War Photographer's Notebook

Chapter 609 Goodbye Liu Yijiao

In the harsh cold wind, after the truck pulling the wounded crossed a bridge, the scenery outside the vehicle changed from dotted farmland to rolling mountains.

And in the cargo box full of wounded, the topic of the black wounded changed from girls to reasons for joining the army.

"I didn't join the military for some shitty justice"

The black Jack lit a cigarette while speaking, "I stole a car and should have been sent to prison, but the judge told me that as long as I am willing to serve for a year in this ghostly place full of beauties and gold , it can offset my crime."

"Me too," said black person Nick, "I robbed a store and came here to avoid jail."

"Hey! What about you?" While speaking, Jack handed Wei Ran a cigarette.

After taking the cigarette, Wei Ran was about to open his mouth to say something, but there was a sudden explosion from the direction of the front of the car, followed by two gunshots that almost overlapped each other.After the gunshots, everyone immediately noticed that the truck was out of control!

"What's going on?" A black man asked in panic, and subconsciously rushed to the rear of the car, and opened the canvas curtain.

"boom!"

There was another gunshot, and the black soldier, who was also covered in gauze, didn't see the enemy outside clearly, and a cloud of blood burst out from his chest, and he fell down beside Wei Ran.

"Oh!"

Amid the violent impact, the wounded in the compartment immediately rolled into a ball, and the truck full of wounded also stopped.

In the carriage, a black soldier named Nick carefully opened the canvas curtain at the rear of the carriage with a cane.

Through the only cracks, the people in the car could see no enemies at all except for the snow-covered mountains.

"Nick" a black soldier named Jack picked up a steel helmet and handed it to Nick.

The latter took the helmet, held it against his head with a cane, and cautiously reached out.

"boom!"

After another clear gunshot, the steel helmet also spun and fell on the gravel road.

Seeing this, everyone fell silent immediately.And Wei Ran also took the opportunity to touch himself carefully, and after confirming that there was no weapon, he moved to the corner without any trace, and put the camera into the inner pocket of the cotton coat by the way, so as not to attract too much attention.

In the panic-stricken waiting, there were chaotic footsteps from far to near. After waiting for a while, the canvas curtain at the rear of the car was lifted from the outside.

Immediately afterwards, everyone saw a dozen thin soldiers pointing at them with various weapons, and the nearest one even held two grenades with wooden handles whose tail caps had been unscrewed.

Seeing this, Wei Ran's eyebrows twitched involuntarily. The soldiers outside the car were not wearing the uniforms of the volunteer army, and they shouted loudly to make the people in the car surrender.

While he was worried, the soldiers outside the car were obviously startled by the black faces and white teeth that appeared.

However, after a brief stalemate, the prisoners in the car unanimously put down their weapons and chose to surrender. They each only had one pistol at most, and they couldn't compete with the people outside the car.

Seeing this, the leading soldier outside the car waved his hand behind him, and several soldiers immediately put away their weapons, rushed forward and roughly dragged the wounded in the car down.

It wasn't until he left the cargo bed that Wei Ran noticed that there were actually two trucks directly in front of their truck, but, perhaps because of the explosion just now, one of the trucks had fallen into the ravine on the side of the road In the ditch, thick smoke is rising from the bottom of the ravine at this moment.

The other car was completely bombed out of the front cab, and turned sideways to block the entire road. At this time, a dozen soldiers who seemed to be dressed as guerrillas were busy getting out of the sideways truck bed. He lifted things up and down, and captured a few surviving white soldiers by the way.

And the car that Wei Ran was riding in hit the chassis of the previous car before it stopped.

Just at this moment, two fighters dressed as guerrillas grabbed Wei Ran's hands from both sides, twisted their arms and pushed him and the rest of the wounded to the side of the road next to the cliff.

Before he could react, the two guerrillas kicked him in the hollow of his knee, forcing him to kneel down with his back facing the cliff.At the same time, the seriously wounded people in the car were thrown into the mountain stream by the side of the road by the guerrillas together with stretchers!
When all the captives were kneeling in a row by the side of the road, the leader also drew out a 1911 pistol, walked up to the last white captive, raised the pistol without warning, and aimed it at his forehead Pull the trigger!

"boom!"

After the crisp gunshots, the white soldier stared in astonishment, and the person who was shot kicked him into the mountain stream!

"You are massacring prisoners of war!" Another white soldier next to him shouted, "You violated the law"

"boom!"

