War Photographer's Notebook

Chapter 109 Lenin Technical School (Updated [-] in [-])

"Dang bang"

A blood-stained 9mm pistol warhead was thrown by Wei Ran onto the stainless steel tray, and while he was busy, Ji Ma was also vigorously beating the gong he found from nowhere, even standing Dalia, who was farther away, was not idle either, throwing a firecracker the size of a cigarette butt at his feet every now and then.

Amidst the ear-piercing noises and explosions from time to time, Dalia would raise the tweeter and ask Wei Ran all kinds of weird questions.

Some of these questions were professional knowledge in radio, some were just questions such as what did you eat last night, what was the news today, or simply asked him which of the female students studying in the main building was the most beautiful, and which family did what.

And Wei Ran not only had to answer all the questions accurately under the interference of various noises, but also had to suture the big blood vessels and wounds for the silly roe deer on the operating table as quickly as possible.

Finally, when he cut off the knotted sutures and bandaged the wound on the buttocks of this silly roe deer with gauze, all the noises stopped at the same time.

Dalia looked at the electronic watch hanging on the wall with satisfaction, lowered her head and wrote something on the folder, and then said unhurriedly, "Passed the assessment, and the amputation course can begin next week."

Hearing this, Wei Ran immediately breathed a sigh of relief, "What's the next test?"

"Use Morse code, send this message."

Karp, who had been on the sidelines just now, took out a note filled with various phrases, numbers and various irregular letters from his pocket and handed it to Wei Ran, then opened the cabinet, took out a radio transmitter and placed it On the table, "You only have 5 minutes, so get started when you're ready!"

Wei Ran took the note and looked at it, then carefully checked the transmitter, and reconnected one of the cut wires, then sat on the seat and signaled that he was ready.

Seeing this, Karp nodded, took the gong in Jima's hand and began to knock vigorously, while Teacher Dalia also took out a pistol, aimed at the other half of the poor stupid roe deer on the operating table and pulled the trigger .

"You can start too." Dalia put away her pistol, raised the tweeter and started asking questions.

During Ji Ma's frantic assessment, Wei Ran was also answering Karp's questions amid harsh noises, while tick-tocking the messy messages on the note, and even throwing Dalia on purpose from time to time. The firecrackers on the table were pulled under the table.

Barely completing the work of sending the information within the stipulated time, Karp signaled Wei Ran to get up, hung the gong on the hook at the corner of the table, and began to send the information while knocking on Wei Ran's position, while talking non-stop. Said, "Translate what I sent."

Hearing this, Wei Ran hurried to the side of the transmitter, and while distinguishing the code in the harsh noise with his ears pricked up, he quickly typed letters or numbers on the phone.

Another 5 minutes passed, and when Jima took out the bullet and began to stitch the blood vessels, Karp finally stopped the work of sending the information.

Glancing at the content typed on the screen of Wei Ran's phone, Karp nodded noncommittally, "Barely passed, go to the next door, a VZ58."

Hearing this, Wei Ran didn't dare to delay, opened the door and rushed into the meeting room next door.

The long table in this meeting room is full of various firearm parts, and what he has to do is to select from these parts and assemble the VZ58 requested by Karp.

But how could Karp's request be so simple? These parts with extremely similar sizes basically included most of the improvements and derivative models of the AK series rifles, and even filled with a large number of imitation gun parts from other countries.One can imagine the difficulty of saving a VZ58 rifle that is somewhat similar to AK but completely different from it.

In the two rooms separated by a wall, Jima and Wei Ran each greeted Karp's family, and at the same time had to rush to complete the assessment at hand.

With Wei Ran's full attention and busyness, a VZ58 assault rifle gradually became full, and finally reached the point where it could be used.Pull the bolt to make sure it works normally, and at the same time Wei Ran put down the assault rifle, Karp, who was already standing at the door at some point, also pressed the timer.

"The speed is still too slow," Karp said dissatisfied.

"I will practice more"

Wei Ran, who was full of pistol oil, said apologetically, there is no way to do it, his growth environment is not like that of Ji Ma who played with guns since he was a child, he can do this in a week, it is already working overtime every night the results.

"The next assessment will be at night, and many NATO weapons will be added."

Karp kindly reminded him, and then changed the subject directly, "Okay, the assessment is over, you can go home, the next class will be on November 11st, according to your previous request, half a teaching time Moon, remember not to be late."

