War Photographer's Notebook

Amidst the clanging noise, the cold moonlight shrouded the steam train bound for Shanhaiguan, patiently trying to coax every passenger in the carriage to sleep.

But in one of the second-class compartments, no, to be precise, in certain compartments, there were quite a few sluggish people who were pretending to be asleep even though they were not asleep.

Among these people pretending to be asleep, there are all members of the Chunhua Opera Troupe, as well as non-staff personnel like Wei Ran. There are even more people who need to be on guard, such as Yumi and Mr. Furukawa. There are even more people in the same carriage whose identities are unknown. people.

Amidst the snoring one after another, these people who were pretending to sleep all squinted their eyes and tried to pretend to be asleep. At the same time, they were secretly calculating the time by stopping at stops from time to time.

However, contrary to Wei Ran's expectations, he didn't even wait for him to leave the compartment to deliver the radio, let alone the train to arrive at the crucial time node Lutai Station, with a few flashes of light outside the carriage. In the beam of the flashlight, Yumi, who was sleeping on the lower bunk opposite him, quietly sat up!
Under the cold moonlight, amid the shadows of trees that continued to pass through the half-open window, Yumi, who was sitting on the edge of the bed, slowly lifted the hem of the cheongsam she was wearing, then spread her legs and stretched her legs from the inside of her thighs. , took out a long stick-like object pinned to the stockings!
As Yumei held the stick-like object with both hands and gently pulled it away, a chilly reflection also made Wei Ran realize that something was wrong.

He immediately guessed that what the other person was holding was most likely the Japanese style sword he had seen in the other person's suitcase!
Almost at the same time Wei Ran thought of this, Youmei had already walked to his bed with the sharp weapon in her back, one hand reaching for his mouth, and the other hand holding the knife went straight to his neck.

Almost when Yumei thought she was about to succeed, Wei Ran, who was still pretending to be asleep, kicked the opponent in the stomach, and at the same time used the bayonet hidden under the blanket to accurately block the knife that reflected the cold light and was about to The sword that slashed his own trachea.

"despair!"

Because of the barrier of the blanket, the sound of the two knives colliding with each other was not loud.However, Wei Ran's kick was not so much that it could not be kicked out, but rather that it was kicked out.

Is there a difference?Of course there is a difference!

Wei Ran's kick was full of strength, and without any accident, she pushed the petite Yumi back to her own bed, and even her head almost hit the bed board of the upper bunk - if she could continue If it's higher.

By the time Yumei regained his balance, Wei Ran had also stood up and dropped the blanket on his body, revealing the sharp Mauser bayonet in his hand.

The two looked at each other, Yumei rubbed her belly that had been kicked, and rushed over again with her bayonet in hand. Wei Ran also raised his knife to meet him at the same time.

"Ding!"

The weapons in their hands collided again. Wei Ran twisted his wrist and pushed the knife against the opponent's blade and slashed towards his wrist. Yumi immediately stepped back, letting go of the bayonet in Wei Ran's hand and immediately raised it. It hit his face!
"Snapped!"

Wei Ran pinched the wrist of the opponent's knife-holding hand with his right hand and began to exert force. At the same time, he and Youmi also raised their knees and bumped into each other's crotch!

"laugh!"

The moment Wei Ran pinched Yumei's wrist joint and started to exert force, the sword in the latter's hand also cut a wound less than five centimeters long on Wei Ran's face, close to the lower edge of the eye socket. However, it was all Before the Huai Jian left Wei Ran's skin, she also noticed the undeniable numbness and subsequent pain in the wrist of the hand holding the knife.

"laugh!"

Immediately afterwards, the Mauser bayonet in Wei Ran's hand, while their knees collided, slashed the other's chest, easily cutting a slash from her chest to the other side of her cheongsam. The hole on one shoulder revealed the greasy skin and the blood that followed it.

"Oh!"

