War Photographer's Notebook

Chapter 270 The settled truth

Hurrying back to Volgograd from Italy, Wei Ran didn't care about resting, just had a meal with his aunt and the professor, and then immediately devoted himself to the work of reloading the bullets.

Compared with the sample obtained a month ago, he will be more serious about the 50 bullets this time. Even for this reason, he specially approached Mr. Alexander and asked him to help him make a relatively more sophisticated bullet reloading tool. .

After filling the bullet with high explosive, Wei Ran stuck the prepared bullet case in the slot of the reassembly tool and fixed it, then filled it with propellant that had been screened by particles and strictly controlled the weight, and finally coated the Put the rubber bullet on it, turn the ratchet to slowly press it into the fixed depth of the cartridge case.

After completing the reloading work, screw the fuze on the warhead of each bullet. Wei Ran carefully wiped it clean with a piece of suede, and pressed it all into the magazine of the anti-tank gun.

Just like his original plan, these refined bullets are destined not to be brought back to the battlefield of World War II, but they can help him more safely complete the practical assessment tasks that Karp arranges at any time.But what he needs to solve now is where to go to test the accuracy of these bullets.

Now is the hottest time of summer, and Inta, which has turned into a swamp, naturally need not be considered. In this way, the nearest place is the Astrakhan State on the lower reaches of the Volga River, the desert area near the border of Hasa.

There was no one in that ghostly place, and most importantly, it wasn't too far from Volgograd.Nothing to do left and right, Wei Ran simply made preparations for this gun test.Before he set off, Jima, who was still staying in Italy, also made a video call.

"How's the situation?" Wei Ran turned on the hands-free function of the phone and asked while carrying mineral water into the compartment of the off-road vehicle.

"not too good"

Jima frowned and poured bitter water, "The current owner of that restaurant is a girl with obsessive-compulsive disorder who has cleanliness, a girl with social phobia, and a child who is still in elementary school."

"Have you confirmed the identity of the other party?" Wei Ran asked with a smile that he could hardly hold back.

"Confirmed"

Jima gave an affirmative answer, "They also know the story that happened in the North African desert at that time, but the person concerned has passed away in the last century. But the good news is that these two people who survived the war left A memoir, which records a lot of content in detail."

"What about the bad news?" Wei Ran picked up the second box of water and asked, "Since there is good news, there must be bad news, right?"

Jima Tanshou, "The bad news is that the restaurant has been rented out a month ago. Those three weirdos refused to reveal who rented the restaurant, and they don't want to go to England to meet what you said That Mr. Charlotte doesn't want the other party to visit them in Italy. According to the child named Matthew, one of the other two has obsessive-compulsive disorder and cleanliness, and the other has social phobia. It will be troublesome for them to go out, and they temporarily I can't even entertain guests."

"So we don't meet again?" Wei Ran asked as expected.

"temporary"

Jima intentionally or unintentionally showed the girl in his arms and his dishonest paw, and said solemnly, "The little guy named Matthew said that in winter, his parents He will come back from the Antarctic research station. Then he will tell their parents about it."

"So be it, and if you can, remember to bring back that memoir you mentioned."

"I've already got it." Ji Ma took the paper bag handed over by the girl in his arms, and put the phone camera inside to show Wei Ran.

"Well, if you have time, how about going to England?"

Wei Ran simply left all the work of running errands to Jima, "I'll send you the address later, after you go there, hand over the memoir to Mr. Charlotte, and pass on the meaning of the three people you just mentioned to Mr. other side."

"No problem, of course I will not refuse the opportunity to travel for free." Ji Ma readily agreed.

"In addition, remember to charge the investigation fee with the other party."

Wei Ran thought for a while and said, "You calculate how much you spent these days, and then add [-] euros to the cost of this investigation. If Mr. Charlotte is willing to pay more, you don't have to refuse, just bring Just come back."

"Victor, you are really a profiteer." Jima joked with winks.

"I didn't overcharge at all"

Wei Ran smiled and told the truth, he did not overcharge, renting the restaurant cost [-] euros a year, and besides that, he spent [-] euros to order those bullets. Of course, these things should be counted as costs.

After all, how could he get so many things out of Tassie's mouth without ordering those bullets?In short, this price is considered very conscientious in Wei Ran's opinion.As for the fees paid by the other party to investigate the oil barrels before, that is completely irrelevant.

"Let's not talk about your overcharging." Ji Ma suddenly changed the subject, "Do you still remember the camera shop half a month ago?"

"Why are you talking about this all of a sudden?" Wei Ran stopped his carrying work, picked up his phone and asked strangely.

"I got a call from my teacher yesterday"

Jima cautiously did not say Darya's name, and did not continue until the girl in his arms left under his signal, "She told me that Leva successfully completed the heart bypass operation."