“I will be there on time”

Wei Ran let out a long sigh of relief, this week has been difficult.Regardless of whether he is still the companion Jima, he lives under high pressure almost every day, sometimes even in the middle of the night, he will be yelled at the back of his head by a loudspeaker, and the reason is just to help Karp find his lost gloves in the forest.

Of course, the two of them were not the only ones who had a hard time, and all kinds of wild animals around the forest farm also suffered.

Almost every morning, a wounded animal would be sent to the medical room by the two of them, and at noon, with sutured wounds and horrible memories, it would run back to the deepest part of the forest lamely and howling .

There were also those who were unlucky and were carried out of the medical room. They either entered the five internal organs temple of Wei Ran and others, or entered the stomachs of other carnivorous wild animals.

Thanks to the selfless dedication of these small animals, Wei Ran and Jima's wound treatment ability is also improving day by day. Not to mention, taking a bullet from a limb wound, or suturing a major blood vessel is no longer the same as On the first day, I was so busy and made various mistakes.

Of course, the changes are far more than that. The hunting games with heavy burdens every morning, being human sandbags for those beauties every night, and spending an hour and a half every day before going to bed to clean up the sanitation of the five-story building.Such heavy and uninterrupted physical labor also made Wei Ran obviously feel the improvement of his physical fitness.

And the radio communication course every afternoon, as well as the firearms shooting course made him gain a lot.Needless to say the former, the latter's gun shooting course is far more than just being accurate.

It can even be said that during this week, the two of them didn't fire a few bullets in the firearms shooting course. Most of the time they followed Karp to learn how to choose the shooting position, how to camouflage, and how to see through the camouflage and some Basic tactical coordination theory.

And this knowledge, basically, will be fully practiced in the two hours of hunting games the next morning.

On the other hand, the five-story building that Wei Ran and Jima lived in was also busy with the two of them, and they managed to clean up the urgently needed third floor.Even the assessment just carried out was carried out on this level.

There are not many rooms on this floor, but each room is filled with a large number of items packed in boxes, ranging from various expired medicines to various books and materials.Even during the cleaning process, the two of them also found more than a dozen human skeleton specimens of different sizes and conditions, as well as various outdated cosmetics, wigs, and even boxes of old weapons and various spy equipment produced in the Soviet era. And some unrecognizable equipment.

The origin of these things is unknown, and teachers Karp and Dalia did not give any explanation.But Wei Ran discovered clues in the library borrowing card in a topography teaching notebook.

On this borrowing card is not only a photo of Karp when he was young, but also the words "Lenin Technical School" can be clearly distinguished from the stamped stamp on it.

And the name of the school that Wei Ran has never heard of has become a secret that has been bothering him since Wei Ran discovered it.There is no doubt that at least Karp is a faculty member of this school, which is clearly written on the borrowing card.

But what the school actually teaches is not known.And it was impossible for him to ask Karp or Dalia.Moreover, even if asked, Karp and the two would never give themselves any answers.He now only expects what Professor Alexei will know when he returns to Volgograd.

While Wei Ran was waiting, Ji Ma also completed the assessment with difficulty.His motivation to learn is not as strong as that of Wei Ran, and if it wasn't for the fact that he could earn a little money from Wei Ran in hunting games every now and then, as well as the seduction of those beautiful girls, this guy would have gone back to be his hunter long ago up.

After a week of study, Wei Ran and Jima bid farewell to teachers Karp and Dalia, and drove away from Hongqi Forest Farm to the direction of Kazan.

"Victor, how do you plan to spend this week?" Jima, who was in charge of driving, asked expectantly.

"Back to the studio." Wei Ran yawned and said, "The study here is over, but I have to go back to prepare for the exam."

"Exam? What exam?" Ji Ma asked a little nervously. He felt flustered and had a headache when he heard the exam. Even when he glanced at the Hongqi Forest Farm behind him, he would subconsciously tense up.

"I'm still a graduate student at Kazan University." Wei Ran replied helplessly, "Did you forget? That bastard Karp sent me in."

"That's a shame"

Ji Ma stepped on the accelerator to increase the speed, "I was going to take you to make a fortune."

"You? Make me rich?" Wei Ran looked at Ji Ma suspiciously.

"Of course!"

Jima explained triumphantly, "I'm going to take a few rich people to explore Siberia recently. I originally wanted to take you, but since you don't have time, let it go."

