War Photographer's Notebook

Chapter 691
In the living cabin, where the aroma of food was wafting, there was only a thick curtain between Wei Ran and the others and old Ivan.

Although they couldn't see what was going on inside, they could hear the cries for help from the radio station without hindrance.

Less than 2 minutes before and after, old Ivan opened the curtain again and came out, and said in a hurried tone while putting on his clothes, "You heard it too, two cars had an accident on the ice, I want to go there Help them, eat slowly first."

"Jima, how about you and Dmitri driving over to help?" Wei Ran gave Jima a subtle wink while speaking.

"no problem!"

Dima readily agreed and did not give Dmitri a chance to express his opinion at all, so he got up and put on his clothes while saying, "Dmitri, we each drive a car."

"I hope there will be no traffic police checking for drunk driving here." Dmitry stood up and decided to help while speaking.

"Uncle Ivan"

Wei Ran looked at Ivan and continued, "Jima's driving skills are very good. As long as you tell him the exact location, he will definitely arrive at the first time. Dmitri is the pilot of the coal field. If necessary, he can Let him ask for help from the coal fields.

Besides, I won't go with you. After all, there are still four ladies here, and they can't leave themselves here. "

"Thank you very much." Old Ivan opened the hatch and rushed out while speaking.

"Should we leave here and lock the door?" Wei Ran finally asked.

"Need not"

Before Old Ivan could finish his sentence, he started the big red crawler tractor, drove it out of the garage and raised the boom on the front of the car.

At the same time, Jima and Dmitry have also started their respective off-road vehicles one after another, rushing down the frozen river with the roar of the engine.

Watching the three cars disappear one after another in the night, before Wei Ran could say anything, Maya took the initiative to say, "Aurora, I remember you telling me you brought Huaxia mahjong? Let's go to your car How about playing together?"

"How do you know I brought mahjong?"

After Sui Sui finished speaking, she patted her forehead, "That's right, that's right, I invited you to play when I was at the tavern yesterday."

“Now is a good time”

Maya glanced at Wei Ran, "Let Victor clean up here, I heard that men in Huaxia love their girlfriends very much."

"That is!"

Sui Sui, who had already drank a few glasses, raised her chin triumphantly, stretched out her small hand to pick up the champagne that was about to bottom out on the table, stood up and kissed Wei Ran on the face, "Little comrade, it's hard work here You! Kamei, let's play mahjong!"

The Katenka sisters smiled and said in unison, "Same as last time, shall we continue to use cosmetics as bargaining chips?"

"It's been an exciting gamble"

Maya ignored Wei Ran's grateful eyes, picked up the glass and drank the remaining champagne in one gulp, "Jima just gave me a set of unused ones before he came."

“Soon to be mine”

Sui Sui let Wei Ran help her put on the winter clothes and a thick cotton hat, and with the wine bottle in her arms, she left the living cabin with Sister Katenka shoulder to shoulder.

Watching the four women get into the off-road vehicle, Wei Ran let out a long breath, reached out his hand and took out a pair of medical rubber gloves, put them on, and carefully opened the thick curtain.

"This"

Wei Ran couldn't help being stunned. Compared to what was behind him, he saw too many familiar things on this side of the curtain. Among them, the most conspicuous ones were the iron cabinet next to the curtain and the wall on the right hand side, and the iron cabinet on the right. On the lower floor, the safe is the size of a washing machine.

On the left side of the iron cabinet is a bunk that Wei Ran used to sleep in. There are several wooden boxes on the upper layer, thick wolf fur blankets on the lower layer, and quilts and pillows piled up randomly in one corner. Even on the wall next to it, there is an extra large window.

Not in a hurry to go in, Wei Ran moved his eyes slightly, and then found that not only was there an air conditioner that was not very practical in this kind of place hanging on the wall facing the hatch, but there was also an extra cabin directly below the air conditioner. Door.On the right wall of the cabin door, there are still several handrails that can be climbed up.

Subconsciously raised his head, the armrest was directly facing the position above his head, and there was a skylight that could be opened.

Continue to look to the left hand side, on an L-shaped solid wood long table placed against the corner, there is a whole set of running radio system, the flickering small lights that Wei Ran saw just now are this set sent by the radio system.

Even, he can recognize that this is a complete R142 radio communication system used by the Soviet Union and even the early Russian army.

Even today, in some units of the Russian army, this set of radio equipment still plays an important role in the battalion-level command system.

Correspondingly, it is not too difficult to obtain such a set of radios with transceiver, encryption and burst systems.Even ordinary people can easily buy it as long as they are willing to pay, let alone old Ivan.

