War Photographer's Notebook

Chapter 221 Goodbye Big Pole

"Brother Sanhai, our conditions are poor, we don't have anesthetics, you have to be patient." Wei Ran reminded before making a move.

Sanhai's face changed when he heard the words, before he could say anything, he heard Uncle Zhou confidently say, "Don't hold back, it doesn't matter if you don't have anesthetic, I'll give you two needles to relieve the pain as well."

Before he finished speaking, Uncle Zhou had already stuck a few needles around the wound, and then turned his head to look at Wei Ran.After such a short time, Captain Zhao and the others in the East Wing also came out to watch the open-air surgery scene curiously.

Signaling Sanhai to lie down on the Eight Immortals table that Zhou Houpu had just moved out, Wei Ran picked up the scalpel and skillfully cut open the skin around the wound.What surprised him was that the few short silver needles seemed to really block Sanhai's pain.Not to mention screaming after the knife went down, the expression on his face didn't change much.

With confidence in his mind, Wei Ran's movements became more and more smooth. He skillfully found the bullet stuck on the cracked shoulder blade, took it out with tweezers and threw it on the table, and then began debridement and subsequent suture work.

Needless to say the rest of the work, Uncle Zhou, who had already washed his hands, took over the follow-up work immediately after Wei Ran cut the suture.

After Sanhai put a splint around his shoulder and pulled out the few silver needles, the sound of him breathing intermittently could be heard in this not-so-big yard.

At the same time, Captain Zhao and others who had returned to the East Wing before the operation ended also brought the topic to Wei Ran.

Instructor Wei, who was sitting cross-legged on the kang, was the first to ask, "Are you really planning to take that Wei Ran with you?"

"Take it with you"

Captain Zheng and Captain Zhao looked at each other, "This kid is making a lot of noise in the county town, and he asked Shoutian to send back several guns yesterday, no matter how much that little Guiben kid is willing to spend his money Maybe the life of Qiu Ermazi's family will be used as a certificate of honor for him."

Captain Zhao took up the topic with a smile, "And even if Kameben is willing, Qiu Ermazi is definitely not willing. This time I bring him, and when the time comes, let Hopu stare at it. If there is a problem, I will definitely be able to see it."

Hearing this, Instructor Wei hesitated for a moment and finally slapped his thigh flatly, "Then take it with you. It just so happens that Uncle Hammer made two new big lifting rods two days ago, and let him and Magnolia use them."

"Those two thin ones?" Captain Zheng obviously knew what the former was talking about.

"Yes, those two thin ones." Instructor Wei nodded affirmatively, "Let Lao Hammer take them."

"I'll tell them both to report to Uncle Hammer!"

After Captain Zhao finished speaking, he stood up, hurriedly walked out of the east wing, and told the good news to Wei Ran who had just washed his hands, and Zhou Houpu who was packing up the "token of love".

Zhou Houpu was undoubtedly the happiest when he learned that he finally had the opportunity to fight the devils. On the other hand, Uncle Zhou, who had been silent, was full of worry, while Han Shoutian was full of envy.As for Wei Ran, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but at the same time his heart was full of anticipation.

Under the leadership of Zhou Hopu, Wei Ran followed him through the streets and alleys to the gate of a large courtyard in the center of the village.

From a long distance away, Wei Ran heard the sound of "ding ding dong dong" metal knocking, and when he walked into the yard, he immediately saw the uncles who had dismantled the little devil's motorcycle yesterday, leading a few young men A strong young man swung a hammer and smashed the red-hot metal.

"Houpu is here." Uncle Hammer stopped what he was doing and asked with a smile, "Captain Zheng agrees?"

"Agreed!" Zhou Hopu nodded vigorously, "Captain Zhao said, let Wei Ran and I follow you."

Uncle Hammer unhurriedly pulled out the cigarette pouch pinned to his back and filled it with shredded tobacco, then picked up a piece of red-hot charcoal, put it on the pouch pot and tapped it twice, and then he unhurriedly greeted them to enter in the room.Two large lifting rods tied together with reeds were pulled out from the hearth.

"Why are these two so small?" Zhou Hopu asked dissatisfied, completely oblivious to Hou Ran's strange expression behind him.

Zhou Houpu thinks that the two large poles are thin, but Wei Ran doesn't think so. The diameter of these two large poles hung in his living room after decades is a full two centimeters. What is the concept of two centimeters?If you put it in the later generations of your own life and only look at the caliber, it has already left the category of guns, and it can barely be regarded as a gun.

"What's wrong? Still beating devils!"

Uncle Hammer motioned for the two of them to carry out the big lifting pole that was bundled together, and at the same time he chased and explained, "Compared with the ones used by Captain Zheng and the others, the new ones made by this pair are indeed a bit thinner, but after The bore is as thick as the ones they use."

"So you hit farther?" Wei Ran couldn't help asking.

Uncle Hammer, who was robbed of his lines, looked at Wei Ran in surprise, "You're a smart young man."

