War Photographer's Notebook
Chapter 17 ZIS-3
Chapter 17 ZIS-3
"What's your attitude?" Professor Alexis was displeased. "As long as I pay, I'm willing to help them find out the origin of every collection."
"I don't want to."
Wei Ran muttered to himself, even the ribs that were delivered to his mouth became tasteless.He hasn't had time to prepare yet, and if he is sent to Stalingrad again, it's still unknown whether he can survive as lucky as last time.
Despite all the reluctance, after filling their stomachs, the teacher and the student drove to Volgasky on the east bank.
This city can be regarded as a satellite city of Volgograd. The main economy is basically related to steel or metal processing, and even the air quality is relatively worse than that of Volgograd.Fortunately, the southwestern sides of this satellite city are surrounded by the Volga River and its tributaries, and there are large expanses of farmland on the northeastern sides, so although the air is not very good in comparison, the scenery is not bad.
Under the leadership of that Federer, the two teachers and students walked around the local topography exhibition hall, and finally stopped at the newly erected monument next to the exhibition hall.
On the top of this newly built monument, the tank with five bright red handprints on the turret pointed its high-spirited barrel in the direction of the Volga River.On each side of the main body of the monument, the deeds of Lieutenant Lev and others and the medals they have won are engraved.And under the monument, there are several bunches of sunflowers with water drops.
"Fortunately someone remembers you"
Wei Ran patted the warm monument under the sun, with a trace of regret in his heart. Lieutenant Lev and his deeds had a chance to be seen again, but that half-old child named Oleg was still an unsung hero .
"Someone will always remember them, no matter how long time passes, even if the Soviet Union is gone, they will not be forgotten." Federer's tone was exceptionally affirmative, "Let's go, there is still something to trouble you .”
A group of three came to a large factory on the edge of the city by car. Federer led the teacher and student into a huge factory building at the innermost side of the factory.
This workshop, which covers an area of at least a thousand square meters, seems to be treated as a private museum, ranging from a small rifle to a large tank, and even two large aerial bombs with their fuzes and explosives removed.
And without exception, these old guys from the World War II era are all rusty and dusty.But in the center of the factory building facing the entrance, a cannon covered with a lot of dirt and rust is particularly conspicuous.
"Victor?"
"ZIS3 76mm anti-tank gun" Wei Ran answered the professor's question without hesitation. This small gun is too famous, so he naturally won't admit it.
"What you are looking for is the clues of this anti-tank gun," Federer, who stood aside, reminded.
"Tell me about this cannon." Professor Alexei turned his head unhurriedly, and moved his gaze from the cannon to Federer's face.
"Dig in the backyard" Federer continued to prevaricate the teacher and student with that old answer.
"If you want us to investigate its origin as soon as possible, you'd better tell us some valuable clues." Professor Alexei said angrily, "There are only three of us here, so don't use such clumsy excuses again." gone."
Federer spread his hands and explained in a slightly lowered voice, "Like that tank, this artillery was also bought from several earth-digging parties. According to those earth-digging parties, they were in Donets, Ukraine. I dug it up, but you also know that the diggers never have the truth, so I can only count on you.”
"Donetsk?"
Professor Alexey's mouth was full of sarcasm, "Whether they didn't tell the truth or you didn't tell the truth, first of all, how much money are you willing to pay to investigate this anti-tank gun, and secondly, what do you want to know?"
"Of course it is"
Federer gently scraped with his fingernails and fixed it with wire on the back of the artillery shield. The copper five-pointed star was only the size of a palm and covered with green rust. Then he pointed to the extremely clean shield. On the front, there are still a few mottled five-pointed star paint imprints.
Professor Alexei and Wei Ran have already seen these two special features. There are 9 five-pointed star paint marks on the front. There is no doubt that they are the achievements of this artillery on the battlefield.
But the green and rusty copper skin on the back becomes more and more interesting.This piece of copper skin was cut into the shape of a five-pointed star, and there seemed to be a few vague names engraved on the back.
He deliberately took out a magnifying glass and observed carefully on the back of the copper sheet. Seeing that there was no word "Victor", and that the cowhide notebook hadn't popped out, Wei Ran secretly heaved a sigh of relief.
It's just that apart from this, there are no valuable clues on this artillery.Correspondingly, the difficulty of finding its previous service experience has also skyrocketed.
"It's hard to find," said Professor Alexei, frowning.
"The total budget for activities and investigation costs is 60 rubles. If you find other valuable key clues, you can negotiate the price separately." Federer offered a pretty good price.
It's just that he didn't know that not long ago, Professor Alexei had just completed a large order, and now he actually looked down on this little profit.
After pondering for a moment, Professor Alexey said meaningfully, "I heard that Mr. Alexander has a gun shop under his name?"
Federer nodded in confusion, "Accurately speaking, it is a gun modification studio established for the IPSC competition, what? Professor Alexei wants to buy some self-defense weapons?"
"No, no, I'm not interested in those pistols that poke target paper."
