War Photographer's Notebook

Just when the police on the bridge successfully killed the kidnappers who took the hostages and urgently contacted the water force to rescue Mrs. Uma who fell into the water, they did not know that there was already a man carrying an oxygen bottle in the shadow of the pier of the bridge. The man dived into the cold river water.

The diver drove a single-person underwater propeller that was only slightly larger than a backpack. He easily found Mrs. Uma who had just emerged from the water, and while hanging her belt with a safety lock, he poked her He broke the blood bag tied to his arm.

With a strong tug, Mrs. Uma, who had just taken a breath on the surface, was pulled back into the water. The diver put a respirator to Mrs. Uma's mouth, and helped her take off the obstructive and conspicuous piece of clothing. The white windbreaker was pushed downstream by the current.

After Mrs. Uma took a deep breath, the diver calmly helped her put on a black hood and huge diving goggles.

Finally, he gave a thumbs up to Mrs. Uma. The diver waited for the blood bag on his arm to release all the blood. Then, with the help of the propeller, he took her upstream from the bottom of the water, under the cover of the dim sky. The downstream direction is upstream where the drowning person should never be.

Before the air pressure in the oxygen bottle ran out, the two "accidentally encountered" an old cargo ship coming from behind on the other side of the bridge, and found a fixed one under the hull of the ship. Large oxygen bottle.

After fixing the safety ropes of the two people and the safety ropes of the propeller to the hanging rings on both sides of the oxygen bottle, the diver put new breathing valves on her and himself, and helped her put on the protective gear outside the diving suit. He took off his clothes and shoes, and put them all into a black mesh bag along with the all-important old-fashioned mobile phone and hung it on his waist.

For the better part of the next half hour, this dilapidated cargo ship produced in the Soviet era sailed upstream along the Dnieper River, moving away from the bridge where the police lights were still flashing.

Finally, as night fell, the diver, no, the two divers, were dragged up by the only three sailors on the unlit deck and sent into the dark cabin.

Almost at the same time, Jima, who was wearing a mask and a baseball cap, also got into a warehouse where Nineel's men were temporarily hiding and preparing to move. He easily used the VSS silent rifle with the scope removed. They shot and killed these felons whom Ninel bought from a Colombian prison a few years ago.

Bending down to pick up the bullet casings that were still hot to the touch, Jima slowly sent all the corpses into a box truck parked in the warehouse, and followed the clues Niniel gave him in advance. He took out a bucket of hydrogen peroxide from the cabinet in the corner of the warehouse and poured it on the remaining blood stains on the floor.

After finally cleaning up his footprints, Jima threw the weapon into the container where the body lay, locked the door and sealed it, drove the truck out of the warehouse, and drove to the familiar road less than two meters away. Kilometers of pier, I slowly drove onto an old cargo ship that had just stopped and was unloading.

"I can't eat anymore, I can't eat anymore."

In a time-honored mutton-shabu-shabu restaurant in the capital of China, Wei Ran put down his chopsticks while shouting after receiving an advertisement prompt on his mobile phone, "No, I can't eat anymore, Suisui, where should we go tomorrow?" "

"Tomorrow's thing... Hiccup! Let's talk about it tomorrow!"

Suisui, who was also full, let out a loud belch, then picked up the cup quite proudly, stood up with one foot on the chair and shouted in Chinese, "Cheers!"

"Look bah!"

Kou Kou and Olena, who had already drunk too much, responded in unison in off-tune Chinese. The half-drunk girls at the other two tables also subconsciously raised their glasses filled with white wine and said "Run" With various accents of Chinese, they shouted what they thought was the most perfect "Cheers!"

That night, the historical scholar surrounded by beautiful women was still being discussed on online platforms in China and abroad.

Also on this night, an account with an IP address in the United States released a video that lasted more than 20 minutes. The name of this video was "We are just Wudong militiamen defending our homeland."

Driven by the HeLa organization, which has taken root across the world and has taken root in strong winds, this video spread far beyond the expectations of Marta, the narrator of the video content, and easily surpassed a certain historian. tidbits of news.

