War Photographer's Notebook

Chapter 283 Equator No. 2 Weather Station
During the four days of waiting for Herbert to come to pick up the things, Wei Ran frequently contacted Kajianka through emails, and with the help of the other party, he found more and more food that was enough for Herbert to eat for at least 20 years. By the way, Katenka also planned a plan to send Herbert to prison to be sober under the hint of the former.

While leaving all the matters related to Herbert to the beautiful female subordinate, he finally made a decision to explore the secret behind the watch with the help of the metal book.

Just like the previous considerations, this is not only to satisfy curiosity and verify Kajianka's investigative ability, but also to accumulate more things to settle down in the metal book, and more importantly, if you are lucky, you may be able to Learn a new language.

Considering that the content of this time is mainly an expedition, and it is very likely that it will be an expedition in the freezing Arctic Circle, Wei Ran has also made sufficient preparations for this.

In addition to being familiar with the topographic map and satellite image of Bear Island, the most important thing is to put a glass bottle of vitamins in the medical box, and also add a lot of dried chilies to the seasoning in the food box.

The remaining space is filled with various high-calorie foods and a large bottle of bear fat that can prevent chilblains, serve as food, and even be used for burning.In order to obtain this large bottle of multi-purpose bear fat, he spent a lot of thought, and finally got it with the help of Ji Ma.

The three oil barrels were also filled. Of course, the ones full of gasoline did not need to be moved, but the two oil barrels that were originally filled with fresh water and red wine were all replaced by 95% medical alcohol.

These alcohols can be used as fuel, and after dilution, they can also be used to sterilize equipment, and even further dilution if necessary, so it is no problem to drink it by Maozi's standards.

As for whether the two large barrels of alcohol could be brought over, he didn't care. Anyway, with the barrel of gasoline as the base, he couldn't lose anything if he couldn't bring them over.As for water, in terms of the natural environment of Bear Island, there will be no shortage of water if there is nothing lacking.

In addition, he also replaced the anti-tank gun with the batch of ammunition purchased a few months ago. Anyway, those ammunition were produced in the 80s. If it comes out, there is a great probability that it can be used.

After making the final preparations, Wei Ran filled the jug with the gin that Professor Alexei kept privately, then locked the shutter door, took out the glasses case from the safe, and walked into the bedroom on the second floor.

As usual, he drew the curtains and locked the bedroom door. He took out the watch from the glasses case, took a deep breath, and summoned the metal book with mottled copper rust.

Amidst the sound of flipping pages, the metal quill slowly floated up, and drew a hand on the blank page 14 in a leisurely manner. With the rapid swipe of the pen tip, the wrist of this hand gradually appeared bought a watch.

Role identity: Victor, PhD student in Meteorology
Return mission: Survive to the end and take at least 200 photos.

Two hundred?Why are there so many?What about language tasks?
Wei Ran frowned, letting his field of vision be filled with intense white light, no language task was beyond his expectation, and the task of shooting 200 photos was also unexpected to him.

After a while, loud snoring sounded in his ears one after another.The nose also smelled a strong smell of stinky feet and a body odor that was no less lethal than the former.

Opening his eyes cautiously, the first thing Wei Ran saw was the small dim light on the ceiling above his head.Looking around again, there is a snoring person lying on the two single beds.

The person on the bed on the left is an old man who seems to be in his fifties and has already bald.Next to his pillow, there is also a radio that seems to be able to generate electricity by hand, and a glasses case.

On the bed on the right, lay a young man who looked about 25 or [-] years old at the most. On the bedside table next to this young man, there was a golden watch and a pair of glasses that seemed to be of high prescription.

So you're Mrs. Amanda's brother Eric?
Wei Ran muttered to himself, got up from the single bed lightly, and saw the position next to the wall at a glance, with three huge mountaineering bags and a wooden box that seemed at least able to be stuffed into it.

Turning his head to look at the quartz clock hanging on the wall, the time displayed on it was past five o'clock.Reaching out to pick up an incomprehensible newspaper on the table, the date displayed on it is December 1988, 12.

Gently put down the newspaper, Wei Ran walked to the window and opened the corner of the curtain. Outside the window covered with a little frost, besides the heavy snow falling with the wind, he could vaguely see the dark sea in the distance, and Cars and even reindeer pulling sleds run past from time to time on the streets illuminated by street lights downstairs.

Putting down the raised curtains, he walked into the bathroom again, locked the door as quietly as possible, and began to take things out of the metal book.

After some attempts, except for the rowboat that I didn’t dare to try because of lack of space, the only things I could take out this time were a Mauser bayonet, a pistol, a food box, three oil barrels, a portable flagon, a kerosene lamp, and a telescope. thing.As for the rest, they were once again temporarily detained by the metal book.

Fortunately, the things he put in the food box were all the same.The gasoline or high-concentration alcohol in the three oil barrels are also full.

