War Photographer's Notebook

Chapter 611 That Shooting Star
In the middle of the night, Wei Ran was sent into the bed of the truck driven by Liu Yijiao, and his hands were tied behind his back to the bed of the truck.And Jack was sent to the cargo bed of the truck driven by the volunteer soldier with the scar on his face.

In the pitch-black container, Wei Rangen couldn't figure out what was in the surroundings. The only thing he could be sure of was a wooden box with a broken mattress sitting under his buttocks.

But anyway, he didn't intend to run, so he simply leaned against the railing with peace of mind.After waiting for a while, Liu Yijiao drove the truck and left the dense forest where he was hiding.

Speaking of which, this is the second time that Wei Ran took the truck driven by Liu Yijiao, but this time he was a prisoner of war.

In this ups and downs, the only thing Wei Ran can do is to turn around with difficulty and glance at the direction of the front of the car through the glass behind the driver's cab from the corner of his eye.

It's just like when he was driving the truck for the first time, the truck didn't turn on the lights at all. What he could see clearly was the back of Liu Yi's head and a co-pilot. It's just the shoulders of the escort soldiers.

Turning his head in vain, Wei Ran changed into a comfortable position, sat still and closed his eyes.

After an unknown amount of time, he gradually fell asleep.However, before he could complete a dream, he was awakened by the roar of aero-engines from far and near!
broken!

Wei Ran was about to stand up subconsciously, and then almost dislocated his wrist because his hands were tied.

Before he could sit still, the truck driven by Liu Yijiao had already left the road and plunged into the forest beside the road. Immediately afterwards, the sound of the cannon firing reached his ears, and Wei Ran even saw it with his own eyes. The roof and the canvas curtain at the rear corner of the car were severely damaged by the aerial guns!

In the silent curse that he couldn't even open his mouth, the plane swooped low and then gained altitude.

"The broken book of the special code is only for the fart of an anti-tank gun!"

Wei Ran cursed over and over again in his heart, at this moment he needed a bayonet that could help him cut the rope!As long as he can cut the rope, even if there is no way to explain it later, he will try to use anti-tank guns to see if he can chisel down those US military planes flying in formation!
At the same time as he was ruthless, the planes flying in formation had already started the second round of strafing, and Liu Yijiao was also driving the truck, continuing to drive deep into the coniferous forest by the roadside.

Before the car came to a complete stop, the soldiers in charge of escorting the car had already climbed into the cargo box, shouting "hello" and approaching Wei Ran's side.

After confirming that Wei Ran was still alive and not injured, the volunteer soldier breathed a sigh of relief, quickly untied the rope that bound Wei Ran, jumped off the truck with him, and ran deep into the forest for hundreds of years. After ten meters, it stopped.

At this time, the planes overhead were still roaring, all Wei Ran could do was to lie obediently by the side of the pine tree, and not to disturb the volunteer soldier beside him.

Before the cold air under his body penetrated through his clothes, Wei Ran saw a truck on the side of the road being hit by an aerial cannon, and even the cargo bucket covered by the tarpaulin ignited flames for some unknown reason!

Just as Wei Ran was about to take out the anti-tank gun to help, the truck with the flaming cargo box suddenly turned on its headlights, and drove on the road without any hesitation, honking its horn all the way like a shooting star piercing the night He drove in the direction where everyone came!

"Fuck you!"

The volunteer soldier who was in charge of guarding Wei Ran grabbed the cotton hat off his head, cursed in a crying voice, and slapped the hat in his hand on the tree trunk.

After a while, the continuous whistle stopped abruptly, and a flame lit up the night sky at the end of the field of vision.And above the head, those planes swaggered and circled a few times, squandering ammunition on both sides of the road, and then flew farther and farther, until there was no movement at all.

However, the volunteer soldier beside Wei Ran didn't move, he was relatively closer, and the trucks hiding in the forest also didn't move.Less than 10 minutes before and after, the roar of the aero-engine was again from far to near!

During the agonizing wait, these planes circled and swooped again and again, like a group of whores standing on the street, lifting their skirts again and again to seduce passers-by on the surface.

After waiting for more than ten minutes, these planes finally left the heads of everyone again.

"beep--!"

The sharp whistle sounded immediately after the night sky returned to silence. The volunteer soldier wiped his face, grabbed Wei Ran's arm and ran towards the truck a hundred meters away.

Pushing Wei Ran into the cargo box, the volunteer soldier hurriedly tied his hands to the railing, then jumped off the cargo box and got into the cab.