It was still late at night when a certain historian was sleeping very soundly with his drunk girlfriend in his arms. When the dilapidated cargo ship continued its journey north and docked in Vishgorod, Jima left with Mrs. Uma in disguise. The cargo ship got into an inconspicuous old Lada car and left the city, and found a container truck that had been waiting for a long time on the roadside in the suburbs.

Without getting out of the car at all, Ji Ma drove the car directly into the container along the ramp that had been built in advance. He then let a worker who followed him tie up the tires, close the container door and seal it with a lead. .

Soon, the container truck drove back to Kiev in the dark, drove into the airport, and drove to the apron unimpeded. While the ground crew and crew members were busy, they loaded the container into a spray-painted aircraft. Sickle vine logo inside the plane.

Soon, the cargo plane successfully flew into the blue sky after a slightly long wait, and gradually flew away from Wu Kelan's airspace.

At the same time as the plane took off, the stern deck of the old cargo ship that had left Vishgorod also started a crusher that had been washed by the river water pumped up.

“It’s been a long time since I’ve done this kind of work.”

On the deck, Olga's father, the old fisherman Ivan, was muttering rather nostalgically while he and Nineel sent the stripped and naked corpses into the crusher.

Amidst the roar of the machine, the stuffed corpses were washed by the water and discharged into the Dnieper River shrouded in darkness, and then were eaten by the fish that had been hungry all winter. Eating everything.

In the end, even the crusher was pushed into the river by the two of them in the night.

Not to mention how hard the local police in Kiev searched for Mrs. Uma who fell into the water and how quickly they captured the other two female accomplices of the three kidnappers.

At least, when they finally contacted Makar who was busy climbing the Great Wall in the capital of China under the leadership of senior tour guide Aunt Fu after many efforts, it was already past four o'clock in the afternoon on the 18th local time in China.

At this time, the plane belonging to Grapevine Farm Products Company had already flown to Africa after many transfers.As for the lead-sealed container in the cabin, it had already been transferred to another transport plane in Bulgaria and sent to Grozny, Chechnya, along with other cargo.

Mrs. Uma in the container was already under anesthesia and was pushed into the operating room of a beauty hospital that was acquired three months ago.

Looking back to China, when the panicked Makar ran to the bottom of the Great Wall and anxiously contacted Wei Ran to ask for help, the latter was taking Suisui, her staff and friends to take photos in the Forbidden City. .

"Something happened"

After Wei Ran hung up the phone, he said to Suisui, "Makar's mother, Mrs. Uma, was kidnapped and fell into the river and disappeared."

Hearing this, Suisui couldn't help but be startled, and then realized something, but soon, the girl asked tacitly, "What should I do?"

"Aunt Fu is about to take the family from the Great Wall to the airport. She has already helped buy the fastest ticket to Kiev."

Wei Ran secretly lamented that Suisui was so smart and continued, "I asked Aunt Fu to buy a ticket for me. Now I'm going to the airport. When Aunt Fu and the others arrive at the airport, they will ask the driver to put the car away first." Karl’s wife and children will be sent back to the hotel first, and you should hurry back and accompany them.”

"Okay!" Suisui responded immediately, "You also need to pay attention to your safety."

"Okay." Before Wei Ran could finish his words, he was already running quickly towards the exit of the scenic spot.

Overall, Kiev police contacted Makar seven or eight hours later than he expected.

But now that things have advanced to this point, it doesn't matter whether it's a few hours earlier or a few hours later - he has already gotten the secret that everything is going well from the pictures of Chechen food shared on Jima's social platform.

Following the script, he went back to the hotel to pick up the briefcase he had prepared a few days ago. Then Wei Ran rushed to the airport and met Makar, who was accompanied by Aunt Fu.

"what happened?"

Far away, Wei Ranbian asked urgently in Russian, "Why was Mrs. Uma kidnapped?"

After saying that, before Makar could speak, he asked Aunt Fu who was accompanying him, "Aunt Fu, have you bought the ticket?"

"bought"

While Aunt Fu was speaking, she had already opened her satchel, pulled out a ticket folder, took out two tickets and handed them to Wei Ran, "The red-eye flight is about three hours away. It will probably be night after you two arrive in Kiev."

