War Photographer's Notebook

Chapter 1421 Three Things in the Abandoned Watchtower

Outside Inta Airport, Liu Yiwan parked the car on the side of the road, looked down at the steering wheel, looked at the new mobile phone on the mobile phone holder next to him, and finally stopped at the glove box, which was held with his passport. On that wad of cash.

After a while, he reached out and took out the wad of cash, counting them carefully one by one.

This stack of banknotes contains a total of 86350 rubles. There are more than a dozen brand-new five-thousand-denomination banknotes, a few half-new one-thousand- or two-thousand-denomination banknotes, and even tattered ones with only 500 or smaller 100-denomination notes. Small banknotes, and even a 50 kopeck coin and an unused sleeve were accidentally included in it.

Obviously, from these details alone, he could confirm that the money was really taken out by the young man who was "foolish and rich" and stuffed it all for himself.

He lowered the window and threw the condom out of the window that he was destined not to use in a short period of time but could not return to Wei Ran. While raising the window, Liu Yiwan also stuffed the money into his pocket. , then he picked up his own passport, opened it, and looked at the content on it carefully.

After a long time, he stuffed this passport into his other pocket and put it together with the three passports of his wife and children. Then he picked up the mobile phone that had been set to the Chao Moss language interface and hesitated. After thinking for a long time, I entered the address "train station" in my native language.

Glancing at the not-too-distant distance on the screen, he hesitated again.

Now the family has a new identity and a lot of money. With the help of that mobile phone, he had already determined the specific location of his wife and children.

So should we go find them? In other words, do you want to run away or not?

This is undoubtedly a difficult choice for Liu Yiwan.

He was confident that if he ran away, that generous young man who seemed to be mentally handicapped would never be able to catch him.

He is more confident that after obtaining legal status, he will definitely be able to earn his son's surgery fees as soon as possible with his own ability.

So do you want to escape?

Use the documents provided by the other party to escape to China, Europe or even the United States, or any country that you have only seen on the map before, and then start a new life incognito?

Inexplicably, he remembered the same thing that the young man reminded him twice - adults should be responsible for their own decisions.

Either run away, block the future safety of yourself, your wife, and your children, and gamble on a new life without restraints.

Either stay and spend the rest of your and your wife's lives in exchange for your children's bright future and dream life - if that young man is trustworthy.

Trembling, he opened the zipper of the pocket containing the money. Liu Yiwan took out the only coin from the pile of money, curled his thumb and flicked it up to the same height as his eyebrows.

However, before the spinning coin started to fall, he already had the answer in his heart, and an expression of relief appeared on his ordinary face.

"Snapped!"

With a crisp sound, he covered the coin with his right hand on the back of his left hand.

However, he didn't even see whether it was heads or tails, so he threw the coin into the car behind him.

When it comes to tossing a coin, before the coin starts falling, the person tossing the coin actually already knows the answer in his heart.

As for the result after the coin falls, it is just a coin. How can it be qualified to determine the direction of anything?

Amidst the roar of the engine, this off-road vehicle, which was the only one in Inta and almost belonged to the "Queen" logo, also began to speed up and finally disappeared at the end of the road.

A little before he threw the coin, Wei Ran got out of the private plane belonging to Jima.

"Ari, which plane is idle?"

"The An-6 next to us was inspected and refueled just the day before yesterday."

Alili pointed to a plane parked next door, "Aren't you going to the hot spring camp with our queen?"

“It’s not appropriate for me to go at this time.”

Wei Ran smiled and waved his hand, and said while walking to the plane next door, "Speak to Aurora for me later, and I will be back in the evening."

"Okay" Alili responded, "I will help you notify the tower to take off."

"Thank you" Weiran waved his hand and got into the cabin of the An-6 aircraft.

After a moment of waiting, the An-6 aircraft flew lightly into the blue sky under the control of the tower and the control of the pilot.