A second shot interrupted the soldier's protest, and he, too, was kicked down.

This unusually straightforward shooting immediately caused a riot among the prisoners, but they were surrounded by people pointing guns at them, and the only thing they could do was just wait for death.

"Let's jump off the cliff behind us together!" Black Nick suggested loudly, "Maybe some of us will survive."

"Bang!" The third shot jumped over several people and hit Nick's temple accurately.Immediately afterwards, he was kicked into the cliff by the shooter.The surrounding soldiers almost put their guns on the faces of the rest of them.

"Whoever dares to move will shoot directly"

The leader gave an order with a stick, and went back to the third white man who was supposed to be shot by him in sequence.

After such a short period of time, the white soldier with the rank of sergeant was so frightened that he was crying in pain, and all kinds of words begging for mercy came out of his mouth like gibberish.

"boom!"

After the fourth shot, the soldier still failed to escape the fate of being shot. The warm and young body, like garbage, was thrown into the mountain stream.

But at this time, no prisoner dared to protest anymore, even Jack next to Wei Ran had closed his eyes and began to pray, his black face was covered with fine beads of sweat in the winter.

"Bang!" After the fifth shot, the last remaining white captive fell into the cliff.

"Bang!" There was a pause of less than a second, and the first black prisoner fell into the mountain stream with a bullet hole in his forehead.

"Bang!" There was another gunshot, and the second black prisoner fell into the mountain stream.

At this time, there were only the last two people left on Wei Ran's left hand side, and only Jack was left on his right hand side.

The guerrilla in charge of the shooting slowly blew on the muzzle of the gun, and after pulling out the magazine, he pressed the bullets in one after another.

But the torment of waiting for death crushed the black prisoner who was the farthest away from Wei Ran. He roared and was about to stand up and resist, but before he could touch the executioner's clothes, he aimed his submachine gun at him. His guerrillas decisively pulled the trigger!
Amidst the dense gunfire, the black prisoner with gauze wrapped around his stomach stopped screaming, and then he was kicked into the mountain stream.At that very moment, the executioner also loaded the loaded magazine into the gun.

"Bang!" After the clear gunshot, the prisoner next to Wei Ran had a bullet hole in his eyebrow.

Seeing that it was his turn to be next, Wei Ran also tensed up his nerves, ready to resist when the gun was pointed at him.

At this moment of life and death, someone on the hillside by the road shouted loudly with a thick accent, "Don't shoot!"

Hearing this, the guerrilla soldier who was about to point his gun at Wei Ran raised his gun slightly, and Wei Ran, who was about to draw attention and resist by suddenly taking out the anti-tank gun in the metal book, also temporarily dismissed it. Inner plan.

In less than ten seconds, a young soldier in the uniform of the Volunteer Army ran over and said in blunt words, "Captain Yin, don't kill the prisoners!"

"We don't need prisoners," the guerrilla fighter who was about to shoot Wei Ran just now responded.

"We really don't need prisoners, but we need information." The soldier said with a stick in his voice. "It's useless to kill them, but they can provide more valuable information."

"None of us understand English"

Captain Yin retorted stubbornly, "And there are only two left. Judging by their rank and skin color, they don't seem to know any valuable information."

"Leave them!"

The young volunteer soldier grabbed Captain Yin's gun-wielding wrist, "I'll take them back, some of us can speak English."

Hearing this, Captain Yin hesitated for a moment, and finally put the weapon in his hand back into the holster, "Tie their hands up and tie them with thick wire!"

Before he finished speaking, two guerrillas found two iron wires, and with the help of people around them, they tied Wei Ran's hands and the other surviving captive Jack's hands tightly behind their backs.

Feeling the excruciating pain in his wrist, Wei Ran tried his best not to struggle.Instead, he stared at the soldier in a daze. He never imagined that he would meet the car driver Liu Yijiao here!
"Captain Yin, I'll take them away first." Liu Yijiao saluted after finishing speaking, then waved to Wei Ran and Jack, and said, "One time is enough!"

"If you don't want to die, hurry up and follow"

Wei Ran, who had just stepped into the gate of hell with half of his foot, quickly stood up, beckoned to Jack who was still grinning, followed Liu, and walked up the hillside by the road as if fleeing for his life.

"They're killing prisoners of war!"

Jack stumbled to his feet, followed Wei Ran and limped along while complaining, "They violated Geneva."

