War Photographer's Notebook

Chapter 1626 Act

In the Shaying River, which has an astonishing amount of sand, Wei Ran, who was thrown over by his bitten horse and fell into the river, vaguely heard a series of explosions coming from the direction of the distant ferry bridge. After that, he felt that his strength was getting weaker and weaker, and he sank into the water from time to time, choking on mouthfuls of water full of yellow sand.

Almost subconsciously, he took out the oil barrel from the metal notebook. It was not until this time that he realized that the oil barrel was probably used as a lifebuoy for him.

But unlike the time in the Pacific, this time, he was shot in the abdomen and shoulder. Due to blood loss, his body was getting colder and colder, and he really didn't have the strength to hold the oil barrel tightly.

At this moment, he only hoped that the oil barrel could be emptied again so that Zhao Jinyu, who also fell into the water, and the seriously injured cavalry soldier could catch it.

  It seems that there is a small boat that can be used.

Wei Ran, who was about to lose consciousness, bit his tongue hard to wake himself up. He didn't care whether the bullets fired from the upstream river bank would hit him or not. He used his last bit of strength to stretch his left hand out of the water and took out the rowboat.

However, before he could grab the side of the boat, his eyes went dark and he sank into the icy Shaying River.

  This is a fight to the death, right? I was thinking of doing another trick.

Wei Ran muttered to himself as he completely lost consciousness from the feeling of weightlessness as he slowly sunk and was enveloped by the cold river water.

At some point, he seemed to have entered a hazy dream.

In the dream, a middle-aged couple whose faces could not be seen clearly sat on the armchair in the center of the hall which was decorated in a particularly festive manner, and they watched the newlyweds worshipping heaven and earth with smiles on their faces.

In the dream, after the newlyweds gave up their seats, another newlyweds came to worship heaven and earth, and the couple sitting on the armchair seemed to have replaced each other.

Still in this dream, under the cover of night, two newlyweds secretly left a large house made of blue bricks and gray tiles together. After they both kowtowed towards the house, they walked towards the endless darkness in the distance.

The night sky above was dotted with stars, but Wei Ran immediately noticed the morning star hanging above the roof of the mansion.

  Who is that?

Wei Ran was pondering subconsciously, but his mind was in a mess, and even the faces of the two couples were blurry and he couldn't see them clearly.

At a certain moment, the darkness in the dream was broken, and he slowly opened his eyes, letting the light dispel the darkness.

It was only then that he noticed that he seemed to be lying on a brick bed. At this moment, Zhao Jinyu was trying to put some medicine into his mouth.

"Eat it, and you'll feel better after you eat it." Zhao Jinyu said in a hoarse voice.

Hearing this, Wei Ran pursed his lips and swallowed the bitter medicine stuck between his lips.

As his consciousness faded again, he vaguely heard Zhao Jinyu say, "Lao Bai, I'll leave him to you. Take these life-saving drugs and the money. If it's not enough."

"Hey! What are you talking about!"

Lao Bai said quickly, "Enough! Enough! Don't worry, I will definitely send him back! But you, what about you? You won't follow me back?"

"How do I get back?"

Zhao Jinyu said bitterly, "How should I explain this to my sister?"

"Ugh"

"Old White, just tell my sister that I'm still alive, and tell her that I'm sorry for not being able to protect my brother-in-law."

"I'll pass on the message," Lao Bai agreed helplessly, "but what about you? You're injured too."

"My injury is not serious"

Zhao Jinyu said hoarsely, "I'm going to look for my elder and second brothers. Lao Bai, if elder brother Wei survives, remember to tell him that I want to borrow his horse to ride, and also tell elder brother Li that I want to borrow his box gun. After we drive away the Japanese, I will personally return these two things."

"well."

Lao Bai sighed, "My child, you...you must survive."

"Will do."

When Zhao Jinyu said this, a thick white light gradually rose in Wei Ran's field of vision. He could no longer hear what Zhao Jinyu said next.

  At least I survived.

Wei Ran breathed a sigh of relief and let the white light send him back to Edelweiss’s dream again.