Wei Ran grinned and showed a smirk, but Old Hammer didn't care, and continued, "This is something I just figured out, this time I just tried it with the little devil's steamboat, I guess, these two not only hit farther, but also It should be more powerful, maybe it can directly penetrate the little devil's steamboat."

"Uncle Hammer, don't lie to me!" Zhou Hopu said suspiciously.

"I'm fine, why do you lie to me!"

Uncle Hammer took a sip of the cigarette pot angrily, "Okay, okay! You can take these two away, do you have any iron sand?"

"Yes!" Zhou Hopu quickly responded, "As soon as I came back, Morita said it was ready for me."

"I guess it was used when his father was alive." Uncle Hammer muttered to himself, then waved his hands and said loudly, "You are all ready, just wait for me at Shoutian's house."

After bidding farewell to Uncle Hammer, the two of Wei Ran carried the pair of children to the courtyard next to the yard where San Hai had just undergone surgery.Before they put down the things in their hands, Han Shoutian, who had been waiting for a long time, limped up and touched the two big lifters enviously, and then took out two slender wild goose feathers and inserted them into the On the fire eye at the end of the big lifting rod.

"Take this"

While Han Shoutian was speaking, he handed Zhou Houpu a ox horn funnel with a patina on it. On this ox horn funnel, there were several orthographic characters engraved crookedly.And at the edge, there is a small eye drilled, and a thin iron wire extends out of the small eye, and a small bamboo tube slightly thicker than a thumb is tied to it.

"this is not"

Han Shoutian opened the two devil lunch boxes on the table and explained, "It was used by my father when he was alive. These two barrels of iron sand and black powder are also left by my father. It has been in the sun for noon. I just returned them Try it, it will be done at one point, and it will definitely not delay the matter."

Wei Ran went up to have a look, and among the two lunch boxes, one was filled with rusty iron sand, a box of matches and a few sticks of incense were placed on the tray inside the lunch box, while the other was full of Black powder and rags.

Without waiting for Zhou Hopu to agree, Han Shoutian continued, "Brother Hopu, I was unlucky this time and I injured my leg and you let you take the lead. Before I was selected by the Yanling team, you have to carve a few more times on the funnel. An orthographic character!"

Zhou Hopu took a look at a bucket of black powder with the ox horn, and said half encouragingly and half competitively, "You must heal your injury quickly, or I will engrave it all over the time, but there will be no harm." What's the matter with you."

"This time I let you!"

Han Shoutian said confidently, "I have been hunting with my father since I knew how to swim, how can I still be compared to you?"

"What's the use of that?"

Zhou Hopu buckled the lids of the two lunch boxes and joked, "It's been half a year, and you haven't even memorized the soup song my father taught you."

"Can it be the same?" Han Shoutian retorted, rolling up his arms and sleeves.

"Why are you two brats arguing again?"

Uncle Hammer walked into the yard with a shotgun on his back, glanced at the things on the table without any trace, and asked before the two of them could answer, "Are you ready? Let's go when we are ready!"

"Ready!" Zhou Houpu and Wei Ran replied in unison, Han Shoutian standing behind them opened his mouth, his face was already full of envy.

"Let's go then!"

Uncle Hammer patted Han Shoutian on the shoulder, "Don't worry, kid. Captain Zhao said that your master was exposed in the county town this time. I guess it won't be easy for you to go out for activities in the future. I see, you will have a chance soon too." Followed to fight devils."

"Really?!" Han Shoutian's originally somewhat disappointed face immediately showed surprise.

"When did uncle lie to you?"

Uncle Hammer clicked so far, and no matter what Han Shoutian asked, he pushed it over with a haha, urging Wei Ran and Zhou Hopu to put up their weapons and leave Han Shoutian's house, and went straight to the small pier in the east of the village.

There was no see-off, let alone any bold words. The group of people boarded the boat separately, just like going out to hunt on weekdays. Several small boats rowed farther and farther on the calm water of Baiyangdian Lake. Only Uncle Zhou, an old woman and a group of people were left. Han Shoutian, who limped after him, stood on the dock for a long time, unwilling to leave.

Gradually, more and more boats gathered around Wei Ran and the others from all directions.And these ships, under the command of Captain Zheng, like a flock of wild geese flying south, lined up in a herringbone orderly on the calm water.

Swim away, fish, our boat is going to fight.

Goose, fly away, our guns are going to kill the enemy.

I don't know when, the people of which boat started to start, and the men on more than a dozen rows of boats sang songs one by one.The rough singing echoed repeatedly among the rowboats, and the fish in the water and the wild geese on the water swam away from each other as if they really understood it.

Led by the leading platoon boat, this small fleet circled around the county seat, got into the waterway wrapped in reeds, and went all the way along the waterway, finally passing through the waterway. It stopped before connecting to a piece of open water.

At the same time, Uncle Hammer, who was on the same boat as Wei Ran and Zhou Houpu, also firmly fixed the two large lifting poles with a bow-shaped iron pin and a hemp rope as thick as a thumb. On the wooden boat at the foot.

(End of this chapter)