War Photographer's Notebook

Chapter 738
With a soft "squeak", the wooden door was gently pushed open by the muzzle of the AKM assault rifle held by Mikita. When the light of the kerosene lamp shone into the corridor along the crack of the door, Wei Ran also saw To the scene inside.

The room here is much smaller than mine No. 52, but it is better than all kinds of furniture.So just from the furniture it can be seen that this was once an office with a lounge.

He walked in carefully and took a look. On the desk in this room were envelopes and other things that he had seen in later generations, and in the center against the wall was a ghost knife.Looking at the pen on the table that hadn't had time to put the cap on, and the handwriting on the letter paper, it was obvious that someone was still working here just now.

In the lounge on the other side, blankets and sleeping bags had already been spread on the big double bed, and a wooden Kendama was placed on the small cabinet beside the bed.

"Go to the next room" Wei Ran greeted in a low voice, and just like before, he stood by the wall next to the door of the next room.

There was another soft "squeak", and the second door was pushed open.This is still an office with a lounge, and a small cast iron stove is still burning by the window facing the door, but on the desk next to it is an open medical box.

Walking into the room cautiously, Wei Ran hid behind the wall and listened for a moment, then quietly took off the rifle carried on his shoulder, hid behind the wall and opened the door with the barrel of the gun.

"squeak"

The door was slowly pushed open, but there was no reaction from inside, even though Wei Ran had heard heavy breathing just now.

Quickly glanced at the probe and quickly retracted it. When Wei Ran probed for the second time, he found that the person lying on the bed was not only wearing no pants, but also covered his face, neck, hands and even buttocks. gauze.

"What's going on here?" Mikita asked curiously.

"I don't know, go and bring the people downstairs first, they must know the answer." Wei Ran paused, "Mikita, have you seen Irini?"

"I see, her breasts are so recognizable, I touched them just now."

Mikita made a joke, followed by a sigh, and said regretfully, "I didn't expect it was really her, I didn't expect that she really got mixed up with these two-legged animals."

"Now is not the time to be emotional, bring them up quickly, and let Bao Lide continue to guard below by the way, lest there are other people hiding here."

"I'm going down now"

After Mikita finished speaking, he closed the rifle safety and carried it on his shoulder, put on a pistol and left the room.

Wei Ran, who didn't leave, checked around the nearly naked wounded man until he was sure that there were no weapons on his body or on the bed, and that the man was still running a high fever, then he picked up the gauze on the small bedside cabinet and put It was bound hand and foot to the bed frame.

When he finished all this, Mikita also dragged the injured man in the stairwell, Irini and the little boy on the first floor to the next room.

"He was the prisoner who escaped at that time"

Under the light provided by the kerosene lamp, Mikita recognized the man injured by Wei Ran at a glance, reached out and grabbed his ear, showing the gap above and said, "This is the first time he escaped, I punched it myself with a hole punch, and I will never admit it wrong. By the way, what is his number?"

"No. 589, Xishan Dream"

While Wei Ran was speaking, he had already brought the medical kit from the next door and placed it next to the prisoner of war. Without even administering anesthesia, he used a scalpel to dig out the bullet embedded in his body.

Under the stimulation of severe pain, the prisoner of war immediately woke up and let out a scream, but immediately after, his limbs and jaw were accidentally dislocated under Wei Ran's massage.

Such an experience also made Mikita pick up the dirty rag from the table and stuff it into his mouth in pity, so as not to wet his face with saliva.

"Victor, have you been a veterinarian before?"

While tying the newly awakened Irini and the child with a rope, Mikita joked with a smile, "The worst veterinarian in our town is not as rough as you."

"Can you please stop mentioning the word veterinarian?"

Wei Ran rolled his eyes angrily, randomly sewed up the wound that was constantly convulsed by the severe pain, sprinkled a handful of sulfa powder, and tied the knot directly with gauze.

"Looks like a lot of people say that"

Mikita added a sentence overjoyed, found a towel and tore it apart, and blocked the mouths of Irini and the little boy.

"Absolutely not, you are the first."

Wei Ran categorically denied Mikita's guess, changed the subject bluntly and asked, "Which one will be tried first?"

"You decide"

Mikita hesitated for a while, and added another sentence, "Victor, we are not Fasusi, so don't do anything to children."

"No need to remind you"

Wei Ran shook his head dumbfounded, knowing that his image in the other party's eyes might have been equated with Fa Susi, so he didn't bother to explain, reached out and grabbed No. 589 prisoner of war, pulled his dislocated arm, and Leaving the room with a scream.

