War Photographer's Notebook

Chapter 500
Under the constantly surging aurora, Wei Ran and Gail dug out the half-track motorcycle buried in snow on the shore of the frozen lake.

After trying to start it to no avail, the two dug out the wrench and other things from the compartment, and removed the not-so-big engine with the faint light of the flashlight.

Regarding whether the engine can be repaired, Wei Ran actually does not have any hope, but for Gail, repairing it has become all his hope.

With the help of the wrist-thick wood they brought, the two lifted the heavy engine into the trailer, and then gathered all the tools and various accessories that came with the car, and then dragged the heavy trailer to the shelter direction.

"Victor, stop cleaning up those marks."

Gail urged, "Maybe in a few hours, as long as it is covered by random snow, and it has been so long, the Germans will never chase here for us."

"makes sense."

After hesitating for a moment, Wei Ran stood up, took another rope tied to the trailer, carried it on his shoulder, and pulled the trailer together into the coniferous forest.

Returning to the shelter while chatting, Dorian was still soundly asleep, but Kantan was already awake, and at this time he was making a pair of leggings out of bearskin and canvas.

"Did you really take the engine back?" Kang Tan raised his eyebrows, and handed a already made leggings to Wei Ran, "Tie it on your leg and try it."

"For me?" Wei Ran asked in surprise.

"Although the German boots you and Dorian wear are more comfortable than mine, they are certainly not as warm as mine."

Kang Tan explained briefly, and continued to urge, "Try it quickly, if it doesn't fit, I can change it again."

Hearing this, Wei Ran just took the bearskin leggings from the other party. To put it bluntly, this leggings is just a piece of hard bearskin that has not been tanned, with a layer of canvas lining and canvas laces added inside.

Although the shape and craftsmanship are absolutely simple and rough, it has to be admitted that it is indeed much warmer when tied on the legs.

Wei Ran tried to jump, and said with satisfaction, "The size is very suitable."

"Take it off"

Kang Tan nodded, "When I make leggings for the two of you, if Gail hasn't repaired the engine by then, I'll get you a pair of gloves for each of you."

"Bearskin too?" Gail asked jokingly.

"If any of you are willing to arrange those animal traps in the forest, maybe it can be fox fur or wolf fur." ​​Kang Tan spread his hands here, "but it definitely won't be human skin."

"I'll go"

Wei Ran was the first to say, "I have a friend who is a hunter. He often hunts in this environment, so I probably know where to put the trap."

"Then I'll leave it to you." Kang Tan pointed to the animal trap next to the fireplace, "The ones on the left should be usable, but the two on the right seem to have some problems."

"I'll go now." Wei Ran said standing up, picked up the bunch of animal traps, and took a few extra nails and left the shelter again.

After chopping off some internal organs of brown bears with an axe, Wei Ran took the animal trap to the depths of the coniferous forest and searched carefully until he saw some seemingly invisible footprints on the snow. The internal organs of the brown bear were nailed to the trunk of a nearby pine tree, and then a trap was placed directly below, and finally, it was carefully camouflaged with snow.

In the same way, he arranged all the few animal traps in his hand, Wei Ran took note of the location, and then cleaned up his footprints and returned to the shelter.

For the next two days, Dorian continued to spread the ashes and planks from the fireplace on the floor of the shelter.Gale devoted all his energy to repairing the engine.

In the past two days, after Kang Tan made a pair of leggings for Wei Ran and Dorian respectively, he made a pair of thick and heavy mittens for each of them out of thick sheared bearskin and canvas.

Although this glove is far from being flexible after wearing it, it is still warm enough. Even at Wei Ran's request, he even sewed an index finger made of canvas on the right hand of the glove.

As for the effect, it is naturally used to pull the trigger.It's a pity that not only Gail and Dorian didn't like this small improvement, but even Kang Tan thought it was completely unnecessary—even though he made the canvas index finger cot that Wei Ran requested without any compromise.

In addition, Wei Ran not only took over most of the odd jobs including cooking in the past two days, but also helped Gail who was busy repairing the engine every now and then.

Unfortunately, after the engine was disassembled, it showed the worst possibility-it exploded, which almost gave it a death sentence.

It was also from this day that Gail began to make snowboards with the few remaining wooden boards day and night.And this work also received the support of Dorian and Kang Tan in a very short period of time.

When the third complete "卌" symbol appeared on the wooden board on the chimney of the fireplace, the dog barking from outside the forest also made everyone's spirits tense up!

"Pfft!"

As thick water vapor and dust evaporated, the bonfire that had been burning in the fireplace for half a month was extinguished by Gail, and Kantan also blew out the oil lamp on the table.

Dorian, who was chopping wood outside, knocked down the small chimney he built with his own hands at the fastest speed after sending out the signal.And Wei Ran, who ran out of the shelter immediately after, also brandished a shovel, helping to bury the chimney and the mouth of the chimney with snow.

"We can't hide in the shelter!" Wei Ran said quickly, "Hide, let's hide behind the tree! Quick!"

Hearing this, Gail and Kang Tan picked up the weapons hanging on the door in no particular order, followed Wei Ran's guidance and ran towards a pine tree not far away.

Almost as soon as Wei Ran and Dorian jumped into the shadow of a pine tree, a sleigh pulled by reindeer and a sled pulled by dogs rushed into this hidden area. Glade!
"It's here"

After the person sitting in the sleigh cart got off, he raised his hand and made a nasty salute, and then said to the person sitting in the reindeer sleigh in German, "A local hunter lived here a few years ago. Said that their family was unfortunately caught in a fire, if someone is hiding here, I think this is the most likely place."

"Um"

The person sitting on the sled returned a decent salute, but he didn't get off the car, but asked in a flat tone, "It seems that there are people living here?"

"That's true." The sledgeman looked around nervously, "But we should bring a few more people here, it was already here a few years ago."

Just when he was about to say something more, Gail jumped out with a submachine gun in his hand. At the same time, Wei Ran also jumped out and shouted in German, "Hands up! Otherwise we will shoot!"

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