At this moment, Mei Xiang and Jasmine also threw the pillows in their hands at Yumi. Immediately afterwards, Jasmine also jumped down from the upper bunk and hit Yumi hard on the back with her elbow. superior!
Don't forget, Jasmine is a strong-backed girl, and Yumi's physique is even slender than the petite Akumi.

So with this elbow down, Wei Ran, who was almost close to Yumei, even vaguely heard the sound of cracking bones amidst the clanging noise of the train.

Also because of the weight of Jasmine's falling, Youmei was caught off guard and couldn't help but rush forward and threw herself into Wei Ran's arms.

At the same time, the Mauser bayonet in Wei Ran's hand that had just cut open Youmei's chest also easily pierced the opponent's shoulder, almost piercing the face of Jasmine who jumped down.

Looking at Jasmine behind Youmei from the angle of the meat bun, Wei Ran pulled out his bayonet while retreating, and at the same time shook off the sword he was holding in his dislocated hand.

"Oh!"

Wei Ran punched the opponent in the stomach, and then used the tip of the bayonet he had just pulled out to meet Yumei's raised knee again, and accurately pierced the opponent's white thigh.

When the knife went down, before Youmi could even scream, Jasmine behind her covered her mouth.Wei Ran, who pulled out his bayonet again, also stabbed Yumi horizontally on the knee of the other leg.

Finally, he grabbed Youmei's only uninjured left hand. Wei Ran was about to squeeze her wrist away, but found that she still had the warm bracelet on her wrist.

Looking at Mei Xiang, who was kneeling on the bed with a gun in both hands and looking out, Wei Ran pinched open Yu Mei's wrist and thumb joints. During her painful struggle, he carefully took off the bracelet and handed it to her. Gives the fragrance to the head of the head.

Almost at the same time that Mei Xiang took the bracelet, Jasmine further covered Yu Mei's nostrils.

"Let me come," Wei Ran whispered.

Hearing this, Jasmine immediately let go of her hand. The former also pinched Yumi's chin and pulled it before she was about to grit her teeth. Then she opened her uncontrollable mandible and put her hand in to feel along the molars. , and finally found a wax pill only the size of a lotus seed.

Putting the wax pill with the remaining saliva in his pocket, Wei Ran picked up a pillow and stuffed it into Yumei's mouth, then hit her hard behind the ear to knock her unconscious, and then pushed it to Jasmine.

While the two of them dealt with Youmei, at the door to the bedrooms of the members of the Chunhua Opera Troupe, two people each holding sharp knives quietly opened the doors.

These people had already observed when they got on the train. They had noticed that in these carriages, all girls slept in the lower bunks, while boys slept in the upper bunks, which was not so convenient.

In other words, as long as the more dangerous boys are dealt with first, the remaining girls might be able to enjoy themselves first and then kill them.

However, just as they stood on tiptoe and stretched the sharp knife in their hands to the neck of the person sleeping on the upper bunk bed, the person covered with blankets in the lower bunk did not get up at all, and stabbed the sharp knife they had been holding in their hands. Their chests!

Even if some people in some carriages chose to attack the lower bunks first, while they were bending down, the girls on the upper bunks were holding various musical instruments in their arms, even some sharpened large cymbals, pear blossom slices, and even sharpened cymbals. Pointed drum hammers and other makeshift weapons were either smashed into the back or stabbed into the back of the heart.

Amidst the screams one after another, the Chunhua Troupe was prepared in advance. These boys and girls, who were only twenty years old but had already worked hard, could be said to have made a great comeback. !

"clang"

The two people who broke in in the middle of the night finally escaped the attack from above by squatting at the head of the lower bunk bed. However, when the bayonets in their hands stabbed the chest of the person lying on the lower bunk, there was a muffled sound. , Yun Luo, who was stuffed into the arms of the troupe members in advance to act as armor, was perfectly blocked.

Before the two lucky ones could react, the person lying on the bed had already pierced their stomachs with extra-sharp pear slices or sharpened wooden drum hammers they were holding!