"Woo! Woooo! Woooo!" Irene, whose mouth was gagged, struggled violently while shedding tears and cried out in the direction where Wei Ran left.

"don't worry"

Mikita sat across from Irene, lit a cigarette slowly and said, "It will be your turn soon, trust me, Victor will let you tell all the secrets."

Seeing Irini shivering subconsciously, Mikita bent down, put his face in front of Irini and exhaled a puff of smoke, and said in a low voice, "I forgot to tell you, Victor is more than just a man now. Executioner, he appears to be working for the KGB."

As soon as these words were spoken, Irene, who was still struggling frantically a second ago, froze immediately, and then completely collapsed, and only fear remained on that pretty face.

Seeing that the big-breasted woman was comforted, Mikita sat up straight in satisfaction, and pointed to the little boy who was tied into a rice dumpling by his feet, "Is this the son of you and that prisoner?"

Irene shook her head subconsciously, but more tears overflowed uncontrollably from the corners of her eyes.

Seeing this, Mikita didn't ask any more questions, but concentrated on smoking a cigarette, listening to the faint wailing coming from the next door.

At the same time, in the next room, Wei Ran also used the muzzle of his pistol to help prisoner No. 589 massage the freshly bandaged wound on his shoulder.

However, he was not in a hurry to ask questions, he just untied the gauze wrapped by himself little by little.

It wasn't until the wound was exposed to the light again that he asked in an almost affirmative tone, "Prisoner No. 589? Xishan Dream? Or Quanyang Sage?"

"Yes, it's me," the middle-aged man replied intermittently, taking a breath.

"Look, I can help you bandage the wound, and I can also untie it for you. If I open the stitched wound, the blood will overflow again."

Wei Ran paused, picked up the scalpel he brought and played with it, and said, "Your wounds won't get inflamed so easily in this horrible weather, but continuous blood loss will make you feel colder and colder. Weakness, eventually uncontrollable shaking, eventually when you bleed to death, it can take. um. hours maybe. I haven't done this kind of thing yet, but I wouldn't mind trying it with you .”

"I will answer you whatever you want to ask, just ask, and I will answer all your questions."

Prisoner No. 589 panicked and replied that at the very beginning, he did have thoughts of death, but after Wei Ran helped him bandage the wound, the hope of life prevailed again.But especially at such times, the fear of death will also be invisibly amplified.

"Not urgent"

Wei Ran poked the scalpel on the table, "We can come here to meet you because those people in Mine No. 52 have been controlled by us. The current situation is like this. Look, it's not 1951 anymore. You're not just a prisoner of war anymore, so don't force me to treat you the way it was in 1951, cooperate with my work, and I promise you will go to prison alive?"

"No problem, I will cooperate with you whatever you need to ask and what you need me to do." Prisoner No. 589 responded with a pale face.

"Very well, let's start with what we have already found out."

Wei Ran deliberately paused for a moment, and waited until the other party looked at him with burning eyes, and then asked with a smile, "You killed Commissar Craig?"

"To" No. 589 prisoner of war nodded and admitted the matter.

"Tell me about the process." Wei Ran asked absently.

"1960"

Prisoner No. 589 swallowed, "That winter, Nurse Ilini found me in Quanyangbu."

"Where did she find you?" Wei Ran asked eagerly.

"Talovo"

Prisoner No. 589 slowed down, and took the initiative to explain, "In the west of the Ural Mountains, a gathering area about 50 kilometers away from the aluminum mine."

"How did you get there?" Wei Ran continued to ask.

"There was a disaster at the aluminum mine and I sneaked out in the bed of a truck that was going to another correctional camp. It seemed to be around the time Stalin died, so everything was messed up, There were less than 500 people in that correctional camp, and the management was very lax, so I slipped in and stayed there as a dying fresh prisoner of war.”

Prisoner No. 589 paused, "The prisoners there were all repatriated later, and I chose to stay, otherwise I would definitely be sent to recruit freshmen."

"And went to Talovo?"

"Yes"

Prisoner No. 589 nodded, "I was assigned to work in a local logging camp. Until 1958, I learned from a compatriot who also stayed behind that someone came to Talovo to find those who stayed. I thought it was our country. Yes, but I didn't know it was Irene until we met."

"What did she ask you for?"

"She said she wanted to help us get the compensation we deserved, but in reality, she really wanted to find the gems here."