"Sorry for your trouble"

Wei Ran took the ticket and said, "In this case, you can go back first and help Suisui stay with Jessica and their children. Leave this to me."

"Hey!"

Aunt Fu responded, and took out two new stacks of hryvnias from her wallet and handed them to Wei Ran, "I just changed these money for you. There are odd parts and whole parts. You can take a taxi or something when you get there." convenient."

"Okay, I'm sorry for causing you any trouble." Wei Ran happily put away the two piles of trashy currency.

After sending away the attentive Aunt Fu, Wei Ran looked at the restless Makar again. The latter also explained regretfully, "The police in Kiev called me and said that my mother was preparing to take a flight back to the United States. They were kidnapped, and when my mother tried to escape the kidnapping, she accidentally fell from the bridge into the Dnieper River.

According to the police's interrogation of the kidnappers, they had long targeted my mother and blamed me. It was my mother who told me that I bought her many gifts in China that she said she wanted to go back to the United States and wait for me to return. "

"Have you not found Mrs. Uma yet?" Wei Ran asked.

"Not yet. I only found her windbreaker and her mobile phone, wallet, and tickets in it."

Makar said anxiously, "The police told me that the Dnieper River is now rising during the spring floods. They asked me to prepare for the worst."

"We have to put pressure on the police in Kiev." As Wei Ran spoke, he had already taken out his cell phone and dialed Carlos' lawyer in the United States.

"Victor, you finally remembered to call me."

When the call was connected, lawyer Carlos on the other end said enthusiastically in German, "I know what you want to ask, but I'm sorry, I haven't negotiated a commission with Mr. Henry from the UK yet."

"Lawyer Carlos, I'm looking for you for other reasons."

Wei Ran didn't wait for the other party to finish, and asked urgently, "The mother of a very important friend of mine was kidnapped and fell into the river in Kiev and disappeared. I want to put pressure on the police in Kiev through legal channels. I wonder if you can Help?"

"Kyiv?"

Lawyer Carlos only hesitated for less than a second and then simply replied, "Of course, no problem. Are you in Kiev now? How could I remember that Miss Koko shared a photo of her and you yesterday?"

"We are preparing to fly from China to Kiev." Wei Ran interrupted the other party again in a hurried tone, "The flight will be in about three hours."

"In this case, I will leave for Kiev and we will meet in Kiev." Lawyer Carlos said happily.

"How much commission should I pay you?"

"Victor, we are friends, let the commission go to hell!"

There was undisguised excitement in Lawyer Carlos' tone, "I like to deal with the police through the law the most, no matter which country they are."

"Forehead"

Wei Ran didn't expect the other party to say that, but fortunately, he quickly reacted and briefly described what happened to Mrs. Uma and answered a few questions from the other party.

"Since Mrs. Uma is American, it's okay."

Lawyer Carlos confidently promised, "I will immediately contact the police in Kiev as a lawyer, and then I will rush to Kiev as quickly as possible."

Hearing this, Wei Ran said gratefully, "Mr. Carlos, then I won't be polite to you. Let's see you in Kiev."

"See you in Kiev, Victor." After lawyer Carlos said this, he simply hung up the phone.

"I found a notorious American lawyer who will help us put pressure on the Kiev police to find Mrs. Uma as quickly as possible."

After Wei Ran finished speaking, he asked before Makar could say anything, "Makar, you must be able to speak nonsense, right?" "Um, no."

Makar scratched his head, "I have never learned Ukolan. I only know Russian, and Russian was taught to me by my mother. I have never even taken a formal Russian language and culture class."

"It seems we still need a reliable translator."

Wei Ran murmured something to himself, but he had already locked in the candidate in his heart - just like he already knew that Makar didn't know how to talk nonsense.

During the somewhat long and anxious wait, Weiran and Makar hurriedly boarded a late-night flight to Kiev without even taking a piece of decent luggage.

While they were floating in the sky, fisherman Ivan had already driven the dilapidated cargo ship he bought three months ago to a dismantling factory located in the upper reaches of the Dnieper River that he had contacted half a month ago, and the delivery was completed between the two parties. After receiving the money, he took the old man who fished with Wei Ran on Lake Onega and the old man's son and drove a tattered car in the direction of Kiev.

