War Photographer's Notebook

Chapter 528 An acquaintance of Professor Alexei?
Under the leadership of Teacher Dalia, Wei Ran walked into the office next to the maintenance workshop.

The area in this office is not too big, except for a set of old-looking solid wood office desks and chairs and a long sofa placed against the wall, it is clean. The ground under your feet is covered with thick dirt, which is broken There are still some metal gaskets or screws that have been polished by the soles of the shoes in the gaps between the floor tiles. Even the fish tank on the coffee table is full of moldy cigarette butts.

Compared to this dirty and messy environment, the man standing next to the solid wooden table wearing camouflage pants and a pure black T-shirt was not only clean and somewhat out of place, he even exuded a strong scholarly temperament.

At this moment, even if there are no military trucks outside, even if Daria is not carrying them, even if Wei Ran is killed, he still does not believe that this middle-aged man whose name he does not know is the repairman here.

"She introduced me to come here to find you"

There was no emotion in Daria's tone, and she didn't intend to shake hands with the other party. She didn't even seem to be going to introduce herself or the other party's identity.

"I know, what do I need to do?"

This well-mannered middle-aged man didn't seem to care. He neither sat down by himself nor signaled everyone to sit down.As for something to drink, don't even think about it.In this filthy office, the only thing that counts as liquid is probably the buckets of various brands of lubricating oil on the metal shelf behind the desk.

"Let him talk to you"

Dalia flirted with Wei Ran, and then turned around and left the office without saying hello.

Siva, who was also left behind, looked at Dalia's back somewhat at a loss, then looked at Wei Ran and the middle-aged man he also didn't know, and finally chose to stay.

"How about we sit down and talk?" Wei Ran asked politely.

"Of course, as long as you don't think the conditions here are really bad." The middle-aged man said, reaching out his hand to take out a pack of crumpled Marlboro from his pocket, "How about one?"

"Thank you"

Wei Ran politely took the cigarette handed by the other party, but Xiwa waved his hand, "Sorry, I don't know how to smoke."

"sit down"

The middle-aged man pulled over the swivel chair behind the desk, and sat down across the coffee table with Wei Ran, facing each other.

Lighted the cigarette handed by the other party with a match on the table. In the lingering smoke, Wei Ran took out his mobile phone, called up the application form and files saved in the previous screenshots, and explained straightforwardly, "This application form and the following one Zhang Jungong’s file comes from public information on the official website of the Ministry of National Defense. The grandfather of the gentleman beside me is probably the tank driver recorded in this application, and we helped his grandmother find her husband.”

After taking the mobile phone from Wei Ran, the gentle middle-aged man just glanced at it, then returned it, and said flatly, "No problem, my people have already arrived at the application form around seven o'clock this afternoon. The address recorded in it, I believe there will be news soon."

"It started this afternoon?"

Wei Ran was stunned for a moment, he really didn't expect the other party's movements to be so fast.This is gross, the word efficiency is not as attractive as a glass of the cheapest beer in front of them.

"I believe there will be news soon"

The middle-aged man sitting opposite said slowly, even the action of smoking looked elegant and out of tune with the surrounding environment.

"Your movements are really fast." Wei Ran, who held a cigarette in his hand, couldn't help but admire.

"They have been waiting for too long, and the people who have been waiting for them have also been waiting for too long." The middle-aged man looked at Wei Ran with a smile, and abruptly chased him, "Do you think so? Mr. Victor? "

"you know me?"

"Of course, I've seen you on TV several times."

The middle-aged man lightly dusted off the cigarette ash, and continued slowly, "Not only do I know you, I also know Professor Alexey."

Wei Ran smiled, "This world is really small."

"It's better to say that the circle is small." The middle-aged man spread his hands, "and Professor Alexey's drinking capacity is really impressive."

"Are you familiar with Professor Alexei?" Wei Ran became more and more curious, "How did you know about my relationship with Professor Alexei?"

"I've seen Professor Alexis deliberately swaying in front of the camera in your interview."

The middle-aged man explained with a smile, "But we are not familiar with each other. We just had a drink together in Bryansk once. It was many years ago. Let's not talk about it, Victor. Don't go to the excavation site to see?"

"Now?"

Wei Ran raised his eyebrows, he didn't expect that the other party would issue such an invitation at this time.

The middle-aged man glanced at Siwa who was completely speechless, then nodded affirmatively, and asked half seriously and half jokingly, "Are you afraid of the dark?"

After hesitating for a moment, Wei Ran snuffed out the cigarette he had just smoked, put the butt of the cigarette in his pocket by the way, then stood up and said, "Then let's go."

