War Photographer's Notebook

Chapter 465 Three Topics
With a sumptuous lunch and a sumptuous dinner, plus [-] rubles per person, Wei Ran sent away the helpers. After locking the door, Wei Ran immediately ran back to the house and began to study the man he deliberately threw. to the wooden box in the corner.

Different from the other boxes, the books in this box can be said to be disorganized and cover a wide range of topics. There are only a dozen or so books, covering almost every field from literature to philosophy to medicine to law and history.

It is a pity that these books are really ordinary books, except for the occasional few words like reading notes, but there is nothing hidden like the "Soviet Medical Encyclopedia" Interesting stuff.

But fortunately, apart from those books, there are other things in this box, including a Moscow brand typewriter and boxes of ribbons that have long been eliminated, a pair of sheepskin gloves, and a suit with The blue-gray Shapka of the sickle and hammer badge (the prototype of the Leifeng hat) and a white knitted scarf, a barrel-shaped bosom shaped like a pepper bottle, and a Rocket brand polar pocket watch in a leather case, in addition , and a portable flagon that is not too big.

Only from these small objects, it is known that the person who used these things at the beginning probably lived in the polar circle for a long time, otherwise, he would never use the kind of equipment that is only used when it is difficult to distinguish between day and night. A 24-hour pocket watch, not to mention putting a crucial leather case on that silver pocket watch.

Taking these things out of the wooden box one by one, there were only bulging file bags left in the box.

Randomly pulled out a file, the handwritten title on it immediately made Wei Ran frown——Research on How to Artificially Create Mental Illness (2).

Putting it aside, Wei Ran picked up the second file next to it. The title on it was similar, except that the number in the brackets at the end changed from 2 to 1.

Seeing this, he simply took out all the portfolios and classified them according to the titles and serial numbers on them.

In general, there are only three topics in these archives. In addition to the first "Research on How to Artificially Create Mental Illness", there are also "Cultivation of Group Obedience and Psychological Correction of Prisoners of War Order" and "Extremely Cold A Survey of Environmental Human Physical and Mental Limits".

But no matter which one, just the academic titles make people shudder.After hesitating for a moment, Wei Ran opened the first file beginning with the extremely cold environment in order.

As the thick stack of manuscript paper was taken out, Wei Ran's eyes became wider and wider as the content recorded in the lines of emotionless letters left by the typewriter.

It can be roughly seen from the few words in this file that the person who wrote this file was sent to a labor camp numbered 49 in Siberia for almost three years as a doctor after the end of World War II. Responsible for the physical health of the guards there.

It was during this period that he began his research on the physical endurance and long-term psychological endurance of human beings in extreme cold environments by observing the nuclear prisoners of war and German prisoners of war recruited in this labor camp.

As the manuscript paper was turned page by page, there were more and more professional vocabulary in what was written later, and Wei Ran could understand less and less.But every time the letter numbers representing the observation target disappear, it means that a piece of valid data is generated.

Putting less than a quarter of the manuscript paper back into the file bag, Wei Ran picked up the file bag labeled "Cultivation of Group Obedience and Psychological Correction of Prisoners of War Order (1)".

It is still the standard Cyrillic alphabet typed out by the typewriter, and the source of the data is still introduced at the beginning of the article.It can still be seen from the first few pages that the data writer, whose name is not even known, was transferred to a place called Mine No. 49 after three years of work in the No. 52 labor camp. Continue to do the previous work.

According to the content written in the file, all the workers in this mine are prisoners of war from nuclear recruitment. However, collective seppuku broke out and caused dozens of deaths.

It was also after that incident that the doctor, who did not reveal his name from beginning to end, suspended his previous research and started a new project—the cultivation of group obedience and the psychological correction of prisoners of war order.

Without continuing to look back, Wei Ran put the manuscript paper back into the file bag again, and opened the bag marked "Research on How to Artificially Create Mental Illness (1)".

In this file, the doctor stated that because of his previous work in Siberia, he was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labor, and also received a Nagant revolver and a reward of 500 rubles, and was awarded in January 1952. He was transferred to work in Kazan Prison, and in the summer of the second year, he was instructed to carry out a new research project—how to artificially create mental illness.

After reading the beginning, Wei Ran put down the manuscript paper in his hand and looked at the other portfolios with the same title.

Compared with the six or seven full files of the previous two topics, there are only three file bags in total for this topic.

After thinking for a moment, Wei Ran opened the file bag labeled "Research on How to Artificially Create Mental Illness (3)".

Contrary to his expectations, the amount of manuscript paper in this file bag is less than half of the previous one, but besides the manuscript paper, there is also a palm-sized glasses cloth inside.Pinned to this spectacle cloth is precisely the Order of the Red Banner of Labor mentioned at the beginning of the topic.

However, when Wei Ran took off the medal, he found that the serial number on the back had been artificially worn off.

