War Photographer's Notebook

Chapter 301
After staying in the hot spring camp for a full two hours, until the two teachers, Gorman and Anna, had enough hot springs, Alili yelled at the reindeer sled and led them back to the abandoned runway with four people and one dog.

Under the supervision of the two teachers, Wei Ran and Jima each controlled the plane to taxi, take off, climb, and soon crossed the Ural Mountains and landed smoothly near the abandoned military base.

The changes here are also not small, except for the hunters who have arrived here in advance to wait for tourists, the surrounding area of ​​this abandoned military base has been surrounded by a three-meter-high barbed wire to avoid being attacked by wild animals like a hot spring camp.All kinds of scrapped military equipment that were scattered and discarded were also cleaned up, and it was unknown where they were sent.

Secondly, the steps leading to the observatory on the top of the mountain have actually built a corridor that is strong enough to withstand the wind and snow.Thanks to the local wood that is almost free, the materials used in this corridor are particularly solid. From a distance, you can even see the glass windows that appear here and there.

But what is even more exaggerated is that not far from the abandoned military base, at a pass with strong winds, two wind turbines that were obviously DIY were installed.

"Jima, those two generators are."

"That's right!"

Jima, who led the way to the observatory on the top of the mountain, gave an affirmative answer without waiting for Wei Ran to finish speaking, "We made it ourselves. The fan blades were dismantled from several abandoned helicopters. How about it? It looks like Isn't it very exciting?"

"It's so exciting"

This time not only Wei Ran, but even Mr. Gorman and Anna looked like hell. The two generators built with wooden frames were four or five meters above the ground. , and even wrapped it with a wooden frame.

"Jima, which genius made this for you?" Gorman, who was leading the husky, couldn't help asking.

"It is a gentleman named Galkin"

Jima pointed to the radar station at the end of the corridor and said, "That kind old guy helped us repair the telescope in the observatory, and by the way, he used these things to help us build two wind turbines. Although they are indeed a little louder , but the power generated is enough to provide basic lighting for this camp.”

"Galkin?"

Gorman and Teacher Anna looked at each other, and spread their hands flatly, "I haven't heard of it, but if the other party is not a genius, he must be a lunatic. Which idiot would think of using helicopter blades?"

"Mr Gorman"

Jima emphasized frankly, "This is not Kazan, and we don't have that much money, so as long as it can provide us with free electricity, let alone helicopter blades, it doesn't matter even if the tank turret is turning on it." .”

Gorman smiled, but did not continue the topic. He just urged Jima to go on and take them to the observatory on the top of the mountain.

Everyone climbed up the steps paved with a layer of wooden boards, and walked directly into the cleaned and clean observatory along this airtight corridor.

In Nuoda's circular space, the most conspicuous thing is the huge optical telescope, but in the corner of the inside, there are several curtains. It started to spin around, playing the pictures taken from Venus that were found here, or the structure explanation of a certain type of artificial satellite in the Soviet era. At the same time, the old-fashioned speakers hanging on the wall also started to play the corresponding pictures. sound.

Four people and one dog patiently finished watching the short video. Ji Ma stepped on the power switch on the floor with his toes, pointed to several fuel generators outside the window and said, "If you usually only play videos, you can watch them beforehand." The electricity provided by the wind turbines that have arrived is enough, but if you want to move the telescope, you need to start an external fuel generator."

"Just those few generators are enough?"

Wei Ran asked in surprise, but he remembered clearly that the five-story building on the left hand side of the mountain was specially used for generating electricity.In other words, the power consumption here was absolutely terrifying back then.

"I had the same question at the time"

Jima smiled and explained, "However, that Mr. Galkin explained that it didn't take much power to drive the astronomical telescope. At that time, the main power consumption was basically used to supply the computing unit and the daily necessities of the people stationed here. Electricity is turned on. Of course, even the generators we prepared will burn oil after all, so this telescope will become a charging item in the future. Victor, how about we plan to charge according to the standard of 10 rubles for [-] minutes? "

"Not expensive"

Wei Ran simply said that you can experience the astronomical telescope of the Soviet era for less than 100 yuan, and this price can almost be equated with no money for tourists who are willing to come here.