  When he saw everything familiar in the pasture, the pain in his body disappeared, and the metal book in front of him was filled with lines of words by the feather pen again:

Act Three

Role: Anti-Japanese fighter Wei Ran

Return mission: Rush to Langcaozigou, assist Hu Bazhi and Tian Xiaohu to kill at least 10 invaders, and escort Zhao Jinyu across the river.

Skill mission: Kill 5 armed enemies with bare hands.

Cross the river? Which river?

Before he could figure out the problem, the strong white light came again, and he saw something that could be used this time.

There are still lunch boxes and Robert's camera bags this time, as well as the British Army P44 kettle and Long March shoulder pole, as well as the bearskin mittens that appeared in the first act and the Leningrad silver lighter, cigarette case, and pocket warmer set, and even skis and ski poles.

  Although he didn't have the anti-Japanese sword this time, what made him shudder was that this time, the living ancestor was not only extremely generous and gave him a World War II airdrop box with a cast iron stove installed, but also gave him a sled loaded with tents and other things!

This is not the end. At the end, he saw the Schneider 25X105x super-large telescope in the white light!

How dangerous is this time?

Wei Ran couldn't help but swallow his saliva. He had already figured out his father's tricks.

Before the white light completely disappeared, he felt a biting cold wind like a knife cutting towards him.

He blinked his eyes habitually, and when his vision returned, he immediately noticed that he was standing by a frozen river - and seemed to be peeing.

What’s funny is that although his right hand was holding the faucet, his left hand was holding a stick.

Is it implying that it is colder now?

Wei Ran threw away the stick in his hand in a bad mood, shook the bird and tied the belt. At this time, he was still wearing the outfit that Hu Bazhi gave him, seven-nailed boots on his feet again, and a furry dog-skin hat on his head.

  The only difference is that this time I have a weapon with me!

Inside the thick and warm dog-skin coat, there was a nine-dragon belt around his waist filled with bullets, and there was also a box gun on it. He could even recognize that it was the one that Zhao Jinyu had given him when he was in the cavalry company.

Looking around, Wei Ran couldn't help but grin. The environment here was extremely unfamiliar. There was no village in front and no shop behind. As far as the eye could see, there was endless mixed coniferous forest covered with thick snow.

The only thing to be thankful for was that there seemed to be a winding mountain road across the frozen river.

  Where the hell is this? When the hell is this? Where is Langcaozigou? Where are Hu Bazhi and the others?

Suppressing the doubts that subconsciously popped up in his mind, Wei Ran looked around, hid behind a pine tree as thick as a waist, and roughly checked the props that could be used this time.

The first surprise appeared in the food box.

On the first layer of the food box, five steaming pancakes were wrapped in several sheets of yellow straw paper, and in the remaining space was a piece of pickled cabbage as big as two fists and five unpeeled salted duck eggs.

  What is this? A working meal?

Wei Ran opened the second layer of the food box while muttering to himself. What was placed on this layer was the tin box that Zhao Jinyu's sister had asked Han Huyuan to give to him, as well as a gold bar the size of a finger and a packet and a half of silver dollars.

Wei Ran closed the lid and put away the food box before the low temperature took away a layer of the food's temperature, and continued to check the props that could be used this time.

Surprises did not only appear in the food boxes. The British army's kettles were filled with spicy strong liquor, and the airdrop boxes containing cast iron stoves and even the supplies on the sleds containing tents, animal skins and other items were not skimped on at all. Even the pocket warmers were warm when they were taken out.

Has this ancestor changed his gender?

While Wei Ran muttered to himself, he stuffed the pocket warmer into his arms and looked at the surrounding terrain again.

Although he didn't know where his father had thrown him, he didn't panic. Instead, he chanted to the beat in his mind and did half a set of radio gymnastics. Then he slowly put on his skis and thick bearskin mittens.

Finally, he took a deep breath, then pushed hard on his ski poles, waded into the frozen river with his feet spread out, and rushed up to the snow-covered mountain road on the other side.

Wei Ran did not stop. Instead, after crossing the mountain road, he climbed straight to the top of the mountain across the road.

Even with the help of skis to prevent his legs from sinking into the thick snow, it took him more than an hour to reach the top of the mountain.

