War Photographer's Notebook

Chapter 742 The Executioner’s Life-Saving Trick

"Ding!"

Accompanied by a crisp knocking sound, the last corner of the stone blocking the entrance of the mine was smashed open by the pickaxe.

Before the two prisoners of war dropped their pickaxes, Nurse Irini was already carrying a chirping kerosene lamp and knelt into the entrance of the mine that was less than one meter high.

The two prisoners of war looked at each other, then reluctantly dropped the pickaxes in their hands, moved the oxygen cylinder to the entrance of the cave and opened the valve.

After turning two almost 90-degree turns in a row, the disheveled Irini felt that her eyes suddenly became much wider.

If you ignore the wooden planks and log pillars used for support, the space here may be about 20 square meters.

As far as the eye can see, the dusty ground is still covered with blankets that the Soviet Union distributed to prisoners of war.On the surrounding walls, there are rows of various handmade long and short knives.

Even, on the wall on the right hand side, there are clearly engraved layout plans of the various buildings in the No. 52 Mine.

Next to the picture, in Japanese she could understand, was written: "Primary capture target: Hospital building. Secondary target: Nurses dormitory building. First capture target: Dr. Goosen. Secondary capture target: Pontiac Matron."

"This is your biggest secret? Where's the gem?"

Irene stared blankly at everything around her, unable to believe that this was the secret she had paid so much to ask back then!

Hearing the crazy roar coming from the mine, the two prisoners guarding outside looked at each other again, and one of the prisoners sitting on the left side of the oxygen cylinder asked worriedly, "Will she be able to?"

"We are already Soviet"

The prisoner on the right side of the oxygen cylinder said in a low voice, "Don't worry, those executioners dare not kill us, and Irene will not tell what happened here."

"why?"

"I secretly heard what Quanyang said"

The devil lowered his voice, and said close to his companion's ear, "Captain Victor is probably a KGB now, if Irene dares to tell the secrets in this mine, she will be arrested by the KGB together with us.

If she didn't say it, at most the dog who killed the mine guard would die.We just need to wait for this matter to subside and make good compensation to her. "

"I'm worried about Captain Mikita and Captain Victor, especially Captain Victor. I'm worried that he will kill us." The devil on the left paused, "If Victor is really a KGB now, I Guess he is more likely to kill us to silence him!"

"It's not impossible."

The prisoner on the right looked around vigilantly, and said in a low voice, "Let's go in and get some weapons. I remember there are a lot of weapons there. If we have a chance to control the two executioners, we can fight with the outsiders." This is the safest way for now.”

"Are you sure?" the devil on the left reminded worriedly, "They have guns in their hands! And the only exit is guarded by a bearded man with an assault rifle."

"We have to gamble once!"

The person on the right stood up while speaking, "My son is still in their hands, I must get out of here alive!"

"Then bet once!"

The person on the left also stood up while speaking, pointed to the hole and asked, "What should she do?"

"She will definitely be able to follow the footprints." The ghost who made the decision first made a gesture, "Let's stun her first, and if we succeed, we will come and pick her up."

"What if it fails?"

The person above frowned, and said firmly, "We will not fail! There are six people over there, including us, there are eight in total. As long as we rush up first, they will definitely help!"

Just when the two prisoners of war who had been honest for a long time decided to do something, Wei Ran and others finally found the mine where the gems were hidden 15 years ago.

Under the command of the two of them, the prisoners of war had no time to rest, so they brandished the tools they brought and began to clean up the corners of the mine that had been bombed by Wei Ran that year.

Compared with the collapsed mine tunnel that took five full days to clear up before, it is undoubtedly much easier to clean up the collapsed point of this mine tunnel.So in less than three hours, the gravel that blocked the entrance of the mine was cleared aside.

"You guys wait outside." Mikita pointed to the opposite side of the mine tunnel entrance while speaking, "Go there, kneel in a row facing the wall, and put your head in your hands."

The prisoners of war who came here with them looked at each other, put down the things they had carried all the way obediently, walked to the position pointed by Mikita with only an oxygen cylinder, lined up and knelt down with their heads in their arms.

"Press your forehead to the wall"

Wei Ran made an extra reminder, and waited until the prisoners of war obediently followed suit, then he and Mikita exchanged glances, and together they carried an oxygen cylinder and each carried a kerosene lamp, and walked into the mine. road.

"Is this the prisoner of war?" Mikita asked, pointing to the bones on the ground at the end of the mine.

"Yes, the lunch box with the gems is there"

Wei Ran raised his finger and pointed to a big rock in the corner, and beckoned Mikita to put the oxygen cylinder aside, then turned the valve a little wider, and then took off the cumbersome breathing mask.