Compared with these sudden counterattacks, the more fatal blow to them came from behind, because at the same time they started to attack, there were also six or seven people holding sticks in their hands, and the end of the stick was covered with an iron hoop. Hit them hard on the head from behind.

"Protect my cousin"

When this fight to the death in the dark night suddenly entered a desperate stage, Wei Ran also pulled out three spare magazines of the PPK pistol from his waist and handed them to Jasmine, "I'll go check out the other carriages."

"it is good"

Jasmine said and took the pistol, then helped Meixiang get down from the upper bunk. The two of them hid under the lower bunk and blocked their respective figures with boxes containing musical instruments.

After the two of them hid, Wei Ran left the bedroom and ran towards the others' bedrooms.

Looking from one bedroom to another, in the rooms of Furukawa, Xiao Su's mother, Qiushi and Tao Canhua, both Furuchuan and Xiao Su's mother were sleeping soundly, while Tao Canhua and Tao Canhua, who had obviously heard the noise outside, were sleeping loudly. Qiushi each held a small pistol to watch for movements outside.

Without waking Furukawa and Xiao Su's mother for the time being, Wei Ran ran to the bedroom in the other direction.

Here, most of the assassins who attacked the troupe members have been eliminated, but there are also individual carriages where the assassins have pinned the troupe members to the bed. At this time, the two sides are still in a stalemate.

He even saw the troupe members holding their wounds and struggling in pain while lying on the bed stained red with blood.

He rushed into the bedroom with a single stride. Wei Ran first stabbed the bayonet in his hand into the back of one of the assassins, and then without pulling it out at all, he hooked the other's neck and twisted it hard, causing the crisp bone to crack. He solved the other party in a voice.

"If you are still alive, bandage yourself first."

Wei Ran whispered instructions, but he didn't dare to pause at all before he pulled out the bayonet on the back of the body and ran out of the bedroom.

Fortunately, before he could find the second companion in need of help, he met Guan Bingwen running from the other side, and the young men with sticks in their hands following him.

At this time, the civilized stick in Guan Bingwen's hand was not only shorter, but also obviously used as a trench stick. The silver lion's head-shaped handle, which could be as big as an egg, was dripping with blood.

Wei Ran knew very well that compared to weapons like bayonets and machetes, this thing really had an advantage in such a narrow space.

"Everything over there has been cleared," Guan Bingwen whispered. "Our people have been guarding the corridor connecting the carriages. We just followed them when we saw them taking action. Those assassins probably thought we were their own."

"Is anyone injured?" Wei Ran asked in a low voice.

"A girl was slashed in the neck, and a boy was stabbed to death." Guan Bingwen gritted his teeth and said, "Others are minor injuries."

"Find someone to carry the wounded over"

Wei Ran pointed at the troupe's cabin and whispered to the two young men who were surviving the catastrophe inside, "You two, go check out the other cabins and carry the injured ones over.

Xiaoguan, go and guard the position connected to the first-class carriage. There may be enemies hidden in this carriage. Take a look at Xiao Su's mother and Canhua's room. "

"Leave it to me!" Xiaoguan ran towards the first-class carriage before he finished speaking.

Soon, in Wei Ran's busy schedule, the few injured members of the troupe were given emergency hemostatic bandages.

At the same time, Xiao Su's mother, who was awakened by Tao Canhua, also used two big mouths filled with too much grievance and humiliation to wake up Furukawa, who was still dreaming.

Without giving Furukawa time to react, Xiao Su's mother personally stuffed the two balled up handkerchiefs into Furukawa's mouth and expertly fixed them with a belt.

"The train is starting to slow down, it's probably going to Lutai."

Guan Bingwen, Tao Canhua, and Mei Xiang approached the door of the bedroom that Weiran used as the emergency room and reminded, "We should go."

"Okay! You can go!"

After Wei Ran finished speaking, he used a bandage as quickly as possible to temporarily wrap the bone-breaking wound on the last young man whose chest was scratched.

"Push the body out first. Let's leave our suitcase to the Japanese so they can continue to perform for us. By the way, remember to take it off and take it with you."

