War Photographer's Notebook

Chapter 161 Ji Ma's Mistake

"Can this kind of antique still be used?" Sui Sui asked suspiciously, "And there should be video tapes in the 70s, right? Why are you still using this old antique?"

"Maybe it's because film reels last longer"

While talking, Wei Ran emptied his backpack and stuffed the heavy film film into it. He didn't say until he was sure that the wooden box with a projector pattern on it that Jima moved out did contain the machine, "Don't move it out yet. , This place doesn’t even have electricity, and it can’t be played when we move out, so everyone is looking around to see if there is a matching curtain to take away with them.”

"Victor, there is a fuel generator in my plane that can provide power." Ariri said proactively.

"Then let's go to the foot of the mountain and look at it. It's too troublesome to move the generator up." Wei Ran stuffed a movie film into his bag while speaking.

With him taking the lead, Suisui and Alili also immediately emptied their backpacks and stuffed as many film rolls as possible into them.And Jima found a rolled up curtain on the top of the cabinet in the corner not far away.

Take as many things as possible, and after Alili locked all the lockable doors inside and outside, everyone stepped on the slippery steps and carefully returned to the right side of the foot of the mountain. Construction of weapons and ammunition.

After Jima and Alili moved the generator from the plane, Wei Ran and Sui Sui also used the leather blower found in the wooden box containing the projector to carefully clean up the dust that wasn't too much on the projector.But they were not at all sure whether the projector would still be usable after so long.

While waiting anxiously, Alili started the generator, and Wei Ran followed the instructions on the inside of the wooden box, and fixed the roll of movie film that was first stuffed into the backpack on the projector.And Jima also hung the dilapidated curtain on the wall on one side of this meeting room.

"let's start!"

While Wei Ran was speaking, Alili immediately switched on the power.As the light beam was accurately placed on the curtain, Sui Sui, who was in charge of lighting, immediately turned off the cluster flashlights tied together with tape.

With the rotation of the film reel, passionate music came from the small speaker attached to the projector box, and a cutscene consisting of the CCCP and the Soviet Academy of Sciences logo also jumped out on the slightly curled curtain.

Immediately afterwards, the picture on the curtain was replaced by a demonstration animation, and at the same time, a male narrator with a strong Soviet accent also began to introduce in detail the mission and flight path of the Venus 8 space probe, as well as the words that the four of them could not understand at all. Work away.

Finally, after the demonstration animation ended, a huge yellow planet appeared in the slightly jumpy screen.

At the same time, everyone sitting in the meeting room also knew through the introduction of the narration that what was photographed in this slightly blurred picture was actually the distant Venus!
They didn't make them wait long, the voice of the narration was low, and the sound from the speakers turned into a weird noise like a torrential rain.And the shaking picture was replaced by diffuse yellow and frequent lightning.

For the next 50 minutes, the four-person screen in the conference room attracted all the attention. Everyone was concentrating on watching the strange scene on another planet, waiting patiently for the black surface Get closer.

Finally, after a violent shake of the screen being played, the camera lens was completely level with the surface of Venus, but before the smoke and dust swayed to calm down, the screen fell into darkness.Immediately afterwards, the narration sounded again, introducing all kinds of precious data collected in this detection activity in an excited tone.But it is a pity that these are still professional knowledge that none of the four of them can understand.

Until the whole reel of film was played, Ji Ma said, "This is the end? Victor, hurry up and change another reel, maybe we have captured aliens or something!"

"Are you dreaming?" Wei Ran shook his head dumbfounded, and after Sui Sui turned on the flashlight that served as lighting, he casually picked up a reel of movie film and replaced it.

However, this time is different from just now. Apart from the continuous demonstration animation, there is no real shot at all on the screen, and apart from all kinds of weird and irregular mysterious noises, there is not even a narration. up.

Ji Ma, who wanted to see if there were any aliens, changed the film again, while Wei Ran was dragged away from the conference room by Sui Sui, who wanted to go to the bathroom but was afraid of the dark.However, less than five minutes before and after, there was an exclamation from the bathroom!
Wei Ran, who was holding a flashlight outside, immediately shouted, "Sui Sui, what's wrong?"

"It's snowing outside!"

Sui Sui rushed out of the bathroom, dragged Wei Ran in without saying a word, pointed to the gap of light leakage on the glass window sealed by cement, and said, "Look out!"

Wei Ran brought his eyes closer and looked out along the gap that was only the size of a brick. In less than two hours, there was already heavy snow falling outside that was enough to block his sight!

"Go back to the conference room first!" Before Wei Ran finished speaking, he ran out of the bathroom with Sui Sui and rushed into the conference room not far away.

"Don't look for aliens yet!" Wei Ran held up a flashlight and said, "It's snowing outside, very heavy snow!"