Professor Alexis waved his hand, and made up excuses from his mouth without pause, "But if it's convenient, how about taking us to see it? As you know, the homeless shelter is not far from our studio , and my student is Asian, so I am going to give my student a small gift for self-defense."
"It is really necessary"
Federer nodded happily and agreed to Professor Alexei's request, "I can take you there now, but it's a little far away, and it's in the center of the city. Besides, this anti-tank gun."
Professor Alexei, who had already walked outside the workshop, waved his hand indifferently, "Arrange someone to deliver it to my workshop, but this time it may take longer than that tank, and you'd better ask Ask the seller in which backyard the cannon was dug up."
"I'll arrange for someone to send it there right away, and I'll let you know as soon as I ask about the exact location of the excavation." Federer took out his cell phone and dialed it before finishing his sentence.
Re-driving the dirty van to leave the factory behind Federer, Wei Ran asked suspiciously, "Professor, what is the origin of that Mr. Alexander?"
"Mr. Alexander owns the largest titanium metal precision processing factory and ball bearing factory in Volgarsky," Professor Alexei explained disdainfully, "other than that, he is just a speculator in the cloak of a collector."
"What does this mean?"
"He is said to be running for mayor of Volzhsky"
Professor Alexei, who was sitting in the co-pilot seat, lowered his voice, "Otherwise, why do you think he is willing to spend a lot of money to find the historical stories behind his collection of scrap metal?"
"Putting votes?"
"Voting? It's about the same. It's not wrong to understand it that way."
Professor Alexei nodded, "Even if he doesn't become the mayor in the end, he can gain a lot of favor. If he is lucky and really becomes the mayor, the scale of his factory may expand again."
"It's a good thing that Stalin went to bed early." Wei Ran couldn't help teasing, "otherwise he would be the first to go to Siberia to grow potatoes."
"I wish there were more people like this." Professor Alexei rubbed his hands, "This way we can make more money, can't we?"
"You're a professor," Wei Ran reminded, dumbfounded.
"Who says professors can't like money?"
At this point, Professor Alexey took out the small PPK pistol from the legendary reporter Polevoy from his arms, "If nothing else happens, Mr. Alexander should spend time in his gun modification studio at this time." , as long as he is interested in the gun in our hands, the generous Mr. Alexander's bid will definitely be much higher than that of Mr. Ilya."
Wei Ran grinned, thinking he had guessed the answer, "So that's why you want to visit his gun modification workshop so shamelessly?"
"Of course it's more than that." Professor Alexey narrowed his small eyes, "Being friends with such a person is always a bad thing, isn't it?"
(End of this chapter)
"What's your attitude?" Professor Alexis was displeased. "As long as I pay, I'm willing to help them find out the origin of every collection."
"I don't want to."
Wei Ran muttered to himself, even the ribs that were delivered to his mouth became tasteless.He hasn't had time to prepare yet, and if he is sent to Stalingrad again, it's still unknown whether he can survive as lucky as last time.
Despite all the reluctance, after filling their stomachs, the teacher and the student drove to Volgasky on the east bank.
This city can be regarded as a satellite city of Volgograd. The main economy is basically related to steel or metal processing, and even the air quality is relatively worse than that of Volgograd.Fortunately, the southwestern sides of this satellite city are surrounded by the Volga River and its tributaries, and there are large expanses of farmland on the northeastern sides, so although the air is not very good in comparison, the scenery is not bad.
Under the leadership of that Federer, the two teachers and students walked around the local topography exhibition hall, and finally stopped at the newly erected monument next to the exhibition hall.
On the top of this newly built monument, the tank with five bright red handprints on the turret pointed its high-spirited barrel in the direction of the Volga River.On each side of the main body of the monument, the deeds of Lieutenant Lev and others and the medals they have won are engraved.And under the monument, there are several bunches of sunflowers with water drops.
"Fortunately someone remembers you"
Wei Ran patted the warm monument under the sun, with a trace of regret in his heart. Lieutenant Lev and his deeds had a chance to be seen again, but that half-old child named Oleg was still an unsung hero .
"Someone will always remember them, no matter how long time passes, even if the Soviet Union is gone, they will not be forgotten." Federer's tone was exceptionally affirmative, "Let's go, there is still something to trouble you .”
A group of three came to a large factory on the edge of the city by car. Federer led the teacher and student into a huge factory building at the innermost side of the factory.
This workshop, which covers an area of at least a thousand square meters, seems to be treated as a private museum, ranging from a small rifle to a large tank, and even two large aerial bombs with their fuzes and explosives removed.
And without exception, these old guys from the World War II era are all rusty and dusty.But in the center of the factory building facing the entrance, a cannon covered with a lot of dirt and rust is particularly conspicuous.
"Victor?"
"ZIS3 76mm anti-tank gun" Wei Ran answered the professor's question without hesitation. This small gun is too famous, so he naturally won't admit it.
"What you are looking for is the clues of this anti-tank gun," Federer, who stood aside, reminded.
"Tell me about this cannon." Professor Alexei turned his head unhurriedly, and moved his gaze from the cannon to Federer's face.