After crossing the Ural Mountains all the way to the east, the Weiran then lowered its altitude, almost clinging to the mountain, and flew south along the regular route that Inta's patrol team used to conduct air patrols on weekdays.

Thanks to the cover of the continuous Ural Mountains on the right side of the fuselage and the low enough flying altitude at this time, he did not have to worry about this small civilian aircraft that had turned off all positioning functions appearing on any radar screen.

After more than two hours of flight, Wei Ran, who was flying the plane alone, also circled and lowered its altitude again. Finally, under the guidance of GPS, he landed lightly on the south side of the Ural Mountains, in a valley clearing between the mountains.

In the 52s, there was another name here - Mine .

This was once a labor camp where nuclear prisoners of war were held. This was where Wei Ran served as executioner. It was because of Lola's little face that he found a place full of demantoid garnets.

Not only him, but even Ji Ma also caught a female spy for recruitment in Saranpaul, which is not far from here. Even the female spy was "rented" by the teachers at the forest farm and was Sent to the small town of Tula, he became the "teacher" of the girls in Hela.

It's just that now, this long-abandoned mine and even the abandoned military base next to it have been bought by the Hella girls at a particularly low price with the help of a small mining company controlled by Zhaohe and carried out moderate development.

Of course, this so-called moderate development is limited to the renovation of a few old buildings from the Stalin era and the construction of a simple runway less than 500 meters long.

When the plane stopped, a van also drove over from a distance.

Pushing open the cabin door, Wei Ran stepped down from the cabin and got into the van that had just stopped.

"How is life here?" he asked before the car started running.

"not bad"

A Hella girl in charge of driving said, “We work here on a rotation basis every three months to train the young girls. Although there is no Internet here, the power supply is very stable and almost every week. Supplies are being dropped.”

Hearing this, Wei Ran nodded with satisfaction. The person who came to airdrop supplies here was naturally the IL-76 transport plane, but the runway behind him was not big enough for an IL-76 to take off and land.

In other words, even the transport aircraft responsible for airdropping supplies every week have no idea what is here.

"How are the guests staying here?" Wei Ran asked a new question.

"The shrike and his partner have adapted to life here."

The first-generation HeLa girl in charge of driving smiled and replied, "In addition, Mr. Gorman will come here every half month to provide psychological intervention to the three people who have attacked you."

After a pause, the Hela girl said, "Also, about half a month ago, our teacher and spy Atasha was also sent here."

"She was sent here too?"

Wei Ran shook his head. This Atasha was the spy caught by Ji Ma. It stands to reason that the lease period of this spy has already expired. In this case, he was still sent here. Obviously, there is only one Answer: Renting becomes “buying”.

So, do captured spies have trading value? Of course, after all, every life is valuable.

"Is Mr. Gorman here?" Wei Ran asked after pondering for a moment.

"Here we are," replied the girl Hela who was driving. "He came here last night and was teaching the girls just now."

"Take me to see him," Wei Ran replied.

The Hela girl who was driving nodded, slowly increased the speed, drove the car directly under the statues of Lenin and Stalin, and finally stopped in front of the tomb of political commissar Krechi.

Compared with the last time I left here, the only change here is that one of the buildings has had its doors and windows renovated. The biggest change is that in the square in front of the building, the heads of the statues of Stalin and Comrade Lenin are each covered with hoods. He bought a 200-liter oil drum, which completely blocked their faces.

Reaching out to open the car door, Wei Ran placed a bouquet of flowers prepared in advance in front of the tomb, then lit a cigarette and placed it on the tombstone.

"Come with me"

At the edge of the tombstone, Gorman, wearing a hood, greeted in a hoarse voice.

Stepping forward to keep up with the other party, Wei Ran reached out and took the hood from the other party, put it on, and walked into a Stalinist building that had been renovated one after another.

He walked up to the top floor. Not only was there a steel railing as thick as his wrist on the stairs, but after entering, he also noticed that all the windows, including the walls and floors, were outside this layer of steel railings. .