"It's snowing?" Alili and Jima immediately realized that something was wrong, and rushed out of the dark conference room in no particular order.

When they returned to the first floor and pushed open the heavy iron door, huge snowflakes were immediately blown in by the strong wind.

"Can the plane take off now?" Wei Ran squinted his eyes, raised his arms and asked loudly while blocking the snow blowing on his face.

"It's too dangerous!" Alili also responded with a loud voice, "We need to move the supplies on the plane in immediately, and there will be a snowstorm soon!"

"Sui Sui, stay here!" Wei Ran turned back and shouted, before the latter could answer, he bent down and rushed out following Alili and Jima.

Against the strong wind mixed with a lot of snowflakes, the three of them moved with difficulty to the side of the plane that seemed to be floating up at any time. After Alili opened the hatch, they immediately got in and began to carry supplies down.

Fortunately, they had prepared for possible snowstorms before they came, so they were well-prepared for food, drink and supplies, and even brought an extra foldable sleigh.

Thanks to the not-so-big sleigh, the three of them only made two trips before sending everything into the building.

After Alili and Jima reasonably closed the iron gate and the wooden gate inside, the manic wind outside became inaudible immediately, but in such a short time, the snow blown into the hall on the first floor was enough to cover the feet .

"Jima, didn't you say that you have read the weather forecast and the snowstorm will come in two or three days?" Wei Ran asked while letting Sui Sui help him splash the snow on his body.

"Ah," said Jima embarrassedly, "I'm looking at the weather in Inta"

Aliri was stunned when he heard the words, then shook his head and smiled bitterly. Inta was on the west side of the Ural Mountains, and they were now located on the east side of the Ural Mountains.In other words, the weather in Inta hundreds of kilometers away has no reference for them at all!

Knowing that he had done something stupid, Ji Ma took the initiative to carry the heaviest two barrels of kerosene, and said embarrassingly as he walked up, "Why don't we still watch those films? Maybe the snow will stop after watching them." .”

"I'd rather find an alien and take you idiot away"

Alili scolded angrily, and then said apologetically to Wei Ran and Suisui, "I'm sorry, it seems that you are going to stay here for a while."

Wei Ran didn't care, he had nothing to worry about, but he didn't know if there was any urgent matter on Sui Sui's side.

Seeing Wei Ran and Alili looking at her, Sui Sui immediately waved her hands happily and said, "It's okay, I'm not in a hurry to go back."

That being the case, everyone felt relieved, each carried some supplies and went upstairs.The four of them went back and forth five or six times. By the time they had moved all their belongings to the meeting room where the film had just been screened, Jima had already opened a window that was blocked by bricks and cement, and could barely see the outside. Case.

In addition to being amazed at the blizzard outside, everyone was also amazed at the construction quality of this building. Although it has been abandoned for so many years, the sealing of the doors and windows is surprisingly good, so that even if you get the only one, you can see it. No wind could be heard outside the windows.

And the more this is the case, the more obvious it is to imply the importance of this observatory stationed by the Soviet military.In addition, Wei Ran couldn't help but think about the troubles that may be caused once Jima and Alili make this place into a scenic spot.

But it doesn't make much sense to think about these right now. How to survive the snowstorm outside the window is the most important thing.

After a short break, the four of them put the materials they had brought up on the conference table one by one. Sui Sui took the mobile phone and said, "There are 80 liters of kerosene for heating and power generation, two large boxes of various vegetables and canned meat, vodka There are also big boxes for condensed milk and Liba, and two kerosene heaters. Alili, why do you bring so many things on the plane?"

"It's all prepared by the patrol team"

Alili explained honestly, "We often encounter this kind of ghost weather in winter. Sometimes we have to find a place to land outside and wait for several days before we can find a chance to fly back. In addition to these, there are a lot of spare fuel on the plane. , enough for us to persist for half a month without any problem."

Wei Ran looked at the supplies on the table, and felt relieved, "In that case, what shall we have for dinner?"

"Let's make do with canned food first"

Alili picked up a small stainless steel pot while talking, "I'm going downstairs to get some snow, you go to other rooms to find if there is anything you can use to burn. I don't know when this snow will stop. It’s better to save some kerosene.”

"Before the snow is not too heavy, I will go to another building to have a look!"

Jima, who had been looking out the window, picked up the rifle on the table while talking, "I just saw some animals ran into that building, maybe we don't have to eat canned food at night."

"Do you want me to go with you?" Wei Ran, who had already walked out of the meeting room with Sui Sui, asked.

"No, I can handle it by myself."

Ji Ma was eager to make up for his mistakes, and without a word, he caught up with Alili who was walking downstairs with a gun in his hand. Only Wei Ran and Sui Sui were left looking at each other in the dark corridor.

(End of this chapter)