War Photographer's Notebook

Chapter 556 Unit Price Ten Guns Two Boxes of Bullets

When dusk fell, Wei Ran and Felix were once again bound with their hands and carried them to the shelves on both sides of the camel. Fortunately, this time they finally didn't have to stick their heads to the camel's buttocks.

However, the blankets covering their heads were not late, and even their eyes were covered with an extra layer of thick black cloth.

After walking for three days in a row, the camel caravan stopped in the shadow of a mountain range that Wei Ran was very familiar with.

"This is the point of capture that Edward said." Wei Ran looked at the mountains stretching four to five hundred meters in silence, waiting patiently for the arrival of the British.

I don't know if it is due to the effect of wind transportation. The most obvious difference between the mountain he saw at this time and the mountain in later generations is that there is not much yellow sand accumulated on the east side of the mountain range. Some green plants grow, and spring water seeps from the crevices of the stones.

This spring water is not too big, at most it can only be regarded as a drop of water connected to a thread.But even such a small stream of water, as long as there is enough time, can accumulate enough fresh water for everyone to use.

Under the force slope of those robed brothers, Wei Ran and Felix each held a shovel and dug up the yellow sand wetted by this small spring in the scorching sun.Soon after, a layer of cold spring water accumulated under their feet.

Continuing to dig down, a rusty iron bucket appeared under the wet and cold yellow sand. Until this time, the two of them were dragged aside, and then those men in robes swarmed up to fill the iron bucket. The wet sand was dug out and wrapped in cloth, and the water inside was squeezed into small leather buckets, and they lined up to feed the camels carrying heavy cargo.

Perhaps because of the hard work of Wei Ran and Felix, in the afternoon, the two of them were given a few extra sweet dried dates and some bacon made from the meat of unknown animals. Dry.

In addition, the drinking water of the two of them is no longer restricted this time, and they can even walk to the edge of the iron bucket to have a drink and even take a bath with the moist sand around the iron bucket.

After two consecutive days of waiting, several large or small camel teams arrived here.

Without exception, these camel caravans all brought their own goods, and the open space beside the small spring water, after setting up tents one by one, seemed to become a market for them to barter.

Some of these camel caravans brought dates, some brought cloth, and even various hot and cold weapons that were outdated even in this era.But the most popular ones are the salt bricks brought by the captive Wei Ran and Felix's camel caravan.

It's just that at this time, no matter Wei Ran or Felix, they have become commodities waiting to be sold by this camel team.Under the scorching sun, the two of them were each wearing only a pair of shorts and were tied to two stones that were far apart. From time to time, old things in various robes would come up and ask the people standing beside them. what.

Although he couldn't understand what they said, Wei Ran could tell that the prices offered by those buyers obviously couldn't satisfy the old man in blue robe.Correspondingly, Wei Ran and Felix were also exposed to the sun for a whole day.

It wasn't until dusk that Wei Ran was untied from the ropes of his hands and feet. Under the escort of two soldiers with rifles on their backs, he was able to go to the spring to drink some water.Felix, on the other hand, fell into a coma due to heatstroke, was completely stripped and buried in the wet sand in advance, waiting to take root and sprout.

"Aren't you going to sell us to the British? They will definitely offer you a price that satisfies you." Seeing that the old man in blue robe happened to be standing not far away, Wei Ran immediately asked hoarsely.

"The British can really offer a price that satisfies me"

The old man in the blue robe walked up to Wei Ran with great interest, threw over two sweet dried dates, and replied frankly, "But doing business with them is too risky. Assholes prefer to just take what they want, just as they did decades ago."

"Can someone here buy us?" Wei Ran asked.

"Someone will pay the price I am satisfied with"

The blue-robed old man threw a dried date palm to Wei Ran again, "Tell your companions, if you don't want to die of thirst before being sold, please be honest."

After finishing speaking, the blue robe waved his hand, and the two robe brothers with rifles on their backs who followed Wei Ran immediately pushed him into the innermost side of the camel team camp.

Looking at the emaciated Felix, who was only wrapped in a blanket, Wei Ran didn't bother to say anything, and took his own blanket to cover his body.

In the early morning of the next day, several camel teams loaded with goods came over, and Wei Ran and Felix were tied to the stone again at the beginning of sunrise.Only this time, Felix was completely naked.

Under such humiliation, Felix's entire face was completely distorted. It's a pity that the curses shouted from his mouth only got laughter and applause from the potential buyers around him.

And the man in white robe standing next to him gave an extremely fast commentary, which made the atmosphere of the scene more and more lively.

From morning to noon, more and more camel caravan leaders came to inquire. In the end, the leader of a camel caravan took twenty Carcano rifles equipped by the Italian army and four ammunition boxes that had never been opened. Wei Ran, who was slumped in the sun, and Felix, who was naked and dull-eyed, left.

Of course, there are all the items seized from them-except for the lighter that the blue-robed old man has been holding in his hand.

After this resale, the treatment of Wei Ran and Felix also plummeted. Although they were still tied to the camel, and although their faces were also tightly covered with blankets, since they set off, they have never seen each other again. During the stop, in addition to changing camels again and again, the most I can get is not much drinking water and a few dried dates.

After an unknown period of time, when the blanket was lifted, the first thing Wei Ran, who was almost unconscious, saw was a group of British soldiers and several wheeled reconnaissance vehicles with machine guns.

He tried his best to raise his head and looked behind him, except for a child in a gray robe standing in the distance and a dromedary beside him, there was no camel caravan.

On the other hand, Wei Ran had an open wooden box tied to the hump beside Wei Ran. On the side of the box, the submachine gun that Felix had discarded and the belt of the telescope hanging on the barrel could still be seen.

"Get them down, medic! Where's the medic?!"

A British officer with a pipe in his mouth teased loudly, "We bought this with a hundred Italian rifles. If the two of them die, you won't be able to drink black tea in the next month. "

"Being sold as goods is really an unforgettable and painful experience," Wei Ran muttered to himself, letting the intense white light fill his field of vision.

　Jiageng repays debts, Jiageng for the big boss on the tiger's head, Jiageng for the big boss on the tiger's head, Jiageng for the big boss on the tiger's head

　　
　
(End of this chapter)