When they rushed to the city of Kiev, they were supposed to be running a tavern in the town of Tula, but in fact, Apoli, who arrived in Kiev almost at the same time as Mrs. Uma, had just walked out of the police station.

However, the image of Apoli at this time was completely different from the image in the town of Tula. He had a fat figure, a goatee that almost covered most of his face, messy long hair, and a red and swollen nose due to intentional exposure to allergens. , these changes would be difficult for even acquaintances in the town of Tula to recognize when they see him.

Of course, at this time he also has another identity - the violent driver who was hijacked with Mrs. Uma.

According to those at the Kiev police station, if it weren't for Mrs. Uma's accidental fall into the river, he would almost be considered a hero.Of course, he is actually a hero.

At this time, when the hero who had just walked out of the police station looked at his car that had been hit, the front bumper was missing, and the rear lights were broken, he couldn't help but curse in Uko language. .

After venting his inner anger, the sweaty and smelly driver finally had no choice but to sit in the cab and hurriedly drove towards the train station.

As he told the police during the examination at the hospital, he was going to Kharkov to apply for a job as a railway worker.

As these actors took their final bow, and as a flight from China landed, new actors also took the stage.

"Makar, we need to find a translator first, a translator in Ukolan."

Wei Ran said as he walked out of Kiev Airport, "Do you have any friends here?"

"How can I have friends in Wuklan?" Makar responded with some confusion.

"Then come with me, I still know some people here."

Wei Ran sighed pretending to be helpless, stopped a taxi with his hand, and handed a card with an address and a large banknote to the driver.

Without any need for verbal communication, the driver stepped on the accelerator happily after taking the money, and drove the two of them to a busy intersection in downtown Kiev.

"Where is this?" Makar asked blankly, looking at this relatively bustling intersection. It was only around 07:30 local time at this time, which was the busiest time for this intersection.

"Come with me, let's find a trustworthy translator."

Wei Ran said, and after walking around for a while, he walked towards a dessert shop diagonally opposite.

The name of this dessert shop is simple and straightforward. It is a word "dessert shop" that is not too different in Ukolan and Russian. It does not have any prefixes or suffixes.

Although the name is simple and crude, you can tell by looking at the customers coming in and out of the store that the business of this store is quite good.

He naturally knows the owner of this store, but that happened last time when he came to Kiev to help Father Hans, the son of the idiot Mario in Germany, investigate (Chapter 147).

I just don’t know if Ms. Mora and her daughter Anna still know me after several years of no contact, and whether they are willing to do this small favor for me.

Of course, it doesn't matter if they don't want to help. At worst, they can just call Diane, the person in charge of the Edelweiss Organization.

He was sure that the fat woman named Diane could definitely introduce him to a translator who could speak Ukrainian.

not to mention.
Wei Ran turned around and looked behind him. At this intersection, the shop diagonally opposite the dessert shop was a dental clinic.

Just like the dessert shop diagonally opposite, the name of this clinic is also "Dental Clinic" written side by side in Russian and Ukolan, without any prefix or suffix.

Of course, compared to the dessert shop that can damage your teeth, the business of this dental clinic is actually a bit deserted at least at this time.

After all, who would want to go to the dentist’s office to have their teeth checked when they’re in the mood for shopping?
This must have been opened here specially by Mr. Hans, right?
Wei Ran, who temporarily had an alternative for Wukelan language translation, muttered secretly and took Makar into the dessert shop.

"Hey! Victor! Is that you? I read that right! Why are you here?"

As soon as he walked in, Anna recognized him at a glance, still wearing denim overalls and a baseball cap just like she had a few years ago.

"Long time no see Anna"

Wei Ran smiled and said hello, "I didn't expect you to recognize me at a glance."

"I just saw the news about you on the Internet a few days ago"

Anna smiled and teased, "Seeing the photos of you taking many young and beautiful girls to the amusement park, I didn't dare to show off to my friends that I knew you, lest they misunderstand."

"Forehead"

Wei Ran grinned pretending to be embarrassed, "Those are my girlfriend's friends and have nothing to do with me."

"I guess few people would believe it, right?"

