War Photographer's Notebook

Chapter 187 A New Test ([-]-in-[-] Update)

In the early morning of March 3, Wei Ran and Ji Ma were woken up by two smoke bombs and immediately put on the gas masks placed beside their pillows, hurriedly put on their clothes and ran to the lobby on the first floor.

Without being greeted by Teacher Dalia, the two hugged the silicone dummy lying on the edge of the swimming pool, and jumped into the cold water without hesitation.

After a few rounds of chasing after rubber bullets, they had just climbed into the swimming pool when they each got a test paper involving various questions.

It wasn't until all this work was over that Teacher Dalia took out two dry and hard big Liba and two walkie-talkies from his pocket and threw them to them, "Your teammate, Mr. Gorbachev, ran into the birch forest an hour ago. Yes, get it back before lunch."

Wei Ran and Jima looked at each other, hurriedly put on their clothes and shoes, and ran out with the big Lieba that can be used as a brick and the walkie-talkie that can also be used as a brick.

However, less than 10 minutes after the start of this new game, Wei Ran and Ji Ma were hit by each other. Either they were hung from the tree by the tripwire, or they were stirred up by the dye bombs laid in advance, and the clean camouflage uniforms on their bodies were wiped out. Stained in various colors.

On the second floor of the consultation center behind them, Karp was teasing the silly dog ​​with a piece of smoked venison that was dripping on the floor.

It wasn't until near noon that the two of them, who had found nothing, were summoned by the walkie-talkie, and ran back to the Hongqi Forest Farm from the birch forest with a disheveled face and a limp.

"How do you feel?" Dalia asked with a smile. At the same time as she was speaking, the silly dog ​​ran over happily from the building of the consultation center.

"So the damned Mr. Gorbachev didn't go anywhere?" Jima asked with an ugly face as he pulled away the silly dog ​​who was licking his finger.

Teacher Dalia did not answer this redundant question, but simply turned around and walked towards the counseling center, "Come over and have dinner, starting in the afternoon, we will formally study the theory of explosives."

After having lunch with Teacher Dalia, the two of them didn't even have time to change clothes, so they were driven into a laboratory on the third floor, and they also got a set of brand new textbooks from the former.

"The explosives theory course consists of two main parts."

Teacher Dalia said straightforwardly, "The first is the explosion damage, and the second is the deployment of explosives. The former focuses on directional and timed blasting techniques, and the latter will be carried out simultaneously with the psychology course and the investigation and counter-investigation courses.

But before that, we must first have a clear understanding that from fireworks to atomic bombs, all explosions are inseparable from the most basic chemical and physical theories, so now turn the book to page 17, our first Lesson, start with how to deploy explosives, and how to calculate the damage of explosives. "

Under the explanation of Teacher Dalia, Wei Ran and Jima quickly got into it. When the sun went down in the afternoon, they made an explosive that was the size of an egg with the most common white sugar.

In the next few days, Wei Ran and Jima devoted most of their time to the explosives theory course, and the rest of the time was crowded with physical fitness, fighting, firearms, and other miscellaneous courses, so that they Basically, I snore every day when I touch the pillow, and I will start working immediately when I wake up.

With such a busy and fulfilling life, Wei Ran, who was so tired every day, completely forgot to charge his mobile phone, so naturally he couldn't receive calls from Professor Alexey and his aunt Zhou Shujin.

At the door of the travel agency next to the time studio, Zhou Shujin glanced at the young man who came to visit again and the accompanying interpreter, and before the other party could speak, she took the initiative to say, "I called Victor yesterday and just now, but he may Because I am preparing for the postgraduate exam, my mobile phone has been turned off."

"When will Mr. Victor come back?"

Ralph didn't wait for the invited translator to finish, and asked again, "Or can you tell me where he is now? I'll go find him."

After listening to the female translator's report, Zhou Shujin shook her head without hesitation, "I don't know where he is, but if there are no accidents, he may be back by the end of the month at the earliest."

Ralph walked back and forth a little anxiously, then bid farewell to Zhou Shujin politely, and walked back to the hotel not far away with the interpreter.

And in the travel agency that neither of them noticed, Mr. Nicholas, who was having lunch, couldn't help showing an imperceptible smile when Zhou Shujin said that Wei Ran was preparing for the postgraduate entrance examination.

A week passed by, and Wei Ran and Jima, who were tortured by various chemical reactions in Hongqi Forest Farm every day, finally got a piece of good news from Teacher Dalia.

"Let's go get ready, we're going to Inta this afternoon."

"Do you need to bring anything extra?" Jima asked excitedly.

Teacher Dalia tapped her temple, "with brains".

Ji Ma was embarrassed when he heard the words, but Wei Ran beside him couldn't help laughing.The reason is that it started two days ago, when Jima used some common items found in the bathroom and kitchen to make a can of explosives to try the effect, but the explosion did not go as expected The explosion accidentally ignited his own van and teacher Dalia's car, and almost set fire to the birch forest in the forest farm.

