War Photographer's Notebook

Chapter 1145: Halloween Carnival Action
"Let's move forward"

In the dark forest beside the path, Hugo suppressed his excitement and said, "Walolo and Kaikai just said that this path will cross a small stream ahead, let's go there."

"What are you going to do?"

When Wei Ran asked, he had already grabbed his own things and caught up with the other party and the two native soldiers.

“There is a small waterfall there”

Hugo said in a low voice, "We have to go around the waterfall as soon as possible. Although the waterfall is not big, it is more than 20 meters high, and even monkeys can't climb it. We just need to wait for it to go up there after dark." They fire a few shots, and there is no need to worry about them being able to catch up in a short time."

"They have grenadiers"

Wei Ran reminded as he walked that this was what he saw in the canopy during the day, and he believed that Hugo must have seen it too.

"We just fired a few shots and ran"

Hugo said indifferently, "Wouldn't it be better for them to be willing to help us create more noise?"

"The premise is not to bomb us." Neil said with some expectation, "Guys, do you think this is a lot like Halloween?"

"Trick or treat?" Hugo smiled, "Then call our next action a Halloween carnival!"

"Hopefully they will enjoy the festival"

Neil said eagerly, "How about letting me fire the first shot later? My aim is pretty good."

"Rush there first," Hugo said, speeding up his pace again.

Led by the indigenous soldiers Waloro and Kaikai, a group of five circled the boss in a dark forest, and finally came to the small waterfall before the sun was completely blocked by the tree canopy.

The so-called waterfall is only 10 meters wide. Walking back, the width of the river or stream suddenly shrunk to less than two meters.It is conceivable that this waterfall is definitely not too big.

However, from a long distance, they noticed that two simple tents had already been set up on the side of the stream that supplied water to the waterfall.

At this time, in the middle of the two tents, a devil was busy making a fire, and there was another devil squatting beside him, who seemed to be pouring something into the lunch box.And under a big tree on the side of the two devils, there are three rifles on one side.

He took Hugo's telescope and looked at it. Although the sky was a little dark, but with the help of the telescope at such a short distance, Wei Ran was able to recognize it at a glance. They were two 97-caps and one with a scope. The Type [-] sniper rifle.

Not only that, but he also noticed that on the back of the devil who was facing him, there was a long canvas bag carrying a good thing that made his eyes very hot-a grenadier!

"We have to find a way to deal with them"

Wei Ran leaned close to Hugo's ear and whispered, and then returned the telescope to him.

"It looks like there should be three people"

"four people"

Wei Ran corrected the other party in a low voice, "Pay attention to the lunch boxes on the wooden pole, there are four in total, and there are four people here."

"We need to solve the other two first." After Hugo finished speaking, he looked around subconsciously.

"It seems to be over there"

Neil patted Wei Ran and Hugo on the shoulders, and pointed to the direction where Walolo and Kaikai were bending over and slowly approaching with machetes in their hands.

Seeing this, Hugo wanted to say something in the native language, but it was too late. The distance between the two sides had already widened to such an extent that if the two native soldiers could hear it, then the two devils would certainly be able to hear it too.

"be prepared"

Hugo gritted his teeth, "If Valoro and the others fail, we will deal with the two enemies outside first."

Hearing this, Wei Ran glanced at the shotgun that had already been loaded with bullets in his hand, and after a brief silence, he handed it over to Neil, and he himself put his hand into the long canvas bag as a cover, and pulled out the gun. A slender Mauser bayonet.

Seeing this, Hugo raised his eyebrows, and also pulled out a hunting knife that was obviously bought by himself from his waist.However, looking at his slightly nervous expression in the dark sky, one can tell that he is probably not good at this kind of thing.

Before Hugo could finish his mental preparation, the native soldiers Waloro and Kaikai turned around from behind the tree trunks where they were hiding, and neatly chopped off the sharp machetes in their hands on each of the two who were picking up firewood. soldiers' necks.

