War Photographer's Notebook

Chapter 684 The Destination That Needs a Letter of Introduction
When the eleventh long holiday exclusively for Chinese people entered the last day, Kajik also drove to Wei Ran\'s house again.

\"found it\"

Without waiting to sit down, Kajik handed a color photo to Wei Ran, \"This is the station in the photo, without much change.\"

\"What is this place?\"

Wei Ran took a look at the photo, and asked nonchalantly, \"Besides, why didn\'t you send it to me directly, and why did you make a special trip?\"

“Of course it’s because I’m on my way from get off work”

Kajik took a sip of the coffee brought by Sui Sui with a smile, \"This station is not connected to the railway network in Russia or even the Soviet era. In fact, it is just a short-distance freight railway line built in the Tunguska coal field. It\'s less than 50 kilometers.\"

Putting down the coffee cup, Kajik took out a white handkerchief and wiped the corner of his mouth gently, and continued slowly, \"The station in the photo is located along the Lower Tunguska River, near a coal mining town called Yuketa The railway line I just mentioned connects the coal field with the freight terminal on the lower Tunguska River.

Before the coal mine was dug up in 1996, all the coal workers and workers had stopped at this unnamed station by train, which was also the only way they wanted to leave the coal mine.

\"You mean, that coal mining area was exhausted in 1996?\"

Kajik nodded, \"Production has been suspended since February 1996. Before the summer, the workers in this coal mine moved to the next coal production area to continue working. The railway line that has been in operation for almost 2 years is after that. It was basically abandoned, and even the locomotive was transported away.

Even the station in the photo has now been converted into the offices of the forest police and shipping administrators.I still deliberately found several retired old miners in the Tunguska Coalfield to help identify it, so I determined this place with the help of the photos you gave me. \"

\"Where\'s that truck?\" Wei Ran asked.

Kajik shook his head, \"It\'s just a number used for internal identification of the coal mine. Even if there are relevant records, it will not be preserved until today.\"

\"How far is it from the camp of the missing expedition team?\" Wei Ran continued to ask questions that didn\'t matter to him at all.

\"The straight-line distance is less than 200 kilometers. At that time, the camp was on the upper reaches of the Lower Tunguska River, which is near the river channel in the southeast direction.\" Kajik looked at Wei Ran suspiciously, \"You still think there is a connection between them?\"

\"Of course.\" Wei Ran tapped the station on the photo confidently, \"I want to go here and have a look.\"

\"No problem!\" Kajik agreed very happily, \"When do you plan to leave?\"

\"The sooner the better\"

Wei Ran originally replied inadvertently, but he did not expect Kajik to say immediately, \"There will be a flight to Irkutsk tomorrow morning. If you can catch that flight, you can just catch the flight to Irkutsk.\" Cargo flights from the Tunguska coalfield.\"

\"Just right?\" Wei Ran looked suspiciously at his cheap teacher.

Kajik spread his hands, \"You\'re lucky, aren\'t you?\"

Wei Ran pouted secretly, picked up the tablet computer on the table and turned on the map function and asked, \"Where can this cargo flight that I just caught up take me?\"

\"The downstream is less than [-] kilometers from this small town called Yukta, a small place also called Tula.\"

Kajik randomly pointed to a location on the enlarged map of Wei Ran, \"When you get there, someone will provide you with transportation to go wherever you want. Whether it is the upstream town called Yukta, or There is no problem with the expedition camps further away. Of course, you can decide for yourself whether you need a guide or not.\"

Thinking of this, Kajik patted the top of his head, took out a kraft envelope with a business card on it from his pocket, and handed it to Wei Ran, \"Take this, you can use it there.\"

\"Cash or check?\" Wei Ran squeezed the thickness of the envelope, asked, and took out the contents.

\"This is... a letter of introduction?\"

Wei Ran was surprised to see what he took out of the envelope with his own hands. There were at least 4 sheets of A20 paper, and the content on it was similar to the introduction letter he had seen before.If it is really translated into Chinese characters, it is basically a set of fill-in-the-blank questions such as \"There are so-and-so and so-and-so people in my unit, please contact me for assistance.\"

But what is more interesting is that the signatures of these more than [-] letters of introduction are all stamped with the seal of an office under the Siberian Academy of Sciences in Russia.As for the business card nailed to the envelope, it didn\'t even have a name, just a phone number.

\"What\'s your expression?\" Kajik asked dissatisfied.

\"Is this thing useful?\" Wei Ran asked while shaking the letter of introduction in his hand.

\"Of course it works\"

Kajik nodded as a matter of course, \"When you get there, call the number on the business card and give him the letter of introduction. Just ask him if you need anything.\"

\"What should I call him?\" Seeing that Kajik had stood up, Wei Ran immediately asked an irrelevant question again.