But old Ivan or Apolly, can he use this thing?

After thinking for a moment, Wei Ran took out two disposable shower caps from the tavern room from his pocket, put them on his shoes, and walked carefully to the table.

In addition to the radio system fixed against the wall, there is an old-fashioned desk lamp with a pear-shaped metal cover on the table, and a laptop computer in a shutdown state is placed on the table, and the model of the computer is even different. It is exactly the same as the computer that Kajianka gave him back then, and it is the same product from Guiziguo.

However, looking at the logo on the lid of the laptop, it is very likely that this laptop originally belonged to the property of the Tunguska Coalfield.

Carefully opened several drawers of the table, which contained various accessories such as maintenance tools and radios.

Without touching the computer, let alone the radio on the table, Wei Ran walked to the edge of the metal cabinet and gently opened the upper half of the cabinet door.

It's a pity that it seems to be used as a wardrobe, and all the clothes placed inside are all kinds of clothes from the inside to the outside.

After gently closing the cabinet door, Wei Ran reached into his pocket as a cover, and took out the bunch of keys in the metal book.

First, he took a picture of the combination disk, and then he inserted the key into the lock, and unlocked the lock according to the combination on the metal plate. Then he reinserted the key according to Kajik's prompt, and then he was careful. He opened the heavy cabinet door a crack.

Luckily, the metal rack on the inside of the cabinet door, where the grenades were placed, was empty.Seeing this, he dared to fully open the cabinet door little by little.

"This is."

Wei Ran frowned when he saw the contents of the safe. The contents inside were far less than what he had expected. The bottom layer was full of documents. Just by looking at the labels on the spine of these documents, they were They are all the work records of the Tinder project scientific expedition team after December 1991, 12.

On the second floor of the safe, apart from a Soviet national emblem the size of a car tire being upside down, there is only a photo album that is not too thick.

Gently flipping through the album, the first one is a group photo of the members of the Tinder project, and the content is similar when you continue to flip back, and even a few of them, Wei Ran can find the corresponding negatives in his metal book.

When he turned the album to the last page, it was a photo of Apoli, Shagoli, and Shagoli's wife, and the background of this group photo was the entrance of the No. 119 Lower Tunguska Mine. A bulldozer, as well as the abandoned building where the auditorium and broadcasting station are located, and even the workshop can be vaguely seen in the corner.

Continue to look at the third floor of the safe, but on this floor there is only a Soviet KGB sword and shield badge in a jewelry box, and a Zenit [-]th anniversary version of the October Revolution in a camera bag Camera, and two vacuum-packed corn cobs.

"Where's the data about the Tinder project?"

Wei Ran muttered to himself, suppressed the doubts in his heart, restored these things to their original positions and locked the safe again, and then compared the photos taken before, restored the code disk to its original state.

Pulling the thick curtains again, Wei Ran took off his gloves and the disposable shower cap that served as a shoe cover and stuffed them into his pocket, then cleaned up the half-eaten food on the table as quickly as possible.

After wiping off the soup and oil stains on the table, he glanced at the time and saw that less than half an hour had passed, so he simply put on his clothes, pushed open the hatch and sauntered out of the cargo compartment door.

The locked hatch was opened with a key, and bright lights were lit up in the cargo compartment, and at the same time, the low and regular noise of the fuel generator was heard.

Compared with 1991, the two generators fixed on the cargo floor at this time are undoubtedly more advanced and much quieter. Wei Ran even found various information written in Chinese characters on the nameplate.

In this cargo compartment, not only the generator has been iterated, but also a steel tank with a volume of three cubic meters has been used to replace the iron barrel used to hold fuel near the driver's cab.On the metal shelf that wrapped the horizontal oil tank, besides the two fuel generators arranged at the side, there were sundries such as sleigh cars, snowboards, stoves, tents and even spare tracks.

At the rear of the cargo compartment near the junction of the two carriages, the metal cabinet used to store the core samples was gone, replaced by a battery pack the size of a freezer.

On both sides of the battery pack, there is also a water tank with heating and pressurization functions.Obviously, in addition to supplying water to the living cabin, this water tank also has the function of cooling the battery pack.

And on the shelf directly above the water tank and the battery pack, there are also wooden boxes next to each other, but the box is covered with a layer of steel wire mesh, so unless the mesh is removed to open the nailed box, there is no one at all. Way to know what's in the box.

