War Photographer's Notebook

Chapter 1151
In the open space beside the camp of the indigenous tribes, Wei Ran took a photo of Waloro and Hugo who came out with a stick to see him off, and then let Hugo act together with Waloro and the other five The natives took a group photo.

Put away the camera, without any excessive communication, and not too many people send off.Wei Ran and his team left the camp under the shadow of the trees, walked in a big circle, and under the cover of the dense rainforest, they walked towards the direction of the airport little by little.

Near dusk, led by these natives, climbed to the top of a mountain.

Wei Ran climbed up to a tall tree near the top of the mountain under Waloro's gestures. After he stood firmly in the canopy, Waloro also climbed up nimbly, chopping off a cluster of trees that blocked his view. Zhi Ya pointed in a direction with the machete in his hand.

Looking in the direction pointed by the other party, under the setting sun, you can vaguely see in the steaming mist. The straight-line distance between the flat valley at the foot of the mountain and yourself is about four kilometers, and there is a road in the green It is particularly obvious in the rainforest, almost a reddish-brown narrow runway.

Although the optical performance of the telescope in his hand is very good, the water mist in the distance will not dissipate, so he can use the telescope to vaguely see the searchlights on the runway and the edge of the runway. Valuable visual gain.

And he was even more aware that even if he ventured to the edge of the jungle, he might not be able to see anything at all—the runway might be more than a kilometer away from the edge of the jungle.

When he put down the binoculars, Valoro had already cleared out the view from another direction in the canopy.

Raising the binoculars again, Wei Ran couldn't help showing a smile at the corner of his mouth. Although the airport in the distance is vaguely visible, it is very convenient to observe the Kokoda trail at the foot of the mountain from here.

He could even use a telescope to see the sentry tower and the patrolling devil soldiers set up at the position where this trail connects to the valley where the airport is located!

After a rough estimate, the straight-line distance from this hill to that path is probably less than two kilometers. If there is that anti-tank weapon, he is even sure to kill those patrolling devils.

But turning his head to look at the shotgun hanging on his shoulder and the grenadier tied to the backpack, Wei Ran shook his head again. Even the furthest grenadier fired by these weapons could not reach that path at all.

"Valoro"

Wei Ran called out to the native soldier who was wielding a machete in the canopy to clear his sight, and when the other party looked over, he immediately pointed to his eyes with scissors, then put his fingers together, first pointing in the direction of the trail and then in the direction of the airport , and finally pointed to the natives who were busy under the tree, and the telescope in their hands.

Apparently, Valoro understood Wei Ran's meaning, immediately patted his chest, and picked up the ghost telescope hanging around his neck and shook it.

Leaving the job of keeping an eye on the path to Valoro, Wei Ran climbed down from the tree, found a big rock and sat down, lit a mosquito coil and began to plan.

Obviously, the effect of peeping here is much better than taking huge risks to go to the airport for close inspection.

After trying to understand this, Wei Ran hung the mosquito coil on his belt, got up and walked towards the two aborigines who stayed behind.

At this time, the two indigenous boys, who are probably not even 20 years old, are working together to build a shelter with the ghost tent cloth they brought and the banana leaves and palm leaves that can be seen everywhere around them. On a banana leaf not far away, At this time, a large bunch of bananas had already been placed.

Looking around again, the other aboriginals were either busy collecting banana leaves and palm leaves, or skillfully looking for firewood that could be used to light the fire.

Under the busy work of these aborigines, soon, on a piece of flat ground tens of meters away from the top of the mountain, a canopy big enough for everyone to lie down side by side was erected, and a bonfire was lit.

Under Wei Ran's gaze, these natives either took out a British army helmet from their canvas pockets, or took out a British army kettle and unplugged it to pour out some cassava flour, or skillfully opened a few luncheon meat Canned, and dig out the luncheon meat inside and chop it with a machete in your hand.

Soon, these natives used steel helmets to boil a large pot of cassava flour paste mixed with canned meat, and used the biscuits obtained in the airdrop tank as a spoon, digging a mouthful of the paste and eating a piece of biscuit while sitting around Surrounding a plate of mosquito coils lit by Wei Ran, there are still conversations in local dialect.

