War Photographer's Notebook

Chapter 209 Trivia before returning home
After completing the final assessment of the skydiving course, and returning to the abandoned military base, teacher Dalia uncharacteristically praised Wei Ran and Jima, and unexpectedly did not pick any faults with them.This unreasonable scene, on the contrary, made Wei Ran and Ji Ma's hearts beat.

Outside the abandoned military base, the two watched Dalia flying the An-2 plane painted by the Hongqi Forest Farm skyrocketing, and they didn't come back to their senses for a while.

Jima rubbed his sore neck, "Victor, I'm not dreaming, am I? Just now Teacher Dalia praised me for having the talent to become a paratrooper?"

"It's us, not you." Wei Ran corrected stingily, although Teacher Dalia is far more talkative than Karp on the surface, but it is really not easy to get her praise.

"You two have time to discuss these useless things here, why not complete the last skydive as soon as possible."

Alili, who was standing not far from the two, pointed at the door of his plane and reminded, "Don't forget, Teacher Dalia asked me to randomly drop you 20 kilometers around the military base. I got back by myself before four o'clock."

"Otherwise we will have to go back to Inta by ourselves"

Misha in the cabin reminded, "Not only will Victor not be able to catch up with the flight back to Kazan, Jima, you will also be unable to catch up with the group of tourists from China tomorrow."

"Let's go! Don't waste time!"

When Ji Ma heard that it might delay his fortune, he immediately forgot to argue with Wei Ran, and the latter was more anxious than him, and now he couldn't wait to return home.

After the two of them got into the plane carrying the parachutes that had been folded not long ago, Alili immediately launched the plane and circled the abandoned military base. According to Teacher Daria's previous request, they were randomly air-dropped to the The north and south directions of the military base.

"Ariri, land safely."

After landing, Wei Ran skillfully retracted the parachute, and at the same time did not forget to communicate with the plane still circling overhead on the radio.

"See you at the military base." While responding to Wei Ran, Alili had already steered the plane to the area where Jima was about to be dropped.

Waiting patiently until the roar of the plane could no longer be heard, Wei Ran did not set off in a hurry, but took out a red scarf from his bag, and chose a pine tree with a backing to the hillside that looked pleasing to the eye and was suitable in thickness. on top.

Stepping back on the skis for a full kilometer, Wei Ran looked over his head again to make sure that no plane was staring at him, and then took out the anti-tank gun from the metal book.

Both expected and unexpected, when the scope obtained from Alexander half a month ago became brand new, all the inscriptions representing the manufacturer and serial number on it also disappeared.

Stomping the two big racks into the thick snow, Wei Ran sat down on the umbrella bag, stretched out his hand to hold the anti-tank gun mounted on the gun carriage, and skillfully cranked the crank three times left and three times right to open the bolt. Then he moved the muzzle of the gun lightly, and used the front sight of the high-magnification scope to catch a pine tree surrounded by a red scarf one kilometer away.

I have to admit that although the sights made in Switzerland during the war years are heavy and fancy, the effect is not bad. Even from such a distance, you can see clearly.

With a crisp "click", Wei Ran pulled the trigger release button, and a tracer bullet was pushed into the chamber.

"boom!"

Amidst the muffled gunshots, the tracer bullet with a bright tail penetrated into the snow-covered hillside about ten meters away from the pine tree.

Gently turning the adjustment button, Wei Ran aimed at the pine tree again and pulled the trigger.

After repeated adjustments by him, the fourth tracer bullet finally hit the thigh-thin pine tree fiercely. The vibration brought by the huge kinetic energy directly caused the shot pine tree to shake off the snow on the canopy. .

However, Wei Ran was not satisfied, and seized the time to repeatedly replace the ammunition types and matching muzzle brakes.It wasn't until the armor-piercing bullets and high-explosive bullets were used to break the pine tree in half, that he retracted the anti-tank gun contentedly, picked up the shell casings, and then stepped back on the skis for a kilometer.

He set up the gun cart again, and shot all the types of ammunition on hand against the half of the tree stump. Only then did he clean up the scene with satisfaction, and rushed towards the abandoned military base on his skis.

Today is already the 30th, so he can't miss the plane at night. After all, even if he wants to go back to China immediately to start a fight with the anti-tank team, he must abide by the agreement and finish the interview that Alexander bought in exchange for the scope first.On the other hand, he also planned to complete Noah's commission as soon as possible before going back, so as not to worry about it all the time.

While thinking about the itinerary plan for the next half month, Wei Ran also returned to the abandoned military base.