One last glance at the coal in the two one-meter-square wooden boxes placed against the wall facing the cargo door, Wei Ran silently closed the cargo door, locked it, and cleaned himself out carefully. After leaving footprints, he slowly walked towards the driver's cab, and successfully opened the thick door with the key.

Unlike the original need to rely on the stove for heating, although this transport vehicle has not started, the cab is still extraordinarily warm, and the air outlets above the head and footsteps are also slowly emitting heat.

However, as the lights in the driver's cab turned on, Wei Ran saw at a glance that there was a metal box full of soil on the floor between the driver's and co-pilot's seats.Not only is a dwarf apple tree full of fruits planted in this box, but also green turf is spread under the tree, and there is even a small fish tank on the turf, in which there are a few goldfish leisurely. Swim around.

Still have a life.
Wei Ran gently touched the red fruit hanging on the tree, then got into the cab and closed the car door, inserted the key in his hand and twisted it lightly.

With a light click, the instrument behind the steering wheel lights up with small lights of various colors.Seeing this, Wei Ran immediately turned the key back and pulled it out.

Having completely confirmed the identity of the transport vehicle just now, Wei Ran took out the flashlight from the recruiting battlefield from the metal notebook, and searched carefully in the cab as quickly as possible.

Unfortunately, he still didn't find any information about the Tinder project, except that he was sure that the Makorov silent pistol was hidden behind the dashboard.

"It won't be in that laptop." Wei Ran muttered to himself, jumped out of the cab and closed the car door, and opened the tool compartment to take a look without giving up.

As expected, apart from tools and various bullets in a wooden box, there was still no information related to the Tinder project.

After cleaning up the footprints left by him again, he could only return to the warm living cabin and prepare to help wash out the plates he just used. By the way, he pondered whether to express his intention to old Ivan first, or to inform Kajik first. , I "coincidentally" found the missing transport vehicle.

Obviously, the two methods have their own advantages. First of all, explaining the intention of coming, at least can make Apoli prepare. If the other party is not willing, I can help to draw the attention to other places. Anyway, at most, it is nothing more than a loss. It's nothing more than a million rubles. Even, if Apoli is willing to trust himself, he can also make a game together and artificially create a perfunctory answer to Kajik.

But from another perspective, if you express your intention first, it is not impossible for Apoli to kill someone.From this point of view, leaving after dawn and then notifying Kajik can undoubtedly avoid this risk.

But what if Kajik would arrest Apoli and interrogate him to find the Tinder material?Wouldn't he be the indirect murderer by then?
Absently cleaning the stacked crystal dishes, Wei Ran familiarly added a few logs of firewood to the stove next to him, then put on his winter clothes again and returned to the off-road vehicle.

After such a short time, Sui Sui, who was drunk, was helped to the bed by Sister Katenka, and only Sister Katenka, who was playing poker, and Maya, who looked normal, were left at the dining table.

"About 5 minutes ago, Ji Ma sent a message."

Maya pointed to the satellite phone at the corner of the table, and continued after throwing down two cards, "They have rushed to the scene of the accident. One of the two cars involved in the accident has been scrapped, and the other has also sunk to the bottom of the water. Fortunately, there were no casualties.

In addition, old Ivan decided to tow the scrapped car back, and the drivers of the two cars would follow.Now they have set off, and according to the current speed, they are expected to arrive in an hour. "

"Thank you"

Wei Ran said pointedly.

"nothing"

Maya smiled, and put the poker in her hand on the table, "Okay, I'm going back to rest. After driving all day, I'm so sleepy that I can hardly keep my eyes open."

"We also went back to rest"

The Katenka sisters yawned almost in unison, dropped the poker cards in their hands, and followed Maya to leave the warm off-road vehicle.

Watching the three of them get into Kajianka's off-road vehicle, Wei Ran first went to see Sui Sui, who had fallen asleep after drinking too much, and then sat in the driver's seat of the off-road vehicle and turned on the on-board radio.

Perhaps because of the weather, the radio channel dedicated to rescue was extraordinarily quiet at this time.

Taking out the satellite phone to find Kajik's number, Wei Ran fell into hesitation again.And until the roar of the engine came from the car window, he didn't decide whether to notify his cheap teacher first.

Pushing open the door, the off-road vehicles driven by Jima and Dmitry drove into the camp of the Wild Fire Rescue Station one after the other.

Immediately afterwards, the tractor driven by old Ivan also towed a severely damaged Ural truck up the gentle slope.

Before old Ivan stopped the car, Ji Ma pushed open the door and called Wei Ran, who was watching the excitement, to hurry over to help.

"Jima, what's the situation?" Wei Ran pointed to the Ural truck whose cab was shattered and asked.