A little later than these natives, Wei Ran also cooked a plate of rice, once again made himself a Japanese-style donburi, and filled his stomach with the black tea brewed in advance.

After eating and drinking enough, Wei Ran climbed back into the canopy of the big tree, replacing Warolo, who was helping to observe, and immediately took out his sailor bag after he climbed down, and put the hammock between two thick branches between.

Sleeping in a hammock in a tree canopy more than 30 meters above the ground is definitely an exciting and comfortable thing. Riding carefully on the hammock, Wei Ran hung the lit mosquito coils and backpack weapons on a branch beside him, holding a telescope After looking at the airport at the direction of the toes, and then at the path at the shoulder, he put down the binoculars and lay down slowly, and tied his belt and the branches beside him with a rope.

This night, Wei Ran slept very soundly. When he woke up again, he could already see the fiery red sun beyond the canopy. Not only that, he could also clearly hear the roar of the plane's engine.

Looking at the rope around his waist, Wei Ran rubbed his face vigorously, sat up carefully, and raised the binoculars again while riding the hammock.

At this time, the morning sun that brought light rarely dispelled the morning fog, allowing him to see clearly through the telescope that there was a plane preparing to land at the airport.

Given a rare opportunity, Wei Ran immediately left the hammock, first tied the telescope to a branch and pointed it at the airport, then moved the camera to the side of the eyepiece and took two photos.

As for whether he can take a clear picture, he is actually not sure, but he will send the information with Valoro anyway, so it doesn't matter.

Taking an extra photo as an insurance, Wei Ran immediately picked up the telescope and pointed it in the direction of the path.

What he didn't expect was that a huge troop of devils had already assembled on this trail at this time!

Compared with the 12 or [-] devils, what's more important is that there are [-] mountain cannons in this team, and there may be [-] to [-] donkeys responsible for carrying the shells!

This is important information!
After recovering, Wei Ran immediately took two more photos as before, then hurriedly packed up his things and climbed down from the tree, beckoning to Waloro and others to set off right away.

Although it is not clear what Wei Ran saw, Valoro nodded immediately after Wei Ran raised his finger in a direction.

Soon, Wei Ran, led by the natives, ran wildly in the tropical jungle, and returned to the edge of the Kokoda trail again, seeing the devil army that had already set off.

Carefully taking a photo of those mountain cannons dragged by livestock, Wei Ran put away the camera and pointed to the small medicine bottle hanging on a rope around Waloro's neck.Seeing this, Valoro immediately understood that Wei Ran was about to return to the headquarters.

Under the leadership of Waloro, Wei Ran followed the natives and started running wildly in the rainforest that was almost parallel to the path.

Although this rainforest is far less easy than walking on the path, because Wei Ran and the others hardly carry too much weight, and most of them are aborigines who were born and raised in this virgin forest, it didn't take long at all. Overtook the Devil Mountain Cannon Brigade, which seemed to be fully staffed, and then passed a Devil Squad as the vanguard.

"Wait a second"

Wei Ran, whose face was covered with branches and leaves scratches on his legs running all the way, called out to Warolo, who was in front of him, and after taking a deep breath, under the puzzled gaze of these natives, he took out a sewing box from his bag, Then he took out another mosquito coil and a grenade.

Using sewing thread to tie the handle of the grenade and the end of the mosquito coil tightly together, Wei Ran glanced at the Kokoda trail outside the jungle, took out a lighter and lit the mosquito coil head, and then ventured out of the jungle, After pulling out the safety pin, the time bomb was hidden in the bushes next to the path.

Quickly walking back into the jungle, Wei Ran immediately waved his hand to signal to start again.

After continuing to run for more than ten minutes, before the grenade in front exploded, Wei Ran lit a mosquito coil again, and just randomly hid the mosquito coil in a dead tree beside the path under.

His behavior naturally puzzled Valoro and the other natives, but due to the language barrier, he didn't know how to explain this booby-traps deployment technique that was both true and false.