After some careful observation and catching his breath, Wei Ran immediately put away his skis and poles, turned around and climbed up a pine tree with its branches.

It was not until he was almost at the top of the tree that he sat on a branch as thick as his thigh, hugged the trunk and looked around.

Soon, he noticed that there seemed to be a bonfire lit at the point where the mountain road and the frozen river diverged, extending far into the distance.

  what is that?

While Wei Ran muttered to himself, he held the trunk tightly and took out the oversized telescope.

The telescope was big and heavy enough, but after placing it on a tree branch, Wei Ran was able to use its excellent optical properties to see the campfire in the distance, and he could even see a mule sled parked not far from the fire.

At this time, the mule pulling the cart was eating grass. Beside the campfire, there were five puppet soldiers sitting on sacks and warming themselves by the fire.

After changing his position and observing the surroundings, he was almost certain that he had not been to this place in the first act, and even with the help of a telescope, he did not see any traces of man-made buildings.

He pointed the oversized telescope on the tree branch at the direction of the puppet soldiers and looked at them from far to near. Wei Ran also showed a smile on his face.

He noticed when he came up just now that there were no tire tracks on the mountain road at the foot of the mountain.

In other words, the mule cart in the distance is likely to come towards him soon.

After carefully recalling his return mission and that inexplicable skill mission, Wei Ran put away the heavy oversized telescope and climbed down from the tree.

There were only five puppet soldiers around, and he did not make any extra preparations. He just stuck to the edge of the mountain road and moved closer to the target direction within a hundred meters. Then he carefully cleaned the sled marks on the snow and felt his way behind a big pine tree on the side of the road, where he put away his skis and poles and hid.

He checked again the box gun on his waist and the box gun tied to the Long March shoulder pole in the metal book. After making sure they were all full of bullets, he wrapped his dog-skin coat tightly, held his breath and began to wait patiently.

Ten minutes, half an hour, an hour, an hour and a half.

At least two hours later, Wei Ran, who was hiding in a tree hole, finally saw the puppet army that had arrived late.

If you don't come again, I'll come to your house.

Wei Ran muttered secretly, pulled out the box gun that he had been holding in his arms and kept warm with the arm warmer, slowly pressed down the large and small machine heads, and at the same time covered his mouth with bearskin gloves to avoid exposing his position due to the moisture from his breathing.

After waiting patiently for about ten minutes, the mule cart finally came slowly over, pulled by the mule.

As they got closer, Wei Ran could clearly see that, except for the puppet soldier who was driving the sled, the other four were sitting on sacks on the sled, close to each other, with their hands tucked into their sleeves, holding their weapons, sitting around a brazier in the middle with burning charcoal, with their hats fastened and dozing off.

Because the other party happened to be upwind, Wei Ran could even smell the faint smell of alcohol and the aroma of roasted sweet potatoes coming from the brazier.

Watching the sled getting closer and closer, Wei Ran put away his bearskin mittens and jumped out when the distance between the two was only about ten meters.

The puppet soldier driving the carriage was quite alert and noticed Wei Ran before he even stood firm.

However, with Wei Ran holding a box gun in one hand and gesturing for silence with the other, the puppet soldier did not dare to shout loudly. Instead, he gently pulled the reins to stop the mule pulling the sled.

Silently waving the box gun in his hand, the puppet soldier jumped down with a nod and bow. Without waiting for Wei Ran to speak, he took off the golden hook rifle on his back and put it on the ground.

"Wake them up!" Wei Ran said loudly.

"Don't sleep anymore, wake up!" The puppet soldier driving the cart immediately turned around and shouted at his companions to get up quickly. At the same time, Wei Ran also took out a box gun from the metal book.

"We're here now?"

The remaining four drunken puppet soldiers opened their eyes dazedly, and then they saw a man dressed in a more handsome outfit than a beard, holding two box guns and showing them a bright smile and white teeth.

After a brief moment of stunned silence, the four puppet soldiers on the cart subconsciously raised their guns, but then the four brothers reacted very quickly and threw the guns away - as if throwing away a hot baked sweet potato.