War Photographer's Notebook

Chapter 398 Group photo with additional conditions
Accompanying these little guys to eat a simple and not filling lunch at all, Ivan and his little friends continued to dig the shack.

Before starting work, Wei Ran also took a few photos of these little guys while they were not paying attention.

Then I kept busy until the sun was only a fist height away from the treetops. Then Ivan ordered everyone to stop the work, covered the excavation site with the weeds prepared in advance, and then walked along the creek together, talking and laughing. Quicken your pace and walk back.

"Ivan, what are you going to do next?" Wei Ran asked with an engineering shovel in his hand.

"We're going to have lessons with Teacher Jaina until the sun goes down."

Ivan's tone was full of anticipation, "If I can answer all the questions correctly today, maybe Teacher Jaina will return the military cap to me."

"I wish you success!" Wei Ran swore a blessing against his will, and really couldn't bear to tell this little guy the truth he heard from Teacher Jaina.

Almost trotting all the way back to the camp, Wei Ran immediately recognized Uncle Slava from the familiar smoke, and at the same time accurately judged that the young man who was handing a bouquet of colorful flowers to Teacher Jaina probably It was Shula who had a brief exchange with him when he came back last night.

Speaking of which, regardless of Uncle Slava or that Shura, although they were not wearing the uniform of the Soviet Red Army, they each wore a tank cap on their heads.

The only difference is that the tank cap on Uncle Slava's head is made of leather and has goggles. At the same time, he also wears a telescope and a metal whistle around his neck, and even a Nagant spinner on his waist. round pistol.

Shura's tank cap is made of cotton, and he has no goggles.There is no weapon on his waist, but on his shoulder is an MP40 submachine gun issued by the German army.

In addition, when Wei Ran saw Uncle Slava for the first time, he couldn't help but think of "The Tracker on the Volga", because this old man is at least 50 years old, whether it is The stocky figure, the messy hair and beard, and even the vicissitudes of life, are really too similar to the first tracker in the oil painting.

In comparison, the young man named Shula looks much more handsome, but unfortunately, the horrible scar on his face that extends from the right corner of the mouth to the earlobe ruins his handsomeness, and instead makes him His face looked a little scary.

Seeing Wei Ran coming back, Slava immediately asked, "Comrade reporter, how is your day?"

"Just call me Victor"

Wei Ran glanced at Ivan who was leading the dozen or so friends to line up to wash their hands by the creek, "I had a very fulfilling day."

"That's good." After Slava responded, he didn't continue like last night. Obviously, he is really not good at words.

Fortunately, Shula, the young soldier who was looking for Teacher Jaina's courtship, came up and asked in a low voice, "Victor, I heard that you took a photo of Teacher Jaina?"

Wei Ran immediately guessed what the other party was thinking, and asked with a smile, "Do you want it?"

"Is it okay?" Shula asked happily. While speaking, she groped her body, and then took out a small glass wine bottle that was only the size of a palm. "I only have so much wine left, and I will give it to you!"

"Alcohol is fine"

Wei Ran waved his hand and said in a low voice, "When you find a chance to stand next to Jaina, I'll take a group photo for you!"

"Really?!" Surprise immediately appeared on Shura's face, and then she said in a low voice, "Give me some time first, I want to change into clean clothes!"

"Remember to wash your face," Wei Ran reminded with a smile.

"Ten minutes, no, five minutes, give me five minutes!" Before Shula finished speaking, she had already disappeared.

And during the short time he was chatting with Shula, Uncle Slava had already picked up a little guy who seemed to be four or five years old at most, and sat under a zelkova tree that could be illuminated by the setting sun. An apple teased the child who was still wiping tears just now.

Glancing at Teacher Jiaanna who had already started teaching Ivan and others, Wei Ran took out his camera again and aimed at Uncle Slava in the setting sun, and secretly pressed the shutter.

After taking another photo, Wei Ran focused on the other busy adult guerrillas.

Most of these people wore tattered clothes, but they all wore German infantry boots on their feet, and they still carried a variety of weapons on their shoulders, from Mauser rifles to Mosin Nagant rifles, from German MP40 submachine guns. The large plate of DP light machine guns, and even a Maxim water-cooled machine gun on a horse-drawn sledge.

Besides the machine gun, there were several hares and a small deer not as big as a dog on the sledge.At this time, there was a middle-aged man in his forties, who skillfully handled these alive and kicking prey with a sharp knife under the surrounding people watching and discussing.