Frowning and thinking for a moment, Wei Ran directly turned the manuscript paper in the file bag to the last page, and then found that the content written on the typewriter had been artificially crossed out by a red line, and a paragraph of Russian was handwritten:

"The experience of working in Siberia is the glory of my life, but during the two years in this prison, I made an unforgivable mistake. In short, this is a subject that should not be continued. The only way to stop it is to Put an end to me who led the research on this subject first."

Sighing secretly, Wei Ran put all the manuscript paper that hinted at the author's ending and the Red Banner Medal of Labor pinned on the glasses cloth back into the file bag.

From the few words at the beginning of these three topics, Wei Ran has pieced together the image of a doctor.

After the end of World War II, he was sent to work in a prisoner-of-war camp in Siberia. During the six or seven years there, the doctor independently completed two research projects, and was rewarded for it, and got the Nathaniel hidden in the book. Gan revolver pistol, and an Order of the Red Banner of Labor, and a bonus of 500 rubles.

At the beginning of 1952, the doctor was transferred to Kazan Prison and was given a new research topic.But after working in Kazan Prison for two years, the doctor chose to end his own life in order to terminate the subject he was responsible for.

After sorting out the time relationship before and after, Wei Ran, after some hesitation, put all the things back into the wooden boxes, moved them up to a remote room on the third floor by himself, and placed the things in the boxes one by one in the afternoon. On those bookshelves that have just been arranged.

If you don't want to cause trouble, these things are destined to be impossible to put on the bookshelf on the first floor.At the same time, no matter whether this box was discovered by accident or because of the deliberate arrangement of the cheap mentor Kajik, it has no meaning to Wei Ran at this time, let alone arouse any curiosity.

As for using the cowhide notebook to go back and have a look
Don't make trouble, Wei Ran doesn't have any motivation this time, and if he accidentally becomes the doctor's experimental subject or observation object, it will be very exciting.The most important thing is that last time Guam kept him for nearly a month, if he was left by that doctor's side for seven or eight years this time, there would really be nowhere to cry.

After putting away the full boxes one by one, Wei Ran, who was still a little uneasy, went back to the first floor and checked the things that the punks dug out from other wooden boxes one by one until he was sure that there was nothing like it. Portfolio bag, this was a complete sigh of relief.

Taking out a large photo album, Wei Ran sat cross-legged on the solid wood floor, flipping through the pages with great interest, and at the same time secretly thinking about the things that the little girls found in the pages of the book, waiting for that small town When the library is completed, this photo album might be a nice gift to send back.

Trying to use all kinds of random thoughts to drive away the attention on the three scary topics, Wei Ran was about to find a place for the retro desk lamps with replaced power cords, when the satellite phone on the long table rang ring.

When he picked up his mobile phone, he noticed that the caller turned out to be Makar who was far away in the United States.

"Victor, I hope I didn't disturb your rest." As soon as the call was connected, Makar on the other end of the receiver said proactively.

"No, it's just getting dark here."

While responding to the other party, Wei Ran put down the desk lamp he had just picked up, and then sat on the chair and asked, "Makar, you seem very happy to hear your tone, is there anything good?"

“Something really good”

Makar said with a smile, "After Karenina delivered the photo album yesterday, I sent the things we found in the basement and the photo album to the gun shop according to the address and excuse she gave. .”

"And then? Did the other party accept it?"

Wei Ran asked absent-mindedly, the Karenina that the other party said was Katenka. When they were on his farm, Wei Ran and Suisui kept calling Katenka Karenina.

"It's taken, they've taken it all. And I've had a long video call with Mr. Brown."

Makar paused, then continued, "Brown wanted to pay some money for those things, but I did not agree with what Karenina said. Later, in the chat, after he learned about the situation on my farm, he said Will bring some people over to help clean up the wild boars and hares."

"He wants to take someone there too?" Wei Ran raised his eyebrows.

"right"

Makar said a little apologetically, "It's similar to the way you and Aurora bring tourists to play. After discussing with Jessica and Diego, I feel that it is necessary to talk to you and Aurora in advance. Let’s just say, after all, you invested a lot of money in this farm.”

"It's okay, we agreed." Wei Ran said bluntly, "Of course, the premise is that you didn't disclose that Karenina and I have been to Hawaii."

"Of course, of course not." Makar quickly replied, "Karenina reminded me many times."

Hearing this, Wei Ran smiled and said cheerfully, "Then it will be no problem. I wish your farms more and more tourists, and less and less hares and wild boars."

The two exchanged a few pleasantries and hung up the phone, but Wei Ran couldn't help thinking of what Marshall had done outside the Guam camp, and then he remembered what was recorded by the unknown doctor who wrote the file. And at the end of World War II, Master Li from the United States opened a barbecue stall in Tokyo, and Maozi organized a team of little devils in a Siberian farmhouse to build a warm scene of digging potatoes.

But after thinking about it all this time, he really couldn't find any person or country that did something wrong, and in the end he could only sigh that he owed a little to the truth of the troubled little devil.

　No more updates for today, some things need to be checked.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)