Mei Xiang, who was calm in the face of danger, issued orders in an orderly manner. The members of the troupe and the people brought by Guan Bingwen immediately worked together to push the still warm corpses out of the window. Then they took apart various musical instruments and took out He found a pistol and even silver dollars hidden inside.

Seeing that the speed of the train was getting slower and slower, everyone no longer wasted any time. After prying open the door of the carriage, they let the wounded jump out first, followed by the members of the troupe and the captured Furukawa and Yumi.Immediately afterwards, Meixiang, Xiaoguan, Cao Yuba and others also jumped down.

Wei Ran, who was left at the end, was carrying the radio he took out from the musical instrument case and Yumi's suitcase. Behind him, he was holding the guqin with the grenade hidden in his arms, and Furukawa's suitcase was in his hand. Tao Canhua.

The two looked at each other, and in tacit agreement, they threw the prisoner's suitcase out first, and then they also jumped off the train.

Rolling and falling into the grass beside the railway track, Wei Ran didn't even care about the wounds on his face that he didn't even have time to bandage. He immediately got up and looked at the radio in his arms. He didn't look at the radio until he was sure that the radio was not damaged. Tao Canhua asked, "Are you okay?"

"It's okay, let's go!"

Tao Canhua glanced at the guqin in his arms and let Wei Ran pull him up. The two of them quickened their pace and ran in the direction they came from under the cold moonlight.

Soon, the two of them picked up Furukawa and Yumi's suitcases, and then they went in the same direction as they were going, and soon met Meixiang and others.

Seeing Wei Ran and Tao Canhua follow, Mei Xiang immediately urged, "They all ran forward with all their might! We must collect the bodies as quickly as possible!"

"Yes!"

The members of the Chunhua Opera Troupe and those led by Guan Bingwen responded in unison. Those who were not injured, or even those who were only slightly injured, immediately quickened their pace.Do you really think that getting up at five o'clock every morning and starting to exercise has no effect, or do you think that the three meals a day that Meixiang has been eating since the flood in 1939 are in vain?

These members of the troupe, and even the young men who followed Guan Bingwen after being eliminated from the troupe, although their physiques do not seem to be as strong as a tiger, their endurance and strength are much stronger than those of this era.

Because of this, after picking up the speed, he was able to distance himself from the wounded in the blink of an eye.

Soon, when Wei Ran and Tao Canhua accompanied Mei Xiang to catch up with the captives Furukawa, who was being carried by Cao Duba, and Youmei, who was being carried by Jasmine, these corpses were already lying on the ground beside the railway track not far away.

"The corpses are all stabbed, and after the stabbing is done, the necks are placed on the railroad tracks."

Meixiang, who was out of breath after running, took a few breaths, and then continued to give instructions, "Canhua, dismantle your broken piano, take out the grenades inside and tie them to the side of the railway track. Let's treat it as a railway attack today." guerrillas!"

"Yes!" These young men with injuries and blood on their bodies responded in unison.

While these young men were busy, Wei Ran also bandaged the slightly wounded, including himself. At the same time, Cao Duba also used the radio station and the Scream that Wei Ran brought down to send an urgent telegram.

In less than 5 minutes, this team of more than 30 people set off again, supporting the wounded and carrying the bodies of their companions. Under the leadership of Cao Duba, they got into the cornfield a few hundred meters away and completely disappeared. Shadow.

At 12:[-] in the evening, the people who had just been walking through the cornfield stopped temporarily. At Cao Yuba's signal, Wei Ran turned on the radio station disguised as a makeup box and connected the antenna and headphones.

At 12:45, a clicking sound suddenly came from the earphones.

"505, it's 505!" Wei Ran whispered, "They are all safe, wait, there is more..."

Hearing this, Meixiang, who was about to say something, immediately closed her mouth, and the mute uncle handed over a notepad with a pencil in time.

He copied the received digital code on a notepad and handed it to Cao Muba, who then handed it to Meixiang. He took the notepad and took a look at it. Meixiang picked up the notepad and rummaged through it, and then wrote Eight words were added, "The tobacco shop has been burned, and Zhitian has fled."