In short, this is a cell made of steel bars welded to the walls inside the building.

As Gorman walked all the way inside, in several rooms that were also reinforced with steel bars, he also saw the Free Gun Shrike who was watching the TV and playing games with his partner.

After not seeing each other for a while, the shrike had obviously gained weight. Even when he noticed Wei Ran, he and his partner, the girl named Jerry, actively and enthusiastically waved hello.

Continuing to walk in, the next room is locked up with the female spy Atasha who Ji Ma captured back then. However, in the next three rooms with no doors at all, the ones who were attacked during the attack are locked up. The three unlucky guys who managed to survive the Wuhan incident.

"How's the training going?" Wei Ran asked as he followed the other person.

“Basically done”

Gorman pointed to an unfortunate guy with his head wrapped in gauze and said, "We can start after the injury on his face heals."

"Looking for a place to chat?"

"Come with me"

Gorman, who was wearing a hood, waved and led Wei Ran back downstairs and got into a van parked at the door.

Let the other party drive the car out of Mine No. 52. When the car stopped again, it had reached the edge of the sentry tower next to the river.

"Come with me"

Before Gorman finished speaking, he had already turned off the engine and pushed open the car door.

I actually chose such a place.

Wei Ran muttered secretly. When he first came here, he also came to search this sentry tower. He even clearly remembered that he specially put on the American helmet and took it to suit the occasion. The anti-Japanese sword (Chapter 708).

Now that I have returned to my old place, there is already a small container outside the sentry tower, which is only 10 meters apart. On the other side of the container, there seems to be a generator running, making not too much noise. .

Following Gorman, Wei Ran couldn't help but be stunned as he stepped into the interior of the sentry tower on steps that were slightly cracked but filled with gravel.

Inside this dilapidated sentry tower, the walls have been repainted, and a kitchen with complete appliances has even been renovated.

Continue to follow Gorman up the carpeted stairs to the second floor. This floor has also been decorated to make it extra cozy.

There is a double bed, a modular bathroom, in addition to a solid wood table by the window and a sofa, as well as an LCD TV hanging on the wall facing the sofa.

"Long time no see, Victor."

In the room on this floor, an old lady wearing an apron greeted Wei Ran with a gentle face. There was even a big-eared fox at her feet.

Just from the gold earrings worn on the ears of the big-eared fox, Wei Ran could recognize that this little guy was once Teacher Anna's pet. Obviously, it was sent here as a gift.

Compared to the big-eared fox that was instantly recognizable, although the appearance of the over-500-year-old lady had changed a bit, Wei Ran could still recognize her at a glance. She was Makar's mother and Gorman's wife. , the former Mrs. Uma.

"Long time no see, Mrs. Uma, I'm sorry I've been hiding this from you."

Wei Ran and the other party hugged each other gently, and at the same time, he was led by the other party to give him a kiss.

"It's not your fault, I should thank you instead." Mrs. Uma said quickly.

"Let's not be polite to each other, Mrs. Uma, why are you here?"

Wei Ran asked curiously, and with the other party's concession, he sat down on the sofa which was not big, but comfortable enough, and just big enough for two people to sit side by side.

He really didn't know that the other party would be hiding here. He even asked about Gorman's presence from the Katenka sisters.

"Uma was sent here after undergoing plastic surgery in Chechnya."

Gorman pulled up a chair and sat down. "It's close enough to me and hidden enough that no one can find it."

“Most importantly, the scenery is amazing.”

Mrs. Uma, whose appearance has changed a lot but is also much younger at the same time, brought Wei Ran a cup of fragrant coffee and sprinkled dog food on it, "When Gorman and you were so young, He once promised me that he would take me to see the Ural Mountains, the dividing line between Eurasia and Europe, and now he has finally fulfilled his promise.”

"Isn't life very convenient here?" Wei Ran asked as he took the coffee.