"Just save yourself"

At this time, Wei Ran, who put all his thoughts on Liu Yijiao, angrily interrupted the nonsense that Jack hadn't finished, "They didn't kill prisoners of war."

"We have all surrendered, and we are the wounded!" Jack said with his neck stuck, "We are prisoners of war!"

"Yes, yes! We are wounded, and we surrendered."

Wei Ran turned his head and glanced at the guerrillas who were getting further and further away, and then continued, "We are indeed prisoners of war, but for them, we are first of all invaders who provoked war on their land."

"Do not make jokes!"

Jack spat bloody saliva, "How could we be invaders, we came to this ghost place for justice."

"Could it be that we are angels?" Wei Ran mocked disdainfully, "God sent them to help them beat each other to the death of colored angels?"

"Hey! Where are you bastard on?" Jack yelled dissatisfiedly, "So many of our friends were killed by them just now! Are you scared out of your mind?"

"You shout, you keep shouting."

Wei Ran said indifferently, "If you want to lie down in the ravine, go by yourself, but don't drag me along."

"Well, we are the aggressors."

Jack quickly changed his position. While limping to keep up with Wei Ran, he raised his chin towards Liu who was walking in front, "How about we kill him later? Maybe we will I can escape."

"If you dare to kill him, I will kill you," Wei Ran said seriously.

"Are you crazy?" Jack's eyes widened.

"Have you spent all your brains picking cotton?"

Wei Ran rolled his eyes, "Can't you see? He saved us, do you think we can survive without him?"

"Forehead"

Jack fell silent, and asked reluctantly after a while, "We've been following him? We'll be tortured to death by them."

"Do you really believe the white man's nonsense?" Wei Ran asked happily.

"Isn't that so?" Jack looked at Wei Ran puzzled.

"Follow me honestly"

Wei Ran didn't bother to talk to this brainless big old black, and said like someone who had experienced it, "As long as you follow the person in front of you honestly, I guarantee that you can live comfortably until the end of the war."

"It's as if you were captured by them before," Jack muttered to himself, but no dangerous thought came out of his mouth after all.

Under the leadership of Liu Yijiao, Wei Ran with bandages on his head and Jack with bandages on his calves climbed over the mountain ridge with difficulty, and then followed a forest path, stepping on the snow that barely covered their feet To the depths of the forest.

Gradually, the mountain ridge next to the road behind them was completely blocked, and a dirt road with potholes appeared in front of them.

It wasn't until this time that Liu Yijiao stopped, gently pushed Wei Ran and Jack, and motioned for them to put their chests on a thick pine tree, then took off his leggings, and put their necks and jacks together Pine trees tied together.

"Be patient first"

Liu Yijiao greeted him in Chinese, and then began to twist the thick wire on Wei Ran's wrist.

At this time, Wei Ran was completely relaxed. Halfway, he tried to say something to Liu Yijiao in Chinese, but as expected, whenever he wanted to speak his mother tongue, his mouth seemed to be covered with super glue. Just can't open it.

But the words Liu Yijiao subconsciously said in Chinese just now made Wei Ran discover that although he was deprived of the ability to speak Chinese, he was not deprived of the ability to understand Chinese. This is undoubtedly a great blessing information.

After a while, Wei Ran only felt that his almost unconscious hands were relaxed.And Liu Yijiao also walked around in front of him, shaking his hands and gesticulating while saying in English mixed with Chinese, "hands! Shake! Play play!"

Hearing this, Wei Ran immediately began to move his wrists to restore the blood circulation to his blackened hands as soon as possible.Seeing this, Liu Yijiao also gave a thumbs up, and a series of "good!"

After waiting patiently for about 5 minutes, Liu Yijiao untied the leggings on the other leg, and tied Wei Ran's hands together again.

Compared with hard wire, leggings made of fabric are undoubtedly much more comfortable.And Liu Yijiao also unscrewed the thick wire on Jack's wrist at this time, and also motioned him to move his hands, and then began to untie the leggings that tied their necks.

"Victor, when he unties the rope, let's control him?" Jack raised his hands and suggested, "As long as we control him, maybe we can go back alive."

"You can try it if you want to die"

Wei Ran mocked, "Look around, are you sure there are no other people behind those trees? Since he dares to help us untie here, he must be sure enough."

"I always have to try!"

Before Jack could finish his sentence, the leggings that bound the necks of the two had been completely loosened, and he immediately reached out and grabbed Liu Yijiao's hand.