Taking advantage of Mikita's time to get the lunch box, Wei Ran walked to the pile of stones in the corner familiarly, and found the kettle and the three large gemstones that he had hidden here at the beginning.

"Mikita, look at these."

Wei Ran put the three gems in Mikita's palm, and then unscrewed the lid of the kettle before the other party could speak, and poured out more gems from it.

"So many? And they are all so big?" Mikita looked at Wei Ran in surprise, "Where did you get it?"

"After you took those test items to the aluminum mine back then, I went to find them in those two shacks." Wei Ran had already handed the water bottle to Mikita while speaking, turned around and walked to the dust-covered skeleton .

"If I were you, I'd hide these."

While teasing, Mikita returned the gemstones that Wei Ran just poured out into the kettle, and only the three biggest ones were put into the lunch box because they couldn't fit in.

"You are the captain, and it is up to you to assign these."

Wei Ranhun said indifferently, he wanted to hide it privately, but even if he kept it privately, he would never get it when he returned to the world he was familiar with. This point has been tested in previous experiences. .

"You are also the captain"

While speaking, Mikita stuffed the kettle and lunch box into the bag, raised his finger and pointed to the direction of the entrance, and asked with his mouth, "How to deal with them?"

"Let them carry the stone out"

Wei Ran threw aside the skull that he had just picked up for inspection, pointed to the stone in the corner and said with a smile, "Aren't they here for those things? Then satisfy them."

Mikita raised his eyebrows when he heard the words, picked up a stone engraved with words, and together with Wei Ran, carried the oxygen cylinder to the entrance of the mine.

Putting the oxygen cylinder back, he cleared his throat and said, "Stand up."

Before the words fell, the prisoners who were still kneeling in the corner immediately stood up and looked at Wei Ran and Mikita with a little wariness.

"Is this the stone you are looking for?" While talking intensively, he threw a stone he brought out to his feet.

It was said that the prisoner of war who had taken the initiative to talk about stones on the road came over to have a look, then knelt down in front of Wei Ran and Mikita, kneeled down in a standard Japanese style, and said loudly with his forehead against the ground, " Please let us take these stones! Please!"

Each glanced at the five other prisoners of war who were kneeling on the ground. Wei Ran and Mikita glanced at each other. The latter took out a rocket brand polar pocket watch to check the time, and then said miserly, "Here is half a watch for you." hours."

"Thank you!" The leading prisoner immediately got up, greeted the other three prisoners and ran into the mine tunnel, leaving behind three companions.

Obviously, these prisoners of war are also on guard against Wei Ran and Mikita.

"We are only waiting for you at the left-behind point for half an hour. After half an hour, you will have to go back by yourself."

Mikita gave a final reminder, beckoned Wei Ran to carry an oxygen cylinder, and walked towards the direction he came from.

The three prisoners who stayed outside the mine obviously didn't expect Mikita to let them go back by themselves. After a little hesitation, one of them ran into the mine, and the other two also walked to the place where they used to hide. Gem mine crossing.

"Don't be so nervous"

Wei Ran, who was walking in front, shook the weapon he had been holding in his hand, "If we want to kill you, we can just shoot, so hurry up, you only have half an hour."

Watching Wei Ran and Mikita walk away, the two prisoners at the entrance of the mine tunnel looked at each other, then turned around and ran into the mine tunnel.

At the same time, Wei Ran and Mikita also quickened their pace, almost trotting towards the direction they came from.

However, just when the two of them carried the sizzling oxygen cylinder and followed the footsteps they had come to enter a fork in the road, two figures rushed up from the shadow of the mine cart behind them without warning. !

"Be careful!" Mikita, who was nearest, noticed it first, but immediately after, he uttered a scream!
Without waiting for his brain to react, Wei Ran let go of the steel cylinder he was carrying and threw himself forward by relying on the muscle memory he had trained in the Hongqi Forest Farm and those long-forgotten battlefields.

"Dang!"

With a crisp sound, the cylinder and the kerosene gas lamp strung on the stick fell to the ground almost at the same time, and the prisoner of war who had pounced on Wei Ran also brandished a rusty short knife and slashed at Wei Ran!
"Bang! Boom!"

Wei Ran, who had been holding the pistol in his hand all this time, immediately pulled the trigger, and three shots fired in a row. The prisoner who threw himself at him was shot twice in the chest and once in the eye socket. The pistol in his hand was full of rust. His short knife also flew aside.

However, before he fell down, the prisoner who jumped at Mikita had already grabbed the weapon!
"boom!"

The first shot that the prisoner fired randomly didn't hurt Wei Ran, but immediately after, the muzzle of the TT33 pistol in his hand hit Mikita's head!

