War Photographer's Notebook

Chapter 362 The Sand Behind the Ear

At two o'clock in the middle of the night, the wall clock on the first floor punctually remembered the melodious time chime, and Artur also lightly knocked on Wei Ran's door twice.

When the latter opened the door, Artur waved to Wei Ran and led him into a room full of sundries.

The windows of this room were completely blocked by wooden boxes next to each other, and when Wei Ran closed the door, the room was also plunged into darkness.

Only then did Artur light the kerosene lamp he had been carrying in his hand all this time, and with the flame only the size of a peanut, he took out a Radom pistol made in Poland and a cardboard box containing bullets from his arms. Passed it to Wei Ran, and at the same time reminded in a low voice, "Don't shoot unless necessary. Once the chain dog is brought over, the two of us won't be able to escape."

After receiving the pistol and the bullets, Wei Ran briefly inspected them, then filled the magazine of the pistol, and put the remaining bullets into his pocket.

"Let's go"

After Artur finished speaking, he blew out the oil lamp, left the room with Wei Ran one after the other, stepped on the stairs and passed through the second floor full of snoring noises, then walked into the kitchen in the dark, took a With a rope and a shovel, he left the Kraken Tavern through the small door.

Against the cold wind mixed with the fishy smell of the sea and the icy raindrops blowing in front of them, under the cover of night, the two walked along the coastline in the dark all the way to the northwest.

Compared with the tourist city in later generations, the coastline here is somewhat depressed now, especially the warships that are looming in the distance, which makes this bay even more dangerous.

On the other hand, Artur, who seemed to have walked along this road countless times, led Wei Ran almost trotting around in a small piece of woods next to the shore, waiting for them to pass through the woods from the other side of the woods. When I came out, I saw a small wooden boat lying upside down quietly beside a rock.

"You wait here, use a shovel to dig a hole one meter deep and half a meter wide."

After Artur finished speaking, he lay down on the wet beach, approached the upside-down boat cautiously in a prostrate posture, and not long after, he pulled out two large boats from the sand near the stern. Wooden box the size of a microwave oven.

Under the watchful eyes of Wei Ran who was busy digging the pit, Artur tied the handles of the two wooden boxes with a rope brought in advance, then crawled back to the woods, beckoned Wei Ran to help pull the rope together, and The two wooden boxes were dragged into the woods.

With the help of the sand raised when the two boxes were dragged, the traces left by Artur on the beach just now were completely wiped out, leaving only a few drag marks of unknown significance.

After successfully getting the boxes, Artur was not in a hurry to go back, and took out a pair of pliers and a screwdriver, and disassembled the two boxes on the spot.And taking advantage of the time, Wei Ran also easily dug a large enough bunker on the sandy ground at the edge of the forest, and then moved to the side of the former again to watch the excitement.

Each of these two wooden boxes contained a rucksack, and the backpack was filled with tin cans distributed by Germany in World War II.

But even if Artur didn't say anything, Wei Ran, who was in charge of helping, could guess based on the weight of these cans that there was a high probability that the contents were not something that could be put into the mouth.

He and Wei Ran each carried canvas bags covered in wet fine sand, Artur threw the two wooden boxes together with the rope they brought into the sand pit dug out by Wei Ran, and then buried them with sand using hands and feet Strictly.

After groping in the dark to clear away the footprints and handprints around them, the two of them didn't dare to waste time. They patted the sand off their bodies, found a puddle of water to rinse their shoes, and then immediately started to return the same way.

Compared with the time when he came, Artur was much more cautious on the way back. Not only did he try to walk in the shadow of trees or buildings throughout the whole process, but he didn't even dare to straighten his waist.

Such a small road, seeing the two of them were less than a hundred meters away from the Kraken Tavern, the dim car lights were faintly lit behind them.

There was no time to discuss, and the two hid in the bushes by the roadside in no particular order.Immediately afterwards, a sidecar motorcycle passed by them, and then ran past a black car.

"The one sitting in the motorcycle seems to be Adam?" Arthur muttered, and then his face turned pale, "It's broken, they are going to the tavern!"

"You go back first"

Wei Ran took off the rucksack from the opponent's shoulder while speaking, "Try to delay as long as possible, I will find a place to hide these two backpacks first."

"What's in there is important."

Artur gave a worried remark, until Wei Ran nodded, then took a shortcut and ran quickly to the tavern not far away, and at this time, the sidecar motorcycle had already stopped at the entrance of the tavern.

Glancing at Artur who was running towards the back door of the tavern under the cover of the building, Wei Ran hid the two heavy backpacks in the ruins of a collapsed wooden house, and then quickly ran to the Kraken tavern.

At the same time, Artur, who had already entered the tavern through the back door, responded loudly to the increasingly manic knocking on the door, while taking off his soaked clothes and shoes as quickly as possible, and handing them all to the mute The old man, by the way, took the nightgown handed over by the other party and put it on, and then opened the door.