“Actually not bad”

It was still Mrs. Uma who answered this question, "Every week, a plane drops enough supplies. In addition to fresh tropical fruits, the supplies dropped early this morning also include a set of expensive skin care products. This is simply better than... Life in the United States is even more convenient. ”

“And I come here to stay for a few days every half month.”

Gorman also took the coffee and said with a satisfied look, "You must have noticed the An-2 aircraft I drove over when you landed just now."

"I did notice it." Wei Ran nodded dumbfounded. The plane he was talking about was hidden in an abandoned mine not far from the runway.

"Victor"

Mrs. Uma immediately asked after the simple greetings, "How is the situation in Makar? Everything is fine here, but except for the TV and radio signals, there is no Internet at all, and there is no signal even on the phone. I have no signal at all." Can’t see Makar.”

"Don't worry Mrs. Uma"

Wei Ran quickly replied, "He was very sad after your unexpected death, but life has to go on. He has already passed the saddest and difficult time."

“That’s good, that’s good”

Uma breathed a sigh of relief, and then asked nervously, "Has Makar been targeted by the Americans?" "Maybe."

Wei Ran spread his hands, "But in the past month, my girlfriend Aurora seems to have sent tourists to his farm frequently. As far as I know, she has not encountered any trouble, and Makar does not seem to be restricted. free.

My girlfriend and I plan to invite her family to China again for a meeting around Labor Day next year. If conditions are ripe then, maybe you will have the opportunity to meet. "

After saying this, Uma was completely relieved. As if she had just remembered, she hurried downstairs and brought several plates of tropical fruits from the kitchen on the first floor.

After chatting with the tortured old couple for nearly an hour, Wei Ran came to the third floor of the sentry tower at Gorman's invitation.

This place has also been carefully renovated. Not only have all the surrounding glass windows been replaced with new ones and gauze curtains installed, but also thick wooden floors have been laid like the second floor.

In particular, there are two lounge chairs and a set of coffee-making equipment.

If this were to be arranged in a way that Chinese people could understand, it would be basically equivalent to setting up a large sea of ​​tea, equipped with a set of purple clay tea sets and an Ultraman tea pet that changes color when poured with hot water.

"sit"

Gorman invited Wei Ran to sit on one of the lounge chairs, and while slowly grinding coffee beans, he asked, "Jima must have told you, right? Is there any doubt that made you come to meet me?"

“There is no doubt about the plan for September”

Wei Ran stretched out his hand and made an OK gesture. I came to see you for three things. Of course, it was originally two things, but one more thing was added temporarily.

"Tell me one by one," Gorman said slowly.

"First of all, where are you and Mrs. Uma going after you fake your death?"

Wei Ran added before the other party could speak, "If you want to live a truly unfettered life, you can actually hide it from me too."

"Don't think about good things like that"

Gorman said half-jokingly and half-seriously, "I will still count on working for you to support my family in the future. I am almost at the age of retirement. After this fake death, not only my previous savings are gone, but I don't even have a pension." "

"You really"

"Only those who are valuable can live long enough"

Gorman said in a particularly sober tone, "Especially after Uma and I reunited, in order to make up for the debts of the previous years, I have to live long enough and be valuable enough. And no matter what, Victor, for you At least you don’t have to worry about safety and treatment issues at work, right?”

"Well, it seems I can't get rid of you, this troublesome old guy."

Wei Ran spread his hands half jokingly and half seriously, "Do you have any basic requirements for the place where you will live in the future?"

"Warm enough, that's the only requirement."

Gorman replied without thinking, "I've had enough of the Russian weather, and Uma's joints aren't too good either.

So we want to live somewhere warm, preferably where we can see the sea. "

"What about the other requirements?" Wei Ran thought for a while and asked.

"No, that's enough. We're not too worried about the treatment."

Gorman replied casually, "Of course, if it's not particularly convenient, we can also go to Novottuluhansk."