The two aboriginal warriors who grew up in the jungle both let go of the machetes they held in their hands after they had won the battle, and instead grabbed the neck of the devil in front of them who was more than a head shorter than them, and at the same time The other hand also accurately covered the prey's mouth and nose.

After a while, the two aboriginal soldiers did not slowly put the corpses on the ground until the corpses in their hands stopped twitching, and stepped on their faces with their big feet without shoes at all. After shaking them from side to side, they easily twitched. Walked away with the machete that almost cut off the neck.

Fortunately, when the two aboriginal soldiers attacked, the two devils who were still laying pots and cooking didn't notice at all, and Wei Ran was able to wait for a more experienced aboriginal soldier to come and act with him.

After a while, Valoro and Kaikai approached cautiously and looked at the two devils who were not far away.

There was no verbal communication at all. After the two native soldiers and Wei Ran looked at each other, the three separated tacitly, approaching the two devils cautiously from different directions under the cover of the bushes.

It's just that the one in charge of lighting the fire among the two devils is obviously a vigilant veteran. When there were less than two meters between Wei Ran and him, he suddenly stretched out his hand to the gun not far away. He picked up the 97-type sniper rifle with a scope.

"Mr. Inoue, what's the matter?" The soldier on the other end who was filling the lunch box with water asked nervously.

"Did you hear any movement?" The devil who had already grabbed the sniper rifle said vigilantly, "I seem to smell blood."

"I can only smell the smell of rotting plants." The soldier who was still holding the kettle in his hand paused and said, "Mr. Inoue, please don't scare me."

"Call them two." While speaking, the soldier named Inoue had already half-kneeled with his back against the big tree beside him, and pointed the sniper rifle in his hand at the surrounding jungle.

"You're out of luck"

Wei Ran muttered to himself, watching helplessly as a thick wrist holding the machete emerged from behind the big tree where it was hiding, swung it quickly horizontally, and accurately chopped the machete on his neck superior.

"Miyashi. Pfft!"

The devil at the other end was about to call out his companion's name, but suddenly felt a sharp pain in his neck. He lowered his head subconsciously, only to find that there was already a bloody machete on his shoulder.

When he raised his head, there was another person in front of him. Before he lost consciousness, he watched this person stab the slender bayonet into his chest without hindrance.

Pulling out the bayonet, Wei Ran vigorously shook off the blood stains on it, hooked the still twitching corpse away from the machete in Valoro's hand with his arms, and then carefully let him sit down, supporting its back with his knees He stretched out his hand and first untied the two khaki ammunition carrying bags on both sides of his waist, and then untied the rucksack that was slung across his back, and took out a gun with a little oil and gunpowder smoke from it. Flavored grenade.

At the same time, after dragging the devil who was particularly vigilant just now, Valoro and Kaikai dragged over the corpses of the other two devils whose necks had been chopped off by them.

At the same time, Hugo and Neil also found two hanging ropes by the waterfall after some searching.

Neil, who was left with a hunting knife in his hand, stared down here for the time being and arranged the accompanying thunder, and Hugo ran back to Wei Ran with his waist down.

After such a short period of time, Wei Ran, who has gained a lot, has already placed the ammunition he found on a banana leaf.

It was indeed a fruitful harvest. The four-person group that was killed almost entirely by Valoro and Kaikai just now was actually a ghost sniper and a three-person grenadier team.

Because of this, they also accidentally seized a Type 97 sniper rifle, a grenadier and a full 24 Pakistan wine grenades, plus three Type 97 grenades and two 38 large caps. , and the binoculars looted from the waist of the vigilant devil who was suspected of being a sniper.That's all, without counting the four devils' backpacks that hadn't been opened yet, the lunch box, kettle and the two simple tents by the campfire that hadn't had time to light.

There was no need for translation at all. Wei Ran used hand gestures and eye gestures to make Valoro and Kaikai each wear a set of carrying equipment that could carry 8 grenades. He carried the grenadier on his back that he had only seen in various film and television works before, and he hadn't even learned much about it at Hongqi Forest Farm.

He jumped slightly to make sure there was no sound, and then he whispered to Hugo who was rushing over, "Let Waloro and Kaikai help make the fire, and we can get some food too."