There was a bit of bitterness on the face of prisoner 589, "She also recognized me, because Gao Qiao and I were the prisoner who fell in love with her at the time, and I was from the same town as him."

"Gem?" Wei Ran frowned.

"It was given to her by Takahashi"

Prisoner No. 589 said without reservation, "A friend of Takahashi was living in the special barracks in Mine No. 52. Takahashi needed a good enough gift when he pursued Irene, so his friend gave it to He is a gem, said to be dug in the No. 4 mine."

I thought it was a pure-blood Madonna. Like the Madonnas of later generations, they are all garbage wearing the skin of God and drinking human blood.

Wei Ran muttered to himself, and then the other party said, "So that Takahashi told Irene the secret of the gemstone?"

"In exchange for more socks and bread." The expression on the face of prisoner No. 589 became more and more bitter.

"Back in 1960, how did you kill Craig?"

"That was my first time back at Mine 52"

Prisoner No. 589 lowered his head and replied, "At that time, there were 8 of us in total. We bypassed this military base, but we didn't expect that Commissar Krech was still guarding Mine No. The landmines were blown up, and the No. 52 mine was also blown up.

At that time, someone accidentally stepped on a landmine in the shack. We were worried that we would attract soldiers here, so we chose to escape, but when we ran to the pier, someone shot at us from the sentry tower, and he was killed with a machine gun. Several people were killed. "

"Keep talking," Wei Ran urged with narrowed eyes.

"I used the rifle Irene provided to kill the people in the sentry tower, and buried the dead comrades in the frozen river. Later, Irene told me that the person guarding there was Commissar Krech."

Prisoner No. 589 showed a strange smile on his face, "Because I killed Commissar Krech, Irene decided to marry me, and we also killed the other wounded companions together, and buried them in the forest .”

"Continue" Wei Ran pulled out the scalpel poked on the table and shook it, "Don't let me urge you anymore."

"After that escape, I followed Irene to Sarampaul. I changed my current name, married her and had a child."

"The one next door?" Wei Ran asked suspiciously.

"No"

Prisoner No. 589 shook his head, "That's her and Takahashi's child. Her child and I are still in Saranpaul. He is less than six years old."

"That's her and Takahashi's child?"

Wei Ran asked in surprise, but thinking about it, the child seemed to be the child of Irene and her first prisoner-of-war boyfriend.

"Yes." Prisoner No. 589 nodded, "She told me that she also had the opportunity to leave construction site No. 501 because she was pregnant."

This makes sense. Wei Ran sighed, and he had connected all his doubts.

"Next Question"

Wei Ran poked the scalpel on the table again, "When did you come here for the second time?"

"1964"

Prisoner No. 589 said, "We used these years to contact some remaining prisoners of war, but this time we used the name of collecting the bones of our dead compatriots. Only Irene and I know the secret of the gem."

"It's really beautiful." Wei Ran praised, "Tell me about your working model."

"In the summer, we will come here to clean up the bones and clear the mines. Of course, we will also ship the supplies in advance in the summer."

Prisoner No. 589 paused and continued, "When winter comes, we will bring more people over to find a way to get through the mine tunnel between No. 5 mine and No. 4 mine."

"Between No. 5 mine and No. 4 mine?" Wei Ran raised his eyebrows.

"This is a secret only we know"

Prisoner No. 589 sighed and explained, "Back then we accidentally dug through mines No. 5 and No. 4."

"That mine is still there?" Wei Ran lit a cigarette and stuffed it into the opponent's mouth.

"It just collapsed a little bit"

Prisoner No. 589 responded, "We were going to take advantage of the abandoned military base and use explosives to blow up that section, but we didn't expect it to be a trap."

"Change the subject." Wei Ran raised his finger and pointed to the lounge next door, "What's the matter with that person?"

"The truck got stuck in the snow when we got here last night"

No. 589 replied regretfully, "When he got out of the car to clear the snow, he was bitten by a wolf ambushing not far away."

"So you fired a shot?" Wei Ran asked, and at the same time, he finally understood why these devils shot as a warning when they came yesterday.

"right"

Prisoner No. 589 nodded, "Although the wolf was shot to death, he was also bitten very badly. Considering that this place has just been abandoned and the conditions are better, we stayed to take care of him and let the others go to Mine No. 52 first. "

"Even wolves won't help you," Wei Ran mocked, stood up and left the room.

(End of this chapter)