"Sorry, it's really cold tonight. I was adding coal to the furnace just now, and I didn't hear the knock on the door." While complaining about the weather, Artur glanced at Adam, the chain dog, with a gun on his waist. He got on, looked at the car in the distance, and asked curiously, "Mr. Adam, is anyone planning to live here so late?"

Adam hit the beam of the flashlight on Artur's face, and after observing for a while, he asked suspiciously, "Where's your bartender? You need to do such a small thing as adding coal?"

"Maybe he went on a date with a girl"

Artur had no choice but to point his finger at the snoring sound coming from the bar behind him, "So this kind of thing can only be done by myself, can I still expect that deaf and dumb old guy to think about this kind of thing?" ?"

Adam didn't say anything more, and stretched out his hand to flip the switch on the wall. Amidst the crisp clicking sound, the chandelier above his head didn't turn on.

"The power supply will not be restored until eight o'clock tomorrow morning," Arthur kindly reminded, wearing only a nightgown, "It's blackout time, and you were the one who came here to inform us."

Adam glanced at Arthur again, and finally asked, "Has Major Felix stayed here tonight?"

"If there is no accident, it must be on the second floor, in Petra's room." Artur said almost "like a treasure", "Since Mr. Major returned to Hong Kong, he has been living in Petra's room these days. Their relationship is recent."

"Okay, call him down." Adam interrupted Artur's rambling impatiently, walked to the bar and said, "Bring me a glass of liqueur by the way."

"no problem"

Artur enthusiastically walked to the bar, poured Adam a glass of wine in a fancy way, and then went upstairs to wake up Major Felix.

"Artur, why don't you be the bartender yourself?" Adam asked when the other party was about to walk up to the second floor.

Artur stopped and said proudly, "Mr. Adam, I am no longer a bartender, I am now the owner of Siren Tavern, of course I can't continue to work as a bartender, Mia didn't like me in the first place, I Of course, you can no longer do some jobs that lower your status."

"Mia doesn't like you, maybe it's because you're too old." Adam looked at Mia's room with a glass in his hand, "Maybe she likes me?"

"Adam, don't think about Mia. My cousin is."

"Your cousin is just a small first officer, and their warship will not be back for at least half a month."

Adam withdrew his gaze and continued to say in a half-joking and half-serious way, "Even if he's here, he won't fight with me over a woman."

Seeing that Artur's breathing seemed to become more rapid, Adam waved his hand, "Alright Artur, I was joking with you, go and call Major Felix down."

"You'd better be joking," Artur responded in a moderate voice, and walked up to the second floor to look for Major Felix.

At the same time, Mia, who was lying on the bed, had already grasped a P38 pistol under the pillow, ready to shoot anyone who broke into the house at any time.

In the dark kitchen, after hesitating for a moment, Wei Ran quietly left the tavern along the small door, and ran back to the direction where he hid the canvas bag.

On the second floor of Siren Tavern, after the cursing caused by the knock on the door, a man with a standard Prussian hazel head and a neatly trimmed beard also left the room with a navy uniform and an armed belt come out.

And behind him, an almost naked woman was leaning against the door frame, while teasing Adam, the chain dog on the first floor, who was illuminating her with the beam of a flashlight, and at the same time took a few coins that she got from Major Felix not long ago. Coins were thrown into a vase by the door, making a tinkling sound.

"Adam, if you call me up at this time, you better have a reason that satisfies me."

Major Felix said impatiently, and at the same time unceremoniously used the armed belt in his hand to hit the flashlight in Adam's hand to the floor.

The chain dog Adam indifferently picked up the flashlight that rolled to the side, and then pointed out the door, "Major Felix, I can't give you any reason. You have to go to the car to find them. I just happened to I know you must be here, so I just help out as a guide."

Major Felix glanced outside the door, took the umbrella from Artur and walked over quickly. Then, the major who just got up from the woman's bed saluted, then opened the door and got into the car. The co-pilot of the car walked away.

"Since the door has been opened, how about asking Petra to come down and have a drink with me?" Adam the chain dog was not in a hurry to leave, but leaned on the bar and asked Arthur.

"Of course I have no objection." Artur nodded happily, "As long as Petra is willing to earn your money."

"5 marks plus a pack of cigarettes, you need coins instead of banknotes, and it counts on the bed sheet."

The girl named Petra was lying on the railing on the second floor while showing off her talent, while offering a price that was not too high or too low, "Of course, if you want to go down and drink with you, you must first Just pay."

"no problem"

Adam the chain dog raised his glass and gestured to Artur, then took out a handful of coins from his pocket and sprinkled them on the bar counter, "Just bring a whole bottle of liqueur and serve it up."

Artur slowly stacked all the coins on the bar, took 5 marks out of it and put them aside, then swept the rest into the drawer, then turned around and took an unopened bottle from the wine rack Liqueur.

At the same time, Adam, the chain dog who had been observing Artur, had already focused all his attention on the small piece of fine sand stained behind the former's ear.

(End of this chapter)