"Mr. Shiva, do you want to come together?" The middle-aged man gently invited Siwa who stood up together.

"Of course, of course" Shiva quickly responded.

"Don't be so restrained." The middle-aged man patted Siwa's shoulder lightly, "Let's go."

Following this man whose name he didn't even know left the maintenance workshop, Wei Ran found out dumbfoundingly that at some point, Teacher Dalia had already left in his rented car, and even put Xiwa's luggage in the The most conspicuous position at the door.

On the other hand, the middle-aged man who invited them to the excavation site, as if he had expected this situation, took out his mobile phone and dialed it without paying attention.

Not long after, a young man wearing camouflage pants and a sea soul shirt drove an off-road vehicle and stopped in front of everyone.

"Comrade Battalion Commander!" The young Maozi gave a military salute with a "snap" after getting out of the car.

The middle-aged man known as the battalion commander waved his hands, and his tone was as gentle as ever, "Arrange a room for Mr. Shiva, help him send his luggage there, and then bring him back to pick us up."

"Yes!"

The soldier saluted again, and vigorously helped to pick up the worn-out suitcase brought by Siwa, leading the somewhat bewildered Siwa into the off-road vehicle, and turned the car neatly to the interior of the nursing home.

"Do you want another cigarette?" While speaking, the battalion commander took out the crumpled cigarette case again.

"No need." Wei Ran declined the other party's kindness, changed the subject and asked, "Mr. Battalion Commander, can you tell me why the professor gave up that consulting job?"

"No no no, you made a mistake."

The battalion commander corrected, "It's not that Mr. Alexey gave up the job, he was fired."

"why?"

Faced with Wei Ran's gossip-filled question, the battalion commander who didn't even mention his name smiled, "As far as I know, it seems that it was because he accidentally sent a soldier who was going to give to the Soviet Red Army soldiers the next day. The priest who held the mass on the remains was so drunk that he needed to go to the hospital for a gastric lavage."

"Is there still this?"

Wei Ran's eyes widened. Professor Alexey never mentioned this. In his description, the reason why he resigned from that job was because he wanted to devote all his energy to teaching!
The middle-aged battalion commander spread his hands, "At that time I was only a platoon leader. I am afraid that only Mr. Alexis and the battalion commander at that time knew what happened. But I remember very clearly that the priest was indeed rescued in the middle of the night. The car pulled away, and Mr Alexey was almost sent to prison for it."

In the future, you can ask the professor face to face!Wei Ran murmured to himself, he believed the battalion commander's reason just now.

"As an equivalent exchange, can you tell me about the identity of that lady?" the battalion commander asked abruptly.

"You mean Madame Katyusha?"

Seeing the other party nodding without hesitation, Wei Ran immediately spread his hands and replied in a natural tone, "Although she is my employer, the commission she paid only covers the work of investigating the tank driver Vajim. If you want to investigate I'm afraid she needs to pay extra for her identity. Besides, my business direction only covers the time period before the end of World War II, and that lady doesn't look like the age of World War II."

"So it was also introduced by Mr. Lu Ren?" the battalion commander asked abruptly.

"So you are too?" Wei Ran pretended to be surprised and threw the question back.

The middle-aged battalion commander nodded dumbfounded, and sighed the same as Wei Ran before, "This world is really small."

"It's better to say that this circle is small." Wei Ran faithfully repeated the answer given by the other party not long ago to the same exclamation.

The middle-aged battalion commander smiled, "How about just pretending I didn't ask anything?"

"certainly"

Wei Ran gave a straightforward answer in the affirmative, but he was secretly curious about why Dalia avoided the battalion commander, and why the battalion commander didn't know Daria's identity and what it meant behind it.

Before he could figure out the key point, the soldier just now drove Siwa back to the parking lot in an off-road vehicle.

"Get in the car." The middle-aged battalion commander had no pretensions at all, and even offered to help Wei Ran open the car door.

After politely getting into the car, after driving out of the nursing home, Wei Ran asked curiously, "Mr. Battalion Commander, why are you stationed in a nursing home?"

"Call me Kirov, you're not my soldier, so there's no need to call me Battalion Commander."

The battalion commander finally said his name, and then explained happily, "We are not stationed here, just because the owner of this nursing home is willing to provide us with free car repair services and some basic security work That’s all. And living here is better than living in a military camp, isn’t it more free? Besides, we have a long history of cooperation with civilian teams.”

"makes sense"

Wei Ran nodded in agreement, but actually pouted secretly.free?How can there be anything free in this world?

(End of this chapter)