War Photographer's Notebook

Chapter 486 Goodbye to the Akim Family

On the morning of June 6, Wei Ran drove an armored pickup to Kazan Airport with his aunt, professor and their luggage, and boarded the flight to Finland on time.

He naturally had no reason to refuse this trip to Finland.Among other things, I have always gained a lot from my previous trips related to Finland, from the SVT40 semi-automatic rifle and binoculars, to the later anti-tank guns and the Finnish I learned.It can be said that a long time ago, the war related to Finland was designated by Wei Ran as a "treasure place of geomantic omen".

Although I don't know whether it is necessary to use a metal book to trace the history this time, at least Wei Ran has no rejection in his heart, but has a trace of expectation.Not to mention that it was my aunt and the professor who came to Kazan to invite him this time.

After a tiring journey, when the three of Wei Ran met Akim and Chris who were waiting for them at the airport, the bright sun was still hanging above their heads.

"Welcome your family to come over as a guest, Victor, we haven't seen each other for a long time, why didn't you bring your partner this time?" From a long distance, Akim let him know with his recognizable smokey voice The three of Wei Ran found him easily.

"Jima is in class. He is preparing to make his second movie recently. How are you doing?" Wei Ran responded, reaching out to hug Akim and Chris who was standing next to him.

"Thanks to Zhou for his help, we have received many generous tourists this winter."

Aunt Chris joked with a smile, "I knew that your little partner would become a movie star. I should have taken a few more photos with him and asked him to leave some autographs."

"There will be opportunities in the future." Wei Ran promised with a smile, "I will bring him over to play for a few days then."

"Then it's settled"

Akim responded, and then took out a small bottle of local specialty potato wine from his arms and handed it to Professor Alexei, "I heard that you, an old man, quit drinking?"

"Rumours, that's rumors!"

Seeing that his wife who was chatting with Chris didn't say anything, Professor Alexi said arrogantly, then boldly unscrewed the potato wine handed by the other party, raised his neck and took a big gulp.

"rumor?"

Akim poked the breathalyzer hung on Professor Alexey's waist with his finger, "What's the matter with this thing? Don't tell me it's a metal detector."

"It's just for my health"

Without blushing, Professor Alexey took out the breathalyzer attached to his waist and blew it vigorously, and said in plain language with complacency, "Akim, a man who is self-disciplined is a good man, Look at me, as long as the number displayed on it exceeds 20, I won't drink more, this is the power of technology."

"Really?" Akim glanced suspiciously at the screen of the breathalyzer.

"of course it's true!"

Professor Alexey put the alcohol tester back into the holster around his waist without any haste, changed the subject without a trace and asked, "If you are interested, I will give you one in the future, hurry up Tell me where are we going now?"

"Come home with me first." Akim, who was obviously fooled, waved his hand, and led everyone to the staff passage on one side.

Led by the old man, everyone came to the tarmac talking and laughing, and boarded the familiar Cessna 208 small plane.

Fortunately, there was no need to wait for other passengers this time, so Akeem started the engine almost at the same time Aunt Chris closed the cabin door. After everyone fastened their seat belts, he also lined up to take off under the command of the tower Fly to the direction of home.

When the small plane lightly landed on the water and finally landed on the pier, as the hatch opened, Wei Ran saw Aunt Jiana who gave him the SVT40 semi-automatic rifle as a gift Have been standing next to a very old looking SUV waiting for a long time.

"Why is Aunt Jiana here?" Wei Ran asked curiously.

"Since our glass house was fixed, I've asked Jana to come over and work for us."

Aunt Chris, who walked in the front, explained, "After his son retires next year, maybe he will come to help."

"When the time comes, I don't have to worry about the job of flying the plane," Akim explained in harmony.

Take the van driven by Aunt Jiana back to the wooden house where Wei Ran once visited.It's only been a year or two, and now the number of glass guest rooms around this wooden house has at least doubled, densely occupying a large area of ​​the boss.

It's just that it's summer now, so there are naturally no tourists at this time, and the extraordinarily long daylight has also made these glass guest rooms all closed with reflective curtains, which makes it look like an alien base. .

Under the warm greeting of Akim and Chris, everyone walked into the wooden house surrounded by glass guest rooms, talking and laughing, and sat directly at the dining table already filled with sumptuous meals.