"Put your gun down!"

The prisoner of war shouted excitedly. While speaking, he fired a bullet at the mine cart not far from Wei Ran, and then immediately pressed the muzzle of the gun on Mikita's temple.

"Are you sure you can survive this?"

While Wei Ran was speaking, he pulled out the magazine of the pistol in front of the other party, then pulled the slide, and threw the pistol into the mine cart beside him, making a soft "clang".

"There is another hand!" The prisoner shouted excitedly, "Where are the others? Where are the others?"

"They're collecting broken stones with words on them"

While Wei Ran was speaking, he pulled out the Nagant revolver from his waist and threw it into the mine cart, then walked to the side of the oxygen cylinder with his hands up, and straightened the fallen kerosene lamp.

It wasn't until this time that he saw clearly that there was a deep wound on the back of Mikita's right hand that was bleeding continuously.

"Take me to find them!" The prisoner of war yelled, and his excited voice echoed in the abandoned mine for a long time.

"Have you thought about a question?" Mikita asked, enduring the pain from his wound with the gun on his head.

"What's the problem?" the prisoner of war holding him asked frantically, "Can we survive? Of course we can! As long as we use you and Victor."

"No, no, that's not what I want to say."

Mikita didn't even give him a chance to finish his sentence, instead he reached out and tapped the pistol on his temple, "There are only two bullets in this gun, one in the chamber and one in the magazine, you just now All the bullets have been used up, if you don’t believe me, you can shoot a bullet at Captain Victor to see if the next bullet will fire.”

"Do you think I'm a fool?"

The prisoner pressed the gun firmly against Mikita's temple, "I have used this kind of pistol, if there is no bullet, it will hang up empty."

"That kind of small function can be cancelled, as long as a slight change is made on the feeder of the magazine. Although this gun has been with me for many years, I am an executioner, and the weapon that the executioner should use is a revolver. "

Hearing this, Wei Ran, who raised his hands, began to slowly retreat to the side of the mine car, and shouted with his hands raised, "Mikita! You traitor! You want to use its hand to kill me, don't you! My brother Baolid I won't let you go!"

"I didn't intend to do that. If Baoled couldn't see his dear brother, he would definitely blow up the hole directly."

While speaking, Mikita stretched out the hand that was cut by the knife, and grinned, "So let's do a little experiment, it's okay to shoot at my hand, I just want to prove that you didn't What an advantage."

After a little hesitation, the prisoner of war forcefully pulled out the revolver in the holster on Mikita's waist, then aimed at the latter's raised palm, and pulled the trigger of the TT33 pistol.

"boom!"

After the clear gunshots, Mikita's right hand exploded into a cloud of blood, and the TT33 pistol in the prisoner's hand also showed the state of hanging up empty!
The prisoner of war froze for a moment, then subconsciously raised the Nagant revolver in the other hand!At the same time, Mikita also ignored the gunshot wound on his hand, bent down and grabbed the dagger discarded by the prisoner of war, and stabbed it directly at its crotch with the tip pointing upwards!

"Mikita!"

Wei Ran took out his revolver from the mine cart, but before he pressed the hammer down, he heard the crisp "click" sound of the revolver hammer in the prisoner's hand after it was released!

The prisoner of war was stunned again, but before he could figure out what happened, the rusty dagger was already stuck in the most vulnerable part of his body!
Amidst the shrill screams, Wei Ran also pulled the trigger!Accurately hit the head of the prisoner of war as if wearing a pain mask!
"Plop!" The prisoner of war fell on his back on the dusty and rusty railway tracks.

"Are you okay?" Wei Ran quickly ran to Mikita's side with a kerosene lamp in hand, handed his pistol to Mikita, then took out the first aid kit from his backpack and began to help him treat the wound on his palm.

"I'm about to die of pain, get me some anesthetic." Mikita bared his teeth and yelled, but his tone was full of rejoicing.

"How did you do it?" Wei Ran asked while busy.

"I am an executioner"

The rejoicing in Mikita's tone was replaced by complacency, "I don't even remember how many times I have been robbed of weapons by prisoners of war. So there is absolutely no bullet in the first chamber of my revolver. A magazine-style pistol only holds three bullets."

"So this is the first time you have saved your life?" Wei Ran asked dumbfounded.

"Let me think"

Mikita vigilantly turned his head back and forth to look at the front and rear directions, and then smiled more and more triumphantly, "Maybe the fourth or fifth time, this is a trick only known to the executioner. Press in a few blank bullets without propellant, and then put a real bullet in."

"It's your fate." Wei Ran sighed happily, just now, he really thought that the car was going to overturn.

(End of this chapter)