As for the result, it was natural that this idiot was punished to be shirtless, holding the silicone dummy who accompanied him in the swimming pool every day, and ran around the Hongqi Forest Farm for most of the night before it was over.

That afternoon, Teacher Dalia took Wei Ran and Jima on the flight to Inta. After landing, Aliri and his plane had been waiting at the airport for a long time.

"Where's Misha?" Jima asked impatiently as soon as we met, "I remember that a group of tourists should have been sent over in the past two days. How are they doing?"

“A bunch of rich people”

Alili, who was wearing new clothes, said excitedly, "Those people are all in the hot spring camp now, and they are having fun."

"That's good." Hearing this, Ji Ma immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

"Okay, don't waste time. Let's go quickly!" Teacher Dalia finished speaking, and was the first to get into the plane, and then sat in the pilot's seat without hesitation.

On the other hand, Alili, the original pilot, and Jima, who had experienced it once, put on their seat belts without any hesitation after boarding the plane, and by the way, tightened their hands on the armrests on the bulkhead, even their faces There was an undisguised look of nervousness.

Wei Ran, who was walking at the end, realized that something was wrong, quickly closed the hatch and ran to his seat, and fastened his seat belts like those two.

"Sit tight, we're about to take off."

Teacher Dalia reminded her a little excitedly, and then skillfully started the plane, and under the command of the tower, it glides roughly along the runway into the sky.

In the cockpit, Wei Ran's face changed again and again. He never thought that an An-2 plane, known for its slowness and stability, could not only bring him the legendary feeling of pushing back, but also let him There is an illusion of sitting on a rocket!
After climbing high into the sky at a very high angle of elevation, teacher Dalia steered the plane to turn around. When Inta, who was still surrounded by ice and snow, was left behind, he immediately released himself and flew to the destination while manipulating the old plane. While making all kinds of fancy rolling movements!Several times among them, Wei Ran even experienced the feeling of weightlessness!

Teacher Dalia turned a deaf ear to the cries and howls of the three people, especially when flying over the Ural Mountains, she lowered the altitude again and again, and controlled the plane to make several big circles among the turbulent peaks. When they reached the sky over the abandoned military base, they landed the plane on the thick snow in a smooth manner.

"vomit--!"

Wei Ran just opened the cabin door, and before he could wait any longer, he vomited out the plane meal that he had eaten on the flight when he arrived, and the quarter horse behind him was also not much better, and only had time to stick his head out before spitting out water Arrows of vomit.

Alili, who was still sitting in the cabin, was a little better, but judging by his frightened face covered in cold sweat, it was obvious that even if he was strong, he was not that strong at all.

"Get down quickly, don't get in the way!"

Teacher Dalia pushed Wei Ran and Jima away, walked out of the hatch with her suitcase, and said bitterly, "Look at you two in such a mess, it really embarrasses me."

"Dalia, I vomit!" Jima spit out a big mouthful of dirt again before finishing his sentence.

Teacher Dalia took a step back, then looked up at the old An-2, and in just a few breaths, made a decision that made Wei Ran and Jima regret today's embarrassing performance in the future .

Waiting patiently until the two people had nothing to vomit, Teacher Dalia led them into the well-equipped concrete building.

A few months have not come, and now there are several more fuel generators on the first floor of this building, and even the spare fuel, the hardworking Alili and his patrol team members have already brought over a dozen or so barrels. Not to mention the various supplies and boxes of various spirits shipped along with it.

It's just that, no matter Wei Ran or Ji Ma, they are doomed to have no good fortune to enjoy these food and drink.

Because shortly after they went upstairs, Teacher Dalia gave each of them an AK rifle with gun oil still remaining and two magazines, and then found some stockpiles in this abandoned military base. Explosives and the daily necessities brought in advance by Alili were all piled up on the long table in the conference room.

Under the watchful eyes of Wei Ran and Jima, teacher Dalia took out a satellite map and a topographic map and spread them on the table, and drew a cross on the same position with a pen and said, "I just want to By the way, about 50 kilometers from our current location, there is an abandoned correctional camp from the Soviet era.

An hour later, I will fly a plane and randomly place you somewhere near this correctional camp. Your task is very simple, find that correctional camp, and use the blasting theory and blasting knowledge you have learned in the previous week to blow up that camp. A four-story building in a correctional camp.

In addition, on the roof of that building, I had already planted an American flag on it in advance.You need to come back with that American flag and the aftermath of the blast.At four o'clock in the afternoon on the 30th of this month, I will fly the plane to take off from here on time. If you are late, you can spend half a month in this military base by yourself and wait for the next class! "

After finishing speaking, teacher Dalia took out a Kyiv 30 camera that was only the size of a cigarette pack from his pocket and pushed it down in front of the two of them, "Due to the low temperature in the area, we will not prepare digital cameras for you. Hand over your communication tools!"

Hearing this, Wei Ran and Jima simply took out their mobile phones and handed them to Dalia. Anyway, there is no signal in this ghost place, so it is useless even with mobile phones.