"The money?" Wei Ran immediately guessed the general cause and effect.

Jima nodded, "When I was leaving his shop, I noticed that the medicine he was taking was the same as the medicine my mother took a few years ago. At that time, I guessed that the poor old guy might have a heart attack. question."

"How's the result of the operation?" Wei Ran asked.

"At least Teacher Dalia said it was very successful." Jima said happily, "For the first time, I feel that I have done something very meaningful."

"Live well, live to do meaningful things." Wei Ran said half jokingly, half seriously.

"When you have time, how about going to see that old guy with me?" Jima abruptly sent out an invitation, "Teacher Dalia said that she has already told Leva the truth."

"To Kirov?" Wei Ran subconsciously remembered that old pervert of Gorman and the horrible memories in that mental hospital.

Jima looked at Wei Ran like a fool, "If we don't go to Kirov, can we still see Leva in Kiev?"

"I'm a little busy recently, so wait a little later." Before the words finished, Wei Ran simply hung up the phone.

Looking at the supplies in the trunk of the off-road vehicle, he finally stuffed a thick canvas tent into it. He simply put aside Ji Ma's invitation, locked the shutter door and went to the travel agency next door to chat with his aunt. Hello, let's drive away.

It was only about three hundred kilometers away. When he rushed to a small place called Harabali along the road along the Volga River, it was not past 12 o'clock that night.

Randomly found a hotel that looked good to stay in. Early the next morning, Wei Ran drove the off-road vehicle to the depths of the desert in the northeast direction, while keeping an eye on the satellite navigation, for fear that he would accidentally Drive to the territory of Hasa.

He didn't park the car on the edge of a sand dune until there were no traces of human activities in the surrounding area, and then he took the canvas tent out of the off-road vehicle compartment and spread it out. By the way, he was still between the tent and the off-road vehicle Under the sun-shading canopy, a folding chair was propped up.

He dug out a bottle of frozen Coke from the small refrigerator in the car, Wei Ran unscrewed it and took a sip, then took out the telescope in the metal book, observed the surrounding environment in the hot desert, and patiently waited for the sunset at dusk Advent.

"I wish I had been so comfortable in the desert of North Africa back then." Wei Ran sighed, talking to himself, regretting the completely different situation of Carlo and others.

In his wild thoughts, the time passed by every minute and every second. When the sun gradually slanted west and sank most of his body below the horizon, he just placed five plastic buckets and a plastic bucket on the sunny side of the dune. Xiao Qizi then drove the car to the west for a distance of about one kilometer.

Climb up to the roof of the car and observe the surrounding situation again, and after confirming that no car or person appeared as in the morning, Wei Ran immediately jumped off the roof and took out the text from the metal book in the elongated shadow of the off-road vehicle. anti tank gun.

After stepping on the big frame of the gun carriage, slowly shaking the ratchet to open the bolt, and after a click sounded a finished bullet, Wei Ran aimed the high-power scope mounted on the gun at the bucket on the sand dune in the distance.

Comparing with the knowledge he learned at Hongqi Forest Farm, he patiently adjusted the scope according to the wind speed, and when everything was ready, he used one of the big red plastic empty barrels in the ring sight cover, and pulled the trigger with two fingers.

After a deafening dull gunshot, an obvious puff of smoke exploded on the sand dunes less than two meters away from the bucket.

Getting up and looking around again, Wei Ran sat down on the sand that was still hot on his butt, adjusted the scope again, and then pulled the trigger.

During his repeated corrections, when the fourth gunshot rang out, the first bucket instantly exploded and scattered into pieces all over the ground.

Gently moving the muzzle of the gun to aim the sight at the second bucket, Wei Ran pulled the trigger again.Although there is still a deviation this time, the distance is only less than half a meter.

Without making any adjustments to the scope, Wei Ran calmed down, aimed at the bucket and pulled the heavy trigger again.

Looking at the big red bucket that exploded in the scope, Wei Ran finally showed a satisfied smile on his face.These bullets, although expensive, managed to increase the effective range to a distance of one kilometer.

As for whether they will be used in the future, Wei Ran doesn't care.Of course it's best if you don't need it, but when you need it, you can't have it, right?
Picking up the shell casings that fell around and putting them in his pocket, Wei Ran put away the anti-tank gun, and drove the car to a further distance of 500 meters.

Not long after, another muffled gunshot echoed in the desolate desert for a long time, and at the foot of the sand dune, a ball of yellow sand exploded out of thin air.

　I wrote it in the afternoon, but I was worried that it would be blocked if I sent it out, so I recoded two chapters. Sure enough, I was too timid.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)