War Photographer's Notebook

Chapter 661 A Fake Chef?
On the knee-deep snow, Wei Ran dragged a wolf by its tail and walked back with difficulty. From time to time, he would even turn the two wolves over, hoping to freeze the wolves to death as soon as possible before returning to the transport vehicle. flea.

Not long after, the big bald Agwan, Talas and Sharip also ran up to meet him.

"Aren't you two injured?" Wei Ran let go of the wolf's tail in his hand and asked Talas and Sharip.

"It's okay, we're fine."

Taras shook his head gently, pointed straight ahead and said, "Fortunately, Apoli made a trap in that direction. When these wolves were still far away from us, we heard one of them screaming."

"It's also thanks to your support." Shalip continued, "Victor, your marksmanship is really good, you can hit it from such a distance."

"Just luck"

Wei Ran grinned, not to mention that the distance between him and the pack of wolves was less than 200 meters just now, after all, what he was holding was an assault rifle with dense firepower rather than a single-shot bolt-action rifle. If you hit them in bursts, even if you are fooled, you can always catch one or two.

After mutually confirming that both parties are fine, Talas and Shalip walked towards the sampling equipment not far away and the tent with no temperature. After greeting Wei Ran, the big bald Agwan also Get into the warm cab again.

But this time, Wei Ran didn't dare to be lazy. His job already included guarding. If one or two of these people were taken away by wolves, he might not be able to return to the past twenty years. I want to make a question mark.

Pulling out the bayonet of the AK rifle from the driver's cab at the fastest speed, Wei Ran hung the two wolves upside down on the hatch door of the cargo hold, and swiftly peeled off the two wolf skins with remaining bullet holes. After stepping on it and freezing, he raised his hand and threw it on the roof of the car.

First, tie the wolf skin to the railing on the top of the cab, Wei Ran then took out the camera and took a photo of the big bald Agwan driving the transport vehicle, fulfilling his promise, and then immediately approached Taras on his skis He and Shalip, and under the guidance of the two, found the wolf that was still being clamped by the beast and half of it was retreating.

It can be seen that this wolf is not too big, perhaps it is because it is too young and inexperienced that it was clamped by the beast's hind legs.

Moreover, the power of this beast trap, which is the size of a washbasin, is also amazing enough. This wolf, which may be the first time to participate in a group hunt, obviously cannot survive.

"boom!"

Wei Ran fired a bullet at the wolf that was still growling menacingly, first leaving a bullet hole between its eyebrows.Then he cut its neck with a bayonet fixed to the muzzle of the gun.

Falling into the edge of the quiet forest, Wei Ran sighed secretly, untied the animal trap fixed on the ground by ice rods and iron chains, and dragged the warm wolf carcass to the two tents a hundred meters away.

"Is this the kind-hearted person who reported to us?" Taras asked with a smile.

"That's it." Wei Ran threw away the iron chain in his hand, "How about lending me the stove?"

"Of course no problem," Taras responded amiably, "What are you going to do?"

"Of course I want to get something to eat to appease your frightened souls." Wei Ran joked, took off the blood-stained animal trap and put it on the fire.

This is a little trick that Ji Ma once taught him. Prey in the wild are far more intelligent than people imagined. Whether it is herbivorous or carnivorous, the residual bloody smell on the trap will make them vigilant and stop.

And to solve this little trouble, burning the used animal trap with fire is undoubtedly the simplest and most effective method.

Taking advantage of the stove to heat up the animal trap, Wei Ran returned to the transport vehicle, first took a large enough soup pot and various seasonings from the living compartment, and then went to the cargo compartment to fetch some vegetables and a A whole bottle of vodka.

When he returned to the tent again, Taras and Sharip had already moved the stove outside the tent. Apparently, the stench and burnt smell released after heating the animal traps was not pleasant.

Smiling apologetically at the two, Wei Ran shook the wine bottle in his hand and said, "You can each have a drink, but you can only drink one."

"Victor, you are really a good man." Shalip immediately came up and snatched the cold wine bottle from Wei Ran's hand.

Regardless of the two people of the same age who shared the wine, Wei Ran threw the hot animal trap on the snow, and then put the soup pot full of snow on the fire.

"What are you going to do?" Talas let out a sigh of alcohol, put on his mask again and asked.

"Give the wolf a hot bath"

While Wei Ran was speaking, he stepped on the chest of the wolf corpse with his feet unhurriedly. Correspondingly, dark red blood gushed out from the wounds on the wolf's neck and thigh.