\"You can call him whatever you like, even if you call him Comrade Stalin.\"

Kajik said as he walked out, \"If you can\'t catch the flight tomorrow, you can wait for the same flight nine days later, call me when you arrive in Irkutsk, and I will arrange for someone to take you to the cargo plane. \"

\"Boss, don\'t rush to leave\"

Wei Ran enthusiastically greeted the cheap teacher Kajik to sit on the sofa again, and at the same time winked at Suisui, making a gesture that everyone understands.

Seeing this, Sui Sui immediately got up and ran up to the second floor. After a while, she found a lock box from the cupboard in the kitchen.

\"This is the diamond we picked out, please help me process it.\"

Wei Ran took the lock box and handed it to Kajik, \"Cut the best half and keep it, and sell the bad quality ones for money, preferably cash.\"

\"At the earliest, around Christmas.\"

While talking, Kajik put the lock box into his pocket. As for how many diamonds were in it, he didn\'t even look at it.

\"no problem\"

Wei Ran readily agreed to the construction period, anyway, the rough diamonds in the box were the smallest ones that he and Suisui picked out one by one by themselves.No matter how good their quality is, they are still small, and after all, they cannot be sold at an eye-popping sky-high price.

\"Is there anything else?\" Kajik took a gulp from his coffee cup and asked for the last confirmation.

\"temporarily unavailable\"

Wei Ran gestured upstairs with his thumbs, \"If I want to process those big pieces in the future, I will trouble you.\"

Kajik nodded noncommittally, and when he got up and walked to the door, he suddenly turned around and asked, \"Aurora, are you interested in admiring the scenery along the Tunguska River?\"

\"Are you asking me?\" Sui Sui asked, pointing to her nose.

\"certainly\"

Kajik pretended not to see Wei Ran who was staring at him, nodded and said as usual, \"If you are interested, you can go there with Victor. You can also see the aurora there, you can also hunt, and even Can experience tank driving and firing.”

Sui Sui\'s eyes lit up first, and then she pointed at Wei Ran without thinking, and said with enough face, \"Let him decide on such matters, and I will listen to him.\"

\"What do you mean?\" Wei Ran clutched Kajik\'s arm, and asked with an unfriendly expression as he walked out, \"You want to give me a pot?\"

\"Is it such a hassle if I really want to do that?\"

Kajik spread his hands and said in a low voice, \"Anyway, bring your girlfriend. It would be great if she can bring some tourists there in the future.\"

As if he felt that the chips were not enough, Kajik even slightly increased the volume and said, \"As long as the number of people meets the requirements, we can even arrange a special plane, an Il-76 special plane.\"

\"What are you going to do?\" Wei Ran became more and more puzzled.

Kajik spread his hands, \"If you want to know the reason, someone will explain it to you after you come back from there with your girlfriend.\"

\"Karp or Teacher Daria?\" Wei Ran asked in a low voice.

\"If you need it, it\'s okay to ask Mr. Nicholas to explain it.\"

Kajik finally patted Wei Ran on the shoulder, turned around and got into his car, \"I wish you a happy time in Tunguska.\"

Before the words were finished, Kajik had already raised the glass of the car, stepped on the accelerator and walked away.

When this old thing completely disappeared from sight, Sui Sui, who was serious last second, immediately jumped onto Wei Ran\'s back, wrapped his arms around Wei Ran\'s neck, and shouted happily, \"Big card girl, little card girl!\" ! Buy tickets and pack your bags! Remember to bring Zhao Cai Jin Bao and Beria!\"

When Wei Ran subconsciously supported Sui Sui on his back, one of the Katenka sisters had already got into the storage room, pushed out three huge aluminum alloy suitcases from inside, and the other one was also lifted up at the same time The tablet in their hands responded in unison, \"Ready!\"

It wasn\'t until this time that Sui Sui smacked Wei Ran\'s face and asked pretendingly, \"Can we follow?\"

\"Follow\"

Wei Ran shook his head dumbfounded, and he didn\'t blame them for being so fast, Sui Sui was planning to take her staff to Hongqi Forest Farm or simply go back to Volgograd to hide for a few days.As for the reason, it is naturally because this small holiday is already over.And the renovation scene in the yard next door is too noisy.

For Wei Ran, it doesn\'t matter if he brings three of them with two legs and another three with four legs.Anyway, Kajik made it clear that he had already arranged everything, not to mention that taking the Katenka sisters was at least much more useful than bringing that incomprehensible bastard Jima.

Although the decision to set off was rather sudden, the speed was really not slow. In less than 10 minutes, a group of four people and three pets rushed to the airport outside the city in the armored commercial vehicle that was just for show.

(End of this chapter)