Back in the jungle again, the group of people ran less than 100 meters forward, and there was a faint "boom!" explosion behind them.

Wei Ran grinned, signaling to Valoro to speed up his pace, and every now and then, he would break off a mosquito coil and ignite it on the path, but he did not continue to arrange explosives from the beginning to the end.

After running like this for almost an hour, he finally tied a mosquito coil to the grenade under the expectant gaze of the natives.

Pull out the safety pin and hang it on a vine by the side of the path with cotton thread, but Wei Ran did not return to the jungle. In addition to a grenade, he even reluctantly placed two special grenades for the grenade this time. Firstly, to increase the lethality, and secondly, to reduce the burden on himself.

He had to admit that since he almost vomited blood when he followed Zhao Shengli in the recruiting battlefield last time, he once again felt the same gap in these natives.

After clearing his own traces and leaving the path again, Wei Ran still did not stay to check the results of the battle, but once again called Valoro and others to set off, and continued to run forward desperately.

After this time, Wei Ran still lighted a mosquito coil and put it on the path every now and then. From time to time, he would use the spool of cotton thread to draw a mosquito coil on the path, and disguised it very well, while deliberately leaving some flaws. .

Of course, these cotton threads used to scare people will naturally not put any explosives such as grenades.

After stopping and stopping until noon, Wei Ran walked out of the path again. This time, he walked out of the rainforest with him, as well as Waloro and other natives.

Because here, on the tree beside the path, not only the rotten limbs and head of the white soldier Neil were nailed, but also the rotten limbs and head of the indigenous soldier Kai Kai who suffered the same insult!
On the quiet path, Waloro pointed to Wei Ran, gestured awkwardly to take a picture, and then pointed to Kaikai who was nailed to the tree trunk.

Seeing this, Wei Ran nodded, took out his camera and took a picture of the limbs on the tree, and then reached out to stop the natives who took these limbs down.

Ignoring the natives who were glaring at him, Wei Ran carefully opened Neil's rotten lips, revealing the grenade hidden in his mouth.

Seeing this, Valoro immediately stopped his companion, and looked at Wei Ran pleadingly.

Sighing secretly, Wei Ran did not rule out this difficult explosive, but placed a trip mine again with two grenades attached.

Urging these angry natives to return to the jungle, Valoro was unwilling to move on. Instead, he stubbornly took his five companions and hid in the jungle by the path. Looking at him like that, he actually wanted to use his hands to Weapons inside to fight an ambush!
Seeing this, Wei Ran sighed helplessly, chose a suitable position and made preparations.He knew that if these natives were not allowed to do something, they might never be able to send the information there.

The group waited for nearly an hour when a cautiously divided team approached from afar.

Just looking at the number of people in this team and the overly nervous appearance of the half of the team in front, Wei Ran knew that the traps he set up before had caught the prey as he wished.

Under the watchful eyes of Wei Ran and the natives, the unlucky ghosts at the head of the line walked along the path almost bowing at 90 degrees.But even so, when one of the devils stepped on a seemingly flat soil, the soil that seemed to be born to be stepped on could not bear such a heavy weight because of the banana leaves and poles underneath. subsidence due to weight.

Almost at the moment when the devil subconsciously let out an exclamation, there was no explosion under his feet, but only a branch of the canopy of a big tree behind him trembled.

"Hidden!" A devil behind shouted, and at the same time he had already crouched down.

"Clap!"

Before the rest of the devils got down on the ground, a white sock issued by the devils hung down from the canopy, dangling like a baby on a sunny day, dangling in the air two meters above the ground.

In this bulging sock, in addition to two grenades whose safety has been pulled out, there is also an M36 grenade whose compression spring has been spread out!

"boom!"

Without giving these vanguards any time to react, the grenade exploded and successfully detonated the two grenades.

Almost at the same time as the explosion sounded, Wei Ran had already depressed the trigger lever of the grenade launcher. At the same time, Valoro and his partners also threw out the grenades they had already prepared in their hands!
(End of this chapter)