h1>
Life is not satisfactory, nine times out of ten.
That being the case, favorable circumstances are not common and adversity is inevitable, and the experience of these six German soldiers can undoubtedly bring us some valuable enlightenment.
First, mental adjustment is crucial. The well-known philosophy of half a glass of water: in the eyes of pessimistic people, they see half-empty; in the eyes of optimistic people, they see half full.
Returning to this event, it is the limit of 2190 days and 35 days, a difference of 62 times.
Second, having sustenance and firm faith is also a beacon in adversity, and it is crucial.
If you are forced into a similar adversity, how do you deal with it? How many days do we have to endure?
Sue, the only survivor, is supported by the idea: we must go out alive and share the tribulations experienced by our comrades.
Otherwise we would not have been able to obtain such a legendary experience and harvest such a unique revelation.