"I hope your cooking skills are better than Apoli's. Last time Apoly made wolf stew with butter and potatoes, each of us vomited." After Talas finished speaking, he got into the chilly tent again. .

"It's definitely better than his cooking," Wei Ran responded confidently.

After waiting for almost half an hour, the snow in the soup bucket turned into boiling water, and Wei Ran skillfully started the scalding and plucking work.

However, this stench inevitably made Talas and Shalip agree that Wei Ran's cooking skills are indeed better than Apoli's, because they couldn't help it even before Wei Ran cooked delicious food. Going to throw up.

Wei Ran didn't bother to argue, but violently opened up the wolf carcass with its head and claws removed with an axe, then divided it into mahjong-sized pieces, and threw them into the clean soup bucket.

Gradually, as the water vapor evaporated, the skinned wolf meat began to emit oily flowers, and the stench gradually dissipated.

After Wei Ran poured most of the bottle of vodka into it, Taras and Sharip put down their work and came together again.

Pretentiously smiling at them, Wei Ran threw in the chopped onions and apples, as well as all kinds of seasonings he could find and a large handful of dried chilies, and continued to stir fry them.

"It's a pity that there is no soy sauce and oyster sauce." Wei Ran muttered to himself, picked up a bucket of water that had been boiled in advance, and poured it in.

"I can already smell the fragrance"

Shalip said in admiration, "Victor, I take back what I just said, your cooking skills are really much better than Apolly."

"Sharip is right"

Taras nodded in praise, "Apoli is ashamed to say that he is a chef, and the food he cooked before has never had such a fragrance."

"I suspect he is a fake chef"

Shalip's unintentional words aroused Wei Ran's vigilance, "He only heats various cans and mixes them together through various combinations."

"I don't know how he became a chef," Talas praised, "His cooking skills are not even as good as his driving skills."

"Fake chef?"

Wei Ran muttered to himself, and then suddenly remembered that before entering this historical segment, his cheap mentor Kajik gave almost everyone the information, but deliberately omitted the driver of the transport vehicle among the missing members. member.

What does this mean?Naturally, the driver of the transport vehicle had a secret on him.

But if Apoli is not the chef in charge of driving the transport vehicle, no, no, it should be said, if he is not just the chef in charge of driving the transport vehicle, then what are his other identities?
Almost subconsciously, Wei Ran found a suitable and most likely identity for the other party.

"Victor, what are you thinking?" Taras knocked on the lid of the soup bucket.

"nothing"

Wei Ran smiled, took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, gave one to each of the two, and said intentionally, "He always has his own specialties, and chefs all have their own specialties, don't they?"

"It is true"

Shalip responded solemnly, "Comrade Apolly is best at vodka, and he can always get enough vodka. From this point of view, he is indeed a qualified chef."

"I can't argue with that"

Taras spread his hands solemnly, "Of course, his marksmanship is also good. In the past few months, he has been able to get prey almost every week."

"Vodka is always more precious than wolf meat, isn't it?" Wei Ran said with a smile, "Especially in such a ghost place."

"That's right"

Taras nodded first, then sighed, "Actually, it's not just here. Even in Moscow, many things are not so easy to buy."

"That's what my girlfriend wrote me"

Shalip sighed, "Many stores in Minsk can no longer buy anything, even bread has to be queued."

"Suddenly I began to feel that Apoli's cooking skills are really good"

While speaking, Taras took out a half-eaten apple from his pocket and took a bite, "At least we have enough bread here, meat and fruit that can't be eaten, and of course, the most important vodka .”

"Thank you Comrade Apolly"

Shalip solemnly raised the non-existent wine glass, and then the three of them laughed together.

However, compared with Wei Ran's sincere smirk, the joyful laughter of Talas and Sharip concealed deep worries for their families.

Watching the two continue to work, Wei Ran secretly pondered the key information he just got while skimming off the froth in the soup bucket with a spoon.

Now, he already knew the purpose of the team's search for bacteria, and he vaguely began to doubt Apoli's true identity.Undoubtedly, these two clues were the most important harvest during the short day of December 1991, 12.

So did he really go hunting?Or, is their team really the only human beings within a few kilometers nearby?

Furthermore, Wei Ran couldn't help but began to wonder whether the "Bacterial Space Colonization Project" that even he was not optimistic about would really arouse the interest of KGB, and would appoint someone to secretly participate in it, and even escort it?
It should be impossible, right?
Wei Ran looked up at the endless coniferous forest on the edge of the frozen lake, but he couldn't help feeling suspicious in his heart.

(End of this chapter)