Unexpectedly, Liu Yijiao had been on guard against him for a long time, grabbed his fingers and snapped them back forcefully, and then, amidst Jack's screams, put his foot in his crotch.

"The black briquettes left over from your grandma's burning! I'm kind enough to give you a more comfortable one, and I really want to resist!"

Liu Yijiao cursed, raised his hand and slapped Jack's face four times in a row, and then pulled out the box cannon attached to his lower back.

"Satisfied?"

Wei Ran asked happily, then walked slowly to Jack's side, kicked him on the hollow of the knee, and then kicked him on the back lightly, waiting for him to lie down on the ground with his crotch clutched. After landing on the ground, he sat directly on Jack's shoulders, and then kicked Liu with a beaming smile.

Wei Ran's operation in Cao Ying's mind was in Han, not to mention that Jack didn't expect it, even Liu Yijiao was stunned.

But immediately after, he put the box cannon back on his back, bent down and picked up the leggings, and while he tied Jack's hands behind his back, he muttered, "The real mother came to the door with a drum on her back! Is there really someone who is born to fight?"

Wei Ran rolled his eyes when he heard that, he hadn't noticed that Liu Yijiao's mouth was so damaged before.

While Liu Yijiao was arranging Wei Ran, Jack kept cursing Wei Ran with foul language.

"I'll fart if you don't shut up"

Wei Ran, who was being scolded at both ends, made a threat that was not harmful but disgusting enough.

Seeing Jack under his ass finally shut up, Wei Ran said angrily, "Use your brain, I'm saving you, okay? Do you think he would have killed you if I hadn't held you down?" Who do you think you are? MacArthur? He doesn't have to capture you."

"But your ass is sitting on top of my head!" Jack yelled as Wei Ran almost pressed his face into the snow with his whole body weight, "Get out of here! My hands have been tied!"

"You better not move, I really have a fart, so you better not move."

Wei Ran deliberately disgusted Jack again, and waited until Liu Yijiao stood up before allowing the other party to pull him up.

"Yao'er! Comrade good!" Liu Yijiao gave Wei Ran a thumbs up while speaking.

"You! Good! Good!" Wei Ran learned the other party's grammar and responded with a silly grin.

Hearing this, Liu Yijiao laughed and patted Wei Ran's shoulder, and then pulled up Jack who was still lying on the ground.

"One time is enough!"

Liu Yijiao waved again, and walked in front again, leading the smiling Wei Ran and the cursing Jack, and continued walking along the edge of the dirt road.

It wasn't until it was dark that Wei Ran saw several camouflaged GAZ trucks parked in a dense forest!
"The platoon leader!"

Liu Yijiao saluted a volunteer soldier who was meeting him, and said beamingly, "It's really like what you said, you got two captives back!"

The platoon leader returned the salute, and walked around Wei Ran and the swollen-cheeked old Jack, "What's going on with this prisoner's face?"

"I tried to snatch my gun halfway, so I gave him a few big mouths!" Liu Yijiao looked at his palm, "Don't talk about it, platoon leader! This American soldier is really fun to smoke!"

"Good job Liu Yijiao!"

The platoon leader gave Liu Yijiao a slap on the back of the head, "How many times have I said preferential treatment for prisoners! Preferential treatment for prisoners! The gun given to you is not a cigarette bag, you can pull it out and he can turn over What happened to the flowers?"

"I am so excited that I forgot that you lent me the gun!"

Liu Yijiao grinned, and with a playful smile, he took out the box cannon pinned to his back and returned it to the platoon leader. He took the cigarette pouch from the opponent's hand, sighed and said, "I just went to see it, and the guerrillas took it for us to send. The incoming weapons intercepted three trucks, and many American soldiers who surrendered were killed by Captain Yin. Alas”

"We are volunteers, and we don't care about the affairs of our friends' homes."

The platoon leader looked at Wei Ran, then at Jack, "It would be great if we could save these two, let's take them to rest, and we'll go back after dark. Also, you kid can't snatch them." captive stuff."

"You said that!" Liu Yijiao tapped the cigarette pouch on the cotton shoes, "What do you think of me?"

The platoon leader smiled, "Okay, let's go, remember to get them some hot water to drink."

"Come once is enough!" Liu Yijiao waved to Wei Ran and Jack, and led them into the dense forest where the truck was hidden.

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