War Photographer's Notebook

Chapter 207
On the morning of April 4th, Wei Ran returned to Inta with a full harvest.

Jima, who had been waiting at the airport for a long time, was immediately relieved when he arrived as scheduled, and yelled at him to get on the plane quickly.

In less than 10 minutes, before dawn, he began to wait for his An-2 plane to take off with a light taxi, and flew straight to the abandoned military base at the eastern foot of the Ural Mountains.

After the plane landed, Wei Ran was surprised to find that not only Teacher Dalia and Mr. Karp had arrived here, but also an An-2 plane painted by Hongqi Forest Farm on the open space.

Wei Ran rubbed his eyes, he was indeed right, the pattern sprayed on that plane was the bird's-eye view of Hongqi Forest Farm!

"Jima, what's going on?" Wei Ran asked dully.

"How do I know?!" Jima also widened his eyes, "When Alili and I delivered supplies here three days ago, there was no such plane.

“Ms Dalia bought it”

Aliri didn't give the answer until this time, "Since you left here half a month ago, Teacher Dalia asked me to help me buy this plane from the mine and paint it according to her requirements. But Because the tip she gave was too much, so I can only keep it a secret from you."

"Jima, do you think we will learn to fly a plane or learn to skydive?" Wei Ran asked a little nervously. It would be fine if it was a plane, but it would be too exciting if it was a skydive.

“Better not skydive”

Ji Ma replied with a pale face, "Although I didn't jump, I also know that jumping from such a high place in this kind of ghost place is definitely not a pleasant experience."

The two were about to say something more, when Karp came over with a smile on his face, "Since you are here, the course will start now, follow me to get things now."

Wei Ran and Jima looked at each other, shut their mouths obediently, and followed Karp and Teacher Dalia, who had turned around, into the building where all the windows were exposed.

In just half a month, the building has been cleaned exceptionally clean. The huge space on the first floor, which was originally used to park armored vehicles, is covered with thick pine needles. Several fat and strong reindeer are standing obediently. It licks the salt bricks hanging overhead.

Following the two teachers to an empty conference room with only two chairs on the second floor, Teacher Dalia who came in first lit a cigarette and asked with a smile, "Give you two a chance to choose." , learn to fly a fixed-wing aircraft first or learn to skydive first?"

"Airplane pilot!" Wei Ran and Jima gave the same answer without any hesitation.

"Crack!" Dalia snapped her fingers and said gloatingly, "Then let's start with skydiving!"

"Teacher Dalia, didn't you give us a chance to choose?" Jima asked with a sad face.

"It's just giving you a chance to choose, but not giving you the right to make a decision."

Teacher Dalia patted the luggage on the table, "This course is temporarily added outside the original plan, so in the next half month, apart from daily physical training, the only thing you two need to learn is What I want is skydiving. If there is no doubt, go to the two rooms opposite and change your clothes now."

Can Wei Ran and Ji Ma have a fart doubt?Besides, even if there is, do you still expect Dalia or Karp to consider their ideas?

So before the other party finished speaking, the two swiftly picked up the luggage bags with their respective names on them and left the meeting room. They each chose an office that was also evacuated, and put the polar camouflage in the luggage bags of unknown origin. Clothes are worn on the body.

This set of camouflage uniforms has complete configurations, from underwear and socks to thermal underwear, to trousers and jackets, as well as the outermost jacket and overalls for cold protection, and even cotton hats, masks, boots and gloves.

In addition to the clothes, there is also a tactical vest of the same camouflage pattern in this luggage bag, as well as a Glock pistol fixed on the tactical vest and two matching spare magazines full of bullets.

Carefully disassembled and inspected this pistol that had been disassembled at Hongqi Forest Farm many times. After confirming that there was no problem, Wei Ran patiently removed all the bullets in the three magazines, and randomly took them from the middle. Three went into the magazine, opened the window and pulled the trigger against an abandoned vehicle outside.

After three consecutive clear gunshots, Wei Ran closed the window in satisfaction, put all the bullets back into the magazine, and then opened the door and returned to the meeting room opposite.

"Let's go outside." Karp waited for Jima to come in, pointed to the parachute bag on the table, and walked out of the meeting room slowly.

The two honestly carried the umbrella bag under the guidance of Teacher Dalia, and then hurried downstairs to Karp who was waiting beside the An-2 plane painted by the Hongqi Forest Farm.

"I'll just show you one by one"

Karp's teaching was more straightforward than Teacher Dalia's. Before the two of them figured out what to demonstrate, the former had already opened the door of the An-2 plane, and pulled out a not-so-big but extra-thick sponge cushion from inside. Lay outside the cabin door, then half-squat at the cabin door, and began to explain in detail the essentials of parachuting out of the cabin and landing.