"With your words, I feel relieved"

Jima heaved a sigh of relief, pointed to several large oil-fired heaters placed against the wall and said, "In addition, this observatory can also be used as a banquet hall to hold parties, even if someone holds a Soviet-style wedding here. question."

"What idiot would come to a place like this for a wedding?"

Teacher Anna looked at the surrounding decorations, sighed and said, "If the Soviet Union is still there, how can you bastards ruin this observatory like this? It should be brought."

"So luckily the Soviet Union is gone, isn't it?"

Gorman didn't wait for the former to finish, and before Wei Ran and Jima could speak, he faced Anna and said meaningfully, "Rather than continue to be abandoned, it's good for these young people to use it to recreate value now." The result, isn't it, Comrade Anna?"

Teacher Anna, who usually doesn't like to talk very much, was stunned for a while, and then he breathed a sigh of relief, "Yeah. Fortunately, I'm not here anymore. Alright! Little guys, take us down to have a look."

Jima and Wei Ran looked at each other, and honestly left the observatory with the two teachers and the dog who seemed to have become much smarter.

"The power building on the left is basically used as a warehouse now"

Jima led everyone to the five-story building on the right and said, "All the weapons, ammunition, fuel, food, drinks and supplies are all placed in that building. Besides, we also use the summer time to Restored two Ural trucks for mobility, they are in that building now."

Before the words were finished, an Inta hunter who had been waiting at the door had already helped them open the door with animal skin curtains, and then everyone felt the heat wave blowing towards them.

“The heating system here has also been repaired by us”

Jima said proudly, "Before the Ob River was frozen, we rented a cargo ship to bring a lot of coal here. Even if we burn it uninterrupted every day, it is enough for us to last the whole winter without any problems. In the future, this building It will be used to receive tourists, food and accommodation will be settled here.”

"Aren't you afraid that you won't be able to recover the cost?" Teacher Anna couldn't help asking. Along the way, she saw too many familiar things and too many strange things.

"We really didn't make much money"

Ji Ma led the crowd to the second floor and continued, "In other words, all the money I earned from here is invested here again."

Without waiting for the three people behind to speak, Jima pointed to Aunt Inta who looked to be in her fifties and said, "But at least they made a lot of money, didn't they?"

"Jima, I'm starting to admire you bastard."

While speaking, Gorman handed Jima a cigarette, half-seriously, half-jokingly, "You look like the best Soviet man."

"Thank you, but smoking is prohibited here."

Jima put the other party's cigarette on his ear in a serious manner, and then explained with some shyness and embarrassment, "I just want to be like Principal Nicholas. My parents left because of his help. Inta settled in Kazan, I am not as powerful as Mr. Nicholas, but at least I can make Inta's friends live a little more comfortably."

"You're sure to make money"

Wei Ran said with affirmation that although this guy and his Inta friends used a lot of patchwork methods, they made the two camps have a different flavor.Judging from his years of experience working part-time in his aunt's travel agency, this is exactly what caters to the curiosity-seeking appetite of those tourists.

"Speaking of this, Victor, I want to talk to you alone." After Jima finished speaking, he looked at Gorman and Teacher Anna apologetically.

The two teachers were also very happy, and happily took the silly dog ​​to visit the building on their own, leaving enough space for Ji Ma and Wei Ran.

"Trouble?" Wei Ran looked at Jima and asked.

"Shall we talk somewhere else?"

Jima was not in a hurry to speak, and took Wei Ran into a conference room, brewed a pot of Huaxia jasmine tea that he did not know where he got it, and then said carefully, "Victor, I plan to Concentrate on being an actor."

"What do you mean by that?" Wei Ran looked at Jima in confusion.

"Mr. Gorman said I have a talent for acting"

Ji Mahua pulled the back of his head and explained yearningly, "And I talked with Principal Nicholas, and he also agreed with me trying to be a professional actor, or a professional actor in your time film studio, saying Maybe in the future, I will really become a star!"

"So?" Wei Ran put down his teacup and asked, "What are you talking to me about?"

"I want to give up these two camps." Jima said his decision abruptly.

"Abandon these two camps?"

Wei Ran looked at each other in surprise, "You have invested so much in this place, and you plan to give up before you start? Ji Ma, your head was kissed by the mouth on the brown bear's butt, right?"

(End of this chapter)