"To Siberia? At this time?"

"Do you want to go in summer?" Jima explained naturally, "The summer in the frozen soil of the Arctic Circle belongs to lunatics who dig mammoth ivory and mosquitoes that can eat people. Winter is reserved for..."

"Stop, stop!" Wei Ran yelled at Jima who started running the train with his mouth full, and asked curiously, "What are they going to Siberia for?"

"Hunting, maybe it's hunting!" Jima said indifferently, "As long as they are willing to pay, I have no problem even if they want to boil the water in the Arctic Ocean. How about it? Do you want to go together?"

"Forget it, I won't go." Satisfied with curiosity, Wei Ran flatly rejected Jima's invitation again.

During the chat between the two, the van that was cleaned before departure headed north all the way. After passing through Kazan City, it drove to the gate of the abandoned school where Nikolay used to live.

Today, Nikolai has moved to Volgograd and Wei Ran's studio as neighbors, and the school, which occupies a large area, has also been handed over to Jima's parents.

In less than half a month, the lawn on the side of the entrance corridor has been covered with several plastic greenhouses, and even the tomatoes and cucumbers planted inside have grown several leaves.

And outside the greenhouse, there are a large group of underage chickens and two Caucasian puppies with shiny fur. There are even two goats tied to the old walking tractor.

"When did your family move here?" Wei Ran looked at the changes around him in surprise, "This move is really fast."

"The day we sent Nikolai to Volgograd, my parents moved the family here."

Jima led Wei Ran into the building, and explained happily, "My house has been around for too long, and there is such a strong and leak-proof house, so of course we have to move here as soon as possible."

Before Wei Ran could say anything, Ji Ma's parents came out to greet him warmly and walked into a classroom that had been transformed into a living room.

This time I came here with Jima just to make it easier to catch the flight to Volgograd early the next morning, and the bedroom that Jima's parents prepared for him was big enough, the size of a classroom.

It can be seen that this honest middle-aged couple is very satisfied with and cherishes this new address. Not only the household appliances left by Nicholas have been wiped clean, but even the glass showcases on the walls on both sides of the hall on the first floor and the inside Photos are also preserved.

Stayed in the new residence of Jima's family for one night, and had a drink with his cronies and gangsters by the way.Early the next morning, Wei Ran drove to Kazan Airport with various gifts prepared by Jima's parents for Nikolai, and boarded the flight to Volgograd.

After the plane landed, Wei Ran found the off-road vehicle given to him by Nikolai from the parking lot, started it, and returned to the studio next to Mamayev Hill as quickly as possible.

After he delivered the gift to Nicholas, Professor Alexis, who got the news, had been waiting in the studio for a long time.

"Here's the money for that cannon. It's $47000."

While Professor Alexis was speaking, he handed a bulging leather bag to Wei Ran who had just sat down, and then pulled out a newspaper and pushed it over.

He opened the purse and looked at the green banknotes that exuded the smell of copper. Wei Ran put it aside, took the Finnish newspaper handed over by Professor Alexey, and then saw the banknotes that he was on the ice at a glance. The photo taken by the teacher on the Internet.

"Akim and Chris contacted the media, and the historical truth you helped them investigate has been published in the newspaper."

Professor Alexey clicked on the photo in the newspaper, "This is a big discovery. Zelentsov, the commander of the 163rd Soviet Infantry Division who disappeared in the Battle of Suomusalmi, finally died in Finland for sure." Now it’s not just newspapers, I heard that the local TV station even made a documentary about that battle. Victor, you will soon become famous.”

Wei Ran looked over and over at the Finnish and handwritten Russian translation in the newspaper, "According to historian Victor Wei's investigation, it was finally confirmed that Finnish Civil Guard sniper Mika Raikkonen and sniper Ino Vatanin, on December 1939, 12, successfully killed Zelentsov, commander of the 28rd Infantry Division of the Soviet Army."

"This historian Victor Wei, is he talking about me?" Wei Ran asked with a smile on his face.

"Could it be me?" Professor Alexis scolded with a smile, "Akim and Chris are very satisfied with your investigation, and have been inviting us to their resort hotel for the past two days."

"I don't have much time these days"

Wei Ran quickly refused, and simply changed the subject and asked, "Professor Alexey, I would like to ask a question."