After the notepad was passed around in the hands of Wei Ran, Cao Yuba, Xiaoguan, Tao Canhua and Jasmine, Mei Xiang immediately tore it off and burned it to ashes.

"Uncle Mute, Qiushi, you take the troupe, the wounded, Xiao Su's mother and Furukawa and leave first."

Meixiang said without any doubt, "Jasmine, Canhua, cousin, stay and do me a favor. Xiaoguan, can you stay too?"

"Okay" Guan Bingwen nodded and responded.

Seeing the mute uncle looking at her, Mei Xiang smiled and nodded, "You go first, it won't take long for us to catch up."

Hearing this, Uncle Mute took Qiushi, Xiao Su's mother and the troupe members and left first, leaving only the captured Youmei accompanying Wei Ran and others.

It wasn't until these people completely disappeared into the night that Meixiang took a deep breath, clutched the bracelet she had just put on her wrist and said, "Cousin, please ask what you want to ask first, just don't get yourself killed."

Hearing this, Wei Ran, Guan Bingwen and Tao Canhua looked at each other, and he was the first to walk to Youmei's side, tore off the pillow cover in her mouth and knocked out all her teeth with a bayonet, and then reinstalled her chin. good.It was only then that he asked in Japanese, "Where is Ueda?"

Hearing this, Yumei couldn't help but froze because her face was full of pain because her teeth were knocked out. Then, she looked at Wei Ran with a crazy look on her face and answered the question, "You are so good at pretending, who are you?" ?”

"puff"

Wei Ran cut off part of her little finger with a knife, and Jasmine immediately covered her mouth, muffling her screams in her throat.

After the woman calmed down, Wei Ran asked again in Japanese, "Where is Ueda?"

"Kill me!" Yumi shouted with a fierce look on her face, "Kill me if you dare!"

"Don't think about good things. My skills are pretty good. You won't die that easily."

Before Wei Ran finished speaking, he had already cut off another section of her incomplete little finger with a knife. At the same time, Jasmine took the lead and covered her mouth again.

Naturally, the process of being tortured in such a hurry would not be very gentle, but Wei Ran's questions were extremely detailed.

The result was self-evident. It didn't take long for him to get the answer he wanted from Yumi's mouth, and he verified it at least three times.

The price both parties paid for being so honest was that Yumi, who had become incontinent due to pain, received a pair of small round hands of the same style as Doraemon.

"Kill me, please, kill me." Yumei cried bitterly and looked up at Wei Ran, who had an indifferent face and a bayonet in his hand.

"Where did Ueda go?" Wei Ran asked again.

"Beiping, he really went to Peiping."

Yumi, who had answered this question for the fourth time, once again reported the detailed address that she had answered several times before, and then begged in pain, "Kill me, kill me quickly!"

"What is your communication password?"

Wei Ran asked while rummaging through the other party's suitcase. To his disappointment, this time Yumi's suitcase contained only a Lignos pocket pistol that could be loaded with one hand, a change of clothes and a few gold bars. , but there is no radio station that I have seen before.

However, the thumb-sized seal engraved with two white cranes that I found "a few years ago" when I was looking through this girl's suitcase is still there.

"I don't know," Yumi replied tremblingly again, "The communication password is in Furukawa's hands."

"laugh!"

Before she could finish her words, Wei Ran had already cut off half of her ear with his knife, and the girl once again let out a scream that Jasmine couldn't even scream out as she covered it up with her hands.

"Where is Ueda?" Wei Ran poked his bayonet into the soil at his feet and asked again.

"He really went to Peking!" Yumei, who had already collapsed from the question, replied desperately.

"What is your communication password?" Wei Ran once again asked the question he just heard.

"It's at Furukawa's place. It's really at Furukawa's place. You go and ask. Please go and ask him. It's really at his place!" Youmei knelt in front of Wei Ran and cried out for the fifth time. answer.