Anna said jokingly, but at the same time she had already walked in from the counter, raised her mobile phone and said, "Stop talking about this, let me take a photo with you first. I will hang this photo in the store then." Yes, by the way, didn’t your celebrity friend come with you this time?”

"He's been busy filming a movie recently."

Wei Ran smiled and said, "Anna, I need your help with something I don't know about this time."

"of course can!"

Anna agreed without thinking, then snapped her fingers and loudly said to the other young girls who were busy in the store, "Girls! From now on, all desserts are [-]% off, and ice cream is half price!
I'll go upstairs to entertain my friends first, and I'll leave the rest to you. Also, bring us some desserts. "

As soon as these words were spoken, the girls who were busy responded in unison, and the customers waiting to shop also cheered. At the same time, they also began to whisper and wonder if the man with yellow skin and black hair was... The historian I saw on the Internet a few days ago.

"come with me"

Anna waved enthusiastically to Wei Ran and Makar, led them into a locked door, then climbed the stairs to the second floor, and invited them to sit down in the living room.

"Is Mrs. Mora okay?" Wei Ran asked as he took the coffee brought by Anna.

"It's okay, it's great."

Anna spread her hands helplessly, "She was invited by Father Hans to go to Germany last month, and she hasn't come back yet. Tell me about you. What do you need me to do for you?"

"Let me introduce you first."

Wei Ran patted Makar next to him on the shoulder, introduced him briefly, and then introduced Anna to him. Then he told Mrs. Uma's story, and finally mentioned their urgent need. A trustworthy English translation thing.

"God! The lady who fell into the river on the news is actually your mother?!"

Anna subconsciously let out an exclamation, and then the girl immediately said, "No problem, I will translate for you!

No matter how long you stay in Kiev, I can translate for you.By the way, where do you live? "

"We came to you for help just after we came out of the airport," Weiran said pretending to be helpless, "otherwise it would be trouble for us to even take a taxi and stay at the hotel."

"In this case, why not just stay"

"Help us find a hotel closest to the police station."

Before Wei Ran could say the girl's suggestion, he suggested in a joking tone, "A lawyer will come over soon to help. He might bring a team of lawyers. I don't want to be paving the floor with so many people." ."

Anna had already taken a large plate of desserts from the staff downstairs and placed it on the table, "I will help you find a hotel. By the way, when will your lawyers arrive?"

Looking up and glancing at the clock hanging on the wall, Wei Ran replied, "It's probably less than two hours."

"In that case, let's wait for them first, and then we'll find a place to have dinner together."

Anna said, not forgetting to give Wei Ran and Makar an egg tart each, "Before that, let's have some dessert. You must not have had time to eat, right?"

“Didn’t really eat anything”

Wei Ran had already bitten off half of the egg tart while he was talking, and changed the subject and said, "Your business looks pretty good, and the egg tart is so delicious."

“My mother and I have already opened two branches in Kiev.”

Anna said proudly, but without delay, she used her mobile phone to search for the hotel closest to the police station and made a call.

After learning that there was a room, Anna also picked up an egg tart, took a bite and said, "Since your lawyer is about to arrive, let's go to the hotel to book a room first, and then go to the airport. The time should be just right."

"I'm causing trouble for you." Wei Ran picked up the coffee and took a sip, then stood up with Makar, who couldn't get a word in at all.

Following this resolute young girl downstairs and getting into the car, Wei Ran also chatted with her about the clinic diagonally opposite.

As expected, that clinic was indeed opened by Mr. Hans, and the business was far better than Wei Ran expected.Of course, Anna also bluntly said that the clinic was mainly to take care of the mother and daughter, so as to avoid being bullied by their compatriots again.

Along the way, Anna led the two of them to a hotel less than a hundred meters away from the police station and booked a room in advance. Anna called her friend to borrow a big car that could seat eleven or twelve people. van, they all arrived at Kiev Airport.

Of course, while they were waiting for Carlos' lawyer's flight to land, a Hela girl who had just enjoyed a [-]% discount at the dessert shop posted a photo of Wei Ran and Anna having sex on the social platform. Take photos together.

Underneath this photo, there is also a story-telling Ukolan saying, "That historian who likes to collect beautiful girls came to Kiev to meet his lovers. He has so many lovers."