"Are you really planning to run an orphanage?" Wei Ran asked this question very seriously.

"This is probably what I'm best at," Gorman said with his hands spread out.

After pondering for a moment, Wei Ran did not give a response on this matter, but changed the topic, "Second thing, I plan to go to the United States soon, and I want you to help me assess the risks, after all."

"Are you going to America?"

Gorman raised his eyebrows, and before Wei Ran could finish, he asked, "What's going on? When do you plan to go?"

“A historical investigation”

Wei Ran paused and briefly introduced the job introduced by Zha Xifeng. By the way, he also briefly described Zha Xifeng and what happened before.

"According to your description, there is no risk to the middleman who helps you introduce business."

Gorman analyzed calmly, "The risk comes from the fact that you go to the United States."

"Yes" Wei Ran nodded.

"Go, you can go."

Gorman smiled, "But go with a big fanfare, of course, provided you are sure to find out something."

"You can rest assured of my abilities in the professional field," Wei Ran replied confidently.

"Then go ahead with confidence."

Gorman snapped his fingers and reminded with a smile, "You can even go visit Makar. This will make you safer."

"I do have this plan"

Wei Ran smiled and nodded. If he planned to go to the United States, it would make sense for him to visit his good friend Makar, who had lost his mother.

"What's the third thing?" This time it was Gorman who took the initiative to change the subject.

"I just landed in Inta yesterday and I picked up a special person."

"Another girl? A young and beautiful girl?" Gorman asked almost subconsciously.

"I'm not Jima," Wei Ran reminded angrily.

"Are you embarrassed to compete with Ji Ma?"

Gorman snorted disdainfully, "No matter what kind of scumbag that bastard Jima was before, after he met Maya, he can definitely be regarded as a good man without any faults."

At this point, Gorman snorted again and said with increasing contempt, "But what about you? If I remember correctly, ever since that smart and infatuated silly girl Aurora came to Kazan, It seems that there are more and more beautiful girls around you, and I am starting to worry about whether the house Dalia lent you is enough, or whether your bed is big enough. "

"Don't talk nonsense, that's just"

"Is that just a disguise?"

Gorman poured a cup of brewed coffee for Wei Ran, and at the same time he did not forget to mock, "Why don't you find a dozen handsome young men around you as a disguise?"

Knowing that arguing with this master of psychology was just asking for trouble, Wei Ran simply picked up a sugar cube and threw it into the coffee cup. He stirred it while clinking and adding like a rogue, "Yes, yes, you said it." It makes sense, I picked up those girls, and I’m a scumbag, so this time I picked up a man, a 38-year-old man.”

"The third thing is related to the man you picked up?" Gorman asked while pouring himself coffee.

"It's indeed related. This person's origin is somewhat special."

With that said, the origin of General Liu Yiwan, as well as his response and slight suspicion towards Liu Yiwan before taking off today, and even the potential trouble caused by Liu Yiwan in Suisui's business in Inta were all over. I talked about it in detail.

After listening to Wei Ran's description, Gorman, who had already finished a cup of coffee, asked with a smile, "Tell me what you think."

"Hela was cultivated by you"

Wei Ran asked with a smile, "Do you still remember the mission of Hela when it was founded?"

"of course I remember"

"Become president of the United States, or control the president of the United States," Gorman replied as he poured the two men a second cup of coffee.

"With such a mission, Hela's owner should be a person who hates Americans extremely."

Wei Ran smiled and revealed the arrangement he had thought of before taking off the plane without reservation, "I think there is no one more suitable to be the nominal master of Hela than Liu Hanzai."

"He is born to hate Americans," Gorman also said with a smile on his face, especially confidently. "There is really no one who is more like the master of HeLa than him."

"yes"

"So this is a layer of insurance you've added to yourself?"

"It's a disguise for Hela."