After exchanging pleasantries and several glasses of potato wine, Professor Alexey asked while the women were chatting, "Akim, tell me how you found out about that shelter."

"This matter started a month ago"

Akim refilled Alexei with a glass of wine and explained with a smile, "A friend of mine bought a piece of land at an auction. You know, as the polar day gets closer, the daytime sunshine in the north It is getting stronger and stronger, and after the snow melts, the surface will be exposed without reservation. If you want to buy land, the recent period is the best time."

"You're getting too far," Alexey reminded dissatisfiedly, "have another drink."

"I didn't get far"

Akim poured another glass of wine for the former, and then continued, "Before the auction started, my friend wanted me to fly a plane to show him the situation of the land, so I went.

The environment there is not bad, with many trees and prey, and it is close enough to Karasjok in Norway.I forgot to mention that my friend is half Norwegian, and his home is in Karasjok. "

"How far do you want to go?"

Professor Alexis became more and more dissatisfied, "I finally know why you retired from Petersburg University so early. It must be because your lectures always digress."

"It's almost time to talk, what's the rush?"

Akim spread his hands, unhurriedly cut a small piece of roast venison and stuffed it into his mouth, and then continued, "At that time, my friends and I thought that piece of land was good, and within two weeks Before, he successfully bought the land, and then invited me to help him fly again, and find a place where he can take off and land the plane, and he plans to build a house there before winter comes."

"And then you discovered that shelter?" Wei Ran, who was also listening, asked impatiently.

"Finding that shelter was an accident"

Akim explained slowly, "We found a place where the plane could land, and we also found a forest clearing nearby. In order to know how deep the permafrost layer in that clearing is from the surface. We chose a location at random and started Digging down, when the digging depth reached more than one meter, my friend fell into the underground shelter without warning, and he even broke his leg."

"Dug out at a depth of one meter?" Wei Ran frowned subconsciously.

"What's the matter?" Professor Alexis turned his head and asked.

Wei Ran shook his head, looked at Akeem and asked, "How high is the space inside that underground shelter?"

"At least two meters," Akim replied. "It took a lot of effort to drag my friend up."

"In other words, if you want to build that shelter, you need to dig three meters deep?"

"What do you want to say?" Alexey demanded.

Wei Ran thought for a while and said, "This is very strange. According to our analysis in Kazan, the people in that shelter are likely to be in winter, but how hard the frozen soil is in winter, Akim is sure more clearly.

In other words, whether it is digging in summer and hiding inside until winter, or digging three meters down in the permafrost layer in winter, it is not an easy task.So, how did that shelter come about? "

"Probably because of the soil quality there"

Akim replied uncertainly, "It's all sandy soil, but even so, digging three meters deep in winter is indeed a big project."

"It's not easy to persist from summer to winter"

Professor Alexei frowned and replied, "And according to historical records, if the three corpses were indeed prisoners of war transported by the Germans from southern Europe, they would not have been able to catch up with the relatively warm summer."

"Did you find anything else there?" Wei Ran looked at Akeem and asked.

Akim spread his hands, "I only had time to rescue my friend and send him to the hospital. Even if we went to the second trip later, we just dug up the shelter and took a few photos, and then followed Alexei's instructions." Hint, just cover it up with a tarp."

“Looks like I have to go and see it”

Professor Alexis muttered to himself, and then asked, "Akim, when are we going?"

"At least until we're sober," Akeem said, already holding up his glass, "and there's nothing there now except coyotes."

"I won't go." Zhou Shujin, who was still chatting with Chris just now, turned her head and said, "I'm going to take a good rest here for a few days."

"It seems that only the three of us have gone." Akeem spread his hands.

"At that time, we need to bring more ammunition." Professor Alexey flicked the root of his chin on the side of his neck without any trace while speaking.

"Of course we need to bring more ammunition." Akim did not forget to blink his eyes while responding.

On the other hand, Wei Ran, as if he didn't see their small movements, picked up the wine glass on the table and drank it down.If Professor Alexey hadn't flicked the neck twice, the ammunition would really be ammunition, but after that little gesture that meant "two drinks", the alcohol content of those ammunition would probably not be too low.

　Thank you, I don't want to say reward 5000 points

　　Thanks to my falling kid for rewarding 200 points

　　
　
(End of this chapter)