Although the distance of 20 kilometers is far, but fortunately, the time is long enough, and there are skis, and in the past few days, almost every time after skydiving, I went back like this, so no matter whether it is Wei Ran or Ji Malai Said that although this section of the road is tiring, it is no longer a challenge.

The last day in Inta was successfully completed. Wei Ran bid farewell to Jima who was going to stay in Inta to receive Chinese tourists. After notifying Ralph in Germany, Wei Ran took the flight back to work in Volgograd alone. room.

The first thing I did when I came back was naturally to replace the ammunition of the anti-tank gun with the 70 rounds that came with the ammunition box and magazine when I got it.After all, the ones I bought with my own money were all "new products" in the 80s, and there is a great possibility that I won't be able to bring them back to the World War II period.

As for the second thing, he was invited to participate in the television interview with Alexander as a guest.This is not a big deal, and Dalia had been informed in advance and approved by Inta.

Moreover, the interview itself was unexpectedly simple and relaxed. Alexander seemed to just want to show his connections, and didn't want to take the credit for discovering the photo as his own.

After repaying the favor, Alexander did not let Wei Ran go directly, but gave him a small gift instead.

"What is this?"

Wei Ran opened the plastic box on the table under the signal of the other party, and found that what was inside turned out to be a silencer with a front sight and a threaded gun barrel.

"Remember that pistol I gave you last time?"

Alexander smiled and said, "If you replace this barrel, you can add the latest silencer produced by my gun modification studio. Remember to give me some feedback when the time comes."

"Then I'm welcome"

Wei Ran gladly accepted this small gift, and at the same time remembered another thing, so he asked along the topic, "Mr. Alexander, do you have a spare magazine for that pistol here?"

"Of course, how much do you want?" Alexander asked with interest.

"If it's convenient. 10?"

Wei Ran said with some embarrassment, although his food box only has two layers, the "height" of each layer is not low enough to put the pistol magazine in vertically, which can save a lot of space. Whether switching to a magazine can bring back the former battlefield, of course, you can only know if you try it.

"Federer, go get 10 pistol magazines." Alexander said happily to Federer's manager standing behind him.

Hearing this, the latter immediately walked into the interior of the gun modification workshop, and soon after, he brought back ten magazines.

After receiving the magazine, Wei Ran naturally thanked him, but at the same time, he also declined the other party's invitation to have lunch together on the pretext of catching a flight to Finland.

After leaving Alexander's private museum with a gift, Wei Ran drove the car across the Volga River, and immediately stopped at a roadside, took out the sidearm from the metal book, replaced it with the threaded barrel, and then twisted it Put on the silencer.

"I hope it can be put in!" Wei Ran anxiously took out the metal book and opened it, tentatively sending the pistol with the silencer in.

"It's done!"

The ups and downs of the pistol in the red vortex immediately let him breathe a sigh of relief. This was a big surprise for Wei Ran. Although it was just an extra silencer, it might be able to save lives at some point.

Withdrawing the pistol again, Wei Ran took out the food box again, and pressed all the bullets on the first floor into the magazine that was just coming.In this way, half of the space on the first floor was smoothly vacated, which was enough for him to put some seasonings that could stew the smelly insoles into delicious food.

Satisfied, Wei Ran started the car again, drove straight to the airport, and boarded the flight to Finland.

After a long and boring flight and transfer, it was already the morning of Labor Day when the flight finally landed at Kittilä Airport, and Ralph, who arrived here one step earlier, had already been waiting for a long time.

"Have you brought the pocket watch and the ink-stained document?" Wei Ran asked the most concerned question after seeing the other party.

"Bring it, bring it all."

Ralph, with messy hair, quickly raised the briefcase in his hand, "The car is rented, and the air ticket to Huaxia from this airport tomorrow night is also bought for you."

"Then don't waste time, let's go now!" Wei Ran urged impatiently, he didn't want to waste too much time here.

"Follow me!" Ralph was obviously more urgent than Wei Ran, he led him into a car in the parking lot and started the car immediately.

The distance was only about 80 kilometers, and it was just noon when the car drove to Muonio.It's just that no matter what Ralph asked along the way, Wei Ran didn't say a word about the investigation process, even though he had already thought of an excuse.

"Victor, do we want to have lunch first?" Ralph asked while waiting for the red light. He rushed over early this morning, but he never had a serious meal in order to wait for Wei Ran. something.

"Need not"

Wei Ran, who was sitting in the co-pilot staring at the navigation, shook his head, "We'll be there soon, turn right at the next intersection and drive until you reach the Muonio River."

Ralph nodded helplessly, and when the green light turned on, he immediately stepped on the accelerator, and under the guidance of Wei Ran, he drove to the door of a small hotel that looked quite old by the river.

(End of this chapter)