War Photographer's Notebook

Chapter 162 Overdue 500,000
"Whoa!"

Amid the crisp sound of glass shattering, Sui Suo smashed the glass of the fire box on the inner wall with a flashlight.Then he pointed to an office next to the meeting room with a flashlight, "Just find a few pieces of furniture and chop them up as fuel? I'll provide you with lighting."

"You're lazy." Wei Ran angrily took out the fire axe, and pushed open the wooden door of the office under the guidance of Sui Sui's triumphant laughter and the light.

This room is only about 10 square meters in total. In addition to a sofa placed against the wall, a wooden desk and two wooden chairs, there is also an empty bookshelf against the wall behind the desk. .

This bookshelf occupies almost the entire wall, and there is a row of empty cabinets at the bottom.Don't even think about it, it's definitely easier to split than a table or a sofa.

Signaling Sui Sui to stand a little further away, Wei Ran swung his ax round and smashed it hard on the bookshelf.Amidst the crackling sound, the dusty bookshelf was easily split open by a slightly rusty axe, and turned into fragments all over the floor in two or three strokes.

The two put on their gloves respectively, and after picking up the split wooden boards together, Wei Ran continued to swing the axe. After doing this several times, only the cabinet at the innermost side against the wall remained intact on the entire bookshelf. .

Pulling the pieces of wood all over the floor to the side with a shoe, Wei Ran pulled out the innermost cabinet and was about to start again, but before he picked up the ax, he was stopped by Sui Sui on the side.

"What's wrong?" Wei Ran, who was almost stretched, turned his head and asked.

"There's something behind that cabinet." While Sui Sui was speaking, she picked up the strong flashlight on the desk and pointed it at the cabinet that might fall apart at any moment.

Hearing this, Wei Ran put down his ax and stretched his neck to have a look. Sure enough, on the back of the cabinet, there was a square and square canvas bag stuck with Velcro.

Looking at Sui Sui, Wei Ran did not tear off the bag in a hurry, but carefully turned the whole cabinet over so that the canvas bag was facing the ceiling above his head, and then carefully opened it Velcro closure for canvas bag.

"What are these?" Sui Sui asked curiously as she leaned over with a flashlight.

"for spies"

While Wei Ran answered, he frowned and looked at the things fixed with elastic webbing on the unfolded canvas bag. There were many gadgets inside. Whether he or Ji Ma, they all met in Karp's office in Hongqi Forest Farm More than once.

This included a long spy camera in a matte black metal case, and a large amount of microfilm to go with it.

In addition, there is a canvas bag that is only the size of a wallet, and Wei Ran knows that it contains a set of small drilling tools without opening it.And its function is a special tool specially used to punch holes in the wall to install wiretapping equipment.

Since this set of drilling tools exists, wiretapping equipment is naturally indispensable.After searching in the 30 cm square flat canvas bag, Wei Ran took out a black plastic cylinder the size of a toothpick holder and a long needle more than 20 cm long with a focusing eyepiece at one end.

At one end of the black plastic cylinder, there is a small earpiece that can be unscrewed, and the position originally covered by the earpiece is a few switches or knobs without any markings.

The other end of the plastic cylinder is a small pickup that can be stored in the cylinder like a telescopic antenna.Carefully pull out the telescopic pickup to the maximum, it is a full 20 cm long.

"This is for eavesdropping"

Wei Ran put the plastic cylinder and the small drilling tool set aside and explained, "First use the drilling tool in this bag to drill a hole on the wall, then insert this pickup into the hole, and Can easily hear conversations in the next room."

Speaking of this, Wei Ran picked up the long needle with a focusing eyepiece at one end and the thickness of a chopstick and said, "This is a peephole needle. By adjusting the focus eyepiece, and with the set of drilling tools, you can see the situation in the next room, and when necessary, you can even take a picture of what you see through the eyepiece.”

"This is not the Soviet Union's shit!" Sui Sui said only halfway through, and then popped out an authentic and elegant national curse. Obviously, even she realized something!
"But how is this possible?!" Sui Sui asked in surprise, "It's here."

"But it's far enough from Moscow, isn't it?"

Wei Ran didn't wait for the other party to finish before he took over, "The contents of the films we saw before, and more things that have not been left here. In the era of the US-Soviet space race, it can almost be regarded as the highest level of the Soviet Union. Confidentiality. And most importantly, the defense against spies here is far inferior to that of Moscow, the center of the disease at that time."

"You mean, these belong to American spies?" Sui Sui asked incredulously, "But how did he get in here?"

"Brezhnev was in power, and corruption was the worst in the Soviet Union. It may be difficult to sneak into the Konubel Space Center at that time, but it is not difficult to sneak into such a remote place. As for whether The spies sent by the United States don’t know about it.”