Dalia took the phone and glanced at the time on it, and said, "It's 3:23 on March 21rd, boarding on time at 48:22, I wish you good luck."

Wei Ran and Ji Ma heard the words and quickly rolled up their sleeves to check the time on the watch.

What the former is wearing now is still the Timex tide watch that Dalia prepared for himself for the interview, while what Jima is wearing is the one he dug out at this military base a few months ago. A Wrigley watch produced in the Soviet era.

After the two checked the time, they all concentrated their attention on the two maps laid out on the table, and with the help of their respective watches, began to calculate the azimuth between the destination and the current military base, etc. Useful information.

Based on what the two of them knew about Teacher Dalia, the two maps would definitely be confiscated in an hour, so the most important thing now is undoubtedly to quickly write down the contents on the map.

After only 20 minutes, the two stopped at the same time, and then exchanged the maps in their hands.After another 20 minutes, Wei Ran was the first to push the map away, closed his eyes and recalled it, and then said, "Let's count the supplies!"

"Two rifles, four magazines"

While talking, Jima walked to the window, picked up the rifle and aimed at an abandoned truck outside, pulled the trigger and fired a test shot, and then replaced the magazine with another shot.Wei Ran, on the other hand, retreated the bullets from the magazines that had been tested one by one, and randomly selected a few of them and pressed them into one of the magazines and handed them to Jima.

Changed the gun again and fired a few rounds. Ji Ma took off the magazine and said while disassembling the gun in his hand, "The bullet is fine, and the gun is fine."

Wei Ran nodded, and then said, "The rest of the supplies include two kilograms of sugar, five kilograms of flour, ten kilograms of fertilizer, a backpack of various cleaning agents, a tent, a grenade, a parachute, an axe, and an engineer shovel." Bundle."

"No more?" Jima, who was busy pressing bullets into the magazine, raised his head and asked.

"Enough is enough"

Wei Ran compared the ingredients list, and threw some unused detergents on the table, "Together this is almost forty kilograms, don't forget that we only have one week, not only to find the correctional camp, but also to Come back at least 50 kilometers."

"At least one ski is fine." Ji Ma shook his head secretly, "Now I just hope that the building is not too strong."

Wei Ran also sighed, and said while putting things into the backpack, "Compared with these, let's think about how not to freeze to death or starve to death this week."

"As long as there is a gun, it's not a problem." Jima muttered in a low voice, and then saw Teacher Dalia walking in from outside the conference room.

"It's time, get ready to go." Teacher Dalia threw a small jar of edible salt to Wei Ran while speaking, "I wish you all a good time."

Wei Ran and Jima heard the words, honestly took the things provided by the other party, and followed Dalia into the plane.

When Ariri, who was accompanying him, closed the cabin door, Teacher Dalia fixed two locators on their wrists, and then gave each of them a flare.Before the two could stuff the flare into their bags, the other pointed to the two black eye masks on the side of the seat and said, "Put it on, and don't take it off until the plane lands again."

After hesitating for a moment, Wei Ran and Jima each picked up the eye masks and put them on their faces.Not long after, the old An-2 plane took off roughly under Dalia's driving, and then began aimless flight and various fancy rollovers.

It wasn't until Jima and Wei Ran were tossed out one after another again that Teacher Dalia lowered the altitude, and found a frozen lake at random and chose to land.

Before the plane came to a complete stop, Alili had already opened the hatch under the direction of Teacher Dalia, threw out all the supplies of the two, and then pushed out Wei Ran and Jima who had not taken off their blindfolds one after another. the hatch.

Just as Wei Ran and Jima took off their blindfolds in the dark night, the plane that had not turned off at all started taxiing again, and then rushed into the night sky filled with aurora.

After a long time, when the two could no longer hear the sound of the propeller, Wei Ran and Jima stood up one after another, stepping on the knee-deep snow, and picked up the backpacks full of supplies one by one with difficulty. back.

"Where to go first?"

Wei Ran asked the question while looking at the surrounding environment. The area of ​​this frozen lake is not that big, and it is surrounded by coniferous forests covered with snow. to the silhouette of the mountains.

"Find a place to spend the night first"

Ji Ma grabbed a ball of snow and wiped off the stains on his chest, "After dawn, let's find a place with a good view to find out the direction, and then go to the correctional camp that was not bombed."

"Let's go." While Wei Ran was speaking, he also slapped the snow off the AK rifle, and then loaded a bullet into the chamber.

The two dragged their heavy backpacks and walked towards the lake with great difficulty stepping on the thick snow. When they finally left the lake and entered the forest, Ji Ma didn't care about resting at all, so he immediately swung his ax and started chopping branches.Wei Ran chose a pine tree that was thick enough, and dug a snow pit under the trunk.

"You know how to choose a position," Jima said in surprise.

"I know more." Wei Ran responded perfunctorily, but couldn't help but think of the experience in the battle in Finland.

(End of this chapter)