"Which organization do you and Ueda belong to?" Wei Ran asked, throwing away the seal in his hand.

"Crane!" Yumi replied subconsciously.

"Affiliation" Wei Ran asked without looking up while playing with the seal in his hand.

"I don't know," Yumi replied cautiously, "I really don't know. No one has said which organization Crane belongs to. I swear I really don't know."

"brush!"

As Wei Ran raised the knife, the other half of Youmi's ear was also cut off, and her mouth was covered by Jasmine again.

"Who is He responsible for?" Wei Ran asked indifferently.

"I really don't know"

Yumei covered her other ear with only her palm, which was already covered with mud, and begged with tears streaming down her face, "I really don't know, kill me, please kill me quickly." Kill me!"

"Where's Furukawa?"

Wei Ran glanced at Mei Xiang not far away, turned around and continued to ask, "What is Furukawa's true identity?"

"Black Dragon Club"

Yumi replied without thinking, "He is a member of the Black Dragon Society's pioneering group! He knows, yes! He must know Ueda's identity! I swear!"

Black Dragon Club pioneering group?

Wei Ran snorted coldly and turned to look at Guan Bingwen, "What about you? Do you have anything to ask?"

"My sister, Guan Lingling, how did she get exposed?" Guan Bingwen asked suppressing his anger.

"I've been following her"

Yumei didn't dare to hesitate to answer, and then begged incoherently, "Kill me, kill me quickly! Please, please, kill me quickly! Kill me quickly."

"There are no traitors, it's fine if there are no traitors"

Guan Bingwen sighed, then stood up and walked away and said, "I have nothing more to ask, Brother Wei, just kill it."

"Jasmine, go and take off this bitch's clothes for me! Cut off the hand with the bracelet on it!" Mei Xiang, who had been silent just now, suddenly ordered.

"Hey!"

Jasmine responded abruptly, went up and tore off the tattered cheongsam on Youmei's body, and then tore off her underwear.

"Lend me the knife."

As she spoke, Jasmine took away the bayonet that Wei Ran had stuck at her side. She turned over Youmei, who was struggling and twisting so much that her lower body was incontinent again. She broke off the hand that once wore the bracelet and pressed it to the ground. On the ridge, he used Wei Ran's bayonet to clumsily cut off one of her hands along the bone seam.

"Is this how you took away Ling Lu's bracelet?"

Meixiang walked up to Youmi, looked at the bracelet on her wrist and asked coldly, "You cut off her hand to get the bracelet. But why did you strip her body naked and hang it outside the city?" On a big willow tree? Just to see my reaction, right?"

Before she finished speaking, Meixiang stomped on Youmei's abdomen, and then tremblingly ordered, "Jasmine, gouge out her eyes and scratch her face! How did she insult Linglu?" I want her to taste them all!"

"Yes!"

Jasmine responded, holding onto the bayonet lent to her by Wei Ran, and pressed down on Youmei's face, which was full of panic, despair and tears.

"Canhua! Come here and help!"

Jasmine shouted fiercely. Hearing this, Tao Canhua shivered first, and then immediately ran over to help hold down Youmi, who was left whimpering.She watched silently as Jasmine waved the bayonet and slashed Yumei's face, which was not that big.

"give me the knife"

Meixiang walked over tremblingly, pushing away Wei Ran who was trying to say something and Guan Bingwen who was returning. She took the blood-stained bayonet and stabbed it straight into Youmei's abdomen, which she usually didn't show easily to others. , then pulled it upward, extending the knife edge to near the belly button, and then pulled it out.

Returning the bayonet to Wei Ran, Mei Xiang wiped the tears from her eyes and asked with a cheerful smile, "Cousin, can she survive?"

"You can't live, and your death will be very painful." As Wei Ran spoke, Youmei, who was still struggling and twisting, was pushed into the cornfield by Jasmine like a tattered rag doll.

"Let's go"

After Mei Xiang finished speaking, she made a sound of "vomit" and vomited out all the food she had eaten before going to bed.