Getting a little closer, Wei Ran pressed the shutter on them again, trying to get everyone and every scene into the frame.

"These prey were caught by traps"

After Wei Ran finished filming, Shula, who had changed into a Soviet M35 tank soldier uniform, took the initiative to explain, "You are lucky, we usually don't catch so many prey."

"Is there enough prey for everyone?"

Wei Ran asked suspiciously. After walking around for a day, he knew very well how many people lived here. Not to mention adults, Ivan, his friends, and the younger children alone had more than 40 mouths. , If you add those women, old people, and these guerrilla fighters, there are almost 90 people here.With such a large population base, even those prey on the sledge may not be enough for one person.

"It's better than nothing"

Shula was extremely satisfied, "It's easy to attract the Germans in this forest by hunting with guns. It's not worthwhile to kill people for eating meat. It should be enough to catch so many with traps."

Wei Ran shook his head silently, and instead of continuing this topic, he said, "Shura, go to Jaina, I'll take a group photo for you."

Unexpectedly, at this time, Shula was timid, and asked, scratching the back of her head, "Why don't I talk to her first?"

"Whatever you want." Wei Ranmu pointed nonchalantly at the setting sun that was about to be blocked by the tree canopy, "I don't care if it's too late, I won't be able to take pictures clearly."

"Then I'll go there now!"

As Shula said, he took out his palm-sized glass bottle again, raised his head and drank the wine inside, then sniffed the cuffs vigorously, and walked towards Teacher Jaina who was in class.

Seeing this, Wei Ran immediately raised his camera and pointed it at the open-air classroom shrouded in a little sunset, waiting patiently for the opportunity to capture.

However, what Wei Ran and Teacher Jaina didn't expect was that after the young tank soldier strode to the ammunition box that served as the podium, he raised his hand and saluted, almost asking loudly, "Ji Comrade Anna, I want to take a photo with you!"

The loud voice on his side immediately attracted the attention of everyone around. Jaina glanced blankly at Shula who was only one meter away from her, and then covered her mouth and laughed directly.

"Crack!" Wei Ran pressed the shutter at the right time, leaving these two young people shrouded in the setting sun forever on the silver salt photo paper.

Teacher Jaina glanced at Wei Ran in the distance, and after hesitating for a while, said with a smile, "It's okay to take a group photo, but I have a condition."

"What. What conditions?" The nervous Shura stammered and asked.

"Go and persuade Comrade Victor to help me teach the children a class." Teacher Jaina said with a smile.

"No problem! Comrade Victor will definitely agree!" Shula first made a promise, and then looked at Wei Ran as if asking for help.

"When did I say that I would definitely agree."

Wei Ran muttered to himself, followed by a condition, "Shula, it's okay to help Teacher Jaina in class, but you have to promise me one condition."

"Why are you talking about conditions?" Shura asked with a bitter face, "Tell me, what conditions, as long as I can do it, I can promise you."

"How about taking me to patrol with you tomorrow?" Wei Ran's condition was for Shu La, but his eyes were on Uncle Slava who was watching the excitement not far away.

Seeing that he was just taking a group photo, and finally got involved with himself, Uncle Slava looked down at the little guy sitting on his lap, and asked with a smile, "Little Yuri, do you think you should agree?"

"Quickly agree!" Shula said nervously, "Tomorrow I will catch a little fox for you!"

"I want a bunny!"

The little guy sitting on Uncle Slava's lap said childishly, "No, I want big wild boars! Lots and lots of meaty big wild boars!"

"I'll catch a wild boar for you tomorrow!" Shula promised without thinking.

Teacher Jaina said angrily, "If you can't catch a wild boar tomorrow, we will eat you as a wild boar."

"Since Little Yuri said so, Comrade Victor will go on patrol with us tomorrow!" Slava readily agreed to Wei Ran's condition.

Hearing this, Wei Ran imitated Uncle Slava's tone and said, "Since I can go on patrol with you tomorrow, I will teach the children a lesson for Teacher Jaina later!"

"Since Comrade Victor is willing to teach for me, I'll take a photo with you!" When Jaina said this, a series of good-natured laughter erupted in the camp shrouded in the setting sun.

"friends"

Standing on an ammunition box, Wei Ran proposed, "After I take a group photo of Teacher Jaina and Shula, how about we all take a photo together? After the photo is over, I'll invite everyone to drink vodka!"

(End of this chapter)