"Woe to them"

Ji Ma signaled Wei Ran to get into the car, and kept explaining, "The car towed back broke down on the ice due to a drive shaft failure, but he just lit a kerosene lamp and hung it on the ice to prevent the battery from running out. on the windshield."

"And then?" Wei Ran asked after him.

Ji Ma led Wei Ran to stand next to the man lying on the bed in the off-road vehicle, and continued to say, "Then when another car found it, there was less than 20 meters between them. .The car spun out of control due to emergency braking. And after two laps around the front of the car, the cab of this car was severely slapped.

Of course, these are the words of the two drivers.In short, the car that was not towed back, because the car that was towed back from the evasion rollover, crushed the ice and fell into the water.

Although the towed car did not fall into the water, the engine at the front of the car was dislocated due to the impact, and the driver who was repairing the drive shaft under the car was hit with broken bones in his leg, and the driver next to him was also injured when he jumped out of the cab. to the palm. "

Speaking of this, Jima also pointed to the two drivers who were lying on the single bed and wailing, "Dmitry originally wanted Tula to fly a helicopter to pick them up, but Tula's side is not at all now. There are no idle planes.

So I brought them back after discussing with old Ivan, Victor, you should be able to help them, right? "

"When did you become so kind?"

Wei Ran asked curiously while checking the injuries of the two drivers.Fortunately, although one of the two drivers had a broken leg and a broken finger, at least neither of the two drivers had any serious trauma.

"Inta also has many such drivers"

Ji Ma sat cross-legged on the animal skin blanket on the floor, "If you run this route, even the insurance company will not cover them. Not only will they not be able to get any compensation for this kind of thing, they will even have to compensate the employer. The loss of goods is enough. So if you can help, let’s help, without them, those who are suffering in the Arctic Circle, I don’t know how many people would be hungry.”

As if to increase his persuasiveness, Jima pointed to the one with the injured leg, "He was delivering flour. Fortunately, his car was crashed, but the flour in the car is fine."

After finishing speaking, Jima patted another single bed, "His car is loaded with reindeer slaughtered by nomadic tribes and tanned deerskins, and he is going to drive south to the Lower Tunguska River, and then follow another tributary river. It was sent to the train station a thousand kilometers away, and then transported to Irkutsk, but unfortunately, the car and the goods all sank in the water."

"Going so far?" Wei Ran asked in disbelief.

"Can it be sold at double the price compared to our local area."

The driver half lying on the bed, holding his left wrist with his right hand, grinned and said, "And I can bring a cart of vegetables with me when I go back. They, hiss—they are worth more than reindeer."

"Patience first"

Wei Ran glanced at the old Ivan who had already opened the door and got into the off-road vehicle, reached out and pulled out the medical kit from under the bed, found two analgesics and put them on the two drivers who were humming in pain.

"Can you perform surgery?" Old Ivan asked with his hands on the door frame.

"No surgery"

Before Wei Ran could finish his sentence, he had already pinched the driver's finger, and with a few clicks, he easily reset the misplaced finger.

"Jima, go get some planks."

"immediately!"

Before Ji Ma finished speaking, he had already opened an empty wooden box for supplies, and used the small ax found in the car to easily chop out the wood pieces Wei Ran needed, and he did not forget to wrap them around with cloth strips .

At the same time, under the terrified eyes of another driver, Wei Ran helped him reset his fractured calf with a sensory experience that was definitely not comfortable.

While the effect of the anesthetic was still there, Wei Ran put splints on each of the two, and gave them another injection of anti-inflammatory drugs, and then said confidently, "The next step is to raise them. Before Christmas, you may Just lie on the bed."

The two drivers looked at each other with ashamed hearts, but there was no trace of rejoicing at all on their faces.Losing the car, losing the goods on the car, for these people, any of these is a bad news that their families cannot bear.

"Be happy, at least you all survived." Old Ivan knocked on the door frame, "Let's rest for one night today, and I will help you find a way tomorrow."

"Thank you." The two drivers, who looked like they couldn't be older than Ivan together, said their thanks sadly, but they still couldn't stop sighing.

Wei Ran winked at Jima first, then turned to old Ivan and asked, "Shall we find a quiet place to chat?"

Old Ivan froze for a moment, then nodded, "Of course."

"How about going to the cab of your transport vehicle?" Wei Ran took the initiative to choose a venue for the conversation between the two.

"Come with me." Before the old Ivan could finish his sentence, he turned around and got off the off-road vehicle.

(End of this chapter)