"Here?" Hugo asked in a low voice.

"it's here"

Wei Ran said in a low voice while taking off the ammunition carrier and grenade that he had just worn on his body, "At this time, lighting a fire and cooking will not arouse the suspicion of the enemies below."

Before Hugo could make a decision, Wei Ran had already crawled in a wide stream less than 10 centimeters deep with the telescope he had just seized in one hand, and carefully climbed to the edge of the waterfall.

Seeing this, Hugo cleanly gave instructions to Valoro and Kaikai in the local language, followed Wei Ran's lead and took off the extra equipment, crawled over with the binoculars also seized from the devil.

Although the water flow of this waterfall is smaller, the drop is as full as Hugo said before. It looks like 30 meters.And the trail that finally leads to Port Moresby is crossed by an ankle-deep stream under the waterfall.

Under the cover of the stream and the sky, Wei Ran and Hugo crawled to the edge of the waterfall and looked down.

At this time, in the pool below the waterfall, which was only three or four meters wide, there were more than a dozen devils bathing in it with their buttocks bare, and there were several other devils using canvas buckets to catch the flowing stream water.

At this time, not only a bonfire had been lit in the relatively spacious open space by the stream in the distance, but a large tent was also set up on the gravel beach.

Pressing down on Hugo who was about to raise the binoculars, Wei Ran shook his head lightly, motioning for him to crawl back for another ten meters, then stooped and hid back. Next to the tent where I had time to stay.

"At this time, they have just set up camp, which is the time to be vigilant."

Wei Ran said in a low voice, "We need to wait a little longer, and then do it in the dead of night,"

"It makes sense"

Hugo nodded in agreement, but then found that Wei Ran had already unbuttoned his wet pants, squatting on two stones in the middle of the stream.

"What are you doing?" Hugo asked puzzled.

"shit"

Wei Ran said it as a matter of course, and immediately squeezed out one with a "poof!", and it fell into the water with a "boom".

After a brief silence, both Neil and Hugo began to cover their mouths and let out silent laughter. Even the two indigenous warriors who had just brought back some dry branches each happily showed their big white teeth.

Soon, in the stream above the waterfall, there were five young people lined up, while using the banana leaves in their hands to drive away the poisonous mosquitoes that besieged their respective buttocks, while busy emptying their intestines, giving the waterfall The devils below added a different flavor, and at the same time did not forget to use the wooden stick in the other hand to stir up their excrement, so as not to be noticed by the people below.

Bearing the price of being bitten by a big mosquito on the buttocks for several times, the people who had a good pull all moved upstream in unison to wash the chrysanthemum and the whole body, and then re-applied the two indigenous soldiers. The mosquito repellent grass juice I found.

Before Waloro and Kaikai started the bonfire, Wei Ran even washed his clothes and the socks he had changed before, and then picked up the shotgun and canvas bag that he had placed before, and looked at the devil with a comfortable face. After helping to set up the tent, I found a flat stone and sat down, eating laxative bananas and various unknown but delicious wild fruits with a smile on my face.

By the way, he didn't forget to put the four devil lunch boxes filled with rice and water and strung together with a stick beside the bonfire that was about to be lit.

After igniting the damp firewood with some difficulty, and before the thick white smoke faded, the people who had just lifted the corpses aside and pressed a grenade under one of the corpses took off their respective clothes in unison. The clothes were propped up by the campfire with wooden sticks cut at random.

With the light released by the bonfire, the five people turned over the backpacks given to them by the four devils.In the end, I was lucky enough to find four single-person mosquito nets and four anti-mosquito masks, plus a few devils' canned beef and fish.

Pried open four cans and poured them on the cooked white rice. Wei Ran first used the lid of the lunch box to get himself a bowl of rice. Take the spoon and eat it.

Without any communication at all, and without wasting too much time at all, after the five of them hurriedly ate the unexpected dinner, Waloro and Kaikai were the first to head upstream along the stream that couldn't even submerge their knees.