Professor Alexey refilled a cup of coffee and said nonchalantly, "What's the problem?"

"Lenin Technical School, do you know this school?"

"Lenin Technical School?" Professor Alexey recalled for a while, and suddenly his eyes widened, "Lenin Technical School?! Are you talking about the Lenin Technical School in Kazan?!"

"You know?" Wei Ran looked at the professor across the table in surprise.

"of course I know!"

Professor Alexey subconsciously lowered his voice, and said rather triumphantly, "But there are not many ordinary people who know this school. Victor, you always have to pay for knowledge, don't you?"

"What price?" Wei Ran looked at Professor Alexei vigilantly, "Gin?"

"I've quit drinking!"

Alexey swallowed subconsciously, and then said firmly, "Help me investigate something, how about sharing the benefits equally?"

"You still use me to help you investigate?"

Alexei complained bitterly when he heard the words, "I'm busy like a dog in that bastard's museum in Alexander every day, how can I have time to look it up by myself?"

"Investigate what?" Wei Ran asked reluctantly.

"It won't be more difficult than the missing teacher, but the specific investigation will have to wait until we know." Professor Alexey turned to ask, "How is it? If you agree to help me, I will tell you about the School secrets."

"We'll see the situation at that time," Wei Ran said perfunctorily, noncommittally.

"I'll take it as your consent"

Professor Alexey did not wait for Wei Ran to say anything else, so he said the information he knew very happily, "The Lenin Technical School is about 150 kilometers away from Kazan, in a remote place called Verkhovnoye. It is one of more than two hundred schools used by the Soviet KGB to train espionage and counter-espionage talents. Also, you always know about the Kazna spy school, right?"

"heard about it"

Wei Ran nodded. This so-called Kazner spy school is the largest among the spy schools that have been exposed in the entire Soviet Union and even Russia.

"Including the Kazner Spy School, and more spy schools like Karzner, many of the spy students they recruited had to study in institutions like the Lenin Technical School for one year less before entering school."

"Equivalent to the difference between high school and university?" Wei Ran asked according to his own understanding.

"Not so"

Professor Alexei shook his head, "As far as I know, except for a slightly smaller scale, the courses taught by the Lenin Technical School are not much worse than those taught by advanced schools like Kazner. It's just that the latter is specially aimed at cultivating spies for European and American countries." .So it will focus on teaching spies how to integrate into the culture of the target country to avoid exposure. It is not appropriate to say that a high-level school like Kazner is more like an induction training.”

"So that's how it is," Wei Ran muttered, and asked afterward, "Is that Lenin technical school still there?"

"How do I know that?"

Professor Alexey spread his hands irresponsibly, "I know what you just said, and I accidentally learned about it when I was helping clients investigate some historical events, but you, Victor, where did you hear it? ?”

"I accidentally saw it when I checked the information," Wei Ran said perfunctorily without even thinking about it.

"It is best not to accept jobs related to KGB in the future"

Professor Alexey, the former boss of the studio, sincerely advised, "Maybe if you accidentally find something that you shouldn't find, you will attract people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, especially if you are still a Chinese. , when the time comes, if you are really captured, I will not be able to fish you out."

"Don't worry, I don't know any KGB." Wei Ran denied it again, never mentioning the fact that he was suspected of being trained by the former faculty of the Lenin Technical School.

"Okay, quickly put away the money and come home with me for dinner." Professor Alexey finished. He didn't think that Wei Ranneng had anything to do with the fearsome KGB in the Soviet era.

Putting the purse containing the cash and the newspaper with the scent of ink into the safe, Wei Ran locked the shutter door, joined the aunt who was already waiting at the door of the travel agency, and drove towards their home.

Along the way, he kept thinking about Karp's identity. If he came from the spy training institution called Lenin Technical School, what about Teacher Dalia?She is also from that school?

Or a more daring guess, could it be that these two daring spy teachers took advantage of the disintegration of the Soviet Union to evacuate the spy school?If this is the case, there will be a reasonable explanation for the origin of all kinds of strange things in that building.

But Professor Alexey also said just now that the school is not too far from Kazan, how did these two manage to steal such a large number of teaching equipment from a spy school, and still survive until now of?
And more importantly, what is the relationship between Nicholas and them?How did they get together?

Although there are more and more doubts in his heart, Wei Ran is looking forward to the training content next month.

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(End of this chapter)