Soon, the long line of trucks returned to the bumpy gravel road at a distance of [-] meters, and continued to move towards the destination.

In the cold cargo compartment, Wei Ran stared blankly at the direction of the rear of the car through the gap in the canvas curtain at the rear of the car, at the still burning flames, at a car driving in the opposite direction. The truck heading towards the pile of flames fell silent.

During the long wait, the convoy marched stop and go all night, until the sky was almost pale, and then it drove into a station hidden among the mountains.

When Wei Ran jumped out of the cargo bucket, before he could react, several people came over and shook hands enthusiastically with him and Jack, who was also a little dazed, one by one. Seeing the sincere expressions on the faces of these soldiers and the expressions in their mouths The English welcome words that popped up, how could this be welcoming prisoners of war?It's completely like welcoming friends who come to visit.

"Hygienist! Where's the hygienist?" One of the soldiers wearing glasses said, "Get the hygienist to show them the wound."

"Yes!" A young soldier saluted, turned and ran towards the wooden house not far away.

At the same time, Liu Yijiao approached the soldier with glasses and whispered something in his ear.

The platoon leader who led the convoy to carry out the mission even handed over the camera that Wei Ran offered to him to the soldier wearing glasses, "Instructor, this is the camera of the soldier named Victor, who was captured Want to take pictures of us later.

For the purpose of establishing friendship with them as soon as possible to calm their emotions, we agreed to take pictures.And after taking pictures, he also took the initiative to hand over the camera to me.I think he has a good attitude, and we can consider using him as a breakthrough. "

Having said that, the platoon leader paused, "Also, we lost a car on the way back."

"Is anyone injured?" the instructor wearing glasses asked nervously.

"Old Zhang"

The platoon leader shook his head and said in a heavy tone, "He drove the U.S. military to the opposite direction, and later"

"I see."

The instructor took off the military cap on his head. After a moment of silence, he rubbed his face vigorously, put on his smile again, and stretched out his hand to guide Wei Ran and Jack to a low wooden house not far away.He said in English, "Two friends who have come from afar, please come with me! Let our doctor treat your wounds first."

Hearing this, Wei Ran followed the other party without hesitation, and Jack followed Wei Ran and walked into the door after a brief moment of stupefaction.

The wooden house was not too big, at most the level of a hunter's hut, but it was extremely warm inside. There was a mud wood-burning stove in the middle, and there were a few baked potatoes on the edge of the stove.

Warmly greeted Wei Ran and Jack to sit down respectively. Before the instructor came and said anything, a hygienist with a red cross cuff ran in. After a brief greeting, he carefully untied the He took off the bandage on Wei Ran's head and began to treat the wound on it.

At the same time, the instructor also broke apart a roasted, scorched potato, and handed half of it to Jack. First, he introduced himself as Zheng, and asked Jack Where is the family, who else is in the family, why did you come to join the army and so on.

I don't know if it has something to do with the half potato, but Jack knows everything. Except that he didn't mention that he joined the army because he committed a crime, he didn't hold back any other questions. He even took the initiative to introduce his relationship with Wei Ran. The content of the work is material handling and so on.

Before the chat with Jack was over, the wound on Wei Ran's head was re-medicated and covered with clean gauze. The hygienist smiled gently at Wei Ran, pointed to the potatoes on the stove, and then turned to Wei Ran Ran nodded.

After Wei Ran nodded in response, he walked to Jack's side and helped him treat the wound on his leg.

However, until the bandage on Jack's calf was untied, Wei Ran noticed the clue at a glance. Although he was deprived of his medical ability, his eyes were not blind. He knew that the wound was probably cut by a knife, and even, it was very likely that the wound was intentionally cut!

"Is this grandson a fake injury?" Wei Ran made the same judgment as the health worker almost at the same time.

"Instructor, I probably cut this wound myself." The hygienist said while changing Jack's dressing, "It seems that this man is a soft bone."

"understood"

The instructor who claimed to be surnamed Zheng put the camera in his hand on the medicine box while speaking, "After you change his medicine, go ask Xiao Liu, who is interviewing here, if he can take the camera in this camera. After the film is developed, there may be some important information in it.

By the way, remember to send the camera back. It is another prisoner’s personal belongings. In addition, Xiao Liu borrowed a roll of film, saying that it is used as compensation for that prisoner. I will send the corresponding compensation to him later. . "

"I see." The hygienist had already changed Jack's medicine while speaking, and left the wooden house with the medicine box in one hand and Wei Ran's camera in the other.

(End of this chapter)