Putting the last portable flagon back into the metal book, Wei Ran just opened the door of the bathroom, but the ear-piercing ringing of an old-fashioned telephone rang outside, and the snoring sound that seemed to be talking to a folk song also stopped shortly after the ringing end.

Soon, there was a conversation in the room that Wei Ran could not understand.It's just that he didn't talk a few words at all, and then he heard the phone call again.

"Professor Jonas, my cousin has found the boat, and now they are preparing the supplies and equipment needed to land on the island, and they will pick us up in five or six hours at the earliest." The person who just answered the phone replaced Wei Ranneng He understood German and said, "By the way, where is Victor? Why didn't you see him?"

"I'm in the bathroom." Wei Ran responded through the door, waited for a while, pressed the flush button of the toilet, and then turned on the tap to wash his hands.

Only when he walked out of the bathroom did the bald old man half lying on the bed ask worriedly, "Eric, is this cousin of yours trustworthy?"

"Don't worry, Professor." Eric adjusted his glasses and assured him confidently, "Although we haven't met many times, he is absolutely trustworthy. Even the boat that took us to Bear Island this time was the best one he found. Rented by a friend."

"That's good"

Professor Jonas put on the clean glasses, "Since we are leaving in a few hours, let's check the equipment, so as not to find out what is missing after boarding the ship."

"Let me and Victor come!"

As Eric said, he jumped out of bed, pulled out a necklace from his neck, and opened the padlock on the wooden box with the small key worn on it.

"Victor, why don't you read the list of supplies, how about I check it?" While Eric was speaking, he had already lifted the lid of the box, pulled out a piece of paper from the inside and handed it to Wei Ran.

"no problem"

Wei Ran simply agreed, and compared the list written in German, he read the names of the items and the corresponding quantities.

Speaking of which, the teachers and students prepared a lot of things. In addition to three kerosene lamps and various accessories, there are also three sets of Heinze flatbread ovens issued by the West German Armored Forces in the early 80s and supporting stainless steel lamps. Stock pots, kettles, frying pans.

What surprised him even more was that in the remaining space of the wooden box, except for a small medical box and three black Leica M3 cameras, all other positions were filled with boxes of film.

Suppressing the doubts in my heart, I followed Eric to put back the things I just took out one by one.The two took out the contents of the three mountaineering bags and took an inventory.

The contents of these mountaineering bags are quite normal, except for the big red polar winter clothing and boots corresponding to their respective sizes, there are some sundries such as ice axes, shovels, sleeping bags, and changed underwear and socks.

After repacking the three mountaineering books with their respective names written on them, Eric took out a small palm-sized book and opened it and said, "The rest is gasoline, tents, food and drink, trust me. Coreo will be ready, he knows Bear Island better than we do."

"Wait, Eric, what did you say your cousin's name just now?" Wei Ran asked in surprise.

"Leo, what's wrong?"

Eric looked at Wei Ran puzzled, "I remember what I told you on the road when I came here. He is a gold prospector and an experienced hunter."

"Sorry, I misheard just now." Wei Ran replied perfunctorily, but he was secretly surprised in his heart.

He remembered very clearly that Mrs. Amanda had said at the airport that her brother had disappeared during the expedition, and that her brother was called Leo, a gold prospector, and a second-rate explorer.Could it be that she didn't lie, but she was looking for her cousin instead of her own brother?

But that being the case, how did the watch worn by Eric end up in Amanda's hand?

Before he could figure it out, Jonas, who had been sitting on the bed studying his notes just now, said, "Eric, remember to ask your cousin to prepare more supplies. Although Bear Island is not big, but you want to use it on this island. It is not so easy to find a hidden weather station on the Internet, especially now that it is polar night, we must be prepared to search for a long time on that island."

"Don't worry, Professor"

Eric replied confidently, "I asked my cousin to prepare enough supplies for the four of us for a month, and the fishing boat that will take us to Bear Island will always be waiting for us at the pier."

"Is the boat your cousin is looking for leaking?" Jonas couldn't help asking.

"No, I promise not."

Eric paused, "Speaking of this, Professor Jonas, I'm more worried about whether there is the Equator 2 Weather Station we're looking for on that island."

"There is absolutely no doubt about that"

Jonas closed the notebook in his hand, and explained in a firm tone, "I can guarantee that there must be an undiscovered weather station left by Germany in World War II on that island, and there must be an abandoned weather station in that weather station." A lot of valuable information."

"The weather station left by Germany in World War II? Equator 2 station?"

Wei Ran, who was watching the excitement, became more and more confused. Isn't this the end of the 80s?How did it have anything to do with Germany in World War II?
"Professor Jonas"

Eric asked a little excitedly, "If we really found that weather station, is the weather data in it really free for me and Victor to use?"

"Of course!"

Jonas replied affirmatively, "If it wasn't for the research project of the two of you, how could I take the risk of bringing you to such a ghostly place?"

There is something wrong with this old man. Seeing the fake smile on Teacher Jonas' face, Wei Ran subconsciously frowned.

(End of this chapter)