Wei Ran corrected with a smile, "I just said that he seems to have a very special service experience. In this case, I think he can be responsible for cultivating Hai."

"No no no no."

Gorman put down the coffee cup and stopped Wei Ran's intention to speak, "Hela can't only have women, or rather, you can't have only girls in your hands, you also need some young men with real fighting ability."

"You want Ryu Hanjae to recruit"

"nourish"

Gorman pointed in the direction of Mine No. 52 and corrected it again, "Just like Hela who is always replenishing new blood, you can take advantage of the opportunities this person brings to cultivate some young guys."

"Grow into what?"

"Of course I will train him to become another Yoo Hanjae"

Gorman reminded with a smile, "You can always find some little boys whose lives are not valuable, right? For example, go to the land where the little boy once visited. There are enough seedlings there, right?

Considering the nationality of Liu Hanzai, if he cultivates a group of little boys from the recruitment process, it will be a disaster.

And it is up to these little boys to go to the United States to cause some chaos in order to avenge the hatred that the Americans once cast on the little boys on their land. ha! Maybe Hela's dream will really come true. "

"I don't want to train a JRA(Note 1)"

Wei Ran spread his hands and seriously reminded Soviet madman who was sitting on another lounge chair next to him, "It may be Hela's dream to control the president of the United States or become the president of the United States, but it is not my dream."

"I know, I know, you are just a historical scholar who likes to collect beautiful girls, I know."

Gorman waved his hand nonchalantly, and then reminded him extremely seriously, "But when you control an organization like Hela that has unlimited possibilities and the ultimate goal is dangerous enough.

You'd better have some energy that's scary enough for people, at least enough for Hela itself to be scared of. "

Before Wei Ran could speak, Gorman explained in more detail and straightforwardly, "Especially one day in the future, when Americans suspect that a certain historian is trying to control their president.

Victor, you didn't have that intention at that time. You better actually have the ability to do something about their president.

Even if the person sitting in that position is just a mascot chosen by a group of arms dealers through mutual compromise. "

“How about letting Liu Hanzai, no, let Ivan Lyudnikov’s family be your neighbors?”

Wei Ran looked at the other party seriously and asked, "You will train those girls, and he will be responsible for training the dangerous little boy. In addition, you will be responsible for controlling him."

"My pleasure"

Gorman smiled and picked up the coffee cup and touched it lightly with Wei Ran. Before the coffee cup touched his lips, he gave a final reminder, "Also, you just mentioned his two children. Victor, keep them." By your side, one is in the open and the other is hidden."

"Okay" Wei Ran also responded before the coffee cup touched his lips.

"You are different from the young man you were when we first met at Fishing Ground No. 33." Gorman suddenly changed the subject.

"What's the difference?" Wei Ran asked with a smile as he took a sip of coffee.

"In my opinion, you would not make arrangements for such a family. You should be a kind person." Gorman sighed with regret.

"You need to figure out three other things," Wei Ran reminded him, putting down his cup.

"What three things?" Gorman also smiled and put down his cup.

"First of all, I am still a kind person. Secondly, the premise for him to take the blame for Hela is that Hela needs someone to take the blame. But in fact, the possibility of this happening is not high."

Wei Ran said, and the two fingers he originally stretched out became three, "Third, I could just stand by and watch. The result would be that he was sent back and shot again, and his wife and children were killed in the outskirts of Inta." of wolves as food.

Of course, there is also a certain gentleman who is preparing to fake his death in an air crash. He will have to terminate his original plan and find another opportunity to plan another fake death. "

"So both Ryu Hanjae and I should be grateful to a certain kind-hearted historian?"

Gorman picked up the coffee cup again with a smile. This time, there was no regret in his tone, only undisguised satisfaction and relief.

"No need to thank you. I just hope that the next time we meet for coffee, there will be warm sunshine and a beautiful coastline."

Wei Ran picked up the coffee cup with the same smile and lightly touched the other person's cup.