"Dig in the backyard" Federer continued to prevaricate the teacher and student with that old answer.
"If you want us to investigate its origin as soon as possible, you'd better tell us some valuable clues." Professor Alexei said angrily, "There are only three of us here, so don't use such clumsy excuses again." gone."
Federer spread his hands and explained in a slightly lowered voice, "Like that tank, this artillery was also bought from several earth-digging parties. According to those earth-digging parties, they were in Donets, Ukraine. I dug it up, but you also know that the diggers never have the truth, so I can only count on you.”
"Donetsk?"
Professor Alexey's mouth was full of sarcasm, "Whether they didn't tell the truth or you didn't tell the truth, first of all, how much money are you willing to pay to investigate this anti-tank gun, and secondly, what do you want to know?"
"Of course it is"
Federer gently scraped with his fingernails and fixed it with wire on the back of the artillery shield. The copper five-pointed star was only the size of a palm and covered with green rust. Then he pointed to the extremely clean shield. On the front, there are still a few mottled five-pointed star paint imprints.
Professor Alexei and Wei Ran have already seen these two special features. There are 9 five-pointed star paint marks on the front. There is no doubt that they are the achievements of this artillery on the battlefield.
But the green and rusty copper skin on the back becomes more and more interesting.This piece of copper skin was cut into the shape of a five-pointed star, and there seemed to be a few vague names engraved on the back.
He deliberately took out a magnifying glass and observed carefully on the back of the copper sheet. Seeing that there was no word "Victor", and that the cowhide notebook hadn't popped out, Wei Ran secretly heaved a sigh of relief.
It's just that apart from this, there are no valuable clues on this artillery.Correspondingly, the difficulty of finding its previous service experience has also skyrocketed.
"It's hard to find," said Professor Alexei, frowning.
"The total budget for activities and investigation costs is 60 rubles. If you find other valuable key clues, you can negotiate the price separately." Federer offered a pretty good price.
It's just that he didn't know that not long ago, Professor Alexei had just completed a large order, and now he actually looked down on this little profit.
After pondering for a moment, Professor Alexey said meaningfully, "I heard that Mr. Alexander has a gun shop under his name?"
Federer nodded in confusion, "Accurately speaking, it is a gun modification studio established for the IPSC competition, what? Professor Alexei wants to buy some self-defense weapons?"
"No, no, I'm not interested in those pistols that poke target paper."
Professor Alexis waved his hand, and made up excuses from his mouth without pause, "But if it's convenient, how about taking us to see it? As you know, the homeless shelter is not far from our studio , and my student is Asian, so I am going to give my student a small gift for self-defense."
"It is really necessary"
Federer nodded happily and agreed to Professor Alexei's request, "I can take you there now, but it's a little far away, and it's in the center of the city. Besides, this anti-tank gun."
Professor Alexei, who had already walked outside the workshop, waved his hand indifferently, "Arrange someone to deliver it to my workshop, but this time it may take longer than that tank, and you'd better ask Ask the seller in which backyard the cannon was dug up."
"I'll arrange for someone to send it there right away, and I'll let you know as soon as I ask about the exact location of the excavation." Federer took out his cell phone and dialed it before finishing his sentence.
Re-driving the dirty van to leave the factory behind Federer, Wei Ran asked suspiciously, "Professor, what is the origin of that Mr. Alexander?"
"Mr. Alexander owns the largest titanium metal precision processing factory and ball bearing factory in Volgarsky," Professor Alexei explained disdainfully, "other than that, he is just a speculator in the cloak of a collector."
"What does this mean?"
"He is said to be running for mayor of Volzhsky"
Professor Alexei, who was sitting in the co-pilot seat, lowered his voice, "Otherwise, why do you think he is willing to spend a lot of money to find the historical stories behind his collection of scrap metal?"
"Putting votes?"
"Voting? It's about the same. It's not wrong to understand it that way."
Professor Alexei nodded, "Even if he doesn't become the mayor in the end, he can gain a lot of favor. If he is lucky and really becomes the mayor, the scale of his factory may expand again."
"It's a good thing that Stalin went to bed early." Wei Ran couldn't help teasing, "otherwise he would be the first to go to Siberia to grow potatoes."
"I wish there were more people like this." Professor Alexei rubbed his hands, "This way we can make more money, can't we?"
"You're a professor," Wei Ran reminded, dumbfounded.
"Who says professors can't like money?"
At this point, Professor Alexey took out the small PPK pistol from the legendary reporter Polevoy from his arms, "If nothing else happens, Mr. Alexander should spend time in his gun modification studio at this time." , as long as he is interested in the gun in our hands, the generous Mr. Alexander's bid will definitely be much higher than that of Mr. Ilya."
Wei Ran grinned, thinking he had guessed the answer, "So that's why you want to visit his gun modification workshop so shamelessly?"
"Of course it's more than that." Professor Alexey narrowed his small eyes, "Being friends with such a person is always a bad thing, isn't it?"
(End of this chapter)
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