Wei Ran sighed at this point, "Whether it's threats, seduction, or dollar bribes, the difference is only a matter of the size of the temptation, otherwise how do you think these things were sent in?"

Still in disbelief, Sui Sui chased after him and asked, "But even if it can be sent in, even if the information can be obtained here, how can it be passed on?"

Wei Ran spread his hands when he heard the words, "Then only the spies who were lurking here at the time knew about it, but based on the fact that these things have not been discovered until now, we can guess that the spy who didn't know who sent him must have successfully disguised himself. "

Speaking of this, Wei Ran stood up, walked to the door with a flashlight, looked at the sign on the door frame of the office and said, "This is the third floor, look at the sign on the door, the person who worked here at that time should be in charge of logistics Yes. So if this office has not been changed owners, the person who sat behind that desk back then may have been the spy who left these things here."

Sui Suo put his hands on his knees, looked at the things in the canvas bag and said with regret, "This is a walking 500,000! It's a pity that we found it a little late."

"Walking 500,000?" Wei Ran laughed dumbly, "We in China don't have time to help the Soviet Union catch spies, which has long been cold."

"Are you serious when I say that?"

Sui Sui rolled her eyes, pointed to the canvas bag still glued to the back of the cabinet and asked, "What are the rest of these used for?"

"They're all obsolete espionage tools"

Wei Ran casually picked up a black box the size of a cigarette case and introduced, "For example, this one should be an audio amplifier. The principle is similar to the hearing aids used by the elderly, and it is specially used to eavesdrop on people talking in the distance."

"How about this small camera for me?" Sui Sui asked, picking up the small long camera that Wei Ran first pulled out.

"Take it if you like it." Wei Ran said indifferently, "But its film is not easy to buy."

Sui Sui weighed the camera in his hand and said, "I just used it for collection, who would take pictures with this kind of thing?"

Wei Ran carefully tore off the canvas bag, and reminded with a smile, "The camera is from Merlot, so it shouldn't be cheap, so if you are short of money someday, you can sell it."

"I'll sell it to you when I've had enough fun." Sui Suile put the small camera into his pocket, "What do you plan to do with the rest of these things?"

"Keep it for now, and ask someone later." Wei Ran put the torn canvas bag on the table while speaking, "Okay, don't waste time, move these logs over quickly."

"okay!"

Sui Sui, who had a small harvest, quickly put on her gloves again, picked up a bundle of firewood, and ran to the hall facing the stairs.

Wei Ran, who stayed behind, did not leave in a hurry, nor did he take apart the cabinet that was about to fall apart. Instead, he took a flashlight and searched on the wall that was originally blocked by the bookshelves. Finally, he found a Inconspicuous depression.

I carefully dug along the depression with the tip of the axe, and found a small hole that was only as thick as chopsticks.Taking out his mobile phone to take a photo of the knee-high hole, Wei Ran put the canvas bag on the table into his arms, and left the office with the remaining wood.

By the time he reached the central hall on the third floor, Alili had already lit a bonfire in a rusty tin bucket and put a small stainless steel pot filled with snow on it.

"Jima hasn't come back yet?" Wei Ran asked while the other party lit a kerosene lamp.

"Don't worry about him," Aliri replied with a smile. "I just heard him shoot from below. I guess he has shot his prey. He should be back soon."

Sure enough, just after Alili put the lit kerosene lamp on a table brought by Sui Sui, there was also the howling of cold wind downstairs and the huge movement after the iron door closed.

"Alili, come down and do me a favor!" Jima on the first floor shouted loudly.

"Look, I said don't worry." After Alili finished speaking, he walked down the stairs unhurriedly.

Not long after, the two each carried a prey and climbed up to the third floor.The pair carried a half-sized reindeer that had been gutted.But Ji Ma, who had almost turned into a snowman, was actually carrying a bulging wolf skin.

With a bang, the two threw their prey on the dusty floor. Ji Ma proudly shook the wolf fur in his hand and said, "It's not bad luck. I met a lone wolf who just caught a prey. I'm so kind. Bring them back together to keep warm."

"Our side also has some gains." Wei Ran took out the canvas bag in his arms and showed it to the two of them until this time, and also expressed his judgment and guess by the way.

Jima and Alili exclaimed in unison, "There used to be spies here?"

"Maybe I can find someone to ask." While Wei Ran was speaking, he winked at Jima calmly.

The latter unobtrusively glanced at Sui Sui who was distributing snacks, and swiftly put away the canvas bag, "Let's talk about this after we get back. I'll deal with that reindeer first."

Alili glanced at Wei Ran and Jima because he didn't understand, and then stood up, "Let me help too. With this deer, we will have meat for the next three or four days."

　Thank you June Yu Ruyi for rewarding 200 points

　　Thanks to warwolfkkk, Fei Wushou, and Lin Tai for rewarding 100 points respectively

　　
　
(End of this chapter)