After he demonstrated twice, this rather handsome old man actually took out two blindfolds from his pocket and distributed them to Wei Ran and Jima, and then hung the console in the cabin, and then said with a smile, "Now it's At 10:[-] noon, before [-]:[-] p.m., you two just need to practice the posture just now. I will watch you with a telescope upstairs. Remember to wear blindfolds when you jump down, which will help you overcome your fear psychology."

Watching Karp stroll back to the building not far away, Wei Ran and Jima looked at each other and said in unison, "You jump first!"

"Forget it, come in line, you can't hide."

Wei Ran sighed, checked the Glock pistol on his chest one last time, made sure that there was no bullet in the chamber, then climbed into the cabin, honestly put on the blindfold.

Perhaps it was the white light that occupied his vision when he was sent back to the battlefield by the metal book several times before, so he had already adapted to this temporary loss of vision, so he didn't hesitate at all, and simply bent over in the posture taught by Karp just now He tucked his knees and fell forward, and by the time he realized it, he had already sunk into the thick sponge cushion.

At the same time, on the balcony on the second floor, Teacher Dalia, who had been holding up the binoculars, showed a hint of surprise on her face, and at the same time muttered something that only she could hear clearly.

After Wei Ran jumped down, when it was Ji Ma's turn, he ran into trouble. After putting on the blindfold, he suffocated for a long time at the cabin door, but he couldn't let his body fall forward. In the end, Wei Ran really watched However, he kicked his ass, which made him leave the cabin which was half a meter above the ground.

With the beginning, the rest is naturally much simpler and boring. After the two fell from the cabin door again and again, they climbed up again and again, and from time to time they could hear Karp correcting their respective movements in the mobile station. In the middle, the time also passed by every minute and every second. After the Ural Mountains on the west side blocked the sun, the short day soon entered the long night.

But the study of the two did not stop because of this. After a simple dinner prepared by Alili, Karp took them back to the empty conference room on the second floor.

Under the dazzling LED light, a parachute spread out on the floor. Karp led Wei Ran and Jima to practice the process of folding the parachute over and over again. At the same time, he did not forget to explain some emergency situations corresponding processing method.

Compared with the half-day training in the afternoon, although this stack of umbrella bags is more boring, but at least this building is much warmer, and Karp has been sitting on the chair next to the two of them to supervise, yes So they can only exert themselves, folding the limp parachute over and over again like practicing skydiving posture.

This kind of practice continued until [-]:[-] in the evening. After Dalia made a surprise inspection of the explosion theory knowledge they had learned a month ago, they were allowed to rest in the room opposite the meeting room.

If the first day of study and training was just boring, then from [-]:[-] a.m. on the second day, besides the boring, there was another option of "torture".

Although there is no swimming pool in this ghost place, snow is everywhere. Under the pressure of the submachine gun in Karp's hand, which can fire rubber bullets at any time, Wei Ran and Jima grinned and rubbed their bodies with the snow all over the ground. It was red, and then they each got a breakfast with amazing calories.

Not long after breakfast, they were taken by Karp to an abandoned truck.

"You guys jump from here today!"

Culp stacked two thick foam mattresses under the truck, "just to add some height, and the rest remains the same."

Jima secretly glanced at the plane that had already flown away under Alili's driving in the distance, and then asked, "Mr. Karp, when are we going to jump today?"

"Jump until I'm satisfied." Karp left an ambiguous answer, and walked slowly back to the building not far away again.

"Victor, do you think this is useful?" Jima asked in a low voice as he climbed into the snow-covered truck compartment.

"I'll tell you if it's useful or not." Wei Ran pointed at the top of his head, "We'll know when we really jump from a height of several thousand meters."

Ji Ma, who was still somewhat reluctant at first, changed his face when he heard the words, while Wei Ran had already put on his blindfold and simply jumped down.

In the next few days, the two kept practicing the skydiving posture in the morning, contacted and folded the parachute in the afternoon, and completed the rules of teacher Dalia's spot checks and exams on various subjects they had learned in the evening, carrying out boring training day after day .

Of course, taking a shower every morning with the snow that can be found everywhere is simply not going to get away.And Karp's requirements for them are becoming more and more strict. Whether it is the parachuting action or the time of folding the parachute, if there is any irregularity, he will be pulled out to take care of them alone.

After only ten days of such high-load training, as Alili landed the plane on the abandoned military base, it was time for Wei Ran and Jima to accept the test.

　Thank you for drinking alone under the month and rewarding 5000 points

　　Thank you for sucking kittens without spending a penny to reward 1500 points

　　Thanks to book friends 20190801231006797 and Abu who loves to travel through the heavens for rewarding 500 points

　　Thank you Flying Hands for rewarding 200 points

　　Thanks for the expired potatoes rewarding 176 points

　　Thank you Zi Yuze for rewarding 100 points

　　
　
(End of this chapter)