At the same time, Wei Ran also seized the time to check the wounds of Hugo, Neil and himself. After confirming that there was no infection, he immediately sat down by the campfire again, while baking his feet, he picked up the captured wounds. The grenade, took out another grenade, and began to think about the usage of this thing.

Fortunately, although he doesn't know how to use a grenade, he still knows how to use a mortar, and this analogy has allowed him to figure out the general usage.

"Wait, are you going to use this?" Hugo asked suspiciously, pointing to the grenade that Wei Ran had been fiddling with, "Will you use this?"

"Will you?" Wei Ran asked in a low voice, it would be best if Hugo could be used.

After all, although there is a drop advantage of tens of meters above the waterfall, it is obviously not easy to throw the grenade into the devil's tent before the delayed fuze detonates the explosive.Among other things, at least Hugo and Neil's arms were injured and they couldn't exert their strength at all.

"No..." Hugo spread his hands flatly, strangling Wei Ran's hope.

"As long as it can explode." Wei Ran lowered the standard in the next best thing.

"So now that we have fireworks, when will the Halloween carnival start?" Neil asked impatiently.

"No rush"

Wei Ran and Hugo gave the answer in unison, and then said in unison, "Let them rest for a while, and wait until they fall asleep."

"I hope they have prepared candies in advance," the young soldier Neil muttered expectantly, licking his lips.

While the three of them were waiting, Waloro and Kaikai were the first to rush back along the stream, bringing the good news that they had found a hiding place.

Everything was ready, Wei Ran and Hugo, who were only wearing underwear, went to the edge of the waterfall and carefully observed it.

At this time, the path under the waterfall was extremely quiet, and the campfires were no longer surrounded by soldiers carrying lunch boxes for dinner, only the patrol soldiers in groups of two and two on the muddy path, borrowing the dim light of the flashlight The light beam, while moving back and forth, patrolled the dense forests on both sides of the trail.

Crouching and backing slowly, Wei Ran slowly wiped off the water stains on his body with a ghost shirt, changed into a pair of dry underwear, put on the dried clothes and socks, and used a condom to cover the wound and Both feet are waterproofed.

Then, he put on the ammunition carrier for the grenadier, and waited for the two native soldiers to put away the tent and carry the devil's backpack on their backs. Then, under the expectant gaze of Hugo and Neil, he studied it for a long time. The grenadier made some adjustments, and then supported the ground at a 45-degree angle, so that the grenadier barrel was on the barrel, and the white line that was quite conspicuous even under the moonlit night was aimed at the trail in the distance.

After all, he had never used this thing before, and he was really not sure that he could hit the tent under the waterfall, but as long as the grenade was in line with the trail in the distance, no matter which grenade flew close or far, it would always be able to hit it. It's right for a blind cat to hit something when a dead mouse hits it.

"Are you ready?" Wei Ran whispered to Hugo and Neil.

"Ready" the two responded in unison in a low voice.

"bring it on!"

As Wei Ran said, he had already stuffed the grenade in his hand into the barrel, and then gently pulled the leather cord on the firing machine.

Accompanied by a crisp sound of "ding", the grenade was easily sent out.

"boom!"

In the night, accompanied by a particularly refreshing explosion, Wei Ran also pulled the firing lever as fast as possible. At the same time, Neil excitedly stuffed the grenade in his hand into the mouth of the grenade.

"Ding!"

In the second crisp beep, Waloro and Kaikai also swung their arms, and threw the grenade in their hands near the path under the waterfall.

"boom!"

Three explosions almost at the same time covered up the cry under the waterfall, Wei Ran also pressed down the firing lever again, and immediately pulled the leather rope after Hugo stuffed the grenade in his hand into the barrel.

"Ding!"

Accompanied by the third beep, the five people who had already made preparations turned around and ran away without waiting for the explosion, let alone seeing the damage effect. Run away without a shadow.

Less than 10 seconds before and after, there was a roar of machine guns under the waterfall. Immediately afterwards, a grenade also fired from a grenadier hit the gravel beach above the waterfall, splashing a large area of ​​meaningless splashes.

(End of this chapter)